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Harlow, Major Branch, 205, 542; life of, 286-287; portrait of, 286. Harlow, Capt. Ezra, 200, 203. Harlow, James H., 301.
Harlow, Capt. Joseph S., 169, 172.
Harlow, Sergt. Josiah, 124. Harlow, Rev. Lemuel, 487.
Harlow, Thomas S., 394.
Harlow, Sergt. W. H., 188.
Harlow, Sergt. William, 551, 563, 604, 614, 621; life of, 605-606.
Harrington, Herbert A., 297, 300.
Harris, Joseph, 636.
Harrison, Sergt. Edgar, 181.
Hartford, 167. Hartford Convention, 167.
Hartland, Vt., 305.
Hartwell, Capt. George, 391, 635. Harvey, Joseph, 463.
Harvey, Joseph, Jr., 463.
Haskell, Lieut. Elisha, 135.
Haskell, or Hascall, John, 34, 350, 560, 563, 567, 621; life of, 44-45.
Haskell, Hascall, Hascol, or Hascal, John, Jr., 616, 626, 627.
Haskell, Sergt. John T., 181, 186.
Haskell, or Hascall, Patience, 567.
Haskell, or Hascall, William, 564.
Haskins, Capt. Enoch, 200.
Haskins Neighborhood, 373, 412.
Haskit, John, 564.
Hat factory at Waterville, 349.
Hats, manufacture of (Four Corners), 291-292. Hatcher's Run, 185.
Hathaway, Dr. Joseph, 415.
Hathaway, Paul, 415.
Hathaway, Savory C., 297.
Haversack, 196.
Hayne, Mr., 168.
Hayward, John, 564.
Heath, Gen., 136.
Heffords, Mr., work of, 41I.
Heintzelman's corps, 178.
Hemphill, Rev. Joseph, 490.
Herring, 359, 570; agents appointed,
500; Assawampsett Brook, 574; In- dian uses of, 498; number first allowed each inhabitant, 500; pay- ment of town clerk's salary, 530, 555; picture of stick of, 500; present at- titude of town as to, 503; protection by town of, 499, 500, 502; revenue received by town from sale of, 502; rule as to fish privilege, 503; votes relating to, 500-502, 558.
Herring fisheries, 498-503.
Hicks, Rev. Daniel, 486.
Hidden, Rev. Ephraim M., 459.
Higgins, Rev. O. R., 489. High school, 249-252; appropriations
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for, 251; erection of building of, 251; law for establishment of, 249-250; picture of, 252; principals of, 251- 252; report of committee on, 250, 251. Highways, 505-510. Hill, Rev. Alfred S., 474.
Hill, Rev. E. S., 480.
Hinckley, Gov., 19, 195.
Hinckley, Rev. Charles N., 489.
Hinckley, Sylvanus, 515.
Hinds, Capt. Abanoam, 201.
Hinds, Rev. Ebenezer, 93, 467, 475; life and ministry of, 476; portrait of, 476. Hines, Anna, 483.
Hitchcock, Dr. Henry D., life of, 24I.
Hitchcock, Mrs. Olivia A., 469.
Hoar, Col. Jonathan, 99.
Hoar, Lieut., Capt., Major, and Senior Major Peter, 133, 137, 200, 205, 481; life of, 429-430; residence of, 429.
Hoar, Capt. and Lieut. Samuel, 127, I32, 20I.
Hoar, Samuel, 460.
Hobomok, 24.
Hodges, Corp. Francis M., 188.
Hodgson, Dr. Thomas S., 244.
Holbrook, Rev. -, 480. Holidays, 197. Holland, 15, 107.
Hollow-ware, 305, 339, 348, 407.
Holloway, William, 573.
Holmes, Deacon - , 4II. Holmes, Dr. Daniel S., 244.
Holmes, or Holms, John, 34, 35, 225, 563; life of, 65. Holmes, John, Jr., life of, 65.
Holmes, Joseph, 352.
Holmes, Prudence, 483.
Holmes, Sergt .- Major R. H., 180. Homespun goods, 213-214.
