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Wrentham, Massachusetts
Wrentham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,178 at the 2020 census. History In 1660, five men from Dedham were sent to explore the lakes near George Indian's wigwam and to report back to the selectmen what they found. The report of those men, Daniel Fisher, Anthony Fisher, Sgt. Fuller, Richard Ellis, and Richard Wheeler, was received with such enthusiasm that in March 1661 it was voted to start a new settlement there. The Town then voted to send Ellis and Timothy Dwight to go negotiate with King Phillip to purchase the title to the area known as Wollomonopoag. They purchased 600 acres of land for £24, 6s. The money was paid out of pocket by Captain Willett, who accompanied Ellis and Dwight. The Town voted to assess a tax upon the cow commons to repay him, but some thought the money should be paid by those who would be moving to the new village. The dispute resulted in Willet not being paid back for several years. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Dwight (Massachusetts Politician)
Captain Timothy Dwight (1629–1718) represented Dedham in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts and was the progenitor of the Dwight family. Personal life Dwight was born in England in 1629 to John and Hannah Dwight and was brought to Dedham, Massachusetts in 1635 as a child. John Dwight was one of the first settlers of Dedham. Timothy was made a freeman in 1655 and was a member of the First Church and Parish in Dedham beginning in 1652. Dwight was married six times. The first time was on November 11, 1651, to Sarah Perman, who died in childbirth on May 29, 1652. On May 3, 1653, he married Sarah Powell, who died on June 27, 1664; she gave him four children. Anna Flynt, his third wife on January 9, 1664 – 1665, gave him 10 children, including Josiah Dwight. His fourth wife, the widow Mary Endwind of Reading, Massachusetts, married him on January 7, 1686 – 1687 and died August 30, 1688, without any children. Esther Fisher became his fifth wife on July 31, 1690, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Mann
Horace Mann (May 4, 1796August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–1853). From September 1852 to his death, he served as President of Antioch College. About Mann's intellectual progressivism, the historian Ellwood P. Cubberley said: Arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn unruly American children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens, Mann won widespread approval from modernizers, especially in the Whig Party, for building public schools. Most U.S. states adopted a version of the system Mann established in Massachusetts, especially the program for normal schools to train professional teachers. Educational historians credit Horace Mann, along with Henry Barnard and Catharine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day's Academy
Day's Academy (also known as Wrentham Academy) was a former academy in Wrentham, Massachusetts that existed between 1806 and 1875 when it became the site of Wrentham's High School. The school was chartered in 1806 for religious education through the Congregational church and originally existed on Wrentham's lower common before moving to 55 East Street (now the site of the Fiske Public Library). Benjamin Day donated $2,300 found the Academy, and the school received land from the State in 1806. Day's Academy operated until 1875, the town purchased its land to construct a high school. The trustees constructed a hall to be used by the public and for a Sunday School. The remainder of the academy's property was transferred to the town.Title Annual Report of the Board of Education, Volume 40, Massachusetts Board of Education, Published 1877, p. 339 Notable people * Benjamin Bates IV, industrialist, namesake of Bates College *John Fox Slater John Fox Slater (March 4, 1815 – May 7, 1884) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Philip's War
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies. The war is named for Metacomet, Metacom, the Wampanoag people, Wampanoag chief who adopted the name Philip because of the friendly relations between his father Massasoit and the Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims. The war continued in the most northern reaches of New England until the signing of the Treaty of Casco (1678), Treaty of Casco Bay on April 12, 1678. Massasoit had maintained a long-standing alliance with the colonists. Metacom (), his younger son, became tribal chief in 1662 after Massasoit's death. Metacom, however, forsook his father's alliance between the Wampanoags and the colonists after repeated violations by the colonists. The colonists insisted that the 1671 peace agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedham Public Schools
The Dedham Public School System (Dedham Public Schools) is a PK– 12 graded school district in Dedham, Massachusetts. It is the oldest public school system in the United States. History On January 2, 1643, the Town Meeting set aside land for three public purposes: a school, a church, and a training field. Two years later, on January 1, 1645, by unanimous vote, the Town of Dedham authorized the first taxpayer-funded public school in the United States, "the seed of American education." It is believed the success of Dedham's school helped convince the Great and General Court to enact a law mandating schools in every community. Dedham's delegates to that body also served on the local School Committee. The early residents of Dedham were so committed to education that they donated £4.6.6 to Harvard College during its first eight years of existence, a sum greater than many other towns, including Cambridge itself. By the later part of the 17th century, however, a sentiment of anti-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Man
