Daniel Covell represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Edward Dowse was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Charlestown, Dowse moved to Dedham in March 1798. He purchased five acres of land around the Middle Post Road, today known as High Street. He lived in an already existing house at first, and then built a home on the land in 1804. His brother-in-law was Samuel Nicholson, the first captain of USS Constitution.
John Fuller represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Thomas Metcalf represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Josiah Fisher represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Daniel Fisher represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court. He served from 1700 to 1704 and then again in 1712 and 1713.
Thomas Fuller represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
John Metcalf represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Joseph Richards represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Abner Ellis represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Nathaniel Ames represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court. His father was Dr. Nathaniel Ames and his brother was Fisher Ames.
Isaac Bullard represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Samuel H. Deane represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Erastus Worthington represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
William Ellis represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
John W. Ames represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
John Morse represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Timothy Gay, Jr. represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Daniel Marsh represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
William Adams was minister of the First Church and Parish in Dedham. He was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts on May 27, 1650 and was graduated from Harvard College in 1671. After three calls, he finally accepted to be ordained as minister in Dedham on December 3, 1673 As there was no official parsonage, he rented the house of his predecessor, the late John Allen. He died August 17, 1685. Prayers at funerals were not customary in that day but one was offered at his, one of the first ever recorded in New England.
