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Saint Joseph's Church, 295-297, 355. Its pastor and curates, 296. Its Sunday School, 296, 297. Its memorial windows, 297
Unitarian Church, Grantville, 299-301 Cincinnati, Ohio, 569 Cisco, see Sisco
City Point, Va., 493
Civil War, 484, 485, 490-511. Soldiers' Letter, 492, 493. Names of Soldiers arranged alphabetically, not in- dexed, Infantry, 494-502; Cavalry, 502-504; Artillery, 504, 505; En- gineer Corps, 505; Veteran Re- serve Corps, 505; Navy, 506, 507 Claflin, William, 399 Clancy, Lena L., 305
Clapp-Clap, Colonel, 145, 174. Al- bion C., 275, 281, 282. Harvey, 446. Isaac, 601. John, 440. Sarah, 617
Clapp Bros., 357 Clapp's Hotel, Walpole, 446
Clarinet, played in church, 309. Play- ers, 631
Clarke - Clark, Rev., 219. Annie M., 216, 634. Arthur, 307. Ebenezer, 121, 203, 435, 456, 457, 459. Eben- ezer, Jr., 464, 467. George E., 282, 373. George K., 12, 47, 62, 185, 186, 189, 191, 193, 197, 205, 212, 213, 226, 228, 244, 325, 355, 376, 379, 417, 485, 486, 535, 545, 594, 603, 613, 614, 625, 655, 664, 665, 691; his "Wellesley Epitaphs," 47,
238, 327, 330; his address, "The Be- ginning of our Church," 244; his ad- dress at "The Jubilee Anniversary," 254; edited "Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground, Needham," 324; his articles on the Needham schools and teachers in the Dedham Historical Register, 333. Henry, 617. John, 72, 203, 323, 380, 383, 430, 431, 457, 460, 466, 469, 472. Mrs. John, 472. Rev. Jonas, 334. Rev. Jonas B., 301, 354, 372, 668. Martha A., 313, 603. Norman, 116. Sarah (Mrs. John), 472. Thomas, 538. William, 195, 384, 601, 669. William C., 263. Rev. William H., 254, 256
Clarke estate, 53
Clay, Henry, 17I
Clay Brook, 25
Clerks, First Parish, 212, 244; Town, see Town Officers
Clerks of the Market, see Town Officers Cleveland, Ira, 317
Clews, George, 271, 595. John, 631
Clocks, First Church, 206. Baptist Church, 252, 286. Orthodox Con- gregational Church in Grantville, 279. Town Hall, 586
Coal first used in Cong. Church, 246 Coat-rolls, 459
Cobb, Lemuel, 397
Coburn & Co., F. G., 356
Cochituate, 30
Cochituate Pond, 130
Coffee, Ishmael, 567. Jupiter, 567
Coffee family, 566
Coffins, 323, 324
Coffron, John, 526
Coggin, Rev. Jacob, 237
Cogswell, Samuel B., 281 Colburn, Benjamin, 641. George W., 509, 613. H. Bradford, 33. Jo- seph, 14, 87, 90, 347, 456. Joseph, Jr., 456. Lemuel, 461. Olive, 617. Owen, 445. Samuel, 479. Seth, 98, 645, 653, 662. Simeon, 108, 462
Colburn estate, 424, 583, 600
Colburn Spring, 583
Colcord, John M., 666, 667 Cold Harbor, Va., 501
Cole, Merton K., 572
Collectors of taxes, see Town Officers, Tax Collectors
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College graduates, 372, 373 College of Music, Wellesley College, 374 Coller-Choller, Hannah, 186, 332. John, 62, 428, 436, 468. Joseph, 332. Phinehas, 457, 459, 469, 470. Samuel, 479-481. Sarah, 472. Uriah, 435, 457, 459, 460, 464, 472-475, 480. Uriah, Jr., 89, 458, 462, 464, 474, 480 Coller family, 63 Collins, Ellen, 297. Johanna, 297. Patrick A., 162
Collishaw, Albert E., 302-304
Colonels, militia, 440
Colony tax, 529 Columbia, S. C., 504 Columbian Centinel, 236
