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Col. Jenkins (1810) was a man of good natural abilities, and of considerable acquirement. He delivered an address before the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1818, a eulogy on Aaron Bean, before Columbian Lodge, April 20, 1820, and an address before the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, A. F. and A. M., Dec. 28, 1829. He received the Masonic degrees in Columbian Lodge, and became a member July 5, 1804. He served as its master five years, from 1810 to 1812, and in 1817 and 1818. He became a member of St. Andrew's Chapter, Oct. 21, 1809, and served as its high priest two years, in 1817 and 1818. He was junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1819, and its grand master in 1830, 1831, and 1832. He held the last-named office when the Masonic Temple, on Temple Place, Boston, was built. He was alderman of the city of Boston in 1822, representative in the State Legislature in 1823 and 1824, and a prominent member and officer of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association for many years. He was identified with the militia,
Eleazer G. House (1810). AUTHORITIES : Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Mass. Military Rolls.
Joseph Jenkins (1810). AUTHORITIES : Hist.
of Columbian Lodge, by John T. Heard; Whit- man's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; An- nals of Mass. Char. Mech. Association.
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passed through the several grades from ensign in 1810, and became lieutenant-colonel of the Third Regiment in 1822. " He was a reflective and self-taught man, very indus- trious," but unfortunate.
He died in Boston, Oct. 11, 1851, aged sixty-nine years and eleven months, and his remains were buried at Forest Hills Cemetery.
William King (1810), hatter, of Boston, brother-in-law of Col. Gibbens (1810), was born at Shelburne, N. S. He married, Sept. 18, 1810, Eliza Ingersoll, of Boston. He was an ensign in the Third Regiment of the Legionary Brigade from 1809 to 1811, and in 1812 received a commission in the United States Army. He served through the War of 1812-4, and rose to be captain. Upon the return of peace he commenced business at Sackett's Harbor, became president of a bank, colonel of a regiment of New York militia, and a member of the Legislature of New York. He died at Niagara, N. Y., in the summer of 1829.
Benjamin Loring (1810), bookbinder, of Boston, son of Joseph and Ruth (Jones) Loring, was born in Hingham, Dec. 11, 1775. When a youth, he was apprenticed to William Andrews, of Boston, to learn the trade of a bookbinder. Immediately after the close of his apprenticeship he formed a partnership with his twin-brother, Josiah, who had learned the same trade. This partnership continued until 1803, when Benjamin (1810) engaged extensively in the importation of stationery and in the manufacture of blank books. By economy and industry he acquired a large fortune.
He entered the militia about 1802, and served as a lieutenant in the Second Regi- ment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in 1810-1; as a captain from 1812 to 1814 ; major from 1815 to 1817, and, being promoted to colonel, held that office from 1818 to 1821 inclusive. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Com- pany in 1814, lieutenant in 1816, captain in 1818, and was treasurer of the Company from 1826 to 1833 inclusive.
He was a bachelor, universally popular and justly esteemed. He died in Decem- ber, 1859.
James B. Marston (1810) was a painter, of Boston. He was very active in military matters from 1804 to 1816, rose to the rank of captain in the State militia, and was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1814. For some years he was a partner of John Cotton, in the painting business. He died on Saturday, Aug. 23, 1817, aged about thirty-eight years. The military honors of the funeral were performed by the Rangers, attended by the officers of the Third Regiment, the officers of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and the government and members of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.
Thomas Redman (1810), paper-stainer, of Boston, married, Feb. 12, 1797, Abigail Cary. Mr. Redman (1810) obtained his title of lieutenant by being quarter- master of the First Regiment, in the Legionary Brigade, from 1809 to 1812 inclusive.
William King (1810). AUTHORITY : Whit- man's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
Benjamin Loring (1810). AUTHORITIES : Lincoln's Hist. of Hingham; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
James B. Marston (1810). AUTHORITY : An- nals of Mass. Char. Mech. Association.
Thomas Redman (1810). AUTHORITIES: Histories of The Massachusetts Lodge and St. Andrew's Chapter.
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He joined The Massachusetts Lodge, April 5, 1802, and St. Andrew's Chapter, June 20, 1804. He was master of the former in 1807 and 1808, and demitted from the latter, Nov. 11, 1818. Lieut. Redman (1810) died in Cambridge, April 27, 1820, aged forty- seven years. " A worthy, honest man, whose natural benevolence and urbanity endeared him to all his acquaintances."
