History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

Thompson, Colonel, with Billerica men at Concord, i.l25; Ceorge,
speaks on slavery at Lowell, il. 70; second visit of, to Lowell,
ii. 71; Benjamin, sketch of, ii. 550; Benjamin F., noticed,
ii. 520.
Thompson, , hermit, near Newton, ii. 245.
Thorn, ship, her action with hriy Tryon, ii. 12!).
Thurp, Thomas, veteran soldier of Acton, i. 20fi.
Tidd, John and William, acts of, at Lexington, ii. 21.
"Tin-Horn Village," in Newton, so called, ii. 247.
Topography of Aver, i. 240; of Marlborough, li. 150; of "Water-
Kevoliuini., li. 4S; first, in Wate)
17; of Littleton, as to
n, ii. 43S; for setting
off jHaynard, ii. 154.
Town affairs, in Marlborough, ii. 150; in Westford, ii. 48G.
Town business in Waltham, ii. 425.
T.jwn-ilrrk, olli.e of, how substituted, ii. 271.
Tciwn-hall, fir^t, in Brighton, i. 284; and court-house in Concord,
i. :W',i; in Watertown, ii. 458; provided in Newton, ii.226; in
Shcrborii, ii. 2114.
To\vn-meeting, votes in. at Acton, i. 198; first, in Dunstable, i.
422; in Ashby, i. 221 ; in Everett, i. 431 ; in Framingham,
i. 440; in Lowell, ii. 64; in Newton, ii. 215; in Reading, ii.
271: in Shirlev, ii. 298; in Stoneham, ii. 342; in Sudbury,
ii. 371; in WaUham, ii. 410; in Wayland, ii. 470; in Hollfs-
ton, opposes importation, i. 472.
Town-meetings, forbidden by Andros, i. 93; early, at Boxborough,
i. 272; at Groton, i. 455; begun in Cambridge, i. 309 ;
touching history of Everett, i. 429.
Towns, list of, represented in 1634, i. 58; of Middlesex in 1643,
i 72; mnri' recently formed in Jliddlesex, i. 178; new, added
to coiintv l.v 17 III, i. 111-2: in N'cw Hampshire, taken from
DunstMl.lr. I. 4l'1 : ^n. . r~.ivrl\ lakcn from Stow, ii. .3.56.
Tuft-. cl.M
Tunned al 1
Turell, .Mr-
Tvler. I'n -I
Tyng. r.d«:
than, I
Tyngsbornn
ii. 394.
:
. wksbury
Hunker Hill, i
men
Hiiimcnt, i. 175
eason for na
. 235.
!0U; noted, i
Underbill, Captain, sent a,gainst Pequots, i. 67.
Undertakers for tirst colonial voyage, i. 21.
rnd.TW(.o.l,.loM.|ib, teacher inWestford, ii. 481.
il. 165.
Vane and Winthrop, arrival t
Vane, Sir Henry, chosen gov
Varney, Rev. .lames, paslor i
Varnum, Samuel, attacked b'
.416.
Vassal!, John, he
character of,
1.
375.
.381.
against Louisburg, i. 101 ; Jona-
12.
of, ii. 391; incorporated, i. 173;
;, ii. 393 ; members of parish of.
235; John, sketch of.
,i. 406;GeneralJoscpli
of, occupied by Washington, i. 1.56; WiJit
Village, Babitasset, beginning of. ii. 69 : Stow, ordered to
350; Cochituate, begun in Wayland, ii. 471.
Villages in town of Acton, i. 196; formed in Framingham,
in Melrose, noticed, ii. 175; within limits of Tow
ii. 381.
Virginian riflemen arrive at Cambridge, i. 159.
ford. ,
477.
571
Wabun. Thomas, Indian justice at Natick, ii. 190; Indian, friend
of Eliot, ii. 218.
Wachusett, Mountain, first seen by explorers, i. 54.
Wadsworth, Captain Samuel, sent against Indians, i. 84; de-
feated at Sudbury, i. 84.
" Wadsworth's Defeat," vexed question of date of, i. 87.
Wadswortli, , President Harvard College, i. 327.
Wahginuicut, Sachem from Connecticut River, i. 56.
Waketield, Cyrus, South Reading newly named for, ii. 401;
history of town of, li. 399 ; topography and scenery of, ii.
