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Seth Dwight (1702) was a shopkeeper, and sold china-ware. He left a valuable estate, which he divided among his four brothers, except the annuity above-mentioned. Seth (1702) and Abigail Dwight had two sons, Timothy, who died previous to the writing of the father's will, Oct. 1, 1726, having been run over and killed by a cart, and Joseph, who died May 8, 1719, a fortnight before his mother's decease.
On May 12, 1710, Capt. Timothy Dwight, of Dedham, divided his estate, and gave property to his sons, "Seth [1702] of Boston, shopkeeper," "Henry of Hatfield, clothier," the father of Col. Joseph Dwight (1734), and to Nathaniel, Josiah, and Michael.
Seth Dwight (1702) was a tithing-man in Boston in 1704 and 1713 ; a constable in 1706 ; a clerk of the market in 1710, and a minor officer in 1712. He was fourth ser- geant of the Artillery Company in 1708, and was appointed coroner for Suffolk County, Dec. 19, 1728.
From the records of the selectmen, April 8, 1718, we learn : "Whereas Mr. Seth Dwight hath Signified to the sd Selectmen That he is about to Erect a Brick building on the Land in his possession, on the back Side of the House in which he dwells in Corn- hill [now Washington Street], and next adjoining the Land of Mr. John Kilby [1691] etc.," between whom there was a difference as to the line, " the Selectmen Nominated and appointed Isaiah Tay, Thomas Cushing [1691] and Daniel Powning [1691]" to lay out the line.
He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1708, and died Jan. 22, 1731-2, " leaving neither wife nor children behind him."
Calvin Galpine (1702), clothier, of Boston, was born in 1669. He married, in Charlestown, Nov. 25, 1702, Katherine Knowles, by whom he had five children. "Mr. Calvin Galpin, Jr.," as given in Mr. Budington's History of the First Church in Charles- town, joined that church May 6, 1716.
"At a meeting of the Sel. men, 18th Dec. 1718. Agreed, that the Granaryes be opened for the sale of Indian Corn on Fryday & Saturday next, vizt : the South Granary on Fryday, and the North Granary on Satterday, and on the next week following on Tuesday at the South and on Fryday at the North, And mr Galpine [1702] is directed to Sell out to the Inhabitts of this Town not exceeding one bushel to each buyer, at five shillings p. bushel, and he is directed to put up before hand one bushel in each of ye Townes Baggs, and first receive each p'sons money and then Shift the Corn into their respective baggs, the hours appointed to attend the Same is from nine to twelve in the fore noon and from two to four in the after noon & he is to Imploy ye Cryer to cry at
Seth Dwight (1702). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.
Mr. Porter, in his Rambles in Old Boston, N. E., page 149, gives a vivid picture of the Newman House, of which he says : " It stands at the southern corner of Salem and Sheafe streets, and has long been a landmark at the North End. In 1741,
Thomas Newman [1750], merchant, of Boston, bought this house, for eleven hundred pounds, of Jonathan Dwight, innholder. Dwight bought it, in 1737, of the heirs of Seth Dwight [1702], son of Timothy Dwight, of Dedham."
Calvin Galpine (1702). AUTHORITY : Boston Records.
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that price each buyer to bring good bill ready changed & to cry thro' the Town on thursday."
On the 23d of December following, the selectmen "Ordered, That ye Town Clerk do Endorss ye order to Mr Foy for 10 m Bread to be delivered to mr Calvin Galpine.""
Dec. 28, 1719, they "Ordered, That the Granary be Opened on Wednesdayes and Fry-dayes, and that on those dayes mr Calvin Galpine [1702] be directed to sell to ye Inhabitants of this Town, (Excepting to the Comon Bakers) at the following Prizes, vizt ; Indian at 31.9ª Rey at 51.0, wheat at 71.0. And that he cause Notice thereof be given by Crying."
Calvin Galpine (1702) died in Boston, Nov. 27, 1729.
