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Autumn foliage, 82. Avery, 589. Axey, 115, 172, 240, 576, 578. Ayers, 576.
B.
Babson, 356.
Bachiler, Bacheller, Batchelder, 100, 102, 125, 139, 140, 142, 159 to 164, 179, 428, 471, 482, 576, 579 to 582. Backus, 101. Bacon, 268, 584.
Bagnall, 141.
Bailey, Bayley, 120, 190, 228, 255, 292, 332, 430, 465, 486, 576, 579, 587. Baker, 116, (117 and 118 contain the romantic history of Christine, the Indian captive,) 156, 172, 190, 263, 299, 405, 424, 426, 433, 436, 479, (566 contains a biographical notice of Daniel C., the third mayor of Lynn,) 576, 579, 582.
Ball, calico, 455.
Ballads, old New England, 107, 133. Ballard, 115, 143, 171, 208, 211, 282, 291, 293, 365, 367, 430, 576, 579, 581. Balloon ascensions, 401, 403, 411.
Bancroft, 118, 171, 184, 275, 351, 470, 576, 579.
Banks, (surname,) 453, 575.
Banks, (money institutions,) 377, 390, 398, 423, 439, 445, 585.
Bannister, 589.
Baptism, first in Lynn, 139.
Baptists, 127, 131, 187, 204, 208, 219, 230, 257, 378, 379, 432, 460, 584.
Barber, 226, 576.
Barberry bushes, 79, 329.
Barcroft, 118.
Bard, 576. Bardson, 26.
Barker, 410, 465.
Barlow, 394, 400, 582.
Barnstable settled by Lynn people, 182. Barrett, 432.
Barry, 433, 464, 579. See Berry.
Bartlett, 465.
Bartoll, 576.
Bartram, 576.
Bass, 141, 144.
Bassett, 51 to 53, 127, 184, (185 con- tains the genealogy of the principal Bassett family now in Lynn,) 200, 266, 275, 282, 291, 292, 294, 295, 305, 335, 344, 345, 424, 426, 433, 485, 570, 576, 580.
Batchelder. See Bachiler.
Bates, 333, 432, 465, 576, 589.
Bathing, 81.
Batten, 576.
Batter, 172, 200, 236, 261, 576.
Battle of Bunker Hill, 341.
Battle of Chesapeake and Shannon,373. Battle of Lexington, 338.
Batts, 579. Baudouin, 91.
Baxter, 465.
Bayley. See Bailey. Beach protectors, 388, 404, 429. Beach road, 421, 429.
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INDEX.
Beaches, 66, 67, 78, 144, 388. 404, 421, [ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PER- 429, 433. See Storms. Tides. Beacons on Dread Ledge, 395, 397, 477. Beal, 226, 275, 276, 576. Beans, 576.
Bear Pond, 70. Beard, (surname) 89, 90. Beard, (of the human face,) 133, 438. Bears, 135, 332. Beauchamp, 205, 362. Becke, 205. Becx, 205, 235. Beebe, 583.
Belcher, 323, 575, 576. Belknap, 150, 172, 576, 579. Bellamont, 575.
Bellamy, 311. Bellingham, 152, 181, 575.
Bells, church, 380, 463, 586.
Bennet, 95, 119, 143, 172, 212, 216, 224, 234, 259, 576, 579. Benton, 583, 589. Bernard, 575.
Berries, varieties of, found in Lynn, 79. Berry, 185, 226, 235, 416, 465, 473, 576. See Barry. Besse, 465, 576. Best, 589. Biarne, 26. Bible not read at Sunday services, 105. Biddle, 472, 584. Bilboes -Stocks, 142. Billington, 207.
Binney, 583.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND SONAL NOTICES :
PER-
Adams, Rev. Benj. Lynnfield, 342. Bachiler, Rev. Stephen, 139, 159. Baker, Christine, Indian captive, 117. Baker, Daniel C., third mayor, 566. Barker, Dr. Charles O., 410. Breed, Ebenezer, (Uncle Eben.) 519. Breed, Isaiah, 541. Brimblecom, Col. Samuel, 424. Brown, Goold, 449. Burrill, Hon. Ebenezer, 492. Burrill, Hon. John, 489. Carnes, Rev. John, 363.
Chase, Rev. Stephen, Lynnfield, 330. Cheever, Rev. Edward, Saugus, 328. Childs, Amariah,415. Cobbet, Rev. Thomas, 236. Coffin, Dr. Edward L., 533. Collins, Micajah, 500. Cooke, Rev. Dr. Parsons, 475. Curtin, Enoch, 528. Dagyr, John Adam, 328.
