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1 Memento mori accompanying the phrase fugit hora, is a common in- scription on the gravestones of the period. From the style the notice appears to have been written by the Rev. John Fox.
2 Colonel Eleazer Flagg's inventory, dated April 3, 1727, discloses £1242 188. of personal property, and includes " a Negro man and Negro maid," valued at £200, and "armes," valued at £12 15s. The " Home- 1 stead Dwelling-House, Gristmill and other Buildings with the land ad- joining thereto about 2 hundred acres, and about 100 acres of out Lott-," valued at £2200.
There appears on record an elaborste agreement made by and be- tween Mrs. Esther Flagg, the widow, and her son-in-law, Jonathan Poole, and Esther Poole, his wife, and providing, among other things, that the widow should have the easterly end of the dwelling honse, And that her son in law should keep for her own nse, both sumnier and winter, a good cow and horse " suitable for the widow to ride " on at all times. He also agrees to provide the widow with twenty bushels of good Indian corn, four bushels of rye corn and three barrels of good cider yearly, together with 160 pounds of good pork and 100 pounds
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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
Jabez Fox, of Falmouth, now Portland, Me., a native of Woburn, was a colonel. Roland Cottou, a resident of Woburn, was a colonel, 1744-52.
Jonathan Fox, a brother of Colonel Jabez Fox, and eon of the Rev. John l'ox, of Woburn, was a captain. 1761-74, and colonel of the 2d Middlesex County Regiment of Foot, 1775-81. Ile died 1790, and was called colonel in the record of his decease. In the latter part of hie life he appeare to have been afflicted with some diseass which rendered him helpless, and there is extant a town order dated February 26, 1790, a few months before his death, in favor of Josiah Richardson, for moving "Col. Fox up intu Doct. Blodget'e chamber." A paper entitled " copy of a court-martial," is preserved, dated Concord, June 29, 1779, a gen- eral court-martial being held that day, upon a complaint brought hy Lieutenant Joseph Johnson, of Woburn, against Colonel Jonathan Fox, for an alleged violation of the thirteenth section of the militia law. The court was of opinion that Colonel Fox wne, through inadvertency, guilty of misdemeanor and breach of duty, and sentenced him to be reprimanded hy the brigadier general. Jonathan Reed, president ; Eleazer Brooke, brigadier-general.
Majors.
Williem Johnson, 1692-1704, and James Converse, 1693-1706, already noticed.
John Fowle, captain, 1738-48; major, 1749-75. Died 1775, aged eighty.
Joseph Richardson, quartermaster, 1709-17; lieutenant, 1717-39; captain, 1745-54 ; major, 1755-56. Died 1756, aged fifty-eight.
Nathaniel Thwing, major of Bostou, named in tax list, 1752. Lieu- tenant-colonel, 1756. He married the widow of Rev. Supply Clapp, of the Second Parish, 1750 .- Thwing Fam. (Boston, 1883), 23-25.
Captains.
Edward Johnson, ensign, 1693-96 ; lieutenant, 1690-99 ; captain, 1700-24. Died 1725, in his sixty-eighth year. A deacon of the church, 1720-25. Died, it ie said, of grief at the death of a son killed in Love- well's Fight .- Sewall'e Woburn, 204-05.
Josiab Converse, lieutenant, 1693-1706 ; captain, 1706-17. Died 1717, aged fifty-eight. "Capt." on gravestone.
Abraham Fifield, styled " Mr." on gravestone, but "Capt." in record of decease. Died 1711, aged fifty-seven.
James Fowle, sergeant, 1693-1701 ; captain, 1712-14. Died 1714, nged forty-seven. "Capt." on gravestone and on stone of daughter, Rnth, 1712.
Seth Wyman, lieutenant 1705-12 ; captein 1712-15. Died 1715, aged fifty-two. "Lient." in record of death. Perhaps he was one of those officers commanding a company, styled captain-lieutenant. He appeared to bear this office as early ae 1707. On February 16, 1706, he was court- martialed at Groton, for lie conduct on the February 6th previous, when he was in command of a scouting party, near Mount Monadnock, in search of hostile Indians. By e false report of the appearance of a superior force of the Indians in their front, his command wee stam- peded, encouraged, it was said, by the example and orders of the officers. At the trial, Wymau and bis under-officers were exonerated from cowardice and dishonorable intentione. Cf. Dr. S. A. Green's Groton during the Indian Wars, 98-101.
James Richardson, captain-lientenant (?) 1708 ; captain 1714-22. Died 1722, aged forty-six. "Capt." on grevestone.
John Coggiu, lieutenant 1705-17 ; captain 1718-25. Died 1725, aged fifty. "Capt." on gravestone.
John Fowle, captain 1721-44. Died 1744, aged seventy-three.
Stephen Richardson, ensign 1717-21 ; captain 1722-52. Died 1752, aged seventy-nine. A deacon of the church, 1745-52, and "deacon " on gravestone.
Seth Wyman, ensign and captain, 1725. Promoted for his merito- rious services in Lovewell's Fight, May 8, 1725. Died September 5th following, aged thirty-nine. His prowess has been frequently cele- hrated in prose and verse. He commanded the company engaged in the above action after hia enperior officere had fallen. It was one of the most fiercely contested and bloodiest hattles, considering the num-
of gocd beef yearly. The widow wae also to have "the Negro maid called Rose."
Thero appears to have been considerable litigation over the estate of Colonel Jonathan Tyng, which, as late as 1788, was represented as un- settled by John Tyng, one of the heirs. In his inventory, appraisal is made of "3 Negro Men,"-"Quash," valued at £40; "Boston," at £58 UM. 8d. ; and " Cornwell," at 553 €s. 8d,-E. F. JOHNSON.
here engaged, that ever occurred in New England. The Indiane never recovered from its resulte. Six Woburn men, four of them grandsone of William Johnson, fought in the battle. One wes killed and three wounded ; two only escaped unhurt, Wyman being one of them. Penhallow'e Indian Wars (1726) puys a deserved tribinte to the actors in this battle, and mentions Wyman especially, who, he says, was, at bie return, presented with asilver-hilted eword and a captain'e commission. He went out again on another expedition, but the heat of the season caused many to sicken, and some died when they returned, and among them war Captain Wymen.
Robert Converse, lientenant 1714-1726 ; captain 1726-36. Died 1736, aged fifty-eight.
Caleb Biogget, captain 1733-45. Died 1745, aged fifty-fonr.
Joseph Bowman, captain 1733-35, in tax-liets. Supposed to be a non- resident.
Isaac Dupee, ceptain 1734-41. Captain in 1734 of a troop of horse in a regiment of cavalry of which Estes Hatch wae colonel. From out of town.
Joseph Reed, sergeant 1701-13 ; eneign 1713-15 ; lieutenant 1716-41 ; captain (captain-lieutenant (?) ) 1739-40. Died 1741, aged eighty.
Samuel Eames, lieutenant 1733-41 ; captain 1741-44. Died 1775, aged eighty-four. A deacon of the church 1745-75, and " deacon " on gravestone.
Samuel Carter, cornet, 1734-40; lieutenant 1741-43 ; captain 1744- 87. He appears to be in service in 1770. Two commissions are pre- served. The Captain'e, addressed to him as gentleman of Wohurn, was as captain of the Ist Troop of Horse to be raised in the regiment of militia in Middlesex County, of which Eleazer Tyng was colonel ; dated June 2, 1744. The curuet's wee as cornet of the troop of which Isaac Dupee was captain, in the regiment of horse of which Estee llatch wee colonel, dated June 27, 1734. Captain Samnel Carter died 1787, aged ninety-six. " Capt." on gravestone at Arlington. Cutter's Hist. Arl., 201-02.
Jamee Proctor, corporal 1725-32 ; ensign 1733-39 ; lientenant 1739- 44 ; captain 1745-67.
Nathan Blogget, ensign 1739-43 ; lieutenant 1744; captain 1745-47. Died 1747, in his forty-fourth year.
