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Jabez Hunt (1727), of Boston, son of Thomas Hunt, was born in Boston, April 5, 1698. He married, June 3, 1745, Hannah Brown, who died Sept. 21, 1748, aged thirty- six years. Their only child was baptized at the First Church, Boston, July 3, 1746.
He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1729 ; clerk's assistant in 1729 and 1731 ; clerk in 1732 and 1733, and lieutenant in 1743; also adjutant of the Boston regiment. Though so active in the militia, he does not appear prominent in town affairs. He was hog-reeve in 1724, constable in 1730, clerk of the market in 1738, and scavenger in 1739.
The Evening Post, of Boston, contained the following obituary : -
"Capt. Jabez Hunt [died] Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1762, in his sixty-fifth year. He was a gentleman noted for his strict virtues and military accomplishments, whereby he
John Helyer (1727). AUTHORITY: Boston Records. John Hobby (1727). AUTHORITY : Boston
Nathaniel Hodgdon (1727). AUTHORITY : Boston Records.
Jabez Hunt (1727). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Hunt Genealogy, P. 343-
Records.
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was very serviceable to the regiment of militia in which he was an officer upwards of twenty years. His life was much desired, and his death is much lamented."
His will (n. p.) was made Aug. 6, 1762, and proved the 27th of December following.
Dudson Kilcup (1727), of Boston, son of Roger Kilcup (1684), was born Dec. 28, 1702. Roger (1684) died Oct. 1, 1702, and Oct. 11, 1704, his widow married Ezekiel Lewis (1707). Dudson (1727) married, Nov. 10, 1726, Lois Britton. He was elected hog-reeve in March, 1730, and again in May, 1738, but was " excused " the latter year. He paid the usual fine rather than serve as constable in 1732. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1730. He died March 2, 1779, aged seventy-six years.
Bennet Love (1727), of Boston, son of John and Susanna Love, was born in Boston, June 2, 1703, and married, Dec. 2, 1725, Deborah Lee. His name does not again appear on the Records of the Town of Boston.
Edward Marion (1727), blacksmith, of Boston, son of Samuel Marion (1691), was born in Boston, Dec. 2, 1692. He married Mary Renall, Nov. 17, 1715. He was a constable of Boston in 1727, scavenger in 1731, and March 25, 1735, he subscribed ten pounds towards the erection of the new workhouse, " to be paid in smiths work." He never held any office in the Artillery Company. He died March 20, 1771, and was buried in the King's Chapel Burial-Ground.
David Mason (1727), upholsterer, of Boston, son of Arthur and Mary Mason, was born July 2, 1703, and married, March 24, 1725, Susanna Stevens. He was elected clerk of the market in 1728, and constable in 1732, both times refusing to serve and therefore fined. He served as hog-reeve in 1731, but declined the office in 1739, and was scavenger in 1734. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1732, and was a captain in the militia. He died July 19, 1746, aged forty-three years. His gravestone is in the Granary Burial-Ground.
Richard Mortimer (1727), of Boston, son of Richard and Mary Mortimer, was born in Boston, March 18, 1702. He married Lydia Wharton, Oct 22, 1723.
William Nichols (1727), joiner, of Boston, son of John Nichols, was born in Boston, May 9, 1692, and married, Nov. 11, 1714, Berthia Webb. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1729, and ensign in 1739 ; also a lieutenant in the militia. William Nichols (1727) held town office but two years, when his name disappears from the records, his last service being in 1727.
John Salter (1727), brazier in Boston, probably a son of Joseph, was born in Boston, April 6, 1696. The office of constable he declined in 1728. He held minor offices in the town of Boston in 1740, 1741, and 1742. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1730, ensign in 1743, and lieutenant in 1751 ; and also was a lieutenant in the militia.
Dudson Kilcup (1727). AUTHORITIES : Bos- ton Records; Continental Journal, March, 1779.
Edward Marion (1727). AUTHORITY : Boston Records.
David Mason (1727). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.
