Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . ecial election to fill the vacancy. As an ardent andactive patriot he took a prominent part in the proceedings whichbrought about the Revolution, it being a matter of record thathe was elected Moderator of a meeting which assembled at theOld South meeting house, December 14, 1773, to take action con-cerning the tea, and he was also one of a committee appointed toobtain from the collector a clearance for the tea ships. At thebattle of Bunker Hill, the British destroyed his
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . ecial election to fill the vacancy. As an ardent andactive patriot he took a prominent part in the proceedings whichbrought about the Revolution, it being a matter of record thathe was elected Moderator of a meeting which assembled at theOld South meeting house, December 14, 1773, to take action con-cerning the tea, and he was also one of a committee appointed toobtain from the collector a clearance for the tea ships. At thebattle of Bunker Hill, the British destroyed his mansion house,coopers shop and distillery, amounting in the aggregate to 13-1- ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. £2,17G sterling. His wife died in Dorchester, October, 1811, andhe appears to have been Hving at that time, but when administra-tion upon her estate was appHed for in 1815 he was represented tobe deceased. He was one of the founders of American Libertywho sufifered for the cause. At the time of his death he was up-wards of ninety years of age. Adj. Gen. Ebenezer Bridge, of Chelmsford, 1778 to J 807 (29 years). ^^-^^^^^t. Born there April 29, YiW. He was the son of Rev. Eben-ezer Bridge, a distinguished minister of that town, and was grad-uated at Harvard in 1T(U. After leaving college, he taughtschool in Worcester for several terms, and finally became a dealerin East and West India goods in Billerica. In 1775 he waschosen Colonel of the Twenty-seventh Regiment of regiment participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, where hewas wounded. He was also the first Adjutant-General of thisCommonwealth, having been appointed under the first Act forthe government of the Militia, approved March 3, 1781. Hisappointment fixed him at that time as a citizen of was Register of Deeds from 1776 to 1781, and Senator from1781 to 1800. Why he did not remain in the military service inthe field is probably explained from the fact that the manage-ment of his command at Bunker
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