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JOHN LEE AMBROSE, OF SOMERVILLE. First Assistant Clerk of Courts 1882 to date.
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WILLIAM CLINTON DILLINGHAM, OF MALDEN. Second Assistant Clerk of Courts 1882 to date. (See page 184.)
RALPH NATHAN SMITH, OF ARLINGTON. Third Assistant Clerk of Courts 1896 to date. (See page 188.)
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sistant under Theodore C. Ilurd. Later on he was appointed Second Assistant Clerk of Courts, a position which he now oc- cnpies.
Ralph Nathan Smith, of Arlington, Third Assistant Clerk of Courts, 1896 to date.
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Born December 4, 1821, at Worcester, Mass. Attended public school in Worcester until 1883. Afterwards lived in Tem- pleton, Mass., and graduated from Templeton High school in class of 1888. Attended Becker's private school in Worcester for one year.
Assistant bookkeeper and school teacher at Cambridge House of Correction from 1890 to 1893. Appointed Clerk in office of Clerk of Courts. December 1, 1893. Commissioned Third Assistant Clerk of Courts of Middlesex County by Su- preme Judicial Court, April 25, 1896, and has held said position to present date.
Roger Howard Hurd, of Winchester, Fourth Assistant Clerk of Courts.
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Born at Cambridge, Mass., April 13, 1881, moving to Win- chester. Mass., in 1888. He attended the Winchester public schools, leaving the high school in 1898 and entering the Boston Art School in the fall of that year. Since the summer of 1899. he has been employed in the office of Clerk of Courts, being ap- pointed Fourth Assistant Clerk on March 21, 1903.
ROGER HOWARD HURD, OF WINCHESTER. .Fourth Assistant Clerk of Courts March 27, 1903, to date.
HON. JOHN WINTHROP, OF CAMBRIDGE. Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University. 1738 to 1779. Judge of Probate 1775 to 1779. (See page 195.)
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JUDGES OF PROBATE (AND OF INSOLVENCY SINCE 1858).
Hon. James Russell, of Charlestown, 1692 to 1702 (10 years).
See Treasurers.
Hon. John Leverett, of Cambridge, 1702 to 1708 (6 years).
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Born in Boston August 25, 1662. Graduated from Harvard in 1680. Selectman, 1699 and 1200; Councillor, 1206; Vice Judge Admiralty court ; Representative, 1696, 1699, and 1200, and Speaker of the House the latter year. Justice Superior Court 1702 to 1707. President of Harvard College from October 28. 1707, to May 3, 1724, when he was found dead in bed. A man of ability, but a martinet in discipline and disposition, who en- deavored to rule every community and institution with which he came in contact. His grandfather was John Leverett, who was Governor, 1622 to 1649. The family mansion of the Lev- eretts was on the corner of Court and Washington streets, oppo- site the old State House, Boston. He died in Cambridge, May 3, 1224, aged sixty-two years.
Hon. Francis Foxcroft, the first, of Boston and Cambridge, 1708 to 1725 (17 years).
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Born in England November 13, 1652. Son of Daniel Fox- croft, Mayor of Leeds, England, in 1666. Colonel in the militia and a member of the A. H. A. Company. He was a justice under Andros, and imprisoned for his loyalty in 1689. Representative from Dunstable in 1693. Judge Court of Common Pleas, 170%
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to 1719, and Judge Probate, 1208 to 1725. An exceedingly able, influential, and wealthy man. His wife, Elisabeth, was a daugh- ter of Governor Danforth. Francis Foxcroft, the second, Daniel, and Rev. Thomas Foxcroft, all of whom were officers of Middle- sex County at various times, were his sons, and he was the grand- father of John, Register of Deeds many years. Through father and sons this family have an official record in this county aggre- gating eighty-four years, and grandson ten years, showing a ser- vice of ninety-four years prior to the Revolution in various offices. Should we add the public services of Francis first, pre- vious to 1208, the aggregate would exceed the century mark. He died in Cambridge December 31, 1322, aged seventy years.
Hon. Jonathan Remington, of Cambridge, 1725 to 1745 (20 years).