Columbian Minerva, 47
Combination Company, 580
Commins-Commons, Edmond, 284, 297. Joseph, 37
Commissioner for Assessment, see Town Officers, Assessors
Commissioner of Insolvency, 647
Committee of Correspondence, Inspec- tion and Safety, see Town Officers Committee on a Town History, 185, 186 Committee on the Improvement of the Burying Ground, 316, 317
Committee to Reckon with the Town Treasurer and Auditors, see Town Officers
Common, 192, 626. Great Plain, 587. Needham Heights, 587
Communion service, First Church, 226, 238. Congregational Church, 246. Methodist Church, 260. Ortho- dox Congregational Church in Grantville, 273, 274. Evangelical Congregational Church, 289, 290 Communion Table, First Church, 239 Conant, Marshall, 666, 667
Concord, 165-167, 170, 296, 451, 485, 573, 597
Concrete walks, 103 Conductors on the railroad, 421
Confederate prisons, 498, 501, 504, 505 Conferences of Methodists, 259, 260 Confirmation services, first held, 304 Congregational Church in West Need- ham, see Churches
Congregational Society of Grantville, see Wellesley Hills Congregational Society
Constables, see Town Officers Constitutional Conventions, 170, 171, 175 Continental Army, 459, 468-478 Continental Currency, see Currency Controversy as to the interpretation of the Act of 1778, 156-158 Convalescent Home, see Children's Hospital
Convention of Ministers, 233 Conventions, 165-168
Cook-Cooke, Rev. Mr., 220. Ed- ward, 18, 63, 71, 316. Eliakim, 91, 110, 114, 116, 174, 202, 203, 231, 234, 238, 308, 336, 456, 461, 615, 650, 657, 660, 678. Mrs. Eliakim, 238. Elizabeth, 63. Jonas, 428. Nathan, 478. Prince, 566. Robert, 10, 12, 16, 18, 19, 35, 41, 53, 55, 71, 73, 74, 79, 81, 82, 84-86, 110, 113, 137, 141, 142, 144, 164, 177, 178, 180, 182, 194, 195, 198, 199, 216-221, 223, 224, 229, 314, 332, 368, 512, 516, 519, 645, 648, 658, 659, 689. Robert, Jr., 437. Sam, 469. Solomon, 233. Submit, 224. William, 18, 19, 435
Cook family, 18, 19, 113 Cook Street, 421
Cook's Bridge, 18, 81, 82, 96, 113-115, 121, 130, 163, 341
Coolidge, Miss, 207. Isaac, 339.
John, 143, 144, 437. Rev. John
W., 262, 264, 269. Samuel, 362 Cooper, James, 473
"Corn King of New England, " 400 Corn-mills, 46
Cornet, played in church, 309. Players, 631, 632
Cornets, cavalry, 442
Cornwallis, Lord, 447
Coroners, see Town Officers
Corporation tax, 534
Cottage Street, 131
Cotton, Rev. John, 219, 220, 224. Rev. Samuel, 234
Cotton-batting-mill, 397
Cotton-mill, 380, 381
Coude, Mary, 13 Coulter, Charles H., 626. J. Emery, 624
Council of Baptists, 249
Council of Congregational Churches, 272-276 Council of Elders, 218, 235, 240
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County Commissioners, 99, 101-104, 122, 647 County conventions, 164-167
County officers, 647, 648
County road, 102
County tax, 153, 519, 525, 528, 530
County Treasurer, 169, 170, 177, 534, 683
Courtenay, Charles S., 302, 441, 442
Covenant meetings, 253
Cowan, Rev. Percy D., 247
Coye, Rev. Nehemiah, 261
Craft - Crafts, Abner, 459, 469. Henry, 121, 609. Moses, 446, 541. Nathan F., 608. Nathaniel, 589. Thomas, 470
Crafts Inn, 446 Craghead, Rev. Mr., 218, 219
Crane, Colonel, 469, 470. Luther, 385, 389, 390. Rebekah, 390. Stephen, 386. Zenas, 389, 390 Crawford, Mary E., 618
