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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
. Rufus P. Stebbins, Amh. C. 1834, D. D. 1851, was a stated supply from Jan., 1864, to May, 1864. Rev. Stephen G. Bulfinch, Columbian, Wash. 1827, D. D. 1864, was pastor from Sept., 1865, to July, 1869, and died in 1870. He was succeeded by Rev. Samuel W. McDaniel, in Nov., 1869, who resigned, July, 1874. The parish is now destitute of a pastor. Deacons. Elected.Held office until Cornelius ClarkJan. 27, 1830ResignedJan. 3, 1833 Abraham P. ShermanApril 3, 1831ResignedDec. 2, 1851 Robert VinalJan. 3, 1833ResignedFeb. 1846 George NewhallDec. 3, 1851DiedMay 24, 1869 John PalmerMay 6, 1855 Second Baptist.—As early as 1824, several persons residing in East Cambridge, being members of Baptist churches in Boston and elsewhere, established a Sabbath-school, and subsequently made arrangements to have preaching one evening in a week, and to this end permission was asked to occupy one of the rooms in the Putnam School-house. In 1827 a meeting-house was erected on the northeasterl
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, John S. Edgerly: and his home on Winter Hill (search)
stone flagging to our front door before others did, and I believe he advocated strongly stone steps around the Unitarian church building that has since been demolished. After leaving this business, he went to work in the grain business for a Mr. Vinal. We have seen in some reports that it was Deacon Robert Vinal, and that he was a member of the household; but on applying to Mr. Quincy Vinal, son of Deacon Robert, he said he thought it was without foundation. But he does remember hearing hDeacon Robert Vinal, and that he was a member of the household; but on applying to Mr. Quincy Vinal, son of Deacon Robert, he said he thought it was without foundation. But he does remember hearing his father say that when Mr. Edgerly first came to Boston, he was the smartest young man he ever knew of, desirous to learn, very energetic, and busy every moment. Be that as it may, I know he was well acquainted with Deacon and Mrs. Vinal, and they were the only ones from Charlestown present at the marriage of Mr. Edgerly at a little home in Boston over seventy years ago, from which house he moved, with his wife and two children, in 1836, to the house that he had bought on Winter Hill. Mrs
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Quincy Adams Vinal (search)
Vinal, who was a member of the Somerville Historical Society, and one of the most prominent citizens of Somerville, was born here on September 23, 1826, in the house which formerly stood on or near the site of Hotel Warren. He was son of Deacon Robert Vinal, formerly of Scituate, and Lydia (Stone) Vinal. His father came to Somerville, then Charlestown, in 1824; he was one of a family of five sons and six daughters; he was educated in the old Milk Row primary school, then standing within the Vinal. His father came to Somerville, then Charlestown, in 1824; he was one of a family of five sons and six daughters; he was educated in the old Milk Row primary school, then standing within the limits of the present cemetery, in the old Medford-street school, and in the Hopkins Classical school of Cambridge, then one of the foremost preparatory schools for Harvard College. After leaving school, he was employed in his father's grain store in Boston until 1848, when he became associated with his brother, Robert A. Vinal, in the same business on Lewis' wharf, which partnership lasted for fifteen years, or until the retirement of his brother, he continuing in the grain trade until 1876
