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These facts show that Slavery existed here in a modified form ; and Massachusetts was one of the first States to blot it out entirely, which was done by her Constitution in 1780. Though these facts do not justify, they extenuate the conduct of our fathers, and should teach us to judge them by the practice and spirit of the age in which they lived.
Lexington, from its geographical position, has been pretty thoroughly cut up by roads. Before railroads diverted the travel, there were three great thoroughfares from Boston into the country, running through the entire length of the town : - The Concord turnpike through the southern, the Middlesex turn- pike through the northern, and the old Concord road through the central part of the town. These, with the roads to Bedford, Lincoln, Weston, Waltham, Watertown, Woburn, and Bur- lington, brought a large amount of travel through the place. Stages were run daily, and large teams from the northern part of
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the State, and from New Hampshire and Vermont, to and from Boston, could be seen upon the roads almost any hour in the day.
But the introduction of railroads has diverted all the long travel from the town; and were it not for the increased local travel, our roads would be left almost desolate. Seeing this diversion of travel, the people of the town felt the necessity of doing something to prevent the population, as well as travel, from leaving the place. Railroads being the order of the day, that mode of communication seemed to be the only thing which would keep Lexington within the list of prosperous towns, and connect her with the commercial metropolis. One of her most enterprising citizens, Benjamin Muzzey, Esq., took the matter in hand, and by his zeal and perseverance, he was enabled by the aid of others, and the liberality of our citizens, to build a rail- road connecting Lexington with Boston. This road has been a blessing to the town, and the people owe a debt of gratitude to the memory of him by whose zeal and energy this has been obtained.
Lexington, considering her territory, has a large extent of roads to support. The aggregate length of her roads is about sixty-five miles - making at least three hundred acres devoted to public ways. The town is not particularly burdened with bridges, having only two or three of any- magnitude. But the greatest grievance which the town has ever suffered, has been the support of the "Great Bridge," so called, between the city of Cambridge and the town of Brighton. After paying tribute to the town of Cambridge about a century and a half, in 1859, by the effort of the Chairman of the Selectmen, an Act was obtained from the Legislature, exempting the town from any further support of a bridge eight miles distant from them, and one over which they rarely, if ever traveled.
Lexington is almost entirely destitute of manufactures. In the easterly part of the town, the dressing of furs has been carried on to some extent; but at the present time that has nearly ceased. Mr. Patrick Mitchell, in the East Village, has a small establishment for currying and dressing leather. Mr. Alonzo Goddard carries on the manufacture of tin and sheet-iron ware, but he does little more than supply his own townsmen. Mr. Patrick Lynam manufactures a few manilla and other mats, but the quantity is inconsiderable.
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There are two establishments in Lexington for manufacturing Peat into a compact and portable fuel. The process consists in grinding the material taken from the swamp in its wet condition, removing the roots or fibrous portions, and then pressing it into a solid compact form, thereby expressing the water, and then drying it in the sun. In this way a very good fuel is produced. It burns readily, and is clean to handle, though it has an odor which is rather unpleasant. Whether this preparation can be made profitable, remains to be seen. Lexington, with its exten- sive meadows of excellent peat, is a favorable place to try the experiment.
There has recently been discovered in Lexington an extensive mine of Paint, which bids fair to prove a valuable article. The existence of the material has long been known, and some of it has been removed to make walks in gardens &c. ; but no one ever thought that it had the properties of paint, till Bowen Harrington, Esq., caused it to be subjected to a chemical and practical test within the past year. The mine has been purchased, and a Company organized. The paint has been prepared and offered in the market, and meets with a ready sale. Experienced painters and decorators have tested it, and assert that it is supe- rior to any pigment in the market. In its natural state, it is a hard material, of a buff or yellowish hue, and when it is calcined it becomes a reddish brown. Both in its raw or calcined state it forms, when ground, an exceedingly fine powder, and mixes readily with oil, and can be used for common outside painting, or by mixing with other paints, forms a variety of beautiful tints. It dries readily, and forms a smooth and glossy surface, resembling a coat of varnishı.
