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Joseph Sherburne
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Hopestill Foster .
(1694), £6 Abiel Walley
(1710), £30
Thomas Hutchinson
(1694),
30 Jonathan Williams
(1711), 15
Jonathan Williams, Jr.
(1729), 15 Daniel Pecker
(1720), 5
Joseph Hubbard .
(1717), 20 William Rand
(1732), 10
Edward Hutchinson
(1702), 30 James Davenport
(1727),
John Welch
(1736), 15 Thomas Foster
(1722), 6
Jeremiah Belknap
(1724),
IO Richard Bill
(1707), 50
John Wendell
(1733),
30 John Goldthwait .
(1711),
15
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1735 were : Abraham Belknap and John Wendell, Jr.
Abraham Belknap (1735), of Boston, son of Joseph (1692) and Abigail (Buttolph) Belknap, and brother of Jeremiah (1724) and of Nicholas (1725), was born in Boston, March 2, 1705. Abraham Belknap (1735) and Magdalen Feurt were married Oct. 21, 1734, by Andrew Le Mercier. He was admitted to be a member of the engine company in the westerly part of the town, Feb. 16, 1742, and continued his membership until April 3, 1745. He did not hold any office in the town, nor does he appear identified with any public matters.
John Wendell, Jr. (1735), of Boston, son of John Wendell, of Albany, N. Y., was born in Albany, Feb. 8, 1708. He removed to Boston, and was probably engaged with his uncle, Jacob (1733), and cousin, John (1733). He married, Nov. 11, 1731, Mary Oliver. He was elected a clerk of the market in 1741, and was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1738. He was not active in town affairs, but continued in the business of his uncle, amassing considerable property. He was interested in the military, and became major of the Boston regiment. He died in Boston in February, 1772, leaving a will of which his wife was sole executrix. He was buried in the Granary Burial-Ground, tomb No. 55.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1735 is as follows :
" 1735, April 4. Being under arms, the Company made choice of the Rev'd Mr. Hull Abbot of Charlestown to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon; and that the present Commission officers, with the field officers of the Regiment and Capt Cheever [1733] of Charlestown, be a committee to request it of him.
" May 5. The Committee appointed to acquaint the Rev. Mr. Hull Abbot the choice of the Company made of him to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, returned answer, that it was accepted by him.
"June 2. Voted that the present Commission officers, with the field officers, be a Committee to give the thanks of the Company to the Rev. Mr. Hull Abbot, for the Sermon preached to them this day and desire a copy thereof for the press.
" Voted that the musicianers of the Company shall be paid out of the publick Stock for their Services the year past."
Rev. Hull Abbot, who delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1735, was the eldest son of Moses Abbot, of Boston, where he was born June 15, 1702. He graduated at Harvard College in 1720, and July 27, 1731, he married Mary Bradstreet, daughter
John Wendell, Jr. (1735.) AUTHORITY : Boston Records.
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of Rev. Simon Bradstreet, of Charlestown. Feb. 5, 1723-4, Mr. Abbot was ordained as a colleague of Mr. Bradstreet, and the pastorate of the former extended until his decease, April 19, 1774 - a half century's service.
Col. John Alford (1714) was one of his parishioners.
1736-7. The officers elected were : John Chandler (1734), captain ; Joshua Cheever (1732), lieutenant ; Ezekiel Cheever (1733), ensign. Sampson Salter (1729) was first sergeant ; Jonathan Williams, Jr. (1729), second sergeant ; Knight Leverett (1729), third sergeant ; William Williams (1733), fourth sergeant, and Bartholomew Gedney (1726), clerk.
A committee was chosen April 28, 1736, to prepare instructions for the representa- tives. Capt. Nathaniel Cunningham (1720) was chairman.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1736 were : Aaron Bordman, Nathaniel Thwing, Daniel Watts, Capt. John Welch, James Wright.