ยท Hooker, Gen., 170, 176, 178. Hooper, Mr., 339, 410. Hooper, James, 463. Hooper, William, 463.
Hope Rest Cemetery, 636.
Hopkins, Stephen, 22, 398.
Horses, xxi, 568, 581.
Horton, Rev. J. W., 480.
Hoskins, Haskins, or Hodskins, Wil-
liam, 34, 54, 460, 517, 546, 550, 552, 555, 585, 589, 593, 596; life and work of, 45-46, 530.
House of Representatives, 572; mem- bers of, 534-538; orders of, 569, 573- 574.
House-cleaning in 18th century, 217- 218.
Houses, xxi, 584; destroyed in King Philip's War, 56, 78, 80, 549; not to be erected remote from public wor- ship, 550.
Houses, description of, after King Philip's War, 208-211, 389; after re- settlement of town, 277; new garrison house, 58, 277; of early settlers, 30; used by people of 18th century, 207. Hovey, James, 227.
Howard, John, 556, 560.
Howes, Corp. Charles A., 182.
Howland, Arthur, 563, 564.
Howland, Elizabeth, 547.
Howland, Isaac, 34, 35, 76, 77, 84, 195, 225, 305, 495, 506, 518, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 616, 622, 626, 634; autograph of, 46; life of, 46.
Howland, Jacob, 594.
Howland, John, 305, 547, 552, 564, 573, 585, 594, 596, 621; autograph of, 589; life of, 589.
Howland, Joshua, 573.
Howland, Sergt. Seth, 198.
Hubbard, Harry, 378.
Hubbard, Rev. William, ministry of, 479.
Hubs, manufacture of, at Titicut, 412. Hudson, 139.
Huet, or Hewit, Solomon, 593, 616; life of, 617.
Hull, Rev. John, 487.
Hunt, Rev. Asa, 477; ministry of, 479.
Hunt, Rev. E. A., 489.
Hunt, Rev. George W., 488.
Hunter, Thomas, 553-
Husking-bees of 18th century, 217.
Hutchinson, Gov., 109; slave of, 105. Hutchinson, Elisha, letter from Peter Oliver, Jr., to, 151; letter from Thomas Hutchinson, Jr., to, 152.
Hutchinson, Rev. Joseph, 474.
Hutchinson, Thomas, Jr., letter to Eli- sha Hutchinson, 152.
Hyde, Rev. Edward L., 488.
Implements of warfare used in King Philip's War, 76-77.
Implements used in 18th century, 206, 207.
Imported goods, attitude of women before Revolution towards, 213-214. Incorporation of town, date of, 1, 517; order for, 546.
Independent Congregationalist Church, 467.
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Indian Bend, 173. Indian fort, 398; picture of site of old, 398. Indian graves found, 317.
Indian legends concerning, Assawamp- sett Pond, 424-426; corn, 3-4; lying, 5-6.
Indian monument, picture of, 14.
Indian Paths, 29, 503-505, 506, 600. Indian relics found, 307, 317.
Indian reservation, xx, 28; description of, 399-400; easterly boundary of, 583-584.
Indian wading-places, 74, 505. Indian weirs, 359, 399, 499.
Indians, 1-14, 29, 56, 66-99, 193, 307, 355, 400, 401, 544, 547, 548, 553, 562, 567, 635; attack on town by, 36; churches of, 16-20, 440; customs of, 2-5; debts of, 612; extinction of, 14, 307, 400, 419; fishing privileges of, 498-499; guardians for, 573-574; lands of, 356-359, 401, 419, 562; last, 14; pas- tors, 18, 20; petitions concerning lands of, 568, 569; petitions of, 355, 356; picture of utensils of, 87; protection of rights of, 582; purchases from, 582- 630; settlements, 1-2, 355, 401, 419; tribes, 2, 304; warfare of, 68-99. Indians, Praying, 15-20.
Indigo, preparation and uses of, in 18th century, 214.
