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Matthew Bridge (1643). AUTHORITIES: Paige's Hist. of Cambridge; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Records of Mass. Bay.
James Browne (1643). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., VII., 335 (will).
John Button (1643). AUTHORITIES: Savage's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records; Records of Mass. Bay. Francis Chickering (1643). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; Dedham Records; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company.
1 Epitaph prepared for the gravestones of Mat- thew (1643) and Thomas Bridge (1643) by a de- scendant, Samnel Bridge, of Boston : -
"In memory of Matthew Bridge, Esq., eldest son of Deacon John Bridge. Came over with him from England in 1631.
" He resided with his father in this city, in 1632. A member of the Artillery Company in 1643. Admitted a freeman in 1645. Removed to Lexing- ton, and a large landholder in 1666. IIe subscribed for the erection of the First Church in 1692, and paid the largest parish tax at its organization in 1693. At the ordination of Rev. John Hancock, in 1698, as a mark of distinction and respect for his advanced age, he was seated at the table in the meeting-house by order of the parish.
" He was a prominent citizen, having served the town in many important public stations with honor and fidelity. A man who feared God and loved his fellow-men. He died at Lexington, April 28, 1700.
" In 1643, he married Anna, danghter of Nick- olas and Elizabeth Danforth, a woman of most exemplary virtne and piety. She died Dec. 2, 1704, aged eighty-four years."
? " In memory of Thomas Bridge, Esq., youngest son of Deacon John Bridge. Came over with him from England in 1631.
" He resided with his father, in this city, in 1632. A member of the Artillery Company in 1643. Admitted a freeman in 1648. Removed to Boston, and was a merchant in 1650. Ile and Dorcas, his wife, died during a prevailing epidemic, beloved, honored, and lamented, March, 1656.
" Also, Dorcas, only daughter of Thomas and Dorcas Bridge, and wife of Capt. Daniel Champney. Born Feb. 16, 1648; died Feb. 7, 1683."
3 In the list of officers for 1653, as recorded in the oldest book of the Company, " John Browne " is given as the second sergeant. As no John Browne appears on the roll prior to 1653, this is, probably, an error for James Browne (1638).
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He was admitted to become a freeman May 13, 1640 ; was a member of the church in Dedham, and was chosen one of its first deacons in 1650 ; he was a selectman of Dedham for many years, and represented that town in the General Court in 1644 and 1653. He is called " ensign " in the Dedham Records, in 1656. He was a man of worth and wealth, the ancestor of a distinguished family. He died Oct. 2, 1658.
Richard Cooke (1643), a tailor, came from Gloucestershire, England ; was admitted to the First Church Aug. 28, 1634, and to be a freeman March 4, 1635. He was the representative of Dover, N. H., in 1670. In the Book of Possessions, his six pieces of real estate are defined, the first being his house and garden on School Street, nearly opposite City Hall. His house I was the second, toward Tremont Street, from Arthur Perry's (1638). Here, also, lived his son, Dr. Elisha Cooke, who was prominent in the politics of the colony, and married a daughter of Gov. Leverett (1639). Their son, Elisha, Jr. (no less renowned than Elisha, Sr.), joined the Artillery Company in 1699. The will of Lieut. Richard Cooke (1643), containing a legacy to Harvard College, was proved Dec. 25, 1673, in which month he died. He was ensign of the Artillery Com- pany in 1666, and lieutenant in 1668.
Upon the decease of Richard Cooke (1643), Ensign John Hull ( 1660) was appointed by the court to succeed him as lieutenant of Capt. William Hudson's (1640) company.
Richard Cutter (1643), brother of William (1638), of Cambridge, probably came with his mother about 1638 and settled in Cambridge. He was admitted to be a free- man June 2, 1641, and died June 16, 1693, aged about seventy-two years. His first wife, Elizabeth, died March 5, 1661-2, and he married, Feb. 14, 1662-3, Mrs. Frances Amsden.
