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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
fe to the Revd. Mr. Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard College, who died June 25, 1740, aged 39; and of William Holyoke, their youngest son, who died June 23, 1740, aged nearly three years. Similar memorials are found of two children of Mr. Ebenezer Stedman,—Martha, who died June 23, 1740, aged 4 years; and Sarah, who died June 24, 1740, aged nearly 6 years. The dates indicate that all these were victims of the same disease. In former days, each town was required to pay its own Representaof the body weighed 196 pounds. When he was opened, a great number of the bones of fowls &c. were found in his belly. The earliest notice which I have seen of a fire-engine in Cambridge is dated March 3, 1755, when, upon the motion of Capt. Ebenezer Stedman and others, referring to the town's agreeing with Henry Vassall Esq., who has an Engine and is willing the same should be improved for the town's use on certain conditions, the question was put whether the town would act on said motion, a
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
fore the meeting of the General Court. These instructions, reported by a committee consisting of Samuel Whittemore, Ebenezer Stedman, and Eliphalet Robbins, contain the usual protestation of loyalty to the crown, of a general confidence in the good port at the adjournment of this meeting. [The Committee was then elected, consisting of Capt. Samuel Whittemore, Capt. Ebenezer Stedman, Capt. Ephraim Frost, Capt. Eliphalet Robbins, Capt. Thomas Gardner, Joseph Wellington, Abraham Watson, Jr., Nath is the sincere prayer of your friends in the common cause of our country, the Committee of the town of Cambridge. Ebenezer Stedman, per order. In 1773, the British Ministry adopted another measure to secure the payment of a tax by the colonihts:— At a very full meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Cambridge, legally assembled, Nov. 26, 1773, Capt. Ebenezer Stedman was chosen Moderator. This town being greatly alarmed at an Act of the British Parliament, passed in the last se
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 14: civil History. (search)
s shall be chosen, or until they shall be by them revoked. This report was accepted; and Dr. William Kneeland, Mr. Jeduthun Wellington, Deac. Aaron Hill, Mr. Ebenezer Stedman, and Mr. Edward Jackson, were thereupon elected as the first Overseers of the Poor, distinct from the Selectmen. In this house, and under such regulatioedman, grandson of Robert Stedman, the former owner of the same estate. He was succeeded, in 1728, by his widow, Sarah Stedman, and she, in 1734, by her son Ebenezer Stedman, who died Sept. 13, 1785, aged 76. Time would fail me should I attempt to enumerate and describe all the inn-holders who have flourished in Cambridge. Dune; Samuel Child, one; Samuel Child, Jr., one; Jonas Wyeth, 3d. one; Thomas Austin, one; Joseph Holmes, one; Royal Morse, one; John Walton, for himself and Ebenezer Stedman, Jr., one; Jacob H. Bates, one; William Gamage, one. At their meeting, Jan. 11, 1813, the proprietors established several Regulations, the first three of wh
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
