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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 87 87 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 55 55 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 34 34 Browse Search
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 9 9 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 8 Browse Search
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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
probability, however, the town then possessed one or more engines. Boston had one before 1679, and seven as early as 1733; Drake's Hist. Boston, 431, 593. and Cambridge would not be likely to remain entirely destitute. Yet the machines then in use might seem almost worthless, compared with the powerful steam-engines recently introduced. The Town Record of Births and Deaths in the last three quarters of the eighteenth century is very imperfect; all the deaths recorded between 1722 and 1772 are contained on two folio pages. Professor Winthrop inserted brief bills of mortality, for a few years, in his interleaved almanacs, which afford a glimpse of the truth:— 1758. Bill of mortality in first Parish in Cambridge. The First Parish then embraced what is now the whole city. Under 2 years old 12 Between 2 and 5 = 2 Between 5 and 10 = 0 Between 10 and 20 = 1 Between 20 and 30 = 2 Between 30 and 40 = 2 Between 40 and 50 = 1 Between 50 and 60 = 1 Between 60 and 70 =
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
st dutiful and loyal subjects, freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Cambridge, in town-meeting legally assembled this fourteenth day of December, A. D. 1772, to consult upon such measures as may be thought most proper to be taken at this alarming crisis, and most conducive to the public weal, do therefore with true pat been fully completed at this time, and the meeting was adjourned for three weeks:— At an adjournment of the Town-meeting from December the fourteenth, A. D. 1772 to January the fourth 1773, the following report was read and accepted by a great majority: The Committee appointed to take under consideration the rights of the Crmity 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 sh
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
ed the rectorship April 20, 1874. His degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred by Trinity College in 1859. The present Rector, Rev. William-Chauncy Langdon, entered upon the discharge of his duties Jan. 2, 1876. The Wardens of Christ Church have been as follows:— 1762, David Phips,John Vassall. 1763, John Vassall,Robert Temple. 1764-1765, Robert Temple,Richard Lechmere. 1766, David 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. 18
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
ilitary rank than any other who fell on that day; and like Warren, he was conspicuous for the political services which he rendered before the clash of arms. He was a selectman of the town from 1769 until his death, and Representative in the General Court from 1769 until that Court was superseded by the first Provincial Congress, of which and also of the second Congress he was one of the most active members. He was an energetic member of the Committee of Correspondence elected by the town in 1772, and by the House of Representatives in 1773, and of the Committee of Safety, elected by Congress, April 14, 1775. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the company commanded by General Brattle in 1765, and Captain Lieutenant in 1771. When Brattie fled to Boston, he became the commander of the company, with Samuel Thatcher Lieut. Thatcher succeeded Gardner as Captain, and as Colonel, of the militia. for Lieutenant, and John Gardner Ensign Gardner was afterwards Major. as Ensign. The P
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23: civil officers. (search)
731, 1732. John Cutter, 1728, 1736, 1741. William Brattle, 1729, 1731-1733, 1748-1757, 1766-1772. Joseph Adams, 1729, 1731, 1732, 1737, 1738. Isaac Watson, 1731, 1737, 1738. Samuel Danf5-1768. 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, 1761-1arned, 1769-1771. Thomas Gardner, 1769-1775. Edward Marrett, 1769-1777. Nathl. Sparhawk, 1772-1775. Samuel Thatcher, 1773-1776, 1780– 1786. John Cutter, Jr., 1774, 1775. Eliphalet Ro 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. Thomas Gardner, 1769-t, 1769-1771. Elected June 2, 1769, in place of Andrew Bordman, deceased. Samuel Thatcher, 1772-1776, 1782– 1786. Andrew Bordman [3d], 1777, 1778. Abraham Watson, 1779-1781. Ebenezer
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
