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Town
Register, Part 2, Antiquities (Pgs. 23 - 35) INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN LYNN. Incorporated
June 20, 1826. Open every
Wednesday, from 2 to 3 o’clock. Treasurer’s
Office at Lynn Mech. Bank. The object of
this Institution is to afford every industrious person the great advantage
of public security and interest for small sums of money, and to enable
them, without much expense of time or trouble, to obtain that personal
comfort and independence which arise from prudent
conduct. Sums are
received by this Institution so low as One Dollar, for the improvement of
which the depositor will be paid 5 per cent. per annum, or 2 ½ per cent.
half yearly, payable in April and October. There will be
every fifth year a dividend or payment to each person whose money shall
have remained there during five years, of probably not less than 5 per
cent. on the amount, per annum. The
money placed in this Institution may be taken out on the third Wednesday
of every month, if required by the depositories; or they may ( by will or
transfer) give the whole to any of their relations or other
persons. Rules for the
management of this Bank may be had ( gratis) at the Treasurer’s
office. President.
– Isaac Story. Vice Presidents.
– Isaiah Breed, Micajah C. Pratt, John Alley 3d, John Lovejoy,
Isaac Bassett, Josiah Newhall. Trustees.
– Jonathan Makepeace, Jonathan Bacheller, Hezekiah Chase, Andrews Breed,
Henry A. Breed, Samuel T. Huse, Stephen Oliver, Thomas Bowler, Joseph
Alley 3d, Samuel Boyce,
William Bassett, Nathan Breed, Daniel Breed, Ebenezer Brown, Jacob
Ingalls, Joseph Ingalls. Amos Rhodes, Treasurer
and Secretary
.
President,
John Lovejoy. Secretary,
Andrews Breed. Amount on
Buildings Insured, is $313,000 00. Cash funds
on hand $3300 00 This Association
promises to be of great importance to our citizens, being mutual in
sustaining the losses by fire, as also in accumulating a fund whereby a
loss can be made up from the interest accruing. No citizen who owns a
house should neglect to avail himself of the advantages of such an
Institution. * This
Institution was organized in August, 1828 – First President, Hon. James
Gardner; Secretary, Benjamin Massey, Esq. Both
deceased. BENEVOLENT
AND LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS. MUTUAL
BENEFIT SOCIETY, Of
Journeymen Cordwainers in Lynn. Instituted
July 15, 1830. Officers. President,
Gamaliel W. Oliver. Vice President
, William Phillips. Secretary, Benjamin
Oliver. Corresponding
Secretary
, Nathaniel Ingalls 3d. Treasurer,
Joseph Lye. Trustees. Ward No. 1
. – Samuel Graves, Oliver Questrom, Samuel Twisden. Ward No. 2
. – Gideon Phillips, George Todd, Richard S. Ham. Ward No. 3.
- Timothy Johnson,
jr. Theophilus N. Breed,
Thomas Townsend. Ward No. 4
. – Jesse L. Lewis, Charles Merritt, William Reed. Gravesend
– Daniel Lindsey. Annual Meeting, the
second Thursday
in October.
This
Society was organized April 25, 1832, and has for its objects the
abolition of Slavery in the United States, the improvement of the
character and condition of the Free Blacks, and the acquisition to the
Indians and Blacks the enjoyment of their natural rights in an equal
participation of civil privileges with the white
man. Officers. President,
Rev. Shipley W. Willson. Vice President
, Thomas H. Atwill. Secretary,
Dyer H. Sanborn. Treasurer,
Paul Newhall. Counsellors.
- Richard Tufts, Manuel Austin,
G. W. Oliver, Theophilus Hallowell, jr. Phillips
Collins. Annual Meeting third Wednesday
in April.
