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Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1807. He was the only son of Thomas and Mary Baldwin, and was born in Bozrah, Conn., Dec. 23, 1753. When he was sixteen years of age, his father died ; his mother married a Mr. Eames, and the family moved to Canaan, N. H. Sept. 22, 1775, Mr. Baldwin married Ruth Huntington, of Norwich, Conn. She died Feb. 11, 1812, and he married Margaret Duncan, of Haverhill, Mass. At the age of thirty years he repre- sented Canaan in the Legislature, and was repeatedly re-elected to this office. In 1782 he began to exhort in public meetings, and in August of that year he was licensed to preach. In the spring of 1783 the Baptist church in Canaan invited him to become their pastor, but he declined to accept. However, he continued to supply the pulpit. June 11, 1783, he was ordained to the work of an evangelist, and toiled in Canaan seven years. In the winter of 1789-90 he was invited to Sturbridge, to Hampton, Conn., and to the Second Baptist Church, in Boston. He preached his first sermon in Boston, July 4, 1790, and on the twenty-second day of August the Boston church invited him to settle as pastor. He accepted, and was installed Nov. 11. In 1794 Brown University conferred upon him the degree of A. M., and in 1803 Union College con- ferred the degree of D. D. In September, 1803, he became the editor of the " Massa- chusetts Baptist Missionary Magazine." He continued sole editor of that publication until 1817, and from that year until his decease was senior editor. He died Aug. 29, 1826, at Waterville, Me., whither he went to attend the commencement exercises at the college in that town.
1808. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1808 were : Melzar Holmes (1798), captain; Benjamin Coates (1796), lieutenant ; Dexter Dana (1798), ensign. Thomas Dean (1806) was first sergeant ; William Bowman (1806), second sergeant; David Forsaith (1805), third sergeant ; Samuel
Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D. AUTHORITY : Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit.
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Waldron (1806), fourth sergeant ; John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Thomas Clark (1786), clerk, and Samuel Todd (1786), armorer.
The member of the Artillery Company recruited in 1808 was Asa Ward.
Asa Ward (1808) was a merchant, 28 State Street, Boston, and held the office of fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1811. He was a son of Asa and Hannah (Heywood) Ward, of Worcester, where he was born April 19, 1772. He married Sally White, of that town, in 1802. After a short business career in Boston, he returned to Worcester in failing health, and died in October, 1812, in his forty-first year.
The Artillery Company paraded April 4 and May 2, 1808, under the command of Capt. Bowman (1793). At the former meeting, the Rev. Leonard Woods, of Newbury, was chosen to deliver the anniversary sermon in June following. At the May parade, the Company marched to Charlestown, and was entertained by Oliver Holden (1794). Special meetings were held April 25 and May 16. The usual programme was followed on the anniversary day. The officers elected for the ensuing year were : Capt. Melzar Holmes (1798), captain ; Mr. Benjamin Coates (1796), lieutenant ; Mr. Dexter Dana (1798), lieutenant ; Capt. Thomas Dean (1806), Mr. William Bowman (1806), Mr. David Forsaith (1805), Mr. Samuel Waldron (1806), sergeants ; Gen. John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Capt. Thomas Clark (1786), clerk.
The newspapers of Boston add the information that it was past six o'clock before the Company could parade on the appropriate square on the Common, on account of severe showers. At the conclusion of the drill, election, and review, the Company escorted the governor to his residence, after which the Company returned to Faneuil Hall.
The Company observed its public drills, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3, 1808, under the com- mand of Capt. Holmes (1798).
At the meeting held Sept. 5, 1808, Capt. Holmes (1798), Lieut. Coates (1796), Ensign Dana (1798), Capt. Dean (1806), Major Osgood (1797), Messrs William Howe (1806) and Jonathan Loring, Jr. (1792), were appointed a committee to take into con- sideration the propriety of exempting gentlemen from fines who had " served - years in the Company."
Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1808. He was born in Princeton, Mass., June 19, 1774, and was installed as the third pastor over the Fourth Church, in Newbury (West End), Dec. 5, 1798. His father intended him to be a farmer, but being too frail, he turned his attention to a profession. He studied first with the pastor of his native town, then attended the academy at Leicester for a short term, and completed his preparatory studies under Ebenezer Adams, after- ward professor at Dartmouth College. Mr. Woods graduated at Harvard College in 1796. After leaving college he taught school in Medford eight months, then studied theology, and was approbated to preach in 1798. He settled immediately in Newbury, and held that pastorate until Sept. 28, 1808, when he was inaugurated professor of
Asa Ward (1808). AUTHORITY : Ward Gene- alogy.
Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D. AUTHORITIES : Coffin's Hist. of Newbury; Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit.
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theology at the newly founded Andover Theological Seminary. His professorship closed in 1846, and he died in Andover, Aug. 24, 1854.
A collective edition of his works was published in five volumes (fourth edition) in 1860.
1809. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1809 were : Peter
Osgood (1797), captain; Jeremiah Gardner, Jr. (1801), lieutenant, and Isaac P. Simpson (1801), ensign. David Francis (1806) was first sergeant ; Andrew Sigourney (1806), second sergeant; Caswell Beal (1806), third sergeant ; James Penniman (1806), fourth sergeant ; John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Thomas Clark (1786), clerk, and Samuel Todd (1786), armorer.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1809 were : Ephraim French, Jr., and Meshack Shattuck.
Ephraim French, Jr. (1809), trader, of Boston. In 1820, Ephraim French (1809) kept a West India goods store on Bromfield Lane, and lived on School Street. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1812.
Meshack Shattuck (1809), silk dyer, of Boston, son of Simeon and Lydia (Jewett) Shattuck, was born in Fitchburg in 1782, and was drowned by falling from Charlestown bridge, Dec. 17, 1811. He was one of the firm of Barrett & Shattuck, who established and owned the silk dye-house in Malden, now known as the " Barrett Dye-House." His place of business was on the corner of Union and Hanover streets, Boston. He married, in 1804, Rebecca Marshall, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca H. Marshall, of Dorchester, who, with several children, survived him.
The Company records inform us that a meeting for business was held Saturday evening, Feb. 4, 1809. The Company paraded on April 7, 1809, under Capt. Holmes (1798). The Rev. John Foster, of Brighton, was invited to deliver the Artillery election sermon in June following. Also a public parade was made May 1. On the 15th of May the committee appointed to consider what exemptions from duty and fines are proper and necessary to be made the members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany reported as follows : -
" Ist That all members who have served, and all members who shall hereafter have served twenty years in the Company, and are exempt from military duty by law, shall, at their own request, be excused from all fines and assessments, except the assessment for the anniversary dinner ; which shall be paid by every member of the Company.
" 2d That all members who have served and all members who shall hereafter serve fifteen years in the Company, and shall have held commissions therein, and are exempt by law from military duty, shall, at their own request, be exempt from all evening fines, except the evenings next preceding the anniversary Election of officers in June : at which meetings they shall be bound to attend."
The above report was read, and unanimously adopted.
Also it was voted : " That Capt. Holmes [1798], Major Russell [1788], Gen. Win- slow [1786], Mr. A. Sigourney [1806], and Major Phillips [1790], be a committee to
Meshack Shattuck (1809). AUTHORITY : Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates.
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enquire into and ascertain the rights and privileges of the Company, which are secured to them by their charter, and to be invested with power to apply to the Legislature of this Commonwealth, if they think proper, to have a clause inserted in the new militia law that shall define their rights in such manner as shall prevent in future all disputes with the officers of the militia, or any other company." 1
A special meeting was held May 29, when a vote was passed that "every member of the Company who shall absent himself from exercise either of the three evenings next preceding the day of election in June annually, shall pay a fine of two dollars for each evening he may be absent."
Monday, June 5, 1809,2 being the anniversary day, on which the election of officers was held, the usual exercises were observed. His Excellency Christopher Gore, com- mander-in-chief, his Honor Daniel Cobb, lieutenant-governor, the honorable council, and other guests, were escorted to the First Church, where a sermon was delivered by Rev. John Foster, of Brighton. The Company proceeded thence to the Exchange Coffee-House, where dinner was provided. The weather being unpleasant, the remain- ing duties of the day were performed in the area of the Exchange Building. The following-named gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : Major Peter Osgood (1797), captain ; Mr. Jeremiah Gardner, Jr. (1801), lieutenant ; Mr. Isaac P. Simpson (1801), ensign; Messrs. David Francis (1806), Andrew Sigourney (1806), Caswell Beal (1806), and James Penniman (1806), sergeants; Gen. John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Thomas Clark (1786), clerk, and Capt. Thomas Todd (1786), superintendent of the armory. At this time the funds of the Company amounted to three thousand and seventy-two dollars and twenty-two cents, including one hundred dollars presented to the Company in June, 1809, by William Phillips, Esq , of Boston.
Business meetings of the Company were held July 17 and Aug. 28, 1809. Sept. 4, the Company paraded under command of Major Osgood (1797), also on the second day of October.
On the morning of election day special honors were paid to Gov. Christopher Gore. A large cavalcade of citizens of Middlesex waited on his Excellency at his residence in Waltham, presented him an address, and requested permission to escort him to Boston. A cavalcade from Boston, with the same purpose of showing their respect and esteem for
1 Mr. Whitman (1810), in his History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, edition of 1842, pp. 373, 374, says : -
"One Capt. Gleason insisted that, by virtue of his commission, he had a right to membership [in the Artillery Company]. On a field-day, while the members were parading in upper Faneuil Hall, he appeared on the stairs. The commander, expecting such an occurrence, placed Gen. John Winslow [1786] as sentinel on the stairs. Gleason was hailed, and refused a pass. He attempted to proceed, when the general charged, throwing open his pan. Glea- son said, 'I will pass.' The general said, "You must then enter at the muzzle and come out at the touch-hole.' Gleason sneaked off, and thus the con- troversy ended."
Mr. Whitman (1810) continues: "The last clause of the tenth section, and the whole of the eleventh section, of the militia law passed by Con- gress, May 8, 1792, were introduced at the instiga- tion of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln [1786] with special reference to the Artillery Company, viz. : -
"' And whereas sundry corps of artillery, cav- alry, and infantry now exist in several of the said States, which by the laws, customs, or usages thereof have not been incorporated with, or subject to, the general regulations of the militia.
"'Section II. Be it further enacted, that such corps retain their accustomed privileges, subject, nevertheless, to all other duties required by this act, in like manner with the other militia.'"
2 " Brief sketch ! Monday was a day which in Boston, and in our almanacks, is called 'Artillery Election'-a day set apart to see a company of Infantry, (who are stiled 'Ancient and honorable Artillery'!) go through a few unimportant and un- interesting ceremonies. To witness and to counte- nance this bagatelle, His Excellency the governor throughout a whole day ' stoops to folly'; and both branches of our great and General Court throw aside business as early as II o'clock." - Boston Patriot, quoted in Chronicle, June 8, 1809.
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Gov. Gore, met the Middlesex cavalcade at Cambridge, and together they moved towards Boston, and proceeded to his Excellency's residence in Park Place. His Excellency was saluted by discharges of artillery and ringing of bells at Watertown, Charlestown, and Boston. The escort and procession was the largest ever seen in Boston. The number of those on horseback, as counted, who crossed Charles River bridge, was eight hundred and ninety-six, and the carriages about one hundred. In Charlestown the procession extended one mile and a half.
His Excellency was dressed in the uniform of the commander-in-chief, and was accompanied in his carriage by his Honor the lieutenant-governor. The weather was fine, and the streets were filled with gratified spectators.1
Rev. John Foster, D. D., of Brighton, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1809. He was born in Western, now Warren, Mass., April 19, 1763, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1783. He married, in April, 1785, Hannah Webster, of Boston. Allibone, in his " Dictionary of Authors," mentions Mrs. Foster as having written "The Coquette ; or, The History of Eliza Wharton," one of the earliest American novels.
A church was organized, Feb. 27, 1783, by the people living within the district now called Brighton. About thirty persons withdrew from churches in Cambridge and Newton to form the First Church in Brighton. Rev. Mr. Foster was the first pastor of this newly organized church, and was ordained to the Christian ministry, and installed as pastor, Nov. 1, 1784. He was one of the board of overseers of Harvard University, a member of various literary, benevolent, and religious societies, and published between twenty and thirty of his sermons. Dr. Holmes, in the "Atlantic Monthly," when he portrays a few of the early ministers of the association with which his father was con- nected and whom he met in his youth, says : " Following in the train, mild-eyed John Foster, D. D., of Brighton, with the lambent aurora of a smile about his pleasant mouth which not even the Sabbath could subdue to the true Levitical aspect."
Rev. Mr. Foster resigned Oct. 31, 1827, having completed the forty-third year of his ministry. He died at Brighton, Sept. 16, 1829, aged sixty-six years.
The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1810 were : Daniel 18IO. Messinger (1792), captain; Jonathan Whitney (1797), lieutenant ; James Bird (1801), ensign. Benjamin Clark (1806) was first sergeant ; Robert Fennelly (1806), second sergeant; John Banister (1806), third sergeant; Terence Wakefield (1807), fourth sergeant; John Winslow (1786), treasurer; Dexter Dana (1798), clerk, and Samuel Todd (1786), armorer.
Thoughtful men felt the necessity of doing everything possible to strengthen the hands of the government during those disturbed times which immediately preceded our last war with England. To this end, Josiah Quincy was the moving spirit in the organization and equipment of a troop of cavalry called the " Hussars." They were splendidly mounted and equipped. Mr. Quincy was elected captain. The newspapers of that time speak of " his great personal advantage of face and figure, set off by his superb uniform, and by his fine charger, 'Bayard,' white as snow." Afterward, Capt. Quincy
Rev. John Foster, D. D. AUTHORITIES : Drake's and Hurd's Histories of Middlesex County.
1 Columbian Centinel, June, 1809.
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was promoted to the command of a squadron of horse, consisting of the Hussars and the Dragoons, with the rank of major. When peace was declared, the company of Hussars was disbanded, its expensiveness being very great. His horse, " Bayard," was after- ward exported to Hayti, and became the favorite charger of the black king Christophe.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1810 were : Samuel Alden, Edward Childs, Samuel Curtis, John Dodd, Jr., Thomas A. Drayton, Ebenezer O. Fifield, Daniel L. Gibbens, Edward Gray, Nathaniel Heard, James Hooper, Eleazer G. House, Joseph Jenkins, William King, Benjamin Loring, James B. Marston, Thomas Redman, Michael Roulstone, Zachariah G. Whitman, Ezra Whitney, Jr., John Whitney, Silas Whitney, Jr, Abraham Wood.
Samuel Alden (18ro) is recorded, Oct. 1, 1810, as having been admitted a member of the Company, but he never signed the roll. Probably Mr. Whitman (1810) did not consider Mr. Alden (18ro) a member, as he does not mention him in his history.
Edward Childs (1810) was a livery stable-keeper, on North Russell Street, Boston. He was a member of the militia of Massachusetts, and held the position of ensign, but never held any office in the Artillery Company. Ensign Edward Childs (1810) died Aug. 22, 1826, aged forty-three years.
Samuel Curtis (1810), a leather-dresser, of Boston, resided in South Street Court. After several years of military service, he became, in 1809, captain in the Third Regi- ment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and held the position of major in the same from 1810 to 1814 inclusive. He received the Masonic degrees in Columbian Lodge in 1806. Major Curtis (1810) died Oct. 21, 1820, aged forty-five years.
John Dodd, Jr. (1810), tobacconist, 51 State Street, Boston, son of John and Hannah Dodd, of Holden, was born in that town, Nov. 25, 1779. His brothers, Silas and Benjamin, joined the Artillery Company in 1816 and 1817 respectively. "He had a melodious, powerful voice ; possessed an elegant taste and critical judgment in music ; was a member of the Handel and Haydn Society, and did much to improve the style of church music." He married, Oct. 4, 1810, Harriet Perkins, of Boston. He was lieutenant in a company of the Second Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massa- chusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1812 to 1814 inclusive, and captain in 1815 and 1816. He held the office of second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1814, and was its lieutenant in 1817.
Thomas A. Drayton (1810), bricklayer, of Boston. He paraded with the Com- pany in 1811, but soon after removed to Ohio, and his name was dropped from the roll.
Ebenezer O. Fifield (18ro), trader, of Boston, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1804. He married, July 6, 1809, Ann G. Gooch. He was a lieutenant in the Third Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1810 to 1812, and was promoted to be captain in 1813. He never held office in the Artillery Company.
Samuel Curtis (1810). AUTHORITIES : Mass. Military Rolls; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Com- pany, Ed. 1842.
John Dodd, Jr. (1810). AUTHORITIES : Whit- man's Hist. A. and H. A. Company; Mass. Military Rolls.
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Daniel Lewis Gibbens (1810), grocer, of Boston, son of John1 and Elizabeth (Miller) Gibbens, was born in Boston, Nov. 16, 1786. He married (1) Mary King, of Shelburne, N. S., who died Jan. 1, 1817, and (2) Mary R. Howe, of Roxbury, who died Jan. 9, 1884. After serving for some time in a retail store in Braintree, he began business in a small wooden building between the corner of Washington and Summer streets and Trinity Church, Boston, where, by industry and perseverance during a series of years in the retail grocery trade, he accumulated a handsome property, and became extensively known and much respected. He was a man of kind and tender feelings, very hospitable, and genial in his manners. He was chosen ensign at the reorganization of the Boston militia in 1809 ; lieutenant from 1810 to 1814 ; captain from 1815 to 1817; major from 1818 to 1821, and of the Third Regiment, of Boston, from 1822 to 1824 inclusive. He was a member of the House of Representatives for several years, a member of the common council of Boston at the institution of the city government in 1822, and also in the years 1828, 1829, 1835, and 1836. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1812, and its captain in 1824. "He was a good officer, without ostentation. Indeed, all his essential characteristics were generous, and more solid than specious."
Mr. Gibbens (1810) received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge of Boston in 1811, and became a member thereof, Feb. 24, 1812. He became very prominent in that body, and served as its master in 1817, 1818, and 1827, and was elected an honorary member, May 17, 1852. He became a member of St. Andrew's Chapter, March 2, 1814, and was its first officer in 1822 and 1823. On retiring from the chair, he was presented with a gold medal, as an evidence of the good-will of the Chap- ter. He held the office of grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts, for three years, - 1826-8. He died at his residence in Dorchester, Ang. 16, 1853, aged sixty-seven years.
Edward Gray (1810) was a housewright, of Boston. Mr. Whitman (1810) informs us that Mr. Gray (1810) removed to New York City. He is returned as a member of the Company in the muster-roll of 1812, and is recorded as third sergeant in 1813.
Nathaniel Heard (1810) was a cordwainer, at No. 58 Newbury Street, Boston. He was ensign in the Third Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Vol- unteer Militia, in 1804 and 1805; lieutenant from 1806 to 1808, and captain in the same from 1809 to 1812. He received the Masonic degrees in Columbian Lodge in 1810, and was admitted a member Sept. 20, 1810. He was appointed senior deacon in 1810; served as junior warden in 1812 and 1813 ; was elected senior warden Dec. 2, 1813, and died in office, March 3, 1814.
James Hooper (1810), tailor, of Boston, was born in England. He held the position of fourth sergeant in the Artillery Company in 1813, was made an honorary member in 1822, and was discharged from the Company April 11, 1826. He became a member of The Massachusetts Lodge in 1813, and demitted Nov. 28, 1817.
Daniel L. Gibbens (1810). AUTHORITIES : Biog. Sketches in By-Laws of St. Andrew's Chapter, by Thomas Waterman; Obituary, by J. T. Bucking- ham, Esq .; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Com- pany, Ed. 1842.
Nathaniel Heard (1810). AUTHORITY : Hist. of Columbian Lodge, by John T. Heard.
1 Fitch Gibbens, the father of John, was born in Waterford, Ireland, about 1730-40. At the age of fifteen he was impressed on board of one of his Majesty's ships. On arriving at Boston he de- serted, settled in Stoughton, and married, in 1761, Miss Caldwell. He died in 1801. John died March 7, 1 21.
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Eleazer G. House (1810) was a printer, at 13 Merchants Hall, Boston, and resided in Spring Lane. He printed and published the first history of the Artillery Company, which Mr. Whitman (1810) wrote in 1820. Its title was, "An Historical Sketch of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, from Its Formation in 1637 to the Present Time." The book contained one hundred and ninety-nine pages, about fifty of which were a reprint of the "Names of the Members," issued by the Company in connection with its rules and regulations, June 7, 1819.
He was lieutenant in the Second Regiment of the Legionary Brigade in 1809. became captain in the Boston Regiment in 1810, and served until 1815, when he was elected major, and in 1816 and 1817 he held the position of lieutenant-colonel. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1812. He received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge in the early part of 1811, became a member July 29, 1811, and demitted Dec. 26, 1846. He was admitted into St. Andrew's Chapter March 2, 1814, and resigned his membership Feb. 5, 1840.
Joseph Jenkins (1810), housewright, of Boston, son of Southworth and Huldah (Wright) Jenkins, was born in Barre, Mass., Nov. 11, 1781. He learned the trade of a carpenter in his native town, and removed to Boston about 1808, and pursued his work in this new field with characteristic energy. He married, (1) Dec. 23, 1804, Mary Peabody, of Boston, who died Aug. 1, 1816, and, (2) Sept. 16, 1822, Wealthy Ann Daggett, of New Haven, Conn., who died in New Haven, Dec. 26, 1861.
In 1820 he made a contract with the government for the erection of a custom- house at New Orleans. The contract was a profitable one, and he returned to Boston, after a year's absence, with a handsome profit. Unfortunately, he entered into specu- lations, which finally swept away all his possessions. The last project on which he was engaged was the erection of the building known as the "Museum Building," corner of Tremont and Bromfield streets, which he afterwards converted into a hotel, and called it the "Montgomery House." This project finally ruined the financial prospects of Col. Jenkins (1810). He struggled hard to regain what he had lost, but all to no purpose.
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