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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 5: (search)
rd Sept. 28, 1753, was Adjutant in the regiment commanded by his brother, and fought bravely at Hubbardton. He was in several battles during the six years of his service, and, at the capture of Burgoyne, was wounded. He died, July 30, 1822, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, in Beverly, the place of his residence. He was esteemed for his hospitality and cheerfulness. Another gallant action by a Medford Sergeant, in the heat of the battle at White Plain, deserves a special record. Francis Tufts saw the standard-bearer fall: he flew to the spot, seized the standard, lifted it in the air, and rushed to the front rank of the line, and there marched forward, calling upon the men to follow. This was seen by General Washington. As soon as victory was won, the General asked Colonel Brooks the name of the young man, in his regiment, who achieved that noble act. He was told; and there, on the stump of a tree, the General immediately wrote his commission of Adjutant. Medford furnish
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)
athan, b. June 9, 1754.  17Catharine, b. May 23, 1756; m. E. Thompson, May 21, 1778.  18Hannah, b. Mar. 3, 1758; m. Francis Tufts, June 12, 1785.  19Gardiner, b. July 14, 1765.  20Abigail, b. Apr. 1, 1768. 1 Hepzibah had, by Gardner Fifield, d. Aug. 2, 1800, m. Mary Grover, and had--  77-133Hutchinson, b, Dec. 16, 1769.  134Mary, m. Jonathan Locke. 39-78Francis Tufts m., successively, two sisters named Lunt, and had--  78-135Francis, moved to Maine.  136John.  137Benjamin, moved to Ohio.  138William.  139Mary, m. Mr. Hopkinson. 55-91COTTON Tufts, of Weymouth, m. Mercy Brooks, Mar. 6, 1788, and had--  91-140Quincy, is a merchant in Boston.  141Lucy, m. Thomas Tarbell.  142Susan.  143Mercy. 65-104Daniel Tufts m. Abiga 16, 1784.Esther Tufts, m. Hezekiah Blanchard, jun. Jan. 13, 1785.Jonathan Tufts, m. Deborah Bucknam. June 12, 1785.Francis Tufts, m. Hannah Greenleaf. Mar. 9, 1786.Elizabeth Tufts, m. Edmund T. Gates. Jan. 22, 1789.Nathan, jun. Tufts, m
History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904, Anniversary exercises, Wednesday , February 17 (search)
ngly, on the fourteenth day of February, 1854, to a justice of the peace was sent the following communication:— To Francis Tufts, Esq., Justice of the Peace:— The undersigned, inhabitants of the town of Somerville, and legal voters therein, depe, of Somerville, in said County of Middlesex. Greeting: Whereas, application in writing has been made to me, Francis Tufts, Esquire, a justice of the peace within and for the County of Middlesex, by Charles Williams and eleven other persons, all Given under my name and seal this ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Francis Tufts, Justice of the Peace. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified and warned said applicants to meet at e mentioned in said warrant. Ira Thorpe. Middlesex, ss., February 16, 1854. Subscribed and sworn to before me. Francis Tufts, Justice of the Peace. Under this warrant, a meeting was duly held in the little schoolhouse which stood at the j
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908,
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and its neighborhood about the year 1846. (search)
was a Universalist, and was the father of Mrs. Nancy (Thorning) Munroe, wife of Edwin Munroe, Jr.; she was a lady of great literary attainments, and a poet. Next came the residence of Andrew M. Kidder, music printer, who had previously resided on Mystic avenue, at the foot of Convent Hill; two of his sons, Arthur T. and Andrew M. Kidder, still reside in Somerville. On the west corner of Medford street and south side of Washington street, then or a few year later stood the law office of Francis Tufts, captain of our military company before the Civil war, and the first justice of a Somerville court; he is still living in the house previously occupied by his father on the opposite corner of Washington and Medford streets. His father formerly owned the grain mills at Charlestown Neck, and the grain store near Warren bridge. Nathan Tufts was also father of Mrs. Booth, and of Nathan Tufts, Jr., who lived on Central street, and grandfather of Dr. E. C. Booth, and of Miss M. Alice Tufts
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908,
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chairman, and Thomas Gooding secretary. Upon the permanent organization, Quincy A. Vinal was elected president, and J. Manly Clark and Thomas Gooding vice-presidents, and Charles F. Stevens secretary. It had about fifty members, among whom, besides those named, were William L. Burt, Isaiah W. Tuttle, E. A. Norris, editor of the Olive Branch, Charles Williams, Jr., Robert A. Vinal, John W. Vinal, N. Carleton Hawkins, Charles S. Lincoln, Emery H. Munroe, Phineas W. Blodgett, John Runey, Francis Tufts, William and Edwin Mills, Clark Bennett. R. W. Keyes, Edwin C. Bennett, Charles H. Hudson, J. Q. Twonibly, and many others, including the writer. The later presidents were J. Manly Clark, Robert A. Vinal, I. W. Tuttle, and R. W. Keyes; and secretaries, Charles Williams, Jr., Edward E. Vinal, George E. Bennett, I. B. Giles, Edwin Mills, and myself. Quite a library was gathered, which, however, was scattered on the dissolution of the society. Among the subjects for debate were the
