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Mckay, Thomas M.,
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Wyman, Wm.,
Mckenzie, John,
Boston.
The company performed valuable service in protecting the Federal capital, was engaged in the first Bull Run battle, in which some of its members were wounded and three were taken prisoners, and at the expiration of its term of enlistment (3 months) returned home.
On the arrival of the company at South Reading, July 30, 1861, a public reception was given them. (For a further account of such reception, see Chapter XIV, on Rebellion.)
Reading. South Reading. Reading. South Reading.
Burditt, Geo. A., Coney, John S., Cook, Jona. J., Dix, Joseph O.,
North Reading.
South Reading.
Eaton, A.,
Reading.
Roundy, John D., Sherman, Wm. H., Smith, Thos., Stephens, John R., Sweetser, Oliver S.,
Reading. 66
Fairbanks, James M.,
Hartwell, Albert A.,
Reading.
South Reading. 66
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Kidder, Geo. H., Jr.,
Lord, Byron,
.
Melrose. Andover.
281
OF THE TOWN OF READING.
CHAPTER VII.
TOWN OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES, SENATORS, JUS- TICES OF THE PEACE, AND CIVIL OFFICERS OF READING, SOUTH READING, AND NORTH READING.
SELECTMEN OF READING.
Robert Dunton, 1647, 1649.
Francis Smith, 1647, 1649.
William Cowdrey, 1647 to 1680 (except 1659 and '61).
Thomas Marshall, 1647-'52 and '54.
Henry Felch, 1647, '48 and '51.
William Martin, 1647, '48 and '51.
Richard Walker, 1647-50 and '53.
Zachariah Fitch, 1649, '51 and '6 1.
Thomas Kendall, 1649, '55, '57, '59, '60, '62, '66, '68-'72, '74, '75, '77, '78.
Jonas Eaton, 1650, '62, '70 and '73.
John Smith, 1650-52, '54-56, '57, '58-60 and '64.
John Batchelder, 1651, '54, '56, '58, '61 and '64.
Peter Palfrey, 1652, '53 and '57. - John Person, 1652.
Robert Burnap, 1654-56, '58-60, '62-69, '70, '71 and '72.
Nicholas Brown, 1655, '56 and '61.
George Davis, 1655, '56, '58-'60.
William Laukin, 1656, '56.
Thomas Clark, 1659.
Thomas Parker, 1661, '65-'67 and 69.
Thomas Hartshorn, 1661 and '67.
Jonathan Poole, 1662-'64, '68-'74, '76 and '77.
Nathaniel Cowdrey, 1663, '65, '66, '71, '73, '82 and '85.
Shubael Walker, 1667 and '68. Robert Burnap, Jr., 1670-'72, '74, '75, '77, '78, '81, '93 and '94. John Damon, 1672, '75, '81 and '86. 36
282
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
Jeremiah Swaine, 1673, '77-80, '83, '84, '97 and 1701.
John Browne, Jr., 1674-'76, '80, '84-'87, '90, '93, '95, '96, '98, '99, 1700, 1702-'06.
John Batchelder, 1676, '78, '81-'83, '85-'87, '90, '92-'96, '98, 1700, and '02.
Matthew Edwards, 1676 and '79.
Hananiah Parker, 1679, '80, '84, '88, '89 and '97.
Nathaniel Goodwin, 1679, '81-'84, '86,-'92;
Benjamin Fitch, 1680, '82, '84, '87-'91, '94, '95, '99 and 1701.
Sergeant Felch, 1681.
John Parker, 1682 and '90.
William Hescey, 1683, '86 and '87.
John Herbert, 1683, '98, '99, 1700, '01, '02, '04-'12.
William Hooper, 1685.
Thomas Bancroft, 1685, '88, '89, '91, '92, '94, '97, 1700, '04, '06, '08, '16, '19, '21, '23 and '29.
Jonathan Batchelder, 1689.
Thomas Nichols, 1691, '92, '96-'99, 1700, '02, '05-'07, '09-'12, '17, '20, and '22.
Timothy Wiley, 1693, '96, '98, 1702, '05 and 'o7. John Dunton, 1693.
Joseph Fitch, Jr., 1694.
Joseph Brown, 1694 and 1703.
Joshua Eaton, 1694 and 1708.
John Nichols, 1695 and 1703.
Nathaniel Parker, 1695, '97, 1705, '14 and '27. Abraham Bryant, 1696 and 1701.
Joseph Burnap, 1699, 1707, '09-'12, '15, '20 and '25.
Jonathan Poole, 1701, '08, '14 and '15.
