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Sessions of the Probate Court are held at Cambridge, first, second, and fourth Tuesday of each month except August ; at Lowell, third Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September, and November.
Registers of Probate.
Samuel Phipps, appointed June 18, 1692.
Thomas Swan, October 23, 1702.
Nicholas Fessenden, September 15, 1705.
Daniel Foxcroft, December 28, 1709.
Thomas Foxcroft, December 9, 1715.
. Francis Foxcroft, July 3, 1729.
Samuel Danforth,
July 9, 1731.
Andrew Boardman,
December 20, 1745.
William Kneeland,
May 29, 1769.
James Winthrop,
September 6, 1775.
James Foster,
May 26, 1817.
Isaac Fiske,
October 29, 1817.
Alonzo V. Lynde,
July 1, 1851.
Alfred A. Prescott, March 10, 1853.
Joseph H. Tyler was elected Register of Probate and Insolvency, November 10, 1858, and continues, by re-elec- . tion, to hold the same office.
Registers of Deeds.
Thomas Danforth, May 26, 1652.
Lawrence Hammond, July 27, 1686.
Samuel Phipps, April 10, 1693. Francis Foxcroft, March 22, 1766.
Ebenezer Bridge, April 3, 1776.
Thaddeus Mason, March 31, 1781.
William Winthrop, December 28, 1784.
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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Samuel Bartlett, June 12, 1795. William F. Stone, September 13, 1821. Caleb Hayden, April 1, 1846. Charles B. Stevens, April, 1865.
In 1855 a special registry was established for the city of Lowell and the towns of Northern Middlesex. The registers for the new district have been : A. B. Wright, 1855 ; Ithamar A. Beard, 1868; and Joseph P. Thompson, 1874.
Treasurers.
Ebenezer Bridge,
appointed
1787.
John L. Tuttle,
1808.
John Keyes,
1814.
Stedman Buttrick,
1838.
Amos Stone,
1855.
Clerks of Courts.
In 1790, when Thaddeus Mason held the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, the offices were separated. The succeeding incumbents are as follows : -
Abraham Biglow
1790.
Elias Phinney
1832.
Seth Ames 1850.
John Q. A. Griffin
1859.
James Dana .
1859.
Benjamin F. Hamı
1860.
Theodore C. Hurd
1872.
District Attorneys.
Samuel Dana
1807.
Timothy Fuller
1811.
Asahel Stearns
1813.
Asahel Huntington 1830.
Albert H. Nelson 1845.
Charles R. Train
1845.
Asa W. Farr
1851.
Charles R. Train
1853.
Isaac S. Morse
1855.
John B. Goodrich 1872.
George Stevens 1874.
John W. Hammond
1879.
William B. Stevens
1880.
DISTRICT COURTS are established for Middlesex County as follows : -
First Northern Middlesex (court held at Ayer : jurisdic- tion in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, Shirley, Westford, Littleton, and Boxborough). - Justice, Levi Wallace. Special Justices, Warren H. Atwood, Jolm Spanlding. Clerk, George W. Sanderson.
First Southern Middlesex (court at South Framingham : jurisdiction in Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkin- ton, Natick, Sherhorn, Sudbury, and Wayland). - Justice, Constantine C. Esty. Special Justices, Lucius H. Wake- field, Edwin C. Morse. Clerk, Ira B. Forbes.
First Eastern Middlesex (court at Malden and Wake- field : jurisdiction in Wilmington, North Reading, Read- ing, Stoneham, Wakefield, Melrose, Malden, Everett, and Medford). - Justice, John W. Pettengill. Special Justices, Thomas S. Harlow, Solon Bancroft. Clerk, William N Tyler.
Central Middlesex (court held at Concord : jurisdiction in Acton, Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Maynard,
Stow, and Lexington). -- Justice, John S. Keyes. Special Justices, Augustus E. Scott, Charles Thompson.
POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. Cambridge. - Jus- tice, John S. Ladd; Special Justices, Woodward Emery, H. W. Muzzey ; Clerk, Thomas McIntire, Jr.
Lowell. - Justice, Nathan Crosby ; Special Justices, Jolin Davis, Frederick T. Greenhalge ; Clerk, Samuel P. Hadley. Newton. - Justice, William W. Carruth ; Speciut Jus- tices, Henry H. Mather, Edward H. Mason; Clerk, Ed- ward W. Cate.
