History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

Gibbon, Edward, letter of, to Holdroyd, i. 112.
Goffe, William, regicide, at Boston, i. 79 ; and Wlmlley, regi-
cides, at Cambridge, i. 324.
Gookin, Major Daniel, assistant of Eliot, i. 75; pastor at Sherborn,
ii. 291.
Gorges, Robert, patent granted to, i. 38 ; patent bought by Massachusetts,
i. 89.
Gould, Jacob, killed at Stoncham, ii. 346.
Government, colonial, first established, i. 20; new choice of, i. 21
of 1686, resumed, i. 93; of Massachusi
Graduates of Groton Academy, i. 466 ; ar
i. 204; of Townsend, ii. 388.
Grammar, Indian, made bv Eliot, ii. 187.
" Grant, Turkey Hill," history of, ii. .532.
Grape Island, skirmish at, i. 133.
Graves, Thomas, early engineer, i. 19 ; sei
reorganized, i. 169.
:ollegians of Acton,
) found Charlestc
i. 40.
Green, Samuel, printer at Cambridge, i. 70, 319; Rev. Henry,
first pastor at Reading, ii. 271.
Greene, John, early resident of Stow, ii. 356 ; General, remarks
on military situation, i. 162.
Greenough, Rev. William, ordained at Newton, ii. 226; Horatio,
designer of monument, i. 176.
Gridley, Richard, provincial military engineer, i. 129; engineer
at Dorchester Heights, i. 165 ; Captain, disobedience at Bunker
Hill, i. 147.
Griffin, ship, arrives with ministers, i. 55.
Groton, history of town of, i. 454; grant and settlement of, i. 79;
desolating attack on, i. 82; attacked by Indians, i. 96; fur-
ther attacked by Indians, i. 457; changes in boundaries of,
i. 463; part of, annexed to Littleton, ii. 47.
Guild, Charles H., history supervised by (note), ii. 338.
"Gulf," in Dunstable, history of, i. 418.
Habeas Corpus, denied by Andros, i. 93.
Hadley, Anthony, his strange arrival in Stoneham, ii. 341.
Hall, Flint Memorial, in North Reading, ii. 260.
Hall, Memorial, in Lexington, ii. 27.
Hall, Rev. Willard, first pastor, in Westford, ii. 478.
Hallowell, Hon. Benjamin, pursued in Cambridge, i. 342.
Hammond, Samuel, in "Boston Tea Party," ii. 226.
Hancock, John, first American governor, i. 169; president first
Provincial Congress, i. 109; wai-ned at Lexington by Revere,
i. 118; and Adams flee from Lexmgton, i. 302: statue of, at
Lexington, ii. 31.
Hancock family, account of, ii. 13.
Hardv's Hill, Concord, fighting at, i. 125.
Harnden, William F., notice of, ii. 281.
Harrington, Timothy, first teacher in Waltham, ii. 411.
Harris, Captain, commands British rear at Menotomy, i. 126 ; Brit-
ish captain killed at Bunker Hill, i. 1.52.
Harrison, Miss, escapes from Ursuline Convent, ii. 336.
Harvard, Rev. John, college named for, i. 68; monument of, at
Charlestown, i. 177.
Harvard College, first founding of, i. 68 ; first commencement at,
i. 69; first buildings for, i. 70; strict former method of,
i. 323; founding of, i. 316; Whitefield's preaching in, i. 330.
Harvard Hall at Cambridge burned, i. 333.
Hastings, Jonathan, headquarters at house of, i. 129.
Hatfield surprised by Indians, i. 93.
Hathorne, Hon. William, grant, ii. 382.
Hay, Patrick, early at Stoneham, ii. 340 ; or Peter, dies very old,
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ii. 343.
Haynes, John, chosen governor, i. 60 ; garrison of, attacked by
Indians, ii. 366.
Health, Board of, formed in Somerville, ii. 326.
Heath, General, serves at Jfenotomy, i. 126.
Heather, Scotch, found at Tewksbury, ii. 374.
Hemenway, Rev. Phineas, minister at Townsend, ii. 385.
He\'wood, James, dies at Lexington, ii. 25.
Higginson, , statement as to prayer-bnok, i. 34; Rev. Francis,
application to, i. 19.
Highlands, Newton, village of, begun, ii. 244.
Highway called "Connecticut Path," i. 228.
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INDEX. 565
Highways, old, in Brighton, i. 290; early, in Ashby, i. 224; in
Arlington, i. 209; in Dracut, i. 410; in Acton, i. 197; in Somerville,
ii. 310; in Wayland, ii. 461; and roads in Tewksbury,
ii. 374; in Watertown, notice of, ii. 435; different, in
Boxborough, i. 273.
