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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 1: (search)
farm, eastward straight to the westerly corner of Col. Royal's farm; again westerly with the westerly bounds of Col. Royal's farm; again southerly with its southerly bounds, and then running from the south-easterly corner thereof eastward straight to Medford River. The action of the Legislature is thus recorded: April 18, 1754. John Quincy, Esq., brought down the petition of the town of Medford, as entered the 17th December last, with a report of a Committee of both houses. Signed — Jos. Pynchon. Passed in Council; viz.: In Council, April 17th, 1754. Read and accepted, with the amendment at A; and ordered, That the lands within mentioned, together with the inhabitants thereon, be and hereby are set off from the town of Charlestown to the town of Medford accordingly. Sent down for concurrence. Read and concurred. Thus on the 17th of April, 1754, Medford was enlarged by all its territory now lying on the south side of the river. March 13, 1771.--A committee was chosen
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)
ed and controlled by Companies in England, yet the people here claimed and exercised a corporate power in the elections of their rulers and magistrates. This was the case with Medford. To show what form of government our ancestors in Medford recognized and supported, we subjoin the following records:-- Oct. 19, 1630: First General Court of Massachusetts Colony, and this at Boston: Present, the Governor, Deputy-Governor, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Mr. Ludlow, Capt. Endicott, Mr. Nowell, Pynchon, Bradstreet. Since their arrival here, the first form of their government was that of Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Assistants; the Patentees with their heirs, assigns, and associates, being freemen. But now, in this General Court, they agree on a second form, as follows; proposed as the best course: For the freemen to have the power of choosing Assistants, when they are to be chosen; and the Assistants, from among themselves, to choose the Governor and Deputy-Governor, who, with the Ass
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Index. (search)
ker, 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
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 9 (search)
dam Cutter, of Charlestown, 14 Jan. 1798—Cutter (par. 34). See Wyman, 779. Benjamin, m. Dolly Park, 21 Aug. 1803. Abby C. and Calvin Harris, m. 28 Apr. 1836. Pynchon, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Hon. Jos. Pynchon, Esq., adm. Pct. ch. 9 Sept. 1770. Mary, dau. of Hon. Joseph Pynchon, Esq., dec'd, was adm. this ch. 29 Sept. 177Hon. Jos. Pynchon, Esq., adm. Pct. ch. 9 Sept. 1770. Mary, dau. of Hon. Joseph Pynchon, Esq., dec'd, was adm. this ch. 29 Sept. 1771. Quincy, child of Doctor Quincy, Boston, d. 19 May, 1764, a. 14 mos. R Ramsdell, Thomas, m. Elizabeth Melinda Peirce, 24 Nov. 1836. Rand, Thomas, late of Charlestown—had Jacob, b. 30 Mar., bap. here 5 Apr. 1778. Elizabeth, and Richard Loring, both of Camb., m. 9 Nov. 1780—fee a silver dollar. Rebecca, and Jabez FrotHon. Joseph Pynchon, Esq., dec'd, was adm. this ch. 29 Sept. 1771. Quincy, child of Doctor Quincy, Boston, d. 19 May, 1764, a. 14 mos. R Ramsdell, Thomas, m. Elizabeth Melinda Peirce, 24 Nov. 1836. Rand, Thomas, late of Charlestown—had Jacob, b. 30 Mar., bap. here 5 Apr. 1778. Elizabeth, and Richard Loring, both of Camb., m. 9 Nov. 1780—fee a silver dollar. Rebecca, and Jabez Frothingham, of Camb., m. 27 Sept. 1781. Mary, of Charlestown, m. Elias Richardson, of Camb., 15 May, 1788. Benjamin, of Chas., m. Rebecca Cutter, of W. Camb., 5 Feb. 1817. See Cutter (par. 44); Paige, 583; Wyman, 787, 790, 791, 792. Ray, Edwin C., of Camb., m. Harriet W. Prentiss, of W. Camb. 19 July, 1837. The late Jeffe
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., Index of names. (search)
Pratt, 164, 188, 194,284 Prentice and Prentiss, 9, 20, 25, 27, 28, 94, 96, 110, 112, 113, 120,121, 131, 132,137, 140, 154, 167, 169, 170,186, 197, 198, 201, 203, 209,213, 232, 239, 243, 246,255, 268, 263, 282-87, 289-91, 295, 303, 310, 313, 318, 319, 324, 326,330, 331 Prescott, 130 Price, 286, 347 Priest, 286 Prince, 199, 287 Proctor, 130, 140, 143, 152, 154, 165, 170-73, 178 Prout, 18 Puffer, 140 Putnam, 38, 67, 70, 72, 176, 220, 224, 250, 256, 271, 280, 287 Pynchon, 287 Quick, 8, 15, 16 Quincy, 41, 287 Quinn, 349 Ramsdell, 281, 287 Rand, 94, 96, 222, 251, 258, 275, 287, 289 Randall. 131 Randolph, 9, 319 Rawson, 91, 140, 165, 166, 172, 351 Ray, 286, 287, 339 Raymond, 288, 322, 330 Read, 8, 238, 278, 288 Reed, 8, 28, 83, 97, 106, 112, 137, 167-69, 176, 195, 205, 210, 212, 263, 266, 272, 276-78, 288, 289, 301, 307, 312,314-16, 330 Reeves, 18, 289 Remington, 2 Reno, 339 Revere, 60 Rice, 213, 228 Richard