Roberts, History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, vol. 1 (1895)

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Roberts, History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, vol. 1 (1895)
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1895
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https://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar01robe
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Compiled sketches of the company's members, year by year, read in the archive.org full text. Used for the Foster, Payson, Brown and Briscoe families:

  • Capt. Hopestill Foster (member 1642): came with his mother Patience in 1635, aged fourteen; married Mary, daughter of James Bates; ensign of the Dorchester train band under Humphrey Atherton in 1644 and later its captain; selectman 1645-1674 with gaps; deputy 1652; by his will gave £5 "towards the free school"; "a brewer, active in all town affairs, a man of judgment, and deserved popularity"; fourth sergeant of the company in 1647; died "Oct. 15, 1676" (1:121).
  • Ensign Hopestill Foster (member 1673), soap boiler of Boston: baptized at Dorchester "March 10, 1645"; freeman 1673 and member of the Second Church; married Elizabeth Payson, Feb. 15, 1667; first sergeant 1675; constable 1674-5; on 28 Dec 1676 appointed to a committee "to guard the town against a conflagration"; died at Boston in 1678; "His widow married Edmund Brown" (1:223).
  • Giles Payson (member 1647), of Roxbury (1:162).
  • Edmund Brown (member 1691), shopkeeper of Boston, son of Deacon William Brown of Sudbury: constable 1687, tithingman 1690, lieutenant, overseer of the poor and deputy in 1692; "In 1694, he married his second or third wife, the widow of Hopestill Foster (1673), and he died soon after" (1:283).
  • Joseph Briscoe (member 1692), "loaf-bread baker," born at Boston 21 Aug 1658, son of Joseph and Abigail (Compton) Briscoe (1:293).

For King Philip's War (research/king-philips-war/): Capt. Hopestill Foster, chosen a selectman of Dorchester for 1675: "In 1675 he was elected, but declined" (1:121); Ensign Hopestill Foster, first sergeant of the company in 1675 (1:223), made ensign of Capt. Thomas Clarke's Boston company in May 1676 (MBR 5:127), and after the Boston fire of 27 Nov 1676 on the committee "to guard the town against a conflagration" (28 Dec 1676, 1:223).

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  2. title: "Roberts, History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, vol. 1 (1895)"
  3. type: book
  4. date: 1895
  5. url: "https://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar01robe"
  6. seen: transcript
  7. access: public
  8. ---
  10. Compiled sketches of the company's members, year by year, read in the archive.org full text.
  11. Used for the Foster, Payson, Brown and Briscoe families:
  13. - Capt. Hopestill Foster (member 1642): came with his mother Patience in 1635, aged fourteen;
  14. married Mary, daughter of James Bates; ensign of the Dorchester train band under Humphrey
  15. Atherton in 1644 and later its captain; selectman 1645-1674 with gaps; deputy 1652; by his
  16. will gave £5 "towards the free school"; "a brewer, active in all town affairs, a man of
  17. judgment, and deserved popularity"; fourth sergeant of the company in 1647; died "Oct. 15,
  18. 1676" (1:121).
  19. - Ensign Hopestill Foster (member 1673), soap boiler of Boston: baptized at Dorchester "March 10,
  20. 1645"; freeman 1673 and member of the Second Church; married Elizabeth Payson, Feb. 15, 1667;
  21. first sergeant 1675; constable 1674-5; on 28 Dec 1676 appointed to a committee "to guard the
  22. town against a conflagration"; died at Boston in 1678; "His widow married Edmund Brown" (1:223).
  23. - Giles Payson (member 1647), of Roxbury (1:162).
  24. - Edmund Brown (member 1691), shopkeeper of Boston, son of Deacon William Brown of Sudbury:
  25. constable 1687, tithingman 1690, lieutenant, overseer of the poor and deputy in 1692; "In
  26. 1694, he married his second or third wife, the widow of Hopestill Foster (1673), and he died
  27. soon after" (1:283).
  28. - Joseph Briscoe (member 1692), "loaf-bread baker," born at Boston 21 Aug 1658, son of Joseph and
  29. Abigail (Compton) Briscoe (1:293).
  31. For King Philip's War (`research/king-philips-war/`): Capt. Hopestill Foster, chosen a selectman of
  32. Dorchester for 1675: "In 1675 he was elected, but declined" (1:121); Ensign Hopestill Foster, first sergeant
  33. of the company in 1675 (1:223), made ensign of Capt. Thomas Clarke's Boston company in May 1676 (MBR 5:127),
  34. and after the Boston fire of 27 Nov 1676 on the committee "to guard the town against a conflagration" (28
  35. Dec 1676, 1:223).
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