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955
HISTORICAL INDEX.
BATTLES, Edward, 331. BEAL, Rev. S. L., 351.
BEAMAN, Ephraim, 330; Samuel, 327; Silas, 321, 330, 427.
BEARD, Andrew, 290.
BELCHER, Andrew, 471; Gov. Jonathan, 44, 48, 49, 52, 56, 57.
BELLOWS, Benjamin, 62, 74, 75.
BEMIS, Abner, 166; David, 89, 127, 153, 26S; Edmund, 127, 153, 155, 159, 164, ISO, 191, 437, 447; Phillip, 70, 73, 74, 79, So, 96, 98, 99, 102, 112, 120, 139, 215, 304, 433; Thomas, 70, 74. 85, 329; William, 98, 100, 127; Zac- cheus, 153.
BERNARD, Gov. Francis, 104, 147. BICKFORD, William, 153, 290.
BIGELOW, Asa, 293, 298, 338, 440; Wid. Asa, 471; Benjamin, 304, 307; Benson, 374; Eliezer, 74, 98, 109, 128; Elisha, 98, 127, 130, 153, 181, 198, 201, 205, 206, 243, 271, 272, 274, 277, 278, 281, 304, 305, 326, 431, 435-7; Jabez, 60, 102, 128, 153, 274. 304; John, 327; Joshua, 89, 274, 278; Luke, 438, 464.
BLANCHARD, Sarah, IS1, 470.
BLOOD, Reuben, 278.
BOARDMAN, J., 369.
BOLTON, Aaron, 202, 424; A. Jackson, 441; Ebenezer, 290; Mrs. Hollis, 454; Simeon L., 473.
BOND, Reuben, 304; Thaddeus, 298.
BOWERS, James, 430; Nehemiah, 290.
BOWMAN, Joseph, 50, 53, 55, 56, 58-60, 63, 69, 70, 74, 106.
BRADBURY, William S., 231, 323, 370, 376, 448, 456.
BRATTLE, William, 57, 60, 61, 64, 71, 73, 117, 328.
BRIGDEN, Michael, 470; Thomas, 124, 140, 269, 282, 304, 320, 470.
BRIGGS, Rev. Levi, 346.
BROOKS, Asa, 295, 320, 489; Isaac, 202; Ivers, 314, 489; John, 89, 120, 152, 153, 156; Samuel, 308, 490; Simeon, 329; Stillman, 448, 456.
BROWN, Barron, 290; Benjamin, 59, 61, 69, 75, 106, 204; Rev. Caleb, 355; Charles E., 355; Jacob, 310; Jonathan, 274; Joseph, 305, 438; Nathaniel, 131, 282; Philander C., 296, 456; Mrs. Sarah P., 473.
BRUCE, George W., 324, 473; James R., 296, 456.
BURNET, William, 41. BURNHAM, Edwin L., 319, 443, 446. BURGESS, S. A., 259. BURR, Samuel, 70, 78.
BUTTERFIELD, Benjamin, 127, 289, 433- BUTTRICK, Horatio G., 298. BYRNE, Rev. Martin, 357.
CAPEN, Charles, 295. CARPENTER, Rev. George, 356. CARR, John W., 489; Walter, 315. CARTER, Oliver, 329.
CHADWICK, -, 367.
CHANDLER, Samuel, 40, 44, 48, 52, 58, 61.
CHAPLINE, Joseph, 102.
CHASE, Rev. Ira, 354; Rufus P., 296.
CHIENEY, Fred N., 446; Wallace, 261., 324, 445.
CHICATOBET, 32.
CHILD, David, 243; Joshua, 74.
CLARK, H. W., 319; James, 153; James, Jr., 290; James 11., 317; Josiah, 253; Rev. Samuel, 333, 334; Wm. C., 253. COBB, David, 321, 322; Samuel, 322. COMEE, Mrs. Maria W., 471.
CONANT, Amos, 153; Ebenezer, 120; Josiah, 274; Thomas, 120, 127, 129, I 53.
COOK, Daniel, 78, 79, 86, 117, 215; Samuel, 171, 282, 290; Rev. William, IIO.
COOLEDGE, Rev. Charles E., 341.
COOLIDGE, Charles, 316, 448; Frank, 316; Fred S., 316, 489; John R., 316, 449.
COOPER, Jedediah, 102, 164, 202, 203, 325; Samuel, 323, 326, 333.
COREY, Nathan, 303, 307, 315, 326, 327, 330
COWEE, Aaron, 315; David, 278; Far- well, 292, 322, 325, 327, 439; James, 89, ISI, 277, 470; Leander, 323; Pear- son, 31 5.
CRADDOCK, Matthew, 30.
CRANE, Albert, 367.
CROSBY, Philip, 324, 439.
CUMMINGS, Rev. Henry, 256, 422; Sarah (Mrs. Warner), 259.
CURTIS, Rev. Chandler, 356-S.
CUSHING, Rev. Stephen, 343.
CUTLER, James, 295, 304; Rev. W. H., 340.
CUTTING, Asa, 315, 439; Dr. Flavel, 253; John, 50, 53, 55, 56, 60, 69, 74, 106; Jonas, 308, 439; Josiah, 89, 120, 127, 237; Nathan, 278; Nathan II., 439.
DALE, Joseph, 307, 329.
DAMON, Charles T., 319; John, 69, 106, 109, 439; Thomas, 293, 338, 471; Timothy, 191, 274, 290, 489. DARBY, Andrew, So, 86, 89, 102, 120, 121, 127, 129-131, 152, 215, 290, 306, 446, 471; John, 153, 315; Nathan, 153, 274, 282, 290.
DAVIS, Benjamin, 327. DAVY, W. K., 255.
DAY, John B., 324. DEAN, Rev. Paul, 347, 348.
DENNY, Charles A., 256.
DERBY, Almon, 315, 329.
DICKINSON, Ferdinand, 327.
