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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)
upon the usual training-days, in the exercise of arms, as small guns, half-pikes, bows and arrows, according to the discretion of said officer. 1647: Persons unable to provide arms and equipments for militia duty, on account of poverty, if he be single, and under thirty years of age, shall be put to service, and earn them. Musqueteers, among their articles of equipment, are to have two fathoms of match. Whoever refuses to do duty, when commanded, shall be fined five shillings. May 2, 1649: The General Court issue the following:-- It is ordered that the Selectmen of every town within this jurisdiction shall, before the 24th of June, which shall be in the year 1650, provide for every fifty soldiers in each town a barrel of good powder, one hundred and fifty pounds of musket bullets, and one-quarter of a hundred of match. May 26, 1658: The General Court say:-- In answer to the request of the inhabitants of Meadford, the Court judgeth it meet to grant their desire; i
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 15: Historical items. (search)
law: Ordered that no lover shall seek the hand of his chosen one till he has asked permission of her parents. Penalty for the first offence, £ 5; for the second, £ 10; and for the third, imprisonment. According to this, courting, in those days, must have been a very dangerous business. The Cambridge platform adopted 1648; and the church at Malden gathered the same year. Oct. 18, 1648.--The coopers united in a company, and received from the General Court an act of incorporation. May 2, 1649.--The General Court say, Upon the petition of Mistick-side men, they are granted to be a distinct town, and the name thereof to be called Mauldon. 1649.--The Middlesex County Records before this date are lost. 1649.--Horses must be registered in a book kept in each town. In a neighboring town, church troubles ran so high, in 1650, that they were obliged to call in the civil authorities. 1650.--Goodman and goodwife were common appellations. Mr. was applied only to persons of d
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)
Weber m. Mary Whitmore, Aug. 19, 1725; and d. Oct. 16, 1730, aged 28.   James Weber d. Mar. 19, 1729, aged 64; probably father of Jonathan, James, Benjamin, and Nathan.   Nathan Weber d. Oct. 15, 1739, aged 35.   Mary Weber m. Joseph White, of Lexington, Jan. 1, 1735.  1Whitmore, Francis, b. 1625; m. Isabel, dau. of Richard Parke, of Cambridge, who is believed to have been son of Henry Parke, a merchant of London. By his first wife, who d. Mar. 31, 1665, he had--  1-2Elizabeth, b. May 2, 1649; m. Daniel Markham.  3Francis, b. Oct. 12, 1650; remov. to Middlet., Ct., and left heirs.  4John, b. Oct. 1, 1654.  5Samuel, b. May 1, 1658; remov. to Lexington, Ct., and left heirs.  6Abigail, b. July 3, 1660; m.----Wilcox.  7Sarah, b. Mar. 7, 1662; m. William Locke.   He m., 2d, Margaret Harty, Nov. 10, 1666, who d. Mar. 1, 1686; and had--  8Margaret, b. Sept. 9, 1668; m. Thomas Carter.  9Frances, b. Mar. 3, 1671; m. Jonathan Tompson.  10Thomas, b. 1673; lived in K
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
; in 1863, $5,209.00; in 1864, $3,995.30; in 1865, $2,278.37. Total amount, $17,121.30. The ladies of Manchester, in the early part of the war, formed a society called A Band of Work, the purpose of which was to work for the soldiers. They continued their patriotic and Christian labors until the end of the war, during which they sent forward at various times under-clothing, stockings, dried fruits, and many other useful articles for the sick and wounded. Marblehead Incorporated May 2, 1649. Population in 1860, 7,646; in 1865, 7,330. Valuation in 1860, $2,367,952; in 1865, $2,131,268. The selectmen in 1861 were William Nutting, Jr., James H. Gregory, Richard Bessom, Jr., Samuel Bowden, Jonathan H. Orne; in 1862, William Nutting, Jr., Jonathan H. Orne, Joseph H. Robinson, Henry A. Potter, Stephen Hathaway, Jr.; in 1863, William Nutting Jr., Jonathan H. Orne, Stephen T. Prime, Henry A. Potter, Stephen Hathaway, Jr.; in 1864, William Nutting, Jr., Stephen T. Prime, Simon L
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10: Middlesex County. (search)
