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He was a member of the Boston militia, and fourth sergeant of the Artillery Com- pany in 1710.
Joseph Hubbard (1707), blacksmith, of Boston, was a constable of Boston in 1706, and a tithing-man in 1712 and 1718. In 1708, the way leading from the upper end of Cow Lane, easterly, passing Joseph Hubbard's (1707), down to the sea, was called Gibbs' Lane, which, in 1845, became Belmont Street.
May 15, 1722, the town voted that "a guard be forthwith set at the house of Mr. Joseph Hubbard [1707], blacksmith, to prevent the removal of Mr. Samuel Sewall and sundry others at said house, without orders, ... they having been inoculated for the small-pox." On the same day as the town-meeting, May 15, 1722, the selectmen met and voted, "Whereas Samuel Sewall, of Boston, merchant, his wife and two of his children, and one other of his family, have lately been inoculated for the small- pox, and are now at the dwelling-house of Mr. Joseph Hubbard [1707], blacksmith, in Boston," etc., the said Samuel Sewall and others be removed to the hospital on Spectacle Island. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1719, and was a captain in the militia.
Joseph Hubbard (1707) died April 9, 1761, aged eighty-five years.1
Ezekiel Lewis (1707), school-master and merchant of Boston, son of William and Mary (Cheever) Lewis, was born in Boston (whither his father had moved from Farming-
Richard Hall (1707). AUTHORITY: Boston Records. Joseph Hubbard (1707). AUTHORITY : Bos- ton Records.
Ezekiel Lewis (1707). AUTIIORITIES : Boston Records; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1854, p. 47; 1879, p. 175; 1880, p. 190.
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ton, Conn., but a few years before), Nov. 7, 1674. His mother was a daughter of Ezekiel Cheever, of Boston, the distinguished school-master, in honor of whom he was named.
Ezekiel Lewis (1707) graduated at Harvard College in 1695, and began teaching at Westfield, Mass., where he united with the church May 16, 1697. He was dismissed therefrom Sept. 24, 1703, and Jan. 20, 1705, he united with the Old South Church, of Boston.1 He married, March 18, 1702, Mary Breadon, who died the 20th of February, 1703. He next married Abigail Kilcup, Oct. 11, 1704, who, Mr. Savage supposes, was the widow of Roger Kilcup (1684). He had one child by the first wife, and six by the second. Of the latter, Ezekiel graduated at Harvard College in 1735. In 1699, Mr. Ezekiel Cheever was in need of an assistant in the Latin School, and his mind would naturally turn to his grandson.
At a meeting of the selectmen of Boston, held Aug. 28, 1699, the board, in pursu- ance of a vote of the town, May 8, agreed with Mr. Ezekiel Lewis (1707), and admitted an assistant to his grandfather, Mr. Ezekiel Cheever, in the Latin free school, " his salary at present to be £40 per year." March 10, 1701, the new submaster asked for an increase of salary ; but his petition was referred to the next general town meeting. May 12, 1701, his salary was increased five pounds. He continued as assistant for about two years, when he was succeeded by Nathaniel Williams, son of Nathaniel (1667), and grandson of Nathaniel (1644). Ezekiel Lewis (1707) turned his attention to business, and became a merchant.
He was chosen constable in 1705, overseer of the poor in 1708 and 1709, and assessor in 1713, - all which he declined to accept, but was an assessor in 1707. He acted, however, on several important committees, and visited officially the public schools. He was one of the selectmen of Boston from 1724 to 1726 inclusive, and was repre- sentative from 1723 to 1731 inclusive. In 1720 and 1721, he was one of a committee to draw up instructions for the representatives, and was especially prominent in those cases at law where citizens encroached upon the town's rights. He was elected a member of his Majesty's council in 1731, and served to 1736 ; was elected again in 1738, and served until 1741 ; was re-elected in 1742, and was continued as councillor from 1747 to 1752 inclusive. He was appointed special justice of the Superior Court, June 22, 1733, having been commissioned a justice of the peace, Dec. 29, 1731.