John Davis (1643), of Boston, came over in the "Increase " in 1635, and was a joiner by trade. He was admitted to the First Church Jan. 3, 1635-6, and became a freeman May 25, 1636. He was a supporter of Mr. Wheelwright and Mrs. Hutchinson, and was punished therefor. In 1641, Rev. John Wilson sold land on the (present) corner of State and Devonshire streets to Sergt. John Davis (1643), the joiner, and Davis, in 1646, sold it to Edmund Jackson (1646). After 1646, the name of John Davis (1643) disappears from the Boston Records. Savage suggests that Mr. Davis ( 1643) may have gone to Duxbury, where one John Davis sold an estate in 1650.
William Davis (1643), of Boston in 1643, was an apothecary ; admitted to the church July 28, 1644, and to be a freeman in 1645. "He was a man of wealth, enter- prise, and discretion." He was a selectman of Boston in 1647, from 1654 to 1661 inclusive, also from 1670 to 1675 inclusive; one of the founders of the Old South Church in 1669. He was lieutenant in 1652, and captain in 1656, of the Suffolk County troop, and commanded a troop of horse in Ninigret's war ; was joined with Gen. Leverett (1639), afterward Governor, to visit the Dutch Governor, Stuyvesant, of New York, in
Richard Cooke (1643). AUTHORITIES : Whit- man's Hist. A. and II. A. Company; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records.
John Davis (1643). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; Drake's Hist. of Boston.
William Davis (1643). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records; Whitman's
Hist. A. and H. A. Company; Records of Mass. Bay; Hill's Hist. of Old South Church.
1 March 29, 1652, Sergt. Richard Cooke (1643) was allowed to set a house on the town's ground, between the house Mr. Woodmansey lived in and the town "skoole " house. This arrangement pro- vided for the enlargement of the school-house.
May Thomas Savage (1637) Who led the mass men against King Philip at Mount Hope and who married (2) mary, daughter of Bar- Zechauch Symme - first minister of Charles town, Mass. was a brother-in-law of Capt I'M Davis, who was also in that and zubuquet Exp'm against those Indians - for the (Capt D.) m- Huldich Symme (See next page) -
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1653, and was a commissioner to King Philip, at Taunton, in 1671, in company with William Hudson (1640) and Thomas Brattle (1672). Mr. Whitman (1810) says Capt. William Davis "accompanied the brave Capt. Thomas Lake [1653] in his expedition to Kennebec, in 1676, and with him escaped at a back door, when the Indians had gained the fort, to the water's side, where Capt. Lake [1653] fell. Capt. Davis [1643] was wounded, but made his escape."
Capt. Davis (1643) represented Springfield in the House of Representatives in 1652, 1666, 1671, and 1672. He probably resided in that town for a few years, and there he married, in 1644, a daughter of William Pynchon, the assistant, the founder and leading inhabitant of the town. She died July 3, 1653, and he married Huldah Symmes. In his will, he gave four hundred pounds to his wife Sarah. He also repre- sented Haverhill in 1668. His house was on State Street, on the lot next west of "William Hudson's [1640], where in provincial days stood the Bunch of Grapes tavern"; or on the lot next west of that on the corner of Kilby and State streets.
Capt. William Davis (1643) was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1645, ensign in 1652, lieutenant in 1659 and 1663, and captain in 1664 and 1672. Of his sons, Benjamin joined the Artillery Company in 1673, and William in 1677.
Capt. Davis (1643) died May 24, 1676, and was buried in the chapel burial-ground.
Edward Fletcher (1643), of Boston, a cutler by trade, was admitted to be a towns- man Feb. 24, 1640, to be a freeman Oct. 12, 1640, and a member of the First Church in July of that year. His house was on the second lot south from the corner of Milk and Washington streets. He had grants of land, and held minor offices of the town. In 1656, he preached at Dover, N. H., returned to England in 1657, and subsequently preached at Dunsburn, England, from which, being dismissed in 1662, he came back to Boston. His will, in which he calls himself " clerk of Badgerden," was made Feb. 24, 1660, and proved Feb. 12, 1666.
