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Capt. Hawkins (1638) was lieutenant of the Artillery Company in 1642, was re-elected in 1643, and promoted to be captain in 1644, " being the only instance," says Mr. Whitman (1810), " known of the like in the Company." He lived on Rock Hill, afterwards called Savin Hill, in Dorchester, where the first fort was built, and where " ye Great Guns" were mounted.
In 1644, the Massachusetts train-bands were organized into thirty companies, one in each town, which were massed into four regiments, bearing the names of as many counties, which, to exhibit to posterity that "they remembered from whence they came," were called Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, and Norfolk or Northfolk. The last- named was composed of towns which are now principally within the limits of the State of New Hampshire.
Each company had its captain, lieutenant, and ensign, chosen by a majority vote ; and the officers of companies in each regiment elected a sergeant-major, who was its commander. The commander-in-chief, or sergeant-major-general, was elected by the General Court.
The first sergeant-major-general, who was elected in 1644, was Thomas Dudley, whose name is subscribed to the charter of the Artillery Company as deputy governor, but who never was a member, though several of his descendants have been. Thomas Dudley was the son of Capt. Roger Dudley, who was " slain in the wars." He served gallantly when a young man as the captain of a company of Englishmen in the service of France, who followed the white plume of Henry of Navarre at the siege of Amiens. Later in life he became a strict Puritan, and when he was fifty-four years of age he came
In 1636, Charlestown paid Capts. Patrick and Underhill ( 1637) twenty shillings a time for train- ing its company.
" But there were no such expenses after Robert Sedgwick [1637] and Francis Norton [1643], both distinguished military men as well as enterprising merchants, became inhabitants.
" Edward Johnson [ 1637] speaks of 'the very gallant horse troop' of this town in 1644. Francis Norton [1643] at that time commanded the foot company, Ralph Sprague [1638] was the lieutenant, and Abraham Palmer [1638] the ensign. The early
writers speak in high terms of the skill displayed at the general musters. There was one in May, 1639, that lasted a day, when more than a thousand sol- diers, able men, well armed and exercised, were in Boston; and another, Sept. 15, 1641, which lasted two days, when there were over twelve hundred; and though there was 'plenty of wine and strong beer,' yet, such is the testimony, there was 'no man drunk, no oath sworn, no quarrel, no hurt done.' This was the golden age of New England musters." - Frothingham's Hist. of Charlestown, P. 97.
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to New England as deputy governor under Gov. Winthrop. He held this office in 1630, and frequently until 1641 ; but in 1644, when he was sixty-eight years of age, he was chosen sergeant-major-general. It was said that "his faithfulness in office, great zeal in the affairs of the colony, distinguished military talents and love of the truths of Christ, led the people to choose him as their major-general, although he was far stricken in years." The three sergeant-majors of 1644 whose names have been preserved were members of the Artillery Company, and of the thirty-four captains, lieutenants, and ensigns on the roster of the Massachusetts Militia in 1644, whose names have been handed down, twenty-four were members of this Company.
The civil war in England began in August, 1642, when the swords of the contend- ing factions were first drawn. On one side were the king and his adherents, on the other, Parliament with its forces, which were at first led by the Earl of Essex. The Earl was not fitted for a commander-in-chief, having "little energy and no originality." In 1643, the Independents arose, of whom Oliver Cromwell became the soul and inspiration. He "looked for recruits," says Macaulay, "who were not mere mercenaries, - for recruits of decent station, and grave character, fearing God and zealous for public liberty." Such were the recruits of Massachusetts Bay, who quickly and cheerfully volunteered under the standard of the "lord of the fens."
There is a tradition that a regiment of cavalry,-probably it was a company,-called "Cromwell's Own," enlisted in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, and, crossing the ocean, fought upon the side of Parliament. We regret that if there is any information concerning this regiment or company in the archives of the British empire, it has been unobtainable.