Benjamin Swain, 1704, '12, '15, '16 and '18. Thomas Boutwell, 1704 and '13.
George Flint, 1706, '08, '28, '33, '43 and '44.
John Weston, 1707, '09-'II.
John Harnden, 1709 and '10.
Thomas Taylor, 171I. Nathaniel Cutler, 1712.
Francis Smith, 1713-'20 and '22. John Goodwin, 1713, ' 14, '16, '19, '21-'24, '26, '33 and '40. John Browne, 1713, '17 and '18. Benjamin Harnden, 1713 and '19. Thomas Burnap, 1714.
283
OF THE TOWN OF READING.
John Pratt, 1715.
Peter Emerson, 1716, '24-'45. Thomas Poole, 1717, '20, '22 and '24. Kendall Parker, 1717, '20, '23, '31, '37, '42 and '45. Ebenezer Parker, 1718, '24, '25 and '32.
Samuel Browne, 1718. William Bryant, 1719, '21-'23 and '37. Ezekiel Upton, 1720 and '30. Joseph Upton, 172I. Thomas Bryant, 1722. John Eaton, 1723.
Stephen Weston, 1724, '27 and '36. Thomas Eaton, 1725, '32, '41 and '44. Ebenezer Flint, 1725. Raham Bancroft, 1726, '33, '43 and '49. Jonathan Parker, 1726 and '36. Benjamin Poole, 1727 and '28. William Flint, 1727 and '52. Nathaniel Parker, Jr., 1728. Thomas Nichols, 2d, 1728, '31, '38 and '43. John Batchelder, 1729, '30 and '49. Joseph Eaton, 1729. Francis Nurse, 1729. Samuel Bancroft, 1730, '38, 40, '47 and '53. Timothy Goodwin, 1730, '32 and '36. Samuel Lamson, 1731.
Ebenezer Damon, 1731. Thomas Hutchinson, 1732. James Nichols, Jr., 1733. Richard Temple, 1734 and '35. David Green, 1734. Nathaniel Batchelder, 1734. Ebenezer Walcott, 1734. Isaac Smith, 1735. Ebenezer Emerson, 1735. Ebenezer Flint, 1735, '38 and '42. John Swain, 1736, '43, '51 and '54. Samuel Foster, 1737. Jonathan Flint, 1737. Joseph Damon, 1738 and '48. Samuel Poole, 1740.
284
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
Edward Hurcum, 1740, '42, '59 and '63.
Benjamin Brown, 1741, '44 and '46.
James Nichols, 1741.
Samuel Eves, 1741.
Edward Bancroft, 1742.
Ebenezer Nichols, 1742, '46, '61, '62, '64 and '66.
William Hay, 1744.
Thomas Hartshorn, 1745.
John Parker, 1745.
Brown Emerson, 1746, '65-'68 and '69.
Edward Pratt, 1746.
Thomas Flint, 1746 and '54.
Benjamin Smith, 1747.
Jonathan Nichols, 1747.
William Sawyer, 1747, '55, '56, '61, '65, '69, '70 and '78.
Thomas Lambert, 1748.
John Boutwell, 1748.
Samuel Hartshorn, 1748.
Benjamin Weston, 1749.
Ebenezer Upton, 1749, '72 and '74.
Benjamin Swain, 1750.
Phineas Parker, 1750 and '56.
Timothy Pratt, 1750. Samuel Dix, 1750.
Jonathan Temple, 1751.
Daniel Nichols, 1751, '55, '57-'59.
David Damon, 1751 and '61.
John Temple, 1752, '54, '65, '66, '68, '72 and '78.
John Goodwin, Jr., 1752, '55, '56, '59, '60, '62-'64.
John Goodwin, 3d, 1752.
Jonathan Eaton, 1753, '55, '56, '60, '62. John Walton, 1753. Jacob Sawyer, 1753 and '66.
David Green, Jr., 1754, '60 and '65.
Samuel Bancroft, Jr., 1757-'60, '62, '63 and '66. John Smith, 1757 and '58.
Joseph Frye, 1757 and '58.
Daniel Putnam, 1763, '68 and '71. Amos Upton, 1764, '66 and '68. Benjamin Flint, 1764, '72, '76, '87 and '88. Nathan Parker, 1765, '66, '68-'70.
285
OF THE TOWN OF READING.
Amos. Flint, 1765. John Walton, Jr., 1766. Thomas Symonds, 1769 and '75. John Flint, 1770. George Flint, 1770. Nathaniel Batchelder, 1770.
David Green, 1771. William Green, 1771.
