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The courts were first held at Concord in 1692, under the law establishing courts under the Provin- cial charter. Until 1719 they were held in the old meeting-house, but in that year a court-house was built which, according to the specifications, was to be thirty-four feet by twenty-six and not less than four- teen nor more than sixteen feet between joists. In 1754 a jail was built and in 1794 a new court-house, which continued in use as long as Concord remained a shire. On the 9th of November, 1775, the Charles- town sessions of the courts were ordered to be held at Concord, and Charlestown ceased to be a shire. For many years after it was settled by the Provincial Court that Cambridge should be the chief shire and the depository of the county records considerable dis- satisfaction existed in that part of the county of which Concord had become a more convenient and accessible centre.
This dissatisfaction finally displayed itself in an at- tempt to form a new couuty, of which Concord should be the shire-town. After the incorporation of Worces- ter county, in 1731, which seemed to furnish a favor- able opportunity for some decisive movements, a con- vention of delegates from various towns was held at Concord, whose deliberations culminated in an agreement, May 26, 1732, to petition the General Court to incorporate a new county, with Concord the shire, to include the towns of Concord, Sudbury, Framingham, Marlboro', Groton, Chelmsford, Bil- lerica, Stow, Littleton, Bedford, Dunstable, West- ford, Dracut and Northtown. The movement of course failed, and time finally dissipated the uneasiness of the towns in the central and upper parts of the county. Concord remained a shire until the 7th of May, 1867, when a law was passed providing that the session of the courts which had before that time been held in that town, should be transferred to Cambridge, and authorizing the county commissioners to sell the court-house to the town. The conveyance was made May 24, 1867.
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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
A law was passed April 16, 1836, making Lowell a shire, to take effect on the condition that the town should, before the 1st day of March, 1837, provide a suitable court-room and a jail, the expense of which jail should not exceed $10,000, and execute and deliver to the county a sufficient lease or other instrument to secure the use thereof for the purposes aforesaid per- manently to the county. A supplementary act was passed March 24, 1837, reviewing the above act but providing that it should be void unless the city of Lowell, on or before the 1st of the ensuing April, should pay to the commissioners the sum of $10,000, to he expended by them in the erection of a jail, and should also before said day finish the court-room then begun, and make the lease or conveyance required in the act of 1836. Until 1855 no registry of deeds was es- tablished at Lowell. On the 24th of March in that year a law was passed providing that Lowell, Dunstable, Tyngsboro, Dracut, Tewksbury, Billerica, Chelmsford, Carlisle, Wilmington and Westford should constitute the Northern Registry District of Middlesex County. It also provided that the Governor should appoint on or before the 1st day of July, a register of that dis- trict, to hold office until the November election of that year. On the 23d of March, 1886, the county commissioners were authorized to have all records prior to said July 1st copied and deposited in the Northern Registry.
The list of courts will of course be incomplete with- out a reference to the Police and District Courts in dit- ferent parts of the county. Of Police Courts there are four ---
Lowell: with Samuel P. Hadley, justice ; John J. Pickman and John F. Frye, special justices ; James F. Savage, clerk.
Marlborough : with Edward F. Johnson, justice ; James W. McDonald and Wm D. Burdett, special justices ; James F. J. Otterson, clerk.
Newton : with John C. Kennedy, justice ; Henry II. Mather and Ed- ward H. Mason, special justices ; Edward W. Cate, clerk.
Somerville : with Isaac Story justice ; Charles G. Pope and John Haskell Butler, special justices ; Herbert A. Chapin, clerk.
Of District Courts there are seven-
First Northern Middlesex, held at Ayer, with jurisdiction in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, Shirley, Westford, Littleton and Boxborough. Levi Wallace, justice ; John Spaulding and Warren H. Atwood, special justices ; George W. Sanderson, clerk.
