Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
Fam 2005.09 |
Title |
Russell Collection |
Collection |
Family Records |
Object Name |
Records |
Date |
1763 - 1928 |
Scope & Content |
This collection contains documents and photographs once belonging to the Russell Family, who have resided in Winchester since the town's founding in 1850. The documents include legal papers, such as land deeds, tax receipts, and petitions, as well as personal papers including marriage announcements and at-home invitations. Of particular interest is correspondence of William Symmes, Josiah Symmes, and Ebenezer Brooks. The photographs are formal photos of James W. Russell (1878-1940), Charlotte Skillings, Sherman Russell and Lincoln Russell. Several of the photographs were taken in Havana, Cuba. There is a photograph of the Highland School with children and teacher posed in front, including Lincoln L. Russell. |
Admin/Biographical History |
William Russell was the first in this line of Russells of New England. He died in Cambridge in 1661. He and his wife Martha had a son Walter born about 1737 in Charlestown and died in 1782. Walter and his wife Hannah Adams had a son, James, born in 1763. James later married Rebecca Adams. They had a son William Adams who was born in 1790 in Charlestown and married Kezia Teele. Their son, William Adams, was born in 1811 and died in 1892 in Medford. He married Harriet Hill. They had a son, James William who was born in 1844 in Somerville and died in Winchester in 1925. He married Ella Lephe Symmes, daughter of Marshall and Abbie Stowell Symmes of Winchester. Both James and Ella are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. James ran an extensive market garden in Winchester, as did his son, James William, born 1878 and died 1940. He married Charlotte Skillings of Winchester. See the 2005.09-10 accessions folder for genealogy charts. |
Copyrights |
Permission to publish material from this collection is subject to approval by the Town of Winchester. |
Finding Aids |
A finding aid with detailed information about the contents of the collection is available. Contact the Archives for a copy. |
Subjects |
Deeds Invitations Photographs Weddings |
Search Terms |
Middlesex County Court Highland School |
People |
Bacon, Robert Brooks, Ebenezer Flagg, A.A. Gray, John Hill, Annie Hill, Harriet Lowell, Alice Lowell, Charlotte Metcalf, Jennie Richardson, Jeduthan Russell, James W. Russell, Lincoln Lowell Russell, Mary Russell, William A. Skillings, Charlotte Skillings, Charlotte Lowell Symmes, Elizabeth Symmes, John Symmes, Josiah Symmes, Samuel J. Symmes, Samuel Stowell Tasker, John Usher, John Usher, Susanna |
Containers |
Documents Photographs |