Massachusetts Post Offices 1816 Compiled from American State Papers, Blue Book Register, 1816. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gwen Hurst. (gwnj@shentel.net) MASSACHUSETTS POST OFFICES 1816 ______________________________________________________________________________ Post Office. Postmaster. Place of birth. Compensation. ______________________________________________________________________________ Abington, - Elihu Hobart, Massachusetts, 20 69 Adams, - William P. Briggs, Massachusetts, 14 79 Agawam, - John Norman, Connecticutt, 9 79 Amherst, - Rufus Kellogg, Massachusetts, 37 26 Andover, - Isaac Abott, Massachusetts, 167 82 Ashburnham, - Joseph Jewett, Massachusetts, 10 86 Ashby, - Alex. T. Willard, Massachusetts. Ashfield, - Levi Cook, Massachusetts, 20 84 Assonet, - Robert Strobridge, Massachusetts, 28 64 Athol, - Joseph Proctor, - - 21 78 Attleborough, - Israel Hatch, Massachusetts, 51 00 Barnardston, - Gideon Ryther, Massachusetts, 20 01 Barnstable, - Richard Bourne, Massachusetts, 95 74 Barre, - Elijah Caldwell. Becket, - Asa Baird, Massachusetts, 12 89 Belchertown, - Henry Mellen, Massachusetts, 34 14 Bethlehem see Otis. Beverly, - John Burley, N. Hampshire, 123 62 Billerica, - Jonathan Bowers, - - 23 92 Blandford, - Amos S. Collins, Connecticut, 22 94 Bolton, - Amos Parker, Massachusetts, 20 45 Boston, - Aaron Hill, Massachusetts, 2,000 00 Thomas B. Parker, clerk/assistant, Mass, 500 00 - George J. Galvin, clerk/assistant, Maine,500 00 - Jonathan Wild, clerk/assistant, Mass, 400 00 - Gurdon Douglass, clerk/assistant, Conn, 400 00 - John A. Mason, clerk/assistant, Mass, 300 00 Boxford, - Parker Spafford, - - 6 95 Bradford, - William Greenough, jun.Massachusetts, 12 37 Brewer, - Joseph Sampson, Massachusetts, 34 02 Bridgewater, - John M. Goodwin, Massachusetts, 29 19 Brimfield, - Stephen Pynchon, Massachusetts, 29 28 Brookfield, - Cheney Reid, Massachusetts, 67 31 Burlington, - John Walker, Massachusetts, 9 44 Cambridge, - Joseph S. Read, Massachusetts, 220 42 Canton, - Silas Kinsley. Carver, - James Ellis, Massachusetts, 15 14 Charlemont, - Samuel Rathbone, Connecticut, 20 06 Charlestown, - John Kettell, Massachusetts. Charlton - William P. Rider, Massachusetts, 28 13 Chatham, - Ezra Crowell, Massachusetts, 28 85 Chelmsford, - Joel Adams, Massachusetts, 25 38 Cheshire, - Edmund Foster, Massachusetts. Chester, - Harvey Bordortha, Massachusetts, 8 15 Chesterfield, - Phineas Parsons, jun. - - 15 27 Cohasset, - Joel Wilcut, Massachusetts, 14 80 Coleraine, - Samuel Coolidge, Massachusetts, 36 70 Concord, - John Keyes, Massachusetts, 77 00 Conway, - Christopher Armes, Massachusetts, 30 87 Craigie's Mills, Cyrus Shaw. Dalton, - J. Chamberlain, jun., Connecticut, 18 81 Dartmouth, - Abraham Tucker, Massachusetts, 27 72 Dedham, - Jeremiah Shuttleworth,Massachusetts, 80 68 Deerfield, - Epaphras Hoyt, Massachusetts, 40 18 Dennis, - Nathan Stone, jun. Massachusetts, 23 82 Dighton, - John Hathaway, Massachusetts, 31 10 Douglass - Paul Dudley, Massachusetts, 5 50 Dracut, - John Blanchard, Massachusetts, 22 53 Dudley, - Amasa Nichols, Connecticut, 30 97 Duxbury, - Thomas Winsor, Massachusetts, 63 07 East Sudbury, - Nathaniel Reeves, - - 19 97 Eastham, - Joseph Mayo, Massachusetts, 12 42 Easton No. 1.,- Daniel Wheaton, Massachusetts, 37 59 Easton No. 2.,- Israel Alger, Massachusetts, 97 Edgartown, - Beriah Norton, Massachusetts, 37 04 Factories, - Uriah Ferre, Massachusetts, 7 23 Falmouth, - Charles Sanford, Massachusetts, 77 37 Feeding Hills,- Charles Culver, Massachusetts, 7 49 Fitchburg, - Calvin Willard, Massachusetts, 24 59 Foxborough, - Noah