Braintree, Massachusetts is founded on land first colonized in 1625 by Captain Wollaston, and initially named
Mount Wollaston. Under the rule of Thomas Morton it was renamed
Merry Mount. The area was resettled and incorporated as a town in 1640, on land which is now part of the current Braintree, from which
Randolph[?],
Holbrook[?], the City of
Quincy, and part of
Milton[?] were split off.