One of his most pleasant duties, doubtless, was serving on the committee of Sept. 13, 1742, to draw up a vote of thanks to Peter Faneuil, Esq., for his generous gift to the town, and then presenting the same to Mr. Faneuil. Later, Sept. 17, he was one of the committee to receive, in behalf of the town, and duly acknowledge in a " vote of thanks," " His Majesty's Picture, to be hung up in Faneuil Hall."
After a busy life, helpful in public interests for more than half a century, he died at Boston, Aug. 14, 1755, aged eighty years.
He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1708.
Benjamin Pemberton (1707), a brewer, of Boston, son of James and Sarah Pemberton, who moved to Boston from Newbury, Mass., and who became one of the founders of the Old South Church, was born March 11, 1666. His brother, Rev. Ebenezer, delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1701.
Benjamin Pemberton (1707). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Ilill's Ilist. of Old South Church.
1 " Lord's Day, Jany 20, 1705-6 Mr Ezek Lewis clismiss'd from Westfield and enter't into covenant with them." - Sewall Papers, Vol. II., p. 153.
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Benjamin Pemberton (1707) married Elizabeth Dixie. He was a tithing-man and member of the Boston militia in 1703, highway surveyor in 1705, and overseer of the poor in 1707 and 1708. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1708, and became a member of the Old South Church, Feb. 4, 1693-4. He died March 9, 1708-9.
Pemberton's Corner, so called in Boston in 1708, was formed by the junction of Wing's Lane (Elm Street) and Dock Square.
William Whitcomb (1707), of Boston, son of James and Elizabeth Whitcomb, was born in Boston, April 21, 1680. He married, (1) July 4, 1706, Rebecca Townsend, who died April 18, 1708, and, (2) March 1, 1709-10, Mary Belither, of Boston.
He does not appear to have held any office in Boston.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1707 is as follows : -
" April 7. 1707. The Rev'd Mr. John Sparhawk was chosen to preach the Artillery Sermon and the commission officers were desired to request it of him. Accepted by him.
" By reason of indisposition as he was on the road, he came not to town, and Mr. Cotton Mather preach'd in his room."
Rev. John Sparhawk,1 who was invited to preach the Artillery election sermon in 1705, but declined to do so, was again invited to preach the annual sermon in 1707. He accepted, but being taken ill on the way from Bristol, R. I., to Boston, he was unable to preach, and his place was filled by Rev. Cotton Mather. Mr. Sparhawk was the youngest son of Nathaniel and Prudence Sparhawk, and was born in Cambridge about 1672. He graduated at Harvard College in 1689, and settled at Bristol, R. I. Mr. Alden gives his epitaph thus : "Here lyeth interred the body of the Rev. Mr. John Sparhawk, a minister of this place 23 years last past, and died the 29 of April, 1718, in the 46 year of his age."
Rev. Cotton Mather,2 then in the forty-fifth year of his age, supplied the place of Rev. Mr. Sparhawk, and delivered the Artillery sermon of 1707. He also preached the annual sermon before the Company in 1691. See page 289.
1708-9. The officers elected were : Thomas Fitch (1700), captain ; John Ballentine, Jr. (1694), lieutenant ; Oliver Noyes (1699), ensign. Ezekiel Lewis (1707) was first sergeant; Benjamin Pemberton (1707), second sergeant ; Benjamin Emmons, Jr. (1698), third sergeant ; Seth Dwight (1702), fourth sergeant, and Henry Bridgham (1699), clerk.
All the sermons printed down to 1700 bear the name of the "Artillery Company ". on the title-page, but the sermon printed in 1700 is delivered before the " Honourable Artillery Company." This was generally the style in the title-pages until 1738. The preacher of the sermon for 1720 uses the appellation "Ancient and Honourable,"
' " [1707] April 7. Mr. Sparhawk is again
2 Memoir, New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1852, chosen lo preach the Artillery Sermon." - Sewall p. 9. Papers, Vol. II., p. 183.