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Born, 16:1. Graduated from Harvard in 1696. Selectman Cambridge, 1:12 and 1:15 to 1:19. Representative twelve years between 1:14 and 1:28. Councillor, 1:30 to 1:40. Judge Court Common Pleas 1:29 to 1:45. Died September 30, 1:45, aged sixty-eight years.
Hon. Samuel Danforth, of Cambridge, 1745 to 1775 (30 years).
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Born in Dorchester November 12, 1696. Graduated from Harvard in 1:15. Selectman Cambridge, 1:33 to 1:39. Repre- sentative 1434 to 1438. Councillor thirty-six years, 1739 to 1974. Justice Peace, Register Probate, 1:31-1445. Judge Court Com-
HON. SAMUEL PHILLIPS PRESCOTT FAY, OF CAMBRIDGE. Judge of Probate 1821 to 1856. (See page 196.)
HON. WILLIAM ADAMS RICHARDSON, OF LOWELL. Judge of Probate 1856 to 1872. (See page 199.)
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mon Pleas, 1741 to 1745. Being a Royalist he ceased to hold office after the outbreak of the Revolution. Died in Boston Oc- tober 27, 1777, aged eighty-one years.
Professor John Winthrop, of Cambridge, 1775 to 1779 (4 years).
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Born December 19, 1:14. Graduated from Harvard in 1732. A descendant in the fourth generation from Governor John Win- throp. Representative, 1764, Councillor, 1:23, '45, and 26. He was the foremost mathematician and philosopher of his genera- tion in America ; a Fellow of the Royal Society, and Hollis pro- fessor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Harvard from 1:38 until his death. He died in 1719, aged sixty-five years.
Hon. Oliver Prescott, M. D., of Groton, 1779 to 1805 (26 years.)
Oliver Prefect 1779
Born April 27, 1731, son of Benjamin Prescott, a blacksmith, who came to Groton in 1680, having had land granted him. Graduated from Harvard in 1750 with highest honors. He was a public-spirited citizen, and patriot to the very core. Town Clerk thirteen years, and Selectman thirty-two years. He was Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier and Major- General of Militia, before and after the Revolution. President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, President of Board of Trustees, Groton Academy, and a fellow of the American So- ciety of Arts and Sciences. During many years he was the most prominent physician in Northern Middlesex. He died in office November 17, 1804, aged seventy-three years.
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Hon. James Prescott, of Groton, 1805 to 1821 (16 years).
James Prescott
Born April 19, 1266. Son of Colonel James Prescott. Graduated from Harvard in 1988. He was a fine scholar, but possessed of an irascible and unfortunate temper, which involved him in many difficulties which should have been avoided. He was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas six years from June 3, 1805. After serving sixteen years as Judge of Probate, he was impeached by the House in 1821, tried by the Senate, and removed from office on charges which involved no questions of integrity or moral turpitude. This trial was one of the most famous in the annals of the General Court. Webster and other great lawyers participated in it. He died October 14, 1829, aged sixty-three years.
Hon. Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, of Cambridge, 1821 to 1856 (35 years).
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Born in Concord May 10, 1128. Graduated from Harvard in 1998. Appointed a captain in the American army, organized to resist a threatened invasion of the French in 198. Represen- tative, 1808-9-10-11-12-15-16-17 and 1820. Member of the Governor's Council, 1818-19, and of the Constitutional Conven- tion of 1820. He was Grand Master of Masons in 1820. Over- scer Harvard College, 1825 to 1852. Died in Cambridge May 18, 1856, aged seventy-eight years.
HON. GEORGE M. BROOKS, OF CONCORD. Judge of Probate 1872 to 1893. From a painting by Bicknell. (See page 199.)
HON. CHARLES JOHN McINTIRE, OF CAMBRIDGE. First Judge of Probate and Insolvency 1893 to date.
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Hon. William Adams Richardson, of Lowell, 1856 to 1872 (16 years).
William A. Richardson
Born in Tyngsboro November 2, 1821. Graduated from Harvard in 1843. President Wamesit Bank, Lowell. Member Common Council, 1849, '53 and '54, President in the latter years. Member of all the Masonic bodies meeting in Lowell. Secretary United States Treasury, 1873. Chief Justice Court of Claims United States from January 21, 1885. Died in Washington, D. C., October 19, 1896, aged seventy-five years.