William Nichols (1727). AUTHORITY : Bos- ton Records.
John Salter (1727). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.
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Thomas Simpkins (1727), brazier, of Boston, a great-grandson of Capt. Nicholas Simpkins (1650), "the first captain at the Castle," from 1634 to 1638, and son of Thomas Simpkins, was born in Boston, Jan. 27, 1702. He was clerk of the market in 1729, constable in 1735, and scavenger in 1743; also third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1730, and clerk in 1738.
John Smith (1727), brewer, of Boston, son of Thomas (1702), was born in Boston, Feb. 2, 1703. John Smith (1727) held various offices in the town between 1731 and 1746. May 15, 1750, he was chosen one of a committee to draft a memorial to the General Court, praying for the repeal of the law taxing tea, coffee, coaches, chaises, etc., and report to the town. The memorial is given in full in the town records. He was also appointed one of a committee to prevent said law being confirmed " at home," and also on another committee to draw up instructions for the government of Mr. Christopher Kilby, who was elected agent of the colony in London.
Henry Wheeler (1727), of Boston, was a founder of the New Brick Church of Boston in 1722. He was chosen clerk of the market in 1727.
" A List of soldiers under the fine of 12d per day for non-appearance.
"Joseph Russell [1722], Simon Rogers [1722], Joseph White [1722], Stephen Paine [1724], James Carey [1723], William Ward [1724], Thomas Tileston [1724], Thomas Wiswall [1724], Samuel Swift [1724], Christopher Marshall [1724], John Chandler [1725], John Ashley [1725], Thomas Wells [1725], Nicholas Belknap [1725], Nathaniel Hodgdon [1727], Job Coit [1727], William Nichols [1727], John Smith [1727], John Hobby [1727], Henry Wheeler [ 1727]."
The record of the Artillery Company for 1727 is as follows : -
" April 3. 1727. The Rev'd Mr. William Waldron was chosen to preach the Artillery Election Sermon. The Field officers of the regiment and the present commission officers of this Company were desired to request it of him. Accepted by him.
" Voted that the training in May next be half a day beginning at two of the clock afternoon.
" Boston, June 5, 1727. Voted, that the training in September next be half a day beginning at two of the clock, p : m.
" Boston, September 4. 1727. At an Artillery Training, being under arms at the place of parade, were detained by his Honour, the Lieut. Governour and Commander- in-chief in Council, while the Proclamation, declaring His Majesty's pleasure for con- tinuing the officers in the Plantations, till His Majesty's pleasure shall be further signified, was read ; which affair was concluded with three huzzas and three volleys ; after which His Honour sent down five pounds to drink the King's health. The Com- pany agreed before they were dismissed to adjourn themselves to Wednesday evening next, the sixth current, and then met, to the number of fifty members, and entered on the consideration of affairs relating to the Company; and then Voted, that there be a committee chosen of seven members of said Company, three at least of which to go to
Thomas Simpkins (1727). AUTHORITY : Records. John Smith (1727). AUTHORITY: Boston Boston Records.
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Dunstable and inspect the Company's farm and make report on the training in October next, what they shall think proper to be done thereon The charge of the Committee to be borne by the Company. The gentlemen chosen were, viz: Col. Thomas Fitch [1700], Lt. Col. Edward Hutchinson [1702], Maj. Habijah Savage [1699], Capt Edward Winslow [1700], Mr. William Downe [1716], Mr. Edward Pell [1714] and Mr. Nathaniel Cunningham [1720].
" Pursuant to the above vote, three of said committee, accompanied (at their desire) with the Clerk, did, on the twentieth of September, 1727, go up to Dunstable, to inspect and consider of the state of the Company's said farm, lying within that township, and made the following report to the said Company on their Training the first Monday in October instant : To which they severally subscribe their names.