His widow married, in 1676, Hugh Drury (1659) as his second wife.
John Gurnell (1643) came to Dorchester in 1630. He was a tanner by trade. He joined the church in 1638, was admitted to be a freeman May 10, 1643, and died July 31, 1675, "aged sixty-four years," according to his gravestone, on which his name is spelled Gornell. He left by will forty pounds, "to be put into the hands of some godly and honest man, to be by him loaned from time to time to some poor, honest and godly mechanic, to assist in setting him up in business." He also left "£20 to the schools in Dorchester." He was wealthy, "a very respectable citizen," and much interested in the prosperity of Dorchester.
John Hill (1643), of Boston in 1641, a blacksmith, was admitted to the First Church in July, 1641, and a freeman May 18, 1642. He died July 21, 1646. In 1643, he was one of the grantees of the franchise for a tide-mill, "on the north-west side of the causey leading to Charlestown," which lasted over one hundred and eighty years. His house was on the lot now the corner of North and Union streets.
Edward Fletcher (1643). AUTHORITIES : New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1862, 1868; Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Calamy, II., 330; Boston Rec- ords.
John Gurnell (1643). AUTHORITIES; Hist,
of Dorchester, by Antiq. and Hist. Soc .; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1851; Savage's Gen. Dict.
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John Hill (1643). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; New Eng Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1862; Snow's Hist. of Boston.
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Atherton Hough (1643) was mayor of Boston, England, in 1628, and an alderman there in 1633, when he decided to come to America with his minister, Rev. John Cotton. Mr. Hough (1643) arrived at Boston with his wife, Elizabeth, in the "Griffin," Sept. 4, 1633, became a freeman March 4, 1634, and was chosen an assistant in 1635. On account of his antinomian tendencies he was not chosen assistant in 1637, but Boston elected him a deputy in 1637 and 1638. He was present when the charter of the Military Company of the Massachusetts was granted. June 8, 1638, he was fined five shillings for absence when the General Court was called. He advanced fifty pounds to aid the colony, and in 1641 he was granted by the General Court four hundred acres of land in lieu thereof. His wife died Oct. 14, 1643, and he married another at Wells, who was received into the First Church, Boston, April 4, 1646.
Jan. 4, 1635, Mr. Hough (1643) was granted by the town of Boston six hundred acres of land at Mount Wollaston, which grant was soon after increased to seven hundred acres.
He was chosen selectman of Boston Sept. 28, 1640, for the six months following. His residence was on the southerly side of School Street, near Washington. Beacon Street, easterly end, was laid out on the 30th of March, 1640, by the following vote : " Also it is ordered yt ye streete from Mr. Atherton Haulghes [1643] to y" Centry Hill be layd out & soe kept open forever." The foregoing order established the whole of School Street, and Beacon Street as far as the present State House.
He died Sept. 11, 1650, leaving a widow, Susanna, and one son, Rev. Samuel Hough, of Reading.
Thomas Jones (1643) came from England to Dorchester in 1635, aged forty years. He was one of the first signers of the church covenant in 1636, was admitted to be a freeman March 13, 1638, and the same year was a deputy ; also in 1639 and 1649. He was elected selectman in 1636, and often during the thirty years after ; also, in 1661, a commissioner " to end small causes." He lived near the hill called by his name, and died "Nov. 13, 1667, aged 75 years," according to his gravestone. Col. Stoughton (1637) called him, in his will, " My loving friend Jones."
Henry Maudsley (1643), now Moseley, of Braintree, came in the "Hopewell " in 1635, aged twenty-four years. "Henry Moseley, of Dorchester in 1630, had a house-lot granted him in that town, Sept. 10, 1637," according to the History of Dorchester, " and was afterward in Boston and Braintree." Feb. 24, 1639-40, he was granted by the town of Boston twelve acres, at three shillings per acre. Henry Maudsley (1643) bought, about 1653, the lot on the corner of Hanover and Union streets, which Dr. Shurtleff identifies as the home of Franklin's father.
