History of East Boston; with biographical sketches of its early proprietors, and an appendix, Part 72

Author: Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861. cn
Publication date: 1858
Publisher: Boston, J. E. Tilton
Number of Pages: 883


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Pook, Samuel HI. 694. Poole, -, 471, 701, 702; - John, 724.


Population, 534; persons moving to East Boston in 1835, 516; in 1836, 519; births


792


INDEX.


in 1836, 520; deaths in 1836, 520; mar- riages in 1835, 517; in 1836, 758, 759; births, 759-561.


Porter, Rev. Dr. Eliphalet, 293; - Rev. James, 648; - Col. 382; - Capt. 458; - Commodore, 505; - John, 610; - Rev. C. S. 669.


Porter Street, 534, 644, 666-668, 756.


Portland, 629, 738, 741-743.


Portsmouth, 46, 135, 140, 142, 423, 608, 736-741. Portsmouth (Eng.), 130, 371. Portugal, 342, 716. Port Royal, 342, 343. Potomac River, 19.


Pottery, East Boston, 700.


Powe, Edward, 724 ;- George, 724.


Powell, Capt. 80, 81; - , 190.


Pratt, John, 165, 166 ;- Olive, 516, 539, 543; - Jarvis, 696, 698, 699, 701, 702; -, 760.


Pratt & Wilkinson's Wharf, 561.


Presbyterians at East Boston, 662, 663.


Prescott, Judge, 310; - Col. 360, 389.


Prescott Street, 546, 756.


President, The, 621.


Preston, Capt. 252.


Prince, Thomas, 59, 65.


Prince's Annals, 59, 61, 63, 65, 73, 74, 79, 483.


Princess, The, 699.


Princeton College, 277. Princess Royal, The, 699.


Princeton Street, 9, 472, 515, 574, 582, 602, 643, 756. Pring, Martin, 717.


Pringle, William, 723.


Price, Walter, 183, 256.


Probate Records, 165, 249.


Protection fire engine, 641.


Providence, 81, 582, 603, 606, 756.


Province House, 365.


Province Court, 365. Prynn, John, 724.


Puddington, Geo. 721.


Pudding Lane, 496. Pulling point, 9, 482. Public Garden, 10, 540, 544, 547, 601, 602, 614. Puritans, 77, 91, 94, 98, 99. Puritanism, 93, 129, 133.


Puritan Common wealth, 72, 76, 85, 113, 158, 159.


Putnam, Israel, 325, 352, 353, 371, 373-376, 378, 380, 388, 389; Humphrey's Life of, 371; - Dr. 15, 18, 20, 338; - Samuel R. 751.


Putnam Street, 545, 582, 589, 601.


Putnam's " World's Progress," 621.


Pynchon, John, 203; - John, Jr. 204. Pyllarinus, 275.


Quakers, 113, 128.


Quakerism, 117.


Quarles, Francis, 90.


Quarter-Sessions at Boston, 201.


Quartier, Jacques, 716.


Quebec, 287, 342, 344.


Queen of the Seas, The, 698.


Queen of Clippers, The, 691, 698.


Quickstep, The, 698.


Quincy, Samuel, 281; - Josiah, 418, 419, 494, 495, 497, 623; - Josiah, Jr. 500, 623. Quincy, 187, 603. Quincy Market House, 274.


Quincy granite, 589.


R.


R. B. Forbes (steamer), The, 697, 698, 707. Race-horse, The, 697.


Radient, The, 698.


Railroads: to Salem, 28, 34 ;- Boston to Providence, 29, 603, 606; - Eastern, 426, 468, 519, 538, 539, 541, 542, 544; connec- tion with ferry, 552-565, 593, 629-634, 640, 678, 700 ; - Suspension, 460-464; - Whitehaven, 461; - Surrey, 461; - Stockton & Darlington, 462; - Liverpool & Manchester, 462, 603; - Quincy, 462, 603 ;- Grand Junction, 532, 533; history of, 629-635, 700, 706; - Lowell, 603, 629 ; - Worcester, 603, 634; - Baltimore & Ohio, 603 ; - Western, 629; - Boston and Maine, 629, 630; - Fitchburg, 629; Chel- sea Branch, 630, 631; - Grand Trunk, 633; - Union, 634.


Rainsford's Island, 566.


Raleigh, Sir Walter, 717.


Ramsay's Am. Rev. 392, 396.


Rand, E. S. 752, 753.


Randolph, Edward, 203, 205, 207, 208, 217.


Rangers, The, 410. Rea, S. G. 750.


Reading, 355, 356. Rebecca, The, 80.


INDEX.


793


Records of the Free School in Roxbury, 281.


Reed, Dr. - , 169; - Col. 369 ; - James M. 660; - Benj. T. 442, 458, 556, 571, 573, 687, 750, 751; - James, 751.


Registry of Deeds (York, Me.), 721.


Reid, Dr. L. B. 593.


Reindeer, The, 697.


Religion in America, Baird's, 202; Religious Liberty claimed, 101; petitions for, cen- sured, 102; appeal of petitioners, 103; oppression of the Baptists, 115 et seq .; laws against, 120 et seq.