Infantry, in local militia, 202-205; in Rebellion, 171-189; in Revolution, 125-144; in War of 1812, 159, 161- I 65.
Ingals, Earl, 262.
Inhabitants of town, as freemen, 34, 517, 560; at resettlement, 551-552; be- fore 1675, 33, 34, 35; before settle- ment, 29; in 1695, 563-564; pur- chases for, 582-630.
Inn, S. Eaton's, 412; description of, 413. Inn-keepers, 413; to locate near meet- ing-house, 319; to clear their houses during church service, 319.
Inscriptions on gravestones of Backus, Rev. Isaac, 471-472; Bradford, Major William, 598; Conant, Rev. Sylvanus, 316; Dunham, John or Jonathan, Jr., 42; Fuller, Rev. Sam- uel, 310; Leonard, Capt. Zadock, 414; Miller, Francis, 47; Nelson, William and Ruth, 66; Palmer, Rev. Thomas, 328; Tomson, John, 58. Insurrection of Indians, men furnished to meet, 547.
Introduction, xvii-xxiii.
Irish, John, 34, 518, 552, 622, 626, 627; life of, 47.
Iron, 208, 212, 221, 224, 348, 377.
Iron industry, 308, 377.
Iron ore, 348, 574; discovered in ponds, 426-427, 428.
Iron works at Titicut, 407, 408, 417, 418.
Island Number Ten, 170.
Islands: in Assawampsett Pond, 424; in Long Pond, 428; in Quittacus Pond let to plant and sow, 547.
Isle of Grand Menan, 154.
Jack-knives, 206, 216.
Jackson, Abraham, 563, 612, 616; life of, 613. Jackson, C. S., 262.
Jackson, Dr. C. S., 244. Jackson, Major Harry, 205.
Jackson, Miss Sarah, 469.
Jackson, Stonewall, 170.
Jacksonville, 187. Jacobs, Col., 135.
Jenks, Elisha T., 299 ..
Jenks, Prof. J. W. P., 13, 251, 252, 254, 494; life and work of, 255-257; portrait of, 256.
Jenney, Rev. C. E., 489.
Jewelry worn in 18th century, 219, 220. Job, Rev. Herbert Keightley, 466.
Joel (an Indian), 556.
John Brown Raid, 168. Johnson, Sergt. George N., 182.
Johnson, Isaac, 394.
Johnson, Rev. M. F., 485. Johnson, Rev. Oscar E., 488.
Jones, Rev. Ebenezer, 477; ministry of, 478-479.
Jones, Sergt. George W., 182.
Jones, John, 564, 616, 621.
Jones County, 172.
Jordan, Jordaine, Jordane, or Jour- daine, John, 551, 604, 622; life of, 606.
Justices of the peace, 519, 538-540; duties of position, 538-539; term of office, 538; list up to 1850, 539-540.
Kansas, 168. Keith, Cyrus, 270.
Keith, Ephraim, 464. Keith, James, 464. Keith, Jared, 4II.
Keith, N. Williams, 41I. Keith, Nahum, 410, 411, 412.
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Keith, Percy W., 270. Keith, Samuel, 464.
Kelly, Rev. Jeremiah, ministry of, 473. Kendall, Rev. Ezra, 471; ministry of, 472.
Kennebec River, 21.
Kent, Rev. Asa, 486, 487.
Kerr, Rev. Archibald, 480.
Ketchum, Rev. Charles J., 492.
Kettles used in 18th century, 208, 209, 2II.
Kimball, Rev. Isaac, 254; ministry of, 479.
King, Asa, 482.
King, Dr. George, life of, 24I.
King, Corp. James W., 182.
King, Sergt. John W., Jr., 182.
King, Lieut .- Col. and Col. Nathan, 204, 205, 301, 469, 542; life of, 295-296; portrait of, 295.
King, William, 563.
King, William A., 292.
King George, 431.
King Louis, 99.
King Philip, 9, 12, 16, 195, 274, 355, 547, 549, 628, 629, 630; capture of, 84, 85; character of, 68, 69; death of, 85; number of his tribe, 68; territory ruled by, 9, 419-420.
