Английская Википедия:Francis Chickering

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Шаблон:Short description Francis Chickering was an early settler of Dedham, Massachusetts who served in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts[1] and on that town's Board of Selectmen for 15 years.Шаблон:Sfn[2] He was also a teacher in the first public school in America, today well known as the Dedham Public Schools.Шаблон:Sfn

He arrived in Dedham in 1637 from Suffolk, England with his wife, Ann, and admitted as a freeman in 1640.[1] Together they had Elizabeth in 1638, Bethia in 1640, and Mercy in 1648.[1] He was possibly the brother of Henry Chickering, with whom he served in the General Court.[1] He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.[1]

Chickering was a part owner of a mill on Mother Brook, the first man made canal in America. The Town was displeased with the "insufficient performance" of the mill under Nathaniel Whiting's managementШаблон:Sfn[3] and so, in 1652, Whiting sold his mill and all his town rights to John Dwight, Chickering, Joshua Fisher, and John Morse for £250.Шаблон:Sfn Whiting purchased it back the following year, however.Шаблон:Sfn

Though the schoolhouse was still standing, in 1661 school was kept in Chickering's home.Шаблон:Sfn He signed the Dedham Covenant.

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