4/2/1855    Vote to pay firemen 2 dollars for serving one year

4/20/1775  After hearing the alarm sent out from Lexington, a company of 70 men from Westfield, led by Capt. Warham Parks, marched to Boston to join the minutemen.

4/23/1666   The first white child, Benjamin Sexton, was born in what would later be called Westfield. He lived to the age of 88

4/26/1705    The first mention of girls as students in schools