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e, corner of Brattle and Sparks streets, now the homestead of John Brewster. (succeeded by Jonathan Sewall, June 10, 1771), Judge Joseph Lee, House, corner of Brattle and Appleton streets, now the homestead of George Nichols. Capt. George Ruggles House, corner Brattle and Fayerweather Streets, long the homestead of the late William Wells. (succeeded by Thomas Fayerweather, Oct. 31, 1774), and Lieut.-gov. Thomas Oliver, House, Elmwood Avenue, the homestead successively of Vice-president Elbridge Gerry, Rev. Charles Lowell, and his son Prof. James Russell Lowell,—each, in his respective sphere of politics, theology, and poetry, more illustrious than the original occupant. All these houses remain in good condition, though erected more than a hundred years ago; but the farms have been divided into smaller estates. owned and resided on contiguous estates; and their families composed a select social circle, to which few others were admitted. Prominent among those few were Judge
fence of the State, and readily responded to the call. There may have been some voluntary enlistments into the regular army of the United States: but any evidence of such a fact is not found. One of the most eminent citizens of Cambridge, Elbridge Gerry, was Governor of Massachusetts from May 1810, to May 1812, and Vice-president of the United States from March 4, 1813, until Nov. 23, 1814, when he suddenly expired, as he was about to enter the Senate Chamber in Washington for the performance of his official duties. However bittterly his politics were denounced, Mr. Gerry enjoyed the personal respect and esteem of his townsmen; yet neither their affection for the man, nor their regard for his high political position, could overcome their detestation of the war, of which he was an advocate and defender, nor induce them to volunteer their persons or their property in its behalf. Hence the dignified silence of the Town Records. When the news of Peace arrived, in February, 1815,
6, 1805, to present a petition to the Court of Sessions to establish the road as now laid out from the garden of the Hon. Elbridge Gerry to the garden of the late Thomas Brattle, Esq. That is, the present Mount Auburn Street, between Elmwood Aveing offered to give the land and make the road so far as it crossed his farm, if the town would establish a new road from Gerry's corner to a point on Brattle Street, nearly opposite to his house; Such a road would continue the connection with Maown voted in favor of establishing such a road, and appointed a Committee to procure the discontinuance of the road from Gerry's corner to Brattle's garden. On the 27th of May, 1807, the Selectmen laid out the road, as desired by Mr. Craigie; but as they may judge proper. Voted, that the Committee consist of the following gentlemen: Hon. Francis Dana, Esq., Hon. Elbridge Gerry, Esq., Hon. Jonathan L. Austin, Esq., Messrs. Royal Makepeace and John Hayden. The Committee, thus appointed, p
icers. The following list of civil officers, resident in Cambridge, is compiled chiefly from official records. Vice-President of the United States. Elbridge Gerry, 1813, 1814. Governors. Thomas Dudley, 1634. Held one or other of these offices every year, residing elsewhere, until he died, July 31, 1653. John Haynes, 1635. Afterwards for many years Governor of Connecticut. Elbridge Gerry, 1810, 1811. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was defeated as a candidate for Governor in 1812, but before the end of that year was elected Vice-president of the United States, in which office he died, Novem25. Samuel P. P. Fay, 1818, 1819. Timothy Fuller, 1828. Sidney Willard, 1837, 1838. Albion K. P. Welch, 1868. Senators under the Constitution. Elbridge Gerry, 1793. Aaron Hill, 1797, 1801-1808. William Winthrop, 1799. Timothy Fuller, 1813-1816. Asahel Stearns, 1830, 1831. Sidney Willard, 1834, 1835,
59; Mary Lois, b. 1 May 1813, m. Alexander H. Ramsay 8 Ap. 1835; Margaret, b. 1 April 1815, m. David Humphrey 15 Nov. 1837; Benjamin, b. 9 May 1817, d. young; Elbridge Gerry, b. 26 July 1819, m. Sarah P. Teele 24 Nov. 1842; Joseph Bradley Varnum, b. Aug. 1821, d. young; Josiah Mason, b. 23 Oct. 1823, m. Martha T. Smith; Anna Abigae 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 heC. 1798, a lawyer in Thomaston, Me., m. Lucy F., dau. of Gen. Henry Knox, and d. in 1841. Samuel the f. inherited the homestead (which was sold by his heirs to Gov. Gerry, 4 Ap. 1793), but during the latter part of his life resided on the westerly corner of Mount Auburn and Brighton streets. He was one of the most active citizen