Timothy Brooks, quartermaster 1738 ; lieutenent 1744-53 ; captain 1746-86 ; perhaps captain-lieutenant a part of that period. Died 1786, aged eighty-six or eighty eight. Died the 13th, buried the 15th Octo- ber, 1786.
Robert Temple, captain in tax-lists 1746-53. Will, 1754, mentione farm at Woburn. Widow died here, 1775. Well-known resident of Ten Hills Farm, Charlestown.
Samuel Belknap, lieutenant 1750-51 ; captain (captain-lieutenant (?) ) 1748 and 1752. Died in Newburgh, N. Y., 1771 .- Winchester Record, ii. 274-75.
Zacharinh Flagg, captain 1748-81.
John Fowle, captain 1749-51. John, Esq., died 1786, aged sixty- one.
John Reed, ensign 1744-50 ; captain 1750-55. Died 1755, aged forty- two. Captain of the "3d Military Company of Foot in the town of Woburn in the Second Parish."
Ebenezer Thompson, sergeant 1733-35 ; ensign, 1738-50 ; lieutenant 1751-53; captain 1753-1755, Died 1755, aged fifty-four. Captain of the "2d company of foct in the town of Woburn, in the second regi- nient of Middlesex County, of which Eleazer Tyng was colonel;" commission dated July 3, 1753 .- Thompson Memorial, 31.
Thomas Hardy or Hardee, captain 1754-64. The same, lientenant 1759-66 (?).
Ebenezer Jones, generally a resident of Wilmington, captain 1755-58. Killed in battle at Halfway Brook, neur Lake George, July 20, 1758 .- Sewall's Woburn, 551. The Woburn records give his death as follows : Captain Ebenezer Jones, son of Samuel and Abigail, July 20, 1758, in his sixtieth year.
Benjamin Johneon, captain, 1756-81. Died 1781, aged eighty.
Jabez Carter, lieutenant 1748-71, captain (captain-lieutenant (?) ) 1756-58. Died 1771, aged seventy .one. " Lient." on gravestone. The following memorial ja preserved : A receipt of Jabez Carter, as lieuten- ant of military company, for payment of three guns, that were " burnt in the fire, when Joseph Johnson's shop wae consumed ; " dated July 26, 1765.
Ebenezer Converse, ensign 1748-1752 ; lientenant 1753-64 ; captain (captain-lieutenant (?) ) 1756-57. Died 1765, aged fifty-five. "56th year," gruvestono.
Benjamio Edwards, captain 1760-72.
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Benjamin Wyman, captain 1762-74. Died 1774, aged sixty-eight. "Capt." on gravestone.
Timothy Winn, ensign 1750-52; Iientenant 1758 ; captain 1762-63. Two of his commissions are preserved. The ensign's, 1750, to Timothy Winn, Jr., ensign of "3d military company of fout " in Woburn Second Parish, whereof John Reed was captain. The captain's, 1762, to Tim- othy Winn, captain of "3d military company of foot, in the town of Woburn," the part now Burlington. Lieutenant Timothy Winn was called inte active service in 1757, the command containing a number of Woburn men, whose ogmes are preserved in the rolls at Boston. He died 1800, aged eighty-seven. His portrait and that of his wife are ex- tant in the house of William Winn, a descendant; John Johnston, painter, September 18, 1799.
Joshua Walker, lieutenant 1759-74 ; captain (captain lieutenant (?) ) 1762 and 1775. Lientenant at Lake George, October 21, 1758 -Sewall's Woburn, 556. Later a captain during the Revolution. Died 1798, aged seventy.
Josiah Pierce, captain 1768.
Sammel Berry, captain 1769 70.
Thomas Pierce, captain 1769-73 ; also in tax-lists, 1776-81.
Non-resident captains named in tax-lists: William Reed, 1737-43, and Samnel Stone, 1748-52, both of Lexington ; Anios Binney, 1754, Bedford; Samuel Walker, 1758-59, Wilmington ; Nathaniel Greenwood, 1759, Bostun ; Caleb Brooks, 1759 and 1786, Medferd.
