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John Wade (search for this): chapter 12
nds. Samuel Thompson. Samuel Teal. Samuel Teal. Samuel Tufts, jun. Abigail Tarbutt. Benjamin Tufts. Gershom Tufts. Benjamin Tufts, jun. Jacob Tufts. Hutchinson Tufts. Peter Tufts. Isaac Tufts. Daniel Tufts. Jonathan Tufts. Ebenezer Tufts. James Tufts. Gershom Teal. Watts Turner. Hutchinson Tufts, jun. Eleazer Usher. Nathaniel Watts. Ebenezer Williams. Isaac Warren. Gardner Greenleaf. Joseph Wyman. James Wyman. John Wade. Convers Francis. John Mead and John Williams. ----Webster. Joseph Wyman. Benj. Pratt and----Brown. Isaac Greenleaf and H. Popkins. John Wright. Jonathan Godden. John Hall and Joseph Tufts. Francis Wait. James Kidder. The inhabitants occupied one hundred and thirty-six houses, which were valued at $74,032.80; making an average value of $544 each. The town valuation of all other property was $160,116.60. Taxes were assessed on 4,603 acres of land. We
John Richerson (search for this): chapter 12
ton; and undecked vessels [Medford lighters], at £ 1 per ton. Stock in trade was valued at one-quarter of its worth; male Indian and negro slaves, at £ 15 each; female, at £ 10. To show a list of tax-payers in 1730, and their relative rates, the following town-tax for £ 50--the half-yearly pay of Rev. Ebenezer Turell--is inserted:--  Heads.Real estate.Personal estate.  £s.d.£s.d.£s.d. Captain Ebenezer Brooks090110099 Mr. John Bradshaw0600123039 Deacon John Whitmore030070013 John Richerson, Esq.0300820110 Captain Samuel Brooks0300188084 Captain Samuel Wade0600176030 Thomas Tufts, Esq.0000184047 Mr. Peter Seccombe0900140094 Mr. John Willis0300168067 Lieutenant Stephen Hall0300140034 Deacon Thomas Hall0300122028 Deacon Thomas Willis0600115019 Mr. Francis Whitmore0300144033 Mr. John Whitmore0600168040 Mr. William Patten0300510010 Mr. Jonathan Hall0300940211 Dr. Simon Tufts0300123035 Mr. William Willis0300114017 Mr. Benjamin Willis0300143059 Mr. John Albree03009
John Leathe (search for this): chapter 12
and Simon Blanchard. Jane Hall. Ebenezer Hall, jun. John Blanchard & James Floyd. Tab. Blanchard & J. Gleason. Ebenezer Hall, 4th. Samuel Coverly. Richard Hall. Parker and Watson. Joseph Pratt. J. Pratt and M. Tufts. Jos. P. Hall. Stephen Hall. Thomas Hadley. James Convers. Jonas Dixon. Duncan Ingraham. John C. Jones. John Walker and Jos. Tysick. Joanna Kidder. Samuel Kidder. Abner Peirce. Thomas Learned. William Lowder. John Leathe. Jude Symonds. David Osgood. Josiah Polly. Jonathan Porter. Isaac Pratt. Thomas Hewes. Benjamin Reed. Peter Tufts. James Tufts. G. Williams & Dan. Farrington. William Bucknum. Sam. Hall and John Greenleaf. J. Bannister & Lucy Pritchard. Jeduthan Richardson. Joshua Symonds. John Symmes. Josiah Symmes. Ebenezer Symonds. Thomas Savel. Daniel Symonds. Samuel Thompson. Samuel Teal. Samuel Teal. Samuel Tufts, jun. Abigai
Samuel Turner (search for this): chapter 12
