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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vermont, (search)
ssioners of sequestration to seize the property of all persons in the State who had repaired to the enemy ......July 28, 1777 Battle of Bennington; General Burgoyne sends about 1,000 German troops under Colonels Baume and Breyman to seize provisions at Bennington; they are routed by Americans under General Stark......Aug. 16, 1777 Legislature at Windsor divides the State into two counties: one east of the Green Mountains, called Cumberland, and another west, called Bennington......March 12, 1778 Stockade fort and block-house erected at Rutland......April, 1778 Col. Ethan Allen, prisoner of the British since 1775, exchanged, is welcomed to Bennington by a salute of fourteen guns, one for young Vermont ......May 31, 1778 Convention of towns on both sides of the Connecticut River, including eight from Vermont, at Cornish, N. H., proposes to form a State, with capital on the Connecticut......Dec. 9, 1778 Assembly of Vermont declares the union of 1778, with the sixteen to
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
s w. Lydia d. 28 Feb. 1772. 25. William, perhaps s. of Edward (16), by w. Mary had William, b. 24 Mar. 1772. Katherine, b. 4 Mar. 1784. 26. Jason, s. of Hubbard (17), m. Elizabeth Winship 28 Jan. 1739-40, and had Jason, b. 7 Mar. 1741-2; Elizabeth, b. 27 Dec. 1743, d. 29 Mar. 1751; John, b. 4 Aug. 1746; Hubbard, b. 25 Mar. 1749, m. Sarah Warren of Weston (pub. 31 Mar. 1774); Thomas, b. 22 July 1751; Noah, b. 15 July 1753, d. 13 Oct. 1754; Elizabeth, b. 3 July 1756, m. Jotham Webber 12 Mar. 1778; Mary, bap. 17 May 1761, d. 11 Ap. 1762; Noah, b. 8 Mar. 1763. Jason the f. res. at Menot. on the southerly side of the Main Street, a few rods west of the Church, where he was killed by the British on their retreat from Lex. 19 Ap. 1775, a. 58, and was buried in the ancient burial ground. With praiseworthy liberality and patriotism the citizens of Arlington have erected a handsome granite monument, to mark the resting-place of this early martyr of American Liberty and his slaughtered
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, R. (search)
s w. Lydia d. 28 Feb. 1772. 25. William, perhaps s. of Edward (16), by w. Mary had William, b. 24 Mar. 1772. Katherine, b. 4 Mar. 1784. 26. Jason, s. of Hubbard (17), m. Elizabeth Winship 28 Jan. 1739-40, and had Jason, b. 7 Mar. 1741-2; Elizabeth, b. 27 Dec. 1743, d. 29 Mar. 1751; John, b. 4 Aug. 1746; Hubbard, b. 25 Mar. 1749, m. Sarah Warren of Weston (pub. 31 Mar. 1774); Thomas, b. 22 July 1751; Noah, b. 15 July 1753, d. 13 Oct. 1754; Elizabeth, b. 3 July 1756, m. Jotham Webber 12 Mar. 1778; Mary, bap. 17 May 1761, d. 11 Ap. 1762; Noah, b. 8 Mar. 1763. Jason the f. res. at Menot. on the southerly side of the Main Street, a few rods west of the Church, where he was killed by the British on their retreat from Lex. 19 Ap. 1775, a. 58, and was buried in the ancient burial ground. With praiseworthy liberality and patriotism the citizens of Arlington have erected a handsome granite monument, to mark the resting-place of this early martyr of American Liberty and his slaughtered
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
1721 Boylston, John made a present to the town; will proved, June 12, 1795 Branded a man for selling a gun to an Indian, Sep. 4, 1634 Two soldiers engaged in the Boston Massacre, Dec. 14, 1770 John Dailey, for manslaughter, Mar. 12, 1778 Two men with letter M for murder, Mar. 3, 1780 Thomas Joyce with the letter B for burglary, Sep. 14, 1784 Bread The town purchased 10,000 loaves for the poor, Dec. 29, 1718 The weight regulated by law, Mar. 11, 1734 Bakers' al Gage, Aug. 15, 1774 For Boston, held at Concord, July 12, 1775 For Boston, held at Watertown, Sep. 5, 1775 Held in Mr. Checkley's Church, Mar. 29, 1776 Held to put down monopolies, Feb. 6, 1777 John Hancock moderator at one, Mar. 12, 1778 Three Cape Cod men caught voting, May 28, 1795 Vote yes, by going out; no by staying in, Apr. 9, 1804 Pump. One stood in Cornhill, near Queen st., 1662 Built in Dock square, by the poor, 1780 One at east end of Old Town House,
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 9 (search)
ubbard, b. 25, bap. 29 Mar. 1749 (privately); Thomas, b. 22, bap. 28 July, 1751; Noah, b. 15, bap. 22 July, 1753, d. 13 Oct. 1754, a. 2 (15 mos. g. s.); Elizabeth, b. 3, bap. 4 July, 1756, was adm. Pct. ch. 30 Oct. 1774, and m. Jotham Webber, 12 Mar. 1778; Mary, bap. 17 May, 1761, d. 11 Apr. 1762, a. 11 mos. (g. s.); Noah, b. 8, bap. 13 Mar. 1763. See Wyman, 837. 30. Jason, s. of Jason (29), m. Elizabeth Locke, 28 Oct. 1762. He o. c. here 5 June, 1763, and afterward rem. to Mason, N. H. Ha. 18 Dec. 1745, a. 42. Samuel, of Woburn, m. Susanna Swan, 4 Apr. 1757. Webb, Elizabeth, m. Nathaniel Fessenden, 20 June, 1771. Sa-Rah (her sister), of Medford, bap. here 4 Oct. 1772, aet. 18. Webber, Jotham, m. Elizabeth Russell, Jr., 12 Mar. 1778. Had Jotham, b. 25 Dec. 1778, bap. 3 Jan. 1779. Elizabeth was dism. from this ch. to the ch. in Mason, 19 Sept. 1790. Mary Ann E. V., of Chas., m. Ward Marston, 14 Apr. 1826. weeks, Joseph, of Camb., m. Sarah Russell, of Boston, 5 Jan.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
with his knowledge; that the king had always accompanied his requisition with good words, but that the financier, instead of making a decent demand, had sent a menace, that they should certainly be taxed, and only left them the choice of the manner; and they accordingly resolved, that as they always had, so they always should think it their duty to grant aid to the crown, according to their abilities, whenever required of them in the usual constitutional manner. Franklin to Alexander, 12 March, 1778. At the elections in Autumn, the proprietary party representing that the king's little finger would be found heavier than the proprietaries' whole loins, succeeded, by about twenty votes among near four thousand, in defeating Franklin's return as the representative of Philadelphia. But the majority of the new assembly placed in him unabated confidence, and conforming to the happy suggestions of Rhode Island, they proceeded to an act which in its consequences was to influence the wor