HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855.
Charles Brooks, Ed.

Index.

Adams, 42, 231, 323.

Albree family, 499.

Albree, 103, 334, 393, 483, 507, 508, 536.

Alms-houses, 347.

Andrews, 41.

Angier family, 501.

Angier, 36, 110, 213, 231.

Apple, Baldwin, 19.

Auld, 48.

Authors, 310.

Avey, 43.

Baldwin, 19, 20.

Ballard family, 501.

Baptist Society, 271.

Bellevue, 54.

Berry, 36, 43.

Betts, 37.

Bigelow, 249, 308.

Birdue family, 501.

Bishop family, 501.

Bishop, 36, 49, 54, 95, 110, 336.

Blanchard family, 502.

Blanchard, 36.

Blaney, 44.

Boylston, 506.

Bradbury, 36.

Bradshaw family, 504.

Bradshaw, 36, 65, 103, 329, 335, 431, 478, 526.

Bradstreet, 28, 37, 97, 103, 482, 504, 544, 558.

Brickmaking, 355.

Bridges, 59, 72.

Brook, Whitmore's, Marble, &c., 9.

Brooks family, 506.

Brooks, 19, 29, 34, 36, 43, 49, 51, 53, 55, 65, 72, 106, 109, 112, 114, 126, 127, 161, 164, 185, 197, 225, 255, 265, 285, 307, 315, 411, 545, 563, 569, 570.

Brown, 509.

Brude, 87.

Buel, 51.

Bugbe, 36.

Bunker, 43.

Burden, 36.

Burgess, 441.

Burying-grounds, 425.

Call, 36.

Chadwick, 509.

Chairmen, Board of Selectmen, 126.

Child, 315.

Chubb, 509.

Clark, 509.

Cleaveland, 509.

Clough, 509.

Collins, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43, 93.

Colman, 208, 221, 232, 304.

Communion-plate, 265.

Converse, 3, 36.

Cooke, 36.

Crackers, Medford, 388.

Cradock family, 509, 510.

Cradock, 2, 3, 14, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 59, 83, 87, 88, 92, 410, 431, 480.

Crimes and Punishments, 431.

Crisp, 36, 43.

Cummings, 510.

Currency, 401.

Curtis family, 511.

Dady, 37, 44.

Danforth, 36.

Davidson, 37, 42, 59, 74.

Daustin, 36.

Deane, 36.

Degrusha, 109.

Dexter family, 510.

Dexter, 36, 44, 139.

Dill, 511.

Diseases, 449.

Distilleries, 390.

Dix, 36.

Dudley, 14, 30, 31, 33, 77.

Edes, 511.

Education, 275, 278.

Eliot, 37, 511, 538, 562.

Endecott, 30, 32, 83. [574]

Erving, 176, 570.

Expenses, 117.

Farwell, 511.

Faulkner, 49.

Felt, 36.

Ferry, Penny, 6.

Fillebrown family, 511.

Fillebrown, 97, 417.

Fire-department, 471.

First Settlers, 36.

First House, 39.

Fisheries, 381, 386.

Fitch, 36.

Forests, 13, 14.

Fox, 36, 512.

Francis family, 512.

Francis, 36, 37, 194, 231, 258, 313, 326, 355, 388.

Freeman's Oath, 98.

Frost, 44.

Frothingham, 44.

Fulton, 514.

Gardner, 4, 574.

Garrett, 36, 42.

Gibons, 37, 43, 73, 74.

Gilchrist, 514.

Gillegrove, 515.

Glover, 41.

Goodnow, 36.

Goodwin, 44.

Grace Church, 277.

Graduates, 301.

Graves, 13.

Greatton, 515.

Greene, 32, 36, 44.

Greenland, 15, 36.

Greenleaf family, 515.

Greenleaf, 106.

Gregg family, 516.

Groves, 44, 517.

Hall family, 517.

Hall, 36, 51, 52, 96, 158, 317, 351, 501, 502, 570.

Hammond, 44.

Hancock, 202, 213, 527.

Harris, 527.

Hathaway, 527.

Haywood, 36.

Higginson, 12.

Hill, 36.

Historical Items, 478.

History, Civil, 93.

------Ecclesiastical, 200.

------Military, 181.

------Natural 21.

------Political, 143.

Hobart, 37.

Holden, 52.

Hosmer, 293, 302.

Howard, 17.

Howe family, 528.