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, List of members Past and present (search)
. Clara Taytor Resigned.Mrs. Isadore Taylor Resigned.Mr. Frank A. Teele Resigned.Miss Jeanette P. Teele Resigned.Mr. Edward F. Thayer Resigned.Mrs. Francis E. Thornton Resigned.Mr. Elmer E. Tilden Resigned.Mrs. Elmer E. Tilden Resigned.Miss Helen Tinker Charter members. Resigned.Rev. Anson Titus Mr. Andrew Tower Miss Harriet E. Tuell Charter members. Life members. Deceased.Mr. Albert Tufts Resigned.Miss Alice M. Tufts Mr. Francis Tufts Miss Martha B. Tufts Resigned.Mrs. Mary L. Tufts Mr. Timothy Tufts Deceased.Mr. William Fuller Tufts Resigned.Miss Minnie S. Turner Resigned.Mr. Augustus Underhill Resigned.Mrs. Augustus Underhill Mr. Herbert E. Valentine Deceased.Mr. William Veazie Charter members.Miss Anna P. Vinal Charter members.Miss Louise A. Vinal Charter members.Mrs. S. Augusta Vinal Deceased. Charter members.Mr. Quincy A. Vinal Deceased.Mr. George I. Vi
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Index (search)
olunteers, 70. Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, 19. Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War, 17-23, 43-47, 56-72. Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment, 19, 46, 63. Thompson, James, 29. Thompson, Samuel, 13. Thorning, John, 11. Thoroughfare Gap, Va., 43. Three-Pole Lane, 29. Titus, Arch of, 80. Towne, Orr N., 55. Trowbridge, J. T., 12. Tufts, Benjamin, 53. Tufts, Charles, 9, 12. Tufts College, 9, 12, 74, 78. Tufts, Edmund, 55. Tufts, Elizabeth, 51. Tufts, Francis, 11, 41, 42. Tufts House, 77. Tufts, Isaac, 53. Tufts, James, 51. Tufts, John, 51. Tufts, M. Alice, 12. Tufts, Martha, 53. Tufts, Mary, 52. Tufts, Nathan, 12, 55. Tufts, Nathan, Jr., 12. Tufts, Nathaniel, 52. Tufts, Peter, 29, 51, 52. Tufts, Samuel, 15. Tufts, Sarah, 52. Tuttle, Isaiah W., 5, 41. Tuttle, James S., 5, 40. Twelfth Army Corps, 22. Twelfth Massachusetts, 67. Twenty-third Street, Washington, D. C., 19. Twombly, J. Q., 13, 41. Two Penny Brook, 27. Ty
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, chapter 3 (search)
eing hired by the year. The trustees by this action incur the additional expense of $72 for meeting the wishes of the people at Milk Row. So, satisfactory was Mr. Sherman, as a teacher, that he was retained in all two years and a half, an extraordinary event in the history of this old school. Efforts to learn something of this man's history have thus far failed. A suggestion has been made that he may have come from Sudbury or its vicinity. Of his pupils here Miss Martha Tufts, Captain Francis Tufts, and their sister, Mrs. Allen, remember him well. He was a popular teacher, and seems to have ruled by moral suasion rather than by the rod. One means of interesting his pupils was to, take them on little excursions of inspection. One of these was to the State's prison in Charlestown, another to Mt. Auburn, which had but recently been laid out, a delightfully rural spot in those days. In 1833 a curtailment of holidays was made; both Wednesday and Saturday afternoons were to be g
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, Index (search)
n, Frank W., 4, 19. Thorpe, Catharine, 47. Thorpe, Edwin H., 47. Thorpe, Harriet S., 47. Thorpe, Ira, 47. Thorpe, Mr., 74. Torrey, Mary P., 46. Torrey, Melzar, 83, 84. Towne, Orr N., 74. Training Field Grammar School, 22. Tremlett, Colonel Henry M., 12. Tremlett, Lieutenant-Colonel, 6, 9. Trowbridge, Edmund, 82. Trull, Ezra, 22. True, William, 73. Tufts, Albert, 48, 65. Tufts, Barnard, 83. Tufts, Benjamin 44. Tufts, Bowen Adams, 32. Tufts, Charlotte C., 45. Tufts, Captain, Francis, 33. Tufts, George F., 46. Tufts, Isaac, 28. Tufts, John, 33, 43, 73. Tufts, Joseph, 82, 85. Tufts, Lydia N., 45. Tufts, Martha, 33. Tufts, Samuel, 42, 43. Tufts, Sarah Ann, 65. Tufts, Sarah Mead, 32. Tufts, Susan, 45. Tufts, Susan W., 45. Tufts, Thomas, 32. Tufts, Timothy, 30, 31, 32, 42, 43, 45. Tufts, Timothy W., 45. Turkey Hill, 88, 90. Turner, Rev., Edward, 28. Twombly, James, 36. Tyler, Elizabeth, 24. Underwood, James, 36. Underwood, Mrs., 35. Union Squa
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Somerville Soldiers in the Rebellion. (search)
any men of widely recognized ability and influence. The magnitude of the impending struggle was not generally understood. Many welcomed it with light hearts, accepting the theory of Secretary Seward, that ninety days would suffice for its satisfactory conclusion. The Somerville Light Infantry, organized in 1853, had its armory in the second story of the engine house at the corner of Washington and Prospect streets. It had, for five years prior to 1859, been under the command of Captain Francis Tufts, whose martial enthusiasm and skill as a tactician gave it high rank for efficiency in military circles. He was succeeded by Captain George O. Brastow, a very able and public-spirited citizen, with sympathies as broad as humanity. He was frank, but courteous, in his bearing; his discipline was somewhat paternal, but he commanded at all times the respect and affection of his subordinates. The organization was officially designated as Company I, Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunte
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