Most of what is now Methuen was part of Haverhill, which was settled in
1640. Two years later, the settlers purchased
There are no records of the first settlement. The early settlers
were farmers. No one could
live in the
In what is now the East End of Methuen, an early settler named John Crosse
bought 400 acres of
A
from the . Passaquo and Sagahew, the last two members of the local Agawam and Penacook tribes, signed the deed with an arrow and a cross.
The City of Haverhill still has the deed. The settlers paid L3.10 shillings (about $8.00)for the .
was divided according to the amount of 
one had, twenty acres for L200. unless they were voted in by the .
stretching from Merrimack Street to the Merrimack 
from the for nine bolts of red cloth. This
deal was made in the 1600's.
was built in 1708 over the cellar of a rough slab in which
John Crosse lived with his 
, Ruth Swan Crosse. Their 
may be seen today in the 
on Daddy Frye's Hill near the Holy
Family 
.
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