vid Phips,Thomas Oliver. 1767-1770, Thomas Oliver,John Vassall. 1771, John Vassall,Ezekiel Lewis. 1772, Ezekiel Lewis,John Fenton. 1773, Joseph Lee,Jonathan Sewall. 1774, David Phips,John Pigeon. 1791-1795, Jonathan Simpson,Nathaniel Bethune. 1796, John T. Apthorp,Andrew Craigie. 1797-1799, Leonard Jarvis,Samuel W. Pomeroy. 1800, Samuel W. Pomeroy,Abraham Biglow. 1801, Abraham Biglow,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. 1841, Charles C. Foster,James Greenleaf. 1842, James Greenleaf,Isaac Lum. 1843, Isaac Lum,Luther Foote.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 18: education. (search)
iged humble servant, Elijah Corlett. Middlesex Court Files, 1660. The successors of Mr. Corlett were generally young men fresh from College. John Hancock was elected teacher, Jan., 1690-1; John Sparhawk, Feb., 1692-3; Nicholas Fessenden, Jr., about 1701; Samuel Danforth, Oct., 1719; John Hovey, April, 1730; Stephen Coolidge, May, 1730; John Hovey, May, 1737; Stephen Coolidge, May, 1741; William Fessenden, Jr., May, 1745; James Lovell, May, 1756; Antipas Steward, about 1760; Ebenezer Stedman, Jr., about 1765; Thomas Colman, July, 1770; Jonathan Hastings, Jr., May, 1772; Jonathan Eames, May, 1776; Elisha Parmele, May, 1778; Aaron Bancroft, Aug. 1778; Samuel Kendall, May, 1780; Asa Packard, April, 1783; Lemuel Hedge, July, 1783. All these teachers were graduates of Harvard College. I have not found the materials for a consecutive list at a later period. Very few of them appear to have selected teaching as a permanent employment; only one indeed died in the service, namely, Ni
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
.0 Of Ebenezer Bradish, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Capt. Thatcher, gun,1.4.0 Of Capt. Edward Marrett, gun,1.4.0 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,1.7.0 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,0.19.6 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,1.0.0 and on the 11th of June,— Of Wyman, gun and Capt. Stedman, gun,0.19.6 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,1.0.0 and on the 11th of June,— Of Wyman, gun and bayonet,2.8.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, his own gun,2.8.0 Cambridge, Feb. 2, 1776. We the subscribers received of the Selectmen one gun each, valued at the price set agaiCapt. Stedman, gun,1.0.0 and on the 11th of June,— Of Wyman, gun and bayonet,2.8.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, his own gun,2.8.0 Cambridge, Feb. 2, 1776. We the subscribers received of the Selectmen one gun each, valued at the price set against our names subscribed; which gun we respectively promise to return or allow the price set against each name. Samuel Champney, £ 1. 7. 0; William Fuller, £ 1. 4. 0; Abijah Brown, £ 1. 0. 0; Jonathan Deland, £ 0. 18. 0; March 4: John Lock, £ 2. 14o pass contrary to the standing orders. A jury of inquest, consisting of William Howe, Benjamin Locke, John Brown, Ebenezer Stedman, Samuel Manning, Nathaniel Austin, Joseph Read, jr., James Hill, Thomas Barrett, Benjamin Baker, Aaron Hill, Isa
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23: civil officers. (search)
rshom Cutter, 1757. William Dana, 1757, 1765-1768. Joseph Adams, Jr., 1758, 1769-1771. Ephraim Frost, Jr, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1763-1768, 1772-1777. Ebenezer Stedman, 1759-1764, 1767– 1776, 1786-1790, 1796-1801. Henry Prentice, 1761-1765. Abraham Watson, Jr., 1765, 1766. Joseph Wellington, 1769-1773, 1776. Abi, 1746, 1748, 1749. John Butterfield, 1747. Abraham Watson, 1747-1749, 1757, 1758, 1765, 1766. John Wyeth, 1750-1756. Joseph Adams, Jr., 1758. Ebenezer Stedman, 1759-1764, 1767– 1776. Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1760, 1761, 1763 -1768, 1772, 1775-1777. William Dana, 1765-1768. Joseph Wellington, 1769-1771. Thoma 1769, in place of Andrew Bordman, deceased. Samuel Thatcher, 1772-1776, 1782– 1786. Andrew Bordman [3d], 1777, 1778. Abraham Watson, 1779-1781. Ebenezer Stedman, 1786-1808. Elected July 10, 1786, in place of Col. Thatcher, deceased. Samuel Bartlett, 1809-1815. Loammi Baldwin, 1816. William Hilliard, 1817<