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Index (search)
, Esq., 8. Jackson, Richard, 76. James, King, 27, 28, 77. Jane, 88. Jaques, Colonel, 24, 41. Jaques, William, 41. Jenner, Thomas, Town Clerk, 11. Jenny, 88. Johnson, John, 82. Jones, Dorcas, 85. Jones, Ruth, 68. Keene, Sarah A. (Vinal), 71. Kendall's Boston Brass Band, 2. Kent, Benjamin, 88. Kent, Ebenezer, 43, 88. Kent, Joseph, 14, 15, 16, 88. Kent, Lucy, 89. Kent, Mehitable, 88. Kent, Rebecca, 88, 89. Kent, Samuel, 16, 88, 89. Kent, Samuel, Jr. 89. Kent, SaraVermont, 56. Vinal, Anna Parker, 71. Vinal, Josephine, 71. Vinal, Leonora, 71. Vinal, Leslie T., 71. Vinal, Lydia (Stone), 70. Vinal, Martha Adams, 71. Vinal, Mary Lowell, 71. Vinal, Quincy Adams, 37, 70. Vinal, Robert A., 70. Vinal, Deacon, Robert, 37, 70. Violet, 88. Walters, William, 13. Waltham, Mass., 74. Wannottymies River, 31. Warren, Amos, 91. Washington (General), 58. Washington Hall, 48. Washington School, 52. Washington Street, Boston, 30. Watertown, Mas
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Guy C. Hawkins papers—number I (search)
TuftsHouse Barn & out B.10262.11 Bernard TuftsHouse, Barn & out B.8691.81 Joseph AdamsHouse, Barn & out B.10086.20 Asa TuftsHouse, Barn & out B.7471.85 John TuftsHouse, Barn & out B.6252.83 Amos HazletonHouse, Barn & out B.13 3/419.67 Names of Resident LandholdersHouses &cAcresTax Christopher HawkinsHouses &c7 David A. Sanborn1/2 Houses &c4227.12 Robert SanbornHouses &c610.71 Nathan TuftsHouse Barn &c2033.82 Alex. GeddesHouse & Factory20.46 William MunroeHouse & Shop12.12 Robert VinalHouse & Barns &c15.89 Phillip BonnerHouse & Barns &c4 C HarringtonHouse Barn &c1719.15 Edwin MunroeHouse & Barns &c4 1/210.60 Joshua LittlefieldHouse & Barns &c13.74 Charles TuftsHouse Barn &c6 1/225.72 Benj. HadleyHouse Barn &c1525.70 Joel TuftsHouse Barn &c5039.12 Nath. H HenchmanHouse Barn &c843.55 William DicksonHouse Barn &c10 Wm. WhitemoreHouse Barn &c3636.96 John, SwanHouse Barn &c35 1/218.16 Henry GardnerHouse Barn &c3215.36 Thomas HutchinsonHouse Barn &c5234.16 Dani
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908,
Union Square
and its neighborhood about the year 1846. (search)
e of Bow street, near the square, was the mansion of Deacon Robert Vinal, a pleasant home, with grape arbors, peach, apple, ahose fruit I was especially fond, a blue pearmain apple. Mr. Vinal had a fine barn and stable in the rear of his house; these were afterwards destroyed by incendiary fire. Deacon Vinal's children were Robert A., Quincy A., John W., Edward E., Alfrwards Mrs. Wilder, Elizabeth, Lydia, Martha, and Lucy. Deacon Vinal was one of the largest property holders in the town; I t him as a pleasant gentleman of the old school: his and Mrs. Vinal's pleasant greeting to me on my return from the army will always be an agreeable memory. Next north of Deacon Vinal's, on Bow street, came the estate of Robert Sanborn, the fathBow streets, extended far tip the hill, and lay between Deacon Vinal's and Walnut street, then a lane. His house was, I thi Returning again to Union square, the estate east of Deacon Vinal's was that of Messrs. Jonathan and Nathaniel T. Stone.
