"The History of Lynn including Nahant"
by Alonzo Lewis, - The Lynn Bard

Transcribed and submitted
by Shaun Cook

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Public Officers

Representatives of Lynn.

1634. May 14	Nathaniel Turner	1647.	Edward Holyoke	1708.	Samuel Johnson
	Thomas Willis	1648.	Thomas Laighton	1709.	Jno. Burrill, Jr., Speaker
	Edward Tomlins		Edward Holyoke	1710.	John Person
1635. March 4	Nathaniel Turner	1649 to 1653	Thomas Laighton	1711 to 1719	John Burrill, Jr.
	Timothy Tomlins	1654.	James Axey	1720 to 1724	Richard Johnson
May 6	Nathaniel Turner	1655.	John Fuller	1725.	Ebenezer Burrill
	Thomas Smith		Thomas Laighton	1726 to 1727	Thomas Cheever
Sept. 2	Nathaniel Turner	1656 to 1658	Thomas Laighton	1728 to 1730	Ebenezer Burrill
	Edward Tomlins	1659.	Thomas Marshall	1731. May 17	Ebenezer Burrill
	Thomas Stanley	1660. May 30	Thomas Marshall	June 4	Richard Johnson
1636. March 3	Nathaniel Turner	Dec. 19	Thomas Marshall	1732	Richard Johnson
	William Wood		Oliver Purchis	1733 to 1739	William Collins
May 25	Nathaniel Turner	1661.	Thomas Laighton	1740 to 1742	Thomas Cheever
	Daniel Howe	1662.	None	1743 to 1745	William Collins
Sept. 8	Timothy Tomlins	1663.	Thomas Marshall	1746	Ebenezer Burrill
	Daniel Howe	1664. May 18	Thomas Marshall	1747 to 1748	William Collins
1637. April 18	Timothy Tomlins	August 3	John Fuller	1749 to 1750	Benjamin Newhall
	Daniel Howe	1665 to 1667	Oliver Purchis	1751	None
1638. March 12	Timothy Tomlins	1668.	Thomas Marshall	1752 to 1756	Benjamin Newhall
	Daniel Howe	1669 to 1673	Oliver Purchis	1757	William Collins
1639. March 13	Timothy Tomlins	1674 to 1678	John Fuller	1758 to 1762	Benjamin Newhall
	Edward Howe	1679.	Richard Walker	1763	William Collins
May 22	Timothy Tomlins	1680 to 1683	Andrew Mansfield	1764 to 1773	Ebenezer Burrill
	Edward Holyoke	1684 to 1686	Oliver Purchis	1774. May 19	Ebenezer Burrill
Sept. 4	Edward Tomlins	1687 to 1688	None	Oct. 17	Ebenezer Burrill
	Edward Holyoke	1689.	Rev. Jeremiah Shepard		John Mansfield
1640. May 13	Timothy Tomlins		Capt. Oliver Purchis	1775, Feb. 1	John Mansfield
	Richard Walker	1690.	None	May 31	Nathaniel Bancroft
Oct. 7	Timothy Tomlins	1691.	John Burrill, Jr.	July 12	Edward Johnson
	Edward Holyoke	1692.	John Burrill, Sen.	1776 to 1777	Edward Johnson
1641. June 2	Edward Holyoke		John Burrill, Jr.	1778	Holton Johnson
	Richard Walker		'But one to serve at a time'	1779. May 12	Holton Johnson
Oct. 7	Edward Holyoke	1693 to 1696	John Burrill, Jr.	August 2	Samuel Burrill
	Nicholas Browne	1697.	John Burrill, Sen.	1780 to 1781	Samuel Burrill
1642.	Edward Holyoke	1698 to 1701	John Burrill, Jr.	1782	Holton Johnson
1643.	Edward Holyoke	1702.	John Person	1783	Samuel Burrill
	Edward Tomlins	1703. March 1	John Person	1784 to 1790	John Carnes
1644.	Robert Bridges	May 13	Samuel Johnson	1791 to 1793	Ezra Collins
	Edward Tomlins	1704.	John Burrill, Jr.	1794 to 1795	John Carnes
1645.	Robert Bridges	1705.	Joseph Newhall	1796 to 1802	James Robinson
1646.	Robt. Bridges, Speaker	1706.	John Pool	1803	Abner Cheever
	Thomas Laighton	1707.	John Burrill, Jr., Speaker	1804 to 1805	Joseph Fuller, 3d

Since this time, the town has usually sent from four to six annually; making quite too long a list for my pages.

Clerks Of The Writs.

1640.     Richard Sadler
1643.     Edward Tomlins
1645.     Edward Burcham
165*.     William Longley
1662.     John Fuller

Town Clerks.

