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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
esigning party. By order and in behalf of the Selectmen, William Winthrop, Chairman. When the Constitution of the United States was submitted to the several States, in 1788, for adoption, although it narrowly escaped rejection, being violently opposed by those who had recently manifested disaffection towards the State government, and by others who imagined that it involved an improper surrender of State rights, the voice of Cambridge was given in its favor by her two delegates, Hon. Francis Dana and Stephen Dana, Esq. Of the inhabitants of Cambridge, a great majority were true sons of liberty. Yet there were a few, chiefly office-holders, or citizens of the more wealthy and aristocratic class, who adhered to the British government. Some of this number made their peace and remained unmolested; others retired to Boston, on the commencement of hostilities, and subsequently found refuge in the British Provinces or in England. So many of this class resided on Brattle Street,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
the larger portion became vested in Chief Justice Francis Dana, who subsequently purchased the wholsides of the highway now called Main Street. Judge Dana erected a spacious mansion on the westerly said Jarvis's land, lately Inman's, extends. Judge Dana also owned much land on the southerly side os, south of Goffe's Cove, previously sold to Judge Dana. Subsequently Jarvis purchased the land bet River Street. nearly opposite, on a farm of Judge Dana, formerly the Soden farm, south of the main r houses and stores were laid out by Jarvis and Dana, which were soon occupied. Dr. Holmes further remains in possession of the Watson family. Judge Dana sold the lots fronting on Main Street, betwe paper at least, several streets. Moreover, Judge Dana and Mr. Jarvis, for the exclusion of salt wauburn streets. In connection with this dike, Judge Dana opened the Canal which now extends from the a committee consisting of Royal Makepeace, Francis Dana, and Samuel P. P. Fay, was adopted, to wit:[3 more...]
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 13: civil History. (search)
ubscription was filled up in three hours. Centinel, Jan. 11, 1792. A petition was immediately presented to the General Court, and on the 9th of March, 1792, Francis Dana and his associates were incorporated as The Proprietors of the West Boston Bridge, with authority to construct a bridge from the westerly part of Boston, near ly to Harvard College or University the sum of three hundred pounds during the said term of forty years. Mass. Spec. Laws, i. 361-364. The corporators were Francis Dana, Oliver Wendell, James Sullivan, Henry Jackson, Mungo Mackay, and William Wetmore. By a subsequent Act, June 30, 1792 (i. 394) the franchise was extended to such facts and to petition for such measures in regard to this matter as they may judge proper. Voted, that the Committee consist of the following gentlemen: Hon. Francis Dana, Esq., Hon. Elbridge Gerry, Esq., Hon. Jonathan L. Austin, Esq., Messrs. Royal Makepeace and John Hayden. The Committee, thus appointed, presented to the
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 14: civil History. (search)
ttee, who having matured nothing were discharged at the next meeting. The matter seems then to have rested until June 5, 1830, when it was enacted by the General Court, that Israel Porter, Stephen Higginson, Asahel Stearns, Joseph Holmes, and Francis Dana, with their associates, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, at their own expense, and under the direction of two commissioners, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice of the council, to enclose such part or parts of the d village, separated from Old Cambridge by a belt of land half a mile in width, almost wholly unoccupied by buildings. East Cambridge was even more completely separated from the other two villages by the Great Marsh. In 1835, the heirs of Chief Justice Dana sold the tract of land now called Dana Hill, having laid it out into streets and lots; and they sold other portions of the same estate, in 1840, extending, on the northerly side of Harvard Street, as far westerly as Remington Street. Buildi
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
. Wadleigh. 1845-1846,Isaac Lum,John Dallinger. 1847-1848,Isaac Lum,Charles S. Newell. 1849,Isaac Lum,John Dallinger. 1850,Stephen P. Greenwood,Benjamin H. Ordway. 1851,Stephen P. Greenwood,Bela F. Jacobs. 1852,Isaac Lum,Asa P. Morse. 1853,Benjamin Woodward,Asa P. Morse. 1854-1855,Luther Crane,Asa P. Morse. 1856,Isaac Lum,Ethan Earle. 1857,Swain Winkley,John K. Palmer, M. D. 1858,Goodrich M. Dayton,William Page. 1859,Goodrich M. Dayton,Asa P. Morse. 1860,Goodrich M. Dayton,Francis Dana, M. D. 1861,Asa P. Morse,Justin A. Jacobs. 1862,William D. Robinson,Humphrey P. Caldwell. 1863-1864,James H. Hallett,Humphrey P. Caldwell. 1865,James H. Hallett,William Whitman. 1866-1876,Edward R. Cogswell, M. D.,William W. Dallinger. St. John's Church.—The parish of St. John's Church was organized by Rev. John B. Fitzpatrick; and the church on the easterly side of Fourth Street, between Otis and Cambridge streets, was erected in 1841, and dedicated in 1842. Mr. Fitzpatrick was
