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DORCHESTER , a residential and manufacturing See also:district of
See also:Boston, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., a See also:separate See also:town until 1870, between the Neponset See also:river on the S. and See also:South Boston and Boston proper on the N. It is served by three lines of the New
See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway. A See also:ridge, with an See also:average height of about zoo ft. above the See also:sea, extends through the district from N. to S. and commands delightful views of Boston See also:Bay to the E. and of the See also:Blue Hills to the S. There are many large private estates, with beautiful lawns, and See also:Franklin See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field and Franklin See also:Park, one of the largest parks of the Boston park See also:system, are in Dorchester. The Shawmut school for girls is in the district. Among the landmarks are the See also:Barnard Capen See also:house, built in the See also:fourth See also:decade of the 17th See also:century and now probably the second See also:oldest house in New See also:England; and the See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Blake house (1648), now the See also:home of the Dorchester See also:Historical Society, which has a library and a museum. Opposite the Blake house formerly stood the house in which See also:Edward See also:Everett was See also:born. Not far away is the old Dorchester burying ground, which See also:dates from 1634; it has many curious epitaphs, and contains the See also:graves of Barnard Capen, who died in 1638 (probably the oldest marked See also:grave in the See also:United States); of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Stoughton (1631–1701), See also:chief See also:justice of the See also:court which tried the See also:Salem " witches " in 1692, See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of the See also:colony from 1692, acting governor in 1694–1699 and 1700–1701, and founder of the See also:original Stoughton See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, Harvard; and of See also:Richard See also:Mather, pastor of the First See also:Parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church here from 1636 until his See also:death. In Dorchester Maria Susana Cummins (1827–1866) wrote The Lamplighter (1854), one of the most popular novels of its See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, and William T. See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams (" See also:Oliver Optic ") and See also:Charles See also:Follen Adams (" Yawcob See also:Strauss ") did much of their See also:writing; it was See also:long the home of Mrs See also:Lucy See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone (See also:Blackwell). Among the manufactures are See also:cocoa, See also:chocolate, &c. (of the long-established See also:Walter See also:Baker & Co.), See also:paper, crushing and grinding machinery (Sturtevant See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill Co.), chemicals, horseshoe nails, valves, See also:organs and pianos, See also:lumber, automobiles and See also:shoe machinery.
Dorchester was founded by about 140 colonists from See also:Dorset-See also:shire, England, with whom the See also:movement for planting the colony in Massachusetts Bay was begun under the leadership of Rev. See also:John See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White. They organized as a church while at See also:Plymouth, England, in See also:March 163o, then embarked in the See also:ship " See also:Mary and John," arrived in Boston Bay two See also:weeks before Governor See also:Winthrop with the See also:rest of the See also:fleet, and in See also:June selected Savin See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (E. of what is now Dorchester See also:Avenue and between See also:Crescent Avenue and Dorchester Bay) as the site. for their See also:settlement. At the time the See also:place was known as Mattapanock, but they named it Dorchester. Town affairs were at first managed by the church, but in See also:October 1633 a town See also:government was organized, and the example was followed by the neighbouring settlements; this seems to have been the beginning of the town-See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting See also:form of government in See also:America. Up to this time Dorchester was the largest town in the colony, but dissatisfaction arose with the location (Boston had a better one chiefly on See also:account of the deeper See also:water in its See also:harbour), and in 1635–1637 many of the original settlers removed to the valley of the See also:Connecticut where they planted See also:Windsor. New settlers, however, arrived at Dorchester and in 1639 that town established a school supported by a public tax; this was the first See also:free school in America supported by See also:direct See also:taxation or See also:assessment on the inhabitants of a town.' In October 1695, a few of the inhabitants of Dorchester organized a church and in See also:December removed to South Carolina where they planted another Dorchester (on the N. See also:bank of the See also:Ashley river, about 26 m. from See also:Charleston); by 1752 they had become dissatisfied with their location, which was unhealthy, and they gradually removed to See also:Georgia, where they settled at See also:Medway
In 1635 the See also:general court of the colony of Massachusetts Bay had granted to Dorchester See also:Thompson's See also:Island, situated near the See also:coast of the township. By the township of Dorchester this island was apportioned among the freemen of the township. On the 20th of May 1639 it was ordered that the proprietors of See also:land in this island should collectively pay a " See also:rent of twenty pounds a See also:year forever," this rent " to be paid to such a school-See also:master as shall undertake to See also:teach See also:English, Latin, and other See also:tongues, and also writing," it being " See also:left, to the discretion of the elders and the seven men for the time being whether maids shall be taught with the boys or not." In 1642 the proprietors of the island conveyed it to the township " for and toward the See also:maintenance of a free school in Dorchester aforesaid for the instructing and teaching of See also:children and youth in See also:good literature and learning."
(See also:half way between the Ogeechee and Altamaha See also:rivers), their settlement soon developing into St John's Parish (see GEORGIA: See also:History). It was the fortification of Dorchester Heights, under orders from General See also:Washington, on the See also:night of the 4th and 5th of March 1776, that forced the See also:British to evacuate Boston. At one time Dorchester extended from Boston nearly to the Rhode Island See also:line; but its territory was gradually reduced by the creation of new townships and additions to old ones. Dorchester See also:Neck was annexed to Boston in 1804, Thompson's Island in 1834, and the remaining portions in 1855 and 187o.
See W. D. Orcutt, Good Old Dorchester (See also:Cambridge, 1893).
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