Chelsea Representatives to General Court 1739-1800

Representatives to the
General Court from Chelsea 1739 – 1800

(Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh
and Pullen Point)

*DATE*	*REPRESENTATIVE*
May 16, 1739	Samuel Watts, Esq.
May 21, 1740	Samuel Watts, Esq.
May 18, 1741	Samuel Watts, Esq.
June 30, 1741	Samuel Watts, Esq.
May 20, 1742	Samuel Watts, Esq.
May 18, 1743	Voted not to send a representative.
May 17, 1744	Voted not to send a representative.
May, 1745 to May, 1748	Lt. Thomas Pratt.
May 17, 1749	Nathanael Oliver, Jr.
May 14, 1750	Nathanael Oliver, Jr.
May, 1751, to May, 1756	No representative sent.
May 16, 1757	Thomas Goldthwait.
June 9, 1757	Thomas Goldthwait.
May, 1758, to May, 1763	Thomas Goldthwait.
May 23, 1764	Samuel Floyd.
May 21, 1765	Voted not to send a representative. 24 nays to 17 yeas.
May 22, 1766	Thomas Pratt.
May 25, 1767	Voted not to send a representative.
May 19, 1768	Voted not to send a representative. 19 nays to 5 yeas. Chose Thomas Pratt, Samuel Watts, Jr., and Samuel Pratt a committee to petition the General Court for relief from overtaxation.
Sept 21, 1768	Lt. Thomas Pratt chosen a “Committeeman” to meet the Committee of Convention at Faneuil Hall on Sept. 22.
May 25, 1769	Voted not to send a representative.
May 28 1770	Voted not to send a representative. Chose Lt. Thomas Pratt, Capt Jonathan Green, and Samuel Floyd a committee to petition the General Court for relief from overtaxation.
May 21, 1771	Lt. Thomas Pratt
May 21, 1772	Lt. Thomas Pratt
May 24, 1773	Voted not to send a representative.
May 23, 1774	Voted not to send a representative.
August 26, 1774	Chose Samuel Sprague, Samuel Sargeant, and Samuel Watts to meet the Committee of Correspondence of the County of Suffolk at Dedham on September 6.
Oct. 3, 1774	Samuel Watts chosen a delegate or committeeman to the Provincial Congress at Concord Oct. 11, and a representative to the General Court at Salem Oct. 5.
Jan. 4 1775	Samuel Watts representative to the Provincial Congress at Cambridge in February.
April 11, 1775	Capt. Samuel Sprague chosen to meet the County Committee at Milton April 26.
May 30, 1775	Deacon John Sale, to the Provincial Congress at Watertown.
July 10, 1775	Deacon John Sale to the General Court at Watertown on July 19.
Jan. 2, 1776	Committee to wait on the General Court with a petition or remonstrance against unequal taxation: Capt. Jonathan Green, Capt. Samuel Sprague, Samuel Watts.
May 21, 1776	Deacon John Sale, representative to the General Court.
1777	Voted not to send a representative.
1778	Voted not to send a representative.
August 2, 1779	Capt. Jonathan Green a delegate to the Constitution Convention at Cambridge, Sept. 1; Richard Shute to the Convention at Concord, first Wednesday in October.
May 9, 1780	Voted 10 to 8 not to send a representative.
May 29, 1780	Voted 20 to 8 to send a representative; chose Capt. Jonathan Green.
Oct. 16, 1780	Capt. Jonathan Green.
March 12, 1781	“A Committee to meet at Dedham on a Conference”; Capt. Jonathan Green, Samuel Watts.
May 10, 1781	Capt. Jonathan Green representative to the General Court.
Jan. 3, 1782	Committee to petition the General Court for an abatement of the town’s taxes: Capt. Jonathan Green, Samuel Watts, Capt. Samuel Sargeant, Richard Shute, Capt. Samuel Sprague.
May 21, 1782	Voted unanimously not to send a representative.
1783	Rev. Phillips Payson.
July 22, 1783	Committee “to adress the town of Boston on the Subject of a Reunion”: Rev. Phillips Payson, Capt. Samuel Sargeant, Capt. Samuel Clark, Joshua Cheever, Esq., Deacon John Sale.
May 11, 1784	Rev. Mr. Payson,- declined, John Sale Jr., asked to be excused.
1785	Capt. Samuel Sargeant.
May 8, 1786	Voted not to send a representative.
June 19, 1786	Committee “to attend the petition to the Court” against the building of Malden Bridge: Rev. Mr. Payson, Capt. Samuel Sargeant, Capt. James Stowers.
May 14, 1787	Voted not to send.
Dec. 3, 1787	Rev. Phillips Payson, delegate to the Convention at Boston “to Confer upon the new Constitution,” the second Wednesday in January.
May 12, 1788	Voted not to send a representative.
August 6, 1788	“Committee with the Selectmen to wait upon the Committee of the Court of Sessions the 12 instant respecting Mr. William Bordmans request for Laying out a Road at the upper end of the Town”: Jesse Upham, Capt. James Stower.
1789	Voted not to send a representative.
1790	Voted unanimously not to send.
1791	Voted 12 to1 not to send a representative.
1792	Capt. John Sale.
1793	Voted not to send a representative.
1794	Voted not to send a representative.
1795	Voted 16 to 0 not to send a representative.
1796	Voted not to send a representative. Chose Samuel Cary, Esq., Abijah Hastings and Lieut. James Floyd a “Standing Committee” to “Attend to the Affairs of the Town Respecting the General Court.”
1797	Voted 11 to 1 not to send a representative
1798	Voted not to send a representative.
1799	Capt. Josiah Batchler.
1800	Voted 23 to 0 not to send a representative