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lly, the Overseers of the Poor shall from time to time make such regulations, not inconsistent with these general regulations, the laws of the Commonwealth, or the principles of humanity and benevolence, as they may judge fit for the better ordering of the Poor's House and the affairs of it; which regulations so by them made shall be binding until the expiration of the year for which such Overseers 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 regulations, the pauper establishment was admininistered until 1818, when a new Almshouse was erected in Cambridgeport. By deed dated April 2, 1818, Jonathan L. Austin and Benjamin Austin conveyed to the town about eleven acres of land, being the whole square bounded by Harva
e of his great-grandsons, James P. Richardson, Esq., who organized the first volunteer company for the defence of the country in the late War of the Rebellion, as will be mentioned in another place. William Marcy was a laborer, employed by Dr. William Kneeland. His origin and former residence have not been ascertained; but he seems to have been here about five years before his death. He was probably the person named in a vote of the Selectmen, Sept. 3, 1770, when such proceedings were custom Safety; and the quarter master general is directed to provide quarters for the troops now lodged at said house. Voted, That the quarter master general be directed to remove as many of the three companies now at Mr. Borland's, to the house of Dr. Kneeland, At the southwesterly corner of Mount Auburn Street and Winthrop Square; demolished not long ago. as the house can accommodate, and that the three companies at Mr. Vassal's house Afterwards the Washington Headquarters. be placed at Mr. F
athaniel Kidder3 Gideon Frost2 Torrey Hancock1 Samuel Hastings1 John Wyeth1 Nathaniel Jarvis1 William Bordman1 Capt. [John] Walton1 Jotham Walton 1 John Hastings1 Moses Richardson1 Stewd [Jona.] Hastings1 John Foxcroft2 ——Frost3 John Kidder1 William Manning2 [Thomas] Farrington3 Samuel Chandler1 Thomas Barrett1 Stephen Palmer3 James Read 1 Samuel Hill1 Robert Twadwell1 Joseph Welch1 Samuel Champney1 John Wyman1 William Manning2 Isaac Bradish 2 Doct. [William] Kneeland1 William Gamage4 Mr. [John] Winthrop3 Thomas Hastings2 Ebenezer Bradish1 William Darling1 William Howe1 Mr, [Thomas] Marsh1 Deac. [Samuel] Whittemore2 Capt. [Ebenezer] Stedman3 Israel Porter1 John Phillips, Jr.2 Stephen Randall1 Edward Marrett1 John Manning1 Owen Warland4 Doct. [Francis] Moore1 Samuel Hicks1 Edward Prentice1 Samuel Hinds1 James Kettell1 Francis Moore1 Joseph Cooke1 Judge [Edmund] Trowbridge 3 Rev. Mr. [Nathaniel] Appleton1 Jonathan Ireland1 Hunt
Jethro, 391. Jewett, 320. Joel, 388. Johns, 235. Johnson, 3, 6, 18, 43, 4, 69, 83, 321, 32, 82, 97, 428. Jones, 35, 97, 157, 85, 326, 95. Joy, 185. Judd, 33. Karr, 326. Keith, 214, 44. Kelsey, 11, 32. Kempster, 58, 75. Kendall, 327, 37, 55, 80. Kenrick, 80, 1. Kent, 292. Kerley, 401. Keys, 81. Kidder, 292, 305. Kilburn. 327. Kimball, 317. King, 36. Kingsley, 335. Kirkland, 193, 231, 93, 312. Kirman, 8, 32. Knapp, 322. Kneeland, 220, 413, 17. La Fayette, 293. Lambert, 322. Lamson, 35, 40, 256. Lane, 331. Langdon, 310. Lansing, 339. Larkin, 110. Leavitt, 337. Lechmere, 168-70, 5, 83-6, 310. Lee, 151, 3, 68-70, 5, 83, 307, 8, 10, 75, 421, 2, 33. Lemmon, 263. Leonard, 416. Leverett, 63, 77, 286-90, 324, 51, 403. Lewis, 11, 32, 253, 310. Lincoln, 409. Little, 222. Livermore, 201, 44, 312, 448. Locke, 376, 410, 26, 8. Lockwood, 8, 17, 20, 32, 341, 463 Longfel