Samuel Herrick, 1771. Jabez Damon, 1771 and '75. Benjamin Brown, 1772-'76, '78, '79,' 81 -'83, '88, '91 and '92. Thomas Damon, 1772. Jonathan Poole, 1773. Hezekiah Upton, 1773.
Jacob Townsend, 1773 and '4. Joseph Parker, 1773 and '78. Jonathan Flint, 1774 and '85. Jonas Parker, 1774 and '76.
James Bancroft, 1776, '88, '93 and '94. Ebenezer Hopkins, 1776. Timothy Pratt, Jr., 1776 and '77. Jacob Emerson, 1777. John Dix, 1777 and '79. Timothy Russell, 1777. Benjamin Foster, 1777. Benjamin Upton, 1778, '79, '81, '86, '90-'92.
John Emerson, 1779, '80 and '86.
Peter Emerson, 1779 and '80.
Isaac Upton, 1779. Joseph Bancroft, 1779, '84, '85, '88, '92 and '95. Elijah Upton, 1780. Samuel Pratt, 1780. William Flint, 1780. Abraham Foster, 1781-'83, '89-'91. Thomas Eaton, Jr., 1782, '83 and '89. Nathaniel Wiley, 1784-'88. John Weston, Jr., 1784. Paul Sweetser, 1784. Henry Putnam, 1784 and '85. Nathan Parker, 1785, '97-'99, 1800, '03. Wm. Temple, 1786.
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GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
Ephraim Pratt, 1786.
Ebenezer Upton, 1787 and '88.
Daniel Green, 1787.
John Hart, 1788.
David Smith, 1789, '90, '93-'96.
Daniel Flint, 1793-'95, 1805-'09, '12, '15-'18 and '24.
George Flint, 1796.
Thos. Symonds, 1796.
James Gould, 1797-1804, '06-'I0.
Daniel Graves, 1797-1803.
Edmund Damon, 1804, '10-'16.
John Weston, 1804-'08.
Hay Nichols, 1806.
Edmund Parker, 1809-'13, '16-'20.
Noah Smith, 1811.
Timothy Wakefield, 1813 and '14.
Benja. Pratt, 1814 and '15.
Ebenezer Emerson, 1817, '19, '21, '23 and '24.
Joshua Putnam, 1818-'20, '22, '23, '25 and '29. -
George Flint, 1820, '21 and '26.
Timothy Wakefield, Jr., 1821-'23, '34 and '35.
Aaron Upton, 1822.
Thaddeus B. Pratt, 1824-'26, '30, '36 and '38.
Addison Flint, 1825.
Daniel Pratt, 1826-'28.
Ebenezer D. Batchelder, 1827, '29, '30, '33, '35-'38, '41 and '45 .
Eliab Parker, Jr., 1827, '33 and '34.
Asa G. Sheldon, 1828.
Charles Parker, 1828 and '29.
Thomas Sweetser, 1830-'32.
John Batchelder, 3d, 1831 and '32.
Amos Batchelder, 1831.
Jonas Parker, 1832 and '33.
Aaron Parker, Jr., 1834.
Daniel Flint, 1835, '41 and '42.
Caleb Wakefield, 1836-'40.
David Upton, 1837. 7
Charles F. Flint, 1839 and '40.
Benj. Holt, Jr., 1839. Charles Newman, 1840. John Batchelder, 1841-'43, '46-'48, '57 and '59.
287
OF THE TOWN OF READING.
Joseph Pierce, 1842. Samuel J. Batchelder, 1843. John Nichols, 1843, '44. Abraham Temple, 1844 and '45. Ebenezer T. Abbott, 1844. Daniel Flint, Jr., 1845, '46, '47, '48 and '49. Joseph Bancroft, 1846. Francis Upton, 1847.
J. B. Leathe, 1848, '49, '59-'62 and '66. James S. Campbell, 1849, '50, '52, '59-'65. Nathan P. Pratt, 1850-'53, '57 and '58, '72, '73. Joseph H. Gleason, 1850. Joseph Eames, 1851. Isaac Flint, 1851. Gardner French, 1852-'54. John Burrill, 1853 and '54.
Porter Pinkham, 1854 and '55. Stillman E. Parker, 1855.
Mark M. Temple, 1855. Thomas E. Prescott, 1856 and '58. Wm. J. Wightman, 1856, '67 to 1874. Wm. Badger, 1856. Charles Tweed, 1857 and '58, '70, '71, '72. Milo Parker, 1860 and '61. Solon A. Parker, 1862, '67 and '68.