Hon. George Merrick Brooks, of Concord, 1872 to 1893 (21 years)
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Born in Concord of Revolutionary stock, July 26, 1824. Graduated from Harvard in 1844. Representative, 1858; Sena- tor, 1859 ; Representative in Congress, 1869 to 1871. A lawyer by profession. Died in Concord September 22, 1893, aged sixty- nine years. He was greatly lamented by all classes, especially by the poor and unfortunate, who respected him for his kindness of heart and sympathetic counsel and demeanor.
Hon. Charles John McIntire, of Cambridge, 1893 to date (11 years).
Chas Mcfuture Lire- Judge of Probali Court 1894.
Born in Cambridge March 26, 1842, and educated in the public schools. Member of the Common Council, 1866-7;
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Board of AAldermen, 1812; City Solicitor, 1886; Representative, 1869-40; Assistant District Attorney three years, 1872 to 1815. A veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers. Is a member of the G. A. R., and of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars, by virtue of descent from Ebenezer Mackintire of Charlton, a soldier of colonial times, who was a grandson of Philip Mackintire, a Scotchman from the Highlands of Argyll, who settled in Reading, Mass., in 1666. He is also a descendant of Ensign James Kidder, of the Billerica Company in King Philip's war, and of Nathaniel Spar- hawk, of Cambridge, a Representative in the General Court from 1642 to 1641. The great-grandfather of Judge MeIntire was Ezra Mackintire, who marched with the Charlton company of minutemen in the days of the Revolution. Judge McIntire is sitting as one of the two Judges of Probate and Insolvency, and bears the title of "First Judge."
Hon. George Field Lawton, of Lowell and Cambridge, 1894 to date (10 years).
Born in Lowell, Mass., October 17, 1845. Attended the public schools of his native city and graduated from Williams in 1868. A successful schoolmaster in Lowell for five years, and superintendent of schools from 1886 to 1891, when he resigned to give his attention to the practice of the law. Admitted to the bar in 1812. City Solicitor of Lowell, 1880-1881-1882-1885, and 1886; resigned to accept the position of Superintendent of Schools. Judge Lawton is a veteran of the Civil war, having en- listed when eighteen years of age, in Company G, Sixth Massa- chusetts Infantry, serving the full period of his enlistment. He is also a Worshipful Past Master of Kilwinning Lodge in the Masonic Fraternity of Lowell. He is sitting as one of the two Judges of Probate and Insolvency.
HON. GEORGE FIELD LAWTON, OF LOWELL AND CAMBRIDGE. Judge of Probate and Insolvency 1894 to date.
HON. JAMES WINTHROP, OF CAMBRIDGE. Register of Probate 1775 to 1817. (See page 207.)
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REGISTERS OF PROBATE (AND OF INSOL- VENCY SINCE 1858).
Samuel Phipps, of Charlestown, 1692 to 1702 (10 years).
J. Phipps
Born 1651. A son of Solomon of the same town. Grad- uated from Harvard in 1671. He was a school teacher there several years. Register of Deeds twenty-eight years, also Clerk of Courts thirty-four years. Died August 7, 1225, aged seventy- four years. See also Clerks of Courts.
Dr. Thomas Swan, of Charlestown, 1702 to 1705 (3 years).
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Born in Roxbury September 15, 1669. Graduated from Harvard in 1689. School teacher in Hadley, 1689-90, and in Charlestown 1:00 to 1702. On November 2, 1702, he was sworn int as Register of Probate, but probably served only a short time, as the writing of his successor appears in 1203. Wyman, usually correct, says he moved to Milton, but no record can be found to prove it ; on the contrary a petition of his widow addressed to the General Court sets forth, or makes it apparent, that he died at the Castle in Boston harbor October 19, 1710, aged forty-one, where he had been "more than seven years," as physician and surgeon at that post. "In consideration of his extraordinary Charge and Pains in the service," the General Court voted to his widow the sum of £20.
