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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
shier and President of the Cambridge Bank. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard College, 1850, and that of D. D. from Tufts College, 1861. Rev. Lemuel Willis was born at Windham, Vt., April 24, 1802, commenced preaching July 28, 1822, was ordained Oct. 2, 1823, and was installed here Oct. 1, 1842, having previously been settled at Troy, N. Y., Salem, Washington, N. H., and Lynn. He resigned Sept. 28, 1845, and was afterwards pastor at Claremont, N. H., South Orange, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H. Since 1856 he has generally resided at Warner, N. H. Though he has passed beyond the age of three-score years and ten, his eye is not yet dim, nor is his mind clouded; and he continues to preach and perform other ministerial duties. Rev. Luther J. Fletcher was ordained in 1843, commenced preaching here Jan. 4, 1846, and was installed on the 5th of the following April. He resigned April 14, 1848, and was afterwards settled at Lowell and at Buffalo, N. Y. He received the degree o
y, bap. 29 May 1737, H. C. 1755, merchant in Portsmouth, d. 5 Sept. 1768; John, bap. 1 April 1739, H in Chs. 7 Mar. 1679-80, m. George Vaughn of Portsmouth, and d. 3 Feb. 1699-1700; Jonathan, b. in CaMar. 1709-10, grad. H. C. 1728, merchant in Portsmouth N. H.; Thaddeus, b. 2 Sept. 1712; William, bC. 1752, and was an eminent physician in Portsmouth, N. H., where he d. 1820. Charles Cutter, son bap. 27 Ap. 1746, m. William Stanwood of Portsmouth, N. H. (pub. 30 Ap. 1768); Lucy, bap. 30 Sept.b. 11 Nov. 1681, m. Rev. Daniel Greenleaf of Portsmouth 18 Nov. 1701 (of Yarmouth in 1723); ;Samuel,ied medicine with Dr. Joshua Brackett of Portsmouth, N. H.; went to sea as surgeon, and was twice trisoner. He afterwards became a merchant in Portsmouth, but being unsuccessful in trade, he returneent to Salem as early as 1646, and thence to Portsmouth, where by w. Mary he had Mary, Elizabeth, Sae f. d. 25 Sept. 1804; his w. Mary d. at Portsmouth, N. H., 6 Mar. 1826. 3. Sidney, s. of Joseph[9 more...]
0, m. Rev. Joshua Prentice 9 Jan. 1755; Jose, b. 9 Mar. 1722-3, d. 6 June 1723; Nathaniel, b. 22 Feb. 1724-5, d. 1 Dec. 1726; Elizabeth, b. 16 Dec. 1726, m. Dr. Isaac Rand, 10 Jan. 1754; Mehitabel, b. 6 Dec. 1728, m. Rev. Samuel Haven, 11 Jan. 1753; John, b. 23 Mar. 1729-30, d. 22 May 1730; Nathaniel, b. 5 Oct. 1731, H. C. 1749, loan officer, d. 25 June 1798; Mercy, b. 18 Jan. 1732-3, d. 4 July 1733; Mercy, b. 24 Aug. 1734, d. 12 Sept. 1734; Henry, bap. 29 May 1737, H. C. 1755, merchant in Portsmouth, d. 5 Sept. 1768; John, bap. 1 April 1739, H. C. 1757, merchant in Salem, d. Mar. 1817; Samuel, bap. 11 May 1740, prob. d. young. Nathaniel the f. grad. H. C. 1712, and was Fellow of the Corporation, 1717-1779. He was ordained pastor of the church in Cambridge 9 Oct. 1717, and remained in office more than sixty-six years. In 1771 his Alma Mater conferred on him the degree of D. D., an honor never bestowed before by that college, except on President Mather about eighty years previously.
