The history of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. from the grant of its territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1680, Part 55

Author: Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868; Sewall, Charles Chauncy, 1802-1886; Thompson, Samuel, 1731-1820
Publication date: 1868
Publisher: Boston, Wiggen and Lunt
Number of Pages: 706


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Sergt. George Reed, 1719; Dea. George Reed, 1720, 21, 22. John Fowle, 1724, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 1730.


John Fowle, 1731, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39.


John Russell. 1738.


Mr Isaac Snow, 1740, 41, 42, 43, 44.


Mr. Eleazar Carter, 1745, 46, 47. Mr. Benjamin Wyman, 1748, 49. Mr. Benjamin Brooks, 1750, 51.


Mr. Benjamin Wyman, 1752, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58.


Mr. Zebadiah Wyman, 1759, 1760, 61. Eleazar Flagg Poole, 1762, 63, 64, 65, 66; Ensign, 1767.


Eleazar Flagg Poole, 1768, 69, 1770, 71, 72; Lieut. 1773.


Capt. Benjamin Wyman, 1774. Dea. Samuel Wyman, 1775, 76. Mr. Jonathan Lawrence, 1777, 78.


Mr. Zebadiah Wyman, 1779, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84.


Lt. Joseph Winn, 1785, 86, 87.


Mr. Zebadiah Wyman, 1788, 89; Dea. 1790, 91, 92.


Mr. Benjamin Wyman, 1793, 94; Lt. 95, 96, 97; Capt. 1798, 99.


Joseph Lawrence, 1800, 1801. Zebadiah Wyman, 1802, 03, 04.


Dr. John Page, 1805.


Zebadiah Wyman, 1806, 07, 08, 09, 1810, 1811, 12, 13.


John Wade, Esq., 1814, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.


John Wade, Esq., 1824, 25.


John Fowle, 3d, 1826, 27, 28, 31. Bowen Buckman, 1829, 30, 32. John Edgell, 1831, 35, 36, 38, 39. Joel F. Thayer, 1833, 34, 37.


Joshua V. Pierce, 1840, 41; resigned, and removed from Town.


William Woodbury, 1841, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46.


Gawin R. Gage, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.


Gawin R. Gage, 1857, 1858, 59. Gawin R. Gage, 1860.


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APPENDIX, NO. XIII.


DEPUTIES TO GENERAL COURT.


Edward Johnson, 1646, 47, 9, 1650, 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9.


Edward Convers, 1660.


Edward Johnson, 1661, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9.


Mr. Humphrey Davie, 1670, 71.


Capt. Edw. Johnson,


Mr. Humphrey Davie, of Boston,


Capt. Edw. Hutchinson, S Mr. IIumphrey Davie, 1674. 1672, 73. William Johnson,


Mr. Humphrey Davie, Lient. Wm. Johnson,


whole year, 1676.


Mr. Humphrey Davie, 1677, 78,79.


Lient. Wm. Johnson,


Ensign James Convers, deputy in Feb. Session, 1679-80.


Lieut. Wm. Johnson, 1680.


Eusign James Convers, S


Lieut. Wm. Johnson, 1681, 82, 83, [chosen " Assistant" at May Ses- sion, 1684.


Ens. James Convers, Nov. Session, 1683 : May Session, 1684, 85, 86.


Sergt. Matt. Johnson, 1686.


Ens. James Convers, 1689.


Sargt. Matt. Johnson, 1689, 90, 91, 92.


Ens. Saml. Walker, Members


Sargt. John Peirce, of Convention, 1689.


Lt. James Convers, 1691, 92.


Saml. Blogget, sen., 1693. Dea. Samuel Walker, 1694.


James Convers, jun., 1695, 96, 97, 98, 99.


James Wright, 1696 : disallowed. Capt. Edw. Johnson, 1700.


Major James Convers, 1701, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06.


Ens. John Peirce, 1706, Aug. 13, in room of Major Convers, deceased.


Ens. John Peirce, 1707, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 1718. Joshua Sawyer, sen., 1710, 1711.


Capt. Josiah Convers, 1715.


Dea. Saml. Walker, 1719, 20, and for Court, June 13, 1720.


Daniel Peirce, 1721, and for Court 23d Ang., 1721.


Daniel Peirce, 1722, 23, 24, 25, 26.


Jolin Fowle, 1727, 28, 30, 31, 35. Ens. Samuel Blogget, 1729.


