1778, "Major" in 1779, and "Colonel" in 1780. He was present at the meeting of the inhabitants of Boston in Watertown, March 5, 1776, and was prominent in the commemorative services of that day, serving on three separate committees. June 24, 1773, he attended the festival of St. John the Baptist, at the King's Arms tavern, on Boston Neck, and became a member of St. John's Lodge, of Boston, in 1780.

He died at his house in Beer Lane, now Richmond Street, Oct. 13, 1787, aged fifty-nine years.

The following appeared in the Massachusetts Centinel on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1787 : "On Saturday night last, departed this life Nathaniel Barber, Esq. [1758], in the fifty-ninth year of his age. His funeral will be from his house in Beer Lane, Richmond Street, to-morrow afternoon at four o'clock."

Also, in the same, on Saturday, Oct. 20, 1787: —

"On the 13th instant died, very suddenly, in the fifty-ninth year of his age, and on Thursday last were respectfully deposited in the tomb of his ancestors, attended by the honorable members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and many of his fellowtownsmen, the remains of Nathaniel Barber, Esq. [1758], naval officer of the port of Boston. A numerous family mourn their loss, the public regret their being deprived of a faithful and approved servant, and the friends of liberty could but drop a tear over the grave of so known and tried a patriot. His attendance and integrity in the cause of his country, expressed in the most dangerous and trying moments, more especially as one of the Committee of Correspondence, of which he was always a member, marked his character; and it may be justly said, that the honest fervor which distinguished the friends of liberty in 1775 was retained by Col. Barber [1758], in its full warmth, to the moment of his death."

William Bordman (1758), hatter, of Boston, son of Andrew and Sarah Bordman, of Roxbury, was born Nov. 6, 1724. He married, Nov. 9, 1749, Susanna, daughter of Capt. Thomas Stoddard (1744). William Bordman (1758) was probably a cousin of Aaron (1736). He was extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of hats, and in the fur trade. His place of business was near the head of Ann Street. His son, Thomas Stoddard, at one time partner in business with him, joined the Artillery Company in 1774, and another son, William, Jr., joined in 1786.

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Capt. William (1758) was chosen constable in 1753, but refused to serve. In 1772, Dea. William Bordman (1758) was chosen a warden, and, in 1774, one of the committee on ways and means for supplying the poor." He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1764. He was a deacon of the Second Church as early as 1771, and as late as 1788. He was active, Feb. 9, 1788, with Paul Revere and others, in the ratification of the Federal Constitution by a public procession in Boston. He contributed toward the purchase of the new bell, cast by Paul Revere for the New Brick Church in 1792. The Second Church was the Old North until 1779, when it was united with the New Brick.

William Bordman (1758) died Feb. 19, 1806. His will, proved in 1806, speaks of his workshop and land, situated back of his mansion house in Ann Street, which he bequeathed to his son, Thomas Stoddard Bordman (1774).

William Bordman (1758). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; MS. of Mr. Joseph C. Whitney, of Boston.

Richard Boylston (1758), brazier, of Charlestown, son of Richard and Mary (Smith) Boylston, of Charlestown, was born in that town July 7, 1722. He married, (1) Mary Abraham, April 16, 1747, and (2) Parnel Foster, Oct. 13, 1763. He died June 30,

1807, aged eighty-five years. His residence, which he bought of his father in 1743-4, was on Main Street. He was possessed of considerable real estate, detailed by Mr. Wyman, including one and a half acres he sold to the United States for the navy yard.

Richard Boylston (1758) was a great-grandson of Thomas Boylston, who came from London in the "Defence" in 1635, and settled at Watertown, Mass. ; and, probably, a cousin of Ward Nicholas Boylston, the philanthropist, for whom Boylston Market, formerly corner of Washington and Boylston streets, was named.

James Cunningham (1758), painter, of Boston, son of William and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Cunningham, was born in Boston, April 24, 1721. He married, June 3, 1742, Elizabeth Boylston. Her sister. Susanna, married, Nov. 23, 1734, Dea. John Adams, of Braintree, and was the mother of President John Aaams.

