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private, being in Capt. Josiah Vose's company of the militia, of Milton, guarding the stores and fortifying the harbor of Boston in April, 1776. Mr. Walker (1773) does not again appear on the books of Boston or Milton. He probably removed to Lenox, where for nearly a half century he was the principal inhabitant. He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution, and of the General Court of Massachusetts. He was extensively known throughout the commonwealth, and as universally respected. He died in 1831.

Samuel Wild (1773), innholder, of Boston, son of Samuel and Susannah Wild, of Braintree, was born Nov. 1, 1741. He married Betsey Cox, March 26, 1783. In 1796, Samuel Wild (1773) is called "Innholder, sign of the Green Dragon, Union Street."

The record of the Artillery Company for 1773 is as follows:

"January 6th. 1773. At a meeting of the Company at Faneuil Hall, it was then Voted, That the Company meet to exercise in this place every Friday evening in the weeks preceeding their training in April next, at seven o'clock: and every Member, being absent, shall pay fines as above for the use as above.

"April 5th. 1773. The Company being under Arms, in the field, it was then Voted, That the Rev. Simeon Howard, of Boston, be desired to preach on the anniversary Artillery Election of Officers in June next; and the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a Committee to wait on him and desire the same. Voted, To meet as usual to exercise. Voted, That if any member is absent at half past seven o'clock or the whole evening, to pay a fine as usual. Voted, The present Commission Officers, with Mr. Joseph Pierce [1769] & Mr. Josiah Waters Jun. [1769] be a Committee to consider what uniform may be most proper for the drummers & Fifers: also the cost of the materials and report next Friday evening.

"Attest: SAMUEL CONDON, Clerk.

"April 9th. 1773. At a meeting of the Company at Faneuil Hall, the Committee appointed to consider what uniform might be most proper for the drummers & Fifers, report, a white cloth coat, with blue lappels, trimmed with blue & white cloth trimmed with gold binding. Also propose an assessment of five shillings on each member for the expense of the same; which was unanimously agreed to by the Company, And Voted, That the aforesaid Committee be desired to procure the materials and get the above uniform completely by next muster day. Attest: SAMUEL CONDON, Clerk.

"May, 1773. The Company being under Arms, the Committee appointed to wait on the Rev. Mr. Simeon Howard, to invite him to preach on the anniversary Artillery Election of Officers in June next, reported he had accepted the invitation. Voted, The Treasurer pay thirty pounds to the present Commission Officers towards defreying the expenses of Election Dinner in June next, and that the Company dine with them. The Treasurers accounts being read, it was Voted, To accept the same. Voted That Samuel Condon [1768], the present Clerk have one quarter part of the fines he shall collect the present year from the delinquent members of the Company. Voted, To meet as usual, fines as usual. Voted, The thanks of the Company be given to Messrs Bartlett [1769], Fullerton [1768], Russell [1769] & Inglesby [1771], for their gift to the Company of making Drummers & Fifers clothes: also to the Committee for their care & trouble procuring & ordering the same. Voted, The present Commission Officers be a Committee to examine the Clerks Accounts for the two last years past. Voted, The present Com

mission Officers, Col. Joseph Jackson [1738], Capt Samuel Barrett [1755], and Capt Josiah Waters [1747], be a Committee to wait on the Field Officers, to know if either of them will take the command of the Company the ensuing year.

"Attest: SAMUEL CONDON, Clerk.

"June 7th. 1773. The Company being under Arms, in the field, it was then Voted, That the present Commission Officers, with the Treasurer, be a Committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Simeon Howard and return the thanks of this Company for his Sermon preached this day. Attest: SAMUEL Condon, Clerk.

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'October, 1773. The Company being under Arms in the field, it was then Voted, That Mr. Joseph Pierce [1769] and Mr. Josiah Waters, Jun. [1769], be a Committee, with the Clerk, to wait on the delinquent members of this Company & demand payment of their arrearages. Attest: SAMUEL CONDON, Clerk."

"Boston, Monday, June 7, 1773. Friday last being the Anniversary of his Majesty's birth-day, when he entered the 36th year of his age, the same was observed here in the following order. In the forenoon, the troop commanded by Colonel Phipps; the company of Cadets, commanded by Colonel Hancock, with their band of music; the militia of the town, commanded by Col. Erving, with the Train of Artillery, commanded by Major Paddock [1762], and the company of Grenadiers commanded by Major Dawes [1754], belonging to the Reginent, with their band of music, mustered and formed into a regiment in the Common, when the militia went through their exercise to admiration! From thence, at one o'clock, the regiment marched into King [now State] Street, when they again went through the exercise and firings to the approbation of many thousand spectators; and about three o'clock were dismissed. The officers of the regiment, with the non-commissioned officers, dined at the Royal Exchange Tavern; the company of cadets at the Bunch of Grapes; the Artillery Company at the British Coffee House and the Grenadier Company at Major Dawes's [1754], at which several places many loyal toasts were drank. The band of music belonging to the regiment of Cadets and Major Paddocks [1762] fifes and drums, after dinner were in the balconies in KingStreet, and alternately played a great variety of tunes before a vast number of spectators. After which the Train of Artillery went with their canon into the Common to fire at a target and made many excellent shots. The regiment was reviewed in the Common, before thousands of spectators."

