RootsWeb: GenMassachusetts-L [GM-L] First Settlers of Cambridge from the History of Cambridge

GenMassachusetts-L Archives

Archiver > GenMassachusetts > 2001-12 > 1009067494

From:
Subject: [GM-L] First Settlers of Cambridge from the History of Cambridge
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:31:40 EST

Winthrop's Journal, It is highly probable, that this company came from Braintree, in Essex county, England, and from its vicinity, Chelmsford, where Mr. Hooker was settled, is but eleven miles from Braintree: And Mr. Hooker “was so esteemed as a preacher, that not only his own people, but others from all parts of the county of Essex flocked to hear him.” The names of this company, constituting the first settlers of the town of Cambridge, are preserved in the records of the Proprietors, under the date of 1632, and are as follow: Jeremy Adams Matthew Allen John Benjamin Jonathan Boswell Mr. Simon Bradstreet * John Bridge Richard Butler John Clarke Anthony Couldby, or Colby Daniel Dennison Thomas Dudley, Esq. Samuel Dudley Edward Elmer Richard Goodman William Goodwin Garrad Hadden Stephen Hart John Haynes, Esq + Thomas Pleate Rev Thomas Hooker Thomas Hosmer Richard Harlackenden William Lewis Richard Lord John Masters Abraham Morrill Hester Mussey Simon Oakes James Olmsted Capt. Daniel Patrick John Prat William Pentrey Joseph Redinge Nathaniel Richards William Spencer Thomas Spencer Edward Stebbins John Steele Henry Steel George Steele Samuel Stone John Talcott William Wadsworth Andrew Warner Richard Webb William Westwood John White * afterward Governor of Massachusetts + afterward Governor of Connecticut. <A HREF="http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/">Harvard Square Library</A> History of Cambridge, Mass.

This thread:

[GM-L] First Settlers of Cambridge from the History of Cambridge by