The history of Winthrop, Massachusetts ; 1630-1952, Part 31

Author: Clark, William H
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: Winthrop, Mass. : Winthrop Centennial Committee
Number of Pages: 364


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1630 June 17, Samuel Maverick at his house, as above, en- tertained Governor Winthrop and party when they came to Boston Bay.


1631


Ferry from Boston to the North established (the oldest ferry in the Colonies). This ferry was used by our people in going to and from Boston (except by private boat or the original trail via Medford, Harvard Square, Brookline, Roxbury and the Boston "Neck" until the building of the Charlestown-Chelsea bridge and the Salem turnpike in 1803).


1633 The great small pox epidemic-destroying our local Indians.


1632-34 Pullin Point (our earliest name) with Rumney Marsh and Winnisimmet declared a part of Boston.


1637 Our land divided and allotted to 15 proprietors. The Deane Winthrop house built by Capt. William Pierce, in or about this year, became-1647-1704-the home of Deane Winthrop, youngest son of the first governor,


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Gov. Winthrop and Deane owned a strip of land from Pt. Shirley to the Highlands hills over two miles long.


1641 First County road in Colony laid out from the Ferry to Salem.


1675 Oct. 30 and the succeeding months, the "Christian In- dians" to the number of several hundred were banished to Deer Island for additional security to our people dur- ing the then King Philip's War.


1688


Charles II having taken away our Charter, Rev. In- crease Mather secretly makes a "side trip" down our creeks and shore, boards Capt. Tanner's ship to Eng- land, leading to restoration of Charter.


1699


Indian trail and cartway laid out by Selectmen of Bos- ton as a town road from the old Boston-Salem road at Revere Centre, via Beach Street to Revere Beach, via shore to Highlands Hills, via Revere St., Magee's Corner and Winthrop Centre to south side of Town at Johnson Ave. shore. The other early Indian trail and cartway was Shirley Street to Pt. Shirley.


1704


Deane Winthrop's death-buried in old cemetery at Revere Center.


1709 First Free School, Thos. Cheever, teacher. Schools at Pullin Point in two Bill houses during eighteenth cen- tury.


1710 First Church built-still standing at Revere Centre- oldest church building in Suffolk County.


1732 (about)-Our First Grist Mill-tidal power-foot of Mill Street, Revere.


1739 Pullin Point, Rumney Marsh and Winnisimmet set off from Town of Boston as Town of Chelsea.


1752 Old Cemetery (now in Revere) deeded to Town-first burials about 1675.


1753 Fishing enterprise started at Pt. Shirley-and the point named for the Royal Governor, William Shirley. Church built on the hill. Majority of population now at Pt. Shirley. Fishing enterprise not long lived. Pt. Shirley now becomes an "aristocratic summer resort" with the Hancocks, Quincys, Otis' et al summering with us.


1757 and thereabouts, many Acadian refugees were quar- tered at Pt. Shirley and we played our part in the French Wars.


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1775 May 27, Battle of Chelsea Creek-the second battle of the Revolution. July, Gen. Washington visited Chelsea ; here he placed the last outpost of the left wing of the Continental Army besieging Boston. In Nov. some 300 unfortunate patriot refugees were "dumped" by the British at Pt. Shirley on account of the siege of Boston.


1776


May 19, Battle of Shirley Gut when Capt. Mugford was killed. A fort was erected on the hill at Point Shirley and our men participated in defense and war with Eng- land.


1805


First Municipal building built in what is now the Win- throp area-a school house 20' x 25' on the old Town Hall site, close to, and south of, the cross-town road of 1699.


1812 Salt works established at Pt. Shirley by Sturgis: con- tinued for some 30 years.


1813 June 1, Battle between the Chesapeake and Shannon viewed from our hills and our men participated in the second war with England. Constitution escapes through Shirley Gut. (Legend)


1834 First bridge from Noddles Island (East Boston) built to main land-connecting from her Chelsea Street to our Eastern Avenue.


First permanent church building (Methodist Episco- pal), in the Winthrop area, built corner of Winthrop Street and Madison Avenue: frame still standing.


1838 First steam railroad built through Town of Chelsea : the Eastern Railroad.


1839 Bridge from Main St., Winthrop to Saratoga St., Orient Heights built, (was then known as bridge from Pullin Point to Breeds Island). (at first a toll bridge) .


