History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

"Lovewell's fight, " Dunstable men in, i. 420; Bedford men in,
i 243; Chelmsford men in, i. 373.
Lowell, history of town of, li. 03; manufactures begun at, ii. 54;
cotton business brought to, ii. 58; town receives name of, ii.
64; first town-meetinj,' in, ii. C4; various annals of, ii. G6-G8-
85; described bv Basil Hall. i. 185; foundation of, for cot-
ton manufacture', i. 184.
Lowell, Francis C, sketch of, ii. 56.
Lower Falls, Newton, first miprovement at, ii. 2-37.
Lunenburg and Leominster, petition from, as to Indians, i. 220.
Lvceiun organized in Littleton, ii. 50.
Lyford, Rev. John, notice of, i. 18; and Oldham, disturbance by.
Magus, Pomp, colored veteran of Maiden, ii. 128.
Maiden, history of town of, ii. 113 ; settlement at, made a town,
i. 76.
Manly, Captain, takes British ship Nancy, i. 161.
JIann, Hon. Horace, resident of Newton, ii. 257.
Manners, earlv, in Billerica, i. 262 ; and discipline in Harvard
roll.'-c, i. 328.
Manufactures, untire of, in county, i. 183; at Lowell, progress of,
ii. 63; in Woburn, growth of, ii. 546.
Map, Danforth's, of Nashobali Plantation, ii. 45.
Marblehead, Cradock's trading-post at, i. 22.
'Maria del Occidente," or Mrs. Brooks, ii. 168.
Market, cattle, established in Brighton, i.286.
Markets, dispute of Boston and Watertown about, ii. 445.
Marlborough, history of town of, ii. 137; Indian attack upon, ii.
141; .82.
Marrett, Rev. .John, notes of as to Lexington fight, i. 302.
JIary and John, ship, expedition brought by, i. 41.
Masconoino, sachem, boards Arbella, i. 42.
Massachusetts Company, history of, i. 17; fonned, i. 18; chartered,
i. 19; line north of Merrimac fixed, i. 89; northern
boundary rectified, i. 101.
"Massacre, Boston," occurrence of, i. 105; letter respecting,
Mather, Rev. Richard, arrival of, i. 64; Rev. Increase, president
Harvard College, i. -326.
Matthews, Rev. Marmaduke, at Maiden, ii. 116.
Maverick, settler at Noddle's Island, i. 41.
Maxwell, Thompson, in -Boston Tea Party," i.244; his account
of Btmker Hill, i. 245.
Mayflower, ship, and consorts, i. 22.
MaVhew, Rev. .Jonathan, against Episcopalians, i. 336.
Mavnard, history of town of, ii. 153.
Meadow, remarkable, in Bohnont, i. 252.
Medlield ravaged by King Philip, i. 82.
Medford, history of town of, ii. 158; origin of name of, ii. 158;
settlement begun at, i. 48; Cradock's trading-post at, i. 22;
ship built at, in 1632, i. 49.
Meeting-house, first built in Arlington, i. 209; in Ashby, 221;
raising of, in Bedford, i. 249; first built in Billerica, i. 2.56 ; in
Brighton, i. 279; in Buriington, i. 297; built at Cambridge,
1757, i. .332; strife about, in Carlisle, i. 360; in Cariisle,
described, i. 364; first located in Dracut, i. 408; contention
about, in Dunstable, i. 422; first, in Framingham,
i. 441; old, in Lincoln, ii. .38; first raised in Natick, ii. 181;
in Newton, ii. 217; in North Reading, ii. 259; in Pepperell,
ii.261; in Reading, ii. 270; built in Reading, ii. 27G; very
early %-ote for stove in, ii.280; in Sherborn, enlarged, ii. 292;
first built in Shiriey, ii. .305; in Stow, ii. 354; in Tewksbury,
ii. 378; in Townsend, ii. .384; in Tyngsborough, ii. 391,394;
in Waltham, ii. 407; in Watertown, ii. 448; in Watertown,
place disputed, ii. 451; first built in Waj-land, ii. 463; in
Weston, ii. 490; in Weston, matters concerning, ii. 493; first
built in Wilmington, ii. 507.
Meeting-houses, trouble about, in Maiden, ii. 123.
Melrose, history of town of, ii. 175.
Melvin, David and Eleazer, service of, i. 384.
Mendon joined to Middlesex, i. 81.
Menotomy, severe fighting at, i. 120.
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Merriam's Corner, hard fighting at, i. 125.
Miantinoniah, sachem, at Narragansett, i. 56; treaty made with,
i. 64.
