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BATHERICK - BELCHER.
July 1760, and prob. Hannah, b. 1762. The last two were inmates of the almshouse in 1807, and described as " non compos."
7. TIMOTHY, s. of John (4), m. Beulah Prentice, 1759. No record of chil- dren is found.
DEBORAH, owned the covenant 3 Dec. 1727. HANNAH, was pub. to Edward Giner of Sudbury 8 Feb. 1736. JASON, was a corporal in the army, during the French War, in 1760.
BEALE, THOMAS, had a grant of land in 1634; and in 1635 owned and occupied the easterly half of the estate at the N. E. corner of Brighton and Mt. Auburn streets; and purchased the other half about 1650. He owned also four acres, fronting on Harvard Street, which was purchased by the church in 1669, and was occupied as a parsonage for more than a century and a half; it now forms part of the College Square. It does not appear that Mr. Beale had any children. He d. in 1661, a. 63, devising by will one half his estate to the church, subject to the life-estate of his w. Saralı, who d. about 1679.
BEARD, ANDREW, was chosen Hog-reeve for Menotomy, 1692.
BELCHER, ANDREW, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Danforth, 1 Oct. 1639, and had Elizabeth, b. in Sudbury 17 Aug. 1640, m. Pyam Blowers 31 Jan. 1668-9, and d. 29 May 1709; Jemima, b. in Camb. 5 Ap. 1642, m. Joseplı Sill 5 Dec. 1660; Martha, b. in Sud. 26 July 1644, m. Jonathan Remington 13 July 1664, and d. 16 July 1711; Andrew, b. in Camb. 1 Jan. 1646-7; Anna (or Hannah, as she was more generally called), b. in Camb. 1 Jan. 1649-50, m. Samuel Ballard 2 Sept. 1678. ANDREW the f. was in Sud. as early as 1640, and probably resided there until 1646; for, although one of his children was b. here in .1642, yet the next was b. at Sud. in 1644, and he sold " his now dwelling house " at Sud. 23 Jan. 1645-6, reserving possession of it until the next May. In June 1654 he was licensed by the County Court, " to keep a house of publique enterteinment at Cambridge." This license was renewed from year to year, until 1673, in which year he probably died, as the license " to keep an ordinary " was granted to his widow Elizabeth in Ap. 1674; she d. 26 June 1680, " aged about 61," and was succeeded by her son Andrew. This " ordinary," " house of entertainment," or " tavern," was the original " Blue Anchor Tavern," and stood at the N. E. corner of Brighton and Mt. Auburn streets.
2. ANDREW, s. of Andrew (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Gilbert of Hartford, and had Andrew, b. in Hartford 12 March 1671-2; Elizabeth, b. in Camb. 12 Jan. 1677-8, m. Daniel Oliver of Boston 23 April 1696; [she was mother of Daniel, H. C. 1722, a merchant, who d. in London 5 July 1727; of Andrew, H. C. 1724, Secretary and Lieut .- governor of Mass .; and of Peter, H. C. 1730, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Mrs. Oliver d. 21 May 1735.] Mary, b. in Chs. 7 Mar. 1679-80, m. George Vaughn of Ports- mouth, and d. 3 Feb. 1699-1700 ; Jonathan, b. in Camb. 8 Jan. 1681-2; Anna, b. in Chs. 30 March 1684, m. Oliver Noyes of Chs .; Martha, b. in Clis. 29 March 1686, m. Anthony Stoddard of Boston, and d. 11 Feb. 1748; Deborah, b. in Chs. 3 Jan. 1688-9; Sarah, b .- , m. John Foye, Jr., of Chs. Mrs. Sarah Belcher d. in Chs. 26 Jan. 1688-9. Mr. Belcher in early life was a mariner, and commanded the vessel which so opportunely arrived at Smith's Garrison, with provisions, on the evening after the sanguinary Narragansett battle in Dec. 1676. Hutchinson, i. 300. He is described as of Hartford in 1671 and 1672, of Chs. in 1679, of Camb. in 1681 and 1682 (where he seems also to have resided in 1677-8), of Chs. again in 1684 to 1689, and of Boston in 1696-7, where he continued afterwards to reside, and became one of the most enterprising and wealthy merchants in the Province. He was often employed in important public stations. He was one of the Committee of Public Safety, 20 Ap. 1689, in which year he was associated with Col. John Pynchon and Major Thomas Savage, in negotiating a treaty of peace with the Maquas, or Mohawks; a Commissioner of Imposts, 25 Dec. 1691; Commissary General from 8 Sept. 1703 to 1708; and a member of the Council from 1702 until his death, 31 Oct. 1717. He had a second wife, Hannah, who was buried 9 Ap. 1729.
