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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The loyalists of Medford. (search)
hundred and thirteen; of farmers, mechanics and traders, three hundred and eighty-two. Most of these found new homes in Halifax; some few went to England or to colonies belonging to Great Britain, but all had to commence life anew, exiled from theitention to retire for a time to his estate in Antigua, but finding it impossible to obtain a passage thither, he went to Halifax and finally to England, where the remaining years of his life were spent; he regretted the necessity for his exile and w Brooks states that the Committee of Correspondence had under its care the estate of one Clewly who was a resident of Halifax and whose agent was Ichabod Jones. In that case the estate referred to in the accounts of the committee was that of John Clewly of Halifax, a carpenter, who held a mortgage on the estate of Francis Whitmore, a resident of Medford at the time the deed was given. His estate in Middlesex County was not sold by the state, but it was settled in 795 by his administrator,
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., Captain Isaac Hall. (search)
th. He held, at different times, the office of engine-man, wood corder, salt-measurer, assessor, and fire-warden. At a town meeting held in May, 1789, it was voted to petition the General Court for a lottery, to widen the bridge and pave the market place, so called. Isaac Hall was appointed a member of the committee. Among his friends was Col. Isaac Royal, who halted between two opinions respecting the revolution, until the cannonading at Lexington drove him to Newburyport and then to Halifax. In Brooks' history of Medford is an account of an examination respecting the political behavior of Colonel Royal. Among the persons examined was Captain Isaac Hall, who declared: That the winter before said battle (Lexington) he went to settle accounts with said Royal at his house; and that said Royal showed him his arms and accoutrements (which were in very good order), and told him that he determined to stand for his country, etc. Isaac Hall died November 24, 1789. A sword, said t