This was towards the end of vol 1,of the "Memorial History of Boston,1630-1880",by Justin Winsor,1880. ----------------------------------- Governors PRIOR to Andros,the following lived in Boston: John Winthrop, Richard Bellingham, John Leverett, and Simeon Bradstreet. --- Assistants: Atherton Hough, John Winthrop,jr, William Hibbens, Edward Gibbons**, Humphrey Davy, John Richards, John Hull, Thomas Savage, Elisha Cooke, Elisha Hutchinson, Samuel Seawall, Isaac Addington, and John Walley. -------- Representatives of Boston to the General Court,during 1630-40: William Hutchinson, John Coggeshall, William Brenton, William Colbron, Henry Vane, William Coddington, Altherton Hough, William Aspinwall, John Oliver, John Newdigate/Newgate, Robert Keayne, Edward Gibbons, William Tyng, Edmund Quincy, John Underhill, Richard Bellingham. ----- Representatives from 1640-1660: William Hibbens, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, John Leverett, Thomas Clarke, Thomas Savage, Edward Hutchinson, William Tyng, Thomas Hawkins, Thomas Marshall. -------- 1660-1660 Edward Tyng and John Richards. ----- 1680-1700 Elisha Hutchinson, Elisha Cooke, John Fairweather, John Saffin, Isaac Addington, Timothy Prout, Adam Winthrop, Thomas Oakes, Penn Townsend, Theophilus Frary, Dr.John Clarke, John Eyre, James Taylor, Timothy Thornton, Edward Bromfield, Nathaniel Oliver, Nathaniel Byfield, Samuel Legg, John White, Andrew Belcher, David Allen, and Joseph Bridgham ------- "The selectmen of the town,as the uniform custom of New England witnesseth, were chosen from the citizens of high repute. They excerise very considerable powers. They were chosen by the free vote of the governed,and it is evident from many sources that they all were the recognized leaders of the community. As no list of them elsewhere available,it seems judicious to print them here." -- Massachusetts Historical Collection.,X,23-29 for detailed lists. Mr Whitmore's Massachusetts Civil Lists,Albany,1870. --------- Cynthia -- got a beef? contact me...do not post on list! usual email: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net have ? email me at: suggestions_questions@yahoo.com need lookup ? email: LookUpsNE@hotmail.com --- past postings: http://archiver.rootsweb.com -- Cynthia Listowner: Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com --