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and in that for 1737, the words " Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company " are once introduced. Dr. Colman's century sermon, in 1738, has on the title-page the words " Preached before the Honourable and Ancient Artillery Company." From that period to the present, all the sermons are said to have been preached before the " Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company."
The records of the Company do not mention either the words "Honorable " or " Ancient " until long after these appellations had been applied to them by the public. The News-Letter, in 1704, uses the phrase " Honourable Artillery Company," and in 1729 a committee of the Company, in its report, uses the title " honourable Artillery Company of the Province of the Massachusetts." The present name appears but once (in 1762) previous to the year 1789, when the Company was revived after the Revolu- tion ; the Legislature, in their militia laws, have since confirmed it to them.
In December, 1708, it was thought by the town that the by-laws already made and in force for the government of the town were insufficient or defective. There was neglect in the execution of these laws, and the need of a proper head, or town officer, to enforce them. It was therefore proposed that a committee of the freeholders and other inhabitants draw up a scheme, or " draught of a Charter of Incorporation for the better government of the town." The committee was to consist of thirty-one persons. The naming of the committee will best prove the influence, position, and prominence of the members of the Artillery Company, and the respect in which they were held.
The committee consisted of the following: Elisha Cooke, Elisha Hutchinson (1670), Isaac Addington, Samuel Sewall (1679), John Foster (1679), Penn Townsend (1674), John Clark, Paul Dudley, Col. Samuel Checkley (1678), Col. Adam Win- throp (1692), Capt. Thomas Fitch (1700), Capt. Thomas Hutchinson (1694), Capt. Timothy Clarke (1702), Capt. Samuel Keeling (1699), Capt. John Ballentine, Jr. (1694), Elder Joseph Bridgham (1674), Deacon John Marion (1691), Addington Davenport (1692), Thomas Newton (1702), Elisha Cooke, Jr. (1699), John George (1702), John White, Richard Draper, Francis Clarke (1701), together with the selectmen, viz., Daniel Oliver, Daniel Powning (1691), Thomas Cushing (1691), Stephen Minot, Francis Thresher, Capt. Oliver Noyes (1699), and Joseph Prout (1674).
Of the above-named committee of thirty-one persons, twenty-two were members of the Artillery Company. In the month of March following, notwithstanding the town voted thanks to the above-named committee "for their care and paines in drawing up the said Scheme," the scheme itself was negatived.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1708 were : Ames Angier, James Davie, William Lowder.
" [1708] 7r [Sept.] 6, I Train under Capt Fitch, and by that means dine with Maj. Turner at Norths. He was I think the only Guest. Mr. N. Williams pray'd in the field in the morn; and Mr. Allen at his own Gate P. M. As were Shooting at the Mark, the Rain ohlig'd us to put on our cloaks. Went to Capt. Lieut, Ballentines; made an excellent Volley at Lodging the Colours, Mad. Ballentine rec'd them in at window. .
" [1709] Monday, April 4. Gen'l Council, which prevented my Training in the Artillery. I sent my Pike, and went myself; and the Secretary
followed me into Shrimptons Lane, and took me off. Mr Pemberton had discouraged me before, but I had thought to have Train'd this once; had I not been thus call'd away. . .
"[1709] May 2 Being Artillery day and Mr. Higginson dead, I put on my Mourning Rapier; and put a black Ribband into my little cane. . . . I din'd with the Artillery at Powell's, whether Max- well came and warned me to Council at 3. There I waited all alone, as many times I do." - Sewall Papers, Vol. II., pp. 235, 252, 254.
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Ames Angier (1708), school-master, of Boston, son of Rev. Samuel and Hannah Angier, of Rehoboth, was born at Rehoboth, June 29, 1681, and graduated at Harvard College in 1701. His mother was the only daughter of Urian Oakes, president of Harvard College, 1675-81, who delivered the election sermon before the Artillery Company in 1672. Ames Angier (1708) was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1709. He married, May 20, 1708, Margaret Maccarty, of Boston, probably a daughter of Thaddeus ( 1681).
