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CIVIL HISTORY.
Joseph Cooke [2d], 1671, 1676-1680. Thomas Prentice, 1672-1674.
John Stone, 1682, 1683.
Samuel Champney, 1686, 1689-1692, 1694, 1695.
David Fiske, 1689, 1697.
Thomas Oliver, 1692, 1693, 1698, Samuel P. P. Fay, 1808-1812, 1815- 1701-1713.
John Leverett, 1696, 1699, 1700, 1706.1
Jona. Remington, 1714, 1715, 1717, 1718, 1722-1728.
Edmund Goffe, 1716, 1720, 1721.
Andrew Bordman, 1719, 1720.
Spencer Phips, 1721.
William Brattle, 1729-1733, 1735, 1736, 1754, 1755, 1770.
Samuel Danforth, 1734, 1735, 1737, 1738.
John Vassall, 1739, 1740, 1747.
Samuel Bowman, 1741.
Andrew Bordman [2d], 1742-1751, 1757-1768.
Edmund Trowbridge, 1750-1752, 1755, 1763, 1764.
Henry Vassall, 1752, 1756.
William Fletcher, 1753, 1754.
David Phips, 1753.
Henry Prentice, 1756.
Joseph Lee, 1764, 1765. Thomas Gardner, 1769-1774.
John Winthrop, 1774.
Abraham Watson, Jr., 1775, 1776.
Samuel Thatcher, 1775, 1776, 1779, 1782, 1784-1786.
William Bowman, 1776. Eliphalet Robbins, 1776. Stephen Sewall, 1777.
Stephen Dana, 1778, 1787, 1788, 1792, 1793.
Thomas Farrington, 1780.
Jeduthun Wellington, 1788, 1793, 1794, 1800-1802, 1804-1806. . Aaron Hill [Deac.], 1789, 1790. Ebenezer Bradish, 1791.
Aaron Hill [Dr. ], 1795-1800. Joseplı Bartlett, 1801.
1 Speaker in 1700. 2 Mr. Austin was Secretary of State, 1806-1807, and State Treasurer, 1811.
Jonathan L. Austin, 1803, 1806.2 Daniel Mason, 1804-1806.
William Whittemore, 1804-1806.
Nathaniel P. Watson, 1807. Samuel Butterfield, 1807. Josiah Mason, 1807.
1818, 1820.
John Mellen, 1808-1812.
William Hilliard, 1811-1817, 1821, 1822, 1827, 1834.
Royal Makepeace, 1813, 1814, 1818, 1827-1830.
James P. Chaplin, 1819. Riehard H. Dana, 1819.
Levi Farwell, 1823-1825, 1833-1835, 1844. Newell Bent, 1824-1826. Deming Jarvis, 1824.
Timothy Fuller, 3 1825, 1827, 1828, 1831. Ephraim Buttrick, 1825, 1827, 1828. Isaae Train, 1826.
William J. Whipple, 1826, 1828-1834, 1836-1838.
William Parmenter, 1829. Franeis Dana, 1829.
John Trowbridge, 1829, 1834.
Ralph Smith, 1829, 1835, 1837.
Benjamin Bigelow, 1830, 1835.
James Hayward, 1830-1832, 1835.
Jesse Hall, 1830.
Abraliam P. Sherman, 1830, 1831.
Thomas Whitteniore, 1831-1833, 1836, 1837.
Levi Parker, 1831, 1834, 1836.
Josiah Mason, Jr., 1832.
Samuel King, 1832, 1833.
Amasa Davies, 1832-1834.
Sidney Willard, 1833, 1837, 1843.
Charles Everett, 1833.
Robert Fuller, 1834.
Thomas B. Gannett, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1838. Luther Brooks, 1835-1839. Eliab W. Metealf, 1835. Jos. T. Buckingham, 1836, 1838, 1839.
8 Speaker, 1825.
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HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Isaae Livermore, 1836, 1838, 1841, Francis L. Chapman, 1860-1861. 1842, 1849. Charles C. Little, 1836, 1837.
Abraham Edwards, 1836.
Charles Beek, 1862, 1864.
Hamlin R. Harding, 1862, 1867.
Knowlton S. Chaffee, 1863.
Ezekiel Hayden, 1839, 1840, 1844. Joel Giles, 1840.
James D. Green, 1841-1843, 1846, 1853, 1854.
Sylvanus Plympton, 1842, 1843.
John Sargent, 1844-1848.
John S. Ladd, 1845-1847, 1852.
Charles R. Metcalf, 1845.
Samuel Batchelder, 1847.
Stephen T. Farwell, 1848-1852.
William Wyman, 1848, 1849.
Charles Wood, 1850, 1851.
Justin Jones, 1850-1852.
