Joseph Hills of Malden

Map of the Plan of Malden

Joseph Hills, born in 1602 in Essex, England, emigrated to New England in 1638, settling in Charlestown, Malden and Newbury, Massachusetts. He was a prominent figure in the early colonial government, serving as a selectman and speaker of the House of Deputies. Joseph married four times, his first wife being Rose Clarke, who died in 1650. He is noted for compiling the first codification of Massachusetts laws. Hills died in Newbury in 1688, leaving a legacy as Malden’s first deputy and significant contributions to the colony’s governance and legal framework.

Biography of Elwyn B. Lynde of Middleboro, Massachusetts

History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable Counties Massachusetts vol 3 title page

Among the well known residents of Middleboro, Massachusetts, is Elwyn B. Lynde, former treasurer of the Middleborough National Bank, who has been a resident of Middleboro since 1912. Mr. Lynde is a direct descendant of Thomas Lynde, who was born in England in 1593-4, and came to this country at the age of forty years. He settled first at Wollaston, later known as Quincy, Massachusetts, and then at Charlestown, where he was made a free man in 1634-5, and died in 1671. He was prominent in the affairs of Church and State, and served as a deacon in the church. … Read more

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