The following-named members of the Military Company of the Massachusetts Bay are known to have been of the number who espoused on the battle-field the cause represented by Oliver Cromwell : -
Col. George Cooke (1638). Col. John Leverett (1639).
Major Benjamin Keayne (1638). Major Samuel Shepard (1640).
Surgeon Francis Lyall (1640).
Col. William Rainsburrow (1639). Col. Stephen Winthrop (1641). Capt. William Hudson (1640). Lieut .- Col. Israel Stoughton (1637). Capt. Thomas Marshall (1640). Major Nehemiah Bourne (1638). Ensign Thomas Huckens (1637).
It is a matter of record that many others, members of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, went to England between 1640 and 1647, but it is not known who of them engaged in military service.
The new members recruited in 1644-5 were : Thomas Adams, Herman Adwood, John Arnold, Theodore Atkinson, John Baker, George Barstow, Henry Bridgham, William Burcham, John Butler, Thomas Clarke [Jr.], George Clifford, Robert Crosman, Andrew Duren, George Fairbanks, Henry Farnham, Anthony Fisher, Ralph Fogg, Robert Hale, Anthony Harris, David Kelly, Henry Kibby, Edward Larkin, Nathaniel Manwarring, Moses Paine, Thomas Phillips, William Phillips, John Read, John Richards, Thomas Roberts, Richard Russell, Peter Saltonstall, John Smith, Joshua Tedd, John Tuttle, Isaac Walker, Robert Ware, Thomas Wells, Hugh Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Robert Williams, Deane Winthrop, John Woodbridge.
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Thomas Adams (1644), of Braintree, son of Henry, came to America with his parents in 1632, was admitted to be a freeman May 10, 1643, and removed to Concord in 1646. In 1657, he settled in Chelmsford, where he was the first town clerk. He was a selectman, and also represented that town in the General Court, 1673. He was elected ensign of the foot company at Chelmsford in 1678, and was its lieutenant in 1682. He died July 20, 1688, aged seventy-six years.
Herman Adwood (1644), of Boston in 1642, came from Sanderstead, Surrey County, England, in the employment of Thomas ButtoIph, a leather-dresser. He was admitted to be a townsman Dec. 26, 1642, joined the church Feb. 24, 1644, and became a free- man in 1645. He married, Aug. 11, 1646, Ann, daughter of William Copp. He died in 1651. His son, John, joined the Artillery Company in 1673.
John Arnold (1644), of Boston in 1639, was a plasterer. He was admitted to be a freeman May 10, 1643, and was unmarried when he united with the First Church, April 22, 1643. He died prior to Oct. 29, 1661, when the administrator of his estate entered a claim to certain lands in Boston as the property of the deceased. His house and garden were west of Hanover Street and north of Mill Creek. He had a grant of land, Feb. 24, 1639.
Theodore Atkinson (1644), of Boston in 1634, felt maker, came in the employ- ment of John Newgate, from Bury, England. He joined the First Church Jan. 11, 1635, and became a freeman May 18, 1642. He was one of the founders and members of the Old South Church. His son, Theodore, - a sergeant in Capt. Davenport's (1639) com- pany, - was killed in the great Indian fight of Dec. 19, 1675. Theodore, Sr. (1644), had a grant of land in 1640 at Muddy River, and subsequently was a constable, 1649, and clerk of the market, 1655. In 1645, he bought of Thomas Hawkins (1638) a house on Court Street, south side, on the second lot from the corner of Washington Street. In 1652, he bought another, near the present line of Bromfield Street, which he sold to Edward Rawson, colonial secretary ; hence Rawson's Lane, now Bromfield Street. Theodore Atkinson died in August, 1701, aged eighty-nine years.
