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fine to be for the use of the poor of the town. And on refusal to pay said fine or fines, the aforesaid officer is hereby obliged, authorized and empowered to prosecute the owners of the above described dogs before any one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in said County. This to continue for one year. March 10, 1728-9. Put to vote, whether said inhabitants would grant the sum of 50£. for Joseph Hanford, to fit him out in the practice of physic, and it passed in the negative. In 1736, John Vassall (afterwards Major and Colonel) purchased the large estate at the southwest corner of Brattle and Ash streets, and became a resident in Cambridge. He was born in the West Indies, inherited a princely fortune, married (in 1734) a daughter of Lieut.-gov. Spencer Phips, became at once a very popular citizen, and was elected Selectman and Representative in 1739, and again in 1740. Shortly after his second election, some enthusiastic friend thus exulted in the Weekly Journal of May
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
ults and children who were baptized, and of persons married. The summing up is as follows: children baptized, 2,048; adults, 90; admissions to the fellowship of the church, 784. All through this long ministry the pastor was busy in the duties of his office, preaching the word, striving for the salvation of those under his care, and for the edifying of the body of Christ. McKenzie's Hist. Lect., p. 147. Among the methods adopted for the furtherance of this object, Dr. Holmes says that in 1736, a committee, chosen by the church to consult with the pastor respecting measures to promote a reformation, proposed and recommended to the church, as what they apprehended might be serviceable for reviving religion and suppressing growing disorders, that there be a number of wise, prudent, and blameless Christians chosen among themselves, whose special care it should be to inspect and observe the manners of professing Christians, and such as were under the care and watch of the church. The
Spencer Phips, 1721. William Brattle, 1729-1733, 1735, 1736, 1754, 1755, 1770. Samuel Danforth, 1734, 1735, 1737, 17ses Bordmnan, 1713-1718, 1720– 1724, 1726, 1727, 1731, 1733-1736. Joseph Coolidge, 1713, 1714, 1730. Daniel Dana, 171, 1735-1743. John Bradish, 1725, 1729, 1730, 1732, 1735, 1736. Francis Foxcroft, Jr., 1725, 1728, 1734. Ephraim Froershom Davis, 1728, 1729, 1731, 1732. John Cutter, 1728, 1736, 1741. William Brattle, 1729, 1731-1733, 1748-1757, 17663, 1734. Samuel Smith, 1733. Benjamin Dana, Jr., 1734-1736, 1742, 1743. Samuel Sparhawk, 1737-1741. John Vassall Joseph Bowman, 1712. Moses Bordman, 1714, 1717, 1733– 1736. William Cutter, 1716. Jonathan Remington [2d], 1717.l Dana, 1720, 1725. John Cutter, 1721, 1724, 1727, 1728, 1736, 1741. Samuel Bowman, 1722-1724, 1727, 1737-1743, 1745, , 1733, 1734. Samuel Smith, 1733. Benjamin Dana, 1734-1736, 1742. Samuel Sparhawk [2d], 1737-1741. Jonathan Butt