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BELCHER -BESBEECH.
3. JONATHAN, S. of Andrew (2), grad. H. C. 1699, and after a few years spent in Europe, established his residence in Boston. He m. Mary, sister of Richard Partridge, agent for N. H. in England, and dan. of Wm. Partridge, Lieut .- governor of New Hampshire. His children, born in Boston, were An- drew, b. 7 Nov. 1707, grad. H. C. 1724, Register of the Court of Admiralty, member of the Council, and d. at Milton 24 Jan. 1771, a. 63 ; Sarah, b. 22 Ap. 1709, m. Byfield Lyde, Esq., 17 Aug. 1727, and d. 5 Oct. 1768; Jona- than, b. 23 July 1710, grad. H. C. 1728, Chief Justice and Lieut .- governor of Nova Scotia, where he d. 29 Mar. 1776, leaving son Daniel, a merchant in Halifax, d. at Boulogne, France, 17 Nov. 1841, a. 78, and a dau. Mary Emilia Elizabeth, who m. Dr. Tim. L. Jennison, and d. in Camb., 23 Aug. 1848, a. 88 ; William, b. 12 Ap. 1712 ; Thomas, b. 14 May 1713. JONA- THAN the f. after his return from Europe, devoted himself for a time to com- merce, in company with his father, but afterwards abandoned it for public life. He was a member of the Council, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1722, 1723, 1726, 1727 ; and was elected in 1729, but was negatived by Gov. Burnet. He then visited Europe again, and returned early in August 1730, bringing his commission as Governor of Mass. and N. H. The Boston News Letter, 5 Feb. 1730, says he received this appointment 27 Nov. 1729. The New England Journal, 14 Ap. 1730, contains this paragraph : " By Capt. Homans from London, we are informed that his Majesty has been pleased to confer the honor of Knight- hood on his Excellency, Jonathan Belehier, who is appointed Governor," etc. He was superseded in office by Gov. Shirley, in 1741 ; appointed Governor of New Jersey, 1747, which office he held until his death, at Elizabethtown, 31 Aug. 1757. By his special direction, his body was removed to Camb., where he had caused a tomb to be constructed.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Richard and Mary Belcher of Chs., was a tailor, and resided in Camb. 1722. He purchased an estate, 9 Feb. 1724-5, on the west side of Dunster Street between Harvard Square and Mt. Auburn Street. He m. Sarah, dau. of Ichabod Brown, 27 Dec. 1726, and had Samuel, b. 5 Dec. 1727: Sarah, b. 13 Oct. 1729: Mary, b. 21 Mar. 1731-2; Martha, b. 22 Mar. 1733-4; Abigail, b. 16 Dec. 1735; Elizabeth, b. 3 Aug. 1738; Andrew, b. 10 Sept. 1740; SAMUEL the f. removed to Wrentham about 1743.
MARY, dau. of Jeremialı of Ipswich, m. Joseph Russell, of Camb. 23 June 1662.
BEMIS, JOSEPH, perhaps s. of Joseph of Wat. (1640), was a husbandman, and sold land in 1709 to Jonathan Robinson. The only other record found concerning him is dated 11 Nov. 1700, and recites that " there hath been of late a public contribution for the relief of Joseph Bemus and William Cham- berlin, their substance having been of late consumed by fire."
2. PHILIP, m. Elizabeth Lawrence 21 Nov. 1723. Their children were baptized as follows : Philip and William, 13 Nov. 1726; David, 30 July 1727; Abigail, 25 July 1731; Edmund, 22 Oct. 1732; Zaccheus, 25 July 1736.
