Identifier: gazetteerofstate00naso (find matches)
Title: A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nason, Elias, 1811-1887 Varney, George J. (George Jones), 1836-1901
Subjects: Massachusetts -- Gazetteers
Publisher: Boston : B.B. Russell
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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hem worthy of the attention of other than inhabitants of theregion. The vision extends over the valleys of the Merrimack andShawsheen, the wooded hills and the glimmering ponds, and the cityof Lawrence, • Pure and still. . . . Its shuttles ply,Its looms are busy—but the crystal skyAbove it like a mother bends, untilThe pictured city seems with peace to fill,— and many another village there, indicated by the spires, rising offcabove cathedral elms. In Andover there are many churches, — the Congregationalistshaving five; while the Baptist, Episcopal and Methodist each haveone, and the Boman Catholics two. Of these three are of stone, andothers still of attractive architecture. The region is certainly favorable to length of clays, for the lastState census shows that there were 82 persons over 80 years, andone over 100 years of age. About 400 men from Andover entered the Union army during thelate war, of whom 40 were lost. The Indian name of this town was Cochickawick. Its present
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ANGIERS CORNER — ARLING TON. 115 name was from Andover, Hants County, England, from which sev-eral of the early settlers came. The land was purchased by Rev.John Woodbridge of the sagamore Cutsnamache for the sum of sixEnglish pounds cash and a coat. It was incorporated as a town,May 6,1(546. In the year 1676 depredations were committed by theIndians: Joseph Abbot was killed ; his brother Timothy taken pris-oner, but afterwards restored; Mr. Edward Faulkners house wasburned, Roger Marks was wounded, and Mr. Haggett and two of hissons were captured. In 161)8 Assacumbuit led about forty Indiansinto Andover, burned two dwellings, killed Simon Wade, NathanielBrown, Penelope Johnson, Captain Pascoe Chubb, his wife Hannah,and a daughter of Edmund Faulkner. During the witchcraft delu-sion in 1692, more than fifty complaints were made against personsin the town for bewitching or afflicting their neighbors or compan-ions ; and three persons — Samuel Wardell, Martha Carrier, andMary Parker

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