was a Selectman eighteen years between 1713 and 1736, and on various important committees. He d. 21on, merchant, 28 June 1716;, and d. here 14 Ap. 1736; Francis, b. 26 Jan. 1694-5; Thomas, b. 26 Feb.ll, 1771), bap. 25 Feb. 1732-3; Sarah, b. about 1736, named in her mother's will, d. unm. 17 May 1832; Ann, b. 4 Mar. 1713. Jonathan the f. d. in 1736; his w. Mary d. in 1732. 16. Joseph, s. of Jy 1735, and had in Camb., Hepzibah, bap. 11 Ap. 1736, d. young; and in Newton, Hepzibah, b. 1 Ap. 171733-4; Joseph and Benjamin, twins, bap. 11 Ap. 1736. Eleazar the f. was a shoemaker. 9. David, uly 1707, a currier, residing in South Carolina 1736; Henry, b. 4 Ap. 1711; Susanna, b. 20 Oct. 1712 Nathaniel (12), m. Mercy Peirce of Chs. 22 Ap. 1736, and had Mercy, bap. 22 May 1737, m. Jonathan C John (5), grad. H. C. 1731, ordained at Salem 1736, and d. 30 Ap. 1755, a. 42. He m.——Porter, and1757, and rein. to Brookfield; John, b. 18 Ap. 1736; Benjamin, b. 22 Ap. 1738, rem. to Brookfield b[9 more...]<
l, and in the division of his estate. Moses the f. was a tanner, and resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common. He was a Captain in the militia, and an active, energetic man. He was a Selectman eighteen years between 1713 and 1736, and on various important committees. He d. 21 Jan. 1750-51, aged nearly 75; his w. Abigail d. Oct. 1752, a. 75 years 8 months. 6. Aaron, s. of Aaron (3), m. Elizabeth Parker 14 Oct. 1708, and had Aaron, b. 6 May 1711, a tin-plate worker in Boand he m. wid. Martha Allen of Boston, dau. of Thomas Fitch, Esq. William the f. grad. H. C. 1722, resided in the house which still bears his name on Brattle Street, and was successively physician, preacher, and lawyer, and was Attorney-general, 1736 and 1747. An inordinate love of popularity seems to have been one of his most striking characteristics; and his taste was abundantly gratified. He was appointed Justice of the Peace, 1729, at the early age of twenty-three years; was Selectman tw
b. 19 July 1702; m.——Haskins of Boston; Philip, b. 13 Oct. 1704; Israel, b. 29 Oct. 1710; Mary bap. 8 Feb. 1712-13; Abigail, bap. 16 Oct. 1715, m. John Milledge. Philip the f. d. 25 Mar. 1718; his w. Sarah d. 1712. 10. Barnabas, s. of Philip (7), m. Mary Goodwin 4 Dec. 1689, and had son Barnabas, b. 1691. He d. 1696. 11. Philip, s. of Samuel (8), by w Mary, had John, b. 9 Oct. 1726; Abigail, b. 18 Ap. 1729; Martha, bap. 27 June 1731; Hepzibah, bap. 6 July 1735. Philip the f. d. 5 Ap. 1736. 12. Samuel, S. of Samuel (8), m. Joanna, dau. of Solomon Prentice, 31 Mar. 1726, and had Joseph, b. 12 Jan. 1726-7; Samuel, bap. 20 Oct. 1728; d. young; Susanna, bap. 3 May 1730, m. Aaron Teel, 5 Sept. 1754; Lydia, bap. 5 Nov. 1732, d. unm. 20 June 1765; Joanna, bapt. 21 Sept. 1735, d. young; Joanna, bap. 7 Nov. 1736; Sarah, bap. 10 June 1739, m. Henry Dickson 15 Nov. 1774; Samuel, bap. 8 Nov. 1741; Solomon, bap. 1 Jan. 1743-4, d. young; Eunice, bap. 16 Aug. 1747, d. unm. 7 Ap. 1765;
Sept. 1693; Rebecca, b. 6 Nov. 1695; John, b. 4 Jan. 1699-1700; Elizabeth, b. 10 May 1703Sarah, b. 5 July 1707; Abigail, b. 18 Aug. 1711. Thomas the f. d. prob. 1736 (adm. granted to his s. Isaac 7 June 1736; His w. Rebecca . a 26 July 1741, a. 71. 3. John, prob. s. of Tomas (1), by w. Sarah had John, b. 12 Oct. 1698, d. 8 zabeth,b.——,m Mr. Christopher Bridge 15 May 1701; Daniel, b.——; Martha, b. 26 Mar. 1689, m. Benjamin Gerrish of Boston, merchant, 28 June 1716;, and d. here 14 Ap. 1736; Francis, b. 26 Jan. 1694-5; Thomas, b. 26 Feb. 1696-7 ; Samuel, b. 5 June 1700, prob. d. young Friancis the f. came from England (prob . Yorkshire, where he appept. 1731, in. Nathaniel Francis, Jr., 11 Ap. 1751; Jonathan (perhaps the same who is called John, in the mother's will, 1771), bap. 25 Feb. 1732-3; Sarah, b. about 1736, named in her mother's will, d. unm. 17 May 1825, a. 89; Lydia, b. 29 Aug. 1740. Thomas the f. res. in Menot., and d. 3 May 1765, a. 77; his w. Mary d. 10 Mar.
