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from the 17th century until 1822. Selectmen were elected to six-month terms early in the history of the board, but later were elected to one-year terms. In colonial days selectmen included William Clark. At the time of the

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, the selectmen were

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, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Sewall, William Phillips, Timothy Newell, John Ruddock (Selectman), John Rowe and Samuel Pemberton.

Notable selectmen

17th century

1630s

* 1634: John Winthrop, William Coddington, John Underhill, Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, Giles Firmin, John Coggeshall, William Pierce, Robert Harding, William Brenton, Richard Bellingham, John Coggan. * 1636: Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, John Coggeshall, William Brenton, William Hutchinson, William Colburn, John Sanford, Richard Tuttell, William Aspinwall, William Balston, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Robert Keayne, John Newgate. * 1637: Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, John Coggeshall, Robert Harding, William Brenton, William Hutchinson, William Colburn, John Sanford, William Aspinwall, William Balston, Jacob Eliot, James Penn. * 1638: Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, Robert Harding, William Colburn, John Sanford, William Aspinwall, William Balston, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Robert Keayne, John Newgate. * 1639: John Winthrop, Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, Robert Harding, Richard Bellingham, John Coggan, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, Robert Keayne, John Newgate, Edward Gibbons, William Tyng, William Hibbens.

1640s

* 1640: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, John Newgate, William Hibbens, Atherton Hough. * 1641: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, John Oliver. * 1642: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, John Oliver, Valentine Hill. * 1643: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, John Oliver, Valentine Hill. * 1644: John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, John Oliver, Valentine Hill. * 1645: John Winthrop, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, John Oliver, Valentine Hill, Edward Tyng, Robert Keayne, Thomas Fowle. * 1646: John Winthrop, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, Valentine Hill, Robert Keayne. * 1647: William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, James Everill, William Davis. * 1648: William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, James Everill, Edward Tyng. * 1649: William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, James Everill, Jeremy Houchin.

1650s

* 1650: William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, Jeremy Houchin, Thomas Clarke. * 1651: Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, Edward Tyng, Jeremy Houchin, Thomas Clarke, Richard Parker, John Leverett. * 1652: Thomas Marshall, Jeremy Houchin, Thomas Clarke, Adam Winthrop, Thomas Savage, Edward Hutchinson, William Brenton. * 1653: Thomas Marshall, Jeremy Houchin, Edward Hutchinson, William Brenton, James Oliver, Samuel Cole, Peter Oliver. * 1654: Thomas Marshall, William Davis, Jeremy Houchin, William Brenton, James Oliver, Samuel Cole, Peter Oliver. * 1655: Thomas Marshall, William Davis, William Brenton, James Oliver, Samuel Cole, Peter Oliver, William Paddy. * 1656: Thomas Marshall, William Davis, William Brenton, James Oliver, Samuel Cole, Peter Oliver, William Paddy. * 1657: Thomas Marshall, William Brenton, William Paddy, Samuel Cole, William Davis, Joshua Scottow, John Hull. * 1658: William Paddy, William Davis, Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Broughton, Thomas Lake, Jacob Sheaffe. * 1659: William Davis, Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Broughton, Thomas Lake, Jacob Sheaffe, Hezekiah Usher.

1660s

* 1660: William Davis, Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Broughton, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, Nathaniel Williams. * 1661: William Davis, Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, Nathaniel Williams, Peter Oliver. * 1662: Joshua Scottow, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, Peter Oliver, James Oliver, Edward Rainsford, John Joyliffe. * 1663: Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, Peter Oliver, James Oliver, Edward Rainsford. * 1664: Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, Peter Oliver, James Oliver, Edward Rainsford. * 1665: Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, Peter Oliver, James Oliver, Edward Rainsford. * 1666: Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, Peter Oliver, James Oliver, Edward Rainsford. * 1667: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Peter Oliver, Joshua Scottow, John Hull, Edward Rainsford, Hezekiah Usher. * 1668: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Peter Oliver, Edward Rainsford, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, John Richards. * 1669: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Peter Oliver, Edward Rainsford, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, John Richards.

