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HENRY DEENGAINE
Surgeon, Watertown; admitted Aug. 28, 1638; lot, three acres bought from Abraham Shawe, east of Ames Street, and other land to be measured, probably on the Island; married Elizabeth, widow of Deacon George Alcock, a physician, April 1, 1641; died of apoplexy, Dec. 8, 1645.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT
Brother of John; admitted Aug. 28, 1638; Selectman, 1644, 1648, 1651, 1652; Freeman, June 2, 1641; lot next south of John Huggins, covering much of Brookdale Cemetery, and also land on the northwesterly side of East Street opposite land of his brother, John Dwight; joined the Church, August 30, 1641; Selectman, 1644, 1648, 1650 to 1652; married Dorcas Watson, of Roxbury; removed to Medfield; children, Timothy, John.
JOHN EATON
Son of Nicholas and widow Abigail Damon Eaton; admitted May 11, 1637; joined the Church, July 30, 1641, from Watertown; was to have the lot of Thomas Hastings when he laid it down but instead it went to Edward Richards; Freeman, May 25, 1636; married Abigail Damon or Damant, widow of John Dimant, born about 1600, who joined the Church July 30, 1641; children of Damant, Jane, who married John Plimp- ton, and John, of Eaton, Mary, bapt. March 20, 1630-1; John, Oct. 17, 1633, Thomas, 1634, John, proprietor of family, Abigail, Jacob, June 8, 1642; father died Nov. 17, 1658. Eaton's lot mentioned above was just north of Ames Street bridge, in which was the rock on which our Powder House stands; Eaton and William Bullard built the first foot bridge on the site of the present bridge in 1640.
JONATHAN FEAREBANKE
Came to Boston from Yorkshire, England, in 1633, with six children; the first townsman admitted on Dedham soil; Mar. 23, 1636-7; joined the Church Aug. 14, 1646; Selectman, 1658; the "Old Fairbanks House," the early house of the family, built in part by him, is standing on the original lot granted to him when he was admitted, running across East Street; married Grace Smith; children, John, George, Mary, Susan, Jonas, and Jonathan.
ANTHONY FISHER
Born at Syleham, Suffolk, England, 1591, called in his will as late of Dorchester; admitted July 18, 1637; joined the Church May 14, 1644-5; son of Anthony and Mary
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Fiske Fisher; Freeman, May 3, 1645; Selectman, 1646, 1647; lot on Lowder Street, both sides, including the region of Wampatuck Road, with house on the south side of the road; married Mary ( ), who joined the Church on March 27, 1642, and 2dly Isabel, widow of Edward Breck of Dorchester, Nov. 14, 1663, who died on June 22, 1673; children, Anthony, Cornelius, Nathaniel, Daniel,"Lydia, and Jobn; father died at Dorchester, April 18, 1671.
JOHN FISHER
Probably son of Anthony; said to have come with John Luson and Thomas Fisher; probably unmarried as the house lot across Westfield Street, including the easterly part of Wights Pond was inherited by his brother Daniel; died July 15, 1637.
JOSHUA FISHER
Son of Joshua and Anne Luson Fisher; blacksmith; on Jan. 1, 1637-8, allowed to enter upon the Smith's lot, in behalf of his father; on March 23, 1639-40, allowed to purchase the widow Thomas Fisher's lot north of the junction of Lowder and Highland Streets; Deacon, and Selectman, 1653, 1658, and several years later; Freeman, May 2, 1649; married Mary, daughter of Nathan Aldus, March 15, 1642-3, who joined the Church July 30, 1641, and 2dly Lydia, widow of Samuel Oliver of Boston, Feb. 16, 1654; children, Mary, Joshua, Hannah, Abigail, Joshua, Jobu, Hannab, Vigilance, and James.
THOMAS FISHER
Came from Winston, Suffolk, England, and was in Cambridge, 1634; admitted to Dedham, July 18, 1637; Freeman, March 4, 1634-5; married Elizabeth ( ), children, Constance, Thomas; lot northerly of the corner of Lowder and Highland Streets; died August 10, 1638, while building the Meeting House.
SAMUEL GREENE
Assigned a lot from the Samuel Dudley "Gift" land, one hundred of the three hundred acres of Purchased Meadows which Mr. Dudley was desirous to have the Town confer upon him "for a seate of an house," Feb. 20, 1637-8. This tract was near the corner of Newton, Roxbury and Dedham bounds, on Baker Street.
ROBERT HINSDELL
Admitted July 18, 1637; the eighth of the eight founders of the Church on Nov. 8, 1638; of the Artillery Company, Boston, 1645; Selectman, 1639, 1640, 1645; Free- man, Mar. 13, 1638-9; lot on both sides of East Street, Sanderson Avenue, running through the center; present Farrington House, standing on it; in 1645 obtained the Fleazer Lusher lot east of East Street; sold original lot, and part of the Lusher lot to Peter Woodward; married Ann ( ), who joined the Church, June 2, 1639, and 2dly Elizabeth, widow of John Hawks; children, Barnabas, Nov. 13, 1539, Gamaliel, March 5, 1641-2, Mary, Feb. 14, 1643-4, Experience, Feb. 23, 1645-6, Jobu, Jan. 27, 1647-8, Ephraim, Sept. 26, 1650; removed to Medfield, thence to Hadley and Deer- field.
JONAS HUMPHREY
Tanner from Dorchester; admitted April 6, 1638; Freeman, May 13, 1640.
EDWARD KEMP
Blacksmith; admitted Aug. 28, 1638; Freeman, Mar. 13, 1638-9; lot next south of John Dwight crossing East and High Streets, Brookdale Avenue, and Churchill Place running through the center, sold in 1649 to John Thurston, who sold it in turn to
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Richard Ellis in 1650; married Esther ( ), who joined the Church Oct. 11, 1639; child, Esther, joined Church Mar. 6, 1646-7, and married Samuel Foster, Nov. 15, 1648.
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JOSEPH KINGSBURY
Brother of John; admited July 18, 1637; joined the Church, April 4, 1641; Free- man, June 2, 1641; obtained the Ezekiel Holliman lot next west of Court Street in 1637; deeded the Church Green and a part of the burial place in 1638; Selectman, 1645, 1647, and 1658; married Millicent ( ), who joined the Church, April 24, 1639; children, Mary, Sept. 1, 1637, Elizabeth, Sept. 14, 1638; Joseph, Feb. 17, 1640, John, Aug. 15, 1643, Eliezer, May 17, 1645, Nathanie!, Mar. 26, 1649-50.
THOMAS LEADER
Admitted Sept. 21, 1638; Goodman Leader joined the Church, April 30, 1641; married Susanna, who joined the Church, April 30, 1641; removed to Boston, 1647; died there, Oct. 28, 1663.
ELEAZER LUSHER
Admitted July 18, 1637; seventh of the eight founders of the Church, Nov. 8, 1638; a founder of the Artillery Company, Boston; Deputy to the General Court 1640, and for many years; of the first Board of Selectmen, May 17, 1639, and for many years; kept the Town Book 1641 and for several years; Freeman, Mar. 13, 1638-9; lot the second south of Walnut Street, East Street crossing it, and Wentworth Street and Dartmouth Avenue running through it; sold the west part in 1646 to John Frary, and the east part to Robert Hinsdell; married first ( ), who joined the Church, April 24, 1639 and died Jan. 26, 1672-3, and 2dly Mary Gwinn, widow of John Gwinn of Charlestown, whose sister's husband was John Starr. Their daughter Lydia Starr married Nathaniel Gay; see John Gay above; Lusher died Nov. 13, 1672.
MICHEL METCALF
Born 1586 at Tatterford, Norfolk, England; was a dornock weaver at Norwich; came with wife, nine children, and servant, mid-summer, 1637; admitted July 14, 1637; chairman of committee to build the Meeting House, 1638; joined the Church, Aug. 24, 1639; Selectman, 1641; married first Sarah Elwyn, Oct. 13, 1616, who joined the Church, Oct. 11, 1639, and died Nov. 30, 1644, and 2dly the widow Mary Pidge, who joined the Church from Roxbury, June 10, 1649; children, Michael, Nov. 13, 1617, died young, Mary, Feb. 14, 1618-9, Michael, Aug. 29, 1620; John, Sept. 5, 1622, Sara, Sept. 10, 1624, Elizabeth, Oct. 4, 1626, Martha, Mar. 27, 1628, Thomas, Dec. 27, 1629, Ann, Mar., 1631, Joan, Mar. 24, 1632, Rebeka, April 5, 1635; father died Oct. 27, 1654. Mr. Metcalf, at the age of 75, was engaged by the Town to keep the school of male children at seven shillings and eight pence a week in the parlor of the dwelling house formerly Francis Chickering's, to begin August, 1661, and provided he take no children from other Towns unless he agrees. Metcalf's lot was the second north of Walnut Street on East Street, and Chickering's was the eighth.
JEFFERY MYNGEY
Admitted Aug. 11, 1637; lot on Lowder Street near Mr. Ralph Pettingell's; Free- man, May 13, 1640; removed to Hampton.
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JOHN MORSE
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth, born in England, 1611; admitted July 18, 1637; joined the Church Mar. 1, 1639-40; Freeman, May 13, 1640; obtained most of his father's land, but sold it in 1654 to Lambert Genere; extended from near Court Street to Dwight's Brook, with Dwight Street running through the center of it; removed to Boston, where he followed the trade of tailor; next year he went to England; signed the Covenant; married Annas (or Agnes) Chickering, sister of Francis; children, Ruth, June 3, 1637, John, June 8, 1639, Samnel and Rachel, before 1655-6, Joseph, Feb. 30, 1640-1, Ezra, Feb. 5, 1643-4, Abigail, Mar. 2, 1645-6, Ephraim, July 19, 1648, Betbia, Mar. 28, 1651, Nathaniel, May 2, 1653; father died, May 26, 1657, and mother died Sept., 1691.
JOSEPH MOYSE
Joiner; admitted Sept. 21, 1638; lot on Wigwam Plain; removed to Salisbury.
HENRY PHILLIPS
Admitted July 14, 1637; of Artillery Company, Boston, 1640; Selectman, 1645; lot, Dedham Island; Freeman, Mar. 13, 1638-9; obtained much of the Philemon Dalton lot from Nicholas Phillips, on the south side of School Street, extending from Worth- ington Street to Eastern Avenue; married first Mary Brock, who joined the Church April 5, 1640, and died July 2, 1640, 2dly, Ann Hunting, May 1, 1641, who joined the Church June 9, 1644, and 3dly Mary, daughter of John Dwight; children, Eliezer, Jan. 30, 1641-2, Hannah, May 25, 1643, Abigail, Oct. 20, 1645, Jobn, June 20, 1648, Sary, Aug. 30, 1650, Nathaniel, bapt., April 3, 1653, Eleazer, againn, bapt. Oct. 8, 1654; removed to Boston as a butcher; father died Feb. 3, 1683.
MARTIN PHILLIPS
Admitted Aug. 11, 1637; present at a few meetings; voted in Medfield in 1664.
JOHN ROPER
Admitted Aug. 11, 1637, age 26; joined the Church April 9, 1642; Freeman, June 2, 1641; lot just south of Philemon Dalton near Endicott Railroad Station, cross- ing East Street, with Jefferson Street running through the center of it; sold in 1640 to John Guild; other lot ran southwest from Court Street, crossing Richards Street, was owned by John Hunting later; married Alice ( ), who joined the Church Sept. 13, 1639; children, Rachel (but Mary when she was baptized), Mar. 18, 1638-9, Hannab, April 5, 1642, Ephraim and Benjamin (Church record says Nathan- iel), Feb. 22, 1644-5.
HENRY SMITH
Came from New Buckingham, Norfolk, England; admitted Nov. 28, 1637; joined the Church Sept. 22, 1639; two lots, one between Adams Street and Washington Av- enue at the Endicott Railroad Station, and the other along the southwest side of High- land Street running southwest from Court; Freeman, Mar. 13, 1638-9, or May 13, 1640; married Elizabeth ( ), who joined the Church July, 1639; children, Daniel, Oct. 13, 1639, Samnel, Oct. 28, 1641, Joseph, Aug. 15, 1643.
RALPH WHEELOCK
Educated at Clare College, Cambridge, degrees, 1626, 1631; second of the eight founders of the Church; Freeman, Mar. 13, 1638-9; Selectman, 1640; first school teacher here, of the first free public school to be supported by General Taxation, 1644- 1651; lot running southwest from Common Street across Haven and Westfield Streets, with Channing Road in its center; married Rebecka, who joined the Church Aug. 3,
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1639; children, Benjamin, Dec. 8, 1639, Samuel, Sept. 22, 1642, Record, Dec. 15, 1644, Experience, Oct., 1648; removed to Medfield, where he died, Jan. 11, 1684; Deputy to the General Court, 1639, 1640.
THOMAS WIGHT
Came from the Isle of Wight; admitted July 18, 1637; joined the Church, Sept. 6, 1640; lot on the southeast side of High Street, on both sides of Lowder Street; his house foundation stands in a bend in the wall west of that street on the south side of his lot, about four hundred feet from same street and four hundred feet from High Street; an incorporator of Medfield, 1652; Selectman, 1641 to 1643, 1647 to 1649; Freeman, Oct. 8, 1640; married Alice ( ), who joined the Church Sept. 6, 1640, and secondly Lydia Penniman, Dec. 7, 1665, widow of James, of Boston, and sister of Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians; children, Samuel, Feb. 5, 1639-40, Ephraim, Jan. 27, 1645-6; and Henry, John, and Thomas, born in England, and Mary, Miriam, Eleazer and Joshua.
The preceding pages give the reader brief, individual pictures of all the people who made up the community who prepared for the gathering of the Church of Christ on November 8, 1638. The next group of admissions will follow in a short list to the building of the School House in 1649-50:
Aldridge, Henry, 1641; Island; wife, May Judson; children, Thomas, 1643, Mary, 1643, Samuel, 1644.
Aldus, Nathan, 1640; wife, Mary; child, John, born England; wife, Mary, born England. England.
Bacon, John, 1645; Great Plain; wife, Rebecca Hall; children, Mary, Susanna, John, 1656, Rebecca, 1658, Daniel, 1661, Samuel, 1665, Thomas, 1667.
Bacon, Michael, 1640; lot, Thomas Carter's; wife, Alice; children, Michael, born Ire- land, John, Daniel, Sarab.
Barber, George, 1640; m. first, Elizabeth Clarke; 2dly Joan widow of Anthony Fisher Jr, children, Mary, 1643, Mary, 1645, Samuel, 1647, John, 1650, Elizabeth, 1651. Barber, Richard, 1639; lot just north of Highland Street (near Court) .
Battelle, Thomas, 1649; wife, Mary Fisher; children, Mary, 1650, John, 1652, Sary, 1654, Jonathan, 1658, Martha, 1660.
Bearstowe, John, 1648; wife, Hannah; children, Michael, 1653, John, Jeremiah.
Bullen, Samuel, 1641; lot, Island; Deacon; wife, Mary Morse; children, Mary, 1642, Samuel, 1644, Elizabeth, 1647, child, 1649, Joseph, 1651, Ephraim, 1653, Meletiab, 1655, Elisha, 1657, Eleazer, 1662, Betbia, 1664, Jobn.
Chickering, Henry, 1641; lot, South Plain; Deacon; wife, Ann; child, John, physician. Clarke, Joseph, 1640; lot, Common Street at Vine Brook; wife, Alice; removed to Med- field; children, Joseph, 1642, Benjamin, 1644; Ephraim, 1646, Daniel, 1647, Mary, 1650, Sary, 1651, John, 1652, Nathaniel, 1658, Rebecca, 1660, Joseph, 1664, John, 1666, Jonathan, 1669.
Cooke, Samuel, 1640; had lot of Robert Feake.
Crossman, Robert, 1643; of Taunton later.
Cushion, Theophilus, 1648.
Day, Ralph, 1645; had Edward Colver's lot; wife, Susan Fairbanks, 2dly, Abigail ( ) ; children, Elizabeth, 1648, Mary, 1649, Susan, 1652, John, 1654, Ralph, 1657, Abigail.
Dewing, Andrew, 1646-1651; wife, Liddia ( ), 2dly, Ann Donstall; children, John, 1650, John, 1651, Andrew, 1656, Rachel, 1658, Lydia 1663, Ann, 1666, Jonathan.
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Eames, Robert, 1648.
Eames, Thomas, 1640; brickmaker; wife, Margaret ( ); lot on Island; removed to Cambridge; children, John, 1641, John, 1642, Mary, 1645, and others.
Elderkin, John, 1642; lot near Mill Pond; wife, ( ); removed to Reading; chil- dren, John, 1639, Abigail, and others.
Ellis, Richard, 1642; wife, Elizabeth French; children, Elizabeth, 1651, Sary, 1653, Mary, 1655, John, 1657, Annab, 1660, Rebecca, 1661.
Ellis, Thomas, 1649.
Farrington, John, 1647; wife, Mary Bullard; children, Mary, 1651, Sary, 1652, John, 1654, Nathaniel, 1656, Eliezer, 1660, Hannab, 1662, Daniel, 1664, Judith, 1666, Abigail, 1668, Benjamin, 1672, Joseph, 1681.
Fayerbank, George, 1649; maker of timber into vessels; wife, Mary Adams; removed to Medfield; children, Mary, 1647, George, 1650, Samuel, 1652, Eliezer, 1655, Jonas, 1657, Jonathan, 1662, Margaret, 1664.
Fayerbank, John, 1640; wife, Sarah Fiske; children, Joshna, 1642, John, 1644, Sarah, 1645, Jonathan, 1648, Mary and Martha, 1650, Joseph, 1656, Hannab, 1658, Ben- jamin, 1662.
Fayerbank, Jonas, 1649; wife, Lydia Prescott.
Fisher, Anthony, Jr .; wife, Joanna Faxon; children, Mebitable, 1648, Experience, 1650, Josiah, 1654, Abiab, 1656, Sarah, 1658, Deborah, 1661, Judith, 1663, Eliezer, 1669.
Fisher, Daniel, 1639; lot, Lowder Street; wife, Abigail Marriot; children, Abigail, 1646, Daniel, 1650, Lydia, 1652, Amos, 1654, John, 1656, Jeremiab, 1658, Esther, 1661.
Fisher, Joshua, Senior, 1649; wife, Anne Luson; removed to Medfield; children, Eliza- beth, Joshua, Mary, John.
Foster, Samuel, 1648; wife, Ester Kemp; removed to Wenham.
Fuller, Giles, 1638; removed to Hampton.
Fuller, Robert, 1647, from Dorchester, 1640; wife, Ann ( ); 2dly, Sarah
( ); children, Jonathan, 1643, Benony, 1646, Sarab, 1647, John, Patience, 1652, Mary, 1653.
Fuller, Thomas; wife, Hannah Flower; children, John, 1644, John, 1645, Elizabeth, 1648, Hannab, 1650, Thomas, 1653, Mary, 1655, Samuel, 1657, Sarab, 1659, Thomas, 1662.
Genery, John, 1648; wife, Sarah Boylston; removed to Haverhill; child, Jobn.
Glover, Henry, 1643; wife, Abigail; removed to Medfield.
Gowen, Robert, 1640; wife, Elizabeth Brock; lot, Green Lodge; children, John, 1645, Elizabeth, 1647, Hannab, 1649.
Guild, John, 1641; wife, Elizabeth Crooke; lot just south of Madison Street; children, John, 1646, Samuel, 1647, Jobn, 1649, Eleazer, 1653, Ebenezer, 1657, Elizabeth, 1661, Benjamin, 1664.
Guilham, James, 1646.
Halstead, Nathan; died here Feb. 3, 1643-4.
I Ierring, James, 1639; bought John Huggen's lot; from Dorchester.
Herring, Thomas, 1644; wife, Mary Pearce of Dorchester; children, Mary, 1652, Thomas, 1654, James, 1656, Sarab, 1658.
Hudson, William, 1639.
Jordan, James, 1640.
Jordan, Thomas, 1639; from Dorchester; wife, Frances ( ); child, Hannab.
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Judson, Samuel, 1645; wife, Bridget Warne; 2dly, Mary Aldridge; children, Mary, 1647, Sary, 1651, Esther, 1654.
Kalem, Austen; measurer; lot on Island; wife, Alice ( ); children, Lot, 1641, Sarab, 1642.
Kent, Joshua, 1643; wife, Mary ( ); children, Liddia, 1647, Sary, 1650, Mary, 1651.
Leader, John, 1649.
Lower, ( ), 1640.
Makepeace, Thomas, 1648.
Mason, Robert, 1639; from Roxbury; wife, ( ); children, John, Robert, Thomas. Metcalf, John, 1643-1645; wife, Mary Chickering; children, John, 1648, Michael, 1650, Mary, 1652.
Metcalf, Michael, Jr., 1640; wife, Mary Fairbanks; children, Michael, 3d, 1645, Mary, 1646, Sary, 1648, Jonathan, 1650, Eleazer 1653.
Mills, Samuel, 1645; wife, Frances Pimbrook; children, Samnel, 1646, Benjamin, 1651, Elizabeth, 1652, Sary, 1654, Rebecca, 1657.
Newton, John, 1643; from Dorchester; wife, ( ) ; child, Henry, 1643.
Onion, Robert, 1645, wife, Grace Ebrew; 2dly, Sary Metcalf; children, Sary, 1649, Mary, 1651, Hannab, 1656, Benjamin, 1659, Joseph, 1663, and others.
Parker, John, 1643, "his farm."
