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Dexter, Henry Martyn, "Increase Niles Tarbox", NEHGR, vol. XLIV (1890), pp. 9-23.
By the Rev. Henry Martyn Dexter, D.D., of New Bedford, Mass.
[p. 10]
- The class which he entered at Yale (1839), which graduated 94 members, was an exceptionally large and able one for those days; having then been exceeded in numbers only by those of 1826 and 1837. Among those tho gathered in it who became variously well known, were [snip] Josiah Dwight Whitney, one of the most worthily renowned of American geologists.
Huntoon, Daniel T., "Deaths in Milton, Mass.", NEHGR, vol. XLIV (1890), pp. 43-50.
[p. 44]
Nov 14th. Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney.
"Societies and their Proceedings", NEHGR, vol. XLIV (1890), pp. 121, 320.
[p. 121]
- Tuesday, October 1. A quarterly meeting was held in the Society's Cabinet this evening, the Hon. George M. Carpenter, vice-president, in the chair. [snip]
- Dr. James O. Whitney, of Pawtucket, read a paper on "The Location of Pierce's Fight."
[p. 320]
- Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday, April 2, 1890. -- A stated meeting of the society was held this afternoon at half-past three o'clock, at 18 Somerset St., the president, Abner C. Goodell, Jr., A.M., in the chair. [snip]
- Mr. Edson L. Whitney of the Suffolk Bar, graduate student of History at Harvard University, read a paper on "McMaster and the Facts respecting Education in South Carolina." [snip]
Perry, Amos, "Col. John Jones of Dedham", NEHGR, vol. XLIV (1890), pp. 158-167.
By his grandson, Amos Perry, LL.D., of Providence, R. I.
[p. 167]
- Col. Jones's grandfather was Josiah, born in 1643, in Roxbury, where his parents resided at that time. He died in Weston, Oct. 9, 1714; married Oct. 2, 1667, Lydia Treadway of Charlestown, who died Sept. 18, 1743, aged about 94 years. [snip]
- The father of Capt. Josiah was Lewis, who came to this country about 1640. He came it is said from England, though his surname is of Welsh origin, and the reddish or sandy hair and clear complexion of many of his descendants indicate Welsh extraction. He settled in Roxbury, where he and his wife Anna were members of John Eliot's church. He removed to Watertown in 1650, where he had various commerical transactions, including the purchase and sale of real estate. He made his will Jan. 7, 1678-9, and he died April 11, 1684, leaving four children, two sons and two daughters. His daughter Lydia married, Oct. 30, 1656, Jonathan Whitney, and his son Josiah was the executor of his will and was one of the pioneer settlers of that part of Watertown that subsequently became the town of Weston.
Street, Henry A., "Rev. Nicholas Street and his Descendants", NEHGR, vol. XLVII (1890), pp. 183-186.
[p. 185]
- 9. John5 Street (Nathaniel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Nicholas1), born July 22, 1728; married Hannah Jarvis; died Aug. 27, 1808. Children (8 children listed including):
- Greenleaf, b. March 25, 1771; m. Susan Whitney, Dec. 28, 1794; d. April 20, 1853.
[p. 186]
- Any genealogical items can be sent to Mrs. Mary A. Street, Corresponding Secretary of the Street Family Association of England and America, Exeter, N. H., U.S.A.
Trask, William B., "Petition of Inhabitants of Kennebec River", NEHGR, vol. XLIV (1890), pp. 202-208.
FOR PROTECTION.
- The following petition was copied from the original in the Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 136, pp. 270-280.
- The same names, substantially, appear on a Petition, without date, for a new County. Cumberland and Lincoln counties were incorporated July 21, 1760.
[p. 206]
- Benjamin Whitney
"Book Notices", NEHGR, vol. XLIV (1890), pp. 325-339, 406-418
[p. 338 & 339]
- Some of the Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, who settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. Compiled by William L. Whitney. Pottsville, Pa.; H. E. Miller, Steam-Power Printer. 1890. 8vo. pp. 101. Private edition, 100 copies.
- The Whitney book is by William Lebbeus Whitney, a graduate of Dickinson College, and a member of the Pottsville bar. It gives considerable information not found in Bond's Watertown nor in the additions to Bond of H. A. Whitney and Dr. Harris in the Register for April and July, 1857, and July 1858. The book is carefully compiled, handsomely printed and well indexed.
[p. 415]
- July 4th, 1890. 250th Anniversary of the First White Settlement within the Territory of Winchester. 8m. 4to p. 32.
- This is the title of a pamphlet prepared for the 250th anniversary of the first white settlement within the territory of Winchester, Mass., held July 4, 1890. As a separate town Winchester is only forty years old, having been incorporated April 30, 1850. The pamphlet before us contains an "Historical Sketch of Winchester," giving a brief statement of the principal events in the territory and town of Winchester from 1640 to 1890, evidently prepared with much care. The compilers are Messrs. Arthur E. Whitney* and George S. Littlefield, a committee of the Winchester Historical Society, who acknowledge assistance received from Mr. William R. Cutter of Woburn. Appended are lists of the tablets marking historic sites erected in this town for the quarter millenary celebration; an official programme for the day; and some other matters. It makes a handsome pamphlet. The illustrations are views of the town hall and library, and of the Converse house, which, if erected in 1640, must have been much changed and improved since then. A full report of the celebration appeared in the Winchester Star, July 5.
- * Arthur Eastman Whitney in Index.
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