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Mystic River (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
for the sea and took frequent trips from Dorchester to the West Indies, where he finally married and made a home, amassing great wealth as a planter and merchant. Isaac Royall, Jr., was born in Antigua in 1719, and a sister, Penelope, in 1724. The father realizing that his children could not receive the education in Antigua that he desired, sought for them his native land and placed them in a school in Dorchester. He then looked about the country for a suitable site for a home. The Mystic river and its adjacent lands appealed to his fancy, and in June, 1732, he purchased five hundred acres of the Ten Hills farm land and began the erection of the Royall House —which appears today on the exterior identically the same as it did when completed after five years of faithful labor, neither time nor money being spared to make the house one of beauty and grandeur. The hospitality of the Royall House was known far and wide, and we may be sure that the cellaret would be amply suppli
Dorchester, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
Royall House in Medford, was his grandson, born in Yarmouth on Casco Bay, Maine, in 1672. At the early age of three years his parent (William, Jr.) moved to Dorchester, Mass., because of continuous troubles with the Indians in Maine. Young Isaac, as he grew older, developed a love for the sea and took frequent trips from DorcheDorchester to the West Indies, where he finally married and made a home, amassing great wealth as a planter and merchant. Isaac Royall, Jr., was born in Antigua in 1719, and a sister, Penelope, in 1724. The father realizing that his children could not receive the education in Antigua that he desired, sought for them his native land and placed them in a school in Dorchester. He then looked about the country for a suitable site for a home. The Mystic river and its adjacent lands appealed to his fancy, and in June, 1732, he purchased five hundred acres of the Ten Hills farm land and began the erection of the Royall House —which appears today on the exteri
Winter Hill (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 1
ture, and yet the elements were very severe and many deaths ensued during the first few years. Men left stately manors at home and took up life in this country, living in rude log cabins, felling trees and clearing ground, and never a backward look. Probably the first white man who wandered over this part of the country was Myles Standish and his exploring party from Plymouth in 1621. John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Company, took up his abode on what is now Winter Hill. He was granted six hundred acres in 2631 which was named by him The Ten Hills Farm. The record reads: Sept. 6, 1631 granted to Mr Governor 600 acres to be sett forth by metes & bounds, near his home in Mystic to be held by him and his heirs forever. The date of the building of the original portion of the Royall House is uncertain; some writers claim that as a farmhouse it was built in the early days of Winthrop's ownership, probably about 1637. It was a brick house, two and one-hal
Mystic Valley (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
cal authorities to their duty of withholding the destroying hand and the preservation of the grounds bordering on Main street of this historic and architectural treasure, the Royall House. In relating the history of the Royall House and its occupants it will be well to go back to the early records and find how these lands came into possession of the white men. Drake's History states that Meadford in 1630 was formerly a part of Charlestown, that honored ancestor of all towns of the Mystic Valley. In 1754 Medford was sell of as a separate township from Charlestown. The title of the white man to the home of the Indians rested usually in a royal grant by turf and twig, and in the name of the English king, seldom consulting the aboriginal owner. The territory round and about here had this royal authority, and more:— First, in the grant of James I to the Plymouth Council of all lands between 40° and 48° north latitude and from sea to sea. Second, by grant of the Plymouth
Salem (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
aid that the owner was one of the richest men, if not the richest man, in the Colonies. Such was the home of Col. Isaac Royall, a man more sinned against than sinning, in the opinion of many writers. Royall family. Isaac Royall's ancestors were genuine Colonists and shared the trials and tribulations of the people of those days. The name of Royall appears in the early records and has been perpetuated in various localities. William Royall of England was granted a tract of land in Salem in 1629. A son, William, Jr., was born in 1640. Isaac Royall, Sr., whose wealth built and made famous our Royall House in Medford, was his grandson, born in Yarmouth on Casco Bay, Maine, in 1672. At the early age of three years his parent (William, Jr.) moved to Dorchester, Mass., because of continuous troubles with the Indians in Maine. Young Isaac, as he grew older, developed a love for the sea and took frequent trips from Dorchester to the West Indies, where he finally married and