Samnel Richardson, 1732, 33; voted 1734 to choose, but name not re- corded.


Mr. Josiah Peirce, 1736. M. Roland Cotton, 1737, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43; Esq. 1744.


Mr. Edward Walker, 1745.


Dea. Josiah Peirce, 1746, 47, 48, 49. Voted not to send, 1750.


Mr. Edward Walker, 1751, 52, 53, 54; chosen for 1756, but declined.


Josiah Johnson, Esq., 1756, 57, 58, 1766.


Mr. James Fowle, 1759, 1760, 61 : Esq. 1762, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68.


"Mr. Humphrey Davie was chosen Deputy for the whole yeare 1675." Deputies the Mr. Oliver Richardson, 1769, 70, 71, 72, [1773 ?].


Dea. Saml. Wyman, 1773,? 74; do. for Conrt at Salem, Oct. 5, 1774.


Dea. Saml. Wyman, for Provincial Congress, Feb. 1775.


Josiah Johnson, Esq., 1775; May 31, at Watertown.


Josiah Johnson, Esq., to Genl. Court at Watertown, July 19, 1775.


Samnel Wyman, Esq., at Watertown, 1776; at Boston, 1777.


Col. Loammi Baldwin, 1778, 79, 1780.


Capt. Saml. Belknap, 1781, 1783.


Dea. Joseph Johnson, 1782.


Saml. Thompson, Esq. 1785, 86, 89, 90.


Dea. Timothy Winn, 1787, 1788, 1791.


Capt. Timothy Winn, 1790.


Samuel Thompson, Esq. 1792, 93.


Col. John Walker, 1794, 95, 96. 1797, Voted not to send.


Samuel Thompson, Esq. 1798. 1799, Voted not to send.


Hon. Loammi Baldwin, Esq. 1800, 01, 02, 03, 04.


Samuel Thompson, Esq. 1805, 06.


Col. Bill Russell, 1807, 1808.


Dr. Sylvanus Plympton, 1809.


Mr. Luke Reed, 1810, 11.


Dr. Sylvanus Plympton,


Major John Wade, 1812.


Major John Wade, ? 1813. Lieut. Jona. Tidd, S


Major John Wade, 1814, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.


Dr. Sylvanus Plympton, 1816.


John Wade, Esq., 1823, 26.


Marshall Fowle, 1823, 1824, 25.


John Wade,


Joseph Gardner, 1827.


Marshall Fowle, & 1828.


Joseph Gardner,


Marshall Fowle, & 1829.


John Wade,


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APPENDIX, NO. XIII.


Hon. Wm. C. Jarvis, 1830. Marshall Fowle, John Wade, 1831.


Stephen Nichols, Stephen Nichols, Samuel Abbot, Nov. 14, 1831.


Joseph Gardner, Marshall Fowle, Samuel Abbot, 1832.


Joseph Gardner, John Wade,


Stephen Nichols, 1833, 34.


Oliver B. Coolidge,


Oliver B. Coolidge, 1835.


John Convers, 1835.


William Tidd, 1835.


Stephen Eames, 1836. Henry Flagg, 1836.


Leonard Thompson, 1836. John Cummings, 1837. Augustus Plympton, 1837. Leonard Fowle, 1838.


William Flanders, 1838.


Calvin A. Wyman, 1838. Henry Parker, 1839. Thomas Poole, 1839. Bowen Buckman, 1840. Nathaniel A. Richardson, 1841, 42, 43. 1844, Nov. 24. Voted not


to send this year. John C. Brackett, 1845. No choice 1846, none 1847, no choice 1849.


Nov. 27, 1848. Voted not to send.


Nov. 11 & Nov. 25, 1850, no choice. Timothy Winn, 1851.


Joseph Dow, 1852.


No choice, 1853.


Wm. T. Grammer, 1854.


Ebenezer N. Blake, 1855.


William T. Grammer, 1856.


Charles S. Convers, 1857.


Nathan Wyman, 1858.


Nathan Wyman, 1859.


Franklin Smith, 1860.


.


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APPENDIX, NO. XIII.


TEACHERS OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, WOBURN, TILL 1771.


NAMES.


When engaged.


For how long.


Terms per annum, or money paid.


Mr. Samuel Carter


1685


A year


£5 per an. [no scholars. 1.10 only paid, having


Rev. Jabez Fox


1699


do.


Nothing promised, appa- rently, and nothing pd. £o paid.


Mr. John Fox


1700


4 months


28 per annum.