SAMUEL, m. Elizabeth Robinson of Lexington, 16 Nov. 1775. ABIGAIL, m. John Brown, 19 Mar. 1778.
BENJAMIN, JOHN, was Constable of Camb. in 1633. He was released from the duty of training, in 1634, but required " to have in readiness at all times sufficient arms." He resided in 1635 and 1642 on the easterly side of Aslı Street, his land, six acres, bordering on said street and on Charles River. " Mr. Benjamin's house burnt, and £100 in goods lost," 1636. Savage's Winthrop, i. 185. He removed to Wat. and d. 14 June 1645. His eldest son was John.
2. JOSEPH, of Barnstable, sold land in Camb. 30 Oct. 1686, bounded on land of " Abel Benjamin, my brother," which was devised by will of " my honored father, Mr. JJolin Benjamin, sometimes of Watertown, deceased."
BESBEECH, THOMAS, sold land in Camb. 1636. About 1636 he purchased of William Lewis a honse, which he sold to William Cutter in 1638, on the N. W. corner of Holyoke and Winthrop streets. His name is varionsly written on the records, Besbeche, Besbege, and Besbidge, and is supposed to be the same as the present Bisbee or Bisby. Hle seems to have resided in
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BESBEECH - BLACKLEACH.
Scituate, 1634, but soon removed; he was of Duxbury in 1639, and of Sud- bury in 1647, where he d. 9 Mar. 1673-4, leaving dau. Mary, w. of William Brown, dau. Alice, w. of John Bourne of Marshfield, and numerous grand- children and great-grandchildren.
BETTS, JOHN, came to N. E. 1634, aged 40. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., xxx. 143. Before 1639, he purchased a house at the S. W. corner of Holyoke and Winthrop streets, which he sold to John Shepard, 6 Dec. 1662. In 1642, besides many other lots of land, he owned about an acre, fronting the Com- mon, which he sold to Harvard College in 1661. Dane Hall stands on the southerly part of this lot. He d. 21 Feb. 1662-3, a. about 68. His w. Elizabeth d. 2 Jan. 1663-4. In her will, dated 16 Dec. 1663, she devises house to John Bridge, Sen., who seems to have been her brother, and trifling legacies to a large number of friends, but does not mention any children.1 The following, from the Colony Records, 18 May 1653, is sufficiently defi- nite: "John Betts of Cambridge, being at a Court of Assistants on his trial for his life, for the cruelty he exercised on Robert Knight his servant, strik- ing him with a plough-staff, &c. who died shortly after it, the jury brought in their verdict, which the magistrates not receiving, came in course to be tried by the General Court." ... " The General Court do not find John Betts legally guilty of the murdering of his late servant Robert Knight; but forasmuch as the evidence brought in against him holds forth unto this Court strong pre- sumptions and great probabilities of his guilt of so bloody a fact, and that he hath exercised and multiplicd inhuman cruelties upon the said Knight, this Court doth therefore think mect that the said John Betts be sentenced, viz. 1. That the next lecture day at Boston, (a convenient time before the lecture begin,) the said Betts have a rope put about his neck by the executioner, and from the prison that he be carried to the gallows, there to stand upon the ladder one hour, by the glass, with the end of his rope thrown over the gal- lows. 2. That lic be brought back to prison, and, immediately after the lecture, to be severely whipped. 3. That the said Betts shall pay all tlie witnesses brought in against liim 2s. per day for so many days as they have attended upon the Court of Assistants and the General Court, upon his trial. 4. That he shall pay £15 into the Country Treasury, for and towards the charges the Court have been at, upon his trial. 5. That the said Betts be bound to the good behavior, for one whole year, in the sum of ten pounds."
