History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, with Family Registers

Bradford Kingman

The author, 1866 - Brockton (Mass.) - 696 pages

Contents

• HISTORY OF NORTH BRIDGEWATER: 1
• Spragues or Factory Village 3 NorthWest Bridgewater 3 Rivers and Brooks: 10
• Grant of Plantation 11 Bridgewater purchased of the Indians 12 13 Divi: 12
• sion of the Town 15 Petition of the North Precinct to be set off as a separate: 19
• ton 28 Rev William Thompson 34 Rev Paul Couch 38 Rev Nathaniel: 45
• gational Church Campello 54 First Methodist Episcopal Church 65 First: 80
• House 89 Description 90 Sale of Pews 90 First Bell 94 Seating of Colored: 103
• scription of the House 108 Sale of Pews: 109
• 115 Division of the Parish into Districts 117 School Committee of the Town: 115
• phian Academy 129 North Bridgewater Academy 131 High School 123 131: 123
• Private Schools: 132
• Porter 134 Rev Asa Meech 137 Rev Daniel Huntington 137 Rev James: 142
• Rev Hezekiah Packard D D 146 Rev Joshua Cushman 154 Rev Napthali: 169
• OFFICIAL HISTORY: 197
• other Military Officers 201 202 Votes for Governor from 1821 to 1865 Moder: 206
• Parish in 1770 212 Owners of and Valuation of DwellingHouses in 1798 214: 214
• Industrial Table for 1837 216 Valuation in 1840 1850 1860 217 218 Industrial: 224
• Act 228 Stamp Act 230 Tea destroyed in Boston Harbor 230 Boston Port: 229
• THE REBELLION OF 1861: 249
• Firing upon Fort Sumter 250 Call for Seventyfive Thousand Volunteers: 255
• of Changes and Casualties in the Same 265 Companies and Regiments in which: 289
• 295 Active and Reserve Companies 295 District Number Sixty 296 District: 295
• Public Roads 298 Streets 300 Turnpike 302 Railroads 303 Stages 304: 304
• PostOffices 306 Postmasters 306 Town Maps 307 Newspapers 307 Publica: 314
• Band of Hope 324 North Star Division No 88 Fraternal Lodge No 24 325: 325
• Bank 332 Fire Department 333 Fire Engines: 334
• 342 LockUp 344 Poor 344 Warning out of Town 345 Town House 346: 346
• Telegraph 347 North Bridgewater Gas Light Company 348 Franklin Debating: 352
• of Manufacture 367 Dress of Men and Women 368 Amusements 369 Raisings: 371
• Mills 375 Manufactures 377 Bridgewater Manufacturing Company 377: 377
• Tanners 380 Blacksmiths 381 Shoe Tool Manufacturers 382 PublicHouses: 393
• Painters 397 Masons 398 TinPlate and SheetIron Workers 398 Dentists: 399
• Patents Granted to the North Bridgewater People: 410
• Town 417 Remonstrance of Gideon Howard and others 420 Remonstrance: 429

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, with Family Registers; History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, with Family Registers, Bradford Kingman
• Author: Bradford Kingman
• Publisher: The author, 1866
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Apr 1, 2015
• Length: 696 pages