Brighton is a neighborhood of the City of Boston, Massachusetts, located in the northwest corner of the city. It comprises land covered by the ZIP code 02135. Brighton, Massachusetts (MA) population and demographics data - Sperling's BestPlaces]

History


In 1630, land comprising present-day Allston-Brighton and Newton, Massachusetts was assigned to Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1634, the Massachusetts Bay Colony transferred ownership of the south side of the Charles River, including present-day Allston-Brighton and Newton, from Watertown to Newetowne, later renamed Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 1646, John Eliot (missionary)...

Brighton is a neighborhood of the City of Boston, Massachusetts, located in the northwest corner of the city. It comprises land covered by the ZIP code 02135. Brighton, Massachusetts (MA) population and demographics data - Sperling's BestPlaces]

History


In 1630, land comprising present-day Allston-Brighton and Newton, Massachusetts was assigned to Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1634, the Massachusetts Bay Colony transferred ownership of the south side of the Charles River, including present-day Allston-Brighton and Newton, from Watertown to Newetowne, later renamed Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 1646, John Eliot (missionary) established a oPraying Indian? village on the present Newton-Brighton boundary, where resided local Native Americans in the United Statess converted to Christianity. The first permanent English settlement came as settlers crossed the Charles River from Cambridge, establishing Little Cambridge, the area's name before 1807.

Before the American Revolutionary War, Little Cambridge become a small, prosperous farming community with fewer than 300 residents. Its inhabitants included wealthy Boston merchants such as Benjamin Faneuil.

A key event in the history of Allston-Brighton was the establishment in 1775 of a cattle market to supply the Continental Army. Jonathan Winship I and Jonathan Winship II established the market, and in the post-war period that followed, the Winships become the largest meat packers in Massachusetts.