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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 4: (search)
33 votes. The second Section of same Chapter, styled Senator, unanimously accepted. 26 votes. The third Section, same Chapter, styled Representatives, unanimously accepted. 23 votes. All the remainder of said publication was unanimously accepted (with the foregoing amendments), by 23 votes, one-half of the people having before withdrawn. Stephen Hall, 3d, was the Delegate from Medford to form the Constitution of 1780. The convention sat at Cambridge from Sept. 1, 1779, to March 2, 1780. After the adoption of this Constitution, the form used in warning town-meetings was changed, and they warned in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thus established under a Republican Constitution of their own making, our ancestors felt as if they had passed from a state of minority to a state of manhood. The first election, therefore, under this new political charter, was an event of deep interest. They wished to set an example of wise selection, disinterested patrio
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State government. (search)
nerally followed, but not without opposition. New Hampshire had prepared a temporary State government in January, 1776. The royal charters of Rhode Island and Connecticut were considered sufficient for independent local self-government. New Jersey adopted a State constitution July 2, 1776; Virginia, July 5; Pennsylvania, July 15; Maryland, Aug. 14; Delaware, Sept. 20; North Carolina, Dec. 18: Georgia, Feb. 5, 1777; New York, April 20; South Carolina, March 19, 1778; and Massachusetts, March 2, 1780. For all practical purposes—even to the extent of alterations of the constitutions, except in a few States where different provisions were made—the supreme power was vested in the respective legislatures, which, excepting Pennsylvania and Georgia, consisted of two branches. The more numerous branch retained the name it had borne in colonial times. In Massachusetts and other States it was the House of Representatives; in Virginia, the House of Burgesses; in North Carolina, the House
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
or during the war is fifteen battalions......Sept. 10, 1776 Fourth of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, observed in Boston......1777 Massachusetts' apportionment of the war debt, $820,000......October, 1777 [Largest apportionment of any of the States.] General Gates supersedes General Heath in command of the forces stationed in Massachusetts......November, 1778 State constitution framed by a convention met at Boston, Sept. 1, 1779; labor completed, March 2, 1780; submitted to the people and ratified......1780 Academy of Arts and Sciences incorporated at Boston, James Bowdoin president......May 4, 1780 Dark day Friday......May 19, 1780 John Hancock first governor......1780 Population of the State, 316,900......1780 Phillips Academy, Andover, founded, April 21, 1778; incorporated......Oct. 4, 1780 Population of Massachusetts: Whites, 353.623; blacks, 4,377......1784 First bank under the State constitution established, known as
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Cambridge town, 1750-1846. (search)
ts head. This General Court proposed to frame a constitution, but June 16, 1777, the town of Cambridge instructed its representative to oppose this movement, and when in 1778 a constitution framed by the General Court in convention was submitted to the people, the inhabitants of Cambridge rejected it by a unanimous vote. The convention which framed the constitution of Massachusetts that was afterwards adopted met in Cambridge September 1, 1779, and continued its sessions there until March 2, 1780. At a town meeting held in Cambridge May 22, 1780, the Declaration of Rights submitted by this convention was unanimously approved. To the constitution certain amendments were suggested, but the delegates were instructed to ratify it, whether these amendments were adopted or not. During the thirty years which we have just considered, while there had been but little change in the population of the town, there had been a social development which has attracted considerable attention.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
