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Sacrifices of the people of N. E. to carry it on, · 345-6 Heavy taxes borne by Woburn, 346
Number of men furnished by the town, .
347
Journal of Samuel Thompson. a citizen of Woburn, and soldier in the war (see Appendix 9, 547), 347
Anecdote of John Wood, . 348
Ilis bravery and humanity, 349-50
FRYE, JAMES. Chaplain of Capt.
Lovewell's company. His sad
but heroic death,
202-3
FUNERALS.
Drinking at,
60
.
G.
GAS-LIGIIT COMPANY. Incorporated 1854, 519
GENEALOGICAL NOTICES,
592-657
GOOD SAMARITAN LODGE,
520
GOSHEN, .
.
91, 176, 229, 242, 245, 249,
252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 268 |
| Goshen, Continued.
PAGE
Movement to separate Goshen from Woburn, 242-50
Petition to select men to present terms on which the precinct might be set off, 1728, 252
Petition evaded, and again pre- sented, 254
Petition denied, .
255
Renewed in 1729, 256
Petition granted - Wilmington incorporated, . 259
GRADUATES OF COLLEGES born in Woburn (Appendix No. 13), . 590 GRAVES. THOMAS, a first settler in Woburn, 7,68, 69 A rear-admiral under Cromwell, 70
H.
HANCOCK (John) and ADAMS (Sam- uel) dine in Woburn, April 19, 1775, 365-6
HARVARD COLLEGE. Contributions to, by the town, 1669, . 53-54 HENSHAW, KEZIAH, Mrs. (See Rev. Edward Jackson for her slan- ders against him), . 319-25 HIGHWAYS, first laid out, 25,26 HILLY WAY, . 70
HOP-RAISING in Woburn.
176
HORSE-BLOCK at the meeting-house, 91
HORSE-SHEDS first built near the second meeting-house in 1712, 81
HYMNS used by the Puritans,
. 95,96
I.
INDIANS. Pawtucket or Aberginian tribes found inhabiting the ter- ritory when Woburn was settled, 9 Relics of their spear, hatchet, and arrow heads, 9
Indian murders in Woburn, 1676, 119-20 Two Woburn men killed in an In- dian fight at Lee, N. H., 1690, 109 " Ten Years' War" with the In- dians, 1688-98. 178-82 Indian scalps paid for by General Court, 195-206 Pigwocket Indians (see Love- well's Fight), . 195 Abenaquis or eastern Indians, 195
King Philip (see King Philip's war). Paugus. See Lovewell's fight. INTEMPERANCE, its prevalence, and the energetic action of the town to suppress it, . 60, 61
462
462
464
464
665
INDEX.
PAGE
J.
JOHNSON, CAPT. EDWARD. His ac- count ofthe town as it appeared in 1662, . . His rhymes prefixed to Town Records, Vol. I., Appendix 5, Poetical tribute to Rev. Thomas Carter, . .
32-35
30
125
JOHNSON, JJOSIAHI. Wounded at Pigwocket. Petition to Gener- al Court to refund expenses in curred in curing his wounds. 206
L
LAND, original grant of, 7-8
Exploration by commissioners, 10
Enlargement of grant, 11
Additional grant of 2000 acres, 1664, 35
Division of, to the inhabitants. 30-1, 36-7 Edward Johnson's account of the distribution, . 32-33
Division of the common lands, . 39-41
Lands in Lunenburg. (See Town Lands.)
LAND OF NOD,
176
3000 acres of land once belonging to Woburn, situated in what is now included in Wilmington and Reading. See Appendix 6, 540-43 LANE, JOSHUA. Call to First Par- ish, 1801. Acceptance. Terms of settlement and declination, . 447-8
LEATHER MANUFACTURE,
.
506-8
LIBRARIES. Town Library : its ori- gin, 1855, 515,
. Committee to organize, 515
Located in Town Hall, ·
Removed to Wade Building, 1865, Charitable Religious Library, 516 516
North Woburn Library, 516
Warren Academy Library, 517
LOVEWELL'S FIGHT. Captain John Lovewell raises a company of volunteers, 1724, 195
Excursions against the Indians, 1725, 195
Names of men engaged in the " fight," 195-6
Names of the killed, .