0820311 Mr. Thomas Oakes0600188020 Joseph Tufts0300156077 John Bradshaw, jun.060094021 Jonathan Bradshaw0300106020 Nathaniel Hall0300940011 Nathaniel Francis030096013 Stephen Francis030040004 Samuel Polly030041004 Benjamin Tufts0600510012 Aaron Blanchard030041014 Benjamin Weber030041004 Jonathan Weber030041004 William Benford030000012 John Atwood030000004 John Tufts060041000 Joseph Francis030013000 Stephen Greenleaf060044028 Richard Waite030094010 Jacob Polly030024009 Samuel Turner030039000 Oliver Atwood030019004 Joseph Weber030000000 Ebenezer Francis030000000 John Fossit030020005 Enoch Greenleaf060000004 John Stimson030000000 William Patten, jun.030041000 Ebenezer Brooks, jun.0300911000 Stephen Hall, jun.030083000 Robert Cresson030000000 Daniel Paine030000000 Jonathan Hall, jun.030000005 Thomas Phillebrown030041000 Samuel Bradshaw030017000 Stephen Bradshaw030000000 William Watsen030037005 Jonathan Watsen060049004 Thomas Dill030000000 Jonathan Po
Thomas Brooks (search for this): chapter 12
0300106007 Richard Sprague0600510010 Joseph Tomson060041004 Samuel Brooks, jun.030048037 Total, ninety-eight persons. As a specimen of the town expenses and tax for one year, let us take 1747. They are as follows (old tenor):-- Balance due the town from last account£4153 Whole town-tax for 1747490144    £431197 Treasurer paid, during the year 1747, by orders from said town£4311511 Balance due from treasurer10038 Errors excepted. Pr. Joseph Tufts, Committee. Thomas Brooks, Committee. June 5, 1753, the General Court laid a tax on coaches, chariots, chaises, calashes, and riding-chairs. Medford, in 1754, had 1 chariot, 7 chaises, and 31 chairs. Cambridge, during the same time, had 9 chaises and 36 chairs. Woburn had 2 chaises and 9 chairs. Maiden had 2 chaises and 20 chairs. During the revolutionary struggle, debts were accumulated to vast amounts; and, on the 26th February, 1781, the Legislature stated, that £ 950,000, specie value, were needed <
Jethro Townsend (search for this): chapter 12
e polls in Medford (1784) were 223. List of occupiers of houses, in 1798, who are taxed for more than $100:-- Samuel Albree. Asa Adams. Benjamin Hovey. Benjamin Teal. Caleb Brooks. John Bishop. Abigail Bishop. Samuel Swan. Ebenezer Thompson. Nathan Wait. Thomas Bradshaw, jun. Nathaniel Mead. Zachariah Shed. Leonard Bucknam. Spencer Bucknam. John Bacon. Abigail Brooks and Rufus Frost. John Brooks and Mary Patten. John Brooks. Jethro Townsend. Caleb Brooks, jun. Thomas Brooks. S. Buel and Augustus Hunt. Thomas Bradshaw. Andrew Blanchard. Timothy Newell. Hezekiah Blanchard, jun. Ruth Benford. Jonathan Brooks. William Bradbury. Francis Burns. Marah Billings. Hezekiah Blanchard. David Bucknam. John Chadwick. John Cutter. Miles S. Wilson. Jonathan Dunham. Aaron Crowell. William Earl. Deborah Francis. Sarah Fulton. Henry Fowle. Benjamin Floyd. Benjamin Floyd
Jacob Chamberlain (search for this): chapter 12
urn, £ 25; Malden, £ 16; and Charlestown, £ 60. A county-tax of £ 1. 13s. 9d., levied on Meadford, Jan. 17, 1684, was paid by the inhabitants as follows:--  £s.d. Capt. Jonathan Wade064 Capt. Nathaniel Wade043 John Hall033 Caleb Brooks0111 Thomas Willis037 Stephen Willis0110 Peter Tufts, jun.034 Stephen Francis0110 John Whitmore017 Gershom Swan015 Isaac Fox0011 John Bradshor008 Jonathan Tufts0010 Daniel Woodward008 Andrew Mitchell008 Roger Scott007 Edward Walker008 Jacob Chamberlain008 Joseph Baker008    £1158 The excess raised in this tax, over the sum required, was to pay the collector. The valuation of live-stock, for rates in Medford, at this time, were the following: Oxen, four years and upwards, in 1677, £ 3; in 1687, £ 5. Horses, three years and upwards, in 1677, £ 3; in 1687, £ 5. Cows and bulls, four years old, in 1677, £ 2; in 1687, £ 3. Sheep, above one year old, in 1677, 5s. each; in 1687, 8s. Swine, above one year, in 1677, 10s.; in
