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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., How did Medford get its name? (search)
we are asked, and an authoritative answer for publication is expected. Under such circumstances one naturally turns to official records and published history. The first mention of Medford is in the colony record of the General Court, under date of September 28, 1630, when 3£ was levied upon it for the support of military instructors. Under the same date a coroner's jury returned its verdict in the death of Austin Bratcher at Mr. Cradock's farm, which resulted in the indictment of Walter Palmer for manslaughter and his subsequent acquittal from the charge in November. But one of Cradock's servants held variant opinion and sought to traduce the court, and was sentenced to be whipped therefor, being the fifth in the colony to receive such sentence. Here we find Medford's entrance into the limelight of history. Mr. Cradock's farm was a tract of land a mile wide (approximately) and four miles along the riverside from Charlestown, which then extended some fifteen miles north-we