,\- ^o. .^ o V \ •;•<: '•^.o*'".-;:^^-- '-^^o^ x ..1 ■. I-- n' ^O-n,^ :*^^ .^'\ -...,.../ /\ -.^ ^^ . Wymiiii — tVom which important facts have been de- rived. Reference is also made to these works when further information on the subject may there be obtained. The author is greatly indebted to John B. Russell, Esq., a native of the town, now of New Jersey, for many important and iutercstinu- statements and reminiscences. He is also under obligations to Mr. B. D. Locke, the present Town Clerk of Arlington, for favors granted in the examination of Records in his possession. The genealogical portion of the work is mainly confined to the families who had a residence here in the times of the Pre- cinct, and is as complete and accurate as the greatest labor and care could make it. The preparation of the List of Soldiers given at the close of the volume was a work of greater labor than at first anticipated ; but the List, as here presented, constitutes a more complete Record of the men furnished by the town for the late war than can be found elsewhere. , Particulars relating to the later years of the towns of West Cambridge and Arlington may not be so full, in certain respects, as some readers might wish ; but the comparative unimportance of the events of recent times in the place, and the increased accessibility of modern local records, are ^considered a suflScient explanation for any such apparent neglect. William R. Cutter, David Clapp & Son. CONTENTS. HISTORY OP THE TOWN: I. General History .... Page. 1 II. History before the Establishment of THE Precinct 5 III. History of the Precinct . 21 IV. Town of West Cambridge 114 V. Town of Arlington .... . 161 VI. List of Public Officers 167 m. Present Religious Societies . . 174 GENEAL O GICAL RE GISTER : Genealogy of the Inhabitants of the Second Precinct in Cambridge . 183 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE LAST WAR: In Massachusetts Regiments . . . 339 In the Naval Service . . , . 348 In Fortieth New York Regiment . . 349 Miscellaneous 350 General Index ....... 353 Index of Names . . . . . . 365 ILLUSTKATIOE^S. Outline Map of Arlington oi3po. title. House of the Rev. Samuel Cooke .... 83 The house of the Rev. Samuel Cooke, last owned by his grand- daughter, Miss Anna Bradshaw, was raised July 17, 1740, at public expense. It stood on Pleasant Street, and was built on land bought of Jason Russell, and after standing on the original site more than one hundred and thii-ty years, was removed in 1871 to another part of the village, and its exterior very materially altered. The illustra- tion was taken just previous to the removal. Many interesting as- sociations are connected with the house, it having been the scene of various ' important public events, and the abode of eminent individuals. Likeness of the Rev. Samuel Cooke .... 89 Portrait of the Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, D.D. . . 105 Centre of West Cambridge in 1817 .... 138 Monument to AVilliam and Mary Cutter . . .141 House of the Rev. Dr. Thaddeus Fiske . . . 240 The House of the Rev. Dr. Thaddeus Fiske was also on Pleasant Street. The land, which formerly belonged to the estate of Rev. Samuel Cooke, was bought of Marshall Spring, of Watertown, Aug. 16, 1791. It was a capacious and imposing structure, and after hav- ing stood three quarters of a century was demolished in 1866. Copies of three of the above illustrations, in process of heliotyping for this work, were destroyed by the disastrous fire in Boston, Dec. 28, 1879. It was fortunately found possible to replace them from copies in the possession of others, to whom we are indebted for the loan of them. HISTORY OF ARLINQTON, FORMERLY WEST CAMBRIDGE AND CAMBRIDGE SECOND PRECINCT. I. GENERAL HISTORY. The history of Cambridge has been concisely presented by Rev. Dr. Paige in his invaluable volume. The State Records , preserve the action of the Council on a " Petition of Cambridge Northwest Inhabitants," under date of June 30, 1732, namely a petition of James Cutler and others, a committee for the inhabi- tants of the Northwest Part of the town of Cambridge, — show- ing that on their application to said town to be set off a sepa- rate precinct, they were pleased to vote that they should be set off by certain bounds in the said vote particularly described, with a reservation of the ministerial lands to the old parish, together with all their gifts and grants made to the church at Cambridge ; and praying that they may be set off a distinct precinct without that reservation, and that the ministry lot lying within their bounds may be assigned to the petitioners, which is not their full proportion of the ministerial estate. The order thereon was, that the petitioners serve the town of Cambridge with a copy of this petition, that they show cause at a time stated why the prayer thereof should not be granted. On Nov. 3, 1732, the petition of James Cutler and others, in behalf of the inhabitants of the Northwest Part of Cambridge, praying as entered June 30, 1782, being in Council read again, together with the answer of the town of Cambridge, and the petition of William Russell and others, and the same being fully considered, the question was put whether the prayer of the peti- tion be granted, and it passed in the negative and was therefore dismissed. 2 2 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Paige slates that as early as May 10, 1725, the people on the ■westerly side of Menotomy River desired better accommodation for public worship, and petitioned the town to consent that they might beconie a separate precinct. The tcgs^n withheld its con- sent, on the ground that near one-half of said inhabitants had not signed the petition. The request was renewed in 1728. A second petition of James Cutler and others, a committee for the Northwest inhabitants of Cambridge, praying they be set off a separate and distinct precinct, by such boundaries as are set forth in their petition, was disposed of as follows: order thereon ; petitioners serve town of Cambridge with copy of their petition, that they show cause, if any they have, on Wednes- day, the 6th of December following, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Ebenezer Burrill, Esq., for the committee of both houses on the petition above, reijorted that said committee, appointed to take under consideration said petition, having repaired to the lauds petitioned for by, and notified the petitioners and the agents for the town of Cam- bridge,' with other petitioners, and having carefully viewed the place and heard tlie parties, are humbly of opinion that the lands in the Northwest Part of said town petitioned for, be set off a distinct pre- cinct by the following boundaries : On Menotomy River from Charlestown till it comes to Spy Pond Brook, then on said brook till it comes to a watercourse or ditch in Whiting's meadow, so called ; the ditch to be the boundary till it comes to llaniblet's Brook, following the course of said brook to the Bridge, thence on a straight line to the northwest corner of Mr. Isaac Holden's orchard, and continuing the same course to Watertown line. And that the inhabitants of the said precinct be vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities that other precincts within this Province do, or by law ought to enjoy. The above report was accepted, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1732, and the order of the General Court for a new precinct in Cam- bridge was that the lands above-mentioned be set oflF a distinct precinct accordingly. — 3Iass. Prov. Records, vol. xv. On June 9, 1762, the inhabitants of the said Second Parish * Hon. Spencer Phips, Jonathan Remington, Francis Foxcroft, William Brat- tle, Esqs., and Mr, Andrew Bordman, were chosen the committee of Cambridge, July 24, 1732, for this purpose. See attested copy of vote, belonging to Mr. J. B. llusseU of New Market. N. J. GENERAL HISTORY. 3 in Cambridge, together with certain petitioners then inhabitants of the town of Charlestown, were incorporated into a District, generally called Menotomy, since it included all the territory in the two towns on the westerly side of Menotomy River, now Alewife Brook, the stream flowing from the Spy-Pond Brook into the Mystic River.' On Feb. 27, 1807, an act was passed to divide the town of Cambridge, and to incorporate the Westerly Parish therein as a separate town, by the name of West Cambridge. All that part of the town of Cambridge, heretofore known as the Second Parish, and as described within the following bounds : Beginning at Charlestown line where the little river intersects the same, and running on a line in the middle of said little river until it strikes Fresh Pond; thence west ten degrees south until it intersects the line of the town of Watertown ; thence on Watertown and Wal- tham line, till it strikes Lexington line ; thence on Lexington line till it strikes Woburn line ; theijce on Woburn and Charlestown line to the little river first mentioned. This act contains the proviso that nothing therein shall be so construed as to impair the right or privilege of the Congrega- tional minister of the town of West Cambridge, which he now holds in Harvard College.' The inhabitants were vested with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties other corporate towns were subject to in this commonwealth. They were to hold a proportion of property owned in common — to pay arrears of taxes, to support their proportion of poor, to support their proportion of the old bridge over Charles River between the First and Third Parishes of Cambridge,* to pay state and county taxes. • The Mystic River, of which the ancient Menotomy River is a branch, has its source in Mystic Pond, which was shown on Wood's Map of Massachusetts in 1633. It almost has its beginning, continuance and end within the limits of Medford, and hence is often called the Medford River. The names of the Mys- tic and Menotomy Rivers are apparently aboriginal designations, and like all Indian names probably describe the locality to which they were affixed. Trum- bull gives the origin of the name Mystic, anciently written Mistich, as applied to the Medford River, thus : " Tuk in Indian denotes a river whose waters are driven in waves by the tides or winds. With the adjectival missi, ' great,' it forms missi-tuk — now written Mystic — the name of the 'great river' of Boston Bay." The origin of the name Menotomy yet awaits explanation. The spellings of the word have been various. 2 The " teaching elders" of six towns, namely Cambridge, Watertown, Charles- town, Boston, Roxbuiy and Dorchester, by act of 1642, were to constitute a part of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. ^ The Third Parish of Cambridge, now Brighton District. 4 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. The act had force June 1, 1807. A justice was to issue a warrant directed to some freeholder of said town of West Cam- bridge, notifying and warning the inhabitants thereof to meet at such time and place as appointed in said warrant, for choice of town officers. — Mass. Special Laivs, iv. 88. Part of Charlestown was annexed to West Cambridge, Feb. 25, 1842. Namely, "all that part of Charlestown which lies northwesterly of the thread of ' little river,' so called." Part of West Cambridge was annexed to Winchester, April 30, 1850. Namely, the extreme northerly portion of West Cambridge, to a point in the Lexington and West Cambridge boundary line, one hundred and twelve and one half rods south- west from the junction of said line with Woburn, Lexington and West Cambridge lines. Part of West Cambridge was annexed to Belmont, March 18, 1859. Namely, the extreme southerly portion of the town. For specification of boundary line between the towns of West Cam- bridge and Belmont, see the act to incorporate the town of Bel- mont. The name of the town of West Cambridge was changed to Arlington, by act of legislature, April 13, 1867. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. II. HISTORY BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRECINCT. 1635. Paige, lllstonj of Cambridge, 1630-1877, mentions farms granted to inhabitants of Cambridge in 1635, in the terri- tory now embraced in Arlington and Lexington (p. 36). A ''highway to Menotomy" from the "Town" — now Old Cam- bridge—existed prior to 1636 (pp. 15, 16); and a weir to catch alewives on Menotomy River in the bounds of this town was made in 1636 (p. 38). In the Proprietors' Records of Cambridge — see Paige, 21-22 — mention is made of the " new lots next Menotomy," as early as 1638. Instance William Cutter, who had one house and garden in the " town," of Mr. Santley ; and had also " in the new lots next Menotomy," three acres planting land ; highway to Meno- tomy, west. William Patten had also in •' new lots next Meno- tomy," two acres planting ground at this period. William Cutter was a wine-cooper and made freeman April 18, 1637, and member of the Artillery Company in 1638. He had estates in Cambridge and Charlestown, and resided at different periods in both places (see Paige, xvi. 487, 521, and Wyman, 260); and by 1653 returned to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in England, where he originated, and whence a letter he wrote to Mr. Henry Dunster, President of Harvard College in Cambridge in New England, in 1654, has,been preserved (see Hist. Cutter Family of K E., p. 368). He was ap- pointed "assisting water-serjeant " at Newcastle, Eng., and sworn June 23, 1657. — Brand's History of Newcastle, ii. p. 24. His mother Elizabeth Cutter, widow, and brother Richard Cutter, cooper, both settled in Cambridge, and his sister Barbara Cutter married Mr. Elijah Corlet, the memorable old school-master in Cambridge. The brother Richard Cutter had many descendants here, but William probably left no posterity. Richard Cutter had four acres land in the Menotomy neighborhood, bounded John Brewer east, William Towne west, Charlestown line north, and Common south, in 1645. Mention is made of the Menotomy Bridge and Menotomy River in the Proprie- tors' Records, in 1642. William Patten was an early resident of Cambridge, who agreed to take charge of a part of the town herd of cattle, and resided on the easterly side of North Avenue (in the present Cambridge), opposite the Common. — Paige. Some of his descendants have resided in the Menotomy precinct. - 2* 2 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Paige slates that as early as May 10, 1725, the people on the •westerly side of Mcnotomy River desired better accominodation for public -worship, and petitioned tiie town to consent that they might become a separate precinct. The iQfifn withheld its con- sent, on the ground that near one-half of said inhabitants had not signed the petition. The request was renewed in 1728. A second petition of James Cutler and others, a committee for the Northwest inhabitants of Cambridge, praying they be set off a separate and distinct precinct, by such boundaries as are set forth in their petition, was disposed of as follows: order thereon ; petitioners serve town of Cambridge with copy of their petition, that they show cause, if any they have, on Wednes- day, the 6th of December following, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Ehenezer Burrill, Esq., for the committee of both houses on the petition above, reported that said committee, appointed to take under consideration said petition, having repaired to the lauds petitioned for by. and notified the petitioners and the agents for the town of Cam- bridge,' with other petitioners, and having carefully viewed the place and heard the parties, are humbly of opinion that the lands in the Northwest Part of said town petitioned for, be set off a distinct pre- cinct by the following boundaries : On Menotomy River from Charlestown till it comes to Spy Pond Brook, then on said brook till it comes to a watercourse or ditch in "Whiting's meadows so called ; the ditch to be the boundary till it comes to llamblet's Brook, following the course of said brook to the Bridge, thence on a straight line to the northwest corner of JNIr. Isaac Holden's orciiard, and continuing the same course to Watertown line. And that the inhabitants of the said precinct be vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities that other precincts within this Province do, or by law ought to enjoy. The above report was accepted, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1732, and the order of the General Court for a new precinct in Cam- bridge was that the lands above-mentioned be set oif a distinct precinct accordingly. — Mass. Prov. Records, vol. xv. On June 9, 1762, the inhabitants of the said Second Parish > Hon. Spencer Phips, Jonathan Remington, Francis Foxcroft, ■\Villiam Brat- tle, Esqs., and Mr, Andrew Bordman, were chosen the coniniittce of Cambridge, July 24, 1732, for this purpose. See attested copy of vote, belonging to Mr. J. B. llusBell of New Market, N. J. GENERAL HISTORY. 'S in Cambridge, together with certain petitioners then inhabitants of the town of Charlestown, were incorporated into a District, generally called Menotomy, since it included all the territory in the two towns on the westerly side of Menotomy River, now Alewife Brook, the stream flowing from the Spy-Pond Brook into the Mystic River.' On Feb. 27, 1807, an act was passed to divide the town of Cambridge, and to incorporate the Westerly Parish therein as a separate town, by the name of West Cambridge. All that part of the town of Cambridge, heretofore known as the Second Parish, and as described within the following bounds : Beginning at Charlestown line where the little river intersects the same, and running on a line in the middle of said little river until it strikes Fresh Pond ; thence west ten degrees south until it intersects the line of the town of Watertown ; thence on Watertown and Wal- tham line, till it strikes Lexington line ; thence on Lexington line till it strikes Woburn line ; theijce on Woburn and Charlestown line to the little river first mentioned. This act contains the proviso that nothing therein shall be so construed as to impair the right or privilege of the Congrega- tional minister of the town of West Cambridge, which he now holds in Harvard College.* The inhabitants were vested with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties other corporate towns were subject to in this commonwealth. They were to hold a proportion of property owned in common — to pay arrears of taxes, to support their proportion of poor, to support their proportion of the old bridge over Charles River between the First and Third Parishes of Cambridge,' to pay state and county taxes. ' The Mystic River, of whicli the ancient Menotomy River is a branch, has its source in Mystic Pond, which was shown on Wood's Map of Massachusetts in 1633, It almost has its beginning, continuance and end within the limits of Medford. and hence is often called the Medford River. The names of the Mys- tic and Menotomy Rivers are apparently aboriginal designations, and like all Indian names probably describe the locality to which they were affixed. Trum- bull gives the origin of the name Mystic, anciently written Mistiek, as applied to the Medford River, thus : " Tuk in Indian denotes a river whose waters are driven in loaves by the tides or winds. With the adjectival missi, ' great,' it forms missi-tuk — now written Mystic — the name of the 'great river' of Boston Bay." The origin of the name Menotomy yet awaits explanation. The spellings of the word have been various, 2 The " teaching elders " of six towns, namely Cambridge, Watertown, Charles- town, Boston, Roxbury and Dorchester, by act of 1642, were to constitute a part of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. ^ The Third Parish of Cambridge, now Brighton District. 4 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. The act bad force June 1, 1807. A justice was to issue a warrant directed to some freeholder of said town of West Cam- bridge, notifying and warning the inliabitants thereof to meet at such time and place as appointed in said warrant, for choice of town officers. — Moss. Special Laws, iv. 88. Part of Charlestown was annexed to West Cambridge, Feb. 25, 1842. Namely, "all that part of Charlestown which lies northwesterly of the thread of ' little river,' so called." Part of West Cambridge was annexed to Winchester, April 30, 1850. Namely, the extreme northerly portion of West Cambridge, to a point in the Lexington and West Cambridge boundary line, one hundred and twelve and one half rods south- west from the junction of said line with Woburn, Lexington and West Cambridge lines. Part of West Cambridge was annexed to Belmont, March 18, 1859. Namely, the extreme southerly portion of the town. For specification of boundary line between the towns of West Cam- bridge and Belmont, see the act to incorporate the town of Bel- mont. The name of the town of West Cambridge was changed to Arlington, by act of legislature, April 13, 1867. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. II. HISTORY BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRECINCT. 1635. Paige, tllstonj of Cambridge, 1630-1877, mentions farms granted to inhabitants of Cambridge in 1635, in the terri- tory now embraced in Arlington and Lexington (p. 36). A "highway to Menotomy" from tiie "Town" — now Old Cam- bridge — existed prior to 1636 (pp. 15, 16) ; and a weir to catch alewives on Menotomy River in the bounds of this town was made in 1636 (p. 38). In the Proprietors' Records of Cambridge — see Paige, 21-22 — mention is made of the " new lots next Menotomy," as early as 1638. Instance William Cutter, who had one house and garden in the " town," of Mr. Santley ; and had also " in the new lots next Menotomy," three acres planting land ; highway to Meno- tomy, west. William Patten had also in •' new lots next Meno- tomy," two acres planting ground at this period. William Cutter was a wine-cooper and made freeman April 18, 1637, and member of the Artillery Company in 1638. He had estates in Cambridge and Charlestown, and resided at different periods in both places (see Paige, xvi. 487, 521, and Wyman, 260); and by 1653 returned to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in England, where he originated, and whence a letter he wrote to Mr. Henry Dunster, President of Harvard College in Cambridge in New England, in 1654, has too narrow and confined. It "was claimed that the bounds and conditions of the new proposed district, were in several respects different from what was prayed for in the first memorial of the petitioners, and other matters were brought forward. The whole met with an adverse reception by the legislative committee, and hence came to nothing. THE SECOXD PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 39 ish in Cambridge, together with the petitioners now inhabitants of the town of Charlestown, with their estates, be incorporated into a Dis- trict ; they paying their proportionable part towards repairing and maintaining the Great Bridge over Charles River in like manner as now obliged (the inhabitants of the said Second Parish being allowed their proportional part of the advantage of the lands granted for that purpose) ; provided also, that the town of Charlestown forever hereafter be exempted from repairing and maintaining one half the Bridge over the Wares, so called, and that the inhabitants of said town enjoy their ancient privileges of taking any sort of fish in Medford River, the grant of the proposed District notwithstanding ; as also that the said town of Charlestown be allowed and -paid the sum of twelve pounds in consideration of their having the last year been at a great expense in building a durable bridge within the limits of the proposed District, an exact plan of which district was suggested to be made before incor- poration. Liberty was granted to bring in a bill accordingly. In Council June 9, 1762. 1763. The following notice was at this time publicly read in church: "Richard Cutter and his Wife desire the name of God may be praised for his great goodness in raising her up from sickness, to so good a measure of health as to attend the pub- lic worship of God again." On the back of the notice are notes of a discourse in Mr. Cooke's handwriting, dated Aug. 7, 1763. 1764. On Aug. 3, this year, occurred the death of Hannah Bobbins, a dwarf, at the age of 27 years. Mr. Cooke records of her, that she was daughter of Widow Deborah Bobbins ; and that from about fifteen months of age, she continued the same in stature and understanding to the day of her death ; and had the actions of a child of that age ; " about her tenth year she grew somewhat thicker." A letter of Mr. Cooke's written this year is appended in a note.' For * Rev. Sam'l Cooke to Rev. I. Duxster, Minister of the First Church at Harwich (now Brewster). Rev. and Dear Sir : — Our usual tract of communication has long been ob- structed, and will probably be for months to come ; a way more direct novr opens, by which I trust you will soon see this. It is a" time of health in your native place. There has not been a death in it since the year began ; but how soon and where sickness and death may prevail, is known 'to him only Avho has the keys of death. Capt. Whittemore's wife is lately struck, and I apprehend fatally, with a palsy. Xo small uneasiness has arisen in your good father Locke's family, and at your mother's special request I am the unwelcome medium of tidings the most 40 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. the use of this letter we are indebted to Mr. John B. Russell, who re- ceived it from Mr. C. H. Morse, formerly of Cambridgeport, now of Washington, D. C. 1765. The Massachusetts House Juurnals, 1765, Feb. 16, con- taia mention twice of a petition of Samuel Cooke, of Cam- bridge, ClcrJc, praying liberty to sell his children's part of the disagreeable to you. My situation with respect to that family (as you well know) must prevent the least kind office of mine, which otherwise should not be wanting. I believe the knowledge of the matter is confined to the family. I have heard of it only from your brother and Jason Russell, who I perceive by their account have several times been at the house and endeavored a concilia- tion, and though not without effect, yet not so good as could be wished. Inter- est seems to be the foundation of the uneasiness, joined with the different tempers, dispositions and manners of the parties. A disease of the mind like this appears incurable. Age and the infirmities of it feed the distemper. For her sake I have often wished that I could discourse as freely Avith others, as with her ; but I am forbid — new ferments from old leaven, since the appearance of the grand itinerant in our neighborhood at Medford, Concord, &c., have arisen. She earnestly desires to see you, and a visit from a son, at least once a year, to an aged tender mother, to me appears a just debt, and if I am not mistaken you are in arrears with her. You will inquire what service you can do ? I an- swer, you will do no harm. She will say it is some relief to pour out our com- plaints to a friend — and that she cannot, as in years past, to her minister, and perhaps these hints of her case may afford her some present ease. This letter perhaps will only disquiet you in vain, but suffer not anger or grief to arise. I don't apprehend the affair ever will make any great noise abroad; and perhaps they are both as little unhappy in their present, as they can be in any different situation in life, all things considered ; but the point is for them to be con- vinced of this, and in this you might be helpful by your presence. AVe can say nothing in writing. I have said nothmg in this epistle. Three words in pre- sence would have been more to the purpose — but what I have wrote is in true friendship from Yours S C . Cambridge, June 2, 1764. For want of room I can't send love to Mrs. Dunster and little one. Remarks. — This letter of Mr. Cooke's appears to treat of some private matter, intimating also a withholding of intercourse for some cause, probably religious , between the persons in question and Mr. Cooke. The native place of the Rev. Isaiah Dunster was the Cambridge Second Precinct, where he was born Oct. 21, 1720, son of Henry and Martha (Russell) Dunster. Capt. Whittemore was Samuel Whittemore — see Genealogies — whose wife Elizabeth (Spring) died June 5, 1764, aged 63. The mother of Isaiah Dunster married for a second husband Francis Locke ; she was daughter of Jason Russell. The brother of Rev. Isaiah Dunster mentioned was Jason Dunster, then living in Menotomy. The Jason Russell mentioned was he who was killed by the British on April 19, 1775, and nephew of !Mrs. ^Martha (Russell) Dunster Locke. The house where Francis Locke lived is standing at the corner of Main and Bow streets in Ar- lington—at the Foot of the Rocks. The " gi-and itinerant" was Whitefield, to whom Mr. Cooke was opposed. Mrs. Locke died in 1771, aged 81. Mr. Duns- ter evidently studied for the ministry with his pastor Rev. Mr. Cooke. In 1764 Mr. Dunster had but one child, a daughter, born Oct. 1763. — See Henry Dunster and his Descendants (1876), by Samuel Dunster. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 41 real estate of their grandfather, the Rev. John Cotton, of New- ton, deceased, for the reasons mentioned. The second mention signifies the request was granted. See volume of Journal, for the time named, pp. 246, 248. 1766. Nos. 905 and 906 of Mr. Cooke's discourses are minutes of sermons on Acts 9 : 6, and both dated Mar. 1 6, 1766. Nos. 973 and 974, on Rom. 3:1, 2, are minutes of ser- mons for Nov. 30, 1766. Ephraim Frost was captain, William Cutler lieutenant, and Daniel Brown ensign of the train-band in Menotomy in 1766. — Paige. 1767. In 1767 the piece of common land in the Northwest Precinct in Cambridge, where the meeting-house for public worship and the burying-place now are, was granted to said Northwest Precinct for a burying-place and for accommodation of said meeting-house. — Proprietors' Records. Mar. 4, 1767, a vote was passed to fence the burying-place with a stone-wall, and to do it by subscription. It was also voted to take a part of the money received from the town, to keep four women's schools in the Precinct. In 1771 it was voted that the wall to fence the burying-place be accomplished in twelve months from May 27, 1771. The following work by Mr. Cooke is catalogued in Harvard Univer- sity Library : " Samuel Cooke, Dudleian Lecture on Natural Religion, MS. 4to., 1767." The title-page of this production is — '" 1767. Mr. Cooke's Sermon At the annual Dudleian Lecture in Harvard Col- lege, Cambridge, May 13, 1767." For an account of the Dudleian Lecture, see Quincy's Hist. Harv. Univ., ii. 139-40. The topics are now of very little interest. 1768. Nos. 1140 and 1141 of Mr. Cooke's discourses are minutes of sermons on Heb. 12:25, for Sept. 16, 1768, re- peated Aug. 25, 1771, and Jan. 31, 1779. In this year it was voted to keep a Grammar School fourteen weeks at the schoo-1-house in the Precinct, between Nov. 1, 1768, and April 1, 1769, The remainder of the town's money granted the Precinct for schools, was applied to the support of four women's schools, and, as usual with every appropriation, committees were appointed to expend it. 42 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1 769. In this year a new school-house was built in the Pre- cinct at a cost to the town of £50. 14. 6. 2. The Precinct's share of the town's school-money for 1769, was X18. 18. 11. — Paige. 1770. On May 30, 1770, occurred a casualty in the death of Lydia, wife of Nathaniel Fessenden, at the age of 19 years, who was " shot awfully ! " The Boston Gazette for June 4, 1770, contains the following: "We hear from Cambridge that last Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Fessenden, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Fessenden of that town, was unhappily killed by the following accident, viz. : A number of persons had been shoot- ing at marks, and after they had done went to the house of Mr. Philip Bemis, father to the unfortunate deceased, and put their guns against the house, when a lad about thirteen years old took one of the guns, not knowing it to be loaded, and snapped it at a girl in order to frighten her, when the gun went off ; but it missing the girl, the ball went in Mrs. Fessenden's eye. lodged in her head, and killed her in- stantly. Mrs. Fessenden had her infant about nine months old in her lap, which providentially was unhurt. She was the only daughter of ;Mr. Bemis ; and it is remarkable the gun by which she was killed be- longed to her husband. Mrs. Fessenden was a woman of unblem- ished virtue, and her chief ornament was modesty. — Her untimely death is lamented by all her acquaintance, and her husband in particu- lar refuses to be comforted." Another paper of the time calls Bemis's house a tavern, and the deceased the " landlord's daughter." Some elegiac verses, entitled " A Few Thoughts Composed on the Sudden and Awful Death of Mrs. Fessenden, by Mr. Fessenden of Cambridge," have been preserved by her descendants. These set forth her youth and early courtship, and then enter on the subject of her death in these stanzas, selected from those that now remain legible. Ou Election day* v:e well do know 'Twas enough to make one's heart ache, She to her father's house did go. To see this awful turn of fate ; * * * * And in a moment forced to die, She had been there scarce half a day, And see her in her blood to lie. Before that she was snatched away. Her pretty babe Avas in her arms, This harmless creature there did sit, Not knowing or fearing any harm ; Embracing of her infant sweet, And leaning on its mother's breast, AVhen death did send this fatal ball, When she was snatched away by death. "Which proved her sad and dismal fall. No. 1246 of Mr. Cooke's discourses is a sermon on Eccles. 9:5, 6. The manuscript is a skeleton only. It is dated Nov. 4, 1770, and again used on Oct. 4, 1778. 1 It is remarkable her minister that day preached the Annual Election Ser- mon before the governor and magistrates of the Province. See notice at end of 1770. THE SECOND TRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 43 No. 1250 is a sermon on Isaiah 58: 13, 14, dated Nov. 18, 1770, and repeated at Medford Nov. 24, 1771. . No. 1252 is a sermon on General Thanksgiving, on Dec. 6, 1770, the same repeated at Fast, July 14, 1774 — ''on Acts from England" — the same on JMay 11, 1775; and on Dec. 29, 1776; and ex temp, [on the time] April 18, 1779, the last having special reference to the anni- versary of the battle here April 19, 1775 (see 1779). The text is Lament. 3: 21, 22. The discourse is longer than the average, and ap- pears to have been a favorite subject of the author's. Allusion is made in the latter part of the discourse to the fact " that God pre- served our fathers, and he is able yet to protect us and save us from being brought under absolute subjection to men whose will is their law and wliose tender mercies are cruelty ; to still the hands of men who are trampling upon our rights and wantonly endeavoring to revel with the fruits of our painful labors ; we have not deserved this * * * God has given us the fruits of the earth in plenty by crowning the year with his goodness, general health has been enjoyed through the land — though, alas, the destroying angel has received a commission greatly to lay waste in this place ! We cannot pass the solemnities of this our annual festival without dropping a tear over the graves of our friends consigned to dust, who will no more praise God among the liv- ing as we desire to do this day. And I cannot close without leaving a solemn warning with all the young people present carefully to avoid those extravagances too common on the evening and night of this day * * * Out of nineteen that have been followed to the congregation of the dead this present year, the greater part, thirteen, of them prob- ably were the last occasion like this praising God with us in his house." It was voted in this year that a man's school be kept fourteen weeks. Wlien the new scliool-housc was finished, tlie Precinct decided to sell the old one at auction, and the proprietors of the old school-house, who subscribed to buildins^ thereof, were asked to give up their rights to the Precinct. By a memorandum in the Precinct Book we find that on Nov. 12, 1770, Edward Wilson bought the old school-house at public vendue, for which he gave a note of hand to the Precinct treasurer. INfr. Cooke preached the "Election Sermon " for the year 1770, which was printed, a " discourse that must have ' come home to men's business and bosoms.' " — J. Wingnte Thornton. The following is a copy of the title-page: " A Sermon Preached at Cambridge, in the Audience of his Honor Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief; The Honorable His ]\fajesty's Council, and the honoral)le House of Representatives, of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New 44 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. England, May 30th, 1770. Being the Anniversary for the Election of His Majesty's Conncil for the said Province. By Samuel Cooke, A.M., Pastor of the Second Church in Cambridge. Boston : Printed by Edes and Gill, Printers to the honorable House of Representatives. MDCCLXX." This sermon is reprinted, vrith illustrative notes, &c., in Thornton's Pulpit of the American Revolution, pp. 147-186. "At Eleven o'clock His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, accom- panied by the Honorable His Majesty's Council, the Honorable House of Representatives and a Number of other Gentlemen, preceded by the first Company in Cambridge of the Regiment of Militia, com- manded by the Honorable Brigadier Brattle, went in Procession to the Meeting-House, where a Sermon suitable to the Occasion was preached by the Rev'd Mr. Samuel Cooke, of Cambridge, from these words : 2 Samuel, xxiii. 3, 4. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that rideth over man must be just, riding in the fear of God, etc. After Divine Service the Procession returned to Harvard Hall, where an Entertainment was provided." ' — Boston Gazette, June 4, 1770. 1771. No. 1271 of Mr. Cooke's discourses is an expository sermon, numbered 4, on Matt. 2 : from 12 v. to the end, dated Feb. 24, 1771. Another is No. 6, on Matt. 3 : 7, to the end, dated Mar. 17, 1771. No. 1275 is exposition No. 7 — Matt. 4: to the end of the 11 v. — dated Mar. 31, 1771. No. 1278 is expository Nos. 9 and 10 — Matt. 5: 1, to the 10 v. — dated April 14, 1771. No. 1279 is exposition No. 11 — Matt. 5:10, to the 20 v. — dated April 21, 1771. No. 1282 is exposition No. 13 — Matt. 6: l,*to the end of the 15 v. —dated May 12, 1771. Another No. 1282 is a sermon on Mark 13:35, 36 — dated May 5, 1771 — delivered on occasion of the sudden death of James Robbins, drowned at Medford, April 30, 1771. See Genealogies. No. 1286 is exposition No. 18 — Matt. 8: to the 17 v. — dated June 9, 1771. No. 1301 is exposition No. 29 — Matt. 13: from the 20 v. to the end— dated Dec. 2, 1771. 1 In the sermon is this paragraph, descriptive of the status of the average New Englander : " There is in the close of our short summer the appearance of plenty in our dwellings ; but, from the length of our winters, our plenty is con- sumed, and the one half of our necessary labor is spent in dispersing to our flocks and herds the ingatherings of the "foregoing season ; and it is known to every person of common observation that few, very few, except in the mercan- tile way, from one generation to another, acquire more than a necessary subsist- ence, and sufficient to discharge the expenses of government and the support of the gospel, yet content and disposed to lead peaceable lives." THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 45 All these discourses are interesting and able. In No. 1286, however, is a passing allusion to the British military occupation of Boston at that period, in the following words : " The Jews were once a free people, but were now brought under the Roman Iron Yoke of Bondage, and obliged by superior force to pay tribute to Ctesar. To enforce this subjection military forces were sent from Rome into Judea, as troops are now sent among us ! This centurion, as they were then called, or captain of an hundred, was a Roman officer; but appears not to be a man of blood, or destitute of all religion and humanity, as too many of that order, professing Christianity, are ! " In 1771 the officers of the train-band in Menotomy were Ephraim Frost, captain ; Daniel Brown, lieutenant; and William Adams, ensign. — Paige. In 1771 it was voted by the Precinct that any person that hath brought stones for the wall to fence the burying-place, shall have the privilege of laying up the stones they have already brought. The wall to fence the burying-place (voted to be built in 1767) was to be accomplished within twelve months from May 27, 1771. 1772. Witnesses the continuation of Mr. Cooke's sermons on the exposition of j\Iatthew. Those extant are too numerous to be particularized, and extend to No. 57 by August, 1772. By Dec. 23, 1772, we find sermon No. 8 on the exposition of Mark. In No. 1316, exposition No. 39 — Matt. 19 throughout — he ex- presses these sentiments on the subject of infant baptism : " There has indeed been, and is, an inconsiderable sect who deny infant baptism, but not one sufficient argument has ever yet been offered against this blessed privilege, of bringing our children in this way to Christ, that he may bless them * * * * Those who oppose infant baptism, inquire what advantage can they receive by being sprinkled with water in the name of the Sacred Trinity? It may be asked of such persons, what benefit they expect from being plunged in rivers, or an ocean of water ? * * * * Water used in baptism is only typical, or a sign or token." * * * * (Mar. 1772.) At this period the following notice was publicly read in church: " Zechariah Hill with his wife desires to return thanks to God for his goodness to them in granting her a safe delivery in childbirth, and they also desire prayers for perfecting mercy — The child's name is to be called Ruth." One sermon (No. 1326 — May 31, 1772) refers to earthquakes ''in divers places, and frequently in this land, as foreboding, we may con- clude, our present calamities [the British military occupation of Bos- 46 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. ton] ; which we have reason to fear are but the beginning of our sor- rows, tlie loss of our civil and religious liberties, and we left to the will of arbitrary men, to those whose tender mercies are cruelty." * Another (No. 1328 — June 14, 1772) conveys an imiDression that religion suffered neglect in the towns and parishes of New England at this period, for which the calamity of the time [the presence of Brit- ish troops in their midst] was esteemed a judgment. Another (No. 1336 — Aug. 16. 1772) states, "We may well tremble under the ap- prehension of wicked and arbitrary power." In this year he preached a sermon on Eccles. 12: 14, to the youth — Sept. 13,1772. They were " professedly united for the worship of God on the evening of his day." Another evening sermon to the youth is dated Dec. 13, 1772, on Prov. 8:17. In it Mr. Cooke alludes to the origin of this religious society thus : " It is, as I am informed, near fifty years since this society was founded. Those who first thus united in this place to spend a part of the evening of the Lord's day in the worship of their arisen Re- deemer, are probably all met in the grave, to which each one of you with hasty steps are moving." The greater j^art of this discourse (No. 1351) was repeated as the funeral sermon of his cherished daughter, Rebecca Cooke, on Feb. 8, 1778, she having died Feb. 2, 1778, aged nineteen years. In 1772 it was voted that the money received for sale of the old school-house, be used to help pay for fencing the burying- place. 1773. Mr. Cooke continues his exposition of Mark, and the same of Luke. In one of these numerous sermons he takes issue against " the idle ceremonies of the Church of Rome and other sectaries," as subversive of true religion, " by being substituted in the place of that holiness in heart and life which God requires. What has the washing of cups and pots, or hands, or plunging the body in water to do with taking away the sin of the soul ? * * * To make these vain inventions of men a necessary part of religion, and presumptuously break charity with all who are better instructed." In another, he says, " We have his gospel in our houses, the dispensation of his word and oi'dinances settled near our dwellings, so that we can come up with those that * Mr. J. B. Kussell in an article published in the Boston Transcript enumerates the following earthquakes in Massachusetts. In 1663, two ; in 1665, one ; in 1727, a dozen shocks in one week, one of them of great violence; in 1728, sixteen in the month of January, and over a dozen during the spring and summer months; in 1729, twenty- seven ; 1729 to 1743, fifteen; 1743 to 1770, nineteen. That of November, 1755, was the most violent, being felt in Europe and America, and resulting in the destruction of Lisbon, where 60,000 persons perished. In Boston many chimneys were demolished, and other singular effects were expe- rienced throughout New England. The publications of the tune are full of the matter. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 47 keep holy day at stated seasons, and return to bless our own houses without fainting by the way. Perhajis there is not a country in the world favored as New England is in this respect at this day." Again the British military occupation of Boston is alluded to in a sermon — Oct. 17, 1773 — thus: "These soldiers were the Roman bands sent to support the publicans in extorting there this foreign tri- bute — as troops are sent among us to guard the Commissioners and their numerous dependents." The publicans are already alluded to as " the collectors of Ctesar's tax imposed upon the Jews by arbitrary power," and " were accountable only to the tyranny of emperors ; " but as they were independent of the people, '" like our Commissioners" they could call them to no account. Mr. Cooke continues : " It is the militia who are the safety and glory of a people. Standing armies in times of peace are the engines of tyrants to corrupt and enslave a people. Soldiers supported in idleness are in danger soon of becom- ing sons of violence, a terror to the good and a support to evil-doers. God grant that our waj'^s may so please him, as that violence may no more be perpetrated in our streets." In 1773 it was voted that the money paid by Samuel Frost for not serving as collector (in 1771) be used towards fenc- ing the burying-place. 1774. Mr. Cooke continues his exposition of Luke, and the same of John. In a sermon on July 31, 1774, he speaks of the tribute or tax " cruelly and unjustly imposed upon the Jews by Caesar, the Roman Emperor, and a band of bloody soldiers sent from Rome to enforce the payment of it," and exclaims, " Happy for New England, if this had been practised by none but pagan powers ! " In another sermon (Oct. 9, 1774) he exclaims, "See here * * * * the cruel effects of arbitrary power, where the tyrant's will is the only law ! " Another sermon is the sacramental lecture for Nov. 6, 1774. In this is the clause, " That unnecessary preparations for the interment of our dearest friends, is inconsistent with the rest of the Sabbath." Several sermons on John, preached in Nov. and Dec. 1774, and in Jan. and Feb. 1775, were repeated Aug. to Oct. 1777. A sentence or two is selected : " Marriage is a divine institution, and honorable in all, when made in the fear of God, publicly, «fec. ; and Christ conde- scended to honor this marriage with his presence and blessing; and he is always present when this solemn rite is conducted according to his will." * * * * "There is no absolute holiness in places; but a place dedicated to the service and worship of God, and where he has pro- mised to meet and bless his people, for the honor of his glorious name, ought not unnecessarily to be put to common and private uses." 48 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. In 1774 it was voted not to excuse the people who call them- selves Antipedohainists from paying ministerial taxes. In this year a committee was chosen "to regulate the school." Dea. Joseph Adams, Mr. Samuel Whittemore and Capt. Ephraim Frost were added to the standing committee to act for this pur- pose. It was also voted that the committee shall receive the money granted by the town, and employ " a school-master and school-mistresses to keep the school or schools, and pay them therefor." This is the most definite vote yet recorded regard- ing the schools, though the Precinct's portion of the town's school-money had before been previously mentioned, and com- mittees appointed to expend it. It was voted this year to take down the belfry, and cover the bell. The following notice was this year publicly read in church : " Widow Elizalieth Swan with her Children desireth prayers that God would sanctify to them his holy hand, in taking away her daughter and their sister Richardson, by death." [Esther (Swan) Richardson — wife of Zebadiah Richardson, of Woburn. She died at Woburn, April 19, ] 774.— Wob. Records.'] 1775. This was the momentous year of the opening of the American Revolution, and it is remarkable that a portion of the first armed resistance to British aggression culminated in battle near the meeting-house in this Precinct, where its minister had uttered so many patriotic sentiments in opposition to the op- pression of the royal government. The times must have been those of peculiar anxiety, for it is a known fact that the death- rate in the towns about Boston for this year was proportion- ately greater than usual. The number of deaths in 1775 in this Precinct, according to Mr. Cooke's recorded statement, was forty-seven — "47, besides some Provincials and Hutchinson's Butchers [the British] — slain in Concord Battle near this meet- ing-house — buried here." The more peaceable details will first engage our attention.' 1 At the beginning of the Eevolution, on account of the unpopular tax im- posed by the British government on tea, it was voted a duty to abstain wholly from the use of that " detestable herb," and committees were appointed in THE SECOND PEECINCT IN CAIVIBEIDGE. 49 In 1775 the Precinct voted to choose one person to lead in singing. Samuel Frost was chosen, but was excused, and Wil- liam Cutter was chosen to lead in singing and to nominate such persons as he shall think proper to assist him. It was also voted that the second and third seats in the front gallery- be the seats for the singers to sit in ; and at another meeting, it was voted to have two doors to the said two seats. This is the first mention of a choir. In the first of 1775 Mr. Cooke was continuing his exposition of the four gospels. The Baptists seem to give him some little uneasiness, for in a sermon in Jan. 1775, he asserts: "Baptism don't save us, from any virtue in the water : either in the quality or quantity of it ; but only, from the blessing of Christ, when performed according to his will ! " His construction of the case is certainly liberal, for in another place in the same discourse, he says : " Much water cannot purge away sin ; there is no certainty from this passage [John 3 : 23] whether they were dipt or sprinkled; nor can it be of great import- ance for us to know, while we all believe Baptism to be no more than a token of our being cleansed only by the blood of Christ, and our solemn dedication to him * * * * But the mode or manner, if done in sincerity, ought not to break Christian fellowship, or that love and charity among Christ's disciples by which we give the best evidence of our loving union to him. Where is angry disputing, there is con- tention, confusion and every evil work! " " We are all of the earth, as John was, though in a lower station ; we speak of the earth, and are all hastening to dust. Let us all, as he did, endeavor the advancement of Christ's kingdom in the world, and raise our thoughts to things above, where Jesus is now set down at the right hand of God." The following summary of Christian living is at the close of this discourse. " All they who love Christ will walk in all his ordinances, blameless. The true believer will follow the Lamb of God, copy his Life, all neighborhoods, to see that this patriotic resolve was faithfully adhered to. It was hard for the old ladies to refrain constantly from the use of their accus- tomed refreshing beverage. Mrs. Anna Russell, mother of the late Col. Thomas Russell, though one of the most loyal of women, "having a bad head-ache," was once tempted to break the rule, and make a strong cup of tea for supper ; but, to prevent detection, it was made in her coffee-pot. During the repast, the late Deacon John Adams, the committee-man for that neighborhood, dropped in officialh% and was invited (though probably not urged), to "take a cup of coffee," which, fortunately, was declined, and he left. Years after the Revolution, in talking over their youthful days with the deacon, she rallied him on the ruse she had played ; he retorted, by saying that he knew at the time, by the fraffrance, that her coffee-pot was filled with tea, but he did not Avish to expose so good a woman. I have often heard my late grandmother, the woman referred to, relate this anecdote of her early Me.— Letter of J. B. Russell. 6 50 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. thankfully commemorate his death, renew the dedication of him- self to Christ at his holy table, that he may become more and more conformed to his Likeness ; that through his merits he may be pre- pared for the Life immortal, to meet his Redeemer at his second coming, and enter with him into his everlasting Kingdom." Four pages of a sermon, dated April 6, 1775, are extant, preached probably to the company of Menotomy minute-men/ In this fragment, Mr. Cooke reviews extensively the conduct of the events which had influenced the country for a considerable period, somewhat as follows: "America, though penetrated with indignation and grief at the perfidious rebellions fomented by multitudes in Scot- land and England a few years past to unthrone the present royal fam- ily, subvert the Protestant religion, and raise to regal power a stupid, bigoted Roman Catholic [Charles Edward, the Pretender], asks, shall these be indulged with the softer name of insurgents, while the Col- onies, of unshaken loyalty, are pronounced and treated as Rebels and traitors? A charge we cannot, we dare not acknowledge?" He con- tinues, " We are putting on the harness ; let us not boast of our strength, or numbers ; nor let anyone say, with Judah of old, the strength of the hearers of burdens is decayed ; and give up all for lost! But remem- ber the Lord our God, who is great and terrible! He hath broken for us the Sword of the Wilderness [referring to the Indian enemy] ; the Heathen are perished out of the land. God is infinitely able, and we trust yet will maintain the lot of our inheritance. Hs has not yet forgotten the kindness of our Youth — the love of our espousals — when our renowned Fathers followed him into this wilderness. The wilderness has now become a fruitful field. While our enemies are opening their mouths wide against us by way of reproach, and gaping for our possessidns [these expressions were favorite figures with the speakers of the period], and our persons to be their slaves ; let us > Four thousand Britisli troops were sent to Boston in 1768, to aid in the collection of duties imposed by the royal government. The Loudon, Eng., Town and Country Magazine, for January, 1775, p. 56, says, under date of Bos- ton, Dec. 9, 1774: "The regiments, &c., now at Boston, or under orders for that place, are the 4th, 5th, 10th, 23d, 38th, 43d, 47th, 52d, 59th and 64th regi- ments ; three companies of the 18th and two of the 65th regiment, with four companies of artillery. The 6th and 14th regiments are on theii- way from the West Indies, and the 35th, 42d, 45th, and 63d, are imder orders from hence. Besides these the 7th and 26th are in Canada, the 8th on detachments on the Lakes, and the 16th at Pensacola. There are six or eight hundred marines at Boston besides the regiments." The 4th (King's Own), 5th, 10th, 18th (Royal Irish), 23d (Royal Welsh Fusileers), 38th, 43d, 47th, 52d, 59th, and 65th regi- ments arrived during 1774. See dates of landing, places where landed and en- camped, &c., in Newell's Diary, published by Frothingham {Siege of Boston, pp, 363-65). To oppose this force in case of attack, the towns raised "alarm- list com- panies," or minute-men, ready at a moment's call for Service. These compa- ■ nies formed a part of the organized militia of the Province, and were composed of the best and ablest-bodied citizens. It was customary after their field-exer- cises, sometimes to repair to the meeting-house to hear a patriotic sermon, or partake of an entertainment at a public house. THE SECOND TRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 51 pour out our hearts before God, for God is a refuge for us ! Though the Royal ear [King George III.] appears fast closed against the voice of our calamities, yet the eyes of the Lord are upon the ways of men, and his ears open to their cries. * * * * Lord North, according to his insulting boast, has not yet laid America at his feet! * * * " We cannot indeed expect to be saved, but in the way of duty, and in a prudent, manly, resolute defence of our rights, dearer to us than our lives dragged along in cruel slavery ! " Does the courage of any one among us under fresh alarms begin. to fail ? Recall to remembrance the wonders God hath wrought for our fathers, and in our days. How was the yoke of barbarous op- pression suddenly broken under the rule of that despotic monster, Sir Ed- mund Andros! How have we seen Louisburg, that thorn in our sides, brought to the dust, to the astonishment of the world, by New England troops ! How were we the following year delivered, by the Providence of God, from a formidable fleet and army, who perished at the Divine rebuke, and sunk as lead in the mighty waters [the Duke D'Anville's]. How was the detested Stamp Act and other cruel impositions, prevented having their baneful effect, by our spir- ited and united opposition! Our leading enemies are now the same; and God, with the same ease, can again turn their counsels into fool- ishness. The union of the Colonies is great and marvellous in our eyes ! But as Ministerial Vengeance is pointed at this devoted Pro- vince, it will be expected that we take the lead in every prudent and Constitutional measure for a general defence. " If we are terrified into a submission, the other Colonies will make the best terms they are able, and leave us and our posterity to groan in chains of bondage. Our Brethren in arms [the Minute Company] will duly consider this, and set a leading example of undaunted forti- tude. Let us all carefully study peace, unity and good order among ourselves, and avoid all just occasion of offence to any person what- ever. Let none, under any provocations, thirst for blood, but let your breasts strongly beat for the Liberty of your Country ! * * * * '' We conclude with our earnest wish and prayers, that God would unite all our hearts to fear his name. That lasting unity between us and our once parent state may speedily take place by the terror, and ' not the force of our arms. That we being made free, may serve God without fear through life ; and when our warfare shall be accom- plished, and we discharged from the burden of arms, may we be raised to the peaceful realms of glory in the Redeemer's everlasting kingdom."^ This discourse was delivered under excitement which soon became a reality on a day never to be forgotten in the annals of the Precinct, and ever memorable in the history of the world. * The missing portion of this discourse is probably the sermon of Cooke to the Minute Company, presented in Smith's Address, 1864, pp. 7-11. 52 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. As the British were the prime movers in the aflfray, their offi- cial return of the action will first claim our attention. We copy therefrom; as follows : " General Gage having received intelligence of a large quantity of military stores being collected at Concord, for the avowed purpose of supplying a body of troops to act in opposition to his majesty's gov- ernment, detached on the 18th of April, at night, the grenadiers of his army and the light infantry under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Smith of the 10th regiment, and Major Pitcairne of the marines, with orders to destroy the said stores ; and the next morning eight companies of the 4th, the same number of the 23d and 47th, and some marines, marched under the command of Lord Percy to support the other detachment. Lt. Col. Smith finding after he had advanced some miles on his march that the country had been alarmed by the firing of guns and ringing of bells, despatched six companies of light infantry, in order to secure two bridges on different roads beyond Con- cord, who, upon their arrival at Lexington, found a body of the coun- try people drawn up under arms on a green, close to the road ; and upon the King's troops marching up to them, in order to inquire the reason of their being so assembled, they went off in great confusion, and several guns were fired upon the King's troops from behind a stone wall, and also from the meeting-house and other houses, by which one man was wounded, and Major Pitcairne's horse shot in two places. In consequence of this attack by the Rebels, the troops re- turned the fire, and killed several of them ; after which the detach- ment marched on to Concord, without anything further happening, where they effected the purpose for which they were sent, having knocked off the trunnions of three pieces of iron ordnance, burnt some new gun carriages, and a great number of carriage-wheels, and thrown into the river a considerable quantity of flour, gunpowder, musket-balls and other articles. Whilst this service was performing, great numbers of the Rebels assembled in many parts, and a consider- able body of them attacked the light infantry posted at one of the bridges, on which an action ensued, and some few were killed and wounded. On the return of the troops from Concord, they were very much annoyed, and had several men killed and wounded by the Rebels firing from behind walls, ditches, trees and other ambushes ; but the brigade under the command of Lord Percy having joined them at Lexington, with two pieces of cannon, the Rebels were for a while dispersed ; but as soon as the troops resumed their march, they began again to fire upon them from behind stone-walls and houses, and kept up in that manner a scattering fire during the whole of their march of 15 miles, by which means several were killed and wounded ; and such was the cruelty and barbarity of the rebels, that they scalped and cut off the ears of some of the wounded men, who fell into their hands.* ^ This story arose from the act of a young man at Concord Bridge, who killed one of the British wounded with a hatchet, as the soldier was attempt- I THE SECOND PEECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 53 "It is not known what number of the Rebels were killed and wounded; but it is supposed that their loss was very considerable." ******** " Return of the commission, non-commission officers, drummers, rank and file, killed and ivoitnded, prisoners and missing, on the l^th of April, 1775. 4th, or King's Own Regiment. Lieutenant Knight, killed. Lieut. Gould, wounded and prisoner. Three Serjeants, one drummer, wounded. Seven rank and file killed, 21 wounded, eight missing. 5th Regiment. Lieut. Thomas Baker, Lieut. Wm. Cox, Lieut. Thomas Hawkshaw, wounded.* Five rank and file killed, 15 wounded, one missing. 10th Regiment. Lieut. Col. Francis Smith, Capt. Lawrence Par- sons, Lieut. Wald. Kelly, Ensign Jeremiah Lester, wounded. One rank and file killed, 13 wounded, one missing. 18th Regiment. One rank and file killed, four wounded, and one missing. 23d Regiment. Lieut. Col. Eery Bernard wounded. Four rank and file killed, 26 wounded, six missing. 38th Regiment. Lieut. William Sutherland wounded. One Ser- jeant wounded. Four rank and file killed, 11 wounded. 43d Regiment. Lieut. Hall wounded and prisoner. Four rank and file killed, five wounded, two missing. 47th Regiment. Lieut. Donald M'Cloud, Ensign Henry Baldwin, wounded. One serjeant wounded, five rank and file killed, 21 wounded. 52d Regiment. One serjeant missing, three rank and file killed, two wounded. 59th Regiment. Three rank and file killed, three wounded. ing to get up. — Frothingham. Zechariah Bro'mi and Thomas Davis, Jr., testi- fied, Concord, ^May 11, 1775, that they (two) buried the dead bodies of the King's troops that were killed at the North Bridge in Concord on the nine- teenth day of April, 1775, and that neither of those persons were scalped, nor their ears cut off, as has been represented. — Journals of the Provincial Congress of Massackusetts. Gordon, Hist. Am. Rev., i. 311, says the real fact was, "one of the British "wounded, who was left behind, attempting to get up, was assaulted by a young fellow, going after the piu-suers to join them, who, not being under the feelings of hiunanity, barbarously broke his skull with a small hatchet, and let out his brains, but neither scalped him nor cut off his ears. * * * * The poor object languished for an hour or two before he expired." Could this be the same in- dividual who attempted to kill Lieutenant Gould? — See pages beyond. ' The Salem Gazette of May 5, 1775, states an officer of the Fifth regiment, whom it calls " Capt. Thomas Knight," died at Boston, the next day after the engagement, of the wounds he received in the battle, and that " he was greatly regretted, being esteemed one of the best officers among the King's troops." Also that twenty- three wounded soldiers lately died at the Castle, and that Lieut. Hawkshaw " was wounded in the cheek, and it is thought will not re- cover." A Lieut. Gore [perhaps Coxr] was "wounded in the arm." — Gazette^ May 5. 6* 54 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Marines. Capt. Souter, Second Lieutenant M' Donald wounded. Second Lieut. Isaac Potter missing. One serjeant killed, two wounded, one missing. One drummer killed, 25 rank and file killed, 36 wounded, five missing. Total. One lieutenant killed. Two lieutenant colonels wounded. Two captains wounded. Nine lieutenants wounded. One lieutenant missing. Two ensigns wounded. One serjeant killed, seven wounded, two missing. One drummer killed, one wounded, 62 rank and file killed, 157 wounded, 24 missing. N. B. Lieut. Isaac Potter reported to be wounded and taken pris- oner. Signed, Tho. Gage."^ To counteract the impressions conveyed by the British, or Ministeiial account, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts published a narrative of the excursion and ravages of the King's Troops, under the command of General Gage, on the nineteenth of April, 1775, to which were appended many depo- sitions of eye-witnesses, and which was transmitted to Eng- land and to the Continental Congress, and otherwise extensively circulated. The opening paragraph was as follows: "On the nineteenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and sev- enty-five, a day to be remembered by all Americans of the pre- sent generation, and which ought and doubtless will be handed down to ages yet unborn, the troops of Britain, unprovoked, shed the blood of sundry of the loyal American subjects of the British king in the field of Lexington. ***•»«• The en- gagement lasted through the day." * * ^ * We will now turn to an account by a British eye-witness. April 19, 1775. Extracts from the Diary of a British Officer in 1775, in the Atlantic MontJdy for April, 1877, showing the features of the general action, beginning with the previous evening: — " 18th, be- tween 10 and 11, P. M., all the grenadiers and light infantry of the army embarked and landed on the opposite shore on Cambridge marsh. After getting over the Marsh, where they were wet to the knees, they were halted in a dirty road, and stood there till 2, A. M., waiting for provisions to be brought from the boats and divided — an unnecessary procedure. At 2, A. M., began their march by wading through a very long ford up to their middles. At 5, A. M., arrived 1 This account is taken from that which appeared in the London Toicn and Country Magazine for June, 1775, p. 332, 333, which is essentially the same as that in the London Gazette for June 10, 1775, the official organ of the British government. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 55 at Lexington Common ; their men without any orders rushed on the Provincials, fired and jDut them to flight, and several of them were killed. They got behind walls and into the woods. The British had a man of the 10th Light Infantry wounded — nobody else hurt. The British then formed on the common with some difficulty — the men so wild they could hear no orders — waited a considerable time there, and at length proceeded to Concord — met with no interruption till within a mile or two of the town, where the country-people had occupied a hill which commanded the road ; the light-infantry were ordered away to the right, and ascended the height in one line, on which the Yan- kees quitted it without firing, which they did for one or two heights more successively. — Four oflicers of eight at the Bridge were wounded (Lts. William Sutherland of 38th, Waldron Kelly of 10th — wounded again at Bunker Hill — Edward Gould of King's Own, and Edward Hall of 4.3d), three men killed, one sergeant and several men wounded. '' Before the whole had quitted the town they were fired on from houses and behind trees, and before they had gone one half a mile were fired on from all sides, but mostly from the rear, where people had hid themselves in houses till we had passed, and then fired ; the country was an amazing strong one, full of hills, woods, stonewalls, &c., which the Rebels did not fail to take advantage of; for they were all lined with people who kept an incessant fire upon us, as we did too upon them ; but not with the same advantage, for they were so concealed there was hardly any seeing them : in this way we marched nine or ten miles, their numbers increasing from all points, while ours were reducing by ^deaths, wounds and fatigue, and we were totally sur- rounded with such an incessant fire as it is impossible to conceive ; our ammunition was likewise near expended. In this critical situa- tion we perceived the First Brigade coming to our assistance (4th, 23d and 47th Regiments, and a battalion of marines, with two field- pieces, six-pounders). As soon as the Rebels saw this reinforcement, and tasted the field-pieces, they retired.' We formed on a rising- ground and rested ourselves ; in about half an hour we marched again, and some of the Brigade taking the flanking parties we marched pretty quiet for about two miles ; they then began to pepper us again from the same sort of places, but at an attack a greater distance. " We were now obliged to force almost every house in the road, for the Rebels had taken possession. of them and galled us exceedingly; but they suffered for their temerity, for all that were found in the * Letters of British private soldiers on the battle say : — " They did not fight us like a regular army, only like savages — behind trees and stonewalls, and out of- the woods and houses, where, in the latter, we killed numbers of them, as well as in the woods and fields." " As soon as we came up we fii'ed the cannon, which brought them from be- hind the trees, for we did not fight as you did in Germany ; as we could not see above ten in a body, for they were behind trees and walls, and fired at us and then loaded on their bcUies. The shot flew thick. I got a wounded man's gun and killed two of them, as I am sure of." 56 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. houses were put to death. When we got to Menotomy there was a very heavy fire ; after that we took the short cut into the Charlestown road, and we went into Charlestown without any great interruption. "We got there between 7 and 8 at night, took possession of the Hill above the town and waited for boats to carry us over. We got home very late in the night. Thus ended this expedition, which from beginning to end was as ill- planned and ill-executed as it was possible to be. " Even the people of Salem and Marblehead, above twenty miles off, had intelligence and time enough to march, and met us on our re- turn; they met us somewhere about Menotomy, but they lost a good many for their pains. Thus for a few trifling stores the Grenadiers and Light Infantry had a march of about fifty miles (going and returning) through an Enemy's country; and in all human probability must every man have been cut off, if the Brigade had not fortunately come to their assistance ; for when the Brigade joined us there were very few men had any ammunition left, and so fatigued that we could not keep flanking-parties out — so that we must soon have laid down our arms, or been picked off by the Rebels at their pleasure." The above statement by this officer explains why the British troops on their return punished our people so severely in the death of so many unarmed and helpless persons, particularly within the limits of this Precinct. The Rev. Samuel Abbot Smith, in his work entitled IVest Cambridge on the Nineteenth of April, 1775 (Boston, 1864), pp. 66, gives an extended account of the part the place took in the battle, and preserves many traditions of the doings of the in- habitants. His sources of information were of the best, and his little book was one of the most interesting character. Dr. Paige, also, in his History of Catnbridge, has presented considerable data regarding the battle in this part of the town. The local militia were called out on what is known as the " Lexington Alarm," and the minute company of this Precinct was formed on the common at day-break, ready for active ser- vice (Smith). The Cambridge militia company of the other Parish, under the command of Capt. Samuel Thatcher, likewise "marched on the alarm, April 19, 1775;" Paige stating the number of miles out and home, for which they were credited, as twenty-eight; equal to the distance, at Old Cambridge, to and from Concord. The Menotomy company probably pursued the same course, and followed the enemy to Concord, and returned in pursuit during the British retreat- THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 57 The British troops, after landing at Lechmere's Point, now East Cambridge, on the night of the 18th, first crossed the marshes to the Milk Row Road, now Milk Street, in Somerville, and then marched through Beech Street, at that time the only open passage-way between tiie Milk Row Road and the present North Avenue in Cambridge. Thence by North Avenue to Menotomy, now Arlington, and thence to Lexington and Con- cord. Paige, our authority for the foregoing, mentions a soli- tary house then standing at Lechmere's Point, whose occupant probably gave the alarm at the centre of the town proper (now Old Cambridge), which led to the speedy calling out of Captain Thatcher's Cambridge company (see Hist. Ccnnb., p. 408). The company of minute-men in the Northwest Precinct, or Menotomy (see same, p. 410), were under the command of Capt. Benjamin Locke, and consisted of fifty non-commissioned officers and privates, twenty-five of whom were described as residents of Cambridge on the original enlistment roll of the company. This company was formed previously to April 6, 1775, when Mr. Cooke, the minister of the Precinct, had preached a ser- mon to them — see previous pages 50, 51, and Smith's Address (1864), pp. 7-11. A copy of the articles of enlistment is published in Smith's Address, p. 59. The original in the possession of Mr. B. D. Locke, the present town-clerk of Arlington, is undated. It is as follows : " We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly and severally engage and enlist ourselves as soldiers in the Massachusetts service, for the preservation of the liberties of America, from the day of our enlist- ment to the last day of December next, unless the sei-vice should ad- mit of a discharge of a jDart or the whole sooner, which shall be at the discretion of the Committee of Safety ; and we hereby promise to submit ourselves to all the orders and regulations of the army, and faithfully to observe and obey all such orders as we shall receive from time to time, from our superior officers." The signers are all named in the following return preserved at the State House : — Return of Capt. Benjamin Locke's Company, in 37th Regiment of Foot in Continental Army, commanded by William Bond, Lieut. Col- 58 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. onel.' Signed, Benjamin Locke, Captain. Dated, Camp Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 1775. Capt. Benjamin Locke, Cambridge. Lieut. Solomon Bowman, ditto. Ensign Stephen Frost, do. Sergts., Jonathan Clark, Boston ; Joseph Trask, Cambridge; John Cutter, Cambridge; Moses Hovey, do. Corps, Thomas Cutter, Cambridge (discharged Oct. 5, 1775); .John Tidd, Cambridge; James Fowle, ditto; Seth Stone, do.; Joseph Batcheller, Marblehead (supplied Thomas Cutter's place). Jonathan Perry, Cambridge ; Joseph Frost, ditto ; Daniel Cutter, Charlestown ; Abraham Hill, Cambridge ; Josiah Williams, ditto ; Miles Greenwood, ditto ; Matthew Cox, Cambridge (in the Quebec Detachment) ; Peter Stearns, Cambridge; John Fowle, ditto; John Locke, do.; Israel Blackington, do. ; Andrew Cutter, do. ; Elisha Hastings, do. ; Joseph Cox, do. ; William Adams, do. ; Zechariah Hill, do. ; Israel Blacking- ton, Jr., do. ; William Wiuship, do. ; Charles Cutter, do. ; Ephraim Mullet, Charlestown ; John Sheldon Center, ditto ; William Dickson, do.; Isaac Fillebrown, Charlestown (in the Quebec Detachment); William Hopkins, Charlestown ; Richard Loring, Charlestown ; Sam- uel Pierce, ditto; Andrew Mullet, do.; Amasa Jackson, Newton, Drummer; William Pradox, Fifer, Boston; Samuel Pierce, jr., Bos- ton; Johu Grimes, Boston; Richard Kettell, ditto; David Blodget, Stoneham; Joseph Robinson, Lexington; Ebenezer Bowman, ditto; Samuel Seager, Newton; Ebenezer Cox, Boston (transferred to the train immediately after); Job Potamea, negro, Stoneham; Isaiah Barjonah, mulatto, Stoneham; Cuff Whittemore, negro, Cambridge; John Stewart, Cape Ann, (53.) Smith's Address, ^ip- 60-62, omits two names in the above list, and gives two others that do not appear above, namely, those of AVilliam Ellery and Cato Wood (negro), both belonging to Charlestown. Paige, Hist. Camb. p. 410, names the Cambridge members of the com- pany, all of whom he considers very likely were engaged in the battle of the 19 th of April. June 21, 1775, the Committee of Safety recommended Stephen Frost, ensign in Capt. Locke's Company of Col. Gardner's Regiment, to the Honorable Congress for a commission ; and in Provincial Con- gress, June 22, 1775, it was ordered that an ensign's commission be delivered to Mr. Stephen Frost, of Capt. Locke's Company in Col. Gardner's Regiment. — Journals of each Provincial Congress of Mass., pp. 374, 573. The British entered Menotomy about two o'clock in the morn- ing; citizens were awakened by the stir of their march, and began making preparations to resist them. One man was aroused by the rattle of the pewter plates on his dresser, jarred by the measured tramp of the soldiers. Solomon Bowman, the * This regiment was afterward arranged as the 25th Regiment of the Conti- nental Army. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAIVIBRIDGE. 59 lieutenant of the Minute Company, came to the door to see what was stirring. He refused one soldier a drink of water, and as soon as they passed, he began at once to warn his com- pany for immediate service. The British continued their march in silence, though finding the country thoroughly aroused. They entered the barn at the Cutler Tavern, and a man and his wife in one of the old houses at the Foot of the Rocks, narrowly escaped detection in the act of melting their pewter plates into bullets. Such in substance are the adventures of the night march of the British troops through the present town of Arlington, in Smith's Address, with the exception of one incident. On April 18, 1775, Tuesday, the Committee of Safety and the Committee of Supplies sat at Newell's (more generally Wetherby's) tavern, in Mcnotomy,' while a great number of British officers dined at Cambridge, on the watch to prevent intelligence of G-agc's in- tended expedition that night. After finishing the business of the day, the committees of safety and supplies, which usually held their sessions together, adjourned to meet at Woburn on the morrow (the 19th). Three members, Gerry, Orne, and Lee, remained to lodge at Newell's (otherwise Wetherby's); while two, Watson and Devens, departed in Devens's chaise at sunset, but soon meeting on the road a great number of British officers and their servants on horseback (the same who had dined that day at Cambridge), Devens and his companion rode some way after they had met this party, and then turned back and rode through them, and went and informed their friends at Wetherby's. They stopped there, till the British party came up and rode by. They then left their friends, and Devens rode home, to Charlestown, after leaving Mr. Watson at his house. Devens, after arrival home, soon received intelligence from Boston ^ A Jacob Newell had a family here, 1766-1769, possibly a former occiipant of the tavern. — See Genealogies. Ethan AVetherby married Lucretia Adams, daughter of Capt. Thomas Adams, an innkeeper here, Dec. 31, 1775. The records of the Committees speak of the place as " Mr. "Wetherby's at the Black Horse, Menotomy." — See Journals of each Provincial Congress of Mass., pp. 515, 516, &c. The following inscription is on a monumental tablet recently erected (1878) to mark the spot where Wetherby's tavern stood: "The site of the Black Horse Tavern, where met the Committee of Safety in 1775." 60 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. that the enemy were all in motion and were certainly preparinf; to come out into the country. He soon afterward saw the signal aoreed upon given — a lanthorn hung out in the upper window of the tower of the North Church toward Charlestown — and then sent off an express to inform Messrs. Gerry, &c., and Messrs. Hancock and Adams, whom he knew were at the Rev. Mr. Clarke's, at Lexington. He was the man who met Paul Revere, when he came over from Boston, at about eleven o'clock, and for whom he procured a horse, and sent him to give the alarm at Menotomy and Lexington (see Devens's narrative, in Froth- ingham's Siege, p. 57, &c.). The party of British officers mentioned, was apparently the same party which captured Revere and three citizens of Lexington, beyond that town, toward Concord, during the niglit before the 19th. Messrs. Gerry, Orne, and Lee, the members who remained at Wether- by's, in Menotomy, saw the silent march of the British troops, as they passed the tavern, in the moonlight, and narrowly escaped capture when an officer and file of men were detached from the column to search the house.' The next important event in Menotomy after the passage of the first detachment of British troops through the place on the night of the 18th, was the assembling and departure of the com- pany of local minute-men, early on the morning of the 19th, to which allusion has been made. Those inhabitants whose houses were near the main road, employed themselves in secret- ^ Heath, who on the 18th of April, had been sitting with the Committee of Safety at Menotomy, and on his return home, soon after he left the committee and about sunset, had met the party of British officers on horseback, with their swords and pistols, riding up the road toward Lexington, says, Memoirs, p. 12, " On the 19th, at day-break, our Greneral was awoke, called from his bed, and informed that a detachment of the British army were out ; that they had crossed from Boston to Phipps's farm, in boats, and had gone towards Concord, as was supposed, with intent to destroy the public stores. They probably had notice that the committees had met the preceding day at Wetherby's tavern, at Meno- tomy ; for, Avhen they came opposite to the house, they halted. Several of the gentlemen slept there during the night. Among them were Col. Orne, Col. Lee, and 2klr. Gerry. One of them awoke, and informed the others that a body of the British were before the house. They immediately made their escape, Avithout time to dress themselves, at the back door, receiving some injury from obstacles in the way in their undressed state. They made their way into the fields. The country was immediately alarmed, and the minute- men and militia turned out with great spirit." THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 61 ing their valuables and in seeking places of greater safety. The few who remained, witnessed, at about the middle of the day on the 19th, the appearance on the main street in Meno- tomy, of a second detachment of British troops, which com- prised the reinforcement under the command of Lord Percy that had marched out from Boston, at nine o'clock that morn- ing, through Roxbury, and over the Great Bridge to Cambridge, and thence through Menotomy by the great road to Concord to support the first detachment. One who saw the passing column on the road at Menotomy,' and heard the measured tread of the veteran and disciplined regulars, said their burnished arms and bright bayonets, glittering in the sunlight, looked ^' like a flowing river." " A little girl, named Nabby Blackington, as they marched by, was watching her mother's cow while she fed by the road-side; the cow took her way directly through the passing column, and the child, faithful to her trust, followed through the ranks bristling with bayonets. ' We will not hurt the child,' they said." — Sm'uh.^ The detachment under Percy on their way to Lexington fo.und every house on the road deserted. The militia were en- gaged in the distant conflict, and the main body of the detach- ment met no opposition in Cambridge, beyond the removal of the planks from the Great Bridge at the passage of the Charles River. These not being removed altogether, but piled by the bridge, were speedily replaced, and caused the main body little delay. But the wagon-train carrying the provisions and sup- plies for the troops was detained so long by this occurrence, that it lost the protection of the main bod}^, and became so far 1 Deacon Ephraim Cutter, born 1767, died 1841. 2 Gordon in his Hist. Am. Revolution, says, "The brigade marched out play- ing, by way of contempt, Yankee Doodle, a song composed in derision of the New "Englanders, scornfully called Ya?ikees. A smart boy observing it, as the troops passed through Roxbury, made himself extremely merry with the circum- stance, jumping and laughing, so as to attract the notice of his lordship, who, it is said, asked him at what he was laughing so heartily ; and was answered, ' To think how you will dance by and by to C/ievi/ Chace.' It is added, that the repartee stuck by his lordship the whole day." Gordon, who was pastor of the Third Church in Roxbury (the Jamaica Plain Church), gives also an interest- ing historv of the origin of the term Yankee. — See his Hist. Am. Rev., i. 3r2-13. "7 62 HISTORY or ARLINGTON. separated in following after it, as to be easily captured at Me- notomy by a body of exempts, or men too old to go into the conflict elsewhere. This event was variously noticed in the Provincial journals of the day. We cite a few instances : " At Menotomy, a few of our men attacked a party of twelve of the enemy, carrying stores and provisions to the troops, killed one of them, wouuded several, made the rest prisoners, and took possession of all their arms, stores, provisions, &c., without any loss on our side." — Essex Gazette, Salem, and MassacJnisetts Spy, Worcester. The Salem Gazette, in a hand-bill published on tlie Fight, has the following: "At Menotomy, a few of the men [tlie Gazette says, 'be- longing to the detachment from Lynn End' ^^ attacked a party of twelve of the enemy, carrying stores and provisions to the troops, killed two of them, wounded several, took six prisoners, shot five horses, and took possession of all their arms, stores, provisions, &c., without any loss on our side; among those who were killed was a lieutenant, who went with the provisions for his recreation, and to view the country ; the otiicer of the guard, who generally attends on such occasions, being only a sergeant." Smith, in his West Cambridge on the Nineteenth of April, 1775, gives a minute account of this event, which occurred in front of the Precinct meeting-house, which stood on the site now occu- pied by that of the Arlington First Parish. The exempts took their position behind a wall opposite the meeting-house, and when the convoy came between them and the meeting-house, they took aim and ordered a surrender. As no attention was paid to this demand, except to hasten the speed of the convoy, the exempts fired and killed, probably, two of the enemy, and wounded several, shot five horses, drove off the guard, and took possession of the convoy and all its contents ; making besides six of the guard prisoners, who are said in this account to have ran as far as the shore of Spy Pond, into which they threw their muskets before they surrendered. All this was without loss on the side of the Provincials. In the numbers given above we have depended on the newspaper accounts of the time. A memorial stone recently erected ( 1878) at the place, contains this inscription: "At this spot, April 19th, 1775, the Old Men of Menotomy captured a convoy of eighteen soldiers with sup- plies, on its way to join the British at Lexington." ^ Now Lynnfield. THE SECOND TKECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 63 The command of the party of exempts is variously attributed to Pavid Lams on, a private soldier from Cambridge during the French War (see Paige, 405, note),* and to Phillips Payson, A.M., pastor of a church in Chelsea [H. U. 1754, D.D. &c.], both of whom were probably present. Bancroft says two wagons sent out to the troops with supplies were waylaid and captured by Payson, the minister of Chelsea.' Gordon, Hist. Am. Rev., i. 313, speaking of the British in retreat, says, "Be- fore they reached Menotomy, a few Americans, headed by the Rev, Mr, Payson of Chelsea, who till now had been extremely moderate, attacked a party of twelve soldiers, carrying stores to the retreating troops, killed one, wounded several, made the whole prisoners, and gained possession of their arms and stores without any loss whatever to themselves." After the capture, for fear of exposing the village to British vengeance, all traces of the action on the road were effaced. The wagons were drawn into the hollow to the eastward of the present Railway Station and despoiled of their contents. The dead animals were removed to a distance, and the surviving ones sent to Medford (see Smith).^ Lieutenant Edward Thornton Gould, of the Fourth, or King's * Lamson is named as an Indian, first from Medford, 1767, &c, — "Wyman's Charlestoion, 539. 2 ^lajor Sylvester Osborn, then 16 years old (he was the youngest member of his company), was one of the guard detached from a Dan vers militia company, which marched in advance of their regiment to ^lenotomy, " and had charge of two baggage- wagons, loaded with provisions and ammunition, which were taken with eleven British soldiers on their way to meet Lord Percy. One man was killed, and another wounded, before they surrendered. The prisoners were lodged in Ipswich gaol." — Note to Kimj's Danvers Addresf. Hanson, Hist. Danvers, says the company to which O shorn belonged " captured a wagon near Medford, which was carrying supplies to the British. He and others were detached to escort the prize to a place of safety, and they heard the report of the fire-arms, immediately after leaving the main body," — See Hist. Danvers, pp. 106-107, 108, 217-218. * The following story related by Smith concerning this affiiir, and regarded by many as apocryphal, is still worthy of preservation as a curiosity. The guards in fleeing followed the westerly shore of Spy Pond, till, near Spring Valley, they met an old woman, named Batherick, digging dandelions, to whom they surrendered themselves, asking her protection. She led them to the house of Capt. Ephraim Frost, and gave them up to a party of our men, saying to her prisoners, " If you ever live to get back, you tell King George that an old woman took six of his grenadiers prisoners." The squib went the rounds of the English opposition papers, "If one old Yankee woman can take six grena- diers, how many soldiers wdl it requii'e to conquer America?" 64 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Own Regiment, who had been wounded early in the day at Con- cord Bridge, was made prisoner in Menotomy, while returning to Boston alone on horseback in advance of the troops. His cap- ture was effected on the main road near Mill Street by some of the exempts, who were returning home after the taking of the convoy. He was carried first to the house of Ammi Cutter — the place where the late Cyrus Cutter resided — and afterward to Medford (Smith). He calls himself (deposition at Medford, April 25, 17T5) "of His Majesty's Own Regiment of Foot." He embarked with the light infantry and grenadiers on the evening of the 18th,. and marched to Concord, and commanded one of the light infantry companies stationed at the North Bridge. He was wounded at the attack of the bridge, and at the date of his deposition was "treated with the greatest humanity, and taken all possible care of by the Provincials of Medford." ' The severe part of the battle of the 19 th in Menotomy, oc- curred in the latter part of the day, or, according to Hannah Bradish's deposition (see Genealogies), " about five o'clock." Lord Percy's detachment met the retreating first detachment of the British, a half mile below Lexington meeting-house, about two o'clock in the afternoon, where, after some delay, the march to Boston was resumed by both detachments. The light infan- try and grenadiers of the detachment which had been severely engaged in battle in the defiles between Concord and Lexing- ton, now marched in front, while Percy's brigade of fresh troops brought up the rear and provided the strong flanking parties of the regulars. Gordon says the British were incommoded by the wind blowing the smoke directly back upon them all the time they were retreating; "the soldiers loaded and fired over the stone-walls, when there was not a single man behind them." The Americans from behind stone-walls and other places of shel- ter kept up on the British an incessant fire, on either flank, as well * Go^ild is said to have had a fortune of £1,900 a year, and to have offered £2,000 for his ransom. Gordon, Hist, Am. Rev., i, 311, says Lieut. Gould would have been killed at the North Bridge, had not a minister present prevented. He infers Gould was made a prisoner at the Bridge, and Heath {Memoirs, p. 13), says an officer of the British was taken prisoner at the Bridge. Gould was exchanged ^May 28, 1775, for Josiah Breed, of Lynn. See Hist. Medford, 158. THE SECOND PEECIXCT IN CAMBRIDGE. G5 as in front and rear. This fire, Stedman, the English historian, affirms "it would not have served any purpose to return, as the Americans were concealed, and kept running from front to flank, and from flank to rear, loading their pieces at one place and discharging them at another." This fire was continued till sunset. Beyond Lexington the troops were attacked by men chiefly from Essex County and' the lower towns. Gordon says there were never more than about four hundred provincials together attacking at one and the same time, and often scarce that num- ber. The British flankers entered the houses on the line of march, plundering and burning, destroying doors, windows, glasses, tfec, and carrying ofi" clothing and other valuable effects. Major-General William Heath, of Roxbury, who on the 18th of April "had been sitting with the Committee of Safety, at Menotomy in Cambridge " (see Memoirs, p. 11), after proceed- ing to the Committee of Safety on the morning of the 19th, and from the committee, taking a cross-road to Watertown (the British being in possession of the Lexington road), and giving orders to some militia, who had not marched, whom he found at Watertown, then pushed to join the militia, taking a cross-road toward Lexington, " in which he was joined by Dr. Joseph War- ren (afterward a Major-General), who kept with him ; " they reached the militia in active engagement, just after Lord Percy had met the British, below the Lexington meeting-house. They assisted in forming a regiment, which had been broken by the shot from the British field-pieces — " for the discharge of these, together with the flames and smoke of several buildings, to which the British, nearly at the same time, had set fire, opened a new and more terrific scene." — Memoirs, p. 14. "The British having again taken up their retreat, were closely pursued. On descending from the high grounds in Menotomy, on to the plain, the fire was brisk. At this instant, a musket-ball came so near to the head of Dr. Warren, as to strike the inn out of the hair of his oarlock. Soon after, the right flank of the British was ex- posed to the fire of a body of militia, which had come from 66 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Roxbuiy, Brookline, Dorchester, &c. For a few minutes the fire was brisk on both sides, and the British had here recourse to their field-pieces again ; but the Provincials were now more familiar with them than before. Here the militia were so close on the rear of the British, that Dr. Downer, an active and en- terprising man, came to single combat with a British soldier, whom he killed with his bayonet." ' It was at this period that Hannah, wife of Deacon Joseph Adams, had her remarkable experience. A copy of her deposi- tion on the event is presented in a notc.^ A few particulars regarding the Danvcrs companies, which marched in advance of their regiment and engaged the enemy at Mcnotomy, are here given from an address commemorative of seven young men of Danvers, who were slain in the Battle of Lexington, delivered in the Old South meeting-house in Dan- vers, on the sixtieth anniversary of the battle, with notes, by Daniel P. King (Salem, 1835). Gen. Gideon Foster, who commanded one of the companies ^ For further mention of Dr. Downer, of lloxburv, see Heath's Memoirs, pp. 32, 34, 200, 201. ^ " Hannah Adams, wife of Deacon Joseph Adams, of the Second Precinct in Cambridge, testifieth and saith that on the Nineteenth day of April last, upon the return of the King's troops from Concord, divers of them entered our house by bursting open the doors, and three of the soldiers broke into the room in which I then was, laid on my bed, being scarcely able to walk from my bed to the lire, not having been to my chamber- door from ray being delivered in child- birth to that time. One of said soldiers immediately opened my curtains with his bayonet fixed, pointing the same at my breast. I immediately cried out, 'For the Lord's sake, do not kill me! ! ' He replied, 'Damn you! ' One that stood near said, ' We will not hurt the woman, if she will go out of the house, but we will surely burn it.' I immediately arose, threw a blanket over me, and crawled into a coruhouse near the door Avith my infant in my arms, Avhere I re- mained until they were gone. They immediately set the house on fire, in which I had left five children and no other person, but the fire Avas happily extinguished when the house Avas in the utmost danger of being utterly consumed." Dated Cambridge Second Precinct, May 17, 1775. A sermon preached before the Honorable Congress of the Colony, at Water- town, Wednesday, May 31, 1775, by Samuel Langdon, D.D., President of Har- vard College in Cambridge (published Watertowu, 1775), contains in a note the following: "Near the meeting-house in Menotomy two aged, helpless men, Avho had not been out in the action, and were fovmd unarmed in a house where the regulars entered, were murdered without mercy. In another house, in that neighborhood, a woman, in bed with a new-born infant about a week old, was forced by the threats of the soldiery to escape, almost naked, to an open out- house ; her house was then set on fire, but was soon extinguished by one of the children which had laid concealed till the enemv Avas gone." THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 67 of Danvers minute-men, marched with his company sixteen miles in four hours, full half the way upon the run, to Menotomy. Two companies of minute-men and three companies of militia, amounting to probably more than one hundred and fifty men, left Danvers at different hours and on different roads ; they ran more than half the way, and reached Menotomy near the same time. " A little west of the meeting-house is a hill around which the road wound in such manner as to conceal the Eritish. Many of the men of Danvers went into a walled enclosure, and piled bundles of shingles wliich were lying there, to strengthen their breastwork; rumor had deceived them as to the force of the enemy; it was certainly their expectation here to have intercepted their retreat. Others selected trees on the side of the hill, from which they might assail the enemy. But they had little space for preparation ; they soon saw the Britisii in solid column descend the hill on their right, and at the same moment discovered a large flank guard advancing on their left. The men in the enclosure made a gallant resistance, but were over- powered by numbers — some sought shelter in a neighboring house, and three or four, after they had surrendered themselves prisoners of war, were butchered with savage barbarity.' " Captain Foster, with some of his men on the side of the hill, finding themselves nearly surrounded, made an effort to gain 1 " Dennison "Wallis -was taken prisoner. The British soldiers were so much enraged by the severe treatment they -were receiving from our marksmen, that the officers could not prevent them from killing the prisoners. Finding that this must be his fate, Wallis attempted to make his escape ; the enemy fired upon him, and he received twelve wounds ; he fell as he was leaping a wall, and they supposing him dead left him. Nathan Putnam, a brother of Perley, Avho was killed, was severely wounded in the shoulder. He, as well as Henry Put- nam of Medford [see Genealogies], Avho was killed on the same memorable day, were relations of Gen. Israel Putnam, so celebrated for his courage and for his services in the French, Indian and Revolutionary Wars. Gen. Putnam was a native of Danvers. "D aland and South wick left families. The ages of those who were killed belonging to Danvers, follow : — Samuel Cook, 33 years ; Benjamin Daland, 25 years; George Southwick, 25 years; Perley Putnam, 21 years; Jotham AVebb, 22 years ; Henry Jacobs, 22 years ; Ebenezer Goldthwait, 22 years." — Note to D. P. King's Address. '< On Friday [April 21, 1775] the bodies of Messrs. Henry Jacobs, Sam- viel Cook, Ebenezer Goldthwait, George Southwick, Benjamin Daland, Jun., Jotham Webb, and Perley Putnam, of Danvers, who were like-wise slain lighting in the glorious cause of liberty and their countrij, on the nineteenth of April, were 68 HISTORY OF AKLIXGTON. the pond. They passed along its margin, and crossed the road directly in front of the British column. On the north side of the road, they took position behind a ditch wall. From this casual redoubt they lired upon the enemy as long as any of them were within reach of their muskets." Gen. Foster dis- charged his musket at the enemy a number of times (he thought eleven), with two balls each time, and with well directed aim. His comrade, Nathaniel Cleaves, of Beverly, who was then standing by his side, had his finger and ramrod cut away by a shot from the enemy.' The "walled enclosure" into which many of the Danvers men went, and piled shingles which were lying there, to strengthen their breastwork, with the expectation of intercepting the Brit- ish retreat; and where others selected trees on the hill-side, from which they might assail the enemy, was near the house of Jason Russell, which is still standing, and here a monu- mental tablet has lately been erected (1878), with the following inscription: ''Site of the house of Jason Russell, where he and eleven others were captured, disarmed and killed by the retreat- ing British, April 19, 1775." This was the " neighboring house " where some of the men in the enclosure, when overpowered by the British, sought shelter; and the place where a number on both sides were slain, and others, after they had surrendered themselves prisoners of war, were butchered, Hanson, the historian of Pan vers, says that when Foster's men threw them- selves behind the enclosure from which they fired, Hutchinson (apparently Israel Hutchinson, captain of a company of Dan- vers minute-men), whose experience in the French War gave him knowledge, warned them to beware of the flank-guard. But in their unacquaintance with military afllairs, they knew nothing of respectfully interred among their friends in the different parishes belonging to that town, their corpses being attended to the place of interment by two com- panies of minute-men from this place, and a large concourse of people from this and the neighboring towns ; previous to that interment, an excellent and well adapted prayer was delivered by the Kev. Mr. Holt, of that place." — Salem Gaa. ^ Planson, Hist. Danvers, pp. 108, 109, says 24 men from Beverly completed one of the Danvers minute- companies, and some members of other Danvers companies may have belonged to Salem or Beverly. THE SECOND TRECINCT IN CAJMBRTDGE. 