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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., Reminiscences of an earlier Medford. (search)
te he jumped from his seat, seized his hat, opened the pew door, slammed it, and wrathfully stumped his way out of the church. All this reminds me of the fact that very many of the families of the town, formerly quite prominent in its business and social life, are no longer represented here. The Blanchards in the earlier day were very numerous. There were several families of them, all of them probably nearly or remotely connected. In looking over the register of baptisms kept by Mr. Thomas Seccomb, parish clerk, and covering the years from 1737 to 1776, I was surprised to see how many of the recipients of the sacred ordinance bore the name of Blanchard; they made up a good percentage of the whole number. I know of but one or two of the stock now living here. By the by, the register I have referred to records the fact that one infant was baptized who was born on the morning of the Sunday on which the rite was administered! Thus they snatched a brand from the burning! The Bi