Page 2 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 3, 2024 JOHN MACKEY & ASSOCIATES ~ Attorneys at Law ~ * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY * LANDLORD/TENANT DISPUTES 14 Norwood Street Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 Open Daily 4:00 PM Closed Sunday Announcing our Classic Specials Dine In Only: * FREE Salad with purchase of Entree, Monday & Tuesdays * Cheese Pizza - Only $10 Catch ALL The Live Sports Action On Our Large Screen TV’s SHOP LOCAL & DROP BY FOR DINNER! www.eight10barandgrille.com T Blacksmith, 17th century By Inna Babitskaya he fate of the pioneer-settler Thomas Walford was affected by a change in land grant ownership. When Walford’s grantor, Governor-General of New England Robert Gorges, died in the late 1620s, the grant was inherited by Gorges’ elder brother, John Gorges (1593–1657). On January 10, 1629, John Gorges sold his grant to Sir William Brereton (1604–1661), Baronet of Handforth, Chester, a staunch Puritan and a future member of the English parliament (in 1628 and 1640). Brereton actively participated in the English Civil War and supported the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Brereton’s grant was really large and included “all the land in breadth lying from the east side of the Charles River to the easterly part of the cape called Nahant, and all the lands lying in length twenty miles northeast into the main-land from the mouth of the said Charles River, lying also in length twenty miles into the main-land northeast from the said cape Nahant.” But when Brereton asked the newly created Massachusetts Bay Company to allot him, his people and his servants a “proportional quantity” of land, the company refused to fulfill his request. So, Brereton decided to convey his rights to captain, merchant and trader John Oldham (1592–1636), a “man of considerable practical ability but heady, self-willed, and of an ungovernable temper,” who was known under the nickname “Mad Jack.” In July 1623, Oldham immigrated to Plymouth Colony aboard the Anne, together with his sister Lucretia Oldham (16001678). Lucretia in 1624 married Jonathan Brewster, son of the elder William Brewster, one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact and the “father of New England.” Sir William Brereton But despite such connections, Oldham’s life in Plymouth was rather short and difficult. Oldham followed the Rev. John Lyford (c. 1580–1634), the first ordained minister of the Plymouth Colony, who wrote and sent to England disparaging and slandering Pilgrims letters. The letters were intercepted by the colonial leader, William Braford. Lyford, who began to stir up dissension among the colonists, was also known for his immoral behavior in his native Ireland and in the colony. Oldham, in turn, behaved badly, refusing to stand his scheduled watch and being insolent to the Pilgrims’ military advisor, Miles Standish. As a result, Lyford and Oldham INCORPORATION | SEE PAGE 5 John Endicott, first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony The 375th anniversary of Malden’s Incorporation as a Town Explorers and Co-Founders – Part 3 Matthew Cradock
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