The Boston Board of Selectmen was the governing board for the town of Boston from the 17th century until 1822. Selectmen were elected to six-month terms early in the history of the board, but later were elected to one-year terms.
1636: Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, John Coggeshall, William Brenton, William Hutchinson, William Colburn, John Sanford, Richard Tuttell, William Aspinwall, William Balston, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Robert Keayne, John Newgate.[5]
1637: Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, John Coggeshall, Robert Harding, William Brenton, William Hutchinson, William Colburn, John Sanford, William Aspinwall, William Balston, Jacob Eliot, James Penn.[5]
1638: Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, Robert Harding, William Colburn, John Sanford, William Aspinwall, William Balston, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Robert Keayne, John Newgate.[5]
1639: John Winthrop, Thomas Oliver, Thomas Leverett, Robert Harding, Richard Bellingham, John Coggan, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, Robert Keayne, John Newgate, Edward Gibbons, William Tyng, William Hibbens.[5]
1640: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, John Newgate, William Hibbens, Atherton Hough.[5]
1641: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, John Oliver.[5]
1642: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, John Oliver, Valentine Hill.[5]
1643: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, John Oliver, Valentine Hill.[5]
1644: John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, John Oliver, Valentine Hill.[5]
1645: John Winthrop, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, John Oliver, Valentine Hill, Edward Tyng, Robert Keayne, Thomas Fowle.[5]
1646: John Winthrop, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, William Hibbens, James Penn, Valentine Hill, Robert Keayne.[5]
1647: William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, James Everill, William Davis.[5]
1648: William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, James Everill, Edward Tyng.[5]
1649: William Colburn, Jacob Eliot, James Penn, Anthony Stoddard, Thomas Marshall, James Everill, Jeremy Houchin.[5]
1680: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary.[5]
1681: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood, John Marion Sr.[5]
1682: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood.[5]
1683: Thomas Brattle, John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood.[5]
1684: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Nathaniel Greenwood, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis.[5]
1685: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Elisha Cooke.[5]
1686: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Elisha Cooke.[5]
1687: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Henry Allen, John Fairweather, Elisha Hutchinson, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Elisha Cooke.[5]
1688: Daniel Turell, John Fairweather, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Penn Townsend, James Hill, Isaac Addington, Adam Winthrop.[5]
1689: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Theophilus Frary, Timothy Prout, Edward Willis, Penn Townsend, James Hill, Adam Winthrop, Richard Middlecott.[5]
1690: John Joyliffe, Daniel Turell, Timothy Prout, Penn Townsend, James Hill, Adam Winthrop, Richard Middlecott, Thomas Walker, John Foster.[5]
1691: John Joyliffe, Timothy Prout, Penn Townsend, Thomas Walker, John Foster, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, Jeremiah Dummer, John Marion Sr.[5]
1692: Timothy Prout, Penn Townsend, Thomas Walker, John Foster, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, Jeremiah Dummer, John Marion Sr., Joseph Bridgham.[5]
1693: James Hill, Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Timothy Thornton, Ephraim Savage, Nathaniel Williams.[5]
1694: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Timothy Thornton, Ephraim Savage, John Eyre, Edward Bromfield.[5]
1695: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Ephraim Savage, John Eyre, Edward Bromfield, Samuel Legg.[5]
1696: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Ephraim Savage, Samuel Checkley, Samuel Legg, Samson Stoddard, Thomas Hunt.[5]
1697: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, John Marion Sr., Samuel Checkley, Thomas Hunt, Isaiah Tay, James Barnes, John Marion Jr.[5]
1698: Thomas Walker, Bozoun Allen, Obadiah Gill, Samson Stoddard, Thomas Hunt, Isaiah Tay, James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Simeon Stoddard.[5]
1699: Obadiah Gill, Isaiah Tay, James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Elizur Holyoke, Samuel Lynde, Timothy Clark.[5]
1700: James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Elizur Holyoke, Timothy Clark, Robert Gibbs.[5]
1701:[8] James Barnes, John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Timothy Clark, Robert Gibbs, John Barnard, John George, Giles Dyer, Richard Draper.[5]
1702: John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Timothy Clark, Robert Gibbs, John Barnard, Giles Dyer, Richard Draper, Robert Howard, Thomas Savage.[5]
1703: John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Timothy Clark, John Barnard, Giles Dyer, Robert Howard, Thomas Savage, Thomas Fitch.[5]
1704: John Marion Jr., Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Timothy Clark, John Barnard, Giles Dyer, Robert Howard, Thomas Fitch, Thomas Jackson.[5]
1705: Joseph Prout, Daniel Oliver, Timothy Clark, John Barnard, Thomas Fitch, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Cushing, Elias Heath, Daniel Powning.[5]
1706: Daniel Powning,[9] Joseph Prout, John Barnard, Thomas Cushing, Thomas Jackson, Elias Heath, Thomas Hutchinson, James Barnes, Timothy Clark.[5]
1707: Daniel Powning, Joseph Prout, Thomas Cushing, Thomas Hutchinson, Timothy Clark, Stephen Minot, Abraham Blith, Daniel Oliver, Francis Thresher.[5]
1708: Daniel Powning, Joseph Prout, Thomas Cushing, Stephen Minot, Daniel Oliver, Francis Thresher, Oliver Noyes.[5]
1709: Daniel Powning, James Barnes, Timothy Clark, Isaiah Tay, Jonas Clark, Samuel Marshall, Richard Draper, Ephraim Savage, Joseph Wadsworth.[5]
1770: Joshua Henshaw, Joseph Jackson, John Ruddock, John Hancock, Samuel Pemberton, Henderson Inches, Jonathan Mason.[5]
1771: Joseph Jackson, John Ruddock, John Hancock, Samuel Pemberton, Henderson Inches, Jonathan Mason, Ebenezer Storer.[5]
1772: John Scollay, John Ruddock, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Oliver Wendell, Samuel Austin.[5]
1773: John Scollay, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Oliver Wendell, Samuel Austin, John Pitts.[5]
1774: John Scollay, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts.[5]
1775: John Scollay, John Hancock, Timothy Newell, Thomas Marshall, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts.[5]
1776:[16] John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts, Ebenezer Storer, Nathaniel Appleton, John Greenleaf, Henry Bromfield.[5]
1777: John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Oliver Wendell, John Pitts, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr,[17] Thomas Greenough, Jonathan Williams, John Preston.[5]
1778: John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Thomas Greenough, Jonathan Williams, John Preston, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price.[5]
1779: John Scollay, Samuel Austin, Gustavus Fellows, Harbottle Dorr, Thomas Greenough, Jonathan Williams, John Preston, Nathan Frazier, Ezekiel Price.[5]
1790: John Scollay, Harbottle Dorr, Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Jabez Hatch, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards.[5]
1791: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Samuel Cabot, Charles Bulfinch.[5]
1792: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Charles Bulfinch, William Scollay.[5]
1793: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Charles Bulfinch, William Scollay.[5]
1794: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, Charles Bulfinch, William Scollay.[5]
1795: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, William Scollay, Jesse Putnam.[5]
1796: Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Sever, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, David Tilden, Russell Sturgis.[5]
1797: Thomas Edwards, William Little, David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Benjamin Austin, Ebenezer Hancock, Joseph Howard, Jonathan Harris, Ebenezer Sever.[5]
1798: Thomas Edwards, William Little, David Tilden, Benjamin Austin, Ebenezer Hancock, Jonathan Harris, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone.[5]
1799:[19] David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Ebenezer Hancock, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Samuel Cobb.[5]
1800: David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Ebenezer Hancock, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver.[5]
1801: David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell.[5]
1802: David Tilden, Russell Sturgis, Joseph Howard, William Porter, William Sherburne, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell.[5]
1803: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman.[5]
1804: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman.[5]
1805: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman.[5]
1806: David Tilden, William Porter, John Tilestone, Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Joseph Kittle.[5]
1807: Charles Bulfinch, David Tilden, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Joseph Kittle, Jonathan Chapman.[5]
1808: Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Jonathan Chapman, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster.[5]
1809: Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld.[5]
1810: Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld.[5]
1811:[20] Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld.[5]
1812: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering.[5]
1813: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering.[5]
1814: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Nathan Webb, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering.[5]
1815: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Foster, Benjamin Weld, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering, Edmund Hart.[5]
1816: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Austin, Robert Williams, Joseph Lovering, George G. Lee, John Bray, Turner Phillips, John Howe.[5]
1817: Charles Bulfinch, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Lovering, Joseph Austin, Turner Phillips, Henry Bass, Samuel Dorr, Enoch Silsby.[5]
1818:[21] Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Lovering, Joseph Austin, Turner Phillips, Henry Bass, Samuel Dorr, Enoch Silsby, Henry Farnham.[5]
1819: Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, Joseph Lovering, Joseph Austin, Turner Phillips, Henry Bass, Samuel Dorr, Enoch Silsby, Lemuel Shaw.[5]
1820: Daniel Baxter, Samuel Billings, Abram Babcock, Jonathan Loring, Eliphalet Williams, Robert Fennelly, Jeremiah Fitch, Samuel A. Wells, David W. Child, Benjamin Austin.[5]
1821: Daniel Baxter, Samuel Billings, Abram Babcock, Jonathan Loring, Eliphalet Williams, Robert Fennelly, Jeremiah Fitch, Samuel A. Wells, David W. Child.[5]
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Thomas Bridgman (1851), Epitaphs from Copp's Hill burial ground, Boston, Boston: J. Munroe and Company, OL13446875M
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Oliver Ayer Roberts (1895), History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. 1637-1888, Boston: A. Mudge & son, printers, OL13440693M
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (5 October 1893). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
^Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner); McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall; Whitmore, William Henry (1 July 1877). "Records relating to the early history of Boston ." Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers – via Internet Archive.
Records of Boston selectmen, 1701-1715. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 11. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1884.
Records of Boston selectmen, 1716-1736. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 13. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1885.
Records of Boston selectmen, 1736-1742. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 15. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1886.
Selectmen's minutes, 1742/3--1753. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 17. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1887.
Selectmen's minutes, 1754-1763. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 19. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1889.
Selectmen's minutes, 1764-1768. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 20. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1889.
Selectmen's minutes, 1769-1775. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 23. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1893.
Selectmen's minutes, 1776-1786. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 25. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1894.
Selectmen's minutes, 1787-1798. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 27. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1896.
Selectmen's minutes, 1799-1810. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 33. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1904.
1908. Selectmen's minutes, 1811-1818. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 38. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1908.
1909. Selectmen's minutes, 1818-1822. Records relating to the early history of Boston, v. 39. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1909.
Robert Francis Seybolt. The Town Officials of Colonial Boston, 1634–1775. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1939. ("This volume represents an attempt to straighten out and correct the Reports of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston and the manuscript records on which they are based;" cf. Foreword)