DIKE, Benjamin, 293; Joanna, 179; Nicholas, 100, 102, 103, 127, 156, 160-163, 169, 183, 193, 238, 243, 272, 289, 292, 448, 477, 478. DIVOLL, Luke, 367. DODD, Rufus, 247, 309, 321, 325.
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
DOTY, Timothy, 310, 323, 326, 365, 427, 429, 445-
DRURY, A. Evander, 297, 422, 424; Elea- zer, 179; Lyman, 424, DUDLEY, Gov. William, 43, 44.
DUMMER, Gov. William, 41.
DUNN, John, 439, 489.
DUNSTER, David, 74, 98, 328, 446; Thomas, 102, 103.
DUPEE, Charles HI., 471; Isaac, 274, 278; John, 332; J. J. and L. H., 489.
DURANT, Henry F., 340, 358.
DUSTIN, Alexander, 430, 434, 438, 439. DUTTON, Ephraim, 100.
EAMES, Nathaniel, 324.
EARLE, William H., 256.
EATON, Ebenezer, 290; Frank, 449; Nathaniel, 290; William, 449.
EDGARTON, Joseph, 330.
EDGELL, John, 293, 315, 329; John D., 462; William, 89, 103, 166, 168, 190, 201, 227, 268, 274, 277-9, 281, 293, 296, 328, 474, 477. ELIOT, John, 30, 34.
ELKINS, D. S., 367.
ELLIS, Preston, 313; Preston P., 313, 446; Mrs. Samantha, 358, 359; wil- liam P., 462.
ELMORE, Joseph, 327.
EMERSON, Augustus, 321, 327; Rev. Brown, 340, 457; Jacob, 290.
ENDICOTT, Gov. John, 30.
ESTABROOK, C. Asher, 472; Edward C., 471; John, 127, 128, 156, 274, 290, 292; Thomas, 489.
ESTEY, Oliver, 322, 439. EVANS, ELIAS, 304.
EVERETT, Asa C., 439; Hiram, 439; Dr. Jeremiah, 153, 160, 239; Joshua, 153, 197, 290, 310, 326, 430; Joshua T., 462; Peletiah, 278, 310, 322, 326, 448.
FARNSWORTH, Asa, 245, 274, 278, 304, 305, 309, 329-31, 434, 445, 448, 489; Jonathan, 465. FELT, Rev. Mr., 352. FELTON, Rev. George D., 356.
FENNO, Frank W., 446; Martha B., 259; Reuben, 295, 312. FESSENDEN, John, 359.
FITCH, John, 98. FISHER, Rev. Abial, 354.
FLETCHER, Gideon, 102.
FLINT, Jonathan, 202; Joseph, 202; Porter, 202. FOLGER, Allen, 458. FORBES, Rev. Eli, 266.
FORBUSH, Albert, 315, 489; Charles A., 402, 446; David, 310, 322, 326; Rev. Jonathan E., 356; Mrs. Jonathan E., 372; Joseph W., 310, 319, 449, 456; Manasseh S., 231, 310, 322, 326, 456. FOSDICK, Frederick D., 462.
FOSKETT, Joel, 314; John, 153, 155, 156, IS3, 269, 274, 282, 312, 354, 359. -
FOSTER, Charles, 321; David, 171, 282, 283; Samuel, 290; William L., 321. FULLER, Henry T., 256.
GARFIELD, Benjamin, 74; Solomon, 153. GATES, Hezekiah, 86; John, 86, 130; Phineas, 310; Simon, 153.
GAUT, J. Russell, 254; Thomas, 439. GERRISH, Samuel, 185, 278, 320.
GETCHELL, Warren E., 489.
GIBBS, Elijah, 89, 328; Joseph, 96, 98, 102; Paul, 489.
GILES, Charles F., 449; Charles G., 322, 324.
GILL, Michael, 167, 168, 320, 447.
GLAZIER, Benjamin, 305; T. Edwin, 458. GOODALE, John, 202, 305, 306.
GOULD, Benjamin, 102.
GOULDING, Mr., 305.
GODDARD, Emerson N., 327.
GRAVES, Jonathan, 290; Levi, 291, 307, 324; Peter, 272, 274, 278, 290; Richard, So, 89, 96, 99, 112, 119, 127, 128, 135, 153, 180, 290, 307, 446.
GREEN, Dr. Israel, 191; Joseph, 171. GREENWOOD, Aaron, 321. GRIFFIN, James A., 489.
HADLEY, John, 74, 202, 295; Josiah, 489.
IIAGER, Arabella (Mrs. Joseph), 261; Elijah, 274, 277, 320; Jonathan, 291, 489; Joseph, 366, 402, 421; Martha, 447; Mary B., 425; Samuel, 96.
HAINES, George N., 319.
HALE, Cummings, 367.
HALL, Elisha, 303, 330.
HALSTAT, -, 367.
HARRINGTON, Benjamin, 359; Daniel, 305; John, 293; Seth, 89, 120, 153, 275, 278.
HARRIS, Samuel, 102.
HART, Ebenezer, 102.
HARTWELL, Leander, 422.
HARVEY, Darius, 291; Dr. Zachariah, 130, 152, 155, 156, 164, 183, 305, 306, 320.
HAYES, James, 69-71, 106. HAYWARD, Calvin, 326. HEADLEY, John, 470.
HEYWOOD, I. W., 367; John, 248, 329, 376, 440; Mrs. John, 373; Nathan, 86; Porter P., 256; Samuel R., 256; Seth, 198; Timothy, 104. 246, 271, 307, 365, 469; William S .. 256, 257, 457, 459, 46[.
HILL, David W., 446; Rev. John, 341. HITCHCOCK, Robert S., 253; Rev. M. H., 340.
HOAR, Austin, 490; Charles, 326; Daniel, 72, 74, 80, 81, 85, 96, 99, 126-9, 139, 155, 164, 180, 181, 215, 216, 238, 268, 289, 292, 325, 433, 470; Ezra, 326; Ira, 439; John, 81, 169, 274, 277, 278, 282, 291; Samuel, 274, 278; Stephen, 272, 274, 278, 279, 322, 326, 434, 437, 464. HOARD, Charles B., 458.