1841 "Panhandle" set off to Saugus (three miles long) .


1845 Revere Copper Co. established at Point Shirley. For the second time the majority of population swings to the Point. Copper Company stayed until 1869.


1846 Pullin Point and Rumney Marsh erected into Town of North Chelsea.


1848 First stage line started, Winthrop to Maverick Square, East Boston by Albert Richardson.


1851 Winthrop Ave. (now in Revere) laid out and built from Beach Street, Revere, across the marshes and through


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Beachmont to near our present northerly line shorten- ing distance and improving our ingress and egress. Previously our travel being very much by boat, Belle Isle Inlet was used as a common artery of travel and was called "Crooked Lane".


1852 Town of Winthrop set off from Town of North Chelsea -March 27.


1853


Garibaldi resides with us for a time.


1856


Town Hall built on old school site at what is now Met- calf Square-cost $4,990.50.


1861-65


Winthrop sent its quota to the Civil War, including 30 of its own sons. See tablet on monument in front of library. Among these men, Winthrop pointed with pride to Major General William Francis Bartlett, pres- ented, March 28, 1864, a sword, in the Winthrop Town Hall by Governor Andrew with the statement the reci- pient was "the most conspicuous soldier Massachusetts furnished in the Civil War".


1867 City of Boston buys Winthrop Highlands and the re- mains of Deane Winthrop's farm.


1872 Horse railway built from East Boston to Pt. Shirley through the Town of Winthrop-removed in 1877.


1875 Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad (narrow gauge) built-Boston to Lynn passing near Winthrop at Orient Heights, then called Winthrop Junction.


1876-84 Ocean Spray, Winthrop Beach, Great Head, Pt. Shirley, Cottage Park and Winthrop Highlands divided into lots and the summer settlements started extensively.


1877 Narrow Gauge Railroad (3 ft.) built from Orient Heights into Winthrop and slowly extended to Pt. Shir- ley by 1884.


1882 Winthrop's first Newspaper established-The Win- throp Visitor.


1883-83 A broad gauge railroad, the Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier and Pt. Shirley Railroad built through the town. Ceased activities in 1885. City of Boston sells Winthrop Farm.


1884 Public water supply introduced-the Revere Water Company.


1884-85 Steamboat line ran Boston to Pt. Shirley, and in the nineties steamboats were run to Winthrop Beach and Cottage Park.


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1887-88 The Winthrop Branch of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad was built.


1888 Electricity introduced.


1889 Public sewerage system commenced.


1890 Fortification begun at Fort Banks, and at Fort Heath soon after.


1898 Frost Public Library built.


1898


Spanish-American War-we sent men.


1899


Winthrop Shore Reservation begun-the beginning of the great sea walls around our town.


1901


Gas introduced.


1907


Deane Winthrop House purchased and renovated by the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association.


1907 Winthrop Co-operative Bank chartered.


1910


Water Works System has been taken over by Town and enlarged and extended and water tower built on Great Head.


1910 Street railway built, Winthrop Beach to Pt. Shirley- removed 1928.


1917-18 The First World War-we sent our soldiers to the num- ber of over eleven hundred.


1923 Winthrop Community Hospital established.


1924 We celebrated with Chelsea and Revere, our Tercen- tenary Anniversary of settlement.


1928 Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad electrified.


1929


New Town Hall built-cost about $200,000.


1930 Tercentenary of Boston settlement.


1930


Winthrop Community Hospital construction started. Winthrop Unemployment Committee organized.


1931


New Postoffice completed.


1933


1933


Breakwater built off Winthrop Beach-3 sections.


1936


Wines and beer sold in town for first time. Ingleside Park filled in.


1937


Narrow Gauge bankrupt


1938 Great storm, September 21, (the hurricane)


1940


Narrow Gauge ends, January 27


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1932


Federal alphabet agencies organized.


1934


1940


Bus lines start, January 28


1940 Point Shirley Gut permanently closed


1941 Pearl Harbor, December 7


1941


Civilian Defense Committee organized, December 8.


