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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., The Jonathan Watson house. (search)
nd narrow, small-paned windows, the colonial doorway, and the weather boarding extending to the corner angles without the usual and more modern corner board. Mr. Watson gave the west half of the house to his daughter, Abigail, the widow of Samuel Angier, probably by will, though we have not ascertained the date of his demise. Mrs. Angier kept a dame's school in her only first-floor room at some time after her husband's death. The eastern portion went to Mr. Watson's son Jonathan, who, wMrs. Angier kept a dame's school in her only first-floor room at some time after her husband's death. The eastern portion went to Mr. Watson's son Jonathan, who, with his sister, sold the property and moved to Upper Medford, now known as Symmes' Corner in Winchester. Timothy Fitch was the purchaser, and was then a resident of Boston and Nantucket. He never lived in this house, and it would seem that he purchased for investment. Later he became a resident of Medford, buying the home of Parson Turell not long after the latter's death, which occured in 1778. Mr. Fitch enlarged the house by building at its rear, extending the new portion by the ends of
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., Medford and Bunker Hill. (search)
ent, John Brooks, also by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, John C. Warren and others. When funds were needed for the completion of Bunker Hill Monument the women gave their help and held a fair in Quincy Hall, Boston, September 8, 1840, that lasted seven days. Twenty cities and towns supplied tables, Boston having quite a number, and on a list of forty tables Medford ranked number seven in the net sum handed in, making a creditable showing of $606. The Medford table was presided over by Mrs. Angier and Mrs. Hall.— E. M. G. On page 23, vol. XIV., the Register gives the names of thirty-seven Medford men who contributed to the monument fund, doubtless in the earlier days of its erection. The table of the Medford women in the fair in Quincy Hall was numbered 11, three Boston tables being 9, 10, 12, and Maiden 13; all on the side next North Market street. The contract for the completion of the work was awarded (signed) November 4, 1840, to James Sullivan Savage for $43,800. Of th