Boston shortly before the beginning of the siege, and did not return
till after the evacuation. During this time he resided first at
Weston, in the family of Samuel P. Savage, Esq., and afterwards at
Waltham, where he supplied the pulpit, occasionally preaching in
other towns and villages of Middlesex.
Frederick Tuckerman.
Diary
19. [April 1775] Wednesday, wak'd by Mrs Savage[1] about 3 o Clock; a large Detachment f'm General Gage's army was at Lexington marching for Concord — rose, and set off with Mrs Cooper, call'd upon Br[2] and Sister Cooper at Park's, went to Mr Woodward's[3]: the Country round alarm'd — set out with thro for Framingham. din'd at Buckminsters. went to M' Stones at Sthboro. slept there and our Horses kept.
20. Thursday. Continu'd at Mr Stones' slept there Horses kept.
21. Return'd to Weston with Br and Sister din'd at Mr Woodwards. After Dinner Mr Cooper went with Master Hubbard towards Boston. I return'd to Mr Savage's slept there with Mr Conchlyn [4] of Licester Mr Cooper slept at Mr Cushings.[5] Horse kept there.
22. Saturday. I din'd with Br and Sister Cooper at Parks my wife at Mr Savage's slept there. Horse kept.
- ↑ Samuel Phillips Savage (1718-1797) was moderator of the meeting at the Old South Church, which decided that the tea should not be landed. He was a delegate to the first Provincial Congress, president of the Massachusetts Board of War during the Revolution, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex. " He owned and occupied at this time the house standing on the Deacon Bigelow farm, so called, in the north part of Weston, near Daggert's corner." Drake, History of Middlesex, W. 496.
- ↑ William Cooper, an ardent and fearless patriot, whose name is found attached to nearly all the Boston papers of the Revolution. Born in Brookline, October I, 1721, he was educated at the Boston Public Latin School, and in early life became a merchant. After filling various offices, he was chosen in 1761 town clerk, in his brother's meeting-house, and re-elected annually for forty-nine years. During the war he was a member and clerk of the Committee of Correspondence, and in 1775 secretary of the Committee of Safety. He was several times a member of the House, and its speaker /ro tern, during two sessions. From 1759 to 1799 he was register of probate for Suffolk. Very active in the affairs of the town and province, he served on many important committees, drafted many of the town documents of the Revolutionary period, and was a frequent writer in the public prints. He married, April 25, 1745, Katharine, daughter of Colonel Jacob Wendell, a merchant and member of the Council, and had issue eight sons and seven daughters. He died in Boston, November 28, 1809, aged 88.
- ↑ The Rev. Samuel Woodward (H.C. 1748), minister of Weston.
- ↑ The Rev. Benjamin Conklin (Coll. N.J. 1755), minister of Leicester.
- ↑ The Rev. Jacob Gushing, D.D. (H.C. 1748), minister of Waltham.
insults, particularly at Mrs. Davis's from an officer, I left Boston by the advice of friends, and came with my wife to Mr. Savage's, at Weston, designing to ride in the country for the recruiting of my health, and to return to Boston in a few weeks, where I had left my dear child, all my plate, books, furniture, and so forth.' " " He was at Lexington," continues the authority just cited, " and dined with the Rev. Mr. Clarke, the minister, in company with Mrs. Hancock, the day before the battle." Cf. Queries of George Chalmers, in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., fourth series, IV. 371, 372.
