Massachusetts is where it all began. The Vikings in the 1400s, Gosnold in the late 1500s, the Pilgrims in 1622, John Putnam in 1642. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630. In 1691 the Mass Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony, Coastal Maine and Nova Scotia were joined together into one colony (Massachusetts). The American discontent and Revolution all started here. Massachusetts became the 6th State in 1788.
The following census records begin with the 1790 Census, the first Census of the United States.