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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 2: civil History. (search)
ld agree upon should bind all, under date of May of this year. This led to the representative body, having the full powers of all the freemen, except that of elections. —Savage's Winthrop, i. 71, note. Six months later, there was a considerable accession of inhabitants, by order of the General Court. The order does not appear on the records of the Court; but Winthrop says, under date of Aug. 14, 1632, The Braintree Supposed to be so called because they came from Braintree, a town in Essex, about forty miles from London. Company (which had begun to sit down at Mount Wollaston), by order of court, removed to Newtown. There were Mr. Hooker's Company. Savage's Winthrop, i. 87. Mr. Hooker did not arrive until more than a year later; but the members of his flock, who preceded him, in due time again enjoyed his pastoral care. Before their arrival an order was adopted by the inhabitants, in regard to the paling around the common lands; the contemplated assignment of proportions,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 14: civil History. (search)
inued to be the place for imprisonment until the new county buildings were erected at East Cambridge. before Aug. 26, 1692, when it was ordered by the Court, that the County Treasurer take care that their majesties Goal at Cambridge be repaired, for the comfortable being of what persons may be committed forthwith. This was when the witchcraft excitement was at its extreme height, and the prisons in several counties were put in requisition to confine the unhappy victims who were accused in Essex. It was also ordered, Dec. 14, 1703, that an addition be made to the prison at the west end thereof, of eighteen foot square, with studs conformable to the old house. A dozen years later, the old part of the prison became so unsatisfactory, that the Court appointed a committee to agree with carpenters and other workmen to erect and build a good well-timbered house in Cambridge for a Prison, for the accommodation of a keeper, to be thirty-six foot long, and for width agreeable to the foundat
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
ouse, giving it its present seating capacity of 1,040. The house, thus improved, was rededicated Dec. 15, 1872. The church, now known as the North Avenue Congregational Church, was organized Sept. 23, 1857, under the auspices of an ecclesiastical council duly convened; it consisted originally of forty-three members. The first pastor of this church was Rev. William Carruthers, Bowd. Coll. 1853, who was installed Jan. 2, 1861, and was dismissed Feb. 21, 1866. Rev. David O. Mears, born in Essex, Feb. 22, 1842, A. C. 1865, was ordained and installed Oct. 2, 1867, under whose ministry the growth of the church and congregation has been rapid and substantial. The following named persons have served this church as Deacons:— John Harmon, Samuel Chadwick, F. E. Whitcomb, James R. Morse, William P. Hayward, Daniel Fobes, H. D. Sweetser, Henry M. Bird, Wm. Fox Richardson, Frank Foxcroft. Pilgrim Congregational.—In 1852, a mission Sabbathschool was established under the
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
in this expedition). June 23, Lieut.-col. Goffe and Major Jonas Bond to provide quarters for the troops of the north of Charles River, appointed to rendezvous at Cambridge. Mass. Arch., LXXI. 806, 807. Col. Edmund Goffe submitted a memorial to Lieut.—gov. Dummer, in 1724, when the Province was engaged in a war with the Indians, representing that in the month of July last past, he was commissionated and appointed to be Colonel of all the forces in the western frontiers of Middlesex and Essex, together with the town of Brookfield, by his Honor the Lieutenant Governor, and that he had visited all the stations at great personal expense, and at the hazard of his life; he reported the number of men now in the service of this Government in the towns following, viz.: Dunstable, 40; Dracut, 12; Almsbury, 10; Haverhill, 12; Groton, 14; Lancaster, 14; Turkey-Hills, 12; Rutland, 25; Brookfield, 10; total, 149. Ibid., LXXII. 169-172. At a later period, Rev. Ammi-Ruhamah Cutter (a Cambri
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
t East Cambridge 8 Ap. 1875, aged nearly 88 years, was a lineal descendant from the first Atherton Haugh of Cambridge, and for many years resided on a part of the original homestead. Haynes, John, came to New England 1633, from Copford Hall in Essex, in company with Rev. Thomas Hooker, was admitted freeman in 1634, elected an Assistant in 1634 and 1636, and Governor in 1635. He rem. to Connecticut in 1637, settled at Hartford, was elected the first governor of that Colony in April 1639, andon, John, m. Mary Harrington 13 Ap. 1680. Hoar, Leonard, grad. H. C. 1650, and three years afterwards went to England, where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cambridge. He was also a preacher at Wanstead in Essex, and was ejected in 1662; returned to New England, and was elected 30 July 1672, President of Harvard College. His continuance in office was short and unpleasant; he resigned 15 Mar. 1674-5, and d. 28 Nov. 1675, a. 45. He was buried at Braintre
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, H. (search)
t East Cambridge 8 Ap. 1875, aged nearly 88 years, was a lineal descendant from the first Atherton Haugh of Cambridge, and for many years resided on a part of the original homestead. Haynes, John, came to New England 1633, from Copford Hall in Essex, in company with Rev. Thomas Hooker, was admitted freeman in 1634, elected an Assistant in 1634 and 1636, and Governor in 1635. He rem. to Connecticut in 1637, settled at Hartford, was elected the first governor of that Colony in April 1639, andon, John, m. Mary Harrington 13 Ap. 1680. Hoar, Leonard, grad. H. C. 1650, and three years afterwards went to England, where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cambridge. He was also a preacher at Wanstead in Essex, and was ejected in 1662; returned to New England, and was elected 30 July 1672, President of Harvard College. His continuance in office was short and unpleasant; he resigned 15 Mar. 1674-5, and d. 28 Nov. 1675, a. 45. He was buried at Braintre