Crehore, Lemuel, 383, 384
Cricket players, 599, 600
Crimea, 44I Crisp, Oliver, 271, 595
Crocker, Rev. Mr., 219. William H., 295, 424 Cromack, Broker, 264
Cromwell, Oliver, 567
Crosby, Simon, 469, 470
Crossman, Howard A., 525, 624. Mary M. (Mrs. Thomas J.), 364. Thomas J., 257, 581, 626, 664
Croswell, John, his barn formerly Orthodox Church, 279, 298. His house formerly Unitarian Chapel, 298
Crowley, Charles H., 296, 297. Den- nis, 298
Crown Point, N. Y., 429 Crown Point Expedition, 528 Crows, 642
Crystal Wave Lodge, I. O. of G. T., 604
Cuba, 428 Cumecher, Job, 433
Cumming-Cumings-Cummins, Aaron, 527. Ceaser, 562. Clementina B., 372. Joseph, 53. Lydia, 53. Moses, 527. Pasince, 562. Thomas, 470 Cunard steamship line, 544 Cunningham, Joseph, 527. Richard, 171, 273. Robert, 88, 21I Cunningham's Pond, 138
Cups given to Congregational Church, 246. To First Church, 238 Curfew law, 193
Currency, 56, 107, 109, 231, 514-517. Continental, 116, 482, 514, 521, 529, 536
Curtis, Mr., 123. A. C., & Son, 387. Allen C., 383, 385, 387. Charles, 603. Frederick, 623. John, 101. Solomon, 382, 383. William, 383, 385
Curtis's Flume, 123
Cushing, Charles E., 632. Rev. Ste- phen, 269. Thomas, 165. Zach- ariah, 226
Custodians of Public Grounds, see Town Officers
Cutter, Charles K., 231, 539. Sarah C., 610
Cutting, Mr., 447. Ephraim, 263. Nancy, 574
D ACEY, J. B. & C., 102 Dadmun, Daniel, 98
Daggett-Daggitt-Doged-Doggett, Mr., 544. Abia, 41. Moses, 458, 466, 475, 476, 481. Samuel, 91, 94, 135, 165, 168, 211, 334, 454, 463, 473, 476, 484, 535, 651, 684. Samuel, Jr., 458, 467. William, 43I Daguerreotypes first taken in Needham, 30 Dall, Caroline W. H., 241, 672. Rev. Charles H. A., 241, 593, 672
Dalrymple, Samuel, 307
Damon's Brook, 215
Dana, Mrs., 116. Charles B., 18, 125, 353, 356, 357, 374, 669. Rev. Daniel, 207. Denison D., 281. Luther, 158, 323. Rev. Samuel H., 285
Dana Hall, 101, 245, 374
Danahy, Rev. Timothy J., 296, 297
Dance, Charles W., 505
Dances, 539, 626
Dancing school, 539, 540
Danforth, Rev. John, 218
Daniell - Danell - Danels - Daniel - Daniels - Danils, Mr., 391. Abby, 539. Albert F., 295. George K., 100, 162, 181, 190, 277, 352, 485, 490, 518, 577, 646-648, 654, 663. Jasper, 19. Jeremiah, 19, 123, 307, 342, 457, 481, 652. Joseph, 19, 74, 79, 83, 89, 90, 198, 202, 216-218,
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247, 319, 338, 339, 435, 457, 559, 649, 650. Joseph, Jr., 116, 450, 559, 661, 678. Lydia, 19. Mary, 19. Moses G., 19. His Genealogy of the Daniell family, 19. Robert, 19. Samuel, 19, 90, 211, 314, 333, 435, 454, 650. Timothy, 226, 467 Daniell family, 19 Daniels Hill, 22 Danvers, Maple Street Church, 293
Dartmouth, 235 Dartmouth College, 237
Daughters of the American Revolution, 486
Daughters of the Revolution, 486
Davenport, Benjamin, 616, 632. Enoch, 338. John, 22. Josiah, 284, 285. Sarah, 284, 617
Daverson, Joseph, 469, 470
Davis, Aaron, 454. George P., 587. Jonathan, 94. Moses, 203. Seth, 609
Dawson, Leonard, 376, 518, 519
Day, Ebenezer, 94, 456, 461, 472, 652. Edward, 66. John, 120. Jona- than, 89, 91, 92, 110, 118-120, 147, 181, 203, 208, 308, 315, 440, 479, 549, 554, 641, 651, 660, 687. Levi E., 257. Ralph, 204. Rebecca, 66 Day's Bridge, 102, 105, 114, 116, 119, 120, 130, 420
