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.
1816-1819, Abraham Biglow,William D. Peck.
1820, Abraham Biglow,J. F. Dana.
1821-1825, Abraham Biglow,Jonathan Hearsey.
1826-1828, Abraham Biglow,Samuel P. P. Fay.
1829-1832, Joseph Foster,Abraham Biglow.
1833-1835, Joseph Foster,Samuel P. P. Fay.
1836-1840, Samuel P. P. Fay,Isaac Lum.
18ening, Aug. 26, 1871, when a disastrous collision of cars occurred on the Eastern Railroad, at Revere, Mass., by which about thirty persons were killed,
Among the killed was Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett, D. D., born in Cambridge, May 4, 1801, H. C. 1820, for many years colleague-pastor (with Rev. W. E. Channing, D. D.), and afterwards sole pastor of the church now in Arlington Street, Boston. and a still larger number wounded,—some of them fatally.
Among those who were killed outright was Dr. Ma
y the creation of a City Debt.
The following tables exhibit the increase of population and wealth, and the much larger increase of taxation and debt.
Population.
according to the United States census, except 1765, 1776, 1865, and 1875, which are according to the State census, and 1845, which was taken by the Assessors in that year.
1765,1,571.
1776,1,586.
1790,2,115.
1800,2,453.
1810,2,323.
Between 1800 and 1810, West Cambridge and Brighton were separated from Cambridge.
1820,3,295.
1830,6,072.
1840,8,409.
1845,12,490.
1850,15,215.
1860,26,060.
1865,29,112.
1870,39,634.
1875,47,838.
Polls.Valuation.Rate per $1,000.City Tax.City Debt.
18463,224$9,312,481$5.00$46,122.59$22,000.00
18473,3879,806,5395.4052,760.0843,861.27
18483,63910,476,2305.5055,967.5351,661.27
18493,72010,667,2726.3064,964.7963,661.27
18503,43611,469,6186.3068,809.1691,661.27
18514,01012,392,4406.3073,478.70116,780.27
18524,04413,175,2577.5094,252.19134,800.00
18534,29813,599,36
rfield, 1807.
Josiah Mason, 1807.
Samuel P. P. Fay, 1808-1812, 1815– 1818, 1820.
John Mellen, 1808-1812.
William Hilliard, 1811-1817, 1821, 1822, 1827, 1819.
Jonas Wyeth 2d, 1819-1821.
Henry Messenger, 1819-1821.
Isaac Train, 1820-1822, 1825-1827.
Thomas Warland, 1822, 1823.
Lusher Gay, 1822.
Samuel F 1837.
William Hilliard, 1817-1819.
Jabez Fisher, 1819.
Wm. J. Whipple, 1820-1841.
Isaac Train, 1820, 1821.
Luke Hemenway, 1820-1822.
Deming Jarvis, 11820, 1821.
Luke Hemenway, 1820-1822.
Deming Jarvis, 1822, 1823.
Lusher Gay, 1823.
Peter Tufts, Jr., 1824.
Samuel S. Green, 1824-1837, 1843– 1846.
John Wheeler, 1827-1830.
John Trowbridge, 1836.
Eliphal1820-1822.
Deming Jarvis, 1822, 1823.
Lusher Gay, 1823.
Peter Tufts, Jr., 1824.
Samuel S. Green, 1824-1837, 1843– 1846.
John Wheeler, 1827-1830.
John Trowbridge, 1836.
Eliphalet Davis, 1838, 1839.
Abraham P. Sherman, 1838, 1839.
William H. Odiorne, 1840.
Ezekiel Hayden, 1840.
Ira Wadsworth, 1841, 1842, 1847.
Sidney Willard, 1841
Samuel Bartlett, 1809-1815.
Loammi Baldwin, 1816.
William Hilliard, 1817-1820.
Levi Farwell, 1821-1836.
Abel W. Bruce, 1837-1846.
Officers after the <
, and was probably the same who died at Somerset, Mass., in 1820, aged 86.
John the f. was probably s. of Francis Borland o was an eminent physician in Portsmouth, N. H., where he d. 1820.
Charles Cutter, son of the last named, a sophomore in H. Street. He d. 7 Aug. 1818, a. 65; his w. Susanna d. prob.
1820; administration on her estate was granted 10 Jan. 1821.
Sept. 1817, d. unm.
