History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement, in 1630, to the Present Time, 1855 |
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... RIVER . - - BROOKS . HILLS . CLIMATE . SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS . NATURAL HISTORY II . MEDFORD RECORDS . - FIRST SETTLEMENT . - MONUMENTS OF EARLY TIMES . ROADS . - BRIDGES . INDIANS . - MATHEW CRADOCK -- - III . PAGE . CIVIL HISTORY ...
... RIVER . - - BROOKS . HILLS . CLIMATE . SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS . NATURAL HISTORY II . MEDFORD RECORDS . - FIRST SETTLEMENT . - MONUMENTS OF EARLY TIMES . ROADS . - BRIDGES . INDIANS . - MATHEW CRADOCK -- - III . PAGE . CIVIL HISTORY ...
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... river is the town of Mistick , three miles from Charlestown , a league and a half by water . " This author gives the name of Mis- tick to land on the north side of the river , and reports a thriving population as then gathered between ...
... river is the town of Mistick , three miles from Charlestown , a league and a half by water . " This author gives the name of Mis- tick to land on the north side of the river , and reports a thriving population as then gathered between ...
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... River , called Three - mile Brook " ( Malden River ) . " There is two hundred acres of land granted to Mr. John Wilson , Pastor of the Church in Boston , lying next the land granted to Mr. Nowell on the south , and next Meadford on the ...
... River , called Three - mile Brook " ( Malden River ) . " There is two hundred acres of land granted to Mr. John Wilson , Pastor of the Church in Boston , lying next the land granted to Mr. Nowell on the south , and next Meadford on the ...
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... River from Winter Hill to Medford Pond . April 13 , 1687. — The inhabitants of Medford appointed three gentlemen ... River , there running nearly northward on the said Malden River to the mouth of " Creek Head Creek , " there running ...
... River from Winter Hill to Medford Pond . April 13 , 1687. — The inhabitants of Medford appointed three gentlemen ... River , there running nearly northward on the said Malden River to the mouth of " Creek Head Creek , " there running ...
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... ( river ) ... westerly with the westerly bounds of Mr. Smith's , Mr. Joseph Tufts ' and Mr. Jonathan Tufts ' farms , and then running from the southerly corner of Mr. Jonathan Tufts ' farm , eastward straight to the westerly corner of Col ...
... ( river ) ... westerly with the westerly bounds of Mr. Smith's , Mr. Joseph Tufts ' and Mr. Jonathan Tufts ' farms , and then running from the southerly corner of Mr. Jonathan Tufts ' farm , eastward straight to the westerly corner of Col ...
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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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