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Colonial Graduates of Harvard University 
1642 - 1669

Bachelors of Arts  (A.B)

From 1642 to 1869, inclusive, Bachelors of Arts were entitled to receive the degree of Master of Arts (A.M.)  in course, three years after graduation.

1642

Died
Benjamin Woodbridge, A. M.  Oxford 1648 1684
George Downing, Knight 1660, Baronet 1663; Tutor; Ambass. to Netherlands from Cromwell and Charles II.; M.P. 1684
John Bulkley, A.M.; Tutor 1689
William Hubbard, A.M. 1704
Samuel Bellingham, A.M. -----
John Wilson, A.M. 1691
Henry Saltonstall, M.D.  Padua 1649; Fellow New Coll Oxford 1650 -----
Tobias Barnard ------
Nathaniel Brewster
  
1690

1643

John Jones, A.M. -----
Samuel Mather, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor; Fellow Trinity Coll. Dublin 1654 1671
Samuel Danforth, A.M.;  Fellow;  Tutor 1674
John Allin
  
1683-4

1644

None Listed

1645

John Oliver 1646
Jeremiah Holland -----
William Ames 1689
John Russell, A.M. 1692
Samuel Stow, A.M. 1704
James Ward, A.M.  Oxford 1648, M.B. Oxford 1649;  Fellow Magdalen Coll., Oriel Coll., Oxford 1648 -----
Robert Johnson
  
1650

1646

John Alcock, A.M.

1667

John Brock, A.M.

1688

George Stirk, A.M. 

1665

Nathaniel White, A.M.
  

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1647

Jonathan Mitchell, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor 

1668

Nathaniel Mather, A.M.

1697

Comfort Starr, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor

1711

John Birden 

----
Abraham WaIver  ----

George Hadden, A.M. 

----

William Mildmay, A.M.
  

1682

1648

None Listed

1649

John Rogers, A.M.; President

1684

Samuel Eaton, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor 

1655

Urian Oakes, A.M.; Fellow; Acting President and President; Tutor 

1681

John Collins, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor 

1687

John Bowers 
  

1687

1650

William Stoughton, A.M. Oxford 1653; Judge Prov. New Eng.; Ch. Just. Prov. Mass. 

1701

John Glover, M.D. Aberd. 1654

----

Joshua Hobart, A.M.

1717

Jeremiah Hobart, A.M. 

1715

Edmund Weld 

1668

Samuel Phillips, A.M. 

1696

Leonard Hoar, A.M.; M.D. Cambr. 1671; President

1675

Isaac Allerton 

1702

Jonathan Ince, A.M.
 

1657

1651

Michael Wigglesworth, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor

1705

Seaborn Cotton, A.M. 

1686

Thomas Dudley, A;M.; Fellow; Tutor 

1655

John Glover, A.M. 

1696

Henry Butler, A.M. 

1696

Nathaniel Pelham 

1657

John Davis, A.M. 

1657

Isaac Chauncy, A.M.; M, D.

1712

Ichabod Chauncy, A.M.; M.D. 

1691

Jonathan Burr, A.M.
 

1691

1652

Joseph Rowlandson 
  

1678

1653-Aug.9

Samuel Willis

1709

John Angier, A.M.

----

Thomas Shepard, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor

1677

Samuel Nowell, A.M.; Fellow; Treasurer; Tutor 

1688

Richard Hubbard, A.M.

1681

John Whiting, A.M. 

1689

Samuel Hooker, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor 

1697

John Stone 

----
William Thomson
  
-----


The graduates of 1653 who took the degree of Bachelor of Arts 9 August received that of Master of Arts in 1655; the other portion of the class, who took the Bachelor's degree 10 August, were required, under a law which remained in force until 1873... to wait three years before taking the Master's degree.
  

1653 - Aug. 10

Edward Rawson

----

Samuel Bradstreet, A.M.; Fellow Tutor

1682

Joshua Long, A.M.

----

Samuel Whiting, A.M.

1713

Joshua Moodey, A.M:; Fellow Tutor

1697

Joshua Ambrose; A.M. Oxford 1656 

----

Nehemiah Ambrose, A.M.; Fellow  Tutor 

1668

Thomas Crosby 
  

1702

1654

Philip Nelson 
  

1691

1655

Gershom Bulkeley, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor 

1713

Mordecai Matthews
  

----

1656

Eleazar Mather

1669

Increase Mather, A.M. Dublin 1658; S. T.D. 1692; Fellow; Acting President; Rector; President

1723

Robert Paine, A.M.

-----

Shubael Dummer

1692

John Haynes, A.M. Cambr. 1660

1670

John Eliot, A.M. 

