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Simonds, Ben, 14; inscription on grave- stone of, 14. Simons, John, 20.
Simons, Moses, 552.
Simpson, Rev. Douglass Hazard, 474. Singing-schools of 18th century, 217. Sitting-rooms, 210.
Sixteen Shilling Purchase, 303, 618- 626; date of, 618, 619; deed of, 619- 621; list of proprietors of, 621-622; lives of proprietors of, 622-626.
Skillets, 209. Slave question, 168-169. Slavery, 168, 170.
Slaves, 101-105; anecdotes of, 101- 104; disappearance of, 105; number of, IOI.
Sleds, 206, 216.
Slitting-mills, xxi; at Muttock, 359, 373, 377, 378; tradition concerning, 361-362.
Smallpox, 344, 413, 575-576; pest- houses, 413, 575 ; petition for hospital in Titicut, 577; treatment of, 575; votes, 576.
Smallpox Cemetery, Old, 637.
Smith, Dr. A. Vincent, 244.
Smith, Bethia, 315.
Smith, Chandler R., 270.
Smith, Corp. Charles H., 182, 186. Smith, Capt. Daniel, 201, 270.
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Smith, Dr. Henry Sutton Burgess, life of, 242-243.
Smith, Israel, 271.
Smith, Lieut. James, 125.
Smith, James, 577.
Smith, Capt. John, 21, 201.
Smith, John, 270, 315.
Smith, Jonathan, 572.
Smith, Joseph, 315.
Smith, Ens. Joseph (2d), 117.
Smith, Ist Lieut. and Sergt. Josiah, 118, 127, 132; life of, 338-339.
Smith, Capt. Nathaniel, 116, 200.
Smith, Widow Rhoda, 315.
Smith, Samuel, life of, 340-34I.
Smith, Corp. Vanzandt E., 184.
Smith, William, 475.
Snaphances, 195.
Snipetuit Purchase, 303, 615.
Snow, Aaron, 397.
Snow, Anthony, 551, 564, 603, 616, 621; life of, 607-608.
Snow, Dr. George Walter: life of, 244; portrait of, 244.
Snow, Capt. Jabez, 99.
Snow, James, 397.
Snow, Rev. Joseph, 463.
Snow, Loum, 288.
Snow, Loum, Jr., 288.
Snow, Rev. S. P., 489.
Snow, T. Newton, 258.
Snow, Venus, 394.
Snowstorm of 1717, 569.
Soap-making in 18th century, 212, 217. Social customs of the 18th century, 206- 224.
Social events of 18th century, 217-218. Soldiers in local militia, 198-205.
Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars,
89, 90-95, 99; Capt. Canedy's com- panies, 90-91; Capt. Pratt's com- pany, 92-93; Capt. Snow's company, 99; Capt. Thacher's company, 94-95. Soldiers in the Revolution, 116-117; Local militia: First Company of, 117-118; Second Company of, 118- 119; Minute men: First Company of, 119-120; Second Company of, 120- I21; Third Company of, 121-122; Capt. Wood's Company, 122-123; Capt. Peirce's company, 124; In- fantry: First Company of 125-126; Third Company of, 126-127; Fourth Company of, 127-128; Fifth Com- pany of, 128; Capt. Rounseville's Company, 130; Capt. Peirce's Com- pany, 132; Capt. Tupper's Company,
132-133; Capt. Peirce's Company, I33-134; Capt. Churchill's;Company, I34; Capt. Washburn's Company, 135; Col. Jacobs's Regiment, 135- 136; Second Company, 136; Third Company, 136-137; Fourth Com- pany, 137-138; Fifth Company, 138; Capt. Eddy's Company, 139-142.
Soldiers in the War of 1812, 158-160;
163, 164; Capt. Cushman's Company, 162; Capt. Peirce's Company, 164- 165; Capt. Shaw's Company, 163; Capt. Wilder's Company, 161-162.
Soldires in War of the Rebellion, 169- 170; Infantry: Second Regiment of, 171; Third Regiment of, 171; Com- pany B, 172; Third Regiment of, 172-173; Fourth Regiment of, 173- 176; Ninth Regiment of, 176; Elev- enth Regiment of, 176-178; Twelfth Regiment of, 178; Sixteenth Regi- ment of, 178-179; Eighteenth Regi- ment of, 179-183; Nineteenth Regi- ment of, 183; Twentieth Regiment of, 183-184; Twenty-second Regi- ment of, 184; Twenty-third Regiment of, 184-185; Twenty-fourth Regi- ment of, 185; Twenty-eighth Regi- ment of, 185; Thirtieth Regiment of, 185; Thirty-second Regiment of, 185-186; Fortieth Regiment of, 187- 188; Fifty-eighth Regiment of, 188- 189; Fifty-ninth Regiment of 189; Cavalry Regiments, 189-191.
Soldiers' monument, 192; picture of, I9I.
Sons of Liberty, 107.
Sons of Temperance, history of, 631. Sons of Veterans, history of, 632.
