Massachusetts Bay Justiciary Nominations, 1702

Justices of the Superior Court

Isaac Addington, Chief Justice
Samuel Sewall
John Walley
Nathaniel Thomas*
Nathaniel Byfield

County of Hampshire

Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
John Pynchon
Samuel Partridge
Joseph Hawley
Joseph Parsons

Justices of the Peace
Joseph Hawley
Joseph Parsons
Capt. Aaron Cooke
John Holyoke
John Pynchon secundus

Sheriff
Samuel Porter

Coroners
Peletiah Glover
Ebenezer Pomrey

County of Barnstable

Justices of the Inferior Court
Barnabas Lothrop
Stephen Skiffe
John Thacher
John Otis

Justices of the Peace
Stephen Skiffe
John Otis
Jonathan Sparrow
Major John Goreham

Sheriff
Samuel Allyn

Coroners
Shuball Smith
Samuel Freeman

Island of Nantuckett

Justices of the Inferior Court and Justices of the Peace
John Gardner
James Coffin
William Geare
William Worth

Sheriff
Jethro Coffin

Duke's County

Thomas Mayhew
James Alline
Benjamin Skiffe
Joseph Norton

Sheriff
Ebenezer Alline

County of Suffolk

Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
Elisha Hutchinson
John Foster
Thomas Brattle*
Samuel Legg*

Justices of the Peace
Capt. Jeremiah Dummer
Edward Bromfield
Major Charles Hobby
Thomas Brattle
Nathaniel Oliver
Col. Nicholas Paige
Jahleel Brenton*
Capt. Samuel Legg
Paul Dudley
John Nelson
Lt.-Col. Ephraim Hunt
John Clarke
Thomas Palmer
Major Samuel Eells
James Baily
Edward Lyde
William Tailer
Adam Winthrop
Capt. John Wilson

Coroners
Capt. Ephraim Savage
Samuel Thaxter
John Fisher

County of Essex

Justices of the Inferior Court
Nathaniel Saltonstal
William Browne
John Hathorne
Daniel Peirce

Justices of the Peace
Col. Nathaniel Saltonstal
Lt.-Col. Dudley Bradstreet
Major Robert Pike
Col. John Wainwright
Major Thomas Noyes
Capt. John Legg
Capt. Nathaniel Norden
Samuel Appleton
Capt. John Burrill
William Hirst
Robert Hale
Joseph Woodbridge
Capt. Samuel Browne
Josia Wolcott

Coroners
Tristram Coffin
Daniel Epps
Major Francis Wainwright

County of Middlesex

Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
James Russell
John Phillips
Jonathan Tyng

(Justices of the Peace)
Major Jonathan Tyng
John Leverett
Samuel Hayman
Capt. Francis Foxcroft
Major James Converse
Ephraim Flint
Capt. Thomas Browne
Capt. James Minot*
Capt. Joseph Morse

Coroners
Jacob Greene
Jonathan Prescott

County of York

Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Justices of the Peace
Joseph Hammond
John Wheelwright
Ichabod Plaisted
Abraham Preble
Samuel Donnell*
William Peperel

Sheriff
Joseph Curtis

County of Plymouth

Justices of the Inferior Court and Justices of the Peace
Nathaniel Thomas
Isaac Winslow
John Cushing, Jr.
James Warren
John Cushing, Sr.
Elihu Brett

Sheriff
Nathaniel Warren

Coroners
Nathaniel Thomas. Jr.
Joseph Otis

County of Bristol

Justices of the Inferior Court
Nathaniel Byfield
John Browne
Thomas Leonard
Ebenezer Brenton

Justices of the Peace
Benjamin Church
Nicholas Peck
Nathaniel payne
Joseph Church
Thomas Tabor

Sheriff
Capt. Samuel Gallop

Coroners
Samuel Little
Stephen Payne

*the Council took exception to these nominations.

Headlam, Cecil, ed., Calender of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 20), America and West Indies, Jan.- Dec. 1, 1702, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1912. pp. 434-435.