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FREDERICK KNIBBS.
58th Mass. Inf. Died May 24, 1864, Fredericksburg, Va., of wounds received ----. SAMUEL G. LAMSON.
Paymaster's Clerk, U. S. A. Died Aug. 4, 1863, on Steamer Ruth. JOHN LEE.
5th Mass. Cav. Died June 21, 1865, on Steamer Ashland.
WILLIAM LYNCH. Corp. 28th Mass. Inf. Died of wounds Jan. 3, 1863. JAMES McCALLEY.
59th Mass. Inf. Died May 29, 1864, Arlington Heights, Va. EDWARD MALONEY. 56th Mass. Inf. Died June 13, 1864, City Point, Va. JOHN MEAD. 16th Mass. Battery. Died Jan. 28, 1865, New Brunswick, Va. OTIS S. MERRILL.
44th Mass. Inf. Died March 2, 1863, Newberne, N. C. JAMES MILES. 2d Mass. Cav. Killed Feb. 22, 1864, Drainsville, Va. PATRICK MORIARTY. 56th Mass. Inf. Died Oct. 14, 1864, Danville, Va. MICHAEL MORRISSY. U. S. Navy : Steamer W. G. Anderson. Died Dec. 14, 1861. ABEL W. MORSE.
32d Mass. Inf. Killed June 3, 1861, Bethesda Church, Va. ROBERT S. MURRAY.
Corp. 12th Mass. Inf. Killed Sept. 17, 1862, Antietam, Md. JEREMIAH O'BRIEN.
24th Mass. Inf. Killed May 16, 1864, Drury's Bluff, Va. MICHAEL O'NEIL.
30th Mass. Inf. Killed July 13, 1863, Donaldsonville, La. JULIUS A. PHELPS. Ist Mass. Inf. Killed June 30, 1862, Glendale, Va. SAMUEL S. REED.
2d Mass. Heavy Art. Died Sept. 8, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. CHARLES E. ROLLINS.
44th Mass. Inf. Killed Nov. 2, 1862, Little Creek, N. C. HENRY L. ROSS. 56th Mass. Inf. Killed May 6, 1864, The Wilderness, Va. CARLETON A. SHURTLEFF.
Medical Cadet. Invalided at the Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. Died June 26, 1864, Brookline. GEORGE T. STEARNS.
22d Mass. Inf. Died July 5, 1864, Washington, D. C., of wounds received in The Wilderness, Va. HENRY V. D. STONE.
2d Lieut. 2d Mass. Inf. Killed July 3, 1863, Gettysburg, Pa. JOHN GORHAM THAYER.
Capt. Ist Mass. Cav. Died Dec. 28, 1864, Sacramento, Cal. WILLIAM H. TROWBRIDGE. 1st Mass. Inf. Died July 6, 1862, Malvern Hill, Va. JOSEPH W. TURNER. Ist Mass. Inf. Died June 21, 1862, Fair Oaks, Va. THOMAS G. WARREN.
22d Mass. Inf. Killed June 18, 1864, Petersburg, Va. AUGUSTUS WATERMAN. Ist Mass. Inf. Died Feb. 12, 1865, Searsport, Me. CHARLES F. WEBSTER. Co. G, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery. Missing in action, April 20, 186.1.
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Fisher, William.
Nolan, John.
Franklin, David B.
Newell, Michael.
Fenner, Erastus L.
Neil, John.
Flynn, Patrick.
Nash, Peter.
Flug, Rufus A.
Nolan, John.
Fernands, Mans.
Nolan, John.
Fisney, Thomas.
O'Sullivan, Thomas.
Fay, Thomas L.
Pike, Walter.
Gillispee, William.
Pinkham, Thomas H.
Gruce, William.
Quinlan, Michael.
Gross, Amasa J.
Quirk, William.
Griswold, John N.
Rogers, John.
Gordon, Henry.
Russell, Brightman.
Gould, Charles H.
Sullivan, Michael.
Garvin, William.
Stephens, Peter E.
Hartford, Hiram E.
Sterling, Hiram.
Heher, Patrick.
Stickney, John S. R.
Holmes, Francis G.
Stephens, Joel L.
Holbrook, William.
Swarez, Manual.
Joseph F. Green, captain.