King Philip's Lookout, 73, 420; picture of, 73.
King Philip's War, 68-87, 88, 89, 208, 273, 274, 400, 420, 550; attack, 68, 549; cause of, 9, 68, 72; equipment of companies for, 76, 77, 195; ex- penses of, 552, 553; first Indian shot, 77; houses burned in, 57, 78, 80, 549; records of, destroyed, 517, 550; war- riors in, 71.
King William's War, 88-89.
Kingman, C. W., 296, 301.
Kingman, Calvin D., 265, 296, 297, 300, 30I.
Kingman, Hosea, 410.
Kingman, P. E., 296.
Kingsbury, Rev. A. W., 488.
Kingsbury, Rev. Josiah Weare, 459. Kingston, 146, 159, 352.
Kinston, 172, 184.
Kitchen utensils used in 18th century, 208-209.
Kitchens, description of, 18th century, 208-210.
Knight, Dr. E. C., 244.
Knights of Columbus, history of, 633. Knights of Honor, history of, 632.
Knights of Pythias, history of, 633.
Knitting, 215.
Knives of the 18th century, 206, 208, 209, 216. Kuchamakin, II.
Labor, prices paid by town for, 581. Ladies' Aid Society, 632.
La Hogue, 160.
Laidlaw, Rev. Gilbert W., 492.
Lake, Arthur, 258.
Lake, Rev. E. H., 490.
Lake Champlain, 158.
Lake Erie, 158.
Lake Ontario, 158.
Lakenham, 61, 555.
Lakeville, 14, 172, 173, 198, 251, 269, 270, 303, 309, 317, 399, 412, 419-438, 474, 515, 540, 619, 637; changes in population, xxii; date of incorpora- tion, 419; history of churches in, 460- 462, 474-477, 480-482, 486; land in, xvii, xviii, xx; lands productive, xxi; map of ponds at, 419; men in secret expedition to R. I. in the Revolution from, 132; picture of town house in, 434; soldiers in Revolution, 132, 135, I53.
Land, grants of, 583; claim laid by town to certain, 547-548; to Cush- man, Thomas et als., 629; to Finney, Robert, 545; to soldiers of King Philip's War, 550.
Latten-ware, 209. Laurel Hill, 180.
Lawsuits: against George Vaughan, 59; against William Shurtleff, 59-60; ac- tion for felling timber, 226; action in regard to title to Assawampsett Neck, 225-226; action of trespass, 225; trial of cases, 226, 227.
Lawrence, H. B., 262.
Lawrence, Rev. John B., 469, 474.
Laws concerning, alewives, 502; attor- neys, 226; fire, 513; letters, carrying, 268; non-intercourse, 157; settlers, early, 33.
Lawyers, 225-237.
Lazelle, Col., 165.
Leach, Mr., 392.
Leach, Andrew, 376-377.
Leach, Daniel, 464.
Leach, Ephraim, 463.
Leach, George M., 347.
Leach, Ruth, 463.
Leach, Sarah, 463.
Leather, 216, 218. LeBaron, C., 270.
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LeBaron, E. Leonard, 298.
LeBaron, Eugene P., 298, 491.
LeBaron, Frederick N., 298.
LeBaron, J. Baylies, 298. LeBaron, John B., 298.
LeBaron, Joseph, 159.
Lebaron, Dr. Francis, life of, 336-337- Lebaron, James, 336; life of, 337-338. Lebaron, Capt. Joseph, 338.
Lee, General, 170, 171, 180.
Legislature, acts of the, authorizing
towns to transport scholars to save expense, 249; banishment of tories and confiscation of their estates, 376; for establishment of a high school, 249-250; to fix standard prices of labor, goods, etc., 222-223.
Leonard, A. H., 296, 301.
Leonard, Archippus, 396.
Leonard, Benjamin, 288.
Leonard, C. H., 297.
Leonard,' C. M., 296, 300.
Leonard, Charles E., 296.
Leonard, Daniel, 414; life of, 146.
