embers of the fire department were volunteers; and the police consisted of one constable in each of the three principal villages.
As the result of this self-denying system, the inhabitants enjoyed a grateful immunity from excessive taxation.
In 1830 (near the close of the second century of its corporate existence), with 1,514 polls, and property valued at $3,061,570, the town levied a tax of 18,387.88, at the rate of $2.26 on $1,000, to defray its current expenses.
Even in 1840, the rate wasrding to the State census, and 1845, which was taken by the Assessors in that year.
1765,1,571.
1776,1,586.
1790,2,115.
1800,2,453.
1810,2,323.
Between 1800 and 1810, West Cambridge and Brighton were separated from Cambridge.
1820,3,295.
1830,6,072.
1840,8,409.
1845,12,490.
1850,15,215.
1860,26,060.
1865,29,112.
1870,39,634.
1875,47,838.
Polls.Valuation.Rate per $1,000.City Tax.City Debt.
18463,224$9,312,481$5.00$46,122.59$22,000.00
18473,3879,806,5395.4052,760.0843,861.27
99.
Timothy Fuller, 1813-1816.
Asahel Stearns, 1830, 1831.
Sidney Willard, 1834, 1835, 1839, 1840.
27, 1834.
Royal Makepeace, 1813, 1814, 1818, 1827-1830.
James P. Chaplin, 1819.
Richard H. Dana, 1819.
Ralph Smith, 1829, 1835, 1837.
Benjamin Bigelow, 1830, 1835.
James Hayward, 1830-1832, 1835.
Jesse H1830-1832, 1835.
Jesse Hall, 1830.
Abraham P. Sherman, 1830, 1831.
Thomas Whittemore, 1831-1833, 1836, 1837.
Levi Parker, 1831,1830.
Abraham P. Sherman, 1830, 1831.
Thomas Whittemore, 1831-1833, 1836, 1837.
Levi Parker, 1831, 1834, 1836.
Josiah Mason, Jr., 1832.
Samuel King, 1832, 1833.
Amasa Davies, 1832-1834.
Sidney Wil1830, 1831.
Thomas Whittemore, 1831-1833, 1836, 1837.
Levi Parker, 1831, 1834, 1836.
Josiah Mason, Jr., 1832.
Samuel King, 1832, 1833.
Amasa Davies, 1832-1834.
Sidney Willard, 1833, 1837, 1843.
Charles Everett, 1833.
Robert Fuller, 1834.
Thomas B. Gannett, 1834, 1835, 18ton H. Stevens, 1828-1831.
Edmund T. Hastings, 1828-1830.
Eliab W. Metcalf, 1829-1833.
James Hayward, 1831, Green, 1824-1837, 1843– 1846.
John Wheeler, 1827-1830.
John Trowbridge, 1836.
Eliphalet Davis, 1838,
Thomas Foster, 1827.
William J. Whipple, 1828-1830.
Luther S. Cushing, 1831.
John P. Tarbell, 1832-1
os, and William.
12. Philemon, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., m. Rhoda Mead 13 Sept. 1786, and had Thomas, Betsey, Edwin, Charles, Harrison, and others.
He d. 17 Oct. 1806.
13. William, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., and d. 1 May 1837, a. 80.
His s. William, of Chs., was father of William A. Munroe, a trader in Cambridge.
14. James, s. of James (10), m. Margaret, dau. of Nathan Watson, 10 June 1804, and had Nathan Watson, b. 7 July 1806, grad.
H. C. 1830, an Episcopal clergyman residing here; James, b. 15 Dec. 1808, m. Sarah R. M. Fiske 8 Oct. 1834, publisher and bookseller in Boston and Camb., d. 12 Jan. 1861; William Watson, b. 26 Mar. 1810, a grocer, res. here and d. 14 Aug. 1876; Isaac, b. 1812, d. 23 Sept. 1817; Charles Augustus, b. 1815, d. 28 Sept. 1817.
James the f. was a blacksmith, and res. on the northerly side of James Street; he was Deacon of the Church from 2 Aug. 1818 until he d. 31 May 1848; his w. Margaret d. 28 Feb. 1852, a