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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 134 134 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 58 58 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 57 57 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 12 12 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 11 11 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 10 10 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. 6 6 Browse Search
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown 4 4 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 4 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 4 4 Browse Search
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f the Massachusetts Historical Society, page 320, says that on the 22d of September, 1681, there were three persons executed in Boston,—an Englishman for a rape; a negro man for burning a house at Northampton; and a negro woman who burnt two houses at Roxbury, July 12, in one of which a child was burnt to death. The negro woman was burnt to death, —the first that has suffered such a death in New England. It is devoutly to be hoped that the woman who thus expiated her crime at Cambridge, in 1755, was the last that has suffered such a death in New England. Ye have the poor with you always; and the judicious relief of their wants is an important but often a very perplexing duty. For several years, as will be related in chapter XV., the church assumed this duty, and made suitable provision for the destitute and distressed. It does not distinctly appear at what time the management of this charity passed into the hands of the town. The earliest reference to this subject which I find
715. Spencer Phips, 1721-1723, 1725-1732. Jonathan Remington, 1730-1740. Francis Foxcroft, 1732-1757. Samuel Danforth, 1739-1774. William Brattle, 1755-1773. Negatived by the Governor in 1759. Edmund Trowbridge, 1764, 1765. John Winthrop, 1773, 1775, 1776. Francis Dana, 1776-1779. Mandamus Councill, 1717, 1718, 1722-1728. Edmund Goffe, 1716, 1720, 1721. Andrew Bordman, 1719, 1720. Spencer Phips, 1721. William Brattle, 1729-1733, 1735, 1736, 1754, 1755, 1770. Samuel Danforth, 1734, 1735, 1737, 1738. John Vassall, 1739, 1740, 1747. Samuel Bowman, 1741. Andrew Bordman [2d], 1742-1751, 1757-1768. Edmund Trowbridge, 1750-1752, 1755, 1763, 1764. Henry Vassall, 1752, 1756. William Fletcher, 1753, 1754. David Phips, 1753. Henry Prentice, 1756. Joseph Lee, 1764, 1765. Thomas Gardner, 1769-1774. John Winthrop, 1774. Abraham Watson, Jr., 1775, 1776. Samuel Thatcher, 1775, 1776, 1779, 1782, 1784-1786. Wil
rst elected in 1729; member of the Council from 1755 to 1773, except the single year 1769, when he w m. Mercy, dau. of Jonas Prentice (pub. 10 Ap. 1755), and had Mercy, bap. 18 Ap. 1756; Jonathan, bardained at Epping, N. H., in 1747, dismissed in 1755, installed at Greenwich, Mass., 13 Feb. 1760, w m. Elizabeth Stone 28 Mar. 1754; she d. 24 Ap. 1755, and he m. Martha Clark in 1756; she d. 23 Julyer of a new church at Salem 1736, Notary Public 1755, Collector of Customs at Salem and Marblehead 1ry, b. 19 Oct. 1729, m. Moses Richardson before 1755, and d. 10 Mar. 1812, a. 82; Henry the f. was a m. Dinah Harrington of Worcester (pub. 11 Ap. 1755), and had Jeremiah, b. 5 Dec. 1755; Phebe, b. 2y 1758; Thomas, b. 16 Mar. 1736-7, grad. H. C. 1755, Judge in Cheshire Co., N. H., d. Nov. 1802; LuHarwich, m. dau. of Gov. Hinkley, and d. about 1755, a. 88, having had ten children, one of whom, N9; Thaddeus, b. 8 Mar. 1731-2, d. before 15 Ap. 1755; James, b. 27 Sept. 1733, m. Lydia Phillips 15 [17 more...]
