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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 85 85 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 38 38 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 12 12 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 11 11 Browse Search
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 5 5 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908 5 5 Browse Search
Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters 4 4 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905 4 4 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 3 3 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 3 3 Browse Search
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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
re from the beginning. He had formerly lived in Bermuda. He was member of the Artillery Company, 1637; Captain of the Train Band, 1638; Selectman, 1635 to '42, and '44, and was Representative, 1637 t1637 to '42, and '45. About 1645 he sold his homestead of 50 acres on the North side of Mt. Auburn St, between Common and School Sts., to Rev. John Knowles, returned to England and lived many years.—Bond.to the present day, that Waltham roads are held to be the model roads of the Commonwealth. In 1637 an order was passed, that there shalbe 8 days appointed for every year, for the repairing of the nth a fine of 20s. was voted a penalty for every tree cut down upon the common without order. In 1637, it was also ordered that whosoever shall take any wood of the 40 Acres of ground granted to the commencement of his labors, there was no church, and but few Indians were resident there. From 1637 to 1675, the Indians gave little or no trouble to the Massachusetts settlers; but on the 24th of