198
Fatal encounter of Chamberlain and Paugus, . . 198-9 Number of Indians killed, 200 Suffering of Lovewell's company on their retreat to Dunstable, 200-3 Names of those who returned, . 203 Effect of the " fight " on the com- munity, . 203-4
PAGE 204
Grief and mourning in Woburn, The General Court grants dona- tions and pensions to those en- gaged in the fight, . 206
Honors to Ensign Wyman of Wo- burn for his fortitude and valor, 207-8 LOAN, PROVINCE, taken by the towns, 1721 and 1728, 189-90 Woburn's share put into the hands of trustees, 190
Their management of the fund, 191
Town obliged to raise a " Loan tax." 1739, to refund the money to the Province treasury, 191-2 Evil consequences of the Bills of Credit, . 193-4
M.
MARCH, REV. DANIEL. Call to First
Parish.
Installation,
472-3
(See First Parish ), .
473-4
.
MARRET, REV. Mr. His account of the Lexington and Concord fight, . . 363-5
MASONIC INSTITUTIONS.
520
MEETING-HOUSES. First meeting-
house built, 1642-6,
77-78
Second meeting-house built,
1672,
78-S0, 243
General tax levied to pay its cost, SO Description of the structure, 81-82 Pews allowed to be built by spe- cial favor, 1716, 83
Seating committee appointed, 1672, 84
Order in which people were placed, 02-4
516 Repairs and enlargements, 1694- 1709, 86
Troubles with regard to seating committee, 1710, 184-5 Third meeting-house ; vote to
build, 1744,
-
304
Vote renewed, 1747, .
309
.
Disputes respecting location, 310-11
House raised, 1748, 312
Choice of pew-lots given in ratio of taxation, 313
Delay in selecting and building on them, 314
Description of Third meeting-
house,
314-16
Completed, 1752-3,
316
Cost of building; no dedication, 316-17 Third meeting-house enlarged, 1772, 340-43
Terms on which the pews were to be sold, . 341-2
666
INDEX.
Meeting-houses. Continued. PAGE 450
Destroyed by fire, 1808,
Fourth meeting-house. Vote to build, 1808.
451
ing in the school-house, 1846, 479
Meeting-house built and church gathered, 1849, 480
Rev. Samuel Sewall officiates as pastor, 480-81 . . Installation of Rev. George T. Dole, 1852, 481
Dismissed, 1855, 481
Mr. A. S. Nickerson invited to become pastor, 1857, 482 A council refuses to ordain him, A second council gives him ordi- 482 nation, 482
Resigns, 1858, 482
Rev. Henry Kimball preaches one year, 1860, 483 Rev. Swift Byington pastor for two years, 483 Rev. M. G. Wheeler installed, 1863, 483 Number of members belonging to the church, 1866, . 484
·
NOTES offered in meeting for spe-
cial prayers,
97
NEW BRIDGE,
.
.
.
O.
ORDINATIONS.
Rev. Thomas Car-
ter,
. 21-23
Rev. Jabez Fox, S8, 141
Rev. John Fox, 147
Rev. Edward Jackson, . 262.3
Rev. Josiah Sherman, 331
Rev. Mr. Marrett, Second Par- ish, 1774, 363
Rev. Sam'l Sargent, . . 433-4
Rev. Joseph Chickering, 449
Rev. Joseph Bennett, 464
Rev. Jonathan Edwards, 469, 70
Rev. Daniel March, . 472
Rev. Joseph C. Bodwell,
475
ORDINATION DINNERS, .
263
Causes which led to the practice
of providing them,
264
OLD and NEW STYLE. Appendix 3, 531-3
P.