First Southern Middlesex, held at Framingham, with jurisdiction in Asbland, Framingham, Holliston, Sherborn, Sudbury and Wayland. Willis A. Kingsbury, justice ; Lucius 11. Wakefield and Walter Adams, special justices ; Joseph 11. Ladd, clerk.
First Eastern Middlesex, held at Malden and Wakefield, with jurisdic- tion in North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Melrose, Mal- den, Everett and Medford. John W. Pettingill, justice ; Thomas S. Harlow and Solon Bancroft, special justices ; William N. Tyler, clerk. Second Eastern Middlesex, held at Waltham, with jurisdiction in Waltham, Watertown and Weston. Enos T. Luce, justice ; Henry S. Milton and Sammel P. Abbott, special justices ; Albert O. Delano, clerk, Third Eustern Middlesex, held at Cambridge, with jurisdiction in Cam- bridge, Arlington and Belmont. Chester F. Sanger, justice ; Samuel W. MeDaniel and Jabez Fox, special justices ; Emerson W. Law, clerk.
Fourth Eastern Middlesex, beld at WohurD, with jurisdiction in Wil- mington, Woburn, Winchester and Burlington. Parker L. Converse, justice ; George S. Littlefield and Charles D. Adams, special justices ; Edward E. Bond, clerk.
Central Middlesex, beld at Concord, with jurisdiction in Acton, Bed- ford, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow and Lexington. John
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S. Keyes, justice; Charles Thompson and Robert P. Clapp, special jnstices ; Do clerk.
The officers of the county in 1889 were as follows :
Judge of Probate and Insolvency : George M. Brooks, of Concord. Register of Probate and Insolvency : Joseph H. Tyler, of Winchester. Assistant Register of Probate and Insolvency : Samuel H. Folsom, of Winchester. Sheriff: Henry G. Cushing, of Lowell. Clerk of Courts : Theodore C. Hnrd, of Cambridge. Assistant Clerks of Conrts : John L. Ambrose, of Somerville ; Wm. C. Dillingbam, of Malden. Treasurer : Joseph O. Hayden, of Malden, Registers of Deeds : Northern Distriet, Joseph L. Thompson, of Lowell ; Southern District, Charles B. Stevens, of Cambridge. County Commissioners : Win. S. Frost, of Marlborough ; J. Henry Read, of Westford ; Samnel O. Upham, of Waltham. Special Commissioners: Edward E. Thompson, of Woburn ; Lyman Dike, of Stoneham. Commissioners of Insolvency : Frederick T. Greenhalge, of Lowell ; John C. Kennedy, of Newton ; George J. Burns, of Ayer. Masters in Chancery: Walter Adams, of Framingham ; Samuel L. Powers, of Newton ; Joseph H. Tyler, of Winchester; Charles H. Conant, of Lowell; Gilbert A. A. Pevey, of Cambridge ; Robert P. Clapp, of Lexington ; Win. H. Bent, of Lowell. Trial Justices : Jamies T. Joslin, of Hudson ; William Nutt, of Natick ; George L. Hemmenway, of Hopkinton.
The sessions of the Supreme Judicial, Superior and Probate Courts, as now provided, by law are :
Supreme Judicial Court: Law Term for Barnstable, Middlesex, Nor- folk and Suffolk, at Boston on the first Wednesday of Jannary in each year. Jury Terms at Lowell on the third Tuesday of April, and at Cambridge on the third Tuesday of October.
Superior Court : Civil Business, at Lowell on the second Monday of March and the first Monday of September ; and at Cambridge on the first Monday of June and the second Monday of December. Criminal Business, at Cambridge on the second Monday of February and the first Monday of June ; and at Lowell on the third Monday of October.
Probate Court : at Cambridge on the first, second and fourth Teusdays ; and at Lowell on the third Tuesday of every month except Angnst.