" Deacon Could Be," 226, 691
" Deacon Would Be," 691
Deacons, First Church, 212, 225, 226, 230. Congregational Church in West Needham, 247. First Bap- tist Church, 256, 257. Orthodox Congregational Church in Grant- ville, 280, 281. Evangelical Con- gregational Church, 293, 294
Death, John, 26
Deaths, 184, 188, 228, 324, 327. By accident, 23, 64, 233, 274. By
violence, 22
"Debating Society," 607 Declaration of Independence, 181, 465
Decoration Day, 507
Dedham, 9-11, 13-16, 18-21, 23-26, 28, 29, 32-34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 44, 45, 51- 59, 63, 64, 66-70, 72-76, 78, 80, 82, 86, 92, 93, 103, III, 117-119, 130, 132-137, 141, 142, 160, 164, 165, 167, 188, 203, 216, 218, 219, 224, 225, 231, 233, 235, 237, 251, 283, 315, 317, 335, 363, 368-370, 412,
416, 418, 419, 430, 440, 442, 444- 446, 450, 451, 466, 476, 478, 516, 528, 541, 550, 568, 570, 602, 627, 641, 647, 672. Boundary contro- versy, 73-75. Saint Paul's Church, 307. Ministerial land set off, 311, 312. Working Men's Society, 606 Dedham, Essex County, England, 77 Dedham Avenue, 119, 418, 419
Dedham Avenue Bridge, 119, 140
Dedham Avenue Park, 587 Dedham Historical Register, 24, 204, 213, 226, 228, 324, 333 Dedham Historical Society, 239, 629 Dedham Island, 9, 24
Dedham Meeting-house, 34
Dedham School Farm, 32, 80
Dedman, Daniel, 307, 665
Deer, 642, 643
Deer Island, 10
Deerreaves, see Town Officers
Dell - Deal - Dill, George, 469, 470. Timothy, 462
Deming, Charles, 642. Rev. Daniel, 195, 216-218. Jonathan, 88, 110, 165, 208, 209, 211, 234, 246, 479, 530, 651. Moses, 475, see Daggett, Moses. Dr. William, 207, 548, 557, 559, 568
Democratic Party, 170, 171
Denfield, Louis E., 595. Robert E., 595 Denny, Charles, 608
Deputy-Sheriffs, 647
Derbyshire, England, 402
Des Moines, steamer, 502
Dewing- Duin - Duing, Andrew, 20, 21, 32, 33, 55, 71, 80, 113, 142, 194, 332, 368, 649. Benjamin F., 21. His "Genealogy of the Dew- ings," 21. C. H. & G. W., 634. Caroline E., 364. Charles H., III, 262, 264, 265, 270, 363, 370, 640, 663. Daniel, 143, 437. David, 436. Dor- othy, 224. Ebenezer, 22. Edmund, 20, 684. Henry, 20, 22, 92, 95, 110, 208, 3 14, 429, 435, 450, 454, 461, 561, 652, 672, 677, 684. Henry, Jr., 88, 487. Jeremiah, 21, 432. Jonathan, 20, 37, 60, 71, 143, 147, 329. Joseph, 462. Joseph H., 655. Josiah, 457. Lydia, 33. Martha, 61, 152, 211, 247. Moses, 322. Nathan, 95, 157, 340, 438, 440, 443, 468, 474, 477, 488, 563, 642, 661. Nathan, Jr., 307. Na-
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thaniel, 211, 259, 260. Paul, 347, 387, 444, 449, 589, 630. Seth, 688. Solomon, 21. Susanna, 225. Timothy, 116, 456, 476. Warren, 97, 317, 398, 440, 447, 485, 654 Dewing family, 18, 20-22, 53, 84
Dewing land, 20-22 Dewing's Brook, 125, 126, 139
Dewing's Hill, 397
Dewing's peat-meadow, 397 Dexter, Rev. Mr., 227. Rev. Henry M., 275 Dike, Colonel, 464 Dillaway, Charles H., 298. Laura G., 300
Dimond, W. R., 578
Dinah Barn, 566
Dinah Farm, 566 Dinah School, 566
Dinsmoor, Mrs. C. N., 371. Charles M., 250, 251, 371 "Direct boards," 95
