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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
of Cambridge, was his son. who married his daughter Elizabeth. This house was finally purchased by Colonel David Townsend, who resided in it until it was burned, when he built the house standing on the same spot, where he died. It is now the residence of, and owned by J. W. Parmenter. Above this was a narrow one-and-a-half story house occupied by James Priest, a potter, who had his pottery in the west end. He died in 1790, and in 1798 it was taxed as the property of Abigail Priest and Joshua Child. In 1803 Major Uriah Moore, a paper-maker, married one of the daughters and occupied the house. It was moved back from the street and improved. Amos Whitney, another son-in-law, and John Livermore occupied these premises, and finally Walter, the son of Amos Whitney. On the east corner of Moody Street was a shoemaker's shop, afterwads occupied as a dwelling by Amos Harrington, See note 1, page 88. a laborer, Joshua Garfield, a cooper, and then by Felix, a colored man, in the empl
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., Index. (search)
139. Charles River (the), 2, 14-16; named by King Charles, 13 n. 4; original Indian name of, Mishaum, 13 n. 4; probable origin of name Quinobequin, 13 n. 4. Charlestown, 2, 14, 18, 19, 23, 33, 34, 62; first settled by a small party from Salem, 10; under orders, 38; plantation at, 11, 15. Cherton, or Charlestown, built, 11. Chester, Leonard, 27. Chester Brook, the western branch of Beaver Brook, 27; origin of the name, 27; Clarke's grist-mill on, 97; Shedd's machine-shop, 97. Child carried under the mill wheel, 124. Chinery, John, mortally wounded at North-field. 61. Christ Church, parish of, organized, 119. Chocolate manufactured by Seth Bemis at his mill, 125. Choir (the), displeased, 74-5; seats occupied by, 76. Church edifice of First Church (Mr. Ripley's) sold in lots, 115. Church, First, in Massachusetts Bay organized at Salem, 12. Church organized at Watertown by Rev. George Phillips the second in Massachusetts Bay, 22; location of, 44. Ch
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
iddlers; and the discussions at the council about New England, were, for the present, as Chap XII} fruitless as the inquiries how nutmegs and cinnamon might be naturalized in Jamaica. Massachusetts prospered by the neglect. It is, said Sir Joshua Child, in his discourse on trade, the 1670 most prejudicial plantation of Great Britain; the frugality, industry, and temperance of its people, and the happiness of their laws and institutions, promise them long life, and a wonderful increase of p under the disasters of his tribe. We will fight to the last man, said the gallant chieftain, rather than become servants to the English. Taken prisoner at last, near April the Blackstone, a young man began to question him Chap. XII.} 1676. Child, replied he, you do not understand war; I will answer your chief. His life was offered him, if he would procure a treaty of peace; he refused the offer with disdain. I know, added he, the Indians will not yield. Condemned to death, he only ans