Reporter, The, 692, 698.


Reservoir, Beacon Hill, 229; in Brookline, 276, 589; in South Boston, 591.


Revere, J. W. 442, 750.


Revere House, The, 504.


Revolution, Am. 9, 14, 42, 176, 244, 284, 340, 350, 354, 370, 424.


Revolution in N. E. justified, 209, 210, 212, 215.


Reynolds, W. B. 442, 676; - George, 724. Rhode Island, 27, 79, 102, 119, 138, 139, 145, 203, 342, 378, 398, 656.


Rice, Henry, 495, 497 ; - Lewis, 536, 752, 753; - Edwin, 601; - William, 724 ;- L. B. 752.


Richards, John, 199, 214; - Rev. Daniel, 648.


Richardson, John and family, 222; - Eliz- abeth, 230, 254, 257; - E. 472; - Horace, 660; - J. B. 710; - John and Zephaniah, 723; - Gen. 742. Richmond (Eng.), 232, 249, 317.


Rickbell, John, 136.


Ridgway, Thomas S. 582-584; Report on Artesian Well, 754, 756.


Ripley, Joseph, 442, 458, 474, 475, 542, 686, 700.


Ritchie Hall, 649, 651.


Roanoke, Island of, 717.


Rollins, T. F. 516, 760.


Roberts Pedigree, 222; referred to, 254. Robert H. Dixey, The, 698.


Roberts, Thomas, 167; - Eunice, 167; - Richard, 170; - Mercy, 170; - Nicholas, 228, 314, 322.


Robbins, Edward H. 438; - Joseph, 660. Robertson, -, 255. Robinson, Lieut-Col. 357. Rochester, 203. Rockport, 657.


Rogers, D. D. 194 ; - Capt. , 331 ;- Wm. S. 442; - H. 516; Prince, 520, 759, 760; - Moses, 620; - Wm. 643; - H. 760. Ronan, Philip, 723; - Jchn, 723.


Romance of the Seas, The, 691, 698.


Rosewell, William, 182.


Ross, Hugh, 724. Rossiter, Mr. - , 61, 64.


" Royal William," The, 621.


Royall, Isaac, 244, 723.


Royal Commission, The, 128-160; rep. of, 148.


Royal Exchange Lane, 171, 172, 189.


Roxbury, 31, 33, 41, 89, 172, 197, 198, 235, 265, 278, 281, 282, 285, 286, 290, 291, 293, 295, 299, 300, 301, 317, 318, 321, 333, 334, 378, 403, 432, 492, 498, 638.


Roxbury Canal Corporation, 32; - Gram- mar-school, 293 ;- town records, 282, 283.


Rucks, -, 119.


Rugg, Mary, 176.


Ruggles, Mrs. 333.


Rumney Marsh, 195, 229, 230, 240, 489.


Rushout, Sir John, 725, 729.


Russell, Joseph, 16, 17, 44, 394; - Elder John, 119, 121; - Lockhart, 231 ; - Thom- as, 236, 333; - -- , Mrs. - , 287 ;- Mrs. Thomas, 333 ; - Benj. 508; - B. F. 567. Russian War, The, 693.


Ryswick, Treaty of, 341.


S.


S. A. Stevens, The, 699.


Sabine, Lorenzo, 186; - Sabine's Loyalists, 186.


Sabbath Schools at East Boston, 663-665. Sable, Cape, 717. Saco, 108, 159, 741.


Sackett's Harbor, Battle of, 313.


Sagamore, John, 84.


Salacia, The, 699. Salt, manufacture of, 235, 236. Salt Lane, 172.


Salem, 11, 22, 23, 28, 29, 34, 46, 64, 72, 73, 78, 79, 167, 183, 355, 370, 378, 403, 422- 425, 429, 433, 493, 495, 497, 498, 500, 505, 515, 516, 602-612, 615-618, 671, 672.


Salem, Annals of, 90, 167.


Salem, Church in, 108. Salmon, Mrs. 763. Salstonstall, Nathaniel, 203, 204 ; - Sir Richard, 66, 103; -- , 493, 495.


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794


INDEX.


Salter, -, 505; - John, 724. Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 610.


Samoset, The, 697.


Sampford, -, 89, 484.


Sampson, Augustus, 695 ; - A. & G. T. 696-698. Samuel Cook, The, 697. Sanborn, S. T. 710. Sanderson, J. 724.


Sandy Hook, 151.


Sandys, -, 725-729.


Sanford, Rev. Miles, 647.


San Francisco, 691-695. Santa Claus, The, 598.


Sappho, The, 697.


Saratoga Street, 9, 472, 515, 516, 541, 546, 756


Sargeant, Annie, 169 ;- Peter, 199, 214 ; -, 10.


Sargent, Mehetable, 227 ; - Col. Henry, 462, 463 ; - Hosea, 471, 520; - Thomas, 523, 525-527, 750.


Sargent's Wharf, 565.


Saunders, -, 461; - Edward, 487 ;- T. P. 685.


Saugus River, 604.


Savage, James, 70, 72, 84, 96, 158, 159 ;- Lieut. Thomas, 97; - William, 686, 687. Savannah, 620; - The, 620.


