History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement, in 1630, to the Present Time, 1855 |
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... Samuel Sheephard , and Goodman Edward Converse , are to set out the bounds between Charlestown and Mr. Cradock's farm on the north side of Mistick River " ( Stoneham and Malden ) . " Mystick Side " was the first name of Malden ...
... Samuel Sheephard , and Goodman Edward Converse , are to set out the bounds between Charlestown and Mr. Cradock's farm on the north side of Mistick River " ( Stoneham and Malden ) . " Mystick Side " was the first name of Malden ...
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... Samuel Hayward 1670 . 1641 . Caleb Brooks 1672 . 1641 . Daniel Markham 1675 . 1644 . John Whitmore 1678 . 1648 . John Greenland . 1678 . James Goodnow . 1650 . Daniel Woodward • 1679 . John Martin 1650 . Isaac Fox .. 1679 . Edward ...
... Samuel Hayward 1670 . 1641 . Caleb Brooks 1672 . 1641 . Daniel Markham 1675 . 1644 . John Whitmore 1678 . 1648 . John Greenland . 1678 . James Goodnow . 1650 . Daniel Woodward • 1679 . John Martin 1650 . Isaac Fox .. 1679 . Edward ...
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... Samuel Teel , jun . , has opened ten new streets ; and , within nine years , there have been erected thirty - five dwelling - houses within the enclosures and the neighborhood . Å similar outlay has been made ( 1852 ) by a Company whose ...
... Samuel Teel , jun . , has opened ten new streets ; and , within nine years , there have been erected thirty - five dwelling - houses within the enclosures and the neighborhood . Å similar outlay has been made ( 1852 ) by a Company whose ...
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... Samuel Brooks , Esq . , Lieut . Stephen Hall , jun . , and Jos . Tufts , were chosen a Committee to manage the affairs relating to the southerly half of the Mistic Bridge , and the causey adjoin- ing thereto . " The increase of travel ...
... Samuel Brooks , Esq . , Lieut . Stephen Hall , jun . , and Jos . Tufts , were chosen a Committee to manage the affairs relating to the southerly half of the Mistic Bridge , and the causey adjoin- ing thereto . " The increase of travel ...
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... Samuel Cradock , and his heirs male . And , for the other moiety of my estate in New England aforesaid , I hereby give and bequeath the same to my daughter Damaris , and the issue of her body , to be lawfully begotten ; and , for want ...
... Samuel Cradock , and his heirs male . And , for the other moiety of my estate in New England aforesaid , I hereby give and bequeath the same to my daughter Damaris , and the issue of her body , to be lawfully begotten ; and , for want ...
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