957
HISTORICAL INDEX.
HOLDEN, Abner, 67, 89, 98, 100, 120, 122, 128, 131, 133, 136, 140. 152-6, 164, 169, 180, 182, 183, 187, 196, 198, 201, 205, 218, 243, 246, 274, 281, 325, 328, 329, 431, 434, 472, 477; A. Brad- ley, 296, 422, 424, 456; Elias, 471; Ethan W., 297, 424; Ezra, 434, 437; George, 317, 318, 489; Jonas, 424; Joseph, 66, 69-74, 76, So, 85-9, 96, 98, 108, 109, 112, 120, 127, 128, 130, 138, 160, 180, 214, 274, 278, 282, 325, 433, 437, 446, 447, 464; Justinian, 66, 75, 470; Levi, 274; Stephen, 74, 98, 135, 189, 216, 237, 282, 489; Timothy, 255.
HOLT, Barzillai, 291.
HOSLEY, Benjamin, 89, 92; Joseph, 98, 102, 128, 135, 152, 307; William, 291. HOUGIITON, Benjamin, 471; Ezra, 471; Jonas, 44, 45, 59; Samuel, 282, 471; Nathaniel, 471; William, 291.
HOWARD, Benjamin, 304, 469; Joseph, 295, 304; Mrs. Joseph, 373; Nathan, 152, 153, 194, 272, 304; Porter, 317. HOWE, Franklin, 456; Herbert, 459; Nahum B., 311; W. H., 462. HUDDLESTONE, William, 311.
HUDSON, Charles, 97, 99, 231, 253, 256, 262, 347, 348, 427, 457, 458; Mrs. Charles, 372.
HUNTING, Moses, 478.
INGALLS, Albert S., 255.
JACKSON, Edward, 153, 243, 274, 277; Elisha, 152, 156, 164, 166, 181, 198, 290, 292; Isaac, So; John, 367; 'Josiah, 89, 120, 152, 183. 290; Josiah B., 367; Oliver, 274, 445; Samuel, 60-63, 70- 73, 78; Sebez, 180, 274, 278, 282; Rev. William C., 253.
JACOBS, Loring, 327. JEFFORDS, C. D., 255.
JOHNSON, Rev. Robert G., 358, 422; Artemas W., 323, 324; Rev. Elias, 353; Mr., 255. JOHNSTON, Thomas, 477.
JONES, Ebenezer, 207, 320, 431, 437, 439, 445, 448; Farwell, 309, 321; Franklin, 253; George, 446. JOSLIN, Milton, 311, 448. JOYNER, Edward, 102.
KEMPTON, Jennie T., 465.
KENDALL, Charles, 458; Edward, 248, 249, 256, 258, 263, 308, 319, 338, 370, 374, 438, 439, 441, 466; Edward S., 297, 323, 445; George, 263, 308, 319, 432, 449, 466; Mary F., 373; Josiah, 135; Samuel G., 324, 445, 456; Thomas, 313. KEYES, Eli, 102, 166. KIMBALL, Gen. John W., 422.
KNEELAND, Samuel, 45, 48-51, 60, 61, 63, 430.
KNOWER, Ann, 179; Charles F., 471; Thomas, 273, 275, 277, 338, 435, 471.
LANE, Geo. W., 448.
LAWS, James, 202; J. Hervey, 471; Solo- mon, 226; Thomas, 202.
LEONARD, Enoch, 330; Phineas, 305, 330. LEARNED, John, 489.
LERNED, Rev. J. H., 357.
LEWIS, Abijah, 306; John, 314, 315.
LINCOLN, Rev. Varnum, 349.
LIVERPOOL, Joshua, 489.
LOCKE, Edward J., 473; Theodore P., 263, 319, 375.
LOMBARD, Franklin, 305, 315, 316, 489. LONG, John D., 424.
LORD, Walter E., 445.
LUCAS, Charles A., 445; Henry, 296.
LYNDE, Joseph, 62, 69, 74, 87, 88, 214. LYON, M. N., 367.
MANN, Rev. Cyrus, 253, 254, 285,
333-8, 344, 355, 369,
379, 477;
Ebenezer, 424.
MANDELL, William A., 256.
MANSUR, Charles L., 425.
MARSH, Rev. Elisha, 109-25, 131, 132, 135, 137, 238, 320; Samuel, 333.
MARSHALL, Dr. Benjamin, 249, 279; Mrs. Joseph T., 425; Silas, 291.
MARTIN, John, 102, 202, 281; Samuel, 202.
MASSASOIT, 32, 34. MAY, Sumner, 314.
MAYHEW, Thomas, 30.
MAYNARD, David, 153; Elijah, 295; Luther, 327; Rev. Lyman, 350; Na- thaniel, 327.
MAYO, William, 446, 448, 449; Hamil- ton, 462.
MCCULLUM, James T., 253.
MERRIAM, A. Holden, 254, 256; Arte- mas, 317, 318, 358, 445, 456, 461; Asa, 471; Rev. Asaph, 354, 357; Caleb S., 305, 306, 314, 316, 456; Eli H., 306; Rev. Franklin, 355, 357, 458; Frank A., 324, 359; Joel, 232, 263, 304, 317, 318, 329, 354, 355, 358, 359, 370, 375, 377, 422, 438, 455, 456; J. H., 324, 359, 360; John, 305, 314, 316; Jonas, 316, 489; Nathan, 295; Oliver M., 305, 316, 471; Mrs. Read, 373; Sam- uel, 153, 274.
METACOM (Philip), 35.
MILES, Dr. Asa, 323, 445; Clough R., 458; Mrs. Daniel, 373; Daniel C., 305, 315-319, 359, 360, 445, 446, 456, 459; George, 374, 422, 456, 471; Isaac, 321, 327; Joel, 274; John, So, 127, 128, 135, 180, 181, 198, 290, 426; Jonas, 207, 274, 278, 279, 471; Nathan, 274, 278, 291; Gen. Nelson A., 359; Noah, 135, 156, 181, 191, 290-2; Reuben, 127, 128, 135, 159, 180, 470, 471; Stephen, 274, 291; Thomas, 327, 329, 428.