John Baker (1644), of Boston, a blacksmith, was admitted to be an inhabitant of Boston March 28, 1642, and to be a freeman May 18, 16.42. He married Joan Swift, of Dorchester. By his will, it appears that he had a second wife, Thankful Foster ; that he was part owner of the ships "Hercules " and " Mary," the latter being commanded by Capt. Joseph Rock (1658). Hopestill Foster (1673) was his brother-in-law, and Richard Baker (1658) was his brother. His will was signed March 26, 1665-6, and the inventory was taken July 3, 1666.
George Barstow (1644), of Boston, son of Matthew, of Shelf, York County, England, came from Gravesend in the ship "Truelove," in 1635, aged twenty-one years. In
Thomas Adams (1644). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Records of Mass. Bay; New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg., 1853, p. 42.
Herman Adwood ( 1644). AUTHORITIES : Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records.
John Arnold (1644). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records.
Theodore Atkinson (1644). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Hill's Hist.
of Old South Church; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1853.
John Baker (1644). AUTHORITIES: New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1861. p. 124 (will); Sav- age's Gen. Dict. : Boston Records.
George Barstow (1644). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Records of Plymouth Colony; Dedham Records; Deane's Hist. of Scituate.
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1636, he had a grant of land at Dedham, whither he moved soon after his arrival, and thence to Scituate about 1651.
From the Records of Plymouth Colony, Vol. III., p. 35, we learn that a suit was commenced against William Barstow- brother of George (1644) -by Rev. Charles Chauncy, of Scituate (afterwards president of Harvard College), for saying that he (Mr. Chauncy) was the cause of the death of his brother, George Barstow (1644), late deceased, and for saying that the said Mr. Chauncy sent his bulls abroad to the church at Cambridge, whereby the said George Barstow (1644) was hindered from communion with said church, which hastened his death through grief. The court ordered William Barstow to retract. The explanation of this is, that George Barstow ( 1644) was a member of the Second Church in Scituate, with which Mr. Chauncy was at variance.
George Barstow (1644) died at Cambridge March 18, 1653-4.
Henry Bridgham (1644), of Dorchester in 1641, was admitted to be a freeman in 1643, and removed to Boston. He united with the First Church March 31, 1644. He was a tanner.
On the creek, near the corner of the present Water and Congress streets, the leather-dressers, in 1643, were granted a place to water their leather. Deacon Henry Bridgham (1644) was in possession of property on the south side of Water Street in 1655, and in 1670 he built a mansion on the lot and had his tan-pits near by. Mr. Bridgham (1644) did not live to move into the new house. The mansion became the famous Julien House, and its history is given by Shurtleff in his Topographical Descrip- tion of Boston, p. 659. A picture of it may be seen in Memorial History of Boston, Vol. II., p. 524.
In 1646, the selectmen gave Capt. Bridgham (1644) permission to set his bark- house on the town's land, and in 1660 the land was confirmed unto him by them, upon his paying forty pounds towards the erection of an "Almes-house" in the town. He was a constable in 1653, and later, a captain in the militia.
He died March 12, 1670-1, and his will was proved April 13, 1671. The inventory was nearly four thousand pounds.
William Burcham (1644).
John Butler (1644), of Boston, became a freeman in 1649; by profession a phy- sician. Savage says Mr. Butler (1644) was probably of Hartford in 1666, certainly a freeman there in 1669. He removed to Branford, and died in 1680. Administration on the estate of Dr. John Butler (1644) was granted in Boston, Oct. 5, 1682.
Thomas Clarke [Jr.] (1644), of Boston, shopkeeper, son of Major Thomas Clarke (1638), was born in England. He lived with his parents for a short time in Dorchester, became a freeman June 2, 1641, and soon after removed to Boston. He held a promi- nent place in the affairs of the town, and was a representative to the General Court in 1673, 1674, 1675, and 1676. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1644, third sergeant in 1645, first sergeant in 1650, clerk in 1653 and 1654, second sergeant
Henry Bridgham (1644). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; Report of Boston Rec. Com., Vol. II .; Bostonian Mag., Vol. I., p. 275; Shurtleff's Topog. Des. of Boston.
Thomas Clarke [Jr.] (1644). AUTHORITY : Whitman's IIist. A. and H. A. Company.
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in 1660, first sergeant in 1661, ensign in 1662, and captain in 1673. In the local militia, he rose to the grade of captain. He died July 28, 1678.
Col. Nathaniel Byfield (1679) in 1675 married Deborah, a daughter of Capt. Thomas Clarke (1644), and Elisha Hutchinson (1670) married another daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth (Clarke) Freak.
George Clifford (1644), of Boston, had a son John, born in 1646. The preceding, with the following from the Boston Record Commissioners' Report, Vol. II., p. 76, comprises our knowledge of him : -
"It is agreed betweene the select men on the Towne's behalfe and Hugh Williams [1644] and George Clifford [1644] : That Nathaniel Newgate [1646] Apprentize to the said Hugh Williams [1644] and George Clifford [1644], aforesaid, shall doe all Comon service in druming for the Towne on trayning dayes and watches, The sayd George for these three yeares next ensueing, and the said Nathaniel for these foure yeares next ensueing, in Consideration whereof the Towne will be at the charge of learning skill in druming.
" It's further agreed with Arthur Perry [1638] that he shall give his Best diligence in Teaching the sayd George Clifford [1644] and Nathaniel Newgate [1646] in all the skill and use of the drum needfull to all common service in military Affayres, in con- sideration whereof he shall have foure pounds payd to him within six mo : next ensuing." Arthur Perry (1638), - who lived on School Street, - the first drummer of the Artillery Company, was thus the teacher of his successors.
Robert Crosman (1644), of Dedham, was born in England. He was one of the first proprietors of Dedham, 1636, when he signed the covenant for the government of the town. He was admitted a townsman Jan. 2, 1642, and grants of land in that town were made to him in February, 1642 ; October, 1643 ; May, 1644 ; October, 1644 ; Feb- ruary, 1645, and March, 1652. He had permission, Feb. 4, 1644, to build himself a house " nere the meeting house." Mr. Crosman gave notice of his discovery of a " mine of Mettall," " 26 of 3 mo., 1649," and claimed it for his heirs and assigns. The mine was westerly of the place where Neponset River divides, a part being on the south side of the greatest stream and a part " betwixt the division of said streams." In 1652, Mr. Crosman had liberty to accept or refuse the building of a mill according to the grant made to him, and soon after he "lay down that grant of libertie."
He was living in Dedham in the summer of 1653. He married in that town, May 25, 1652, Sarah Kingsbury, by whom he had eleven or more children. His wife died in 1686, and he afterward married a widow, - Martha Eatton, of Bristol. He moved to Taunton in 1653 or 1654, with wife and one daughter. He was one of the early " twelve shilling " purchasers of the territory.1 He also bought a house on Dean Street, of Capt. Foster, of Dorchester. Mr. Crosman (1644) was considered a very skilful mechanic, and was called " the drum-maker." June 28, 1672, the selectmen of Dedham made a contract with Mr. Crosman (1644) to build a mill at Wollomonuppoag, now
Robert Crosman (1644). AUTHORITIES: Dedham Records; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1857, p. 40.
Capt. John W. D. Hall, secretary of the Old Colony Historical Society, has disproved the state- ment of Mr. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary,
and of Mr. Baylies, that Robert was the son of John Crosman. Robert was an original emigrant, who settled in Dedham, and was one of the original set- tlers of Taunton.
1 MS. of Mr. John W. D. Hall, Taunton, 1895.
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Wrentham. He must have been a reliable man and a superior mechanic, otherwise the selectmen of Dedham would not have sent to Taunton for a man who had not been a resident of Dedham for eighteen years, to build a mill for them. He died in 1692, and his widow in 1694.