SONAL NOTICES -(Continued.) Dexter, Thomas, 204. Downing, Elijah, 519. Felton, Cornelius C., 86 Flagg, Dr. John, 358. Flora, (slave,) 391. Fuller, Maria Augusta, 505.
Gardner, Dr. James, 397. Gates, Isaac, lawyer, 435. Gray, George, the Lynn hermit, 419. Gray, William, 496. Hazeltine, Dr. Richard, 403.
Henchman, Rev. Nathaniel, 332. Hentz, Caroline Lee, 275.
Holyoke, Edward, 121.
Hood, George, first mayor, 542.
Humfrey, John, 147, 197. Hurd, Rev. Isaac, 379.
Hutchinson, Jesse, 437.
Hutchinson, Judson J., 455.
Jenks, Joseph, iron-worker, 208.
Leonard, James and Henry, 206.
Lewis, Alonzo, 544.
Lummus, Dr. Aaron, 396.
Lummus, Charles F., first printer, 511 Merrill, Benjamin, first lawyer, 370. Montowampate, Indian Sagamore of Lynn, 36, 146. Moody, Lady Deborah, 187.
Moody, True, 444.
Mottey, Rev. Joseph, Lynnfield, 387. Moulton, Solomon, 502.
Mudge, Rev. Enoch, 536.
Mudge, Ezra, 538.
Mulliken, Samuel, 417. Nahanton, (Indian,) 41.
Nanapashemet, Indian Sachem, 34.
Newhall, Asa T .. Lynnfield, 537.
Newhall, Benjamin F., Saugus, 567.
Newhall, Francis S., 539.
Newhall, Isaac, 540.
Newhall, Jacob, landlord, 494.
Newhall, Josiah, 533.
Newhall, Thomas, the first person of European parentage born here - with genealogy of the Newhall family, 482. Parsons, Rev. Obadiah, 356.
Perkins, Dr. John, Lynnfield, 345.
Pierson, Rev. Abraham, 195. Pitcher, Moll, the fortune-teller, 374. Pompey, (slave,) 344.
Poquanum, Sachem of Nahant, 40, 141, 146. Purchis, Thomas, 266. Quanopkonat, (Indian,) 42. Robinson, Col. James, 397
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PER-
SONAL NOTICES -(Continued.) Roby, Rev. Joseph, Saugus, 363. Sadler, Richard, 157. Shepard, Rev. Jeremiah, 314. Sparhawk, Rev.Nath'l, Lynnfield, 323. Swett, Rev. William Gray, 410.
Thacher, Rev. Thomas C., 373.
Treadwell, Rev. John, 346.
Trevett, Robert W., lawyer, 409. Tudor, Frederic, 474.
Turner, Capt. Nathaniel, 128.
Washburn, Reuben P., lawyer, 372. Wenepoykin, (Indian,) 38. Whiting, Rev. Samuel, 267. Yawata, (Indian,) 40.
[See also Early Settlers.]
Birds, 45, 57, 80, 144, 298, 299, 433, 473. Bishop, 256. Bistow, 229.
Bitner, 111.
Black, 465, 589.
Blackmore, 576.
Blackstone, 41, 56, 108, 109.
Black Will, (Indian,) 40, 131, 141, 144, 241, 242.
Black Will's Cliff, 67.
Blake, 542.
Blanchard, 448, 579.
Blaney, 226, 267, 329, 359, 373, 395, 448, 470, 576.
Blighe, 26, 256, 292, 576.
Bliss, 576, 589.
Blodgett, 589.
Blood, 576.
Bloodgood, 583.
Bloomer, 430.
Bloomer costume, 430. Blott, 214, 576.
Bly, 226, 576.
Board of Trade, 450.
Boardman, and Bordman, 576, 588.
Boiling Springs, 70, 71.
Bolishar, 576. Bolles, 584.
Bonaparte, 500.
Bond, 181, 205, 478.
Bonney, 583. Bonython, 180.
Bootfish, 576.
Booth, 576. Boradile, 314.
Boston Massacre, 335. Botany of Lynn, 78, 455. Boulders, granite, 73. Bound, 576. Boundaries, 57, 183, 234, 252, 257, 441, 452.
Bounties. See Soldiers' Bounties. Bourne, 576.
Boutwell, 150, 172, 575, 576.