1670s

* 1670: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Peter Oliver, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, John Richards, William Davis. * 1671: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, John Richards, William Davis, Thomas Brattle. * 1672: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, John Richards, William Davis, Thomas Brattle. * 1673: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, John Richards, William Davis, Thomas Brattle. * 1674: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, William Davis, Thomas Brattle, John Lake. * 1675: Thomas Lake, James Oliver, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, William Davis, Thomas Brattle, John Lake. * 1676: Thomas Brattle, John Lake, Thomas Lake, Hezekiah Usher, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, James Oliver. * 1677: Thomas Brattle, John Lake, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, James Oliver, Henry Allen, Jacob Eliot. * 1678: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, James Oliver, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson. * 1679: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary.

1680s

* 1680: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary. * 1681: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood, John Marion Sr. * 1682: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood. * 1683: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood. * 1684: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis. * 1685: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Elisha Cooke. * 1686: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Elisha Cooke. * 1687: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Elisha Cooke. * 1688: Daniel Turell, John Fairweather, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Penn Townsend, James Hill, Isaac Addington, Adam Winthrop. * 1689: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Penn Townsend, James Hill, Adam Winthrop, Richard Middlecott.

1690s

* 1690: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Timothy Prout, Penn Townsend, James Hill, Adam Winthrop, Richard Middlecott, Thomas Walker, John Foster. * 1691: John Joyliffe, Timothy Prout, Penn Townsend, Thomas Walker, John Foster, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, Jeremiah Dummer, John Marion Sr. * 1692: Timothy Prout, Penn Townsend, Thomas Walker, John Foster, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, Jeremiah Dummer, John Marion Sr., Joseph Bridgham. * 1693: James Hill, Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Timothy Thornton, Ephraim Savage, Nathaniel Williams. * 1694: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Timothy Thornton, Ephraim Savage, John Eyre, Edward Bromfield. * 1695: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Ephraim Savage, John Eyre, Edward Bromfield, Samuel Legg. * 1696: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Ephraim Savage, Samuel Checkley, Samuel Legg, Samson Stoddard, Thomas Hunt. * 1697: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Thomas Hunt, Isaiah Tay, James Barnes, John Marion Jr. * 1698: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, Samson Stoddard, Thomas Hunt, Isaiah Tay, James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Simeon Stoddard. * 1699: Obadiah Gill, Isaiah Tay, James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Elizur Holyoke, Samuel Lynde, Timothy Clark.

18th century

1700s

* 1700: James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Elizur Holyoke, Timothy Clark, Robert Gibbs. * 1701: James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Timothy Clark, Robert Gibbs, John Barnard, John George, Giles Dyer, Richard Draper. * 1702: John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Timothy Clark, Robert Gibbs, John Barnard, Giles Dyer, Richard Draper, Robert Howard, Thomas Savage. * 1703: John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Timothy Clark, John Barnard, Giles Dyer, Robert Howard, Thomas Savage, Thomas Fitch. * 1704: John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Timothy Clark, John Barnard, Giles Dyer, Robert Howard, Thomas Fitch, Thomas Jackson. * 1705: Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Timothy Clark, John Barnard, Thomas Fitch, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Cushing, Elias Heath, Daniel Powning. * 1706: Daniel Powning, Joseph Prout, John Barnard, Thomas Cushing, Thomas Jackson, Elias Heath, Thomas Hutchinson, James Barnes, Timothy Clark. * 1707: Daniel Powning, Joseph Prout, Thomas Cushing, Thomas Hutchinson, Timothy Clark, Stephen Minot, Abraham Blith, Daniel Oliver, Francis Thresher. * 1708: Daniel Powning, Joseph Prout, Thomas Cushing, Stephen Minot, Daniel Oliver, Francis Thresher, Oliver Noyes. * 1709: Daniel Powning, James Barnes, Timothy Clark, Isaiah Tay, Jonas Clark, Samuel Marshall, Richard Draper, Ephraim Savage, Joseph Wadsworth.