Sawcolt, William and John, 723.


Sawcutt, John, 231.


Say, Lord, 185.


Sayers, John, 179, 182.


Scandrett, C. 723.


Schell, William, 695.


Scholfield, -, 680.


Schools at East Boston, 663-669.


Schuylkill River, The, 497.


Scilly, 169. Scituate, 99, 259. Sconce, The, 218.


Scroop, Gervase, 234.


Scott, 157 ; - Ebenezer, 515 ; - Captain, 275; - Winfield, 27, 49; - Captain -, 333-335 ; - James, 333; - the Misses, 334.


Scotland, 51, 100, 101, 274, 719, 760; Emi- grants from, 233, 317.


Scrope, -, 725-728. Sea Bird, The, 698. Seaccario, 731. Sea Island, 625. Sea King, The, 699.


Seaman, The, 625. Sea-Wall, 8. Sea Serpent, 92.


Seaver, Mrs. - , 331; -- , 587 ;- Capt. 641.


Second Church in Boston, 118, 270, 271. Selden, David, 673, 674.


Sentry Hill, 93. Sentre, John, 164.


Serle, Gov. 224.


Sewell, Judge, 198, 235, 734 ; - Joseph, 268 ;- Rev. Samuel, 198; - Samuel, 264; - Charles Chauncy, 264; - Judge, 399; - Major-Gen. Henry, 400, 736 et seq.


Sewall's Diary, 198, 201, 206, 218, 222, 230. Sewerage, 592, 593. Shackford & Co.'s Wharf, 702.


Shakspeare, 242.


Sharpe, -, 726-729.


Shaw, -, 18, 20; - R. G. 33, 442, 458, 551, 622, 624, 676, 680, 751 ; - Madam, 332.


Shawmut, 46, 72.


Sheafe, Mrs. Lucy, 278; - Mr. and Miss, 334.


Shepheard, -, 82.


Sherbrook, Sir John, 402.


Sherwood, Margaret, 165; - Richard, 723. Shimmin, Mrs. William, 170.


Ship-building and Wharves, 689-702; ship builders, 690-692; list of vessels, 697- 699; present advantages for, 699.


Shirley, Governor, 225, 247, 363; - Alex- ander, 329.


Shoemakers from Lynn, 703, 704.


Shopleigh, Nicholas, 182. Short Narrative of Boston Massacre, 171.


Shortwill, Ellen A. 759.


Shrewsbury, 50, 51.


Shrimpton, Henry, legacy to Baptists, 116, 119, 183; account of, 187; his family, 188-191; will of, 189; legacy, 191, 256; -- Samuel, 107, 116, 158, 178, 186, 187; ac- count of, 189-223 ; petitions for release of rent, 199; owns in fee-simple, 200; a Judge, 201; a Commissioner, 203, 204, 205; Lieutenant-colonel and Councillor, 206; resistance to Andros, 207-218; writs of intrusion, 210, 211, 212; Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 217; dies, 218; funeral, 218; his family, etc. 220- 223; his will, 223, 230, 231, 236, 248, 254, 256, 314, 358, 484, 488, 712; - Madam


795


INDEX.


Elizabeth, 194, 195, 218, 220, 222, 223, 226, 228-231, 235, 254, 257; - Elizabeth, 229; marriage contract, 230, 234, 254, 257; - Samuel, jr. 222, 223; family of, 230, 231, 233; died, 236, 254, 257; - Edward, 189, 233; - Epaphras, 232, 234; - family tomb, 289.


Shrimpton Pedigree, 254. Shrimpton's Lane, 189, 191, 226, 229. Shropshire, 50.


Shubrick, -, 505.


Shurtleff, Benj. 466, 571-573.


Shute, Gov, Samuel, 230; sketch of, 232- 234, 239, 250; - Miss, 232; - John, 234; - Martha, 234.


Shute Pedigree, 234. Sigler, -, 517.


Sigourney, Andrew, 324, 334; -- Daniel, 324, 334.


Simmons, Charles, 642; - W. B. D. 657.


Simpson, James E. 692, 699; - John O. 759.


Simpson's Docks, 701, 709; - Wharf, 702. Singletary, -, 382.


Six buildings, 19, 20.


Sirius, The, 620, 621. Skerrell, William, 724. Skipper, Katharine, 165.


Slack, Ruggles, 650. Slade, -, 682.


Slavery in Mass. 90-93.


Smallpox among the Indians, 84; in Bos- ton, 176, 495, 496.


Smith's Head, 5, 8, 23, 28, 426, 551, 554, 607.


Smith's Hill, 9, 14, 25, 29, 382, 425, 452, 546, 677.


Smith, John, 100, 102-104, 108-110, 118; - Lieut. John, 163, 166; - Sir John, 223; - Ruth, 163, 165; - Richard, 203; - H. W. 278; --- , 338; - Joseph, 442; - Matthew H. 567; - William, 723; - Oliver H. 759; - Abner, 760, 762; - Patrick, 760: - Nancy, 762. Smith's History of Virginia, 74 Smithsonian Institution, 592. Smoot, -, 505. Smyrna, 275. Snake Island, 369. Snelling, G. H. 128; - E. H. 515. Snelling's Dock, 701.


