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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 1 1 Browse Search
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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)
I have copied from the Life of Sir William Pepperrell, by Usher Parsons, Esq.   Robert Royall, perhaps a brother of Isaac (No. 5), was living with wife Mercy, in Dorchester, July 20, 1741.  1SAMSON, miles, m. Sarah Clough, of Medford, July 9, 1815, who d. Sept. 5, 1824. They had--  1-2Sarah, b. June 1, 1816; m. Philip Putney.  3Miles, b. Oct. 29, 1817; m. 1st, E. Paine; 2d, A. Weston.  4Eden, b. May 25, 1819; m. Mary Ann Tufts.  5Elizabeth C., b. Aug. 7, 1821; m. Albert Hadley, of Eden, Me.   He m., 2d, Charlotte Peirce, April 10, 1825, who d. March 20, 1832; and had--  6Charlotte, b. Aug. 16, 1825.  7Henry, b. Sept. 21, 1829; m. Matilda Headley.  8Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1831; m. Henry Jones.  1SAVEL, Thomas, m. Miriam Royall, Dec. 23, 1773, and had--  1-2Thomas.  3Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, 1784.  4Miriam, b. Apr. 19, 1787.   Thomas Savel, Jr., m. Mary Francis, Dec. 22, 1799.   Margaret Savel, Jr., m. James Buckman, Feb. 12, 1778.   Martha, Savel, Jr., m.
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
s for the expedition which discovered the passage to Archangel. He 1558. lived to an extreme old age, and so loved his profession to the last, that in the hour of death his wandering thoughts were upon the ocean. The discoverer of the territory of our country was one of the most extraordinary men of his day: there is deep reason for regret that time has spared so few memorials of his career. Himself incapable of jealousy, he did not escape detraction. Peter Martyr, d. III. l. VI.; in Eden, fol. 125. He gave England a continent, Chap. I.} 1553 and no one knows his burial-place. It was after long solicitations, that Columbus had obtained the opportunity of discovery. Upon the certainty of success, a throng of adventurers eagerly engaged in voyages, to explore the New World, or to plunder its inhabitants. The king of Portugal, grieved at having neglected Columbus, readily favored an expedition for northern discovery. Gaspar Cortereal See the leading document on the voya