Bowden, 579.
Bowdoin, 576, 579.
Bowdwell, 197.
Bowler, 337, 580.
Boynton, 336, 462, 465.
Brabrook, 576.
Brackett, 332, 589.
Bradburn, 582.
Bradbury, 62, 211.
Braddock, 396.
Bradstreet, 115, 204, 210, 211, 255, 257, 277, 296, 575.
Brainard, 174.
Braman, 583.
Brand, 576.
Brattle, 296.
Braun or Brawn, 265, 456, 576.
Brazil, 447.
Bredean, 576.
Breed, 61, 91, 115, 171, 185, 194, 235, 252, 282, 292, 293, 297, 299, 305, 311, 312, 340, 342, 354, 362, 363, 364, 365, 370, 386, 403, 411, 429, 443, 462, 465, 472, 473, 479, 485. (519 to 528 con- tain a biographical notice of Ebene- zer Breed -"Uncle Eben." And 541 and 542 contain a biographical notice of Isaiah Breed.) 544, 576, 579, 580, 581.
Breed's End, origin of name, 115. Brereton, 31.
Brewer, 120, 226, 292, 538, 576. Briant and Bryant, 332, 587.
Briard, 576.
Brick side-walks, 440.
Bridge, (surname,) 589. Bridge, natural, 60
Bridges, (surname,) 88, 120, 150, 172, 185, 204, 205, 212, 216, 217, 219, 221 to 224, 230, 231, 240, 576 to 579.
Bridges, (over water-courses,) 58, 60, 70, 96, 141, 182, 219, 223, 236, 321, 334.
Brier, 576.
Briggs, 575, 576.
Brigham, 588. Brimblecom, 91, 424.
Brimsdell, 576.
Brintnall, 576. Brisco, 576.
Broadhead, 583. Brock, 373. Brook, (surname,) 171, 172.
Brooks, (surname,) 172, 175, 378, 428, 575, 576, 584.
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INDEX.
Brooks, (water-courses,) 144, 145, 201, | Calef, 296. 362.
Brown, 52, 53, 95, 109, 119, 171, 181, 200, 214, 228, 309, 310, 417, 448, 449, 453, 458, 465, 482, 573, 576, 578, 579. Brummell, 516.
Bryan, 576. Bryant. See Briant.
Buchanan, 453. Buckingham, 513.
Buckley, 239, 448, 452.
Buffum, 426.
Bugell, 576. Bulfinch, 418.
Bulkley, 300.
Bull, ferocious, 221.
Bull-fight in 1808, in Lynn, 369 Bumstead, 321.
Bundock, 154, 155.
Bunker Hill battle, 341.
Burcham, 150, 151, 172, 214, 576, 580.
Burchsted, 26, 311, 330, 342, 345, 375, 576.
Burden, 131, 576, 584.
Burge, 233, 576.
Burges, 576.
Burial places. See Burying Grounds. Burn, 576. Burnam and Burnham, 579, 581. Burnell, 576.
Burnett, 117, 575, 576. .
Burning fluid, accident by, 447.
Burrage, 226, 298, 576, 579.
Burrill, 10, 51. (115 and 492 contain genealogies of the Burrill family.) 116, 171, 173, 201, 202, 227, 263, 266, 280, 282, 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 297, 319, 325, 333, 334, 338, 345, 354, 358, 379, 463, 465, 479, 485. (489 to 494 contain biographical notices of Hon. John Burrill, and Hon. Ebenezer, his brother.) 494, 540, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581. Burroughs, 294, 301, 303.
Burt, 151, 172, 175, 184, 191, 212, 576. Burton, 171, 239, 576.
Burying Grounds, 44, 170, 283, 299, 320, 372, 389, 390. See Cemeteries.
Butler, 446, 576, 583. Button, 49. Byfield, 104. Byles, 344. Byron, 554.
C.
Cabot, 28, 383. Calamy, 158. Caldwell, 421, 465.
Calico ball, 455.
Calico printing, 403.
California emigration, 423.
Calley, 588.
Callum, 576.
Calvin, 442.
Camden, 170.
Cameron, 359.
Campbell, 465, 588.
Canker worms, 252, 309, 326, 336, 394, 473.
Canonicus, (Indian,) 33.
Canterbury, 576.
Capitein, 22.
Carlisle, 448.
Carman, 169, 576.
Carnes, 351, 352, 363, 373, 374, 579, 581. Carpenter, 465.
Carter, 403.
Case, 581.