Snow, Samuel, Thomas, and Abigail, 229. Snow's History of Boston, 45, 63, 73, 171.


Socinians, 98.



" Socler's, E. B." 640.


Sohier, W. D. 30, 31, 429, 431.


Solon, The, 697.


Somerby, H. G. 281; - John P. 642; - A. D. 763.


Somersetshire, 60.


Somerville, 582.


Soule, Richard, 672, 680, 681, 751.


Souter, Capt. 383.


Southampton, 626, 754.


Southard, S. H. 669.


South America, 627, 716.


South Audly Street, 274.


South Battery, 193.


Southboro', 166, 293.


South Boston, 23, 32, 411, 503, 530, 568, 689, 700; - Bridge, 41, 530, 587.


South Carolina, 21, 239, 729.


South Cove, 493, 500.


South Market Street, 274.


South River, 46, 131.


South Sea Company, 249.


South Street, 32.


Sovereign of the Seas, The, 691, 693, 694, 698.


Spain, 217, 716.


Spartan, The, 697.


Spear, William T. 759.


Spectacle Island, 482, 485.


Spencer, Henry, 724; - Thomas, 724.


Spooner, B. F. 636.


Spot Pond, 583, 587.


Sprague's Annals of Am. Pulpit, 271. Spruce Street, 301.


Squeb, Capt. 47, 61, 62, 64, 498.


Stackpole, William, 291. Staffordshire, 49; - The, 694, 698.


Stafford Town, 50.


Staghound, The, 694, 697.


Standish, Miles, 46, 52.


Stanwood, L. 752.


Star of Empire, The, 698.


Stark, Col. John, 10, 352, 357, 360, 371, 372, 388, 389, 481. Starks, Col. 742. State Arms, 190-192.


State House, 6, 3), 192, 194-196, 229, 263, 288, 290, 336, 337, 488.


State Street, 171, 172, 191, 225, 262, 263, 488, 495, 497, 634, 711.


State Records, 216. Statistics, Miscellaneous, 758-764.


796


INDEX.


St. Augustine, 239. St. Birinus, 281. St. Christophers, 81. St. Croix, 93.


St. Denis, 755.


St. Edbury, Church of, 280, 281.


St. Eustatius, 231.


St. George, 232, 346.


St. James's Parish, 230.


St. John, 717, 718.


St. John's Church, 649, 650, 660. St. Joseph, 657.


St. Katharine Docks, 577.


St. Lawrence, 348, 349.


St. Nicholas, 655.


St. Nicholas Hotel, The, 504.


St. Owen, 755.


St. Paul's Ch. (N. Y.), 186; (Boston), 650. St. Steven, 82.


St. Thomas, 231; - St. Thomas' Ch. 650.


Stearns, -, 15; - , 520.


Steele, Thomas, 315.


Stell's Boarding-house, 20.


Stephens, Hiram A. 662; - Gilbert, 662 ;- Thomas, 723.


Stephenson, John, 724; - William, 724. Stetson, Caleb, 536, 753.


Stevens, Capt. John, 225; - Martha, sketch of, etc. 225-227; - Thomas H. 442 ; - Charles, 610; - C. T. 763.


Steward, -, 81.


Stillman, Thomas B. 552, 553, 555.


Stimpson, Samuel, 705.


Stinson, Susan, 33.


Stitson, William, 86, 87, 164 ;- Elizabeth, 86.


Stockton & Darlington Railroad, 462. Stockwell, S. N. 601.


Stoddard family, 224.


Stoddard, Anthony, 183, 187, 191, 223, 224; - Simeon, 195, 222-228, 230, 235, 236, 238, 254, 257 ;- Madam Elizabeth, 224; Inventory, 229-231, 238, 268, 315; - Da- vid, 222, 230, 236; funeral of, 237; family of, 238, 253, 254, 257, 268-270, 276 ;- Elizabeth (his wife), 276; - Mary, Sarah, Mehetable (children of David), 222, 238, 354; - Sarah, 270; - Mehetable, 276 ;- Solomon, 224, 225; - Rev. Anthony, 224, 226; - Col. John, 224, 226; - David T. 225 ; - Esther, 224 ; - Martha, 225; - William, 227; - Anthony, 227.


Stoddard Pedigree, opp. p. 226.


Sugar Bill, 721-723.


Sullivan, George, 173, 411, 415; - Madam, 333; - Thomas, 517.


Sultan, The, 697. Sultana, The, 697.


Summer Street, 42, 260, 262 ; - (Lynn), 604.