PARSONAGES. House built for Rev. Thomas Carter, . 60. 65. 125 Honse builtfor Rev. Jabez Fox, 66, 88, 89 PAtous. the noted Indian chief, 197-199 PACPERS. First town aid to, 48, 115
PERSONS required to give security before becoming inhabitants, . 47
90
Of Roman Catholic church -first house built 1852, 499
Second house, 1867, 499
Of Methodist Episcopal society - First, built about 1854, 498
Second (remodelled Unitarian), 1865), 498
Of Prot. Episc. Soc., built 1867, 503
MEETING-HOUSE HILL, . 310-11
METHODIST EPISCOPAL church. (Sec Religions Societies. )
MIDDLESEX CANAL. Construction authorized, 1793. 407
Col. Loammi Baldwin a chief pro- moter,
409
Opened for navigation, 1803, 409
Superseded by B. and L. R. R., 409 MILITARY LANE, 26-78
MINISTERIAL BOOK OF RECORDS. Opened when town ceased to raise taxes for preaching, 433
MISTICK or MEDFORD BRIDGE, 78
Disputes with the county about its maintenance. 1694, 130 .
Woburn refuses to bear part of the expense of repairs, · 131
Woburn cited to appear before the court, ·
131
Ordered to pay its proportion, 133-34 Final agreement, . MOORE, HUMPHREY. Call to First
13G Parish, 1802, declined, 448
479
Meeting-bouse of First Univer- salist society, built 1829, .
494 494
Sold to the town about 1845, .
Of Second Universalist society, built 1845, 495
MEETING-HOUSES of Baptist soci- cty. First, built 1794, .
485
Second, built 1828, ·
489
Dimensions and cost. .
489
First Unitarian society occupy the house built by the Second Universalist society,
496
New house built, 1864-5, .
497
Meeting-house of Independent Baptist society. 494
N. PAGE
NORTH WOBURN PARISH. Preach-
Zeal of parish in raising money and material, . . 451 . 451 452 451 452 467 407 478
Completed and dedicated. 1809, Sermon by Rev. J. Chickering, Sketch of house ; cost of building, Sale of pews, .
Fifth meeting-house, built 1840, Dedicatory exercises, . Sixth meeting-house built, 1863, Dimensions and cost,
667
INDEX.
PAGE
PEWS first introduced into the meet- ing-house, 1713. 83
PHILIP'S WAR, 1675,
109-122
Great increase of taxation,
110-112
Taxes partly paid in grain, 111, 112
Men and horses impressed for service, . 113
Voluntary enlistments,
114
The fight at Narragansett, . 115-18
Casualties to Woburn soldiers, 118
PINE TREE SHILLING, .
219
PLAIN STREET,
26,27
POOR FARM, .
510, 511
POPULATION of Woburn, 1755, 1765, 347 Woburn, Burlington, and Win- chester, 1790 to 1860, 1765 to 1865, 505, 506
430
PORTER, ASAHEL. Killed at Lex-
ington, April 19, 1775, 362
PRICES established for "necessa- ries of life " and labor, 1777, 381
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL Society. (See Religious Societies.)
PROVINCE LOAN to the towns,
189-93
Its calamitous results, 193-4, 269. 205, 300-2
PSALMS.
The version in use,
1680, 95, 101, 108
PUBLIC LECTURES given on Wednes- day of each week for more than GO years, 63
PUBLIC WORSHIP attended by all the people, however distant their homes from the meeting- house, 242
R.
RAILROAD. Woburn Branch, when chartered, 508-9 Amount of business, 1866, 509
REFUGEES AND TORIES. Vote of the town excluding Refugees from "having lot or portion among us." 1783, . 403
.
Instructions of the town to its representative to General Court on the subject, 404-5
RELIGIOUS and moral character of
the inhabitants of Woburn, 54-58, 62-68
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. Baptist So- ciety, First, 484-491
Baptists in Woburn, 1671,
.
152-3
Proceedings against,
153-7
New Meeting-house built, 1864-5, 496-7
Apology for,
.
162-4
Universalist Society, First. Or-
Exempt from taxation on certain
ganized, 1828,
494
conditions, 1801,
432
Secession of Baptists from First
Parish, 1785-90,
434, 484
AGE
Baptist Society formed,
485
Rev. Thomas Green, first pastor, 485 First Meeting-honse built, 1794, 486 Successive pastors. 1793-1866, 485-92 Great revivals, 1804-1826, . 488 New Meeting-house built, 1827-8, 480 Division of the society, 489
Rev. Mr. Kennard's historical sermon, 589-91
Baptist Society, Independent, 493 Secession from First Parish 1838, 493 . Causes for withdrawal, 493 Chapel built, 494
Elder Hartwell Osborn and Elder Lemuel Cox, Jr., Pastors, 494
Methodist Episcopal Society:
First preaching, 1850, 497
Church organized, 1851,
497
Chapel built, 1851,
498
Preachers assigned, 1851-1866, . 497-8 Purchase and refurnishing of Uni- tarian Meeting-house, 1865, 498-9 Protestant Episcopal Society:
Meetings of Episcopalians in Ly- ceum Hall, 1866, 499
Episcopacy in Woburn, 1751, 500 Seceders from First and Second Parishes, join the Church of England, 500 .
