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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 3 (search)
highway leading from Cambridge to Concord east; west the swamp-ground leading to Fresh Pond Meadow, south Menotomy River, north on said swamp toward Spy Pond. Edward Winship was attorney for Cooke, May 17, 1665.—Proprietors' Records. (See Paige, 513.) John Adams's farm, 1664, is mentioned in the Proprietors' Records, laid out to a farm of one hundred and seventeen acres, by him purchased of Golden Moore, and is situated on the waste lands in the seventh mile, bounded northeast with Widow Russell's farm purchased of Richard Jackson, east with Alewive meadow, south Joseph Holmes, west with common land, northwest with Mr. Pelham's farm; with allowance for the great road or highway that leads to Concord. Surveyed by David Fiske, at the appointment of Lieut. Edward Winship, by order of the town, and allowance for the highway that leads to Matthew Bridge's farm. This John Adams, who was styled of Menotomy Row in the Township of Cambridge, millwright, in 1677, lived in Arlington o
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 4 (search)
, it was voted to build a house seventy feet long and fifty-six feet wide and thirty feet posts, all of wooden materials. Samuel Butterfield, Jeduthun Wellington, George Prentiss, John Adams, and William Whittemore, Jr., were the building committee of the new meeting-house. The old house was sold at auction. The body to William Whittemore, Jr., for $440; the tower to John Tufts, for $115; the porch to Samuel Watson, for $75—making in the whole, $630. Among the materials sold, Mr. J. B Russell remembered seeing an old gilt vane five or six feet long. The first meeting-house purchased by William Whittemore, Esq., at auction, and moved to lot opposite the residence of late minister Cooke,. was made into a three-story dwelling and rented. It was next sold to Samuel Whittemore, of New York, brother of William; and eventually to Ammi Cutter; then to Abel G. Peck, who divided it, and removed it, one half at a time, to the spot where it now rests. The frame of the old church was of o
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)
h bell rung, and a procession, preceded by the West Cambridge Band, marched through the town, from Major Whittemore's tavern, under Capts. Charles Wellington and Stephen Wheeler, as Marshals, to Tufts's tavern, where they partook of a supper. Col. Russell presided, and the evening was spent very pleasantly with stories, songs and toasts. Of the latter, I remember but one, given by Ephraim Cutter, referring to the Federalists on President Madison: Bark at the moon, ye deadly dogs of night, She neither minds your howl, nor shines less bright. J. B. Russell, Reminiscences. Mr. Russell, in a later communication, enumerates the military of West Cambridge at this period thus: (1) The minute-men at the time of the Embargo Scare in 1808; (2) The old standing militia; (3) The cavalry; (4) The light infantry, inaugurated Sept. 1811; (5) The exempts, 1814, during the war scare and feared invasion of Boston. 1814 A committee was appointed to provide for the welfare and safety of th
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 9 (search)
bap. 6 Oct. 1776. See Wyman's Charlestown, 227. Cole, Sally, d. 9 Dec. 1807, a. 7 yrs. John, d. suddenly at Phile. Russell's, 16 June, 1837, a. 60—Damon supposes a Universalist, and attended the funeral. Caleb was on a committee here 6 Nov. 1 genteel boarding-house in her father's former parsonage, near where now stands the present Orthodox Church (1879). Mr. Russell has published a letter from the widow of De Neufville, which he thus introduces:— The following letter has turnedhusband, was Spanish Consul to the New England States in 1810, per document in Spanish with his signature belonging to Mr. Russell. Mr. Russell writes:— When a boy of eight, I was present at the opening of Mr. Cooke's tomb on some occasion. SMr. Russell writes:— When a boy of eight, I was present at the opening of Mr. Cooke's tomb on some occasion. Several men were present, looking at the row of coffins. I well recollect old Mr. Gershom Swan's pointing out which was which, and said of one, that contains the body of the Duellist! I thought nothing particularly about it at the time, but have s
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., General Index. (search)
e pulpit here and in other pulpits, 33 Resolutions of sympathy and greeting to Major A. S. Ingalls, and others, July 22, 1862, 157; on Washington J. Lane, April 4, 1864, 158, 169; relative to the alarming crisis in public affairs in 1809, 128 Revolutionary tea, 48, 49 Road from Watertown line to Cooke's mills (laid out 1638), 6, 8, 11, 12 Roll of Capt. Benjamin Locke's company, 1776, 57, 68; of Capt. William Adams's company, 1776, 83 Russell Park, 76, 169; School, 166, 163 Russell, Thomas, hall of, 111 Salem Gazette, cited, 63, 62, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78, 103 Sawmill, dam for, in 1703, suit, &c, 16 School Committee, 108, 109, 121, 138, 139, 140, 142, 171, 172, 173 Schoolhouses, in the Precinct, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 32, 33, 41-43, 46, 73, 108, 110; in W. Cambridge, 116,122,130, 131, 137-139, 141-143, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158, 160; in Arlington, 163, 166; burned, 160, 163; in Eastern District, 122,130,143,162; in Northwest District, 139, 142, 158, 160; in
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., Index of names. (search)
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