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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., chapter 1 (search)
took many years to make apparent that tuition fees from the rich and free tuition for the poor made class distinctions too pronounced in a new society where in church and state all were equal. We must not forget, moreover, that Medford was small and poor and insignificant, enveloped literally and overshadowed by its larger and more prosperous neighbor, Charlestown. It was scarcely more than Governor Cradock's farm; and in 1700 its population probably did not exceed two hundred souls. In 1686 the county rate contained only fourteen names, and the whole number of polls in 1695 was but twenty-six. While the law passed by the Colonial Court in 1692 required every town of fifty householders to support a school for reading and writing, it was not till twenty-seven years later that Medford made any move to establish such a school. Lying so near Boston, we may feel certain that if she had had the requisite number of people she would have been obliged to comply with the law, even if rel
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Literal copy of Births, deaths, and Marriages in Medford from earliest records. (search)
68 2/3 Capt Nathaniell Wade his sone Jonathan borne December 31: 683 Capt Nathaniell Wade his sone samuell borne october 7: 1685 Capt Nathaniell Wade his daughter anne borne march 1: 168 4/5 Stephen ffrances his daughter lydia borne June 11: 1686 Peter Tufts his sone Cotton Borne July 28 1686 peter Tufts his sone Cotton dyed December 23 1686 Caleb Brooks his daughter Susan dyed October 30: 1686 Stephen Willis his sone Benjaman borne February 14: 168 6/7 Daniell Woodward his dau1686 Stephen Willis his sone Benjaman borne February 14: 168 6/7 Daniell Woodward his daugh Abigail born March 12 168 6/7 Capt Nathaniell Wade his daugh dorothy borne Aprill 30: 1687 Isack Fox his sone Samuell Borne July 4: 1687 Peter Tufts his daughter mercy Borne May 8: 168 6/7 John Bradsho his daughter mary borne march 8: 168 7/8 Peter Tufts his daughter mercy dyed February 7: 168 7/8 Capt Jonath Wade his daughter dorithy borne Aprill 11: 1688 John Tufts his daughter mary borne ——29: 1688 Jonathan Tufts his sone John Borne Decemb 15: 1688 Jonathan Tufts th