BITTLESTONE, THOMAS (elsewhere written Bittleston, Bicklestone and Beetlestone), d. here 23 Nov. 1640, owning house and land east of North Avenue, which was in possession of his wid. Elizabeth, in 1642. By will, dated 3 Nov. 1640, he bequeathed £150 to his dau. Elizabeth, £5 to Mr. Thomas Shepard, £1 to Mr. Foordham (prob. Rev. Robert Fordham, who settled at South Hampton, Long Island, 1648, and d. 1674) and the re- mainder to his w. Elizabeth. His boy, John Swan, was enjoined to serve the w. five years and was then to receive £5. Mr. Bittlestone was prob. from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as he ordered, in case his w. and dau. should both decease without legal heirs, his cstate should be divided, one third to his natural kindred in Old England, one third to the Church in Camb., and one third to " my two friends Thomas Cheesholme and William Cutter," which two persons are known to have formerly resided in Newcastle. Elizabeth the w. or dau. of Thomas, m. John Bisco of Watertown, 13 Dec. 1650.
2. WILLIAM, prob. brother of Thomas (1), in 1638, owned house and three acres, east of Garden Street, near the Botanic Garden. He d. (on the 5th of October, the date of the year mutilated), before 1642, when the estate was held by Guy Banbridge, Edward Hall, and Edward Winship, feoffees ; but for what heirs, or for what purpose, it was so held, does not appear.
BLACKLKACHI, BENJAMIN, by w. Dorcas (dau. of Nathaniel Bowman, of Wat.), had Nathaniel, b. 12 Oct. 1666.
1 Among these bequests was the follow- make it up in some other things that will ing : "I give to Mr. [Stephen] Day sute him; but he is not to have them ex- twenty shillings in old iron and leaden cept he mend the cob-irons." weights, and if they will not reach it, to
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BLODGETT - BONNER.
BLODGETT, THOMAS (otherwise written Bloget, Blogget, Bloggitt, Bloged, and Blokwod), a glover, eame to New England in 1635, and had a grant of land 6 Mar. 1636-7. By w. Susan he had Daniel ; Samuel; Susan, b. June 1637, m. in Woburn, Jonathan Tompson, 28 Nov. 1655. THOMAS the f. d. 7 Ang. 1639, according to the record; but the date of his will is 10 Aug. 1641. His w. Susan m. in Woburn, James Tompson, 15 Feb. 1643-4, and d. 10 Feb. 1660-61.
2. DANIEL, s. of Thomas (1), of Camb., freeman 1652, of Chelmsford 1654, where his son Nathaniel was b. 22 Oct. 1664, and d. 27 Oct. 1666 ; his w. Mary d. 5 Sept. 1666. He had also s. Samuel. DANIEL the f. d. 28 Feb. 1671-2, leaving w. Sarah.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Thomas (1), m. Ruth Eggleden 13 Dec. 1655, and had Ruth, b. 28 Dec. 1656; Samuel. b. 11 Dec. 1658; Thomas, b. 26 Feb. 1660-61; Susanna, b. - ; Sarah, b. 17 Feb. 1667-8; Martha and Mary, twins, b. 15 Sept. 1673. SAMUEL the f. resided in Woburn, and d. 21 May 1720, a. nearly 87 ; his w. Ruth d. 14 Oct. 1703.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Daniel (2), d. at Woburn 3 July 1687, and Samuel Blodg- ett of Woburn was appointed administrator 25 Jan. 1687-8.
5. THOMAS, s. of Samuel (3), m. Rebecea Tidd, 11 Nov. 1685, and had Thomas, b. 5 Aug. 1686; Rebecca, b. 5 June 1689, m. - Russell ; Ruth, b. 14 Oct. 1694; Joseph, b. 17 Sept. 1696; Abigail, b. 7 Nov. 1698, m. - Reed; Samuel, b. 17 June 1702. THOMAS the f. removed from Woburn to Lex. about 1692, and became one of the most active and useful citizens. He d. 29 Sept. 1740; his w. Rebecca, who d. 8 March 1750, and all the be- fore named children, except Ruth, are mentioned in his will, dated 26 Oct. 1738. [Deac. Alvaro Blodgett, who d. 14 May 1874, was of this family, and the last male representative in Camb. of the first named Thomas Blodgett. ]
BLOOMFIELD, WILLIAM, about 1638 sold to Robert Stedman a house on the north side of Winthrop Street, between Dunster and Brighton streets.