ut 1809, when his estate passed into the hands of A. Biglow, Esq. He afterwards resided in Portsmouth, N. H., Saco, and Boston, in which last place his sun went down in a cloud, 1827. He had no chilpreme Court. Mrs. Oliver d. 21 May 1735.] Mary, b. in Chs. 7 Mar. 1679-80, m. George Vaughn of Portsmouth, and d. 3 Feb. 1699-1700; Jonathan, b. in Camb. 8 Jan. 1681-2; Anna, b. in Chs. 30 March 1684to the top of his house. N. E. Chronicle. His w. Anna prob. m. William Knight, Esq.. of Portsmouth, N. H., Ap. 1784; she executed a release to her son Leonard Vassal Borland, of the shares of her d. in England, 16 Nov. 1825; Francis, grad. H. C. 1774, resided a few years in Boston and Portsmouth, N. H., and was probably the same who died at Somerset, Mass., in 1820, aged 86. John the f. washer William, of Camb., administered; Edmund. b. 5 Mar. 1709-10, grad. H. C. 1728, merchant in Portsmouth N. H.; Thaddeus, b. 2 Sept. 1712; William, b. 2 Sept. 1715; Martha, b. 8 Sept. 1718, m. Samuel
Sept. 1737, a. 37; on the division of his estate, 1744, all the before named children were living; his wid. Anne had then m. Nathaniel Francis of Medford. 13. Ammi Ruhamah, s. of William (5), grad. H. C. 1725, was ordained at North Yarmouth 8 Nov. 1730, dismissed in 1735 on account of Arminianism; afterwards practised as a physician, was a captain, and died at Louisburg during the military expedition in 1746. His son Ammi Ruhamah grad. H. C. 1752, and was an eminent physician in Portsmouth, N. H., where he d. 1820. Charles Cutter, son of the last named, a sophomore in H. C., was drowned here 22 Oct. 1779, a. 16. 14. John, s. of Ephraim (6), m. Rachel Powers, and had, at Woburn, Rachel, b. 9 May 1724; John, b. 9 Jan. 1726-7; Jonathan, b. 2 Mar. 1728-9; David, b. 4 Dec. 1730; Nathan, b. 13 Mar. 1733-4; and at Lex. Abigail, b. 15 Aug. 1735; Benjamin, b. 29 Ap 1738, d. 24 Nov. 1740; Elizabeth, b. 24 May 1741; Benjamin, b. 27 Jan. 1744-5. John the f. was a glazier, and resided
ard College, and d. 13 June 1723, a 82. Her children were Elizabeth, m. John Appleton, Esq., and was mother of the venerable Dr. Appleton of Cambridge, and of Margaret, wife of President Holyoke; Margaret, m. Capt. Thomas Berry, and (2d) President Leverett; John, grad. H. C. 1684, minister at Ipswich, d. 28 Dec. 1745, a. 79; Daniel, grad. H. C. 1686, a physician and Justice of the Peace, perished on Hampton Beach in a snow storm 1 Dec. 1723; Nathaniel, grad. H. C. 1687, minister at Portsmouth, N. H., . 3 Oct. 1723; Patience. m. Benjamin Marston, and was living his widow in 1721. Dexter, John, by w. Sarah, had Richard, b. 6 Nov. 1676. He may have been s. of Richard of Maiden; but there is no further trace of him here. Dickerman, Lydia, d. 13 Sept. 1680. Dickson, William (otherwise written Dikson, and Dixon), in 1642 owned the estate fronting on Brattle Square, extending from Mount Auburn Street to Winthrop Street. At what time this residence was changed does not distinct
. Ebenezer, S. of Nicholas (2), m. Elizabeth Barrett 13 June 1733, and Alice Badcock 16 Ap. 1742. His children were Alice, bap. 18 Dec. 1743, m. Thomas Ireland, Jr , of Chs. 28 Jan. 1768; Elizabeth, bap. 27 Ap. 1746, m. William Stanwood of Portsmouth, N. H. (pub. 30 Ap. 1768); Lucy, bap. 30 Sept. 1750, m. Samuel Foster of Portsmouth, N. H., 15 Oct. 1772. Ebenezer the f. d. about 1756 (his will proved 13 Sept. 1756), and his w. Alice m. James Pierce 26 June 1760. 7. William, S. of NicholasPortsmouth, N. H., 15 Oct. 1772. Ebenezer the f. d. about 1756 (his will proved 13 Sept. 1756), and his w. Alice m. James Pierce 26 June 1760. 7. William, S. of Nicholas (2), m. Martha, dau. of William Wyeth 12 Oct. 1716, and Martha, dau. of Ichabod Brown. His children were Ruth, b. 28 June 1717, m. John Hunt of Watertown; William, b. 7 Dec. 1718; Martha, b. 29 Feb. 1719-20, m. John Cheney (pub. 23 Sept. 1738), and was living, his widow, in Rox. 1760; Margaret, b. 8 Nov. 1721, d. 17 Sept. 1722; Benjamin, b. 14 Jan. 1722-3, d. 21 Sept. 1723; Benjamin, b. 23 Oct. 1724, d. 21 Nov. 1724; Nicholas, b. 22 Nov. 1725; Peter, b. 16 Aug. 1728, was living in Rutland Di