March 15, 1719-20, the town "voted : that Mr. Ames Anger be admitted a school- master at ye new writing school-house 1 at ye South," at a salary of one hundred pounds quarterly. Several petitions having been presented the town complaining of the South School and of its teacher, the town voted, March 13, 1721-2, that the selectmen, and such others as they may invite, visit the school, make inquiries, and report at the next general meeting. The selectmen invited Penn Townsend (1674), Jeremiah Allen (1694), and John Edwards (1699) to accompany them. They visited the South Writing- School, April 24, 1722, and, after examination, reported that Mr. Angier (1708) should not be continued as master. He died in 1722, in England.
James Davie (1708), merchant, of Boston, was probably a son of Capt. Humphrey Davie (1665), who came to Boston in 1662. After the decease of his first wife, Capt. Humphrey (1665) married Sarah, widow of James Richards, of Hartford, Conn. He died Feb. 18, 1689. By his wife, Sarah, he had two sons or more. The father came into possession of a large estate in Hartford, and it is quite probable that James (1708) also removed thither.
William Lowder (1708), an innholder, of Boston, married, May 2, 1706, Lydia Balston. He was a clerk of the market in Boston in 1710, a fireward in 1712, and in 1715 was elected a constable, but refused to serve. He "was discharged by the Justices in Court of General Sessions," at the April term. He was probably a storekeeper until July 11, 1726, when he petitioned the selectmen for a license as an innholder. It was granted, "at the horsshew in the Comon." Probably this tavern was in the vicinity of Horse Pond, on the Common. July 27, 1730, Mr. Lowder (1708) petitioned for liberty "to remove his license of a tavernor from the house where he lives in Comon Street to the place where Mr. Mason's Grainery was," which was granted. The "Grainary belonging to Mr. Arthur Mason, butting on the Common or Training field," was used by the town in 1702 to store powder in, on account of its remoteness from the town, Mr. Lowder (1708) remained there but little more than three years, when he removed from Common Street "to the house wherein George Cyre dwelt in Marlborough Street," now Washington Street, between Summer and School streets. He remained here until his decease, in 1736, when administration was granted unto his son.
William Lowder (1708) was clerk of the Artillery Company in 1710, third sergeant in 1711, and lieutenant in 1723.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1708 is as follows : -
" April 5th 1708. The Rev'd Mr. Samuel Danforth was chosen to preach the Ames Angier (1708). AUTHORITY : Boston " " This was the school established about 1717. at the corner of West and Common streets."- Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842. Records. William Lowder (1708). AUTHORITY : Bos- ton Records.
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Artillery Sermon, and the then commission officers, with Mr Samuel Sewall, Esqr [1679] and Mr. Edward Bromfield Esqr [1679], were desired to request it of him.
" May 3rd, It was returned accepted pr him."
Rev. Samuel Danforth, of Taunton, who delivered the sermon before the Artillery Company in 1708, was a son of Rev. Samuel Danforth, of Roxbury (colleague with Rev. John Eliot), who delivered the sermon before the Company in 1667, and was a brother of Rev. John Danforth, of Dorchester, who delivered the sermon before the Company in 1693. Rev. Samuel, of Taunton, was born Dec. 6, 1666, and graduated at Harvard College in 1683. He was ordained in 1687, and married Hannah, daughter of Rev. James Allen, of Boston, who delivered the sermon before the Company in 1664. He died Nov. 14, 1727, and his widow, Dec. 3, 1761.
The officers elected were: Penn Townsend (1674), captain ;
1700-10. Habijah Savage (1699), lieutenant ; Thomas Cushing (1691), ensign. Henry Bridgham (1699) was first sergeant; Ames Angier (1708), second sergeant ; Benjamin Simpson (1702), third sergeant ; Ambrose Vincent (1703), fourth sergeant, and Henry Bridgham (1699), clerk.
