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History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Boston: Ebenezer Clapp, 1859.

CHAPTER   I. 
Smith's  Voyage  to  Massachusetts,  and  the  Excursion  of  the  Plymouth Pilgrims  to  the  Bay   

CHAPTER  II. 
Thompson's  visit  to  Dorchester,  and  settlement  on  the  Island afterwards  called  by  his  name. — The  Neponset  Tribe  of 

CHAPTER  III. 
Emigration  in  1630. — Mr.  John  White. — Arrival  of  the  Dorchester Company  .........        

CHAPTER IV.
Mattapan  selected  by  the  Dorchester  Company. — The  Town  laid out  and  House  Lots  distributed. — Portions  appropriated  for  Cultivation.— The  Trade  of  Fishing 20 

CHAPTER  V. 
Boundaries  of  the  Town. — Freemen  and  their  Privileges. — Return of  Emigrants. — The  Dorchester  Record  Book. — Orders  relating to  Meetings  of  the  Plantation 25 

CHAPTER  VI. 
Erection  of  first  Meeting-House. — Building  of  Stoughton's  Mill. — New  Burying-Ground  commenced. — Controversy  about  removing to  Connecticut 33 

CHAPTER  VII.
List  of  the  first  Settlers  of  the  Town

CHAPTER  VIII. 
Additional  Settlers  previous  to   

CHAPTER   IX. 
Second  Emigration  from  England    

CHAPTER   X. 
Privations  and  Influence  of  Woman  in  the  Settlement  of  the  Country.— Additional  Names  of  Male  Inhabitants  of  Dorchester prior  to  1700 142 

CHAPTER   XI. 
Removal  of  a  part  of  the  Colony  to  Connecticut. — The  Pequot War — Orders  of  the  General  Court  and  of  the  Town     .         .         148 

CHAPTER  XII. 
Orders  of  the  General  Court  and  of  the  Town — (Continued)     .         181 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
Settlement  of  Dorchester,  in  South  Carolina,  and  of  Midway,  in Georgia ,         .         261 

CHAPTER   XIV. 
Ecclesiastical  Council  at  Medfield. — Religious  Association  of  Young Men. — Land  for  Free  Schools. — Death  of  Gov.  Stoughton. — Boundaries  of  the  Town. — Town  Orders,  &c.  .         .         .         266 

CHAPTER   XV. 
Arrival  and  Preaching  of  Rev.  George  Whitfield  ;  its  effects  in  the Church  at  Dorchester. — New  Meeting-House. — Siege  and  Capture of  Louisbourg. — Heavy  drafts  of  Men  and  Money. — Excessive Drought. — Great  Earthquake. — Death  of  Gen.  Hatch     .         303 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
Colonial  Events  preceding  the  Revolution. — Great  Celebration  in Dorchester. — Patriotic  Resolutions  by  the  Town — Rev.  Jonathan Bowman. — Rev.  Moses  Everett. — Drafting  of  Soldiers  for  the War. —Fortifying of Dorchester  Heights. — Small-pox  Hospitals   320

CHAPTER  XVII. 
Forestalling  Provisions.  —  The  Currency.  —  The  Revolution.  — Names  of  Dorchester  men  engaged  in  the  War     .         .         .         340 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
Shays's  Rebellion. — Col.  Pierce's  Diary  of  Important  and  Interesting Events 352 

CHAPTER  XIX. 
Duel  at  Dorchester  Point. — Three  young  Men  drowned. — Annexation of  Dorchester  Neck  to  Boston. — Revival  of  Business  at Commercial  Point. — Gathering  of  the  Second  Church,  and  the Controversy  with  Rev.  Dr.  Codman 371 

CHAPTER  XX. 
Political  Parties. — New  Meeting-House  of  the  First  Parish. — Situation of  Dorchester. — Houses. — Population. — Dress  and  Customs of  our  Ancestors  .......         385 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
Brief  Sketch  of  the  Religious  Societies  of  Dorchester        .         .         404 

CHAPTER  XXII. 
The  Public  Schools  of  the  Town 419 

CHAPTER    XXIII
Brief  Notices  of  the  Early  Teachers  in  the  Public  Schools         .        479 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
Graduates  of  Harvard  College  from  the  Town  of  Dorchester     .         555 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
Neponset  River. — Its  Sources,  Tides,  &c. — Neponset  Tribe  of  Indians.— Navigation  of  the  River. — Various  Fishes  in  its  Waters. — Ferries,  Bridges,  &c. 574 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
Some  Account  of  the  various  Mills  on  Neponset  River     

CHAPTER  XXVII. 
Societies,  Banks,  Ministerial  and  Church  Lands,  Burial  Grounds, Epitaphs,  &c 642' 

