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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., chapter 15 (search)
Vain point. It was through this piece of marsh land that the highway or canal was cut in 1761. Lieut.-Col. Charles Lidgett was the friend and adherent of Sir Edmund Andros, the first royal governor of New England during the Inter-Charter Period. The assertation of Governor Andros that the abrogation of the first Colonial ChartGovernor Andros that the abrogation of the first Colonial Charter reinvested all land titles in the crown, caused widespread consternation. Some proprietors endeavored to strengthen their titles by procuring deeds from the Indians, which acts brought forth from the governor a criticism of the Indian signatures, That their hand was no more worth then the scratch of a Bears paw. He confirmed h6. Mr. Usher added to his estate by purchasing parts of the Stinted Pasture that adjoined his farm. It will be remembered that this pasture was granted by Governor Andros to Colonel Lidgett, but the grant became void upon the downfall of the governor's administration. In the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 14,