Aaron Bordman (1736), tinman, of Boston, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Parker) Bordman, of Cambridge, was born in Cambridge, at the homestead on Harvard Square, May 6, 1711. In 1737, Aaron (1736) was a tin-plate worker in Boston. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1741 ; ensign in the militia ; constable of Boston in 1738, and clerk of the market in 1747 and 1750. June 15, 1743, Mr. Aaron Bordman (1736) was fined forty shillings " on account of his taking an Indian woman into his house," and in 1745 Mr. Aaron Bordman (1736), "tin plate-worker," was one of the sureties for the collector of taxes. He possessed considerable estate in Cambridge, He died June 9, 1754, aged forty-three years, and his gravestone is on Copp's Hill.
Nathaniel Thwing (1736), baker, of Boston, son of John and Martha (Drew) Thwing, was born Aug. 17, 1703. He married, (1) in 1727, Joanna Davis, of Boston, who died Sept. 6, 1749 ; and, (2) in January, 1750, Martha Clap, of Woburn. Benjamin (1678) was a brother of Major Nathaniel's (1736) grandfather, John Thwing.
Major Nathaniel (1736) was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1737. He was elected constable in 1731 and 1733, but was excused the former year ; was a tithing- man in 1746; scavenger in 1750; fireward in 1751, and from 1753 to 1755, and select- man three years, from 1763 to 1765 (but resigned May 15, 1765) ; also surveyor of wheat in 1763 and 1764. He was connected with the militia for several years, being a lieutenant in 1743, major of the Boston regiment from 1746 to 1751, and lieutenant- colonel in 1756. His bakeshop was on Water Street, and was consumed in the fire of 1760. He served as captain of the third company of the Eighth Massachusetts Regi- ment, - Col. John Choate, - against Louisburg, also major in the same, and was after- wards promoted by Gov. Shirley to be lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of which Richard Gridley had been colonel, for protection against the French at Crown Point and upon Lake Champlain.
"April 17, 1768, Col. Thwing, of this town, was seized with an apoplectic fit, in the street, as he was returning home from public worship, and now lies at the point of death."
Aaron Bordman (1736). AUTHORITIES :
Nathaniel Thwing (1736). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Paige's Hist. of Cambridge.
Boston Records; Thwing Family.
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" He died Monday, the 18th. He was a gentleman well respected ; formerly one of the selectmen ; in the late war (old French War) colonel of a provincial regiment, and in every action conducted with approbation." 1
Daniel Watts (1736). He was probably a farmer, and lived in what is now Chelsea. March 27, 1732, when the lines were to be run and bounds examined between Malden and Boston, Daniel Watts (1736) was one of the persons selected by the select- men of Boston, and the entire committee of thirteen persons were notified, for the per- forming said work, " to meet at the house of Mr. Daniel Watts [1736], at 8 oclk A. M. of April 18, 1732." He never held any other town office, except that of hog-reeve at Rumney Marsh in 1729.
He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1743.
John Welch (1736), carver, of Boston, son of John and Hannah Welch, was born in Boston, Aug. 19, 1711. He married (1) Sarah Barrington about 1734. She died in 1736, aged nineteen years, and he married, (2) Oct. 29, 1741, Dorcas Gatcomb. Sarah Barrington was a granddaughter of George Robinson (1710). Mr. Welch (1736) died Feb. 9, 1789, aged seventy-eight years, and was buried in the King's Chapel Burial- Ground, where, in the front range of tombs, is "John Welch, Tomb."
He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1740, ensign in 1751, lien- tenant in 1754, and its captain in 1756. He was also a captain in the militia.
Capt. Welch (1736) was chosen a constable in 1743, but was excused ; a tithing- man in 1746; collector of taxes in 1747; assessor in 1750,- excused ; clerk of the market in 1736 and 1752, and scavenger in 1737 and 1754.
May 2, 1733, "the Selectmen executed a lease to John Welch [1736], of Boston, carver, of a wooden shop or building now in his possession, called number nine, situate and being in Boston fronting on Dock Square." The shop was on the north side of the square, with Mr. Bunker's shop on the west, and Mr. Billings's on the east. The rental was twenty pounds per annum. His residence was on Green Lane, now Salem Street. Oct. 10, 1739, he re-leased No. 9, and likewise leased No. 8, for five years, at a rental of sixty pounds per annum. No. 9 was again leased by him in 1744.
