History. Haverhill has played a role in nearly every era of American history, from the initial colonial settlement, to the French and Indian Wars, and the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars.. 17th century. The town was founded in 1640 by settlers from Newbury, and was originally known as Pentuckett, which is for "place of the winding river".Settlers such as John Ward, …

The history of Cornwall goes back to the Paleolithic, but in this period Cornwall only had sporadic visits by groups of humans.Continuous occupation started around 10,000 years ago after the end of the last ice age.When recorded history started in the first century BCE, the spoken language was Common Brittonic, and that would develop into Southwestern Brittonic and then …