West Indies (search for this): chapter 1
d was granted a tract of land in Salem in 1629. A son, William, Jr., was born in 1640. Isaac Royall, Sr., whose wealth built and made famous our Royall House in Medford, was his grandson, born in Yarmouth on Casco Bay, Maine, in 1672. At the early age of three years his parent (William, Jr.) moved to Dorchester, Mass., because of continuous troubles with the Indians in Maine. Young Isaac, as he grew older, developed a love for the sea and took frequent trips from Dorchester to the West Indies, where he finally married and made a home, amassing great wealth as a planter and merchant. Isaac Royall, Jr., was born in Antigua in 1719, and a sister, Penelope, in 1724. The father realizing that his children could not receive the education in Antigua that he desired, sought for them his native land and placed them in a school in Dorchester. He then looked about the country for a suitable site for a home. The Mystic river and its adjacent lands appealed to his fancy, and in June,
Casco Bay (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
n of many writers. Royall family. Isaac Royall's ancestors were genuine Colonists and shared the trials and tribulations of the people of those days. The name of Royall appears in the early records and has been perpetuated in various localities. William Royall of England was granted a tract of land in Salem in 1629. A son, William, Jr., was born in 1640. Isaac Royall, Sr., whose wealth built and made famous our Royall House in Medford, was his grandson, born in Yarmouth on Casco Bay, Maine, in 1672. At the early age of three years his parent (William, Jr.) moved to Dorchester, Mass., because of continuous troubles with the Indians in Maine. Young Isaac, as he grew older, developed a love for the sea and took frequent trips from Dorchester to the West Indies, where he finally married and made a home, amassing great wealth as a planter and merchant. Isaac Royall, Jr., was born in Antigua in 1719, and a sister, Penelope, in 1724. The father realizing that his childre
Kings Chapel (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
appointed on a committee of three to purchase by subscription the first fire engine in Medford, named The Grasshopper, which was sold in 1848 for $20.00. Although many of his friends were Loyalists, he was a member of the People's Church, King's Chapel, in Boston, and a pew owner of our own First Parish Church in Medford, to which he gave a number of pieces of communion silver. It is now in custody of the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston, the whole valued at $10,000. By will he left properthe preference. Much has been said about his leaving Medford at the opening of the Revolutionary War. These were the conditions which led him to take the step which he later regretted: On Sunday morning, April 16, 1775, he went to church at King's Chapel, Boston, as usual. At the close of the service General Gage of the British army placed an officer at the church door to inform those who had homes outside the limits of Boston that they would not be allowed to return to their homes until aft
Surinam (Surinam) (search for this): chapter 1
ality of the Royall House was known far and wide, and we may be sure that the cellaret would be amply supplied and the hearty old-time greeting dealt out with no niggardly hand. Isaac Royall, at the age of sixty-seven, died in his beautiful home in Medford, June 7, 1739, and was buried in the family tomb in Dorchester cemetery at Upham's Corner. Isaac Royall, Jr., then fell heir to his father's estate, at the age of twenty years. A few years later he married Elizabeth McIntosh of Surinam, South America. For many years the mansion was the rallying place of social life, and no one of importance thought of passing by without stopping to pay their respects to Colonel Royall and family. He was actively interested in the Colonies, a member of the Provincial Militia, and in 1761 was made Brigadier General, the first of that title among Americans. From 1743 to 1752 he served as Deputy to the General Court and regularly returned his salary to the town for the poor. For twenty-two year
Halifax (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ed: On Sunday morning, April 16, 1775, he went to church at King's Chapel, Boston, as usual. At the close of the service General Gage of the British army placed an officer at the church door to inform those who had homes outside the limits of Boston that they would not be allowed to return to their homes until after the uprising of the Colonies had been subdued. Thus by force of circumstances he was kept from his home. He remained a week around Boston and then boarded a vessel going to Halifax and later went to England, where he died in 1781, after trying for several years to be allowed to return to his home in Medford. He was held in high esteem by the townspeople. The Committee of Safety were his friends and he probably would never have been disturbed had he remained at home, but the reputation of a previous occupant of the older part of the house was held against him. The house, while occupied by John Usher, was a favorite place of assembly for the Tories and Loyalists of
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