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Benjamin Slack,
George Fisher,
Royal McIntosh, Capt. Michael Harris,
Dr. Samuel Gould,
Nathaniel Ware,
Enoch Fuller,
Solomon Flagg,
Peter Lyon,
Seth Colburn,
Maj. Ebenezer MeIntosh, Capt. Jonathan Gay, Dea. Asa Kingsbury,
clined), '25, '26 (Esq. in 1830, when he was chosen but declined), '31 (twenty- one years).
1803, '06 (Esq.), '18-22 (re- signed in 1822), '24, '27 (April 2), '28 (April 7), '31 (April 12); he served ten years. 1803, '06, '08, '16, '17, '19, '21, '23, '26.
1804, '05. 1804, '05, '07.
1807, '08, '12-15, '19, '22 (September 16); eight years. 1809-II (three years). 1809-II, '18 (four years). 1812-15 (four years). 1816.
1817; he was elected in 1827, but declined.
1821.
1820, '24 (April 5).
1822, '23, '27, '28, '32-4, '36-
41 (April 5 in 1841), '43 (April 3)-50 (twenty-one years).
Eleazer Kingsbury, Ethel Jennings,
1822, '25.
1823.
John Tolman,
1824.
1825.
Artemas Newell, Esq., Israel Whitney,
Thomas Kingsbury,
1826 (April 3), '27, '31, '38 (Esq.); he was also elected in 1832, but would not serve. 1827 (April 2), '28, '30, '34-6 (resigned in 1836), '37, '38
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Rufus Mills,
Dexter Ware,
William Alden Kingsbury,
Amraphel Smith,
Capt. George Smith,
Capt. Reuben Ware,
Solomon Flagg, Jr.,
William Flagg, Esq., Spencer Fuller,
Capt. Elisha Lyon,
Royal McIntosh,
Emery Fisk,
James Smith,
Davis Collins Mills,
Dea. Lauren Kingsbury,
Josiah Howe Carter, George Keith Daniell,
George Jennings,
George Emerson Eaton,
Jonathan Avery,
Silas Gustavus Williams, Daniel Morse,
John Morton Harris, Charles Hiram Dewing, Charles Curtis Greenwood,
(Esq.), '41 (April 5), '43-6 (twelve years). 1829, '32-4, '39, '42 (six years). 1829, '30, '35, '42; elected and declined in 1843.
1829.
1830.
1830 (April 5).
1830, '42.
1832 (April 2), '33, '36 (April II), '45, '57-9, '61-74 (twenty-one years).
1835, '46-8, '50-4 (nineyears). 1836.
1837, elected and declined in 184I, served in 1844.
1839.
1840.
1840, '43. 184I.
1847-52 (resigned in 1852), 53-6,'60,'64 (eleven years). 1849, '51,'52 (elected April 5). 1852-7, '61-7, '71, '73, '74, 77-80 (twenty years). 1855, '56. 1857.
1858, '59, '68, '69, '72.
1858-60, '70 (four years).
1860; elected and declined in 1865. 1861-3. 1865.
1866-81 (sixteen years). In 187I he was elected on
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March 13, and he was also elected for 1882, but de- clined.
Mark Lee,
Lyman Knights Putney,
Dexter Kingsbury,
Enos Houghton Tucker,
Isaac Martin Kingsbury,
George Avery,
George Kuhn Clarke,
Everett Johnson Eaton,
William Henry Harrison McIntosh,
Edgar Howard Bowers,
Curtis McIntosh,
Arthur Whitaker,
Thomas James Crossman,
Franklin Low,
George Willard Tisdale,
John Fisher Mills,
1894-1900, '04 (eight years).
Robert Edwin Ames,
1896, '97.
Alger Emerson Eaton,
1896, '97.
David Hugh Livingston,
1898-1901 (four years).
Henry Thomas Childs, 1902.
James Franklin Ryan,
1902-
Alpheus Packard Boyd, 1903.
Charles Measure, 1903.
Alfred Parker, 1905-7 (three years).
George Lyman Kingsbury, 1908- .
Arthur Warren Walkup, 1909- .
1875, '76.
1875, '76.
1877-80 (four years).
1881-3 (three years).