1942-44 Winthrop deep in helping to win the War


1942


State Guard organized


1943


1945


Logan International Airport enlargement begins Victory


1946


First Veterans' Housing at Battery Station


1948


More Veterans' Housing projects started


1948


Centennial Committee named


1949


Tax rate climbs to $42


1950 Korean campaign takes Winthrop boys again


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APPENDIX B-TOWN OFFICERS


BY JOSEPH F. O'HERN, JR. TOWN CLERK


TOWN CLERKS of the TOWN OF WINTHROP


1852-1864 Warren Belcher


1864-1866 Edward Floyd 1866-1884


Warren Belcher


1884-1906 Sumner Floyd


1906-1924


Preston B. Churchill


1924-1931 Bessie L. Dodge 1931-1942


Donald S. McLeod


1942-1952 Joseph F. O'Hern, Jr.


SELECTMEN of the TOWN OF WINTHROP


1852-1853


David Belcher


Hiram Plummer John W. Tewksbury


1853-1854


George S. Shaw James M. Belcher John Floyd


1854-1855


Albert Richardson George S. Shaw David Belcher


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David Belcher


1855-1856 Hiram Plummer George W. Tewksbury 1856-1857


Edward Floyd


Daniel Long James M. Belcher


1857-1858


Edward Floyd William H. Long


1858-1859


David Belcher


George W. Tewksbury H. B. Tewksbury


1859-1860


John Belcher


Richard Shackford


David Floyd


1860-1861


John Belcher


Richard Shackford


David Floyd


1861-1862


John Belcher


Richard Shackford David Floyd


1862-1863


John Belcher


Richard Shackford


D. P. Mathews


1863-1864


John Belcher


Richard Shackford D. P. Mathews


1864-1865


Albert Richardson


Sylvanus Payne


Phillips P. Floyd


1865-1866


John Belcher


Sylvanus Payne 1866-1867


Wm. H. Long


John Belcher


Sylvanus Payne


Wm. H. Long


1867-1868


John Belcher


Albert Richardson


Wm. H. Long


Albert Richardson


1868-1869 Phillips P. Floyd


Edward P. Johnson


1869-1870


Edward P. Johnson


Albert Richardson


Phillips P. Floyd


John Belcher


Richard Shackford


Samuel L. George


John Belcher


1871-1872 Phillips P. Floyd 308


H. B. Tewksbury


David Belcher


1870-1871


1872-1873 Thomas Floyd Herman Tewksbury


Lorenzo Richardson


1873-1874


John Belcher


Herman Tewksbury Lucius Floyd


John Belcher


1874-1875 Herman Tewksbury Lucius Floyd


1875-1876


Herman B. Tewksbury Lucius Floyd 1876-1877


Lucius Floyd


John Belcher E. S. Read


1877-1883


Samuel Ingalls


John Belcher Lucius Floyd


1883-1884


John Belcher


P. S. Macgowan F. L. Woodward


1884-1885


F. L. Woodward


P. S. Macgowan


Lorenzo Richardson


1885-1886


F. L. Woodward


Lorenzo Richardson 1886-1887


Thomas Floyd


Edmund S. Read


Samuel G. Irwin


Stephen S. Smith


1887-1888


Lucius Floyd


P. S. Macgowan


A. W. Richardson


1888-1889


Lucius Floyd


P. S. Macgowan 1889-1890


A. W. Richardson


Lucius Floyd


Edward B. Newton Charles Hutchinson


1890-1891


Lucius Floyd


Edward B. Newton Charles Hutchinson


1891-1892


Charles F. Hutchinson Lucius Floyd


Henry F. Shaneck


1892-1893


Orlando E. Lewis


Frank E. Peaslee Albert Richardson


Orlando E. Lewis


1893-1894 Frank E. Peaslee 309


Lucius Floyd


O. F. Belcher


Orlando E. Lewis


1894-1895 Lucius Floyd John R. Neal 1895-1896 Lucius Floyd Charles C. Hutchinson


Orlando E. Lewis


1896-1897


Orlando E. Lewis


Alfred Tewksbury 1897-1898


Charles Graib


Orlando E. Lewis Alfred Tewksbury Alphonso W. George


1898-1899


Orlando E. Lewis


Alphonso W. George 1899-1900


Charles G. Graib


Orlando E. Lewis


