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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
d, when 1669. the French governor, some years after occupying the banks of the Sorel, began to fortify the outlet of Lake Ontario, La Salle, repairing to France, and aided by 1675. Frontenac, obtained the rank of nobility, and the grant of Fort Frontenac, now the village of Kingston, on condition of maintaining the fortress. The grant was, in fact, a concession of a large domain and the exclusive traffic with the Five Nations. In the portion of the wilderness of which the young 1675 to 1677. man was proprietary, cultivated fields proved the fertility of the soil; his herd of cattle multiplied; groups of Iroquois built their cabins in the environs; a few French settled under his shelter; Franciscans, now tolerated in Canada, renewed their missions under his auspices;—the noble forests invited the construction of log cabins, and vessels with decks; and no canoemen in Canada could shoot a rapid with such address Chap. XX.} as the pupils of La Salle. Fortune was within his grasp.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXII (search)
. The immediate dominion of the Iroquois—where the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, were first visited by the trader, the missionary, or the war parties of the French—stretched, as we have seen, from the borders of Vermont to Western New York, from the lakes to the head waters of the Ohio, the Susquehannah, and the Delaware. The number of Relation 1660. their warriors was declared by the French, in 1660, to Chalmars, 507-609. have been two thousand two hundred; and, in 1677, an English agent, sent on purpose to ascertain their strength, confirmed the precision of the statement. Their geographical position made them umpires in the contest of the French for dominion in the west. Besides, their political importance was increased by their conquests. Not only did they claim some supremacy in Northern New England as far as the Kennebec, Chap XXII.} and to the south as far as New Haven, and were acknowledged as absolute lords over the conquered Lenape,—the peninsu<
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Literal copy of Births, deaths, and Marriages in Medford from earliest records. (search)
January 6183/84 Jno: Hall his son william died Daniell woodward his daughter Mary was born 15: aprill 1683 John Hall his sone Jonathan was born 28 September 1677 October 19: 1673 Thomas Willis his daughter Elizibeth was Borne Aprill 9: 1677 Thomas Willis his daughter Jane was Borne october 3: 1677 Stephen Willis his daughter Abigaill was borne sebtem 19: 1679 Stephen Willis his sone Thomas was Borne novemb 16: 1679 Thomas Willis his sone Stephen was Borne Aprill 10: 1679 Isack fox1677 Stephen Willis his daughter Abigaill was borne sebtem 19: 1679 Stephen Willis his sone Thomas was Borne novemb 16: 1679 Thomas Willis his sone Stephen was Borne Aprill 10: 1679 Isack fox his sone Isack was Borne march 11: 168 1/2 Isack fox his daughter Abigaill Borne August 6: 1681 Stephen Willis his sone John was Borne March 31: 1683 Peter Tufts his sone Thomas was Borne August 27: 1683 John Whitmore his sone John was Borne novemb 15: 1683 Isack fox his daughter Hannah Borne february 23: 168 3/4 Stephen Willis his sone Jonathan was Borne March 7: 1684 Isack fox his daughter hannah dyed Aprill 24: 168 4/5 Isack fox his sone John was Borne July 15: 1684 Peter T
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., A business man of long ago. (search)
here ever since. The first mention of Hall on the Town Records is on page 1 of volume 1, dated 1678: Goodman Hall, Jr., by money (for ammunition) 0-05-0. Goodman John Hall was chosen Constable in February, 1677, and the same year was elected Selectman. Jan. 17, 1684, the first tax list on record has John Hall's name in the third place—Jonathan and Nathaniel Wade preceding him. In those days the leading men stood at the head of the list. Alphabetical order was never thought of. In 1677 John Hall, Jr. took the oath of fidelity. In 1687 his name appears on the tax list for the first time, being number twelve in a list of thirty-two. The first John Hall died in 1701. In 1718 his son appears on the records as Mr. He held the title till his death. In 1724 the third John, as the head of the family, inherited the title. He was a distiller and was a pioneer in making Medford rum. His younger brother, Andrew, born in 1698, was the father of Benjamin Hall. Very early i
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Some old Medford houses and estates. (search)
set off to Edward Oakes, junior, was situated between the brick house of Captain Peter Tufts and the mansion house of Mr. Edward Oakes, very near to said mansion house, and it was the one dwelling house that stood upon the land when purchased by Mr. Peter Tufts, senior. All traces of this house have long since disappeared, and even the land on which it stood has been manufactured into bricks. The so-called Cradock House was, without doubt, built by Mr. Peter Tufts, senior, between the years 1677 and 1680, and should be called the Peter Tufts House. This house passed through the ownership of many persons down to the present day; it is now in the possession of Gen. S. C. Lawrence. The Jonathan Tufts house. In 1691, Mr. Peter Tufts, senior, sold to his son, Mr. Jonathan Tufts (brother of Captain Peter), thirty-nine acres of land, with dwelling house, barn and other buildings. This land is described as beginning at the northerly corner thereof at a point where the boundary lines
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The Cradock house, past and future. (search)
ears on the records of the plantation of Medford in 1676, having already, at the age of twenty-eight, been honored as selectman. The title to the great oblong of land, including that of an old dwelling house and barn, had passed to his father in 1677, but by some special agreement Mr. Tufts was in possession at an earlier date. Perhaps he was a tenant in the old dwelling house while he looked over the land, though he had land of his own in Malden. Apparently his oldest son came with him to tter was captain of the military company and for thirteen year's Medfords first representative lo the General Court. At all events, father or son built the new brick house, and Captain Peter was probably the first to dwell in it, somewhere between 1677 and 1680. I like to think that perhaps he took there his first bride, Elizabeth, in 1670, and that there was born in 1676 Anna, the first birth recorded on the extant Medford records. At all events, it must have been standing ready for his high-
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