Independent Bank (INDB) S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Independent Bank Corp.:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 7, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Independent Bank Corp. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which reports appear in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of Independent Bank Corp. incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
December 5, 2008