|From the Library of Congress G3764.B6S3 1775 .D4| This was just
a teeny skirmish during the American Revolution, but I love it
because the marsh and the island where it happened belonged to
some of my ancestors, and some of the people involved are right
out of my family tree. As I tell the tale of the Battle of
Noddle’s Island (sometimes known as the Battle of Chelsea Creek,
or the Battle of Hog Island), I’ll point out the family ties.
Noddle’s Island is now where Boston’s Logan airport sits. The
land around it has been filled in, and it is no longer an
island. One of the first settlers to live here was Samuel
Maverick, and in the 1630s his house was located near Maverick
Square in East Boston, today. There is a “Maverick Station” on
the blue line of the T (the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority (MBTA) subway) in this part of East Boston. Samuel
Maverick (b. about 1602) is the brother to my 10 x Great
Grandfather, Moses Maverick (1611- 1686). Chelsea Creek, Rumney
Marsh and Pullen Point, all land nea