at one hundred thousand dollars were raised in Lowell during the four years of the war by voluntary contributions for the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, and for private relief connected with the war. It is claimed that Judge Crosby of Lowell gave the first money ($100) in aid of the soldiers (April 18, 1861) that was given anywhere. His example was followed by other generous citizens, among them General Butler, who gave his check for five hundred dollars. Malden Incorporated May 2, 1649. Population in 1860, 5,865; in 1865, 6,871. Valuation in 1860, $3,366,963; in 1865, $4,040,431. The selectmen in 1861 were John S. Rice, Henry H. Hyde, Paschal P. P. Ware; in 1862, Hubbard Russell, Henry H. Hyde, John S. Nichols; in 1863, Hubbard Russell, John Fenderson, Samuel Shute; in 1864, Hubbard Russell, John Fenderson, Samuel Shute, John H. Abbott, Edward Fuller; in 1865, John H. Abbott, Samuel Shute, Elisha B. Loring. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was A. F
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
between Mason Street and Phillips Place. He was appointed with Edward Shepard to drive the neck, 23 Mar. 1662-3. No record is found of his family. 3. Daniel, by w. Mary had Daniel, b. 18 May 1695; Mary, b. 29 Oct. 1697; John, b. 16 Feb. 1699; Thomas, b. 22 Feb. 1701; Joseph, b. 17 Ap. 1704; Sybil, b. 12 May 1796; Stephen, b. 27 Ap. 1709; Sarah, b. 23 Aug. 1711. Whitmore, Francis, m. Isabel Park about 1648; she d. 31 Mar. 1665, and he m. Margaret Harty. His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 2 May 1649, m. Daniel Markham 3 Nov. 1669; Francis, b. 12 Oct. 1650, living in 1691; John, b. 1 Oct. 1654; Samuel, b. 1 May 1658; Abigail, b. 3 July 1660, m.—— Wilcox; Sarah, b. 7 Mar. 1662, m. William Locke; Margery, bap. 27 Mar. 1664, m. Thomas Carter; Hannah, bap. 16 Feb. 1667, d. young; Hannah, b. 9 Feb. 1668; Frances, b. 3 Mar. 1671, m. Jonathan Thompson; Thomas; Joseph, living in 1691, perhaps m. Mary Kendall of Woburn 13 Feb. 1698-9, and d. about 1720. Francis the f. was a tailor, resided se
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, W. (search)
between Mason Street and Phillips Place. He was appointed with Edward Shepard to drive the neck, 23 Mar. 1662-3. No record is found of his family. 3. Daniel, by w. Mary had Daniel, b. 18 May 1695; Mary, b. 29 Oct. 1697; John, b. 16 Feb. 1699; Thomas, b. 22 Feb. 1701; Joseph, b. 17 Ap. 1704; Sybil, b. 12 May 1796; Stephen, b. 27 Ap. 1709; Sarah, b. 23 Aug. 1711. Whitmore, Francis, m. Isabel Park about 1648; she d. 31 Mar. 1665, and he m. Margaret Harty. His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 2 May 1649, m. Daniel Markham 3 Nov. 1669; Francis, b. 12 Oct. 1650, living in 1691; John, b. 1 Oct. 1654; Samuel, b. 1 May 1658; Abigail, b. 3 July 1660, m.—— Wilcox; Sarah, b. 7 Mar. 1662, m. William Locke; Margery, bap. 27 Mar. 1664, m. Thomas Carter; Hannah, bap. 16 Feb. 1667, d. young; Hannah, b. 9 Feb. 1668; Frances, b. 3 Mar. 1671, m. Jonathan Thompson; Thomas; Joseph, living in 1691, perhaps m. Mary Kendall of Woburn 13 Feb. 1698-9, and d. about 1720. Francis the f. was a tailor, resided se
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Charlestown School in the 17th century. (search)
in the reader's mind an interest commensurate with that which held us to the task, our labors will be amply rewarded. Although settled a year or more previous, Charlestown was incorporated—to use the date in our Court Manual—August 23, 1630. The bounds of the town had no definite limits, but we learn that, March 3, 1636, they extended eight miles into the country, from the meeting house. In September, 1642, a part of Charlestown was set off and incorporated as the town of Woburn, and May 2, 1649, the indefinitely designated Mistick Side became the town of Malden. The territory that remained extended as far as the bounds of Reading, and included (not to mention more remote districts) besides the peninsula, a large part of Medford, portions of Cambridge and Arlington, and the whole of Somerville. This was, practically, the Charlestown of the seventeenth and a part of the eighteenth century, as there was no further diminution of territory until 1725, when Stoneham was made a towns