Somerville. - Justice, Isaac Story ; Special Justices, A. R. Brown, Charles G. Pope; Clerk, Lebbens Stetson.
Board of County Commissioners.
The County Commissioners succeeded, in 1828, to what was left of the functions of the Court of General Sessions. The act of 1827, constituting this board, provided for the appointment by the governor of four commissioners for Middlescx, to serve three years. The statute of 1835 pro- vides for three instead of four. In 1836 the manner of electing was changed, one commissioner being chosen in each year thereafter. The first meeting of the Board of . County Commissioners was held at Concord, the second Tuesday of May, 1828.1
1828 to 1842, Caleb Butler, Groton.
1828 to 1835, Augustus Tower, Stow.
1828 to 1831, Benjamin F. Varnum, Dracut.
1828 to 1837, David Townsend, Waltham.
1831 to 1842, Abner Wheeler, Framingham.
1837 to 1846, Timothy Fletcher, Charlestown.
1842 to 1845, Leonard M. Parker, Shirley.
1842 to 1845, Seth Davis, Newton.
1845 to 1850, Josiah Adams, Framingham.
1845 to 1848, Josialı B. French, Lowell.
1846 to 1854, Ebenezer Barker, Charlestown.
1848 to 1850, Joshua Swan, Lowell.
1950 to 1857, Daniel S. Richardson, Lowell.
1850 to 1876, Leonard Huntress, Tewksbury.
1854 to 1861, John K. Going, Shirley.
1857 to 1862, Paul H. Sweetser, South Reading.
1861 to 1872, Edward J. Collins, Newton.
1862 to 1874, Joseph H. Waite, Malden.
1872 Harrison Harwood, Natick.
1374 present Daniel G. Walton, Wakefield.
.1876 incumbents
J. Henry Reed, Westford.
The terms of the present incumbents respectively expire in 1880, 1881, and 1882.
Municipalities of the County.
The following tabular statement, compiled from official sources, presents, in a form convenient for reference, the dates of incorporation of the several towns of the county, with the names of the towns of which they originally formed a part.
Acton, June 27, 1735, part of Concord. Arlington, Feb. 27, 1807, Cambridge (first incor- porated as West Cam- bridge : name changed in April, 1867).
1 The list of County Commissioners is kindly furnished by Theodore C. Hurd, Clerk of the Courts and also of the Board.
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APPENDIX.
Ashby, March 5, 1767, parts of Townsend, Fitchburg,
and Ashburnham.
Ashland, March 16, 1846, Framingham, Hopkin-
ton, and Holliston.
Ayer, Feb. 15, 1871,
Bedford, Sept. 23, 1729,
Belmont, March 18, 1359,
Groton and Shirley. Billerica and Concord. W. Cambridge (Arling- ton), Watertown, and Waltham.
Billerica, May 29, 1655, part of Cambridge. Boxborough, Feb. 24, 1783, as a district, from Stow, Har- vard, and Littleton ; as a town, May 1, 1836.
Brighton, Feb. 24, 1807; annexed to Boston, May 21, 1873. Burlington, Feb. 28, 1799, part of Woburn.
Cambridge, Sept. 8, 1633, parts of Charlestown, annexed in
1802, 1818, 1820.
Carlisle, Feb. 18, 1805, Concord, Acton, Chelms- ford, and Billerica. In- corporated as a district, 1780.
. Charlestown, June 24, 1629; annexed to Boston, 1873. Chelmsford, May 29, 1655 ; part annexed to Lowell, May,
1874.
Concord, Sept. 2, 1635, See Acton, Bedford, Lin- coln, and Carlisle.
Dracut, Feb. 26, 1701, parts annexed to Lowell, 1851, 1874. Dunstable, Oct. 16, 1673, parts of Groton annexed, 1793, 1796, 1803.
Everett, March 9, 1870, part of Malden : portion of, an-
nexed to Medford, 1875.
Framingham, June 25, 1700, Holliston and Natick, annexed 1833 and 1871. Groton, May 29, 1655, Pepperell, annexed in 1803.
Holliston, Dec. 3, 1724, Hopkinton, Dec. 13, 1715. Hudson, May 19, 1866,
Lexington, March 20, 1712,
Lincoln, April 19, 1754,
Cambridge ; part of Bur- lington annexed, 1810. Concord, Lexington, and Weston.