Caseley, 576.
Cass, 427.
Castine, 289.
Castle Rock, 60. 75.
Casualties. See Deaths.
Caswell, 465.
Catamount killed in Lynn woods, 335.
Caterpillars, 220, 256, 281, 309, 328, 473. Catholic Church, 456, 464, 585.
Catholic Neutrals, 330.
Catlin, 423, 576.
Cattle, 112, 131, 136, 144, 147, 179, 232, 286, 298, 311, 325, 328.
Cattle Shows. See Agricultural Exhi- bitions.
Cauldron Cliff, 60.
Caulkins, 211, 576.
Cave, Dungeon. See Dungeon Rock. Cave, Swallows', 59, 75.
Cave, Wolf's, 66.
Cavern, Roaring, 60.
Cedar Pond, 70.
Celebrations. See Independence.
Celestial and atmospheric phenomena, 82, 257, 278, 313, 323, 327, 335, 336, 338, 389, 390, 391, 396, 397, 400, 402, 415, 426, 434, 446, 449, 457, 461, 462.
Cemetery, Pine Grove, Lynn, conse- crated, 425. First burial in, 426. Conveyed to the city, 438. Soldiers' lot in, 472.
Cemetery, Catholic, consecrated, 454. Cemetery, Lynnfield, consecrated, 448. Cemetery, Swampscot, consecrated,439 Chadwell, 119, 169, 171, 227, 228, 340, 526, 538, 576, 579.
598
HISTORY OF LYNN.
Chadwick, 584. Chamberlain, 579.
Chandler, 465, 581.
Changes of weather, extraordinary, 82, 417, 438, 443, 464. Channing, 553. Chapin, 589. Chapman, 154.
Charters, colonial, 280, 575.
Chase, 323, 327, 330, 333, 370, 402, 416, 465, 485, 500, 566, 581, 585, 587.
Cheever, 86, 320, 325, 328, 344, 345, 429, 471, 576, 578, 579, 588.
Chesapeake and Shannon, battle of, 373. Chesnuts, 252.
Chessman, 584.
Chester, 417.
Chicataubut, (Indian,) 33.
Chickering, 310.
Child, 158, 211.
Childs, 321, 360, 415, 416, 568, 585, 588.
Chillingworth, 576.
Chilson, 208, 576.
Chipman, 499.
Choate, 420.
Chocolate manufacture, 360, 415. Cholera, Asiatic, 423.
Christmas, observance of, forbidden by law, 103, 251.
Christmas-day, warm, 358.
Church, (surname,) 184, 305, 587.
Church, formation of first in Lynn, 139. Church difficulties, 140, 148, 164, 354, 387.
Church edifices. See Meeting Houses. Church, Protestant Episcopal, 100 to 110, 381, 402, 404, 460.
Churches. See Religious Societies.
Churchill, melancholy death of Miss Sarah, 429.
Churchman, 190, 191, 576.
Chute. 448, 587.
Cicily Su-George, (Indian,) 39, 41, 51,54. Cilley, 465.
City form of government adopted, 424. Clerks, list of, 580.
Debt at different periods, 586.
- Property in 1864, value of, 586.
Tax and rate of taxation at differ- . ent periods, 586.
. Appropriation, 1864, items, 586. Hall, 478, 591.
, Valuation of estates in, at differ- ent periods, 586.
City Guards, 433, 465.
Clam-bake, political, at Swampscot,414. Clams, 136, 144, 297, 309. Clapp, 456, 582.
Clark, 131, 185, 230, 231, 305, 431, 434, 469, 576, 581, 583, 589.
Clarrage, 465.
Clay, 427, 434, 461.
Clement, 465, 576.
Clergymen. See Ministers. Clerks, Town and City, lists of, 580. Town, of Lynnfield, 587.
Town, of Nahant, 589.
Town, of Saugus, 588.
Town, of Swampscot, 589.
of the Writs, 10, 214, 292, 580. Cleveland, 346, 351.
Cleves, 160.
Clifford, 299, 300, 575, 576.
Climate, 80, 82.
Clocks, public, 586.
Clough, 135.
Coal, anthracite, early use of, 400.
Coates, 226, 241, 261, 285, 417, 576, 579. Cobb, 403.
Cobbet, 48, 49, 159, 169, 172, 209, 212, 215, 224, 229, 235 to 242, 256, 257, 260, 576, 582.
Cod-fish, 80. Great fares of, 448.
Codman, 395.