Dr. Hayes, the well known State Assayer, has tested this paint, and gives the following analysis :
The mineral taken from various points afforded the following results in 100 parts :
Moisture in undried powder,
5.35
Silica,
58.40
Alumina,
18.30
Oxide of Iron, ·
11.80
Oxide of Manganese,
4.20
Magnesia and Lime,
1.82
99.87
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Dr. Hayes adds : " As pigments, they do not require half as much oil as the heavy ochres, while they give a large increase of volume, and the durability inferred from the composition must make the paint very valuable. There was not any substance present of a perishable kind. The basis compound, from its enduring nature, confers great value upon this pigment. In mixing with oil, a partial combination takes place, which produces an elastic and mechanically excellent paint like white lead."
If this paint should prove as durable as its friends anticipate, it will become highly valuable to the Company and to the public.
Names of the Town Streets.
MAIN STREET .- Beginning with the Great Road at Arlington line, thence to Hay Scales near the Common.
MONUMENT STREET .- From said Hay Scales to Lincoln line.
CONCORD AVENUE .- The Old Concord Turnpike, from Arlington to Lincoln line.
BOW STREET .- The road crossing the railroad, and near L. C. Childs's.
OAK STREET .- From Main Street, and by the Billings Smith Place.
PLEASANT STREET. - From Main Street, and by the house of Francis Wellington, to Concord Avenue, near the house of Peter Wellington.
WATERTOWN STREET .- From Pleasant Street, by the Phineas Lawrence Place.
VALLEY STREET .- From Watertown Street, by the Bowman Place, to Arlington line.
WALNUT STREET .- From Concord Avenue, by the Joel Smith Place.
MIDDLE STREET .- From Bryant's Corner, to Lincoln Street, near the Old Stone Place.
WALTHAM STREET .- From Main Street, opposite the Lexington House, to Waltham line.
BLOSSOM STREET .- From Waltham Street to Concord Avenue, by the house of Elias Smith.
PINE STREET .- From Middle Street to Oliver and William B. Smith's, by the Galen Allen Place.
H STREET .- From Waltham Street to Pine Street, near the Galen Allen Place.
SPRING STREET .- From Middle Street, opposite Walter Wellington's, to Waltham line, by the Phinney Place.
WESTON STREET .- From Middle Street, opposite the Old Stone Place, to Lincoln line, passing near the Tufts Place, and near to Thomas H. Rhoades's.
SHADE STREET .- From Weston Street, by Mrs. William H. Carey's house, to Thomas Cutler's.
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MUZZEY STREET .- From Main Street, opposite the Depot, to Forest Street.
FOREST STREET .- From Waltham Street to Muzzey Street.
LINCOLN STREET .- From Monument Street, by the honse of A. W. Crowningshield, to Lincoln line.
SCHOOL STREET .- From Monument Street, by the West-District School- house, to Middle Street.
WOOD STREET .- From Monument Street, by William Hartwell's, to Bedford line.
CEDAR STREET .- From Monument Street, by the Alms-house, to the Isaac Muzzey Place.
HILL STREET .- From Cedar Street, by the Alms-house, to Bedford Street.
ELM AVENUE .- From Monument Street to Bedford Street, northwest of the Common.
BEDFORD STREET .- From the Hay Scales, by Joshua Simonds's, to Bedford line.
HANCOCK STREET .- From Bedford Street, by William Chandler's and North District School-house to Bedford Street.
CROSS STREET .- From Hancock Street to Bedford Street, by Benjamin Gleason's.
BURLINGTON STREET. - From Hancock Street, near C. W. Johnson's, by Angier's, to Burlington line.
GROVE STREET .- From Burlington Street, by Daniel Cummings's, to Bedford line.
ADAMS STREET .- From Hancock Street, near Warren Duren's, to Bur- lington line.
EAST STREET .- From Adams Street, by George Locke's, to Woburn line.
