Eastham Town Officials
Extracted from
A Comprehensive History, Ecclesiastical & Civil of
Eastham, Wellfleet & Orleans
County of Barnstable, Mass., From 1644 to 1844
By Rev. Enoch PRATT, of Brewster,
Yarmouth, 1844

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

CENSUS 1644 - 49 (7 families) 1663 - 275 1676 - 520 1703 - 948 1749 - 2000 1764 - 1331 (the year after Wellfleet was separated) 1790 - 2064 1797 - 840 (after the separation of Orleans) 1800 - 800 1810 - 782 1820 - 766 1830 - 966 1840 - 955 DEPUTIES TO THE OLD COLONY COURT AT PLYMOUTH 1647 - Edward BANGS & Dea. John DOANE 1648 - Joseph COOK & Richard HIGGINS 1649 - Dea. John DOANE & Richard HIGGINS 1650 - Edward BANGS & Joseph COOK 1651 - Nicholas SNOW & Dea. John FREEMAN 1652 - Dea. John FREEMAN & Josiah COOK 1653 - Nicholas SNOW & Joseph COOK [From 1654 to 1659, the record of deputies chosen by the town is lost.] 1660 - Deac. John FREEMAN & John COLE (Dea. FREEMAN was for several years an Assistant to the Governor.) 1661 - Richard HIGGINS & John COLE 1662 - Josiah COOK & Edward BANGS 1664 - Edward BANGS & John COLE 1665 - Richard HIGGINS & Josiah COOK 1666 - Dea. John FREEMAN & Josiah COOK 1667 - Richard HIGGINS & Daniel COLE 1668 & 1669 - No record of deputies 1670 - Daniel COLE & William NICKERSON 1671 - Jabez COOK & Thomas PAINE 1672 - Daniel COLE & Jonathan SPARROW 1673 - Dea. John DOANE & Jonathan SPARROW 1674 - Jonathan SPARROW & Jonathan BANGS 1675 - Jonathan SPARROW 1676 - Jonathan BANGS 1677 - Jonathan SPARROW & Mark SNOW 1678 - Thomas PAINE & Jonathan SPARROW 1679, 80, & 81 - No deputies 1682 - Jonathan SPARROW & Jonathan BANGS 1683 - Jonathan BANGS & Jonathan SPARROW 1684 - Jonathan SPARROW & Dea. John DOANE 1685 - Dea. John DOANE & Jonathan SPARROW 1686 - Jonathan SPARROW & Mark SNOW 1687 & 88 - Jonathan BANGS 1689 - Dea. John DOANE & Mark SNOW 1690 - Jonathan SPARROW & Thomas PAINE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON 1692 - Capt. Jona. SPARROW, Ensign Jona. BANGS 1693 - Thomas SMITH 1694 - John DOANE, Jr. 1695 - Thomas SMITH 1696 - Thomas PAINE 1697 - Samuel FREEMAN 1698 - Israel COLE 1699 - Jona. SPARROW 1700 - Israel COLE 1701 - John DOANE, Jr. 1702 - Jona. SPARROW 1703 - John PAINE 1704 - Capt. Sam'l FREEMAN 1705 - (blank) 1706 to 1708 - Samuel KNOWLES 1709 - John PAINE 1710 - Samuel KNOWLES 1711 - Samuel MAYO 1712 - Samuel KNOWLES 1713 - (blank) 1714 - John PAINE 1715 - Samuel MAYO 1716 - John PAINE 1717 - Joshua HIGGINS 1718 - John PAINE 1719 to 1720 - Samuel KNOWLES 1721 - Joshua HIGGINS, Isaac PEPPER 1722 - Isaac PEPPER 1723 - Samuel KNOWLES 1724 - John PAINE 1726 to 1727 - Joseph DOANE 1728 - Samuel