Leonard, Major and Ens. Elkanah, 154, 204, 227, 438, 571, 572; auto- graph of, 228; house of, 438; life of, 228-229; slave of, 105.
Leonard, Ephraim, 288.
Leonard, George, 254, 288, 577.
Leonard, James A., 254, 296, 636.
Leonard, John, 461.
Leonard, Jonathan, 413.
Leonard, Capt. Joseph, 200.
Leonard, Molly, 483.
Leonard, Capt. Nehemiah, 202.
Leonard, Capt. Seth, 396.
Leonard, Major Thomas, 437.
Leonard, Prof. Willard T., 257.
Leonard, Capt. Zadock, 414; inscrip- tion on gravestone of, 414. .
Leonard Cemetery, 637.
Letters: Adams, John, 196; Clarke, Mrs. Rebecca Scollay, 218; Eddy, Hon. Zachariah, 404-405; Fearing, Major, to Col. Ebenezer Sproat, 1 29- I30; Hutchinson, Thomas, Jr., to Elisha Hutchinson, 152; Lincoln, Col. Benjamin, to Capt. Nathaniel Wilder, 163-164; Oliver, Peter, 361; Oliver, Peter, Jr., 150-151, 152; Oliver, Peter, Jr., to Elisha Hutchin- son, 151, 152; Pratt, Enoch, to stock- holders of Titicut Academy, 259, 261; Town to representatives of General Court, 578-579; Sproat, James, to Col. John Nelson, 421-422; Tomson,
John, to Governor Winslow, 7-9; town to Isaac Tomson, 577-578; Winslow, Gov., to Capt. Benjamin Church, 81; Winslow, Isaac, to Gov. Drummond, 435.
Letters, description of early, 269; early methods of sending and delivering, 268; law as to carrying of, 268; rates of postage on, 269.
Lewes, Elizabeth, 635.
Lewes, James, 635.
Lewis, Eleazer, 246, 561, 563.
Lewis, Rev. Fred R., 491.
Lewis Island, 428.
Lexington Alarm, 117.
Lexington, battle of, 109, 114, 156, 392. "Liberties of Middleberry," proprietors of, 33, 622; list of, 551-552.
Liberty pole, the, 320.
Librarians, 266.
Libraries, 263-266; Philological, 263; Middleboro Social, 263-264; Mid- dleboro Public, 264-266.
Licenses, conditions upon which granted, 319; first granted, 60; to keep an ordinary, 39, 556.
Lighting, method used for, in houses of 18th century, 21I-212.
Lightwood, Mr., 297.
Lincoln, President Abraham, 168, 191. Lincoln, Col. Benjamin, letter to Capt. Nathaniel Wilder, 163-164.
Linen, 30, 214, 308; bounty paid for, 213. Liquor, uses of, at funerals, 220; by laymen and clergy, 319.
Liquors, used by early settlers, 31.
Litch, Rev. Josiah, 487.
Litchfield, Rev. William C., 491.
Little, Rev. E. G., 466.
Little, Ephraim, 568, 621.
Little, Lieut. Isaac,.616, 621; life of, 617. Little, Samuel, 622; life of, 624.
Little, Thomas, 551, 564, 609, 628, 629. Little Lotmen's Purchase, 355; dates when recorded and apportioned, 545; dates when made, 602; deed of, 602- 603; names of grantees, 603-604;order of court as to payment of, 604; sketch of lives of purchasers of, 604-608.
Little Quittacus Pond, 419.
Little Round Top, 180.
Littleworth farm, 28.
Livermore, Rev. S. T., 474.
Livesey, Rev. J., 489.
Local militia, 193-205; alarm list, 196; age of men in, 196; annual muster, 198; before the Revolution, 196;
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companies, 194-196; drills of, 193- 194; equipment of, 195, 196, 197; first muster in New England, 194; first regiment, 195; influence of, 193, 205; laws in regard to, 194, 196, 205; letter of John Adams in regard to, 196; list of men in the Revolution, 117- II9; list of officers, 198-205; record of first company in Middleboro, 198- 199; reorganization of, 197; train bands, 196; training greens, 197; vil- lage protected by, 193-194:
Long, Ex-Gov. John D., 192.
