83.
Lidgett, Charles, 31.
Lincoln, Mass., 74, 85.
Lincolnshire, Eng., 27.
Local History, Teaching of, in the Public Schools, 57-64.
London, Eng., 26, 73.
Longfellow, H. W., 82.
Lord Macaulay, 64.
Lovell's Island, 12, 13.
Lowell, Mass., 4, 5, 6, 8, 9.
Lowell Road, 3.
Lowell & Nashua Railroad, 10.
Luxford, —, 33.
Lynn Farm, 12.
Lyon, The Ship, 32.
Magoun, —, 40.
Main Street (Broadway), Somerville, 22.
Main Street, Charlestown, 3.
Main Street, Medford, 3.
Malden, Mass., 12, 58, 66.
Mallet, Isaac, 66, 67.
Manet, Thomas, 76.
Maple Meadow Brook, 2.
Marlboro, Mass., 55.
Mason, Rebecca, 48.
Mason, Thaddeus, Esq., 48.
Massachusetts Bay, 27.
Massachusetts Bay Company, 27.
Massachusetts Genealogical Society, 65.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 63.
Massachusetts Medical Association, 18.
Mather, Cotton, 30, 35.
McGill, Robert, 7.
Medford, 3, 7, 10, 15, 16, 31, 38, 55, 69, 87.
Medford Side District, 15.
Medford-street School, 70.
Menoti
Locke, Irene S., 75.
Locke, Lydia W., 99.
Locke, Margaret W., 72.
Longfellow, H. W., 4, 6, S.
Loring, J. W., 15.
Lovett, J., 12.
Lowell, J. R., 7, 8.
Lowell, Mass., 77.
Lowell Railroad. 65.
Lower Winter Hill Primary, 95.
Lower Winter Hill School, 92.
Mackintire, Eliah P., 49, 97.
Magoon, John C., 11, 92.
Magoun, Aaron B., 69, 71, 85, 87.
Magoun. John C., 49, 87, 90, 99.
Magoun, Nathaniel, 23.
Magoun Square, 85, 87.
Main Street, 87.
Main Street, Medford, 9.
Malden, Mass., 9.
Mann, George C., 37.
Mann, Jairus, 53.
Manor House, 89.
March, Olive, 76.
Marshall, Elizabeth B., 81.
Mason Street, Boston, 100.
Massachusetts Abolitionist, 29.
Mather, Increase, 3.
Mather, Nathaniel, 3.
Mather, Mrs., Richard, 3.
Maulsby, David L., 53.
McKoun, Martha T., 71.
McLean Asylum, 54, 65.
Mead, Abba (Abby), 51, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77.
Mead, Anna B., 72.
Mead, Sarah A., 49.
Mears, T., 15.
Medford, Mass., 30.
Medford Pond, 93.
Medford Public Dom
t, corner of South and Main streets, remained vacant for many years.
Finally, the Central Engine House was built there.
Ancestry of Aaron Blanchard, periwig-maker.
I. Thomas Blanchard, the emigrant, came from Hampshire, England, in 1639.
He lived in Braintree, Mass., from 1646 to 1651.
In February, 1651, he bought of Rev. John Wilson, Jr., pastor of the church in Dorchester, a house and farm of two hundred acres in Charlestown, lying on the north side of Mystic river, and between Malden river on the east, and the Cradock farm, or Medford line, on the west.
This land is now known as Wellington.
The farm remained a part of the town of Charlestown until 1726,, when it was annexed to Malden, but later set off to Medford.
Thomas Blanchard was married twice in England, and married a third wife, Mary——, after coming to New England, his second wife having died on the passage over.
Four of his sons came to this country.
He died on his farm in Charlestown, May 21, 1654; his widow d
Porter family record.
[Compiled from manuscript in possession of Edward T. Bigelow of Medford, and from Town Records.]
Doctor Jonathan Porter;1 m. Hannah Hayden, Sept. 14, 1742.
He was. b. in Topsfield, Mass., Dec. 10, 1726, and d. in Malden, Mass., July 1, 1783.
She was b. in Braintree, May 10, 1724, and d. in Malden, July 20, 1811. Children.
William; b. in Braintree, Sept. 19, 1743; d. in Boston, Sept. 28, 1813.
Jonathan: b. in Braintree, March 12, 1745; d. in Medford, Nov. 4, 1817.
Hannah; b. in Braintree, April 4, 1748; d. in Malden, Aug. 7, 1785.
Sarah; b. in Braintree, Feb. 21, 1750; d. in Malden, Sept. 30, 1775.
John; b. in Braintree, Dec. 28, 1751; d. in Malden, Aug. 9, 1798.
Jabez; b. in Braintree, Sept. 20, 1753; d. in So. Carolina, Jan. 1796.
Phebe; b. in Braintree, March 4, 1756; d. in Malden, Sept. I, 1844.
Polly; b. in Braintree, April 17, 1758; d. in Malden, July 12, 1762.
Samuel; b. in Chibacco, Sept. 3, 1760; d. in So. Carolina.