69 a flank-guard, and firing on the main body as it passed, those •who rushed out to harass its rear, found themselves between two fires, and several fell. Jasou Russell was a prominent citizen in this Precinct, of whom a particular account is given in the Genealogies. A stone in the Precinct burying ground contains the following in- scription, apparently composed by the Rev. Samuel Cooke : "Mr. Jason Russell was barba'"ous1y murdered iu his own house by Gage's bloody troops, on the 19th of April, 1775, £etatis 59. His body is quietly resthig in this grave with Eleven of our friends, who in like manner, with many others, were cruelly slain, on that fatal day. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Historians have generally considei-ed Russell a non-comba- tant, but he sent his family to a place of safety, and seems to have been determined to remain at his house. Smith says, "He barricaded his gate with bundles of shingles, making what he thought would be a good cover from which to hre on the enemy as they returned. Ammi Cutter, his neighbor, came from his house across the brook to see Mr. Russell, and advised him to go to a place of greater security. He refused, saying, ' An English- man's house is his castle!" Cutter left him, and narrowly escaped being shot by British flankers, on the other side of the road ; their bullets striking the bark off the logs, among which he fell; at the neighboring mill, and scattering some silver money in his trovvsers pocket.' Smith further says, that the flanking party south of the road made a circuit along the foot of the hill, and drove the Americans, unsuspiciously lying in wait there, down upon the main body, and finding no other chance of escape they rushed into Russell's house. Russell, who seems to have been with them outside, followed them, and was killed by the British, who entered the house, killing all they found inside, save a kw who fled to the cellar, the latter shooting whoever of the British attempted to descend the cellar-stairs. It is probable the greater number of the Americans who were killed in Menotomy on that day were killed around this house. * Statement by a sou of ^Ir. Cutter. 70 HISTORY OF AELIXGTOX. Jason Russell and eleven comi-aclcs in deaili were interred in one grave,, wiiliout cofiiins, in the Precinct burying- ground, and in the clothes in which they fell. Smith says lliey were laid "head to point." The tradition is that Capt. William Adams, who lived near by, brought a sheet from his house, to be wrapped round Russell's body at the interment, saying he could not bear to have his neighbor buried before his eyes without a winding sheet. The names of only three of (he occupants of this grave, and these belonging to what is since West Cam- bridge and Arlington, are at pi-esent known. A plain obelisk of pure New Hami»shij-e granite, about nine- teen feet in height above the level ground, and encircled by a plain substantial stone and iron fence, which now stands above the grave, contains this insci'iption, inserted in the main shaft of the monument on a marble tablet : "Erected by the Inhabitants of West Cambridge, A.l). 1848, over the common gmve of Jason Russell, Jason Wiusliip, Jabez Wyman and nine others, who were slain in this town by the British Troops on their retreat from the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19th, 1775. Being among tlie lirst to. lay down their lives in the struggle for American Independence." ' The Danvers men, by being thus surrounded at Menotomy, lost heavily of their number. Their slain, seven in all — see their names in a previous note — were buried in their own town. Two were wounded — Nathan Putnam and Dennison Wallis. One, Joseph Bell, was missing alter the battle, being taken prisoner * See history of the town, under 1848. The monument was erected June 24, 1848. The remains of the twelve occupants of the common grave were dis- interred, and placed in a stone vault, now under the monument, April 22, 1848. The monument was cut from Concord granite at Mr. Luther Roby's stoueyard, at Concord, N.H. — See Frothingham's .SVeye of Boston, p. So; Eouton's llist. Concord, N. 11., p. 484. The Salem Gazette for May 5, 1775, states, " On Thursday the twentieth past, the bodies of eleven of the unfortunate persons who fell in the battle, were col- lected together and buried at Medforrl." Menotomy is occasionally confounded with iledtbrd by Essex county writers on the battle. On the morning of the 20th, Capt. John Battle, of Dedham, was ordered with his company of militia, to pass over the ground which had been the scene of action the preceding day, and bury such of the slain as he should find unburied. — Heath. The British dead were, many of them, buried near the wall and close to the brook which runs through the old grave- yard, in the spot used for the burial- place of the slaves. — Smith. THE SECOND TRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 71 and carried into Boston, Avliere he was imprisoned two months in an English frigate. "Although she was farther from Lexing- ton than any of her sister towns who were represented at the battle, yet she lost more of her cliildren than any other town except Lexington." ' The Beverly men injured, and probably here, were Reuben Kcnnison killed, and Nathaniel Cleaves, Sam- uel Woodbury and William Dodge wounded. Of men from other towns who fell in Mcnotomy, we find mention of the fol- lowing in the Salem (iazcUe: — " Ou the nineteentli of April, was killed among others, by the Brit- ish \a'oo\)?,, at Menoioiuy, as he was courageously defending his coun- try s rights, the good, the pious, and friendly Mr. Daxiel Townsend, of Lynn-End. Ue was a consiant and ready friend to the poor and afflicted; a good adviser in case of difficulty, and an able, mild, and sincere reprover of those wdio were out of the way. In short, he was a friend to his country, a blessing to society, and an ornament to the church of which he was a member. He has left an amiable consort, and five young children, to bewail the loss. Lie, valiant Townsend, in the peaceful shades. — We trust Immortal honors mingle with thy dust. What! tlio' thy body struggled hi the gore; 80 did thy Savior's body long before ! And as he raisM his own, by power divine, So the same power shall also quicken thine. And in eternal glory mayst tliou shine." Lynn End was formerly the north parish of Lynn, and is now Lynnfield. The above lines are inscribed on the gravestone of Townsend at that place. Lynn lost in the battle on that day, four men killed, two wounded, one missing. — See notices in Lewis's and Newhalfs Histories of Lynn. Newhall, Hist, of Lijnn, p. 340, says Timothy jNIunroe, of Lynn, was wounded while standing behind a house, with Daniel Townsend, firing at the British troops as they were coming down the road in their retreat toward Boston. " Townsend had just fired, and ex- claimed, ' There is another red-coat down 1 ' when Munroe, look- ing round, saw, to his astonishment, that they were completely hemmed in by the flank-guard of the British army, who were coming down through the fields behind them. They imme- * Hanson, Hist, Daiivers, p. 91. 72 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. diately ran into the house, and sought for the cellar ; but no cellar entrance was there. They looked for a closet, but there was none. All this time, which was indeed but a moment, the balls were pouring through the back windows, making havoc of the glass. Townsend leaped through the end window, carrying the sash and all with him, and instantly fell dead. Munroe fol- lowed, and ran for his life. He passed for a long distance be- tween both parties, many of whom discharged their guns at him. As he passed the last soldier, who stopped to fire, he heard the redcoat exclaim, ' Damn the Yankee ! he is bullet-proof — let him go ! ' Mr. Munroe had one ball through his leg, and thirty-jtwo bullet-holes tlirough his clothes and hat. Even the metal but- tons of his waistcoat were shot off. He kept his clothes until he was tired of showing them, and died in 1808, aged 72 years." This is a vivid description of the action around Russell's house. Newhall further quotes the following advertisement, which re- lates to this action, and which appeared in the Essex Gazette of June 8, 1775:— " Lost, ill the battle of Menotomy, by Nathan Putnam, of Captain Hutchinson's Company, who was then badly wounded, a French fire- lock, marked D. No. G, with a marking iron, on the breech. Said Putnam carried it to a cross-road near a mill. Whoever has said gun in possession, is desired to return it to Colonel Mansfield of Lynn, or to the selectmen of Danvers, and they shall be rewarded for their trouble." From a list of funerals in Medford, is the following: " 1775, April 21, Mr. Henry Putnam — slain at Menotomy by the enemy, in the retreat from Concord on the 19th inst. He was about 70 years." " April 26, William Polly, a young man, of a wound in Concord Battle." Mr. Henry Putnam, according to the Med- ford records, met his death, April 19, and William Polly died April 25, 1775. These persons having connection here, are named in the Genealogies. It is said that William Polly was shot by the British flank-guard while he was riding on horse- back at a distanca from the main road in Menotomy. A hand-bill published soon after the battle, with forty coffins and the names of the Americans slain presented upon it, entitled the " Bloody Butchery by the British Troops; or the Runaway THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. (6 Fight of the Regulars," contains '• A Funeral Elegy, to the Im- mortal INIemory of those Worthies who were slain in the Battle of Concord, April 19, 1775," from which we extract the follow- ing lines : " Let's not forget the Danvers race, So late in battle slain, Their valor and their courage shown, Upon this crimson'd plain. Seven of your youthful sprightly sons In the fierce "fight were slain. ****** Menotomy and Charlestown met A sore and heavy stroke. In losing five of their townsmen Who fell by a tyrant's yoke. Unhappy Lxjnn and Beverly, Your loss I do bemoan, Five your brave sons in dust doth lie, Who late were in the bloom." As this hand-bill originated with E. Russell's Salem Gazette, the elegy included these four lines on Mr. Benjamin Peirce : " We sore regret poor Pierces death, A stroke to Salem known, Where tears did flow from every brow, When the sad tidings come." ^ The destruction of property attempted by the British, both by fire and pillage, during tlieir retreat through Menotomy, was considerable, but the pressure of the pursuit by the Provincials prevented much. Smith mentions several houses which were entered on the main street. The damage done to the meeting- house and school-house in the Northwest Precinct of Cam- bridge was estimated to amount to £0. 13.4; and the vessels, linen, and cash, belonging to the church of said Precinct, taken out of the house of Joseph Adams, deacon of said church, as by his account exhibited on oath, amounted to X16. 16. 8. The whole losses suffered in Cambridge amount to £1202. 8. 7. — See Poio-e, 415-16. The next disaster to Menotomy people, as the British con- tinued their retreat, was the killing of Jabez Wyman and Jason Winship, at Cooper's tavern, the spot where a monumental tab- 1 Felt, in his Annals of Salem, ii. 519, mentions Peirce as killed by the British at the Battle of Lexington, and states tl;at other persons fiom Salem rode to the place of the engagement. 74 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. let has recently been erected (1878) with the following inscrip- tion : " Here stood Cooper's Tavern, in which Jabez Wyman and Jason Winship were killed by the British, April 19, 1775.'' They are generally spoken of as two decrepit men, who came into the tavern for information, and were killed while sitting in the tavern, by the British, who entered the house. The follow- ing deposition gives an account of the event : " Cambridge, May 19,1775. We, Benjamin Cooper and Rachel Cooper, both of Cambridge, aforesaid, of lawful age, testify and say that in the afternoon of the 19th day of April last, the King's regu- lar troops, under the command of General Gage, upon their return from blood and slaughter, which they had made at Lexington and Concord, fired more than a hundred bullets into the house where we dwell, through doors, windows, &c. ; then a number of them entered the house, where we and two aged gentlemen were, all unarmed. We escaped for our lives into the cellar ; the two aged gentlemen were immediately most barbarously and inhumanly murdered by them, being stabbed through in many places, their lieads mauled, skulls broke, and their brains out on the floor and walls of the house ; and further saith not." Sketches of Jason Winship and Jabez Wyman are given in the Genealogies. The following phase of the matter is differ- ent from the generally received American accounts, which make these two men martyrs to the cause of American Inde- pendence. The account given below of some incidents relating to these two men is extracted from a letter written by the Rev. John Marrett, pastor of the Second Church in Woburn (now Burlington), to his uncle the Rev. Isaiah Dunster, minister of the North Parish of Harwich (now Brewster), dated at the former place July 28, 1775. Both these cler- gymen were natives of Cambridge and graduates of Harvard College (see Paige, 538, 604). The letter is published entire in a work enti- tled Henry Dunster and his Descendants, p. 87, &c. The allusions are to the death of Jabez Wyman and Jason Winship, to the adventure of the wife of Deacon Adams, the setting fire to John Cutter's house, the damage to the meeting-house and Mr. Cooke's house, and the kill- ing of Jason Russell and others. " As to the two men unarmed that were killed in a house at Meno- tomy, am not absolutely certain ; but take them to be Jabez Wyman, who used to work for Mr. Cooke, and Jason Winship, killed in the tavern that Captain Adams formerly owned, now Cooper at the cor- ner. Wyman was certainly killed there, and I think Winship, but am not certain they were unarmed ; but it is likely enough they were ; they were drinking flip. Wyman was warned of the danger, but, THE SECOND rUECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. YD says lie, let us finish the mug — they won't come yet. He died as a fool dieth. The woman you speak of was Deacon Adams's wife. She had newly been brought to bed a few days before. The Regulars came into the house, and one of them presented his piece at her, but she screamed for mercy, and another prevented his firing, but pulled off the clothes and told her to get out of the way ; or, to use their phrase, to make herself scarce. So she went off, but I know not where. Her children were some of them under the bed, and I think remained undiscovered ; they set the house on fire, but it was soon put out. They set John Cutter's house on fire, but by the activity of our people it was soon put out. Our people pressed so hard upon them that they had not time to execute their Master's will so fully as they desired. Menotomy meeting-house received no other damage than some of the windows being broken, and some balls from small arms shot into it. Lexington meeting-house had a cannon ball, a six- pounder, shot through it, besides many small arms fired into it. They broke the windows of Mr. Cooke's house, and fired into it. and the kitchen, the setty room and the best room northeast. They plun- dered as much as the time would admit, took, broke and destroyed what they could. Jason Russell, the old man, was the person killed, and in his house ; whose death I have mentioned in my other letter. It was not your brother Harrington that was killed,' nor his son. It was Moses Harrington's son. It runs in my mind there were two of that name killed, but I forget whose son the other was. * * * * I have just made inquiry, and am informed that Jason Winship and Wyman were the persons killed, who were unarmed, and had not been in the engagement ; but were solacing themselves at the tavern the chief of the day ; and both died like fools." At about the time of the killing of Wyman and Winship, Mr. Samuel Whittemore was wounded by the British flank-guard and left for dead, being the one wounded man of Menotomy men- tioned in the lists of the American losses on that day. He was struck down nearly in the rear of Cooper's tavern, about where on "Russell Park"' a monumental tablet lias recently been erected (1878), with this inscription: " Near this spot Samuel Whittemore, then eighty years old, killed three British soldiers, April 19, 1775. He was shot, bayoneted, beaten, and left for dead, but recovered, and lived to be ninety-eight years of age." A sketch of him is given in the Gexealogies. He was a prominent citizen of the Precinct, and the progenitor of a great portion of the Whittemore family here. Paige, in his Hht. 1 Jonathan Harrington, of Lexington, was husband of Abigail, the widow of his brother Henry Dunster, — See Vaige, 538. 76 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Camb., devotes considerable attention to him. A descendant, T. J. Whittemore, of Englewood, N. J., communicates the fol- lowing, which has already been printed : Capt. Samuel Whittemore.-: — April 19, 1775. — Mr. Editor, — I find the following notice in the Columbian Centinel, viz. : "Feby. G, ll'd^.— Died— At Menotomy, Feby. 2 (1793), Capt. Samuel Whittemore, JE.. 99. The many and moral virtues, in all the various relations of Brother, Husband, Father and Friend, were inva- riably exhibited in this gentleman. He was not more remarkable for his longevity, than his number of descendants (his progeny being 185), one of which is the 5th generation. When the British troops marched to Lexington (Ap. 19, 1775), he was 81 years of age, and one of the first on the parade ; he was armed with a gun {King's arm) and horse pistols. After an animated exhortation to the collected militia, to the exercise of bravery and courage, he exclaimed ; ' If I can only be the instrument of killing one of my country's foes, I shall die in peace ! ' " The prayer of this venerable old man was heard, for on the re- turn of the troops (from Lexington) he lay behind a stone wall and discharged his gun. A soldier immediately fell. He then discharged his pistol and killed another ; at which instant a ball struck his face and shot away part of his cheek bone; on which a number of soldiers ran up the wall and gorged their malice on his wounded head ; they were heard to exclaim, ' we have killed the old rebel.' About 4 hours after, he was found in a mangled situation, his head was covered with blood, from the wounds of the bayonet, which were 6 or 8, but provi- dentially none penetrated so far as to destroy him. His hat and clothes were shot through in many places, yet he survived to see the complete overthrow of his enemies, and his country enjoy all the bless- ings of peace and independence. His funeral will be to-morrow at 4 o'clock, P. M., from his house at Menotomy, which his relations and friends are requested to attend." j^OTE. — This old gentleman was posted in the rear of the house of Hon. James Russell, in West Cambridge, on the road to Woburn, awaiting the return of the enemy from Lexington. On discovering the flank-guard of the enemy (5 in number) approaching, a friend who was with him, deserted him, but he refused to run, saying, "I am eighty years old, and I will not leave, for I shall be willing to die if I can kill one British red coat." On the nearer approach of the " guard " he shot one with his gun and another with his pistol, and while raising his second pistol, he received a wound in his face. He fell, and soon the remaining three soldiers jumped over the wall, pierced him with their , bayonets, and left him " for dead," as they supposed he was. On being found, he was faint from loss of blood, and life was just perceptible. He was taken to the hospital (Cooper's Tav- ern) on the corner of Medford Road, in West Cambridge. Surgeons Welch and Spring dressed his. wounds (one shot wound and thirteen bayonet wounds). THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 77 Capt. Samuel was a large, athletic mau, of a strong constitution, and recovered. He lived till Feb. 2, 1793, carrying to his grave fourteen wounds. He was not at the Concord fight, as has been stated. Before the Revolution he was a Captain of the Royal Dragoons, but as soon as an opportunity offered, he joined the patriot party and performed his share of duty in the army. Capt. Samuel was father to William Whittemore, who graduated at Harvard College in 1755. He was born July 27, 1696, and his tomb- stone, now in the burying-ground in West Cambridge, has the follow- ing inscription, viz. : " In memor}^ of Capt. Samuel Whittemore, who departed this life Feb. 2, 179.3. Aged 98 years." His children urged the old man to go over to " Hill's " (where all fled for safety from the enemy, who were soon expected to return from Lexington) ; but he sat knocking his flint and said he should not go — "he was going to get a shot at them when they came back! " His daughter said, " Father, they will take you." Still rapping his flint, and not raising his head, he said: "They'll find it hard work to do it." After some weeks he so far recovered as to recognize his family, and one of his daughters asked him " if he was not sorry that he went out.^ " — " No," said he, " I should do just so again." Samuel Whittemore was grandson of Thomas Whittemore, who came to this country about 1643, and settled at Mystic side (Maiden) ; he was descended from William, of Hitchen, co. of Herts, in England, who was born about 1540, and had brothers Thomas and Rowland. Cajnhndge, April 19, 1859. Samuel Frost and Seth Russell 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, \\\-\l^. 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 Xewell, Esq., one of the Selectmen of the Town " (see Mass. Hist. Coll., vol. i., fourth series, p. 262), contains the following, under date of Jime 6, 1775: "Mr. John Peck, Mr. Frost, Mr. Brewer, and sundry others, discharged from on board tlie 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 incidents 78 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. of the conflict as they continued their retreat below Cooper's Tavern are here reproduced from that work : — " Edward Hall, 1st. Lieut, of the Royal 43d Regiment, was wounded in the arm at Concord, and was brought down in a chaise in the cen- tre of the troops. The horse was not so swift as the men, and falliug a little into the rear he was wounded again, in the shoulder, this time mortally, near Samuel Butterfield's. When Mrs. Butterfield, who lived on the north side of the road, returned to her own house she found her best bed covered with blood and occupied by this British officer, and a wounded Provincial (Hemenway of Framingham) in the other bed. The American recovered, but the officer lingered along a fortnight and then died, having received every attention from his hostess ; supplies, also, and nurses for him, were sent out from Boston with a flag of truce." * " Lieut. Bowman met at North Cambridge a soldier who had strag- gled some distance away from his comrades. It was man to man in single combat, and it happened that neither gun was loaded. The Briton rushed at his antagonist with fixed bayonet ; nothing daunted. Bowman awaited the attack with clubbed musket, and striking aside the bayonet with one blow felled the soldier to the ground and took him prisoner." Gordon says the Regulars, when near Cambridge, were upon the point of taking a wrong road, which would have led them into the most imminent danger, but were prevented by the direc- tion of a young gentleman, residing at the college ; by which means they made good their retreat, a little after sunset, over Charlestown neck to Bunker Hill. The point of departure of the British from the main road through ' Cambridge, was by Beach Street, in the present North Cambridge, into the Milk Row Road. Prom the westerly border of Menotomy to this point, says Paige, " their passage was through a flame of fire." Gen. Heath, who had taken command of the Provincials, says (Memoirs, p. 14), '^ The militia continued to hang on the rear of the British, until they reached Bunker's Hill in Charlestown ; and it had become so dusk, as to render the flashes of the mus- kets very visible. At this instant, an officer on horseback came up from the Medford road, and inquired the circumstances of 1 " Lieut. Hall of the Regulars died of his wounds on Wednesday last at the provincial hospital. His remains were next day conveyed to Charlestown, attended by a company of provincials, and several officers of distinction, and there delivered to the order of General Ga§e."— Salem Gazette, May 5, 1775. THE SECOND TRECIXCT IN CAMBKIDGE. 79 the enemy; adding, tliat about 700 men were close behind, on their way from Salem to join the militia. Had these arrived a few minutes sooner, the left flank of the British must have been greatly exposed, and suffered considerably ; perhaps their re- treat would have been cut off. As soon as the British gained Bunker's Hill, they immediately formed in a line opposite to the neck; when our General [i e. the author] judged it expedient to order the militia, who were now at the common, to halt, and give over the pursuit, as any further attempt upon the enemy, in that position,, would have been futile." ' The following extracts, now first published, touching the events of the 19th of April, 1775, wei-e taken from private papers * As Heath is a valuable authority, and his Memoirs are rare, we continue a few extracts from his work, regarding the disposal of the militia after the battle : " Our General [Heath] immediately assembled the officers around him, at the foot of Prospect Hill, and ordered a guard to be formed, and posted near that place, sentinels to be planted down to the neck, and patrols to be vigilant in moving during the night ; and an immediate report to him, in case the enemy made any movements. The militia were then ordered to march to the town of Cambridge ; Avhere, after forming and sending off another guard to the points below the town, the whole were ordered to lie on their arms." An alarm occurred about midnight, that the enemy were coming up the river, which proved to be an armed schooner, probably sent to make discovery, and got aground, and continued so till the next tide. Had there been a single tield- piece with the militia, she might have been taken ; the marsh was too deep to ap- proach sufficiently near to do any execution with small arms, and the tirst day's hostilities of the ever memorable American war, were, on theu- jjart, without a single piece of cannon in the field ! After inserting the fact that " Gen. Whit- comb was in this day's battle," Heath continues, as follows : — " On the morning of the 20th, our General ordered Capt. John Battle of Ded- ham, with his company of militia, to pass over the ground which had been the scene of action the preceding day, and to bury such of the slain as he should find unbiu-ied." The assignment of alarm-posts, and feeding the assembled and as- sembling militia, are minutely described, and "our General" closes with the following observations on the battle : After speaking of the British losses in killed, wounded and missing in the battle on the 19th, and also of the losses of the militia, he continues, "It might have been expected, that in a retreat of so many miles, the British loss would have been greater ; but it is to be remembered, that as they kept the road, the fences (a large proportion of which are stone-walls) covered their flanks almost to the height of their shoulders. It will also be observed, that the wounded of the militia did not bear the common proportion with the killed, and is an evi- dence that the British did not choose to encumber themselves with ijrisoners, either wounded or not, as the marks left at Watso)i,'f Corner [see Paige's Hist. Camb., 411], and on the height above Menotomy meeting-house, evmced. Nor was the dashing in of many windows, the firing of musket- balls into the houses, in some of Avhich there were only women and children, or the soldiers leaving their ranks, and going into the houses to plunder (in consequence of which a number lost theii- lives) , marks of humanity or discipline." so HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. (in the handwriting of Lord Percy), now in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Alnwick Castle. They are communicated for tiiis work by our friend Rev. Edward G. Porter, of Lexington, to whom permission was given, during a visit to the castle in October, 1878, to copy and use them. Letter from Earl Percy to Gen. Gage. Boston, 20 April, 1775. Sir: — In obedience to your Excellency's orders I marched yesterday morning at 9 o'clock with the first Brigade, 2 field-pieces, in order to cover the retreat of the Grenadiers and Light Infantry on their re- turn from the expedition to Concord. As all the houses were shut up, and there was not the appearance of a single inhabitant, I could get no intelligence concerning them, till I had passed Menotomy, when I was informed that the Rebels had attacked His Majesty's Troops who were retiring overpowered by numbers, greatly exhausted and fatigued, and having expended almost all their ammunition ; and about 2 o'clock I met them retiring through the town of Lexington. I immediately ordered the two field-pieces to fire at the Rebels, and drew up the Brigade on a height. The shot from the cannon had the desired effect, and stopped the Rebels for a little time, who immedi- .ately dispersed and endeavored to surround us, being very numerous. As it began now to grow pretty late, and we had 15 miles to retire and only our 36 rounds, I ordered the Grenadiers and Light Infantry to move off first and covered them with my Brigade, sending out very strong flanking parties, which were absolutely necessary, as there was not a stone-wall or house, though before in appearance evacuated, from whence the Rebels did not fire upon us. As soon as they saw us begin to retire, they pressed very much upon our rear guard, which for that reason I relieved every now and then. In this manner we retired for 15 miles under an incessant fire all around us, till we arrived at Charlestown between 7 and 8 in the evening, very much fatigued with a march of above 30 miles, and having expended almost all our ammunition. We had the misfortune of losing a good many men in the retreat, though nothing like the number which, from many circumstances, I have reason to believe were killed of the Rebels. His Majesty's Troops during the whole of the affair behaved with their usual intrepidity and spirit ; nor were they a little exasperated at the cruelty and barbarity of the Rebels, who scalped and cut off the ears of some of the wounded men who fell into their hands. I am &c.. To the Hon'''^ (signed) Perot, Gov'' Gage. Acting Brig. Gen. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 81 The following is evidently a rough-draft copy of the foregoing report to Gen. Gage. April 20, 1775. Sir : — At Menotomy I was informed by a person whom I met that there had been a skirmish between His Majesty's Troops and the rebels at Lexington, and that they were still engaged. On this, I im- mediately pressed on, and in less than 2 miles we heard the firing very distinctly. About this time (which was between 1 and 2 o'clock in the after- noon) I met with Lt. Gould of the King's own Regiment, who was wounded, and who informed me that the Grenadiers and Light Inf'y had been attacked by the rebels about day-break, and were retiring, having expended most of their ammunition, — and in about a quarter of an hour I met them retiring through Lexington. I immediately ordered the two field pieces to fire at the Rebels. * * * In this manner we retired for 15 miles under an incessant fire all round us, till we arrived at Charlestown, which road I chose to take, lest the rebels should have taken up the bridge at Cambridge (which I find was actually the case), and also as the country was more open, and the road shorter. During the whole of our retreat the rebels endeavored to annoy us by concealing themselves behind stone-walls and within houses, and firing straggling shot at us from thence ; nor did I during the whole time perceive any body of them drawn up together, except near Cam- bridge, just as we turned down towards Charlestown, who dispersed on a cannon shot being fired at them, and came down to attack our right flank in the same straggling manner the rest had done before. * * * * In obedience to your Excellency's command I have drawn up the above state of the affair. And I am, &c. Extract from a letter written by Lord Percy to Gen. Harvey, London, dated Boston, April 20, 1775. * * * * I therefore pressed on to their relief as fast as good order and not blowing the men would allow. * * * The rebels were in great numbers, the whole country having collected for 20 miles around. * * * I ordered the Grenadiers and Light Inf'y to move off, covering them with my Brigade and detaching strong flanking parties, which was absolutely necessary, as the whole country we had to retire through was covered with stone-walls, and w^as besides a very hilly, stony country. In this manner we retired for 15 miles under an incessant fire, which, like a moving circle, surrounded and followed us wherever we went till we arrived at Charlestown at 8 in the evening * * * * having expended almost every cartridge. You will easily conceive that in such a retreat, harassed as we were on all sides, it was impossible not to lose a good many men. The fol- lowing is an account of them: Go killed, 157 wounded, 21 missing, besides 1 officer killed, 15 wounded, and 2 wounded and taken pris- 82 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. oners. * * * * During the whole affair the Rebels attacked ns in a very scattered, irregular manner, but with jierseverance and resolution, nor did they ever dare to form into any regular body. Indeed they knew too well what was proper, to do so. Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob will find himself much mistaken. They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about, having been employed as Rangers against the Indians and Canadians ; and this country, being much covered with wood, and hilly, is very advantageous for their method of fighting. Nor are several of their men void of a spirit of enthusiasm, as we experienced yesterday, for many of them concealed themselves in houses and advanced within 10 yards to fii-e at me and other officers, though they were morally certain of being put to death themselves in an instant. You may depend upon it that as the Rebels have now had time to prepare, they are determined to go through with it, nor will the insur- rection turn out so despicable as it is perliaps imagined at home. For my part, I never believed, I confess, that they would have attacked the King's troops, or have had the perseverance I found in them yes- terday. I have myself, fortunately, escaped very well, having only had a horse shot. Poor Lt. Col.'s Smith and Barnard are both wounded, but not badly. * * * * Among the unnamed losses on the 19tli, Mr. Cooke may have lost his canonicals, if the appended story is correct : In Wisner's History of the Old South, Boston, p. 108, is an anecdote relative to the British desecration of the Old South Sleeting House, quoted from the " Recollections of a Bostonian," in the Columbian Centinel oi Nov. 17, 1821. "I was told that a ludicrous scene took place in the course of the preceding winter. A good old woman that frequently passed the church, was in the habit of stopping at the door, and with loud lamentations (amidst the hootings of the soldiery) be- wailed the desolation of the house of prayer. She denounced on them the vengeance of Heaven, and assured them that good old Doctor Bewail, the former Parson of the Church, would rise from his grave and carry them off. A Scotch sentinel was one night alarmed by an appearance of what he thought was an apparition of the Doctor. He screamed most violently, and alarmed the guard of grenadiers, who were always stationed at the Province house, then occupied by Gen- eral Howe. There was no pacifying him, until some one asked how the Doctor was dressed, and he answered, with a large wig and gown. One of the inhabitants, who had been drawn there from curiosity, assured him it could not have been Doctor Sewall, because he never wore a wig, which restored the poor fellow to his senses. It was gen- erally supposed to be a trick of one of the English soldiers, who wished to frighten a superstitious Scotchman, and for that purpose had [«^n,ir|j||!l!ili'i-| ,, THE SECOND rRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 83 dressed himself in tlie clerical habit of the Rev. Mr. Cooke, of IMenotomy, which he had plundered on his retreat at the battle of Lexington." The Rev. Samuel Cooke's house, which was built in 1740, and removed in 1871, was used as a hospital for the American forces after this period, as is evident from the resolve of the Committee of Safety on June 19, 1775, " that the house of the Rev. Samuel Cooke, of Menotomy, be improved as a hospital for the Colony Army." (See Paige, 418,)' The same date the use of as many other houses in this parish, for that purpose, as might be neces- sary, was ordered.^ During the battle of the 1 9th of April, the Rev. Mr. Cooke appears to have been active during the day in his own parish, until the approach of the enemy in full retreat through Menotomy, when his son Samuel took the old gentle- man, much against his will, into his chaise, and carried him away to a place of safety.; — Smifh. 1776. In 1776 an adjourned meeting of the parish was held at the house of Benjamin Cooper, innholder in the Precinct.^ Mr. ^ " And that ilr. "SVilliam Eustis be, and hereby is appointed, to the cai-e of the sick and -wounded in said hospital, till the further order of tlus commit- tee." — See Journals of each Provincial Congress of Mass., p. 571. ^ The language of the order was as follows : " Ordered, that Dr. Isaac Fos- ter be, and he hereby is directed, to take up and improve as hospitals, so many houses in Menotomy, as he may find necessary for the safety of the sick and wounded of the Colony Army, and that he employ such person or persons as may be necessary to carry such provisions and other necessaries, as may be wanted for the use of the aforesaid sick and wounded ; and further, that he take such precautions, respecting the small-pox hospital, as may be necessary for the prevention of the spreading of that epidemical disorder in the camp or else- where." On May, 10, 1775, the Committee of Safety voted, "that Mr. Watson be di- rected and empowered to remove to Cambridge, the boats now in Menotomy river, and to impress what carriages may be necessary." — ttid., p. 542. ■' A Muster Roll of Capt. AVm. Adams's Company in Col. Thatcher's Regiment of Militia, which marched at the request of Gen. Washington at taking possession of the Heights of Dorchester, March 4, 1776 : — William Adams, Captain ; Dan- iel Reed. Lieut. ; Ethan Wetherbee, Lieut.; Samuel Locke, Sergt. ; William Cutter, Sergt. ; Jonathan Davis, ditto ; Thomas Cutter, ditto ; Abraham Locke, Corporal ; John Locke, ditto ; Jonathan Perry, ditto ; Thomas Cutter, Private, John Winship, Edward Wilson, Abraham Hill, John Hill, Daniel Cutter, John Cutter, Jr., Ephraim Frost, Jr., Samuel Frost, Jr., Aaron Swan, William Hill, Joshua Kendall, William Butterfield, Jonathan Robbins, Samuel AVhittemore, 3cl, George Swan, Daniel Paine, Amos Warren, Ammi Cutter, Jr., James Perry, Joseph Locke, Ebenezer Robbins, Levi Flint, Stephen Cutter, James Frost> Jeduthun Wellington, Isaac Warren, ililes Greenwood, Joseph Russell, Wil- liam "\Mnslup, Jr,, Gershom Cutter, 3d, James Locke, Stephen Robbins, Jr., Na- thaniel Williams, John Fowle, Joseph Shaw, David Lamsou, Samuel Swan^ Josiah Hall, The term of service was probably five days. 84 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Oooke preached before the Convention of Congregational Minis- tears, 1776. — A)n. Quar. Register, for 1839, 1777. Feb. 6, 1777, it was voted that the training band vote with the freeiiolders. Also voted to make out a separate list from the town's valuation. Fast Day, Aug. 28, 1777, Mr. Cooke's sermon was on Isaiah 10: 5, 6, 7 and 12 and 13 v. Repeated on April 26, 1780, and April 25, 1782. Tlieme : Tyrants in all ages have been the greatest scourges to the worM * * * * Assyria of old was what Britain now is to America. * * * * The Brethren in this Land admonished for the prevalence of impiety, Sabbath-breaking, neglect of God's house and ordinances, and Family prayer among those who call themselves Christians ; for pro- fane swearing, which has not only crept into our armies, but is pub- licly heard in our streets, and out of the mouth of Babes who should be taught to speak our great Redeemer's praise; for falsehood, injus- tice, intemperance, uncleanness and the oppression of covetousness so general and loud through the land. In tlie last half of 1777 lie was again engaged on the exposi- tion of John. In a sermon (Dec. 15, 1777) he remarks, "Where there is prejudice in hearers, the speaker preaches in vain." In this year Mr. Cooke delivered at Lexington, a sermon for a memorial of Lexington Battle, which was printed. The title page is as follows : " The violent destroyed : And oppressed delivered. — A Sermon, preached at Lexington, April 19, 1777. For a Memorial of the Bloody Tragedy, barbarously acted by a party of British Troops, in that Town and the Adjacent, April 19, 1775. — By Samuel Cooke, A.M., Pastor of the Second Church in Cambridge. — The Lord will .abhor tbe bloody and deceitful man. Ps. v. G. Thus saith the Lord, Let it suffice you, O Princes of Israel, remove violence and spoil, and ■execute judgment and justice; take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God. Ezek. xlv. 9. — Boston : Printed by Dra- per and Phillips, for Thomas Leverett and Nicholas Bowes, in Corn- hill. M.DCC.LXXVIL" Text, Exodus xvii. 14, 15, 16. Pp. 31. " The occasion of this anniversary * * * * is for a memorial of the tragical commencement of the present unjust and unnatural war: .and particularly the innocent blood cruelly shed at the doors of this house" — (p. 19), i. e. on Lexington Common. The diary of Rev. John Marrett, a native of Cambridge, and pastor of the church in Woburn Second Precinct (now Burlington), describes the first anniversary celebration of the Battle at Lexington, as follows : ■■" 17.7G, April 19. Fair and windy — wind northwest. Rode to Lexiug- THE SECOND rEECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 85 ton, dined at Brother's. P.M. Attended a Lecture in commemoration of Lexington Battle — Mr. Clarke performed the whole exercise — preached from Joel, third chapter, three last verses. A very crowded audience, the militia companies in Lexington mustered. Returned home." In Adams's Anniversary Discourse at Lexington, April 19, 1783, we find the following allusion to the first and second Anniversary ser- mons at that place : — " As hostilities first began in the town of Lexington, it was thought proper by the worthy and patriotic minister of that place, with the entire approbation and concurrence of his respected hearers, to mstitute a solemn annual commemoration of that important event; on which the militia has been under arms, military exercises performed, and a sermon preached to crowded auditories. The whole has been conducted with great decorum, and to universal acceptance. The Rev. Mr. Clarke preached the first sermon, in which is contained a particular narrative of the whole ti-ans- action; Mr. Cooke, oi Cambridge, the next," &.c. In this sermon, as usual wuth Mr. Cooke and the other ministers of the period, the Britons are handled without gloves. The impress these events of the " Nineteenth " made on the people of that day, is ex- pressed in a passage (p. 10) of his sermon, as follows: " The present generation, in this town and neighborhood, need no information of what their weeping eyes then saw — their ears heard — and their pierced heart endured, on that never to be forgotten day — the horrid scene is instamped upon all our breasts, in characters of -blood! " 1778. Dec. 9, 1778, it was voted to choose a committee of three to wait upon the Rev. Mr. Cooke, to see if they " could make him easy " not to take dovTi the belfry. The committee accordingly reported that he would leave it to the people, and trust in the providence of God ! In 1778 Mr. Cooke was preaching a series of sermons on the expo- sition of the gospel of John. In a sermon, April 12, 1778, he alludes to the trouble of the times, as follows : " Those persecuting and mur- derous practices, foretold by Christ, among Jews, and Heathens, were disgraceful to human nature. But how much more so, when found among Nations professing Christianity ! Without making any obser- vations on Roman Catholic States, whose principles are Anti-Christian, how much innocent blood was shed in Britain in the last century! How were our forefathers by persecution for conscience sake, driven into this then howling wilderness ! How are we now pursued with mercenary and bloody troops, with fire and sword, from our once pa- rent — now detested Britain ! " How is our substance destroyed — our cities laid waste — our young men slain with the sword, or perishing in cruel captivity ! " These barbarities are practised by our worse than savage enemies, to force us to submit to their arbitrary laws — and thereby at their will deprive us, not only of our substance and all our civil liberties, 9 86 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. but also of our religious privileges, and lay upon us the yoke of spirit- ual bondage, which our fathers, through the good hand of their God upon them, were delivered from, and which neither they, nor we, were able to bear. " Such is the rule of Satan, even in this enlightened age, in the hearts of the children of disobedience. So much worse than Jews and Hea- thens, that it cannot be supposed that any considerable number, if any, in Britain, ignorant as they generally are, think they are doing God service, by their cruelties and murders practised wantonly in America. Their barbarous conduct seems rather to proceed from a prevailing disbelief of the Being, or Providence of God. And, as they think they have no account to give hereafter, but shall die like the beasts, so they may safely live like them, without any restraint from reason or Religion. " In a sermon. May 10, 1778, he says, "It is unhappy that there are 80 many different persuasions among Professors of the Religion of the Blessed Son of God, and even of the Protestant Religion ; some pro- fess themselves to be of the Church of England, some Presbyterians ; some call themselves Quakers, some Baptists ; some are called Sepa- ratists and the like. These all pretend to worshij} the same God and Father of us all, to look for Salvation in and through Jesus Christ, our common Saviour and merciful Redeemer. And at last hope to join the General Assembly and Church of the first born above. And yet, thus unhappily differ by the way — even too often so as not to worship God and our Redeemer together. * * * * " True Christians may have different opinions in points not essential to Christianity, but if alone Love of Christ is shed abroad in their hearts, they will be careful to maintain that Love and charity one to another, which is necessary to qualify them to sit down together in the Kingdom of Glory. * * * * " Nothing carries a more convincing proof of the Divinity of the Religion of Christ, than its inspiring Christians with this amiable dis- position one towards another. This God-like temper raised the atten- tion of the Heathens in the first ages of Christianity, who with sur- prise said, ' See, how the Christians love one another!' 0, let not this Divine flame wax cold in any of us, because iniquity abounds. But may the Love of God, the Love of Christ, the hope of Heaven, quicken us all to this necessary and delightful duty. 0, consider, it is Heaven begun here, and its perfection, in the Life to come ! If we don't meet with suitable returns of kindness for our charity and affec- tion to others, the reflection of our having done what Christ has com- manded will be our comfort in life and in death. And our advance- ment in the Realms of everlasting Glory, will be in proportion to the degree of this Divine principle in our Souls." June 21, 1778, he is patriotic again, his sermon of that date contain- ing such paragraphs as these: — "But like unfeeling Monsters of the present day, this Tyrant ordered, with a stupid indifference." " How ought we to pray and fight, and even die, when called to it, rather than to submit to Tyrants, whose tender mercies are cruelty." " How may THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 87 the thought of the indignity and cruelty our great Deliverer endured for us, support us under the most severe trials, and particularly comfort our distressed captives in the present unjust and savage war — suffering unheard of cruelties under the insulting rage of Britons! " " Dread- ful indeed is the power of a Tyrant, which is under no restraint from reason or law! From this curse we ought earnestly to strive and pray, that God of his mercy would deliver us." Lord North is spoken of as the " unfeeling," the " haughty," and the " deceitful," with his " inhuman associates ; " after his '' haughty boast " that he would " lay " America " at his feet," and " after the barbarous murder and destruction of many thousands of our friends," added "insult to cruelty, by pre- senting us with his Power to grant pardons upon our submission ; and falsely pretending that he always meant to favor us, but thought the moment of complete victory over us was the fittest time to prepare terms of peace." In a following sermon, July 12, 1778, he continues, " The same in- consistence would have been chargeable upon America, if we had not absolutely and firmly declared oiir Independence — while we acknow- ledged George for our King ; — by our taking up arms against men of blood, sent here by his command; — we should practically have declared ourselves Rebels. But we now own no Earthly Sovereign." * * * * Again, July 26, 1778, he says, " Lord, what is man, when divested of humanity ! The most savage beasts fall short of him in cruelty. Who in these ages, but an unfeeling Briton, can read these things without horror ? " Aug. 16, 1778, non-church goers are reproved thus: " This instance [John 20 : 24 v.] is recorded in part, to warn us all of the danger of unnecessary absence from Social AVorship, as the manner of too many is ; and the example of others, who are thought to be good Christians, has an unhappy influence upon others ! * * * * The common excuse is that they cannot receive any benefit." In a sermon, Sept. 20, 1778, Mr. Cooke indulged iu the favorite phrases of the time in speaking of the Forefathers : " Our pious fore- fathers were driven into this wilderness, by the persecuting rage of the High Church party in Britain ; but Christ over-ruled the wicked and cruel designs of his adversaries, to advance his own kingdom, by erect- ing and establishing his Churches in these benighted parts of I;: world. May the King of Glory still defend us, and add to his churches such as shall be saved! We trust in this day of distress tliat God will remember for us the kindness of our Youth * * * * when our fathers followed him into this Wilderness, then a land not sown. Christ is now calling us, as he did * * * * many of our forefathers, to resist even to blood, striving against sin, against oppression and violence. * # * * jt greatly concerns a people under public calamities, though brought instrumentally by the hands of violent men, and particularly it becomes us as a community in this season of distress * * * * to remember from whence we are fallen," &c. This land is also spoken of in the same connection, as a "noble vine" and a "right seed." 88 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. In reference to reading the Bible, he says, sermon Oct. 4, 1778, "It hath been computed that the whole Bible may, in ordinary cases, be read through, in every family, in about the space of one year — as a part of the morning and evening sacrifice — and that without any hindrance to ordinary worldly business, where persons know aright how to improve and redeem time." In this same sermon (Oct. 4, 2 778) — exposition No. 51, and last, of gospel of John — he pronounces the following valedictory: " I have now, with an upright intention, gone through a course of plain, practical expositions, on the four Evangelists.' God is my witness, 1 have not willingly kept back any- thing^ which might be profitable to you. How far God may grant me further opportunity to proceed, is known only to him, in whose hand my health and breath is, and whose are all my ways. While we live, may I and you all, Live unto the Lord; and make his word our daily study and practice." Another sermon, in 1778, by Mr. Cooke, was on the Continental Thanksgiving, December 30. Text, Psal. 34: 3. "The call of the King of Kings, by the inspired Psalmist in our text, is a sufficient warrant to our Honorable Continental Congress to call upon these United States of America to unite this day, in our humble and grate- ful acknowledgments, &c. These guardians of our Civil and Religious rights, &c., against a potent and cruel Adversary, have great cause this day to exalt the Lord's name together." A late general thanksgiving is mentioned. " Thousands and ten thousands are joined this day by common interest and affection (and at this time) in rendering thanks." The whole discourse waxes intensely patriotic. " War with its destruc- tive and bloody attendants is one of the greatest calamities which be- fall mankind. The part of the aggressors is one of the greatest crimes." The Thirteen American States and their union are remarked upon. A recital of a few of the transactions of the war is made, for instance : 1. "First, the mercifid providence of God appears, inspiriting the militia through this State, to arm and discipline themselves for de- fence, before the enemy openly began this bloody war; and while the government, then over us, discountenanced all our military prepa- rations. 2. " Secondly, Divine Providence appeared in behalf of America, in suffering the enemy to make their furious attack upon this State, who, though great sufferers, w^ere most prepared to Avithstand their bloody designs. 3. " In the repulse the enemy received in their cruel attack upon us, which kept them back from further attempts, till neighboring States came to our assistance. 4. •' Fourthly, the hand of our God appears in suffering the enemy to exercise their wanton rage against each of these States, so that our common distresses have excited our sympathy and strengthened our > Sec 1771, for the first of ISIatthcw, and 1772 and following years for the rest of the gospels. THE SECOND rRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 89 union. And so, also, their sordid acts to divide and destroy us have been frustrated. 5. " Fifthly, I shall only add, the mercy of God has been shown to us in wonderfully supplying us with military stores, and our armies, so far, with sustenance, while a communication by sea from the Southern States was cut oif. And in supporting these our brethren in arms, while often suffering with hunger and nakedness, and to appearance in want of all things." Tlie only likeness now in existence of the Rev. Mr. Cooke is here presented. In 1778 Mr. Cooke wrote the follow- ing autobiography in a small pocket diary last belonging to his grandchild, the late Miss Anna Bradshaw. Cambridge, Second Precinct, April 8th, 1778. Samuel Cooke, born in Hadley, January 11th, 1709, was the son of Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Anne Cooke ; the grandson on his father's side to Aaron Cooke, Esq., and Sarah Cooke ; and the great-grandson of Major Cooke, of Northamj^tou, and of William and Sarah AVestwood, of Hadley, who came from Old England. These arrived with their families at Cam- bridge, N. E., in 1634 or 1G35, and removing with others settled at Hartford. About the year 1G50, they with others removed up Con- necticut river, and began new settlements — Major Cooke at Northamp- ton, and Mr. Westwood at Hadley.* My grandfather Aaron Cooke married Sarah, only child of said William and Sarah Westwood, re- moved to Hadley. lived with his father-in-law, and upon his death, which was not long after, in right of said wife became entitled to the whole of Mr. Westwood's estate — left in England — at Hartford — and in Hadley. The estate in England after some time my grandfather sold, but employing a knave, lost it. The estate at Hartford he gave to his son Aaron. That in Hadley to his sons Westwood and Samuel, ^ Sylvester Judd, Esq., the -well-known historian of Hadley, in a letter to the late Rev. Samuel Sewall, of Burlington, Mass. (April 6, 1846), says this genea- logical account contains some mistakes -which show how early and easily tra- dition runs into error. It may be justly supposed the wi'iter relied entirely on his memory when at a very advanced age he Avrote concerning matters, some of which occurred well nigh a century before he was born. ilr. Judd asserts, from written authentic sources, that Major Cooke settled first in Dorchester and removed thence to Windsor ; whereas "William "Westwood settled first at Cambridge, and removed thence to Hartford, and was at Cambridge three or ioxxi- years before 1634-5. He further declares Westwood could not have re- moved to Hadley and Maj. Cooke to Northampton about 1650, for the settle- ment of Hadley was not begun until 1659, and Northampton till 1654. More- over, they removed up the river in 1660-1, and Westwood's wife was Bridget, not Sarah. (Vide Hist. EacUey, 594, and Savage, G. Diet.) 9* 90 HISTOKY OF ARLINGTON. and to his son Moses his estate from his own father in Northampton. He died 1716, aged 76. He had eight children: viz., Sarah, married to Daniel Hovey ; Joanna, to Samuel Porter ; Aaron, at Hartford ; Westwood, Samuel and Moses, all married at Hadley ; Elizabeth, mar- ried to Ichabod Smith, and Bridget, married to John Bernard. These all had large femilies, and all survived my grandfather, excejot Joanna, who died in 1712, soon after the birth of her eighteenth living child. My grandmother Sarah Cooke died 1730, aged 87.' My father Sam- uel Cooke, about the year 1098, married Anne Marsh, daughter of Mr. Jonathan and Mrs. Dorcas Marsh, of Hadley. Besides three which died in infancy, seven of their children had families : viz., Anne, married to Aaron Cooke; Sarah, to Timothy (Emmons?); Hannah, to William Dickinson ; Samuel ; Mehitable, to Jonathan Smith ; Miriam, to Josiah Pierce; and Jonathan. All survived our parents except Hannah. She buried six children in infancy, and her husband in 1741 ; she was left with two sons — six and two years old — and returned with her children to my father's house, where she died in 1745, aged 39. My father died September 16, 1746, aged 76. My mother died March, 1758, aged 77. My father by his will left his homestead at my mother's decease wholly to my brother Jonathan in lieu of my education. The rest of his estate was equally to be divided between my brother and me — we paying legacies to our sisters. I began to learn Latin iu 1720, but being then the only son I was called off to the farm till a brother, born almost out of season, and growing, allowed me to resume my study in the year 1729. I entered Harvard College in 1731 — had my first degree, 1735 — kept school part of a year at Roxbury — one year and a part was in the College Buttery — Nov., 1737, went to Col. Royall's, Medford, for a year to instruct his son — and in 1738 returned to College. I then preached six months at Marlborough, and six at Roxbury and IMeno- tomy. In May, 1739, I received a call to settle iu the ministry in this place. In July, I gave my answer, and on September 12, 1739, I was ordained the first minister of this Second Precinct in Cambridge. The Church was gathered the preceding Sabbath by the Rev. John Hancock, of Lexington, and consisted of eighty-three members — eighty of which were from the Cambridge Church, and three had be- 1 " Mr. Westwood died in 16G9, and his wife in 1676 ; the will of each is on record in Hadley, with the inventory of his estate ; there is no allusion to any proijerty in England, which must have been sold — and lost, perhaps — before his death. He had no estate in Northampton, and Aaron Cooke, of Hadley, had no estate in Northampton ' from his own father.' His father gave him some estate at Windsor, where he married Sarah Westwood in 1661. Mr. Cooke has arranged the children of his grandfather according to their birth. Sarah mar- ried, i have supposed, Thomas Hovey, not Daniel. Joanna, who married Sam- uel Porter, may have had eighteen children, but the Hadley record has noted only It." — Letter of Mr. Judcl. The able and interesting History of Hadley makes frequent and honorable mention of Westwood and his son-in-law, Cooke, and presents a genealogy of their descendants- THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CA:MBRIDGE. 91 loiigecl to other churches. I boarded the first year in the family of Mr. Joseph Adams, at lOs. per week — silver being then 26s. per ounce. On JMay 12, 1740, I bought one acre of ground of Mr. Jason Rus- sell for house, which was raised July 17, at the expense of the people — The frame being given, and the cellar and well dug and stoned gra- tis, and the boards and shingles carted from Sudbury and Billerica free of charge to me. I married Oct. 2, 1740, Miss Sarah Porter, daughter of Mr. Sam- uel and ]Mrs. Anne Porter, of Hadley, and on Oct. 16, I brought her to my house.' On Aug. 2, 1741, a son was born to us, and on the 9th he was baptized Samuel, and on the 14th inst. Samuel died. On the 22d the mother died, both dying of the throat distemper. My sis- ter Miriam (now Pierce) kindly came and kept my house. I married September 23, 1742, Anna Cotton, daughter of the Rev. Mr. John and Mrs. Mary Cotton, of Newtown. On the oOth she came home. On July 10, 1743, a daughter was born, and on the same day was baptized Anna.^ On the 14 July, 1745, twins were born, and baptized the same day SamueP and Elizabeth. On May 15, 1747, a daughter born and was baptized the 17th, Mary. On Aug. 9, 1750, another daughter was born, who was baptized the 12th, Sarah.* A son was born 29 March, 1752, who the same day was baptized Samuel.* (N. B. The foregoing in Old Style.) 1754, April 17, a daughter born, baptized Hannah Gibbs.* 1755, Oct. 17, a daughter born, lived one hour. 1756, November 30, a daughter still born. On Dec. 29, 1758, a daughter was born, and was baptized on the 30th, Rebecca. (N. B. She was heard some weeks before her birth by the whole family and others, distinctly to cry for some minutes without possibility of mistake.) 1761, Jan. 16, a daughter stillborn. — Febru- ary 12, my wife Anna died, aged 38, after having been mother of eleven children ; seven survived her, but must follow. 1 "Cambridge, 27th Sept. 1740. These may certify whom it may concern that the purpose of marriage between the Rev. Mr. Samuel Cooke of Cam- bridge, and Mrs. Sarah Porter of Hadley has been entered and published in Cambridge as the law dii-ects. And"^ Bordman, jun. Town Clerk." "Hadley, Oct. 2, 1740. These may certifie that the within certified persons were joined in marriage. Grindall Raavson, Clerk." 2 " 1765, Oct. 24, joined in man-iage by Rev. Sam'l Cooke, Ezekiel Hall, of ISIedford, and Anna Cooke, of Cambridge. 1766, July 17, IMedford, born Eze- kiel IlaU." 3 Died Aug. 21, 1745, after a " distressing sore mouth of 30 days." 4 ISIarried Rev. Jonathan Burr, July 19, 1787. Died March 9, 1788, * The following acrostic probably refers to him : Save, Lord, this tender son of oui-s, Clu-ist in his arms did infants take, A son whom thou didst give, Of saving grace may this partake. May he not die in tender hours, O earthly blessings needfid, shine, Unto thv praise still live. Keep fi-om every hurtful snare, Each day commended to thy care, Ever guided by thy watchful care. Let him thy tender mercies share. 8 Married Henry Bradshaw, of Watertown, June 3, 1781. 92 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. I married 25 Nov. 1762, IMrs. Lucy, relict of the late Rev. Nicholas Bowes, of Bedford, and daughter of the late Rev. John and Elizabeth Hancock, of Lexington. On Sept. 21, 1768, my wife Lucy died, aged 56, after years of sore distress from the gravel. My daughter Rebecca died 2 Feb. 1778, aged 19 — after eight months distress from the effects of the small-pox, which she bare with inimitable patience and even surprising calmness. She seldom from her birth was out of temper, and rarely cried but from tenderness for others. Few families have met with more and greater change by Death in equal time. But let us not tarry then — it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed — the father is continued, and lives parted in old age. Seven out of thirteen remain. Let us prepare to follow — be ye also ready.' Feb. 12, 1778, it was voted to mess the inhabitants of the Paiisli into fifteen messes in proportion to their valuation. It was also voted that " every mess shall stand by the bead of his mess ; " and that " the parish sliall stand by the head of his mess." This may be a method of enlisting men for the army, or for the payment of a war tax. All the taxable inhabitants of a place were distributed into as many classes as the quota required of it deemed necessary, each class being assessed for the support of a man for the military service, the several mem- bers of each class paying their just proportion of the expense. A page of the Precinct Book is devoted to the " Officers chosen on account of the War for the year 1778." Committee for the War. — Nehemiah Cutter, Patten Russell, Thomas Cutter. The same were also chosen assessors on account of the war, for the ensuing year, and sworn to said office by the clerk of the meeting. ^ The remainder is by another hand, as follows : 1783, June 4, 3 o'clock, morn, died the Rev'd Sam'l Cooke of the dropsy, aged 74. 1784, Feb. 13, died Miss Elizabeth Cooke of a consumption, aged 38. 1785, Sept. 22, died Miss Elizabeth Hall, aged 19 yrs. 1787, June 23, died Mrs. Anna Hall, 44. 1788, March 9, died Mrs. Sally Burr. 1789, Sept. 11, died Mr. Ezekicl Hall, aged 48 yrs. 1793, Jan. 24, ^Monday, ^ past four o'clock, P. M., died Mrs. Hannah G. Brad- shaw, aged 38, of consumption. 179.3, June 7, Mr. Henry Bradshaw died at Boston, 12 past 3 o'clock iu the morn, of an apoplexy. 1795, Jan. 2, Mr. Samuel Cooke died suddenly at Boston, 9 o'clock in the evening. 1796, Aug. 31, at Charleston, S. C, died Mr. John Hall, aged 22 yeai-s, son of Mr. Ezekiel and Mrs. Anna Hall. THE SECOND PEECTNCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 93 Collectors for the War Tax. — Samuel Whittemore, Thomas Cutter, John Hill. Five men from each ward were chosen " for to take a true invoice." For the first ward : — Samuel Whittemore, Jr., Ebenezer Swan, John Winship, Joseph Belknap, Jr., Seth Russell. For the second ward : — Aaron AMlliams, Philip Bemis, Dea. Joseph Adams, Aaron Swan, Capt. Benjamin Locke. For the third ward: — Edward Fillebrown, Samuel Frost, Joshua Kendall, Jeduthun Wellington, Timothy- Swan. Thomas Russell was chosen treasurer on account of the war, for the ensuing year. It was voted that the assessors above-named, be the assessors "for to assess the money that Captain Locke hired to pay the men that went to Ticonderoga." At a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of Cambridge Northwest Precinct, June 4, 1778, it was voted, Nehemiah Cutter being chosen moderator, that Samuel Swan be collector for the war tax, in the room of John Hill, who refused to serve. It was voted also to give the collectors tvvo shillings upon the pound for what they shall collect. Signed by Walter Russell, Precinct Clerk. These entries on a particular page of the Precinct Book pro- bably relate to the arrangement to " mess" the inhabitants of the parish in accordance with the votes above. The records give no further information. 1779. At the close of a discourse (No. 1252— see 1770) de- livered on April 18, 1779, Mr. Cooke inserted the following paragraph in reference to the anniversary of the Battle : "April 18, 1779, This day completes four years from the ever memorable, the dark and distressing day, April 19, 1775, when British fury first broke out into ojjen devastation and bloodshed. We cannot recall these things to remembrance without a renewal of our griefs for sore losses then sustained, and gratitude to the Lord of Hosts for sig- nal deliverances he then vouchsafed, and for all later salvations. While our neighbors of Lexington, where the first blood in this baleful war was openly and wantonly spilt, publicly observe this day, let not us their fellow-sufferers be unmindful of calling to remembrance what we then saw and felt, and still hope in our Great Deliverer. The restraints he then laid upon the rage of our barbarous enemies causes us to hope that the remainder thereof he will restrain, and ordain peace to us. Amen." In 1779, a committee was chosen to examine the war treasur- er's and collector's accounts. See data under 1778. 1780. May 29, 1780, Samuel Whittemore, Jr., was chosen war treasurer In this year the following notice was publicly read in church : " Ephraim Frost, Junior, with his Wife, desires 94 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. to return tlianks to Almijrhty God for his great goodness to her in granting her a safe delivery in childbirth; also desires prayers for perfecting merciea. Isaac." [Isaac, son of Ephraini Frost? Jr., was born Aug. 7, 1780, and baptized Aug. 13, 1780.] On the back of the notice are some of Mr. Cooke's remarks on some public solemnity of the United States of America: " We have been generally led to consider it," he says, " only as a di- rection or commandment of man, and that the proclamation of civil rulers is the only foundation of our observance of our pub- lic Fasts and Thanksgivings. -- * * ^ Civil rulers only direct to the seasons of attending a duty, which God and nature evi- dently enjoin. * * -^ * This is the command of God, not man," &c. This appeal was to occasion a better attendance on such observances. 1781. The following report on seating the meeting-house is copied from the Precinct Book : "Cambridge Northwest Precinct, April the 9th, 1781. We the subscribers being a committee chosen by the Inhabitants of said Pre- cinct to seat such part of the Inhabitants as should be thought proper, have taken it under mature consideration, and report as follows (Wil- liam Whittemore, Lieut. Samuel Cutter, Capt. Ephraim Frost, Walter Russell, Thomas Russell, Committee): " The fore seat xipon the floor below: Messrs. Nehemiah Cutter, Ed- ward Fillebrown, Daniel Brown, Samuel Carter, Jr., Ammi Cutter. " The second seat below : Messrs. George Cutter, Patten Russell, Thomas Cutter, Isaac Winship, Simon Holden, Timothy Symmes, Jo- seph Frost, John Symmes, John Sprague, Samuel Russell, Thomas Winship, Thomas Whittemore. "The third seat below: Messrs. Aaron Teel, Joseph Belknap, Jr., Caleb Carter, Thomas Rand, Samuel Cutter, Ebenezer Prentice, Jr., John INIullit, Nathaniel Farmer, Israel Blackington. " The fore seat in the front gallery : Messrs. Edward Gardner, Sam- uel Whittemore, the 3d, Thomas Russell, William Cutter, John Adams, John Swan, Seth Wyman, John Hutchinson, Aaron Swan, Lemuel Blanchard, Benjamin Piper, Samuel Butterfield, Caleb Hovey, Phile- mon Russell. " The fore seat in the side gallery : Messrs. Zechariah Hill, William Hill, Capt. Stephen Frost, Samuel Frost, Jr., Nathan Swan, Josiah Wilson, Jonathan Teel, Daniel Cutter, Solomon Prentice, George Prentice, John Frost, Jonathan Robbins, Samuel Cutter, Jr., Jason Belknap, Aaron Cooke, William Butterfield, Samuel Hill, Joseph Locke, Francis Locke, John Locke, Ephraim Cooke, William Cutter, Jr., Robert Mullit, John Symmes, Jr., John Dickson, Joseph Shaw, THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAIMBRIDGE. 95 Abram Cooke, Robert Polly, Jeremiah Stuart, Joseph Wyman, Moses Hovey, Nathan Whittemore." Another enumeration of the inhabitants of the Precinct at this period is given in a Tax List for Menotomy, A.D. 1781, to pro- cure Beef for the Continental Army : This liist contains a State Tax set down in £. s. and d,, and Also a Town Tax granted by the Inhabitants of said Town (Cambridge) at their meeting, July 9th inst. for the purpose of procuring Beef for the Continental Army. Appor- tioned this 23d day of July, 1781. Abra"! Watsox, ^Assessors Ammi Cutter, > for Stephen Dana, \ 1781. Names. Polls. Real Estate. Personal Est Total. Town Tax. ShiU'gs £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dea. Joseph Adams 34 9 11 8 18 9 12 4 5 2 13 3 Capt. Wm. Adams 17 5 3 2 18 9 6 18 11 1 10 3 John Adams 17 4 3 4 15 7 5 15 11 1 15 5 Thomas Adams 17 8 4 1 5 4 a 4 Wm. Adams, jr. 17 2 1 19 1 3 11 Wm. Bowman 17 10 10 5 1 16 6 13 3 11 2 17 9 Lt. Daniel Bro^\'n 17 1 17 6 12 6 3 7 14 6 Joseph Belknap 17 8 2 6 12 6 9 12 2 2 Jason Belknap 17 18 9 6 3 2 2 9 Lemuel Blanchard 17 4 3 4 17 6 5 17 10 1 9 4 Israel Blackington 17 1 17 6 2 1 2 16 7 12 2 Israel Blackington, jr. 17 1 17 6 2 1 2 16 7 12 2 Wm. Butterfieid 17 1 10 2 3 1 2 10 3 10 10 Samuel Butterfieid 17 3 12 11 4 2 4 14 1 1 0- 3 Neliemiah Cutter 17 17 3 6 John Cutter 34 14 6 6 1 12 3 17 12 9 3 17 4 John Cutter, jr. 17 1 1 10 4 2 2 3 9 2 Thomas Cutter 17 2 17 3 8 4 4 2 7 17 11 Ammi Cutter 51 13 9 9 1 10 2 17 10 11 3 16 6 Sam'l Cutter 34 3 8 9 10 5 5 13 2 1 5 5 Lt. Wm. Cutter 17 1 16 5 6 3 2 19 8 12 10 John Cutter, 3d 17 1 17 6 4 2 2 18 8 12 8 Gershom Cutter 34 4 4 4 1 8 2 7 6 6 1 11 9 Stephen Cutter 17 4 6 5 10 5 5 13 10 1 4 9 Nehemiah Cutter, jr. 17 4 2 1 1 2 4 6 Thomas Cutter, jr. 34 1 11 5 1 3 11 4 9 2 19 2 Wd. Anna Cutter 2 4 9 12 6 2 17 3 12 7 Wm. Cutter, jr. 17 17 3 6 Wd. INIary Cutter 3 5 9 4 3 9 9 15 4 Caleb Carter 17 1 8 1 3 1 2 8 2 10 4 Eph'm Cooke 17 2 16 3 6 3 3 19 6 17 3 Abra'm Cooke 17 6 3 1 3 3 4 10 Aaron Cooke 17 1 11 3 6 3 2 14 6 11 9 llebecca Carter 4 2 7 3 4 7 5 19 3 Daniel Cutter 17 4 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 10 Charles Cutter 17 4 2 1 1 2 4 5 Isaac Cutter 17 17 3 6 Samuel Cutter, jr. 17 7 1 8 1 10 3 9 8 11 2 1 3 AVm. Cutler's Est. 34 7 16 3 1 7 1 10 17 4 2 11 2 96 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Polls. • Real. Personal. Total. Town Tax. Ishmael Cutler 17 17 3 I 10 9 3 4 I 3 12 * John Dickson 17 1 6 4 2 2 7 2 Capt. EiDh'm Frost 51 10 8 4 1 8 1 14 7 5 Samuel Frost 51 12 10 1 11 3 16 12 3 Ei^h'm Frost, jr. 17 7 6 10 1 4 9 7 10 2 1 J Capt. Stephen Frost 17 8 4 5 2 1 10 6 Sam'l Frost, jr. 17 4 2 1 1 2 John Frost 17 9 4 6 3 1 12 7 6 i! Joseph Frost 17 4 9 7 8 4 5 14 11 1 5 t Joseph Frost, jun'r 17 17 1 3 5 Seth Frost 17 3 7 5 1 2 11 5 7 7 Edward Fillebrown 17 2 7 11 8 4 3 13 3 15 lO Nath'l Farmer 17 1 17 6 4 2 2 18 8 12 8 Nath'l Fessenden 17 9 4 1 6 4 5 9 James Fowle 17 17 3 6 Duncan Ingraham's Est. 3 1 5 3 1 5 13 6 Dea. Thomas Hall 17 2 16 3 7 3 3 6 17 5 Abr'm Hill 34 5 14 7 15 7 8 4 2 1 15 7 Abram Hill, jr. 17 17 3 6 Zach'h Hill 17 1 9 2 4 2 2 10 4 10 10 Zach'h Hill, jr. 17 17 3 6 John Hill 17 3 11 8 11 5 5 1 1 1 11 Sam'l Hill 17 1 5 4 2 2 6 2 9 U AVm. Hill 17 3 17 1 10 5 6 4 6 12 9 Elisha Hastings 17 17 3 6 Wd. Lydia Hdl 17 1 16 5 5 2 2 18 7 12 8 Sarah Hill 16 8 .2 1 18 9 4 1 Lt. Joseph Hartwell 17 4 18 11 1 16 5 7 12 4 1 13 3 Caleb Hovey 17 . 3 19 2 18 9 5 14 11 1 11 9 Moses Hovey 17 17 3 6 Richard Hay 17 6 3 2 1 1 5 4 5 4 Joshua Kendall 17 5 11 5 2 16 10 9 5 3 1 18 4 Capt. Benj. Locke 34 6 3 11 9 5 8 7 4 1 16 4 Samuel Locke 17 18 9 9 2 19 22 5 9 4 15 7 Joseph Locke 17 16 8 1 1 10 2 15 6 11 11 Francis Locke 17 16 8 1 1 10 2 15 6 11 11 Wd. lluth Locke 5 2 1 9 4 5 11 5 1 4 6 John Locke 17 1 13 4 2 4 10 10 David Lampson 17 17 3 6 Isaac Munroe 34 10 5 3 1 2 7 6 ■ 9 11 Ebenezer Prentice 17 4 7 8 9 4 5 14 1 4 1 Eben'r Prentice, jr. 17 2 16 10 6 3 4 1 15 2 Solomon Prentice 17 15 7 1 12 7 6 4 George Prentice 34 1 11 3 13 6 3 1 9 16 10 Benj a. Piper 17 3 16 1 2 11 5 15 11 1 5 3 Jonathan Perry 17 1 11 3 5 2 2 13 5 11 6 Jason Russell 17 17 3 6 Thomas Rand 17 6 3 3 1 1 6 4 5 6 Jona. Robbins 17 1 17 6 7 3 3 1 9 13 4 Stephen Robbins 17 20 2 12 1 23 9 1 5 2 11 Stephen Robbins, jr. 17 1 11 3 1 9 2 3 17 5 16 9 Samuel Russell 17 3 7 8 11 5 4 16 1 1 11 Sam'l Russell, jr. 17 4 2 4 2 1 5 4 5 4 Seth Russell 17 3 12 11 9 4 4 19 3 1 1 7 Patten Russell 17 2 8 11 1 2 11 4 8 10 19 3 Joseph Russell 17 17 3 6 Wd. Elisabeth Russell 2 8 11 6 3 2 15 2 12 11 THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 97 Polls. Real. Personal. Total Town Tax. Thomas Russell 34 4 5 5 15 7 6 15 19 2 Noah RusseU 17 17 3 6 John Sprague 12 6 3 1 15 7 3 5 George Swan 34 3 15 7 3 5 16 3 1 5 I Ebenezer Swan 34 3 8 10 11 5 5 14 3 1 4 7 Sam'l Swan 5 16 8 5 16 8 1 2 Aaron Swan 17 5 12 6 1 10 7 10 4 1 12 8 Jos'h Shaw 17 1 6 4 2 2 7 2 10 I Wd. Sarah Swan 1 17 6 2 1 1 19 7 8 8 Nathan Swan 17 1 17 6 2 14 6 11 8 Sam'l Whittemore 2 15 2 3 1 2 18 3 12 10 Sam'l "NVhittemore, jr. 51 5 19 7 16 8 9 7 3 1 19 4 Thos. Whittemore 17 2 15 2 8 4 4 6 17 5 Wm. Whittemore 17 2 15 2 17 8 4 9 10 19 6 Lt. Sam. Whittemore 17 3 13 11 15 7 5 6 6 1 3 2 Thomas Whittemore, jr. 17 17 3 6 Nathan Whittemore 17 5 3 1 2 3 4 7 Amos Whittemore 17 17 8 6 3 2 11 8 9 Wm. Whittemore, jr. 17 17 3 6 AVm. AVinship 51 3 12 11 13 6 6 17 5 1 9 6 Wm. Winship, jr. 17 2 1 19 1 4 10 Josiah Wilson 17 3 8 9 17 8 5 3 5 1 2 6 Jeduthun Williugton 17 15 7 10 5 2 3 9 2 Thos. Williams 17 2 6 10 7 3 3 11 1 15 5 Richard Francis 17 17 3 6 NON-RESIDEXT. State Tax. Town Tax. Isaac Bowman, Esq. 1 3 11 5 4 Isaac Winship 17 9 3 11 Sam'l Sterns 14 7 3 3 Seth Reed 19 9 4 4 Daniel Reed 1 1 10 4 9 Thos. Wright 19 9 4 4 John DLx 8 4 1 10 Geo. La-rtTence's Heirs 2 1 5 Nathan Blodgett 1 13 4 7 4 John Whitney's h'rs 2 1 5 John Hutchinson 1 19 7 8 3 Joseph Willington 13 6 3 Sam'l Bemis 1 9 2 6 5 George AVillington 19 9 4 4 Seth Wj-man 7 3 1 7 Sam'l Winship 6 3 1 5 Josiah Parker 1 8 2 6 2 Joseph Cooke 4 2 11 Sam'l Swan, Ch'n 14 7 3 2 Thomas Fessenden 3 1 8 To^ra of Medford 6 2 1 1 Capt. Francis Brown 4 2 11 10 98 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON, Sermon, No. 1628, by Mr. Cooke, was on the " Thanksgiving — Continental," after the Surrender of Cornwallis, appointed for Dec. 13, 1781. It begins: "As God shall assist me, I shall improve, and apply to America on this very joyful occasion, the Song of David, the sweet Psalmist of Israel — as recorded in 124th Psalm — And I can recollect no words in the Bible, more adapted to our case — or better suited to the*joyful solem- nity of this day." The words are here given. He continues, " The United States of America, with gratitude, may adopt the language of this Divine Song. While we rejoice in God, and in our religious assemblies * * * * God grant, that a remembrance of our late dangers may quicken each one of us, and all who love their country, through these United States, in our praises this day, to the God of our salvation." * * * * " We were called to withstand the rage of a Nation, the most pow- erful at the time, especially by Sea, of any people under Heaven, at jjeace with all the world, and grown wanton, by their successes, in the last War [the French War, 1754-1763, in which the conquest of Canada was accomplished], in which we fought and bled in their armies, and contributed to their victories ; but soon were doomed to fall a victim to their unbounded pride and avarice. Every step was taken that the malice of earth and hell could invent, to bring us tamely to submit, to yield up all our rights, and we and our descendants, forever become their slaves. They resolved in their corrupted Parliament, called the Great Council of the Nation, that they had a right ' to make laws binding on America, in all cases whatsoever.' So that not only our properties, but even lives, must lie at their mercy — whose tender mercies are cruelty. " To accomplish our speedy ruin, our harbors were shut up, our Charters vacated; Governors commissioned, who were active and lead- ing in our destruction ; our Judges made entirely independent of the people; Jurors rendered only tools of the Court; and under officers put into place, who were unfriendly to our Liberties, or made so, by the prospect of enriching themselves on our spoUs. Our Militia was discountenanced by the ruling powers. Our Colonies were then disu- nited, and separated at the distance of near two thousand miles. While revengeful Britain might have employed great part of their Naval force against us, and an Army of thirty thousand men {murder- ers) as they have done since, which we were then utterly unable to withstand, by our own strength. I need not add, the great number of our Countrymen, who opposed every measure for our safety, and stood ready to join the enemy, in our destruction. * * * * Orders were giv- en to send supposed offenders against their inhuman laws, over the ^■ast Atlantic, to Britain for trial. Also to seize and secure our pres- THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 99 ent worthy Governor Hancock, and others, who were active leaders in measures for our safety. These were obliged to withdraw, to save themselves from the hand of violence. * * * * " We had then no powerful Ally to lielp us ; nor did we seek or de- sire one, while there was any hope of an accommodation with the cruel parent state. * * * * They were led to consider and treat Americans with the utmost contempt, and that the terror of a few Bi'itish sliips and armed regular forces, would easily force us to submit to slavery and even death. They were made to believe that the body of the peo- ple were on their side ; and they had nothing to do, but to march forth, glittering in military pomp, seize a few of our leaders, destroy our small military stores, and then triumph and revel in the spoils of the country. " Accordingly in pursuance of this plan, on that black and fatal day, April 19, 1775, they sallied forth in the dark, like thieves and murderers. A day, indeed, of horror and thick darkness to us ! " The remembrance of the innocent blood of our worthy friends and neighbors, shed on that woful day, still draws forth our tears. " But the earth did not long cover their blood. From this boasted excursion, our cruel enemies soon returned with loss and shame. And though this alarm was unforeseen and sudden, yet through favor of Di- vine Providence, our Militia here and through the State were formed into Minute companies, and upon the shortest notice appeared to with- stand the foe. " Our Committees of Correspondence * * * * greatly contributed to our strength and union among ourselves, and to lay a foundation for it with the Neighbor States. This was greatly strengthened by this act of barbarity to this State, which the others considered as what they might soon expect if we were vanquished * * * * Our implacable foes now sensible that they were unable to gain a speedy conquest by force of arms, like their brethren, the savages of the wilderness, had recourse to destructive cruelties, to terrify us to submission. Witness our neighbor, Charlestown, still in ruins [burnt during Bunker Hill Bat- tle, 1775], by which so many respectable persons and families were wantonly and barbarously driven from their pleasant homes. The greater part, no more to return. Contrary to the enemy's expectation, this cruel deed, instead of sinking, roused the spirits of the States to action. And by the favor of God, Washington now generously steps forth, to take the command of our forces — one raised up by Heaven for this arduous trust. One whose piety, humanity, calmness and un- daunted courage, render him glorious in action, respected and beloved in the camp. This distinguished hero, the admiration of the present, and will be the wonder of all future ages, soon flew with a chosen band to our assistance, and confined the enemy to their strongholds, and by well concerted measures drove them from our Capital, with many of our countrymen who were active in their iniquitous cause. * * * * Having by the help of God, left this State in a good degree of quiet, the un- daunted hero marched intrepid, to the aid of the Southern States. 100 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. And in all his warlike operations and the various events of his engage- ments, it has been manifest, that God, for our help, hath taught his hands to war, and his fingers to fight ; and given him prudence to re- treat with safety, when circumstances require it. * * * * "But I cannot in silence pass over the Capture of the haughty and threatening Burgoyne, and his whole Army, who were captives through this State, which he expected soon to trample under his feet. Nor our escape out of the snare laid for us by the abandoned Arnold, by giving up a most important post, when upon the jjoint of execution. * * * * Nor can we omit the glorious successes under God, of the brave General Greene in the Carolinas and Georgia, which were over- run by the enemy, and in a great measure plundered and destroyed, and now call for our pity and help. But what now particularly calls for our religious praise to God, our helper, is the Capture of Cornwal- lis, and his whole army of 10,000 men [at Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781]. Americans are above trampling on those whom God has cast down. This British officer, though dignified by many pompous titles, by his cruelties has degraded himself below a savage, and even the beasts that perish. "Before I close, I must damp this joyful occasion with a tear to the memory of our brave officers and soldiers, who have fallen in this glo- rious struggle for Liberty. Most of them unknown to us. But the names and bravery of a Warren, a Gardner, a Francis, and of late a Scammel, who gallantly died in our cause, will never be forgotten by us ; and we trust they are now happy, where wars forever cease." Note. — Heath's Memoirs contain many references to the several events named in this sermon. Warren — was the general officer killed at Bunker Hill. — See Frothingham's Siege of Boston, 151, &c. Gard- ner — was Colonel Thomas Gardner, of Cambridge (of the Parish now Brighton), mortally wounded at Bunker Hill, June 17, died July 3, 1775. — See Paige's Cambridge, 4:1^-21, bbl , &c. Francis — was Col- onel Ebenezer Francis, killed at Hubbardton, July 7, 1777; a native of Medford, and well known to Mr. Cooke's parishioners ; for sketch, see Brooks's Hist. Medford, 194-6. Scammel — was mortally wounded and taken before Yorktown, and died Oct. 6, 1781. Lee, Memoirs of the War, says, " This was the severest blow experienced by the allied army throughout the siege ; not an officer in our army surpassed in personal worth and professional ability this experienced soldier." Scammel was a native of Massachusetts.' 1783. On June 4, 1783, died the Rev. Samuel Cooke — Faithful Pastor — aged 75 years. The following is copied from the inscription on his family monument in the Precinct burying-ground : 1 This sermon, under the title of " The American Revolution in a Nut- Shell," has been published by the present %\Titer, in the Woburti Journal, for April 1 8, 1874. Heath's Memoirs, p. 325, states that Dec. 13, 1781, "was a general Thanksgiving Day." THE SEOOXD PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 101 " The Rev. Mr. Samuel Cooke, Pastor of this Church, in whom were united the social friend, the man of science, the eminent and faithful clergyman whose praise was in all the churches, died 4th June, 1783, in the 44th year of his ministry, xt. 75." His will, with two codicils, and other papers relating to the settlement of his estate, are on file at the probate office in East Cambridge. He mentions property in Hadley and neighboring towns in Hampshire Co., and in Newton and Cambridge. In this year a committee was chosen to complete wall about burying place, and also empowered to procure gates and hang the same, so that said burying-place may be sufficiently enclosed. Twenty-four shillings were granted the present Precinct clerk for his last year's services in that office. Also, in 1783, voted to make repairs to the meeting-house by building a belfry at the northeast end of the same, for the bell to stand upon; and also a porch at the southwest part ; also to cut up two of the hind-body seats on the men's and women's side for pews, and one pew at the northeast door and southwest door, and one pew at each stairway, and as many pews in the galleries as the inhabitants shall think proper; also to new glaze the meeting-house with sash-lights and new window-frames; also new doors, and to new clap-board said meeting-house, and to make such other repairs as may be necessary. The said pews to be disposed of to the highest bidder, and the money arising from the sale to be appropriated toward repairing the meeting-house. Hev. Sam'l Cooke's Abstract of Births, Baptisms, Deaths and Marriages in figures Statistical, 1739-1783. The admissions to the church during Rev. Samuel Cooke's ministry were 224, besides 121 by covenant and 3 by letter. The dismissions were 13. In addition to these, Mr. Cooke kept a record of the births, baptisms, deaths and marriages in his parish from Sept. 12, 1739, to his death, June 4, 1783.-^ The abstract or summary here presented was jjrepared by Rev. Mr. Cooke. ' Mr. Cooke's record of births is prefaced Avith the expression, "Born since Sept. 12, 1739." A star was phiced by Mr. Cooke against the names of the children who died — especially in infancy. The record of bii'ths is vacant in 1758, 1759, 1761 and 1781. The record'of Deaths is vacant in 1758, 1760 and 1779 — it is inscribed with the expression, " Ah ! quis? et qualis ! et quando?" These records have been used in the compilation of the Genealogical Register at the end of this work. 10* 102 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. In the Second Precinct op Cambridge. Year. Born. Baptized. Died of ,uoh Strangers. Mar- riages. 1739-40 21 22 11 1 6 1741 18 19 10 1 5 1742 22 24 4 1 1 1743 14 16 5 2 1744 15 15 3 2 17i5 22 22 6 2 4 1746 16 15 6 2 3 1747 20 20 9 2 4 1748 20 20 15 2 3 1749 19 20 26 6 6 1750 25 24 17 4 6 1751 23 20 16 3 2 1752 25 19 13 1 2 1753 22 23 22 4 8 1754 22 32 16 3 5 1755 25 23 11 3 4 1756 23 21 18 5 8 1757 26 26 8 3 8 1758 24 28 17 6 4 1759 21 21 12 1 2 1760 26 25 10 3 5 1761 24 23 10 1 10 1762 25 29 12 3 3 1763 31 27 13 6 3 1764 18 20 7 2 8 1765 26 26 9 2 7 1766 27 26 8 2 3 1767 23 24 8 2 5 1768 29 26 14 3 4 1769 26 24 11 2 3 1770 21 16 20 10 1771 21 17 12 2 14 1772 26 25 22 1 7 1773 24 18 18 1 1774 24 22 10 6 1775 30 30 47 4 11 1776 25 34 19 6 20 1777 26 28 11 1 7 1778 24 17 23 6 1779 25 23 6 1780 26 17 8 11 1781 16 16 7 16 1782 20 14 14 4 by S. C. 1783 18 8 11 3 Total 979 953 548 268 THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 103 After the death of tlie Rev. Mr. Cooke the sum of one hun- dred pounds was granted for supporting the pulpit in the Pre- cinct; the unmarked money received in the weekly contribu- tions lor supplying the pulpit, was given to the family of " our late worthy minister, Mr. Cooke, for their comfort and support;'' and it was voted that the sum of XI 7. 18, 11., being the ex- pense of the funeral of " our late minister Mr. Cooke," be paid by the Precinct. The following notice which appeared in two Boston papers — the Iiu/ependciU Led^rcr, June 23, 1783, and the Continental Journal, 5 \xx\Q 26, 1783 — shows the appreciation in which Mr. Cooke was held by his contemporaries:' '- On the fourth instant, died at Cambridge, in the 75th year of liis age, and 44th of his ministry, the Rev. Mr. Samuel Cooke, the first, and beloved pastor of the second church and parish in that town; and on the 7th his remains were respectfully entombed. "Of this worthy man it may truly be said — he was a burning and shining light, of superior powers of mind, and distinguished literary accomplishments ; diligent in study, catholic in principle ; apt to teach ; fervent and devout in prayer; judicious and instructive in preaching; wise in counsel; prudent and faithful in discipline; tender and skilful in comforting; grave in deportment; agreeable and edifying in con- versation ; meek towards all men ; constant and candid in friendship ; endearing in every relation; a pattern of patience and submission under multiplied trials and bereavements in his family ; as well as in his own long wasting sickness ; a bright example of behavior and doc- trine ; and as he ever opposed the introduction of errors, was pecu- liarly concerned to bear a faithful and even dying testimony against the doctrines of *■ Salvation for all Men,'' as 'totally subversive of the Christian religion : ' — Firmly attached to the constitution, and a warm advocate for the privileges of these churches ; an invariable friend to his country, and the rights of mankind; universally esteemed, and died greatly lamented — ' Hi's Jlesh also resteth in hope.'' '■Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from the children of men! ' " Sprague's American Annals, ii. 73, note, gives a brief sketch of Mr. Cooke. Obligation is here expressed to our friend Mr. John Langdon Sibley, of Harvard University Libi'ary, for his list of references to Mr. Cooke from his interleaved catalogue of Harvard Graduates. 1784. Voted to procure a new burying-cloth for the benefit of the Precinct. The same to be of black velvet, and to be left under the care of the present treasurer for the benefit above- said. See 1751. ' See same notice in Saletti Gazette, for June 26, 1783. 104 HISTORY OF AKLINGTON. In this year tlic Precinct required security of tlieir collector. A committee is chosen to meet the committee of tlie First Par- ish about the boundary-line between the two parishes. The following paper has been preserved. Copy of Vote of First Parish Cambridge, 1 784. At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the First Parish in Cambridge, September 13th, 17(S4, Ilon'ble Francis Dana, Moderator, Voted, That the Hon'ble Francis Dana, AVm. Kneeland and AVm. Winthrop, Jisqrs., Mr. Caleb Gannett and Dea'n Aaron Hill, be a Committee to examine the orders and Laws, which have heretofore been made by the Court for the purpose of fixing Boundaries between this Precinct and the Second Precinct in this Town ; and if upon ex- amination, said Committee find s'd Orders or Laws to interfere they shall consider and report to this l*arish a proper Line for a Boundary between the two Parishes ; and that this Committee shall have author- ity to confer and act in concurrence with any Committee which shall be chosen by s'd second Parish for the purpose of fixing Boundaries between the two Parishes, and i-eport at the adjournment of the meet- ing. Attest Jamks Munuo, Parish Clerk. Cambridge, Sept'r 15th, 1784. 1785. Jan. 20, 1785, a vote was taken to know the minds of the inhabitants, whether they would choose any person or persons to assist the standing committee in the lawsuit in which they arc sued, in behalf of said parish, by the Buinists, and it passed in the affirmative. Nov. 14, 1785. Vote to know the minds of tiic inhabitants, whether they will pay back again to Gcrshom Cutter, Stephen Cutter and Charles Cutter, the money which they paid to Seth Stone, collector of taxes in this Precinct, in the month of Janu- ary last ; and the vote was in the negative. Vote to choose a com- mittee of two persons to defend the parish in any lawsuit with the Baptists, if they bring any against it. 1786. On April 26, 1786, the inhabitants made choice of Mr. Jonathan Burr for their minister. Mr. Burr was a gradu- ate of Harvard College in 1784, and married Sarah, daugiitcr of the late Rev. Samuel Cooke, on July 19, 1787. On Aug. 21, 1786, this vote was reconsidered, and Mr. Joshua Paine was chosen for their minister, with a second unsuccessful result. Mr. Paine, H. U. 1784, became minister of Charlestown, REV. THADDEUS FISKE, D.D. Died 1855, aged 93. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 105 ordained 1787, and died 1788. Mr. Burr was Tutor H. U. 1786-1787, and ordained 1787 minister at Sandwich. 1787. Mr. Thaddeus Fiske began to preach here. From the " Records of the Second Chvrch in Cambridge — by Thaddeus Fiske, Pastor. " Began to preach to the Second Church and Society in Cam- bridge on the first Sabbath in April, 1787 — and continued to preach and supply the Parish to July 16th of the same year; on which day, being Monday, he received his call to settle with them in the Gospel ministry, at the following meeting, viz. ' The proceedings of a meeting held by the inhabitants of the N. TV. Precinct in Cambridge and those of Charlestown legally joined to said precinct — on the 16th day of July, 1787 — Lieut. Jeduthuu Wel- lington was chosen Moderator of said meeting. 1. Voted to come to the choice of a Minister. 2. Voted that the church and congregation vote together in the choice of a minister. 3. Voted, unanimously by the church and congregation that Mr. Thaddeus Fiske be their minister. 4. Voted to give Mr. Fiske one hundred pounds salary. 5. Voted to give Mr. Fiske one- hundred and fifty pounds as Settle- ment. * 6. Voted that Messrs. Capt. William Adams, Samuel Whittemore, jr., Seth Wyman, Deacon Joseph Adams and Lieut. Jeduthun Wel- lington be a committee to acquaint Mr. Fiske with the proceedings of the aforesaid meeting. A true copy from the records. John Cutter, jr. Clerk.' "1787, July 16. The Second Parish in Cambridge made choice of Mr. Thaddeus Fiske for their pastor." Baptists. — The following paper is preserved, and is in the hand- writing probably of the signer. " The Names of those that belong to the Baptist Society in Cam- bridge Northwest Parish. Thomas Williams Isaac Cutter Capt. Benjamin Locke Stephen Stearns Gershom Cutter Abraham Cook Ebenezer Swan John Fowle Isaac Munroe Joseph Shaw Aaron Swan Joshua Thomas Stephen Cutter Mr. Jerrell George Swan Nathan Blodget, non-resident Caleb Hovey Ebenezer Swan, jr. 106 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Nehemiah Estabrook Ebenezer Swan, senior Ephraim Cook Gershom Swan Thomas Eliot Benjamin Wilson Charles Cutter William Locke Gershom Cutter, jr. Benjamin Locke, jr. Andrew Cutter Ebenezer Hill Daniel Reed Simeon Crosby Cambridge, July 21, 1787. Thomas Green, Pastor of the Baptist Society in said jjlace." " For the Committee of the Northwest Parish in Cambridge." 