Hill, Copp's, fortified by British, i. 132; Beacon, fortified by
British, i. 132 ; noted, in Lexington, called Hancock Height,
Hill, Governor Isaac, native of Belmont, i. 25.3.
Hills in Charlestown, situation described, i. 141; and streams in
Ashbv. noticed, i. 218.
Hills, Joseph, early settler at Maiden, ii. 115.
History of Reading, by Hon. Lilley Eaton, ii. 404.
Holden, Richard, early, in Stoneham, ii. 3.39.
Holliston, history of town of, i. 470; e.irly customs in, i. 475;
local notes in. i. 480.
Home, Orphan Girls', history of, ii. 253.
Hooker, Cotton, and Stone, escape of, i. 31 ; Rev. Mr., arrives at
Boston, i. 55; removal of, to Connecticut, i. 53, 59, 313.
Hopkinton, history of town of, i. 483; sends men against Carthagena.
i. 487.
Hops, cultivation of. in Wilmington, ii. 509.
Horse railroads in county, i. 195.
Hosmer, .Abner, killed a"t Concord, i. 123.
Hostilities with France begun, i. 94.
Hotels in Littleton noticed, ii. 52.
House, old brick, in Medford, ii. 162; Royall, in Medford, ii. 165.
Houses for ministers ordered built, i. 45; old, in Brighton, no-
ticed, i. 293 ; in Somerville, account of, ii. 311.
Howe, General, arrives from England, i. 132; ordered to attack
Bunker Hill, i. 144; his plan for attack, i. 146; supersedes
Gage, i. 160; Rev. Mr., remarkable sermon of, i. 493; Dr.
Zadock, notice of, i. 268.
Hubbard, remarks of, on Puritans, i. 35; Ebenezer, bequest of, i.
402.
Hudson, history of town of, i. 496 ; settlement with Bolton, i. 501
local statistics of, i. 502; topography of, i. 504; scenery and
advantages of, i. 505; Hon. Charles, gift of, i. 500.
Hull, General William, notice of, ii. 253.
Humphrey, John, character of. i. 26.
Hunting, Captain Samuel, with Indian allies, i. 83.
Hurricane, damage by, in Burlington, i. 298.
Hutchinson, Governor, succeeds Bernard, i. 105; Mrs. Anne, re-
ligious movements of, i. 68; dealt with by synod, i. 315.
Hyde, Jonathan, large family of, ii. 207.
Ice harvest, historical sketch of, i., 188.
Improvements, municipal, in Cambridge, i. 355 ; later, in Con-
cord, i. 394; scarcely encouraged in Waltham, ii. 426.
Incorporation of Acton, i. 197; of Arlington as West Cambridge,
i. 211; of Ayer, i. 238; of Bedford, i. 242; of Boxborough, i.
272; of Brighton, i. 287; of Burlington, i. 296; of Framingham,
i. 440; of Holliston, i. 470; of Hopkinton, i. 485; of
Hudson, i. 500; of Lexington, ii. 15; of Lincoln, ii. 34; of
Lowell (citv). ii. 73; of Melrose, ii. 175, of Nashobah, ii. 45;
of Natick (parish), ii. 191;ofNatick (town), 11.194; of Newton
(city), ii. 254; of North Reading, ii. 259; of Pepperell
(parish)", ii. 261 ; of Sherborn, ii. 289; of Shirley, ii. 298; of
Somerville (town), ii. 315; of Somerville (city), ii. 324: o
South Reading, ii. 400; of Stoneham, ii. 315; of Stow, ii. 351;
of Sudburv, ii. 357; of Townsend. ii. 383; of Tyngsborough,
ii. 398; of Waltham, ii. 410: of Weslford, ii. 475: of Weston,
491 ; of Wilmington, ii. 507; of Winchester, ii. 513; of Woburn.
ii. 527.
Independence, effect of Declaration of, i. 169.
Indian invasion feared, i. 56 ; plantation at Hudson, i. 497 ; disturbances
at Chelmsford, i. 371; affairs in Hopkinton. i. 484;
minister, first ordained at Natick, ii. 190; burying-ground at
Natick, ii. 202; skeletons found at Neivton, ii. 243; deeds of
Sudbury, ii. 358.
Indians, at Block Island, colonists invade, i. 64 ; pra.^nng, alliance
proposed with, i. 83; disturbed by settlers, i. 83 : employed
against Philip, i. 83; murder by, in Burlington, i. 301;
troubles by, in Groton, i. 456; early dwelling in Framing-
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