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peculiar happiness of this people to live under a mild and equitable administration, in which the penal laws are few and well executed. We therefore shall use our utmost endeavors to prevent the operations of government from being obstructed to gratify the restless disposition, or to promote the sinister views, of any designing party. By order and in behalf of the Selectmen, William Winthrop, Chairman. When the Constitution of the United States was submitted to the several States, in 1788, for adoption, although it narrowly escaped rejection, being violently opposed by those who had recently manifested disaffection towards the State government, and by others who imagined that it involved an improper surrender of State rights, the voice of Cambridge was given in its favor by her two delegates, Hon. Francis Dana and Stephen Dana, Esq. Of the inhabitants of Cambridge, a great majority were true sons of liberty. Yet there were a few, chiefly office-holders, or citizens of the
Stephen Sewall, 1777. Stephen Dana, 17 78, 178 7, 1788, 1792, 1793. Thomas Farrington, 1780. Jeduthun Wellington, 1788, 1793, 1794. 1800-1802, 1804-1806. Aaron Hill [Deac.], 1789, 1790. Ebenezer Bradish, 1obbins, 1775-1776. Stephen Dana, 1776-1778, 1787, 1788, 1793, 1794. Deac. Aaron Hill, 1777, 1778, 1787, 1788. Jonas Wyeth, 1777, 1778. Benjamin Locke, 1777, 1778. Edward Jackson, 1777, 1778, 1780– 1782. , 1781, 1782, 1791-1795. Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1783-1788. Daniel Dana, 1783. Jonathan Winship, 1784-178793, 1794, 1799, 1800-1802. Walter Dickson, 1786-1788, 1791, 1792. Samuel Butterfield, 1787, 1788. E1788. Ephraim Cook, 1789, 1790. Samuel Locke, 1789, 1790. James Robbins, 1789. Moses Griggs, 1790-1792. Rna, 1777, 1778, 1780– 1806. Benjamin Locke, 1778, 1788, 1789. Thomas Farrington, 1779. Ammi Cutter, 1mas Farrington, 1780-1782. William Winthrop, 1782-1788. Timothy L. Jennison, 1789-1797, 1806. Aaron Hil
rdained pastor of the Church in Menotomy 23 Ap. 1788, which office he resigned 23 Ap. 1828, and d. 1; Abigail. bap. 14 Oct. 1781; Frances, b. about 1788, d. 10 Feb. 1816, a. 28; Daniel, bap. 7 Nov. 17Pamela, b. 30 Au. 1786, d. 8 July 1787 (date of 1788 on G. S is wrong). David the f. res. on the hois Fullerton 25 Sept. 1808; Elizabeth, b. 24 Ap 1788, d. young; Stephen the f. was a wheelwright, an 1830; William, bap. 17 Nov. 1765, grad. H. C. 1788, d. at Tobago, 5 Aug. 1790. Aaron the f. was ae homestead; he was Selectman 1777, 1778, 1787, 1788, and Deacon of the Church from 14 July 1772 untrdained at Holliston 18 May 1743, and d. 24 Ap. 1788, after a ministry of about forty-five years. He69; Hannah, b. 8 Feb. 1772, m. Isaac Hill about 1788, and was mother of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampse d. 13 Sept. 1785, a. 76; his w. Mary d. about 1788. 6. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (5), and twin wenjamin, bap. 30 Mar. 1755, m. Mary Adams 4 Ap. 1788; Abel, bap. 12 Sept. 1756, m. Abigail Muzzy 30 [7 more...]