In 1709, the British government directed the northern colonies to raise forces to unite with those of England, and attack Canada by sea and land ; but the promised fleet and troops from England did not arrive, and the enterprise failed. Massachusetts had nine hundred men under arms near Boston, and many vessels employed, from May to October. The expense to the province was about twenty thousand pounds.
At the meeting of the freeholders, and other inhabitants of Boston, held at the town-house, Monday, Dec. 19, 1709, a petition was presented to the town, signed by Oliver Noyes (1699), Daniel Oliver, James Barnes, John George (1702), John Gerrish (1700), and Anthony Stoddard, of whom one half were members of the Artillery Com- pany. Dr. Oliver Noyes, who joined the Artillery Company in 1699, was the originator and impelling spirit in the undertaking which was projected.
The petitioners asked permission of the town to build a wharf, at their own cost and charge, at the end of King Street, to be the width of the street, and "unto low-water mark, leaving a way thirty feet wide on one side as a highway, and keeping the end of the wharf free for the town, when they shall see reason to plant guns there for the defence of the town." The work was to be completed within four years. The petition is given entire in the Record Commissioners' Report of Boston Town Records, 1700-1728, pp. 66, 67.
The town thought favorably of the project, and appointed the following committee to consider the petition, viz. : Isaiah Tay, Jonas Clark, Samuel Marshall (1685), James Barnes, Daniel Powning (1691), Richard Draper, Capt. Timothy Clarke (1702), Capt. Ephraim Savage (1674), and Joseph Wadsworth. At the town meeting, March 13, 1709-10, the above committee presented its report, which was signed by Joseph Prout (1674) : " T. Clerk in ye name of said committee." They recommended, and the town approved, that " the grant asked for by Capt. Oliver Noyes [1699] and Company be
" [1709] June 6 Artillery day. I went with Mr. John Williams of Deerfield to the funeral of Mr Pierpont at Reading." - Sewall Papers, Vol. II., p. 257.
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granted." This was the origin of Long Wharf, which appears so conspicuous on the maps of Boston from the time of Bonner's map, in 1714 ; especially on Paul Revere's " View of a part of Boston," showing Long Wharf, the buildings upon it, and the landing of the British troops in 1768.
Capt. Uring, in his Voyages and Travels, describes the Boston of 1709-21, the years of his first and last visits. He says, "The town is near two miles in length, and three-quarters of a mile broad in some places, in which are reckoned 4000 houses ; most of them are built of brick and have about 18000 inhabitants. It is much the largest of any in America under the British government ; they have built several wharfs ; one of which goes by the name of the Long Wharf, and may well be called so, it running about 800 foot into the harbour, where large ships, with great ease, may both lade and unlade ; on one side of which are warehouses almost the whole length of the wharf."
At the town meeting held March 13 and 14, 1709-10, it was voted, "That the Town will proceed to the choyce of a Committee to Consider about building a line of Fortification on the Neck, to make an Estemation of what may be the charge thereof, and also to Consider of the most convenient place & manner how the Sam : may be built So as to be a means of Safety to ye Town and to make report to the Town at their next meeting of what they Shall thinck proper for the Town to do therein." The following committee was chosen : Elisha Cooke, Samuel Sewall (1679), Thomas Brattle, Capt. Thomas Fitch (1700), and Capt. Oliver Noyes (1699). Aug. 31 next follow- ing, the inhabitants in town meeting voted that the line of defence should be made about two hundred feet to the southward of Mr. Samuel Phillips's (1693), "his land on ye Neck," and that the fortification should be faced with stone from the bottom of the ditch to the height of the rampart, and the parapet to be sod work. The line of defence was at the termination of Orange Street, corresponding to the present inter- section of Dover and Washington streets.
At the meeting in March, 1709-10, Joseph Prout (1674) represented that he had served as town clerk for the space of nine years, and as town treasurer for seven years, and that the work of these offices had required so much care and attention as to exclude his doing anything else. The pay was small, and the town granted him one hundred and fifty dollars.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1709 were : John Ellis, Samuel Gerrish, Joseph Hiller, John Hunt, Brattle Oliver, James Smith, Jr., Francis Wainwright.
