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Samuel Torrey, Jr. (1752), merchant, of Boston, son of Samuel and Abigail Torrey, of Boston, was born May 24, 1731. He married, (1) July 12, 1753, Abigail Cowell ; and, (2) Oct. 3, 1765, Mehitable Kneeland. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1753, clerk from 1755 to 1757 inclusive, and ensign in 1765 He united with the Old South Church, Feb. 23, 1755. He was of the fourth generation from Capt. William Torrey (1641), of Weymouth. He died Nov. 18, 1768, and administration on his estate was granted on the seventh day of December next following. His widow (born March 23, 1737) married Capt. John Simpkins (1769), of Boston.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1752 is as follows : -
" May 6th 1752. The Company being under Arms, made choice of the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Bridge, of Chelmsford to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon ; and it was then voted, that the commission officers of this Company, together with John Phillips Esq. [1725], the Treasurer of said Company, be a committee to wait on him and request the same.
" May - 1752. Capt Jonathan Williams, Jr [1729], being one of the committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Bridge to desire him to preach the next Artillery Elec-
Samuel Torrey, Jr. (1752). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.
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tion Sermon, reported to the Company that he accepted. Also voted, that the sum of thirteen pounds, six shillings and eight pence, lawful money, be allowed out of the Com- pany's interest money, towards defraying the charges of the dinner &c of said Company on the ensuing Artillery Election. Attest. SAMUEL SWIFT, Clerk.
" June Ist 1752. Voted, that Capt Jonathan Williams, Jr [1729] Lt John Salter [1727], En. John Welch [1736] and the Treasurer, John Phillips Esq. [1725], be a committee to settle the Clerks accounts. Attest, SAMUEL SWIFT, Clerk.
"June Ist, 1752. The Company being under Arms, it was Voted, that the old com- mission officers, and the new commission officers this day chosen, together with the Field Officers of the Regiment of the town of Boston, be a committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Bridge, and return the thanks of this Company for his sermon preached this day. The Company being under Arms, it was Voted, that the above committee return the thanks of this Company to Mr. Samuel Swift [1746] the former Clerk for his past services. Attest, JOHN LEVERETT, Clerk.
"October 2'd 1752. The evening being spent at Lt John Symmes [1733]; Voted, that the present commission officers of the Company, viz : Capt. Joseph Jackson [1738] ; Lt John Symmes [1733], & En. Thomas Savage [1739], together with Mr Samuel Swift [1746], the former Clerk, and John Leverett [1750], the present Clerk, be a committee to do what they shall think proper with regard to the fines due to the Company, and, if need be, to sue for and recover the same and to regulate the list. " Attest, JOHN LEVERETT, Clerk."
Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, of Chelmsford, delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1752. He was a son of Ebenezer (1717) and Mary (Roberts) Bridge, a nephew of Benjamin (1711), a brother of John (1751), and was born in Boston in 1714. He attended the Boston public schools, graduated at Harvard College in 1736, and the following year taught school in Plymouth, Mass. Subsequently, he pursued theological studies under the direction of Rev. Mr. Welstead, of Boston, and was called, Dec. 30, 1740, to minister to the church at Chelmsford, Mass. The invitation was accepted, and he was ordained over that parish May 20, 1741. In October next following, he married (1) Miss Sarah Stoddard, and, after her decease, he married, (2) in 1791, Mrs. Joanna Abbot, widow of Rev. Nehemiah Abbot. Rev. Mr. Bridge delivered the general election sermon, May 27, 1767. His son, Ebenezer Bridge, born April 29, 1744 (H. C., 1764), was colonel of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment of Minute-Men, which he commanded at the battle of Bunker Hill.
"The altar, and he that ministered at it, grew old together, and were ready to be dissolved. The second meeting-house had stood eighty years, when it was taken down. So the clayey tabernacle of him who officiated in it more than fifty-one years was dis- solved, Oct. 1, 1792."
Rev. Ebenezer Bridge. AUTHORITIES: Allen's Hist. of Chelmsford; Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit.
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1753. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1753 were : Thomas Edwards (1724), captain ; Samuel Pratt (1734), lieutenant ; Thomas Drowne (1737), ensign. John Leverett (1750) was first sergeant ; Edward Cowell, Jr. (1748), second sergeant ; John Austin (1746), third sergeant ; Samuel Torrey, Jr. (1752), fourth sergeant, and John Leverett (1750), clerk.
Feb. 7, 1753, a destructive fire occurred near Marlborough (now Washington) Street. It consumed several dwellings and a blacksmith shop, the latter the property of Capt. Samuel Sellon (1765).