1788. Mr. Thaddeus Fiske's answer is recorded in the Pre- cinct Book : " To the People of the Church and Congregation of the North West Parish in Cambridge. In answer to the invitation you have given me to settle with you in the work of the ministry, I, in the first place, return you my most hearty thanks, especially for the many in- stances of your friendship, esteem and affection. The sincerity and ardency of your desires are completely manifested in the disposition you have shown, and your willingness to do whatever the heart of a reasonable man can wish. And in considering your invitation in every point of view, I find my duty and happiness unite in the accep- tance. And as you have agreed to be satisfied in the choice of me as your minister, and being induced by the encouragement you have offered, and in confirmation of the contract we have made, I now accept of your invitation. And being fully convinced that in the pro- motion of your prosperity, peace and happiness, I shall increase my own, I do cheerfully devote myself, my strength and future years to ' you, my fathers and brethren, in the service of my Maker, and our Common Lord and Master. Under the protection and blessing of Almighty God, being assisted by him who is the Great Shepherd and head of the Church, and being indulged with your prayers, I hope I may be a happy instrument, as a minister of the Gospel, to advance the Redeemer's kingdom, and promote the Glory of God in the world, that I may serve you faithfully all the appointed time of my days. And that in the morning of the Resurrection, I may be enabled to appear, and say, here, Lord, am I, and here are the souls which thou hast given me! Thaddeus Fiske." Continuation from Church Records : " 1788, March 9. At a meeting of the Church held this day, 1st, Voted to choose a committee of the church to wait on the Rev. Mr. Fiske to consult with him what churches he would have sent to in order for his ordination. 2d. Voted to choose Messrs. Capt. Ephraim Frost, Deacons Thomas Hall and Joseph Adams, Mr. Samuel Whitte- more, jr. and Mr. Ammi Cutter a committee for the above purpose and to sign letters missive to the churches invited. Ammi Cutter, Clerk of s'd Church. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 107 " Mr. Tliaddeus Fiske ordained to the work of the Gospel miuistry in the Second parish in Cambridge, April 23, 1788. " The Churches that assisted in the solemnity were the First and Third Churches in Cambridge, and the Churches of Lexington, Med- ford, "Watertown, Waltham, Brookline, Weston and Brookfield. Introductory Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Kendall, of Weston. Sermon " " " Doct. Fiske of Brookfield. Charge " " " Mr. Cushing, of Waltham. Right Hand of Fellowship " '^ " Mr. Hilliard, of Cambridge. Ordaining Prayer " " " Mr. Clark, of Lexington. Concluding Prayer " " " Mr. Osgood, of Medford." * 1790. Voted to choose a committee to assist Samuel Cutter, Jr., in a lawsuit with Lemuel Blanchard, which took rise on his making distress on him for a parish tax. That a committee of three persons be appointed to repair to the General Court, or any committee thereof, to show cause why Joshua Kendall with his estate, should not be set off from the Second Parish of the town of Cambridge, agreeable to liis petition. A legacy given by John Butterfield to the parish is mentioned on the records for this year, and Seth Stone is chosen sexton. The matter regarding the legacy of John Butterfield, entered on a page by itself in the Precinct book, is inserted in a note.^ 1 <'The labors, duties, and trials of a minister, the substance of which is re- cited in this sermon, were discoursed upon by the author, and which he then conceived were in prospect before him, on Lord's day. May 4, 1788, being the first sabbath of his preaching after his ordination, from these words in Acts XX. 24 : ' For none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God ! ' "— Fiske's Anniversary Discourse, April 23, 1809, note, pp. 5-6. Li the month of November, 1788, after entering on his work, Mr. Fiske was visited with a fever, which brought him to the verge of death. During the space of four months he was wholly taken off from his labors. In ^larch, 1804, he was visited with a return of the same fever, by which he was unable to preach for five sabbaths. — Anniversary Discourse. * " The folloAving is an extract of a legacy of a will of John Butterfield, late of Cambridge, deceased, viz. : — " I declare it to be mj' will that upon my wife's decease the sum of one hundred pounds, old tenor, be given to the Second Precinct in Cambridge, to be put out at interest by said parish for its use forever, to be paid by the brothers out of my estate. John Butterfield [and seal]. Witnesses : Daniel Russell, Samuel Cooke, Hannah Robbins. Copy attest : Thomas Russell, Parish Clerk." The above was John Butterfield, who died Jan. 6, 1749. te. 50, whose wife Mary married Abraham Watson, Jan. 4, 1750, and died here Mar. 4, 1789, aged 93. — See Genealogies. 108 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1791. Seth Stone is again chosen sexton, and declined, and Solomon Bowman was chosen instead. Bowman's duties are described on his election the following year, when he was given compensation for ringing the bell, and taking charge of the meeting-house. Bowman was also sexton in 1793. 1792. It was voted to divide the schools into three wards, and a committee of nine was chosen to take the charge of said schools and regulate the same.' "1792, April 19. At a church meeting, after a sermon preached from Acts 6 : 3, Epliraim Frost, Jr. and John Adams were chosen deacons, and took their seat May 20." — Church Records. 1793. Liberty was given to set a number of trees, Nathan Robbins ) Daniel Reed Amos Warren Jonathan Whittemore Samuel Wjiittemore Amos Whittemore William Whittemore, Jr, 57 64 79 32 80 4 1 AVilliam Whittemore, Jr. 10 William Whittemore, Jr. 39 William Whittemore, Jr, 41 Amos Whittemore, Jr. 69 Jeduthun Wellington 3 Seth Wyman 7 Samuel F. Wyman 88 Gershom Williams 75 Jona. & Thaddeus Winship 1 i Joseph B. Wyman 42 Stephen Wheeler 14 Price paid. 184.00 187.00 185.00 129.00 166.00 157.00 100.00 206.00 101.64 124.99 239.00 152.00 156.00 145.00 168.00 157.00 101.00 76.32 132.00 122.22 146.00 248.00 264.00 232.00 148.00 136.00 171.00 240.00 247.00 128.00 125.00 . 98.00 120.00 214.00 ^ The following memorandum was made on the Precinct Records : " March the 20th, 1805, the dedication was made." Nine children were baptized on March 24, 1805 — (Fiske). The "Baptisms on the first Sabbath in the new Meeting -House of Worship" were Amos, son of John Adams ; Martha Wyman, daughter of Daniel Reed ; Elmira, daughter of Josiah H. Russell ; Albert, son of Jonas Cutter; William, son of William Hdl, 3d; William Augustus, son of William Whittemore, 3d ; Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Wyman; Wil- liam, son of Joshua Cutter ; Winslow, son of Jonathan Whittemore. THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. 113 In this year the wall was directed to be moved back at the East corner of the Burying Ground, and a hearse procured for the benefit of the parish. Fifty dollars were appropriated this year for the encourage- ment of singing. The officers of the Northwest Parish of Cambridge Singing Society, on June 7, 1805, were Artemas Kennedy president, David Hill secre- tary, A. Kenned_y chorister, Walter Russell and John Perry bass assis- tants, Isaac Locke tenor assistant, Jason Kennedy treble assistant, Ichabod Fesseuden treasurer. At the meeting of the society in Dec. 1805, Artemas Kennedy was chosen jjresident, Jason Kennedy secre- tary, A. Kennedy chorister, Walter Russell, John Perry, Isaac Locke and Jason Kennedy were re-chosen assistants, and Ichabod Fessenden treasurer. 1806. The Precinct voted that Messrs. J. Wellington, George Prentiss, Samuel Butterfield, Samuel Locke, Esq., and William Whitteraore, Jr., be a committee to confer with the committee chosen from the town of Cambridge at their March meeting, 1806, for the purpose of apportioning the privileges belonging in said town between them and the Northwest Precinct, and make report of their doings at a Precinct meeting, and also to take charge of the petition now pending in the General Court, relative to the Second Parish being incorporated into a separate town, -» The officers of the Northwest Parish of Cambridge Singing Society on June 2, 1806, were Artemas Kennedy, president; Isaac Locke, secretary ; Artemas Kennedy, chorister ; Isaac Locke, tenor assistant, John Perry, first bass assistant ; Walter Russell, second bass assistant ; Amos Davis, treble assistant; Ichabod Fessenden, treasurer; Messrs. James and William Hill, bass assistants pro tern. In 1806 the inhabitants of this Precinct voted that they would build a house for a " deposit of the hearse." That the said building be erected on the south side of the " Gutter," so- called, running through the Burying Ground; the building to stand within the same, and bounding on the Watertown Road, so called. It was also voted to paint the outside of the new meeting-house ; but a motion to procure blinds for the windows of the meeting-house was rejected. 114 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. IV. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 1807. On Feb. 27, 1807, the Second Precinct of Cambridge was incorporated into a town by the name of West Cambridge. The Precinct, in 1807, discussed the expediency of setting trees and erecting posts, or a fence, near or about the meeting- house. On April 20, 1807, the Parish Committee appointed William Hill, 3d, to ring the bell and take care of the meeting-hou,se for twenty-five dollars per year ; and also as sexton for the ensu- ing year. In this year sixty dollars were ajlpropriated by the Parish for the benefit of the Singing Society. The proceedings of the Northwest Parish of Cambridge Singing Society on Oct. 27, 1807, made James Hill president and Artemas Kennedy secretary pro tern. It was " Voted first, that all proj^erty belonging to the society shall be transferred to the society' that shall be hereafter created in the month of Oct. 1807, if such a society shall then exist. Voted second, that the society be dissolved by a unani- mous vote." Signed by the president and secretary of the meeting. The West Cambridge Musical Society. — This led to the formation of the West Cambridge Musical Society, instituted Oct. 1807, and similarly constituted, with the purpose of promoting " the knt)wledge and practice of the musical art generally, but more espe- cially that part which relates to the worship of our beneficent Creator and exalted Redeemer." The names of subscribers to the Constitu- tion were Artemas Kennedy, James Hill, Isaac Locke, Thomas Fille- brown, Amos Locke, Samuel Hill, John Wilson, Joseph Adams, Moses Cutter, Daniel Wilson, Samuel Wilson, James Fillebrown, Ebenezer Hall, Jr., Ichabod Fessenden (with clarinet), Walter Russell (bass viol), James Cutter, Jr., Joseph Hill, Joel Frost, Benjamin Cutter, George Swan, Abijah Cutter, Amos Hill, Benjamin Harrington, John Perry, W. B. King, Nathan Locke, Thomas Hill, Samuel Ames, Wil- liam Mann, Jonas Adams, Philip B. Fessenden, David Hill, Asa Frost, William Frost, John Crosby, Ammi Cutter, Ephraim Frost, 3d, Thaddeus Frost. One article of the constitution provided that " every member shall sit in the singing seats when at meeting." At a meeting of the West Cambridge Musical Society, Oct. 13, 1807, James Hill was chosen moderator and Isaac Locke secretary. The fourth vote of the meeting appropriated unanimously a certain sum of money for the use of a new singing-school. Three persons were selected to take charge of said school, viz. : Artemas Kennedy to instruct the tenor and to be considered as chorister, Isaac Locke to instruct the treble, and Walter Russell for the bass. That the sum of TOAVN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. Il5 eighteen dollars be appropriated to compensate the instructors, and the Village Harmony to have the preference to any other book. The in- structors to receive the money of the Parish Treasurer, and to furnish wood, candles, and all other materials necessary for the use of the school. At the meeting of the Singing Society on Dec. 24, 1807, James Hill was moderator, and the reguhir officers of the organization were chosen. P^ighteen dollars were appropriated for the singing-school, and the instructors to receive one dollar per evening, including room- rent. As this society is long since extinct, it is well to continue its history here. On Feb. 15, 1808, the instructors of the "late singing-school " were authorized to contract with jMajor Whittemore for the use of his room, to accommodate " the Musical Society to practise music in." The expense to be paid out of the treasury. It was voted that there be a pitch-pipe purchased for the use of the singers, to be kept in the meeting-house. That Isaac Locke be authorized to purchase said pipe. Also that there be three persons chosen to apply to the Parish Committee for the use of the bass viol, to be granted to the Musical Society, to be made use of as they shall think proper. Isaac Locke, James Hill and Walter Russell were aj^pointed for that purpose. Dec. 1809, it was voted to purchase a lock and key for the school- house gallery door. To meet on Monday, the 25th inst., for the pur- pose of admitting new members, and admitted as members Messrs. King and John Perry. Dec. 18, 1810, the Society chose a committee for the purpose of selecting tunes, viz. : Walter Russell, Isaac Locke, James Hill, Amos Locke. John Perry, George Swan, Benjamin Harrington, Jonas Locke, Thomas Fillebrown. Jan. 31, 1814, voted that the treasurer purchase one dozen of sing- ing-books of the Middlesex Collection, and half a dozen hymn-books of Belknap's, for the use of the society. The records end with Dec. 30, 1816. The following officers of the West Cambridge Musical Society — in- stituted 1807 — are mentioned in this book of records: Presidents.— Kvtftxnix^ Kennedy, 1807; James Hill, 1808, '9, '10, '14; Amos Locke, 1816. Vice-Presidents. — Walter Russell, 1807, '8, '9; Amos Locke, 1810, '14; Ebenezer Hall, Jr., 1816. Secre- taries. — Isaac Locke, 1807, '8, '9; John Perry, 1810, '14; Walter Russell, 1816. Treasurers. — James Hill, 1807, '16; Amos Lotke, 1808, '9 ; Walter Russell, 1810, '14. Choristers. — Artemas Kennedy, 1807; Isaac Locke, 1808, '9, '10; William B. King, 1814; Amos Locke, 1816. Assistants. — Isaac Locke, 1807; Walter Russell, bass, 1807, '8, '9, '10, '14, 16; James Hill, bass, 1807, '8, '9, '10, '14; Amos Locke, tenor, 1807, '8, '9, '10, '14; Samuel Wilson, treble, 1808, '9; George Swan, treble, 1810; Samuel Ames, treble, 1814; William Frost, 1816; Ebene/er Hall, Jr., 1816; Philip B. Fessenden, treble, 1816. 116 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. The First Parish in West Cambridge. — In 1807 the old religious society which formed the original society of the Second or Northwest Parish in Cambridge, became the First Parish in West Cambridge. A few data from its records are continued from this time. 1808. Voted to procure a clock to be erected within the tower of the new meeting-house. 1810. Voted that any person or persons being desirous of erecting tombs in the Burying Ground, may apply to the Parish Committee for that purpose, who are authorized to grant liberty under their direc- tions. Also voted that the town of West Cambridge have liberty to remove the Central School House on any part of the Parish Ground. In 1810 liberty was given to Peter Tufts and Peter Tufts, Jr., to erect one tomb in Burying Ground. The same also to John Hutch- inson. In 1810 the Parish Committee granted permission to the selectmen of the town of West Cambridge to remove the Central School House on to the run, or water-course, in the Burying Ground.-^ They also granted permission to the inhabitants of the parish to build tombs in the northerly part of the Burying Ground, bounding on the Common, on condition that they should build and maintain a good brick wall on the same. 18 Li. Don Juan Stoughton was granted permission to budda tomb in the Burying Ground. 1815 and 1817. Repairs authorized on the cupola of new meeting- house.^ 1820. A stove and funnel authorized to be erected in the meeting- house, for the comfort and convenience of all the inhabitants of the parish at proper seasons of the year. 1825. The parish bell sold, aud a new bell purchased at expense of parish. Repairs of the bell-frame and wheel were also made at this time. 1 The Middle, or Central School House stood on the Common, west of the Meeting- House, and nearly or quite half way from the Meeting-House and Nathan liobbins's present property. The rear end of the school-house abutted on the brick- wall of the long range of tombs erected in 1810 and 1811, and the school- house was removed to allow the extension of the tombs. The moA'ing of the house cost about twenty dollars. — /. B. Russell. The town dii-ected the se- lectmen to procure a piece of land, and remove the Central School House there- on, Sept. 3, 1810. About this time (1808-1810) the meeting-house of Dr. Fiske's Society was struck by lightning, which ran down the rod on the steeple till it got below the range of the eaves, when it struck off at a right angle, stripi^ing off a clap- board nearly around the house, giving it a grotesque appearance. — /. B. Russell, 2 The September gale, in 1815, took off about one- third of the roof of Di' Fiske's Meeting House, landing it in the road, near the house where T. J. Rus- Bell now lives. The repairs on the meeting-house m 1817, were merely strength- ening the steeple, by braces of timber, hoisted up above the beLfi-y, as the steeple had begun to lean towards the road and looked dangerous. — /. B. Russell. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 117 1826. Thomas Russell, Esq., who had been parish clerk since 180G, was excused from further service in that office, and thanks voted for his past services. 1828. Parish met, April 28, to hear and act on a communication from Rev. Dr. Thaddeus Fiske, respecting the resignation of his pas- toral office and charge. On May 8, Messrs. Thomas Russell, Escp, Dr. Timothy Wellington and James Russell, Esq., were chosen a commit- tee to reply to Dr. Fiske's communication. 1829. Frederic H. Hedge chosen minister, and ordination appointed on "Wednesday, May 20. 1830. The hearse-house, hearse and other implements used in the burial of the dead belonging to the parish, were sold to the town of West Cambridge for the sum of ninety dollars. 1831. Leave was granted by the parish to several persons to erect sheds on the land belonging to the parish, between the Hay scales and the fence of William Whittemore, Esq. 1832. The Universal Society is mentioned in the records. 1834. Voted not to employ any minister or ministers called Uni- versalist, to preach in said Congregationalist Meeting House in West Cambridge. 1835. Mr. Hedge resigns, and request granted March 9. Dr. Hedge was son of Prof. Hedge of Harv. Univ., and graduated at the Theological School, Cambridge, where he has since been a distinguished instructor. March 13, 1835, Rev. David Damon was invited to settle with this parish as their Christian minister, and accepted. The instal- lation services to be on Wednesday, April 15, 1 P.M. 1836. Two new stoves were voted to be purchased by the parish and the old ones disposed of. 1837. Records close in the old book, which had been used over one hundred years. We here turn our attention to the Church records, continued from 1792 — see history of Precinct under that year. 1811, Oct. 27. The Church voted. As some inconvenience attends the administration of the ordinance of the Lord's supper by the defi- ciency of utensils and the increase of communicants, " That such addition be made as shall be necessary ; " that the expenses be defrayed out of the Church collection or contributions usually taken on commu- nion days, and that the two Deacons, viz. Ephraim Frost and John Adams, together with the Pastor, be requested to make the necessary addition, previous to the next communion. Accordingly, Oct. 30, The Pastor and two Deacons bought two flagons and four silver plated cups. The flagons were 10 dollars and the cups 25 dolls. §35. Rev. Dr. Fiske's Resignation. May 8th, 1828. The Rev. Dr. Fiske having previously signified his wish to the Parish to resign the Pastoral office, he was this day regularly dismissed by vote of the Parish. The Parish, at the same 118 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. time, gave an affectionate and respectful testimonial of the good char- acter and long and faithful services of their Pastor. For a full account of all the proceedings relative to the resignation of Dr. Fiske, see the Parish Records. May 14, 1828. At a meeting of the Church — chose Jeduthun Wel- lington moderator and jMiles Gardner Clerk pro tem. On motion, voted unanimously that the following resolve be accepted and a copy of the same given to the Rev. Doct. Fiske — viz. : To all whom these presents may come. Whereas it has become expedient for reasons stated in a communication made to the church and congregation of West Cambridge, by the Rev. Dr. Fiske, Pastor of said Church, that his pastoral relation be dissolved by mutual con- sent, and that Mr. Miles Gardner, the Parish Clerk, be a committee from the church to express to him the due sense we have of his long and faithful services among us and the deep regret we feel that exist- ing circumstances should dissolve a union which has been so endear- ing to us by time. And during forty years of his ministry he has maintained a fair character as a man and as a christian in the per- formance of his various and arduous duties ; and has been an example of the believer in word, in conversation, in faith, in benevolence, in humility, in purity and in piety. And it is our ardent and fervent wish that his life may be j^rolonged to do good ; that the infirmities of age may rest upon him with joy and hope. And that many blessings and comforts may attend him in his retirement from his pastoral la- bors among us. West Cambridge, May 14, 1828. 1828, May 26. Mr. Miles Gardner chosen Deacon. After the death of Dea. John Adams, Ephraim Cutter assisted Dea. Frost in his duties, and, at some time not recorded, was chosen deacon and served as such till his death, March 31, 1841. [Apr. 8, 1841. Voted that Bros. Emerson Parks and Henry Whit- temore make provision for the communion and till a deacon or dea- cons be chosen.] 1829, May 20. Frederic H. Hedge ordained minister of Church and Parish, West Cambridge. Dismissed March 9, 1835. A few more particulars, from the records, regarding Dr. Hedge's ministry are in- serted in a note.^ ^ The Rev. Frederic Henry Hedge •\vas ordained minister of the Congrega- tional Church and Parish in West'^Cambridge, May 20, 1829. The churches in- vited to assist in his ordination actually represented, were as follows : Univer- sity Church; Dr. Lowell's, Boston; Third in Roxbury ; Chm-ch in Brookline; Mr. Emerson's, Boston ; Mr. Palfrey's, Boston ; Mr. Brazer's, Salem ; Church in AVatertown ; Church in Medford ; Church in Brighton ; Mr. Ripley's, Waltham ; Mr. AVhitman's, do. ; Church in Lexington ; Church in Weston ; Church in Cambridgeport. The public services of the occasion were performed by the fol- lowing persons : Introductory Prayer, Rev. Mr. Austin ; Sermon, Rev. Mr. rrancis; Ordaining Praver, Rev. Dr. Gray; Charge, Rev. Dr. Pierce; Right Hand of Pellowship, Rev. Mr. Ripley ; Address to the People, Rev. Mr. Briggs ; Concluding Prayer, Rev. Mr. Stetson. Dr. Gray moderator, and Mr. Gannett scribe of the Council. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 119 1835, March 13, David Damon was installed. He died [June 25] 1843.^ yir. Hedge kept no records during his ministry. Added to the church during Mr. Hedge's ministry: Mrs. Sally Locke, Avife of Amos Locke. Miss Harriet Eddy. Mr. Emerson Parks and his wife. Mr. Samuel L. Cutter and his wife. Mrs. Russell, wife of AValter RusseU. On Wednesday, ^lay 21, 1879, the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Dr. Frederic H. Hedge, who on the 20th of May, 1829, entered upon his first pastorate, was celebrated by the First Congregational Parish. He was the first Unitarian minister settled over the society, and the anniversary celebration was made notable by his presence. The exercises of the evening began with an organ voluntary, and an anthem by male voices. Rev. Richard Metcalf of AVin- chester, read selections from scripture and offered prayer. The choir of male voices sang an appropriate hymn, and Dr. Hedge was then introduced by the pastor. He gave an intensely interesting account of his ordination and instal- lation, and read a well-preserved copy of the programme used on that occasion, commenting as he read. The examination of the candidate was held in the hotel, and at its conclusion a procession was formed, embracing a very large proportion of the people of the town, who marched to the church, headed by a brass band. At that time Dr. Hedge was twenty- three years old. In the course of his remarks he paid a glowing tribute to the memories of Scmire Rus- sell, Ammi Cutter, Dr. AVellington, James Brown, and others, all of Tvhom, as well as every one of the ministers who had a part in the installation exercises, have passed on to the other world. He referred to the separation between the Universalists and Unitarians, which, causing a division of the funds and greatly reducing his salary, was the primary cause of his leaving his charge after a pas- torate of five years. Dr. Hedge established the first Sunday- School connected with the church, and awakened interest enough to maintain a lyceum. After a lapse of a few years the society again extended to him a call to become its jjastor, but he was compelled to decline. The off'er of the position, however, had always been a pleasant remembrance to him. Judge William E. Parmenter followed with remarks on the present condition of the ijarish. Rev. R. R. Shippen, secretary of the American Unitarian Asso- ciation, spoke of Dr. Hedge's career. The exercises in the church closed with prayer by Prof. E, J. Young of Cambridge, and the benediction by Dr. Hedge. The company was then invited to the vestry, where a substantial collation was spread, and there an hour was spent socially. — Arlington Advocate. ^ The Churches that took part at Mr. Damon's installation were: First Church in Cambridge; Church in W'atertowu; Mr. Ripley's in W^altham; Church in Lexington ; Church in Aledford ; Mr. Walker's in Charlestown ; Dr. Lowell's in Boston; and the Third Congregational Church in Reading. Dr. Lowell moderator and Mr. Stetson scribe of the Council. Rev. Mr. Stetson made the Introductory Prayer ; Rev. Dr. Lowell preached the Sermon ; Rev. Mr. Francis ofi"ered the Prayer of Installation ; Rev. ^Ir. Ripley gave the Charge ; Rev. ^Ir. Walker the Right Hand ; Rev. Mr. Newell made the Concluding Prayer, Rev. Mr. Briggs of Lexington Avas absent on account of ill health at the time of this installation. To Mr. Damon's time the following persons had been Deacons : John Cutter and John Winship, chosen 1739 ; Thomas Hall and Joseph Adams, chosen 1759 ; Ephraim Frost and John Adams, chosen 1792 ; Ephraim Cutter, chosen before 1828 ; Miles Gardner, chosen 1828. To his time, also, three Covenants had been in use by the Church : (1) The Covenant used by Mr. Cooke, the first minister, and his successor Dr. Fiske ; (2) The Covenant by Mr. Hedge ; (3) An abridge- ment of the first, all which are entered on the records. Book closing with the sixth ministry, Mi-. Brown's. 120 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1835, Ap'l 15. Mr. Damon gives a list of 40 commuuicaiits — all that belong to said Church " as far as can be ascertained," and then follows a list of 7 " become communicants by residence among us." 1844, Jan., 2d Sunday, William Ware commenced his ministry without installation services — resigned 1845.' 1844, Jan'y 29. By Wm. Ware. " A record will be kept of births, marriages and deaths as heretofore, but no sufficient reason appears why a record should be made of church meetings, as during the last ministry (Mr. Damon's), any further than shall be necessary to explain an alteration in the constitution of the Church unanimously adopted by the present members to-day." The pastor stated that he wished to meet the members of the Church and see if some change could not be effected in the manner in which Christians are admitted to the Lord's Supper. The proposition was readily agreed to, and they came together twice for the pur^iose. At these two meetings, the principle on which Christians were at present received to communion, and that on which it was believed they ought to be, were fully discussed, and it was unanimously resolved that hereafter '" All persons should be considered members in full communion of the First Church of Christ in West Cambridge who should sij^scribe their names to a profession of faith in Jesus Christ."^ The warrant for the first meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of West Cambridge, in 1807, was directed to George Prentiss, a freeholder of said town from the •Hon. Aaron Hill, Esq., Justice of the Peace for the county; and at this meeting, held at the new Meeting House in said town, on Thursday, June 11, 1807, at two o'clock, afternoon, Samuel Locke, Esq., was chosen moderator ; Thomas Russell, Jr., town clerk ; Jonathan Whittemore, Daniel Adams, John Tufts, Samuel Locke, Esq., and William Whittemore, Jr., selectmen ; Samuel Butterfield, George Prentiss, and Noah Russell, overseers of the poor; John Adams, town treasurer; George Prentiss and Charles Cutter, constables ; Benjamin Locke, Amos Frost and Noah Russell, surveyors of highways; Caleb Cole and Jona- than Butterfield, surveyors of lumber; James Hill and John Tufts, fence-viewers; William Whittemore, Jr., Nathaniel Hill, George Prentiss, Jr., Miles Gardner, firewards ; Samuel Butter- field, Jr., Ephraim Cooke, 3d, James Cutter, John Frost, Jr., and 1 Rev, William "Ware died at Cambridge, 19 Feb. 1852, a. 5i. He was son of Rev. Henry Ware, D.D.. and was b. at Hingham 3 Aug. 1797.; was ordained pastor of the Unitarian Church in New York 18 Dec. 1821, dismissed 19 Sept. 1836. Invited to West Cambridge Dec. 1843, dismissed 1845. — Palmer. 2 For continuation of sketch, see chapter on Religious Societies. TOWN OF AVEST CAMBRIDGE. 121 Benjamin Locke, liogreeves ; William Hill, 3d, tytliingman ; Ma- jor Josiah Whittemore, poundkecpcr ; Eben Swan, William Cut- ter, Jr., Nehemiah Cutter, Jonathan Frost, Adam Cutter, Amos Russell, field-drivers; John Tufts, clerk of the market; Samuel Butterficld, George Prentiss, Col. J. Wellington, Samuel Locke^ Esq., and Ebenezer Hall, conunittee for the purpose of adjusting any matters or things in which said town of West Cambridge may be interested or liable in common with the town of Cam- bridge. The selectmen were chosen the school committee for the current year. Mention of contracting for the building of a town pound is made in 1807. In the same year the town was divided into four school districts, named the South, West, Middle and Eastern dis- tricts; the number of families in the town being 164, The South District, No. 1, containing 39 families; the Western Dis- trict, No. 2, containing 42 families; the Middle District, No. 3, containing 42 families; the Eastern District, No. 4, containing 41 families. Four and a half months schooling for the year was adopted. 1808. In this year the Fourth of July "was celebrated in great style with a procession, military escort, and an oration in Mr. Fiske's Church, closing with a dinner in an orchard in the rear of Tufts's tavern," — J. B. RiisseWs Reminiscences. The ora- tion was delivered by the then master of the central school, near the church. The title-page is as follows : " An oration delivered at West Cam- bridge, July 4, 1808,. in commemoration of the Anniversary of Ameri- can Independence. — By Williaji Nichols, Jan., of Westford. — Boston: Printed by Oliver and Munroe, No. 78 State Street. 1808." Pp. 21. John Adams and Artemas Kennedy signed a letter in behalf of the inhabitants of West Cambridge, requesting a copy for the press. Mr. Nichols in a modest answer, " requesting the exercise of all the candor and indulgence due to youth and inexperience," expresses his grati- tude for the honor, and transmits a copy of his discourse for their fur- ther disposal. The address is mainly on governments, ancient and modern, and our own. He refers to the sensations of the fathers on the memorable morn of the 19th of April, 1775, "when the j^ale beams of the moon gleamed from the burnished armor of your eue- 12 122 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. mies, silently stealing through that street,'^ to perpetuate the crime of murder anew at early dawn." Thirty-two annual suns had then " verified the truth " of the predictions of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. The Boston Indcjwndent Chrojiide, for July 7, 1808, contains the following notice of the " West Cambridge Celebration " : " The anniversary of American Independence was celebrated at West Cambridge, on the 4th inst. The day was ushered ui by the ringing of the bell, and discharge of 17 guns at sunrise. At 11 o'clock, the procession was formed at Mr. J. Tufts's, consisting of between two and three hundred citizens from the town and adjoining towns : from thence proceeded, under the escort of Capt. Harrington's company of Artillery, attended by a band of music from Waltham, to the new Meeting-House ; where, after the Throne of Grace being addressed by the Rev. Mr. Fiske, was pronounced an elegant and appropriate dis- course by Mr. William Nichols, of Westford. After the perform- ance, the procession returned to Mr. Tufts's, where they partook of an excellent repast. When the cloth was removed, the following toasts were drank, accompanied by the discharge of cannon, the sound of music, and expressions of joy and approbation. The most perfect peace, harmony and good order prevailed through the day ; those pecu- liar characteristics of genuine republicanism." The toasts were political and partizan, and are eighteen in number. The volunteers were by the president, the vice-president, by the ora- tor, by the Hon. M. Spring, and by Col. Bond. They are all published in full in the Chronicle. The old Singing Society took a prominent part in the celebration July 4, 1808, singing the then popular " Ode to Science," viz. " The British Yoke, the Gallic Chain," &c. — /. B. RussellJ^ Preservers of fish and a sealer of leather were first chosen in 1808, and a new school-house in the Eastern District was erected on the town's common in 1808. The West Cambridge Social Library was established Jan. 1, -[m^.— Fiske. 1809. This year was published a discourse by Dr. Fiske, 1 Front of the meeting-house where the speaker delivered his oration. - "In the exciting times of the Embargo, the outrage on the Chesapeake, &c., the martial spirit was strongly developed ; a military company of boys, from twelve to seventeen, -was formed ; Josiah Whittemore was captain, E. K. Thomp- son, lieutenant, and Webster Barber, ensign. It was quite a respectable organi- zation, and formed the tail end of the procession, at the celebration July 4, 1808. This company had the use of an old iron cannon, a three or four-pounder, that ■was handsomely mounted, and had been in the town from tirne immemorial, stored in different places, and seemed to belong to no one in particular, and was used in firing salutes." — J. B. E, TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 123 which contained a cursory sketch of the town and parish. The title is this : — " A Discourse, delivered April 23, 1809, completing just Twenty- one years from the Author's settlement in the work of the ministry, being the Anniversary day of his Ordination. — By Thaddeus Fiske, A.M., Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in West Cam- bridge. — Published by Request. — Cambridge : Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1809." Pp. 34. Text: Job xvi. 22. After enlarging on his duties as a minister to the church and societ}', he proceeds as follows : — " Many changes and events have taken place in this church and congregation, and many alterations and improvements been made in this town, within the term of twenty-one years, to the review of which I now proceed. The incidents of our own lives, though trivial in them- selves and unimportant to others, are often very interesting and im- portant to ourselves. Almost an entire change has appeared on the face of society here. The inhabitants are in a great measure changed. Twenty-one years ago this place was noticeable for aged people. There were then twenty-eight persons from about seventy years and upwards. There is now but four men who have arrived to seventy years. There is one woman,' in her eighty-seventh year; and five others who have reached the common term of life. 'Your fathers, where are they ? ' They are gathered to the great congregation. The children have risen up in their stead, and occupy the places they have left. ' One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh.' The members of this church also are mostly changed. But ten males and thirteen females, who then were resident members, now remain among us ; they are either dead, or removed to other churches. The chui'ch then consisted of twenty-six males and thirty-one females; thirteen have been removed to other churches, eighty-eight still re- main. One hundred and fifty-one couples have been joined in mar- riage by your pastor, one or both of which belonged to this parish or town. Four hundred and nineteen have been baptized;^ of which number thirty-one were adult persons. Three hundred and forty- three have died ; of this number two lived to the great age of one hundred and one years [Anna Winship, d. Feb. 2, 1806, and Thomas Williams, d. Feb. 5, 1809]; four between ninety and one hundred; nineteen between eighty and ninety ; and twenty-six between seventy and eighty ; hence fifty-one reached or survived seventy years. From 1 Mrs. Lucy Cutter, widow of the late Mr. John Cutter, a pious and exem- plary christian; for more than sixty- eight years a member of this church; still retaining a vigor and strength, both of body and mind, uncommon in old age. 2 The average number of baptisms yearly has been about twenty. In 1805 uncommon attention to the ordinance was awakened and excited. This year many whole households were baptized, and increased the number to sixty-three. Eighteen adult persons, several of whom were heads of families, consecrated themselves and their children unto God, in this holy ordinance. 124 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. this statement it appears, that a proportion of about one in six lived to or beyond the common term of life. Though a temperate, regular and simple mode of living, the mode of former days, rather than the present, may contribute to long life, and one place be more friendly to health than another; yet long life and health ai-e the gift of God. ' He it is, that sets the bounds of our habitation, which we cannot pass.' Among the deaths above enumerated, there are some, that took place, not by the common laws of mortality, through sickness or de- cay;' but by suicide and casualty. Three put an end to their own lives ; three were killed by falling from carts or wagons ; one by fall- ing from a tree ; and one by drowning. The two deacons, who were in office at the beginning of the term now under review, lived to a good old age ; one seventy-nine, the other ninety years. They both died the same month of the same year.^ Our brethren, who suc- ceeded them, and are now in office, we hope will long be continued to us." The ministers who assisted in the ordination of your pastor, are all, except one,* gathered to the congi'egation of the dead. Thus we see what great and affecting changes take place, within a small com- pass, in the course of a few years. And if we may judge the future by the past, we may view in prospect what changes and events will be brought to pass, ' when a few years are come.' Time is hastening to finish my course and yours, and to add us to the number of those that are gone ; ' a few years more ' will close our jjrobationary state, and when we part, it will be to meet not again, until the dead, both small and great, shall stand before God. The gospel will be preached here by another pastor, and new professors of religion will here attend on the ordinances of Christ, and unite in these services and exercises of God's holy worship, after we shall sleep in the dust; for the church must and will abide ; it is the constant object of the divine care ; and ' the gates of hell cannot prevail against it.' Of the three hundred and forty-three deaths that have taken place in the course of twenty- one years, there are many whom you flearly loved, and who live in your constant and affectionate remembrance, whose names cannot be ^ The average number of deaths yearly is about fourteen. In the close of the summer of 1802, the dysentery and fever prevailed, and carried off many chil- dren and young persons. 'Ihirty-six were added to the congregation of the dead. Early in the fall of ISOo the same mortal sickness returned, and in- creased the average number of deaths to thirty -four. 2 Deacon Joseph Adams died May 3, 1794, aged seventy-nine. Deacon Thomas Hall died May 29, 1794, aged ninety. They were both chosen into office Dec. 5, 1759, in which they continued more than thirty-five years. 3 Deacon Ephraim Frost, and Deacon John Adams, chosen April 19, 1792. * Rev. Dr. Osgood, of Medford, who made the concluding prayer. The in- troductory prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Jackson of Erookline. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Fiske, of Brookfield [Uncle of Rev. T. Fiske.], from these words in Luke xii. 32 : — " Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good i^leasure to give you the kingdom." The sermon is printed and published with other sermons of his, in an octavo volume. The charge was given by the Rev. Mr. Gushing of Waltham. The consecrating prayer by the Rev. Mr. Clark of Lexington ; and the right hand of fellowship by the Rev. Mr. Hilliard of Cambridge. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 125 mentioned without tears ; for some of them were the dearest members of youi' families, and your nearest connexions; your fathers or your mothers, your brothers or your sisters, your husbands or your wives, or your dearly beloved children. And some also were among the firmest friends of religion, and the most substantial supporters and pillars of the church and society here. You cannot see them again till the heavens be no more. Let it then be your chief concern to be followers of them, wherein they were followers of Christ, and be pre- pared to meet them at the right hand of God, in the coming world. Such are the changes and events, that have taken place in this church and congregation. Let us now take a view of the alterations and im- provements, that make a distinction in our favor, as a society and town. " Compare your situation now, to what it was twenty-one years ago. Then you had troublesome times. You had been destitute of a min- ister almost five years, ^ without stated preaching on the sabbath, and w^ithout the regular administration of the ordinances of the gospel. As sheep without a shepherd, you were scattered, and exposed to 'grievous wolves.' There were divisions among you, and discord, and alienation of affection. A new society under a new denomination had been set up ; not to introduce a new religion, nor to preach any other gospel, than what was already preached; but merely to change one de- nomination of christians to another, unhappily dividing a society already small, and when united not more than competent to a decent support of a minister, with ease to yourselves; a division occasioned by a dis- tinction in the form of godliness, rather than its power ; assumed to designate a party, distinct and separate from the body of the christian church ; for you were not in the state of those unchristianized and un- christened Jews and Gentiles to whom the gospel was first preached, Avho had never before heard of Christ or the way of salvation through him; but you were born of christian parents, were baptized into the name of Christ, from children had known the holy scriptures, had been instructed in the doctrines and duties, and lived in the peaceable enjoyment of the ordinances of the gospel salvation. AVhile in this situation, you were broken in upon, and ' soon became as an house or kingdom divided against itself.' Some, who were members of this church, ' went back, and walked no more with Christ.' The walls of partition were set up. The number of regular religious professors diminished. For more than five years no additions were made to the church. The spirit of Christ and the gospel, and the true interests of religion seemed to be lost in zeal for party notions, and in contention for victory. The consequence was, the actual declension of real reli- gion. Doubts were created in the minds of some; 'halting between two opinions ; ' indifference in those of others ; and a total neglect of * The church was gathered Sept. 9, and Rev. Mr. Cooke was ordained Sept. 12, 1739, and died June 4, 1783, in the seventy- fifth year of his age, and forty- fourth of his ministry. The number of baptisms during his ministry was 943, and the admissions into the church were 224. 126 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. public worship in many. And you appeared to decline also, in your worldly substance and welfare. Debts were accumulating,^ and nothing seemed to prosper in the work of your hands ; and total sub- version of the true interests of religion and of society here was seri- ously apprehended. You were reduced to a situation exceedingly un- friendly both to your spiritual and temporal welfare ; and very dis- couraging to the settlement of a minister. Your situation now is just the reverse of all this. You enjoy the regular and stated means of religion in a preached gospel, and the administration of the ordinances of Christ. The church is built up and enlarged, and additions are made, we trust, of such as shall be saved. You are free from strife and contention about the different modes and persuasions of religion, for the support of the gospel. And if all are not perfectly joined in the same niind, and in the same judgment; yet a disposition prevails, to permit every one freely to enjoy the right of religious opinion and practice, provided he does no violence to the rights of others. You now experience 'how good and pleasant it is to dwell together in unity.' And keeping the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, your state is friendly to the interests of religion, to the success of the gospel, and to the practice of godliness ; and you are enabled to in- crease and prosper in the labor and work of your hands. Instead of being embarrassed in your circumstances, or burdened with debts, you have become independent and easy in your worldly and temporal affairs, and have made progress in wealth. You are without fear that the creditor will come : you sit under your own vines and fig-trees without molestation ; and there are evident marks and signatures of a kind providence that has blessed you, and caused you to prosper. From a parish connected with, and in some measure dependent on another, you have become an incorporated town, and transact all your public concerns, with convenience and advantage to yourselves.^ A small and inconvenient house of worship is now exchanged for this spacious, elegant, and commodious temple, whose tower is adorned and enriched with an excellent and beautiful clock.' ' An arrearage of salary to a considerable amount was then due to the heirs of the former minister, which had been accumulating for more than six years. This, together with the constant expense necessarily arising from hiring candi- dates to supply the pulpit, had thrown a heavy burden on the parish. * The parish was incorporated into a town, by its present name, Feb. 27, 1807. ^ The first-meeting house was built in 1734, and opened and consecrated on the fii-st day of Feb. 1735, The ai-ea of the building Avas 50 by 40 feet, and stood just seventy years. The present house of worship was built during the year 1804, on the ground where the former house stood, and was dedicated March 20, 1805. The building is 70 feet long and 65 feet wide, Avith a toAver projecting in front, and extending aboA'e, is terminated by a handsome \'ane 100 feet from the foundation. The house cost $12,175. It contains 106 pews ; 92 on the floor, and 14 in the galleries. The sale of the peAvs, sold, amounted to 14,167 dollars. The first pcAV sold for 264 dollars. On the toAver is a handsome and first rate clock, Avith three dials, constructed and erected by Mr. G. Parker of AVestborough, in Aug. 1808, Avhich cost !|796.80. This expense Avas defrayed by donations from individuals, to the amount of $161, and by an appropriation of money raised on sale of the pcAvs. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 127 " Many dwelling houses have been built, and many others repaired and enlarged. Many families have been added to you, from abroad, and the growth of j^opulation among yourselves has greatly increased. A respectable and flourishing manufactory has been introduced and established, which has brought much wealth into the place, afforded employment and means of subsistence to many among you, and aug- mented the property of the town, and enhanced the value of real estate of many descriptions.' A society for social intercourse, friend- ship and mutual improvement is formed in the midst of us, as a bond of union.' An establishment of a social library' affords advantages not heretofore enjoyed. An increase of stores has added to the in- crease of business. By the increased cultivation of the soil your farms have become better, and more productive ; and many improve- ments have been made, tending to convenience and utility, to the pro- motion of knowledge and the increase of wealth. Few villages can be named, that have risen faster, or bid fairer to grow and flourish. God grant it may abound more and more, in every thing virtuous and l^raiseworthy ; in every thing that shall promote its essential interests and welfare. ' Hitherto the Lord hath helped us.' And ye, also, my brethren, have been fellow-helpers to these things, by the labors you have bestowed, ' by giving of your own proper goods,' by the encour- agement and assistance you have afforded, and by ' being at peace among yourselves.' In every important transaction, a spirit of can- dor, mutual forbearance and accommodation has been diffused among you ; and a disposition to maintain peace and harmony, so essential to the interests of true religion, and the welfare of society. This praise- worthy disposition and conduct were manifested, when a change was made of the version of psalms and hymns formerly sung, for those now used in public worship.* And especially in building this sacred temple, for the service and worship of our God. Without contention about the spot where it should stand, the place on which it should be * A card manufactory, set up by William Whittemore and Co. in 1799. The cards are made by machines, an ingenious invention of Mr. Amos Whittemore, one of said company. Of these machines, which give to the manufoctory its advantages, there are [1809] fifty- five in number, which may stick 80 doz. pair of cards in a day. The cards annually made amount to about $60,000. Between 40 and 50 persons are employed, whose wages are from 9 to 10,000 dollars a year. The buildings erected, and property purchased in the town, by the com- pany and persons employed, have been to the amount of at least 30,000 dollars. The purchase of pews by them, in the new meeting-house, paid one eighth part of the expense in building it. - A society principally of middle-aged and young men, instituted Jan. 31, 1803, by the name of the Middlesex Union Society, who meet quarterly for the purposes of mutual friendship and improvement. ' West-C imbridge Social Library, established Jan. 1, 1808, There are thirty- one proprietors ; it contains now in its infancy 106 volumes, judiciously selected, and is to increase by a certain sum to be furnished by the proprietors annually. * Belknap's collection of psalms and hymns was introduced at the opening of the new house of worship, Murch 20, 1805, in the place of Tate and Brady's, which was formerly used. 128 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. built, or the manner in which it should be finished ; but with union and harmony in every measure, and joining heart and hand, your highest expectations were gratified, in the building of an house for the service and honor of God, to whom you owe all that you have. This sacred temple, I trust, will long remain, a monument of your piety and liberality. Here may you and jour children, as your fathers were, be ' built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.' May many sons and daughters here be born unto glory; and when you shall be gathered to the dust of your fathers, may your children rise up and call you blessed." Ill 1809 the town, by a committee of seven persons, adopted resolutions relative to the alarming crisis of our public affairs. This related to the Embargo and other public matters of the period. The same year the town chose a committee to consult with the directors of the Middlesex Turnpike to effect a reconciliation between the directors and landholders, where the said turnpike may be laid for the public convenience and least damage to private property.' 1810. Feb. 7, 1810, the town's representative was instructed to use all his endeavors, that the Middlesex Turnpike be located at the Foot of the Rocks, so called, in West Cambridge, and at no other place. A committee was chosen in addition to the representative for the same purpose. Some Reminiscences, by J. B. Russell, "Washington, D. C, giv- ing a sketch of the early history of military affairs, &c., in West Cam- bridge,^ state that "• The wanton atrocities of the British Regulars, on their retreat from Concord, April 19, 1775, still rankled in the breasts of the old people " at this period. " This, with the aggressions of the British navy, and the barbarities of the Indians on our Northwest frontier, who were presumed to be under their influence, excited such * The " Middlesex Turnpike " ran an embankment, or road, through the pond of Stephen Cutter's saw and grist-mill (late Cyrus Cutter's). A lawsuit made the Turnpike company throw up that course, and take another at the Foot of the Kocks, near Lexington. — .7. B. Rassell. In 1809 Stephen Cutter, John Tufts, Ephraim Cooke, Israel Blackington's heirs, James Cutler, Aaron Cutter and Nathaniel Hill contested in court the Turnpike eirterprise. The first location of the road was through the property of the above persons to a point in the great road, near the corner of John Frost's blacksmith shop in West Cambridge. By act of the legislature on March 6, 1810, the course of the road Avas altered to a jjoint in the gi'cat road near the Foot of the Rocks. 2 ArUnyton Advocate, Mai'ch 6 and 13, 1875. TOVn^ OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 129 indignation that it was evident a war with England would sooner or later occur. Hence a thorough military organization was kept up, by- law, through the State, and the ' trainings ' of the summer generally culminated in an official ' muster ' and ' sham fight,' by division or brigade, in the fall. Not satisfied with this, volunteer musters, in which ' Indians ' took a conspicuous part, occurred every year or two. " West Cambridge was incorporated in 1807, and the nest year an Indian muster took place at Lexington, in which the West Cambridge companies were engaged. In those days there was a militia company in the town, commanded by Capt. David Ilill, and a ' light horse ' company, commanded by Capt. Thomas Russell." After alluding to the celebration of July 4, 1808, Mr. Russell con- tinues: "In 1809 the regular muster was held at Watertovvn. The West Cambridge Band was organized in 1810, with eight instruments.' It was a pleasant and useful association, and lasted for several years. " But the volunteer muster in 1810 was the greatest gala day of the kind ever witnessed in West Cambridge, combining the attractions of a naval, military and Indian fight. The scene was on Spy Pond, and its island and shores. It took place on a beautiful New England day, in October, with a clear sky, bracing air, with thousands of spec- tatoi's. Troops volunteered from the neighboring towns, the object being to capture or drive off a tribe of eighty or a hundred Indians, encamped on the island, with a wigwam, etc., under two chiefs (Capt. David Hill and Capt. Ebenezer Thompson). The first aggressive act of the Indians was to capture a boat about noon, in which 'two per- sons, Capt. Abner Stearns and John Niles, were fishing. The Indians espying them, started with two or three canoes, and after an exciting chase, rowing about the pond, captured them, took them to the island, and (it was presumed) tortured them by driving a stake through their bodies, with other barbarities then known to be their common habit. Then the conflict began, ' and the boldest held his breath for a time.' The naval force was composed of eight or ten boats, rigged, manned and armed, under the command of Admiral William S. Brooks, with Rear- Admiral Barton as second. They were both old sea-captains, and carried out their part of the programme with as much formality as if in a real battle, giving all their orders through a speaking trumpet. The two Admirals' barge boats, rigged like small ships, with flags and streamers flying, started with all the flotilla from their anchorage near the shore, made graceful evolutions around the pond, till, reaching near the island, they cast anchor in line of battle, and opened fire on the Indians with their small cannon and musketry. Unfortunately, in the thickest of the firing, an explosion of a few pounds of powder took place on Admiral Barton's boat, but no one was seriously hurt. The Watertown Artillery posted on the high bank, near the old ' lower ^ Amos Locke was the leader. The instruments were 3 chuiouets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns and 1 bass di'um. — /. B. R. 130 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. school-house ' (that stood on a public common there sixty years ago),' commenced an awful cannonade on the island. As the Indians could not thus be dislodged, it was concluded to take the island by storm. One or two companies of militia were embarked on a flat-boat and other craft, aud eifected a landing on the island, under cover of Admi- ral Brooks's fleet. The Indians thus hotly pursued, took to their ca- noes, after seeing their wigwam burnt, and crossed over to the woods where the Spy Fond Hotel now stands. But here the West Cam- bridge ' Light Horse,' supported by infantry, met them, and a sharp running fight of half an hour took place, when the Indians were all captured, and marched up, strongly guarded, to the common by the Unitarian [First Parish] Church, and, after being liberally treated and lunched, were dismissed, with plenty of good advice." " A Post Office was established in West Cambridge a year or two after its incorporation. Its population then amounted to only about 900. Postage was so abominably high, that but few letters were sent through, the mails. The ofiice of Postmaster was first offered to Col. Thomas Russell, and the usual commission and bond sent on from Washington. But the business and compensation were so trifling, he would not be bothered with it. In fact more letters were stuck up on the post on his store-counter, by aud for private persons, than sent through the mails. He recommended Capt. William S. Brooks, who was appointed, and thus became first Postmaster of the town.* Capt. Brooks was an ardent Federalist and a public-spirited citizen, and opened the first lumber yard in the place, as well as a dry goods and grocery stere. There were seven groceries in the town at this period, kept by William Locke, Tufts & Adams, Thomas Russell, Walter Rus- sell, William S. Brooks and Miles Gardner, besides the ' Factory Store ' kept by William Whittemore & Co., though more business was done by Colonel Russell than by all the others combined, his store having been established before the Revolution, and having a large country trade in Lexington, Bedford, Carlisle, Billerica, &c. I do not suppose the Postmaster's salary, now about twelve hundred dollars per annum, then amounted to twenty." — J. B. R., Reminiscences. 1811. Voted that the selectmen and town clerk be directed to cause a printed statement of the expenses of the town to be made, and to furnish each family with one of the same. A copy of this statement is appended. 1 The Eastern District Schoolhouse erected 1808, building sold 1838. 2 The postmasters of the tOM'n have' been: AVilliam S. Brooks, 1812-1814; Amos Whittemore, 1818-1827; Henry Whittemore, 1831-1834; Isaac Shattuck, Jr., 1835-1839; John FoAvle, 1840-1846; Edwin R. Prescott, 1847-1862; Abel R. Proctor, 1862-1868 ; Frederick E. Fowle, 1869-1879. Belmont (before set off as a town) — John L. Alexander, 1855-1859. Arlington Heights— Jonas M. Bailey, 1875-1877 ; Charles L. Howard, 1878- 1879. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 131 STATEMENT Of the Expenses of the Town of West Camhridge, from 3Iay 1810, to May 1811. POOR. Amount of Overseers' drafts in favor of Joseph Converse and other persons for support of the poor . . . • . 705 71 SCHOOLS. Ephraim Randall, Schoolmaster 148 50 E. G. Bowdoin, do, 148 50 John Barrett, do. 148 50 John Anderson, do. 148 50 Sundry persons for AVood . . ... . , . 98 47 692 47 CONTINGENCIES. Josiah "Whitteraore, for moving and repairing the Central School house 57 85 Stephen Tufts, for Carpenter -work on same .... 7 00 Joshua Avery, do. do. . . . . 17 oG John Niles, do. and for Glazing same . 13 54 Jonathan Butterfield, do. " do. . 13 87 Josiah Mason & Son, for Lumber for same . . . . 16 40 Tufts & Adams, for Shingles do 27 00 Ezekiel AVhittemore, for Mason work for same ... 3 25 Caleb Cole, for Stove Funnel do 10 92 Daniel Adams, for work at the School houses . . . 8 50 Noah Russell, do. do 7 00 George Prentiss, for Lumber, work, and expense of moraig South School house 19 40 Ebenezer Hall for work on School house . , , . 1 50 "William Hill, 3d. do. do 3 50 Abner Stearns, for repairing School house .... 333 Thomas Russell, for Nails and Glass for School houses, and for Groceries and Refreshment for Carpenters when repaiiing School houses 17 34 "Wyman & Day, for Axes and Spikes for School houses'. . 4 75 George Prentiss, for Cash paid Jeduthun Wellington for land for School house 36 87 George Prentiss, for expenses as an Agent at Cambridge . 4 00 S. & J. Butterfield, for work on School houses ... 4 75 Thomas Russell, for Sundries and Refi-eshment to Surveyors of highways 14 33 John Tufts, for Refreshment to Selectmen and Committees . 4 11 Gardner & Johnson, for Sundries and Refreshment to Surveyors of highways 9 63 AA^illiam Locke & Son, do. do. do. 8 94 Ebenezer Thompson, for Notifications and Warning town meetings 11 25 Gershom Swan, for rent of land for Pound .... 3 00 George Prentiss, for Notifications and Warning toM'n meeting 3 00 Assessors making Taxes for 1810 67 50 do. for Stationery ....... 2 50 Jason Belknap, Gravel for highways 3 00 Stephen Tufts, for Ringing the bell and Sweeping the meeting house for town meetings 2 00 Selectmen and Town Clerk, for making statement of expenses 4 00 Hilliard & Metcalf, for Printing do. do. 7 00 Abijah Cutter, for making Cartridges 1 25 132 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Benjamin Harrington, for making Cartridges . . . 1 25 Town Treasurer's Salary 10 00 Town Clerk's, do 10 00 do. for recording Births and Deaths from 1807 to 1811, as the law directs ... 4 56 445 65 MILITARY STORES, AGREEABLE TO LAW. E. Withington, for lOOjoounds of Powder, at 61 cents per pound 61 00 F. C. Wyman, for 50 do. do. do. 32 50 J. Bradley, for Camp Kettles 3 33 J. C. Bradford, 200 Flints 1 60 Thomas Russell, for 190 pounds of Balls, at 14 cents per pound 26 60 do. for 3^ do. Powder at 60 do. 2 25 127 18 HIGHWAY. Samuel Hall, for making the County Boad, from William Locke's to Lexington line 1057 50 For E.epaii-ing and Amending the highways .... 630 40 1587 90 Total, $3558 91 The following are the sums voted for the expenses of the Town for the year 1810. Con'ingencies 2500 00 Higl ways 500 00 Tretiiurer's Salary 1000 Clerk's Salary 10 00 3020 00 SuhmUted by GEORGE PRENTISS, > DANIEL ADAMS, V Selectmen. THOMAS RUSSELL, > Attest, THOMAS RUSSELL, T. Clerk. West Cambridge, May, 1811. In 1811 a committee was chosen to petition the legislature for the exclusive right and privilege of taking, preserving and dis- posing of shad and alewives in the river or streams running from Spy or Menotomy Pond (so called) in this town, to Charles- town line. The act thus procured was repealed in 182.3. In 1811 the selectmen were directed to build a powder-house within the limits of the town in such place as they shall jud^^e proper. " The powder-house, a cheap brick structure, stood on the left-hand bank of Spring Valley (at the south part of the town), near the brink of the hill where the valley empties into Spy Pond, so that in case of explosion the contents might be blown into the pond," — J. B. Russell. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 133 "In 1811 the West Cambridge Light lufantiy was organized, and made their first apjiearance in September of that year, in a handsome uniform dress, under the command of Capt. Stephen Wheeler, with Joseph Adams as lieutenant, and Stephen Locke, ensign. Capt. David Hill having resigned, ('harles Wellington was elected captain of the old militia company, with his brother Henry, lieutenant, and Jeremiah Russell, ensign. In the same year, an exciting volunteer muster took place in the upper part of the town, where a fort was built on an immense boulder rock; about one fourth of a mile back of the old Baptist meeting-house, that stood empty for many years, just above Tufts's tavern. The fort, with its white-washed walls [and tall flag-staff, really made an imposing appearance from the road, and was filled with British troops, under the command of Major Brown, of Lexington. The American troops, composed of West Cambridge, Medford and Woburn Light Infantry companies, the Lexington Artil- lery, a squadron of cavalry, and several militia companies, were com- manded by Col. Thomas Russell. The fort had two pieces of can- non, a four- and a six-pounder. With the British flag flying, the volunteers defied the American troops. Col. Russell began the attack with a cannonade from the Lexington Artillery, which was stationed in a level field on the road, adjoining and just below the old Baptist meeting-house, holding his infantry in reserve in an orchard in the rear of Tufts's tavern, ready to storm the fort as soon as a breach was made by the artillery. But the fort returned a vigorous fire, and as things began to look desperate. Col. Russell resolved on a flank movement — drew off his artillery, which made a double quick march down the road, through Tufts's yard and orchards, soon gaining a hill that commanded the fort. They then opened another furious cannon- ade on its rear, and right flank. It being evident the British could not long stand this. Col. Russell ordered a general charge and storm- ing of the fort, from the front. This was done in really handsome style, the column of uniform companies all firing on their way up (like the British at Bunker Hill), then fixed bayonets, and were rush- ing in, when Major Brown struck his flag, and, like the Rebels at Fort Donelson, made an ' Unconditional Surrendei- ' (as U. S. Grant demanded in 1862) rather than have his men slaughtered." — J. B. Bus- sell, Reminiscences. 1812. "The next year, the 'War of 1812' was declared. In- creased attention was paid to military matters. After a couple of years, it was feared, in 1814, the British might attack Boston, which caused great excitement. Thousands volunteered to work on the forts in the harbor. ' Exempt companies ' were formed in the neigh- boring towns of persons without distinction of party, exempted by age or otherwise from military duty. A large one was formed in West Cambridge, commanded by Capt. David Hill, with William S. Brooks as Orderly Sergeant. I forget the names of the other offi cers. Many members were old veterans who had fought at Concord, 13* 134 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Lexington and Bunker Hill. The British, however, made no attempts to land, and the ' Exempts ' had no other duties to perform than a few trainings, with liberal treats." — J. B. R., Reminiscences} * The Chesapeake and Shannon. A Reminiscence, The annoiiiiceraent in the Boston jjapers of last week of the death of Mr. Himt, and that he was the pilot that took the Chesapeake out of Boston haj-bor on the day of her memo- rable action with the Shannon, reminds me that this day is the fifty- seventh anniversary of that sanguinary battle. ' There is some mistake in the statement about Mr. Hunt's services on that occasion. The responsible pilot who took the Chesapeake out, and left her six leagues below the lighthouse, was Robert Knox. Mr. Hunt, then twenty-two years old, may have been with him, as an assistant or apprentice. Although young at the time, living near the scene of action, I well remember the exciting events of that day. The action took place on a beautiful summer afternoon, between five and six o'clock, and was undoubtedly one of the most sanguinary that ever occurred between single frigates. It was really decided in eleven minutes, though there was some desultory firing afterwards. In that short space of time there were about two hundred killed and M-ounded on the Chesapeake and one hundred on the Shannon, or between twenty and thirty a minute ! The .Chesapeake, under Capt. Lawrence, lifted her anchor, near Fort Independence, about noon, and was gently wafted down the harbor, the Shan- non then in sight, but slowly drawing off, so as to get plenty of sea-room for manoeuvring. At five P. M. the Chesapeake fired her first gun of defiance, inti- mating that she Avould not be drawn out any fiu'ther. The Shannon instantly and proudly hauled up, the ships approached each other, and the action com- menced at scarcely pistol-shot distance. Captain Broke of the Shannon, then in the prime of life, thirty- nine years old, was a noble officer and a strict disciplinarian. He had invented some im- provement in ships' gun carriages, afterwards generally adopted in the British Navy, by which they were worked with great rapidity and efiiciency. His ship was armed with long 24-pounders and 32-pound carronades. He paid particu- lar attention to exercising his men with them, till the rapidity and accuracy of their fire was celebrated among British cruisers. As soon as he saw the Chesa- peake loosen her sails, he exercised his men at their cannon (without firing), for two or three hours, as was stated by his officers some years afterwards. As the Chesapeake approached, the Shannon's carronades Avere filled with grape- shot, bullets and langridge, with orders to fire each gun the moment it would bear effectively on her antagonist, and her 24s were so depressed that every shot told ; it was remarked that scarcely one went over, while her carronades swept the decks with a perfect storm of lead and iron. As the weather was calm, the sea smooth, and the ships hung foul of each other, the result was appalling, and in a few minutes the decks of the Chesapeake resembled a slaughter- pen ; nearly one- half her crew being killed or wounded. Captain Lawrence, three lieuten- ants, three midshipmen, the sailing-master and boatswain were all killed or mortally wounded, and in less than fifteen minutes every officer on Avhom the command of the ship could devolve was either killed or wounded, Capt, Lawrence was wounded in the leg and through the body by grapi.'-shot. On being carried below, while his mind was wandering, and he in gi-eat agony, his frequent exclamation (since become memorable) was, " Don't give up the ship ! " He lived four days, and was then laid out on the quarter-deck gallery of his ship, and shrouded with the American flag. His first lieutenant, Ludlow, was mortally wounded in attempting to repel the hesitating boarders of the Shannon, his head and face being almost hewed to pieces by their cutlasses. They were both buried at Halifax with the honors of war. Soon after, Capt. Crowninshield of Salem volunteered to bring them home at his owii expense; ,they were entombed at Salem with great parade, a eulogy being delivered on TOWN OF WEST CAMBEIDGE. 135 In 1812 the selectmen were directed to petition the General Court in consequence of the grievance the town suffered by the the occasion by Judge Storj', They were afterwards removed to New York, where a monument was erected to their memory, in Trinity churchyard. For a few minutes at the commencement of the action, the fire of the Shan- non was vigorously returned by the Chesapeake, though she did not fire a gun till fairly alongside, when she poured in a broadside that sounded like one re- port. But Capt. Broke, in his official account, says he soon observed that her men were flinching from her guns, when he seized the favorable moment to lead his boarders on to the decks of the Chesapeake, where he was badly wounded, though the resistance was feeble and unavailing. In two minutes the decks were cleared. His first lieutenant was killed by a gun fired from his own ship ; two lieutenants and several other officers of the Shannon were killed or wounded. Capt. Lawrence, then 32 years old, and but recently returned from a success- ful cruise in the Hornet, had taken command of the Chesapeake but a short time previous to the action, and Avas a stranger to his officers and crew. A large part of the latter Avere a drunken, riotous set, and in a state of great in- subordination and nearly mutinous, from not receiving some prize-money due them for previous captures. The officers were young and inexperienced, his first lieutenant (Ludlow) hardly twenty-one years old ; but such was the con- fidence in the professional skill and bravery of Captain Lawrence, and in the prowess of our little navy (which had already captured three British frigates), that public opinion pressed (like the " On to Richmond " which precipitated the defeat of Bull Run) and would not allow him to remain at anchor under any circumstances, while a British frigate of equal size lay insultingly off and on in the harbor. He went into the battle, doubtless, against his own judgment, and expressed a full sense of the difficulties of his position, in an interview with the late Rev. Dr. Lowell, the day before the action. His deportment was modest, but he said he should try to do his duty, notwithstanding the discour- aging aspect of affairs on his ship. The action was visible from the old fort at Hull, where the telegraph stood several years since, and was witnessed by hundreds on Look-out Hill, Glouces- ter ; also by an immense number of people in the lower harbor, in sailing boats and small craft, every available boat being pressed into use on the occasion ; the roof of the old Exchange Coffee House (7 stories high) Avas filled with peo- ple, Avho Avith glasses watched the course of the Chesapeake doAvn the bailor. Dui-ing that afternoon and night the public excitement in Boston and the neigh- boring toAvns Avas intense. The streets were thronged Avith people all night, and the air Avas full of rumors. It Avas only too certain that a sharp, desperate fight had taken place, and that both frigates had sailed out of the harbor, in- stead of coming in. The next day, to calm the public mind. Com. Bainbridge requested Mr. Knox, the pilot, to" publish a statement of Avhat he saAv after leaving the Chesapeake, but it gave no satisfaction. No action in the Avar of 1812 occasioned greater mortification to Americans, or more exultation in England. Capt. Broke Avas Avelcomed home Avith 'great distinction, and knighted. (He died in 1840.) The Chesapeake Avas a clumsy, unlucky old frigate,' built at Baltimore or Norfolk in 1798, and had ahvays been a source of trouble and expense to this country. From Halifax she Avas taken to England, broken up, and some of her timbers used in the construction of a grist-mill on a small stream that runs into the river MedAvay, the best use to which they were ever put The Shannon Avas used for a long time as an old hulk at a dock-yard. The British navy has noAV two fine heavy steam frigates named for the "above. But the old belligerents have fought their last battle, and the neAv frigates have no other historic interest than what arises from their names. J- b. r. (in Boston Transcript). Washington, D. C, June 6, 1870. 136 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. erection of a turnpike-gate on the Middlesex Turnpike in Lex- ington limits. " lu 1813 the second inauguration of President Madison was celebra- ted on the 4th of March by his political friends, with considerable eclat, considering the hard times. Salutes were fired, the church bell rung, and a procession, preceded bj the West Cambridge Band, marched through the town, from Major Whittemore's tavern, under Capts. Charles Wellington and Stephen Wheeler, as Marshals, to Tufts's tav- ern, where they partook of a supper. Col. Russell presided, and the evening was spent very jsleasantly with stories, songs and toasts. Of the latter, I remember but one, given by Ephraim Cutter, referring to the Federalists on President Madison : ' Bark at the moon, ye deadly dogs of night. She neither minds your howl, nor shines less bright.' " J. B. Russell, Reminiscences} 1814. A committee was appointed to provide for the welfare and safety of the town and its inhabitants during the present war with Great Britain. In this year a meeting of the town was held for the sole pur- pose of considering the expediency of procuring a bathing tub or tubs, to be kept by the treasurer. On motion it was voted that there be purchased one bathing tub for the use of the in- habitants, to be kept by the town treasurer.^ 1816. The matter of providing a suitable place for the town's poor is mentioned. Accomplished by the erection of a house on the estate of Josiah Whittemore, formerly the property of Joseph Carnes, then deceased, in 1817-18. An appropria- 1 Mr. Russell, in a later communication, enumerates the military of West Cambridge at this period thus : (1) The minute-men at the time of the Embargo Scare in 1808 ; (2) The old standing militia ; (3) The cavalry ; (4) The light infantrj-, inaugurated Sept. 1811 ; (5) The exempts, 1814, during the war scare and feared invasion of Boston. 2 '_' The town-meeting for a Bathing Tub looks like a joke, but I think I can explain it. For several years, say from 1807 to 1817, the spotted fever raged as a fatal epidemic in the country towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, ex- citing as much alarm and panic as the cholera in later years. Among other remedies tried, one was to set the patient over a tub of hot water, cover him with blankets, and sweat him half to death. I don't remember a case in West Cam- bridge, biit it was in Bedford, and other towns near. While I was at Westford Academy, in 1815, a young daughter of the house where I boarded was taken at nine P.M., and died at two the next morning. Much alarm existed in 'West Cambridge, and as a prudeiUial measure, I presume they ordered the steaming apparatus, and for want of a better name probably the town clerk recorded it as a Bathing Tub,"— J^. B. Russell. TOWN OF WEST CAMBEIDGE. 137 tion for purchasing books for the almshouse was made by the town in 1847. The " old almshouse " buildings and land were sold at auction by the town in 1853. In 1816 the selectmen were authorized to procure fire ladders, fireward staffs, firehooks, and such other fire implements as they judged necessary, to be kept in different parts of the town. WEST CAMBRIDGE. Statement of Expenses from May 1815 to May 1816. Amount of Overseers' drafts in favor of sundry persons for support of the Poor, as appears by their books $785 97 Frost and Kent. Schoolmasters Jason Reed, Schoolmaster John Emerson, do. S. Campbell, do. Sundi'y persons for wood 150 00 148 50 148 50 150 00 78 96 675 96 IIIGnWAYS. Repairing the highways, when all worked out, say To Jeremiah Russell, Surveyor of highways, for work and ma- terials, and for discharging non-resident taxes . Daniel Burbeck, Surveyor, for work on highways William Locke & Son, for refreshments to Surveyor of highways Estate of the late Samuel Hill, for do Tufts & Adams, for do ... Amos "Whittemore, Jun., for do Jason Belknap, gravel for roads CONTINGENCIES. To the Selectmen, for discharging this town's proportion of the expense of building a new bridge, between Cambridge and Brighton, conformable to a vote of the town To Alobot Allen, for 73 days in the service of the United States, by his substitute John Prentiss, 3 months do. do Ephraim Cutter, Jun., do. do. (agreeably to a vote of the town) T. Russell, for cash he paid for making cartridges for militia (as the law directs) ; for repaii-ing school-house; for a Register book, and stationery Assessors, for services assessing taxes, and for stationery for 1815 Miles Gardner, for repairing school- house .... George Prentiss, his commission for collecting taxes for 1815 (due to him in July next) James Perry, for perambulating, and for repairs on school-house George Prentiss, for procuring notifications and for warning town meetings 500 00 35 75 13 38 14 57 7 22 13 85 7 83 4 75 597 35 327 37 16 33 21 00 21 00 10 70 52 93 3 04 39 28 4 32 12 00 138 HISTORY OF AELINGTON. Amos Frost, for work clearing out the river .... 2 25 Wymaii & Day, for repairing town plough and school-house door lock 1 50 Alfred Locke, for refreshments to Selectmen, Committees, and Schoolmasters 4 00 Gershom Swan, for use of land, for pound .... 3 00 Benjamin Harrington, for ringing the bell for town meetings 2 00 William Cutter, 2d, for transporting baggage to South Boston 2 00 Selectmen and Town Clerk, for making out this statement . 3 00 Hilliard & Metcalf, for printing this statement . . . 5 00 Treasurer's services 10 00 Clerk's do 10 00 Contingencies .... 650 72 Poor 785 97 Schools 675 96 Highways 697 35 $2710 00 Eeceived for the privilege of the fishery for 1816 . . . . 5100 The following sums were voted for the expenses of the toivn for 1815. Contingent expenses $2500 00 Repairing the highways 500 00 Treasurer's services 10 00 Clerk's do 10 00 3020 00 Submitted by THOMAS RUSSELL, ) JAISIES PERRY, \ Selectmen. WALTER RUSSELL, S Attest, Thomas Russell, Toton Clerk. West Cambridge, May, 1816. Centre of West Cambridge in 1817. The accompanying view of "West Cambridge, in 1817, shows the First Parish meeting-house of that date. The mansion of Hon. William Whittemore in the foreground, now occupied by Nathan Bobbins, Esq. TOAVN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 139 The house of Dea. Epliraitn Cutter and Col. Thomas Eussell's store to the right, both of which are still standing. In the distance, beyond Dea. Cutter's, is seen John Frost's blacksmith shoi?. To the left, in the distance beyond the burying-ground, is seen one of the buildings of the card factory. The building on the corner on the left of the pic- ture was Gershom Swan's chair factory. 1820. In the first town book is a scattered record of births, marriages and deaths, which in part is embraced in the Genea- logical Register, based on tlic parochial records, and placed at the end of this volume. In 1820 tlie town authorized the purchase of a fire-engine.' 1821. By act of the legislature, Feb. 14, 1821, the provi- sions of an act passed Feb. 16, 1789, to prevent the destruction of the fish called shad and alewives in Mystic River, within the towns of Cambridge, Cliarlestown and Medford, were extended to the town of West Cambridge. By this act committees were chosen annually for the preservation of fish in the town. 1822. Persons additional to the selectmen were chosen on the school committee. A committee was authorized by the town to select land and build a new School-house in the Northwest District, and make sale of the former School-house, in 1822. 1824. The town provided for the inoculation of the inhabi- tants with the cow-pox. Gen. Lafayette was in West Cam- bridge in 1824, on tlie occn-^ion of his visit to his old comrade in arms Gov. Brooks, at ^ledford (see Hist. Medford, 140-42), and also on his visit to the town of Lexington (see Hist. Lex- ington, 28G-88).' 1 Previous to this period there was a small hand fire- engine, called the Friendship, kept in a small house erected for it a rod or two west of the house of the late George C. Russell. It was manned by a company of young men, mostly employes of the AVhitteraore Card Factory. They had meetings on the first Tuesday in every month, except in winter, about an hour before sunset, when they would race with the machine about the Common, and exercise its pow'er in vain attempts to play over the vane of the meeting-house. Its members were thus excused from military duty. In 1816 a small dwelling occupied by Mr. Parkei', a shoemaker, just below Tufts' s tavern, was burnt. This occasioned the town to procure tire implements, hooks, ladders, &c., some of which were kept in the cellar of Mr. Fiske's church, —J. B. Russell. - Kossuth received honors from the citizens of West Cambridge during his visit to Lexington in 1852. — See Hist. Lexington, 299, 300. 140 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1827. The town voted that the general School Committee be composed of three persons. The Prudential Committee to be of four, one each for the Northwest, Centre, Southeast and Soutliwest wards. The appropriation for schools, in 1827, was $600; $110 for a master's school and $40 for a mistress's school in each ward,' 1829. A set of Hayscales was procured for the use of the town, and erected on the south side of the common, near the wall of the Burying Ground. 1830, The town possessed two fire engines, located near the centre, ^ Besides the selectmen the followmg citizens were members of the school committee of West Cambridge before this period: John Perry, 1822; Timothy Wellington, 1822 ; Charles Wellington, 1822, 1824, 1825 ; Miles Gardner, 1822, 1824, 1825; Samuel F. Wyman, 1822; Jonathan M. Dexter, 1823; Joshua Avery, 1823-1826; Ephraim Cutter, 1823; James Hill, 1823, 1826; Isaac Locke, 1823; Benjamin Locke, 1823; Amos Whittemore, Jr., 1823; William Adams, 1823; Jeremiah Kussell, 1823; James Perry, 1824; Nathaniel Hill, 1824, 1826; William Prentiss, 1824; AVilliam Cotting, 1824-1826; Eliakim Nason, 1824-1826; Jonas Peircc, Jr., 1825, 1826; Joseph Locke, 1825, 1826; Jonathan Frost, 2d, 1825 ; Amos Hill, 1826; William Hill, 1826. The prudential school committee have been: Jonas Peirce, Jr., 1827,1832; Thomas Russell, Esq., 1827; Joseph Whittemore, 1S27, 1836; James Perry, 1827: Kimball Farmer, 1828; Thomas Thorp, 1828; Isaac Shattuek, 1828; Isaac Locke, 1828-1830, 1832; William Locke, 2d, 1829, 1841 ; William Cot- ting, 1829-1831; Samuel Butterfield, 1829, 1831; Abner Peirce, 1S30, 1838; John Fowle, 1830, 1832, 1833; Abe] Locke, 1831, 1833, 1837; James Brown, 1831 ; Joshua Averv, 1832 ; Jesse Bucknam, 1833, 1834-1836 ; William Hill, 2d, 1833, 1851, Jr. 1852; Elijah Cutter, 1834; Seth Frost, 1834: Philip Whitte- more, 1834, 1835; Bowen RusslII, 18:i5, 1858; Emerson Parks, 1835, 1836 ; John Jarvis, 1835; William Dickson, 1836; Levi Ingalls, 1837; Henry Whit- temore, 1837 ; Eleazer Homer, 1837, Jr. 1838 ; Washington J. Lane, 1837, 1846, 1847; Abijah Frost, 1838, 1842, 1849-1852, 1P54, 1857; George C. Rus- sell, 1838 ; Timothy Eaton, 1839 ; Isaiah Jenkins, 1839, 1840 ; George Prentiss, 1839; Chester Sanderson, 1840; Joseph Hill, 1840, 1842, 1849, 1854; Abbot Allen, 1840 ; Josiah H. Russell, 1841, 1848, 1854, 1855 ; Adonijah Barnes, 1841 ; Ebenezer Ilovev, 1842; Stephen Symmes, 1842, 1843; Uavid Clark, 1843, 1844, 1856; Joel F. Hanson, 1843, 1846. 1850; William L. Clark, 1843, 1850, 1852; Thaddeus Frost, 1844, 1845; Abner P. Wyman, 1844; Joseph Wvman, 1844; Daniel Clark, 1845, 1846; Abel Peirce, 1845, 1846, 1849; Samuel C. Bucknam, 1845, 1849; James S.Russell, 1847; Henry Frost, 1S47, 1853, 1855; Matthew Griswold, 1847 ; Gershom Cutter, 1848 ; Warren Frost, 1848 ; Stephen Symmes, Jr., 1848; George Stearns, 1850; Jacob Hutchinson, 1850 ; Abner Gardner, 1850, 1854 ; Thomas J. Russell, 1851 ; John Peabody, 1851, 1859 ; Samuel But- terfield, 1852; Walter Fletcher, 1853, 1855; James M. Chase, 1853; Henry Mott, 1853; Warren Rawson, 1855; Moses Proctor, 1856, 1860; James Pea- bodv, 1856 ; Joseph S. Spear, 1856, 1857 ; David Puffer, 1857 ; George B. Rich- ardson, 1857 ; William T. AVood, 1858 ; George Henry Hill, 1858 ; John S. Crosby, 1858 ; John D. Freeman, 1859, 1860 ; Ralph W. Shattuek, 1859 ; Josiah Crosby, 1860. The town voted not to choose the prudential school committee in 1861. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 141 1831. The town opposed the placing of certain horse-sheds on the Common, by the burying-place. — See page 117 previous. 1832. The Pound was located on the town land near the school-house in the Southeast District. The teachers of schools in town, in 1831 and '32, were Samuel L. Gould, Samuel Adams, Miles T. Gardner, James Nason, John W. Huntington, Priscilla Hagar, Rebecca Whittemore, Eliza A. Carlisle, Mary A. Locke, and Lucy A. Teel. 1833. The town allowed $500 for procuring fire-engines; 1250 to the South District, and $250 to the Middle and Lower Districts. The old engine was considered as belonging to the Middle and Lower Districts. 1834. Side-ivalks first mentioned on the town records. 1835. Legacy of $100 left by Dr. Ebenezer Learned, of Hopkinton, N. H., accepted. This was for the purpose of establishing a Juvenile Library for the free use of the children of the public schools of the town.' 1836. The town voted tliat the selectmen be in- structed to erect a suitable monument over the graves of the late William and Mary Cutter, the sum not to exceed fifty dollars, in addition to the sum appro- priated for that purpose by the executor of the will of Mrs. Mary Cutter. The accompanying cut is a pic- ture of the monument in the Old Burying Ground. • The report of the standing committee of the "West Cambridge Juvenile Library, for 1863, contains the following particulars regarding its history: — In the year 1835, Dr. Ebenezer Learned made a bequest of $100, for the pur- pose of establishing a Juvenile Library for the free use of the children of the public schools of West Cambridge. The library thus established was increased by donations from the friends of the West Cambridge Sewing Circle, and from 14 X42 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. From their propert]^ arose the " William Cutter School Fund," and the " Poor Widows' Fund." In 1842, the net income of this school fund was three hundred dollars, expended as follows : South School ...... $75.00 Union School ...... 138.00 Northwest School ..... 87.00 $300.00 The William Cutter Fund, as originally constituted by the donor, was five thousand nineteen dollars, to which was added, in consequence of the annexation of a part of Charlestown to West Cambridge, in 1842, four hundred and sixty-five dollars. The income of the " Poor Widows' Fund" in 1842 gave three widows four dollars each: total, twelve dollars, annual income. The Poor Widows' Fund, amounting to two hundred dollars, was the donation of the widow Mary Cutter. The School Committee Report for 1866-67 contains the following: " Perhaps full justice has scarcely been done to the donor of this noble gift to the schools of the town. His will bears date March 17, 1823, and it gives his whole estate, $5,000 — as it proved to be — after the death of his wife, as a trust fund for the benefit of the schools. The town was then poor, and from the date of his will, it may well be inferred that at the annual meeting he had been struck with the small- ness of the sum voted for schools, and found it in his heart to increase it in the future from his own means. It is the gift of an humble, childless man, whose motive could not be other than unselfish." 1837. The town voted that the parish bell be rung at twelve o'clock, noon, and nine in the evening. An appropriation is made for the increase of the Juvenile Library in the town. In 1837 there were 500 pairs of boots and 31,000 pairs of shoes made in the town ; two mills were employed in pulverizing drugs, medicines and dye stuffs; there were one dying and calico- printing establishment, one saw-factory, one woolcard-manufac- tory, a turning and sawing-mill, and chair and cabinet manufac- ture. — Barber. 1838. A new school district is made, and the sale of land and school-house in the Northwest District, and of the houses in liberal citizens of the town. In 1837, the town passed a vote that $30 annually be appropriated for the Juvenile Library, on condition that each family shall have the privilege of taking out books free. One hundred dollars were left for the same object by Dr. Wellington, which is invested as a permanent fund, the interest only being used each year. In 1860, the town liberally increased their appropriation to $100 annually for the purchase of books, on the same condi- tion as before, that each family in town should have the right to use the library. The number of volumes in 1863 was about 1800. It was established as the Arlington Public Library in 1872. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 143 the Centre and Southeast Districts, is accomplished, and new school-houses erected. 1839. This year guide-posts are mentioned, and wells in the public highways. 184.). The town voted to allow the members of the Friend- ship Engine, their poll-tax from the year 1828. 1841. The Parish Hall is used for town meetings at this period. The selectmen are a committee, in 1841, to sell or otherwise dispose of the Old Centre School-house, the Engine House and the Engine Friendship. 1842. A school-house is built on land purchased for the pur- pose in the South District, and the land where the former school-house stood, and the former house, are sold. The town voted to dispose of the school-house near Miles Gardner's. 1 843. The town voted not to appropriate the Lower Com- mon for a Burial Ground. The town purchased the lot on Med- ford Street, where the present cemetery now is, for a new Bury- ing Ground.' District School Libraries are mentioned in the town records this year. 1845. The Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad Com- pany was incorporated March 24, 1845. The early History of the Lexington and West Cambridge Rail Road, before the organization under its charter, has been prepared from the papers in possession of Wm. Wilkins Warren of Boston, a native of West Cambridge, who, then residing in this town, took an active part in the proceedings of its citizens in that Road. To them belono-s the credit of originating the measures which led to the realization of the enterprise. * The committee for the purpose of laying out the new Burying Ground, were Thomas Thorp, Daniel Cady, Josiah H. Russell, Isaiah Jenkins, Edward Smith and Moses Proctor. A good and substantial stone wall around the Old and New Cemeteries was erected, with suitable gates, in 1843. Trees were set out in Old Cemetery in 1845. The New Cemetery was known by the name of Mount Pleasant Cemetery in 1846. The hearse- house was located at the lower end of the main avenue in the latter cemetery in 1847. John B- Hartvvell was chosen sexton by the town in 1848 (chosen sexton by the First Parish in 1841), and has continued in office with his son John H. Hartwell to the present time. A receiving tomb was built in the new ceme- tery in 1855. The cemetery was enlarged in 1871-72, by the purchase of a laro^e lot of land extending to the Mystic Kiver, some of which is at present laid out for cemetery purposes. 144 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. The success of branch railroads in the vicinity of Boston and their benefit to towns, caused the subject of this one to be agitated among a few of the leading and influential citizens of this town early in 1844, especially from the fact, that it required only a mile and a half of road to be built from a point on the Charlestown branch R. R. in Cambridge, to a terminus in West Cambridge, opposite the hoi el ou Main Street, without crossing it, or cieating any considerable amount of land damages. The stock was likely to be readily taken up in the town, as its whole cost would be very moderate, most of the route being a very level one. The first public meeting held was in response to a printed hand bill, signed "^ Citizen,^' and dated Sept. 16, 1844, of which the following is a copy. " West Camhridge Branch Rail Road. — The citizens of West Cambridge, one and all, are invited to meet at the Parish Hall in said town on Monday evening next, Sept. 23, at 7 o'clock, to con- sider the expediency of adopting measures for a branch rail road, either from the Fresh Pond or Fitchburg Rail Roads, to the centre of the town. A general attendance is expected, as it is deemed by many a subject of vast importance to the Town." Pursuant to this notice a large number attended the meeting, at which Col. Thomas Russell presided and Wm. W. Warren was chosen secretary. The Hon. James Russell, Doctor Wellington, John Schouler, and several others, advocated the building of the road, to terminate near the Unitarian Church, with a view ultimately of having it extended to the upper part of the town, and thence to Lexington. A resolution in its favor was adopted, and a committee of seven was appointed to get information, examine the routes, and re- port at a future meeting. The secretary of this committee, Mr. Warren, in a printed circidar, called a meeting Oct. 12, to hear the report, and adopt measures necessary to the immediate construction of the road. At the meeting, Oct. 14, 1844, Hon. James Russell, who was chosen chairman, read a full report of the Committee, which reported two routes, one east of the Pond, and one crossing the island in Spy Pond, and recommended a survey and estimates by committees, and a subscription to defray the expenses. The report was accepted, and Messrs. Russell, Wellington and Schouler were chosen on survey, and George C. Russell and Henry Whittemore on estimates. The reports of these committees were made at a meeting held Jan. 13, 1845. The Committee on Survey had employed Messrs. Felton and Parker, engineers, to survey, make profiles and give esti- mates, for which service seventy dollars were paid them. They had consulted the President and Directors of the Charlestown and Fresh Pond roads, who took the matter under favorable advisement as to the proposed connection with their road, and were to have given their re- ply. The Committee had long waited for it, when it was ascertained that some prominent citizens of Lexington had urged the officers of that road not to commit themselves to the citizens of West Cambridge TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 145 until it should be determined whether or not they should petition the Legislature for a road over the one surveyed to West Cambridge, to extend to Lexington. Such a project had ah-eady been determined upon, and in view of these circumstances, the committee asked to be discharged from the subject matter, which was done. A petition for the West Cambridge Branch Road, signed by Timothy Wellington and others, was presented to the Legislature, and an order of notice was passed January 17, 1845. At a hearing of both petitions from the citizens of the respective towns, in March following, before the committee of the Legislature, Hon. G. Washington Warren appearing for the Lexington petition, and W. W. Warren for that of West Cambridge, it was agreed by a compromise, that the two enterprises should be merged in one, and an act of incorporation was prepared and presented in the same month, which, in the House Document No. 48, was passed under the title of " the Lexington and West Cambridge Branch Rail Road." Under the Act the first meeting of the new corporation took place at Cutler's tavern in Lexington, April 14, 1845. Larkia Tur- ner was chosen President, and W. W. Warren, Secretary. The act of incorporation was accepted, and a committee of nine was chosen to cause books of subscription to be opened, first of May, 1845, to the capital stock, not to exceed $200,000. This committee consisted of Benjamin Muzzey and Samuel Chandler, of Lexington; Doctor T. Wellington and John Schouler, of West Cambridge; John Wesson and John W. Mulliken, of Charlestown; Edward Munroe and Otis Dana, of Boston; and J. W. Simonds, of Bedford. The meeting then adjourned to meet in Parish Hall at West Cambridge, April 21, to confer with its citizens. This conference meeting was largely attended, and indicated a mu- tual interest and good feeling of the citizens of both towns. Benja- min Muzzey, who presided (Mr. Warren acting as secretary), stated that no business was contemplated at this meeting, but only an inter- change of views desired. Estimates were discussed, and harmony prevailed in the discussion, indicating a prompt action and successful commencement of the road, which by the compromise act was to be finished and running from West Cambridge within one year from date of the act, or its charter be void. The adjournment of this meeting was the finality of the series preceding the organization of the road under its charter. 1846. The town disposed of the stone house and wall standing on the training-field, at public auction. A committee of eleven was appointed this year to name the several streets and avenues in the town. A survey of the several streets in town was made in 1852. 