John Ellis (1709), of Boston, son of Henry and Joanna Ellis, of Boston, was born Aug. 18, 1683. His father, Henry, was a mariner. He was a corder of wood in 1704, and was elected constable in 1717.
Samuel Gerrish (1709), bookseller, of Boston, son of Rev. Joseph and Ann (Waldron) Gerrish, of Wenham, married Mary, daughter of Hon. Samuel Sewall (1679). She died Nov. 16, 1710, aged nineteen years and twenty, days. He married, second, May 8, 1712, Sarah, daughter of Capt. John Coney (1662). His mother was a daughter of Major Richard Waldron, of Dover. Samuel (1709) is designated by Mr. Savage as " the bookseller." He united with the Old South Church, March 14, 1707. He was elected constable of Boston March 9, 1723, but declined, paying the fine. March 11,
John Ellis (1709). AUTHORITY : Boston Rec- ords.
Samuel Gerrish (1709). AUTHORITY: Bos- ton Records.
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1733, he was chosen town clerk, and was annually re-elected until his decease. May 18, 1741, the warrant contained an article, to elect a town clerk in place of Samuel Gerrish (1709), deceased. He was also, from 1735 to his death, registrar of deeds for Suffolk County, and was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1712.
Joseph Hiller (1709), shopkeeper, of Boston, son of Joseph and Susanna Hiller, was born in Boston, Sept. 9, 1685. He was a brother of Benjamin Hiller ('1714). He was granted a license as a retailer in Cornhill, Aug. 7, 1710, which was regranted. His house in Cornhill was on the easterly corner of Cornhill, now Washington Street, and Tyng's Alley. In 1719, he was one of the sureties for William Pitson, a new inhabi- tant. He was chosen, March 25, 1718, sealer of weights and measures for the town of Boston, in place of Capt. Ephraim Savage (1674), "who had moved out of town." Jan. 30, 1720-1, James Collison was chosen sealer of weights and measures, in place of Joseph Hiller (1709), deceased. The latter was first sergeant of the Artillery Com- pany in 1713, ensign in 1718, and lieutenant in 1719.
John Hunt (1709), trader, of Boston, son of Capt. Thomas (1685) and Judith (Torrey) Hunt, was born in Boston in 1676. He married, June 14, 1711, Rebecca Shrimpton. His marriage was solemnized by Ephraim Hunt, Esq. They had nine children, one of whom, Elizabeth, married, Dec. 6, 1736, Col. Jacob Wendell (1733). Ephraim Hunt (1717) was a brother of Capt. John (1709).
Capt. John (1709) was clerk of the market in 1712; constable in 1713; tithing- man and a member of the militia in 1719 and 1722; selectman from 1727 to 1730; overseer of the poor from 1731 to 1736 inclusive, and a trustee, March 29, 1728, of the town's proportion of the sixty thousand pounds granted by the General Assembly. There were five trustees charged with the loaning and care of this fund, four of whom were members of the Artillery Company.
March 25, 1735, Capt. Hunt (1709) gave one hundred pounds toward the erection of the new workhouse. He was a man of considerable wealth, and noted for his generosity. He was the owner of the brigantine "Supply," recorded as one of the vessels hailing from Boston in 1748. In 1734, Capt. Hunt (1709) was a member of that select Fire Society in Boston, incorporated in 1717, whose membership was limited to twenty persons. He became a member of the Old South Church, Nov. 22, 1730; was appointed a justice of the peace, June 27, 1735, and served as third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1713.
Brattle Oliver (1709), merchant, of Boston, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Brattle) Oliver, of Boston, was born June 1, 1689. He was a grandson of Peter (1643), and a brother of Nathaniel, Jr. (1701). His mother was a daughter of Capt. Thomas Brattle (1675). He became a member of the Old South Church, Feb. 16, 1728-9. Brattle Oliver (1709) married, March 11, 1713-4, Anne Gillam.
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