Samuel Moseley, the renowned Indian fighter, who joined the Artillery Company in 1672, was a son of Henry (1643).
Atherton Hough (1643). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Records of Boston, 1634-1660; Records of Mass. Bay; Savage's Edition of Win- throp's Hist. of New Eng.
This name is plainly Ilough on the oldest roll. It is the same on the transcript of 1745; but some one added "es" to the name, and Mr. Whitman (1810) translated Houghes to be Hewes. Mr. Hough's (1643) sureties were two very prominent
men, - Capt. Gibbons (1637) and William Tyng (1638).
Thomas Jones (1643). AUTHORITIES : New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1851, 1852, 1861 (will) ; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Hist. of Dorchester, by Antiq. and Hist. Soc .; Records of Mass. Bay.
Henry Maudsley (1643). AUTHORITIES : Shurtleff's Topog. Des. of Boston, p. 628; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records.
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Francis Norton (1643) was of Portsmouth, N. H., in 1631. "After the death of Capt. Mason, his widow and executrix sent over Francis Norton [1643] as her general attorney, to whom she committed the whole management of the estate. But the expenses so far exceeded the income, and the servants grew so impatient for their arrears, that she was obliged to relinquish the care of the plantation, and tell the servants that they must shift for themselves : upon which they shared the goods and cattle. Mr. Norton [1643] · drove above an hundred oxen to Boston, and there sold them for twenty-five pounds sterling per head, which, it is said, was the current price of the best cattle in New Eng- land at the time. He did not return to New Hampshire, but took up his residence in Charlestown " in 1637, when the town voted, " Mr. Francis Norton is admitted a Townsman, if he please." He was admitted to be a freeman May 18, 1642. In 1646, he was lieutenant of the Charlestown train-band, and in 1655 was promoted to be its captain. In 1652, he was appointed to act as major of the Middlesex Regiment during the absence of Major Robert Sedgwick (1637). The same year the General Court appointed a committee of ten persons to attend to the repairing of the Castle, nine of whom were members of the Artillery Company. Francis Norton (1643) was one of the committee. In 1646, he visited England. He was deputy from Charlestown to the General Court in 1647, 1650, and from 1652 to 1661 inclusive, except 1656 and 1657. He was elected first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1644 and 1645, ensign in 1647, lieutenant in 1650, and captain in 1652 and 1655. " He was," says Johnson, " a man of bold and cheerful spirit, well disciplined, and an able man "; also, "one of a cheerful spirit, and full of love to the truth." He died July 27, 1667.
Peter Oliver (1643), of Boston, son of Elder Thomas, was a brother of Capt. James Oliver (1637), of John (1638), and of Samuel (1648). He was grandfather of Capt. Nathaniel Oliver (1717). Peter Oliver (1643) was born in England about 1618, and came over with his father in 1632. He married Sarah, daughter of John Newgate. He was an eminent trader ; was admitted to be a freeman May 13, 1640, and was selectman of Boston from 1653 to 1656 inclusive, and from 1661 to 1670 inclusive.
One of the first contributions which Boston and Massachusetts ever made for suffer- ing communities was made in 1667, when an appeal was sent to Major-Gen. John Leverett (1639) by a starving settlement near the mouth of Cape Fear River, North Carolina. Peter Oliver (1643) and Mr. John Bateman, of Boston, were appointed by the General Court to receive and forward all contributions.
He was one of the founders of the Third, or Old South, Church, in May, 1669. In the Records of Selectmen of Boston, March 28, 1653, he is called "Cornet Peeter Oliver." He held the position of cornet in the Suffolk County troop of horse in 1652, and after his decease he was succeeded by Thomas Brattle (1675). He was lieutenant in the Narraganset expedition in 1654, under Major Willard. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1651, ensign in 1658, and captain in 1669. He died April 11, 1670, while occupying the latter office.1
Francis Norton (1643). AUTHORITIES : Frothingham's Ilist. of Charlestown; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Records of Mass. Bay.