Sept. 1, 1756, "Mr Putnam, master of the Dock Engine applied to the Selectmen for the premium, he being first with his engine at a fire at Mr John Welches [1736] house in June last," which he received. John Welch (1736) gave up his shop in 1758, and his name disappears from the records, except, July 12, 1758, fifteen beds were carried to his house, by order of the selectmen, "for the use of the King's troops now in Boston."
It was John Welch (1736) who carved the codfish which with public honors was lately transferred from the old to the new hall of the Representatives in the State House.
James Wright (1736), of Boston, son of James Wright (1715), of Woburn and Boston, was born Oct. 23, 1703.
Daniel Watts (1736). AUTHORITY: Boston Records; MS. of Charles A. Welch, Esq., of Bos- ton, a great-grandson of John Welch (1736).
Records. John Welch (1736). AUTHORITIES: Boston 1 Extracts from Boston newspapers.
Richard Sallonstatt
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The record of the Artillery Company for 1736 is as follows : --
" 1736, April 5. Being under arms, The Company made choice of the Rev. Mr. Peter Clarke of Salem Village to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon; and that the present Commission officers, with Mr. Daniel Epes, Jr [1734], be a committee to request it of him.
" May 3. The Committee appointed to acquaint the Rev'd Mr. Peter Clarke of the choice the Company made of him to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, returned answer that it was accepted by him.
"June 7. Voted, that the present Commission officers, with the field officers, be a committee to give the thanks of the Company to the Rev. Mr. Peter Clarke for the Sermon preached to them this day and desire a copy thereof for the press."
Rev. Peter Clarke, who delivered the anniversary sermon before the Company in 1736, son of Uriah and Mary Clarke, of Roxbury and Watertown, was born in the latter place, March 12, 1694, and graduated at Harvard College in 1712. On the seventh day of August, 1716, he was invited to become the minister of Salem Village, now Danvers, and on the 5th of June, 1717, he was settled as pastor, at a salary of ninety pounds per annum. His principal distinction arose from a celebrated controversy with Rev. Samuel Webster, of Salisbury, on the doctrine of original sin. It took a wide range, and sooner or later involved most of the prominent clergymen of the time.
Mr. Clarke married, Nov. 6, 1719, Deborah Hobart, of Braintree. She died Feb. 28, 1765. Mr. Clarke died in June, 1768, and his funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Thomas Barnard, of Salem. He was a faithful and popular preacher, and was eminent among his brethren for forty years.
1737-8. The officers elected were : Richard Saltonstall (1733), captain ; Samuel Adams (1729), lieutenant ; John Darrell (1714), ensign. Thomas Pratt (1733) was first sergeant ; Elnathan Jones (1734), second sergeant ; Samuel Jackson (1733), third sergeant; Nathaniel Thwing (1736), fourth sergeant, and Bartholomew Gedney (1726), clerk.
The inhabitants of Boston seem to have had much trouble at different times in pro- curing wood of proper quality and quantity. March 15, 1737, Hon. Elisha Cooke (1699), Hon. Edward Hutchinson (1702), Thomas Hubbard (1732), Major Samuel Sewall (1720), and Capt. Daniel Henchman (1712), were appointed to consider and report some means whereby the inhabitants might be better and more effectually provided with wood.
April 5, 1737, the town again voted to erect a workhouse, and a committee was chosen to have charge of the work, viz .: Hon. Elisha Cooke (1699), Hon. Jacob Wendell (1733), Capt. Daniel Henchman (1712), Major Samuel Sewall (1720), Hon. Edward Hutchinson (1702), Mr. Andrew Oliver, and James Bowdoin, Esq. This workhouse was on Common Street, near where the granary building stood prior to its removal to the corner of Tremont and Common streets. " The wall of the work
Rev. Peter Clarke. AUTHORITIES: Felt's Annals of Salem; Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit; Barnard's Funeral Sermon.
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house," the town voted, "be accordingly set at the distance of two feet, at least, from the wall of the Burying-place."
The expense of the dinner at the installation of President Holyoke, at Cambridge, on the 28th of September, 1737, will give a good idea of a dinner of the Artillery Company at that time.
48
s.
d.
24 loaves bread, Ios. ; eggs, 135. . I
3 0
10 quarts milk, 4s. 2d. ; 7 pounds sugar, Ios. 6d. O
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22 ounces spice, Ios. ; 7 pounds flour, 4s. Id.
7 pounds raisins, 9s. 4d. ; 6 pounds currants, 9s.
0
18 4
15 pounds suet, 15s. . 0 Butter for the pans O
15
0
23 pounds pork, 34s. 6d. ; neats' tongues, 30s. 3
4
6
28 fowls, boiled and roast 3
IO O
200 pounds boiled and roast beef, at &d. . 6
13 4
73 pounds roast pork O
7
6
22 pounds butter, 55s. ; cabbages, carrots, and turnips, 12S. . 3 7 0
Pepper, vinegar, and loaf-sugar, 45. . O
4 0
3 turkeys, 18s .; onions and cranberry sauce, 5s. Dressing . .
7
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8} pounds cheese, 12s. 9d .; bread, 25s. 6d.
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5 dozen plates of apple pie, and spice
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10 gallons wine . 6
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The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1737 were : Joseph Blanchard, Moses Deshon, and Thomas Drowne.
Joseph Blanchard (1737), of Dunstable, now Nashua, N. H., son of Capt. Joseph and Abigail (Hassell) Blanchard, was born Feb. 11, 1704. He married Rebecca Hubbard. Col. Blanchard (1737) became identified with the Artillery Company, prob- ably, through the purchase of the Company's land in Dunstable, which he bought about 1737. He was a speculator in New Hampshire lands. In 1740, he was appointed a mandamus councillor, and held that office until his decease. He was prominently con- nected with matters, both civil and military, in New Hampshire. He was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire in 1749, which office he held until his death. He commanded a regiment of five hundred men, ten companies raised in New Hampshire in 1755, and saw active service in the French war at Crown Point. Mr. Bancroft says, " A regiment of five hundred foresters of New Hampshire were raising a fort at Coos, on the Connecticut ; but, under a new summons, they made the long march through the pathless region to Albany. Among them was John Stark, then a lieutenant of a rugged nature, but of the coolest judgment."
Mr. Blanchard (1737) died April 7, 1758, aged fifty-four years.
Joseph Blanchard (1737). AUTHORITIES ; Fox's Hist. of Nashua; Whitman's Hist, A. and H. A, Company, Ed, 1842.
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Moses Deshon (1737), a carver by trade, but also an auctioneer, of Boston, was born in 1709. His wife's name was Persis -. She died July 21, 1738, aged twenty- six years. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1741, and first sergeant in 1755. He served the town of Boston as constable in 1745; scavenger in 1752 and 1753, and was elected clerk of Faneuil Hall Market the latter year, but was excused, and assessor in 1769 and 1770.
March 14, 1743-4, he presented a memorial to the town, saying, "That he by the Encouragement of Several Gentleman about Fourteen Months since began to Cut the Arms of their Late Generous Benefactor, Peter Faneuil Esq, and soon after his Death the same was Compleatly Finished & Gilt, and that he was at a Considerable Expence of Time and Money to Cut & Gild the said Arms, and as the Fixing of it in Faneuil Hall will not only be a great Ornament to the Room but a means of Perpetuating the Memory of the Worthy & Generous Donor," desired the town to purchase it at a reason- able compensation. The town then instructed the selectmen to purchase the said arms at the expense of the town, which they did for the sum of forty pounds.
Major Deshon (1737) was a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He died Sept. 29, 1779, aged seventy years.