Sumner, William (the ancestor) and the family, 281 ; - Increase, 291 ; - Gov. Increase, 4, 14, 222, 226, 253, 254, 276; sketch of, 278-296, 297-301, 311, 331, 333, 338, 398; - Elizabeth, 24, 217, 226, 253, 254, 258, 276, 278; sketch of, 300-307 ; letters of, 302-307, 308, 311, 337, 421, 426; - William H. 14; member of military board, 27, 31; purchases N. I. 34, 36, 196, 197, 222 ; legatee of Mrs. Stevens, 226, 254 ; sells estate in Anti- gua, 255, 258, 274; Morgan farm given to, 290, 307, 309-311; visits N. I. 332, 334, 337; letters to from Gage, 361-362; mar- riage, 366; letter to from John Marston, 383; executive agent in Maine, 405 et seq. and Appendix F .; adjutant-general, 405 ; letter to Moses Brown, 422 ; in- denture between Sumner, White & Oliver, 432 et seq. 453; purchases the " Experi- ment," 455, 458, 461; buys land in front of Maverick House, 464 et seq. 470-473, 478; address, etc. at celebration, 479 et seq. 505, 511; removal and restoration of to the board, 524-528 ; letter to L. Thorn- dike, 529 et seq. 548, 551, 553-556, 571- 573, 581-583, 587; gift to Tree Associa- tion, 595-599, 757, 758 ; 605, 606, 608, 614, 622-624, 630, 636, 649; Timber Co. 670-677 ; 685; nominated for Congress, 742; - Mehetable S. 24, 226, 254, 307; - Eliza, 307; - Henry, 407.


Sumner Square, 502.


Sumner Street, laid out, 461.


Sumner interest in N. I. 427, 461.


Supply, The, 105.


Supreme Court (Mass.), 431.


Surprise, The, 697.


Surrey (Eng.), 232; county, 249, 317; rail- way, 461.


Susan Howland, The, 699.


Suspension Railway, 460-464.


Sutton, William, 610. Swallow, The, 698. Swann, Jacob, 724. Swedes, 130, 197; - Sweden, 197.


797


INDEX.


Swett's (Samuel) Hist. of Bunker Hill bat- | Tay, -, 328, 329.


tle, 357, 368, 373, 374; "who was the commander at Bunker Hill," 375.


Sweetser, -, 763.


Swift Street, 519, 541.


Swon, William, 724.


Sympson, Henry, 720.


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Sykes, Rev. James N. 647, 660, 669.


Symes, Henry, 724.


Syren, The, 699.


Stone, Elizabeth, 308; - Silvanus, 320; - George A. 694; - George F. 711.


Stone Chapel, 418.


Storer, Commodore, 505.


Story, Judge, 623.


Stoughton, William, 149, 201, 203, 204, 214, 215.


Stow in the Woods, 52.


Stowe, Edward, 365.


Streets laid out, etc. 453-455, 459, 461, 537- 547.


Strong, Caleb, his course in the war of 1812, 398-417, 732 et seq.


Stuart, -, 323. Sturgis, Josiah, 505.


Sturtevant, Noah, 565, 579, 580, 595, 601, 689, 705, 706, 711.


Sturtevant House, 514. Sturtevant's Wharf, 702.


Success, The, 63. Suffolk (Eng.), 250.


Suffolk, The (ferry-boat), 565, (ship), 699. Suffolk County, 8, 278, 283, 318, 321, 322, 432, 436, 441, 575; street, 33; bar, 196; regiment, 218.


Suffolk Deeds, 69, 81, 82, 85-87; 97, 164, 178, 182-184, 192, 195, 221, 229, 248, 253, 432, 438, 443, 447, 623, 624, 625.


Sugar Colonies, Trade with, 242-248; peti- tion, etc. 721 et seq.


Sugar Refinery, 469, 471, 474, 488, 519, 539, 542, 543, 551-553, 678; history of, 679- 685, 700.


T.


T Wharf, 193. Taft, C. M. 468, 476, 510. Talbot, Rev. J. W. 646. Talbot, The, 63. Talcott, J. S. 675. Talmadge, -, 29, 606. Tarvin, 51.


Taylor, William, 9, 23; his survey for turn- pike, 425, 433, 439, 441, 447, 449, 607 ; - Zachary, Pres. and family, 505 ;- James, 724.


Tea, destruction of, 170. Tebbets, J. C. 458.


Telegraph, The, 697.


Temple, Sir Thomas, 144, 149, 184 ; his family, 185; - Sir Thomas, 186, 192, 212, 221, 256, 257, 488; - Sir John, 186; - Robert, 7, 249, 314-317, 319, 321, 323.


Temple, Manor, 185.


Ten Hills, 185. Teschmaker, J. E. 507.


Texas, 707.


Thayer, Mrs. 334; - Col. 505; - Rev. Lo- renzo R. 648; - Nathaniel, 751.


Thacher, Rev. Dr. 275, 290.


Thacher, Capt. 382.


Thetis, 360.


Thibon, Jacob, 723.


Thing, Jonathan, 168.


Thomas, George, 239; - William, 231; - Elizabeth and Sarah A. 231 ;- Rebecca,


163, 165 ;- Catherine, 290; - Briggs, 709; - George, 723.


Thomas Jefferson, The, 699.


Thompson, David, 46, 72, 73, 758.


Thompson's Island, 46, 53, 72, 482.


Thorndike, Israel, 404, 409, 424 ;- J. P. 536, 753; - Albert, 565 ;- Larkin, 610; - Wm. H. 650.


Thornton, J. Wingate, 73. Ticonderoga, 352.


Tildsley, Sir Thomas, 51. Tilden, B. P. 418.


