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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
a township on the Kennebec, he removed thither with his oldest son, Stephen. He was engaged in shipping masts for the royal navy, an occupation which gave much offence to the squatters on the crown lands. He d. Apr. 27, 1794; and his wife d. Oct. 20, 1791, aged 79. 14-27William Whitmore m. Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary Brooks, Oct. 1, 1747, and had--  27-44William, b. May 3, 1748; d. Nov. 19, 1775.  45John, b. May 31, 1750; d. July 28, 1750.  46Mary, b. Oct. 25, 1752; m.----Walker, of Rindge.  47Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1757; d. s.p.  48Samuel, b. Dec. 15, 1759; d. Oct. 22, 1762.  49Martha, d. s.p.   He was a graduate of Harvard College; but bodily weakness prevented him from active pursuits, though he was a schoolmaster for a short time. The manner of his death was very peculiar; he having died in consequence of an illness produced by a dread of the smallpox. He d. Mar. 10, 1760. His widow d. Oct. 10, 1765. 25-36Stephen Whitmore m. Mary Whittemore, July 14, 1763, and had--
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 5 (search)
f Williamsburg he was promoted major of the regiment, and during the fighting before Richmond received a wound on June 30, 1862, by which he lost a leg and eventually his life. He was removed to Annapolis, Md., where he died Aug. 11, 1862. His remains were first brought to West Cambridge, where they were received by the town authorities and citizens with every demonstration of respect, and then conveyed to Fitchburg, and thence to Rindge, N. H. . where his funeral took place—See History of Rindge, N. H., for an extended sketch. Lieut. John Locke, of the 40th New York Regt died Sept. 22, 1862, aged 39, —gravestone in Arlington. The Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society and the Drill Club were allowed the use of the Town Hall during 1862. The selectmen were authorized, Aug. 25, 1862, to pay a bounty of $200 to each volunteer for nine months in the Army of the United States, residents of this town, the bounty to be paid as soon as they are sworn and mustered into service. At the sam
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., Lafayette's visit to Medford. (search)
compensation, sir; the smallest part of the delights which I have experienced in America, would more than repay me for all my services and all my sufferings. Brooks' History contains an account of this speech, which varies from this in a few minor details. Medford was further honored by the presence of Lafayette, for he called on our Revolutionary heroine, Mrs. John Fulton (born Sarah Bradlee). At this time he presented her with a breast-pin, now in possession of descendants of hers (Rindge family) in Cambridge. He also dined at Dudley Hall's in the house still standing on the north side of High street, No. 57. The story of this dinner party has never before been in print. It was natural that Mr. Hall, neighbor and intimate friend of John Brooks, and who was a man of wealth and prominence in the town, should have had the opportunity of having Lafayette as his guest. Mr. Hall, without doubt, did his friend many favors, and the latter could have easily obtained Lafayette's