John George (1702) was a merchant, of Boston. He was a constable of the town of Boston in 1695 ; selectman in 1701 and 1713 ; a tithing-man in 1711, and a member of the Old South Church. He was on several special committees of the town, of which the most important was to advise some proper method to prevent damage by the sea's wasting away the Neck. This committee was composed of prominent citizens. He was one of the thirty-one persons selected to draw up a charter of incorporation for the better government of the town in 1708, and was associated with Capt. Oliver Noyes (1699), John Gerrish (1700), and others, in the erection of Long Wharf.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Boston, March 9, 1712-3, the following was introduced : -
"Whereas mr John George [1702] hath proposed to ye consideration of the Town whether the Alms House ought not to be restored to its Primitive & Pious design, even for ye reliefe of the necessitous, that they might Lead a quiet Peacable & Godly life there, whereas 't is now made a Bridewell & House of Correction, which Obstructs many Honest Poor Peoples going there for the designed Reliefe & Support, If therefore the Town would Lay out Some Other place, and refitt the Alms House for the Comfortable reception of the distressed it will be a great Act of Charity." The subject was referred to a committee of five persons, all of whom were members of the Artillery Company.
At a meeting of the selectmen, Oct. 16, 1716, voted, " Liberty is granted to ye Executors of Mr John George decease to Erect a Tomb for yt family in ye burying place nigh unto ye Alms House."
His widow, Lydia (Lee) George, married, July 5, 1715, Rev. Cotton Mather, pastor of the Second Church, Boston.
Charles Hobby (1702), of Boston, son of William and Ann Hobby, of Boston, was born about 1665, and was married, but left no children. Mr. Hutchinson says (II., 153) Sir Charles Hobby (1702) "had been knighted, as some said, for fortitude and resolution at the time of the earthquake in Jamaica," in 1692 ; "others, for the further consideration of £800 sterling. Col. Hobby [1702] was a gay man, a free liver and of very different behaviour from what one would have expected should have recommended him to the clergy of New England." He was sent over to London with letters from some of the ministers of New England to Sir William Ashurst, urging that he might be
John George (1702). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.
"Nov 24, 1714. Very cold day. Mr. George [1702] laid in my Tomb till Madam George have an opportunity to build one. . . . Was a Well- accomplished merchant, and appears to have been
a good Christian, desirable usefull man. All the ministers had scarvs." - Sewall Papers.
Charles Hobby (1702). AUTHORITIES: An- nals of King's Chapel, p. 175; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Prov. Papers of N. H., Vol. III .; Boston Records; Whitman's Ilist. A. and H. \. Company, Ed. 1842.
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appointed Governor in the place of Gov. Dudley (1677). Sir Charles (1702) did not succeed, but returned to America, and died in 1715.
In 1710, he and Col. William Tailler (1712) commanded the two Massachusetts regiments which formed a part of the expedition against Port Royal. The expedition was a success ; Port Royal was besieged and captured, and in 1711 Sir Charles (1702) was appointed deputy-governor of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. He also accompanied Col. Nicholson on his expedition to Canada. He soon returned to Boston, as he was a warden of King's Chapel from 1713 to 1715, or until his decease.
The author of the chapter on the "Royal Governors," in the Memorial History of Boston, says, "He was well known as a man of fashion and a rake." His picture is given in the second volume of that valuable work.
June 30, 1702, he was appointed a justice of the peace, and, in 1707 and 1708, he was captain of the fifth company of Boston militia. He is recorded as present at meetings of " Her Majesties Justices " in Boston, in February and March, 1711-2, Jan. 26, 1712-3, and Aug. 14, 1713.
