Special Events
* "Meet Mrs. Mary Rawlandson"
* Quaboag Town's Events
* Volunteers needed
* Stories of Quaboag by Ruth Lyon
* Press Releases
* Highlights of Events Past
* Search for Decendants of Quaboag 1600's
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A Quaboag Plantation Garden Tour
Quaboag Plantation - In celebration of The Quaboag Plantation's 350th Anniversary the Brookfield Garden Club, New Braintree Flower Society and the 350th Quaboag Committee present a Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday July 10th and July 11th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This self-guided tour will include fifteen gardens in the Brookfields, New Braintree and Warren and will be held rain or shine.
Advanced tickets for the 2 day tour may be ordered by mailing a check for $15.00 made out to the QHS 350th Anniversary to Deb Morrison, 115 Prouty Rd, New Braintree, MA 01531. Tickets will also be available on July 10th and 11th at the Brookfield Common for $20.00.
For further information please call Deb Morrison at 508-867-3324.
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Quaboag Plantation - In celebration of The Quaboag Plantation's 350th Anniversary the Brookfield Garden Club, New Braintree Flower Society and the 350th Quaboag Committee present a Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday July 10th and July 11th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This self-guided tour will include fifteen gardens in the Brookfields, New Braintree and Warren and will be held rain or shine.
Advanced tickets for the 2 day tour may be ordered by mailing a check for $15.00 made out to the QHS 350th Anniversary to Deb Morrison, 115 Prouty Rd, New Braintree, MA 01531. Tickets will also be available on July 10th and 11th at the Brookfield Common for $20.00.
For further information please call Deb Morrison at 508-867-3324.
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Click Links at top Left For More Information
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"About the Quaboag Plantation"
The Quaboag Plantation was settled in 1660 and encompassed lands located in the present towns of Brookfield, North Brookfield, East Brookfield, West Brookfield, New Braintree and Warren. Native American tribes had farmed the Quaboag Hills region since the 4th century, making the area attractive to the Puritan farmers from Ipswich. Fields and home lots were already cleared so the Puritans willingly paid the natives 300 fathoms of wampum. After living together for a time in peace, tensions with the natives mounted as the settler's appetite for land increased.
In 1675, King Philip (son of Massasoit) and his warriors surprised Captain Wheeler and his soldiers in what is now called Wheeler's Surprise, located in New Braintree*. Thus began the battle against the settlers in the Quaboag Plantation. After a three-day siege in which nearly one hundred Puritans took refuge from flaming arrows in Ayers Tavern, King Philip and his warriors were driven off by soldiers from eastern settlements. Some of the settlers were saved, but the smoldering Quaboag Plantation was abandoned until 1686 when it was successfully resettled. Fighting continued throughout Massachusetts, but the strength of the British forces was too strong for the natives. King Philip was eventually hunted down and shot by an Indian fighting on the British side.
The celebration of the founding of the Quaboag Plantation is planned for the year 2010. Many events are being planned: a ball, a parade, *the first reenactment of Wheeler's Surprise (June 13&14 2009) in New Braintree, and a reenactment of the Siege of Ayers Tavern on Foster Hill in West Brookfield, historic house tours, dinners, Descendants Homecoming, 350th event hats and clothing, a limited edition coin and pot, and much more.
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Wheeler’s Surprise Event Photos
As part of the 350th celebration of the settlement of the Quaboag Plantation, the town of New Braintree’s 350th Anniversary Committee held a series of Wheeler’s Surprise events on June 13, 2009. This included a reenactment of the ambush, a reenactors camp site, a video tour of the three possible locations of the battle, and a talk by Robert W. Wilder on the ambush. That evening at town hall there was a dinner, cash bar, silent auction, and a talk on King Philip’s War by the author Michael Tougias.
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As part of the 350th celebration of the settlement of the Quaboag Plantation, the town of New Braintree’s 350th Anniversary Committee held a series of Wheeler’s Surprise events on June 13, 2009. This included a reenactment of the ambush, a reenactors camp site, a video tour of the three possible locations of the battle, and a talk by Robert W. Wilder on the ambush. That evening at town hall there was a dinner, cash bar, silent auction, and a talk on King Philip’s War by the author Michael Tougias.
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Member Towns of the Quaboag Plantation with Calendar of Events
Quaboag Plantation | Settled 1660 |
| Brookfield | Incorporated in 1673 |
| Warren (Originally the town of Western) | Incorporated in 1741 |
| New Braintree | Incorporated in 1751 |
| North Brookfield | Incorporated in 1812 |
| West Brookfield | Incorporated in 1848 |
| East Brookfield | Incorporated in 1920 |