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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
John,b. Jan. 31, 1716. Nathan,  3   Eliot, Mary, widow of Francis, of Braintree, d. Jan. 17, 1697. She was mother-in-law of Deacon John Whitmore; and he the Isle of Purbeck, on the coast of Dorsetshire, Eng.  1Shed, Daniel, of Braintree, 1647, from whom probably descended Ebenezer Shed (1), of Charlestown, who d.of whom the names of five are known; viz.,--  2-14Sarah, m. Rev. M. Fisk, of Braintree, Nov. 7, 1672; d. Nov. 2, 1692.  15William, Jan. 7, 1679.  16Zechariah.  1udence, b. May 18, 1703.  6Catharine, b. Mar. 16, 1706.  1wild, Silas, of Braintree, was b. Mar. 8, 1736. He m., 1st, Ruth Thayer, who d. Dec. 29, 1793; leavingept. 12, 1845, aged 91. He d. Oct. 12, 1828. 2-3Silas wild m. Ruth Reed, of Braintree, Mar. 19, 1812, who was b. Dec. 1, 1785. He had--   Abigail, b. June 17, 18d in Braintree; moved to Medford 1678, in which year he sold Caleb Hobart, of Braintree, a piece of land in that town. He m. Hannah----, who d. Mar. 22, 1732,
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
Officers: Ira Drake, of Stoughton, captain; Henry U. Morse and Walter Cameron, of Canton, lieutenants. At this time, Lieutenant Cameron was in New Orleans; and John McKay, Jr., of Canton, was chosen to fill the vacancy. Lieutenant Cameron, however, soon after returned home, and joined his company at Fortress Monroe. Company B, Light Infantry, Easton. Officers: Milo M. Williams, captain; Linton Waldron and William E. Bump, Jr., lieutenants,—all of Easton. Company C, Light Infantry, Braintree. Officers: Cephas C. Bumpus, captain; James T. Stevens and Isaac P. Fuller, lieutenants,—all of Braintree. Company D, Light Infantry, Randolph. Officers: Horace Niles, captain; Otis S. Wilbur and H. Frank Wales, lieutenants,—all of Randolph. Company E, Light Infantry, South Abington. Officers: Charles F. Allen, captain; Lewis Soule and John W. Mitchell, lieutenants,—all of South Abington. Company F, Warren Light Guards, Foxborough. Officers: David L. Shepard, captain; Moses A. R
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
advanced by Mr. Sumner, because they did not believe it wise then to adopt it. The time might come, they argued, when it would be the highest wisdom to take such a stand; and that time came, and the nation was saved. The Democratic convention was held in Worcester, Sept. 18, and nominated Isaac Davis, of Worcester, for Governor; Edwin C. Bailey, of Boston, Lieutenant-Governor; Charles Thompson, of Charlestown, Secretary of State; Moses Bates, of Plymouth, Treasurer; and Edward Avery, of Braintree, Attorney-General. These gentlemen were war Democrats. Moses Bates was elected president of the convention, and, on taking the chair, made a long speech, which, so far as it related to the great national issue, was decided in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war. Speeches were made by Oliver Stevens, of Boston; E. A. Alger, of Lowell; and Edwin C. Bailey, of Boston,—all of whom condemned the Rebellion, and favored conquering a peace. The resolutions reported by A. R. Brown, of L
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 12: (search)
Warner, of Northampton, for Secretary of State. In the afternoon, speeches were made by Hon. Charles Sumner, Benjamin F. Butler, Mr. Bullock, the nominee for Governor, and Mr. Claflin, the nominee for Lieutenant-Governor, and a series of patriotic resolutions were reported by William S. Robinson, of Malden, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. The Democratic Convention met in Worcester, on the 29th of September. John K. Tarbox was chosen temporary chairman, and Edward Avery, of Braintree, permanent president. Both of these gentlemen made short and wellex-pressed addresses upon political affairs from a Democratic stand-point. Darius N. Couch, of Taunton, who had distinguished himself as an able and efficient officer in the war, was nominated for Governor, and Thomas F. Plunkett, of Pittsfield, for Lieutenant-Governor; S. O. Lamb, of Greenfield, for Secretary of State; Thomas C. Amory, Jr., of Boston, for Treasurer; Arthur F. Devereux, of Salem, for Auditor; and Horatio
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12: Norfolk County. (search)
dollars to each person who should volunteer for three years service before the 1st of March, 1865, and be credited to the town. 1865. July 1st, The treasurer was authorized to borrow not exceeding ten thousand dollars to reimburse citizens for money contributed by them during the year 1864 for the payment of bounties and in filling the quota of the town. A committee was appointed to take into consideration the erection of a soldiers' monument, and to report at a subsequent meeting. Braintree furnished about three hundred and ninety-five men for the war, which was a surplus of fourteen over and above all demands. Fourteen were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was twenty-eight thousand four hundred and seventy dollars and seven cents ($28,470.07). The amount of money raised and expended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonw
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