Peter Oliver (1643). AUTHORITIES: New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1865; Oliver Genealogy;
Savage's Gen. Dict .; Records of Mass. Bay; IIill's Hist. of Old South Church.
1 " 70. 2m JId. Mr l'eter Oliver died and was lamented by all men." - Roxbury Church Records.
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John Plympton (1643), of Dedham in 1642 ; but probably came over some years before, as Dr. George Alcock, of Roxbury, in his will of Dec. 22, 1640, mentions his apprentice, John Plympton (1643). He was admitted to be a freeman May 10, 1643, and married, at Dedham, March 13, 1644, Jane Daman, or Damon, of Dedham. He moved from Dedham to Medfield in 1652. His house-lot was on Main Street, where William Kingsbury now lives. His field was on the south side of the street, opposite his house. In the spring of 1673, he emigrated to Deerfield, and, when King Philip's War began, he was the chief military officer in Deerfield. Mr. Plympton (1643) was captured by the Indians, Sept. 19, 1677, carried toward Canada, and subsequently killed. One report says he was burned at the stake by the savages near Chambly.
Hugh Pritchard (1643) was of Gloucester in 1642, and moved to Roxbury soon after. He was admitted to be a freeman May 18, 1642, and joined the church in Rox- bury, " being recommended from the church at Cape Ann." He was deputy from Roxbury in 1643, 1644, and 1649. According to Mr. Johnson (1637), Capt. Pritchard (1643) was captain of the Roxbury train-band in 1644. May 6, 1646, Mr. Hugh Pritch- ard (1643) was freed by the General Court from common training at Roxbury for twelve months. Winthrop says, May 26, 1647, "Capt. Weld [1637], of Roxbury, being dead, the young men of the town agreed together to choose one George Denison, a young soldier lately out of the wars in England, but the ancient and chief men of the town . . . chose one Mr. Prichard [1643], . . . whereupon much discontent and murmuring arose in the town." " The cause coming to the Court, and all parties being heard, Mr. Prichard [1643] was allowed, and the young men were pacified, and the lieutenant." Mr. Pritchard (1643) was sent in 1643, with Humfrey Atherton (1638), on an embassy to the Narraganset and Niantick Indians. In 1657, Capt. Hugh Pritchard (1643) sold his estate of fifty acres, "lying west of Stony River and east of the highway to Muddy River," to John Pierpont. Capt. Pritchard (1643) was one of the founders of the free school in Roxbury, and went home about 1650 to Wales, his native country. In the deed written in 1657, his attorneys describe him as of Broughton, in the county of Denbigh.
William Robinson (1643), of Dorchester in 1636, was admitted to be a freeman May 18, 1642, having joined the church in 1638. He was granted land there in 1656, and was a " rater " in 1658 and 1661. He bought the tide-mill, now known as Tiles- ton's Mill, on Smelt Brook Creek. He went to England in 1644, and returned the same year. Mr. Robinson (1643) was killed July 6, 1668, by being drawn under the cog-wheel of his mill.
John Scarborough (1643), of Roxbury in 1639, was admitted to be a freeman May 13, 1640. The Roxbury Records, as printed by the Boston Record Commissioners,
John Plympton (1643). AUTHORITIES : Ded- ham Records; Tilden's Hist. of Medfield.
Hugh Pritchard (1643). AUTHORITIES : Rec- ords of Mass. Bay; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Savage's Edition of Winthrop's Hist. of New Eng .; Drake's Ilist. of Roxbury.
William Robinson (1643). AUTHORITIES : New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1851, 1858 (will), ISSO; Ilist. of Dorchester, by Antiq. and Ilist. Soc .; Savage's Gen. Dict.
John Scarborough (1643). AUTHORITIES : Drake's ITist. of Roxbury; Savage's Gen. Dict.
"Peter Gardiner, of Roxbury, testifies that Mary Torrey's first hushand, John Scarborough, was killed at Boston, shooting off one of the great guns." - New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1886, p. 63.