1881-4, '86, '87 (six years). 1882-4 (three years).
1884, elected for 1885 and declined, '86, '87, '95, '98- 1900 (seven years).
1885, '86, '88-91 (six years).
1885 (March 16).
1885 (April 29), '88-93 (seven years).
1887.
1888.
1889 (resigned).
1890-5, 1901 (seven years).
1892-4, 1901, '02, '04-8 (ten years).
Of the assessors who served prior to 1885 only three were living in 1907, and they had been the sole survivors for
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several years: - Josiah H. Carter, ninety-six years old, Enos H. Tucker, ninety-three years old, chairman in 1882, '83, and George Kuhn Clarke, whose first service was in 1884, and who was chairman in 1895, '98-1900 (four years). Mr. Carter died September 29, 1907, and Mr. Tucker December 30, 1907, since which date Mr. Clarke has been the veteran among the assessors of Needham. The following were elected assessors, but never served: - Jonathan Parker, 1749, Jeremiah Fisher, 1749, Col. Charles Rice, 1826, '31 (General), Lemuel Mills, Jr., 1828, John Mansfield, 1841, Charles McIntosh, 1871, Herbert Moseley, 1885.
Assistant Assessors "to afsist in taking the general valuation ": -
Joseph Kingsbery, Jr., and Joseph Mudge, Jr., both elected on September 20, 1784, Lieut. Moses Garfield, 1811, '13, '30, George Fisher, 1811, '22, Capt. Artemas Newell, 1813, Aaron Smith, 1821, Capt. Elisha Lyon, 1821, Maj. Eben- ezer McIntosh, 1822, '30, Ethel Jennings, 1822, Israel Whitney, 1822, Amraphel Smith, 1830, '31, Dexter Ware, 1830,'31, Capt. Reuben Ware, 1831, Dea. Thomas Kingsbury, 1831, '50, William Alden Kingsbury, 1834, '35, '40, Daniel Dedman, 1834, '40, Jonathan Fuller, 1835, Spencer Fuller, 1835, Otis Sawyer, 1835, '50, Gen. Charles Rice, 1850, Capt. William Pierce, 1850.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The following is a list of the School Committee from 1826 to 1911 :-
Rev. Thomas Noyes, A.M., 1826-36 (eleven years).
Rev. William Ritchie, A.B., 1826-36, '38, '40 (thirteen years).
Capt. Jonathan Gay, 1826, '27.
Israel Whitney, 1826.
Artemas Newell, Esq., 1826, '27.
Aaron Smith, Esq.,
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Benjamin Slack, Esq., 1826, '27, '30, '32, '34, '35. Rev. Daniel Kimball, A.M., 1827-36 (resigned), '43-8, '50-6 (twenty-three years). Rufus Mills, 1828-31, '33-5, '39 (eight years). William Flagg, Dexter Ware, 1828, '29, '32, '33, '37. 1828, '29, '37, '40-3 (seven years). Capt. Reuel Ware, Dr. Josiah Noyes, M.D., 1830. 1828-36 (resigned), '37, '38, '39 (November II)-44 (about sixteen years).
Solomon Flagg, Jr.,
1831, '45-51, '57-61, '62 (Oc- tober 13), '63 (Novem- ber 30), '64, '70-81 (about twenty-six years; he was also elected for a term of three years in 1865 and declined). In 1862 he suc- ceeded Mr. Conant and in 1863 Mr. Colcord. 1831-4 (four years). 1831-3 (three years). 1832-5 (four years).
Isaiah Fisk, Elisha Lyon, Esq.,
Richard Boynton,
Rev. Joseph Washburn Ses- sions, A.M.,
1834-6, '38 (April 3); served four years.
William Ritchie, Jr.,
1839 (resigned).
Charles Mayo,
1839.
Edgar Kimball Whitaker,
1841, '42, '45.
Moses Winch,
Nathan Longfellow, A.M.,
1844. 1845-56, '58-60, '64-6, '70-5 (twenty-four years).
Reuben Totman Robinson, A.M., 1849.
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Rev. William Barrows, A.B., later D.D., 1852-5 (four years).
Luther Allen Kingsbury,
1856, '57, '65 (April 10)-8, when he resigned (about five years).
