An historic guide to Cambridge . al grant of land to the first Watson who settled in Cambridge,John, by name, seems to have extended from a little below the bridge atCambridge station nearly to the Arlington line. Portions of this territorypassed into other hands, but a great part of it remained in the hands of theWatson heirs, whose homes were scattered along the line of the old turnpike(Massachusetts avenue). The little old house near the comer of Russellstreet was probably that occupied by Daniel Watson, while the old tavernhad been the home of Isaac Watson, who died in 175S, and whose wife
An historic guide to Cambridge . al grant of land to the first Watson who settled in Cambridge,John, by name, seems to have extended from a little below the bridge atCambridge station nearly to the Arlington line. Portions of this territorypassed into other hands, but a great part of it remained in the hands of theWatson heirs, whose homes were scattered along the line of the old turnpike(Massachusetts avenue). The little old house near the comer of Russellstreet was probably that occupied by Daniel Watson, while the old tavernhad been the home of Isaac Watson, who died in 175S, and whose wife wasdaughter of Deacon Samuel Whittemore, who, though nearly seventy-nineyears old, went out to meet the British as they retreated from Lexington. He?was shot, bayonetted and left for dead, but such was his wonderful vitalitythat he recovered from his injuries and lived to be ninety-six. This Isaac Watsons father, also named Isaac, married for his second wifeAbiel, widow of Edmund Angier, landlady of the Blue Anchor Tavern. He. COOPER-HILL-AUSTIN HOUSE— BACK
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