MILLER, Benjamin, 367; Edward P., 297, 424; Ephraim, 171, 290; Frank E., 425; George F., 465; Isaac, 171, 291; John, 308; Jonas, 295, 370, 421,
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MILLER (continued).
456; J. Hervey, 297, 424, 461; Joseph, 72, 74, 79, So, 85, 89, 96, 102, 112, 115, 120, 122, 127-30, 133-6, 153, 171, ISO, 181, 183, 184, 188, 214, 215, 243, 272, 275, 291, 305, 330, 433, 436, 447; Louis S., 425; Levi, 295, 458, 462; Marcus M., 424; Salmon, 321; Sylves- ter, 295; William, 356, 360.
MILLS, Rev. Edward, 357; William, 278.
MINOTT, John, 377, 422, 449, 456, 471; Jonathan, 245, 246, 274, 278, 279, 312, 439; Joseph, 139, 312, 313, 439; Leonard, 439, 441, 442; Luke, 448. MONROE, John, 102, 367.
MOOR. Asa, 329; Fairbanks, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 100, 108, 109, 112, 214, 325, 447.
MOORE, Arad, 427; John M., 257, 462; Joshua, 489.
MORSE, Rev. Appleton, 354, 355.
MOSMAN, Abel, 308; John, 315; Mat- thias, 222; Moses, 295; Samuel, 308, 438.
MUDGE, Joseph, 312.
MUNJOY, Benjamin, 490; Daniel, 70, 304.
MUNROE, Ebenezer, 179, 315; John, 315, 489.
MURDOCK, John, 370.
NEWTON, Mrs. Joel, 471; Richard, 127; Shadrick, 291.
NICHOLS, Charles, 317, 443, 446, 449, 489; David, 282, 291; Edmund, 314, 315, 317, 324; Marcus M., 317, 489; Rebecca, 179; - , 255.
NORCROSS, Nathaniel, 57; Samuel, 153. NOYES, Adam, 327; Samuel M., 316.
O'DANIELS, Rev. De Witt C., 350. OSBORNE, Ai, 306.
PAGE, Mrs. Josiah, 373; Major, 295, 315, 456.
PALMER, Rev. Charles M., 334, 335, 341, 344, 451, 461. PARKER, Caleb, 278; Nathan, 106.
PARSONS, Rev. B. F., 340.
PARTRIDGE, Henry J., 359, 449; Liber- ty, 305, 489; Rev. Lyman, 353, 359, 451.
PEACOCK, Rev. John, 357.
PECKHAM, George, 259; Rev. Joseph, 422, 458; Robert, 370, 375, 422, 439. PENNIMAN, William, 310, 326.
PERRY, Silas, 278, 308, 437.
PHILIP, (King), 35, 36.
PIERCE, Elisha, 489; Frank J., 446; Joseph, 310; Nathan, 89, 153. PLATTS, John V., 367.
POND, W. B., 255.
POWNELL, Gov. Thomas, 89, 91, 137. PROCTER, Rev. George, 351.
PIFFER, James, 295, 305, 421, 448; Mrs. James, 373; Josiah, 164, 180, 201, 296, 438, 474; Merrick, 327;
Stephen, 295; Samuel, 489, 490; Thankful, 474.
PUTNAM, Amasa, 327; David, 324.
RABB, William P., 367.
RAND, Hananiah, 291, 475; John, 89, 120, 121, 122, 128, 133, 136, 153, 164, 168, 180, 205, 238, 289, 290, 292, 325, 424, 431, 433; Mehitable, 490; Thomas, 274, 277, 328, 330; Zachariah, 153, 227, 246, 274, 437.
RAY, Anson, 471; Asa, 191, 314; Hiram, 471.
RAYMOND, Abijah H., 304; Aretas, 366; George T., 357; Hobart, 424; Mrs. Hobart, 425; John, 330; Nathan, 279, 298, 304.
REED, Phineas W., 323, 489; Charles F., 462.
REMINGTON, Rev. Benjamin, 355.
RICE, Rev. Asaph, 127, 129, 211, 266, 268-71, 280, 284-88, 298, 321, 471, 477; Thomas, 321, 490; William W., 256.
RICH, Rev. A. Judson, 340, 422.
RICHARDSON, Levi, 489; William, 69, 71, 90, 106, 128.
RIDER, Eleazer, 304, 329; Joseph, 304, 329.
ROBBINS, Ephraim, 274, 305, 329, 330; Jonas. 330.
ROCKWOOD, Rev. Mr., 335.
ROPER, John P., 359; Mrs. Ann C., 358, 422, 462.
ROWLANDSON, Mrs. Mary, 38.
RUGG, Joseph, 367.
RUSSELL, Thomas H., 256.
SAMOSET, 31. SAMPSON, Abram, 471, 489.
SANDERSON, Rev. Amasa, 254; Samuel, 102; Simeon, 248, 326, 365, 429, 440, 442
SASSAMON, 35. SAVAGE, Rev. Edward, 356.
SAWIN, Abner, 179; Charles, 489; Dan- iel, 274; Ebenezer, 472; Ezekiel, 305; John F., 471; Jonathan, 291, 471; Mrs. Luke, 359; Reuben, 271-3, 275, 277, 291, 307, 321; Mrs. Reuben, 373; Sam- uel, 153, 168, 290, 324, 476; Stephen, 135, 197; William, 439, 469. SAWTELL, Ebenezer W., 490.
SAWYER, Abel, 295; Alvin, 255; Amos, 295, 489; Darius, 291; Eli, 489; Jacob, 246; Jonathan, 202, 242; Mary, 375; Nathaniel, 202; Rev. Royal T., 351; Sanford, 314; Zadoc, 321.