Joseph L. Pratt, 1863-'65. James T. Norris, 1866. David G. Richardson, 1867 and '68.
Benj. M. Hartshorn, 1867, and died the same year. Samuel Pierce, 1869, '70. Jerome Parker, 1869, '70. James A. Bancroft, 1870, '71.
SELECTMEN OF SOUTH READING (NOW WAKEFIELD).
James Gould, 1812. Benja. Badger, 1812, '14. John Gould, 1812-'20. Noah Smith, 1813, '35,-'37. David Smith, 1814-'18. Wm. Nichols, 1815-'19.
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GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
Benja. Badger, Jr., 1819.
Thomas Evans, 1820 and '21.
Thomas Emerson, Jr., 1820-'24. Jacob Eaton, 1821-'24, Thomas Swain, 1822-'29. John Rayner, Jr., 1825-'27.
James Walton, 1825 and '26.
Lilley Eaton, 1827 to 1849 and '51 to '54.
Joseph Atwell, 1828-'31.
Suel Winn, 1830-'31 and '38.
Wm. Gould, 1832.
John White, Jr., 1832, '33, '43 to '46.
Benja. B. Wiley, 1833-'35.
John Abbott, 1834.
Benja. Emerson, 1836-'38.
Aaron Foster, Jr., 1839, '42, '47-'50.
James Eustis, 1839 and '40.
James Hartshorn, 1840 and '41.
James Emerson, 1841.
Abraham Emerson, 1842.
Joseph W. Atwell, 1843-'46.
Jonas Cowdry, 1847-'49.
P. H. Sweetser, 1850.
Sam'l Kingman, 1850.
Peter Wiley, 1851 and '52.
Samuel Gould, 1851.
Wm. L. Brown, 1852.
Edward H. Walton, 1853 and '54.
Nathan P. Colburn, 1853 to '55.
James Oliver, 1855-'57, '67, '68, '69 and '73.
D. B. Wheelock, 1855-'57, '62-'65. John Purington, 1856, '57, '60 and '61.
P. C. Wheeler, 1858, '59 and '66.
John S. Eaton, 1858, '59, '63, '66, '67 and '72.
John Winship, 1858 and '59.
Thomas Green, 1860 and '61.
Edward Mansfield, 1860, '61 and '65. Henry Oliver, 1862.
Thomas B. Walker, 1862, '64-'66.
Horatio Dolliver, 1863 and '64.
James F. Mansfield, 1867, '68 and '69.
289
OF THE TOWN OF READING.
Richard Britton, 1868, '69, '72 and '73. D. G. Walton, 1873.
TOWN CLERKS OF READING.
Wm. Cowdrey, 1644 to '87. Nathaniel Cowdrey, 1687 and '88.
Hananiah Parker, 1689, '90 and '98.
Nathaniel Goodwin, 1691 to '93. John Batchelder, 1694 to '97. John Herbert, 1699 to 1713. Francis Smith, 1714 to 1721. John Goodwin, 1722 to 1725. Peter Emerson, 1726 to 1746. Brown Emerson, 1747 to 1770. John Temple, 1771 to 1774. Benjamin Brown, 1775 to 1777.
Jacob Emerson, 1778 to '90.
Jonathan Poole, 1791 to '99.
. Timothy Wakefield, 1800 to 1816. Edmund Parker, 1817 to 1830. Daniel Pratt, Jr., 1831 to 1852.
Wm. J. Wightman, 1853 to 1856, 1862 to 1874.
Horace P. Wakefield, 1857 and '58.
Jonathan Baldwin, 1859 to 1862, and died Oct. 15, 1862.
TOWN CLERKS OF SOUTH READING (now Wakefield).
John Gould, 1812-23.
John Rayner, Jr., 1824-28.
Lilley Eaton, 1829-49.
Edward Mansfield, 1850-54.
Henry L. Eaton, 1855-58.
James O. Boswell, 1859 and '60. Charles H. Shepard, 1861.
Jacob C. Hartshorn, 1862-64. (Resigned in 1864.)
Chester W. Eaton, 1864-67.
Benj. F. Packard, 1868 and '69.
C. F. Hartshorne, 1872, '73.
READING REPRESENTATIVES.
Richard Walker, 1650. William Cowdrey, 1651, '53, '58 and '61. Jonathan Poole, 1677. 37
290
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
.
John Brown, 1679, '80, '82, '83, '93, '96, 1700, '01, '19, '20. Hananiah Parker, 1683, '84, '95, '97-99, 1703. Jeremiah Swain, 1686, '87, '94, 1702, '04-06. Benjamin Fitch, 1687, '91-93.