1710s

* 1710: Daniel Powning, James Barnes, Timothy Clark, Isaiah Tay, Jonas Clark, Samuel Marshall, Ephraim Savage, Joseph Wadsworth, Edwin Martyn. * 1711: Isaiah Tay, Daniel Oliver, Thomas Cushing, Oliver Noyes, Joseph Wadsworth, Edward Hutchinson, Addington Davenport. * 1712: Isaiah Tay, Daniel Oliver, Joseph Wadsworth, Edward Hutchinson, Francis Clark, Paul Dudley, Thomas Savage. * 1713: Joseph Wadsworth, Edward Hutchinson, Francis Clark, John George, John Ruck, John Colman, William Payne. * 1714: Joseph Wadsworth, Edward Hutchinson, John Ruck, John Marion Jr., William Welsteed, Grove Hirst, Edward Winslow. * 1715: Joseph Wadsworth, John Marion Jr., William Welsteed, Habijah Savage, Samuel Greenwood, John Charnock, John Baker. * 1716: Joseph Wadsworth, John Marion Jr., William Welsteed, Habijah Savage, Samuel Greenwood, John Charnock, John Baker. * 1717: Joseph Wadsworth, John Marion Jr., William Welsteed, Habijah Savage, Samuel Greenwood, John Charnock, John Baker. * 1718: Joseph Wadsworth, John Marion Jr., William Welsteed, Habijah Savage, Samuel Greenwood, John Charnock, John Baker. * 1719: Isaiah Tay, Thomas Cushing, Oliver Noyes, John Marion Jr., Elisha Cooke, William Clark, Ebenezer Clough.

1720s

* 1720: Isaiah Tay, Thomas Cushing, Oliver Noyes, John Marion Jr., Elisha Cooke, William Clark, Ebenezer Clough. * 1721: Elisha Cooke, John Marion Jr., William Clark, Thomas Cushing, Ebenezer Clough, William Hutchinson, Nathaniel Green. * 1722: Elisha Cooke, John Marion Jr., William Clark, Thomas Cushing, Ebenezer Clough, Nathaniel Green, Isaiah Tay. * 1723: Elisha Cooke, John Marion Jr., Ebenezer Clough, Nathaniel Green, Isaiah Tay, Stephen Minot, Ezekiel Lewis. * 1724: John Marion Jr., Thomas Cushing, Nathaniel Green, Isaiah Tay, Stephen Minot, Ezekiel Lewis, Henry Deering. * 1725: John Marion Jr., Thomas Cushing, Nathaniel Green, Isaiah Tay, Stephen Minot, Ezekiel Lewis, Henry Deering. * 1726: Thomas Cushing, Nathaniel Green, Ezekiel Lewis, Henry Deering, John Baker, Jonathan Waldo, Timothy Prout. * 1727: John Baker, Jonathan Waldo, Timothy Prout, Oxinbridge Thatcher, John Hunt, David Farnum, Jonathan Williams. * 1728: John Baker, Jonathan Waldo, Timothy Prout, Oxinbridge Thatcher, John Hunt, David Farnum, Jonathan Williams. * 1729: Timothy Prout, Oxinbridge Thatcher, John Hunt, David Farnum, Jonathan Williams, Samuel Adams, Jonathan Loring.

1730s

* 1730: Samuel Adams, Jonathan Loring, Samuel White, Joshua Cheever, Andrew Tyler, Benjamin Fitch, John Osborn. * 1731: Jonathan Loring, Samuel Adams, Samuel White, Joshua Cheever, Andrew Tyler, John Osborn, Benjamin Fitch. * 1732: Samuel Adams, Samuel White, Joshua Cheever, Andrew Tyler, Benjamin Fitch, Edward Bromfield Jr., William Downe. * 1733: Edward Bromfield Jr., William Downe, Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, John Jeffries, Joshua Winslow, Nathaniel Saltonstall. * 1734: Edward Bromfield Jr., William Downe, Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, John Jeffries, Joshua Winslow, Alexander Forsyth. * 1735: Edward Bromfield Jr., William Downe, Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, John Jeffries, Joshua Winslow, Alexander Forsyth. * 1736: Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, John Eastwick, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke. * 1737: Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hutchinson Jr. * 1738: Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hutchinson Jr. * 1739: Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hutchinson Jr.