SEAVER, Asahel R., 489; Benjamin, 295; Elijah, 102; Isaac, 367; Josiah, 102; Norman, 153, 274, 275, 277; Mrs. Sarah, 445; Robert, 100.
SHIRLEY, Gov. William, 76, 95, 97, 100.
SIMONDS, Elijah, 291; S. Dwight, 443. SHUMWAY, Dr. Abishai, 322; Nehemiah, 295, 311.
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HISTORICAL INDEX.
SMITH, Aaron, 312, 440; Charles, 314,
315, 322; Henry M., 256, 257; Rev. H. W., 352; Jonas, 202; Jonathan, 202; Jonathan W., 153, 473; Milton, 322; Samuel, 74; Sidney, 295; Silas, 295, 321; Rev. Stephen S., 338, 458; Zachariah, 36, 58, 59.
SPALDING, Amos P., 367; Anson, 456;
Jesse, 295, 440, 441; Jonathan, 291;
Joseph, 152; Merari, 246, 295; - , 367.
SPRAGUE, Samuel H., 331, 446; Mrs. Ann M., 445.
SQUANTO, 31.
STANDISH, Miles, 33.
STEARNS, Charles H., 456; John, 74, S9; Moses, 120; Thomas, 73, 74, So, 86, 89, 96, 98, 100, 108, 112, 120, 446; Timothy, 102.
STEDMAN, Isaac, 74, 98; Jonathan, 102; William, 102.
STEVENS, Ephraim, 100; Henry, 98, 102, 328; Samuel A., 256.
STICKNEY,, Alvin O., 224.
STONE, Abram, 153, 282, 291; Jesse, 304.
STRONG, Solomon, 247, 294, 430.
SWAIN, Rev. T. B., 356.
SWAN, Frances A .. 490.
SWAZEY, Dr. Geo. B., 458.
SWEETZER, Mrs. Persis M., 312.
TAFT, Asa, 291.
TAYLOR, Aaron, 295; Asa, 102, 103, 278; Ebenezer, 89, 120; Ezra, 306; James,
S9, 120; Rev. James, 352; John, 295; Joseph, 226; Samuel, 253.
THOMAS, Isaiah, 445.
THOMPSON, John A., 326.
THURSTON, Gilman, 311; Moses, 282, 292, 476.
TITUS, Otis, 310; Mrs. Sally M., 372, 405.
TOTTINGHAM, Elisha, 489; Nathaniel, 291.
TOWNE, S. F., 367, 489.
TUCKER, Jedediah, 291.
TURNER, Rev. Edward, 346, 349.
TWICHELL, James P., 490; Reuben W., 465
UPHAM, Alvin, 310; Mrs. Joshua, 373.
UPTON, Charles, 422, 446, 465; Mrs. Sarah H., 447.
URBAN, John G. F., 466.
VOSE, Principal, 256.
WALCOTT, Geo. K., 445; Samuel H., 380.
WALKER, Daniel, So, S9, 127, 180, 197, 215, 471, 489; Paul, 282; Seth, 72, 74, 96, 227, 306.
WALTON, Jacob, 171, 291.
WAMSUTTA (Alexander), 35.
WASHBURN, Ex-Gov. William B., 256. WARD, John, 202, 429; Jonas, 295.
WARNER, Dr. Clinton, 422, 456; Levi, 445; Melville H., 445; Mrs. Sarah C., 261.
WARREN, Isaac, 294; Jonathan, 179; Mrs. Simeon, 373.
WEARS, Wonder, 249, 303, 329-31, 427, 441.
WEBSTER, Stephen W., 327.
WELLINGTON, Seth, 327.
WETHERBEE, Ephraim, 153; Isaac, 489. WHEELER, Albion, 315; Asa, 295; Fran-
cis D., 490; Hayman, 247, 295; Jef- ferson, 295; John, S9, 325; Josiah, 102, 202, 281, 290; Mrs. Josiah, 474; Lorenzo D., 315; Nathaniel, 89, 274, 278, 314.
WHITCOMB, George W., 473.
WHITE, James, 365, 430, 438, 439; Dr. John, 263, 376, 432, 439, 442; Dr. John H., 256; Jonathan, 80, 102; Marshall, 449; Rev. Orlando H., 339, 458.
WHITING, William, 310, 448.
WHITMAN, Jerome, 261, 315, 445; Jon- athan, 305, 326; Joseph, 231, 258, 313, 315, 322, 324; Joseph M., 296, 323, 377, 445, 449, 456; Maria, 466; Mrs. Sarah H., 260, 261, 460; Zachariah, 305, 326.
WHITNEY, Abner, 278, 448, 490; Au- gustine, 366, 402, 443, 456; Benjamin H., 314; Calvin, 290, 314, 422, 471; Charles, 490; David, 456; Rev. E. W., 351; Francis A., 255; George, 490; Harrison G., 263, 319, 323, 376, 402, 465; Horace, 447; John, 315, 359; John E., 359; Jonas, 89, 180, 246, 290, 294, 429, 430, 437, 469; Joseph, 248, 338, 441, 442, 490; Joseph H., 295, 296, 440; Lucy B., 457; M. Elizabeth, 422; Nathan, 89, 128, 139, 153, 180, 197, 258, 278, 289-92, 439, 445, 470; Rev. Quincy, 257, 350; Samuel, 74, 89, 127, 128, 153, 180, 181, 191, 216, 237-9; Sarah B., 461; Solomon, 444; Stephen, 327; Wilbur F., 252.
WILDER, Nathaniel, 291; Willoughby, 318
WILLARD, Jonathan, 56, 62; Samuel, 98, 99, 124.
WILLIAMS, Isaac, 180, 243, 274, 278, 279, 282, 291, 326, 329, 330, 461.
WILLIS, William, 56-61, 64, 68, 71, 78. WINSHIP, Cyrus, 464; John, 295; Jonas, 89, 120, 295.
WINSLOW, Josiah, 36.
WINTHROP, Gov. John, 32.
WISWALL, Lucy, 490; Mary L. B., 490; Noah, 428; William, 305, 443.
