History Founding The area that is today the center of LOCATION@1 was laid out as LOCATION@2 in NUMBER@1 by PERSON@1 , a wealthy shipping merchant , former mayor of the city of LOCATION@3 and then-Chief Justice of the Province of LOCATION@4 .

It was then named a LOCATION@5 town -LRB- Northampton-Towne -RRB- in NUMBER@1 by PERSON@1 , a rich shipping merchant , Chief Justice of the Province of LOCATION@4 and former mayor of LOCATION@3 .
