Statistics for occurrence #1 of “a Colonel Selectman” in chapter 44 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...b. 1 Feb. 1764; Martha, b. 7 Oct. 1766, m. Dr. Gambell of Amherst; Nelly, b. 7 and d. 18 Feb. 1769; Lydia, b. 4 Oct. 1770, d. young; Nelly, twin, b. 4 Oct. 1770, m. Aaron P. Edgell. John the f. was a Colonel Selectman , and Treasurer; he d. 22 May 1807, a. 77; his w. Margaret d. 6 Mar. 1774. 5. John, s. of John (4), was of Framingham, m. Mary Bent 23 Ap. 1776, and had Edmund, b. 30 Ap. 1777; John, b. 12 June 17...
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