Discomb- Descomb, Thomas, 454, 481, Thomas, Jr., 438 Dividend, see Natick Dividend
Division of the town into two parishes, 207-212
Division of Suffolk County, 164, 165 Divisions of the town and changes in boundaries, 141-163 Divoll, Leon, 397 Dix, Mary J., 272. Samuel W., 277, 632, 689
Dodd, John, 383 Dodge, Rev. Oliver, 237 Dodge's Cadet Band, 192, 626 Doe seen, 643 Dog Corner, 48, 135, 54I
Dog taxes, 375, 534, 643, 644 Dogs, 638, 643, 644 Dolan, Rev. Michael, 295 Dolbeare-Dolbier, Benjamin, 463, 471, 474, 475 Dominion steamship line, 544 Donovan, Rev. Denis H., 296. George D., 297 Door, Rev. Mr., 234 Doors of Second Meeting-house, 205 Dorchester, 10, 18, 48, 218, 430, 461, 617. Saint Paul's Church, 296 Dorchester, Canada, 18 Dorchester Heights, 460-462, 464, 480, 481 Dorety, Barney & Son, 124, 125 Dover, 52, 78, 95, 98, 100, 120, 122, 152-
155, 243, 249, 250, 283, 334, 344, 356, 391, 419, 420, 442-444, 495, 509, 512, 539, 570, 612, 617, 647. Baptist Church, 249, 250. School Land, 159, 162, 368-370. Unita-
rian Church, 243 Dover Historical Society, 569
Dover Iron Works, 392
Dover Lyceum, 607, 608
Dow, Rev. Hendricus, 237. Henry A. T., 305
Downer - Downna, Eliphalet, 568 Downes, William, 304
Dowse, Rev. Edward, 273
Drainage, IO3
Drawing taught in schools, 359, 360
Dresser, Albert B., 293-295
Dring, James, 599
Drinking-fountains, 584 Driscoll, Ellen E., 297
Drury, Caleb, 22. Elizabeth, 23. Mrs. Elizabeth, 362. Ephraim, 23, 372, 373. Joseph, 22, 23, 26, 27, 92, 150, 437, 457, 481. Lydia, 23
Drury family, 22, 23 Dublin, N. H. Association, 256
Dudley, Harriet E. (Mrs. Ezra C.), 363. Gov. Joseph, 68, 72, 73. Gov. Thomas, II, 25
Dudley Hosiery Company, 385 Duel, 621
Duffield, Derbyshire, England, 407 Dug Hill, 136
Dummer, William, 14I
Dunn-Dun, Francis de M., 355, 375, 376, 379, 668. Jonathan, 458, 465, 478. Joseph, 437. Riella J., 375, 376. William, 433
Dunn family, 63 Dunton, Mr., 583. Larkin, 424. Reu- ben, 436. William, 565
Durant, Adolphus, 307, 385. Edward, 22. Henry F., 103, 356, 373, 374. Mrs. Henry F., 53, 103, 373, 391, 486. William, 307, 385 Durbin, Margaret E., 297
Dust suppression, 105
Duties of Highway Surveyors, 107- II2 Dwight-Dwit, Henry, 368. Michael, 29. Seth, 368. Timothy, 55, 66, 360, 368 Dwight School Fund, 369, 533
Dwight School-house, 355, 360, 687. Teachers, 364
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Dwyer, Catherine, 618 Dyer, Nathaniel, 477
E ARTHQUAKE, 51, 227, 634 East Company, Militia, 440, 441, 443, 451, 452. Captains, 440, 44I. Muster-roll, 456, 457 East High School, 353, 354, 357, 595 East High School Alumni Association, 354 East Medway, 272 East Meeting-house, see Meeting- houses
East Needham, 127, 154, 212, 242, 283, 323, 324, 347, 366, 374, 380, 393, 401, 414, 422, 424, 451, 507, 545, 569, 571, 576, 584, 585, 593, 595, 630, 633
East Parish, see Parishes, First Parish East Samara, Philippines, 51I
East school district, 344, 349, 367
East school-house, 357. Teachers, 363, 364
East Street, 102, 284, 423