BLOSSE, JOHN, buried 23 April 1646. FRANCIS, buried 29 Sept. 1646. Probably the name was BLOIS.
BLOWERS, PYAM (sometimes written Blower and Blores), in. Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Belcher, 31 Mar. 1668, and had Thomas, b. 27 July 1669, d. 14 Aug. 1669; Samuel, b. 14 Jan. 1671-2, d. 12 Feb. 1671-2; Jonathan, b. 8 Feb. 1672-3, d. young; Hannah, b. 4 July 1674, d. 16 July 1676; Elizabeth, b. 19 July 1675, m. Rev. Thomas Symmes of Bradford, 9 July 1701; Thomas, b. 1 Aug. 1677; Pyam, b. 29 July 1679, d. 14 Aug. 1679; John, b. 22 Oct. 1680, d. 22 July 1707 ; Andrew, b. 27 Aug. 1682, d. 21 Oet. 1682. THOMAS the f. was a ship-master, and in 1686 commanded the keteh Adventure, owned in part by his brother-in-law, Capt. Andrew Beleher. In 1672, he purchased a house and 4} acres, at the N. W. corner of Brattle and Mason streets, where he resided through life ; after his decease, it was sold by his son to Abraham Hill, in 1713. Capt. Blowers d. 1 June 1709. His w. Elizabeth d. three days previously, 29 May 1709.
2. THOMAS, S. of Pyam (1), grad. H. C. 1695, ordained at Beverly 29 Oct. 1701, m. Emma Woodbury, and had Pyam, grad. H. C. 1721, mer- chant, d. in Boston 18 Mar. 1739; Emma; Thomas ; John ; Elizabeth; An- drew. THOMAS the f. d. 17 June 1729. His w. and six children survived him.
3. JOHN, s. of Thomas (2), resided in Boston, and m. Sarah, dau. of Samson Salter, 25 Nov. 1735. One of their sons was Samson Salter Blowers, b. 10 Mar. 1741-2, grad. H. C. 1763, m. a dau. of Benjamin Kent, was Ch. Justice of the Sup. Court in Nova Scotia, and d. Oet. 1842, having lived more than half a year beyond a full century.
BONNER, JOHN, came here from Boston about 1690. By second w. Mary Clark, who d. here 20 April 1697, he had Jane, b. 2 May 1691, m. John Ellery of Boston, 31 Aug. 1710; John, b. 6 Dee. 1693, m. Sarah, dau. of Sam- uel Marsh, 17 Nov. 1715; Thomas, b. 6 Jan. 1695-6, and d. 3 June 1719 ; " buried in South Carolina." JOHN the f. sold his house 1705, returned to Bos., and d. 30 Jan. 1725-6, a. 83 years. An obituary represents him as
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BONNER - BOONE- BORDMAN.
"a gentleman very skillful and ingenious in many arts and sciences, espe- cially in navigation, drawing, moulding of ships, &c. ; one of the best ac- quainted with the coasts of North America, of any of his time; of great knowledge and judgment in marine affairs; was very much consulted, improved, and relied upon, by the Government, as principal pilot in our marine expeditions; and with diligent care and faithfulness discharged his trust. . . . By his second wife, who was a daughter of the famous Elder Clark of Cambridge, he had several children ; a son and a daughter only surviving." Bost. News Letter. A plan of Boston and the harbor, drawn by Capt. Bonner, was published in 1722, and has recently been republished.
BOONE, MATTHEW, by w. Anna, had Frank, b. 28 Mar. 1664.
