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Murdock, Levi, 396.
Murdock, Lieut. Luther, 164.
Murphy, Rev. - , 494.
Muskets, 144, 194, 195.
Muster, expense of annual, 198.
Muttock (or Chesemuttock), xxi, I, 2,
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3, 147, 197, 219, 247, 248, 273, 274, 307, 355-385, 430, 501.
Muttock Hill, 6, 13, 355, 377, 381.
Nail-rods, 362.
Nails, manufacture of cut, at Titicut, 418; hammered, at Muttock, 377- 378.
Namascheuks, settlement of, 398.
Nantucket, 568.
Napoleon, 157.
Narragansett, 26, 45, 550.
Narragansetts, 8, 24, 71, 550; surren- der of, 82-83; Canonicus, 193.
National Congress, representative to, 542.
Neighborliness, 319.
Nelson, Abiel, 486.
Nelson, Ebenezer, 431.
Nelson, Rev. Ebenezer: life and minis- try of, 484-485; portrait of, 485.
Nelson, Foxel, 573.
Nelson, Mrs. Hope, life of, 420-42I.
Nelson, John, 34, 62, 225, 305, 317, 420, 517, 518, 546, 549, 556, 558, 612, 621; life of, 50. .
Nelson, Capt., Major, and Col. John, 128, 198, 204, 205, 496; life of, 421- 422; letter from James Sproat to, 42I-422.
Nelson, John H., 430.
Nelson, Nancy, 287.
Nelson, Ruth, 66; inscription on grave- stone of, 66.
Nelson, Samuel, 436.
Nelson, Rev. Samuel, ministry of, 479.
Nelson, Stephen, extract from diary of, 427.
Nelson, Sydney T., 420.
Nelson, Thomas, 66, 474-475, 563, 570, 572, 573; life of, 420, 421; autograph of, 420; life of wife of, 420-42I.
Nelson, Thomas, Jr., 573.
Nelson, William, 34, 35, 60, 431, 437, 517, 548, 552, 556, 560, 563, 585, 589, 594, 596, 601; life of, 50-51.
Nelson, William, Jr., 34, 573, 621; in- scription on gravestone of, 66; life of, 66.
Nelson's Island, 428.
Nemasket, 17, 18, 21, 24, 26, 83, 440, 498, 500, 547, 608, 628.
Nemasket Gazette, 267.
Nemasket Grange, history of, 633.
Nemasket Hill Cemetery, 220; history and description of, 383, 634; pic-
ture of entrance to Hill Cemetery, 635.
Nemasket Indians, I, 2, 18, 307, 547; burial place of, 6, 13, 355.
Nemasket, ministry at, 603, 628.
Nemasket Path, 627.
Nemasket Pond, 628.
Nemasket River, 1-2, 74, 288, 304, 305, 427, 499, 502, 503, 545, 568, 570, 595, 600, 603, 628.
Nepeof, assistant of Corbitant, 25. Nevertouch Pond, 636.
New Bedford, 2, 135, 139, 160, 268, 269, 288, 303, 320, 348, 410, 413, 428, 430, 434, 580.
New Bedford stage, 413, 428, 434; route of, 269.
New Bedford turnpike, 412-413, 434, 507.
New Brunswick, 146, 154.
New England, 158, 159, 166, 167, 212, 319, 430.
New England academies, 249, 250.
New England Guards, 185.
New England rum, 207.
New Jersey, 348.
"New Lights," 274, 401, 463, 474, 477; history of, 448-449.
New Orleans, battle of, 167, 170, 173. New Plymouth, 24, 628.
New Works, 500.
New York, 166, 268.
Newbern, 172, 184.
Newcomb's Tavern, 268.
Newell, Rev. F. C., 487.
Newport, 134.
Newspapers, 266-268; Essay and Lit- erary Journal, 267; first in town, 267; Middleboro Gazette, 267; Middle- boro Gazette and Old Colony Adver- tiser, 267; Middleboro News, 268; Nemasket Gazette, 267; Old Colony Democrat, 267; scarcity of, 268, 319; taverns used as, 266; The Boston News-Letter, 266-267; Wareham Times, 267.
Niles, Rev. Asa, ministry of, 473.
