Suffolk County MA

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1765

Marriage Intention

John Wise & Mary Vintenon Jan. 10, 1765 Henry Smith & Elizabeth Draver Jan. 31, 1765 William Hatter & Catharine Adams Feb. 2, 1765 Mr. Robert Earel & Mrs. Mehettable Putnam Mar. 14, 1765 Mr. Ezekiel Price & Mrs. Ruth Avery Mar. 14, 1765 Mr. Edward Rose & Mrs. Mary Revere Mar. 21, 1765 Gidion Snow & Sarah Done Mar. 28, 1765 John Willet & Abigail Cox Apr. 4, 1765 Mr. Habijah Savage & Mrs. Elizabeth Tuder Apr. 10, 1765 Samuel Little & Deborah Harradon Apr. 11, 1765 Joshua Dunham & Elizabeth Thomas Apr. 11, 1765 Thomas Poke & Mary … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1760

Marriage Intention

Joseph Faxon & Ann Welch Jan. 1, 1760 Edward Gray & Mary Pulling Jan. 1, 1760 Thomas Taylor & Mary Floyd Jan. 2, 1760 Joseph Vinal & Ruth Osborn Jan. 3, 1760 Thomas Turner & Mary Hoskins Jan. 3, 1760 David Bell & Eliza. Wakefield Jan. 3, 1760 John Wheeler & Margt. Holland Jan. 8, 1760 Levi Stutson & Mary Curtis Jan. 9, 1760 Benja. Bream Burchstead of Lyn & Elizabeth Skilling Jan. 10, 1760 Moses Wheat & Susanna Brown Jan. 10, 1760 Hugh Mclane & Agnes Bruce Jan. 10, 1760 Francis Styles & Mary Chilvers Jan. 10, 1760 Henry … Read more

Biography of Colonel Henry Curtis

One of the prominent citizens of Rock Island, and a man of high standing in the legal profession, was Colonel Henry Curtis, deceased. He was born at Boston, Massachusetts, August 13, 1834, the home of his parents. Henry and Rebecca L. (Everett) Curtis, and in that city he spent his boyhood and received his preliminary education. This was finished by a course in the English High School of his native city, which fitted him for entrance into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, where he pursued an engineering course, and graduated in 1855 as a civil engineer. In … Read more

Biography of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cooke Partridge

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cooke Partridge, a well-known musician of Claremont and a zealous worker in the cause of temperance, was born in Claremont, daughter of Godfrey and Abigail (Hubbard) Cooke. Her paternal grandfather, Captain John Cooke, of Norton, Mass., was among the first of the minute-men to report at Lexington in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, for six days’ service. He again enlisted with the rank of Ensign, and was mustered out August 1, 1775. For the third time he enlisted December 8, 1776, in a Rhode Island regiment, under Colonel John Daggett. About the year 1779 … Read more

Missionaries among the Native Americans

According to traditional authority, the morning star of the Choctaws religious era, (if such it may be termed) first lit up their eastern horizon, upon the advent of the two great Wesley’s into the now State of Georgia in the year 1733, as the worthy and congenial companions of the noble Oglethorpe; but also, it flashed but a moment before their eyes as a beautiful meteor, then as quickly went out upon the return to England of those champions of the Cross, leaving them only to fruitless conjecture as to its import; nor was seen again during the revolutions of … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Allen, Charles H.

Allen, Charles H., son of Zenas and Caroline (Randall) Allen, was born in Boston, June 14, 1828. He received his early educational training in the public schools of Boston. He began his business life as youngest boy in a dry goods jobbing store. Subsequently he became bookkeeper fro Francis Skinner & Co., commission merchants engaged in selling cotton and wollen fabrics for manufacturers; afterward a member of the firm of Leland, Allen & Bates in the same business. He is now president of the Central National Bank of Boston, also of the Home Savings Bank. Mr. Allen was married in … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1792