Benjamin Gage Kimball,A.B., 1857-62, '64, '65 (resigned before March meeting), '67 (appointed January 7), '71-3 (upward of ten years). Claudius Buchanan Patten, 1861-3 (resigned).1
Marshall Conant, A.M.,
1862 (resigned after serving seven months).
John Moore Colcord, 1863; died November 13, 1863.1
Rev. Frederick Augustus Wil- lard, A.M., 1863 (resigned that autumn).
Rev. Edward Sumner Atwood,
A.M., later D.D.,
Rev. Adiel Harvey,
Jonathan Battles,
1863 (appointed May 5 vice Mr. Patten).1 1863 (appointed November 30 vice Mr. Willard). 1865-7 (resigned in his third year of service).
Hon. George White, A.M., LL.B., 1867 (resigned).
Rev. George Gardner Phipps, 1868.
Hon. Emery Grover,
1868, vice Judge White, '69, '76 (April 3)-81, '84-95, 1902-4 (twenty-three years during which he was chair- man eighteen).
1 Mr. Patten lived for some years in the Lower Falls district; from 1866 to 1886 he was cashier of the State National Bank of Boston. Mr. Colcord had been an usher in the Phillips School, Boston, from September 1, 1844, until his death, which was after an illness of three days. His home was where Nathaniel Wales resides, but there are few people now in Needham who recall him. He was born in Effingham, N. H., and was forty-three years old when he died. Mr. Atwood was a member of the school committee in Salem for eleven years subsequent to his being in Needham.
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Rev. William Brooks Greene,
1868-70 (three years). A.B.,
Rev. Elihu Parish Marvin,
D.D., 1869.
Merrill Norton Boyden, 1869 (April 5), '70.
Rev. Jonas Bowen Clarke, A.M.,
Gamaliel Bradford, A.B.,
1870, '71. 1870-5 (six years, resigned April 3, 1876).
Henry Blatchford Scudder, William Ritchie Mills,
Miss Charlotte Kingsbury,
Mrs. Harriet (Chase) May,
1871-3 (three years). 1872-4 (three years).
1874-6 (three years).
1874-9 (resigned October I, 1879).
Edward La Croix, 1875-7 (three years). Isaac Hills Hazelton, M.D., 1875.
Hon. Joseph Emery Fiske, A.M.,
Mrs. Maria Louise Ford,
John Morton Harris,
Mrs. Josephine Clarinda (Alex- ander) Page,
William Carter,
Mrs. Adeline Eaton Harris,
1879-87 (resigned); she was appointed October 1, 1879. 1882-93 (twelve years).
1887 (appointed October 24 vice Mrs. Page); she re- signed on March 6, 1911, having served more than twenty-three years.
John Wesley Titus, 1894-9 (six years).
Francis de Maurice Dunn, A.B., 1896-1901 (six years).
James Benjamin Lester, 1900-2 (three years).
Horace Albert Carter, 1903- ·
William George Moseley, 1905- .
Mrs. Susan Welles Fiske, 19II- .
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The following were elected to the school board, but never served: - William Clark, 1838, Charles Blanchard Dana, 1865, Clough Rice Miles, A.B., 1869.
The first election for three years was in 1858. On March 7, 1870, the board was increased to six, but has been three since the division of the town in 1881. In 1904 and in 1910 attempts were made to resume electing a committee of six.