BORDMAN, WILLIAM (now generally written Boardman), by w. Frances, had Moses, d. 16 Mar. 1661-2, owning real estate, and therefore prob. of age; b. about 1640; Rebecca, b. 1 Nov. 1643, m. John Palfrey, 4 Aug. 1664; An- drew, b. 1646; Aaron, b. 1649; Frances, b. 1650, d. unm. 16 Sept. 1718; Martha, b. about 1653, m. Daniel Epes, 17 Ap. 1672, and d. 9 Feb. 1692; Mary, b. 9 Mar. 1655-6; William, b. 6 Dec. 1657, was a carpenter, resided in Malden 1684, and d. at Rumncy Marsh, or Chelsca, 14 Mar. 1695-6; Eliza- beth, b. 17 Aug. 1660, m. John Cooper, 28 Ap. 1686, and d. 15 Nov. 1714. WILLIAM the f. d. 25 Mar. 1685, aged 71 years. He was b. in England. When quite young, his father died, and his mother in. Stephen Day, with whom he emigrated to New England, in 1638. About 1659, Day paid to him a legacy of £50, left by his father, styling him his " son-in-law," and ac- knowledging that it should have been "paid to him twenty-three years agone." As early as 1656, he owned and occupied the estate at the easterly corner of Harvard Square and Dunster Street. At the death of Day in 1668, he came into possession of the estate on the opposite corner, to which his son Aaron added the adjoining land, extending to Brighton Street. Both these estates remained in the Bordman family about a hundred and fifty years. Mr. Bord- man was a tailor, and was carly appointed Steward and Cook of Harvard Col- lege, which last office he held until his death. He resigned the office of Stew- ard in 1667, and Thomas Danforth was elected in his stead. Judge Sewall, in noticing his death, styles him " Major Bordman." This was probably a title, indicating his office in College, a Steward being in some sort a major- domo.
2. ANDREW, s. of William (1), m. Ruth Bull, 15 Oct. 1669, and had An- drew, b. 22 Aug. 1670; Ruth, b. 15 Jan. 1671-2, mn. Rev. Benjamin Wads- worth, President of Harvard College, 30 Dcc. 1696, and d. without issue, 17 Fcb. 1744-5; Moses, b. 8 July 1672, d. 15 Feb. 1672-3; Martha, b. 31 Oct. 1675, d. 14 June 1676; Abigail, b. 10 Mar. 1677-8, d. 10 July 1678. Such is the record of births ; but there are manifest mistakes in it. The son Andrew, in a manuscript account of his family, dates his own birth 22 Aug. 1671, and that of his sister Ruth, 28 Jan. 1672-3. I cannot reconcile these dates with the others. ANDREW the f. was a tailor; inherited the homestead; suc- ceeded his father as College Cook; and the Corporation voted, 23 July 1686, that he "henceforward manage the office of Steward in the inanncr as of late." He also kept a shop, or variety store, as is plainly indicated by his inventory. He d. of fever, 15 July 1687, a. 41; his w. Ruth d. of small-pox, 17 Dec. 1690, a. 39 years.
3. AARON, s. of William (1), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 1 Ap. 1674, d. 20 June 1674; Moses, b. 17 Feb. 1675-6; Mary, b. 9 Mar. 1678-9, d. 15 Ap. 1679; Andrew,1 b. 21 June 1681; Martha, b. 9 Nov. 1683, m. Stephen Willis of Medf. 30 Sept. 1708; Aaron, b. 18 Ap. 1586; Mary, b. 6 May 1689, m. Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury 16 Feb. 1709-10. AARON the f. was a lock- smith; was appointed to take charge of the College clock, and also to serve as College Smith, 1675; and succeeded his brother as College Cook and Steward.
1 The record has Aaron, but I think it resided in Roxbury, and had three children should be Andrew, who is named in his living in 1714, Mary, Moses, and Aaron. He m. second w. Sarah Goddard, at Rox., 20 Oct. 1715. father's will, and who sold lands in Camb. bequeathed by his father. He was a saddler,
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BORDMAN.
He inherited his father's estate on the westerly side of Dunster Street, to which he made large additions, and became an extensive land-holder in the town. He d. 15 Jan. 1702-3, a. 53; his w. Mary was living in 1717.