1847. Isaac Hill, the well-known politician and governor of New Hampshire, published a sketch of West Cambridge in the 14* 14G HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. £^armer^s MuntJihj Visitor for April 30, 1847, in which he pre- sents many interesting facts regarding the town, on whose bor- der his birth occurred, April 6, 1788.' A kinsman of his, John Hill, had at this time 20,000 tons of ice for sale at No. 103 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. Mr. Hill was a distinguished ice-cutter, and in 1844, when Boston Harbor was frozen over, he superintended the cutting of a channel through the ice, seven miles in length, down the harbor, to the open unfrozen roadstead, for the passage of one of the Cunard steamers. In this undertaking he accidentally fell, while bounding from one cake of ice to another, in- juring a thew of his leg, and for months was unable to pursue a busi- ness then of no little importance to hundreds of farmers within conven- ient reach of the principal mart of New England. In connection with his father and brothers, John Hill also carried on a market garden and fruit-farm in West Cambridge, on a portion of the laud which had been in the {possession of the Hill family for two hundred years. David Hill, the father of John, and .James IJill, of the same neighbor- hood, cousin of David, perhaps found no equal in the market in pro- ducing the first and earliest green peas and potatoes, the earliest and largest tomatoes, the most luscious peaches, and other vegetables and fruits. Astonishing to the editor, Isaac Hill, it was to see all these things growing on land which in his boyhood was a poor, coarse sand and gravel soil, along the shore of Spy Pond, scarcely producing anything of the vegetable kind. In his early youth there was sufficient good land in the old parish of Menotomy for all the purposes of the occu- pying farmers with their families ; but since that time the families had multiplied to a second and third generation, and had brought the larger portion of the sandy sterile plains, as well as the rocky hard ridges around them, to the highest point of {production. These redeemed garden fields lie all around the two beautiful Spy Ponds. But if the lands about the ponds have been thus greatly im- proved, who could have anticipated that the water surface of the ponds would be made more valuable than even the best lands near! Capacious ice-houses had already been constructed, sufficient to supply a stock for a year in advance, should a year happen in which no ice was formed. The Boston ice business was first commenced with Fresh Pond, and, about 1835, numerous teams were employed to transport the ice four to six miles to the city and to the wharves on Charles River. Thi ^ Five celebrated journalists were born within or near the limits of the district now embraced in the town of Arlington : Isaac Hill, of the Neto Hampshire Patriot; A. S. Willington, or Wellington, of the Charleston (S. C.) Courier; Isaac Munroe, of the Baltimore Patriot; E. S. Thomas, of the Cincinnati Post; and John B. Russell, of the New England Farmer. See Genealogies. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 147 Railroad, a railway to Fresh Pond for the cheaper and quicker trans- portation of ice. Out of this Fresh Pond Railway grew the Fitch- burg Railroad, whose extensions, in 1847, were in one direction to Greenfield, and another over the Cheshire Hills, with the view of reaching Burlington, Vt. Branching off by the shores of Spy Pond, another track of the railroad was extended through the village of AVest Cambridge, through a gorge in the ridge of hills, to the centre of Lexington. By this branch of the Fitchburg Railroad, the ice of Spy Pond was brought as near the wharves of Boston, in point of expense, as if it vs^ere cut from a pond on Boston Common. Gov. Hill says — " Just before the cars commenced running, we visited our friend at West Cambridge, w^hose house was erected on land which came to him as a descendant from the Adams family of that place.' The new- depot at West Cambridge usurps the place of some of the venerable elms that stood before the door of the ancient Adams mansion. The course of the railroad on its w'ay to Lexington had rendered it neces- sary to cut off the westerly end of the old mansion-house itself. At the time of the first spilling of blood in the revolution at Lexington, some object of annoyance was presented by this house to the passing British army, causing it to be riddled with bullets. Upon that part of the house which remains, the bullet-holes through the outside clap- boards may yet be seen. The house was built of wood, bricked up between the inside and outside finishing. In that part of it, torn down last year, there were taken out, lodged in the bricks, many mus- ket-bullets discharged in the sharp conflict that took place there with the British when retreating back frpm Concord towards Boston." This house was erected two hundred years ago, by the first Adams who settled in this place. He was a skilful millwright, and possibly assisted in the building of the first mills erected on the stream run- ning from Lexington through the gorge already mentioned. '• The wooden mansion, two hundred years old, was to us a curios- ity: reflecting that our own ancestors erected it, and that succeeding generations of them were born and lived here, we hope that the re- maining part will be suffered to stand at least as long as we shall live.* The house has outlived many occupants. It was the best style of building of two centuries ago. It had its fancy w^ork coving directly below the roofing — its front-door capping was an imitation of the gin- ger-bread Corinthian style. Some sticks of that part of the frame taken down were lying about ; these sticks were marked with numeral 1 James Russell, Esq., perhaps, whose mother was Rebecca Adams, daughter of Capt. William Adams, who occupied the old Adams mansion house at the time of the Revolution, and whose ancestors had occupied it previously, even in the former century, as shown in other parts of this work. The house of James Russell, Esq., stood very near the old Adams house, and is stiU a familiar object to every citizen of Arlington. 2__Governor Hill died at Washington, D. C, March 22, 1851. 148 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. figures, indicating the proper point of entrance for each joist or beam to the place which should make all parts of the frame come to be properly adjusted. The old house stood at least one hundred and thirty years before it came to be shot at by the armies of the mother country, which, having planted the colony of pilgrims in this wilder- ness by oppression, claimed the right to enslave their posterity ; and the same old mansion, after such a riddling, has stood seventy-one years longer (from 1775 to 1846), to be mutilated for the benefit of a business which has been created by the application of steam, and never dreamed of by at least half a dozen generations who were born and lived under its roof." The generations succeeding each other on this spot were agricultural men, all of whom from the first have been taiuiht to labor with their own hands. Hosts of men and women, with their descendants, have gone forth from those who first settled West Cambridge, and have carried their habits of industry and thrift elsewhere. All the States of New England and other States of the Union have received repre- sentatives from this people. But a fact exists in relation to those who remain, which is remarkable — much of the land continues in the owner- ship of the same families and names as the original occupants. The son has succeeded the father in the same calling. " They have never been a people to be carried away by any enthusiastic wildness or uncommon revival of religion ; yet their present condition is one of that moral excellence which is rarely exceeded in the imperfections of human nature. These people, from their position, have always labored more hours than the people farther in the country, Avho would not think of rising at two o'clock in the morning to supply milk, vegetables, meal or meat for the daily food of the people of a city half a dozen miles distant. If there has been any fault in former years, it was that the education of hard work in early youth left too little time for the im- provement in the more scholastic accomplishments and familiarity with the fashionable literature of the day. The wealth of this farmer community is now such that salaried instructors of both sexes are en- gaged the year round to teach the rising generations of all classes and conditions gratuitously in whatever may be useful to qualify them in the pursuits of life. The genteel high living of the wealthy in the cities is certainly not more desirable than that of these sons and daugh- ters, who have all the means for human enjoyment that humanity ought to crave." In this length of time family names have become so interwoven by marriage, that the permanent inhabitants of the place are nearly all of blood relation, in a nearer or more remote line of consanguinity. What has been remarkable also in some of these families, is their great longevity. " Of the West Cambridge long-lived races, we think something has been due as well to their uniform living, as to the more healthy occupation of working farmers, which all the generations for the two centuries have pursued. We believe the agricultural calling to be that which the God of nature designed for man ; and in the pur- TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 149 suit of this calling is he destined to live longest and to enjoy most in this world, where, at the best, ' Life as a dream, and tune aa a stream, Fly swiftly away, — And the fugitive moment refuses to stay — And eternity's here ! ' " The foregoing extracts and much more were designed as a prelimi- nary to the introduction of a remarkable letter written by a kinsman of Gov. Hill, at the age of 102 years. "This aged centenarian, with his father, was not of those steady, stationary planets which have held on to the parent spot for two hundred years : they were planets filling other vacant spots in the world's wide spaceway. More than seventy years ago, near the time of the opening settlement of what is now con- sidered one of the older interior towns of Massachusetts, John Adams had become one of the fathers and selectmen of the town. We have received, in answer to a letter which we wrote, an autograph letter from the man of one hundred and two years. With slight corrections of spelling, capitals, and a more considerable addition of stops, we present the letter, word for word, as follows : — " John Adams to Isaac Hill. Ashhurnham, Feb. 1847. Honored Sir, — With gratitude I hereby acknowledge the re- ceipt of the kind letter that you was pleased to send to me. To receive a letter from any of my distant relatives and friends is a consolation and comfort to me in my old age ; but, dear sir, I did never expect to receive one from your hand, well knowing that Divine Providence and the good will of your fellow-men had chosen you to act in a sphere far above common men like myself, and that the offices which you had sustained must be enough to engage the time and talents of the best of men. But, sir, your letter is by so much the more in my esteem, and I should rejoice if it was in my power to make some amends more than a sincere wish that you may ever feel the happiness of a good Shepherd. In your letter you manifested a desire that I should write something of by-gone days or old times. I wish I could do it so that it would be worth your reading ; but you must make allowance for old age and infirmities — for I hardly know where to begin, unless I begin with my honored father [Thomas Adams]. He was the son of Joseph Adams: he was born in what is now West Cambridge [in the year 1713], on the Adams place, which has been owned and improved by one of that name a little over two hundred years. After my father became of age he went to Worcester, bought a place, returned to West Cambridge, married a person by the name of Frost, and with his wife went on to his place in Worcester ; but within two years his wife and an infant were taken sick and died and were both buried in one coffin. Some time after, my father married for second wife, Lydia, the daughter of Mr. John Chadwick, a citizen and freeholder in Worces- ter. By this woman he had two children, the eldest a daughter — she in 150 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. time became your grandmother : the other a son — that was myself. No other child did my mother have. When I was in my fourth year, my father's family were all taken sick, except myself, with a fever ; all recovered except my mother : but, alas ! she died ; and ! how to this moment my heart aches for little children deprived of their kind, careful and prudent mother. My father, again a widower, remained so in Worcester four years ; then having an opportunity, sold his place to Dr. John Green, and bought a tavern stand in West Cambridge, near the old meeting-house, and with his children moved to his native place. Soon after he married, for a third wife, the widow Elizabeth Bowman. She had three children by her first husband, and owned a black wench and a little brat.^ By this woman my father had three children, and with my sister and myself mixed up with them made a large family, and a tavern continually filled with company of all grades — a poor place to bring up children, I guess you will say. But here was I — brought up or rather dragged up in my woolen shirt and leather breeches, and a like uniform. My father gave me what learning time and circumstances would admit, aiming at no- thing more than that I might be able to do common business. He had no man's help but mine, and it kept me in constant employ. He had at this time a place [fifty years ago it was usual to call a common farm a place] in Lexington, belonging to my mother-in-law, which he carried on and had the profits. — At this place I often went to work. The house was rented to a mechanic, wheie I used to board. When I was in my nineteenth year I was sent there in the spring to work. The woman of the house had been confined, and her nurse was Btill with her. The nurse was young, and so was I, and in the course of the week which I was to work there, often speaking to each other, we had formed a sort of acquaintance. When my week was out, not having said all I wished to, 1 asked the privilege of paying her a visit at her father's, and not being denied I was careful to pay it, which only made another to be desirable ; and being well treated by all the family, my visits were made as opportunity offered through spring, summer and fall ; and, to be short, until I was my own man [one and twenty — two full years ; and this was two or three years before the final Consummation !] By this time there was a mutual desire that we might spend our lives together ; but how could it be done ? I was poor — my partner was not rich ; and to think of going to live together in * Gov. Hill says the possession of this accession of blacks was regarded in the light of an annoyance. It was common in those times for the more wealthy inhabitants to own slaves. They were tenderly treated and well cared for, but the boys suffered with cold in winter when exposed to out- door work, and were lazy and faithless in summer. Thomas Adams, the father, with the younger children of the third wife, about the time of the beginning of the American Bevolution, prepared to remove to his Cambridge farm at Ashburnham. As late as 1794, Mrs. Blanchard, his daughter, kept tavern in a house formerly his, in West Cambridge, on the old road to the colleges. The father of Gov. Hill re- moved in 1798 to Ashburnham, and the remainder of the article in the Farmer's Monthly Visitor is devoted to that place. TOWN OF AVEST CAMBRIDGE. 151 such circumstances was not prudent. "We concluded to live as we were until we could gain a little something to live on. I would go to work on my new lot of wilderness land which I had newly bought, and she would work where it was most to her interest. My land was a part of Cambridge farm in Ashburnham, Mass., fifty miles from my native place. Early in the spring I took my axe on my back and set out for my new country — began to chop down the timber on two or three acres — went back — worked at Medford in the summer making bricks on shares. In the fall I again went to my land — cleared off my wood — sowed two acres of rye — returned to West Cambridge — worked through the winter making shoes with Mr. John Russell; in the spring went and disposed of my bricks — went again to my land ; my rye looked well, but had no barn, built one that summer — saved a little more — returned to Mr. Russell's in the winter. In the spring went to my land — made some provision for a house ; and in the year 1770 hit so that on the 9th of July, my partner being as ready as I was, we were married. Having provided a team to carry her furni- ture, and a horse for her, and another for myself, we set out for the woods. She had never seen a foot of land within forty miles of our place, but her courage held out till we got home, and then it was bet- ter than ever. We were now where we had long wanted to be, and hoped that we with thankful hearts and contented minds should enjoy ourselves to- gether through life. The summer, fall and winter passed away : spring came on pleasant; and the 27th of April, 1771, we had a son [John] born — an addition to our comfort : in '73, another son Levi; in '75, a daughter Joanna ; in '77, another son Jonas; in '79, another son James; in '81, another daughter Rebecca; in '83, another son AValter Russell; in '85, another daughter Betsey; in '88, another daughter Polly : all well, and in time all grew old enough and married ; and my wife and myself left alone as at first. I invited one son to come and live with me : time passed on until we had been mai'ried fifty-three years. She was taken sick, and, alas, she died. And here, my dear friend, I find a period to my earthly happiness. I have kind children and friends ; but my bosom friend sleeps in the grave, and earth can- not heal the wound. I have many things in regard to your grandmother and family I want to write, but my sheet is full. Dear sir, accept this broken scroll from your sincere friend, John Adams. Hon, Isaac Hill. 1848. The Hon. James Russell, in behalf of the committee for erecting a monument over the grave of the Revolutionary heroes in the old cemetery in the town, submitted a report, which is entered at length on the town records. An account of this monument has already been given elsewhere (see p. 70). 152 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. " The expense of its erection was $460.67, toward which the voluntary contributions of inhabitants of West Cambridge were $360.67, and the donation of Hon. P. C. Brooks, of Medford, was $100. 1849. Dogs first licensed by the town. A school-house in 'the East District erected, on the plan of other large school- houses in the town. 1850. A suitable safe purchased for the use of the town. The Union School District is divided. 1851. New almshouse built. Old school-house in Wyman District sold. Tornado of Aug. 22, 1851.— A little work of 72 pages, entitled "The Tornado of 1851, in Medford, West Cambridge and Wal- tham, Middlesex County, Mass., being a report by Rev. Charles Brooks, and reports by other committees," contains an extended account of this destructive tempest, its general characteristics and particular incidents, relating principally to Medford, The proceedings at a meeting of the citizens of West Cambridge, holden at the vestry of the Unitarian Church, on the evening of August 25, three days after the tornado, at the request of the selectmen, are given in the work. Mansur W. Marsh, chairman of that board, was appointed president, and Moses Proctor, secretary. After remarks by the Hon. James Russell, resolutions appropri- ate to the occasion were adopted, and a committee was chosen to solicit subscriptions in aid of sufferers, and another commit- tee to make an appraisement of the damages sustained. A com- mittee was also appointed to make a distribution of the moneys collected by subscription, " not in proportion to losses sustained^ but in proportion to the necessities of the respective sufferers." The report on appraisement, a copy of the subscription paper circulated, and the amount distributed in the town, appear in full in the work. Mr. Marsh, president of the meeting in West Cambridge, contributed a brief account of the storm in relation to Waltham. The destruction by this tornado began at the foot of ProsiDCct Hill, in Waltham. The course of the storm was from west to east. The section of its course through West Cambridge was marked with the TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 153 greatest destruction. It extended across the Mystic River, and entered Medford with unabated force, and continued to the end of its track. The tornado carried up into the air, men, animals and other objects, unroofed and destroyed houses, twisted trees, shifted houses around, throwing half of the roof of a house in one direction and the other half in the opposite. A railroad car at Medford was rolled along the track IGO feet, and then taken and carried sixty feet from the track. In regard to its power, " They who, like us," says Rev. C. Brooks, " were in it, and have seen its terrible ravages, need not be told that it exhibited a power in the elements never witnessed by the oldest in- habitant of this region. Houses strongly built were demolished as if the}' had been made of paper, oak and walnut and cedar trees of the largest growth were entirelj' uprooted, some of them snatched out of the ground and carried through long distances, roofs of buildings taken up as if by sudden suction, and carried into the embrace of the cloud and transported for miles. Its action upon the grass and corn was re- markable. It not only prostrated them, but partly buried them in the earth. The fields in this respect looked as if a heavy roller had passed over them." Various individuals were more or less injured in body — seven are specified, all belonging to Medford. One (Thomas Huffmaster) lost his life, while occupied in closing his house against the storm ; he was taken up insensible and died in about thirty hours. In Waltham the house of the high-school master had the windows broken on one side, and the supper which was on the table thrown into an opposite corner of the room. Here a man was lifted up and set down fifty yards off without particular injury. A woman was lifted by the wind in a like manner at Medford. In West Cambridge stood a house whose roof on the north side was thrown into the house, while the roof on the south side and the back building south of the house were completely blowu away. In another place two houses were left uninjured, and one between them was car- ried away. In the most northerly of the two remaining houses, a board one foot broad and one inch thick was driven through the wall, which was of boards, double, with an air space between. In the same room (Henry Whittemore's) a glass door was pierced with a circular hole little over an inch in diameter, probably done by a pebble, which pierced a white cloth curtain hung on the door, and the edges of the hole in the glass appeared melted into roundness by the blow. A granite gate post, seven feet high and one and a quarter feet square, planted three feet in the ground, and standing between the destroyed house and one of those uninjured, was struck by the vortex of the storm and bent about four inches out of position. A parallel storm occurred at Woburn on the same afternoon of the "West Cambridge tornado, but smaller and less destructive. — See Storms, by William Blasius, Phila. In relation to the damages and losses by the tornado in West Cam- bridge, as per report on appraisement, Ave have only room for the names and amounts, viz.: James Brown, $805; Stephen Fogg (tenant of Brown), $250; George A. Locke, $1G0; Josiah L. Frost, $320; 15 154 HISTOKY OF ARLINGTON. Horace Wilson (tenant of Frost), $200; George Prentiss & Son, $1,310; M. W. Marsh, $160; James Hill, $250; J. V. Fletcher, $100; James Wyman, $45; Widow Amos Frost, $330; Oliver Rus- sell, $450; Thadcleus Frost, $440; William Hill, 2d, $750; Francis S. and Newell Frost, $440; Henry Frost, $1,150; Jonathan Frost, $600; Warren S. and Varmim Frost, $200; estate of David Hill, $500; Silas Frost, $475; Edward Fillebrown, $93; Timothy Swan, $940; David W. Horton, $400; Charles Hill, $510; Mrs. Phebe Swan, $1,072; John Batchelder, $50; William T. Dupee, $10; J. C. Waldo, $20; W. J. Lane, $115; Mrs. Snelling, $220; Dr. Fiske, $36; Capt. Reuben Hopkins, $442; Dr. Timothy Wellington, $447; Charles Griffiths, $100; Mr. Peck, $610; Timothy Whittemore, $212.50; George B. Richardson, $360; George H. Gray,- $50; John Fowle, $1,100; Horatio Locke, $105; Michael McCarthy, $25; Ru- fus Damon, $460 ; Mrs. P. Whittemore, $460 ; Mrs. Rebecca Whit- temore, $25; William Clark, $200; Thomas Thorp, $515; Thomas E. Thorp, $200; Daniel Burbeck, $100; Mrs. Damon, $210; Thomas H. Teel, $50; Fessenden & Whittemore, $1,000; Centre School House, $124; trees in Spring Valley, $50; estate of Henry Swan, $40; Gershom Whittemore, $390; Henry Whittemore, $615; Wil- liam H. Whittemore, $750; John Fillebrown, $800; Samuel C. Bucknam, $475; Abel R. Proctor, $260; sundry persons, $500; Wil- liam Hill, 3d, $90; Cornelius Akerman, $10; John P. Daniels, $35; Luke Agur, $100; Andrews Howe, $25; Thomas R. Cushing, $175; Mr. Converse, $40; James Wyman (tenant of Converse), $125; Loton Gasset, $200. Total amount, $23,606. The amount of money distributed, subscribed by citizens of the town, for the sufferers in West Cambridge, was $1,219.60. One per- son gave $150; seven persons gave $50 each; others $30, and lesser amounts. 1852. Town House built. The committee with full power to select a suitable location and erect thereon a town house, were Jesse Bucknam, Samuel Butterfield, William Hill, 2d, John Schouler and George C. Russell.' The Union Grammar School District was formed, and the Union District divided into three primary school districts, the primary schools established to be taught by female teachers. 1 Busts and other ornaments to decorate the town hall, were presented to the town, in 1853, by Nathan Robbins, J. S. Potter, D. W. Horton, Joshvia Dodge, Robert Schouler, Jesse Bucknam, George C. Russell and John Schouler. The ■well near the town house was bricked up and a pump placed therein in 18-53. The lockup in basement of town-house was built in 1859. A pair of ox-horns were given by Stephen P. Blake to the town, and placed over the principal door to the town hall in 1860. In 1853 the town voted thanks to Luke Agur for the efficient manner in which he had performed the duties of constable in years past, and John B. Hartwell was chosen to that office. TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 155 1854. The West Cambridge Gas Light Company was in- corporated March 81, 1854, and the company allowed to lay pipes for gas through the streets of the town. A legacy of $100 was received this year by the town for the Ijene- fit of the Juvenile Library, by will of the late Dr. Timothj^ Welling- ton. In resjjonse to the gift, the town passed resolutions which are entered at length on the town records. In these it is said that " the life and character of Dr. Wellington had become public property in the town long before the summons which called him hence " — " that the whole people loved and revered him, and although he lived to a good old age, his death has been, and now is, most deeply de plored and lamented." 1855. Act for establishing a fire department in the town accepted. Act dated March 26, 1855. 1856. The town voted to furnish a clock to be placed in the tower of the new meeting-house, now proposed to be built by the First Congregational Parish of West Cambridge, provided said parish will take charge of the same and keep it in repair. 1857. The West Cambridge Horse Railroad Company was incorporated May 28, 1857. The town voted to aid the com- pany to obtain its charter. 1859. The town first paid the expense of keeping the streets lighted with gas. 1860. A school house for the Centre District was erected on a lot on Medford Street, formerly belonging to heirs of James Russell, and named the Russell School House. The Hon. James Russell presented to the town a bell, to be placed in the cupola of said school-house, and Col. Thomas Russell presented a clock to be placed in the large grammar school-room of said house. The West Cambridge (now Arlington) Five Cents Savings Bank was incorporated April 2, 1860. The bounds of Mystic Street, from Joseph Wyman's house to Win- chester line, were altered in 1860. A destructive fire took place Oct. 21, on the Walter Russell estate. 1861. There was a public meeting in the Town Hall on Sunday evening, April 21, 1861, at which the inhabitants of West Cambridge and many from Belmont assembled. A presi- dent, vice-presidents and secretaries were chosen, and resolu- 156 HISTORY OF. ARLINGTON. tions passed referring to the distracted condition of the country, upholding the lawfully constituted authorities of the nation, applauding those young men of the town who had been the first to enlist as a military corps, and requesting the call of a town meeting to appropriate tlie sum of $10,000 in aid of the families of the soldiers from the town. The proceedings of this meet- ing are carefully entered in full on the town records. A town- meeting was accordingly held April 29, 1861, and the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted : '' Whereas our country is now rent with civil discord, and the Fed- eral Government has called upon the loyal states of our Union for military aid to suppress rebellion against lawful authority, and to up- hold the Constitution and the Laws, and whereas it is expedient in our municipal as well as in our personal relations as good citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to use all means in our power to strengthen the arm of Government to the end that Peace and the Su- premacy of Law may be restored — Therefore, on motion, voted that this town do appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary for the purpose expressed in Article Second ;" that is, for the maintenance and support of those families whose hus- bands, fathers or brothers, belonging to this town, have enlisted or may hereafter enlist in the military service of their country during the term of such service, the same to be expended under the direction of the selectmen. The following recommendations were also adopted : That a bounty of ten dollars be paid to every soldier who shall be duly enrolled and accepted by the State. That every married man or any man having a family dependent on him for support, be paid the sum of twelve dollars per month, during the term of three months from the time of his enrolment and acceptance, unless sooner dis- charged. The balance of the company to be paid each the sum of six dollars per month, during the term of three months from the time of their enrolment and acceptance, unless sooner discharged. That all unexpended balance of subscription money remaining in the hands of the selectmen after equipping the company, be at the disposal of the selectmen of the towns of West Cambridge and Belmont, for the benefit of the soldiers or their families of said towns. A company of infantry numbering eighty-two men, under the command of Captain Albert S. Ingalls, was organized and equipped as the result of these measures, and awaited a call to service. At the end of several weeks it proceeded to Brooklyn, N. Y., in the expectation of joining a regiment, but being dis- appointed the company returned. Thirty-two members of the TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 157 corps, with Capt. Ingalls, immediately re-visited New York and were incorporated into the 40th Regiment of New York Volun- teers.' W. H. Pattee, James A. Bailey, Alfred M. Thorpe, and Daniel Bennem, citizens of the town, were connected with the 5th Regiment Mass. Militia, and accompanied the regiment into immediate service. In 1861 the upper story of the old Centre School House was leased to the Sons of Temperance.^ 1862. A public meeting was held Feb. 22, 1862, in response to the proclamation of the President of the United States, to listen to tiie reading of Washington's Farewell Address. A particular account of the meeting was entered on the town records. The schools of the town at this time were the Northwest Grammar* Intermediate and Primary » the Russell Grammar, Intermediate and Primary; and the East District School. July 22, 1862, in obedience to a call for soldiers for three years, the selectmen were authorized to offer and pay in addition' to the United States bounty and State Aid, the sum of $125 to each and every vol- unteer that may offer, to the number of thirty-one ; the bounty to be paid when the men were sworn into the United States service, — the selectmen and four others to act as a recruiting committee. The town's quota was thirty-three, and that number was furnished at a cost of $4,060.63.' ^ Report of Military Expenditures during the War, entered on the town records. * There was a Washingtonian Society here in 1848. 3 At this meeting, July 22, 1862, the town passed resolves, which were placed on the town records, tendering their kindest symjiathy to Major Albert S. In- galls, in hospital at Annapolis, Md., who had recently lost a limb on the field of battle before Richmond. Also, of greeting to Lieut. Francis Gould, Lieut. John Locke, Lieut. Charles H. GraA'es, and others, " our friends and neighbors," now resting on their laurels near the field of battle before Richmond. At the same meeting, Thomas Braslin, a member of the West Cambridge company, having a furlough in consequence of a Avound received at the battle of Fair Oaks, being present, Avas called upon to address the meeting, and responded in a speech full of patriotism. A collection Avas taken up for him, amounting to $44.27. Albert S. Ingalls, born in Rindge, N. H., Dec. 29, 1830, was a lawyer, and re- moved from Fitchburg to West Cambridge in 18-59. The quota of Massachu- setts being full, his company and himself offered their services to the State of NcAv York, and were mustered into the 40th Regiment of N.Y. Vols, (known as the ^lozart Regiment), Avhich joined the army in Virginia. After the battle of Williamsburg he Avas promoted major of the regiment, and during the fighting before Richmond received a Avound on Jime 30, 1862, by which he lost a leg and eA'entually his life. He was removed to Annapolis, Md., where he died Aug. 11, 1862. His remains were first brought to AVest Cambridge, where they were re- ceived bv the tOAvn authorities and citizens Avith every demonstration of respect^ 15* 158 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON . The Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society and the Drill Club were allowed the use of the Town Hall during 1862. The selectmen were authorized, Aug. 25, 1862, to pay a bounty of $200 to each volunteer for nine naonths in the Army of the United States, residents of this town, the bounty to be joaid as soon as they are sworn and mustered into service. At the same meeting $10,000 was approj^j-iated for the above pui'pose of paying bounties to volun- teers in the nine-months service of the Army of the United States. The town's quota of fifty-four men for nine months (Aug. 25) was supplied at a cost for bounties of $J 0,800, all being citizens of the town. — Report of Military Expenditures. Dec. 8, 1862. Raising as speedily as jaossible the number of men assigned by the Governor of the Commonwealth as the quota of the town of West Cambridge in the nine-months service, is attended to, preference being given to three-years men in respect to bounties, an appropriation being made thei-efor. Dec. 26. — On a call for twenty- six men for nine months, the town furnished that number to serve for three years, at a cost of $3,380. — Report of Military Expenditures. 1863. The purchase of a location, and the erection of a school-house thereon, in the Northwest District, is authorized. This was called the Cutter School House. A clock, presented by James A. E. Bailey, was placed in the grammar schoolroom of this new school-house. July 1, 1863, a di'aft of forty-four men from the town was ordered and made; of this number ten were accepted, who paid the commuta- tion authorized by law of $300 each. 1864. The town voted to establish a High School, and the selectmen were authorized to purchase of the proprietors of the Cotting Academy their building, furniture and land. The school was opened in the December following. In this year the old Union School House and land, and the old school-house in the Northwest District and land, were sold. Feb. 1, 1864. Forty-sis men called for and furnished for the war — cost, $6,900, raised by subscription among the citizens of the town. March 14. — Eighteen men furnished, the cost $2,692, raised in like manner by subscription.* and then conveyed to Fitchburg, and thence to Rindge, N. H., where his funeral took place. — See History of Rindge, N. H., for an extended sketch. Lieut. John Locke, of the 40th New York Regt., died Sept. 22, 1862, aged 39, — gravestone in Arlington. 1 The foUoAving resolve was adopted April 4, 1864 : — " Whereas Washington J. Lane, Esq,, has signified to the town that on account of the state of his health TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE. 159 1865. In town meeting April 3, 1865, it was voted that the superintendent of the Town Hall cause the same to be illumi- nated this evening, in honor of the glorious news of the capture of Richmond. In this year a superintendent of public schools was appointed. Dr. R. L. Hodgdon first held the office. From July 18, 1864, to March 1, 1865, fifty-three men were called for the war, but the town exceeded the call and furnished sixty-four. Cost to town, 1510,976.10, with $7,824 additional subscribed by citi- zens. In this number, eleven substitutes were included, furnished at a cost of $4,500. The following summary shows the amount contri- buted by the town during the war : — Amount paid by the town for bounties . . . $26,386.00 " " " citizens' collections . . . .25,156.10 " '•' " " individually . , . 7,500.00 " State Aid 12,016.63 " collected by the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society 4,314.26^ $75,372.99 1866. The town voted to accept the lot of land donated by the late Hon. James Russell for a public walk or common, on the conditions named by the donor in his will devising the same. It was named Russell Park in 1867. he is compelled to decline a re-election to offices for which at a recent meeting of the citizens he was nominated by acclamatior, it is therefore resolved that the citizens of the town entertain a grateful appreciation of the valuable services of their townsman Mr. Lane, in the important o.'^ces he has held through twelve successive years ; and while the}' sympathize v ith him in the cause of his with- drawal, earnestly hope that renewed health may restore him to the public trusts he has so uprightly and ably fulfilled." Mr. Lane died August 6, 1864, aged 57. * The women of West Cambridge early in the war formed an association for the preparation and transmission of articles needful to wounded and disabled soldiers. The sum above-mentioned was collected by them from a variety of sources, and was used to purchase material to be converted by their forethought and industry into the means of relief and comfort to those who were suflering in the field. Three gentlemen contributed the sum of $570 in aid of recruiting ; and the two physicians of the town, Drs. Hodgdon and Harris, tendered their professional aid to soldiers' families gratis, during their term of service. Among those who lost their lives in connection with the war, was the Rev. Samuel Abbot Smith. He was born April 18, 1829, grad. H. U. 1849, prepared for the ministry at Cambridge Divinity School, and settled over the Unitarian Society in Arlington June 27, 1854, where he remained till his death. He died of a malarious fever contracted at Norfolk, Va., Avhere he had gone on mission- ary service to the armj-. He returned Avith the fever upon him, and died ^May 20, I860, aged 36 years. His death was greatly regretted. A volume entitled Christian Lessons and a Christian Life, containing an ex- tended biography and numerous extracts from his writings, was published by Prof. E. J, Young. See portrait and sketch in .the History of Peterbo7-our/h, N.H. 160 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. In 1866 the town appropriated $10,000 to rebuild the school- house in the Northwest District — burned in the latter part of October, 1866. 1867. Town accepted the flag-stafif standing at the corner of Main and Pleasant Streets, and the flag donated by Benjamin Poland and others. The name of West Cambridge was changed to Arlin2;ton. The name of Arlington, which was now given to the town, had no previous historical significance in the place. It is a purely dis- tinctive appellation, and was deemed a good post-office desig- nation, unlikely to be confounded with the various adjacent localities in Cambridge. The lamented Rev. S. A. Smith, in his published address in 1864, already alluded to, thus protested against a change of name: " I hope the name of the town will never be changed. It would be like giving up our birthright. As the Second Precinct of Cambridge, we hold an honorable place in history ; who would alienate that in- heritance? Other names maybe more euphonious, but as soon should the man give up his surname, consecrated by the good acts, and glori- fied by the patriotism of i3ious and brave ancestors, as we give up that good old name of Cambridge, with which our village was bap- tized in blood on the nineteenth of April." TOWN OF ARLINGTON. 161 Y. TOWN OF ARLINGTON. A preliminary celebration of the change in the name of the town, was made on May 1, 1867, by a salute of one hundred guns, the ringing of bells and a general display of the national colors. A mass meeting was held in the evening at the Town Hall, where music was furnished by the Arlington Band, and addresses by prominent citizens were made. A more formal demonstration was held on June 17, 1867, car- ried out in fine style, and in most respects according to a pub- lished programme. Appropriate decorations were placed through- out the town, the bells were rung at sunrise, and flags on the public staffs and private residences were unfurled for the day. A cavalcade of citizens received the invited guests, including the governor of the State and other functionaries, escorted by the National Lancers, at eleven o'clock, at the entrance of the town a few rods beyond Alewife Brook, and piloted them to the cen- tre of the town, where a salute was fired by a section of a State battery. A procession, under the marshalship of Addison Gage, Esq., was formed, comprising mounted police, bands, the National Lancers, civil officers of the town and state, the legislature, ma- sonic organizations, soldiers of 1812 and the late war, children of the public schools, representation of trades, citizens in car- riages, and a cavalcade, in all over a mile and a half in length. It passed through the principal streets, and a collation was after- ward partaken of by the school children in a large tent on the common near the Unitarian Church, and by the invited guests in a mammoth tent on the grounds of J. R. Bailey, Esq., on Pleasant Street. Dinner was prepared by J. B. Smith, and speeches were made by Governor Bullock, the Hon. Charles Sumner, Rich- ard H. Dana, Jr., Generals Foster and Osborne, and Commodore Rodgers and General Banks of the late war. A poem, written by Mr. J. T. Trowbridge of Arlington for the occasion, was read by Prof. M. T. Brown. The celebration closed with a regatta of Harvard students on the lake. 162 HISTORY or ARLINGTON. In the course of his remarks, Hon. Charles Sumner said : " In coming here to take part in this interesting celebration, I am not insensible to the kindness of good friends among you, through whom the invitation was received. But I confess a neighborly interest in your festival. Born in Boston, and educated in Cambridge, I am one of your neighbors. Acce2)t, then, if you please, the sympathies of a neighbor on this occasion. " Yours is not a large town ; nor has it any considerable history. But what it wants in size and history, it makes up in beauty. Yours is a beautiful town. I know nothing among the exquisite surround- ings of Boston more charming than these slopes and meadows, with the back-ground of hills and the gleam of water. The elements of beauty are all here. Hills are always beautiful ; so is water. I re- member hearing Mrs. Fanny Kemble say more than once that water in a landscape is ' like eyes in the human countenance,' without which the countenance is lifeless. But you have water in abundance, gleam- ing, shining, sparkling in your landscape. The water-nymphs might find a home here. You have gardens also beautiful to the eye and beautiful in their nourishing and luscious supplies. Surely it may be said of those who live here, that their lines have fallen in a pleasant place. " I go too far when I suggest that you are without a history. West Cambridge was a part of that historic Cambridge which was so early famous in our country, the seat of learning and the home of patriot- ism. The honor of Cambridge is yours." After allusions to the times of the Revolution, Mr. Sumner continued : "Many years ago, when I first read the account of this period by one of the early biographers of Washington, Rev. Dr. Bancroft of Worcester, the father of our distinguished historian, I was struck by the statement that ' in case of attack and defeat, the Welsh Mountains in Cambridge and the rear of the lines in Roxbury were appointed as places of rendezvous.' • The Welsh Mountains ' are the hills which skirt your peaceful valley. Since then I have never looked upon those hills, even at a distance — I have never thought of them — without feeling that they are monumental. They testify to that perfect pru- dence which made our commander-in-chief so great. In those hours, when vmdiscijilined patriots were preparing for conflict with the trained soldiers of England, the careful eye of Washington calmly surveying the whole horizon, selected your hills as the breast-work behind which he was to retrieve the day. The hills still stand firm and everlasting as when he looked upon them, but smiling now with fertility and peace." ^ 1871-72. The Arlington Water Works were constructed. Water Commissioners were elected in 1873. Cost of construc- * " The Welsh Mountains near Cambridge, and the rear of the lines at Rox- bury, were designated for that purpose." — Marshall's Washington, vol. ii. p. 230. — Memorandum made by Dr. Benjamin Cutter many years since (died 1864). TOWN OF ARLINGTON. 163 tioa to the town, over $300,000. The source of supply is an artificial reservoir located near by in Lexington, which receives the waters of 1 73 acres, embracing the area known as the Great Meadows in that town. 1872. The town established its public library — transferring the Juvenile Library (established 1835) to it, to be known as the Arlington Public Library. In March, 1872, the town clock in the tower of the Unitarian meeting-house having been destroyed by the falling of the stee- ple of that house in a gale, in Aug. 1871, the town voted to place a new town clock in the tower of the edifice when said tower was re-built.^ In 1872-73 the town erected the large brick Russell School House, at a cost of $57,911.04 and $713 for additional land, to replace the former school-house which had been burned in 1872. In 1872 the Arlington Land Company is mentioned in the town records. A friend contributes the following sketch, furnished by a gen- tleman prominently connected with the formation of this Laud Company : — Arlington Heights, formerly known as Circle Hill, has always been noted for fine scenery, and for the magnificent views, from the summit of the hill, of the city and harbor of Boston, and the numerous towns and cities adjoining. In 1872, an Association, composed mostly of gentlemen doing busi- ness in Boston, purchased several hundred acres of land at this place, with a view to build up a village as a place of residence for them- selves and othei's similarly situated. Slany previous attempts had been made to furnish homes outside the city for its business men, but none had been entirely successful, the prime requisites for such a place being, good facilities for getting to and from the city, pure air and water, good soil and drainage, beautiful natural scenery and surround- 1 Sunday evening, Aug. 27, 1871, about 11 o'clock, a violent gust or tornado came up suddenly from the Avest and blew down the spire of the church edifice of the First Congregational Parish, throwing to the ground the bell and clock. The bell was uninjured, but the clock was badly injured, and the dials were broken. The spire of the Orthodox Church was also blown down, together with its bell, which was uninjured. The Baptist Church edifice, which for sev- eral weeks previous had been undergoing thorough repairs, then nearly com- pleted, was injured by the Avind, and the plastering on the walls and ceiling was thrown down and badly cracked. Throughout the town many chimneys were blown down and some beautiful trees uprooted or broken down. The loss in the town amounted to $25,000 to $30,000^— Statement from First Parish Records. 164 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. ings, and an unexceptionable neighborhood. All these advantages were possessed by Arlington Heights, and under the auspices of the Association vast improvements have already been made, notwithstand- ino- that the enormous shrinkage in value of real estate in the mean time precluded the possibility of financial success. The principal highway, 80 feet in width, called Park Avenue, built by the Association, from the Lexington and Arlington Railroad to the top of the hill, was, in 1874, extended by the County Commissioners to Belmont, and made a county road, and is perhaps the finest street ever constructed under similar auspices in this section of the country. Several members of the Association have built homes for themselves in the village ; among others, Hon. Oliver Warner, Moses Fairbanks, F. V. B. Kern, and George R. Dwelley, Esqs., also Mr. J. T. White, under whose direction and superintendence nearly all the improve- ments have been made. The village now, 1878, contains about 60 houses — many of which are the best models of exterior beauty and interior comfort and con- venience to be found in any houses of the class in the country — and some 250 inhabitants. There is but little local trade or manufacture carried on, most of the residents doing business in Boston.' A weekly newspaper, known as the ArUngton Advocate, was established here in 1872. 1874. The town passed resolutions on the death of the Hon. Charles Sumner, March 18, 1874. 1875. The town made preparations, by appropriation and otherwise, for the celebration of the 19th of April, in this year, in conjunction with the Centennial Celebrations of the Battle of Concord and Lexington; which battle, in 1775, became a con- tinuous one through the precincts of this town on the memorable 1 9th of April of that year. The day was accordingly observed as a holiday by the people of Arlington, and delegates from the town attended the celebrations which simultaneously took place in the neighboring towns. Immense throngs of people passed through the place during the day from Boston and else- where on their way to Lexington and Concord. Nathan Pratt, Esq., in 1875, left a bequest of $25,000 to the 1 A small pamphlet, entitled " A Short Account of the Location and Pros- pects of the New Village at Arlington Heights, showing its advantages as a home for people doing business in Boston," was published by the Arlington Land Company, No. 84 Washington St., Boston. The land in the last century belonged in part to the estate of Bev. Dr. Na- thaniel Appleton, of Cambridge First Parish, Samuel and Francis Locke, and Ephraim Cooke, victualler. See sketch entitled " Our Predecessors," in paper called Our Enterprise, published at Arlington Heights, April 10, 1878 TOWN OF ARLINGTON. 1C5 town, for a Public Library, the High School, and the Poor Wid - ows' Fund. 1877. The town voted to erect stones to mark localities of interest connected with the battle of April 19, 1775. These have been already alluded to in the account of the battle, under the year 1775. In 1877-78 the Locke School House was built at Arlington Heights. 1879. May 30, 1879, occurred the first extensive celebration of Decoration Day in Arlington, in honor of the soldiers of the late war. The Revolutionary tablets and the Revolutionary monument were appropriately decorated, with the stones over the remains of the two Revolutionary soldiers in the old burying- ground. A procession in the afternoon moved in the following order : Chief Marshal, James A. Bailey. Aids — Maj. Robert L. Sawiu Lieut. John H. Hardy, Lieut. Edmuud W. Noyes. Maplewood Band, John A. Spofford, Leader. William Penu Hose Co., AVarren A. Pierce, Foreman, twenty men. Menotomy H. & L. Truck Co., William N. Winn, Foreman, seven men. Highland Hose Co., E. B. Moore, Foreman, six men. Returned Soldiers and Sailors, Wilson W. Fay, Commander ; J. A. Blanchard, E. F. Kenrick, Aids. Cambridge Brigade Band. Mt. Horeb Lodge, No. 19, L. 0. L, James Durgin (mounted). Com- manding. The following programme was carried out in the Town Hall : Overture. — Maplewood Band, twenty pieces. Prayer.— Rev. William F. Potter. Choral. — " To thee, O Country," sixteen male voices.' Remarks. — C. S. Parker, Chairman Committee of Arrangements. Chorus. — " Comrades in Arms," sixteen male voices. Oration. — Rev. J. Lewis Merrill. Selection. — Maplewood Band. Benediction. — Rev. W. J. Parrot. ' Isf Tenor.— AVilliam H. Poole, Edward H. Cutter, B. Delmont Locke, Ste- phen B. Wood. 2d Tenor. — Warren W. Rawson, William E. Wood, Augustus B. Osborn, George H. Rugg. 1st 5a«5.— William Proctor, Charles C. Cox, E. S. Fessenden, F. H. Fessenden. 2d JBa«s.— Herbert H. Ceiley, George A. Field, G. Allen, Thomas H. Russell. 16 166 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. After the exercises in the Town Hall, the procession passed through several of the principal streets, and thence to the ceme- teries, where each grave of a soldier of the war was generously decorated with flowers, in accordance with the custom throughout the country. The names of those whose graves were decorated were as follows : Ml Pleasant Cemeteri/.—Edwavd Clark, James Ferguson, Franklin P ord Samuel Gates, James Gibson, John Grant, Charles G. Haskell, Charles C. Henry, John Locke, Thomas Martin, Charles J. Moore, Henry S. Pollard, S. G. Rawsou, Minot Robbins, William W. Snel- wf^ tT^"" ■^^%'^S"''*'' William Stacy, George Trask, Nathaniel White, Henry W. Whittemore. 20. Old Burying Ground.— George V. Cotting, William Cotting Tomb : Augustus O. W. Cutter, Nehemiah Cutter Tomb ; Albert Frost, Ephraim Frost Tomb: Rev. Samuel A. Smith. 4..— Arlington Advocate. HiRAM Lodge. — Of fraternal societies in the town, the most ancient is the Hiram Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, or- ganized 1797. The Odd Fellows re-instituted a lodge here in 1866. LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. 167 VI. LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. Officers of the Northwest Precinct in Cambridge, 1732-1807. Prudential Committee-vien. Henry Dunster, 1733, 1734. James Cutler, 1733, 1736, 1737, 1739, 1740, 17o0-52. Ephraim Frost, 1733, 1734, 1738, 1741, 1749. Joseph Adams, 1733-35, 1739-41, 1753. Jonathan Butterfield, Jr., 1733, 1736, 1739, 1748, 1749. John Fillebrown. 1734, 1738. Samuel Whittemore, 1734, 1737, 1738, 1740, 1747. WiUiam Russell, 1735. John Winship, 1735, 1737, 1741, 1742. John Butterfield, 1735, 1737, 1743-45. John Swan, 1735. John Cutter, 1736, 1738-46. Abraham Hill, 1736. Walter Russell, 1736. Samuel Cutter, 1737. Thomas Wellington, 1737. Capt. PhUip Carteret, 1738, 1739, 1743, 1746. 1750, 1751, 1756-58, 1760. Seth Reed, 1740, 1752-55, 1761-63, 1765-67 (dismissed and thanks vot- ed for past service) . Wniiam Dickson, 1741. Joseph RusseU, 1742, 1747, 1759, 1764. Nathaniel Francis, 1744, 1745, 1748, 1749. Francis Locke, 1746, 1747. Francis Bowman, 1748. Zeehariah HUl, 1750, 1751. Thomas Hall, 1752-55. Gershom Cutter, 1754-58 (1775— de- clined) . Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760. Jason Russell, 1758, 1761-63. Joseph Adams, Jr., 1759, 1760, 1765- 67. Joseph Wellington, 1761-63. Capt. Thomas Adams, 1764. William Cutler, 1764. Daniel Brown, 1765-67 (1772, 1781— declined) . Patten Russell, 1767-70. William BoAraian, 1768-70 (1771— ex- cused) . Samuel Frost, 1768, 1769 (1770— ex- cused). Samuel Locke, 1770 (excused). Ensign William Adams, 1770 — de- clined; 1773, 1774 ('775, Capt— declined) . Nehemiah Cutter, 1770-72. Walter Russell, 1770 (in room of Pat- ten Russell, who had moved exit of town), 1771, 1773-77 (1781— de- clined). Ebenezer Swan, 1771 (1772 — excused). Samuel Cutter, 1772 (1781— declined). Ammi Cutter, 1772, 1791. Philip Bemis, 1773-75 (1776— ex- cused) . Benjamm Locke, 1775 (1776 — ex- cused). Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1776-85. Gershom Cutter, Jr., 1776, 1777. Thomas Whittemore, 1778-84. Philemon Russell, 1778-80 (1781— de- clined), 1782-84. Amos Warren, 1781— declined; 1784, 1785. Thomas Russell, 1781— declined; 1785 — declined. Benjamin Piper, 1781. John Adams, 1785— declined; 1792, 1793, 1802-05. Samuel Butterfield, 1785, 1786 (1787— declined) . Jeduthun Wellington, 1786-90, 1797- 1801. Seth Wvman, 1786-90. George Prentice, 1787-90, 1797-1805. Samuel Locke, 1791-93. Philip Whittemore, 1791. James Russell, 1792, 1793, 1806. Capt. Solomon Peirce, 1794, 1795. Benjamin Cutter, 1794-1801. Seth Frost, 1794-96. Amos Frost, 1796. Daniel Adams, 1802-07. Jonathan Whittemore, 1806, 1807. Noah Russell, 1807. 168 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Precinct Clerks. John Cutter, 1733-65 — thanks ex- tended him in 1767 for many years' service. Ammi Cutter. 1766, 1767, 1772, 1784, 1785. Thomas Hall, Jr., 1768, 1769. William Whittemore, 1770, 1771 (1772 — declined serving — thanks voted for past services), 1782-84. Walter Russell, 1773-81. John Cutter, Jr., 1786-88. Samuel Locke, 1789-1805. Thomas Russell, Jr., 1806, 1807. Precinct Treasurers. John FiUebro^ra, 1733. John Cutter, 1734. Joseph Adams, 1735-50 — thanks ex- tended to him in 1767 for past ser- vice. Lieut. Samuel Whittemore, 1751-57 — thanks were extended to him, 1767, for past service. John Cutter, Jr., 1758-61. Dea. Joseph Adams,l762-67— thanked, 1767, treasurer five years. Contin- ued in office, 1768-81. Li 1788 com- pensation was allowed him for 19 years' service as Treasurer. Lieut. Samuel Cutter, 1782. Capt. William Adams, 1783, 1784 (1785 — declined) . Lieut. Daniel Brown, 1785 (declined). William Whittemore, 1785 (1786— ex- cused) . Seth Wvman, 1786 — excused. SamuelWhittemore, Jr., 1786 (1787— excused). Samuel Locke, 1787— refused; 1788— excused. Jeduthun Wellington, 1787-92. Ebenezer Hall, 1793-1807. Precinct Assessors. Ephraim Frost, 1733, 1734, 1736, 1738, 1741, 1749. Joseph Adams, 1733, 1734, 1753. Jonathan Butterfield, Jr., 1733, 1734, 1736, 1739, 1747-49. John Butterfield, 1735, 1743-45. Gershom Cutter, Jr., 1735. Thomas Hall, 1735, 1752-55. James Cutler, 1736, 1737, 1739, 1740, 1750-52. John Cutter, 1737, 1741, 1743-45. Samuel Cutter, 1737. Samuel Whittemore, 1737 (in place of Samuel Cutter, dec'd), 1738, 1740, 1747. Capt. Philip Carteret. 1738, 1739, 1743, 1746,* 1750, 1751, 1756-58, 1760. Seth Reed, 1740, 1752-65, 1761-63, 1765-67. William Dickson, 1741, 1742. John Winship, 1742. Gershom Cutter. Jr., 1742, 1754-58. Nathaniel Francis, 1744, 1745, 1748, 1749. Francis Locke, 1746, 1747. Zechariah Hill, 1746, 1750, 1751. Joseph Russell, 1747, 1759, 1764. Francis Bowman, 1748. Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760. Jason Russell, 1758, 1761-63. Joseph Adams, Jr., 1759, 1760, 1765- 1767. Joseph Wellington, 1761-63. Capt. Thomas Adams, 1764. William Cutler, 1764. Daniel Brown, 1765-67. Patten Russell, 1767-70. William Bowman, 1768-70. Samuel Frost, 1768, 1769. Nehemiah Cutter, 1770-72. Walter RusseU, 1770, 1771, 1773-77. Ebenezer Swan, 1771. Samuel Cutter, 1772. Ammi Cutter, 1772, 1791. Philip Bemis, 1773-75. Ens. William Adams, 1773,' 1774. Benjamin Locke, 1775. Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1776-85, 1794. Gershom Cutter, Jr., 1776, 1777. Thomas Whittemore, 1778-84. Philemon Russell, 1778-80, 1782-84. Benjamin Piper, 1781. Amos Warren, 1784, 1785. * Feb. 2, 1746-7, Jonathan Butterfield was chosen Assessor in place of Capt. Carteret, who from sickness was prevented from serving in that office. LIST OP PUBLIC OFFICERS. 169 Thomas Russell, 1785 — declined. John Adams, 1785— declined; 1792, 1793, 1795, 1801, 1807. Samuel Butterfield, 1785, 1786. Jeduthun Wellington, 1786-90, 1794, 1796. Seth Wyman, 1786-90, 1794. George Prentice, 1787-90, 1799, 1800, 1803-05. Samuel Locke, 1791-93, 1795. Philip "Whittemore, 1791. James Russell, 1792. Jonathan Perry, 1793. Benjamin Cutter, 1795, 1796, 1801, 1802. Capt. Stephen Frost, 1796, 1797. Daniel Reed, 1797-99. Seth Frost, 1797, 1798. Ebenezer Hall, 1798-1800. James Cutter, 1799 — declined. Ebenezer Cutter, 1800. David Hill, 1801, 1802. John Estabrook, 1801. Jonathan AVhittemore, 1802. Ichabod Fessenden, 1803, 1804. Daniel Reed, 1803-07. Jonas Peirce, 1805-07. WiUiam Hill, Jr., 1806. Precinct Collectors. John "Winship, 1733. Ephraim Cook, 1734— fined for failing to serve. Jason Winship, 1734. ■William Cutter, 1735. Zechariah Hill, 1736. Joseph Bemis, 1737. David Dunster, 1738— fined for refus- ing to serve. John Fillebrown, 1738. William Butterfield, 1738. Closes Harrington, 1739. "Walter Russell. Jr., 1740. James Cutler, Jr., 1741. Joseph Belknap, 1742 — fined. ■William Robbins, 1742. Samuel Swan, 1743. George Cutter, 1744. William Withington, 1745. William Winship, Jr., 1746. Francis Locke, 1747. Timothy Swan, 1748. Joseph Frost, 1749 — fined for not serv- ing. Samuel Frost. 1749 (1771— fined). Aaron Cutter, 1750 Joseph Russell, 1751. Richard Cutter, 1752. William Adams, 1753. Jason Dunster, 1754. Walter Dickson, 1755. Thomas Cutter, 1756. Samuel Locke, 1757. Jonathan Cutter, 1758. Patten Russell, 1759. Samuel Russell, 1760. John Swan, 1761. Jason Winship, Jr., 1762 — dismissed ; again chosen, 1766. Seth Russell, 1762, 1777, 1778. Benjamin Locke, 1763. Thomas Reed, 1764. Ephraim Cook, 1765. Samuel Swan, 1767 — dismissed. Ebenezer Prentice, 1767. William Whittemore, 1768, 1769. Francis Locke, Jr., 1769. James Perry, 1770. Joseph Belknap, Jr., 1771. Walter Russell, 1772 — excused. Zechariah Hill, 1772. Samuel Cutter, Jr., 1773, 1774. Aaron Swan, 1774 — excused. Joshua Kendall, 1775 — excused. Joseph Wellington, 1775. William Cutler, 1776 — excused. Samuel Whittemore, Jr., 1776, 1777. Samuel Hill, 1777, 1780. Amos Warren, 1779 — excused. (A committee was chosen to hire a col- lector in 1779.) William Cutter, 1781, 1785. Jeduthun Wellington. 1782. Jonathan Perry, 1783, 1790, 1791. Seth Stone, 1784, 1788 (The collector- ship set up at vendue, 1788.) Dea. Joseph Adams, 1786. Enoch Wellington, 1787. Eben'r Hall (collector for Mr. Fiske's settlement), 1788. Noah Russell, 1789, 1804, 1805. George Prentice, 1792, 1795-1801, 1806, 1807. Samuel Hunt, 1793. Lieut. James Russell, 1794. Ebenezer Cutter, 1802. Ebenezer Thompson, 1803. 16* 170 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Principal Town Officers of West Cambridge, 1807-1867. Representatives. Samuel Butterfield, 1808-11. Thomas Kussell, 1812-17 (1818— none sent), 1819-21 (1822— none sent), 1823-27 (1828— none sent). Benjamin Locke, Esq., 1829-31. Leonard Green, 1832, 1833, 1835. Joshua Avery, 1834, 1836, 1837. James Russell, Esq., 1838, 1839 (re- signed), 1841, 1842, William Locke, 2d, 1838-40. Jesse P. Pattee, 1840. George Stearns, 1843. Josiah H. Russell, 1844. Joseph O. Wellington, 1845 (1846— none sent). William Dickson, 1847 (1848— none sent) . Reuben Hopkins, 1849. David W. Horton, 1850. Mansur W. Marsh, 1851. Nehemiah M. Fessenden, 1852, 1855. Albert Winn, 1853, 1861. Rev. George Hill, 1854. John Schouler, 1856. Moses Proctor, 1857 (Sixth Middlesex District — with town of Winchester). Joseph Burrage, 1859. Samuel Butterfield, 1863. Joseph S.Potter, 1865-67. Select): Jonathan Whittemore, 1807, 1808. Daniel Adams, 1807-12. John Tufts, 1807. 1808. Samuel Locke, Esq., 1807 (1808— ex- cused) . William Whittemore, Jr., 1807, Esq. 1808. James Hill, 1808. George Prentiss, 1809-12. Thomas Russell, Jr., 1809-25. James Perry, 1813-22. Walter Russell, 1813-18. Benjamin Locke, 1819-22. William Locke, 2d, 1823-26, 1836 (thanks of town voted 1837, for his long and faithful services) . Jonathan Frost, 1823-25. Charles Wellington, 1826-31. Joshua Avery, 1826-36 (thanks of town voted 1837, for his long and faithful services in this office) . Henry Wellington, 1827-29. Abner Peirce, 1830-35. Edward Smith, 1832-36 (thanks of town voted 1837, for his services in this office) . James Russell, Esq., 1837-44. Philip B. Fessenden. 1837-40. Leonard Green, 1837-40. Mansur W. Marsh, 1841-48, 1851-53, 1855-57. Walter Fletcher, 1841-43. John Schouler, 1844-46, 1853. Josiah H. Russell, 1845, 1846. William Dickson, 1847-50, 1854-57. Albert Winn, 1847-50, 1852. 1853, 1856, 1857. Amos Hill, Jr., 1849. Joseph O. Wellington, 1850, 1854. Lewis P.Bartlett, 1851, 1852. Moses Proctor, 1851. Washington J. Lane, 1854, 1858-63. George C. Russell, 1855. Samuel Butterfield, 1858-66. Samuel F. Woodbridge. 1858-62 (re- signed, and thanks of town voted). William Stowe, 1862 (declined). Samuel S. Davis, 1863-67. Reiiben Hopkins, 1864. Joseph S. Potter, 1865-67. George Hill, 1867 (declined). Assessors. George Prentiss, 1808-11, 1816. Benjamin Locke, 1808-19. Samuel Butterfield, 1808-11, 1814, 1815. Daniel Adams, 1812, 1813. Isaac Locke, 1812-15, 1820-25, 1833- 38. John Adams. 1816. James Hill, 1817-19. William Locke, Jr., 1817-19, 2d, 1820, 1821, Jr., 1822, 2d, 1823-25, Esq., 1842, 1843, 1846. Joshua Avery, 1820-22, 1838. Miles Gardner, 1823-25, 1827, 1828. LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. 171 Jonathan Frost, 2d, 1826-28 (excused 1828). John Perry, 1826-31, Walter Russell, 1826. Ephraim Tufts, 1828 (excused). Amos Hill, 1828 (excused). George Stearns, 1828-34. Reuben Johnson, 1829-34. Kimball Farmer, 1832-34. David Dodge, 1835-41, Benjamin Hill, 1835-37, Mansur W, Marsh, 1839-41, 1843. Charles Muzzev, 1839-41. Daniel Cady, 1843. Abbot Alien, 1844. Thomas P. Peirce, 1844, 1845, 1848, Silas Frost, 1844, 1845, William Dickson, 1845, 1846, 1850-60 (resigned) , Isaiah Jenkins, 1846, Daniel Clark, 1847, Edwin Irocke, 1847. Davis Locke, 1847. Washington J. Lane, 1848, 1851, 1852, 1854, 1857-63. Joseph O. AVellington, 1848, 1849, 1855. David Clark, 1849, 1850, Albert Winn, 1849, 1866, 1867, Stephen Symmes, Jr,, 1850-67, George A, Locke, 1853, George C, Russell, 1856, 1864,1865. Samuel S. Davis, 1860-63. David Crosbv, 1864. George Y. AVeUington, 1865, 1866, Abel R, Proctor, 1867. Town Clerics. Thomas RusseU, Jr., 1807-25 (1826— excused), Timothy Wellington, 1826-34, Henry AYhittemore, 1 835 (excused j, Isaac"Shattuck, Jr,, 1835-3S, Benjamin Poland, 1839-42. William Whittemore, Jr.. 1843-45 (re- signed) . William M, Chase, 1845. Moses Proctor, 1846-52, John Locke, 1853-55, Abel R, Proctor, 1856-67. Toicn Treasurers. John Adams, 1807-18. Walter Russell, 1819-26, 1831 (re- signed). Gershom Whittemore, 1827, 1828. Isaac Hill, 1829 (resigned). Col. Thomas Russell, 1S30. Benjamin Hill, 1830-38. Abbot Allen, 1839-46. Thomas J. Russell, 1847. Josiah H. Russell, 184><-59. Abel R. Proctor, 1869-67. General School Committee-men, since 1827. See Historv of Town for that vear. Timothy Wellington, 1827, 1831, 1834, 1835. Miles Gardner, 1827. Walter Russell, 1827. Col. Thomas Russell, 1827, 1831, 1837. James Russell, Esq., 1828, 1829, 1832, 1839-41. Charles Wellington, 1828. Jonathan M. Dexter, 1828, 1829, 1835- 1837. Rev. Ebenezer Nelson, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1833— thanks of the town ex- ,tended for his faithful services as one of the school committee, in 1834. Rev. F. H. Hedge, 1830, 1832, 1833. James Nason, 1830, 1832 (vacant by removal from town) , James Brown, 1831. Isaac Locke, 1832 (resigned), George A, Locke, 1833, 1834, 1849, David Dodge, 1834-38 (excused), 1842 ( excused) , Rev. David Damon, 1836-38, Henrv Whittemore, Esq., 1837, 1838, 1847, 1848. William Hill, 2d, 1837, 1838. Philip B. Fessenden, 1838. William W, Wellington, 1838 (ex- cused) , Samuel L, Cutter, 1838, Rev. Timothy C. Tingley, 1839-41. William Locke, 2d, 1839 (excused). John Fowle, 1839, 1810. Abner Peirce, 1839. Mansur W. Marsh, 1839-41, 1848, 1850. Nathan Robbins, 1840. 172 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Rev. J. C.Waldo, 1842 (excused), 1846, 1847. Luke Wvman, 1842, 1843. Joseph Ilill, 1842-44. Josiah II. liussell, 1842, 1844, Moses Proctor, 1842, 1843, 1858-60. George C. Russell, 1842, 1847. George Holden, 1843. Ebenezer P. Peirce, 1843-45, 1847. Rev. William Ware, 1844, 1845. Luke Wyman, Jr., 1844. Rev. Fmncis Horton, 1845-48, 1853. Rev. George J. Carlton, 1846. Rev. Willard Spalding, 1848. John Field, 1848. David W. Horton, 1849, 1850. Rev. James F. Brown, 1849. Abner Gardner, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1854. John Schouler, 1849. William J. Niles, 1850 (resigned). Thomas P. Peirce, 1850 (excused), 1863. John P. Wyman, 1850, 1855. Dr. Howland Holmes, 1850. Rev. George Hill, 1850, 1851-56, 1858, 1859. Stephen Symmes, Jr., 1851, 1854, 1859- 1861. Joseph 0. Wellington, 1851, 1852, 1857. Addison Hill, 1851, 1853-55. Joseph Burrage, 1852, 1853. James E. Bailey, 1852. Rev. Joseph Banvard, 1853. Dr. Joseph Underwood, 1854, 1855, 1857. Dr. J. L. Alexander, 1855. Rev. Samuel B. Swaim, 1856,1860-62. William E. Parmenter, Esq., 1856-67. Dr. Richard L. Hodgdon, 1856, 1857. AVarren S. Frost, 1856. Josiah Crosby, 1857, 1859-67. Edwin Locke, 1858. John Adams, 1858. John D. Freeman, 1858-63 (resigned). Rev. Daniel R. Cady, 1861-67. Rev. William E. Gibbs, 1862-67. Rev. Samuel Abbot Smith, 1863-65 (deceased). Henry SAvan, 1864-67. Samuel G. Damon, 1866-67. Rev. Amos Harris, 1867 (declined). Rev. Chai-les C. Salter, 1867. i Principal Town Officers of Arlington, 1867-1879. Representatives. Joseph S. Potter, 1867. Jesse Bacon, 1869. J. Wiiislow Peirce, 1872. Samuel D. Hicks, 1875. William G. Peck, 1877, 1879. Selectmen. Samuel S. Davis, 1867, 1871. Joseph S. Potter, 1867, 1868. Charles H. Crane, 1867. J. Winslow Peirce, 1868-71, 1873. Jacob F. Hobbs, 1868-70, 1872. Otis Green, 1868, 1869. George C. Russell, 1870. Warren Rawson, 1871, 1872. John S. Crosby, 1872. Stephen Symmes, Jr., 1867. Albert Winn, 1867, 1868. Abel R. Proctor, 1867. Addison Hill, 1868-71. John F. Allen, 1868-72. George C.Russell, 1869-71. Jesse Bacon, 1872. James Durgin, 1872, 1874-78. Henry Mott, 1873, 1878, 1879. Henry Swan, 1873. John S chouler, 1874-77. AVilliam G. Peck, 1874-77. William H. Allen, 1878, 1879. James A. Bailey, 1879. Assessors. Ira 0. Carter, 1872. Henry Mott. 1872, 1873-79. B. Delmont Locke, 1873-79. Charles Schwamb, 1873. Thomas P. Peirce, 1873-79. LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. 173 Town Clerics. Abel R. Proctor, 1867, 1868 (resigned). John F. Allen, 1868-74 (resigned). B. Delmont Locke, 187-1-79. Abel R. Proctor, 1867. John F. Allen, 1868-74 (resigned) Town Treasurers. I B. Delmont Locke, 1874-79. School Committee^ Rev. Daniel R. Cady, 1867-77 (re- moved from town) . Rev. Charles C. Salter, 1867-69 (re- signed) . William E. Parmenter, 1867-79— term expires 1880. Rev. J.W. Keyes, 1868-69 (left town). Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, 1868-71. John Field, 1868-70. Henry J. Wells, 1868-72. Josiah Crosby, 1868-76. Henry Swan, 1869-79 — term expires 1881. Samuel G. Damon, 1869t-70. Ira O. Carter, 1870-73. Moses Hunt, 1870-71. Charles E. Goodwin, 1870-79— term expires 1880. Charles H.Crane, 1871 (declined and excused) . John T. Trowbridge, 1871-77. Charles Schwamb, 1871-74. Rev. William H. Ryder, 1872 (re- signed) . Rev. J.M.Finotti, 1873-75 (left town). Rev. Amos Harris, 1874-75 (left town) . John H. Hardv, 1874-76. Alfred Hobbs," 1874-78. Rev. George W. Cutter, 1875-76. John W. AYest. 1875-77. William H. Allen, 1876-79— term ex- pires 1882. John P. Wyman, 1876-79. John S. Crosby, 1876-79— term expires 1882. F. V. B. Kern, 1876-79— term expires 1880. Daniel F. Jones, 1877-79— term ex- pires 1881. Rev. Matthew Harkins, 1878-79— term expires 1881. Marcus Morton, 1879 — term expires 1882. * Josiah Crosby, Henry Swan and Samuel G. Damon, elected by West Cambridge, con- tinued in office after the name of the town was changed to Arlington, their terms being unexpired. t A lady was chosen for two years, in 1869, but declined. 174 HISTORY or ARLINGTON. YIT. PRESENT RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. First Congregational Parish. — Continued from pages 116- 120. Some items from the second volume of parish records are here presented. 1840. Former meetiiig-house taken down, and a new meeting-house built on the same site. The parish committee were empowered to let the vestry for holding meetings, to the citizens of the town. It was voted that the vestry be called and known by the name of Parish Hall. 1843, Dec. 7. Rev. William Ware invited to settle as minister. On Aug. 11, 1845, a communication was received from Mr. Ware re- signing his office as pastor of the Society. 1848, Aug. 15. James Francis Brown received a call to settle over this parish as their gospel minister. On Nov. 1, 1848, he was or- dained. He died at Springfield, Mass., June 14, 1853, aged 33, and in the fifth year of his ministry at West Cambridge. Funeral, June 15th, from the meeting-house in West Cambridge.' 1854, March 13. Samuel Abbot Smith invited as pastor. Ordained June 22, 1854. He died in West Cambridge, May 20, 1865, aged 36, and in the eleventh year of his ministry. 1856, Jan. 1. The Society lost their meeting-house by fire. A new meeting-house (the present edifice) was dedicated Jan. 1, 1857. 1865, Oct. 2. Charles C. Salter chosen minister. Ordained June 6, 1866. Resigned Jan. 31, 1869. 1869, Dec. 27. George W. Cutter chosen minister. Ordained Jan. 26, 1870. Resigned Jan. 31, 1877. 1871. The steeiDle of the edifice belonging to this Society was blown down by a gale. A new spire was erected similar to the one blown down, and of the same dimensions, in 1872. 1878, July 15. William J. Parrot chosen minister. Installed Oct. 17, 1878. A Congregational Unitarian Society was established at Bel- mont, before that neighborhood was set off as a town, of which Amos Smith was minister, 1858-59. 1 James Francis Brown, ordained as the Cliristian minister of the First Con- gregational Parish in West Cambridge on Nov. 1, 1848, was born in Boston, Jan. 4, 1820. A stone was erected at his grave in Mount Pleasant Cemetery by the Sunday School and friends who were desirous thus to testify their grateful attachment to the memory of their deceased pastor. A sermon preached at "West Cambridge on the Sabbath after the death of Mr. Brown, by Rev. Nathan- iel Hall, of Dorchester, who officiated at his funeral, by vote of the parish was published. Text, John 17 : 4. A work of 96 pages, entitled " The Children's PRESENT RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 175 Baptist Society. — Meetings of persons friendly to sentiments of this denomination were held in this place as early as the year 1773.' The earliest known records of the society are dated Sept. 4, 1780, when " a number of the Baptist Society in Cam- bridge met at Stephen Robbins's to have some discourse about sending a letter to the Association^ to inform them of our cir- cumstances and to desire their prayers for us." This letter was signed by Thomas Williams, John Williams and Stephen Rob- bins. A compact of six articles, drawn by a committee, of which Capt. Benjamin Locke was chairman, was agreed upon Dec. 15, 1780, by Thomas Williams and thirty-eight others, four of whom only were religious professors. The design was to unite those who were friends of the cause, understanding its merits, and ac- tuated by worthy motives. The first parish meeting was held March 6, 1781, and measures were taken to provide a place of worship, which resulted in the purchase of '' Capt. Locke's house for a hundred dollars silver." A meeting was held June 4, 1781, of persons desirous of forming a church. This was duly recognized July 5, following, by a council. In Sept. 1781, the church w^iS received, with twenty-seven members, John Williams delegate, into the Warren Association, assembled at Brimfield. Mr. Thomas Green was appointed by the Association to " preach at Cambridge, the third Lord's day in November," and was en- gaged by the Society in July, 1782, to preach six weeks or two mouths on probation, but continued in that service over a year, when the Society at length concurred with the church in calling him as the regular pastor. His ordination occurred Nov. 26, 1783. In 1790 an arrangement was made with Mr. Green to preacli once a mouth in Woburn. The Woburn members of this Society in that year amounted to tweuty-two.- Soon after it was agreed, owing to increase of members there, that he should preach half the time in Woburn, and the name of the church Gift" (Boston, 1854), printed expressly for the children of his Sunday School, in accordance with his -wish, contains a number of his writings. 1 For this sketch we are indebted to a History of the Baptist Church in Ar- lington, mainly written by Dr. SAvaim, and published in the Arlington Baptist Chm-ch Book. The writer of that sketch quotes Backus's History to the eflfect that a Baptist church existed in Cambridge as early as 1751. ^ See Sewall's History of Woburn, p. 48-1. 176 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. was altered to the " Cambridge and Woburn Baptist Church." The Woburn branch of the church gained more rapidly than the mother church; a new meeting-house was built in Woburn in 1794, and the organization became known solely as the " Woburn Baptist Church." In 1790 the society here had purchased " a spot five rods square " of Ephraim Cooke, and erected a house of worship, now occupied as a dwelluig-house, and situated at the east corner of Brattle Street. Here meetings were held more or less frequently as preaching could be obtained, and the pai'ish organization was continued until greater encouragement offered. Stephen Cutter, by will dated March 4, 1816, left a legacy to the Society of $5,000, to be paid at the death of his wife Mary Cutter. She generously relinquished nearly one-half, eighteen years before the time, and by her will, dated Sept. 2, 1834, added in land and money, save a few small legacies, her whole estate, all amounting to $11,375.24, including the present commodiovxs par- sonage. An act of incorporation of the Society was obtained Dec. 14, 1816, and on Nov. 20, 1817, twenty-two persons, mostly connected with the existing church at Woburn, were by a council constituted the West Cambridge Baptist Church.' On Sept. 9, 1 828, a new meeting-house was dedicated in the present locality on land given by Mary Cutter. The Sabbath School was or- ganized Oct. 21, 1828. A new and more commodious church edifice was dedicated March 31, 1853. The house is of the Gothic style of architecture, and was erected at the cost of $15,000, including an or- gan and other appurtenances. It was subjected to extensive repairs about 1871, at an expense of over $11,000. The ministers of the Society have been: — Thomas Green, 1783-93; position of minister vacant, 1794-1818; Benjamin C. Grafton, 1818- 23; John Ormsby, 1824-27; Ebenezer Nelson, 1828-34; Appleton Morse and Charles Miller, 1834-38;' Timothy C. Tingley, 1838-45; George J. Carleton, 1845-51; Joseph Banvard, 1851-53; Samuel B. Swaim, 1854-62; John Duncan, 1863-64; Amos Harris, 1865-75; Charles H. Spaulding, 1876-79. Universalist Society. — A Society of this denomination ap- pears to have existed in the town as early as 1832, but without a regular established organization till Aug. 13, 1840, when it ■was voted to build a meeting-house, and a Society was organ- ized under the name of the First Universalist Society in 1 The names of the original members of the church, formed Nov. 20, 1817, -were Daniel Brooks, Mary Cutter, Elizabeth Williams, Abigail Robbins, Deliv- erance Winship, Lydia Jones, Simeon Harrington, William Symmes, Nathan Russell, Jr., Seth Reed, Charles Mackintire, Martha Frost, Thomas H. Teel, Eliza Frost, Sally Putnam, Lucy Tufts, Leonard Cox, Susanna Crosby, Bath- sheba Brooks, Rachel Dickson, Hannah Estabrook, Daniel Crouch. 22. ^ So given in the Arlington Baptist Church Book, but not recognized as such in the Massachusetts Registers of the time. PRESENT RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 177 West Cambridge/ The meeting-house was accordingly built in 1840, and dedicated on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1841. On Feb. 21, 1848, the Society voted to petition the General Court for an act of incorporation. The first regular minister was the Eev. J. C. Waldo, whose term of service commenced on the first Sabbath after March 15, 1841, On April 1 2, following, the Society voted that he be installed. He remained as minister till 1847. On Sept. 20, of that year, the Rev. Willard Spaulding was invited as pastor ; and he was followed by the Rev. Oeorge Hill, who was first engaged to supply the pulpit on Aug. 27, 1849, and invited to become^lie minister of the Society on Feb. 5, 1850. After a ten-years' pamorate his resignation was accepted Jan. 16, 1860. He was succeeded by the Rev. William E. Gibbs, who was invited to become pastor on May 28, 1860. Mr. Gibbs remained minister until Oct. 1, 1866, when his resignation took effect, and he was followed by Rev. J. W. Keyes, who was invited Dec. 7, 1866. On Aug. 30, 1869, the resignation of Mr. Keyes was accepted, to take effect Oct. 1, that year. Rev. William H. Ryder was invited March 20, 1871. He resigned May 20, 1873. The present minister is the Rev. William F. Potter, who began to preach to the Society on the first Sunday in July, 1876.' Orthodox Congregational Society. — On the evening of June 8, 1842, several members of Orthodox churches, residing in West Cambridge and its vicinity, met at the residence of Miss Anna Bradshaw, for religious worship. Miss Bradshaw, the grand-daughter of the Rev. Samuel Cooke, the first minister of the Old Parish of the town (1739-1783), resided in the old parsonage of her grandfatlier on Pleasant Street, next the bury- ing-ground. The Rev. Dr. Albro, of Cambridge, was present on the above evening, and addressed the meeting. A weekly meeting for conference and prayer was at this time established. July 10, following, a sermon was preached under a large tent, erected on the grounds of Miss A. Bradshaw, for the celebra- tion of national independence. An appointment was made for ^^The " subscribers to a fund for building a Universalist meeting-house in the toiftTi of West Cambridge," Avho petitioned for a "^'arrant for a parish meet- ing on Aug. 3, 18-iO, were Henry Frost, Jefferson Cutter, Joseph Locke, Wil- liam L. Clark, Francis Russell, AVilliam AVhittemore, Ammi C. Teel, Kimball Farmer, John Fowle, John Jarvis, Jesse P. Pattee, Josiah H. Russell, and Moses Bacon, clerk. 2 Thanks are extended to Mr. Arthur W. Peirce for assistance in preparing this sketch. 17 178 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. preaching on the ensuing Sabbath at Miss Bradshaw's house. Services were held in the meeting-house of the Baptist Society four Sabbath evenings, and a hall was afterward used as a place of worship, Nov. 20, 1842, a meeting was held at a private house to consider the expediency of forming a church, and it was unanimously voted expedient to organize an Orthodox Con- gregational Church in West Cambridge. A council for the pur pose was held Dec. 14, 1842, and the public services of the organization were held in the Baptist Church. Nov. 29, 1844, the Society dedicated its raeeting-lrouse ; the lot on which it stands being the generous gift of Miss Anna Bradshaw. The house, after being repaired and enlarged at an expense equal- ling its original cost, was re-opened for worship on Nov. 15 1857.' The ministers of this Society have been : — Francis Horton, installed May 17, 1843; dismissed March 29, 1854. Daniel R. Cady, installed Feb. 14, 1856; dismissed July 1, 1877. J. Lewis Merrill, jDresent minister, installed Jan. 3, 1878. The deacons of the church previous to 1859, were — Luke Wyman and Miles Gardner, elected 1842. John Field^ and Joseph Burrage, elected 1857. 1 See Church Manual. The original members of the church were Rev. Thacldeus Fiske, D.D., Miles Gardner, Jonathan Teel, Thomas Teel, Edwin R. Walker, Luke Wyman, John Williams, Luke Wyman, Jr., James Wyman, Mrs. Lucy Fiske, Mrs. Lydia Teel, Mrs. Lydia T. Richardson, Mrs. Adeline W. Dodge, Miss Susan F. Teel, Miss Lydia T. Gardner, Miss Almira Gardner, Mrs. Lydia Gardner, Mrs. Mary Frost, ^liss Anna Bradshaw, Mrs. Ellen Bartlett, Mrs. Rebecca Williams, Miss Lucy Davis, Mrs. E. C. Proctor, Miss Catherine H. Pollard [Mrs. Symmes], Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Frances A. Thompson, Mrs. Mary Ann Wyman, Mrs. Rebecca A. Drurj', Mrs. Amy Locke, Mrs. Eliza Osborn, Mrs. Electa B. Hill, Mrs, Ruthy Wyman, Mrs, H. M. Bemis, 33. ^ John Field went to Boston from Peterborough, N. H., in 1831, and en- gaged in the hide and leather business under the firm of Field & Converse, in which he was eminently successful. He died July 31, 1876, aged 66. See por- trait and sketch in History of Peterborough, N. H. He was remarkable for his systematic generosity to benevolent objects. He quietly gave his name and his influence to every good word and work. Rev. Daniel R. Cady, D.D., d. at Westboro', May 17, 1879. He was born in Malta, Saratoga Co., N.Y., Oct. 8, 1813, and graduated at Williams College in 1838. After studying and practising law two years, he studied for the min- istry, and graduated at Andover in 1845. He was ordained at Rutland, Mass., the same year, and preached there four years ; was then settled in Westboro,' and remained there from 1849 to 1856 ; then settled in Arlington till 1877, then re- turned and passed the remainder of his life in Westboro' . He was a man of sound -judgment and lovely Christian spirit, careful in his statements, never speaking ill of people, and slow to believe aught against any. He was also a man of .thorough culture and a good preacher. PRESENT RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 179 St. Malachy's Church (Roman Catholic). — Tlie Catholics of Arlington formerly attended divine service in St. Peter's Church, Cambridge. In the year 1869 their increasing number induced the Rev. M. P. Dougherty, pastor of that Church, to organize an independent congregation and build a church edifice for Arlington. This building was used for the first time on Christmas day, 1870. It was not, however, formally dedicated until September, 1874, when it received the title of St. Malachy. Rev. Mr. Dougherty retained charge of the new parish until January 1st, 1873, when the Rev. J. M. Finotti was appointed to succeed him. Under his administration a parochial residence was purchased, and various improvements made in the church. He was assisted by Revs. J. B. Galvin and M. D. Murphy. Continued ill health obliged him in April, 1876, to resign his charge.* The present pastor is Rev. M. Harkins, who is as- sisted by Rev. J. J. O'Brien.* The Methodist Society. — About 1872, a Society of this de- nomination was formed, and has since held religious services in various halls in the town. Rev. J. W. Owens was their first minister. At present, most of the congregation attend worship at a church in West Medford. St. John's Church (Episcopal). — In 1875 religious services were first held in Arlington in conformity to the Liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. Eiforts were soon made to erect a chapel, which has since been com- pleted. A parish has been organized, and now awaits ad- mission into union with the Convention of the Diocese of Mas- sachusetts. The Rev. D. G. Haskins, S.T.D., is the officiating Rector. * Mr. Finotti, a native of Italy, "was the author of a Bibliographia Catholica Americana, or a list of works written by Catholic Authors and published in the United States. See N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, xxvii. 438. 2/Obligation is expressed to Eev. Mr, Harkins, who kindly furnished this sketch. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SECOND PRECINCT IN CAMBRIDGE. AFTERWARD THE TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE AND THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. The Genealogical Register is compiled from the following sources : — (1) A Church Book given to the Second Church in Cambridge by the Rev. Samuel Cooke, pastor. This book has a list of the members admitted at the gathering of the church 9 Sept. 1739 — the admissions to full communion by the church — the admissions to the church by the Rev. Thaddeus Fiske — the mem- bers of the Northwest Precinct Church regularly dismissed — the names of those who owned their covenant duriiig Mr. Cooke's ministry, also those during the ministry of Mr. Fiske — and other records relating to the church. (2) Scattered records of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths in the Northwest Precinct in Cambridge, which included a portion of the upper part of Charlestown afterward annexed to West Cambridge, now Arlington, kept in diaries or other records by the Rev. Samuel Cooke, pastor of the church, with the record of baptisms, marriages, deaths or bm-ials in the same Precinct kept by the Rev. Thaddeus Fiske — and the baptisms, marriages and deaths in West Cambridge recorded by the Rev. D. Damon. (3) A record of deaths from the more ancient gravestones in the old bury- ing- ground, &c. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. Abbkeviatioxs used : — Adm. refers to admissions to the eliureh ; o. c, " owned their covenant" — a sort of half-way membership of the church, not an admission to full communion ; dism. refers to regular dismissions by the church. Births, baptisms, deaths and marriages are referred to by the usual abbrevia- tions of b. birth, bap. baptism, d. death, m. marriage; g. s. signifies gravestone — generally in the ancient Precinct burying- ground. Such abbreviations as f. for father, s. for son, w, for wife, dau. for daughter. Pet. for Precinct, ch, for church, fun. for funeral, wid. for widow, Camb.for Cambridge, Chas. for Charles - town, and others that might be mentioned, will readily explain themselves. ADAMS, Joseph, who o. c. at Cambridge 9 Dec. 1711, and was adm. Camb. ch. (First Parish) 16 Mar. 1718-11), with w. Racdel joined the Pet. ch. (Second Parish) at its organization 9 Sept. 1739. He was a selectman and assessor of Cambridge five years between 1729 and 1738, and a lieutenant. Styled "Father'' by the Rev. Mr. Cooke. He died in the Pet. 18 Oct. 1774, a. 86 (g. s.) ; his wid. Ra- chel, with whom he lived in the marriage state fifty-seven years, d. 1 Aug. (fun. 3 Aug.), 1775, a. 85 (g. s.). He was prob. s. of Joseph, and grandson of John Adams, millwright, of Menotomy Row before 1678. His father, Joseph, m. Margaret Fames 21 Feb. 1687-8. She was born in Sudbury 8 July, 1666, dau. of Thomas Fames (see Paige, 539), whose house at Framingham was destroyed 1 Feb. 1675-6, her mother and some of the children killed, and she carried captive (in her childhood) by the Indians. (See Barry, 27, &c., 227.) He m. first, Rebecca, dau. of William Cutter, 18 Jan. 1710-11, who d. 12 Jan. 1717-18, a. 24 (g. s. Cambridge), by whom he had Thomas, b. 3, bap. 9 Dec. 1711, d. 17 Nov. 1713; Thomas (first named Joseph), b. 20, bap. 23 Aug. 1713; Joseph, b. 8 July, 1715 (family rec- ord); Margaret, b. 26 May, 1717 (bap. 2 June, 1717, at Med- ford), m. Elisha Doubledee, or Doubleday, of (Lebanon) Connec- ticut, at Medford, 21 Oct. 1736. Joseph Adams was one of the Precinct committee seven years between 1733 and 1753, and Pet. treasurer 1735-50, fifteen years; also Pet. assessor. His second w. Rachel was prob. Rachel Allen of Weston, m. 26 June, 1718 {Bond, 6), by whom he had Rebecca, b. 12, bap. 18 Sept. 1720, adm. Camb. ch. 20 May, 1739, and Pet. ch. 9 Sept. 1739, m. Samuel Kent 27 Nov. n40; Lucy, b. 29 Oct. bap. 4 Nov. 1722, adm. Pet. ch. 22 Mar. 1741, m. John Cutter, Jr., 21 May, 1745, d. 17 Ap. 1810, see Cutter (par. 9); II7//iam, b. 12, bap. 17 Jan. 1724-5; J/ary, bap. 2 Ap. 1727, d. young; Anna, b. 8 July, 1729, adm. Pet. ch. 27 Aug. 1749, m. Peter Tufts, Jr., of Charlestown, 19 Apr. 1750, d. 7 Feb. (fun. Medford 10 Feb.) 1813; 3Iary, b. 12, bap. 20 May, 1733, adm. Pet. ch. 10 Mar. 184 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1751, m. Nathan Tufts, of Charlestown, 6 June, 1751 (she m. second, Richard Clark of Watertowu). See Wyman's Charlestoton Genealo- gies and Estates, p. 6, &c. 2. Thomas, s. of Joseph (1), m. Anna, dau. of Ephraim Frost, 22 Sept. 1737. She d. 6 Oct. 1740, at Worcester, where he had re- moved, having had Joseph, d. 6 Oct. 1740, same time with mother, and buried in same cofRn. He m. second, Lydia, dau. of John Chadwick of Wore, who d. there in 1748. He returned to Cambridge, and m. third, Wid. Elizabeth Bowman, 15 Sept. 1754, maiden name perhaps Saunders. He was adm. Pet. ch. from the ch. in Wore. 30 May, 1756; was a capt. in the French War, and tavern-keeper in Menotomy. He was rated here in 1777, but not in 1781. He d. Oct. 1802, in liis 90th year. By second w. had Hannah, b. at Wore. 13 Apr. 1743, m. Wal- ter Russell 17 Dec. 1761, and Enos Jones, Ashburnham, 26 Dec. 1790, d. 17 Oct. 1836; John, b. (21, Wore. Rec.) 22 Jan. 1744-5, died aged 104; and by third w. had Lydia, b. 20, bap. 24 Aug. 1755, Menot., m. first, Lemuel Blanchard, and second, Joseph Thorndike, Esq., Jaf- frey, N. H., 30 July, 1795; Lucretia, b. 2, bap. 7 Aug. 1757, Menot., m. Ethan Wetherby, 31 Dec. 1775; Ebenezer Thomas, b. 10, bap. 17 Jan. 1762, Menot., m. Polly Goodwin of Charlestown, 20 June, 1784 (Chas. Rec.) See Wyman, 7, 419. Thomas the father is styled " gen- tleman " in a deed to Lemuel Blanchard in 1778. [See par. 19, for servants and others at his house.] Capt. Thomas Adams was a Pet. committeeman and assessor in 1764.^ 3. Joseph, s. of Joseph (1), adm. Camb. ch. 3 Dec. 1738, and to Pet. ch. at organization 9 Sept. 1739 ; m. Martha, dau. of Ephraim Frost, 10 Jan. 1740, who was adm. Camb. ch. 3 Dec. 1738, and to Pet. ch. 9 Sept. 1739. She d. 23 Dec. 1749, a. 28 (g. s.), and he m. second, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Hall, 11 Sept. 1750. She was 1 On Nov. 12, 1758, the Rev. Samuel Cooke preached a sermon on the return of Capt. Adams and company from the French War, with the loss of only a single man. This sermon was remembei-cd in Dec. 1848, by the centenarian John Adams, the son of Capt. Thomas Adams, the commander of the company. James Adams, a son of John Adams, in a letter dated at Harford, Pa., 27 Dec. 1848, and addressed to the late Dr. Benjamin Cutter, of Woburn, Mass., speaks of the occurrence thus : " Dear Friend, I received a letter from you dated Decem- ber 1st, likewise a sermon delivered by Parson Cooke the Sunday after my grandfather Thomas Adams returned from eight months service in the French War. My father recollects the time very well ; he was then about fourteen years of age, and was very anxious to go with him, but his father would not consent to have him go ; but he went with him to Springfield, then returned home. The company that 'listed under my grandfather were from a number of towns : all that went from Menotomy returned, except Thomas Robbins [should be Jo- seph, not Thomas Robbins — see History of Precinct under 1758], who died in a fit. Father recollects going to meeting, and when I read the sermon to him, it was fresh in his memory.*** My father is now almost 104 years old, or will be 22d Januarj', if he lives to see that day. He has failed a great deal for the year past, but now he is so that he can walk about, often without a staff. He reads but very little to what he did a year ago. He used to read nearly one half of the time for a number of years." John Adams died 26 Feb. 1849, aged 104 years, I month, 4 days. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 185 adm. Pet. ch. 10 March, 1751. He was ehosen deaeon of same eh. 5 Dec. 1759. Vessels, lineu and cash belonging to the ch. were taken from his house in Menotomy by the King's Troops, 19 Ap. 1775. His wife's experience that day was mentioned by Pres. Lang- don 31 May, 1775 — Election Sermon at Watertown — as that of a woman in bed with a newborn infant, forced by the threats of the soldiery to escape, almost naked, to an open out-house, her house then set on fire, &c. Deacon Adams was a Selectman of Camb. four years, between 1758 and 1771 ; Precinct committeeman and asses- sor, 1759, '60, '65-67; Precinct treasurer, 1762-81, nineteen years; Precinct collector, 1786. He d. in Menotomy 3 May, 1794, a. 79 (g. s.). His w. Hannah d. 13 Au^. 1803, a. 72 (73, g. s.). By first wife had Anna, b. 14, bap. 14 Dec. 1740, adm. Pet. ch. 1 June, 1760, m. Timothy Tufts of Medford 7 (19) May, 1761 (d. 8 Oct. 1825); Joseph, b. 29 Nov. bap. 15 Dec. 1743; 3fartha,h. 25, bap. 28 Sept. 1746, adm. Pet. ch. 23 Apr. 1769, m. Samuel Tufts, 2d, of Medford, 11 May, 1769 (d. 28 Aug. 1811); Margaret, b. 30 Sept. bap. 8 Oct. 1749, adm. Pet. ch. 23 Apr. 1769, m. Samuel Locke, Jr., 16 May, 1771 (d. 29 Oct. 1808). By second wife had Thomas, b. 19-20, bap. 21 July, 1751; Rebecca, b. 16, bap. 19 Aug. 1753, adm. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1777 (d. unm. 19 May, 1834) ; Hannah, b. 12, bap. 25 Apr. 1756, m. Peter Tufts, 3d, of Charlestown, 22 July, 1773 (d. 24 Jan. 1843); Susanna, b. (26 June), bap. 2 July, 1758, m. Gershom Teel of Medford, 3 Oct. 1776 (d. 28 June, 1828); Mary, b. (13), bap. 15 Feb. 1761, m. Benjamin Winship, 4 Apr. 1788, Camb. (d. 2 Oct. 1845-6); Nathan, b. 9, bap. 14 Aug. 1763; Joel andi Amos, twins, b. 23, bap. 25 Aug. 1765; Daniel, b. 14, bap. 27 Mar. 1768; Abigail, b. 18, bap. 20 Sept. 1772, m. Joseph Convers of Medford, 19 Oct. 1800 (d. 30 Mar. 1835) ; Ann, b. 1, bap. 9 Apr. 1775, m. James Hill 11 Oct. 1796. See Wyman, p. 6. 4. William, s. of Joseph (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Zechariah Hill, 14 June, 1750. Marriage fee 40s. Both were adm. to Pet. ch. 28 Apr. 1751. He was ensign of Pet. trainband in 1771, the captain of a company in Col. Thatcher's regiment of Militia, which marched at the request of Gen. Washington on the taking possession of Dorchester Heights 4 Mar. 1776, and selectman of Camb. in 1779. He d. 10 Sept. 1787, a 62 (g. s.) ; his w. Sarah d. 11 Nov. 1805, a. 74 (g. s.). They had John, b. 25, bap. 28 Jidy, 1751 ; William, b. 12, bap. 16 Dec. 1753; Sarah, b. 10, bap. 11 Apr. 1756, m. James Perry 19 Oct. 1773 (d. 19 July, 1780); Lucy, b. (7), bap. 10 Sept. 1758, m. John Cutter, 3d, 4 Feb. 1777, see Cutter (par. 19), (d. 9 Nav. 1830); Aiina^h. (1), bap. 1 Mar. 1761, m. first, Richard Hay of Charlestown 25 Mar. 1781, and second, Kendall Bailey of Charlestown (see Wyman, 46); Rebecca, b. 10, bap. 10 June, 1764, m. James Russell of Charlestown 6 Mar. 1783 (d. 14 Nov. 1831) ; Lydia, b. 2, bap. 6 Sept. 1767, m. Edward Russell 9 May, 1786, Camb., and James Cutter 20 July, 1809 (d. 25 Aug. 1818); Margaret, b. 12, bap. 12 Nov. 1769, m. Thomas Russell of Charlestown 25 Nov. 1788 (rem. to Ashburnham) ; Mary, b. 7, bapt. 12 July, 1772, m. Nathaniel Rus- 186 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. sell of Charlestown 8 Mar. 1795 (d. 13 Oct. 1800); Susanna, b. 10, bapt. 12 Apr. 1778, m. George Prentice, Jr., 7 June, 1804 (d. 29 June, 1860). Capt. William was a Pet. committeeman and assessor 1773, '74; Precinct treasurer, 1783, '84; and resided in the old Adams House which formerly stood near the railroad depot. See Wy- man's Chas., p. 7. 5, John, s. of Thomas (2), m. two wives [first, Joanna Munroe of Lexington 9 July, 1770, d. 26 Nov. 1822 {Locke Booh, 48). She was born, according to his bible, 12 Apr. 1747; their chil. were born, John, 27 Apr. 1771; Live (or Levi), 31 Dec. 1773; Joajina, 18 June, 1775; Jonas, 8 Apr. 1777; James, 10 June, 1779; Rebecca, 22 Feb. 1781; Walter-Russell, 5 Apr. 1783; Betsey, 30 Oct. 1785; Polly, 25 Jan. 1789.] John the father lived the greater part of his life in Ashburnham, and d. at Harford, Pa., 26 Feb. 1849, a. 104 years, 1 mo. 4 days. Some letters written by him at the age of 102 were published. [The last days of this venerable man are described in two letters of his son, James Adams, to the late Dr. Benjamin Cutter, of Woburn, Mass. In one dated at Harford, Pa., 27 Dec. 1848, he says of his father at that date: "The greatest trouble he has is in conversmg with jieople, he is so deaf; he thinks it a burden for people to converse with him. I presume there have been hundreds caU to see him since he was an hundred years old, on account of seeing a man over a hundred years old. I got a petition sent to Congress to see if I could get something for services that he had done in the Revolutionary War ; he had been out long enough — though not at one time — to draw a pension by law ; three months was the longest time he was out, but the time was out before there was another call ; he had a man that lived with him that went three months ; while he was gone there was another call, and he turned out himself— the time that Burgoyne surrendered. He was not in the battle at Lexington, but was there the next day : he went to Cambridge and stayed until there were a suffi- cient number enlisted to guard the place and then returned home * * * * he stated the time in his own handwriting and gave oath to it. Hon. Isaac Hill, from New Hampshire, called and made us a visit last fall ; he told my father that he should go to Washington this winter, and he would do what he cotdd for him, if he lived to that time ; if it should so happen that you should see Mr, Hill before he goes to WashingttTii, please to tell him that my father is now living." The second letter, dated at Harford, 21 Mar. 1849, contains the following: "I received your letter of Feb. 15. The day that my father died. I got him up in the morning and dressed him as usual ; he eat his breakfast ; I thought that he did not appear as he had done before, but still he appeared to be comfortable. I read the letter that you sent me ; ' AVell, James,' says he, ' what a fine thing it is to have friends, and I hope they don't think I have suffered for anything, for you have always helped me to everything for my comfort : tell my friends, I thank them kindly for the present they sent me.' This was about ten o'clock. After noon I thought I would ask him those questions that you wrote. I asked him if he remembered what my grandfather's third wife's maiden name was ; he thought a minute, then says, ' It appears to me that my memory is all gone, but I think her name was Sanders' I put more questions, but did not get an ansM^er ; then he appeared to go to sleep in his chair, as he often did ; about half past three, I asked if he had not better lie down ; says he. ' I think I will.' I helped him to bed, and he appeared to go to sleep ; he never spoke after that ; at eight o'clock in the evening his breath left his body Avithout a groan, or the least motion that could be perceived. His age was one hundred and four years, one mouth and four days. My dear friend, I return you my sincere thanks for the respect you have shown me and my deceased father."] GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 187 G. JosErn, s. of Joseph (3), m. Lucy Kent 6 Sept. 1770. Both were adm. Pet. eh. lo Dec. 1771. [He d. 20-25 Dec. 1824, a. 81.] Had in Menotomy, a son stillborn, 30 Apr. 1771. See Wyman's Gharlestoxon, p. 7. 