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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., A business man of long ago. (search)
irce for Sweeping ye Meeting house400 [ ] Cash pd to Saml Brooks for keeping School1600 [ ]5To Cash pd. to John Willis, for work at ye Highways516 [ ] 26To Cash pd. to Solomon Page for keeping School2200 [ ] oTo Cash pd. to Jona: Watson, for work at ye School house18100 [ ]6To Cash paid to Jacob Polly, for work at ye School house1150 To Cash pd. to Saml Francis for work at ye School house1150 (Towns Pew []Cash pd. to Peter Seccombe for Building ye21310 (highways [] Cash pd. to Francis Whitmore for work at ye1116 (Towns Pew [] Cash pd to Francis Leathe, for building ye0100 [] Cash pd. to William Hall, for work at ye highway160 (highway To Cash pd. to Aaron Blanchard, for work at the146 To Cash pd. to Joseph Tompson for work at ye highways0100 To Cash pd to William Willis, according to a Vote of ye Town at yr Meeting June 19th: 1734300 To Cash pd. to Nathl Hall for work and Materials for Gravelly Bridge————320 CONTRACREDIT 1733s MarchBy Cash paid by Nathl Francis
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., Slavery in Medford. (search)
e entire number of persons holding slaves in the last half of the 18th century probably did not exceed thirty, the town records giving, indirectly, the names of twenty. Partial list of slaveholders: Capt. Caleb Brooks, Ebenezer Brooks, Samuel Brooks, Capt. Thomas Brooks,—Bishop,—Brown, Mary Bradshaw, Andrew Hall, Jonathan Hall, Jr., Stephen Hall, Benj. Hall, Hugh Floyd, Jacob Polly, Zachariah Pool, Isaac Royall, Dr. Simon Tufts, Rev. Mr. Turrell, Stephen Willis, Deacon Benj. Willis, Francis Whitmore. Not that our ancestors believed it wrong; the names of Rev. Mr. Turrell and Deacon Benj. Willis would refute that. But economically it was unprofitable, and its ultimate extinction was doubtless the expectation of all who gave the subject any thought. I have referred to Deacon Benj. Willis as a slaveholder. The following extract from his will may show the attitude of many masters towards those whom they held in service: I Benj. Willis . . . for and in consideration of good wi
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., William Henry Whitmore. (search)
William Henry Whitmore. by Geo. A. Gordon, Secretary N. E. Historic Genealogical Society. the recent death of William H. Whitmore, city registrar of Boston, recalls the history of a family Mr. Whitmore's lineage ran: 1. Francis Whitmore, of Cambridge, and Isabel Park. 2. John Whitmore, of Medford, and Rachel Eliot. 3. John Whitmore, of Medford, and Mary Lane. 4. Francis Whitmore, of Bowdoinham, and Mary Hall. 5. John Whitmore, of Bath, and Huldah Crooker. 6. William D. Francis Whitmore, of Bowdoinham, and Mary Hall. 5. John Whitmore, of Bath, and Huldah Crooker. 6. William D. Whitmore, of Boston, and Rhoda Whittemore. 7. Charles O. Whitmore, of Boston, and Lovice Ayres. 8. William Henry Whitmore. resident in Medford during the provincial period, whence they departed to the valley of the Kennebec, returning to Boston, as merchants, during the now expiring century. Mr. Whitmore was born at Dorchester, Sept. 6, 1836, and died at Boston June 14, 1900. He was a son of Charles O. and Lovice (Ayres) Whitmore, and was educated in the public schools and was graduate