KNOWLES 1729 - Israel COLE (this year the General Court was held at Salem) 1730 - Capt. John KNOWLES 1731 to 1732 - William PAINE 1733 to 1734 - John PAINE 1735 - William PAINE 1736 to 1737 - John PAINE, Jr. 1738 to 1739 - William PAINE 1740 - John PAINE, Jr. 1741 to 1742 - Capt. John KNOWLES 1743 to 1744 - William PAINE 1745 - Samuel KNOWLES 1746 - John PAINE, Jr. 1747 to 1748 - Samuel KNOWLES 1749 - William PAINE 1750 - John PAINE, Jr. 1751 - Dea. John FREEMAN 1752 - (blank) 1753 - Dea. John FREEMAN 1754 - (blank) 1755 - Dea. John FREEMAN 1756 to 1757 - Capt. Jona. PEPPER 1758 - Sylvanus SNOW 1759 - Jonathan DOANE 1760 - Sylvanus SNOW 1761 - Jonathan DOANE 1762 - (blank) 1763 to 1764 - Capt. Sol. PEPPER 1765 - Jonathan DOANE 1766 - Maj. Elisha DOANE 1767 - Thomas PAINE 1768 - Maj. Elisha DOANE, Barnabas FREEMAN 1769 - Barnabas FREEMAN 1770 - Thomas PAINE 1771 - Barnabas FREEMAN 1772 to 1774 - (blank) 1775 - Amos KNOWLES, Barnabas FREEMAN (Mr. KNOWLES was sent to the 2nd Provincial Congress, at Cambridge, on the 1st of Feb. Mr. FREEMAN represented the town in the same body, at Watertown, on the 31st of July.) 1776 - Amos KNOWLES 1777 - Capt. Sol. PEPPER 1778 - Barnabas FREEMAN, Josiah ROGERS 1779 - Barnabas FREEMAN 1780 to 1781 - Thomas PAINE 1782 to 1785 - Nathan DOANE 1786 to 1794 - Elijah KNOWLES, Esq. 1795, Simeon KINGMAN, Esq. 1796 - (blank) 1797 - Capt. Michael COLLINS 1798 - Dea. Benjamin CLARK 1799 - (blank) 1800 - Elisha MAYO 1801 to 1803 - (blank) 1804 to 1810 - Samuel FREEMAN, Esq. 1811 to 1812 - John DOANE 1813 to 1814 - Capt. Heman SMITH 1815 - (blank) 1816 - Samuel FREEMAN, Esq. 1817 to 1818 - Joshua P. ATWOOD 1819 to 1820 - Harding KNOWLES 1821 - Samuel FREEMAN, Esq. 1822 - (blank) 1823 - Samuel FREEMAN, Esq. 1824 - Harding KNOWLES 1825 - (blank) 1826 - Harding KNOWLES 1827 - Samuel FREEMAN, Esq. 1828 to 1829 - Capt. Jesse COLLINS 1830 to 1831 - Capt. Sam'l KNOWLES 1832 - Michael COLLINS 1833 to 1834 - Capt. David ATWOOD 1835 to 1836 - George COLLINS 1837 to 1838 - Rev. Philander SHAW 1839 - Barnabas FREEMAN 1840 to 1841 - Henry HORTON 1842 - Benjamin H. A. COLLINS, Esq. 1843 - Elijah E. KNOWLES TOWN TREASURERS Edward BANGS, 1646-1665 Daniel DOANE, 1666-1675 Thomas PAINE, 1676-1694 Joseph DOANE, 1703-1708 John PAINE, 1709-1730 Edward KNOWLES, 1731-1740 Samuel FREEMAN, 1741-1749 Edward KNOWLES, 1750-1758 Jabez SNOW, 1759-1760 Edward KNOWLES, 1761-1774 Gideon BATY, 1755-1779 Richard KNOWLES, 1780-1782 Isaac PEPPER, 1783-1785 Samuel HIGGINS, 1786-1790 Isaac SPARROW, 1791-1793 Elijah KNOWLES, 1794-1796 Dea. Benjamin CLARK, 1797-1804 Dea. Ebenezer PAINE, !805-1824 George CLARK, 1825-1830 