The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . - at HarvardCollege, then a most attractive celebration, to witness the. CRAFTS HOMESTEAD THE CRAFT HOMESTEAD. 341 gay equipages, and the stream of animated life in holidayattire, flowing through Roxbury to attend and participate inthe literary festival. Griffin Craft, the founder of this family in New England,was perhaps the first white settler in Roxburj, the birth ofhis son John, on Jul}- 10, 1630, being the first entry in therecords of
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . - at HarvardCollege, then a most attractive celebration, to witness the. CRAFTS HOMESTEAD THE CRAFT HOMESTEAD. 341 gay equipages, and the stream of animated life in holidayattire, flowing through Roxbury to attend and participate inthe literary festival. Griffin Craft, the founder of this family in New England,was perhaps the first white settler in Roxburj, the birth ofhis son John, on Jul}- 10, 1630, being the first entry in therecords of the town. As this event was coincident withPvnchons settlement in Roxbury, Craft probably came overto New England in the company of Winthrop. His home-stead and farm were situated near Muddy River, the presentboundary line between Roxbury and Brookline. Besidesholding many town offices and other public trusts, he was adeputy to the General Court in 1638, also from 1663 to member of the artillery coinpatry in 1668, and lieutenantof the military company of Roxbury from 1653 to 1676. Iu1650 he was one of the five men to order the town 1653 he was one of the committee to make a record ofhouses and lands in
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