Long Island, battle of, 125.
Long Point Road, 429.
Long Pond, 419, 580; description of, 428-429.
Lookout Mountain, battle of, 170.
Looms, hand, 214, 308; picture of fam- ily loom of the 18th century, 214. Loon Pond, 419.
"Lord's Prayer," 325; acrostic on the, 326-327.
Loring, Lieut. Southworth, 172, 188.
Lottery, for rebuilding Titicut bridge, 408-409; for support of minister, 465.
Louisburg, siege and capture of, 91; thanksgiving day appointed for, 91. Love, Hannah, 315.
Lovell, Rev. Shubael, ministry of, 472- 473.
Lower Dam mills, 287.
Lower Factory mills, 287.
Lower Green, 31I, 317, 318.
Lower Path, 600; description of, 503. Loweth, Nathaniel, 616, 617.
Lowlands, the, 388-390.
Loyalists, 145-156; attitude toward, 146-152, 156; banishment of, 145, 146, 147; lives of, 147-155; number in Massachusetts, 145.
Lucas, Thacher B., 270.
Luge-poles, 208.
Lumber-mills, at Eddyville, 347; at France, 339; at South Middleboro, 340; at Warrentown, 390; at Water- ville, 349.
Lunt, Dr., 239.
MacIlwain, Rev. George E., 491. Macomber, Rev. George, 487.
Macomber, Corp. Isaac E., 175. Macomber, John, 461. Macomber, Lieut. Joseph, 118. Macreading, Rev. Charles A., 487. Mad Mare's Neck, 303-304.
Mahuchet Pond, description of, 335. Mahutchet (an Indian chief), 334.
Mahutchet (Rocky Meadow), 334, 565, 566, 627.
Maine, xxii, 89.
Major's or Five Men's Purchase, 600- 602; boundaries of, 548, 600; com- missioners to establish bounds, 60; date when made, 545, 600; deed of, 600-601; division of, 548; lives of purchasers of, 601-602; purchasers of, 601.
Malvern Hill, 177, 178.
Manassas, 185; battle of, 178.
Mandamus councillor, 541 ; appoint- ment of, and effect on colonists, 541. Manner of living of early settlers, 30-31. Manomet, 26.
Mansfield, Andrew, 570.
"Mansion house," 328, 448; descrip- tion of the, 313.
Mantomapact, 610; deed of, 611-612. Maps: of early purchases of land from
Indians, 582; of Middleboro in 1831, xvii; of Middleboro in 1853, vii; of Middleboro in 1855, I; of proposed division of the town of Middleboro to form a new town with a portion of Taunton, xix; of Judge Oliver's estate and works, 365.
Marion, 540.
Marks, J., killed by Indians, 78.
Marriage intentions to be published, 5,30.
Marsh, Rev. Proctor, 487.
Marshfield, 122, 145, 147, 168, 561, 582, 600.
Marston, S. W., 263.
Martha's Vineyard, 568. Martindale's Brigade, 184.
Mason, Albert, 437.
Mason, Chief Justice Albert, life of, 437-438.
Mason, Albert T., 437.
Masonic organization, history of, 631. Massachusetts, 1, 9, 165, 218, 412, 419; army, 130; call for militia in Revo- lution, 136; men required and fur- nished in French and Indian Wars, number of, 89, 91; opinion concern- ing War of 1812, 157; preparation for War of the Rebellion, 169; ravages of coast in War of 1812, 158; regi- ments in War of the Rebellion, 171, 184; sends first troops in War of the Rebellion, 169; sheep, number in 1664 in, 214.
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Massachusetts Bay, 21, 26, 27, 145.
Massasoit, 1, 7, 12, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 355, 398, 498.
Matches, use and cost of friction, in 18th century, 212.
Matchlock muskets, 195.
Mattapoisett, 355, 540.
Mattashinnay, 73; execution of, 74.
Maxim, Carlton W., 299.
Maxim, Corp. Elbridge A., 173.
Mayflower, the, 350; picture of, 42.
McBurney, Rev. Samuel, 488.
McClellan, Gen. George B., 178, 179.
McClellan, Isaac, 348.
McCully, 2d Lieut. Andrew, 135.
McCully family (Lakeville), tradition concerning, 434-435.
McCumber family (Lakeville), tradition concerning, 434-435.
McDougall, Rev. C. H., 490.
McDowell's army, 176.
McFarlin, Sergt. H. L., 188.
McLearn, Rev. Alexander, 474.
Mead, Rev. James, 467; work of, 475. Medberry, Rev. Nicholas, ministry of, 483.
Medicines, 238.
Meerneed, Shute, and Littleworth farms, 28.
Meeting-House Swamp, 387.
Meeting-house at Rock, 334.
Meeting-houses: building pews in, 569; changes in, 569; location of first one, 309, 310-311; provision for erection of, 495; sale at auction of, 311, 567; seats in, 570; used for town business, 495; vote to pay Indians for lumber for, 567; votes to erect, 564, 566- 567.
Mendall, Corp. Sylvanus, 175.
Merrill, Rev. J. W., 480. Merrimac, 170.
Messenger, Rev. E. C., ministry of, 480.
Methodist Episcopal churches: Fall Brook, 486-487, picture of, 303; Four Corners, 487-488, picture of, 488;
South Middleboro, 488-489, 636, picture of, 489.
Middleboro, attitude of, towards loyal- ists, 147-152; banks in, 299-302; boundaries of, xviii, xx, 557, 562; cemeteries, 634-637; cider, 216; civil history (1658-1839), 544-581; de- stroyed in King Philip's War, 68, 81, 517; division of, proposed, xviii, xix; early purchases from the Indians in,
582-630; education, 245-263; extent of, xvii; fire district, 513-516; flax in, 212-213; fraternal organizations, 631-633; French and Indian Wars, men required for, from, 89; health of, xxii; herring fisheries, 498-503; high school in, 249-252; in the Revolution, 106-144; in the War of 1812, 157- 167; in the War of the Rebellion, 168-192; incorporation of, 1, 517, 546; Indian paths, 503-505; Indians, number in, 29; King Philip's War, expenses of, 552-553; known as Mid- dleberry, 29; lawyers, 225-237; libra- ries, 263-266; men before 1675 in, 33- 35, 517-518; men from, xxii; name, origin of, xvii; newspapers, 267, 268; part of Plymouth, xvii, 29, 517; physicians, 238-244; population of, xxiii, 560; postmasters, 229, 270-271; post-offices, 269-271; prices fixed in, 222-223; public officers, 534-543; purchase of, 583; railroads in, 510-512; removal of men from, xxii; removal of men to, 83; resettlement of, 58, 518, 549, 550, 551; roads and highways, 505-510; schoolhouses, 247; schools, 245-263; seal of, 519; settlement, probable date of first, 29, 544; sheep-raising in, 214; social events in 18th century, 217-218; street railways in, 512, 513; town meetings, 495-498; town officers, 517-543, 549; town records burned, 33, 517, 550. Middleboro Canal Company, 427.
Middleboro Cooperative Bank, 301- 302.
Middleboro Loan and Fund Associa- tion, history of, 301.
Middleboro ministry, 552, 563, 616, 621. Middleboro National Bank, 299-301 .. Middleboro Savings Bank, 301.
Military drill, 193, 197; annual muster of regiments in, 198; at the Green, 197, 320; first account of, 193.
Militia, Middleboro men in local, 198- 205; reorganization of local, 197; state, 196; to constitute part of fire alarm, 513.
Militia in the War of 1812: call for, 158; list of soldiers in, 161-165; of Plymouth Colony, 159.
Militia in the War of the Rebellion: call for, 169; number in Second Regiment, 171.
Militia in the Revolution, 116; local, 117-119, 134-138.
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Militia laws, 194, 205.
