[1] In 1660, five men from Dedham were sent to explore the lakes near George Indian's wigwam and to report back to the selectmen what they found.

[3] The Town then voted to send Ellis and Timothy Dwight to go negotiate with King Phillip to purchase the title to the area known as Wollomonopoag.

[3] The Town voted to assess a tax upon the cow commons to repay him, but some thought the money should be paid by those who would be moving to the new village.

[3] After the boundaries of the new community were set, the Town voted to give up all rights to the land in return for the proprietors paying Dedham £160 over four years, beginning in 1661.

[3] A meeting was called, and the 10 men[b] who volunteered to go raised several concerns about their ability to move forward.

[3] After much discussion, it was decided not to give the 600 acres to the group of pre-selected men, but rather to lay out lots and then award them by lottery.

[6] Not much happened at Wollomonopoag until 1668, at which time a report arrived of native peoples planting corn and cutting down trees on the land that Dedham had purchased.

[6] Eleazer Lusher was charged with sending the illiterate Indians a letter warning them to "depart from that place and trespass no further.

[7] There is no record of Phillip's response to that entreaty but, in August 1669,[d] the Town Fathers received an odd letter from him offering to negotiate for more land if they would quickly send him a "holland shirt.

[9] They were primarily people from outside of Dedham who had purchased land there, and second generation Dedhamites who moved without their parents.

[11] They were upset about absentee landlords whose land values were going up thanks to the labor of the inhabitants and who refused to pay taxes to support the community.

[8] With the blessing of Dedham's Board of Selectmen, the General Court separated the new town of Wrentham on October 16, 1673.

Wrentham is bordered by Norfolk on the north, Foxboro on the east, Plainville and Cumberland, Rhode Island on the south, Bellingham on the southwest, and Franklin on the west.

Sheldonville still maintains a unique identity as the old farming section of Wrentham, has active commercial orchards, and has its own ZIP Code (02070).

[26] The current members are Joseph F. Botaish II, Christopher Gallo, Michelle Rouse, James Anderson, and William Harrington.

State The town is part of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district where it has been represented by Rebecca Rausch since 2019.

Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey represent the town in the United States Senate.