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He died April 14, 1824, aged seventy-five years.
Stephen Whiting, Jr. (1772), Boston, son of Stephen and Mary Whiting, was born May 23, 1747, at Barton's Point, where his father died, June 4, 1789. He does not appear as otherwise mentioned in the records of Boston.
Obadiah Witherell (1772), miller, of Boston, was a Revolutionary soldier, and attained the grade of major. In 1825 he was living in Kennebec County, Me.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1772 is as follows : --
" April 6th. 1772. Monday, the weather being unsuitable, the Company did not turn out till the Friday following, being under Arms, it was Voted, That the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Robbins of Milton be desired to preach on the Anniversary Election of Officers in June next, and the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a Committee to wait on him and desire the same. Voted, That the Company meet at Faneuil Hall every Monday Evening in the weeks preceeding the Training in May next. " Attest : SAMUEL CONDON, Clerk.
" May 4th. 1772. The Company being under Arms, the Committee appointed to wait on the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Robbins, of Milton, to invite him to preach on the anniversary Artillery Election of Officers in June next, reported that he had accepted the invitation. Voted, That the Treasurer pay thirty pounds to the present Commission Officers towards defraying the charges of the Election Dinner ; and furthermore that the Company dine with them. Voted, That Samuel Condon, the present Clerk, have one quarter part of the fines he shall collect from ye delinquent members of ye Company, Voted, That the Company meet at Faneuil Hall every Wednesday Evening in the weeks preceeding the Training in June next, precisely at eight o'clock ; and any member absent at that hour shall pay a fine of six pence : & if absent the Evening, one shilling, for the use of the Company. The Treasurer reported, he had demanded payment of Nathaniel Allen's bond, agreeable to a Vote of y" Company ; but on said Allen's paying the interest due thereon, he deferred putting said Bond in suit. The Treasurer's account being read, it was Voted, to accept the same. Attest : SAMUEL CONDON, Clerk.
Edward Kneeland (1772). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.
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" June Ist. 1772.1 The Company being under Arms in the field, it was then Voted, That the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a Committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Robbins and return him the thanks of this Company for the Sermon preached this day. Attest : SAMUEL. CONDON, Clerk.
" July 28th. 1772. At a meeting of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company at the Royall Exchange Tavern, by a special Notification from the Commission Officers of said Company for that purpose, Capt Gay [1761] was chosen Moderator for the Even- ing, & opened the design of the Company's being notified as aforesaid ; which was to consider of some method to raise the Spirit & reputation of the Company, & keep up that Honour they have so long sustained. Whereupon it was unanimously Voted, That Capt Martin Gay [1761], Mr. John Deming [1756], Thomas Dawes, Esq. [1754], Mr. Robert Jenkins [1756] and Mr. John Skinner [1759] be a committee to draw up some proposals & report for the Company to consider of. The said Committee met & made the following proposals, which were unanimously accepted :
" Ist. That the Company do come into a Uniform, viz : Blue Lapells with Yellow Buttons ; the Cock of the Hat to be the uniform of the present Commission Officers of the Militia ; Wiggs or Hair to be Club'd. 2ª. That every member have Iron Ramrods & Leather Slings to his Firelock. 34. That they agree to meet on Wednesday Evenings, at seven o'clock in every week to the first Monday in October next, in order to com- pleat themselves in the Manual Exercise ; & upon non-appearance at half past seven o'clock, to pay a fine of six pence, lawful money ; & one shilling if absent the whole Evening ; & upon non-payment when demanded by the Clerk, (unless they make an excuse to ye Commission Officers in a seasonable time, to their satisfaction) shall no longer be considered a Member of said Company. 4th. That such Members, who do often neglect the General Musters agreeable to Charter, (although they pay their fines when demanded by ye Clerk) shall be looked upon as no longer Members of said Com- pany. 5th. That there be a Committee now chosen, further to consider of some other regulations that may be advantageous to the Company & report at the next Muster day. 6th. That great Attention be paid to the admission of Members.