Miller, Abishai, 306; life of, 306-307; portrait of, 306.
Miller, Lieut. Alden, 163.
Miller, Capt., Major, Col., and Briga- dier-Gen. Darius, 202, 203, 204, 205, 306.
Miller, Elias, 288.
Miller, Francis, 34, 35, 305, 572; life of, 47-48.
Miller, John, 34, 225, 305, 306, 518, 542, 552, 555, 558, 560, 563, 574, 622; life of, 47-48.
Miller, Capt. John, 201.
Miller, John, Jr., 564; autograph of, 48; life of, 48.
Miller, Seth, 306, 308.
Miller, Seth, Jr., 542.
Miller, Thankful, 483.
Miller family, 303, 305, 306.
Miller farm, 305, 307; picture of the old Miller house, 307.
Mills, at Lakeville, 430; at Titicut, 418.
Mills, box-board, cotton, cotton-batting, fulling, grist, lumber, saw, slitting, xxi.
Milne, Rev. Alexander, ministry of, 480.
Mine, discovery of iron (Lakeville), 426-427.
Mine Run campaign, 177.
Ministry, support of, 465; court action in regard to, 552; town action in regard to, 564; Middleboro, 552, 563, 616, 621; Nemasket, 603, 628; Plymouth, 551, 603, 616, 621.
Minor, Rev. Uriah, 489.
Minute men, 196.
Minute men in the Revolution, num- ber of, 114; list of, 119-122.
Missionary Ridge, battle of, 170.
Mitchell, Michell, or Michill, Expe- rience, 551, 563, 603, 609, 616, 621, 628; life of, 660.
Mitchell, Moses C., 262.
Mitchell, Nahum, 376.
Mitchell, Capt. and Sergt. Oreb F., 172, I88.
Mitchell, William R., 300. Mobile, 170.
Money, 222-224, 577-579; scarcity of, in 18th century, 22I.
Monitor, 170.
Monmouth, battle of, 125.
Montcalm, General, 92.
Montgomery, Hugh, 436.
Montgomery, John, 429; slave of, 105. Montgomery family (Lakeville), tra- dition concerning, 434-435; land of, 436.
Morey house, description of, 328.
Morse, Jonathan, 560, 563.
Morse, Jonathan, Jr., 564.
Morse, Capt. Levi, 202.
Morton, Lieut., 506, 545, 549, 552.
Morton, Madam, 247, 446; slaves of, 103-104; life of, 274.
Morton, Capt. Ebenezer, 200, 274, 275, 574.
Morton, Ephraim, 563, 604, 622; life of, 606.
Morton, George, 564, 612, 616; life of, 613.
Morton, John, 34, 35, 60, 76, 246, 274,
277, 517, 518, 546, 547, 549, 551, 564, 604, 612, 616, 621; autographs of, 48, 354; life of, 48-49, 354.
Morton, Capt. John, 200.
Morton, John, Jr., 34, 49, 274; auto- graph of, 49; life of, 49-50.
Morton, John Q., 271.
Morton, Lettice, 48, 621.
Morton, Levi P., 392.
Morton, Livy, 392.
Morton, Lottis, 552.
Morton, Gov. Marcus, 49, 247, 429.
Morton, Marcus, Jr., 49.
Morton, Nathaniel, 9, 247, 546, 551, 563, 603, 612, 616, 621, 629; life of, 48, 606-607.
Morton, Sarah (widow), 496.
Morton, Seth, 275.
Morton, Thomas, 563, 612, 613, 616.
Morton family, 274; slave of, 104.
Morton house, the, 49, 208, 272 ; descrip- tion of, 273-275; picture of, 273; tra- dition concerning, 274.
Morton town, 272-276; houses in, 272- 276.
Mount Carmel, 349.
Mount Hope, capture of King Philip at, 85.
Mullein Hill meeting-house, 486.
Mullins, or Mullens, William, 552, 585, 594, 596; life of, 589.
Murdock, Calvin, 396.
Murdock, Lieut. John, 126, 136.
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