"§ 203. On the files of the Middlesex Court, is the following certificate or memorial of soldiers, dated Ap. 15, 1690. Most of them belonged to Watertown. 'Being listed in the service of the country against the French, and ordered down to Charlestown, and being denied quarters elsewhere, the widow Mary Peachee did entertain us.' [Signed] 'Nathaniel Barsham, Lft.; Wm. Davenport, Sergt.; Samuel Barnard, Corporal; … Solomon Ray, … James Ball.' Upon this certificate, there was a motion to the Court to renew her license."