1859 antique DORCHESTER ma HISTORY genealogy fishing native american indian

Description: 1859 antique DORCHESTER ma HISTORY genealogy fishing native american indian SCROLL DOWN for MORE PHOTOS in DESCRIPTION Click HERE to view or search ANTIQUE.COTTAGE listings. This listing is for the original hardcover book, rebound for library, hardcover, cloth over board, measures approx 6"x9" with 672 pages. History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Boston: Ebenezer Clapp, 1859.CHAPTER I. Smith's Voyage to Massachusetts, and the Excursion of the Plymouth Pilgrims to the Bay CHAPTER II. Thompson's visit to Dorchester, and settlement on the Island afterwards called by his name. — The Neponset Tribe of CHAPTER III. Emigration in 1630. — Mr. John White. — Arrival of the Dorchester Company ......... CHAPTER IV.Mattapan selected by the Dorchester Company. — The Town laid out and House Lots distributed. — Portions appropriated for Cultivation.— The Trade of Fishing 20 CHAPTER V. Boundaries of the Town. — Freemen and their Privileges. — Return of Emigrants. — The Dorchester Record Book. — Orders relating to Meetings of the Plantation 25 CHAPTER VI. Erection of first Meeting-House. — Building of Stoughton's Mill. — New Burying-Ground commenced. — Controversy about removing to Connecticut 33 CHAPTER VII.List of the first Settlers of the TownCHAPTER VIII. Additional Settlers previous to CHAPTER IX. Second Emigration from England CHAPTER X. Privations and Influence of Woman in the Settlement of the Country.— Additional Names of Male Inhabitants of Dorchester prior to 1700 142 CHAPTER XI. Removal of a part of the Colony to Connecticut. — The Pequot War — Orders of the General Court and of the Town . . 148 CHAPTER XII. Orders of the General Court and of the Town — (Continued) . 181 CHAPTER XIII. Settlement of Dorchester, in South Carolina, and of Midway, in Georgia , . 261 CHAPTER XIV. Ecclesiastical Council at Medfield. — Religious Association of Young Men. — Land for Free Schools. — Death of Gov. Stoughton. — Boundaries of the Town. — Town Orders, &c. . . . 266 CHAPTER XV. Arrival and Preaching of Rev. George Whitfield ; its effects in the Church at Dorchester. — New Meeting-House. — Siege and Capture of Louisbourg. — Heavy drafts of Men and Money. — Excessive Drought. — Great Earthquake. — Death of Gen. Hatch . 303 CHAPTER XVI. Colonial Events preceding the Revolution. — Great Celebration in Dorchester. — Patriotic Resolutions by the Town — Rev. Jonathan Bowman. — Rev. Moses Everett. — Drafting of Soldiers for the War. —Fortifying of Dorchester Heights. — Small-pox Hospitals 320CHAPTER XVII. Forestalling Provisions. — The Currency. — The Revolution. — Names of Dorchester men engaged in the War . . . 340 CHAPTER XVIII. Shays's Rebellion. — Col. Pierce's Diary of Important and Interesting Events 352 CHAPTER XIX. Duel at Dorchester Point. — Three young Men drowned. — Annexation of Dorchester Neck to Boston. — Revival of Business at Commercial Point. — Gathering of the Second Church, and the Controversy with Rev. Dr. Codman 371 CHAPTER XX. Political Parties. — New Meeting-House of the First Parish. — Situation of Dorchester. — Houses. — Population. — Dress and Customs of our Ancestors ....... 385 CHAPTER XXI. Brief Sketch of the Religious Societies of Dorchester . . 404 CHAPTER XXII. The Public Schools of the Town 419 CHAPTER XXIIIBrief Notices of the Early Teachers in the Public Schools . 479 CHAPTER XXIV. Graduates of Harvard College from the Town of Dorchester . 555 CHAPTER XXV. Neponset River. — Its Sources, Tides, &c. — Neponset Tribe of Indians.— Navigation of the River. — Various Fishes in its Waters. — Ferries, Bridges, &c. 574 CHAPTER XXVI. Some Account of the various Mills on Neponset River CHAPTER XXVII. Societies, Banks, Ministerial and Church Lands, Burial Grounds, Epitaphs, &c 642' CONCLUSION 657 INDEX OF NAMES. In this history much of which has been copied from old documents and records the orthography of many of the names is various. In the index the name is given according to the true pronunciation as near as can be ascertained. 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