29 Nov. 1843; ,John Torrey, b. 26 Ap. 1820, res. in Chatfield, Minn.; Horace Augustus, b. 22 Nov. 1823 1763, grad.
H. C. 1784, res. in Kensington, N. H., and d. 1820; Lydia, bap. 13 Ap. 1766, m. Jeremiah Fogg of Kensingson, Nof Cambridge 1803-1805, Representative, 1804-1806, Senator, 1820, 1821.
He d. 2 Nov. 1842, a. 81.
31. Samuel, s. of Thom, 8 Nov. 1796, and had Jacob, b. 10 Feb. 1797, grad.
H. C. 1820, a physician, d. in Illinois; Leonard, b. 1797, settled in herited the homestead on Garden Street, was Selectman 1819, 1820, 1821, a large landholder, d. 8 July 1828, a. 66; his w. Su
ars that the children of John and Anna Borland, besides those previously named, were John Lindall: James (of New York); Francis (physician, of Boston); Phebe, wife of George Spooner of Boston; and Jane, wife of Jonathan Simpson of Cambridge.
Of these, John Lindall, grad.
H. C. 1772, was Lieut.-col. in the British service, and d. in England, 16 Nov. 1825; Francis, grad.
H. C. 1774, resided a few years in Boston and Portsmouth, N. H., and was probably the same who died at Somerset, Mass., in 1820, aged 86.
John the f. was probably s. of Francis Borland of Boston,— who was b. 28 Dec. 1691, m. Jane, dau. of Hon. Timothy Lindall of Salem, 22 Sept. 1726, and died 16 Sept. 1763,— and grandson of John Borland, one of the principal merchants of Boston, who d. 30 Mar. 1727, aged 68.
Bosworth, Jonathan, was here in 1632.
In 1635 he owned a house and land on the westerly side of Garden Street, not far from the Botanic Garden.
He prob.
left early.
It would seem that he was son or perhaps
July 1822, a. 29; Rebecca Wellington, bap. 5 June 1795; and perhaps others.
Seth the f. res.
in Menot., and d. 23 Jan. 1814, a. nearly 54.
31. James, s. of Joseph (18), m. Susanna Dutton 3 Dec. 1776, and hall Susanna, b. 8 Sept. 1777: Patty., b. 5 Jan. 1780; in the division of the estate, 1819, two other children are named,—James, and Anna, w. of Eben Cutter.
James the f. res.
on the westerly corner of North Avenue and Tannery Street. He d. 7 Aug. 1818, a. 65; his w. Susanna d. prob.
1820; administration on her estate was granted 10 Jan. 1821.
32. James, s. of James (22), m. Grace Bonner of Springfield, and had Elizabeth, who m. Thomas Wallace 10 Oct. 1800.
James the f. was a tin-plate worker, res. on the southerly part of the homestead, and d. 13 Nov. 1825; his w. Grace d. 14 June 1803, a. 42.
33. David, s. of James (22), m. Elizabeth Allen 8 May 1777, and had David, b. 6 Sept. 1777, d. of dropsy 7 Mar. 1816; James, b. 13 Feb. 1780, a carpenter, d. on his passage from
in Menotomy, and was largely engaged in the manufacture of cards and in merchandise.
He was Selectman of Cambridge 1803-1805, Representative, 1804-1806, Senator, 1820, 1821.
He d. 2 Nov. 1842, a. 81.
31. Samuel, s. of Thomas (20), was a merchant in New York, and President of the Greenwich Bank.
He d. 22 June 1835, aged 61. 1853, a. 82.
15. Jacob, s. of Ebenezer (9), grad.
H. C. 1792, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Jarvis, 8 Nov. 1796, and had Jacob, b. 10 Feb. 1797, grad.
H. C. 1820, a physician, d. in Illinois; Leonard, b. 1797, settled in New York, and d.—Jan. 1855; Charles, b.——, settled in Baltimore, and f. of Nathaniel J. Wyeth, who grad.64; Susan Stearns, bap. 10 Nov. 1816, d. 31 Aug. 1817.
Jonas the f., generally known as Major Wyeth, inherited the homestead on Garden Street, was Selectman 1819, 1820, 1821, a large landholder, d. 8 July 1828, a. 66; his w. Susan S. d. 28 Mar. 1855, a. 80.
17. Tapley, s. of Jonas (10), grad.
H, C. 1786, and settled in Sherbu<