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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) 6 0 Browse Search
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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 1: (search)
rs therefore applied legislation to the matter in the following form: Nov. 5, 1639.--Ordered, That whosoever shall kindle a fire in other men's grounds, or in any common grounds, shall be fined forty shillings. No fires to be kindled before the first of March. They offered a small bounty on every acre of planted field. We presume that the Colony of Massachusetts was quite as far advanced in agricultural skill and productive harvests as that of Connecticut; therefore, we can judge from Mr. Wolcott's farm in Connecticut what and how much our Medford farmers raised. That distinguished magistrate says (1638): I made five hundred hogsheads of cider out of my own orchard in one year! We apprehend these hogsheads were not of the modern size, but were a larger kind of barrel. He says: Cider is 10s. A hogshead. He gives an enumeration of products thus: English wheat, rye, flax, hemp, clover, oats, corn, cherries, quince, apple, pear, plum, barberry-trees. A very tasteful catalogue! I
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)
4. 30-47William S. Brooks m. Eleanor Forman, and had--  47-75Ellen Malvina.   William.  76Horace, m. Mary Emerson, and has three children.  77George.  78Mary E., m. Frank Goodhue.  79Francis.  80Lucy Tarbell, m.----Cabot. 38-56Charles Brooks, author of this history, m. Cecilia Williams, June 27, 1827, who d. Mar. 13, 1837, aged 35. He m., 2d, Charlotte Ann Haven Lord, Aug. 1, 1839. Has by first wife--  56-81Elizabeth Albree.   Charles John, d. June 8, 1833, aged 1 year.  82Charles Wolcott, b. Oct. 1, 1833. 46-74Isaac Austin Brooks m. Sarah W. Hill, April 25, 1846, and had--  74-83Frederic Cornwell, b. Feb. 16, 1847.  84Alfred Austin, b. Sept. 1, 1848.  85Mary Isabel b. Apr. 21, 1852.  86Edward Corliss, b. Jan. 22, 1854. 13-26Elizabeth Brooks m. Rev. Jacob Burnap, of Merrimac, 1776, and had--  26-87Horatio G., b. Jan. 4, 1778.  88Elizabeth, b. 1779; d. 1840.  89Ruth, b. 1780; d. Nov. 27, 1806.  90Hannah b. 1781.  91Rebecca, b. May 14, 1784.  92A
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Index. (search)
319. Universalist Church, 269. Usher family, 556. Usher, 36, 168, 169, 170, 178, 188, 193, 345, 419, 538, 570. Wade family, 558. Wade, 8, 28, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 97, 100, 327, 425. Waite, 36, 51, 439, 560. Warren family, 560. Warren, 225. Washington, 69, 161. Waterman, 87. Watson, 36. Weber family, 560. Wellington, 37, 55. Wheeler, 34, 43. Whitefield, 226, 233. Whitmore family, 561. Whitmore, 9, 36, 68, 69, 97, 103, 106, 109, 126, 209, 216, 217, 265, 331, 332, 334, 353, 411, 412, 414, 415, 438, 507, 511, 513, 553, 560, 570. Wier, 49, 565. Wigglesworth, 8. wild family, 566. Willard, 105. Willis family, 566. Willis, 28, 36, 42, 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 106, 218, 241, 265, 328. Wilson, 2, 3, 14. Winthrop, 2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 20, 25, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 45, 74. Winslow, 268. Woodbridge, 203, 313. Woodward, 36. Wolcott, 15. Wyman family, 569. Wyman, 112. Sicut Patribus, sit Deus Nobis.