In the back of the book: History of Watertown by Bond,1860 there is a listing of innkeepers, retailers, and traders which I think some of you may find interesting to add to your family history. Note that some do not say what they were licensed for... page 1075 to 1076 ------ Sept 1635: John Masters to keep an ordinary -------- June 1637: George Munnings...has numerous "scoldings" for problems with his ordinary that the town of Watertown to be put down from keeping an ordinary" -------------- March 1637-8: John Loveran ..allowed to sell wine and strong water ------------------ June 1641: William Knapp selling 2 years UNlicensed was fined £5 ------- Nov 1649: Thomas Wincoll was allowed to keep a house of entertainment --------- Oct 1654: Lieut Richard Beeres/Beers **: was licensed to keep an ordinary --------------- The county court records from Oct 1663 to April 1681 are lost --------------- 1685: John Nevison licensed to keep an ordinary until he died in 1695....his son in law Samuel Hastings,took over for short time; then John's widow took over 1698. -------- 1686: Caleb Church. licensed in 1686 . ---------- 1687: David Church licensed in 1687 and 88 ---------- 1686 ...until 1708...Thomas Woolson [didnt say what for] ----- 1693: John Chadwick licensed [didnt say what for] -------- 1693: Mrs Hooper, wid of Dr.Richard ---------- 1694 to 1699: Daniel Benjamin, to sell liquor indoors -------- 1695: Ebenezer Prout to sell liquor indoors ------ 1700-1: Samuel Parris, retailer out of doors ----------- 1701-1716: Samuel Bigelow licensed to keep a house of entertainment ----------- 1709-1713: Abraham Brown, --------------------- 1712: Thomas Larned licensed until he died 1729 ------------ 1713-1737: Thomas Coolidge --------------- 1715-1717: Ebenezer Wellington --------- 1717: Mary Brewer of Weston, widow of John; --------------------- 1717: Daniel Ball ------------------------- 1717-1718: Widow Ruth Child ------------- 1717-1737: Thomas Harrington of Waltham --------------- 1735-1769: Thomas Saltmarsh, now [1860] known as Wellington Tavern. ------------ 1737-8: Capt John Brown ------------ 1738-1749: Nathaniel Harris, licensed as a retail trader ------------ 1739: John Gardner, licensed ------------ 1740: John Hunt licensed as a retailer[trader] and 1769,succeed by son John ---------- 1758-1764: Samuel Hunt licensed as a trader --------------- 1744-46: Nathaniel Coolidge, licensed ------------ 1745-6: Jonathan Bemis -------------- 1750-1771: Cornelius Waldo, licensed as a trader --------- 1753: William Baldwin, licensed ---------- 1753-1765: John Remington, licensed as a trader ----------- 1754-1761: Hannah Livermore, licensed to sell tea,coffee, china,etc. ------------- 1764-1770: Jonas White, licensed as a trader -------------- 1764-1771: Edward Richardson. licensed -------------- 1769-1771: Jonathan Capen, licensed --------- 1770-1: Thomas Wellington, supposedly successor of Thomas Saltmarsh ---------- 1770-1: Ezekiel Hall, licensed -------------- 1772: Capt Abner Craft, licensed ---------- NO LOOK UPS for this posting......... ------------ Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor