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"Attest THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.
" Monday, September 2d 1794. The Captain and Lieutenant being absent, the the Company was commanded by Ensign Brazer [1786], Mr Williams [1789] the Second Sergeant acting as Lieutenant and Mr Fuller [1790], the Third Sergeant officiated as Ensign, - the first Sergeant - Capt Joseph Cowdin [1790] - having deceased since the last Election of Officers. The Company performed the military duty enjoined by their Charter. Attest THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.
" Monday 7th October 1794. The Company performed the duties enjoined by their Charter under the command of the Hon. Maj. General Brooks [1786]."
On Monday, April 5, 1794, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company paraded with full ranks, commanded by Major Andrew Cunningham (1786), and acquitted themselves like true soldiers.
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The anniversary exercises, June 2, 1794, passed off with great satisfaction; the usual ceremonies were observed. Rev. Mr. West delivered an appropriate sermon. There was an unusual number of invited guests, among whom was Col. Rochefontaine, of the French Army. The following toasts were offered at the dinner : -
I. "The Day." 2. "The President of the Union." 3. "The Governor and Com- monwealth : May the rewards of freemen ever be proportionate to the exertions of patriotism." 4. "The Legislature of the Commonwealth." 5. "The Memory of the late Gov. Hancock, who presided at the declaration of our independence : May his patriotism descend to his country, and its influence prove as extensive and lasting as his glory." 6. " May the Sun of Peace burst through the clouded hemisphere of the political world, and dart his rays throughout the universe." 7. "The Republic of France : Success to her arms." 8. "Success to Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and the Mechanic Arts." 9. "The Militia of the Commonwealth : May the sword of the soldier ever prove invincible in the hand of the citizen." 10. " May our captive brethren at Algiers meet with mild treatment from their captors, and be speedily liberated by the generous inter- position of their country." 11. "The Unfortunate Friend of American Liberty, Lafay- ette." 12. "Preservation to the Peace, Vindication to the Rights, and Satisfaction to the Dignity of our Country." 13. "True Republicanism, uncontaminated by Aristoc- racy, and unsullied with Anarchy." 14. " May all the ramparts of superstition and tyranny fall before the artillery of reason and liberty." 15. "The American Fair : May the hand of Beauty always delight to adorn the brow of Valor."
The election resulted in the choice of Hon. Major-Gen. Brooks (1786), captain ; Mr. Samuel Prince (1788), lieutenant; Mr. John Brazer (1786), ensign; Col. John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Mr. Thomas Clark (1786), clerk; Capt. Joseph Cowdin (1790), Mr. William Williams (1789), Mr. Asa Fuller (1790), and Mr. Robert Ball (1791), sergeants. The officers were invested with the insignias of their offices by the Governor, on the Common.
The Hall was profusely decorated, the principal figure being a "Temple of Grati- tude," within which was a large portrait of his late Excellency Gov. Hancock, to which was attached this motto : "He was our friend."
Rev. Samuel West, D. D., delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1794. He was a son of Thomas West, and was born at Martha's Vineyard, Nov. 19, 1738. He spent his early life at hard labor. When he was seventeen years of age he commenced the study of languages under the tutorship of his father. He entered Harvard College in 1758, and graduated in 1761. He studied divinity under the patronage of Hon. Thomas Hubbard (1732), and, by his influence, was appointed chaplain of the garrison at Fort Pownal, at Penobscot. He repaired to his field of labor, and became a member of the family of Brig .- Gen Preble.
Mr. West returned to his home in November, 1762, then went to Cambridge and con- tinued his studies. In June, 1763, he was invited to preach at Needham. He accepted, and was ordained April 25, 1764. He married, Feb. 23, 1769, a Miss Plimpton, of Medfield. In 1786 he was invited to become the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston, and also, at about the same time, of a church at Jamaica Plain. Nov. 16, 1788, he accepted a call to the Hollis Street Church at Boston. He was installed March
Rev. Samuel West. AUTHORITY : Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit.
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12, 1789, the sermon on that occasion being preached by himself. Dartmouth College conferred the degree of D. D. upon him in 1798.
In September, 1803, on account of failing health, he asked for a colleague, which was granted. In August, 1805, he made a journey to Charlestown, N. H., where he died April 10, 1808.
1795. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1795 were : Amasa Davis (1786), captain; Joseph Eaton (1773), lieutenant ; Jeremiah Kahler (1790), ensign. Andrew Cunningham (1786) was first sergeant ; Thomas W. Sumner (1792), second sergeant ; George Singleton, Jr. (1792), third sergeant ; Richard Austin (1792), fourth sergeant, and Thomas Clark (1786), clerk.
In 1795, William Hull (1788) was brigadier-general of the First Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and Thomas Curtis (1788) was brigade quartermaster ; Ebenezer Mattoon (1817) was brigadier-general of the First Brigade, Fourth Division. Among the captains in the Boston regiment were Michael Homer (1789), Benjamin Russell (1788), and Robert Gardner (1794). Among the lieutenants were Shubael Bell (1791) and Robert Ball (1791). John Roulstone (1812) was an ensign in the Third Company. Thomas Adams (1765) was captain-lieutenant, and John Gardner (1791) ensign of the Fusileers. Jacob Gill (1774) was colonel of the Third Regiment, First Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; Samuel Bradlee (1765) was captain in the First Battalion of Artillery, First Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; Elijah Crane (1819) was a captain in the cavalry service.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1795 were : William Alexander, Charles Clement, Rufus Davenport, Rowland Freeman, William Greenough, John Russell.
William Alexander (1795), cabinet-maker, of Boston. Mr. Whitman (1810) says Mr. Alexander (1795) "was in early life a steady, industrious, modest man, having peculiar talents as an officer. The offices of the Artillery Company were almost forced upon him by his friends, who wished to advance him in society. He became intem- perate, lost his property, and died in the Boston almshouse a few years after, neglected and forgotten. . . . He lived in a day of unprecedented prosperity and dissipation, that swept off in its fatal current many of the best mechanics as well as others."
Mr. Alexander (1795) was a trustee of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1804, 1805, and 1806. His residence and place of business were in Back, now Salem, Street, Boston. He enlisted in the Continental Army, Feb. 11, 1781, "for the war," and served in Samuel Shaw's company in Col. Crane's regiment. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1798, lieutenant in 1802, and commander in 1806.
Charles Clement (1795), housewright, of Boston, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Andrews (Mitchell) Clement, was born in Boston, and baptized at King's Chapel, June 12, 1767. He married, (1) May 3, 1792, Lydia Rich, and, (2) April 24, 1800, Dolly Quincy.
William Alexander (1795). AUTHORITIES :
Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Mass. Revolutionary Rolls.
Charles Clement (1795). AUTHORITIES : Boston Records; Annals of Mass. Char. Mech, Association.
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Mr. Clement (1795) was a pupil of the Boston Latin School in 1780, and was later a valuable assistant to his father as an architect and builder. He was elected a trustee of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association from 1805 to 1807, during which time the society was incorporated by the Legislature. He became a member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Boston, in 1801. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1799, and lieutenant in 1804. He was active in the militia, and rose to the grade of major. He served as captain in the Second Sublegion of Infantry in 1803 and 1804, and was brigade-major in 1805 and 1806. His portrait, by Stuart, hangs in the Athenæum, Boston. In his later years he became a merchant, and died at St. Croix, Sept. 12, 1808, leaving a widow.
Rufus Davenport (1795), merchant, of Boston, was a brother of Elijah, who joined the Artillery Company in 1797. In the directory of Boston for 1796, Mr. Davenport (1795) is given as a dealer in West India goods on Orange Street. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, receiving the degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge, and becoming a member of it May 6, 1799. He invested his property in a land speculation in Cambridgeport, and failed. His creditors refused to take his land, and he remained for years a prisoner within its limits. He became almost insane on the subject of imprisonment for debt, and labored for years to get the repeal of the law. He lived to see his cause triumph, and died in the year 1839.
Rowland Freeman (1795), merchant, of Boston, was, in 1796, in partnership with his brother Nathaniel, and did business at No. 17 Dock Square. He died in April, 1820.
William Greenough (1795), sail-maker, of Boston, son of Major Newman Green- ough (1740), was born in Boston, March 10, 1733. He is not given in the Boston Directory of 1796, at about which time he removed to Newburyport and pursued his trade. He died in 1805.
John Russell (1795), printer, of Boston, son of John Russell and brother of Major Benjamin (1788), was born in Boston in 1761. He learned the printer's trade, and at first worked in the office of his brother on the Columbian Centinel. For a long time he was associated with Mr. Cutler in the publication of the Gazette, and about 1795, in con- nection with another brother, Joseph N., he published a paper called The Boston Price- Current and Marine Intelligencer. The partnership did not long continue, but the paper, which underwent several changes in form, size, typography, and name, was published by Mr. Russell (1795), either alone or with partners, until the year 1823, when he disposed of his interest in it and removed to Gardiner, Me., where he died, Aug. 23, 1831, aged seventy years. He became a member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Boston, in the year 1800.
The record of the Artillery Company for 1795 is as follows : -
" March 25th 1795. Voted, that the further sum of two dollars be paid by every gentleman on his being admitted a member of the Company, in consequence of the
Rufus Davenport (1795). AUTHORITIES : Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; By-Laws of The Massachusetts Lodge.
William Greenough (1795). AUTHORITY : Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
John Russell (1795). AUTHORITIES: Whit- man's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Annals of Mass. Char. Mech. Association.
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charges attending the law-suit against the Blanchard heirs, which have been paid by the present members.
Attest, THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.
"Monday, 6th April 1795. The Company performed the usual exercise of the day commanded by Gen. Brooks [1786]. The Rev. Doct. Belknap was chosen to preach the next Election sermon & the Commissioned Officers, with the Treasurer, were appointed a Committee to wait on him & inform him of the choice.
" Attest, THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.
"Monday 4th May 1795. The Company paraded under the command of Lieut. Prince [1788]. The Rev. Doct. Belknap, having declined preaching the Election sermon, the Company proceeded to ballot for a Chaplain, when the Rev. Mr. Kirkland of this town was chosen. Voted, that the Commissioned Officers and Treasurer be a Committee to wait on him & inform him of their choice.
" Attest. THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.
" Wednesday evening, May 21st 1795. Voted, that Maj. Gen. Brooks [1786], Mr. Samuel Prince [1788], Mr. John Brazer [1786], Col. Winslow [1786], Col. Waters [1769], Maj. Cunningham [1786], Capt Jenkins [1756] and Thomas Clark [1786], be a Committee to make arrangements and report the assessment necessary to be laid for our Election in June next.
" Monday, 25th May, 1795. The Committee reported that eighteen shillings be paid by each member of the Company & that the Treasurer be directed to pay the balance that may be due the Clerk out of the funds of the Company. Voted, that the above report be accepted.
"Monday, June 2d 1795. On this Anniversary, at twelve o'clock, the Company, under the command of Major General Brooks [1786], escorted His Excellency, Gov. Adams, His Honor Lient Governor Gill, the Council and other gentlemen to the Old Brick Meeting House, where a very pertinent discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Kirkland. Divine service being ended, the Company escorted the guests to Faneuil Hall, where the usual entertainment was made. After dinner, the Company marched into the Common, & made choice of the following Gentlemen for Officers the year ensuing, viz : Col Amasa Davis [1786], Captain ; Captain Joseph Eaton [1773], Lieu- tenant ; Mr. Jeremiah Kahler [1790], Ensign ; Major Andrew Cunningham [1786], Mr. Thomas W. Sumner [1792], Mr. George Singleton [1792], Mr Richard Austin [1792], Sergeants ; Col John Winslow [1786] Treasurer, Mr Thomas Clark [1786], Clerk. Voted, That the Thanks of the Company be given to the Rev. Mr. Kirkland, for his sermon delivered at their request, and that the Commissioned Officers, with the Treasurer, be a Committee to wait on him and request a copy for the press.
" Attest. THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.
" Wednesday evening, July 29 1795. Voted, that the Commissioned Officers be requested to divide the Company into four squads, & give one squad in charge of each Sergeant, for the purpose of perfecting the discipline of the Company. Voted, that the Clerk be directed to furnish the Company with short black gaiters and assess the Com- pany for the same in September next. Voted, that the Clerk, under the direction of the Commissioned Officers, furnish the Sergeants with silk buff epanlets and the Music with swords. Voted, that the Clerk be directed to call on John Simmons to return the fife, clothing, &c, belonging to the Company. Attest THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.
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"Friday, Sept 11th 1795. Monday being unsuitable Weather, the Company per- formed this day the duties enjoined by their Charter, commanded by Col. Davis [1786].
" Monday, Oct. 5th 1795. The Company paraded as usual commanded by Col. Davis [1786]."
On Monday, April 6, 1795, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, com- manded by Major-Gen. Brooks (1786), made their customary military appearance, and gave "much satisfaction to their fellow-citizens by their discipline and soldier-like deportment."
The Company paraded on the first Monday in June, 1795, and observed the usual ceremonies. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Mr. John T. Kirkland, the Rev. Jeremy Belknap having declined the invitation to deliver the anniversary sermon. After the election of officers, the Company returned to Faneuil Hall, where the evening was spent in " social festivity."
Rev. Jeremy Belknap, D. D., of Boston, was invited to deliver the election sermon before the Company in 1795, but on account of his health and previous engagements, he was obliged to decline. Mr. Belknap was a son of Joseph (1742) and Sarah (Byles) Belknap. His paternal ancestors, for four generations, were members of the Artillery Company. He was born in Boston, June 4, 1744. He attended the Boston schools, entered the Public Latin School in the year 1751, and graduated at Harvard College in 1762. After graduation, he taught school four years, and then, in reply to an invitation, was ordained in 1767 as a colleague with Rev. Mr. Cushing over the First Church, in Dover, N. H. ; became pastor in 1769, and remained in that pastorate for twenty years. A church, a street, a school-house, and a school, commemorate his name in Dover. His service with that church terminated Sept 11, 1786, and he was installed pastor of the Federal Street Church (afterwards Dr. Channing's), Boston, April 4, 1787. He continued in this relation until his decease, June 20, 1798. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society, whose library contains Dr. Belknap's valuable manuscripts. He was the author of a history of New Hampshire, published in 1792 ; " Life of Dr. Watts," in 1793 ; " American Biographies," in 1794.
Rev. John Thornton Kirkland, D. D., of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1795. He was a son of Samuel Kirkland, a famous missionary among the Indians, and was born at Little Falls, N. Y., in 1770. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, where the Hon. Samuel Phillips was his patron, and at Harvard Col- lege, where he graduated in 1789. He taught for a time at Phillips Academy, and then at Cambridge, studying theology at the same time, until he was called to the New South Church, Boston, then located on Summer Street.
In August, 1810, Rev. Mr. Kirkland was elected president of Harvard College, and in November of that year he was inaugurated in that position. He held the office of president until April, 1828, when he resigned on account of his health, being severely assailed by paralysis in 1827. Dr. Kirkland survived the dissolution of his connection with the college twelve years, during which time he travelled extensively abroad. He died April 26, 1840, aged sixty-nine years.
Rev. Jeremy Belknap. AUTHORITIES : Life of Jeremy Belknap, D. D., by his daughter, 1847; The First Parish in Dover, by Rev. A. H. Quint, D. D., 1884; Allen's Biog. Dict .; Polyanthos I., 1-13.
Rev. John T. Kirkland. AUTHORITIES : Hill's Hist. of Old South Church; Quincy's Hist. of Har- vard University.
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The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1796 were : Thomas 1796. Clark (1786), captain; Benjamin Russell (1788), lieutenant ; John G. Doubleday (1790), ensign. Daniel Messinger (1792) was first sergeant ; Samuel Hill (1794), second sergeant ; Samuel Perkins (1791), third sergeant ; Jonathan Loring, Jr. (1792), fourth sergeant, and George Blanchard (1794), clerk.
In June, 1796, printed cards of invitation to the anniversary exercises and banquet were first used for invited guests.
Oct. 16, 1796, the Independent Fusileers, of Boston, held their annual parade, after which a banquet was partaken of by the company and its guests. Among other toasts offered at the banquet, Col. Brazer (1786) offered the following : "The officers and members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, the officers and members of the Cadets, and the officers and members of the Boston Artillery."
The toast was received with great enthusiasm, combining as it did the welfare of the four (including the Fusileers) military organizations of that day, which were the pride of Boston and vicinity.
In 1796, Major-Gen. Brooks (1786) resigned the command of the Third Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and Gen. Hull (1788) was promoted to that position.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1796 were : David W. Child, Benjamin Coates, John P. Duncklee, Andrew Dunlap, Jr., Joshua Eaton, James Harrison, William Jackson, John Miller, Jr., Solomon Phipps, Ephraim Prescott, Amasa Stetson, Samuel Townsend, Jr.
David W. Child (1796), merchant, of Boston, son of Isaac, Jr., and Elizabeth (Weld) Child, was born in Sturbridge, Feb. 19, 1772, and married in April, 1801, Abigail Dorr, of Boston. He and his wife united with the Old South Church in November, 1801, and April 6, 1820, he was elected church clerk, succeeding Gen. John Winslow (1786). He was a selectman of Boston in 1820 and 1821, an alderman in 1823 and 1824, and a member of the State Legislature from Boston. By act of Legislature, David Child had " Weld " inserted in his name in 1803. He died Feb. 1, 1830.
Benjamin Coates (1796), merchant, of Boston, son of Benjamin and Mary Coates, was born in 1766. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1799, ensign in 1803, and lieutenant in 1808. He died Dec. 2, 1827, aged sixty-one years.
John P. Duncklee (1796), cordwainer and constable, of Charlestown, son of John and Elizabeth Duncklee, of Mount Vernon, N. H., was born in 1765. He married (1) Lydia -, who died Feb. 22, 1797, aged thirty-eight years, and, (2) July 14, 1798, Mary Harrington. He died April 30, 1846, aged eighty-one years. Public office being more lucrative than shoemaking, he accepted the office of constable, which he held many years. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1800.
Andrew Dunlap, Jr. (1796), brewer, of Boston.
Joshua Eaton (1796), auctioneer, of Boston, son of Jonas and Mary Eaton, of Charlestown, was baptized in that town, March 20, 1757. He married, March 18, 1787,
David W. Child (1796). AUTHORITIES : Hill's Hist. of Old South Church; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
John P. Duncklee (1796). AUTHORITY : Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates. Joshua Eaton (1796). AUTHORITY : Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates.
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Mary (Bradish) Rand, widow of Samuel, who died in 1781 from the effects of imprison- ment by the British. She died May 9, 1807.
He received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge in April and May, 1779, became a member June 7, 1779, and was admitted a member of St. Andrew's Chapter, Jan. 26, 1792. He joined the Lodge of St. Andrew in 1790, and was its master from 1795 to 1801. He was present at the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1781. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1800, and in the militia rose to the grade of captain. He died in September, 1810.
James Harrison (1796), merchant, of Boston and Charlestown, son of John and Martha Harrison, was born in Great Britain in 1767. He emigrated, with his parents, to Boston, and established himself as a merchant here in company with Francis Wilby. He married (1) Alice -; (2) Feb. 7, 1796, in Boston, Charlotte Noble. About 1799 he made his home in Charlestown, Mass. He had then acquired a large estate, and retired from active business. He was a deacon in the Baptist church in Charlestown, and one of the original members. "The First Baptist Church and land" is enumerated in the inventory of his property under the will. He became a member of King Solomon's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., in February, 1795, and of St. Andrew's Chapter of Boston, Aug. 17, 1796. He was the first officer of the latter body five years, 1800-5.
He died Jan. 20, 1812, aged forty-five years. The inventory of his estate includes twenty-four pieces of property. His tomb was No. 7 in the Charlestown burial ground. He was a generous man, and was highly esteemed.
William Jackson (1796), of Boston. There were in Boston in 1796 two persons by the name of William Jackson. One was a merchant, on the south side of the market, and resided on Winter Street, the other was an apothecary and physician, and resided at No. 29 Union Street. Mr. Whitman (1810), in his history of the Company, says William Jackson was a " tallow-chandler." William Jackson, of Newton and Boston, by trade a tallow-chandler, was born Sept. 2, 1783, and could not have joined the Artillery Company in 1796.
William Jackson, son of Joseph and Abigail Jackson, was born in Boston, Feb. 5, 1748 ; and, again, William Jackson, son of Joseph (1738) and Susanna Jackson, was born in Boston, Sept. 5, 1746. It does not clearly appear which of these, if either, was a member of the Artillery Company, but it seems more probable that William Jackson (1796) was a son of Col. Joseph (1738), who for fifty-two years was an active member of the Artillery Company.
John Miller, Jr. (1796), of Charlestown, son of John and Hannah (Hill) Miller, was born in Billerica, Aug. 18, 1765. He was a member of the militia, and rose to the grade of captain. Administration was granted on his estate, Nov. 5, 1825, to John Bel- knap, of Charlestown.
Solomon Phipps (1796), of Charlestown, son of Solomon and Abigail (Fosdick) Phipps, was born in Charlestown, Oct. 12, 1756. He married (published), May 13, 1780, Persis Morse, who died April 29, 1829, and he died Feb. 17, 1822. Their
James Harrison (1796). AUTHORITIES: Wy- man's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates; By- Laws of St. Andrew's Chapter.
Solomon Phipps (1796). AUTHORITY : Wy- man's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates.
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daughter Nancy married Mark Winchester, who founded the Winchester Home for Aged Women. He was interested and active in the militia for several years, and in 1787-8 was captain-lieutenant of the artillery company in Charlestown. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1799.
Ephraim Prescott (1796), shopkeeper, of Boston. He "resided in a house which was owned by a widow, Rachel Appleton, and which fronted on Cornhill," numbered 23.
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