WORTHINGTON, Charles S., 358; Rev. W. A., 358.
WOOD, Aaron, 295, 456; Mrs. Aaron, 373; Abel, 179, 206, 207, 246, 278, 279, 291, 294, 298, 312, 430, 432, 437, 464; Abel S., 323; Abram, 249, 370; Abram W., 259; Ahijah, 179, 277, 278, 291; Allen B., 306; Benjamin F., 371,
960
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
WOOD (continned).
427, 447, 453, 456; Catharine, 380; Ezra, 247, 295, 365, 464; George, 306, 462; Goodwin, 458; Joel, 321-3; Mrs. Mary M., 373; Myra, 337, 379; Na- than, 89, 127, 128, 133, 152, 153, 18I, IS2, 202, 238, 269, 291, 490; Na- thaniel G., 329; Robert, 303; Stephen, 367; Theodore S., 443; William, 29; William B., 257.
WOODWARD, John, 89, 102, 127, 135, 153, ISO, ISI, 274, 289, 290, 295; Na- thaniel, 153, 291.
WRIGIIT, Rev. David, 355; Jacob, 40, 45.
WYMAN, Alfred, 263, 319, 329, 330, 37 5; Amos, 295; Benjamin, 231, 303-5, 329-31, 375, 445, 456, 490; Charles F., 319; David, 303, 304, 329-31; Franklin, 303, 304, 315, 318, 319, 324, 329-31, 456; Joel, 458.
SUBJECTS.
Abandoned Homesteads, 387-98. Aboriginal Occupants, 22-4.
Abolitionists, 374-6.
Academy, History of, 252-5; Reunion, 255-7. Accidental Deaths, 488. Altitudes, II.
Alum Rock, 472.
Amusements in Old Times, 384,
Anecdotes of Other Days, 473-8.
Animals, Wild, IS; Domestic, 19; Mis- chievous, 22.
Annual Meeting, 85, 432. Anti-Slavery Sentiment, 373-7 Appropriations, 483, 484. Army to Oppose King Philip, 36, 37. Assessors, First Chosen, 73; List of, 502.
Bank, Westminster, 445. Bans of Marriage, 467. Barn, The Lord's, 202-5.
Baptist Church and Society. 352-60.
Bass Viol, In Church, 283; Manufact- ure, 312.
Bathing-tubs, Public, 469.
Bennington, Battle of, 164.
Berry-picking, etc., 313.
Birds, 20.
Books, Proprietors, Trouble About, 131. Boot and Shoe Making, 311.
Boston Massacre, 147; Tea Party, 149, 1 50; Patriots, 145-50; Suffering in, 151.
Bounty, To Settlers, 64, 74, SI; To Rev. Soldiers, 167, etc .; On Crows, 469. Brick-making, 306. Bridges, 225-7. Bridle-ways, 224.
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 158; Soldiers of W. in, 159. Burgoyne's Invasion, 164, 165. Burial Ground, 85, 139.
Cabinet Making, 308. Card-boards, 309. Carding Wool, 304. Casting out Devils, 477.
Casualties, Fatal, 488; By fire, 489, 490. Catholicity increasing, 362.
Celebrations, Town Centennial, 455-8; National Centennial, 458-61; One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Settlement, 461-3.
Cemeteries, Original One, 446-8; North, 448; Mt. Pleasant, 448.
Census in 1770, 18o.
Centralization, 386.
Chairs, Seating, 313; Manufacture of, 314- S.
Changes, Social, 385; Territorial, 428. Charcoal Burning, 308.
Church, Records of, lost, 264.
Churches, All Meritorious, 361.
Claimants for Narragansett Lands, 47.
Clerks, Town, List of, 500.
Climate, 4.
Clothing in Early Days, 383, 384. Cloth Making, 302.
Colonial Troops about Boston, 158.
Colonists of New England, Character of, 25, 26; Spirit and Purpose of, 30, 32; Alarmed, 35; Action of, 36.
Colonists and Indians, Relations be- tween, 30, etc .; First Meeting, 31; First Outbreak, 33; Open War, 34; The Issue, 39.
Colonists, Feeling of towards England, 142.
Colony, Mass., Claims of, 24.
Confederation, Articles of, 188.
Congress, Continental, 153, 155.
Congress, Provincial, 153, etc .; 182. Constitution of Mass., Town Action upon, 184-6; First Vote under, IS7.
Constitution of U. S., 187-90.
Convention on Currency and Trade, 191; on the State of this Country, 146, 194.
Co-operative Union, 451. Coopering, 309. Coroners, List of, 498.
Correspondence, Committee of, 148.
Council of Province, Opposed to Nar- ragansett Grant, 44; Appeal to, 45; Consent of, 46.
Country, Condition of, originally, 29. Currency and Trade, 190, etc.
Death of Town Clerk, 466, 467. Defense against Indians, 95.
HISTORICAL INDEX.
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Delegates to Prov. Congress, 504; to Const. Conventions, 504. Deputy Sheriffs. 498. Discontented Bear, 474. Dissent, Religious, first signs of, 282.
District of Westminster, Incorporated, 90, 91; Organized, 126, 127; Meetings of, Legalized, 139; Erected into a Town, 141.
Division of Lands in Township, Rules of, 57; First, 59, 62; Second, 73, 75; Third, 85; Fourth, 130, 131; Mead- ows, 69, 75.
Double Bowlder, 472.
Dress-making, 311.
Dwellings of the Olden Time, 382.
Elevations in Town, 10. Engine Company, First, 439.
Estates, Changes of, 387; Permanent, 471. Everettville, 430. Extravagance, etc., Vote on, 140.
Families, First Two, 65, 66; Second Two, 70; New Ones, 1760-1770, 141. Faneuil Hall Convention, 146.
Farm, Governor's, 51, 61, 471; Town, 355-7.
Farmers' Club, 449.
Farming Implements, 384.
Farming, the Occupation of, 300. Fauna, 18.
Financial Standing of Propriety, 63, 78. Fire i epartment, 439-41.
