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Richard Lechmere

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1727 - 1814, Bristol, England

Biography-Son of Thomas Lechmere, Surveyor General of His Majesty's Customs for the Northern District of America, and Ann Winthrop, descendent of Governor Winthrop
-1753 married Mary Phips, daughter of Lt. Governor Spencer Phips, who had large lands in eastern Cambridge
-Appointed Mandamus Councillor in 1774 but refused office
-Signed Address of the Merchants of Boston to Governor Hutchinson, leaving in 1776 when General Howe evacuated the city
-Named in Banishment Act of 1778 and real property confiscated by the Confiscation Act of 1779
-Only his property confiscated, not his wife's
1984 Fenway Court Journal, p.33-39. "Tory Sympathizers: Two Bostonians Pay the Price of Allegiance to the Crown" by Francis L. Coolidge.
I.S. 6/13/2018

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