Nathaniel Goodwin, 1690, 92.
Timothy Wiley, 1707-09, '12-15 and 18. Thomas Nichols, 1710 and 'II. Joshua Eaton, 1716 and '17.
William Bryant, 1721-24.
Thomas Bancroft, 1725-27, '30 and '31.
Kendall Parker, 1728, '29, '32, '33 and '37.
Ebenezer Parker, 1734-36, '38 and '39. Samuel Bancroft, 1740-44, '69 and '74.
Thomas Eaton, 1745 to '51.
Ebenezer Nichols, 1752-54, '57, '58, '62-67.
John Temple, 1755, '56, '59, '61-66, '68 and '75. Daniel Putnam, 1773.
John Batchelder, 1776. Joseph Parker, 1776.
Benjamin Flint, 1776 and '77.
Benjamin Brown, 1778 and 'o9.
James Bancroft, 1780-85, '88, '93, '94, '99, 1800-03. Benjamin Upton, 1786, '90-92.
William Flint, 1787, '89.
Henry Putnam, 1795-08.
Daniel Graves, 1804-06. Hay Nichols, 1805.
Timothy Wakefield, 1807-15. Daniel Flint, 1808-19 and '21. Adam Hawkes, 1811. Edmund Parker, 1816, '18-20, '23, '25 and '28.
Timothy Wakefield, Jr., 1822, 35. George Flint, 1823, '39 and '40. Joshua Putnam, 1826 and '27. Joshua Prescott, 1826 and '27. Addison Flint, 1828 and '44. Eliab Parker, Jr., 1829-31, '34 and '35. Warren Perkins, 1829-32, '38 and '39. John Batchelder, 3d, 1832 and '33. Caleb Wakefield, 1833-36. Daniel Flint, Jr., 1836 and '37. Thomas Sweetser, 1836.
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OF THE TOWN OF READING.
John Weston, 1837. Ebenezer D. Batchelder, 1837. Samuel W. Carter, 1840 and '41. John Batchelder, 3d, 1842. Daniel Pratt, 1845 and '47. James S. Campbell, 1851.
George Batchelder, 1853. Nathan P. Pratt, 1855 and '68. Thomas N. Jones, 1856. Amos Cummings, Jr., 1857. Samuel P. Breed, 1858. Stillman E. Parker, 1859. Edward M. Horton, 1860. Frederic Abbott, 1861. Charles Manning, 1862. J. B. Leathe, 1863. Charles A. Foster, 1864. William W. Davis, 1865. William Proctor, 1866. Samuel Pierce, 1870.
SOUTH READING REPRESENTATIVES.
John Hart, 1812-14, '20, '21, '23, '24. John Gould, 1816. Thomas Emerson, Jr., 1825-30, '38, '39 and '41.
Lilley Eaton, 1831-35, '45 and '48. Lemuel Sweetser, 1832 and '33. James Butler, 1835 and '36.
Noah Smith, 1836 and '37. Benjamin Emerson, 1837. Jonas Evans, 1839. Aaron Foster, Jr., 1840. Joseph W. Vinton, 1840. Jacob Tufts, 1843. Jonas Cowdrey, 1844. Robert H. Raddin, 1846. Franklin Poole, 1847. Samuel Kingman, 1850. Edward Mansfield, 1851. John B. Atwell, 1852. James M. Sweetser, 1855. James Oliver, 1856.
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GENEALOGICAL HISTORY
Madison Sweetser, 1857.
John Sullivan Eaton, 1858.
John Wiley, 2d, 1860. William H. Atwell, 1862.
Daniel Allen, 1864 and '65.
James F. Mansfield, 1867 and '68.
Benjamin F. Packard, 1870.
E. H. Walton, 1871.
Richard Britton, 1872 and '73.
NORTH READING REPRESENTATIVES.
Joseph Eames, 1854.
Thomas N. Jones, 1855.
Samuel P. Breed, 1857 and '69.
Frederic Abbott, 1860.
Charles A. Foster, 1863.
SENATORS.
John Hart, of South Reading, 1815-19.
Lilley Eaton, of South Reading, 1838, '39.
Edmund Parker, of Reading, 1841.
Thomas Emerson, of South Reading, 1846 and '47.
Horace P. Wakefield, of Reading.
James Oliver, of South Reading, 1868.
Carroll D. Wright, of Reading, 1872, '73.
COUNCILLORS.
Edmund Parker, of Reading, 1840. Thaddeus Spaulding, of South Reading, 1842 and '44.
