RALPH HOUGHTON, Clerk of the writs 1656 to 1682 CYPRIAN STEEVENS, Clerk of the writs 1682 to 1686 JOHN HOUGHTON (son of  first John) 1686? to 1725 - 40 years JONATHAN HOUGHTON 1726 to 1728 and 1730 to 1736 - Died in office JOSEPH OSGOOD 1729 JUDGE JOSEPH WILDER, SR. 1737 to 1743 JOSEPH WILDER, JR. 1744 to 1752 ABIJAH WILLARD 1753 and 1754 COLONEL SAMUEL WILLARD 1755 WILLIAM RICHARDSON, October 8, 1755, "in room of Samuel Willard, absent on his majestics service   LEVI WILLARD 1756 to 1760 and 1761 to 1769 ABEL WILLARD "in place of Levi Willard going out of town" 1760 DANIEL ROBBINS 1770, 1772, 1773, 1775 and 1776 CAPTAIN SAMUEL WARD 1771, 1774 and 1782 to 1787 COLONEL WILLIAM GREENLEAF 1777, 1779, 1781 NATHANIEL BEAMAN September 1777, to May, 1778 CYRUS FAIRBANK May, 1778 DOCTOR JOSIAH LEAVITT 1780, to May, 1781 COLONEL EDMUND HEARD 1788 to 1790 JOSEPH WALES 1791 to 1794 WILLIAM STEDMAN 1795 to 1800 JOSIAH FLAGG 1801 to 1835, except 1828 - 34 years MAJOR JACOB FISHER 1828 JOSEPH W. HUNTINGTON 1836 and 1837 JOHN G. THURSTON 1838 to 1853