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Nicholas Fessenden, 2d, of Cambridge, 1705 to 1709 (4 years).
Nich Jefsenden.
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Born January 12, 1680. Graduated from Harvard in 1201. Master of the Grammar school in Cambridge for many years. Hle was son of Nicholas first, who came to America about 1674. and was heir of his uncle John, first of the name here. It is claimed that Nicholas first was ancestor of Hon. William Pitt Fessenden, of Maine, a statesman and orator of national reputa- tion. Nicholas second died October 4, 1119, aged thirty-nine years.
Daniel Foxcroft, of Cambridge, 1709 to 1715 (6 years).
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Son of Francis first. He was a sub-commissary in the expe- dition against Canada in 1211. Moved to England in 1423, where he possessed a substantial fortune. Died at Plaistow, Eng., May 2, 1:38.
Rev. Thomas Foxcroft, of Cambridge, 1715 to 1719 (4 years).
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Born February 26, 1697. Son of Francis first. Graduated from Harvard in 1:14. Ordained as second minister of the First Church, Boston, November 20, 1717. He was one of the ablest preachers of his generation, and remained settled over this parish during fifty-two years. He died June 16, 1769, aged seventy- three years.
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ISAAC FISKE, OF WESTON AND CAMBRIDGE. Register of Probate 1817 to 1851. (See page 208.)
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ALONZO VALENTINE LYNDE, OF STONEHAM AND MELROSE. Register of Probate 1851 to 1853. (See page 208.)
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Francis Foxcroft, 2d, of Cambridge, 1719 to 1731 (12 years).
Son of Francis first. See Registers of Deeds.
Samuel Danforth, of Cambridge, 1731 to 1745 (14 years).
See Judges of Probate.
Hon. Andrew Bordman, of Cambridge, 1745 to 1769 (24 years)
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Born there August 1, 1701. Graduated from Harvard in 1:19. Town Clerk thirty-eight years, from 1131: Town Treas- urer twenty-three years, from and including 1:42; Representa- tive, 1:42 to '51 and 1254 to '68, inclusive, making twenty-two years' service in the General Court ; Judge Court Common pleas seventeen years, from 1:52 to 1769. Died May 19, 1769, aged sixty-eight years. His son, Andrew, was special Register on death of father to next appointment.
William Kneeland, of Cambridge, 1769 to 1775 (6 years).
Withneeland Reg?
Born in Boston May 28, 1132. Graduated from Harvard in 1751. Ile was the first overseer of the poor in Cambridge, 1786. He was President of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He was a Royalist, and went out of office at the opening of the Revolution. Died November 2, 1788, aged fifty-six years.
Hon. James Winthrop, of Cambridge, 1775 to 1817 (42 years).
James Winthrop Reg.
Born March 28, 1752. Son of Professor John of Harvard, and a descendant in the fifth generation from Governor John
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Winthrop. Graduated from Harvard in 1962. Postmaster Cam- bridge, 1:45. Librarian Harvard College, 1112 to 1782. Judge Court Common Pleas thirty years (1291 to 1821). One of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Died Septem- ber 26, 1821. aged sixty-nine years.
James Foster, of Cambridge, May, 1817, to October, 1817.
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Born April 23, 1286. Graduated from Harvard 1806. Was Register of Probate but five months. Died in office August 27, 1812, aged thirty-one years.
Isaac Fiske, of Weston and Cambridge, 1817 to 1851 (34 years).
Focac Froke, Regn
Born in Weston December 4, 1178. Graduated from Har- vard in 1198. He was a successful lawyer in Weston and Cam- bridge, before assuming the position of Register, an office which he adorned a longer period than any predecessor save Hon. James Winthrop. He was a member of the Constitutional Con- vention of 1820, and Town Clerk of Weston many years. He lived in a stone mansion which stood on the site of the new reg- istry building. He was a courteous gentleman of the old school. Died March 11, 1861, aged eighty-three years.
Alonzo Valentine Lynde, of Stoneham and Melrose, 1851 to 1853 (2 years).