Coe, 465.
Coffee, introduction of, 313.
Coffin, 356, 396, 453, 479, 533, 534.
Coggshall, 377.
Coining. See Money.
Cold, 204, 222, 298, 325, 344, 356, 380, 386, 390, 397, 404, 407, 411, 442, 445, 473.
Coldam, 119, 143, 172, 173, 175, 292, 576, 579.
Cole, 190, 295, 576, 579, 584.
Colesworthy, 151, 576.
Collins, 11, 151, 154, 171, 185, 215, 219, 240, 252, 253, 282, 291, 293, 298, 301, 305, 312, 324, 325, 326, 328, 331, 336, 344, 345, 467, 479. (500 to 502 con- tain a biographical notice of Micajah Collins, the Quaker preacher.) 520, 521, 525, 536, 576, 578, 579, 580.
Colored race, 22, 277. See Slaves. Slavery. Columbus, 28, 271. Colyer, 443.
Come-outers, 408.
Comets, 234, 255, 276, 372, 390, 402, 411, 437, 451. (454, the comet of 1858, with illustration.) 460. (468, the comet of 1861, with illustration.) Committee of Safety, Revolutionary, 340.
Common Council, Presidents of, 581. Common, Lynn, 306, 310, 422.
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INDEX.
Communion plate of First Church, 354. Conant, 56, 141, 187. Concrete or gravel houses, 440. Condit, 587. Conflict between church and civil au- thorities, 253.
Congress boot, 417. Conner, 430, 431, 465. Consumption, 81, 428. Continental money, 343.
Conventions, Constitutional, members of, 581.
Cooke, 402, 407, 408, 420, 448, 475 to 477, 582, 589. Coolidge, 405.
Cooper, 151, 171, 172, 194, 195, 216, 576.
Copley, 205. Copp, 371, 425. Corey, 294. Corn, 132, 169. Corwin or Curwin, 200, 228, 289. Costume. See Dress.
Cotton, (surname,) 169, 234. Counsellors and Assistants, names of, 577.
Courts, 12, 134, 146, 164, 165, 169, 250, 253, 256, 322, 335, 423, 582.
Courtship, 37, 163, 186, 222, 225, 280. Cove, Dorothy's, 291.
Covel, 583. Covenant, Half-way, 166.
Covenant of First Church of Lynn, 165. Cowdry, 113, 171, 214, 576. Cowper, 214, 216, 576.
Cox, 439, 576, 582.
Coye, 583. Crafts, 173, 256.
Crandall, 131, 230, 231, 583. Cranston, 576. Crimes. See Punishments. Croft, 173, 576. Cromwell, 156, 229, 234. Cross, 172, 576. Crow, 358. Crowell, 583, 584. Crowninscheldt, 71, 72, 299, 300, 576. Cryon, 465. Curiel, 366. Currency. See Money. Curtin, 342, 479, 514. (528 to 532 con- tain a notice of Enoch Curtin.) Curtis, 320, 415, 465. Curwin or Corwin, 200, 228, 289. Cushing, 390, 579, 583, 589. Cushman, 121, 364, 584. Customs. See Manners and Customs. Cutler, 534.
D.
Daffin, 290, 297.
Daguerreotype picture, first taken in Lynn, 409. Dagyr, 90, 328.
Dalton, 160, 164, 466.
Dancing, 232, 260, 359, 416.
Dane, 576.
Danforth, 111, 178, 274, 275, 296, 434, 579, 587, 592.
Daniels, 190, 576.
Dark days, 310, 343. Darling, 208, 299, 576.
Dashing Rock, 61.
D'Auley, 217.
Davenport, 98, 129, 176, 466.
David, (Indian,) 39, 41, 51, 54.
Davis, 122, 151, 152, 172, 173, 181, 192, 200, 276, 282, 384, 430, 433, 436, 453, 466, 472, 575, 576, 579, 581.
Davison, 233. Dawes, 224, 576.
Day, 584, 589.
Deacon, 253, 172, 258, 576.
Deaths, accidental and singular, 111,
124, 153, 203, 262, 277, 321, 323, 324, 326, 329, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 347, 351, 357, 358, 362, 364, 366, 367, 371, 377, 380, 381, 388, 391, 394, 395, 403, 405, 406, 414, 415, 418, 421, 423, 426, 429, 430, 432, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 443, 445, 446, 447, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 456, 457, 460, 467, 469, 472, 474, 478.