Marriage Intention

Thomas Fox & Elizabeth McMullan Feb. 21, 1792 David Mill Bennett & Mary Cutter Feb. 26, 1792 Job Atkins & Jauna Smith, blacks Mar. 10, 1792 Jeremiah Beals & Ruth Cutter Mar. 15, 1792 David Potter & Nancy Griggory, blacks Mar. 26, 1792 John More & Elsey Lamb Mar. 25, 1792 Joseph Francis & Polly Dakin Apr. 4, 1792 Nathaniel Jennison & Charity Madden Apr. 5, 1792 Jonathan F. Viccars of York State & Elizabeth Fenno Apr. 11, 1792 Jabez Sumner of Milton & Susannah Withington Apr. 13, 1792 Jube Newell & Mary Owens Apr. 18, 1792 William Chase & … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1789

Marriage Intention

Scipeo Peters & Margaret Powell, free Negros Jan. 22, 1789 James Read & Mary Peas Jan. 29, 1789 Edmund Conner & Rachael Lakin Feb. 12, 1789 Patrick Quinn & Elizabeth Perkins Feb. 12, 1789 Benjamin Hearsey & Naby Anchors Feb. 19,1789 Edward Byrne & Margaret Keiff Mar. 3, 1789 Edmund Wright & Mary Pratt Mar. 4, 1789 Thomas Williams & Elizabeth Watts Mar. 7, 1789 John Bell & Mary Wheaton Mar. 11, 1789 Charles King & Mercy Fuller Mar. 13, 1789 Moses Lewis & Martha Howard Mar. 13, 1789 Thomas Barnard & Lucy Pond Mar. 16, 1789 John Battis Sovey … Read more

Biography of Adams, William T.

Adams, William T., son of Laban and Catharine (Johnson) Adams, was born in Medway, Norfolk County, July 30, 1822. He was educated in the public and private schools of Boston and vicinity, and when a mere lad displayed a talent for writing, his first article being published in the “Social Monitor.” For three years Mr. Adams was the master of the “Lower Road” school in Dorchester. In 1846 he resigned his position to assist his father and brother in the management of the Adams House, Boston. Mr. Adams resumed teaching in 1848, in the Boylston school, Boston, becoming the master … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1773

Marriage Intention

Jeremiah Gore & Hannah Richards of Stoughton Jan. 7, 1773 James Barber & Sarah Gleason Jan. H, 1773 Samuel Goddard & Margaret Collier Jan. 16, 1773 David Page & Sarah Cunnable of Fall Town Jan. 25, 1773 Josiah Hurley & Elizabeth McClelan Feb. 1, 1773 James Lamb & Elizabeth Lefebure Feb. 12, 1773 Henry Rice & Mary Fairn Feb. 16, 1773 John Simpkins & Mehitable Torrey Feb. 24, 1773 Joseph Pope & Ruthy Thayer Mar. 4, 1773 John Hewes of Charlestown & Ann Orcutt Mar. 13, 1773 Neptune, Neg. svt. of Mr. John Amory & Phillis, Neg. svt. of Thos. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Gustave Rosenthal

GUSTAVE ROSENTHAL. – This well-known merchant was born in Bavaria on the 4th of July, 1840. He continued to live in his native country until 1856. In that year he emigrated to America. The first three years of his stay he spent in Boston. Then, removing to the city of New York, he was engaged in mercantile business until 1861. In September of that year he came by the Panama route to California; and two years later he resumed his journeyings, coming to a final pause at Olympia, Washington Territory. There he soon embarked in the business of general merchandising … Read more

Biography of W. L. Adams A.M., M.D.

