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April, 1634 AD (search for this): chapter 2
son, whose name was sometimes written Jenings (see p. 41 n. 3). He was chosen Ensign to Captain Patrick, August 16, 1631, which office he held until March 9, 1636-7, when he was chosen Captain for Watertown. He and Thomas Mayhew were appointed to bring Mr. Nathaniel Eaton (the first principal of Harvard College), to trial for his misconduct, chiefly in relation of his maltreatment of Nathaniel Biscoe, Jr., of Watertown.—Bond. whose Lieutenant was Hugh Mason. Hugh Mason left England in April, 1634, at the age of 28; admitted Freeman the next March: was made Captain May 5, 1652; was ten times a Representative between 1644 and 1677;??? 29 years between 1639 and 1678 inclusive. In May, 1653, after Elder Richard Browne removed to Charlestown (see p. 25), he at the request of his townsmen was empowered to solemnize marriages in Watertown. He was one of the earliest settlers; grantee of 6 lots, including 30 acres in the 1st Great Dividend, 2 acres in the Further Plain, next to the Rive
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