1668

Thomas Graves, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor 

1697

John Emerson, A; M. 
  

1700

1657

Zechariah Symmes, A.M. ; Fellow; Tutor 

1708

Zechariah Brigden, A.M. ; Fellow; Tutor

1662

John Cotton, A.M.

1699 

John Hale, A.M. 

1700

Elisha Cooke, A.M.; Just. Sup. Court Col. Mass.

1715

John Whiting 

1689

Barnabas Chauncy, A.M.
  

----

1658

Joseph Eliot, A.M.

1694

Joseph Haynes 

1679

Benjamin Bunker, A.M.

1670

Jonah Fordham 

1696

John Barsham 

----

Samuel Talcott 

1691

Samuel Shepard, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor
 

1668

1659

Nathaniel Saltonstall

1767

Samuel Alcock 

1677

Abijah Savage

1668

Samuel Willard, A.M.; Fellow; Vice President

1707

Thomas Parish

----

Samuel Cheever

1724

Ezekiel Rogers

1674

Samuel Belcher

1714

James Noyes

1719

Moses Noyes 
  

1729

1660

Simon Bradstreet, A.M.

1683 

Nathaniel Collins, A.M.

1684

Samuel Eliot, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor

1664

William Whittingham

1672

Joseph Cooke

1663

Samuel Carter

1693 

Manasseh Armitage 

----
Peter Bulkley, A.M.; Fellow; Just. Supr. Ct. Prov. New Eng.; Tutor 
  
1688

1661

John Bellingham, A.M. 

----

Nathaniel Chauncy, A.M. ; Fellow; Tutor 

1685

Elnathan Chauncy, A.M.

1684

Israel Chauncy, A.M.

1703

Recompense Osborn

----

Daniel Weld

1690

Joseph Cooke

----
Joseph Whiting, A.M. ; Fellow; Tutor 1723

Caleb Watson, A.M.

1726

John Parker

----

Thomas Johnson

----

Bezaleel Sherman
  

1680

1662

John Holyoke

1712

Benjamin Tompson, Headmaster Boston Pub. Latin S.

1714

Solomon Stoddard, A.M.; Fellow; Librarian; Tutor

1729

Moses Fiske, A.M.

1708

Ephraim Savage

1731

Thomas Oakes
  

1719

1663

Samuel Symonds

1669

Samuel Cobbet

1713

John Rayner, A.M.

1676

Benjamin Blakeman

----

Thomas Mighill, A.M.

1689

Nathaniel Cutler
  

1678

1664

Alexander Nowell, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor

1672

Josiah Flynt, A,M.

1680

Joseph Pynchon, A.M.; Fellow; Tutor

1682

Samuel Brackenbury, A,M.

1678

John Woodbridge

1690

Joseph Estabrook, A.M. 

1711 
Samuel Street
  
1717

1665

Benjamin Eliot, A.M.

1687

Joseph Dudley, A.M.; Pres. Coun cil Mass. Bay, etc.; Ch. Just. Sup. Court Prov. New Eng.; Ch. Just. Prov. N. Y.; Lt. Gov. Isle of Wight; M. P.; Gov. Mass. Bay

1720

Samuel Bishop

1687

Edward MitcheIson

1667

Samuel Man

1719

Hope Atherton

1677

Jabez Fox, A.M.

1703

Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, an Indian from Martha's Vineyard
  

1666

1666

JosephBrowne, A. M.; Fellow; Tutor

1678

John RIchardson, A. M.; Fellow; Tutor

1696

Daniel Mason

----

John Filer
  

1723

1667

John Harriman, A.M. 

1705'

Nathaniel Atkinson

----
John Foster  1681

Gershom Hobart, A.M.

1707

Japhet Hobart 

----
Nehemiah Hobart, A.M. ; Fellow  1712

Nicholas Noyes, A.M. 1716 

1717

1668

Adam Winthrop 

1700

John Cullick

----

Zechariah Whitman 

1726

Abraham Pierson, Rector Yale ColI.

1707

John Prudden 

1725

1669

Samuel Epes, A.M.

1685

Daniel Epes

1722

Jeremiah Shepard, A.M. .

1720

Daniel Gookin, A.M.; Fellow; Librarian; Tutor

1718

John Bridgham, A.M.

1721

Daniel Russell, A.M.

1679

Joseph Taylor, A.M. ; Fellow

1682

James Bayley, A.M.

1707

Joseph Gerrish 

1720

Samuel Treat, A.M. 

1717

Source:  Quinquaennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University 1636 - 1915  Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press in the Two Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Year of the College 1915.


  
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