" REPORT. We, the Subscribers, Journeying to the Town of Dunstable, on Wednes- day the 20th inst. To inspect and consider the state of the farm in said Town belonging to the Honorable Artillery Company of the Province of the Massachusetts, Did on the 2Ist take with us, Messrs Jonathan Danforth of Billerica, Capt Henry Farwell and Mr. William Lund, both of Dunstable, to assist in Surveying the farm, and gaining a true knowledge of the waste made thereon. We forded Nashaway river and landed on the farnı about half a mile from the mouth of said river, and spreading ourselves, we found forty-eight pine loggs lying on the banks of Nashaway river, which by computation would make ten thousand feet of boards ; we proceeded by Grassy pond to Spectacle meadow, and on the spot, described on the platt, we found a pine tree marked B. - dead. The surveyor marked a young tree with the same letter; from thence toward round the first patch of meadow and came to a neck, which makes the Spectacle, and found a dead tree with an antiquated mark, but concluded it to be our Station at G ; from thence went Round the second patch and came to a neck and passed over and found a tree marked on the side next to the meadow with the letter D. and the opposite side with H, which the Surveyor advised us was Col. Hutchinson's bounds, and shew a platt of the same; from thence we returned to our first station at B. and directed our course E. B. N. [east by north] and passing by marked trees on the bounds of Col. Tyngs land, we came to a large pine tree marked B. on the East and West sides, within about one hundred and fifty rods of the river Merrimack ; from thence we continued our course down to the river, on the bounds of Brenton's farm, but found no red oak tree standing, with a mark, but a large tree fallen and decayed, which suppose was our bounds at A, but directly opposite on the East side of Merrimack there is a railed fence, which continues the same course, E. B. N. and is the bounds of Brenton's which is continued on both sides of the river ; from thence we travelled on the banks of Merri- mack until we came to a point where Merrimack and Nashaway rivers meet about one mile and a half ; from thence we travelled on the side of Nashaway river until we came to our first pass.
"We find the land generally pretty level, few intervals, - abounding with pine trees, the chief whereof are killed with bleeding ; a considerable number of which have been bled within two or three years. The land esteemed good of the sort ; about one hundred and fifty acres allowed to be as good as most land in Dunstable. We found on the two patches of meadow about ten load of hay in stack, mowed by one Mr. Lovewell, who has mowed it for several years past. We found a patch of meadows, not described in our platt, with about two load of hay thereon in cock. On our return we fixed adver-
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tisements, inviting any persons, who are minded to lease said farm, to apply to the Company on their training the first Monday in October next, in Dunstable, Chelmsford and Woburn.
" SAMUEL HOLYOKE, Clerk. " WILLIAM DOWNE, " NATHANIEL CUNNINGHAM, " EDWARD PELL,
" Committee.
" Upon receiving the above report, Voted, that the said Messrs William Downe [1716], Nathaniel Cunningham [1720], Edward Pell [1714] and Samuel Holyoke [1714], have the thanks of the Company for their Service in this affair.
" Voted, that the aforesaid Gentlemen's accompt of charge in going to Dunstable to inspect the Company's farm, &c, amounting to eight pounds, sixteen shillings and ten pence be allowed ; and ordered that the Clerk discharge the said amount accordingly.
" Voted, that the aforesaid Committee, viz : - Col. Thomas Fitch [1700], Lt Col. Edward Hutchinson [1702], Maj. Habijah Savage [1699], Capt Edward Winslow [1700], Mr. William Downe [1716], Mr. Nathaniel Cunningham [1720], and Mr. Edward Pell [1714], be continued and Impowered to lease out the said farm, or reduce it to such an Improvement as they shall think most advantageous for the interest of the Company ; and if the said Committee thinks that the Company's money that lyes in Col. Fitch's hands may be advantageously improved on said farm, then they shall have liberty to draw it out of his hands for that end."
