History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

568 INDEX.
Munroe, William, gives building to Concord, i. 401; Sergeant
William, serves at Lexington, ii. 20.
Music, church, encouraged at Stoneham, ii. 3-15.
Nahant, claimed by Randolph, i. 93.
Nails first made at'Makien, ii. 13i.
Name of tov.-n of Aver, why given, i. 238.
Nanapashemet, sachem at Mystic, ii. 113.
Nancy, ship, taken by Captain Manly, i. 161.
Nautasket first settled by Conant, i. 34: emigrants landed at, i.
41 ; troops sent from, to Quebec, i. 94 ; British fleet v.'aits at,
i. 167.
Narragansetts declared enemies, i. 81.
Nashobah, Indian name of Littleton, ii. 44.
Natick, history of town of, ii. 184; made an Indian town, i. 75.
Naumkeag settled, 1626, i. 18.
Navv-vard, placed at Charlestown, i. 173; dry dock built at,
"i. 173.
Ncal, opinions of, as to rise of colonv, i. 29; in "History of Puritans,"
i. 32.
Needham, Hon. Daniel, resident in Groton, i. 469.
Negroes, good service of, in army, ii. 194; formerly held in Reading,
ii. 279; seats of, in meeting-house, allotted, ii. 343.
Nelson, Captain John, takes Andros prisoner, i. 93.
Nesutan, Job, Eliot's Indian teacher, ii. 218.
New England, men of, serve Cromwell, i. 74.
"New England's Prospect," published by Wood, i. 56.
New Hampshire, boundary adjusted with, i. 412.
" New Light " Society formed in Newton, ii. 225.
Newman, Robert, signals to Paul Revere (note), i. 117.
Newspaper, "Boston Gazette," first issued, i. 98, 103; earliest,
published in Ayer, i. 237.
Newspapers established in Natick, ii. 199; in Wakefield, notice
of, ii. 403; local, in Woburn, ii. 544; in Woburn, notice of,
ii. 547.
Newton, history of town of, ii. 203; set off as a parish, ii. 214;
effort for incorporation of, ii. 214; (or Newtown) incor|iurated,
i. 97; present name, how obtained, ii. 216; early relations of,
with Cambridge, ii. 217; Upper Falls in, first improved, ii.
235; movement to divide town of, ii. 240; North Village in,
how begun, ii. 246.
Newtonville, village, how begun, ii. 238.
" New Town," Hooker emigrates from, to Connecticut, i. 53.
Nichols, Thomas, sells slaves in Melrose, ii. 181.
Nipmucks join Narragansetts, and burn Mendon, i. 81.
Ni.>con, General John, sketch of, ii. 3G8; Captain, recruits in
Wavland, ii. 470.
Noddle's Island, skirmish at, i. 133.
Nook's Hill fortified by Americafis, i. IfJG.
Noon-houses, several, at Newton, ii. 224; formerly in Tewksbury,
ii. 380.
Norfolk County fonnerly north of Merriraac, i. 72.
North Reading, history of town of, ii. 259; statistics of town of,
ii. 260.
Norton. Rev. John, agent to England, i. 79.
Norton and Davison claim part of Medford, ii. 161.
Noted men of Lincoln, ii. 43.
Nowell, Increase, character of, i. 27.
Noyes, Thomas and Peter, mill of, at Sudbury, ii. 361 ; John,
Esq., instructed by town, ii. 368.
Nurseries, business of, in Brighton, i. 278.
Nutting, Dame, teacher in Shirley, ii. 301.
Oak, ancient, formerly in Brighton, i. 293; old, cut at Natick, ii.
201: Eliot's, sonnet to, by Longfellow, ii. 201.
Oake.s, Hon. Urian, president Harvard Colh-gc, i. 325.
Odiorne Brothers make nails at Maiden, ii. 134.
"Offering, Lowell," publication of, ii. 77.
Ofliccra, civil, compelled to resign, i. 109; of ]ilunlation, first
chosen, i. 20.
Oldham and Lyford, disturbance made by, i. nd Dorrell,
claim important lands, i. 39.
Oldham, John, killed by Indians, i. 64; ii. 443.
