BRAINTREE  , a township of See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the Monatiquot See also:

• RIVER

river about Io m . S. of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston . Pop . (2890) 4848; (1900) 5981, including 1250 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1905, See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 6879; (1910) 8o66 . The New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & See also:

• HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL (1854– )
• HART, CHARLES (d. 1683)
• HART, ERNEST ABRAHAM (1835–1898)
• HART, SIR ROBERT
• HART, WILLIAM (1823–1894)

Hart-See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford railway crosses the See also:

• TOWN

town and has stations at its villages of Braintree, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Braintree and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Braintree, which are also served by suburban electric See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . In South Braintree are the See also:

• THAYER, ABBOTT HANDERSON (1849— )
• THAYER, JAMES BRADLEY (1831—1902)
• THAYER, JOSEPH HENRY (1828-1901)

Thayer See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (co-educational; opened 1877) and the Thayer public library, both founded by and named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Sylvanus Thayer (1785—1872), a well-known military engineer born in Braintree, who was See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the See also:

• UNITED

United States Military Academy in 1817—1833 and has been called the " See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point." There are large See also:

• SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe factories and other manufactories . See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

Bog See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early found in Braintree, and iron-See also:

• WORKS

works, among the first in See also:

• AMERICA

America, were established here in 1644 . Braintree was first incorporated in 164o from See also:

• LAND

land belonging to Boston and called See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

Wollaston, and was named from the town in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . At Merry Mount, in that See also:

• PART

part of Braintree which is now See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was established by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton in 1625, but the See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay See also:

• LIFE

life of the settlers and their selling See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum and firearms to the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians greatly offended the Pilgrims of See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, who in 1627 arrested Morton; soon afterward See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ENDECOTT, JOHN (c. 1588-1665)

Endecott of Massachusetts See also:

• BAY

Bay visited Merry Mount, rebuked the inhabitants and cut down their Maypole . Later the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was abandoned, and in 1634 a Puritan settlement was made here . In 1708 the town was divided into the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• PRECINCT (from Lat. praecingere, to encircle, enclose, surround, prae and cingere, to gird)

Precinct and the South Precinct, and it was in the former, now Quincy, that John 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, John See also:

• HANCOCK
• HANCOCK, JOHN (1737–1793)
• HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT (1824-1886)

Hancock and John Quincy Adams were born . Quincy was separated from Braintree in 1792 (there were further additions to Quincy from Braintree in 1856), and See also:

• RANDOLPH, EDMUND [JENNINGS] (1753–1813)
• RANDOLPH, JOHN (1773–1833)
• RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1523-1590)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1605-1635)

Randolph in 1793 .

See D . M . See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson, Quincy, Old Braintree and Merry Mount (Boston, 1906) ; C . F . Adams, Jr., Three Episodes of Massachusetts See also:

• HISTORY

History (Boston, 1892 and 1896) ; W . S . Pattee, History of Old Braintree and Quincy (Quincy, 1878) .