Mr. Dudley Bradstreet 1


1704


No time set


Mr. Samuel Burr 2


1704


6 months


15 and horse keeping.


Mr. Gershom Rawling 3


1705


6 months


15 paid.


Mr. William Rawson 4


1705


3 months


7.10 paid.


Mr. Samuel Mighill 5


1706


6 months


15 and a horse.


1707


10 months


20.


Mr. John Tufts 8 66


1708


8 months


20 paid.


1708


3 months


7.10 paid.


1709


12 months


30 and horse kept.


Mr. Recompense Wadsworth ?


1710


6 months


12 and board 11 weeks.


1711, '12


13 months


11 and board.


Mr. Urian Angier ?


1713


10 months


21.15 paid and board.


Mr. John Gardner 10


1715, '16, '17


29 months


40 per an. 96.13.8 paid.


Mr. Nathaniel Prentice 11


1718, '19


912 months


40 per an. for 6} mos.


50 per an. for 3 mos.


Mr. (Nathaniel ?) Cotton 12


1719


7 months


21.16.3 paid.


Mr. Nathaniel Prentice 11


1720


2 months


7.05 paid.


Mr. John Hancock 13


1720, '21, '22


49.6.8 paid.


Mr. Nathaniel Hancock 14


1722, '23


51.1.4 paid.


Mr. Josiah Convers 15


1723, '24, '25


69.11.8 paid.


Mr. Ebenezer Flagg, jun. 16


1725


4 months


12.5 paid.


Mr. Timothy Walker 17


1725


27.10 recovered by law.


Mr. Samuel Jennison 18


1725


3 months


11 paid.


Mr. Ilabijah Weld 19


1725-26


7 months


50 per annum.


" Mr. (Nathaniel ?) Saltonstall


1727


3 months


12.10 paid.


Mr. Isaac Richardson 21


1727-28


3 months


12.10 paid.


Mr. Jabez Fox 22


1728


11 months


50 per annum.


1 Mr. Bradstreet was of Andover, a grand- son of Gov. Bradstreet; II. C. 1698; came to Woburn at the time agreed on : stayed there through March Court, to save the town from a presentment by the grand jury ; but having no scholars, he then withdrew, having expenses paid, and receiving eighteen shillings as "a gratuity." Town Records, IV., p. 255.


2 Mr. Burr was graduated at II. C., 1697.


3 Mr. Rawlins was a graduate of H. C. 1705.


4 Mr. Rawson of H. C., 1703.


5 Mr. Mighill, II. C., 1704; kept the school only part of the time agreed on in 1707, and received £6.00 in full.


0 Mr. Tufts was of II. C., 1708; and after- wards ordained over Second Church in New- bury.


7 Mr. Wadsworth, born in Boston; of H. C., 1708.


8 Mr. Clark, of II. C., 1712; minister of Dan- vers, 1717.


9 A son of Rev. Samuel Angier, of Reho- both, and a grandson of Rev. Urian Oakes, President of Harvard College.


10 Mr. Gardner, of Charlestown End, HI. C., 1715; minister of Stow, 1718.


11 Gradunte of II. C., 1715.


12 " Mr. Cotton " (if Rev. Nathaniel) was of HI. C., 1717; and afterwards minister of Bris- tol, R. I.


13 Of H. C., 1719; minister of Braintree, 1726; father of Gov. Hancock.


14 Rev. Nathaniel Hancock, HI. C., 1721.


15 A native of Woburn, II. C., 1723; a son of Capt. Josiah Convers, and a grandson of Dea- con Josiah.


16 A native of Woburn, son of Ebenezer Flagg, sen., H. C., 1725 ; minister of Chester, N. H., 1736.


17 Mr. Walker, son of Dea. Samuel Walker, 2d, of Woburn, II. C., 1725; minister of Con- cord, N. II., 1730.


18 Mr. Jennison was of HI. C., 1720; after- ward a preacher and settled minister.


19 Mr. Weld, II. C., 1723; ordained at Attle- borough, Mass., 1727.


20 " Mr. (Nathaniel ?) Saltonstall," of H. C., 1727.


21 Mr. Isaac Richardson, a native of Wo- burn, of II. C., 1726.


22 Mr. Fox, son of Rev. John Fox, of H. C., 1727.


Mr. Peter Clark 8


1712


6 months


22 per an. and board.


1714


1 year


7.16 paid.


1710


3 months


18 per annum.


1702


1 year do.