Willard Phillips, 1851.
Franklin Sawyer, Jr., 1851.
Isaiah Bangs, 1852, 1853.
John Livermore, 1852, 1853, 1867, 1868.
William A. Brewer, 1853.
Joseph Whitney, 1853, 1854.
Franklin Hall, 1854, 1856.
Thaddeus B. Bigelow, 1854.
Justin A. Jacobs, 1854.
Curtis C. Nichols, 1871, 1872.
Ezra Parmenter, 1871, 1872.
John W. Hammond, 1872, 1873.
George P. Sanger, 1873.
Joshua B. Smith, 1873, 1874.
Samuel W. McDaniel, 1873.
Levi L. Cushing, Jr., 1874, 1875.
Daniel H. Thurston, 1874. 1875.
Jeremiah W. Coveney, 1874-1876.
Henry S. Hills, 1856, 1857.
William A. Saunders, 1857, 1858.
Wm. T. Richardson, 1857, 1859.
John C. Dodge, 1857.
Josiah Burrage, Jr., 1857.
Nathan K. Noble, 1858-1860.
William Page, 1858.
Alanson Bigelow, 1859.
Joseph J. Kelley, 1877.
SELECTMEN.1
John Haynes, Feb. 1634-1635. John Taleott, Feb. 1634-1635.
Simon Bradstreet, Feb: 1634-1635. William Westwood, Feb. 1634-1635.
George P. Carter, 1865, 1866.
Isaac S. Morse, 1866.
Richard H. Dana, Jr., 1867, 1868. John S. March, 1867.
Anson P. Hooker, 1867, 1868.
Curtis Davis, 1868, 1870, 1874.
John McDuffie, 1868, 1871, 1872.
Asa P. Morse, 1869, 1873.
James R. Morse, 1869, 1870.
Charles A. Fiske, 1869.
Martin L. Smith, 1869.
Charles J. McIntire, 1869, 1870.
Joseph Newmarclı, 1870.
Alonzo B. Wentworth, 1870.
Charles F. Waleott, 1871, 1872.
Robert O. Fuller, 1871.
Stephen Smith, 1855.
J. M. S. Williams, 1855.
Oliver T. Leighton, 1855.
David S. Buek, 1855.
George Fisher, 1855.
Asa F. Lawrence, 1856.
William Parker, 1856.
Eben Manson, 1856.
- Edward Kendall, 1875, 1876.
Austin C. Wellington, 1875, 1876. Leander M. Hannum, 1876, 1877. Solomon S. Sleeper, 1876, 1877.
Emory Washburn, 1877.
Oliver J. Rand, 1877.
Charles F. Thurston, 1877.
George W. McLellan, 1860, 1861. Anson Hooker, 1861, 1862.
Enos Reed, 1837.
Charles F. Choate, 1863. P. Franeis Wells, 1863. J. Warren Merrill, 1864. Lorenzo Marrett, 1864, 1865.
George S. Saunders, 1865, 1866.
1 Styled Townsmen until 1656. It is certain, from the Records, that the Con-
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CIVIL HISTORY.
John White, Feb. 1634-1635. William Wadsworth, Feb. 1634-1635. James Olmstead,* Feb. 1634-1635.1 Roger Harlakenden, 1635-1638. William Spencer, 1635. Andrew Warner, 1635.
Joseph Cooke, 1635-1637, 1639, 1641, 1643, 1645.
John Bridge, 1635, 1637-1639, 1641- 1644, 1646, 1647, 1649, 1652.
Clement Chaplin, 1635.
Nicholas Danforth, 1635-1637.
Thomas Hosmer, 1635.
William Andrews, 1635, 1640.
Richard Jackson, 1636, 1637, 1641, 1644, 1654, 1656.
Edward Goffe, 1636, 1637, 1639, 1641, 1643, 1644, 1646-1655.
Simon Crosby, 1636, 1638.
Barnabas Lamson, 1636.
Edward Winship, 1637, 1638, 1642- 1644, 1646, 1648, 1650, 1651, 1662, 1663, 1673, 1682, 1684.
George Cooke, 1638, 1642, 1643.
Samuel Shepard, 1638.
Joseph Isaae, 1638. Thomas Parish, 1639, 1640.
Thomas Marritt, 1639-1641, 1644, 1646, 1647. John Moore,* 1639.
Thomas Brigham, 1639, 1640, 1642, 1647. Edmund Angier,* 1640.
John Stedman, 1640, 1647-1649, 1651, 1653-1655, 1669-1676.
Abraham Shaw, 1640.
Edward Collins,* 1641.
Roger Shaw, 1641, 1642, 1644, 1645. John Russell, 1642, 1643, 1648.