Debt, City, at different periods, 586. Deed, Indian, of Lynn, 49, 282. Deer, 311, 325, 337.
Degen, 583.
Delavan, 581.
Denier, 461. Dennison, 261, 583. Dent, 576.
Derby, 497, 499.
Derick, 294, 295, 576. Desborough, 576. Devereaux, 342.
De Witt, 190. Dexter, 40, 95, 119, 125, 131, 137, 138, 140, 142, 169, 172, 196, 204, 205, 213, 219, 221, 224, 240, 241, 242, 267, 318, 319, 346, 576.
Dickerson, 298. Dillinghamn, 120, 169, 576. Diman, 576. Dimond, 374.
Dinah, (slave,) 344.
Dinan, 188, 192. Dingley, 576.
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
Disaster at Lynnfield Pond, 426.
Disasters of the Sea. See Shipwrecks. Discoveries and Voyages, early, 25. Diseases. See Sickness.
Dispaw, 576.
.Diven, 135, 576. Division of lands, 171, 252, 306. Dixey, 112, 113, 242, 576.
Dixon, 389.
Dizer, 588.
Doctors. See Physicians.
Dogs, number of, licensed in 1864, 586. Dolan, 445.
Dole, 576.
Domestic animals. See Cattle. Sheep.
Donelly, 466.
Doolittle, 122, 123, 576.
Dorothy's Cove, 291.
Dorrel, 31.
Double Tides, remarkable, 150, 410.
Dougherty, 466
Douglas, 576.
Dow, 471.
Downer, 465.
Downing, 137, 179, 207, 210, 223, 224, 259, 317, 424, 479. (519 contains a notice of Elijah Downing.) 576, 581. Drake, 264, 579.
Draper, 451, 456.
Dread Ledge Beacons, 395, 397, 477.
Dress, 87, 90, 182, 231, 233, 348, 430. Drew, 539, 589.
Driver, 119, 172, 191, 263, 282, 291, 576, 584.
Droughts, 182, 212, 277, 282, 298, 306, 328, 347, 351, 362, 416, 439, 445, 447, 460, 477.
Drownings. See Deaths.
Drumer, 576.
Drunkenness, 135, 140, 204, 211, 212, 217.
Dudley, 36, 42, 45, 109, 114, 117, 203, 215, 305, 465, 575.
Dugall, 576.
Dugglers, 576.
Dummer, 191, 575.
Dunbar, 583.
Dungeon Rock, 243 to 250, 401, 430, 445, 471. Dunham, 584. Dunn, 579.
Dunnell, 579
Dunton, 156
Durant, 401.
Dwellings, construction and fashion of, 114, 132, 440, 590. Dwight, 589. Dyer, 362, 576.
E.
Eagles, 432, 442, 446.
Early Settlers of Lynn, notices of, 111, 114, 150, 173, 183, 225. List of Sur- names of, 576.
Earthquakes, 117, 182, 209, 243, 252, 321, 323, 324, 326, 330, 331, 333, 345. 361, 367, 371, 377, 380, 396, 403, 416. 436, 462.
Easterly winds, 425. See Winds. Eastman, 460, 589.
Eaton, 229, 241, 576.
Eclipses, 255, 260, 367, 456.
Editors of Lynn newspapers, 582.
Edmunds, 120, 172, 282, 285, 576. Education, 283. See Schools.
Edward, (Indian,) 203.
Edwards, 466, 576.
Egg, 576.
Egg Rock, 61, 75, 448, 462.
Egg Rock Light, 448, 450.
Elder, 465.
Elderkin, 143, 172, 174, 175, 576. Eldred, 444.
Electric Telegraph, 418, 444, 454.
Elephant, first exhibited in Lynn, 362
Eliot, 40, 181, 242, 260, 427.
Elkins, 299, 576.
Ellis, 223, 460, 576, 584.
Elwell, 184, 576.
Embargo, 368, 371.
Embedded Trees, 77, 40
Emerson, 86, 330, 403, 581, 587, 588. 589.
Emerton, 465, 570.
Emery, 477. Emes, 588.
Endicott, 31, 32, 49, 95, 112, 137, 138. 149, 191, 205, 210, 211, 229, 575.
Engines. See Fire Engines.
Enlistments, 465, 467.
Entertainment of dignitaries, 210.
Episcopal Church. See Church.
EPMAPHS : Burchsted, Dr. John Henry, 226. Burrill, Hon. John, 491.
Clifford, John, 299.
Cobbet, Rev. Thomas, 236.