The records of admissions to the har of Middlesex County is very incomplete. A perfect record can only be obtained by searching the records of the dif- ferent courts. Such a search is now being made under the direction of the county clerk, but the fol- lowing partial list of admissions is given as the best that can at present be obtained :
Julian Abhot, Dec., 1839. Caleb F. Abbott, Sept., 1835. James C. Abbott, Jnne, 1849. John W. P. Abbott, June, 1830. Henry Adams, June, 1805. Josiah Adams, June, 1807. Shnbael P. Adams, Dec., 1848. John F. K. Adams, Sept., 1851. John R. Adamı8, Sept., 1821. Joel Adams, Sept, 1828. John E. Avery, JnDe, 1872. Henry Adams, Sept., 1826. Joseph Adama, Sept., 1826. WD. George Alden, March, 1872. Hiram A, Alger, June, 1850. Alphens Brown Alger, June, 1877. Edwin A. Alger, Sept., 1845. John W. Allard, Dec., 1883. John H. Appleton, July, 1878. John H. Atwood, Oct., 1884. Amos Allen, Oct., 1817. Seth Ames, Oct., 1830. Elgin A. Angell, Sept., 1775. Janac Angell, June, 1872. Win: T. Andrews, Oct., 1822. Benjamin H. Andrews (no date). Christopher O. Andrews, Oct., 1850. Arthur W. Austin, Sept., 1828. Nathaniel Anetin, Jr., June, 1833.
Clark A. Batchelder, April, 1873. Elbridge Gerry Austin, Oct., 1834. llenry D. Austin, Sept., 1842. William Anstin, Nov., 1843. Lnman W. Aldrich, July, 1878. George Bancroft, April, 1842. John W. Bacon, June, 1846. Loammi Baldwin, Sept., 1843. Stephen Bean, March, 1844. James O. Boswell, June, 1860. Ithamar W. Beard, Sept., 1844. Ninian C. Betton, Nov., 1819. Charles C. Barton, April, 1873. Charles Bemis, Oct., 1832. Alphens W. Buell, March, 1876. . Isaac Bemis, Jr., Oct., 1821. Leonard Blake, May, 1875. Win. P. Barry, July, 1885. Alphens Bigelow, Oct., 1821. George T. Bigelow, Dec., 1833. Wm. P. Bigelow, Oct., 1820. Joseph O. Burdett, April, 1873. Tyler Bigelow, June, 1824. Edward C. Billings, Oct., 1855. Charles R. Blaisdell, Oct., 1859. Harrison G. Blaisdell, March, 1846. Frank T. Benner, June, 1877. Benjamin F. Blood, March, 1843. Francis E. Bond, Dec., 1831.
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Charles T. Bond, July, 1880. Arthur P. Bonney, Sept., 1848. James Bowdoin, Nov., 1819. Francis Brinley, Jr., March, 1825. William Brigham, Oct., 1834. Elias Bullard, Oct., 1828. Edward Blake, Oct., 1831. James O. Boswell, June, 1800. Benjamin F. Butler, Sept. 1840. Caleb Butler, Oct., 1819. Ephraim Buttrick, March, 1825. George A. Butterfield, Sept., 18:13. Anson Burlingame, Sept., 1846. Willard Brown, March, 1880.
William Locke Brown, June, 1850. Alpheus R. Brown, Sept., 1839. Wm. I .. Brown, June, 1850. Samuel R. Brown, Oct., 1841. Charles Burrell, Sept., 1858. Nathan Brooke, Oct., 1877. Geo. Merrick Brooks, Sept., 1847. Harry A. Brown, Feb., 1881. Charles H. Bordis, June, 1862. George J. Burns, Jnly, 1878. George A. Bruce, April, 1866. Charles M. Bennett, April, 1869. Benjamin E. Bond, Oct., 1870. Charles F. Blandin, Oct., 1870. George H. Ball, June, 1871. John Cahill, Dec., 1874. George H. Clement, Jan., 1888. James H. Carmichael, July, 1880. Z. B. Caverly, Dec., 1846. Andrew'J. Carr, April, 1852. Jonathan Chapman, Jr., Oct., 1830. Wm. L. Chaplin, June, 1829. Henry M. Chamberlain, Dec., 1832. John M. Cheney, Sept., 1828. Albe C. Clark, Oct., 1832. Hobart Clark, Dec., 1808. Ira Cleveland, Oct., 1832. Edwin Coburn, March, 1844. Lemnel D. Cole, Feb., 1886. Felix Conlan, July, 1880. Joshua P. Converse, June, 1847. Charles Cowley, April, 1856. Charles C. Colton, Sept., 1840. Horatio G. F. Corliss, Sept., 1834. Timothy A. Crowley, Oct., 1860. Timothy D. Crocker, Dec., 18 . Francis B. Crowuinshield, Octbr., 1833.
