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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
family by Matthew Bridge, in 1721 or 1722. It then included two farms in Lexington. On the death of Matthew Bridge, in 1761, it passed to his son, Cornet Nathaniel Bridge, who was a Selectman of the town from 1767 to 1777. He was a friend of Washington and entertained him at his house while the troops were stationed in Cambridge. On the marriage of his oldest son William he gave him a deed of onehalf the entire estate, and this still continues in the possession of the Bridge family. The oth764 to 1770, the first house on the south side of the river at Watertown Bridge. This house is still standing in excellent preservation, but the barn and sheds attached show the ravages of time. This was probably the tavern referred to by General Washington, who wrote in his diary Thursday, November 5, 1789, We lodged in this place [Watertown] at the house of Widow Coolidge, near the Bridge, and a very indifferent one it is. He had come from Lexington that day, and says, Instead of going to W