William H. Gilson.
George Treadwell.
Winslow L. Hallett.
Henry W. Wells, master's
Frederic Hutchers.
mate. Richard Soule.
Stephen Longfellow, coast sur- vey. Patrick Mitchell.
Terrance Gallagher.
John O'Dea.
Sailors in the United States Navy credited to Brookline-1861
to 1865.
Ashton, George E.
Conner, John C.
Antonio, George.
Cutter, Sebastian.
Armitage, Thomas B.
Carr, George W.
Ayer, Edward H.
Cloutman, Henry.
Anderson, John.
Coburn, George M.
Adams, William W.
Cunningham, Michael.
Altham, George.
Callahan, Thomas.
Borden, Nathaniel A.
Callahan, John.
Blake, Samuel.
Curtis, Frank.
Mahoney, Timothy.
Wood, Samuel.
Byron, William E.
Cunningham, Thomas A.
Brown, John E.
Campbell, William H.
Bliss, Frederick.
Corrie, Robert.
Barrett, Richard.
Colby, Edward P.
Berry, James T.
Callahan, E. J.
Boyden, John.
Downey, Jeremiah.
Burk, John.
Devoe, Cornelius.
Martin, John.
Welsh, Michael.
Byrnes, James.
Doyle, Cornelius.
McDermot, Patrick.
Watson, Joseph.
Bains, Joseph.
Dunn, James.
Burns, Patrick.
Dunn, James T.
Baring, James.
Daley, Timothy.
Mullen, Thomas.
Whatson, James.
Butler, Winthrop.
Dailey, John.
Bruce, W. G.
Donald, David.
Brigham, Frank W.
Eldridge, Joshua H.
Brickett, George F.
Ewer, George W.
Belmano, F. C.
Edgar, Henry P.
Bigelow, B. F.
Evans, George.
Blackmer, John.
Ellis, Francis E.
Burleigh, Daniel C.
Edwards, Henry D.
Castono, Admirian.
Cage, Henry.
Cloth, William P.
Franklin, Benjamin.
Benjamin White, 1706, '17, '18, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32.
; Thomas Stedman, 1707, 'OS, '09, '10, '13, '16, '18.
Samuel Sewell, 1706, '08, '09, '10, '12, '14, '15.
Erosamond Drew, 1713.
Josiah Winchester, 1713, '14, '17.
Came, Lewis.
Clancy, Paul.
Fay, John.
John Seaver, 1715, '18, '37. Joseph Gardner, 1719, '20.
Sullivan, Jeremiah.
Harrington, John.
Sheean, Dennis.
Ignases, Raphael.
Smith, John.
Jordan, William.
Sheldon, George.
Johnson, John.
Trask, Moses H.
Joyce, Thomas.
Tucker, Hiram.
Kinney, William H.
Thorner, William.
Kavill, Henry.
Todd, Joseph.
Keene, Patrick.
Treadwell, Frank.
Kruger, Henry J.
Traynor, Alfred.
Lehey, Thomas.
Todd, Samuel.
Landrigan, William.
Venton, Henry.
Millett, William.
Wornell, Jeremiah.
Manwarring, Wilson.
Wright, James.
Mahon, John.
Waltz, Jacob.
Myron, Henry.
Williams, Charles.
Morrissey, Mike. Williamson, Anthony W.
Merrill, Marcellus R.
Whitney, Patrick.
McCann, Thomas.
West, William C.
McGrath, Daniel.
Wilson, John.
McDonald, James.
Williams, George.
McElhone, Hugh.
Walton, John.
Moore, Samuel.
LIST OF SELECTMEN.
From the Incorporation of the Town of Brookline, Mass., to the Present Time.
Lieut. Thomas Gardner, 1706, '07, '11, '12.
Samuel Aspinwall, 1706, '07, '11, '12, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18.
John Winchester, 1706, '07, '08, '09, '10,'11,'16, '25, '26, '33, '37,
Cross, Richard. Coffin, Benjamin A. Chase, James W.
Faber, John W.
Curran, Daniel.
Fitzgerald, Florence. Frisbee, John B.
BROOKLINE.
