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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., A Romance of old Medford. (search)
ld Bay State to which the bridal party came with cows and sheep in Medford or Danvers? The Louisburg expedition was in the spring of 1745. Was the veteran of Louisburg from Danvers or Medford? We are inclined to answer to both queries, Danvers: as he owned property there and was one of the tellers at Danvers March meeting in 1752. He was taxed in Charlestown 1756-65, and taught school without the neck, where he was styled gentleman and from Danvers. He was in 1763 administrator of the estate of his son John, late of Charlestown, and was then called gentleman and of Charlestown. It has been suggested that he joined in Medford, the Danvers minute men who marched from Danvers to Cambridge (i.e. Menotomy or West Cambridge) 16 miles in 4 hours, taking stand in a walled enclosure with a breastwork of shingles, waiting the retreating British. Genl. Israel Putnam was in the same generation, their fathers being cousins. This latter gathered from Pulnam Ancestry (1919).
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., The Society's building enterprise. (search)
erica, and the raising of funds for our needs could make no headway amid the drives for Liberty Loans, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., and our local charities. Our incurred bills were made no larger. Some were reduced a little, as occasional contributions were made, while our patient creditors waited our action. In December, 1918, an effort was made to secure $2,000 to complete the building and pay all outstanding bills. About one-half of the amount was pledged and partially paid in by April i, 1919, when matters became complicated by a possible suit at law by one of the smaller creditors. Up to that (and present) time the entire cost (to the society) of the building and land is $4,975 Approximately., and the entire remaining indebtedness to ten creditors, $1,682.12. To nine of these was owing the aggregate sum of $604.51, in sums of from $10 to $158; all balances of accounts. As part of the money had been received without conditions, it was the wish of the other creditor (whose acc
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., The Society's meetings. (search)
The Society's meetings. Season of 1918-1919. October 2, 1918, at the opening meeting of the season, some twenty-five persons were present to hear Representative Fred Burrell, who spoke upon the Constitutional Convention and the Amendments. November 21 was the largest attended gathering, when Mrs. A. T. Hatch, of West Medford, told of her work and experience overseas in France. December 10th meeting was styled a Council Fire, and was a retrospect by members of the incidents and doings of the Society during the past two years, and some plans were formulated to be worked out. Light refreshments were served. January 21, 1919. The annual meeting was given to the reports and election of officers. The former board was reelected, with this exception: the curator and librarian, Miss Lincoln, was transferred to the vicepresidency, and Vice-President Remele was chosen to take charge of our library and collection. February 17. Rev. G. Bennett Van Buskirk of Trinity Church gave
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 23., The Society's work, 1919-20. (search)
The Society's work, 1919-20. The opening meeting, October 20, was a Get-Together Social, enjoyed by all present. November 17, John Albree, Esq., of Swampscott (a member) gave an illustrated talk, An Old Quaker's Diary. A graphic recital of War Experiences, by Rev. Henry Francis Smith of West Medford on December 15. The largest attendance was on March 15. Mr. Malcom Davis, Superintendent, gave an address on the Boy Scouts and seventeen Scouts gave examples of their work and training, after which refreshments were served. May 17, Librarian George S. Evans of Somerville told of the settling of Woburn in The Seven against the Wilderness, presenting a copy to our library. October 20, February 16 and April 19 the meetings were conducted by our members in informal manner and Questionnaire, What do you know about salt hay proving of interest. The annual meeting, January 19, came in the wake of a blizzard and deep snow. Favorable reports of officers were received—our home free o
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., Shepherd Brooks. (search)
erd Brooks. The late Shepherd Brooks, one of Medford's best-known citizens and a member and benefactor of the Medford Historical Society, accepted Pilgrim Tercentenary membership in the New England Historic Genealogical Society in the summer of 1919, soon after that new form of membership was instituted by the society in order to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims by the establishment of a Pilgrim Tercentenary Memorial Fund for the benefit of the SocieThe New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 77, pp. lxv-lxvii (supplement to the issue of April, 1923) and is reprinted here by permission. Shepherd Brooks, A. M., of Boston and Medford, Mass., a Pilgrim Tercentenary member since 1919, was born in Baltimore, Md., where his parents, Gorham and Ellen (Shepherd) Brooks of Boston and Medford, were temporarily residing, 23 July 1837, and died in Boston 21 February 1922. He was a member of an illustrious Massachusetts family, of w
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., Agnes Wyman Lincoln. (search)
eeking to enlarge the horizon of her intellectual life. She was interested in such sciences as geology, was fond of outdoor exercise, and went on many of the excursions of the Appalachian Mountain Club. She was corresponding secretary of the Stone Family Association, and compiled a catalogue of its members, showing their lines of descent, which was published by the Association in Boston in 1901 as a pamphlet of 92 pages. She was librarian and curator of the Medford Historical Society, 1900-1919, and in 1920 was elected one of its vicepresidents. A lifelong resident of Medford, she was generous in her financial support of deserving charitable organizations in her home city, and of the First Parish (Unitarian) Church, of which she was a member. We have as yet been unable to find any to write a suitable appreciation of the painstaking work done by her during those nineteen years of service,—work that often took her into the late hours of night and away from her home. Scrupulousl
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