Temple (search for this): chapter 12
he thirteen stripes. When Thomas Temple, Esq., went to London, in May, 1662, and was introduced to the king, he presented his majesty with specimens of our coins. Seeing a tree on one of them, Charles inquired, What sort of a tree is that? Mr. Temple immediately replied, It is the royal oak, which preserved your majesty's life. The answer conciliated the unbotanical king, and induced him to grant Mr. Temple what he asked. The mint was suppressed by James II.; and thereupon, in 1686, ourMr. Temple what he asked. The mint was suppressed by James II.; and thereupon, in 1686, our Massachusetts patriots began to move in the establishment of a bank; and, on Sept. 18 of that year, President Dudley and council granted liberty to certain directors to issue bills, on security of real and personal estate. These continued but three years. Dec. 10, 1690, the General Court established a provincial bank, and issued paper-money to the amount of seven thousand pounds, in bills from five shillings to five pounds. This paper-currency continued in use till 1750. These paper-bills, so
Stephen Patten (search for this): chapter 12
ph Weber030000000 Ebenezer Francis030000000 John Fossit030020005 Enoch Greenleaf060000004 John Stimson030000000 William Patten, jun.030041000 Ebenezer Brooks, jun.0300911000 Stephen Hall, jun.030083000 Robert Cresson030000000 Daniel Paine030000000 Jonathan Hall, jun.030000005 Thomas Phillebrown030041000 Samuel Bradshaw030017000 Stephen Bradshaw030000000 William Watsen030037005 Jonathan Watsen060049004 Thomas Dill030000000 Jonathan Polly030024004 Jonathan Tufts030000000 Stephen Patten030000000 Eliot Patten030000000 William Hall030000000 Edward Hall030000000 John Elder030024004 William Pelam030024004 William Waite030000000 Deacon Jacob Parker030024000 Thomas Graves030036013 Ebenezer Tufts060000000 Thomas Brooks030000000 John Fillebrown030000000 Richard Martin030041005 Jonathan Tomson030041004 Edward Oakes03001210031 Caleb Brooks030013000 Matthew Ellis000034058 Abner Harris000036005 Jonathan Tufts000039000 James Wright0000011000 James Tufts0000310000
Luther Angier (search for this): chapter 12
Medford was in September, 1797. The first office was on the spot now occupied by the town-house. The post-masters have been as follows:-- Samuel Buel,appointedSept. 1797 William Rogers, jun.,July 21, 1813 William Rogers,Oct. 20, 1818 Luther Angier,May 17, 1828 Samuel S. Green, jun.,April 6, 1839 Luther Angier,April 8, 1841 Samuel S. Green,July 19, 1845 Alexander Gregg,July 30, 1847 James T. Floyd, jun.,May 29, 1849 James C. Winneck (the present incumbent),Aug. 23, 1853 A posLuther Angier,April 8, 1841 Samuel S. Green,July 19, 1845 Alexander Gregg,July 30, 1847 James T. Floyd, jun.,May 29, 1849 James C. Winneck (the present incumbent),Aug. 23, 1853 A post-office was established in West Medford in 1853, and its daily mail is an increasing benefit to a growing village. The first postmaster was James M. Sanford; the second, Thaddeus A. Baldwin; and the third, the present one, is Franklin Patch. Taverns. For more than a hundred years, all the land travel to Boston from Maine, from the eastern parts of New Hampshire, and the north-eastern parts of Massachusetts, passed through Medford; and its distance from Boston made it a convenient stoppi
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