7. Thomas, s. of Joseph (3), adm. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1777 [m. Martha Stone 28 May, 1780]. She was adm. Pet. ch. 22 Oct. 1780. Had in Menotomv, Thomas, bap. 8 July, 1781 ; a son stillborn 2 Mar. 1783; Lydia, d. o (6) July, 1788, a. 3 (g. s.) 4 (Fiske) ; Lydia, bap. 31 May, 1789; Liwy, baj). 16 Sept. 1792. Thomas the father and w. Martha were dism. to ch. in New Salem, 5 Nov. 1797. [She d. 22 Jan. 1847, a. 96. He d. 27 June, 1848, a. 96 yrs. and 11 mos.] 8. Nathan, s. of Joseph (3), rem. to Medford, and m. there Mar- tha Adams 3 Apr. 1788, who d. there of "child-bed fever" 18 Ajar. 1803, a. 35, and he m. second, Rebecca Tufts, of Charlestown, 13 Dec. 1803 (Medford Records). [He d. 25 Mar. 1842, a. 78. His wife d. 24 Feb. 1849, a. 78]. Nathan, Jr., and Elizabeth Butters were m. in Medford 29 Apr. 1812. (See N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., xiv.) 9. Joel, s. of Joseph (3), m. Sybil Stone of Medford 23 Oct. 1788. Both o. c. at Menot. 28 June, 1789; had Sibbel, bap. 28 June, 1789; i?e6ecc«, bap. 20 May, 1792. [He d. 8 Feb. 1841, a. 75.] 10. Amos, twin with Joel (9), m. Lydia Adams of Camb., he of Medford, 19 Apr. 1790. [Pie d. 24 Mar. 1844, a. 78.] 11. Daniel, s. of Joseph (3), m. Phebe Britton of Carab. 3 Jane, 1793. Both o. c. at Menot. 23 Feb. 1794. Both were adm. Pet. ch 6 May, 1804. Had in Menotomy, Phebe, bap. 23 Mar. 1794, m George Swan, W. Camb. 23 Dec. 1810; Cynthia, bap. 17 Apr. 1796: Daniel, bap. 27 May, 1798; Hannah, bap. 24 May, 1801, d. 15 Oct 1802, a. 14 (Fiske), 15 mos. (g. s.) ; Hannah, bap. 19 Feb. 1804; Franklin, bap. 14 Apr. 1805, d. 25 (26) Sept. 1805, a. 5 mos. (Fiske), 6 mos. (g. s.) ; Louisa, hn]}. 21 Dec. 1806. [He rem. to Jaffrey, N. H.] Daniel Adams was a Pet. committeeman 1802-1807. 12. John, s. of William (4), m. Ruth, dau. of James Perry, 2 (or 4) Dec. 1773. Both o. c. at Menotomy 24 Apr. 1774. She d. 22 July, 1776, a. 24 (g. s.). He m. Elizabeth Gardner of Charlestown 18 Nov. 1777. She — "dau. of late Henry Gardner" — had identified herself with Menotomy, by adm. to the Pet. ch. and baptism, 30 Mar. 1777. John, her husband, was adm. to Pet. ch. 26 Apr. 1778. She d. 20 Apr. 1785, a. 29 (g. s.), and he m. his third w. Hannah Phelps, orig. of Andover (at Camb.) 6 July, 1786. He was chosen deacon of P-ct. ch. 19 Apr. 1792, was a selectman of Camb. seven years, between 1781 and 1795; Pet. committeeman, 1792, '93, 1802-05; Pet. asses- sor, 1792, '93, '95, 1801, '07, and d. 31 Mar. 1819, a. 67 (g. s.). His w. Hannah was adm. Pet. ch. 12 Sept. 1802, and d. 16 Dec. 1854, a. 93 yrs. 5 mos. (g. s.). By w. Ruth had John, b. 7, bap. 19 June, 1774; James, b. 17, bap. 19 May, 1776, d. 24 Aug. 1776, a. 4 mos. Bv w. Elizabeth had, James, b. (28) 30 July, bap. 12 Aug. 1778, d. (unm.) W. Camb. 16 Dec. 1818, a. 40; Bette, or Betsey, b. 24, bap. 27 Feb. 1780, m. David Hill 13 Sept. 1799; Joseph, b. 15, bapt. 21 188 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Apr. 1782; Sarah, m. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr., 31 Jan. 1808 (she d. 24 Oct. 1877, a. 92). By w. Hannah had TFi7&/»., bap. 11 Jan. 1789; Samuel,ha.Y>. 3 Oct. 1790; ^?m9, bap. 19 Ang. 1792, d. (29) Sept. 1794, a. 3 (Fiske), 2 (g. s.) ; Lydia, b. 9 (Camb.), bap. 12 Nov. 1797, m. Endor Estabrook, W. Camb. 27 (29) Aug. 1818 (she d. 25 Feb. 18GG, a. G8) ; Hannah,h. 25 (Camb.), bap. 29 Sept. 1799, d. (unm.) 13 Oct. 1821, a. 22 (g. s.) ; Amos (b. 16 Nov. 1804), bap. 24 Mar. 1805, '' on the first Sabbath in the new Meeting-house of Wor- ship." See Wyman's Charlestown, pp. 7, 11. 13. William, s. of William (4), was one of the Menotomy com- pany of minute-men, under Capt. Benjamin Locke, 19 Apr. 1775. He was rated in Camb. 1777, and in Menotomy 1781, and m. Hannah Stone (26 June, 1781), who — dan. of Jonathan Stone of Watertown — was bap. at Menot. 5 Apr. 1761. Both were adm. Pet. ch. 11 Aug. 1782, and had William, b. 1, bap. 6 Oct. 1782, adm. Pet. ch. 20 Feb. 1806, d. 18 May, 1806, a. 24 (Fiske), 23 (g. s.) ; Hannah, d. 9 (11, Fiske) Apr. 1792, a. 7 (g. s.) ; Cherry, adm. Pet. ch. 20 Feb. 1806, d. 20 Feb. 1806, a. 18 (g. s.) ; Jonas, b. 28 Sept. (Charlestown), bap. 18 Oct. 1789, d. 16 (18, Fiske) Apr. 1792, a. 2 (g. s.) ; Jonathan, bap. 6 Nov. 1791, d. 16 (18, Fiske) Apr. 1792, a. 6 mos. (g. s.); Jonas, bap. 3 Mar. 1793, m. (he of Charlestown) Sophia Wellington, W. Camb. 18 June, 1815, d. (a lieut.) 9 May, 1820, a. 27 (g. s.)— see Wyman, jj. 7; Hannah, bap. 26 July, 1795, m. (she of Charlestown) Benjamin Cutter, 2d, W. Camb. 11 June, 1815 — see Cutter (par. 54)— (d. 15 Oct. 1819, a. 24, Fiske); 3fary, bap. 28 Aug. 1803 [m. W. W. Pratt of Shrewsbury, and d. 2 Feb. 1845, a. 41— Ward's Mst. Shreivshury, 396]. William the father res. in Gharhstown End — see Wyman. p. 7— aud d. 9 July, 1820, a. 66 (67). His w. Hannah d. 15 Oct. 1818, a. 62 (Fiske), 57 (g. s.). 14. John, s. of John (12), m. Susanna Cutter — Cutter (par. 37) — at Menot. 5 Apr, 1798 [rem. to North Andover, and d. 25 Nov. 1833. His wife d. 20 June, 1833. Had ten chil. — see Wyman, p. 13; Gutter Booh,'!^^.'] 15. Joseph, s. of John (12), m. Elizabeth Butterfield, W. Camb., 12 Feb. 1809, d. (18) 28 May, 1811, a. 28 (g. s.), and Sibbel Sander- son of Watertown (5 Dec. 1811). He d. lO^'Dec. 1819, a. 38 (g. s.). His wid. Sibbel m. William Horn of Watertown, at W. Camb. 13 Oct. 1825. Joseph had a child, d. 21 May, 1811, W. Camb., and another, d. 8 Jan. 1814, a. 4. 16. William, s. of John (12), m. Sukey Foster at W. Camb. 17 Sept. 1818. He d. 26 Mar. 1827, a. 38 (g. s.). His wid. Sukey o. c. and was baj"). W. Camb. ch. 17 June, 1827, the same time when Susan- Ann, William, and Hannah-Foster, his chil., were baptized. His w. Sukey d. 13 Sept. 1846, a. 55 y. 6 m. (g. s.). Susan-Ann m. Samuel W. Russell at W. Camb. 24 Oct. 1838, and resided in Woburn. 17. Samuel, s. of John (12), m. Anna Whittemore of Charles- town, 26 May, 1822. [Resided in Lexington, where he had chil. — Hudson's Genealogies, 8 — and d. 16 Sept. 1866, a. 75; his w. d. 14 May, 1862, a. 62.] GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 189 18. Amos, s. of John (12) [m. Rebecca Whittemore at W, Camb. 25 June, 1834. Mr. Adams, who is the only voter of the name in Arlington in 1879, has had married daughters, but no sons]. 19. Jack, aged 6, negro boy of Thomas (2), d. N. W. Pet. 29 May, 1755. Ambrose, a. 5, negro boy of same, bap. 17 Oct. 1756. One Willard of Harvard, at Thomas Adams's, d. 11 July, 1756, a. 23. Widow Saunders, at Capt. Adams's, d. 19 Apr. 1763, a. 85 — perhaps his thii-d wife's mother. Stephen Ford of Charlestown, at Joseph Adams's, d. 23 Mar. 1756, a. 79 (par. 3?). Joshua Stearns, son of wid. S., at Mr. Adams's, d. 9 Nov. 1749, a. 9. 20. Samukl, and Sarah Turner m. in N. W. Pet. 25 Feb. 1776— residents. [Prob. because of the military occupation and environment of Boston, 1775-76.] Roger of Newton and Mary Russell of Camb. m. 14 Oct. 1805.' Isaac of Boston and Edith Winship of Lexing- ton, m. 2 Sept. 1806. 21. Joseph, Esq. [H. U. 1803, son of Moses Adams (II. U. 1771), minister of Acton. The father, a student, was adm. Camb. ch. (First Parish) 21 Apr. 1771.] Joseph, b. Acton 25 Sept. 1783, m. Elmira, dau. of Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, at W. Camb. 19 Nov. 1811, andd. here 9 (10) June, 1814, a. 31 (g. $.). Elmika, his wife, was adm. W. Camb. ch. 14 Aug. 1814, and dism. " to Episcopal ch., Boston, Rev. Mr. Potter's," 15 Dec. 1828. She d. 13 June, 1854 (monu- ment). 22. George S., Charlestown, m. Lucy Hill, W. Camb. 20 Sept. 1832. Joseph W. and Susan Carter, both of Lowell, m. W. Camb. 17 May, 1835. Lydia, of Camb. m. Amos Adams of Medford (see par. 10). 23. Henry, d. W. Camb. 8 Apr. 1843, a. 46; had a son, d. 29 Sept. 1836, a. 8 wks., and George- Gilbert, h-A])i. 17 May, 1840 (Damon). Maky, wid. d. 10 Sept. 1840, a. (80) 81 (g. s.). [John, d. 21 Aug. 1860, a. 45, g. s. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.] ALCUTT, Mark, and Olive A. Walker of Lexington, m. 22 Nov. 1827. ALLEN, George, of Cambridge, m. Hannah White of Watertown, 16 Sept. 1756. Perhaps the Geoi-ge Allen of Waltham, from Med- ford in 1758, afterward of Watertown (see Bond's Wat. 7, 674; Hist. 3Ied. 570). 2. Elizabeth, adult, o. c. and bap. W. Camb. ch. 12 Aug. 1810. Prob. Elizabeth m. Peter Locke 26 Dec. 1810. (See Locke Book, 166.) She was adm. to the ch. 19 Mar. 1820. - 3. Elizabeth, was adm. to the ch. 27 June, 1813. Prob. w. of Elijah, whose s. Elijah, aged 11 yrs., was bap. 27 June, 1813. Eli- jah the father d. 17 Apr. 1835, a. 77. Elizabeth (2) was his daugh- 1 Roger Adams, of Newton, m. Hephzibah Russell, of Lexmgton, 9 Nov. 1777. — Lexington Records. 18 190 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. ter. Elijah the son m. Eliza Hill, 25 Aug. 1825, and had son George A., buried 4 Sept. 1838, a. 5 yrs. 4. Abbot, m. Hannah Foster, 1 May, 1825. Hannah, w. of Abbot, o. c. 17 June, 1827, when she and John Foster, s. of Abbot, were baptized. 5. Ebenezer H., of Bolton, and Mrs. Mary P. Averv of W. Camb. m. 25 Mar. 1841. (See Gutter Book, 236, 394.) ANDERSON, John, of Boston, and Wid. Hannah Smith of Lex- ington, m. 31 Jan. 1828. ANDREW, Maky— at Capt. Whittemore's— d. 7 Dec. 1756. Prob. Mary, dau. of William Andrew of Camb. and living unm. in 1753 (see Paige, 480). ANDREWS, Thomas, d. 15 Mar. 1801, a. 53. Elizabeth, d. 17 Aug. 1807, a. 55. Joseph E. had w. Sarah, and chil. Sarah Wil- liams, Joseph Ellis and George Frederick baptized W. Camb., 7 Aug. 1836. Sarah, w. of Joseph E., d. 8 Sept. 1836, a. 31. (Joseph E. was pub. to Sarah Parsons, Jan. 5, 1812? — Woman's Ghas. 22.) ANGIER, Sarah, m. John Hildreth, 3 Jan. 1776. (See Paige, 482.) ANNIS, Lucy K., and Edmund M. Fessenden of Charlestown, m. 3 Feb. 1828. ASH, Mary and John Peirce of W. Camb. m. 19 May, 1811. Betsey, and Samuel Locke 2d, m. 29 Nov. 1815. AUGUSTUS, John, and Harriet Stearns of Lexington, m. 6 Nov. 1817. AUSTIN, Jaimes Trecothick, and Catherine Gerry of Cambridge, m. 2 Oct. 1806. He grad. H. U. 1802. LL.D. and attorney-general of Massachusetts. (See Drake's Biog. Diet.) AVE RILL, Selina A., of Charlestown, and Frederick A. Ken- dall, of Medford, m. 10 Sept. 1826. AVERY, Joshua, m. Mary Russell of W. Camb. 27 Dec. 1807. Joshua, Esq., d. 23 Apr. 1840, a. 63. Elias, m. Louisa Buckman, 1 Jan. 1828. Ezra, m. Ruth Buckman, 7 Feb. 1828. Thomas R., d. 21 Jan. 1836, a. 26, and Mrs. Mary P., his widow, m. Ebenezer H. Allen of Bolton, at W. Camb. 25 Mar. 1841. She was Mary Put- nam Cutter (see Gutter Book, 236, 394). AYRES, Julia Ann, dau. of Leonard, d. 18 May, 1839, a. 2 yrs. BABBIT, Godfrey— a stranger— d. 30 May, 1811, a. 21. The youngest son of Nathan, Esq., and Anna of Westmoreland, N. H., ac- cording to a slab in the old burying-ground. BABCOCK, Augustus, and Maria Foster of W. Camb., m. 20 Nov. 1825. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 191 BACKER, Jonx, was found dead in the woods, 25 Feb. 1745, a. 90 yrs. BACON, Elizabeth, of Bedford, and David Robinson of New Ipswich, m. 4 June, 1794. BALCH, Joseph, d. 1 Sept. 1826, a. 88. Captain, a native of Boston, a Revolutionary Patriot (g. s.). BALDWIN, Keziah, of Woburn, m. Reuben Johnson, 5 Aug. 1777. She was prob. the Keziah Wyman, who m. Reuel Baldwin of Woburn, 4 Oct. 1769. BALL, Nahum, Doct, adm. to the ch. 28 Oct. 1798, had s. Nahum, bap. 28 Oct. 1798. Doct. Nahum d. 6 Dec. 1810, a. 49. See Bell. BARBER, Mrs. Abigail, d. 15 Oct. 1804, a. 26. BARKER, Mary C. and John Wood, Jr., of Boston, m. 28 Jan. 1841. BARNARD, Phebe, and James Fillebrown of Camb. m. 24 May, 1798. (See Paige, 445, 650.) BARR, Thomas, had Dugald, Mary Jane and Janet Buchanan, baptized 19 Feb. 1837 (Damon). ^ BARRETT, Thomas, and Elizabeth Cook, both Cambridge, m. 6 Dec. 1771. RuTHT, dau. of Thomas — Camb. — bap. 23 July, 1775. (See Paige, 484.) Mrs. Barrett — at the almshouse — d. 18 Apr. 1841, a. 39. BARRY or BERRY. Woman from Boston at Mr. Barry's, d. 11 Api-. 1746. James, d. 21 June, 1748, a. 53. Widow Elizabeth — old age — d. 21 Apr. 1765, a. 70. Pina — Indian servant — late Mrs. Barry's— d. 2 Feb. 1776, a. 84. JBATHRICK, Elizabeth, w. of John, was adm. to Pet. ch. 10 Aug. 1740; she d. 18 June, 1747, a. 39. John, her husband, adm. to the ch. 17 May, 1747. Had Hannah, b. 30 Aug., bap. 6 Sept. 1741, adm. Pet. ch. 21 Sept. 1766; Josias or Josiah, b. 3, baji. (15) Dec. I Thomas Barr, b. at Glasgow, Scotlaud, in 1802, d. at his residence 89 Con- cord Street, Lawrence, June 14, 1879, at the age of 77 years. He early removed to this country, and spent most of his life in La-mrence and in Lowell, though he carried on the business of a block printer at Taunton, Arlington and Bur- lington. He joined the Odd FeUows at Taunton in 1828, being the oldest Odd Fellow perhaps in the state. At his decease he was a member of Merrimack Lodge, Lowell. He was also a member of the Grand Lodge and was at one time grand warden. He joined the Masons in Lowell in 1845. At his death the family consisted of a widow and five children, Col. Barr of the U. S. A., sta- tioned at St. Paul, being one of them. His place of business in Arlington was at Schouler's milL When Bethel Lodge, No. 12, Arlington, was reinstituted in 1866, he was one of its most en- ergetic supporters. He was an honored guest when this lodge dedicated its new and elegant hall in Bank Block, and on that occasion made a pleasant congratu- latory address. — Essex Eagle; Arlington Advocate. 192 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1743, d. 11 Dec. 1U3, a. 7 days; Lydia, b. 30 June, bap. 6 July, 1746, d. 17 July, 1749, a. 4 yrs. (Cooke) ; Ruth, b. and bap. 31 July, 1748, d. 29 May, 1754, a. 6 yrs. (Cooke); a son, b. 4 Dec, d. 5 Dec. 1750, a. 1 day; Lydia, b. 19, bap. 22 Mar. 1752; Ruth, b. 8 Oct., bap. 8 Dec. 1754. John the father m. Ruth Hooke, 24 Dec. 1747 (1746 m copy), and d. 3 June, 1769, a. 69. See Wymaii's Chas. Geneal., 69. 2. Elizabeth, dau. of preceding John, m. James Brooks of Con- cord, 26 Dec. 1745. John, Jr., who o. c. 11 May, 1755, had Eunice, b. 26 Feb., bap. 11 May, 1755; Phehe, b. 21 Aug., bap. 16 Oct. 1757; Lazarus, b. 31 July, bap. 7 Dec. 1760. From Medford, notified in Charlestown 1754. Lydia, had s. Melotto (or Mulatto), b. 25 Sept. 1773. 3. Thomas, father of John (1), had wife d. 8 Apr. 1749, a. 80. Thomas the father d. at Widow Robbins's, 20 Aug. 1762, a. 87. 4. Solomon, had child b. 14 July, 1745 ; another, b. 21 May, 1747 ; one, stillborn, 14-15 Apr. 1749; and a dau., b. 16 Mar., d. 4 June, 1750. From Woburn, notified in Charlestown, 1745. The name is sometimes Batharich. See Paige, 404-5, 409, 485-6; Wyman's Chas. 68, 69. BATTS, Timothy, and Susan Cook of W. Camb. m. 2 Sept. 1827. BAYLEY, Daniel, and Elizabeth Mullet of Camb. m. 28 Mar. 1776. BEADS, Thomas, and Mary Cooper of Camb. m. 6 June, 1779 — marriage fee $40. (See Paige, 517.) BELCHER, Sally, of Brighton, and Daniel Wilson of W. Camb. m. 26 Nov. 1812. BELKNAP, Joseph, and Margerie w. of Joseph, were adm. Pet. ch. 11 Oct. 1741; and Joseph, ret. about 5, and Jason, ast. about 3, sons of Joseph, were baptized 11 Oct. 1741. Joseph the father had also a daughter, b. 14 May, 1740, prob. the dau. Margerie, who%. " unbap'd " 31 July, 1741, a. 15 mos.; John, b. 24, bap. 27 Feb. 1743, d. 2 Oct. 1748; Eunice, b. 4, bap. 10 Mar. 1745, d. 31 Aug. 1753, a. 9 yrs. (Cooke); twin children, b. Jan. and bap. 1748, d. Jan. and 7 Feb. 1748, a. — days; Jane, b. 11, bap. 17 June, 1750, d. 25 Aug. 1753, a 4 yrs. (Cooke); Bette, b. 20 (Apr.) bap. 23 Aug. 1752, d. 19 Sept. 1753, in 2d yr. ; Ruth, b. 3, bap. 13 July, 1755. Joseph the father d. 27 June, 1783, a. 87. His w. Margery (or Margaret) was dau. of Hubbard Russell, m. 9 Apr. 1734. See Wyman, 75; Paige, 648. Sor: or Sister Belknap (perhaps she), funeral 29 Aug. 1775. See Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates, 74, 75. 2. Joseph, s. of Joseph (1), m. Lydia Wilson, 5 Jan. 1773, and had child, stillborn, 24 Oct. 1778; a son, b. 1780, d. 18 Mar. 1780. • Joseph the father d. 4 Nov. 1826, a. 92. See Wyman, 75. 3. Jason, s. of Joseph (1), m. Ruth Payne, 9 Jan. 1770. Ruth Belknap (prob. she), d. 24 Feb. 1814, a. 82. Jason d. 19 Mar. 1827, a. 91. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 193 4. Ruth, prob. dau. of Joseph (2), d. 25 Jan. 1805, a. 24. Joseph and Jason Belknap were private soldiers in the French "War, and Joseph was a sergeant in the Revolutionary Army. — Paige. BELL or BALL, James, d. 22 Aug. 1823, a. 30. BELLOWS, Samuel, of Camb. and Mary Wyeth of Charlestown (W. Camb. dist.), m. 27 Mar. 1809. BEMIS, Philip, and w. Lydia adm. to the ch. 6 Oct. 1751, had Lydia, b. 26 June, bap. 6 Oct. 1751; Samuel, h. 4, bap. 14 Apr. 1754. Philip, d. of "mortification and fever," 5 Sept. 1778, a. about 53. Lydia, prob. his wife, d. 6 Dec. 1825, a. 97. He was prob. s. of Philip of Camb. (see Paige, 487). See Tisdale. Philip Bemis was a Pet. committeeman and assessor 1773-75. 2. Samuel, prob. s. of Philip (1), m. Elizabeth Robinson of Lex- ington, 16 Nov. 1775. 3. Widow Bemis, d. 23 Mar. 1741, a. 70. Joseph — who hanged himself— d. 21 Aug. 1743. Mercy, d. 13 Sept. 1774, a. 74. Eliza- beth, d. 10 Oct. 1825, a. 98. Mary, d. 19 Oct. 1825, a. 52. Eliza- beth, of AYatertown, m. .Samuel Butterfield, 14 July, 1774. Susan, m. William Mann, 24 Jan. 1813. Zaccheus, and Hannah Maria Garfield, of Camb. m. 5 May, 1839. So far the record. Lydia, dau. of Philip (1), m. Nathaniel Fes - senden, and was fatally shot, 30 May, 1770, a. 19. — See History of Precinct, under 1770. Betty (or Elizabeth), of Waltham, m. John Frost, and Abigail, of Waltham, m. Cooper Frost. Lydia, prob. of Waltham, m. Amos Frost. Eunice, of Waltham, m. Noah Russell. See Wyman, 76. BENJAMIN, Jonathan, of Charlestown, and Anna Cutter of W. Camb. m. 8 Sept. 1811. Cutter (par. 24). BENNETT, Martha, of Charlestown, and Samuel Hill of Camb. m. 13 Oct. 1765. BENT, Newell, and Betsey Kendall of Camb. m. 3 Oct. 1805. James M. and Martha T. Damon of Wayland, m. 3 June, 1838. [Newell Bent was a selectman of Cambridge, 1807, 1822-24, and repres entati ve, 1824-26 . — Paige.'] BERRY. See BARRY. BLACKINGTON, Israel, m. Abigail Russell, 13 Apr. 1755— marriage-fee one half dollar — had son, b. 16 May, 1755 — perhaps Is- rael, who d. 27 Oct. 1809, a. 55; a dau. just born alive, 28 Oct. 17ff6; a son, b. 23 Dec. 1764— perhaps William, who d. 4 July, 1836, a. 72; a son, b. Oct. 1767 — perhaps Edward, who d. 25 May, 1816, a. 48. Israel the father was of Wreutham — see Paige, 648. 2. Edward had child, d. July, 1796, a. 5 mos. Sarah, d. 20 Aug. 1821, a. 58. The widow of William (?), d. 21 Apr. 1837, a. about 70. Abigail, m. Caleb Winship, Jr., 28 Sept. 1802. Betsey, and Thomas Hutchinson of W. Camb. m. 26 June, 1823. [William 18* 194 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Blackington, of Camb., m. Elizabeth Hadley, 25 Dec. 1793. — Lex. Rec. Edward Blackington, of Camb., m. Sally Harrington, 30 Dec. 1793. — Ditto.'] Israel Blackington was a private soldier in the French War, and* Israel and Israel Blackington, Jr., were members of Capt. Benjamin Locke's company of Menotomy minute-men, 1775. BLACKMAN, Mary, m. William Cutter, Jr., 6 Nov. 1774. Cutter (par. 27). Mary Blackman, adult person, o. c. and was bap. Camb. Old Parish, 10 Apr. 1774. She was half-sister of Isaiah Thomas, the celebrated printer, whose mother — Fidelity Grant of Rhode-Island — m. a Blackman, and settled in Cambridge. — See Lin- coln's Hist. Worcester, 287, 294. Widow Fidelity Blackman of Camb. sold to Lemuel Blanchard in 1778, land with dwelling-house and barn, bounded on country road, the school-house lot or proprie- tors' lands, and west on Menotomy Pond. BLAKE, James, of Boston, and Susanna Fillebrown, m. 29 Nov. 1773. Ellis Gray, m. Ann Elizabeth Wyman, 15 Nov. 1821, and d. 25 June, 1841, a. 45. Oliver W. m. Sarah J. Warren, 17 Aug. 1842. (Oliver W. Blake d. 12 Oct. 1848, a. 29.) BLANCHARD, Lemuel, o. c. Menot. 2 May, 1779, had Thomas, b. 20 Apr., bapt. 2 May, 1779, and a son, b. 27 Apr. 1783. Lemuel the father m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas Adams, and is styled " trader " in deeds. Mrs. Lydia m. Joseph Thorndike of Jaffrey, N. H., 30 July, 1795. 2. Samuel, d. 3 Sept. 1790, a. 70 — see Gutter Booh, 89. Alan- son, of Lexington, and Mary P. Fessenden of W. Camb. m. 25 Nov. 1841. BLODGETT, Nathan, of Camb. m. Mary Whitmore of Medford, 27 Apr. 1775. Dau. of William (see Paige," (^9:^). Nathan Blodgett was one of the Cambridge quota in the Revolutionary Army. — Paige. He was a non-resident in 1781. Nathan, non-resident, is mentioned as one of those that belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Prec't in 1787. 2. Nathan, Jr., of Lexington, m. Susanna Frost of Camb. 25 Aug. 1805. Nathan's child d. 12 July, 1808, a. 2. 3. Mehitable, of " Charlestown Farms," and Edward Gardner, m. 5 Apr. .1781. — Church Rec. Lydia and Silas Robinson -of Camb. m. 18 Nov. 1779 — marriage fee $13. Abigail m. Zechariah Hill, 25 Mar. 1783. Ruth m. Abraham Hill, 9 Sept. 1784. Amos, and Mary Pratt of Lexington, m. 13 Apr. 1817. BOARDMAN and BORDMAN, a prominent family, more particu- larly in the First Parish. Moses m. Elizabeth Fillebrown, 25 Dec. 1746. Elizabeth m. Andrew Brown of 2d Reg't, 13 Dec. 1775. Elizabeth m. John Brown, 13-15 May, 1776. Andrew and w. Mary were adm. to the Second Prec't Church, 1 Mar. 1778. See Paige. BODGE. See BUDGE. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 195 BOUTELL, John, of Charlestown, and Hannah Winship of Dor- chester, m. 21 Oct. 1812. Pub. Oct. 4, 1812.— Wi/man, lUO. BOWERS, John, and Lydia Cutter, both Camb., m. 21 Jan. 1773 — see Cutter (par. 17). Nathaniel, d. 8 Aug. 1805, a. 27. BOWES, Lucy, and Rev. Jonas Clarke of Lexington, m. 21 Sept. 1757. DoECAS m. John Hill, 1 Aug. 1765. (See Paige, 494.) BOWMAN, Solomon, m. Abigail Brown, 1 Mar. 1768, and o. c. 26 Mar. 1769, and had Abigail Broivn, b. 12 Mar., bap. 2 Apr. 1769, m. Ebenezer Cutter of Charlestown, 6 Dec. 1789 — see Cutter (par. 33); Sybil, b. 2, bap. 7 Oct. 1770 — prob. the Sibbel of Charlestown who m. Nathan Nourse of Camb. 24 Mar. 1803; Elizabeth, b. 23, bap. 25 July, 1773 — prob. the Miss Betsey, who d. 24 Apr. 1797, a. 24; an infant, stillborn 24 Aug. 1775. Solomon was adm. to the ch. 23 July, 1797. Mrs. Abigail d. 3 Nov. 1798, a. 52. Solo- mon the father d. 31 July, 1823, a. 78. Born 1745, s. of Thaddeus, s. of Joseph Bowman b. 1674, per F. E. Fowle, gr.-grandson. Solomon Bowman was lieutenant of Capt. Benjamin Locke's com- pany of Menotomy minute-men, 1775, afterward a company of Col. Gardner's regiment, changed from the 37th to the 25th Reg't of the Continental Army. Wyman presents an inaccurate statement regard- ing this family on p. 104 of his Charlestown work. 2. Francis, d. 25 June, 1750, a. 44. (See Paige, 495.) Fran- cis was uncle to Solomon (1). — Bond. Francis Bowman was a Pet. committeeman, 1748, and Pet. assessor, 1748. Thaddeus — the father of Solomon — and Sybil Wilson, both Lexington, m. 8 Feb. 1753. The name is Woolson — see Bond. Thaddeus — brother of Solomon (1) — had s. Thaddeus, b. 24 June, bap. 6 July, 1766. 3. Ebenezer had Ebenezer, b. 22, bap. 29 Oct. 1752, d. 16 Feb. 1754 — s. of the "Widow Bowman" — a. 16 mos. Ebenezer the f. d. 21 Mar. 1753, a. 33. (See Bond's Wat. 88.) Elizabeth (wid.) — prob. of Ebenezer (3) — m. Thomas Adams, 15 Sept. 1754. Mr. Bowman's negro had a son, b. 18 May, 1752. At Mrs. Bowman's, John Williams of Groton d. 4 Nov. 1752, a. 32. 4. William had M^y, b. 3, bap. 17 Mar. 1754; a child, b. 15 June, 1757. Wm. Bowman was a Pet. Committeeman and assessor 1768-70. A Mary d. at Mrs. Robbins's, 1 4 Jan. 1761. Mary, dau. of Solomon (1), b. 1780, m. William Hill 3d, 4 Apr. 1802. 5. Noah, of Cambridge, had Susanna, bap. 14 May, 1758. (See Paige, 495-6, and Bond, 701.)— Wyman, p. 104. 6. John, of Medford, had infant — buried here — 18 Aug. 1768; and Hannah, w. of John, do. — buried here — 18 Nov. 1768. 7. Elizabeth m. Francis Whitmore 3d, of Medford, 30 Dec. 1764. Abigail m. Aaron Cutter, 17 Dec. 1772 — prob. dau. of Ebenezer (3) — see Bond, 690. Cutter (par. 46). BOYD, James, and w. Martha o. c. 31 Mar. 1754, and had bap- tized, Martha, 31 Mar. 1754; Elizabeth, 6 June, 1756; John, 25 Feb. 1759; James — s. of James of Charlestown — 22 Mar. 1761. [James Boyd m. Martha Reed, 20 Sept. 1753. See Wyman's Chas., 105.] 196 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. BRACKETT, Thomas S. and Rebecca Tufts, both Charlestown, m. 19 Apr. 1837. BRADBURY, Edward, of Roxbury, and Abigail Hill of Camb. m. 28 Oct. 1804. BRADISH, Ebenezer, Jr., A.B. [H. U. 1769], was adm. to Pet. ch. 1 Nov. 1773, and had here, Ebenezer, b. 8, bap. 19 Sept. 1773; Timothy Paine, b. 12, bap. 16 Apr. 1775. (Paige says the father practised law a short time in Menotomy. See Hist. Camb. 497.)* BRADSHAW, Henry, of Watertown, m. Hannah G. Cooke, 3 June, 1781. dau. of Rev. Samuel Cooke. Mrs. Hannah Gibbs Bradshaw d. 21 Jan. 1793, a. 39. He d. at Boston of apoplexy, 7 June, 1793. Had Rebecca Cooke (b. 5 Mar. 1782), adm. to the ch. 6 May, 1804, d. unm. 29 May, 1813, a. 32; Elizabeth (bap. Wat. 19 Sept. 1784), adm. to the ch. 18 Sept. 1808, and dism. to the ch. in Hadley, 6 Apr. 1824 — was the "Miss Eliza" who d. at Boston, 10 Mar. 1843; Anna (not named in records — bap. Wat. 29 Jan. 1786, d. unm. in Arlington 30 Nov. 1869, a. 84); Samuel Cooke — s. of Hannah G. Bradshaw — bap. Camb. N. W. Pet. 9 Dec. 1792 (had w. Eliza, d. Boston 29 Aug. 1843, a. 51; he d. at Somerville 19 Feb. 1862, a. 73).— See Brooks's Hist. Medford, 505. * His wife had the following experience on April 19, 1775 : — " Worcester, April 26, 1775. " Hannah Bradish, of that part of Cambridge called Menotomy, and daughter of Timothy Paine, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester, Esquire, of lawful age, testifies, and says that about five o'clock on Wednesday last, afternoon, being in her bedchamber with her infant child, about eight days old, she was surprised by the firing of the King's troops and oui- people, on their return from Concord ; she being weak and unable to go out of her house, in order to secure herself and family, they all retired into the kitchen, in the back part of the house ; she soon found the house surrounded with the King's troops ; that upon observa- tion made, at least seventy bullets -were shot into the front part of the house; several bullets lodged in the kitchen where she was, and one passed through an easy chair she had just gone from ; the door of the front part of the house was broken open; she did not see any soldiers in the house, but supposed, by the noise, they were in the front ; after the troops had^one off she missed the fol- lowing things, which she verily believes were taken out of the house by the King's troops, viz. : — One rich brocade gown, called a negligee ; one lutestring gown, one white quilt, one pair of brocade shoes, three shifts, eight white aprons, three caps, one case of ivory knives and forks, and several other small articles. Hannah Bradish." To this deposition was appended the following : — " Province of the Massachusetts Bay, 1 Worcester, ss , April 26, 1775. ) " Mrs. Hannah Bradish, the above deponent, maketh oath before us, the sub- scribers, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Worces- ter, and of the quorum, that the above deposition, according to her best recol- lection, is the truth. Which deposition is taken in pe7-petuam rei memoriam. Thomas Steel, Timothy Paine." Samuel Paine of Worcester, a tory brother of Hannah Bradish, propagated reports with regard to our Massachusetts soldiers rifling the house of Mr. Bra- dish, instead of the Regular troops. — Journals of each Provincial Coiigress, p. 214. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 197 BRIDGE, John, of Boston, and Mart Bridge of Lexington, m. 21 Sept. 1806. Nancy, wife of Nathaniel, d. 24 Apr. 1842, a. 82. For last named see Wyman's Charlestown, 12Q; Bond's TFat. 25, 706. BRIEN, Henry, d. 23 Feb. 1839, a. 45. BRIGGS, Samuel, of Salem, and Susan Whittemore of W. Camb. m. 16 Oct. 1808. BRIGHAM, Lincoln, had w. Lucy, adm. to the ch. 25 Nov. 1810, and Lucy Maria, tet. 8, Joseph Lincoln, get. 6, and Erastus Furher, «t. 4, baptized 16 Dec. 1810; and Elijah Dana, bap. 7 Nov. 1813. Lucy was dism. to the Evangelical Church in Cambridgeport, Oct. 1827. [Lincoln Brigham was a selectman of Cambridge, 1823.] BRIGHT, Sarah, dau. of Mrs. Clark of Watertown, was adm. to the ch. 28 Oct. 1759. See Clark (2). BRIXTON, Phebe, and Daniel Adams of Camb. m. 3 June, 1793. RuTHY, and Jonathan Harrington of Camb. m. 10 Nov. 1799. See Ward's Shreivsbury, 249 ; Wyman, 7, 131. BROOKS, James, of Concord, m. Elizabeth Bathrick of Camb. 26 Dec. 1745. Punch, servant of Samuel Brooks of Medford, and Rose, servant of William Cutler — slaves — m. 3 June, 1754; fee 10s. He — slave, man-servant of Samuel Brooks, Jr., of Medford — was bap. with Rose, his wife, 15 Dec. 1754. 2. Jonathan, Jr., had w. Susanna o. c. 4 Sept. 1763, and Susan- na, b. 8 Feb., bap. 4 Sept. 1763. See Wyman's Oharlestoion, 135. 3. John, 3d, of Lancaster, and Mary Brown of Camb. m. 3 Dec. 1767. Prob. s. of John Brooks of Woburn and Hannah (Cutter) Brooks, dau. of Dea. John Cutter — see Cutter Book, 45, and Cutter (par. 3). 4. Ebenezer, of Medford, and Elizabeth Whittemore of Camb. m. 31 Mar. 1796. Wid. Elizabeth m. Solomon Prentiss, 7 Nov. 1813. Elizabeth Whittemore was adm. to the ch. 16 Dec. 1821. 5. William S. and w. Eleanor o. c. 26 June, 1808, when she was baptized; \i?l(\. Eleanor Malvina, ho.]}. 26 June, 1808, d. 23 Feb. 1814, a. 7; James, bap. 4 June, 1809; William Foreman, bap. 22 Sept. 1811; Horace, bap. 28 May, 1815; Eleanor 3falvina, bap. 5 Oct. 1817. See Hist. Medf. 508, and Bo7id, 726. 6. Alfred, of Lincoln, m. Roxa Peirce of W. Camb. 30 Sept. 1821. Roxanna, dau. of Alfred, d. 2 Dec. 1835, a. 20 mos. 7. Mary S. W., of W. Camb., m. Libbeus Leach of Braintree, 20 Oct. 1822. BROWN, Daniel and , w. of Daniel, adm. to the ch. 22 Febv 1756. Had Jfwr^, adm. Pet. ch. 11 Oct. 1767 — perhaps Mary, who m. John Brooks 3d, of Lancaster, 3 Dec. 1767 ; a son, d. 22 Jan. 1752, a. 4 yrs.; Lucy, b. 5, bap. 11 Feb. 1753; Elizabeth, b. 25 Feb. bap. 2 Mar. 1755 — perhaps Elizabeth, who m. Thomas Cutter, 15 Oct. 1780, Cutter (par. 47); Anna, b. 18, bap. 23 Oct. 1757; a dau. AU- 198 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. gail, prob. same who m. Solomon Bowman, 1 Mar. 1768. Roger, negro boy of Daniel, d. 1 Apr. 1754, a. 8 yrs. Abigail, w. prob. of Dan- iel, d. 12 Feb. 1812, a. 92. Daniel the father was ensign of Meno- tomy train band in 17G6, and lieut. of same company 1771, and Pet. committeeman and assessor 17()0-67. He was rated in Menotomy in 1777 and 1781, and afterward was prob. of Concord. Lt. Daniel Brown was chosen Prect. treasurer in 1785, but declined serving. 2. John, from Boston, d. at Thomas Hall's, 24 May, 1754, a. 6 yrs. John m. Elizabeth Boardman, 13 or 15 May, 1776 (see Paige, 503). Susanna m. Stephen Frost, 20 Dec. 1772. ANDRfew, of Second Regt., m. Elizabeth Boardman, 13 Dec. 1775. Hannah m. Thomas Fillebrown, 1 Dec. 1778. Miriam m. Richard Cutter 25 May, 1781 — Cutter (par. 18). Submit and Jesse Richardson, of AYoburn, m. 7 Dec. 1781. Thomas, of Waltham, and Susanna Kendall of Camb. 30 June, 1793. Rebecca, of Lexhigton, and James Perry of Camb. 10 June, 1798. Mrs. Anne {Ame), of Charlestown, and Ben- jamin Locke of W. Camb. 15 Mar. 1807 — Wyman, 142. Susan and Samuel Cutter of W. Camb. 6 Mar. 1809— Cutter (par. 39). James, of Cambridge, and Mary Ann Perry of W. Camb. 5 May, 1825.' Erastus and Anna Wiuship of Lexington, 22 Oct. 1826. Edmund M., of Lexington, and Harriet W. Whitney of W. Camb. 1 May, 1836. John J., of Lexington, and Hannah A. Swan of W. Camb. 24 Mar. 1841. 3. A child of Jarvis Brown, d. 5 Sept. 1825, a. 14 mos. ; the Wid. Anna, d. 19 Nov. 1837, a. 84 [or 82|— born 6 Apr. 1755— maiden name Anna Cutter — Cutter] (par. 12) ; Wyman, 146. Miss Ruth Matthews, at James Brown's, d. 30 Oct. 1841, a. 21. BRUCE, Miss Anna, d. 8 Feb. 1793, a. 18 [sister of James Bruce of Woburn]. James Bruce of Wob. m. Betty Harrington 15 June, 1797. — Lexington Records. BUCKMAN and BUCKNAM, Spencer, of Medford, and Mary Frost of Camb. m. 9 Nov. 1794. Mary (widow), was adm. to the civ. 5 July, 1812. Spencer's son, d. 10 Aug. 1802, a. 2; and Ruthy, Louisa, and John Harris, cliil. of Spencer, were bap. 26 July, 1812. Mary, an adult, fet. 16, prob. his dan., o. c. and was bap. 5 Sept. 1813; perhaps the Mary who m. John Crosby, 13 Apr. 1817. Ruth m. Ezra Avery, 7 Feb. 1828. Louisa in. Elias Avery, 1 Jan. 1828. Lydia, another dau., m. Jonas Cutter, Jr., 5 Sept. 1824 — Cutter (par. 56). 2. Sarah, m. Isaac Cutter, 23 July, 1783 — Cutter (par. 49) — dau. of Moses.' Jesse m. Frances Prentiss, 24 May, 1827, had Theo- dore Gray, bap. 27 July, 1828; a son, d. 2 Sept. 1837, a. 2 days; and Frances Maria, d. 24 Jan. 1847, a. 13 yrs. (g. s.) ; Benjamin Frank- lin, second son, d. 25 Nov. 1832, a. 3. Rachel, sister of Jesse, m. Reuben Johnson, 24 Oct. 1826. ^ James Brown, of the well-known firm of Charles C. Little and James Brown, publishers, Boston. He died March 10, 18.55. '^ Moses Bucknam with wife and children, Leonard, Spencer, Nancy and Fan- ny, from Maiden, April, 1786; in census 1789. — Wyman's Charlestown, 148. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 199 BUDGE or BODGE, James, who o. c. and was bap. 31 Mar. 1751, aged 31, had w. Elizabeth, adm. to the ch, 31 Mar. 1751, and chil. Elizabeth, b. 18 Oct. 1746, and James, b. 1 May, 1748, both bap. 31 Mar. 1751; and Ruth, b. 29 Jan. 1756, bap. 8 Feb. 1756; Daniel, s. of James, of Medford, was bap. 25 Apr. 1762. A nurse child at Budge's, of name Prince, of Boston, d. 6 July, 1749, a. 5 mos. A Tufts child, belonging to Medford, d. at J. Budge's, 16 Jan. 1754, a. 13 mos. James Budge m. Elizabeth Stearns of Camb. 1746. He and wife, with Ruth and Daniel, from Medford, became tenants in house of P. De Carteret, 1767. — Wyman's Charlestown, 149, 897. BULL, Robert, and w. Tabitha, adm. to the ch. 12 July, 1741. Robert, adult, a3t. 22 — lineage undetermined — bap. 3 May, 1761; perhaps Robert, m. Mellicent Mason, of Lexington, 7 Oct. 1771. Tabitha, wid. of Robert, d. 5 Aug. 1770, a. 64. Deborah, d. at William Butterfield's 20 Jan. 1772, a. 60. (See Paige, 504; Wyman, 149.) BURBECK, Johx, m. Martha Hill, 1 Feb. 1781, had a child b. 1782 — perhaps Miss Martha, d. 5 Aug. 1801, a. 20; Daniel, a son, m. Harriet Cutter. 29 Nov. 1807 — CutteH (par. 45), had a child d. 14 Sept. 1813, a. 1 yr., and d. himself, 24 May, 1842, a. 58; John, a son, had a child, d. 2 Aug. 1818, a. 1. Mrs. Martha, m. Nathaniel Walk- er, of Westmoreland, 2 Nov. 1805. (See Locke Book, 161.) BUSSELL, Joel, and Wid. Anna Cutter of W. Camb. m. 27 Nov. 1826. See Cutter (par. 35). BUTTER, Daniel, of Charlestown, and Rhoda Earl of Marble- head, m. 12 Mar. 1826. BUTTERFIELD, Jonathan, and w. Ruth joined the Second Pet. ch. at its organization, 9 Sept. 1739; and Jonathan, Jr., and w. Ra- chel,^ and Mary, w. of John, joined likewise at same time. .Jona- than the father had sons Jonathan, John who m. Mary Hill (1 Mar. 1725-6), and William. See Paige, 505. Jonathan the father d. 2 June, 1744, a. 73. His wife, the Widow Ruth, d. of old age, 11 Jan. 1754, a. 80. John, s. of these, d. 6 Jan. 1749, a. 50. Mart, wid. of John, m. Abraham Watson, 4 Jan. 1750 (see Paige, 679 ; Wyman, 161-62, 1000). 2. William, s. of Jonathan (1), had dau. Mary, d. 26 July, 1753, a. 16 yrs. ; and Sarah, b. 20 Apr., bap. 31 May, 1741, d. 24 June, 1741, a. 3 mos.; William, b. 26 Feb., bap. 6 Mar. 1743; Jonathan, b. 25 Jan., bap. 27 Jan. 1745; John, b. 9, bap. 11 Jan. 1747; Samuel, b. 9, bap. 15 Apr. 1750; Sarah, b. 11, bap. 16 Feb. 1752, m. John Dickson, Jr., 6 Oct. 1771; Mary, b. 24, bap. 25 Aug. 1754, m. Josejjh Locke, 19 Nov. 1772; Abel, b. 2, bap. 13 Feb. 1757; Stephen, bap. 30 Dec. 1759. William the father m. Mehitable Chamberlin, 1 May, 1740 (his first wife was Sarah Robbins, m. 12 Dec. 1733, and d. a. ^ Jonathan Butterfield of Camb. m. Rachel Stone of Lexington, 2 Jan. 1721- 2. — Lexington Records, 200 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 25; the second w. was of Billerica origin). William and w. Mehit- ABLE were adm. to the Pet. eh. 31 May, 1741. A nurse child from Boston at William Butterfield's d. 19 Aug. 1755, a. 5 mos. A nurse child at the Widow Butterfield's, d. 20 Jan. 1762; and a child at the Widow B.'s, d. 7 Jan. 1763, a. 2 wks. Mehitable, wid. of William, m. Samuel Locke, 6 June, 1770. See Wyman's Charles- town, 162, groups 4 and 11. William Butterfield was a corjjoral in the French War. 3. William, s. of William (2), m. Deborah Locke, 12 Jan. 1768. William and w. Deborah o. c. 22 May," 1768, and had William, b. 30 May, bap. 5 June, 1768; Deborah, b. 20, bap. 25 Aug. 1776; Jonathan, b. 1, bap. 4 Apr. 1779; Sarah, a dau., m. Joel Tufts of Medford, 13 Jan. 1806. William the father d. 6 Feb. 1792, a. 49. Deborah his wid. d. 11 July, 1838, a. 97. See Wyman's Chas. 162. Deborah Bull, at William Butterfield's, d. 20 Jan. 1772, a. 60. 4. Jonathan, s. of William (2), m. Mary Dickson, 4 Aug. 1772. See Paige, 505. See Wyman, 162, who gives wrong lineage. 5. John, s. of William (2). — See Paige, 505 ; Wyman, 162, group 7. 6. Samuel, s. of William (2), m. Elizabeth Bemis, of Watertown, 14 July, 1774, and had Josvph, b. 28 Aug., bap. 3 Sept. 1780; Eliza- beth, b. 24 Feb., bap. 2 Mar. 1783, m. Joseplj Adams 12 Feb. 1809; Hannah, bap. Aug. 1785, m. Isaac Locke, 22 Mar. 1807; Benjamin, bap. Dec. 1787; Path, bap. 14 Mar. 1790, m. Artemas Locke, 25 Apr. 1816; John, bap. 26 Aug. 1792; Abel, bap. 19 Mar. 1797 (see Paige, 505). Samuel the father d. of cancer 18 Mar. 1816, a. 66. Ue was Pet. committeeman and assessor, 1785-86. 7. Stephen, s. of William (2), perhaps the private soldier of that name in the Revolutionary Army. — See Paige, 429. 8. William, s. of William (3), d. 11 June, 1838, a. 70. Un- married. 9. Jonathan, s. of William (3), m. Sukey Whittemore, 21 Sept. 1806, and both o. c. 11 Oct. 1807. Had Thomas Whittemore, bap. 11 Oct. 1807; a child, d. 1 Dec. 1808; Sarah Ann, bap. 5 Apr. 1812; William Andrews, bap. 27 Mar. 1814; Susanna, bap. in private, 17 Sept. 1816, d. 19 Sept. 1816, a. 1 wk.; Jonathan, bap. 15 Mar. 1818. Jonathan the father d. 11 Jidy, 1838, a. 59. Sukey, his wid., d. at Neponset, 1 Feb. 1855, a. 70. (See Locke Book, 162.) 10. Samuel, a sou of Samuel (6), bap. 5 Apr. 1778, First Parish — m. Polly Downing of Lexington, 1 June, 1805. Samuel, Jr., and w. Polly o. c. 3 Aug. 1806. Had Samuel, bap. 3 Aug. 1806, d. 23 July, 1807, a. 16 mos. ; Mary Ann, bap. 3 July, 1808, d. 23 Nov. 1821, a. 14; Samuel,\)in^. 14 Oct. 1810. Samuel the father d. 8 Aug. 1837, a. 59. 11. Abel, s. of Samuel (6), m. Abigail Whittemore of Charles- town, 5 June, 1817. 12. Samuel, s. of Samuel (10), m. Miranda Whittemore, 31 Jan. 1839. 13. Benjamin, m. Mary Hackelton, 4 Apr. 1776 (see Paige, 505). Perhaps Benjamin, the member of Capt. Samuel Thatcher's Co., 19 Apr. 1775 — see Paige, 409. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. . 201 14, Ruth, d. 26 Sept. 1818, a. 67. Asenath, of Lexington, and Friend-Moody Hamblet of Springfield, m. 4 July, 1813.' CAMPBELL, Mrs., d. 14 Sept. 1841, a. 27. CAPELL, Thomas, of Lexington, and Susan L. Crockett of Mai- den, m. 10 Sept. 1839. CAPEN, Samuel, and Abigail Prentiss of Camb. m. 14 Oct. 1792. CARLISLE, Louisa, of W. Camb., and William Nichols of Bos- ton, m. 9 May, 1826. CARNES, Mrs. Elizabeth, d. 16 Aug. 1802, a. 54. Joseph's •child d. 13 Sept. 1805, a. 2. CARROLL, Paulina, and Jesse Simpson of W. Camb. m. 15 Apr. 1840. CARTER, Caleb, had Tfieophihs, b. 2, bap. 7 Sept. 1777; Oakb, h. 24, bap. 25 July, 1779; Sarah, bap. 27 Nov. 1781. See Wyman's CImrleMown, 191, No. 21. An infant of Mr. Carter, of Woburn, funeral 28 Aug. 1775. Samuel, Jr., had a seat in the meeting-house, 1781. Adino, of Woburn, m. Abigail Nutting, of Camb. 12 Feb. 1756. Judith, of Woburn, m. John Winship, of Camb. 5 Dec. 1763. Capt. Samuel, of Woburn, and Mrs. Rebecca Hill, m. 11 Dec. 1770 — marriage fee a crown: [widow of Zechariah Hill, and maiden name Cutter]. Mrs. Rebecca Carter, d. 1 Feb. 1797, a. 84 (g. s. Arling-. ton) — wid. of Capt. Samuel Carter. [He m. first Margery Dick- son, of Camb., 30 June, 1719, who d, 27 Sept. 1769, a. 71 (g. s. Wo- burn first burying-ground).] He d. 21 Jan. 1787, a. 92 (g. s. Arling- ton). " 1787, Jan. 21. Capt. Samuel Carter died, and buried this. 1 Jonathan Butterfield (1) and wife (Ruth) o. c. Camb. ch. (Fh'st Parish) 2 July, 1699. He had Jonathan, John and Mary, bap. Camb. 2 July, 1699; Abi- gail, bap. 17 May, 1702, adm. Camb. ch. 23 Apr. 1721; Rufh, bap> 10 Sept. 170i, adm. Camb. ch. 23 Aug. 1730; Jane, bap. 17 Nov. 1706; Lydia, bap. 3 Oct. 1708 ; William, bap. 24 Sept. 1710 ; Phebe, bap. 30 Aug. 1713, add. Camb. ch. 25 July, 1731 ; Deborah, bap. 3 June, 1716. See Wyman's Charlestown, 161. Jonathan the father and wife(Iluth) were adm. to Camb. ch. 12 Nov, 1704. His wife was Ruth Wright of Woburn (Dr. Benjamin Cutter). Jonathan (Jr.) was adm. Camb. ch. 29 Nov. 1719. John the son, Avho m. Mary HiUj.then a young widow — (her maiden name Mary Grant — Paige) — had no children. Mary, wife of John, then wife of Abraham Hill, Jr., was adm. Camb. ch, 28 Oct. 1722. William (2) had Mary, bap. Camb. 1.3 Sept. 1734; Jonathan, bap. 21 Mar. 1736; Mary, bap. o Feb. 1738. Jonathan (4) who o. c. I Aug. 1773, Camb. First Par- ish, had Jonathan, bap. there 1 Aug. 1773, and Mary, bap. 18 Dec. 1774. John (5) who o. c. Camb. First Parish 22 Nov. 1772, had Abigail, bap. there 22 Nov. 1772; John, 26 Nov. 177-5 ; James, 20 July, 1777. Samuel (6) who o. c. Camb. First Parish 21 Apr. 1776, had Samuel, bap. there 27 Apr, ,1776 ; and Samuel, bap. 5 Apr. 1778. Benjamin (13) and wife Mary were adm. Camb. First ch. 29 Dec. 1776; had Mary, bap. First Parish 5 Jan. 1777. SepHisToay of Precinct, under 1790. Jonathan Butterfield, Jr., was Pet, committeeman fiy^ yrs. from 1733 to 1749. John 4iutterfield was Pet. committeeman five yrs. /rom 1735 to 1745, Both were Pet. assessors for a series of vears. 19 202 HISTORY OF AELINGTON. week, aged 92 years or more." — Diary of Samuel Thompson, Esq., Wohiirn. He was a grandson of Capt. John Carter, of Woburn, and b. 31 Oct. 1694. — See Hist, of Woburn, 598. Mehitable, m. Nathan "VVhittemore, 7 Feb. 1781 — see Wyman's Charlestown, 190, group 13. Susan, and Joseph W. Adams, both of Lowell, m. 17 May, 1835.* CARTERET (otherwise Cartaret and Gartivright) , Elizabeth, w. of Philip, adm. to eh. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Elizabeth Car- teret, w. of same, and Dorithea Dunster, prob. her sister, were adm. to Medford ch. 21 Apr. 1728, and Elizabeth Cakteret was dism. from Medford ch. to Menotomy, 1 Sept. 1739. She was dau. of Jona- than Dunster and Deborah, dau. of Maj. Jonathan Wade of Medford (second wife of Dunster) — see Paige — m. Philip Carteret (or DeCar- teret) 16 Nov. 1727— %ma/i— and d. 25 Jan. 1787, a. 87 (g. s. Ar- lington). Capt. Philip, her husband, d. 19 Apr. 1767, a. 66 (g. s. Arlington). He was a Pet. committeeman ten yrs. from 1738 to 1760, and Pet. assessor for the same period. A negro boy of Capt. Carteret d. 12 Apr. 1747, a. 6 yrs. A negro girl of Capt. Car- teret was b. 15 Aug. 1753. Pegg., woman-servant of Capt. C, d. 10 Dec. 1757. Cnjfee Cartwright d. 20 Jan. 1826, a. 77.' Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Philip, d. 8 June, 1751, a. 14 yrs.; Mary, dau. of Capt. Philip, d. 19 Nov. 1751, a. 21 yrs.; Ruth, dau. of Capt. Philip, d. 2 June, 1754, a. 18 yrs. Abigail, another dau., then of " Charlestown this pet.," m. William Whittemore, A.M., of Camb. 12 Oct. 1758.' See Wyman's Charlestown, 193. Hephzibah Page, of Hampton, d. at Capt. Carter eVs, 5 Aug. 1765, a. 29 — a niece of his wife, and dau. of Solomon, of Hampton, N. H., and Dorothy (Dunster) Page. The name is De Carteret on the gravestones of Capt. Philip, his widow Elizabeth, and daughters Mary, Rii'h and Elizabeth, in Ar- lington burying-ground. Philip Carteret witnessed the deed of his brother-in-law David Dunster's sale of his home place to Joseph Win- ship, 12 March, 1742. He was prob. a maiuner. Wyman states that he was executor of Edward de Carteret of St. Johns, Isle of Jersey, * Capt. John Carter, of Woburn, was ensign tliere 1653, lieut. 1664, and cap- tain 1675, the time of Philip's War. Lieut. John Carter, his son, and father of Capt. Samuel Carter above, had a son Benjamin, who entered the military service and was killed by Indians near Dunstable, 5 Sept. 1724. Samuel Carter and Samuel Carter, Jr., of Woburn, are mentioned in the History of Precinct in this work, under 1761. The latter d. 14 (buried 15) Sept. 1805, a. 84, was intombed in a walled enclosure in a field on the present Winchester hills, adjoin- ing Arlington. — See Wyman's C harlestoivn. 2 He used to work by the day among the farmers, slept in barns and lived almost anyhow. One of his stories was that he was a servant to General Bur- go yne, and that just before the capture of the latter at Saratoga, he was ordered to take the General's favorite horse one morning to the brook to water. The American and British armies lay on each side of it, half a mile or so apart. After the horse had drank sufficiently. Cuff concluded to join the Americans, and dashing through the brook, while the British bullets fl.ew thick at him, reached our lines. — /. B. Russell, GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 203 1745. See Wyman's Charlestown, 193-94, for important particulars regarding estate, &c. June 30, 1772, Elizabeth Carteret of Clias., widow, deeds to Tony, her negro man, his liberation {Midd. Registrij, Ixxv. 187). — See Wy- man. CHADWICK, Sybil, and Mary, from Dr. Eckley'sch. in Boston, were adm. to West Camb. oh. 25 Nov. 1810. Sijhil d. here 18 Mar. 1832. a. 82; wife of Capt. Nathaniel Chadwick, who d. at St. Domin- go, Nov. 1802, a. 55. Mary, her dau., died, the wid. of Jacob AVelsh, at Welshfield, Ohio, in 1823, a. 40. [See Wyman's Ghas. 1007.) Clarissa Kent, sister to Mrs. Chadwick, d. here 15 Sept. 1832, a. 84. The deaths of this family are minutely given on a slab in the old bury- ing-ground, erected by Clarissa Chadwick, dau. of Capt. Nathaniel and Sybil, who d. 6 Feb. 1851, a. 76, the last survivor of the family.^ CHAMRERLIN, Mehitable, and AVilliam Butterlield, m. 1 May, 1740. See Butterfield (2). CHAMBERS, Willi*i, s. of John of Boston — born here — bap. S June, 1740. CHAMPNEY, Daniel, Jr., m. Hannah Emmons, 22 Sept. 174G. Nathan of Camb. and Elizabeth Osborn, of Charlestown this Pet , m. 23 June, 1760, (See Paige, 508; Wyman, 200) CHANDLER, Daniel, and Susanna Downing, of Lexington, m. 19 May, 1817. .CHEEVER, AYiLLiAM, s. of William of Boston, b. July, bap. 2 Aug. 1752. CHILDS, Amos, who d. 25 Jan. 1819, a. 41, had w. Sally, adm. to the ch. and baptized 11 Apr. 1819, and chil. Sophia Wyman and Amos, bap. 18 Ajjr. 1819. Amos the father m. Sally Wyman of Charlestown, 21 Mar. 1805. Amos, prob, the son, d- 4 July, 1826, a. 12. See Wyman's Charlestown, 213-14. 2. Ephraim, had w. Hannah, who o. c. 17 Feb. 1754, and a dau. Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1753, pi-ob. the Hannah, dau. of Hannah, bap. 3 Mar. 1754. Ephraim d. at Ebeuezer Prentice's, on the town, 29 Jan. 1772, a. 60. 3. Phineas, d. 16 Dec. 1795, a. 66. Another Phineas, d. 19 Apr. 1807, a. 53; prob. the Phineas who had child d. 14 Aug. 1789, a. 14 raos., aad a dau., d. 3 Aug. 1797, a. 3 mos. Lncretia, prob. his dau., d. 28 Oct. 1822, a. 19. * On 27 Apr. 1839, Clarissa Chadwick, single woman, purchased of Ephraim Cutter, miller, the right to deposit in his family tomb in the burial ground of the First Congregational Society, the bodies of her mother Sybil Chadwick, and aunt "Creasey" Kent; also the body of herself [and servant Sylvia Bracy]. This conveyance, never recorded, was voluntarily surrendered to Benjamin Cut- ter, administrator of Ephraim Cutter's estate, the bodies severally deposited in said tomb having been removed to another built by Miss Chadwick for herself in the same grounds. 204 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 4. Hannah (late Emmons) o. c. 18 Dec. 1774; and Sarah, dau. of Hannah, b. 17 Oct., was bap. 25 Dec. 1774, prob. the infant of Hannah, funeral 25 Aug. 1775. 5. Samuel, and Lucy Mason, of Camb. First Prec't, m. 8 July, 1779— fee $8. 6. Solomon, and Eliza Wyman, of Charlestown this dist. m. 3 Apr. 1806. See Wy man's Charlestown, 214. Ephraim Child was a soldier in the French War. The name is more commonly spelt Childs. CHRISSEN (or Oresson), Deborah, adm. to ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739; the Miss Deborah, d. 25 Apr. 1795, a. 92, perhaps gr.-dau. of Robert Wilson. See Paige, 694; Wyman, 248, 1040. CHURCHILL, Asaph, of Milton, and Mary Gardner of Charles- town, m. 10 May, 1810. See Wyman's Charlestown, 216. CLARK or CLARKE, Richard, of Watertown, and w. Eliza- beth, were adm. to this ch. 4 Apr. 1762. He m. Elizabeth Welling- ton here 2 July, 1761, and had chil. EUzalhh, bap. here 8 Aug. 1762, and Rebecca, bap- here 8 May, 1768. (See Bond, 161, 742.) [Rich- ard Clark, of Watertown, m. Mary Tufts, wid. of Nathan Tufts, and dau. of Joseph Adams (1). — Wymmi.'] 2. Thomas, of Watertown, had Thomas, bap. here 28 Feb. 1762; iSaraA, bap. here 15 July, 1764; Hannah Bond, bap. here 20 July, 1766 (Sarah, Jr., of Watertown — who worshipjjed here — d. 17 Aug. 1778, a. 15 yrs.; Hannah Bond, d. 18 Aug. 1778, a. 13 yrs.; daugh- ters of Wid. Sarah) ; Peter, s. of Thomas of Watertown — bap. here 8 Jan. 1769. Thomas the father was an older brother of Richard (1), his wife was Sarah Bright, dau. by a former marriage of his (Thom- as's) father's second wife Anna (Bowman) Bright. (See Bond, 161.) Sarah Bright — dau. of Mrs. Clark of Watertown — was adm. to this ch. 28 Oct. 1759. Afterward the wife of Thomas (2). 3. Ballard, o. c. 16 Mar. 1800, had Hannah and Jeduthun Wel- lington, bap. 6 Apr. 1800; Wellington,^vo\,. the latter, d. 27 July, 1819, a. 20. Susanna d. 5 Sept. 1816, a. 41, prob. w. of Ballard, and dau. of Col. Jeduthun Wellington. 4. William, had child d. 7 Sept. 1825, a. 2 yrs.; a son James, d. 4 May, 1837, a. 20 yrs. William the father d."24 Mar. 1839, a. 52; his wid. 21 July, 1840, a. 46. William L. m. Pamelia A. Palmer, 17 May, 1840. (She d. 25 Feb. 1852, a. 32.) 5. Rev. Jonas, and Lucy Bowes of Lexington, m. 21 Sept. 1757. Daniel had dau. d. 9 Oct. 1837, a. 3 yrs. David had wife d. 21 May, 1838, a. about 24. CLAY, Sarah D. and Porter Smith, both of South Reading, m. 15 Aug. 1837. CODNER, William, of Boston, and Mary Hill of Camb. m. 5 Dec. 1745. Fee £2. COFFIN, Michael, s. of John, bap. 2 Apr. 1758. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 205 COGGIN, Sally, adult, o. c. and bap. 15 Aug. 1802. See Win- SiHP (par. 20) ; a sister who m. a Winship o. c. same time. COGvSWELL, Polly, dau. of Jonathan, of Charlestown, bap. G Oct. 1776. See Wyman's Charlestown, 227. COLE, Sally, d. 9 Dec. 1807, a. 7 yrs. John, d. suddenly at Phile. Russell's, 16 June, 1837, a. 60 — Damon supposes a Universal- ist, and attended the funeral. Caleb was on a committee here 6 Nov. 1801 ; pewholder, 1805. COLLINS, Susanna, of Camb. and Benjamin Mead of Medford, m. 26 Feb. 1781. [Enos, of Springfield, N. H., drowned 8 Dec. 1831, a. 28 (g. s.), had w. Mary, and a son Enos, that d. 4 Mar. 1833, a, 11 mos. (g. s.).] COMEE, Joseph, of Lexington, o. c. here 17 May, 1753. COMSTON, William, of Boston, and Jeanette Schouler of W. Camb. m. 27 June, 1839. CONVERS or CONVERSE, Joseph, of Medford, m. Abigail Ad- ams, dau. of Dea. Joseph, 19 Oct. 1800. Joseph and w. Abigail were adm. to the ch. 17 Nov. 1805. Had iV^rt%,bap. 17 Nov. 1805; Joseph, bap. 20 Apr. 1806 (d. 10 Jan. 1862, a. 55) ; Samuel, bap. 24 Apr. 1808 ; Hannah, bap. 24 Feb. 1811; Eliza, bap. 24 Apr. 1814. Joseph the father d. 13 Jan. 1816, a. 46. Abigail his wid. d. 30 Mar. 1835, a. 62 (g. s.). 2. Lydia, of Medford, m. Benjamin Francis of Charlestown this Pet. 7 Apr. 1757. Patience, of Medford, and Edward Gardner of Charlestown, m. 23 Mar. 1817. See Wyman, 235. COOK or COOKE, Sarah, widow, adm. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Prob. Sarah, w. of Philip, and mother of following: 2. Ephraiji, whose w. Sarah was adm. to this ch. 4 Sept. 1743. She d. 24 Mar. 1748, a. 47. Maiden name Swan (m. 14 Dec. 1727 — Paige). Ephraim d. non compos 11 Sept. 1763, a. 64. Mercy, dau of Ephraim, deceased, was adm. to the ch. 1 Apr. 1764. Sarah. another dau., m. Joseph Frost, 8 Feb. 1753. Abigail, another, m. Eben ezer Tufts of Medford, 23 Apr. 1760. Eunice, prob. another, m. Jo- seph Reed, 4 July, 1775. Anna, another, d. unm. 7 Apr. 1813, a. 71 He had also Aaron, b. 1 Jan., bap. here 1 Mar. 1741; Elizabeth, b 8, bap. 25 Dec. 1743, m. Thomas Barrett, 6 Dec. 1771; Martha, who m. Jonathan Dickson of Charlestown, 7 Mar. 1771. 3. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (2), had Ephraim, b. 17 Apr., bap. 11 July, 1756; Abraham aiud Sarah (twins), bap. 5 Mar. 1758; Mercy, bap. 10 June, 1759, m. Ephraim Mullett of Charlestown, 28 May, 1782; Deborah, bap. 13 Aug. 1761 (m. Benjamin Perry, 1794 — Paige); Thomas, b. 10 June, bap. 12 June, 1763; Lydia, h. 11, bap. 20 Ocl. 1765 (d. unm. 1813— Paige); Lucy, b. 19, bap. 26 July, 1767 (m. Walter Foss, 1786— Pa^^e) ; Mary, b. 3, bap. 9 July, 1769, d. — dau. of late Ephraim — 28 July, 1780. Ephraim the father d. of 19* 206 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. dysentery, 14 Nov. 1773. With wife o. c. 11 July, 1756. Mercy, widow — his w. Mercy Hale of Boston (see Paige) — was adm. to the ch. 4 Sept. 1774. J. Dolle — from Cambridge, at Wid. Cooke's — d. 7 Jan. 1776, a. 18 mos. See Wymau's Charlestown, 236-37, groups 17, 19 and 33. 4. Aaron, s. of Ephraim (2), and w. Elizabeth o. c. 8 Nov. 1767. (She was Elizabeth Mullett, m. 24 July, 1766— P(e; Wy- man.) Had Aaron, bap. 8 Nov. 1767— b. 12 Jan. 1767; John, b. 18, bap. 23 Oct. 1768, d. 24 May, 1770, a. 19 mos.; Elizabeth, b. 25 Feb., bap. 4 Mar. 1770; {Sarah, b. 1112— Paige); John, b. 3, bap. 8 May, 1774; Mary, b. 26 Jan., bap. 2 Feb, 1777— perhaps the Mary, 2d, m. Homer Sawtell, 1 Aug. 1808; Rebecca, b. 14, bap. 20 June, 1779. Elizabeth the w. d. 8 Apr. 1808, a. 62. Ephraim, a son of Aaron — omitted by Paige — bap. 19 Aug. 1781. 5. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (3), had child {Hannah), b. 15 Sept. 1778; a child {Ephraim), b. 1780; Isaac, a son, m. Mary Cutter of Charlestown, 15 Nov. 1804— Cutter (par. 49), and d. 12 Dec. 1815, a. 34; Jazaniah, a son, m. Elizabeth Hall, 26 June, 1806 (d. 1846 — Paige); ^meon, a son, the Simeon C. who m. Rebecca C. Hall 15 May, 1808, d. 20 Mar, 1815, a. 28; Mary, prob. a dau., m. Benjamin L. Sanderson 26 Oct. 1823; Susan, prob. another, m. Timothy Batts, 2 Sept. 1827. Ephraim the father d. 30 Apr. 1824, a. 68. He be- longed to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Prect. 21 July, 1787. (His w. was Hannah Crosby of Lexington, m. 20 Jan. 1778 — Lex- ington Records.) He was a selectman of Cambridge, 1789, 1790. 6. Abraham, s. of Ephraim (3), m. Naomi Russell, 5 July, 1781, belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787, and d. 29 Oct. 1795, a. 37. 7. Aaron, s. of Aaron (4), d. 19 Sept. 1819, a. 51. (Had s. Jef^ ferson, b. 1803 — Paige.) 8. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (5), prob. the Ephraim, Jr., whose child d. 6 Oct. 1805, a. 18 mos.; another child of Ephraim, Jr., d. 4 Nov. 1808, a. 1 yr.; and another, d. 21 July, 1820, a. 2 yrs. (See family in Paige, 515.) 9. Jazaniah (or Jesseniah), s. of Ephraim (5), had Oliver Hall, bap. 7 June, 1807; Elizabeth Meriam, bap. 11 Jime, 1809; and Ade- line Liicinda, £e. 9, Ann Maria, ae. 7, Sarah Meriam, ce. 5, Harriet, ae. 2, bap. 30 April, 1821. Elizabeth, prob. his w., d. 12 May, 1821, a. 35. 10. Simeon, s. of Ephraim (5), had Simeon, ?e.. 2, bap. 13 Oct. 1812— the child d, 19 Oct. 1812, a. 2 yrs. 11. Ephraim, 3d — prob. the s. of Aaron (4), and bap. 1781 — m. Eunice Palmer, 7 May, 1807, and had a child, d. 19 Mar. 1817, a. 3 mos. Ephraim, prob. he, d. 5 Aug. 1835, a. about 50. (Eunice, widow of Ephiaim Cook, d. 9 Nov. 1856, a. 75.) 12. Joseph, Jr., of Camb., m. Margaret Dickson of Charlestown, 13 May, 1756— fee 18s.; Abigail, dau. of Joseph, ba.p. 18 Feb. 1759. See Wyman, 236, group 18. Sarah m. Henry Dickson, 13 Nov. 1774. (See Paige, 515.) GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 207 13. Samuel, Pastor, made choice of by the Second Precinct in Cambridge for that office, 21 JNIay, 1739; accepted of their invitation to the work of the gospel ministry, 2 July, 1739; became a member of the church at its organization, 9 Sept. 1739; and on 12 Sept. 1739, was ordained pastor of this church and congregation. The First Church ill Cambridge, and the churches of Lexington, Medford and Watertown, assisted in that solemnity. Such is the substance of his record of these transactions in the Church Book given by him to the Second Church in Cambridge. Rev. Sajiuel Cooke— fait/if ul pastor — d. 4 June, 1783, a. 75, and in the 4-lth year of his ministry. Had Samuel, b. 2, bap. 9 Aug. 1741, d. (18) Aug. 1741, a. 12 days; Anna, b. and bap. 10 July, 1743, adm. to the ch. 10 Mar. 1765, m. Ezekiel Hall of Medford 24 Oct. 1765, and d. 23 June, 1787, a. 44; Samuel, b. and bap. 14 July, 1745, d. 21 Aug. 1745 — after a distressing sore mouth of 30 days — a. 40 days — "In te spes-Bom.;" — Elizabeth, b. and bap. 14 July, 1745 (twin with Sam- uel), adm. to the ch. 9 Nov. 1766, d. unm. 13 Feb. 1784, a. 38; Mary, b. 15, bap. 17 May, 1747, adm. to the ch. 9 Nov. 1766. d. 1 Feb. 1824, unm., a. 77; Sarah, b. 9, bap. 12 Aug. 1750, adm. to the ch. 3 Dec. 1769, m. Rev. Jonathan Burr [H. U. 1784], 19 July, 1787, and d. 9 Mar. 1788; Samuel, b. and bap. 29 Mar. 1752, adm. to the ch. — Sam- uel, Jr., A. B. [H, U. 1772]— 6 Sept. 1772, d. unm. 2 Jan. 1795— "suddenly at Boston, 9 o'clock in the evening" — a. 43; Hannah Gibbs, b. 17, bap. 21 Apr. 1754, adm. to the ch. 30 Oct. 1774, m. Henry Bradshaw of Watertown, 3 June, 1781, and d. 24 Jan. 1793, a. 38; a dau. b. and d. 17 Oct. 1755 — lived one hour — "more happy one such than" . . . .; a dau. stillborn — "infant of mine. Ah!" — 30 Nov. 1756; Rebecca, b. (29), bap. 31 Dec. 1758, adm. to the ch, 30 Oct. 1774, and d. 2 Feb. 1778, a. 19, unm. — ''Ah! Rebecca, familiar delicias-patris spes" — "after eight months' distress from the effects of the small-pox, which she bore with inimitable patience and even surprising calmness." Her father preached a sermon, numbered 1351, on "/mm. Ohariss: R: (7[ook] : Feb: 8, 1778"— text Prov. 8: 17. "I love them that Love me — And those that Seek me early shall find me. "^ He had also a dau. stillborn (16 Jan.) 1761 (Nov. 1760, one entry). The first wife of Rev. Samuel Cooke was Sarah Porter, dau. of Samuel and Anne of Hadley; m. 2 Oct. 1740; brought by her hus- band to his house, 16 Oct.; had one child, and d. 22 Aug. 1741, a. 24 (family monument), as did her child the 14th previous, both dying of 1 " The temptations that attend youth in the path of life are many and pecu- liar. But a merciful God and Father who knows our frame has not left such without every possible motive to pursue their best interest. As this discourse is particularly designed for the instruction of youth, I shall very briefly show, first, whence their danger in early life arises, and then, secondly, point out some of the special encouragements to early piety suggested to youth in the word of God aud particularly in the text. And God grant they may be attended to as things which nearly concern your everlasting peace," &c. &c. 208 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. the " throat distemper." He then m. Anna Cotton, dau. of Rev. John and Mary of Newton, 23 Sept. 1742, came home the 30th. An7ia, — ''^ uxor et mater domns. Ah!" — d. 12 Feb. 1761, a. 38, having been mother of eleven children. He m. third, 25 Nov. 1762, Lucy, wid. of Rev. Nicholas Bowes, of Bedford, the dau. of Rev. John and Eliza- beth Hancock, of Lexington. She d. 21 Sept. 1768, a. 56 — "after years of sore distress from the gravel." For autobiography of Rev. Samuel Cooke, see History of Pre- cinct under 1778. He was distinguished by his good sense and pru- dence, and for his ardent patriotism. The writer has in his possession a large number of his MS. sermons. Other particulars regarding his life are given elsewhere in this work, during the period covered by his pastorate. A writer in the Am. Qaar. Register for 1839, says, *' Mr. Cooke was very eminent among the ministers of his day," and gives a list of his published sermons. COOPER, Daniel, of Camb., and Lydia Mullet of Charlestown, this Pet., m. 9 May, 1764. Daniel of Charlestown o. c. 5 May, 1765, and had daus. Lydia Prentice and Elizabeth, bap. 5 May, 1765; Elizabeth Prentice, dau. of Daniel of Charlestown, d. 26 Mar. 1767, a. 2 yrs. ; iVeffe, dau. of Daniel, Charlestown, bap. 17 May, 1767. Widow Lydia d. at her father Mullet's, 4 Dec. 1777, a. 39. See ^ Wyman, 239. 2. Samuel, had a dau. b. 31 Aug. 1780. Mary, m. Thomas Beals, 6 June, 1779 — fee $40. William, m. Rebecca Jenkins, 24 Apr. 1780. (These three probably chil. of Benjamin, innholder in Menotomy during the Revolution — see Paige, 517.) Mara, dau. of Jonathan, a brother of Daniel (1), m. Joshua Palmer, 23 May, 1791. (See Paige, 517.) Benjamin Cooper — prob. the innholder — was a selectman of Camb. in 1778. Daniel — perhaps the Daniel (1) — was a private soldier in the French War. A Benjamin Cooper, of Charlestown (Samuel Kent, master), was a private soldier in Capt. Thomas Adams's com- pany from this Precinct and other towns, in 1758. See Wijman, 239, group 11. CORNELL, Mehitable — "brought up with Deacon John Win- ship" — adm. to the ch. 3 July, 1757. COTTING, William and Sarah, o. c. 31 Jan. 1813. Had Ben- jamin Eddy, hai^. 7 Feb. 1813 [H. U. 1834, Ji.Z). 1837]; Martha Eddy, bap. 19 June, 1814, m. Miles T. Gardner [H. U. 1834], of Dedham, 24 May, 1838; Mary Caroline, bap. 8 Sept. 1816, d. 24 Nov. 1820, a. 5 ; Sarah Maria Wellington, bap. 7 June, 1818;' Wil- liam Francis, bap. 9 July, 1 820 — the William W. who m. Elmira Peirce, 22 Dec. 1840. See Eddy. William the father, then at Lunenburg, executed a deed on June 1 Married 28 Aug. 1849, Howland Holmes [H. U. 1843, M.D. 1848], who since 1851 has resided iia Lexington. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 209 16, 1858, of certain land situated in West Cambridge, to George H. Gray, John Field, Reuben Hopkins and John Osborn, all of West Cambridge, permanent trustees, in trust for the use and maintenance of a high school or academy. It having long been the desire of many citizens of the town to establish and maintain a school of that charac- ter in the place, for the instruction and education of youth of both sexes, certain citizens had organized themselves into an association for that purpose and had appointed the above-named gentlemen, being one from each of the four religious societies of the town, viz. the Or- thodox, Unitarian, Universalist and Baptist, to carry out their plan. In consequence of the generous gift of Mr. Cotting, the trustees named the school the Cotting Academy. Suitable buildings were soon afterward erected on this lot of land, which was situated on "the north-west side of a new street laid out over land late of said Cotting, leading into the main high road from West Cambridge to Lexington." The gift was subject to various proper restrictions and conditions, the chief of which was, that no school shall be kept on the premises, or permitted to be kept, by the said trustees or their successors, of a lower grade than a high school, " to the end that any pupil thereof, so desiring, shall at all times have opportunity of being thoroughly edu- cated in such school, in any and all the branches of learning required for admission into Harvard University at Cambridge, and other Amer- ican colleges." On failure of said trustees and their successors to keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, such school or academy for the period of six successive months, then said Cotting or his heirs may re-enter and take immediate possession of said land as of his first and former estate, and the buildings thereon, if not removed within three months after notice, shall become the property of said Cotting or his heirs. The deed permitting a transfer to the town on the same conditions, the town of West Cambridge assumed the above responsibilities, and on Sept. 16, 1864, purchased from the trustees their interest in the estate, and gave the school the name of the Cot- ting High School. The establishment of this academy formed a new starting-point in the prosperity of the town. Some of the prin- cipal men had avowed their determination to leave the place unless such a school could be established. COUCH, Moses R., of Frankfort, and Martha Fowle of Lexing- ton, m. 20 Nov. 1815. COWDRY, Isaac, of Reading, and Ruthy Prentiss of Camb., m. 30 Aug. 1795. COWELL, Mrs., of Boston, d. at Joseph Winship's, 24 June, 1746, a. 24. COX, Matthew, had Walter, b. 15, bap. 19 Dec. 1742, d. 26 Dec. 1742, a. 10 days. The father m. Elizabeth Russell, 1739. 2. Samuel, of (Jamb, deceased — had Samuel, a. 7, and Lydia, a. 9, bap. 7 Apr. 1776. He was s. of Matthew (1). — See Paige, 518. 210 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 3. Walter, s. of Matthew (1), had Wniiam, bap. 7 Feb. 1779. James, had child b. in 1780. Mrs. Ruthy, d. 9 Nov. 1800, a. 40. Elbridge, had dau. Ann Mary N., d. 30 June, 1839, a. 7. Ruth, m. Samuel Russell 25 Feb. 1754. Samuel, m. Fanny Watson, 14 Mar. 1793, prob. s. of Samuel (2). Mary, of Woburn, m. Elipha- let Dodge of Danvers, 13 Feb. 1802. Walter, William and Samuel are named by Wyman, 245. See Paige's Camb. CRAFT or CRAFTS, Joseph, of Newton, m. Mary Fiske of W. Camb. 11 May, 1809. John J., m. Rebecca W. Frost, 13 June, 1816. John P., d. 25 Apr. 1837, a. 46. CROCKETT, Susan L., of Maiden, and Thomas Capell of Lex- ington, m. 10 Sept. 1839. CROOME, Maria Weston, wife of George, baptized 2 Jan., 1842.' CROSBY, Rebecca, of Billerica, m. Gershom Cutter, Jr., 15 Mar. 1757 — Cutter (par. 37). Rhoda, of Camb., m. Thomas Reed of Charlestown, this Pet., 2 July, 1761 — Wyman, 249. Simeon, m. Lydia Frost, 7 May, 1787; Lydia, prob. she, d. 3 Aug. 1813, a. 47 ; a child of Simeon d. 19 July, 1800, a. 3 days; Simeon belonged to the Bap- tist Society in Camb. N. W. Prec't, 21 July, 1787. Gardner, of Boston, m. Susanna Russell of Camb. 2 Jan. 1803. 2. John, m. Mary Buckman, 13 Apr. 1817. He o. c. and was bap. 9 Nov. 1817; had Belinda Green, bap. 9 Nov. 1817 ; FAiza Ann, bap, 16 Apr. 1820; Lydia Louisa, bap. 8 Sept. 1822; Mary, bap. 1 Oct. 1826. 3. Samuel, of Watertown, m. Margaret Frost, 2 Dec. 1821. Ken- dall, of Boston, m. Elizabeth Hill, 23 Apr. 1826. Miss Harriet, d. 1 May, 1842, a. 28. CUMMINGS, Jacob— from ch. in Groton, N. H.— adm. here, 12 June, 1820. Charles W., of Boston, m. Sarah W. Frost, 17 Oct. 1824. CURTIS, Mrs. Priscilla, had dau. d. 24 July, 1802, a. 3. She herself was admitted to the ch. 5 Aug. 1802, and d. 26 Aug. 1802, a. 24. CUSHING, dau. of Thomas P., d. 11 Aug. 1839, a. 10 weeks. ^ Mr. George Croome, for many years a leading manufacturer and dealer in furniture in this city, died at his residence in Arlington on Friday, after two years of great suffering, at the age of nearly 72. He came from England to Boston when a child, and in youth served an apprenticeship in a furniture manufactory. AVhen a young man he established himself in business with Mr. Lane, under the firm name of Lane & Croome, first locating on Court street, and afterward on Washington street. He continued in the business for many years — after Mr. Lane's retirement, as Croome & Hixon, then as George Croome, and lastly as George Croome & Co., retiring about two years ago. He leaves a widow. — Boston Daily Advertiser, Monday, Oct. 27, 1879. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 211 CUTLER, Alice, wife of James, and Abigail, wife of James, Jr., were adm. to the Pet. ch. at organization 9 Sept. 1739. James, Sen., d. 16 Sept. 1756, a. 72. He was an innbolder here in 1734. — See Wyman, 259. Alice, wife of the above James, d. 22 Sept. 1756, a. 67. Alice, their dau., m. Ephraim Jones, Jr., of Concord, 16 Nov. 1752. James Cutler was a prominent petitioner for the establishment of the Pre- cinct — see History, Chap. I. — and one of the Pet. committee eight years between 1733 and 1752; also Pet. assessor. 2. James, Jr., whose wife was Abigail Dunster, pub. 29 Oct. 1737 (see Paige), had James, b. 30 May, bap. 10 June, 1741 ; AMgail,h. 22 Sept., bap. 3 Oct. 1742; Alice,h. 16, bap. 21 Apr. 1745; Martha, h. 14, bap. 27 July, 1746; ffeiirg, b. 10, bap. 15 May, 1748; Betty, b. 17, bap. 22 Apr. 1750, d. 24 July, 1754, a. 5; Sarah, b. 1, bap. 4 Feb. 1753, d. 30 July, 1754, a. 2; William, b. 11, bap. 13 Apr. 1755. See Wyman's Charlestown, 259. 3. William, s. of James (1), m. Elizabeth "Whittemore, Jr., 15 Sept. 1743, and had Elizabeth, b. 23 Feb. 1747— prob. the ^fca^-e^A— assigned in record to " James, Jr." — bap. privately 8 Mar. 1747 — and d. 10 Apr. 1747, a. 50 days; had also a son and dau., b. 22 Apr. 1760; a son, stillborn, 31 Mar. 1762; Elizabeth, b. 19, bap. privately 24 July, 1763, d. 5 Aug. 1763, a. 18 ds.; William, b. and bap. 23 Dec. 176"4 [H. U. 1786]; a son, b. 11, d. 12 Apr. 1766, a. 1 day (all but one of the preceding chil. d. young). Elizabeth, wife of William, d. 29 Dec. 1770, a. 47. (Paige quotes a newspaper notice, of the time, to the effect that she had thirty-six children ; the thirty-fifth the only one surviving when she died.) William m. Rebecca Hall, 19 Jan. 1773 — wid. of Thomas Hall, Jr., and dau. of Ebenezer Cutter. By this marriage he had James, b. 12, bap. 15 May, 1774;* Rebecca, b. Jan., bap. 19 .Jan. 1777, d. 6 Aug. 1778, a. 20 mos. ; Rebecca, b. 22, bap. 26 Dec. 1779, m. John Tufts 13 Dec. 1798. William the father was adm. to the ch. 8 Oct. 1769, and d. of " a dropsie," 1 Apr. 1781. Re- becca — wid. of Wm. Cutler and Thos. Hall, Jr., and dau. of Eben'r Cutter. Medford— d. 12 Dec. 1817, a. 80. (See Hist. Gutter Fam., 90,382-83; Paige, 520-21 ; Wyman's Charlestown, 259.) William Cutler was a Pet. committeeman and assessor in 1764. William (3), was an innholder and had slaves. Rose, his servant, m. Punch, servant of Samuel Brooks of Medford, 3 June, 1754 — fee 10s. She, styled maid-servant of William, was bap. 15 Dec. 1754. (Punch, her husband, slave — man-servant of Samuel Brooks, Jr., Med- ford — bajD. same time). A negro child of Rose, servant of William, b. 2 Feb. 1755, d. 5 Feb. 1755, a. 4 ds. Dinah, negro girl of Wil- liam, was bap. 17 Oct. 1756, te. 2. Venus, a dau. of Rose — Wil- liam's negro — was bap. 9 Dec. 1759. Prince, s. of Rose — William's servant — b. 8 Aug., bap. 12 Sept. 1762. Rose m. Scipio Pool of 1 James Cutler, born May 12, 1774, married Abigail, daughter of Major Ben- jamin llussell. He was of the firm of Russell & Cutler, who published the Boston Gazette for many years. — J. B. R. 212 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Medford, 1 Sept. 1768— fee $1. Rose, servant of William, d. 29 Aug. 1769, a. 48. Tobet, black slave of William, d. 16 Apr. 1774. IsHMAEL, rated in Menotomy in 1781, was probably a servant of William.^ William, funeral 22 Aug. 1775. Silas m. Sarah Gray, 3 June, 1827. William Cutler was lieut. of Menotomy trainband in 1766. Islima- el and Prince Cutler were soldiers in the Revolutionary army. Cut- ler's Tavern, afterward Tufts's Tavern, is still standing. CUTTER. This very numerous family has been more fully treated by the author in his History of the Cutter Family of New England, and the briefest outline only is here given. Gershom (s. of Richard, emigrant from England), d. 2 Apr. 1738, a. 85 yrs. (g. s.). Impressed for service in Philip's War, 26 Nov. 1675. Adm. to Camb. ch. 6 Aug. 1721. (See Wyman's Charles- town, 266.) 2. Nathaniel, a brother of Gershom (1 ), had Wid. Elizabeth, adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, and dism. thence to the First Church in Groton, 12 Nov. 1749. {Caution, 1752, Elizabeth Cutter, last from Groton, into said town of Woburn ; her husband's son John Cutter d. in Woburn 15 Mar. 1789, a. 85.) She was prob. the Elizabeth Cutter adm. to Camb. ch. 15 Feb. 1719. Elizabeth m. Samuel Fay, of Westboro', 6 Apr. 1756. See Wyman, 270. 3. John (s. of William, a brother of Gershom, above), adm. to Camb. ch. with w. Lydia, 4 June, 1710, and adm. with w. Lydia to the ch. in N. W. Pet. 9 Sept. 1739, the time of its organization; was chosen deacon of the latter ch. 17 Nov. 1739, being one of the two first deacons. He had previously been member of an important com- mittee of the First Church, for observing the interests of religion, a committee instituted in 1736, and renewed annually for the space of about fifty years, and was one of the members first elected. He was constable in 1725; assessor, 1721, '24, '27, '28, 1736, 1741 ; selectman, 1728,1736, 1741; Pet. committeeman, 1736, 1738-46; Pet. clerk, 1733-65, thirty-two years; Pet. treasurer, 1734, also Pet. assessor five years. Lydia, w. of Dea. John, d. 7 Jan. 1755, a. 64 (g. s.) — maid- en name Harrington (see Bond's Wat. 273). Deacon John d. 21 Jan. 1776, in 86th yr. and 37th of his office — his surviving children 8, grandchildren 68, great-grandchildren 115, and of the fifth generation 3 (g. s.). Had Lydia, adm. to Camb. ch. 5 May, 1728, m. Seth Reed (pub. 5 Aug. 1732) ; Rebecca, who m. fi]-st, Zechariah Hill, and second, Samuel Carter — at the time of her death the mother of 11 children, grandmother of 103, great-grandmother of 150, and of the fourth generation 134; Hannah, m. John Brooks; Mary, m. Ephraim Frost; John; Abigail, adm. Pet. ch. at organization 9 Sept. 1739, m. Sam- 1 Dinah and Ishmael are named in an article on the doings of the Cutler family at the time of the passage of the British troops through Menotomy, April 19, 1775, published in Arlington Advocate for May 1, 1875. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 213 uel Frost, 19 Feb. 1741; Richard; Thomas, &. 21 May, 1737, a. 9 yrs. (g. s.); Martha, m. Jonathau Stone, 21 May, 1747; Ammi; Ruha- mah (twin with Ammi), d. 7 June, 1737, a. 3 yrs. (g. s.). See Wy- man, 261. 4. William, brother of John (3), who ra. Ann Rice of Sudbury, with w. Anne was.adm. to Pet. eh. at its organization, 9 Sept. 1739. He was adm. to Camb. oh. 15 Mar. 1724. His w. Anne was adm. to Camb. ch. 11 Apr. 1725. Anne, w. of William, d. 19 May, 1753, a. 71(g. s.). William d. 16 Nov. 1756, a. 59. Had Jonathan. See Wyman, 263, 808. 5. Samuel, brother of John (3), whose w. Ann Harrington was sister of the wife of his brother John (3), had o. c. at Camb. ch. 17 Sept. 1721, and with his w. Anne was adm. to Camb. ch. 29 Sept. 1723. Samuel d. 27 Sept. 1737, a. 37 (g. s.). He was one of the Pet. committee in 1737, afid assessor 1737. Anne his wid. was adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, andm. Nathaniel Francis, 31 Mar. 1743, who d. 2 Sept. 1764, a. 71. Wid. Ann Francis of Afason, was buried here, 1 Jan. 1778, a. 76— d. 31 Dec. 1777, a. 74 (g. s.). Samuel had William, d. 27 Apr. 1737, a. 15 yrs. (g. s.) ; Esther, adm. Pet. ch. 20 Apr. 1740, m. Stephen Prentice of Grafton, 6 Aug. 1741 ; Samuel, d. young; Anne, adm. to Pet. ch. 27 Nov. 1748 — dau. of Mrs. Francis — m. Walter Dickson, 3 May, 1750; Rebecca, adm. Pet. ch. 2 June, 1749 — dau. of Mrs. Francis — m. Jason Dunster, 26 Oct. 1749, and rem. in 1769 to Mason, N. H. ; Hannah, adm. Pet. ch. 28 Oct. 1753— dau. of Mrs. Francis— m. Joseph Tufts, Jr., of Medford, 21 Mar. 1754; Samuel. Emmon, mau-servant of the Wid. Ann, aet. 27, bap. here, 25 July, 1742. See Wyman, 263, 264. 6. Ammi Ruhamah, brother of John (3), grad. Harv. Coll. 1725, and as " Sir" Cutter was adm. Camb. ch. 26 Nov. 1727, was ordained minister of North Yarmouth (now Yarmouth, Me.), 18 Nov. 1730, and dismissed 28 Nov. or 12 Dec. 1735. Was afterward a physician and superintendent of a trading-house for the Indians on the Saco River, and in 1745 was capt. 7th co. 3d Mass. Regt. expedition against Louisburg, where it appears, after Louisburg was taken by the Eng- lish, he was detailed to remain in the vicinity in command and to offi- ciate as surgeon, and where in March, 1 746, he died of disease, probably fever, a. 40 to 45. Tradition says that his preaching was ingenious and original, and that in surgery he was eminent. His person was spoken of as commanding, his eye black and piercing " almost to the annihilation of the object on which it rested." His habits were prob- ably not as grave and severe as the church under his care deemed es- sential. The writer has in his possession two plans by him of his father's lands in Menotomy, made about the year 1725. Rev. Samu- el Cooke, in Camb. Second Prect., records that on the evening of Sun- day, 27 Jan. 1740, he conversed with Mr. Ammi R. Cutter — then prob- ably on a visit to Menotomy, his birth-place. Ammi Ruhamah Cutter [H. U. 1752], his sou, of Portsmouth, N. IL, was surgeon of Rogers's Rangers in the French War, and Pliysician-General of tlie Eastern Department in the Revolutionary War. See Wy man's Chas., 266. 20 214 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 7. C^SAR, servant of John (3), hanged himself, 26 June, 1743, a. 30 yrs. 8. Gershom, s. of Gershom (1), who o. c. and was bap. Camb. ch. 10 May, 1702, d. 7 July, 1753, a. 73. His w. Mehitable— maiden name Abbott — who was adm. Camb. (^h. 15 Feb. 1708, and to the Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. his wid. 28 Mar. 1757, a. 78. Had Thomas, A. 1727, a. 26, single; Gershom; George; Hannah, m. Thomas Emmons ; Mehitable, m. Ephraim Winship ; Lydia, m. John Whitmore; Sarah, m. Thomas Williams; Richard; Nehemiah ; Isa- bel, adm. Pet. ch. 22 June, 1740, m. Jonathan Winship 1 Oct. 1741; Aaron ; lliomas. Gershom Cutter, Jr., the father, was a Pet. assess- sor in 1735. See Wyman, 266. 9. John, s. of John (3), adm. Pet. ch. 12 July, 1741, m. Lucy Adams 21 May, 1745, andd. 12 Feb. 1797,^a. 77 (g. s.). Lucy, his wid., d. 17 Apr. 1810, a. 87 (g. s.). No issue. He was assessor in 1774, and selectman in 1774, '75. (See Paige.) He was Pet. treas- urer 1758-61. See Wyman, 261, No. 5. 10. Richard, s. of John (3), had w. Kezia adm. Pet. ch. and bap. 28 Feb. 1747 — maiden name Peirce. He himself was adm. same ch. 31 July, 1748. Had Thomas, b. 29 May, bap. 12 June, 1748; Ru- hamah, b. 6, bap. 11 Mar. 1750; Kezia, b " 10, bap. 17 Nov. 1751; Hannah, h. 16, bap. 20 Jan. 1754; Richard, b. 25, bap. 28 Mar. 1756; Seth, b. (14), bap. 16 Apr, 1758; Susanna, b. 14, bap. 19 Oct. 1760; Rhoda, b. 4, bap. 5 Dec. 1762, m. Benjamin Teel; Lucy, b. 19, bap. 30 June, 1765; John, b. 14, bap. 19 Apr. 1767; Elizabeth, b. at Hudson 1771, d. 1795, at Pelham, a. 24. Richard the father rem. his family, about 1770, to Hudson, N. H., where his own and wife's gravestones are standing. 11. Ammi, s. of John (3), had w. Esther — maiden name Peirce — adm. with him to the Pet. ch. 15 Apr. 1753 (she baptized) ; she d. 8 Jan. 1772, a. 39 (38, g.s.), and he m. Abigail Holden, 12 Nov. 1772, who d. 29 June, 1773, a. 29 (28, g.s.); he then m. Hannah Holden (27 Oct. 1774), who was adm. Pet. ch. 7 Sept. 1783, andd. 23 Aug. 1800, a. 48 (g. s.). Ammi was assessor 1779, and 1781 to 1786; selectman in 1779 and 1786; Pet. committeeman and assessor 1772, 1791; Pre- cinct clerk 1766, '67, '72, '84, '85; had ten children by first wife and ten by third wife, and d. 19 Apr. 1795, a. 62 (g. s.), leaving seventeen living children and forty -six grandchildren. Had Esther, b. 10 Nov., d. 18 Dec. 1751, a. 6 wks.; John, b. 25, bap. 28 Oct. 1753; Ammi, b. 23 Oct., bap. 2 Nov. 1755; Lydia, b. 26, bap. 30 Oct. 1757, m. Jona- than Teel, 7 Apr. 1776; James, b. (14) bap. 16 Dec. 1759; Beiijamin, b. (7) bap. 8 Nov. 1761 ; Joiias, h. 14, bap. 16 Oct. 1763; Esther Ru- hamah, b. 26 Sept., bap. 6 Oct. 1765, m. Ebenezer Hall, 26 Mar. 1786; Ephraim, h. Si\\(!ihsi\^. 1 Nov. 1767; Frances, b. and bap. 31 Dec. 1769, m. Walter Russell, 26 June, 1788; Joshua, b. 1 Dec, 1774, d. 9 Dec. 1776 (16, g. s.), a. 2; Thomas, b. 1 Nov. 1776, d. 25 Nov. 1795, a. 19 (g.s.); Joshua,h. 14 Mar. 1779; Abigail, b. (20 Mar. 1781), m. Calvin Howe, 3 July, 1803; Thomas, Joshua and Abigail GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 215 were baj). by the Rev. Mr. Jackson, 7 Sept. 1783 ; Hannah, b. (25 Oct. 1783), bap. by Rev. Mr. Marrett, 23 Nov. 1783, d. 6 July, 1786. a. 3 (g. s.) ; Rebecca, b. (24 May), bap. (June, 1786), m. Benjamin Foster, 5 Apr. 1807; Simon, b.'(17), bap. 27 Apr. 1788; Hannah, b. (29 July), bap. 1 Aug. 1790, m. Thomas Gibson ; Artemas, b. (16), bap. 26 Aug. 1792; Abiel, b. (27), bap. 31 Aug. 1794. See Wy- man, 262. 12. Jonathan, s. of William (4). m. Anna Jennings, 23 Nov. 1749; she was adm. Pet. ch. 13 Jan. 1751; he was adm. do. 1 Apr. 1770, and d. 24 Apr. 1770, a. 44. Anna, his wid., d. 29 Apr. 1797, a. 67 (g. s.). Had William, b. 15, bap. 17 Feb. 1751; Anne, b. 28 Mar., bap. 1 Apr. 1753, d. 29 Oct. 1754, a. 2; Anne, b. 6, bap. 13 Apr. 1755, m. Brown; Rebecca,h. 4, bap. 16 Oct. 1757, d. soon; Mary, b. 7, bap. 11 May, 1760, m. Benjamin Richardson, 16 Feb. 1783; Jonathan, b. 19, bap. 24 Oct. 1762; MehitaUe, b. 25, bap. 29 Dec. 1765, m. James Cutter (par. 21), 28 May, 1807; Solomon, b. and bap. 23 Apr. 1769. At Jonathan's, the father, a male nurse child d. May, 1766, a. 2 yrs. Ruth Mason, adult, ajt. 18, living at Jona- than's, was bap. 25 May, 1766. See Wyman, 263, 1066. 13. Samuel, s. of Samuel (5), m. Susanna Francis of Medford, a sister of the celebrated Col. E^benezer Francis, of the Revolutionary Army, killed in battle at Hubbardton in 1777. Samuel o. c. Pet. ch. 12 Feb. 1758. He was ensign of Capt. Isaac Hall's company, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, in 1775, and is alluded to in the Pet. records as lieutenant. He resided in the Charlestown portion of the Precinct, was a Pet. committeeman and assessor in 1772, and treasurer in 1782, and was killed by a barrel of tar falling on him from his cart at Winter Hill, in Somerville, 7 Apr. 1791, a. 55 (g. s.). Susan- na, his wid., d. 19 Dec. 1817, a. 83 (g. s.). Had Samuel, bap. 26 Feb. 1758; William, bap. 22 July, 1759; Susanna Francis, bap. 15 Mar. 1761, m. Thomas Whittemore, 16 Nov. 1783; Francis, b. 17, bap. 24 Apr. 1763; Ezekiel b. 24, bap. 30 Dec. 1764; Ebenezer, b. 31 Dec. 1766, bap. 4 Jan. 1767; Abigail, b. 19, bap. 22 Jan. 1769, m. Saaiuel Cutter (par. 63), 21 Jan. 1787; Anne, b. 25, bap. 30 June, 1771, m. William Whittemore, 2 Feb. 1796; Adam, b. 13, bap. 18 Apr. 1773; Edward, b. 9, bap. 11 June, 1775, d. 2 Aug. 1778, a. 3. Washington, b. 18, bap. 22 June. 1777. See Wyman, 264. 14. Gershom, s. of Gershom (8), whose w. Anna (adm. to Camb. ch. prob. 4 June, 1727) was adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739 — her maiden name Fillebrown. He was a selectman 1757, a Pet. committeeman 1754 to 1758, and elected 1775, but declined; Pet. assessor 1742, and 1754-58; and d. of jaundice, 10 Dec. 1777, a. 74. Had Thomas; Anna, m. Thomas Whittemore, 1 Feb. 1753; Gershom; James, d. 16 July, 1738, a. 2 yrs. (g. s.) ; John; MehitaUe, b. 20, bap. 24 Feb. 1740, d. 29 Nov. 1750, a. 11 ; James, b. 27 Mar., bap. 4 Apr. 1742; Sarah, b. 27, bap. 30 Sept. 1744, m. Joshua Swan, 20 July, 1762; Elizabeth, b. 20 Jan.. bap. 1 Feb. 1747, d. 28 Nov. 1750, in 4th yr.; Stephen, b. 26 Apr. 1750; Amos, b. 7 Aug. 1752, d. 21 Dec. 1753, a. 16 mos. See Wyman, 266-67. 216 HISTORY OF AllLINGTON. 15. George, s. of Gersliom (8), m. Jane Butterfielcl. He o. c. at Camb. ch. 1 Mar. 1730, and his w. Jane, adm. to Camb. ch. 23 Aug. 1730, was adm. to the Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Jane, w. of George, d. 7 May, 1776, a. 69. He had Hannah, d. young; Jane ; George ; Hannah, b. 13, bap. 20 July, 1 740, m. Thomas Brooks ; Isabel, b. 18, bap. 20 June, 1742, adm. Pet. ch. 30 Dec. 1770, m. Wil- liam Webber; Jonathan, b. 30 Aug., bap. 2 Sept. 1744, d. 19 Aug. 1747, a. 4; Phebe, b. 12, bap. 22 Mar. 1747, adm. Pet. ch. 28 Oct. 1770; Jonathan, b. 6, bap. 29 Oct. 1749, d. 11 Sept. 1751, a. 2. A negro child at George Cutter's d. 31 Aug. 1751, a. 6 weeks; Cae- sar, servant of George, d. 25 July, 1777: Experience, a mulatto, brought up by George, bap. 23 Nov. 1783. See Wyman, 268. 16. Nehemiah, s. of Gershom (8), adm. to Camb. ch. 13 Aug. 1738, whose w. Martha — maiden name Bowman — was adm. Camb. ch. 30 Dec. 1739. Nehemiah, and Martha his wife, from First Church in Camb. — by letter — were adm. to the Pet. ch. 28 Jan. 1753. He was Pet. committeeman and assessor, 1770-72. He d. 12 Sept. 1798, a. 81— she d. 1 July, 1790, a. 75 (g. s.). Mary King who lived at Nehemiah's, d. 18 Aug. 1750, a. 15 yrs. He had Samuel, b. 17 May, bap. 1 June, 1740; Martha, b. 1, bap. 7 Nov. 1742, m. Henry Lucas, 12 Feb. 1767; Elizabeth, b. 14, bap. 17 Feb. 1744, funeral 4 Aug. 1775; Joseph, b. 21, bap. 22 Sept. 1745, d. 23 Dec. 1749, a. 5; William, b. 14, bap. 17 Apr. 1748; Sarah, b. 14, bap. 18 Feb. 1750, m. James Foster, 26 Jan. 1773; Joseph, b. 23, bap. 29 Dec. 1751. fu- neral 18 Aug. 1-775; Nehemiah, b. 3, bap. 10 June, 1753; Mehitable, b. 28 Apr., bap. 4 May, 1755, m. first Thomas Hopkins and second Perkins; Andrew, h. 9, bap. 13 Feb. 1757; a dau., b. 1 Mar. 1760, d. soon. See Wyman, 268. 17. Aaron, s. of Gershom (8), and w. Mary. o. c. Pet. ch. 28 Apr. 1745, and both were adm. same ch. 2 June, 1754. He m. Mary Moore, 1 Apr. 1745. He d.— "^A.^"— 9 July, 1768, a. 47 (g. s.). She d., his wid., 27 Sept. 1793, a. 70 (g. s.). Had Aaron — s.Mary Moore and Aaron— b. 15 Mar., bap. 28 Apr. 1745; Mary, b. 22, bap. 26 Oct. 1746; d. unmarried, 11 May, 1809, a. 63; Thomas, b. 17, bap. 21 May, 1749, drowned 21 Oct. 1751, a. 3; Lydia, b. 1, bap. 3 Feb. 1751, itn. John Bowers, 21 Jan. 1773; Thomas, b. 21, bap. 30 Sept. 1753; Charles, b. 4, bap. 16 Oct. 1757; Isaac, b. 17, bap. 20 July, 1760; Amos, b. 26, bap. 30 May, 1762, d. 27 Sept. 1818, a. 56; Benjamin, b. 10, bap. 13 Apr. 1766, d. 26 Sept. 1812, a. 46; Robert, b. 25, bap. 26 June, 1768— "^/i ! Pat. w?e"— (d. in 1808) ; he rem. to Charlestown from Camb. in Dec. 1787 {Cutter Book, 373). See Wyman, 269. 18. Richard, s. of Richard (10), m. Miriam Brown, 25 May, 1781. He o. c. at Camb. First Church, in order his chil. be baptized, 3 Jan. 1783. Had bap. at Camb. First Parish, Hannah, b Jan. 1783; Elizabeth Merriam,^ Oct. 11 M; Mary, Zl Dec. 1786; Leonard, 12 Mar. 1791. (See Cutter Hist., 109-112, 371.) Richard the father was a private soldier from Camb. iu the Revolutionary War. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 217 19. John, s. of Ammi (11), m. Lucy Adams, 4 Feb. 1777. He d. 7 June, 1811, a. 58. He was Pet. clerk, 1786-88. Had Lucy, b. 23 Feb. 1777, m. first Aaron Dickson, 21 Nov. 1797, and second John Stevens; Ahijah, b. 13 Apr. 1780; Joel, b. 22 Oct. 1782, d. 17 Sept. 1795, a. 13 (g. s.) ; John, d. during 1813, a. 28, soldier of 1812. John, adult, bap. 1 May, 1803. (Lucy, w. of John, d. 9 Nov. 1830.) See Wyman, 262. 20. Ammi, s. of Ammi (11), m. Esther TVinship, 6 Feb. 1776. He o. c. Pet. ch. 21 Sept. 1777. Had Ammi, b. (17), bap. 21 Sept. 1777; Edward, b. 22 Mar., bap. 23 Apr. 1780; James, bap. Camb. First Parish, 13 Oct. 1782; FMher, bap. do. 2 Jan. 178J, d. in First Parish. 5 Aug. 1785; Esther Winship, b. 2 Nov., bap. — Nov. 1786, First Parish, m. N. K. Lombard ; Charlotte A., b. 11, bap. 18 Oct. 1789, First Parish, m. S. B. Morse; Amos and Harriet (twins), b. 29 Aug. and bap. Second Pet. 2 Sept. 1792 — Harriet m. Joshua Cheever ; Amos, b. 15 Aug. 1794, dead in 1842 — no heirs; Emily, m. Levi In- gols. Ammi the father was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and d. (see Cutter Hist.) 28 June, 1830; his wife dying 30 Mar. 1817. See Wyman, 262. 21. James, s. of Ammi (11), m. first Anne Harrington Russell, 11 Aug. 1785. Heandw. Anne H.o.c. Pet. ch, 28 July, 1788. Shed. 14 Dee. 1806, a. 41 (g. s.). Hem. second Mehitable Cutter (par. 12), 28 May, 1807. Mehitable, w. of James, d. 1 Mar. 1809, a. 43 (g. s.). He m. third Lydia Russell, 20 July, 1809 — maiden name Adams, and wid. of Edward Russell. She d. 2o Aug. 1818, a. 50. He m. fourth Rebecca Parker, 29 Aug. 1819. James d. 15 Dec. 1823, a. 64. Rebecca, prob. his wid., d. 28 May, 1824, a. 68. He was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and chosen Precinct assess- or in 1799, but declined, and had Esther Peirce, d. 15 Aug. 1787, a. 18 mos. (g. s.) ; James, bap. 28 Sept. 1788; Seth Russell, bap. 13 June, 1790, d. 15 Feb. 1796, a. 6 (g. s.) ; Benjamin, bap. 19 Feb. 1792; Cyrus, bap. 23 Feb. 1794; Anna, bap. 7 Feb. 1796, m. first William Tufts, 12 Nov. 1812, and second E. S. Dennis; Mahala, bap. 26 Nov. 1797, m. William Winneek, 7 June, 1818; Seth Russell, bap. 16 Feb. 1800; Esther Peirce, bap. 13 Dec. 1801, d. — Sept. 1802, a. 1 ; Maria, bap. 23 Oct. 1803, m. Leonard Cutler; Hannah, bap. (privately) 16 Oct., d. 18 Oct. 1806, a. 1. See Wymcm, 262. 22. Benjamin, s. of Ammi (11), m. Anna Wjeth, 6 Mar. 1785. He was prob. the Benjamin, laborer, and wife, who went from Cam- bridge to Charlestown, 1786. She was prob. the Anna, adm. to Pet. ch. 4 Apr. 1802. He resided at a point a few rods west of the bridge across the Wear in Mystic River, between Arlington and Medford, and letters he received were addressed " Charlestown," '* Medford," " Men- otomy," " Charlestown near the Wears Bridge," " Charlestown to be left at West Cambridge Post Office," and " West Cambridge." His house is not now extant. It was "large, three stories high, brick ends, four rooms on a floor, with an excellent cellar under the whole," and built about the end of the last century. The timber for same was " to 20* 218 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. be hewed square and straight, and to be delivered at Medford l)y the first of April, 1798." The house succeeded an older one on the same site, and was struck by lightning in 1813. The estate formed part of the tract granted by sundry inhabitants of Charlestown in 1646 to Henry Dunster, President of Harvard College, being purchased by Joseph Winship of David Dunster, a grandson of President Dunster, 12 Mar. 1742, Winship was grandfather of Mrs. Anna Cl'TTer, and in consideration of her husband assuming the maintenance of her grandmother Anna Winship, who d. in 1806, aged 101, the estate was relinquished by the heirs to him, after 1784. Benjamin and w. An- na had no isslle. At her decease his estate was divided among very many heirs. He d. 8 Mar. 1824, a. 63; she d. 15 Apr. 1842, a. 76 (g. s.). He was a Pet. committeeman from 1794 to 1801, and Pet. assessor 1795, '96, 1801, '02. See Wyman, 262. 23. Jonas, s. of Ammi (11), m. Lydia Frost, 19 Oct. 1786. Jo- nas and w. Lydia o. c. Pet. ch. 16 Nov. 1788, and had Li/dia, bap. 16 Nov. 1798, m. Nehemiah Mason, 16 Oct. 1803 {Paige), and— Brown; Esther Peirce, bap. 19 Apr. 1789, m. Jonas Gleason, 31 Oct. 1805; Jonas, bap. 21 Aug. 1791, funeral Medford — throat distemper — 22 Oct. 1795, a. 4; Pamela, bap. 8 Mar. 1794, m. Leonard Gay; Eph- raim Frost, hap. 1 Jan. 1797; Louisa, d. 14 Jan. 1800, a. 1 wk. ; Jo7ias, bap. 11 Oct. 1801 ; Albert, bap. 24 Mar. 1805; Caroline, bap. 6 Sept. 1807, m. Ephraim Frost, 10 June, 1829, W. C. ; Miranda, m. Henry Frost, 18 Nov. 1830, W. C. Jonas the father d. (29 July, 1844). His w. d. (7 Dec. 1848). 24. Ephraim, s. of Ammi (11), m. Deborah Locke, 13 Mar. 1791. Ephraim and w. Deborah were adm. Pet. ch. 14 Apr. 1793. Had Behby, d. 7 Sept. 1802, a. 11 ; Fanmj, d. 26 Sept. 1795, a. 3 (grave- stones) ;•■ Debby and Fanny were bap. 14 Apr. 1793; An7ia,haip. — Sept. 1793, m. first Jonathan Benjamin, 8 Sept. 1811, and second Peter Tufts; Ephraim, bap. 7 Dec. 1794; Esther Peirce, bap. — May, 1796, d. 29 June, 1798, a. 2 (g. s.) ; Ammi, bap. 6 Aug. 1797; adau., d. 26 Nov. 1798, a. 10 hours (g. s.) ; Samuel Locke, bap. 19 Jan. 1800, d. 1 Sept. 1802, a. 2 (g. s.) ; Benjamin, bap. 13 Sept. 1801, d. 8 Sept. 1802, a. 1 yr. 1 day (g-s.) ; Benjamin, bap. 12 June, 1803; Ellen, bap. 2 Sept.1804, d. 28 June,1809, a. 5 (g. s.) ; Samuel Locke, bap. 23 Nov. 1806; Eliza Ann, bap. 9 Apr. 1809, adm. to the ch. 6 Nov. 1825, m. Henry Whittemore and Thomas Winship; Joseph, bap. 25 Nov. 1810, d. 23 Aug. 1811, a. 9 mos. (g. s.). Deborah, w. of Ephraim, d. 29 Jan. 1823, a. 51 (g. s.). Deacon Ephraim d. 31 Mar. 1841, a. 73 (g. s.). "After the death of Dea. John Adams [in 1819], Ephraim Cut- ter assisted Dea. Frost in his duties, and, at some time not recorded, was chosen deacon and served as such till his death.-' See Wyman, 262-3. 1 He was a thrifty, public- spirited man. He always had the best live stock, the best orchard, and the best- filled barn of the neighborhood. — Letter of J. Brooks Russell. GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 219 25. Joshua, s. of Ammi (11), o. c. Pet. ch. 14 Aug. 1803. His son Ammi, bap. 14 Aug. 1803, d. — " son of Joshua and Sally" — 15 Aug. 1803, a. 16 days (g. s.) ; William, his son, bap. here 24 Mar. 1805. See Cutter Booh, 145-6, 388; Wyman, 263. 26. ARTE3IAS, s. of Ammi (11), had w. Mary, o. c. and bap. here 16 July, 1820, and dau. Mary Ann Rebecca, bap. 16 July, 1820. See Cutter Book, 150-1. 27. William, s. of Jonathan (12), m. Mary Blackman, 6 Nov. 1774 — half-sister of Isaiah Thomas the celebrated printer — see Black- man— and d. 11 June, 1824, a. 74; she d. 9 Mar. 1836, a. 80. No issue. Donors of the " William Cutter School Fund," for which a granite monument was erected by vote of the town in 1836, over the spot of their interment. 28. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (12), and Lydia T., his wife, o. c. Pet. ch. 31 July, 1791 — her maiden name Trask — m. (Lex. Eec.) Sept. 15, 1788 (b. May 24, 1767). Had a child, d. 2 Apr. 1789, a. 5 days; Jonathan TVas^-, bap. 31 July, 1791; William, bap. 6 Oct. 1793; David Cumtninffs, hap. 21 June, 1795; Lydia, bap. 13 May, 1798, m. Asa Gilson, 16 May, 1819; JIitty,h. 15 Feb. 1801, m. Ford. Jonathan the father d. during 1813, a. 51. Lydia, his wid., m. William Cutter, 9 Nov. 1818. (See par. 31.) See Wyman, 263 (259, No. 21?). 29. Solomon, s. of Jonathan (12), m. Sarah Wyman (of Woburu), 30 June, 1793, and had family elsewhere. 30. Samuel, s. of Samuel (13), m. Rebecca Hill, 29 Sept. 1780. He and w. Rebecca were adm. Pet. ch. 25 Mar. 1781. Had Samuel, bap. 25 Mar. 1781; Edward, b. 3, bap. 5 Jan. 1783; Rebecca, m. Isaac Waitt; Siikey Francis, ha.p. 2^ M&y, 1789, m. Nehemiah Wy- man; Fitch, bap. 17 Apr. 1791 ; Sophia, bap. 2 Feb. 1794, m. Moses Whitney; Ebenezer, d. 22 Apr. 1796, a. 10 days (g. s.) ; Anna; Eben- ezer Francis. Samuel the father rem. to Somerville. He was a pri- vate soldier from Cambridge in the Revolutionary Army. See Wy- man, 264; also 247, 285. 31. William, s. of Samuel (13), m. first Hannah Cutter, 29 Apr. 1783, twin dau. of Samuel Cutter (par. 42), and second Mrs. Lydia Cutter, 9 Nov. 1818, wid. of Jonathan Cutter (par. 28). He resided in the Charlestown part of the Precinct, and d. 2S Nov. 1846, a. 88. A monument erected by friends at his grave, Nov. 1851, com- memorates his services as a soldier during the war of the Revolution, and states that he was in several engagements and once made a prison- er. Had William F.,h. 15 Aug. 1783, m. Hannah Mallet, res. in Camb., Charlestown and Sandwich, and d. 1837, a. 54; Ezehiel, m. Sophia Whittemore, 29 Nov. 1809; Samuel; Hannah, m. Robert Derby; Eliza, m. Robert Derbv, 12 Mar. 1818; a child, d. 19 Sept. 1802, a. 2; a child, d. 22 Sept.' 1803, a. 10 mos. See Wyman, 265. 32. Francis, s. of Samuel (13), m. Susanna Whittemore, 29 Dec. 1782, and with w. Susanna o. c. Pet. ch. 26 Jan. 1783. She was adm. to thech. 23 Oct. 1803, and d. 24 Sept. 1805, a. 42. Francis 220 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. d. 6 Mar. 1807, a. 44. Had child, stillborn, 28 Apr. 1783 ; Eliot, bap. with sister SuJcey, 3 Jan. 1790 {Francis, older than these — over 21 yrs. ia 1807— A«>e) ; Nancy, bap. IG Feb. 1800, d. 3 Aug. 1809, a. 14; Charlotte Whittemore, bap. 16 Feb. 1800. See Cutter Book, 158- 9, 390; Wyman, 265. 33. Ebenezer, s. of Samuel (13), m. first Abigail Brown Bow- man, 6 Dec. 1789, and both o. c. Pct.ch. 20 Sept. 1801. She d. 27 Feb. 1804, a. 35, and he m. second Anna Frost, 3 Feb. 1805. He was a Pet. assessor, 1800; Pet. collector, 1802. He d. 10 Dec. 1824, a. 58. Had Abigail, d. 17 Mar. 1796, a. 5 (g. s.); Eliza Boivman, bap. 20 Sept. 1801, m. Ezekiel Whittemore, 25 Nov. 1813; Ebenezer, bap. 20 Sept. 1801; Peter, d. 21 Jan. 1801, a. 4; Peter, bap. 3 Nov. 1805; Susan Frost, bap. 22 Nov. 1807, m. William Verry, 15 Apr. 1830, W. C; James Frost, bap. 13 Aug. 1809; Elbridge ^Gerry, bap. 4 Aug. 1811; ^%m7, bap. 29 May, 1814; Martha Frost, bap. 20 July, 1817, m. J. M. Doane; Ezekiel Whittemore, bap. 20 Feb. 1820; Ann (d. 1822, a. 3 days); George Washingtoji, bap. 1 Feb. 1824. Mrs. Akna d. 13 Apr. 1835. See Cutter Book, 161-3, 390; Wyman, 265. 34. Adam, s. of Samuel (13), m. Sally Putnam, 14 Jan. 1798. Had Harriet, m. Charles Whittemore, 6 Aug. 1826; Sarah, m. Philip Whittemore, Jr., 21 Oct. 1819; a child, d. 26 Oct. 1802, a. 1; Charles; Henry (d. 26 Oct. 1806, a. 1) ; Clarissa, d. 13 Nov. 1810, a. 4; Henry, of Maysville, Ky. ; Amos, d. 28 Sept. 1817, a. 2; Amos. See Cutter ^00/^-, 164-5, 391; Wyman, 2m. 35. Washington, s. of Samuel (13), m. first Elizabeth Robbius, 16 Mar. 1800. He o. c. Pet. ch. 13 Sept. 1801, and had a child, d. 20 June, 1800, a. 2 days; George Washington, bap. 13 Sept. 1801, d. 2 Aug. 1823, a. 22; Elizabeth, bap. 19 Feb. 1804; Mary Todd, bap. 29 June, 1806; Catherine Barron, bap. 17 Dec. 1809, d. (1822); Henry Dearborn, bap. 19 July, 1812, d. 13 Nov. 1821, a. 9. Wash- ington the father m. second Anna Fillebrown (26 Jan. 1823). Eli- zabeth his w. d. 10 July, 1817, a. 39, and Anna, perhaps his second w., m. Joel Bussell, 27 Nov. 1826. See Wyman, 266. 36. Thomas, s. of Gershom (14), m. Hannah Whittemore, 19 May, 1757. Thomas o. c. Pet. ch. 10 Dec. 1758. Had Hannah, bap. 10 Dec. 1758, d. — "dau. of late Thoiiias " — 27 July, 1783 (a. 25); Mehitable, h. 23, bap. 29 June, 1760, d. 1 May, 1777 (a. 18); Elizabeth, b. 14, bap. 18 July, 1762; Thomas, h. 26 June, bap. 1 July, 1764; James, h. 16, bap. 16 Mar. 1766; Marshall, h. 7, bap. 13 Mar. 1768; Eunice, b. 10, bap. 15 Apr. 1770; Abijah, b. 11, bap. 12 July, 1772, d. 16 Oct. 1772, a. 3 mos. ; Abijah, h. 27 Aug., bap. — privately — 5 Sept. 1773, d. 13 Nov. 1773, a. 3 mos. Thomas the father d. "of languishment," 17 May, 1782. 37. Gershom, s. of Gei'shom (14), m. Rebecca Crosby, 15 Mjir. 1757. He 0. c. Pet. ch. 4 Dec. 1757. Had Gershom, h. 6 Nov., bap. 4 Dec. 1757 ; Rebecca, h. 1, bap. 3 Aug. 1760, m. first Andreav Cutter (par. 45), 15 July, 1779, and second Wallis Rust, 29 Oct. 1797; Amos, GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 221 b. 15, bap. 27 Feb. 1763, d. (num. 1787); Hannah,\,. 17, bap. 27 Mar. 1768, m. Benjamin Locke, 3 Dec. 1789; Rhoda, b. 12, bap. 15 July, 1770, d. (unm. 1794); Aaro7i, b. 4, bap. 7 June, 1772; Susanna, b. 27, bap. 30 Oct. 1774, m. John Adams, 5 Apr. 1798; Sarah, b. 20, bap. 24 May, 1778, m. Nathan Locke, 14 Nov. 1797; a child, b. 15 June, 1780 — stillborn. Gershom the father d. 20 Apr. 1807, a. 74. He was a Fct. committeeman and assessor, 1776, '77. He belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. in 1787. Rebecca his wid. d. 28 Sept. 1813, a. 75. See Wyman, 267. 38. JoHX, s. of Gershom (14), m. Rebecca Hill, 24 Jan. 1765. He and w. Rebecca o. c. Pet. ch. 3 Nov. 1765. Had Rebecca, b. 26 July, bap. 3 Nov. 1765, m. Wilmam Cutter (see Gutter Book, 261) ; Anna, b. 16, bap. 16 Aug. 1767, m. Simon Blanchard; John, b. 26, bap. 29 July. 1770; Zechariah, h. 8, bap. 14 Feb. 1773; Elizabeth, b. 25, bap. 26 Mar. 1775, m. Josiah Polly; Gershom, b. 13, bap. 15 Feb. 1778; Stephen, h. — Nov. 1780; Thomas;^ Samuel ; Amos. At John, the father's, a nurse child d. 26 Sept. 1778 — stillborn. He was serg't of Locke's Co. of Menotomy minute-men, 1775; was a miller and rem. to Medford. See Gutter Book, 236-46, &c. ; Wyman, 267. 39. James, s. of Gershom (14), rem. to Waltham, and to Rindge and Jaffrey, N. H. His son Samuel m. here Susan Brown, 6 Mar. 1809. See Gutter Book, 246-48, 395. 40. Stephen, s. of Gershom (14), m. Mary Meads. He belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787, and d. 13 Apr. 1816, a. 66. No issue. Mary his wid. d. 17 Aug. 1836, a. 83. Both were benefactors of the Baptist Church and Society (g. s.). See Wyman, 267. 41. Georqe, s. of George (15), m. Sarah Robbins, 21 Oct. 1756. He o. c. Pet. ch. 3 July, 1757, and had Jonathan, b. 18 June, bap. 3 July, 1757; Joseph, ha^. 22 Apr. 1759; /Sara/?, bap. 2 Aug. 1761; also Isaac, bap. Charlestown 23 Dec. 1764, and Ebenezer, bap. Charles- town 30 Aug. 1767. Sarah, w. of George, was adm. Pet. ch. 28 Sept. 1760. See Wyman, 268. 