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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 2: (search)
freemen we shall not know until the lost records of Medford are discovered. We find the following Medford names among the list of freemen between 1630 and 1646. How many were settlers here we know not. Nathaniel Bishop, Thomas Reeves, John Collins, Jonathan Porter, Richard Bishop, Thomas Brooke, John Waite, William Manning, John Hall, Richard Francis, William Blanchard, Henry Simonds, Zachery Fitch, Richard Wade, Richard Bugbe, John Watson, Abraham Newell, Henry Brooke, Gamaliel Wayte, Hezekiah Usher, Thomas Bradbury, Richard Swan, John Howe, Edmund Angier, Thomas Oakes, Hugh Pritchard. If any historian issues a writ of replevin, then we must appeal to lost records, or give up. In the county records we find the following names of men represented as at Medford:-- George Felt1633. James Noyes1634. Richard Berry1636. Thomas Mayhew1636. Benjamin Crisp1636. James Garrett1637. John Smith1638. Richard Cooke1640. Josiah Dawstin1641. ----Dix1641. Ri. Dexter1644. William Sar
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)
ry, bap. Apr. 16, 1628; m.1st, T. Savage, Sept. 15, 1652. 2d, Anthony Stoddard.  4Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 1, 1630; m. Hezekiah Usher, 1654.  5Huldah, bap. Mar. 18, 1631; m. William Davis.  6Hannah, bap. Aug. 22, 1632; d. unm.  7Rebecca, bap. Feb. had two sons, Charles and John; of whom Charles had several children, one of whom, Garland, is a resident of Boston.  1Usher, Hezekiah, was a prominent merchant of Boston, and in his will, dated March 11, 1676, mentions children:--  1-2Hezekiah,. Robert Alfery, of Mayfield, Eng.  9Robert Usher was of Stamford, Conn., and had--  9-13Robert.  14Elizabeth. 1-2Hezekiah Usher m. Frances, dau. of Lady Alice Lisle, who d. May 25, 1723. She was the widow of Dr. Leonard Hoar, third Pres. H. C., who d. Nov. 28, 1675. By her Hezekiah Usher had--  2-15Hezekiah, b. 6, 4mo., 1639.  16John, b. 11, 7mo., 1643; d. 10mo., 1645.  17Elizabeth, b. 1, 12mo., 1645.   He d. July 11, 1697, probably without surviving issue. 1-4John Usher m., 1
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Corrigenda. (search)
izabeth, born 1741; died July 9, 1747. Page 538.Colonel Royall (No. 5-11) had a daughter, who married George Erving, of Boston. He (Colonel R.) died 1781; and his wife died 1770. Page 542.Rev. Zechariah Symmes had twelve children: names as given in their place. Page 550.There is no probability, considering the dates, that James (No. 246) was son of Peter (No. 1). Page 555.Lydia, wife of Daniel Turell (No. 1), died June 23, 1659. Page 555.Daniel was captain 1683, not 1646. Page 556.Hezekiah Usher (No. 1) married, first, Frances----. Hannah (No. 5) was daughter by second wife, and was born Dec. 29, 1653. He married his second wife, Nov. 2, 1652. Page 556.Hezekiah (No. 1-2) married Bridget Hoar, 1686, and had no children. All those under that record — viz., Nos. 15, 16, 17--belong to Hezekiah No. 1. Page 556.John Usher married Elizabeth Slidgett, not Sidgett. Page 558.Jonathan Wade (No. 1) had Mary, baptized October, 1663, who married William Symonds; also daughter Sarah. Pru
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Usher, Hezekiah 1615-1676 (search)
Usher, Hezekiah 1615-1676 Patriot; born in England about 1615; established himself in Boston in 1646; was agent for the Society for Propagating the Gospel; purchased the press and type for printing Eliot's Indian Bible in 1657; and was one of the founders of the Old South Church in 1669. He died in Boston, Mass., March 14, 1676. Patriot; born in Cambridge, Mass., June 6, 1639; son of the preceding; engaged in business in Boston. During the witchcraft excitement he was arrested but allowed to escape. He died in Boston, Mass., July 11, 1679.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Key to the plan of Cambridge in 1635 . (search)
zabeth Isaac. 31William Spencer.John Stedman. 32Thomas Spencer.William Dickson. 33John Haynes, Esq.Henry Dunster. 34 Market Place. Now called Winthrop Square.Market Place. 35James Ensign.Edward Goffe. Uncertain whether then occupied by a house or not. 36Rev. Samuel Stone. Vacant lot.Nathaniel Sparhawk. Vacant lot. 37Widow Isabel Sackett.Robert Stedman. 38Matthew Allen.Thomas Chesholme. 39Meeting-house.Meeting-house. 40Samuel Dudley.Robert Sanders. 41William Andrews.Hezekiah Usher. 42William Lewis.John Bridge. 43George Stocking.William Manning. 44Nicholas Olmstead. Vacant lot.John French. 45Joseph Reading.Joseph Cooke. 46Stephen Hart.Joseph Cooke. 47Nathaniel Richards.Joseph Cooke. 48William Westwood.John Betts. 49Dolor Davis. Vacant lot.Edward Mitchelson. 50John Bridge.William Andrews. 51Thomas Fisher.Edward Shepard. 52John Benjamin. Vacant lot.John Betts. Uncertain whether then occupied by a house or not. 53John Benjamin. Vacant lot.Ed
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
