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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 26 2 Browse Search
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it was said that it was large, high, curiously hung with green; our dining place was also accommodated with the pleasancy of a murmuring rivulet. This day, some of our company saw a bear; but being near a thick swamp, he escaped our pursuit. Towards night we heard (I think) three guns; but we knew not who shot them. Our whole company come this day to Quaboag, about sundown, not long before nor after. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XXXI. 102. The easterly section of this road is mentioned by Pemberton, under date of Sept. 30, 1783, in his manuscript Chronology, preserved in the library of the Mass. Hist. Society: A gentleman of this State remarks, that soon after the settlement of our Fathers at Boston, the persons appointed to explore the country, and lay out public roads did it as far as the bank by Mrs. Biglow in Weston, and reported that they had done it as far as they believed would ever be necessary, it being about seven miles from the College in Cambridge. It is proper to add
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
hich he principally delighted. Like his great Lord and Master, he went (or sent) about doing good. His principles were sober, sound, moderate, being of a catholic and pacific spirit. In a preface to Dr. Sewall's sermon on the death of Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton, Dr. Mather fully corroborates the foregoing testimony: In the same week another faithful minister of God was taken away, viz. the Rev. Mr. William Brattle, pastor of the church in Cambridge, whom also I had reason to have an intimate ace discorag'd: went back & lodg'd wt abundance of heartiness at Mr. Belchers. Mr. White & I trudg'd throa up to ye South, where I knew Mr. Colman was to preach in ye forenoon, when he design'd to give the separate character of Mr. Pemb., [Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton, who died Feb. 13, 1717] wc yr wasn't time for on ye Lecture, wc he did sweetly & well: telling how emulous he always was to excell; his candle envied, &c., yt when we saw him stand up how our expectations wr always rais'd & yt he always
had Boradel, bap. 14 Ap. 1765, m. William Cooper 1 Sept. 1784. 14. Josiah, s. of Jonathan (10), by w. Elizabeth had Pemberton, bap. 29 Oct. 1769; William, ,ap. 10 June 1770; Sarah, hap. 12 Dec. 1773, d. of consumption, at the almshouse, 6 Jan. so to have been the last representative of royal authority in the Province; for when Governor Gage returned to England, Pemberton says in his Manuscript Chronology (in the Mass. Hist. Soc. Lib.), under date of 10 Oct. 1775, Sir William Howe succeedn Mar. 1772. She must have lived at least until 14 Aug. 1776, if she entered her 106th year. Under date of Mar. 1774, Pemberton says, Died this month at Cambridge the widow Abigail Mayo, aged 106 years (Man. Gen.); but Pemberton's dates are not aPemberton's dates are not always accurate. It seems certain that she was living in Mar. 1772, and she may have survived the 14th of August 1776. Her great grandson, Edward Sparhawk, Esq., who was b. 29 Nov. 1770 and d. 3 Sept. 1867, informed his pastor, the Rev. Frederic A.
ad of Camb. 22 Jan. 1771, was ord. at Fryeburg, Me., Oct. 1775, and d. May 1805. Stephen, bap. 20 May 1750; Mary, bap. 1 Mar. 1751-2; Nicholas, bap. 8 Sept. 1754; Ebenezer, bap. 13 Feb. 1757. William the f. taught the Grammar School in Camb. several years, and d. of apoplexy 17 June 1758, a. 39. 13. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (10), m. Elizabeth Parker 2 Sept. 1763, and had Boradel, bap. 14 Ap. 1765, m. William Cooper 1 Sept. 1784. 14. Josiah, s. of Jonathan (10), by w. Elizabeth had Pemberton, bap. 29 Oct. 1769; William, ,ap. 10 June 1770; Sarah, hap. 12 Dec. 1773, d. of consumption, at the almshouse, 6 Jan. 1797, a. 23; Josiah, bap. 7 July 1776; James, bap. 9 Aug. 1778, d. at the almshouse 14 Sept. 1795, a. 17. Josiah the f. d. at the almshouse 15 Ap. 1793, a. 17. 15. Samuel, s. of Jonathan (10), was a victualler on the south side of the river, and in. Sarah Spring 23 Nov. 1762. Administration on his estate was granted 4 Aug. 1772 to his w. Sarah, and guardians were appo