405.
Waldo, Samuel, goes against Louisburg, i. 101.
Walford, Thomas, settler at Charlestown, i. 39.
Walker, Rev. James, notice of, i. 304; garrison-house of, de-
scribed, ii. 367.
Waltham, history of town of, ii. 407; action of, as to Independence,
ii. 417 ; contributes to provincial fund, ii. 419 ; recruiting
in for Revolution, ii. 421; described by Bernhard, i. 185.
War, French and Indian, ravages in, i. 95 ; renewed afresh, i. 99 :
outrages in, i. 383; effect in Framingham, i. 442; Hopkinton
men in, i. 489; Pepperell men in, ii. 262; Newton men in, ii.
221; Maiden men in, ii. 124, 125; Watertown men in, ii.
444; effect of, in Wayland, ii. 469; shareof Woburn in, ii. 538.
War, King Philip's, inception of, i. 80; shareof Concord in, i.
382: hardships of at Billerica, i. 2.59; Reading takes part in,
ii. 273; sufferings by in Sherborn, ii. 290; troubles in at
Wavland, ii. 467.
War, Mixican, notice of, i. 178.
War of Rebellion, events in Middlesex before, i. 179 ; rejoicings
at close of, i. 182; first company offered by Middlesex, i. 178;
incidents of, in Arlington, i. 214; in Ashland, i. 234; action
of Boxborough, i. 274; of Carlisle, i. 363 ; of Chelmsford,
i. .379; of Concord, i. 400; of Framingham, i. 452; of HoUiston,
i. 478: of Lincoln, ii. 42; of Littleton, ii. 51; of Lowell, ii. 86;
of Maiden, ii. 135; Marlborough men in, ii. 148: recm-d of
Melrose as to, ii. 180; action of Newton in. ii. 2.53; of North
Reading, ii. 2.59; of Pepperell, ii. 264: of Stow, ii. 356; of
.' hcrborn, ii. 295; of Stoneham, ii. .348; of Somerville, ii.
.320; of Sudbury, ii. 370; of Shirley, ii. 304; of South Reading,
ii. 400; of Townsend, ii. 38.5; of Waltham, ii. 430; of
Watertown, ii. 458; of Westford, ii. 478; of Weston, ii. 498;
of Woburn, ii. 544.
War of Revolution, action of Framingham in. i. 443 : of Groton,
i.461; of Hollistnn, preceding, i.473: of Hopkinton, i. 490;
of Lincoln, preceding, ii. 40; of Marlborough in, ii. 147: of
Newton, ii. 226; of Wayland, ii. 469: of Westford, ii. 476;
of Weston, ii. 497: of Woburn, ii. 538 ; men raised for, in
Natick, ii. 193; preceding, action of Reading, ii. 276; of
Sherborn, ii. 292; of Shirley, ii. .302: of Stoneham, ii. 344:
of Tewksbury, ii. 375; of Townsend, ii. 384; of Tyngsborough,
ii. 3'95; of Waltham, ii. 415; Melrose men in, ii.
179; Newton men in, ii. 228; Sudbury men in. ii. 3H9.
War of 1812, noticed, i. 174; effect of, in Concord, i. .396; soldiers
in, from Dunstable, i. 425; action of Reading upon,
ii. 2S1; of Waltham, ii 426; feeling of Tewksbury in,
il. 378.
War Record of Somerville, detailed, ii. .321.
Wars early, share of Dunstable in, i. 423; Indian, doings of
Marlborough in, ii. 146; Weston men in, ii. 492; Woburn
men in, ii-629; different. Medford men in,
action of Way'and in, ii. 472.
Ward, Gen., made Commander-in-Chief, '
various,
8: enters Boston
from Roxbury, i. 167; commands Ami Right, i. 1.56.
Ward, Rev. Nathaniel, to frame laws, i. 71.
Ward. Colonel .Toseph, sketch of, ii. 2.58.
Warner, .Tohn, joins Shirley Shakers, ii. 307.
Warrant, curious, by Indian justice, ii. 190.
Warren. General Joseph, president Provincial Congres: 128;
sends Revere to Lexington, i. 113; braverv of, at Jlenotnmy,
i. 126; chosen maj.u--general, i. 136; killed at Bunker Hill,
i. 152; monument erected to, i. 177.