Harvard's 1741-1745 Graduates Built New Nation

Student Surnames Beginning with P-W

Jun 20, 2009

The bonds these Harvard classmates made as students helped them to unite to fight a war with England and build a new democratic nation unlike any in their world.

Yet, some of them also united as loyalists, with allegiance to the British Empire that, as educated and skilled leaders, members of their families were serving on this side of the Atlantic.

This Completes the List of 1741-1745 Harvard Students

Palmer, John (1744) of Rowley, died 1750; Parsons, John (1743) of Salisbury; Peabody, Rev. Oliver (1745) of Roxbury, died 1752; Pecker, James (1743) of Boston, died 1794; Pecker John (1745) of Haverhill; Pemberton, Judge Samuel of Boston, died 1779; Pepperrell, Andrew (1743) of Kittery, died 1751; Phillips, John (1745) of Boston, died ca. 1765; Phips, Sheriff David ((1741) of Cambridge, died 1811; Pierce, Charles (1774) of Newbury, died 1772; Plaisted, Capt. Ichabod (1745) of Salem, died 1755; Pond, Rev. Daniel (1745) of Templeton, MA and Whiting, VT, died ca. 1797; Porter, Dr. Jabez (1743) of Randolph, died 1792; Porter, Rev. Nehemiah (1745) of Chebacco and Ashfield, died 1820; Prout, Timothy (1741) of Boston and Shelburne, Nova Scotia, died 1777; Pynchon, William (1743) of Salem, died 1789.

Rand, Dr. William (1742) of Boston; Rawson, Grindall (1741) of Yarmouth and Sutton, died 1794; Roberts, Rev. Joseph (1741) of Leicester and Weston, died 1811; Robie, Rev. Joseph (1742) of Saugus, died 1803; Ropes, Judge Nathaniel (1745) of Salem, died 1774; Russell, Lothrop (1743) of Barnstable, died 1745.

Savil, Dr. Elisha (1743) of Quincy, died 1768; Sever, William (1745) of Kingston, died 1809; Shute, Rev. Daniel (1743) of Hingham, died 1802; Smith, John (1745) of Hampton, died 1759; Speakman, Thomas (1742) of Boston and Marlboro, died 1757; Storer, John (1745) of York and Wells, died 1764; Storer, Col. Joseph (1745) of Wells and Kennebunk, died 1777; Swain, Rev. Joseph (1744) of Wenham, died 1792; Swett, Stephen (1743) of Marblehead.

Thaxter, John (1741) of Hingham, died 1802; Thaxter, Maj. Samuel (1743) of East Bridgewater, died 1771; Tobey, Dr. Elisha (1743) of Dartmouth, died 1781; Toppan, Rev. Benjamin (1742) of Manchester, died 1790; Torrey, Josiah (1741) of Abington, died 1783; Townsend, Rev. Jonathan (1741) of Medfield, died 1776; Townsend, William Blair (1741) of Boston and Weston, died 1778; Trask, Nathaniel (1742), of Brentwood, NH, died 1789; Tucker, Rev. John (1741) of Newbury, died 1792; Tucker, Rev. Nathaniel (1744) of New Jersey, died 1747; Tufts, Dr. Simon (1744) of Medford, died 1786; Turell, Samuel (1745) of Wenham, died in 1750; Tuttle, Jacob (1743) of Chelsea, died 1758; Tyler, Royall (1743) of Boston, died 1771.

Upham, Rev. Caleb (1744) of Truro, died 1786; Usher, Rev. John (1743) of Bristol, died 1804.

Wainwright, John (1742) of Ipswich, died 1764; Waldo, Joseph (1741) of Boston and Bristol, England, died 1816; Waldo, Col. Samuel (1743) of Falmouth, died 1770; Waldron, William (1742) of Boston; Warren, Gen. James (1745) of Plymouth, died 1808; Webb, Benjamin (1743) of Taunton and Bridgewater, died 1799; Welles, Arnold (1745) of Boston, died 1802; Welles, Samuel (1744) of Boston, died 1799; Wellman, Rev. James (1744) of Millbury, MA, and Cornish, NH, died 1808; Wentworth, Benning (1741) of Portsmouth, died 1755; Wheelwright, Capt. John (1745) of Wells, died before 1800; White, Benjamin (1744) of Brookline, died 1790; White, Samuel (1741) of Gloucester, died 1758; Whiting, Col. Nathan (1743) of New Haven, died 1771; Whitmore, William (1744) of Medford, died 1760; Williams, Rev. Abraham (1744) of Sandwich, died 1784; Williams, Rev. Eliphalet (1743) of East Hartford, died 1803; Wilson, Dr. John (1741) of Hopkinton, died 1776; Wilson, William (1743) of Roxbury, died 1741; Winchester, Dr. Ebenezer (1744) of Portsmouth and Hingham, died 1756; Wingate, John (1744) of Northampton, NH, died 1812; Winslow, Rev. Edward (1741) of Braintree, died 1780; Wood, Samuel (1745) of Union, CT, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, died 1777; Woods, Fortunatus (1743) of Marlboro and New York City.

(This is the third part of a series that begins with an introduction and the first names on the list.)

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Vol. CX, October, 1956); Colonial Graduates of Harvard University; and, Shipton, Clifford K., Vol. 11, Sibley's Harvard Graduates, (Boston: 1960)

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