Meetings held in the house, or under the Elm tree, of Jessie Cutter, 1752, . 501
Society dissolved at the opening of the Revolutionary war, 502
Anecdote of Mr. Thomas Skil- ton, Jr., who refuses to pay his taxes, 502-3
Corner Stone of a new Chapel laid, 1867, .
503
Rev. H. D. Nicholson, first rector, 504 Roman Catholic Church. Meet- ings held in Town Hall, 1847, 499
Church built, 1852, 499 .
Father Carroll, first priest,
499
Succeeding priests to 1866,
499
Unitarian Society, First. Meet-
ings held in Town Hall, 1844-7, 495-6 Society organized, 1847, 496
Rev. Henry F. Edes, first pastor, 1848, 496 . . Rev. J. M. Marsters, pastor, 1853-5, 496 Rev. R. P. Stebbins, D). D., pas- tor, 1857-63, . 496
Rev. Eli Fay, pastor, 1864, 496
Meeting-house built, 1829,
+
494
Rev. Otis A. Skinner, first Pastor, 494
Pastors succeeding, .
494
668
INDEX.
Religions Societies, Continued. PAGE
Meeting-house sold to the town, Universalist Society, Second. Or- ganized, 1841, 494
Meetings held in Town Hall, 1844, 495 Meeting-house built, 1845, 495
Rev. W. B. Randolph, Pastor, 1845-6, 495
Society merged with First Unita- rian Parish, 1847. . REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Exactions and oppression of the British government, 1766, ·
Delegates from Woburn to a convention in Boston, 1768.
Committee appointed to consider the state of public affairs, 1773, Report of the committee,
Grievances of the people enu- merated, 360
Vote of the town to build a house for its ammunition,
Delegate to Provincial Congress chosen, 1775, . 361
Vote to raise "Minute Men," April 17, 1775, 361
Battle of Lexington, .
Asahal Porter and Daniel Thomp- son killed, 362
Rev. Mr. Marrett's account of the fight, 363
Incident related by Sylvanus Wood, 304 Method of procuring soldiers, . 367-8 How a " class " was made up, . 368 How "delinquents " were dealt with, 368
Bounties paid for Military service, 370 Amount of bounty money raised and paid by Woburn, . 371-2
Schedule of Woburn men em-
ployed in the war, time and
place of service, and its cost, 373-4 See also Appendix No. 12, 565-78 Documents relating to beef, sup- plied by Woburn. . 374-5
Requisitions for shirts, shocs,
and stockings for the use of the Continental army, 376-8
Heavy taxation, . 379
Depreciation of currency, 380-1
State convention to regulate prices, 381
Schedule of values agreed upon, 381-2 Resolutions of the Town in sup- port of it, 382
Value of paper money, 1787, 408
RICHARDSON'S Row, . 27-29 When laid ont, 1647, 70
The scene of Indian murders,
494
495
ROADS. First laid out - Up Street, Sawpit Lane. Military Lane, Plain street, Richardson's row, 25-27 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. (See Religious Societies. )
RUSSELL, JOHN. Senior and Junior. Proceedings against them for their defection to the Baptist faith, 157-60
S.