Littleton Township, incorp. Nov. 2, 1714; named Little- ton, Dec. 3, 1715.
Lowell, March 1, 1826; part of Chelmsford ; part of Tewksbury annexed, 1834; of Dracnt, 1851 ; parts of Dracnt, Chelms- ford, and Tewksbury, 1874 ; part of Dracnt, 1879. Incorporated as a city, April 1, 1836. Charlestown.
Malden, May 2, 1649, Marlborough, May 31, 1660, "
Framingham, annexed 1791 ; of Southborongh, 1843.
Maynard, April 19, 1871, parts of Stow and Sudbury. Medford, Sept. 28, 1630; part of Malden annexed, 1817 ; part of Medford annexed to Charlestown, 1811; part of Everett annexed to Medford, 1875. Malden.
Melrose, May 3, 1850, Natick, Feb. 1781; as a district, 1762; part of Sherborn annexed, 1820; part of Natick annexed to Fram- ingham, 1871.
Newton, Jan. 11, 1687, as Cambridge Village; named Newton, Dec. 15, 1691; parts of Waltham an- nexed, 1849; and of Bos- ton, 1875.
N. Reading, March 22, 1853, “ Reading. Pepperell, April 12, 1753, part annexed to Groton, 1803. Reading, May 29, 1644, part of Lynn ; part set off as S. Reading, now Wakefield, 1812.
Sherborn, October 21, 1674,
Shirley, Jan. 5, 1753,
name changed from Sher- burne to Sherborn, 1852. Groton ; part of Groton annexed, 1798 ; part of Shirley sct off to Ayer, 1871.
Somerville, Marchi 3, 1842,
Charlestown. See Cam- bridge. Incorporated as a city, 1872. Charlestown.
Stoneham, Dec. 17, 1725, Stow, May 16, 1683, 66 Set off to Maynard, 1871.
Sudbury, Sept. 4, 1639,
Tewksbury, Dec. 23, 1734, Townsend, June 29, 1732, Tyngsborough, Feb. 23, 1809, "
Billerica. See Lowell. See Ashby. Dunstable ; incorp. as a district, 1789.
Wakefield, Feb. 25, 1812, as South Reading; part of Stoneham annexed, 1856; named changed, 1868.
Waltham, Jan. 4, 1737, part of Watertown. Watertown, Sept. 7, 1630.
Wayland, April 10, 1780,
See Belmont, Weston, and Cambridge. as East Sudbury ; name changed, 1835.
Westford, Sept. 23, 1729, part of Chelmsford.
Weston, Jan. 1, 1712, Watertown.
Wilmington, Sept. 25, 1730, Winchester, April 30, 1850,. "
Woburn, May 18, 1642,
Woburn and Reading. Woburn, Medford, and Arlington ; part annexed to Woburn, 1873. Charlestown. See Bur- lington, Wilmington, and Winchester.
66 set off to Maynard, 1871.
Sherborn.
Marlborough and Stow; part of Bolton annexed, 1868.
INDEX
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ABERCROMBIE, Colonel, killed at Bunker Hill, i. 153. Aberginians, Indians at Charlestown called, i. 39. Abigail, ship, voyage of, to New England, i. 18
Academy, Groton, established, i. 465; Newton Centre, founded, ii. 232; and Seminary in Townsend, ii. 388: Wayland, no- ticed, ii. 472; Westford, organized, ii. 482; patrons of, ii. 483; teachers of, il. 484.
Acadians, harbored in Dracut, i. 412; quartered in Reading, ii. 275; Waltham, ii. 413.
Acton, history of town of, i. 196.
Adams, Daniel, notice of, ii. 388; James, settler in Carlisle, i. 359; Samuel, warned by Revere, i. 118; statue of, in Lexington, ii. 30.
"Adams Circular," reply of Lexington to, ii. 16.
Aged people, notable, in Arlington, i. 212.
Agriculture, peculiar, of Belmont, 1. 252; in Carlisle, statistics of, i. 366.
Alarm, false, disturbance by, in Bedford, i. 248; cansed by Bur- goyne's expeditinn, i. 168; before Lexington, received in Tewksbury, ii. 376. Allerton, Isaac, boards the Arbella, i. 42.