Henry Putnam Charles G. Graib


1900-1901


Charles G. Graib


Winthrop Magee 1901-1902


Ahrend C. J. Pope


Charles G. Graib


Winthrop Magee


Ahrend C. J. Pope


1902-1903


John R. Neal


Winthrop Magee 1903-1904 Ahrend C. J. Pope


John R. Neal


1904-1905


Winthrop Magee


Ahrend C. J. Pope


Chas. L. Ridgway


Winthrop Magee


1905-1906 Ahrend C. J. Pope Edward J. Clark


1906-1907


Winthrop Magee


E. J. Clark


D. M. Bristol


1907-1908


Deloss M. Bristol


Brendan J. Keenan


Wm. Sanby


1908-1909


Brendan J. Keenan


Wesley A. Gove


Wm. Sanby


1909-1910


Elmer E. Dawson


James S. Carr


Brendan J. Keenan


Brendan J. Keenan


1910-1911 William Sanby 310


Elmer E. Dawson


Charles H. Pattee


Winthrop Magee


1911-1912 Fred G. Curtis Brendan J. Keenan


William Sanby


Fred G. Curtis


1912-1913 Brendan J. Keenan 1913-1914 Joseph A. Barry 1914-1915


Walter B. Thayer


Winthrop Magee


James S. Carr


Winthrop Magee


James S. Carr


Joshua Remby


Joshua Remby


1915-1916 Winthrop Magee James S. Carr


Joshua Remby


1916-1917 Winthrop Magee 1917-1918


James S. Carr


Joshua Remby


Winthrop Magee


S. Stewart Carr


1918-1919


Winthrop Magee Timothy J. Mahaney 1919-1920


Timothy J. Mahaney


Winthrop Magee 1920-1921


Thomas Benson


Harry E. Wright


Winthrop Magee 1921-1922


Leslie E. Griffin


Harry E. Wright


Joshua Remby


Leslie E. Griffin


Joshua Remby


1922-1923 Harry E. Wright


Leslie E. Griffin


1923-1924


Harry E. Wright


Joshua Remby 1924-1925


Nelson Floyd


Joshua Remby


Arthur W. Gibby Artemus B. Reade


1925-1926


Joshua Remby


Arthur W. Gibby


Artemus B. Reade


1926-1927


Artemus B. Reade


Joseph E. Hodgkins


Joshua Remby


Frank E. Whitman


1927-1928 Joshua Remby


Joseph E. Hodgkins


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Edgar H. Whitney


1928-1929


Frank E. Whitman Joseph E. Hodgkins Henry J. Barry


Henry J. Barry


G. Wallace Tibbetts John P. Clancy


1930-1931


G. Wallace Tibbetts Preston B. Churchill 1931-1932


John P. Clancy


Preston B. Churchill G. Wallace Tibbetts Gordon G. Fullerton


John J. Murray


1932-1933 Preston B. Churchill Gordon G. Fullerton 1933-1934 William H. Walsh Leonard C. Atkinson


John J. Murray


1934-1935


Leonard C. Atkinson William H. Walsh 1935-1936


Roy W. Pigeon


Leonard C. Atkinson Chester O'Donnell Roy W. Pigeon


1936-1937


A. Russell Belcher


Roy W. Pigeon Chester O'Donnell


1937-1938


Roy W. Pigeon


Walter G. Baker 1938-1939


David Belcher


David Belcher


Roy W. Pigeon Walter G. Baker


1939-1940


Walter G. Baker


Ross F. Batchelder David Belcher


1940-1941


Walter G. Baker


Thomas E. Key Timothy J. Mahaney


1941-1942


Thomas E. Key


Ross F. Batchelder Arthur F. Verney


1942-1943


Arthur F. Verney


Frederic J. Muldoon


Roy W. Pigeon


1943-1944


Roy W. Pigeon


George J. Hamilton Walter Smith


Walter Smith


1944-1945 George J. Hamilton Roy W. Pigeon -


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1929-1930


Walter Smith


1945-1946 Ross F. Batchelder 1946-1947


Gervaise J. Carlz


Walter Smith


George J. Hamilton


Ross F. Batchelder


Ross F. Batchelder 1947-1948 Walter Smith 1948-1949


Horace A. Edwards


Horace E. Edwards


Robert E. Kirby


Walter Smith


1949-1950


Robert E. Kirby


Peter W. Princi Walter Smith


1950-1951


Peter W. Princi


Walter Smith


William E. Pierce


1951-1952


Peter W. Princi


Fred A. Baumeister


William E. Pierce .


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