Andrew Duren (1644) is supposed to have come from Lincolnshire, England. He signed the Dedham covenant, was admitted to the Dedham church April 19, 1646, and was admitted a freeman May 6 next following. He was admitted an inhabitant of Dedham Jan. 1, 1651, and held the office of surveyor of land that year. He married (1) Lydia Goodnow and, (2) Dec. 21, 1652, "An Donstall." He died Sept. 16, 1677. Mr. Duren1 (1644) resided in that part of Dedham now called Needham. He owned large tracts of land in the south part of the town, on Charles River, which were occupied by his descendants for several generations.
George Fairbanks (1644), of Dedham, son of Jonathan of that town, who came from Sowerby, England, prior to 1641, bringing his wife and six children. George (1644), the second son, was in Dedham in 1641, and is said to have been the first settler in Medfield, west of the river, near the Sherborn line, whither he moved in 1657. He married, in 1646, Mary Adams, of Dedham. He was drowned in 1682. Administration on his estate was granted May 31, 1683.
Henry Farnham (1644) settled in Roxbury, and was admitted a freeman in 1645, his name then being spelled Firnum. On the church records, kept by Rev. John Eliot, the name is spelled Farnham. Rev. Samuel Danforth wrote in the Roxbury Church Records : " 1658 mo 12, 11 d. At midnight there happened a great burning. The fire began in the outside of Henry Farnham's [1644] work-house next the orchard and it burnt up his work house and his dwelling house and consumed a great part of his timber, some of his goods and corn and all his tools, but it pleased God not to suffer it to pro- ceed any further." He was a joiner by trade. He moved to Long Island, thence to Killingworth, Conn., where he was in 1666, and became in that town a deacon of the church. He died Jan. 13, 1700.
Anthony Fisher (16.44), son of Anthony, brother of Daniel (1640), and cousin of Joshua (1640), came with his parents to New England and settled in Dedham in 1637. He became a freeman May 6, 1643, and joined the Dedham church July 20, 1645. He married, Sept. 7, 1647, in Dedham, Joanna Faxon, of Braintree. He moved to Dorchester from Dedham, and probably lived with his father, who died the next year. He was one of the first to settle within the limits of the present town of Wrentham in the year 1661. He died at Dorchester Feb. 13, 1670, and in the inventory of his estate, taken April 7, 1670, he is called "late of Dedham." His widow died Oct. 16, 1694.
Ralph Fogg (1644) was of Plymouth in 1633, but removed to Salem, and was admitted a freeman Sept. 3, 1634. He was chosen treasurer of the town of Salem in
Andrew Duren (1644). AUTHORITIES : Ded- ham Records; Savage's Gen. Dict.
Henry Farnham (1644). AUTHORITIES : Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg., ISSo; Sixth Report of Boston Rec. Com.
Anthony Fisher (1644). AUTHORITIES : Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Dedham Records; Dedham Ilist. Reg .; New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg , 1851.
George Fairbanks (1644). AUTHORITIES : Tilden's Hist. of Medfield; Savage's Gen. Dict. 1 " Andrew Duen," according to the earliest copy of the roll; now spelled Dewing. Mr. Savage, in Gen. Diet, II .. 392. mentions five children of Andrew Duren.
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1637, and the same year it was ordered that, " for want of print howse or some means to publish " resolves, etc., that the inhabitants might understand the laws and avoid any breach of them, they were advised to repair to Mr. Ralph Fogg (1644), who kept the records of said resolves and orders, where the people might satisfy themselves in every particular.1 In 1645, Mr. Fogg (1644) was authorized to receive contributions from Salem people for the maintenance of poor scholars at the college at Cambridge.' In 1652, Ralph Fogg (1644) petitioned the General Court to keep "an intelligence office or exchange." It was not granted. He soon after returned to England, was a livery-man of London of the Skinners' Company, and died in 1674.