Rev. William Waldron, of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1727. He was a son of Col. Richard Waldron, of Portsmouth, N. H., and grandson of Major Richard Waldron, of Dover, N. H. He was born Aug. 4, 1697, and graduated at Harvard College in 1717. The New Brick, so called, was formed in 1719 by persons who left the New North Church on account of the installation of Rev. Peter Thacher. In November of that year, a movement was made to build a meeting-house. Edward Pell (1714), who was one of the committee that visited Dunstable in 1727, drew the plan of the new meeting-house, and it was finished for dedication in May, 1721. The year following, the church was regularly organized, and on the same day (May 23, 1722) Rev. Mr. Waldron was ordained as pastor. He continued in this relation until his decease, which occurred Sept. 20, 1727.
He was related to the Gerrishes, who were prominent in the Artillery Company about this time. Capt. John Gerrish (1700) married Col. Richard Waldron's sister, Elizabeth. His sons, Benjamin Gerrish (1714) and John (1718), were cousins of Rev. William Waldron, as was also Samuel Gerrish (1709), whose mother was Ann Waldron, wife of Rev. Joseph Gerrish, of Wenham.
Mr. Waldron died Sept. 11, 1727, in the thirty-first year of his age and the sixth of his ministry. "He died," says Rev. Cotton Mather, "nobly. So to die is indeed no dying. "Tis but flying away with the wings of the morning into the paradise of God."
Mr. Waldron married Elizabeth Allen, of Martha's Vineyard, and had two daughters, one of whom became the wife of Col. Josiah Quincy, of Braintree.
Rev. William Waldron. AUTHORITIES : Rob- bins's Hist. of New North Church; Sprague's An-
nals of American Pulpit; Ware's and Robbins's Hist. Discourses.
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1728-9. The officers elected were : Samuel Thaxter (1728), captain ; Nathaniel Balston (1714), lieutenant; Benjamin Bridge (1711), ensign. Nathaniel Hodgdon (1727) was first sergeant; Samuel Jones (1725), second sergeant ; Nicholas Belknap (1725), third sergeant ; Ralph Smith (1725), fourth sergeant, and Samuel Holyoke (1714), clerk.
April 1, 1728, the town voted "That a Grainery be Built in the Comon near the Alms House, And That the Sum of not Exceeding Eleven Hundred Pounds" be appro- priated for that purpose. Jonathan Williams (1711) was then chosen chairman of the committee "to manage the Building the Grainery." This building was erected near where the Park Street Church now stands, and its name has been perpetuated by the adjoining burial-ground. The granary building was erected of wood, and was "calculated to contain 12,000 bushels of grain." It was removed in 1809 to Commercial Point.
At the same town meeting, Edward Hutchinson, Esq. (1702), and Samuel White were elected "to take care of the Great Artillery and all the stores at the South Battery."
On the tenth day of March, 1728-9, a letter was read to the town assembled, from Hon. Thomas Fitch (1700), signifying "That He did Present to the Town Two Hun- dred and fifteen Firelocks with Bayonets fitted to them, to be for the use of the town of Boston forever." 1
The town with great unanimity expressed its thanks for "So Valuable and Generous a Present," and Elisha Cooke (1699), Adam Winthrop (1692), and John Baker (1703) were chosen to "Waite upon the Honourable Col. Thomas Fitch [1700] with their Thanks and a Copy of the vote."
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1728 were : Samuel Miller and Samuel Thaxter.
Samuel Miller (1728), of Boston, son of Alexander Miller, was born in Boston, Nov. 25, 1696, and married, Oct. 8, 1723, Rebecca Minot. His name appears but once on the town records. Feb. 2, 1729, he was elected constable, but was afterward excused from serving. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1732.
Samuel Thaxter (1728), of Hingham, yeoman, son of John, was born Aug. 6, 1665. He was admitted a freeman in 1688, and Dec. 29, 1691, married Hannah Gridley, granddaughter of Richard (1658). Mr. Thaxter (1728) was a selectman of Hingham four years ; colonel in the militia service; representative to the General Court eleven years ; councillor from 1719 to 1737 inclusive ; was appointed, Oct. 24, 1712, a special justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Nantucket; Dec. 12, 1729, the same for Plymouth County ; and, June 27, 1735, a special justice of the Superior Court, " to try causes in which the inhabitants of Boston are concerned." He commanded the Artillery
Samuel Thaxter (1728). AUTHORITY : Lin- coln's Hist. of Hingham.