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 1780, Benjamin Flint. 1820, William Nichols, of South Reading. Daniel Flint, of Reading, N. P. Timothy Wakefield, of Reading, W. P. 1853, Lilley Eaton, of South Reading. Tristram Littlefield, of Reading.
DELEGATES TO FIRST PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
1774, John Temple, Benjamin Brown. 1775, John Temple.
293
OF THE TOWN OF READING.
LIST OF CIVIL OFFICERS IN THE TOWNS OF READING, SOUTH READING, AND NORTH READING.
NAME.
OFFICE.
TOWN.
Date of Commis- sion when sworn.
Eliab Parker, Jr.,
J. P. P. & Q.
Reading,
Feb. 17, 1844.
John Weston,
May
9, 1844.
Noah Smith,
J. P.
June 20, 1844.
Jonathan Prescott,
J. P.
Sept. 9, 1844.
Caleb Wakefield,
J. P.
March 22, 1845.
Edwin Foster,
J. P.
Jan. 21,
'47.
Alfred A. Prescott,
J. P.
Jan. 22,
'47.
Chauncy P Judd,
J. P.
April 6,
'47.
Abial Holden,
T. P.
March 22,
'48.
Charles F. Flint,
T. P.
March 3,
'48.
Lilley Eaton,
J. P.
South Reading, Reading, 66
April
14, '48.
Thaddeus B. Pratt,
T. P.
March 29,
'49.
Horace P. Wakefield,
J. P.
July 3,
'49.
William H. Willis,
J. P.
South Reading,
Jan.
IO,
'50.
Daniel Flint,
J. P.
Reading,
Feb.
12,
'51.
Alfred A. Prescott,
Trial Justice.
Nov.
19,
'50.
Lilley Eaton,
Trial Justice. J. P.
Feb.
12,
'51.
Abel F. Hutchinson,
J. P.
¥
Feb.
18,
'51.
Daniel Norcross,
Coroner.
May
26,
'52.
Thomas Sweetser,
J. P.
Reading,
March 15,
'51.
William L. Brown,
J. P.
March 27,
'51.
Caleb Wakefield,
J. P.
May
19,
'51.
Joshua Prescott,
T. P.
Sept. 2, '51.
Paul H. Sweetser,
J. P.
Jan. 21,
'52.
John Batchelder,
J. P.
March 16,
'52.
James S. Campbell,
J. P.
May II,
'52.
John B. Atwell,
J. P.
Dec. -,
'52.
Alfred A. Prescott,
Reg. Probate.
South Reading, Reading,
March 14,
'53.
Benjamin F. Tweed,
J. P.
South Reading, Reading,
May 21,
'53.
Frederick F. Root,
T. P.
North Reading,
June 30, '53.
John F. Hammond,
J. P.
Oct.
5,
'53.
Hiram P. Wright,
J. P.
Reading,
April
I,
'54.
William L. Brown,
Notary.
South Reading,
June
I,
'54.
Benjamin B. Wiley,
J. P.
Feb.
3, '55.
Nathan P. Colburn,
J. P.
Feb. 25, '55.
Stillman E. Parker,
J. P.
. Reading,
April
25,
'55.
William Emory,
J. P.
June
25,
'55.
William J. Wightman,
T. P.
July
16, '55.
Henry L. Eaton,
J. P.
South Reading,
Feb.
7,
'56. '58.
Joel A. Abbott,
J. P.
North Reading, Reading,
July
29,
'57. '57.
James Oliver,
J. P.
South Reading,
July
30,
'57.
Edward A. Upton,
J. P.
Jan.
18,
'57.
Abel F. Hutchinson, Commis-
sioner to admit to Industrial school for girls,
J. P.
66
Nov.
24,
'57.
Edward A. Upton,
Sept.
14,
'58.
James O. Boswell,
Trial Justice. J. P.
June
22,
'58.
J. P.
South Reading, Reading, South Reading,
Nov. 12,
'52.
Edward Mansfield,
South Reading, Reading, ¥ South Reading, Reading,
April
23,
'53.
Nathan P. Pratt,
J. P.
William H. Willis,
P. & Q.
May
19,
March 18,
'57.
Thomas Richardson,
J. P.
March 27,
Stephen Foster,
J. P.
South Reading,
Oct. IO, '50.
Orlando B. Potter,
South Reading, Reading, South Reading, Reading,
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LIST OF CIVIL OFFICERS, continued.
NAME.
OFFICE.
TOWN.
Date of Commis- sion when sworn.
Joshua Prescott,
J. P.
Reading,
July
20, '58
Jonathan Baldwin,
J. P.
Dec.
