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This is a modern map which gives the locations of most of the town centers in which early Colliers
of South Shore Massachusetts lived. Town boundaries - townships in most other states - are not shown
here.The yellow dotted line running from NE to SW (with some alterations over the centuries) was
the "Old Colony" line, dividing Plymouth from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The towns and counties
have been realigned several times over the centuries. On the modern map of Massachusetts, Hull
and Hingham, although north of the Old Colony line, are in Plymouth County, while Cohasset (originally
within the boundaries of Hingham) is part of Norfolk County. Over the centuries Collier and related families
have lived in most of the towns shown here.
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