His estate was insolvent. His wife survived him, but died in November, 1716. At one time, he owned and occupied a large house on King Street, which was destroyed in the great fire of 1711. His mansion-house was in Marlborough, now Washington, Street. In his inventory, dated April 23, 1716, "deeds for half the Province of N. H." is among the items, and is carried out as of no value. He purchased his New Hamp- shire estates of Thomas Allen, Esq., in 1706. From a statement in the speech of Lieut .- Gov. Vaughan, made at a session of the council and General Assembly of New Hampshire, Feb. 6, 1715-6, it appears that the administrator of Sir Charles Hobby's (1702) estate offered the purchase of the territory above mentioned to the assembly. Efforts were made for several years by his creditors, the most prominent of whom was Elisha Cooke, of Boston, to obtain letters of administration on his New Hampshire claim, but without success, it is believed.1 His inventory also mentions six slaves, valued at three hundred pounds.
He united with the Artillery Company in 1702, and the same year became its captain ; he was re-elected to that office in 1713.
Edward Hutchinson (1702), merchant, of Boston, son of Elisha (1670) and Eliza- beth (Clarke) (Freak) Hutchinson, was born in Boston, June 18, 1678. He married, Oct. 10, 1706, Lydia, the second daughter of Col. John Foster (1679). Her sister, Sarah, married Edward's (1702) half-brother, Thomas (1694). His mother was a daughter of Major Thomas Clarke (1644), of Boston.
Edward Hutchinson (1702) for a half century was one of the most active, and for nearly forty years one of the most prominent and influential, men in the town. He was a constable in 1708, and a member of the board of selectmen from 1711 to 1715 inclusive, and a representative to the General Court from 1714 to 1716 inclusive, and in 1718. When paper money was issued by the provincial government in 1714, he was one of the five trustees. Dec. 9, 1715, he was appointed justice of the peace ; June 18, 1728, justice of the peace and of the quorum, and March 20, 1722-3, he was appointed a justice of the inferior Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk County, and held that office
Edward Hutchinson (1702). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Whitman's Ifist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; New Eng.
Ilist. and Gen. Reg., 1847, 1865, 1874; Province Laws, Vol. VII. New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., April, 1870.
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until Dec. 29, 1731. He was reappointed to the same judgeship Oct. 27, 1740, filling a vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Palmer (1702), and served in that office until his decease. He was also judge of probate for Suffolk County in 1745, and for thirty years was treasurer of Harvard College. He was elected moderator of the town meeting in 1716, 1733, 1737, 1743-4, and 1746-7. He served on the most important special committees, for many years auditing the town treasurer's accounts; serving on such committees as "building a bridge to Noddles Island," "erecting three markets" (1733), " best place for new fortifications" (1733), "rights of the inhabitants to Long Wharf" (1736), "building workhouse" (1737),- which he turned over, completed, to the town in 1739, -"retrenchment of town expenses " (1739), "by-laws for government of workhouse " (1739), which are given in full in the record commissioner's report, and served on the committee selected to return thanks to Peter Faneuil for his gift to the town in 1742. In 1718, he acted with Capt. Timothy Clarke (1702) and three others in considering the plan of erecting a battery on Long Wharf and repairing the North Battery.
On the twenty-ninth day of April, 1719, the town voted, "The Thanks of this Town unto the doners of the Two North School Houses, vizt : The Honble Thomas Hutchinson Esq [1694] for the Gramer School-house. And ye Sª mr Thoms Hutch- inson [1694] and also Edward Hutchinson [1702] Esqrs for ye Writing Sch. House."
In 1728, April 1, Edward Hutchinson (1702) was one of a committee of two, appointed by the town, "To Take Care of the Great Artillery and all the Stores at the South Battery and secure them."
He was a captain in the Boston militia, afterward major, becoming lieutenant- colonel in 1717, and colonel in 1729. He resigned active duty in 1733, at the age of fifty-five years. He was appointed fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1 702 ; was elected ensign in 1711, lieutenant in 1713, and its captain in 1717, 1724, and 1730. He continued his active interest in the Company until his decease.
He was a warm friend of the public schools, and was often invited to visit them. His last service to the town recorded in the town books was his visiting, with clergy and others, the schools of Boston, on the twenty-second day of June, 1751.