LOWELL STREET -The " Old Middlesex Turnpike."
NORTH STREET. - From Lowell Street, near the Hammon Locke Place, and by the houses of William Locke and James Williams, to Burlington line.
And North Street is to continue from the Hammon Locke Place, north- easterly towards Mr. Blanchard's, to Town line.
WOBURN STREET .- From Main Street, near the house of Mrs. Lucy Turner, to Woburn line.
MAPLE STREET .- From Main Street, near Nathaniel Pierce's, to Nathan Fessenden, Jr's.
VINE STREET .- From Woburn Street, by Cornelius McMahan's, over the hill.
MARRETT STREET .- From School Street, near A. W. Crowningshield's, to Monument Street, near the old Viles Tavern Place.
Making, in all, Thirty-eight Streets and Avenues.
INDEX OF NAMES.
Abbott, p. 41, 225, 405, 7 Adams, 21, 41, 8, 114, 20, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 35, 7, 43, 57, 61, 3, 4, 7, 8, 70, 3, 4, 7, 207, 15, 29, 37, 40, 1, 2, 3, 5, 58, 89, 90, 3, 386, 8, 9, 99,409, 11 Allen, 404 Alline, 387
Ames, 151
Andros, 111, 36
Angier, 396, 9
Appleton, 325, 7 Armstrong, 294 Aspinwall, 208 Austin, 285, 94 Axlin, 48
Backett, 401
Bacon, 211, 12
Baker, 320, 90
Baldwin, 195
Ball, 390 Bancroft, 237 Bannan, 397, 401
Barber, 212
Barnard, 380, 2
Barnes, 72
Barney, 391
Barre, 117 Barrett, 164, 85, 6, 7, 9, 90, 2, 211, 43, 5, 8, 52, 390, 405
Barron, 212 Bartlett, 401 Beals, 406 Bell, 212 Bemis, 391
Bennett, 379 Bergain, 400 Berlitz, 400
Bernard, 118, 19, 23
Bigelow, 389 Billings, 390 Blackman, 391
Blake, 285. Blanchard, 190, 211, 12, 378
Blasdell, 408, 29, 30 Blodgett, 42, 7, 55, 7, 62, 258, 378, 9, 80, 4, 5, 92, 402, 5, 8, 12 Bond, 202, 58, 390
Botta, 237 Bowers, 362, 404
Bowes, 321 Bowker, 390
Bowman, 41, 8, 50, 5, 62, 5, 9, 70, 2, 4, 88, 92, 5, 9, 102, 76, 7, 256, 88, 377, 82, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 92, 402, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 40
Breed, 211, 12
Bridge, 39, 44, 7. 8, 9, 55, 62, 72, 81, 95, 245, 56, 8, 315, 17, 35, 61, 77, 8, 9, 84, 5, 6, 8, 9, 402, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 40
Briggs, 288, 96, 347, 8, 99, 404
Brooks, 193, 389, 90, 1
Brown, 55, 69. 72, 4, 81, 8, 95, 9, 102, 67, 70, 82, 5, 8, 9, 211, 17, 24, 58, 60, 1, 75, 80, 6, 92, 3, 327, 30, 83, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 90, 2, 402, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 31 Bryant, 398, 9, 404, 6, 9 Buckley, 401 Buckman, 383, 403, 5 Bull, 401
Bullard, 245, 398
Burbank, 349, 408
Burdoo, 384, 5, 6, 90
Burke, 117
Bussey, 400
Butterfield. 399
Butters, 396, 9
Buttrick, 188, 9, 90, 390, 7
Buxton. 400
Byle, 400 Byron, 400
Call, 380 Callahan, 398
Capell, 308, 97, 400, 1 Carly, 42, 7, 8
Carpenter, 400 Carroll, 400
Carson, 401 Cary, 354, 416, 30 Chaffin, 379, 91 Chamberlain, 211, 12, 399
Chandler, 258, 88, 91, 349, 80, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 96, 8, 403, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 26
Channing, 359 Cheever, 142 Childs, 384, 6, 8, 401, 5, 34 |
