History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement, in 1630, to the Present Time, 1855 |
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... petition the General Court to have a tract of land , lying in the south of Andover , ( two miles square ) set off to it . May 24 , 1734.- Medford voted , " That the town will pe- tition for a tract of land beginning at the southerly end ...
... petition the General Court to have a tract of land , lying in the south of Andover , ( two miles square ) set off to it . May 24 , 1734.- Medford voted , " That the town will pe- tition for a tract of land beginning at the southerly end ...
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... petition to the General Court , were as follows : " On the southerly side , those that the town petitioned for in the year 1738 ; and those on the northerly side , bounded northerly on Stoneham , on the town of Woburn and by the ...
... petition to the General Court , were as follows : " On the southerly side , those that the town petitioned for in the year 1738 ; and those on the northerly side , bounded northerly on Stoneham , on the town of Woburn and by the ...
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... petition , which is , to plant upon a five - acre lot in Charlestown , bounds on Mistick River . " The rule for planting was : Plant when the white - oak leaves are the size of a mouse's ear . Hence the lines : " When the white - oak ...
... petition , which is , to plant upon a five - acre lot in Charlestown , bounds on Mistick River . " The rule for planting was : Plant when the white - oak leaves are the size of a mouse's ear . Hence the lines : " When the white - oak ...
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... grateful estimate of his worth ; and accordingly gave his widow , then Mrs. Whitchcot , one thousand acres of land ; and they relin- quished all further rights . 1658 : " In answer to a petition of the 42 HISTORY OF MEDFORD .
... grateful estimate of his worth ; and accordingly gave his widow , then Mrs. Whitchcot , one thousand acres of land ; and they relin- quished all further rights . 1658 : " In answer to a petition of the 42 HISTORY OF MEDFORD .
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... petition of the inhabitants of Mistick , the Court , Oct. 19 , decided that they should have half proportion with the rest of the inhabitants of Charlestown in the commons lately divided , unless Charlestown leave the inhabitants of ...
... petition of the inhabitants of Mistick , the Court , Oct. 19 , decided that they should have half proportion with the rest of the inhabitants of Charlestown in the commons lately divided , unless Charlestown leave the inhabitants of ...
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Aaron Abigail aged April Blanchard Boston Bradshaw bridge Brig build built called Cambridge Captain Charles Charlestown chosen Christian church committee Court Cradock dollars Elizabeth England Ewell fathers Francis Francis Whitmore George Fuller Governor Hannah Henry hundred Indians inhabitants of Medford Isaac J. O. Curtis J. O. Curtis's J. O. James James's Sprague John Bradshaw John Tufts John Whitmore Jonathan Joseph July July 9 June June 11 labor land Lapham's Lydia Magoun's Malden March Mary Massachusetts meeting-house minister Mistick Mystic River Nathaniel officers Osgood parish pastor persons Peter Tufts petition plantation pounds preached Rebecca records Samuel Swan Sarah says schools Selectmen Sept Sermon Ship Sprague & James's Stephen Hall Stephen Willis Stetson Susanna taxes Thomas Willis town of Medford town voted Turell Wade Waterman & H wife William Woburn
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