ROYALL, Isaac, soldier, born about 1720; died in England in October, 1781. He was a wealthy resident of Medford, which he represented for many years in the general court. For twenty-two years he was a member of the executive council. He participated in the French war, and was appointed brigadier-general in 1761, being the first resident of New England to bear that title. During the Revolution he sympathized with Great Britain, and left this country on 16 April, 1775. He Was proscribed, and his estate was confiscated in 1778, and it is said that "to carry on his farm after his departure was found to be some times difficult for the honest man's scythe refused to cut Tory grass, and his oxen would not plough Tory ground)' Among numerous bequests, he left 2,000 acres of land in Worcester county, Massachusetts, for the endowment of a law professorship in Harvard. This was established in 1815, and is known by his name. The town of Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, was named for him. One of his daughters married the younger Sis' William Pepperell.