Edward Oakes, 1642-1646, 1648, 1649, 1652, 1655, 1657-1664, 1666-1668, 1670-1678.
Herbert Pelham, 1645.
Thomas Beale, 1645, 1647, 1651, 1653. Richard Hildreth, 1645. Thomas Danforth, 1645-1669, 1671. John Cooper, 1646, 1648, 1650, 1652, 1654, 1656-1681, 1683, 1685-1690.
Robert Holmes,* 1649, 1657, 1662. Roger Baneroft, 1649-1651.
John Fessenden, 1650, 1655-1666.
John Jackson,* 1650. Richard Robbins,* 1651, 1655.
Thomas Fox, 1652, 1658, 1660-1662, 1664-1672, 1674, 1675.
William Manning, 1652, 1666-1670, 1672, 1675-1681, 1683.
John Hastings,* 1653. Thomas Oakes,* 1653.
Samuel Hyde,* 1653.
Thomas Prentice,* 1654.
Gilbert Crackbone,* 1656, 1663.
Philip Cooke,* 1655.
Riehard Parkes,# 1656.
Edward Shepard,* 1656.
Robert Parker,* 1656.
Thomas Hammond,* 1657, 1677.
John Watson, 1657, 1665, 1682, 1684,
Nathaniel Sparhawk, 1658, 1677-1680. 1683, 1685, 1686. John Shepard,* 1658.
Franeis Moore, 1659, 1673-1681, 1683, 1685-1687.
Thomas Longhorn,* 1659.
Thomas Cheney,* 1659.
Thomas Chesholme, * 1660, 1664.
John Ward,* 1660.
Richard Eeeles,* 1660, 1669.
Daniel Gookin, 1660-1672.
Richard Dana, * 1661.
Abraham Errington,* 1661.
Walter Hastings, 1661, 1669, 1673- 1681, 1683, 1685-1705. Jonathan Hyde, * 1662, 1676.
stables acted as members of the Board of Townsmen or Seleetmen until 1666; and there is no evidence that they eeased so to aet until the first Charter was abrogated in 1686. Their names are therefore in- cluded in this list ; but the names of those persons who were never members of that Board, except by virtue of their election and John Benjamin, May 29, 1633.
as Constables, are distinguished by a star (*).
1 Mr. Olmstead was elected Constable, Nov. 3, 1634, before the office of Towns- man was established ; and still earlier, in May, 1632, Edmund Loekwood was ap- pointed Constable by the General Court,
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HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Edward Hall, * 1663.
Thomas Brown,* 1663. John Greene,* 1664. Isaac Williams, * 1664.
Thomas Parks,* 1665, 1685.
Edward Jackson, 1665, 1682.
Samuel Andrews, 1666, 1681-1693.
James Trowbridge, * 1666.
Joseph Cookc,* 1667, 1689.
William Dickson, 1667, 1679, 1680, 1682, 1684.
Gregory Cooke,* 1667.
Francis Whitmore,* 1668, 1682.
Peter Towne, 1668, 1676, 1690, 1691, 1694, 1695.
John Spring,* 1668, 1678. John Fuller,* 1669, 1675.
Samuel Goffe,* 1670.
Thomas Prentice, Jr., * 1670.
Samuel Champney, 1670, 1681-1687, 1689, 1691, 1692, 1694.
John Kendrick,* 1671.
John Gove, 1671, 1684, 1690, 1697.
William Barrett, 1671, 1681.
Samuel Hastings, 1672, 1691, 1692. Daniel Bacon,* 1672.
Marmaduke Johnson,* 1672.
Nathaniel Hancock,* 1673, 1685.
Samuel Stone, 1673, 1681, 1688, 1692.
Daniel Champney, 1673, 1684, 1686, 1687.
Noah Wiswall,* 1673. Job Hyde,* 1674.
John Palfrey,* 1674.
Jonathan Remington, 1674, 1688, 1689, 1691-1694, 1698-1700.
Isaac Stearns,* 1674.
Matthew Bridge,* 1675.
John Jackson, 1675, 1693, 1694.
David Fiske, 1676, 1688.
Andrew Bordman, * 1676.
Francis Bowman, 1677, 1689, 1696, 1700-1711.
Nicholas Fessenden,* 1677, 1692.
Christopher Reed,* 1677. John Marrett,* 1678. John Winter, * 1678. Thomas Foster,* 1678. Jonas Clarke, 1679, 1690. John Mason, * 1679.
Ephraim Winship, * 1679. John Oldham, 1679, 1695-1698, 1700- 1703, 1706-1708, 1711-1714. John Hastings,* 1680. Nathaniel Wilson,* 1680.
John Russell,* 1680.
James Prentice,* 1680.
Abraham Holman, 1681, 1684, 1685. James Cutler, Jr., * 1681.
Sebeas Jackson,* 1681. Solomon Prentice,* 1682. Nathaniel Patten,* 1682.
Samuel Buck,* 1683.
Abraham Jackson, * 1683. Samuel Gookin,* 1683. John Tidd, * 1683. David Fiske, Jr., * 1684.
Joseph Russell,* 1684.
John Prentice,* 1684. James Hubbard, * 1685. Thomas Cutler,* 1685. Aaron Bordman,* 1686. Thomas Andrews, * 1686. Ebenezer Wiswall,* 1686.
Philip Russell, 1686, 1700, 1701.
Edward Winship, 1691-1693, 1695- 1701.
James Oliver, 1694, 1698, 1699. Abraham Hill, 1695, 1696.
William Russell, 1697, 1700-1702, 1704, 1705, 1712-1714.
Joseph Simons, 1698, 1699. William Reed, 1698, 1699. John Leverett, 1699, 1700.
Samuel Sparhawk, 1701-1705, 1709, 1710.
Samuel Cooper, 1702-1710, 1712- 1716.
Andrew Bordman [2d], 1706-1710, 1719-1730, 1732.
Joseph Winship, 1706, 1725.
Jason Russell, 1707-1709, 1711. Josiah Parker, 1710.
John Dickson, 1711, 1717, 1722-1724.
Thomas Blodgett, 1711. Jonathan Remington 1715-1719. Joseph Bowman, 1712.
[2d], 1712,
Moses Bordinan, 1713-1718, 1720- 1724, 1726, 1727, 1731, 1733-1736.
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CIVIL HISTORY.
Joseph Coolidge, 1713, 1714, 1730. Daniel Dana, 1715, 1725.
William Cutter, 1715, 1718-1721.
Samuel Kidder, 1716, 1719-1721.
Nath. Sparhawk, 1716-1724, 1726, 1727, 1730.
Edmund Goffe, 1717, 1718.
Samuel Bowman, 1722-1724, 1726, 1727, 1735-1743.
John Bradish, 1725, 1729, 1730, 1732, 1735, 1736.
Franeis Foxeroft, Jr., 1725, 1728, 1734.
Ephraim Frost, 1725, 1727, 1730, 1735.
Nathaniel Bowman, 1726.
Solomon Prentice [2d], 1728.
Gershom Davis, 1728, 1729, 1731, 1732.
John Cutter, 1728, 1736, 1741.
William Brattle, 1729, 1731-1733, Deae. Aaron Hill, 1777, 1778, 1787, 1748-1757, 1766-1772. 1788. Joseph Adams, 1729, 1731, 1732, Jonas Wyeth, 1777, 1778. 1737, 1738.
Isaae Watson, 1731, 1737, 1738.
Samuel Danforth, 1733, 1734, 1737- 1739. Henry Dunster, 1733, 1734. Samuel Smith, 1733.
Benjamin Dana, Jr., 1734-1736, 1 742, 1743.
Samuel Sparhawk, 1737-1741. John Vassall, 1739, 1740, 1747.
Jonathan Butterfield, Jr., 1739, 1740.
Andrew Bordman [2d], 1740-1769.
Joseph Bean, 1741.
Jacob Hill, 1742. John Winship, 1742.
Edmund Trowbridge, 1743-1746.
Capt. Sam. Wliittemore, 1743-1746, 1748-1757, 1759, 1762.
Stephen Prentice, 1744.
Thomas Sparhawk, 1744, 1745, 1747, 1750-1764.
Abraham Watson, 1745-1749, 1757- 1760. Caleb Dana, 1746, 1748, 1749. John Butterfield, 1747. John Wyeth, 1750-1756.
Gersliom Cutter, 1757.
William Dana, 1757, 1765-1768.
Joseph Adans, Jr., 1758, 1769-1771.
Ephraim Frost, Jr, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1763-1768, 1772-1777.
Ebenezer Stedman, 1759-1764, 1767- 1776, 1786-1790, 1796-1801.
Henry Prentice, 1761-1765.
Abraham Watson, Jr., 1765, 1766.
Joseph Wellington, 1769-1773, 1776.
Abijah Learned, 1769-1771.
Thomas Gardner, 1769-1775.
Edward Marrett, 1769-1777.
Nath1. Sparhawk, 1772-1775.
Samuel Thateher, 1773-1776, 1780- 1786.
John Cutter, Jr., 1774, 1775.
Eliphalet Robbins, 1775-1776.
Stephen Dana, 1776-1778, 1787, 1788, 1793, 1794.
Benjamin Loeke, 1777, 1778.
Edward Jackson, 1777, 1778, 1780- 1782.
