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Excerpt from Record of the Military Service of Captain Joseph Goldthwait, Adjutant of Pepperrel's Regiment at the Siege of Louisburg, 1745
March 10, 1734, he was chosen one of the constables of the town; also in 1735. In 1738 he was elected First Sergeant of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. In 1737 he was a licensed inn-holder of Boston, and again, September 10, 1742. In 1743 he was appointed Ensign in the regiment of militia of which Jacob Wendell was Colonel; William Downe, Lieutenant Colonel; Daniel Henchman, Major; and his father, John Goldthwait, was Captain. (boston Evening Post, March 7, March 1, 1744, Joseph Goldthwait, shopkeeper, gives to Ezekiel Goldthwait all right to estate of mother, Martha Lewis, in upper side of Fish Street. He was chosen scavenger in 1743, and 17 5 3 - 63, was appointed a sealer of wood, etc. He applied to the Selectmen praying that he may be appointed an undertaker (contractor), for the sweeping of the chimneys in the town. Voted that he be appointed, etc., providedthat he give bonds as usual (pp. 146, 189, 219, Boston Records, 17 5 3 Then follows certificate by Select men to Joseph Goldthwait with regard to sweeping chimneys, etc.
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