Date: 1763 – 1775
| Descriptor | Title | First Name | Surname | Occupation or Address | Initial Visit |
| Mr | Joseph | Taylor | Aug 27, 1763 | ||
| Captn | Taylor | Jun 21, 1764 | |||
| Mr H | Mr | Joseph | Taylor | Jan 14, 1765 | |
| himself | Mr | Ingraham | Taylor | Jul 15, 1765 | |
| Patrick | Terry | Dec 07, 1765 | |||
| Wife | Gideon | Thayer | Feb 19, 1766 | ||
| Zephion | Thayer | Jul 02, 1766 | |||
| Mr. | Thomas | sailmaker | Jul 14, 1774 | ||
| Estate | Robert | Thompson | Dec 19, 1763 | ||
| Miss | Deborah | Thompson | Jan 14, 1764 | ||
| Mrs | Ruth | Thompson | Feb 11, 1764 | ||
| Child | Mr | Shippie | Townsend | Mar 31, 1765 | |
| Mr | Shippie | Townsend | Apr 06, 1765 | ||
| Mr | Trevet | Saddler | May 06, 1764 | ||
| Judith Luckum | Capt | Troth | Dec 25, 1766 | ||
| Child | Jona | Trott | Goldsmith | Oct 19, 1765 | |
| Boy | Jona | Trott | Goldsmith | May 16, 1767 | |
| Jona | Trott | Goldsmith | May 22, 1767 | ||
| Mr | Turner | Jul 24, 1764 | |||
| Wife | Turner | in Sumners House | May 10, 1768 | ||
| Mr | Joseph | Tyler | Brazier | Jun 03, 1764 | |
| Mrs. | Tyler | Dec 14, 1774 | |||
| Mr. | Usher | Oct 17, 1774 | |||
| Mrs. | Usher | Oct 21, 1774 | |||
| Jenny | Usher | at Mr. Scollay’s | Mar 19, 1775 | ||
| Christopher | Vails | Jan 09, 1768 | |||
| Negro | Capt | Thomas | Valentine | Oct 15, 1765 | |
| Capt | Thomas | Valentine | May 26, 1767 | ||
| Miss | Anna | Vassall | Aug 24, 1767 | ||
| Vearie | Nov 28, 1774 | ||||
| Daughter | Captn | Vernon | Sep 17, 1774 | ||
| Daughter | Jenny | Vernon | Nov 5, 1774 | ||
| Mrs | Vibert | May 28, 1774 | |||
| Vibert’s Child | Vibert | Mar 30, 1775 | |||
| [His] Negro Man | Vibert | Oct 12, 1774 | |||
| Viberts | Oct 20, 1774 | ||||
| Son | Ambrose | Vincent | Oct 16, 1765 | ||
| (blank) | Ambrose | Vincent | Apr 29, 1767 | ||
| Vincent | Mar 1, 1775 | ||||
| Vinson | Sep 27, 1774 | ||||
| Wife | (Mrs.) | Vintenow | Jul 8, 1774 | ||
| Maid | Joseph | Waldo | Nov 07, 1765 | ||
| Child | John | Waldo | Mar 14, 1767 | ||
| John | Waldo | Apr 28, 1767 | |||
| Mr. | Wales | of Braintree | Feb 6, 1775 | ||
| Job | Walker | Cordwainer Roxbury | Oct 13, 1765 | ||
| Wife | Job | Walker | Cordwainer Roxbury | Apr 06, 1766 | |
| wife | (Mrs.) | Spencer | Walker | Jul 19, 1774 | |
| Walker | Corner of Lane to Charlestown ferry | Jul 23, 1774 | |||
| Mrs | Elizabeth | Wallcot | Nov 12, 1763 | ||
| Thomas | Mrs | Elizabeth | Wallcot | Feb 05, 1764 | |
| Wife | William Wait | Wallis | Feb 15, 1767 | ||
| Miss | Wallis | Jun 20, 1774 | |||
| Mrs. | Wallis | at Hoskins’s | Jun 26, 1774 | ||
| Mr. | Warland | Oct 15, 1774 | |||
| Warland | his Child | Dec 10, 1774 | |||
| Mrs | Mary | Warren | of Roxbury | Jul 09, 1763 | |
| Richard | Warren | Nov 21, 1774 | |||
| Negro | Waterhouse | Jan 31, 1775 | |||
| Waterhouse | Feb 2, 1775 | ||||
| Son | Waterman | Widow | Dec 04, 1766 | ||
| Mrs. | Waters | Jul 2, 1774 | |||
| Child | Mr. | Waters | Jul 6, 1774 | ||