Tilton, Peter, 148; - Thomas B. 642.


Times, N. Y. Daily, 169, 175.


Timmins, Henry, 751.


Timonius, 275. Titbury Castle, 52.


Title of the Island in the Shrimpton and Yeamans families, Chap. X.


Todman, Joseph, 723 ;- Richard, 723; - Jolın, 724.


Toft, Thomas, 724.


Tomlinson, John H. 471, 472, 520, 760, 762; -- Stephen, 472 ; - Jolm, sen. and jun. 723; - Robert, 762. Tommy's Rocks, 300. Tom Thumb, The, 455, 551, 552, 554, 637, 680.


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INDEX.


Toppin, Miles, 723. Tortugas, 90. Town House, Boston, 213.


Town Records, 89, 97, 190, 240, 484.


Trade, restrictions upon, 242-248; petition concerning, 721. Train, Enoch, 691, 697. Training field, 194, 229.


Transcript, Boston, 193, 196, 235, 262.


Trees, 593-601; - Tree Association, 594- 601; Letter concerning, 757, 758.


Tremont Street, 229, 508 ; House, 504 ; Road, 301.


Treadwell, Miss, 333.


Trenton Street, 688, 756.


Trial, The, 63.


Trinity Church, 650. Trinity College, 259.


Trotten, Mary, 472.


Trumbull, John, 175, 370, 375; Poetical Works, 376.


Trumbull's Hist. Connecticut, 64. Trusham, 57.


Tucker, Richard D. 170; - Annie, 170.


Tudor, Judge William, 15, 325, 354; - Mrs. 331, 333; - Frederick, 354.


Tufts, Otis, 696, 697, 699, 706-708; - Tufts' Machine Shop, 545; - Wharf, 702, 706; - Steam Engine Co. 706-708.


Tuite, Robert, 723. Tullideph, David, 723.


Tully, William, 166. Turrell, S. 229.


Turnpike to Salem, 22, 29; Survey for, 422- 425, 490, 498, 543, 555, 556, 572, 573, 602, 603, 609, 610, 611.


Turner, Robert, 194; - John, 194, 195; - William, 116, 121, 123, 124; - A. R. 707, 711.


Turks, 98. Turnbull, Merrick, 723.


Tuttle, -, 515, 520, 521, 543; - Harriett, 758 ;- Jesse, 760. Tuttle's Wharf, 701, 702. Tweed, Berwick upon, 234. Tyler, W. W: 762.


U.


Udney, Ernest, 231. Uncle Amasa, The, 697. Underhill, J. S. 695. Unicorn, The, 505, 621.


-


Union Bank, 194. Union Chapel at E. B. 658-662. Union Street, 171, 172, 227, 262. Unitarian Church in E. B. 650-654.


United States, 49, 186, 252, 253, 262, 263, 289, 380, 386, 398-402, 413, 414, 417, 478, 479, 485, 505, 567, 624, 627, 700.


United States, The frigate, 14, 17. U. S. Bonded Warehouse, 545, 679.


Universalists, 646, 651. Upton, Robert, 610; - , 690, 697.


Urlin, Marmaduke, sen. and jun. 724.


Usher, Hezekiah, 191, 218; Extracts from Will, 220, 221; - Hezekiah, jr. 220; - , 207; - Francis, 220; - Elizabeth, 220.


V.


Vail, Stephen, 620. Valencia, 716.


Valparaiso, 694.


Vassall, William, 99, 104, 105; -- , 244.


Vander Shusen, William, 155.


Vane, Henry, 95.


Varney, L. E. 704.


Vaughan, -, 554. Vears, Thomas, 724. Verdon, John, 724.


Vermont, 423. Verree, -, 695.


Vetch, Samuel, 342.


Verrazzano, John de, 716.


Vessels built at East Boston, 697-699.


Vicars, John, 49.


Vienna, 341. Vinton, Francis, 603, 605.


Virginia, 80, 102, 151, 152, 167, 217, 243, 342, 717, 718; Smith's History of, 74. Vlack, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, 234. Vomhavi, Henries, 387.


Voyageur de la Mer, The, 694-696, 699.


W.


Wadsworth, President, 260; - Capt. 207; - Geo. F. 536, 752, 753. Walbach, Capt. 741. Waldern, Capt. 148. Waldo, General, 425. Walford, Thomas, 46, 62, 72, 74. Walker, Sir Hovenden, 343-345, 348.


799


INDEX.


Walker's Journal, 341, 345.


Wallace, Rev. D. A. 663 ;- Henry, 723. Waller, Capt. 48.


Walley, Major, 218; - Judge, 268; - Sarah, 268.


Wallis, William, 724. Walpole, Robert, 246, 724 et seq.


Walpole, The, 697. Walrond, Theodore, 724. Walters, William, 472, 516.


Waltham, 661. Walton, Sarah, 163, 165; - , 165 .. Wanalanset, 193.


War of 1812, 397-420; - Appendix F.


Ward, Artemas, 355, 356, 360, 371, 384, 391, 396, 419; - - , 630; - Abigail, 168; - William, 752.


Warham, Rev. John, 58-61, 64-67, 71, 224, 498.