HENRY W. WELLS. Ensign U. S. Navy. Lost at sea, Dec. 31, 1864. THOMAS WHALEN. 22d Mass. Inf. Killed May 10, 1864, Laurel Hill, Va. CHARLES H. WHEELWRIGHT. Surgeon U. S. Navy. Died July 30, 1862, Pilot Town, La. RICHARD H. WYETH. 3d Mass. Cav. Died while a prisoner, 1864.
The following-named persons, residents of the town of Brookline, were engaged in the United States naval service :
John S. G. Aspinwall, assist- Charles B. Pine. Thomas O. Selfridge, captain.
ant engineer.
Charles L. Bixby, coast sur- vey. - Danforth.
Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., lieu- tenant. George G. Stoddard, lieuten- ant of marines.
Hartigan, David B.
Sampson, Edward.
Hogan, Michael.
Sullivan. Daniel.
Harris, William.
Sullivan, Jeremiah.
Hart, Daniel.
Sullivan, John.
Harlow, Michael.
Spencer, Charles E.
Hazen, Edward L.
Smith, James W.
Holland, Jeremiah.
Patrick Linney.
Edwards, Shubale P. Fallon, Michael.
Faber, Henry D. Fisher, Erastus E.
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HISTORY OF NORFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
Lieut. Henry Winchester, 1719, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '36, '40.
Capt. Caleb Gardner, 1719, '20, '21, '22, '25, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31. James Griggs, 1721, '26.
Peter Boylston, 1722, '23, '24.
Samuel White, 1723, '24, '25, '34, '35, '36, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '56, '57.
Isaac Gardner, 1725, '33, '37, '45, '46, '47.
Capt. Robert Sharp, 1726, '27, '28, '29, '32, '34, '35, '38, '39, '47, '48, '49.
Deacon Thomas Cotton, 1730.
Abraham Woodward, 1731, '34, '35, '43, '50, '51, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59.
Elhanan Winchester, 1731, '32.
Capt. Edward White, 1733, '36, '40, '42, '43, '47, '52, '53.
Samuel Clark, 1733, '36.
Joshua Child, 1733.
William Gleason, 1738, '39.
Capt. Benjamin Gardner, 1738, '55, '56.
Col. Thomas Aspinwall, 1738, '41, '42, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '58, '76, '79, '85. Nathaniel Seaver. 1738.
William Davis, 1741.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, 1744.
Deacon Ebenezer Davis, 1750, '51, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '85, '86, '91, '92. Henry Sewall, 1752, '53, '60, '61.
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Jonathan Winchester, 1754, '55, '56, '57.
Nehemiah Davis, 1754, '59.
Deacon Joseph White, 1756, '58.
Jeremy Gridley, 1760, '61, '67.
John Harris, Jr., 1760, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '94, '95.
Isaac Gardner, Jr., 1760, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '71, 72. 73, 85, 256.
Capt. Benjamin White, 1762, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '70, '71, T2. 78, 74. 75, 76, 75, 70. 81, 82. Capt. Robert Sharp, Jr., 1762, '63, '64, '65, '66. Maj. Moses White, 1765, '78, '79, '83, '84, '87, '88, '89, '90.
Capt. John Goddard, 1767, '68, '69, '74, '76, '78, '80, '81, '82, '85, '86, '93. Thomas Griggs, 1768, '69, '75, '76.
Elisha Gardner, 1769, '77.
Isaac Winchester, 1770. Isaac Child, 1770, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76.
Maj. William Thompson, 1777, '80.
Capt. Timothy Corey, 1777, '93, '94, '95.
Elhanan Winchester, 1778. Capt. Samuel Craft, 1778, '79, '87, '88, '89, '90, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09.
Stephen Sharp, 1779, '83, '84, '93, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13. Capt. William Campbell, 1780, '81, '82.
Caleb Craft, 1783, '84, '91, '92.
Daniel Dana, 1785.
Deacon Samuel Clark, 1787, '88, '89, '90, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09. Isaac S. Gardner, 1791, '92, '96, '97, '98, 1814, '15, '16, '17. Nathaniel Winchester, 1794, '95.
Capt. Joseph Goddard, 1796, '97, '98, 1805, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17.
Deacon John Robinson, 1805, '06, '07, '08, '10, '1], '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34.