Nov. 3, 1756, he appears as captain of the South Engine Company, a position in which he was reconfirmed by the selectmen in April, 1758. At this time, his excellency the governor, upon application made to him, excused one hundred men from military duty for the service of the several engines in the town. Capt. Cunningham (1758) being at the head of Engine Company No. 8, and thereby excused from military duty, did not probably retain his membership in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He was captain or master of the engine company until July 22, 1761, when he declined to serve longer in that capacity, and, Sept. 7, 1761, he rejoined the Artillery Company. He seems to have been proficient as a fireman, and several times during the five years of service as a fireman his company obtained the premium for being first at the fire. He pursued his trade, in 1778, in company with his brother William (1765).

James Cunningham (1758) was active in the militia, and rose to the grade of major. He was lieutenant of the Artillery Company in 1764, and its captain in 1768.

Major Cunningham (1758) died June 5, 1795, leaving a numerous family of children, and was buried at Dedham.

Thomas Deering (1758), son of Henry and Elizabeth Deering, was born in Boston, May 16, 1720. He was a grandson of Henry Deering (1682). He made the general walk or visitation of the town in 1753, but does not appear to have held any town office.

John Downe (1758), distiller, of Boston, son of William (1716) and Sarah (Danforth) Downe, was born in Boston, Sept. 2, 1732. He married, about 1759, Ann, daughter of George and Anna Holmes. John (1758) was a relative of Thomas Downe (1733). He was chosen constable of Boston in 1756 and 1765.

Aug. 27, 1766, "Mr John Downes [1758] appointed by the Sessions a measurer of grain &c in this port, applied [to the selectmen] for scales but as they had before recommended three persons to the sessions as suitable & sufficient for that trust who were accordingly appointed & supplied by the Selectmen with measures and scales," Mr. Downe's (1758) request was declined.

Richard Boylston (1758). AUTHORITY: WYman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates.

James Cunningham (1758). AUTHORITY: Records of Boston and Dedham.

John Downe (1758). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Early Masonic Records; Suffolk County Probate Records.

Mr. Downe (1758) received the Masonic degrees in St. John's Lodge, of Boston, March 27, 1754. He attended the feasts of St. John the Baptist in 1754, 1755, 1757, and 1759, and was present at the installation of Jeremy Gridley as grand master, Oct. 1, 1755. He was present in Grand Lodge as junior warden of St. John's Lodge in 1756, and junior warden of the Masters' Lodge in 1757, 1758, and 1759.

His son, Nathaniel Holmes Downe, who entered the service as a marine, Jan. 26, 1780, on the ship "Protector," commanded by Capt. John Foster Williams, was captured May 5, 1781, and taken to Mill Prison, England. He was exchanged in July, 1782, and returned to Boston, Aug. 14 next following.

April 16, 1773, John Downe (1758) was appointed guardian of Mary Ann and Nathaniel Holmes Downe. As Willis Hall, of Medford, was appointed guardian of the same children, May 7, 1779, it is probable that John Downe (1758) died not long prior to the latter date.

Edward Jackson (1758), innkeeper, of Boston, son of Joseph (1738) and Susanna Jackson, was born March 1, 1735. He married, May 29, 1755, Susanna Dana, by whom he had a son, Samuel, born Sept. 2, 1759, and a daughter, Mary, baptized Aug. 30, 1761. He kept a tavern in the centre of Brighton. He never held any town office in Boston. He rose to the grade of captain in the Revolutionary War.

Edward Jackson (1758) was a brother of Rev. Joseph Jackson, who was invited to deliver the Artillery sermon in 1761, but declined. They were brothers of Col. Henry Jackson, of Boston.

David Jenkins (1758), of Boston, son of David and Sarah Jenkins, of Boston, was born Feb. 14, 1720, and married Rebekah Atkins, Feb. 18, 1747. He was elected to office in the town in 1746, and was continued for several years. He also made several of the annual visitations or walks about the town for purposes of inspection, etc., the last time being in 1761. He was a member of the local militia, and rose to the rank of captain in the Boston regiment.

