Noddle's Island was historically one of the

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off Boston, Massachusetts. Most of the original land of Noddle's Island now makes up the southern part of the neighborhood of East Boston; it is now part of the mainland since the strait connecting Noddle's Island to Hog Island and that connecting Hog Island to the mainland city of

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were filled in the early 20th century. The original contours of Noddle's Island were also greatly obscured by the 20th-century construction of

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, which filled the tidal flats between Noddle's Island and Governor's, Bird, and

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islands to its east. In some sources it is spelled "Noodle's Island".

History

For over three hundred years, the island was known as Noddle's Island, for William Noddle, who was probably sent out by John Brereton, and settled upon it in the 1620s, before Boston was established by the Puritans. The island was used for grazing livestock and there was a fortified structure on the island. Mr. Noddle, a resident of Salem, died in 1632 when his canoe overturned on the South River, according to the journal of John Winthrop.King's Handbook of Boston by M. F. Sweetser Cambridge, Massachusetts, Moses King, Publisher - Harvard Square, 187

Sometime in the late 1620s or early 1630s, Rev. Samuel Maverick (colonist), Samuel Maverick, an Anglican clergyman, became the owner of the island through his wife's inheritance. Maverick was reputed to be New-England's first slaveowner, following a 1638 purchase from a Captain Pierce of the Tortugas. The First Baptist Church of Boston met secretly on the island in the 17th century to avoid persecution by the

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state. During the

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"on this same island was fought the second battle of the Revolution (also known as the

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), and the first in which the American artillery was used." After the British left Boston harbor, the island was used as a hospital for the French Fleet in 1780 who dubbed it ""L'ile de France'" and buried numerous troops on the island. Following this the island was heavily fortified by the Bostonians with an earthwork known as "Noddle's Island Fort", a rebuilding of a 19-gun British work, later rebuilt and renamed Fort Strong in the War of 1812 after Governor Caleb Strong.Noddle's Island at American Forts Network
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