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ed in 1778, and having subsequently exhibited satisfactory evidence of his friendship to his country and its political independence. Besides the persons already named, there were a few other loyalists, or tories, in Cambridge, but not holding such a prominent position: John Nutting, carpenter, was proscribed in 1778; Antill Gallop, a deputy sheriff, who had promised conformity in September, 1774, is said by Sabine American Loyalists, pp. 308, 381. to have gone with the British troops to Halifax, in 1776; also George Inman (H. C. 1772, died 1789) and John Inman, sons of Ralph Inman, Esq. After the close of the war, it was proposed to permit the proscribed loyalists to return,—not indeed to share in the administration of the government, but to reclaim their confiscated estates. This proposition did not meet the approval of the inhabitants of Cambridge. At a town meeting, May 5, 1783, instructions to their representative, reported by a committee consisting of James Winthrop, Sam
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
John Betts owned the lot adjoining the watch-house hill, and fronting on Harvard Square. It is described on the Proprietors' Records as by the town, one acre of land, more or less; Edward Goffe, east; the watch-house hill, south; common, west; the land intended for the College, north. Feb. 26, 1651-2. Ordered, That the Townsmen shall make sale of the land whereon the old meeting-house stood. The Reverend Jonathan Mitchell, described by Mather as the matchless Mitchell, was born at Halifax, in Yorkshire, England, about 1624, and was brought by his father to New England in 1635. Their first settlement, says Dr. Holmes, was at Concord, in Massachusetts; whence, a year after, they removed to Saybrook, in Connecticut; and, not long after, to Wethersfield. Their next removal was to Stamford, where Mr. Mitchell, the father, died in 1645, aetat. LV. The classical studies of his son Jonathan were suspended for several years after his arrival in America; but, on the earnest advice
1768; Jonathan, b. 23 July 1710, grad. H. C. 1728, Chief Justice and Lieut.-governor of Nova Scotia, where he d. 29 Mar. 1776, leaving son Daniel, a merchant in Halifax, d. at Boulogne, France, 17 Nov. 1841, a. 78, and a dau. Mary Emilia Elizabeth, who m. Dr. Tim. L. Jennison, and d. in Camb., 23 Aug. 1848, a. 88; William, b. 12 th Nathaniel Mills in the publication of the tory Post Boy. The sacrifice of his father's life did not induce him to forsake the British; he went with the army to Halifax, thence to England, to New York, and to Halifax again; after the close of the war, he bought a good estate at Newton, and d. there s. p. 1794, making generous proHalifax again; after the close of the war, he bought a good estate at Newton, and d. there s. p. 1794, making generous provision in his will for his relatives, especially for his aged mother and his unm. sister Elizabeth. Hildreth, Richard (otherwise written Hildred); his w. Sarah d. 15 June 1644; by 2d w. Elizabeth, he had Elizabeth, b. 21 Sept. 1646; Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1648, m. David Stone 31 Dec. 1674. Richard the f. removed to Chelmsford, where
for N. H. in England, and dau. of Wm. Partridge, Lieut.-governor of New Hampshire. His children, born in Boston, were Andrew, b. 7 Nov. 1707, grad. H. C. 1724, Register of the Court of Admiralty, member of the Council, and d. at Milton 24 Jan. 1771, a. 63; Sarah, b. 22 Ap. 1709, m. Byfield Lyde, Esq., 17 Aug. 1727, and d. 5 Oct. 1768; Jonathan, b. 23 July 1710, grad. H. C. 1728, Chief Justice and Lieut.-governor of Nova Scotia, where he d. 29 Mar. 1776, leaving son Daniel, a merchant in Halifax, d. at Boulogne, France, 17 Nov. 1841, a. 78, and a dau. Mary Emilia Elizabeth, who m. Dr. Tim. L. Jennison, and d. in Camb., 23 Aug. 1848, a. 88; William, b. 12 Ap. 1712; Thomas, b. 14 May 1713. Jona-than the f. after his return from Europe, devoted himself for a time to commerce, in company with his father, but afterwards abandoned it for public life. He was a member of the Council, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1722, 1723, 1726, 1727; and was elected in 1729, but was negatived by Gov. Burnet. He
, and was regarded for a time as a whig; but in 1773 he entered into partnership with Nathaniel Mills in the publication of the tory Post Boy. The sacrifice of his father's life did not induce him to forsake the British; he went with the army to Halifax, thence to England, to New York, and to Halifax again; after the close of the war, he bought a good estate at Newton, and d. there s. p. 1794, making generous provision in his will for his relatives, especially for his aged mother and his unm. sHalifax again; after the close of the war, he bought a good estate at Newton, and d. there s. p. 1794, making generous provision in his will for his relatives, especially for his aged mother and his unm. sister Elizabeth. Hildreth, Richard (otherwise written Hildred); his w. Sarah d. 15 June 1644; by 2d w. Elizabeth, he had Elizabeth, b. 21 Sept. 1646; Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1648, m. David Stone 31 Dec. 1674. Richard the f. removed to Chelmsford, where he d. about 1693, leaving w. Elizabeth, and children James, Ephraim, and others. Hill, Abraham, was an early inhabitant of that part of Charlestown which is now Maiden. By w. Sarah, he had Ruth, b. 2 June, 1640; Isaac, b. 29 Oct. 1641; Abraham,