He died March 16, 1752, and his will was proved April 24, 1752. He left three children, viz. : Edward, who graduated at Harvard College in 1748, lived a great invalid for many years, and died unmarried ; Sarah, who lived to old age unmarried, and Elizabeth, who married in 1751 the Rev. Nathaniel Robbins (preacher of the Artillery sermon in 1772), who were the parents of Edward Hutchinson Robbins. The latter graduated at Harvard College in 1775, was speaker of the House of Representatives, judge of probate for the county of Norfolk, and also lieutenant-governor.
William Keen (1702), a "Taylor," of Boston, joined the Artillery Company in 1692. He had a wife, Jane, and children were born to them in Boston. He held a minor town office from 1694 to 1707, except four years. He was one of the early members of Brattle Street Church (1699), and was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1702.
Feb. 23, 1701-2, the selectmen " granted unto Mr. William Keen to build over the town's property in the alley between his land and Mr. Thomas Fitch [1700], his house, said building not to be less than nine foot high from the ground and under said building the passage to be kept open and free for common passage, said Keen to pave the same
William Keen (1702). AUTHORITY : Boston Records.
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with stone and to pay to the town treasurer sixpence per annum as acknowledgment." In 1703, Mr. Keen (1702) built a new house on the site of the former house, and encroached somewhat upon the alley, which called for an order by the selectmen. In 1710, April 24, a fence which was placed in Pierce's Alley by Mr. Keen (1702) and Barrat Dyer (1711) was caused by the selectmen to be removed. Pierce's Alley ran, in 1732, from King Street into Corn Market ; now it is Change Avenue, from State Street to Faneuil Hall Square.
Edward Lyde (1702), merchant, of Boston, son of Edward and Mary (Wheel- wright) Lyde, married, Nov. 29, 1694, Susanna, daughter of Capt. George Curwen, of Salem, and, for his second wife, married, Oct. 22, 1696, Deborah, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Byfield (1679). His third wife was Catherine Brinley. Edward Lyde, Sr., dying before 1663, his widow married, in October, 1667, Theodore Atkinson (1664).
Edward Lyde, Jr. (1702), first rented, and, in 1701-2, purchased of William Tailler (1712) the house on the west corner of Elm and Hanover streets. In 1708, the select- men ordered that "the the way Leading from mr Pemberton's Corner at ye end of Dock Square to Justice Lyds Corner in Hanover Street " should be called "Wings Lane." Previous to that time, it had been called Hudson's Lane, out of respect to William Hudson (1640), but in 1799 the present name, Elm Street, was given to it.
Edward Lyde (1702) was elected an assessor of Boston in 1708, and an overseer of the poor in 1715. He was a prominent member of King's Chapel, and held the office of warden in 1701, 1702, and 1703. He was appointed a judge of the inferior Court of Com- mon Pleas for Suffolk County, Dec. 9, 1715, and served until March 20, 1722-3, when he was superseded by Edward Hutchinson (1702). He was also appointed justice of the peace, Dec. 9, 1715. He died May 11, 1724.
Edward Martyn (1702), merchant, of Boston, son of Michael and Susanna Martyn, was born July 12, 1665. By wife, Sarah, he had several children born in Boston prior to 1700. In 1715, he married Sarah, the daughter of Rev. John Barnard, who delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1718. He was tithing-man for the second militia com- pany in 1694, and held various offices, as assessor in 1707, 1708, 1712, and 1714 ; select- man in 1710 ; overseer of the poor in 1712, 1715, and 1716 ; fireward in 1711 and 1712 ; auditor in 1711 and 1713 ; also served on important special committees.
March 12, 1710-1, the town chose Mr. Timothy Thornton (1691), Capt. Thomas Hutchinson (1694), and Capt. Edward Martyn (1702), to purchase land convenient for the enlargement of the North burying-place. Aug. 13, 1717, the selectmen granted liberty to Capt. Edward Martyn (1702) to make a tomb in the new range of tombs in the North burying-place, and, in August following, the selectmen voted that Capt. John Fairwether be appointed fireward in the place of Capt. Edward Martyn (1702), deceased. In Copp's Hill and Burying-Ground, by Edward MacDonald, superintendent,
Edward Lyde (1702). AUTHORITIES: New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1857, 1863; Annals of King's Chapel, p. 178; Boston Records.