ving children Samuel and Elizabeth. 13. Edward, s. of John (5), a ship-master, d. unm. in 1696. His will, dated 4 Feb. 1695-6, was made on board ship. 14. Thomas, s. of John (5), was living in 1691, but not named in his brother Edward's will, 1696. 15. Jonathan, s. of John (5), a housewright, sold the homestead in 1696 to Joseph Coolidge, and rem. to Newton, where by w. Mary, he had Mary, b. 9 Feb. 1702; Jonathan, b. 31 May 1707, d. 1732; Ann, b. 4 Mar. 1713. Jonathan the f. d. in 1736; his w. Mary d. in 1732. 16. Joseph, s. of John (5), grad. H. C. 1695, and was ordained at Salem village, or Danvers, 10 Nov. 1698. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Joseph Gerrish of Wenham, 16 Mar. 1698-9, and had Anna, b. 27 Nov. 1699, d. 8 Aug. 1725; John, b. 22 Dec. 1701, H. C. 1719; Joseph, b. 12 Dec. 1703; Edward, b. 1 Dec. 1705; Elizabeth, b. 8 May 1708, d. 23 July 1732; William, b. 11 Aug. 1710; Benjamin, b. 1 July 1713; Ruth, posthumous, b. 23 Ap. 1716, d. 24 Aug. 1716. Joseph the
s w. Elizabeth d. 10 July 1782, a. 60. 12. Samuel, s. of Jonathan (5), m. Mary, dau. of Deac. Samuel Whittemore (pub. 7 Nov. 1746), and had Sarah, bap. 22 Nov. 1747, d. young; Sarah, b. 18 Oct. 1749, m. James Hill 29 Jan. 1791, and d. in the following March. Samuel the f. was a glazier, res. on the easterly side of North Avenue, near Mellen Street, and d. 16 July 1785. 13. Samuel, s. of Stephen (7), m. Hepzibah, dau. of Daniel Dana, 8 May 1735, and had in Camb., Hepzibah, bap. 11 Ap. 1736, d. young; and in Newton, Hepzibah, b. 1 Ap. 1737, m. Alexander Sampson 1754; Samuel, b. 1 Aug. 1738; Hannah, b. 20 July 1740, m. Caleb Aspinwall 1763, and Stephen Winchester; Mary, b. 1 Dec. 1742, m. Howard; Joseph Stacy, b. 9 Feb. 1745, grad. H. C. 1762, was ordained at Northampton, N. H., 11 Feb. 1767, removed to Boston about 1774, and d. at Middlebury, Vt., 30 June 1807; Stephen, b. 29 Jan. 1747; Daniel, b. 12 May 1749; Thomas, b. 12 July 1751; Aaron, b. 2 May 1754, grad. H. C. 1780, a
7. Thaddeus, s. of John (5), grad. H. C. 1728, and was the earliest graduate who survived until the present century commenced. He outlived all his classmates about nine years, and was the eldest living graduate about five years. He taught school at Woodstock a short time after leaving college, but was soon appointed by Gov. Belcher as his private Secretary; he was appointed Deputy Naval Officer 1731, Deputy Secretary of the Province in April 1734, and Clerk of the Middlesex Courts Feb. 1735-1736, which last office, by which he was best known, he held for the long period of fifty-four years. He was also Register of Deeds from Ap. 1781 to Dec. 1784. He resided principally in Chs. until shortly before the Battle of Bunker Hill, when he removed to Lex. leaving his mansion to the flames which consumed the village. After a temporary residence in Lex., Stoneham, and Medf., he rem. here and purchased the Monis estate 11 Feb. 1786, at the S. E. corner of Brighton and Winthrop streets, where
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