Robert Hale (1644), of Charlestown, came probably in the fleet with Winthrop in 1630, and was one of the earliest members of the First Church in Boston, his name being the eighteenth on the church roll. He was one of the founders of the Charlestown church, Nov. 2, 1632, and was one of its first deacons. He became a freeman May 14, 1634, and was by trade a carpenter. Hale Street perpetuates his name. He was wealthy, and active in all public concerns of the town, serving as a selectman for eleven years. He was ensign of the Charlestown train-band, and died July 16, 1659. Nathan Hale, executed by the British as a spy, was one of his descendants.
Anthony Harris (1644), of Boston, may have lived in Ipswich in 1648, but he must have returned soon after and settled at Winnisimmet Point, now Chelsea, where he died Dec. 30, 1651.
He was a brother-in-law of Elias Maverick (1654), and his mother married as her second husband, William Stitson (1648).
David Kelley (1644), of Boston, had wife, Elizabeth, and two sons, David and Samuel. He died in 1662.
Henry Kibby (1644), of Dorchester, was a tailor ; admitted to be a freeman May 18, 1642, and died July 10, 1661.
Edward Larkin (1644), of Charlestown in 1638, became a freeman May 13, 1640. His dwelling-house and garden plot "were situated on the Southwest of the Mill hill, butting south-west upon crooked lane."2 His wife is called "widow Joanna Larkin," Feb. 3, 1656.
Nathaniel Manwarring (1644).
Moses Paine (1644), of Braintree, born in England, was eldest son of Moses of the same town. He was admitted to be a freeman in 1647 ; was ensign of the Braintree company from 1665 to 1671 ; represented that town in the House of Deputies in 1666 and 1668; was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1667, ensign in 1668, and lieutenant in 1677. He moved to Boston in 1671, and was clerk of the market in 1672 ; constable in 1673. In 1676, he was one among many citizens of Boston, named and
Robert Hale (1644). AUTHORITIES: New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg., IS77, p. S3; Pilgrims of Boston, p. 344; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Frothingham's Hist. of Charlestown.
Anthony Harris (1644). AUTHORITY: New Eng. Hist. and Gen Reg., 1848, p. 218.
Moses Paine (1644). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Tilden's Ilist. of Medfield.
I Felt's Hist. of Salem, Vol. I., pp. 361, 430.
2 Report of Boston Rec. Com., Vol. III , pp. 43, 75.
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approved of by the selectmen, " for preuentinge of excessiue drinkinge and disorder in priuate houses &c." He was elected a "Surveyor for Bostone " March 12, 1676-7, and in 1682 was one of six citizens licensed to keep "Wine Taverns." He died Dec. 15, 1690. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Henry Adams (1652), of Medfield.
Thomas Phillips (1644).
William Phillips (1644), of Charlestown, was admitted to the church Sept. 23, 1639, and to be a freeman May 13, 1640. His wife died May 1, 1646, and he moved to Boston about 1649, where he married the widow of Christopher Stanley (1640). She died June 16, 1655. He had much property in lands and mills in Saco,1 was there made an officer in the militia, was a magistrate in 1663, and was confirmed in that office by the royal commissioners in 1665. He was promoted to be major in 1675, the year in which he bravely and successfully defended his place against assault by the Indians. They, however, destroyed his house by fire, and he returned to Boston to reside. He made his will Sept. 29, 1683, and it was proved the 13th of November following. The Charlestown Land Records refer to property of William Phillips, but do not locate it. A memorandum says, "That I, Harman Garret, . . . did sell a house and ground unto Walter Allen, which house and ground was the house and ground of Mr. Phillips, that now keeps the ship tavern in Boston." This memorandum was sworn to Sept. 30, 1652. In the Boston Town Records, he is named as appointed on a town committee, March 11, 1650, and again the next month. He was called lieutenant in 1657, when he appeared before the selectmen as attorney for Edward Bendall (1638). He next appears on Boston Records, Dec. 3, 1680, applying for damages, which he received, for a highway laid through his land in 1650. He was ensign of the Artillery Company in 1655, and lieutenant in 1657.
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