Lieutenants.
James Thompson, sergeant 1690-91; lieutenant 1693. Died 1693, aged forty four. " Licut." on gravestone. Cf. Thompson Mem., 21-22. Joseph Wright, lieutenant 1693-1700. A deacon of the church, 1698- 1724. Died 1724, aged eighty.
Matthew Johnson, sergeant 1672-92 ; lieutenant 1693-96. Died 1696, aged sixty-two. " Lient." on gravestone.
Josiah Parker, lieutenant 1693-96.
Jolın Carter, sergeant 1682; lieutenant 1700-27. Died 1727, aged seventy-five. "Lient." ou gravestone.
Benjamin Simunds, corporal 1697-1702; cornet 1702-08 ; lieutenant 170 :- 26. Died 1726, aged seventy-two.
Juho Vinton, lieutenant, 1720, in inscription to wife on gravestone in Woburn burying-ground. Belonged to Stoneham; there being no pub- lic burying-ground there io 1720, his wife was buried here. Further see V'inton Memorial, 22.
Henry Walker, sergeant 1716-20; ensign 1720-21 ; lieutenant, 1721- 1725.
Samuel Snow, sergeant 1708-21 ; ensign 1722; lieutenant 1722-23, Removed to Ashford, Ct , 1724, and died there, 1743.
- Pierson Richardson, corporal 1714-17 ; cornet 1718-22 ; lieutenant 1723-54.
Aaron Cleveland, cornet 1722 ; lieutenant 1724. Fur.her, see Sewall's Woburn, 600.
Juslına Thompson, sergeant 1718-22; ensign 1723-26; lieutenant 1,26-38. Of Wilmington. Died 1760, aged eiglity-two. Thompson Memorial, 25.
Samuel Kendall, sergeant 1717-32 ; lientenant 1732-64. Died 1764, aged eighty-three. "Lieut." on gravestone. His lieutenant's con- missino from Governor Belcher, 1732, is extant.
Edward Johnson. ensign, 1716-32; lieutenant 1733-10. Died 1774, aged eighty-five. Deacon of church in the Second Parish 1741-74.
Thomas Reed, corporal 1718-22 ; sergeant 1723-32; lieutenant 1733- 36 Died 1736, aged fifty-four. "Lieut." on gravestone.
James Simonds, corporal 1703-36 ; lieutenant 1737-75. Died 1775, in bis eighty-ninth year.
Phineas Richardson, ensign 1735-36; lieutenant 1738. Died 1738. Israel Reed, corporal 1718-32 ; ensign 1733-38 ; lieetenant 1739-52.
Joseph Richardson, lieutenant 1739-54. Died 1754, aged eighty-two. Nathaniel Catler, lieutenant 1746-48. Died 1748, in his forty-ninth year. "Lieut." on gravestone in the Precinet, or Burlington burying- ground.
William Tay, lientenant 1746-80. Died 1780.
Joseph Johnson, corporal 1734; lientenant 1751-72; commission of first lieutenant of eighth company, 2d regiment, Middlesex County, ex- tant, dated May 6, 1776. " Lieut." in record of decease. Died 1798, aged ninety-seven.
John HIult, lieutenant 1751-56. Dismissed from the church to the "church in Westminster io New York Government," September 27, 1767 .- First Church Records.
James Richardson, lieutenant 1756-57. Died 1773 (?)
Samuel Thompson, sergeant and lieutenant in Captain Ebenezer
Jones's company in the French War 1758 ; lieutenant in town records 1758-77. Died 1820, aged eighty-Dine. He was an esquire, a deacon, ao indefatigable clerk, a surveyor, a diarist, and held most of the high- est offices in the town, besides performing much important town busi- ness, lle fought in Cuncord and Lexington battle April 19, 1775, and left ao explicit written account of his own personal experience. In this action his brother, Daniel Thompson, was killed. It is not too Ingh praise to say that he was one of the most useful men of his day in the town, and that posterity owes much to the memoranda he pre- served. His gravestone is to he found in the Second burying-ground, Woburn Centre.
