resented a petition from the inhabitants of Cambridge, which was subscribed by very many hands, in which they testified and declared their good content and satisfaction they took and had in the present government in church and commonwealth, with their resolution to be assisting to and encouraging the same, and humbly desiring all means might be used for the continuance and preservation thereof: and at the same time and the next day several petitions of like nature from Wooborne, Dorchester, Redding, Chelmsford, Concord, Billirrikey, Boston, Dedham, and Meadfield, and also one from several inhabitants of Roxbury, all which are on file.
Mass. Col. Rec., IV.
(ii.) 136, 137.
The Cambridge petition, for some reason, has been removed from the Massachusetts Archives to the Judicial Court Files for Suffolk County, in the Court House, Boston. The Cambridge petition is here inserted, partly on account of its patriotic spirit, and partly to preserve the list of names appended to it:—
T
ook of Camb.
4 July 1775, and had Joseph, b. 7 Ap. 1776; Eunice, b. 1 Ap. 1778, m. Ebenezer Jenkins, Boston, 15 Oct. 1801; Reuben, b. 9 Nov. 1785, chaise maker in Boston, d. 17 May 1873; Elizabeth, b. 22 Nov. 1787, m. John Rayner, Boston; Sarah, b. 22 Dec. 1790, m. Abel Baker, Boston, 1807.
Joseph the f. d. 23 Feb. 1816; his w. Eunice d. 1 Oct. 1825, a. 76.
Mercy, dau. of Samuel, bap. 5 Dec 1697.
John, s. of Timothy, bap. 15 Ap. 1722.
Hannah, m. Downing Champney, Jr., 4 July 1765.
Redding, Joseph (or Reading, and Readinge), here in 1633, owned house and land 1635 on the easterly side of Holyoke Street, between Mount Auburn Street and Holyoke Place. His name disappears early; and Farmer says he was of Ipswich in 1638.
Redfen, William (or Redfin, and Redfyn), owned house and four acres on the south side of the river in 1642, which he sold to Edward Jackson 8 Sept. 1746, and rem. to New London, Conn.
Remington, John, of Newbury 1637, freeman 1639, rem. to Andover, and the
ook of Camb.
4 July 1775, and had Joseph, b. 7 Ap. 1776; Eunice, b. 1 Ap. 1778, m. Ebenezer Jenkins, Boston, 15 Oct. 1801; Reuben, b. 9 Nov. 1785, chaise maker in Boston, d. 17 May 1873; Elizabeth, b. 22 Nov. 1787, m. John Rayner, Boston; Sarah, b. 22 Dec. 1790, m. Abel Baker, Boston, 1807.
Joseph the f. d. 23 Feb. 1816; his w. Eunice d. 1 Oct. 1825, a. 76.
Mercy, dau. of Samuel, bap. 5 Dec 1697.
John, s. of Timothy, bap. 15 Ap. 1722.
Hannah, m. Downing Champney, Jr., 4 July 1765.
Redding, Joseph (or Reading, and Readinge), here in 1633, owned house and land 1635 on the easterly side of Holyoke Street, between Mount Auburn Street and Holyoke Place. His name disappears early; and Farmer says he was of Ipswich in 1638.
Redfen, William (or Redfin, and Redfyn), owned house and four acres on the south side of the river in 1642, which he sold to Edward Jackson 8 Sept. 1746, and rem. to New London, Conn.
Remington, John, of Newbury 1637, freeman 1639, rem. to Andover, and the