{"1": {"fulltext": ".\u00c2\u00bb:v.\\n,.r V.\\n.V,V,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\\n-.vVsl", "height": "3664", "width": "2165", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class\\nF 4\\nfonk H -f H fa", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "I S T O E T\\nOF THE\\n^S i~\\nTOWN OF MASON, N. H.\\nTHE FIRST GRANT\\nIN 1749, TO THE YEAR 1858.\\nJOHN B. HILL.\\nBOSTON:\\nLUCIUS A. ELLIOT CO\\np. BUGBEE CO., BANGOR,\\nJ 8 5 8,\\n-p.]", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "S328\\nPB.INTED BY SAMUEL S. SMITH,\\nBA.NGOK, ME,", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE\\nIt has been my object in the preparation of this work, to\\nexhibit all the steps in progress, by which a New England\\ntown and church are built up and constituted, from the earli-\\nest beginnings to their full establishment in independent\\nexistence and power. These institutions are, both in church\\nand state, the purest and most absolute democracies the\\nworld has ever seen. They are the genuine out-growth, the\\nripened fruit of the puritan development in England. Their\\nbasis is a perfect equality of rights, without a shadow or\\ntrace of aristocracy. Free use has been made for this pur-\\npose of whatever has been found in the annals of the pro-\\nprietary, the town and the churches, worthy of note, as illus-\\ntrating the incidents, manners, and character of the age and\\npeople. The mode adopted has been as far as practicable,\\nto exhibit the actors in full life, and let them tell their own\\nstory, in their own words.\\nThe proprietary, the municipal, and the ecclesiastical his-\\ntory of the first half century of their existence; occupy a\\nlarge share of the work, both on account of the greater\\ninterest of the incidents, and because the facts of that period\\nare fast passing away from all living memory, into the region\\nof dim and shadowy tradition, illuminated only by a few\\nimperfect records, which, in themselves, are liable by daily\\nimpending accidents, totally to perish. For this part of the\\nwork, the authorities principally relied on, have been the\\nproprietary, the town and the church records, all of which,\\nare in good preservation, and more perfect than will in most\\ncases be found; and all these records have been carefully\\nsearched and examined, with a view to this work. The", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "IV PREFACE.\\nrecords of deaths, marriages, family registers, and statistical\\ntables, c., are sufficiently explained in the chapters in which\\nthey are found. Most of the biographical sketches of per-\\nsons recently deceased, have been furnished by other hands.\\nThe sketches of the village churches, and of the Christian\\nchurch, are by the pastors of those churches.\\nImportant aid has been derived from the History of New\\nIpswich, Butler s Groton, Shattuck s Concord, and the New\\nEngland Genealogical and Historical Register. Dr. Thomas\\nH. Marshall, and Mr. Charles P. Eichardson, of Mason, and\\nMr. Frederic Kidder, and Mr. Lucius A. Elliot, of Boston,\\nhave rendered very important aid and encouragement, in the\\npreparation of this work. My brother, the Rev. Joseph B.\\nHill, has contributed much to the value of the work, in the\\npreparation of statistical tables, and of the list of early\\nsettlers.\\nJ. B. Hill.\\nBangok, May 1, 1858.", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER I,\\nCaptain John Mason Grants to him of Lands in New Hampshire Settle-\\nments commenced by him Controversies with Massachusetts respecting the\\ntitle and jurisdiction how settled Title vested in the Masonian proprietors.\\nThe town of Mason is situated in the county of Hillsbo-\\nrough, in the State of New Hampshire. It lies upon the\\nsouthern border of the State, about midway between the\\neastern and western extremities of its southern boundary.\\nOn the south it bounds upon Townsend and Ashby, on the\\nwest upon New Ipswich, on the north upon Temple and Wilton\\nand on the east upon Milford and Brookline. It is in that\\nportion of the State of New Hampshire which was granted\\nby the council of Plymouth in 1621 to Capt. John Mason.\\nAs the town derives its name from that gentleman, and the\\ntitle to the soil therein is in fact derived and claimed under\\nthis grant to him, and sundry subsequent grants in confirm-\\nation thereof, and as the State is also indebted to him for its\\nname, it being derived from that of the county of Hampshire,\\nin England, of whose principal town, Portsmouth, Mason was\\nat one time governor, a brief sketch of his life and of the\\ntitles granted to him, and of the various and long-continued\\ncontroversies to which the uncertain and indefinite descrip-\\ntions of the boundaries of the original and subsequent grants\\ngave rise, and of the manner in which they were finally set-\\n2", "height": "3480", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "b HISTORY OP MASON.\\ntied, will not be deemed an inappropriate introduction to\\nthese memorials of the place and its people. For the facts\\nstated, the authority mainly relied on, is Belknap s history of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nCapt. John Mason was born in Lynn Regis in the county\\nof Norfolk in England. Of his parentage and early life little\\nis known. The year of his birth is not stated by the histo-\\nrians. It must have been not far from the year 1570, in the\\nmidst of the stirring times of Queen Elizabeth. His first en-\\ngagement in active life, was as a merchant in London. After-\\nwards he entered the naval service, and served as an ofl cer\\nin the fleet in the war between Spain and the Dutch republics.\\nAfter the peace of 1609, by which the independence of Hol-\\nland was secured, he was appointed Governor of Newfound-\\nland. This island was discovered by Sebastian Cabot in\\n1497. It was taken possession of, in the name of Queen\\nElizabeth, by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, August 5th, 1583. The\\nfisheries upon the banks became, at an early period, an import-\\nant business, the tendency of which was to foster and promote\\nvoyages of discovery to the continent. At the time Mason\\nwas appointed its governor, this island was one of the most\\nvaluable English possessions in North America. In this\\npost he remained long enough to become acquainted with the\\ncountry and he formed so high an opinion of its future\\ndestiny, as to induce in him a willingness to adventure his\\nfortune in advancing its settlement. This led him on his\\nreturn to England, into a close intimacy with those who were\\nengaged in discoveries in the new world. He was, after Ms\\nreturn, appointed Governor of the town of Plymouth, in the\\ncounty of Hampshire and upon a vacancy happening in the\\ncouncil of Plymouth, he was elected a member of that body,\\nand was chosen their secretary. He was thus placed in the\\nfront rank of those who were actively engaged in promoting\\ndiscoveries and encouraging settlements in North America,,\\nHe gave to these enterprises, not only his countenance and\\nadvice, but he was willing to embark his fortunes in the bus-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 1\\niness, and to devote to it liis time and means. Witli that\\nintent he procured from the council of Pl3miouth, in March,\\n1621, a grant of all the lands from the river Naumkeag,\\nnow Salem, round Cape Ann to the river Merrimack, and\\nup each of those rivers to the farthest heads .thereof, then to\\ncross over from the head of one to the head of the other,\\nwith all the islands lying within three miles of the coast.\\nThis district was called Marianna. This was the first terri-\\ntorial grant made by the Plymouth council. It bears date\\nMarch 9, 1621. Those to Plymouth colony are dated in 1621\\nand 1623 5 that to Massachusetts, March 19, 1627, all sub-\\nsequent to Mason s. Of these last, each was granted to a\\ncompany or association, or to an individual in trust for a\\ncompany. Mason undertook his enterprise alone and single\\nhanded. No individual can be found, who exhibited more\\ncourage and perseverance in the cause, or more confidence in\\nits ultimate success, or who expended his means with a more\\nliberal hand, or in larger amount, in promoting the settlement\\nof the country.\\nIn 1622, another grant was made to G-orges and Mason\\njointly, of all the lands between the rivers Merrimack and\\nSagadahock, extending back to the great lakes and river of\\nCanada, and this was called Laconia. The points of com-\\nmencement of the first of these grants were wholly within\\nwhat is now Massachusetts. The territory included is partly\\nin New Hampshire and partly in Massachusetts. The second\\ngrant included a large part of New Hampshire, a portion of\\nMaine and of Canada. The knowledge then possessed of\\nthe country, and of the courses of the rivers, was imperfect\\nand uncertain, and consequently, these bounderies were found\\nto be uncertain and indefinite. Settlements were by Mason\\nattempted to be made, at a place called Little Harbor, in\\nPortsmouth, where salt works were erected and a house\\ncalled Mason Hall, was built at Dover. In 1629, he procured\\na patent under the common seal of the council of Plymouth,\\nfor the land from the middle of Piscataqua river, and up the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "8 HISTORY OF MASON,\\nsame, to the farthest head thereof, and from thence northward,\\nuntil sixty miles from the mouth of the harbor were finished\\nalso, through Merrimack river, to the farthest head thereof, and\\nso forward up into the land westward, until sixty miles were\\nfinished, and from thence to cross over land to the end of\\nsixty miles, accounted from Piscataqua river, together with all\\nthe islands within five miles of the coast. This tract was\\ncalled New Hampshire, a name derived from that of the\\ncounty of Hampshire, in England, of whose principal town,\\nPortsmouth, Mason was governor. Under this charter the\\ntowns of Portsmouth, and Northam, afterwards called Dover,\\nHampton, and Exeter were laid out.\\nThe attempts at settlement were not prosperous. The\\nviews of those engaged in the enterprise, were chiefly turned\\nto the discovery of lakes and mines, the cultivation of grapes\\nand the advantages of trade and fishery. Little regard was\\nhad to agriculture. They often complained of their expenses,\\nand might with reason, for they had not only to pay wages to\\ntheir colonists, but to supply them with provisions, clothing,\\nutensils, medicines, articles of trade, implements for building,\\nhusbandry and fishery, and to stock their plantations with\\ncattle, swine and goats. Bread corn was either brought from\\nEngland in meal, or from Virginia in grain, and then sent to\\nthe windmill at Boston to be ground. Yery little improvement\\nwas made on the lands, the lakes were not explored, the Adnes\\nplanted came to nothing, no mines were found but those of\\niron, and those were not wrought; three or four houses only,\\nwere built in the first seven years the peltry trade with the\\nIndians was of some value, and the fishery served towards the\\nsupport of the inhabitants, but yielded no profit to the adven-\\nturers, who received but inadequate returns in lumber and\\nfish. They, seeing their interests sinking and withering away,\\ngrew dispirited, and the greater part of them either abandon-\\ned the enterprise, or sold their shares to Gorges and Mason,\\nwho were more sanguine than the rest, and who thus became\\neither by purchase or by tacit consent of the others, the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 9\\nprincipal, if not the sole proprietors. They prosecuted the\\nsettlement with zeal, but met with many hindrances, among\\nwhich were claims made by the Virginia company to have their\\ncharter revoked. Mason finally succeeded in procuring a new\\ncharter in 1635, extending from Naumkeag to Piscataqua,\\nand sixty miles northward within land. He did not long\\nsurvive the issuing of this patent. He died Nov. 16th, 1635.\\nIn his will, he disposed of his immense estate, as follows To\\nthe corporation of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, the place of his\\nnativity, he gave two thousand acres of land in New Hamp-\\nshire, subject to the yearly rent of one penny per acre to his\\nheirs, and two-fifths of all mines royal, on condition that five\\nfamilies should within five years be settled thereupon. To\\nhis brother-in-law, John Wollaston, three thousand acres, sub-\\nject to a yearly rent of one shilling. To his grandchild, Ann\\nTufton, ten thousand acres at Sagadahock. To Robert Tuf-\\nton, his grandson, he gave his manor of Mason Hall, on con-\\ndition that he should take the surname of Mason. He also\\ngave his brother Wollaston in trust one thousand acres for\\nthe maintenance of an honest, godly and religious preacher\\nof God s word, and one thousand acres more for the sup-\\nport of a grammar school; each of these estates to be con-\\nveyed to ffeolfees in trust, and their successors, paying an-\\nnually one penny per acre to his heirs. The residue of his\\nestate in New Hampshire, he gave to his grandson John Tuf-\\nton, he taking the surname of Mason, and to his lawful issue\\nor, in want thereof, to Dr. Robert Mason, Chancellor of the\\nDiocese of Winchester, and his lawful issue, and to his own\\nand other right heirs, forever provided that it should not\\ngo out of the name of Mason.., The residuary legatee was\\nrequired to pay five hundred pounds out of the estate to his\\nsister Mary, and all the grandchildren were to relinquish their\\nright to one thousand pounds due from the estate to their\\nfather, Joseph Tufton. The estate in America was valued in\\nthe inventory, at ten thousand pounds sterling. It is under\\nthis will, that the title to the soil of the town of Mason is", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "10 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nderived and it is not a little remarkable, that so far as is now\\nknown, this town is the only representative of the name of\\nCapt. John Mason in the State.\\nThe little legacy of five hundred pounds given by the will\\nto the sister of John Tufton, would, if put and kept at inter-\\nest and compounded, from the year 1635, when the testator\\ndied, up to the present time, 1858, amount to a greater sum\\nthan the total inventory and valuation of the real and per-\\nsonal property of the whole State of New Hampshire at the\\nlast valuation. Let those who doubt it try the figures, and\\nlet all who are paying interest for money borrowed or sums\\ndue, learn that unless the business or investment in which it\\nis employed, is yielding more than six per cent, per annum,\\nthey must be sadly going behind hand.\\nIt will be seen that Capt. Mason was particularly solicitous\\nto perpetuate his name by attaching it to the ownership of\\nhis land in New Hampshire. He bestows it finally upon his\\nright heirs forever, provided it shall not go out of the name\\nof Mason but of all his vast estate, it is not probable that\\na single acre is now owned by any of his descendants, or that\\nhis name is now connected with any portion of the territory,\\nexcept that of this town.\\nIn 1638, after the death of Capt. Mason, his widow and\\nexecutrix, Mrs. Anne Mason, sent over Francis Norton as her\\ngeneral attorney, to whom she committed the whole man-\\nagement of the estate. But the expense so far exceeded the\\nincome, and the servants grew so impatient for their arrears,\\nthat she was obliged to relinquish the care of the plantation,\\nand tell the servants they must shift for themselves upon\\nwhich they shared the goods and cattle. Norton drove above\\none hundred oxen to Boston, and there sold them for twenty-\\nfive pounds sterling per head, which it is said was the current\\nprice of the best cattle in New England at that time. These\\nwere of a large breed imported from Denmark, from whence\\nMason had also procured a number of men skilled in sawing\\nplank and making potashes. These Danes were the pioneers", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 11\\nof the great lumber business, whicli has engrossed so much\\nof the capital and enterprise of New Hampshire and Maine.\\nHaving shared the stock and other materials, some of the peo-\\nple quitted the plantation others of them tarried, keeping\\npossession of the buildings and improvements, which they\\nclaimed as their own. The houses at Newichwanuock were\\ndestroj^ed by fire, and thus Mason s estate was ruined. These\\nevents happened between 1638 and 1644.\\nLumber and the fisheries seem to have been the great objects\\nin view in Mason s enterprise. These branches of business,\\nthough important in connection with ether pursuits, form too\\nnarrow a basis for the foundation of a commonwealth. Per-\\nsons who engaged in these employments, in those early times,\\ndid not possess that persevering industry and frugality re-\\nquired for the successful building up of a state. The charac-\\nter and manners of the fishermen of that day, are most vividly\\nand happily painted in the following extract from Josselyn s\\ntwo voyages, in Thornton s Ancient Pemaquid. The lum-\\nbermen would present a companion picture. Mr. Thornton\\nsays Josselyn, who left Black Point for England in the sum-\\nmer of 1671, describes the people of Maine after several years\\nresidence among them. He classifies them as Magistrates,\\nHusbandmen or Planters, and Fishermen of the Magistrates\\nsome be Royalists, the rest perverse Spirits, the like are the\\nplanters and fishers, of which some be planters and fishers\\nboth, others mere fishers there are but few handcraftsmen,\\nand no shopkeepers English goods being kept by the Massa-\\nchusetts merchants, here and there, on the coast, at a profit of\\ncent, per cent., in exchange for fish. They have a custom of\\ntaking Tobacco, sleeping at noon, sitting long at meals, some-\\ntimes four times in a day, and now and then drinking a dram\\nof the bottle extraordinarily; the smoaking of Tobacco, if\\nmoderately used refresheth the weary very much, and so doth\\nsleep The fisherman of that day he paints to the life. He\\nsays, to every Shallop belong four fishermen, a Master or\\nsteersman, a midshipman, and a Foremastman, and a shoreman", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORY OF MASOX.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles pitcht\\nupon stakes breast high and tends their Cookery these often\\nget in one voyage Eight or Nine pound a man for their shares,\\nbut it doth some of them but little good, for there comes\\nin a walking Tavern, a Bark laden with the Legitimate bloud\\nof the rich grape the conclusion of which is the costly sin\\nof drunkenness. Thornton s Ancient Pemaquid. See Col.\\nMaine Hist. Society, Vol. 5. pp. 234, 235.\\nIf such was the character of Mason s planters and servants,\\nno one can be surprised that his enterprise, though prosecuted\\nwith all his energy and perseverance, should prove to be a\\nfailure.\\nThe character and objects and results of Mason s efforts,\\nare with much truth and pertinency thus summed up in Bar-\\nstow s History of New Hampshire: In the midst of his\\nfond anticipations of better fortune. Captain Mason was\\nremoved by death. This happened near the close of the\\nyear. (1635.) He had accomplished none of the great pur-\\nposes for which he came to this wilderness world. He em-\\nbarked with vast expectations of boundless wealth and gran-\\ndeur. Golden visions hovered round him to the last,\\nin spite of the light of experience. He had no religious\\nviews in the purchase and settlement of New Hampshire.\\nHis whole energies were absorbed in the discovery of wealth,\\nand the aggrandizement of himself and his family. His dar-\\nling scheme was the introduction of the feudal system into\\nNew Hampshire 5 by which his family were to be the lords,\\nand the people tenants of the soil. For this he labored for\\nthis he sacrificed his all still dreaming of the profits of dis-\\ncovery, and the glory of founding a state. But though a\\ndreamer, he was at the same time a man of action.\\nNothing daunted him. Nothing deterred him. Though ad-\\nversity might cloud his prospects, it never depressed his spir-\\nits. The frustration of his efforts and the frequent wreck of\\nhis hopes only seemed to display the indestructible vigor of\\nhis mind. Amidst disappointment and discouragement he", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 13\\ncontinued to attempt tlie foundation of a feudal empire, until\\ndeath interrupted his toils and left him only a reputation for\\nattempting impossible things.\\nWell was it for posterity that the unnatural eyes of\\nAdventure, alone, could discern mineral wealth in the hills\\nof New Hampshire. Fortunate was it that the soil was, for\\nthe most part, reserved for men who should settle upon it\\nwith no chimerical and vain hopes of treasure but men\\nviewing human life and society in a true light not building\\nthe castles of avarice but living by their industry expect-\\ning only the rain and dew upon the seed they had sown\\nhoping for health and competence and laying the only sure\\nfoundation for a great and flourishing country in intelligence\\nand public virtue good schools, good morals, government,\\nand sober industry. These are the strength of a state.\\n[Barstow^s Neiv Hampshire, pp. 33, 37.\\nThe inhabitants of these towns finding it difficult to main-\\ntain any stable government, were with their consent, received\\ninto the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, about the years 1641,\\n42. The union continued about forty years. This extension\\nof the colony s jurisdiction could not fail of being noticed\\nby the heirs of Mason but the distractions caused by the\\ncivil wars in England, were invincible bars to any legal\\ninquiry. The first heir named in Mason s will dying in infancy,\\nthe estate descended after the death of the executrix, to Rob-\\nert Tufton, who was not of age till 1650. In two years after\\nthis, Joseph Mason came over as agent for the executrix, to\\nlook after the interests of her deceased husband. He found\\nthe land at Newichwannock occupied by Richard Leader,\\nagainst whom he brought actions in the county of Norfolk,\\na county which then included the northeasterly part of Massa-\\nchusetts and the New Hampshire towns. A dispute arose\\nwhether the lands in question were within the jurisdiction of\\nMassachusetts, and the court of Norfolk judging the action\\nnot to be within their cognizance, recourse was had to the\\ngeneral court at Boston, which on this occasion ordered an", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14 HISTORY OF MASON.\\naccurate survey of the northern bounds of their patent to be\\nmade. A committee of the general court, attended by John\\nSherman and Jonathan Ince, surveyors, and several Indian\\nguides, went up the river Merrimack, to find the most north-\\nerly part thereof, which the Indians told them was at Acque-\\ndochtan, the outlet of the lake Winnipiseogee. The latitude\\nof that place was found to be 43\u00c2\u00b0 40 12 to which three\\nmiles being added, made the line of the patent, according to\\ntheir construction, fall within the lake, in latitude 43\u00c2\u00b0 43 12\\nThe same latitude was marked on an island in Casco bay,\\nand an imaginary line drawn through these points from the\\nAtlantic ocean to the South-sea, as the Pacific ocean was then\\ncalled, was supposed to be the northern boundary of Massa-\\nchusetts. This line included the whole of Mason s claim by\\nhis last patent. The committee of the general court to\\nestablish the line, were Capt. Edward Johnson, author of the\\nHistory of New England, and Capt. Simon Willard, after-\\nwards an assistant and a commander of a portion of the\\nMassachusetts forces, in the Indian war of 1675. The expe-\\ndition took up nineteen days in the months of July and\\nAugust, and the whole expense was not less than eighty-four\\npounds. The following is a copy of the report of the sur-\\nveyors\\nThe answer of John Sherman, Sergeant at Watertown,\\nand Jonathan Ince, Student at Harvard College in Cam-\\nbridge, to Capt. Simon Willard and Capt. Edward Johnson,\\nCommissioners of the General Court, held at Boston, May\\n17, 1652, concerning the latitude of the northernmost part of\\nMerrimack river.\\nWhereas we, John Sherman and Jonathan Ince, were pro-\\ncured by the aforesaid Commissioners to take the latitude of\\nthe place above named, our answer is, that at Aquedahcan,\\nthe name of the head of Merrimack, where it issues out of\\nthe lake Winnapusseahit, upon the first of August, one thou-\\nsand six hundred and fifty-two, we observed and by observa-\\ntion found, that the latitude of the place was fourty-three", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "CAPT, JOHN MASON. 15\\ndegrees foiirty minutes and twelve seconds, besides those min-\\nutes that are to be allowed for three miles more north w^ run\\ninto the Lake.\\nIn witness whereof, wee have subscribed our names, this\\nnineteenth of October, one thousand six hundred and fifty-\\ntwo. John Sherman,\\nJonathan Inge,\\nJur. coram me, JOH. ENDECOTT, Gubr:\\nHaving settled this matter, the Court were of the opinion\\nthat some lands by agreement of Gorges, and by purchase\\nof the Indians, and by possession and improvements, were\\nproperly claimed by Mason, and they ordered a quantity pro-\\nportionable to his disbursements, with a privilege of the river,\\nto be laid out to his heirs.\\nThe agent, finding it hopeless to prosecute the claim any\\nfarther, left the country. During the Commonwealth and the\\nProtectorate of Cromwell, there could be no hope of relief;\\nas the family of Mason had always been attached to the\\nroyal cause. On the restoration of Charles II. Tufton,\\nwho had taken the surname of Mason, petitioned to the king\\nfor restoration of his rights. The petition was referred to\\nSir Geoffrey Palmer, the attorney general, who reported, that\\nRobert Mason the grandson and heir of Capt. John Mason\\nhad a good and legal title to the province of New Hamp-\\nshire. Nothing eifective was done to restore to him his\\nrights. Edward Randolph who was a kinsman of Mason, was\\nsent over with the king s letter to the government of Massa-\\nchusetts, requiring them to send over agents within sis months,\\nto answer to the complaints which Mason and the heirs of\\nGorges had made, of their usurpation of jurisdiction over\\nthe territory claimed by them all the answer he could get\\nfrom Govenor Leverett and the council, was that they would\\nsee about it. The matter was pursued in England. Lieut.\\nGov. Stoughton and Peter Bulkley, the speaker of the house\\nof deputies, were sent to England in behalf of Massachusetts.\\nThe subject was referred to the judges. They reported that", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16 HISTOEY OF MASOK.\\nthey could give no opinion as to the right of the soil, the\\nproper parties not being before them that Mason had no\\nright of government, none having been granted to him with\\nthe soil; and finally, that the four towns Portsmouth, Dover,\\nExeter and Hampton, were out of the bounds of Massachu-\\nsetts. It was also admitted that the title could only be tried\\nin the place, there being no court in England that had cogni-\\nzance of it. It became necessary, therefore, to set up a new\\njurisdiction before Mason s title could be tried. It was done.\\nThus, in consequence of this controversy and claim. New\\nHampshire was seperated from Massachusetts, and was again\\norganized under a distinct and independent jurisdiction.\\nRandolph was appointed governor. He was greatly and de-\\nservedly unpopular. The whole number of voters in his prov-\\nince was 209, all in the four towns of Portsmouth, Dover,\\nHampton and Exeter. In the first assembly, the whole num-\\nber of Eepresentatives was eleven from Portsmouth, Dover\\nand Hampton, three each, and Exeter two. Mason came\\nover from England in the latter part of the year 1681. He\\nhad been appointed one of the council, and took his seat as\\nsuch. He attempted to enforce his claims in a haughty and\\narbitrary manner. He met with a sturdy resistance on the\\npart of the tenants, and by his hasty and injudicious proceed-\\nings, lost the countenance and support of the council. The\\ncontroversy with the council prevailed to such length, that a\\nwarrant was issued for apprehending him, which he avoided\\nby making his escape to England. Finding the government,\\nwhich he had procured to be erected, was not likely to be\\nadministered in a manner favorable to his views, he made it\\nhis business to bring about a change, and procured Edward\\nCranfield to be appointed Lieut. Governor. To provide for\\nhis support, he surrendered one fifth part of his quit rents, to\\nthe king. These, and the fines and forfeitures, were appropri-\\nated for the governor s support. Not satisfied to rely on\\nthese alone, he took from Mason a mortgage on the whole\\nprovince for twenty one years, to secure the payment of one", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 17\\nliiuidred and fifty pounds per annum, for seven years. On\\nthis encouragement, Cranfield relinquished a profitable office\\nat home, with a view of bettering his fortunes by this arrange-\\nment.