Thomas Farrington, 1778, 1779.
Benjamin Cooper, 1778.
William Howe, 1779.
Gideon Frost, 1779-1785.
William Adams, 1779.
Ammi Cutter, 1779, 1786.
John Gardner, 1779.
Moses Robbins, 1779, 1781-1786, 1790-1792. John Wyeth, 1780.
Jeduthun Wellington, 1780-1785, 1792 -1802, 1805. Samuel Whittemore 3d, 1780.
Ebenezer Seaver, 1780.
Ebenezer Wyeth, 1781-1785, 1789, 1790. John Adams, 1781, 1782, 1791-1795. Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1783-1788. Daniel Dana, 1783.
Jonathan Winship, 1784-1789, 1793, 1794. William Winthrop, 1786, 1789-1791, 1793, 1794, 1799, 1800-1802.
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HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Walter Dickson, 1786-1788, 1791, Henry Messenger, 1819-1821. 1792. Samuel Butterfield, 1787, 1788.
Ephraim Cook, 1789, 1790.
Samuel Locke, 1789, 1790.
James Robbins, 1789.
Moses Griggs, 1790-1792.
Richard Richardson, 1791-1795.
George Prentiss, 1791, 1792.
John Walton, 1793, 1794, 1796-1798, 1809-1811.
Tim. L. Jennison, 1795, 1806, 1817. Dr. Aaron Hill, 1795-1805, 1807.
Nathaniel Champney, 1795-1801, 1806.
Ebenezer Brown, 1795-1801, 1803- 1805.
William Locke, 1796-1802.
Ebenezer Hall, 1802-1804.
James Frost, 1802-1805, 1807. Dudley Hardy, 1802-1806.
Thomas Mason, 1802, 1811-1814.
John Holbrook, 1802.
Daniel Mason, 1803-1805.
William Whittemore, Jr., 1803-1805.
Nathaniel P. Watson, 1806, 1807.
Asa Nichols, 1806. Benjamin Locke,'1806, 1807.
Jonathan Whittemore, 1806, 1807.
Newell Bent, 1807, 1822-1824.
Nathan Fiske, 1807. John Mellen, 1808-1810. John Hayden, 1808-1811.
Royal Makepeace, 1808-1811.
William Hilliard, 1808-1816, 1818, 1822, 1826, 1827. Josiah Mason, 1808. Benjamin Bigelow, 1812-1814.
Thomas Austin, 1812, 1813, 1815.
Phinehas B. Hovey, 1812-1814. Josiah Moore, 1814. Job Wyeth, 1814, 1815. John Cook, 1815, 1816. Rufus Fiske, 1815, 1816, 1839, 1840. Josiah Hovey, 1816-1818. Abel Whitney, 1816, 1838, 1839. John Williams, 1817. Levi Farwell, 1817-1821.
Thomas L. Parker, 1817-1822. Luke Hemenway, 1818, 1819. Jonas Wyeth 2d, 1819-1821.
Isaac Train, 1820-1822, 1825-1827.
Thomas Warland, 1822, 1823. Lusher Gay, 1822. Samuel F. Sawyer, 1823-1825.
Deming Jarvis, 1823, 1824. Lincoln Brigham, 1823.
John Whitney, 1824, 1825. Isaiah Bangs, 1824-1826.
Jabez Fisher, 1825, 1826, 1840.
William Brown, 1826-1828.
William Fiske, 1827.
Ephraim Buttrick, 1827-1831, 1842, 1843.
Josiah Mason, Jr., 1828-1831.
Atherton H. Stevens, 1828-1831. Edmund T. Hastings, 1828-1830. Eliab W. Metcalf, 1829-1833.
James Hayward, 1831, 1832.
Ralph Smith, 1832-1835, 1837.
Luther Brooks, 1832-1835, 1837. Robert Fuller, 1832-1834. Wm. J. Whipple, 1833-1835. John Chamberlin, 1834, 1835. Joseph Burridge, 1835, 1836. William Parmenter, 1836.
Charles C. Little, 1836-1841.
Jesse Hall, 1836.
William Hunnewell, 1836, 1837.
Nathan Childs, 1837, 1838.
Walter R. Mason, 1838, 1839. John L. Hobbs, 1838, 1839.
Walter M. Allen, 1840, 1841. Jonathan Wheeler, 1840. Sidney Willard, 1841, 1844. William H. Odiorne, 1841.
Levi Parker, 1841. Thomas Whittemore, 1842, 1843.
James Luke, 1842, 1843.
Sylvanus Plympton, 1842.
William Saunders, 1842.
Jacob H. Bates, 1843. Nathaniel J. Wyeth, 1843. Stephen T. Farwell, 1844. William Wyman, 1844, 1845.