May 15, 1753, a committee appointed March 23 to petition the General Court for relief from various burdens said, in summing up their report : "The Removal of ship- building, sinking of the distillery & Sugar Works here, the killing the Meat and Manu- facturing the Hides and Skins out of Town, have thinned Our Numbers above a Thousand Rateable Men, carried from us many of Our most Industrious, frugal, and provident Inhabitants, who have left us a number of thoughtless, Idle and Sottish Persons, who have come to be the charge and burthen of the Town, Insomuch, that the Poor's Tax has risen, in a few Years, from about a Thousand or Fifteen hundred Pounds Old Tenor to above Ten Thousand Pounds a year." This condition of things necessarily affected the prosperity of the Artillery Company.
There were no admissions to the Artillery Company in 1753.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1753 is as follows : -
"April 2d 1753. The Company being under Arms, Voted unanimously, That the Rev. Mr. Samuel Cooke of Anotomy be desired to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, and that the present commission officers of the Company, Capt Joseph Jackson [1738], Lt John Symmes [1733], & Ens. Thomas Savage [1739] and John Phillips, Esq. [1725], Treasurer of the Company, together with the field officers of the Regiment of the Town of Boston, be a committee to wait on him and desire the same.
" Attest, JOHN LEVERETT, Clerk.
" May 7th 1753. The Company being under Arms, Lt John Symmes [1733], being one of the committee to wait upon the Rev. Mr. Samuel Cooke, to desire him to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, reported to the Company, that he had accepted the same. The evening being spent at Sergt Bridges [1751], it was Voted, That thirteen pounds, six shillings and eight pence, lawful money, be paid by the Treasurer of the Company to the Commission Officers towards defraying the charges of the dinner upon the ensuing Election day, and the Company to dine with them.
"Attest JOHN LEVERETT, Clerk.
" June 4th. The Company being under Arms, it was Voted, That the old Commis- sion Officers, and the new Commission Officers this day chosen, with the Field Officers of the Regiment of the Town of Boston, be a committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Samuel Cooke and return him the thanks of this Company for his sermon preached this day.
" Attest, JOHN LEVERETT, Clerk."
Rev. Samuel Cooke, of Cambridge, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1753. He was a grandson of Aaron Cooke, of Hadley, and was born in that town in 1708. He graduated at Harvard College in 1735, and was ordained at Menotomy, Sept. 12, 1739,
Rev. Samuel Cooke. AUTHORITY : Paige's Hist. of Cambridge.
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where he died, June 4, 1783. He married (1) Sarah Porter, of Hadley (published Aug. 29, 1740), who died Aug. 22, 1741 ; he married (2) Anna Cotton (published Sept. 5, 1742), daughter of Rev. John Cotton, of Newton, who was invited to deliver the Artillery election sermon in 1738, but declined ; he married (3) Lucy (Hancock) Bowes (pub- lished Oct. 14, 1762), daughter of Rev. John Hancock, of Lexington, who delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1730. Mr. Cooke was an ardent patriot in the Revolution, and chaplain of the General Court at Watertown in the summer of 1776. In 1775 his house at Menotomy was used as a hospital for colonial soldiers. His pastoral service was earnest and conscientious, and, after a pastorate of forty-five years, greatly to the sorrow of his people, his work was terminated by his decease.
The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1754 were : Ralph Hartt 17.54. (1739), captain ; John Welch (1736), lieutenant ; Joseph Edwards (1738), ensign. Jeremiah Belknap, Jr. (1745), was first sergeant ; Thomas Lawlor (1746), second sergeant ; Josiah Waters (1747), third sergeant ; William Homes (1747), fourth sergeant, and John Leverett (1750), clerk.
The following petition was presented to the Legislature in March, 1754 :-
" PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
" To His Excellency WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Esqr. Captain General & Commander-in-chief ; The Honourable, the Council, & Hon'ble House of Representatives of the Province aforesaid, in General Court assembled, at Boston, the 27th day of March, 1754.
"Thomas Edwards [1724], Captain of the Artillery Company in said Province for himself and in behalf of said Company, - Humbly Shews - That the said Artillery Com- pany was incorporated by Charter from this Government more than one hundred years past, and have been a considerable advantage to the Province, in training up gentlemen in military exercises, and thereby qualifying them for publick service. That your memorialist has been informed, that Col. Pollard [1726], in behalf of the Company of Cadets in Boston, have preferred a petition to this Hon'ble Court, praying to be incor- porated into a body politick, with certain priviledges and exemptions from duty, as set forth in their petition, and have preferred a Bill for that purpose. And as your memorialist humbly conceives the said Bill, should it pass into an Act, would have a tendency wholly to break up the said Artillery Company, and thereby frustrate the good intent of the Legislature in first incorporating them and prevent the great and many advantages that have and will accrue to the Province in General by their subsisting.
" Your memorialist therefore humbly prays, that the said Bill preferred by the Com- pany of Cadets may not be passed into an Act, till such time as your petitioners, said Company, by their committee, may be heard upon said Bill, or that the said Artillery Company may have the same priviledges and exemptions granted them, as the said Company of Cadets.I And as in duty bound, &c. THOMAS EDWARDS, Capt."
1 The Records of the Town of Boston, under date of May 15, 1754, contain the following vote : - " Voted, that the Gentlemen the Representa- tives of the Town be and hereby they are desired to Use their utmost Endeavours and Influence in the
General Court, to prevent a Bill now depending there, for granting certain Liberties and Immunities to the Company of Cadets, under the Command of Colo Pollard [1726] being pass'd into a Law."
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In December, 1745, a number of gentlemen of Boston waited upon Gov. Shirley, " upon his safe arrival from Louisburg," presented him an address of congratulation and requested him " to permit them to have his picture drawn at their expense, with a design to preserve it in this Town as a Memorial of his Excellencys public services." The governor consented, and Aug. 7, 1754, the portrait was presented to the town, “ to be hung up in Faneuil Hall." The picture was unanimously accepted by the town. It was ordered to be hung up in Faneuil Hall, and thanks were returned therefor.
In 1754, " the post-office was opened in Cornhill, at Mr. John Franklin's [1739]."
The sixth war was commenced in 1754, and in 1755 an expedition was undertaken against Crown Point, a French fortress on the west side of Lake Champlain. It was unsuccessful, as were the succeeding campaigns of 1756, 1757, and 1758 in the same quarter, owing principally to the incapacity of the British commanders. In 1759, the French evacuated Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and Quebec surrendered. In 1760, Montreal and the rest of Canada were taken. The war continued until 1763. For each of these six Crown Point and Canada expeditions, Massachusetts voted to raise from four thousand to seven thousand men, excepting a less number in 1757, and in each of them the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company was represented by some of its members. Men were also raised yearly to defend the frontier of Massachusetts, and others were sent during these years to Nova Scotia, Louisburg, and other points. The treasurer's book for 1759 records the payment of wages to "eight companies up the river St. Law- rence at the reduction of Quebec." The province raised about three thousand men in 1761, and nearly as many in 1762. Some hundreds from Massachusetts joined a British expedition to the West Indies in 1762, and nearly all perished. In 1762 there were men from this province at Crown Point, Halifax, Newfoundland, and "beyond Niagara."
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1754 were : Benjamin Andrews, Thomas Carnes, Thomas Dawes, Jr., William Heath, Daniel Jones, Joseph Mann, David Mason.
Benjamin Andrews (1754), carpenter, of Boston, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Capen) Andrews, was born in Boston, April 7, 1715. He married, Nov. 20, 1739, Hannah Holland, of Boston. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1758.
He served the town as a constable in 1747 ; a viewer of boards and shingles in 1753 ; a viewer of fences from 1763 to 1765 ; a warden in 1764, and clerk of the market in 1769. He inade the general walk or visitation of the town, Feb. 10, 1764, and Feb. 18, 1766. July 14, 1761, " Mr. Andrews [1754], the carpenter," was consulted in regard to repairing the hospital at New Boston. March 9, 1773, a number of inhabitants petitioned the town "that a new street may be laid out from the end of Union Street across Friend Street, and through the lands of Capt. Andrews [1754] and others, laid waste by the late fire, so as to strike upon Sudbury Street." He is called " Captain " in the town records in 1764. Capt. Andrews (1754) died very suddenly, Dec. 9, 1778.
Thomas Carnes (1754), shopkeeper, of Boston, son of Col. John (1733) and Sarah Carnes, was born in Boston, Sept. 16, 1731. He was published, Oct. 14, 1755, to marry Elizabeth Weekes. He was elected a constable of the town of Boston in 1754 and 1755,
Benjamin Andrews (1754). AUTHORITY : Thomas Carnes (1754). AUTHORITY: Bos- Boston Records.
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but was excused both years from serving. He was chosen to no other town office. Mr. Carnes (1754) served as second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1757 ; also was a member of the militia, and rose to the grade of captain. His petition for a retailer's license was disapproved by the selectmen, Aug. 13, 1767. He was in business in Boston in 1775, in which year, Aug. 7, he yielded to the trying times, and Joseph Jackson (1738) was appointed one of the trustees to settle his affairs. At this time Mr. Carnes ( 1754) is designated in court papers as a "trader." A Thomas Carnes became a member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., in 1780.
The Columbian Centinel of Oct. 2, 1793, contains the following : "Died at Gov- ernor's Island (N.Y.), Mr. Thomas Carnes of this town, on his journey from Philadelphia, of the yellow fever."
Thomas Dawes, Jr. (1754), bricklayer, of Boston, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Underwood) Dawes, was born in Boston, Aug. 5, 1731, and was baptized three days after. He joined the Old South Church, Nov. 26, 1749.1 Though called a "bricklayer," which probably he was by trade, he was a mason, architect, and patriot. He was the architect of the Brattle Street meeting-house. In 1772, John Hancock proposed to con- tribute generously towards the erection of a new meeting-house for Brattle Street Church, of which he was a member. "A plan for a meeting-house, drawn by John S. Copley, the artist, was rejected because of the expense ; but another, drawn by Major Thomas Dawes [1754], was adopted." Col. Dawes (1754) also assisted in the erection, for Gov. Shirley, of what was afterwards known as the celebrated Eustis mansion in Roxbury.
Col. Dawes (1754) "was a high patriot, and the caucuses were sometimes held in his garret, where they smoked tobacco, drank flip, and discussed the state of the coun- try. ... The tories gave him the nickname of 'Jonathan Smoothing Plane.'" He was a conspicuous figure in the early scenes of the Revolution, and was beloved by federalists but hated by royalists. His large and comfortable house on Purchase Street was sacked by the British troops before they left Boston. He was adjutant of the Boston regiment, and commanded the Central Militia Company, whose place of parade was behind the First Church on Cornhill Square. During his command of that company he introduced an improvement in music. Before that time, no martial music was used on training days but the drum. He employed a man with one eye, who played the clarionet, and he caused him to march about eight paces in front. Marigolds were then used as cockades. He was major of the Boston regiment in 1771, under Col. Erving ; lieutenant-colonel under Col. Leverett (1750), and in 1773 was commissioned colonel, which office he held until the provisional government was abolished. Col. Dawes (1754) was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1756; ensign in 1761 ; lieutenant in 1765, and captain in 1766 and 1773. Upon the adoption of the State constitution, he became an intimate friend of John Hancock, and began to figure in public life, for which his talents, industry, wealth, and patriotism well qualified him. He was representative, senator, and councillor. "In private, he was active, firm, charitable, and affable. He was one of the deacons of
Thomas Dawes, Jr. (1754). AUTHORITIES : Hundred Boston Orators; Boston Records; Hill's Hist. of Old South Church, Vol. II., pp. 336-338; Drake's Hist. of Roxbury, which contains a picture and sketch of the Eustis mansion; William Dawes, by Henry W. Holland, p. 60 et seq.
1 "Col. Dawes, Jr. [1754], was fourth in the line of descent from William Dawes, one of the
founders of the church, and his great-grandfather, Ambrose [1674], his grandfather, Thomas, and his father, Thomas, were members before him. When he joined, in 1749, his grandfather and father were living, so that there were three of the same name, representing three generations, in the membership together." - Hill's Hist. of Old South Church, Vol. II., p. 233.
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the Old South Church in 1786 [and until his decease ]. I shall never forget his venerable appearance, grave deportment, rich dress, and silver locks, when constantly on the Sab- bath he walked up the broad aisle. Early impressions identified him with true piety."
The author of "William Dawes" (1768), cousin of Col. Thomas (1754), says concerning the latter : " In 1787, he defended Job Shattuck in his memorable trial for treason in that year. He was moderator of the town meeting, July 25, 1793, to prevent the fitting out of privateers. About this time he was one of the directors of the Massa- . chusetts National Bank. In 1795 and 1796 he was a member of the committees author- ized to sell the various town lands, including the Province House and Gov. Hancock's pasture, on which the State House was built, and other lands. His mansion was on Purchase Street, next door to Samuel Adams."
He was the owner of considerable real estate in Boston. July 31, 1794, at a great fire in Boston, one of his houses on Purchase Street, and the stores, barns, etc., on his wharf, opposite his residence, were consumed. He was very prominent in town affairs, and held many offices during his active career. At one time he was the first acting magistrate in the Commonwealth, and was an elector at the three first elections of Presi- dent of the United States. He is recorded as present at Massachusetts Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M, in Concert Hall, at the installation of Joseph Webb (1761), grand master elect, June 24, 1783.
