by TruroHistorical | Feb 28, 2026 | Cobb-Blogs
Under colonial rule, Truro was required to engage a minister “to preach the gospel” before incorporating as a town. The Reverend John Avery answered the call in 1709. After Mr. Avery’s death in April 1754, pastors from Wellfleet, Eastham, and Chatham manned the...
by TruroHistorical | Jan 26, 2026 | Cobb-Blogs
In colonial Truro, democracy was the order of the day; freedom of religion was the practice (so long as it was Puritan); and there was no separation between the two—both the township and the church held court inside the local “Meeting House.” On July 16, 1709,...
by TruroHistorical | Jan 11, 2026 | Revolutionary War
Transcription The foregoing after being several times read was voted nem com to be expressive of the sentiments of the town and that it be recorded on the town Book and a fair copy attested by the town Clerk be transmitted to the committee of carespondence[sic] of the...
by TruroHistorical | Jan 2, 2026 | Cobb-Blogs
Truro was to be my mother’s escape, for in 1924 she recklessly and without my father’s knowledge, bought an old fish house at the foot of Corn Hill. She had carpenters and masons (who thought she was crazy) install a kitchen, a hand pump, a fireplace, a two-holer,...
by TruroHistorical | Dec 6, 2025 | General
Digital Commonwealth is a non-profit collaborative program that brings together the vast and unique historical collections of Massachusetts libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies onto a single, searchable digital platform. The Truro Historical Society...