" May II, 1724. Judge Lyde died this morn- ing, after a long time of Distraction." - Sewall Papers, Vol. III., p. 337-
Edward Martyn (1702). AUTHORITIES: Bos- ton Records; Whitman's Hist. A. and II. A. Com- pany, Ed. 1842.
" [1717-8] Febr 5. Capt Edward Martyn dyed this day about II A. M. . . . Febr II. Went to the burying of Capt Martyn at the North in one of the New Tombs." - Sewall Papers, Vol. III., pp. 165, 16S.
The News-Letter says Capt. Martyn was in his fifty-third year, and that his military company attended his funeral.
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we are told, "The first stone on the right of the Hull Street entrance is a stone bearing a coat of arms, in memory of Edward Martyn."
He was ensign of the Artillery Company in 1710, lieutenant in 1712, and captain in 1715. He resided on Hanover Street, near Richmond.
By a will, dated May 1, 1717, he gives the income of all his estate to his wife, to bring up his children, making the special bequests of " ten pounds to the North Church to buy a piece of plate," and " twenty pounds to be distributed to the poor of the flock."
Mr. Whitman (1810) says, " His tomb, No. 10, Copp's Hill, is now called Martyn's tomb," wherein his remains were deposited, Feb. 11, 1717-8.
John Mico (1702), merchant, of Boston, came to Boston about 1686. On the twentieth day of August, 1689, he married Mary, daughter of Capt. Thomas Brattle (1675). He was elected constable of the town of Boston, March 9, 1690-1, and was chosen to assist in valuing the estates of the town, Dec. 29, 1707. He served as tithing- man in 1711, 1716, and 1717, and as an auditor of treasurer's accounts in 1713.
The salt-works were set up on the marshes, by the Neck, in 1695-6, and, in 1716, the original proprietors admitted John Mico (1702), with other members of the Artillery Company, as partners.
He died in October, 1718 (was buried Oct. 16), and the inventory of his estate, rendered the court in 1719, amounted to £11,230 17s. His widow (childless) died Dec. 22, 1733.
Thomas Newton (1702), lawyer, of Boston, was born in England, June 10, 1660. He came to Boston from New Hampshire in 1688, and was secretary of that province until 1690. In the selectmen's records his name occurs, but in connection with his business as attorney for the town. Oct. 22, 1692, he was appointed a justice for the trial of cases within the county of York. By the town records it appears he was elected a constable March 13, 1703-4, but was excused from serving, and in 1708 was chosen one of the committee of thirty-one to draw up a charter of incorporation for the town. Dec. 24, 1715, he was appointed a justice of the peace for the county of Suffolk, and July 19, 1720, was appointed attorney general of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, a position which he held until his decease.
He was prosecuting attorney in the celebrated witch trials in 1692. Mr. Savage remarks, " His opinion must have led to the cure of the infernal delusion, for in Jan- uary, 1693, he wrote to Sir William Phips, the Governor, that of the fifty-two charged at Salem [by] that court, the three convicts should have been acquitted like the rest."
The first number of the first newspaper published in North America, the News- Letter, Boston, April 24, 1704, informed its readers that "Thomas Newton, Esq. [1702], is commissioned judge-deputy for the colony of Massachusetts."
He lived in Queen Street, now Court, was an Episcopalian, and signed the remon- strance to the Queen against Dudley's (1677) arbitrary conduct as Governor. He died May 28, 1721.
John Mico (1702). AUTHORITIES : Descend- ants of Thomas Brattle; Boston Records.
" [1718] Oct 16. .. . Go to The funeral of Mr. John Mico." - Sewall Papers, Vol. III., p. 199.
Thomas Newton (1702). AUTIIORITIES : Bos- ton Records; Eliot's Biog. Dict .; Annals of King's
Chapel, pp. 117, 182; Washburn's Judicial Hist. of Mass. . " Mr. Newton [1702], a new comer, was sworn, June 7. 1688. as an Attorney," by Judge Sewall. - Sewall's Diary.
