Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . and Sciences. During many years he was the mostprominent physician in Northern Middlesex. He died in officeNovember 17, 1804, aged seventy-three years. 196 ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. Hon, James Prescott, of Gtoton^ 1805 to J82I (J6 yeais). ^lUS^^Cjcr^ Born April 19, 1766. Son of Colonel James from Harvard in 1788. He was a fine scholar, butpossessed of an irascible and unfortunate temper, which involvedhim in many dilBculties which should have been avoided. Hew
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . and Sciences. During many years he was the mostprominent physician in Northern Middlesex. He died in officeNovember 17, 1804, aged seventy-three years. 196 ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. Hon, James Prescott, of Gtoton^ 1805 to J82I (J6 yeais). ^lUS^^Cjcr^ Born April 19, 1766. Son of Colonel James from Harvard in 1788. He was a fine scholar, butpossessed of an irascible and unfortunate temper, which involvedhim in many dilBculties which should have been avoided. Hewas Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas six years fromJune 3, 1805. After serving sixteen years as Judge of Probate,he was impeached by the House in 1831, tried by the Senate, andremoved from office on charges which involved no questions ofintegrity or moral turpitude. This trial was one of the mostfamous in the annals of the General Court. Webster and othergreat lawyers participated in it. He died October 14, 1829, agedsixty-three years. Hon, Samttel Phillips Prescott Fay^ of Cambridge^ J82J to J856(35 years).. Born in Concord May 10, 1778. Graduated from Harvardin 1798. Appointed a captain in the American army, organizedto resist a threatened invasion of the French in 1798. Represen-tative, 1808-9-10-11-12-15-16-17 and 1820. Member of theGovernors Council, 1818-19, and of the Constitutional Conven-tion of 1820. He was Grand Master of Masons in 1820. Over-seer Harvard College, 1825 to 1852. Died in Cambridge MayIS, 1856, aged seventy-eight years.
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