age, reaped an abundant harvest from the country teams engaged in transporting merchandise to and from Boston; which teams almost entirely disappeared immediately after the construction of railroads, and the inns did not long afterwards flourish.
Besides innkeepers, the County Court licensed others to sell intoxicating liquors by retail.
Among the names of such retailers, in addition to those who have already been mentioned, the following appear during the first century:—
John Stedman, 1653-1686.
William Manning, 1654-1686.
Edmund Angier, 1674-1686.
Samuel Andrew, 1684-1691.
William Andrew, 1701.
Mrs. Seeth Andrew, 1702-1703.
Zachariah Hicks, 1704-1717.
Martha Remington, 1705-1712.
Jonathan Remington, 1713-1735.
Nathaniel Hancock, Jr., 1707-1709.
Mary Bordman, 1708-1714.
John Stedman, 1717-1724.
Sarah Fessenden, 1720-1735.
Mary Oliver, 1731-1732.
Edward Marrett, 1733-1735.
Two of these retailers in their old age found it necessary to ap
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Nicholas Danforth, 1636, 1637.
Richard Jackson, 1637-1639, 1641, 1648, 1653, 1655, 1661, 1662.
John Bridge, 1637-1639, 1641.
Joseph Isaac, 1638.
Greg40, 1642, 1647.
Edmund Angier,* 1640.
John Stedman, 1640, 1647-1649, 1651, 1653-1655, 1669-1676.
Abraham Shaw, 1640.
Edward Collins,* 1641.
Roger Shaw,166-1668, 1670-1678.
Herbert Pelham, 1645.
Thomas Beale, 1645, 1647, 1651, 1653.
Richard Hildreth, 1645.
Thomas Danforth, 1645-1669, 1671.
John Cooper,.
William Manning, 1652, 1666-1670, 1672, 1675-1681, 1683.
John Hastings,* 1653.
Thomas Oakes,* 1653.
Samuel Hyde,* 1653.
Thomas Prentice,* 1654.
Gi1653.
Samuel Hyde,* 1653.
Thomas Prentice,* 1654.
Gilbert Crackbone,* 1656, 1663.
Philip Cooke.* 1655.
Richard Parkes,* 1656.
Edward Shepard,* 1656.
Robert Parker,* 1656.
Thomas Hammond,* 1657, 1677.
1653.
Thomas Prentice,* 1654.
Gilbert Crackbone,* 1656, 1663.
Philip Cooke.* 1655.
Richard Parkes,* 1656.
Edward Shepard,* 1656.
Robert Parker,* 1656.
Thomas Hammond,* 1657, 1677.
John Watson, 1657, 1665, 1682, 1684,
Nathaniel Sparhawk, 1658, 1677-1680. 1683, 1685, 1686.
John Shepard,* 1658.
Francis Moore, 1659, 1673-1681, 1683, 1685-1
3 July 1656; and John, who came with her to New England.
2. William, s. of the foregoing, grad.
H. C. 1645, returned to England; succeeded his father in the ministry at Wrentham; was ejected, under the Act of Uniformity, 1662, and d. 1689, a. 65. Winthrop.
Amsden, Isaac, m. Francis Perriman 8 June 1654, and had Isaac, b. prob.
1655 ; Jacob, b. 17 Nov. 1657.
Isaac the f. was a mason, and owned land south of the river.
He d. 7 Ap. 1659, and his w. Frances m. Richard Cutter 14 Feb. 1662-3.
2. Isaac, s. of Isaac (1), m. Jane, dau. of John Rutter of Marlborough, 17 May 1677, and had, in Camb., Elizabeth, b. 3 Feb. 1677-8, and Isaac, b. 28 Aug. 1680.
Soon after 1680 he removed to Marlborough, where he was living in 1727.
His w. Jane, in her will, dated Feb. 1729-30 and proved 26 May 1740, names children, Isaac, John, Thomas, Jacob, Abraham, Elizabeth Read, and grandchild, Amity Wheeler.
3. Jacob, s. of Isaac (1), m. Susanna, dau. of John Marrett, and resided on the westerl
w. Ann he had John, b. 7 Feb. 1637-8, d. 10 Aug. 1739; Sarah, b. Feb. 1639-40, m. Walter Hastings 10 Ap. 1655, and d. 27 Aug. 1673; Mary, b. 3 Ap. 1644, m. Samuel Hastings 12 Nov. 1661; John, b. 19 Sept. 1646, d. 21 Oct. 1646.
John the f. d. 19 Mar. 1645-6, and his w. Ann m. John Hastings, the father of Walter and Samuel, and d. 25 Mar. 1666.
Meriam, Joseph (otherwise written Merriam, Miriam, and Mirriam), res. in Concord, where he d. 1 Jan. 1641, leaving sons, Joseph, who m. Sarah Stone 1653; John, b. 1640-41, m. Mary, dau. of Deacon John Cooper of Camb., 21 Oct. 1663, and had a large family.
Farmer.
2. Joseph, s. of Joseph (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Deacon Gregory Stone, and had Lydia, b. 3 Aug. 1656; Joseph, b. 25 May 1658; Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1660; John, b. 30 Aug. 1662; Mary, b. 14 June 1664; Robert, b. 17 Feb. 1666-7, and probably others.
Joseph the f. res.
at the Farms, and d. before 1696.
3. John, prob.
s. of Joseph (2), by w. Mary had Mary, b. 6 Jan. 1689; Benjamin