| youngest Child | Waters | Jul 17, 1774 | |||
| Mr. | Waters | Oct 24, 1774 | |||
| Young Woman | Waters | at Waters’s | Mar 1, 1775 | ||
| Daughter | Waters | Jul 15, 1774 | |||
| Child | Mr. | Watson | Jul 8, 1774 | ||
| Miss | Grace | Webb | Aug 02, 1763 | ||
| Son Hugh | Mr | John | Welch | Jul 24, 1764 | |
| Child | Mr | Patrick | Welch | Gardiner | May 10, 1765 |
| Mr | Patrick | Welch | Gardiner | Aug 23, 1765 | |
| Wife | William | Welch | Black Horse Lane | Mar 03, 1766 | |
| Child | Welch | Welch the Glazier | Nov 7, 1774 | ||
| Arnold | Welles | Esqr | Apr 13, 1766 | ||
| Childn. | Arnold | Welles | Esqr | Aug 05, 1766 | |
| James | Welles | Jun 20, 1767 | |||
| Negro Woman | Arnold | Welles | Esqr | Oct 10, 1768 | |
| Mrs. | Wells | Jul 22, 1774 | |||
| Capt | Welshman | Jun 13, 1767 | |||
| Son | Mrs | Wendell | May 10, 1767 | ||
| Wendell | Jul 19, 1774 | ||||
| Mr | Henry | Wentworth | Sep 17, 1763 | ||
| Miss Polly | Samuel | Wentworth | Esqr | Apr 28, 1764 | |
| Negro | Samuel | Wentworth | Esqr | May 31, 1764 | |
| Samuel | Wentworth | Esqr | Jun 02, 1764 | ||
| Boy on Board his Barg[e] | Samuel | Wentworth | Esqr | Jun 21, 1764 | |
| herself | Miss | Mary | Wentworth | Aug 23, 1765 | |
| Captn | Westem | May 26, 1774 | |||
| Weymouth | N. Boston | Sep 22, 1767 | |||
| Mr. | John | Wheatley | Taylor | Jul 06, 1763 | |
| Miss Polly | Mr. | John | Wheatley | Taylor | Feb 12, 1764 |
| Servants | John | Wheatley | Taylor | Jun 19, 1764 | |
| Polly | John | Wheatley | Taylor | Jul 13, 1764 | |
| Wife | Mr | Jonathan | Wheeler | Junr | Sep 23, 1764 |
| Child | Wheeler | at Temple Street | Jul 11, 1774 | ||
| Wheeler | at the point | Jul 14, 1774 | |||
| Child | Wheeler | Jul 28, 1774 | |||
| Mrs. | Wheeler | Mrs. Wheeler at Mr. Hinshaws | Sep 8, 1774 | ||
| Mr. | Th: | Wheelright | May 7, 1774 | ||
| Miss | Lucy | Whitaker | Sep 04, 1768 | ||
| himself | Mr | William | White | Merchant | Dec 04, 1764 |
| Hon | Samuel | White | Esqr | Jun 19, 1767 | |
| White | in Wings Lane | Sep 21, 1768 | |||
| White | Shoemaker | Nov 1, 1774 | |||
| Child | Whitimore | Carpenter | Aug 27, 1768 | ||
| Mrs. | Whitney | Mar 9, 1775 | |||
| Mrs. | Whittemore | Sep 19, 1774 | |||
| Whittemore | Oct 3, 1774 | ||||
| Daughter | Whittemore | Jan 5, 1775 | |||
| Capt | Whittey | Jan 12, 1766 | |||
| Capt: | John | Whittey | May 12, 1768 | ||
| Mr. | Robert | Williams | Shoemaker | Jul 06, 1763 | |
| child 1 | Mr. | Robert | Williams | Shoemaker | Jul 13, 1763 |
| child 2 | Mr. | Robert | Williams | Shoemaker | Jul 13, 1763 |
| Servant | Mr | Henry | Williams | Noddles Island | Jun 04, 1764 |
| Daughr | Mr. | Robert | Williams | Shoemaker | May 17, 1765 |
| herself | Mrs | Williams | Roxbury | Sep 05, 1765 | |
| Jonathan | Williams | Jan 28, 1767 | |||
| Williams | Long Lane | Feb 01, 1768 | |||
| Mrs. | Williams | opposite Capt Callender | Aug 26, 1774 | ||
| Mrs. | Williams | Oct 28, 1774 | |||