Church, 125, 42, 6, 248 Clapham, 379, 80 Clapp, 406
Clarke, 41, 73, 6, 87, 8, 92, 4, 101, 51, 61, 2, 3, 8, 9, 70, 3, 7, 81, 214, 27, 42, 3, 62, 80, 2, 3, 93, 317, 20, 9, 30, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 41, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 62, 85, 7, 91, 2, 409, 28, 9. Cleves, 212 Cody, 398 Cogswell, 389 Cole, 397, 8 Comee, 48, 55, 180, 2, 211, 384 Conant, 212, 390 Connauton, 400
Converse, 400
Conway, 379
Cook, 74, 81, 212, 15
Cooledge, 212, 363, 405
Cooper, 124 Copeland, 409 Cosgrove, 399 Cotton, 73 Cox, 391 Crafts, 361, 90, 1, 405
Crosby, 258, 387, 90, 1, 7 Crouch, 400 Crowley, 397, 8, 9, 401
Crowningshield, 406, 8, 30 Crufts, 348, 404
Cummings, 215
Cushing. 125, 43, 64, 215, 48, 346 Cutler, 41, 4, 7, 8, 54, 5, 62, 315, 17, 18, 84, 8, 90, 7, 8, 402, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 40 Cutting, 81
Damon, 349, 404, 7, 9 Dana, 285, 431 Danforth, 390, 407, 11 Darling, 400 Davis, 187, 8, 9, 90, 208, 11, 20, 33, 89, 90, 349, 90, 1, 409 Dawes, 169, 70 Dean, 399 Dearborn, 285, 94 De Coty, 397 Deland, 212
Dennett, 397
Dennie, 411
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Derby, 249, 51 Devens, 142, 6, 67, 8 Diamond, 387, 90, 2 Dillon, 399 Ditson, 157. 392 Dix, 81, 248, 380 Dodge, 212, 362, 404 Dole, 379 Donelly, 400 Donneil, 399 Dorr, 360, 405 Douglas, 223, 30 Downer, 206
Downing, 286. 406
Draper, 225, 380 Dudley, 380, 404, 24 Dunbar, 405
Dunkley, 42, 64 Dunster, 331 Durant, 293, 386, 7, 92 Duren, 390, 406, 34, 5 Dwight, 357, 72
Eames, 379 Earle, 398 Edgar, 400 Edgell. 378, 9 Edwards, 332 Eliot, 331 Emerson, 184, 357 Estabrook, 46, 9, 50, 1, 2, 3, 5, 81, 211, 58, 315, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 65, 77, 8, 84, 5, 6, 7, 9, 90, 1, 8, 402, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 40 Eustis, 285, 386 Evans, 391, 401 Everett, 180, 212, 18, 91, 3 Everson, 429
Fairfield, 350 Faley, 400 Farmer, 182, 211, 383, 91 Farrington, 390
Fassett, 42, 64, 70, 379, 402, 5. 8 Felp, 212 Fessenden, 258, 379, 84, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 403, 4, 6, 11 Fisher, 146
Fiske, 43, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 50, 5, 72, 258, 93, 315, 17, 19, 77, 8, 80, 4, 7, 8, 9, 90, 1, 2,6, 401, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 40 Fitch, 399 Flagg, 399 Fletcher, 378 Follen, 357, 8, 9, 60 Foot, 390, 1 Foster, 205, 20, 85, 378 Fowle, 391, 427, 31 Fox, 317, 88, 9 Franklin, 248 Freeman, 248 French, 400
Frost, 211, 392
Frothingham, 391 Frye, 245 Fryer, 400 Fuller, 285 Fullington, 392
Gage, 134, 5, 6, 8, 40, 1, 4, 6, 54, 5, 6, 8, 9, 63, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 72, 5, 85, 97, 209, 10, 11. 13, 26, 48, 50, 1, 2 Gale, 391 Gallagher, 396 Gammell, 372, 405 Gardner, 103, 42, 208, 12, 48 Gately, 398 Gerard, 401
Gerry, 167, 74, 5, 248, 85
Gilbert, 391
Gill, 142
Gleason, 398 Goddard, 404 Godding, 380
Goldthwait. 212
Gordon, 163, 92, 8, 224
Gossom, 396
Gould, 211, 308, 89, 98, 99, 412
