Hello, I'd like to add to Jackie's posting by offering a summary of the RUSSELL information in the genealogical part of the "History of Arlington." There are ~6 pages for RUSSELL. And, it starts off with: RUSSELL, William, was adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. He was son of William, the emigrant -- see Paige. Born 28 Apr. 1655, in Camb., and bap. there -- date unrecorded. He was in the Narragansett fight, 1675 -- see Paige, 399 -- and a petitioner in conjunction with an attempt to establish this Precinct -- see HISTORY, Chap. I. He m. Abigail Winship in Camb., 18 Mar. 1682-3, ............ Other men mentioned on these ~6 pages are: 2. Walter (s. of Joseph, and gr.-s. of William, the emigrant), had w. Elizabeth, adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. .......... 3. Edward, s. of William (1), had w. Sarah, adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. ..... 4. Joseph, s. of Walter (2), and w. Mary were adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. .... 5. Walter, s. of Walter (2), was adm. Pct. ch. ........... He d. "single," 11 Feb. 1763, a. 54. 6. Jeremiah, s. of Walter (2), had w. Damaris, adm. Pct. ch. 8 Aug. 1742. (..... m. Damaris Williams, Camb., 12 Jan. 1738) ..... 7. Samuel, s. of Walter (2), m. Ruth Cox, 25 Feb. 1754. ...... 8. Daniel, s. of Walter (2), m. Hannah Robbins, 3 Aug. 1749. ............ going down to .... 29. Jason (s. of Hubbard, s. of Jason, s. of William, the emigrant), m. Elizabeth Winship, 28 Jan. 1740. He was bap. at Medford, 14 Apr. 1717, and was adm. Pct. ch. 20 Apr. 1740. He sold Rev. Samuel Cooke, first pastor of the church, an acre of ground for a house, 12 May 1740. .... ....... He was the famous Jason Russell, an invalid and noncombatant, who was barbarously butchered in his own house here by the British troops on their retreat from Lexington and Concord on the 19th of April, 1775. He had refused to flee, exclaiming, an "Englishman's house is his castle !" He was shot with two bullets, and eleven bayonet stabs were found on his body. A simple, slate gravestone in the old burying ground contains .......... The complete title for this book is: "History of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts, formerly the Second Precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the Town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879. with a Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Precinct." by Benjamin and William R. CUTTER, 1880 FYI: While looking for the exact year that the Town of Arlington was established (annexed off of Cambridge), I came across a reference to the "Tornado of Aug. 22, 1851." A little booklet was published about its destruction in Medford, West Cambridge, and Waltham. ... "The destruction by this tornado began at the foot of Prospect Hill, in Waltham. The course of the storm was from west to east. The section of its course through West Cambridge was marked with the greatest destruction. It extended across the Mystic River, and entered Medford with unabated force, and continued to the end of its trck. The tornado carried up into the air, men, animals, and other objects, unroofed and destroyed houses, twisted trees, shifted houses around, throwing half of the roof of a house in one direction and the other half in the opposite. A railroad car at Medford was rolled along the track 160 feet, and then taken and carried sixty feet from the track. ................." p. 161. "A preliminary celebration of the change in the name of the town, was made on May 1, 1867, by a salute of one hundred guns, the ringing of the bells and a general display of the national colors. ..........." Enjoy your "almost-Spring weekend" !! Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. There are many "Arlington surnames" on our family tree - because of the extended HUTCHINSON / CROSBY family tree from the early 1800's ! P.S.2 When reviewing what I typed before I hit "send," I noticed the WINSHIP surname twice. This book has ~5 pages on the WINSHIP family, starting with: Edward WINSHIP of Lexington (a grandson of Lieut. Edward. of Cambridge, buried here, 13 May 1763, a. 84. Then, (2) William, brother of Edward (1), was adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. ... and then (3) John, bro. of William (2). And, then Jason (4), bro. of John (3) .. (My note: Does this mean there were 4 WINSHIP brothers in the history of Arlington? Edward, William, John, and Jason WINSHIP ??)