1686


A year


1694


A year


1701


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APPENDIX, NO. XIII.


TEACHERS OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, WOBURN, TILL 1771. (Continued.)


NAMES.


When engaged.


For how long.


Terms per annum, or money paid.


Mr. Ebenezer Flegg 23


1729, '30, '31


31 months


£131 paid.


1732


3 months


12.10 paid.


Mr. Jabez Richardson 24


1732


3 months


12.10 paid.


Mr. Thomas Balch 25


1732


12 month


2 paid.


Mr. Ebenezer Wyman 26 "


1732


2 months


9.5.11 paid.


Mr. James Fowle 27


1734


12 months


50 paid.


Mr. Isaac Richardson 21


1735


934 months


38.10 paid.


Mr. James Fowle 27


1736


62 months


26.18.6 paid.


Mr. Ebenezer Wyman 26


1736


11 weeks


10 11.8 paid.


Mr. James Fowle 27


1737


1738


12 months


70 paid.


1739


10}2 months


70 paid.


1740, '41, '42


36 months


210, bills of credit.


1743, '44


19 months


85, bills credit, per an.


Mr. Isaac Richardson 21


1745


3 months


21.10, old tenor, paid.


1746


8 months


100, old tenor, per an.


Mr. Adam Richardson 28


1747


2 months


100, old tenor, per an.


Mr. Jonathan Sewall 29


1750


28 8.10, lawful money.


Mr. Ebenezer Thompson 30


1752


3 months


300, old tenor, per an.


Mr. Jabez Richardson 31


1754


3 months


2 months


1 month


270, old tenor, per an.


Mr. Jacob Eliot 32


1756


16.13.4 paid, per order.


Mr. Jabez Richardson 33


1757


27.3.1, law. money, pd. 4.19.9 paid.


Mr. John Fowle 34


1758


6.2.2 paid.


1759


40 law. money, per an.


1760, '61


1762


11 months


40 per annum.


1763, '64, '65


1766, '67, '68 1769


Mr. Jacob Coggin 85


1770, '71


25 See 16.


24 Mr. Jabez Richardson, a graduate of H. C., 1730.


25 Mr. Balch, of H. C., 1733; first minister of Second Parish, Dedham, 1736.


26 Mr. Wyman, son of Jacob Wyman, Wo- burn; of H. C., 1731; and minister of Union, Conn.


27 Mr. James Fowle, son of Capt. John Fowle, of Woburn, graduate of H. C., 1731, and Town Clerk of Woburn from 1746 to 1779, inclusively.


28 Mr. Adam Richardson, a native of Wo- burn, and graduate of H. C., 1730.


29 Mr. Jonathan Sewall, a graduate of H. C., 1748, and Attorney General at the commence- ment of the revolutionary war.


30 A native of Woburn, son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Convers) Thompson, and graduated at H. C., 1752.


31 See 24. A school teacher, apparently, by profession.


32 Jacob Eliot, a graduate of H. C., 1755.


33 See 24. Mr. Jabez Richardson was proba- bly a native, certainly an inhabitant, of Wo- burn, in 1756. See Church Records, Vol. I., page 3.


34 Mr. John Fowle, or "Master Fowle" as he was called many years, was a native of Woburn, a son of John and Mary (Convers) Fowle, and a graduate of H. C., 1747.


35 Mr. Jacob Coggin, a native of Woburn, graduate of H. C., 1763, a schoolmaster by pro- fession, and occasionally preached.


N. B. The pay per annum engaged to Mas- ter Fowle, for teaching, is not stated in the Records, except in 1759 and 1762. From the sums paid by the Treasurer at divers times for his services, he appears to have had a little more, some years, than £40 per annum. As the town voted to raise £40 for schooling in 1771, 1772, (See Town Records, Vol. IX., pp. 128, 165,) it is inferred that that sum was the annual pay of Mr. Coggin in those years.


.6


1754


10, law. mon., p. order. 9.6.8, law. money. paid. 250, old tenor, per an.


1753


3 months


100, old tenor, per an.


1747


3 months


1748, '49


10 months


220, old tenor, per an.


1737


12 months


50 paid.


1733


12 months


50 paid.


60, bills of credit.


66


1755


1759


588


PASTORS OF FIRST CHURCH, WOBURN.


NAMES.


Where born.


When.


Where educated.


When ordained, or installed.


Dismissed, or resigned.


Where died.


When.


Age.


Thomas Carter . . .


.