Francis P. Curran, July, 1885. Peter J. Carey, June, 1883. Isaac Jones Cutler, Oct., 1855. Luther Stearns Cushing, March, 18:27.
Alfred D. Chandler, Dec., 1869. James P. Campbell, March, 1876. Edward W. Cate, July, 1878. Jobn S. Cram, June, 1875. John Conlae, July, 1878. Wm. F. Courtney, July, 1878. Timothy A. Crowley, Oct., 1860. Charles H. Conant, March, 1873. James C. Catter, Jan., 1874. Samuel Dexter, Oct., 1821. E. H. Derby, Oct., 1831. John Deverenx, Oct, 1823. Chas. De Blanc, Jr., Dec., 1848. James Dana, Dec., 1833. Benjamin Dean, Oct., 1845. Wm. N. Davenport, June, 1883. Robles Dinsmore, Sept., 1845. Jarees Dinsmore, April, 1846. Epes S. Dixwell, Oct., 1835.
Henry R. Dennis, June, 1856. William Draper, Sept., 1856. Alexander Dustin, Dec., 1854. Thomas Dwight, Dec., 1832. Richard J. Dwyer, Jan., 1888. Joshua E. Dodge, Oct., 1877. Warren P. Dudley, Oct., 1877. Isaac S. Daley, July, 1878. William II. Drury, June, 1872. Samnel C. Eastman, April, 1859. Thos. J. Enwright, Oct., 1884. Luke Eastman, Oct., 1829. Samnel C. Eastman, April, 1859. Pierce Evans, Feb., 1874. Abraham Edwards, Sept., 1822. Win. H. Eliet, Oct., 1820. James L. English, Oct., 1833. Charles O. Emerson, Sept., 1821. Charles C. Emerson, Oct., 1834. Benjamin F. Emerson, Dec., 1834. Constantine C. Esty, Oct., 1847. Wm. M. Evarts, Sept., 1841. George F. Farley, June, 1820. Richard Farwell, March, 1821. Ira B. Forbes, June, 1876.
Samuel Farnsworth, Oct., 1817. Peter A. Fay, Dec., 1886. S. P. P. Fay, May, 1802. John C. Farwell, March, 1848. Michael F. Farwell, June, 1871. Richard S. Fay, June, 1828. John Brooke Felton, Oct., 1853. Luther Fitch, Sept., 1810. John M. Fiske, Oct., 1822. Augustns H. Fiske, Jnne, 1828. Isaac Fiske, May, 1802. Joel W. Fletcher, Dec., 1840. Charles B. Fletcher, April, 1850. Luther J. Fletcher, April, 1854. Frederick A. Fisher, July, 1885. Eugene Fuller, June, 1839. Elisha Fuller, Oct., 1826. John H. French, Feb., 1881. Charles R. Felch, Dec., 1869. Daniel French, Dec., 1858. Franklin Fiske (no date). James W. Graham, Oct., 1873. Frederick W. Griffin, Sept., 1776. Dana B. Gove, March, 1870. John P. Gale, Feb., 1881. Joseph H. Guillet, Feb, 1888. Wm. B. Gale, June, 1860. Wm. H. Gardiner, Oct., 1821. Wm. S. Gardner, Oct., 1852. Samuel J. Gardner, Sept., 1810. Wm. P. Gibbs, June, 1848. Asahel W. Goodell, Dec., 1847. Charles W. Goodnow, June, 1850. Robert Gordon, June, 1856. William Gordon, Nov., 1819. A. J. Gray, June, 1840. Edward Gray, Oct., 1831. William Gray. Oct., 1834. Oliver 1I. P. Greeu, April, 1848. Andrew J. Gunnison, Sept., 1844. John Q. A. Griffin, Oct., 1849. Charles F. Gove, Sept., 1820. Elisha Glidden, Oct., 1821. Isaac N. Goodline, Sept., 1851. Ephraim D. Howe, June, 1870. Siman W. Hathaway, Oct., 1866. Patrick J. Hoar, Feb., 1886. Sherman Hear, Nov., 1885. Samuel F. Haven, (no date). Francis D. Holt, April, 1859. Abraham Harrington, Nov., 1819.