; Lydia, b. 26 Oct. 1757, m. Jonathan Teel of Medford 7 Ap. 1776; James, b. 14 Dec. 1759; Benjamin, b. 7 Nov. 1761; Jonas, b. 13 Oct. 1763; Esther Ruhamah, b. 27 Sept. 1765, m. Ebenezer Hall 26 Mar. 1786; Ephraim, b. 31 Oct. 1767; Frances, b. 30 Dec. 1769, m. Walter Russell 26 June 1788; Joshua, b. 1 Dec. 1774, d. 7 Dec. 1776; Thomas, b. 1 Nov. 1776, d. 25 Nov. 1795; Joshua, b. 20 Mar. 1779; Abigail, b. 25 Mar. 1781; Hannah, b. 24 Oct. 1783, d. young; Rebecca, b. 24 May 1786; Simon, b. 17 Ap. 1788; Hannah, b. 29 July 1790; Artemas, b. 16 Aug. 1792; Abiel, b. 29 Aug. 1794. Ammi the f. d. 20 Ap. 1795, a. 62; his w. Hannah d. 23 Aug. 1801, a 48. He owned the mill which had long been in the Cutter family, and transmitted it to his posterity. 21. Jonathan, s. of William (11), m. Anne Jennings 23 Nov. 1749, and had William, b. 15 Feb. 1751; Anne, b. 28 Mar. 1753, d. 29 Oct. 1754; Anne, b. 6 Ap. 1755; Rebecca, b. 4 Oct. 1757; Mary, b. 7 May 1760, m. Benj. Richardson 16 Feb. 1783: Jonath
Thaddeus the f. grad. H. C. 1785, and received the degree of D. D. from Columbia College, N. Y., in 1821; he was ordained pastor of the Church in Menotomy 23 Ap. 1788, which office he resigned 23 Ap. 1828, and d. 14 Nov. 1855; his w. Lucy d. 9 Mar. 1855, a. 88. 5. Isaac, brother of Thaddeus (4), b. 4 Dec. 1778, m. Sukey Hobbsad Susanna, b. 18 Nov. 1773, d. young; Stephen, b. 14 Sept. 1775; Jonathan, b. 6 Dec. 1777; Susanna, b. 26 Aug. 1779; Abigail. bap. 14 Oct. 1781; Frances, b. about 1788, d. 10 Feb. 1816, a. 28; Daniel, bap. 7 Nov. 1790, d. 24 Mar. 1822; Mary, bap. 26 Aug. 1792. Stephen, the f. res. in Menot., was a captain, and d. 31 Oct. 1810, hn, b. 4 Feb. 1782, d. young; Betsey Roby, b. 17 Aug. 1784, m. Jonathan W. Ford 23 Oct. 1808, and d. 26; Mar. 1820; Pamela, b. 30 Au. 1786, d. 8 July 1787 (date of 1788 on G. S is wrong). David the f. res. on the homestead, and d. 17 Jan. 1787, a. about 30; his w. Elizabeth was buried 1 Ap. 1839, a. 86. 34. Ephraim, s. of Deac.
bap. 22 Jan. 1775, d. unm. 26 May 1859, in the almshouse,——a pattern of patience and Christian trust; Stephen, bap. 18 May 1777, m. Charlotte Hawes of Canton, 26 Nov. 1801, removed to Leicester; David, bap. 22 Aug. 1779, m. Hannah Brown of Concord, 13 June 1805, was a wheelwright here, and a Baptist clergyman at Wendell; Isaac, bap. 27 Jan. 1782, m. Catherine Johnson 3 Aug. 1806, and d. in Boston 14 Mar. 1823; Benjamin, bap. 4 Ap. 1784, m. Persis Fullerton 25 Sept. 1808; Elizabeth, b. 24 Ap 1788, d. young; Stephen the f. was a wheelwright, and res. on North Avenue, nearly opposite to Porter's Hotel. He d. 31 Jan. 1820; his w. Mary d. 8 Oct. 1798, a. 54. 7. Benjamin, s. of Thomas (5), was a wheelwright and res. nearly opposite Porter's Hotel, on the old homestead, at the easterly corner of North Avenue and Beech Street, and d. unm. July 1828, a. 74. 8. Thomas, s. of Thomas (5), m. Hepzibah Prentice 11 Dec. 1777, and had Thomas, b. 11 June 1778, d. 20 Sept. 1805; James, b. 27 J
about 95. 15. Aaron, s. of Abraham (9), m. Susanna Tainter of Watertown 31 May 1753, and had Susanna, bap. 28 Sept. 1755. d. young; Aaron, b. about 1758; Susanna, bap. 5 Oct. 1760, d. unm. 20 May 1830; William, bap. 17 Nov. 1765, grad. H. C. 1788, d. at Tobago, 5 Aug. 1790. Aaron the f. was a mason, and inherited the homestead; he was Selectman 1777, 1778, 1787, 1788, and Deacon of the Church from 14 July 1772 until he d. of small-pox 16 Oct. 1792, a. 62. His w. Susanna d. of the same di1788, and Deacon of the Church from 14 July 1772 until he d. of small-pox 16 Oct. 1792, a. 62. His w. Susanna d. of the same disease 2 Oct. 1792, a. 63. (Such are the dates on the gravestones; but Dr. Holmes, on the Church Record, gives the dates eight days later.) 