The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.
Source
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.
A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
Boston, Massachusetts, was founded by Governor Winthrop.
One woman and four men were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, bringing the total to 20 during the witch trials.
The first recorded dam disaster happened in the US.