y Prof. James Russell Lowell. Being a man of fortune, he was not actively engaged in business; nor (lid he mingle in the stormy political contests of that eventful period, until, in a (lay fatal to his peace and quiet, he accepted the office of Lieutenant-governor He enjoyed the distinction of being the last Lieut.-governor of Mass. appointed by the King. He seems also to have been the last representative of royal authority in the Province; for when Governor Gage returned to England, Pemberton says in his Manuscript Chronology (in the Mass. Hist. Soc. Lib.), under date of 10 Oct. 1775, Sir William Howe succeeds to the military command, and Lieut.-gov. T. Oliver to the civil department, and is now Governor of Boston only, he having jurisdiction over no other town in the province. of the Province, and President of a Council appointed by the King in a manner particularly obnoxious to popular resentment. On the morning of 2 Sept. 1774, a large number of Middlesex freeholders (Gov
, dau. of Simon Gates, who m. Nathaniel Sparhawk and Joseph Mayo, was b. 14 Aug. 1671, and had not fully attained 101 years in Mar. 1772. She must have lived at least until 14 Aug. 1776, if she entered her 106th year. Under date of Mar. 1774, Pemberton says, Died this month at Cambridge the widow Abigail Mayo, aged 106 years (Man. Gen.); but Pemberton's dates are not always accurate. It seems certain that she was living in Mar. 1772, and she may have survived the 14th of August 1776. Her gPemberton's dates are not always accurate. It seems certain that she was living in Mar. 1772, and she may have survived the 14th of August 1776. Her great grandson, Edward Sparhawk, Esq., who was b. 29 Nov. 1770 and d. 3 Sept. 1867, informed his pastor, the Rev. Frederic A. Whitney, that Mrs. Mayo died in the house of his father, Nathaniel Sparhawk at Brighton (then a part of Cambridge) and was buried in the old burial ground on Market Street, Brighton. 5. John, s. of Nathaniel (2), grad. H. C. 1689, settled at Bristol, R. I. Alden gives his epitaph thus: Here lyeth interred the body of the Rev. Mr. John Sparhawk, a minister of this plac
try, 32. Parents, 75. Parish, 35. Parker, 35, 59, 62, 75, 6, 80, 1, 177, 225, 80, 313, 27, 401. Parkes, 36, 59, 75, 81, 5. Parkman, 184. Parmele, 369. Parmenter, 239, 44. Parris, 145, 16, 398. Parsons, 185, 416. Patrick, 8, 11, 15, 32, 396, 7. Patten, 36, 8, 9, 59, 62, 129, 364. Patterson, 423. Payne, 186, 254. Peabody, 304, 12. Pearce, 308. Pearl, 416. Peck, 310. Peirce, 44, 68, 208, 365, 433. Pelham, 53, 6, 89, 119, 74, 226, 54. Pemberton, 126, 287. Perkins, 186, 204-6 327. Perry, 325, 7. Pervear. 314, 24. Peters, 43, 5. Pettingell, 328. Phillips, 117, 207, 255-7. Phinney, 423. Phipps, 211, 26. Phips, 112-15, 27, 30, 3, 53, 7, 68-70, 5, 6, 307, 10, 53, 4, 403, 7. Piambow, 391. Pickering, 321. Pickman, 310. Pigeon, 308. Pittimee, 391. Plympton, 168, 204, 435, 8. Pomeroy, 310. Poole, 8, 32, 116. Porter, 231, 6. 88. Post, 33. Powers, 319. Pratt, 20, 4, 6, 7, 32, 5, 7
sell. Maynard. Oldham. Pierson. Sparhawk. Spring. Woodward. Wright. Gay, 558. Angier. Belcher. Hovey. Nutting. Prentice. Warland. Gearneh, 558. Gibson, 558, 9. Errington. Hill. Newell. Pemberton. Prentice. Rolfe. Ruggles. Stearns. Stedman. Girling, 559. Andrew. Benjamin. Bridge. Davis. Shepard. Weld. Willard. Gleason, 559. Glover, 559, 60. Appleton. Daye. Dunster. Harris. Owfi 656-9. Adams. Aspinwall. Avery. Bartlett. Blake. Brown. Convers. Cooper. Cutting. Dana. Gardner. Gates. Hancock. Holden. Holmes. Houghton. Jarvis. Mayo. Murdock. Newman. Oliver. Pemberton. Pepperell. Perkins. Pierce. Porter. Sewall. Thwing. Turner. Wellington. Whiting. Whitney. Wigglesworth. Williams. Spencer, 659. Angier. Sweetman. Spring, 659. Barsham. Gates. Lee. Swa