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The constables were very important officers from the first settlement of Massachusetts and had many duties and small pay. It was difficult to find responsible men who were willing to serve, consequently the great number who were elected and excused, or fined for refusing to serve, or who asked the town to accept a hired substitute. In the latter case, when the town took favorable action, it often required that the man excused should give a bond that his substi- tute should faithfully perform his duties, particularly as a collector of taxes. In Needham the taxes were divided, as equally as was convenient, between the constables for the East and West parts of the town respectively. In the special rate made on January 24, 1732/3, for "Reliveing" a poor woman and her child, Constable William Chub, East, had £21, 4s. committed to him by the assessors, and Constable Timothy Bacon, West, had £20, Is., 4d. The tax levy for the minister's salary for 1771 was divided be- tween the constables as follows: - Josiah Ware £49, 6s., 5₺d., Moses Bullard £58, 13s., 6}d. It was many years before the collector of taxes was an official distinct from the constables. By the law of 1640 the constables were required to collect the taxes, and by that of 1646 they were to carry black staves five or five and one half feet long, tipped with brass for five or six inches. The law of 1646 was amended in 1675 by specifying when they could act officially without having their staves with them. In 1653 the fine for refusing to serve was increased from twenty shillings to £io for the town of Boston and to £5 for the other towns, and remained £5 during the Provincial period. The law of 1658 defined
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the very numerous duties, criminal and civil, of the con- stables under twenty-six headings, and in 1668 their respon- sibilities were extended to looking after the education of the young, and to enforcing the laws as to industry. The con- stables were obliged to be sworn promptly, and in case of failure to pay the fine it was the duty of the town treasurer to prosecute in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace the individual who refused to serve, and this was occasionally done in Needham as late as 1777. The law of 1692 exempted certain persons from serving as constables, and also pro- vided that no person should be obliged to serve oftener than one year in seven; failure to warn a town meeting subjected the offending constable to a fine of twenty shillings.
The constables from 1712 to 1714 were: - Benjamin Mills, 1712, Ebenezer Ware, 1713, Thomas Fuller, 1714, Matthias Ockinton, 1714.
Although the constables were important officers, and it was the intention of the author to give complete lists of the minor town officers to 1776, it seems hardly worth while to name the one hundred men who followed Mr. Ockinton from 1715 to 1776, for the following reasons: - Most of those elected got excused if they could, or induced the town to accept a hired substitute, or simply refused to serve, and in some instances were prosecuted and fined. During this period, 1715-76, nearly every reliable man in town was elected constable more than once, but the majority served only one year, and William Chub, prominent as a con- stable, is the solitary individual who served more than three years. Mr. Chub was constable for the whole town in 1743. All sorts of devices were resorted to in order to escape holding this office. A favorite method was to promise to serve the next year, or at some future time, and in 1735 John Pain pledged himself to take care of the meeting-house from April, 1735 to April, 1736, if he was excused from serving as constable. The town accepted his offer, but he was a failure as a janitor, not doing "as he has undertook".
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In 1747 Nathaniel Tolman and Henry Dewing were suc- cessively chosen for the East, but persuaded the town to accept young Ezekiel Richardson as a hired man ("attyered man"), "provided he will Bring Good Bonds men for fuer- ties for His paying the Rates that he fhall Have to Colect". Much time was consumed by the town in securing men to serve as constables, and the preparation of the list of those who actually did serve proved a severe task.
It does not appear that any of the old-time constables made a special impression on the community except William Gilbert Jones, usually known as William Jones, who was a brave and efficient officer. He was first elected in 1842 and served for many years, a portion of the time as sole constable of the town, an unusual distinction. His greet- ing to delinquent poll-tax payers "Money or Dedham" is a familiar tradition, and his fight with the stalwart black- smith in West Needham has often been described. Mr. Jones is said to have remarked on this occasion "Hell or Dedham". Mrs. Caroline Wells Healey Dall never for- gave him for presenting the doctor's bill to her husband, then minister of the First Church, and compelling the reverend gentleman to pay it, in violation of all prerogatives, the fact that the physician was not a Unitarian, but an Orthodox, having no bearing upon the case. The doctor was careless about collecting, and his wife, wishing some money, gave a batch of bills to Constable Jones, including one made out to Mr. Dall. The doctor disclaimed all responsibility for his wife's disrespect for the clergyman, but it does not appear that Mr. Dall got the money back.
Bill Burrill, 2d, constable nine years, and special police as late as the seventies, was another courageous and com- petent officer, but they were few in number in his time, and it is probable that the majority of the constables were chiefly anxious to avoid trouble, and were no more disposed to do police duty, or fitted for it, than some men that the
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Mr. Burrill was a good man and a worthy citizen, who served the town for twenty-six years as fireward, two years as auditor, two years as highway surveyor, and as a police- man during the construction of the Sudbury River conduit. He and his uncle, Bill Burrill, Senior, a veteran of the War of 1812, and a near neighbor of the writer, were both annoyed all their lives by uninformed people who addressed them by the name of William. The elder Bill Burrill was presented with a watch inscribed incorrectly, and probate officials and others insisted upon having this Christian name wrong. The name of Bill came into the Burrill family in consequence of one of them marrying into the Bill family of Essex County.