Alliance formed between Colonies, i. 72.
Allotment of lands, first made, i. 20. Almanacs, different, printed at Cambridge, i. 318.
Almshouse, State, in Tewksbury, described, ii. 374.
Ambrose. ship, sails for New England, i. 21.
American army, condition of, i. 136; flag, first raised at Prospect Hill, i. 163; refugees seek to leave Boston, i. 131.
Amnesty, counter, proclamation of, i. 134. Anabaptists, difficulties with, i. 76.
Andros, Sir Edmund, appointed Vicerny, i. 90; sent to England, i. 94; difficulty of, with Woburn, ii. 529. Ansart, Colonel Lewis, notice of, i. 415. Antinomian controversy, prevalence of, i. 68.
Antislavery Society, Ladies', in Reading, ii. 281.
Anville, Duke d', sails against Boston, i. 102.
Apple, Baldwin, first found in Wilmington, ii. 509; first tree of, in Winchester, ii. 512.
Appleton, Major Samuel, sent against Indians, i. 81.
Apthorp, Rev. East, founds Christ Church, Cambridge, i. 335.
Arbella, ship, sails for New England, i. 21; voyage and arrival of, i. 42
Arlington, history of town of, i. 208.
Army and fleet from England to Quebec, i. 98; American, condi- tion of, i. 136; efforts to recruit, ii. 420
Arnold, Captain Benedict, at Cambridge, i. 129; marches for Que- bec, i. 160.
Arsenal built at Watertown, ii. 457. Artists resident in Melrose, ii. 183. Ashby, history of town of, i. 218. Ashland, history of town of, i. 227.
Assistance, writs of, debate on, i. 104.
Association, High School, in Smerville, ii. 323; Historical, in Lowell, ii. 96; Library, at Newton Corner, ii. 250; Rumford Historical, at Woburn, ii. 554; Sherborn Musical, noticed, * ji. 296.
Asylum, McLean, founded in Somerville, ii. 330; superintendents of, ii. 332-34.
Auburndale, village of, origin stated, ii. 238.
Authors, various, at Medford, ii. 168; resident at Melrose, ii. 182. Ayer, history of town of, i. 235; Dr. James C., correspondence of, i. 239.
Badger, Rev. Stephen, minister at Natick, ii. 192.
Bailey, Rev. John, first minister installed, ii. 451.
Bakery first opened in Wilmington, ii. 509.
Baldwin, Captain, leads Woburn men at Concord, i. 125; Colo- nel Loammi, notice of, ii. 540-49.
Ballon, Rev. Hosea, 2d, president Tufts College, ii. 174.
Bancroft, Captain Ebenezer, history of Bunker Hill, ii. 395; Colonel, anecdote of his funeral, ii. 398.
Bank Scheme, Land, undertaken, i. 101; Savings, founded in Framingham, i. 449; first founded in Lowell, ii. 65.
Banks, General Nathaniel P., in Southern War, i. 181.
Banquet, political, in Reading, described, ii. 287.
Barker, Lieutenant John, diary of Concord fight, i. 386.
Barnes, Henry, Tory at Marlborough, ii. 147.
Barrett, Colonel James, at Concord, i. 121.
Bass (fish), formerly plenty at Watertown, ii. 437.
Battle-ground at Lexington, map of, ii. 10.
Battle of Lexington, incidents of, within Lincoln, ii. 41; of Me- notomy, incidents in, ii. 210.
Beacon Hill fortified by British, j. 132.
Bears killed at Cambridge, i. 332; at Wilmington, ii. 508.
Bedford, history of town of, i. 241; men of, at Lexington and Bunker Hill, j. 244.
Belcher, Jonathan, becomes governor, i. 100.
Belknap, remarks of, as to colony, i. 30.
Bell, Dr. Luther V., sketch of, ii. 333.
Bell, first hung in Chelmsford, i. 372; at Malden, ii. 118; at Way- land, ii. 468; provided at Stoneham, ii. 346; given to town of Pepperell, ii. 262.
Bells, chime of, set up in Newton, ii. 244.
Bellingham chosen governor, i. 71.
Bellomant, Earl of, service as governor, i. 97.
Belmont, history of town of, i. 251.