Nimrod, the, 159, 16I.
Norcutt, Ephraim, 382.
Norcutt, Mrs. Mary, 370, 382; descrip- tion given of Oliver Hall by, 371- 373.
North Middleboro, 635, 637.
North Middleboro post-office, 270.
North Rochester Parish, 466.
Nova Scotia, 99, 146.
Nye, Benjamin, 563, 593.
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Oak Grove, 177, 178.
Oak trees: as boundary lines, 583-584; picture of, 583.
Ober, Dr. Charles S., 251-252.
Occupations, of early settlers, 29, 30; of men, 206-217; of women, 212-215, 216.
Odd Fellows, history of, 632, 633.
Officers, public, 534-543.
Officers, town, 517, 543; before 1675, 517-518.
Officers of court in the 18th century, 226.
Old Colony Democrat, 267.
Old English or Indian Church, history of, 401, 402.
"Old Lights," 401, 477; history of, 448- 449.
Oliver, Andrew, 274, 359, 373.
Oliver, Daniel, 359, 373; instructions to, 106-107; life of, 147-148.
Oliver, Judge Peter, 247, 321, 376, 378, 382, 453; autograph of, 363, book-plate of, 366; diary of, 368-370; estate, description of, 367-368; lands of, 383-385; letters of, 361; life of, 147, 359-361, 368-369; plan of estate and works of, 365; Oliver Hall, description of, 362-367, 370- 373; portrait of, 363; slaves of, 104. Oliver, Dr. Peter, Jr., 147, 148, 275, 373, 376, 377; diary of, 148-150; letters of, 150-152; life of, 148, 2 39; residence of, 374; slaves of, 105, 374; stairs in house of, 373; wedding, de- scription of, 367.
Oliver, Madam Phœbe, life of, 274, 373. Oliver, William, 373.
Oliver Hall, 104, 217, 218, 274, 275, 313, 320, 431, 453; burning of, 370; de- scription of, given by Mrs. Mary Norcutt, 370-373; description of, 362-367; picture of backpiece in fire- place at, 384.
Oliver's furnace, 360, 378, 396; plan of, 365.
Oliver's slitting-mill, tradition concern- ing, 361-362; plan of, 365.
Oliver's Walk, 3, 355, 366; picture of, 360.
Oliver's works, 360-362, 378, 381, 382; plan of, 365.
Olustee Station, 187. O'Neil, Rev. J. H., 494. Onslow County, 172.
Orchards, 51.
Ordinances, regarding Indians, 4I.
Ordinaries: authorized, 319; licenses to keep, 39, 60, 556.
Ordway, Rev. Otis Osgood, 474.
Orr, Col. Hector, 165.
Osborne, Lieut. Selleck, 160.
Otis, James, 106.
Ovens, description of, 208-209.
Owen (an Indian), 629.
Oxen, xxi, 206, 216, 581.
Pachade (Pochade or Pachage) Neck, 570, 594, 602.
Pachusett Brook, 629.
Packard, Rev. Charles, 466.
Packard, Rev. Elijah, 449.
Packard, Rev. William, 487.
Paddock, John, 217.
Paddock, or Padock, Joseph, 574.
Pails, description of, 209.
Paine, Rev. Emerson, ministry of, 455, 456.
Paine, or Pain, Thomas, 551, 609, 622; life of, 624-625.
Palmer, Samuel, 571.
Palmer, Rev. Thomas, 569, 621; in- scription on gravestone of, 328; life of, 239, 328; ministry of, 443-445; autograph of, 443.
Pamantaquash (the pond sachem), 9, 419-420; will of, 9-10.
Pamattaqueasson, 568.
Pamunkey River, 180.
Paris, treaty of peace, 139.
Parishes, division of town into two, 447, 460, 462; first, extent of, 309, 448, 459; Halifax, 447, 462; North Rochester, 466; petition for setting off North Middleboro and Bridgewa- ter as a separate, xviii; suit brought against, 445; Titicut, 401, 462.
Parish Burial Ground (Green), 328; .description of, 634-635; names of purchasers, 311-312.
Parris, Capt. Sylvanus, 201.
Parsonages at the Green, description of the first one, 313.