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
y 1749, probably the graduate of 1739; Patience, b. 9 Jan. 1721-2, d. 21 Feb. 1721-2. Samuel the f. d. 6 Mar. 1721-2, a. 34 years and 6 mo. His w. Dorothy was living, a widow, in 1750, when she and her three daughters sold the homestead to Ebenezer Stedman. 5. William, s. of Edmund (3), was a tanner, and inherited real estate of his father. He m. Ruth, dau. of Dea. Samuel Whittemore, 15 Sept. 1742; she d. and he m. Elizabeth Dana (prob. dau. of Thomas) 18 Dec. 1760. His children were, Wirtained, m. Eunice Munroe of Lex. 11 May 1781, and had Eunice, b. about 1782, m. Joseph Porter 24 Jan. 1799, and d. 7 Nov. 1836. Thaddeus the f. prob. d. about 1784, in which year a guardian was appointed for his daughter; his w. Eunice m. Ebenezer Stedman about 1785, and was buried 6 Sept. 1846, a. 87. Winter, John, by w. Hannah, had Hannah, b. 10 Ap. 1665; John, b. 17 Sept. 1667; Thomas, b. 25 June 1669; Joseph, b. 2 Mar. 1671-2; Mary, b. 6 Feb. 1675; Elizabeth, b. 20 Aug. 1678; Abigail,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, A. (search)
corner for a shop. He m. Dorothy—— and had Dorothy, b. 16 Oct. 1713, m. Rev. Gad Hitchcock of Pembroke 22 Dec. 1748; Hannah, b. 11 Feb. 1715-6, m. Rev. Ebenezer Gay of Suffield 7 July 1742; Sybil, b. 5 Sept. 1718, m. Daniel Farnham of Newbury 11 July 1749, probably the graduate of 1739; Patience, b. 9 Jan. 1721-2, d. 21 Feb. 1721-2. Samuel the f. d. 6 Mar. 1721-2, a. 34 years and 6 mo. His w. Dorothy was living, a widow, in 1750, when she and her three daughters sold the homestead to Ebenezer Stedman. 5. William, s. of Edmund (3), was a tanner, and inherited real estate of his father. He m. Ruth, dau. of Dea. Samuel Whittemore, 15 Sept. 1742; she d. and he m. Elizabeth Dana (prob. dau. of Thomas) 18 Dec. 1760. His children were, William, b. 12 July 1743, d. 13 Sept. 1743; Ruth, b. 10 Ap. 1745, m. – Wiswall; living in 1784; Mary, b. 26 Feb. 1746-7, d. young; Sarah, b. 4 June, 1749, m. John Hildreth of Boston, 3 Jan. 1776; Hannah, bap. 4 Oct. 1761; Hannah, bap. 3 Oct. 1762; Will<
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, W. (search)
survived. 35. Moses, parentage not ascertained, by w. Lucy, had Moses, b. 1760, d. before 29 Ap. 1754. Moses the f. was of Lexington, and d. about 1773; his w. Lucy m. Benjamin Wheeler of Concord 27 Nov. 1753. 36. Thaddeus. parentage not ascertained, m. Eunice Munroe of Lex. 11 May 1781, and had Eunice, b. about 1782, m. Joseph Porter 24 Jan. 1799, and d. 7 Nov. 1836. Thaddeus the f. prob. d. about 1784, in which year a guardian was appointed for his daughter; his w. Eunice m. Ebenezer Stedman about 1785, and was buried 6 Sept. 1846, a. 87. Winter, John, by w. Hannah, had Hannah, b. 10 Ap. 1665; John, b. 17 Sept. 1667; Thomas, b. 25 June 1669; Joseph, b. 2 Mar. 1671-2; Mary, b. 6 Feb. 1675; Elizabeth, b. 20 Aug. 1678; Abigail, b. 12 Mar. 1680; Samuel, b. 12 Mar. 1684-5. John the f. res. at the Farms, and d. 18 Jan. 1689-90. Winthrop, John, s. of Adam, and a descendant in the fourth generation from Governor John Winthrop, was b. in Boston 19 Dec. 1714, m. Rebecca, dau.