1666.     Andrew Mansfield
1672.     Thomas Laighton
1686.     Oliver Purchis
1691.     John Burrill
1722.     Richard Johnson
1749.     John Fuller
1755.     Joseph Fuller
1756.     Ebenezer Burrill
1765.     Dr. Nathaniel Henchman
1767.     Ebenezer Burrill
1775.     Benjamin Newhall
1777.     William Collins
1784.     Benjamin Johnson
1785.     William Collins
1786.     Ephraim Breed
1804.     Henry Hallowell
1820.     Samuel Hallowell
1831.     Thomas Bowler

Assistants.

1634 to 1641 John Humfrey
1646 to 1656 Robert Bridges

Councillors.

1721.                 John Burrill
1731 to 1746     Ebenezer Burrill
1827 to 1828     Ezra Mudge

Senators.

1812.                Joseph Fuller
1823 - 1824     Aaron Lummus
1832 - 1833     Josiah Newhall
1834 - 1836     Stephen Oliver
1839.                Isaiah Breed
1844.                Francis S. Newhall

Ministers.

First Congregational.

1632.     Stephen Bachiler
1636.     Samuel Whiting
1637.     Thomas Cobbet
1680.     Jeremiah Shepard
1680.     Joseph Whiting
1720.     Nathaniel Henchman
1763.     John Treadwell
1784.     Obadiah Parsons
1794.     Thomas Cushing Thacher
1813.     Isaac Hurd
1818.     Otis Rockwood
1832.     David Peabody
1836.     Parsons Cooke

Second Congregational.

1824.     James Diman Greene
1829.     David H. Barlow
1833.     Samuel D. Robbins
1840.     William Gray Sweet
1843.     John Pierpont, Jr.

Baptist.

1816.     George Phippen
1820.     Ebenezer Nelson
1829.     Daniel Chossman
1833.     L. Stillman Bolles
1837.     Joel S. Bacon
1840.     Hiram Graves
1843.     Thomas Driver

First Universalist.

1835.     Josiah C. Waldo
1839.     Lemuel Willis
1843.     Horace G. Smith

Second Universalist.

1836.     Dunbar B. Harris
1839.     Edward N. Harris
1840.     Henry Jewell
1843.     John Nichols

Christian.

1835.     Philemon R. Russell
1841.     Josiah Knight
1842.     David Knowlton
1842.     Elihu Noyes
1843.     Warren Lincoln

Episcopal.

1836.     Milton Ward
1837.     George Waters
1839.     Frederic J. W. Pollard
1841.     William A. White

Physicians.

1680.     Philip Read
1685.     John Henry Burchsted
1720.     Henry Burchsted
1744.     John Lewis
1747.     Nathaniel Henchman, Jr.
1760.     John Flagg
1771.     Jonathan Norwood
1775.     John Perkins
1779.     Abijah Cheever
1782.     Aaron Lummus
1792.     James Gardner
1798.     Rufus L. Barrus
1805.     Peter G. Robbins
1816.     John Lummus
1817.     Edward L. Coffin
1817.     Richard Haseltine
1828.     William B. Brown
1831.     Charles O. Barker
1832.     William Prescott
1835.     Edward A. Kittredge
1836.     Abraham Gould
1836.     Silas Durkee
1836.     Daniel Perley
1837.     James Clark
1837.     Asa T. Newhall
1842.     Joseph M. Nye
1843.     William Read
1843.     Charles H. Nichols
1843.     John Phillips

Lawyers.

1808.     Benjamin Merrill
1811.     Joshua Prescott
1812.     Reuben P. Washburn
1813.     Robert W. Trevett
1826.     Isaac Gates
1828.     Jeremiah C. Stickney
1837.     Thomas B. Newhall

Preceptors
of Lynn Academy

1805.     William Ballard
1805.     Francis Moore
1806.     Hosea Hildreth
1807.     Abiel Chandler
1807.     Abner Loring
1808.     Samuel Newhall
1809.     Proctor Pierce
1811.     Joseph Wardwell
1812.     Solomon S. Whipple
1815.     John Flagg Gardner
1817.     Amos Rhodes
1819.     Benjamin P. Emerson
1823.     Alonzo Lewis
1825.     Ripley P. Adams
1827.     George Delavan
1829.     Joseph H. Towne
1830.     Samuel Lamson
1835.     Ephraim Ward
1835.     Jacob Batchelder

Postmasters.

1795.     James Robinson
1802.     Ezra Hitchings
1803.     Samuel Mulliken
1807.     Elijah Downing
1808.     Jonathan Bacheller
1829.     Jeremiah C. Stickney
1839.     Thomas J. Marsh
1841.     Stephen Oliver
1842.     Thomas B. Newhall
1843.     Benjamin Mudge

Justices of the Peace

     Aaron Lummus
     Thomas B. Newhall
     Jeremiah C. Stickney
     George Johnson
     Thomas J. Marsh
     Edward S. Davis
     Benjamin Mudge
     Francis S. Newhall
     Daniel Perley
     Oliver B. Coolidge
     Asa T. Newhall
     Alonzo Lewis

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