Eliphalet Spurr, 1807, '08, '10. Nathaniel Murdock, 1818, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24.
Oliver Whyte, 1818, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30.
Ebenezer Heath, 1825, '26, '27, '28, '29.
James Leeds, 1830, '31.
John Hayden, 1831, '32, '34.
Charles Stearns, Jr., 1832, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, 41. John Thayer, 1833.
| Daniel Sanderson, 1835, '36, '37.
Abijah W. Goddard, 1835, '36, '37.
Reubin Hunting, 1838.
John W. Bass, 1838, '39.
James Robinson, 1839, '40, '41.
Benjamin B. Davis, 1840, '41.
Daniel Sanderson, 1842, '43, '44, '45, '47.
David Coolidge, 1842, '43, '44.
Thomas Griggs, 1842, '43, '44.
Marshal Stearns, 1845, '46, '49, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66.
James Bartlett, 1845, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69.
1 Hugh M. Sanborn, 1846, '47, '48.
Bela Stoddard, 1848.
Samuel Craft, 1849.
Jerathmeel Davenport, 1850, '51, '52, '53.
William Dearborn, 1850, '51, '52.
David S. Coolidge, 1852, '53, '54.
John C. Abbott, 1854.
Howard S. Williams, 1855, '56, '57, '58, '59.1
Willard A. Humphrey, 1858, '59.
Thomas Parsons, 1858, '59, '60, '61, 62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '74, '75.
Edward R. Seccomb, 1860, '61, '62.
Nathaniel G. Chapin, 1860, '61, '62, '63.
William J. Griggs, 1863, '64, '65, '66, 67, '68, '69, '70.
Edward S. Philbrick, 1864, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69.
Horace James, 1867, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82.
Charles D. Head, 1870, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75.
Augustus Whittemore, 1870.
William Aspinwall, 1871, '72.
Charles K. Kirby, 1871, '72, '73, '74, '75.
| James W. Edgerly, 1871, '72, '73, '78.
Daniel D. Brodhead, 1873. Austin W. Benton, 1874, '75.
William I. Bowditch, 1876, '77, '78.2
James M. Codman, 1876, '77.
Francis W. Lawrence, 1876, '77, '78, '79, '82, '83, '84.
Marshall Russell, 1876, '77.
Oliver Whyte, 1877, '78, '79, '80, '81, '83, '84.
Moses Williams, Jr., 1879.
Rufus G. F. Candage, 1879, '80, '81.
Charles H. Drew, 1880, '81, '82, '83.
Roland C. Lincoln, 1880, '81.
William D. Coolidge, 1882.
Nathaniel Lyford, 1882.
Charles F. Spaulding, 1883.
John K. Rogers, 1883, 84. Alfred D. Chandler, 1884. James B. Hand, 1884.
I Voted to have five selectmen in 1858, which has been the custom of the town to the present time.
2 In 1876 the selectmen were overseers of the poor, survey- ors of highways, a special board of health having been elected.
In 1877 the selectmen, surveyors of highways, and board of health were one board.
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BROOKLINE.
ASSESSORS.
From the Incorporation of the Town of Brookline, Mass., to the Present Time.
Samuel Aspinwall, 1706.
Joseph Gardner, 1706.
John Winchester, Sr., 1706, '07.
Lieut. Thomas Gardner, 1707.
Ensign Benjamin White, 1707.
We find no record of any election of assessors for the town between 1707 and 1712. In that year the "Selectmen were au- thorized and appointed to Assess on the property," and from 1712 to 1737 the selectmen performed the duties of that office. Capt. Robert Sharp, 1738.
Benjamin Gardner, 1738, '43. Thomas Aspinwall, 1738.
Selectmen elected assessors, 1739, '40, '41, '42.
Ebenezer Davis, 1743, '44, '47, '48, '53, '92.
Nathaniel Seaver, 1743, '44, '47, '48, '53.
Samuel Craft, 1747, '48.
William Davis, 1753.
Selectmen elected assessors, 1749, '50, '51, '52, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84. (See List of Selectmen for names.)
No election of assessors in the following years, viz .: 1785, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95.
Selectmen elected assessors, 1796, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41.
Since 1796 up to 1856, the selectmen were elected to serve as assessors. From the last date they were annually elected, separately.
