A Brief Historical Sketch of the Town of Boylston, in the County of Worcester: From Its First Settlement to the Present TimeCarter, Andrews, and Company, 1831 - 28 Seiten |
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Aaron White acres adjacent towns appears Attorney at Law betwixt Bigelow Boston Boylston Bridgewater brook Capt church and society committee council Court Crawford Cyprian Keyes David Hastings descendants Diamond Hill died dismissed dwelling-house Ebenezer Morse Eleazer Fairbank farm five forty four hundred full communion George Tahanto half degrees east Harvard University Hastings Holden Hooper incorporated Indians inhabitants interval James John Bigelow John Bush John Flagg John Houghton John Keyes Jonathan Keyes Jotham Andrews Jotham Bush Lancaster living Longly Marlborough Matthew Davenport meeting-house mile ministry Nashaway Nathaniel Davenport Nicholas Boylston north parish Northborough northerly old tenor orchards ordained pastoral office perhaps precinct meeting PRESCOT present road Robert Andrews running southerly Sarah saw-mill Sawyer's Mills Scarbridge settled settlement settlers Sewall's Pond Sholan Shrewsbury south-west Sterling Stone 66 Taylor Thomas Sawyer tract of land Unitarian Societies voted Ward Cotton westerly Whitney Worcester
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Seite 27 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Seite 7 - ... was formerly granted to them or their ancestors by my Uncle Sholan and laid out to them by Ensign Thomas Noyes and confirmed by the Hon. General Court. For the performance of all the abovesaid, I the said George Tahanto have set my hand and seal this twenty-sixth day of June in the 13th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William the third, over England &c. King, Annoque Domini 1701. GEORGE TAHANTO, his O mark. MARY AUNSOCAMUG, her ) mark. Signed and sealed in presence of JOHN WONSQUON, his...
Seite 7 - I will show and mark out the bounds of said land in convenient time, not exceeding four months, and also to make such deeds and conveyances, as may be necessary for the confirmation of the premises, and that also I, the said George Tahanto, do by these presents, fully notify and confirm, all and every, the said township of Nashuah, alias Lancaster, to the Inhabitants and Proprietors thereof according as it was formerly granted to them or their ancestors by my Uncle Sholan, and laid out to them by...
Seite 7 - Nashuah township, adjoining to said line, and butts southerly for the most part on Nashuah river, bearing westerly towards Wachusett Hills, and runs northerly as far as Nashuah township, and which lands and meadows, be it more or less, to be to the said Insigne, John Moore, John Houghton, and Nathaniel Wilder, their heirs and assigns, to have and to hold forever. And I, the said George Tahanto, do hereby promise and engage to procure an order from the honored General Court, for their allowance and...
Seite 7 - Indian Sagamore, for and in consideration of what money, namely, twelve pounds was formerly paid to Sholan, my Uncle, sometime Sagamore of Nashuah, for the purchase of said township and also...
Seite 7 - Quenepenitt, now deceased, but especially for and in consideration of eighteen pounds paid part, and the rest secured to be paid, by John Houghton and Nathaniel Wilder, their heirs, executors and assigns forever, a certain tract of land on the West side of the westward line of Nashuah township, adjoining to said line, and butts southerly for the most part on Nashuah river, bearing westerly towards Wachusett Hills, and runs northerly as far as Nashuah township, and which lands and meadows, be it more...
Seite 11 - Friar, who told them that he held the key of Purgatory in his hand, and, unless they immediately released their prisoner, he would unlock the gates and cast them in headlong. Their superstitious fears, which the Catholics could so easily excite in the breast of the savage, prevailed. They unbound Sawyer from the stake, and delivered him to the Governor. He finished the mill* in a year, and was sent home with Biglo. His son Elias, was detained a while...
Seite 7 - I, the said George Tahanto, do hereby promise and engage to procure an order from the honored General Court, for their allowance and confirmation of the sale of said' lands as aforesaid, and also that I will show and mark out the bounds of said land in convenient time, not exceeding four months, and also to...
Seite 12 - Hodinhull, and connected with the family of Lord Charles How, Earl of Lancaster, in the reign of Charles I.
Seite 21 - ... for any length of time. This money, for what reason is unknown, was supposed by these credulous and avaricious fortunehunters, to have been placed there by pirates, and that some person was murdered and buried there to take care of it; to appease the...