Phineas Lovejoy, lientenant 1758-59.
Thomas Hardy or Hardee, lieutenant 1759-GG. See Captains.
Jonas Richardson, ensign, 1758-59 ; lieut., 1760-74 ; capt., 1775-76. Died 1776, aged 44.
William Belknap, liout., 1762-67. Died 1767, aged 36. Cf. Winchester Record, ii. 275-76.
Josiah Parker, lieut., 1762-74. Died 1774.
Nehemiah Wyman, sergt., in active service in Capt. David Green's company, raised by Col. Eleazer Tyng, and marched for the relief of Fort William Henry, in August, 1757; Timothy Winn, of Woburn, was the lieutenant. Nehemiah Wyman was again impressed fur Col. Eleazer Tyng's regt., from Woburn, March 27, 1759-age 36; lieut., 1763-74. Died of the small-pox, 1775, aged 52.
James Fowle, Jr., lieut., 1764. Died 1793, aged 72.
Benjamin Flagg, lient., 1764. Died 1774.
Eleazer Flagg Poole, ensign, 1762-67 ; lieut., 1768-75. Died 1776, aged 42.
Jonathan Tidd, ensign, 1762-73 ; lieut., 1774-75. Died 1785, aged 59. Non-resident lientenants named in tax-lists: Gershom Flagg, 1755 -78, Wilmington ; Abijah Smith, 1760-71, Charlestown.
Ensigns.
John Pierce, sergt., 1689-91 ; ensign, 1693-1720. Died 1720, aged 76.
Israel Walker, corp., 1683-90; sergt., 1690-96; ensign, 1696-1719. Died 1719, aged 75.
Samuel Blogget, sergt., 1693-99 ; ensign, 1700-43. Died 1743, nged 84. John Holden, sergt., 1607-170G ; ensign, 170G-56. Died 1756. Com- mission extant as ensign in the "foot co. of which Josiah Converse is capt.," dated Nov. 21, 1706.
Josiah Converse, ensign, 1714-26. Died 1748.
Abraham Jaquith, corp., 1719 ; sergt., 1713-2G ; ensign, 1726-30.
Samuel Wyman, sergt., 1734; ensign 1739-43. Died 1743, aged 55.
"Ensign" on gravestone.
Daniel Reed, ensign, 1747-55. Died 1757, aged 57. Hist. Reed Fam., 75; Wyman's Charlestown, 803.
Joseph Pierce, ensign, 1762-67.
Isaac Snow, ensign, 1764-71. Died 1776, aged 67.
Timothy Brooks, Jr., ensign, 1768-1772. Removed to Salem. "On.
of town," 1777, in a list of male members in the First Church records.
Matthew Johoson, ensign, 1768. As ensign, he received cash of " Major Johnson's company " to purebase colors, £11, 188. 1012d. Died 1775.
Timothy Winn, ensign, 1772-94.
John Wood, ensign, 1774 ; cupt., 1775. Died 1809, aged 60. Anec- dote of bim in French war in Sewall's Woburn, 348-50.
Non-resident ensign named in tax lists: Daniel Tidd, 1765-72, Lex- ington.
Cornets.
Jonathan Wyman, quartermaster, 1697-1708; cornet, 1708-36. Died 1736, aged 75.
Jacob Fowle, corp., 1720-22 ; quartermaster, 1723-24; cornet, 1725-47. John Fowle, cornet, 1744-45. Died 1745, aged 45.
Samnel Wyman, cornet, 1762. Perhaps the Samuel, Esq., died 1787, aged 70.
Non-resident cornets named in tax-lists: John Whiting, 1757-60, Bedford ; Joseph Damon, 1759, Billorica ; Jabez Damon, 1762, Reading.
Sergeants and other under-officers dering this period were numerous, and the names of those not already mentioned are here given.
Sergeants.