Thomas Drowne (1737), tradesman, of Boston, son of Shem and Katherine Drowne, was born in Boston, Dec. 14, 1715. Sept. 18, 1765, a committee was appointed by the town "to liquidate the several accounts of the tradesmen concerned in the repairs of Faneuil Hall." March 10, 1766, the committee reported that Thomas Drowne (1737) was entitled to £12 18s. 5}d.
He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1741, ensign in 1753, lieutenant in 1756, and was also a lieutenant in the militia.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1737 is as follows : -
" 1737, April 4th. Being under arms, the Company made choice of the Rev'd Mr. William Williams of Westown, to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, and that the present commission officers, with Mr. William Williams, Junior [1733], be a committee to request it of him.
" May 2ª. The committee appointed to wait on the Rev'd Mr. William Williams, to acquaint him of the choice the Company had made of him, to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, returned answer, that it was accepted by him.
" June 6th. Voted, that the present Commission officers, with the field officers, be a Committee to give the thanks of the Company to the Rev'd Mr. William Williams for the Sermon preached to them this day, and desire a copy thereof for the press.
" 1737, June 6th. Voted, that the Clerk shall wait on the committee of the Com- pany for the selling of lands and desire them to lay before the Company at their next meeting, their account of the lands lately sold at Rutland, for the Company's Considera- tion. Also, voted, at the same time, that the Sermon preached to them this day, by the Rev'd Mr. William Williams shall be printed, the charge thereof to be paid out of the income of the lands sold at Rutland, but in case that should not be sufficient, then
Moses Deshon (1737). AUTHORITIES : Bos- ton Records; Continental Journal.
Thomas Drowne (1737). AUTHORITY : Bos- ton Records.
It was Deacon Shem Drowne, and not Lieut.
Thomas (1737), as Mr. Whitman (1810) supposes, who made the gilt-bronzed figure of an Indian which surmounted the Province House. Deacon Shem Drowne also made the grasshopper on Faneuil Hall.
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to be paid by the Society ; and that Capt Daniel Henchman [1712] forthwith print 350. - 50 whereof a present to the Rev'd Mr. Williams.
"September 5th. The Company being under arms, The Committee appointed by them to sell the lands at Rutland, according to their desire, rendered their account thereof ; which was accepted by the said Company, and the balance of £40. 2. 6. due to sd Company (as by their account on file), and now remaining in their hands, they are still to be accountable for. Voted, also, that Capt. Downe [1716], Capt Adans [1729] and Capt. Lyman [1732] be a Committee to examine the outstanding accounts of the Clerks of said Company, viz The Clerk for the time past, and also the present Clerk and make report thereof in October next ; also voted, that said Committee settle Mr. Thomas Johnson's account for painting the Drums, & make report in October next."
Rev. William Williams, of Weston, who delivered the anniversary sermon before the Company in 1737, was a son of Rev. William Williams, of Hatfield, and was born May 11, 1688. He graduated at Harvard College in 1705, and was ordained minister at Weston in 1709. He married a Miss Stoddard, sister of his father's second wife. Mr. Williams was esteemed a scholar and a good preacher. He delivered, besides the Artillery sermon in 1737, the election sermon in 1741, which, with several other of his discourses, was published. He died March 6, 1760, aged seventy-two years.
The foregoing pages indicate the activity and prominence of members of the Mili- tary Company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, in the civil, military, and religious life of the first towns in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. The following tables present the same or similar facts in a more concise form.
"The selectmen of the town, as the uniform custom of New England witnesseth, were chosen from the citizens of the highest repunte. They exercised very considerable powers. They were chosen by the free vote of the governed, and it is evident from many sources that they were the recognized leaders of the community." I
From 1634 to 1646 inclusive, there were elected, for a term of six months, persons called " managers of the affairs of the town." Thirty different persons were elected to this office, of whom the following were members of the Military Company of the Massachusetts : -
Robert Keayne (1637), Edward Gibbons (1637), William Tyng (1638), Atherton Hough (1643), John Oliver (1637), Valentine Hill (1638), Edward Tyng (1642), Capt. John Underhill (1637), Robert Harding (1637), John Coggan (1638), William Aspinwall (1643), Thomas Fowle (1639).
Selectmen of Boston were first elected, to serve for one year, " 18th of Ist mo. 1647." During the ninety years prior to 1738, the following persons, niembers of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, were elected to serve one year or more on the board of selectmen : -
Anthony Stoddard (1639), William Davis (1643), Edward Tyng (1642), Jeremiah Howchin (1641), Thomas Clarke (1638), Richard Parker (1638), John Leverett (1639), Adam Winthrop (1642), Thomas Savage (1637), Edward Hutchinson (1638), James Oliver (1640), Samuel Cole (1637), Peter Oliver (1643), William Paddy (1652), Joshua
' Mr. William H. Whitmore, in Mem. Hist. of Boston, Vol. I., p. 561.
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Scottow (1645), John Hull (1660), Thomas Lake (1653), Jacob Sheafe (1648), Heze- kiah Usher (1665), Nathaniel Williams (1644), John Richards (1644), Thomas Brattle (1675), Henry Allen (1658), Theophilus Frary (1666), Daniel Turell (1674), Elisha Hutchinson (1670), Penn Townsend (1674), James Hill (1677), Adam Winthrop (1692), John Foster (1679), Bozoun Allen (1676), Jeremiah Dummer (1671), Joseph Bridgham (1674), Samuel Checkley (1678), Timothy Thornton (1691), Ephraim Savage (1674), Nathaniel Williams (1667), John Eyre (1682), Edward Bromfield (1679), Thomas Hunt (1685), John Marion, Jr. (1691), Joseph Prout (1674), Simeon Stoddard (1675), Tim- othy Clarke (1702), Robert Gibbs (1692), John Barnard (1677), Giles Dyer (1680), Thomas Savage (1693), Thomas Fitch (1700), Thomas Jackson (1692), Daniel Powning (1691), Thomas Cushing (1691), Thomas Palmer (1702), John Borland (1692), Henry Deering (1682), Francis Clarke (1701), Thomas Hutchinson (1694), Oliver Noyes (1699), Samuel Marshall (1685), Addington Davenport (1692), Edward Hutchinson (1702), Edward Winslow (1700), Habijah Savage (1699), John Baker (1703), Elisha Cooke (1699), William Clark (1699), Ezekiel Lewis (1707), Jonathan Williams (1711), Jonathan Loring (1704), Samuel Adams (1729), Joshua Cheever (1732), Edward Bromfield (1732), William Downe (1716), Caleb Lyman (1732).
Other town offices, especially those of overseers of poor, constables, and tithing-men, were held by a greatly increased number of members of the Artillery Company.
Under the first charter, 1629-86, there were eight persons who held the office of Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.1 Of these, John Haynes (1639) and John Leverett (1639) were members of the Artillery Company. There were ten persons who held the office of deputy-governor. Of these, John Humfrey (1640), Francis Willoughby (1639), and John Leverett (1639) were members of the Artillery Company.
During the same period sixty-two persons held the office of assistant. Of these the following-named were members of the Artillery Company : -
Isaac Addington (1652), Humfrey Atherton (1638), Robert Bridges (1641), Thomas Clarke (1644), Humphrey Davie (1665), Daniel Denison (1660), Joseph Dudley (1677), Daniel Fisher (1640), Edward Gibbons (1637), Daniel Gookin (1645), . John Haynes (1639), Atherton Hough (1643), John Hull (1660), John Humfrey (1640), Elisha Hutchinson (1670), John Leverett (1639), Eleazer Lusher (1638), Herbert Pelham (1639), John Richards (1644), James Russell (1669), Richard Russell (1644), Thomas Savage (1637), Samuel Sewall (1679), Israel Stoughton (1637), Edward Tyng (1642), William Tyng (1638), and Francis Willoughby (1639).
Joseph Dudley (1677) was president of the colony from May 20, 1686, until Dec. 20, 1686, when Gov. Andros arrived.
Under the provincial period, from 1691 to the end of the first century of the Artillery Company, 1737, ten persons held the office of Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay. Of these the following were members of the Artillery Company : -
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