W.L. ADAMS, A.M., M.D. – The subject of this biography, a pioneer who drove his own ox team across the plains in 1848, is one of the most unique of western characters; and history entitles him to be placed in the catalog of the illustrious men who bore prominent parts in settling Oregon, and in molding public sentiment. To give a full history of his life would require a large book; but our limited space would require a large book; but our limited space forbids anything but a rapid glance at a few waymarks along the road traveled for nearly … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Arthur Bishop Shepherd

Shepherd, Arthur Bishop; electric machinery and building materials; born Troy, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1871; son of William A. and Martha Vail Shepard; educated, St. Paul School, Garden City, L. I.; Columbian University, Washington, D. C.; Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.; married, New York City, September, 1900, Gertrude Robins; three children; designing engineer for The General Electric Co., Schnectady, N. Y.; afterwards mgr. of their Cleveland office; with the company fourteen years; one year pres. Toledo; Chicago Interurban R. R.; at present, district mgr. for the following corporations: Wagner Electric Mnfg. Co., Asbestos Protected Metal Co., Colonial Fan & … Read more

The memorial history of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts

The memorial history of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880

The memorial history of Boston comprises four volumes of manuscripts written by professionals in their field of study at the time, and edited by one of the premier historians of the 19th Century, Justin Winsor. Starting with the first volume in the early and colonial period, this work defines the history of Boston up to the date of its publication in 1880. This work is not restricted to Boston, but also includes the cities of Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Roxbury, and West Roxbury, Replete with illustrations and facsimiles of autographs, genealogists can use this work to help fill in the historical narrative of their ancestors life in Suffolk County Massachusetts.

Biographical Sketch of John Collins

John Collins, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and came to Boston in 1638. He was a shoemaker and citizen of some prominence, a member of the Artillery Company (the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston). He died May 29, 1670. Administration was granted to Gideon Allen. He married Susan. Children: 1. Susanna, baptized April 5, 1645, aged three years twelve days; married, March 25, 1662, Thomas Walker. 2. John, mentioned elsewhere. 3. Thomas, October 15, 1645

Biographical Sketch of Richard Frederick Fuller

RICHARD FREDERICK FULLER was the fourth son. He graduated at Harvard University, 1844, studied law in Greenfield, Mass., afterwards a year at the Harvard Law School, and, having completed his studies in the office of his uncle, Henry H. Fuller, Esq., in Boston, was admitted to the bar on examination in open court, December, 1846, at the age of twenty-two. He became, and continued for two years to be, the law partner of his uncle, and subsequently practiced law with success in Boston. Having been fitted for college, at the age of sixteen he entered a store in Boston, at … Read more

Biography of George Walker

George Walker (known during his residence in the county as Judge Walker) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1774. His father, John Walker, came of an old family in Leicestershire, England, was a graduate of the university of Edinburgh, and a barrister at law, removed to America in 1753, married in Boston, and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. George received a good business education, and engaged in mercantile business in Cooperstown, New York. For several years he was highly successful, but, through the dishonesty of a partner, he became deeply involved, and was compelled to close business at a great sacrifice. … Read more

Biography of George B. Calhoun, M.D.

GEORGE B. CALHOUN,M.D. – There are but few men better known or more highly respected in the medical profession on Puget Sound than Doctor Calhoun, an excellent portrait of whom appears in this history. He is a native of New Brunswick, and was born October 19, 1837, his parents being John and Mary (Brewster) Calhoun. When he was but a small boy, he moved with his parents to the sunny South, locating in Maryland. His father, being a shipowner and seafaring man, was stricken, while on a voyage to the Bermudas, with yellow fever, from which he died. Our subject, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Worchester Reed Warner

Warner, Worchester Reed; manufacturer; born, Cummington, Hampshire County, Mass., May 16, 1846; son of Franklin J. and Vesta Wales (Reed) Warner; educated, district school, Cummington; (D. Mech. Sc., Western University of Pennsylvania, 1897) ; married, Cleveland, Cornelia F. Blakemore, of Philadelphia, June 26, 1890; learned machinist’s trade at Boston and at Exeter, N. H.; with Pratt & Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn.; 1870-1880, and at same time pursued studies in astronomy, and other scientific branches, and experimented in telescope building as a recreation; in 1881, with Ambrose Swasey, established firm of Warner & Swasey, incorporated as The Warner & Swasey Co., … Read more