CONCLUSION 657

INDEX OF NAMES. 
In  this  history  much  of  which  has  been  copied  from  old 
documents  and  records  the  orthography  of  many  of  the 
names  is  various.  In  the  index  the  name  is  given  according 
to  the  true  pronunciation  as  near  as  can  be  ascertained. 
Abbot  page
Ackleag
Adams
Aldridge
Allen
Alline
Aliyn
Ames
Anderson
Andrews
Andros
Angie'r
Amiable
Anne  (Queen)  ' 
Applelon
Armstrong
Arnold
Aspinwall
Alherton
Atherington
Atkins
Atwood 
Austin
Avery
Awashonks
Axson
Aylet
Ayres
Babcock
Babson
Bacon
Badcock
Badlam
Bailey
Baker 
Balch
Baldwin
Ball 
Ballard 
Bancroft
Barker
Barnard
Barr
Barrows
Barry
Bartol
Bascomb
Bass
Bates
Batten
Baxter
Bedman 
Beal
Beaumont
Beck
Beighton
Belcher
Belknap
Bellingham
Bendall
Benham
Bent
Benjamin
Bernard
Betts
Bigg
Billings
Birch
Bird
Bishop
Bissell
Blackstone
Blackman
Blake
Blaney
Blindman
Bliss
Bodge
Boies
Bollard
Bolton
Boment
Bond
Boslock
Bostwick
Bourne
Bowdoin
 Bowen
Bowes
Bowker
Bowman
Boyden
Boylslon
Bradbury
Bradish
Bradley
Bradsirecl
Bradford 
Brainard
Brancker 
Breck
Brenton
Brewer
Briant
Bridge
Bridges
Bridgham
Briggs
Brimsmead
Brinley
Brooke
Brooks
Brock
Brown
Brundage
Buck
Buckminsler
Bugbee
Bulkley 
Bullard
Bullock
Bulfinch
Burge 
Burgess
Burgoyne
Burr
Burroughs
Burrill
Bursley
Bussey
Butler
Butt
Buttolph
Byby
Byles
Cabot
Calef
Calley
Candler
Capen
Caps
Carriel
Carruth
Carew
Cartwright
Carter
Cealey
Charles  I.
Charles  II.
Chamberlain
Chambers
Champney 
Chandler
Channing
Chapin
Chaplin
Chauncy
Checkley
Cheesebrough
Cheeney
Chilton
Child
Church
Churchill
Chickatabot
Clap
Clark
Clement
Coburn
Cochran 
Cock
Coddington
Codman
Cogan
Coggings
Cogswell
Cole
Collicott
Collins
Collyer 
Colman
Colson
Conant
Coney
Connor
Conger
Cook
Coolidge
Coombs
Cooper
Copp
Corlet
Cornbury
Cotton
Cousins
Cowell
Cox
Crabtree
Cradock
Crandall
Crab
Cram
Crane
Crehore
Cremin
Cromwell
Crosby
Crouch
Cunlifle
Cunningham
Curtis
Cushing
Culler
Cuishumaquin
Cutter
Cyson
Dakin
Dalrymple
Daniels
Danforth
Davenport - 
Davie
Davis
Darby
Deane
D'Aulna
De  Chambourg
D'Estaing
DeVere
Deeble
Deering
Deluce
Dennison
Denny
Denslowe
Denton
Dewey
Dexter
Devotion
Dickerman
Dickinson
Dimocke
Dodge
Doggett
Dolbeare
Dolan
Dole
Dolman
Doty
Douglas
Douse
Dove
Downer
Drake
Draper .
Dudley
Duffield
Dummer
Dunbar
Duncan
Dunham
Dunton
Dwight
Dyer
Dyke
Eastburn
Eaton
Edmands
Edwards
Eeles
Eggleston
Elder
Eliot
Ellen
Ellis
Ellms
Elwcll
Emerson
Emery
Emmons
Endicott
English
Eno
Enslin
Erbury
Eustis
Evans
Everden
Everett
Eyres
Fairfax
Fairfield
Fairn
Faneuil        
Farmer 
Farnham
Farnsworth
Farrington
Farris  - 
Fay
Feakes
Felt + 
Fenn J
Femio + 
G 
Fessenden
Ffower
Fiel<l
 
Filer
Filmorc
Fish
Fisher
  G  .
G 
 
Fisk
Fitrh  G 
Flinjr  + 
Flinn
Flint
Flood
Fobes
Ford
Forward
Foster
  .
xi.  xii. 
Fowle
Fowler
Fowst
Fox .
Foye  (Frv) xii. 
Francis  .
Freak
Freeman
French . 
Fuller
  G  G  G  G 
 
Furncll
Gage
Gallop
 
Gamline
Gamsby
Garch
Gardner
Gates
Gattlifle
Gav
Ga'vlord
George
  .
Gerrish
Gibbens
Gihbs
Gibson
.  . '
Gilbert
Giles
Gildersleeve
Gillespie
.
Gilman
GiPet
Gill.  .
G
 