Eastman, Rev. Lucius R., 284, 290, 291. Lucius R., Jr., 284, 371. Sarah A., 284. Rev. William R., 275 Eaton-Eattin-Eton,-, 461. Adeline M., 363. Alger E., 640, 644. Annie M., 298. Augustus, 24, 73, 212, 324, 370, 608. Charles M., 298. Elizabeth, 298. Eulaha, 51. Everett J., 207, 582, 640, 647, 655, 664. Florence E., 364. George E., 319, 321, 325, 449, 525, 541, 663. Hannah A., 298. Harvey, 384. Henry P., 384. Jeremiah, 23, 24, 50, 87, 92, 93, 114, 173, 435, 456, 462. Jeremiah, Jr., 461, 480. John, 23, 24, 32. John A., his “Ac- count of the Eatons," 24. Josiah, 23, 24, 87, 92, 115, 116, 167, 174, 181, 208, 233, 309, 310, 422, 450, 461, 468, 577, 651. Josiah, Jr., 456. Lemuel, 456, 466, 467, 480. Moses, 456, 462, 466, 467. Re- becca, 298, 300. Samuel, 481. William, 23, 24, 81, 82, 97, 120, 136, 310, 348-350, 456, 480, 485, 546, 654. William, Jr., 24, 324, 346, 347, 589, 607 Eaton & Moulton, 384, 579 Eaton family, 23, 24, 244, 3 10 Eaton, Moulton & Jordan, 384 Eaton's stable, 612
Eayrs, William N., 603 Eberhardt, Alice H., 378 Ecclesiastical, 194-215 Ecclesiastical Councils, 283, 285-288, 290 Echo Bridge, 128
Eddy, Rev. Mary B., her "Science and Health," 305
Edes - Eades, Widow, 24. Amos, 458, 460. Benjamin, 468, 469. Collins, 458, 460, 469. Jeremiah, 458, 460. John, 24, 211, 247. John, Jr., 455, 463. Nathan, 435. Oliver, 24. Peter, 24, 86, 88, IIO, 174, 199, 314, 637, 660. Samuel, 456, 461. Sarah, 2II Edes family, 24
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, 586 Edmund, Samuel, 435
Edson, Josiah, 559
Edwards, Rev. Jonathan, 276, 280, 282, 285, 286. His salary, 276 Effingham, N. H., 667
Egan, Bridget, 327. Patrick, 327
Elastic goods made, 407, 409
Elastic stockings made, 407, 409
Eldridge, William T., 618
Electric Light Loan, 361, 585
Electric lights put in Meeting-house, 206
Electric motors, 412
Eliot, Rev. John, 78, 360
"Eliot, The," Wellesley College, 391 Eliot Engine Company, Newton, 579 Eliot Falls Electric Light Company, 585, 586
Eliot Lodge, I. O. O. F., 591
Eliot School, 360, 361, 364, 378 Eliot's Mills, 130
Elliot, Simon, 383, 582
Elliot Manufacturing Company, 381. Savings department, 381, 382 Ellis, Abijah, 363. Abner, 117. David 380, 381. Eleazer, 512. Jabez, 345. Rev. John, 237. Jonathan, 96, 160, 215, 589, 601. Joshua, 225. Rufus, 163, 380, 383. Rufus, & Co., 380. Timothy, 195. Wil- liam, 313 Ellis Paper Mill, 380 Ellis's Mills Bridge, 114, 115 Elm beetles, 614
Elmer, Rev. Daniel, 219 Elms, 61, 104
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Elmwood Park Hotel, 446, 541 Ely, Frederick D., 190 Emerson, Rev. George H., 242 Emery, Rev. Nathan, 260
Emmons, Mary B., 206
Engine Companies, 576-580 Engine-houses, 579 Enginemen, 576, 577
Engineer Corps, Civil War, 505
Engineers on the railroad, 421, 422 Engineers, Fire Department, Water Department, see Town Officers
English, Elizabeth, 472. Elizabeth M., 472. John, 460, 469, 472 English families in Needham, 402, 403, 405, 406
Ensigns, militia, 441. Norfolk Rifle Rangers, 449
Ephraim, Indian, IO
Episcopal Churches, 301-305. See Churches, Christ Church, Holy Trinity Mission
"Epitaphs from Graveyards in Welles- ley (formerly West Needham), North Natick, and Saint Mary's Churchyard in Newton Lower Falls," 327 "Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground," 324 Esparto grass, 387
Essex County, 170, 673
Essex County, England, 77