358 SALARIES. Of Rev. Thomas, Car- 358 ter, 87, 125
Of School teacher, 1686, 53, 212
Of School teacher, 1747, . 228
Of School teacher, 1742, 230
Of Rev. Jabez Fox,
88, 89, 139, 140
Of Rev. John Fox, 146-7, 221. 242, 269, 276-7
361
Of Rev. Edward Jackson, 261, 278, 282 Of Rev. Josiah Sherman, 330, 351-2 Of Rev. Samuel Sargent, 1784. 433 Of Rev. Joseph Chickering, 1803, 448
Of Rev. Joseph Bennett, 1821, 462
362 Of Rev. Jona. Edwards, 1848, 469
Of Rev. Daniel March, 1856, 471
Of Rev. Jos. C. Bodwell, 1862, 474
(See Appendix No. 13, for sala- ries of Teachers. 586-87.)
SARGENT, Rev. SAMUEL. Call and
ordination,
.
433-4
Biographical notice,
447
(Sec First Parish.)
SCHOOLS. No record of, before 1673, 51
Teachers in 1074 and their pay, 52 Grammar School opened, 1685, 52 Samuel Carter appointed teacher, 52
Salary for teaching, 53
Penalty for neglecting to keep Grammar School. . 53
No pupils in 1685-1686, 53
Schools from 1690 to 1775. 209-40
Salaries of teachers, 1692, 209, 212
First Primary School teacher, 209-10
Grammar School intermittent, . 211
Mr. John Fox appointed teacher, 1699, 212 .
Dudley Bradstreet, of Andover, elected teacher, 1704, 214
Resigns on finding he has no pupils, 214 Severe economy of the town with regard to schools, . 214-15
More stringent laws requiring their support, . 215-16
First Universalist Meeting-house, bought for town use abont 1838, 494 TOWN INCORPORATED as Woburn,
23 1676, 119-20
1642,
.
PAGE
359 360
609
INDEX.
Schools, Continued. PAGE
Reasons given for the general neglect of edneation, 216-17 Competent teachers not easily found, 217-19
Efforts to secure a teacher, 1710. 217-18 Recompense Wadsworth chosen, 218
Town presented to Court for neg- lect of providing Grammar School, 1706, .
221-2
Apology by the town; yet the School Law is systematically evaded, . . 222-3
Schools regularly provided from 1710 to 1775, 233
Many of the teachers of this period afterwards distinguished in public life, . 224
Master John Fowle, -his method of subduing unruly pupils, . 225-6
Schools originally kept in private houses, . 226 First School room provided by the town, 1700, 226 · First School-house built by sub- seription, 1713, 227
Furnished with a " great armed chair," 227 No public Primary Schools for nearly a century, 228
Subscription schools probably kept, 228 Second School house built, 1734, 228 The Grammar School a " move- able " institution, 229-32 Button End complains that it has
· not had a school for thirty years, 232 Salary of James Fowle, 1742, 230 Graded Schools organized, 1760, 233-4 Appropriations for Schools, 1760- 233-4 School Books in use previous to 1775, · 1775,, 235
Narrative of the contest in the town over the claims of Mas- ters Flagg and Walker to the teachership, 1725, 237-40
The Court decides in favor of Mr. Timothy Walker, 239
Amount of money raised annu- ally for schools, 1775-1792, 410
No Grammar School maintained between the years 1775-1791,
410 excepting in 1778 and 1787, . New era began in 1792, 411
Report of a committee on a sys- tem of instruction, 411-13
The children of poor parents provided with books, ete., 412 School Districts rearranged, 1792, 414 New School houses built, 1792-4, 415
School money to be raised in
415
part, by subscription, 1794, . Subscription neglected and town presented to the Grand Jury for failing to provide Schools, Increase in number and value of Schools since 1800, 416-17 School houses in 1795 and 1865, 512 School books used in 1795 and 1865, · . 513 Course of study in the Schools, 1865, 514
Full list of Teachers of Gram- mar School to 1771, Appendix No. 13, . 586-7
Sabbath schools of the various sects, when organized, and number of pupils, 1866, . 517-18 SCOTCH PRISONERS sold for labor, 114
SEATING the Meeting-house, 1672- 1684, 1710, .
184-6
SECOND PARISH. Set off from
257-8 First Parish, 1730, · Gifts of silver cups to church by Col. Roland Cotton, 1740, 339 (See Roland Cotton. )
Granted its proportion of School money, 1779, . 410
Parish vote to secure its separa- tion from the town, 1797, 423 Petition to General Court for the purpose, .
