Twenty-ninth Week, Thursday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

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.

*In honor of Medfield’s 13 founding families, this week’s Historical Minutes will focus today and each day this week on two of the founders.

"John Turner came to Medfield from Roxbury. His house was on South Street near Curve Street. The Turners only occupied this house for a couple of years, before building a new house on the present corner of South and Philip Street, where it still stands. He brought his wife, Deborah and three children with him to Medfield. He served five years as a selectman. John died in 1705, his first wife, Deborah, in1676 and second wife, Alice, in 1680

John Frairy was one of the founders of Dedham and came to Medfield with his wife, Prudence and their children. His house lot was on Frairy Street, with the property extending up to Dale Street. He was a selectman for several years. John died in 1675 and Prudence in 1691."