stration on his estate was granted to his w. Mary. See Thomas Trowbridge. 4. Samuel, S. of Samuel (2), a shoemaker, appears to have d. here in Feb. 1699-1700, prob. s. p. 5. John, s. of Samuel (2), was prob. the soldier of that name at Piscataqua, who had leave from the General Court, 4 Nov. 1690, to return home. He d. before 1706, as Edmund, when appointed administrator on the estate of their father, Samuel, is styled the only surviving son. 6. Edmund, s. of Samuel (2), was the pri Daniel (1), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 26 Aug. 1679, m. Dr. Samuel Gedney of Salem, 2 May 1701, and Rev. Theophilus Cotton of Hampton 16 Aug. 1711; he d. 18 Aug. 1726, and she m.——Newmarch; Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1681, m. Rev. Daniel Greenleaf of Portsmouth 18 Nov. 1701 (of Yarmouth in 1723); ;Samuel, b. 14 Aug. 1683; Nathaniel, b 16 Feb. 1685-6, d. young; Daniel. His w. Mary d. after 29 Ap. 1707, and he m Mrs. Hannah Biscoe of Watertown (wid. of Thomas Biscoe) 28 Sept. 1708. Samuel the f. res.
. 1776, and immediately entered the Revolutionary Army, in which he served about a year and a half: returned and studied medicine with Dr. Joshua Brackett of Portsmouth, N. H.; went to sea as surgeon, and was twice taken prisoner. He afterwards became a merchant in Portsmouth, but being unsuccessful in trade, he returned to Camb. Portsmouth, but being unsuccessful in trade, he returned to Camb. about 1792. He inherited the homestead, which he bequeathed to his children. He was Selectman twelve years, from 1795 to 1807, Town Clerk eight years, 1798 to 1805, Representative four or five years, up to 1800, Senator 1797, and from 1801 to 1808, and Member of the Council 1810, 1811, 1824, 1825. He was appointed Post-master ed to his birth place, and here spent the evening of his days. He. m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Quincy, the refugee Solicitor-general of the Province, and had, at Portsmouth, Sophia; Harriet, m. Willard Phillips, Esq., 3 Sept. 1838, d. 16 Jan. 1856 Thomas Quincy, a merchant, d. at sea, when on a voyage for his health, 1813, leaving
(prob. not twins), bap. 10 Ap. 1737; Sarah, bap. 22 May 1737. 11. John, s. of John (5), grad. H. C. 1731, ordained at Salem 1736, and d. 30 Ap. 1755, a. 42. He m.——Porter, and had thirteen children, among whom were Nathaniel; John, of Portsmouth, N. H., Speaker of the House of Representatives, d. 5 Sept. 1787, a. 45, leaving son Samuel, who was afterwards Secretary of State; Samuel, a merchant. Farmer. 12. Nathaniel, s. of John (5), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Pepperell, and hadre he d. 14 Dec. 1721. 3. Jonathan, parentage not ascertained, by w. Elizabeth, had Abigail, b. 1 July 1671; James, b. 26 May 1673. Stileman, Richard, by w. Hannah, had Samuel, b. 23 May 1644; went to Salem as early as 1646, and thence to Portsmouth, where by w. Mary he had Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Richard, from 1657 to 1668. Stocking, George (otherwise written Stockine), was an early inhabitant, and res. 1635 at the S. W. corner of Holyoke and Winthrop streets. He rem. with Hooker