Charles Stearns, Jr., 1842, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '53.
Samuel Philbrick, 1842.
Seth T. Thayer, 1842.
Abijah W. Goddard, 1843, '49.
Timothy Corey, 1843, '44.
Isaac Cook, 1844, '45, 46.
Jesse Bird, 1845, '46.
Thomas Griggs, 1847, '48, '49, '50, '51.
Royal McIntosh, 1847, '48. John N. Turner, 1850, '51, '60, '61, '62.
William I. Bowditch, 1852, '70.
A. H. Newell, 1852.
William A. Humphrey, 1852, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59. Augustus W. Seamans, 1853, '54.
James Robinson, 1854.
Jerathmeel Davenport, 1855, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63. Frederic J. Williams, 1855, '56, '57.
William H. Jameson,1 1855, '56, '57.
Thomas B. Hall,1 1855, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78. George Craft, 1855, '56, '57.
William B. Towne, 1863, '64, '65, '66, '67.
Albert W. Smith, 1864, '65, '66. Austin W. Benton, 1867, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72.
Marshal Stearns, 1868, '69.
William Aspinwall, 1871. William Lincoln, 1872, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84.
1 During the years 1855, '56, '57, these men were assistant assessors only.
Frederic W. Prescott, 1873, '74, '75, '76, '77.
Rufus G. F. Candage, 1873, '84.
J. Anson Guild, 1878, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84.
William D. Coolidge, 1879, '80, '81, '82, '83. Nominated, but died before election (1884).
TOWN CLERKS. From the Date of Incorporation.
Josiah Winchester, Sr., 1706, '07, '10, '13.
Samuel Sewall, 1708, '09, '12, '14, '26.
Thomas Stedman, 1711.
John Seaver, 1715, '16, '17, '18.
Edward White, 1719, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25.
Samuel White, 1727, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45.
Henry Sewall, 1746.
| Ebenezer Davis, 1747, '48, '49, '51.
Henry Davis, 1750.
Jonathan Winchester, 1752, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57.
Isaac Gardner, Jr., 1758, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75.
Stephen Sharp, 1776, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13.
Oliver Whyte, 1814, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41.
Otis Withington, 1842, '43, '44, '45.
Artemas Newell, 1846, '47, '48, '49.
William Aspinwall, 1850, '51.
Benjamin F. Baker, 1852, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, 69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84.
Much of the time previous to 1849 the town clerk held the office of treasurer, as may be seen by comparing list of names.
TREASURERS OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE.
From the Date of Incorporation.
Samuel Sewall, Jr., 1707, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '14, '15, '18, '26. Josiah Winchester, 1713, '16.
Joseph Goddard, 1717.
Edward White, 1719, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25.
Samuel White, 1727, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45.
Henry Sewall, 1746.
Ebenezer Davis, 1747, '48, '49, '51, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72.
Henry Davis, 1750.
Jonathan Winchester, 1752, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57.
Isaac Gardner, Jr., 1758, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '70. Benjamin White, 1773, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79.
Maj. William Thompson, 1780.
Dr. William Aspinwall, 1781, '82, 'S3, '84, 'S5, '86, '87, 'S8, '89, '90.
Stephen Sharp, 1791, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13. Ebenezer Heath, 1814, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28.
Oliver Whyte, 1829, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37.
Artemas Newell, 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47. Stephen S. C. Jones, 1848.
Moses Withington, 1849, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, 'S1, '82, '83, '84.
838
HISTORY OF NORFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
NAMES OF MODERATORS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN- MEETINGS.
From the Incorporation of the Town to the Present Time, with the Date of the Meeting.
March 4, 1706.
3,1707.
7, 1708-9.
66 6, 1709-10.
66 5, 1710-11.
66
3, 1712.
=
2, 1713.
1,1714.
21, 1715.
66
5, 1781. Benjamin White.
12, 1716.
18, 1717.
March 3, 1718. Josiah Winchester, Sr.
2, 1719. Edward White.
9, 1720.
66 6, 1721.
66
19, 1787.
66 17, 1788. Col. Thomas Aspinwall.
66 4, 1723. 66
1, 1724.
66
66
15, 1790. Col. Thomas Aspinwall.
1, 1725.