George F. Harringtou, Dec., 1847. Joseph Harrington, Sept., 1846. Peter Haggerty, April, 1854. William Hall, June, 1837. Walter Hastings, March, 1833. William A. Hayes, Sept, 1839. Benjamin F. Ham, March, 1852. Charles L. Haucock, Oct., 1834. Edward Francis Heard, Oct., 1843. George Heywood, June, 1852. Rufus losmer, Jr., Oct., 1837. Thomas Heald, Sept., 1800. James D. Ilorne, June, 1836. George T. Higley, Dec., 1872. Samnel K. Hamilton, Dec., 1872. Cornelins Hedge, Oct., 1855. Abraham Hilliard, March, 1857. John J. Harvey, Oct., 188.4. John Holmes, June, 1840. Thomas Hopkinson, June, 1833. Moses G. Howe, April, 1850. Charles F. Howe, April, 1859. Nathaniel C. Holmes, Dec., 1883. Henry Holmes, Dec., 1859. Joseph G. Holt, June, 1860. Homer C. Holt, June, 1873. Frederick Howes, Sept., 1810. . Elisha Hinda, Sept., 1810. Charles H. Hudson, Sept., 1848. Johu L. Hunt, Jan., 1881. Wm. A. Hutchinson, Dec., 1850. D. Fletcher Huntoon, April, 1850. John F. Haskel, April, 1875. Win. A. Hutchinson, Dec., 1850. Theodore C. Hard, Sept., 1860. Wm. Hunter, Feb., 1874.
Henry A. Harmon, June, 1871. John Hillis, Sept., 1871. Charles P. Hadley, March, 1876. Henry F. Huriburt, Oct., 1877. Joseph A. Harris, July, 1878. Francie D. Holt, April, 1859. Samuel T. Hawes, June, 1872. Martin L. Hamblet, Dec., 1872. Jesse C. Ivy, Oct., 1877. Benj. F. Jackson, March, 1851. Charles Allen Jacoba, June, 1850. Russell Jarvis, Oct., 1822. Andrew F. Jewett, March, 1857. Lewis E. Josselyn, Sept., 1853. Henry R. Judkins, Dec., 1849. Samuel Jones, Dec., 1845. John N. Jordan, June, 1836. John F. Jandron, Sept., 1887. Elwin H. Jose, Oct., 1873. Johu Jameson, Jan., 1874. Byron B. Johnson, June, 1873. Justin Allen Jacobs, June, 1850. John A. Kasson, Sept., 1844. Ogmer S. Keith, Dec., 1832. Theodore Keating, Oct., 1827. Auron Keyes, Oct., 1824. Wn. Kelman, March, 1874. John A. Knowles, Murch, 1832. Edmund Kimball, Nov., 1819. J. Chellis Kimball, March, 1857, John Shepbard Keyes, Mch., 1844. Wm. E. Knight, Nov., 1885. Willis A. Kingsbury, Feb., 1881. Louis II. Kileski, Oct., 1877. Frederick Lawton, March, 1880. buther Lawrence, June, 1884. Rufus Lapham, Sept., 1844. Jonathan Ladd, Oct., 1846. Samnel J. Ladd, Sept., 1853. Putnam W. Lock, Dee., 1871.