Daniel Baldwin, 1693-1718. Died 1719. Samuel Waters, 1693-1728. Died 1728. Francis Wilson, 1601-96. Ebenezer Johnson, 1693-173G. Died 1737. John Tidd, 1694-1737. Died 1743. Samuel Wilson, corp., 1694 ; sergt., 1695-1729. Died 1729. George Reed, corp., 1604 ; sergt., 1697-1719. Died 175G, in his 06th year ; gravestone at Woburn Centre. A deacon of the two Wobaro churches, 1719-56. John Walker, corp.,
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1694 ; sergt., 1697-99. Died 1699 (?). James Simonde, 1697-1706. Died 1717 (?). Timothy Walker, 1700-6. Died 1706, aged 34 y., 3d .- grave- stone. Benjamin Johnson, 1700-33. Died 1733. Benjamin Pierce, 1701-1737. Died 1739. Samuel Walker, corp., 1694-1702 ; sergt., 1702-8. Died 1744. A deacon of the two Woburn churches, 1709-41. See Sew- all'e Woburn, 173. James Pierce, 1705-35. Died 1742. John Converse, 1707. Died 1708. Henry Baldwin, corp., 1697; sergt., 1707-37. Died 1739. John Wyman, corp., 1706-7 ; eergt., 1707-28. Died 1728. Eben- ezer Locke, 1710-23. Died 1723. Jonathan Thompson, 1710-37. Died 1748. William Bruce, 1712-38. Isaac Walker, 1714-28. Timothy Snow, 1716-37. Died 1747. Samuel Pierce, 1717-34. Thomas Hen- shaw or Hincher, 1720-26. Died 1726. Samuel Buck, corp., 1718-23 ; Bergt., 1723-30. James Thompson, corp., 1718-23 ; sergt., 1723-24. Died 1763. A deacon of Woburn and Wilmington churches, 1725-63. Thompson Mem., 25-26. William Wyman, 1724-37, and 1747-51. A William was sergt. in active service, 1753. Noah Johnson, 1725, a na- tive of Woburn, but in 1725 a resident of Dunstable ; sergt., in Love- well'e company at Lovewell's fight, 1725. He resided latterly at Pem- broke and Plymouth, N. H., where he died 1798, aged 99 y., 6 m., 11 d., being the last survivor of Lovewell's company in the celebrated engage- ment which made that company famous. Cf. Sewall's Woburn, 207. David Roberts, corp., 1718-29; eergt., 1727-34. There were probably two persous of this name holding office at the same time, for David, Sen., died 1724. Josiah Pierce, 1727-28. Died 1759. A deacon of the church, 1742-59. Ralph Reed, corp., 1725-34 ; sergt., 1733-38. Isaac Baldwin, 1743-34. Benjamin Richardson, 1734-36. Eleazer Carter, 1734. Samuel Wilson, 1735-37. Died 1750. John Cutler, 1736. Died 1767. Isaac Gleason, 1749-50. Samuel Tidd, 1757, on roll as sergt, in the company impressed, under command of Samnel Bancroft, Jr., capt., in 1757, and marched to Marlborough, being one of the Woburn names found in that company. He died in the army at Lake George, Oct. 10, 1758, being under age. Particulars regarding his sickness, death and burial are given in Lient. Thompson's diary .- Sewall's Woburn, 555-56.
Corporals.
John Wyman, 1708. Perhaps the John who settled in Wilmington, and who died about 1748. James Burbeen, 1714-29. Died 1729. Ed- ward Johnson, Jr., 1715. Daniel Snow, 1716-17. Died 1717. Edward Walker, 1718-37, aud 1747-52, 1764, 1767-68. Supposed to be the same person, perhaps the Edward, died 1787, aged 93. Ebenezer Buck, 1721- 24. John Tidd, 1723-25, and 1735-37. James Thompson, 1725. Thomas Richardson, 1725. Died 1774, in his 93d year-gravestone. He was a corporal in Lovewell's company in Lovewell's fight, 1725, and was one of the few who escaped any considerable injury in that seriously con- tested engagement. Samnel Jones, Jr., 1726-30. Philip Alexander, 1733. Andrew Evana, 1733. Died 1778. Thomas Reed, 1739.