d the transportation of Mr. Urian Oakes his familie and goods, and other disbursements and for John Taylor his passage, I say payed him the just sume of 60l. 0. 0. Let it be taken notice of that Mr. Prout dos demaund thirteen pounds more due to him. This balance was subsequently paid, as appears by the account: Disbursed for Mr. Oakes transportation from Old England with his family 73l. Also a gratuity was given to the messenger. Out of the legacy of £ 20 bequeathed to the church by Hezekiah Usher, who died in 1676, there was given to John Taylor five pound, hee being in sume streights by reason of a dept in England he goeing to accompany our pastor to New England it was the ocation of it. An additional glimpse of the customs of that period is obtained from the following Account of the disbursements for the ordination of Mr. Urian Oakes pastor of the church of Cambrigd, being the 8 of November, 1671. It. 3 bushells of wheate0l.15s.0d It. 2 bushells 1/2 of malt0.10.0
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
. young. After Pres. Hoar's death, his w. Bridgett m. Hezekiah Usher of Boston; this proved to be an unfortunate connectionden family, m. Naomi, dau. of Daniel Dana, 21 June 1721. Usher, Hezekiah, in 1642 res. at the N. E. corner of Dunster and ezekiah, in both of which the relationship is mentioned. Mr. Usher removed to Boston about 1615, and was Representative for s, 1671-1673. Thomas (Hist. Printing, II. 409) says, Hezekiah Usher was the first bookseller in English America, of whom Ihomas says: In 1692, a respectable man, whose name was Hezekiah Usher, was accused of witchcraft, in consequence of which act her body should be placed, rather than in the tomb with Mr. Usher. The Sexton's Monitor gives the inscription on the monum5, which closes thus: His pious and aged widow, the late Madam Usher, was brought hither from Boston, and interred in the samSept. 1686, and d. 17 June 1698, leaving eight children. Mr. Usher m. (2d) Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Allen, Governor of
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, H. (search)
office was short and unpleasant; he resigned 15 Mar. 1674-5, and d. 28 Nov. 1675, a. 45. He was buried at Braintree, now Quincy, by the side of his mother Joanna, who d. 21 Dec. 1661. President Hoar m. in England, Bridgett, dau. of Lord Lisle, by whom he had Bridgett, b. 13 Mar. 1672-3, m. at London, Rev. Thomas Cotton of Peviston, Yorkshire, 21 June 1689; Triphena, b. according to the Record 25 Mar. 1610, but manifestly a mistake, d. young. After Pres. Hoar's death, his w. Bridgett m. Hezekiah Usher of Boston; this proved to be an unfortunate connection, and she sailed for England with her dau. Bridgett 12 July 1687, and probably did not return until after her husband's death in 1697; she d. in Boston 25 May 1723. Holden, Richard, came to New England 1634, a. 25, and was an early proprietor in Watertown. He m. Martha, dau. of Stephen Fosdick of Charlestown, and had Stephen, b. 19 July 1642; Justinian, b.——1644; Martha, b. 15 Jan. 1645-6, m. Thomas Boyden; Samuel; Mary, m. Thomas
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, U. (search)
the Malden family, m. Naomi, dau. of Daniel Dana, 21 June 1721. Usher, Hezekiah, in 1642 res. at the N. E. corner of Dunster and Winthropis son Hezekiah, in both of which the relationship is mentioned. Mr. Usher removed to Boston about 1615, and was Representative for Billerichree years, 1671-1673. Thomas (Hist. Printing, II. 409) says, Hezekiah Usher was the first bookseller in English America, of whom I can findution. Thomas says: In 1692, a respectable man, whose name was Hezekiah Usher, was accused of witchcraft, in consequence of which accusation cted that her body should be placed, rather than in the tomb with Mr. Usher. The Sexton's Monitor gives the inscription on the monument of D, aged 45, which closes thus: His pious and aged widow, the late Madam Usher, was brought hither from Boston, and interred in the same grave,ries 15 Sept. 1686, and d. 17 June 1698, leaving eight children. Mr. Usher m. (2d) Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Allen, Governor of New Hamp
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Index of names (search)
Tirrell, 320, Tomlins, 33. Torrey, 351. Touteville, 258. Towne, 36, 41, 59, 75, 255, 7, 364, 73. Townley, 324. Townsend, 126, 208, 403. Tracy, 170. Trafton, 330. Train, 208. Tray, 391. Trevett, 419. Trowbridge, 81, 92, 133, 5, 214, 92, 375. Truesdale, 81. Trulan, 433. Trumbull, 31, 440. Tufts, 292, 315. Tupper, 321. Turell, 294. Turner, 287. Twining, 325. Tyler, 200. Tyng, 77, 257, 339. Underhill, 396. Uphan, 116. Usher, 95, 108, 273. Vail, 309. Valentine, 201. Vane, 24, 52. Vassall, 130-4, 168-70, 292, 307, 8, 75, 407, 17, 18, 21. Venn, 150. Vinal, 314, 22. Vincent, 33, 339. Vose, 176, 7, 80. Waban, 385, 90, 1. Wadleigh, 328. Wadsworth, 11, 21, 32, 9, 126, 8. Wainwright, 309. Wakeman, 33. Walton, 219, 31, 305. Ward, 80, 92, 3, 331, 416, 18, 22. Wardell, 346. Ware, 5,194, 231, 311, 12. Warham, 37. Warland, 219, 31, 92, 342. Warner, 11, 21, 32, 6, 9
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