This
Society was organized in December, 1826, and consists at present of about
450 members. Officers
of the Society, elected December 28, 1831. President,
Jonathan Bacheller. Vice President
, Josiah Newhall. Treasurer,
Jonathan Buffum. Secretary,
Thomas Bowler. Board of Council
. – Isaiah Breed, Micajah C. Pratt, Ebenezer Brown, Nathaniel Peck,
James Pool. LYNN FIRE
CLUB. A Society
for Mutual Assistance in Cases of Fire. Instituted
January 2, 1826. Stephen Oliver, President
. Joseph Lye, Secretary and Treasurer
. Number of
members, 50. Annual
meeting in January. LYNN
LYCEUM. Organized
December 23, 1828. President, Stephen Oliver. Vice President
, Samuel Boyce. Secretary,
W. B. Oliver. Treasurer,
Josiah Newhall. Curators.
– John B. Chase, Jacob Purinton, John Bacheller. Committee on Members and Membership
. – Ebenezer Brown, Charles Merritt, John
Lovejoy. The stated meetings of the Lyceum are on the
first Wednesdays
in every
month. LYNN
SOCIAL LIBRARY. Incorporated
in 1818. No. of Volumes,
900. Librarian,
Amos Rhodes. Open on the last
Saturday of every month from 6 to 9 o’clock, P. M. On other
Saturdays
from 6 to 7. Directors.
– William B. Breed, John B. Chase, David S.
Sweetser. Clerk, E.
L. Coffin. MOUNT CARMEL LODGE. Instituted in 1805. In December 1831, this
society appropriated their neat and commodious hall in this town, to the
purposes of Science and public usefulness, by having it fitted up with
convenient seats and other accommodations, and instituting theiein a
course of Scientific Lectures. A series of twelve Lectures was
given in the course of the winter, by some of the most accomplished
lecturers in our vicinity, which it is expected will be continued next
season. Officers of the Society. Edmund Munroe,
Master. Jonathan Richardson, Isaiah
Hacker, Wardens. Edward Carroll,
Secretary. SWAMPSCOT LYCEUM. A number of gentlemen have
recently associated themselves together, for the purpose of having a
Course of Lectures upon popular subjects, at Swampscot. Lectures are
delivered every week in the Schoolhouse, and the association promises much
usefulness. LYNN FEMALE FRAGMENT SOCIETY. President, Mrs.
Betsey Anderson. Vice President, Mrs.
Ruth Lewis. Secretary, Miss
Hannah K. Phillips. Treasurer, Mrs. Mary
Butnam. 60 members. WOODEND CHARITABLE SOCIETY, For providing Watchers for the Sick. Established July 16, 1827. President, John D.
Atwill. Directors. –
Ebenezer Brown, Enoch Curtin, Samuel Ireson. Secretary, Gustavus
Atwill. FEMALE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. President, Mrs. Mary
Bacheller. Secretary, Miss Lucy
Newhall. Besides these are the Dorcas
Society, Mite Society, Primary Society auxiliary to the Baptist Bible
Society, Cent Society, Bible and Tract Society, Unitarian Book Society,
&c. SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
No. Scholars First Congregational Society
152 Second Congregational Society (Unitarian)
130 First Methodist Society (150 males and 150
females)
300 Second Methodist Society (Woodend)
150 Third Methodist Society (South steet)
100 Baptist Society
150 Friend Society
75 Total
1057 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN. In 1828, the following code
of By-Laws was adopted by the town, the same having first been allowed and
approved by the Courts of County Commissioners. BEHAVIOR IN THE STREETS. ART. I. – It is ordered, that
if any person shall use any profane, obscene, or indecent or insulting
language to any person or persons whatever, or make any tumultuous noise
in any street, lane, alley, square, or wharf, in this town, the person so
offending shall forfeit and pay for each offense the sum of two
dollars. ART. II. – It is ordered,
that if any person shall take hold upon the hinder part of any Carriage,
Sleigh, or Sled, or ride thereon without the consent of the owner or
driver thereof, or play at paw-paw or any other game, and any street,
lane, or alley, or near any house for public use, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two dollars for each
offense. ART. III. – It is ordered,
that if any person or persons shall injure, deface, or break the glass of
the Townhouse, or injure, deface, or break the glass of any Meetinghouse,
Schoolhouse, or do any injury to any Enginehouse, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each or any of the
offences aforesaid. Provided, whenever the injuries may have been done