Jolin S. Lndd, Dec., 1838.
Asa F. Lawrence, Dec., 1828. Rufus B. Lawrence, Dec., 1837. George P. Lawrence, Feb., 1859. Edward S. Leavitt, April, 1845. Nahum Leonard, Jr., Sept., 1853. Charles Lewis, Oct., 1818. Www. H. Livingwood, Oct., 1859. Ed. St. Lee Livermore, Meh., 1832. James Lewis, Jr., Sep., 1810. John Locke, Dec., 1853. Joseph Locke, Sept., 1800. Francis C. Loring, Oct., 1833. Charles B. Lowell, Oct., 1831. Alonzo V. Lynde, June, 1847. Amasa H. Lyon, Oct., 1837. Wyllie Lyman, Sept., 1820. . Samuel F. Lyman, Oct., 1823. George S. Littlefield, Sept., 1872. A. J. Lothrop, July, 1880. Wm. H. Lambert, March, 1885. Seldon H. Loring, July, 1885. Wm. H. Loughlin, Sept., 1870. Gage F. Lawton, June, 1877. Charles S. Lilley, June, 1877. Thomas F. Larkin, June, 1877. Alfred G. Lamson, June, 1872. Benjamin E. Mason, March, 1880. James S. Murphy, Feb., 1885. George M. Mason, Sept., 1822. Samuel H. Mann, Oct., 1828. Joseph W. Mansur, June, 1834. James Warren Marcy, Dec., 1842. Lorenzo Marrett, Oct., 1843. Joshua N. Marshal, Dec., 1855. Leonard Mellin, Sept., 1800. Samuel N. Merrill, Sept., 1854. Horatio C. Merriam, Oct., 1834. Edward Mellen, Dec., 1828. Stephen Merrit, June, 1824. I. S. Morse, Sept., 1840. Leonard Morse, May, 1800. Peter H. Moore, Sept., 1848. Arad Moore, Sept., 1831. Mark Moore, October, 1820. Charles H. Morley, Sept., 1860. John G. Mckean, June, 1834. Matthew J. McCafferty, Mar., 1857. John F. McEvoy, Sept., 1857. John McNeil, June, 1849. John W. McEvoy, Jan., 1888. Owen MeNemara, June, 1809. Oliff C. Moulton, June, 1870. John G. Maguire, June, 1877. Richard J. MeKelleget, June, 1877. Wni. P. Mitchell, March, 1872. Wm. H. Martin, April, 1873. Peter J. MeGuire, July, 1878. Frederick P. Marble, June, 1883. John T. Mastereon, June, 1883. Wm. H. Niles, April, 1871. Albert F. Neleon, Sept., 1836. Daniel Needham, April, 1850. Michael Norton, June, 1865. George B. Neal, Oct., 1849. Arthur F. L. Norris, June, 1859. John C. Nourse, Sept., 1843. Robert Ralston Newell, Dec., 1869. Edward B. O'Conner, Sept., 1872. Charles A. O'Conner, Sept., 1869. Win. H. Orcutt, Jan., 1874. Wm. N. Osgood, March, 1880. Waldemer Otis, Juue, 1871. . Thomas O'Keefe, July, 1880. John L. O'Neil, Dec., 1883. Samuel D. Partridge, Sept., 1830.
