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THE GENEALOGICAL
HISTORY
OF
DOVER, MASSACHUSETTS TRACING ALL FAMILIES PREVIOUS TO 1850,
AND MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE LIVED
IN THE TOWN SINCE WITH AN
ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS AND
CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE By FRANK SMITH
PRESIDENT DOVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PRESIDENT BAY STATE HISTORICAL
LEAGUE, VICB PRBSIDENT DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORICAL AND, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.
1917 Nathaniel Chickering first settled on Dedham Island, on the farm which was later known as the Fuller place. His second wife, Lydia Fisher, went, previous to her marriage, into the family of Rev. John Russell at Hadley, where for a year or more she waited upon the Regicides, Whalley and Goff, who fled to this country to escape the wrath of Charles II. Previous to 1690 Mr. Chickering commenced to clear land in that part of Dedham, which is now Dover. He built a house on the site of the present homestead on Haven street, now occupied by his lineal descendant, George Ellis Chickering. The first house was taken down in 1767 and a new one erected on the spot, which was remodeled in 1867, and is still standing. Nathaniel Chickering died suddenly in 1694 soon after completing his house, which it is said he never occupied with his family. His widow and children lived here, with the exception of John, who remained on Dedham Island. |
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