garet, b. 29 Nov. 1720, m. Rev. Joshua Prentice 9 Jan. 1755; Jose, b. 9 Mar. 1722-3, d. 6 June 1723; Nathaniel, b. 22 Feb. 1724-5, d. 1 Dec. 1726; Elizabeth, b. 16 Dec. 1726, m. Dr. Isaac Rand, 10 Jan. 1754; Mehitabel, b. 6 Dec. 1728, m. Rev. Samuel Haven, 11 Jan. 1753; John, b. 23 Mar. 1729-30, d. 22 May 1730; Nathaniel, b. 5 Oct. 1731, H. C. 1749, loan officer, d. 25 June 1798; Mercy, b. 18 Jan. 1732-3, d. 4 July 1733; Mercy, b. 24 Aug. 1734, d. 12 Sept. 1734; Henry, bap. 29 May 1737, H. C. 1755, merchant in Portsmouth, d. 5 Sept. 1768; John, bap. 1 April 1739, H. C. 1757, merchant in Salem, d. Mar. 1817; Samuel, bap. 11 May 1740, prob. d. young. Nathaniel the f. grad. H. C. 1712, and was Fellow of the Corporation, 1717-1779. He was ordained pastor of the church in Cambridge 9 Oct. 1717, and remained in office more than sixty-six years. In 1771 his Alma Mater conferred on him the degree of D. D., an honor never bestowed before by that college, except on President Mather about eig
hom were living in 1768. Nicholas the f. grad. H. C. 1725, was ordained at Bedford. 15 July 1730, and dism. in 1754; was Chaplain in the Army at Fort Edward in 1755, and d. at Brookfield as he was returning home. His w. Lucy m. Rev. Samuel Cook of Menotomy 25 Nov. 1762, and d. 12 Sept. 1768, aged 56. Elizabeth, m. Rev. Henearly age of twenty-three years; was Selectman twenty-one years, between 1729 and 1772; Representative ten years, first elected in 1729; member of the Council from 1755 to 1773, except the single year 1769, when he was negatived by the Governor. As early as 1729, he was Major; Capt. of the Ancient and Hon. Artillery in 1733; Adjus non comp. from her birth, and was living in 1771. Deborah the m. d. 7 Ap. 1722. 4. William, S. of Elisha (3), was a public charge, and d. prob. unm. before 1755. His brother Robert left a legacy to the Town, of £ 40, in consideration of the expense incurred for the support of William, and his sister Deborah. 5. Samuel,
prob. m. Jonathan Hill 10 Jan. 1763. 10. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (7), m. Mercy, dau. of Jonas Prentice (pub. 10 Ap. 1755), and had Mercy, bap. 18 Ap. 1756; Jonathan, bap. 1 Oct. 1758, d. 17 Sept. 1760; Anna, bap. 6 Feb. 1763; Mara (her father of her son James. 11. Robert, S. of James (7), grad. H. C. 1741, was ordained at Epping, N. H., in 1747, dismissed in 1755, installed at Greenwich, Mass., 13 Feb. 1760, where he d. 24 Feb. 1786, a. 65. He m. Hannah Crosby of Billerica; she d. a), m. Anne Jennings 23 Nov. 1749, and had William, b. 15 Feb. 1751; Anne, b. 28 Mar. 1753, d. 29 Oct. 1754; Anne, b. 6 Ap. 1755; Rebecca, b. 4 Oct. 1757; Mary, b. 7 May 1760, m. Benj. Richardson 16 Feb. 1783: Jonathan, b. 19 Oct. 1762; Mehetabel, b.. 1749-50, m. James Foster of Boston 26 Nov. 1773; Joseph, b. 23 Dec. 1751; Nehemiah, b. 3 June 1753; Mehetabel, b. 28 Ap. 1755, pub. Thomas Hopkins f Boston 19 Dec. 1778; Andrew,b. 9 1757, Rebecca Cutter 15 Nov. 1779. Nehemiah the f. d. 12 Sept. 17
ton, 1806, 1808. his epitaph well describes him as a prudent, pleasant friend, the father, legislator, judge, and)peace-maker of Brighton, extensively useful, and greatly beloved by all who knew him. 15. Samuel, s. of William (9), grad. H. C. 1755; was settled in the ministry at Groton 3 June 1761, dismissed, on account of his supposed hostility to the Revolution, May 1775, and not many years afterwards removed to Amherst, N. II., and was there a lawyer and Judge of Probate. He d. 2 Ap 179ry at Taunton, where he d. 14 Nov. 1727. He was esteemed one of the most learned and eminent ministers of that period. Farmer. 7. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (4), resided in Billerica, m. Rebecca Parker 27 June 1682, and d. 1710; his w. d. prob. 1755, when her dower was divided to her son Jonathan, the heirs of sons Thomas, Samuel, Nicholas, Jacob, and John, all deceased, and to daughters Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Sarah. 8. Samuel, S. of Jonathan (4), resided in Billerica and was perhaps the
