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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 13: population. (search)
rmal service over the remains of its members, it was deemed expedient and Christian, by the Puritans, not to imitate such examples; and, accordingly, they buried their dead without funeral prayers. Neither did they read the Scriptures! What they could have substituted for these simple, rational, and impressive rites, we do not know, but presume it must have been a sermon and a hymn. The first prayer made by a clergyman at a funeral, which we have heard of, was made by Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Medfield, at the funeral of Rev. Mr. Adams, of Roxbury, Aug. 19, 1685. The first one made at a funeral in Boston was at the interment of Dr. Mayhew, 1766. The pomp and circumstance of grief were certainly not forgotten on this side of the Atlantic. At the burial of a rich man, a magistrate, or a minister, there was great parade and much expense. Mourning-scarfs, black crapes, pendulous hatbands, common gloves, and gold rings, were gratuities to the chief mourners. The officers accompanying the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831 (search)
Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831 Historian; born in Medfield, Mass., in 1755. By an early fondness for study, which was promoted by her father, a man of literary tastes, she obtained a knowledge of Latin and Greek from some divinity students broading at her father's house before she had arrived at full womanhood. Her father, a shopkeeper, failed in business when she was seventeen years of age, and his children were compelled to help themselves. During the war for independence she supported herself by teaching and lace-making. Miss Adams wrote a History of the Jews, in which she was assisted by the Abbe Gregoire, with whom she corresponded. She also wrote a History of New England, published in 1799. She also wrote hooks on religious subjects; and, in 1814, published a Controversy with Dr. Morse (Rev. Jedidiah). Her autobiography, continued by Mrs. G. G. Lee, was published in 1832. Miss Adams was small in stature, very deaf in her old age, fond of strong tea, and an inveterate snuff
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gammell, William 1812-1889 (search)
Gammell, William 1812-1889 Educator; born in Medfield, Mass., Feb. 10, 1812; graduated at Brown University in 1831; became Professor of History and Political Economy there in 1880. His publications include the lives of Roger Williams and Gov. Samuel Ward, in Sparks's American biographies; History of American Baptist missions, etc. He died in Providence, R. I., April 3, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inness, George 1825-1894 (search)
Inness, George 1825-1894 Artist; born in Newburg, N. Y., May 1, 1825; removed to New York in 1845; studied art; and was chosen a member of the National Academy in 1868. He was one of the greatest landscape-painters America has produced. His pictures include American sunset; Delaware water-gap; View near Medfield, Mass.; An old roadway, long Island; and Under the Green Wood. He died in Scotland Aug. 3, 1894.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mason, Lowell 1792-1872 (search)
Mason, Lowell 1792-1872 Composer; born in Medfield, Mass., Jan. 8, 1792; at an early age became a teacher and composer of music, and at the age of twenty years went to Savannah, Ga., where he gave instruction and led choirs and musical associations. In 1821 he published in Boston his Handel and Haydn collection of Church Music, which was so successful that he returned north and settled in Boston, where, in 1827, he began the instruction of classes in vocal music. He taught juvenile classes gratuitously on the Pestalozzian system, and published many collections of music, glee-books, etc. In connection with Professors Park and Phelps, he complied a Collection of Psalms and hymns for public worship, published in 1858. He died in Orange, N. J., Aug. 11, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Philip, King (search)