England


About 1610


St. John's College, Cambridge, Eng. Har. College, 1665


Nov. 22, 1642


Woburn


Sept. 5, 1684


74 years.


Jabez Fox


Concord, Mass.


About 1647


Nov. 1679


Nov. 17,1703


Boston, while on a visit. Woburn


February 28, 1702-3 Dee. 12, 1756


78 years.


Edward Jackson


Newton


April 3, 1700


H. College, 1719


Aug. 1, 1729


Woburn


Sept. 24, 1754 Nov. 24, 1789


55 years. 61 years.


Samuel Sargeant . ·


Worcester


Nov. 6, 1755


Dart. College, 1783


Mar. 14, 1785


Chester, Vt.


June 2, 1818


63 years.


Joseph Chickering . . .


Dedham


Apr. 30, 1780


H. College, 1799


Mar. 28, 1804


Apr. 11, 1821


Phillipston, Mass.


Jan. 27, 1844


63 years.


Joseph Bennett . . ·


Framingham


May 13, 1798


H. College, 1818


Jan. 1, 1822


· .


Woburn


Nov. 19, 1847


49 years.


Jonathan Edwards . . ·


Andover


July 17, 1820


Y. College, 1840


Sept. 7, 1848


Jan. 9, 1856


Daniel March . . .


Millbury, Mass.


July 21, 1806


Y. College, 1840


Oet, 1, 1856


Feb. 17, 1862


Joseph C. Bodwell, D.D.,


Sanbornton, N. H.


June 11, 1812


D. College, 1833


Nov. 11, 1862


Aug. 3, 1866


·


·


.


Watertown


April 2, 1729


Princeton, N. J., 1754


Jan. 28, 1756


Apr. 11, 1775 Apr. 29, 1799


Woodbridge, Ct.


56 years.


John Fox . .


Cambridge


About 1678


H. College, 1698


Josiah Sherman . ·


APPENDIX, NO. XIII.


N. B. Rev. Josiah Cotton, first and only Pastor of the Third Church in Woburn, was born at Sandwich, in June 1702; graduated at Harvard College, 1722; installed at Woburn, July 15, 1747; dismissed in 1756 ; installed at Sandown, N. H., November 28, 1759; and there died, May 27, 1780, aged 78.


APPENDIX, NO. XIII.


DEACONS OF THE FIRST CHURCH, WOBURN.


NAMES.


Chosen, or (+) styled Deacon in T. Records.


Resigned.


Died.


Age.


Edward Convers


Probably in


1663


75


John Mousall


1642


1665


70


John Wright


+ Nov. 10, 1664


1688


John Russell


+ Nov. 10, 1664


1676


Josiah Convers


1674


1690


72


Henry Baldwin.


1686


1698


Samuel Walker, 2d


1692


1704


61


Joseph Wright


+1698


1724


85


William Locke


1700


1720


91


Samuel Walker, 3d 1


1709


1735


1744


77


William Locke, jun.


1709


1738


80


Edward Johnson


+ 1720


1735


1756


96


James Thompson


1725


1733


1763


84


Josiah Wright.


+ 1736


1747


73


Joseph Hartwell.


1736


1743


63


Josiah Peirce ..


1742


1759


68


Stephen Richardson


1745


1752


79


Samuel Eames


1745


1775


84


John Wright


1758


1763


55


John Leathe 3


1759


1775


80


Nathan Richardson


1761


1775


74


Samuel Wyman.


1764


1787


70


Obadiah Kendall.


1777


1811


86


Samnel Thompson.


1777


1812


1820


89


Zebadiah Wyman .


1789


1793


52


Josiah Richardson


1789


1795


48


Jeduthan Richardson


1796


1812


1815


78


Josiah Wright


1805


1825


1830


80


Ebenezer Lawrence.


1812


1828


1842


84


Benjamin Wyman


1812


1836


68


Calvin Richardson.


1825


1849


1866


89


Uriah Manning


1828


1837


1862


76


Henry Gardner


1828


1837


50


Nathan B. Johnson


1828


1840


1857


55


Benjamin F. Thompson


1836


1840


1863


64


Stephen Richardson


1836


Marshal Wyman


1838


1840


Charles Thompson.


1838


1849


Ezekiel Johnson


1841


1866


84


Luke Wyman


1841


1842


Thomas Richardson


1841


Jonas Hale.


