d. Member Massachusetts Lodge,
1789.

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DR. JOHN PRINCE

Was pastor of the First Church, in Salem, from 1779 to his death, June
3, 1836. He was a native of Boston, and was a witness only of the
destruction of the tea, as he informed Colonel Russell, of the
"Centinel," long afterward. Admitted member Massachusetts Lodge, 11th
January, 1780.

COLONEL EDWARD PROCTOR,

A prominent citizen and military officer of Boston, died there in
November, 1811; aged seventy-eight. He was an importer of West India
goods, at the sign of the "Schooner," in Fish Street, at the North End,
before the war, after which he was in the auction business, at No. 1
Union Street. He was an active patriot, and was placed on the committee
to obtain the resignation of the consignees of the tea, and commanded
the guard on the "Dartmouth," on the night of November 29, 1773.[22] In
1756, he joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, of
which his grandfather, Edward Proctor, had been a member in 1699; was in
the service during the Revolutionary war, and was a member of the
committees of correspondence and of safety. He became a member of the
Masonic fraternity in 1765, when he joined St. Andrew's Lodge; was
master in 1774-76, and was junior grand warden of the Massachusetts
Grand Lodge in 1781. For some years previous to his death, he was one of
the Overseers of the Poor, and was a fireward in 1784-89. Hannah, his
widow, died October 31, 1832, aged 87.

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COLONEL HENRY PURKITT,

Born in Boston, March 18, 1755, died March 3, 1846. He was educated at
the public schools of Boston; was afterwards apprenticed to Samuel Peck,
the cooper, a zealous "Son of Liberty," and member of the tea party, and
was himself active on that occasion, in disobedience to his master's
orders. His reminiscences of the affair have been related on a previous
page. Enlisting as a soldier in the Revolutionary army, he served
through the war, and was present at Trenton and Brandywine, and was at
one time a sergeant in Pulaski's Cavalry. After the war, he carried on
his trade of cooper successfully, in connection with his former
fellow-apprentice, Dolbear, in South Street. In 1803, appointed
inspector-general of pickled fish, and performed the duty satisfactorily
for thirty-five years. Joining a company of cavalry after the war, he
passed through a