Partridge, Partrage, or Partrich, George, 551, 585, 593, 596, 621; life of, 589. Partridge, or Partrage, James, 593.
Patchwork of the 18th century, 215.
Paths, Indian, 29, 503-505, 600; de- scription of, 503-505.
Patterson, Rev. S. T., 487. Patuckson, 73.
Patuxet, 21. Paun, Dr Amos B., 244. Pawtucket fight, 51, 80.
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Peabody, E. H., 262. Peabody, William, 549.
Peace Session, agent to, 572.
Peddlers in 18th century, 216. Peels, 209.
Peirce, Capt. Abiel, 93, 99, 118, 124; life of, 93, 94, 34I.
Peirce, Caleb, 573.
Peirce, Charles F., 272, 278.
Peirce, Major, Lieut .- Col., and Gen. Ebenezer W., 204, 267.
Peirce, Ebenezer, 573.
Peirce, Elisha, 573.
Peirce, Capt. Elkanah, 201.
Peirce, Capt. Ethan, 201.
Peirce, Rev. George, 486.
Peirce, Capt. and Lieut. Henry, 130, 133, 137, 201, 203.
Peirce, Henry, 577.
Peirce, Isaac, Sr., 550; life of, 422.
Peirce, Isaac, Jr., 573; slave of, 105.
Peirce, Corp. and Capt. James, 124, 20I. Peirce, James E., 492.
Peirce, Capt. Job, 127, 132, 201, 282, 496; house of, 423; life of, 422, 423; slaves of, 105. Peirce, Lieut. John, 94.
Peirce, Lemuel G., 515.
Peirce, Major and Senior Major Levi, 160, 205, 252, 254, 270, 289, 291, 380, 427, 429, 430, 482, 483, 542; life. of, 282-283; portrait of, 283. Peirce, Capt., Major, Lieut .- Col., and
Col. Peter H., 13, 74, 164, 200, 205, 254, 283, 288, 289, 305, 493, 510, 5II, 581; home of, 285; life of, 283-285; portrait of, 285, store of, 286.
Peirce, Sally, 483.
Peirce, Thomas, 572, 573.
Peirce, Thomas, Jr., 573.
Peirce, Thomas S., 285; bequests of, 265; portrait of, 265. Peirce, William R., 265.
Peirce, William S., 484, 514.
Peirce Academy, 251, 252-257, 482; students, 252; erection and struggle to maintain, 252-255; cost of, 253, 255; incorporated, 254; trustees, 254; principals, 254, 257; buildings, 252, 255, 256; pictures of, 253, 255, 284.
Peirce Block, picture of, 293; site of, in 1875, 293. Pembroke, 574. Peninsular campaign, 176. Penniman, Josiah F., 297.
Penniman, William O., 297.
Pennsylvania, 91. Pepperrell, William, 91.
Pequot War, 64, 71.
Pequots, 71.
Perkins, Sergt. A. M., 188.
Perkins, Abraham, 416.
Perkins, Mrs. Ann S., 468.
Perkins, D. Sumner, 410.
Perkins, Lieut-Col. and Col. Edward G., 204, 205.
Perkins, Elijah E., 410, 416, 466; por- trait of, 410.
Perkins, Mrs. Elijah E., 466.
Perkins, Isaac, 464.
Perkins, Isaac E., 406.
Perkins, Jacob, 416.
Perkins, Dr. John, 244.
Perkins, John, 468.
Perkins, Nathan, 486.
Perkins, Nathan, Jr., 468.
Perkins, Noah C., 301, 542; life of, 296-297. Perry, Commodore, 158.
Perry, Rev. Philander, 480.
Pesthouses, 413, 575.
Petersburg, 171, 187; siege of, 170, 178, 180, 187, 189.
Petitions to General Court: by Indians to sell land, 355-358; to build a slitting-mill, 359; incorporate Titicut, 401; to establish Titicut as separate precinct, 401; in regard to claim of Betty Sassamon, 568, 569; for relief on account of sickness,
570.
Pews, picture of olden time square, 494. Pewter, 209.
Philadelphia, 114.
Phillips, Capt. Dexter, 202.
Philological Society, 263.
Phinney, Elmer E., 297.
