July 26, 1774, he was chosen one of the committee to receive donations for the relief of the inhabitants of Boston, suffering on account of the shutting up of the harbor of Boston, and, Nov. 8, 1776, he was one of those employed by the town "to determine the damage sustained since the Boston Port Bill."

Thomas Greenough (1744) was a member of various town committees both before and during the occupation of Boston by the British; and throughout the entire contest, whose triumphant close he was permitted to see, he adhered with unflinching firmness to the cause of the colonies. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1747.

Thomas Stoddard (1744), shopkeeper, of Boston, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Stoddard, of Boston, was born July 13, 1699. He married, (1) April 2, 1723, Tabitha Hodgdon, born Jan. 4, 1702, daughter of Nathaniel (1727) and Susanna Hodgdon, of Boston; and (2), (published) April 2, 1735, Abigail Barker, of Andover.

Thomas Stoddard (1744) was chosen a constable of Boston in 1733, but was excused from serving. He was re-elected and sworn in 1734. He was elected clerk of the market in 1739, but refused to serve and paid the fine. He served in that office in 1744 and 1745, and was re-elected in March, 1745-6, but refused. He was thanked by vote of the town for past services. He was elected purchaser of grain, March 12, 1749-50, and hog-reeve in 1761.

June 17, 1734, he was one of the petitioners, with William Parkman (1711), John Greenough (1712), and Newman Greenough (1740), for permission "to lay down and maintain for twenty or thirty years, good and sufficient ways for the landing of passengers from Winnisimmet, at the town's slip, at the lower end of North Street," which was granted by the town. He commanded a company against the Indians, and there is extant a printed sermon on the occasion of their departure, by Rev. Samuel Checkley. In the Artillery Company he held the rank of sergeant, and was captain in the militia, serving as such at Crown Point in 1755. He died, April 12, 1763, aged sixty-four years. His gravestone stands on Copp's Hill.

In his will there was set off to his daughter, Susannah, who married William Bordman (1758), a dwelling-house and land bounded southeast by Clark's Square (Suffolk County Probate Record); his mansion house on Union Street, six hundred pounds; house "two houses below said house," and house and land in Roxbury, are mentioned. Also, four small arms, one pair of pistols, and seven swords, four pounds four shillings; one old negro, one negro boy, and one negro girl.

The record of the Artillery Company for 1744 is as follows:

"April 2d, 1744. The Company being under arms, voted, that the Rev. Mr. Joseph Parsons of Bradford be desired to preach the next Election sermon; and that the field officers of the Regiment of the town of Boston, and the present commission officers of this Company, with the Hon. Richard Saltonstall, Esq. [1733], be a committee to wait on him and desire the same.

"May 11th. The weather not proving suitable on Monday, we, by our Charter were obliged to appear this day, and being under arms, the Lieutenant, who led the Company, and being one of the committee appointed to wait on the Rev. Mr. Joseph

Thomas Stoddard (1744). AUTHORITIES: Palfrey's History; Records of Boston; MS. of Mr. Joseph C. Whitney.

Mr. Joseph C. Whitney, of Boston, has in his possession a christening bag imported by Thomas Stoddard (1744), in which William Bordman (1786) was baptized in 1760.

Parsons to desire him to preach the next Election sermon, reported that he accepted the same. The evening being spent at Sergeant Taylers [1738], the four following votes were there passed. 1st. That there be a committee chosen to take the affair under their consideration respecting the monies belonging to the Company, being the produce of what their land sold for, and now under the care of their Treasurer, how they shall be appropriated for the future, and make report thereon the next training day. 2d. That the committee consist of five, viz: Col. Jacob Wendell [1733], Lt. Col. William Downe [1716], Maj. Daniel Henchman [1712], Capt. John Wendell [1733], and Capt. John Phillips [1725]. 3d. That an allowance of twenty pounds, old tenor, more than what was before allowed, be paid by the Treasurer to the commission officers, towards defraying their charge on the next Election day, to make up in the whole the sum of fifty pounds, old tenor. 4th. That an allowance of twenty pounds, old tenor, be paid by the Treasurer for the benefit of the private soldiers dinners on the next Election day. The Treasurers account being read, it was voted to accept the same.

