May 1, 2024 When William S. Tilden (1830-1912) wrote his History of Medfield 1660-1886, he reported that Francis Hamant, one of Medfield’s original 13 settlers, was granted a house lot on South Street. Hamant had met the qualifications set out in Medfield founder Ralph Wheelock’s Agreement for would-be settlers that he was “honest, peacable, & […]
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Mar 1, 2024 Medfield native Nathaniel T. Allen established a cutting-edge progressive school in Newton in 1854, and in the next half century he educated some 5,000 boys and girls, rich and poor, from every state in the U.S. and dozens of foreign countries, white and black, including former slaves. Allen’s remarkable achievements were presented
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Nov 1, 2022 Editor’s note; At this writing, this house is actively on the market, but some prospective buyers are in serious negotiation, according to realtor Dennis J. Folan. As the house that is bursting with history, it literally can’t stop talking. Today it sits majestically on the knoll at 74 Harding Street, nestled behind
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Oct 1, 2020 It is perhaps the strangest and most horrifying story in all of Medfield history. The fact that events unfolded on Halloween just adds to the intrigue. This very spooky tale takes place here in Medfield back in the year 1802 and involves both the Mason and Allen families. Asa Mason, at the
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May 2, 2019 The historical society recently received an Allen family treasure from Ellis Allen, now of Mashpee, an arborist who served as Medfield’s tree warden for 34 years and retired some 20 years ago. His succeeded his grandfather, who was tree warden for 42 years. (James Allen was one of Medfield’s first settlers, and
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Jan 26, 2019 What could be more beautiful than a sunrise? A majestic favorite tree, perhaps, reaching skyward? To some, the branches reaching upward seem like tendrils, delicate and intricate extensions of the plant stretching upward to the universe. A few trees have been mythologized as being earthly treasures. One of these treasures grows at
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