Josiah Burrage, Jr., 1844, 1845. Jonas Wyeth, 1844.
James D. Green, 1845.
Alex. H. Ramsay, 1845. Charles Wood, 1845.
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CIVIL HISTORY.
ASSESSORS.1
Walter Hastings, 1694, 1697, 1698, Joseph Adams, 1729, 1731, 1732, 1700-1705.
Samuel Stone, 1694, 1697, 1698.
Thomas Oliver, 1694, 1697-1699, 1706, 1715.
Josiah Parker, 1699.
Francis Bowman, 1699-1709, 1711.
Jonathan Remington, 1700.
Edward Winship, 1700, 1701.
John Oldham, 1700, 1701, 1710-1714, 1716, 1718, 1719, 1721, 1727.
William Russell, 1700, 1701, 1704, 1705, 1712, 1714.
Philip Russell, 1700, 1701.
Samuel Sparhawk, 1701, 1703-1705, 1707-1709.
Andrew Bordman, 1702, 1707, 1709- 1713, 1715, 1716, 1718.
Samuel Cooper, 1704, 1705, 1708, 1709, 1714.
Samuel Kidder, 1706, 1715.
Jason Russell, 1709, 1710.
Joseph Coolidge, 1710, 1714.
Joseph Bowman, 1712.
Moses Bordman, 1714, 1717, 1733- 1736.
William Cutter, 1716.
Jonathan Remington [2d], 1717. Edmund Goffe, 1717.
Nath. Sparhawk, 1717, 1722-1724, 1726.
John Dickson, 1717-1720, 1722, 1723. John Bradish, 1719-1721, 1725, 1726, 1729, 1732.
Daniel Dana, 1720, 1725.
John Cutter, 1721, 1724, 1727, 1728, 1736, 1741.
Samuel Bowman, 1722-1724, 1727, 1737-1743, 1745, 1746.
Ephraim Frost, 1725, 1726, 1730, 1735. Samuel Andrew, 1728.
Gershom Davis, 1728, 1729, 1731, 1732.
1 The Seleetmen performed the duty of Assessors, until 1697, except in the year 1694.
1737, 1738.
Andrew Bordman, Jr., 1730.
William Brown, 1730.
Isaac Watson, 1731.
Henry Dunster, 1733, 1734.
Samuel Smith, 1733.
Benjamin Dana, 1734-1736, 1742.
Samuel Sparhawk [2d], 1737-1741.
Jonathan Butterfield, 1739, 1740.
John Winship, 1742.
Samuel Whittemore,2 1743-1746, 1748-1757, 1759, 1762.
Edmund Trowbridge, 1744.
Thomas Sparhawk, 1744, 1745, 1747, 1750-1764.
Caleb Dana, 1746, 1748, 1749.
John Butterfield, 1747.
Abraham Watson, 1747-1749, 1757, 1758, 1765, 1766.
John Wyeth, 1750-1756.
Joseph Adams, Jr., 1758.
Ebenezer Stedman, 1759-1764, 1767- 1776.
Ephraim Frost, Jr., 1760, 1761,.1763 -1768, 1772, 1775-1777.
William Dana, 1765-1768.
Joseph Wellington, 1769-1771.
Thomas Gardner, 1769-1775.
John Cutter, Jr., 1774.
Nathaniel Sparhawk [2d], 1775.
Eliphalet Robbins, 1776, 1779.
Aaron Hill, 1777, 1778, 1782, 1786- 1792.
Stephen Dana, 1777, 1778, 1780- 1806.
Benjamin Locke, 1778, 1788, 1789.
Thomas Farrington, 1779.
Ammi Cutter, 1779, 1781-1786.
Abraham Watson [2d], 1780, 1781. William Whittemore, 1780.
Samuel Thatcher, 1783-1786.
Thomas Cutter, 1787.
Samuel Locke, 1790-1805.
2 Capt. Samuel Whittemore.
468
HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Ebenezer Wyeth, 1793-1796.
Aaron Hill [2d], 1797-1805, 1807. Josiah Moore, 1806, 1808-1813. Ichabod Fessenden, 1806.
George Prentice, 1807. Newell Bent, 1807.
Maj. Jonas Wyeth, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1813, 1817-1819.
Thomas Mason, 1808-1813, 1815.
Benjamin Bigelow, 1810, 1811, 1814, 1825, 1826, 1831-1835.
Jonas Wyeth 2d, 1847-1849. James Luke, 1847.
Royal Makepeace, 1814.
Thomas Austin, 1814, 1815.
Edward G. Stevens, 1848-1850, 1854.
Nathaniel Livermore, 1815.
William L. Whitney, 1850-1852.
Loammi Baldwin, 1816.
