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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 6: ecclesiastical history. (search)
the ministry for ever. He gave his largest silver tankard, and a silver spoon, which has a lion's head engraved on it, to the church in Medford. He gave to Madam Elizabeth Royal, and Peter Chardon, Esq., each a mourning ring. I give to Mrs. Lucy Tufts her aunt Turell's picture. I give to Mr. Faneuil, and Mrs. Hatch, their grandfather's and grandmother's pictures. I give to Harvard College the learned Dr. Isaac Barrow's work, in three vols., folio; my fine loadstone, set in silver; l's ministry; and the Medford church was instructed occasionally by Rev. Messrs. Colman, Cooper, Gardner, and Byles, of Boston; Prince, Warren, and Clapp, of Cambridge; Stimson, of Charlestown; Coolidge, of Watertown; Flagg, of Woburn; Lowell and Tufts, of Newbury; Parkman, of Westbury; Parsons, of Bradford; and many more. This wide connection in ministerial brotherhood shows Mr. Turell to have enjoyed the respect and esteem of the clergy, as well as the approbation and confidence of the churc
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 15: Historical items. (search)
amilies spelled their own names. 1750.--A gallows and a whipping-post stood near Porter's tavern, in Cambridge; and this gave rise to the schoolboy strophe:--Cambridge is a famous town, Both for wit and knowledge: Some they whip, and some they hang, And some they send to college. Sept. 3, 1752.--The Protestants in England adopted the 1st of January as the beginning of the year, instead of the 25th of March; and Sept. 3 was changed to Sept. 14. Jan. 29, 1753.--Dr. Simon Tufts, and Lucy Tufts, his wife, of Medford, gave a quitclaim deed to Thomas Dudley of all their right to the property of their honored father, William Dudley, Esq., of Roxbury. In 1755, Massachusetts raised a large part of the two thousand troops who were to dislodge the French Neutrals in Nova Scotia. Medford furnished its share. These Acadians were conquered, and they and their effects scattered through the colonies. One thousand of the wretched and proscribed sufferers were distributed in Massachusett
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)
s, b. Dec. 13, 1785.  232Elizabeth, b. Apr. 11, 1787.  233James, b. May 29, 1788. 74-142Ebenezer Hall m. Eunice----, and had--  142-234Martha, b. Apr. 20, 1798.  235Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1802. 80-147Benjamin Hall m. Lucy, dau. of Dr. Simon and Lucy Tufts, Nov. 20, 1777, and had--  147-236Dudley, b. Oct. 14, 1780.  237Lucy, b. Mar. 27, 1783.  238Hepzibah, b. Feb. 17, 1785. 80-149FITCH Hall m., May 14, 1783, Judith Brasher, and had--  149-239Fitch, b. Jan. 25, 1785.  240Benjamin, b. Feb. 27el Richardson. Mar. 26, 1776.Eunice Tufts, m. Joseph Trask, of Boston. Nov. 14, 1776.Rebecca Tufts, m. Aaron Blanchard. Aug. 21, 1777.Elizabeth Tufts, m. Daniel Swan. Nov. 3, 1777.Mary Tufts, m. Daniel Collins, of Gloucester. Nov. 20, 1777.Lucy Tufts, m. Benjamin Hall, jun. Nov. 25, 1777.Mary Tufts, m. Richard Clark, of Watertown. Feb. 5, 1778.Eleanor Tufts, m. Isaac Green, of Lexington. May 19, 1778.John Tufts, m. Elizabeth Perry, of Cambridge. May 11, 1779.Benjamin Tufts, m. Lydia F
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 8 (search)
