Wollaston (Quincy, Massachusetts)

In 1624, Thomas Morton emigrated from England to the Plymouth Colony, in the company of Captain Richard Wollaston.

It was in Wollaston where Anne began her career as a pioneering female preacher in colonial America.

[3] William and Eunice Cole first settled in Mount Wollaston upon their arrival from England and were granted 2 acres (8,100 m2) of land on February 20, 1637, though they left for Exeter, New Hampshire, before the year was out.

On December 14, 1635, he received a grant of land, approximately 400 acres (1.6 km2), where his son established the Quincy Homestead.

Residents were given a one year free pass on the Old Colony Railroad from Wollaston Station to downtown Boston.

In 1919, Wollaston became home to the Eastern Nazarene College, which moved onto the old Quincy Mansion School property.

The city of Quincy has placed a stone marker next to the Wollaston MBTA station parking lot designating that location as the original site of the first Howard Johnson's.