"Boston, September 23, 1773. Yesterday being the anniversary of his Majesty's coronation, the guns at Castle William and at the batteries in this town as also on board his Majesty's ships of war in this harbor, were fired at one o'clock on the occasion. The same day being designed as the fourth training for the Boston militia for this year; in the morning his Excellency's company of Cadets, commanded by the Hon. Col. Hancock, appeared under arms, in the training fields, and marched into King street, with a band of music, where, after going through their exercises and manoeuvers, fired their volleys. In the forenoon the troop of guards commanded by Lieutenant Snelling, in the absence of Colonel Phips, were mustered, as also the several companies of the Boston militia under the command of Colonel Erving and marched to the training field under their respective captains, viz: The Artillery under Major Paddock [1762]; the company of Grenadiers under Lieutenant Pierce [1769], with a band of music; 1st [company],

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Major Boynton [1759]; 2d, Captain Stimpson [1761]; 3d, Captain Waters [1747]; 4th, Captain Gay [1761]; 5th, Captain Ridgeway [1756]; 6th, Lieutenant Bell [1756], (Captain Barrett [1755], being absent); 7th, Captain Haskins [1768]; 8th, Captain May [1765]; 9th, Captain Spear [1774]; 10th, Captain Symmes [1760]; 11th, Captain Proctor [1756]; 12th, Captain Wheelwright [1759]. After forming into battalion and performing military exercises, they marched into King [now State] Street, preceeded by the troop of guards, where three volleys were fired by the troop and battalion, and a discharge of the Artillery. After which the officers and company of the troop dined at Mr. Brackets, on Boston Neck. The field officers and the officers of the militia companies dined at Capt Jones's [1754], the Exchange tavern. The officers and company of Cadets at Col. Ingersols, the Bunch of Grapes.

"The military exercises and manœuvres of each corps respectively were performed to the universal satisfaction of a numerous company of spectators both of town and country. In the evening was a grand concert of music at Concert Hall, and a number of fireworks were played off in King street."1

"Artillery Soldiers under the fine of 6/ per diem for non-appearance" :

Martin Ricker (1771), Thomas Bumstead (1764), Samuel Condon (1768), William Dawes (1760), Elias Dupee (1763), John Grant, Jr. (1769), William Heath (1765), William Hickling, Jr. (1764), John Hinkley (1772), William Homes, Jr. (1766), Michael Homer (1768), Abraham Hunt (1772), Levi Jennings (1764), Edward Kneeland (1772), Israel Loring (1768), Joshua Loring (1769), John Newell (1768), John Osborn, Jr. (1764), John Popkin, Jr. (1766), Joseph Pierce (1769), Daniel Rea, Jr. (1770), Josiah Salisbury (1759), John Simpkins (1769), Thomas Stevenson (1762), Asa Stoddard (1765), Nathaniel Thwing (1761), Ebenezer Torrey (1765), Josiah Waters, Jr. (1769).

The above list was probably prepared in 1773.

Rev. Simeon Howard, of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1773. He was born in Bridgewater, May 10, 1733. He graduated at Harvard College in 1753, after which he remained at the university as a tutor until he was invited, on the death of the Rev. Dr. Mayhew, to take charge of the West Church, Boston. He accepted the invitation, and was ordained May 6, 1767. By his faithful ministry he won the esteem of all. He was a member of many societies organized for the promotion of humane interests; was a fellow of Harvard College from 1780 to 1804, and secretary of the board of overseers. He died Aug. 12, 1804, after a pastorate of thirty-six years. President Willard, of Harvard College, delivered the funeral discourse.

1774.

The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1774 were: William Bell (1756), captain; John Stutson (1765), lieutenant; Asa Stoddard (1765), ensign. Cuthbert Inglesby (1771) was first sergeant; Abraham Hunt (1772), second sergeant; John Hinkley (1772), third sergeant; Stephen Whiting, Jr. (1772), fourth sergeant, and Samuel Condon (1768), clerk.

This year the Boston Port Bill was passed, the harbor closed, and the people "cruelly deprived" of the means they had used to support their families. "Boston

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became the most striking monument of ministerial tyranny and barbarity." Its people suffered for the necessaries of life, and other colonies contributed largely to their support during their great distress. Such a condition could not but operate strongly and adversely upon the welfare of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Its meetings were suspended after the June anniversary of 1774, probably on account of the depression of the town, and the general sorrow and apprehension which burdened all classes, and were not resumed until 1782, on account of the absence of so many members in the country's service. The school of the soldier was temporarily closed, and most of the pupils took lessons in active warfare upon the various battle-fields of the Revolution.

Gov. Hutchinson prorogued the General Court early in 1774, and it never assembled again under the charter. The official dispatches of Gov. Hutchinson, Chief-Justice Oliver, and the other royal officials, addressed to the King's ministers in London, and not only giving them incorrect accounts of the state of affairs in the colonies, but advising extreme measures for subjugating the rebellious spirits, were obtained possession of by Benjamin Franklin, who sent them back to Boston, and they were publicly read in Faneuil Hall, at a large town meeting. They were the spark necessary to kindle revolutionary flames, and the struggle for independence was commenced.

