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Browsing named entities in HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks). You can also browse the collection for John Brown or search for John Brown in all documents.

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agounBryant SturgisBoston398 146 ShipColiseumT. Magoun'sT. MagounJohn Brown & T. MagounBoston & Medford302 147 ShipFlaviusT. Magoun'sT. MagounJohn Brown & T. MagounBoston & Medford302 148 Sch.EdwardS. Lapham'sGeorge FullerGeorge B. LaphamMedford55 149 Sch.KingS. Lapham'sGeorge Fuge FullerD. C. BaconBoston370 1581831ShipForumT. Magoun'sT. MagounJ. Brown & T. MagounBoston & Medford302 159 BrigTassoT. Magoun'sT. MagounJJohn BrownBoston & Medford156 160 ShipBrooklineT. Magoun'sT. MagounHenry OxnardBoston & Medford364 161 BrigTuskerS. Lapham'sS. LaphamHall, CunLiverpool Packet Co.Boston426 168 ShipRegulusT. Magoun'sT. MagounJ. Brown & T. MagounBoston & Medford418 169 ShipTrentonT. Magoun'sT. MagouullerHenry OxnardBoston203 1781833ShipAureliusT. Magoun'sT. MagounJ. Brown & T. MagounBoston & Medford418 179 ShipPropontisT. Magoun'sT. Mag C. LombardBoston396 217 ShipClaudiusT. Magoun'sP. & J. O. CurtisJohn Brown & Co.Boston527 218 ShipParthenonT. Magoun'sP. & J. O. Curti
. Gershom Tufts. Benjamin Tufts, jun. Jacob Tufts. Hutchinson Tufts. Peter Tufts. Isaac Tufts. Daniel Tufts. Jonathan Tufts. Ebenezer Tufts. James Tufts. Gershom Teal. Watts Turner. Hutchinson Tufts, jun. Eleazer Usher. Nathaniel Watts. Ebenezer Williams. Isaac Warren. Gardner Greenleaf. Joseph Wyman. James Wyman. John Wade. Convers Francis. John Mead and John Williams. ----Webster. Joseph Wyman. Benj. Pratt and----Brown. Isaac Greenleaf and H. Popkins. John Wright. Jonathan Godden. John Hall and Joseph Tufts. Francis Wait. James Kidder. The inhabitants occupied one hundred and thirty-six houses, which were valued at $74,032.80; making an average value of $544 each. The town valuation of all other property was $160,116.60. Taxes were assessed on 4,603 acres of land. We may close these tables of taxes by inserting the State valuation tables for seven decades, from 1790 to 1850 inclusi
-nine free blacks. When the law freed all the slaves, many in Medford chose to remain with their masters; and they were faithful unto death. List of slaves, and their owners' names. Worcester,owned byRev. E. Turell. PompeyDr. Simon Tufts. RoseCaptain Thomas Brooks. PompCaptain Thomas Brooks. PeterCaptain Francis Whitmore. LondonSimon Bradshaw. SelbyDeacon Benjamin Willis. PrinceBenjamin Hall. PunchWidow Brooks. FloraStephen Hall. RichardHugh Floyd. DinahCaptain Kent. CaesarMr. Brown. ScipioMr. Pool. PeterSquire Hall. NiceSquire Hall. CuffeeStephen Greenleaf. IsaacJoseph Tufts. AaronHenry Gardner. Chloe-------- Negro girlMr. Boylston. Negro womanDr. Brooks. Joseph, Plato, PhebeIsaac Royal. Peter, Abraham, CooperIsaac Royal. Stephy, George, HagarIsaac Royal. Mira, Nancy, BetseyIsaac Royal. We are indebted to a friend for the following: It may be interesting here to mention a circumstance illustrative of the general feeling of the town in those days wit
s of religion; but especially for relieving the necessitous, comforting the sick, and providing for the young. The order of the sons of Temperance. Mystic Division, No. 20, of Massachusetts. This branch of a widely extended and benevolent fraternity was organized Oct. 5, 1853, and already numbers over thirty members. The first office, of W. P., has a new occupant every three months. The gentlemen who have held it are S. D. Poole, J. M. Usher, Benjamin H. Samson, William A. Sanborn, John Brown, and Richard G. Pinkham. A public installation of officers was had in the Town Hall, April 11, 1854, when delegations from other branches were present; and a supper afterwards made members and friends of both sexes happy. Fidelis ad urnam. Mount Hermon Lodge of free and accepted Masons. Last year, a few Freemasons, who were wont to attend the meetings of Hiram Lodge, West Cambridge, determined to establish a lodge in Medford, so that they might enjoy the pleasures of Masonry neare
786; d. at N. Orleans, 1817.  50James, b. Feb. 7, 1788; d. at Havana, 1809. 21-31Edward Brooks m. Abigail, dau. of Rev. John Brown, of Haverhill. He grad. H. C., 1757, where he was librarian for a short time. He was chaplain on board the frigat, through her mother, a lineal descendant of the famous Puritan divine, John Cotton. Their children were--  31-51Cotton Brown, b. July 20, 1765; d. May, 12, 1834.  52Peter Chardon, b. Jan. 6, 1767; d. Jan. 1, 1849.  53Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1769; m. . Feb. 17, 1794.  97Francis, b. Jan. 24, 1796.  98Lucy, b. Oct. 2, 1797; d. 1842.  99George W., b. Nov. 30, 1802.   Brown, John, m. Anna Tufts, June 24, 1700.  1CHADWICK, Joseph, had by wife Ruth--  1-2Joseph, b. July 11, 1714.  3Ruth, b.; d. June 1, 1836.  33Electa S., b. July 23, 1810.  34Franklin, b. July 3, 1815. 24-34FRANKLIN Patch m. Ann, dau. of John Brown, of Eastham, Jan. 19, 1843, and lived in Boston. He moved to Medford, 1849, and had--  34-35Emerett O., b. Ma
110, 336. Blanchard family, 502. Blanchard, 36. Blaney, 44. Boylston, 506. Bradbury, 36. Bradshaw family, 504. Bradshaw, 36, 65, 103, 329, 335, 431, 478, 526. Bradstreet, 28, 37, 97, 103, 482, 504, 544, 558. Brickmaking, 355. Bridges, 59, 72. Brook, Whitmore's, Marble, &c., 9. Brooks family, 506. Brooks, 19, 29, 34, 36, 43, 49, 51, 53, 55, 65, 72, 106, 109, 112, 114, 126, 127, 161, 164, 185, 197, 225, 255, 265, 285, 307, 315, 411, 545, 563, 569, 570. Brown, 509. Brude, 87. Buel, 51. Bugbe, 36. Bunker, 43. Burden, 36. Burgess, 441. Burying-grounds, 425. Call, 36. Chadwick, 509. Chairmen, Board of Selectmen, 126. Child, 315. Chubb, 509. Clark, 509. Cleaveland, 509. Clough, 509. Collins, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43, 93. Colman, 208, 221, 232, 304. Communion-plate, 265. Converse, 3, 36. Cooke, 36. Crackers, Medford, 388. Cradock family, 509, 510. Cradock, 2, 3, 14, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46,