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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
atuity to a proposed physician refused. Col. John Vassall's honors and disappointments. Throat dihe choice; and then it soon appeared that Mr. John Vassall was chosen by the overbearing majority of Alas for the fickleness of popular favor. Mr. Vassall was not afterwards elected either Selectman March, 1739, declared publicly that though Mr. Vassall had been elected Selectman, he was no more e said Samuel, then rode on. On the next day Vassall commenced suit, claiming £ 1,000 damage for d of the Inferior Court. Whittemore then sued Vassall, for false and malicious imprisonment, and re. Tradition says that the writ was served on Vassall at his own table, when surrounded by a large and fashionable dinner-party. Mr. Vassall was equally unsuccessful in his appeal to the General House that an attachment being served on Mr. John Vassall's estate on the 18th of November last isidge, praying that this House would order Mr. John Vassall, the member of Cambridge, to refund his e[4 more...]
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
every estate bordering on that street, between Brattle Square and Mount Auburn. General William Brattle, House, next westerly from the University Press. Col. John Vassall, House, afterwards Washington's Headquarters, now the homestead of Prof. Henry W. Longfellow, and famous both as the tent of Mars and as the favorite haunt e deceased mother of Vassall and Mrs. Oliver was sister to Col. Phips, to Mrs. Lechmere, and to Mrs. Lee. The widow Vassall was also aunt to Mr. Oliver and to John Vassall's wife. who were connected with each other, partly by the ties of relationship and partly by affection, had here farms, gardens, and magnificent houses, and nofrom Col. Phips and the Vassall heirs. Jonathan Sewall, Esq., £ 26 13 4; The estate formerly owned by Lechmere, at the corner of Brattle and Sparks streets. John Vassall, Esq., £ 100; Widow Penelope Vassall, £ 15; William Brattle, Esq., £ 29; Ralph Inman, Esq., £ 40; Edward Stow, £ 10; David Phips, Esq., £ 40. Five of these es
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
treet; then turning at a right angle, the boundary line extended in the direction of the Great Dam, which is still visible, to Charles River, crossing Third Street near its intersection with Munroe Street. (See the Plan.) This estate was divided in 1759 between the children and grandchildren of Lieut.-gov. Phips, namely, Col. David Phips; Sarah, wife of Andrew Bordman; Mary, wife of Richard Lechmere; Rebecca, wife of Judge Joseph Lee; and the children of Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Col. John Vassall. Lechmere soon afterwards purchased the shares of Col. Phips and the Vassall heirs, and became the owner of all the upland and a large portion of the marsh in East Cambridge, which was confiscated by the State and sold to Andrew Cabot, of Salem, Nov. 24, 1779. Judge Lee had the northwesterly portion of the Phips' Farm, and Andrew Bordman had the southwesterly portion, extending from School Street to a point nine feet northerly from the intersection of the easterly lines of Windsor Str
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
tee, Nov. 20, 1769, to commence a suit against the grantees; the purchasemoney was paid by Major John Vassall, Jan. 6, 1670, but no interest was allowed, though payment had been delayed nearly ten yeaies Jan. 2, 1876. The Wardens of Christ Church have been as follows:— 1762, David Phips,John Vassall. 1763, John Vassall,Robert Temple. 1764-1765, Robert Temple,Richard Lechmere. 1766, David John Vassall,Robert Temple. 1764-1765, Robert Temple,Richard Lechmere. 1766, David Phips,Thomas Oliver. 1767-1770, Thomas Oliver,John Vassall. 1771, John Vassall,Ezekiel Lewis. 1772, Ezekiel Lewis,John Fenton. 1773, Joseph Lee,Jonathan Sewall. 1774, David Phips,John Pigeon. 17John Vassall. 1771, John Vassall,Ezekiel Lewis. 1772, Ezekiel Lewis,John Fenton. 1773, Joseph Lee,Jonathan Sewall. 1774, David Phips,John Pigeon. 1791-1795, Jonathan Simpson,Nathaniel Bethune. 1796, John T. Apthorp,Andrew Craigie. 1797-1799, Leonard Jarvis,Samuel W. Pomeroy. 1800, Samuel W. Pomeroy,Abraham Biglow. 1801, Abraham Biglow,RichardJohn Vassall,Ezekiel Lewis. 1772, Ezekiel Lewis,John Fenton. 1773, Joseph Lee,Jonathan Sewall. 1774, David Phips,John Pigeon. 1791-1795, Jonathan Simpson,Nathaniel Bethune. 1796, John T. Apthorp,Andrew Craigie. 1797-1799, Leonard Jarvis,Samuel W. Pomeroy. 1800, Samuel W. Pomeroy,Abraham Biglow. 1801, Abraham Biglow,Richard Richardson. 1802-1803, Richard Richardson,Jonathan Bird. 1804-1809, William Winthrop,Ebenezer Stedman. 1810-1813, William Winthrop,Abraham Biglow. 1814-1815, Abraham Biglow,Samuel P. P. Fay. 181
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 18: education. (search)
. Trowbridge, Esqs., also the Hon. Jona. Remington, Esq., be a committee to inspect the Grammar School in this town, and to inquire (at such times as they shall think meet) what proficiency the youth and children make in their learning. Again, May 7, 1770, it was Voted, That a committee of nine persons be and hereby 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 of inspection upon the said schoolmaster, and that said committee be and hereby are empowered to regulate said school. Generally, however, the schools were under the charge of the Selectmen until March 23, 1795, when a committee, consisting of Caleb Gannett, Mr. Gannett declined, and Josiah Moore was substituted. Rev. Abiel Holmes, Maj. John Pa