\\nHis commission gave him almost absolute power. He com-\\nmented his rule in 1682. -Mason was named in his commis-\\nsion as one of the council, and seems to have had a great\\nshare in the management of afi airs. Suits were brought to\\nenforce his claims. They were resisted. Nothing effectual\\nwas done to establish his title. When he succeeded in obtain-\\ning judgment, he was forcibly resisted in his attempts to get\\npossession. Many of the tenants claimed under Indian deeds,\\nwhich were then much regarded others shew possession for\\nfrom forty to sixty years, uninterrupted by any successful en-\\nforcement of his rights. In 1686 a purchase was made of\\nthe Indians, of a tract on both sides of the Merrimack river,\\nsix miles in breadth, extending from Souhegan river to Win-\\nnipisseogee lake. The purchasers were Jonathan Tyng, Jo-\\nseph Dudley, Charles Lidgat, John Usher, Edward Randolph,\\nJohn Hubbard, Robert Thompson, Samuel Scrimpton, William\\nStoughton, Richard Warton, Thomas Hinchman, Thaddeus\\nMaccarty, Edward Thompson, John Blackwell, Peter Bulkley,\\nWilliam Blathwayt, Daniel Cox and three other persons, to\\nbe thereafter named and agreed upon. Mason, by deed, con-\\nfirmed this purchase, reserving to himself and his heirs a\\nyearly rent of ten shillings. This was called the million acre\\npurchase. About the same time he farmed out to Hezekiah\\nUsher and his heirs, the mines, minerals and ores within the\\nlimits of New Hampshire, for the term of one thousand years,\\nreserving to himself one quarter part of the royal ores and\\none seventeenth of the baser sorts and having put his affairs\\nin the best order the times would admit, he sailed for England,\\nto attend to the hearing of a case appealed against him to\\nthe king.\\nThe appeal to the king was decided in his favor, and he\\nreturned in the spring of 1687, full of hope of realizing some-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nthing out of his claims but unexpected obstructions were in\\nhis way. The government^ under Andros, was in the hands\\nof a set of harpies, who could not look on without determin-\\ning to come in for a share of his success. He succeeded in\\ngetting his case brought before the Supreme Court in Boston,\\nbut before he could get a decision he died at Esopus, N. Y.,\\non a journey to Albany, where he had accompanied the\\ngovernor. Sir Edmund Andros, leaving his sons, John and Rob-\\nert, heirs of his claims and controversies. They sold their\\nclaim to Samuel Allen, of London, for seven hundred and fifty\\npounds. John Usher married Allen s daughter. He was a\\nnative of Boston, and by profession a stationer was rich, was\\none of the partners in the million acre purchase, and had san-\\nguine expectations of gain from that quarter as also, proba-\\nbly, from the mines he had purchased of Mason. He was ap-\\npointed lieutenant governor, and administered the affairs of\\nthe province. He resolved to enforce Allen s claims. He\\nfound that Pickering, the defendant s lawyer, had with a com-\\npany of armed men, taken out of the hands of Chamberlain,\\nthe secretary and clerk, the records and papers relating to\\nthe Mason suits. After having recovered the papers, he seems\\nto have made no effectual progress with the suits. In 1700,\\nAllen took the matter in hand himself, but found, when the\\nrecords were examined, that twenty-five leaves were missing,\\nin which it is supposed the judgments recovered by Mason\\nwere recorded. No evidence appeared of his having obtained\\npossession, and the whole work was to be gone over again.\\nSuits were commenced anew. The jury found for the defend-\\nant. Allen claimed an appeal to the king, which the court\\nwould not allow, and he was compelled to apply to the king\\nby petition, on which his appeal was granted. Allen appoint-\\ned Usher to act for him in prosecuting his appeal, having pre-\\nviously mortgaged one half the province to him for \u00c2\u00a31,500.\\nWhen the appeal came on for hearing, it appeared that no\\nproof was produced to show that Mason was ever in possess-\\nion, and therefore judgment was rendered against him, but", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 19\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with the right to commence again in the courts in the prov-\\nince. New suits were commenced, ending as before, in judg-\\nment for the defendant and appeal by the plaintiff. Allen was\\nnow old and poor, and proposed a settlement by compromise,\\nbut before it was effected he died. His son, Thomas Allen,\\nrenewed the suits with the same result, judgment for the de-\\nfendants and an appeal to the queen in council. Before the\\nappeal was ready to be heard, Allen died in 1715. This put\\nan end to the suit, which his heirs, being minors, did not\\nrenew.\\nWhen the sale was made by John and Robert Mason to\\nSamuel Allen, in 1691, it took place in England, and by a\\nfiction of law, the land was supposed to be in England and\\nthe conveyance was by fine and recovery in the king s bench.\\nIn this process the land was described as being in New\\nHampshire, Maine, Masonia, Laconia, Mason Hall and Mari-\\nana in New England in America, in the parish of Greenwich\\na fiction of law by which a parish in England includes within\\nits limits the principal part of two states of this Union.\\nJohn Tufton Mason, the son of Robert Tufton Mason, after\\nthe death of his uncle and father, who were Allen s grantors,\\nbeing advised that their conveyance to Allen could give him\\nonly an estate for their own lives, and that the recovery in\\nthe king s bench in England was void for want of jurisdiction,\\nprepared to assert his claims, but died in Havana in 1718,\\nwhere he had gone to procure means to carry on his suit.\\nHis son, John Tufton Mason, came of age about the year\\n1738. The controversy between the provinces about the\\nsouthern boundary of New Hampshire, was at this time re-\\nnewed and brought to a crisis. Massachusetts claimed that the\\nline should run three miles east from the river to a point\\nthree miles north of the junction of the Pemigewasset and the\\nWinnipisseogee river thence due west till it should meet the\\nboundaries of the other governments. The commissioners\\ndoubted whether this should be the line, or a line commencing\\nthree miles north of the mouth of Merrimack river and run-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nning due west till it should meet the other goyernments, and\\nthey referred the question to the king in council. While this\\ncontroversy was pending, negotiations were entered into both\\non the part of Massachusetts and New Hampshire for the\\npurchase of Mason s title. The agent of New Hampshire,\\nThomlinson, made an agreement with him for the purchase,\\non behalf of that province, of his whole interest, for one\\nthousand pounds New England currency, but no legal assent\\nto the purchase was made by the authorities of the province.\\nThe question of boundary was settled not in accordance\\nwith either statement of the commissioners. The reason for\\ndeparting from the letter of the grant was, that when it was\\nmade it was supposed, the country not having been explored,\\nthat the course of the Merrimack river was from west to east,\\nand therefore that the dividing line would run nearly west,\\nand that so far then, as the course of the river corresponded\\nwith that supposed state of facts, a line three miles north of\\nit should be the dividing line, and then the line crossing the\\nriver should take a course due west and such a line was finally\\nadopted and established. Thomlinson was the agent for New\\nHampshire, and Thomas Hutchinson for Massachusetts. The\\nline was run by George Mitchell, from the ocean to the\\nstation north of Pawtucket falls, at which point the due west\\nline was to commence and by Richard Hazen from that point\\nto Connecticut river. They were directed to allow ten de-\\ngrees for the westerly variation of the needle. The work\\nwas done in February and March, 1741. This determina-\\ntion, says Belknap, voL 1, p. 257, exceeded the utmost ex-\\npectation of New Hampshire, as it gave them a country four-\\nteen miles in breadth and above fifty in length, more than\\nthey had ever claimed. It cut off from Massachusetts twenty-\\neight new townships, between Merrimack and Connecticut riv-\\ners, besides large tracts of vacant land, which lay intermixed,\\nand districts from six of their old towns on the north side of\\nthe Merrimack, and if as was then supposed, the due west\\nline were to extend to twenty miles east of Hudson s river.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 21\\nthe reputed boundary of New York, a vast tract of fertile\\ncountry on the western side of Connecticut river was annesed\\nto New Hampshire, by which an ample scope was given for\\nlanded speculation, and afterwards for cultivation and wealth.\\nThe establishment of this line was undoubtedly a public\\nbenefit. It put to rest doubts and controversies about juris-\\ndiction and ownership, which had seriously retarded the set-\\ntlement of the country. But it occasioned in many places\\ngreat heartburnings and trouble. It severed the ancient town\\nof Dunstable into two parts, leaving them in different juris-\\ndictions. The line passed through the town nearly in the\\ncentre, leaving the meeting-house a short distance on the New\\nHampshire side. This town had been granted by Massachu-\\nsetts nearly eighty years, and had been more or less settled\\nmore than one hundred years before this time. It had always\\nclaimed and been considered to be within the limits of Mas-\\nsachusetts. This decision placed their meeting-house, their\\nminister, their grave-yard, and a large portion of themselves\\nin another jurisdiction, and threw an air of doubt and distrust\\nupon the validity of the titles to the lands upon the New\\nHampshire side of the line. The effects were most disas-\\ntrous upon their interests and institutions, both of town and\\nchurch. The church was broken up. The minister withdrew\\nand left the place. The meeting-house was abandoned, and\\nfor more than half a century the results of this disturbance\\nof the municipal and church affairs in that place, were appar-\\nent. Hollis was then a part of Dunstable, a precinct or\\nparish, and shared in the troubles of the mother town. Most\\nof Brookline was then included in Hollis, and Pepperell was\\na part of Groton, which lost a portion of its territory by the\\nnew line. In Townsend, the complaints of the wrong done,\\nwere long and loud. At a legal town meeting held Oct. 6,\\n1740, in that town, John Stevens was chosen moderator.\\nThe proceedings of the meeting on this subject are recorded\\nas follows Being informed that by the determination of\\nhis Majesty and Council respecting the controverted bounds\\n4", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nbetween the Province of Massachusetts Bay and New Hamp-\\nshire, now pdrt of this township, is excluded from the Prov-\\nince of Massachusetts Bay, to which they supposed they\\nalways belonged; therefore voted, that a petition be pre-\\nferred to the King s most excellent majesty, setting forth our\\nmost distressed circumstances, and praying that we may be\\nannexed to the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and voted\\nnemine contradicente, that Thomas Hutchinson, Esquire, of\\nBoston, be and is hereby fully impowered to prefer a petition\\nto his majesty, and to appear and fully to act for the proprie-\\ntors and inhabitants in said town, respecting the subject\\nAlso, voted that the aforesaid agent shall have no demand on\\nthe town of Townsend. for charges in petitioning as aforesaid,\\nseperate from any other town in the Province Also, voted,\\nin case the said Thomas Hutchinson be not chosen by the\\nmajor part of the towns, or if chosen, cannot engage in said\\naffair, then Capt. John Stevens be fully impowered to join\\nwith other the towns of the Province in the choice of another\\nagent to act in said affair, and that the aforesaid John\\nStevens have full power in behalf of said town to prepare\\nand sign any petition to his majesty concerning said lines, as\\nshall be necessary, and that he shall have forty shillings\\nreward for his services in this alfair. Town Records Vol. 1,\\np. 31. It does not appear that any remedy or recompense\\nfor the wrong done, resulted from these proceedings. But the\\ngood people of Townsend looked for and obtained a remedy\\nnearer home. The general court granted to the town a tract\\nof land as a compensation for lands cut off by the New\\nHampshire line, and at a town meeting in 1786, the selectmen\\nwere directed to make sale of the lands so granted.\\nThe agreement made by Thomlinson with Mason for the\\nsale of his title, to the Province of New Hampshire before\\nmentioned, was lodged in the hands of the governor, and was\\nby him laid before the house. It lay on their table a long\\ntime without any formal notice. In the meantime Mason had\\nsuffered a fine and recovery in the courts of New Hampshire,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "CAPT. JOHN MASON. 23\\nby Avliich he could convey his interest in fee. He sent in a\\nmemorial, stating that he would wait no longer, but consider\\ninaction on their part a refusal, and intimations were given\\nthat if the agreement should aiot be ratified, a sale would be\\nmade to other persons, who stood ready to purchase. At\\nlength a resolution passed the house, that they would comply\\nwith the agreement and pay the price, and that the land should\\nbe granted by the general assembly, to the inhabitants, as they\\nshould think proper. A committee was appointed to com-\\nplete the business with Mason, but he had on the same day,\\nby a deed of sale for the sum of fifteen hundred pounds, con-\\nveyed his whole interest to twelve persons in fifteen shares.\\nThe pm chasers were Theodore Atkinson three fifteenths,\\nMark H. Wentworth two fifteenths, Richard Wibird, John\\nWentworth, (son of the governor,) George Jaffrey, Nathaniel\\nMeserve, Thomas Packer, Thomas Wallingford, Jotham Odi-\\norne, Joshua Pierce, Samuel Moore and John Moffatt one fif-\\nteenth each.\\nWhen it was found that the conveyance had been made,\\nthere was much dissatisfaction. Some attempts were made\\nto negotiate with these purchasers for a conveyance to the\\nProvince, but without success. One obstacle in the way was,\\nthat the house would not make the purchase, unless with the\\nstipulation that the land should be granted by the legislature\\nbut the governor and council and the purchasers seem to have\\ninsisted, that it should be granted by the governor and council,\\nand for that reason principally the negotiation failed.\\nIn 1749 the purchasers took a second deed, comprehending\\nall the Masonian grant from Naumkeag to Piscataqua where-\\nas their former deed, was confined to the lately established\\nboundaries of New Hampshire. This deed was not recorded\\ntill 1753.\\nAfter they had taken the first deed, they began to grant\\ntownships, and continued granting them to petitioners, often\\nwithout fees, and always without quit-rents. They quieted the\\ntitles in the towns on the western side of the Merrimack,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nwhich had been granted by Massachusetts, before the estab^\\nlishment of the line, so that they could go on peacably with\\ntheir settlements. The terms of these grants were, that the\\ngrantees should within a limited time, erect mills and meeting-\\nhouses, clear out roads and settle ministers. In every town-\\nship they reserved one right for the first settled minister,\\nanother for the ministry, and a third for schools. They also\\nreserved fifteen rights for themselves, and two for their attor--\\nnies all of which were to be free from taxes, until sold or\\noccupied. By virtue of these grants, many townships were\\nsettled, and the interest of the people became so united with\\nthat of the proprietors, that the prejudices against them\\ngradually abated. The heirs of Allen menanced them by\\nadvertisements, and warned the people against accepting these\\ngrants. To this fact and claim undoubtedly, reference is had\\nin that clause in the grant of the township, by which the grant-\\nors engage to defend through the law to the King in Coun-\\ncil, if need be, one action that may be brought against them\\nor any number of them, c. By these proceedings, a way\\nwas prepared for giving to settlers a valid title to the lands,\\nwhich had so long been a subject of doubt and controversy\\nand a grant was made to the proprietors, under which the set-\\ntlement of the town was commenced and proceeded with as\\nwill be detailed in the next chapter*", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE il.\\nPEOPEIETART HISTOET.\\ndroton Grant in i734-, the earliest grant in this part of New-Hampshire. Ordef\\nof time of grants in the vicinity. No. 1 granted by the Masonian Proprietors.\\nFirst inhabitants. Division among the grantees. Plan of the township.\\nProceedings in proprietors meetings. Boads. Eeport of settlements and\\nimprovements, in 1752. Meeting House. MUIs. Ministers and preaching.\\nCall of E. Champney. Two hundred acres added on the north side. Call of\\nJames Parker. Vote for incorporation. Vote giving the Meeting House to\\nthe town. Pinal meeting.\\nThe earliest historical trace of the claim of ownership in\\nthe territory and soil of the town of Mason, is found in con-\\nnection with the town of Groton. The original grant of the\\ntownship of Groton, on the petition of Dean Winthrop\\nand others, nnder date of 23d, 5th m., 1655, was of a tract\\nequal to eight miles square. In 1715, a portion of this ter-\\nritory was annexed to Nashobah and incorporated by the\\nname of Littleton. There were also included within the\\nbounds of Groton, as originally surveyed and located, two\\nfarms previously granted to individuals, containing about\\nthirteen hundred acres, for which no allowance was made in\\nthe survey. In 1734, the inhabitants of Groton petitioned\\nthe General Court for some of the unappropriated land of\\nthe Province, as an equivalent for the said farms, and the land\\nso taken off by the line established, dividing between Groton\\nand Littleton. On this petition a grant was made of ten\\nthousand eight hundred acres, in a gore between Townsend\\nand Dunstable. This tract is undoubtedly the same repre-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nsented on Douglas map made in 1748, as Groton Grant.\\nAccording to that map, it embraced a territory extending to\\nSouhegan river, which would include a large part of Ma-\\nson, and a part of Wilton. See extract from Douglas map\\nHist, of New Ipswich, page 28. Under this grant, the inhab-\\nitants of Groton took possession of, and occupied the terri-\\ntory. It was their custom to cut the hay upon the meadows,\\nand stack it; and early in the spring to send up their young\\ncattle to be fed upon the hay, under the care of Boad, the\\nnegro slave. They would cause the woods to be fired, as it\\nwas called, that is, burnt over in the spring after which fresh\\nand succulent herbage springing up, furnished good store\\nof the finest feed, upon which the cattle would thrive and\\nfatten through the season. Bead s camp was upon the east\\nside of the meadow, near the residence of the late Joel\\nAmes. When the Province line was run in 1741, it passed\\nthrough Groton Gore, leaving a large portion thereof, and a\\ntriangular piece of what was originally Groton, in the state\\nof New Hampshire. For the land so lost by the establish-\\ning of the Province line, on the petition of the inhabitants of\\nGroton, the General Court in June 1771, granted them\\nseven thousand and eight hundred acres of unappropriated\\nlands lying on the western part of the Province. See But-\\nler s Groton, pp. 58 62. To have a distinct understanding\\nof the state of territorial titles in 1734, the date of the\\ngrant of Groton Gore, it may be necessary to review the\\nterritorial grants previous and subsequent to that date, of\\nthe adjacent and neighboring towns.\\nChelmsford and Groton were granted in 1655. Dunstable\\nin 1673. This town originally comprised the territory now\\nembraced in Dunstable and Tyngsborough in Massachusetts,\\nHudson, Nashua, HoUis, most of Brookline, all of Milford\\nand Merrimack south of Souhegan river, and most of Litch-\\nfield, in New Hampshire. Dunstable was bounded south by\\nChelmsford to Groton line, on the west by Groton and by\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acOuntrey land, the line running due north from the bound-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETAEY HISTORY. 27\\nary [that is the north east angle of Groton] ten miles\\ntill you come to Souhegan river, at a place called Dram Cup\\nHill at a great pine tree nigh ye said river, at a [bound or\\ncorner] of Charlestown scoole farm; bounded by the Souhe-\\ngan river on the north, c. As a triangular piece of what\\nwas originally Groton was by the running of the Province\\nline in 1741, left within the State of New Hampshire, the\\nnorth east angle of Groton must be found in Brookline ten\\nmiles south of Souhegan river, not far from Potanapus pond.\\nThe tradition is that the west line of Dunstable, which must\\nhave commenced at the north east angle of Groton, passed\\nthrough this pond. A tract about one mile wide lying on the\\neast side of Mason, was added to a portion of Hollis, for-\\nmerly Dunstable, and incorporated by the name of Raby, af-\\nterwards changed to Brookline. Thus it appears that the\\nwestern line of Old Dunstable passed about one mile east of\\nthe eastern line of Mason.\\nTownsend was incorporated in 1732. A part of this town\\nalso was left by the Province line, in New Hampshire, and is\\nincluded within the limits of Mason. New Ipswich was\\ngranted by Massachusetts in 1735. This grant was vacated\\nby the establishment of the line but it was regranted by the\\nMasonian proprietors, with a change of boundaries, April 17,\\n1750. Hollis, the west part of Old Dunstable, was organized\\nas a parish or precinct, December 28, 1739, and incorporated\\nas a town, April 20, 1746. The name originally was Holies,\\nfrom the family name of the Duke of Newcastle, prime min-\\nister of Great Britain in the reign of George XL at the time\\nLouisburg was taken, in 1745, under Sir William Pepperell.\\nPepperell, another name commemorating the same event, was\\nincorporated in 1753, being formerly a precinct or parish of\\nGroton. Brookline, originally named Raby, was incorpo-\\nrated March 30, 1769. The original charter embraced a part\\nof the west part of Hollis, two miles wide and the mile slip,\\nso called, a piece of land a part of the old Groton Gore,\\nabout one mile wide, lying on the easterly side of Mason.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nThe east line of this mile slip must have been the west line\\nof Old Dunstable, which bordered on countrey land, from\\nGroton to Souhegan river. In 1786, another portion of Hol-\\nlis, three fourths of a mile wide, was added to Brookline.\\nWilton was granted by the Masonian proprietors, October 1,\\n1749. Temple was incorporated about the year 1770. Ash-\\nby in 1767. Thus it appears that the original grant of this\\ntract to Groton, by Massachusetts, was prior, in point of\\ntime, to that of any adjoining territory, except Townsend.\\nThe title to the township of Mason, except two gores, one\\non the north and one on the south side, was granted Novem-\\nber 1, 1749, by an instrument of that date executed by Col.\\nJoseph Blanchard, on behalf of the Masonian proprietors, of\\nwhich the following is a copy\\n[Copy of the Grant.]\\nProvince op New Hampshire.\\nPursuant to the power and authority, granted and vested in me by\\nthe Proprietors of lands purchased of John Tufton Mason, Esq. in the\\nProvince of New Hampshire, by their vote passed at the meeting, held\\nat Portsmouth, in said Province, the 16th day of June, 1749,\\nI do by these presents, give and grant, all the title and interest,\\nproperty and possession of the proprietors aforesaid, unto William\\nLawrence, Esq., Peter Powers, Eleazer Blanchard, John Goff, Esq.,\\nDavid Adams, Paul March, Philip Olerick, Eleazer Farwell, John\\nStevens, Nathaniel Meserve, Jr., Peter Powers, Jr., Joseph Biodgett,\\nJohn Butterfield, Jonathan Powers, Jr., Zaccheus Lovewell, Jonathan\\nHubbard, John Varnum, Josiah Brown, John Jennison, Joseph Blan-\\nchard, Jr., Elnathan Blood, Mr. Thomas Packer, Jonathan Hubbard,\\nJr., Clement March, Robert Fletcher, Jr., Israel Hubbard, Amasa\\nParker, Jacob Gould, Benjamin Parker, David Stearns, Thomas Tar-\\nbell, Samuel Tarbell, Shadrack Whitney, Edward Jewett, all their\\n[heirs] of in and to all that part of a township or tract of land in the\\nProvince of New Hampshire aforesaid, containing about the contents\\nof seventy-seven square miles, bounded as follows, beginning at a stake\\nand stones the southeast corner of the premises, and runs from\\nthence, north eighty degrees west, five miles and twenty rods by the\\nProvince line to New Ipswich corner, from thence north by the\\nneedle, five miles to a white pine tree marked, from thence east by\\nthe needle, five miles to a hemlock tree marked, from thence south\\nby the needle, to the first bounds mentioned, which said town-\\nship is laid out, drawn for, and lots ascertained for each grantee\\nrespectively, with two lots for encouragement of building of mills, c.\\nand three shares for public uses, viz one for the first settled minister,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 29\\none for the ministry, and one for the schools there forever, which\\nsaid shares and lots, to be the same as already drawn and entered\\nin the schedule and plan hereunto annexed, unto them respectively\\nand their heirs and assigns. To have and hold on the following\\nterms, conditions and limitations, and on them only, that is to say,\\nthat a meeting house be built as near the centre of said town, as by the\\ngrantees shall be judged most convenient, and that when such place\\nshall be agreed on, six acres shall be reserved for public uses that the\\nremaining lands not entered in the schedule and plan aforesaid, speci-\\nfied within the bounds of the township aforesaid, be and hereby are\\nreserved to and for the use of the Grantors of the premises, their\\nheirs and assigns forever, free and clear from all charges, tax or\\nincumbrance of settlement, until their, or any of their parts are\\nimproved by them, or some holding under them.\\nThat the aforementioned grantees, exclusive of the three public\\nlots, shall carry on, perform and make settlement at their own\\nexpense, in the following manner, viz that there be all necessary\\nhighways laid out in said town where they will be most convenient,\\nwithout any pay or allowance, to those grantors or grantees, through\\nwhose land the same shall go, that the grantees build a convenient\\nhouse for the public worship of God, there at or before the last day\\nof May, 1753, for the use of those who shall then, or afterwards\\ninhabit there. That there be on some one lot of each of the forty\\nshares belonging to the grantees, three acres cleared, inclosed and\\nfitted for mowing or tillage, so far as is profitable, at or before the last\\nday of November, 1751, and each of the said lots to. be cleared as\\naforesaid, to be settled with having a house of sixteen feet square, at-\\nthe least, and seven feet stud or more, with a chimney and cellar, fin-\\nished and fitted for a dwelling house, thereon at or before the last day\\nof May, 1752, and some person or family inhabiting and resident in\\nsaid house, and they or some others in each of their steads, continue\\nresiding there until the last day of May, 1755. That the owners of\\neach of the forty settling shares, have on each of their rights respec-\\ntively, three acres more, in like manner fitted, at or before the last day\\nof November, 1752, and the like qnantity annually, for two years\\nthen next coming. That the remaining six shares, to wit, the shares\\nof Jonathan Hubbard, Benjamin Parker, Nathaniel Meserve, Jr.,\\nJosiah Brown, John Jennison, Eleazer Blanchard, be excused from\\nthe duty of building, improving or settling, until the last day of No-\\nvember, 1755, and then to have the whole duty performed as the\\nothers at that time. That each of the grantees at the executing of this\\ninstrument pay, thirty pounds each old tenor, to defray the necessary\\ncharges, risen or arising in bringing forward the settlement, to bei\\ndeposited in the hands of such person as they shall appoint, being a\\nfreeholder and resident in the Province. That the aforesaid grantees\\nor their assigns assess such further sum, or sums of money equally in\\n[pro] portion to the right, or the share of each grantee, exclusive of\\nthe three public lots,, as may bethought necessary, for carrying on\\nand completing any of the public matters, in making the settlemeUit\\n5", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "30 mSTOEY OP MASON.\\nand charges, always provided there be no Indian war, within any of\\nthe times aforesaid, for doing the duty conditioned in this grant, and\\nin case that should happen, the same time to be allowed for the re-\\nspective matters aforesaid, after such impediment shall be removed.\\nThat all white pine trees fit for masting his Majesties royal navy,\\ngrowing on said land, be and here[by] are granted to his Majesty^\\nhis heirs and successors forever.\\nLastly, said grantors do hereby promise to the said grantees, their\\nheirs and assigns, to defend through the law, to the King and\\nCouncil if need be, one action that shall and may be brought against\\nthem, or any number of them, by any person or persons whatsoever,,\\nclaiming the said land, or any part thereof, by any other title than\\nof the grantors, or that by which they hold and derive theirs from,.