Nathaniel Loring (1758), merchant, of Boston, son of Nathaniel and Susanna (Butler) Loring, was born June 11, 1713. He married, (1) June 7, 1739, Mary, daughter of Edward Gray, of Boston, who was the owner of the rope-walks where occurred the differences which originated the Boston Massacre; (2), June 18, 1749, Mary Gyles, of Roxbury. He held a town office in 1752, and subsequently, prior to 1765, he made the general and annual walk or visitation of the town on several occasions. His father was one of the early and prominent members of the New Brick Church, joining it May 23, 1722. Nathaniel (1758) was baptized in the Second Church, June 14, 1713.

Mr. Loring (1758) was a merchant, and his place of business was near Faneuil Hall. In 1750, he was on the grand jury. He was appointed guardian for his daughter Hannah, for property bequeathed to her by her uncle, Joseph Heath, of Roxbury, who gave his sister, Mrs. Loring, five hundred acres of land in Shrewsbury. He also officiated as a visitor of the public schools during several years prior to 1768. He died in 1770.

Edward Jackson (1758). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.

David Jenkins (1758). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.

Nathaniel Loring (1758). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1853.

Edward Lyde (1758), merchant, of Boston, son of Edward Lyde (1702), was born Dec. 29, 1725, and married Katherine Gouch (Gooch), Jan. 15, 1765. He served as clerk of the market in 1768.

Capt. Lyde (1758) was proscribed and banished by the State in 1778.

William Murray (1758) became a member of St. John's Lodge, of Boston, in 1773. He attended the installation of Jeremy Gridley as grand master, Oct. 1, 1755, and of John Rowe as grand master, Nov. 28, 1768. He was present in Grand Lodge on several occasions between 1756 and 1768.

William Murray (1758) never held any office in the town of Boston. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1761. He embarked for Halifax with the royal army in 1776.

Moses Peck (1758), watchmaker, of Boston, married, Jah. 17, 1758, Elizabeth Townsend, who died at Boston, June 25, 1793, aged sixty-two years. Capt. Moses Peck (1758) died in Boston, March 27, 1801, aged eighty-three years, at No. 63 Cornhill, where the funeral services took place March 30.

He became a member of the Old South Church, May 23, 1742. He served as one of the clerks of the market four years, - from 1755 to 1758, and was elected constable in 1756, but declined. Aug. 24, 1770, he was drawn as a juror for the August court. He was drafted, Dec. 18, 1776, as one of the quota of Boston ordered by the General Court to reinforce the Continental Army at or near New York. June 9, 1779, he contracted with the town to keep the North Church clock in good repair, according to the vote of the town, which contract was continued for two years.

David Spear (1758), cooper, of Boston, son of Joseph and Mary (Collier) Spear, of Braintree and Hull, was born in 1726, in Hull, Mass. He was published (1) Jan. 25, 1749, to marry Elizabeth Oliver, of Annapolis, N. B.; (2) Feb. 27, 1755, to marry Sarah, daughter of Thomas Stoddard (1744). She died Jan. 17, 1791, and he married, (3) May 2, 1791, Mrs. Mary (Hammett) Holland. She died June 17, 1799, and he married, (4) Aug. 7, 1800, Sarah Loring, daughter of Samuel, of Hull, Mass. She died March 12, 1828. Mr. Spear (1758) died in Boston, July 8, 1803.

The Columbian Centinal, of Jan. 19, 1791, says: "Patience Capen, wife of Hopestill [1763], who died Jan. 19, 1791, aged 57, was a sister of Sarah, wife of Capt. David Spear [1758], who died Jan. 17, 1791, aged 58 years."

Capt. Spear (1758) was chosen by the town a culler of staves and hoops from 1754 to 1774 inclusive, also, in 1781, 1782, and 1783; a juryman for the April term of the Inferior Court in 1771, and for a Maritime Court, Aug. 9, 1786. Aug. 9, 1779, he was appointed one of a committee for the purpose of procuring subscriptions to fortify the harbor.