Bemis, David, improvement made by, ii. 246; Seth, uses first gas- light in America, ii. 247: spins first cotton in country, i. 184. Bernard, Francis, appointed governor, i. 104.
Bernicre, Ensign, with British at Concord, i. 121.
Bible, Indian, printed at Cambridge, i. 70, ii. 187; notice of, i. 319.
Biglow, William, historian of Natick, it. 196.
Billerica, history of town of, i. 234; attacked by Indians, i 96; first settled, i. 76.
Blackstone, William, settles at Shawmut, i. 45.
Blanchard, Luther, wounded at Concord, i. 123, 274.
"Blessing of the Bay," vessel, built at Mystic, i. 53.
" Blockade of Boston," played in Faneuil Hall, 1. 163.
Body of Laws, compilation of, ordered, i. 63.
" Body of Liberties" adopted as laws, i. 71. Bombardment of Boston begun, i. 164.
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INDEX.
Boon, Mr., early settler at Stow, ii. 350.
Boots and shoes, account of manufacture of, i. 187; business of making at Hudson, i. 503; at Holliston, i. 481; pegged, first made at Hopkinton, i. 494.
Boott, Kirk, doings of, at Lowell, ii. 62; death of, ii. 74.
Boston, name of, first given to Shawmut, i. 46; Charlestown settlers mostly brought to, i. 46; Massacre, occurrence of, i. 105; siege of, entered upon by people, i. 110; evacuation of, decided upon, i. 166; royalists allowed to leave, i. 166; ravaged by British before evacuation, i. 166 ; defensive works about, i. 167.
"Boston Gazette " removed to Watertown, ii. 447.
Boundaries, singular, of Concord and Carlisle, i. 361; of Water- town with adjacent towns, ii. 435.
Boutwell, Hon. George S., resident of Groton, i. 468.
Bowdoin, James, succeeds as governor, i. 169.
Bowes, Rev. Nicholas, first minister in Bedford, i. 243. Bowman, Thaddeus, service of, at Lexington, ii. 20. Boxborough, history of town of, i. 271.
Bradstreet, Simon, character of, i. 26; chosen governor, i. 89;
sent agent to England, i. 79; president Council of Safety, i. 93.
Brastow, Hon. George O., notice of, ii. 337.
Brattle, Thomas, writer against witchcraft trials, i. 95.
Brazil, Emperor of, visits Lowell, ii. 98.
Breed's Hill, situation of, stated, i. 141; fortification begun on, i. 140.
Brereton, Sir William, movements of, i. 19; assignee of Gorges' P'atent, i. 39.
Bricks early made in Malden, ii. 122; large manufacture of, at Medford, ii. 172.
Bridge, dismantled at Cambridge, i. 343; West Boston, first built, i. 351; Craigie's, first built, i. 352; North, in Concord, collision at, i. 389; gift to repair, i. 402; Malden, opened with rejoicing, ii. 130; Brighton, first built, ii. 239; Cook's, at Newton Upper Falls, ii. 239; new and splendid, near same, ii. 252; Mystic, Reading refuses to mend, ii. 274; and ferry, set up at Sudbury, ii. 360; iron, built at Tyngsborongh, ii. 398; Great, in Waltham, action on, ii. 424; earliest, in Watertown, ii. 454; Indian, in Wayland, ii. 464; Mystic, re- lation of, to Woburn, ii. 530.
Bridges in Newton, various, noticed, ii. 240.
Brigham, John, surveyor at Marlborough, ii. 142.
Bright, -, early minister in colony. i. 29.
Brighton, history of town of. i. 278; made a separate parish, i. 282.
Briscoe, Nathaniel, fined for pamphlet, ii. 449.
British, prisoners, taken at Lexington, ii. 23.
Brook, Cheesecake, origin of name of, ii. 246; Mulpus, in Shir- ley, described, ji. 298.
Brooks, Major, leads Reading men at Concord, i. 125; John, of Medford, sketch of, ii. 167; Maria G., poetess, at Medford, ii. 168 ; family of, at Medford, ii. 168; Captain John, mili- tary movements of, ii. 227.
Brooks Tavern, at Concord, fighting at, i. 125.
Brown, Captain Roger, Shays defeated by, i. 394; Benjamin calls first meeting at Lincoln, ii. 35 ; Solomon, service of, at Lex- ington, ii. 18; Rev. Edmund, first pastor of Wayland, ii. 468. Browne, John and Samuel, expelled by Endicott, i. 21.