inadvertently, the person or persons committing the same may avoid the
penalty thereof by fully repairing said injuries to the satisfaction and
acceptance of the person or persons having the care of such buildings,
within forty-eight hours from the time such injuries were done. TREES AND FENCES. ART. IV. – It is ordered,
that if any person shall willfully or wantonly injure, mar, or destroy any
ornamental tree, fruit tree, or tree for shade in any of the streets,
lanes, and squares, side-walks or common in said town, the person or
persons so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for
each particular offense. ART. V. – It is ordered, that
if any person shall mar, and your, or deface any fence, dwelling-house,
store, warehouse, or shop – any gate, gate-post, deface or injure any sign
attached to any building in this town, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of
five dollars for each offense. SIDE-WALKS. ART. VI. – It is ordered,
that if any person shall drive any wagon, chaise, or other vehicle on
wheels, over any side-walk lengthwise thereof within this town, or lead or
drive any horse kind in like manner thereon, he shall forfeit and pay the
sum of one dollar for each and every offence. FUNERALS. ART. VII. – It is
ordered, that the Selectmen for the time being, in the months of April or
May annually, shall appoint or sanction the appointment of a suitable
number of sextons, and regulate the fees or prices for their services in
burying the dead. PUMPS. ART. VIII. – It is ordered,
that if any person shall put into the town pumps any stones, gravel, or
sticks, or in any manner disable or injure the same, or in like manner
injure any pump of private property, or defile, pollute, or corrupt or
injure any wells or springs of water in this town, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each and every offense.
– And it is further ordered, that the Police Officers keep said town pumps
at all times in good order and repair at the expense of the town. THE NIGHT TIME. ART. IX. – Whereas frequent
complaints have been made of the rudeness and indecencies, both in speech
and behavior, of unruly and indecent boys, and of men regardless of moral
and social duty towards females while passing the streets, and while
sitting at the windows of their houses, and for the prevention thereof –
It is ordered, that if any male person offer any insult either in speech
or behavior to any female in the streets of this town, or use any rude,
indecent, or obscene language to such female or females and the night time
while passing the street or at the windows of their houses, the person so
offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each and every
particular offence. ARTS. X. – It is ordered,
that if any person over the age of ten years shall expose his naked body
for bathing or swimming within the view of any dwelling house or public
road in this town, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay a sum not
exceeding one dollar for each offense. WHO MAY PROSECUTE, AND APPROPRIATION OF PENALTY. ART. XI. – It is ordered,
that for the breach of any or each of the Orders and By-Laws aforesaid,
the penalty therein prescribed may be recovered on complaint or
information to any Justice of the Peace in the County of Essex, residing
in the town of Lynn, by any one of the Police Officers, Constables of this
town, or any other person – one moiety to the use of the complainant, and
the other moiety to the use of the town. Provided, no complaint or information
shall be sustained unless exhibited and prosecuted within two months from
the commission of the offence; and whenever a breach of any of the said
Orders or By-Laws has been made, and the offender or offenders be unknown,
he or they may be prosecuted at any time within one year from the time of
the commission of the offense, provided the complaint or information be
exhibited or subsequent proceedings had thereon within two months after
the offender or offenders be known. POLICE OFFICERS. ART. XII. – It is ordered,
that the Selectmen, in the month of March, April, or May annually, appoint
a suitable number of Police Officers, well qualified for the purpose, in
the different parts of the town, said Officers being first duly sworn, or
under solemn affirmation, whose duty it shall be to enforce obedience to
these Orders and
By-Laws, and complain to the proper authority for any breaches