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
ips was Lieut.—governor from 1732 until he died in 1757. It is not unlikely that the elder Col. John Vassall may have derived his title from the command of the same company; but I find no definite des succeeding Colonel Phips until 1771, when his son David Phips was commissioned Captain, and John Vassall Son of the first Col. John Vassall. and Jonathan Snelling Lieutenants, with the rank respeCol. John Vassall. and Jonathan Snelling Lieutenants, with the rank respectively of Colonel, Lieutenant-colonel, and Major. The military events in and around Cambridge at the commencement of the Revolutionary War have been so fully related in Frothingham's History of ts: it was ordered, June 28, that Lieut.-col. Bond occupy one room in the south-east corner of Col. Vassall's house, upon the second floor, for the sick belonging to said regiment, till a convenient pleception. Ibid., p. 460. Accordingly the Committee directed, July 8th, that the house of Mr. John Vassall, ordered by Congress for the residence of his excellency General Washington, should be imme
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23: civil officers. (search)
Remington, 1714, 1715, 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,, 1729, 1731, 1732, 1737, 1738. Isaac Watson, 1731, 1737, 1738. Samuel Danforth, 1733, 1734, 1737– 1739. Henry Dunster, 1733, 1734. Samuel Smith, 1733. Benjamin Dana, Jr., 1734-1736, 1742, 1743. Samuel Sparhawk, 1737-1741. John Vassall, 1739, 1740, 1747. Jonathan Butterfield, Jr., 1739, 1740. Andrew Bordman [2d], 1740-1769. Joseph Bean, 1741. Jacob Hill, 1742. John Winship, 1742. Edmund Trowbridge, 1743-1746. Capt. Sam. Whittemore, 1743-1746, 1748-1757,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
t family until 1746, when it was sold to Col. John Vassall. Lieut. Marrett d. without posterity 17 omestead, until 1746, when he sold it to Col. John Vassall, and purchased the estate afterwards calhomestead, which he sold 28 July 1759 to Col. John Vassall. He had previously, 13 June 1745, purchbout 1733; Isaac; Richard; Elizabeth, m. Col. John Vassall the younger, of Cambridge. 11. Thomas s. of Robert (8), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Col. John Vassall, Sen., 1760 (pub. 17 May), and had Anne Dec. 1714; Elizabeth, bap. 9 Dec. 1716, m. John Vassall, 10 Oct. 1734, and d. 22 Sept. 1739; Spence given by the last will and testament of Col. John Vassall late of said town Esq., deceased, to his son John Vassall, viz., his library, watch, sword, and arms, a velvet coat laced, an embroidered ja 1752. I, Spencer Phips, Esq., guardian to John Vassall (son of Col. John Vassall abovenamed), do hCol. John Vassall abovenamed), do hereby acknowledge that I have received of the executors before named the several articles above enu
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, M. (search)
; but whether his house was erected by him or by a previous owner does not appear. The estate remained in the Marrett family until 1746, when it was sold to Col. John Vassall. Lieut. Marrett d. without posterity 17 Nov. 1739, a. 81. He had previously conveyed his homestead to his nephew Amos Marrett, and in his will constituted h estate, and appears to have been a man of wealth. He was the principal heir of his uncle Amos, and resided on his homestead, until 1746, when he sold it to Col. John Vassall, and purchased the estate afterwards called the Fayerweather estate, recently owned by William Wells, which was then in Watertown. He d. there (perhaps in tCamb. Church 1781, and d. 24 June 1784; Edward, bap. 15 Jan. 1743-4. Edward the f. was a tailor, and inherited the homestead, which he sold 28 July 1759 to Col. John Vassall. He had previously, 13 June 1745, purchased the estate formerly occupied by his first New England ancestor, Deac. Thomas Marrett, at the N. E. corner of Du
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, O. (search)
e 1747, and settled at Dorchester, where he d. between 3 Aug. 1761 and 24 Dec. 1762. His children were James, a physician, prob. d. before 1761, as he is not named in his father's will; Thomas, b. about 1733; Isaac; Richard; Elizabeth, m. Col. John Vassall the younger, of Cambridge. 11. Thomas, s. of Robert (8), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Col. John Vassall, Sen., 1760 (pub. 17 May), and had Anne, bap. 4 Mar. 1764; Elizabeth, bap. 17 Aug. 1766; Penelope, bap. 2 Oct. 1768; and perhaps others. TCol. John Vassall, Sen., 1760 (pub. 17 May), and had Anne, bap. 4 Mar. 1764; Elizabeth, bap. 17 Aug. 1766; Penelope, bap. 2 Oct. 1768; and perhaps others. Thomas the f. grad. H. C. 1753, he prob. resided at Dorchester until 1766, when he purchased an estate on Elmwood Avenue, near Mount Auburn, and erected the mansion afterwards the residence of Gov. Gerry, and of the Rev. Dr. Lowell, now owned and occupied by 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 offic
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