Henchman, Rev. Nathaniel, 333.
Shepard, Rev. Jeremiah, 318. Stocker, Mrs. Harriet N., 426.
Townsend, Daniel, 339.
Whiting, Rev. Samuel, 272.
Eric, 26. Errington, 576. Essex, (slave,) 344. Estes, 185, 305, 439, 466, 485, 576.
INDEX.
601
Ether, singular death by, 443. Eustis, 575. Evelyn, 260. Everett, 575. Ewington, 576. Exchange Building, 41 Execution of Hugh Peters, 149. Explosion of steam cylinder, 470.
F.
Factory, Oak street, (Breed's,) 411.
Fairfield, 152, 190, 191, 192, 200, 576.
Fairne, 342. See Fern. Fairs, Ladies', 404, 422, 469. Fales, 358, 465.
Fall of a house, 440.
Farley, 443.
ยท Farmer, 158. Farm house, old, at Swampscot, 202. Farming, 44, 140, 169.
Farm produce, prices of, at different periods. See Prices.
Farnel, 263, 576.
Farnsworth, 576.
Farr, 120, 172, 242, 280, 576.
Farrar, 185, 186, 292, 293, 294, 295, 298, 306, 484, 485, 576.
Farrington, 51, 153, 171, 186, 190, 193, 194, 235, 263, 282, 292, 293, 342, 355, 365, 486, 492, 576, 579. Fashions. See Dress.
Fasts, 164, 169, 255, 256, 260, 281, 309, 322, 423, 464, 469.
Fay, 71, 579, 592.
Feake, 120, 159, 576.
Felt, 233, 313, 321, 340, 576, 579. Felton, 86, 576.
Female education, 363.
Fenno, 457, 474.
Ferne, 185, 576. See Fairne.
Fernside, 576.
Ferry, ancient, 94, 98, 183. Fidler, 362. Field, 583. Fight, prize, in Lynn, 436. Fillmore, 427, 583.
Financial embarrassments in 1857, 452. Finnegan, 362. Fire Department, 402, 463.
Fire Engines, 235, 359, 451, 461, 477, 586 Firc-flies, 80.
Fires, 121, 130, 196, 223, 324, 325, 329, 365, 368, 370, 386, 400, 402, 403, 407, 410, 412, 414, 415, 416, 418, 421, 423, 424. 425, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 437, 439, 443, 444, 446, 450, 452, 456, 457, 458, 460, 462, 464, 467, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 477, 478.
First Church Covenant, 165. First interment in Old Burying Ground, 171. In Pine Grove Cemetery, 426. First newspaper printed in Lynn, 512. First Settlers. See Early Settlers. First white person born here, 126, 482. Fish, (surname,) 576, 589.
Fish, (of the sea,) 80, 141, 144, 219, 395, 433, 439, 450, 451, 452, 461, 462. Great fares of, 443, 448, 463, 473, 478.
Fisher, 310.
Fiske, 473, 576.
Fitch, 111, 120, 172, 190, 214, 576.
Fitzpatrick, 445, 454, 467.
Flag, colonial, 149, 280, 347.
Flagg, 345, 358, 372, 379, 497.
Flanders, 466.
Flannel, manufacture of, at Saugus, 395, 405. Flax, 132.
Flax Pond, 132, 143.
Flint, 257, 265, 335, 339, 576, 580, 581.
Flood, 191, 576. See Floyd.
Flora, (slave,) 391, 392.
Florence, 579, 580.
Floyd, 153, 171, 576. See Flood.
Flushing, L. I., settled, in 1640, by Lynn people, 196.
Flynn, 464.
Foley, 205, 235.
Foliage, autumn, 82.
Foote, 427.
Foot-prints in rock, 69.
Foot races, 443, 448, 452, 456.
Forbes, 351, 456.
Forret, 192.
Fortune teller, (Moll Pitcher,) 374.
Foss, 465.
Foster, 153, 171, 207, 417, 426, 465, 466, 576.
Fott, 576.
Fowle, 158, 358, 484.
Fox, 162, 303.
Foxcroft, 465.
Foxes, 299, 319, 329, 445.
Foye, 465.
Fraile, 153, 172, 576.
Franklin, 413.
Fraser, 465. Free Church, 432, 585.
Freeman, (surname,) 153, 169, 576.
Freeman. (qualified resident.) 158. Freemasons, 367, 390, 394, 401, 414. French, 439.
