History Of Stoneham Massachusetts

Author : Silas Dean
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ISBN 13 : 9781332939985
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of the Town of Stoneham, Mass written by Silas Dean and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief History of the Town of Stoneham, Mass: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1843; With an Account of the Murder of Jacob Gould, on the Evening of Nov; 25, 1819 Together with some incidents connected with the inhabitants who dwelt in them. Richard Holden, it will be remembered, located himself a short distance southwest from Nathan Bucknam'su About twenty rods southwest from his house, another house stood for several ears occupied b a family named Howe. About fifteen re s west from Nat an Buck nam's, a house formerly stood owned by Samuel Holden. In this house A'sa Holden, now living, was born. It is but a few years since this house was taken down. On the south West side of Bear Hill, a house stood many years since owned by a man named Spring. The land in that vicinity still retains that name. A little further to the north or northwest there stood a building, as a cellar hole at present shows. Who lived in it, or when it was inhabited is not at present known. Still farther to the north a building stood occupied by a man named Parker. This house was at length removed to the southeast art of the town, was repaired, and occupied by Thomas Kginton, durin his lifetime. At the resent time occupied by Reuben aitt. About one hun red rods northwest from Nathan Bucknam's, ' a house stood many years ago, occupied by a man named Hadley, who married one of Richard Holden's daughters. Anthony Hadlgy, who died several years since, at an advanced age, is sai to have been a member Of that family. It may be well to state the circumstances connected with the settlement of the first person by the name of Hadley in this town. A man by the name of Gould, living at or near the place where Thomas Gould now lives, on a certain morning during the first settlement of the town, while at his barn at avery early hour, a man approached him, stark naked, and told him'he came over to this countr on board a war shi The night pre vious he had deserted from the ship, and eing fearfulthat his clothes might retard his escape, or the procurin of them cause some alarm, he left the vessel in a state of nu ity. He also stated to Gould that if he 'would provide him with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."