ire. Fully 1,000 warriors were slain or wounded, and several hundred were made prisoners. The English lost 86 killed and 150 wounded. Canonchet was slain, but Philip escaped and took refuge again with the Nipmucks. During the winter (1675-76) he vainly asked the Mohawks to join him, but tribes eastward of Massachusetts became his allies. In the spring of 1676 the work of destruction began. In the course of a few weeks the war extended over a space of almost 300 miles. Weymouth, Groton, Medfield, Lancaster, and Marlborough, in Massachusetts, were laid in ashes. Warwick and Providence, in Rhode Island, were burned, and isolated dwellings of settlers were everywhere laid waste. About 600 inhabitants of New England were killed in battle or murdered; twelve or thirteen towns were destroyed entirely, and about 600 buildings, chiefly dwelling-houses, were burned. The colonists had contracted an enormous debt for that period. Quarrels at length weakened the Indians. The Nipmucks and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
ut 15 miles from the Narraganset fort......Dec. 18, 1675 The fort was carried and the Indians routed and the whole place burned; over 1,000 Indians were killed and captured; the English lost about 200 killed and wounded and six captains killed; this swamp fight occurred Sunday......Dec. 19, 1675 Indians attack Lancaster, and after killing all the men carry the women and children into captivity......Feb. 5, 1676 Six hundred additional troops ordered to be levied......Feb. 8, 1676 Medfield surprised and laid in ashes......Feb. 21, 1676 Weymouth, within 18 miles of Boston, attacked and seven buildings burned......Feb. 24 1676 Groton attacked......March 3, 9, 13, 1676 Town of Plymouth assaulted and twelve persons killed......March, 1676 Warwick burned and Providence partially destroyed......March 17, 1676 [The aged Roger Williams accepts a commission as captain for the defence of the town he had founded.] Captain Pierce, of Scituate, with about fifty men and t
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
23 Apl. 63; died 10 Jly 65 Charleston, S. C. of disease. $50. Bounds, Robert 20, mar.; farmer; Hudson, N. Y. 10 Mch 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Brown, John 18, sin.; laborer; Worcester. 21 Feb 63; 21 Aug 65 Boston, $50. Bundy, George L. Sergt. 23, sin.; barber; Worcester. 22 Feb 63; 24 Dec 63 Portsmouth Grove, R. I.; dis. Wounded 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Burghardt, Henry F. 21, sin.; mason; No. Lee. 18 Feby 63; killed 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Cooper, Watson 18, sin.; servant; Medfield. 21 Dec 63; 20 Aug 65. $325. Cross, Martin B. Sergt. 31, mar.; barber; Catskill, N. Y. 10 Mch 63; 20 Aug. 65. Wounded 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Crozier, Eugene 21, sin.; laborer; Bristol, Vt. 14 Aug 64; 20 Aug 65.— Crozier, Nelson 25,— —Lincoln, Vt. 18 Dec 63; 20 Aug 65. Cutler, George R. 22, mar.; hostler; Boston. 6 Mch 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Boston, Mass. Demmings, Owen 21,— —Vermont. 21 Dec 63; 19 Sep 65 New York.— Dixson, Henry A. 21, mar.; mason; Boston. 1 Dec 63;
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12: Norfolk County. (search)
pended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $587.04; in 1862, $2,538.25; in 1863, $3,789.15; in 1864, $4,171.05; in 1865, $2,304.03. Total amount, $13,389.52. Medfield Incorporated May 23, 1651. Population in 1860, 1,082; in 1865, 1,011. Valuation in 1860, $601,491; in 1865, $613,155. The selectmen in 1861 were Charles Hamant, Daniels Hamant, Hamlet Wright; in 1862 and 1863, Benjamin F. Shumway, Danielapacity. 1864. April 8th, It was voted to raise twelve hundred and fifty dollars, and to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who would enlist to the credit of the town during the year ending March 1, 1865. Medfield furnished about one hundred and sixteen men for the war, which was a surplus of eleven over and above all demands. Two were commissioned officers. The total expenses of the town for war purposes, exclusive of State aid, was ten thousand and tw
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
. Kingston 554 L. Lakeville 556 Lancaster 638 Lanesborough 80 Lawrence 202 Lee 81 Leicester 639 Leominster 642 Lenox 84 Leverett 271 Lexington 414 Leyden 272 Littleton 419 Lincoln 416 Longmeadow 307 Lowell 420 Ludlow 308 Lunenburg 644 Lynn 207 Lynnfield 212 M. Malden 425 Manchester 213 Mansfield 139 Marblehead 215 Marlborough 427 Marshfield 557 Marion 557 Mattapoisett 561 Medfield 504 Medford 429 Medway 506 Melrose 431 Mendon 646 Methuen 218 Middleborough 563 Middlefield 350 Middleton 220 Milford 648 Millbury 651 Milton 507 Monroe 274 Monson 310 Montague 275 Monterey 87 Montgomery 311 Mount Washington 88 N. Nahant 222 Nantucket 478 Natick 433 Needham 609 New Ashford 90 New Bedford 141 New Braintree 653 Newbury 223 Newburyport 225 New Marlborough 91 New S
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