Old house of Adams family taken down, i. 213.
Old houses remaining in Ayer, i. 236.
Oliver, Lieutenant-Governor, and others, overawed at Cambridge,
i. 341.
Ordination of Rev. Mr. Wilson, i. 46.
Orne, Lee, and Gerry escape British, i. 119.
Osgood, Rev. James, first pastor in Stoueham, ii. 342.
Palisade ordered built around Cambridge, i. 307.
Palmer, Walter, early at Charlestown, i. 40.
Paper, notes of manufacture of, in Shirley, ii. .300.
Paper money, first issue of, i. 94; Provincial Congress issues,
i. 133.
Parish, new, in Brighton, petition for, i. 281; nio\emcnt for new,
at Newton, ii. 213; second, in Sherborn, organized, li. 293.
Parishes formerly in Reading, ii. 399.
Park, public, laid out in Somerville, ii. 326.
Parker, Captain John, commands at Lexington, i. 118; Rev.
Thomas, first minister in Dracut, i. 408; epitaph of, i. 413;
Jonas, patriotic death of, ii. 22.
Parris, Rev. Samuel, resident at Stow, ii. 351.
Parry, John, land of, taken for cemetery, ii. 142.
Parsonage, built at Cambridge, i. 324; burned at Maiden, ii. 118.
Parsons, Captain, with British at Concord, i. 122.
Patrick, Captain Daniel, sent against Pequots, i. 67; services at
Wa . 439.
" Peck's Folly," anecdote of, ii. 241.
Peirce, Captain William, boards Arbella, i. 42.
Pensioners, Itevolutionary, in Framiugham, i. 445.
Pepperell, history of lowii of, ii. 261.
Pepperell, Sir William, town named for, ii. 262; sent against
Louisburg, i. 101.
Pequots, messengers from, ask alliance, i. 60; Masou marches
against, i. 67 : slaughter of, at Mystic, i. 67.
Percy, Lord, supports British, i. 126.
Perry, Major Abner, instructed by town, i. 474.
Phips, Sir William, made Governor, i. 95; discharges witchcraft
prisoners, i. 96; takes Port Royal, L 94; fails at Quebec,
i. 94.
Pidge, slave woman called, sold in Melrose, ii. 181.
Pigeon, John, gives cannon to Newton, ii. 227.
Pigot, General, forms British line at Bunker Hill, i. 149.
Pirates, tradition at Maynard about, ii. 156.
Pitcairn, Major John, with British at Lexington, i. 114; killed at
Bunker Hill, i. 150: pistols of, given to Lexington, ii. 25.
" Planter's Plea," issued by Rev. John White, i. '28.
Plough, vessel, arrival of, i. 54.
Pole, Captain, with British at Concord, i. 122.
Polk. President, visits Lowell, ii. 80.
Pollard, Asa, killed at Bunker Hill, i. 264.
Pomeroy, General, volunteers at Bunker Hill. i. 148.
Pomeroy, Rebecca B., teacher at Newton, ii. 232.
Pond, Spot, visited by Winthrop, ii. 160; water-supply secured
from, ii. ISl.
Ponds ill Mrln.M., ar,.,.,int ,.f, ii. 175.
Poole, J..hii, hn.LU lir-i iiiill in Itrading, ii. 270.
Populalini. ..1 M. aini.l. n. kuning i.f, ii. 171.
Port linval, l.lk.l,
in lirighton, i. 288; in Newton, ii.
Powder ill ilic .-^niH.rvill.' wind-mill seized by Gage, i. 109.
Poivd.'i-li..ii>c. .>!,1, ill Suiiiorvillu, doscribed,"ii. 329.
Powiial, Thomas, made Governor, i. 104.
Prentice, Captain Thomas, at Wadsworlh's fight, ii. 209.
Prescott, Samuel, rides with Kcvcrc, i. 118; Colonel William, ser-
vices of, ii. 263.
Press, started in Cainbridgo bv Kev. James Glover, i. 317; Cambri.l'r,
liM ..fwoiU. is-ii.,'l rrnin, i. 313.
389.
134; British,