Samuel Man (July 6, 1647 – May 22, 1719) was an early teacher in Dedham, Massachusetts and minister in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Personal life Man was born on July 6, 1647 to William and Mary Man of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Man was an only child and his parents designated their son for the ministry from an early age. He married Esther Ware, the granddaughter of John Hunting, on May 13, 1673 and they had seven sons and four daughters. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1665. He was the great-grandfather of Horace Mann and a descendant of John Man. He died on May 22, 1719 and his funeral sermon was later published. Dedham While living in Dedham, Man was hired to teach in the Dedham Public Schools on May 13, 1667 at a salary of £10 a year. He continued in that position until 1672 when he was required to give two months notice before he moved to Wollomonopoag. Wrentham Man moved from Dedham to the area soon to be known as Wrentham in 1672, one year after the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachem
Sachems and sagamores are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Algonquian languages. The sagamore was a lesser chief elected by a single band, while the sachem was the head or representative elected by a tribe or group of bands. The positions are elective, not hereditary. Etymology The Oxford English Dictionary found a use from 1613. The term "Sagamore" appears in Noah Webster's first ''An American Dictionary of the English Language'' published in 1828, as well as the 1917 ''Webster's New International Dictionary''. One modern source explains: According to Captain Ryan Ridge, who explored New England in 1614, the Massachusett tribes called their kings "sachems" while the Penobscots (of present-day Maine) used the term "sagamos" (anglicized as "sagamore"). Conversely, Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleazer Lusher
Major Eleazer Lusher (died 1672) was a politician and military leader from Dedham, Massachusetts. Political career Lusher had unmatched political influence in Dedham and was one of the most powerful men in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was one of ten men, constituting five percent of the adult male population, who were reelected so many times to Dedham's seven member Board of Selectmen that they filled sixty percent of the seats between 1639 and 1687. He served 29 one-year terms in total. He was town clerk for 23 years, having first been elected in 1641. Lusher was also a signer of the Dedham Covenant. Between the years of 1650 and 1685, Lusher was one of three men elected to serve in the Massachusetts General Court. Additionally, he served on the Massachusetts Council of Assistants from 1663 to 1673. Other positions include being a diplomat, judge, and mediator. He was also on the commission that established the Angle Tree Stone. He led a trainband. In recognition of his se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farrington (Massachusetts Colonist)
John Farrington was an early American colonist. He settled in Dedham, Massachusetts and served as a selectman there. When the town of Wrentham separated, he became one of the first settlers there. Later, he would become one of the founders of Deerfield, Massachusetts Deerfield is a New England town, town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. Settled near the Connecticut River in the 17th century during the colonial era, the population was 5,090 as of the 2020 census. .... His wife, Mary Bullard, was the cousin of Quentin Stockwell's wife Abigail. The Stockwells were also original settlers of Deerfield. He was the ancestor of Representative John Farrington. References Works cited * * * * Dedham, Massachusetts selectmen Kingdom of England emigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony People from colonial Dedham, Massachusetts Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Massachusetts-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thorpe (Massachusetts Colonist)
James Thorpe may refer to: * James Thorpe (soccer) (born 1985), American soccer player * James Thorpe (academic) (1915–2009), professor of English at Princeton University * James Thorpe (TV producer), Canadian television producer, television writer * James Thorpe (Ohio politician) (1927–2007), member of the Ohio House of Representatives * James Thorpe (cricketer) (born 1991), English cricketer See also *James Thorp James S. Thorp (February 7, 1937 – May 2, 2018) was the head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. He was the Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professor Emeritus & Research Professor. He received all his de ... (1937–2018), head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech * Jim Thorpe (other) {{disambiguation, hn=Thorpe, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Willett
Thomas Willett (~1607 – August 29, 1674) was a Plymouth Colony fur trader, merchant, land purchaser and developer, Captain (land), Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia, Magistrate of the colony, and was the 1st and 3rd Mayor of New York City, Mayor of New York, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York in 1898. Career Plymouth Colony Fur Trade The early years of the Plymouth Colony were marked by severe economic crises and challenges. Incremental progress was made as the colonists learned the native Americans' method of raising corn and beans, cattle were imported from England and multiplied, and some trade in wampum and other goods was established. However, the major contribution to placing the colony on a firm financial basis and finally paying its debt to its financial "Adventurers" in London was made by exporting furs, primarily of beaver to be used in making hats. The first record of Willett's long career is probably that of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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