Nathan Aldis

Nathan Aldis was an early settler of Dedham, Massachusetts who served on that town's Board of Selectmen in 1641, 1642, and 1644.{{sfn|Whitin|1905|p=4}}{{sfn|Worthington|1827|p=79-81}} He served in a variety of other positions in the town and served as a deacon at First Church and Parish in Dedham.{{sfn|Whitin|1905|pp=3-5}} He signed the Dedham Covenant.{{sfn|Whitin|1905|p=4}}

In 1642, John Elderkin sold half of his rights to the mill on Mother Brook to Nathaniel Whiting and the other half to John Allin, Aldis, and John Dwight.{{sfn|Worthington|1900|p=3}}{{sfn|Hanson|1976|p=31}}{{efn|Allin was the minister, Aldis the deacon, and Dwight was Whiting's father-in-law.{{sfn|Hanson|1976|p=53}}}} They operated the mill "in a rather stormy partnership" until 1649 when Whiting became the sole owner.{{sfn|Hanson|1976|p=31}}{{sfn|Worthington|1900|p=3}}

Aldis and his wife Mary were the parents of John Aldis and ancestors of Asa O. Aldis.{{sfn|Whitin|1905|p=6}} His daughter, Mary, married Joshua Fisher. His prosperity diminished in his later years.{{sfn|Whitin|1905|p=5}}

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{{cite journal | title = The History Corner: Joshua Fisher (1621-1672) Colonial Inn-keeper and Surveyor, Part 1 | journal = Professional Surveyor Magazine | issue= September | year = 2003 | first = Silvio A. | last = Bedini | url = https://archives.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=1129 | access-date = April 17, 2021 |author-link = Silvio Bedini }}

{{citation | title = In Celebration of the Construction of the Mother Brook in Dedham | publisher = Dedham Historical Society | date = September 2016 }}

{{cite podcast | url =http://www.hubhistory.com/episodes/episode-59-corn-cotton-condos-378-years-mother-brook/ | title= Episode 59: Corn, Cotton, and Condos; 378 Years on the Mother Brook | website= Hub History | host= Sconyers, Jake and Stewart, Nikki | date= December 18, 2017 | access-date= December 26, 2017 }}

{{cite journal| title = Diversion of Streams to Furnish Power for Water Wheels| url = http://library.bridgew.edu/exhibits/BMAS/pdf/MAS-v51n01.pdf| journal = Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society| volume = 51| number = 1| access-date = March 20, 2015| pages = 43–47| first = Stephan| last = Straight| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150404215219/http://library.bridgew.edu/exhibits/BMAS/pdf/MAS-v51n01.pdf| archive-date = April 4, 2015| url-status = dead}}

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Works cited

{{cite book|last=Worthington|first=Erastus |title=The history of Dedham: from the beginning of its settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2sWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA29|access-date=November 8, 2019|year=1827|publisher=Dutton and Wentworth}}
{{cite book|last=Whitin|first=F.H. |title=The Aldis family of Dedham, Wrentham, Roxbury and Franklin, Massachusetts, 1640-1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R5wIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|access-date=15 November 2019|year=1905|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=978-5-87124-001-4}}
{{cite book| title = Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890| first = Robert Brand | last = Hanson| year = 1976| publisher = Dedham Historical Society}}
{{cite book| title = Historical sketch of Mother Brook, Dedham, Mass: compiled from various records and papers, showing the diversion of a portion of the Charles River into the Neponset River and the manufactures on the stream, from 1639 to 1900| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zUMlLghlcGoC&q=Historical+sketch+of+Mother+Brook,+Dedham,+Mass| first = Erastus| last = Worthington| year = 1900| publisher =C.G. Wheeler| location = Dedham, MA}}

Category:Dedham, Massachusetts selectmen

Category:People from colonial Dedham, Massachusetts

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