First Congregational Church and Soci- ety, 335-41.
First Settlers deeply Religious, 105.
Fish, Native, 21; Foreign, 21.
Fitchburg, Founder of, 9S; Water Works, 331. Floods, 470. Flora of Westminster, 16.
Fortifications, 95-7,
Founders of New England, 25, 26; of Westminster, 92, 93, 381.
Freemasonry, 452.
Fulling Cloth, 303. Furniture in Olden Times, 3S2.
Gage, Gov., in Command, 150; Conduct of, 151, 157, etc. Gala-Days, 453-63. Gardner Incorporated, 198.
General Court, Action of, 40-9; Com- mittee of, S1-4. Geology of Westminster, 13.
Gospel to be Preached, 70, 71,
Governor Opposed to Narragansett Grant, 44; Appeals to, 47, 48; Finally Yields, 48. Governor's Wife, Story of a, 476. Grain, Grinding of, 306.
Grant of Lands, Conditions of, 41, 49, 63. Grantees, Narragansett, Meetings of, 42-52; Standing Committee of, 44; Societies of, 50; Number of, 47.
Grantees of Narragansett No. 2, Names, 53-5; First Meeting, 56; Standing Committee, 56, etc .; Dividing Com- mittee, 56, 59.
Grievances against England, 144, 145; After the Revolution, 193.
Gristmill, First, 71, 73, 306.
Growth of District, 141. Guide Posts, 436.
Happy Conclusion, 477. Hat Manufacture, 311.
Heresy Discouraged, 333.
Hessian Prisoners, 197.
Hills, 6.
Homespun, Age of, 149.
Hotels and their Landlords, 325-S.
Honse, First one Built, 58, 60.
Hutchinson, Gov., Perversity of, 14S, 149.
Incorporation Asked for, 87-9; Granted, 90; Act of, 90, 91.
Indians, Tribes, 22, 27; Number, 27; Location, 27; Personal Characteris- tics, 28, 29; Moral and Religious Status, 28; Domestic Life, 29; Mode of Existence, 29; Evangelization of, 34; Fears Engendered by, 94-9.
Indians and Colonists, Relations be- tween, 30-9.
Inharmony at Narragansett No. 2, 86. Inns and Innholders, 325-S.
Insects, 22.
Iron Manufactures, 307.
Jury List, First One Formed, 138.
Justice, the Redoubtable, 478.
Justices of the Peace, 497, 498; of the Peace and Quorum, 498; Trial, 49S. ""CKil V King Philip, Character of, 35; War of, 34-9.
Labor, Necessity and Value of, 99.
Land Grants Solicited, 40-7; Difficul- ties and Delays in obtaining them, 44, etc .; Secured at Length, 48.
Lands, Laying out of, 56, 57; Reserved Tracts, 130, 131.
Last Wolf in Town, 475.
Lexington Alarm, 155.
Libraries, Social, 257; School, 258; Lit- erary Society, 259; Farmer's, 260; Free Public, 261, 262.
Lot, Meetinghouse, 57, 106; for the First Minister, 57, 106; Ministerial, 57, 106, 131, 270; School, 57, 62, 131, 240.
Lowlands, 9. Lumbering, 305. Lyceum, 262, 263. Lying Wolf, 474.
Marriage Publishments, 467. Massachusetts Colony, The, Claims of, 24. Massacres, Indian, 35, 36.
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962
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
Massasoit, First Interview with, 32; Character of, 34.
Meadows, Divided, 69; Drawn, 75. Means of Conveyance, 384.
Meetinghouse, First, Voted, 69, 106; Dedicated, 71, 107; Location of, 107; Significance of, 107 ;- Second, Built, 271-9; Dedicated, 275; Described, 276; Pew-holders in, 277, 278; Aban- doned, 441.
Memory, Wonderful, 476.
Merchants, 320-5.
Methodists, 341, 342.
Military annals, Early, 289-93; Later, 295-8. Millwrighting, 307. Mineral Spring, 471.
Minister, Vote to Settle, 74; Elisha Marsh Called, 109; Ordained, II0; Dismissed, 121 ;- Asaph Rice Called, 266; Settled, 267; Died, 285 ;- Cyrus Mann Called, 285; Ordained, 285; Ceased to be Town Minister, 334-
Ministerial Interregnum, 264, 265.
Ministerial Lands, 57, 61, 106, 270.
Ministerial Salary, Ic9, 266, 285.
Ministry of Rev. Elisha Marsh, 110-35; Rev. Asaph Rice, 266-88.
Minute Men, 155, 177.
Missions and Missionaries, 378-80.
Moderators of Annual Meetings, 499.
Modulating the Tunes, 282.
Morals Protected, 382.
Mortality, Remarkable, 471.
Music, 281, 464-6.
Musters, Military, 297, 298.
Name, Westminster, Origin and Mean- ing of, 2.
Names, Personal, Legally Changed, 490; Local, 11, 12.
Narragansett No. 2, full History of, 53- 93.
Narrow Escape, 474.
Nashua Indians, 22, 23.
New Comers Looked after, 181.
New England, Founding of, 25, 26. New Regime Inaugurated, 182. New Town of Belvoir, 199.
New Town of Vernon, 429.
North and South Companies, 295. Notaries Public, 498.
Obsolete Offices, 467. Octogenarians, 485-7. Odd Fellowship, 453.
Officers, First in the Propriety, 56; Dis- trict, 127.
Official Registry, Complete, 497-505. Oil Manufacture, 309. Old Folks' Picnic, 454, 455. Outrages, Indian, 35, 36; English, 146, 147.
Paper Manufacture, 318. Patriotic Manifesto, 152, 153. Peace, Cause of, 377; Principles, 296.
Pensioners, Revolutionary, 1840, 179. Personal Names, 472.
Pew Spots Sold, 118.
Ponds, etc., 7.
Poor, Provision for, 363-7.
Population, of District, 92, 93; Distri- bution of, 386; Tables of, 479.