Buckminster, Colonel, claims land in Framingham, i. 441. Bulkely, Rev. Peter, settler at Concord, i. 63.
Bunker Hill, entrenchments attempted on, i. 145; redoubt at, described, i. 143; plan of battle-ground at, i. 142; situation stated, i. 141 ; military situation before battle, i. 139; Percy intrenches upon, i. 127; losses at, i. 153; men of Dracut en- gaged at, i. 413; of Concord, i. 390; of Framingham, i. 444. Burbeck, William, provincial military engineer, i. 123.
Burgoyne, General, arrives from England in Cerberus, i. 132; sets Charlestown on fire, i. 149; returns to England, i. 160; cap- tive army of, at Cambridge, i. 169, 348 ; army of, prisoners in Somerville, ii. 313.
Burial-place, ancient Indian, ii. 202.
Burlington, history of town of, i. 296: incorporation of, i. 173. Burnet, Governor, succeeds to office, i. 100.
Butler, General Benjamin F., with Massachusetts regiments, i. 179 ; notice of, il. 94; services of, il. 94.
Buttrick, Major, fires on Britishi at Concord, i. 123.
Cakebread, Thomas, builds mill in Wayland, ii. 461. Callender, Captain, deserts at Bunker Hill, i. 121.
Cambridge, settlement begun at, i. 50; first called Newtown, i. 50; towns since formed out of, i. 53; history of the town of, i. 305; English agreement made at, i. 30; incorporation of, explained, i. 354; people of, aroused by battle of Bunker Hill, i. 345.
" Cambridge Farms," Lexington called, ii. 13.
"Cambridge Platform," adoption of, i. 76.
Canal, Middlesex, Proprietors of, incorporated, i. 189 ; projects for, to cross Hoosac Mountain, i. 189; early constructed in Cambridge, i. 307; North, opened at Lowell, ii. 80; bursting of, at Lowell, ii. 54; Middlesex, projected, ii. 54; location of, in Somerville, ii. 314.
Canals, Locks and, Proprietors of, incorporated, i. 190; company formed at Lowell, ii. 53; about the Merrimack, chartered, i. 376.
Cannon, seized by British at Cambridge, i. 109; placed in redoubt at Breed's Hill, i. 145; withdrawn from same, i. 147; and stores brought from New York by Knox, i. 347; deposited in Watertown, ii. 447; and powder seized in Cambridge, i. 341; given for monumental statue, i. 402; position of Percy's, at Lexington, ii. 11; given to Newton by John Pigeon, ii. 227; concealed at Malden, ii. 127; captured at Noddle's Island, ii. 127.
Capen, Rev. Elmer H., president Tufts College, ii. 174.
Carlisle, history of town of, i. 359; final incorporation of, i. 361; early progress in, i. 362.
Carter, Rev. Thomas, first pastor at Woburn, ii. 527. Cato, Goodman, sells Sudbury to whites, ii. 358.
Celebration, Centennial, Burlington joins, i. 304; in Holliston, i. 480; at Lexington, ii. 33: Bi-centennial, at Natick, ii. 201; Semi-centennial, at Lowell, ii. 98; of Concord fight, 1825, i. 397; of Concord fight, 1850, j. 398; of founding of Con- cord, 1835, i. 397; at change of name in Arlington, i. 214; of Reading Villages, ii. 400.
Celebrations, different, had in Acton, i. 207.
Cemetery, old, in Burlington, i. 301; Mount Auburn, account of, i. 357; Wildwood, laid out at Ashland, i. 232; Ev- ergreen, laid out in Brighton, i. 292; Old, laid out in Billerica, i. 259; first laid out in Bedford, i. 242; Mount Pleasant, laid out in Arlington, i. 212; Lake Grove, laid out in Holliston, i. 478; first laid out in Newton, ii. 222; in Low- ell, first laying out of, ii. 76; old, in Marlborough, ii. 153; in Reading, first laid out, ii. 282; laid out in Stonebam, ii. 348; first laid out in Tewksbury, ii. 374; in Wayland, notice of, ii. 463.