Joshua PAINE, 1831-1836 Samuel KNOWLES, 1837-1841 Nathan KNOWLES, 1842-___ TOWN CLERKS The following oath was administered to those who wee chosen for this office, by order of the Court: "You shall fairly & fully serve in the office of a Town Clerk in the town of Eastham for the present year, and so long as by mutual consent the town & you shall agree, -- during which time you shall carefully & faithfully pen all such records you shall be intrusted withall; and shall record all town acts and orders, and shall enter all town grants & conveyances. You shall record all births & marriages & burials, that shall be brought to you within the town; and shall publish all contracts of marriage, you shall be required to do, according to the order of the Court." Dated 20 Oct 1646. Nicholas SNOW, 1646-1662 Mark SNOW, 1663-1675 Daniel DOANE, 1676-1692 Mark SNOW, 1663-1665 Thomas PAINE, 1695-1703 John PAINE, 1704-1729 Joseph DOANE, 1729-1743 Thomas KNOWLES, 1748-1758 Jabez SNOW, 1759-1760 Edward KNOWLES, 1761-1774 Gideon BATY, 1774-1779 Richard KNOWLES, 1779-1782 Isaac PEPPER, 1782-1785 Samuel HIGGINS, 1786-1790 Isaac SPARROW, 1790-1793 Elijah KNOWLES, 1793-1796 Dea. Benjamin CLARK, 1797-1804 Dea. Ebenezer PAINE, 1805-1824 George CLARK, 1824-1830 Joshua PAINE, 1830-1836 Samuel KNOWLES, 1836-1841 Nathan KNOWLES, 1842-____ SELECTMEN [Their names are given the first year they were chosen, and the number of years they served, without noticing the yearly changes.] 1663 - Mr. John FREEMAN, 10 yrs 1663 - Mr. Nicholas SNOW, 7 yrs 1663 - Dea. John DOANE, 14 yrs 1665 - Mr. Edward BANGS, 2 yrs 1665 - Mr. Richard HIGGINS, 3 yrs 1667 - Mr. Mark SNOW, 18 yrs 1667 - Mr. Daniel COLE, 9 yrs 1667 - Mr. John DOANE, Jr., 8 yrs 1670 - Mr. Josiah COOK, 1 yr 1670 - Mr. William NICKERSON, 1 yr 1671 - Dea. Jonathna SPARROW, 10 yrs 1671 - Mr. Thomas PAINE, 19 yrs 1672 - Mr. Goodman NICKERSON, 1 yr 1673 - Mr. Joseph HARDING, 1 yr 1674 - Capt. Jonathan BANGS, 3 yrs 1687 - Mr. Daniel DOANE, 4 yrs 1687 - Mr. Jabez SNOW, 4 yrs 1688 - Mr. Benjamin HIGGINS, 1 yr 1690 - Mr. Thomas MAYO, 12 yrs 1691 - Mr. Thomas PAINE, Jr., 3 yrs 1691 - Mr. Isaac PEPPER, 11 yrs 1692 - Dea. Samuel KNOWLES, 6 yrs 1693 - Capt. Samuel FREEMAN, 6 yrs 1693 - Mr. John PAINE, 6 yrs 1694 - Mr. Israel COLE, 5 yrs 1695 - Capt. Edmond FREEMAN, 7 yrs 1697 - Mr. Daniel COLE, Jr., 1 yr 1698 - Lt. Samuel PAINE, 6 yrs 1700 - Mr. Samuel MAYO, Sr., 6 yrs 1700 - Mr. Thomas MUMFORD, 4 yrs 1700 - Mr. Joseph DOANE, 5 yrs 1703 - Mr. Joseph SNOW, Jr., 1 yr 1706 - Mr. W. FREEMAN, 1 yr 1707 - Mr. Nathaniel FREEMAN, 1 yr 1717 - Edward KNOWLES, Esq., 10 yrs 1718 - Mr. Micajah SNOW, 4 yrs 1719 - Mr. Jonathan YOUNG, 2 yrs 1719 - Mr. Israel DOANE, 3 yrs 1722 - Mr. Samuel KNOWLES, Jr., 6 yrs 1733 - Mr. Samuel DOANE, 8 yrs 1733 - Mr. James ROGERS, 7 yrs 1735 - Mr. Benjamin HIGGINS, 1 yr 1736 - Capt. John KNOWLES, 1 yr 1736 - Lt. John FREEMAN, 3 yrs 1736 - Mr. Ralph SMITH, 1 yr 1737 - Mr. Samuel DOANE, 6 yrs 1737 - Mr. Samuel FREEMAN, Jr., 1 yr 1738 - Mr. John RICH, 5 yrs 1741 - Capt. Samuel KNOWLES, 3 yrs 1743 - Capt. John FREEMAN, 2 yrs 1743 - Mr. Jabez SNOW, Jr., 2 yrs 1743 - Mr. Zoheth SMITH, 6 yrs 1743 - Mr. Jonathan DOANE, 2 yrs 1743 - Mr. Sylvanus SNOW, 2 yrs 1744 - Mr. Thomas KNOWLES, 3 yrs 1744 - Mr. Joshua HIGGINS, Jr., 4 yrs 1744 - Mr. Jeremiah MAYO, 1 yr 1745 - Mr. Joshua HIGGINS, Jr., 4 yrs 1747 - Capt. Samuel SMITH, 1 yr 1747 - Mr. Amos KNOWLES, 1 yr 1747 - Mr. Jonathan SMITH, 1 yr 1749 - Mr. Joshua KNOWLES, 2 yrs 1749 - Mr. Edmond FREEMAN, Jr., 2 yrs 1750 - Mr. James HIGGINS, 7 yrs 1752 - Mr. Ebenezer HIGGINS, 2 yrs 1754 - Mr. Daniel DOANE, Jr., 4 yrs 1760 - Mr. Ebenezer ATWOOD, 1 yr 1760 - Col. Willard KNOWLES, 4 yrs 1761 - Mr. Joseph COLE, 14 yrs 1761 - Mr. Samuel SMITH, 3d, 4 yrs 1762 - Samuel DOANE, Jr., 1 yr 1765 - Mr. Joshua KNOWLES, 2 yrs 1765 - Dea. Jonathan HIGGINS, 12 yrs 1769 - Mr. James SNOW, 1 yr 1771 - Mr. Simeon DOANE, 6 yrs 1773 - Mr. Elisha SMITH, 2 yrs 1775 - Mr. Amos KNOWLES, Jr., 5 yrs 1777 - Mr. Barnabas FREEMAN, 2 yrs 1778 - Mr. William MYRICK, Jr., 1 yr 1779 - Mr. Nehemiah YOUNG, 6 yrs 1779 - Mr. Nathaniel MAYO, 2 yrs 1780 - Mr. Jonathan LINNELL, Jr., 1 yr 1781 - Mr. John DOANE, Jr., 8 yrs 1782 - Mr. Gideon FREEMAN, 2 yrs 1782 - Mr. Heman LINNELL, 12 yrs 1784 - Joseph KNOWLES, 1 yr 1788 - Mr. Nathan DOANE 1788 - Mr. Samuel HIGGINS, 3 yrs 1791 - Mr. Joseph PEPPER, 4 yrs 1794 - Mr. Hezekiah HIGGINS, 2 yrs 1797 - Mr. Judah ROGERS, 2 yrs 1797 - Dea. Joseph PEPPER, 3 yrs 1797 - Samuel FREEMAN, Esq., 23 yrs 1797 - Mr. James MAYO, 2 yrs 1799 - Capt. Michael COLLINS, 2 yrs 1801 - Mr. James COLE, 4 yrs 1801 - Mr. Samuel SMITH, 9 yrs 1805 - Mr. David BROWN, 4 yrs 1807 - Mr. Obed KNOWLES, 9 yrs 1807 - Harding KNOWLES, Esq., 13 yrs 1807 - Mr. John DOANE, 5 yrs 1815 - Elisha MAYO, Esq., 2 yrs 1817 - Joshua ATWOOD, Esq., 1 yrs 1817 - Mr. Freeman KNOWLES, 4 yrs 1818 - Mr. Timothy COLE, 1 yrs 1818 - Mr. George CLARK, 2 yrs 1819 - Mr. Joshua HIGGINS, 4 yrs 1823 - Capt Parker BROWN, 4 yrs 1824 - Mr. Samuel KNOWLES, 13 yrs 1826 - Mr. James H. KNOWLES, 5 yrs 1830 - Mr. Cushing HORTON, 1 yr 1831 - Mr. Barnabas DOANE, 2 yrs 1831 - Mr. Barnabas FREEMAN, 4 yrs 1834 - Mr. Noah DOANE, 2 yrs 1834 - Michael COLLINS, Esq., 10 yrs 1836 - Mr. David C. ATWOOD, 9 yrs 1838 - Mr. Joshua PAINE, 7 yrs