1740s

* 1740: John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hutchinson Jr., Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke. * 1741: John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel. * 1742: John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel. * 1743: John Jeffries, Alexander Forsyth, Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel, Thomas Hutchinson Jr. * 1744: Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel, Thomas Hutchinson Jr., Samuel Adams, William Salter. * 1745: Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel, Thomas Hutchinson Jr., Samuel Adams, William Salter, Henry Atkins. * 1746: Jonas Clarke, Thomas Hancock, John Steel, Samuel Adams, William Salter, Henry Atkins, Abiel Walley. * 1747: John Steel, Samuel Adams, William Salter, Abiel Walley, John Tyng, Jeremiah Belknap, Samuel Grant. * 1748: Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel, William Salter, John Tyng, Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill. * 1749: Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel, William Salter, Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, John Gardner.

1750s

* 1750: Thomas Hancock, Middlecott Cooke, John Steel, William Salter, Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, John Gardner. * 1751: Thomas Hancock, John Steel, Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, John Gardner, Joshua Henshaw, George Holmes. * 1752: Thomas Hancock, John Steel, Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, Joshua Henshaw, George Holmes, Joseph Jackson. * 1753: John Steel, Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, Joshua Henshaw, Joseph Jackson, Thomas Cushing, Samuel Hewes. * 1754: Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, Joshua Henshaw, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay. * 1755: Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, Joshua Henshaw, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay. * 1756: Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, Joshua Henshaw, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay. * 1757: Samuel Grant, Thomas Hill, Joshua Henshaw, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay. * 1758: Joshua Henshaw, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Andrew Oliver Jr., Benjamin Austin. * 1759: Joshua Henshaw, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Andrew Oliver Jr., Benjamin Austin.

1760s

* 1760: Joshua Henshaw, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Andrew Oliver Jr., Benjamin Austin. * 1761: Thomas Cushing, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Benjamin Austin, Samuel Sewall, Samuel Phillips Savage, Ezekiel Lewis. * 1762: Thomas Cushing, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Benjamin Austin, Samuel Sewall, Samuel Phillips Savage, Ezekiel Lewis. * 1763: Thomas Cushing, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Benjamin Austin, Samuel Sewall, Ezekiel Lewis, Nathaniel Thwing. * 1764: Joshua Henshaw, Joseph Jackson, John Scollay, Benjamin Austin, Samuel Sewall, Nathaniel Thwing, John Ruddock. * 1765: Joshua Henshaw, Joseph Jackson, Benjamin Austin, Samuel Sewall, Nathaniel Thwing, John Ruddock. * 1766: Joseph Jackson, Samuel Sewall, John Ruddock,

, William Phillips, Timothy Newell, John Rowe. * 1767: Joseph Jackson, Samuel Sewall, John Ruddock, John Hancock, William Phillips, Timothy Newell, John Rowe. * 1768: Joshua Henshaw, Joseph Jackson, John Ruddock, John Hancock, John Rowe, Samuel Pemberton, Henderson Inches. * 1769: Joshua Henshaw, Joseph Jackson, John Ruddock, John Hancock, Samuel Pemberton, Henderson Inches, Jonathan Mason.

1770s

* 1770: Joshua Henshaw, Joseph Jackson, John Ruddock, John Hancock, Samuel Pemberton, Henderson Inches, Jonathan Mason. * 1771: Joseph Jackson, John Ruddock, John Hancock, Samuel Pemberton, Henderson Inches, Jonathan Mason, Ebenezer Storer. * 1772: John Scollay, John Ruddock, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Oliver Wendell, Samuel Austin. * 1773: John Scollay, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Oliver Wendell, Samuel Austin, John Pitts. * 1774: John Scollay, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts. * 1775: John Scollay, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts. * 1776: John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts, Ebenezer Storer, Nathaniel Appleton, John Greenleaf, Henry Bromfield. * 1777: John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Thomas Greenough, Jonathan Williams, John Preston. * 1778: John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Thomas Greenough, Jonathan Williams, John Preston, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price. * 1779: John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Thomas Greenough, Jonathan Williams, John Preston, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price.