There was a great fire in Boston, on Spear's Wharf, March 10, 1802, which consumed ten stores. The fire extended to the stores on Long Wharf, and Nos. 2 to 8 inclusive were entirely destroyed, with their contents. Nos. 9 and 10, Long Wharf,

Edward Lyde (1758). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Sabine's American Loyalists.

William Murray (1758). AUTHORITIES: Early Masonic Records; Sabine's American Loyalists.

Moses Peck (1758). AUTHORITY: Boston Records.

David Spear (1758). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; MS. of William G. Spear, of Quincy, Mass.

were pulled down to arrest the flames. John Osborn, Jr. (1764), and others, inserted in the newspapers of March 13, 1802, cards of thanks to the firemen.

David Spear (1758) was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1763, and ensign in 1768. He is called "Captain" in 1779, in the Boston Records.

Thomas Symmes (1758), of Boston, only son of Col. John (1733) and Martha Symmes, and cousin of Col. Andrew, Jr. (1760), was born in Boston, Sept. 8, 1729. He married (published), Feb. 22, 1753, Rebecca Marshall, of Boston.

The record of the Artillery Company for 1758 is as follows:

"April 3'd, 1758. The Company being under Arms in Faneuil Hall, Voted, That the Rev. Mr. Thomas Barnard of Salem be desired to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, and that the present Commission Officers with the Treasurer, John Phillips, Esq. [1725] be a committee to wait on him and desire the same.

"Attest: SAMUEL TORREY, Jun. Clerk.

"May 1st. The Company being under Arms, Capt Thomas Savage [1739], being one of the committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Thomas Barnard to desire him to preach the next Artillery Election Sermon, reported that he had accepted the same. The Evening being spent at Sergt Perkins [1755], it was there Voted, That Capt Thomas Savage [1739], Capt Newman Greenough [1740] and Mr. John Leverett [1750] be a committee to take the most prudent and proper measures to get the money due to the Company from the heirs of Col. Joseph Blanchard [1737], deceased. Voted, That thirteen pounds, six shillings and eight pence, lawful money, be paid by the Treasurer of the Company, Col. John Phillips [1725], to the present commission officers towards defraying the charges of the dinner upon the ensuing Election day; and the Company to dine with them. Attest: SAMUEL TORREY, Jun. Clerk.

"June 5th. The Company being under Arms, it was Voted, That the old Commission Officers with the Treasurer, be a committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Thomas Barnard, and return him the thanks of this Company for his Sermon preached before them this day. The Evening being spent at Capt Greenough's [1740], it was Voted, That the committee's account of charge in going to Dunstable, being three pounds, four shillings and one penny, lawful money, be allowed and paid by the Treasurer, John Phillips, Esqr. [1725]. Voted, That Col. John Phillips [1725], Maj. Joseph Jackson [1738] and Mr. Samuel Swift [1746] be a committee to settle and adjust with the heirs of Col. Joseph Blanchard [1737] & others, who are by bond and mortgage in arrears to the Company, and in order thereto, to consult all such counsel-in-the-law as they shall think fit, and to make return as soon as may be; and what shall be done by said committee to be final, touching the premises; and the charge arising thereby to be borne by the Company. Attest: SAMUEL TORREY, Jun. Clerk.

"June 5th. 1758. The Company being under Arms, it was unanimously Voted, That the thanks of this Company be given to Mr. Samuel Torrey, Jun. [1752] for his good services as Clerk to this Company for three years last past.

"Attest: JOHN EDWARDS, Clerk.

"Sept 4th. The Evening being spent at Lieut Gore's [1743], it was there Voted, That Mr. William Hyslop [1755] should serve as Sergeant in the Company the present year. Voted, That every person should learn the present exercise before they are admitted into this Company. Attest: JOHN EDWARDS, Clerk."