Michael Roulstone (1810), glazier, of Boston, son of George and Mary Roulstone, brother of Capt. Andrew (1811) and of Capt. John ( 1812), was born in Boston, May 15, 1775, and died June 19, 1849.
Mr. Roulstone (1810) was in the militia for many years ; was ensign in the Second Regiment of the Legionary Brigade in 1809 ; a captain from 1810 to 1817 inclusive, serving at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, during the War of 1812, and was lieuten- ant-colonel of the Second Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, from 1818 to 1821 inclusive. " He was inclined to corpulency, and took great pride in his military office. A facetious friend, Lieut. Thomas Redman [1810], advised him, when elected lieuten- ant-colonel, to purchase a new belt, made of india-rubber." He held the office of second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1812, and ensign in 1818. April 2, 1821, he resigned his membership in the Company, but rejoined it, April 9, 1821. He and his brother John (1812) took membership in The Massachusetts Lodge, of Boston, April 5, 1802, and both withdrew, April 27, 1838. Col. Michael Roulstone (1810) was its worshipful master in 1821. He was a charter member of St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, Jan. 25, 1819, and became a member of Boston Commandery, Knights Templars, March 12, 1822.
Zachariah Gardner Whitman (1810), lawyer, of Boston, eldest son of Hon. Benja- min and Hannah (Gardner) Whitman, of Boston, whose ancestor was John Whitman, freeman, 1638, one of the first planters and proprietors of Bridgewater, was born in Providence, R. I., Feb. 10, 1789, and graduated at Harvard College in 1807. He married, (1) Dec. 3, 1812, Maria, daughter of Major John (1788) and Sarah Bray, of Boston, who died May 10, 1821 ; (2) July 23, 1821, Maria, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Abrams, who died June 14, 1839 ; and married, (3) at Boscawen, N. H., Asenath Jane - , with whom he lived but a short time.
He studied law, and entered upon its practice in Boston. "He waded through much social trouble," says his biographer, in the "History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company," second edition, page 376 ; "but his biography may best be summed up by saying that Freemasonry, this ancient corps, Episcopacy, and Antiquarianism were the objects of his unwearied favor." "The manuscript of the history, left at his decease, was given by his widow to the Artillery Company, together with seven volumes of anni- versary Artillery sermons, the most perfect collection [then] extant. The Company generously acknowledged this donation by one hundred dollars in return." Lieut. Whit- man (1810) was the compiler of a history of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany, which was issued in 1820. This was "revised and enlarged" by the same compiler, in the manuscript above mentioned. It was intended, or hoped, to publish this revised and enlarged history in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Com-
Michael Roulstone (1810). AUTHORITIES : Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Records of The Massachusetts Lodge.
Zachariah G. Whitman (IS10). AUTHORI- TIES : Records of The Massachusetts Lodge and St. Andrew's Chapter; Whitman's Hist. A. and II. A. Company, Ed. 1842.
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pany, but, "for reasons unknown, was postponed." The compiler never realized his hope to see his work in print; but, dying in 1840, the publication of the history was intrusted to Samuel A. Allen (1836), George M. Thatcher (1839), and George H. Whit- man (1829), a committee of the Company. It was issued in 1842, and is a monument to the memory of its compiler. The records of the Artillery Company also bear evidence of the systematic and painstaking labor of Lieut. Whitman (1810), who served the Com- pany so long and faithfully as its clerk. It was through his patient toil that the third transcript of the Company's records was made.
Mr. Whitman (18ro) received the degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge in March and April, 1811, and became a member May 27, 1811. He was a prominent Mason, filled nearly every office in the Lodge in turn until 1818, when he was elected master, and held that office two years. He joined St. Andrew's Chapter, Jan. 22, 1812, and held offices in that body. He delivered an address before the Chapter, Nov. 15, 1815, and before his Lodge, Dec. 26, 1822. The latter was printed. He became a member of Boston Commandery, Knights Templars, July 17, 1815.
He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1816, lieutenant in 1819, and clerk in 1816 and 1817, 1820, and from 1825 to 1829; also ensign in the local militia from 1810 to 1814.
He died at Boscawen, N. H., - where he resided the last nine years of his life, - March 11, 1840, aged fifty-one years. "Though hasty in temperament, he was a man of good motives and strict integrity." His body was brought to Boston, and buried under St. Matthew's Church, of which he had been a strong supporter. The Artillery Company was represented at the funeral by many of its members.
John Winslow Whitman, whose name was changed to George H. Whitman, brother of Zachariah G. Whitman (1810), joined the Artillery Company in 1829, and another brother, Caleb S. Whitman, joined in 1827.
Ezra Whitney, Jr. (1810), of Boston, son of Ezra (1787), paraded with the Artil- lery Company in 1811, and was honorably discharged in 1812.
John Whitney (1810), truckman, of Boston, brother of Capt. Silas, Jr. (1810), and son of Silas, was born in 1785. He was an ensign in the Second Regiment of the Legionary Brigade from 1809 to 1814 inclusive. He received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge, and took membership Feb. 22, 1813. He died at Cambridge, June 21, 1826, aged forty-one years.
Silas Whitney, Jr. (1810), truckman, and afterward innkeeper, of Boston and Charlestown, brother of Ensign John (1810), and son of Silas, was born in 1781. He was captain in the Second Regiment of the Third Brigade from 1810 to 1814 inclusive. He died at Charlestown, in January, 1824, aged forty-three years.
Abraham Wood (1810), shopkeeper, of Boston, paraded with the Artillery Company in 1811, was second sergeant of the Company in 1813, and was honorably discharged in 1815. He died at Northboro, Mass., in July, 1821, aged thirty-five years.
The first Monday in April, 1810, was a day appointed by the Constitution of the Commonwealth for the choice of a governor, and the Legislature had passed a law
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forbidding military parades on that day ; therefore the Artillery Company paraded on Friday, April 6, 1810, under the command of Lieut .- Col. Osgood (1797). The Rev. Charles Lowell was chosen to deliver the Artillery election sermon in the next June.
At a meeting April 30, Messrs. Jonathan Loring, Jr. (1792), Daniel Messinger (1792), Henry Messinger (1800), Dexter Dana (1798), Caswell Beal (1806), David Francis (1806), and William Abrams, Jr. (1807), were appointed a committee to consider the matter of uniform, and to report their opinion as to other measures that might be adopted to promote the prosperity of the Company.
May 7, 1810, the Company made their second public parade for the season, and performed the usual duties, commanded by Lieut .- Col. Osgood (1797). Special meet- ings were held May 21 and May 28.
Monday, June 4, 1810, being the anniversary day, the usual duties were performed. Rev. Charles Lowell delivered the sermon in the First Church, on Summer Street. Dinner was served in Faneuil Hall, and the election was held on the Common. The following-named gentlemen were chosen officers for the ensuing year : Lieut .- Col. Daniel Messinger (1792), captain; Capt. Jonathan Whitney (1797), lieutenant ; Mr. James Bird (1801), ensign; Messrs. Benjamin Clark (1806), Robert Fennelly (1806), John Banister (1806), Terence Wakefield (1807), sergeants; Gen. John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Mr. Dexter Dana (1798), clerk, and Capt. Samuel Todd (1786), superin- tendent of the armory.
Special meetings were held June 18 and June 25. At the latter the committee on uniform reported, that in the opinion of the committee it would be for the interest of the Company to adopt the following as the uniform of the Company, viz., "Chapeau de bras, fantail cockade, white loup and button, large black plume ; blue coat, wide red facings, white buttons and lining, lace holes on the collar and lace diamonds on the skirts ; white cassimere small clothes and white Mersailles waistcoat ; long black gaiters and black stocks on field days; long white gaiters and white stocks on Election day. The committee further recommend that sixty-four stands of arms, cartridge boxes and belts be purchased and placed in the armory, to be paid for out of the Company's funds."
Meetings were held at Faneuil Hall (probably in the town clerk's room) July 9, 16, and 23. At the latter it was "voted, unanimously, that the uniform of Col. Daniel Messinger [1792] exhibited this evening be the pattern that the Company shall make theirs by, with convex buttons on the coat and small white plain metal buttons on the small clothes." A committee was also appointed " to collect from the Company records such votes as are necessary to be printed as regulations for the use of members of the Company."
Meetings for business or exercise were held July 30, Aug. 6, 13, 21, and 23. The committee on collating the votes from the records, and preparing rules and regulations for the government of the Company, reported as follows : -
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS. INCORPORATED 1638.
ARTICLE 1. - OF CANDIDATES.
SECTION IST. Persons wishing to become members shall make applications, in writing, to the Clerk, who shall give their names to the Commanding officer, to be by him proposed at the next meeting of the Company.