16, '58-
Lucius Beebe,
J. P.
South Reading,
April
6, '59'
James O. Boswell,
Notary.
Aug. I, '59*
Horatio N. Cate,
J. P.
June
27, '59*
James O. Boswell,
Coroner.
Reading, South Reading,
June
2, 1860°
Adam Wiley,
J. P.
Feb.
3, '60'
David Dana,
J. P.
Reading,
Sept.
5,
'60·
William S. Peabody,
J. P.
Aug.
22,
'60·
James O. Boswell,
P. & Q.
South Reading,
Nov.
19,
'60'
James M. Sweetser.
J. P.
April
5,
'61*
Charles P. Howard,
J. P.
North Reading, Reading,
Feb.
24,
'64*
Thomas Richardson,
J. P.
March 25,
'64°
Horace P. Wakefield,
P. & Q.
March 29,
'64*
Samuel G. B. Coombs,
J. P.
South Reading,
May IO,
'64*
Daniel Pratt,
J. P.
Reading,
Aug.
II,
'64*
Thomas Sweetser,
J. P.
South Reading, Reading. 66
Feb.
17,
'65*
Caleb Wakefield,
j. P.
March 21,
'65*
Samuel P. Breed,
J. P.
North Reading, Reading,
Dec.
18,
'65. '66.
Philip C. Wheeler,
J. P.
South Reading, Reading,
May
8,
'66.
Geo. W. Cutler,
J. P.
South Reading, Reading,
May
23,
'66.
Adam Wiley,
J. P.
South Reading,
Jan.
31,
'67.
Henry D. Austin,
J. P.
March 30,
'67.
Horace P. Wakefield,
Coroner.
Reading,
April
IO,
'67.
Hiram Barrus,
J. P.
Jan.
12,
'67.
Daniel P. Emerson,
J. P.
South Reading, 66
May
28,
'67.
William J. Mansfield,
J. P.
May 28, '67.
J. O. Boswell,
P. & Q. J. P.
June 8,
'68
Horace P. Wakefield,
{
A.H. Mons'n,
Reading,
March 23,
'68
W. L. Brown,
July 14,
'68.
Sam'l P. Breed,
July 14,
'68.
Cyrus Wakefield,
Sept. 17, '68.
Byron A. Osgood,
Notary. J. P.
66
March
5,
. '69.
Lilley Eaton,
P. & Q. J. P.
North Reading, Wakefield,
April
29,
'69.
Benjamin Eames,
North Reading, Reading,
July
24,
'69.
Samuel Kingman,
Wakefield,
Oct. 21,
'69.
John Brooks Leathe,
j. P.
Reading, South Reading, Reading, South Reading,
Feb.
3, 1864.
Thomas Richardson,
March 19,
'64.
Sam'l G. B. Coombs
April
II,
'64.
J. P.
May
23,
'64.
Chester W. Eaton,
Notary.
May
23,
'64.
.
Chester W. Eaton,
Notary.
May
28,
'64
E. A. Upton,
Trial Justice.
April 21,
'65 .-
Benj. M. Hartshorn,
Trial Justice.
James S. Campbell,
J. P.
May
IO,
'66.
Solon Bancroft,
J. P.
36
Nov. 20, '67.
James M. Sweetser,
Supt. State. Notary. Trial Justice. J. P.
South Reading, North Reading, Wakefield,
Dec. I2, '68.
Daniel G. Walton,
April
12,
'69.
Samuel Flint,
April 29, '69
Stephen G. Nash,
The counties' J. P. A. W. J. P.
June 16,
'69.
Edward Appleton,
R. R. Com'r. J. P.
Oct. 20, '69
Elam Porter,
J. P. J. P. J. P.
Nov. 18,
'64*
April
3,
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OF THE TOWN OF READING.
LIST OF CIVIL OFFICERS, continued.
NAME.
OFFICE.
TOWN.
Date of Commis- sion as qualified.
. Daniel Pratt,
Aug. II, '64.
Benj. M. Hartshorn, Solon Bancroft,
J. P. Trial Justice. J. P.
South Reading. Reading,
Dec.
I3, '65.
Horace P. Wakefield,
Coroner.
April
19, '67.
Hiram Barrus,
J. P.
May
22,
'67.
Daniel P. Emerson,
J. P.
May
28,
'67
William J. Mansfield,
J. P.
South Reading,
May 28, '67
Charles A. Harnden,
J. P.
Sept. 16, '67.
James M. Sweetser,
J. P.
South Reading,
March 17,
'68.