Graham, 228
Grant, 49, 145
Gray, 103, 400
Green, 284, 384, 5, 7, 98, 440 Greenleaf, 142 Gridley, 114 Grimes, 42, 384, 5, 6, 91 Grover, 400, 1
Hadley, 211, 12, 17, 92, 384, 5, 6, 7, 91, 2
Hager, 386, 9, 91
Hancock, 53, 4, 66, 7, 8, 71, 2, 119, 24, 5, 7, 8, 41, 2, 3, 6, 57, 61, 3, 4, 7, 8, 70, 3, 7, 226, 43, 5, 81, 93, 319, 20, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 30, 4, 9, 43, 4, 5, 7, 66, 409, 10, 28
Hanford, 400 Hanscom, 398 Harding, 396, 9
Harrington, 42, 64, 88, 99, 180, 1, 211, 17, 24, 58, 60, 1, 86, 8, 92, 3, 301, 30, 3, 77, 9, 80. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 90, 1, 2, 6, 8, 403, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 24, 40, 3 Harris, 390
Hastings, 41, 317, 68, 84, 5, 6, 7, 9, 91, 403, 6, 7, 8, 9 Hatch, 397 Haven, 212
Hawley, 237, 41 Hayes, 418, 28, 43 Haynes, 212
Haywood, 196, 211, 390, 1 Healy, 397
Heath, 142, 6, 204, 5, 9, 13, 45
Hemminway, 212
Henry, 241, 6 Herbert, 380 Hewes, 47, 8 Hicks, 211 Hildreth, 398
Hill, 380 Hoar, 41, 72, 5, 403, 5 Hobbs, 47, 8 Hodge, 81
Holden, 391 Holman, 390 Holmes, 399, 405, 9
Holt, 379 Hooker, 33 Hosmer, 187, 90, 211, 33, 93, 384, 92 Houghton, 373 Howard, 397
Howe, 404
Hudson, 308, 10, 72, 99, 404, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 34, 6 Hunt, 55 Huntington, 370
Hutchinson, 81, 101, 14, 16, 24, 6
Ingersol, 379 Isherwood, 399
Jacobs, 212 Jacobson, 400
James, 404, 8 Jarvis, 380 Jenison, 388, 90, 1
Johnson, 42, 7, 8, 212, 308, 96, 7, 400 Jones, 173, 379, 90, 7, 8, 9
Keefe, 401 Kelley, 398 Kendall, 42, 346, 78, 99
Kennedy, 401
Kennison, 212
Kerbe, 55
Keyes, 406 Killock, 390
Kinaston, 397, 9
King, 220
Kingsbury, 211
Kirkland, 347
Knapp, 348, 404
Kneeland, 396, 7
Knight, 47
Knowlton, 390
Ladd, 222 Lafayette, 252, 86 Lane, 212 Lanny, 392 Laughton, 327, 403, 5
Laurie, 187, 90
Lawrence, 42, 9, 54. 64, 74, 366, 78, 87. 98, 402, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 27
Leary, 399 Le Barron, 292 Lee, 135, 42, 67, 74, 5, 250, 1 Leland, 362, 73, 405 Lendrum, 229 Lennix, 391 Lent, 401 Lewis, 375, 6, 425
Lincoln, 141, 2, 311, 12, 13 Linsey, 396 Livermore, 309, 53, 4, 5, 6, 90, 405 Locke, 42, 7, 8, 54, 5, 224, 93, 318, 49, 78, 9, 80, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 91. 2, 7, 401, 2, 4, 5, 6, 32, 40
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Logan, 398 Longfellow, 171 Loring, 55, 72, 95, 9, 201, 85, 93, 330, 83, 5, 6, 7, 9, 92, 407 Lossing, 229 Lovewell, 397 Lynam, 442 Lyon, 331
Mackintosh, 81
Madison, 246 Maloney, 401
Manly, 397, 401
Mann, 380, 90
Manning, 400
Mansfield, 245
Marchant, 399
Marcy, 211
Marrett, 173, 346, 84, 8, 92, 403, 11 Mason, 43, 54, 5, 62, 74, 293, 380, 3, 5, 8, 403, 5, 6, 10
Mather, 331
Matthews, 390
Mauduit, 163
Maxwell, 379
May, 348, 72, 404
Mayhew, 116
McCarthy, 401 McGrath, 401 McGuire, 400
McMahan, 397, 400
Payson, 199, 215
Peacock, 390
Peck, 387 Percy, 159, 68, 9, 97, 8, 202, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 52, 419
Perkins, 389
