>From: Sharon Guzik <sguzik@comcast.net> >Hi Betty ,et al - > >I am not currently on the Middlesex MA list but I did catch your discussion >on the Wellington section of Medford through PML! > >A little information on the area. The area now known as Wellington was >part of a 183 acre farm which was purchased in 1819 by two brothers from >Lexington, Isaac and James Wellington. They married two sisters - Mary >Wilder Jacobs and Susanna Jacobs. The Wellington family owned part of the >farm into the 20th century. Slowly over the 19th century parts of the farm >were developed. By 1855, much of the Wellington Farm had been >sub-divided. Wellington Station was built in the 1970s when the Orange >Line was extended into Malden. It is within Medford city limits - the >boundary is basically mid-river in the Malden River. > >Sharon Guzik >Medford, MA John In loving memory of our son, Brennan. 11/10/88-5/31/01. http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/Brennan.html MA-Bay-Colony list moderator USGenWeb County Coordinator Essex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex Middlesex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamiddle USGenWeb Town Coordinator Ipswich, Essex, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macipswi _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/