Hobart, Massachusetts, 41 04 Bramingham, - Jonathan Maynard, Massachusetts, 45 26 Freetown, - Abraham Braley, Massachusetts, 8 11 Gloucester, - Isaac Ewell, Massachusetts, 139 43 Grafton, - William Lamb. Granville, - Oliver Parsons, Connecticut, 19 50 Great Barrington, Moses Hopkins, Massachusetts, 43 61 Greenfield, - Ambrose Ames, Massachusetts, 129 71 Greenwich, - Jabez Colbourn, - - 21 06 Groton, - James Lewis, Massachusetts, 52 67 Hadley, - Erastus Smith, Massachusetts, 43 10 Halifax, - Jotham Cushman, Massachusetts, 7 67 Hamilton, - Israel D. Brown, Massachusetts, 12 16 Hancock, - Thomas Cranston, New York, 2 89 Hanover, - Robert Eells, Massachusetts, 83 79 Hardwick, - Samuel F. Cutler, Massachusetts, 27 33 Harvard, - Stevens Hayward, Massachusetts, 23 58 Harwich, - Ebenezer Brooks, Massachusetts, 17 05 Hatfield, - Daniel White, Massachusetts, 40 19 Haverhill, - Francis Eaton, - - 87 41 Heath, - Sylvanus Maxwell. Hingham, - Thomas Loud, Massachusetts, 45 40 Hinsdale, - Solomon W. Colt, Massachusetts, 28 16 Holden, - Benjamin Davis, - - 4 45 Holme's Hole, - Theo. Parsons, Connecticut, 60 07 Hubbardstown, - Clark Witt, Massachusetts, 10 96 Ipswich, - Nathan Jones, Massachusetts, 81 69 Kingston, - Seth Drew, Massachusetts, 56 56 Lancaster, - Timothy Whiting, Massachusetts, 61 35 Lanesborough, - Johnson Hubbell, Massachusetts, 25 10 Lee, - John B. Perry, Connecticut, 7 80 Leichester, - Henry Sargent, Massachusetts, 97 40 Lenox, - Daniel Williams, jun. Connecticut, 61 11 Leominster, - John Gardner, Massachusetts, 40 44 Lexington, - Rufus Meriam, - - 2 02 Littleton, - Thomas Reid, Massachusetts, 19 50 Long Meadow, - Stephen Cooly, jun. Massachusetts, 15 40 Lunenburg, - Edmund Cushing, Massachusetts, 18 37 Lynn, - Jonathan Bacheller, Massachusetts, 300 69 Manchester, - Dul. L. Bingham, Connecticut, 22 47 Mansfield, - David Shepherd, Massachusetts, 85 Marblehead, - Richard Prince, Massachusetts, 175 23 Marlborough, - Micah Sherman, - - 56 24 Marshfield, - Jabez Hatch, Massachusetts, 92 92 Medfield, - Eben. Clark, jun. - - 24 23 Medford, - William Rogers, Massachusetts, 48 81 Medway, - William Feltt, Massachusetts, 42 72 Mendon, - Richard George, Massachusetts, 28 39 Methuen, - Moses How, - - 10 81 Middle Granville, Thaddeus Squires, Connecticut. Middleborough, Levi Pierce, Massachusetts, 43 86 Middlefield, - David Mack, jun. Massachusetts, 9 19 Milford, - Samuel Penniman, Massachusetts, 15 12 Milton, - Moses Whitney, Massachusetts, 35 27 Monson, - Artemas Wiswall, Massachusetts, 30 62 Montague, - Martin Gunn, Massachusetts, 92 Nantucket, - James Barker, Massachusetts, 247 10 Natick, - Martin Haynes, - - 84 New Bedford, - Abraham Smith, Massachusetts, 490 93 New Braintree,- David Brigham, Massachusetts. New Marlborough, Stephen Powell. New Salem, - Nathan Bryant. Newburyport, - Moses Lord, Massachusetts, 711 76 - Stephen Bartlett, clerk/assistant, N.H., 70 00 Newtown Lower Falls, Amos Allen, Massachusetts, 24 06 North Adams, - William Waterman, - - 10 47 Northampton, - Daniel Wright, Massachusetts, 621 64 Northborough, - Benjamin Munroe, Massachusetts, 22 95 Northfield, - John Nevers, - - 25 24 Norton, - Earl P. White, - - 1 97 Oakham, - Joseph Fobes, Massachusetts, 11 11 Orange, - L. Harrington, Massachusetts. Orleans, - Jonathan Bascom, Massachusetts, 20 50 Otis or Bethlehem, Basil Seymour, Connecticut, - 14 22 Oxford, - Archibald Campbell, - - 16 33 Palmer, - Amos Hamilton, Massachusetts, 22 12 Pawtucket Bridge, Nathaniel Wright, Massachusetts, 3 83 Pelham, - Constant Ruggles, Massachusetts. Petersham, - H. Hapgood, Massachusetts, 22 19 