\\nProvided the said grantors are avouched in to defend the same, and\\nthat in case the same shall be recovered against the grantors, the\\ngrantees shall recover nothing over against the grantors for the\\nsaid lands and improvements, or expenses of bringing forward the\\nsettlement, and further, that the said grantors will pay the necessary\\nexpenses of time and money, that any other person or persons shall be\\nput to, by any other suit or suits, that shall be brought against them,\\nor any of them, the said grantees for tryal of the title, before one\\naction shall be fully determined in the law. In witness whereof, I the\\nsaid Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable, have hereunto set my hand and\\nseal, this first day of November, 1749.\\nJOSEPH BLANCHARD. [seal.]\\nThis copy is a transcript from the proprietors records.\\nThe original has not been found. There is undoubtedly a\\nmistake in the number of square miles in the contents of the\\ntown. It should be twenty seven, not seventy seven.\\nThere is no record or tradition existing which shows when\\nthe first inhabitants began to reside within the limits of the\\ntown. Joseph Herrick was chosen second deer officer in\\nTownsend, at the annual town meeting in March, 1742. In\\n1745, that town voted to abate Joseph Herrick s rates^\\nprovided the money was raised after he went out of town.\\nJoseph Herrick lived in the south-easterly part of the town\\nof Mason, near where Elisha Boynton lived. In what part\\nof Townsend he resided before he went out of town,\\nis not known. He was undoubtedly the pioneer in the settle-\\nment of that part of Mason. There, probably, his oldest\\nson, Joseph Herrick was born, Sept. 30, 1751. He may\\nplaim to be the first person of European parentage, born", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "PROPEIETAEY HISTORY. 31\\nwithin the present limits of the town. His only competitor\\nfor this honor, is John Lawrence, son of Enosh Lawrence.\\nNo record of his birth is found. He was the youngest of\\nthe children of Enosh Lawrence and Sarah Stevens, his wife.\\nThe birth of nine of their children is recorded in the town\\nrecords of Pepperell, the last of which was April 12, 1748.\\nThere is a tradition that he was born in 1751, and that he\\nwas the first child born in the town; that is, within the limits\\nof the original grant. It would seem that Lawrence was\\nresiding in Pepperell in 1748, and that Herrick removed out\\nof Townsend in 1745; so that the last was probably the\\nearliest permanent resident within the present limits of the\\ntownship. He was a deer of cer, which indicates that he\\nwas a hunter, fond of sylvan pursuits.\\nA meeting of the grantees and proprietors was held at\\nthe house of Capt. Joseph French, in Dunstable, Oct. 16,\\n1749 at which, the township having been divided into lots,\\nand a list made of the lots, they were drawn for, and entered\\nto each proprietor his lots, which list is inserted on page 34.\\nOn pages 32 and 33 will be found a plan of the town with the\\nnames of the grantees, c., of the several lots according to\\nthe said list.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "n\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nPLAN OF TOWNSHIP\\nB. 10\\n20 Eobert Fletcher.\\n9\\nJ. Peirce.\\n8 7\\nJona; Powers, Jr. J. T. Mason.\\n6\\nScoUay March.\\n10\\n19 S. Moore.\\n9\\nJ. Peirce.\\nS 7\\nJona. Moflfatt. Saml Tarbell.\\n6\\nSaml. Tarbell.\\n10\\n18 S. Moore.\\n9\\nD. Stearns.\\n8\\nThosi Tarbell.\\n7\\nJos. Blanchard.\\n6\\nN. Messerve, Jr^\\nD. Williams.\\n10\\n17 J. Odiorne,\\n9\\nMaj. J.Hubbard.\\n8\\nWm. Lawrence.\\n7\\nWra. Lawrence.\\n6\\nBenj. Parker.\\n0. Nutting.\\n10\\n16 J. Odiorne.\\n9\\nMaj. J. Hubbard.\\n8\\nJona. Hubbard.\\n7\\nJ. Blanchard.\\nJona.Hubbard. 6\\nJ. Hall.\\nE. T. Blood.\\n10\\n15 N. Messerve.\\n9\\nN. Messerve.\\n8\\nDavid Stearns.\\n7\\nBenj. Parker.\\nR. Jefts.\\n6\\nJoshua Peiree.\\nE. Fish.\\n10\\n14 J. Stevens.\\n9\\nJ. Stevens.\\n8 7\\nGeorge Marsh. J. Hubbard, Jr.\\n6\\nM.H.Wentworth.\\nN. Hall.\\n10\\n13 J. Stevens.\\nJ. Barrett.\\n9\\nJ. Stevens.\\nZ. Davis.\\n8 7\\nTh: Parker, Esq. T. J. Mason.\\nSaml. Lawrence. Saml. Lawrence.\\nThos. Parker. 6\\nH. Jefts.\\nJ. Bachelden\\n10\\n13 J. Odiorne.\\nN. Messerve. 9\\nA. Allen.\\nJos. Merriam.\\nJos. Jennison. 8\\nJosiah Wheeler.\\nH. Warren.\\nJ. Hubbard, Jr. 7\\nSamuel Hill.\\nJohn Blodgett.\\n6\\nMaj. J. Hubbard.\\nAmos Holden.\\n10\\n11 J. Jennison.\\n9 8\\nJ. Stevens. J. Stevens.\\nN. Whipple.\\nMaj. Lawrence. 7\\nB. Mann.\\nS. Ames.\\n6\\nJoseph Blodgett.\\nAb. Merriam.\\n10\\n10 Josiah Brown.\\n9 8\\nJ. Stevens. J. Varnum,\\nJos. Merriam.\\nMaj.Lawrence. 7\\nJ. Jefts. E.Ball.\\nN. Boijnton.\\nSchool. 6\\nMeePgHouse Lot.\\nDr. Wm. Barber.\\n10\\n9 Maj. J. Hubbard.\\nA. TF heeler.\\n9\\nJ. Stevens.\\nE. Lawrence.\\n8\\nW. Parker, Esq.\\nJona. Searle.\\n3. Stevens.\\nN. Barrett.\\n1 Whitaker.\\nJ. Jennison. 6\\nS. Abbott.\\nBev. E. Hill.\\n10\\n8 Maj. J. Hubbard.\\nLt. 0. Parker.\\n9! 8\\nG. Jaffrey. J.Wentworth,Jr.\\nT. Bobbins. f. Wheeler.\\nE. Blanchard. 7\\nD.Pay. J. Wait,\\nJr. J. Flagg.\\nE. Blanchard. 6\\nJoshua Wyeth.\\nE. Wilson.\\n10\\n7 M. Livermore.\\nJE. Davis.\\n9\\nM. Livermore.\\nJames Wood.\\nJosiah Brown. 8\\nMinistry.\\nStev Lawrence.\\n7\\nJ.WentworthjJr.\\n1\\nJos. Blanchard; 6\\nD. BlodgeU.\\nJohn Winship.\\n10\\n6 Z. Lovew eU.\\n9\\nM.H.Wentworth\\n8\\nJ. Powers, Jr.\\n7\\nJohn Butterfield.\\nJ. Webber, Jr.\\nPh. Olericke. 6\\nW. Cummings.\\nJohn SwallotS.\\n10\\n5 Z. Lovewell.\\nT. Wheelock.\\n9\\nN. Messerve, Jr.\\nSamuel Woods.\\nJos. Farrar. 8\\nMill Lot.\\nE. Shattuck.\\n7\\nJohn Butterfleld.\\nSetk Bobbins.\\ne\\nSchool.\\nZae. Barrett.\\n10\\n4 S. Walling-ford.\\n0. Husmer.\\n9\\nN. Messerve, Jr.\\n8\\nGeo. Jaftey.\\nT. Hodgman.\\n7\\nRich d Wibird.\\n6\\nWm. Lawrence.\\nCapt. L Broicn.\\n10\\nZ T.Walling-ford.\\nPhil. Olericke. 9\\nWm. Cummings.\\nB. Weston.\\n8\\nJosiah Brown.\\n7\\nJoseph Blodgett.\\ne\\nWm. Lawrence\\nEnos Lairrence.\\n10\\n2 P. March.\\nE. Hodgman.\\n9\\nD. Adams.\\nJohn Barrett.\\n8\\nW. Parker, Esq.\\n7\\nRich d Wibird.\\nWm. Lawrence. 6\\nJosiah Bobbins.\\nDea. J. Webber.\\n10\\n1 G. Jaffrey.\\nJ. Hodgman.\\n9\\nP. Powers,\\n8\\nE. Blanchard.\\n7\\nSehobl.\\nMark H. Went- 6\\nworth. JV. Win,-\\nship. W. Barrett.\\nThe plan of which the above is a copy was found among the papeTs in the town clerk s office.\\nIt is in the hand writing of John Blodgett, Esq., who was for many years town clerk. On the\\nsouth side is represented a gore 240 poles wide at the east end, the south line of which runs to\\nthe south west corne-r of the town. It is not laid out into lots. The only note oi menioranduni\\non the plan is in these words A plan of Mason without any north slip, aftct oh the south", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "fR OPEIETAEY HISTOTLY.\\n3^\\nNO 1, OR MASON.\\n5 4\\nTlieo. Atkinson Jona. Lawrence.\\n1 J. Hubbard.\\n3\\nJona. Hubbard.\\n2\\nBenj. Parker.\\nIE.\\nAmasa Parker. 20\\nJ. Jefts.\\n5\\nWm. Lawrence.\\n4\\nThos. TarbeU.\\n3\\nElnathan Blood.\\n2\\nDavid Stearns.\\n1\\nThomas Parker. 19\\n5\\nTheo. Atkinson.\\n4\\nJacob Gould.\\n3\\nMr. Th: Packer.\\n2\\nJ. Hubbard, Jr.\\n1\\nE. Jewett. 18\\n5\\nWm. Lawrence.\\n4\\nWm. Lawrence.\\n3\\nJ. Hubbard, Jr.\\n2\\nGeorge March.\\n1\\nMinistry. 17\\n5\\nJona. Hubbard.\\n4\\nAmasa Parker.\\nJ. Jefts.\\n3\\nJ. Hubbard, Jr.\\n2\\nJ. Blanchard, Jr.\\n1\\nJ. Blanchard, Jr. 16\\n5\\nJohn Moffat.\\n5\\nSaml. Tarbell.\\n3\\nHobert Fletcher.\\n2\\nJoseph Farrar.\\nMill Lot.\\n1\\nEleazer Farwell. 15\\n5\\nM.H.Wentwortn\\n4\\nJacob Gould.\\n3\\nRobt. Fletcher.\\n2\\nJos. Blanchard.\\n1\\nScollay March. 14\\n5\\nScollay March.\\n4\\nSainuel Moore.\\n3\\nJ. Hubbard, Jr.\\n2\\nJ. T. Mason.\\n1\\nPeter Powers. 13\\n5\\nAmasa Parker.\\nJ. Jefts.\\n4\\nPeter Powers.\\n3\\nElnathan Blood.\\n2\\nJacob Gould.\\n1\\nPeter Powers. 12\\nWm.Spatdding.\\n5\\nMinister.\\n4\\nThos. Tarbell.\\n3\\nElnathan Blood.\\n2\\nJohn Stevens.\\n1\\nPeter Powers. 11\\nVFm. Spaulding.\\n5\\nMinister.\\nJ. Searle.-\\nPeter Powers. 4\\nJohn Tarbell.\\nJoshua Davis.\\n3\\nE. Jewett.\\nT. Tarbell.\\n2\\nT. Parker, Esq.\\nEdm. Tarbell.\\n1\\nTh: Parker, Esq. 10\\nWm. Spaulding.\\n5\\nJ.- Stevens.\\nN, Warren,\\n4\\nJona. Blanchard.\\nJason Russell.\\n3\\nJohn Moffat.\\n2\\nJ.Wentworth, Jr\\n1\\nM.H.Wentworth 9\\nJohn Gotf. 5\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00947 Greeley.\\nH. Russell.\\n4\\nThos. Taylor.\\nH. Russell.\\n3\\nTheo. Atkinson.\\n2\\nJona. Livermore.\\nHubbard.\\n1\\nJ. Powers, Jr. 8\\n5\\nMinistry.\\nJoseph Winship.\\n4\\nPaul March.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S Smith.\\n3\\nGeorg-e March.\\n2\\nM.H.Wentworth\\n1\\nPeter Powers. 7\\n5\\nPeter Powers,Jr.\\nJos. Blodgett. 4\\nBarren.\\nH. Richardson.\\n3\\nDavid Adams.\\n2\\nPeter Powers.\\n1\\nPeter Powers,Jr. 6\\n5\\nPeter Powers, Jr.\\n4\\nDavid Adams.\\n^ilmos Blood,!\\n3\\nMinistry.\\nJ. Brown.\\n2\\nPhil. Olericke.\\nCummings.\\n1\\nPeter Powers. 5\\nJohn Varnum. 5\\nJohn Dutton.\\nJohn Blood.\\nJohn Goff. 4\\nS. Greelnp.\\nJoseph Blood.\\n3\\nMaj. J. Hubbard.\\n2\\nW.Parker, Esq.\\n1\\nBich d Wibird. 4\\n5\\nE. Farwell.\\n4\\nJohn Stevens,\\n3\\nJohn Stevens.\\n2\\nWm. Lawrence.\\n1\\nMinister. 3\\n5\\nT.-WalUngford.\\n4\\nJohn Stevens.\\n3\\nJohn Stevens.\\n2\\nJohn Goff.\\nPowers.\\n1\\nM. Livermore. 2-\\n5 4\\nPaul March. John Butterfleld.\\n3\\nShadr. Whitney.\\n2\\nEleazer Farwell.\\n1\\n1\\nJohn Varnum. 1\\nside, Five miles East on the east, Five miles North on the north, Five miles-\\nWest on the west, Five miles South In some instances the name of the original\\ngrantee is not on this plan, and is restored in this copy. The names of the grantees are in Bo-\\nman letters. The names in Italic in all cases are those of subsequent residents on, or owners of\\nthe lots, and in most cases of original settlers on the lots.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nRECORD OF THE DRAFT OF LOTS IN TOWNSHIP NO. 1.\\nNAMES.\\nMinistry,\\nSchool,\\nGeorge Jaffrey,\\nPeter Powers,\\nEleazer Blanchard,\\nJohn Goff, Esq.,\\nDavid Adams, -f\\nPaul March,\\nPhillip Olerike,\\nEleazer Farwell,\\nJohn Stevens, Esq.,\\nThomas Walling-ford,\\nNathaniel Meserve, Jr.,\\nPeter Powers, Jr.,\\nJoseph Blodgett,\\nJohn Butterfleld, J\\nJonathan Powers, Jr.,\\nMark Hunking- Wentworth,\\nThomas Taylor,\\nMatthew Livermore,\\nJohn Stevens, Esq.,\\nWilliam Lawrence, Esq.,\\nWilliam Parker, Esq.,\\nJohn Wentworth, Jr.,\\nMaj. Jona. Hubbard,\\nMaj. Wm. Lawrence,\\nJohn Varnum, IT\\nJohn Stevens, Esq.,\\nJosiah Brown,\\nRichard VYibird, Esq.,\\nJotham Odiorn,\\nNathl. Meserve, Esq.,\\nJohn Gennison,\\nJohn Stevens, Esq.,\\n*3\\n!h\\nu\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\n3\\nS\\nbD\\nJ\\nS?\\nrt\\nP\\nK\\n2;\\nM\\n1\\n5\\n7\\n3\\n5\\n1\\n17\\n9.\\n6\\n6\\n10\\n7\\n1\\n10\\n1\\n9\\n8\\n8\\n4\\n4\\n9\\n1\\n2\\n6\\n1\\n5\\n8\\n1\\n7\\n8\\nG\\n8\\n(i\\n5\\n8\\n4\\n4\\na\\n2\\n7\\n9\\n2\\n4\\n5\\n3\\n6\\n8\\n10\\n2\\n4\\n7\\n5\\n1\\nq\\n9\\n3\\n6\\n6\\na\\n5\\n10\\n5\\n3\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n15\\n11\\n4\\n3\\n5\\n4\\n4\\n2\\n\\\\9.\\n10\\n4\\n10\\n3\\nb\\ny\\nl.S\\n9\\nTi\\n9\\n4\\n6\\n18\\n14\\n5\\nh\\n5\\n6\\n1\\nti\\n15\\n7\\n3\\n4\\n6\\n6\\n11\\nIf)\\n7\\nfi\\n4\\n1\\n17\\n8\\n20\\n1\\n8\\n8\\n6\\n18\\n6\\n1\\n9\\n6\\n1\\n9\\n19\\nin\\n6\\nlU\\n5\\n4\\n8\\n20\\n10\\n7\\n9\\n7\\n1\\n2\\n21\\n10\\n14\\n7\\n9\\n5\\n9\\n22\\n19\\n6\\n2\\n2\\n3\\n23\\n8\\n9\\n8\\n2\\n2\\n4\\n24\\n8\\n8\\n7\\n7\\n2\\n9\\n2.^\\n10\\n9\\n10\\n8\\n3\\n4\\n2fi\\n7\\n10\\n7\\n11\\n27\\n8\\n10\\n1\\n1\\n5\\n4\\n28\\n9\\n10\\n9\\n11\\n2\\n11\\n29\\n10\\n10\\n8\\n3\\n8\\n7\\n.SO\\n7\\n4\\n7\\n2\\n1\\n4\\n.81\\n10\\n17\\nlU\\n12\\n10\\n16\\n32\\n10\\n15\\n9\\n12\\n9\\n15\\n33\\n10\\n11\\n8\\n12\\n6\\n9\\n34\\n9\\n13\\n9\\n14\\n3\\n2\\nJohn Stevens, Esq.,\\nSamuel Moore and\\nJoseph Farrar f\\nMinister,\\nJoseph Blanchard, Jr.,\\nPeter Powers,\\nJ. P. 5\\nElnathan Blood,\\nThomas Parker, Esq.,\\nMr. Thomas Packer,\\nJ. P. II\\nJohn Tufton Mason, Esq.,\\nGeorge March,\\nMark H. Wentworth,\\nCapt. Robert Fletcher,\\nSaml. Scollay and March,\\nJohn Moffat, Esq.,\\nJonathan Lawrence, [bai d,\\nMr. Trowbridge, now Hub-\\nAmasa Parker.\\nJona. Hubbard, Jr.,\\nJacob Gould,\\nWm. Lawrence, Esq.,\\nBenja. Parker,\\nMaj. Jona. Hubbard,J.P.,1T\\nMr. David Stearns,\\nCapt Thomas Tarbell,\\nJoseph Blanchard, Esq.,\\nTheodore Atkins(m, Esq.,\\nWm, Lawrence. Esq.,\\nCapt. Saml. Tarbell,\\nJoshua Pierce,\\nShadrack Whitney,\\n-i\\nu\\ni\\nu\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0oj,\\nJ\\no\\nbn\\nbo\\nr.\\ng\\na\\n3\\nM\\nrt\\nPh\\nA\\nM\\n35\\n8\\n11\\n9\\n9\\n3\\n3\\n36\\n10 1810\\n19\\n4\\n13\\n37\\n2:15\\nS\\n5\\n38\\nf\\n10\\n5\\n11\\n1\\n3\\n39\\n4\\n9\\n2\\n16\\n1\\n16\\n40\\n4\\n10\\n1\\n12\\n1\\n13\\n41\\n4\\n12\\n1\\n11\\n1\\n7\\n42\\n3\\n12\\n3\\n11\\n3\\n19\\n43\\n8\\n13\\n1\\n10\\n2\\n10\\n44\\n6\\n13\\n1\\n19\\n3\\n18\\n45\\n3\\n13\\n18\\n1\\n12\\n46\\n7\\n20\\n7\\n13\\n2\\n13\\n47\\n8\\n14\\n3\\n7\\n2\\n17\\n48\\n6\\n14\\n5\\n14\\n2\\n7\\n49\\n3\\n14\\n3\\n15\\n10\\n20\\n5U\\n5\\n13\\n6\\n20\\n1\\n14\\n51\\n5\\n15\\n8\\n19\\n3\\n9\\n52\\n6\\n16\\n4\\n20\\n2\\n8\\n53\\n5\\n16\\n3\\n20\\n8\\n16\\n51\\n4\\n16\\n1\\n20\\n5\\n12\\n55\\n3\\n16\\n3\\n17\\n7\\n14\\n56\\n4\\n14\\n4\\n18\\n2\\n12\\n57\\n5\\n17\\n8\\n17\\n1\\n17\\n58\\n6\\n17\\n2\\n20\\n7\\n15\\n59\\n9\\n17\\n9\\n16\\n6\\n12\\n60\\n9\\n18\\n2\\n19\\n8\\n15\\n61\\n8\\n18\\n4\\n19\\n4\\n11\\n62\\n7\\n18\\n6\\n7\\n2\\n14\\n63\\n5\\n18\\n5\\n2(:\\n3\\n8\\n61\\n6\\n3\\n6\\n4\\n4\\n17\\n65\\n7\\n19\\n6\\n19\\n4\\n15\\n66\\n9\\n19\\n9\\n2C\\n6\\n15\\n67\\n3\\n1\\nThe foregoing is a True Copy of the Draught and numbers of the lots In the Township No. One,\\nso caUed, lying in the Province of New Hampshire, as they was Drawn by the Proprietors of\\nsaid Township. A true copy. Examined and Recorded,\\nPr JOHN STEVENS, Prop s Clerk.\\nNote. In the original copy, in the margin against the names and figures, are sundry addi-\\ntions indicated by the references below\\n*7.5. Daniel Pierce.\\nt8 [in the 6th column should be 3.1\\nt7.5.\\n\u00c2\u00a7Z. Lovewell.\\nII Two lots to this right.\\nUJ. P.\\nt Mill Lot.\\ntJ.P.\\nCapt. Peter Powers.\\nII Jona. Hubbard, Jr.\\n11 J. P. [above the name.]\\nAt the same meetingj William Lawrence and John Stevens,\\nEsq., were directed, at the charge of the grantees and set-\\ntlers of this township, to mark out a highway in said town-\\nship, from where the road enters into said township, that\\nleads from Amos Sartell s house in Townshend, to the meet-\\ning-house place, as marked on the plan of the division of\\nsaid township, and from said meeting-house place, to near the\\nmiddle of the north line in said township, in the most conve-\\nnient place for a road, and fit for a feasible cart road, the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 35\\nsaid bighwajj as soon as may be, and that Messrs. Benjamin\\nParker and Peter Powers, be desired and empowered as\\naforesaid, to lay out, and clear, and fit for a feasible cart\\nroad, in the most convenient place, from said meeting-house\\nplace to the town of Hollis. In this extract from the pro-\\nprietors records, a distinction is made between grantees\\nand settlers, which is kept up through the whole period of\\nthe proprietorship, which continued long after the incorpora-\\ntion of the town. Many of the proprietors never resided in\\nthe town; some of the original proprietors resided in the\\ntown, and several persons, whose names do not appear among\\nthe original proprietors, resided in the town, and attended\\nproprietors meetings, and voted and took an active part\\ntherein j while other persons who resided and owned land in\\ntown, do not appear to have attended the meetings, or to\\nhave been recognized as having any of the rights or powers\\nof proprietors. What constituted the line of distinction\\nbetween the owners of land who had a right, and those who\\nhad not a right to meet and vote in proprietary meetings,\\ndoes not appear. The road first above described, is substan-\\ntially the same now travelled from Townsend west village,\\nleading by the meeting-house northerly, to and beyond Jona-\\nthan Bachelders. The other was the road leading from the\\nmeeting-house to Brookline, then a part of Hollis. At an\\nadjournment of the same meeting, held Nov. 7, 1749, at the\\nsame place, Joseph Blanchard, Jr. was chosen Clerk, Joseph\\nBlanchard, Esq. Treasurer, Major Jonathan Hubbard, John\\nStevens, Esq. and Capt. Samuel Tarbell were chosen a com-\\nmittee for managing the prudentials of the society. The\\nmode of calling future meetings was also provided for j noti-\\nces for which were to be posted fifteen days beforehand, in\\nsome public place in Dunstable, in Townsend, and in Groton.\\nIt was also voted to accept of the two mill lots marked on\\nthe plan for that use, and chose a committee to bargain and\\nindent with some person or persons, to build and finish a\\nsaw mill by the last day of February, 1750, and a corn mill in", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "S6 HISTORY OF MASOK.\\nnine months from that time that they contract for said mills\\nto be kept in repair also that every of the inhabitants on\\nbringing suitable timber, have it sawed for half the stuff at\\nleast also to dispose of the two mill lots, or so much of\\nthem for that use as they shall agree for that Messrs Benja-\\nmin Parker, Major Jonathan Hubbard, Capt. John Stevens be\\nthe committee for this purpose.\\nThe plan referred to has not been found nor any plan\\nupon which the mill lots are marked, among the records of\\nthe proprietors, but in the schedule of the lots drawn to the\\ndifferent rights against right or draught, No. 37, are two\\nlots 2 E. 15, and 8 E. 5, marked in the margin mill lots, and\\nin a plan in the hand- writing of John Blodgett, Esq., who\\nwas in 1799, and many years after, town clerk, on file with\\nthe papers in the town clerk s office, these two lots are\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0each marked mill lot.\\nSome question seems to have arisen at this early period as\\nto the nature and the validity of the title claimed under the\\ngrant, for at this same adjourned meeting, Mr. John Yarnum,\\nMajor William Lawrence, and Capt. John Stevens were chosen\\n.a committee to .enquire into, and view the tenor of the\\ngrant, and report their opinion of the safety therein; and\\nthat papt. Thomas Tarbell be joined to this committee.\\nProbably the committee were satisfied of the safety therein,\\nfor no report has been entered on the records, nor does any\\nquestion as to the validity of the title seem ever after to\\nhave been seriously made. This movement, probably, had\\nreference to Allen s advertisements before mentioned to, cau-\\ntioning persons not to take titles under the Masonian propri-\\netors.\\nAt this same adjourned meeting, it was also voted, that the\\ncommittee chosen at the first of this meeting, for marking out\\n.and clearing highways, be directed to mark out, and open a\\nroad so that horses or cattle may pass from the meeting-house\\nplace, westward, near to the west line of the town. This\\nwas, probably, the road from the meeting-house to New", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "PROPEIETARY HISTORY. 37\\nIpswich, by Obadiali Parker s house. At this early period,\\nthe roads leading from, the south to the north, and from the\\neast to the west borders of the town through the center,\\nseem to have been provided for.\\nAt an adjournment of the same meeting, holden on the\\nlast Tuesday in Dec. 1749, Capt. Thomas Tarbell was added\\nto the committee for laying out and clearing the road from\\nthe meeting-house place to Hollis; also voted, that John\\nStevens, Esq. amend the range line between the sixth and\\nseventh range, so as equally to divide the quantity of land\\nbetween the two ranges, and he to be paid six pounds old\\ntenor for that service, which he agreed to also voted, that\\nCapt. Samuel Tarbell be joined to the committee chosen to\\ncontract with some suitable person to build the mills in this\\ntownship, in the room of John Stevens, Esq. voted, that\\nJoseph Blanchard, Esq. take security of the person who builds\\nthe mills; that John Stevens, Esq. go and look out the mill\\nplaces and see on whose lots they fall, and make return to\\nJoseph Blanchard, Esq. where they are, by the first day of\\nnext March, and if any mistakes should be in his first account\\nof said lots, that Col. Joseph Blanchard procure the said lots\\nwhere the mills are to stand, in behalf of the grantees, they\\npaying the sum or sums of money which they shall cost. No\\nreport on this subject is entered on the records. If any was\\nmade in writing, it has not been found. The two lots marked\\non the plan, were, one in the north east part of the town,\\nnear where Elias Elliot built a mill, and the other in the\\nsouth west part, near where the mill of Frederic Jones\\nstands. It seems that under this vote and instruction, some\\nchange was made, for the mills contracted for by the propri-\\netors were built on the site of Dakin s mills, in the village.\\nAt this adjourned meeting, it was also voted, that Mr.\\nBenjamin Parker run out the two lines that are not already\\nrun, and that he have twelve pounds old tenor for doing said\\nwork, which he agreed to, [and] that he go and lay out two\\nhundred acres of land lying between the north line of No. 1,\\n6", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nand the south line of No. 2, in the best manner he can, for\\nthe use of the grantees of No. 1. Yoted that the Treasurer\\npay him for doing said work, at his returning the plan of said\\nland; [and] that if anything should happen that he should not\\ndo the work by the middle of January next, that Capt. Peter\\nPowers be directed to do said work forthwith, on the same\\nconditions as aforesaid.\\nBy what claim or right the grantees of No. 1 were entitled\\nto go and lay out two hundred acres of land between No.\\n1 and No. 2, does not appear. A tract or gore of land\\nbetween the original lines or boundaries of these townships,\\nwas at some time annexed to No. 1. In the original location\\nof townships in that part of the state, there was not the pre-\\ncision which has prevailed in the surveys of the public lands\\nof the United States, or in the more recently settled parts of\\nNew England. No base lines or meridian lines were run.\\nEach township or tract was run out by itself, and it might\\nreadily happen that different surveyors going into the wilder-\\nness to run out tracts of land, not knowing what other survey-\\nors may have done, should not make their lines parallel, or\\ncorners coincident so that it is not a matter of surprise,\\nthat gores should be found to exist between tracts, which\\nwere intended and supposed to be bounded by the same line.\\nSuch seems to have been the case in this instance. The orig-\\ninal grant of No. 2, now Wilton, was as follows In June,\\n1735, the General Court granted to Samuel King and\\nothers, in consideration of their sufferings in the expedition to\\nCanada, in the year 1690, the township of Lyndeborough, and\\nabout one third of Wilton, on the north side, under the name\\nof Salem Canada. The word Canada added to names\\nof grants, was common at that time. Thus, Ipswich Canada,\\nNew Ipswich, Dorchester Canada, Ashburnham, c. are in-\\nstances. The tracts, with this addition to the names, were\\ngranted to the citizens of the several towns indicated, for\\ntheir services in the expedition to Canada in 1690. In 1749,\\nthe Masonian proprietors made a grant of a tract of land", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 39\\nadjoining Salem Canada on the south, under certain condi-\\ntions, to forty six persons. The grantees had it laid out and\\nannexed to a part of Salem Canada, and called No. 2 which\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vras afterwards, Jan. 2, 1765, incorporated under the name of\\nWilton.\\nA trouble which is apt to be incident to the undertaking of\\nall new enterprizes requiring the expenditure of money, that\\nis, the want of promptness on the part of those who are\\nchargable with the payments, seems to have met the grantees\\nat an early stage of their proceedings and very frequent\\nand repeated references to the same difficulty, even to the\\nvery last stage of their proprietary existence, show that it\\nwas a constant and permanent source of annoyance. The\\nfinal proceedings of this first meeting, continued so long by\\nadjommments, referred to this matter, as follows Voted,\\nthat all persons refusing or neglecting to pay the respec-\\ntive sums of money raised on their rights, after the third\\nTuesday of January next, [their rights] are hereby forfeited\\nto the rest of the grantees, they paying the aforesaid sums of\\nmoney, to defray the necessary charges in bringing forward\\nthe settlement of the town.\\nThe next meeting of the proprietors, was holden at the\\nhouse of William Lawrence, Esq., in said township, on the 3d\\nday of Dec. 1751. Wm. Lawrence, Esq. was chosen modera-\\ntor. The proceedings were as follows Voted to build a\\nmeeting-house in said township, for the public worship of\\nGrod, of the following dimensions viz thirty feet in length,\\nand twenty four or twenty six feet in width, as the committee\\nchosen for that service shall think fit, and sixteen feet\\nbetween joints. Voted and chose for said committee, Wil-\\nliam Lawrence, Jonathan Hubbard, Esq., and Capt. Thomas\\nTarbell. Also voted, that the said committee be directed to\\ninclose said house, lay the under floor, and to build a conven-\\nient place for the minister to stand to preach in.\\nVoted, to choose a committee to let out the mills in\\nsaid township. Chose for said committee, Wm. Lawrence", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nand John StevenS; Esq. the saw mill to be built and com\\npleted; fit for service, by the 25th day of May next, and the\\ncorn mill to be completed, fit to grind by the 25th day of\\nMay, 1753. Also voted, that the committee chosen to build\\nthe meeting-house, be directed to employ the proprietors or\\ninhabitants both at the meeting-house, and at the highways^\\nprovided they will work as chea p and as well as others.\\nAt a meeting held at the house of Mr. Bnos Lawrence, on\\nthe 4th Tuesday of Oct. 1752, a vote wag passed to change\\nthe dimensions of the meeting-house to be built, to 40 feet\\nby 30, and to add Benjamin Parker and John Stevens to the\\ncommittee that the frame should be set up by the first of\\nJanuary next, and the house finished as directed by the formei\\nvote, by the first day of November next, which must be\\nintended November, 1753. At this meeting John Stevens was\\nchosen proprietors clerk, the road from the Province line to\\nthe meeting-house place, was accepted as laid out, and the\\nmeeting was adjourned to Mr. James Lawrence s in Groton\\nwest parish, that day three weeks. At the adjourned meet-\\ning, Yoted, that if every proprietor, by the twentieth day of\\nMay next, obliged by the charter to settle a lot in said town-\\nship, have not built a dwelling-house and fenced six acres fit\\nfor plowing or mowing, [he] shall forfeit his land, according\\nto the charter except such proprietors at said time, shall\\nease or consider the same provided that those persons that\\nhave done nothing on their rights, pay each man two shillings\\nand eight pence lawful money for the use of said proprietary,\\nfor their past neglects, or else to have no benefit by the\\nformer vote.\\nAnd on said adjournment, the committee chosen to view\\nthe lots report, as follows\\nTHE committee s EEPOET.\\nThis contains an account of what each man has done in\\nNo. one.\\nEnos Lawrence has a house, and about eight acres cleared^\\nand dwells there.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "PROPEIETARY HISTOEY. 41\\nNathan Hall, a house and seven acres of land, six of it\\nbroke up, and dwells there.\\nNathan Fish, a small house, about five acres cleared.\\nHenry Jefts, seven acres cleared, and about three of it\\nbroke up, and a house.\\nObadiah Parker, a good house, and about two acres cleared.\\nEbenezer Butterfield, a good house, eight acres well cleared\\nand broke up.\\nJosiah Bobbins, about three acres cleared, and a poor fence.\\nJohn Swallow cleared about one acre, and got some timber\\nfor a house.\\nWilliam Lawrence, a house and barn, and about ten acres\\ncleared.\\nSamuel Right, [Wright,] a cellar dug, two acres cleared.\\nJames Withee, a cellar dug, and three acres cleared and\\nbroke up.\\nSimon Green, about two acres cleared and broke up, and a\\ncellar dug, and a frame.\\nEnsign Shattuck, one acre cleared on each lot.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell, about three acres cleared.\\nCapt. Samuel Tarbell, about three acres cleared.\\nJames Lasley, [Leslie,] house up, about three acres cleared.\\nGeorge Lasley, [Leslie,] a camp, about one acre cleared.\\nReuben Barrett, about three acres cleared, and two of it\\nbroke up.\\nWilliam Spaulding, a pretty good house, and some land\\ncleared, and something done to a second lot.\\nWilliam Elliot, two acres cleared, and a cellar dug, [and]\\ntimber drawn for a house.\\nCapt. Stevens, about nine acres cleared and fenced, also,\\nabout five acres more.\\nSamuel Right, [Wright,] two lotts about one acre and a\\nhalf cleared, and a camp.\\nShadrack Whitney, a house and barn, and about twenty\\nacres cleared and fenced, and a young orchard.\\nSigned, William Laweence, per order.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nAt a meeting at the house of Enos Lawrence in said town*\\nship, on the 27th of November, 1753, Col. Lawrence chosen\\nmoderator of said meeting j voted to choose a committee of\\nthree men for the service hereafter mentioned, c. The\\ncommittee to send Mr. Bellows a letter, to have the corn\\nmill done by the first of June next, or else the Treasurer to\\nput the bonds into execution.\\nVoted to allow sixty pounds to pay for preaching between\\nthis and next May, and the inhabitants of said town to\\nappoint the time and place. Col. Lawrence chosen to get a\\nminister, and Col. Lawrence chosen Treasurer. Voted that\\nthe papers belonging to the proprietors, be put on public\\nrecord, in the Province of New Hampshire so far as the com-\\nmittee shall think fit. The committee for said service to be\\nthe same that takes the bonds.\\nThe delinquent proprietors continued to be a source of dif-\\nficulty. On page 49 of the proprietors records is entered at\\nlarge the vote first, above referred to. It is as follows:\\nWhereas, it appears to this proprietary that some rights in\\nthe said township No. One, that were obliged to settle the\\nlots according to charter, have neglected to comply with the\\nsame, and in order for as speedy compliance with their duty\\nas possible, it is necessary that such others should be admit-\\nted in their room that will comply with the same. Therefore,\\nVoted, That Col. Lawrence, Samuel Tarbell and John\\nStevens be a committee fully impowered to make a strict en-\\nquiry who are now wholly delinquent, or that was delinquent\\non the 4th Tuesday of October, 1752, and to take good secu-\\nrity to the value of one hundred pounds new tenor, that they\\nwill enter upon and perform their duty agreeable to the char-\\nter, viz that is to say, to have three acres of land well\\ncleared and fenced at the least, a house built and inhabit the\\nsame by the first day of May next, and upon the failure of\\nentering into bond with the aforesaid committee within one\\nmonth from this date, to enter upon such delinquent proprie-\\ntors right and take possession of the same, and dispose of it", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "PEOPEIETAEY HISTORY. 43\\nto some suitable person, that will immediately enter upon\\nsucli right and comply with the duty as abovesaid, and pay\\nsuch sum of money for the use of said proprietors as the\\nsaid committee and the new grantee shall agree for, or such\\nold grantee to pay such a sum of money for the use of said\\nproprietors, to the abovesaid committee for the past negleet,\\nas the said proprietors shall order at this meeting and the\\nabovesaid committee are further directed to take a bond of\\neach grantee or settler, that hath not complied with their\\nduty, for the faithful performance of the condition of their\\ngrants, c., and to save the proprietors harmless, c., for\\nwant of the duty being done and taxes paid in season the\\nobligation and condition of said bond to be as the abovesaid\\ncommittee shall think most just and reasonable and better to\\nbring forward the settlement of said plantation, c. Also,\\nVoted, That each delinquent proprietor that hath done noth-\\ning on his right shall pay three pounds, old tenor, to said\\ncommittee for the use of said proprietors.\\nA meeting was called at the house of Enos Lawrence, on\\nthe 16th of July, 1754. A recital in the record of that meet-\\ning sets forth that William Lawrence, Esq., and others, at a\\nmeeting on the 17th of November, 1753, were appointed a\\ncommittee and authorized to enter into and dispose of delin-\\nquent rights, and to take bonds for performance according to\\nthe tenor of said vote, c., so that it is probable that the c.\\nafter the word vote, is one of the pregnant c s of Lord\\nCoke, and embraces and includes the whole vote so entered\\nas above, and that the whole record commencing with the\\nword Whereas, should have been inserted in place of the\\nc., but not having been drawn up in proper form till the rest\\nof the record had been made and entered, it was entered by\\nitself, without preface or explanation. At the meeting July\\n16th, 1754, the time for taking bonds by the committee was\\nextended thirty days from that date, and the time to comply\\nwith the requirements of the charter as to inhabiting, fenc-\\ning and clearing, was extended to November next, and", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "44 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nJoseph Blanchard, Esq., was desired to apply to the grantors\\nfor an enlargement of the time for compliance with the set-\\ntling duties.\\nAt the same meeting, one hundred pounds of the money\\nalready raised was appropriated for preaching, and Thomas\\nTarbell, Enos Lawrence and Reuben Barrett, were chosen a\\ncommittee to provide preaching so far as one hundred\\npounds old tenor goes.\\nAt a meeting held at the house of Enos Lawrence, Novem-\\nber 18, 1754, fifty pounds, old tenor, was allowed out of\\nmoney already raised to pay for preaching, and a committee\\nof nine was appointed to view for a burying place and make\\nreturn to the next meeting. The committee were Enos\\nLawrence, Thomas Tarbell, Nehemiah Gould, Obadiah Par-\\nker, Reuben Barrett, Nathan Hall, Henry Jefts, Eleazer But-\\nterfield and William Eliot, all of whom were probably then\\ninhabitants, and most of whom remained inhabitants till the\\ntime of their death.\\nThere is no record of any meeting between November 18,\\n1754, and May 11, 1757, at which last date a meeting was\\nheld at the house of Enos Lawrence. William Lawrence,\\nEsq., was moderator. A vote was passed to have ten days\\npreaching in said township, as soon as conveniently may be.\\nAlso, to raise ten pounds old tenor New Hampshire bills on\\neach right liable to settle in said township, or two Spanish\\nmilled dollars to answer the same tax by which it would\\nseem that one pound old tenor New Hampshire bills was\\nequal to twenty cents. One hundred and fifty pounds was\\nalso appropriated to be worked on the highways, at thirty\\nshillings per day. Enos Lawrence, Thomas Tarbell and Na-\\nthan Hall, were appointed to have the oversight of working\\nout the money on the highways. One half was to be worked\\nout from the meeting house on the east to Pole Hill, one\\nquarter from Townsend line to the meeting house, and the\\nother quarter by Mr. Hall north of the meeting house, and\\nfrom said house to Obadiah Parker s house.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 45\\nVoted, To choose a committee to put Mr. Bellows bond\\nin execution for not building the mills, unless lie immediately\\nprevent the same by accommodation. Col. Blanchard, Col.\\nLawrence and John Stevens were chosen for this purpose, and\\ndirected if they could not agree with Mr. Bellows then to\\nagree with some other person or persons to build one or both\\nof said mill or mills. Voted, To add Nathan Hall and\\nThomas Tarbell to the committee for finishing the meeting\\nhouse according to the former vote.\\nAt a meeting held October 24, 1758, Voted, That Reuben\\nBarrett be joined to the committee for laying out highways\\nin the room of Mr. Goold deceased.\\nThis is the first record of death in the town. It appears\\nby the journal of Joseph Holt, who resided many years in\\nWilton, which has just been published in the tenth volume\\nof the New England Historical and G-enealogical Register,\\nsee page 307, that Corporal Gould of No. 1, was killed in\\nbattle, near lake George, on the 20th of July, 1758. This\\nwas undoubtedly Nehemiah Gould, referred to in this entry\\nin the proprietors records. Who of the present inhabitants\\never heard his name, or knows where he resided How com-\\npletely one hundred years had swept him to oblivion, but for\\nthis casual entry in this comparatively unknown and almost\\nforgotten book. Jacob Gould was one of the grantees of\\nthe town. His lots were No s 4 R. 18, 4 R. 14, and 2 R. 12.\\nWhether he was a relative of Nehemiah Gould, is not known.\\nNehemiah Gould was married to Molly Kemp, at Groton,\\nMarch 9, 1773. He may have been a son of Corporal Gould.\\nAn extract from Holt s journal may be found in the Appendix.\\nA tax of \u00c2\u00a390 was assessed on the rights liable to pay\\ncharges; to be laid out only for preaching. Voted that\\nEnos Lawrence provide a preacher.\\nA meeting was held January 2, 1759. Chose Col. Law-\\nrence, moderator. Voted, That Jonathan Blanchard be a\\ncommittee man to supply the place or places of the late Col,\\nJoseph Blanchard in anything wherein he was concerned for\\n7", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nsaid proprietary. Obadiah Parker was chosen collector.\\nYoted the sum of forty six dollars, or equal thereto, ac-\\ncounting them equal to \u00c2\u00a3276 New Hampshire old tenor, be\\nraised on this proprietary. Voted, That half a dollar on\\neach right, or equal thereto, in New Hampshire bills, be\\nassessed on this proprietary, to be applied for preaching.\\nIn the warrant for the meeting, November 26, 1759, the\\n5th article was To see if the proprietors will make up the\\ndepreciation of the New Hampshire bills to Mr. Francis\\nWorcester. This was undoubtedly Mr. Francis Worcester,\\nof HoUis, the ancestor of the Rev. Dr. Noah Worcester, of\\nBrighton, Mass., the Rev. Leonard Worcester, of Peacham,\\nYt., the Rev. Thomas Worcester, of Salisbury, N. H., and the\\nRev. Dr. Samuel Worcester, of Salem, Mass. The service\\nfor which he had been paid in depreciated bills, was probably\\npreaching, for that was his vocation. The record of the\\nmeeting does not show specifically what was done with this\\nclaim. No doubt it was allowed among sundry accounts,\\nthe particulars of which are on file. There is a tradition,\\nprobably well founded, that Mr. Worcester, on one occasion\\ngoing to No. 1 to preach,being overtaken by night and darkness\\nin the forest, in the valley east of the old meeting house near\\nwhere the railroad crosses the highway, was pursued by\\nwolves and driven to take refuge upon the top of one of the\\nimmense bowlders so abundant in that locality, on which he\\nspent the night, and in the morning went on his way rejoicing.\\nAnother version of the story concludes with stating that by\\nMs shouts he alarmed the neighbors, who, under the lead of\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell, went to his assistance and delivered\\nhim from his perilous condition. At this meeting, one. dollar\\nwas raised on each right, to be applied for preaching next\\nApril, and Obadiah Parker was chosen a committee to provide\\na preacher.\\nIn the warrant for a meeting to be held November 25, 1760,\\nthe second article is, To see if the proprietors will choose\\nan agent or trustee to succeed Joseph Blanchard, Esq., de-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETAEY HISTORY. 47\\nceased, for the recovery of a certain bond given to him in\\nthat capacity by Benjamin Bellows, Esq., for building mills in\\nthe township aforesaid, c. At the meeting, Jonathan\\nBlanchard was chosen trustee in place of Joseph Blanchard,\\nEsq. One dollar on each right was raised for defraying the\\nexpenses of prosecuting the suit on Bellows bond, and one\\ndollar also for further finishing the meeting house, and one\\ndollar more for highways.\\nThis last record is in Jonathan Blanchard s hand Avriting,\\nbut is not signed. It is the last entry in his hand writing.\\nA notice issued by him for a meeting, dated August 16, 1762,\\nis recorded by Thomas Tarbell, Clerk. All the subsequent\\nentries are made by Thomas Tarbell, as clerk.\\nHis oath of office as clerk is recorded by him as follows\\nOctober the 20, 1762. Then Thomas Tarbell parsonely\\nappeard maid orth that in the offies of Propts Clerk for\\nNo. one, to which he was chosen, he would act acording to\\nthe beast of his judgment.\\nSworn before\\nJohn Hale, Jostes pees.\\nAt the meeting September 14th, 1762, it was voted that\\nthe remainder of the money not already laid out, that was\\nraised for 1;he prosicution of Mr. Bellosses Bond, be apprO\\npriated towards paying for preaching. Yoted to rais for\\ndolers for to pay for Preaching; voted, Capt. Thomas Tar-\\nbell, Mr. Nathan Hall and Enosh Lawrence, be a new meeting\\nhouse comeete voted Mr. Nathan Hall and Elias Eliot, be\\na committee to esamin, and see if a good road can be had\\nfrom the falls in Souhegon river at William Mansur s, through\\npart of this Township, to come in by Mr. Hall s, and to make\\nreturn at Next meeting. This was undoubtedly the road\\nleading from the village, by Silas Bullard s and Jonathan\\nBachelder s, to the meeting-house. Voted that Mr. Barrat\\nand Mr. Robins, Capt. Thomas Tarbell, be comeett to provid\\npreaching. Yoted that ten dollars be paid to Jonathan\\nBlanchard by the Treashuer as soon as the saim corns into", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nthe Tresure, and Treslir be discliargd of that sum accordingly\\nwhen paid, for his sarvis as dark, with the ten dolers reed\\nfor the prosecution of Belloses Bond in full for his sarvis.\\nIn the warrant for the meeting of the proprietors to be held\\non the 6th of April, 1763, the second article was, to see if\\nthe proprietors will give a call to any of the gentlemen who\\nhave preached with them, and choose a committee to present\\nsaid call and Incouragement, if any they will give, to said\\ngentlemen, as shall be agreed on by said propraits. At the\\nmeeting, Obadiah Parker was chosen moderator. Yoted to\\ngive the first seteled minister, seven hundred pounds silver\\nOld tenor as setelment; and four hundred pounds salary year-\\nly, and a right of land in said township. Voted to give\\nMr. Ebenezer Champney a call to setel in the Gospel;\\nchose for a comeett to present said call, Thomas Tarbell,\\nEnosh Lawrence and Whitcomb Powers. There is a tradi-\\ntion, that Champney s reply to the committee who presented\\nthe call, was that it would take more than two such cauls to\\nmake a candle. His tastes inclined him to secular rather\\nthan clerical pursuits. He left preaching and became a law-\\nyer, and was for many years Judge of Probate, which office\\nhe held till he resigned it a short time before his death, Sep-\\ntember 10th, 1810. Voted to give six months to have the\\nmills completed. At the meeting, March 29th, 1764, Oliver\\nEliot, moderator, chose Col. James Prescott, Capt. Thomas\\nTarbell and Obadiah Parker, a committee to examine the\\npapers, and accompts belonging to said propts, and put\\nthem in a proper form, and prepare a list of the names of\\nthe paiers as well [as] the original grantees, with the sum of\\nmoney that they may be Essesed for. Voted to reserve one\\ndolar for preaching. Voted to except Left. William Prescott\\nand others, to come in as proprietors of No. one, upon their\\nobliging themselves to pay taxes as other propts, and that\\nthey should have a strip of land Ginning No. two. This\\nLeft. William Prescott was the famous Col. William Prescott\\nof Bunker Hill memory. At a meeting, January 29th, 1765,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 49\\nVoted to turn the road through Obadiah parker s land from\\nwheare it was laid out, to wheare it gose now.\\nVoted, that each man have half a dolar a day, [for work\\non the highways] said work to be done by the last day of\\nAgost next.\\nAt a meeting of the priters of No, one, March 20th, 1765,\\nat the house of Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Voted and chose\\nLeftenant William Prescott moderator.\\nVoted not to chues a new proprts clerk.\\nVoted not to chues a new Treshurer at present.\\nVoted to rais too dolers a wright to pay for preaching.\\nVoted for comeet to hier preaching, Capt. Thomas Tarbell,\\nEn. Enosh Lawrence and En. Whitcomb Powers.\\nVoted to have the proporters meetings at the meeting\\nhouse in No. one, and their onely for the futer.\\nVoted that the svears of highways be otherized to setel\\nwith the Treshurer about highway raits, c.\\nAt the meeting April 23rd, 1766, chose for svers, John\\nSwallow, Jonathan Crospy, Ensign Whikomb Powers and\\nEeuben Barrett.\\nVoted to Obadiah Parker four dolars for costs that he paid\\nfor being sued on the propts accompt. [interlined, June\\n16th, 1767, then the above accompt paid to Obadiah Parker.]\\nVoted that Jonathan Crosbe and Eben Blood be cometee\\nto lay out a road from Richard Lawrence s, to the road that\\ncomes from Blood s to the meeting-house. This is a part of\\nthe same road which Hall and Elliot were to examine.\\nIn the warrant dated November 5, 1766, for a meeting to\\nbe held December 16, 1766, the 7th article was, To see if\\nthe proitors will give the Rev nd James Parker a call to\\nsetel with them in the gospel, and to see what Licouragement\\nthey will give him as to setelment and salery, and chose a\\ncomett to present said call.\\nAt the meeting chose Left. William Prescott moderator.\\nVoted, To give Mr. James Parker a call to setel with them\\nin the Gospel. AUso, Voted, To give him, if he setls, as", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "50 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nsetlment, ninety three pounds six shillings eight pence,\\nLafel money. Allso, Voted, To give as salery Four hundred\\npounds silver, old tener, yearly, until there is eighty familys,\\nand then four hundred and fifty yearly until there is one hun-\\ndred families^ and then five hundred pounds yearly. Allso,\\nchose a comeett to presant said call, Capt. Thomas Tarbell,\\nMr. Jona. Crosby, En. Whitcomb Powers.\\nIn the warrant for the meeting March 10, 1767, the 4th ar-\\nticle was To see if the proportors will chues a comeettee to\\nlay out the pew and seat ground in said No. 1 meeting house.\\n5thly. To see if the propts will order in what maner the\\npues shall be disposed of.\\n6thly. To see if the propiortors will pass a vote that every\\nman s vot in said meeting shall be according to the taxes he\\nshall pay in said township.\\nAt the meeting, it was Voted, Chose Obadiah Parker,\\nNathan Hall and Whitcomb Powers comeett to Lay out the\\npue ground seat ground in said meeting houes.\\nVoted, That the first setelers highest payers have the\\npew ground, provided they seal the meeting house to the girts\\nby October next.\\nVoted, That every man should not vot according to what\\nlie pays in said township.\\nVoted, To except of Mr. Elias Eliot s mills.\\nAt a meeting November 4, 1767\\nVoted, That the comeet Brais the meeting house forthwith.\\nVoted chose a comeett to view the roads to accommo-\\ndat Slipton, said comeett, Mr. Joseph Bullard, Mr. Josiah\\nHobins, Left. Obadiah Parker, Mr. John Swallow, Mr. Nathan\\nHall, and if the comeet think the road by Mr. Baret s mills\\nwill accomodat Slipon, then said comeett to lay out said roa(J.\\nThis was the road leading from Mason Village to Temple.\\nSlipton was a slip or tract of land north of No. 1, and now\\nincluded in Temple and Sharon.\\nVoted, To rais one doler on each right for highways, and\\nto make a bridge over the river at the mils, said mony to be", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "PROPEIETARY HISTORY. 51\\ndivided as was usal, said comeett, Cornelius Cook, Ruben Bar-\\nrat, Ins. Wliitcomb Powers, Left. Obadiah Parker.\\nIn the warrant for the meeting January 5, 1768, the 6th\\narticle was To see if the proportors and Inhabitance will\\npas a vote to be Incorporated, and if so to chues a man or\\nmore to Goo to Portsmouth get the same accomplished.\\nAt the meeting it was,\\nYoted, for a comatt to make Inquryes how the Township\\nmay be incorporated. Ens. Whitcomb Powers Capt.\\nThomas Tarbell Leftenant Obadiah Parker. Then ajornd\\nthe meeting four weeks.\\nThe propts meet at Time place and voted as foUoweth,\\nviz Voted, To be incorporated. AUso, Voted, That Left.\\nObadiah Parker disburst the money, that he shall have a\\nhansom reward for the same, that he get the same Incorpo-\\nrated as soon as may be.\\nIn the warrant for the meeting March 8, 1768, the 3d arti-\\ncle was,\\nTo see if the propts will dispose of any of the public lots\\nin No. 1. Namely: Lot No. 5 in 7 Raing, No. 6 in the 5\\nraing. No. 1 in 3 raing, No. 9 in 1 raing.\\nAt the meeting it was,\\nVoted, To dispose of two of the school lots, namely No.\\n6 in the 5 raing, and 7 in the 1 raing, by a comeett chosen for\\nthat sarvis, sd comeett. En. Whitcomb Powers, Capt. Thomas\\nTarbell, Ruben Barrett and Josiah Robens. Voted and chose\\nfor comeet to Rectifie the mistakes in the school [lots], Jo-\\nsiah Wheeler, Enosh Lawrence and Thomas Tarbell.\\nThe following is a copy, verbatim and literatim, of the\\nwarrant and record of the meeting, June 22, 1768\\nWhere as aplication hath ben maid to me the subscriber\\nfor calling a propts meeting of the propts of No 1. North of\\nTownshend in the province of Newhampshier These are\\nthere fore to notifie warn said propts to asembel meet\\nat the meeting house on the 22 Day of this Instant June at\\nNine clock in the fore noon to act on the foleing articals", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nlly. To chues a modrater to govern said meeting.\\n2dly To see what the propts will chues to have the Town\\ncalled.\\nodly. To chues a comeett to setel with such parsons as\\nhave ben consarned with the propts money sins the setalment\\nwith Col Lawrence ares.\\n41y To see what the propts will do consarning Road to Mr\\nThos Barts mills\\n51y To alow accompts to any persons that has don sarvis\\n[for] said propts If they Think proper.\\n61y To see if the propts will dispose of the grond of the\\ntwo hind seatts to such parsons as they shall think proper,\\nthat shall make aplication\\n71y To see if the propts will turn the road a few rods\\nThrough Thos. Robens Land that comes from Left Parker to\\nthe meeting house.\\nTest Thos Tarbell, propts Clerk.\\nJune the 7th, 1768.\\nAt a Legual meeting of the propts of No. one held at the\\nmeeting house on the 22 day of June 1768.\\nVoted chose Jo siah Robens modrator\\nVoted to have the Town called Sharon.\\nYoted for comeet to recon with the comeette [and] Tres-\\nhureyr Joseph Bulard Ruben Baret Olever Eliot.\\nYoted, for comeett to view Lay out the road to Mr\\nThomas Baretts mills Obadiah Parker Nathan Whipel John\\nSwallow.\\nVoted Capt Thomas Tarbell four Dolers for his sarvis as\\npropts Clerk To be Drawn out of the Treshery to be in full\\nfor this sarvis to this Day.\\nVoted not to dispose of the Ground of the two hind seats.\\nVoted to turn the road a fue rods thrue Thos Roben Land.\\nThen the meeting dismissed.\\nA True Intry. Thomas Tarbell, propt Clerk.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 53\\nAt the meeting held March 22, 1769, it was,\\nYoted, To give the meeting house to the town, except the\\nprivilege of the pues.\\nAt the meeting held October 18, 1769, it was,\\nVoted, To raise two dolers on each right liabel to pay\\ntaxes in Mason, and the comeett to have their pay out of\\nsaid money for their being sued for said propty for hiring\\npreaching.\\nAt the meeting held January 6, 1772, it was,\\nVoted, To Josiah Robens one doler. [Interlined.\\nRobens got the doler March the 30, 1773.\\nThe following is the record of the last doings of the pro-\\nprietors\\nPROvmcE OF New Hampshire Hillshorough, ss.\\nPursuent to the request of more than five of the propts\\nof Mason, in the county aforesaid, for calling a propts meet-\\ning. These are, therefore. To Notifie warn the propts of\\nsd Mason to meet at the public meeting house in Mason, afor-\\nsaid, on the second Tuesday of January next, at one of the\\nclock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the fowling\\narticals, to wit\\nlly. To chues a moderator for the regular carying on\\nsaid meeting.\\n2dly. To hear and examine the accompts and demands of\\nall persons that have any demands on the proprorts, for past\\nservices as Individuals, and they are desired to bring in the\\nsame, or Else Expect to befor Ever after debarred, c. and\\nto alow such as shall apear Reasonabel, and give order for\\npayment as the propriorts shall think proper.\\n3dly. To chuese a commettee to examine into the con-\\nduct of those who have heretofore recevd any of the propts\\nmoney, as Tresherer, comats or Trustees, and to enabel them\\nto give such discharges as they shall think proper, and to\\nreport as soon as may be.\\nThomas Tarbell, propt s Clerk.\\nMason, Dec. 16th, 1772.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": ".54 HISTORY OP MASON,\\nAt a legal meeting of the propts of Mason, hild on the\\n12tli of January, 1773,\\nVoted and chose Mr. Nathan Hall modrator, and voted to\\nagorn the meeting to Mr. Samuel Abbots.\\nVoted for comeetee to Look into the Estait of the Tresh-\\nery, and to Recon with the Tresherer, or commeetes, or Trus-\\ntes Last chosen, to sell the Delinquants propts lands, said\\ncomeet Mr. David Bloget, Mr. Reuben Baret, Mr. Oliver\\nEliot. Then voted to agorn the meeting to the Last Tues-\\nday of March next, to the meeting-house in Mason, at one o\\nclock afternoon.\\nMarch 30 the propts met acording to the agornment, and\\nby reason of the comeet making a mistake in reconing with\\nthe Tresherer, agorned to the thirteenth day of Aprial, at\\nthree o clock afternoon, at this place. April the 13 the propts\\nmet at the time and place, and voted to agorn the meeting\\nto the third Wednsday in May, One o clock afternoon, at this\\nplace. May the 19, then the propts met at the time and\\nplace and agorned to the first tuesday of June Next, att one\\noclock afternoon to this place. Test Thomas Tarbell propt\\nClerk.\\nSic exit in fumo,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 thus vanish into shadows, the original\\nproprietors of Mason. This is their last appearance.\\nWhether the mistake made by the comeet in reconing with\\nthe Tresherer was ever rectified, does not appear, and will\\nnever be known by those who at this late day, endeavor to\\npeer into their doings. They were a worthy body of men,\\nand deserved well of the town and of their country, for their\\nindefatigable efforts under circumstances of great embar-\\nrassment, in carrying on the settlement of the place.\\nUndoubtedly, before this apparently last and inconclusive\\nmeeting, all the land, except perhaps the lots reserved for\\nschools and for the minister and ministry, -had become the\\nproperty of individuals so that there was little if anything\\nleft for the propria J^ary to concern itself with. The town\\nwas incorporated, and was thus made capable of taking and", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "PEOPRIETARY HISTORY. 55\\nifolding the fee in the said lands, for the uses set forth in the\\nariginal grant of the territory. It seems that the delin-\\nquent propts lands had been sold, and this last meeting had\\nbeen called for the purpose of a general settlement of all\\nout-standing claims, against the proprietary; which it is\\nhoped and trusted was satisfactorily made, although it does-\\nnot appear of record.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nMUNICIPAL HISTORY.\\nProceedings and incidents in the Municipal affairs of the town from the year\\n1768, to 1858.\\n[Copy of the Charter.]\\nProvince op George the Third, by the Grace of God, of\\nNew Hampshire. Great Britain, France and Ireland, King,\\nDefender of the Faith, c.\\nTo all to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting:\\nWhereas, our Loyal Subjects, Inhabitants of a Tract of Land\\nwithin our Province of New Hampshire, known by the name of No.\\nOne, and containing about five miles Square, and bounded as here-\\nafter mentioned, have Humbly petitioned and requested us, that they\\nmay be erected and incorporated into a Township, and infranchised\\nwith the same privileges which other towns within our said Province,\\nhave and Enjoy by Law, and it appearing unto us to be conducive to\\nthe General Good of Our said Province, as well as of the said Inhab-\\nitants, in particular, by maintaining good order, and Encouraging\\nthe culture of the Land, that the same should be done; Know ye,\\ntherefore, that We, of Our Especial Grace, certain Knowledge, and\\nfor the Encouraging and promoting the good purposes and Ends\\naforesaid, and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well Beloved John\\nWentworth, Esq., Our Governor and Commander in Chief, and of\\nOur Council for said Province, Have erected afid Ordained, and by\\nthese presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, Do will and Ordain,\\nthat the Inhabitants of the Tract of Land aforesaid, and others who\\nshall inhabit and improve therein hereafter, the same being butted\\nand bounded as follows, viz Beginning at a stake and stones on the\\nProvince line, thence running on the same line, five miles and twenty\\nrods, to the S|E corner of New Ipswich, then running north on New\\nIpswich line, five miles to a white pine tree, to Wilton corner, then\\nrunning east, on the south line of Wilton, five miles to a hemlock\\ntree, then running south, five miles, by the Needle, to the bounds\\nfirst mentioned, be and hereby are declared to be a Town Corporate,\\nand are hereby erected and incorporated into a Body Politic and Cor-\\nporate, to have continuance forever, by the name of Mason, with all", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "1768. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 57\\nthe powers authorities, Privileges, Immunities Franchises,\\nwhich any other towns in said Province by Law have and Enjoy, to\\nthe said inhabitants, or who shall hereafter inhabit there, and their\\nsuccessors forever, always reserving to us, our heirs and successors,\\nall white pine trees, which are or shall be found growing and being\\non the said Tract of land, fit for the use of our Royal Navy Reserv-\\ning also to us, our heirs and successors, the power and right of divid-\\ning the said town when it shall appear necessary and convenient, for\\nthe Inhabitants thereof: Provided, nevertheless, and it is hereby de-\\nclared, that this charter and grant is not intended, nor shall in any\\nway or manner, be construed to extend to, or affect the private prop-\\nerty of the soil within the limits aforesaid and as the several Towns\\nwithin our said Province are by the Laws thereof enabled and author-\\nized, to assemble and by a majority of votes present, to choose all\\nsuch officers, and transact such affairs, as in the said Laws are\\ndeclared, We do by these presents, nominate and appoint, Obadiah\\nParker, Gent., to call the first meeting of said Inhabitants to be held\\nwithin said town, at any time within forty days from the date hereof,\\ngiving legal notice of the time and design of holding such meeting,\\nafter which the annual meeting of said town shall be had for the\\nchoice of said officers the purposes aforesaid, on the second Mon-\\nday of March, annually.\\nIn testimony whereof, we have caused the public seal of our said\\nProvince to be hereunto affixed. Witness John Wentworth, Esquire,\\nthe aforesaid Governor, the twenty-sixth day of August, in the eighth\\nyear of our reign. Anno Domini, 1768. J. Wentworth.\\nBy his Excellencie s command, with advice of Council.\\nT. Atkinson, Jr., Sec y.\\nProvince op New Hampshire. Secretary s Office. Recorded in\\nthe Book for recording Charters of Incorporation, Pa. 303, 304.\\nT. Atkinson, Jr., Secretary.\\nAt the proprietors meeting, held January 5th, 1768, Oba-\\ndiah Parker was chosen to Groo to Portsmouth to get the\\nincorporation, and was authorized to disburst the money\\ntherefor. This duty he attended to, and procured the charter,\\na copy of which is found on the preceding pages. The origi-\\nnal charter shows the name of the town, first inserted, to\\nhave been Sharon, according to the vote of the proprietors\\nbut it was erased, and the name Mason substituted. This\\nwas, undoubtedly, done in compliment to John Mason the\\noriginal proprietor, or to John Tufton Mason, who was one\\nof the grantees of the original township. The above copy\\nwas transcribed from the town records it is not certain that", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "58 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nit is a true copy of the original Charter. Acts of incorpo-\\nration in those clays, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ere granted by virtue of the executive\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0or prerogative power of the Governor and not by legislative\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0enactment. At that time it was a long and tedious journey\\nfrom Mason to Portsmouth. Parker must have performed\\nit on horse-back, or not unlikely, on foot. His disburst-\\nments and charges for this service, appear by the record of\\nthe town meeting, November 7th, to have been X12 6s. 6d.\\n3q. Under date of March 21st, 1769, is recorded an order\\nto pay him X9 4s. lid. Oq., and interest for the charges of the\\nincorporation. The items of the bill would at this day, be\\na matter of great curiosity but they cannot be recovered.\\nParker was by the charter, authorized to call the first\\nmeeting of the inhabitants, in their corporate capacity, and\\nhe issued his warrant therefor, a copy of which, being the\\nwarrant for the first town meeting of the town, is here\\ninserted.\\nProvince of New Hampshire. By order of his Excel-\\nlency, John Wentworth, Esquire, and the Honorable\\nCouncil, for calling a meeting of the Inhabitants and Free-\\nholders of Mason, in order for the choice of Town ofiicers,\\nc. I therefore notify and warn the Inhabitants and all Free-\\nholders and voters by law of the Town of Mason, to meet att\\nthe meeting-house in Mason, on Monday, the nineteenth of\\nSeptember instant at ten of the clock in the forenoon, and\\nwhen assembled and duly mett, then and there to act on the\\nfollowing articles viz\\n1st. To chuse a moderator.\\n21y. To chuse a town clerk. Selectmen, and all other town\\nofficers, as the law directs.\\n3dly. To see whether the town will except the road lately\\nlaid out by Mr. Thomas Barrett s and Amos Deakin s mills\\nand build a bridge over the river, now the water is low, and to\\nact upon any other article, that they shall then think proper\\nfor to bring forward the town.\\nMason, Sept. ye 5, 1768. Obadiah Parker.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "1768. MUNICIPAL HISTOBY. 59\\nAt the meeting, Parker was chosen moderator; Josiah\\nWheeler, clerk Josiah Wheeler, Obadiah Parker and Joseph\\nBullard, selectmen Reuben Barrett and John Swallow, consta-\\nbles Nathan Hall, treasurer John Asten and Jonathan Win-\\nship, tythingmen; Thomas Barrett, Bnosli Lawrence Jr., Lem-\\nuel Spaulding and Josiah Bobbins, surveyors of highways\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell, sealer of weights and measures John\\nAsten, sealer of leather; Richard Lawrence and Joseph Blood\\nfence viewers Samuel Lawrence and Joseph Lowell, hog con-\\nstable Aaron Wheeler and Oliver Elliot, deer of cers.\\nYoted to except the road as it was latety laid out to Mr.\\nThomas Barrett s and Amos Deakin s mills. Voted that all\\nthe roads formerly laid out by the proprietors, and now upon\\nfile, shall stand as -town roads. Yoted to build a bridge\\nover the river by said Barrett s and Deakin s mills therefore,\\nvoted that Amos Deakin, Thomas Barrett and Aaron Wheeler\\nbe a comtee to effect the same.\\nThus the town was fairly set up and provided with officers,\\nits roads recognized and made valid. How the committee\\nsucceeded in building a bridge without means will in due time\\nappear. It was also voted that the selectmen should serve\\nwithout pay a scheme which, although it had a look of econ-\\nomy, did not, in the end, as will appear, work well. Although\\neverything looked fair, there was trouble ahead. Some of\\nthe officers chosen at the town meeting, refused to take the\\noath of office, and therefore the selectmen appointed a town\\nmeeting in order for a new choice of such of cers, c. The\\nmeeting was called to be held on the 7th of November. In\\nthe warrant for the meeting, among other articles, was\\n3dly. To see if the town will raise a sum of money to\\npay the charges of incorporation, to hire preaching, to pur-\\nchase the Province laws and town books, and to defray other\\nnecessary town charges.\\n4thly. To see if the town will come into any measure for\\nfurther finishing the meeting house also, to choose comttee\\nto effect the same.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "60 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nAt tMs meeting most of the recusant of cers were rechosen.\\nThe only change was in the highway surveyors. The new\\nboard were Elias Eliot, Ens. Enoch LawrencC; Jonathan Jefts\\nand Joseph Blood, and in the deer officers, Aaron Wheeler\\ntaking the office alone. The sum of X33 6s. 8d. Oq. lawful\\nwas raised to pay charges of incorporation, to hire preaching\\nand to defray other charges. At this meeting it was,\\nVoted, To except a road laid out two rods wide, from\\nNew Ipswich line, through Amos Deakin s land, beginning at\\na heap of stones on a stump and running to a hemlock tree on\\nthe banck of the river, then running as the marks direct to the\\nl!)ridge, c.\\nA heap of stones on a stump, would not be regarded, in\\nthese days, as a suitable boundary to mark the limits of a\\nroad. Much exactness was not then required in the descrip-\\ntion of the boundaries, angles, courses and distances, in lay-\\ning out roads. A most remarkable sample of such work, is\\nfound in the records of Townsend. It is as follows, under\\ndate of 1737 Yoted, a highway from the Pearl Hill brook\\nto the place where the timber is cut to build a bridge, and\\nfrom the said bridge to the Little G-oose pond, near where\\nHorsely and Wallis and Brown and Wyman and Woodbury,\\ngoeth along for their hay, from thence we come down the path\\nto the hither Goose pond and over the dam thereof, from\\nthence as marks direct across the plain, and so down the little\\nfootpath till we pass the little brook and into the cartpath\\nby the knoll, this side of James Stevens house, from thence\\ndown by said last path till we come to the hollow beyond\\nHorseley s field, so along Horseley s west line to Deacon\\nSpaul ding s meadow lot, from thence over Rackkoon brook\\nand across the corner of Manning s land, and from thence\\nacross the plain to the corner of the lot Daniel Sartell lives\\non, and turning said corner on John Stevens land, and come\\nalong near the line between the lot Sartell lives on, and Ste-\\nvens land, to Hartshorn s brook, where the cartway goeth\\nover, from thence on said Stevens land between the lot afore-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "1769.\\nMUNICIPAL HISTORY.\\n61\\nsaid and Hartshorn s farm to John Scales old house place,\\nfrom thence to Scales nor east corner, which we found to be\\nthree miles and one hundred and sixty pole.\\nAt this meeting the town,\\nVoted, To allow OToadiah Parker s accompt for geting\\nthe town Incorporated, which sum is X12 6s. 6d. 3q.\\nThen follows in the record, a copy of the warrant to Mr.\\nJohn Swallow, one of the constables, g., commanding him in\\nhis majesty s name, to collect XI 7 15s. 6d. 2q. For the\\nassessment and collection of taxes the town was, from the\\nfirst, divided into two districts the east and the west two\\nconstables or collectors were chosen, one in each district, to\\nwhom separate warrants were issued for the collection of the\\nrates. John Swallow was the constable or collector for\\nthe west side, and Reuben Barrett for the east side. A copy\\nof the assessments committed to them is here inserted, by\\nwhich it will appear who resided and were taxed on each part\\nof the town, and what was their relative apparent ability to\\npay taxes; each warrant bearing date, January 28th, 1769.\\nFIRST TAX LIST. WEST SIDE.\\n\u00c2\u00a3is\\nd\\nq David Lowell, Jr.,\\n7\\n5\\ni\\nJosiah Kobbins,\\n1\\n3\\n4\\nNathan Whipple,\\n9\\nEns. Enosh Lawrence,\\n1\\n1\\n6\\n1 John Jefts,\\n6\\n1\\n1\\nSamuel Lawrence,\\n8\\n8\\n1 John Asten,\\n7\\n8\\nJohn Swallow,\\n11\\n4\\n2 Joseph Barrett,\\n9\\n2\\n2\\nIsaac Holdin,\\n8\\n7\\n0| Nathan Procter,\\n7\\nWilliam Badcock,\\n9\\n6\\nLieut. Obadiah Parker,\\n19\\n2\\nWilliam Barrett,\\n7\\n5\\n1! Joseph BuUard,\\n12\\n1\\nNathaniel Barrett,\\n19\\n9\\n1 Josiah Wheeler,\\n7\\n6\\n1\\nJonathan Foster,\\n6\\nZachariah Davis,\\n1\\n5\\n1\\nStevens Lawrence,\\n7\\nKeuben Tucker,\\n2\\n10\\nThomas Robins,\\n6\\nJoseph Tucker.\\n8\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\nEnosh Lawrence, Jr.,\\n10\\n7\\n1 Capt. Amos Lawrence,\\n8\\n2\\nAaron Wheeler,\\n14\\n2 Mr. Will. Lawrence,\\n4\\n11\\n1\\nNathaniel Hosmer,\\n6\\n1\\n1 Amos Deaken, Barrett,\\nh\\n2\\nJohn Button,\\n6\\n2\\n2 Edmund Town,\\n1\\n5\\n1\\nWidow Burge,\\n4\\n2\\n2 Joseph Lowell,\\n6\\nJohn Eliot,\\n18\\n10\\nCornelius Cook,\\n6\\nMoses Lowell,\\n12\\n1 Benjamin King-,\\n6\\n1\\n1\\nRichard Lawrence,\\n9\\n6\\nDennis McLain,\\n6\\nJoseph Merriam,\\n9\\n5\\n1\\nDavid Lowell,\\n13\\n8\\nSum Total,\\n17\\n15 6\\na\\nA similar warrant was issued to Mr. Reuben Barrett,\\nConstable for the East side, to collect XI 7 10s. 7d. Iq.,\\nas follows\\n9", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nFIRST TAX\\nLIST. EAST SIDE.\\n\u00c2\u00a3iS. d.|Q\\nOliver Eliot,\\nOilli 5\\n2\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell,\\n1\\nlOlOiO\\nDaniel Fisk,\\n3: 6\\nElias Eliot,\\nUjllil\\nMary J efts, Widow,\\nl\\\\ 6\\nJason Eussell,\\n9 2\\nThomas Jefts,\\n6\\n2\\n1\\nJSfathaniel Smith,\\n9\\n3\\n1\\nJonathan Jefts,\\n14\\n1\\n1\\nJoseph Koss,\\n11\\n3\\n1\\nNathan Hall,\\n15\\n7\\n1\\nNathaniel Tarbell,\\ne\\nJames Hall,\\n6\\n3\\n1\\nEdmund Tarbell,\\ne\\nfl\\nPatience Fish, Widow,\\nIS\\nJonathan Williams,\\n9 11\\n1\\nEleazer Fish,\\nt;\\n2\\nSenben Barrett,\\n19 10\\n1\\nEbenezer Blood,\\n14\\n2\\nHannah Eliot, Widow,\\nli 6\\n1\\nJason Dunster,\\nc,\\n6\\nSamuel Pcripture,\\n1\\nOl 9li\\nJoseph Herriek,\\nt\\nU\\nJames Weathee,\\nlo! 9\\nJonathan Winship,\\n19\\nLemuel Spaulding-,\\n8! 4\\niSamuel Tarljell,\\n6\\n8\\nElizabeth Powers, Widow,\\n6! 4\\n2\\nNathaniel Barrett, Jr.,\\n6\\nJoseph Blood,\\n6;\\nJohn Leornard,\\n6\\n11\\n2\\nAbel Shedd,\\n6]\\nJonathan Fish,\\ne\\n8\\n2\\nGeorge Woodard,\\n6 2\\n_\\nJabez Kendall,\\n9l 8\\nSum Total,\\n17\\n10\\n7\\n1\\nAn important duty of the selectmen in those days was, to\\ntake due care that the town should not be made chargable for\\nthe support of paupers, whose residence was in other places.\\nAmong the earliest official acts of the first board of select-\\nmen, was the issuing of warrants to warn such persons to\\nremove from the town, by which process they were prevented\\nfrom gaining any lawful settlement by residence in the town,\\nso as to make the town liable to support them, in case they\\nshould become unable to support themselves. As a sample\\nof the mode in which this provision of a by-gone age was\\ncarried out, a copy of the first such warrant issued by the se-\\nlectmen, and of the return of the of cer thereon, is inserted\\nWARRANT.\\nProvince of New Hampshire. To Mr. John Swallow, con-\\nstable in Mason, in said Province Whereas, a person named\\nDorothy Stevens hath, for some time, resided in the town of\\nMason, in said Province, and [is] likely to become a lawful\\ninhabitant in said town, unless lawfully prevented, these are,\\ntherefore, in his majestie s name, to will and require you, the\\nsaid constable, forthwith to warn the said person to depart\\nout of said town, within fourteen days, and to remain in said\\ntown no longer. Hereof fail not, as you will answer your\\ndefault in the penalty of the law, and make due return of this\\nwarrant and of your doings therein, within fourteen days.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "1769. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 63\\nGiven under our hands and sealS; at Mason, the 17th day of\\nJanuary, A. D. 1769, and in the ninth year of his majestie s\\nreio-n. Obadiah Parker,\\nJoseph Bullard, Selectmen.\\nJosiAH Wheeler,\\nRETURN.\\nProvls-ce op New Hampshire. Mason, January 20, 1769.\\nBy virtue of this warrant, I have warned the within named\\nDorothy Stevens, to depart out of said town, within fourteen\\ndays, and to remain in said town no longer.\\nJohn Swallow, Constahle in Mason.\\nSimilar warrants and returns are recorded for warning out\\nMary Jefts and her lb. child, January 26, 1769; Elizabeth\\nParker, February 25, 1769 Samuel Bennett and Sarah Wor-\\nrer, July 24, 1769 Jonathan Cafiford, July 27, 1769; Jonas\\nPerry, February 27, 1770. After which, nothing is recorded\\nbut the names of the parties and dates of the warrants.\\nAt the meeting, March 13, 1769, Voted, To allow Amos\\nDakin and Aaron Wheeler s accompt for building a bridge\\nover the river by said Dakin s mills, which sum is \u00c2\u00a38 Os. 9d.\\n3q. starling money of Great Britain.\\nMarch 21, 1769. Treasurer is ordered to pay Josiah\\nWheeler \u00c2\u00a30 lis. 9d. Oq. for town books; Obadiah Parker\\n\u00c2\u00a39 4s. lid. Oq. and interest, for the charges of incorpora-\\ntion; John Swallow XO 3s. 3d. for warning several persons\\nout of town; Obadiah Parker XO 14s. 4d. for boarding Mr^\\nCoggin; Obadiah Parker X3 12s. Od. Oq. for to pay Mr.\\nJacob Coggin for four days.pritching.\\nThe proprietors having voted to give the meeting house to\\nthe town, at their meeting held March 22, 1769, there was an\\narticle in the warrant for the town meeting to be held May\\n9, 1769, To see if the town will except the meeting house,\\nprovided those men that own pews take them for their seats\\nalso, to determine whether the town will do anything towards\\nfinishing said house, and how far they will go in finishing it.\\nAt the meeting held May 9, Voted, That the town excepted", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nthe meeting house if the men that own pews take them for\\ntheir sets. Voted, To bild the seats and to nail the Bords\\non the outside of sd house. Voted and chouse Enosh\\nLawrence, John Asten, Aaron Wheelear, comete to hier prich-\\ning. Voted and chouse John Asten, John Swallow, Nathan\\nWhipel, comete to Bild the seats and nail the Bordes on sd\\nhouse. Voted, To chuse a comete to see into the steat of\\nthe selectmen, assessors, and into the state of the Tresure.\\nAron Wheelear, Euben Barret, Oliver Alet were chouse\\ncemete men. Voted, The road throu William Bad-\\ncock s land where it now goes to Josiah Wheeler s and to\\nNew Ipsshed. The sist articakel not acted on. Voted\\nand chouse a comete to pich upon a place or places for a\\ngrave yard. Enosh Lawrance, Samauel Scripter, Nathan\\nHall.\\nAt the meeting Sept. 11th, 1769, Voted to except the\\nmoney that two of the cool lots was sold for by the proprie-\\ntors last Febueary in lew of the lots that was sold.\\nJanuary 11th, 1770, the treasurer was ordered to pay\\nJosiah Wheeler One pound four shillings Lawful money, to pay\\nMr. Josiah Willard for one day preaching in the year 1768.\\nAlso to pay Stephen Lawrence six shillings for boarding Mr.\\nNathan Bond while preaching in 1769. Also to pay John\\nSwallow two shillings and eight pence for keeping Mr. Nathan\\nBond s horse while preaching in 1769.\\nThe town seems at an early period, to have been troubled\\nwith idle persons. In the warrant for the annual meeting,\\nin 1770, the 9th article is, To see if the town will provide\\na work house in order to set Idle persons to work, also, to\\nappoint an overseer for said house. At the meeting, it was\\nVoted that there be a work house provided and that Eeuben\\nBarrett be the overseer and master of said house, a vote\\nthat may have operated in terrorem, and frightened away the\\nidle persons for although no house was provided, yet it is\\nsome years before any new complaints appear, of the preva-\\nlence of idle persons. At the same meeting, Voted to have", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "1771. MUNICIPAL HISTOET. 65\\nbut one graveyard. Voted to except of that piece of ground\\nfor a graveyard which the committee, that was appointed to\\nlay out graveyards have laid out at the west end of lot No.\\n6, in the ninth range on the west side of the road that goes\\nto Townshend, running on said road twenty poles from the\\nsouth line of said lot, containing two acres.\\nAug. [10] 1770. Ordered one pound twelve shillings paid to\\nSamuel Scripture for boarding Mr. Bigglow and Mr. Ward\\nwhile preaching in Mason. Also, to Obadiah Parker twelve\\nshillings seven pence for going after a minister, and same\\ndate to James Withee 4s. lOd. for paying John Asten for\\nnine dinners for thQ ministers Mr. Bigglow and Mr. Ward.\\nMr. Asten probably lived at the nearest house to the meet-\\ning-house, the cellar of which now remains in the north west\\ncorner of the Eev. Mr. Hill s old orchard.\\nA meeting was called August 27th, 1770, among other\\nmatters, to see if the town will give Mr. Jonathan Searle\\nan invitation to settle among them in the Gospel ministry\\nand what they will oJEFer him as settlement and salary.\\nSthly. To see if the town will raise money to release\\nSamuel Scripture the difficulty about Mr. Brown s preaching.\\nAt this meeting it was voted unanimously to give Mr. Searle\\na call to give him one hundred pounds Lawful, settlement,\\nhalf in sis and half in twelve months after ordination, sixty\\npounds lawful as salary, the first ten years, and at the end of\\nten years X66 13s. 4d. as yearly stated salary.\\nYoted not to act on the 5th article, so Mr. Scripture\\nwas not relieved of his difficulty.\\n1770, December 18th, the treasurer was ordered to pay\\nJames Withee 18s. for paying Mr. Jona. Searle so much.\\nDec. 24. The Treasurer was ordered to pay Aaron\\nWheeler \u00c2\u00a38 8s. to pay Mr. Ward for seven days preaching.\\n1771, Feb. 18. The Treasurer was ordered to pay Thomas\\nTarbell \u00c2\u00a34 4s. for boarding Mr. Searle 14 weeks.\\nAt the annual meeting 1771, a rate was made for improving\\nthe school lot, to be paid in labor. A man was allowed 2s.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 HISTORY OP MASON.\\n8d.; and a yoke of oxeii; Is. 4d. a day. Voted to allow the\\ntown Treasurer 2d. 2q. on the pounds for taking [in] and\\npaying out the towns money. The school lot here referred\\nto, is the lot on which the meeting-house was built.\\n1771; March 7th; the treasurer was ordered to pay Ens.\\nEnosli Lawrence XI 6s. 8d. for boarding Mr, Searle 4\\nweeks.\\nMr. Scripture still being in trouble about Mr. Brown s\\npreaching/ applied to the town for relief. In the warrant\\nfor the meeting June 3d, 1771; the second article waS; To\\nsee if the town will make Mr. Samuel Scripture any allowance\\nwith respect to the charge and trouble li,e has been put to\\nrelative to Mr. Brown a late preacher in said town j he the\\nsaid Scripture being the person that employed him for that\\nbusiness; and he has been sued and put to cost and charge\\nupon this account, and to say what he shall have allowed him\\nfor the same. The town voted not to allow him for the\\nsame, for what reason does not appear.\\nNovember 18, 1771, Voted, To hire Mr. Newcum [New-\\ncomb] one month upon probation, in case he will supply us.\\nSame date. Treasurer ordered to pay Insign Enosh Law-\\nrence \u00c2\u00a32 7s. 3d. Iq. in part for boarding ministers the sum-\\nmer past.\\nJanuary 3, 1772. To the same, 12s. in part for boarding\\nministers the summer past.\\nApril 29, 1772. An order To pay Thomas Tarbell eight\\nshillings for providing for a fast we had on account of giv-\\ning Mr. Searle a call.\\nAt a meeting August 10, 1772, the call to Mr. Searle was\\nrenewed, with the same settlement and salary. This call\\nwas accepted. Of his answer, a copy is inserted on pages 67\\nand 68, in this chapter.\\nSeptember 7, 1772. At a meeting called to appoint a day\\nfor the ordination, c., Voted, To accept Mr. Searle s\\nanswer, and that the 14 of October be the day of ordination,\\nand to send to the following nine churches under the pastoral", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "1772. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 67\\ncare of tlieir ministers to assist, viz Hollis, Rev. Daniel Em-\\nerson Bj^efield, Rev. Moses Parsons Pepperell, Rev. Joseph\\nEmerson; New Rowley, Rev. James Chandler; Townshend,\\nRev. Samuel Dix Linebrook, Rev. George Leslie New Ips-\\nwich, Rev. Stephen Farrar; Old Rowley, Rev. Jedediah Jew-\\nett; Temple, Rev. Samuel Webster.\\nVoted, To give Lieut. Obadiah Parker, eight pounds four-\\nteen shillings and four pence, L. money, to entertain the\\ncouncil, together with all the other gentlemen of the clergy,\\nand Mr. Searle s relations and friends, that may attend the\\nordination.\\nVoted, That Mr. Searle may be absent two Sabbaths in a\\nyear yearly, in order to visit his relations, in case it may not\\nbe in his power to provide a supply.\\nJosiah Wheeler, Amos Dakin and Obadiah Parker were\\nchosen A committee to send out letters missive for the ordi-\\nnation. Voted, To choose a committee to prop up the gal-\\nleries in the meeting house, as they shall think proper, before\\nthe ordination. David Blodgett, Jacob Blodgett, Lieut. John\\nSwallow, Samuel Scripture and Enosh Lawrence Jr., were\\nchosen a committee for that purpose. Voted, To chuse a\\ncommittee to tend the meeting house doors, and keep the\\nbody seats the men s side for the church, and the women s\\nside for the council, on ordination day. Edmund Tarbell\\nJason Russell, Reuben Hosmer and Nathaniel Hosmer, were\\nchosen for this purpose.\\nThe call or invitation to Mr. Searle is not recorded, nor\\nhas any copy of it been found. His answer is entered at\\nlength in the records. It is characteristic of the man, and as\\nit is one of the few memorials of him left, it is here inserted\\nTo the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Mason: Be-\\nloved Friends As God, who has the Hearts of all Men in\\nhis hands, has called me, tho most unworthy, to preach in\\nseveral Places, and of late in this Place so I Humbly hope,\\nthrough Grace, that it has been and is still my real Desire to\\nhearken to his Voice in Providence, and readily to comply", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nwith the same. And as you have proceeded according to\\nthe Coppy of your Votes, which the Committee lodged in my\\nhands, to renew your Call for my Settlement in the work\\nof the Ministry among you, and that, as I understand, with\\nmuch Harmony and good Agreement, I look upon myself\\nbounden in Duty to encourage the same since I trust God\\nhas, by his Spirit, made such an application of his word and\\nProvidence to my mind as leads me to see that I m called not\\nonly of Man but of G-od Accordingly, I do cheerfully give\\nup myself to God, to serve him by his Grace in the Gospel of\\nhis Son; and it is my Purpose to give myself to you by the\\nwill of God.\\nI take it for granted in your vote respecting my settlement,\\nyou mean to give me One Hundred Pounds, in addition to\\nand over and above those Lands given by your Charter to the\\nfirst minister, and upon that condition give an affirmative\\nAnswer to your request.\\nI beg a constant and fervent Remembrance in all your\\nAddresses at the Throne of Grace, that God would abun-\\ndantly furnish me for the Work of the Ministry, with the\\nGifts and Graces of his holy Spirit.\\nAnd now Sirs, may God graciously smile upon and bless\\nyou in all your concerns, particularly respecting your settle-\\nment in Gospel Order. I do fervently commend you to God\\nand to the Word of his Grace which is Able to build you up\\nand to give you an inheritance among them which are sancti-\\nfied, And Subscribe myself your Servant in our Common\\nLord. Jonathan Searle.\\nP. S. Whereas my Relations live at some considerable\\nDistance whom tis likely I shall incline to visit once a year,\\nwhen it may not be in my Power to provide a Supply, I should\\ntake it very kindly if in your next meeting, you would take\\nthis Matter into Consideration, and give Liberty that I may\\nbe absent two or three Sabbaths in a year, as you may think\\nproper.\\nThis is all that appears upon the town records, in reference", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "1772. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 69\\nto the call and ordination of Mr. Searle. In the History of\\nthe New Hampshire Churches, page 23, it is stated, that Mr.\\nSearle received a call to settle at Candia, N. H., between\\n1768 and 1771, which he seems to have declined in favor of\\nMason. This connection commenced with favorable auspices,\\nwas not a happy one. Difficulties soon arose, of which the\\ndetails will appear in their proper place. The call, it may be\\nremarked is not in accordance with the principles upon\\nwhich congregational churches now claim to be established.\\nThis call proceeded from the town alone. There was at the\\ndate of these proceedings no church. That was not oi-gan-\\nized or formed until the 13th of October, the day before the\\nordination. The letters missive were issued by the town.\\nIt is now the prescribed and universal rule, for the letters to\\nbe issued by the church, and for the town or society by their\\ncommittee to join with the church in sending out the letters.\\nThe call also should proceed from the church, in the first\\ninstance, as it is from the church alone that it has any eccle-\\nsiastical or binding force, as a religious institution or ordi-\\nnance. The action of the town is merely subsidiary, and\\nhas reference only to temporalities, such as the salary, settle-\\nment, use of lands, parsonage, c. Such rights, towns in\\ntheir corporate capacity, continued to exercise, a concurrence\\non their part with the church, being requisite for the lawful\\nsettlement of a minister, until the act of the Legislature,\\npassed July 1st, 1819, took away from towns all such power;\\nand parishes, or societies came in place of towns, in the con-\\ntracts for settling ministers. The clergyman, in those days,\\nwas the minister, that is, the servant of the town and people\\nbut the pastor, that is the keeper, the shepherd of the church.\\nThen permanence gave dignity and authority to the office j\\ngravity, learning, and a paternal interest and care for the\\nwhole people, made the minister the first and principal man\\nin the town, whose character, especially if for good, impressed\\nitself thoroughly and permanently, upon the whole town, and\\nall its interests and institutions. That he should be right.\\n10", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "70 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nminded, able and faithful, was as important for tlie prosperity\\nof the town and people, as such characteristics are in the\\nhusband and father of a family, for the peace, happiness and\\nprosperity of the domestic circle. What a change a half\\ncentury with its new notions, has brought about. The rever-\\nence paid, and authority yielded to the clergy, is gone, and\\nwith them are gone much of the peace, order, sobriety and\\nprosperity of our communities, especially in the agricultural\\nregions. The old-fashioned charity, hospitality and brotherly\\nkindness have vanished away, and their place has not been\\nsupplied by any gifts or graces, that should cause their loss\\nnot to be noticed and lamented. Possibly, in worldly pros-\\nperity, some show of advance has been made, but in domestic\\nfelicity and neighborly good feelings, the by-gone days may\\nfearlessly challenge a comparison with the present times.\\nNovember 17th, 1772. The treasurer is ordered To pay\\nMr. Jacob Burnap fourteen pounds eight shillings L. money\\nfor preaching and supplying Twelve Sabbaths in Mason.\\nJanuary 6, 1773. The Treasurer is ordered To pay In-\\nsign Enosh Lawrence \u00c2\u00a33 10s. Od. 3q. L,, which sum, with what\\nhe has already rec d, amounts to the sum total of his account\\nfor boarding Mr. Steward, Mr. Burnap and Mr. Wioth, while\\npreaching in Mason.\\nFebruary 27, 1773. Order To pay Lieut. Obadiah Par-\\nker XIO 16s. L., which sum he paid Mr. Jonathan Searle, in\\npart for preaching in the town of Mason, in the year 1770,\\nand same date, order to pay Nathan Coburn, three shillings\\nfor carrying Mr. Jacob Burnap s money to him, which was\\ndue to him for preaching in Mason in the year 1771. Same\\ndate, Mr. Nathan Hall, as treasurer, is charged as Dr. to\\nthe selectmen XI Is. 4d., the Eev. Jacob Burnap having\\nabated so much, out of the sum the selectmen ordered the\\ntreasurer to pay him.\\nMarch 5, 1773. Order To pay Abijah Allen X4 6s. 8d for\\nboarding Mr. Ames seven weeks, when preaching in Mason,\\nand for boarding the Rev. Mr. Searle seven weeks, while", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "1773. MtTNlCIPAL HISTORY. 71\\npreaching in Mason, before his ordination, and for expenses\\nto Concord in going after Mr. Ames.\\nMarch 24, 1773. Order To pay Elisha Withington three\\npounds for keeping school in Mason two months last winter.\\nThis is the first entry that appears, of money paid for\\nschools. Mr. Withington continued for many years to be\\nemployed as a school master. There were then no school\\ndistricts, or school houses. The whole ipanagement of the\\nschools was under the superintendence of the selectmen.\\nThey employed the teacher and directed when and where the\\nschools should be kept. The only memorials left, of the\\nschools and teachers, are to be found in the records of the\\norders for the payment of their wages and expenses of wood\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2and rent of rooms.\\nMay 31, 1773. Order To pay Lt. Obadiah Parker 8s. 9d.\\n3q. for his cost in sending for a law book, paying for a juror\\nbox, and paying Esq. Goss, for swearing the selectmen to the\\nInventory taken in April last.\\nMay 31, 1773. Order To pay Lt. Obadiah Parker X2 Is.\\n5d., which he paid to the Rev. Jonathan Searle in full for his\\npreaching in the town of Mason, in the year 1770, and like-\\nwise X2 17s. Id., in part for what he preached in the year\\n1772, before his ordination.\\nIn the warrant for the town meeting, July 12, 1773, one\\narticle was, To see if the town will provide a work house,\\nor determine what method they will come into for the sup-\\nport of the poor. Another was, To see if the town will\\ngive liberty to Mr. Stevens Lawrence to build a house and\\nhorse stable on the school lot, for his own use on Sabbath\\ndays. Another, To see if the town will accept of a piece\\nof ground of Capt. Thomas Tarbell, for a graveyard. The\\ntown voted, That there be a work house provided, that\\nStevens Lawrence, or any other man, may have liberty to\\nbuild a house or horse stable on the school lot, for their own\\nuse on Sabbath days. The work house was not built. The\\nthreat to build it probably induced the idle persons to", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "72 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nwithdraw or go to work. The piece of ground for a grave-\\nyard, was that now occupied for that purpose, in the east part\\nof the town, near where Capt. Thomas Tarbell then lived,\\nabout one mile east of the old meeting house. Under the\\nliberty to build on the school lot, horse stables and houses\\nfor Sabbath days, two such houses were built, both of two\\nsmall rooms, with a fire place in each room one of them, by\\nStevens Lawrence, Jonathan Searle, Aaron Wheeler and John\\nSwallow, the other by Col. James Wood, Joseph Woods, Oli-\\nver Hosmer and Timothy Wheeler. A long line of horse\\nsheds or stables was built, on the west side of the road oppo-\\nsite to the meeting house, and another line of stables on the\\nnorth side of the meeting house. The earliest built were\\nstables, in form and fact, being wholly enclosed and shut by a\\nsliding door. These were fitted only for the accommodation\\nof horses without carriages. The primitive mode of convey-\\nance to the public meetings, for worship, was on horse back.\\nThe father of the family with his wife behind him on the pil-\\nlion, each with an infant child in their arms and with their\\nSunday dinner of brown bread, nut cakes or dough nuts, and\\ncheese and apples in their pockets, left the humble cottage\\ndwelling in the cleared patch, surrounded by the original\\nforest, accompanied by the other members of the family,\\nchildren and hired men, or relatives, inmates of the same, on\\nfoot, the procession wending its way, over the road but\\npartially cleared of rocks and stumps, proceeded to the rough\\nboarded, unpretending meeting house. The horse was well\\nprovided for in the close stable, sheltered from wind and\\nstorm. The people resorted to the Sabbath-day house, or as\\nit was more generally called noon house, at the season of\\nintermission, where, by a good, comfortable fire, they enjoyed\\ntheir homely but healthy fare of a dinner, with a social drink\\nof cider, and such friendly and cheerful chat as served to keep\\nup an intimacy and neighborly intercourse which tended to\\npreserve personal friendship and good feeling in society.\\nSeptember 22, 1773. Order To pay Josiah Wheeler \u00c2\u00a3d", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "1774. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 73\\n12s., for paying Mr. Sylvauus Ames for preaching eight Sab-\\nbaths in Mason.\\nMarch 14, 1774. Order To pay Ens. Euosh Lawrence\\n\u00c2\u00a35 14s. 8d. 2q., for paying Mr. Wyeth for four days preach-\\ning, and 16 months interest for the same.\\nJuly 15, 1774, At a meeting called expressly for that\\npurpose, Amos Dakin was chosen to send to meet the sev-\\neral towns in the Province at Exeter, on the 21st of July, in\\norder to choose a committee to join the Congress at Phila-\\ndelphia, on the first of September next, in order to consult\\nwhat measures may be best to be taken to secure our rights\\nand privileges. This is the first distinct notice, that appears\\non the records of any action of the town in reference to the\\ngreat struggle that was then impending, the successful result\\nof which is destined to work a greater revolution, for the\\nbetter, in human affairs, than any other event, that has oc-\\ncurred since the introduction of the Christian religion. The\\nsubsequent records show, that this little community, amidst\\npoverty and privations, were not, in proportion to their\\nmeans, second to any in the land, in their efforts to secure to\\nthemselves and their posterity, the great boon of political\\nfreedom and self-government.\\nAugust 22, 1774. Josiah Wheeler was, at his request, ex-\\ncused from further services as town clerk and selectman.\\nHe was a leading and active man in the affairs of the town\\nand church, from the first organization of each, till this date.\\nHe served in the office of town clerk, to which he was chosen\\non the first organization of the town, every year but one, and\\nas one of the selectmen every year, till he resigned both\\noffices, as above, probably on account of ill health. By the\\nrecord of deaths, it appears that he died October 17, 1774.\\nHis records are very well made, in a plain and distinct hand,\\nand are now perfectly legible, in that respect comparing favor-\\nably with any of his successors, and very much superior to\\nmost of them. In what year he came into town has not been\\nascertained. His native place was Concord. He was one of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "74 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nthe original members of the church, and took an active part\\nin its proceedings. The birth of his eldest daughter, Lucy,\\nis recorded January 16, 1765. This was anterior to the\\ncommencement of the town records. The entry is made by\\nhimself, as town clerk. He probably then lived in town. He\\nlived upon the farm afterwards owned by Hincksman Warren.\\nHis widow continued to live upon the farm till October 25,\\n1775, when she was married to David Blodgett, who lived on\\nthe farm several years after the marriage, and probably till\\nit was sold to Warren. In the first assessment of taxes in\\nthe town, he was rated at 7s. 6d. Iq. The list contains sev-\\nenty six names. Two or more were non-residents. The\\nhighest rate in the list of residents, that of Josiah Eobbins,\\nwas XI 3s. 4d. Oq., the lowest, that of Joseph Tucker, 8d. 2q.\\nThirty seven were higher and thirty eight lower than Mr.\\nWheeler, showing him to have been placed in that happy state\\nof mediocrity, in which, alone, the true enjoyment of life\\nis to be found. Probably none of his descendants reside\\nin the town. No monument shows where he rests from his\\nlabors.\\nThe storm of revolutionary troubles now began to wear a\\ndark and threatening aspect. October 23, 1774, a warrant\\nwas issued, calling a meeting on Monday, the 24th of October,\\nTo choose a committee to send to Amherst, to meet the ses-\\nsions, and also to act on some other articles, that may be then\\nthought proper. At the meeting, Lieut. Obadiah Parker\\nand Mr. Joseph Barrett were chosen a committee to meet the\\nsessions, and Amos Dakin, Samuel Brown, Abijah Allen,\\nDavid Blodgett and Lieut. Obadiah Parker, were chosen a\\ncommittee of correspondence for the county. The notice for\\nthis meeting was issued on Sunday, to meet the next day,\\nthus verifying Mr. Webster s remark in his Baltimore speech,\\nthat revolutionary times know no Sundays.\\nImmediately after the record of this meeting, but without\\nany preface, introduction or explanation, is entered in the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "1774. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 75\\nrecords, in the hand writing of Benjamin Manu, town clerk,\\nthe following paper, copied verbatim and literatim\\nTHE COYEMIT OF NOMMPORTATION AND AGREEMENT, 1774.\\nWe, the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Mason\\nin N. H. Having Taken into our Serious Consideration the\\nPrecarious State of the Liberties of N. America, and More\\nEspecially the Present Distressed Condition of our Sister\\nColony of Massachusetts Bay, Embarrassed as it is By Sev-\\neral Acts of the British Parliament tending to the Entire\\nSubversion of their Natural and Charter Rights, among which\\nis the Acts for Blocking up the Harbor of Boston; and Being\\nFully Sensible of our Indispensible Duty to Lay Hold on\\nEvery Lawful Means in our Power to Preserve and Recover\\nthe Much Injured Constitution of our Country, and Conscious\\nat the same [time] of no Alternative between the Horrors of\\nSlavery, or Carnage and Desolation of Civil War, But a Sus-\\npension of all Commercial Intercourse with the Island of\\nGrate Britain, Do, in the Presence of God, Solemly and in\\nGood Faith covenant and Engage with each other\\n1st. That from Henceforth we will suspend all Commercial\\nIntercourse with the said Island of Grate Brittain, until the\\nParlaiment shall Ceas to Enact Laws Imposing Taxes upon\\nthe Colonies without their consent, or until the Pretended\\nRights of Taxing is Dropped, and Boston Port be opened,\\nand their and our Constitutional Rights and Privileges are\\nRestored to ye Colonies.\\n2dly. That there may be less Temptation to others to\\nContinue in the said Now Dangerous Commerce, and in order\\nto Promote Industry, (Economy, Arts and Manufactures among\\nourselves, which are of the Last Importance to the Welfare\\nand Well-being of a Community, We do in like manner\\nSolemly Covenant that we will not knowingly Buy, Purchase\\nor Consume, or suffer any Person by, for or under us, to Pur-\\nchase, nor will we use in our Families In any manner what-\\nsoever, any Goods, Wares and Merchandize which shall Arrive\\nin America, from Grate Britain aforesaid from and after the\\nlast of August Ensuing; Except only such articles as shall be\\nJudged absolutely necessary By the majority of the Signers\\nhereof; and as much as in us Lies to Prevent our Being inter-\\nrupted and Defeated, in this only Peaceble Measure entered\\ninto for the Recovery and Preservation of our Rights and\\nthe rights of our Brethren in our Sister Colonies We agree\\nto Brake off all Trade and Commerce with all Persons, who", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "76 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nPreferring their Private Interest to the Salvation of their\\nnow almost Perishing Country, who shall still Continue to\\nimport Goods from Grate Britain, or shall Purchase of those\\nwho import after the said Last Day of August; until the\\naforesaid Pretended Right of Taxing the Colonies shall be\\nGiven up or Dropped, Except so much as Christian Duty\\nRequires Toward them.\\n3dly. As a refusal to come into this or a similar agree-\\nment, which promises deliverance of our Country from the\\nCalamities it now feels, and which, like a torrent, are rushing\\nupon it, with increasing violence, must, in our opinion,\\nevidence a disposition enimical to, or criminally negligent of\\nthe common safety, it is agreed that all such ought to be con-\\nsidered, and shall by us be esteemed, as encouragers of con-\\ntumacious importers.\\n4thly. We hereby further engage that we will use every\\nreasonable meathord to encourage and promote the produc-\\ntion of manufactures among ourselves, that this covenant and\\nengagement may be as little detrimental to ourselves and\\nfellow countrymen as possible.\\nLastly, we allow ourselves liberty to comply with the\\nresult of the General Congress. Also we agree to make such\\nalterations as shall be thought suitable by the majority of the\\nSigners, after [being] notified in a public manner by a com-\\nmittee chosen for that purpose, eight days before said meet-\\ning.\\nNo names are recorded as being signed to this document.\\nIt is without date, except of the year. The original has not\\nbeen found, nor any list of the names. Immediately follow-\\ning the above record, is a notice of a meeting to be held\\nNovember 7th, 1774. To make such alterations in the said\\ncovenant, c., as shall be thought proper. In the record of\\nthe meeting, it is set forth that the signers, c., met and\\nagreed on the following articles to be exempted that the\\nabove signers may have liberty to purchase, Yiz Arms and\\nammunition, also steel sewing needles, pins and awls, and\\nDoctors drugs that cannot be purchased in this country of\\nequal value. Voted, That those persons that have not signed\\nthe Covenant of Non-Importation are to do it within a fort-\\nnight, or else have their names returned to the other towns.\\nBenjamin Mann, Town Clerk.\\nAt a meeting, November 21, 1774, it was Voted, to sell\\nto Stephen Lawrence, the ministry lot of land that he now", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "1775. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 77\\nlives on, being lot No. 7, Range 8, for X53 6s. 8d./ and the\\nRev. Jonathan Searle was to be paid sixteen shillings yearly\\nfor it, -which he agreed to take during his ministry, and a\\ncommittee was chosen to make the conveyance and take the\\nacquittance of Mr. Searle. This subject had been before the\\ntown at former times. It seems that it was not settled by\\nthis vote of the town, for a meeting was called January 2nd,\\n1775, To see if the town will make further enquiry relative\\nto the ministerial lands c., and to see whether the privilege\\nof improving said lands belongs to the Rev. Jonathan Searle,\\nor to the town. Also to see what enquiry should be made,\\nand whether at the expense of the town. At the meeting, it\\nwas, voted to make the enquiry, at the expense of the town,\\nand that David Blodgett, Benjamin Mann and Samuel Smith,\\nbe a committee to draw up articles to send to Squr Varnum,\\nin order for advice relative to said ministry lands. What\\nadvice was obtained of Squr Varnum is not on record.\\nA meeting of the signers of the covenant, c., was called\\nJanuary 12th, 1775, at which it was Yoted, To adopt the\\nresolves of the Continential Congress. Also, Voted, To\\nsend one committee man to meet at Exeter, January 25, in\\norder to choose a committee to joyn the Congress at Phila-\\ndelphia, c. Joseph Barrett was chosen. The committee\\nchosen October 24:th, was continued, and two more added to\\nthe number, to wit Reuben Barrett and Samuel Smith.\\nVoted, That the aforesaid committee, viz Messrs Amos\\nDakin, Samuel Brown, Abijah Allen, David Blodgett, Lieut.\\nObadiah Parker, Reuben Barrett and Samuel Smith, be a\\ncommittee of inspection to see that the Resolves of the\\nContinential Congress is Duely observed.\\nMarch 9th, 1775. Order To pay Amos Dakin 19s. 6d.\\nfor finding hors and expenses to go to Exeter in ye year\\n1774.\\nAt the annual meeting March 17th, 1775, it was, Voted To\\npass over the 5 th article of the warrant, of discontinuing the\\nRode that leads from the widow Powerses up by James\\n11", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "78 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nScriptures and his fathers, which was a request of Ebenezer\\nMuzzy and others in the warrant, For which James Scripture\\ndeclared in the meeting that he would [give] said Ebenezer\\nMuzzy Free Liberty to Pass and Repass threw His Land to\\nsaid Muzzy Land, with said Muzzy s Being Lijenias and keep-\\ning up the bars. It was also, voted to draw out of the\\nTreasury [that is for the town to pay] the town s propor-\\ntion of the charge of the Continental Congress ye present\\nyear, which sum is X2 8s. Od. Oq. Amos Dakin was chosen\\na Deputy to send to Exeter.\\nAt this period of time, the habits of the people were such\\nas to render them independent, in a great measure, for the\\ncomfortable supply of the wants of life, of articles not pro-\\nduced in the town. Tea was prohibited by the non-impor-\\ntation agreement. For sugar and molasses, the rock maple\\nwas a reliable resource. Every common article of food and\\nclothing was produced in the town, or at least in the neigh-\\nborhood. The clothing was made of wool and flax of domes-\\ntic growth, spun and woven by the kitchen fire, by the busy\\nand industrious hands of the mother and daughters. Native\\nwoods and plants furnished coloring matters suitable and sat-\\nisfactory to their simple tastes and unostentatious habits.\\nEconomy, thrift, and a happy contentment with their lot were\\ncharacteristics of the times and people. In point of real inde-\\npendence, the comparison of their condition with that of their\\nsuccessors would be much in their favor. But there was one\\nimportant article of which there seems to have been very\\nvivid apprehensions that the supply, by reason of the war,\\nmight fail. That article was salt. This, they had no means\\nof producing, nor had they any substitute to take its place.\\nThe subject was of so much consequence that it was taken up\\nas a town matter. At a town meeting, held May 12, 1775,\\nIt was, Yoted, To purchase 30 hogsheads of salt as a town\\nstock upon the town credit. Yoted, That Dea. Amos Dakin,\\nLieut. Obadiah Parker, Lt. Eprhraim Sattwell, be a commit-\\ntee to agree with any person or persons who shall appear to", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "1775. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 79\\nbring up the salt, and upon what terms. Voted, That Mr.\\nDavid Blodgett should go to Salem to procure said salt, and\\nto allow him six shillings for his trouble. Voted, To give\\ntwo shillings per bushel for bringing up said salt.\\nVoted, That there be two companies in said town, and\\nthat the alarm company be separate from the military com-\\npany. Voted, To clioose of cers for each company.\\nThis is the first notice of the military affairs of the town.\\nWho were chosen officers is not stated. The alarm com-\\npany, or alarm list, or elerum list, as it is sometimes\\ncalled, was an important institution. It was a body of able\\nmen, practiced in the use of arms, ready to assemble at any\\ntime, on the alarm at the beat of the drum, or other signal,\\nat the shortest possible notice, in battle array, prepared with\\narms and equipments, to march to meet the enemy and repel\\ninvasion. This institution of the alarm list was kept up long\\nafter the occasion the war of the Revolution that gave\\nrise to it, was passed. Even within the recollection of the\\nwriter, it was usual, at the annual May training, for the vet-\\nerans, the alarm list, to turn out and assemble with the arms\\nand equipments that had seen service at Bunker Hill, at Sara-\\ntoga, at Ticonderoga, at White Plains, at Rhode Island, and\\nvarious other battle fields of the Revolution, and parade in\\ndue form under their old ofl cers, to show the boys how\\nthe thing was done. After marching and counter marching,\\ndisplaying various intricate evolutions, winding up with that\\nmost wonderful performance, whipping the snake, it was\\ncustomary, on retiring from the active duties of the day, to\\nindulge, often times too freely, withan article then known and\\nused in the form of toddy and flip, which had much better be\\nlet entirely alone. In happy contrast with those times, it\\nmay now be said that no decent body meddles with the\\npoison.\\nIn May, 1775, a convention of delegates met at Exeter,\\nfor the purpose, in fact, of taking from the hands of the Pro-\\nvincial authorities, the government of the State, and devising", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "80 HISTORY OP MASON.\\na new mode of carrying it on. It continued in session, with\\nlittle interruption, till late in November. One hundred and\\ntwo towns were represented by one hundred and thirty three\\nmembers. Governor Wentworth, after a fruitless effort to\\nrepress the spirit of liberty in the body of the people and in\\ntheir representatives, had adjourned the assembly to the 28th\\nof September. But this body met no more. Alarmed by\\nsome demonstrations of popular feeling, he retired to the\\nIsles of Shoals, and there issued a proclamation, ordaining a\\nfurther adjournment to the next April. This was the closing\\nact of his administration. He soon after withdrew to the\\nBritish territories, leaving the government of the State in\\nthe hands of the patriots.\\nThe convention appointed a committee of safety, which\\nexercised the authority of a supreme executive. Theodore\\nAtkinson, the former secretary, by order of the convention,\\ndelivered up the Province records to a committee, which was\\nsent to receive them. Ebenezer Thompson was appointed in\\nhis place. George Jaffrey, the former treasurer, delivered up\\nthe public money in his hands, and Nicholas Gilman was ap-\\npointed in his place. The convention was chosen for six\\nmonths only. They made provision to call a representation\\nof the people, who should be empowered by their constituents\\nto assume the government, and continue it one year. Every\\nelector was required to have an estate of twenty pounds\\nvalue, and every representative an estate of three hundred\\npounds value. Each town of one hundred families was to\\nhave one representative, and one more for each additional\\nhundred families. Towns with a less number were to be\\nclassed. An enumeration of the people in each county had\\nbeen ordered, and it was determined that the number of the\\nrepresentatives should correspond with that of the people, as\\nfollows", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "1775. MUmCIPAL HISTORY. 81\\nCENSUS OF NEW\\nHAMPSHIHE.\\nCounties.\\nPopulation.\\nKepresentativea.\\nRockingham,\\n37,850\\n38\\nStrafford,\\n12,713\\n13\\nHillsborough,\\n16,487\\n17\\nCheshire,\\n11,089\\n15\\nGrafton,\\n4,101\\n6\\n82,200 89\\nThis ratio would give one representative fot about nine\\nhundred and twenty three inhabitants. Under this arrange-\\nment, Mason and Raby, now Brookline, were classed for the\\nchoice of a representative, and these towns continued to be\\nso classed until 1793, in which year Joseph Merriam was\\nchosen to represent Mason alone, under a new classification.\\nBrookline was afterwards classed with Milford. Benjamin\\nFarley was chosen to represent Raby and Milford in 1796.\\nThe number of inhabitants in Mason, according to an enumer-\\nation made by the assessors October 30, 1775, was 501.\\nMales under 16, 148; males from 16 to 50 not gone to the\\narmy, 86 all males above 50, 12 persons gone in the army,\\n27; all females, 227; negroes and slaves for life, 1. Total,\\n501. The number of guns, 48; pounds of powder, 14^.\\nThe number of those that have not guns is 49. This is\\nthe earliest census of the inhabitants of Mason. The enumer-\\nation was taken, by the assessors, in obedience to the Pro-\\nvincial Congress. At this time, Portsmouth had 4590 inhab-\\nitants; Londonderry, 2590; Exeter, 1741; Dover 1666.\\nA meeting was called by warrant, dated November 1, 1775,\\narticle third was, To see what the town will do in regard to\\nthe town stock of salt, wheather it shall remain preserved as\\na town stock any longer, or wheather it shall be Disbusted to\\nevery one according [as] he shall need the same, and also in\\nwhat manner it shall be distributed to every one.\\n4thly. To see what the town will do in regard to that\\ncow that the town purchased for the benefit of Mr. Nathaniel\\nBarrett s family this year, wheather the town will sell said\\ncow or have her kept this winter.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "82 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nAt the meeting; November 6, Samuel Brown was moderator.\\nVoted, To pass over the third article. So it seems that\\nthe salt did not get Disbusted at this meeting. On the\\nfourth article, the town directed the cow to be sold at public\\nvendue. Also, on the fifth, Voted, that Joseph Barrett be\\none of the committee of Inspection for the town in Mr. D.\\nB s room.\\nThe first warrant for choice of a representative, was issued\\nby the selectmen, November 23, 1775. It was for a meeting\\nof the freeholders, c., of Mason to meet at the meeting\\nhouse, on the lltli of December, To choose a suitable per-\\nson having real estate to the A^alue of two hundred pounds,\\nLawful, to represent them in General Congress, to be held\\nat Exeter the 21st of December next. A like warrant is\\nrecorded, issued by the selectmen of Mason, for a meeting of\\nthe freeholders, ^c-? Rciby, at the same time and place, and\\nfor the same purpose.\\nThe record of the meeting is as follows\\nAt a legal meeting, held in Mason, at the public meeting\\nhouse in said town, December ye 11, 1775, the electors of\\nMason and Raby, then present,\\nVoted, To act upon the precept sent from the Provintial\\nCongress to the selectmen of Mason, to notify the legal inhab-\\nitants of the above said towns of Mason and Raby, to meet\\nand choose a man to represent them at the Provintial Con-\\ngress, to be held at Exeter, the warrant that was put up for\\nthe above said purpose, being blown away by the wind.\\nChose Mr. Samuel Brown moderator.\\nVoted, To send one man to represent them, at the Pro-\\nvintial Congress, the year ensuing.\\nVoted, That those men that sent their votes, by Joseph\\nMerriam, to the moderator of said meeting, have the privilege\\nof putting in their votes, for the choice of the above said\\nrepresentative, namely Obadiah Parker, Joseph Ball, Jonas\\nFay, Abel Shed, Thomas Bobbins, Nathan Wheeler, Seth\\nRobbins, John Lawrence.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "1776. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 83\\nVoted, That James Scripture and William and Elias Eliot\\nhave the liberty of putting in a vote for their fathers, accord-\\ning to their fathers desire, their fathers being absent, whose\\nvotes were wrote after the meeting began.\\nVoted, That the aforesaid Obadiah Parker, Joseph Ball,\\nJonas Fay, Abel Shed, Thomas Robbins, Nathan Wheeler,\\nSeth Robbins and John Lawrence have their votes thrown out,\\nThe above said electors of Mason and Raby personally\\npresent, chose Amos Dakin, of Mason, to represent them the\\nyear ensuing.\\nAttest Joseph Barrett, Town Clerk, P. T.\\nThe style of the heading of warrants for town meetings\\nhad been, up to February 26, 1776, Province of New Hamp-\\nshire, Hillsborough, ss. but on August 19, 1776, it was\\nchanged to Colony of New Hampshire, Hillsborough, ss.\\nProbably the Patriots thought that to use the style of Prov-\\nince, c., was, in some sort, to acknowledge the authority of\\nthe kingly government, under which the Province had been\\nestablished, and so to avoid even the appearance of longer\\nsubmission, they repudiated the name of Province. In the\\nwarrant for the next meeting, the Colony disappears, and the\\nState assumes its place, the State government having been\\nestablished.\\nIt seems that dissatisfaction was felt and manifested with\\nthe doings at the meeting of the electors of Mason and Raby,\\nat which Amos Dakin was elected representative. V/hether\\nit was that the votes sent by Joseph Merriam were received,\\nor because they were thrown out, or because certain worthy\\ncitizens, in dutiful obedience to the wishes of their absent\\nfathers, were permitted to write and put in votes for them,\\ndoes not appear and cannot now be known. If it arose from\\nany dislike to the man of their choice, it seems not to have\\nbeen of a deep or lasting nature j or, at least, not to have\\nbeen wide spread nor permanent, for the same gentleman\\ncontinued, by repeated elections, to represent the same con-\\nstituency most of the time till his death, April 28th, 1789.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "84 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nThe difficulty assumed so serious an attitude, that a town\\nmeeting was called, to be held March 7, 1776. In the war-\\nrant, the second article was, To see if the town will\\napprove of the proceedings of the electors of this town, that\\nwere present at the last town meeting, that was called for\\nthe choice of a representative for this town and the town\\nof Raby and also to see if the town, after due deliberation\\non this matter, will approve of the representative then chosen\\nto be chosen according to Liberty and Justice, or to be the\\nfree choice of the electors of the town. 3dly. If the town\\nshall not approve of the above said representative as being\\nlegally chosen, to see what measures the town will take in\\nregard to the matter.