Av.Signde
Born in Stoneham of parents in humble circumstances De- cember 22. 1823. He passed through the public schools of that town, and so applied himself to study, while teaching as a liveli- hood, as to be admitted to the Middlesex bar at an early age. At
ALFRED ABBOTT PRESCOTT. OF READING. Register of Probate 1853 to 1859. (See page 211.)
JOSEPH HOW TYLER, OF WINCHESTER. Register of Probate 1859 to 1892.
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the time of his death he was perhaps the senior practicing mem- ber thereof. He was a man of wonderful energy, keen and in- cisive in legal practice, but cautious and conservative in public and private affairs. By industry and application he amassed a large estate. He died in Melrose January 23, 1899, aged seventy- six years.
Alfred Abbott Prescott, of Reading, 1853 to 1859 (6 years).
Born there February 12, 1820. He was the son of Joshua Prescott, a graduate of Harvard, and a prominent lawyer in his day. Alfred was a member of the class of 1843, Harvard, but did not graduate. He became a member of the bar and suc- ceeded to the practice of his father. He moved to California in 1815, where he married. After the death of his wife, sickness and misfortune overtook him. Broken in health, and without means he died in deep poverty at the county hospital of San Joaquin County, located at French Camp, California, January 19, 1896, aged seventy-seven years. He was buried in the hospital cemetery, but his remains were afterwards removed to San Fran- cisco. He was one of the charter members of Putnam Lodge, .A. F. and A. M., of Cambridge.
Joseph How Tyler, of Cambridge and Winchester, 1859 to 1892 (33 years).
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Born in Pelham, N. H., February 11, 1825. Was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated at Dart- mouth, 1851. Admitted to the bar in 1853. Appointed Master in Chancery, 1855. Settled in Cambridge, where he was a mem- ber of the Common Council in 1862 and '63. One of the Alder- men in 1864-65, and of the school board in 1868, '69 and '70.
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President of the Cambridge Railroad company, director Cam- bridge National Bank, and trustee of the East Cambridge Five Cents Savings Bank. He moved to Winchester in 1820, where he became active in town affairs. Was on the school board three years, a trustee of the public library, and President of the Win- chester Historical Society. He died July 11, 1892, aged sixty- seven years.
Samuel Hilliard Folsom, of Winchester, July 27, 1892, to No- vember, 1904 (12 years).
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Born in Hopkinton, N. H., February 23, 1826. Fitted for college at Pembroke, N. H., graduating from Dartmouth in 1851. Principal of Westford Academy from 1851 to 1853, one of his pupils being Hon. J. Henry Read, who was County Commis- sioner twenty-one years. Admitted to the Suffolk bar. 1851. Was appointed Clerk of Courts pro tem. in 1821. serving during the sickness of Benjamin F. Ham, who was succeeded by Theo. C. Hurd in 1822. In 1814 he was appointed Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency, which position he held eighteen years, until the death of J. H. Tyler, in 1892, when he was appointed Register by Governor Russell, and afterwards elected by the people. In January, 1904, he was stricken with apoplexy, which rendered him absolutely incompetent either to perform the duties appertaining to his office or to resign. In the month of Noven- ber, 1904, a petition was presented to the Supreme Court setting forth the facts, upon which the office was declared vacant. Mr. Folsom was a faithful, efficient, and popular official. He had been in the probate service since 1844, covering a period of thirty vears. He was succeeded in office by William Everett Rogers, late Assistant Register, who was appointed by Governor Bates.
William Everett Rogers, of Wakefield. Appointed November, 1904.
See Assistant Register.
SAMUEL HILLIARD FOLSOM, OF WINCHESTER. Register of Probate and Insolvency 1892 to 1904.
WILLIAM EVERETT ROGERS, OF WAKEFIELD. Register of Probate 1892 to 1904.
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ASSISTANT REGISTERS PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY. OFFICE CREATED IN 1858.
Isaac Francis Jones, of Cambridge, 1858 to 1873 (15 years).
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Born in Weston February 11, 1820. Graduated from Brown University, 1843. Mr. Jones was a Clerk in the Probate office as early as 1846, previous to which he was a teacher. He was many times Register pro tem. up to 1859, when the office of Assistant Register was established, and he was appointed the first incumbent, holding the position until his last sickness. He (lied July 10, 1813, aged fifty-three. He married Sarah H. W .. daughter of Deacon John W. Donallon, a watchmaker in Cam- bridge, who became somewhat noted as the "Poet Laureate" of the "seasons" in the old Robert B. Thomas Farmer's Almanac.