4. ANDREW, s. of Andrew (2), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Trusedale, 17 Dee. 1697, and had Ruth,1 b. 19 Nov. 1698, m. Mr. John Higginson of Salem, 4 Dee. 1719, and d. 14 June, 1727; Andrew, b. 1 Aug. 1701. AN- DREW the f. was a saddler, and endowed with an unusual taet for business. Though only sixteen years old when his father died, he assumed the charge of the store, aided by his mother, indeed, until her death, three years after- wards ; and he continued to manage his mechanical and commercial affairs, in addition to his official duties. He succeeded his unele in the office of Stew- ard and College Cook, in 1703, and so satisfactorily performed the duties of Steward for a period of forty-four years, that, on his death, the Corporation entered on their records a testimony to his faithfulness. He was Town Clerk thirty-one successive years, from 1700; Town Treasurer, forty-six sueeessive years, from 1701; Seleetman, eighteen years, between 1706 and 1732; Rep- resentative, 1719 and 1720. He resided through life on the homestead, where he d. 30 May 1747, aged nearly 76; his w. Elizabeth d. 16 Aug. 1760, a. 86 years 6 months.
5. MOSES, s. of Aaron (3), m. Abigail, dau. of Deae. Walter Hastings, 25 June 1700, and had Moses, b. 2 June 1703; Elizabeth,. b. 19 Aug. 1704; m. Col. Abraham Williams of Marlborough, 5 Nov. 1730; Abigail, b. 5 July 1706, m. John Colson of Bos., 18 Feb. 1731, and d. before 1751; Aaron, b. 8 Sept. 1707, d. young; William, b. 30 Ap. 1711, d. 10 Aug. 1715; Mary, b. 10 Aug. 1713, m. Josiah Stearns of Watertown, 1752; Martha, b. 25 July 1715, m. John Williams of Lynn, 9 Oet. 1740; Aaron, bap. 9 Mar. 1717-18, d. young; Walter, bap. 15 Mar. 1718-19, living in 1751; Andrew, bap. 20 Feb. 1720-21, grad. H. C. 1737, ordained at Chilmark, 1746, d. of small-pox 19 Nov. 1776; William, neither birth nor baptism recorded, but named in the father's will, and in the division of his estate. MOSES the f. was a tanner, and resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common. He was a Captain in the militia, and an active, energetic man. He was a Selectman eighteen years between 1713 and 1736, and on various important committees. He d. 21 Jan. 1750-51, aged nearly 75; his w. Abigail d. Oet. 1752, a. 75 years 8 months.
6. AARON, S. of Aaron (3), m. Elizabeth Parker 14 Oct. 1708, and had Aaron, b. 6 May 1711, a tin-plate worker in Boston, 1737; Zechariah, b. 24 Oet. 1713. AARON the f. was a saddler, and inherited the homestead, on Harvard Square. He d. 24 Jan. 1718-19, a. 32; his w. Elizabeth was living in 1732.
7. ANDREW, s. of Andrew (4), grad. H. C. 1719; n. Sarah, dau. of Lieut .- gov. Speneer Phips, 25 Feb. 1731-2, and had Ruth, b. 28 Jan. 1732-3, d. 23 June 1740; Andrew, b. 15 Ap. 1735, d. 24 June 1740; a son (twin with An- drew), d. 18 Ap. 1735; Elizabeth, b. 30 Mar. 1742, d. 16 Nov. 1749; Andrew, b. 31 Aug. 1745. ANDREW the f. inherited the homestead on Harvard Square, east of Dunster Street, and succeeded his father as Steward of the College, in 1747, which offiee he held about three years; thus nearly if not entirely completing a century of Stewardship by the same family. He sue- eeeded his father, also, in the office of Town Clerk, which he held thirty-nine years, from 1731; and of Town Treasurer, which he held twenty-three years from 1747. He was a Representative in the General Court twenty-two years, 1742-1751, and 1757-1768; Justice of the Peace; Register of Probate twenty- four years, 1745-1769; and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas seventeen years, 1752-1769. He d. 19 May 1769, aged nearly 68; his w. Sarah d. at Tewksbury, Dee. 1793, a. 81.
8. MOSES, s. of Moses (5), in. Elizabeth Fillebrown, 25 Dec. 1746. He was a tanner, and inherited part of the homestead, including half the dwelling- house. He d. 8 Mar. 1753, aged nearly 50. His w. Elizabeth d. 1784. They had no children.
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