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The News-Letter of June 5, 1721, in announcing his decease says, " His Majesty's Attorney General for Massachusetts Bay, Deputy Judge and Judge of the Admiralty ; Comptroller of the Customs and for many years one of the chief lawyers of Boston. He was born in England, June 10th, 1660, being Whitsunday and died at Portsmouth, N. H., May 28, 1721 (Whitsunday), aged 60. He was educated in England, and beloved, both there and here; one who carried himself just and well in every station, being affable, courteous and circumspect - of strict devotion towards God - exemplary for family government as well as humanity to all. A lover of all good men and therefore the more lamented at his death. His funeral was attended by the Governor, his Majesty's Council, with other principal gentlemen."
A tablet was placed on the walls of King's Chapel, in 1853, in memory of Thomas Newton, Esq. (1702). It contains the following : -
"Sacred to the memory of | Thomas Newton Esquire, | One of the | Original Founders of this Church, | A member of its first Vestry | In 1699. | And a warden | in 1704 | And afterwards : | Who died on the 18th June 1721 | Aged 61 years. | - He was many years one of the | Principal Lawyers in the Province, | And filled various places | Of honour and trust here ; | And at the time of his death | Was Attorney- General, | Comptroller of the Customs, | And had been | A Judge of the Admiralty Court. | He was a Gentleman of exalted virtues, | And greatly beloved, | And respected, | Both in this Country | And in England, | Where he was born and educated."
John Nichols (1702), merchant, of Boston, was a tithing-man in 1693, when he was a member of Major Hutchinson's (1670) military company, and in 1705 and 1709. In 1695, he erected a dwelling-house in Boston, and on the 30th of September of that year was summoned before the selectmen for obstructing the streets. Oct. 31, 1709, the selectmen appointed him wharfinger of the town's wharf at the lower end of Cross Street, now from Commercial Street to Endicott Street, " to collect and receive wharfage for all goods or lumber landed or lying ther as is customary at other wharfes," etc., "he to be allowed one third part thereof for his care and service." May 19, 1712, the selectmen voted, that "in case Mr. John Nichols (1702) do effect the paving before his land in Middle Street [now Hanover Street], the selectmen will pay its part." In 1713, he was elected a viewer and sealer of cord-wood, and was re-elected in 1714, 1715, and 1722. April 29, 1726, being continued in the same service, his assigned place to view and seal wood was Wentworth's Wharf, the next north of Mill Creek. He continued in this office at this place for some years, receiving twopence per cord for his services.
Thomas Palmer (1702), merchant, of Boston, married, Jan. 29, 1696-7, Abigail Hutchinson, - born March 7, 1677, -daughter of Eliakim Hutchinson, of Boston, and died Oct. 8, 1740. He was elected a constable March 11, 1695, but declined, paying the usual fine. He became a prominent citizen, and though for years there was a difference between himself and the town of Boston in regard to certain property near Dock Square, yet he was an esteemed and useful citizen. He was one of the committee selected " to
John Nichols (1702). AUTHORITY : Boston Records.
Thomas Palmer (1702). AUTHORITIES: Bos- ton Records; Drake's Hist. of Boston.
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visit the families of the town and to prevent disorders," in 1706-11, 1713, 1715, 1716, and 1724. In 1707, the town placed the powder, kept to blow up buildings in case of fire, in the care of Thomas Palmer (1702) and Thomas Fitch (1700). He was one of the town auditing committee in 1704, 1714, 1718, 1720-1, 1723-4, and 1726, and an overseer of the poor from 1704 to 1711 inclusive. In 1721, he was elected one of the five trustees to receive, invest, and manage the fifty thousand pounds of bills of credit issued by the province, which constituted the proportion of Boston. He held the same office until 1725, and probably longer. He was a councillor from 1724 to 1726, and from 1730 to 1733-
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