c. 14, 1816, and on Nov. 20, 1817, twenty-two persons, mostly connected with the existing church at Woburn, were by a council constituted the West Cambridge Baptist Church. The names of the original members of the church, formed Nov. 20, 1817, were Daniel Brooks, Mary Cutter, Elizabeth Williams, Abigail Robbins, Deliverance Winship, Lydia Jones, Simeon Harrington, William Symmes, Nathan Russell, Jr., Seth Reed, Charles Mackintire, Martha Frost, Thomas H. Teel, Eliza Frost, Sally Putnam, Lucy Tufts, Leonard Cox, Susanna Crosby, Bathsheba Brooks, Rachel Dickson, Hannah Estabrook, Daniel Crouch. 22. On Sept. 9, 1828, a new meeting-house was dedicated in the present locality on land given by Mary Cutter. The Sabbath School was organized Oct. 21, 1828. A new and more commodious church edifice was dedicated March 31, 1853. The house is of the Gothic style of architecture, and was erected at the cost of $15,000, including an organ and other appurtenances. It was subjected to extensi
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 9 (search)
enry Clay; Ammi Peirce; Esther Anna, bap. 14 May, 1837, m. William Bates; Benjamin Franklin, bap. 10 June, 1838, d. 10 Aug. 1839, a. 1; Ella Mahala, m. Edwin L. Sterling. 56. Jonas, son of Jonas (23), m. Lydia Buckman, 5 Sept. 1824, and d. 3 Mar. 1840, a. 39 (g. s.). Had child, d. 1 May, 1826, a. 1 1/2; Marion, m. George W. Corbett. 57. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (24), m. Sarah A. Russell, 12 Oct. 1817, and d. 4 Apr. 1826, a. 31 (g. s.). Four children. 58. Ammi, s. of Ephraim (24), m. Lucy Tufts, 2 Dec. 1819, and d. 2 Dec. 1840, a. 43 (g. s.). Had Lucy T., m. Samuel F. Winn, 3 Mar. 1841; Ammi; Amanda Tufts, adult, bap. 5 June, 1842, m. Stephen Kimball; Deborah L.; Eliza Ann W. 59. Benjamin, s. of Ephraim (24), m. Mary Whittemore, 26 Sept. 1824, and with w. Mary was adm. Pct. ch. 22 Oct. 1826. Both were dism. to the first ch. in Woburn, 28 June, 1828. Had Benjamin Austin, d. here 25 Aug. 1825, a. 6 mos.; and Benjamin L., Mary Ann E., Ephraim, Mary W., and William R., at Wobu
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., A business man of long ago. (search)
southwest corner of this block. The wood lot back of the great brick yard, Now one of the most thickly settled parts of the city. containing forty acres, was sold for $447 to Rev. David Osgood. This was north of the present Fells parkway. It was bequeathed to the town by Dr. Osgood's daughter. The last years of Mr. Hall's life were saddened by the death of his oldest son, Benjamin. He had always been with his father in business, and in 1801 had become his successor. He married Lucy Tufts, daughter of Dr. Simon Tufts, and took her, a bride, to the Old Garrison House. Property of Jonathan Wade about 1650. Still standing. Some authorities think this dates back to 1636. The young couple lived there nine years, and then removed (1786) to a new house built next to his father's. This mansion is still well preserved, and is a fine example of the architecture of its time. (Dr. Chandler's home.) Simon Tufts, a wealthy merchant in the far East, who was a brother of Mrs. Hall
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 18., Turell Tufts and his family connections. (search)
times in the register. Turell Tufts, who made the speech of welcome to Lafayette, belonged to a family prominent in the business and social life of the town for many years. On the maternal side he was the fifth generation from John Hall the first of this family to establish a home in Medford; and in what was once called the Old Garrison House, descendants of the eighth and ninth generation are living today, while the tenth generation is also represented in the city. In this same house Lucy Tufts, after her marriage to Benjamin Hall, made her early home. Turell Tufts on the paternal side was fifth in the line of descent from Peter Tufts of Malden, whose son, Captain Peter, settled in Medford. The husband of his half-sister, Lucy, was also descended from the John Hall to whom his mother traced her line. Turell Tufts was selectman, 1820—1825 and 1827-1828. He served the town as its treasurer in 1827. In 1824 he was fence viewer, on the committee to audit the treasurer's books