Middlesex County, erection of, i. 72 ; minute-men on Punkatas-
set, i. 123.
Militaiy Commission, members of, i. 60; stores taken in ship
Nanc}', i. 161; situation of camp at Cambridge, i. 131; offi-
cers, list of, i. 107; situation before Bunker Hill, i. 139; of
Boston, after Lexington, i. 129; affairs, early, in Dracut, i.
411; history of, in Acton, i. 204; stores deposited in Concord,
i. 386; matters in Hopkinton, i. 491; movements at
Lowell, ii. 87; histor\' of Marlborough, ii. 146; characters of
Newton, ii. 255; company formed at Reading, ii. 271 ; movements
in Stow, in Revolution, ii. 355; condition of Waltham,
ii. 414; history of Townsend, ii. 383; early, in
Wayland, ii. 464.
Militia, general organization of, i. 73.
Milk, large product of, in Lexington, ii. 9.
Milk Row, Percy's retreat by way of, i. 127 ; Somerville, houses
ated ( .311.
Mill, old, on Assabet River, i. 499; first built in Natick, ii. 190;
grist, first at Newton, ii. 235; at Shirley, ii. 299; first built
in Reading, ii. 270; in Stoneham, ii. 345; in Sudbury, 361;
in Townsend, ii. 383; in Watertown by How, ii. 454; in
Waltham, ii. 431 ; in Wayland, ii. 461.
Miller, James, only Somerville man killed by British, ii. 312.
Millmore, Martin, sculptor Woburn monument, ii. 546.
Miner, Rev. A. A., president Tufts College, ii. 174.
Minerals found in Lexington, ii. 10.
Mines, attention given to, in Billerica, i. 265.
Minister, first in Burlington, i. 299; in Bedford, shut out of
church, i. 24G; first settled in Holliston, i. 471 ; first resident
in A^-er, i. 237 ; first, at Reading, ii. 271 ; difficulty of settling"in
Stow, ii. 352; first in Wayland, ii. 468; first in Wo-
burn, ii. 527.
Ministers, earliest, in Acton, i. 200; eariy, in Brighton, i. 282:
of different churches in Concord, i. 405; Orthodox, in North
Reading, ii. 259; earliest, in Lincoln, ii. 37; in Marlbortfiigh,
ii. 144; in Pepperell, ii. 2G5; in Watertown, ii. 449; successive,
in Watertown, ii. 450; in Townsend, ii. 386; in Wake-
field, ii. 402; in Wayland, ii. 471; in Westford, ii. 479; in
Weston, ii. 493; in Winchester, ii. 520; in Woburn, ii. 537;
of Waltham, list of, ii. 429.
Mint established for colonial coinage, i. 76.
Minute-man, statue of, at Lexington, ii. 28.
Minute-men march from Reading to Concord, ii. 277.
Missionaries and translators, eminent, ii. 241.
Mitchell, Rev. Jonathan, arrival of, i. 64; settled at Cambridge,
i. 322.
Moncrief, Major, exchange officer for British, i. 134.
Money, paper, first issue of, i. 94 ; issue of, by Provincial Con-
gress, i. 133; Continental, depression of, ii. 377.
Monohaquaham, sachcin, at Charicstown, i. 55.
Monument, I'.iinl.rr Ilill. lin; li^ >I. i ITi r..inl> mi I.^xington
,
Newt
led at
orth-s.
i. 458; for old church in (Iroton, i. 4114; for r„l„nel William
Prescott, i. 4G7; to Revolutionary men of Arlington, i. 213;
at North Bridge, Concord, i. 402; to John Fitch and others,
in Ashby, i. 225; to Captain Davis, of Acton, i. 205.
Monument, soldiers', erected in Acton, i. 207; in Billerica, 1.266;
in Cambridge, i. 3.55; in Concord, i. 400; in Holliston, i. 479;
in Medford, ii. 169; in Natick, ii. 200; in Newton, ii. 254;
in Somerville, ii. 322; in Stoneham, ii. 348; in AV'oburn,
ii. 546.
Moody, Paul, assists cotton manufacture, ii. 57.
Morgan, Colonel, joins American camp, i. 159.
Morse, Samuel F. B., inventor of telegraph, i. 174 ; Miss Mary A.,
founds library, ii. 197 ; Captain Joseph, serves at Lexington,
ii. 193.
Morton, Thomas, noticed bv General Court, i. 45; sent prisoner
to England, i. 4G.
Moxas, Indian, attacks white garrison, ii.531.