1 This seems to modify a statement made by Mr. Whitman (1810), in his Ilistory of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, pp 272, 273, viz .: Col. Benjamin Pollard (1726) "introduced the use of the bayonet (derived from Bayonne, in France, where they were first manufactured or in- vented). The Cadets, under him as commander, were the first corps in America which appeared in public with a bayonet."
The earliest notice of the bayonet in France is
in 1646-7. It was introduced generally into the French army in 1671. As early as James I. (1600), the swan's feather - a long, thin, rapier blade, which the musketeer, after discharging his piece, fixed into the muzzle - was in use in England. The plug-bayonet, so called, was used in England until 1690, when the socket-bayonet was introduced.
It is to be presumed that the "firelocks with hayonets fitted to them," which Col. Fitch (1700) gave to the town of Boston, were publicly used by some military bodies.
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Company in 1728, the year he joined the Company, and was a prominent and service- able man, filling every position and discharging every duty with fidelity and energy. He distinguished himself in every trust. He died Nov. 13, 1740.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1728 is as follows : -
" 1728. April r. The Artillery Company being under arms, the Rev'd Ebenezer Gay of Hingham was chosen to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, and the present commission officers of said Company, with the field officers of the Regiment, were appointed a Committee to request it of him. Accepted by him.
" Mr. Edward Marion, at his request, was dismissed.
" May 6. Trained but half a day, beginning at two p. m.
"June 3. Being under arms, Voted, that the present Commission officers of this Company, with those to be now elected, be a Committee to give the thanks of the Company to the Rev'd Mr. Ebenezer Gay for the Sermon preached to them this day, and to desire a copy thereof for the press.
"Voted, that the Training in September next be half a day, beginning at 2 o'clock, p. m.
"September 2. Being under arms, Voted, that the Company be Supplied with a new flight of Colours, and that Samuel Holyoke [1714], the present Clerk, provide them accordingly, and at the charge of the Company."
Rev. Ebenezer Gay, who delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1728, the youngest son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Lusher) Gay, of Dedham, was born in that town, Aug. 26, 1696, and graduated at Harvard College in 1714. He was ordained to the Christian ministry June 11 1718, and died March 18, 1787, "the honored patriarch of our New England pulpit n that age." He lived in the Christian ministry sixty-eight years, nine months, and few days, and died in his ninety-first year. The degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by Harvard College, in 1785.
"To give a good man his deserved character is not only justice to the living but charity to the dead; for while they mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, impressed with the amiableness of his virtues they may be induced to imitate them and their end be peace." 1
" For learning, liberality, candour and strength of mind, he was distinguished and celebrated by the judicious and candid."
1729-30 .. The officers elected were: Edward Winslow (1700), captain ; Daniel Pecker (1720), lieutenant; Samuel Holyoke (1714), ensign. William Nichols (1727) was first sergeant; John Phillips (1725), second sergeant ; Thomas Edwards (1724), third sergeant ; Jabez Hunt (1727), fourth sergeant ; Samuel Holyoke (1714), clerk, and Jabez Hunt (1727), clerk's assistant.
Sept. 19, 1726, the principal owners of the mills near Mill Bridge were Nathaniel Byfield (1679), Simeon Stoddard (1675), Elisha Cooke (1699), and Edward Hutchinson (1702), who appeared before the selectmen in regard to repairing Mill Bridge.2 It was
Rev. Ebenezer Gay. AUTHORITIES: Hists.
2 Not entered on town books until March 26, of Hingham; Obituary in Massachusetts Gazette. 1729. 1 Newspaper of March, 1787.