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Friction Matches come into use, 400. Friends. See Quakers. Frost, (surname,) 235, 457, 583, 587.
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
Frosted Trees, 392, 445, 508. Frosts, 327, 358, 379, 402, 404, 456. Frothingham, 366, 588. Fruit, large crops of, 396, 463, 472. Fugitive slave law of 1850, 426.
Fuller, 22, 153, 186, 252, 256, 262, 287, 292, 359, 362, 418, 450, 479. (505 to 511 contain a biographical notice of Maria Augusta Fuller.) 530, 576, 578, 580, 581, 585.
Fulton, 576.
Funerals, customs at, 103, 236, 276.
Funerals of deceased soldiers, 471. Furbush, 430.
Furnace, great and little, 66.
G.
Gage, 316, 338, 575. Gaines, 172, 190, 576.
Gale, (surname,) 433, 447.
Gales. See Winds. Storms. Tem-
pests. Galucia, 579.
Gannett, 587, 589.
Garder, 184, 263, 570.
Gardner, 306, 308, 358, 391, 397, 498, 575, 581.
Garments, fashions of. See Dress. Gas, illuminating, 436, 438, 463. Gaskins, 345.
Gates, 435, 436, 514.
Gaunt, 576.
Gear and Geere, 153, 576, 582, 583. Gedney, 157.
GENEALOGIES : Bassett, 185. Burrill, 115, 492 Hart, 227. Lewis, 181
Newhall, tracing the lineage of four- teen of the heads of families of the name, now among us, up to Thomas, the first individual of. European parentage, born here, 483 to 488.
. Witt, 190.
General Court, 134, 146, 164, 165, 169, 250, 256, 322, 335, 578. Geology of Lynn, 72, 408. George, 172, 576, 583.
George Rumney Marsh alias George No-Nose, (Indian,) 38, 39, 41, 42, 51, 131, 182, 203, 232, 241, 242. Gerry, 343, 350, 575, 576. Gettings, 236. Gibbons, 36, 180. Gibson, 546, 576.
Gifford, 91, 207, 226, 229, 230, 233, 235, 259, 276, 576. Gift, (slave,) 344. Gilbert, 466. Giles, 576.
Gill, 580.
Gillow, 179, 186, 576
Gilloway, 576.
Gingle, 576.
Girls, lost, 141, 203. See Deaths.
Glover, 136.
Goats, 196, 232.
Goddard, 576.
Godson, 172, 175, 576,
Goff, 310.
Goldthwaite, 421.
Golt, 282, 576.
Goodale, 576.
Goodridge, 465.
Gookin, 33, 40, 47.
Gool, 576.
Gore, 352, 369, 575.
Gorges, 30, 31, 32, 34; 180, 198.
Gosnold, 28, 29, 40.
Goss, 584.
Gott, 576.
Gould, 186, 226, 250, 251, 345, 576.
Gove, 438, 486.
Governors of Massachusetts, list of, 575.
Gowdey, 381.
Gowing or Gowan, 227, 298, 330, 331, 450, 576.
Graham, 169.
Granite, 73.
Grasshoppers, 62, 256, 328.
Gravel houses, 440.
Graves, 113, 120, 226, 263, 282, 576, 584.
Gravesend. origin of name, 121.
Gravesend, L. I., settled in 1640, by Lynn people, 196.
Gravestone, oldest in Lynn, 299.
Gray, 309, 312, 328, 362, 369. (419 and '20 contain a notice of George Gray the Lynn hermit.) 479. (496 to 500 contain a biographical sketch of William Gray, the eminent mer chant.) 576, 579, 582.
Green and Greene, 229, 389, 391, 417, 576, 582, 587.
Greenhill, 205, 235.
Greenland, 306, 308, 576.
Greenwood, 576. Griffin, 185, 466, 475, 576.
Grotto, Irene's, 60.
Grotto, Mary's, 66. Gront, 434. Grover, 417, 466.
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INDEX.
Grunnill, 576. Guirey, 361. Guns not to be used by, or sold to, the Indians, 135, 140. Gurney, 442. Gustin, 576.
H.
Haberfield, 292, 293, 576. Hacker, 185, 576.
Hackett, 576.
Haddock, 80, 450.
Hadley, 339, 580.
Hail, 278, 259, 441, 461.
Hair, long, 224, 238, 328. See Beard. Hale, 296, 576.
Half-way Covenant, 166.
Hall, 120, 121, 256, 362, 576, 588. Hallam, 584. Hallett, 181.
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