ngton (see West Cambridge) 467 Ashburnham 603 Ashby 369 Ashfield 254 Ashland 371 Athol 604 Attleborough 118 Auburn 606 B. Barnstable 27 Barre 607 Becket 65 Bedford 372 Belchertown 332 Bellingham 482 Belmont 373 Berkley 122 Berlin 609 Bernardston 256 Beverly 177 Billerica 375 Blackstone 611 Blandford 296 Bolton 613 Boston 582 Boxborough 377 Boxford 180 Boylston 616 Bradford 182 Braintree 483 Brewster 31 Bridgewater 538 Brighton 378 Brimfield 298 Brookfield 616 Brookline 485 Buckland 267 Burlington 381 C. Cambridge 382 Canton 490 Carlisle 391 Carver 540 Charlestown 393 Charlemont 259 Charlton 618 Chatham 33 Chelmsford 399 Chelsea 591 Cheshire 66 Chester 299 Chesterfield 334 Chicopee 300 Chilmark 164 Clarksburg 68 Clinton 619 Cohasset 491 Colerain 260 Concord 40
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The beginnings of Cambridge. (search)
t to Jarvis Field furnished the occasion for the first great assertion of the principles of constitutional law and free government in New England. Two years before the issue of that illegal writ of ship money, which it is John Hampden's glory to have resisted, did these village Hampdens of Watertown utter their memorable protest. In the summer of 1632, a congregation from Braintree in Essex came over to Massachusetts and began to settle near Mount Wollaston, where they left the name of Braintree on the map; but in August they removed to the New Town, where Braintree Street took its name from them. Their pastor, the eminent Thomas Hooker, who had been obliged to flee to Holland, arrived in the course of the next year. This accession raised the population of the New Town to something like 500 persons. But the new-comers were not satisfied with things as they found them, and by 1634 we begin to hear them talk about going elsewhere. Some bold explorers had penetrated far west, eve
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), General Index. (search)
Harvard, name given to the college at the New Town, 8. See College and Harvard University. Harvard Annex. See Radcliffe College. Harvard Bank, 305, 306. Harvard Branch of the Fitchburg Railroad, 396. Harvard Bridge, 4, 106, 108. Harvard Hall, burning of, 17, 18; General Court meets in, 20. Harvard, Rev. John, 8. Harvard Square, formerly part of the Common, 16, 23; the town centre, 16; ceases to be the centre, 31; sketch of, in 1822, 35, 36. Harvard Street, formerly Braintree, 8; called Craigie Road, 37. Harvard University (see College), area of lands, 142; purchases and sales, 142, 143; its open spaces a benefit, 144, 145; the University population, 145; makes permanent residents, 145; collections open to the public, 145, 146; lectures, 146; concerts, 146; chapel services, 146; effect on the public schools, 146; on the printing establishments, 147; business of boarding and lodging, 147; private dormitories, 147; business dependent on, 147; effect on Cambrid
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 37: the national election of 1852.—the Massachusetts constitutional convention.—final defeat of the coalition.— 1852-1853. (search)
obligations of good fellowship recognized in politics as elsewhere, the Free Soilers had at command no voice like Sumner's; and its power had been increased in manifold degree by the position in which after a long and memorable struggle they had placed him. Later, when he became more used to men and a life of action, he was more heedful of such obligations, and no occasion again occurred for the repetition of the kind of criticism which he encountered at this time. Rev. R. S. Storrs, of Braintree, and Erastus Hopkins, of Northampton, justified his abstinence from the campaign in letters to him. Explanations were made for him in newspaper articles,—Dedham Gazette, Dec. 4, 1852, by E. L. Pierce, and Boston Commonwealth, Dec. 2, 1852. He wrote to the Earl of Carlisle, Nov. 9, 1852:— I will say that nobody but Mr. Webster could have made the Fugitive Slave bill in any degree tolerable at the North, and he is now dead. In his tomb that accursed bill lies buried. The Lawrence
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 38: repeal of the Missouri Compromise.—reply to Butler and Mason.—the Republican Party.—address on Granville Sharp.—friendly correspondence.—1853-1854. (search)
in any other way. So it was also in your speech in the convention on the question of equal representation. And I cannot but think you are doing good by such efforts in. the way of enlightening the community. I say this from the heart, and for your encouragement. This was the last letter which the venerable divine addressed to one whom he valued for his own worth, and as the son of a classmate. Dr. Woods died at Andover, Aug. 24, 1854, at the age of eighty. Rev. R. S. Storrs, of Braintree, wrote:— I do thank you most cordially for the addresses of Mr. Chase, Mr. Wade, Mr. Houston, and your own,—the best of all, I have often said to others, though delicacy may seem to forbid saying it to you. It has given me great pleasure as well as much instruction on points previously ill understood. May the Senate long be adorned by your presence, enlightened by your counsels, and awed by the sternness of your high integrity! . .. Sooner or later you will share the gratitude of th
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