Perry, 48. 379, 80
Peters, 396 Phelps, 407 Phillips, 125
Phinney, 176, 286. 7, 8, 9, 91, 2, 4, 348, 409, 11, 19, 31
Pierce, 182, 211, 12, 372, 8, 9, 80, 3, 6, 9, 90, 1, 2, 404, 6, 31 Pierpont, 357
Pigeon, 146
Piper, 379, 89
Pitcairn, 175, 8, 9, 80, 3, 203, 27, 8,9
Pitt, 117
Plummer, 308, 409
Pole, 187, 93
Polly, 212
Pomeroy, 142
Porter, 181, 212, 17, 384
Potter, 401
Poulter, 48, 51, 3, 4, 317, 402
Powers, 378 Pratt, 389 Preble, 142
Prescott, 170, 211, 45 Preston, 409 Puffer, 396 Purcell, 400
Pushee, 398 Putnam, 72, 212, 45
Quincy, 142, 74, 294
Ramsdell, 212 Ramsey, 396 Randolph, 363, 405 Rankin, 401 Raymond, 202, 11, 92, 379, 80, 3 Reed, 42, 7, 8, 50, 3, 4, 5, 7,
62, 6, 70, 1, 2, 4, 6, 82, 8, 92, 5, 9, 212, 58, 60, 86, 8, 91, 3, 308, 17, 68, 77, 8, 80, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 90, 1,
402, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 32
Remington, 317 Revere, 169, 70, 1, 3 Rice, 348 Richards, 390 Richardson, 211 Richmond, 347
Ripley, 220 Robbins, 81, 182, 211, 25, 379, 80, 3, 4, 8, 90, 403, 5, 10 Robinson, 189, 379, 83, 6, 7,
90, 1, 2, 404, 6, 8, 9, 12, 24, 8,9 Roff, 81 Ropes, 362 Ross, 81
Rugg, 48, 55
Russell, 43, 7, 8, 55, 74, 5, 207, 11, 20, 58, 60, 91, 317, 79, 85, 7, 8, 9, 91, 403, 4, 6, 8, 32
Sampson, 224, 390, 1
Sanderson, 170, 3, 224, 5 383, 4, 5, 6, 7, 92 Savage, 309, 62
Saville, 399, 407, 9
Sawin, 398 Scott, 378, 9, 80
Seaver, 212, 26
Sewall, 316 Shattuck, 289
Shays, 279 Sheena, 400
Sheppard, 390
Sherman, 397
Simonds, 42, 7, 8, 9, 54, 5, 62, 9, 95, 180, 215, 56, 8, 80, 93, 378, 83, 4, 5, 7, 9, 91, 8, 9, 402, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 Smith, 41, 8, 72, 174, 5, 9, 88, 9, 90, 2, 3, 6, 203, 10, 25, 58, 60, 93, 380, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 91, 2, 8, 401, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 30, 1, 40 Snow, 81 Solis, 409 Somes, 401 Southwick, 212 Spalding, 245 Staples, 352, 3 Stark, 245
Munroe, 42, 7, 8, 9, 50, 3, 5, 7, 62, 6, 77, 102, 67, 77, 8, 9, 80, 1, 2, 202, 11, 17, 23, 4, 55, 6, 7, 8, 80, 92, 3, 378, 9, 80, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 90, 1, 2, 402, 3, 4, 5, 7,8,32 Murphy, 397
Muzzey, 43, 7, 8, 50, 2, 5, 181, 211, 17, 61, 86, 8, 92, 308, 9, 68, 79, 83, 4, 5, 7, 8,9, 96, 7, 401, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 25, 27, 40, 41
Nason, 400 Naylor, 401 Neagles, 391 Nelson, 41. 75, 404 Nesbit, 157
Nevens, 379, 401
Newell, 389
Newton, 378
Nichols, 212 Nixon, 245
Nourse, 400
Nunn, 406, 7, 31
O'Brien, 400
O'Connell. 431
Oliver, 116 Olnhausen, 308
O'Neil, 397 Orne, 142, 6, 67, 74, 5 Otis, 114, 15
Paine, 143 Palfrey, 41 Palmer, 142, 6
Parker, 41, 75, 171. 7, 8, 83, 211, 17, 23, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 30, 2, 42, 3, 54, 8, 60, 5, 92, 3, 349, 79, 83, 4, 5, 8, 91. 9, 403, 4, 5, 6, 7
Parkhurst, 225, 60, 384, 8, 403
Parkman, 188
Parsons, 187, 93
. McMullen, 380 Mead, 48, 55, 64, 6, 76, 258, 65, 317, 84, 7, 8, 9, 90, 1, 2,406 Melvin, 390, 96