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HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
Samuel Parker, Oct., 1829. Thomas A. Parsons, June, 1846. John H. W. Page, June, 1832. Frederick Parker, Sept , 1841. Otie Parkhurst, April, 1838. Samuel Parsons, Sept., 1851. Nathan Parks, March, 1855. John S. Patton, July, 1880. Wm. E. Payne, Oct., 1831. George W. Pelt, Feb., 1846. Florentine W. Pelton, March, 1855. David Perbam, March, 1859. Horatio N. Perkins, Sept., 1832. Benjamin F. Perkins, April, 1855. Asa Peabody, Sept , 1856. John W. Pettingill, Dec., 1858. George W. Phillips, Oct., 1834. Wendell Phillips, Sept., 1834. Albion A. Perry, April, 1886. Thomas W. Phillips, Nov., 1819. Benjamin J. Prescott, Sept., 1828. Alfred N. Prescott, Dec., 1844. Jonathan Porter, Nov., 1819. Henry C. Pratt, Feb., 1859. Bushrod W. Poor, Dec., 1846. Marshall Preston, Nov., 1819. Willard Phillips, Oct., 1818. George W. Poore, July, 1885. Henry A. Pinder, Oct., 1884. Jacob C. Patten, Oct., 1887. John S. Patten, July, 1880. John H. Punch, Feb., 1881. Irving S. Porter, April, 1870. John J. Pickman, Sept., 1871. Sidney A. Phillips, Jan., 1874. Charles H. Phelps, Feh., 1874. K. Henry Pedrick, Dec., 1874. Nathan D. Pratt, Sept., 1775. Edward B. Quinn, Feb., 1881. Francie W. Qua, July, 1878. Carlyle W. Quimby, Oct., 1853. Wm. A. Ross, Oct., 1853. Edward S. Rand, Oct., 1833. lsaac G. Reed, Dec., 1836. Robert Rantoul, Jr., Oct., 1831. John H. Richardson, Sept , 1828. Wyman Richardson, Dec., 1828. Win. N. Richardson, Dec., 1824. Daniel Richardson, Dec., 1827. Charles G. Itipley, Sept., 1844. Ebenezer Rockwood, June, 1845. John W. Reed, Sept., 1865. Richard Robins, Oct., 1831. Jobn P. Robinson, Oct., 1829. Charles Robinson, June, 1852. Ahner Rogers, March, 1856. John G. Rogers, Nov., 1819. Bradford Russell, Sept., 1821. Charles Russell, Sept., 1858. James Russell, Oct., 1818. Josiab Rutter, June, 1843. Henry W. Robinson, July, 1885. Samuel B. Rogere, June, 1836. Daniel M. Richardson, June, 1836. Daniel E. Richardson, July, 1871. John S. Searle, Oct., 1873. George F. Stone, Feb., 1874. Hlenry J. Sargent, Oct., 1833. Daniel Saunders, Dec., 1844. George L. Sawyer, Dec., 1858. Thomas O. Selfridge, Nov., 1800. Nath. Shattuck, Jr , June, 1804. Horatio Shipley, Oct., 1833. Wmn. E. Sprague, June, 1865. Isaac Simon, Dec., 1861. Harrison G. Sleeper, Oct., 1862.