\\nAt the meeting, it was, Voted That the town look upon\\nit that the meeting, c., was not conducted according to Lib-\\nerty and Justice, and that they do not approve of the same.\\nYoted, to send a man to the General Court to present to the\\nHon ble Court theproceedings of the town meeting held at\\nMason, ye 11 of December, 1775, which was called for the\\nchoice of a Representative, c., and also the proceedings of\\nthe town meeting held at Mason, March 7, 1776, Samuel Low-\\nel s vote being put by his saying that he never paid taxes in\\nany place. Voted, To send Joseph Barrett to present the\\nproceedings of both the above said town meetings to the\\nGeneral Court. Voted, That if the General Court do not\\napprove of the proceedings of the town meeting held, c., in\\nthe choice of a representative, that the above said Joseph\\nBarrett pray the General Court to set them in some way\\nagreeable to their pleasure for to the have privilege of repre-\\nsentation. As nothing more appears upon the records, on\\nthis subject, it is probable that the general court did not con-\\nsider these matters of grievance, if they were ever presented,\\nas showing any valid objection to the right of the member\\nelect to his seat.\\nAnd now the town s salt appears again. January 9, 1776.\\nOrder, To pay twenty shillings to Joseph Merriam for", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "1776. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 85\\nmoney borrowed for the benefit of the teamsters in bringing\\nup the town stock of salt, and same date, an order for the\\nsame sum, for the same purpose, to Joseph Barrett. Febru-\\nary 22. In several distinct orders, the treasurer was directed\\nto pay\\ns. d. q.\\ns. d. q.\\nSamuel Smith,\\n2\\n14 9 2\\nSamuel Brown,\\n2\\n3 6\\nJames Scripture,\\n2\\n6\\nNathan Hall, Jr.,\\n2\\n2 7\\nSilas Bullard,\\n17 8\\nObadiah Parker,\\n1\\n13\\neach, for his bringing up a part of the town s stock of salt.\\nAlso, to John Larned 10s. 8d. and Jonathan Williams 10s. 8d.\\neach, for his oxen in bringing up the town stock of salt.\\nApril 3, 1776. Like order to pay to,\\ns. d. q. s. d. q.\\nEnosli Lawrence, Jr. 1 13 6 Joseph Merriam, 1 18\\nAaron Wheeler, 12 Stephen Lawrence, 2 8\\neach, for bringing up a part of the town s stock of salt,\\nand John Swallow, for his oxen, twelve shillings.\\nThe salt had arrived, and the salt troubles soon began.\\nIt must be paid for. How shall the money be come at\\nSome of the inhabitants will not pay shall they have their\\nshare Some of the tax payers are non-residents shall they\\nbe compelled to pay for what they do not have, and do not\\nwant All these questions came up to trouble the fathers of\\nthe town. Such difficulties will always arise, when municipal\\nbodies leave their legitimate duties, and undertake business\\nfor which they are not fitted.\\nMarch 11th, 1776. At a town meeting it was Voted, that\\na proportion of the money for the salt be made directly, and\\nthe money be collected within four weeks from our annual\\nmeeting and at the end of four weeks, the salt be awarded\\nto every man according to his rate, and every one that shall\\nneglect, or refuse to pay his proportion of rates by the said\\ntime, Shall forfeit his Part of thee Salt.\\nIn the warrant for a meeting May 6th, 1776, the second\\n12", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "86 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\narticle is, To see if the town will sell a part of the town s\\nstock of salt at Public Vendue, or any other way to make\\nup the Non-Residence part, or proportion which they were\\nrated for, which sum is i/l lis. Od. Oq. At the meeting it\\nwas Voted, to sell the Non-Residence part of salt, which\\nthey were rated for, and neglected to pay the money, and\\ntake the salt, which sum was ^2 lis. Od. Oq. and sold ten\\nbushels of salt for X2 12s. 6d. Oq. This would be nearly\\neighty seven cents per bushel.\\nVoted to have the remainder of the salt divided by the\\nrate.\\nVoted, To choose a committee of Inspection for the\\nInsuing year, Messrs. Joshua Davis, Amos Dakin, Abel Shead,\\nNathaniel Tarbell and Joseph Barrett was chosen for the\\npurpose aforesaid.\\nAugust 19th, 1776, a town meeting was called. The second\\narticle was, To see what instructions the town will give\\ntheir Representative, previous to the choice of field officers,\\nfor the regiment we belong to. 3dly. To see if the town\\nwill have a town stock of powder, lead, flints and fire-arms\\nprovided for said town, or Ither of these necessary articles\\nfor our defence, dthly. To see if the town will recommend\\nany suitable person to the Great and General Court, for a\\nJustice of the Peace. At the meeting it was voted to\\nrefer the choice of field officers to the General Court, to raise\\n\u00c2\u00a315 Os. Od. Oq. to be added to .\u00c2\u00a312 Os. Od. Oq. already raised\\nto purchase a town stock of powder, lead and flints for said\\ntown. Voted to pass over the 4th article. Probably so\\nmany thought themselves fit for the office, that it was difficult\\nto find a majority for any one.\\nMay 6th, 1776. An order to pay Capt. Miles Ward \u00c2\u00a320\\nIs. Od. Oq., it being to pay Capt. Jonathan Peele for our town s\\nstock of salt.\\nAt the meeting September 2d, 1776, it was Voted, That\\nthe bridge by Pea. Dakin s and that by Elias Eliot s [mills],", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "1776. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 87\\nand that between Nathaniel Hosmer s and Jonas Fay s, be\\nmaintamed by the town.\\nAt the meeting of the town of Mason and Raby, November\\n18th, 1776, for the choice of Representatives, Dea. Amos\\nDakin was chosen representative. It was Voted, To send\\nMr. Samuel Brown to join with the committee of the State of\\nMassachusetts, in order to Repel the exhorbitance^of our\\ntrade, c. What effect this effort had on the exhorbitance\\nof our trade does not appear.\\nMay 31st, 1776. Order to pay Amos Dakin \u00c2\u00a31 Is. 4d.\\nIq., it being for his going to Exeter at the first Congress on\\nservice of the town.\\nIn the warrant for the annual meeting in 1777, was an arti-\\ncle to see if the town will raise any sum of money to pur-\\nchase any number of tickets in the Continental Lottery\\nwhich the town declined to do. At the meeting, Obadiah\\nParker, Reuben Barrett, Samuel Brown, Abijah Allen and.\\nBenjamin Mann were chosen a committee of inspection. At\\nan adjournment of this meeting it is recorded that a peti-\\ntion was laid before the town of a number of paragrafts.\\nVoted, That the first paragraft be a matter of grievance\\nAlso, voted that the paragraft be a matter of grievance.\\nVoted, To accept the prayer of said petition, all but the\\nclause where it respects the forming and regulation of the\\nmilitia in this State and where it respects the Courts send-\\ning writs to every town, to send a man to the convention\\ntherein mentioned. Voted Benjamin Mann, Capt. Tarbell\\nand Lt. Obadiah Parker be the committee aforesaid.\\nWhat this petition so full of grievances was, the records do\\nnot show; nor will posterity probably ever know, what par-\\nagraft of the petition was, by the town, voted to be the\\nsecond matter of grievance, inasmuch as the clerk has inad-\\nvertantly omitted the number of that unfortunate paragraft.\\nAt the same meeting it was voted, to choose a committee to\\nprocure a graveyard, for the use of the town. Dea. Hall,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "88 HlSTOEY OF MASON.\\nBenjamin Mann and Lt. Blodgett were chosen for the afore-\\nsaid purpose.\\nToted, That Lt. Swallow and Mr. John Whitaker dig the\\ngraves that are reasonably needed in said town. What pro-\\nvision should be or could be made for graves unreasonably\\nneeded\\nVQ|ed, To choose a committee to seat the meeting house.\\nMr. Samuel Brown, Capt. B. Barrett, Benjamin Mann, Lieut.\\nObadiah Parker and Mr. Abel Shead, were chosen the com-\\nmittee aforesaid. Voted, That the inhabitants are seated\\naccording to their age and pay. Voted, To sell the ministry\\nlots of land. Voted, That the selectmen seat said meeting\\nhouse.\\nThe piece de resistance, the standing, unconquerable\\ndifficulty of seating the meeting house, like Mons. Tonson, is\\nalways coming again, to plague the patriots, even in the\\nmidst of the alarms of war, of troubles of false brethren, to\\nbe looked after by the committee of Inspection, as well as\\nof sisters slyly taking a clandestine cup of tea, in violation\\nof the articles of non-importation, of salt troubles, now\\nhappily at rest by the sale of ten bushels of salt, to raise the\\nmoney which the wicked non-residence would not pay, and\\nof the election of a representative made not according to\\nLiberty and Justice. How this seating difficulty will be\\nsettled, or, perhaps more properly said, be left unsettled by\\nthe grave committee of five, chosen for that purpose, but\\nfrom whom, before they had time to act, by a vote not\\naccording to Liberty and Justice, the subject, and their\\nauthority to act, was taken away, being referred to the select-\\nmen, remains to be seen, and will be faithfully reported, as\\nsoon as it shall appear.\\nApril 1, 1777. A meeting was called. The second article\\nwas, To assist in some way and manner, as the town shall\\nsee fit, in raising fourteen aJBfective, able-Bodyed men, for\\nthe term of three years, or during the war with Great Britain,\\nas that is our proportion from orders received from Colonel", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "1777. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 89\\nMoses Nicoles, [Nicliols] pursuant to orders from the council\\nand general assembly of the State. At the meeting, it was,\\nVoted; To raise our proportion of men as a town. Voted,\\nTo raise $1400 as Incoriageement for soldiers to enlist into\\nthe Continental service. Voted, To choose a committee to\\nestimate the turns. Voted, Lt. Blodgett, Lt. Parker, Capt.\\nBarrett, Mr. Abijah Allen and David Brown, be the committee\\naforesaid. Voted, Not to accept the report the committee\\nmade. Voted, To reconsider the vote concerning the raising\\nthe $1400. Voted, To choose a committee to join the\\ncommissioned officers to make an estimation. Voted, William\\nEliot, Dea. A. Dakin, David Blodgett, Joseph Merriam and\\nLt. Obadiah Parker, for the committee to estimate each\\nman s proportion. Then adjourned to the next Friday. At\\nthe adjourned meeting, Voted, To take in all above sixteen\\nyears old into the estimation. Voted, To approve of what\\nthe town had done as to the estimation of the turns done in\\nthe services and calculation of the three years forward.\\nThe proceedings of this meeting did not seem to accomplish\\nthe business.. A meeting was called the 28th of April, 1777,\\nTo see if the town will come into any other method different\\nfrom what hath been already acted, with regard to raising of\\na sum of money, for the purpose of hiring soldiers, that is\\nnow called for into the service of the United States of Amer-\\nica. At this meeting it was, Voted, To raise $1400, for\\nthe purpose, c. Also, To accept the estimation the\\ncommittee made with regard to the prices of every campaign.\\nVoted, To exempt those who have done their turns from any\\ncost of procuring said soldiers, until it properly comes to\\ntheir turns. Also, chose a committee to hire men, and\\nappointed a collector to collect the money and pay it to the\\ncommittee. May 8, 1777. At an adjournment of the meet-\\ning, Voted, That all those men that neglect paying their\\nproportion for hiring soldiers for the three years service, as\\nwas levied by a committee chosen for that purpose, are to be\\nthe persons looked upon subject to the first draft when made.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "90 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nVoted, That Benjamin Mann receive the aforesaid propor-\\ntion. Voted, That those persons that were procured by the\\ncommittee are to go for the squadrons whom they expected\\nto go for when they engaged. Voted, To reconsider the first\\nvote above mentioned. Adjourned to May 12. At the\\nadjournment, Voted, To divide the town stock of ammu-\\nnition to individuals, as they need. Voted, That each person\\nthat received ammunition belonging to said town, and don t\\ngive a satisfactory account of said ammunition when properly\\nrequested by said town, each person so neglecting or refusing,\\nis to pay a fine of twenty shillings, L. money. Voted, That\\nSamuel Brown procure the aforesaid ammunition. Voted,\\nTo purchase one hundred weight of powder, two hundred\\nweight of lead, and four hundred flints. Adjourned to May\\n15. At the adjournment, Voted, That if said arms are\\nprocured and are needed by individuals, they are to have\\nthem at the cost that said town is at for them. Voted, That\\nif Mr. Samuel Brown, who is pitched upon to purchase said\\narms, does procure them, he is to hire a carriage to transport\\nthem to Merrimac river. Voted, That the selectmen borrow\\nthe money to pay for the powder that is already procured,\\nthat is not paid for. Voted, To sell the meeting house lot\\nfor the sake of accommodating a blacksmith, all save about\\nfifteen acres, around said meeting house. Voted, To allow\\nMr. Abijah [Allen] $12, as a town, for his time and expenses\\nin going to Ticonderoga, in behalf of said town, in 1777.\\nAdjourned to May 27. At the adjournment, Voted, To\\nreconsider the vote to allow Abijah Allen $12 for going to\\nTiconderoga. Voted, That the town stock of powder be\\nbrought to Benjamin Mann s, to be divided the next training\\nday, which is in three weeks from this day. June 17. It\\nwas, Voted, To reconsider the vote to divide the ammu-\\nnition. Voted, To allow the three soldiers that enlisted to\\ngo to Portsmouth for one month, twenty shillings for each\\nman, as a town charge. Voted, Not to make any return in\\nthe valuation to court, of buildings and wild land, and the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "1777. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 91\\nmoderator dissolved the meeting. The reader will think it\\nwas time somebody dissolved the meeting. The record is\\ngiven as a sample of the mode in which such matters were\\nthen managed.\\nMay 5, 1777. An order to pay David Blodgett for making\\na coflan for Mr. Nathaniel Barrett. May 8, 1777. An order\\nTo pay Capt. Miles Ward for 4 molasses Hds. and 1 Dry\\ncask \u00c2\u00a30 18s. Od. Jmie 26, 1777. An order, To pay Wid.\\nAbigail Barrett twelve shillings, for her taking care of the\\nmeeting house one year, from August, 1775.\\nTown meeting, August 19, 1777. The second article sets\\nforth, that the vote formerly passed, That the soldiers\\nprocured by the committee should go for the squadrons they\\nexpected to go for when they engaged, seems to appear to a\\nnumber of the inhabitants very detrimental to the caused It was\\nproposed, To see if the town would supercede that vote.\\nAt the meeting, it was Voted, To go on as a town, and tax\\nsaid town for all the money and cost of raising the three\\nyears soldiers. Also, voted, that if the money that the town\\ndoth raise for the aforesaid purpose, doth not effect the\\npurpose, that those men that are now delinquent in paying,\\nor procuring the men, sliall be the men that shall be subject\\nto the first draft, and shall go, or procure said delinquent\\nsoldiers for three years, now called for. Voted, To choose\\na committee to procure the delinquent three years soldiers\\nnow called for. Chose Joseph Barrett, Samuel Brown and\\nStephen Lawrence.\\nSeptember 12, 1777. Voted, That the committee that\\nwas chosen for that purpose at a former meeting, agree with\\nMr. Samuel Abbott for a piece of land for a graveyard.\\nThis is the same land referred to on page 68. The land\\nfinally taken and occupied for the graveyard, was a part of\\nlot No. 6, Range 8, lying next to and adjoining this tract on\\nthe south.\\nDecember 15th, 1777, a meeting was called. The second\\narticle in the warrant was as follows: Whereas, the general", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "92 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nCourt of said State, of late passed an act, that all said\\nState s money is to be called in, and State notes on interest\\nto be given for the same, which appears to many to be a\\ngrievance this, therefore, is to see if the said town will con-\\nsult on some measures, that may be thought more agreable,\\nand petition said Court for redress. It was voted to send\\na petition to the Court, that the said act may be repealed,\\nand the square money so called, to pass as specified on the\\nface of said bills, or until the above said bills may be called\\nin by a tax.\\nThis vote, is the first indication of the difficulties arising\\nfrom a deficient, disturbed, inadequate \u00c2\u00a3,nd unsound currency.\\nThe troubles arising from this source, were severely felt,\\nfrom this time, through the whole period of the war. There\\nwas, at the commencement of the war, no national mint, or\\npower to regulate the currency, except under the authority of\\neach province.\\nThe people having discarded and refused to obey the pro-\\nvincial authorities of New Hampshire, were under the neces-\\nsity of assuming the government of themselves and they at\\nonce proceeded to provide, as well as their want of experi-\\nence in such matters would allow, for the continuance of civil\\ngovernment. For this purpose, a convention was called,\\nwhich met at Exeter, in May, 1775, and continued, with little\\ninterruption, till November, as has been stated on page 80.\\nDuring the year, under the authority of the convention,\\nthree emissions of paper bills were made the first of ten\\nthousand and fifty pounds, the second of ten thousand pounds,\\nand the third of twenty thousand pounds. For the amount\\nof those sums, the treasurer gave his obligation in small\\nnotes, which passed for a time as current money, equal in\\nvalue to silver and gold. But as emissions were multiplied,\\nas the redemption of the bills was put off to distant periods,\\nand the bills themselves were counterfeited, it was impos-\\nsible for them long to hold their value. In 1776, more paper\\nbills were issued, to pay the expenses of the war, and", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "1778. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 93\\nprovision was made for redeeming some of the bills by taxes.\\nBut the depreciation, after it began, proceeded rapidl3^\\nAfter the year 1777, the State issued no more bills. Those\\nthat had been issued were called in, and exchanged for\\ntreasury notes on interest, in sums not less than five pounds.\\nIt was against this act that the vote of the town, just recited,\\nwas directed. Probably it was feared, that if the ^square\\nmoney, as the paper money was in common parlance called,\\nshould be withdrawn, there would be nothing left to serve as\\nmoney and maintain a currency for exchanges. The conti-\\nnental bills still continued to pass, but were daily and rapidly\\ndepreciating, until, in the spring of 1781, they suddenly, and\\nby general consent, went out of circulation, and solid coin\\nsucceeded in their place. To show the rapid depreciation of\\nthis paper money, for which the faith of the government was\\npledged, but for the redemption of which, no reliable means\\nor funds were provided, it is sufficient to refer to the scale of\\ndepreciation, which was established and recognized, and\\naccording to which the people endeavored to regulate their\\nbusiness and payments. The scale commences in January,\\n1777, at which time XlOO of .silver was represented by \u00c2\u00a3104\\nof paper. The same amount of coin was worth in paper, in\\nDecember of 1777, by \u00c2\u00a3310; 1778, \u00c2\u00a3620; 1779, \u00c2\u00a32393;\\n1780, \u00c2\u00a37300, and in June, 1781, by \u00c2\u00a312,000, at which rate no\\nwonder the currency ceased.\\nJanuary 5, 1778. The selectmen abated the poll taxes of\\nJoseph Lowell, Timothy Lowell and Joseph Hodgman, Jr.,\\nfor the year 1776, they being excepted by the act of the\\nGeneral Court, from paying any poll tax, by reason of their\\nengaging in the continental service for the year 1776. At\\nthe town meeting, February 4, the town voted to abate Joshua\\nSmith s rates for 1776, and Christopher Mann s rates for\\n1775, probably for a like reason, and February 26, by order\\nof the selectmen, the poll taxes of Joseph Lowell and of\\nJacob Blodgett, for 1775, were abated, being excused by\\nvote of Congress. Also, an order was issued, to pay\\n13", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "94 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nJoseph Hurlbut one pound, being voted to him for going to\\nPortsmouth one month last May. Also, one pound to Joseph\\nHodgman, for his son Nathan going to Portsmouth, c.,\\none month.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 9, 1778, Chose Samuel\\nBrown, Lemuel Spalding, David Blodgett, William Eliot and\\nZachariah Davis, Committee of Safet}^\\nMarch 27, 1778. An order issued to pay Samuel Brown\\n,\u00c2\u00a38 10s. 8d. Oq., it being for his going to Exeter, for ammu-\\nnition, and time spent in getting the continental men, and\\nservice as treasurer.\\nApril 20, 1778. Chose David Blodgett, a representative\\nin the convention for forming a constitution to meet at Con-\\ncord, June 10th.\\nApril 20, 1778. An order to pay Lt. Obadiah Parker\\n\u00c2\u00a31 17s. 8d. Oq., for sugar and rice he sent to -our militia that\\nwent on the Elerum at the evacuation of Ticonderoga.\\nDecember 8, 1778. Chose Dea. Amos Dakin representa-\\ntive, and the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday next. The\\nmeeting at the adjournment not attended by reason of the\\nbadness of the weather, was Naterly disolved.\\nTown meeting, March 30, 1779. The selectmen were\\nappointed a committee to make a proportion of the several\\ncampaigns, and to call all former committees that were chosen\\nto procure continental soldiers, to account, and take the\\nmoney that may be found in said committees hands. Yoted,\\nThat each person that shall neglect or refuse to bring in his\\nreceipts for men hired and turns done, in service and tei-m of\\ntime in actual service, since last estimation, their money and\\nterm of actual service shall be forfeited to the town. Voted,\\nThat the inhabitants shall bring in their invoice in the month\\nof April, or be doomed.\\nApril 22, 1779. Town meeting. The third article of the\\nwarrant was, To see what measures the town will pursue to\\nprocure our quoto of men during the present war, now called\\nfor, 5th. To put out Asa Fish, by vendue; to the lowest", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "1779. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 95\\nbidder, till he is one and twenty years of age. The meeting\\nVoted, To raise 2000 dollars as a State and Continental\\nbounty, to procure four men to enlist during the war. What\\nwas done with Asa Pish is not stated, but May 7th, an order\\npassed to pay James Mann X3 19s. lid., for keeping Asa\\nFish 3 weeks, being 22s. 6d. per week, equal to $3,75 a\\nweek for keeping a child about six years old.\\nJuly 6th, 1779, at the town meeting, Voted, to raise our\\nquoto of continental and Ehode Island men as a town and\\nfurther details are recorded of the arrangements made about\\nestimating campaigns, hiring men, c. A meeting was\\ncalled August 17th, 1779. Article 2nd, to see if the town\\nwill approve or disapprove of the bill of rights and plan of\\ngovernment, formed by a convention chosen for that purpose,\\nor alter the whole, or any part of said bill of rights, or plan\\nof government as they may think fit. Voted to approve of\\nthe proceedings of the town of Portsmouth, and appointed\\nDavid Blodgett to meet said Portsmouth with other towns at\\nConcord, to take into consideration our sinking currency.\\nAt an adjournment of this meeting held October 25th, Voted\\nand Improved [approved] of the proceedings of the conven-\\ntion at Concord, for stipolating prices, for sundry articles of\\nthe necessaries of life. Voted that Mr. Elias Eliot, Benjamin\\nMann, Benjamin Hodgman, Joseph Merriam, Joseph Ball,\\nDavid Blodgett, Jacob Blodgett, William Chambers and John\\nWood be a committee to Stipolate prices among us. seven\\nof whom are a corum.\\nWhat was the action of the town on the bill of rights and\\nplan of government, the record does not show. At the meet-\\ning, this subject was postponed. The meeting was adjourned\\nsundry times, through the months of August, September and\\nOctober the great and absorbing subject before the town,\\nbeing the controversy with the Rev. Jonathan Searle. If any\\nvote was passed upon the subject of the bill of rights, and\\nplan of government, it was not recorded. A convention was\\nheld in 1779, to propose a plan of government, by which a", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "96 IlISTOKY OP MASON.\\nsystem of government was drawn np, and submitted to tlie\\npeople, which was undoubtedly that referred to in this article.\\nIt was so deficient in its principles, and inadequate in its\\nprovisions, that it was by the people, in their town meetings,\\nrejected. Another convention was appointed. It continued\\nmore than two years, from June 1781, to October 1783. A\\nsystem was by this convention submitted to the people, pro-\\nTiding for a senate of twelve, and a house of fifty members\\napportioned twenty to Rockingham, eight to Strafford, ten to\\nHillsborough, eight to Cheshire and four to Grafton, to be\\nchosen in county conventions, consisting of one delegate for\\nevery fifty rateable polls. The plan was printed, and sent to\\nevery town. The inhabitants were requested to state their\\nobjections distinctly, to any particular part, and return them\\nat a fixed time. The objections were so many and various,\\nthat it was found necessary to alter the form, and send it out\\na second time. In the amended form, the representatives\\nwere to be chosen by the towns each town of one hundred\\nand fifty polls, choosing one, and of four hundred and fifty, two.\\nThis plan was generally approved, but it was not laid before\\nthe people in season to be adopted, before the close of the\\nwar. The old form of government having expired with the\\nwar, was, by the order of the people, continued a year longer\\nin the mean time, the new form was perfected, and adopted,\\nand went into operation in 1784.\\nIt will be recollected, that the town approved of the pro-\\nceedings of the town of Portsmouth, c. This was a propo-\\nsal for a convention, to take into consideration our sinking\\ncurrency, or in other words, the financial difiiculties of the\\ntimes. David Blodgett was chosen a delegate to this conven-\\ntion. He attended, and shared in the labors of the conven-\\ntion, and, what is very remarkable, and perhaps without a\\nparallel in history, he returned after the close of the conven-\\ntion, and brought the report of their proceedings, and sub-\\nmitted it to the same town meeting by which he was chosen,\\nit having continued by adjournments till the 25th of October.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "1779.\\nMIfNIClPAL HISTORY.\\n97\\nThe report of the committee, appointed in pursuance of the\\nrecommendation of this convention to Stipolate prices, is\\nnot recorded. It was a very common notion in those days,\\nthat the evils of a depreciated currency, could be alleviated,\\nand perhaps wholly cured, by regulations establishing prices,\\nwhich would compel persons in buying and selling, to conform\\nto the prices established by law, and that thus, the nominal\\nrates of the currency would be maintained. But the remedy\\nwas never resorted to, until the disease had assumed a des-\\nperate type. Its tendency when applied, was rather to\\nhasten, than to retard the catastrophe. It is vain by legisla-\\ntion, to attempt to bolster up a paper currency. Its only\\nvalue is its credit. When that has no basis, the paper\\nbecomes mere rags. Neither laws, nor regulations can give\\nit value. As well may the laws require a man to breathe a\\ncorrupted atmosphere, and derive from it health and vigor, as\\nrequire a community to use for a currency, an irredeemable\\nand worthless paper, at its par value, and derive from it the\\nbenefits and efficiency of a sound currency, founded on intrin-\\nsic value. The complaints of a depreciated currency were\\ngeneral, and the remedy by Stipulating prices, was generally\\nresorted to. The town records of Townsend, under date of\\nFebuary 20th, 1777, show, that after a meeting of the com-\\nmittees of Groton, Lunenburg, Fitchburg and Shirley, on this\\nsubject, the Selectmen and town of Townsend agreed that\\nthe following articles shall not exceed the following prices.\\nWheat per bushel,\\ns, d,\\n6 8\\nRye per bushel,\\nCorn per bushel,\\n4 4\\n3 4\\nSheep s woolj per pound,\\nFresh pork,\\n2\\n4\\nSalt pork,\\nSalt per bushel,\\n8\\n14\\nDinner at tavern of boiled\\nand roast victuals, 1\\nDinner at tavern, for either\\nboiled or roast only,\\nA mug of West India Phlip,\\nNew, Eng. do.,\\nd.\\n10\\n11\\n9\\nBut these prices, although Stipolated and agreed to,\\ndid not remain firm and unchanged. They rapidly increased,\\nso that in 1779, August 17, a committee of that town, chosen", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "98\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nto state the price of the several articles necessary for the\\nsupport of life and trade in the town/ made a report, which\\nwas accepted, in which they established the price of the\\nfollowing articles, as below\\ns.