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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)
edition, and of the more important one which followed. Captain Nathaniel Turner, Was Representative from Sagus or Lynn in the first six General Courts. In January 1636-7, his house in Sagus took fire by an oven about midnight, and was burnt down, with all that was in it save the persons. Ensign Jenison, Wm. Jenison of Watertown. An able man who had been there from the beginning. He had formerly lived in Bermuda. He was member of the Artillery Company, 1637; Captain of the Train Band, 1638; Selectman, 1635 to '42, and '44, and was Representative, 1637 to '42, and '45. About 1645 he sold his homestead of 50 acres on the North side of Mt. Auburn St, between Common and School Sts., to Rev. John Knowles, returned to England and lived many years.—Bond. He received 60 acres in the third Great Dividend, 10 acres in the Hither Plain, next to the River, and 160 acres in the Farms. Zzz. and Enfign Davenport Richard Davenport, of Salem, against whom an attachment was issued to appea