16. Abraham, s. of Zechariah (11), m. Susanna Wellington 17 Dec. 1757, and had Abraham, b. 6 Dec. 1758; Susanna, bap. 13 July 1760, m. John Frost, Jr., 21 Nov. 1780; Thomas, bap. 27 June 1762, d. unm; Rhoda, bap. 8 Jan. 1764, m. Samuel Kent 20 June 1782, and d. 17 Jan. 1841; Isaac, bap. 11 May 1766; Cherry, bap. 18 Oct. 1767, m. Gershom Swan 4 Jan. 1787,
4 Feb. 1790, a. 76. 24. Solomon, s. of Nathaniel (12), m. Hannah Fillebrown of Chs. 2 Nov. 1744, and had Solomon, b. 11 Aug. 1745, d. 8 Sept. 1765; Hannah, b. 27 July 1748; Isaac, b. 11 Dec. 1750; Sarah, b. 18 July 1761. Solomon the f. was a farmer, and is said to have res. for a time in Wat.; the date of his death is not ascertained; his w. Hannah d. in the almshouse 26 Aug. 1805. 25. Joshua, s. of Deac. Henry (13), grad. H. C. 1738, ordained at Holliston 18 May 1743, and d. 24 Ap. 1788, after a ministry of about forty-five years. He had three wives, all of Camb.; he m. Mary, dau. of Edmund Angier, 9 Nov. 1743; she d. 4 Jan. 1754, and he m. Margaret, dau. of Rev. Dr. Appleton, 9 Jan. 1755; she d.——, and he m. Mary Haley 9 Jan. 1770, who survived him, and d. at Holliston 21 May 1804, a. 81. His children were Joshua, b. 9 Sept. 1744, merchant in Marblehead, and Town Clerk more than thirty years; Thomas, b. 27 Oct. 1747, grad. H. C. 1766, D. D. 1808, ordained at Medfield 30 O
1 Dec. 1759, a. 23 (according to Rev. Mr. Cooke's record, but the gravestone is inscribed 1760), and he m. Hannah Adams 17 Dec. 1761. His chil. were a son, b. 18 and d. 21 Oct. 1759; James, b. 30 Ap. 1763; Walter, b. 3 May 1765, m. Frances, dau. of Ammi Cutter, 26 June 1783; perhaps f. of Walter, who d. at Boston in Jan. 1835, a. 37, and was buried at Arlington; Thomas, b. 9 June 1767, m. Margaret Adams 25 Nov. 1788; a son. b. and d. 8 Oct. 1769; Hannah, b. 8 Feb. 1772, m. Isaac Hill about 1788, and was mother of Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire; Nathaniel, b. 15 Ap. 1774; John, b. 29 Aug. 1776; Joseph, b. 15 Mar. 1779; a dau. b. and d. 17 Feb. 1782. Walter the f. res. at Menot. on the Chs. side, and d. 5 Mar. 1782; his wid. Hannah m. Enos Jones of Ashburnham 26 Dec. 1790, and d. 17 Oct. 1836, a. 93. 29. Philemon, s. of Joseph (18), m. Elizabeth Wyman of Woburn, and had Philemon Robbins, b. 18 Oct. 1769; Elizabeth, b. 1771, d. 22 Ap. 1778; David, b. about 1773; Jesse, b. 11 Ju
1765, grad. H. C. 1784, was a lawyer, resided in Lancaster, Charlton, and Worcester, was a member of Congress, and d. 1831. Ebenezer the f. inherited the homestead, and increased the amount of property which he inherited. He kept a tavern many years on the southerly side of Mount Auburn Street, about midway between Brighton and Dunster streets. He was Captain of the militia, and Selectman from 1759 to 1776, with the exception of two years. He d. 13 Sept. 1785, a. 76; his w. Mary d. about 1788. 6. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (5), and twin with John, m. Eunice, wid. of Thaddeus Winship of Lex., and prob. dau. of Samuel Munroe, and had Lydia, b. 24 Jan. 1787, m. Col. Eliab W. Metcalf 7 May 1809; Ebenezer, bap. 21 June 1789, m. Mary Braman of Norton 13 Ap. 1807, and d. without issue; Mary, bap. 8 Ap. 1792, m. Col. George Meacham 1 Mar. 1818; Samuel, bap. 14 June 1795, m. Martha Russell (pub. 10 Ap. 1823), and d. 18 June 1848; John, bap. 29 Mar. 1801, d. unm. 1 Jan. 1822; he was cru