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 appeal to the County Court for relief; their petitions are still preserved on file, to wit:—
To the honored Court assembled at Cambridge, all prosperity wished.
Thease are to informe you that I wase bro
ngton,* 1661.
Walter Hastings, 1661, 1669, 1673– 1681, 1683, 1685-1705.
Jonathan Hyde,* 1662, 1676.
Edward Hall,* 1663.
Thomas BrAbraham Hill, 1695, 1696.
William Russell, 1697, 1700-1702, 1704, 1705, 1712-1714.
Joseph Simons, 1698, 1699.
William Reed, 1698, 1699.
John Leverett, 1699, 1700.
Samuel Sparhawk, 1701-1705, 1709, 1710.
Samuel Cooper, 1702-1710, 1712– 1716.
Andrew Bordman [2d], 1 except in the year 1694.
Walter Hastings, 1694, 1697, 1698, 1700-1705.
Samuel Stone, 1694, 1697, 1698.
Thomas Oliver, 1694, 1697-169 1716, 1718, 1719, 1721, 1727.
William Russell, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1705, 1712, 1714.
Philip Russell, 1700, 1701.
Samuel Sparhawk, 1701, 1703-1705, 1707-1709.
Andrew Bordman, 1702, 1707, 1709– 1713, 1715, 1716, 1718.
Samuel Cooper, 1704, 1705, 1708, 1709, 1714.
Samuel1705, 1708, 1709, 1714.
Samuel Kidder, 1706, 1715.
Jason Russell, 1709, 1710.
Joseph Coolidge, 1710, 1714.
Joseph Bowman, 1712.
Moses Bordman, 1714, 1717, 1733
Naomi Croswell of Chs. and had Thomas, named in his father's will; Caleb, bap. 13 June 1697; Richard, b. 26 June 1700; Naomi, b. 7 Aug. 1702, m. Wm. Upham of Pomfret 21 June 1722, and prob.
d. before 1742, leaving son William; Timothy, b. 16 Ap. 1705, d. 3 May 1705; Priscilla, b. 10 Mar. 1705-6, m. Joseph Hill 24 Aug. 1727, and Capt. Samuel Gookin 15 May 1740; she d. prob.
in April 1785; Ebenezer, b. 12 Dec. 1711; Hepzibah, bap. 24 Oct. 1714, m. Samuel Hastings 8 May 1735; a son Daniel d. 5 D 87, as inscribed on her gravestone; Thomas, b.——, d. unm.
between 3 Ap. 1726 and 1 Ap. 1728; Dorothy, b. 1702, m. Solomon Page of Hampton, N. H. (prob.
the graduate H. C. 1729), 13 Ap. 1732, and d. 13 Oct. 1741, leaving five children; David, b. 1705.
Jonathan the f. d. 1725.
his w. Ruth m. Lieut. Amos Marrett 22 Nov. 1732, and after his death, Peter Hayes of Stoneham, pub. 30 Sept. 1742.
3. Henry, s. of Jonathan (2), m. Martha, dau. of Jason Russell, 25 Feb. 1707-8, and had Martha, b. 7
1657, his w. Ann d. 25 Mar. 1666, a. about 60, as stated upon the Inventory of her estate.
2. Walter, S. of John (1), m. Sarah, dau. of John Meane, 10 Ap. 1655; she d. 27 Aug. 1673, a. 34, and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Deac.
Henry Bright of Watertown, 23 July 1674; she d. 23 July 1702, a. 56, and he m. Elizabeth, wid. of Elder Clark, 7 Jan. 1702-3.
His children were Sarah, b. 3 June 1656, d. 10 June 1663; John, b. 2 Dec. 1660, H. C. 1681, was a physician in Barbadoes, and prob.
d. before 1705 as he was not named in his father's will; Walter, b. 29 Nov. 1662, d. young; Walter, b. 26 Nov. 1663, d. 19 Sept. 1673; Sarah, b. 9 Dec. 1664, d. 16 Jan. 1664-5; Hannah, b. 9 Jan. 1665-6, m. Samuel Cooper 4 Dec. 1682; Elizabeth, b. 19 Feb. 1666-7, d. 3 May 1669; Nathaniel, b. 12 Ap. 1669, d. 15 Sept. 1669; Jonathan, b. 15 July 1672; Elizabeth, b. 3 and d. 12 July 1675; Abigail, b. 16 Feb. 1676-7, m. Moses Bordman, 25 July 1700; Walter, b. 10 Ap. 1679, d. 25 Sept. 1699.
Walter the f. d. 5 Aug
y, twins, b. (at Medf.) 2 Sept. 1696; Thomas, b. 3 Aug. 1700; Benjamin, b. 3 Aug. 1702 ; Richard, b. 10 May 1705.
Ephraim the f. inherited the homestead at Billerica, where he d. 25 Sept. 1724; his w. Rachel d. in 1721.
7. Stephen, s. of James (1), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 16 Oct. 1694; Stephen, b. 17 June 1696, d. 21 Jan. 1696-7; Stephen, b. 18 Oct. 1697; Anna, b. 20 Dec. 1699.
d. young; Anna, b. 27 July 1701; Elizabeth, b. 29 Sept. 1703, d. of small-pox 28 Jan. 1721-2; Sarah, b. 22 Ap. 1705; Isaac, b. 6 Nov. 1707; John, b. 13 Feb. 1708-9; Abigail, b. 28 Jan. 1711-12.
Stephen the f. was a blacksmith, res. in Chs., and d. 1748; his w. Mary d. of small-pox 17 Sept. 1722.
8. Enoch, s. of James (1), m. Mary——; she d. in 1742, and he m. Hannah Danforth 4 June 1743.
His chil.
were Mary, b. 14 Sept. 1693, d. same year; Abigail, b. 16 Dec. 1694; Enoch, b. 30 Dec. 1697; William, b. 5 Dec. 1700, d. 1702; Francis, b. 1 Oct. 1703; Mary, b. 26 Mar. 1707; William, b. 13 Mar. 1710.
Enoch