C. 1762; of Rev. John Shaw of Haverhill, H. C. 1772; and of Ruth Shaw, who m. Gen. Nathaniel Goodwi of Ebenezer (8), m. Hannah Paine of Worcester, 1772 (pub. 12 Sept.), and had Ebenezer, b. 8 Sept. as Selectman twenty-one years, between 1729 and 1772; Representative ten years, first elected in 172e f. was a brickmaker, and rem. to Salem before 1772, when he joined with the Dunster hiers in the s. between 18 Dec. 1753 and 14 Jan. 1754; she d. 1772. 2. Hannah, m. Owen Warland, 3 Ap. 1679. Rev Medf. 13 Mar. 1869. John the f. grad. H. C. 1772, was an officer in the Revolutionary Army, attaohn, s. of Jonas (23), m. Mary Scripture 23 Ap. 1772, and had Mary, bap. 31 Jan. 1773, m. Raham RichH., Elizabeth, b. 2 July 1769; Samuel, b. 4 Ap. 1772; Benjamin, b. 2 Aug. 1775; Thomas, b. 2 Oct. 17p 11 Sept. 1674. Mary, m. John Prentice 23 Ap. 1772. Seager, Henry, m. Sarah Bishop 21 Jan. 1673r. 1766, and Palsgrave Wellington of Cambridge——1772. Thomas the f. was Selectman eighteen years be[12 more...]<
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, A. (search)
l 1787; Ruth, m. Francis Bowman of Lex., and d. 23 July 1754, a. 70; Eunice, d. unm. at E. Bridgewater, 1771, a. 73; Sarah, m. Rev. John Shaw of Bridgewater (she was mother of Rev. Oakes Shaw of Barnstable, H. C. 1758, whose son Lemuel Shaw, H. C. 1800, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; of Rev. Bezaleel Shaw of Nantucket, H. C. 1762, whose only child was Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Andrew Craigie of Camb.; of Rev. William Shaw of Marshfield, H. C. 1762; of Rev. John Shaw of Haverhill, H. C. 1772; and of Ruth Shaw, who m. Gen. Nathaniel Goodwin, and gave birth to the Rev. Ezra S. Goodwin of Sandwich, H. C. 1807). Hannah, the eldest dau. of Rev. Mr. Angier, d. unm. at Watertown 27 Sept. 1714, a. 32. 3. Edmund, s. of Samuel (2), was an innholder. In 1710, his father gave him a house and 3/4 ac. of land at the S. E. corner of Holyoke and Mt. Auburn streets; and he afterwards inherited house and about two acres bounded S. and E. on Bow Street. He m., 9 Ap. 1717, Abiel, wid. of John H
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, B. (search)
k); Francis (physician, of Boston); Phebe, wife of George Spooner of Boston; and Jane, wife of Jonathan Simpson of Cambridge. Of these, John Lindall, grad. H. C. 1772, was Lieut.-col. in the British service, and d. in England, 16 Nov. 1825; Francis, grad. H. C. 1774, resided a few years in Boston and Portsmouth, N. H., and was branches of the family, he was occasionally insane, and d. by suicide, May 1790, a. nearly 67. 10. Ebenezer, s . of Ebenezer (8), m. Hannah Paine of Worcester, 1772 (pub. 12 Sept.), and had Ebenezer, b. 8 Sept. 1773, grad. H. C. 1792, rem. to Wilkesbarre, Penn., was largely concerned in land speculations, and d. several yearte was abundantly gratified. He was appointed Justice of the Peace, 1729, at the early age of twenty-three years; was Selectman twenty-one years, between 1729 and 1772; Representative ten years, first elected in 1729; member of the Council from 1755 to 1773, except the single year 1769, when he was negatived by the Governor. As
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, C. (search)
4 Oct. 1765; Samuel, b. 14 July 1745, d. 21 Aug. 1745; Elizabeth, twin with Samuel, b. 14 July 1745, d. unm. 13 Feb. 1784; Mary, b. 15 May 1747, d. unm. 1 Feb. 1824; Sarah, b. 9 Aug. 1750, living unm. 1784; Samuel, b. 29 Mar. 1752, grad. H. C. 1772, d. in Boston, suddenly, 2 Jan. 1795, leaving no posterity; Han-nah Gibbs, b. 17 Ap. 1754, m. Henry Bradshaw 3 June 1781, and d. 21 Jan. 1793; Rebecca, b. 29 Dec. 1758, d. 2 Feb. 1778. Mr. Cooke is described in his epitaph, as social friend, a manept. 1742; Alice, b. 16 April 1715; Martha, b. 14 July 1746; Henry, b. 10 May 1748; Betty, b. 12 May 1750, d. 24 July 1754; Sarah, b. 1 Feb. 1753, d. 30 July 1754; William, b. 11 April 1755. James the f. was a brickmaker, and rem. to Salem before 1772, when he joined with the Dunster hiers in the sale of land in Cambridge. He d. 18 Feb. 1795; his w. Abigail d. before 1776;. and he was twice m. afterwards. 10. William, s. of James (7), was an innholder in Menotomy. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, D. (search)
f. d. Ap. 1769; his w. Sarah survived. 21. James, s. of Caleb (11), grad. H. C. 1753 (D. D., Edinb. 1768), settled in the ministry at Wallingford, Conn., 1758; installed at New Haven 29 Ap. 1789; dismissed Dec. 1805, d. Aug. 1812, a. 77. His s. Hon. Samuel Whittlesey Dana, was several tears Senator in Congress. 22. George, s. of Caleb (11), m. Margaret Clark of Waltham (pub. 28 Jan. 1764); she d. 3 Oct. 1770, and he m.; his chil. were Sarah, bap. 23 Sept. 1770); Edmund, bap. 20 Dec 1772; and probably others. 23. Edmund, s. of Richard (12), grad. 11. C. 1759; went to England, and was Rector of Wroxeter, Co. of Salop m. Helen, dau. of Lord Kinniard, and niece of Sir William Pulteney; d. 7 May 1823, a. 84. His s. George Kinniard Dana, was a Brigadier-general in the British Army. 24. Francis, s. of Richard (12), H. C. 1762, Ll.D. 1792, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Ellery of Newport, R. I., 5 Aug. 1773, and had Edmund Trowbridge, b. 13 June 1774, d. 12 Aug. 1776; Francis
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