1843


1858


77


Abner Rice


1850


1852


1862


76


Willard J. Pearsons


1852


John R. Kimball


1858


Eckley Stearns


1863


1867


Nathan H. Richardson


1863


1867


Gawin R. Gage


1863


Ephraim Cutter


1864


1 Samuel Walker and George Reed, jun., being chosen deacons, 1735, of the Church of the Second Precinct, where they lived, they transferred to it their relation to the First Church.


2 James Thompson became deacon of the Church of Wilmington, where he lived, after the in- corporation of the town, 1730.


3 John Leathe was deacon of the Third Church, Woburn, till the reunion of the First and Third, in 1759.


51


Uriah Manning


1849


Luther Eames ..


1828


1836


1725


67


George Reed, jun.1


1719


589


590


APPENDIX, NO. XIII.


COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO WERE NATIVES OF WOBURN.


Baldwin, Loammi, Esq .; H. U. 1800. Bennett, Rev. Joseph L.


Burbeen, Mr. Joseph; H. U. 1731.


Burbeen, Paul; H. U. 1743. Carter, Mr. Samuel; H. U. 1660. Chickering, Rev. John White, D. D. Coggin, Mr. Jacob; H. U. 1763.


Coggin, Rev. Jacob; H. U. 1803. Convers, Josiah; H. U. 1723. Convers, Joshua P. Esq. ; B. U. Convers, Sherman; Y. C. 1813.


Cutter, Ephraim; Y. C. 1852. M. D. H. U. 1856. M. M. S. S. Fox, Hon. Jabez ; H. U. 1727.


Flagg, Rev. Ebenezer; H. U. 1725.


Flagg, John; H. U. 1761.


Fowle, James, Esq .; H. U. 1731. Fowle, John, Master; H. U. 1747.


Hayward, Jonathan; H. U. 1756. He was son of Dr. Jona. Hayward, (or "Heywood,") who died in Wo- burn, Aug. 13, 1749, aged " 45," [Gravestone ]. This son of his died in Woburn a pauper, May 19, 1812, æt 73.


Kendall, Rev. Samuel; H. U. 1731. Lawrence, Rev. Nathaniel ; H. U. 1787.


Lock, Samuel; H. U. 1755. He was son of Samuel and Rebekah (Rich- ardson) Lock of Woburn ; born Nov. 23, 1731; settled in the Ministry at Sherborn; was made President of H. U. 1770, resigned 1773, and died at Sherborn, 1778.


Plympton, Sylvanus, M. D. H. U. 1818.


Plympton, Augustus, M. D. at H. U. 1824.


Plympton, Henry Sylvanus, M. D .; at H. U. 1860.


Reed, William; H. U. 1811.


Richardson, Adam; H. U. 1730.


Richardson, Isaac; H. U. 1726.


Richardson, Jabez ; H. U. 1730.


Richardson, Gideon; H. U. 1749.


Richardson, Luther, Esq. ; H. U. 1799. Richardson, Wyman, Esq .; H. U. 1804.


Richardson, John; H. U. 1813.


Thompson, Ebenezer; H. U. 1752. Thompson, Jonathan; H. U. 1803. Thompson, Rev. Leander ; was sent as Missionary to Syria by A. B. F. M., in and since his return from there has been settled in the minis- try at West Amesbury, Mass.


Wade, John; Amherst College, 1830. LL. B. 1834, at H. U.


Walker, Rev. James, D. D .; H. U. 1814. President of the University from 1853 to 1860.


Winn, Timothy; H. U. 1795.


Winn, Abel Theodore; H. U. 1859. Wyman, John; H. U. 1721.


Wyman, Rev. Ebenezer; H. U. 1731.


Wyman, Rufus; H. U. 1799, M. D.


Add to the above Col. Loammi Bald- win, who rec'd 1785 from H. U. the Honorary degree of M. A.


GENEALOGICAL NOTICES


OF THE


Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and their Families, COMPREHENDING :


I. SUBSCRIBERS AT CHARLESTOWN, DECEMBER 1, 1640, TO THE TOWN ORDERS INTENDED FOR WOBURN.


II. MEN TAXED IN THE FIRST FOUR TAXES IN WOBURN UPON RECORD,


VIZ :


1. THE RATE FOR THE COUNTRY, 8 SEPTEMBER, 1645.


2. THE TOWN RATE, 22 DECEMBER, 1646.


3. THE COUNTRY RATE, 26 AUGUST, 1666.


4. THE RATE FOR THE "NEW MEETING HOUSE," 1672, AND FINALLY,


III. THE MEN WHO WERE DEEMED, IN 1668, TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT IN THE COMMON LANDS OF WOBURN.