POLICE
From the time of the Civil War, or earlier, special police were appointed in Needham for a year, or as occasion re- quired, but in the seventies and eighties there was practi- cally no police service in town except on the Fourth of July, and at periods when disturbances were anticipated, as during the construction of the Sudbury River conduit. On Sep- tember 15, 1893, the town passed a resolution favoring night police, as the result of the supposed presence on the Great Plain of a "fire bug", and consequently a night watchman was assigned to duty. In 1895 a night police was appointed for Highlandville, and two years later a man was given even- ing duty at the Upper Falls. As the town grew, and became the terminus of several street railways, the amount of day service was increased, and it has usually been efficient. In 19II there were no less than twenty-four police officers in Needham, but some of them were appointed to protect particular estates, and received no pay from the town. The appropriation in 1895 was $1400 and the fines, a total of $1592.80, in 1905 $3000, in 1906 $3400, 1910 $3300. From 1882 to 1900, inclusive, William Wragg, now deputy-
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sheriff, was one of the constables and was also a police officer, rendering valuable service. His brother, George E. Wragg, was for several years an active and well-known officer, and was the first regular night policeman. In 1911 Norman MeKenzie, night police at the modern centre of the town, and Armand J. Mathey, both brave and capable men, have served the town as police for more than a dozen years. Mr. Mathey's duties are partly as day officer on the Great Plain, but he is always to be depended upon when police protec- tion is desired in other portions of the town.
The following lists give the names of the
MINOR TOWN OFFICERS
from 17II to 1776, inclusive.
Overseers of the Poor to 1776: - Amos Fuller, 1751, '52 (May 21)-4 (three years, ten months), Jonathan Smith, 1751, '52 (died in 1752), James Smith, 1751, '52, Ebenezer Skinner, 1752, '53, '55, Nathaniel Man, 1753, '54, Henry Dewing, 1754, '55, '57, '60, Timothy Kingsbery, Jr., 1755, 57, '58, Jonathan Parker, 1756, John Fisher, Jr., 1756, '58, 59, John Kingsbery, 1757, '61, David Smith, 1757, Jere- miah Woodcock, 1757, John Bird, 1758, Benjamin Mills, 1758, Joseph Daniell, 1759, William Brown, 1759, William Alden, 1760, Seth Wilson, 1760, Capt. Caleb Kingsbery, 1761, Jesse Kingsbery, 1761.
Wardens: - Jonathan Smith, Jr., 1761, Ebenezer Fuller, 1761, Isaac Underwood, 1762, Josiah Eaton, 1762, Timothy Newell, 1762, Joseph Drury, 1763, Ensign Eliakim Cook, 1763, Nathaniel Fisher, 1763, Moses Fisk, 1764, John Alden, 1764, Benjamin Mills, 1764, Samuel Daniell, 1765, James Man, 1765, Isaac Goodenow, 1765, William Smith, 1766, Samuel Huntting, 1766, Ensign John Bacon, 1766, Lieut. Jonathan Day, 1767 (he had been chosen in 1765 and de- clined), Stephen Bacon, 1767, William Mills, 1767, Capt. Lemuel Pratt, 1768, Samuel Greenwood, 1768, Ebenezer Skin- ner, 1768, Jesse Kingsbery, 1769, Silas Alden, 1769, Ebenezer
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Ware, 1769, Ebenezer Newell, 1770, Joseph Daniell, Jr., 1770, Thomas Broad, 1770, Aaron Smith, Jr., 1771, Ebenezer Clark, 1771, John Ayers, 1771, Ensign Timothy Kingsbery, 1772, Thomas Fuller, 1772, Moses Fisk, 1772-4 (three years), Elisha Mills, 1773, Samuel Kelton, 1773, Samuel Ware, 1774, Robert Smith, 1774, Stephen Bacon, Jr., 1774, Lieut. Moses Bullard, 1775, Eleazer Fuller, 1775, Jeremiah Daniell, 1775, Ephraim Pain, 1775, Samuel Alden, 1776, Josiah Newell, Jr., 1776, Benjamin Ward, 1776, John Slack, 1776, David Mills, 1776, Samuel Huntting, 1776.