Post 69, G. A. R., 424.
Post Offices and Masters, 444.
Potash Making, 307.
Pound, The, 138, 433, 434.
Powder House, 438.
Preserve Making, 313.
Prices Fixed by the Town, 1779, 192.
Professional Registry, 495-7.
Property Schedules, 128, 479-83.
Proprietors' Meeting. First in the Town- ship, 71.
Proprietors, Non-resident, dissatisfied, 87, 88; Resident, Grievances of, 75- 80.
Propriety Organized, 56; Last Days of, 129.
Provincial Congress, 153, 154; Action of, 154, 159; Response to, 154, 159, 160.
Psalm and Hymn Books, 282.
Public Policy, Action upon, 183, 184.
Railroads, 230-3.
Rebellion, The Slaveholders', 399-421. Records, Church, lost, 264.
Reforms, Moral and Social, 367-78. Regimental Officers, 298.
Religious Belief, at first a unit, 332; Dissent at Length Appears, 332, 333; Disintegration finally, 281, 333, 334.
Representatives to Gen. Ct., 504; to Congress, 504. Reptiles, 21.
Requisition for Soldiers in Rev., 171. Revolutionary War, Causes of, 143- 52; Action of the Town upon, 146- 171; Westminster Men in, 172-79. Rifle Company organized, '295.
Roads, Early Action on, 69, 79, 213- 215; Chronological list of, 216-224; Superintendence of, 228; Appropri- ations for, 227, 228; Fifth Mass. Turn- pike, 228.
Saddle and Harness Making, 310. Sawmills, 64, 130, 305.
Schools, Lands devoted to, 57, 62, 131, 240; First Action on, 234; First Opened, 236; Houses, 237, 240-5; Districts, 239-43, 247, 248; Books, 246; Superintendence, 246, 251; Pru- dential Committees, 248; Appropria- tions, 251; Distribution of Money, 241, 244, 250; Number of, Reduced, 249; Select and High, 249; Commit- tee, 502-4.
Scouts, Town, 97, 98. Seating Chairs, 313. Seating the Meeting-house, 268. Selectmen, Registry of, 500, 501.
963
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Senators in Legislature, 504. Settlement of the Township, Time of, fixed, 59; Ready for, 63; Bounty for, 64, 67; Effected, 65, 66.
Settlers, The First, 65, 66; Their Con- dition, 67; Registry of, in 1751, 82-4; Before 1759, 92, 93.
Shays' Rebellion, 192-6.
Silk Producing, 313.
Singers, Singing, etc., 282, 283, 464-6. Soil, 15.
Soldiers in Narragansett War, 36, 37; Promise to, 37; Claims of, 40; Grants to, 41, etc .;- in Rev. War, 172-8 ;- in War of Rebellion, 405-21.
Soldiers' Monument, 421-24.
Sons of Veterans, 425.
Sound and Substance, 477.
Sovereigns of Industry, 451.
Stocks, 138, 434.
Stores, 320-5.
Streams, S.
Surface, 5. Surveys, Plans, and Maps, 426-8.
Swamp Fight, 37, 38.
Swamps, 9. Sympathy for Boston, 151.
Tables, Professional and Official, 495- 505.
Tailoring, 311.
Tanneries - Tanning and Currying, 310. Tape Making, 312.
Tax, First, 58; Payers, 128; U. S. List of 1798, 207-II.
Telegraph and Telephone, 473,
Temperance Cause, 367-73- Territorial Changes, 428.
Tories, Action Concerning, 164.
Town Stock, 139; Posts, 435; Bell, 437; House, 441-4; Safes, 444.
Townships, Two Granted, 41; Five ad-
ditional, 47; Assignment of, 49, etc .; Names when Incorporated, 52.
Treasurers, List of, 501.
Treaty of 1795, Action on, 190.
Trial Justices, 498.
Troops near Boston, 158.
Universalist Society and Church, 343- 52. Usurpations of England, 144, 145.
Vaccination for Small Pox, 468. Villages, 4.
Votes for Governor, 490-3; for Presi- dent, 493, 494.
Voting List, 1892, 505-7.
Wachusett Park, 473.
Wachusett Rifle Co., 297.
Wachusettville Water Power, 328-31.
Wampanoags, Tribe of, 27.
War, King Philip's, 25, 34-9; King George's, 95, 99; French and Indian, 100-4; Revolutionary, 142-79; of 1812-15, 293-5; of the Rebellion, 399 -- 421
Warnings and Cautions, 364.
Weaving Cloth, 302.
Weights and Measures, 433.
Westminster, Name, 2; Situation, 3; Physical Characteristics, 4-9; To whom Granted, 25; Surveyed, 41; Assignment of, 52; Original Propri- etors, 53 -- 5; Division of Lands, 59, 62, 73, 75, 85, 130, 131; Settlement, 65, 66; Incorporation, 90, 91; Inhabitants of, 299, 381, 382. Woman, Cause of, 37S. Woman's Relief Corps, 425.
Worcester Co., Division of, 139, 205, 431, 432.
Worship Established, 70, 106; Town Support of, Terminates, 334.
ERRATA.
Page 65, line 30, for desloate read desolate. 66
74, 66 32, " Eleazer read Eliezer. 309,
66 43, " James F. read James R.
.. 317, 8, “ James H. read James M.
323, 66 31, Harrison read Harrison G.
324,
41, “ Ames read Eames.
324, 44, " Francis read Frank.
66 324, 66
44, " John read Joel H. 330,
66 36, son read brother.
66 330, 37, “ his father read Enoch.
66 351, 14, “ E. W. read Geo. W.
10, “ Walcott read Wolcott.
380 407, 66 20, 66 Aug., 1862, read Aug. 27, 1875.
430, 66 20, " Jones read James.
459,
66 12, " Herbert read Hubert N.
66 489, 66 29, " John read John K.
66 486 38, " Monroe read Munroe.
16
2, " Joseph read John.
490, 744,
66 45 and 46, transpose Eli Sawyer and Jos. Gibbs.
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