Gingle
G  lea  son
Glover
.
Glyssan
Goddard.
Goflfe
Goyt
Gookin
Gooley
Gorges
Gordon
Gore  C-
 
Gomel)
Gorton
Gould
Gourd
Grant
Granville
Graves
Grav
Green
Greenleafe
Greeuougli
Greenwav .
Greenwood
Gridlev
Griffin"
Griswold.
Griggs
Grasillia
Gulliver
Gunn  G
Gumsev
  * 
Hackwell
Hale
Hall .
: G
  .
.
  + 
Hammond xi. 
Hampden
Hanaford
Hancock.
Hannan.
Hannum  xi. 
Harding
Hardy
Harlain
Harmben 
Harrington
Harris.
. 
  .
C
Hart
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
Hartshorn
Hastings
Hatch
£ 
Hathonie
Haven xi. 
Hawcs
C
Hawkins
Haydcn
 
Haynes . 
Haytcr
Hayward
Ha'zard . 
Hazelton  Hi
Hcakes. xi. 
Healey 
Heath  . 
Heaton
Heddmg
Hcmmenvvay
Henchman
Henry
Hensliaw
 
Herder
Hereman
Herring  xi. 
Hersev
Heweiis
. 
Hewill
Hews
Heywood
Hibbins
Hichbom
Hicks
Hieginson
Hill .
. 
HiHon
Hmcklev.
Hinsdale
Hix
Hohart
Hobby
Holbrook
Holcomb
Holden
Holder
Holland
xii. 
Hollev
Holliiigsworlh
 
Hollister
Ilolloway
Holman
xi. 
Holmes.  .
 
Holt
llomans
  .  .
Hooker
Hooper
Hopkins
Hoppin.GT
 
IIorton
Hosford
Hoskins .
Hosley
H  oss"
Houchin
 
Houghton
Howard
Howe
  .
 
Hoyt
Hubbard
Huchings
Hudson
Hughs
Hulbert
Hull
xi. 
Humphrey S 
.  .
Hunnewell
Hunt
Huntington
Husev
Hutchinson
. 
.  Ill
Jackson
Jacobs.
James  II.
Janewavs
Jan  is
Jeffrey
Jenkins
 
Jenncr
Jennison
Jewell
Johnson  .. 
Incombe
Ireland
Isles
Ivers
C
  . < 
*
Jones .
Joseph
Josias
Josselyn
Joyce  C 
Judd
Karman
Kcllend.
Kellcv
Kclton
Kemplon
Kendall
Kern
Keves
Kibbee.
Kibbv  .
Kimball
Kimwrisjlit
King .
Kingsbury
Kinnersly
Kinsley
"
Kirke.
Kirkland
Kitchmakin
Knisht
 
Kosciuszko
Lafavette.
Lake
Lambert.
Laner
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
Lane
 
Lathrop
Laud
Lawrence
Leadbetter
Leavitt
Lechford
Lee 
Leeds .
 
Legar
Leland
Lemist  xii. 
Lenlhial 
Leonard
Leverett
Levett
Lewis .
Lincoln
Lippincott
Litchfield
Liltle
Liversidge
Livingston
Lock
Long
Longfellow
Lord
Loring
Loud
Lovell
 
Lowder
Lowell
Ludlow
Lumberd
Lunt
Lusher
Lyman
Lynde
Lyon
xii. 
Macondray
Makepeace
Mallard
Mamantaug
Maners
Manly
Mann
Manning
Mansfield
Mapley
Marrctt
Marsh
Marshall
Marshfield
Martin
 
Martyn
Mason  '
Massasoit
Mather.
Matthews
Maverick
  xi. 
Maxfield
May
Mayhew
Mayo
McCarney
McClary
McElroy
Mcintosh
 
McKean
McKenzie
McLean
 
McLellan
Mead
Means
Mears
Meekins
Mellen
Mellish
Meraw
Merrick
Merrifield
Merrill
Melcalf
Miantonomo  . 
Miles
Miller
Milieu
Mills
Miner
Minot
 
Moho
Monish
Montague
Moonke
Moore
 
Moorhead
Morey
Morgan
Morison
Morrill
Morris
Morse xi. 
Morton
 
Moseley
 
Mountfort
Mountjoy
Moxon
Mungcr
Munnings
Murdock
Murphy
Murray
Nampashemet
Narrowmore
Nash
Nazro
Neal
Negus
Nelson
Newberry
Newell
Newman
Newton
 
Nichols
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
Niles - 
 
Nixe
Noahaton
Norrross
Norman  G 
Norton
No  well
Noyes xii. 
Obbelinewat
O'Kelly
Oldham
 
Oliver
Organ
Osborn
Osgood
Olheman
Oiis
Overman 
Oxenbridge
Packard
Paine
Palmer
Parker
Parkman
Parks . 
Parsons
Partridge
Pascal
Patten
 
Paul
.
Payso'n
.
 