thereof. OLD FAMILIES. The following is a List of persons of the same name
with the Old Families who first settled in Lynn, now remaining. In the first
column is the number of persons, male and female; in the second column,
the number of voters. Newhall
281 62 Breed
259 44 Alley
195 44 Johnson
162 36 Lewis
139 32 Ingalls
117 22 Phillips
107 26 Burrill
87
20 Mansfield
82
13 Batchelor
81
14 Rhoades
77
18 Brown
73
20 Collins
46
14 Allen
44
10 Richards
41
7 Smith
40
9 Graves
39
11 Attwell 38
12 Ireson
36
6 Tarbox
33
8 Estes
30
7 Holder
29
3 Townsend
29
5 Farrington
27
5 Hawkes
27
5 Hallowell
26
6 Clark
26
4 Ramsdell
26
6 Silsbe
25
5 Chadwell
24
4 Downing
23
5 Fuller
22
7 Cheever
22
4 Aborne
21
3 Perkins
21
7 Wait
21
4 Hitchings
20
5 Bassett 19
3 Walden
18
6 Witt
18
3 Hudson
17
5 Moore 15
4 Davis
13
3 Hood
13
4 Berry
12
6 Parker
12
2 Stacey
10
2 Lindsey
10
2 Baker
10
2 Cox
9
3
Bancroft
9
5 Taylor
9
2 King
8
2 Blaney
7
5 Haskell
7
4 Pool
7
2 Wood
7
2 Foster
6
4 Walton 6
3 Rand
6
3 Bayley
5
2 Howard
5
1 Hall
5
4 Gould
5
1 Marshall
4
2 Anderson
4
1 Putnam
4
2 Pearson 3
2 West 3
2 Wheeler 3
3 Wright 3
1 Turner 2
1 Willis
1
1 Floyd
1
1 Andrews
1
1 2694 persons – 515 voters. Thus it will be seen that
this List includes somewhat more than one fourth part of the whole
existing population. Besides, there are a great many more in
Lynnfield, Saugus, Reading, and many other places. STREETS, &c. Ash street, from South street to Elm street Boston street, from Childs’ Mills, on Saugus River to
Danvers Line Bridge street, from Waterhill street to Boston
street Broadway, from Nahant street to Chestnut street Centre street, from Turnpike to Waterhill street Chatham street, from Essex street to Collins
street Cherry street, adjoining Essex street on the North Chestnut street, from Broadway to Essex street Collins street, from North street to Chatham
street Commercial street, from Common to Breed’s Wharf Common, from Market square to Market street Elm street, from Common to Summer street Essex street, from east end of Common to Salem
line Fayette street, from Lewis street to Village
square Federal street, from west end of Common to Boston
st. Flag street, from Boston street to Holyoke street Franklin street, from Common to Boston street Franklin avenue, from Common to Franklin street Franklin place, from North street to Orange street Front street, from Pleasant street to Nahant
street Grove street, from Franklin street to Turnpike Hart street, from Boston street to Holyoke street High street, from Essex street to Pearl street Holyoke street, from Hart street to Holyoke spring Humphrey street, from King’s Beach to Blaney’s
beach Laurel street, from Boston street to Chase’s Mills Lewis street, from Chestnut street to Essex street Liberty street, from Market street to Spruce
street Liberty square, junction of Union and Front street Lynnfield street, from Boston street to Lynnfield
line Mall street, from Common to Boston street Maple street, from Turnpike to North street Market street, from east end of Common to Front
street Market square, west end of Common Mason street, from Chestnut street to Village
square Mill street, from Turnpike to Chase’s Mills Mineral street, from Turnpike to Mineral Spring Myrtle street, from Boston street to Holyoke
street Nahant st. from Washington square to Long Beach
road North street, from Essex street to Bacheller’s
plain Oak street, adjoining Walnut street on the North Olive street, from Chestnut street to Fayette
street Orange street, from Essex street to Collins street Orient street, from Blaney’s Beach to Salem line Pearl street, from Essex street to Union street Pine street, from Union street to Front street Pleasant street, from Common to Long wharf Pond street, Gravesend, from North street to
Turnpike Shepard street, from Common to Marsh South street, from Market square to Summer street Spring street, from Pine street to Front street Spruce street, from Liberty street to Union street Summer street, from Turnpike to Market street Turnpike, from Salem line to Saugus Bridge Union street, from Chestnut street to Front street Village square, junction of Essex and Fayette
streets Vine street, from Common to Summer street Walnut street, from Holyoke street to Saugus line Washington square, junction of Nahant and Front
streets Winthrop street, from Blaney’s Beach to Orient
street, (the new road from each
Weeks’s to James Phillips’s being laid out at Swampscott).