Phinney, Joseph, 463.
Physicians, 238-244. Pickens, Mrs. Abigail S., 468.
Pickens, Albert G., 273.
Pickens, Capt. Andrew J., 202, 292.
Pickens, Miss Caroline M., 468.
Pickens, Ebenezer, 201, 468, 540, 543; life of, 281, 282; portrait of, 282.
Pickens, George, Jr., 270. Pickens, Capt. James, 201.
Pickens, James M., 292, 457.
Pickens, Mrs. Mary B., 468.
Pickens, Samuel, 281, 542.
Pickens, Stephen B., 295.
Pickens, Thomas, 460.
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Pickens family (Lakeville), 436; tradi- tion concerning, 434-435- Pierce, Capt. James, 580. Pierce, 2d Lieut. Job, 122. Pierson, Rev. Mr., 487. Pies, 209.
Pig iron, payments made in 18th cen- tury in, 221, 224. Pikes, 195. Pilgrims, 1, 193, 209, 318, 582. Pine lumber, 339.
Pine woods, 340.
Pioneers, 197.
Pittsburg landing, 170. Plague, I.
Platters, 209.
Ploughs, 206, 216; introduction of first iron, 412; picture of wooden, 67.
Plymouth, xvii, xx, 1, 8, 9, 11, 24, 26, 29,
30, 55, 57, 80, 83, 87, 88, 89, 145, 146, 159, 164, 168, 193, 195, 268, 318, 320, 398, 561, 562, 565, 566, 567, 572, 574, 582, 584, 603, 608, 621, 630.
Plymouth Colony, 15, 16, 218, 221, 355.
Plymouth Colony Court, 533, 534.
Plymouth Colony militia, 195.
Plymouth County, 583; militia of, 159.
Plymouth Court records, 342.
Plymouth laws, 194.
Plymouth ministry, 551, 563, 603, 616, 621.
Plympton, 57, 391, 572, 637.
Pocasset, 80, 561.
Pocasset Swamp, 69.
Pocksha Pond, 303, 419.
Pokanoket, 21, 628, 629.
Pokanokets, 1, 9.
Pokeberry, 214.
Pollocksville, 172. Pometicon, 7.
Pond Meeting-house, 18, 426, 427, 482, 483; history of, 480-482.
Pondsbrook, Shute, and Littleworth farms, 28.
Pontus, William, 551, 585, 593, 596, 621; life of, 589-590.
Poole, Miss Elizabeth, settlement in 1637 at Titicut, 28.
Poole, Sir William, 28.
Poor, vote to sell at auction, 580. Poor Richard's Almanac, 321. Poorhouse Cemetery, history of, 637. Pope's army, Gen., 178.
Popennohoc (an Indian), 629.
Poplar Spring Church, 189. Population: changes in, xxi, xxii; in-
crease of, 582; of colony, 29; of town, xxiii, 33. Poquoy Brook, xx, 28.
Porridge, Indian, 31.
Port Hudson, 170, 173. Port Royal, capture of, 89.
Porter, Gen., 179. Porter, Fitz-John, 184.
Porter, James, 305.
Porter, Zachariah, 305.
Porter's Division, 179.
Postal rates, 269.
Postal surveyor, first, 268.
Postmasters, 270-271 ; first one, 229, 270; Assawampsett office, 270; East Mid- dleboro office, 270; Middleboro office, 229, 270; North Middleboro office, 270; South Middleboro office, 270; Rock office, 271.
Post-offices, 268-271; first post-office, 269; Assawampsett, 270; East Mid- dleboro, 270; North Middleboro, 270; South Middleboro, 270; Rock, 271.
Potomac, army of the, 178-180, 185, 187. Potter, A. K., Jr., 252.
Pound, 558.
Powder, 196, 212, 573.
Powderhorn, picture of, 144.
Powers, Hiram, 348.
Powers, Dr. Stephen, xiv, 348; life of, 240; slave of, 105.
Pratt, Albert, 407.
Pratt, Corp. Albert H., 182.
Pratt, Alton G., 4II.
Pratt, Augustus, 262.
Pratt, Capt. Benjamin, 92, 98, 153, 41I, 414.
Pratt, Christopher, 417.
