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Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, John Winthrop (search)
om Broadway park to Medford centre, the southerly boundary of the farm being Broadway as far as the Powder House, and then by a line now obliterated to Medford centre. Ten Hills might with some reason be called a Gubernatorial Demense, being with occasional interruptions owned in families of governors or their associates, from its first grant, to the present time. Its first owner was Governor Winthrop, of Massachusetts; then his son, John Winthrop, Jr., governor of Connecticut; then Charles Lidgett, an associate of Governor Andros; then the wife of Lieutenant-Governor Usher; then Robert Temple, son of the governor of Nova Scotia; then Robert Temple, Jr., grandson of the governor of Nova Scotia, and whose wife was daughter of Governor Shirley; then by Isaac Royal, a governor's councilor; then by Thomas Russell, another governor's councilor; and recently by Governor Oliver Ames; and now by Governor Ames' heirs. Some extracts from Governor Winthrop's diary give us a picture of his l
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Index (search)
15, 16, 88. Kent, Lucy, 89. Kent, Mehitable, 88. Kent, Rebecca, 88, 89. Kent, Samuel, 16, 88, 89. Kent, Samuel, Jr. 89. Kent, Sarah, 89. Kent, Stephen, 88. Kent Street, Somerville, 88. Kent, Hon. William H., 88. Kettell, Elizabeth, 6. Kettle, Jonathan, 12, 14. Lady Superior, The, 22. Lamson, Nathaniel, 16. Leland, Caleb W., 38. Lemmon, Joseph, 14. Levett, Captain. 29. Lewis' Wharf, 70. Lexington, 47, 71, 74, 85. Lexington, First Church Established in, 83. Lidgett, Charles, 31. Lincoln, Mass., 74, 85. Lincolnshire, Eng., 27. Local History, Teaching of, in the Public Schools, 57-64. London, Eng., 26, 73. Longfellow, H. W., 82. Lord Macaulay, 64. Lovell's Island, 12, 13. Lowell, Mass., 4, 5, 6, 8, 9. Lowell Road, 3. Lowell & Nashua Railroad, 10. Luxford, —, 33. Lynn Farm, 12. Lyon, The Ship, 32. Magoun, —, 40. Main Street (Broadway), Somerville, 22. Main Street, Charlestown, 3. Main Street, Medford, 3. Malden, Mass., 12, 58,
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Ten Hills Farm, with Anecdotes and Reminiscences (search)
land adjoining his estate on the Mystic. This, with the original possession, he called The Ten Hills Farm, from the fact that it contained ten hillocks. Probably the original farm contained about seven hundred and fiftyfive acres, or a goodly portion of what is now the city of Somerville and the city of Medford. On the death of Governor Winthrop, March 26, 1649, the property fell to his son, John, Jr., then governor of Connecticut, by whose executors it was deeded in 1677 to Lieutenant-Colonel Lidgett, afterwards to his wife Elizabeth, she c ceding half to her son Charles in the same year. The Lidgetts and their heirs, among whom were the wife and children of Lieutenant-Governor Usher, of New Hampshire, deeded a portion of it to Sir Isaac Royal in 1731. This was about five hundred and four acres, and was in what is now the city of Medford, the remaining or Somerville portion, which I will hereafter describe, containing about two hundred and fifty-one acres, the Lidgett heirs s
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Index (search)
, I.—38. Lawrence, Daniel, II.—13. Lee, General F., I.—38. Lee, General, Charles, Headquarters of. II.—23, 24. Lee, Robert E., army of, III.—24; IV.—25. Leland, Caleb, House, II.—23, 26. Lexington, battle of, II.—28, 29. Lidgett, Charles, IV.—10. Lidgett, Lieutenant Colonel, IV.—10. Lidgett, Elizabeth, IV.—10. Lincoln, President, death of, II.—16. Littlefield, Samuel, II.—19. Locke, Margaret (Adams), II.—22. Locke, Martha, II.—22. Locke, Samuel, II.—22. Lidgett, Lieutenant Colonel, IV.—10. Lidgett, Elizabeth, IV.—10. Lincoln, President, death of, II.—16. Littlefield, Samuel, II.—19. Locke, Margaret (Adams), II.—22. Locke, Martha, II.—22. Locke, Samuel, II.—22. London Heights, I.—34, 36. Long Bridge, I.—33. Long Island, II.—29. Longstreet, General, I.—36. Loring Family, The, II.—26. Lothrop, D., Co., I.—8, 11. Lowden, Sergeant, Ried, III.—10. Lowell R. R., III.—15. Lowell R. R., bridge over, III.—15. Lowell Street, Somerville, II.—21; III.—14. Luray Valley, I.—36. Lyndes, Joseph, III.—10. Lyndes, Thomas, Sr., III.—8. Lynn Academy, II.—29.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., chapter 15 (search)
unds. Mrs. Lidgett sold to her son, Lieut.-Col. Charles Lidgett, Oct. 13, 1677, one undivided half remaining half part. Prior to the sale to Mrs. Lidgett, John Winthrop, Jr., sold in 1670, to Benanighway or canal was cut in 1761. Lieut.-Col. Charles Lidgett was the friend and adherent of Sir of a Bears paw. He confirmed his friend Colonel Lidgett in his title to the Ten Hills and also grll of the Andros administration, in 1689, Colonel Lidgett was arrested and thrown into prison, fromLieut.-Gov. John Usher by his wife Elizabeth (Lidgett) Usher, sister to Col. Charles Lidgett. Mr. UCol. Charles Lidgett. Mr. Usher was a counsellor and treasurer under the Andros administration, and was afterwards called to anpasture was granted by Governor Andros to Colonel Lidgett, but the grant became void upon the downfring the ownership of the Winthrops. Col. Charles Lidgett, writing from England to his agent, Mr.ls farm. From the correspondence between Colonel Lidgett and his agent it is inferred that Thomas [1 more...]
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., The Walnut Tree Hill division of the stinted pasture. (search)
he boundary line between the Cities of Medford and Somerville. Lieut.—Col. Charles Lidgett came into full possession of Ten Hills farm in the year 1685. Colonel LiColonel Lidgett was the friend and adherent of Sir Edmund Andros, the first royal governor of New England during the Inter-Charter period. The assertion of Governor Andros to more worth than the scratch of a bear's paw. He confirmed to his friend Colonel Lidgett his title to the Ten Hills farm, and also granted him the stinted pasture. Colonel Lidgett then began to prosecute the rightful owners of this pasture for cutting wood and other alleged trespasses. This grant became void upon the downfall of the Andros administration. Colonel Lidgett was arrested and thrown into prison at the time of the arrest of Governor Andros. He was released on bail and went to England in February, 1689–‘90, where he died in 1698. At the time Colonel Lidgett went to England the northerly part of his farm was leased to Thomas Marabel. <