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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 2: (search)
ship-yard), was made by Charlestown, 1641, to their land north of Medford. The road is now called Cross and Fulton Streets. To have free access to the river, the great highway, they opened private roads for the use of owners of lands, and what were called range-ways for the free use of the public. Many of these are found in Charlestown. One of these was Cross Street; the next, west of it, was at the Ford, and the Governor Lane was a part of it; the next was by the easterly side of Mr. T. Magoun's house; the next was east of Mr. Turell's house, the lane is yet open; the next was at the Rock Hill, and the old Woburn road was part of it; the next was above the Lowell Railroad Depot, in High Street, and connected with Grove Street, formerly called the road round the woods. These roads to the river, in Medford, were opened soon after the main thoroughfare. The first public road laid out in Medford was Main Street, leading from the Ford to Boston; the second was Salem Street, leadi
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 4: (search)
James Wyman1787. Thomas Brooks1788. Ebenezer Hall1789. Nathaniel Hall1800. Timothy Bigelow1808. Dudley Hall1813. Abner Bartlett1815. Turell Tufts1824. Thatcher Magoun1825. John B. Fitch1826. John Sparrell1831. Thomas R. Peck1833. Frederick A. Kendall1834. Timothy Cotting1834. John King1835. James O. Curtis1836. Georay 18, 1833. Abner BartlettDec. 18, 1833. Turell TuftsMar. 28, 1835. Jonathan PorterJan. 27, 1836. Dudley HallAug. 30, 1836. John SparrellNov. 24, 1836. Thatcher MagounDec. 6, 1836. Nathan WaiteDec. 31, 1836. Jonathan BrooksJan. 6, 1837. Daniel SwanJuly 6, 1838. Nathan AdamsJan. 8, 1839. Nathaniel HallApril 16, 1840. AberDec. 17, 1842. Henry PorterJan. 5, 1843. Judah LoringFeb. 25, 1843. Alexander GreggFeb. 25, 1843. Dudley HallJune 3, 1843. John SparrellAug. 20, 1843. Thatcher MagounAug. 29, 1843. Jonathan BrooksJan. 1, 1844. Sanford B. PerryApril 24, 1847. Abner BartlettOct. 12, 1847. James M. UsherJan. 1, 1850. Judah LoringFeb. 12,
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 6: ecclesiastical history. (search)
angel came during a season of apparent insensibility, and life ceased Dec. 12, 1822. Thus, at the age of seventy-six, closed his ministry of more than forty-eight years. He baptized 853 persons; married 359 couples; admitted to the church 304 communicants; and officiated at 990 funerals. Every arrangement for a public funeral which respect for their venerable pastor could suggest was made by the town; and their Committee for the occasion were Messrs. Abner Bartlett, Jonathan Brooks, Thatcher Magoun, Turell Tufts, and Dudley Hall. The funeral services were on Saturday, Dec. 14. The prayer was offered by President Kirkland ; and the sermon preached by Dr. Abiel Holmes, from 2 Tim. IV. 6, 7. The pall-bearers were the Rev. Drs. Kirkland and Holmes, of Cambridge; Ripley, of Concord; Foster, of Brighton; Fiske, of West Cambridge ; and Homer, of Newton. The wife of Dr. Osgood died Jan. 7, 1818, aged seventy, and left behind the memorial of an amiable, intelligent, and pious woman.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 10: trade. (search)
oseph Lee, jun.Boston133.49 28 BrigBob ShortT. Magoun'sT. Magoun  135 29 BrigEdward FosterS. Laph. MagounBoston & Medford236.20 45 BrigPedlarT. Magoun'sT. MagounJoseph CabotBoston125.88 46 ShipCardent spirit.T. Magoun'sT. MagounW. Lewis & T. MagounBoston & Medford273 63 BrigAdriaticT. Magoun MagounBoston & Medford348 126 ShipBrooklineT. Magoun'sT. MagounH. Oxnard & T. MagounBoston & MedfShipColiseumT. Magoun'sT. MagounJohn Brown & T. MagounBoston & Medford302 147 ShipFlaviusT. Magoun MagounH. Chapman & Co. 434 180 ShipPlymouthT. Magoun'sT. MagounLiverpool Packet Co.Boston440 181H. EwellGeorge PrattBoston650 269 ShipOswegoT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellJ. Macy & SonNew Yorkerle & JarvisCastine, Me.652 286 ShipHampdenT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellJohn RussellPlymouth6lliam Appleton & Co.Boston608 322 ShipHamletT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellWilliam Appleton & Co. EwellBates & Co.Boston491 353 ShipSantiagoT. Magoun'sF. Waterman & H. EwellW. H. GoddardBoston43[28
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
n-weaver. When he became of age, he moved to Medford. and soon afterwards purchased a small house, which stood on the spot now occupied by the house of Mr. Thatcher Magoun, jun. His sister became his housekeeper. In May, 1711, he married a near relative of Governor Belcher,--Miss Elizabeth Greene, of Boston. When his first chils, 1802, and had several children, one of whom was--  4-5James O., b. 1804, at Scituate. He moved to Medford in 1820, where he served an apprenticeship with Thatcher Magoun, Esq., and has since been engaged in ship-building. He m. Adeline Wait in 1826, and had--  5-6George, b. 1827.  7Mary Genette, b. 1831.  1Dexter, Paul,  360Mercy, b. Aug. 9, 1782.  361Sarah, b. Aug. 1, 1785.  362Elias, b. Jan. 30, 1787. 104-144Daniel Tufts m. Martha Bradshaw, and had--  144-363Martha, m. Thatcher Magoun.  364Abby, m. Dr. John Neilson.   This family differs from the one previously inserted from my own Mss., and is here given on the authority of Dr. Booth