Merriam, 43, 7, 8, 52, 3, 5, 7, 62, 6, 317, 27, 78, 80, 3, 4, 7, 90, 1, 400, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 26. 40 Michels, 390
Miles, 188, 9, 211
Miller, 209, 12 Mills, 211, 400
Minot, 73, 186, 211, 33, 382
Mitchel, 442 Moore, 379, 388 Morgan, 390
Morrell, 215, 91, 368, 404, 8,9 Moulton, 192 Mulliken, 202, 25, 383, 9, 403, 4, 6. 7, 8, 9, 11
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Stearns, 41, 7, 8, 55, 62, 72, Townsend, 212
378, 83, 6, 7, 8, 9, 91, 2, 7, 403, 5 Stedman, 159
Stetson, 290, 310, 61, 70, 404, 5, 9, 12 Stevens, 303 Stimpson, 399 Stockbridge, 81 Stockwell, 379
Stone, 41, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 50, 1, 3, 5, 7, 72. 4, 5, 6, 81, 8, 92, 9, 102, 3, 248, 56, 8, 61, 315, 17, 19. 27, 30, 77, 8, 84, 8, 402, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 40 Story, 294 Stowe, 310, 61 Stratton, 390 Sullivan, 248 Sumner, 427
Swain, 400 Swan, 385 Swett, 296, 348, 404
Taylor, 226, 48 Teel, 378 Thomas, 142, 245 Thompson, 193, 5, 212 Thorn, 397
Tidd, 42, 4, 7, 8. 50, 1. 62, 4, 72, 180, 2, 211, 24, 5, 8, 315, 73, 83, 4, 5, 8, 9, 90, 2, 400, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 33, 40 Tingle, 386, 92 Tolman, 211 Tower, 408, 31
Trask, 380, 98, 403, 5, 10 Tree, 391 Trull, 399
Tucker, 408 Tuder, 390, 2 Tufts, 404, 12 Turner, 390
Tuttle, 404
Underwood, 223, 368, 79, 80, 4, 5, 6, 7, 90, 404, 10 Usher, 362, 404
Varnum, 285 Viglo, 400 Vila, 412 Viles, 265, 383, 5, 7, 403, 4, 7,9
Walker, 293, 379 Wallace, 212
Walsh, 398 Ward, 142, 245
Wardwell, 55
Warren, 124, 8, 42, 6, 57, 204, 6, 26, 7. 39, 40, 9 Washington, 312, 13 Watson, 142, 6, 67, 248 Webb, 212
Webber, 391 Webster, 294, 404 Weld, 331, 76
Wellington, 41, 176, 268, 88, 91, 372, 9, 83, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 91, 402, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 31
Westcott, 356 Wheeler, 401 Wheelock, 245, 398 Whitcomb, 379, 409 White, 41, 9, 142, 6, 378, 9, 80, 3, 5, 8, 91
Whitmore, 40, 4, 7, 8, 55, 62, 315, 17. 427 Whitman, 349, 50, 1, 2, 401, 5 Whitney, 49, 222, 45 Whittemore, 41, 81, 211, 405
Wilder, 405 Willard, 73, 317, 18, 20 Williams, 283, 4, 321, 46, 7, 84, 8, 90, 7, 400
Willis, 409 Wilson. 49. 62, 4, 195, 212, 379, 92, 400 Winning, 399
Winship, 40, 4, 7, 8, 9, 50, 1, 5, 182, 207. 11, 20, 315, 17, 66, 78, 9, 80, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 90, 1, 2, 403, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 40 Winter, 45, 7, 8, 315 Winterbotham, 228 Wiswell, 212
Wood, 380.9
Woodbury, 212 Woodward, 215 Woolson, 410
Wright, 300, 99, 400
Wyman, 195, 207, 11, 20, 384, 8, 401, 4, 5
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
OF
LEXINGTON FAMILIES.
INTRODUCTION.