Pratt, David G., 301; gift of, 635.
Pratt, Enoch, 258, 411; gifts of, 262, 265, 490; letters from, 259-261; por- trait of, 259.
Pratt, Rev. Francis Greenleaf, 348.
Pratt, George G., 262.
Pratt, Capt. Greenleaf, 164, 166.
Pratt, Herbert A., 41I.
Pratt, Isaac, 270, 410, 416; life of, 417- 418; portrait of, 416.
Pratt, Jared, 270, 410, 418; life of, 416- 417; portrait of, 416. Pratt, Lucy H., 270.
Pratt, Nathan F. C., 262.
Pratt, Nathan W., 270.
Pratt, Otis, 412.
Pratt, Phineas, life of, 52.
Pratt, Samuel, 34, 35, 564; autograph of, 51; death of, 80; life of, 51-52.
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Pratt, Rev. Stillman, 267.
Pratt, William, 270.
Pratt, Capt. William, 413, 414.
Pratt, Zebulon, 258, 262, 498.
Pratt Free School, 258-263, 416; pic- ture of, 260.
Pratt's Bridge, 8, 407-408, 411; wading- place at, 28, 504, 505; weir at, 8.
Praying Indians, 15-20, 401; churches of, 18, 355, 400.
Preble's Farm, battle of, 185.
Precinct Church, The, 437, 574.
Precincts, east and west, 460, 462.
Prentice, Rev. Dwight W., 466.
Prescriptions, 238.
Price, Rev. John W., 489.
Prices: fixed by selectmen, 222-223; of food in French and Indian Wars,
89; paid for labor on highways and bridges, 581.
Priming-wire, 196.
Prince, Gen., 172.
Prince, Nathan, 416; life of, 313.
Prince, Samuel, 227, 313, 446; auto- graph of, 227; life of, 227-228.
Prince, Thomas, 91, 228, 573.
Prince, or Prence, Gov. Thomas, 545, 551, 563, 596, 602, 622, 628; auto- graph of, 598; life of, 598.
Prince and Coomb's Purchase, 626; date of, 545; description of, 628.
Princeton, battle of, 125.
Printing-offices at Eddyville, 343.
Prizes given for spinning and weaving in 18th century, 213.
Probate Court, judges of, 542.
Proclamation of Emancipation, 170.
Progress Assembly, R. S. G. F., history of, 633.
Proprietors of the liberties of Middle- boro, 33, 622; list of, 551-552.
Proprietors of the town of Middleberry, 550, 553, 559, 563-564, 630; list of, 563-564; to pay debts of Indians, 612.
Proprietors' Meetings, votes of, 562, 563, 564; in regard to inhabitants of town, 563; to divide land, 553; to treat with Indians, 562.
Provincial Congress of Mass., First, dates, meeting-places, and members of, 543.
Public Library, 264-266; picture of, 264.
" Publick Occurrences," 266.
Public officers, 534-543; clerk of County Courts, 542; County com-
missioners, 543; deputies and re- presentatives, 534-538; judge of Court of Sessions, 543; judges of Probate Court, 542; justices of the peace, 538-541; Mandamus Coun- cillor, 541; members of Constitu- tional Conventions, 542; members of First Provincial Congress of Mass., 543; members of Governor's Council, 543; Register of Court of Insolvency, 542; Register of Court of Probate and Insolvency, 542; Representative to Congress, 542; Senators, 543; Sher- iff, High, 542; sheriffs, deputy, 287. Pumpkins, 208.
Punkapoags, 71.
Purchade, 394-397, 490, 635.
Purchade Brook, 462.
Purchade Meadows, 394.
Purchade Purchase, 594-600, 629; date when made, 545, 594; deed, 595-596; orders of court, 594-595, 596; lives of purchasers of, 597-600; purchasers of, 596.
Purchases from the Indians: early, 582-630; men appointed to make, 548; map of early, 582.
Purdy, Rev. C. A., 489.
Purses of beads used in 18th century, 215.
Putnam, Rev. Israel W., D. D., life and ministry of, 458-459; portrait of, 458.
Quebec, 268; battle of, 94; death of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, 92; expedition against, 89; fall of, 92; soldiers of Middleboro in, 89-94.
