the world unto this day, the sum of £ 16. 16s. 10d. Errors excepted.
At the March meeting the officers of the town were chosen ; and much stir was there through the village on that day. The result of one of them is thus recorded:--
At a town-meeting legally convened at Medford, March 6th, 1710, Lieut. Stephen Willis chosen Moderator; Peter Seccomb chosen Constable; Ebenezer Brooks, John Hall, and Samuel Wade, Selectmen; John Whitmore, jun., and Thomas Dill, Surveyors of highways; Benjamin Peirce and Isaac Farwell, Viewers of fences; Ichabod Peirce and John Albree, Wood-corders; Nath. Peirce, Hog constable.
At said meeting, Lieut. Thomas Willis was chosen Tything-man and Sealer of weights and measures.
At said meeting, the Selectmen were chosen Assessors for this year.
1711: Voted that the town's law-book be kept this year at the house of the Treasurer, for the use of the town.
The town voted to prosecute those persons who had unlawfully voted aforetime.
May 7, 1705: S
Sergeants; John Tufts, Gersham Teel, and Jonathan Greenleaf, Corporals; Timothy Hall, Drummer; William Farning, Fifer.
Privates as follows: David Vinton, John Bucknam, Isaac Watson, Jonathan Lawrence, Jonathan Davis, Abel Richardson, James Tufts, jun., Samuel Tufts, 3d, Andrew Floyd, Benjamin Floyd, Andrew Blanchard, Samuel Tufts, John Francis, jun., Paul Dexter, John Smith, Abel Butterfield, Josiah Cutter, John Kemp, Eleazer Putnam, James Bucknam, jun., Aaron Crowell, Jonathan Tufts, Benjamin Peirce, Thomas Wakefield, Jonathan Teel, Aaron Blanchard, Richard Cole, William Binford, Thomas Bradshaw, Daniel Tufts, Peter Tufts, jun., Ebenezer Tufts, Isaac Cooch, Daniel Conery, Richard Paine, William Polly, Peter Conery, David Hadley, Jacob Bedin, Joseph Clefton, Samuel Hadley, jun., Moses Hadley, John Callender, John Clarke, Andrew Bradshaw, Thomas Savels, Francis Hall, and Benjamin Savils.
Here are fifty-nine Medford men in actual service; and the State paid them for their services
ten m. Priscilla----, and had--
15-16Mary, d. Dec. 29, 1752.
Lucy Patten m. Samuel Hall, Nov. 27, 1751.
Jonathan Patten m. S. Bradshaw, Apr. 14, 1762.
Mary Patten m. Henry Fowle, Jan. 8, 1766.
Mrs. Mary Patten d. Mar. 15, 1773.
1Peirce, Nathaniel, m. Lydia----, and had--
1-2Hannah, b. Apr. 27, 1702.
3Francis, b. Sept. 24, 1704.
4Lydia, b. Feb. 24, 1707.
5Abigail, b. Feb. 5, 1710.
6Benoni, b. Feb. 24, 1712.
7Mary, b. Mar. 2, 1714.
8Benjamin Peirce m. Sarah Hall, DeBenjamin Peirce m. Sarah Hall, Dec. 2, 1702, and had--
8-9Benjamin, b. Apr. 7, 1707.
10Sarah, b. Mar. 11, 1710.
11Eleanor, b. Feb. 13, 1712.
12Thomas, b. Aug. 11, 1714.
13Susanna, b. Jan. 29, 1717.
His widow d. Mar., 1764, aged 85.
14ICHABOD Peirce m. Sarah----, and had--
14-15Sarah, b. July 14, 1709.
16Robert, b. Nov. 29, 1711.
17Nathaniel, b. Aug. 2, 1713.
18Rebecca, b. Aug. 5, 1716.
19Jonathan, b. Oct. 8, 1717.
Perkins, Jonathan, was b. in Middleton, Mass., in 1791.
His
Michelson, 42.
Middlesex Canal, 295.
Mills, 392.
Moore, 36.
Mystic Church, 273.
Mystic River, 6.
Name, 1.
Newell, 36, 44.
Norton, 74.
Nowell, 3, 7, 9, 14, 37, 43.
Noyes, 36, 97, 121.
Nutting, 531.
Oakes, 36.
Oldham family, 531.
Oldham, 89, 100.
Oliver, 538, 570.
One Hundred Laws, 101.
Osgood, 236, 240, 531.
Oysters, 387.
Palmer, 37.
Parker, 51, 52, 531.
Patch family, 532.
Paterson, 533.
Patten family, 533.
Pauperism, 441.
Peirce family, 533.
Pemberton, 36.
Pepperrell, 538.
Perkins, 534.
Perry, 534.
Physicians, 302.
Pierpont, 262, 312.
Polly, 151, 534.
Ponds, 5.
Population, 451.
Post Office, 421.
Porter family, 534.
Porter, 36, 49, 51, 52, 211, 309.
Pounds, 449.
Prices Current, 400.
Pritchard, 36.
Productions, 12.
Putnam, 151, 306.
Public Buildings, 325.
Pynchon, 4.
Quincy, 4, 73.
Railroads, 57.
Raleigh, Sir, Walter, 17.
Raymond family, 535.
Real Est