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Forty Fifth Week, Tuesday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"John Allen was the son of Abel of Weston and was born in 1699. He married Elizabeth Hastings in 1725. They came to Medfield about 1728, having bought the homestead of Jonathan Boyden, Jr. on High Street, opposite Plain Street. He became a member of the Second Baptist Church in Boston in 1752 and was one of the original founders of the Baptist meetings in Medfield. He died of small pox in 1764."