Camb., m. Anna Livermore, dau. of Josiah Mason, 13 July 1805, and had Clementina, b. 12 Aug. 1805, d. young; Frederick William, b. Nov. 1806, d. young,; Sarah Russell Mason, b. 16 Dec. 1808, m. James Munroe, Jr , 8 Oct. 1834; Elijah, b. 1 Feb. 1811, m. Charlotte D. Endicott 5 Oct. 1837, a merchant in New York, where he d. 4 Dec. 1859; Mary Lois, b. 1 May 1813, m. Alexander H. Ramsay 8 Ap. 1835; Margaret, b. 1 April 1815, m. David Humphrey 15 Nov. 1837; Benjamin, b. 9 May 1817, d. young; Elbridge Gerry, b. 26 July 1819, m. Sarah P. Teele 24 Nov. 1842; Joseph Bradley Varnum, b. Aug. 1821, d. young; Josiah Mason, b. 23 Oct. 1823, m. Martha T. Smith; Anna Abigail, b. 10 July 1826, m. Nathaniel Prentiss 4 May 1844 ; Charles Carroll, b. 11 June 1828, grad. H. C. 1849. Nathan the f. was a grain dealer near West Boston Bridge, and afterwards Deputy Sheriff, and otherwise engaged in public business. Late in life he res. on Holyoke Place and on North Avenue, and d. 27 April 1868, his w. Anna
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. 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 office of Lieutenant-governor He enjoyed the distinction of being the last Lieut.-governor of Mass. appointed by the King. He seems also to have been the last representative of royal authority in the
s. of Ebenezer (3), m. Mary Brown of Lex. 3 Sept. 1753, and had Susanna, bap. 18 May 1755, m. Jesse Putnam 13 Feb. 1776; Ebenezer, bap. 28 Sept. 1759, d. young; Mary, bap. 17 May 1767, m. Thomas Payson 12 May 1785, d. 1805; Elizabeth, bap. 24 Mar. 1771, d. about 1792; Samuel, bap. 7 July 1776; Ebenezer, bap. 18 Oct. 1778, grad. H. C. 1798, a lawyer in Thomaston, Me., m. Lucy F., dau. of Gen. Henry Knox, and d. in 1841. Samuel the f. inherited the homestead (which was sold by his heirs to Gov. Gerry, 4 Ap. 1793), but during the latter part of his life resided on the westerly corner of Mount Auburn and Brighton streets. He was one of the most active citizens in the Revolutionary period, and succeeded Thomas Gardner as Colonel; he was Selectman, Treasurer, and Representative, and while holding these several offices, died suddenly of apoplexy 27 June 1786; his w. Mary d. 7 Nov. 1815, a. 80. 5. Samuel, s. of Samuel (4), b. 1 July 1776, grad. H. C. 1798, m. Sally Brown of Concord Jan.
Frost, 34, 5, 59, 68, 75, 6, 143, 80, 254-8, 69, 73, 297, 353, 407, 15. Frothingham, 408, 11,17, 18, 23. Frye, 405, 6, 23. Fuller, 80, 1, 208, 426. Fultz, 339. Gage, 65, 154, 6-8, 162. Gale, 208. Gallop, 170. Gamage, 407. Gannett, 176, 94, 219, 311, 12, 14. Gardner, 5, 142-4, 54, 9, 292, 5, 407, 8, 11, 13, 18-21, 5, 8. Gates, 263. Gay, 173. Gearner, 33. Gedney, 111, 15. Genings, 355. George, 110. George III., 144. Gerrish, 288, 423. Gerry, 168, 93, 203, 6. Gibbons, 383, 4. Gibbs, 289. Gibson, 33, 59, 75, 102, 263, 74, 356, 7, 63, 4. Gilman, 325. Girling, 35. Gleason, 342. Glover, 44, 5, 252, 335, 420, 3. Goddard, 4, 397. Goffe, 34-6, 42, 54, 5, 9, 60, 2, 7-9, 125, 7, 35, 73, 4, 97, 211, 15, 16, 50, 9, 60, 2, 371, 2, 401, 3, 4. Goodhue, 335. Goodman, 12, 32, 174. Goodnow, 314. Goodrich, 318. Goodwin, 32, 248, 53, 4. Gookin, 57, 64, 6-8, 72, 7, 8, 96, 104, 6, 9, 17, 25-7, 31, 269, 78
ser. Waite. Oldham, 617. Brown. Chadwick. Dana. Fessenden. Frothingham. Gates. Parks. Reed. Wood. Oliver, 618-20. Angier. Belcher. Bradish. Bradstreet. Brattle. Brown. Cheever. Frost. Gerry. Jackson. Lowell. Manning. Mattucks. Newgate. Noves. Prentice. Prescott. Royal. Sparhawk. Trowbridge. Vassall. Wendell. Williams. Wilson. Wiswall. Wyman. Olmstead, 620. Osland, 620. Hydebins. Spring. Wade. Watts. Williams. SWOeTMAN, 668. Hews. Spencer. Wellington. Symmes, 668. Talcott, 668. Taylor, 668, 9. Clemance. Foxcroft. Oakes. Thatcher 669, 70. Brown. Child. Gardner. Gerry. Goddard. Holmes. Knox. Morse. Payson. Putnam. Spring. Thomson, 670. Burr. Chandler. Crosby. Hunnewell. Sharp. Shove. Stedman. Upham. Thurston, 670. Stedman. Tidd, 670. Blodgett. Chan