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Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Original English inhabitants and early settlers in Somerville. (search)
anted, and their heirs, seeing cause to divide the same into lots according to each man's proportion therein, that peace and love may be continued and promoted in the said town, and all future trouble prevented, in consideration of divers privileges to lay in common to us and our heirs forever, viz.: Range highways between lots, country highways to Cambridge, Menotomy, and Mystic bridge, a suitable landing place at Menotomy bridge, and about Mystic above the bridge, a stone quarry at Two Penny Brook of ten acres, more or less, another upon the rocks by Patrick Marks, a piece of land that is now in common for training, etc., without the Neck, the pasturage thereof may be improved for the use of the school by fencing the same in when the town sees good. Leaving out so much of it as may be sufficient for clay pits, also that the sand place may be always free that is nigh to Robert Leach's, also convenient watering places. In consideration whereof we do for ourselves and our heirs leav
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Index (search)
th, 51. Tufts, Francis, 11, 41, 42. Tufts House, 77. Tufts, Isaac, 53. Tufts, James, 51. Tufts, John, 51. Tufts, M. Alice, 12. Tufts, Martha, 53. Tufts, Mary, 52. Tufts, Nathan, 12, 55. Tufts, Nathan, Jr., 12. Tufts, Nathaniel, 52. Tufts, Peter, 29, 51, 52. Tufts, Samuel, 15. Tufts, Sarah, 52. Tuttle, Isaiah W., 5, 41. Tuttle, James S., 5, 40. Twelfth Army Corps, 22. Twelfth Massachusetts, 67. Twenty-third Street, Washington, D. C., 19. Twombly, J. Q., 13, 41. Two Penny Brook, 27. Tyler, Columbus, 55. Underwood, James, 11. Union Hall, 76. Union Square, 13, 15, 16, 32, 39, 42, 76. Union Square and its Neighborhood About 1846, 5-16. Union Square Before the War, 32-42. United States, 41. United States of North America, 82. Unitarian Hall. 73, 76. Unitarian Society. 39. Upper Basin, The, 33. Van De Sande, George, 18. Vestals, 81. Vinal, Alfred E., 7. Vinal, Edward E., 7, 41. Vinal, Elizabeth, 7. Vinal, Emeline, 7. Vinal, John W
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Susanna Rowson. (search)
n to a date in April, when the business was completed. History told by names of streets. [Continued from Vol. VII., Page 22.] STREETS laid out within the last forty years have been very generally named for land owners who, at some time in the history of the town, held property in the neighborhood. Dexter street was named in honor of Samuel Dexter, who, when the Royall farm was broken up into smaller holdings, became the owner of land on both sides of Main street, east of Two Penny brook, so called. Nathan Tufts bought the land of Mr. Dexter, and bequeathed it to his nephews, the Tufts brothers, for whom William, Joseph and Edward streets are named. Henry and Alfred streets are named for two sons of Joseph Tufts. Tufts square, honors the family and in particular Mr. George F. Tufts of Charlestown, who gave the land for the Tufts schoolhouse. Albion street was suggested by the residence of Joseph Tufts, Albion place, Charlestown. Adams street is named for the
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 16., South Medford one hundred and fifty years ago. (search)
ove advertisement is the easterly portion of the Royall estate, the westerly boundary being at or near the line of Two-Penny Brook, the northerly boundary is the Mystic River, the easterly and southerly bounds being the line between the cities of Merns stood on the westerly side of what is now known as Golden avenue, and the canal referred to is that portion of Two-Penny Brook that extended from the river to a point on the southerly side of Mystic avenue, where it met the solid ground, the laner them. Winter brook (now insignificant) once supplemented the power of the tide mill on the turnpike, but, with Two-Penny brook, had to be reckoned with in the construction of highway, canal and pike. For more than a century the dwellers on thtion and the opening of numerous streets, is in marked contrast to the times of Colonel Royall. Westward across Two-Penny brook various brick makers plied their trade. This industry has vanished, leaving a huge pit extending to the willow-shaded
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., Some errors in Medford's histories. (search)
761. [Register, Vol. 3, p. 71.] In the Wade family there is a tradition that their ancestor, Major Jonathan Wade gave to the town, about the year 1680, the landing place now occupied by Mr. J. T. Foster. [P. 8.] This is merely tradition, there is no record of any such transaction, and further, the major never owned the land. Brooks. [P. 9.] Whitmore brook has its source in Bare hill meadow; Marble brook in Turkey swamp; Winter brook in the region south of Winter hill; Two Penny brook (which Mr. Brooks does not mention) has its source south and west of Walnut Tree hill (now College hill); Gravelly creek has its source in the region south of Spot pond. Medford Records,. . . its first twenty-five or thirty pages are gone. [P. 27.] The first book of records is complete. [Register, Vol. 9, p. 20.] Also see History of Medford in the proceedings of the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the settlement of Medford. [P. 14.] This party from Salem, passing