Soule, E. T., 377.
Soule, or Sole, George, 35, 350, 487, 552, 586, 594, 596; life of, 590-591; autograph of, 590. Soule, Isaac, 350, 542; life of, 351.
Soule, Sergt. J. Horace, 175.
Soule, Jabez, 56-57.
Soule, James, 89, 197, 3II, 312, 351, 563, 634; life of, 350.
Soule, Sole, or Soul, John, 225, 312, 350, 351, 554, 559, 560, 562, 563, 565, 566, 593, 616, 622; life of, 350; autograph of, 350.
Soule, John, Jr., 564.
Soule, Otis, 315.
Soule, Sergt. Preston, 183.
Soule, Rufus A., 297.
Soule, William, 35I.
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Soule Neighborhood, 350-351, 575. South, 168.
South Middleboro, 270, 339-341, 477, 637.
South Middleboro Cemetery, history of, 636.
South Middleboro post-office, 270.
South Purchase, 613-618; meeting of proprietors of, 225-226; date of, 547, 613; deeds of, 614-616; payment for, 615; purchasers of, 616; lives of pur- chasers of, 617-618.
Southworth, Capt., 545, 548, 595.
Southworth, Constant, 506, 548, 549, 602, 618, 628, 629, 630; life of, 591, 592; autograph of, 591.
Southworth, Lieut .- Col. Ellis, Jr., 205. Southworth, Capt. Gideon, 200.
Southworth, Capt. Ichabod, 200, 574. Southworth, Capt. ând Lieut. Nathan-
iel, 35, 76, 200, 563, 571, 574, 622 ;. St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, 494; life of, 592-593. history of, 637.
Southworth, Capt. Seth, 202.
Southworth, Capt. Thomas, 584; life of, 591-592; autograph of, 592.
Southworth, W. H., 302.
Sparrow, Major, Lieut .- Col., and Col. Edward, 204, 205.
Sparrow, Edward, Jr., 288.
Sparrow, H. P., 301.
Sparrow, James, 459.
Sparrow, John or Jonathan, 552, 563, 616, 622; life of, 618.
Spencer, Gen., 131, 132.
Spinning, 213, 214, 216; prizes given in 18th century for, 213. Spinning-wheels, 212.
Spooner, Benjamin, Jr., 422.
Spooner, Ebenezer, 274, 276, 373.
Spooner Hill, 276.
Spoons, description of, 209.
Spottsylvania, battle of, 170, 177, 178, 180, 185.
Sprague, Francis, 586, 593, 596; life of, 59I.
Spray, Samuel, 9. Sproat, Capt. Earl, 383.
Sproat, or Sproutt, Major and Col. Ebenezer, 116, 128, 200, 204, 312, 320, 543; autograph of, 322; letter to, 129-130; life of, 322-325; portrait of, 323.
Sproat, Ebenezer, life of, 322. Sproat, Granville T., 267, 371. Sproat, Hannah, 432.
Sproat, James, 254, 277, 288, 431, 460; letter to Capt. John Nelson, 421-422.
Sproat, or Sprout, Capt. Robert, 200, 431, 563, 621; life of, 625.
Sproat, Thomas, 325.
Sproat, Zebedee, 431; tradition con- cerning, 432.
Sproat house, the, 105, 373-374; pic-
ture of, 374; picture of stairs in, 373. Sproat Tavern, 268, 320, 325, 454; de- scription and history of, 318-322; people who gathered at, 320-322; picture of, 319; picture of sign on, 32I.
Sprout, Experience, 572.
Spruce Meeting-house, 477.
Squanto (or Tisquantum), 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 193, 398.
Squawbetty, 72.
St. Augustine, 268.
St. George's River, attack on fort, 90; result of attack, 90.
Stage-coach, uses and routes of, 268- 269, 319-320, 413, 428, 434, 506.
Stamp Act, 106; copy of stamp under, I06.
Standford, Ens. Robert, 90.
Standish, Rev. Edmund A., 487.
Standish, Ichabod, 462.
Standish, Capt. Miles, 24, 31, 193, 194.
Standish, Phœbe, 462.
Staples, George, 461.
Star Mills, 277, 503; history of, 287- 288.
State militia, 196.
Stearns, Rev. George Warren, 459.
Stetson, George W., 227.
Stetson, Capt. Peleg, 433.
Stetson, Sprague S., 431; life of, 433; portrait of, 433.
Stevens, Capt. Isaac, 202, 227, 254; life of, 233.
Stillwater, battle of, 125.
Stillwater furnace, 339.
Stocks, 558.
Stoddard, Rev. Isaac, 487.
Stokes, Rev. Charles, 489.
Stone, Rev, Harvey M., 469.
Stonewall, John, 556.
Stony Point, battle of, 125.
Stores: at Eddyville, 345, 347; at Fall Brook, 308; at Four Corners, 273, 291; at Lakeville, 429, 430; at Mut- tock, 376, 377, 378; at Rock, 334; at South Middleboro, 339; at Titicut, 410; at Waterville, 349; scarcity of, in 18th century, 216.
