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History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1

Duane Hamilton Hurd · 1888 · 1,332 pages

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The Publishers' Preface of this History of Essex County, Massachusetts is dated Philadelphia, January 24th, 1888. The publishers engaged the best literary talent of the county's section of the commonwealth, with each writer's name at the head of his article, and compiled the work from authenticated and original sources. The narrative runs from the time the territory was in the undisputed possession of the red man to the present of 1888.

This file is Volume I. It opens with six general chapters, from the introductory chapter by William T. Davis to Bench and Bar, Old Modes of Travel, Science in Essex County, the Early Lyceums and Miscellaneous. The town histories follow, from Salem, with its chapters on the church, trade, the press, schools, societies, the military and civil history, through Lynn, Lynnfield, Saugus, Danvers, Ipswich, Beverly, Methuen, Georgetown, Lawrence and Middleton. The file stops at page 957, part way through the chapter on Boxford, and carries engraved portraits of Alonzo Lewis and Asa Lord.

Details

Title: History of Essex County, Massachusetts
Full title: History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Volume 1
By: Duane Hamilton Hurd
Publisher: Philadelphia
Published: 1888
Kind of book: County and town history
Place: Essex County, Massachusetts
Pages in the PDF: 1,332
Format: PDF with a searchable text layer
Surnames found: 2,897
Scanned from the copy at: UMass Amherst Libraries

I. Introductoryi
II. Bench and Barxv
III. Old Modes of Travellx
IV. Science in Essex Countylxxvi
V. Spirit of the Early Lyceumslxxxiv
VI. Miscellaneousxcvii
I. Salem1
II. Salem continued. Ecclesiastical17
III. Salem continued. Commercial63
IV. Salem continued. Banking114
V. Salem continued. The Press115
VI. Salem continued. Educational129
VII. Salem continued. Literature135
VIII. Salem continued. Manufacturing154
IX. Salem continued. Miscellaneous161
X. Salem continued. Societies, etc.166
XI. Salem continued. Military184
XII. Salem continued. Civil History225
XIII. Lynn249
XIV. Lynn continued. Ecclesiastical263
XV. Lynn continued. Schools, Libraries, Newspapers272
XVI. Lynn continued. Industrial Pursuits280
XVII. Lynn continued. Military291
XVIII. Lynn continued. Burial Places299
XIX. Lynn continued. Old Families, etc.306
XX. Lynn continued. Taverns, Modes of Travel320
XXI. Lynn continued. Miscellaneous330
XXII. Lynn continued. Short Notes337
XXIII. Lynnfield377
XXIV. Saugus391
XXV. Saugus continued394
XXVI. Saugus continued. One Hundred Years Ago396
XXVII. Saugus continued. Religious399
XXVIII. Saugus continued. Manufacturing407
XXIX. Saugus continued. Taverns, Modes of Travel, etc.415
XXX. Saugus continued. Miscellaneous419
XXXI. Saugus continued. Military421
XXXII. Danvers424
XXXIII. Danvers continued. Revolutionary444
XXXIV. Danvers continued. Ecclesiastical452
XXXV. Danvers continued. Educational475
XXXVI. Danvers continued. Villages483
XXXVII. Danvers continued. Miscellaneous495
XXXVIII. Danvers continued. Industrial, Societies, Physicians518
XXXIX. Danvers continued. Civil History525
XL. Danvers continued. Civil War531
XLI. Ipswich. Pre-historical566
XLII. Ipswich continued. Municipal569
XLIII. Ipswich continued. Ecclesiastical579
XLIV. Ipswich continued. Educational604
XLV. Ipswich continued. Military612
XLVI. Ipswich continued. Legal and Penal625
XLVII. Ipswich continued. Business633
XLVIII. Beverly674
XLIX. Methuen769
L. Georgetown794
LI. Georgetown continued. Early Grants798
LII. Georgetown continued. Early Settlers811
LIII. Georgetown continued. Parish Organization817
LIV. Georgetown continued. Educational821
LV. Georgetown continued. Religious Movements825
LVI. Georgetown continued. General Town History830
LVII. Georgetown continued. Religious835
LVIII. Georgetown continued. Manufacturing843
LVIX. Georgetown continued. Military848
LX. Georgetown continued. Conclusion852
LXI. Lawrence861
LXII. Middleton929

From page 755

Moses Brown, of Beverly, was born in Waltham, formerly a part of Watertown, Massachusetts, April 4, 1748. He was the eldest surviving son of Isaac Brown, a very active business man, who resided on Waltham Plain, and who descended in the fifth generation from Abraham Browne, one of the original settlers of Watertown. Abraham was admitted freeman of Massachusetts March 6, 1631-2, and soon became prominent in the place of his adoption, receiving, as is manifest from the early records of the town, "important appointments and trusts more numerous than were conferred upon any other person." He was descended, in the fifth generation, through the Brownes of Swan Hall, Hawkedon, in Suffolk, England, from Christopher Browne of Stamford, in Lincolnshire, and of Tolethorpe, Rutlandshire, who, again, was descended, in the fifth generation, from John Browne, a merchant of Stamford, and Alderman, or chief magistrate, of that town in 1376, the office of Mayor not having been created till 1663.

Questions about this book

What is the subject of the first chapter of the general history?

The first chapter, written by William T. Davis, is an introductory section covering the Plymouth Council, the Massachusetts Colony, colonial courts, the creation of Essex County, and the roles of barristers, county officers, and lawyers.

Which towns are covered in the first volume of the history?

Volume I gives histories of Salem, Lynn, Lynnfield, Saugus, Danvers, Ipswich, Beverly, Methuen, Georgetown, Lawrence and Middleton, with Salem opening at page 1 and Middleton at page 929. The file runs on past Middleton into the chapter on Boxford and stops at page 957.

Who were some of the early figures associated with the patents of the region?

Early figures include Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Sir John Roswell, Sir John Young, Thomas Southcoat, John Humphrey, John Endicott, Simon Whitcomb, and John Winthrop. These men were involved in patents issued by the Plymouth Council for the planting and governing of New England.