Peabody
Peacock
Peaks  xi. 
Pearson
Pease
Peck
Pelton
Penniman
Pepperell
Perkins.
Perry
Passacus
Peters
Pettee
Phelps
 
Philip  (King)
.
Phillips
-
Phips
Pickering
Pierce
.
-
  .
xi.  xii. 
Pierpont
Pigge
Pigrom
Pike
Pillsberry
Pimer
Pinney
Pitcher
Place
Plant
Plumb
Plummer
Pocock
Pomerov
Pond
Poole
Popham
Pope
xii. 
Popkins.
Porter
 
Powell
Pratt
 
Pray
Prentiss
Prescott
Preston
.
 
Price
Prince
Procer
Proctor
 
Provost
lJryn
Puffer - 
Purchase
Putnam
Pynchon
Quarterman
Queen  Mary
Quincy
Kaleigh
Rainsboro'
Rainsford
Rand
Randall
Rawlins
Rawson.
Raymond
Redman
Reed
Revere
Richards. .
xi. 
Richardson
Richmond
Rider
Rigby
Ripley
Robb'ins
 
Roberts
Robie
Robinson
xii. 
Rocket
Rockwell
Rogers
Rolfe
Rook
Rosseter
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
Rothwell
Roue G 
Roval  I-
)
Ruggles
Rusli
Russell
xi. 
Ryland
Sagamore  of  Agawam
f 
Sales-burv
Saltonslall G 
Sa  mines
Sanbuni
Sanders
Sanderson
Sandras
Sanford
Sanger
Sargent
Savage
. ! 
Savels
Scott
Searl
Seaver
Sedgewick
Selleck
Sension
Sewell
xi.  xii. 
Sevmour
Shailer
Share
Sharp
 
Shaw
Shay
Sheiden
Shed
Shelton
Shepard
Sherlock
Sherman
Shoot  . 
Shove
Shuttlesworth
Sigourney
Simonds
Simpkins
Skilton
Smead
Smith
 
Snell
Snow  .
Soper
Souglh
Soule
Souihcote
Sparks
Spaulding
Spooner
Spiague
Spring
Sproat
Spurr
.
Squamaug
Squantnin
Squeb
Slagg
Standish
 
Stanton
Staples
Stearns
Stedman
Steele
Stetson
Stevens
Stevenson
Stiles
 
Siimson
Stoddard
Stokes
Stone
Storer
Storrs
Sioughton
xii. 
Strange
Stratton
Streeter
Strong
;
Stuart
Sullivan
Sumner
-
.
Sunderland
Swan
.
Swift. .
Sykes
Sylvester
Symmes
Taft
Talbot
 
Talcott
Tavlor
.
.
Temple
Tennant
Terry
Thacher
Thaxter
Thayer
Thomas
Thompson
Thornton
 
Thorp
Tileston
 
Tilley
Tillinghast
Ting
Tolman
Tomlins
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
Tompkins
Topliff
Torrev .
' 
Train
Trask
Treadwell
Trecolhic
 
Trescott
(
Trcvour
Troll.
  H
Trow
Trowbridge
 
Trumbull
 
Tucker
 
Tudor
Turner
Tuthill
Twiichell
Twombly
 
Uncas
Underbill 
Upham
Upsall
 
Usher
Vane
Vaughn
Veazie
Vernon
Vincent
Vinlon
Vore  xi. 
Vose
xi. 
Wadsworth  .
Wainwright
Wain  ooZ 
Waldo
Wales
.
"!
Walfourd
Walker
Walter
Ward
Ware
Warham
Warner
Warren
 
Washington
Wassausmon
Walerhouse
 
Waters
Wav
 
Weatherby
Webb
Webster
Weekes
Weld
VVelthean
Wentworth
 
Weston
Weymouth
VV  ha  I  ley
Wheaton
Wheeler
Wheelwright
Whitcomb
 
White
C 
.
Whitfield
  )
Whipple
Winston
Whiting
 
Whitnev
Whittaker
Whittemore
VVighen
Wilcocke
Wiles
Wilkes
Wilkins
Wilkinson
Willard
Willet
William  III..
Williams
  .
Willis
 
Wilson
.
Wilton
Winchell
Winnnequassum
Winship
Winshotl
Winslow
Winsor
Winthrop
Wiswall
William
Withington
Wolcott
 
Wollaston
Wood
Woodbridge
Woodcock
Worcester 
Wyatt
Woodman  G  Wron  G (
Woodward
Wright . Ml
Wyman
  Wroth  C  Young
Woolridge

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