Peru, - G. W. McElwain, Massachusetts. Philipston, - E. L. Boscom, Massachusetts, 10 66 Pittsfield, - Joshua Danforth, Massachusetts, 276 49 Plymouth, - James Warren, - - 196 46 Plympton, - Peleg Wright, Massachusetts, 12 52 Princeton, - Samuel Stevenson, - - 14 48 Provincetown, - Orsamus Thomas, Massachusetts, 10 47 Quincy, - Mettram Vesey, Massachusetts, 32 99 Randolph, - Jonathan Spear, - 20 25 Reading, - John Wetson, - - 19 55 Rehoboth, - Rufus Round, Massachusetts, 10 02 Richmond, - Cyprian Branch, Connecticut, 17 62 Rochester, - Nathan Willis, Massachusetts, 37 15 Rowley, - James Smith, Massachusetts, 26 83 Royalton, - Jos. Esterbrook, Massachusetts, 10 42 Rutland, - Rufus Putnam, Massachusetts, 20 37 Salem, - Jos. E. Sprague, Massachusetts, 849 92 - Jeremiah S. Putnam, clerk/assistant, Mass, 200 00 Salisbury, - Seth Clark, Massachusetts, 60 74 Sandisfield, - George Hull, Connecticut, 23 53 Sandwich, - William Fessenden, Massachusetts, 75 93 Scituate, - Augustus Clopp, Massachusetts, 24 14 Seekonk, - Allen Munroe, Massachusetts,. Sheffield, - Nathaniel Preston, Connecticut, 71 85 - John S. Shuler, clerk/assistant, New York, 30 00 Shirley, - Thomas Whitney, - - 14 41 Shrewsbury, - Calvin R. Stone, Massachusetts, 30 10 Somerset, - Isaac Pierce, - 7 61 South Hadley, - Daniel Warner, Connecticut, 20 35 Southwick, - Enos Foote, - - 13 49 Spencer, - Isaac Jenks, jun. - - 20 55 Springfield, - Daniel Lumbard, Massachusetts, 297 92 Stockbridge, - Augustus Sherrill, Massachusetts, 15 36 Stoughton, - Aaron Gay, - - 3 22 Stow, - Phineas Conant, Massachusetts, 19 29 Sturbridge, - Simeon Burt, Massachusetts, 58 16 Sutton, - Jacob March, - - 25 06 Swansey, - John Mason, Massachusetts, 26 48 Talley's Cross Roads, Jesse Farnham, - - 12 25 Taunton, - James L. Hodges, Massachusetts, 208 80 Templeton, - Lipha French, Massachusetts, 17 30 Tewksbury, - Jacob Coggin, Massachusetts, 8 72 Topsfield, - Cyrus Cummings, N. Hampshire, 4 82 Townsend, - John L. Loring, Massachusetts, 36 40 Troy, - Charles Pitman, Rhode Island, 43 45 Truro, - Sylvanus Nye, Massachusetts, 23 17 Tynsborough, - Daniel Richardson, N. Hampshire, 22 15 Uxbridge, - Samuel Read, Massachusetts, 35 22 Ware, - Timothy Babcock. Wareham, - Benjamin Fearing, Massachusetts, 25 87 Warwick, - William Cobb, jun. Massachusetts, 18 62 Watertown, - Charles Patten, Massachusetts, 54 20 Wellfleet, - J. Whitman, Massachusetts, 19 74 Wenham, - Uzziel Dodge, - - 8 62 West Barnstable, Samuel Bassett, Massachusetts, 2 93 West Boyleston, Peter Holmes, - - 14 05 West Bridgewater, G. W. Perkins, - - 16 36 West Brookfield, Joshia Cary, - - 65 50 West Cambridge, A. Whitmore, jun. Massachusetts, 18 55 West Springfield, Jere. Stebbins, Massachusetts, 93 73 West Stockbridge, Amasa Spencer, jun. Connecticut, 20 00 Westborough, - Nathan Fisher, Massachusetts, 18 16 Western, - Daniel Hitchcock, Massachusetts, 31 51 Westfield, - James Fowler, - - 111 05 Westford, - John Abbott, Massachusetts, 19 18 Westminster, - Daniel Bartlett, - - 20 71 Weston, - Abraham Hews, jun. Massachusetts, 19 36 Westport, - Isaac Howland, Massachusetts, 20 22 Weymouth, - Cotton Tufts, jun. Massachusetts, 20 75 Whatley, - Reuben Winchell, Connecticut, 5 97 Williamstown, - Benjamin Skinner, Connecticut, 72 78 Winchendon, - Joseph Jewett, - Massachusetts, 17 60 Woburn, - Benjamin Wood, 2d.Massachusetts, 18 78 Woodstock, - Samuel Stephens. Worcester, - James Wilson, England, 273 33 Worthington, - William Ward, Massachusetts, 43 97 Wrentham, - Samuel Druce, Massachusetts, 94 23 Yarmouth, - Joshua Hamblin, Massachusetts, 53 95 _________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations.