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Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 4 (search)
ussell were the two men reported missing from Menotomy after the battle of the 19th. They were made prisoners by the British, and were confined on board one of the men of war at Boston, until exchanged, June 6, 1775, at Charlestown.—See Frothingham's Siege of Boston, 111-113. Sketches of both these men are given in the Genealogies. E. Russell's Salem Gazette, under date of May 5, 1775, reports them missing—supposed to be on board one of the men of war. A Journal kept during the Time that Boston was Shut up in 1775-6, by Timothy Newell, Esq., one of the Selectmen of the Town (see Mass. Hist. Coll., vol. i., fourth series, p. 262), contains the following, under date of June 6, 1775: Mr. John Peck, Mr. Frost, Mr. Brewer, and sundry others, discharged from on board the Admiral, in exchange of prisoners, viz. Major Dunbar, Capt. Gould, and a number of wounded soldiers. Smith's Address contains very full particulars of the doings in Menotomy during the retreat of the British. Two i
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 9 (search)
ll; had also Nancy, who m. Ebenezer Dexter of Lancaster; Francis, m. Patty Davis, 19 Feb. 1804; Samuel, 2d, m. Betsey Ash, 29 Nov. 1815. By second wife, Peter; Aaron; Davis; Phebe, m. Jacob Newcomb of Chas.—See Wyman, 624, 697. Francis the father m. Jenny Davis, 23 Nov. 1786. He d. 19 Jan. 1812, a. 59 (g. s.). Jenny, wid. of the late Francis, d. 29 Oct. 1839, a. 81. She was also the wid. of Jonathan Davis and dau. of Israel Hinds—see Hinds. 9. John, s. of John (4), m. Sukey Sawyer—late Boston—6 Feb. 1777. Had here a son (John ), b.—Dec. 1777; a child (Susan ), b. 13 Apr. 1780; a child (Mary ), b. 12 Sept. 1782. He was a corporal in Capt. William Adams's Co., Thatcher's Regt., 1776. He was also a member of Capt. B. Locke's company of minute-men, 1775. John Locke, of Cambridge, enlisted for 9 mos. prior to 15 Aug. 1779—aged 24-5 ft. 7 in.—light. John Locke, of Camb., a 6 mos. man, Capt. Fox's Co., marched from Springfield, 26 July, 1780, aged 27-5 ft. 5 in., ruddy com