After 1736 the usage of mentioning the names of non-commissioned officers by title appears to have ceased in the tax-lists, and the names of later officere are unknown. The names of two officers bearing the title of Clerk are preserved.
Clerks.
Clerk or Clark Pierce, 1696. ? Thomas, died 1717. Samuel Baker, · 1715.
NOTE .- For authorities on Colonel Tyng, cf. Whit- more, Elements of Heraldry, 92; Fox's Dunstable (1846). There is extant an interesting petition of Colonel Tyng's, in February, 1676, showing that he then lived "in the uppermost house on Merrimac River, lying open to the enemy, yet it was as it were a watch-house to the neighboring towns, also near to the Indians' fishing place ; there being never an in- habitant left in the town but myself." He asked for three or four men to help garrison his said house, which he had been at great charge to fortify. The early history of Dunstable was a series of "attacks, burnings, captivity and massacre." An engagement at Dunstable in which three Woburn men were killed occurred September 5, 1724. A small party attacked a body of seventy Mohawks, and a rein- forcement fared little better. The Indians killed the
greater part instantly. Eight bodies of the slain were found and buried in one grave. The Boston Newsletter for September 10, 1724, gave their names, including Daniel Baldwin and John Burbeen, of Woburn, to which the name of Benjamin Carter, of Woburn, should be added. One of the grave- stones at the location of their interment contains an inscription " to Mr. Benjamin Carter, aged twenty- three years." Cf. Fox's Dunstable, 106-110 ; Penhal- low's Wars, 1 N. H. Hist. Coll. 109; Sewall's Woburn, 595-598; Reminiscences of Dunstable, 115, etc. The writer heard a tradition from his father, Dr. Benja- min Cutter, that the last seen of this Benjamin Carter by his family in Woburn, was when he de- scended the hill near their residence on horseback, going down the steep incline by a crooked road that formerly existed, opposite to the junction of present Cambridge and Church Streets in Winchester; and that when the men of his family heard of the man- ner of his death, they said, "Ho! they would not be such boys as to be killed by Indians."
A bill is extant against Jonathan Fox, " Captain Fox, his company's expenses for liquor," of James Fowle, September, October, 1764. The alarm-lists of the Third Foot Company in Woburn, in 1776, and following years, contain references to his name in the following manner : "Return of training soldiers belonging to the Eighth Foot Company in the Sec- ond Regiment of foot in the county of Middlesex, commanded by Jonathan Fox, Esq., colonel." The same was repeated in 1781. The company was com- manded by Joshua Walker at this time. In 1782 it was Captain Reuben Kimball's company, same des- ignation, and the regiment was commanded by Col- onel Benjamin Brown. The following are brief ref- erences to Colonel Fox :
"October 6, 1786. Colonel Fox's wife died. April 17, 1790. Colonel Fox died ; 18th, buried."
Sewall's Woburn, 332, contains a brief notice. April 30, 1770, Captain Fox was debtor to Matthew Johnson, constable, for serving a writ for him, Is. 5d.
An account lodged February 21, 1791, by the widow Mary Fox against Josiah Johnson, one of the selectmen for 1786-87, for damage done to her house by his putting soldiers therein, in January, 1787, the time of Shay's Rebellion, is extant.
An account of the ancestors and descendants of Captain Seth Wyman is published in the Woburn Journal for July 29th and August 5th, 12th and 19th, 1887.
There is extant a memorial in behalf of Elizabeth Blogget, in her eighteenth year, daughter of Caleb, her father being deceased, being an order of the Gen- eral Court to Benjamin Wyman, her guardian, to sell her land ; the letter of guardianship being dated November 16, 1761 ; the memorial to the court being dated January 13, 1762. On December 4, 1749, Eliz- abeth Wade, the said minor's mother and legal guar- dian, had preferred her petition to the General Court,
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showing that Nathan Blogget, late of Woburn, de- ceased, had died siezed of a real estate, and had left a widow, but no surviving children; therefore said minor, being a brother's child, was heir to a one forty- fifth part.
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