Payne, Thomas, 1640; wife Rebecka ( ); children, Rebecca, 1642, Thomas, 1644, Jobu, 1646, Elizabeth, 1648. Pembroke, Frances, 1643.
Phillips, Rev. John, 1640; wife, Elizabeth Ames; removed, 1640, to England.
Plimpton, John, 1642; wife, Jane Dummin; removed to Deerfield; children, Hannab, 1645, John, 1646, Marab, 1648, and others.
Powell, Michael, 1639; Tavern Keeper; wife, Abigail ( ); removed to Boston, 1646 or 1647; children, Sarah, born England, Elizabeth, 1641, Dorothy, 1643, Michael, 1645, Margaret, 1648.
Prentice, Thomas, 1649.
Richards, Edward, 1639; shoemaker; wife, Susan, sister of Elder John Hunting; had lot of Thomas Hastings; children, Mary, 1639, John, 1641, Dorcas, 1643, Nathan- iel, 1649, Sarab, 1651.
Smith, Benjamin, 1641-1642; wife, Mary Clarke; 2dly, Martha ( ); child,
Benjamin, 1646.
Smith, Christopher, 1640; had lot of Jonas Humphreys; wife, Mary Fairbanks.
Stacy, Hugh, 1640; lot, Island; wife, Margaret ( ); child, Hannab, 1641.
Stearns, Nathaniel, 1648; wife, Mary ( ); child, Mary, 1661.
Strickland, Thwaits, 1640; wife, Elizabeth ( ); removed to Rhode Island; children, Elizabeth, 1647, John, 1649, Rebeckab, 1651, Joseph, 1655, Jonathan, 1657.
Thurston, John, 1641-1642; from Wrentham, England; wife, Margaret ( ) ; children, Joseph, 1639, Benjamin, 1640, Mary, 1643, Daniel, 1646, Judith, 1648, Hannab, 1650.
Ting, ( ); his farm, 1643.
Ward, Thomas, 1638, had a lot.
Ware, Robert, 1642; Thomas Eames' lot on Island; wife, Margaret Hunting, daughter of Elder John; children, John, 1646, Nathaniel, 1648, Margaret, 1651, Ester, 1655, Samnel, 1657, Ephraim, 1659, Elizabeth, 1651.
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Wheeler, Richard, 1647; lived at Mrs. Israel Stoughton's farm; wife, Elizabeth Tur- ner; children, Sarab, 1645, Mary, 1646, John, 1648, Samnel, 1651, Hannab, 1653, Joseph, 1656, Abraham, 1659.
Whiting Nathaniel, 1641-1643; lot near mill; wife, Hannah Dwight, eldest daughter of John; children, Nathaniel, 1644, John, 1646, John, 1647, Samuel, 1649, Han- nab, 1652, Timothy, 1654, May, 1656, Mary, 1658, Sarab, 1660.
Wilson, Henry, 1639-1640; lot on Island; wife, Mary Metcalf; children, Michael, 1644, Sarah, 1650, Mary, 1652, Sarah, 1653, Elizabeth, 1654, Ephraim, 1656.
Wing, Anne, 1640.
Woodward, Peter, 1640; lot of John Dwight as gratification; children, Peter, William, Rebecca.
Woodward, Robert, 1638.
The three great objectives of the plantation had now been reached: the civil society had been settled; the Church had been established; and the whole town had voted on January 1, 1644-5 to have a free public school. This last great purpose began a system of education, ingrained in the body politic, which so far as existing records show, was the first example of the kind known in which all had equal rights and equal control. The underlying principles exist today in all our public schools, safeguarded through all the years by laws which have preserved them. Dedham also looks back with grateful feelings and pride to the accomplishments of a former citizen of the Town, the late Horace Mann, a century ago, who was for ten years her adopted son, 1823 to 1833, and began here his public career as a lawyer, a statesman and an edu- cator. It was on May 27, 1837 that Governor Edward Everett, in accordance with a law passed on the preceding April 20, selected the eight members of the new Board of Education, including Horace Mann, then President of the Senate. Mr. Mann wrote in his diary, "It is the first great movement towards our organized system of Common School Education, which at once shall become thorough and universal." He was made Secretary on June 29, and began his duties on July 1, to continue for ten years, ever showing increasing ability. His efforts were needed to give us our educational inheri- tance of today. Some monument to his memory should stand here in grateful recognition of his distinguished service to our Town, our Commonwealth, and to our Nation.
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