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Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, The Tufts Family in Somerville (search)
rother. All the children loved him and well up the hill near the tower in Mt. Auburn cemetery a stone was erected to Uncle Edmund Tufts. The two younger sons of Peter were Asa and Thomas. The former is the ancestor of the highly respected family of Dover, N. H.; the latter settled in Lexington, but grandchildren in the persons of Mrs. S. Z. Bowman and the late Albert N. Tufts, returned to live near the old domain of their ancestor. Peter's youngest daughter, Sarah, was the wife of Joseph Adams, a daughter of whom was the wife of the late John C. Magoun. Sarah Tufts has left descendants in the Magouns, Fitzes, Woodses, Hawkinses, and Mrs. Heald, the regent of the Anne Adams Tufts chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution—all of whom have dwelt in town for longer or shorter periods. Timothy, the third son of Peter of Milk Row, who was born in 1735, received from his father a farm on Elm street, at the corner of Willow avenue. The dwelling house of this farm is familiar as b
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Neighborhood Sketch no. 2. (search)
—another rangeway,—was crossed. On the upper corner was a blacksmith shop, not now standing. Then dame two houses owned, and one of them occupied at about this time, by Albert Kenneson; They are still standing. The next was the homestead of Joseph Adams, now owned and occupied by myself. It was to this house that the Superior, the nuns, and the scholars of the Ursuline convent fled for protection on the night that the building was destroyed by a mob,—August 11, 1834. The rioters came to the house twice in search of the Superior, against whom their vengeance was especially directed, because of some incautious remarks said to have been made by her. A little deception was used by Mr. Adams, and the mob went further in pursuit of their intended victim. The next house was the house owned and occupied by the Mitchells, and is still standing. A house owned and occupied by Gardner Ring stood on the corner of Marshall street. It was removed to make room for the Odd Fellows' building.<
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Index (search)
r, II.—21, 22. Adams, Anne, wife of Timothy Tufts, II.—25. Adams, Chester, house of, III.—21. Adams, Hannah, II.—22. Adams, James Howe. III.—21. Adams, Joseph, II.—24. Adams, Joseph, home of, III.—20, 21. Agassiz, Professor, IV.—16. Albee, Godfrey B., II.—20. Aldie, Va., IV.—29. Alewife Brook, II.—17; Adams, Joseph, home of, III.—20, 21. Agassiz, Professor, IV.—16. Albee, Godfrey B., II.—20. Aldie, Va., IV.—29. Alewife Brook, II.—17; III.—13, 20. Alexandria, Va., II.—39; IV.—24, 27. Ames Estate, IV.—20. Andersonville, IV.—25. Andrew, John A., II.—29. Annand. Captain, I.—38. Annapolis, IV.—23. Antietam, Battle of, III.—24; IV.—25. Appleton, D. & Co., I.—8. Arlington Heights, Va., II.—39; IV—25. Arlington Line, III.—20. Arlington, Lidgett, Lieutenant Colonel, IV.—10. Lidgett, Elizabeth, IV.—10. Lincoln, President, death of, II.—16. Littlefield, Samuel, II.—19. Locke, Margaret (Adams), II.—22. Locke, Martha, II.—22. Locke, Samuel, II.—22. London Heights, I.—34, 36.