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6, declaring the following to be some of the grievances and unnecessary burdens now lying upon the people:—The existence of the Senate; the present mode of representation; the officers of government not being annually dependent on the representatives of the people, in General Court assembled, for their salaries; all the civil officers of government not being annually elected by the representatives of the people, in General Court assembled; the existence of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace; the Fee table as it now stands; the present mode of appropriating the impost and excise; the unreasonable grants made to some of the officers of government; the supplementary aid; the present mode of paying the government securities; the present mode adopted for the payment and speedy collection of the last tax; the present mode of taxation, as it operates unequally between the polls and estates, and between landed and mercantile interests; the present method of practice o
ves; was Register of Deeds forty-four years [forty-five years, 1721-1766]; was one of his Majesty's Council for twenty-six years [1732– 1757]; the eldest Justice of the Peace and Quorum through the Province, and First Justice of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County where he lived [1737-1764], till by reason of bodily infirmities, and from a great scrupulosity and tenderness of conscience, fearing he should not do his duty by not giving a her, on the northerly side of Brattle Street, at the corner of Church Street. He d. Sept. 1814, a. 63; his w. Elizabeth d. 9 June 1827. 5. Joseph Stacey, s. of James (3), m. Esther Goodwin 25 Sept. 1783, and had Sarah, b. 11 July 1784, m. Chester Sessions 10 Aug. 1806, and d. 18 June 1834; Esther, b. 17 Oct. 1785, m. Asa Wyman 27 Mar. 1814, d. 29 Dec. 1863; Joseph Stacey, b. 17 Aug. 1787, a saddler and harness maker, d. 24 May 1853; James, b. 19 Nov. 1789, a merchant in Boston, d. 24 Dec. 18
d in an obituary notice, published in the Boston News Letter, 31 Mar. 1768, that he was early appointed Register of Probate for the County of Middlesex, which office he sustained for many years [1719-1731]; was clerk of the Hon. House of Representatives; was Register of Deeds forty-four years [forty-five years, 1721-1766]; was one of his Majesty's Council for twenty-six years [1732– 1757]; the eldest Justice of the Peace and Quorum through the Province, and First Justice of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Inferior Court of Common Pleas, for the County where he lived [1737-1764], till by reason of bodily infirmities, and from a great scrupulosity and tenderness of conscience, fearing he should not do his duty by not giving a constant attendance, he resigned his seat at the Board and on the Bench. He abhorred arbitrary power, on the one hand, and a mobbish plebian spirit, on the other. Judge Foxcroft occupied the paternal mansion, and in his will expressed a strong desi
stead. He d. 31 July 1770, a. 48; his w. Hannah d. 22 Sept. 1788, a. 65. 4. James, s. of James (3), m. Elizabeth Wait 3 Dec. 1772, and had James, bap. 15 Aug. 1773. James the f. erected the house now standing on the lot purchased by his grandfather, on the northerly side of Brattle Street, at the corner of Church Street. He d. Sept. 1814, a. 63; his w. Elizabeth d. 9 June 1827. 5. Joseph Stacey, s. of James (3), m. Esther Goodwin 25 Sept. 1783, and had Sarah, b. 11 July 1784, m. Chester Sessions 10 Aug. 1806, and d. 18 June 1834; Esther, b. 17 Oct. 1785, m. Asa Wyman 27 Mar. 1814, d. 29 Dec. 1863; Joseph Stacey, b. 17 Aug. 1787, a saddler and harness maker, d. 24 May 1853; James, b. 19 Nov. 1789, a merchant in Boston, d. 24 Dec. 1870; John, b. 10 Sept. 1793, a merchant, d. 14 June 1871; Elizabeth, b. 4 Aug. 1795, m. Josiah N. Marshall 23 July 1823, d. 8 May 1860; William, b. 10 May 1798, d. 15 July 1799; William, b. 12 Ap. 1800, a merchant in Boston, res. on Appleton Street; M
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