The following were elected, but were excused and never served: - Lieut. Samuel Townsend, 1764, Ensign John Bacon, 1764, Robert Smith, 1768, Lieut. Aaron Smith, 1768.
Surveyors of Highways, 1712-76: - Jonathan Parker, 1712, '13, Samuel Parker, 1712, '28, '35, Josiah Kingsbery, 1712, Christopher Smith, 1712, '20, '23, Samuel Mills, 1712, Joseph Haws, 1713, Joseph Boyden, 1713, '29, George Robin- son, 1713, Capt. John Fisher, 1714, '18, '20, '22, Jonathan Dewing, 1714, "Sargeant" Joseph Daniell, 1714, '19, '20, James Kingsbery, 1714, '18, '21, '30, Eleazer Kingsbery, 1714, "Sargeant" Thomas Fuller, 1715, '19, '25, '33 (En- sign in 1733), Benjamin Mills, Sr., 1715, Joseph Mills, 1715, '17, '19, '32, '37, Lieut. Robert Cook, 1715, '33 (Captain), Josiah Newell, 1715, Ebenezer Ware, 1716, '17, '27, '29, John Fisher, Jr., 1716, '19, '34, '46 (Captain in 1746), Heze- kiah Broad, 1716, '21, '25, Nathaniel Bullard, 1716, Ephraim Ware, Sr., 1717, '23, Andrew Dewing, 1717, John Woodcock, 1717, '31 (May 18), '35, '36, '41, Joseph Barber, 1718, '20, '26, '31, '35, '37, Daniel Pratt, 1718, Jonathan Smith, 1721, 40, '43, '44, Samuel Wilson, 1721, '26, John Rice, 1722, Henry Dewing, 1723, '29, '30, Samuel Bacon, 1723, Jere- miah Gay, 1724, '37, '43, '44, Aaron Smith, 1724, '35, Israel Mills, 1724, Nathaniel Ware, 1725, '36, '45, William Cook, 1725, Benoni Woodward, 1726, '32, Isaac Mills, 1726, '35, '42 (December 27, vice John Parker), Samuel Smith, 1727, '28, John Underwood, 1727, '29, Peter Edes, 1727,
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'36, '43, Edmund Dewing, 1727, Robert Ware, 1728, '33, '55, Timothy Bacon, 1728, Jeremiah Fisher, 1728, '30, William Chub, 1729, '40, John Alden, 1731, '37, '39, '44, '55, Jeremiah Haws, 1732, David Fuller, 1732, Nathaniel Ayers, 1733, '37, John Mackentire, 1734, '38, '39, Timothy Kings- bery, Jr., 1734, '38, '48, Samuel Bacon, Jr., 1734, '43, Joseph Daniell, 1734, Josiah Newell, Jr., 1735, '42, John Goldsberry, 1736, Jonathan Parker, 1736, '40, '45, '49, Lieut. Andrew Dewing, 1736, '41, Josiah Eaton, 1737, '65, Jeremiah Wood- cock, Jr., 1738, Nathaniel Man, 1738, '44, '46, Dea. Timothy Kingsbery, 1739, John Goodanow, 1739, Ebenezer Skinner, 1739, Amos Fuller, 1740, '59 (Lieutenant in 1759), Jonathan Gay, 1741, '43, '44, John Ockinton, 1741, John Parker, 1742 (died October 13), John Pain, Jr., 1742 (September 6), '45, William Alden, 1742, '46, '61, Josiah Upham, 1742, John Fisher, Jr., 1743 (May 16), '44, '66, Samuel Huntting, 1744, Jesse Kingsbery, 1745, '65, Jonathan Smith, Jr., 1745, Samuel Daniell, 1746, '48, '57, '64, '74, Christopher Smith, 1746, Abraham Ireland, 1746, '47, Samuel Bacon, 1747, Samuel Mackentire, 1747, '69, Joshua Smith, 1747, Jonathan Dem- ing, 1747, '73, David Mills, 1748, Hezekiah Gay, 