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Straw hats, method of manufacturing, 29I-292.
Street Railways, 512-513; East Taun- ton, 513; Middleboro, Wareham, and Buzzard's Bay, 513; New Bedford, Middleboro, and Brockton, 512-513; Old Colony, 513.
Strobridge, Capt. John, 201.
Strobridge, William, 422, 436, 460.
Strobridge Family (Lakeville), tradi- tion concerning, 434-435; land of, 436. Strong, John, 28.
Sturtevant, Dr. George, 325; life of, 239.
Sturtevant, Isaac, 58.
Sturtevant, Moses, 359; picture of plough owned by, 67.
Sturtevant, Gov. Peter, 388.
Sturtevant, Dr. Thomas, 238, 327; life of, 239, 325.
Sturtevant, Thomas, 378; life of, 325; acrostic on Lord's Prayer, 326-327. Sturtevant farm, 325.
Sturtevant house, 311, picture of, 315. Submission men, 157.
Sullivan, Gen., 132.
Sullivan, Dennis D., 227.
Sullivan, John C., 227, 542.
Superb, the, 159.
Surveyors of Highways, 1675, 549; 1682, 555.
Swamps: Beaver Dam, 387; Great Cedar, 386; Meeting-House, 387; Pocasset, 69; White Oak Island, 387, 388.
Swansea, 16, 43, 75, 80, 549, 573.
Sweet, Sergt. Sargeant S., 175.
Swett, Rev. C. D., 480.
Swift, Samuel, 563.
Swine, vote concerning, 570.
Sylvester, H. H., 268.
Sylvester, Harriet B., 300. Symons, Rev. T. M., 480.
Tack Factory, the (Lakeville), 437- 438.
Tacks, manufacture of, in Lakeville, 437; in Waterville, 349.
Tailors of 18th century, 216.
Tallow, 21I.
Tamplin, Rev. William, 487.
Tandy, Rev. Lorenzo, 474.
Tanneries: at Soule Neighborhood, 351; at Lakeville, 430.
Taunton, xvii, xviii, 10, 62, 69, 80, 145, 309, 320, 399, 460, 493, 545, 546, 630. Taunton Academy, 153.
Taunton Path, the, 628, 629; descrip- tion of, 503-504.
Taunton River, xx, xxi, 2, 22, 27, 80, 398, 399.
Taverns, xxi, 268, 269; Briggs's, 277; Coombs's, 39; Eaton's, 413; licenses, 39, 60, 319, 556; Roberts', 420; Sampson's, 427-428; Sproat, 318- 322; in Titicut, 413; Weston, 392- 393; Wood's, 272.
Taxes: abatement of, 553; levied on inhabitants, 568; not assessed, 547, 552; paid to colony, 548, 555, 560; remitted by colony, 570; vote to get rebate, 561.
Tea party, the Boston, vote concerning, 109.
Texas, 174.
Thacher, Rev. Peter, 449, 477, 634, 635; slaves of, 101-103; life of, 313; min- istry of, 446-447; autograph of, 313.
Thanksgiving, 209.
Thanksgiving Day, 580.
Thatcher, Adelaide K., 266.
Thatcher, Allen C., 291; life of, 289- 290.
Thatcher, Charles M., 266.
Thatcher, Rev. Isaiah C., ministry of, 469; portrait of, 469.
Thatcher, Madam Mary, 313, 447; slave of, 105.
Thatcher, Capt. Samuel, 92, 94.
The Boston News-Letter, description of, 266-267.
Third Baptist Church (South Middle- boro), 488, 489.
Third Calvinistic Baptist Church, 477- 480; picture of, 478.
Third Veteran Regiment, 188.
Thomas, the Interpreter, 629.
Thomas, Capt., 179.
Thomas, Mrs., 225, 359.
.Thomas, A. A., 300. Thomas, Capt. Albert, 202.
Thomas, Amos, 291.
Thomas, Barzillai, 446.
Thomas, (Deacon) Benjamin, 115, 446, . 449, 496, 542; life of, 329.
Thomas, Mrs. Betsey, 469.
Thomas, or Tomas, David, xxii, 34, 35, 329, 552, 563, 621, 626, 627; life of, 53; autograph of, 53.
Thomas, or Tommas, David, Jr., 34, 560, life of, 53-54.
Thomas, or Tomas, Edward, 225, 387, 561, 563, 567.
Thomas, Corp. Francis S., 175.
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Thomas, Sergt. George B., 182. Thomas, Corp. Harrison O., 182. Thomas, Hushai, tradition concerning, 361-362. Thomas, Deacon Ira, 291.
Thomas, Ira M., 291.
Thomas, Rev. J. S., 489.
Thomas, Capt. Jabez, 200.
Thomas, Capt. Jacob, 202.
Thomas, James (an Indian), 20, 635.
Thomas, Tomas, or Tommas, Sergt. Jeremiah, 198, 560, 563, 568, 569. Thomas, John, 549.