423 Opposition of the town to the proceedings, 424 . Meeting of the Town in the Meeting-house of the Second Parish, 1798, 426
Vote to press the division of the Town, . 427 Burlington incorporated by order of General Court, 1799, . 429
SELECTMEN. First chosen, . 24-5 First general orders to, 24-5
Aet as Assessors and School Committee, 43
Visit the people and examine them in the catechism, 68 45 58
Times of meeting and fines for non-attendance, · Fines imposed by them for ex- tortion and oppression, · 60 Fines imposed by them for drunkenness. . SERMON. "First " one preached in the town, . 19 Synopsis of one by the Rev. Jabez Fox, . 100, 143-5 Synopsis of one by the Rev. Thomas Carter, . . 104
PACK
416
670
INDEX.
PAGE
T.
PACIF
TAVERN. First opened and licensed to sell spirituous liquors, 1675, 60
TAXES. How paid in the early his-
tory of the town,
.
. 50, 51
Colonial, 1674, 1675, .
109-11
Colonial, 1687-90, very burden- some, 219-20 .
During the war, 1775-83. (See Revolutionary War.)
In 1787 to be paid in " hard moncy," . .
408
Last levied by the town for the support of preaching. 1801, . 432
Number of persons in First Par- ish on the tax-list, 1785, . 434
Province Tax, 1755,
346
Province tax, 1763,
346
Province tax. 1775,
367,379
"" TEN YEARS' WAR" with the In- dians, 1688-98, 178-82 THANKSGIVING DAY for the capture of Quebec, 345
THIRD PARISHI,
277
Petition for by friends of Rev. Mr. Fox, and efforts to prevent its formation, 303
Appeal of secessionists to Gene- ral Court. 1745, 305
Attempt to erect the Precinct into a Town, 1733-4, 2GG
The effort frustrated, .
26G
Petition to be exempted from paying a portion of Rev. Mr. Fox's salary, .
274
Petition dismissed,
275
Precinct exempted
from
ali
charges for supporting Rev.
Mr. Fox, from 1732,
275
Second Parish votes unanimous- ly to obtain a division of the Town, 1797,
423
Memorial to General Court, 1798, 424
Town appoints a Committee to oppose division, 425
TITHING-MEN. Their appointment and duties. 1676, . 49, 50
THOMPSON, DANIEL. Killed at Con-
c rd. April, 19, 1775.
·
$62
THOMPSON, SAMUEL. Diary writ-
ten while a soldier during the
French war.
(See Appendix
No. 9.). .
547-58
TOBACCO
RAISING
on
common
137-33
Amount paid to the town for rent
.
of land for its growth.
.
138
TORIES IN WOBURN, 1777,
·
366
In 1783. (See Refugees.)
TOWN HOUSE. Second meeting-
house used for the town meet-
ings, 1752 to 1762, .
317-18
SHAY'S REBELLION. Vote of the town not to respond to the call for men to suppress it. 1787, . Col. Baldwin's great influence, . Vote reconsidered, .
406 388
407
Vote to grant no bounties or al- lowance to men who enlisted, 407
SHAWSHIN, 12, 26, 78, 105, 176, 205, 229, 212, 245-9, 231-7. 265, 268 Petition to be set off as a distinct Township, 1727, 24G
Petition denied,
246
Town vote to set off Shawshin
with certain conditions, .
248
Petition to General Court re- newed for a division, 249-50
Petition dismissed by Court,
.
251
Petition of Shawshin to select- men to define the conditions of the vote to be set off, ·
252
Petition not answered,
.
252
Petition for money to support preaching, 254
Petition to General Court for division revieved, 1729, . 255
Petition granted, 25G
Shawshin set off as a Precinct, 1730, 257-8
Petition granted, Thirl Parish organized, and church gath- cred, 1746. . 307-8 Leaders in the parish, 308
Rev. Josiah Cotton installed as pastor. 1747, 309
Movement for a reunion with
First Parish. 1755,
·
333
Propositions from both sides,
1755 to 1759,
·
333-4
General Court authorizes a re-
union, 1759,
. 336-7
Third Parish dissolved, 1760,
337
Rev. Josiah Cotton dismissed,
337
Second Parish " steals a march " on the Town, . 426 First Town Committee dis- charged and a new one chosen, 427-8 Instructions to the Committee, . 128-9 General Court incorporates Shaw- shin as Burlington, 429 SINGING in the olden time, 9G-101 SMALL POX prevalent, 1678, . 122 lands
Precautions taken and number of cases, 123
SOUTH WONUHN.
