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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
paid from the public treasury. All the efforts to adjust the differences seemed but to confirm both parties in their own views. Meantime the town was divided into Precincts, the Eastern, Middle, and Western; the first extending from the Cambridge line to Common Street, in Watertown, the Middle from this line to Stony Brook; Beaver Brook was made the Eastern boundary of the Farmers' Precinct at an irregular town meeting held October 2, 1694, but the General Court, at their May session, 1699, fixed it at Stony Brook. and the Western, or Farmers' Precinct, embracing the rest of the town. In January, 1693-4, the men of the Farmers' Precinct agreed to build for themselves a meeting-house, in consideration of which the town, in 1697, exempted them from ministerial rates. January 1, 1712-13, the Western, or Farmers' Precinct, was incorporated as the town of Weston. After the incorporation of Weston the old Middle Precinct (Waltham) became the Western Precinct. May 13, 1715, twenty
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
h. The colonial oligarchy next looked for favor to an exclusive religion of state. Even the consent of nonconformists had been given to the public maintenance 1699. of one minister of the Church of England; and ortho- Statutes II. 135. doxy had, as in nearly every colony, been protected by 1703. the menace of disfranchisemep. XIX.} and, after years of strife, all went happily. Nothing was wanting but concert with the proprietary. Before the close of the century, William Penn was 1699 Nov. 30. once more within his colony. The commonwealth, which had been as an infant, nestling under his wing, had ripened into self-reliance. Passing over all inwere met by counter complaints, till New Hampshire was placed, with Massachusetts, under the government of Bellamont, and a judiciary, composed of men attached to 1699. the colony, was instituted. Then, and for years afterwards, followed scenes of confusion;—trials in the colonial courts, resulting always in verdicts against the
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
ce and affection every where: the governor of St. Domingo gave him a welcome, and bore Dec. a willing testimony to his genius and his good judgment. A larger ship of war from that station joined the expedition, which, in January, 1699, caught a 1699 Jan. 27. glimpse of the continent, and anchored before the Island St. Rose. On the opposite shore, the fort of Pensacola had just been established by three hundred Spaniards from Vera Cruz. This prior occupation is the reason why, afterwards, Pehe Mississippi, and had interpolated into his former narrative a journal of his pretended voyage down the river. This had been published in London at the very moment when the fort at Biloxi was in progress; and, at once, an exploring expedition, 1699. under the auspices of Coxe, a proprietor of New Jersey, sought also for the mouths of the Mississippi. When Bienville, who passed the summer in exploring the forks below the site of New Orleans, descended the river, he met an English ship of six
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Literal copy of Births, deaths, and Marriages in Medford from earliest records. (search)
all was borne october 2: 1689 John Hall the sone of John Hall and Jemina Hall dyed Aprill 16th 1699 Nathaniell Hall & Elizabeth Cutter were Joined in Mariage Aprill 23: 1690 Sarah Blancher the dradshoe his daughtr Sarah born March the 19, 1699 of her mother Mary Bradsho The 6th of Octobr 1699, Abigael Brooks was born Daughter of Ebenr Brooks and Abigael his wife the 13 of november 1699 Su1699 Susanna Willis was born: daughter of Stephen Willis & Susana his wife the 5th of January 1699/700 Joseph frances was born the sone of John frances & lydia his wife the second day of may 1700 Persis Tuft May 1700 Jane hall the daughter of pacifull hall & Jane his wife was born the 9th day of october 1699 John Bradstret & mercy wade were maried the 22 day of november 1699 Jacob sheppard & mercy Chicke1699 Jacob sheppard & mercy Chickering maried The 22 day of August 7000 Jacob sheppard sone of Jacob Sheppard & mercy his wife was Born the 29 day of August 1700 Samuell Bradshoe sone of John Brad hoe & Mary his wife Born the 3 da
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Literal copy of Births, deaths, and Marriages in Medford from earliest records. (search)
ill ye. 29: 1704 Phillip Bizdue and Ann Soloman, marred octobr. the 17: 1704 Francis Peirce Son of nat:ll Peirce and Lydia Peirce born Septr. ye 24: 1704 Mary Brooks Daughter of Ebenr. Brooks and Abigale his wife, died Septembr. ye. 3d, 1704 Dorothy Tuft Daughter of capt Peter Tuft and Mrs Mercy his wife borne: Decem: ye 14 1704 Elizabeth Wier Daughter to Eliezr Wier and Katherine wier born July ye 11th 16096. Susana Wier daughter of sd Eliezr. and Katherine wier born 8 May: 1699: and Eliez their Son born 16: May 1701: and Prudence wier there daughter borne May ye. 18: 1703: Eliza: Hall daughter to born Mr. John hall and Jemima his wife borne June the 10th: 1696 Elizabeth Hall daughter of Nat:ll Hall and Eliz: his wife borne the 9th Jan: 1690 Nathanll: Hall Son of Nat:ll hall and Eliz: his wife borne the 25th october: 1694 Susanna Hall Daughter to Nat:ll Hall and Eliz. his wife borne August the 30th 1696 Sarah Hall daughter of Nat:ll Hall and Eliza: hi
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Notes. (search)