42. Samuel, s. of Nehemiah (16), m. first Hannah Hartwell. Hannah, w. of Samuel {Nehemiah'' s) , fet. 19, was bap. Pet. ch. 17 May, 1761, where he and w. Hannah {late Hartioell) had o. c. 10 May, 1761. He had Samuel,h. 1 Dec. 1760, bap. 17 May, 1761; Hannah, b. 18, bap. 24 July, 1763 (twin), m. William Cutter, 29 Apr. 1783 (par. 31) ; Elizabeth (twin with Hannah), b. 18, bap. 24 July, 1763, m. William Whittemore, 2 Nov. 1783; Mary Bowman,]). 13, bap. 16 Mar. 1766, m. Isaac Lawrence, 13 Feb. 1791 — perhaps the " 3Irs. 3Iary Boivman Gutter," d. 6 Jan. 1803, a. 37 ; Joseph, b. — Nov., bap. 10 Nov. 1776. Hannah, w. of Samuel, d. 15 Feb. 1799, a. 56 (g. s.). He was a private soldier from Cambridge in the French War and Pet. collector, 1773, '74. He rem. to Charlestown, where, aged 62, he m. Hannah Dunklee in Jan. 1803. See Wyman, 268-9. 1 Thomas Cutter of AV. Camb. m. Nancy (Mary?) Robinson, 20 July, 1809.— Lexington Records. 222 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 43. William, s. of Nehemiah (16), m. Ruth Harrington. Wil- liam, Lieut., and Ruth, w. of Lieut. William, were adm. Pet. ch. 8 Apr. 178L Had William, bap. 3 June, 178L William the father d. 9 Oct. 1788, a. 40. He was Pet. collector, 1781, '85. 44. Nehemiah, s. of Nehemiah (16), m. Deborah Hill, 30 Oct. 1781. Nehemiah and w. Deborah were adm. Pet. ch. 6 Jan. 1782. Had Nehemiah, b. 26, bap. 31 Mar. 1782; Deborah, b. (19 Oct.), bap. 23 Nov. 1783, d. unm. 14 May, 1842, a. 58; Sarah, bap.— Jan. 1786, m. William Dickson, 4 Jan. 1819 — prob. the Sarah Gutter adm. Pet. ch. 8 Sept. 1816; Mijah, hap. 18 May, 1788; ^sa, bap. 31 Jan. 1790; Rebecca, bap. 20 May, 1792, m. Benjamin Rand, 5 Feb. 1817; Ezra, bap. 23 Mar. 1794; Leander, bapt. 13 Dec. 1795; Alpheiis,\)2iTp. 8 Apr. 1798; Maria, bap. 26 Jan. 1800. Nehemiah the father d. 3 May, 1828, a. 75. See Wyman, 268. 45. Andrew, s. of Nehemiah (16), m. Rebecca Cutter, 15 July, 1779, dau. of Gershom Cutter (par. 37). He was a member of Locke's company of Menotomy minute-men, 1775, and d. Charles- ton, S. C, in 1794. Had Rebecca, d. here 12 Sept. 1783; Rebecca; Cranston; Amos; Harriet, m. Daniel Burbeck, 29 Nov. 1807; An- drew; Rebecca, m. James HoUowell; Caroline. Andrew the f. be- longed to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787. See Gutter Book, 254, 350-51 ; Wyman, 269. 46. Aaron, s. of Aaron (17), m. Abigail Bowman, 17 Dec. 1772. He o. c. 8 May, 1774, and had Aaron, b. 18 Apr., bap. 8 May, 1774. Abigail, wid. of Aaron the father, m. Thomas Goodwin, 24 Dec. 1776. See Wyman, 269. 47. Thomas, s. of Aaron (17), m. Elizabeth Brown, 15 Oct. 1780. He was a corporal in Locke's company of Menotomy minute- men in 1775, and assessor in Camb. in 1787. Elizabeth, prob. his wife, d. 13 June, 1813, a. 58. He had Thomas, bap. 21 Oct. 1781; Aaron, bap. 12 Sept. 1783, prob. b. (4) Sept. 1783 (record says "14"), d. (1786); Leiois; Oliver; Saunders; Betsey. See Cutter Book, 255, 372, S96; Wyman, 269. 48. Charles, s. of Aaron (17), m. Sarah Robbing, 9 Nov. 1783. Had Charles; Aaron, d. 16 Aug. 1811, a. 24; Amos, d. 2 July. 1815, a. 22. Sarah, the widow of Charles, d. 9 Feb. 1840, a. 84. Charles the father d. 12 Dec. 1840, a. 83. He was a member of Locke's company of Menotomy minute-men in 1775, and belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787. 49. Isaac, s. of Aaron (17), m. Sarah Buckman or Bucknam, 23 July, 1783. He rem. to Charlestown from Cambridge, February, 1787, and belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787. Isaac d. 14 Sept. 1819, a. 59 (g. s.) ; Sarah, his widow, d. 29 Mar. 1833, a. 71 (g. s.). Had Folly, or Mary, m. Isaac Cook, 15 Nov. 1804; Isaac; Leonard; Sarah, m. Ammi C. Teel, 11 Sept. 1814; Lydia, m. Walter Russell, 19 Jan. 1817, and second Moses Whitney; Levi, ^qq Cutter Booh, 255-5%, 312, 396; Wyman, 2Q9. 50. Abijah, s. of John (19), m. Charity E. Nichols, 23 Oct. 1814. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER , 223 Had Charity Elizabeth, m. Asa B. Blood (12 Mar. 1835) ; John, resid- ing here ; Abijah, residing in Lowell. 51. Ammi, s. of Ammi (20), had three wives. "The wife of Ammi Cutter of Boston " — Hanxah, his third wife — was buried here 2 Mar. 1836. He had Caleb, of Boston, whose wife d. 15 Apr. 1837, a. 37 (Damon); Caroline (d 15 Feb. 1830, a. 25); Catherine; Charlotte ; Charles ; Cordelia ; Ammi Winship, resided in Buif alo, N. Y.; jPra«ces— " of Ammi, of Boston "—d. 30 Aug. 1840, a. 22 (Damon); Sidney; Harriet L., m. B. F. Atkins. See Cutter Book, 124-25, 348, 384. 52. Edwakd, s. of Ammi (20), resided in Boston, but was buried here 13 May, 1837. See Cutter Book, 125-27, 384; Wyman, 262. o'd. James, s. of James (21), m. first Lydia M. Hall, 12 June, 1808. He o. c. Pet. ch. 3 June, 1810. Lydia M., his wife, d. 27 Apr. 1813, a. 25. He m. second, Maria Whittemore, 30 Aug. 1818. She 0. c. Pet. ch. 27 Oct. 1822. After his death at Cincinnati, in 1836, she m. James Odell. Had Lydia Ann, bap. 3 June, 1810, m. Andrew Farrer; James Valentine, bap. 19 May, 1811, d. (15 Oct. 1811); Adeline, bap. 25 Oct. 1812, d. 30 Sept. 1813, a. 1; Ella Maria, haY>. 27 Oct. 1822, m. Josiah L. Broadwell ; James Whitte- more, bap. 2 Aug. 1825, d. (9 Aug.) 1825, a. 2 mos. ; and three others at Cincinnati. 54. Bexjamin, s. of James (21), m. Hannah Adams, 11 June, 1815. She d. 15 Oct. 1819, a. 24. He d. 19 Dec. 1819, a. 28. No issue. See Wyman. 55. Cyrus, s. of James (21), m. Hannah Hall, 12 July, 1818, W. Camb. Both o. c. Pet. church 15 May, 1826. Had child, d. 7 Aug. 1819 ; Hannah Hall, a. 4 years, bap. 4 June, 1826, m. James Porter 17 Oct. 1839; Cyrus Hall, a. 2 yrs., bap. 4 June, 1826, resid- ing here; James Russell, bap. privately 15 May, 1826, d. 19 May, 1826, a. 6 mos.; James Russell; Henry Clay; Ammi Peirce ; Esther Anna, bap. 14 May, 1837, m. William Bates; Benjamin Franklin, bap-. 10 June, 1838, d. 10 Aug. 1839, a. 1^; Ella 3fahala, m. Edwin L. Sterling. 56. Jonas, son of Jonas (23), m. Lydia Buckman, 5 Sept. 1824, and d. 3 Mar. 1840, a. 39 (g. s.). Had child, d. 1 May, 1826, a.' 1^ ; Marion, m. George W. Corbett. 57. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (24), m. Sarah A. Russell, 12 Oct. 1817, and d. 4 Apr. 1826, a. 31 (g. s.). Four children. 58. Ammi, s. of Ephraim (24), m. Lucv Tufts, 2 Dec. 1819, and d. 2 Dec. 1840, a. 43 (g. s.). Had Lucy T., m. Samuel F. Winn, 3 Mar. 1841; Ammi; Amanda Tufts, adult, bap. 5 June, 1842, m. Ste- phen Kimball ; Deborah L. ; Eliza Ann W. 59. Benjamin, s. of Ephraim (24), m. Mary Whittemore, 26 Sept. 1824, and with w. Mary was adm. Pet. ch. 22 Oct. 1826. Both were dism. '"to the first ch. in Woburn," 28 June, 1828. Had Benjamin Austin, d. here 25 Aug. 1825, a. 6 mos.; and Benjamin L., Mary Ann E., Ephraim, Mary W., and William R., at Woburn. 224 HISTOKY OF ARLINGTON. Benjamin the father grad. at Ilarv. Univ. in 1824, and M.D. 1827 and 1857. He practised his profession nearly forty years at Woburn, where he d. 9 Mar. 1864, a. GO. He was tlie author of this work.' 60. Samuel Locke, s. of Ephraim (24), m. twice, and had seven sons and one daughter ; of whom Ephraim Peirce and Watson Grant were bap. here 8 July, 1838. See GiMer Booh, 143-44, 387, 408-09. 61. Gershom, s. of Ge^shom (31), m. first Hannah Newell; sec- ond, Catherine Sumner, 23 June, 1786; and third Deborah Torrey. He belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787, and d. (20) Aug. 1799, a. 45. Six children. See Wyman, 267. 62. Aaron, s. of Gershom (37), m. Polly or Mary Putnam, 23 Aug. 1796. Mary, prob. she, d. 3 Nov. 1810, a. 37. He m. a sec- ond w., Mary 4Iowe, and d. 25 Dec. 1822, a. 51. Had Ehoda, m. Kimball Farmer 24 June, 1818, W. Camb.; Maria, m. Luke Agur 23 Sept. 1827, W, Camb.; Gershom; Aaron Burr ; Jefferson ; Henry Putnam; Ira; Mary Putnam, m. Thomas E. Avery 1 Jan. 1834, W. Camb., and Ebenezer H. Allen ; Amos ; Lticy Augusta, m. Isaac Shattuck, 24 Jan. 1839; Rebecca Crosby, d. 7 Sept. 1822, a. 2. 63. Samuel, s. of Samuel (42), m. Nabby or Abigail Cutter, 21 Jan. 1787, dau. of Samuel Cutter (par. 13). Shs d. 17 Oct. 1803, a. 35. Four children; Oliver, di.. here in 1873, being one of them. A child of Samuel, 4th, d. 10 Sept. 1789, a. 16 ds. See Wyman, 269. 64. Joseph, s. of Samuel (42), m. Nancy Ireland. Had Nancy — "dau. of Joseph and Nancy" — d. 25 Sept. 1799, a. 17 mos. (g. s.); and others. He resided in Charlestown in 1798, and had son Joseph, a cardmaker in Boston in 1836, whose w. Sarah d. in lioston in 1837, a3t. 35. Sally Cutter, gr.-dau. of Joseph who served an apprenticeship with Isaac Bradish, is mentioned in Charlestown town records. See (7M^/!e;- 7>oo/l-, 250, 3!)5-96; Wyman, 2(j'^). 65. William, s. of William (43), m. Nancy Laiton, pub. Boston, 18 June, 1812. 66. Nehemiah, s. of Nehemiah (44), m. Hannah Packard, 24 Nov. 1808. Resided in Camb. 67. Elijah, s. of Nehemiah (44), m. Abigail Hill, 4 Jan. 1818. Had Abigail, m. Jonathan Clark ; Cynthia, m. B. F. Russell ; Elijah 1 Some recollections of Dr. Cutter's boyhood, by Mr. J. B. Russell, are inter- esting : " He was truthful, studious and particularly brave, in all personal mat- ters. He had great admiration for the heroes of ancient history, in which he was well posted. For instance, as to his plucky character : when the school was out, Saturday afternoons, the up- town boys would have a grand snow- balling with the down-towners, the school-house being the dividing line. The general battle would hnally settle down to personal rencounters. He would always tackle some boy larger than himself, and stick to him pertinaciously, though sure of being overcome at last, and 'muzzled,' that is, snow rubbed down his bare back. He was a great reader, day and night, and his sister Anna, who Avas a sort of house- keeper, finding he sat up late reading after he retired, would allow him only a short piece of candle on going to bed. He got even with her by secreting a whole one in the course of the day, and then reading as late as he pleased." GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 225 L,; Evelina, m. N. T. Stone; Emma Maria, m. Jonathan Stone; Lucy ; Eliza; Nehemiah H. 68. Asa, s. of Nehemiah (44), resided in Camb. ; had a son, buried here 25 May, 1837. See Outter Book, 252. 69. Thomas, s. of Thomas (47), had s. Oliver Thomas, bap. 7 June, 1818. Thomas the father d. 23 May, 1818, a. 37. 70. Saundkrs, s. of Thomas (47), m. Clarissa Flint; he d. in 1822; widow m. Daniel Hunt in 1825. 71. Charles, s. of Charles (48), had dau. Eliza B., who m. El- bridge G. Locke, of Woburn, 15 May, 1832, W. Camb. 72. Gershom, 3. of Aaron (62), had son d. 15 Sept. 1835, a. 5 mos. ; and three others — a son and two dans. — resided here. 73. Jefferson, s. of Aaron (62), m. Sarah E. Thorpe, and had son George H., and two daus. 74. Jonathan, of Lexington, had dau. Elizabeth, bap. here 27 Jan. 1754. See Cutter Book, 82, 381. 75. Daniel, of Medford, m. Patience Hall of Camb. 18 Nov. 1756, dau. of Dea. Thomas Hall. Had Ebenezer, resided Newbury- port ; Patience ; Sarah, m. John Tay of Woburn ; Daniel, resided in Medford; Abraham; Isaac, d. here at Dea. Hall's, 23 Feb. 1773, a. 5 yrs. ; Thomas Hall; Jacob, b. here 23 May, bap. 5 June, 1774, resided in Newburyport; Isaac, b. here 12, bap. 16 Feb. 1777, d. here 28 June, 1778, a. 17 mos.; Moses,\). here 16, bap. 24 Dec. 1780; Timothy, resided in Newburyport. Daniel the father, then of Charlestown, was a member of Locke's company of Menotomy min- ute-men, 1775. His funeral was at Medford, 23 Mar. 1804, a. 71. His wid. Patience d. in Newburyport, 19 Oct. 1816, a. 80. See Cutter Book, 90, 262-65, 347,373, 382, 396; Wyman, 270. 76. Moses, s. of Daniel (75), had child, d. 1 Oct. 1817, a. 2, and wife Elizabeth, d. 7 May, 1820, a. 37. He d. here 4 May, 1869, a. 89 (g. s.). Thomas, his son, d. here 20 Dec. 1871, a. 61. 77. Nathaniel, of Woburn, m. Mary Locke, 20 Nov. 1777. Rachel, of Woburn, niece of Nathaniel (77), m. William Dickson, 15 May, 1792. See Cutter Book, 91, 267, 397. MEHiTAnLE, d. 28 May, 1797, a. 20 yrs. (Cutler?). Samuel had child, d. 28 July, 1815, a. 2. Child from wid. E. Cutter's family, d. in 1825, a. 4 mos. Benjamin F., son of John, s. of Richard (10), m. Rsther Rus- sell, 29 Apr. 1828 ; she d. here 3 Mar. 1830, a. 22 (g. s.). See Cutter Book, 120, 352.' D , nurse infant from D., IMedford, d. here 24 Nov. 1782. 1 Cutters in Capt. William Adams's company, Col. Thatcher's regiment, " which marched at the request of Gen. Washington at taking possession of the Heights of Dorchester," 4 Mar. 1776: William, sergeant (par. 43) ; Thomas, sergeant (par. 47) ; Thomas, private (par. 36) ; Daniel, do. (par. 75) ; John, Jr., do. (par. 19) ; Ammi, Jr., do. (par. 20) ; Stephen^ do. (par. 40) ; Gershom, 3d, do. (par. 61). The Cutter family has been by far the largest represented on the local records. For succinct genealogies of this family see Paige, Hist, of Cam~ bridge, 521-526; Wyman, Charlestown Genealogies atid Estates, 260-271. 21 226 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. DAMON, Martha T. and James M. Bent, of Wayland, m. 3 June, 1838. Niece of the following. 2. Rev. David, installed minister of Church and Parish in West Cambridge, 13 Mar. 1835; d. 25 June, 1843. Born Wayland, 12 Sept. 1787, grad. H. U. 1811 ; studied theology at Univ. Camb. under Rev. Prof. Ware; ordained at Lunenburg, 1 Feb. 1815, dismissed 2 Dec. 1827; installed Amesbury 25 June, 1828, dismissed 25 Dec. 1832, and preached there till 1 Apr. 1833; removed in Oct. 1833 to Reading West Parish, and supplied the desk of the Third Cong. So- ciety till his removal to West Cambridge. — Am. Qaar. Register for 1839. The following inscription was placed on Mr. Damon's grave stone in the new cemetery : " The Rev. David Damon, D.D., whose body rests beneath this marble, was for eight years minister of the First Congregational So- ciety in West Cambridge. Honored for his genius and learning, re- vered for his piety and virtue, trusted for his simplicity and integrity of character, loved for his kind and gentle affection ; his people mourn the loss of a pastor, whose daily life repeated the sermons of the pul- pit ; his family a husband and parent, whose love knows no measure ; the public a valued citizen. "Mr. Damon was born in Wayland, Sept. 12, 1787, was graduated at Cambridge a member of the class of 1811, was installed over the society in West Cambridge, April, 1835; seized with apoplexy at a funeral service, and died on the following Sunday, June 25, 1843, in the 56th year of his age. His body is the first interred in this cemetery, which was consecrated by him a few days before his death. This monu- ment is erected by members of his late Congregation, as a humble tribute of affection and respect to his memory." At the time when he was stricken by the fatal disease in the pul- pit at Reading, after delivering an address and offering up a prayer with great fervor and earnestness, he beckoned to Dr. Gould to come to him in the pulpit. He said to the physician that before he had fin- ished the exercises of the occasion he had felt a numbness creeping over his limbs, accompanied with violent pain in his head, adding with perfect composure that he supposed it to be an attack of paralysis. The day before his death the corporation of Harvard University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Notices of the Rev. David Damon apjjeared in the Monthly 3Iiscel- Za??2/ for August, 1843, and the Christian World a.x\(\. Christian Regis- ter. From one by Rev Caleb Stetson, of Medford, we select the fol- lowing : — " He has left behind him the memory and the effects of his deeds. He was a good man, an able preacher, and a faithful, sympathizing, kind-hearted pastor. Under great difficulties and privations he ob- tained a liberal education, to qualify him for the ministry of the Gospel. " His preaching — not unadorned by a poetic imagination — was strong- ly marked by the quaint simplicity of his character, which made it equally GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 227 acceptable and useful to hearers of every degree of cultivation. He was always full of jjlain, good sense, and thoroughly in earnest. He never treated his subjects in tlie puli)it in an abstract and metaphysical way; but was close, searching, practical and often singularly felicitous in his racy and familiar illustrations, drawn from actual life. He was a close observer; and the wants and characteristics of the working day world about him contributed to enrich his public discourses. " He was indeed by nature an eminently gifted man, a good scholar, and a good theologian — useful in his high calling — faithful to his sacred duties ; and now being suddeidy withdrawn from his labors in the prime of his life, he has left behind him a loved and honored name." From the notice in the Christian Register, for July 1, 1843, by Rev. Lemuel Capen, then of South Boston, the following extract is given : " With many noble and manly qualities, he had all the artless sim- plicity of a little child. With childlike freedom you might treat him, and allow him to treat you, with not the least danger, on either side, to true dignity of character or self-respect, and world-wide from that familiarity, which in some lower orders of mind would most surely lead to contempt and derision. With him, in view of all the shades, aspects, and developments of his character, you could not but feel, that you were in the presence of a man, — a true-hearted, noble-minded man, for such he showed himself to be in all the relations of life." * * Various sermons of his were printed : (1) Sketch of the Life and Character of the late Rev. Joseph Mottey, of Lynn- field. From the Christian Disciple for Nov. and Dec. 1821. Boston, 1822. Pp. 16. (2) A Sermon preached at Concord, Massachusetts, May 15, 1823, at the semi-annual meeting of the "Evangelical Missionary Society in Massachu- setts." By David Damon, A.M., Minister of the Church in Lunenburg, Mass. (From the Christian Disciple.) Boston, 1823. Text, Rom. x. 14, 15. Pp.10. (3) A Sermon preached at Charlton, Mass., Sept. 14, 1826, at the Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary Bible Society in the County of Worcester. By David Damon, Minister of Lunenburg. Pp. 27. (4) Sermon, delivered at Worcester, in or about 1826. (5) A Sermon delivered at Lunenburg, Dec. 2, 1827, by David Damon, at the close of his ministry in that town. Lancaster, 1828. Pp. 22. (6) Address delivered at Amesbury, Aug. 2, 1829, previous to the organiza- tion of the Salisbury and Amesbury Society for Promoting Temperance. By David Damon, Minister of the Congregational Society of Salisbury and Ames- bm-y.— Published by Request— Boston, 1829. Pp.24. (7) Sermon, Human Life a Tale. By Rev. David Damon, Amesbury. Text, Ps. xc. 9. Pp.11. (8) Sermon, The Faith common to Christians. By Rev. David Damon, of Amesbury, Mass. (Published in the Liberal Preacher.) Text, Eph. iv. 5, 6. Pp. 15. (9) The Means of Attaining Religion. By David Damon. Printed for the Union Ministerial Association. Dover, 1832. Text, Matt. 15 : 27. Pp.16. (10) Sermon published in or about 1834. Text, "What is Truth?" Thought to be published as a Unitarian tract. (11) Sermon, text, " Truth Lord, but the dogs eat the crumbs that fall fi-om the children's table." 228 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. David Damoa was of the sixth generation in descent from Thomas Damon, who came from England about the year 1650, and settled in that part of Reading which is now Wakefield. Thomas, son of Thomas, was born in Reading, old style, 31-11- 1658, or new style, 31 Jan. 1659, and married Lucy Ann Emerson, 15 May, 1683. Their fourth son, and ninth child, Thomas, was born at Reading, 25 Dec. 1703, and married at Woburn, Abigail Rice, of East Sudbury, now Wayland, 5 Feb. 1730; d. 6 Mar. 1796, a 92. She was b. 27 Mar., 1709, d. Feb. 1806. a. 97. Their first son, and second child, Thomas, was born at E. Sudbury, Sept. 1731, and married Elizabeth Stow, of Sudburv; he d. Nov. 1813, a. 82. Their fourth son, and fifth child, Aaron, was born at East Sudbury, 1 March, 1761, and married Rachel Griffin, of Sudbury, in the au- tumn of 1785. i (12) Sermon. Text, " We spend our years as a tale that is told." Pp. 13. (13) An Address delivered before the Ministerial Conference in Berry Street, Boston, May 27, 1840. By David Damon. Boston. 1840. Pp. 24. (14) Centennial Sermon, West Cambridge, by Rev. D.Damon, voted to be published at expense of parish, 1840. (15) A Sermon at the Annual Election, Jan. 6, 1841. By David Damon. Pas- tor of the Congregational Church in AVest Cambridge. Boston, 1841. Pp. 34. (16) A Sermon preached at West Cambridge, Aug. 1, 1841, the Sabbath after the Death of Philip Augustus AVhittemore, oldest son of Philip and Sarah Whittemore. By Rev. David Damon. Published by Request of the Parents and Friends of the Deceased. Boston, 1841. Text, Gen. xliii. 14. Pp 16. (17) A Poem, written and read by him at the Fomth of July Celebration in West Cambridge, 1842. The procession mustered at the Universalist meeting- house, and marched to the Unitarian meeting-house, led by a band of music from Woburn. The Declaration of Independence was read by Rev. Mr. Damon, and an address delivered by Rev. J. C. Waldo. A repast was prepared by the ladies at a grove.— See LoioellJoimial, for July 8, 1842, William Schouler, Edi- tor and Proprietor. (18) The Sinfulness of Sin, a Sermon by the Rev. David Damon, in The Monthly Miscellany of Religion and Letters for March, 1843. Boston. Text, Rom. vii. 13. Pp. 7. (19) Notice of the Rev. William Gray Swett, in The Monthly Miscellany of Religion and Letters for April, 1843. Boston. Pp. 5. (20) An Address delivered at the Consecration of the New Cemetery in West Cambridge, Mass., June 14, 1843. By David Damon, Pastor of the Congrega- tional Society. Somerville, 1843. Pp. 12. From an introductory note to this address, Ave quote this statement : " Nine days subsequent to its delivery he attended the funeral of the Hon. Edmund Parker, in Reading, Mass. He en- tered the pulpit, apparently in good health, but at the close of the services was attacked with apoplexy. He was conveyed from the pulpit to the late residence of Mr. Parker, Avhere he died on Sunday morning, June 25, in the fifty- sixth year of his age. He was the first to rest in the New Cemetery, at the consecra- tion of which he had so recently assisted. His townsmen,— who have since strewed his grave with flowers, 'and blessed the bed,'— previous to his decease requested a copy of the address for publication." (21) Severalpoems in a bound volume of a paper published at Cambridge, while he was in college, given to Edward Everett, his classmate, after Mr. D.'s death. It contained articles by the students, among them many by Mr. Everett. A Dudleian Lecture, delivered by him in the College Chapel, Wednesday, the 12th of May, 1841. (MS.) Text, Rev. 18 : 2. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 229 Their first child, David (the subject of this notice), was born at East Sudbury, 12 Sept. J 787, and married Rebecca Derby, of Lynn- field, 16 Oct. 1815. Their children, born at Lunenburg, were Norwood, b. 7 Oct. 1816, Samuel Griffin, b. 10 Dec. 1821, Hannah Mottev, b. 5 March, 1823. Ileniy, b. 6 Nov. 1824, Delia Augusta, b. 19 July, 1826, Franklin, b. iT Oct. 1827; Sarah Norwood, born at Amesbury, 10 Aug. 1829. Mrs. Rebecca Damon (widow of David Damon), died at Boston, 21 May, 1852. She was b. at Lynnfield, 9 Aug. 1787. Norwood (Damon) never married; resides in Boston. Samuel Griffin (Damon) married at Monsou, Mass., Julia Fuller, of Monson, 23 Jan. 1849; she died at Monson, 1 April, 1850, with- out issue. He married for his second wife, Ella Gertrude Whitman, at Boston, 24 July, 1867. They reside at Arlington, on the spot where his father lived, and have had five children, all born in Arlington — Agnes Whitman, b. 20 Dec. 1869; David, b. 26 July, 1871, and d. 22 Dec. 1877; Frederick Whitman, b. 1 Dec. 1873; Helen Gertrude, b. 19 Oct. 1875; Vida, b. 14 Oct. 1877. Hannah IMottey (Damon) resides at Arlington, unmarried. Henry (Damon) married at Marlboro', Lucy Ann Winch, of Wes- ton, 10 April, 1846. They reside at Boston and have one child — Julia Fuller, b. in Wrentham, Mass., 22 June, 1852; m. John Tremere De- blois. of Boston, 17 Nov. 1875. Delia Augusta (Damon) married at West Cambridge, John Burn- ham, Jr., of Brattleboro', Vt., 14 Dec. 1846. They have had two child- ren — Julia Rossiter, b. at Ellington, Conn., 12 July, 1850, d. at Chicago, 111., 8 Feb. 1858; William Henry, b. at Ellington, 21 Dec. 1851. They reside at Batavia, 111. Sarah Norwood (Damon) married at Boston, Alfred Chamberlain, of Newburyport, 16 Oct. 1850. Their children were — Chauncy Ward, b. in Boston, 24 Dec. 1851; Caroline Fowle, b. in West Cambridge, 18 June, 1857, and d. 10 Sept. 1858; Caroline Fowle, b. in West Cambridge, 16 Nov. 1858, and d. 19 Aug. 1859. Alfred Chamberlain died at West Cambridge, 27 June, 1859. Mrs. Cham- berlain married at AVest Cambridge, for her second husband, Daniel R. Stanwood, of Arlington, 25 June, 1866. He died 19 March, 1874. She resides at Arlington. DANIELS, Hannah, adult, mulatto, bap. 9 Aug. 1741. James, d. 19 Dec. 1836, a. about 40. John P. had son, d. 15 Feb. 1839, a. 4 wks., and dau. Almira, d. 17 May, 1843, a. 3. See Whittemore (par. 13). (John P. Daniels the father born in Keene, N. H., d. in W. Camb. 9 Dec. 1852, a. 45— g. s.) DAVENPORT, John, who m. Abigail Whittemore, 4 May, 1801, o. c. here 13 Apr. 1806; had Elmira, bap. 13 Apr. 1806, and John, bap. 1 June, 1811. [John the father bought 12 Sept. 1806, of Josiah Wellington, the once famous tavern (which yet stands) on the wes- terly corner of North Avenue and Beach Street, Cambridge, which 21* 230 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Wellington conveyed to John Bridge 8 Sept. 1796, and re-purchased of Bridge on 28 Oct. 1803.] See Wyman, Charlestoion Genealogies and Estates, 217. DAVIDSON, Sarah, m. Stephen Locke, 6 Feb. 1809. DAVIS, John, of Charlestown, m. Sally Munroe of Camb. 16 Feb. 1800. He o. c. here 25 Oct. 1801, and his w. Sally o. c. and was bap. 17 Nov. 1805. Had John, bap. 25 Oct. 1801; Mary Hunt- ington, h^i^. 1 Aug. 1802; Horatio, ha.^. 19 May, 1805, d. 9 Aug. 1805, a. 3 mos. ; Horatio, ha^. 2% Sept. 1806; Leander Austin, hsi^. 24 June, 1810. See Wyman's Charlestown, 282. 2. Thojias, of Boston, m. Clarissa Whittemore of W. Camb. 2 Oct. 1808. He d. here 14 Mar. 1809, a. 26. Clarissa was adm. to the ch. 13 Feb. 1814, and d. 11 May, 1814, a. 24. Thomas taught the town school here, in 1806, and afterward engaged' in the dry goods business in Boston. No issue. Sarah, adult, o. c. and was bap. 5 May, 1805. Elizabeth, d. 25 Mar. 1809, a. 74. 3. Jonathan and Hephzibah Winship, residents — perhaps because of the military occupation and environment of Boston, 1775-76 — m. 29 Feb. 1776. Lucy, of Shirley, and Nehemiah Estabrook, m. 18 Dec. 1785. Jenny, and Francis Locke, m. 23 Nov. 1786.^ Patty, and Francis Locke, Jr., m. 19 Feb. 1804. Mary S. and George A. Locke, m. 4 Apr. 1839. DAY, Stephen P., m. Sarah Frost, 9 July, 1809. Both o. c. 17 Sept. 1815. Had child d. 16 Mar. 1811, a. 6 mos.; Sarah, bap. with bro. Stephen, 17 Sept. 1815; Jl/ary, bap. 31 Oct. 1819. DEANE, Joseph, of Medford, and Sally Locke of Camb. m. 1 Jan. 1807. DECKER, Comrade or Conrad (?),d. 29 Dec. 1842, a. 2 mos. " Do not know whether this child was male or female." — D. Damon. DE NEUFVILLE, John, merchant, formerly of Amsterdam — "eminent merchant" (g. s.) — d. here 5 Dec. 1796, a. 68. Anna Mar- garett, of Camb., m. John Stoughton, of Boston, 11 Nov. 1799; he was Spanish Consul, Boston — see Stoughton. Anna Cecilia Linzee, w. of Ralph I. Linzee, and dau. of John De Neufville, Esq., d. 27 Jan. 1811, a. 2b (gravestone). [Mr. J. B. Russell remembered seeing, " when a boy, a gravestone in the lot around Rev. Mr. Cooke's tomb, in the centre of the old Burying Ground, to Hyde De Neufville" a stone which has since been removed. The family boarded with Miss Cooke, who then kept a genteel boarding-house in her father's for- mer parsonage, near where now stands the present Orthodox Church (1879). Mr. Russell has published a letter from the widow of De Neufville, which he thus introduces : — " The following letter has turned up amongst my old papers, and well illus- trates the vicissitudes of life. It was written by Madam De Neufville, whose husband was, I presume, the eminent banker of that name in Amsterdam, Hol- land, who rendered efficient service to this country during the Revolution, in * She was wid. of Jonathan Davis and dau. of Israel Hinds. — See Hinds. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 231 promoting negotiations for a loan from the Dutch capitalists. After the war he came to the United States, and established himself in some commercial capacity, but does not seem to have succeeded, judging from this letter. He died, I think, in West Cambridge, where, at any rate, his gravestone was to be seen in the old burying- ground when I was a boy. Not long after the establishment of our Government she petitioned Congress for relief, stating that her late husband's eiForts in behalf of this country had reduced his family to great embarrassment. Alexander Hamilton, in a letter to Washington, in allusion to her claim, said, ' I do not know what the case admits of; but from some papers she showed me, it would seem she had pretensions to the kindness of this country.' She after- ward married the Spanish Consul-General to the United States. The letter was addressed to T. K. Jones, for many j'ears the leading auctioneer in Boston. " West Cambridge, 24th april, 1799. " Sir : I take the liberty by deacon Frost to send you 8 looking glasses, which I request you will be so Kind to Sell for me, at your vendue's. Such is my present Situation, That I must part with every thing which wUl fetch some Cash, I wish you Sir to be friend me, you Know the value of Such goods better than I, my minister [Rev. Dr. Fiske] has purchased one of Them, and told me he con- ceives it as a bargain to have it for 20 dollars. I trust in your goodness to be friend a widow and a Stranger, please to remember me with my Compliments to Mrs. Jones, and I am sir your very humble servant A. M. DE Neufville." Don Juan Stoughton, her second husband, Avas Spanish Consul to the New England States in 1810, per document in Spanish with his signature belonging to Mr. Russell. Mr. Russell writes : — " When a boy of eight, I was present at the opening of Mr. Cooke's tomb, on some occasion. Several men were present, looking at the row of coffins. I well recollect old Mr. Gershom Swan's pointing out ' which was which,' and said of one, ' that contains the body of the Duellist ! ' I thought nothing particularly about it at the time, but have since often M-ondered what duellist could have been buried there." Mr. R. further says, " as to the duellist, it is possible, though not probable, that De Neufville may have been one in his day, and was referred to." De Neufville evidently was first interred in the tomb of the Cookes, and re- moved after the tomb of his connections, '• Stoughton and R. I. Linzee, A.D. 1812," was built, and where his gravestone now stands. De Neufville's-name was pronounced here Du?mewilL] DERBY, Robert, and Eliza Cutter, m. 12 Mar. 1818. Derby m. second, her sister Hannah Cutter, and third, Eleanor Warren. He was a tailor and rem. from Salem to Camb. and thence to Stow. See Cutter (par, 31), and Cutter Book, 157-58; Coll. Essex Institute, iii, 206.' DEXTER, Jonathan M., and w. Betsey, from ch. in Billerica, adm. here 1815. Had Henry, bap. 21 Mar. 1813; Abba Maria Wellington, bap. 21 Apr. 1816, d. 5 July, 1819, a. 3; Abba Maria Wel- lington, bap. 15 Apr. 1821, 2. Mary B. m, Peter Edwards, 17 Jan. 1813. DIAR, or DIER, Sarah [b. 23 Jan. 1771], from infancy with Seth Russell — bap. 26 May, 1776, aet, 4. DICKSON, William, and w. Ruth were adm. to Pet. ch. at or- ganization, 9 Sept. 1739. William d. of old age 15 Jan. 1768, a. 94. His wid. Ruth d. 12 June, 1776 (a. 73 — Paige). She was Ruth 232 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Prentice and m. William Dickson, 12 June, 1718. His age at time of death is given as 94 in the records, but was prob. 74, as given by Paige. He o. c. at Camb. eh. 3 May, 1719 ; William Dickson and w. Ruth were adm. Camb. ch. 20 Feb. 1721. He was s. of John, and gr.-son of William Dickson, or Dixon, an early settler in Cambridge — see Paige. Had with others, William ; Josiah ; Ruth, adm. to Pet. ch. 18 Apr. 1742; Margaret, m. Joseph Cook, Jr., 13 May, 1756; Lydia, m. Samuel Prentice; Jane, m. Samuel Teel, of Medford, 3 Apr. 1755; a child, d. 13 Jan. 1740, a. 6 mos. ; Jonas, b. 28, bap. 31 May, 1741, d. 5 July, 1749, a. 9. The family resided in the Charlestown part of the Precinct. William Dickson was a Pet. committeeman 1741, and Pet. assessor 1741, '42. See Wyman, 295. 2. William, s. of William (1), m. Elizabeth Lawrence, 3 Dec. 1741. He 0. c. Pet. ch. 22 Aug. 1742. Elizabeth, his w., d. 24 Feb. 1753, a. 32, and he m. Rachel Teel of Charlestown, 8 Dec. 1753. Rachel, his w., was adm. Pet. ch 2 June, 1754. He res. in Charles- town, this Prect. Rachel, his w., d. 21 May, 1796, a. 65. He d. 28 Jan. 1801, a. 83. Had William, b. 9, bap. 22 Aug. 1742, d. 5 Dec. 1744, a. 3; Aaron, b. 10, bap. 19 Aug. 1744, d. 10 July, 1749, a. 5; William, b. 28 Feb., bap. 9 Mar. 1746, d. 2 Nov. 1746, a. 9 mos.; a child, b. April (and bap. ) 1748 — Jonathan, prob., who was b. (23) Apr. 1748, and bap. 8 (?2) June, 1754, a^t. 5; Rachel, b. 12, bap. 15 Sept. 1754, prob. the Miss Rachel adm. to the ch. 15 Sept. 1793, m. Latham Stanton, 8 July, 1810; William, b. 14, bap. 14 Aug. 1757; Elizabeth, b. 10, bap. 15 June, 1760, d. 13 Aug. 1761, a. 15 mos.; Elizabeth, b. 27, bap. 29 May 1763, prob. Elizabeth, adm. to the ch. 1 Sept. 1793; Aaron. See %m«n, 295. 3. Josiah, s. of William (1), had Mary, b. 10, bap. 15 Apr. 1750. See Wyman, 296, for wife, &c. 4. Jonathan, s. of William (2), m. Martha Cook, 7 Mar. 1771, and had a dau. b. 28 June, 1771, d. of cough 3 Aug. 1771, a. 3 mos.; a child (at Joseph Frost's), b. 26 Dec. 1772; an infant son, d. 17 Jan. 1773, a. — days; a son, b. 13 Jan. 1775, d. soon; an infant, stillborn, 13 Dec. 1775; a child, b. 1779. See Wyman, 295 (296, No. 15). 5. William, s. of William (2), m. Rachel Cutter, of Woburn, 15 May, 1792 — Cutter (par. 77), and with Rachel, his wife, was adm. to Pet. ch. 15 Sept. 1793. Had William, bap. 6 Oct. 1793; Lydia,hap. May,1796 (d. 15 Aug.l854,a. 58,g.s._) unm. ; i?acAe/, bap. 1 6 Sept. 1798, m. Aaron Dickson, 4 May, 1823 ; Oliver, bap. 11 Jan, 1801, d. — Sept. 1802, a. 2 ; Martha, bap. 17 July, 1803, d. unm. 19 June, 1839, a. 36 (g. s.) ; Oliver, bap. 8 Sept. 1805 ; Alary Cutter, bap. 17 July, 1808.m. Abel Peirce; Eliza, bap. 28 July, 1811, m. same. (See Gutter Book, 267, 397.) William the father was a private soldier from Cambridge in the Revolutionary Armv, and d. 13 Apr. 1835, a. 79 ; his wid. Ra- chel d. 15 Aug. 1842, a. 76 (g. s.). See Wyman, 295, 296. 6. Aaron, s. of William (2), m. Lucy Cutter, 21 Nov. 1797 — Cutter (par. 19); he and w. Lucy were adm. to Pet. ch. 22 May, 1 803, when she and s. Aaron, and dau. Lucy, were baptized ; had also Elizabeth, bap. 1 Apr. 1804, d. 18 Dec. 1808, a. 5. Aaron the fath- GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 233 er d. 29 Sept. 1805, a. 38, and his wid. m. a second husband John • Stevens. See Wyman, 296, 297. 7. William, s. of William (5), m. Sarah Cutter, 4 Jan. 1819. Had William, bap. 15 Apr. 1821; Franklin, bap. 8 Dec. 1822; Albert La Fayette, bap. 26 Sept. 1824; Frederick and Sarah, bap. 21 June, 1835. See Cutter (par. 44), and Cutter Book. 8. Aaron, s. of Aaron (6), m. Rachel Dickson of Charles- town, 4 May, 1823, daughter of William (5). 9. John, Jr., a nephew of William (1), m. Sarah Whittemore, 19 Jan. 1749. Had here, child, stillborn, buried here, 22 Apr. 1753; Susanna, bap. 23 Dec. 1755, m. Joseph Shaw, 23 Jan. 1777; David, bap. 6 Aug. 1758, d. soon. Sarah, wife of John, buried here, d. 13 May, 1777, a. 51. John the father was a private soldier in the French War, and John, his father, was ensign in same war, or lieu- tenant, per gravestone. (The family resided between the two Par- ishes.) 10. Walter, bro. of John (9),m. Anne Cutter of Charlestown, this Prect., 3 May, 1750 — Cutter (par. 5). Had Anne, b. 1, bap. 15 Oct. 1752, m. Richard. Peirce; Mary, h. 23, bap. 30 Mar. 1755, m. Jonathan Butterfield, 4 Aug. 1772; Fsther, b. 23, bap. 28 Aug. 1757, m. Joseph Tufts, of Medford, 23 Dec. 1779; i?e5ecc«, bap. 21 Oct., 1759, d. — " dau. of Walter, Camb." — buried here — 29 July, 1765, a. 7; Lucy, b. 12, bap. 20 May, 1764 (unm. in 1798— Paige); Walter, of Walter, Camb., bap. 13 Dec. 1767. Walter the father was adm. Pet. ch. 9 Nov. 1766, and Anne and Fsther, his daughters, were adm. same ch. 30 Mar. 1777. Walter and Anne his wife, and Anne his dau., were dism. thence " to the 1st ch. in Cambridge," August, 1783; and "all belong'g to 2d ch. in Camb. were di'd and rec'd here, and were accepted by Mr. Hilliard," 28 Sept. 1783. — Camb. First Ch. Bee. Walter the father was select- man of Camb. 1786-88, 1791-92. A child from Boston nursed at Walter D.'s, d. 15 Oct. 1756. Mary, sister of Walter (10), m. Pat- ten Russell, 25 July, 1749. For Walter and wife— see Cutter Book, 53, 380; also Wyman's Charlestown, 296. 11. John, Jr., a son of John (9), m. Sarah Butterfield, 6 Oct. 1771 ; had infant, funeral 4 Aug. 1775. Widow Sarah d. of a fever, 13 Sept. 1780. Miss Sally d. 16 Nov. 1792, a. 23, and Miss Flizabeth d. 11 Feb. 1793, a. 20; ijossibly his daughters. 12. Walter, s. of Walter'(lO), m. Anna Tufts, 10 Apr. 1793. See Wyman, 296. 13. Henry, a nephew of William (1), m. Sarah Cook, 13 Nov. 1774. ^MHice, his dau. m. John Goddard, 21 Dec. 1806 (see Wy- man, 297). Abigail of Camb. (perhaps niece of Henry) m. Eph- raim Frost, 3d. 4 Nov. 1821. Anna C. (perhaps sister of Abigail), of Camb., m. WOliam Everett, of Bedford, 31 July, 1823. John, m. Eleanor Russell, 23 June, 1781. Mrs. Hannah, d. 31 July, 1801, a. 45. 14. Negro child of William (2), d. 20 Feb. 1753, a. 7 mos. Child at William D.'s, stillborn, 5 Dec. 1757. Nurse child at William D.'s, d. 19 May, 1759. 234 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. DITSON, JosiAH, of Boston, and Lucy Peirce of Camb., m. 5 Apr. 1797. DIX, Susanna, of Charlestown, this Pet., and William Tufts, the 4th, of Medford, m. 20 Dec. 1753. Fee one half dollar. See Wy- man, 295. DODGE, No WELL, had child, b. , 1752; son, b. 7 Aug. 1754; dau., b. same date; child, b. 5 Apr. 1756. 2. Paul, had s. Jo/m Botvard, d. 18 Feb. 1836, a. 2 mos. ; Joh7i Perry, d. 31 Aug. 1838, a. 7 mos. Maria P., wife of Paul, d. 8 Apr. 1838, a. 22. See Perry (par. 9). 3. Eliphalet, of Dan vers, and Mary Cox of Woburn, m. 13 Feb. 1802. David surveyed here in 183G. (Wymau's Charlestown, 299.) DORR; Mary, d. 1 Sept. 1825, a. 75 (g. s.). DOUGLASS, George, and Anna Perry, m. 2 Sept. 1773. DOWNING, Polly, of Lexington, and Samuel Butterfield. Jr., of Camb., m. 1 June, 1805. Susanna, and Daniel Chandler of Lexing- ton, m. 19 May, 1817. DOWNS, son of Nathaniel, d. 30 Mar. 1837, a. 1 yr. DOWSE, Mrs.— from Charlestown, at William Winship's—d. 29 Sept. 1772. A numerous Charlestown name, per Wyman. DRAPER, Nathaniel, had son, stillborn, 13 Feb. 1753; Euth, b. 6, bai3. 13 Jan. 1754; Sarah, b. 13, bap. 21 Sept. 1755. DUNN, John George, s. of Hugh, d. 18 June, 1839, a. 2^ yrs. DUNSTER, Henry, and w. Martha, adm. to Pet. eh. at organ- ization, 9 Sept. 1739. Her maiden name Russell, and m. 25 Feb. 1708. He o. c. and was bap. Camb. 1 Feb. 1708, and both were adm. to Camb. eh. 16 Mar. 1711. He was son of Jonathan and Abigail (Eliot) Dunster, was b. 17 July, 1680, and was grandson of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College. He d. 28 Jan. 1753, a. 73 (g. s.) ; his w. Martha m. Francis Locke, 15 Mar. 1759. His children are carefully specified by Paige. Henry Dunster was one of the Precinct committee, 1733, 1734. See Wyman, 312. 2. David, a bro. of Henry (1), had w. Mary, adm. Pet. ch. 6 Sept. 1741; maiden name Russell. He was adm. same ch. 13 Jan. 1742. Margery, \i\ii dsiVL., b. , 1739, was bap. here 23 Dec. 1739. Flora, a negro child of his, was bap. 13 June, 1742. David and Mary, his wife, were dism. " to be imbodyed in a church to be gathered at Narrhaganset No. 2, so call'd " — afterward Westminster, Mass.— 17 Oct. 1742.' See Wyman, 313. 3. Jonathan, a bro. older than David (2), d. here unm. 11 Apr. 1742, a. 47 (g. s.). See Wyman, 313, estate and will. * David, of Charlestown and Narraganset Township, No. 2, sold his estate here, bounded on Medford River, to Joseph Winship, 12 Mar. and 23 Nov. 1742, with a dwelling-house and barn on same. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 235 4. IIexrt, a son of Henry (1), m. Abigail Moore, 27 Apr. 1748, and d. 13 Oct. 1748, a. 26 (or 25, g. s.) ; Abigail, his wid., was adm. to Pet. eh. 19 Feb. 1749; a daughter of hers (by him) was b. 4 Mar. 1749, and d. 4 Mar. 1749 — lived | hour. She, Abigail (Harring- ton) — late Wt'd. Dunster — was di.sm. "to eh. in Lexington," 15 Sept. 1751. Abigail Dunster, widow, m. Jonathan Harrington of Lexing- ton, 1 Aug. 1750. — Lex. Rec. 5. Jason, s. of Henry (1), m. Rebecca Cutter, 26 Oct. 1749. Dau. of Samuel Cutter (see Cutter, par. 5). Jason was adm. Pet. eh. 18 Mar. 1753. Had Ruth, b. 10, bap. 12 Aug. 1750, m. Joseph Blood; Rebecca,]). 23, bap. 23 Aug. 1752, d. 5 July, 1753, a. 10 mos. ; Henry, b. 4, bap. 11 Aug. 1754; Rebecca, b. 18, bap. 20 June, 1756, m. John Swallow; Martha, h. (-28 Aug.), bap. 3 Sept. 1758, m. Oliver Wright; Isaiah, h. (10), bap. 12 Apr. 1761 ; Jason, h. 27 Mar., bap. 3 Apr. 1763; Samuel Cutter, b. 20, bap. 27 Apr. 1766 — privately; sick, Ja- son the father rem. to Mason, N. H., in 1769. See Wyman, 313. Rachel Mason, brought up at Jason Dunster's, o. c. and was bap. 14 Feb. 1762, ajt. 18. See Mason. Tony, negro belonging to the Dunsters, d. 4 Mar. 1745, a. 90. Negro child, girl, at Mr. Ddnster's, b. 17 Mar. 1747, d. 24 Mar. 1747, a. 7 days. Negro child at Mr. D.'s, d. 2 Apr. 1750. Mr. Samuel Dunster, of Attleborough, Mass., m a volume entitled Henry Dunster and his Descendants (published 1876), gives a very full account of the above individuals. DURANT or DURRANT, Benjamin, of Lexington— buried here — d. 23 Oct. 1748, a. 17 yrs. Mrs. Lydia, d. 6 Jan. 1793, a. 89. BUTTON, Stephen and wife, o. c. 2 June, 1783, and had dau. Lucy, bap. 1 June, 1783. Susanna m. James Frost, 3 Dec. 1776. EARL, RiiODA, of Marblehead, and Daniel Butter, of Charlestown, m. 12 Mar. 1826. EASTMAN, Jonathan, of Concord, New Hampshire, and Esther Johnson, of Woburn, m. 15 Sept. 1776. EATON, William, of Reading, and Elizabeth Osborn of Camb., m. 1 Jan. 1781. Lot, of Woburn, and Ruth Smith, of Lexington, m. 17 Ajjr. 1817. Timothy had w. Louisa, d. 28 Jan. 1839, a. 36 (g. s.); and son, d. 21 or 22 Sept. 1839, a. 2. (Timothy Eaton, of Woburn, and Louisa Locke, of W. Camb., m. 5 Apr. 1829.) See Book of Lockes. p. 163. EDDY, Martha, from ch. in Shrewsbury, was adm. to ch. here, 1811. Benjamin, husband of preceding, d. here 11 Aug. 1817, a. 75. Ward, Hist. Shrewsbury, states, he was b. 19 Feb. 1743; was a sea-captain, and early in the Revolution was made prisoner by a British man-of-war, and with his vessel carried to Halifax ; his family meantime retired from Boston to Worcester, and with them, he located in Shrewsbury in 1776, in Waltham in 1804, and in West Cambridge [prob. in 1810]. After the Revolutionary War, he for several years 236 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. commanded vessels out of Boston in the London trade. His wife was Martha Bronson, of Boston. Had children born in Boston, Worces- ter and Shrewsbury ; and his dau. Sarah m. William Getting and re- sided here. See Cotting. EDWARDS, Peter, and Mary B. Dexter, m. 17 Jan. 1813. ELLIOT, Ebenezer, had Lucy, b. 19, bap. 25 Aug. 1751; Mar- garet, b. 12, bap. 15 July, 1753 ; Elizabeth Prentice, b. 27 Sept., bap. 5 Oct. 1755; Thomas, bap. 8 Jan. 1758; Rebecca and Abigail (twins), b. 5, bap. 10 Feb. 1760. The father rem. to Royalston — see Paige, 540. 2. Thomas, of Royalston, s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Sarah Swan of Camb. 26-28 Aug. 1781. Prob. the Thomas Eliot who belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet., 21 July, 1787. See Wy- man's Gharlestoion, 332, 333; also 286, James Deblois. 3. Experience had son, b. 10 Sept. 1757, d. soon. Negro boy at Mr. Elliot's, d. suddenly 6 Nov. 1756, a. 7 mos. The name is usually spelt Elliot. [Eliot, a minister, baptized Mary, dau. of Jeduthun Wellington, here, 25 May, 1783.] EMERSON, Robert, and Hannah Perkins, m. 17 Nov. 1836. EMMONS, Hannah, m. Daniel Champney, Jr., 22 Sept. 1746. Hannah (Childs) — late Emmons — o. c. 18 Dec. 1774. EMORY, Stephen, Esq., and RhodaW. Nason, m. 8 Apr. 1816. ESTABROOK, Nehemiah, m. Lucy Davis, of Shirley, 18 Dec. 1785. Nehemiah d. 21 Feb. 1820, a. 58. Luct d. 2 Mar. 1810. a. 42. Nehemiah belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet., 21 July, 1787. 2. Samuel, m. Lucy Saunders, 30 Apr. 1803; he o. c. 16 June, 1805; had Lucy Sanderson, bap. 16 June, 1805, and Samuel Joseph, bap. in private 16 Jan. 1815. Lucy (prob. his w.), d. 27 July, 1806, a. 26, and he m. Sophia Winchester, 9 Aug. 1812. The wife of Sam- uel d. 26 Jan. 1837, a. 47. Samuel the father d. 7 July, 1839, a. 60. 3. John, m. Anna Russell, 31 Aug. 1800, and d. 7 Sept. 1802, a. 27. Had John Russell, bap. (son of John, deceased) 12 Nov. 1809.* 1 John Russell Estabrook, a native of AVest Camb. (b. in 1801) — in 1820 for family reasons had his name changed to John Brooks Russell, by the legislature. When he was 16, he left for Boston, to learn the printer's trade. In a letter to the writer of this notice, he says, " Your father and I were intimate playmates and schoolmates from early childhood .... Your father, as well as myself, was a great reader of History and Biography, &c. ; and, say in 1813 to 1815, we read everything worth reading in the old Social Library of that day, which then contained but little over 100 vols ; also all the books we could borrow, as they were scarce in that day. Rev. Dr. Fiske was librarian." Mr. Russell has fur- nished some vakiable additions to this work. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 237 Mrs. Anxa, wid. of John, m. Abiier Stearns, 7 Aug. 1808. John Estabrook was a Pet. assessor in 1801. 4. Nehemiah, of Lexington, prob. Nebemiah (1), m. Elizabeth Hall, of W. Camb., 29 Sept. 1811. P^lizabetii, prob. she, d. 12 Dec. 1822, a. 58. Endor m. Lydia Adams, 27 Aug. 1818; he d. here 23 Mar. 1835, a. 40. Eliakiji— died in Lincoln 13 Apr. 1835, a. 70 about — Damon. M. A., from Lexington, d. 5 Dec. 1842, a. 28. Sa- rah, m. Ebenezer Robbins, 8 June, 1775. Martha, of Lexington, m. Edward Waldron, Jr., of Sterling, 23 Sept. 1704. Elizabeth d. 4 May, 1809, a. G9. The name is occasionally Estabrooks. EVERETT, Peggy, and John Norcross, m. 8 Aug. 1799. Wil- liam, of Bedford, and Anna C. Dickson of Camh., m. 31 July, 1823. FALOON, Daniel, and Mrs. Hannah Lincoln, m. 3 Nov. 1837. FARMER, Nathaniel, and Hannah Fessenden, both of Lexington, m. 28 May, 1755. Life m. Elizabeth A. Locke, 1 Nov. 1835; their s. Kimball, bap. 13 June, 1842, in private, being sick. (Elizabeth A. Farmer d. 4 Aug. 1851, a. 35.) Kimball d. 9 July, 1841, a. 51. See Cutter (par. 62). FARNSWORTH, Mary, d. — Nov. 1827, a. 61. FARRINGTON, Matthew, had sou, b. 17 May, 1780. FAY, Samuel, of Westboro', and Elizabeth Cutter, m. 6 Apr. 1756. See Cutter (par. 2). Jeduthun, of Westboro,' m. Sarah Shattuck of Camb. 12 Dec. 1739 — Cooke s Private Journal. FERGUSON, John, had son, d. 21 Mar. 1837, a. 2 ds. ; Thomas Avery, bap. 25 May, d. 2S June, 1838, a. 7 wks. FESSENDEN, Anna, widow, was adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Anna, d. — "awfully! hangel herself!" — 12 July, 1753, a. 63. She was widow of Thomas, and originally Anna Fille- brown, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Cutter) Fillebrown — see Paige. She was prob. the Anna Fillebrown adm. to Camb. ch. 11 Apr. 1725 — another Anna Fillebrown. afterward prob. the w. of Gershom Cut- ter, adm. same ch. 4 June, 1727 — see Cutter (par. 14). 2. Timothy, of Lexington (prob. s. of Thomas, mentioned in preceding paragraph), and Elizabeth, wife of the same, o. c. here 3 Nov. 1754; had Timothy, bap. here 4 Nov. 1754. 3. N.\thaniel, a gr.-s. of Thomas, mentioned in paragraph (1), but not through the wife Anna — see par. (1) — m. Lydia, dau. of Philip Bemis — (see Bemis). Lydia, w. of Nathaniel — "shot! awfully!" — 30 May, 1770, a. 19. [She was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun, holding at the time in her arms her only son Icha- bod. — See History of Precinct, under 1770.] Nathaniel m. Eliza- beth Webb, 20 June, 1771 ; both o. c. 6 Dec. 1772; she bap. (ret. 22) 4 Oct. 1772, her sister Sarah Webb, of Medford (;et. 18), being bap. here same date. Nathaniel had child, b. — 1769, prob. Ichabod, bap. (a;t. 3 or 4) 6 Dec. 1772; also Elizabeth, infant dau., b. 13 Nov., 22 238 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. bap. 6 Dec. 1772; Nathaniel, b. — Aug., bap. 21 Aug. 1774. Han- nah, a sister of Nathaniel (3) — Book of Locke s, p. 315 — m. Nathaniel Farmer, both of Lexington, 28 May, 1 755. 4. Aaron, an older brother of Nathaniel (3), o. c. here 1 Apr. 1770; had Ja;Yw, b. 19 JMar., bap. 1 Apr. 1770. Thomas, another bro. of Nathaniel (3), had dau. Betsey Apthorp, who m. here Elias Viles, of Lexington, 14 May, 1818. See these families more fully in Book of the Lockes. 5. IcHABOD, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Rebecca Munroe, of Lexing- ton, here 7 June, 1795. He and w. Rebecca were adm. to ch. here, 8 Aug. 1819, and the following children of his were baptized, 15 Aug. 1819 — Ichabod, aged 13 yrs. ; Sophroma, 11 yrs. ; Rebecca Harring- ton, 9 yrs. ; Mary Perrin, 7 yrs. ; James Munroe, 3 yrs. He had (Camb. Rec), Edmund Manroe, b. 11 Mar. 1796; Philip Bemis, b. 7 May, 1797; Mhemiah, b. 15 Dec. 1799, d. here 6 Nov. 1819, a. 20; Ichabod, b. 11 May, 1802, perhaps the child, d. 5 Oct. 1803, a. 17 mos. Sophronia, above, m. George C. Russell, 23 May, 1830, W. Camb. Mary P. m. Alanson Blanchard, of Lexington, 25 Nov. 1841. Ed- mund M. m. Lucy A. Annis, of Charlestown, 3 Feb. 1828. Ichabod Fessenden the father was Pet. assessor, 1803, '04. 6. Philip B., s. of Ichabod (5), m. Rebecca C. Tufts, 31 Aug. 1820. Philip Winslow and James Henry, children of Philip B., d. 13 May, 1842, the former aged 4 yrs. 10 mos., the latter aged 1 yr. 8 mos. Other chil. have resided here. Philip B. the father leased the mill formerly belonging to Ephraim Cutter (par. 24), 1 Apr. 1843; this lease was continued by P. B. Fessenden 8^ Co., 1850; Fessenden, Whittemore 8)- Co., 1853; Russell, Fessenden ^ Co., 1859-1860. 7. Mr. William (H, U. 1768), m. Mrs. Sarah Read, 22 Jan. 1771. She was perhaps the Sarah Fessenden, buried 28 Jan. 1775. He was ordained at Fryeburg, Me., 11 Oct. 1775, and was father of Gen. Samuel Fessenden of Portland, Me., and grandfather of the dis- tinguished Hon. William Pitt Fessenden of the same place. See Book of the Lockes ; N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, iov Apr. 1871; and Paige. The Mr. William Fessenden, whom the Rev. Samuel Cooke of Menotomy mentioned in his diary, as having heard twice, 4 Jan. 1742, on Ps. 89: 7, and Num. 23: 10, was prob. the graduate of H. U. 1737, and father of the above Rev. William. The father taught the Grammar-school in Cambridge, and was licensed as a preacher, but was never ordained. 8. Josiah — late of Camb. — had child, d. here 6 Oct. 1782, a. 17 mos. (See Paige, 544.) A Fessenden of Medford was buried here 2 Oct. 1782. FIELDING, William Henry, d. 25 Sept. 1842, a. 10 mos. FIFIELD, Mrs. Mary Ann— buried at East Cambridge— d. 16 Dec. 1835, a. 27. FILLEBROWN, John, adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. The first Pet. treasurer, 1733. Prob. the John, d. 23 Oct. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 239 1756, a. 85. Sarah (Watts), dau. of John Fillebroion, d. 18 Dec. 1745, a. 42; ^/i^a, his dau., m. Gershom Cutter — see Cutter (par. 14); Elizabeth, hxii daw., m. Moses Boardman, 25 Dec. 1746. (See Paige, b^i.) John the father and \v. Sarah [d. 1716], were adm. to Camb. eh. 20 May, 1711. She was Sarah Wyer — see Wyman,Ml, Nos. 9 and 10. FJizaheth, adm. to Pet. ch. 20 Jan. 1745— prob. dau. of above, afterward m. to Boardman. 2. Rebecca, Widow, d. 26 July, 1741, a. 76. She was wid. of Thomas, prob. a bro. of John (1), and dau. of Richard Cutter — see Cutter Book, 35 ; Wyman, 346. 3. Edward, prob. s. of John (1), had here Thomas, b. 8, bap. 11 June, 1749; Sarah, b. 29 Oct., bap. 12 Nov. 1752; Elizabeth, b. 5, bap. 19 Jan. 1755; Ruth. b. 25 Oct., bap. 6 Nov. 1757. Susanna, w. of Edward, d. 23 June, 1772. Edward m. Wid. Elizabeth Stearns, 7 Dec. 1775, and d. 16 June, 1793, a. 83. See Wyman's Charlestown, 347, Nos. 1 1 and 17. Susanna, perliaps his dau., m. James Blake, of Boston, 29 Nov. 1773. Abigail, d. 26 May, 1768, a. 5. 4. Richard, a gr.-s. of Rebecca (2), o. c. here 24 Nov. 1751. His w. Mehitable was adm. to Pet. ch. 24 Sept. 1758. Had James, b. 24 Nov., bap. 1 Dec. 1751; Samuel, b. 28 Nov., bap. 3 Dec. 1753; dau., stillborn, 3 June, 1756; Richard, bap. 14 May, 1758, d. 25 Feb. 1759, a. 10 mos. ; Mehitable (twin with Richard), bap. 14 May, 1758, d. soon; Mehitable, or " Mehittabel," bap. 1 Feb. 1761. Richard the father d. at Kittery, in the army, 20 Nov. 1762. Richard Fillebrown, of Medford, was a corporal in Capt. Thomas Adams's Company, of Col. Nichols's Regiment, in 1758. — See History of Precinct under 1758. See Wyman, 346, wife Mehitable Sprague. 5. John, prob. the s. of Thomas, and Rebecca (2), d. at Charles- town, 17 Oct. 1772-, a. 73. See Wyman, 347, No. 10? 6. Thomas, perhaps s. of Edward (3), m. Hannah Brown, 1 Dec. 1778. Mrs. Hannah d. 5 Oct. 1797, a. 47. Edward,^, of Thomas, bap. 14 Apr. 1799. Rebecca, wid. of Thomas, d. 18 Aug. 1840, a. 85. Thomas was a corporal and sergeant in the Revolution. (See Paige, 409, 428; Wyman, 346 and 347, No. 18?) 7. John, perhaps s. of Thomas (6), m. Anne Horton, 10 June, 1804, and d. 20 Sept. 1814, a. 30. Anna, adult, prob. she, o. c. and was bap. 29 Oct. 1815, the same date Adeline Rebecca, Darius White, Elizabeth and John, chil. of John, were baptized. 8. Thomas, Jr., perhaps s. of Thomas (6), m. Sarah Adams, 31 Jan. 1808. A child of Thomas, Jr., d. 26 Sept. 1818, a. 10. (Tho- mas the father d. 18 May, 1849, a. 69.) ■9. Edward, perhaps s. of Edward (3), m. Lydia Prentice, 23 Aug. 1770. 10. James, s. of Richard (4), m. Elizabeth Prentice, 5-8 June, 1774, and Phebe Barnard, 24 May, 1798. James was a sergeant in the Revolution — see Paige, 428. 11. Samuel, s. of Richard (4), m. Mary Pitts, 9 Nov. 1775. Served in the Revolution. See Wyman, 347, No. 13. 12. Leonard, s. of Thomas (6), m. Hannah Richardson, 1 Apr. 240 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1819. vSusANNA, perhaps his sister, m. James Frost, 3 Mar. 1805. Abiel II. m. Hannah Locke, 3 July, 1817. 13. John, perhaps s. of John (7), had daughter, d. 6 Mar. 1843, a. 6. 14. John, d. 23 Oct. 1775, a. 85 (g. s.). Edward, John and Richard Fillebrowu were private soldiers from Cambridge in the French War. (Paige expresses difficulty in tracing the lineage of this family.) FINDLAYSON, PiiiLip, d. 14 May, 1837, a. 20. FINNEY, Mary, of Camb., and Morrice Rock, of Pennsylvania, m. 23 Nov. 1775. FISKE, Ruth, and James Jones, m. 1 Jan. 1778. Mary and Jo- seph Craft, of Newton, m. 11 May, 1809. 2. PIoRATio H., of Boston, m. Letitia Whittemore of W. Camb., 29 Mar. 1818. Horatio H., and Letitia his wife, o. c. here 20 Nov. 1823, the same date Elmira his dau. was baptized. Horatio Hancock, s. of Rev. Thaddeus, was bap. 27 June, 1790 > Eemira, dau. of Thaddeus, bap. 26 Apr. 1792 — Elmira and Joseph Adams, Esq., m. 19 Nov. 1811. Horatio Hancock Fiske, b. 22 June, 1790, " served an apprenticeship in the mercantile house of Munson and Barnard, Boston, from 1805 to 1813. He then commenced mer- cantile business in the copartnership and under the firm of Stanton, Fiske and Nichols^ Boston, who were very enterprising, reputable and successful merchants." He d. 13 Sept. 1829, a. 39, " leaving a wife and two daughters, Elmira and Caroline." An obituary notice in the Gentinel, 16 Sept. 1829, speaks of him as the only son of the Rev. Dr. Fiske of West Cambridge, and as one of "our most active, correct and enterprising merchants Whatever was required of him was sure to be done punctually, faithfully, and to the best of his power .... few perhaps live so short a period in whose character are combined more good qualities than in his, or fill up the measure of their days better than he." His daughters both m. George B. Neal, of Charlestown, and his widow Letitia is yet living (1879). Rev. Thaddeus, D.D., s. of Jonathan Fiske and Abigail Fiske, b. Weston, 22 June, 1762; grad. H. U. 1785; settled at Camb. Second Pet. as second minister of the parish, 23 Apr. 1788; m. Lucy, dau. of Rev. Jonas Clark, of Lexington, 17 June, 1789; had two children, a son and daughter, already mentioned ; resigned his charge 23 Apr. 1828, after a forty years ministry. He lived to see five ministers suc- cessivel}'^ ordained over this society, three of whom died before him ; was at the time of his death the oldest clergyman in Massachusetts, and d. in Charlestown, 14 Nov. 1855, a. 93. Received the degree of D.D. in 1821, from Columbia College. His wife d. 9 Mar. 1855, a. 88. The Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, in an account of himself d ancestry appended to a " Sermon delivered at West Cambridge, April 13, 1828," at the close of his ministry, and published at Boston, by Charles C. Little and James Brown, 18*43, states, "I was born on the 22d of GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 241 June, 1762. At the age of seventeen, I began to prepare for College under the tuition of Rev. Mr. Samuel Woodward, who was an able in- structor and linguist, the minister of Weston, my native town. I was offered by him for examination, and was admitted a student of Harvard University in July, 1781, and graduated in 1785." After he had taken his degree, he taught a grammar school in Lex- ington, and boarded in the family of the Rev. Jonas Clark. He re- turned to the University in Cambridge, and studied divinity under Rev. Prof. Wigglesworth, and was licensed to preach 8 Aug. 1786, by the " Association of Ministers in and about Cambridge." He preached his first sermon in his native town, and after supplying several vacant parishes, was invited in March, 1787, to preach to the Second Congre- gational Church and Society in Cambridge, then called Menotomy, now West Cambridge." On 16 July, 1787, he received a call to settle as their minister. " I hesitated," he says, " for some time, whether to decline or accept their invitation. The parish was very small and poor, and considerably involved in debt, having been destitute of a settled minister about six years, and were in a broken state, very much reduced in numbers and property.' It was generally thought doubtful whether they would be able to support a minister, or pay the small salary they offered me. .... But it was feared by many, and so stated to me, that if I gave a negative answer, the church and society would not make any further effort to obtain a minister, and would be broken up and dissolved." He accepted their invitation, and was ordained 23 Apr. 1788. The proceedings in reference to his settlement are entered elsewhere in this work. Having cast his lot with the '' Second Church and Congre- gation in Cambridge," he immediately endeavored to allay the difficul- ties that obstructed their prosperity. He began by relinquishing a part of his salary. To supply the deficiency of his support, he boarded and instructed children and youth, and some he prepared for admission to college; he instructed many daughters of his parishioners, and other young ladies of the neighboring towns. Thouirh this employment occupied much of his time, yet he was en- abled to perform the usual duties of a minister, and to " study and write and preach" upwards of twelve hundred sermons during his ministry. He visited and taught his flock from house to house, gave religious instruction to youth, and continued the practice adopted by his predecessor, the Rev. Samuel Cooke, of meeting the children an- nually, and oftener, for the purpose of examining and assisting them in their knowledge of the Assembly's Catechism, which was univer- sally taught then by their parents and heads of families. Sabbath schools were designed at fii'st to aid this practice. He assisted in de- fraying the current expenses of the parish ; he contributed fifty dollars 1 Col. Thomas Russell remembered that after the Revolution, when it took a generation to recuperate from the general poverty of the time, so scarce were pins, hooks and eyes, that long thorns were used in place of them. — J. B. Russell, 22* 244 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. d. 14 Feb. 1839, a. 5. Lydia Hamilton, at John Fowle's, d. 6 Mar. 1843, a. 19. 4. Martha, of Lexington, m. Moses R. Couch, of Frankfort, 26 Nov. 1815. Margaret and Robert Mullet, of Charlestowu, m. 9 Aug. 1825. FRANCIS, Nathaniel, d. 2 Sept. 1764, a. 72, or 71 (g. s.). Na- thaniel Francis, of Medford, and Ann Cutter, of Charlestown, were joined in marriage by Simon Tufts, Esquire, 3lMar. 1743 — Charles- town Records. She was the widow of Samuel Cutter — see Cutter (par. 5). Wid. Ann, of Mason, was buried here 1 Jan. 1778, a. 76 — d. 31 Dec. 1777, a. 74 (g. s.). Anna, Rebecca and Hannah Cutter, daughters of Mrs. Francis, were severally adm. to the eh. here, in 1748, 1749 and 1753; and Samuel Cutter — son Francis— o. c. 1758. Nathaniel Francis o. c at Camb. 1 Mar. 1724. lie was a Pet. com- mitteeman 1744, '45, '48, '49, and was Pet. assessor the same period. See Paige, 550; Wyman, 374, and Brooks's Medford, b\'2-V?>. By w. Sarah Whitmore (m. 1723), he had children (4 sons) in Medford. 2. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Phebe Frost, 11 Apr. 1751 ; he being styled Jr., of this Pet., and she of Camb. ; marriage fee ^ Dol. Nathaniel, Jr., and w. Phebe, o.c. here 22 Mar. 1752. Had Sarah, h. 10 July, 1751, bap. 22 Mar. 1752. He prob. rem. soon to Medford, and had children recorded there — See Wi/maii, 374; Brooks's ffist. 513. Nathaniel Francis, of Medford, was a corporal in Capt. Thomas Adams's Company, from this Pet. and other towns, in 1758. John and Richard Francis, likewise of Medford, were pri- vate soldiers of the same company in 1758. 3. Benjamin, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. (being then of Charlestown this Pet.) Lydia Convers of Medford, 7 Apr. 1757. Had here a son, b. 27 July, 1757, d. soon; James, b. 26 Apr., bap. 2 May, 1762; Wil- Ham, h. 21 July, bap. 12 Aug. 1764; Converse, bap. 27 July, 1766.' See Paige, 55 f; Wyman, 374, and Brooks's Medford, 388-389, 513- 14. 4. Lucy, of Medford, m. Edward Wilson of Camb., 23 Nov. 1758. Prob. sister of the following. Thomas, of Charlestown, m. Susanna Hill of Camb., 11 July, 1771. He was major, and brother to Col. Ebenezer Francis, the distinguished Revolutionary officer. See Paige, 551; Wyman, 374. Richard was rated here, 1781. Son perhaps of Nathaniel (1) — see Wyman, 374. FRENCH, Jonathan, drowned 8 Sept. 1820, a. 32. FROST, Ephraim, adm. to Pet. eh. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739; styled Capt.; d. 26 July, 1769, a. 87 (g. s.) ; his w. Sakah, adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. " wife of Capt. Ephraim," (20) 1 Converse Francis was father of Converse, D.D., b. 9 Nov. 1795, Menotomy, H. U. 181-5, minister at Watertown and professor Harv. Univ., d. 7 Apr. 1863 ; also of Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, b. Medford 11 Feb. 1802, the celebrated author. — See IVi/maii, 374 ; Drake's Bioff. Diet, GENEALOGICAL EEGLSTER. 245 21 Feb. 1753, a. G6 (g. s.). He in. Sarah Cooper, 9 Sept. 1714, and was s. of Ephraim. and gr.-s. of Elder Edmund Frost, of Camb. He was adm. Camb. eh. 21 Dec. 1718, and his w. Sarah, 20 Oct. 1728. Ephraim, Samuel and Martha, his children, were adm. Camb. ch. 3 Dec. 1738. He was a selectman of Camb. 1725, '27, '30, '35, and one of the Precinct committee five years between 1733 and 1749, and also a Precinct assessor. Had Ephraim; Samuel; Sarah, m. Moses Harrington ; Anna, m. Thomas Adams ; Martha, adm. Pet. ch. at or- ganization, 9 Sept. 1739, m. Joseph Adams, Jr., 10 Jan. 1740; Lydia, d. 19 Jan. 1736, a. 7 yrs. 5 mos. (<;. s.); and others. See Wi/man, 379. 2. Thomas, a brother of Ephraim (l),adm. to Pet. ch. at organ- ization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. of "old age," 3 May, 1765, a. 77; his w. IMaky, adm. Pet. ch. ditto, 9 Sept. 1739, d. the " Widow Mary," 10 Mar. 1774, a. 77. Thomas Frost was adm. Camb. ch. 16 Mar. 1718, and Mary Frost was adm. to same ch. at (or about) the same time. She was INIary Butterfield, m. 25 Oct. 1716 — see Paige. His son Joseph, resided in Menotomy ; his dau. Euth, was adm. Pet. ch. 27 Dec. 1741; /VieJe. m. Nathaniel Francis, Jr., 11 Apr. 1751; Mary, m. John Locke, 2 Jan. 1752; Jonathan, d. 6 June, 1736, a. 3 yrs. 3 mos. (g. s.) ; Sarah, d. unm. 17 May, 1825, a. 89; Lydia, h. 29, bap. 31 Aug. 1740 — dau. of Thomas, deceased, was adm. Pet. ch. 2 Feb. 1777. 3. EpriRAur, s. of Ephraim (1), styled Jr., adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. 5 Mar. 1799, a. 84 (g. s.) ; his w. Mary, adm. Pet. ch. ditto, 9 Sept. 1739, d. "wife of Capt. Ephraim," 20 Oct. 1805, a. 89, or 88 (g. s.). She was Mary Cutter, dau. of Dea. John —see Cutter (par. 3). Had Aniia, b. 22, bap. 26 Oct. 1740, d. 20 Nov. 1740, a. 1 mo. ; Ephraim, b. 29 Sept. bap., 3 Oct. 1742 ; Jonathan, b. 19 (?), bap. 16 Dec. 1744; Stephen, b. 18, bap. 21 June, 1747; Ruhamah, b. 4, bap. 12 Nov. 1749, m. John Russell, 31 Aug. 1769; Mary, b. 3, bap. 8 Mar. 1752, adm. Pet. ch. 24 Feb. 1771, m. Jona- than Locke, 3 Jan. 1775; Anna, b. 3, bap. 6 Oct. 1754, adm. Pet. ch. 2 Feb. 1777, m. Roger AVesson, of Mason, N. H., 22 Dec. 1799; Lrjdia, b. 21, bap. 24 Oct. 1756, d. 26 Oct. 1766, a. 10 (g. s.); John, b. 9, bap. 14 Sept. 1760; Amos, b. 17, bap. 22 Aug. 1762. Ephraim the father was captain of Menotomy train-band, in 1766, and also in 1771. He was selectman of Cambridge in 1758, 1760, '61, 1763-68, 1772-77; and assessor 1760, '61, 1763-68, 1772, 1775-77. He Avas member of an important Revolutionary committee of Cambridge in 1772 — see Paige, 143. He was a Pet. committeeman 1756, '57, '59, 1760, and Pet. assessor the same period. Capt. Ephraim Frost was member of the Convention of Middlesex County, Concord, Aug. 30- 31, 1774. — Journals of each Prov. Congress of Mass., p. 609. 4. Samuel, s. of Ephraim (1), adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. (30 Sept.) 1 Oct. 1798, a. 82 (g. s.). He was a Pet. committeeman and assessor, 1768, '69. His w. Abigail d. (7) 10 Mar. 1796, a. 74 (g. s.). He m. Abigail Cutter, 19 Feb. 1741, dau. of Dea. John — see Cutter (par. 3). Had Samuel, b. 7, bap. 13 Dec. 242 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. toward furnishing a new house of worship, built in 1805; he remitted annually, during his ministry, the parish taxes of many individuals who were either unable or unwilling to pay their annual assessments ; he gave fifty dollars in aid and support of a singing school for the service of the house of worship, and ten dollars toward purchasing an octavo- viol for the use of the singers; had a set of curtains put in the fore- seat of the front gallery for the singers' convenience, and the pulpit painted, at his expense. He commenced, in 1806, the establishment of a social library, and took the entire care of it in his house, and deliv- ered books to the proprietors for more than twenty years without com- pensation. This and much more he did; and hence, in a few years, " the appearance of the town, and the morals and habits of the peo- ple," were changed for the better, and •' its favorable aspect induced many individuals and families of other towns to come and settle in the place, and aid and share in its growing prosperity." He received from his people at the same time "' many tokens of their respect and benev- olence," and enjoyed his full share of " their regards and affections." In 1788, the Rev. Mr. Fiske became a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University; in 1821 he was honored with the degree of Doctor in Divinity by Columbia College, New York. He voluntarily resigned his pastoral office and charge, 23 Apr. 1828, leav- ing a church of about one hundred members and a congregation of about five hundred souls for his successor. Such is the substance of the narrative of this aged minister, append- ed to the discourse delivered at the close of his ministry. The text of this farewell discourse was Acts xx. 18-21. Subject: The Life and Character of St. Paul a Model for Christian Ministers. During his ministry he baptized 749; number of funerals he attended, 666; admissions to the church, (including those owning their covenant), 288; joined in marriage, 386 couples. His ancestry are mentioned in the above published discourse, and in Bond's Hist, of Waterto^vn ; see also Paige's Hist. Cambridge, and Harvard Necrology, by Palmer. A marble monument marks the spot of his burial in Arlington old burying-ground, amid the members of his flock. FLETCHER, William and w. Betsey, o. c. 26 Aug. 1810, was himself bap. 26 Aug. 1810,^ and had Eliza, aet. 6, Adrian (dau.), a3t. 4, Hannah Barnard, ast. 2, Grace, set. \, all bap. 26 Aug. 1810; Wil- liam Henrrj, bap. 10 May, 1812. 2. Walter, had Joseph Varnum, d. 30 Aug. 1837, a. 2 yrs., and George Walter, d. 14 Oct. 1837, a. 6 mos. 3. Jonathan V., of Medford, m. Mercy Ann Hill of W. Camb., 3 Nov. 1836. FORD, Stephen, of Charlestown, d. at Joseph Adams's, 23 Mar. 1756, a. 79. See Wyman, 352. * A gravestone in the new, or Mount Pleasant Cemetery, to William Fletcher, ■who d. Feb. 26, 1853, aged 83 years, states, " He was the tirst man that ever carried Ice into Boston Market for Merchandise." GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 243 FOREMAN, Ann, and George G. Jones, m. 14 Apr. 1813. FOSTER, James, of Boston, ni. Sarah Cutter, 26 Jan. 1773— fee $2. — Cutter (par. 16). James — late of Boston — had Sarah, b. 8, bap. 11 Feb. 1776; Isaac Abbot — s. of James, of Little Cambridge^ — bap. here 10 Sept. 1780. James d. 2i Nov. 1808, a. 68. See Cutter Book, 251, 396. 2. Noah, perhaps had Abner, d. 3 May, 1802, a. 2 ; had Enoch, bap. 24 Jan. 1802, d. 22 Aug. 1805, a. 3; Abner, bap. 16Seijt. 1804. 3. James, perhaps s. of James (1), had child d. 28 Aug. 1802, a. 3. Isaac, had child, d. 10 Sept. 1811, a. 1. Benjamin, of Fal- mouth [now Portland, Me.], m. Rebecca Cutter, of Charlestown, 5 Apr. 1807 — see Cutter Book, 146, 388, 396. He was s. of James (1), and b. in Cambridge 12 Mar. 1779, rem. to Westbrook, Me., wliere he d. 1857, a. 78. See Cutter (par. 11). 4. Rev. Jacob, of Berwick, m. Hephzibah Prentice, 13 Oct. 1756 — marriage fee nothing ; customary fee a dollar. She was dau. of Dea. Henry Prentice of Camb. Hegra^l- il- U. 1754, and d. 1798. He was ord. in Berwick, 1756, dism. at his own request 1777, and became a chaplain in the army; in 1781 he was installed at Packersfield, Cheshire Co., N. H., and dism. about ten years after. — Greenleaf, Eccles. Hist. Maine. For son. see Wyman's Charlestown. 353-4. Su- KET, m. William Adams, 17 Sept. 1818. Hannah, m. Abbot Allen, 1 May, 1825. Martha, m. Luke Vila, 3 July, 1825. Maria, m. Augustus Babcock, 20 Nov. 1825. Herjian, of Boston, m. Harriet M. A. Whittemore, 8 Nov. 1826. He was b. Andover, 31 Oct. 1800, and was a distinguished citizen of Manchester, N. H. where he d. 17 Feb. 1875. — See extended notice of him in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. for July, 1875, pp. 322-23. George, had s. George, d. 9 Mar. 1837, a. 31. FOWLE, John, adm. to the ch. here 5 June, 1748, had 3Iary, b. 18 Nov., bap. 2 Dec. 1750; James, b. 29 Mar., bq^i. 8 Apr. 1753; Su- sanna, b. Feb. 1756, bap. 25 Apr. 1756: John, bap. privately 23 Apr. 1759; Naomi, b. 24 Feb., bap. 14 Mar. 1762; Samuel, b. 26, bap. 30 June, 1765; Nathaniel, h. 17, bap. 24 July, 1768. John the father d. 6 Sept. 1798, a. 67. John belonged to the Baptist Society in Cambridge N. W. Prect. 21 July, 1787. John Fowle was a private soldier in the French War. See Wginan, 371, No. 24; also 23* and 25. 2. James, s. of John (1), had child d. 6 Sept. 1782, a. 11 mos., and James, the father of said child, d. 27 Sept. 1782, a. 29. James Fowle, of Camb., m. Ruth Iladley, 30 Nov. 1780. — Lexington Rec- ords. He was a corporal in the Revolution — see Paige, 410, 428; and John Fowle, Jr., and Samuel Fowle, prob. his brothers, were also in the Revolutionary service. 3. John, Jr., m. Abigail B. Hill, 14 Oct. 1821. John had George The Third Parish, or Little Cambridge, now Brighton. 244 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. d. 14 Feb. 1830, a. 5. Lvdia Hamilton, at John Fowle's, d. 6 Mar. 1843, a. 19. 4. Martha., of Lexington, m. Moses R. Couch, of Frankfort, 26 Nov. 1815. Margaret and Robert Mullet, of Charlestown, m. 9 Aug. 1825. FRANCIS, Nathanikl, d. 2 Sept. 17G4, a. 72, or 71 (g. s.). Na- thaniel Francis, of Medfoid, and Ann Cutter, of Charlestown, were joined in marriage by Simon Tufts, Esquire, 3rMar. 1743 — C/iarles- towii Records. She was the widow of Samuel Cutter — see Cutter (par. 5). Wid. Ann, of Mason, was buried here 1 Jan. 1778, a. 76 — d. 31 Dec. 1777, a. 74 (g. s.). Anna, Rebecca and Hannah Cutter, daughters of Mrs. Francis, were severally adm. to the ch. here, in 1748, 1749 and 1753; and Samuel Cutter — son Francis— o. c. 1758. Nathaniel Francis o. c. at Camb. 1 Mar. 1724. He was a Pet. com- mitteeman 1744, '45, '48, '49, and was Pet. assessor the same period. See Pair/e, 550; Wijnian, 374, and Brooks's Medford,b\^2-V^. By w. Sarah AVhitmore (m. 1723), he had children (4 sons) in Medford. 2. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel ( 1 ), m. Phebe Frost, 1 1 Apr. 1751 ; he being styled .Jr., of this Pet., and she of Camb. ; marriage fee \ Dol. Nathaniel, Jr., and w. Phebe, o. c. here 22 Mar. 1752. Had Sarah,h. 10 July, 1751, bap. 22 Mar. 1752. He prob. rem. soon to Medford, and had children recorded there — See Wipnan, 374; Brooks's Hist. 513. Nathaniel Francis, of Medford, was a corporal in Capt. Thomas Adams's Company, from this Pet. and other towns, in 1758. John and Richard Francis, likewise of Medford, were pri- vate soldiers of the same company in 1758. 3. Benjamin, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. (being then of Charlestown this Pet.) Lydia Convers of Medford, 7 Apr. 1757. Mad here a son, b. 27 July, 1757, d. soon; James, b. 26 Apr., bap. 2 May, 1762; Wil- liam, b. 21 July, bap. 12 Aug. 1764; Converse, bap. 27 July, 1766.' See Paige, 551; Wyman, 374, and Brooks's Medford, 388-389, 513- 14. " 4. Lucy, of Medford, m. lulward Wilson of Camb., 23 Nov. 1758. Prob. sister of the following. Thomas, of Charlestown, m. Susanna Hill of Camb., 11 July, 1771. He was major, and brother to Col. Ebenezer Francis, the distinguished Revolutionary officer. See Paige, 551; Wyman, "61 4,. Richard was rated here, 1781. Son perhaps of Nathaniel (1) — see Wyman, 374. FRENCH, Jonathan, drowned 8 Sept. 1820, a. 32. FROST, Ephraim, adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739; styled Capt.; d. 26 July, 1769, a. 87 (g. s.) ; his w. Sarah, adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. " wife of Capt. Ephraim," (20) * Converse Francis Avas father of Conoerse. D.D., b. 9 Nov. 1795, Menotomy, H. U. 181.5, minister at Watortovvn and professor Harv. Univ., d. 7 Apr. 1863 ; also of Mrs. I.ydia Maria Child, b. :Medford U Feb. 1802, the celebrated author. — See Wyman, 374 ; Drake's Biog. Diet. GENEALOGICAL REGLSTER. 245 21 Feb. 1753, a. G6 (g. s.)- Hem. Sarah Cooper, 9 Sept. 1714, and was s. of Ephraini, and gr.-s. of Elder Edmund Frost, of Camb. He was adm. Camb. ch. 21 Dec. 1718, and his w. Sarah, 20 Oct. 1728. Ephraim, Samuel and Martha, his children, were adm. Camb. ch. 3 Dec. 1738. He was a selectman of Camb. 1725, '27, '30, '35, and one of the Precinct committee five years between 1733 and 1749. and also a Precinct assessor. Had Ephraim; Samuel; Sarah, m. Moses Harrington; Anna, m. Thomas Adams; Martha, adm. Pet. ch. at or- ganization, 9 Sept. 1739, m. Joseph Adams, Jr., 10 Jan. 1740; Lijdia, d. 19 Jan. 1736, a. 7 yrs. 5 mos. (g. s.); and others. See Wyman, 379. 2. Thomas, a brother of Ephraim (l),adm. to Pet. ch. at organ- ization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. of "old age," 3 May, 1765, a. 77; his w. Mary, adm. Pet. ch. ditto, 9 Sept. 1739, d. the '• Widow Mary," 10 Mar. 1774, a. 77. Thomas Frost was adm. Camb. ch. 16 Mar. 1718, and Mary Frost was adm. to same ch. at (or about) the same time. She was Mary Butterfield, m. 25 Oct. 1716 — see Paige. His son Joseph, resided in Menotomy ; his dau. Buth, was adm. Pet. ch. 27 Dec. 1741; /*Ae6e. m. Nathaniel Francis, Jr., 11 Apr. 1751; Mary, m. John Locke, 2 Jan. 1752; Jonathan, d. 6 June, 1736, a. 3 yrs. 3 mos. (g. s.) ; Sarah, d. unm. 17 May, 1825, a. 89; Lydia, b. 29, bap. 31 Aug. 1740 — dau. of Thomas, deceased, was adm. Pet. ch. 2 Feb. 1777. 3. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (1), styled Jr., adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. 5 Mar. 1799, a. 84 (g. s.) ; his w. Mary, adm. Pet. ch. ditto, 9 Sept. 1739, d. "wife of Capt. Ephraim," 20 Oct. 1805, a. 89, or 88 (g. s.). She was Mary Cutter, dau. of Dea. John — see Cl-tteu (par. 3). Had Anna, b. 22, bap. 26 Oct. 1740, d. 20 Nov. 1740, a. 1 mo. ; Ephraim, b. 29 Sept. bap., 3 Oct. 1742 ; Jonathan, b. 19 (>), bap. 16 Dec. 1744; Stephen, b. 18, bap. 21 June, 1747; Ruhamah, b. 4, bap. 12 Nov. 1749, m. John Russell, 31 Aug. 1769; Mary, b. 3, bap. 8 Mar. 1752, adm. Pet. ch. 24 Feb. 1771, m. Jona- than Locke, 3 Jan. 1775; Anna, b. 3, bap. 6 Oct. 1754, adm. Pet. ch. 2 Feb. 1777, m. Roger Wesson, of Mason, N. H., 22 Dec. 1799; Lydia, b. 21, bap. 24 Oct. 1756, d. 26 Oct. 1766, a. 10 (g. s.); John, b. 9, bap. 14 Sept. 1760; Amos, b. 17, bap. 22 Aug. 1762. Ephraim the father was captain of Menotomy train-band, in 1766, and also in 1771. He was selectman of Cambridge in 1758, 1760, '61, 1763-68, 1772-77; and assessor 1760, '61, 1763-68, 1772, 1775-77. He was member of an important Revolutionary committee of Cambridge in 1772 — see Paige, 143. He was a Pet. committeeman 1756, '57, '59, 1760, and Pet. assessor the same period. Capt. Ephraim Frost was member of the Convention of Middlesex County, Concord, Aug. 30- 31, 1774. — Journals of each Prov. Congress of Mass., p. 609. 4. Samuel, s. of Ephraim (1), adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. (30 Sept.) 1 Oct. 1798, a. 82 (g. s.). He was a Pet. committeeman and assessor, 1768, '69. His w. Abigail d. (7) 10 Mar. 1796, a. 74 (g. s.). He m. Abigail Cutter, 19 Feb. 1741, dau. of Dea. John — see Cutter (par. 3). Had Samuel, b. 7, bap. 13 Dec. 246 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1741, d. soon; Samuel b. 2, bap. 7 Aug. 1743; Abigail, b. 24, bap. 27 Jan. 174.5, adm. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1766, m. Hezekiah Wyman, of Wes- ton, 31 May. 1770; Rebecca, b. 28 Dec. 1746, bap. 4 Jan. 1747, adm. Pet. ch. 17 July, 1768, m. Solomon Prentice, 13 Apr. 1775; John, b. 29 June, bap. 3 July, 1748, d. 9 Aug. 1749, a. 16 mos. ; Martha, b. 12, bap. 20 May, 1750, m. Isaac Tufts, of Medford, 16 Apr. 1769, was adm. Pet. ch. same time with sister Rebecca, 17 July, 1768; Saroh, b. 10, bap. 14 June, 1752, adm. Pet. ch. 29 Sept. 1771, m. John Plutchinson, of Charlestown, 28 May, 1772; John, b. 23 June, bap. 14 July, 1754; Hannah, bap. 21 May, 1758, adm. Pet. ch. 2 Feb. 1777, m. Josiah Wilson, 13 Apr. 1780; Seth, b. 20, bap. 23 Mar. 1760; William, bap. 3 Jan. 1762; Cooper, b. 20 Mar., bap. 1 Apr. 1764; Lydia Harrington, b. and bap. 16 Nov. 1766, m. Simeon Crosby, 7 May, 1787. Samuel the father was made prisoner by the British on the day of the battle, 19 Apr. 1775, and with his townsman, Seth Russell, was reported missing, "supposed to be on board one of the men of war " — see E. Russell's Salem Gazette, or Neiobury and Mar- hlehead Advertiser, for 5 May, 1775 — and was confined on the "Ad- miral," and discharged in exchange 6 June, 1775 — Mass. Hist. Coll., i. (4th s.), 262. 5. Joseph, s. of Thomas (2), d. 21 Sept. 1798, a. 81 ; his w. Sa- rah d. 28 Oct. 1801, a. 71. She was adm. to Pet. ch. 11 Apr. 1756. Joseph Frost and Sarah Cook were m. 8 Feb. 1753 — fee \ Dol. Had James, b. 9 June, bap. 18 Nov. 1753; Joseph, b. 14, bap. 16 Jan. 1757; Sarah, b. 8, bap. 10 Aug. 1760, d. "Miss Sarah," 22 Sept. 1837, a. 77; Elizabeth, b. 12, bap. 23 Dec. 1764, "Betsy" m. Benja- min Hurd of Charlestown, 29 Mar. 1791 ; Mary, b. 11, bap. 29 Nov. 1767; Jonathan, b. 27 Jan., bap. 5 Feb. 1775. A child of Jonathan Dickson's (at Joseph Frost's), b. 26 Dec. 1772. 6. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (3), styled 3d, m. Lydia Perry, Jr., 6 June, 1765. Both were adm. Pet. ch. 8 Dec. 1765. She d. of small- pox 19 Oct. 1792, a. 51, or 50 (g. s.). He was chosen Deacon of the Pet. ch. 19 Apr. 1792, and d. 4 Apr. 1833, a. 90, or 91 (g. s.). Had Ephraim, b. 7, bap. 13 Apr. 1766; Lydia, b. 30, bap. 31 Jan. 1768, m. Jonas Cutter, 19 Oct. 1786— Cutter (par. 23) ; James, b. 31 Jan., bap. 4 Feb. 1770; Jonathan, b. 2, bap. 8 Mar. 1772, d. 17 Aug. 1773, a. 17 mos.; Mary, h. 26, bap. privately 30 Apr. 1775, m. Spencer Buckman of Medford, 9 Nov. 1794; Untky, h. 26, bap. 27 Apr. 1777, m. Jonathan F. Russell, 9 Apr. 1809; Isaac, b. 7, bap. 13 Aug. 1780. Ephraim the father was selectman of Camb. 1783-1788; Pet. com- mitteeman, 1776-85; Pet. assessor, 1776-85, 1794. A second w. Martha (Boylston, m. 1794), d. 10 Nov. 1824, a. 68 (g. s.). See Wyman's Charlestown, 106, 379. 7. Jonathan, s. of Ephraim (3), grad. H. U. 1767; and "A.B." was adm. Pet. eh. 6 Dec. 1767, and "A. M." d.— " ^/^ .' "— 25 Apr. 1771, a. 27 (g. s.). On his gravestone are some lines from the ^neid, lib. vi. 868-70. Ingentem luctum ne qucere tuorum ; ostendunt terris Hunc tantumfata neque ultra, esse sinunt. Jesus lacrimatus est. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 247 [Translation.] Do not inquire into the great grief of 3-om- friends, The fates only show him on the earth ; And ijermit him not to exist longer. Jesus wept. 8. Stephen, s. of Ephraim (3), m. Susanna Brown, 20 Dec. 1772, He o. c. Pet. ch. 5 Dec. 1773. Had Susanna, b. 18 Nov., bap. 5 Dec. 1773, died young; Stephen, h. 14 Sept., bap. 8 Oct. 1775; Jonathan, b. 6, bap. 14 Dec. 1777; Susan7ia,h. 26, bap. 29 Aug. 1779, adm. Pet. ch. 31 May, 1801, m. Josiah Locke, Jr.. 30 Jan. 1803; Abigail, bap. 14 Oct. 1781, m. Putnam Spaulding of Medford, 26 Jiuie, 1808; Frances, d. — " Miss Frances, dau. of Capt. Stephen and Susanna " — (10) 16 Feb. 1816, a. 25, or 28 (g. s.) ; Daniel, bap. 7 Nov. 1790; Mary, bap. 26 Aug. 1792. A dau. Lucy Brown, m. Jonathan Frost, 2d, 13 May, 1816 — see par. 24. Stephen the father was ensign of Capt. Benjamin Locke's company of Menotomy minute-men, 1775, and lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army, 1777; in 1779 was cap- tain, a title he bore the rest of his life. Mrs. Susanna, his w., d. 15 Oct. 1800, a. 50 (g. s.). Capt. Stephen F'rost was a Pet. assessor, 1796, '97. He d. (31 Oct.) 1 Nov. 1810, a. 64 (g. s. 63). 9. John, s. of P^phraim (3), m. Susanna Hill, Jr., 21 Nov. 1780; styled "Jr.," and sometimes called ''Money John" — marriage fee $25. He and w. Susanna o. c. Pet. ch. 4 Feb. 1781. Had Susanna, bap. 4 Mar. 1781, m. Amos Warren, Jr., of Charlestown, 19 Dec. 1802; Amia, b. 25 Jan., bap. 2 Feb. 1783, m. Lathrop Perkins, 16 Apr. 1809; John (see jiar. 23); Jonathan, bap. 1 Mar. 1789; ^sa, bap. 7 Nov. 1790; /saac, bap. 16 Dec. 1792; Mary, bap. 21 Dec. 1794; in- fant, d. 6 June, 1801, a. 4 mos. ; also Eliza and Laviiiia,})^^. 20 Mar. 1803; John, bap. 14 Feb. 1808. John the father d. 15 May, 1812, a. 52 (g. s.); his w. Susanna d. (29) 30 Sept. 1804, a. 44 (g. s.). 10. Amos, s. of Ephraim (3), and w. Lydia, adm. Pet. ch. 1 June, 1788; had Amos, bap. 1 June, 1788, d. (unm.) 18 June, 1812, a. 25; Joel, bap. 1 Mar. 1789; Thaddeus, bap. 11 Dec. 1791, d. 4 Oct. 1792, a. 10 mos.; Lydia, bap. 24 Nov. 1793; Thaddeus, bap. 7 Feb. 1796; William, bap. 3 Dec. 1797; Ahljah, bap. 13 Oct. 1799; Susan, bap. 6 Sept. 1801, m. Thomas Teel, of Charlestown, 24 Mar. 1822; Mary Locke, bap. 28 Aug. 1803, m. Joseph Teel, of Charlestown, 23 Mar. 1823; Emily, bap. 12 Oct. 1806. The w^ of Amos the father was Lydia Bemis— see Bond's Wat., 24. He d. 25 Feb. 1850, a. 88; she d. 19 Feb. 1855, a. 87. 11. S.VMUEL, s. of Samuel (4), adm. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1766, d. 24 Apr. 1790, a. 47. 12. John, s. of Samuel (4), and , wife of John, were adm. Pet. ch. 23 May, 1779. She was Betty Bemis of Waltham, m. 6 Jidy, 1775 (Bond's Wat., 22-3). Mrs. Bktti-, w. of John, d. 18 (19) Mar. 1802, a. 51 (g. s.). He m. Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins, 9 Nov. 1802, who d. 1 May, 1813, a. 49. He m. Sally Winship, of Lexing- ton, 1 Aug. 1813, and a son John m. two sisters of the father's third wife (see par. 31). Sally was adm. Pet. eh. 29 Aug. 1813, and 248 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Sally, the same, adult, jet. 40, was baptized 29 Aug. 1813. John (the blarksmith), d. 1 Nov. 1818, a. 64 (g. s.). Had dau. JBetfy (b. 16 Feb. 1776) m. Benjamin Harrington, of Charlestown, 1 Oct. 1792; Abigail, b. 12, bap. 19 July, 1778, d. 20 Nov. 1782, a. 4; Eunice, b. 11, bap. 17 Sept. 1780, Eunice Frost of Camb. m. William Fessen- den 26 Apr. 1802 — Lexington Records; Lucy, b. 31 May, bap. 2 June, 1782, m. Stephen Tufts, 9 Dec. 1798; Abigail {h. 29 Mar. 1784), m. John Niles, 27 Mar. 1803; John (b. 1785— see par. 32); Reuben (b. 1787 — see par. 32); Mary, bap. 15 Mar. 1789, m. Zadok Leach, Apr. 1810; Sarah, bap. 10 Oct. 1790, d. 13 Feb. 1791, a. 4 mos. ; Sarah, bap. 5 Feb. 1792, m. Stephen P. Day, 9 July, 1809; Maria, bap. 14 Dec. 1793, m. Enos Prentiss, 25 June, 1809; William Whit- temore, bap. 20 Nov. 1803. [Mrs. Sally Frost d. 20 Dec. 1847, a. 66.] 13. Seth, s. of Samuel (4), m. Sarah Hill 20 (30?) Nov. 1781. Seth and w. Sarah were adm. Pet. ch. 25 Aug. 1782. He was a Pet. committeeman 1794-96; Pet. assessor, 1797, '98. Had Sarah, b. 11, bap. 15 Sept. 1782, m. James Winn, 2 Sept. 1804; Abigail Cut- ter, bap. 2 Nov. 1788, m. Alfred Brown of Coventry, Vt., 2 Oct. 1828, W. C; Patty, bap. 14 Apr. 1793, m. Horn; Samuel, bap. 14 Apr. 1793; Rebecca Wellington, bap. 5 June, 1795, m. John J. Craft. li3 .June, 1816. Seth had also Benjamin, who d. 21 (22) Aug. 1838, a. 52 (g. s.), and Seth. Seth the father d. 23 Jan. 1814, a. 54. Mrs. Sarah, his w., d. 27 .Jan. 1848, a. 87. Seth the son had infant child, d. 5 June, 1824; and wife, who d. 9 Apr. 1841, a. 45. 14. William, s. of Samuel (4), d. 28 Sept. 1791, a. 30. 15. Cooper, s. of Samuel (4), d. 30 Sept. 1813, a. (45). His w. was Abigail Bemis, m. at Weston, 11 Sept. 1787, and who was dism. from Waltham to the vSecond Church in Camb. 22 June, 1788 — see Bond's Wat., 22. Abigail — from the ch. in Waltham — was adm. here, 3 May, 1789. A dau. of Cooper, d. 10 Sept. 1788, a. 4 hours; a child, d. 25 Nov. 1801, a. 2; a child, d. 27 Oct. 1802, a. 10. A dau. Mai-y Ann, adult, o. c. and hap. 23 Dec. 1812, m. Samuel Wilson, 4 Apr. 1813. The wife of Cooper Frost d. 24 Mar. 1797. — Oamb. Rec. 16. James, s. of Joseph (5), m. Susanna Dutton, 3 Dec. 1776. Had dau. , b. 9 Sept. 1777. He d. 7 Aug. 1818, a. (^b (g. s.) ; his w. Susanna, d. 30 Nov. 1820, a. 69 (g. s.). Susanna, prob. their dau., m. Nathan Blodget, Jr., of Lexington, 25 Aug. 1805. Anna, a dau., m. Ebenezer Cutter, of Charlestown, 3 Feb. 1805 — see Cutter (par. 33). James, a son, prob. the James, of Dor- chester, who m. Mary Teel, of Charlestown, 2 Jan. 1814, and whose w. Mary was adm. Pet. ch. 29 Nov. 1818, and dism. " to Cam- bridge,"— Apr. 1834; d. 12 Sept. 1842, a. 53 (g. s.). See Wyman, 380. 17. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (6), styled 3d, and w. Elizabeth, were adm. Pet. ch, 4 May, 1794; he m. Elizabeth Lottridge, of Bos- ton, 14 July, 1793. Had Ephraim, bap. 3 Aug. 1794; Mary Ann Jones, bap. 7 Feb. 1796, d. 1 Oct. 1796, a. 8 mos.; Henry Hope Jones, bap. 21 Aug. 1797, d. 24 Aug. 1799; Henry, bap. 22 Mar. 1801; Isaac, bap. 2 Sept. 1804. Elizabeth the wife, d. 10 Nov. 1807, GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 249 a. 37. Mariann, d. 27 Aug. 1807, a. 7, was prob. their daughter. (Ephraim, the father, d. 18 July, 1848, a. 82. Sarah, vv. of same, d. 20 Dec. 1847, a. 86.). 18. James, s. of Ephraim (G), m. Margaret Locke, Jr., 1 Feb. 1795; he styled 3d. He o. c. Pet. ch. 2 Oct. 1803. Had Leonard, James, Margaret and Lydia, bap. 2 Oct. 1803. His w. Margaret d. 10 Sept. 1803, a. 26 (g. s.). His dau. Margaret m. Samuel Crosby, of Watertovvn, 2 Dec. 1821. See Book of Laches, 163, &c. He m. Susanna Fillebrown, 3 Mar. 1805, and had Susanna, bap. 13 Jan. 1806; Elmira, bap. 10 Apr. 1808; Hannah, £et. 2 yrs., bap. 10 Jan. 1813. 19. Isaac, s. of Ephraim (6), d. — s. of "Ephraim and Ltdia" —19 Feb. 1804, a. 23 or 24 (g. s.). 20. Stephen, s. of Stephen (8), m. Sally Twaddle, 29 Mar. 1798. Stephen, Jr., and (Eleanor) his wife, o. c. 24 Nov. 1798; had Stephen, bap, 24 Nov. 1798. Stephen's child, d. 4 Apr. 1811, a. 1. Eleanor, prob. his dau., m. John Snow, 22 Nov. 1818. Stephen d. 10 Nov. 1819, a. 44. Sarah, relict of Stephen, d. 11 July, 1835, a. 59. 21. Jonathan, s. of Stephen (8), m. Mrs. Sybil Nourse, 24 Nov. 1810. Rebecca, prob. a first wife, d. 21 Nov. 1809, a. 23. Charles Austin — s. of '• Jonathan and Sybil " — " killed by a wagon," 11 Sept. 1837, a. 23 (g. s.). 22. Daniel, s. of Stephen (8), m. Abigail Russell, 17 Feb. 1818. He d 24 Mar. 1822, a. 32. Abigail, wid. of Daniel, adm. Pet. ch. 8 Dec. 1822; and Dtmiel Brown and Josiah Locke, sons of Daniel, deceased, were both bap. 8 Dec. 1822. Abigail d. 24 June, 1825, a. 30. 23. John, s. of John (9), d. — styled Jr., and s. of "John and Susanna" — 7 Oct. 1802, a. 18 (g. s.). 24. Jonathan, s. of John (9), styled 2d, m. Lucy B. Frost, 13 May, 1816; she was adm. Pet. ch. 21 July, 1817. Lucy Brown, wife of Jonathan, d. 3 Aug. 1817, a. 32 (g. s.). See par. 8. (Jonathan Frost d. 1 Mav, 1873, a. 84; Evelina, w. of same, d. 31 May, 1857, a. 61.) 25. Asa, s. of John (9), m. Abigail Hall, 17 Sept. 1820. Asa and w. Abigail were adm. Pet. ch. 22 Dec. 1822. Had Franklin, bap. 29 Dec. 1822; ^wwt, bap. 4 Apr. 1824; Abigail Lemira, bap. 13 May, 1827, d.— dau. of " late Asa "—13 Oct. 1 836, a. 10. His wid. m. Moody Hawks, 13 July, 1834, W. Camb. 26. Isaac, s. of John (9), "of Newton," m. Cherry Swan, 16 Feb. 1832, W. Camb. 27. Joel, s. of Amos (10), and w. Caroline, o. c. here — Oct. 1820; Caroline, adult, bap. do. 8 Oct. 1820, and Amos Bartlet, s. of Joel, bap. same date. 28. Thaddeus, s. of Amos (10), m. Abigail Locke, 29 Nov. 1827. 29. William, s. of Amos (10), d. 5 Nov. 1839, a. 42. He m.. Eliza Russell, of Charlestown, 3 Oct. 1819. "William and w. Eliza o. c. here 28 May, 1820; Eliza, adult, bap. do. 28 May, 1820. Had. 23 250 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. William, Ixap. 28 May, 1820, d. 26 Oct. 1820, a. 1; Eliza Ann, bap. 24 Aug. 1821, d. 27 Aug. 1821, a. 1 mo.; Eliza, bap. 6 Apr. 1823, m. Thomas E. Thorpe, 28 Apr. 1842, W. C. ; Rebecca, bap. 28 Aug. 1825; Caroline, bap. 25 Nov. 1827; William Henry, oit. 2 yrs., and Frances, bap. 22 Mar. 1832. 30. Abijah, s. of Amos (10), m. Rebecca M. Locke, 4 .Jan. 1827. (See Booh of Loches, 286.) Joseph, s. of Abijah, d. 23 Jan. 1838, a. 19 mos; Ann L., dau. of Abijah, d. 18 July, 1838, a. 11 mos. ; a dau. of Abijah, d. 5 Mar. 1839, a. 3 mos. 31. John, s. of John (12), styled 3d, m. Lydia Winship, of Lex- ington, 8 May, 1808; Lydia, w. of John, d. 9 Apr. 1834, a. 42 (g.s.), and he m. her sister Mrs. Hannah Johnson, 23 June, 1836. He was b. 12 Oct. 1785 {Camb. R.). Sarah W., his dau., m. Charles W. Cummings, of Boston, 17 Oct. 1824. Malvina, dau. of John, d. 24 Dec. 1835, a. 19. Had s. Thomas (par. 37). 32. Reuben, s. of John (12), d. 8 May, 1829, a (51). He was b. 4 Apr. 1787 (Camb. R.), and m. Eunice Hovey, 17 Apr. 1813. 33. Samuel, s. of Seth (13), d. 25 July, 1822, a. 29 (g. s.). 34. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (17), styled 3d; m. Abigail Dickson, of Camb., 4 Nov. 1821, who d. 9 Sept. 1828, a. 29 (g. s.). He m. Caroline Cutter, 10 June, 1829, W. C. Capt. Ephraim. d. 7 Dec. 1841, a. 47. Ann Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Ephraim, d. 26 Julv, 1839, a. 8 (g. s.). See Gutter Book, 133, and Cutter (par. 23). 35. Henry, s. of Ephraim (17), m. Miranda Cutter, 18 Nov. 1830, W. C. A son of Henry, d. 8 Jan. 1840, a. 1 yr. See Cutter Book, 133, &c., and Cutter (par. 23). 36. Isaac, s. of Ephraim (17), had dau. d. 18 Aug. 1840, a. 20 mos. 37. Thomas, s. of John (31), the " Thomas F." who m. Sally Ann Putnam, 23 July, 1834, W. C; Thomas's son, d. 4 Mar. 1835, a. 11 weeks; a son of Thomas, d. 9 Aug. 1837, a. 4 hours. 38. Walter (s. of Gideon, s. of Edmund, s. of Ephraim, s. of Edmund, the first), m. Martha Tufts, 21 June, 1793 (Camb. R.), and had bro. William, m. here Mary Teel, 21 Feb. 1811, both resident in Cambridge. (See Paige, 555.) See Wyman, 379. 39. Edmund (s. of Edmund, s. of Ephraim, s. of Edmund), had dau. Phebe d. here unm. 30 (31) Dec. 1811, a. 46 (g. s.) ; her brother Samuel m Dorcas Hill, 15 Oct. 1789. * Jonathan, prob. s. of Edmund (39), had son Jonathan, d. here 31 July, 1778, a. 7 mos. See Wyman, 379. 40. Joshua P., and Mary Richardson of Charlestown, m. 1 Sept. 1822. Joseph Frost was a member of Capt. Benj. Locke's Co. of Menotomy miuute-men, 1775. Ephraim, James, James, Jr., Neptune and Seth ^ Samuel Frost — who married Dorcas Hill — belonged to the Gideon Frost family of Camb. He had a brother Gideon — Paige, o54. A correspondent states Samuel was b. Oct. 1760, and d. II Dec. 1831, a. 71. His wife Dorcas was b. Aug. 1769, and d. 2 Sept, 1849, a. 80. They had ten children. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 251 Frost were private soldiers in tlie Revolutionary Army. Paige, 429. Neptune Frost of Camb. m. Bathslieba Locke, of Lexington, 22 Mar. 1787. — Lexington Records. FROTHING HAM, Bexjamin, of Charlestown, had Benjamin, b. 2G. bap. 31 Mar. 1776. Jabez, m. Rebecca Rand, 27 Sept. 1781. See Wyman's Charlestown, 390, 391, for former; and 388, for latter. FULLER, Sarah, and Henry Holden, both Camb., m. 14 Oct. 1756. GALLOP, Antil, had dau., b. 28 Apr. 1772; and dau., b. 17 Jan. 1774. Father William, d. 12 Nov. 1774, a. 80. GARDNER, Edward, adm. Pet. ch. and baptized 25 Feb. 1776 — mentioned in list of baptisms, as "Edward, adult, a3t. — , and admitted to communion." Edward and Mehitable P>lodget, of " Charlestown farms," were m. here 5 Apr. 1781. Had Edward, bap. here 18 Aug. 1782, d. 9 May, 1790, a. 8; Mary, bap. here 12 Sept. 1783, the Mary, of Charlestown, m. Asaph Churchill, of Milton, 10 May, 1810; Edioard, bap. 3 July, 1791, m. (he of Chas.) Patience Converse, of Medford, 23 Mar. \%ll ; [Edward Gardner of Charles- town, d. 12 Nov. 1817, in his 27th yr. — g. s. Woburn 2d B. G.]. Mehitable, w. of Edward, was adm. Pet. ch. 6 Feb. 1791. Edward, d. 23 Jan. 1806, a. 67. See Wyman, 399— "Jan. (2) 4, 1806. Edward Gardner died, of Charlestown." — Diary of Samuel Thompson, Esq., Woburn. He was brother of the following. 2. Elizabeth, daughter of late Henry Gardner, was adm. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1777 — the same date Lucy {Wyman), wife of Daniel, ait. — , and Elizabeth (above) set. — , adults, and daughters of Henry Gardner, deceased, were baptized. Lucy, of Charlestown, and Daniel Wyman, of Woburn, were m. 25 (26) Jan. 1776. Elizabeth, of Chas., and John Adams of Camb. were m. 18 Nov. 1777 — fee $3. [Henry Gardner the f. d. 16 Dec. 1763, a. 66— g. s. Woburn 1st B. G.]. See Wyman's Charlestown, 399. 3. Miles, nephew of Edward (1), m. Lydia Teel of Chas. 23 Mar. 1806. Miles and w. Lydia were adm. Pet. ch. 8 Nov. 1807; had Miles Teel, bap. 8 Nov. 1807 [H. U. 1834], the Miles T, of Dedham, who m. Martha E. Cotting. of W. Camb., 24 May, 1838; William Henry, bap. 5 Nov. 1809; Lydia Teel, bap. 20 May, 1813 ; John Augustus, bap. 10 Sept. 1815 ; Abner, bap. 17 Sept. 1820. Miles and Lydia, his wife, were dism. " to Camb." 1830. He was chosen Deacon of West Camb. ch. 26 May, 1828, and Deacon of Orth. Cong. Church, W. Camb. in 1842. [He was s. of Samuel, of Charles- town, who d. 6 May, 1790 (buried 8 — Thompsoti) in 50th yr. — g. s. Woburn 1st B. G.]. See Wyman, 400. (Dea. Miles Gardner, d. 14 Oct. 1863, a. 87; Lydia, w. of same, d. 28 Aug. 1854, a. 72). 4. Catherine F., w. of Samuel,' bro. of Miles (3), d. 23 Apr. 1 Samuel, her husband, d. 15 April, 1858, a. 88— g. s. "Woburn 2d B. G. See Vinton's Richardson Memorial, p. 302. The family resided in a part of Win- chester, formerly West Cambridge, and once a part of Charlestown, 252 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1842, a. 72 [g. s. Woburn 2d B. G.]. Ellen, dan. of Doct., d. 25 Aug. 1842, a. 3^. Wyman's Charlestoivn Genealogies and Estates, 400; see Sewall's Wohurn, 614-15. GARFIELD, Hannah Maria, and Zaccheus Bemis of Camb., m. 5 May, 1839. GAY, Lucy, d. 6 Mar. 1828, a. 29, wife of John Gay— (g. s.). GEMINI— twin infants — d. 7 Mar. 1795, a. 8 hours. GEOHAGAN, Michael, of Boston, and Prudence Winship of Camb., m. 10 May, 1744. See Wyman, 404. See Thoknton. GERRY, Catherine, and James Trecothick Austin of Camb. m. 2 Oct. 1806. Dau. of Vice President Elbridge Gerry, then of Camb. GIBSON, wife of Thomas— Irish— d. 30 Apr. 1839, a. 30. GILBERT, AsAHEL, and Charlotte Thorndike of Boston, m. 10 Dec. 1827. GILMORE, Mart [lived at the Teels— to Harvard] adm. Pet. ch. 18 Sept. 1791 ; Patty F/yng, dan. of Wid. Mart, bap. 18 Sept. 1791. See Wyman, 410, 935. GILSON, Asa, of Boston, and Lydia Cutter of W. Camb., m. 16 May, 1819. See Cutter (par. 28). GLADDEUS, Lucretia, d. 7 July, 1796, a. 49. GLAZIER, John Dexter, and Lydia Louisa Goldsmith, m. 8 Oct. 1835. GLEASON, Jonas, and Esther Peirce Cutter, m. 31 Oct. 1805— Camb. Rec. Child of (and grandson of Jonas Cutter), d. — 1826, a. 4 yrs. See Cutter (par. 23). GODDARD, Stephen, of Camb. First Parish, had Stephen, bap. here 14 Feb. 1773. Stephen the father resided on the estate nearly opposite to the present Porter's Hotel — see Paige, 561 ; Bond's Wat., and Wyman, 412. Elisha, of Sutton, and Mary Thatcher of Camb., m. 23 May, 1758 (see Bond, 239, &c.). John, and Eunice Dickson, of Camb., m. 21 Dec. 1806. See Paige, 561. GOD DIN, or GOODWIN, Samuel,' had here Jeduthun, b. (17), bap. 3 Aug. 1740; Thomas, b. 19 Sept., bap. 3 Oct. 1742; John,h. 8, bap. 20 Jan. 1745; Mary, b. (3 Nov.), bap. 26 Oct. 1746; a child (of Samuel, of Lexington), buried here 15 Dec. 1748, a. 14 days; a child 1 Samuel Godding with Mary Boyce, alias Bathrick, buys of Samuel Bull, 12 acres in Oharlestown and Cambridge, lot late of Samuel Bull's bro.-in-law, William Godding, Mrs. Bull's portion, 1 7 24. See History, Chap. 11., and Wytnan, 69, 104, 149, 261, 413. Samuel Godding, of Charlestown, and wife Mary, sell John Cutter 2 lots, 1737. See Wyman. Paige, Hist. Camb. 504, says Samuel Godding was an adopted child of Samuel BuU. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 253 Stillborn (of Samuel, Lexington), buried here 18 Aug. 1750; Debo- rah (of Samuel, Lexington), bap. here 20 Jan. 1754; Peter, b. 25 Oct., bap. 2 Nov. 1755. Samuel, prob. the father, d. here 1 Feb. 1761, a. 55. See Wyman, 413. 2. Thomas (Goodwin), of Charlestown, m. Abigail Cutter, 24 Dec. 1776 — fee 125. %d. She was widow of Aaron Cutter. See Cut- ter (par. 46); Wyman, 419. 3. John, prob. s. of Samuel (1), m. Mary Russell, 26 July, 1771. He o. c. 31 May, 1772, and had Mary, b. 17, bap. 31 May, 1772. 4. Sarah and Thomas Winship, both of Camb., m. 4 Sept. 1753. Mary, m. Paul Speed (British), 15 Dec. 1778— fee $6. GOLDSMITH, Lydia Louisa, and John D. Glazier, m. 8 Oct. 1835. GOODWIN. See GODDIN. GOOKIN, Samuel, of Camb., and Mary Mullet, of Charlestown, m. 22 Dec. 1761. See Paige, 566; Wyman, 422. GOSS, Mehitable — from the ch. in Billerica — adm. to Pet. ch. 7 Aug. 1796. GOULD, Sarah, of Medford, and Thomas Robbins of Camb., m. 29 Oct. 1761. Gould, a baker — young man — frozen near Phile. Rus- sell's, 12 Feb. 1838.' GO WEN, Samuel, of Medford, and Elizabeth Hill of Camb., m. 26 Feb. 1793. See Hill (jjar. 6). GRACIE, Manuel, of Wilmington, and Mehitable Williams of Camb., m. 10 Apr. 1777. GRANT, Abraham, of Camb., and Charlotte Yates of W. Camb., m. 30 June, 1824. Daniel and Sarah P. Pierce of W. Camb., m. 29 Aug. 1824. GRAY, Sarah, and Silas Cutler of W. Camb., m. 3 June, 1827. GREEN, Rebecca — granddaughter of John Williams, deceased — adm. Pet. ch. 13 Dec. 1761. Thomas, was pastor of the Baptist So- ciety in Camb. N. W. Prect. 21 July, 1787, and continued in that ^ Francis Gould, one of the officers in the military service before Richmond, to whom the town sent resolutions of greeting on July 22, 1862, aUuded to on p. 157 of this work, went to the war from West Cambridge. His company was attached to a New York regiment, called the " Mozart." He was wounded by a musket ball in the knee at Chantilly, Sept. 1, 1862, then in full commission as lieutenant, the ball remaining in his knee until his death, Sept. 7, 1874, at the age of 44 years, 6 raos., caused it has been supposed by lead- poisoning produced by the bullet. His friend who contributes these facts states, " The cause of his death is an open question ; there is no doubt in my mind, and many others share my opinion. He was finely educated, gentlemanly and brave, and well worthy of honorable mention in the records of Massachusetts patriotism." 