shop. Willis Hall. Medford, April 1, 1768.
1770: Voted to raise £ 130 for town expenses, and to give eleven-pence on the pound as premium to the collector.
1773: Meeting for the annual choice of town-officers.
Voted that it be on the first Monday of March for the future.
The town-meeting was, from earliest days, a markedd.
Deep policy suggested this change of affairs in England; and a consequence was, that emigration to New England ceased, and was not renewed with any spirit till 1773. New England, therefore, was peopled by the descendants of those who emigrated between 1620 and 1640; and this fact we would mention as the first cause of prosperi Willis1746.
Jonathan Watson1749.
Samuel Brooks1750.
Isaac Royal1755.
Zachariah Poole1762.
Isaac Royal1763.
Stephen Hall1764.
Isaac Royal1765.
Benjamin Hall1773.
Willis Hall1785.
Thomas Brooks1788.
Willis Hall1789.
Ebenezer Hall1790.
Richard Hall1794.
John Brooks1796.
Ebenezer Hall1798.
John Brooks1803.
Caleb Broo
4, 1722, and has many descendants through the Clevelands; especially, of those now alive, are Rev. Charles Cleveland, of Boston, and Professor Charles D. Cleveland, of Philadelphia.
9Porter, John, came from England, 1632; of Salem, 1637; was made freeman, 1646.
Had children, who settled at Topsfield and Wenham, from which latter place Deacon William Porter removed to Braintree, about 1740; his son, Jonathan, moved to Malden, about 1755; and his son, Jonathan, jun., moved thence to Medford, 1773.
He m. Phebe Abbott, of Andover, and had--
9-10Jonathan, b. Nov. 13, 1791; m. Catharine Gray.
11Henry, b. Nov. 9, 1793; m. Susan S. Tidd.
12Sarah, b. June 7, 1795; d. 1815.
13Charlotte, m. Hezekiah Blanchard.
14George, b. Aug. 26, 1799; d. young.
15George W., b. Jan. 26, 1801; m. Elizabeth Hall.
16Augusta, m. James T. Woodbury.
Jonathan Porter d. Nov., 1817.
1Raymond, William, is said to have emigrated with two brothers, Richard and William, and to have been concerne
k, 1787; Eaton, 1755; Edwards, 1753; Erwin, 1752.
Farrington, 1788; Faulkner, 1761; Fessenden, 1785; Fitch, 1785; Floyd, 1750; Fowle, 1752; French, 1755.
Galt, 1757; Gardner, 1721; Garret, 1732; Giles, 1719; Gill, 1738; Goddard, 1745; Gowen, 1773; Grace, 1779; Greatton, 1718; Green, 1785.
Hosmer, 1746; Hunt, 1751.
Kendall, 1752; Kettle, or Kettell, 1740.
Lathe, Laithe, and Leathe, 1738; Learned, 1793; Le Bosquet, 1781.
Mack, 1790; Mallard, 1753; Mansfield, 1759; May, 1759; MacClow, 1767; Polly, 1748; Poole, 1732; Powers, 1797; Pratt, 1791.
Rand, 1789; Reed, 1755; Richardson, 1796; Robbins, 1765; Rouse, 1770; Rumril, 1750; Rushby, 1735; Russul, 1733.
Sables, 1758; Sargent, 1716; Scolly, 1733; Semer, 1719; Simonds, 1773; Souther, 1747; Sprague, 1763; Stocker, 1763; Storer, 1748.
Tebodo, 1757; Teel, 1760; Tidd, 1746; Tilton, 1764; Tompson, 1718; Trowbridge, 1787; Turner, 1729; Tuttle, 1729; Tyzick, 1785.
Wait, 1725; Waite, 1785; Wakefield, 1751; Walker, 1779