66
66 14, 1791. John Goddard.
5, 1792.
66 4, 1728. Samuel White.
66
3, 1794.
66 3, 1729. 66 66
16 2,1730.
1, 1731. Capt. Caleb Gardner.
66
6, 1797.
66 6, 1732. Capt. Edward White.
5, 1733. Samuel White.
4, 1799. 66 66
1, 1734.
3, 1735.
1, 1736.
= 7, 1737.
6, 1738. 6
66
66
12, 1804.
16
5, 1739. 66
66
66
11, 1805. 66
3, 1740.
2, 1741.
1, 1742.
66
7, 1743. Maj. White.
66 5, 1744. Samuel White.
12, 1810.
66 11, 1811.
9, 1812.
66
= 2, 1747. 66
66
8, 1813. 66
KC 6,1719.
..
6, 1815.
:
..
46 5, 1750.
11, 1751.
66
66
3, 1817.
66
2, 1752.
5, 1753.
66 4, 1754. Jonathan Winchester.
6, 1820.
66
3, 1755. 66
16 1, 1756. Samuel White.
66
4, 1822.
66
66
66 7,1757.
66
3, 1823.
1,1824.
7, 1825.
3, 1760. 66
2, 1761. 66
66
5, 1827.
66
66
66
22, 1762. Ebenezer Davis.
7, 1763. Jeremiah Gridley.
5, 1764. Ebenezer Davis.
4, 1765. 66
3, 1766. Jeremiah Gridley.
2, 1767. 66 66
March 7, 1768. Ebenezer Davis.
6, 1769. William Hyslop. 66
66
4, 1771.
2, 1772.
66
66
1, 1773. 66
7, 1774.
66
6, 1775.
66
11, 1776. Stephen Sharp.
17, 1777. William Thompson.
2, 1778. Hon. Benjamin White.
29, 1779. John Goddard.
6, 1780. Col. Thomas Aspinwall.
21, 1782.
66 3, 1783. John Goddard.
8, 1784. Capt. William Campbell.
66 7, 1785. Deacon Elisha Gardner.
6, 1786. John Goddard.
5, 1722.
7, 1726. Samuel Sewell, Jr. 6, 1727. 66
66 1, 1793.
10, 1800.
9,1801.
1, 1802.
10, 1806.
.6
66 9, 1807.
14, 1808.
6, 1809.
66
4, 1745.
3, 1746.
66
66
7, 1748. 66 66
14, 1814. Isaac S. Gardner.
2, 1818.
66
1, 1819. Deacon John Robinson.
6, 1758. Edward White. 1759. Jeremiah Gridley.
3, 1828.
2, 1829.
66
66
66
1, 1830.
7, 1831.
6.
66
5, 1832.
3, 1833.
66
66
66
66
4, 1816.
5, 1821.
66
66
6, 1826.
66
..
14, 1803.
9, 1795. Isaac S. Gardner.
66 14, 1796. Hon. William Aspinwall.
12, 1798. Stephen Sharp.
16, 1789. John Goddard.
In these years the name of the presiding officer is not re- corded.
5, 1770. Capt. Benjamin White.
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BROOKLINE.
March 3, 1834. Deacon John Robinson.
2, 1835. 66
7, 1836. 66
6. 1837. .
5, 1838.
66
4, 1839. 66
Thomas Griggs.
2, 1840.
44
66
66
7, 1842.
4, 1843.
66
66
Daniel Sanderson.
3, 1845.
66
66
2, 1846. 66
66
66
1, 1847. Marshal Stearns.
6, 1848. James Bartlett.
5, 1849. George F. Homer.
4, 1850. William I. Bowditch.
10, 1851. 8, 1852.
66
66
14, 1853. John Howe.
66
20, 1854. William I. Bowditch.
66 19, 1855.
17, 1856. ..
16, 1857. 66
22, 1858. Theophilus P. Chandler.
29, 1859. William I. Bowditch.
26, 1860. 66
66 25, 1861. James Murray Howe.
66 24, 1862. 66
23, 1863. William I. Bowditch.
21, 1864. George F. Homer.
20, 1865.
66
66
66 19, 1866.
66
66
18, 1867. William I. Bowditch.
23, 1868. 66
22, 1869. 66
66
28, IS70.