23* 254 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. office till 1793.' Lucy, m. Isaac Tufts, 12 Mar. 1807, Camb. Har- riet Maria of W. Camb. in. John Parker of Brighton, 6 May, 1813, Leonard, Esq., d. 1 July, 1840, a. 60. (See Bond's Wat., 261.) GREENLEAF, Sarah A., and Joseph B. Mott, m. 1 Jan. 1836. GREENOUGH, Ann, dau. of Thomas, Jr., of Boston, b. 24 June, bap. 1 July, 1764. Samuel, d. 29 Mar. 1803, a. 13. GREENWOOD, Bela, and Hannah Moore, m. 30 Apr. 1826. GRIGGS, Elizabeth Boylston, dau. of Nathaniel, bap. 29 June, 1794. IIACKELTON, Mary, and Benjamin Butterfield, m. 4 Apr. 1776. Servant-maid from Camb. at Charlestown, 1773. — See Wyman, 451. HADLEY, Sewall, m. Lavinia Hall, 21 Feb. 1819. Sewall d. 20 Sept. 1822, a. 30, and Lavinia (Sewall's widow) d. in 1841, in the summer, and her child soon after. HALL, Thomas, and w. Patience, were adm. Pet. ch. at organi- zation, 9 Sept. 1739. He was chosen deacon of same ch. 5 Dec. 1759, and d. 29 May, 1794, a. 90. He was s. of Dea. Thomas Hall, of Med- ford, and was b. 5 Oct. 1703. See Paige ; and Wyman, 457. His w. was Patience Allen, m. 10 July, 1729. Both were adm. Camb. ch. May, 1730. (See Cutter Book, 88, 382, &c.) His dau. Hannah m. Joseph Adams Jr., 11 Sept. 1750; his son Thomas m. and settled here; his dau. Patience m, Daniel Cutter, of Medford, 18 Nov. 1756 ; see Cutter (par. 75). A child at Thomas Hall's, from Boston, d. 3 Oct. 1747, a. 4 yrs. John Brown, at Thos. Hall's, from Boston, d. 24 May, 1754, a. 6 yrs. A son of Daniel Cutter, at Dea. Hall's, d. 23 Feb. 1773, a. 5 yrs. Thomas Hall was a Pet. committeeman, 1752 to 1755; also Pi-ecinct assessor. 2. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), m. Rebecca Cutter, 11 Nov. 1756 (Medford Rec), dau. of Ebenezer Cutter of Medford (see Gutter Book, 89, &c.). Thomas was adm. Pet. ch. 14 Jan. 1759. Had Thomas, b. 4, bap. 6 July, 1760; Ebenezer, b. 24, bap. 26 Dec. 1762; a son, b. 17 Oct. 1764, d. "near the birth" — same day; Gershom, b. 28, bap. 31 May, 1767. Thomas the father d. 25 Feb. 1770, a. 37 (g. s.), and Rebecca, his wid., m. William Cutler, 19 Jan. 1773. Thomas Hall, Jr., was Pet. clerk, 1768, '69. 3. Thomas, s. of Thomas (2), d. 8 Sept. 1804, a. 44. His wid., Elizabeth, o. c. at Pet. ch. 20 Oct. 1805. Had Elizabeth, o. c. and bap. 20 Oct. 1805, m. Jazaniah Cook, 26 June, 1806; Lydia Meriam, o. c. and bap. 20 Oct. 1805, m. James Cutter, Jr., 12 June, 1808 — Cutter (par. 53) ; Rebecca Cutler (twin with Lydia M.), o. c. and bap. * He was grandson of Dr. Thomas Green, first pastor of the Baptis t Church in Leicester, and b. at Worcester, 3 Jan. 1761. He came to Cambridge by letter from AV rentham. See Green Family in Vinton Memorial, pp. 408-9, 421, 435 ; Ar- lington Baptist Church Book; Sewall's History of Wobicrn, 484-85 ; Hanson's Hist, of Danvers, 247. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 255 20 Oct. 1805, m. Simeon C. Cook, 15 May, 1808; Oliver, d. 24 Feb. 1796, a. 4 yrs. ; Thomas, o. c. and bap. 20 Oct. 1805; Anna, bap. 20 Oct. 1805, m. Jacob Robinsou, Jr., of Lexington, 11 Jan. 1818; Alice, bap. 20 Oct. 1805, m. Benjamin C. Teel, of Charlestown, 1 Sept. 1816; William, bap. 20 Oct. 1805; Lavinia, bap. 8 Dec. 1805, m. Sewall Hadley, 21 Feb. 1819; Lucinda (twin with Lavinia), bap. 8 Dec. 1805, d. 1 Nov. 1808, a. 8 yrs. Flizabeth, prob. the wid., m. Nehe- miah Estabrook, of Lexington, 29 Sept. 1811. See Wyman's Charles- town, 459, No. 32*. 4. Ebenezer, s. of Thomas (2), m. Esther R. Cutter, 26 Mar. 1786 — Cutter (par. 11). Ebenezer and w. Esther Ruhamah were adm. Pet. ch. 18 Oct. 1789. Had Ebenezer, bap. 18 Oct. 1789; Esther, bap. 18 Oct. 1789, m. Jeremiah Russell, 28 Oct. 1807; Sarah Cutter, bap. 21 Mar. 1790, m. John Prentiss, 25 May, 1815; Ammi, bap. 19 Feb. 1792, d. 5 Apr. 1794, a. 2; Isaac, bap. 16 Mar. 1794; Hannah, bap. — May, 1796, m. Cyrus Cutter, 12 July, 1818, W. C. Cutter (par. 55); Ammi, bap. 21 Jan. 1798; Thomas, bap. 20 Oct. 1799; ^%m7, bap. 24 May, 1801, ra. Asa Frost, 17 Sept. 1820; a child, d. 6 Jan. 1804, a. 3 ds. Ebenezer the father d. 7 Jan. 1840, a. 77. His wife d. 6 May, 1833— see Cutter Book, 134, 386. He was Pet. treasurer, 1793-1807, and Pet. assessor, 1798-1800; collector for Mr. Fiske's settlement, 1788. 5. Thomas, prob. s. of Thomas (3), d. 18 May, 1823, a. 34. 6. William, prob. s. of Thomas (3), d. 15 Aug. 1828, a. 29. 7. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (4), d. 20 Dec. 1826, a. 40. Had child, d. 21 Aug. 1819, a. 2. He m. Rebecca Cutter — see Cutter Book, 119, 383. Wid. Rebecca was bap. Pet. ch. 6 Mar. 1836. 8. Isaac, s. of Ebenezer (4), had son, d. 8 Feb. 1835, a. 6 mos. See Cutter Book, 134. 9. Ammi. s. of Ebenezer (4), had Eliza Ami, bap. here 21 June, 1835. See Cu'ter Book, 134. 10. Thomas, s. of Ebenezer (4).m. Hannah Hill— Apr. 1831, W. Camb. Had Anne Louisa, bap. 21 June, 1835; Thomas Francis, bap. I Oct. 1837, d. 15 Nov. 1837, a. 4 mos.; a dau., d. 18 Aug. 1839, a. 15 ds. ; Thomas F., d. 13 June, 1841, a. 8 wks. 11. JosiAH, o. c. here 11 Sept. 1774. Had Elizabeth, b. 3, bap. II Sept. 1774; Josiah, b. 19, bap. privately, 20 Oct. 1776, d. 23 Oct. 1776, a. 4 ds. 12. Samuel, and w. Lydia, o. c. here 1 Oct. 1815. Had children, Lydia, Samuel Winship, Eliza, Elmira, Bethia Young and Anna, all bap. 1 Oct. 1815; also Rebecca,hap. 2 June, 1816, and John, bap. 12 Oct. 1817. Samuel the father d. 21 Nov. 1818, a. 35. See Wyman, 459. 13. Ezekiel, of Medford, m. Anna Cooke, of Camb., 24 Oct. 1765— fee ^ dol.' Stephen, 4th, of Medford, and Mary Hill, of Camb., m. 12 July, 1770. See Hist. Medford; Wyman, 456. 1 Ezekiel Hall, joined in marriage bv his father-in-law Rev. Samuel Cooke, d. 11 Sept. 1789, a. 48. Mrs. Anna Hall d. 23 June, 1787, a. 44. They had 256 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. HAMBLET, Friend-Moody, of Springfield, m. Asenath Butter- field, of Lexington, 4 July, 1813. HAMILTON, Ltdia, at John Fowle's, d. G Mar. 1843, a. 19. HAMMOND, Hannah, and Charles Smith, of Lexington, m. 2 May, 1816. HARRINGTON, Sarah, w. of Moses, was adm. Pet. eh. at or- ganization, 9 Sept. 1739. Shewasdau. of P^phraim Frost (1). Moses had here Sarah, b. 15, bap. 23 Sept. 1739, d. 18 Nov. 1740, a. 15 inos. ; Moses, b. 24, bap. 27 Sept. 1741, d. 26 Apr. 1749, a. 8; Sarah, b. 28 Feb., bap. 11 Mar. 1744, d. 22 Apr. 1749, a. 6; Elizabeth, b. 27 Oct., bap. 9 Nov. 1746; iMoses, b. 18, bap. 24 Sept. 1749; Caleb, b. 27 Oct., bap. 3 Nov. 1751 ; son, stillborn, 25 Feb. 1757; Ephraim, bap. privately 6 May, 1759, d. 8 June, 1759, a. 1 mo. Sarah, w. of Moses, d. 12 May, 1759. Moses m. Deborah Winship, 23 June, 1760. He was adm. Pet. ch. 9 May, 1762. Deborah d. 21 Oct. 1790, a. 71. He d. 11 Jan. 1787, a. 70 {Lexington Rec). For more particulars, see Cutter Book, 38, 376; Wyman, 466. 2. Abigail — late wid. Dunster — dism. to ch. in Lexington, 15 Sept. 1751. See Dunster (par. 4). 3. Benjamin, of Charlestown, m. Betsey Frost, of Camb., 1 Oct. 1792 — see Wyman, 466. Benjamin, d. 19 Dec. 1816, a. 47. Betsey, d. 18 Mar. 1818, a. 42. A dau. of Benjamin, d. 24 May, 1817, a. 8 yrs.; a child of Benjamin, d. 30 May, 1819, a. 2. Sally, d. 19 Ai3r. 1829, a. 32. Abigail, m. Edward Russell, 30 Dec. 1818. 4. Caleb, s. of Moses (1), was killed by the British troops on Lexington Common, on the morning of 19 Apr. 1775. "It was not your Brother Harrington that was killed, nor his son. It was Moses Harrington's son. It runs in my mind there were two of that name killed, but I forget whose son the other was." ^ Jonathan Harrington, Jr., and Caleb Harrington, were two of the ten citizens of Lexington, ''killed by the King's troops," 19 Ajjr. 1775, in Lexington. 5. Jonathan and Ruthy Britton, of Camb., m. 10 Nov. 1799. Sol- omon and Hannah Kendall, of W. Camb., m. 7 Jan. 1813. Nathan- iel and Clarissa Mead, of Lexington, m. 30 Nov. 1815. Lydia and Daniel Keniston, of Lexington, m. 10 Feb. 1828. HARRIS, s. of , of Boston, b. 5 Aug. 1752. A son of JosiAH (Cont[inental]), late of Charlestown, bap. here 6 July, 1777. See Wyman, 473. 2. Rebecca, of Maiden, and John Wheeler, of Dover, N. IL, m. here 12 Mar. 1793. Calvin and Abby C. Putnam, of W. Camb., m. 28 Apr. 1836. Abby C, w. of Calvin, d. 20 Feb. 1837, a. 27. Ezekiel, b.Medford, 17 July, 1766; Elizabeth (twin with Ezekiel), d. 22 Sept. 1785, a. 19 ; Samuel, b. 17 July, 1770, d. atEastport, 22 Sept. 1817, a. 48 ; Anna, b. 29 May, 1772,' at Watertowii ; John, d. at Charleston, S. C, 31 Aug. 1796, a. 22. — Cooke Family Memoranda, and Bond's IVat., 269. 1 Letter of Rev. John Marrett of Woburn Second Precinct (now Burlington), to his uncle, Rev. Isaiah Dunster, of Har\vich, 28 July, 1775. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 257 HART WELL, Joseph, a^t. 24, o. c. and bap. here 21 Oct. 1764- Had Sarah, bap. 21 Oct. 1764; and he (of Charlestowu) had also /o- sejoA, bap. 17 Apr. 1768; Anne,\rA^. 12 Aug. 1772; Sarah, bap. 4 Aug. 1776, d. 10 Aug. 1778, 5.. 3; William, bap. 15 Nov. 1778; a son, b. 28 Aug. 1783. He prob. had also a child, funeral 18 Aug. 1775, and an infant, funeral 25 Aug. 1 775. Wid. Hannah, of Charles- town (mother of Joseph), m. William Robbins of Camb., 17 Oct. 1764. Lieut. Joseph (1) was rated in Menotomy, 1781. Hannah, his sister, m. Samuel Cutter — see Cutter (par. 42). Joseph (1) m. Anna Hodge, 31 May, 1763 (Charlestown Records). He was an inn- keeper of Camb. in 1785. His wid. Anna was of Boston in 1797. See Wy man's Charlestown, 478, 479. HASSELL, Elizabeth, of Charlestown Precinct, and Robert Pomroy, of Bedford, m. 27 Nov. 1740. Hassell's Brook is named in the Proprietors' Records, in 1702-3. See Paige, 574; Wyman, 480. HASTINGS, Mary, m. Josiah Shattuck, 11 Jan. 1753. Jona- than, Jr., and Christianna Wainwright of Camb., m. 24 Nov. 1780. John, of Wobiim, had Mm-y Augusta, Elmira and Anna, all bap. here 25 Jan. 1799. John o/ Wohurn •wa.'s, Major — see Hist. Camb., 577; Hist. Woburn, 435 ; Wyman, 480. Harriet, and Elias Smith, of Lex- ington, m. here 8 Aug. 1819. Jona. Jr., and John, above, were brotheis [H. U. 1768 and 1772] — Paige, oil, &c. Elisha was rated here, 1781. HAWKINS, Col. Nathaniel, of South Kingston, R. I., and Sa- rah Kent of Camb., m. 5 Mar. 1778. Marriage fee $14. See Wy- man, 482-83. HAY, Richard, of Charlestown, m. Anna Adams, 25 Mar. 1781, dau. of William Adams. Richard and w. Anna o. c. here 4 Nov. 1781, and had Richard, bap. 4 Nov. 1781. See Wyman, 486-87. HAYDEN, Asa, at Thomas Hutchinson's, Charlestown, d. 1 Sept. 1835, a. 18. HEARD, Elizabeth, of Charlestown, and Isaac Richardson of Woburn, m. 20 Dec. 1801. See Hurd. HEFRAU, Susanna, d. 10 Sept. 1790, a. 35. HENCHMAN, child of, d. 1825, a. 6 mos. HERRICK, Isaac, of Brighton, and Lydia Parker, of Lexington, m. 20 July, 1815. HILDRETH, John, m. Sarah Angier, 3 Jan. 1776. Paige calls him of Boston. — Hist. Camb. 482. HILL, Sarah, w. of Abraham, adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Abraham d. 9 Mar. 1746, a. 74 (g. s.). See Paige, 582; Wyman, 501. His wid. Sarah d. 30 Mar. 1752, in 80th year of her age (g. s. Old Camb.). Sarah, w. of Abraham Hill, was adm. Camb. ch. 8 Mar. 1702. 258 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 2. Zechariah, s. of Abraham (1), d. (10) 11 Mar. 17G8, a. 60 (g. s.). Rebecca, w. of Zechariah, was adm. Pet. ch. at organiza- tion, 9 Sept. 1739. She was Rebecca, dau. of Dea. John Cutter — see Cutter (par. 3).. Their dau. Sarah, m. William Adams, 14 June, 1750; their son Abraham, m. Susanna Wellington, 16 Feb. 1758; Zechariah, m. Rebecca Wellington {Paige, 683) ; Joh7i, m. Dorcas Bowes, 1 Aug. 1765; Samuel b. 30 Mar., was bap. 5 Apr. 1741; William, b. 8, bap. 16 Oct. 1743; Rebecca, b. 25, bap. 27 Oct. 1745, m. John Cutter, 3d, 24 Jan. 1765 — Cutter (par. 38); Lydia, b. 3 Dec. 1747, bap. , 1747, m. George Prentice, 21 June, 1770; Susanna, b. 23 Feb., bap. 4 Mar. 1750, m. Thomas Francis, of Charles- town, 11 July, 1771; 3Iary, b. and bap. 7 June, 1752, m. Stephen Hall, 4th, of Medford, 12 July, 1770; Deborah, b. 16, bap. 18 July, 1756, m. Nehemiah Cutter, Jr., 30 Oct. 1781— Cutter (par. 44). See Wyman, 501. Mrs. Rerecca, the mother, m. Capt. Samuel Carter, of Woburn, 11 Dec. 1770. Her gravestone (1797, a. 84) says she was mother of 1 1 children, grandmother of 103, great-grandmother of 150, and of the fourth generation had 134. She was adm. to Camb. ch., before marriage, 11 Jan. 1730. Zechari'ih Hill was a Pet. commit- teeman, 1750, 1751; Pet. assessor, 1746, '50, '51. 3. Nathaniel, d. 28 May, 1761, a. 75. Paige, 582, &c. [Mar- tha] his wife, d. 18 Nov. 1752. His son Gregory was adm. Pet. ch. 23 Sept. 1750, and d. of dysentery 21 Aug. 1778, a. 54; 3Iartha,da\i. of Nathaniel, d. 12 Nov. 1749; Sarah, another dau., was adm. Pet. ch. 28 Jan. 1753, d. unm. 22 Feb. 1814, a. 83; Daniel. 4. Abraham, s. of Zechariah (2), had Abraham, (b. 6) bap. 17 Dec. 1758 (Abraham the father o. c. Pet. ch. 17 Dec. 1758); Susan- na, b. 10, bap. 13 July, 1760, m. John Frost, Jr., 21 Nov. 1780; Thomas, h. 25, bap. 27 June, 1762;' Moda, b. 1, bap. 8 Jan. 1764, m. Samuel Kent, 20 June, 1782; 7saac, b. 9, bap. 11 May, 1766; Chary (al. Cherry), b. 16, bap. 18 Oct, 1767, m. Gershom Swan — see Swan (par. 16); Sarah, b. 26 June, bap. 2 July, 1769, m. Thomas Rand of Chas. (19 Dec. 1786). Abraham the father d. 16 Dec. 1812, a. 79. He was a soldier of the French War, and also of the Revolu- tion. (See Wyman, 501.) 5. Zechariah, s. of Zechariah (2), adm. Pet. ch. 16 Oct. 1763. Had Rebecca (b. 15 Apr. 1757), m. Samuel Cutter, Jr., of Chas., 30 Sept. 1780— Cutter (par. 30); Zechariah (b. 8), bap. 10 June, 1759; Sarah (b. 14), bap. 15 Feb. 1761, m. Seth Frost, 20 Nov. 1781 ; Bette, b. 19, bap. 23 Jan. 1763, m. Jonathan Perry, 29 June, 1780; Mary, b. 15, bap. 20 Jan. 1765; Love, b. 6, bap. 7 Feb. 1767, (m. Samuel ^ The following epitaph is from a stone in the old burying- ground : — " In memory of Thomas Hill, who was born in the precinct called Menotomy, now the Town of AVest Cambridge, and died there July 8. 1851, aged 89 years. He was a brave and faithful soldier of the Revolution, and the last Revolution- ary pensioner of the Town. He lived esteemed, and died surrounded by pleas- ant memories among all that knew him ; by some of whom this monument has been placed over his ashes, Nov. 1, 1851." GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 259 Fowle — Wt/man, 501) ; Dorcas, h. — Aug., bap. 20 Aug. 1769, m. Samuel Frost, 15 Oct. 1789; Jiuth, b. 11, bap. 15 Mar. 1772; Lucy, b. 11, bup. 18 Dec. 1774; William, b. 12, bap. 22 June, 1777. Zkch- ARiAii the father d. 11 Mar. 1812, a. 7G. Rebecca, his wife, cl. (10) 16 Aug. 1770, a. (33) 35 (g. s.). He m. Fvuth Robbius, 9 May, 1771 ; she cl. 21 Mar. 1816, a. 78. He was a soldier of the French War. (See Wyman, 501.) 6. John, s. of Zechariah (2), and w. Dorcas, o. c. 13 Apr. 1766. Had Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov. 1765, bap. 13 Apr. 1766, m. Samuel Gowen, of Medford, 26 Feb. 1793; John, b. 22 Feb., bap. 1 Mar. 1767, d. 24 Nov. 1768, a. 2; Lucy, b. 17, bap. 22 May, 1768; Lydia, b. 6, bap. 7 Sept. 1769, d. xmm. 3 Sept. 1800, a. 31; John, b. 26, bap. 28 Apr. 1771; 3Iary, b. 30 May, bap. 7 June, 1772, d. 25 Aug. 1773, a. 15 mos.; David, b. 17, bap. 22 Aug. 1773; Jonathan, b. 18, bap. 23 Oct. 1774; a son, b. 9, d. 10 May, 1776, "lived one day"; Mary, b. 10, . bap. 14 Dec. 1777, d.— " Miss Polly "—1 Oct. 1802, a. 25; Stephen, b. 9, bap. 18 June, 1780; a son, b. 1 Dec. 1782 — prob. Samuel, d. 19 May, 1805, a. 22. John the father was killed 26 June, 1798, a. 60 (68, g. s.); Dorcas, his wife, d. 27 Dec. 1823, a. 79 (g. s.). He was a Revolutionary soldier. 7. Samuel, s. of Zechariah (2), m. Martha Bennett, of Charles- town. 13 Oct. 1765. Samuel and w. Martha were adm. Pet. ch. 13 July, 1766. Had Samuel, b. 10, bap. 19 Oct. 1766, d. 23 Aug. 1797, a. 31 ; 3Iartha, b. 7, bap. J 1 Aug. 1768; Rebecca, b. 13, bap. 19 May, 1771 ; Joseph, b. 10, bap. 11 Sept. 1774, d. 26 Aug. 1777, a. 3; Abi- gail, b. 19, bap. 29 Mar. 1778, m. Edward Bradbury, of Roxbury, 28 Oct. 1804; Joseph, b. 20, bap. 27 Aug. 1780, d. 23 Sept. 1807, a. 26. Samuel the father d. 15 Apr. 1782, of "complication, &c.", a. 41; his w. Martha d. 30 Mar. 1820, a. 78 — see Wyman, 502. He was a Revolutionary soldier and Precinct collector 1777, '80. 8. William, s. of Zechariah (2), m. Mercy Perry, Jr., 3 Dec. 1767. William and w. Mercy were adm. to Pet. ch. 17 July, 1768. Had 3Tercy, b. 24, bap. 30 Oct. 1768, d. 27 Feb. 1808, a. 39 (g. s.), unm. ; William, b. 25, bap. 29 July, 1770; James, b. 4, bap. 11 Apr. 1773; Benjamin, b. 13, bap. 13 Aug. 1775; Anne or Anna, b. 13, bap. 19 Oct. 1777, adm. Pet. ch. 22 Dec. 1805, d.7 Jan. 1806, a. 28 (g.s.), unm.; Amos, b. 9, bap. 12 Dec. 1779; Lydia, h. 14, bap. 24 Mar. 1782, m. Jonathan Teel, 3d, of Chas., 24 Mkr. 1805; Sally, bap. 29 Nov. 1789, d. 22 Dec. 1808, a. 19 (g. s.). William the father d. 13 June, 1815, a. 72 (g.s.); his wid. (Mercy, or "Marcy"), d. (31 July) 1 Aug. 1828, a. 81 (g. s.). Had also Rebecca, b. 19 July, 1784, m. Walter Russell, 2d, of Chas., 24 Dec. 1805, and d. 18 Dec. 1814, a. 30; Samuel, b. 4 July, 1787, d. 3 Aug. 1815, a. 28 (g. s.). 9. Daniel, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Lydia Locke, 27 Aug. 1761. He d. of '• languishment " 13 Feb. 1774. a. 4-. Lydia (widow) was adm. Pet. ch. 16 Apr. 1775. Had {Lydia, dau., b. 9 Dec. 1761); {Daniel) son, b. 2 Nov. 1763; {Martha), b. 5 Nov. 1765, m. John Burbeck, 1 Feb. 1781; {Deborah), b. 29 Feb. 1768, d. unm. 10 Mar. 260 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1791, a. 23; {Nathaniel), b. 28 Apr. 1770; (Phebe), h. 14 Nov. 1772. Li/dia, Daniel, Martha, Deborah, JVathaniel and Phebe, children of Wid. Ltdia Hill, were all bap. Pet. ch. 16 Ajjr. 1775. Phebe m. Joel Wiuship, of Lexington, 14 Nov. 1792, and Wid. Lydia (at Nathan- iel's), d. 7 Feb. 1835, a. 95. Daniel the father was a soldier in the French War. See Locke Book, 77. 10. Abraham, s. of Abraham (4), m. Elizabeth Robbins, 9 May, 1782; had son, b. 16 July, d. 15 Aug. 1782, a. 1 mo. Elizabeth, w. of Abraham, Jr., d. 18 June, 1783, a. 18. He m. Ruth Blodgett, 9 Sept. 1784, and had child, d. 23 Sept. 1789, a. 3 days; and perhaps Fanny, d. 24 Sept. 1790, a. 2 yrs. 11. Isaac, s. of Abraham (4), m. Hannah, dau. of Walter Rus- sell, and was father of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire ; rem. to Ashburnham. (Son Isaac,^ b. Camb. 6 Apr. 1789 ; Walter [^.], b. do. 22 Feb. 1790.) See Wyman, 501. 12. Zechariah, s. of Zechariah (5), m. Abigail Blodgett, 25 Mar. 1783. Abigail (perhaps she) o. c. and was bap. 11 Dec. 1803. (Zechariah, prob. his son, m. Hannah Hovey, 10 Apr. 1814.) He d. 5 Mar. 1814, a. 55. 13. William, s. of William (8), styled Jr., and Nancy, his wife, o. c. Pet. ch. 20 May, 1804; his w. Nancy, and chil. Nancy, William, Jonas Bond and Dennis Bond, were all bap. 20 May, 1804. William Hill, Jr., was Precinct assessor, 1806. William, prob. the father, d. 8 July, 1820, a. 50 (g. s.). 14.' David, s. of John (6), m. Betsey Adams, 13 Sept. 1799. A son of David, d. 13 Mar. 1822, a. 5; a dau. Elizabeth, m. Kendall Crosby, of Boston, 23 Apr. 1826; Lydia, m. Kendall Crosby, of Bos- ton, 9 Feb. 1834, W. C; Charles, m. Hannah Swan, 28 Oct. 1841. David Hill was a Pet. assessor, 1801, '02. 15. William, s. of Zechariah (5), styled 3d, m. Mary Bowman, 4 Apr. 1802. Had Mary Boivman, bap. 16 Jan. 1803; William, bap. 24 Mar. 1805; Addison, h-Ji^. 7 June, 1807; Adeline Nourse, bap. 3 Sept. 1809, d. 3 Sept. 1809; Mary Ann, bap. 1 Feb. 1812; a dau., Abigail B. [b. 1802], m. John Fowle, Jr., 14 Oct. 1821. See Wyman, 501. 16. James, s. of William (8), m. Anne Adams, 11 Oct. 1796. James and w. Ann were adm. Pet. ch. 14 Oct. 1798. Had Anna, bap. 24 Feb. 1799"(d. 16 Apr. 1813, a. 14) ; Sophia, bap. 9 Nov. 1800, 1 Isaac Hill, politician and journalist of New Hampshire, born Cambridge, Mass., 6 April, 1789, died Washington. D. C, 22 March, 1851. His parents re- moved to Ashburnham, Mass. ; at the age of 14 he was apprenticed to the 'pvh- lis'h.ex oi the Amherst Cahinet. In 1809 he went to Concord, N. H., purchased the American Patriot, changed its name to the Ne^o Hampshire Patriot, and made it the organ of the Republican party ; for twenty years it had an immense in- fluence. In 1828 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the U. S. Senate; in 1829 he was Second Comptroller of the Treasury ; U. S. Senator, 1830-36 ; Governor of New Hampshire, 1836-39; U. S. Sub-Treasurer at Boston, 1840 41. His biography, speeches and miscellaneous writings were published in Concord, in 1835. — (Drake's Biographical Dictionary.') GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 261 d. 11 Jan. 1801, a. 2 mos. ; Hannah, hap. 7 Mar. 1S02 (m. Thomas Hall, 5 May, 1831); Mza, bap. 15 Jan. 1804, m. Elijah Allen, 2o Aug. 1825; James, h'di^. 6 Oct. 1805; Lua/, bap. 15 Nov. 1807 (m. George S. Adams, of Chas., 20 Sept. 18^); Joseph, bap. 17 Dec. 1801); Sail?/, bap. 20 Sept. 1812, d. 7 July, 1828, a. 16; Mary Ann, bap. 14 May, 1815; Louisa Sophia, bap. 15 Apr. 1821. His dau., Man/ Ann, or " Mercy Ann," m. Jonathan V. Fletcher, of Medford, 3 Nov. 1836. James the father d. 2 Feb. 1852, a. nearly 79. Mrs. Hill survived him. A sermon preached at West Cambridge, 8 Feb. 1852, on the Sabbath succeeding his death, by his pastor James F. Brown, was published.^ 17. Bknjamin, s. of William (8), and w. Mart, o. c. 2 Oct. 1803. Mary, w. of Benj., and Benjamin Belknap, s. of Benj., were both bap. 2 Oct. 1803 ; had also John, bap. 5 May, 1805, " killed by a cart " 2 May, 1811, a. 6; iMaiy, bap. 12 July, 1807; John. bap. 26 June, 1814, drowned 20 July, 1825, a. 11. Mary, the wife, d. 17 May, 1812, a. 34. Mary, prob. she, was adm. Pet. ch. 29 Nov. 1807. Benjamin m. second, Mary Richardson, 4 Apr. 1813. Mary, second w. of Benjamin, was adm. Pet. ch. 28 Oct. 1827. (He d. 23 Sept. 1845, a. 70.) 18. Amos, s. of William (8), and w. Rebecca, o. c. 27 Aug. 1815; and Amos, set. 8, Henry Teend, vet. 6, Timothy Davis, set. 4, and Samuel, aet. 2, chil. of Amos, were all bap. 27 Aug. 1815. 19. Nathaniel, s. of Daniel (9), had son, d. 7 Oct. 1797, a. 2 yrs. ; Abigail, his dau., m. Elijah Cutter, 4 Jan. 1818 — -Cutter (par. 67); Deborah, m. James Wait, 5 May, 1822; Lucy, m. Reuben Wait, 11 Dec. 1825; Cynthia, m. Reuben Wait, 29 Dec. 1833, W. C. Abi- gail, prob. his wife, o c. and was bap. Pet. ch. 11 Dec. 1803 — see par. 12. See Locke Book, 161. 20. William, s. of William (13), m. Harriet Swan, 12 Oct. 1826. A dau. of William, 3d, d. 21 Mar. 1843, a. 2. (Dea. William Hill d. in Belmont, 8 Apr. 1872, a. 73; Harriet S., w. of same, d. in Bel- mont, 18 Feb. 1867, a. 67 — g. s. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.) 21. Addison, s. of William (15), had B len Harriet, d. 29 May, 1842, a. 3^. See Locke Book, 286. (He d. su Idenly in Boston, 10 Dec. 1873, a. 66.) 22. Mary, m. William Codner. of Boston, 5 Dec. 1745 — fee £2 — dau. of Abraham (see Paige, 582). Hill (girl), funeral 25 Aug. ^ A few paragraphs from Rev. Mr. Brown's sermon are of interest: — ' ' The life of James Hill is intimately connected with a large portion of the history of this church and society .... For thirty years he was a member of our choir .... He was gentlemanly in his deportment, kind and conciliatory in his spirit, industrious and temperate in his habits .... He was devoted to agricultural pursuits, and ranked among the first farmers of our village .... He was not impulsive, but ever self-poised, and restrained by deep-rooted principle .... His devotedness to public worship cannot have been unobserved. Through storm and sunshine he was here to take his accustomed seat ..... The last simple and beautiful act of our venerable friend, before reason had deserted her throne, was to bow in family worship .... His early hfe was marked by great precision of character." 24 262 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1775. Ebenezer, belonged to the Baptist Society, 1787. Mrs. Elizabeth, d. 5 July, 1794, a. 32. Thomas, 2d, m. Mary Prentiss Hovey, 16 Nov. 1817. Harriet, m. William A. Russell, Jr. of Charlestown, 24 June, 1838. HINDS, Israel, m. Wid. Sarah Swan— both Camb.— 20 Feb. 1755 — fee 31«. 6d. Israel o. c. here 26 Feb. 1758. Had 3Iary, b. Nov. 1755, bap. (a^t. 4) 30 Nov. 1760; Jane, bap. 26 Mar. 1758, m. Jona. Davis and Francis Locke. Mary had son b. — 1777, who d. 27 June, 1778, a. 16 mos. Israel Hinds was a soldier in the French War. HODGKINS, Elizabeth, and Jacob Newhall, m. 21 Aug. 1766. HOLDEN, Simon, had w. Abigail, aclm. Pet. ch. 13 June, 1742, and had Simon, d. of "slow fever," 7 May, 1752, a. 16; Elizahelh, b. — 1739, bap. 20 Jan. 1740, prob. the Elizabeth, of Charlestown Pet. who m. Jonathan Tufts, of Medford, 24 Jan. 1764; Nathaniel, b. 26 July, bai3. 1 Aug. 1742. soldier in Capt. Adams's Co. in 1758; Abi- gail, b. 28 Sept., bap. 7 Oct. 1744, adm. Pet. ch. 1 Nov. 1772, the Abigail, of Charlestown, who m. Ammi Cutter, 12 Nov. 1772 — Cut- ter (par. 11) ; Charles, b. 19, bap. 29 June, 1746, d. 5 June, 1768, a. 22; 77wmas, b. 8, bap. 14 May, 1749; Hannah, b. 5, bap. 9 Aug. 1752, m. Ammi Cutter (husband of her sister Abigail) ; Sarah, b. 16, bap. 19 June, 1757 — she o. c. 11 Aug. 1776, had dau. "Amie Satle " (or Sawtell), b. 17 May, bap. 11 Aug. 1776. Amy Sawtell, of Chas., m. James Livingston, of Boston, 17 Jan. 1796. Sarah, dau. of Simon, adm. Pet. ch. 11 Feb. 1781. She m. Smith, before 1798. See Paige, 587; Wi/man, 508, 512 (Nos. 27, 28, 29), 881. Simon Holden was a Sergeant in 1725. See Paige, 404, note; and Outter Fam. of N. E., p. 28. 2. Henrt, and Sarah Fuller, m. 14 Oct. 1756. Mrs. Anna, d. 19 Mar. 1795, a. 82. (See Paige.) HOLLIS, Patty, d. 4 July, 1796, a. 13 yrs. HOLMES, Mary, of Lexington, m. William Wakefield, 24 Dec. 1746. HOLT, Elizabeth Trask, adult, a^t. 18, o. c. and bap. 30 Sept. 1810. HOMER, Elizabeth, of Boston, m. John Winneck, 19 June, 1788. Betsey, ra. Thomas Hutchinson, of Charlestown, 14 Apr. 1813. 2. Eleazer, had sous Alfred Wellington and Orlando Mead, bap. 18 Nov. 1838, and William F. had Adeline Wellington, Mary Bart- lett, Maria Mead and William Flagg, all bap. 18 Nov. 1838. See Wellington (par. 5). HOOKE, Ruth, m. John Bathrick, 24 Dec. 1746. HOPKINS, Polly, m. Seth Stone, of New Salem, 13 Mar. 1803. John, of Wilmington, m. Mary Wymaa of W. Camb., 2 Dec. 1819. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 263 Capt. Reuben, had Roland, buried here, 3 May, 1839, a. abt. 5 yrs. ; Roland, d. 9 Apr. 1843, a. SJ; a son, d. 14 Apr. 1843, a. U; a dan., d. 19 Apr. 1843, a. 6. HORN, William, of Watertown, m. wid. Sybil Adams of AV. Camb., 13 Oct. 1825. See Adams (par. 15). riORTON, Anne, m. John Fillebrowu, 10 June, 1804. Polly, m. Artemas Kennedy, 17 Sept. 1806. HOUGHTON, Mr. John, d. 12 Aug. 1795, a. 53. IIOYEY, Caleb, and w. Rebecca, o. c. Pet. ch. 10 Mar. 1771. He m. Rebecca Robbins, 9 Dec. 1770. Had Rebecca, b. 13, bap. 21 Apr. 1771, m. Thomas Swan, 12 Dec. 1793; Susanna, h. 18, bap. 23 May, 1773; Caleb, b. 24, bap. 29 Jan. 1775; Sarah, b. 27 Jan., bap. 2 Feb. 1777 (Miss Sally's child, d. 30 Oct. 1801, a. 1^); a son, b. 5 Dec. 1778; JVaihan.hap. 10 Jan. 1779. Caleb belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. ^Y. Pet. 21 July, 1787. Mr. Caleb d. 18 Nov. 1798, a. 52; Mrs. Rebecca d. 4 Nov. 1798, a. 42. 2. Moses, who was Sergt. of Ca|)t. Benjamin Locke's Co. of Meno tomy minute-men, 1 775, m. Love Prentice, 11 Mar. 1776. Had son, b. 3 Sept. 1776, d. 16 Aug. 1778, a. 2; a son (Moses), h. 20 June, 1778; 3fary Prentiss, prob. his dau., o. c. and bap. here 4 Aug. 1816, m. Thomas Hill, 2d, 16 Nov. 1817. Moses d. 19 Nov. 1805, a. 53; LovEd. 9 May, 1824, a. 68. 3. Moses, s. of Moses (2), m. Eunice Reed of Chas., 18 Oct. 1801. See Wyman, 521. Moses d. 24 Oct. 1804, a. 27. Eunice m. Reuben Frost, 17 Apr. 1813. See Frost (par. 32). 4. Experience, of Lexington, m. Josiah Wdliams of Camb., 17 Dec. 1776. Mrs. Margaret, d. 5 Apr. 1795, a. 87. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Peirce, of Wilmington, 22 Aug. 1813. Hannah, m. Zecha- riah Hill, 10 Apr. 1814. See Wyman, 521-22, for some, possibly, of group (1), Susanna, Caleb, Sarah, Nathan. HOWARD, Elizabeth, d. 10 Feb. 1812, a. 34. HOWE, Calvin, of Rindge, N. H., m. Abigail Cutter of Camb., 3 July, 1803 — Cutter (par. 11). Had George Rice, bap. here 13 Sept. 1807. d. Oct. (?) 1807, a. 1 ; George Rice, bap. 25 Dec. 1808; Barrison Gray Otis, bap. 25 Aug. 1811; Abigail Cutter, hap. 19 Dec. 1813, d. 11 Sept. 1815, a. 2. Abigail was 'adm. Pet. ch. 23 May, 1813. See Cutter Book, 146, 388. Eli, had Be7iry B., d. 21 Jan. 1837, a. 2^ ; a son (James Russell) d. 25 Jan. 1837, a. 10 ds. » How"— gravestone, (sons of Eli and Adeline). HUBBARD, Jackson, m. Mary Lawrence, 31 Aug. 1823. HUFFMASTER, Thomas, and Susan Reed, of Charlestown this parish, m. 28 Jvdy, 1818. His property suffered in the tornado of 22 Aug. 1851, and he was the only one who lost his life, of seven per- sons injured, all at Medford — See work entitled " The Tornado of 1851," Boston, 1852. (Thomas Huffmaster d. " at his residence in 264 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. West Medford, in consequence of a tornado "23 Aug. 1851, a. 55; Susan, w. of same, d. 6 June, 1861, a. 72 — gravestones Arlington). HUNNEWELL, James, had child, b. — Nov. 1755, d. — child of James, Jr. — 29 Dec. 1755, a. 5 weeks. Richard, m. Eunice Thomp- son, both Camb., 25 June, 1764. Elizabeth, m. William Russell, 4 Aug. 1799. See Wyman, 528. HUNT, Samuel, and w. Eliza, o. c. 2 Feb. 1794, and had Mary, bap. 16 Mar. 1794; Samuel, bap. 6 Dec. 1195; David Holt, bap. 9 Sept. 1798 ; Horatio Augnstvs, bap. 9 Nov. 1800, prob. child of Samuel, d. 18 Nov. 1801, a. 1 ; John, bap. 4 May, 1806. Samuel Hunt was Precinct Collector, 1793. See Wyman, 466, 529. 2. Augustus, had w. Nabby, who o. c. 4 Apr. 1802, and chil. Nancy Talbot and John Augustus, both bap. 4 Apr. 1802. 3. Simon, and w. Susan, o. c. 14 Nov. 1802. She was bap. at same time. Had Eliza, also then baptized; Horatio Augustus, bap. 28 Nov. 1802. See Wyman, 529. HURD, Benjamin, had Polly, b. 23, bap. 29 Aug. 1779. See Bond's Wat., 518; Wyman, 532. Benjamin, of Charlestown, and Betsey Frost of Camb., m. 29 Mar. 1791. See HEARD. HUTCHINS, James Read, of Windsor, Vt., and Mary Ann Emma Thomas, m. 15 Jan. 1792. Mary Ann Emma was dism. from Pet. ch. to the 1st ch. in Springfield, 19 May, 1793. See Thomas. HUTCHINSON, Thomas, had Nathaniel, b. 6, bap. 14 July, 1745; John, bap. 13 Nov. 1748. Anne Mallet, living at Mr. H.'s, in Charles- town, was adm. Pet. ch. 19 Jan. 1755. Mrs. Mary (w. of Thomas), d. 9 Feb. 1790. a. 83. See Wymon, 537. 2. JoiiN^of CharlestoiV7i, s. of Thomas (l),m. Sarah Frost, 28 May, 1772. Had Sarah, bap. 12 Mar. 1775, m. Josiah H. Russell, 5 Apr. 1795; Mary, bap. 15 Dec. 1776; Lydia, bap. 10 Jan. 1779, m. Seth Tufts, of Medford, 19 Nov. 1801; John, bap. 3 Dec. 1780; Abigail, bap. 15 Sept. 1782, m. Henry Parker, of Woburn, 28 May, 1807; Oliver, bap. 19 Oct. 1788, d. — Dec. 180«, a. 20; Hecca, bap. 15 Aug. 1790. d. 7 Nov. 1790, a. 3 mos. John of Chas. had also an infant sou, stillborn, 31 Aug. 1773. Mrs. Sarah (w. of John), d. (13) 17 Oct. 1790, a. 48 (38 g. s.). John, the father, d. 28 June, 1819, a. 72. Mrs. Mary, perhaps his second wife, d. 1 4 Mar. 1806, a. 61. See Wyman, 538. 3. John, s. of John (2), d. 20 Sept. 1802, a. 21. 4. Thomas, s. of John (2) [b. 25 July, 1784 — Wymaji], m. Betsey Homer, 14 Apr. 1813. He resided in Charlestown, and had John i?owiar, bap. 2 Nov. 1814; Thomas Oliver, bap. 25 May, 1817; Jacob Homer, hap. 15 Nov. 1818; Elizabeth Wellington, bap. 1 Oct. 1820; Adeline Matilda, bap. 11 Aug. 1822; Maria Louisa, bap. 27 June, 1824. A child of Thomas, 2d, d. 20 Mar. 1824, a. 6 mos. Thomas m. Betsey Blackington, of W. Camb., 26 June, 1823. Betsey B., w. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 265 of Thomas, d. 24 Aug. 1835, a. 41. Asa Hayden, at Thomas Hut- chinson's, Charlestown, d. 1 Sept. 1835, a. 18. See Wyman, 538. 5. Samuel, of Charlestown, s. of John (2), [b. 26 July, 1786 — Wi/man^, m. Lucetta Russell of W. Camb., 14 Dec. 1817. SeeWi/man, 538. L. K., son of John, of Boston, d. 28 Nov. 1842, a. Ij. HUTCHINSON'S BUTCHERS, 1775— Deaths in JV. W. Pet. of Camb. — 47 " 47 — besides some Provincials and Hutchinson's Butchers — slain in Concord Battle, near this meeting-house — buried here." — Bev. Sam'l Cooke's Record. The event referred to occurred 19 Apr. 1775. "Hutchinson's Butchers" were the British Troops ! INGRAHAM, Duncan, Jr., had William, b. 30 Aug., bap. 6 Sept. 1778, and Susanna Coburn — dau. of Duncan, Jr. and Susanna his wife — b. 4, bap. 7 Maj^ 1780. Estate rated here in 1781. Duncan Ingraham, Esq., of Concord, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tufts, of Medford, were m. 12 Sept. 1795; she was his second wife, and wid. of Dr. Simon Tufts — Medford Marriages. Duncan Ingraham d. of "old age," a. 86, funeral Medford, 11 Aug. 1811. By his first wife he had a son NathanieU who resided in the South, and was father of Duncan N. Ingraham, U. S. N., who rendered himself famous by his bold measure at Smyrna for the rescue of an Hungarian in 1854. See Hist. Medford, 494; and anecdote, ibid. 439. IRELAND, Sarah Ann, a;t. 15, o. c. and bap. 4 Nov. 1810; m. John Wilson, 23 Apr. 1811. IRWIN, George, had Gideon Charles, d. 4 Nov. 1836, a. 14; and Mary Ann, George Washington and Margaret Schotder, all bap. 19 Feb. 1837. JACKSON, John, had son, d. 22 Dec. 1798, a. 5. A young man of this name, d. 30 Aug. 1841, a. about 23. JARVIS, John, had Susanna, h. 23 July, bap. 13 Aug. 1780; a son, d. 29 Apr. 1781. 2. John, m. Adeline Rust, 6 .Jan. 1822. Adeline, w. of Capt. John, d. 17 June, 1842, a. 43. Had dau. Adeline Matilda, d. 28 June, 1842, a. 9|. John Jarvis and Mrs. Hephzibah W. Locke, intention of marriage, 23 Apr. 1843. See Cutter Book, 233, 234, 394; also Locke Book, 163. JENKINS, Rebecca, and William Cooper, both Camb., m. 24 Apr. 1780. JENNINGS, Anna, and Jonathan Cutter, m. 23 Nov. 1749. See Cutter (par. 12). Eunice E., m. John C. Stevens, of Boston, 11 Apr. 1822. JERREL, Mr., belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787. JOHNSON, Mart, of Andover, was adm. Pet. ch. 13 Apr. 1746. Mary, of Charlestown this precinct, m. William Winship, Jr., 14 July, 24* 266 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 3748. See Wi/man, 5QS. Elizabeth, at Jason Eussell's, d. 8 Feb. 1751, a. 17 yrs, Esther, of Woburn, m. Jonathan Eastman, of Concord, New Hamps, 15 Sept. 1776. Reuben, of Woburn, and Keziah Baldwin, of Woburn, m. 5 Aug. 1777. Seth, of Woburn, m. Abigail Symmes. of Medford, 10 Feb. 1780. Frederick, and Rboda Reed, m. 16 Oct. 1783. 2. Reubp:n, m. Sarah Abbott Warren, of Charlestown, 20 May, 1810. Sarah Abbott d. 29 Apr. 1811, a. 21; and Reuben's in- fant d. 11 May, 1811. Reuben, m. Rachel Buckman, 24 Oct. 1826. Had Sarah Ann, a. 10 yrs., bap. 7 July, 1837; William Sumner, d. 7 Jan. 1836, a. 1 ; Reuben Sumner, bap. (a. 6 days) 7 July, 1837, d. 19 Jan. 1838, a. 6| mos. Reuben the father d. previously to the death of this last one, viz.. on 16 July, 1837, a. 55. See Wyman, 562. 3. Leonard, who m. Hannah Winship, of Lexington, 2 Apr. 1812, was the Leonard buried 30 Mar. 1835, a. 50; and Mrs. Hannah (his wid.) m. John Frost, 23 June, 1836. See Frost (par. 31). Miss Olive, i^rob. dau. of Leonard (3), d. 29 Oct. 1841, a. 25. JONES, Ephraim, Jr., of Concord, and Alice Cutler, m. 16 Nov. 1752. James, m. Ruth Fiske, 1 Jan. 1778. Enos, of Ashburnham, m. Hannah Russell, of Charlestown, 26 Dec. 1790. Hannah (Wal- ter Russell's widow) dism. from Pet. eh. to Ashburnham, 26 May, 1799. William, d. 26 Nov. 1807, a. 40. Rhoda, o. c. Pet. ch. 26 June, 1808. Lydia, d. 29 Nov. 1822, a. 56. William, had Charles Parkman, bap. 3 Apr. 1808. 2. George G., m. Ann Foreman, 14 Apr. 1813. George G., and w. Ann o. c. (she bap.) 22 May, 1814. Had George Barton, bap. 22 May, 1814; Catherine Foreman, bap. 1 Oct. 1815. See Bond's Wat., also Paige, and Book of Lockes, 35, 65, &c. KEEP, Samuel Moody, and Martha Richardson, m. 1 Nov. 1826. KEMP, Lydia, of Westford, and John Phillips of Camb., m. 18 May, 1764. KENDALL, Joshua, m. Susanna Shattuck, 25 Apr. 1771. Joshua (Shattuck), had Joshua, b. 5, bap. 9 Feb. 1777. Joshua (prob. the f.), d. 25 July, 1818, a. 72. Susanna, of Camb., m. Thomas Brown, of Waltham, 30 June, 1793, Polly, m. Gad Wyeth, 1 Dec. 1793. Betsey, m. Newell Bent, 3 Oct. 1805. Hannah, m. Solomon Har- rington, 7 Jan. 1813. Hannah, m. Washington Peirce, of Weston, 30 Mar, 1820, Frederick A., of Medford, m. Selina A. Averill of Charlestown, 10 Sept. 1826. KENISTON, Daniel, and Lydia Harrington, of Lexington, m. 10 Feb. 1828. KENNEDY, Artemas,' m. Polly Horton, 17 Sept. 1806. Ar- ' The Mr. Nichols who delivered the oration on July 4, 1808, at West Cam- bridge, married at Westford, Mass., the daughter of Artemas Kennedy, the baker, and died there a few years after.— Letter of Ev R. Thompson to J. B. Russell, 1879. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 267 TEMAs and w. Polly were adm. Pet. ch. 18 Oct. 1807. Had Charles Rollin, bap. 18 Oct. 1807. KENT, Samuel, ra. Rebecca Adams, 27 Nov. 1740. He r. in Charlestown. Lucy, m. Joseph Adams. 3d, 6 Sept. 1770. Sarah, m. Col. Nathaniel Hawkins, of South Kingston, K. I., 5 Mar. 1778. Samuel, m. Rhoda Hill, 20 June, 1782. Samuel and w. Rhoda were adm. to this ch. 9 Mar. 1783; had Samuel, bap. (b. 7 Jan.) 9 Mar. 1783. Samuel was dism. to 1st ch. in Cambridge, 11 Dec. 1803. Lucy, Sarah and Samuel were chn. of first Samuel. — See Wyman., 572, 573. KETTEL or KETTLE, Joseph, late of Boston— had Joseiyh, b. 4, bap. 8 Sept. 1776. See Wyman's Charlestown, 577. KEYES, Susanna, m. Benjamin Locke, 19 July, 179G. KING, Mary — who lived at Neh. Cutter's — d. 18 Aug. 1750, a. 15 yrs. LAMSON, David, was rated here, 1781 . Indian per Wyman.bo^. See History of Precinct under 1775, for exploit on April 19. LANE, Hannah, d. 20 Nov. 1812, a. 39. Prob. wife of Eben- EZER, whose infant d. 27 Nov. 1812, a. 2 mos. Sarah, w. of P^ben- ezer, d. 28 Oct. 1842, a. 72. Washington J., had Susan Clark and George Washington, both bap. 7 June, 1835. Ebenezer was a pewholder here, 1805. LAWRENCE, Widow of Carab., d. 22 Nov. 1766, a. 84. Elizabeth, m. William Dickson, Jr., 3 Dec. 1741. Abigail, set. 20, o. c. and bap. 12 July, 1772. Isaac, of Boston, m. Mary Bowman Cutter, 13 Feb. 1791 (par. 42). Mary, m. Jackson Hubbard, 31 Aug. 1823. LEACH, Alpheus, m. Eunice Russell, 30 Oct. 1805. A child of Alpheus, d. 8 Apr. 1806, a. 3 mos. Zadok, m. Mary Frost. 3 Apr. 1810. Churchill W., m. Lydia Swan, 21 May, 1818. Thomas, m. Mary Russell, 22 Apr. 1821. Mary, was adm. Pet. ch. and bap. 21 Nov. 1824. and d. 31 Aug. 1825, a. 24 Libbeus, of Braintree, m. INIary S. W. Brooks, 20 Oct. 1822. , Charlotte A., m. Horace W. Tarbell, of Leominster, 27 Feb. 1840. LEARNED, Catherine, m. Bezaleel Locke, 13 Oct. 1796. Han- nah, m. Samuel Locke, Jr., 12 Nov. 1797. Lucy, m. Thaddeus Peirce, 2 Sept. 1804. John. d. 5 June, 1807, a. 39. Thomas, d. 13 Feb. 1812, a. 85. Hannah, d. 25 Jan. 1814, a. 75. See Bond's Wat., 724, 851. LEATHERS, Mrs. Elizabeth, d. 16 Dec. 1805, a. 37. LEFEVRE , a mulatto, d. 15 Dec. 1798, a. 30. LEMMON, Joseph, d. 21 Dec. 1837, a. about 40. Elizabeth, d. 1 Mar. 1839, a. 9 ; Joseph, d. — Jan. 1841, a. about 15. 268 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. LEWIS, Mrs. Mary H., and William Pearcly, both Camb., m. 7 Dec. 1838. LINCOLN, Mrs. Hannah, and Daniel Faloon, m. 3 Nov. 1837. LIVINGSTON, James, of Boston, m. Amy Sawtell Holden, of Charlestown, 17 Jan. 1796. James, and Amy Sawtell, o. c. here, the former' on 13 Nov. 1796, and the latter on 10 Aug. 1805. Amy Sawtell was adm. to this ch. 20 Sept. 1812. Had Sa7'ah Holden, bap. 13 Nov. 1796; John (a 15 mos. and sick), bap. 20 July, 1804, d. 20 July, 1804, a. 15 mos.; also three chil. bap. in private 10 Aug. 1805, viz., Mary Todd, who m. Jonas Peirce, Jr., 4 May, 1817, James McGregore, and John, who d. 10 Aug. 1805, a. 6 mos.; Royal Grafts, bap. 11 Sept. 1808. Amy Sawtell d. 21 Jan. 1814, a. 38. LOCKE (anciently LOCK). A very full genealogy of this family is given in the well known Book of the Lockes (Boston and Cambridge, 1853). 1. Francis (s. of William, s. of William, both of Woburn), was adm. Pet. ch, with w. Elizabeth, and dau. Elizabeth, at organi- zation of ch. 9 Sept. 1739. [She was Elizabeth Winship, and d. 1758, a. 67 — dau. of Samuel Winship and b. 26 Nov. 1691 — see Paige, 696.] Francis Locke o. c. at Medford, 7 Feb. 1714, where his son Sam?j.el was bap. 7 Feb. 1714, and dau. Elizabeth was bap. 1 July, 1716. (The Hist, of Medford, p. 530, gives the date of his marriage as 25 Feb. 1713, and the births of his chil. Samuel and Elizabeth, as 15 Jan. 1714, and 17 June, 1716.) Sarah, dau. of Francis Locke, was also bap. Medford, 12 Apr. 1719 (b. 10 Apr. 1719, Camb. R.). He had Francis, b. Camb. 3 Apr., bap. do. 9 Apr. 1721 ; John, b. do. 8 Feb., bap. 14 Feb. 1725; and Benjamin, bap. Camb., 12 Oct. 1735, died young. Francis Locke and Elizabeth were adm. Camb. ch. 30 Aug. 1724. Elizabeth Locke (their dau.) was adm. same ch. 18 June, 1738. Francis, the father, built and occupied the house now stand- ing on the great road to Concord, in Arlington, corner of the road leading to Woburn and Burlington, at the place called the Foot of the Rocks. He m. wid. Martha Dunster, 15 Mar. 1759, and d. 3 Sept. 1770, a. 80. He was a Pet. committeeman, 1746, 1-747, and Pet. assessor also. His. wid. Martha d. of the palsy, 27 Ju«e, 1771, a. 81. Elizabeth, his dau., m. Zechariah Synmies of Charlestown, 16 June, 1748. Sa- rah, m. William Withington (of Stow, by 1747). 2. Samuel, s. of Francis (1), m. Deborah Butterfield. His w. Deborah d. 7 Sept. 1769, a. 54. He was adm. Pet. ch. 8 Oct. 1769, and m. Mehitable Butterfield (wid. of the bro. of his first wife Debo- rah), 6 June, 1770. He o. c. Camb. ch. 7 Nov. 1736; and had bap. in thatch., Lydia, 7 Nov. 1736, and Benjaynin, 6 Aug. 1738. George Phillis, servant to Samuel, d. 2 Apr. 1745, a. 15 yrs. On Pet. 1 The news of his death ,'n the West Indies, ?et. 25, received Jan. 18, 1799, mentioned in Wj'man's Geneilorjics, 622, M'as probably untrue, as the children bap. 180i-0S, are all named as children of him in the original record. GENEALOGICAL REGISTEK. 269 records he had Benjamin, bap. 23 Dec. 1739 {Benjamin on record, but prob. should be Lydia, b. (27) Dec. 1739, m. Daniel Hill, 27 Aug. 17G1); Deboraluh- 10, bap. 19 July, 1741, m. William Butterfield, 12 Jan. 1768; Mary, b. 22 Dec. 1742, bap. 2 Jan. 1743, d. 23 Oct. 1743. a. 10 mos.; Mary, b. 12, bap. 29 Jan. 1744, m. Nathaniel Cutter, of Woburn, 20 Nov. 1777 (par. 77); Elizabeth, b. 6, bap. 12 May, 1745, m. Jason Russell, Jr., 28 Oct. 1762; a dau. {Sarah) b. 9 Sept., d. 23 Sept. 1746, a. 14 days; a dau., stillborn, 15 Dec. 1748, and Samuel, b. 15 (18), bap. 18 Dec. 1748; William, b. and bap. 20 May, 1750, d. 9 Mar. 1752, a. 20 (22) mos.; Jonathan (twin), b. 6, bap. 8 Dec. 1751, d. 31 Dec. 1751, a. 3 wks.; Ruth (twin), b. 6, bap. 8 Dec. 1751, m. Isaac Watson, of Medford, 26 Sept. 1771; Phehe,h.dO Nov., bap. 3 Dec. 1753, m. Francis Locke, Jr., 1 Nov. 1772 (par. 8) — See Wyman, 623. Samuel the father " lived many years a tenant on the jDilace at the south part of West Cambridge [now Belmont], afterward owned by his son Samuel ; he died at small-pox house, 5 Aug. 1775, a. 61." 3. Francis, s. of Francis (1), had Francis (b. — 1743), d. 31 Dec. 1752, a. 9 yrs.; Ruth (b. 27 Jan. 1746), d. 7 June, 1763, a. 18 yrs.; Sarah (b. 31 Mar. 1748, m. Aaron Fessenden of Townsend) ; Joseph, b. 14 Apr. 1750; Francis, b. 3 Mar. 1753; {Ruthin. 9 yrs. — Sarah (privately), a. 7 yrs. — Joseph, a. 4 yrs., and Francis, a. 2 yrs., chil. of Francis", Jr., all bap. Pet. ch. 31 'Mar. 1754); Hani:ah, b. 30 Mar. 1755, m. Abraham Locke, of St. Georges (Me.), 20 June, 1776; Rebecca, b. 12 Apr. 1757, m. son of John Batts; Elizabeth (b. 27 Sept. 1759), d. 28 Jan. 1776, a. 18 yrs.; Benjamin (b. 11 A^v. 1765). Francis the father d. 19 Mar. 1778, a. 6 [0] (57). His wid. Euth d. 8 Sept. 1807, a. 83. She was Ruth Fessenden (of Sandwich), and was m. at King's Chapel, Boston, 13 Sept. 1743. Francis Locke of Camb. hired Joseph Winship's place, 1768. See Wyman, 622. "He lived in his father's house, and was afflicted with a lame shoulder, and died at the house (afterward his gr.-son Abel's)." 4. John, s. of Francis (1), m. Mary Frost, Jr., 2 Jan. 1752 — mar- riage fee \ crown. Had John,h. 8 June, 1753»; and Hephzibah Wheeler, b. 23 Feb. 1755. John the father d. 4 June, 1755, a. 30. Mary, wid. of JoHN.was adm.Pct.ch. 26 Oct.1755; and John, s. of wud. Mary, a. 3 yrs., and Hephzibah Wheeler, dau. of do., a. 8 mos., were both bap. 9 Dec. 1755. Mary (John's widow), m. Oliver Stone, of Harvard, 12 May, 1757. The dau. Hephzibah m. Frost. 5. Bbnjamin, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mary Peirce, of Charlestown, 2 Aug. 1757. (See Wyman, 623.) He o. c. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1760, and had 3Iary, b. 19, bap. 30 Mar. 1760, d. (13 July, 1790, never married); William, h. 27, bap. 29 Aug. 1762; Benjamin, b. 6, bap. 7 July, 1765; Deborah, b. 22, bap. 2'^2 Jan. 1768, d. 28 Jan. 1768, a. 7 days ; a son, stillborn, 18 June, 1770 ; a child, b. 21 Dec, d. 22 Dec. 1771, a. 1 day; a dau., stillborn, 7 June, 1775; a dau., b. 2 Sept., d. 7 Sept. 1776, a. 4 days; a child (of Capt. Benj.), stillborn, 8 Aug. 1778. Capt. Benjamin belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W.Pct. 21 July, 1787. He was Pet. committeeman and assessor in 1775. His 270 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. wid. Mary d. 29 Dec. 1809, a. 71. "He lived where his son William afterward did, and d. 7 Dec. 1791, a. 53." He was a selectman of Camb. 1777, 1778, and assessor 1778, 1788, 1789; Avas captain of the comjoany of Meuotomy minute-men in April, 1775, afterward in Col. Thomas Gardner's regiment, and engaged in Bunker Hill Battle. This regiment was stationed, after the battle, in the lines of the Con- tinental Army, on Prospect Hill. 6. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), m. Margaret Adams, 16 May, 1771. Had Deborah, b. 10, bap. 15 Mar. 1772, m. Ephraim Cutter, 13 Mar, 1791 (par. 24); Samuel, b. 12, bap. 15 Mar. 1773; Nathan, b. 4, bap. 7 Aug. 1774; Joseph (b. 7 Sept. 1775); 3Iargaret, b. 3, bap. 8 June, 1777, m. James Frost, 3d, 1 Feb. 1795 ; Martha, b. 3, bap.4 Oct. 1778, m. Peter Tufts Jr., of Medford, 5 Apr. 1798; Daniel, b. 28, bap. 31 Oct. 1779; /saoc,(b.27 June,)bap.l July,1781 ; A7ina, b. (3). bap. 9 Feb. 1783, m. Charles Wellington, 12 Jan. 1809; John, b. (17), bap. — June, 1784, d. 22 June, 1784, a. 5 wks. (g. s.) ; Amos, b. (11), bap. — June, 1785; Joel, b. (1), bap. — Jan. 1787; Jonas, b. (15), bap. 15 Mar. 1789; Leonard, b. (5), bap. 10 July, 1791, d. 18 Sept. 1791, a. 2 mo. (10 w.— g. s.) ; Oliver, b. (14), bap. 16 Sept. 1792. Mar- garet (w. of Samuel) d. 29 Oct. 1808, a. 59. Samuel the father d. 13 Sept. 1819, a. 71. He was a selectman of Camb. 1789, 1790, and assessor, 1790-1805. He resided at the South part of West Cambridge [now Belmont], known as Flob-end. He was a sergeant in Capt. William Adams's Company, in Col. Thatcher's Regiment of Militia, which marched at the request of General Washington at taking possession of Dorchester Heights, 4 March, 1776. He was detached from Capt. John Walton's Company of Militia for Noddle's Island, 8 Dec. 1776, and was Lieutenant of same company. " Cam- bridge, May 9, 1777. Received of Capt. John Walton my wages, Sergt. Belknap's, Corp. Perry's, together with 25 men that were with me out of Capt. Locke's Company at Noddle's Island in Dec. 1776 — per me Samuel Locke, Lieut." ^ (Capt. Locke's Company was that of his brother Benjamin Locke, which belonged to the regular Con- tinental Army.) He was a Pet. committee man, 1791-93; Pet. clerk, 1789-1805; elected Pet. treasurer in 1787 and '88, but excused from serving; Pet. assessor, 1791-93, '95. See Wymmi, 623. 7. Joseph, s. of Francis (3), m. Mary Butterfield, 19 Nov. 1772. UrA {Joseph), b. 22 June, 1773; {William), h. 6 Jan. 1775; {Mehit- able, b. 10 Jan. 1777), she m. Joseph Locke, 8d, 2 Mar. 1800; {Jonathan), b. (12 Feb.) 1780— See Wyman's Chs., 623; Stephen, who m. Sarah Davidson, 6 Feb. 1809; 3Iary, who m. John Perry, 29 Jan. 1809; ^H who m. Elizabeth Whittemore of Chas. 21 Mar. 1815; ^ See Paige, 428. In the Rolls of Capt. John Walton's Company of Militia, " that was detached for Noddle's Island in consequence of orders from the Coun- cil of this State on the 8th of December hist, 1776," are the names of Samuel Locke, lieut., Joseph Belknap, sergt., and James Perry, corp. The company was made up of men from Cambridge First and Second Parishes. GENEALOGICAL EEGISTER. 271 /ra, who d. 18 Oct. 1801, a. 8 yrs. Joseph the father tl. suddenly, 13 Sei)t. 1823, a. 73 (g. s.). He was prob. the Joseph Locke, a pri- vate in William Adams's Co., Thatcher's Regt., which marched at taking possession of Dorchester Heights, 4 Mar. 177G. 8. Francis, s. of Francis (3), m. Phebe Locke, 1 Nov. 1772 — (see par. 2). A child of Fuaxcis, Jr., was b. 8 Feb. 1773 — prob. Ruth, who m. David Russell; 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 ; xiaron ; Davis ; Phebe, m. Jacob Newcomb of Chas. — See Wyinan, 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/ 10. William, s. of Benjamin (5), belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787, and was the Williaji, Sen., who d. here 10 June, 1840, a. 78. Hannah, wife of William, Sen., d. 21 Apr. 1837, a. 70. (She was Hannah Putnam of Medford, m. 28 Sept. 1788.) William Henry, their sou (b. 8 May, 1789), d. 31 Dec. 1819, a. 31; prob. the William Henry, ait. 21, who o. c. and was bap. here 7 Feb. 1813. William the father may be the William Locke who was out Feb. 1783, in the 9th Regt. He w^as selectman of Camb. 1796-1802. See Wyynan, 623. 11. Benjamin, s. of Benjamin (5), m. Hannah Cutter, 3 Dec. 1789 (see Cutter, par. 37). He m. Susanna Keyes, 19 July, 1796. She d. 11 Feb. 1804, a. 36. He m. third, Mrs. Anne (or Ame) Brown, of Charlestown, 15 Mar. 1807. He belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W\ Pet. 21 July, 1787, and d. — styled Esq. — 21 Apr. 1841, a 76. Anne, w. of Benjamin, from ch. in Charles- town, was adm. to this ch. (Rev. T. Fiske), 1811. A son Abner — of Benjamin and Susanna — d. 13 June, 1824, a. 23. Benjamin the father was a selectman of Camb. in 1806, 1807. Had Benjamin and Leander, rem. to French Grant, Ohio ; Delmont ; Hannah C; Susanna Keyes ; Mary Ami.^ See Wyman, 623. 12. Samuel, s. of Samuel (6), m. Hannah Learned, 12 Nov. 1797. He d. 22 June, 1807, a. 34. His wid. Hannah d. 21 Nov. 1809, ^ 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., march- ed from Springfield, 26 July, 1780, aged 27 — 5 ft. 5 in., ruddy complexion. John of Camb. served in Hosmer's Co., 1780 or '81. * See Book of the Lorkes. Delmont, m. Rebecca R. Learned, 28 Nov. 1826, and was father of B. D. Locke, the present town treasurer and "town clerk of Arlington ; Susanna, m. Bowen Russell, 12 May, 1825 ; and Mary Ann, nv John A. P. Peirce, 16 Jan. 1834. 272 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. a. 38. His dan. Hannah m. Abiel H. Fillebrown, 3 July, 1817; also had Samuel Adams, m. Lydia Stoddard ; Lucy, m. Joseph Clark : Ann Eliza, m. Peter Jones; Margaret Adams. See Book of the Lockes. 13. Nathan, s. of Samuel (6), m. Sarah Cutter, 14 Nov. 1797. He d. (31 Oct.) 1823, a. 47. His dan. Clarissa m. Silas Wheeler, 15 Sept. 1822; his child d. 3 Nov. 1801, a. IJ; Nathan; Joseph A.; Sarah C, m. Abijah Reed; Amos C. ; James S. ; Rebecca C, m. Alonzo Fiske; 3Iartha T. (d. 1835, a. 19); Letitia, buried here 4 June, 1838, a. about 20. See Book of the Lockes. (Sarah his w. d. 27 Mar. 1846, a. 68 ; she was dau. of Gershom Cutter — see Cutter, par. 37.) 14. Joseph, s. of Samuel (6), m. (styled 3d) Mehitable Locke, 2 Mar. 1800. He d. 22 (28) June, 1803, a. 28 (g. s.). Had {Louisa), d. 6 Sept. 1802, a. 2 (or 1 yr. 10 mo. — g. s.) ; Louisa, m. Timothy Eaton, of Woburn, 5 Apr. 1829, W. Camb. — see Eaton; Mary, m. Charles Mclntire. See Book of the Lockes. His w. Mehitable was dau. of Joseph Locke (see par. 7). 15. Daniel, s. of Samuel (6), m. Mary Williams, 15 Nov. 1802. Mary d. 11 Nov. 1807, a. 25. Had Martha Williams, bap. (a. 7 yrs.) 7 Oct. 1810— the Martha Mary Williams, adm. Pet. ch. 13 Oct. 1822, and who m. here James Russell, 2d, 6 Nov. 1825. Daniel, of Northumberland, Penn., m. Mary Pool, of Boston, 14 Apr. 1825. He m. a second wife, Zerviah , and d. elsewhere, 13 Feb. 1847, a. 67J ; had by second wf. six chil. — see Locke Book. 16. Isaac, s. of Samuel (6), m. Hannah Butterfield, 22 Mar. 1807. He d. 27 Apr. 1840, a. 59. His son George A., m. Mary S. Davis, 4 Apr. 1839; his dau. Elizaheth B., m. John Hart, of Town- send, (8) Dec. 1830, W. C; FAwin, m. Eveline Perry, 24 Mar. 1842; Samuel B., d. 13 Jan. 1838, a. 21 ; had also Albert ; Isaac, m. Eliza- beth J. Brown, 1845; John,xa. Elizabeth Thompson, 1847; Caroline Augusta ; William Henry. See Book of the Lockes. 17. Amos, s. of Samuel (6), m. Sally Tufts of Chas., 21 Oct. 1813. He d. 1 Apr. 1843, a. 58. No children. His wid. Sally d. in Ar- lington, 12 Aug. 1871, a 82 yrs. 6 mos. (g. s.). 18. Joel, s. of Samuel (6), d. here 19 Apr. 1837, a. 50. His wife was Abigail Simonds, of Burlington, and he had a large family else- where. See Locke Book. 19. Jonas, s. of Samuel (6), d. 21 Mar. 1825, a. 36. His wife was Hannah Merriam, m. 6 Apr. 1820, by whom he had two children. See Book of the Lockes. 20. Oliver, s. of Samuel (6), m. Lavinia Smith, of Lexington, 2 Apr. 1818. He resided at Lexington, and d. 5 Oct. 1842, a. 50. Had several children. See Book of the Lockes. 21. Joseph, s. of Joseph (7), styled Jr., m. Abigail Munroe, 24 June, 1801. He d. 24 (25) Mar. 1826, a. 53 (g. s.). His wid., Abi- gail, d. 14 May, 1838, a. 60 (g. s.). Had Eliza, m. Jonathan Wal- ton, 7 Sept. 1823; Rebecca M., m. Abijah Frost, 4 Jan. 1827; Ira, d. 7 July, 1826, a. 19 (21, g. s.) ; Joseph ; Mehitable, m. Bowen Russell, 6 June, 1833; Edmund Munroe, d. 22 Sept. 1825, a. 11 (g. s.) ; Pa- GENEALOGICAL KEGISTER. 273 »?e//r/, in. J. L. Kidder; Nehemiah M. ; Abigail, m. Thaddeur Frost? 29 Nov. 1827. The wife of Joseph was of Lexington origin. He resided in the house now occupied by Timothy Eaton. See Book of the Lockes. 22. William, s. of Joseph (7), m. Hannah Porter (he styled Jr.), 20 July, 1806. He had Caroline, m. Addison Hill: Emeline, m. Tho- mas P. Peirce, 9 Apr. 1829; Harriet, m. Thomas P. Peirce (his second wife) ; Henrietta, m. Artemas Locke, Jr. (par. 32) ; Hannah Munroe, m. Samuel F. Woodbridge, 5 Apr. 1843; William Porter ; Frederick James. See Locke Book. 23. Samuel, s. of Francis (8), styled 2d. His wid., Betsey, d. 13 Nov. 1841, a. 62. Had two sons. See Book of the Lockes. 24. Peter, s. of Francis (8), m. Elizabeth Allen, 20, Dec. 1810. He d. 2 Mar. 1827, a. 38. Had Charles Damon, bap. 12 Apr. 1813; Hannah Maria Whittemore, bap. 12 Apr. 1813, m. John B. Perry, 23 Aug. 1835; Francis Davis, bap. 5 Mar. 1815, d. 26 May, 1815, a. 3 mos. ; Elizabeth Allen, bap. 14 July, 1816, m. Life Farmer, 1 Nov. 1835. Elizabeth, w. of Peter, was adm. Pet. ch. 19 Mar. 1820. See Book of the Lockes. 25. Aarox, s. of Francis (8), and w. Nancy, had here Martha Davis, d. 9 Nov. 1817, a. 16 mos. (g. s.) — see Locke Book ; Wi/mcm, 623. (Aaron Locke d. 29 May, 1867, a. 76.) 26. Davis, s. of Francis (8) — then from Medford — had child, d. here — Nov. 1841. Davis and Hannah Russell were m. here 13 Jan. 1817. (Davis Locke d. 21 Sept. 1869, a. 74.) 27. Nathan, s. of Nathan (13), m. Hephzibah Jones, at Boston, 31 Nov. 1831. He d. May, 1840, a. 38, and Mrs. Hephzibah W., his wid., m. John Jarvis, intention of marriage here 23 Apr. 1843. 28. Jonathan (s. of Jonathan, s. of James, s. of William — of Woburn — see Locke Book, p. 71), m. Mary Frost, 3 Jan. 1775. He o. c. here 22 Oct. 1775, and, a?t. 27, and "late Woburn," was adm. Pet. ch. and bap. 12 Apr. 1778. Styled Jr., had 3Iary, b. 9 Apr., bap. here 22 Oct. 1775; and Jonathan — of Jonathan, Watertown — bap. here 24 May, 1778. Jonathan Locke, Edward Richard's Co., Thos. Poor's Regt., service on North River fi-om June, 1778, to Mar. 1779. Roll sworn to at Watertown. (Mass. Eolls.) See Wyman, 623. 29. James, brother of Jonathan (28), had dau. Sally, m. here Jo- seph Deane, of Medford, 1 Jan. 1807. James, a private, Wm. Adams's Co., Thatcher's Regt., 1776; was in John Walton's Co. in camp 31 Oct. 1776; was out 3 mos. to 1 June, 1776, Walton's Co.,- Brooks's Regt.; discharged 228 miles from home. James, a corp. (per Paige, 428). 30. JosiAii, brother of Jonathan (28), had son Josiah, who m. Susanna Frost, 30 Jan. 1803, and o. c. and was baj^. Pet. ch. 8 Jan. 1804; JosiAH, Jr., had here Susanna Broion, bap. 8 Jan. 1804; Elizabeth, bap. 1 June, 1805 (of Wob.), m. Samuel Smith, 20 May, 1824; Cherry Adams, bap. 29 Mar. 1807, and adm. Pet. ch. 23 June, 1822, m. Varnum P. Shattuck, of Chas., 18 Jan. 1827; Mary, bap. 17 July, 1808, m. Edward Fowle, of Wob.; Josiah, d. 10 (11) Oct. 25 274 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1810, a 2 mos. (7 wks. g. s.) ; Louisa, bap. 3 Nov. 1811, m. Jeduthim Fowle. of Wob. ; Rebecca Ann, baj). 12 Sept. 1813, m. Earl Wyman, of Wob.; Frances i^ros<, bap.,21 Apr. 1816 (d. 18 Dec. 1835, a. 20); Lucy Frost, bap. 24 May, 1818, m. Jotham Hill, of Woburn. Josiah the father (Capt. of Woburn) d. 21 Aug. 1818, a. 42 or 38. Susanna (widow), dism. from Pet. ch. to the 1st ch. in Woburn, 28 June, 1828. She m. Henry Gardner, of Woburn, 7 Oct. 1834, who d. 25 Sept. 1837, a. 50. She d. 1 Feb. 1840, a. 61. (Capt. Josiah Locke, her husband, was drowned while haying in Medford, aged 38 — Woburn Records.) See Wyman, 623, for father. 31. Asa, s. of Josiah, Sen. (30), had Elbridge G., who m. Eliza B. Cutter (15 May, 1832) — Cutter (par. 71); Almira W., who m. Hiram Andrews; Betsey R., m. Timothy Eaton; had also Lydia ; Josiah; Asa; Daniel Wyman ; Lucy Gardner, m. William Adams. The wife of Asa the father was Lucy Wyman, dau. of Daniel Wy- man of Woburn. See Book of the Lockes. 32. Artemas, brother of Asa (31), m. Ruth Butterfield, 25 Apr. 1816. A child of his, d. 16 Sept. 1825, a. 2 yrs. Had also Artemas, m. Henrietta Locke (par. 22) ; Helen E., m. Rev. Horace Welling- ton; ilfaria, m. Lewis P. Bartlett; Lorenzo; Benjamin; Adelaide; Henry Josiah. See Locke Book. 33. MiCAJAH, brother of Asa (31), m. Elmira Russell, 20 Sept. 1812. He resided in Lexington, in the house now occupied by Frank- lin Alderman, near Arlington line, and had a large family. See Book of the Lockes. 34. Alfred, brother of Asa (31), m. Anna D. Peirce, 14 Apr. 1814. Had ^//>e6?, bap. 8 Jan. 1815; William, bap. 6 June, 1819. Anna D., w. of Alfred, d. 20 Dec. 1822, a. 31. Alfred the fath- er d. 21 Dec. 1825, a. 32. See Wyman, 623. 35. Jonathan, bi-other of Asa (31), m. (he, of Woburn) Eliza- beth Russell, 5 Mar. 1816. Had Lydia Ann; Elizabeth Richardson, m. Daniel Fifield (both Woburn); Adeline Matilda, m. Daniel W. Locke ; Jonathan Oliver ; Harriet Ann ; Varnum P. ; Mary G. ; Sarah M. ; Frances L. and others. 36. Abraham, of St. George's (now Warren, Me.j, m. Hannah Locke, 20 June, 1776 (see par. 3). He was son of Daniel and Mary Locke, and b. at Acton, 31 June, 1752 {Daniel,* Daniel,^ William,^ William^). Abraham Locke, of George's, appears on the rolls of the Provincial Army during the Revolution. 37. Bezaleel (not of W. Camb.), m. Catharine Learned, 13 Oct. 1796. He was a native of Southboro'. See Locke Book, 109, &.c. 38. Lydia, and Emery Whitney, of Lexington, m. here 29 May, 1817. See Locke Book, p. 74. George, d. 1 July, 1796, a. 8 yrs. LOMBARD, Esther, w. of N. K., d. 26 Oct. 1841, a. 55. Dau. of Ammi Cutter — Cutter (par, 20). LOPOS (otherwise Lopus, Lopous, Lopez), John, of Woburn, m. Catherine AVilsou of Camb., 6 Nov. 1760. Had Catherine, b. 27, bap. 31 Oct. 1762; John, b. 30 Jan., bap. 3 Feb. 1765; Andrew, b. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 275 10. bap. 15 June, 1766; Nathan,}). 17, bap. (privately— sick) 26 June, 1768, d. 28 June, 1768, a. 11 days; Sarah, b. 26 Feb., bap. 4 Mar. 1770; Ruth, b. 7, bap. 12 Dec. 1773; Samuel, h. 4, bap. 11 Aug. 1776. A son of John, expired at the birth, , 1761. Mr. John d. 1 Sept. 1793, a. 70. See Wyman's Chs., 628 — name " Lo- ■pans" for possible mention of two of this group. LORD, Maria Eunice, m. Dr. Timotliy Wellington, 17 Oct. 1813 (She was b. at Berwick, 5 June, 1773.) LORING, Richard, and Elizabeth Rand, both of Camb., m. 9 Nov. 1780 — fee a silver dollar. See Wyman, 631. LOTTRIDGE, Elizabeth, of Boston, m. Ephraim Frost, 3d, of Camb., 14 July, 1793. Lucretia, d. 11 Jan. 1801, a. 21. LUCAS (or LucJds), Henry, of Boston, m. Martha Cutter, 12 Feb. 1767. Martha — '■'•unhappy ivife of John " — d. "of grief," 7 June, 1772, a. 30. See Cutter (par. 16). Henry and John are prob. the same person. MACCORLY (or Maccarty), John, a^t. 8, bap. (on Wid. Elizabeth Swan's account) 25 Dec. 1757. MACKIE, Sally, d. 17 Nov. 1807, a. 57. MALLET or MULLETT, Anne— living at Mrs. Hutchinson's, Charlestown — adm. Pet. ch. 19 Jan. 1755. 2. Ephrai.m (late Charlestown — buried here), d. 10 Mar. 1776. Mallet — see Wyman's Chs., 649. 3. Ephraim, of Charlestown, son of Ephraim (2), m. Mercy Cook of Camb., 28 May, 1782. Ephraim, a soldier of the Revolu- tion — see Wyman, 649. 4. Josiah, d. here 6 Oct. 1739, a. 70. 5. John, had w. Lydia, who o. c. Pet. ch. 29 Feb. 1742. Mullet — he m. Lydia Warren, 1738 — Wi/man, 693. He, adult, vet. 30, was bap. here 28 Feb. 1742. Had Lydia, bap. 28 Feb. 1742, m. Daniel Cooper (she of Charlestown, this Pet.), 9 May, 1764 — Widoio Lydia Cooper, at her father Mullet's, d. 4 Dec. 1777, a. 39 ; Mary, b. 13 Aug., bap. 5 Sept. 1742, m. (she of Chas.) Samuel Gookin of Camb., 22 Dec. 1761 ; Elizabeth, jet. 18, or aged 19 (prob. a dau. of John) o. c. and was bap. here 11 Apr. 1762, m. Daniel Bay- ley, 28 Mar. 1776; John, Jr., at Joseph Russell's, d. 15 Oct. 1762, a. 17 yrs. ; a child, b. 7 July, 1749, d. 3 Jan. 1750, a. 6 mos. ; an infant, d. 18 Oct. 1751, a. 3 weeks; a dau., b. 12 Sept. 1754; twin children, b. 28 Jan. 1756, one of which d. (25) Jan. 1756, a. 1 hour, and the other was stillborn. John was a soldier in the French War. See Wyman, 693. 6. Robert — prob. gr.-s. of John (5), see Wyman, 693 — had son, d. , 1799, a. 5 mos. Sarah, d. 19 Apr. 1814, a. 41 — dau. of Robert, son of John (5) — see Wyman. Ruthy, d. 19 Nov. 1822, a. , 44 — wife of Robert (6) ? — see Wyman, 693. William, d. 9 June, 1838, a. 32. Robert, same as (6)?, m. Margaret Fowle of Chas., 9 Auir. 1825. 27 G HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. MANN, William, m. Susan Bemis, 24 Jan. 1813. "William (adult, bap. 10 Oct. 1813), o. c. Oct. 1813. Had Susan Emeline, bap. 10 Oct. 1813. MARSH, Mansur W., had Charles Files, bap. 18 Oct. 1835. MARSTON, Ward, and Mary Ann E. V. Webber, of Charlestown, m. 14 Apr. 1826. MASON, Rachel, set. 18 — brought up at Jason Dunster's — o. c. and bap. 14 Feb. 1762, m. Francis Withington, 6 Jan. 1763. Ruth, adult, set. 18, living at Jonathan Cutter's, bap. 25 May, 1766. Melli- CENT, of Lexington, m. Robert Bull of Camb., 7 Oct. 1771. Lucy, m. Samuel Childs, of Camb., First Pet., 8 July, 1779. Nehe- MiAii and Lydia Cutter, intention Camb., 23 Sept. 1803. Dau, of Jonas — see Cutter (par. 23). See Paige, 608, &c. MATTHEWS, Miss Ruth (at James Brown's), d.. 30 Oct. 1841, a. 21. IMAYNARD, Dr. Elias, of Dunstable, N. H., and Mrs. Joanna Shaw, of Lexington, m. 10 Feb. 1806. McINTIRE, child of , d. 1825, a. 2 yrs. (Charles Mack- intire, an original member of Baptist Church, 1817.) McLENNAN, Isabella, m. William T. Robinson, 6 June, 1836. MEAD, Benjamin, of Medford, m. Susanna Collins, of Camb., 26 Feb. 1781. Clarissa and Nathaniel Harrington, of Lexington, m. 30 Nov. 1815. Samuel 0., of Boston, m. Mary Maria Dix Welling- ton, of W. Camb.. 27 June, 1822; Samuel 0.,had Henry Oliver, bap. here 18 Nov. 1838. Israel, d. 29 Dec. 1835, a. 84. John P. Duncklee [see Wyman's Chas., 311] erected a stone, 1797, here in memory of his sister Sarah Mead, who d. 1 June, 1794, a. 37. MEEK, Lydia, of Salem, m. John Wilson, of Camb., 31 Mar. 1793. MERRIAM, Julia Ann, of Lexington, m. Rev. Caleb Stetson, of Medford, 22 Aug. 1827. MILES, Elizabeth, of Concord, m. Jonathan Robbins, 7 July, 1774. Mary, of Camb., m. William Todd, Jr., late Boston, 7 Apr. 1776. MILLER, James, had child, b. — Nov. 1760, d. soon. Hezekiah R., m. Mary Reed, of Charlestown this district, 12 Mar. 1809. See Wyman, 670, 674. MIXER, Josiah, of Waltham, m. Lydia Perry, 29 Nov. 1773. Mrs. Lydia d. 5 Nov. 1799, a. 76. MOORE, Thomas, had Benjamin, b. 25, bap. 29 Mar. 1741 ; Sa- rah, b. 6, bap. 8 Dec. 1745. Thomas, s. of Thomas, d. 22 July, 1743, a. 18. Mrs. , at Joseph Robbins's — d. 9 Sept. 1751, a. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 277 70. Maky, 111. Aaron Cutter, 1 Apr. 1745 — Cutter (par. 17). Abigail, m. Henry Duuster, Jr.. 27 Apr. 1748. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Robbins, 1 May, 1746. Haxxah, m. Samuel Switcher, of Athol, 24 Oct. 1792. Haxnah, m. Uela Greenwood, 30 Apr. 1826. MORRILL, Elizabeth, d. 20 Feb. 1824, a. 35. Ava, m. Alice Parker, 30 Nov. 1826. MORSE, Mrs.— dau. of Joel Tufts, d. 4 July, 1842. MORTON, Philander (stranger), d. 7 Mar. 1826, a. 22. MOTT, Joseph B., m. Sarah A. Greenleaf, 1 Jan. 1836; Sarah A. G., wife of Joseph — Gharhstoion End— A. 30 Nov. 1836, a. 28. Joseph B., m. Mrs. Susan Wynian, 27 Jan. 1841. (Joseph B. Mott d. 10 Dec. 1857, a. 48. Susan Mott d. 19 Nov. 1870, a. 75.) MULLET or MULLETT. See MALLET. MUNROE, Abigail— of Concord- adm. Pet. ch. 8 Nov. 1741. Philip, of Lexington, had P//?'/?/*, bap. here 26 Aug. 1753; Mary (perluips of same), bap. here 7 Oct. 1753. Isaac, had child, b. ■ 1779 (see Locke Book, 125?). Isaac, belonged to the Baptist Society in Camb. N. W. Pet. 21 July, 1787. [Deacon of Baptist ch. at Menotomy — per Locke Book, 67.] See Wyman, 682; Locke Book. Isaac, d. 12 Apr. 1806, a. 45 — son of foregoing Isaac — see Locke Book, 125.^ Isaac's child, d. 24 Apr. 1808, a. 2 — see Locke Book, 125. Abigail, d. 5 Mar. 1809, a. 45, wife of Isaac who d. 1806 (see Locke Book). Rebecca, of Lexington, m. Jonathan Whittemore, of Camb., 1 Feb. 1795. Rebecca, of Lexington, m. Ichabod Fessenden, of Camb., 7 June, 1795. Abigail, m. Joseph Locke, Jr., 24 June, 1801. Sally, m. John Davis, of Charlestown, 16 Feb. 1800. Dau. of Isaac (Dea.). See Wyman, 682; Locke Book, 67. MUZZEY or MUZZY, William, of Lexington, m. Lydia Reed, of Charlestown, this Pet., 29 Nov. 1764. See Wyman, 695. Miss 1 Isaac Mimroe, s. of Isaac and Abigail, andgr.-s. of Dea. Isaac, ofMeuotomy, was born 26 April, 178o ; married Emily Wheeler, of New Ipswich, N. H., 28 October, 1807. He was a printer, and was of the tirm of Munroe & French, publishers of the Boston Patriot, established 1809. In 1812 he removed to Bal- timore, ild., and was associated in publishing the Baltimore Patriot, which sup- ported Mr. Madison's administration and the war of 1812, and was an influen- tial journal for half a century. He Avas a volunteer in the Artillerj^ Company of Fenciblcs, commanded by Chief- Justice Nicholson, at the time of the attack on Baltimore by the British in 1814, and was stationed at Fort McHenry. He was appoiiTted by Gov. Sprigg one of his staff. He was an influential man in Bal- timore, and was at one time named as a candidate for Governor of Maryland, but declined the nomination. His parents both dying, leaving a large family of young children, he became a second father to them, and gave them a good edu- cation. [His brother Henry was killed on board theU. S. frigate Chesapeake, in her sanguinary battle with the British frigate Shannon, off Boston Harbor, June, 1813. Another brother, Charles, was a lieutenant in the 4th U. S. Infan- try, which did good service in many of the battles on the northern frontier, in the above war. He was a brave and gallant officer. Others of this family be- came famous. — See Locke Book, 125, &c.] — J. B. Russell, 25* 278 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Esther, d. 10 Oct. 1788, a. 53. Elmika, and Charles Reed of Lexington, m. 23 Oct. 1817. See Paige, 615. NACK, William— stranger— d. 20 July, 1813, a. 21. NASON, Jacob, d. 16 Apr. 1812, a. 45. He m. Rlioda Whitte- more. Rhoda, w. of Jacob, o. c. Pet. cli. 4 Apr. 1802. She was adm. same ch, 28 Aug. 1803. Had Jacob Hartshorn, bap. 4 Apr. 1802, d. 8 Sept. 1802, a. 6; Rhoda Whittemore, bap. 4 Apr. 1802, m. Steijhen Emory, Esq., 8 Apr. 1816; Lydia Whittemore, bap. 4 Apr. 1802, d. 5 Sept. 1802, a. 2; Jacob, bap. 24 Oct. 1802, d. 10 Feb. 1807, a. 4; Lydia Clementine Whittemore, bap. 22 July, 1804; Susan Atm,ha.^. 18 May, 1806; James Bidlard and Catherine Ballard (twms), bap. 17 July, 1808— one of which d. 23 Feb. 1809, a. 6 mos.; Car- oline Whittemore, bap. 12 May, 1811, d. 5 Aug. 1811, a. 1. [Mrs. Rhoda, relict of Jacob Nason, formerly of West Cambridge, died in Orange, 24 Aug. 1857.] 2. " Nathaniel, m. Sally Swan, 20 Oct. 1803. Eliakim, d. 18 May, 1841, a. 75. See Wyman, 696. NEGRO. There have been many negroes in former times in the Precinct. Some were slaves. Negro Boy, d. 5 June, 1791, a. 12 yrs. Thomas, a negro, d. 11 Oct. 1794, a. 80. Mulatto Girl, at the poor-house, d. 14 Jan. 1819, a. 4. NEWELL or NEWHALL, Jacob, m. Elizabeth Hodgkins, 21 Aug. 1766. Fee a crown. Jacob, o. c. here 29 May, 1768, and Jacob, adult, fet. 30, was bap. 5 June, 1768. Had a son, b. 21 June, 1767, d. 5 July, 1767, a. 2 weeks; Elizabeth, b. 21 May, bap. private- ly 5 June, 1768; William, b. 10, bap. 17 Dec. 1769. See Wyman, 704, No. 34. Eliphalet, son of Capt. Newell, of Charlestown, b. 26 Aug., bap. 1 Sept. 1776. See Wyman, 700, No. 13. NICHOLS, Charity E., m. Abijah Cutter, 23 Oct. 1814— Cutter (par. 50). William, and Sally Reed, of Lexington, m. 2 Apr. 1816. William, of Boston, and Louisa Carlisle of W. Camb., m. 9 May, 1826. Mrs. Louisa Carlisle Nichols was buried here 2i Feb. 1842. NILES, John, m. Abigail Frost, 27 Mar. 1803. Abigail d. 20 Sept. 1820, a. 37. See Frost (par. 12). NORCROSS, John, m. Peggy Everett, 8 Aug. 1799. NOURSE, Nathan, of Camb., m. Sybil (or Sibbel) Bowman, of Charlestown, 24 Mar. 1803. See Wyman, 712. Mrs. Sybil (Sibil) m. Jonathan Frost, 24 Nov. 1810. See Frost (par. 21). NOTES, Doct. Nathaniel, m.^ Lydia Whittemore, 18 May, 1819. Nathaniel (Dr.) d. 29 Mar. 1823, a. 79. He was b. Boston 20 Dec. 1743, grad. H. U. 1763, and was a druggist of Boston, where his old apothecary shop is lately renewed by William Read as a gun store GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 279 (Shiirtleff, Top. 8^ Hist. Desc. Boston, 404) ; he m. first, Mary Anna Phillil)s (see Bond's Wat. 880), who d. 20 Apr. 1791,bemgm. by the Rev. Samuel Cooper, Boston, 21 Nov. 1771. His father Belcher Noyes [II. U. 1727], d. 21 Nov. 1785, s. of Oliver Noyes [II. U. 1G95]. Ann Belcher, b. 1684, a sister of Gov. Belcher, m. Oliver Noyes, prob. the parents of Belcher Noyes {N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. xxvii. 240). His mother, Ann Williams, dau. of Nathaniel and Ann Williams, m. Belcher Noyes. 3 Mar. 1736, d. 3 Apr. \1%Q.— Letter of Miss Lydia C. W. Nason, Athol, Mass., 1872. He had a second wife, Rebecca, who d. W. Camb. 9 Sept. 1818.' His wid. d. 21 Sept. 1863, a. 91. NUTTING, AbiCxAIL (widow), o. c. Pet. ch. 11 June, 1749. Wid. Abigail had Abigail, hn\). — privately — 11 June, 1749, d. 16 July, 1749, a. 2 yrs. Abigail m. Adino Carter, of Woburn, 12 Feb. 1756. OSBORN (sometimes Ozoorn), Thomas, bap. by the Rev. John Hancock, of Lexington, here 1 Apr. 1733, "and this was the first child baptized in the congregation at the school-house at Menotomy." — Rev. John Hancock. The same gentleman bap. here Mehcy Os- BORX. 13 Apr. 1735. These before the church organization was ac- complished. 2. Abraha^i, who was a sergeant from Cambridge in the French War, was prob. the Abraham who o. c. Pet. ch. 16 Oct. 1757, and had Elizabetk, b. 14 Sept., bap. 16 Oct. 1757, m. William Eaton, of Reading, 1 Jan. 1781 ; Ahrahain — of Abraham, of Charlestown, de- ceased — bap. here 8 July, 1759. Elizabeth, of Chas. this Pet., wid. of Abraham (2), m. Nathan Champney, of Camb., 23 June, 1760. See Wyman, 716, 717. Timothy, m. Mary Wilson, of Boston, 29 Nov. 1827. OTIS, James, a pewholder here, 1805. See Wyman, 719. PACKARD, Hannah, m. Nehemiah Cutter, Jr., 24 Nov. 1808, Camb. See Cutter (par. 66). PAGE, Hephzibah, of Hampton — at Capt. Carteret's — d. 5 Aug. 1765, a. 29. Niece of Mrs. Carteret, and gr.-dau. of Jonathan Duns- ter (par. 1), and dau. of Rev. Solomon Page [H. U. 1729], 0|f Hamp- ton, N. H. See the Dunster Descendants (by S. Dunsterj, p. 27; Wyman, 720. Timothy, of Bedford, m. Margaret Wellington, of Camb., 12 June, 1766. PALMER, Stephen, Jr. — Camb. — had Sarah, bap. in this Pet. 30 July, 1775; Polly, m. Samuel Frost Wyman, 10 Nov. 1796; Eu- 1 Sept. 20, 1804. Deed mentions Nathaniel Noyes of Boston, Gentleman, and Rebecca, his Avife. May 25, 1807. Deed of Nath' and Rebecca, of land purchased by my late grandfather Oliver Noyes, Esq. Nov. 15, 1815. Deed of Nath' and Rebecca.— J. N. M. 280 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. nice, m. Epliraim Cook, 3d, 7 May^ 1807. Joshua, bro. of Stephen (1), m. Mara Cooper, 23 May, 1791. See Paige, 621; Wijman, 725. Pamelia a., m. William L. Clark, 17 May, 1840. PARK, and PARKS, Dolly, m. Benjamin Putnam, 21 Aug. 1803. Emerson, had Henry, d. 29 July, 1835, a. 14; ^//>W, bap. 28 Nov. 1824; Sarah Ann, bap. 1 Oct. 1826. Emerson was chosen deacon of the ch. (provisionally) 8 Apr. 1841. PARKER, Ebenezer, of Stoneham. m. Anna Williams, of Camb., 25 Oct. 1749 — fee 20s. Anna — late Williams — was dism. from this ch. "to Stoneham," 7 Apr. 1754. Henry, of Woburn, m. Abigail Hutchinson, of Charlestowu, 28 May, 1807. See Wyman, 728. John, of Brighton, m. Harriet Maria Green, 6 May, 1813. Lydia, of Lexington, m. Isaac Herrick, of Brighton, 20 July, 1815. Eliza- beth, m. Henry Swan, 27 Aug. 1815. Alice, d. 24 Feb. 1817, a. 51. Rebecca, of Harvard, m. James Cutter, Sen. (par. 21), of W. Camb., 29 Aug. 1819. Alice, m. Ava Morrill, 30 Nov. 1826. Da- vid, d. 27 Mar. 1838, a. 77. PATTEE, , mother of Jesse, d. 5 Oct. 1837, a. 67. PATTEN, Hannah, d. 16 Sept. 1739, a. 50. Widow, d. 11 Aug. 1747, a. 78. William, d. 19 July, 1805, a. 21. See Paige, 624. PATTERSON, Sally, m. Ebenezer Putnam, 25 Apr. 1806. Mr. , had dau. d. 26 Dec. 1839, a. 1, and dau. d. 8 Jan. 1840, a. 5. PAYNE, Daniel, d. 1 Jan. 1777, a. 82; the wife of Daniel d. 23 Feb. 1766, a. 63. Susanna, dau. of Daniel, was adm. Pet. ch. 18 Oct. 1761, prob. the Susanna who m. John Wilson. Jr., 10 Oct. 1765; Keziah, dau. of Daniel, was adm. Pet. ch. 30 Mar. 1766; Hannah, m. William Robbins, Jr., 5 Mar. 1767; Ruth, m. Jason Belknap, 9 Jan. 1770. See Wyman, 1'2'2, for Daniel the father; his wife was Hannah Belknap, m. about , 1730, per Wyman. PAYSON, Samuel, had George Henrij, bap. in private 2 Mar. 1807, prob. child of Samuel, d. 4 Mar. 1807, a. 1 ; a child, d. 23 Feb. 1810. a. 1 mo.; Caroline Amelia, bap. 29 May, 1814, d. 16 July, 1815, a. 2. ' PEARCLY, William, and Mrs. Mary H. Lewis, both Camb., m. 7 Dec. 1838. PEAVY, Mrs. , "by poison supposed," — d. 27 Aug. 1842, a. 27. PEIRCE, Mary, of Charlestown, ni. Benjamin Locke of Camb., 2 Aug. 1757. Benjamin, of Lexington, m. Elizabeth Symmes, of Camb., 28 Mar. 1771. Solomon, from ch. in Lexhigton, was adm. Pet. ch., with wife Amity, 15 June, 1788. (She was Amity Fessen- den — see Bond's Wat., 395.) Amity, d. 18 Feb. 1811, a. 68. Solo- mon, d. 16 Oct. 1821, a. 79. Capt. Solomon Peirce was a Pet. com- GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 281 mitteeman, 1794, '95. Bktsey. m. Amos Russell, 20 Dec. 1793. Samukl, m. Sophia Stetlraan, 20 Mar. 179G. Lucy, m. Josiah Dit- son, of Boston, 5 Apr. 1797. 2. AuNER, had a child, d. 26 Sept. 1796, a. 2; Abner, bap. 4 Mar. 1798; Harriet, bap. 4 Mar. 1798, d. 7 July, 1809, a. 16; Larkin, bap. 20 May, 1798, d. 12 July, 1801, a. 3; Lucy, bap. 31 July, 1803. Grack, wife of Abner, of Lexington, d. here 27 Aug. 1842, a. 72. [He m. Grace Harrington, 22 July, 1793. — Leximjton Records.'] 3. Thaddeus, m. Lucy Learned, 2 Sept. 1804. Thaddeus o. c. here 19 May, 1805, and had Lucy, bap. 19 May, 1805. 4. Jonas, and w. Lydia, and Lydia, daughter, o. c. 20 Oct. 1805; and Lydia, wife of Jonas, Anna Dummer, Jonas, George, Roxa, Ehenezer Prentice (d. 20 Apr. 1870, a. 67) and Sarah Prentice, child- ren of Jonas, were all bap. 20 Oct. 1805; had also TJiomas Perkins, bap. 15 June, 1806; John Appleton Prentiss, bap. 27 May, 1810; Amanda, bap. 20 May, 1813; Elizabeth Melinda, bap. 29 Sept. 1816. JoxAS the father and w. Ly'dia were adm. Pet. ch. 28 Aug. 1808; Anna Dummer was adm. do. 28 June, 1812, and m. Alfred Locke, 14 Apr. 1814; Roxa m. Alfred Brooks, of Lincoln, 30 Sept. 1821; Sarah P. m. Daniel Grant, 29 Aug. 1824; Elizabeth 3Minda m. Thomas Ramsdell, 24 Nov. 1836. Jonas the father was Precinct assessor 1805-07. He was s. of Solomon, from Lexington (par. 1), who was wounded at Lexington Battle. 5. John, m. Mary Ash, 19 May, 1811. John's child, d. 13 Aug. 1813, a. 9 mos. 6. Abner, s. of Abner (2), had Harriet Ann, bap. 19 Mar. 1820, d. (buried here) 16 June, 1842, a. 22, unm. ; Abner Gorham, bap. 1 July, 1821 ; Sarah Louisa, bap. 27 July, 1823. Abner m. Eliza Tufts, 2 Nov. 1826. Sarah C, d. 27 May, "1824, a. 25 (wife?). 7. Jonas, s. of Jonas (4), m. Mary T. Livingston, of Charles- town, 4 ]\ray, 1817. Jonas. Jr., and w. Mary, o. c. 28 Sept. 1823, and had Jonas Lorenzo, James Adams and Mary Emma, all bap. 28 Sept. 1823. Jonas the father d. 10 Sept. 1840, a. about 46, and Jane Maria, dau. of late Jonas, d. 31 May, 1842, a. 7. 8. George, s. of Jonas (4), m. Harriet Russell, 29 Mar. 1819. George and w. Harriet o. c. 19 Nov. 1820. Harriet, adult, and Harriet Ann, (^2iw.. oi George, were both bap. 19 Nov. 1820; had also Ehnira, bap. 3 Nov. 1822, and Louim, bap. 26 Sept. 1824. Harriet A. m. Lemuel Pitts, of Charlestown, 7 Mar. 1839. Ehnira m. William W. Cotting, 22 Dec. 1840. 9. Thomas P., s. of Jonas (4), had George W., d. 25 June, 1837, a. 5 weeks. He m. Emeline and Harriet Locke {Locke Book, 286). 10. John A. P., s. of Jonas (4), m. Mary A. Locke {Locke Book, 282). J. Winslow and Warren A. Peirce are his sons. 11. Abel, of Charlestown, m. Ehnira (or Almira) Russell, of W. Camb., 4 Apr. 1822. PLlmira, w. of Abel, Jr., Charlestown, was adm. Pet. ch. 6 Aug. 1826, and the same was dism. thence to the 1st ch. in Woburn, 28 June, 1828. Almira, wife of Abel, Charlestown, d. — Oct. 1836, a. about 30. 282 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 12. Samuel, of Wilmington, m. Elizabeth Hovey, of W. Camb., 22 Aug. 1813. Washington, of Weston, m. Hannah Kendall, of W. Camb., 30 Mar. 1820. Abijah, of Winchendon, m. Mary Pren- tiss, 3 Sept. 1826. Nathaniel, and Abigail Wellington, of Lexing- ton, m. 25 Nov, 1827. PENNY, Samuel, d. 30 June, 1826, a. 33. PERKINS, Lathrop, m. Anna Frost, 16 Apr. 1809. A child of Latiirop, d. , 1825, a. 3 yrs. Hannah, m. Robert Emerson, 17 Nov. 1836. PERRY, Mercy, widow, adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. 23 June, 1748, a. 78. John Perry, had land at Cambridge Rocks, 1706-7. — Proprietors' Records. 2. Ebenezer, had Ahijah, b. (14), bap. 3 Oct. 1 742. 3. James, had Lydia, b. 19, bap. 26 June, 1743, m. Ephraim Frost, 3d, 6 June, 1765; Ruth, b. 24 (Sept.), bap. 27 Oct. 1745, d. 8 Jan. 1750, a. 5; Mercy, b. 17, bap. 31 Jan. 1748, m. William Hill, 3 Dec. 1767; James, b. 1 May, 1750; Ruth, b. 10 Oct. 1752, m. John Adams, 2 Dec. 1773; Jolin, b. 9 Dec. 1754, bap. 19 Jan. 1755; Jonathan, b. 4, bap. 13 Mar. 1757 ; Elizabeth, bap. 22 Apr. 1759 ; Joseph, b. 8, bap. 28 Aug. 1763; jBe?yam»2, b. 30 June, bap. 18 Sept. 1768. Lydia, w. of James, was adm. Pet. ch. 23 Apr. 1 769. James d. of a lethargy, 30 May, 1771, a. 60. James Perry and Lydia Tufts were m. 14 Oct. 1742 — Charlestown Records. See Wyman, 739, Nos. (4) (10). She may be the Lydia, who m. Josiah Mixer, of Waltham, 1773 (see par. 10). James Perry was Precinct collector in 1770. 4. James, s. of James (3), m. Sarah Adams, Jr., 19 Oct. 1773. James and w. Sarah were adm. Pet. ch. 15 May, 1774. Had James, b. 5, bap. 7 Aug. 1774; Sarah, b. 12, bap. 24 Mar. 1776, d. 31 May, 1783, a. 7; Lydia, b. 16, bap. 17 May, 1778, m. Samuel Whittemore, 3d, 22 May, 1796. James the father was a Corporal in the Revo- lutionary Army (see Paige, 428). Wid. Sarah — " Ah! just upon a second marriage " — d. 19 July, 1780, a. 24. 5. John, s. of James (3), and , wife of John, o. c. Pet. ch. 25 Feb. 1776. Had Lydia, b. 14 July, 1775, bap. 25 Feb. 1776. 6. Jonathan, s. of James (3), m. Betty Hill, 29 June, 1780. Jonathan and w. Betty, or Bette, were adm. Pet. ch. 6 Jan. 1782. Had Jonathan, b. 5, bap. 10 Mar. 1782; Ruthy, bap. 29 Nov. 1789; Lois, bap. 19 Feb. 1792; Po%, bap. 4 May,' 1794; Charles, bap. 4 Dec. 1796. Jonathan and his wife were dism. from this ch. "to the ch. in Dublin," 4 Nov. 1798. He was a Pet. assessor here in 1793; Pet. collector, 1783, '90, '91. 7. Joseph, s. of James (3), d. 19 May, 1803, a. 39. See Wymayi, 739. 8. James, s. of James (4), m. Rebecca Brown, of Lexington, 10 June, 1798. James o. c. 5 May, 1799, and had James, bap. o May, 1799, d. 11 Mar. 1813, a. 14; Sally, bap. 8 Mar. 1801; Re- becca, bap. 15 Sept. 1805, m. Samuel AVhitney, of Boston, 2 Sept. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 283 1824; Mary Ann, bap. 24 July, 1808, m. James Brown, of Camb., 5 May, 1825; Eveline, bap. 19 Oct. 1817, m. Edwin Locke, 24 Mar. 1842. James the father d. 1 Nov. 1828, a. 54. 9. John, m. Mary Locke, 29 Jan. 1809, and had John B., who m. Hannah ^Nlaria W. Locke, 23 Aug. 1835 — Hannah Maria, wife of John B., d. 10 Feb. 1842, a. 29. Had also Joseph; Mary, m. Thomas Russell; Maria P., m. Paul Dodge. Capt. John the father d. 31 Oct. 1837, a. 57. 10. Anna, m. George Douglass, 2 Sept. 1773, dau. (?) of James (3) — see Wyman, 739. Lydia, m. Josiah Mixer, of Waltham, 29 Nov. 1773 (see par. 3). Mrs. Mercy, d. 26 Oct. 1793, a. 85. Mrs. Amy, d. 6 Sept. 1805, a. 41. (See Bond's Wat., 403, 872, for pos- sible reference.) PHELPS, Hannah, m. John Adams, 6 July, 1786, Camb. PIHLBRICK, Newell, of Charlestown, and Mart Philbrick, of Boston, m. 7 Nov. 1835. PHILLIPS, John, of Camb., m. Lydia Kemp, of Westford, 18 May, 1764. John, o. c. Pet. ch. 9 July, 1769. Had John, b. 25 June, bap. 9 July, 1769; Aaron, b. 14, bap. 16 June, 1771. 2. Thomas, had Mary, b. 26 Apr , bap. 3 May, 1772, d. — Sept. 1772, a. 5 mos. ; and a dau., d. 22 Oct.1772, a. 3 yrs. Lydia, of Camb., m. James Winship, of Lexington, 15 Apr. 1762. Miss Betsey', d. 18 Aug. 1802, a. 20. Mason, m. Lydia Whittemore, 29 Jan. 1826. PIERCE. See PEIRCE. PIERPONT, Mary, of Camb., m. Thomas Wybert, of Boston, 27 Jan. 1776. PILKINGTON, Mary Ann Felloavs, o. c. (Fiske) 28 July, 1821; had chil. Georgianna Amory, a. 4 yrs., Caroline Weston, a. 2 yrs., and Mary Bethune, a. 2 mos., all bap. 29) July, 1821. PINKERTON, Archibald, d. 13 Jan. 1837, a. 42. Thomas, had child, d. 24 Oct. 1840. PIPER, infant, from Mrs. Piper's, d. — Jan. 1761. Thomas, s. of Nathaniel, b. 25, hap. 30 May, 1762; prob. the nurse child at Budge's — from Medford— -d. 26 July, 1762, a. 3 mos. Benjamin Piper was a Pet. committeeman and assessor in 1781. See Wyman, 764. PITTS, Mary, m. Samuel Fillebrown, 9 Nov. 1775. Lemuel, of Charlestown, m. Harriet A. Peirce of W. Camb., 7 Mar. 1839. PLYMPTON, Shubael, d. 19 June, 1836, a. 41. POLAND, Benjamin, m. Almira Prentiss, 1 Sept. 1836. POLLY, Ruth, of Medford, m. William Swan, 13 Apr. 1743. [William (of Medford), a young man, of a wound in Concord battle, d. Medford, 25 Apr. 1775, funeral in Medford, 26 Apr. 1775.] 284 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Robert, adult — in the army, a^t. 22, bom in Medford — bap. here 14 Apr, 1776. Robert (in the army), Medford, had Anna, bap. here 5 May, 1776. Robert, of Medford, had Jane, bap. here 21 Dec. 1777. Family at Charlestown with sm.-pox 1788 — Wyman, 765. . POMROY, Robert, of Bedford, m. Elizabeth Hassell of Chas. this Pet. 27 Nov. 1740. See Wyman, 765. POOL, SciPio, of Medford, m. Rose Cutler of Camb., 1 Sept. 1768. They were slaves. (For Scipio, see Hist. Medf. 438.) Mary, of Boston, m. Daniel Locke, of Northumberland, Penn., 14 Apr. 1825 (par. 15). PORTER, Phebe, daughter of Samuel, of Hadley, adm. Pet. ch. 6 Sept. 1741. Hannah, m. William Locke, Jr., 20 July, 1806 (par. 22). Elizabeth, d. 12 Feb. 1828, a. 71, James, m. Hannah H. Cutter, 17 Oct. 1839 (par. 55). (Hannah H. C. Porter d. 14 July, 1865, a. 44.) POTTER,' Frederick or Augustus, d. at almshouse, 1 July, 1841, a, 45 or 50. PRATT, Mary, and Amos Blodgett, of Lexington, m. 13 Apr. 1817. PRENTICE and PRENTISS, Ebenezer and w. Sarah, adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Had (Pet. Rec.) Sarah, b, 20, bap. 23 Aug. 1741, m. John Robbins, of Lexington, 14 May, 1761; Solomon, b. 14, bap. 20 May, 1744; George, b. 27 Sept., bap. 4 Oct, 1746; a child, d. 26 Mar. 1750, a. 1 yr. ; twin daus., b. 11 Jan. 1752 — one d. 15 Jan. 1752, a. 5 ds., the other d. 12 Mar. 1752, a. 2 mos. ; a dau. {Love), b. 27 Mar. 1755, m. Moses Hovey, 11 Mar. 1776, Sarah, w. of Ebenezer, d. 10 Nov. 1772 (g. s.). Ebenezer d, 2 Sept. 1790, a. 78 (g. s.). Ephraim Child, at Ebenezer Prentice's, d. 29 Jan. 1772, a. 60, " on the town." The father of Ebenezer (1) was Solomon, s. of Solomon, s. of Henry the emigrant. The wife of Ebenezer was Sarah Peirce of Chas. — Paige ; Wyman, 773. 2. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (1), had infant, stillborn, 26 Sept, 1763 ; another, b. 10 Apr. 1767 — died in the birth. The father m. (1st) Abigail Hovey of Newton, and (2d) Experience Williams {Paige). He d. here 23 Apr. 1803, a. 67. Experience d. 22 Sept. 1810, a. 55. Ebenezer, who d. 23 July, 1796, a, 6; and Miss Eunice, d. 4 Nov. 1798, a. 12, were prob. their children. 3. Solomon, s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Rebecca Frost, 13 Apr. 1775. He d. 23 Jan. 1804, a. 60. Mrs. Rebecca d. 13 Nov. 1798, a. 52. Had Solomon, b. 22, bap. 31 Mar. 1776; Rebecca, b, 9, bap. 21 Sept. 1 Joseph S. Potter, selectman and representative of the town from 1865 to 1868, also a member of the Massachusetts Senate; now (1879) and for some years past United States Consul at Stuttgart, Germany, and well known as a writer and a man of esthetic taste. GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 285 1777: Samuel, b. 13. bap. 25 July, 1779; also Isaac, adult, bap. and o. c. 7 Apr. 1805, Ebenezer, William. — See Paige. 4. George, s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Lydia Hill, 21 June, 1770. He 0. c. here 5 May, 1771. Had Lydia, b. 15 Apr., bap. 5 JMay, 1771, m. Jonas Peirce (see Peiuce) ; Sarah, h. 10, bap. 14 Feb. 1773, d. 5 Mar. 1773, a. 3 wks. ; George, h. (24), bap. 19 May, 1774; Sarah, h. 25 Nov., bap. 17 Dec. 1775, d. unm. — Mar. 1797, a. 21; Ebenezer, b. 29 June, bap. 5 July, 1778, d. 28 July, 1801, a. 23; ■Elizabeth, b. 29 (19, prob.), bap. 24 Sept. 1780, m. Joseph Stearns of Billerica, 11 May, 1828;^ Zcchariah and Rebecca (twins), b. 17, bap. 20 Oct. 1782— the former d. 27 Oct., a. 10 ds., the latter 28 Oct. 1782, a. 11 ds. ; had also Mary, m. Abijah Peirce, of Winchendon, 3 Sept. 1826; Rebecca, m. Ebenezer Warren, 31 JMar, 1811 — Mary and Rebecca o. c. and bap. here 17 Nov. 1805; John (see par. 9); John (?), d. '2-2 Nov. 1795, a. 3; Joseph, killed in N. York — buried here 2 July, 1836, a. 44. George the father d. 6 Oct. 1819, a. 73 (resided at Flob-end). Lydia, his wid., d. 3 Sept. 1822, a. 75. George Pren- tice was a Pet. committeeman, 1787-90, 1797-1805; Pet. assessor nine years; Pet. collector, 1792, 1795-1801, 1806, 1807. 5. Solomon, s. of Solomon (3), m. Elizabeth Wyeth, of Charles- town, 15 Apr. 1803. He o. c. here 29 Apr. 1804. Had James, bap. 29 Apr. 1804; Elizabeth, bap. 16 Mar. 1806, d. 9 Mar. 1818, a. 12; Mary, bap. 14 Feb. 1808, d. 13 Oct. 1809, a. li. Elizabeth (his wiia) d. 20 Feb. 1808, a. 25 (g. s.). Solomon m. wid. P^lizabeth Brooks, 7 Nov. 1813. He d. 6 Oct. 1821, a. 47. Elizabeth, wid. of Solomon, d. 22 Sept. 1839, a. 67. 6. Ebenezer, prob. s. of Solomon (3), d. 17 May, 1839, a. 54. 7. William, prob. s. of Solomon (3), m. Fanny Russell, of Charles- town, 28 Aug. 1808. P>oth o. c. here 2 Aug. 1812, and both were adm. to the ch. 19 Mar. 1820. He and wife and chil, Frances aud Mary were all bap. 2 Aug. 1812 — Frances m. Jesse Buckman, 24 May, 1827. Had also William, bap. 6 June, 1813; Elmira, bap. 21 ^iiij, 1815, m. Benjamin Poland, 1 Sept. 1836; Samuel, bajj. 25 May, 1817; Eliza, bap. 6 June, 1819; James, bap. 5 Nov. 1820; Rebecca, bap. 4 May, 1823; Harriet, h^^)- ^ J^^J' ^^'2b. (William Prentiss, the father, d. 30 Dec. 1845, a. 59; Frances, w. of same, d. 26 Jan. 1871, a. 81.) 8. George, s. of George (4), m. Susanna Adams, 7 June, 1804. Both were adm. Pet. ch. 5 Jan. 1806. Had infant, d. 10 Feb. 1805, a. 1 day; Susanna, bap. 7 Sept. 1806; George, bap. 2 Apr. 1809; Sally, or Sarah, bap. 30 Oct. 1811, m. Albert Winn, 14 Dec. 1837; Lydia, bap. 1 May, 1814; Caroline Austin, bap. 22 Sept. 1816 (d. 9 Sept. 1860, a. 44); Eliza Bradlee, bap. 21 Nov. 1819 (d. 14 July, 1876, a. 56). (George Prentiss d. 13 Julv, 1856, a. 82; Susanna, w. of same, d. 29 June, 1860, a. 82.) * Mrs. Elizabeth Stearns of Billerica — Joseph's wife and daughter of George Prentice — d. 25 Sept. 1835, a. 55. — Damon. 26 286 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 9. John, s. of George (4), m. Sarah C. Hall, 25 May, 1815. John Franklin (same) and Sarah Cutter, his wife, o. c. (and he was bap.) 10 Dec. 1815. John F. had John Jackson, bap. 10 Dec. 1815; Sarah Almina,h3k^. 7 June, 1818; Lydia Hill, and Abigail Hall, both bap. 29 Dec. 1822; a child, d. 7 Feb. 1826, a. 2; Manj, bap. 7 June, 1826; a son, d. 9 Nov. 1828, a. 4 mos. John Franklin the father d. 12 May, 1836, a. 47. 10. Samuel (said to be of Acton, s. of Stephen, of Grafton — see par. 12), m. Lydia Dickson, of Chas. — Paige, 636; Wyman, 114:. Samuel and w. Lydia were adm. Pet. ch. 27 July, 1766. Had son, stillborn, 22 Aug. 1766; a son, b. 16, d. 17 June, 1768, a. 1 day; Ruth Dickson, b. 25, bap. 30 Dec. 1770; an infant, stillborn, 17 Oct. 1773. John and Rebecca — children taken by Samuel Prentice to bring up, and oifered in baptism as his own — baji. 31 May, 1767. 11. Stephen — " Charlestown, adjoining to us" — bro. of Samuel (10), and Mary, w. of Stephen, Charlestoion, were adm. Pet. ch. 28 Jan 1770. Had Mary — of Stephen, Camb. — bap. here 13 May, 1770; Ruth I'eel, bap. here — of Stephen, Chas. — 8 Dec. 1771. See Wyman, 114:. 12. Stephen, of Grafton, m. Esther Cutter of Chas. this Pet. 6 Aug. 1741 — see Cutter (par. 5); Wymayi, 114. Hephzibah, m. Rev. Jacob Foster, of Berwick, 13 Oct. 1756. See Wyman, 115. Mary, m. Elisha Withington, 12 Apr. 1768. Lydia, m. Edward Fillebrown, 23 Aug. 1770. Elizabeth, m. James P'illebrown, 8 June, 1774. Hannah, m. John Warland, 12 Mar. 1776. Beulah, m. Timothy Tufts, Jr., 9 May, 1784, Camb. See Wyman, 776. Mary, of Camb., m. Nahum Richardson, 5 Jan. 1791, See Paige, 634. Abigail, m. Samuel Capen, 14 Oct. 1792. Jonathan C, m. Mary Whittemore of Chas. 14 Aug. 1812, Camb. The two last were sister and brother (see Paige, 634, 635, 636), and the following was their brother. (See Wyman, lib.) 13. Jonas, s. of Nathaniel, of Camb., m. Helen Whittemore, 22 Feb. 1807. Helen, w. of Jonas, was adm. to the ch. 21 June, 1812. Had Letitia Whittemore, bap. 12 May, 1816; Harriet Ware, bap. 7 June, 1818, m. Edwin C. Ray, of Camb., 19 July, 1837. 14. Enos, m. Maria Frost, 25 June, 1809. Maria d. 10 Feb. 1813, a. 19. Enos d. 28 July, 1826, a. 34. See Frost (par. 12). 15. Amos, m. Hannah C. Trask, 23 Sept. 1813. Hannah Cool- IDGE o. c. and was bap. 29 Oct. 1815. Amos had Amos Ebenezer, bap. 29 Oct. 1815. 16. RuTHY, m. Isaac Cowdry, of Reading, 30 Aug. 1795 {Paige, 635). Rebecca, m. Nathan Robbins, 10 Apr. 1803 {Paige, 635). Hannah, d. 26 Aug. 1805, a. 50, supposed {Paige, 633 ; Wyman, lib). Ellis (soldier), d. 18 Mar. 1813, a. 33 {Paige, 635). Susan, adult, bap. here (and o. c.) 4 Aug. 1816. PRICE, Mary, w. of Henry, d. 26 July, 1759, a. 48. PRIEST, Elizabeth, of Waltham, m. John Williams, of Camb., 13 Dec. 1764. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 287 PRINCE, nurse child at Budi^e's— of Boston— d. 6 July, 1749, a. o mos. PUTNAM, infant of INIr. Putxam, buried here, stillborn, o May, 1756. Perhaps the IIkxuy, of Charlestown. who had non Joseph Arcii^. here 30 JMar. 17G0. See Wijman, 11\). [Funeral in Medford, 21 Apr. 1775, of Mr. IIexky Pltnaji, " slain at Menotoniy by the enemy in the retreat from Concord, on the 19th inst. " He was about 70 years old. — Medf. Rec.'\ 2. Eleazer, of Charlestown, and w. Mary, o. c. here 24 Nov. 17G5. See Wyman, 779. Had sons William, ret. 4, John, a;t. 3, Ezra, aet. 1, bap. 24 Nov. 1765. (The name is sometimes Putman.) Eben- EZER. had dau. Clarissa, d. 13 Nov. 1835, a. 16. He m. Sally Patter- son, 25 Apr. 1806. Polly', m. Aaron Cutter, 23 Aug. 1796; she of Medford, he of Camb. See Cutter (par. 62).' Sally, of Med- ford, m. Adam Cutter, of Charlestown, 14 Jan. 1798 — Cutter (par. 34). See Wyman, 779. Benjamin, m. Dolly Park, 21 Aug. 1803. Abby C. and Calvin Harris, m. 28 Apr. 1836. PYNCHON, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Hon. Jos. Pynchon, Esq., adm. Pet. ch. 9 Sept. 1770. Mary, dau. of Hon. Joseph Pynchon, Esq., dec'd, was adm. this ch. 29 Sept. 1771. QUINCY, child of Doctor Quincy, Boston, d. 19 May, 1764, a. 14 mos. RAMSDELL, Thomas, m. Elizabeth Melinda Peirce, 24 Nov. 1836. RAND, Thomas, late of Charlestown— had Jacob, b. 30 Mar., bap. here 5 Apr. 1778. Elizabeth, and Richard Loring, both of Camb., m. 9 Nov. 1780 — fee a silver dollar. Rebecca, and Jabez Frothing- ham, of Camb., ni. 27 Sept. 1781. Mary, of Charlestown, m. Elias Richardson, of Camb., 15 May, 1788. Benjamin, of Chas., m. Re- becca Cutter, of W. Camb., 5 Feb. 1817. See Cutter (par. 44) ; Faiffe, 583; Wyma7i, 787, 790, 791, 792. RAY, Edwin C, of Camb., m. Harriet W. Prentiss, of W. Camb. 19 July, 1837. > The late Jefferson Cutter, a native of ISIeivotomy, now Arlington, contributed the following regarding the Putnam family, from records in possession of Miss Susan Putnam, Danvers, Mass. 1. John Putnam came from Buckinghamshire, Eng., in 1634, and settled in Salem, ^lass. Sons Nathaniel, Thomas and John came with him. He died suddenlv. at the age of 80. 2. John, s. of John (1), had sons Jonathan, John, Elea/er and James. 3. Eleazer, s. of John (2), had sons Samuel, Jeptha, Henry and Samuel. 4. Henry, s. of Eleazer (3)— see text — had sons Benjamin, John, Roger, Billings, Elijah, Henry and Eleazer. Israel, the General of Revolutionary fame, a second cousin of Henry (4), the gr.-gr.- father of Jefferson Ciitter, through Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Johii.i The old Putnam house, Danvers, built 1648, birth-place of Gen. Putnam, is yet standing and is now occupied by Miss Susan Putnam. The furniture of Gen. Putnam and his grandfather is still in the house. 288 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. RAYMOND- Rebecca Williams (Sudbury, at Daniel Ray- mond's), d. 31 July, 1771. See Wi/man, 800. READ and REED. See Fai(/e, 638-9. Seth, had w. Lydia, who was adiu. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. Setii was adm. same oh. C. Sept. 1741. His w. wns Lydia Cutter— see Cutter (par. 3). Had Samuel, d. 13 June, 1749, a. 1 6 vrs. ; Seth, d. 26 June, 1749, a. 14 yrs ; Thomas ; ^«sa)M?a,b.(1739), bap. 9 Dec. 1739, d. 25 June. 1749, a. 10 yrs. ; Daniel, b. 10, bap. 25 Apr. 1 742 ; Lydia, b. 13, bap. 23 June, 1745. m. (she of Charlestown, this Pet.) William Muzzy, of Lexing- ton, 29 Nov. 1764; Susanna, b. 17, bap. 25 Mar. 1750, d. 24 Nov. 1753, a. 4 yrs.; Hannah, b. 6, bap. 12 Jan. 1752, d. 24 Nov. 1753, a. 2 yrs. See Wyman's Charlestown, 804. Seth the father d. of age and dropsy, 18 Mar. 1783, a. 80. Mrs. Lydia his wid. d. 31 Aug. 1789, a. 79. Flora, Seth's servant, had son, b. 4 Sept. 1763; a dau., )). _ June, if 65; a child, b. —1768; a child, b. — 1770; a child, b. 3 Nov. 1773, d.9 Nov. 1773, a. 7 days; a child, b. — 1779. Flora, a black, d. 23 Sept. 1791, a. 60. Seth Reed was a Pet. committee- man 11 yrs. from 1740 to 1767, and Pet. assessor during the same period. 2. Thomas, s. of Seth (1), of Charlestown precinct, m. Rhoda Crosby, of Camb., 2 July, 1761. Thomas o. c. Pet. ch. 25 July, 1762. Had Rhoda, b. 13, bap. 25 July, 1762, m. Frederick Johnson, 16 Oct. 1783; Seth, b. 21, bap. 30 June, 1765; William Crosby (s. of Thomas, of Camb.), bap. privately 21 (b. 11) Sept. 1766; a dau., b. 11 Dec. 1769; Amos, b. 12 Oct. 1773, d. 26 Sept. 1774, a. 1 yr. Rhoda, w. of Thomas, d. 22 Nov. 1773, a. 32. Thomas d. 7 June, 1776, a. 40. See Wyman's Chas., 804. 3. Daniel, s. of Seth (1), m. Dorothy Billings, of Medford, 12 Apr. 1762 {Hist. Reed Fam.). Had a child, b. 8 Feb. 1764; a soir (Daniel?) and a dau., b. 28 Feb. and 1 Mar. 1766; a child, b. — 1768; a child, b. — 1770; a son, b. 27 Aug. 1772; a child, stillborn, 3 or Sept. 1774; a son, d. 28 June, 1778; a dau. {Eunice ?) and two sous at one birth, b. 27 Sept. 1778; also twin da'us., b. 1 Sept. 1783 — the "youngest twin" dau. d. 13 Sept. 1783. Mrs. Dorothy d. 26 Apr. 1789, a. 47. Mr. Daniel d. 22 Aug. 1801, a. 59. Daniel belonged to the Baptist Society, 21 July, 1787. He was a Precinct assessor, 1797-99. See Wyman, 803, 804. 4. Daniel, s. of Daniel (3), had child, d. 25 Oct. 1791, a. 1 mo. He m. Priscilla AYyman, 26 Nov. 1789 (Hist. Reed Fam.). Daniel and w. Priscilla were adm. Pet. ch. 1 June, 1805. Daniel, adult, a. 40, was bap. do. 1 June, 1805. He was a Pet. assessor, 1803-07. Priscilla, his sister(?) was adm. this ch. 2 Oct. 1803.' He had chil. Susan, Priscilla, JSfabhy and Daniel, bap. hei'e 23 Oct. 1803, and Mar- tha Wyman, bap. 24 Mar. 1805, who d. 8 Mar. 1817, a. 12. Daniel, Jr., d.' 20 June, 1817, a. 14. Capt. Daniel, thfe father, d. 6 Feb. 1820, a. 54. Priscilla, wid. of Daniel, was dism. from this ch. "to Woburn," June, 1829, and d. 23 ]\Iay, 1840, a. 74. Ebenezer Tufts, a. 18, at Capt. Daniel Reed's, bap. in private, 22 June, 1805. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 289 Mary, a dan. (?), d. 23 Sept. 1821, a. 25, and Beiijamin, a son (?), d. 12 Aug. 1836, a. 40. Susan, m. Thomas Huffmaster, both of Charles- towu this parish, 28 July, 1818; Priscilla (she of Chas.), m. Stephen Symmes, of Woburn, 25 Nov. 1815; Nahby, or Abigail, m. Thomas Sprague, of Charlestown, 30 May, 1819. Hist. Reed Fam., 11 . See Wyman, 804. 5. Mary Billings, prob. dau. of Daniel (3), o. c. and was bap. here 23 Oct. 1803, adult. Maky, of Chas. this dist., m. Hezekiah R. Miller, 12 Mar. 1809. See Wyman, 806. Eunice, perhaps an- other dau. of Daniel (of Chas.), m. Moses Hovey, Jr., of Camb., 18 Oct. 1801. See Wyman, 803. 6. Daniel, perhaps the father of Seth (1), d. 19 Dec. 1741, a. 67 (g. s. Pet. Bur.-gr.). See Hist. Reed Family (Boston, 1861), 75 ; Wy- man's Chas., 803, No. 2. 7. Mrs. Sarah, m. Mi-. William Fesseuden, 22 Jan. 1771 — see Fessenden (7). Joseph, m. Eunice Cook, 4 July, 1775 — see Paige, 639. James, of VVoburn, m. Elizabeth Wellington, 24 Sept. 1778 — fee a silver dollar. George Washington, of Woburn, m. Elizabeth Symmes, of Medford, 13 Dec. 1801. Sally, of Lexington, and Wil- liam Nichols, m. 2 Apr. 1816. Charles, and Elmira Muzzey, of Lexington, m. 23 Oct. 1817. See Wyman's Chas., 806. Otis, of Boston, and Emily Winship. of Lexington, m. 13 Nov. 1817. Sophia R., and Thomas T. Wellman, both of Lynnfield, m. 21 Dec. 1837. REEVES, Mr., had Hannah, d. 20 Jan. 1838, a. 5 yrs. Charles Reeves, a file cutter, of W. Camb., was a party with Welch & Grif- fiths in a leasehold deed in 1832. RICHARDSON, Zebadiah. of Woburn, m. Esther Swan, of Camb., 19 Apr. 1759. See Wyman. 814. Sarah, m. Jonathan Winship, 4 May, 1769. Mary, m. William Russell, 16 Jan. 1772. Edward, of Concord, m. Anne Wilson. 16 May, 1771. See Paige, 640. Asa, and Jenny Wyman, of Wobui-n, m. 11 Feb. 1779 — mar- riage fee S3. See Wyman's Chas., 814. Benjamin, Jr., of Woburn, m. Mary Cutter, 16 Feb. 1783 — fee 2 crowns. See Cutter (par. 12), and Wj'man's Chas., 813. Jesse, and Submit Brown, of Woburn, m. 7 Dec. 1781. Elias, of Camb., and Mary Rand, of Charlestown, m. 15Ma3sl788. See Wyman, 814. Nahum, and Mary Prentiss, of Camb., m. 6 Jan. 1791. See Paige. 641, where the last named is Raham. Isaac, of Woburn, and Elizabeth Heard, of Charlestown, m. 20 Dec. 1801. See Wyman, 814. Sarah, of W. Camb., m. Daniel Cook Robertson, of Boston, 9 Apr. 1809. Mary, m. Benja- min Hill, 4 Apr. 1813. Hannah, m. Leonard Fillebrown, 1 Apr. 1819. Mary, of Charlestown, and Joshua P. Frost, m. 1 Sept. 1822. Martha, and Samuel Moody Keep, m. 1 Nov. 1826. Mr. Richard- son, d. 5 July, 1800, a. 90. MEHiTABLE,d. 30 Oct. 1808, a. 58. RICKER, Betsey, a. about 2b, d. 18 May, 1837. ROB BINS, JosiAH, and w. Sarah, were adm Pet. ch. at organi- zation, 9 Sept. 1739. She was Sarah Fillebrown — see Paige, 644. 26* 290 IIISTOUY OF AELINGTON. JosiAiT, and Sarah his wife, were dism. " to the ch. of Christ in Townseiid," 5 Oct. 1744. Had here, i>ev Pet. records, Rebecca, b. 4, bap. 11 Apr. 1742. See Wyman, 817-18, 2. JosErii, had w. Deborah, adm. to the ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. She was Deborah Robbins before marriage — see Wyman, 817. Widow Deborah d. 23 Feb. 1771, a. 59. Had Sarch, m. George Cutter, Jr., of Chas. this Pot., 21 Oct. 17S"6— fee a crown — see Cutter (par. 41); Joseph; Hannah, prob. Hannah Robbins, bap. at'Notomy b}^ Rev. John Hancock, of Lexington, 2 Jan. 1736-7 — d. 3 Aw". 17G4, a. 27; concerning whom is the additional record that " fioni about 15 months, she continued the same in stature and under- standing to the day of her death, and had the actions of a child of that age; about her 10th year she grew somewhat thicker;" a dau., d. 14 Aug. 1740, a. 16 mos.; Isaac, b. 8, baj^. 14 Mar. 1742; Jsodas, or Isa- iah, i). 26 Mar., bap. 1 Apr. 1744, d. 15 May, 1770. Joseph the father was adm. Pet. ch. 27 Dec. 1741. He was a private soldier in Capt. Thomas Adams's Co. in 1758, and died in service 21 Aug. 1758. Mrs. Moore, at Joseph Robbins's, d. 9 Sept. 1751, a. 70. Mary Bow- man, at Mrs. Robbins's, d. 14 Jan. 1761. Thomas Bathrick, at Wid. Robbins's, d. 20 Aug. 1762, a. 87. See Wyman, 818; Paige, 643. 3. William, brother of Joseph (2), had w. Ruth, who was adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739 — maiden name Butterfield. — see Paige, 643. William ra. Wid. Hannah Hartwell (of Charlestown), 17 Oct. 1764. He and w. nAN>!AH were adm. Pet. ch. 6 Dec. 1767. His dau., Ruth, m. Zechariah Hill, 9 May, 1771. His son, William, b. 20, bap. 31 Aug. 1740, m. Hannah Payne, 5 Mar. 1767; David, b. 28, bap. 30 Jan. 1743; Jonathan, b. 9, bap. 13 Apr. 1746; 3Iary, b. 21, bap. 26 June, 1748, d. 13 July, 1748, a. 22 days^ a child, b. 23 May, 1765, stillborn. Hannah, w. of William, ajt. 45, was bap. 6 Dec. 1767. William (son?) d. of a fever 3 Sept. 1773. W^idow Hannah [wife of son William?], d. 31 Jan. 1776. William Robbins was a private soldier from Cambridge during the French War. See Wy man's Chas., 818. 4. Thomas, had son, b. , 1740, d. 17 Apr. 1740, a. 2 days. Thomas, Senior, of Lexington, the same, had a dau., Deborah, bap. here 11 Nov. 1750, prob. the Deborah, of Lexington, who m. Aaron Williams, of Camb., 12 May, 1772. A son, John, of Lexington, m. here Sarah Prentice, of Camb. this Pet., 14 May, 1761. See Paige, 642, 643; Wyman, 817. 