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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 20., A receipt in full. (search)
iah, the first minister of Charlestown to whom a grant of land was made, which later became a part of Medford. By inheritance a portion remains in the family name today in what used to be called Upper Medford, the Symmes Corner of present Winchester. This Zakariah was a farmer, and even yet his descendants till the soil in a more intensive way. John Fulton, it seems, doubled the l in his name—it is supposed that he knew how to spell his own, if he did not his customer's. But it was probably Zack, and phonetic spelling in those days. He was the husband of Sarah Bradlee Fulton, for whom our local Chapter of the D. A. R. was named. We are informed that he was a distiller and book-keeper at the distillery. The time of this bill is just after the close of the Revolution and before the adoption of the Constitution, yet the same is in English money. What the Sundries were does not appear, nor yet their value, as the amount carried out only equals the rum part of the charge. There