GENEALOGICAL NOTICES.


BACON. I. Michael, son of Michael Bacon, of Dedham, 1640, who is said to have come from Ireland, bringing with him wife and four children; viz : Michael, Daniel, John and Sarah. These children are named in their father's will, 14 Apr. 1648. His wife, their mother, died 1647. [Savage's Genealogical Dict.]


Michael, eldest son of Michael of Dedham, was of Charlestown, 1640, where he subscribed, 18 Dec. 1640, "Town Orders " for the then projected town of Woburn. He became, shortly after, one of its original inhabitants ; and had born to him there two daughters, viz : Elizabeth, born 4 Jan. 1642 : and Sarah, b. 24 Aug. 1644. His wife Mary dying 26 Aug. 1655, he md. Mary Richardson, 26 Oct. 1655; and after her deatlı 19 May, 1670, he took to him a third wife, Mary Noyes, 28 Nov. 1670. He died 4 July, 1688.


BACON. II. Michael, jun., only sou of the preceding, born probably at Charlestown, before his father settled in Woburn, md. Sarah Richardson, 22 March, 1660,ª by whom he had three daughters, Mary, Sarah and Abigail; and also a son Michael, whom he recognizes in a deed, dated 4 Oct. 1696, as his "loving son, Michael Bacon, jun., of Billerica, shoe- maker." (a) [Wob. Records of Births, Marriages, etc. (a) MSS. of Mr. John A. Boutelle, Wob.]


BACON. Daniel, son of Michael of Dedhamn, born in Ireland, and another of the original settlers of Woburn. He md. Mary Reed of Bridgewater, by whom he had six sons, Thomas, John, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel and John; and · two daughters, Rachel, and Lydia. About 1669, he removed to Cambridge Village, now Newton; and died 7 Sept. 1691. [Savage's Geneal. Dict.]


BAKER. John, was of Charlestown, 1636.ª His name appears in the Country Rate assessed in Woburn, 26 Aug. 1666. He md. Susanna Martin, 28 May, 1654. By her, he had (1) John, born 25 March, 1654. (2) Mary, b. 22 Feb. 1655-6 (3) Joseph, b. 15 June, 1657, and died soon after. (4) Joseph, b. 1 Feb. 1659-60. (5) Susanna, b. 15 March, 1662, and died soon. (6) Susanna, b. 12 April, 1663 ; md. to John Cutler, 1682. (7) a son b. 8 March, 1664, and died within a week. (8) Samuel, b. 21 April, 1665. (9) Benjamin, b. 24 May, 1667. (10) James, b. 10 June, 1670. (11) Jona- than, b. 2 Apr. 1674. (12) William, b. 18 Aug. 1679.


John Baker died 6 Nov. 1695. " Old Goody Baker died Dec. 3, 1714." [Woburn Rec. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, etc.a Frothing- ham's Charlestown, p. 85.]


a Memoranda of Saml. Thompson, Esq.


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GENEALOGICAL NOTICES.


BALDWIN. 1. Henry, said to be from Devonshire, England; a sub- scriber in Charlestown to the "Town Orders" for Woburn, in 1640, and after that, a distinguished citizen of the latter town, and freeman of the Colony, 1652. His place of residence was at "New Bridge," or North Woburn, where some of his descendants in each succeeding generation have had their abode, and been large proprietors of land. He was of the Board of Selectmen for Woburn, 1681; and a deacon of the Church from 1686 to his death. He md. 1 Nov. 1649, Phebe, eldest daughter of Ezekiel Richardson, born probably on the other side of the Atlantic. By her, he had eleven children : (1) Susanna, born 30 Aug. 1650, and died soon. (2) Susanna, b. 25 July, 1652. (3) Phebe, b. 7 Sept. 1654, md. to Samuel Richardson, 7 Nov. 1676, and died 20 Oct. 1679. (4) John, b. 28 Oct. 1656. (5) Daniel, 15 March, 1659; md. to Hannah, probably daughter of Joseph Richardson, 6 Jan. 1684-5. (6) Timothy, b. 27 May, 1661. (7) Mary, b. 19 July, 1663, and died soon. (8) Henry, b. 15 Nov. 1664. (9) Abigail, b. 20 Aug. 1667; md. to John Reed, 1705? (10) Ruth, b. 31 July, 1670. (11) Benjamin, b. 20 Jan. 1672-3. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., Savage's Geneal. Dict.]