| Miss | Williams and Gray | Shoemakers | Mar 10, 1764 | ||
| Mr | Alexandr | Williston | Painter | Nov 15, 1764 | |
| Williston | N. Boston | Oct 01, 1767 | |||
| Timothy | Winship | Jul 22, 1767 | |||
| Mr | Joseph | Winslow | Aug 29, 1763 | ||
| Maid | Mr | Joseph | Winslow | Sep 02 1763 | |
| Negro Woman | Mr | John | Winslow | Mar 18, 1765 | |
| Winslow | in Temple Street | Sep 20, 1768 | |||
| [His] Negro | John | Winslow | Aug 17, 1774 | ||
| Mrs. | Winslow | Oct 20, 1774 | |||
| Winslow | Oct 20, 1774 | ||||
| John Stitt | Winthrop | Esqr | Jun 29, 1767 | ||
| Mr | Daniel | Wiswall | Shoemaker | May 18, 1765 | |
| John | Woods | Roxbury | May 14, 1767 | ||
| Daughter at Roxbury | Mrs | Woodside | Oct 01, 1764 | ||
| Negro Maid | Mrs | Woodside | Oct 14, 1764 | ||
| herself | Miss | Mary | Woodside | Nov 16, 1764 | |
| Maid Mary | Mrs | Woodside | Jan 22, 1765 | ||
| Mrs | Woodside | Jun 13, 1765 | |||
| her Child | Mrs | Wort | at [ ] with Mrs Williams at Roxbury | Jun 12, 1765 | |
| Self | Mrs | Wort | Sep 26, 1765 | ||
| Wife | Mr | Wright | at N. End | Feb 13, 1766 | |
| (blank) | a Woman at Bagnals | Oct 31, 1768 | |||
| (blank) | |||||
| Indian Man | (blank) | at Doring’s | May 3, 1774 | ||
| Man | (blank) | at Wiiliam’s Strand | May 3, 1774 | ||
| Mr. | (inked out) | (inked out) | May 20, 1774 | ||
| Countryman | (blank) | at Jackson’s Tavern | May 20, 1774 | ||
| Girl | (blank) | at Greenough’s NGuinea | May 29, 1774 | ||
| Miss | Patty | (blank) | Jun 17, 1774 | ||
| (blank) | Soldier’s Child | Jul 17, 1774 | |||
| widow | (blank) | in temple street | Aug 8, 1774 | ||
| Child | Mr. | (blank) | Aug 13, 1774 | ||
| (blank) | he that married Byant(?) in Damnation alley | Aug 17, 1774 | |||
| Mrs. | (blank) | Blackhorse Lane | Aug 18, 1774 | ||
| Negro Woman | Zeporah | (blank) | Temple Street | Aug 18, 1774 | |
| Child | Zeporah | (blank) | Sep 12, 1774 | ||
| Man | (blank) | in Cross Street in Hootons House | Sep 15, 1774 | ||
| young woman | (blank) | Sep 19, 1774 | |||
| Woman | (blank) | at the Factory | Oct 9, 1774 | ||
| (blank) | Man at Leather Breeches | Oct 27, 1774 | |||
| (erased) | Nov 13, 1774 | ||||
| Negro | Cato | (blank) | Temple Street | Dec 7, 1774 | |
| (blank) | Dec 12, 1774 | ||||
| (blank) | Man below (sic) | Dec 19, 1774 | |||
| Maid | (blank) | who lived at Billings | Dec 19, 1774 | ||
| Young Man | (blank) | at Mr. Semberts | Dec 30, 1774 | ||
| Scotchman | (blank) | in Hannert’s House | Feb 6, 1775 | ||
| (blank) | Camp woman | Mar 19, 1775 | |||
| [ ]nd | Jan 26, 1775 |
Source: Derived from Joseph Warren Account Books, 1763-1788. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, Vols. I and II. As in all documents published on this website, I closely follow spelling, punctuation, and syntax of the original. Some handwriting is difficult to read. A few errors and duplications may have crept into this listing. (?) denotes uncertainty in the transcription.