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Index. (search)
6, 15, 31, 44, 67. Josselyn, 1. Justices of the Peace, 169. Kenrick, 528. Kidder family, 528. Kidder, 112, 225, 483. Knox, 529. Labor in Vain, 7. Lands unappropriated, 105, 107. Laribee, 530. Lawrence family, 529. Lawrence, 104, 233, 302. Lawyers, 308. Leathe, 265, 530. Le Bosquet, 485. Letter, 495. Lexington Fight, 151. Libraries, 294. Light Infantry, 189. Lightering, 392. Lincoln, 30. Locke, 530. Lyceums, 295. Lynde, 44. Magoun, 48, 360. Manners and Customs, 452. Manning, 36. Mansor, 530. Map, 421. Markham, 36, 42. Martin, 36. Mather, 205. Mayhew, 36. Maverick, 2. McClure, 49. Medford a Town, 119. Melvin, 44. Methodist Society, 270. Michelson, 42. Middlesex Canal, 295. Mills, 392. Moore, 36. Mystic Church, 273. Mystic River, 6. Name, 1. Newell, 36, 44. Norton, 74. Nowell, 3, 7, 9, 14, 37, 43. Noyes, 36, 97, 121. Nutting, 531. Oakes, 36. Oldha
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Notes. (search)
r the world. The pioneer in this movement, so eventful to the town, was Thatcher Magoun. This great ship-builder was born in Pembroke, Mass., June 17, 1775, the aid, he made the model of the first vessel he ever built, the brig Mt. Aetna. Mr. Magoun was not a man to remain content with a subordinate position in his trade, andat time until 1836, and during that period built 84 vessels. I well remember Mr. Magoun, a portly gentleman, of extremely dignified bearing, then considerably advanc Riverside avenue, opposite the end of Park street. Established in 1803 by Thatcher Magoun; afterwards used by Curtis & Co., Paul & J. O. Curtis, F. Waterman & H. Ewing of the town as shown by Mr. Usher's tables: builders.No. vessels. Thatcher Magoun84 C. Turner & E. Briggs3 Calvin Turner25 James Ford2 Sprague & James66launched. It was thus I witnessed the launch of the St. Petersburg, built by Mr. Magoun, in 1839. It was a ship of 828 tons, the largest ship which up to that time
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., Medford in the War of the Revolution. (search)
r. John Brooks. Ensign Stephen Hall was the eldest son of Stephen Hall, Tertius. He was born Jan. 3, 1745, and died at Revere in 1817. His granddaughter said of him: I remember my grandfather well; he lived and died at my father's, and I never can forget his life and counsel; he was very exemplary in his daily life, and dearly did I love him; he was a large man of very dignified appearance. Thomas Bradshaw, private, was the proprietor of the Fountain House. His daughter married Thatcher Magoun, Sr. There were nine Tuftses in the company, all kinsmen. Seven of them were voters in 1776-7. James Tufts, Jr., was a potter in later years. The land on which his shop stood, between the river and Tufts place, is owned by his grandsons to-day. Daniel Tufts lived opposite the Powder House, on land set off to Charlestown in 1811. One hundred twenty-three years ago to-night a feeling of excitement and suspense pervaded the town. People who came out from Boston through the day brought
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., The roads of old Medford. (search)
street was laid out in the year 1746, in order to make a convenient way to the tide mill. The most easterly of the ways leading from the River road to the river is now known as Foster court, and the landing-place was called Labor in vain Landing, it being opposite Labor in vain Point. There is some reason to believe that it was also called Hall's Landing. The next westerly landing was situated near the foot of Park street, and the way thereto was through land afterwards used by Mr. Thatcher Magoun as a shipyard. The third and last landing-place east of the bridge was situated at the foot of Cross street and was called No Man's Friend, and also Wade's Landing. Charlestown laid out a way from this landing to its woodlots, on the northerly line of Mr. Cradock's farm, the southerly end of this way being at or near the present location of Cross street. It has been said that Charlestown laid out both Cross and Fulton streets, but, as will be hereinafter shown, the way laid out b
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., A business man of long ago. (search)
his own home, he was contented to remain the prop of his father's old age, and the bond between the two was unusually close. Benjamin, Jr., died in 1807, and his son Dudley crept into his father's place in the grandfather's heart. With the building of the bridges, and the continuation of Middlesex canal to Boston, the trade of Medford declined. Lightering, which for a century had been carried on with profit, was at an end. As the old business died, a new interest—ship-building Thatcher Magoun laid the first keel in Medford in 1802.—sprang into being, and a new era began. Benjamin Hall was a stanch Federalist. In fact, the whole town was unanimous in the support of that party. In the campaigns between Jefferson and Adams, Medford went solidly for the Massachusetts man. Mr. Hall was a delegate to the electoral college which made John Adams president. The personal popularity of Governor Brooks caused the town to follow his leadership in politics as long as he lived, b
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