"June 4th. The Company being under arms, it was voted, the old commissioned officers of this Company, with the new ones elected this day, be a committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Joseph Parsons and give him the thanks of this Company for his sermon preached to them this day. The evening being spent at Col. Wm. Downes [1716], the following report from the committee chosen the last Training Day was read & the Company voted to accept the same, viz: The committee appointed by the Honorable Artillery Company, the 11th of May 1744, to take under their consideration the affair respecting the money belonging to the Company, being the produce of what their land sold for, now under the care of the Treasurer, have met accordingly, and are of opinion, that as most of it is let on real security, and the value of the money therein stated, and the remainder, the value of the money is settled by Act of the General Court; Therefore it will be most for the interest of the said Company for the present to continue the whole at interest, until some favorable opportunity offers for the laying out the same in a real estate, agreeable to the order of the General Court, dated June 16, 1731.

"BOSTON, May 29th, 1744."

"JACOB WENDELL,
"WILLIAM DOwne,
"DANIEL HENCHMAN,
"JOHN WENDELL,
"JOHN PHILLIPS.”

Rev. Joseph Parsons, of Bradford, Mass., delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1744. He was the successor, as pastor of the Bradford church, of Rev. Zachariah Symmes, whose father, Rev. Thomas Symmes, also a pastor of the Bradford Church, delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1729.

Rev. Joseph Parsons was born at Brookfield, Mass., in 1701, graduated at Harvard College in 1720, and was ordained at Bradford.in 1726. During his pastorate the Bradford church was divided by the formation of the East Precinct, June 17, 1726, and a new church was organized June 7, 1727. One hundred and one members, including the two deacons, withdrew to form the second church in what is now Groveland. Rev. Mr. Parsons also delivered the annual election sermon before the General Court. He was opposed to Mr. Whitefield's preaching, and was one of the ten ministers in Essex County who protested to the Boston ministers against his being admitted to the pulpit. After an able, conservative, and zealous pastorate of nearly forty years, he died in Bradford in 1765. Rev. Joseph Parsons. AUTHORITY: Hurd's Hist. of Essex County, Art., Bradford.

1745.

The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1745 were: Jacob Wendell (1733), captain; John Carnes (1733), lieutenant; John Codman (1733), ensign. Jacob Hurd (1743) was first sergeant; Thomas Stoddard (1744), second sergeant; Nathan Blodgett (1742), third sergeant; Ephraim Copeland (1733), fourth sergeant, and John West (1745), clerk.

Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. (1694), at the town meeting March 25, 1745, "informed the Town that he was much Obliged to them for the Honour Done him in choosing him a Selectman for several years past, that he found his own private affairs would not permit him to Serve the Town in that office any longer."

March 26, 1745, the selectmen informed the town that the "Two hundred & Fifteen Fire Arms given to the Town by the honble Colo Thomas Fitch [1700] dec'd, were lately Impressed by the Government for the Service of the Expedition against Cape Breton." They were ordered to apply to the government for the full value of said arms.1

The fifth war between Great Britain and France was declared in March, 1744, and proclamation thereof was made in Boston two months later. "Europe rocked like the ocean on the lulling of a long storm, when the opposite wind has just sprung up, throwing the heaving billows into tumultuous conflict." 2

In May, 1744, the French surprised the little English garrison at Canseau, and its defenders were carried as prisoners to Louisburg. Near the close of the summer of 1744 they were released, and came to Boston on parole. After hearing their story, Gov. Shirley determined upon an expedition to reduce Louisburg, the French stronghold in America. The Legislature approved of the proposed expedition by a majority of only one vote; but the people seemed to be enthusiastic in its favor, and the expedition gave promise of success. The rendezvous of the army was Boston, and two thousand and seventy men assembled here, who sailed for Louisburg March 24, 1745. Gov. Shirley commissioned as officers for the expedition, William Pepperrell, lieutenant-general and commander-in-chief; Roger Wolcott, major-general; Samuel Waldo, brigadier-general, and Joseph Dwight (1734), brigadier-general.