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SECTION 2D. Every candidate shall stand proposed one meeting before he be balloted for, and not then to be admitted, unless he obtain two thirds of the votes of the members present. If admitted, he shall sign the Company's book, pay fifteen dollars, and find two sureties, satisfactory to the commander, to be responsible for his compli- ance with the Rules of the Company.
SECTION 3D. No person can be an eligible candidate unless he be twenty-one years of age.
ARTICLE 11 .- OF ARMS AND UNIFORM.
SECTION IST. The officers and privates of the Company shall be furnished with arms and equipments, from the Armory, according to law. The non-commissioned officers to carry halberds.
SECTION 2D. The uniform of the Company to be as follows : Hat, - chapeau de bras, ornamented with a fantail cockade, silver loup and button, and a full black plume, eighteen inches long; Coat, deep blue superfine cloth, with red facings and white linings, blue shoulder straps edged with red, two silver laced button holes each side of the collar, diamond on each skirt, and white convex buttons, stamped with the arms of the State, and the word "Commonwealth ; " Waistcoat, white Marseilles, single-breasted, with a standing collar; Small clothes, fine white cassimere, with white metal button on the knees; White stock; Gaiters, fine white linen, to come up to the knee pan over the small clothes, with black buttons ; a black velvet knee strap, with a white buckle. The shoes to be short, quartered and tied, long hair to be braided and turned up and the whole to wear powder. The above is the uniform of the Company to be worn on the anniversary. On other field days, the stock to be black and the gaiters to be of fine black cassimere, with black buttons, of the same length with the white and worn in the same manner.
ARTICLE III. - DUTY AND POWER OF OFFICERS.
SECTION IST. The Commanding Officer shall have power to remit fines of the members for non-attendance, provided an excuse is offered to his satisfaction within eight days, and shall give the member thus excused a certificate authorizing the Clerk to remit the same.
SECTION 2D. He shall give all his orders to the Clerk in writing, except those given in presence of the Company, at the place of parade or exercise, to be by him passed down.
ARTICLE IV. - CLERK'S DUTY.
SECTION IST. The Clerk shall, on receiving orders from the Commander, imme- diately transmit the same to the proper officers ; he shall insert the names of all candi- dates on the notifications for the meetings on which they are to be balloted for ; and for the neglect thereof shall pay a fine of two dollars.
SECTION 2D. He shall record all the orders he receives, the meetings of the Com- pany and the business done at said meetings; all reports of committees, and the admission of members and for the neglect of either of them, shall pay a fine of $2.
SECTION 3D. He shall make out and present every member with a bill of his assess- ments, and fines within one month from the time of the same being laid ; and if said assessments, and fines are not paid within sixty days, he shall report the delinquent to the Company at the next meeting after the expiration of said sixty days, and for the neglect of this rule, shall pay a fine of three dollars.
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SECTION 4TH. He shall keep a regular account of all money by him received and shall pay the same to the Treasurer, once at least in three months, taking his receipt therefor ; and for the neglect thereof shall pay a fine of ten dollars.
SECTION 5TH. He shall attend all meetings of the Company at the time ordered, under the penalty of $1, for each neglect.
SECTION 6TH. He shall not, in any instance, whatever, remit a fine to a member, unless by order of the Commanding officer, under the penalty of five dollars.
ARTICLE V. - TREASURER'S DUTV.
He shall keep the funds of the Company, and receive all money from the Clerk, giving him a receipt therefor. All money received for the admission of members shall be added to the funds, and assessments and fines be appropriated to defray the expenses of the Company. The Treasurer shall pay all bills against the Company which may have been approved by any one of the Standing Committee.
ARTICLE VI. - DUTIES OF MEMBERS.
SECTION IST. Every member, those hereafter excepted, shall attend the Sergeants drill when ordered.
SECTION 2D. At every meeting regularly notified by order of the Commander, there shall be a first and second roll-call, and every member, those hereafter excepted, absent at one, or both, shall pay the fine agreeable to the 7th Art. of the Regulations.
SECTION 3D. Every member who neglects complying with the Rules of the Company for one year, shall be notified thereof by the Clerk, and his name returned to the Stand- ing Committee ; and, if he does not, within thirty days from the time of receiving such notification, render an excuse to the satisfaction of said committee, he shall be no longer considered a member, and his name shall be returned to the Commander of the Military District, in which he resides.
ARTICLE VII.
Fines for Non-Commissioned Officers. Non-attendance at drills, 50 cts. Non- attendance at a meeting, first roll-call, 25 cts ; If absent the whole evening, 50 cts. On the three meetings for exercise preceding the anniversary, non-attendance at first roll-call, $1.25. Non-attendance the whole evening, $2.50. Absence on Field-days $2. Neglecting to warn the Company in season, 75 cts.
Fines for members. Non-attendance at drill, 50 cts. Non-attendance at a meeting, first roll-call, 25 cts. If absent the whole evening, 50 cts. On the three meetings for exercise preceding the Anniversary, non-attendance, first roll-call, $1. Non-attendance the whole evening, $2. Absence on Field-days, $2.
ARTICLE V111. - EXCEPTIONS FROM FINES &C.
SECTION IST. 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 assess- ment for the Anniversary dinner, which shall be paid by every member of the Company.
SECTION 2D. All members, who have served, and all members, who shall hereafter have served fifteen years in the Company and are exempt by law from Military duty,
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shall, at their own request, be exempt from all evening fines, except the three exercising evenings next preceding the Anniversary Election of Officers in June, at which meeting, they shall be bound to attend.
ARTICLE IX. - OF COMMITTEES.
SECTION IST. Every member appointed on a committee, if he accepts, shall duly attend to the duty assigned him, at the time and place appointed by the Chairman ; which office shall be filled by the first member chosen ; and every committee shall make report of their doings at the meeting next after they are elected.
SECTION 2D. The Commissioned Officers shall be the Standing Committee for the year. It shall be their duty to examine and pass all bills against the Company, to determine who shall have forfeited their membership agreeable to the 3d Section of the VII Article, and to superintend the affairs of the Company generally.
N. B. The Field days are : for the Election of Officers, the first Monday of June invariably, and the first Mondays of April, May, September, and October, if suitable weather, if not, on the Friday following.
(Signed) DANIEL MESSINGER [1792], per Order.
The foregoing report of Rules and Regulations being read, a motion was made and seconded to accept them, which being put, passed unanimously.
Monday, Sept. 3, 1810, the Company paraded under command of Col. Daniel Messinger (1792). It also met Sept. 17 and 24 for exercise. A parade was also held Oct. 1, 1810, and a meeting for exercise, Oct. 5.
It had been the custom for the president of the Senate and speaker of the House to attend the commander-in-chief on the occasion of the Artillery election, but this year the Legislature refused to permit them to do so. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Charles Lowell, in the First Church, in Chauncy Place. In company with many other guests at the dinner, his Excellency Mr. Jackson, the British minister, was present. Mr. Jackson offered the following volunteer toast : " Perpetual harmony between Great Britain and the United States. May the sword of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery be drawn against those who would interrupt it."1 Hon. Mr. Otis offered : "May our prejudices against the British nation, like those against her minister, vanish upon a more intimate acquaintance." 2
Rev. Charles Lowell, of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1810. He was a son of Hon. John and Rebecca (Russell) Lowell, and was born in Boston, Aug. 15, 1782. He entered Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass., as a student, and
Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D. AUTHORITIES : Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit; The West Church and its Ministers, - Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ordination of Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D.
1 " BATTLE OF THE WINDMILLS -OR, REVIVAL OF KNIGHT ERRANTRY !
"'Perpetual harmony between the U. States and Great Britain - May the swords of the Antient and honorable Artillery be drawn against those who would interrupt it.' The swords of two and thirty men, led on by the valiant Hero of Copenhagen, to
be drawn against all who would oppose our return to colonial submission. Dreadful event ! Ameri- cans, prepare to bow the neck before this redoubt- able phalanx." - Independent Chronicle, June 7, 1810.
2 An invitation was extended by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company to Mr. Francis J. Jackson, " British minister in Boston," to attend the anniversary exercises. He accepted and was present, which was the occasion of much lamenta- tion and squibbing on the part of the Independent Chronicle of June 4, 7, II, and 14, 1810.
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remained there three or four years, and afterwards completed his preparation for college in South Bridgewater, Mass. He entered Harvard College as a sophomore in 1797. After graduation, in 1800, he studied law one year, and then relinquished it for theology. In 1802 he went to Scotland, studied divinity at Edinburgh, where he remained until 1804. Subsequently he travelled through Europe, and returned home in 1805. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the West Church, in Boston, Jan. 1, 1806. He married, in October, 1806, Harriet B. Spencer, of Portsmouth, N. H. Prof. James Russell Lowell, of Cambridge, was their son.
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