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agreed that repairs should be made, and that Elisha Cooke (1699) and Edward Hutch- inson (1702), of the mill owners, and Thomas Cushing (1691) and Capt. Nathaniel Green (1722), of the selectmen, should have the care of the repairs.
In the Records of Boston Selectmen, 1716-1736, and on page 184, as printed by the record commissioners, there is given a list of the tombs in the South burying-place, on the south line, with their numbers. Of the sixty-seven tombs, twenty-four bear the names of members of the Artillery Company, and several others bear their family names.
No.
2. Oliver Noyes (1699). No. 36. Penn Townsend, Esq. (1674).
3. Capt. James Gooch (1714). 37. Mr. John Borland (1692).
4. Mr. Thomas Cushing (1691). 39. Mr. Barrat Dyer (1711).
9. Mr. Ezekiel Lewis (1707). 40. Mr. Nathaniel Cunningham (1720).
IO. Mr. Robert Gutteridge (1694). 44. Mr. Thomas Downe (1733).
12. Jeremiah Allen, Esq. (1694). 49.
14. Capt. Adino Bulfinch (1702). 50.
20. Mr. John Coney (1662).
21. Mr. Samuel Barrat (1717). 57 Mr. Thomas Jackson (1692).
25. Mr. Samuel Rand (1720).
28. Mr. Silence Allen (1700).
33. Mr. Jeremiah Belknap (1711).
Mr. John Hunt (1709).
Nathaniel Byfield, Esq. (1679).
55.
Mr. John Wendell (1733).
60. Mr. Nicholas Buttolph (1694).
65. Zechariah Thayer (1722).
69. Jonathan Williams, Jr. (1729).
March II, 1729, the town voted, " That the Selectmen be desired to wait upon the Honourable Thomas Fitch Esq [1700], with the Thanks of the town for his So free Lone of So much Money to the Town for the Purchasing of wheat for the Towns Use."
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1729 were : Samuel Adams, William Brattle, Edward Emerson, Knight Leverett, Hugh McDaniel, Sampson Salter, Jonathan Williams, Jr.
Samuel Adams (1729), a brewer, of Boston, son of Capt. John (1691), was bap- tized May 12, 1689. He married, April 21, 1713, Mary, only daughter of Richard Fifield, of Boston, and he died March 8, 1748.1 They were the parents of Samuel Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Massachusetts. The latter married, in 1749, Elizabeth Checkley, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (Rolfe) Checkley.
Samuel Adams (1729) was clerk of the market in 1727, and subsequently held various town offices, and was active in public matters. He was for many years a justice of the peace, selectman, and representative. Gov. Shirley negatived him as a member of the council in 1747, because " he had been too outspoken in his opposition to the encroachments of the Crown upon the rights of the people." His son said of him, " He was a wise man and a good man."
Samuel Adams (1729). AUTHORITIES : Hist. of Adams Family; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1848.
1 " Last week died and was decently interred the remains of Samuel Adams Esq: a gentleman who sustained many public offices among us and for some time past represented this town in the General
Assembly. He was one who well understood and rightly pursued the civil and religious interests of this people; a true New England Man; an honest Patriot. Help, Lord, for such wise and godly men cease, and such faithful members fail from among the sons of New England." - Independent Adver- tiser.
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Mr. Adams (1729) joined the Old South Church in 1706, and united in the forma- tion, in 1715, of what became known as the New South Church, in Summer Street.
He was lieutenant of the Artillery Company in 1737.
William Brattle (1729), of Cambridge, son of William and Elizabeth (Hayman) Brattle, and grandson of Capt. Thomas (1675) and Elizabeth (Tyng) Brattle, of Boston, and nephew of Edward (1694), was born April 18, 1706. He married, Nov. 23, 1727, Katherine, daughter of Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall, and had nine children, of whom only two survived to maturity. His grandmother was a daughter of Capt. William Tyng (1638). His wife, Katherine, died April 28, 1752, aged forty-seven years, and he married, Nov. 2, 1755, Martha Allen, a widow, daughter of Col. Thomas Fitch (1700).
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