Hutchinson, 31, 200.

Hutton, 538.

Indians, 72, 80.

Ingraham, 439.

Johnson, 6, 15, 31, 44, 67.

Josselyn, 1.

Justices of the Peace, 169.

Kenrick, 528.

Kidder family, 528.

Kidder, 112, 225, 483.

Knox, 529.

Labor in Vain, 7.

Lands unappropriated, 105, 107.

Laribee, 530.

Lawrence family, 529.

Lawrence, 104, 233, 302.

Lawyers, 308.

Leathe, 265, 530.

Le Bosquet, 485.

Letter, 495.

Lexington Fight, 151.

Libraries, 294.

Light Infantry, 189.

Lightering, 392.

Lincoln, 30.

Locke, 530.

Lyceums, 295.

Lynde, 44.

Magoun, 48, 360.

Manners and Customs, 452.

Manning, 36.

Mansor, 530.

Map, 421.

Markham, 36, 42.

Martin, 36.

Mather, 205.

Mayhew, 36.

Maverick, 2.

McClure, 49.

Medford a Town, 119.

Melvin, 44.

Methodist Society, 270.

Michelson, 42.

Middlesex Canal, 295.

Mills, 392.

Moore, 36.

Mystic Church, 273.

Mystic River, 6.

Name, 1.

Newell, 36, 44. [575]

Norton, 74.

Nowell, 3, 7, 9, 14, 37, 43.

Noyes, 36, 97, 121.

Nutting, 531.

Oakes, 36.

Oldham family, 531.

Oldham, 89, 100.

Oliver, 538, 570.

One Hundred Laws, 101.

Osgood, 236, 240, 531.

Oysters, 387.

Palmer, 37.

Parker, 51, 52, 531.

Patch family, 532.

Paterson, 533.

Patten family, 533.

Pauperism, 441.

Peirce family, 533.

Pemberton, 36.

Pepperrell, 538.

Perkins, 534.

Perry, 534.

Physicians, 302.

Pierpont, 262, 312.

Polly, 151, 534.

Ponds, 5.

Population, 451.

Post Office, 421.

Porter family, 534.

Porter, 36, 49, 51, 52, 211, 309.

Pounds, 449.

Prices Current, 400.

Pritchard, 36.

Productions, 12.

Putnam, 151, 306.

Public Buildings, 325.

Pynchon, 4.

Quincy, 4, 73.

Railroads, 57.

Raleigh, Sir, Walter, 17.

Raymond family, 535.

Real Estate, Sales of, 44.

Records, Town and Church, 28, 29.

Reed, 535.

Reeves family, 535.

Reeves, 36, 106, 449, 560.

Register of Vessels, 368, et seq.

Representatives, 168.

Revil, 31.

Richardson, 537.

Roads, 50.

Rowse, 44.

Royall family, 538.

Royal, 4, 9, 49, 87, 170, 176, 224, 265, 355, 482, 570.

Russell, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44.

Sagamore John, 14, 32, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Samson. 539.

Sargent, 36.

Savage, 38, 570.

Savel, 539.

Schoolhouses, 345.

Seccomb family, 539.

Seccomb, 39, 49, 51, 106, 110, 332,486.

Senators, 168.

Settlement, First, 29, 33, 96.

Sewall, 8, 207, 213, 436.

Shadwell, 44.

Shed, 540.

Shephard, 3, 36, 42, 541.

Ship-building, 357, 366.

Simonds, 36.

Slaves, 434.

Smith, 4, 12, 36, 54, 75, 295.

Societies, 476.

Soldiers, 165.

Sprague, 8, 32, 107.

Squa Sachem, 43, 73.

Stearns, 306.

Stilman, 37.

Storms and Freshets, 446.

Stower, 9.

Swan family, 541.

Swan, 36, 307.

Symmes family, 542.

Symmes, 2, 4, 37, 42, 74, 353.

Tainter, 543.

Taverns, 422.

Taxes, 408.

Thompson, 19, 543.

Touro, 493.

Town incorporated, 119.

Town-clerks, 127.

Town Hall, 346.

Tornado, 444.

Trade, 349.

Tufts family, 543.

Tufts, 37, 42, 43, 44, 49, 51, 144, 196, 297, 303, 306, 484, 495, 570.

Tufts College, 297.

Turell family, 555.

Turell, 29, 49, 221, 310, 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. [576]

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.

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