John Hews, 1850.
Charles Wood, 1851-1854.
Rufus Fisk, 1816, 1818, 1837.
Joseph Whitney, 1851-1853, 1857. .
William Hilliard, 1817-1819.
George Coolidge, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1857. Joseph H. Ricc, 1855.
Jabez Fisher, 1819. Wm. J. Whipple, 1820-1841.
Isaac Train, 1820, 1821.
Luke Hemenway, 1820-1822.
Deming Jarvis, 1822, 1823.
Lusher Gay, 1823.
Peter Tufts, Jr., 1824.
Samuel S. Green, 1824-1837, 1843- 1846. John Wheeler, 1827-1830.
John Trowbridge, 1836. Eliphalet Davis, 1838, 1839.
Levi L. Cushing, Jr., 1868-1877.
TOWN CLERKS.1
William Spencer, 1632-1635. Joseph Cooke, 1636, 1637, 1639-1641. Joseph Isaac, 1638.2 Roger Shaw, 1642.8 Thomas Danforth, 1645-1668. John Cooper, 1669-1681.
Samuel Andrew, 1682-1692.
Jona. Remington, 1693, 1698-1700.
Samuel Green, 1694-1697.
Andrew Bordman, 1700-1730.4 Andrew Bordman [2d], 1731-1769.
Andrew Bordman [3d], 1769-1779.5 Thomas Farrington, 1780-1782. William Winthrop, 1782-1788. Timothy L. Jennison, 1789-1797, 1806. Aaron Hill, 1798-1805.
Timothy Fuller, 1807.
William Hilliard, 1808-1816. Levi Farwell, 1817-1826.
Thomas Foster, 1827.
William J. Whipple, 1828-1830. Luther S. Cushing, 1831.
1 The Records were kept by the Clerk of the Selectmen until 1693, when an officer styled "Town Clerk" was first elccted. 2 Probably.
8 Probably.
4 Elected May 18, 1700, in place of Jona- than Remington, deceased.
5 Elected June 2, 1769, upon the de- cease of his father.
Ozias Clark, 1855.
Abel W. Bruce, 1856, 1860.
Atherton H. Stevens, 1856.
Alvaro Blodgett, 1857.
William Frost, 1858-1863.
George W. Livermore, 1858, 1859.
Andrew J. Green, 1860-1877.
Artemas Z. Brown, 1861-1877.
Charles H. Saunders, 1864-1867.
Abraham P. Sherman, 1838, 1839. William H. Odiorne, 1840.
Ezekiel Hayden, 1840. Ira Wadsworth, 1841, 1842, 1847. Sidney Willard, 1841. Lucius R. Paige, 1842-1846.
Jacob H. Bates, 1842, 1843. Omen S. Keith, 1844. Royal Morse, 1845, 1846.
Josiah W. Cook, 1848, 1849, 1855.
Richard H. Dana, 1816, 1817.
469
CIVIL HISTORY.
John P. Tarbell, 1832-1834.
Henry M. Chamberlain, 1835-1838.
Lucius R. Paige, 1839, 1843-1846. Thomas B. Gannett, 1840-1842.
TOWN TREASURERS.1
Samuel Andrew, 1694-1699.
Jona. Remington, 1700.
Andrew Bordman, 1701-1747.
Andrew Bordman [2d], 1747-1769.2
John Foxeroft, 1769-1771.8
Samuel Thateher, 1772-1776, 1782- 1786.
Andrew Bordman [3d], 1777, 1778.
Abraham Watson, 1779-1781.
Ebenezer Stedman, 1786-1808.4
Samuel Bartlett, 1809-1815.
Loammi Baldwin, 1816.
William Hilliard, 1817-1820.
Levi Farwell, 1821-1836. Abel W. Bruce, 1837-1846.
OFFICERS AFTER THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY.
MAYORS.
James D. Green, 1846, 1847, 1853, 1860, 1861.
Sidney Willard, 1848-1850.
George Stevens, 1851, 1852. Abraham Edwards, 1854.
Zebina L. Raymond, 1855, 1864.
John Sargent, 1856-1859.
Charles T. Russell,5 1861, 1862.
George C. Richardson, 1863. J. Warren Merrill, 1865, 1866. Ezra Parmenter, 1867.
Charles H. Saunders, 1868, 1869.
Hamlin R. Harding, 1870, 1871.
Henry O. Houghton, 1872.
Isaac Bradford, 1873-1876.
Frank A. Allen, 1877.
ALDERMEN.
Samuel Batchelder, 1846. Ephraim Buttriek, 1846, 1848. Samuel P. P. Fay, 1846. William Fisk, 1846.
Joseph S. Hastings, 1846, 1847. Charles Wood, 1846, 1847.
