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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., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
t, Now Hull. says Capt. Roger Clap, A young man of twenty-one years, who came out of Plymouth, in Devon. one of her passengers, in his memoirs, Capt. Squeb would not bring us into Charles River, Wood's N. E. Prospect, 1634, gives Mishaum, Mishaumut—Charlestowne, and the names of Rivers of note in the following order: Saugus, Mistick, Mishaum, Naponset, & c. where the Mishaum is the only one corresponding in position to the Charles. Capt. John Smith, in his Description of New England, 1616, says he gave the name Massachusetts River to the stretch of water making up through the islands from the Bay, which name was changed by the Prince his Highnesse to Charles River. The name Quinobequin first appears in Morse's Gazetteer, 1797. The original Indian name of the Charles River would, therefore, appear to be Mishaum. See note 4, page 11. John Endicott, in a letter dated 27th 8: 1651, mentions one Pummakummin, Sachem of Qunnubbagge, dwelling amongst or neer to the Narragansets, who