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 18: education. (search)
er school-house was erected on the southerly side of Franklin Street, about midway between Magazine and Pearl streets, on a lot of land given to the town by Chief Justice Dana; it cost somewhat more than eight hundred dollars, of which sum the town paid about three hundred dollars, and the remainder was contributed by individuals.a similar house which was burned in March of that year), at the cost of $3,557.48, besides the land, which originally cost $500. 5. Franklin, on a lot given by Judge Dana, erected in 1809, at the cost to the town of about $300. 6. Mason, on Front Street, opposite to Columbia Street, erected in 1835, at the cost of $3,901.89. 7. by are fully empowered to chuse a Grammar Schoolmaster for said town,—the Hon. Judge Danforth, Judge Lee, Col. Oliver, Judge Sewall, Mr. Abraham Watson, Jr., Mr. Francis Dana, Major Vassall, Mr. Samuel Thacher, Jr., Mr. Professor Winthrop, they or the major part of the whole being notified, and that said committee be a committee o
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23: civil officers. (search)
2. 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 Councillors, 1774. Thomas Oliver. Samuel Danforth. Joseph Lee. All resigned in Sept. 1774. Councillors under the Constitution. Aaron Hill, 1810, 1811, 1824, 1825. Samuel P. P. Fay, 1818, 1819. Timo Bent, 1824-1826. Deming Jarvis, 1824. Timothy Fuller, Speaker, 1825. 1825, 1827, 1828, 1831. Ephraim Buttrick, 1825, 1827, 1828. Isaac Train, 1826. William J. Whipple, 1826, 1828-1834, 1836-1838. William Parmenter, 1829. Francis Dana, 1829. John Trowbridge, 1829, 1834. Ralph Smith, 1829, 1835, 1837. Benjamin Bigelow, 1830, 1835. James Hayward, 1830-1832, 1835. Jesse Hall, 1830. Abraham P. Sherman, 1830, 1831. Thomas Whittemore, 1831-1833, 1836, 1837.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
1687, m. Thomas Trowbridge of Newton, and became the mother of Judge Edmund Trowbridge, and of Lydia the wife of Richard Dana, Esq., and grandmother of Chief Justice Francis Dana. Ed — Ward the f. was a tanner, and d. here before 20 Ap. 1691, when ad administration on his estate was granted to his w. Mary. See Thomas Trowbridged. young; Ann, b. 19 Feb. 1724-5, m. William Ellery, Esq., of Newport, R. I., 11 Sept. 1750, and d. 7 Sept. 1764, a. 39 (she was mother of Elizabeth, who m. Chief Justice Dana 5 Aug. 1773, and d. 31 Aug. 1807, a. 56; and of Lucy, who m. William Channing, of which marriage issued William E. Channing, D. D., Walter Channing, M. D., continued in office, and a resident of Cambridge, during the remainder of life. He m. Mary Sheaffe of Portsmouth 7 Mar. 1774, and had in Beverly, Sophia, m. Francis Dana, Jr., 4 Aug. 1802; Augustus, grad. H. C. 1793, d. unm. 7 July 1799; Mary, d. unm. 26 Dec. 1860; and Sidney; and in Camb., Samuel, b. 26 Ap. 1782, resided sever
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, G. (search)
670; Nathaniel, b. 9 Ap. 1675; Joseph, b. 23 May 1677. Samuel the f. was a farmer, inherited the homestead, and d. 15 Jan. 1705-6, a. 75. In younger life, Mr. Goffe had been adopted by Rev. Elmund Brown of Sudbury, as a son and heir. 3. Edward, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mary, dau. of John Biscoe of Watertown, and had Mary, b. 11 May 1687, m. Thomas Trowbridge of Newton, and became the mother of Judge Edmund Trowbridge, and of Lydia the wife of Richard Dana, Esq., and grandmother of Chief Justice Francis Dana. Ed — Ward the f. was a tanner, and d. here before 20 Ap. 1691, when ad administration on his estate was granted to his w. Mary. See Thomas Trowbridge. 4. Samuel, S. of Samuel (2), a shoemaker, appears to have d. here in Feb. 1699-1700, prob. s. p. 5. John, s. of Samuel (2), was prob. the soldier of that name at Piscataqua, who had leave from the General Court, 4 Nov. 1690, to return home. He d. before 1706, as Edmund, when appointed administrator on the estate of their
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, R. (search)
ut issue 31 July 1772; Jonathan, b. 11 June 1716, grad. H. C. 1736, d. unm. 24 Dec. 1738; Mary, b. 22 July 1718, m. Rev. Benjamin Stevens of Kittery 28 Sept. 1752, and d. 27 May 1763 (she was grandmother of Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, who grad. H. C. 1800, and d. 1812); John, b. 24 Oct. 1720; Simon, b. 31 July 1722, prob. d. young; Ann, b. 19 Feb. 1724-5, m. William Ellery, Esq., of Newport, R. I., 11 Sept. 1750, and d. 7 Sept. 1764, a. 39 (she was mother of Elizabeth, who m. Chief Justice Dana 5 Aug. 1773, and d. 31 Aug. 1807, a. 56; and of Lucy, who m. William Channing, of which marriage issued William E. Channing, D. D., Walter Channing, M. D., and Prof. Edward T. Channing, Ll. D.). Jonathan the f. grad. H. C. 1696, was elected Tutor 4 Jan. 1702-3, was also Fellow, but resigned his Fellowship 1711, in anticipation of marriage, which was prohibited to a Fellow of the College at that period. He was admitted by the Superior Court an attorney at law, and took the prescribed
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