History of Weston, Massachusetts, USA

The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights, Massachusetts and used by George Washington's army on March 17, 1776 (Evacuation Day) to free Boston from British control during the American Revolutionary War.

General Henry Knox Trail - Historic Marker reads:
"Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British army to evacuate Boston."

Weston, Massachusetts
Middlesex county. This is a township of good land with a neat and flourishing village. It lies 14 miles W. from Boston, 9 S. by E. from Concord, and is watered by Stony brook. Population, 1837, 1,105.

The manufactures of the town consist of boots, shoes, leather, machinery, ploughs, chairs, harnesses, pottery ware, &c.: annual value about $60,000. Incorporated, 1712.

Previously to its incorporation, Weston was the West precinct of Watertown, whence probably came its name.

A portion of the town is considerably elevated.

Boots and shoes are the chief articles manufactured, but these not to any large amount. The inhabitants are farmers.

Distance from Concord, 9 miles; from Boston, 14.

“The exact period” (says Dr. Kendal in his Century Sermon, preached in 1813) “when what is now called Weston began to be settled is not known; but it must have been pretty early; for there are still standing houses which were erected about one hundred and forty years ago. In ecclesiastical affairs, however, this town was connected with Watertown about sixty eight, and in civil concerns about eighty three years. The tradition is, that the inhabitants of the remote westerly part of this town went to worship at the ? easterly part of Watertown, at a house not far from the old burying place.” Weston was incorporated as a distinct town in 1712, previous to which time it had been called the westerly, more westerly, and most westerly precinct in ‘Watertown. In 1694, the town of Watertown passed the following vote: “Our neighbors, the farmers, being upon endeavours to have a meeting house among themselves, the town consents that t.hey may come as far as Beaver Brook upon the country road...

Weston, a post-township in Middlesex eo.. Massachusetts, intersected by the Fitchburg and the Boston and Worcester railroads, 12 miles W. from Boston. Population, 1205.

Weston is an agricultural town having unusual scenic beauty, and situated in the southern section of Middlesex County, 13 miles west of Boston. The Boston and Albany Railroad has a station at Riverside, in the southeast part of the town. The Fitchburg Railroad runs through the northeast section, having a station at Stony Brook, near the middle of the eastern side; at Kendall Green (Weston station); and at Silver Hill (North Village). The Massachusetts Central Railroad crosses the middle section, having stations at Weston (centre) and Cherry Brook. Weston and Kendall Green are the post-offices. Lincoln lies upon the north, Waltham and Newton on the east, Wellesley on the south, and Natick and Wayland upon the west. The assessed area is 10,416 acres; yet the late census states the farm land as 11,217 acres; in which are included 4,351 acres of forest.

There are many small ponds about the centre and in the southern section, several of which are very beautiful. Stony Brook, with its...