Gov. Hutchinson, who had been superseded by Thos. Gage, Esq., sailed for London on the 1st of June, 1774; the port of Boston was closed by order of the British Parliament, and three transports, with troops on board, had arrived at Nantasket. On Wednesday, the 15th, the Forty-Third Regiment landed at the Long Wharf, marched to the Common, and there encamped. On the 1st of July, Admiral Graves arrived with his fleet from London, and more transports arrived from Ireland, with the Fifth and ThirtyEighth regiments, which, with the artillery from Castle William, encamped on the Common. Early in August, the Welsh Fusileers came by water from New York, landed at Long Wharf, and encamped on Fort Hill. The Fifty-Ninth Regiment, from Halifax, landed at Salem, and remained there until the 12th of September, when it marched to Boston, and encamped on the Neck, where it entrenched itself.

Gov. Hutchinson, son of Col. Thomas (1694), was constantly in dispute, during his term of office, from March, 1771, to May, 1774,- with the council and assembly. Those persons, however, who favored the Crown, sympathized with him, and, just previous to his departure for England, addressed to him letters expressive of sympathy and goodwill. They testify "to the entire satisfaction they feel in the wise, zealous, and faithful administration" of Gov. Hutchinson; lament the loss of so good a governor; deplore the calamities impending over Boston and the province, and wish him a pleasant voyage to England.

There were one hundred and twenty-four "merchants and others," and twenty-four "barristers and attorneys," of Boston, who thus addressed Gov. Hutchinson. Among them were the following-named members of the Artillery Company: Hopestill Capen (1763), Martin Gay (1761), Joseph Goldthwait (1732), John Gore (1743), John Joy (1755), and Adino Paddock (1762).

The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1774 were: Thomas S. Bordman, Nathaniel Call, Jacob Gill, Lemuel Robinson, Joseph Spear, Jr., John Wise.

While this is true, so far as the record of the Company shows, yet a letter of John Andrews, Esq., given in note on page 185, contains an account of a parade Oct. 3, 1774.

Thomas S. Bordman (1774), hatter, of Boston, son of Capt. William Bordman (1758) and Susanna, was born March 23, 1752. He married (published July 16, 1781) Thankful Higgins, of Eastham.

Having served an apprenticeship in the hatting business with his father, he was admitted into partnership, under the firm name of William Bordman & Son. They did an extensive business in the manufacture and sale of hats, and were engaged in the purchase and exporting of furs. Their place of business was near the head of Ann Street. On the death of the senior partner, about 1809, the business was continued by the son until within three years of his decease, which occurred April 26, 1828. "An upright, useful, and worthy man."

His brother, William, Jr., joined the Artillery Company in 1786. Thomas S. Bordman (1774) resided on North Square.

Nathaniel Call (1774), housewright, of Boston, son of Richard and Mary (King) Call, was born in Charlestown in November (baptized, 17th), 1745. He was a brother of Capt. William (1787). Nathaniel (1774) was taxed in Ward 7 in 1780 and 1782, and "probably married Elizabeth Green, Oct. 18, 1770."

He was captain of a company of artificers in the Revolution. He served as second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1788, and its ensign in 1791. He lived on Green Street, and died very much regretted, Aug. 18, 1827, aged eighty-two years. His remains were placed in tomb No. 64, in the burying-ground on the Common.

Jacob Gill (1774), hatter, of Milton, son of Samuel and Hannah Gill, was born Jan. 1, 1745-6. He was lieutenant in Capt. Robinson's company of Col. Ezra Badlam's regiment, in January and February, 1787, actively engaged to quell the insurrection of Daniel Shays; colonel of the Third Regiment, First Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Militia, from 1794 to 1798, and in 1799 was commissioned brigadier-general of that brigade.

In 1795, Gen. Gill (1774) bought in Milton the westerly half of what was once called the Hutchinson estate, which he owned at the time of his decease. He lived previously in a house that stood where the building of Mr. S. W. Johnson now stands, and his workshop was on the location now occupied by the provision store of George Everett. He died in Milton, Sept. 20, 1820.

Lemuel Robinson (1774), tavernkeeper, of Dorchester. In May and September, 1774, Capt. Lemuel Robinson (1774) was chosen to represent the town in the General Court to be held at Salem. Gen. Gage having recalled the writs for the latter meeting, Capt. Robinson (1774) was authorized to meet the representatives of the other towns in "General Provincial Congress." On the 5th of October, ninety representatives assembled at Salem, but, no governor appearing, they resolved themselves into a "Provincial Congress," and was the first regularly organized legislative body assuming revolutionary powers in America.

Thomas S. Bordman (1774). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; MS. of Mr. Joseph C. Whitney, of Boston.

man's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates, Vol. I. p. 168.

Jacob Gill (1774). AUTHORITIES: Teele's Hist of Milton; Mass. Archives.

Nathaniel Call (1774).

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