venty-nine. This constitution was rejected by a large majority of the voters in the Commonwealth. On the first day of September, 1779, a Convention of Delegates, elected for that special purpose, assembled at Cambridge, The sessions were held at Cambridge, Sept. 1-7, and Oct. 28 to Nov. 11; at Boston from Jan. 5 to March 2. The delegates from Cambridge were Abraham Watson, Esq., Mr. Benjamin Cooper, and Capt. Stephen Dana. and continued in session by successive adjournments until March 2, 1780. As a result of its labors, it submitted a Constitution or frame of government, which was accepted by the people, and remained in force, without alteration, for the next forty years. The action of Cambridge indicates a watchful regard for popular rights, and at the same time a commendable disposition to yield individual preferences for the sake of having some established government: At a town meeting, May 22, 1780, Voted, unanimously, in favor of the Declaration of the Bill of Rig
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
b. 1772; John, b. 19 May 1774; Mary, b. 26 Jan. 1777; Rebecca, b. 14 June 1779. Elizabeth the m. d. 8 April 1808, aged 62. 18. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (16), m. Hannah Crosby (pub. 6 Dec.) 1777, and had Hannah, b. 25 Sept. 1778; Ephraim, b. 2 Mar. 1780; Isaac, b. 2 Oct. 1781, d. 12 Dec. 1815; Sally, b. 27 April 1783; Jazaniah, b 25 Feb. 1785, d. 27 Nov. 1846; Simeon, b. 20 Dec. 1786, d. 20 Mar. 1815; Polly, b. 23 Feb. 1790; Sukey, b. 9 Oct. 1791. Ephraim the f. resided in Menotomy, and d. 3 b. 18 Nov. 1792, d. 1817; Lewis, b. 20 Nov. 1795; Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1800. Daniel the f. was a gravestone cutter, and res. in Newton. 19. Thomas, S. of Samuel (13), m. Elizabeth Morse 1777, and had Thomas, b. 12 June 1778; Elizabeth, b. 2 Mar. 1780, m. Jonathan Balch 1800; Hepzibah, b. 1 Sept. 1782, m. James Hyde; Charles, b. 10 Sept. 1783; Joseph S., b. 2 Dec. 1784; Malinda, b. 2 Mar. 1789; Fanny, b. 20 July 1793. He m. 2d Betsey Jackson, and 3d Mehetabel, dau. of Jacob Watson and wid.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, C. (search)
17. Aaron, s. of Ephraim (13), m. Elizabeth Mullet (pub. 7 June) 1766, and had Aaron, b. 12 June 1767, d. 19 Sept. 1819, having had son Jefferson, b. 22 Sept. 1803; John, b. 18 Oct. 1768, d. 24 May 1770; Elizabeth, b. 25 Feb. 1770; Sarah, b. 20 Feb. 1772; John, b. 19 May 1774; Mary, b. 26 Jan. 1777; Rebecca, b. 14 June 1779. Elizabeth the m. d. 8 April 1808, aged 62. 18. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (16), m. Hannah Crosby (pub. 6 Dec.) 1777, and had Hannah, b. 25 Sept. 1778; Ephraim, b. 2 Mar. 1780; Isaac, b. 2 Oct. 1781, d. 12 Dec. 1815; Sally, b. 27 April 1783; Jazaniah, b 25 Feb. 1785, d. 27 Nov. 1846; Simeon, b. 20 Dec. 1786, d. 20 Mar. 1815; Polly, b. 23 Feb. 1790; Sukey, b. 9 Oct. 1791. Ephraim the f. resided in Menotomy, and d. 30 April 1824. 19. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (18), m. Susan Wellington 18 Dec. 1803, and had Josiah W., b. 12 Nov. 1805; Susan W., b. 4 Mar. 1810; Micah W., b. 12 July 1812; John B., b. 14 Jan. 1816; Ann L. W., b. 22 Aug. 1818; Thomas D., b. 4 May 182
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, H. (search)
. 1777; Henry, b. 10 Sept. 1780; Nathan, b. 20 Aug. 1782; Deborah, b. 8 Ap. 1785; Joseph Stacey, b. 25 June 1789, merchant, a member of the first board of Aldermen in Camb. 1846, and d. at Hoboken, N. J., 18 Dec. 1872; Nancy, b. 15 May 1791; George, b. 18 Nov. 1792, d. 1817; Lewis, b. 20 Nov. 1795; Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1800. Daniel the f. was a gravestone cutter, and res. in Newton. 19. Thomas, S. of Samuel (13), m. Elizabeth Morse 1777, and had Thomas, b. 12 June 1778; Elizabeth, b. 2 Mar. 1780, m. Jonathan Balch 1800; Hepzibah, b. 1 Sept. 1782, m. James Hyde; Charles, b. 10 Sept. 1783; Joseph S., b. 2 Dec. 1784; Malinda, b. 2 Mar. 1789; Fanny, b. 20 July 1793. He m. 2d Betsey Jackson, and 3d Mehetabel, dau. of Jacob Watson and wid. of Adino Hastings, and had Morse Curtis Watson, b. 17 July 1803, supposed to be the same who was known and respected in Camb. by the name of Watson Hastings and who d. here 5 May 1849, a. 45; Jonathan Balch, b. 28 Jan. 1805; Joseph Warren, b.—Ap.