LYNN POST OFFICE. MAIL REGULATIONS. Arrivals Daily. The Southern and Boston, at half past 2, A.M. Eastern and Salem, "
" " 6, P.M. Boston ( Sundays excepted),
" " 8, A.M. Mails Close Daily. Southern and Boston, at half past 5, P.M. Eastern and Salem, "
" " 8, P.M. A mail arrives from Saugus
three times a week, viz. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, at 9, A.M. And is closed on the same
days at the same hour. Office Hours. The office is open for the
delivery of Letters, Papers, &c. every day, except Sunday, from 7,
A.M. till
noon; from 2, P.M. till 5, P.M., and from 6, P.M. till 9 in the
evening. DISTANCES FROM LYNN HOTEL. To
the same on the old Boston Road To
Essex Coffee House, Salem, on Turnpike To
the same on the old Boston Road To
the same on the Forest River Road To
Marblehead Common To
the same on a Swampscot Road To
Lynnfield Hotel, on Northwestern Road To
the same on Northwestern Road To
Saugus Bridge, on Turnpike To
Child’s Mills, on Saugus River To
Saugus First Meetinghouse, thro’ Boston st. To
the same through Walnut street To
Dye House To
Floating Bridge To
Mineral Spring Hotel, over Turnpike To
the same through Boston street To
Village House, Essex Street, Woodend To
the same through Market Street To
the same through Broad street To
Blaney’s Beach, Swampscot To
Fishing Point To
Phillips’s Point To
East End of Common To
South End of Market street To
Washington square To
Nahant Gate To
Little Nahant Length
of Long Beach Length
of Little Beach To
Rice’s Tavern, on Nahant To
Nahant Hotel ALMS HOUSE. Theophilus Clark, keeper. Number of
subjects, 50. ANTIQUITIES. In a work like this, it may
not be inappropriate to notice a few antiquities in the shape of ancient
buildings, &c. as there are persons to whom every thing relating to
“the olden time” possesses an interest. The oldest house, of which
the date of building is known with certainty, is the house now standing
near the centre of the Common. This was built in 1682, for the residence
of the sexton of the first Parish, and afterwards became private property.
The frame is of oak, in a good state of preservation. Another very old house, is
the one built by Mr. John Lewis, about the year 1690, and Boston street,
near the entrance of Hart street. About forty years since, this house
became the property of Mr. John Carnes, and has since been commonly known
as the “Carnes house.” The house standing on the
corner of Boston and Hart streets, built by Hon. Ebenezer Burrill, and now
occupied by the widow of the late Major Ezra Hitchings, is also a very old
one, built about the year 1700. Both these houses have undergone
repeated alterations and repairs. The frame work in the body of
the first Congregational meetinghouse also bears the stamp of antiquity,
being the same with that of the meetinghouse built in 1682. The old
pulpit, brought from England in 1716, is still preserved in the vestry of
this house. Ancient coins, and Indian
utensils and implements of war, are frequently dug up in gardens. An
Indian war club, with a number of other articles, were found some years
ago, near the bank of Saugus River. In a tract of land on Water Hill, all
are found, upon digging, the heads of arrows in abundance. A silver coin
was recently found in a garden in Federal street, bearing date 1652. It has on one
side, a tree, encircled with “MASATHVSETS IN”; and on the other, “ NEW
ENGLAND.AN.DOM.1652. XII.” The first, and only burying
ground in Lynn for 150 years, is the one opposite the Hotel, at the west
end of the Common.
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