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nty years of age. She had been reared in luxury, and her appearance as she walked the highway from the paternal home and over the great bridge to the market place in Medford, was one of pride and lofty carriage. Two black servants attended her; one to hold over her head an umbrella to protect her fair face from the sun, the other to carry her train. The death of Governor Usher wrought great changes in the family fortunes. In 1732-3, the estate passed into the possession of the elder Colonel Royall. Probably a little later Elizabeth Usher was married to Joseph Francis. Little is now known of him, save that he died on February I, 1749, leaving his widow in reduced circumstances, with their children, Elizabeth thirteen, Lydia twelve, and John eight years of age, dependent upon her for support and a mother's care. At about 1757, (it is impossible to fix a more exact date), she opened a school in a building on the northerly side of the country road leading from the market place to