The following-named members of the Artillery Company were officers in the expedition against Louisburg in 1745: Joseph Dwight (1734) was commissioned colonel of the train of artillery, Feb. 20, 1744, brigadier-general, Feb. 20, 1745, and judge of the court of admiralty, June 20, 1745. According to the lists given in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October, 1870, by Hon. Charles Hudson, Joseph Dwight (1734) was commissioned colonel and captain of the First Company of the Ninth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers on the Louisburg expedition, June 18, 1744, and brigadier-general, Feb. 20, 1745. In the First Massachusetts Regiment, Capt. John Storer (1739) was lieutenant-colonel and captain of the Third Company, commissioned Feb. 5, 1744; William Warner (1733) was captain-lieutenant of the Ninth Company, commissioned Feb. 5, 1744; John Butler (1745) was lieutenant of the Second Company, commissioned Feb. 16, 1744; John Bridge (1751) was ensign of the Ninth Company, commissioned March 5, 1744; Joseph Goldthwait (1732) was adjutant of the First Regiment, commissioned March 12, 1744 The latter was promoted to brevetcaptain March 20, 1744. In the Second Massachusetts Regiment, Benjamin Goldthwait (1740) was captain of the Fourth Company, commissioned Feb. 9, 1744. In the Third Massachusetts Regiment, Christopher Marshall (1724) was captain of the Third Com'See Vol. I., p. 433, of this history, in regard to these fire-arms. 2 Bancroft's Hist. of the United States, Vol. III., p 451.

pany, commissioned Feb. 15, 1744, and Estes Hatch (1711) was captain of the Tenth Company, commissioned Feb. 4, 1744. In the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, Benjamin White (1722) was adjutant, commissioned March 16, 1744. In the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, Jonathan Carey (1740) was captain of the Ninth Company, commissioned Feb. 14, 1744. In the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, William Williams (1733) was lieutenant-colonel and captain of the Second Company, commissioned June 1, 1745, and Nathaniel Thwing (1736 and 1761) was major and captain of the Third Company, commissioned June 1, 1745. In the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, Samuel Jackson (1733) was ensign, commissioned July 5, 1745. In the train of artillery, Joseph Dwight (1734) was colonel, Joseph Sherburne (1745), who was commissioned as captain of a company in the New Hampshire Regiment, June 6, 1744, was commissioned storekeeper of his Majesty's ordnance Dec. 1, 1745. Dr. William Kand (1732) was one of the surgeons of the expedition, and was commissioned March 9, 1744. Under the head of "House Carpenters," Matthew Barnard (1734) is given as commissioned captain, March 16, 1744. Benjamin Goldthwait (1740) was agent for Col. Waldo's regiment, May 20, 1746; John Adams (1740) was a member of the Third Company, First Massachusetts Regiment; William Moor (1749) was a sergeant of the Fifth Company.

July 2, 1745, a messenger arrived in Boston announcing the capture of Louisburg. On the morning of July 3 the news was announced to the people of the town by three discharges of musketry by the militia of Boston. In the evening the people held a carnival of joy, bonfires were built, and the town was illuminated. July 18 was observed as a day of thanksgiving.

Gov. Shirley landed at the Castle at 4 P. M., Nov. 8, and was received with a salute of twenty-one guns. He passed the night there, and on the next morning proceeded in the Castle barge to the town. He was accompanied by several officers who came with him from Louisburg, being saluted all the way by the ships in the harbor and the town battery. At twelve o'clock at noon he landed at Long Wharf, amidst a great crowd of people, and was welcomed by the officers of the province and the town. He was formally received by the Boston regiment, under command of Col. Jacob Wendell (1733), a troop of the regiment of horse, commanded by Col. Estes Hatch (1711), and the company of Cadets, under command of Col. Benjamin Pollard (1726).