Cemeteries, different, in Framingham, i. 448; various, in Natick, ii. 202; in Melrose, ii. 183; remaining in Littleton, ii. 52; in Sberborn, laid out, ii. 294; in Wakefield, account of, ii. 404; in Watertown, described, ii. 453.
Census first taken in Cambridge, i. 322.
Centennial, observances of, at Concord, i. 402.
Cerberus, ship, arrival of, at Boston, i. 132.
Chapel, free, in Lowell, history of, ii. 111.
Charles II., action of, towards colony, i. 79; threatens to annul charter, i. 90.
Charles, Josias, sachem, deed of, to whites, ii. 359.
Charles River, named by Smith, i. 38; early exploration up, i. 41.
Charlestown, history of settlement at, i. 38; first place in county with English name, i. 38; settlement forwarded at, i. 43; set- tiers at, dispersed, i. 44; settlement removed to Boston, i. 46; names left in after transfer to Boston, i. 47; towns since formed from, i. 53; deserted by inhabitants, i. 131; topog- raphy of, sketched, i. 141 ; navy-yard and dry dock at, i. 173; part of, set off as Somerville, ii. 309.
Charter, colonial, royal demand for, i. 59; granted by William and Mary, i. 95; abrogated, i. 90.
Chauney, Rev. Charles, president of Harvard, i. 323.
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Chelmsford, history of town of, i. 367; first made a town, i. 76; separation of Lowell from, i. 377; incorporation of, i. 370; first settled by whites, i. 368; part of, annexed to Lowell, ii. 97.
Chester, Captain, bravery of his men at Bunker Hill, i. 151. Chicataubut, sachem, at Neponset. i. 56. . Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria, at Medford, ii. 168. Cholera, appearance of, at Lowell, ii. 84.
Church (name), Captain Benjamin, sent against Indians, i. 98; Dr. Benjamin, disgraced for treason, i. 160.
Church (religious), history of, in Everett, i. 429 ; first gathered in Brighton, i. 283; old, in Boxborough, divided, i. 277; rec- ords of, i. 276; first formed in Lincoln, ii. 36; difficulties with, at Malden, ii. 116; first gathered at Natick, ii. 186: at Pepperell, ii. 261; music in, vote upon, in Newton, ii. 225; history, in Newton, ii. 232; in Watertown, notes of, ii. 452; in Somerville, notes of, ii. 316 ; in Sudbury, sketch nI, ii. 371; in Waltham, notes of, ii. 408; in Marlborough, notes of, ii. 143 ; first gathered in Reading, ii. 270; notes of, in Tewks- bury, ii. 379 ; first formed in Wayland, ii. 462; in Townsend, list of members of, ii. 385; first gathered in Westford, ii. 478; history of, in Westford, ii. 480; first gathered in Weston, ii. 491; history of, in Winchester, ii. 520; history of, in Wo- burn, continued, ii. 541-43; Congregational, in Acton, i. 201; in Ashby, i. 226; at Ashland, i. 229; Baptist, formed in Ev- erett, i. 432; in Malden, ii. 132; in Acton, i. 202; pastors of, at North Reading, ii. 259; at Ashland, i. 229; in Weston, ii. 494; Universalist, in Acton, i. 202; in North Reading, ii. 259; Unitarian, formed in Ashby, i. 226; Methodist, formed in Ashland, i. 230; in Weston, ii. 495; Catholic, founded in Ashland, i. 231; Episcopal, planted in Cambridge, i. 334.
Church affairs, notes of, in Dracut, i. 414; history of, in Pepper- ell, ii. 264 ; history of, in Stow, ii. 351.
Churches, in Cambridge, account of, i. 353; different, formed in Brighton, i. 283; in Framingham, account of, i. 448; at Low- ell Falls, history of, ii. 237 ; in Medford, history of, ii. 170; in Lowell, same, ii. 102, 107-12; in Maynard, various, ii. 157; in Newton, sketches of, if 242; statistics of, ii. 248; at Natick, history of, ii. 195; in Reading, same, ii. 286; in Shir- ley. same, ii. 306; in Townsend, various, ii. 387; in Wake- field, history of, ii. 401; in Waltham, notes of, ii. 428; in Watertown, history nf, ii. 448; later, formed in Winchester, ii. 522.
City, efforts of Lowell to become, ii. 72; Ayer's new, laid out near Lowell, ii. 83.
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