Jonathan Makepeace

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(m. 1799;died 1826)
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Jonathan Makepeace
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Saugus
In office
1823–1823
OccupationSnuff and chocolate manufacturer

Jonathan Makepeace also known as Major Makepeace was an American businessman and political figure who manufactured snuff and held political office in Saugus, Massachusetts.

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Early life

Makepeace was born on May 7, 1774, in Norton, Massachusetts. On July 10, 1799, he married Anna Nye in her hometown of Hardwick, Massachusetts. They had four daughters, Peris Nye (1801–1822), Ann Maria (1803–1825), Mary Ann (1805–1826), and Deborah Briggs (1809–1835) and two sons Jonathan Briggs (1802–1803) and Jonathan Jr. (1815–1836). [1]

Business

In 1792, Makepeace's uncle, George Makepeace, purchased an abandoned mill on the Saugus River. [2] In 1797 Jonathan Makepeace began manufacturing chocolate at the mill. The chocolate business was later taken over by Amariah Childs. [3] In 1798, Makepeace took over his uncle's snuff business, which he continued until 1844. Makepeace was known for the attention he gave to his product, which became known nationwide. [2]

Politics

In 1814, Makepeace was a signer of a petition that requested that Lynn's Second Parish be set off as a separate town known as Westport. [4] The plan was abandoned, however the following year the Second Parish separated from Lynn and became the Town of Saugus. Saugus' first Town Meeting was held on March 13, 1815, and Makepeace was appointed to the position of Sealer of Weights and Measurers and elected to the town's first Board of Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor as well as its first School Committee. [5] He later he served as Saugus' Town Treasurer. [6]

Makepeace was Saugus' delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821 and represented Saugus in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1823. [7] [8]

Later life and death

Anna Makepeace died on July 3, 1826. On August 9, 1829, Makepeace married Mary Stocker, of Saugus, Massachusetts. [1]

Makepeace died on February 6, 1850, in Saugus. [1]

Notes

1. ^ Until 1857, a majority of votes at a town meeting was needed to elect a representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. If no person received a majority of votes, no representative was sent. No representative was selected in 1824 and 1825, but John Shaw was chosen the previous year. [9]

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References

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  9. "Sketch of Saugus". The Bay State Monthly. John N. McClintock and Company. 1885. p. 149. Retrieved 25 April 2022.