1 " [Monday, June 1, 1772.] Monday being Artillery Election I went to see the hall; din'dl at aunt Storer's [Capt. Ebenezer Storer (1732) was her uncle], took a walk in the P. M. Unkle [the uncle who laid down the commission was John Deming (1756), ensign in 1771-2] laid down the commission he took up last year. Mr Handcock invited the whole company into his house in the afternoon & treated them very genteelly & gener- ously, with cake, wine, &c. There were 10 corn baskets of the feast, (at the Hall) sent to the prison & alms-house. [John Winslow (1786) was a cousin of Anna G. Winslow. ]"- Diary of Anna Green Winslow (aged twelve years), p. 66.
" Monday last [June 1, 1772] being the Anni- versary of the Election of Officers of the ancient and honourable Artillery Company; In the morning the Company appeared under Arms, and at Eleven o'Clock waited on His Excellency the Governor, his Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, the Honorable his Majesties Council, and those of the Honorable House of Representatives that were in Town, with a number of the Clergy and other Gentlemen, to the Old Brick Meeting-House where a Sermon on this
Occasion was preached by the Rev'd Mr. Nathaniel Robbins of Milton from those Words in Psalm cxxii. 6, Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, etc.
" After Divine Service, his Excellency the Governor with the other Gentlemen went in Pro- cession to Faneuil Hall, where an elegant Dinner was provided by the Company. - After Dinner a number of Loyal Toasts, were drank; and at about 3 o'clock the Company marched into the Common where they performed the Military Exercises to the great Satisfaction of a vast Concourse of People. The Officers for the Last Year then returned their Badges to his Excellency the Governor, who was pleased to deliver them to the new-elected Officers for the Year ensuing, viz. Capt. Martin Gay [1761], Captain. Mr Robert Jenkins [1756], Lieutenant Mr. John Skinner [1759], Ensign.
" The new-elected Sergeants having their Hal- berds delivered to them, the Company returned to the Hall, where a Cold Repast was provided by the new-commissioned Officers, and when the Company was dismissed, went into the Hall, and partook of the same : The Evening concluded with again drink- ing a number of Loyal Toasts." - Boston Gacette.
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"We the subscribers do agree to the foregoing Regulations, & will punctually attend our duty in every respect as Members concerned for the honor and reputation of the Company : -
Martin Gay [1761]. John Boyle [1769].
Samuel Barrett [1755]-
Thomas Russell [1769].
William Homes, Jr. [1766].
Joshua Loring [1769].
John Newell [1768].
John Fullerton [1768].
Asa Stoddard [1765].
John Bartlett [1769]. Joseph Croswell [1769].
Josiah Waters, Jr. [1769].
Robert Jenkins [1756].
Cuthbert Inglesby [1771]. John Haskins [1768]. Israel Loring [1768].
Abraham Hunt [1772].
Josiah Waters [1747].
Daniel Rea, Jr. [1770].
Edward Kneeland [1772]. Joseph Pierce [1769].
John Deming [1756].
Levi Jennings [1764].
John Fisk Osgood [1769].
Ebenezer Torrey [1765]. John Hinkley [1772].
" Voted, Unanimously, that Thomas Dawes, Esq. [1754], Capt Martin Gay [1761] and Mr. John Deming [1756] be a Committee to consider what other Regulations may be advantageous to the Company and report at the next muster day.
" Attest : SAMUEL CONDON, Clerk.
"October, 1772. The Company being under Arms, it was Voted, That the Com- pany meet to exercise at Faneuil Hall, the first Wednesday Evening in November, December, January & February next at six o'clock : &, any Member being absent, at that hour, shall pay a fine of six pence, & if absent the evening, one shilling, for the use of the Company."
" Boston, May 7. 1772 His Excellency the Captain General, has been pleased to commission, John Hancock, Esq., to be Captain of the company of Cadets, with the rank of Colonel.
" William Coffin Jun. Esq., to be Lieutenant with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
" Daniel Hubbard Esq. to be Ensign, with the rank of Major.
" The company having desired that the arms of the Governor's family might be the distinguishing device or mark of their colors, his Excellency has given orders to prepare the same accordingly.
" Last Monday the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company appeared with an addition to their colors of the King's arms, decorated with military trophies, &c.
"Captain Jabez Hatch is commissioned Captain Lieutenant in Major Paddocks [1762] Boston Artillery Company in the room of Captain Lieutenant Sellon [1765] who had resigned." 1
" Boston, Monday Sept 21. 1772. Monday last the Boston Regiment of militia, under the command of Col. Erving, had their third training for the present year. The Grenadier with the other companies, after going through the Manual exercise respec- tively, formed in battalion, and performed as many evolutions and platoon firings as the time would allow, to great acceptance. The Company of Artillery under Major Paddock [1762], having first been exercised, as usual, performed another mock battle, as follows ; - a detachment of the Company under Capt Hatch and Lieut. Trott [1765] drew off
" Boston Newspaper.
Jacob Williams [1768]. William Rogers [1765]. John Skinner [1759].
Stephen Whiting, Jr. [1772].
Elisha Eaton [1768]. William Dawes, Jr. [1768].
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with two cannon and a morter and marched to Fox-hill, so-called, at the bottom of the Common, and encamped with French colours flying ; upon which Major Paddock [1762] with Lieuts. Craft [1765] Tuckerman [1765], and the remainder of the company marched and took post on a hill opposite ; from thence began to cannonade and bom- bard with artificial bombs, which was answered from those in the encampment. At this station it was supposed no advantage could be had, the Major therefore marched off by the right between the powder house and a ridge of hills and formed on the right of the ridge, which brought him on the left of Fox-hill, where he again began the engagement. After firing a few shot, he ordered Lieut Craft [1765] with one cannon and a party with firelocks to pass a defile in front, at the same time Capt Hatch and Lieut. Trott [1765] [advanced] to a redoubt below his post to oppose him, which Lieut Craft [1765] forced and obliged Lieut Trott [1765] to give way and run up to the encampment. As soon as the assailants mounted the breastworks, a parley was beat by Capt Hatch and a flag sent out offering to surrender on condition of being allowed the honors of war, which being refused, a brisk firing began again from the encampment. Whereupon the remainder of the company were ordered to join Lieut. Craft [1765], who ascended the hill briskly and forced the encampment, with charged bayonets ; flaming hand-granadoes flying all the time amidst the contending parties : on which Capt Hatch with his party retired precipitantly down the opposite side of the hill. The French colours were struck and the encampment represented to be on fire. Both parties joined and marched with their cannon in regular order to their parade and after going through several firings, retired. The whole was executed in a manner that did honour to the officers and privates." 1
Artillery soldiers under the fine of one shilling per diem for non-appearance : -
Seth Adams (1768), Thomas Adams (1765), John Arnold (1769), John Bartlett (1769), Sarson Belcher (1765), William Bordman (1758), John Boyle (1769), Richard Boynton (1759), Samuel Bradlee (1765), John Brocas (1764), Hopestill Capen (1763), Caleb Champney (1762), Clement Collins, Jr. (1765), Thomas Crafts, Jr. (1765), James Cunningham (1761), William Cunningham (1765), William Dawes, Jr. (1768), Elisha Eaton (1768), Benjamin Edes (1760), Benjamin Eustis (1763), Jonathan Farnum, Jr. (1766), John Fullerton (1768), Martin Gay (1761), John Greenleaf (1768), Samuel Gridley (1765), Zephaniah Hartt (1765), John Haskins (1768), Nathanial Heath (1765), Jacob Holland (1760), Benjamin Homans (1766), William Hoogs (1768), Cuthbert Inglesby (1771), David Jenkins (1758), John Laughton (1765), Christopher Marshall (1765), Thomas Marshall (1761), Manasseh Marston (1769), Ephraim May (1765), William Miller (1770), Dimond Morton (1765), John F. Osgood (1769), Adino Pad- dock (1762), William Perkins (1765), William Phillips (1762), Moses Pitcher (1760), John Popkin, Jr. (1766), William Rogers (1765), Thomas Russell (1769), Samuel Searle (1765), Samuel Sellon (1765), Thomas Sherburne, Jr. (1769), John Skillin, Jr. (1768), John Skinner (1759), David Spear (1758), Jeremiah Stimpson (1761), Jonathan Stoddard (1765), John Stutson (1765), Andrew Symmes, Jr. (1760), Timothy Thornton (1765), George Trott (1765), Edward Tuckerman (1765), Nathaniel Waterman (1768), Joseph Webb, Jr. (176r), John Wells (1765), Sanderson West (1761), David Wheeler, Jr. (1765), Job Wheelwright (1759), Charles Williams (1768), Jacob Williams (1768), John Winslow (1764).
The above list was probably prepared in 1772.
1 Boston Newspaper.
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Rev. Nathaniel Robbins, of Milton, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1772. He was a son of Thomas and Ruth Robbins, of West Cambridge, and was born there April 17, 1726. He graduated at Harvard College in 1747, completed his theo- logical studies at Cambridge, and was ordained Feb. 13, 1751, as pastor of the church in Milton. He died among the people of his first and only charge, May 19, 1795, after a pastorate of forty-five years.
In 1775, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Hutchinson (1702). They had two sons and one daughter, the eldest of whom was Lieut .- Gov. Edward H. Robbins. In 1752, he purchased an estate on Canton Avenue, which, in 1884, was owned by Col. H. S. Russell. Rev. Mr. Robbins was a member of the State convention which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788. He was an ardent patriot. Two of his brothers were in Capt. Parker's company, at Lexington, April 19, 1775. At his funeral, Rev. Mr. Haven, of Dedham, delivered a funeral sermon. Rev. Thomas Thacher preached a memorial discourse, in Milton, on the Sabbath following the burial. This sermon was printed.
1773. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1773 were : Thomas Dawes (1754), captain ; Ephraim May (1765), lieutenant ; Joseph Webb, Jr. (1761), ensign. Joseph Pierce (1769) was first sergeant ; Josiah Waters, Jr. (1769), second sergeant ; Thomas Russell (1769), third sergeant ; John Boyle (1769), fourth sergeant, and Samuel Condon (1768), clerk.
Members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company were prominent in the " Tea " transaction of 1773.
The tea ships having arrived, a public meeting was called by a hand-bill, distributed throughout the town, dated Nov. 29, 1773. Five thousand people gathered in and around Faneuil Hall at 9 A. M. of that day, and Jonathan Williams (1729), "a citizen of wealth and character," was chosen moderator. A guard was placed over the ships from Nov. 29 to Dec. 16. The names of the guard for Nov. 29 and 30 have been preserved. That of the 29th was under the command of Capt. Edward Proctor (1756). There were twenty-four men in the guard, of whom John Greenleaf (1768), Joseph Edwards (1738), Jonathan Stoddard (1765), Benjamin Edes (1760), Joseph Pierce (1769), were members of the Artillery Company. The commander of the guard, Nov. 30, was Ezekiel Cheever, son of Ezekiel (1733). Joseph Lovering, Jr. (1788), “held the light by which his father, Mr. Joseph Lovering, Sr., Lieut. John Crane and others disguised themselves in Crane's carpenter's shop, on the evening of Dec. 16." 1 The Committee of Correspondence, which consisted of twenty-one members, and held a very prominent place in the tea affair, had upon it the following members of the Artillery Company : Richard Boynton (1759), Nathaniel Barber, Jr. (1758), Caleb Davis (1786), and Alexander Hill (1746). In the " Long Room Club," the North End Caucus, among the Sons of Liberty, and in the society which met at Mason's Arms, the Artillery Company was permanently represented.
In the lists of the Tea Party, as given in the "Tea Leaves of 1773," the following members of the Artillery Company are included : Edward Proctor (1756), Nathaniel
Rev. Nathaniel Robbins. AUTHORITY : Teele's Hist. of Milton. ) Crane's Tea Leaves of 1773.
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Barber, Jr. (1758), Samuel Gore (1786), Joseph Eaton (1773), Robert Davis (1786), Abraham Hunt (1772), John May (1786), Henry Prentiss (1787), and Jeremiah Williams (1787).
Others, too young to participate in the historic event, not then members of the Artillery Company but who joined later, were knowing to the transaction before it tran- spired, as Major Benjamin Russell (1788), who, " though only a school-boy at the time, remembered seeing through the window of the wood-house, his father and Mr. Thomas Moore, his neighbor, besmearing each other's faces with lampblack and red ochre." I
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1773 were : Samuel Belknap, Jeremiah Bumstead, Joseph Eaton, Stephen Gore, John Howe, Ephraim May, Samuel Ridgeway, Jr., William Todd, Jr., William Walker, and Samuel Wild.
Samuel Belknap (1773), shopkeeper, of Boston, son of Jeremiah, Jr. (1745), and Mary Belknap, and nephew of Joseph (1742), was born in Boston, May 28, 1751. He was interested in the militia, and held office therein.
He died June 30, 1821, aged seventy years.
Jeremiah Bumstead [Jr.] (1773), merchant, of Boston, was a son of Jeremiah and Phebe (Heath) Bumstead.
Mr. Ezekiel Price, in his diary, says, Aug. 3, 1777 : "Capt. Bumstead's [1773] Company marched yesterday " against the British, at Newport, R. I.
In 1789 his store was No. 8 Long Wharf ; in 1796 it was No. 48 State Street, and his residence was on Cambridge Street. He united with the Old South Church, Sept. 12, 1784.
Joseph Eaton (1773) was a hatter, of Boston. " He claimed the honor of hauling down the first British colors, at the commencement of the Revolution. He was a Repub- lican, his annual toast on election day being, 'May the Medford Brooks be swelled higher by fifty per cent.' He expressed the wish to never live beyond the age of seventy- five years, and his desire was granted." 2
He was a member of the Tea Party, first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1791, and lieutenant in 1795. He died Feb. 1, 1825, and the Ancient and Honorable Artil- lery Company, in citizens' dress, attended the funeral.
The Boston News-Letter of April 1, 1826, says of him : " All recollect an old gentleman who died last year, an honorary member of the Ancient and Honorable Artil- lery, whose arm, on parade days, was completely covered with strips of lace. This same man once loaded a cannon in State Street to keep the regulars from landing ; was one of the 'unknown Indians' who threw the Tea overboard ; took an oath, forty years before his death, never to taste a drop of ardent spirits, which, it is said, he never violated ; wore a cocked hat, and was a hatter by trade. He styled himself 'General.' "
Mr. Whitman (1810) adds, concerning Capt. Eaton (1773) : -
" Some further anecdotes of this eccentric man may be amusing. He was small in stature and lean in flesh as well as in purse. In the latter part of his life, he would buy
Joseph Eaton (1773). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, 2d Ed., p. 321.
1 Crane's Tea Leaves of 1773.
2 " Died Capt Joseph Eaton [1773] aged 75. Funeral on Friday at 3 o'clock P. M. from the Meth- odist Chapel, Bromfield Lane." -Columbian Centi- nel, Feb. 2, 1825.
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his fore quarter of poor lamb out of a butcher's cart, and start from his shop. The police court lay in his way home. He would hitch it on to some nail on the brick wall of the old Court House, if he saw the constables bringing up a lot of vagabonds for trial, walk in, and sit till the boys would tell him his lamb was roasted by the sun and basted by the flies, when he would start in a jerk, as if from a dream, and travel home- ward.
" In his early days, he was a rogue. To repeat his own story, he once set his little furnace with coal in the street, to heat his hat iron, on April fool day; a coal-cart passed by, a sturdy yeoman crying, ' Charcoal,' whose face was equally as black. Mr. Eaton [1773] caught a live coal from his furnace and threw it into the coal-cart. The man drove on, crying loudly. The boys soon began to gather, and bawl out, 'Mister, your coal-cart is on fire !' 'Darn it,' said he ; 'you ain't going to make an April fool of me. Gee up, Elder-who-haw - Deacon -Charcoal !' 'Thus he went on through the principal streets, and would not look behind, amidst the shouts of laughter of Eaton [1773] and the rest of the urchins; his cart, in full blaze, at last was arrested by the police officers and firewards."
Stephen Gore (1773), leather-dresser, of Boston, married (published April 21, 1774) Zebiah May, daughter of Ephraim May (1765). She died Feb. 12, 1803, aged forty-seven years, and was buried from their dwelling-house, No. 28 Orange, now Wash- ington, Street. The ancestors of Stephen Gore (1773) were among the early settlers of Roxbury. It is presumed that he learned his trade in that town, but he followed it in Boston, at the South End, near the entrance to Pleasant Street.1 He was one of the early members of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. He died in 1811.
John Howe (1773), turner, of Boston, lived on Back Street. He was an officer in the Revolution, belonging to the corps of artificers. He died Oct. 31, 1823.
Ephraim May (1773) rejoined the Artillery Company in 1773. He first joined it in 1765. See page 132.
Samuel Ridgeway, Jr. (1773), rejoined the Artillery Company in 1773. He first joined it in 1756. See page 85.
William Todd, Jr. (1773), housewright, of Boston, was an officer in Col. Craft's (1765) train of artillery, and was president of a regimental court martial, Sept. 28, 1778. He held the office of first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1787, and was a constable of Boston in 1774. He died Aug. 18, 1822, aged seventy-five years, and his remains were placed in tomb No. 101, on the Common.
William Walker (1773), son of Thomas and Mary Walker, is recorded on the Boston Records as born May 23, 1741. He is recorded as living in Milton, whither he probably moved his family prior to the Revolution. He began his military service as a
William Todd, Jr. (1773). AUTHORITY : Orderly Book of Craft's Regiment of Artillery.
ton Records; Teele's Hist. of Milton; New Eng. Magazine, 1831.
William Walker (1773). AUTHORITIES : Bos- 1 Annals of the Mass. Char. Mech. Association, p. 25.
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private, being in Capt. Josiah Vose's company of the militia, of Milton, guarding the stores and fortifying the harbor of Boston in April, 1776. Mr. Walker (1773) does not again appear on the books of Boston or Milton. He probably removed to Lenox, where for nearly a half century he was the principal inhabitant. He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution, and of the General Court of Massachusetts. He was extensively known throughout the commonwealth, and as universally respected. He died in 1831.
Samuel Wild (1773), innholder, of Boston, son of Samuel and Susannah Wild, of Braintree, was born Nov. 1, 1741. He married Betsey Cox, March 26, 1783. In 1796, Samuel Wild (1773) is called " Innholder, sign of the Green Dragon, Union Street."
The record of the Artillery Company for 1773 is as follows : -
" January 6th. 1773. At a meeting of the Company at Faneuil Hall, it was then Voted, That the Company meet to exercise in this place every Friday evening in the weeks preceeding their training in April next, at seven o'clock : and every Member, being absent, shall pay fines as above for the use as above.
" April 5th. 1773. The Company being under Arms, in the field, it was then Voted, That the Rev. Simeon Howard, of Boston, be desired to preach on the anniversary Artil- lery Election of Officers in June next ; and the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a Committee to wait on him and desire the same. Voted, To meet as usual to exercise. Voted, That if any member is absent at half past seven o'clock or the whole evening, to pay a fine as usual. Voted, The present Commission Officers, with Mr. Joseph Pierce [1769] & Mr. Josiah Waters Jun. [1769] be a Committee to consider what uniform may be most proper for the drummers & Fifers : also the cost of the materials and report next Friday evening.
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