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908,
Union Square
before the War.—(Il) (search)
ow is,—known later as Geldowsky's Pond,— thence it ran across Walnut Street (an ancient rangeway), which in wet seasons it flooded, across Robert Sanborn's, Deacon Robert Vinal's, and the Stone properties to about where the Wellington-Wild coal office now is, on the northeasterly side of Union Square, and then under the Square to t not far from Berkeley Street; thence along the valley between Spring and Central Hills to School Street, which it crossed near Summer Street, passing through Robert Vinal's land, and crossing Bow Street and Somerville Avenue near Drouet's block, into and across the Guy C. Hawkins estate, and emptying into Miller's River a littlehe new engine house in Union Square now stands, between Somerville Avenue, then Mil Street, and Washington Street; it was built sometime previous to 1852 by Deacon Robert Vinal. The main building was used by D. A. & S. H. Marrett as a grain and grocery store, and for a considerable time the post-office was kept there by them, on t
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Original English inhabitants and early settlers in Somerville.—(Ii.) (search)
He married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Tufts. Their children, who lived in Somerville and have issue here, were: Nathaniel T. Stone, who married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Rand; Hannah A., who married David A. Sanborn; and Lydia, who married Robert Vinal. Seth Stone, a brother of John, married another Mary Tufts, and although he lived elsewhere, has descendants here through his daughter Susanna, who married Benjamin Tufts. It would seem to be difficult for a person living in Somerville, ands the first year, and the sum total that passed through his hands was $4,993.97. Other prominent men the first year were Nathan Tufts, Caleb W. Leland, Guy C. Hawkins, Alfred Allen, Levi Russell, Charles Miller, Francis Bowman, Columbus Tyler, Robert Vinal, Thomas J. Leland, Joseph Clark, Dr. Luther V. Bell, James Hill, Captain Edward Cutter, Fitch Cutter, Orr N. Towne, Colonel Samuel Jaques, of Ten Hills Farm renown, Clark Bennett, Samuel T. Frost, and George O. Brastow, all passed away. To
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Index (search)
8. Vestals, 81. Vinal, Alfred E., 7. Vinal, Edward E., 7, 41. Vinal, Elizabeth, 7. Vinal, Emeline, 7. Vinal, John W., 7, 41. Vinal. Lucy, 7. Vinal, Lydia, 7. Vinal, Margaret, 7. Vinal, Martha, 7. Vinal, Quincy A., 7, 40, 78. Vinal, Robert, 52, 55. Vinal, Deacon, Robert, 7, 32, 33. 40. Vinal, Robert A., 7, 41. Walford, Thomas, 79. Walnut Street, 7, 32. Wrapping, Eng., 31. Ware, John S., 5. Warren Bridge, 12. Warren, General, 44, 45, 70. Warrington Junction, 23. WarrVinal, Deacon, Robert, 7, 32, 33. 40. Vinal, Robert A., 7, 41. Walford, Thomas, 79. Walnut Street, 7, 32. Wrapping, Eng., 31. Ware, John S., 5. Warren Bridge, 12. Warren, General, 44, 45, 70. Warrington Junction, 23. Warrington, Va., 21. Waters, Elizabeth A., 75. Waters, Sarah, 49. Watertown, Mass., 52. Waterville, Va., 20. Washington, D. C., 18, 19. Washington Street, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 26, 33, 37, 39, 40, 52. Washington Street Bridge, 33. Webster Avenue, 6, 14, 33, 37, 40. Welch, Abraham, 13. Wellington Bridge, 74. Wellington-Wild Coal Office, 32. West End, 26. 28, 29, 30, 31, 49. Weston, Dr., 5. Weston Family, 3. Westwood Road, 12. White, Artemas, 13. White Oak Swamp, 64. W
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, chapter 1 (search)
was prominent in the Lancers. He was in the grain business with Robert Vinal for a number of years. He always wore a high silk hat. He was ge a young man who came to the house on business with Mr. Bonner,—Robert Vinal, of Scituate. They were married May 21, 1820, and their first h Warren Avenue. Another authority says the house was inherited by Mrs. Vinal, that it was new, and had never been occupied. It may have been refinement and gentility about it which made it very attractive. Mr. Vinal took a prominent part in the formation of the First Congregational Society in Somerville, and was well known as Deacon Vinal here. Mrs. Vinal was very charming and easy in company, entering a room with a grMrs. Vinal was very charming and easy in company, entering a room with a graceful courtesy. She always had a pleasing and agreeable manner; this is the testimony of one who remembered her well. She was frequently seind the names of David A. Sanborn, William Bonner, Daniel Stone, Robert Vinal, and Robert Sanborn. The salary of the firemen, all volunteers,
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