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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 30., The Brooks Estates in Medford from 1660 to 1927. (search)
The Brooks Estates in Medford from 1660 to 1927. By Richard B. Coolidge. [Read before the Medford Historical Society, March 21, 1927. Acknowledgment is due Mrs. Shepherd Brooks, who generously made available her husband's manuscript referred to in the text, and to Mrs. Coolidge who compiled the material.] IT is one of the margins, however, the proposal was not adopted and the territory that was old Medford remains, so far as that proceeding is concerned, the Medford of today. In 1660 Thomas Brooks became the first of this family to acquire land holdings in Medford. Medford had then progressed from a mere settlement to a scattered hamlet. Neare hundred acres acquired by Thomas Brooks lay to the north and on both sides of Grove street of today. At the date of the original purchase of the whole tract, in 1660, there was on the land a messuage, or tenement so called, leased to Golden Moor. This house, the first of the Brooks houses, stood on the south side of High stree
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 30., The road through the woods. (search)
The road through the woods. It was a mile and three-quarters long. Originally longer, it extended from the Menotomy corn mill on Mystic river and crossed the way to the weare, where in 1660 was a dwelling in lease-hold of one Golden Moor. It was the country road from Cambridge to Woburn, and doubtless lay over the Indian trail followed by Myles Standish on his memorable journey of September 21, 1621, the first recorded visit of white men to what became our ancient town of Medford. It is one of our oldest roads. Two centuries and a half after the death of the old Indian king on the crown of the hill, there was erected the grey stone house of Peter C. Brooks (third of the name), who has but a few years since passed away. So only two families have succeeded the Indian on these hilltops as residents. This old road is certainly of great interest, as the county records show that in 1693 the court considered it an ancient highway, and in 1709 a committee reported its view of tw