IN the following notices of the Lexington families, I have been desirous to give a full genealogy of those who settled in the town early, or who have resided long in the place. Most of the families which have come into Lexington within the last twenty or thirty years, have little or no record on our town books; and hence it is impossible to give any connected view of them from our records. In such cases I have applied to the families personally or by circular, to furnish a complete record ; and wherever such a record has been procured, it has been used in this volume. But many, I regret to say, have supplied no such lists. This fact is mentioned, to show that the fullest opportunity has been given to every family, to provide the means which would enable me to give them a place in this Register. It would be impossible for me to take up every modern family, and follow them through the records of the respective places where they and their ancestors may have resided, and give their genealogy. A life-time would be insufficient for such a Herculean task ; especially when we consider the changing character of our population at the present day. I regret the absence of many families from this list, but the fault is not mine.
My plan has been to begin as far back as my means of information would allow, and to trace the line of descent to the family or individ- ual who came to Lexington ; and while he or they remained in town, I have endeavored to embrace in the list every member of the family. When any individual or family have left town, I have dropped their genealogy ; though I have noted all important historical events, con- nected with the individual or family, kuown to me, as far as they fell within the scope of this sketch.
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While I have endeavored to be accurate, I have not the vanity to suppose that I have avoided all errors. Every one who has had any experience in labors of this kind, knows that errors are unavoidable. The neglect of parents in having the births, deaths, and marriages in their respective families recorded, renders it impossible in many cases, to collect from the town records a correct list of a family. And this difficulty is increased by the recurrence of the same name in the dif- ferent branches of a family. Where there are two or three Williams, or Johns, or Samuels, or Sarahs, or Marys, or Abigails of the same surname, and the record gives the birth, death, or marriage of a person of that name, without giving the name of the parent or the age of the individual, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, from the record, to decide which of the individuals is intended. In all such cases I have had recourse to other evidence, and have generally satis- fied myself on this subject.
Genealogists know what allowances to make. But in this case as in almost all others, those are the most difficult to please, who know the least of the embarrassments in this kind of labor. Every geneal- ogist must make up his mind in advance that his work will be branded as unreliable, by those who have neglected to give accurate informa- tion, or have been remiss in having their children recorded.
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