Dea. Henry Baldwin died 14 Feb. 1697-8. Widow Phebe Baldwin died 13 Sept. 1716. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., etc.]


BALDWIN. II. Henry Baldwin, jun., md. Abigail Fisk, 4 May, 1692; and had 8 children. (1) Henry, b. 12 Jan. 1692-3. (2) David, b. 9 Apl. 1696. (3) Isaac, b. 20 Feb. 1699-1700. (4) Abigail, b. 13 Feb. 1701-2; died 4 Sept. 1704. (5) James, b. 11 July, 1705; died 12 June, 1709. (6) Abigail, b. 19 Nov. 1707. (7) James, b. 19 Oct. 1710. (8) Samuel, b. 31 Aug. 1717.


II. Henry Baldwin died 7 July, 1739. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc.]


Isaac, son of II Henry Baldwin, md. Mary Flegg, (Flagg) both of Woburn, 24 March, 1726. Their children were: (1) Luke, b. 23 Dec. 1728. (2) Jeduthan, b. 13 Jan. 1731-2. (3) Nahum, b. 3 May, 1734. (4) Isaac, b. 12 Dec. 1738.


BALDWIN. James, son of II Henry Baldwin, md. Ruth Richardson, 29 May, 1739, and had 4 children. (1) Cyrus, b. 5 Nov. 1740. (2) Reuel, b. 9 May, 1742; died 21 Feb. 1745-6. (3) Loammi, [Col. Baldwin : Se Chapt. XII., ] b. 10 Jan. 1744-5. (4) Reuel, b. 30 June, 1747.


James Baldwin died 28 June, 1791, æt. 81. His wife, Ruth, died 13 May, 1791, aged 78 years.a


BLOGGET. Samuel, son of Thomas, who came in the "Increase" from London, 1635, at the age of 30 years, with his wife Susanna, aged 37 years, and two sons, Daniel and Samuel. He (Thomas Bloggett) was a glover by occupation; settled at Cambridge, where he had a daughter Susanna born to him in June 1637; and a son Thomas, who died 7 Aug. 1639. In his will, made 10 Aug. 1641, and proved 8 July following, he provides for his wife and three children, viz : Daniel, Samuel and Susanna. After his de- cease, his widow Susanna was md. to James Thompson, sen., of Woburn, 15 Feb. 1643-4; and his daughter Susanna md. Jonathan Thompson, sou of James Thompson, sen., and Elizabeth, his first wife, 28 Nov. 1655.


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GENEALOGICAL NOTICES.


BLOGGET. I. Samuel Blogget was born in England; brought by his parents to this country when 1} year old; came to Woburn early to reside ; md. Ruth Iggleden [" Eggleden " County Records ] of Boston, 13 Dec. 1655; had (1) Ruth, born 28 Dec. 1656. (2) Samuel, b. 10 Dec. 1658. (3) Thomas, b. 26 Feb. 1661 ; md. Rebecca Tidd, 11 Nov. 1685. (4) Susanna, b ... .. md. to James Simonds, 29 Dec. 1685. (5) Sarah, b. 17 Feb. 1668. (6, 7) Martha and Mary, twins, b. 15 Sept. 1673. Martha md. to Joseph Winn, 1696.


I. Samuel Blogget died 3 July, 1687 : his widow Ruth died 14 Oct. 1703. BLOGGET. 1I. Samuel Blogget, son of I Samuel, married Huldah, daughter of William Simonds, 30 Apr. 1683; and had (1) Samuel, born 21 Dec. 1683; (2) Daniel, b. 24 March, 1685. (3) William, b. 11 Jan. 1686-7. (4) Huldah, b. 9 Feb. 1688-9; md. to Ebenezer Reed. (5) Caleb, b. 11 Nov. 1691. (6) Joshua, b. 26 Feb. 1693-4. (7) Josiah, b. 27 March, 1696. (8) John, b. 19 Apr. 1699. (9) Benjamin, b. 4 March, 1701. (10) Nathan, b. 15 March, 1704. The following records of his and of his wife's death are from the manuscripts of the Simonds family : " Ensign Samuel Blogget de- ceased November fifth 1743." " Widow Huldah Blogget deceased March the fourteenth 1745-6." N. B. II. Samuel Blogget represented Woburn in the General Court, 1693. [See Woburn Town Records. Records of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dictionary.]




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