hide Matching Documents

Your search returned 8 results in 4 document sections:

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., I. General History. (search)
the inhabitants of the said Second Parish in Cambridge, together with certain petitioners then. inhabitants of the town of Charlestown, were incorporated into a District, generally called Menotomy, since it included all the territory in the two towns on the westerly side of Menotomy River, now Alewife Brook, the stream flowing from the Spy-Pond Brook into the Mystic River. The Mystic River, of which the ancient Menotomy River is a branch, has its source in Mystic Pond, which was shown on Wood's Map of Massachusetts in 1633. It almost has its beginning, continuance and end within the limits of Medford, and hence is often called the Medford River. The names of the Mystic and Menotomy Rivers are apparently aboriginal designations, and like all Indian names probably describe the locality to which they were affixed. Trumbull gives the origin of the name Mystic, anciently written Mistick, as applied to the Medford River, thus: Tuk in Indian denotes a river whose waters are driven 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., chapter 4 (search)
; John Grimes, Boston; Richard Kettell, ditto; David Blodget, Stoneham; Joseph Robinson, Lexington; Ebenezer Bowman, ditto; Samuel Seager, Newton; Ebenezer Cox, Boston (transferred to the train immediately after); Job Potamea, negro, Stoneham; Isaiah Barjonah, mulatto, Stoneham; Cuff Whittemore, negro, Cambridge; John Stewart, Cape Ann. （53.) Smith's Address, pp. 60-62, omits two names in the above list, and gives two others that do not appear above, namely, those of William Ellery and Cato Wood (negro), both belonging to Charlestown. Paige, Hist. Camb. p. 410, names the Cambridge members of the company, all of whom he considers very likely were engaged in the battle of the 19th of April. June 21, 1775, the Committee of Safety recommended Stephen Frost, ensign in Capt. Locke's Company of Col. Gardner's Regiment, to the Honorable Congress for a commission; and in Provincial Congress, June 22, 1775, it was ordered that an ensign's commission be delivered to Mr. Stephen Frost, 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)
atement of the expenses of the town to be made, and to furnish each family with one of the same. A copy of this statement is appended. Statement of the expenses of the town of West Cambridge, from May 1810, to May 1811. Poor. Amount of Overseers' drafts in favor of Joseph Converse and other persons for support of the poor705 71 Schools. Ephraim Randall, Schoolmaster148 50 E. G. Bowdoin, do.148 50 John Barrett, do.148 50 John Anderson, do.148 50 Sundry persons for Wood98 47692 47 Contingencies. Josiah Whittemore, for moving and repairing the Central School house67 85 Stephen Tufts, for Carpenter work on same7 00 Joshua Avery, do. do.17 56 John Niles, do and for Glazing same13 54 Jonathan Butterfield, do. do.13 87 Josiah Mason & Son, for Lumber for same16 40 Tufts & Adams, for Shingles do.27 00 Ezekiel Whittemore, for Mason work for same3 25 Caleb Cole, for Stove Funnel do.10 92 Daniel Adams, for work at the School houses8 50 Noah Russell,
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)
6, 170-72, 223, 248, 286, 316, 321, 324 Winneck, 217, 262, 314, 324 Winship, 9, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27-9, 37, 38, 68, 70, 73-5, 83, 93, 94, 97, 112, 119, 123, 167-69, 176, 186,189, 193, 196, 198, 201, 202, 206,208, 209, 214, 217, 218, 230, 234, 247, 250, 262, 263, 266, 260, 266, 266, 268, 269, 283, 289, 292,293, 297, 300, 301, 303, 313, 316, 318, 323-30, 331, 332, 334, 335 Winslow, 332 Winthrop, 6, 104 Wisner, 82 Wiswell, 330 Withington, 27, 132,169, 268, 276, 286, 330 Wood, 3, 68, 140, 165, 191, 307, 322, 330 Woodbridge, 170, 273 Woodbury, 71 Woods, 349 Woodward, 241 Woolson, 195, 291, 324, 330 Worrow, see Warrow Wootton, 330 Wright, 97,201,235, 307, 330, 334, 335 Wybert, 283, 331 Wyer, 239, 331 Wyeth, 111, 193, 217, 266, 286, 323, 325, 326, 327, 331-33 Wyman, 6, 70, 73-5, 94, 95, 97, 106, 112, 131, 132, 138, 140, 162, 164, 165, 167-69, 172, 173, 178,191, 194,196, 202-04, 219, 246, 261, 262, 274,277, 279, 288, 289, 294, 301,