1748, '60, Eleazer Kingsbery, Jr., 1748, '60, '70, Ebenezer Fisher, 1749, Jacob Mills, 1749, '50, Robert Cook, Jr., 1749, Nathaniel Tolman, 1749, '55, Nathaniel Fisher, 1750, '51, '67, Thomas Pain, 1750, William Mills, Jr., 1750, Jeremiah Eaton, 1751, '66, Ithamar Smith, 1751, William Brown, 1751, '57, '59, '66, Samuel Chub, 1751, Henry Dewing, Jr., 1752, Samuel Richards, 1752, Josiah Reed, 1752, David Smith, 1752, Seth Wilson, 1752, '55, '58, '59, '65, Stephen Huntting, 1752, Jeremiah Dewing, 1753, Theophilus Richardson, 1753, Abraham Chamberlain, 1753, Lemuel Pratt, 1753, '67 (Cap- tain in 1767), '72 (June 9), Ephraim Ware, 1753, Josiah Dewing, 1754, '56, John Mills, 1754, Josiah Woodward, 1754, '60, John Simpson, 1754, Joseph Mackintire, 1754, Ebenezer Huntting, 1755, John Fuller, 1756,'66, Ephraim Bul- lard, 1756, '57, '66, Eliphalet Kingsbery, 1756, '57, '73 (May
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THE HISTORY OF NEEDHAM
19), John Bird, 1756, Nathaniel Ware, Jr., 1757, '69, Samuel Daggett, 1757, '72, '73, Joseph Mudge, 1758, Reube Dun- ton, 1758, Ebenezer Dewing, 1758, '59, Ebenezer Ware, Jr., 1758, Eliakim Cook, 1760, Aaron Smith, Jr., 1761, '62, John Ayers, 1761, '65, Timothy Newell, 1761, '62, Nathaniel Blackinton, 1761, Benjamin Mills, 1762, David Hall, 1762, '68, Joseph Daniell, Jr., 1762, James Parker, 1763, Josiah Upham, Jr., 1763, '71, John Kingsbery, 1763, James Man, 1763, '69, Isaac Goodenow, 1763, Ebenezer Fuller, 1764, Capt. Ephraim Jackson, 1764, '68, Ensign John Bacon, 1764, William Mills, 1764, '75, Samuel Greenwood, 1764, Elisha Mills, 1765, '74, Joseph Drury, 1765, Thomas Hall, 1766, 74, Oliver Mills, 1766 (May 22), '70, '74, Amos Fuller, Jr., 1767, Timothy Dwight, 1767, Daniel Gould, 1767, Lieut. Samuel Townsend, 1768, '73, Ebenezer Ware, 1768, Amos Mills, 1768, Lieut. Ebenezer Fisher, 1768, Samuel Ware, 1768 (May 18), '69, '75, Benjamin Davenport, 1769, Joseph Hawes, 1769, John Bacon, 1769, Lieut. Jonathan Day, 1770, '72, Thomas Fuller, Jr., 1770, '76 (no Jr. in 1776), Henry Dewing, 1770, John Bacon, Jr., 1770, Lieut. William Mack- intash, 1771, Isaac Goodenow, Jr., 1771, Josiah Newell, Jr., 1771, Thomas Broad, 1771, Eleazer Fuller, 1771, Eliakim Cook, Jr., 1771, Ephraim Stevens, 1772, '76, Michael Bacon, 1772, Samuel Alden, 1772, Ebenezer Wilkinson, 1772 (May 28), John Bacon, Jr., 1772, Silas Alden, 1773, Isaac Bacon, 1773, Jeremiah Daniell, 1773, Ebenezer Clark, 1773, Jona- than Kingsbery, 1774, Jonathan Gay, 1774, John Smith, 1774, William Leverett, 1775, '76, Moses Kingsbery, 1775, Josiah Newell, Esq., 1775, Ezra Mills, 1775, Benjamin Ward, 1775, Capt. Caleb Kingsbery, 1776, John Slack, 1776, Timothy Fisher, 1776, Moses Fisk, 1776, Lieut. Moses Bullard, 1776.
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