1780s

* 1780: John Scollay, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price, William Mackey, Tuttle Hubbard. * 1781: John Scollay, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price, William Mackey, Tuttle Hubbard. * 1782: John Scollay, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price, William Mackey, Tuttle Hubbard. * 1783: John Scollay, Harbottle Dorr, Thomas Greenough, Ezekiel Price, William Mackey, Tuttle Hubbard, David Jeffries. * 1784: John Scollay, Thomas Greenough, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price, William Mackey, David Jeffries, John Lucas. * 1785: John Scollay, Ezekiel Price, William Mackey, John Brown, Edward Tyler, John Andrews, William Browne, Moses Grant, William Cunningham. * 1786: John Scollay, Harbottle Dorr, Ezekiel Price, John Brown, Edward Tyler, John Andrews, Moses Grant, William Cunningham, Thomas Walley. * 1787: John Scollay, Harbottle Dorr, Ezekiel Price, John Brown, Edward Tyler, John Andrews, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever. * 1788: John Scollay, Harbottle Dorr, Ezekiel Price, John Brown, Edward Tyler, John Andrews, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever. * 1789: John Scollay, Harbottle Dorr, Ezekiel Price, Edward Tyler, John Andrews, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Jabez Hatch.

1790s

* 1790: John Scollay, Harbottle Dorr, Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Jabez Hatch, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards. * 1791: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Samuel Cabot, Charles Bulfinch. * 1792: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Charles Bulfinch, William Scollay. * 1793: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Charles Bulfinch, William Scollay. * 1794: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Charles Bulfinch, William Scollay. * 1795: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, William Scollay, Jesse Putnam. * 1796: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, David Tilden, Russell Sturgis. * 1797: Thomas Edwards, William Little, David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Benjamin Austin, Ebenezer Hancock, Joseph Howard, Jonathan Harris, Ebenezer Sever. * 1798: Thomas Edwards, William Little, David Tilden, Benjamin Austin, Ebenezer Hancock, Jonathan Harris, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone. * 1799: David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Ebenezer Hancock, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Samuel Cobb.

19th century

1800s

* 1800: David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Ebenezer Hancock, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver. * 1801: David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell. * 1802: David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell. * 1803: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman. * 1804: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman. * 1805: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman. * 1806: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Joseph Kittle. * 1807: Charles Bulfinch, David Tilden, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Joseph Kittle, Jonathan Chapman. * 1808: Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster. * 1809: Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld.

1810s

* 1810: Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld. * 1811: Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld. * 1812: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering. * 1813: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering. * 1814: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering. * 1815: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering, Edmund Hart. * 1816: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering, George G. Lee, John Bray, Turner Phillips, John Howe. * 1817: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Lovering, Joseph Austin, Turner Phillips, Henry Bass, Samuel Dorr, Enoch Silsby. * 1818: Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Lovering, Joseph Austin, Turner Phillips, Henry Bass, Samuel Dorr, Enoch Silsby, Henry Farnham. * 1819: Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Lovering, Joseph Austin, Turner Phillips, Henry Bass, Samuel Dorr, Enoch Silsby, Lemuel Shaw.

1820s

* 1820: Daniel Baxter, Samuel Billings, Abram Babcock, Jonathan Loring, Eliphalet Williams, Robert Fennelly, Jeremiah Fitch, Samuel A. Wells, David W. Child, Benjamin Austin. * 1821: Daniel Baxter, Samuel Billings, Abram Babcock, Jonathan Loring, Eliphalet Williams, Robert Fennelly, Jeremiah Fitch, Samuel A. Wells, David W. Child.

References

External links

Boston Record Commissioner's Reports (includes selectmen) * City of Boston
Guide to the Town of Boston records
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