Thomas, Capt. and Lieut .- Col. Loth- rop, 202, 204.
Thomas, Capt. Lothrop S., 202.
Thomas, Lydia, 312. Thomas, Martha, 486.
Thomas, Capt. Nathaniel, 549, 559, 560, 561, 630.
Thomas, Perez, 82.
Thomas, Capt. Robert M., 202.
Thomas, Lieut .- Col. S., 180.
Thomas, Samuel (an Indian), 356; deed of, 357-358.
Thomas, Capt. Seneca, 175.
Thomas, Capt., Major, and Col. Ste- phen, 202, 204. Thomas, Major William, 205.
Thomas, Tomas, or Tommas, William, 225, 560, 561, 563. Thomastown, 53, 82, 329-333, 335. . Thomastown Cemetery, description of, 637.
Thompson, Lieut., 593.
Thompson, Capt. Amasa J., 202.
Thompson, Dr. Arad, 254, 390; life of, 240; portrait of, 240. Thompson, Barnabas, 572.
Thompson, Cephas, 389, 415, 452; life of, 389-390; portrait of, 389.
Thompson, Cephas G., 390. Thompson, Elizabeth, 462.
Thompson, Ephraim, 572.
Thompson, George, life of, 387; house of, 387.
Thompson, Isaac, Esq., 496, 542.
Thompson, Jacob, 571. See Tomson. Thompson, Jerome B., 390. Thompson, John, 572.
Thompson, Marietta T., 390.
Thompson, Mary, Sr., 462. Thompson, Mary, 462. Thompson, Reuel, 386. Thompson, Thomas, 462, 571.
Thompson, Venus, 386.
Thompson, Ens. William, 119.
Thompson Road, 386-388.
Thomson, Caleb, 388.
Thomson, Isaac, life of, 386-387; por- trait of, 386.
Thomson, Jacob, 387, 388.
Thomson, Capt. William, 580; life of, 388-389.
Thousand Acre Lot, the, 303.
Thrasher, John, 460.
Three Mile Run, the, 187.
Threshing, 216.
Ticonderoga, 99, 115. Tillson, Granville E., 300.
Tillson, Capt. Sylvanus, 200.
Tilson, Deacon, 327.
Tilson, Ichabod, 349.
Tilton, T. W., 262.
Timber lands, 352.
Tin, 209.
Tinckom, Corp. John, 198.
Tinder-box, description of, 21I.
Tingley, Rev. James W., 474.
Tinkham, Abigail, 462.
Tinkham, Andrew L., 270.
Tinkham, Ist Sergt. C. G., 178.
Tinkham, Lieut. Cornelius, 120.
Tinkham, Dennis, 475.
Tinkham, or Tincom, Ebenezer, 34, 445, 560, 563, 568, 593; life of, 55; autograph of, 445.
'Tinkham, Tincom, or Tinkom, Ephraim, 34, 35, 76, 359, 552, 563, 593, 622; life of, 54-55; tradition concerning, 54.
Tinkham, Ephraim, Jr., 34; life of, 55.
Tinkham, Isaac, 388, 462.
Tinkham, John, 288, 387, 388, 571.
Tinkham, Capt. Joseph, 200.
Tinkham, Capt. Josiah, 202.
Tinkham, Ens. and Capt. Orrin, 164, 200.
Tinkham, or Tincom, Peter, 563, 594.
Tinkham, Priscilla, 483.
Tinkham, Samuel, 298.
Tinkham, Seth, 448.
Tinkham, Shubael, 359, 571.
Tinkham, Wallace, 267.
Tippicunnicut, 627.
Tippicunnicut Brook, 627.
Tippling, 580.
Tirrell, Rev. Eben, 488.
Tispequin (the black sachem), 9, 10, 73, 81, 83, 86, 307, 602, 610, 613, 627, 628, 629, 630; deeds of, 600, 601, 608- 612, 614-616, 619-621; life of, 12-13.
Tispequin Council, O. U. A. M., his- tory of, 633.
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Tispequin Pond, 305, 628; description of, 307.
Tispequin Street Cemetery, history of, 637.
Tisquantum. See Squanto.
Tithing-men, 570.
Titicut, xviii, xxi, 2, II, 17, 18, 20, 22, 80, 270, 355, 398-418, 440, 469, 498, 499, 553, 568, 575, 577, 583, 584; extent of, 462; made a precinct, 401, 462; settlement at, 28; weir, 28, 499. Titicut Academy, 258-262; gifts to, 261, 262; incorporation of, 258; teach- ers, 258, 262; trustee of, 262.
Titicut Bridge, 407, 408-410; lottery for rebuilding, 408-409; rebuilt, 410. Titicut Cemetery, history of, 635.
Titicut Church, 462-466; description of
first meeting-house, 463; description of second meeting-house, 465; first members of, 463; Indian gift of land, 462; lottery to support minister, 465; pictures of, 415, 466; tax, 463. Titicut Falls, 580.
Titicut Indians, 20, 399, 462, 584.
Titicut Parish, 401, 462, 463, 465, 584, 635
Titicut Path, the, 8, 553; description of, 504.
Titicut Purchase, 28, 629-630: con- sideration and date, 629; description of, 629-630.
Titicut River, 602, 629.
Tiverton, 13I.
Tobacco, how regarded by early set- tlers, 319.
Tobey, Charles H., 288.
Tobey, Rev. Leonard, 254.
Tobias, 73-74; deed of, 615-616.
Toll rates, 413.
Toll-gates, 412, 434, 507.
Tolls, 434, 507.
Tomahawks, 70.
Tomblen, Rev. Charles L., 466.
Tompkins, Rev. Lemuel, 487.
Tomson, Sergt., 548.
Tomson, Isaac, letter to, 577-578.
Tomson, or Tompson, Capt. and Lieut.
Jacob, 35, 198, 199, 225, 353, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 574, 594, 626, 634; autograph of, 352; life of, 352-354; map drawn by, xvii.
Tomson, John, 34, 35, 60, 76, 89, 220, 350, 353, 386, 388, 506, 517, 518, 549, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 558, 559, 560, 561, 563, 613, 615, 618, 621, 622, 630, 634; autograph of, 55; in-
scription on gravestone of, 52; life of, 55-59; picture of gun of, 76; pic- ture of pistol of, 354.
Tomson, John, Jr., 34, 551, 563; auto- graph of, 59; life of, 59.
Tomson, Peter, 564.
Tomson, Thomas, 89, 564; life of, 354. Tories, 122, 145-156; banishment of, 376. Towle, Rev. E. D., 488.
Town clerks, 530-531, 546, 553, 583; duties of, 530; list of, 530-531; salary, how paid, 555; tradition concerning first, 530.
Town hall, new, 265, 498; building committee, 498; cost, 498; date, 498; picture of, frontispiece.
Town house, old, 495-498; committee to build, 496, 497; erection of, 496, 497; law concerning, 495; location of, 496, 497; meeting-houses used for, 495; picture of, 497; plan of, 496- 497
Town meetings, 495-498; abandoned and reestablished, 495; fine for not attending, 496; votes of, 106, 107-108, 109, IIO-III, 115, 142-144, 156, 159, 246, 250, 251, 264, 310, 311, 351-352, 381-382, 392, 495-497, 500-502, 507- 510, 553, 554, 555, 556-558, 560, 561, 563, 564, 566-574, 576, 577, 580, 581; where held, 495, 496.
Town officers, 517-533; clerks, town, 530-531; selectmen, 518-529; treas- urers, town, 531-533.
Town officers before 1675, list of, 517- 518; vacancies in, 518.
Town records, 3II; burned, 33, 517, 550; perfecting of, 553.
Town treasurers, 531-533; duties of, 531-532; list of, 532-533.
Townsend, Ens. Abram, 120.
Townsman, men accepted as, 560, 561; men denied as, 564.
Traditions concerning, Betty's Neck, 427; Lakeville families, 434-435; Mad Mare's Neck, 303; Morton, John, Jr., 49; Morton house, 274; Nelson, Mrs. Hope, and an Indian, 421; Ritchie house, 382; settlers, first, 54; slitting-mill at Muttock, 361-362; Sproat, Zebedee, 432; town clerk, first, 530.
Train bands, 195-197; captains of, 202, 203.
Training day, 197, 320.
Training-greens: at the Green, 197, 311,
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320; at Muttock, 197; at Rock, 334, 636; at Warrentown, 394.
Trasher, Samuel, 574.
Travel: early mode of, 32; mode of, in 18th century, 216.
Treasurers, town, 531-533.
Treat, Rev. Mr., 18.
Trees, oak and pine, 583. Trenchers, 206.
Trenton, battle of, 125. Trial justice, 540.
Tribou, Isaac, xxii.
Tribou, Melzar, 397.
Tribou, Nahum M., 397, 575.
Tribou, Nahum M., Jr., 397.
Trout Brook, xx.
Tucker, Benjamin, life of, 449.
Tucker, Corp. David A., 175.
Tucker, Major Elisha, 254, 289, 483, 5II; life of, 290; portrait of, 290.
Tucker, George Fox, 227.
Tucker, Rev. J. Foster, 491.
Tucker, Sally B., 483.
Tucker, Sidney, 270. "
Tupper, Ichabod: autograph of, 124; life of, 124.
Tupper, Ist Lieut. Joseph, 122.
Tupper, Capt. and Lieut .- Col. William, 124, 126, 132, 200, 204; autograph of, 376; life of, 376.
Turner, Rev. Benjamin Francis, 474. Turner, Rev. Caleb, ministry of, 461. Turner, Charles W., 270. Turner, John, Sr., 622; life of, 625. Turner, Joseph L., 271.