Warner, Ashton, 723. Warren Bridge, 578, 590.


Warren, Joseph, 281, 336, 360, 373, 388, 389; - Mary, 281. Warren Hallet, The, 698.


Warwick, The Countess of, 79 ;- Earl of, 168; - The bark, 79, 80.


Washburn's Judicial Hist. 130, 138, 159, 198, 211, 216.


Washington, George, 10, 49, 288, 289, 326, 335-337, 362, 365, 385, 391, 393, 417, 453, 481, 505, 736; - Marshall's Life of, 341. Washington Street, 62, 64, 235, 260-263.


Washington City in 1800, 16, 17, 19-22, 27, 338, 414.


" Washington " (Fire engine), 641, 642. Washington, The, 566. Washington Society, 458. Washington Irving, The, 691, 697.


Water, 580-592, 682, 684; - Article on, re- ferred to, 419. Waterhouse, David, 214. Waters, Col. 332.


Water Street, 187.


Watertown, 62, 64, 263, 282, 288, 369, 423. Watkins, Sinuel, 723; - Thomas, 723. Watson, Jolin, 649, 650.


Watts, Edward, 550 ; - Anne, 550 ; - Samuel, 550. Way, Mary, 163, 165; - , Aaron, 164. Webster, Daniel, 458, 495, 741 ;- Joshua, 522. Webster, Daniel, The, 565.


Webster Street, 10, 459, 471, 472, 495, 515,


539, 544, 546, 584, 613, 637, 646, 663, 678, 679, 682, 692, 702, 707, 756.


Webster Street Church, 646, 651, 663.


Webster Engine Co. 642.


Weeks, E. 705; - Jolın S. 705.


Weeks's Wharf, 5, 551, 687, 701, 702 ;- Lobster Wharf, 705; - Major, 742.


Weld, Dr. 312; - , 442.


Well in Belmont Square, 412, 584-586.


Wells, 741.


Welles, Benj. 254, 307, 441, 442, 445, 447, 458; - John, 33; - Brig .- Gen. 410, 411. Well Fleet, The, 698.


Wellington, A. A. 536, 752, 753, 759, 762.


Wells, John, 222 ;- Charles, 454; - Wil- liam, 504.


Welsh, Mrs. - , 329; - Edward, 762. Welshepoole, 51.


Wemms, Williams, 171.


Wendell, Oliver, 357.


Wesley Street, 593.


West Boston Bridge, 423.


Westchester, 52.


West Church, 391.


West-head, 8, 373, 546.


West Indies, 90, 92, 197, 217, 239, 242, 244, 249, 287, 488, 571, 627, 716, 717.


West, Joseph, 239.


Westminster, 230.


Weston, Henry P. 252; - Capt. 479.


West Point, 603.


West Roxbury, 294.


Westward Ho, The, 694, 698.


West Wood Island, 7, 8, 466, 542, 545, 546, 685.


Weymouth, 7; - The, 698.


Wharves, 700-702. Whale, The, 63.


Whaton, Richard, 234, 235.


Wheeler, Miss, 21; - John, 572.


Wheelwright, Rev. John, 159; - Rebecca, 161; - Nathaniel, 318, 320, 321.


White House, 18. Whip, The, 699.


White, Stephen, 34, 35, 311, 428, 429, 431- 439, 441, 443, 446, 447, 458, 463, 505, 515, 525, 548, 553-556, 571, 605, 606, 614, 615; connection with Timber Co. 670-676, 681, 690, 704, 740, 750, 751, 759 ;- Mrs. Stephen, 676, 690; -- Rev. - , 58, 60; - Edmund, 223 ;- Capt. 170; - Benja- min, 170; - Judge, 500; - Moses, 420 ;- F. B. 420; - Samuel L. 504.


800


INDEX.


Whitchurch, 50. Whitcomb, Col. 396; - Levi, 516, 640, 641. Whitefield, Rev. George, 265, 266.


Whitehaven, 461.


Whiting, James, 567.


Whitman, Rev. Joseph, 648. Whitmore, -, 630.


White Street, 545, 546, 589, 598, 637, 702, 757.


Whitney, Benjamin, 166; - Hester, 166; - Colonel, 396.


Whiton, J. M. 583.


Whitten, James M. 760. Whitwell, W. S. 588, 590, 591; - -, 736.


Whorf's Wharf, 702.


Wickham, Samuel, 723.


Wicknam, Benj. 724.


Wide Awake, The, 699.


Wilcox, Thomas, 724.


Wild, Capt. D. 762.


Wilder, -, 662. Wildes, Miss Jane, 506.


Wilds, Capt. Dixy, 506.


Wiley, -, 505; - Rev. Father, 656.


Wilkinson, Gen. 19, 20; - Mrs. 20, 21.


Williams, H. H. 5-12, 14, 40, 41, 45, 53, 271, 321-323; sketch of, 324; his family, 324; his character, etc., 325-328 ; 329-339, 354, 355, 358, 382, 384; grant from com- monwealth, 886, 425, 453, 481, 490, 516, 550 ; -- Thomas, 12, 45, 326, 415, 419, 453, 460, 461, 467, 470, 488, 498, 548, 550, 585; - Major, 51; - Mary, 54, 165; - John, 165 ;- Rev. W. 224; - Betsey, 254, 276; - Henry, 496, 497.


Williams family, History of, 323, 324.


Williams Journal, The, 54, 55, 262, 287, 289, 290, 323, 324, 328 ; extracts from and references to members of the family, 331-339; 425; extracts from, 516.


Williams' Island, 45, 481.


Williams House, The, 475.


Williams, Joseph, 322, 323, 332.


Williams, Moses, 294 ; -- Arthur, Thomas, Rowland, Edward, and Matthew, 723. Williams Street, 673.


William and Francis, The, 63.


William and Mary, 213, 216 ; charter of, 108, 719.


William, King, 233. Williamson's History of Maine, 108, 159. Williamson, William, 724. William's War, King, 341.


Willoughby, -, 149.


Wilmington, Lord, 246, 726-729.


Wilson, John, 187, 190; -- , 500, 572; - Michael, 758.


Winchester, The, 698. Windsor, 66.


Winged Racer, The, 698.


Winnisimet, 5, 11, 46, 72, 79, 83-85; as- signed to Boston, 87, 88, 161, 162, 166, * 240, 379, 447, 455, 486, 489, 492, 548, 549, 550, 570, 609; ferry, 11, 12, 40, 269, 354, 372-374, 378, 384, 447, 455, 486-609; company, 12, 13, 438, 446; negotiations witli, 455, 456, 550, 579. Winnington, Mr. - , 725, 726.


Winshawe, John, 81.


Winship, W. 170 ;- Jonathan, 236.


Winslow Blues, The, 409, 415.


Winter Street, 262.


Winter Harbor, 108.


Winthrop, John, 45-47, 52, 53, 58, 64, 65, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 77-80, 84, 85, 90, 93, 95, 103, 105, 109, 149, 153, 156, 157, 159, 176, 187, 203, 485; - Lindall, 185; - Robert C. 186; -John Fitz, 203; - Capt. 213; - Major Gen. 218; - Wait, 214 ;- Adam, 214 ;- Grenville T. 458.


Winthrop's Journal, 45, 46, 58, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70-72, 74, 80, 84, 93, 95, 96, 103, 158. Winthrop House, 193, 229.


Winthrop Street, 545.


Winthrop Block, 599, 647, 711.


Winthrop Church, 660.


Winthrop Hall, 664.


Wiscasset, 742. Wiswall, John, 183.


Witherspoon, Rev. Dr. 277.


Wizard, The,, 691, 698.


Woburn, 119.


Wolfe, General, 344, 349.


Wollaston, Mount, 187. Wolverhampton, 50. Wolverston Park, 249.


Wonder Working Providence, 45, 46, 72, 160.


Wood " The pewterer," 301; -- , 726. Wood on the Island, 10; wood-cutting, 53. Woodbury, Levi, 675. Woodbury & Minot's Reports, 676.


Wood creek, 342.


Woodhouse, James, 175.


Wood Island, 16, 466, 517. Woodman, Remember, 168.


801


INDEX.


Woods, Rev. Leonard, 644.


Woodward, David, 254 ;- Jane, 254, 308; - Joseplı, 308. Woolsey, W. 680, 681, 684.


Worcester, -, 472.


Worcester (Eng.), 185; - Worcester, 603.


Worcester House, 141.


Worrall Island, 51.


Worthington Pumps, 695.


Wright, William, 229; -- Abigail, 229; - Edwin. 669; - John, 760.


Wyman, T. B., jr. 166; - William, 442. Wyvern, The, 698.


Y.


Yale, David, 100, 102. Yale College, 225, 271. Yankees, 208.


Yeamans, Lieut. Gov. John, 239; - Sir Jolın, 239; - Henry, 232, 234; -- John, 9, 193, 195, 230, 232; owner of Nod- die's Island, and will of, 239; pro- poses a bridge, 240; efforts of in behalf of trade, 242 et seq .; thanks of general court to, 247; death of, 249 ; 250, 251, 254, 257; his will, 311, 314, 315, 317, 358, 454,


481, 488, 489, 570-572, 721; his journa 724-730 ;- Elizabeth, 231, 232, 238-240 ;- S. S. 16, 195-197, 231, 232, 238; inherits Noddle's Island, 239, 241; will of, 249; questions concerning will, 252, 253-255, 257-259, 270, 311, 312, 314, 315, 317, 318, 320, 322, 323, 357, 385, 488, 489 ; opinion on will of, 731, 732; - Shute, 231, 249, 250; will of, 252 et seq. 311; -- John, 234, 250, 251, 254, 257, 258.


Yeamans Land, 193; - Estate, 255, 268, 270.


Yeamans Pedigree, 231; referred to, 254. Yohannan, Mar, 225.


Young, Sir William, 726.


York (Me.), 308, 721, 736, 741.


York County, 75.


York, Duke of, 154, 169.


Young's Chronicles, 58, 61, 63, 67, 72-74, 79, 82. Young Raven, The, 699.


Z.


Zaza, The, 697. Zephyr, The, 697; -- , 698.


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