Quilting-frames, 215.
Quilting-parties of 18th century, 215, 217. Quincy, 268. Quincy granite, 192.
Railroads, 510- 512; Bridgewater branch, 510; Cape Cod Branch R. R., 511; charter of Old Colony R. R. Corp., 510; Middleboro R. R. Corp., 510; Old Colony R. R. Co., 512; Plymouth and Middleboro R. R. Co., 511-512; Taunton and Middle- boro R. R., 511; station built and rebuilt, 512; picture of railroad sta- tion, 512.
Railways, street, 512-513. Ramrods, 196. Ramsdell, Daniel, 550.
Ramsey, Rev. William M., 491.
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Randall, Abraham G., 254.
Ransome, Lemuel, 153, 430; life of, 154-155; picture of house of, 153. Ransome house, picture of, 153. Rattlesnake's skin, 193.
Rawson, Rev. Grindal, 18.
Raymond, John, 80; life of, 335.
Raymond Neighborhood, 335.
Raynham, xx, 10, 482.
Raynor, Rev. B. F., 489.
Reade, Solomon, 577.
Reading, Sarah, 315.
Rebellion, War of the, 168-192, 397. Red Men, history of, 632.
Red River, 174.
Redding, Mr., 414.
Reed, Capt. Apollos, 201.
Reed, Hannah, work of, 216-217.
Reed, James, 460, 564.
Reed, Levi, 14.
Reed, Mrs. Ruth, 468.
Reed, Rev. Solomon, ministry of, 464- 465. Reed, Sylvanus W., 515.
Reformed Methodist Church, 488.
Refreshments: at musters, 198; at rais- ing of houses in 18th century, 207; at raising of meeting-house, 566, 567. Regiments in War of the Rebellion: number from Mass., 169; Infantry regiments: Second, 171; Third, 171- 173; Fourth, 173-176; Ninth, 176; Eleventh, 176-178; Twelfth, 178; Sixteenth, 178-179; Eighteenth, 179- 183; Nineteenth, 183; Twentieth, 183-184; Twenty - second, 184; Twenty-third, 184-185; Twenty- fourth, 185; Twenty-eighth, 185; Thirtieth, 185; Thirty-second, 185- 186; Fortieth, 187-188; Third Vet- eran, 188; Fifty-eighth, 188-189; Fifty-ninth, 189; Cavalry Regiments, 189-19I.
Relics of Indians, 307.
Religion: in 18th century, 319; of early settlers, 32, 439.
- Representative to National Congress, 542.
Representatives to General Court, 561; instructions to, 107, 580; letter in re-depreciation of currency to, 578- 579.
Representatives to the General Court of the Province of Mass. Bay in N. E .: list of representatives, 534 - 538; uniting of Plymouth and Mass .. col- onies to form court, 534.
Resettlement and settlement of town, 27, 29, 544, 549, 550-552, 582.
Revolution, the, 106-144; action of Middleboro, 106-109; attitude of Middleboro, 115-116; condition of nation at close of, 139; correspond- ence at time of, 109-115, 129-130; currency during, 221-222; petition against tax, 130-131; soldiers in, 116- 128, 130, 132-142; votes of town, 109, IIO, 115-116, 142-144.
Reynolds, Alexander, 550.
Reynolds, Electious, 460, 573.
Reynolds, Ephraim, 573.
Reynolds, Isaac, 573.
Rhode Island, 9, 80, 125, 130, 131, 132,' 133, 139, 630; alarms, 125.
Rhode Island Road, the, 430; de- scription of, 504.
Richardson, Rev. Samuel, 474.
Richmond, Mr., exhuming of, 400; life of, 400. Richmond, Bathsheba, 636.
Richmond, David, 496.
Richmond, E. W., 297.
Richmond, Ebenezer, 460.
Richmond, Edward, 460.
Richmond, Hercules, 636.
Richmond, Jonathan, 400.
Richmond, John, 562.
Richmond, Capt. Joseph, 497.
Richmond, Joseph, 563.
Richmond, Lysander, 397.
Richmond, Robert, 574.
Richmond, or Richman, Samuel, 564, 616; life of, 617-618. Richmond, Seth, 461.