Samuel Hilliard Folsom, 1873 to 1892 (19 years).
Afterwards Register.
William Everett Rogers, of Wakefield, 1892 to November 30, 1904 (12 years).
Www. Erogers
Born at Webster, Mass .. July 16, 1854. Graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 18:2. In 1855 his father com- menced practicing law in Chicago, Ill., but dying the following year, his widow with her young daughter and son removed to the home of her father, Colonel William Barron, at Norwich, Vt., and in 1865, for the purpose of educating her children, she removed to Hartford, Conn., where young Rogers passed his
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school days, fitting for college in the Hartford high school. In 1849 he entered the law school of Boston University. Graduated m 1880 with an LL. B., admitted to the New Hampshire bar in August, and to the Suffolk bar in November of the same year. Practiced law in Wakefield and Boston until 1892, when he was appointed Assistant Register by Hon. George M. Brooks, the then Judge of Probate. Mr. Rogers lives in Wakefield. is a Re- publican, and has served his town in various offices. On the removal of Mr. Folsom for incapacity, the Governor appointed him to fill the vacancy.
Frederick March Esty, of Framingham, December, 1904, to date.
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Born in Framingham July 27. 1852. Son of Hon. C. C. Esty. a distinguished citizen of that town. Educated in the pub- lic schools of his native place and at Phillips Andover Academy. Studied law with George C. Travis, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in 1882. ' Appointed Deputy Sheriff in January, 1882. by the late Sheriff Cushing, serving in that capacity until appointed a Court Officer for attendance at the sessions of the Supreme and Superior Courts. Afterwards he was appointed as perma- nent officer for the Probate Court, where he served eight years previous to being appointed as Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency, to succeed William E. Rogers, advanced to the posi- tion of Register. He is Right Worshipful District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-first Masonic District.
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Charles Nathan Harris, of Winchester, 1905.
Charles n. Harris, Married,
Born at Port Byron, Ill .. October 6, 1860. Son of Rev. John L. Harris, a Congregational clergyman, who, from 1842 to 1894. filled the pastorate in several Massachusetts parishes. After fitting for college, he entered the Harvard Law School. from which he was graduated in 1884. Before his graduation from the Law School, viz., on June 22, 1882, he was admitted to the Suffolk bar, and since then has maintained an office in Boston. From 1891 to 1894 Mr. Harris was second assistant attorney-general during the term of Hon. A. E. Pillsbury. In 1895 he was appointed by Governor Greenhalge to prepare the Supplement to the Public Statutes, and in 1900 he was ap- pointed by Governor Crane a member of the commission for the consolidation and arrangement of the Public Statutes.
In 1902 he prepared the Index to the Revised Laws, and, in 1903, he assisted in drafting the Act which was subsequently enacted as the Business Corporation Law of 1903. Mr. Harris is also the author of the "Massachusetts Statutory Citations": and, in collaboration with Grosvenor Calkins, Esq .. of the Manual of the Business Corporation Laws of Massachusetts. He also edited the fourth and fifth volumes of the Massachusetts Digest. In 1905 he was appointed second assistant register of probate and insolvency for the county of Middlesex.
CHARLES NATHAN HARRIS, OF WINCHESTER. Second Assistant Register of Probate 1905. (See page 217.)
ISAAC FRANCIS JONES, OF CAMBRIDGE. Assistant Register of Probate 1858 to 1873. (See page 215.)
FREDERICK MARCH ESTY, OF FRAMINGHAM. Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency 1904 to date. (See page 216.)
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REGISTERS OF DEEDS, SOUTHERN DIS- TRICT.
Deputy Gov. Thomas Danforth, of Cambridge, April, 1649, to July 27, 1686 (37 years).
See Clerks of Courts.
Capt. Laurence Hammond, of Charlestown, July 27, 1686, to April 10, 1693 (7 years). See Clerks of Courts.
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