Commentary: Numerous clinical interactions hint at further interrelationships, which may or may not have occurred. A sampling suggested by names on this list:
We note John Wheatley’s “Servants” on June 19, 1764, and wonder if they included enslaved prodigy poet Phillis Wheatley, then about 10 years old. Evident in accounts of subsequent visits is that Dr. Warren was paying a lot of attention to Polly [Miss Mary] Wheatley, eligible daughter of Warren’s then-landlord. The Wheatley account closes precipitously and is paid off in full by the Wheatley patriarch just weeks before Warren married another nubile merchant’s daughter – Elizabeth Hooton. I consulted Prof. Vincent Carretta, Phillis’ most recent scholarly biographer, about this odd sequence of events. You will have to read the Warren biography to discover a plausible explanation and how the drama may have influenced Phillis Wheatley.
Those looking under the letter R will not find Paul Revere. Nor can Joseph Warren’s dental prosthetics be found in Paul Revere’s account books. Is this an artifact of gaps in surviving accounts, or does it tell us that the relationship between Paul Revere and Joseph Warren did not extend far into clinical issues between these friends and fellow Masons?
Proponents of Mrs. Margaret Kemble Gage being the source of Warren’s military intelligence precipitating the legendary Midnight Ride, will be interested in the unnamed “Camp Woman” first appearing on March 19, 1775.
Apparent from records of subsequent visits not shown here, the unnamed “Indian Man” most frequently shows up at Dr. Warren’s office in tandem with John Gill, presumably the son of the Patriot printer (or the printer himself), later imprisoned by the British during the Siege of Boston. Is this an otherwise unknown actual Native American who inspired the disguises at the Boston Tea Party a few months before, or is this an ersatz “Mohawk Indian” of the sort who is prone to brewing tea on a grand scale?
This alphabetic listing of Dr. Joseph Warren’s patients is one of many outputs from my transcription of Warren’s accounts into an electronic database, as prepared in the course of writing his biography. It is among the most comprehensive analyses ever made of a late Colonial physician’s practice. Observations based on it included clues to the web of Dr. Warren’s professional and personal associations, quantification of practice statistics, and hints of an informant network operating on the eve of the Revolutionary War. I hope that this initial listing will assist researchers whose subjects touch on Dr. Warren and Revolutionary era Massachusetts. It may variously focus or obviate a visit to Boston to work with the source material, thereby sparing the fragile original manuscripts of avoidable wear and tear.
There are 1,095 individually identified patients listed by the date of their first visit in surviving account books. Not included are patients who would have appeared only in the lost account books covering the period December 1768 through March 1774. This posting contains 173 individuals whose surnames of the account payers begin with the letters T through Z or are unspecified. Listings of A through D are here, E through K here, and L through S here.
Publication on Dr. Joseph Warren-on-the-Web/www.drjosephwarren.com of an on-line, searchable database including all patient visits, prescriptions, and surgical procedures, must await funding for editing, programming, and permission of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Follow