Richmond, Stephen, life of, 155.
Richmond, Lieut. Sylvester, 92.
Richmond, 171, 187, 188.
Richmond Farm, Elisha, 397.
Rickard, or Richard, Giles, Sr., 551, 603, 621; life of, 607.
Rickard, John, 627; life of, 628.
Ring, or Ringe, Andrew, 34, 552, 586, 590, 593, 596, 621; life of, 52-53-
Ring, Eleazer, 593.
Ring, William, 593.
Riordan, Rev. D. C., 494.
Ritchie, John, 382.
Ritchie House: picture of, 382; tra- dition concerning, 382. Roach, Nicholas, 466; life of, 436.
Roads and highways, 505-510; court orders, 506, 508, 509; first public, 505; prices for labor on, 581; laying out and repairing of, 506-510.
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Roanoke Island, 184.
Robbins, Consider, 468.
Roberts, Rev. Mr., 263.
Roberts, A. J., 263.
Roberts, Thomas, 247.
Roberts' Tavern, 429.
Robeson, Andrew, 51C.
Robin's Hill, 334.
Robinson, Everett, 227, 301, 515; life of, 236-237; portrait of, 236.
Robinson, Dr. Morrill, 262, 270, 400; life of, 241, 414-415; portrait of, 241. Rochester, xviii, 145, 201, 429, 434, 477, 561, 562, 566, 613.
Rochester Path, description of the, 504. Rock, 197, 251, 334, 467, 477; view of the, 334.
Rock Cemetery, 334; history of, 636.
Rock Meeting-house (Rock), 334, 483.
Rock post-office, 271. Rocky Meadow, 334.
Rocky Meadow Pond, 334-335.
Rocroft, 21.
Rogers, Sergt. Andrew P., 190.
Rogers, John, 552, 563, 616, 622; life of, 618. Rogers, Timothy, 573.
Roman Catholic Church, 493-494; pic- ture of, 493.
Rootey Brook, 628.
Rotch, William, 580.
Rounseville, Mrs. Freelove P., 469.
Rounseville, Gamaliel, 430; life of, 377.
Rounseville, Capt. Levi, 130.
Rowlandson, Mary, 355.
Roxbury, 122. Ruberg, Rev. George L., 474.
Ruggles, Rev. Benjamin, life and min- istry of, 460.
Rum, 198, 207, 568.
Running of town bounds, 559-560.
Russell, Rev. P. R., 480.
Ryder, Rev. Freeman, 487.
Ryder, Rev. W. Clarkson, 467
Salem, 218, 335. Sammauchamoi, description of, 628.
Samplers, 215.
Sampson, Capt. Abiel M., 201.
Sampson, or Samson, Caleb, 621; life of, 625.
Sampson, Deborah, 478; home of, 331; life of, 213, 329-333; portrait of, 330. Sampson, Capt. Elias, 201. Sampson, Elias, Jr., 270.
Sampson, George R., 301, 396.
Sampson, H. LeBaron, 262.
Sampson, or Samson, Henry, 551, 564, 603, 609, 616, 628; life of, 607. Sampson, Isaac, 574.
Sampson, Jonathan, Jr., 330. Sampson, Capt. and Major Joseph, Jr., 202, 204, 295, 515. Sampson, Obadiah, gift of, 635.
Sampson, Samuel, life of, 395-396. Sampson, Walter, 252.
Sampson's Cove, 427.
Sampson's Tavern, 268, 269; history of, 427-428; picture of, 428.
Sassamon, Betty, 427; claim of, 568.
Sassamon, John, 13, 68, 71, 427, 568; death of, 72-73; facsimile of letter of, 72; lands of, 420; life of, 17, 71-72. Savery, Albert T., 349. Savory, Nathan, 486.
Savory, Thomas, autograph of, 602; life of, 601-602.
Sawin, Rev. Theophilus Parsons, 459. Sawmills, xxi, 290, 306, 335, 352, 378, 387-388, 390, 407, 437.
Sawyer, Rev. Rufus M., 459.
Sayer, Rev. Benjamin L., 489.
Scholars, punishment of, in early times, 248.
School District No. 19, 394.
School districts, 245-247, 249; in
Lakeville, 437; number of, 247.
School-teachers, 246-248, 250, 251, 252, 564, 569, 572.
Schoolhouses, 247; Bell, 437; descrip- tion of oldest, 247; old red school- house, 376.
Schools, 245-263; academies, 250-262; boarding, 263; early teachers of, 246, 247; grammar, 245; high, 249-252; summer, 247, 248; winter, 247, 248. Scituate, 80, 86, 159. Scollay, John, 276.
Scollay, Miss Rebecca, 276; extract from diary of, 272.
Scott, Rev. Elias C., 487.
Scythes, 207.
Sears, 2d Lieut. David, 92.
Sears, Nathaniel, 270.
Second Baptist Church, Lakeville, 474- 477. Selectmen, 518-529, 538, 547, 549, 567, 568, 569, 570, 573, 580; acts of, 222- 223; list of, 520-529; powers and duties of, 518-520.
Senators, list of, 543.
Separatist Church at Beech Woods, 467, 475.
Settlement and resettlement of town:
715
INDEX
court order for, 549-550; first set- tlement, 582; list of proprietors, 550-552; probable date of, 27, 29, 544.
Settlers, early, xx, xxi, 439, 440; before King Philip's War, 29-67.
Seven Days' Fight, 179.
Seventy kettles, 21I.
Shaw, Capt. Abraham, 201, 203.
Shaw, Allen, 13, 270, 291.
Shaw, Ist Sergt. Asa, 173. Shaw, Ensign Calvin, 161.
Shaw, Corp. Dennis, 175.
Shaw, E. G., 413.
Shaw, Corp. Eben A., 173.
Shaw, Capt. Gaius, 163.
Shaw, Ensign and 2d Lieut. George, 133, 138. Shaw, George, 626.
Shaw, Jacob B., 270, 291, 301, 515.
Shaw, Capt. James, 201, 203.
Shaw, John, 34, 35, 254, 258, 291, 552, 586, 590, 593; life of, 53.
Shaw, Rev. John, ministry of, 461,
Shaw, Sergt. Orlando H., 175.
Shaw, Ruth, 637.
Shaw, Samuel, 297.
Shaw, Capt. William, 119, 200, 203, 542.
Shaw, Corp. William B., 182.
Shays's Rebellion, 577. Sheedy, Rev. P. J., 494.
Sheep-raising, 214.
Shenandoah Valley, 170. Shepard, Benjamin, Jr., 287.
Shepard, Sarah W., 287.
Shepherdstown, 179. Sheridan, Gen., 185.
Sheridan's raid, 170. Sheriff, high, 542.
Sheriffs, deputy, 287. Sherman, Gen., 170. Sherman, Capt. David, 201.
Sherman, Rev. Isaac, 489.
Sherman, Dr. J. H., 244.
Sherman, Joseph, Esq., 341.
Sherman, Nathaniel B., 290.
Shingle mills: at South Middleboro, 339; at Soule Neighborhood, 351; at Warrentown, 390. Shingles, 208.
Ships, built, xxi; at Lowlands, 388; at Titicut, 411-412, picture of site of shipyard, 411; at Woodward'sBridge, 388; picture of shipyard from Wood- ward's Bridge, 388.
Shirley, General, 91, 99.
Shockley's Hill, 420, 481.
Shoe shops: Eddyville, 347; Four Corners, 294-298; Purchade, 397; Titicut, 410-4II.
Shoemakers of 18th century, 216. Shoes, in 18th century, 216, 219. Short, Luke, 446; life of, 327. Shot, 573.
Shovel manufactories, xxi, 197; at Four Corners, 288; at Muttock, 378; at Warrentown, 391; at Waterville, 349. Shovels, 206; "Peel" or "Slice," 209.
Shurtleff, Dr. James F., 244.
Shurtleff, Elder William, 475, 486; ministry of, 477.
Shurtliff, Corp. Gideon, 173.
Shute farm, 28. Sickness in town, severe (1726), 570. Signal Hill, 188.
Silk, 215, 218, 219.
Silver, 209.
Simmons, David, 449.
Simmons, John, 626, 627.
Simmons, or Simonson, Moses, 35, 586, 593, 596; life of, 590.
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