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... March 1678 the selectt men orderd as Foloeth For the good of the towne thatt if Any person what so euer shall take to worke or worke vp Any stone for a mill bee it for Corne or sider or Any other mill and make [ s ] all of the same ...
... March 1678 the selectt men orderd as Foloeth For the good of the towne thatt if Any person what so euer shall take to worke or worke vp Any stone for a mill bee it for Corne or sider or Any other mill and make [ s ] all of the same ...
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... March , 1691/2 " five families were assigned to Mr. Thomas Clarke's house , besides his own . The meaning of this is that these families were to resort to his house for safety , in case of an Indian attack . This fact explains the ...
... March , 1691/2 " five families were assigned to Mr. Thomas Clarke's house , besides his own . The meaning of this is that these families were to resort to his house for safety , in case of an Indian attack . This fact explains the ...
Page 113
... March 18 , 1676 , and on April 15 " fourteen or fifteen houses " were burned . John Monoco , one - eyed John , a leader of the Indians , had boasted that as he had burnt Medfield and Lancaster , so he would burn Groton , Chelmsford and ...
... March 18 , 1676 , and on April 15 " fourteen or fifteen houses " were burned . John Monoco , one - eyed John , a leader of the Indians , had boasted that as he had burnt Medfield and Lancaster , so he would burn Groton , Chelmsford and ...
Page 123
... march ) to recruite themselves 2. he saith they doe little where they are : & he understands they are called off by the Council . I shall make bould to request the like favor in the behalfe of those ( at least ) some of those troopers ...
... march ) to recruite themselves 2. he saith they doe little where they are : & he understands they are called off by the Council . I shall make bould to request the like favor in the behalfe of those ( at least ) some of those troopers ...
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... march , and that all the other soldiers of Captain Lovewell's companies have been rewarded in grants of land . Thomas Colburn appears to have been the only one of the six petitioners who was made a grantee of Tyngstown . 48. John ...
... march , and that all the other soldiers of Captain Lovewell's companies have been rewarded in grants of land . Thomas Colburn appears to have been the only one of the six petitioners who was made a grantee of Tyngstown . 48. John ...
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Adams alarm of April April 19 April 25 Benj Benjamin Benjamin Walker Billerica born Boston Bowers Bridge brook Butterfield Byam Cambridge Captain Chamberlain Chelms church Clark Clerk company receipt company return dated Concord river Continental Army Court Daniel dated Ticonderoga David died discharged Dracut Dunstable Edward Emerson enlisted April Fiske Ford Foster George given to Capt Green's Regt Groton Henry Hildreth Hill Hinchman Indians James John Ford's Jonas Jonathan Joseph Joseph Warren Josiah July June land Lieut Lowell Mary Massachusetts Archives meeting house Merrimack Merrimack river Middlesex Middlesex Canal miles mill Moderator Moses North Chelmsford Oliver Barron Parker Parkhurst Pawtucket falls Peirce Perham Private Proctor records Regt residence Richardson road Saml Samuel Samuel Chamberlain Sarah Selectmen Sept Simeon Spaulding street Thomas town of Chelmsford Treasurer Tyng voted Wamesit Warren Westford wife
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