1778 Oliver Wendell Treasurer, 1795-1803 1818
Son of Hon. Col. Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver;
born, Boston, March 5, 1733 [sic];
Harvard College, 1753;
one of selectmen of Boston, 1773, 1774;
representative, 1776;
judge of probate, Suffolk County;
member of convention to frame constitution of Massachusetts, 1779;
Governor's Council, 1792-1804;
senator, 1805;
died Jan. 16, 1818.
Fellow of Harvard.
Grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Phillips Academy, 1824.