This expedition, which contained many members of the Artillery Company, was pre-eminently a colonial enterprise. The expense was finally borne by the British government, which, Sept. 18, 1749, delivered to the province at Boston two hundred and fifteen chests and one hundred casks, containing one hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and forty-nine pounds two shillings and seven and a half pence as the expense of the expedition. For the adjustment of accounts, the rolls were sent to England and were never returned.

In addition to the loss in the land forces, the town complained, March 11, 1745-6, that the seamen impressed for his Majesty's ships, and those who had fled for protection from impressment, added to those who went in the sea service to Cape Breton, amounted to more than three thousand men. The committee also added, " Boston is the metropolis of that province who has been the principal in the reduction of Cape Breton, which, added to her former military achievements for loyalty, justly sets her at the head of his Majesty's provinces; that those other provinces, New Hampshire and Connecticut excepted, have borne no part of the burthen of the war." 1

' Report of Boston Rec. Com., No. 14, pp. 84, 85.

The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1745 were: William Baker, Jeremiah Belknap, Jr., John Butler, Eneas Mackay, Benjamin Russell, Joseph Sherburne, Benjamin Walcott, John Wendell, 3d, John West, John Wilson.

William Baker (1745), tobacconist, of Marshfield and Boston, was published to marry Sarah Perkins, Nov. 29, 1739. She was the widow of Isaac Perkins, goldsmith, of Boston. Mr. Perkins died prior to Nov. 1, 1737, and William Baker (1745) was appointed administrator of his estate, May 31, 1746.

Nov. 13, 1764, William Baker (1745) became a member of the engine company of which Joseph Putnam was master, and, March 27, 1765, he was assessed six shillings as his proportion for the repairing of the pump standing on the town's land in Cornhill (corner Court and Washington streets). He was chosen constable in 1743-4, but paid the fine; clerk of the market in 1746, and scavenger in 1749. He died Dec. 9, 1785, aged eighty-one years.

Jeremiah Belknap, Jr. (1745), of Boston, son of Jeremiah (1711), grandson of Joseph (1692), and great-grandson of Joseph (1658), was born in Boston, Feb. 10, 1720. His brother Joseph joined the Artillery Company in 1742. Jeremiah (1745) married, June 30, 1748, Mary Rand. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1748 and 1754, and ensign in 1763. He joined the Old South Church Nov. 8, 1741. Nov. 27, 1765, he was chosen by the selectmen of the town for usher of the North Latin School. Jeremiah Belknap, Jr. (1745), was chosen constable in 1751, but was excused; scavenger in 1763 and 1770, and clerk of the market in 1764; was one of the census takers in August, 1776. Feb. 6, 1777, a committee of thirty-six persons, "not in trade," was selected by the town, "to aid and assist the selectmen and committees of correspondence, inspection, and safety, by information," etc., to carry into effect certain acts, - of which committee Mr. Belknap (1745), representing Ward 8, was one. Capt. Thomas Adams (1765), Russell Sturgis (1786), and Job Wheelwright (1759), were also members of this committee. May 22, 1777, he was the first drawn juror "for a special court for the trial of such persons as the town has represented to be inimical to these States and dangerous to the public safety." He was devoted to the interests of the colonies during the Revolutionary War, and died April 17, 1796, at his residence on Cornhill, in Boston.

John Butler (1745), cooper, of Boston, son of Matthew and Sarah Butler, was born in Boston, Dec. 29, 1710. His brother Joseph joined the Artillery Company in 1742. John Butler (1745) was lieutenant of the Second Company, First Massachusetts Regiment, on the Cape Breton expedition. He died in June, 1748.

Eneas Mackay (1745) was published, Oct. 21, 1743, to marry Elizabeth Bongarden. March 25, 1745, he was elected constable, but was excused, and March 9, 1746, was elected scavenger. He is called "Captain" in the records of the selectmen of Boston, Nov. 27, 1765. He resided in that part of the town called "New Boston," which included Cambridge and Green streets and vicinity. Jan. 13, 1747-8, he became a member of the First Lodge, A. F. and A. M., in Boston, and subsequently was accepted in the Master's Lodge.

William Baker (1745). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.

Jeremiah Belknap, Jr. (1745). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.