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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 3: civil History. (search)
edged by Eccles to be public property, together with a highway to it, two rods wide, through his land; and his acknowledgment was entered on the Proprietors' Records. April 7, 1634. Granted John Pratt two acres by the old burying place, without the common pales. See chapter XV. Aug. 4, 1634. It is ordered, that whosoever shall fall [any] tree for boards, clapboards, or frames of houses, [and] sell them out of the town, shall forfeit for every [tree] so sold twenty shillings. Nov. 3, 1634. James Olmsted is chosen Constable for the year following, and till a new be chosen in his room, and presently sworn. Edmund Lockwood had been appointed Constable by the Court, May 9, 1632, and John Benjamin, May 29,1 633; but James Olmstead was the first person elected by the inhabitants to fill that office, which was then of great honor and importance. John White is chosen Surveyor, to see the highways and streets kept clean, and in repair for the year following. It is ordered,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23: civil officers. (search)
n 1686. Their names are therefore included in this list; but the names of those persons who were never members of that Board, except by virtue of their election as Constables, are distinguished by a star (*). John Haynes, Feb. 1634-1635. Simon Bradstreet, Feb. 1634-1635. John Talcott, Feb. 1634-1635. William Westwood, Feb. 1634-1635. John White, Feb. 1634-1635. William Wadsworth, Feb. 1634-1635. James Olmstead,* Feb. 1634-1635. Mr. Olmstead was elected Constable, Nov. 3, 1634, before the office of Townsman was established; and still earlier, in May, 1632, Edmund Lockwood was appointed Constable by the General Court, and John Benjamin, May 29, 1633. Roger Harlakenden, 1635-1638. William Spencer, 1635. Andrew Warner, 1635. Joseph Cooke, 1635-1637, 1639, 1641, 1643, 1645. John Bridge, 1635, 1637-1639, 1641– 1644, 1646, 1647, 1649, 1652. Clement Chaplin, 1635. Nicholas Danforth, 1635-1637. Thomas Hosmer, 1635. William Andrews, 1635, 164