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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., Strangers in Medford, (continued from Vol. 8, no. 4). (search)
21, 1763Nov. 30, 1763Widow. In family of her sister Phoebe Binford, wife of William.        Hannah (daughter)Boston, March, 1759Nov. 21, 1759Age between 2 and 3 yrs. In family of Wm. Binford. Smith, JohnWoburn, abt, Apr. 20, 1773Tenant of Samuel Brooks.        Mary (wife) Names.From. Date.Warned out.Remarks. Smith, John        Luther (children of John and Mary）        Abel (children of John and Mary）        Susanna (children of John and Mary）        Mary (children of John and Mary） Smith, SamuelCambridge, Apr. 30, 1751July 10, 1751Tenants of Samuel Brooks.        wife        Thomas (sons)        Robert (sons) Smith. SarahBoston, Feb. or Mar., 1767May Ct., 1767 Snow, UriahWoburn Prec. Burlington. Apr. 15, 1769Nov. Ct., 1769Tenant at spot Pond or Jacob Hall.        Lucy (wife)        Uriah (children)        Sarah (children)        Lucy (children)        Barna
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., The first book of records, Medford, Mass. (search)
logist. The value of musty records is more appreciated each year; the carelessness and lack of completeness with which most of them were kept and the loss of many through fire and improper care is to be greatly regretted. It has been frequently stated, in fact is a sort of tradition, that the earliest records of Medford were destroyed by fire. I never heard it said when or where it happened, but many have accepted this statement as a fact. How or when the story originated I do not know. Brooks, in his History of Medford, states that the records of the first forty years are lost, and again that the first twenty-five or thirty pages of the first book of records are unfortunately lost, probably from carelessness about loose and decayed sheets. These words are reiterated by Usher in his later work, evidently taking it for granted that this was true without making any study or consideration. While I have the greatest respect for the Rev. Charles Brooks, whom I remember so well as one