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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. 2 0 Browse Search
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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)
r the river was brought up in town-meeting. The new way to the new bridge is first placed on the list of town ways in 1762, and probably a bridge had then been completed, built by subscription. In 1773 a vote of the town shows that the mouth of Beaver Brook had been changed, so that it should flow through Jonas Dix's land more to the eastward, to avoid having a bridge over it on Newton Street. Pond End was the name applied to the neighborhood on the Lincoln road near the Great Pond. Allen Flagg and his brothers John and Michael settled here about 1684, on Chester Brook, and the Sandersons about 1689. Joshua Bigelow had settled on or near Chester Brook in 1676. Several of the deacons in Mr. Angier's church lived in this section. Jonathan Sanderson His grandson, Abner Sanderson, was Assessor 25 years, 1766-1805; Select-man 21 years, 1778-1806; Representative 23 years, 1778-1808; also a Justice of the Peace and principal surveyor of the town. He accompanied Mr. Ripley in 181