Below is an interactive map of Boston with geographic information from 1648. Click on a parcel of land to get details on the owner of that plot. The zoom functions (+ and -) allow you to adjust the magnification of the map, and the home button returns you to the default start extent.  

Historic map and resident data from the Collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Legend:

Plot_ and Plot_No: The plot number assigned to each inhabitant’s plot on the 1648 Clough map.

LastName and FirstName: Last name and first name of plot owner. Last name based on the common last name provided by both Clough and Thwing. 

REFCode: Reference code of the citizen used in the Thwing collection.

AltLast and AltFirst: Alternative last name or alternative first name if there are various ways of spelling found in the archives and provided by Thwing.

Birth: Birth year or potential set of years of the land owner.

Death: Death date or year of the land owner.

Spouse_s_: Information on the spouse or spouses of the land owner. May include date of marriage or death, where they originate, or previous husbands of the spouse. 

Children: Information on the children of the land owner. May include birth date or year, the year they were married, and which spouse they were born to.

Occupation: Noted career or various occupations of the land owner.

Office: Any town office held by the land owner. 

Church: Any religious or church-related events related to the land owner, like the admission of family members into the church or baptisms. 

Legal: Any legal or court noted documentation about the citizen. This includes court orders, fines, and testimonies before court.

Property: Any property information including land grants given to or by the land owner. The purchasing or exchange of wharves would also be found in this section.

Municipal: Any interaction the individual had with the city that was not a legal matter. This includes tax records, placement of roads near an owner’s land or where the inhabitant migrated from.

Commercial: Any commercial activity of the land holder (running a business, opening an establishment that sold alcohol… etc)

Event: Any other miscellaneous events or details noted in the Thwing collection about the inhabitant. 

Note: Land plots may have mirrored data entries if an inhabitant owns multiple parcels of land.