4 .
27, 1871. George F. Homer.
66 25, 1872. Charles H. Drew.
66 31, 1873.
16 24, 1874. 66 66
66 22, 1875. 66
66 20, 1876. William I. Bowditch.
66 27,1877.
66
26, 1878. William Aspinwall.
25, 1879. Charles H. Drew.
66 30, 1880. William I. Bowditch.
14, 1881. George M. Towle.
6, 1882. Rufus G. F. Candage.
66
5, 1883.
Feb. 15, 1884. Moses Williams.
Brookline Representatives .- Forty-one men have been chosen representatives from Brookline. The first was in 1709, the last in 1883,-a period of one hun- dred and seventy-five years inclusive. There appears to be thirty-six years in that period when no repre- sentative was chosen, either because the law did not require it, or because there was no choice during those years when a majority vote was required, or because the town could not afford it, when by law representatives were paid by the town, or because of other reasons not of record or not now apparent.
Stephen Sharp was elected representative fourteen
times, thirteen in succession, between 1800 and 1813. Deacon John Robinson, the tanner, was elected thir- teen times between 1819 and 1834. He was also a selectman for thirty years. The four Whites-Ed- ward, Samuel, and Benjamin Sr. and Jr .- served altogether twenty-nine years.
Of Dr. William Aspinwall, who was nine times elected our representative, between 1790 and 1800, Mr. Winthrop, in his town hall address, said, " No name of his period-in Brookline history, certainly -has been more honored, or more worthy of being honored, not always the same thing, than that of the late Dr. William Aspinwall, so long an eminent physician of the town, and who, while devoted to the duties of his profession and to the interests of his native place, found time to serve the State with distinction as a member successively of both branches of the Legislature and of the Executive Council." Dr. Aspinwall died April 16, 1823, at the age of eighty.
Elections were in April, May, or June until the year 1832, when the time was changed to November.
In 1714 the town put it on record that it was actually too poor to send a representative. Now (1883) the single item of the annual interest on the town debt is nearly sufficient to pay for two-thirds of the whole body of representatives,-two hundred and forty in number. In 1714 Brookline staggered " upon Acc't of their building a Meeting House and the great charges thereof." At present the average annual ex- penditure of money in Brookline since 1870 has been $472,144. Brookline, with only eight thousand peo- ple, now requires more money annually than the city of Boston did in 1822 with over forty thousand inhab- itants, the sum spent that year in Boston being only $249,170.
Brookline has a taxed capital of $25,000,000. It pays a larger State tax than all Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties combined, more than all Hampshire County with its twenty-three towns, more than all Franklin County with its twenty-six towns, and more than either one of the cities of Salem, Lynn, Somerville, or Taunton. Where the interests of so much property are involved Brookline now owes it to itself and the commonwealth to select its repre- sentatives with care.
In very early times the compensation was what the town chose to vote, each town being obliged to pay its own representative. In 1710 Brookline voted three shillings a day to John Winchester for sixty-four days' service.
It appears by Senate document No. 11, 1879, that for a considerable period prior to 1858 the compensa-
66
66
66
66
1, 1841.
Abijah W. Goddard.
4, 1844.
66
66
66
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HISTORY OF NORFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
tion of each legislator was determined by itself, and from 1830 to 1857 inclusive it had uniformly been at the rate of two dollars for each day's attendance, with mileage at the rate of one dollar for every five miles' travel, one way, once in each session. In 1858 an act was passed fixing compensation at three hun- dred dollars for the' regular session, with mileage at the same rate as above; and this law remained in force until 1865, when it was repealed without the substitution of any other provision, and from that time to 1871 each Legislature fixed its own compen- sation. In 1866 it was four dollars per day, and from 1867 to 1870 inclusive five dollars per day, with mileage as above stated. In 1871 the compensation was fixed at seven hundred and fifty dollars, with mileage as above, and so remained until 1876. In 1875 it was provided that mileage should consist in the actual expenses paid for travel, once in each ses- sion, each way. In 1876 the compensation was re- duced to six hundred and fifty dollars, and at present by the public statutes it is five hundred dollars for each member of the Senate and House, and one dol- laa for every five miles' travel from his place of abode, once in each session.
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