Estabrook, Rev. Frank P., 288, 293
Estey - Esty, Elijah, 307. Reuben, 338 Ether, 628
Eustis, Thomas, 342. William, 170
Evangelical Congregational Church, see Churches
Evangelical Congregational Society, 284-287, 289-291. Its officers and Standing Committee, 290, 291. Its Clerks, 295. Its Treasurers, 295 Evans-Evens, Annie E., 286. Charles, 270. George, 286. Robert, 392 Evans Collar Company, 385
Evanston, Ill., 542
Everett, Rev. Mr., 239. Percival L., 590. William, 307 Ewing, Charles, 63 1
Exempt property, 533 Exempts, War of 1812, 486-489 Expedition against Canada, 231
Ezra Newell Fuller Camp, Sons of Veterans, 508
FAGGOTS, 392 Fairbanks, Deacon, 53. David, 431. Rev. George, 261. Lemuel, 640
Fairbanks barn, 240
Fairbanks scales, 683
Fairchild, Rev. Joy H., 283
Fairhaven, Vt., 241, 452
Fales, Henry E., 190, 415
Fanning, Fred L., 509. Philip, 297
Farie, Alexander, 429 Farlis, Benjamin, 387
Farnham, David S., 354
Farrell, Rev. William J., 296
Farrington, Ichabod, 478
Farris- Faris-Fariss, James, 460, 468, 473, 475, 537. Phebe, 565. Wil- liam, 148, 149, 155, 214, 232, 339, 341, 460, 565, 609, 648, 652 Farris family, 565
Farrow, John, 431. Nathan, 433
Farwell, Isaac, 389. Rev. Parris T., 278
Farwell & Conant, 389
Fast Days, 227, 233, 271, 273. Ser- mon, 244 Faulkner, Mary J., 300
Felch, Ebenezer, 143. John, 149
Fellows, John, 431, 432
Felt-Feltt, Abner, 458, 462. Moses, 21I, 431, 432, 454 Felton, Daniel, 110. Isaac, 540, 589 Fence viewers, see Town Officers Field, Hopestill, 429. Robert, 436 Field drivers, see Town Officers Fife players, 63 1
Fifth Maryland Regiment, 138 Finance Committee, see Town Officers Financial, 512-537. Currency and town debts, 514-517. Town debt, 517, 518. Committee to reckon with the Town Treasurer and Auditors, 518, 519. Assessment of taxes- Assessors, 519-522. Col- lection of taxes-Collectors, 522- 525. Duties of the taxpayers, 525, 526. Abatement of taxes, 526, 527. Miscellaneous tax items, 527, 528. Province tax, 528-530. Census and statistics, 530-535. Prices of commodities, 535-537 Finishing-nails made, 398 Finnegan, Rev. John, 260, 262 Fire-alarm system, 579-581 Fire-companies, 576-580, 633
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Fire Department, 576-581 Fire dogs, 342 Fire-engines, 576
Firemen, 394, 576, 577
Firemen's Relief Association, 581 Firewards, see Town Officers First Baptist Society, 250
First Church in Needham, see Churches
First Church of Christ Scientist, see Churches
First Congregational Church, see Churches, Evangelical Congrega- tional Church
First Congregational Church, Wellesley Hills, see Churches, Orthodox Con- gregational Church in Grantville
First Meeting-house, see Meeting- houses, First Church
First New Hampshire Regiment, 255 First Parish, see Parishes
First Parish Guild, 306
First Regiment of Infantry, 440, 441, 444
First settlement of Needham, 9-67 First Suffolk Regiment, 440, 441, 461 Fish, 644