This accident occurred " 4 mo., 9 day," instead of " 9 mo., 4 day," as stated in the Mem. Ilist. of Boston, Vol. I.
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Vol. VI., p. 32, define his property. His neighbors were Isaac Morrill (1638) and Isaac Johnson (1645). The Roxbury Church Records inform us, "4 mo., 9 day, 1646," " John Scarborough slaine by charging a great gunn."
Benjamin Smith (1643), of Dedham, was born about 1612. He became a freeman June 2, 1641, and joined the Dedham church May 28, 1641. He married, July 10, 1641, Mary Clarke, of Dedham. He signed the Dedham covenant, and was granted six acres of upland in 1642. His son, Benjamin, was born in that town Oct. 18, 1646, after which trace of the father is lost. His sureties were both Dedham men, viz. : Lieut. Lusher (1638) and Sergt. Fisher (1640).
John Smith (1643), of Dedham, was probably related to Benjamin (1643). On the oldest roll of the Company, there are the names of four persons who joined the Company at the same time. They are enclosed by a bracket, and opposite are the names of the two sureties for each of the four persons. The sureties are both Dedham men, and three of the four recruits were citizens of Dedham. It would seem most probable that the fourth person was, also. John Smith (1643), of Dedham, was a farmer ; by wife, Margaret, he had a son born July 5, 1644, and the father died Aug. 14, 1645.
Samuel Titterton (1643). This name is. plainly written on the oldest roll, "Sam' Titterton," but no trace of him has been found.
Robert Turner (1643). He joined the Military Company of the Massachusetts first in 1640. See page III.
William Ware (1643), of Dorchester in 1633, became a freeman May 10 of that year. In 1644 and 1652, he purchased additional properties in Dorchester. At about the latter date he removed to Boston. He was by trade a shoemaker, and was admitted to be a townsman in Boston Jan. 31, 1653. In 1657, his taxes were abated “upon consideration of his long sickness and low estate." He died Feb. 11, 1658. Abstract of his will, dated March 26, 1656, and proved April 1, 1658, is given in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, VIII., 353.
John Webb (1643), of Boston, was admitted to the church Feb. 9, 1634, when he was called a single man. He probably went home soon after, and returned to America June 3, 1635. He was a husbandman, said to be from Marlborough, Wilts County, England, and had an alias, " Evered," probably to delude the tyrannical formalities. He was admitted a freeman Dec. 7, 1636, and became one of the early settlers of Chelmsford. He was ensign of a military company there, and represented that town at the General Court in 1663, 1664, and 1665. In the year last named, he was expelled and disfranchised for a season, but was soon restored, and had a grant of land. He was at Dracut in 1667, at which time he held the office of captain. He died Oct. 16, 1668.
Benjamin Smith (1643). AUTHORITY : Ded- ham Records.
John Smith (1643). AUTHORITY: Dedham Records. William Ware (1643). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Hist. of Dorchester, by Antiq. and Hist.
Soc .; Savage's Gen. Dict .; New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg., 1887.
John Webb (1643). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; Records of Mass. Bay; Whitman's Ilist. A. and H. A. Company; Report of Boston Rec. Com., Vol. VI., p. 207.
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Rev. Samuel Danforth, in his records, says, "17th 8m 68 John Web, alias Everit, pursuing a Whale, was caught in ye rope, twisted about his middle, & being drawn into ye sea, was drowned."
Robert Wright (1643) appears to have been in Boston from 1643 to 1655, where by wife, Mary, he had four children ; also in 1656, when he was chosen surveyor of highways.
1644-5. The officers elected were : Thomas Hawkins (1638), captain ; Robert Bridges (1641), lieutenant, and Thomas Wells (1644), ensign. Francis Norton (1643) was first sergeant ; Eleazer Lusher (1638), second ser- geant ; James Johnson (1638), third sergeant, and Thomas Clarke (1644), fourth ser- geant. Anthony Stoddard (1639) was clerk, John Audlin (1638), arinorer, and Arthur Perry (1638), drummer.
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