5. Thomas, styled Jr., was adm. Pet. ch. 27 Sept. 1741, and had Thomas, b. 6, bap. 27 Sept. 1741; Nathaniel, b. 22, bap. 25 Sept. 1743; James — s. of Thomas, Jr., now of Woburn — bap. here 27 Sept. 1745;* Sarah, dau. of Thomas, at W^oburn, died 12 Oct. 1770. See Paige, 643, group 19; Wyman, 817, No. 3. ^ A Sermon by Rev. Samuel Cooke, on May 5, 1771, " delivered on occasion of y-' sudden death of James liobbins — drowned at Medfoid, April 30, 1771," No. 1282— Text, Mark 13 : 35, 36, contains the following:— " We have a loud call in the sudden death of one the last week, whose parents GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 291 6. Thomas, s. of Thomas (4), m. Elizabeth Moor, 1 May, 1746. Had Ebenezer — s. of Thomas, Jr., of Lexington — bap. here 18 Nov. 1750. A dau., Elizabeth, m. Abraham Hill, Jr., 9 JMay, 1782. Tho- mas Robbins, of Lexington, was a sergeant in Capt. Thomas Adams's Co. in 1758. See Wyman, 817. 7. Thojias, prob. s. of Thomas (5), of Camb., m Sarah Gould, of Medford, 29 Oct. 1761, and had Nathaniel, bap. here 16 May, 1762; and twin children, stillborn, buried here 11 May, 1763. Thomas and wife Sarah o. c. Pet. ch. — she renewed, she being before baptized in adult years, 16 May, 1762. Thomas, perhaps he, d. 25 Sept. 1778. Prob. the Thomas Kobbins, Jr., who was a private soldier in Capt. Adams's Co. in 1758 (John Cutter, master). 8. Steimien, of Lexington, and Sarah, wife of Stephex, o. c. here (she being baptized) 24 Nov. 1754. Stephen, of Lexington, had Rebecca, bap. 4 May, 1755, prob. the Rebecca who m. Caleb Hovey, 9 Dec. 1770; a son, b. 21 Apr. 1768, prob. d. soon; John, b. 26, kip. 30 July, 1769; Nathan, b. 11, bap. 16 June, 1771. Stephen the father and Sarah Woolson, both of Lexington, were m. 1 1 July, 1754. Stephen and Stephen, Jr., were rated here 1781. 9. Jonathan, s. of William (3), m. Elizabeth Miles, of Concord, 7 July, 1774. Jonathan and w. P^lizabeth were adm. Pet. ch. 9 Jul}^ 1775. Had Jonathan Miles, b. 15 Apr., bap. 9 July, 1775; Elizabeth, b. 10, bap. 15 Nov. 1778, m. Washington Cutter, of Charles- town, 16 Mar. 1800 (par. 35); Jonathan Miles, b. 23, hap. 28 July, 1782. Jonathan, the father, d. 2 Oct. 1799, a. 53. 31rs. Elizabeth, the mother, d. 30 May, 1790, a. 36. See Wyman's Ohas., 818. 10. Euenezer, prob. s. of Thomas (6), m. Sarah P^stabiook. 8 June, 1775. Had son, b. 11 Oct. 1775; a child, stillborn, 3 Oct. 1777; a child, b. , 1778. 11. Henry, of Boston, had w. Hannah, v?,i. — , bap. here 3 Dec. 1775. when Mary, dau. of hers. a^t. 2, was also baptized. Henry — late of Boston — Army — had William, bap. here 18 Feb. 1776, the same being born 5 Feb. 1776. 12. Nathan, prob. s. of Stephen (8), m. Rebecca Prentice. 10 Apr. 1803. Nathan o. c. Pet. ch. 9 Oct. 1803, and Rebecca, wife of Nathan, was adm. to the ch. 19 Nov. 1809. tlad Nathan, bap. 9 Oct. 1803; Rebecca, bap. 7 Apr. 1805, d. 1 July, 1809, a. 5; John, bap. 8 Mar. 1807, d 12 Oct. 1809, a. 2; Caira, bap. 11 June, 1809 (d. 28 Oct. 1862, a. 53); Caroline, bap. 16 June, 1811 (d. 3 Sept. 1855, a. 44); Joshua, bap. 26 Sept. 1813; James, bap. 5 Nov. 1815. (Nathan Robbins the father d. 12 Feb. 1852, a. 80; Rebecca, w. of same, d. 6 July, 1862, a. 83.) See Wyman's Chas., 819. are with us, and with whom we heartily sympathize. One brought up with us from his youth — one who long met with us, and was improved to call us together in this house of God, — one inoffensive in his behavior, and we hope a true fearer of God, the thread of Avhose life was cut off in a moment. Be ye also ready, is the voice of Christ to us all, young and old. Let us awake to righteousness and sin not." 292 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 13. Hannah, m. Daniel Russell, 3 Aug. 1749. Maky, had son, b. 8 Oct. 1775. Philkmon, had child, d. 4 Jan. 1789, a. 1 yr. ; a son, d. 1 Oct. 1797, a. 4 mos. He was prob. s. of Thomas (G) and m. Sarah, dau. of Joshua and Sarah (Cutter) Swan— see Cutter (par. 14). Mrs. Sakah, prob. his wife, d. 28 Apr. 1802, a. 39. Miss Lucy, d. July, 1799, a. 35. Polly, was admitted Prect. ch. 23 Mar. 180G. Mrs. Elizabeth, m. John Frost, Jr., 9 Nov. 1802— see Whittkmoke (par. 4). IIannah, d. 1 Ajjr. 1809, a. 88 [wid. of (3)]. Asa (stranger), d. 31 Aug. 1813, a. 21. Jonathan, d. 20 June, 1814, a. 23, sou of (9)? ROBERTSON, Daniel Cook, of Boston, m. Sarah Richardson of W. Camb. 9 Apr. 1809. ROBINSON, Elizabeth, of Lexington, m. Samuel Bemis of Camb., 16 Nov. 1775. Silas, m. Lydia Blodgett of Camb. 18 Nov. 1779 — fee $13. David, of New Ipswich, m. Elizabeth Bacon of Bedford, 4 June, 1794. Jacob, Jr., of Lexington, m. Ann Hall of W. Camb., 11 Jan. 1818. William T., m. Isabella McLennan of W. Camb., 6 June, 1836. ROCK, MoRRiCE, of Pennsylvania, m. Mary Finney of Camb., 23 Nov. 1775 — fee 3s. [Perhaps a soldier in the Revolutionary Army.] ROGERS, Seth, of the Army— d. 13 June, 1776, a. 24. ROUSE, WiLLiAJi, of Boston, o. c. here 4 June, 1775. William, of Boston, had Lydia, b. 23 May, bap. 4 June, 1775. RUSSELL, William, was adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. He was son of William, the emigrant — see Paige. Born 28 Apr. 1655, in Camb. and bap. there — date unrecorded. He was in the Narragansett fight, 1675 — see Paige, 399 — and a petitioner in conjunction with an attempt to establish this Precinct — see History, Chap. I. He m. Abigail Winship in Camb. 18 Mar. 1682-3, and with w. Abigail was adm. member of Camb. ch. 19 June, 1698. Joseph English, an Indian, man servant living with William Russell, o. c. and was bap. at Camb. 30 Apr. 1727. William R.'s w. Abigail d. Camb., 31 July, 1727. His name heads the list of lay male subscribers to the covenant of the Second Church, 1739. He was chosen one of an important committee by that church 17 Nov. 1739. William d. 17 May, 1744, a. 89 (g. s.), or 90 {Cooke). Had WilUam, b. 5 Apr. 1687, Camb.; Abigail, b. 31 Dec. 1688, do., d. 20 June, 1710, a. 21 yrs. 6 mos. (g. s. — Old Camb.) ; Edward, d. — s. of Wm. and Abigail — 21 Jan. 1695, a. 11 mos. (g. s. Old Camb.); Edioard, bap. Camb. 10 Oct. 1697; Huldah — dau. of Wm. and Abigail (in covt. with y* ch. in Camb.) bap. Charlestown, 28 June, 1696 — adm. Camb. ch. 23 Apr. 1721, m. Richard Rose, 4 Oct. 1722, Camb. The father was a selectman of Camb. nine years, 1697-1714 — Paige. See Wyman's Ghas., 836. 2. Walter (s. of Joseph, and gr.-s. of William, the emigrant), had w. Elizabeth, adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. She GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 293 was Elizabeth Winship, m. 3 Apr. 170G (second wife), and b. 1 June, 1G8G, in Camb. She was adm. to Camb. 1st ch. 16 Mar. 1718. Wal- TKK the father d. 30 INIar. 1748, a. 72 (g. s.). His wid. Elizabeth d. 14 Apr. (July) 1750, a. G4 (g. s.). She had children living, 14 Sept. 1749 — Jeremidh, Walter^ Sainuel, Daniel aud Hubbard, sons, and Mary Dickson, Martha Wilson and Elizabeth Cox, daughters. The father had a son Joseph, by a former marriage. See Wyman's C/ias., 838. 3. Edward, s. of William (1), had w. Sauah, adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. He and she o. c. at Camb. in order that their chil. might be baptized, 2G Nov. 1727. She was adm. to Camb. ch. 30 June, 1728. Edward d. 20 Mar. 1750, a. 53. Had Anna, Abigail Awd Ruth, bap. 1727; William, bap. 1732 — Paige. Abigail, m. Israel Blackington, 13 Apr. 1755; the same Abigail, dau. of Edward, was adm. Pet. ch. 10 June, 1744. Ruth, dau. of Edward, deceased, o. c. here 24 June, 1750, when Rachel Russell, dau. of Ruth, b. 28 Oct. 1749, was baptized. (Rachel d. at Mr. Teel's, 15 Aug. 1778, a. 29— a child of Rachel was b. G Aug. 1778.) Sarah, perhaps of this family, had a son, b. 7 Sept. 1755, '• which died in the birth." 4. Joseph, s. of Walter (2), and w. Mary were adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. He was adm. to Camb. ch. 9 Sept. 1722. His w. was Mary Robbins, m. 9 Oct. 1724. John Mullet, Jr., d. at Joseph Russell's, 15 Oct. 17G2, a. 17 yrs. Joseph d. " with age," 13 Nov. 177G, a. 73 (g. s.). Wudow Mart d. 28 Dec. 1781, a. 83 (g.s.). Had, among others. Patten; Walter; Philemon, b. 1, bap. 3 Aug. 1740; Mary, b. 20, bap. 22 May, 1743, d. 16 Oct. 1762, a. 20, unm.— (a. 17 y. 2 m. 16 ds., g. s.) — "engaged" to John Williams, bro. of Gershom Williams. The father was a Pet. committeeman 1742, 1747, 1759, 17 64, and Pet. assessor 3 yrs. See Paige, 648; Wyman, 838. 5. Walter, s. of Walter (2), was adm. to Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. He was adm. to Camb. ch. 4 Apr. 1731. He d. " single," 11 Feb. 17G3, a. 54. G. Jeremiah, s. of Walter (2), had w. Damaris, adm. Pet. ch. 8 Aug. 1742. He was adm. to Camb. ch. 28 Apr. 1734, and m. Damaris Williams, Camb., 12 Jan. 1738. By a former w. he had sons Seth and Edward, said by Wyman, 836, to be sous of Jeremiah (bro. of Walter — par. 2), s. of Joseph. Wid. Damaris d. of dysentery 23 July, 1778, a. 70. 7. Samuel, s. of Walter (2), m. Ruth Cox, 25 Feb. 1754. He o. c. here 20 Oct. 1754. She d. 12 Nov. 1797, a. 68. He d. 16 July, 1802, a. 79. Had Samuel, b. 27 Sept., bap. 20 Oct. 1754; Eleanor, b. 11, bap. 15 May, 1757, m. John Dickson, 23 June, 1781; Mary, bap. 23 Dec. 1759; Ruth, b. 29 Sept., bap. 3 Oct. 1762, d. unm. 18 Aug. 1840, a. 78 (g. s.) ; David, b. 24. bap. 30 June, 1765; Amos, b. ( ), bap. 20 Aug. 1769; Nathan, b. 25, bap. 27 Sept. 1772. 8. Daniel, s. of Walter (2), m. Hannah Robbins, 3 Aug. 1749. Both 0. c. here 11 Mar. 1750. Had Elizabeth, b. 21 Dee. 1749, bap. 1 1 Mar. 1750; Wcdter, b. 24, bap. 28 July, 1751 ; Hannah, b. 29 Mar., bap. 8 Apr. 1753; Hephzibah, b. 27 Apr!^, bap. 25 May, 1755; 3Iary, b. 7, bap. 10 Apr. 1757; Daniel, b. (1), bap. 7 Apr. 1759 (privately), 294 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. d. 7 Apr. 1759, a. 1 wk. ; Martha, bap. 12 Apr, 17C1 ; Daniel and Esther (twins), b. 23, bap. 28 Aug. 1763; Margerie, b. 2, bap. 9 Feb. 1766; Margaret, h. 13, bap. 15 Feb. 1768. Daniel had in family negro child, d. 22 Jan. 1755, a. 6 mos. 9. Hubbard or Hobart, s. of Walter (2), o. c. Pet. eh. 11 May, 1760. and had Lois, b. 30 Apr., bap. 11 May, 1760. (He m. in Wa- tertown, Lois Boynton, 12 June, 1759, who had moved from Sudbury to Watertown, 4 Dec. 1753.) Hdbbard, prob. he, was adm. Pet. ch. 23 Jan. 1774. His dau. Lois m. Josiah Mason, Jr., 1784. 10. Patten, s. of Joseph (4), m. Mary Dickson, 25 July, 1749. He o. c. Pet. ch. 25 Mar. 1750, and was adra. to this ch. 23 June, 1782. His w. Mary d. 14 Feb. 1781. He d. 19 Jan. 1802, a. 70; and his wid. Marcy (or Mercy) d. 12 Feb. 1813, a. 82 (g. s.). Had Luc9/, b. 12, bap. 25 Mar. 1750, d. 26 Oct. 1751, a. 2d yr.; Mari/, b. 12, bap. 15 Oct. 1752; Lucy, b. 6, bap. 16 Mar. 1755; Joseph, bap. 24 Sept. 1758; Naomi, bap. 'ib Jan. 1761, m. Abraham Cook, 5 July, 1781; Chandler, h. 19 Jime, bap. 1 July, 1764; Patten, b. (7), bap. 11 Jan. 1767; John Dickson, b. 31 Dec. 1768, bajj. 1 .Jan. 1769, d. 21 Oct. 1769, a. 9 mos.; Rhoda, b. 5, bap. 7 Apr. 1771; a child, b. 1773. The father was Pet. committeeman and assessor 1767-70. See Wyman, 838. 11. Walter, s. of Joseph (4), had w. Mary, who d. 1 Dec. 1 759, a. 23 (1760 — g. s.); she was Mary Wyman, of Woburn, m. 14 Dec. 1758 — Wob. Records. He resided in the Charlestown {^art of this precinct, and m. second, Hannah Adams (Camb.), 17 Dec. 1761. He was adm. Pet. ch. 6 Mar. 1763, and d. 5 Mar. 1782, a. 45 (g. s.). He was Pet. committeeman and assessor 1770, '71, '73-77(1781, declined) ; Precinct clerk, 1773-1781. His wid. Hannah was adm. Pet. ch. 21 Apr. 1782, and m. Enos Jones, of Ashburnham, 26 Dec. 1790. She was dism. from this ch. to Ashburnham, 26 May, 1799. and d. 17 Oct. 1836, a. 93.J. Had by first w. a son, b. (18), d. 21 Oct. 1759, a. 3 days; by second w. had James, b. 20, bap. 24 Apr. 1763 ; Walter, b. 3, bap. 5 May, 1765; Thomas, b. 10, bap. 14 June, 1767; a son, still- born, 8 Oct. 1769; Hannah, b. 3, bap. 16 Feb. 1772, m. Isaac Hill, and rem. in 1798 to Ashburnham — parentfj of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire, who was born, " eldest of a family of nine children," 6 Apr. 1789, in the house where his gr. -father Walter Russell, and his immediate ancestors, "lived and died" — (see p. 260) — she d. 1 ]\far. 1847, a. 75; Nathaniel, b. 15, bap. 17 Apr. 1774; John, b. 28 Aug., bap. 1 Sept. 1776, rem. to Fairfax, Vt. ; Joseph, b. 14, bap. 21 Mar. 1779, rem. to Marblehead; a dau. stillborn, 17 Feb. 1782. See Wyman, 838, 839, 840. 12. Philejion, s. of Joseph (4), was adm. Pet. ch. 21 Apr. 1782, and d. 31 May, 1797, a. 57 (g. s.), or June 2 (Fiske). Elizabeth, his wid., d. 22^0ct. 1825, a. 86 (g. s.). He m. Elizabeth Wyman, of Woburn, at Medford, 28 June, 1764. Had Philemon R.; Elizaheth, d. 22 Apr. 1778, a. 7 yrs. (g. s.) ; Jesse (s. of Philemon, noiv Woburn), bap. here 9 July, 1775; Susanna, b. 13, bap. 17 Oct. 1779, m. Gard- ner Crosby, of Boston, 2 Jan. 1803; Ward, bap. 16 Sept. 1781. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 295 Philemon Russell was a Pet. committeeman and assessor 1778-80, '82-84. See Wi/man, 840. 13. Seth, s. of Jeremiah — see (6), o. c. here 7 Mar. 1756. His w. DiXAii, was adm. Pet. ch. 7 Feb. 1762. (He m. Dinah Harring- ton, of Worcester, 8 May, 1755 — Wore. Rec.) She d. 15 May, 1802, a. 73. Seth the father was made prisoner by the British, 19 Apr. 1775, and with his fellow-townsman, Samuel Frost, was reported " missing " — supposed to be on board one of the men of war (was on the Admiral), about 5 May, 1775. Frost and Russell were exchanged, 6 June, 1775. Seth Russell was Pet. collector, 1762, '77, '78. He had Jeremiah, b 5 Dec. 1755, bap. 7 Mar. 1756; Phehe, b. 1, bap. 3 Aug. 1760; Seth, b. 18, bap. 20 July, 1762; Edward, b. 6, bap. 14 Oct. 1764; Anne Harrington, b. 17, bap. 29 Mar. 1767, m. James Cutter (by Mr. Hilliard, Camb.) 11 Aug. 1785 — see Cutter (par.21) ; Josiah Harrington, b. 5, bap. 10 Dec. 1769. See Wyman, 836. A nurse male child at Seth Russell's, d. 7 Sept. 1764, a. 14 mos. A nurse negro-child (from Boston) at Seth R.'s, d. 28 Dec. 1767, a. 1 yr. Sarah Diar, a child from its infancy with Seth Russell, bap. (net. 4) 26 May. 1776. 14. Edavard, s. of Jeremiah — see (6), grad. H. U. 1759 — styled "-4. B.'' — was adm. Pet. ch. 19 Aug. 1759. [He studied for the mi- nistrjs and was licensed as a preacher at Camb. 9 June, 1761, but accepted no pastoral charge and became a physician. He settled in North Yarmouth, Me., where he led an active and useful life, and d. 19 Apr. 1785. Was a justice of the peace and quorum, and colonel of militia.] 15. David, s. of Samuel (7), m. Ruth Locke — see Book of the Lockes, 166. David's child d. 28 Dec. 1807, a. 1^. . 16. Amos, s. of Samuel (7), m. Betsey Peirce, 20 Dec. 1793. He d. 13 Oct. 1828, a. 60. Elmira, his dau., m. Micajah Locke, 20 Sept. 1812; Elizabeth, his dau., m. Jonathan Locke, of Woburn, 5 Mar. 1816. (See Book of the Lockes, 136, 137, &c.) Amos, a son (?), had wife, d. 17 Mar. 1837, a. 25. 17. Daniel, s. of Daniel (8), d. 5 Jan. 1803, a. 40. 18. James, s. of Walter (ll),m. Rebecca Adams of Camb. 6 Mar. 1783. Both o. c. here 28 June, 1789. She was adm. Pet. ch. 7 Mar. 1802. Had Walter, b. 9 Aug. 1783, Rebecca and James, all bap. 28 June, 1789; William Adams, bap. 16 May, 1790. Rebecca, the dau., m. Amos Whittemore, Jr., 22 Apr. 1804; she was b. 31 July, 1785, and is living (1879) aged 94, in the remarkable possession of her faculties. [Rebecca, the mother, d. 14 Nov. 1831, a. 67. The father m. second, Rebecca, wid. of John Tufts, 13 July, 1833. He d. 13 Feb. 1846, a. 83. His wid. d. 22 Jan. 1862, a. 82.] He was a Pet. committeeman, 1792, '93, and 1806; Pet. assessor, 1792. Lieut. James Russell was Pet. collector, 1794. See Wyman's Chas., 839. 19. Walter, s. of Walter (11), m. Frances Cutter, 26 June, 1788. (He d. 15 July, 1848, a. 83. She d. 31 Aug. 1849.) Had Frances, m. William Prentiss, 28 Aug. 1808; Nahum ; a dau., d. 8 Sept. 1800, a. 8 yrs.; a dau., d. 22 Aug. 1796, a. 19 mos.; Hannah, 29(3 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. m. Davis Locke, 13 Jan. 1817; Harriet, m. George Peirce, 29 Mar. 1819; Eliza, m. William Frost, 3 Oct. 1819; Walter, d. (at Boston) 10 Jan. 1835, a. 37; Oliver; Mehitable, m. Thadcleus Dean; Mary, m. Charles Lord; Almira, m. Daniel Usher. See Cutter (par. 11); Wyman's Ghas., 839. 20. Thomas, s. of Walter (11), m. Margaret Adams, 25 Nov. 1788, removed to Ashburnham, and d. 19 Aug. 1823. His dau. Sarah A., m. Ephraim Cutter, Jr., 12 Oct. 1817— Cutter (par. 57). His son James, 2d, m. Martha M. W. Williams Locke, 6 Nov. 1825. Martha Mary W., w. of James, 2d, was dism. from this ch. to Cambridge, Nov. 1832. See Wyman's Ghas., 839, 841. 21. Nathaniel, s. of Walter (11), m. Mary Adams, 8 Mar.1795. She d. 13 Oct. 1800, a. 28. He o. c. here 7 Dec. 1800 (and d. Oct. or Nov. 1844, a. 70). He m. a second wife — Olcutt. Had by 1st wife, AUel (b. 18 June, 1795), bap. 7 Dec. 1800; Nathaniel (b. 2 Feb. 1797), bap. 7 Dec. 1800, m. Sarah Swan, 15 Apr. 1824; Mary Adams (b. 2 June, 1799), d. 23 May, 1800, a. 1. (By second wife, Olcutt, son, twice m. ; and Gharles R., m. and with his brother both living in Ohio.) See Wyman, 840. 22. Philemon R., s. of Philemon (12). m. Martha Tufts, of Med- ford, 10 Nov. 1791. She d. 26 May, 1821, a. 51 (g. s.). He d. 27 Jialy, 1842, a. 72. John Cole d. suddenly at his place, 16 June, 1837, a. 60 — Mr. Damon supposes Cole a universalist, and attended the funeral. One Gould, a young man, a baker, was frozen near Phile. Russell's, 12 Feb. 1838. See Paige.' The father resided in what is now Soraerville. See Wyman's Ghas., 840. 23. Edward, s. of Seth (13), m. Lydia Adams (by Mr. Hilliard, Camb.) 9 May, 1786. Both o. c. here 28 July, 1788. He d. 3 Nov. 1808, a. 44, and his wid. m. James Cutter, 20 July, 1809 — Cutter (par. 21). Had Jeremiah, bap. 28 Sept. 1788; Lydia, bap. 15 Feb. 1789, d. 29 Aug. 1790, a. 18 mos.; Lydia, bap. 6 Mar. 1791 ; Sophia, bap. — Sept. 1793; Edward, bap. 8 Nov. 1795, m. Abigail Harring- ton, 30 Dec. 1818; Leonora, bap. 11 Mar. 1798; Mary Adams, bap. 15 Mar. 1801. 24. JosiAH Harrington, s. of Seth (13), m. Sarah Hutchinson of Chas.. 5 Apr. 1795. He o. c. here 31Jan. 1796, and she was adm. to this ch. 12 Sept. 1802. He d. 15 Mar. 1815, a. 4 [7], and his wid. Sarah d. 25 May, 1843, a. 68. Had Sally Hutchinson, bap. 7 Feb. 1796: 3fost, 17 Feb. 1818. 34. Thomas, s. of Thomas (32), m. Eliza Warren, of Chas., 21 Dec. 1800. He was known as " Colonel," having commanded a regi- ment of horse in 1812, and d. 31 Mar. 1866, a. 89. He was Pre- cinct clerk, 1806, '07, and continued as Parish clerk till 1826, twenty years. Had Thomas Jefferson, b. 10 Dee. 1801, m. Mary L. Perry, 8 Apr. 1830, W. Camb.; Eliza Ann, b. 29 Mar. 1803, o. c. and was bap. here 26 Mar. 1827 (set. 24) ; George Clinton, b. 4 Feb. 1805, m. Sophronia Fessenden, 23 May, 1830, W. Camb.; Mary Jane, b. 17 Ma}^, 1806, o. e. and was bap. here 26 Mar. 1827 (a;t. 21), d. 7 June, 1827, a. 21. See Wytnan, 837. 35. James, of Lexington, had Submit, bap. here 22 July, 1744; Martha and Sarah, b. 8, bap. 26 July, 1747. (He rem. from Lexing- ton here, before 1749; s. of James, s. of Philip, s. of William, of Camb., the emigrant.) 36. William s. of Edward (3), m. Mary Richardson, 16 Jan. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 299 1772. His son William, perhaps he who m. Elizabeth Hunuewell, 4 Aug. 1799. 37. JosiAii H., s. of Josiah Harrington (24), had Charles, d. 19 Feb. 1840, a. 20 mos. ; a son, d. 24 Sept. 1840, a. 1 week; a dau., d. 27 July, 1842, a. 8 mos. 38. Mauy, m. John Goddin, 2G July, 1771. ELizABExri, of Lex- ington, m. Joshua Underwood, of Camb., 25 Aug. 1771. Widow — , funeral 7 Aug. 1775. Sar. or Sou., funeral 18 Aug. 1775. Sarah, of Boston, m. Joseph Weeks, of Caml)., 5 Jan. 1778. Polly, d. 12 Oct. 1790, a. 20 mos. Mary, of Camb., m. Roger Adams, of New- ton, 14 Oct. 1805. Jonathan F., m. Ruthy Frost, 9 Apr. 1809. Lydia, of W. Camb., m. Samuel Skilton of Chas., 16 Jan. 1814. Lydia, m. Thomas II. Teel, 25 Aug., 1814. Lucetta, m. Samuel Hutchinson, of Chas., 14 Dec. 1817. Mary, m. Thomas Leach, 22 Apr. 1821. Samuel W., m. Susan Ann Adams. 24 Oct. 1838. BowEN, m. Mehitable Locke, 6 June, 1833 {Locke Book, 286). Levi, d. 19 July, 1825, a. 19 yrs. Hannah, d. 11 July, 1839, a. 25. Mary Eliza, d.' 16 Sept. 184f, a. 10. Walter, d. (at^Boston) 6 Feb. 1848, a. 25, RUST, Wallis (of Boston), m. W^id. Rebecca Cutter, 29 Oct, 1797. Had .4c?e/i/ze, m. John Jarvis, 6 Jan. 1822; and others. See Cutter (par. 37). SANDERSON, Benjamin L., m. Mary Cooke, 26 Oct. 1823. Col. Benjamin L. d. 16 Aug. 1840, a. 89. SAUNDERS, Widow, d. at Capt. Adams's, 19 Apr. 1763, a. 85. Lucy, m. Samuel Estabrook, 30 Apr. 1803. SAWTELL, Homer, m. Mary Cook, 2d, 1 Aug, 1808. SAWYER, , d. of dysentery, 24 Sept. 1778, a. 64, Sukey, late of Boston, m. John Locke, 6 Feb. 1777. See Locke (par. 9), SCHOULER, John, had James,(\. 9 Sept. 1837, a. 2 yrs. Wil- liam, m. Frances Eliza AVarren, 6 Oct. 1835.' Jeanette, m. Wil- liam Comston, of Boston, 27 June, 1839. SHATTUCK, Sarah, of Camb., m. Jeduthun Fay, of Westboro', 12 Dec. 1739. Susanna, m. John White, of Boston, 9 June, 1741. 1 AVilliam Schouler, Adjutant General of Massachusetts during the War of the Rebellion, came from Scotland with his father. Followed his father's trade of calico printer in Taunton, Lynn and West Cambridge. Became editor and propi'ietor of the Loioell Courier, one of the proprietors and editors of the Boston Daily Atlas, of the Cincinnati Gazette, Ohio State Journal, and again of the Boston Atlas and Bee. Four times in the Mass. Legislature ; member Constitutional Convention, 18o.3; Author of "Massachusetts in the Civil War," 2 vols. 8vo. 1868-71. See Drake's Bio/j. Did. His friend, Mr. John B. Russell, contributes the following: — Gen. Wni. Schouler was born at Kilbrackan, Scotland, Dec. 31, 1814 ; died at West Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 6, 1866. A monument was erf Wal- tham, 3 Nov. 1795,CaOTi. — see H^/rt««, 970. Petkk, Jr., of Medford (s. of Peter, 3d), m. JNIartha Locke, 5 Apr. 1798; he o. c. here 23 Sept. 1798. Had Peter, bap. 23 Sept. 1798; Lucy, bap. 4 May, 1800, m. Ammi Cutter, 2 Dec. 1819, Camb. — see Cuttkr (par. 58) ; Frank- lin, bap. 31 Oct. 1802; Charles, bap. 9 Sept. 1804; 3Iartha, ha^t. 21 Sept. 1805, d. -IS Apr. 1806, a. 8 mos.; Horatio, bap. 11 Oct. 1807; Martha, bap. 21 June, 1812, d. 3 Nov. 1812, a. 6 mos.; Addison, h•^q>. 10 July, 1814. Martha, wf. of Peter, Jr., d. 9 Sept. 1815, a. 36. He m. (second) Anna (Cutter) Benjamin — see Cutter (par. 24) — Book of the Lockes, 163. Eliza, a sister of Peter, Jr., was adm. Pet. ch. 10 Oct. 1813, and dism. to 2d ch. in Medford in Mar. 1827. LuORETiA, another sister^ adm. Pet. ch. 8 Sept. 1816, d. 1 July, 1819, a. 22. Sally of Chas., another sister, m. Amos Locke, of W. Camb., 21 Oct. 1813. See Wymau's CAas., 965, 966, also 972, for this fa- mily. " Peter Tufts, Jr., Esq.," was an eminent surveyor. 4. Stephen, m. Lucy Frost 9 Dec. 1798. Stephen, prob. he, d. 10 Apr. 1826. His sou Otis, d. 4 Sept. 1803, a. 18 mos. Stephen's child, d. 19 Feb. 1813, a. 2; another, d. 1819, a. 10; another, d. 1822, a. 4. Stephen Tufts was sexton of the First W. Camb. Parish for several years. 5. John, m. Rebecca Cutler 13 Dec. 1798. Had Rebecca Cutler, bap. 16 June, 1799, m. Philip B. Fessenden 31 Aug. 1820; James Cutler, bap. 30 Nov. 1800, d. 14 Apr. 1827, a. 27; FJiza, bap. 5 Sept. 1802, m. Abner Peirce 2 Nov. 1826; Elmira, bap. 8 Apr. 1804; Ca- roline, bap. 16 Mar. 1806, d. 2 Mar. 1808, a. 2; John, bap. 13 Mar. 1808, d. 1 Dec. 1837, a. 30— John Tufts, 2d. m. Lucy Ann Locke 8 June, 1833, W. Camb.; Caroline, bap. 27 May, 1810; Harris, or Harrison, bap. 2 Aug. 1812, d. 27 Dec. 1827, a. 16. John the father (tavern keeper) d. 16 Aug. 1817, a. 41. His wid. m. James Russell of Chas. 13 July, 1833, W. Camb. See Wyman, 972 (75). 6. Joel, s. of Peter, 3d (par. 3), and w. Sarah, o. c. here and she bap. 10 May, 1807; Joel of Medford m. Sarah Butterfield, 13 Jan. 1806. Had Joel, bap. 10 May, 1807, d. 15 Oct. 1837, a. 31 [obituary, Boston Advertiser for 21 Oct. 1837]; Amanda, bap. 16 Apr. 1809, d. 15 Dec. 1826, a. 17; e, 414, 415, 688, &c.; Wyman's (7/m.f., 1027, group 41. 2. Samuel, s. of Samuel (1), m. Love Stone, 11 June, 1747. Styled 3d, when he married, and sometimes Jr., to distinguish him from his father, and from his cousin Dea. Samuel Whittemore, of the First, or Old, Parish. Samuel, Jr., was adm. Pet. ch. 17 July, 1774. He d. 5 (6) Mar. 1800, a. 79 (g. s.) ; his w. Love d. 13 (14) Feb. 1793, a. 72 (71— g. s.). Had Samuel, b. 6, bap. 8 May, 1748 ; a dau., b. andd. 3 Dec. 1749 ; Elizabeth, b. 7, bap. 10 Nov. 1751, d. 13 Mar. 1753, a. 17 mos. ; Elizabeth, b. 20, bap. 28 Oct. 1753, m. Amos Warren, 25 Nov. 1773; Nathan, b. 17, bap. 20 Nov. 1757; Jonathan, b. 4, bap. 14 Nov. 1762 ; Josiah, b. 4, bap. 9 Dec. 1764. See Wyman, 1027. He was Pet. treasurei-, 1786 (1787, excused) ; Pet. collector, 1776-77. 3. Thomas, s. of Samuel (1), m. Anna Cutter, 1 Feb. 1753 — Cutter (par. 14). Both were adm. Pet. ch. 14 July, 1754. He was a Pet. committeeman and assessor 1778-84. He d. 5 Oct. 1799, a. 70. She d. 17 Jan. 1816, a. 84. Had Anna, b. 14, bap. 18 Aug. 1754, m. Thomas Russell, 8 Mar. 1774; Thomas, h. 1, bap. 3 Oct. 1756; Amos, bap. 22 Apr. 1759; William, bap. 1 Feb. 1761; Su- sanna, b. 5, bap. 14 Aug. 1763, m. Francis Cutter of Chas., 29 Dec. 1782 — Cutter (par. 32); Aaron, b. 13, bap. 21 Aug. 1765 — "pri- vately at his house " — d. 21 Apr. 1766, a. — mos.; Aaron, b. 30 Mar. 1767, d. 3 [1] Mar. 1767, a. 2 days; Rhoda, b. 2, bap. 4 Feb. 1770, m. Jacob Nason — see Nason; Lydia, b. 29 Nov., bap. 1 Dec. 1771, adm. Pet. ch. 23 Oct. 1803, m. Dr. Nathaniel Noyes, 18 May, 1819; Samuel, b. 25, bap. 27 Mar. 1774; Gershom, b. 6, bap. 7 Apr. 1776 — privately, sick. A nurse child at Thomas Whittemore's d. — June, 1757, a. 3 mos. See Cutter Book, 231-2, 393-4. 318 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 4. William, s. of Samuel (1), m. — styled A. 3f. — Abigail Car- teret, of Chas., this Pet. 12 Oct. 1758. He grad. li. U. 1755. Wil- liam, B. A., was adm. Pet. eh. 26 Oct. 1755, and Abigail, wife of William, A. 31., was adm. this ch. 29 July, 1781. She d. 27 Aug. 1807, a. 70. William, ^. il/:, known as "Master Bill," d. here 17 Mar. 1818, a. 86. Had Elizabeth Carteret, b. 4, bap. 10 Apr. 1763, d. 17 (18) Nov. 1763, a. 7 mos. (g. s.) ; Elizabeth Carteret, b. 6, bap. 7 Oct. 1764, m. Moses Bobbins (see Wyman's Chas., 818) and John Frost (par. 12); Philip Carteret, b. 1, bap. 7 Sept. 1766; William, b. 28, bap. 29 Jan. 1769, d. 2 (3) July, 1771, a. 4. or 2 yrs. 3 mos. 6 ds. (g. s.) ; William, b. 30 June, bap. 5 July, 1772; Abigail, b. 16, bap. 18 Aug. 1776, m. John Davenport, 4 May, 1801. Dinah, servant of William, A. M, had a child, b. 2 Mar. 1771. He taught here many years. See Paige, 380, 689 ; Cutter Book, 390, &c. ; Wyman's Chas., 1028. He was Pet. clerk, 1770-71, '82-84; Pet. treasurer, 1785; Pet. collector, 1768-69. 5. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), m. Elizabeth Wilson, 20 Mar. 1770. He — styled 3d — and Elizabeth, prob. his wife, both o. c. Pet. ch. 6 May, 1770. Had a child, stillborn, 27 or 29 May, 1770; Elizabeth, h. 7, bap. 10 May, 1772, m. Ebenezer Brooks, of Medford, 31 Mar. 1796; Samuel, b. 24, bap. 25 Dec. 1774; John, b. 6, bap. 9 Mar.1777, d. (4) 5 Sept. 1796, a. 19 (g. s.) ; Joseph, b. 28 Feb., bap. 7 Mar. 1779; an infant, d. 14 May, 1781 ; Aaron, b. 3, bap. 7 Apr. 1782, d. 21 July, 1796, a. 14 (g. s.) ; Sophia, d. — dau. of Samuel and Eliza- beth— 23 Sept. 1790, a. 4 yrs. (g. s.) ; James, bap. 23 May, 1790. Samuel the father d. 6 Nov. 1822, a. 74. His wife — Lucy (his second wife) — d. (14) 15 Dec. 1814, a. 65 (66, g. s.). See Wyman's Chas., 1028. He was prob. the Samuel Whittemore, 3d, who was a selectman of Camb. 1780. He is uniformly called "3d" in Pet. records. He was rated as Lieut, in Menotomy, in 1781, and styled " Lt." on his wife's gravestone. 6. Nathan, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mehitable Carter, 7 Feb. 1781. Both 0. c. Pet. ch. 28 Oct. 1781. Had Polly, bap. 9 Dec. 1781, per- haps a sister 3Iary, of Chas., was she who m. Jonathan C. Prentiss, 14 Aug. 1812, Cami.; Harriet, b. 29 Oct., bap. 23 Nov. 1783, by Rev. Mr. Marrett. See Wyman's Chas., 1028. The father was a Revo- lutionary soldier, and rated here 1781. 7. Jonathan, s. of Samuel (2), m. Rebecca Munroe, of Lexing- ton, 1 Feb. 1795. He o. c. Pet. ch. 3 Jan. 1796. Had Rebecca, bap. 10 Jan. 1796; Sophronia, bap. 1 Oct. 1797, perhaps i)/9, '" oS ' •• Noah, their son, " Oct, 18, 17-59, " 2-5 " 29* 326 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. 1719. and with w. Elizabeth was adm. Camb. 1st ch. 13 Mar. 1726. Elizabeth, dan. of J. Wiiiship, was adra. Carab. 1st ch. 25 Mar. 1739.) 4. Jason, bro. of John (3), had w. Hannah, who was adm. Pet. ch. at oi'gauization, 9 Sejit. 1739. His dau. Lydia was adm. Pet. ch. 3 July, 1757, and m. Jabez Wyman, of Woburn, 13 Jan. 1767; Pru- dence, a dau, was adm. Pet. ch. 22 Apr. 1744, and m. Michael Geo- hagan, of Boston, 10 May, 1744; Nathan, a son, d. 27 Sept. 1766. a. 38; a son Jason was killed by the British at Menotomy, 19 Apr. 1775, and Jabez Wyman (brother-in-law) was killed at same time. Jason the father was drowned in a pond, 26 Dec. 1762, a. 62. "Going from a neighbor's, near Menotomy Pond, it is supposed he missed his way, and got into the pond where he was drowned." Hannah, w. of Jason, d. 12 Dec. 1756, a. 63. Joseph St. Lawrence, d. at Jason Winship's, 2 Apr. 1751, a. 6. (The three brothers William, John and Jason Winship married three daughters of John Wyeth,the eldest sister marrying the youngest brother. — Paige.) Hannah, w. of Jason Win- ship, m. first, Nathaniel Prentice. Jason Winship was a private sol- diir in the French War. 5. Joseph (s. of Joseph, and a gr.-son of Lieut. Edward of Camb.), was adm. Pet. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739. His w. Anna was adm. at same time. He d. 24 July, 1761, a. 60. His wid. Anna d. 2 Feb. 1806, at the age of 101.* A dau. Sarah, m. Henry Spring, Jr., of Watertown (she of Chas. of this precinct), 30 Jan. 1744 — the Sa- ra//, dau. of Joseph, adm. Pet. ch. 27 Dec. 1741; a dau. Anna, m. Samuel Manning; a dau. Mary, m. Ebenezer Wyeth, Jr.; a dau. Jo- anna, m. Andrew W^ilson (she of Chas. this Pet.), 5 July, 1757 (had several sons). Mrs. Cowell, of Boston, d. at Joseph Winship's, 24 June, 1746, a. 24. He resided in the Charlestown jiart of the Pet. where he purchased the estate of David Dunster, of Narragansett Township, Worcester Co., Mass., in 1742, bounded east and northeast by Medford River and Pond ; there being a road leading from Med- foi-d over the weirs to Menotom3% running through it. Tlie home place, bought of Dunster, was northwest of the road, where Benjamin Cutter, about 1798, built another house, since demolished. See Cutter (par. 22); Wy man's Chas., 1041. 6. Edward, s. of Pklward (1), also of Lexington, was buried here 7 Dec. 1773, a. 68. Amos (a son prob. of his), was bap. at 'Notomy previous to the organization of the Pet. ch., by the Rev. John Han- cock, of Lexington. 2 Jan. 1736-7; a dau. Miss (record says Mrs.) Esther, d. 1 May, 1789, a. 50— Wyman's Chas., 1042; Isabef, dau. of Edward, Jr., of Lexington, bap. here 6 Feb. 1743 — the Isabel, dau. of Edward of Lexington, unm., who was buried here 18 Nov. 1763. 7. Jonathan, s. of Edward (1), and of Lexington, m. Isabel Cutter, of Camb., 1 Oct. 1741 — see Cutter (par. 8). Jonathan * Wyman, pp. 1020, 1041, gives her a less age, and calls her Anna Whitmore, dan. of Francis, s. of John, b. 4 Apr. 1706. Sarah Whitmore, her sister, mar- ried Nathaniel Francis (1). OENEALOGICAI. KEGISTER. 327 was admitted Pet. cli. 19 Oct. 1740. and Joxatiian was dism. thence " to Lexington," 12 May, 1754. His wife Isabel d. 9 .Inne, 1742, a. 24. He m. a second wife. A dan. Hephzibah, of Joxatiiax, of Lexington, was bap. here 25 Feb. 1753. The father eventually re- moved to Brighton. (Jonathan Winship from 2d eh. Carab. received 20 May, 1754. — Lexiin/ton Clnirch Records.) 8. Isaac, s. of P^dward (1). of Lexington, had dan. d. 23 Jnly, 1749. a. 3 yrs. ; a dau. Pliehe, of Isaac of Lexington, was bap. here 27 July, 1755. Isaac had a seat in the Meeting-house here, in 1781. 9. William, s. of William (2). adm. Pet. ch. 27 Aug. 1749. He m. J\fary Johnson, of Chas. this Pet. 14 July, 1748 — fee 20s. Had 3Iary, b. 11, bap. 18 June, 1749, d. 13 Sept. 1749, a. 3 mos. Mary, wife of William, Jr., d. 18 June, 1749, His second w. Abigail d. 22 June, 1809. a. 89. She was Abigail Bowman. — See Wyman, 10.3, 1041. He d. 4 Feb. 1811, a. 92. Had William, b. and bap. 31 Oct. 175G; Susanna, bap. 9 July, 1758; Lucy,\). 29, bap. 31 Aug. 1760, d. (dau. of William, Jr.") 1 Aug. 1772— and Mrs. Dowse, from Charlestown, at said William Winsiiip's, d. 29 Sept. 1772; Aaron, h. 8, bap. 17 'Apr. 1763; Caleb, b. 2^y Feb., bap. 31 Mar. 1765; Samuel, b. '2b Feb., bap. 6 Mar. 1768; 3Iartj, b. 7, bap. 15 Dee. 1771. See Wy man's Chas., 1041. 10. John, s. of John (3), m. Ju. Noves A 30 Sept. 12, '62, to June 18, '63. 122 AVilliam F. I'eel A 21 Sept. 12, '02, to June 18, '63. 123 John E. Tukev A 24 Sept. 12, '62, to June 18, '63. 124 Geor;^e W. Da'nforth C 21 Sept. 12, '62, to June IH, '63. 12.5 William F. Iladley C 27 Sept. 12, '62, to June 18, '63. 126 Iloraee K. Hill " C 35 Sept. 12. '62, to June 18, '63. 127 Jason M. Patten C 23 Sept. 12, '62, to June 18, '63. 128 Georsre W. Springer C 18 Oct. 8, '62, to June 18, '63. 129 James A. Blanehard D 10 Sept. 12, '62 ; dis. Mar. 9, '63. disa. 130 William E. (iibbs D 26 Sept. 12, 'o2, to June 18, '63. Forty-Fifth Regiment Infantry. (Nine Months.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 131 William W. Tobcv C 19 Sept. 26, '62, to July 7, '63. i;!2 Edward T. Russell, corp. I 36 Oct. 7, '62, to July 7, '63. 133 Harvey Eacon I 32 Oct. 17, '62, to July 7, '63. 134 Frank"Erooks I 23 Oct. 13, '62 ; dis. Mar. 2, '63, disa. \:ir> lleubcn Frost I 36 Oct. 7, '62, to July 7, '63. 1 36 Amos W. Hill I 22 Oct. 7. '62, to July 7, '63. 137 James McDonald I 21 Oct. 7, '62, to JulV 7, '63. 138 James Murphy Oct. 7, '62; killed Dee. 14, '62. at Kinston, N. C. 139 Henry W. Whittemorc I 40 Oct. 7. '62, to July 7, *63. 140 George W. Martin K 23 Oct. 7, 'o2, to July 7, '63. Forty-Seventh Regiment Infantry. (Nine Months.) Xaine. Co. Age. 'i'erm of service. 141 Jackson II. Libby A 29 Sept. 19. '62, to Sept. 1, '63. 142 Robert II. Mitchell F 22 Oct. 9, '62, to Sept. 1, '63. Fifty-Sixth Regiment Infantry. (Three Years.) N.aiiip. Co. Age. Term of service. 143 Samuel W. Ward E 39 March 1, '64. to July 12, '65. ,., Ty . ■ ^ V ■ p 9"? (Dec. 28, '03; killed July 30, '64, at 144 Fatnck Kerrigan C 23 J Petersburg, Va. 145 James Boylen, corp. K 21 Feb. 25, '04, to July 12, '65. 344 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Fifty-Seventh Regiment Infantry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 146 Andrew Callau, corp.i B 41 Jan. 5, '64, to July 30, 'G5. 147 Charles A. Sargent, sergt.i H 21 March 12, '64, to July 30, '65. Fifty-Eiglith Regiment Infantry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. ,.8Wmia„.G.CusM„g H 43 { ^''^'.'itU/li'epSir'^' ''' Fifty-Nintli Regiment Infantry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 146*Andrew Callan B 41 Jan.5,'64 ; tr. June 1, '6-5, to57thInf. 149 Arthur Boyer F 27 Feb. 20, '64 ; deserted Feb. 26, '65, , .-.^/-.i T A c 4. <. TT nn (March 12, '64; trans. June 1, '65, 147*Charles A. Sargent, sergt. II 21 ? to 57th Inf. Sixtieth Regiment Infantry. (One Hundred Days.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 150 Charles Cunningham G 21 July 19, '64, to Nov. 30, '64. Sixty First Regiment Infantry. (One Year.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 151 Charles K.Drury, sergt. maj. 21 Aug. 26, '64. to June 4, '65, 152 John H. Grant A 22 Aug. 17, '64, to June 4, '65, 151*Charles K. Drury, sergt. B 21 Aug. 26, '64 ; sergt. maj. May 13, '65. First Company Sharpshooters. (Three Years.) Name. Age. Term of service. 153 Ammi Hall 28 Sept. 2, '61 ; dis. Sept. 26, '62, disa. First Light Battery. (Three Months.) Name. Age. Term of service. 154 Josiah Porter, lat lieut. 38 May 18, '61, to Aug. 2, '61, First Battery Light Artillery.^ (Three Years.) Name. Age. Term of service. 155 James W. Kenney, sergt. 25 Aug. 28, '61, to Aug. 29, '64. 156 Daniel Benham, corp. 27 Aug. 28, '61 ; re-enl. Dec. 23, '63, 157 Daniel Benham, corp. 29 Dec. 24, '63; tr. 9th bat. Mar. 12, '65. 168 John \V. Carroll 18 Aug. 29. '64; 159 WUlard Chaffin 2*5 Dec. 24, '63; 160 Jeremiah Clancy 2o Aug. 15, '64 ; " " 161 Chester S.Ellis 22 Dec. 24, '63; 162 John Gardner 18 Aug. 29, '64 ; 163 John Kelly 35 Aug. 28, '61 ; re-enl. Dec. 23, '63. 164 John Kelly 37 Dec. 24, '63 ; tr. 9th bat. Mar. 12, '65. 165 Alonzo F.Sackett 30 Dec. 24, '63; " " 166 Charles Schwamb 18 Aug. 29, '64; " " 167 James Smith 19 Aug. 2, '62. 168 Joseph Yeats 24 Aug. 28, '61 ; dis. Jan. 19, '63, disa. 1 See Fifty-Nintli Regiment Infautry. 2 Warren H. Freeriiaii, in April, 1802, saw Ciipt. Porter's (First) Battery, at Manassas, Va., and several of tlie niembeis from West Oanibritlge. The battery vv-as encamped for a long time near West Camb., and tlie commander was a son of the somen liat noted liotel- keeper in the vicinity.— Z,e<7 Artillery. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 177 Elisha F. Sargent B 43 Dec. 3, '64, to Aug. 16, '65. 178 William Hill, corp. K 18 {^"°buy PoLf vt'"" ''' '''' "' 179 George A. Crane K 18 Aug. 9, '62, to July 8, '64. 180 Henry J. Crosby K 20 Aug. 9, '62, to July 8, '64. Second Regiment Heayy Artillery. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 181 Michael W. Coughlin C 19 Aug. 18, '64, to June 26, '65. 182 William Coleman D 19 Aug. 15, '64, to June 26, '65. 183 Joseph Foster D 22 Jan. 2, '64 ; deserted July 2, '65. 184 Edmund Joyce D 20 Aug. 15, '64, to June 26, '65. 185 Lewis Martin E 21 Aug. 18, '64, to June 26, '65. 186 David H. Pierce E 20 Aug. 18, '64, to June 26. '65. 187 Peter Johnson F 18 Aug. 23, '64, to June 26, '65. 188 John Kelly F 42 Aug. 19, '64; died Oct. 12, "64, at Newbern, N. C. 189 Daniel Creamer G 24 Aug. 15, '64, to Sept. 3, '65. * Sec First Battery. ' Credited to Cambridge. 31 346 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Third Begimeut Heayy Artillery. (Three Years.) Kame. Co. Age. Term of service. 190 Otis K. Wilber M 21 Aug. 17, '64, to June 17, '65. First Battalion Heavy Ai-tillery, (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 191 George N. Ladd D 29 Aug. 9, '64 ; deserted Sept. 13, '64. 192 Samuel Nason D 37 Aug. 9, '64, to Sept. 12, '65. 193 Leander T. Gilceas E 18 Aug. 11, '64, to June 28, '65. First Begimeut of Cayalry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 194 Edward Meredith, band 32 Jan. 6, '62, to Aug. 16, '62. 195 Matthew Rowe, corp. H 20 Dec. 25, '63, to June 26, '65, 196 James Ferguson H 30 Dec. 17, '61 ; d. of w'ds Nov. 19,'63. 197 Matthew Rowe H 18 Dec. 17, '61 ; re-enh Dec. 25, '63. 198 Alfred M. Thorp H 27 Oct. 5, '61 ; deserted. 199 Henry D. Trask, sergt. L 19 Sept. 23, '61 ; tr. to Co. L, 4th Cav. Second Begiment of Cavalry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 200 James Caldwell A 24 April 9, '64 ; deserted May 24, 64. 201 George R. Rockwell A 21 April 9, '64 ; deserted May 24, '64. 202 Henry McAllister, sergt. C 24 April 2, '64, to May 26, '65'. 203 Ebenezer Lane I 23 Feb. 10, '63, to July 20, '65. 204 Thomas O'Brien I 18 Aug. 26, '64, to June 17, '65. 205 Walter E. Jaquith K 18 Dec. 21, '63 ; dis. Apr. 20, '64, disa. 206 Charles Smith, unas'd recruit 30 Dec. 22, '63 ; rejected Dec. 24, '63. Third Begiment of Cavalry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 207 Robert Guild F 21 ^ ^P"i/' 'A^= "^H ^""^^ ^^' '^*' ^* (^ New Orleans, La. 208 Kendall L. Flint, unas'd recr. 21 Apr. 4, '64, to Apr. 21, '64, rej. recr. Fourth Beginient of Cavalry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 199*Henry D. Trask, corp. L 19 Sept. 23, '61 ; re-enl. April 20, '64. 209 Henry D. Trask L 21 April 21^ '64 ; prom. Nov. 29, '64. Fifth Begimeut of Cavalry. (Three Years.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 2U Joh„ Dou,h,y A 27 \ "•'■ l^ilSL^"" *' '"'• " First Battalion Frontier Cavalry. (One Year.) Name. Co. Age. Term of service. 212 George T. Litchfield B 19 Dec. 30, '64, to June 30, '65. SOLDIERS IN AVAR OF THE REBELLION. 347 Veteran Reserve Corps, Name. 213 Joseph Dru^an 214 Patrick FaUon 215 Victor Victorine Age. 27 26 28 Term of service. Aug. 9, '64. Aug. 24, '64. Aug. 10, '64. United States Veteran Volunteers. (Hancock's Corps.) Name. 216 Robert Jost 217 Thomas U. Kenny 218 William M. Payne 219 Joshua P. Sawyer Age. Term of Service. 33 March 20, '65 ; dis, March 20, '66. 22 Dec. 12, '64 ; prom, sergt. 22 Jan. 18, '65 ; dis. Jan. 16, '66. 30 Dec. 12, '64; 1st sergt. From a Town Book, and not Mentioned in the Preceding List. Name. 220 John S. Alanson 221 Thomas Burns, recr. 222 Michael Cannon " 223 William Fox " 224 John Higgins 225 Hamus Hudson " 226 George Jones 227 Samuel H. Libbey^ 228 Gotlieb Luthey 229 Lawrence Lynch 230 William McDermott 21 [recr. 231 Thomas McDool 232 George W. Nesmith 233 Talbot W. Nichols 234 William Price 235 Robert Sullivan, recr 236 Nathaniel H. White Age. Co. 31 D 21 23 H 23 19 B 18 B 21 K 38 ij 21 r. H 23 KJ 26 I 34 18 E •. 18 C 20 I Term of service. 2d Heavy Art. ; Aug. 22, '63, 1st Inf.; Dec. 9, '62. 1st Cav. ; Jan. 3, '65, to June 26, '65. 1st Inf.; Dec. 9, '62. 2d Inf. ; uncertain. 11th Inf. ; Aug. 26, '64 ; des. Dec. 11, '64, 1st Cav,; Dec, 29, '63, to June 26, '65. 99th N. Y. Vols. (3 years) ; Dec. 31, '61. Hancock's Corps ; Dec. 27, '64. blacksmith, 1st Cav. (new batt'n) ; Dec. 5, '63, to June 26, '65. 59th Inf.; April 21, '64; trans, to 57th Inf. June 1, '65, 1st Heavy Art,, March 31, '64 ; dis. July 29, '65, disa. in Co. I, 4th Heavy Art. ; Aug. 17, '64, to June 17, '65. Hancock's Corps ; Dec, 26, '64, 61st Inf, ; Sept, 24, '64, to June 4, '65. 1st Cav. ; March 30, '64, to June 29, '65, 5th Inf. (9 mos,) ; Sept, 16, '62, to July 2, '63. See Third Regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Three Months). 348 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. SEAMEN AND OFFICERS IN THE NAVAL SERVICE. From a Toion Book. Name. 237 Gustavus Andersonf 24 238 Oscar Bailey 26 239 Constant V. Berry 21 240 John Brami, act. mast, mate 241 Isaac N. Bridges 242 James Brown 243 George Burns 244 James Cassidy 245 Noah Chick 246 George Churchman 247 James ClafFey 248 Jerome Colburn 249 John Connor 250 Franklin D. Covell 251 Wilson H. Crass 252 John Dempseyt 253 George Fosterf 254 George Friendf 255 James Gibson 256 William N. Jonesf 257 Thomas Kingf 258 William Lairson (or Lewis) t 28 259 Charles H. Macomber 260 James Mahoney 261 Frederick Mark 262 Patrick McCami 263 James McLeod 264 Daniel Meyall 265 John F. Moody 266 James Moore 267 Joshua Moore 268 Daniel Mulhiven 269 Frank Muh-eay 270 Thomas Munday 271 John Murphy 272 Charles Murray 273 Dan. Sidley 274 John Silloway, landsman 38 275 Anthony Smalley, act. ensign 276 Edward K.Smith Jr., act. ensign 277 Henry Smithf 23 278 Michael J. Smith act. ensign 279 CharlesT. Somes, act. mast, mate Oct. 26, '62. 280 Thomas Stephens, act. mast, mate Nov. 4, '61. 281 Charles A. Stewart, ) j^^^ ^ ,g2 acting master's mate J • ' • 282 E. W.B.Stewart, j April 4, '62. acting master s mate J ^ 283 John Sullivan, boy 14 March 12, '64. 284 John D. Sullivan 27 Oct. 29, '63. 285 John S. Sullivan 17 Nov. 28, '63. 286 John Sutton, 1st class boy 18 Dec. 22, '63. 287 Samuel G. Swain, act.mast.mate Nov. 3, '62. 288 William Westcottf 23 Jan. 29, '64 (3 yrs.). Age. Term of service. July 11, '64 (3 yrs.). July 9, '61 (3 yrs.). July 9, '61 (2 yrs.). (3 years.) July 9, '61 (3 yrs.). July 18, '61 (3 yrs.). July 11, '61 (3 yrs.). Aug. 23, '64 (1 yr.), June 25, '61 (3 vrs.). June 29. '61 (3 yrs.). June 24, '61 (3 yrs.). June 18, '61 (3 yrs.). Aug. 13, '64 (3 yrs.). June 25, '61 (3 yrs.). June 28, '61 (3 yrs.). July 2, '64 (3 yrs.). July 9, '64 (3 yrs.). July 14, '64 (3 yrs.). Jan. 11. '65 (3 yrs.). July 6, '64. July 22, '64. July 11, '64 (3 yrs.). Aug. 4, '62 (1 jT.), July 28, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 5, '62 (I yr.). Aug. 1, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 5, '62 (1 yr.), Aug. 4, '62 (1 yr.). July 29, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 23, '64 (1 yr.). Aug. 4, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 1, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 2, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 1, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 5, '62 (1 yr.). Aug. 6, '62 (1 yr.). Jan. 12, '64. Jan. 7, '64. Dec. 1, '63. Dec. 2, '63. June 25, '64 (3 yrs.). Dec. 28, '63. Cumberland. Cumberland. Cumberland. Cumberland. No. Carolina. No. Carolina. No. Carolina. No. Carolina. No. Carolina. Susquehanna. S. Atlantic Squad. Inc. Ino. Ino. Ino. Housatonic. Ino. Ino. Ino. Wilkes's Squad. Receiv. Ship Ohio. Receiv. Ship Ohio. E. G. Squad. Receiv. Ship Ohio. Receiv. Ship Ohio. Receiv. Ship Ohio. Receiv. Ship Ohio. t Substitute. SOLDIERS IN WAR OF THE REBELLION. 349 Fortieth Regiment New York State Volunteers.* (Three Years.) Name. 289 Albert S. Ingalls, capt. 290 John Locke, 2d lieut. 291 Francis Gould, 1st sergt. 292 Horace D. Durgin, sergt. 293 Charles H. Graves, sergt. 294: Edwin E. Snow, sergt. 295 Fred C. Flovd, corp. 296 John B. Wiley, corp. 297 Ammi C. Tecl", corp. 298 Thomas Braslin, corp. 299 Horatio N. Shepard, corp. 300 John P. Tufts, corp. 301 Henrv C. Cobb, wagoner 302 Daniel Barnett 303 John B. Busteed 304 James H. Cole 30o John P. Daniels 306 Edwin A. Frost 307 John P. Gammon 308 Alexander H. Greenlaw 309 AVinfield S. Hammond 310 John Hanna 311 John H.Hill 312 Robert Jost 313 Andrew J. Kenny 314 James W. Kenny 315 William M. Payne 316 Francis Quinn 317 Alvin Bobbins 318 Ezra W. Thompson 319 George S. Wilson 320 AVilliam S. Woods Albert S. Ingalls died of a wound Aug. 1 1, 1862 (see p. 157 previous). John Locke died in the service Sept. 22, 1862 (see p. 158 previous). Francis Gould received a ball in his knee Sept. 1, 1862, and died from its supposed effects Sept. 7, 1874 (see p. 253 previous). John B. Wiley was killed in battle. Gammon died of disease in the service. Greenlaw was killed in battle. John H. Hill died in prison at Richmond, Va., of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Andrew Kenny was killed at battle of W^illiamsburg, May o, 1862. Ezra W Thompson was killed while on picket. The New York muster rolls examined do not give the place of residence of any, and we have depended on the statements of remaining members of the company for correction of the above list. The following are said by members of the regiment to have belonged to the old company enlisted in West Cambridge, but were not residents of the town. They were all of Co. H, and enrolled June 27, 1861, at Yonkers, N. Y. Their names and ages were thus : George O. Ballon, 1st Lieut., 36; Ira Keyes, 2d Lieut., 38 ; Sewall B. Ellis, Corp., 21 (killed) ; Daniel C. Fletcher, Corp., 33 ; Patrick B^Tne, 25 ; Samuel A. Fish, 24 ; WUliam J. Flynn, 21 ; Phineas J. Jef- fers, 27 ; George W. Lang, 22 ; Charles Smith, 28 ; Christopher Smith, 23 ; George Thompson, 22. 1 Mozart Regiment, organized June 14, 1861; left the State, July 4, 1861. 31* Co. Age Enrolled. H 30 CJune 27, "61, at Yonkers, N. Y.; ( major, June 20, '62. F 35 June 27, '61; Lst lieut. Sept. 25, '61, H 31 ( June 27, '61 ; I 1st lieut. 2d lieut. Dec. 16, '61; , March 20, '62. H 21 June 27, '61; 1st sergt. H 22 ; June 27, '61 ; 1st lieut. 2d lieut., Dec. 16, '61; , Aug. 28, '62. H 18 June 27, '61. H 24 June 27, '61 ; sergt. H 21 June 27, '61. H 20 June 27, '61. H 18 June 27, '61. H 22 June 27, '61. H 25 June 27, '61. H 20 June 27, '61. H 24 June 27, '61. H 21 June 27, '61. H 20 June 27, '61 ; sergt. H 25 June 27, '61. H 24 June 27, '61. H 25 June 27, '61. H 23 June 27, '61. H 22 June 27, '61 ; corp. H 25 June 27, '61 ; corp. B 22 June 14, '61. H 30 June 27, '61. B 28 June 14, '61. H H 20 June 27, '61. H 22 June 27, '61. H 24 June 27, '61. H 20 June 27, '61. H 29 June 27, '61. H 20 June 27, '61. 350 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. MISCELLANEOUS. Residents of the Town and credited to Other Places. ,321. Joseph P. Burrage, 2d Lieut., age 22, Thirty-Third Regiment Infantry (three years). May, 18, '63, credited to Cambridge. Killed Oct. 29, '63, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. A graduate of Harvard University in 1862. His remains •were brought home in December, 1863, and funeral services were held in the Orthodox Church, before the town authorities, and many relatives and friends. Rev. Mr. Cady preached a discourse on the occasion, which was afterward printed for gratuitous distribution at the expense of Mr. John Field. 322. Edward Clark. See 22d Regiment Infantry, note. 323. Warren H. Freeman, Sergt., age 18, Co. A, Thirteenth Regiment Infan- try (three years), Dec. 1, '61, credited to Boston. Transferred to Co. A, 39th Regt., July 14, '64. Discharged Sept. 13, '64, order War Dept. A little book, entitled " Letters from Two Brothers serving in the War for the Union, to theu- Family at Home in West Cambridge, Mass." (Cambridge, printed for private circulation, 1871),' is deserving of high commendation. It is the record of Warren H. Freeman, who served as a soldier in the Thirteenth and afterward in the Thirty- ninth Massachusetts Regiments, and his brother Eugene H. Freeman, who was an engineer in the transport service, sons of Mr. J. I). Freeman. Warren H. joined Company A, 13th Mass. Regiment, in Mary- land, on the third day after leaving home on Dec 1, 1861, and his first letter from the army is dated D ec. 21. He was then engaged in campaigning in Vir- ginia. Received a corporal's warrant some weeks before April 13, 1863, was made prisoner at Gettysburg, Pa., first day of the series of battles July, 1863, and afterward paroled; promoted to sergeant, warrant dated July 1, 1864; transferred to Co. A, 39th Regt., and discharged Sept. 13, 1864, in the field, by reason of no vacancies existing in the regiment to which he was assigned. The letters of Eugene H. are confined to matters on the Potomac River and its neighborhood. 324. Chai-les C. Haskell, age 25, Co. I, Sixtieth Regiment Infantry (one hundred days), July 23, '64, credited to Boston. Drowned July 29, '64, Read- ville. Buried here. 325. Thomas Martin, age 22, Co. G, First Regiment of Cavalry (three years), Sept. 23, '61, credited to Charlestown. Died of Avouuds June 10, '63. Buried here, age 24 — monument. 326. George H. Sprague. age 30, Co. B, Forty-Third Regiment Infantry (nine months), Oct.11,'62, credited to Boston. Died March 27, '63, at Newbern, N. C. Buried here, 327. George Trask, age 18, Co. M, First Regiment of Cavalry (three years), Oct, 1, '61 — residence or place credited to rot given — transferred to Co. M, 4th Cavalry. (Died May 3, '62, Port Royal, S. C. — Family account and monument.') 328, Rev. Samuel A. Smith, minister First Congregational Parish, mission- ary to the army, died of a fever contracted at Norfolk, Va., on May 20, 1865, aged 36. Given in Letters from Tioo Brothers, and not previously mentioned : 329. Alfred Bloxham, age 25, First Battery Light ArtUlery (three years), July 24, '62, to Oct. 19, '64, credited to Cambridge. 330. George H. Cutter, age 19, Co. H, 3d Wisconsin Infantrj% enlisted April 24, '61, for three years, re-enlisted Dec. 25, '63 ; promoted Corp. Nov. 21, '62 ; Commissary Sergt., Oct. 29, '64; Fu-st Lieut., May 21, '65. (See Cutter Book, p. 235.) 1 Riverside, Cambridge. Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co. Pp. 168. SOLDIERS IN WAR OF THE REBELLION. 351 331. Eber Hill, Artificer, age 25, First Battery Light Artillery (three years), Sept. 6, '61, credited to Boston. Re-enlisted Jan. 3, '64, age 27, credited to Cambridge. Transferred March 12, '65, to 9th Battery. Discharged April 26, '65, supernumerary. 332. William II. "White, Corp., age 23, First Battery Light Artillery (three years), Sept. 13, '61, credited to Medford. Re-enlisted Jan. 3, '64, age 26. Transferred March 12, '65, to 9th Battery. Discharged April 26, '65, supernu- merary. Non-Resident Soldiers and others Buried Herb. 333. Augustus O. W. Cutter, age 21, Co. G, Ninth Regiment Infantry (three years), July 9, '63, Charlestown. Died March 4, '64 (Bealton Station, Va.). Son of Ezra, s. of Nehemiah Cutter (par. 44). — See Genealogies. 334. Franklin E. Ford, Acting Ensign in the Navy, appointed Aug. 7, 1863, a native of Maine and a citizen of Mass. ; stationed on Steam Sloop Tus- carora in 1864, and on the Keystone State (3d rate) during 1865. 335. Albert C. Frost, age 17, Co. C, Fifteenth Regiment Infantry (three years), Aug. 14, '62, Belmont. Died of wounds Sept. 16, '63, Gettysburg, Pa. Son of Henry Frost (par. 35) . — See Genealogies. 336. Samuel Gates, age 43, Co. E, Sixteenth Regiment Infantry (three years), July 12, '61, credited to Woburn. Discharged June 6. '62, disability. Samuel Gates (probably the same), age 46, credited to Charlestown, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, Aug. 1, '64, 337. Charles C. Henry, age 44, Co. A, Twenty-Fifth Regiment Infantry (three years), Sept. 11, '61, to Sept. 18, '62. Credited to Worcester. 338. Henry S. Pollard, enlisted from N. Y. in New York State Volunteers. 339. Samuel G. Rawson, age 19, Co. E, Forty-Fourth Regiment Infantry (nine months), Sept. 12, '62, to June 18, '63. Credited to Boston. 340. Minot Bobbins, Seventh N. Y. Regiment. 341. William W. Snelling, age 33, Ninth Battery Light Artillery (three years), Aug. 10, '62, credited to Boston. Discharged March 14, '63, disability. 342. William Stacy, Co. K, 99th New York Vols, (three years) ; Jan. 13, '62, Not Buried Herb, 343. George P. Cotting, age 20, Co. F, Twenty-Fifth Regiment Infantry (three years), Oct. 10, '61, credited to Fitchburg; re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63, cred- ited to Boston. Died Dec. 29, '64, at Annapolis, Md. Note, Charles H. Graves, formerly 1st Lieut, in the Fortieth N. Y. Regiment, born Mass. and appointed from Mass., was commissioned Assistant Adjutant- Gen- eral of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, Feb. 29. '64 ; Assistant Adjutant- General of Volunteers with the rank of Major, Jan. 15, '65. Brevet Colonel of Volunteers and Aide- de- Camp to Brevet Ttlnjor-General A. H. Terry. Entered the Regular Army as First Lieutenant in the Fourteenth Infantry, Nov. 29, '65. Captain, Thirty-Fourth Infantry, commissioned July 28, '66. Brevet Major and Brevet Lieiit.- Colonel of Regulars, March 2, '67. Captain " unassigned," discharged Dec. 29, 1870. Thomas M. Kenny, of the U. S, Veteran Volunteers, served one term in the Regular Artillery before 1864, See No, 217. GENEEAL lE^DEX. Abstract of births, &c., 1739-1783, 101, 102 Act for establishing Fire D epartment, 155 Action of the toAvn during last war with Great Britain, 136 Adams's (Capt.) company in French War, 36. 37, 184 Admissions to, and dismissions from the Church, 101, 123, 125, 242 Agricultm-al characteristics of the in- habitants, 148 Amount contributed by the town dur- ing the war, 1861-65, 159 Anecdote of Rev. Mr. Cooke's canon- icals lost, 82, 83 Answer of Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, to call for settlement, 1788, 106 ; his or- dination, 107, 123, 124 Antipedo-baptists, 48 Area of Second Parish in Cambridge, 110 Arlington, Advocate, newspaper, 164; Heights, 130, 163-165; celebration of change of name, remarks by Hon. Charles Sumner, 161, 162 ; ' Land Company, 163, 164 ; name of West Cambridge changed to, 4, 160 ; Pub- lic Librarj^ 142, 163, 165 ; Schools, 163, 165 ; Water Works, 162, 163 Autobiography of Rev. Samuel Cooke, 29, 31, 89-92 Baptists, 49, 86, 104-106, 125, 133, 175, 176 Baptist Society, 175, 176 Bass viol, 109, 114, 115, 242 Bathing tub, 136 Battle (Capt.) of Dedham, detailed with his companv, April 20, 1775, 70, 79 Battle of April 19, 1775, 52-83, 85, 93, 99, 121, 147 Belfry, church, 22, 48, 85, 101, 110, 116 Bell, parish, 34, 48, 101, 108, 114, 116, 122, 131, 136, 138, 142 Beverly men in action, April 19, 1775, 68, 71, 73 Births, abstracts of, 101, 102 Black Horse Tavern, at Menotomy, 59 Book of Psalms and Hymns, 127 British Military occupation of Boston, 43, 45, 46, 47, 50, 82, 99; officer's account of the Battle of April 19, 1775, 54-56 ; British private soldiers' letters, 55 ; wagon train captured, 61, 62, 63 Bull's Creek, 11 Burying cloth, 34, 103 Burying Place, 12, 22, 32, 41, 45-47, 69, 70,77, 100, 101, 109, 110, 113, 116, 139-141,143, 151, 165, 177 Calls for men for the war, 1861-1865, 157, 158, 159 Cambridge, Commons, reservations and grants from, 19, 22, 41 ; First Church and Parish, 1, 3, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29, 104, 107, 119, 126, 164; Northwest Inhabitants, messes, 92, 93 ; North- west Inhabitants, petitions, 1, 2, 37, 38, 39, 1 13 ; Northwest Precinct Book, 21, 29, 43, 92, 93, 94, 106, 107, 112, 117 ; Second Church, 25-29, 73, 90, 101, 103, 105, 106, 107. 117-120, 125 ; Third Parish (now Brighton), 3, 100, 107 Capture of Burgoyne and army, 100 Card manufactory, 109, 111, 127, 130, 139 Celebrations of change of name to Ar- lington, 161, 162 Centenarians, 36, 37, 123, 149, 184, 186 Centennial Celebration of the 19 th of April, 1775, 164 Central School House, 110, 116, 131, 143, 154, 157, 158 354 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Charlestown line, ancient location, 8 Charlestown neighbors, 21, 22, 38,39 Chesapeake and Shannon, naval bat- tle, 134, 135 Choice of successor to Rev. Mr. Cooke, 104, 105 Church covenants, 25, 119 Circle Hill (now Arlington Heights) , 163 Citizens in Mass. othRegt., 1861, 157 Clock in tower of meeting-house, 116, 126 Collector, security required of, 104 Combat between Dr. Downer and a British soldier, April 19, 1775, 66 Commission to Stephen Frost from the Provincial Congress, 58 Committee, of Cambridge, 2 ; of Safety atMenotomy, April 18 and 19, 1775, 59, 60, 65; to confer with Cam- bridge relative to a separate town, 113; to inspect behavior of young people in church, 34 Congregational minister of West Cam- bridge, right in Harvard College, 3 Congregational Unitarian Society at Belmont, 174 Constable, thanks to, 154 Convers, James, deposition concern- ing Cooke's mill, 15, 16 Cooke, Rev. Samuel, ordained pastor, 28 ; his death, 101 ; funeral expenses paid by Precinct, 103 ; his remarks fourth year after battle of 1775, 93 ; autobiography of, 89-92 Cooke's mills at Menotomy (estab- lished before 1638) and estate, 6-9, 11-13, 15, 16, 147 Cooke's mill lane, 11 Cotting Academy, 158, 209 Cotting High School, 209 Courtship, an old time description of, 150, 151 Cutter School House, 158, 160 Cutter, William, School Fund, 142, 219 Dam above old mill pond, 1703, 16 Damage to property by the British troops, April 19, 1775, 65, 73-75, 79 Damon, Rev. David, installation of, 117, 119 ; death of, and obituary, 226 Danvers men in action at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 63,66-71, 72, 73 Deacons chosen, 28, 37, 108, 118, 119, 124 Death, of a dwarf, 39 ; of Rev. Thad- deus Fiske, 240 ; of Daniel Town- send, of Lynnfield, atMenotomv, 19 AprU, 1775, 71, 72; of General Washington, 108 ; of Hon. Charles Sumner, 164 ; of Jason Russell, April 19, 1775, 68-70, 74, 75 ; of Rev. Samuel Cooke, 101 Deaths of three members of the Win- ship family, 37 Decoration Day, Celebration of, 1879, 165, 166 Dedication of new meeting-house,1805, 112. 126, 127 Deposition of Benjamin and Rachel Cooper in regard to the killing of Wyitian and Winship, 74 ; of Han- nah Bradish, 64, 196 Diary of Rev. John Marrett cited, 84, 85 District School libraries, 143 Dogs first licensed, 152 Draft of 44 men in 1863, 158 Drill Club, 158 Drowning of James Robbins, 44 Dudleian Lecture, by Rev. Mr. Cooke, 41 ; by Rev. Mr. Damon, 228 Earthquakes, 45, 46 Eclipse of the sun, 1757, 35, 36 Evening Sermons, 31, 46 Experience of Hannah Adams, April 19, 1775, 66, 74, 75, 185 Farm of John Adams, 1664, 9 Farms granted in Arlington and Lex- ington by Cambridge inhabitants, 1635, 5 Fence to secure the corn of the In- dians, 1643, 6 Fenceviewers for Menotomy Fields, 1649, 9 Fielddriver for Menotomy Fields, 9 Fine for cutting trees or timber in 1647,8 Fire Department established, 155 ; en- gines, 139, 140, 141, 143, 165 Fire on Walter Russell's estate, 155 First and second anniversary celebra- tions of the Battle of Lexington, 84, 85 ; First Congregational parish, 174; first armed resistance to Brit- ish aggression as shown here, 48 Fish, act concerning, 132, 138, 139 Fishing in Menotomy River, lawsuit, &c., 9 Fiske, Rev. Thaddeus, his ordination, 107, 123, 124; resignation of. 117, 118; sermons, 107, 108, 123; death of, and obituary notice, 240 Five Cents Savings Bank, ? 55 Flagstaff donated, 160 Fourth of July Celebration, in 1808, 121, 122; in 1842, 228 Friendship fire engine, 139, 143 GENERAL INDEX. 355 Gage, Gen., his official return of the action of April 19, 1775, 52, 53, 54 Gale, destructive, in 1871, 163, 174 Galleries in meeting-house, 34, 35, 49, 94, 101, 115, 126 Gas Light Company, 155 General School Committee, 140 Gift, of Rebecca Whitmore, 29; to- Avard building first meeting-house, 23 Gould, Lieut., made prisoner, April 19, 1775, 63, 64, 77, 81 Grant by certain inhabitants of Charles- town to President of Harvard Col- lege, 8 ; to West Cambridge, of all lands belongmg to the Proprietors of Cambridge, 20 ; to Widow Rolfe, to make a dam above old mill pond, 12, 14, 16 Great Road to Concord, alloAvance for highway, 9 ; Swamp by Menotomy River, allotments near, 9 Guide posts, 143 Hall of Thomas Russell, 111 Havscales, 117, 140 Hearse, 113, 117, 143 Heath and Warren, Generals, in ac- tion of April 19, 1775, 65, 78, 79 ; comments of former on the battle, 79 Hedge, Rev. Frederic H., ordination and dismissal of, 117-119 High School, 158, 165, 209 Highway to Menotomy before 1636, 5 Hiram Lodge, 166 Hogreeves for Menotomy, 1692, 1695,9 Horse Railroad, 155 Hospitals in Menotomy in 1775, 78, 83 House of Jason Russell at Menotomy April 19, 1775, 67-69, 71, 72, 75 Ice business and John Hill, 146 ; and railroads, 146, 147 ; first ice carried into Boston market, 242 ; houses at Spy Pond, 146 Illumination in honor of the capture of Richmond, 159 Indians, 6, 7, 30, 35, 50, 63, 128 Ingalls's (Capt.) company of Infantry, 1861, 156, 157 Inhabitants, not pi'oprietors, grants to them. 1689, 19 Innholders, 35, 36, 42, 59, 73, 74, 75, 76, 83, 121, 133, 136, 139, 150 Inoculation for cowpox, 139 Inscription on gravestone to Jason Russell and others, 69 ; on monu- ment of the Rev. Samuel Cooke, 100, 101 Installation of Rev. D. Damon, 117, 119; of successors, 120, 174 Interment of Russell and others who fell on April 19, 1775, 70 Journalists, distinguished, natives, 146 JuvenQe Library, 141, 142, 155, 163 Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Societ)-, 158, 159 Lafayette in West Cambridge, 139 Legacy of Dr. Ebenezer Learned, 141 ; of Dr. T. Wellington, 142, 155 ; of John Butterfield, 107 ; of Nathan Pratt, 164, 165 Letter of John Adams at the age of 102, 149, 151 ; of Rev. John Mar- rett, relating to events at Menotomy on April 19, 1775, 74, 75; of Rev. Mr. Cooke, to the Rev. Isaiah Dun- ster, 39, 40 Lexington, Alarm April 19, 1775, 56 ; and West Cambridge Railroad, 143- 45, 147, 148 Library, 108, 122, 127, 141, 142, 143, 155, 163, 165 Likeness of the Rev. Mr. Cooke, 89 Locke School House, 165 Longevity in former times, 123, 148 Lumber yard, 130 Lyjm End men in action at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 62, 71, 73 Market gardening and fruit farms, 146 Medford men killed at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 67, 72 Meeting house, 22-24, 29, 32, 34, 35, 41, 48, 62, 66, 67, 73-75, 79, 94, 101, 108-117, 120, 122, 126-128, 130,131, 138, 139, 150 Menotomy, Bridge, 1642, 5 ; Church, see Cambridge Second Chui-ch; Field, 8, 9, 10, 16; heavy firing of troops at, in Battle of 19 April, 1775, 56, 65, 66, 72. 78, 80, 81 ; incorporation as a district of Cambridge and Charlestown, 3,37-39; injuries in- flicted by British troops April 19, 1775, 66,'66-69, 74, 79. 82, US ; men reported missing after battle of April 19, 77 ; minutemen 50, 51, 56-60, 76, 99 ; Plain, action on, in Battle of April 19, 1775, 65-72 ; River, 2, 3, 5, 8-10, 16, 20.83, 132; Row, 10 Methodist Society, 179 :Middlesex Turnp"ike, 128, 136 ; Union Society, 110, 127 ^lilitia, disposal of, after the Battle of April 19, 1775, 79 " Mills Weare," 20 Ministerial privileges, 21 356 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Ministry lot, 1, 19 Monument, commemorative of April 19, 1775, erected 1848, 70, 151, 152; to William and Mary Cutter, 141 Monumental tablets at Arlington, com- memorative of April 19, 1775, 59, 62, 68, 74, 75, 165 Mortality of the Precinct, 34, 43, 48, 123, 124 Mystic River, origin of name, 3 ; Street, altered, 155 Naming the several streets, 145 Narrative of the Provincial Congress concerning Battle of April 19, 1775, 54 Negroes, 35, 58, 150 New Almshouse, 1851, 152 ; Burying Ground, 143, 228 ; East District Schoolhouse, 152; lots next Menot- omy, 1638, 5 ; School District. 142 Night march of the British troops ■ through Menotomy on April 18, 1775, 58, 59 Northwest Parish of Cambridge Sing- ing Society, 111, 113,114 Notices publicly read in Church, 39, 45, 48, 93, 94 Obituary notice of the Rev. Samuel Cooke, 103 ; of Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, 240 ; of Rev. David Damon, 226. 227 Odd Fellows, 166, 191 Ode to Science, 122 Officers chosen on account of the War, in 1778, 92, 93; of the Northwest Precinct in Cambridge, 167-169 Old Adams House at West Cambridge, 147-149 Oration by William Nichols, Jr., on July, 4, 1808, 121, 122 Ordination of Rev. Mr. Cooke, 28 ; of Rev. Mr. Fiske, 107, 123, 124; of Rev. F. H. Hedge, 117-119 Ornaments, &c., for town hall, 154 Orthodox Congregational Society, 177, 178 Paige's History of Cambridge, 1 Parish, ringing of bell, 142 ; clerk for twenty years excused from further service. 117; Hall, 143-145, 152, 174 ; Tax, 107 Park Avenue at Arlington Heights, 164 Parsonage, 31, 74, 75, 83, 91 Passage cut for Cunard Steamer by John Hill, 146 Pastor's Diary, by Rev. Mr. Cooke, 30- 32 Percy's letters on the events of April 19, 1775, 79-82; reinforcement of British troops April 19, 1775, 52, 55, 56, 61, 64, 65, 80, 81, 82 Petition of Samuel Cooke to sell hia children's real estate, 40, 41 ; to be set off from Second Parish, 107 Pewholders in new meeting-house, 1805. 112 Pews, 23, 35, 101, 112, 126, 127 Pitch pipe for use of singers, 115 Plan of Cutters' lands, mill pond, &c., about 1725, 16 Poor House, 136, 137, 152 Poor Widows' Fund, 142, 165 Post Office. 130 Poverty, general, after the Revolution, 241 Powder House, 132 Preamble and recommendations at town meeting April 29, 1861, 156 Precinct expenses, 32, 33, 101, 103, 110 Preservers of fish first chosen, 122 Primary School Districts, 154 Prudential Committee reduced from five to three, 32 ; School Committee, 140 Public meeting, in 1861, on account of the war impending, 155, 156; Feb. 22, 1862, 157 Randolph's attempt to get possession of laud near Spy Pond, 9 Reading and Writing School, 22 Reminiscences of military afi'airs, &c., by J. B. Russell, 122, 128-130, 133, 134, 136 Resignation of Rev. Dr. Fiske, 117, 118 ; of Rev. Mr. Hedge, 117, 118 Resolution not to invite the Rev. George Whitefield to preach in the pulpit here and in other pulpits, 33 Resolutions of sympathy and greeting to Major A. S. Ingalls, and others, July 22, 1862, 157 ; on Washington J. Lane, April 4, 1864, 158, 159; relative to the alarming crisis in public afi'airs in 1809, 128 Revolutionary tea, 48, 49 Road from Watertown line to Cooke's mills (laid out 1638), 6, 8, 11, 12 Roll of Capt. Benjamin Locke's com- pany, 1775,57,58; of Capt. William Adams's company, 1776, 83 Russell Park, 75, 159; School, 155, 163 Russell, Thomas, hall of. Ill Salem Gazette, cited, 53, 62, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78, 103 GENERAL IXDEX. 357 Sa\MniIl, dam for, in 1703, suit, &c., 16 School Committee, 108, 109, 121, 138, 139, 140, 142, 171, 172. 173 Schoolhouses, in the Precinct, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 32, 33, 41-43, 4G, 73, 108, 110; in W. Cambridge, 1 16, 122, 130, 131, 137-139, 141-143, 152. 154, 155, 157, 158, 160; in Arlington, 163, 165 ; burned, 160, 163 ; in Eastern District, 122, 130, 143, 152 ; inXorth- west District, 139, 142, 158, 160; in South District, 131, 143 Schools, 22, 24, 32, 4l, 43, 48, 108, 121, 131, 137, 139, 140, 141- 143, 148, 154, 157; High School, 158, 159, 165; superintendent of, 159 Sealer of leather first chosen, 122 Seatmg the meeting-house, 94, 95 Second or Northwest Precinct in Cam- bridge, boundaries, 2, 104 ; chmxh organized, and first minister settled, 25, 28, 29, 30, 90, 125 ; early preach- ers. 23, 24, 25 ; fifty years since founded, 46 ; first child baptized, 22 ; first preciact meeting, 21 ; incorpo- rated as town of West Cambridge, 3, 114, 126; incorporated Avith part of Charlestown as the District of ^lenotomy, 3, 38, 39 ; meeting-house built, 23 ; meeting-house dedicated, 23, 24; new meeting-house, 110; preaching in, 21, 23 ; second minis- [ ter settled, 105, 106, 107 ; set oflf as a distinct parish, 2 Sermon, at Rev. Mr. Cooke's ordina- tion, by Rev. E. Turell, 30; by President Langdon at Watertown, cited, 66 Sermons bv Mr. Cooke, 32-37, 39, 41- 47, 49-oi, 57, 84-89, 93, 94, 98- 100 ; by Rev. Mr. Fiske, 107, 108, 122- 128 Sexton, 107, 108, 114, 143 Sheds at Old Cambridge for Menotomy residents, 20; on parish land, 117, 141 Shooting of a woman in Menotomy in 1770, 42 Sidewalks, 141 Singing, 49, 109, 111, 113, 114,242; school, 114, 115 Sketch of Major Ingalls, 157, 158 ; of Rev. S. A. Smith, 159 : of Thomas Adams, 149, 150 I Smith's "West Cambridge on the 19th | of AprU, 1775," 56, 77, 78, 160 Snake hunt, 31 Soldiers in war of 1675, 18, 19 ; enlisted in 1775, 57 ; war of 1861-65, 339-51 Sons of Temperance, 157 32 Squa Sachem's Reservation west of ^Ivstic Ponds, 7 State Records, 1, 2, 4, 38 St. John's Church, 179 St. Malachj^s Church, 179 Stone house on training field, 145 Stores in West Cambridge, 130 Stoves in meeting-house, 116, 117 Stranger found dead in woods, 33 Streets first lighted with gas by town, 155 Streets, survey of, 145 Suicides, 32, 124 Surrender of Cornwallis. 98, 100 ; of Fort WUliam Henry, 35 Tax. list for Menotomy, A.D. 1781, 95- 97 ; paj'ers of, in Menotomy, in 1688, 19 Thatcher's (Capt.) Cambridge militia company, April 19, 1775, 56, 57 Tombs in Burying Ground, 116 Tornado of Aug. 22, 1851, 152-54 Town, clock, 155, 163 ; fire implements, 137, 139; house built, 154 ; meeting of West Cambridge, 120, 121 ; offi- cers of Arlington, 1 70- 173 ; of West Cambridge, 120, 121 ; pound, 121, 131, 138, 141 ; record of births, Sec, in first town book, 139 ; report, the first printed, 130-32; safe, 152 Train band, 41, 45, 84 Training field, 145 Transfer of land, the former southeast corner of Arlington, 1729, 9 Union Grammar School District, 154 ; School District divided, 152, 154 Universal and Universalist Society, 117,119, 176, 177 Visit of Jerome Bonaparte and his Bride to Whittemore's Card Factory in 1804, 111 Washingtonian Society, 157 Wear Bridge, mUl below on Menotomy side, 18 Weir (or Ware) Bridge, 18, 39; for alewives in Menotomy River, 1636 — since Alewife River or Brook, o ; in Mystic River at Menotomv, 6 Wells in public highways, 143 Welsh Mountains, the, 162* West Cambridge, band, 129, 136; boundaries, 3 ; congregational min- ister, right in Harvard College, 3 ; First Parish, 116-120. 123. Vl.i, 126, 138, 143, 155, 159, 163, 174 ; Five 358 GENERAL INDEX. Cents Savings Bank, 155 ; Gas Light Company, 155; Horse Kailroad Co., 155; Light Infantry, 133, 136 Musical Society, 114, 115, 122 iiame changed to Arlington, 4, 160 part annexed to Behnont, 4 ; part annexed to Winchester, 4 ; part of Charlestown annexed, 4, 142; Sew- ing Circle, 141 ; Social Library, 122, 127, 236, 242 ; Sketch of, by Isaac HUl, 145-9. 150; Statement of ex- penses, 1815,1816, 137,138; to help maintain Charles lliver Bridge, 3 ; town incorporated, 3, 1 14 ; view of in 1817, 138, 139 Whittcmore, Samuel, wounding of, by the British soldiery on April 19, 1775, 75-77 Wm of Rev. Samuel Cooke, 101 Winship, Jason, killed by British sol- diers, 66, 73-75 Wobum Road, since Mystic Street, 8, 76 Wyman, District Schoolhouse, 152 ; Jabez, killing of by British soldieiy, 66, 73-75 Yankee Doodle played by Percys British reinforcement, April 19, 1776, 61 INDEX OF IsTAMES. Abbot and Abbott, 37. 214, 313 Abdee or Abdy, 15, 19 Adams, 9, 10, 'll, 18. 19, 21, 22, 23, 27-9, 3o-8, 45,48,49,58-60,66,70, 73-5, 83, 85, 91, 93-5, 105, 106, 108, 110-12, 114, 117, 118-21, 124, 130-33, 137, 140, 141, 147,149, 150, 151,167- 72, 183-89, 194, 195, 197, 200, 202, 204, 205, 208, 214, 217,218,221, 223, 225, 237, 239, 240, 242-4 5, 251, 254, 257, 258, 260-63, 267, 270, 271, 273,274,282, 283, 285, 290, 291, 294-96, 299, 302, 304, 307, 308, 310, 312, 315,316, 320, 321, 329, 330, 339 Agur, 154, 224 Akerman, 154 Alanson, 347 Albro, 177 Alcutt, 189, 313 Alderman, 274 Alexander, 130, 172 Allen, 31, 32, 137, 140, 165, 171-73, 183, 189, 190, 224, 243,254, 261, 273, 316 Ames, 114, 115 Anderson, 131, 190, 301, 348 Andrew, 190, 300, 317 Andrews, 190, 274 Andros, 51 Angier, 190, 257 Anneslev, 8, 15 Annis, 190, 238 Appleton, 23-5, 28, 31, 33, 164 Arnold. 100 Ash, 190, 271, 281 Atkins, 223 Augustus, 190, 302 Austin, 118, 190, 252 Averill, 190, 266 Averv, 131,140,170,190, 198, 224, 298 Ayres, 190 Babbit, 190 Babcock, 190, 243 Backer, 33, 191 Backus, 175 Bacon, 172, 177, 191,292, 342, 343 Bailey, 130, 157, 158,161, 165, 172, 185, 340, 348 Bainbridge, 135 Baker, 53, 332 Balch, 191 Baldwin, 53. 191, 266 Ball, 112, 191, 193 Ballou, 349 Bancroft, 63, 162 Banks, 161 Banvard, 172, 176 Barber, 122, 142, 191 Barjonah, 58 Barker, 191, 330 Barnard, 82, 191, 239, 240 Barnes, 140 Barnett, 349 Barnev, 342 Barr, 191 Barrett, 131, 191, 205 Barrv, 191, 193 Bartiett, 170, 178, 274 Barton, 129 Batchclder and Batchel- ler, 58. 154 Bates, 223 Batherick, 19, 63 Bathrick, 11, 12, 37,191- 92, 197, 252, 262, 290 Battle, 70, 79 Batts, 192, 206, 269 Bayley, 192, 275 Beals, 192, 208 Beard. 9 Belcher, 192, 279, 324 Belknap, 93-5, 112, 115, 127, 131,137, 169, 192- 93, 270, 280, 323, 334 Bell, 70, 191, 193 Bellows, 193, 331, 332 Bemis, 32,42,93,97,167- 69, 178, 193, 200, 2^7, 247, 248, 252, 276,292, 298, 310 Benham, 340, 344, 345 Benjamin, 193, 218, 311 Bennem, 157, 340 Bennett, 193, 259 Bent, 193, 226, 266 Bernard, 53, 82, 90 Berry, 191, 193, 348 Billings, 288 Blackington, 18, 58, 61, 94, 95, 128, 193-94, 264, 293, 328 Blackman, 194. 219 Blackstone, 343 Blake, 154, 194, 239, 313, 334 Blanchard, 94. 95, 107, 150, 165, 184, 194, 221, 238, 310, 343 Blasius, 153 Blodget and Blodgett, 58, 97, 105. 194, 248, 251, 200, 284, 292, 316 Blood, 223, 235 Bloxham, 359 Boardman, 194, 198, 239, 342 Bodge, 194, 199 360 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Bonaparte. Ill Bond, 67, 122 Bordman, 2, 91. 194 Boutell, 19-5, 330 Bouton, 70 Bowdoin, 131 Bowers, 195, 216 Bowes, 33, 84, 92, 195, 204, 208, 258 Bowman, 58, 78, 95, 97, 108, 150, 167, 168, 184, 195, 198, 204, 216,220, 222, 278, 290,316, 324, 327, 330, 331 Boyce, 11, 252 Bovd, 195 Boyer, 344 Boylen, 343 Boylston, 246 Boynton, 294 Brackett, 196, 311 Bracy, 203 Bradbury, 196, 259 Bradford, 132 Bradish, 64, 196, 224 Bradley, 132 Bradsliaw, 89,91,92,177, 178, 196, 207 Brady, 127 Brand, 5 Brann, 348 Braslin, 157, 349 Brattle, 2, 21, 44, 176 Brazer, 118 Breed, 64 Brewer, 5, 77 Bridge, 10, 197, 230 Bridges, 348 Brien, 197 Briggs, 118, 119,197,321 Brigham, 197 Bright, 197, 204, 315 Brison, 346 Britten, 187, 197, 256 Broadwell, 223 Broke, 134, 135 Bronsou, 236 Brooks, 18, 100, 129,130, 133, 139, 152, 153, 176, 192, 197, 211, 212,216, 267, 273, 281, 285, 318, 343 Broughton, 18 Brown, 11, 33, 37, 41,45, 53, 94, 95, 97, 119, 133, 140, 153, 161, 167, 168, 171, 172, 174, 178, 194, 195, 197, 198, 215,216, 218,221,222,239,240, 247, 248, 254, 261,266, 271, 272, 276,282,283, 289, 307, 316,323,330, 339, 348 Bruce, 198 Buck, 19, 20 Buckman and Bucknam, 140, 154, 190, 198,210. 222, 223, 246, 266, 285 Budge, 194, 199,283,287, 312 Budington, 25 Bull, 11, 12, 19, 20, 199, 200, 252, 276 Bullock, 161 Bunker. 10 Burbeck, 137, 154, 199, 222, 259, 313 Burgess, 343 Burgoyne, 100, 186, 202 Burke, 342 Burns, 342, 347, 348 Burr, 91, 92, 104, 105, 207 Burrage,170,172,]78,350 Burrill, 2 Bussell, 199, 220 Bu steed, 349 Butter, 199, 235 Butterfield, 9, 10, 21-3, 27, 28. 30, 78, 83, 94, 95, 107, 110-13, 120, 121, 131, 140. 154, 167, 168-70, 188, 193, 199- 201, 203, 216, 233,234, 245, 256, 268,269,270, 272, 274, 290,311,313, 319, 321 Butters, 187 Byrne, 349 Cady, 143, 171, 172, 173, 17S, 350 Caldwell, 346 Callan, 344 Campbell, 137, 201, 341 Cannon, 347 Capell, 201, 210 Capen, 201, 227, 286 Carleton or Carlton, 172, 176 Carlisle, 141, 201, 278 Carnes, 136, 201 Carrigan, 342 Carroll, 201, 300, 339, 344. 345 Carter, 38, 94, 95, 172, 173, 189,201, 202,212, 258,279,318, 327 Carteret and De Carteret, 22, 27, 38, 167, 168, 199, 202, 203, 279, 318 Carthew, 15, 16 Cassidy, 348 Ceiley, 165 Center, 58 Chadwick, 149, 184, 203 Chaffin, 344, 345 Chamberlain and Cham- berlin, 9,199, 103,229 Chambers, 203 Champney, 20, 203, 236, 279 Chandler, 145, 203, 234 Charles Edward, 50 Chase, 140, 171 Chauncey, 31 Cheever, 203, 217 Chick, 348 Child and Childs, 108, 203, 204, 236, 244, 276. 284, 335 Chisholm, 340 Chrissen, 28, 204 Churchill, 204, 251 Churchman, 348 Claffey, 348 Clancv, 344, 345 Clap, 24 Clark and Clarke, 58, 60, 85, 107, 124, 140, 154, 166, 171, 177,184, 195, 197, 204, 224, 240,241, 272, 280,298, 314,315, 341, 343, 350 Clay, 204, 301 Cleaves, 68, 71 Clinton, 342 Cobb, 349 Codner, 204,261 Coffin, 204 Coggin, 205, 329 Cogswell, 205 Colburn, 348 Cole, 110, 112, 120, 131, 205, 296, 349 Coleman, 345 Collins, 8, 12, 18, 205, 276,339 Colman, 31 Comee, 205 Comston, 205, 299 Coning, 341 Connor, 348 Convers and Converse, 15, 112, 131, 154, 178, 185, 205, 244, 251 INDEX OF XAMES. 361 Cook and Cooke, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11-13, 15, 16, 18,19, 20, 22, 2.5, 27-37, 39- 49, 51, 57, 67, 69, 74, 75, 82-5, 87-95, 97,98, 100-07, 110, 119, 120, 125. 128, 164,169,176, 177, 182-84, 191, 192, 196, 205-08, 213, 222, 230-33, 238, 241, 246, 254, 255, 256, 265, 275, 280, 289, 290, 294, 297, 299, 302, 308,312,325, 331, 334 Cooper, 73-6, 78, 83, 192, 208, 245, 265, 275, 279, 280, 327, 334 Corbott, 223 Coiiet, 5, 20 Cornell, 208, 325 Cornwallis, 98, 100 Cotting, 140, 158, 166, 208,209,236,251,281, 351 Cotton, 33, 41, 91, 208. 341, 343 Couch, 209, 244 Coughlin, 345 Covell, 348 Cowdrv, 209, 286 Coweli 209, 326 Cowing, 342 Cox, 56, 58, 165, 176, 209, 210, 234, 293,313 Cradock, 6 Craft or Crafts, 210, 240, 248 Crane, 172, 173, 345 (Jrass, 348 Creamer, 345 Crockett, 201, 210 Cromwell, 7 Croome, 210 Crosby, 106, 114, 140,171- 73, 176, 198, 206, 210, 220, 216, 249, 260,288, 294, 345 Crouch, 176 Crowninshield, 134 Cummings, 210, 250,339 Cunningham, 344 Curtis, 210 Cushing, 107, 124, 154, 210, 344 Cutler, 1,2,21,22,23,27, 28, 41, 59, &5, 96, 128, 145, 167-69, 197, 211, 212, 2i7, 2'^5, 253,254, 266, 284, 311, 317 32* Cutter, 5, 6, 8, 10-24, 27, 28, 30-32, 37, 39, 49, 58, 61, 64, 69, 74, 75, 83, 92-95,104-08,110- 12. 114, 118-21. 123, 128, 131, 136, 137-42, 158, 162, 165, 166-69, 171. 173, 174, 176, 177, 183, 184-86, 188, 190, 193-95, 197-99, 201, 203,206,210,211,212- 25, 231-33, 235, 237- 39, 243-46, 248, 250, 252-55, 257, 258, 261, 263, 265, 267, 269, 270- 72, 275-80, 284, 286- 92, 295-97, 299, 300, 303-05, 308, 310, 311, 312, 316, 317,319, 320, 322-24, 326, 329, 331- 35, 350, 351 Dailev, 342 D aland, 67 Damon, 117, 119, 120, 154, 171. 172, 173, 182, 193, 205, 226-29, 296 Dana, 95, 104, 145, 161 Danbenmayer, 342 Danforth, 7. 343 Daniels, 154, 229, 320, 349 D'Anville, 51 Davenport, 16, 112, 229- 30, 318 Davidson, 230, 270 Davies, 322 Davis, 53. 83, 111, 113, 170-72, 178, 230, 236, 262, 271, 272,277,319, 328, 339, 343 Day, 131. 138, 230, 248 Dean and Deane, 230, 273, 296 Deblois, 229, 236 Decker, 230 Delvin, 341 Dempsev, 348 De Neufville, 230, 231, 304 Dennis, 217 Dcrbv, 219,229, 231 Deveiis, 59, 60 Dexter, 140, 171, 231, 236, 271 Diar or Dier. 231, 295 Dickinson, 90 Dickson, 10, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27,58,94, 96, 112, 140, 167-71, 176, 199- 200, 201, 205,206,213' 217, 222, 225, 231-33. 237, 246, 250, 252, 267. 286, 293, 29i, 300, 301, 307, 310, 311,317 Ditson, 234, 281 Dix, 97, 234 Dixon, 232 Dizer, 305 Doane, 220 Dodd, 112 Dodge, 71, 154, 171, 178, 210, 234, 283 Dole. 13, 14 t Donelson, 133 Dorr, 231 Doubleday, 183 Doubledee, 183 Dougherty, 179 Doughty, 346 Douglass, 234, 283 Downer, 66 Downing, 200, 203, 234 Downs, 234 Dowse, 234, 327 Draper, 30, 84, 234 Drugan, 347 Drury, 178, 342, 344 Duke of Northumber- land, 80 Dunbar, 77 Duncan, 176 Dimklee, 221, 276 Dunn, 234, 308, 341 Dunster, 5, 7, 8, 15, 18, 19, 20-3, 27-9, 39, 40, 74, 75, 167, 169. 202, 211, 213, 218,234, 235, 256, 268, 276, 277, 279, 326, 334 Dupee, 154 Durant or Durrant. 235 Durgin, 165, 172, 349 Durnam, 342, 343 Dutton, 235, 248 Dwelley, 164 Eames, 10, 183 Earl, 199, 235 Eastman, 235, 266. 341 Eaton, 140, 235, 272-74, 279, 301 Ecklev, 203 Eddy," 119, 208, 235,236 Edes, 44 Edwards, 30, 231, 236 Eliot, 31. 32, 106, 234, 236, 305, 314 362 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Ellory, 58 Elliot, see Eliot Ellis, 344, 345, 349 Emerson, 32, 118, 137, 228, 236, 282, 340 Emmons, 90, 203, 204, 214, 236 Emory, 236, 278 Estabrook & Estabrooks, 106, 108, 110, 112, 160, 176, 188, 230, 236, 237, 255, 291, 298, 299,302, 312, 324 Eustis, 83 Ev^-ett, 228, 233, 237, 278,319 Fairbanks, 164 Fallon, 347 Faloon, 237, 268 Farmer, 94, 96, 140, 171, 177, 224, 237, 238 Farnsworth, 237, 340 Farrer, 223 Farrington, 237 Fay, 165, 212, 287, 299 Feit, 73 Felton, 144 Ferguson, 166, 237, 346 Fesseuden, 17, 18, 27, 32, 42. 96, 97, 111-15, 154, 165, 169, 170, 171, 190, 193, 194, 237, 238,248, 269, 277, 280. 289, 298, 311, 312, 314 Field, 165, 172, 173, 178, 209, 350 Fielding, 238 Fifield, 238, 274 Fillebrown, 20, 21,27,29, 30, 37, 58, 93, 94, 96, 111, 114, 115, 154, 167, 168, 169, 188, 191,194, 198,215,220,237, 238- 40, 249, 263, 272, 283, 286, 289, 302, 314 Findlayson, 240 Finney, 240, 292 Finotti, 173, 179 Fish, 349 Fisher, 342 Fiske, 9, 23, 105-09, 111, 116-19, 121-24, 139, 154, 169, 178, 182,189, 210, 231, 236, 240-42, 255, 266, 271, 272, 319 Fletcher, 140, 154, 170, 242, 261, 349 Flint, 83, 225, 332, 346 Floyd, 349 Flvnn, 349 Flynt, 31, 32 Fogg, 153 Folger, 341 Ford, 166, 189, 219, 242, 345, 351 Foreman, 243, 266 Foss, 205 Foster, 66-8, 83, 161, 188, 190, 215, 216,243, 286, 319, 345, 348 Fowle, 6-8, 11, 17, 34, £8, 83, 96, 105, 130, 140, 154, 171,177, 195, 209, 243,244,256, 259,273- 75,323 Fownell, 7, 8 Fox, 271,347 Foxcroft, 2 Francis, 97,100, 118.119, 167, 168, 205, 213,215, 244, 245, 258, 323, 326, 333 Freeman, 140, 172, 341, 344, 350 French, 244, 277 Friend, 348 Frost, 21-4, 27, 28, 41. 45, 47-9, 58,63,77, 83, 93, 94, 96, 106. 108, 111, 112,114, 115,117- 21, 124, 128, 137-40, 149, 153, 154, 166-72, 176-78, 184, 193, 194, 198, 205, 210,212, 213, 218, 220, 230-33, 235, 240, 244-51, 255, 256, 258,259, 263,264,266, 267, 269, 270, 272, 273, 275, 278,282,284,286, 289, 292, 295, 296, 298, 299, 301, 308-11, 312, 313, 316, 318, 3?1, 324, 330, 334, 343, 349, 351 Frothingham, 60, 60, 77, 100, 251, 287,332, 333 Fuller, 229, 251, 262 Gage, 52, 54, 59, 69, 74, 78, 80, 81, 111, 161, 297 Gallagher, 345 GaUop, 251 Galvin, 179 Gammon, 349 Gannett, 104, 118 Gardner, 12, 13, 24, 38, 58, 94, 100, 118-20, 130, 131, 137, 140, 141, 143, 170-72. 178, 187, 194, 195, 204, 205. 208, 215, 251, 252, 270,274, 308, 334, 344, 345 Garfield, 193, 252 Gasset, 154 Gates, 22, 166, 351 Gay, 32, 218, 252, 340 Gee, 24 Geier, 343 Geohagan, 252, 310, 326 Gerry, 59, 60, 190, 252 Gibbons, 6, 7 Gibbs, 172. 177, 343 Gibson, 166,215,252,348 Gilbert, 252, 310 Gilceas, 346 Gill, 44 Gilmore, 252, 309 Gilson, 219, 252 Gladdens, 252 Glazier, 252, 253 Gleason, 218, 252 Gleison, 7 Goddard, 233. 252, 309 Goddin and Godding, 11, 12, 22, 252, 253, 299, 301, 328 Goffe, 7 Goldsmith, 252, 253 Goldthwait, 67 Goodwin, 173, 184, 222, 252, 253 Gookin, 253, 275 Gordon, 53, 61, 63, 64, 65, 78 Gore, 53 Gorton, 7 Goss. 253 Gould, 53, 55, 63, 64, 77, 81, 141, 157, 226, 253, 291, 296, 349 Gourley, 342 Gowen, 253, 259 Gracie, 253, 322 Grafton, 176 Grant, 133, 166,194,201, 253, 281, 335, 344 Graves, 157, 349, 351 Gray, 118, 154, 209, 212, 253 Greeley, 342 Green and Greene, 37, 100, 106, 108, 150, 170, 172, 175, 176, 253,254, 280,312,322,343 Greenlaw, 349 Greenleaf, 243, 254, 277 INDEX OF NAMES. 363 Grcenough, 254 Grconwood,.58,83,254,277 Grithn, 228 GriiHths, 18, 154, 289 Gri-gs, 254 Grimes, 58 Griswold, 140 Grover, 343 Guild, 346 Hackclton, 200, 254 Hadley, 194, 243, 254, 2o5," 343 Hagan, 341 Hagar. 141 Half, 14, 206 Hall. 19, 20, 27. 28, 34, 37, 53, 55, 78, 83, 91, 92, 96, 106, 111, 112, 114, 115, 119,121, 124, 131, 13^ 167-G9, 174, 184, 198, 206, 207,211, 214, 215, 223,225, 237, 249, 254, 255, 258, 261, 286, 292, 297, 308, 344 " Halle," 13 Hambiet, 2, 201, 256 Hamilton. 231, 244, 256 Hammond, 256, 301. 349 Hancock, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 33, 60, 90, 92, 99, 208, 279, 290, 322, 326, 347 Hanna, 349 Hanson, 63, 68, 140 Hardv, 165, 173 Harkins, 173, 179 Harper. 342 Harrington, 28, 34, 75, 111, 114, 115,122, 132, 138, 169, 176, 194, 197, 198, 212, 213, 222,235. 245, 248, 256, 266, 276, 281, 295, 296, 325, 328 Harris, 159, 172, 173, 176, 256, 287, 316 Hart, 272 Hartwell, 96. 143, 154, 221,257, 290 Harvev, 81 Haskeil, 166. 350 Haskins, 179 Hassell, 257, 284 Hastings, 58, 96, 257, 300,301, 312, 332 Hatch, 342 Haven, 37 Hawkins, 257, 267 HiuvKs, 249 Hawkshaw, 53 Hay, 96, 185, 257 Harden, 257, 265 Heard, 257, 264, 289 Heath, 60, 64,65,78,79,100 Hedge, 117, 118, 119,171 Hcfrau, 257 Hegert, 339 Heiyer, 24 Heraenway, 78 Henchman, 257 Hcndlev, 23 Henrv,'l66, 351 Herrick, 257, 280 Hicks, 172 Higgins, 347 Iliidreth, 190, 257 Hill, 11, 17, 23, 27, 28, 45, 58, 77, 83, 93, 94, 96, 104, 106, 111-15,- 120, 121, 128, 129, 131, 133, 137. 140. 145-47, 149, 150, 151, 154, 167- 72, 177, 178, 185-87, 189, 190, 193-96, 199, 201,204, 210, 212,219, 221, 222, 224, 242-44, 247, 248, 250, 253, 255, 257-62, 263, 267, 269, 273, 274, 282,285,289, 290, 291, 294, 296-98, 306-08, 312, 314. 315, 329, 343. 345, 349, 351 Hilliard, 107, 123, 124, 131, 138,233,295,296 Hind or Hinds, 37, 230, 262, 271, 305 Hixon, 210 Hobbs. 18, 172, 173 Hobill, 339 Hodgdon, 159, 172, 173 Hodge. 257 Hodgkins, 262, 278 Hodgman. 332 Holden, 2, 9, 12, 19, 37, 94, 172, 214, 251, 262, 268, 301, 312 Holland, 14 Hollis. 262 Hollowell 222 Holmes, 9, 29, 109, 172, 208, 262, 312 Holt, 68, 262 Homer, 140,262,264,315, 324 Hooke, 192, 262 Hopkins, 58, 154, 170, 209, 216, 262,263, 303, 320, 334 Horn, 188, 248, 263 Horton, 154, 170, 172, 178, 239, 263, 266 Hosmer, 271 Houghton, 263, 350 Hovey, 58, 90, 94, 95, 96, 105, 140, 250, 260, 262, 263, 282, 284,289,291, 322 Howard, 130, 263 Howe, 154, 214, 224, 263 Hubbard, 19, 263, 267 Hudson, 29, 347 Huffmaster, 153, 263, 264, 289 Hughes, 329 Humphrey, 341 Hunneweil, 264, 299, 309 Hunt, 134, 169, 173, 225, 264 Huntington, 141 Hurd, 31, 32, 246, 257, 264 Hutchins, 264, 309 Hutchinson, 38, 43, 48, 68, 72, 94,97, 112,116, 140, 193, 246, 257, 262, 264, 265, 275, 280, 296, 299,312 Ingalls, 140, 156, 157,349 Ingols, 217 Ingraham, 96, 265 Ireland, 244, 265, 324 Irving, 332 Irwin, 265 Jackson, 9, 58, 124, 215, 265 Jacobs, 67 James, 339 Jaquith, 346 Jarvis, 140, 177,265. 273, 299 JefFers, 349 Jenkins, 140, 143, 171, 208, 265 Jennings, 31, 215, 265,303 Jerrell, 105, 265 Johnson. 15, 131, 171, 191, 198, 235, 2o0, 265, 266, 288, 297, 307, 313, 327, 330, 341, 342, 345 Jones, 173, 176, 184,211, 231,240, 243,266,272, 273, 294, 347, 348 Jost, 347, 349 Joyce, 345 Judd, 89, 90 364 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Keep, 266, 289 Kelly. 53, 55, 344, 345 Kemble. 162 Kemi>, 266, 283 Kendall, 83, 93, 96, 107, 169, 190,193, 198, 256, 266, 282, 331 Keniston, 256, 266 Kennedy, 111, 113-15, 121, 263, 266, 267 Kennison, 71 Kcnnv and Kenney, 344, 347", 349, 351 Kenriek, 165 Kent, 137, 183, 187, 203, 208, 257, 258, 267 Keough, 341 Kern, 164, 173 Kerrigan, 343 Kettell and Kettle, 58, 267 Keves, 173,177,267,271, 349 Kidder, 20, 273 Kimball, 223, 321 King, 63, 66, 114, 115, 216, 267, 333, 348 King Charles II., 9 King George III,, 51, 63, 87 King James I., 33 Kneeland, 34, 104 Knight, 53 Knox, 108, 134, 135 Kossuth, 139 Ladd, 346 Lafayette, 139 Lairson, 348 Laiton, 224 Lamson, 63, 83, 96, 267 Lane, 112, 140, 154, 158, 159, 170, 171, 210,267, 346 Lang, 349 Langdon, 66, 185 Laughton, 328 Lawrence, 97, 134, 135, 221, 232, 263, 267, 340 Leach, 197, 248, 267, 298, 299, 306, 307 Learned, 141, 267, 271, 274, 281 Leathers, 267 Lee, 59, 60, 100 Lefevre, 267 Lemnion, 267 Leunon, 340, 341 Lester, 53 Leverett, 84 Lewis, 18, 71, 268, 280, 348 Libbv and Libbey, 340, 343, 347 Lincoln, 194, 237, 268 Linzee, 230, 231, 304 Litchfield, 346 Little, 13, 198, 240 Livingston, 262,268, 281 Locke, 17, 22, 27, 28,38- 40, 57, 58, 83, 93, 94, 96, 105, 106, 108, 111- 15,119-21, 129-33,137, 138, 140, 141, 153, 154, lo7, 158, 164-73, 175, 177, 178, 185, 188-90, 194, 195, 198-200, 218, 221, 222, 225, 230, 234, 235, 237, 240, 245,247, 249, 250, 251,259, 262, 263, 265, 267, 268-74, 277, 280, 281, 283,284, 295, 296, 298, 299-301, 303, 304, 307, 311,313, 315,316, 321, 322, 328, 330, 349 Lombard. 217, 274 Lopos, 274, 275, 323 Lord, 275, 296, 315 Lord North, 51, 87 Lord Percy, 52, 61, 63-5, 80, 81 Loring, 58, 275, 287, 329 Lottridge, 248, 275 Lovewell. 334 Low, 320 Lowell, 118, 119. 135 Lucas, 216, 275 Ludlow, 134, 135 Lut'kin, 339 Luthcv, 347 Lynch, 341, 347 Lyons, 339 Maccarty, 275 Maccorly. 275, 304 Mackie,"H2, 275 Mackintirc, 176, 272, 276 Macomber, 348 Madison, 136, 277 Mahoney, 3 ! 8 Mallet, 219, 264, 275,277 Mann, 114, 193. 276 Manning, 11, 326 Mansfield, 72 Marchant, 342 Marden, 343 Mark, 348 Marr, 339 Marrett, 74, 84, 215, 256, 318, 334 Marsh, 31, 32, 90, 152, 154. 170, 171, 276 Marshall, 162 Marston, 276, 314 Martin, 166,343,345,350 Mason, 131, 199,204,215, 218, 235, 276,294,306, 330 Matthews, 198, 276 May hew, 31, 32 MaVnard, 276, 300 jMrAllister, -.Ud JNIcUann, 348 McCarthy, 154 McConlow, 342 McDermott, 347 McDool, 347 McEnenna, 342 Mclntire, see Mackiutire McLennan, 276, 292 McLeod, 348 Mc:Mullen, 342 iSlcNultv, 339 M'CIouci, 53 M'Donald, 54, 343 Mead, 19, 205, 255, 276, 315 Meads, 221 Meek, 276, 324 Meredith, 316 Merriam, 272, 276, 303 Merrill, 165, 178 Metcalf and Metcalfe, 14, 119, 123, 131, 138 MeyaU, 348 Miles, 276,291, 310 Miller, 176, 276, 289 Mitchell, 7, 343, 345 Mixer, 276, 282, 283 Moody, 348 Moore, 9, 13, 165, 166, 216, 235, 254, 276,277, 290, 291, 307,331, 339, 342, 348 ]\Ioores, 14 Morrill, 277, 280 Morse. 40, 176, 217, 277, 311 Morton, 173, 277 Mott, 140, 172, 254, 277, 334 Mottey, 227 ]SIoulton, 339 Mozart, 157, 253, 349 IMulhiyen, 348 INDEX OF NAMES. 365 Mullen, 340 Mullet and Mullctt, 58, 94, 192, 20.5, 206, 208, 244, 253, 275, 277, 293 Mulligan, 339 Mulliken, 145 Miilreav, 348 Munday, 348 Munro and Munroe, 71, 72, 96. 104. 105, 121, 145, 146, 186, 230, 238, 272, 277, 318 Munson, 240 Murphy, 179, 339, 343, 348 Murray, 348 Muzzev, 145, 171, 277, 278, 288, 289 Nack, 278 Nason, 140,141,171,236, 278, 279, 306,317, 346 Neal, 240 Nelson, 171. 176 Nesmith, 347 Newconib, 271 Newell, 10, 50, 59, 77, 119, 224, 278 NeAvhall. 71, 72, 262, 278 Nichols, 37, 121, 122, 201, 222, 239, 240, 266, 278, 289, 3il, 347 Nicholson, 277 NUes, 129, 131, 172, 248, 278 Noonan, 342 Norcross, 237, 278 Nourse, 195, 249, 278 Novell, 7 Noyes,165,278, 279, 317, 343 Nutting, 201, 279 O'Brien, 179, 346 Odell, 223, 319 O'Harran, 342 Olcutt, 296 O'Learv, 341 Oliver," 121 O'Mahony, 342 Ormsby, "l76 Ome, 59, 60 Osborn and Osborne, 22, 23, 63, 161, 165, 178, 203, 209, 235, 279, 324 Osgood, 107, 124 Otis, 112, 279 Owens, 179 Packard, 224, 279 Page, 202, 279,314 Paige, 1, 2, 5, 56, 57, 75, 78, 196, 211, 240, 257 Paine, 83, 104, 196 Palfrev, 118 Palmer, 120. 204. 206, 208, 242, 279-80, 334 Park, see Parks. Parker, 97, 126, 139, 144, 165,217, 228, 254,257, 264, 277, 280, 307, 322, 339 Parks, 118, 119,140.280, 287 Parmenter, 119, 172, 173 Parrot. 165, 174 Parsons, 53, 190 Patch, 340 Pattcc, 157, 170, 177, 280, 340 Patten, 5, 10, 19, 20, 280, 343 Patterson, 280, 287 Paul, 339 Pavne, 192, 280, 290, 323, 341, 347, 349 Pavson, 63, 280 Peabodv, 140 Pearch-; 268, 280 Peavv," 280 Peck; 77, 110, 154, 172 Peii-ce and Pierce, 58, 73, 90, 91, 108, 112, 118, 140, 165, 167, 169-72, 177,190, 197, 208, 214, 232-34, 253, 263, 266- 69, 271, 273, 274,280- 85, 287, 295, 296, 303, 307, 311, 315,345 Pelham, 9, 12, 19 Peun, 165 Penny, 282 Percy (sec Lord Percj) Perkins, 216, 236, 247, 282 Perry, 17, 28, 37, 58, 83, 96, 111, 112-15, 137, 138, 140, 169-71, 185, 187, 198, 205, 234,246, 258, 259, 270, 272, 273, 276, 282, 283, 298, 316 Phelps, 187, 283, 321 PhUbrick, 283 Phdlips. 32, 84, 266, 279, 283, 320, 329 Phips, 2 Phipps, 60 Pierce, see Peirce. Pierpont, 283. 331 Pilkington, 283 Pinkcrton, 283 Piper, 91, 96, 167, 168, 283, 327 Pitcaii-ne, 52 Pitts, 239, 281, 283 Plvmpton, 283 Poland, 160, 171, 283, 285 Pollard. 166,178,308,351 Polly, 72, 95, 221, 283, 284, 305 Pomroy, 257, 284 Pool and Poole, 165,211. 272, 284 Poor, 273 Porter, 31. 32, 80, 90, 91, 207, 223, 252, 273, 284, 344 Potamea, 58 Potter, 54, 154, 165, 170, 172, 177, 189, 284 Powers, 342 Pradox, 58 Pratt, 164, 188, 194,284 Prentice and Prentiss, 9, 20, 25, 27, 28, 94, 96, 110, 112, 113, 120,121, 131, 132,137, 140, 154, 167, 169, 170,186, 197, 198, 201, 203, 209,213, 232, 239, 243, 246,255, 258, 263, 282-87, 289- , 91, 295, 303, 310, 313, 318, 319, 324, 326,330, 331 Prescott, 130 Price, 286, 347 Priest, 286 Prijice, 199, 287 Proctor, 130, 140, 143, 152, 154, 165, 170-73, 178 Prout, 18 Puffer, 140 Putnam, 38, 67, 70, 72, 176, 220, 224, 250,256, 271, 280, 287 Pynchon, 287 Quick, 8, 15, 16 Quincv, 41, 287 Quinn, 349 Ramsdell, 281, 287 Rand, 94, 9(i, 222, 251, 258, 275, 287, 289 Randall, 131 3G6 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Kandolph, 9, 319 Rawson, 91, 140, 165, 166, 172, 351 Ray, 286, 287, 339 Raymond, 288, 322, 330 Read, 8, 238, 278, 288 Reed, 8, 28, 83, 97, 106, 112, 137, 167-69, 176, 195, 205, 210,212, 263, 266, 272, 276-78, 288, 289, 301,307,312,314- 16, 330 Reeves, 18, 289 Remington, 2 Reno, 339 Revere, 60 Rice, 213, 228 Richards, 273 Richardson, 48, 140, 154, 177, 198,215, 239,250, 257,266, 286, 287, 289, 292, 298, ^4, 323, 330, 335 Ricker, 289 Ripley, 118,119 Robbins, 17, 18, 22, 24, 27, 28, 34, 36, 37, 39, 44, 83,94, 96, 107, 112, 116, 138, 154, 166,169, 171, 175, 176, 192, 195, 199, 220-22, 237, 247, 253, 257, 259, 260, 263, 276, 277, 280, 284, 286, 289-93, 305, 318. 320, 322, 330, 349, 351 , Robertson, 289, 292 Robinson, 58, 191, 193, 194, 221, 255, 276, 292 Roby, 70 Rock, 240, 292 Rockwell, 346 Rodgers, 161 Rogers, 25, 34, 213, 292 Roll'e or Rolph, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 316 Rose, 292 Ross, 9 Rouse, 292 Rowe, 346 Royal], 29, 90 liugg, 165 Russell, 1, 2, 9, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27- 31, 37, 40, 46, 49, 68- 70, 72-7, 83, 91-4, 96, 97, 107, 108, 110-17, 119-22, 128-33, 135- 40, 143, 144, 146, 147, 161, 152, 154, 155, 157, 159, 165, 167-72, 176, 177, 184-86, 188-90, 192, 193, 202, 205,206, 209-11, 214, 217, 218, 222-25, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 238,241, 245, 246, 249. 253, 255, 256, 259, 260, 262. 264-67, 269, 271-75, 277, 281, 283, 285, 289, 292-99, 300, 306, 308, 310-14, 317, 321, 323, 325,330, 342, 343 Rust, 220, 265, 299 Ryan, 342 Ryder, 173, 177 Sabells, 309 Sackett, 344, 345 Salter, 172, 173, 174 Sanderson, 140, 188, 206, 299 Santley, 8 Sargent, 341, 344, 345 Saunders, 19, 184, 186, 189, 236, 299 Savels, 309 Sawiji, 165 Sawtelle, 20, 206, 262, 299 Sawyer, 271, 299, 347 Scammel, 100 Schouler, 18, 144, 145, 154, 170, 172, 191,205, 228, 299, 300, 302, 313 SchM-amb, 17, 18, 172, 173, 344, 345 Scullard, 12, 316 Seager, 58 Sewall, 8, 31, 82, 89, 175 Shattuck, 10, 130, 140, 171, 224, 237. 257,266, 273,299,300, 316 Shaw, 83, 94, 97, 105, 108, 233, 276, 300, 340 Shed, 300, 325 Shepard, 6, 7, 14, 349 Shepherd, 300, 313 Sherman, 323 Shippen, 119 Shurtleff, 31, 279 Sibley, 24, 32, 103 Sidley, 348 Silloway, 348 Simonds, 145. 272 Simpson, 201, 300 Skilton, 299, 300 Skinner, 24, 300, 321 Smalley, 348 Smith, 23, 28, 52, 53, 56, 57, 62. 63, 69, 70, 73, 82, 90, 112, 143, 159- 61, 166, 170, 172, 174, 190, 204, 235, 256, 257, 262,272, 2 3,300,301, 312, 335, 339, 344-6, 348, 349, 350 Smithson, 339 SneUing, 154, 166, 351 Snow, 249, 301, 303, 349 Somes, 348 Souter, 54 Southwick, 67 Spalding and Spaulding, 172, 176, 177, 247, 301 Sparhawk, 9 Spear, 140 Speed, 253, 301 Spofford, 165 Sprague, 94, 97, 103, 108, 166,239,289,301,320,350 Sprigg, 277 Spring, 40, 76, 122, 301, 305, 317, 326 Springer. 343 Squa Sachem. 6, 7 Stacy, 166, 351 Stanton, 232, 240, 301 Stanwood, 229 Staples, 341 Stearns, 18, 37, 58, 97, 105, 129, 131, 140, 170, 171, 189, 190, 199,237, 239, 285,297, 298, 301, 303, 314. 324 Stedman, 65, 281, 303 Steel, 196 Stephens, 303, 348 Sterling, 223 Stetson, 118, 119, 226, 276, 303 Stevens, 217, 233, 265, 303 Stewart, 58, 348 Stiles, 333 St. Lawrence, 303. 326 Stoddard. 272 Stone, oS, 104, 107, 108, 169, 187, 188,199,213, 225, 262, 269, 303, 304, 310, 314, 315, 317, 339 Storer, 24, 25, 33 Story, 135 Stoughton, 116, 230, 231, 304 Stowe, 170, 228 Stuart, 95, 304 Sullivan, 112, 304, 342, 347, 348 INDEX OF NAMES. 367 Sumner, 161, 162, 164, 221, 301 Sutherland, 53, 55 Sutton, 318 Swaim, 172, 175, 176 Swain, 306, 348 Swallow, 235 Swan, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 37, 48, 83, 93, 94, 97, 105, 106, 111, 112,114, 115, 121, 131, 138,139, 154, 167-69, 172, 173, 187, 198, 205, 215,231, 236, 249, 258, 260-63, 267, 275, 278, 280, 283, 289, 292,296,301,304- 07, 308-10, 313, 314, 322, 323 Sweetscr, 307 Swett, 228 Switcher, 277, 307 Sj-mmes, 37, 38, 94, 140, 171, 172, 176, 178, 266, 268, 280, 289, 307,312, 330, 335 Tapley, 307, 311 Tarbell, 267, 307 Tasker, 307, 330 Tate, 127 Tay, 225 Taylor, 31, 307, 343 Tecl,38,94,112, 141, 154, 176, 177, 178, 185, 214, 222, 232, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 255, 259, 293, 297, 299, 306, 307-09, 312,315, 343, 349 Tennant, 309 Terrv, 351 Thatcher. 56, 57, 83, 185, 200, 225, 252,270, 271, 273, 309 Thaxter, 342 Thaver, 31 Thomas,14, 105, 146, 194, 219, 264, 309 Thompson, 111, 112, 129, 131, 169, 178,202,251, 264, 266,272, 309,310, 335, 349 Thorndike, 184, 194, 252, 310 Thornton, 43, 44, 252, 310 Thorp and Thorpe, 140, 143, 154, 157, 225, 250, 310, 340, 341, 346 Thurston, 341 Tidd, 58 Tierucy, 345 Timncv, 345 Tinglev, 171. 176 Tisdale, 193, 310 Tobev, 343 Todd, 276, 310 Torrey, 224 Towne, 5 Townsend, 71, 72 Trask, 58, 106, 219, 286, 310, 346, 350 Trowbridge, 161, 173 Trull, 18 Trumbull, 3 Tufts, 17, 18, 19, 110,112, 116, 120, 121,122, 128. 130, 131, 133, 136, 137, 139, 179,171, 176, 183- 85, 187, 196, 199, 200, 204, 205, 211-13, 217, 218, 223,233, 234, 238, 244, 246, 248, 250, 254, 262, 264, 265, 270, 272, 277, 281, 282, 286,288, 295-97, 302-04, 307, 310-12.320, 321, 349 Tukev, 343 Tureli, 24, 25, 30, 33 Turner, 145, 189,312,339 Tuttlc, 301, 307, 312 Twaddle, 249, 312 Tynan, 345 Underwood, 172, 299. 312, 328 Usher, 296 Vaughan, 14 Verry, 220 Victorine, 347 VUa, 243, 312 Yiles, 238, 308, 312 Vinton, 251 Wade, 14, 202 Wainwright, 257, 312 Wait and Waitt, 219, 261, 312 Wakefield, 262, 312 Waldo, 154, 172, 177, 228 AVakU-on, 237, 312 Walker, 119, 178, 189, 199, 297, 313, 330 Wallis, 67, 70 Walton, 270, 272, 273, 313 Ward, 343 Ware, 120, 172, 174, 226 Warland, 20, 286, 313 Warner, 164 Warren, 65, 83, 100. 112, 143, 144, 145, 167-69, 175, 194, 231, 247,266, 275, 285, 298, 299, 306, 313, 317, 339 Warrior (Negro). 313 Warrow (or Worrow), 313 Washington, 83, 99, 10 8, 157, 162, 185, 225, 231, 270 Watson, 19, 59, 79, 83, 95, 107, 110, 199, 210, 269, 300,304,313, 331 Watts, 239, 304, 314 Webb, 67, 237, 314 Webber, 216, 276, 298, 314 Webecowit, 6 Weeks, 299, 314 Welch, 18, 76, 289 Wellington and Willing- ton, 19, 27, 83, 93, 97, 105,110, 112, 113,117- 19. 121, 131, 133, 136, 140, 142, 144-46, 154, 155, 167-72, 188, 204, 229, 230, 236, 258, 262, 270, 274-76. 279, 282, 289.302, 303,308,314, 315, 324, 335 Wellmau, 289, 316 Wells, 173 Welsh, 203 Wesson, 145, 245, 316 West, 173 Westcott, 348 Weston, 310, 319, 333 AVestwood, 89, 90 Wetherby, 59, 60, 83, 184, 316 Wheeler. 112, 133, 136, 256,272,277, 310,316, 318, 330 Wheelwright, 32 Whiston, 328 Whitcomb, 79 White, 164,166,189,299. 316, 342,347, 351 Whitcfield, 33, 40 Whiting, 2, 23 AVhitman, 35, 118, 229 Whitmore, 14, 29, 194, 195, 214,244,316, 317, 326 Whitney, 97, 198, 219, 222, 274, 282, 296, 316 368 HISTORY OF ARLINGTON. Whittemore, 23, 38-40, 48, 58, 75-7, 83, 93-5, 97, 105, 106, 109-13, 115, 117, 118, 120-22, 127, 130, 131. 136-41, 144, 153, 154, 166-71, 177, 188-90, 197, 200, 202, 211, 215, 218-21, 223, 228-30, 233, 238, 240, 270, 277,278,282, 283, 286. 292, 295, 298, 300, 301, 304,312,313, 316, 317-21, 324, 328, 341, 342, 343, 345 Wigglesworth, 31,241 Wilber, 346 Wiley, 349 WiUard, 189, 321, 332 Williams, 27, 28, 33, 58, 83, 93, 97, 105, 112, 123, 175, 176, 178, 195, 214, 253, 263, 272, 279, 280, 284, 286.288, 290, 293, 305, 321, 322, 323, 330, 339 Wilson, 11,15,27,28,34, 43,83, 94, 97, 106,111, 114, 115, 154, 192, 195, 204, 244, 246, 248, 265, 274, 276,279,280, 289, 293, 303, 305, 318,322, 323, 324, 330,331, 340, 349 Wilworth, 340 Winch, 229 Winchester, 236, 324 Winn, 165, 170-72, 223, 248, 285, 315, 321, 324 Winneck, 217, 262, 314, 324 Winship,9, 19,20,21, 23, 24,27-9, 37, 38, 58, 70, 73-5. 83, 93, 94, 97, 112, 119, 123, 167-69, 176, 185,189, 193, 195, 198, 201, 202, 205,208, 209,214, 217, 218, 230, 234, 247, 250, 252, 253, 256, 260, 265, 266,268, 269, 283. 289, 292,293, 297, 300, 301, 303,313, 316, 318, 323-30, 331, 332, 334, 335 Winslow, 332 Winthrop, 6, 104 AVisner, 82 Wiswell, 330 Withini?ton, 27, 132,169, 268, 276, 286, 330 AVood, 3, 58, 140, 165, 191, 307, 322, 330 Woodbridge, 170, 273 Woodbury, 71 Woods, 349 Woodward, 241 Woolson, 195, 291, 324, 330 AVorrow, see Warrow AVoottou, 330 AVright, 97,201,235,307, 330, 334, 335 AVybert, 283, 331 Wyer, 239, 331 Wyeth, 111, 193, 217, 266, 285, 323, 325, 326, 327, 331-33 Wyman, 6, 70, 73-5, 94, 95, 97, 105, 112, 131, 132, 138, 140, 152, 154, 155, 167-69, 172. 173, 178,191, 194, 195,202- 04, 219, 246, 251, 262, 274,277, 279, 288, 289, 294, 301, 307,326,327, 330, 334, 335 Yates, 253, 315, 335 Yeats, 344 Young, 119, 159 ^P .■e i I