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ed to adjourn the meeting to the house of Mr. Thomas Adams, innholder in this Precinct. 1755 Gr. Cooke preached a sermon on the return of Capt. Adams and company from the French War, with the loss of only one man. This Capt. Adams was Thomas Adams, an innkeeper here, whose son John living at d by Parson Cooke, the Sunday after his father Thomas Adams returned from eight months service in trned home. The company that enlisted under Capt. Adams were from a number of towns, and all that wof which Ebenezer Nichols was colonel, were Thomas Adams, captain; John Bathrick, private; Edward Fis, Mr. Francis Locke, Capt. Carteret and Capt. Thomas Adams were chosen a committee to manage the aferby married Lucretia Adams, daughter of Capt. Thomas Adams, an innkeeper here, Dec. 31, 1775. The rm Messrs. Gerry, &c., and Messrs. Hancock and Adams, whom he knew were at the Rev. Mr. Clarke's, a2189618111103 John Adams17434157515111155 Thomas Adams178415454 Wm. Adams, jr.1721191311 Wm. Bow[1 more...]
should write something of by-gone days or old times. I wish I could do it so that it would be worth your reading; but you must make allowance for old age and infirmities—for I hardly know where to begin, unless I begin with my honored father [Thomas Adams]. He was the son of Joseph Adams: he was born in what is now West Cambridge [in the year 1713], on the Adams place, which has been owned and improved by one of that name a little over two hundred years. After my father became of age he went tonce. It was common in those times for the more wealthy inhabitants to own slaves. They were tenderly treated and well cared for, but the boys suffered with cold in winter when exposed to out-door work, and were lazy and faithless in summer. Thomas Adams, the father, with the younger children of the third wife, about the time of the beginning of the American Revolution, prepared to remove to his Cambridge farm at Ashburnham. As late as 1794, Mrs. Blanchard, his daughter, kept tavern in a hous
l, 1760, 1751. Thomas Hall, 1762-55. Gershom Cutter, 1754-58 (1775—declined). Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760. Jason Russell, 1768, 1761-63. Joseph Adams, Jr., 1759, 1760, 1765-67. Joseph Wellington, 1761-63. Capt. Thomas Adams, 1764. William Cutler, 1764. Daniel Brown, 1765-67 (1772, 1781—declined). Patten Russell, 1767-70. William Bowman, 1768-70 (1771—excused). Samuel Frost, 1768, 1769 (1770—excused). Samuel Locke, 1770 (excused). Ensign Will, 1746, 1750, 1751. Joseph Russell, 1747, 1759, 1764. Francis Bowman, 1748. Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760. Jason Russell, 1758, 1761-63. Joseph Adams, Jr., 1759, 1760, 1765-1767. Joseph Wellington, 1761-63. Capt. Thomas Adams, 1764. William Cutler, 1764. Daniel Brown, 1765-67. Patten Russell, 1767-70. William Bowman, 1768-70. Samuel Frost, 1768, 1769. Nehemiah Cutter, 1770-72. Walter Russell, 1770, 1771, 1773-77. Ebenezer Swan, 1771. Sa
, for servants and others at his house.] Capt. Thomas Adams was a Pct. committeeman and assessor in el Cooke preached a sermon on the return of Capt. Adams and company from the French War, with the ly the centenarian John Adams, the son of Capt. Thomas Adams, the commander of the company. James Adarson Cooke the Sunday after my grandfather Thomas Adams returned from eight months service in the Fp. 17 Oct. 1756. One Willard of Harvard, at Thomas Adams's, d. 11 July, 1756, a. 23. Widow Saunders, at Capt. Adams's, d. 19 Apr. 1763, a. 85—perhaps his third wife's mother. Stephen Ford of Charl 1783. Lemuel the father m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas Adams, and is styled trader in deeds. Mrs. Lydia Kent, master), was a private soldier in Capt. Thomas Adams's company from this Precinct and other tamuel; Sarah, m. Moses Harrington; Anna, m. Thomas Adams; Martha, adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 er (par. 34). Willard,———, of Harvard, at Thomas Adams's, d. 11 July, 1756, a. 23. Williams, Jo[3 more.
ordination, by Rev. E. Turell, 30; by President Langdon at Watertown, cited, 66 Sermons by Mr. Cooke, 32-37, 39, 41-47, 49-51, 57, 84-89, 93, 94, 98-100; by Rev. Mr. Fiske, 107, 108, 122-128 Sexton, 107, 108, 114, 143 Sheds at Old Cambridge for Menotomy residents, 20; on parish land, 117, 141 Shooting of a woman in Menotomy in 1770, 42 Sidewalks, 141 Singing, 49, 109, 111, 113, 114, 242; school, 114, 116 Sketch of Major Ingalls, 157, 158; of Rev. S. A. Smith, 169: of Thomas Adams, 149, 160 Smith's West Cambridge on the 19th of April, 1775, 66, 77, 78, 160 Snake hunt, 31 Soldiers in war of 1676, 18,19; enlisted in 1775, 67; war of 1861-65, 339-51 Sons of Temperance, 157 Squa Sachem's Reservation west of Mystic Ponds, 7 State Records, 1, 2, 4, 38 St. John's Church, 179 St. Malachy's Church, 179 Stone house on training field, 145 Stores in West Cambridge, 130 Stoves in meeting-house, 116, 117 Stranger found dead in woods, 33 Streets f
Index of names. Abbot and Abbott, 37, 214, 313 Abdee or Abdy, 15, 19 Adams, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27-9, 35-8, 45, 48, 49, 58-60,66,70, 73-5, 83, 85, 91, 93-5, 105, 106, 108, 110-12, 114, 117, 118-21, 124, 130-33, 137, 140, 141, 147,149,150, 151,167-72, 183-89, 194, 195, 197, 200, 202, 204, 205, 208, 214, 217, 218,221, 223, 225, 237, 239, 240, 242-45, 251, 254, 257, 258, 260-63, 267, 270, 271, 273, 274,282, 283, 285, 290, 291, 294-96, 299, 302, 304, 307, 308, 310, 312, 315, 316, 320, 321, 329, 330, 339 Agur, 154, 224 Akerman, 154 Alanson, 347 Albro, 177 Alcutt, 189, 313 Alderman, 274 Alexander, 130, 172 Allen, 31, 32, 137, 140, 165, 171-73, 183, 189, 190, 224, 243, 254, 261, 273, 316 Ames, 114, 115 Anderson, 131, 190, 301, 348 Andrew, 190, 300, 317 Andrews, 190, 274 Andros, 51 Angier, 190, 257 Annesley, 8, 15 Annis, 190, 238 Appleton, 23-5, 28, 31, 33,164 Arnold, 100 Ash, 190, 271, 281 Atkins, 223 Augus