Formation of
Church and Parish, 1840. (Sce
First Parislı.)
671
INDEX.
PAGE
TOWN LANDS in Lunenburg.
2000
aeres granted in 1664, 35, 188 Located in 1717, 188, 283 Committee raised and authorized to sell the land, 1733, 284
Sale made to Ensign Israel Reed of Woburn, 28 · Proceeds of the sale loaned to citizens of the town, 284
Town taxes paid from interest on bonds, 284 Attempt to change trustees of the fund, 1735, 285 Committee chosen to inquire into the security of the fund, 286 Its report disapproved, 286, 287
New committee raised to call in and reinvest the fund, 287
Committee instructed how to pro- ceed in their work, 288
Terms of security so rigid, that a modification becomes neces- sary, 289
The various projects for invest- ing the land-fund securely, fail, New trustees sue the old for pos- session of the fund,
291
292
Auditors appointed by the court. Their report.
293 293
Appeal of the old trustees.
Money recovered and placed with new trustees, 1741, 294 295 New trustees delinquent,
Each person to be sued who fails to pay interest regularly, 1753, 276 Vote to transfer the fund from trustees to town treasurer, 1767, . 297, 298
Town treasurer directed to sue the bonds of delinquent trus- tees, 1770, 298
Report of treasurer, giving
amount of fund collected, 1772,298,300 Continued troubles, and final loss of a portion of the fund, 299, 300 Causes of its depreciation and
WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Memorial service by the town in con- memoration of the Father of his Country, .
430, 431
Order of memorial service, 431
waste, 300-302 TOWN GENEROSITY to deputy Hum- phrey Davy, . 45
TOWN MEETING, first, held, 1643, . 24
Fines for non-attendance, 24
Fines for speaking disorderly, Forbidden to be held only annu- ally by Sir E. Andros and council, 1687, 128 · Annulled by same authority, · chosen, . · Full list of, 1644 to 1860, Appen- dix No. 13. 578-85
129
TOWN OFFICERS.
When to be
44
TOWN ORDERS respecting price of land. Its management agreed upon at the first meeting of the commissioners, 1640. (See Ap- pendix I.), 529, 530 .
TROOPERS not to be exempt from rates as before 1675, 110 TUNES used in the Puritan churches, 96, 108 TURKEY HILLS (see Town Lands), 283
U.
UNITARIAN PARISH. (See Religious
Societies.)
UNIVERSALIST PARISII.
(See Reli-
gious Societies. )
UP STREET,
25, 26, 78, 137
V.
VALUATION, 1709, .
241
In 1800 and 1865,
508
W.
WALKER, MISTRESS SAMUEL, First
Primary School teacher.
209, 210
WARREN ACADEMY, founded
by
Isaac Warren, 1827,
417
First board of trustees,
418
Building erected on Academy Ilill, 418
Aet of Incorporation granted,
1830,
419, 420
Academy building burned, 1838,
420
Successful efforts of Rev. J. Ben-
nett in raising funds for the in-
stitution,
420
Sale of boarding-house and land, 1857, 421 .
Vote to repair
r the Academy
building, 1857,
421
List of preceptors to 1865, 422 Board of trustees, 1865, 422
WEALTH of the town from 1800 to
1865,
508
WILD BEASTS,
57,58
WILMINGTON,
257. 265, 266, 268, 283,
46
(Sec Goshen.)
314, 409, 414
Attempts to recover its share of
salary paid to Rev. Mr. Jack-
son before its separation,
265, 266
WINCHESTER INCORPORATED,
1850,
466, 430
WINN, TIMOTHY, Dea. His unde- livered speech prepared for the constitutional convention, 1788, 384, 385
PAGE
672
INDEX.
WOBURN INCORPORATED, 1642, . The twentieth town organized in Massachusetts Colony, . . Origin of the name. (see Appen- dix V.), .
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