An historic guide to Cambridge . e house was on Brattle street, comer of Sparksstreet, and Rebecca was the wife of Judge Lee, whose estate adjoined thatof Lechmere on the west. Colonel David Phips married Mary Greenleaf, ofBoston, in 1753, and his seven children may all have been born here. Hewas high sheriff of Middlesex and resided here until the war clouds of theRevolution, in 1775 caused him to slip away with other tories and make hisway to England. The property was confiscated, but King George smiled up- MAP B. 68. Crosby-Langhorne-Deming-Brattle Estate. 69. Read House. 70. John Champney-
An historic guide to Cambridge . e house was on Brattle street, comer of Sparksstreet, and Rebecca was the wife of Judge Lee, whose estate adjoined thatof Lechmere on the west. Colonel David Phips married Mary Greenleaf, ofBoston, in 1753, and his seven children may all have been born here. Hewas high sheriff of Middlesex and resided here until the war clouds of theRevolution, in 1775 caused him to slip away with other tories and make hisway to England. The property was confiscated, but King George smiled up- MAP B. 68. Crosby-Langhorne-Deming-Brattle Estate. 69. Read House. 70. John Champney-Bridge-Blowers-Hill-Eplscopal Theological School. 71. Adams - Bancroft - Remington - Belcher- Frizell - Vassall - Medical Headquar- ters-Batchelder House. 72. Col. John Vassall-Washingtons Headquarters-Craigie-Longfellow. 73. Lechmere-Sewall-von Riedesel-English Thomas Lee-Brewster. 74. Hooper-Waldo-Joseph Lee-Nicholls. 75. Marrett-Ruggles-Fayerweather-Wells. 76. Elmwood-Oliver-GeTry-Lowell-Hospital. 77. John Vassall Sen. HISTORIC GUIDE TO CAMBRIDGE Sa on him, and rich grants in England compensated him for the loss of his love-ly New England home. In the latter part of 1776, Thaddeus Mason, whose house In Charlestownhad been destroyed by the British, the day of the battle of Bunker Hill, re-moved to Cambridge and established himself in the Phips house where helived with his family until he bought the Judah Monis house on Boylstonstreet ten years later. Soon after graduating from Harvard College, in 1728,Mr. Mason was appointed private secretary to Governor Belcher; later, hewas made deputy naval officer for the port of Boston; deputy secretary ofthe province in 1734; justice of the peace for Middlesex in 1749; clerk of thecourt of sessions in 1735 and of the court of common pleas, an office he heldfor fifty-four years. He was also register of deeds for several years. was three times married. His first wife was Rebecca Williams, de-scendant of the Leverett, Addi
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