6-7; Mary, b. 18 Aug. and d. 1 Oct. 1728; Joseph, b. 21 Mar. 1730-31 Amittai,. Feb. 1732-3 m. Simon Newton of Bedford 14 Nov. 1754; Mary, b. 9 May 1736:;John, b. 7 Dec. 1739; Jonathan, b. 15 Mar. 1741-2; Sarah, b. 13 Jan. 1744-5. Joseph the f. d. 1755; his w. Amittai m. John Page of Bedford 15 Jan. 1756, and d. 25 Dec. 1771. Fean, Hannah, Servant to Nathaniel Sparhawk, d. 11 Mar. 1650-11. Felch, Samuel, a tailor, rem. here from Weston in 1718, having w. Catherine and children, among whom n 17 Nov. 1703 and d. 12 Dec. 1756, a. 78, having been blind for the last fifteen years of his life. His son Jabez, b. 1705, grad. H. C. 1727, was trained for the ministry but did not preach; rem. to Portland as early as 1743, and d. there 6 Ap. 1755, having been Magistrate, , Representative, Councillor, etc. Smith's Journal, note. 5. Jabez, s. of Jabez (3), was a tailor, and res. with w. Hannah in Boston, 1708, when he and his brother John sold land in Camb. He d. before 30 Aug. 1736;, wh
. 1821, a. 75; James, b. 12 Dec. 1721; Francis, bap. 26 Jan. 1723-4. Francis the f. resided here, and d. 21 Jan. 1723-4, a. 31; his w. Mary m. Samuel Sprague of Stoneham, and was living 7 Nov. 1741. 11. Thomas, S. of Samuel (9), m. Lydia Prentice 8 Ap. 1725, and had Lydia, b. 19 Jan. 1725-6, m. Walter Cooper 13 Mar. 1755; Joseph, b. 20 Nov. 1727, d. unm. and his f. was administrator 9 May 1752; Solomon, b. 5 Feb. 1729-30; Thomas, b. 18 Jan. 1731-2; Nathan, b. 12 Feb. 1733-4, grad. H. C. 1755, trader at Dover, N. H., d. at Havanna, 1761, a. 27. Tabitha, bap. 29 Aug. 1736, m. John Bartlett 3 May 1759; John, bap. 18 Feb. 1738-9; Sarah, bap. 21 June 1741; Thomas, bap. 29 Aug. 1742, and d. young; Sarah, bap. 16 Sept. 1744; Benjamin, bap. 30 Nov. 1746. Thomas the f. was a housewright; he d. before Ap. 1792, at which date his wid. Lydia d. in Boston, a. 88. 12. Nathaniel, S. of Samuel (9), m. Deborah Bowman 17 Sept. 1741, and had Eunice, b. 16 Aug. 1742, m. John Ranslow Sigourney 8
nce of being run over by a milk cart in the previous August; Hannah, b. 3 Sept. 1760, d. here unm. 20 Jan. 1847; Thaddeus, b. 3 Aug. 1762, d. 15 Sept. 1762; Ann, b.——1763, d. here unm. 25 Nov. 1816; Elizabeth, b. 21 May 1765, d. here unm. 12 May 1830; Abigail Belcher, b. 23 July 1766, d. 5 July 1767. Thaddeus the f. d. 1 May 1802, a. 95 years and 4 months; his w. Ann d. 4 Jan. 1802, a. 71. 8. Nehemiah, s. of Joseph (6), a tanner in Watertown, m. Elizabeth Stone 28 Mar. 1754; she d. 24 Ap. 1755, and he m. Martha Clark in 1756; she d. 23 July 1761, and he m. at Camb. Elizabeth Fillebrown, who survived him; he d. 6 Aug. 1775. His chil. were Daniel, b. 15 Aug. 1757; Hugh, b. 23 Dec. 1758; Elizabeth, b. 18 Dec. 1759, m. Moses Coolidge 19 May 1785; Joseph, b. 4 July 1761, tanner, d. unm. 1785; Moses, b. 24 July 1764; Sarah, b. 21 Aug. 1766, m. James Howland of Walpole, Vt.; Martha, b. 5 Jan. 1768, m. Samuel Sawin of Livermore, Me., and d. at Jay, Me.; Rebecca, b. 28 May 1769, m. Char
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