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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 2: (search)
Turnpike.--The construction of turnpikes in New England made an era in travelling and in speculations. Medford had long felt the need of a way to the metropolis more convenient for the transportation of heavy loads than that over Winter Hill. The first movement for a turnpike was made, about the year 1800, by citizens of Medford; and, in 1803, Benjamin Hall, John Brooks, Fitch Hall, Ebenezer Hall, 2d, and Samuel Buel, petitioned the Legislature for an act of incorporation. It was granted March 2d of that year. The name was Medford Turnpike corporation. The act required them to run the road easterly of Winter Hill and Plowed Hill. It must be three rods on the upland, and not more than six on the marsh. If not completed within three years, the grant was to be null and void. The Corporation were required to build all extra bridges over Middlesex Canal, and keep them and the sluices in repair. They could hold real estate to the amount of six thousand dollars. Shares in the stock w
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 3: (search)
deliver to his fellow-officers on the Fourth of July. When President Monroe visited Boston in 1817, he said he had read the inaugural speech of Governor Brooks with entire approbation; and then added, I am willing to take the principles of that speech as the basis of my administration. After the death of the Governor, which occurred March 1, 1825, the Massachusetts Medical Society, of which he was then President, took notice of the event in the most appropriate manner. The next day, March 2, the Councillors of that Society passed the following:-- Resolved, That the Councillors regard with deep sensibility the loss by death of the late President of the Society, the Hon. John Brooks, and that they feel assured they shall express the sentiments of the Society, as they do their own, in stating that the Society has derived honor from having had at their head a man beloved in private life, justly respected in his profession, and distinguished in his state and country for the fait
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
Judith Reeves, Dec. 23, 1756: she was a dau. of Sam. R., and d. Jan. 26, 1778, aged 43. He d. Mar. 26, 1777, leaving children:--  2-6John, b. Nov. 9, 1757.  7Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1760; m. Susan Dodge, d. s. p. Feb. 16, 1815.  8Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1761.  9Elizabeth, b. May 17, 1768; m. Jonathan Brooks; d. Mar. 31, 1826. 2-6John Albree m. Lydia Tufts, Jan. 5. 1793, who d. Apr. 27, 1850. He d. Nov. 6, 1842. Children:--  6-10John, b. Jan. 23, 1794; m.1st, N. Shepherd, Feb. 10, 1824. 2d, Mar. Child, June 14, 1854.  11Lydia, b. Apr. 24, 1798; d. May 31, 1822.  12George, b. Feb. 1, 1803.  13William T., b. July 8, 1805.  14Elizabeth, b. Mar. 1, 1810; m. John A. Downie, April 12, 1838. 2-8Samuel Albree m. Martha Hodge, of Amherst, May 16, 1786, who d. Apr. 2, 1841, aged 72. He d. Feb. 22, 1841. He had--  8-15Samuel R., b. Oct. 29, 1787; d. Feb. 26, 1788.  16Thomas R., b. Apr. 10, 1790; d. Oct. 2, 1791.  17Joseph, b. Oct. 27, 1792; d. Apr. 19, 1796.  18Elizabeth, b.