Horace P. Wakefield,
Supt. State Almshouse,
Reading,
March 23,
'68
H. P. Guilford,
Notary.
Reading,
April
14,
'68.
Carroll D. Wright,
J. P.
May
2,
'68.
Ensign Tasker,
J. P.
July II,
Cyrus Wakefield,
J: P.
Aug.
14,
'68.
Byron A. Osgood,
5
J. P.
Notary.
Dec. 12,
'68.
'68.
South Reading, Wakefield,
May
17, '66.
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CHAPTER VIII.
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE INHABITANTS AND DWELL- ING-HOUSES IN THE THIRD PARISH, NOW READING, AT ABOUT THE TIME OF ITS INCORPORATION AS A PARISH, 1769.
CAPT. SAMUEL BANCROFT lived on what is now Fremont Street, on the Abraham Temple and Capt. Jona. Temple place, now occupied by D. K. Batchelder. He was son of Dea. Thomas and Sarah (Poole) Bancroft, b. 1693. (See First Settlers.)
DEA. SAMUEL BANCROFT lived in the house now occupied by Clifford P. Weston, on what is now West Street, near Woburn line, formerly known as " Ephraim Weston's old house." Dea. Samuel was the son of Capt. Samuel. (See Early Settlers.) This house stands on what was a part of Capt. Ebenezer Merrow's farm in 1742. Merrow's house stood in the field, about seventy rods west of the corner of Woburn and West Streets ; he was a blacksmith, and his shop was near his house ; his wife's name was Sarah. He sold his farm in 1742, and removed to Medford, where he died in 1768. He purchased his farm of his father, Daniel, who received it of his father, Henry Merrow. (See Early Settlers.) The old house was taken down soon after 1642, and the present one built.
Dea. Bancroft owned this place in 1765, and settled his son Caleb on it. Caleb removed out of town, and the place was sold to Timothy Bryant, and by him sold to Ephraim Weston. Ephraim Weston was son of Jonathan and Ruth (Flint) Weston. (See hereafter.) Weston lived in the house until about 1800, when he built the house on the opposite side of the street, now owned by his son Aaron, where he lived until he died in 1851, aged 83. He married in 1789, Molly, dau. of John and Mary Weston ; she died in 1843, aged 76. Their children were : Ephraim, b. 1790 ; m. 1813, Dolly Nichols, and d. 1862 ; Mary, b.1792 ; m. 1812, James Leathe, of Woburn, and d. 1871 ; Charles, b. 1798 ; m. 1824, Sarah Damon, of North Reading; Aaron, b. 1800 ; m. 1826, Mary Parker, of North Reading ; Eliza, b.
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OF THE TOWN OF READING.
1803 ; m. Oliver Emerson ; Cynthia, b. 1808 ; m. 1832, Henry Pendex ter, and d. 1834 ; Luther, b. 1805 ; m. 1830, Roxanna Goodwin ; Justus, b. 1812 .; lost, 1840, on Steamer "Lexington "; Asahel, b. 1794; m. Ann Alden, was a merchant in Baltimore, and d. at Reading 1835.
Clifford P. Weston, son of Aaron aforesaid, now owns the old place.
Ephraim, aforesaid, who d. in 1851, was one of the first shoe manu. facturers in what is now Reading ; kept a store at the corner of West and Woburn Streets, for many years. He was succeeded in the store by J. B. Leathe, his grandson, in 1833, who continued it until 1864. The store is now converted into a dwelling-house, and is owned and occupied by George A. Richardson, a great-grandson of Ephraim afore- said.
JAMES BANCROFT, Esquire, lived on the place where now resides Francis J. Bancroft, his great-grandson. James Bancroft was the son of Dea. Raham Bancroft. (See Early Settlers.)
The old house that he occupied in 1765 he took down in 1789 or '90, and then erected the present one. He succeeded his father, Dea. Raham Bancroft, on this place. His children were : Sally, b. 1759 ; m. 1780, Asa Hill, who built the old house since owned by D. P. Brown, and removed to Gardner. Ruth, b. 1761 ; m. 1782, Tho. Emerson, father of Hon. Tho. Emerson ; Abigail, b. 1765 ; m. Dea. John Bout- well, of Townsend ; Judith, b. 1768 ; m. 1790, Lt. Edmund Eaton, who d. in 1796, and m. 1807, second husband, Joseph Boutwell ; Hannah, b. 1771 ; m. 1794, Farewell Brown, and d. 1851 ; Nancy, b. 1778 ; m. 1799, Jepthah Brown, and d. 1806 ; James, b. 1763 ; followed the sea and d. single.
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