Col. Dawes (1754) married, in July, 1752, Hannah, daughter of Increase and Ann (Gray) Blake, by whom he had seven children. Their daughter, Ann, married Capt. Joseph Pierce (1769), and their son, Thomas Dawes, was a judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts from 1792 to 1802, and of the municipal court of Boston from 1802 to 1822. Col. Dawes (1754) died Jan. 2, 1809, disposing of his property by will. The following is the epitaph on his monument in King's Chapel Burial-Ground : -
"Of his taste for the Grecian simplicity In architecture there are many monuments Which he raised when that art was new to us. The records of Massachusetts shew That he was one of her active legislators From ye year 1776 until he was 70 years old, When he retired with faculties unimpaired. To the fiscal concerns of the Metropolis, To its literary and other Institutions, He was a zealous friend. He was an elector At the three first elections of president Of the U. S. and discharged various trusts To his own honor and the public weal."
William Heath (1754), "sailmaker," of Boston. He is not mentioned in the records of the town of Boston. He was identified with the local militia, and, prior to the break- ing out of the Revolutionary War, rose to the position of captain. He held the office of second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1756. In 1776, he embarked at Boston with the British army for Halifax.
William Heath (1754). AUTHORITY : Sabine's American Loyalists.
Mr. Whitman (1810), in his history of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, errs in saying that William Heath, who joined the Artillery
Company in 1754, was Gen. William Heath. Gen. Heath in 1754 was but seventeen years of age, and in his Memoirs he says that he joined the Artillery Company in 1765.
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Daniel Jones (1754), " housewright," was married, Oct. 5, 1748, to Sarah Kilby, of Boston. He was clerk of the market in 1751 ; scavenger in 1755 and 1756, and, Aug. 24, 1770, he was selected as one of the eighteen jurors for the August court. He was a deacon of the West Church; third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1756, and a lieutenant in the Boston regiment from 1761 to 1766, and subsequently held the posi- tion of captain. Daniel Jones (1754) was present at the communications of the St. John's Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., in 1767 and 1768.
Joseph Mann (1754). March 13, 1753, he was elected a constable of Boston, and paid the fine for not serving ; was chosen scavenger in 1763, and the following year was a surveyor of wheat. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1757.
David Mason (1754), painter, of Boston and Salem, son of David and Susanna Mason, of Boston, was born in Boston, March 19, 1726. He married, (2) Sept. 5, 1750, Hannah, daughter. of Andrew Symmes (1734). His first wife, Miss Goldthwait, lived less than a year after her marriage. He was apprenticed to John Gore, father of Samuel (1786), to learn the trade of painting, and afterward was a pupil of Greenwood in por- trait painting, in which profession he gained an enviable reputation.
Possessing a strong military spirit, he was early engaged in military service, and was a lieutenant in the French war, commanding a battery of cannon at Fort William Henry. He was afterwards taken prisoner by the French, but was soon released. In 1756, he had charge of the powder-house which stood on Fort Hill. In April, 1763, he organ- ized an artillery company, which paraded in Boston, with only one cannon, at the funeral of Col. John Phillips (1725). This artillery company was formed soon after the Cadets, and the South End Artillery Company of Boston was its successor. Soon after, he removed to Salem, where he was engaged at his trade. " Painter, 1770, David Mason [1754] from Boston. 'His shop in the lane leading to North Bridge ; does all kinds of painting, japanning, varnishing and gilding. He also papers rooms and glazes windows. He paints chaises and coaches.' " 1
" 1771. Jan. I. Notice is given, that two lectures on Electricity [then little under- stood], will be delivered by David Mason [1754], at his house, near North Bridge." The price was one pistareen a lecture. In 1774, he had charge of two chests of tea which had been smuggled into Salem. They were deposited in his chamber closet. The next day it was committed to the school-boys, who had a grand time in burning it upon the common.
In 1775, Capt. David Mason (1754) committed seventeen cannon to John Foster, for the purpose of having them fitted with carriages. Mr. Foster had at work for him a "foreign journeyman," who, having obtained leave to visit Boston, got word to Gov. Gage in regard to the cannon. The governor ordered Col. Leslie to embark with three hundred men of the Sixty-Fourth Regiment, from Castle William, to proceed to Salem and capture the ordnance. At 2 P. M., on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1775, the force landed at Homan's Cove, Marblehead, and took up the line of march for Salem. The word of alarm outstripped the British. Salem was awake, drums beating, bells ringing, and guns firing. Capt. Mason (1754) immediately began to remove the cannon. He concealed
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