Nathan Aldis was an early settler of

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who served on that town's

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in 1641, 1642, and 1644. He served in a variety of other positions in the town and served as a deacon at

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. He signed the

Dedham Covenant The Dedham Covenant was a covenant that governed the early settlement of Dedham, Massachusetts. It mandated that only those with similar, Puritan, community values could live in the town and set about a method for mediating disputes. It also requ ...

. In 1642,

John Elderkin John Elderkin was a colonial American carpenter who built mills, meetinghouses, and wharves around New England. Mother Brook While both the Charles River and the Neponset River ran through Dedham, Massachusetts and close by to one another, both ...

sold half of his rights to the mill on

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to Nathaniel Whiting and the other half to

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, Aldis, and John Dwight. They operated the mill "in a rather stormy partnership" until 1649 when Whiting became the sole owner. Aldis and his wife Mary were the parents of John Aldis and ancestors of

Asa O. Aldis Asa Owen Aldis (September 2, 1811 – June 24, 1891) was a Vermont attorney, judge and diplomat. He served as a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and as U.S. Consul to Nice, France. Biography Asa O. Aldis was born in St. Albans, Vermont on ...

. His daughter, Mary, married Joshua Fisher. His prosperity diminished in his later years.

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