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After a prayer service to celebrate Dedham's Bicentennial, 600 people then processed to a pavilion erected to host a dinner on the land of John Bullard a few rods to the west. [4] Richardson presided at this dinner, assisted by John Endicott , George Bird, Abner Ellis , Theron Metcalf , and Thomas Barrows as Vice Presidents.
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Since 1990, Memorial Park has been home to Dedham Day. [13] [14] At the event, which has rides, games, and other activities, the highlight is a pair of cows.[13] [14] Attendees can purchase a plot of land on the field for the day and, if a cow defecates on their plot, the owner wins a cash prize.
He served on the Dedham, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen and was chairman. In this capacity he served on the Blue Ribbon Commission honoring John Andrew Barnes, III, the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. [1] He then served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1967–1978 as a Democrat. He then served as sergeant at arms for the ...
Signers of the Dedham Covenant (36 P) Pages in category "People from colonial Dedham, Massachusetts" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Peter Woodward (died May 9, 1685) represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court in 1665, 1669, and 1670. [1] He also served on the board of selectmen for 16 years, with his first term beginning in 1643 [2] and his last ending in 1670. [3] [4] His daughter, Ann, married Robert Hinsdale, probably in England. [5]
He traveled to Massachusetts in the early 1630s with his younger brother, John Kingsbury, and his wife Millicent, whom he married in Boxford in 1628. [3] He had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1635. [3] Their second daughter, Mary, was the second child ever born in Dedham on September 1, 1637. [3] Their third child, Elizabeth, was born in 1638.
The first group of Anglicans in Dedham began meeting in Clapboardtrees in 1731. [1] A few decades later, Samuel Colburn [a] died in the Crown Point Expedition of 1756. [2] Though he was not an Anglican, he left almost his entire estate to the Anglican community in Dedham to establish St. Paul's Church.