Phillips Payson. Mr. Tuckerman accepted the call, and was ordained and installed Nov. 4, 1801. He married, July 5, 1803, Abigail Parkman, of Boston. She survived her marriage only four years, and he married (2) Sarah Cary, of Chelsea. On Nov. 4, 1826, he preached his farewell sermon in Chelsea. Immediately after his resignation, he entered upon the work of minister-at-large in Boston, to which city he removed. In the benevolent activities of his position he spent the residue of his life. His health failing, he was induced, in 1839, to try the effect of a sea voyage to Cuba, but he continued to decline, and died at Havana, April 20, 1840. His remains were brought home, and, after funeral services in King's Chapel, they were borne to their resting-place at Mount Auburn. 1805. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1805 were: George Blanchard (1794), captain; Melzar Holmes (1798), lieutenant; Nahum Piper (1794), ensign. Daniel G. Ingersoll (1801) was first sergeant; Jeremiah Gardner, Jr. (1801), second sergeant; George Noble (1801), third sergeant; James Bird (1801), fourth sergeant; John Winslow (1786), treasurer, and Thomas Clark (1786), clerk. The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1805 were: Nathaniel Brown, Thomas L. Chase, Nathaniel Clarke, Charles Davies, David Forsaith. Nathaniel Brown (1805) was a ship-joiner, of Boston, and lived on Ship Street. He was a son of Nathaniel, Jr., and Elizabeth (Harding) Brown, and was born in Charlestown (baptized), Sept. 23, 1770. He was quartermaster of the Sublegion of Artillery from 1807 to 1809, with the rank of lieutenant, and fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1807. He received the Masonic degrees in Mount Lebanon Lodge, of Boston, in the summer of 1802, and was discharged Nov. 5, 1805. He became a member of St. Andrew's Chapter, Jan. 25, 1804, and resigned his membership Nov. 14, 1814. Thomas L. Chase (1805) was a shopkeeper, of Boston. He was an officer in the United States Army in 1812. Nathaniel Clarke (1805), merchant, engaged in the West India goods trade on the south side of the market. His residence was No. 71 Middle Street. Mr. Clarke (1805) was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1807. Charles Davies (1805), tin-plate worker, of Boston, did business at No. 2 Kilby Street, and resided in Gouch Lane. Mr. Davies (1805) died in 1810, aged thirtysix years. David Forsaith (1805) was a shopkeeper, afterward auctioneer, of Boston. Mr. Forsaith (1805) was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1808. He died suddenly in the street, April 9, 1824, aged fifty-two years. Nathaniel Brown (1805). AUTHORITIES: Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates; Records of Mt. Lebanon Lodge and St. Andrew's Chapter. The stated parades of the Artillery Company were held April 1 and May 6, 1805. At the former meeting, Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris was chosen to deliver the anniversary election sermon. Monday, June 3, the Company paraded at the Old South Church, proceeded thence to the State House, and escorted his Excellency the Governor to the Old Brick MeetingHouse, when the usual services were held. At the dinner the usual toasts were offered, and the election was held on the Common. Major George Blanchard (1794) was elected captain; Mr. Melzar Holmes (1798), lieutenant; Mr. Nahum Piper (1794), ensign; Messrs. Daniel G. Ingersoll (1801), Jeremiah Gardner, Jr. (1801), George Noble (1801), and James Bird (1801), sergeants; Gen. John Winslow (1786), treasurer; Capt. Thomas Clark (1786), clerk. Capt. Messinger (1792) then took command, Major Blanchard (1794) being indisposed, and exhibited the proficiency of the corps to the Governor and spectators, after which his Excellency commissioned the newly-elected officers. The Company returned to Faneuil Hall under the command of Lieut. Melzar Holmes (1798). The Company paraded, commanded by Major Blanchard (1794), Sept. 2 and Oct. 6, 1805. At the dinner sixteen toasts were offered, after each of which there was vocal or instrumental music. "Strong's March" and " President's March" were played by a band, in reply to the toasts to the Governor and the President, and "Old Hundred,” "Hail Columbia," "From Vernon's Mount behold the Hero rise," and "Yankee Doodle," were sung by the Company. After the eighth toast, "Our Military Brethren: May their virtues adorn the country to which their lives may be devoted," Lieut. Bowman (1793) sung the following anniversary ode, which was written for the occasion by the Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, and was printed in the Norfolk Repository, of Dedham, June 18, 1805: "Ours be the sweetest joys of life, Endear'd by mutual love and peace, And all that hinders their increase "But should invasion e'er intrude "Our independence to maintain, Our Constitution still to shield, And warlike arms with valor wield. "With wreaths be every soldier crowned, Reap'd from the harvest field of fame; After the toast "The Cherished Memory of our Immortal Washington," Mr. Eaton (1796) sung the hymn, "From Vernon's Mount behold the Hero rise," and after the toast "The Farmer of Quincy," the song "Adams and Liberty" was rendered. Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D. D., of Dorchester, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1805. Rev. John Pierce, D. D., who preached the Artillery sermon in 1813, wrote a minute sketch of Dr. Harris, which was printed in Sprague's "Annals of the American Unitarian Pulpit." Thaddeus M. Harris, son of William Harris by his wife, Rebeckah, daughter of Thaddeus Mason, of Cambridge, was born in Charlestown, July 7, 1768. He married, Jan. 28, 1795, Mary, only daughter of Dr. Elijah and Dorothy (Lynde) Dix, of Worcester, by whom he had five sons and three daughters. Mr. William Harris, teaching school at Charlestown, at the opening of the war, moved his family to Sterling for safety. He, a captain and paymaster in the Revolutionary Army, died Oct. 30, 1778, aged thirty-four years, at Sterling, while at home on a furlough. Thaddeus then went to live with a farmer at Westminster, and attended the district school; afterward at Templeton, and in 1779 returned to Sterling, and soon after resided with Rev. Ebenezer Morse, of Boylston. There he prepared for college. In 1782 he visited his mother, Mrs. Samuel Wait, of Malden, and in 1783 entered Harvard College. He graduated in 1787; taught school the next year at Worcester; returned to Harvard to pursue his studies, when he was appointed sub-librarian, and, in 1791, librarian. He began to preach in 1789, and settled with the church in Dorchester, Oct. 23, 1793. He resigned this position Oct. 23, 1836, the forty-third anniversary of his settlement. He died in Boston, April 3, 1842. Dr. Harris was a member of the Humane, Charitable, Peace, and Antiquarian societies, and overseer of Harvard University. He was prominent in the Masonic Fraternity, and was the pioneer in furnishing a distinctively American Masonic literature. He published more than forty "occasional addresses" in pamphlet form, and several miscellaneous; also, a history of Dorchester, biography of Father Rasle, "A Journey to Ohio," Massachusetts Magazine, 1795-6, Constitutions of the Freemasons, 1792 and 1798, and other works. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1806 were: William 1806. Alexander (1795), captain; Peter Osgood (1797), lieutenant; William Jep son (1797), ensign. William Marston (1804) was first sergeant; Jacob Hall (1802), second sergeant; John B. Hammatt (1801), third sergeant; Levi Melcher (1802), fourth sergeant; John Winslow (1786), treasurer; Thomas Clark (1786), clerk, and Samuel Todd (1786), armorer. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company for a century and a half has been more or less identified with Faneuil Hall. Its original home, or place of assembling, was the Old Town-House. It was a condition in Robert Keayne's (1637) will that the proposed town-house should have "a roome for an Armory to keepe the Armes of the Artillery Company & for the Souldiers to meete in when they have occasion." An armory Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, D.D. AUTHORITIES: Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit; Mr. Nathaniel Hall's address at Mr. Harris's funeral, April 7, 1842; Eulogy, by Mr. Benjamin Huntoon, before the Grand Lodge of Mass.; Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Mass., 1873. was provided, for Feb. 13, 1733-4, the selectmen met to view the small arms lodged in the town's armory. The town-house was much too small to accommodate the General Court, the civil courts, officers of the town, etc., and the erection of Faneuil Hall, in 1741-2, was a fortunate relief. The town officers moved in 1742 into the new building. The first meeting of the Artillery Company in Faneuil Hall, according to the Company records, was April 7, 1746. The next meetings held there, so far as the records state, were April 3, 1758, and April 2, 1759, though it is probable that the Company met there every year between 1746 and 1758. From the Boston Records we learn that May 26, 1760, "the Officers of the Artilery Company desired of the Selectmen the Liberty of Faneuil Hall on the next Monday being Artillery Election of Officers & for their Company to Dine in Voted that Liberty be granted." May 3, 1762, certain proposals were made to the Company by some of the members, viz., "ist That the Company for the future break up at Faneuil Hall, should leave be obtained of the Selectmen for said purpose. 2dly. That the Governour, Council, &c be invited on the anniversary of the Election of officers, as formerly to dine at Faneuil Hall.... 3dly The Governour, Council, &c, after the Election of officers, to be invited and entertained as usual [at Faneuil Hall]." And it was further proposed that "the eldest Sergeant provide for and entertain the Company at Faneuil Hall on their muster in September," the second sergeant in October; the third sergeant in April; and the fourth sergeant in May. These proposals were accepted, and "to stand during the pleasure of the Company." It appears from the records that the very next year the Company held its meetings the first Friday in April, the first Monday in May, and the first Monday in June, at Faneuil Hall, and also in subsequent years, which implies that the proposals were agreeable to the selectmen of the town. These were daytime meetings, or parades, while the evening meetings for business were held at some one of several taverns, the proprietors of which were members of the Artillery Company. The selectmen granted special permission for the use of Faneuil Hall for drills whenever it was asked, the last request prior to the Revolution being April 22, 1772. After the Revolution the first recorded meeting, Oct. 19, 1786, was held at Faneuil Hall. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company has met there regularly for more than one hundred years, except in a few instances, when the enlargement of Faneuil Hall building or the making of repairs. has prevented. The original Faneuil Hall building was one hundred feet long and forty feet wide, two stories high, and would accommodate one thousand persons. Dec. 29, 1773, the people of Boston met at Faneuil Hall for determining some effectual method to prevent the tea from being unloaded, and, "it appearing that the Hall could not contain the people assembled, it was voted that the meeting be immediately adjourned to the Old South Meeting-House, leave having been obtained for this purpose." The town felt the need of a larger hall. It was sufficient for the transaction of ordinary town business, yet on every interesting occasion, when great numbers of the inhabitants were assembled, it became necessary to adjourn to some larger building. After a time the proprietors of the places of worship became unwilling to admit such large numbers to the free use of their buildings. The town being thus destitute of suitable accommodations for large assemblies of people, the selectmen, on the ninth day of May, 1805, offered to the town a plan for the enlargement of Faneuil Hall, which was accepted, and the selectmen were directed to carry it into effect. |