Fisher, Aaron, 456, 466, 467. Allen, 392. Anthony, II, 24. Caleb, 627. Cornelius, 13. Daniel, 11, 24, 32, 80, 137, 312-314. Deborah, 24. Ebenezer, 25, 196, 203, 206, 308, 323, 339, 437, 648, 651, 678. Elizabeth, 61. Esther, 328. Fran- cis D., 298. George, 97, 108, 120, 158, 159, 161, 215, 226, 345, 362, 485, 646, 652, 662, 665. Gordon, 302. Jabez, 169. Jeremiah, 14, 24, 25, 57, 174, 199, 314, 333, 647, 650, 657, 665, 677. John, 24, 25, 46, 55, 61, 66, 67, 71, 74, 84-87, 89, 91, 94, 108, 113, 114, 117, 121, 141, 144, 167, 173, 174, 181, 182, 184, 194-196, 198-203, 208, 216, 217, 219-221, 223, 229, 233, 249, 314, 315, 328, 369, 437, 472, 475, 512, 513, 562, 638, 639, 645, 648, 649, 651, 657, 658, 683. John, Jr., 220, 225, 435, 647, 660, 683, 687. John D., 317. Jonathan, 108. Joseph, 95, 394, 468, 477, 488. Joshua, 136, 137. Josiah, 456, 459. 462, 476, 478. "Liddy," 26, 333. Mary, 362. Mehitable, 616. Na- thaniel, 89, 92, 95, 108, 117, 118, 121, 168, 183, 208, 234, 235,
315, 336, 450, 467, 472, 480, 515, 530, 639, 645, 648, 651, 658, 660. Nathaniel, Jr., 456, 461, 466. Philip A., his "Genealogy of the Fisher family," 26. Rebecca, 224. Samuel, 26, 116, 256, 461, 483. Sarah E., 298. Simeon, 203, 456, 459. Thomas, 53, 456, 459, 468, 469, 479. Timothy, 456, 461 Fisher family, 24-26, 245
Fisher's Bridge, 95, 114, 121, 122, 130, 249
Fisher's Meeting Road, 21, 12I
Fisher's Mill, 26, 108, 130
Fisher's Road, 95
Fishkill, New York, 460, 477, 478
Fisk-Fiske, Aaron, 264. Elijah, 27.
Emery, 27, 161, 163, 171, 278, 646, 654, 663. Enoch, 27, 95, 96, 110, 215, 313, 339, 340, 462, 480, 648, 652, 661. Isabella H., 27. Isaiah, 27, 307, 487, 601, 666. Joseph E., 163, 275, 276, 279, 281, 358, 373, 507, 578, 645, 646, 655, 668. Joshua, 27, 150, 214. Moses, 17, 23, 26, 27, 92, 125, 144, 150, 168, 336, 338-341, 437, 439, 481, 516, 563, 652, 661. Nathaniel, 430, 431. Peter, 569. Samuel, 27. Susan W., 668.
Thomas, 459.
Fisk - Fiske family, 26, 27
Fiske Dormitory, 343
Fissell & Wagner, 377
Fitchburg, 447 Fitzgerald, John H., 297, 396, 423 Flag House Hill, 99
Flagg, Charles H., 30, 264, 265, 270, 359. Eben, 444, 603, 631. Elisha, 488, 631. Esther, 617. Isaac, 401, 631. Lydia, 472. Solomon, 19, 185, 187, 309, 343, 346, 352, 363, 369, 458, 459, 467, 469-472, 485, 489, 524, 539, 631, 657, 659, 662, 688. Solomon, Jr., 309, 631, 646, 653, 663, 666. William, 98, 100, 131, 162, 181, 189, 247, 349, 351, 543, 551, 576, 578, 601, 607, 646, 648, 653, 659, 663, 666, 688
Flagg family, 343, 630 Flagg's Band, 63 I Flagg's Tavern, 539
Flags, given to schools, 355. Put on graves of Revolutionary soldiers, 485. Silk flag given to Galen Orr Post, 507
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Flaherty, Rev. Michael T., 296 Flanders, Samuel, 570
Fleming, Elizabeth, 617
Florence, S. C., 505 Florence Avenue, 131
Florence Grove, 131
Floyd -Floid, Philip, 17, 458, 460, 462, 550. Samuel, 114 Floyd place, 403
Flute played in church, 309
Foley, Patrick J., 297. Mrs. Patrick J., 297
Foot-bridges, 114, 121, 124, 127, 128
Ford, James, 648. Maria L., 668
Fords, 114, 115
Forest firewards, see Town Officers
Forest Street, 15, 13I
Forsyth, Samuel, 54
Fort Cumberland, 433
Fort Edward, 430, 431
Fort Gray, Plymouth, N. C., 504 Fort Sumter, 442
Fort Warren, 487
Fortress Monroe, 502
Foster, Captain, 469, 470. Charles H. W., 21, 52, 65, 563. Rev. Emer- son, 237. John, 474
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