nt, passed in the seventh and eighth year of the reign of King William the Third, entitled, An Act for preventing frauds and regulating abuses in the Plantation Trade. I have examined this register, which covers about 300 pages of manuscript. It records the name, tonnage, and ownership of each vessel, with the place where it was built. More than 1,200 vessels are entered in the register, and out of them all there is but one Medford-built vessel, the brigantine Joanna, of 70 tons, built in 1699, and owned and commanded by one Bailey, of Boston. In this same register we find 130 vessels built on the Merrimac river, of which 100 were built at Newbury, and perhaps as many more at Scituate and other towns on the North river. The register contains a record of vessels built from 1680 to 1714. In the eighteenth century, which comes nearer to our times, we have no evidence that the business of shipbuilding was prosecuted, and it is improbable that any craft larger than a lighter was bu
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., Bridges in Medford. (search)
hould be so constructed as to allow a section 40 feet in width to be removed for the passage of vessels up and down the river. No action was taken to rebuild until 1879, when the General Court was again petitioned by sundry inhabitants of the town, asking that the proviso requiring a movable section be repealed. This petition was granted, and the present stone bridge was built in 1880. The bridge at the wears. The first mention of a bridge at the wears is in the town records, March I, 1699, Put to vote whether the town will give Mr. John Johnson, three pounds towards building a sufficient horse bridge over the wears, said bridge being railed on each side, and the said bridge raised so high, as there may be a fit passage for boats and rafts up and down said river. Voted in the affirmative. No doubt a bridge was built at that time, but it must have been a frail affair, and of short duration, for in December, 1721, the towns of Charlestown and Medford were complained of for no
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 6., The Lawrence Light Guard.—Continued. (search)
is still touching, even if it is packed away in a lot of genealogical material. It is the story of the two children, a boy and a girl, made orphans by the Spaniards. The Spaniards and the English were in continual strife in the Bahamas, and in 1699, at Nassau, the Spaniards gained control, and beginning a course of plunder and slaughter, killed, among others, the parents of these children. Mr. Brooks relates how the orphans in some unknown way escaped and fled to the wharves and found a frie hundred eleven inventories filed, and in but four of them is there mention of a clock or watch, and to three of these the epithet old is attached, indicating that they were probably out of repair and useless. The records of Suffolk County for 1699-1700 show seventy-two inventories, in but eight of which clocks or watches are mentioned. The question may now be asked, If they had no clocks or watches, how did they keep time? But, before answering, we must determine what we of 1900 mean by
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The taverns of Medford. (search)
m, 1769. Doggett, Isaac, 1754. Floyd, Hugh, 1754, 1755, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1770, 1771, 1772. Floyd, Sarah, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748. Francis, John, Jr., 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1726. Francis, Capt. Thomas, 1783, 1784. Frost, Rufus, 1811. Goldthwait, Benjamin, 1760. Goldthwait, Charity, 1761. Hall, John, Jr., 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706. Hall, John, Sr., 1696, 1700, 1701. Hall, Stephen, 1697, 1698, 1699. Hawkes, Jonathan, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758. Hills, Ebenezer, 1773. Hyde, James, 1818, 1819, 1820. Jaquith, Elizabeth, 1808, 1809. Jaquith, John, 1805, 1806. Jaquith, Moses, 1826, 1827. Johnson, Josiah, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810. Jones, William, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767. Kendall, Samuel, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831. Kimball, John, 1754. King, Isaiah, 1820. Lathe, Francis, 1714. Lealand, Abner, 1758, 1759. Mayo, Seth, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The Whitmores of Medford and some of their descendants. (search)
married second, Hannah, daughter of Rev. John Raynor of Dover, N. H. He represented Malden and Billerica in the General Court, and died in 1697. His son John Lane, father of Mary Lane Whitmore, was born in Maiden in 1661 and married Susannah Whipple of Ipswich in 1681. She died in 1713 and he died in 1714. They lived in Bedford and had a large family of children. He was very active in Indian wars, and held many positions in the militia, being appointed Captain by the Earl of Belmont in 1699, Major in a regiment of horse and foot in 1711 by Governor Dudley, and is spoken of as Colonel. He was evidently a personal friend of Governor Dudley, as is shown in their correspondence. His daughter Mary evidently inherited the martial spirit of her ancestors. During a season of Indian alarms, before her marriage, she was in her father's house in Bedford, with one soldier on guard, and looking from a window in the roof, she saw something suspicious behind a stump. The soldier declined t
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