Turnpike, the, 410, 41I, 413, 429; de- scription of, 412-413, 433-434, 507. Twelve Men's Purchase, 303, 610-613; date and consideration of, 610; deed of, 611-612; lives of purchasers of, 612-613; order of court to pay Indian debts, 612; purchasers of, 612.
Twenty-six Men's Purchase, 27, 225, 546, 584-594, 634; agreement of pro- prietors in 1690, 594; date, 545, 584; deed of, 584-585; lives of proprietors of, 586-593, 594; proprietors of, 585-586, 593-594; new survey made, 594.
Twining, William, 594; life of, 594. Tyler, Rev. George, 486.
Union Veterans' Union, history of, 632. Unitarian Society, First, 490, 491; pic- ture of meeting-house of, 491. United Brethren, 480-481. United States, 167.
United Workmen, history of, 632. Universalist Society, 490; organization
of, 490; united with Unitarians, 490. Upper Factory, The, 288-292. Upper Four Corners, 198, 429-430.
Upper Green, the, 312, 317.
Upper Path, the, 503, 600; description of, 505.
Upper and Lower Works, 291.
Utensils, used by early settlers, 30-31; used in 18th century, 208-209.
Valley Forge, sufferings of army at, 125. Vaughan, Capt., 572.
Vaughan, Daniel, 563.
Vaughan, Capt. David, 203.
Vaughan, Ens. Ebenezer, 162.
Vaughan, Elizabeth, 634.
Vaughan, Francis M., 227; life of, 237.
Vaughan, or Vaughn, George, 34, 35,
64, 304, 517, 518, 549, 563, 612; autograph of, 59; life of, 59-60.
Vaughan, Capt. George, 200, 291.
Vaughan, Ens. Jacob, 572.
Vaughan, Ens. Jesse, 122.
Vaughan, or Vahan, Joseph, 34, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 593, 621; autograph of, 60; life of, 60-61.
Vaughan, Capt. Joseph, 199.
Vaughan's Bridge, 427.
Vehicles used in 18th century, 216.
Vermont, xxii, 305, 335, 392.
Vicksburg, battle of, 170.
Virginia, 187.
Wachamotussett Brook, 630. Wade, Capt. Amos, 12I.
Wading-places, 505, 555; at Pratt's Bridge, 28, 504, 505; at Star Mills, 499, 505; on Taunton River, 505. Wadsworth, John, 563, 593.
Walker, Francis, 34, 350, 563, 616, 621, 626, 627; life of, 61.
Walker, George A., 297.
Wallen, Frank, 34I.
Walnut Plain (Waupaunucket) 304.
Wampatuck, Josiah, 584, 602, 628; deeds of, 399, 584-585, 595-596, 602- 603; life of, II-12.
Wamsutta, 7, 355. Wanno, Isaac, 407.
War, French and Indian, 88-99, 320.
War, King Philip's, 68, 87. War, King William's, 88-89.
War of 1812, 157-167, 396, 430; call for soldiers, 158; companies, 160-
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166; equipment and discipline, 157; list of soldiers, 161-165; result of, 158, 167; votes of town, 159.
War of the Rebellion, 168-192, 397; call for volunteers, 169-170; causes, 168; companies in, 171-191; pense of, 191; number from Mid- dleboro in, 191-192; soldiers in, 171- . I9I.
War of the Revolution, 106-144.
Ward, Lieut .- Col., Col., and Brigadier- Gen. Eliab, 203, 204, 227; life of, 233-234; portrait of, 234.
Ward, Capt., Major, Lieut .- Col., Col., and Brigadier-Gen. Ephraim, 164, 165, 166, 200, 203, 204, 205, 430, 431, 437; life of, 432; home of, 43I. Ward, Capt. and Major George, 202, 204.
Ward, George, 295; life of, 432-433; portrait of, 432.
Ward house, the, 430, 437; descrip- tion and history of, 431-433; pic- ture of, 431.
Wardrop, Col., 171.
Wareham, 123, 159, 201, 477, 540, 608, 613.
Wareham Times, 267.
Warming-pans, 21I.
Warren, Benjamin, 563, 612, 613.
Warren, Benjamin F., 391.
Warren, Daniel, 635.
Warren, Corp. Henry M., 182.
Warren, Jabez, 34, 35, 390, 593; life of, 66.
Warren, James, 468.
Warren, John, 390, 391, 394; house of, 391.
Warren, Joseph, 34, 506, 553, 558, 563, 604, 621; life of, 66-67.
Warren, Mrs. Margaret, 468.
Warren, Minnie, 394.
Warren, Nathan, life of, 391.
Warren, Nathaniel, 226, 551, 560, 596, 621, life of, 599.
Warren, Richard, 563.
Warren, Capt. Sylvanus, life of, 391. Warrentown, 390-394.
Warrentown Cemetery, history of, 635. Washburn, Major, Lieut .- Col., Col., and Brigadier-General Abiel, 203, 204, 205, 254, 288, 377, 378, 379, 427; life of, 380-381; residence of, 381.
Washburn, Capt. and Lieut. Amos, II7, 135, 201.
Washburn, B. Sumner, 295.
Washburn, Mrs. Elizabeth H., 469.
Washburn, Rev. George, D. D., 291.
Washburn, Israel, 463.
Washburn, Rev. Israel, 487.
Washburn, James, 227, 270; life of, 229, 430; house of, 430.
Washburn, Ist Lieut. Jonah, 125.
Washburn, Jonathan, 558. .
Washburn, Jonathan T., 490.
Washburn, Leah, 463.
Washburn, Lieut. Linus, 161.
Washburn, Nathan, 227.
Washburn, Nehemiah, 462.
Washburn, Peter, 290.
Washburn, Hon. Philander, 378, 381, 510; life of, 291.
Washburn, Major Philo, 205.
Washburn house, picture of the, 430.
Washing, when and how done, 212.
Washington, 176, 185, 189.
Washington, Gen. George, 115, 125, 146.
Waste, Richard, 460.
Waterman, Abner, 636.
Waterman, Edward H., 394.
Waterman, Hannah, 636.
Waterman, Joshua, 636.
Waterville, xxi, 307, 335, 348-349.
Watson, Col., slave of, 104.
Waupaunucket (or Wappanucket), 304- 305; known as Walnut Plain, 304.
Waupaunucket Cemetery, history of, 637.
Weapons, used by first military com- pany, 195.
Weaving, 214; prizes given in 18th cen- tury for, 213.
Webster, Daniel, 168, 206.
Webster, Col. Fletcher, 178.
Webster Regiment, 178.
Weeks, Rev. William M., 480.
Weirs, herring, 500, 502; Indian, 2, 28, 359, 498, 499; view of herring-weir, Muttock, 499; votes concerning, 555- 556, 568, 570.
Weld, Rev. Thomas, 466; ministry of, 447-449.
Weld, W. F. H., 270.
Wells, Dr. William K., 244.
West Middleboro post-office, 270.
Westgate, Abner L., 487.
Weston, Abner, 376, 391.
Weston, Rev. David, D. D., life of, 414.
Weston, Sergt. Davis S., 175.
Weston, Edmund, 390, 391-392, 448. Weston, Ellis, 13.
Weston, Henry, life of, 383.
Weston, 2d Lieut. James, 134, 136.
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Weston, John, IIO, III, 391; house of, | Wilder, Capt. Nathaniel, Jr., 161, 163, 39I. Weston, Louis, 378.
Weston, Judge Thomas, 153, 254, 370, 374, 377, 378, 379, 391, 427, 542, 543, 635; life of, 380; portrait of, 380. Weston, Major, Lieut .- Col., and Col. Thomas, 180, 202, 204, 205, 287, 377, 380, 391, 392; life of, 393; por- trait of, 392. Weston, Zachariah, 254.
Weston Tavern, 268, 392-393; picture of old, 393. Wetispequin, deed of, 615-616. Wettamoo, 355. Weweantitt River, 336.
Weymouth, 268.
Wheat, bounties paid for raising, 581. Wheeler, Rev. Charles, 254.
Wheelwright shops, 394, 397. Wheelwrights of 18th century, 217. Whidden, Rev. Samuel, 487.
Whipping-post, 558. Whitaker, Ens. Stephen, 91. White, Capt. Benjamin, 116. White, Benjamin, 359, 572. White, Lieut .- Col. Ebenezer, 128.
White, J. A., 299.
White, Joshua, 577.
White, Capt. and Lieut. Peregrine, 51, 551, 564, 596, 616, 621; life of, 599. White, Resolved, 552, 586, 593, 596; life of, 591. White, Solomon, 270, 416.
White, Solomon, Jr., 416.
White, Sergt. William E., 188.
White House Landing, 179, 187. White Oak Island, 387, 388.
White Plains, battle of, 125.
Whitehall, engagement at, 172.
Wicket, Feb, life of, 307.
Wigwams, 3, 355; description of, 2. Wilbur, Dr. A. C., 244.
Wilbur, Major and Col. Elnathan W., 204. Wilbur, Horatio N., 397.
Wilbur, Corp. Sidney B., 188.
Wilbur, Simeon D., 270.
Wildcats, 570.
Wilde, William H., 297.
Wilder, Mrs. Bathsheba, 468.
Wilder, Benaiah, 382.
Wilder, Benjamin, 267.
Wilder, Ebenezer, 382-383.
Wilder, James D., 468.
Wilder, Capt. Nathaniel, 61, 200, 203.
200; letter to, 163-164. Wilder, Rev. Otis, 487.
Wilderness, battle of the, 170, 177, 178, 185.
Wilks, Francis, 571, 572.
Willard, Rev. Elijah, 487.
Willett, Capt. Thomas, 43.
Williams, Rev. Elmer S., 485.
Williams, Capt. John, 558.
Williams, Roger, 31.
Williamsburg, 176, 187.
Willis, Nathan E., 258.
Willoughby, J. H., 251.
Wills, Zephaniah, 464.
Wilson, Abraham, 288.
Wilson, Hon. Henry, 184.
Winchester, Rev. George H., Sr., 487.
Winchester, Rev. George H., Jr., 487.
Wine, 568.
Winnetuxet River, xviii, 44, 602.
Winslow, Gen., 93, 99.
Winslow, Gov., 15, 22, 26, 398.
Winslow, Deborah, 486.
Winslow, Edward (Governor), 99, 376, 398, 486.
Winslow, Gilbert W., 602.
Winslow, John, 552, 596, 616, 621; life of, 600.
Winslow, John, Jr., 602, 628.
Winslow, Major Josiah, 545, 551, 563, 594, 596, 610, 611, 621, 629; life of, 599-600.
Winslow, Josiah W., 602.
Winslow, Josias, 226.
Winslow, Kenelme, 602.
Winslow, Pelham, 227.
Winthrop, Gov., 209.
Winthrop, John, Jr., expedition up Taunton River in 1636, 27; letter to his father, 27-28.
Witherbee, Alanson, 287.
Wolfe, Gen., death of, 92, 94.
Wolftrap Hill, 350.
Woman's Relief Corps, history of, 632.
Wood, Capt. Abiel, 202.
Wood, Deacon Abiel, 103, 247.
Wood, Abiel, 563.
Wood, Mrs. Abigail W., 468.
Wood, Andrew M., 301.
Wood, Benjamin, 89, 552, 560, 621; life of, 625-626.
Wood, Lieut .- Col. Benjamin P., 205; life of, 304-305; portrait of, 304. Wood, Caleb, xxii. Wood, Rev. Charles W., life of, 280- 281; portrait of, 280.
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Wood, Cornelius D., 301, 355. Wood, Cyrus, slave of, 103.
Wood, Daniel, 570.
Wood, Ist Lieut. Daniel F., 175.
Wood, David, 34, 552, 555, 560, 564, 621; life of, 67. Wood, Miss Eleanor B., 469.
Wood, Eleazer, xxii.
Wood, Mrs. Elizabeth, 469.
Wood, Miss Emily T., 468.
Wood, Ephraim, 246, 307, 446; life of, 63. Wood, Sergt. Frederick E., 175.
Wood, George W., 410.
Wood, Henry, 34, 35, 76, 359, 387, 517, 604, 608, 626; life of, 61-62; tradition concerning, 54.
Wood, Horatio G., 287, 427, 457, 468; life of, 285-286.
Wood, Ichabod, 577.
Wood, Capt. Isaac, 120.
Wood, Israel, 577.
Wood, Rev. J. A., 489.
Wood, Rev. J. E., 480.
Wood, James, 225, 560, 563, 626, 627.
Wood, John or Jonathan, 34, 552, 577, 604, 612, 621; life of, 62.
Wood, Joseph, 34, 552, 621; life of, 63. Wood, (Deacon) Joseph T., 484, 543; life of, 279-280; portrait of, 279.
Wood, Ens. Lemuel, 12I. Wood, Capt. Lemuel, 203. Wood, Levi, 272.
Wood, Lorenzo, 54, 267, 499, 581.
Wood, Mary, 462.
Wood, Capt. Nathaniel, 116, 117, 122, 200.
Wood, Nathaniel, xxii.
Wood, Samuel, 34, 60, 62, 446, 518, 556, 560, 561, 563, 571, 572, 593, 621; autograph of, 63; life of, 63.
Wood, Samuel, Jr., autograph of, 63; life of, 63.
Wood, Silas, 272, 273, 288; picture of house of, 272. Wood, Timothy, 462.
Wood, Judge Wilkes, 227, 254, 277, 278- 279, 288, 542; life of, 229-230; portrait of, 230; picture of office of, 237; picture of house of, 278.
Wood, William H., 227, 265, 542; life of, 234-236; portrait of, 235.
Wood, William W., 313.
Wood, Capt. Zenas, 339.
Wood, 206, 209. Wood Cemetery, history of the, 636.
Wood's Pond, 307.
Wood's Purchase, 63, 608-610, 626; date and consideration of, 608; deeds of, 608, 609-610.
Wood's Tavern, 272.
Woodbridge, Rev. Richard G., 469.
Woods, Jonathan, 463.
Woodstock, Vt., removal of families to, xxii.
Woodward's Bridge, 388.
Wool, preparation, spinning and uses of, in 18th century, 213, 214. .
Wool goods, 213, 214, 218, 308.
Workhouses, 577.
Worm, 196.
Worsted, 213. Wright, or Right, Adam, 34, 225, 563, 593, 616, 621; life of, 63, 64. Wright, Lieut. Benjamin, 90.
Writhington, Miss Hope, 469.
Yarn, 214. Yellow fever, 184. Yokes, 206. York, England, xvii.
Yorktown: victory at, in Revolution, 139; siege of, in Rebellion, 171, 176. Young Ladies' School, 263.
Young Men's Christian Association, 264, 494.
Zacheus, the Indian, 570.
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