Ira Spaulding, April, 1846. Win. Sawyer, Sept., 1831. Phillip H. Sears, Oct., 1849. Norman Seaver, Oct., 1827. Gustavus A. Somerhy, Oct., 1847. Ed. D. Sohier, Oct., 1834. Daniel Stone, Jr., Dec., 1829. John C. Shea, July, 1880. Ed. F. Sherman, Feb., 1847. John Sheple, Sept., 1810. Wm. Standish, March, 1857. George Stevens, Sept., 1854. George H. Stevens, March, 1880. Asahel Stearns, Sept., 1800. Benjamin H. Steele, Oct., 1857. Martin L. Stone, March, 1825. Henry W. Smith, March, 1843. Win. H. L. Smith, April, 1848. Wm. F. Smith, Sept., 1842. John Stuart, Dec., 1847. Charles A. F. Swan, Oct., 1850. Theodore H. Sweetser, Sept., 1848. Erdix Tenney Swift, Dec., 1859. Solon W. Stevens, Jan., 1888. George Sanderson, Dec , 1869. George R. Stone, June, 187I. Albert H. Skilton, Jan., 1876. Charles F. Stone, Dec., 187G. Charles W. Savage, July, 1878. Andrew J. Stackpole, June, 1860. Charles A. F. Swan, Oct., 1858. John L. Spring, Dec., 1860. Wm. N. Titus, Jan., 1886. Jolın P. Tarbell, June, 1831. Ebenezer Thacher, Sept., 1831. Bazaleel Taft, Jr., June, 1837. James Temple, Oct., 1831. John L. Tuttle, April, 1833. Joseph H. Tyler, April, 1853. George C. Travis, Dec., 1871. Louis K. Travis, Dec., 1875. Wm. H. H. Tuttle, Oct., 1877. James M. Troutt, March, 1874. Stephen H. Tyng, Nov., 1875. Jonas P. Varnum, June, 1865. Atkinson C. Varnuin, Sept., 1858. John Varnum, Sept., 1851. Samuel B. Walcott, Oct., 1826. Owen Warland, June, 1827. S. H. Walley, Jr., Oct., 1831. John S. Wallis, Dec., 1838. George P. Waldron, Oct., 1846. Wm. A. Warner, Oct., 1820. Elihu B. Washburne, Dec., 1839. Wm. R. P. Washburn, Oct., 1821. Francis O. Watts, Oct., 1827. Ezra Weston, Oct., 1834. Paul Willard, Oct., 1823. Calvin Willard, Dec., 1829. Lemuel S. Williams, March, 1836. John M. Wilson, March, 1833. David S. Wilson, April, 1849. Isaac G. Wilson, June, 1841. John Winneck, Dec., 1848. Robert C. Winthrop, Oct., 1833. Jobn T. Winthrop, Oct., 1820. Samuel II. Wilcox, Oct., 1859. Charles C. Woodman, Dec., 1851. Wm. E. Wording, April, 1847. John Wright, March, 1824. Wm. P. Wright, Sept., 1856. Thomas Wright, Sept., 1845. Nathaniel Wright, Jr., Sept., 1841. Lorenzo Westover, June, 1843. Isuuc W. Webster, April, 1849. Wm. P. Webster, Sept., 1845.
Thomas Wetmore, Nov., 1819. Alfred A. White, March, 1859. William White, Sep., 1810. Benjamin W. Whitney, Oct., 1843. George M. Ward, Dec., 1885. Charles F. Worcester, Dec., 1836. Prentiss Webster, Feb., 1881. John Warren, Feb., 1881. Edgar Warren Washburn, Oct., 1870.
Franklin Worcester, June, 1871. Charles R. Wallingford, April, 1871.
1Ienry S. Webster, Oct., 1877. Salmon Whitney, March, 1860. Daniel Williams, March, 1860. George F. Woodward, Mch., 1873. Raymon E. Wilson, Feb., 1874. John H. Whalen, Feb., 1874. Herbert R. White, Dec., 1883.
The above list is not only incomplete so far as ad- missions to the bar are concerned, but it is by no means confined to lawyers living or intending to settle with- in the county. It is presented in this chapter, rather than in that on the Bench and Bar, for the reason that it includes many who never intended to practice with- in the county, but who were admitted at its different courts on account of their proximity to the Dane Law School at Cambridge, or the private offices in which they had pursued their studies.
There is little that can be added to this sketch of Middlesex County, which has already extended be- yond the limits assigned to it in these volumes. The special industries, many of them of large proportions, which abound in the county, the various charitable and reformatory institutions established within its boundaries, the highways and bridges laid out and built under county supervision, will all be referred to in the histories of the towns, to which this sketch may be considered a preface. The following chapter though entitled a sketch of the Bench and Bar, is separated from this by only an arbitrary line, and may properly be considered the second chapter of the History of tlie County.
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