Stephen T. Farwell, 1847, 1848. Walter R. Mason, 1847. William Saunders, 1847.
Abraham P. Sherman, 1847. Isaac Fay, 1848. George Stevens, 1848-1850, 1855. Wm. L. Whitney, 1848, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875. Thomas Whittemore, 1848.
George Cummings, 1849. Calvin Dimiek, 1849-1851.
1 No officer styled " Town Treasurer" was elected until 1694.
2 Elected Aug. 3, 1747, upon the de- cease of his father.
8 Elected June 2, 1769, in place of An- drew Bordman, deceased.
Lorenzo Marrett, 1849, 1850, 1852. Charles R. Metealf, 1849. Jonas Wyeth 2d, 1849. Isaiah Bangs, 1850. Edmund A. Chapman, 1850, 1851. Stephen Smith, 1850-1852, 1854. Abraham Edwards,6 1851-1853. John Hews, 1851. Anson Hooker, 1851, 1852. Riehard C. Joseph, 1851. Thaddeus B. Bigelow, 1852. Ambrose Chamberlain, 1852, 1853.
John W. Donallan, 1853. George W. Livermore, 1853, 1854. George Meacham, 1853. John Taylor, 1853. Henry M. Chamberlain, 1854, 1859.
4 Elected July 10, 1786, in place of Col. Thatcher, deceased.
6 Elected July 31, 1861, in place of James D. Green, resigned.
6 Elected Oct. 6, 1851, in place of Ed- mund A. Chapman, deceased.
470
HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Henry S. Hills, 1854.
Linus A. Phillips, 1854.
William A. Saunders, 1854, 1867.
John B. Cook, 1855, 1856. Isaac Cutler, 1855-1857.
John Dudley, 1855.
James W. Gates, 1855.
Joseph R. Knight, 1855.
George H. Davies, 1856-1858.
Isaac Davis, 1856.
George W. Fifield, 1856, 1857.
Edward T. Whitney, 1856-1858. John B. Atwill, 1857-1860. James G. Hovey, 1857.
John Remick,1 1857, 1858.
Knowlton S. Chaffee, 1858, 1859.
Chester W. Kingsley, 1858.
Thomas G. Rice, 1858.
James P. Richardson, 1858-1860.
Solomon Sargent, 1858.
Albion K. P. Welch, 1858, 1859.
Josiah Burrage, 1859, 1860.
Francis L. Chapman, 1859, 1860, 1864-1866.
Alex: Dickinson, 1859, 1860.
David Ellis, 1859, 1860.
Michael C. Kenney, 1859.
Lewis Hall, 1860.
Samuel Slocomb, 1860, 1861.
Albert Vinal, 1860, 1861.
Andrew S. Waitt, 1860.
Levi L. Cushing, Jr., 1861, 1862.
Curtis Davis, 1861, 1862, 1873.
Amory Houghton, 1861, 1862. Henry Lamson, 1861-1363. Charles H. Saunders, 1861, 1862. Albert Stevens, 1861, 1863. James H. Thayer, 1861-1863. Israel Tibbetts, 1861-1863. Hosea Jewell, 1862, 1863. J. Warren Merrill, 1862. Henry Whitney, 1862.
Samuel W. Dudley, 1863-1866.
George H. Folger, 1863, 1864. Samuel James, 1863.
1 Elected May 1, 1857, in place of James G. Hovey, deceased.
2 Elected March 2, 1863, in place of Hosea Jewell, deceased.
John Livermore,2 1863-1865. Ezra Parmenter, 1863, 1864, 1866. John P. Putnam, 1863. George P. Carter, 1864, 1865.
Charles F. Choate, 1864-1866.
Arthur Merrill, 1864.
James R. Morse, 1864.
Fordyce M. Stimson, 1864.8 Joseph H. Tyler, 1864, 1865.
George B. Lathrop, 1865, 1866.
Alpheus Mead, 1865, 1866, 1869.
James M. Price, 1865. John L. Sands, 1865, 1866.
Sumner Albee, 1866.
John N. Meriam, 1866, 1867. Asa P. Morse, 1866.
John M. Tyler, 1866, 1867.
William Gibson, 1867.
Watson B. Hastings, 1867, 1868.
William Page, 1867, 1868.
Samuel B. Rindge, 1867, 1868.
Samuel F. Woodbridge, 1867, 1868, 1872, 1873.
William Wright, 1867, 1869, 1876.
Marshall T. Bigelow, 1868.
Daniel U. Chamberlin, 1868, 1870.
U. Tracy Howe, 1868.
John S. March, 1868-1870.
Jabez A. Sawyer, 1868.
Daniel R. Sortwell, 1868, 1869, 1872.
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