\\ns. d.\\nWest India rum, per gallon\\n,6\\n11\\nBeef, per lb.\\n4 6\\nNew England rum,\\n4\\n18\\nMutton,\\n3 6\\nMolasses,\\n4\\n15\\nButter,\\n11\\nCoffee, per lb.,\\n18\\nSalt pork.\\nU\\nTea,\\n6\\nCheese,\\n5 6\\nBrown sugar, from 12s. to\\n15\\nOats, per bushel,\\n1 16\\nCotton wool,\\n1\\n18\\nEng. hay, per cwt,\\n1 15\\nSalt, per bushel.\\n12\\n00\\nCyder, per bbl.,\\n5 2\\nGerman steel, per lb.,\\n1\\n17\\nSheep s wool,\\n1 4\\nRefined iron,\\n10\\nFlax,\\n12\\nWheat, per bushel,\\n7\\n13\\nMen s shoes.\\n6\\nRye,\\n5\\n2\\nWomen s do.,\\n4\\nCorn,\\n3\\n14\\nShoeing a horse.\\n4 16\\nBeans,\\n5\\n2\\nCommon boards.\\n18\\nPotatoes,\\n1\\nW. I. Phlip,\\n15\\nTurnips,\\n1\\nN. E. Phlip,\\n12\\nThis table shows a pretty rapid appreciation of prices.\\nIn the same town, at this town meeting, the town Voted,\\nTo give to each soldier, of our quota, of the nine months\\ncontinental service, 1000 dollars, or 90 bushels of rye, by\\nwhich it appears that rye was worth more than ten dollars a\\nbushel. No record was made of prices in Mason stipo-\\nlated by the committee appointed for that purpose.\\nOctober 1, 1779, the town of Townsend voted to raise\\n1000 pounds for the support of the Rev. Samuel Dix and\\nhis family, the present year, including his salary. His salary,\\nby the contract, was X66 13s. 4d. At the town meeting,\\nMarch 6, 1780, the town voted that labor on the highways\\nbe \u00c2\u00a36 a day till the first of September, after that, \u00c2\u00a34 10s.,\\nand July 4, Voted, X6000 to make up Mr. Dix s salary to\\n4th of September next. At the town meeting, March 5,\\n1781, Voted, That labor on the highway be 40 dollars a\\nday till the first of September, oxen 30, and carts 10 dollars\\na day. These facts show how little success attended the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "1781. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 99^\\nstipulating of prices, in that town some of the same character\\nappear in the records of Mason. For example, April 20,\\n1780, an assessment was made of the Continental and State\\ntax for the present year, the amount being \u00c2\u00a313,948 10s. 9d.\\nIq. Of this tax, the assessment to Deacon Amos Dakin\\nwas \u00c2\u00a3110 6s. Id. 2q. August 4, 1780, a tax was assessed\\nto purchase beef for the continental army of \u00c2\u00a31 5,000.\\nSeptember 12, 1780, Voted, To raise \u00c2\u00a314,000 to pay the\\nsoldiers that were hired in July last, making in all \u00c2\u00a342,948\\n10s. 9d. Iq. assessed in one year, for State and Continental\\npiu poses. A committee was appointed to purchase the beef.\\nAt a meeting December 6, 1780, Capt. Joseph Barrett, for\\nthat Committee, made a report, that the prime cost of the\\nbeef which the committee purchased for the town, was\\n\u00c2\u00a311,750. February 6, 1781, an order to pay Nathan\\nWood \u00c2\u00a325 10s. for a pair of overhals delivered to Deacon\\nAmos Dakin, for one of the soldiers. March 26, 1781, an\\norder to pay Oliver Scripture \u00c2\u00a390 for two sheep delivered\\nto one of the three months men, for the year 1780. May\\n25, 1781, an order to pay Richard Lawrence \u00c2\u00a3470 for a\\ncow which he delivered to the selectmen, for the purpose of\\npaying Abraham Merriam part of his hire for three years\\nservice. June 8, 1781. In a warrant committing a rate of\\n\u00c2\u00a3528 3s. 5d. Iq., it being our State tax for the present year,\\nare set forth the various currencies then afloat, and the rate of\\nallowance in each, as follows: The whole to be paid in bills\\nof the new Emitiou, or in notes of ten pounds, or of iive\\npounds issued by the authority of the State, commonly called\\nsoldiers bounty notes, which were dated before the last day\\nof April, 1777, estimating one pound of said notes equal to\\none pound of said bills, or in such of the notes issued by the\\nauthority of said [State], commonly called depreciation notes,\\nas were due on the 31st day of December, 1780, with\\ncompound interest on said bounty and depreciation notes,\\nestimating one pound of said depreciation note s equal to one\\npound sixteen shillings and sixpence of said new bills, pro-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "MO HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nvided that the same are paid into the treasury by the last day\\nof June instant or in the old bills emitted by the State or\\nby Congress, estimating X40 of said bills equal to one pound\\nof the bills last emitted.\\nThe faster prices were raised, the faster the currency went\\ndown. Here are four kinds of paper money, differing in\\nvalue as compared with each other, at rates ranging from\\npar, up to forty for one. In short, so worthless was the cur-\\nrency, that it would take a sack full of paper notes, to pay\\nfor a pipe full of tobacco. The evil became intolerable, and\\na resort was had to silver money. September 13th, 1781,\\nVoted, To raise \u00c2\u00a340 silver in lue of \u00c2\u00a33000, raised at the last\\nannual meeting, to defray town charges. For State and\\nContinental taxes, the State treasurer was bound to receive\\nthe paper money at the rates above specified but to defray\\nthe town charges with X3000 of that currency, was found\\nimpracticable, and so its place was supplied with the very\\nmodest tax of \u00c2\u00a340 silver. The bubble burst, and prices\\nresumed their former moderate and reasonable rates.\\nDecember 6th, 1779. At town meeting of Mason and\\nEaby, Dea. Amos Dakin was chosen representative.\\nApril 10th, 1780. The main purpose of the meeting was,\\nto procure and forward to the state government, the evidence\\nof the services, and payments by the town, for services of sol-\\ndiers. David Blodgett, Joseph Barrett, and Obadiah Parker,\\nwere chosen a committee for the matter about the services\\nof the soldiers, c. and to petition the general court, for\\nliberty to tax wild land. Put to vote, to see who would\\ncarry the receipts the continental soldiers gave, to Exeter,\\nthe cheapest, with the accounts of the same Mr. Joshua\\nDavis bid it off, for two hundred dollars. The object in\\nasking for liberty to tax wild land, probably was, to enable\\nthe town to tax the unimproved lands, of the original grantees\\nof the town, which, by the terms of the grant, were exempted\\nfrom taxation, until improved. For many years, the assess-\\nments and tax bills after this period, had a list of rates", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "1781. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 101\\nheaded Lord s Proprietors/ in which these lands were\\nincluded.\\nJune 27th, 1780. At the town meeting Voted, To raise\\nfour men towards completing the battalions of this State, in\\nthe continental army, and that the selectmen hire the men on\\nthe town s cost. Appointed Abijah Allen, Capt. Joseph\\nBarrett and James Scripture a committee to procure our pro-\\nportion of beef, for the army.\\nThe selectmen of Mason, being called upon to raise and\\nsend forward soldiers immediately, into the public service,\\nwithout loss of time, immediately notified the town s people,\\nto meet at the meeting house on July 3d, 1780.\\nThis is the record in the book, instead of the ordinary\\nrecord of the warrant for a town meeting. The record goes\\non to say, Met, and chose a committee to hire six men for\\nthe term of six months, into the public service, and two, to\\ngo to Coos, for six months.\\nJuly 11th, 1780. Toted, to reserve six acres for the\\nmeeting house and common, the form to be square, and the\\nhouse near the centre and to sell all of the lot east of the\\nroad, and appointed a committee to make the sale, and give\\nthe deed.\\nOctober 31st, 1780. Voted, To allow creditors 90 for\\none in the war rate. Voted, To fence the burying ground,\\nand chose Ens. John Wood, Lt. Swallow and Capt. Benj.\\nMann a committee for that purpose. This was the burying\\nground on the road from the meeting house, to Townsend,\\nSee p. 65.\\nFebruary 6th, 1781. Voted to raise four men towards\\nco7npIetmg the continental army.\\nMay 7th, 1781. Chose Benjamin Mann to represent the\\ntown in the convention at Concord, to form a constitution.\\nJune 9, 1781. It appears from orders given, that Jonathan\\nFoster, Joseph Wilson, son of Edward Wilson, and Abijah\\nEaton, were soldiers.\\nAugust 14, 1781. Voted, To hire preaching, and to raise\\n14", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "102 HISTOKY OF MASON.\\ntwenty pounds silver for that purpose, and adjourned to tlie\\n21st. Then Voted, To reconsider the vote to hire preaching,\\nand adjourned to the 28th. Then Voted, To hire preaching\\nand to raise \u00c2\u00a320, hard money. Voted, To leave it to Mr.\\nALijah Allen to pay or not, as he pleases, and chose Deacon\\nHall, Joseph Merriam and Ens. John Wood, committee to\\nhire preaching.\\nSeptember 13th, 1781. Voted to raise \u00c2\u00a340 silver, for\\nthe purpose of clearing and fencing the school lot, that the\\nmeeting house stands on, and a committee was chosen to lay\\nout the money. It was to be paid in labor, if the payer\\nchose. Voted that man s labor be 3s. 4d., and ox labor 2s.\\na day.\\nNovember 1st, 1781. The selectmen made a rate of .\u00c2\u00a318\\nIs. 2d. Oq. L. mo. silver, for the purpose of purchasing sixty-\\nthree and a half gallons of West India Rum for the use of\\nthe Co7itinential army.\\nNovember 15, 1781. Benjamin Mann was chosen to repre-\\nsent Mason and Raby, at Exeter.\\nJanuary 2, 1782. Voted, To direct the committee to\\nhire preaching, to apply to Mr. Kimball to supply the pulpit\\nfor some further time. Voted, to engage him for three months.\\nVoted, Not to allow seats for the singers to sit together.\\nVoted, To choose another querister to assist in setting the\\nPsalm, and chose Amos Dakin, Jr.\\nFebruary 12, 1782. Voted, That the selectmen strain on\\nthe Treasurer amediately.\\nBy orders, given in February and March, 1782, it appears\\nthat Joshua Richardson and Simon Fish were soldiers for the\\ntown in 1779 and 1780; Zebulon Dodge, in 1779, and Jacob\\nWeatherbee, in 1780.\\nMarch 11, 1782. Annual meeting. Voted, To hear Mr.\\nKimball six Sabbaths after the time he is now engaged for.\\nVoted, to seat the meeting house, and that the committee\\nhave reference to age, and the last year s invoice, in seating\\nthe meeting house.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "1782. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 103\\nBy orders, given in March and April, it appears tliat Joseph\\nHerrick, Benjamin Mann, Ephraini Nutting, Ebenezer Blood,\\nJr., Asa Blood and Reuben Hosmer, were soldiers in the\\nservice for the town.\\nApril 30, 1782. A meeting was called, To see whether\\nthe town will concur with the church in giving Mr. True\\nKimball an invite to settle in this town as a gospel minister.\\nAt the meeting, It was put to the town by the moderator,\\nwhether any person had any objection to the town proceeding\\nin concurrence with the church, to give Mr. True Kimball an\\ninvite to settle in this town for their gospel minister.\\nVoted, To give Mr. Kimball an invite as above. Accord-\\ningly, the moderator called for the votes to be brought in,\\nyeas or nays the votes being called, not one negative vote\\nappeared. It was also Voted, To exempt Mr. William\\nDodge for his poll paying any tax to the minister rate.\\nVoted, To give Mr. True Kimball one hundred and eighty\\npounds L. mo. as settlement, and to be two years in paying\\nsaid settlement. Voted ,\u00c2\u00a366 13s. 4d. to be paid yearly, as\\nsalary. William Eliot and Abijah .Mien dissented in the face\\nof the meeting, against the two above votes of settlement\\nand salary, as a town. Reason, because to go on by way of\\na town, and to use coercive measures, obliges persons to help\\nsupport a man, that the major part of the people, in any town,\\nshall see fit to hold as their minister whereas, the said Eliot\\nand Allen think the gospel is free, and every person has a\\nright to hear, where he can be best edified if so, then to\\nchoose his own teacher, and to support him and no other.\\nA committee, Ens. John Wood, Capt. Benjamin Mann and\\nCapt. Joseph Barrett, were appointed to wait upon Mr. Kim-\\nball, with a copy of the above vote and the meeting was\\ndissolved.\\nThe vote under date of June 9th, 1781, to leave Abijah\\nAllen to pay or not as he pleases, and this dissent of Wil-\\nliam Eliot and Abijah Allen, are the first indications, upon\\nthe records of the town, of the prevalence of baptist senti-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "104 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nments in the town. Mr. Eliot was the first minister or elder\\nof the Baptist church, soon after formed in the town.\\nOn August ye 18th, 1782, Mr. True Kimball gave his\\nanswer to ye town of Mason (to their calling him to settle\\nwith them in the ministry) in the negative.\\nAttest: Wm. Eliot, Town Clerk.\\nAugust 28, 1782. Town meeting. Sixth article. To see\\nif the town will allow those men that served in the conti-\\nnental army three years, the sum of money that was taken\\nout of their wages, and the town is now credited for, or do\\nwhat the town think proper in the aifair. The town Voted,\\nTo allow Mr. David Fuller the sum of money that was taken\\nout of his son Ezra s wages, by the court, and the town is\\nnow credited for in the State tax.\\nDecember 3, 1782. Proceeded to take under considera-\\ntion the bill of rights and plan of government. Chose a\\ncommittee to revise the abovesaid constitution, and make\\nwhat remarks they think proper, and make report to the town\\nat some future day. Chose Deacon Amos Dakin, David\\nBlodgett, William Eliot, Ens. John Wood, Joseph Merriam,\\nSamuel Smith, Joseph Barrett, Abijah Allen and Timothy\\nWheeler, for said committee. Voted, to ratify the north\\nwest corner of Mason, according to the agreement of the\\nselectmen with the selectmen of the other towns. Voted, To\\ntake that part of the State tax, which is over paying the State\\ntreasurer (by reason of a certificate that came from the State\\ntreasurer, on account of the town s paying soldiers bounty\\nand wages), to defray town charges. Adj d to the 16th.\\nThen Voted, To dismiss William Eliot as clerk, and chose\\nDavid Blodgett, town clerk, P. T.\\nVoted, Not to accept of the constitution as it now stands.\\nVoted, To accept of the bill of rights, with the amendment\\nof the 28th article. Voted, To accept the constitution with\\nthe following amendment, and then the meeting was dis-\\nsolved. No paper or record has been found which shows\\nwhat these several proposed amendments were.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "1783. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 105\\nThe perambulation of the west line of the town is recorded\\nas follows\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2On October the 28th; A. D. 1782, the selectmen and com-\\nmittee of the town of New Ipswich and the selectmen of the\\ntown of Mason, met at the north west corner of said Mason?\\nand after establishing said corner, proceeded to perambulate\\nthe line between said towns, and agreed that the stake and\\nstones south of Mr. Edmund Town s, about 25 rods, to be a\\nbound between said towns. Also, that a maple tree is a\\nbound said tree stands south of the road, that leads from\\nDea. Dakin s to New Ipswich, from thence to a heap of stones\\nin Lt. Stratton s pasture, and so on to a heap of stones south\\nof the road that leads from said Stratton s to said Mason,\\nthen to a stake and stones on the north side of the great\\nroad below Mr. Pierce s, from thence to the road that leads\\nfrom Col. Hale s to Prospect, a heap of stones on the south\\nside of said road, and from thence to the corner of said\\ntowns, viz the south west corner of Mason and the south\\neast corner of New Ipswich. Said corner is a heap of stones\\non the Province line, with a large hemlock tree marked, fell\\ndown on said stones.\\nJoseph Parker, Committee\\nBenjamin Hoar, for\\nPaul Pritchard, New Ipswich.\\nWilliam Eliot, ^Selectmen\\nSamuel Smith, of\\nJoseph Merriam, Mason.\\nA true entry, per me,\\nWm. Eliot, Town Clerk.\\nTo this perambulation reference is had in the vote to\\nratify the north west corner of Mason, passed December\\n3, 1782.\\nMarch 10, 1783, Annual meeting. Chose Mr. David\\nBlodgett and Benj. Mann, Esq., to take care of what was blown\\noff the meeting house, namely: boards, shingles, nails, c.\\nVoted, To mend the meeting house, and chose Jacob Blodgett,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "106 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nJames Wood and Thomas Robbins, a committee to mend the\\nmeeting house. Voted, To double board the part that the\\nwind blew the roof .of from.\\nMay 26, 1783. Order To pay Capt. Wm. Chambers 4s.\\nL. mo., it being for two mugs of Philp, that the arbitrators\\nhad, that set on the dispute that the town had with Ensign\\nJoseph Ball, and for two mugs that the Selectmen had when\\nthey vendued the shingles and nails that blew from the\\nmeeting house.\\nDecember 9, 1783. Chose Benjamin Mann, Esq., to repre-\\nsent Mason and Raby.\\nNovember 3. [No year.] Town meeting. Voted, To\\nraise X32 lis. M., to pay the cost of building the bridge by\\nMr. John Stevens saw mill. This is probably the mill near\\nFrederic Jones\\nMarch, 1784. Annual meeting. Voted, That X40 be\\nadded to what was raised to hire preaching the ensuing year,\\nin order to pay the ministers that the town oweth, and that\\nthe selectmen be directed to assess the same as soon as pos-\\nsible, and it shall be called the ministers rate, and that the\\nconstables be ordered not to take any order for said rates, but\\nwhat shall be given by the ministers and shall be ordered to\\npay the same to the treasurer.\\nBenjamin Mann was chosen to represent Mason and Raby.\\nJuly 19, 1784. Town meeting. The second article was,\\nTo see what measures the town will pursue to find a candi-\\ndate to supply the pulpit, inasmuch as the committee have not\\nbeen so happy as to find any. This article was inserted by\\nrequest of Enosh Lawrence and others. The town voted to\\npass it over, probably thinking the committee competent to\\ntheir duty.\\nAt this meeting, it was Voted, To make up to Mr. Samuel\\nAbbott, for his son Ebenezer s bounty, as good as the State\\nwould [have] paid him if the town had not been credited for\\nthe same in State notes, on interest, or other pay, as we\\nmay agree.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "1784. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 10*1\\nAugust 19th, 1784. An order to pay Capt. W. Chambers\\nfor keeping Mr. Bailey and Mr. Emerson, three Sabbaths.\\nOctober 5, 1784. Voted, To build a meeting house for\\nthe use of said town. Voted, To set the house on Captain\\nChambers hill, above his orchard, if the town and he, the\\nsaid Chambers, can agree to exchange lands for that purpose.\\nVoted, To choose a committee of three men to agree on the\\naforesaid exchange. David Blodgett, Benjamin Mann, Esq.,\\nand Dea. Amos Dakin, were chosen for the aforesaid commit-\\ntee. Then the meeting was adjourned to Monday, the 18th\\ninstant. At the adjournment. Voted, That the meeting house\\nshall be raised sometime in the month of June, 1786. Voted,\\nThat the said house shall be fifty five feet long and forty five\\nbroad, the height to be in proportion to the bigness. Voted,\\nTo provide boards, shingles, nails and glass, window frames,\\nand all materials for finishing the outside of said house, by\\nthe time afiixed for the raising. Voted, To accept the report\\nof the committee that was chosen to exchange lands with\\nCaptain Chambers, which was to exchange six or seven acres\\noff the south west corner of the school lot, for the same\\nquantity of acres on the top of said Chambers hill. Voted,\\nTo choose a committee to compute the quantity of stuff it\\nwill take to finish the outside of the house, and the cost of\\nthe same. Chose William Hosmer, Jacob Blo dgett, David\\nBlodgett, Joseph Woods and Benjamin Mann, for said com-\\nmittee. Adjourned to November 10, at which time neither\\nthe moderator nor the warrant could be found, and nothing\\nmore was done.\\nThe site selected for the house, at this meeting, was one\\ncommanding a view hardly to be surpassed in New England,\\nembracing a great portion of the counties of Middlesex and\\nWorcester, and including the whole valley of the Nashua river\\nand its branches. On the north west the Grand Monadnock,\\non the south west Watatook and Wachuset, and on the north\\nthe Jo English hill in New Boston, and on the east a long\\nsweep of the valley of the Merrimack river, formed portions", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "108 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nof a landscape wortliy of admiration. But it seems difficul-\\nties arose, and objections were made to the site, and it was\\neventually abandoned. At a subsequent meeting, December\\n16, 1784, it was Voted, To build a meeting house, and to\\nset it about twenty feet north of the old one. This was\\nnot satisfactory, for the record proceeds to reconsider that\\nvote with a proviso, That there be an article inserted in the\\nnext warrant for the annual meeting, for the town to deter-\\nmine where it shall stand. Chose a committee to provide\\nstuff for the window frames and sashes Benjamin Mann,\\nDavid Blodgett, and Samuel Smith.\\nNovember 1, 1784. An order to pay Capt. Chambers for\\nentertaining ministers, namely Messrs. Langdon, Whitman,\\nBruce and Dix.\\nIn the History of New Hampshire Churches, it is stated\\nthat Mr. Bruce, who was settled at Mont Vernon, received a\\ncall to settle at Mason. No evidence of that fact appears\\nupon the records of the town or church. This order shows\\nthat he was employed by the town as a preacher.\\nMarch 15, 1785. An order to pay Capt. Thomas Tarbell\\n\u00c2\u00a31 2s., it being for boarding Mr. Bruse and his horse three\\nweeks in October, 1784. Also, March 21, for monies paid to\\nPhinehas Wright.\\nWarrant fbr the annual meeting, March, 1785. Article 4.\\nTo see if the town will supersede a vote of a late town\\nmeeting, for setting a meeting house upon Capt. Chambers\\nhill, and determine where said meeting house shall stand.\\nAt the meeting, it was Voted to supersede a vote of a\\nlate town meeting, which was to set a meeting house upon\\nCapt. Chambers hill. Voted, To set the meeting house 16\\nor 20 feet north of the old one. Voted, To waive the\\nbuilding of a meeting house till we can agree better, The\\nrecord states, that at this meeting, 37 votes for Mr. George\\nAtkinson, for a president of the State, were given. The\\nmeeting adjourned to March 21, at which time it was Voted,\\nTo withdraw the vote for senators and proceed to a new", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "1786. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 109\\nclioice. There were 61 votes for John Preston, Esq., 60 for\\nBenjamin Mann, Esq., and one for Matthew Thornton. Yoted,\\nTo withdraw the vote for a President and begin again.\\nThere were 44 votes for George Atkinson, Esq., for Presi-\\ndent. Also, Voted to take the above vote respecting a\\nmeeting house under consideration for debating. Voted, The\\nabove vote for setting the meeting house 16 or 20 feet north\\nof the old one, shall not stand. Voted, The proposed\\nmeeting house stand about four or five rods south or west of\\nsouth [of the present place.] Then, Voted, To raise X300\\nto build a meeting house with. Voted, To build a bridge over\\nthe brook near Mr. John Stephens saw mill. Chose Jonas\\nEay, Stephen Lawrence and William Hosmer a committee to\\nbuild it and thereupon, this somewhat extraordinary meet-\\ning was adjourned. It would be considered, in these days, a\\ngreat stretch of power, for a town to vote to supersede\\nballotings, which had taken place at a former meeting, for\\ngovernor and senators, and try it over aga,in, which seems to\\nhave been done in this instance, without objection. The\\nresult was, to increase the vote for governor, (then styled\\npresident.) How the original vote stood for senators, is not\\nrecorded nor is any clue left for even a conjecture, as to the\\nreasons of this anomalous proceeding.\\nJune 10th, 1785. An order to pay Abijah Allen \u00c2\u00a31\\nfor boarding Mr. David Daniels, while preaching in town.\\nOctober 1st, 1785. An order to pay Jonathan Chandler\\n10s. in full, for going to Concord after Mr. Whipple, to supply\\nthe pulpit.\\nSeptember 3d, 1785. At a town meeting, the town\\nVoted, that the town will take good merchantable rye, in\\nLeu of the town and minister tax, to be delivered at Dea.\\nAmos Dakin s, at any time from the first of November, to\\nthe last of December. Dea. Dakin to take it, at 4s. per\\nbushel, and give receipts.\\nMarch, 1786. Annual meeting, Benjamin Mann chosen\\nto represent Mason and Raby,\\n15", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "110 HISTOEY OF MASON,\\nNovember 2, 1786. Town meeting. Article 2. To see\\nif the town will accept the plan proposed to make paper\\nmoney, or point out any other method for the same, as they\\nshall think proper. On this article, the town Yoted, Not to\\nmake any paper money. The vote so laconically recorded,\\nwould seem to be conclusive of the wishes of the town, but it\\nwas not so, for,\\nDecember 4, 1786, another town meeting was called about\\npaper money. The action of the town is recorded as follows\\nVoted, Not to have paper money on the plan proposed\\nby the court. No. 17 none appearing for said plan. No. 11\\nnot for paper money on any plan. No. 3 for said money on\\nsome plan.\\nThe meeting house controversy comes back again. At a\\ntown meeting May 28th, 1787, it was Voted, to build a\\nmeeting house. Voted to set it just back of the old meeting\\nhouse. Then voted to reconsider the last vote, and to choose\\na committee to say where it shall stand, chose Maj. Abiel\\nAbbott, Timothy Farrar and Daniel Emerson, Esqs., and\\nchose a committee of five to wait on the committee, and\\nchose for that purpose, the selectmen, Benjamin Mann, Esq.\\nand Samuel Smith.\\nSeptember 4th, 1787. At a town meeting Voted, to\\naccept the report of the committee, on the place for the\\nmeeting house. Voted, that the selectmen assess the money\\nraised for that purpose.\\nVoted, that the selectmen assess one hundred and fifty\\nof the three hundred pounds raised heretofore, for the pur-\\npose of building the meetinghouse, and chose Benjamin Mann,\\nEsq., Lt. James Scripture, Mr. H. Russell, Elias Eliot and\\nJoseph Woods a committee to affect the purpose of build-\\ning a meeting house in the town. The selectmen were\\nordered to furnish the committee a copy of the assessment,\\nand that the receipt of a majority of the committee, or of\\nthe chairman, shall be sufficient to discount with the consta-\\nbles for each ones tax.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "1789. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. Ill\\nMarch SOtli, 1788. Chose Obadiah Parker to represent\\nMason and Eaby. It appears by the record of the warrant\\nfor this meeting, that it was issued by the selectmen of Mason,\\nalone. The record shows their warrant, directed to the\\nfreeholders, and other inhabitants paying taxes in the town\\nof Eaby, to meet at the meeting house in Mason, for the\\nchoice of a representative.\\nJune 16th, 1788. Voted to build the meeting house on\\nthe plan proposed by the committee.\\nYoted to let out the west part of the school lot, to Dea.\\nAmos Dakin for fifteen years, [for] his clearing and fencing\\nthe same with stone wall, 4 ft. 4 inches high. This contract\\nwas not carried out. Dea. Dakin died April 28, 1789.\\nMay 4th, 1789. Voted, that the Selectmen stake out the\\nspot for the meeting house. Voted to set the front according\\nto the three north stakes, set up by the Selectmen.\\nVoted to postpone the building of the meeting house,\\ntill the first day of August, providing Mr. Kendall s business\\nwill submit to it.\\nMr. Kendall was of Ashby, was a celebrated master\\nbuilder, a faithful and a good workman. It seems his busi-\\nness would not submit to the postponement, for it appears\\nby the following letter, which is inserted as illustrating the\\ntimes and characteristics of the people, that early in Septem-\\nber of that year, the meeting house was raised. The letter\\nis directed to Sr. Hill, Preacher in Ashby. The title, Sir,\\nwas once commonly given to graduates of universities. It\\nseems to have been the English equivalent of the Latin Domi-\\nnus, or Magister but was, perhaps, exclusively bestowed on\\nthe clergy; [See the Odorherty Papers.] To return to the\\nletter. The original is in the hand writing of Jonathan\\nSearle, Esq., and is as follows\\nMuch respected Sr. Hill,\\nWe in the Capacity of a Town s Com-\\nmittee for building a meeting House in Mason, take this method\\nto wait upon you with our sincere Regards for your Person", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "112 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nand Wellfare, and with our earnest Desire (as we expect with,\\nthe Leave of Providence, next Week on Wednesday to begin\\nraising the meeting House in this Town) that you would give\\nus the Pleasure of waiting on you in town next week on\\nTuesday at farthest, since it is agreed upon, you should lead\\nin Prayer early the next Morning. Pray Sr. don t disappoint\\nus of this our desire, as you will much oblidge your humb.\\nServts. Chairman\\nBenjamin Mann, of Said\\n3 Com tee.\\nMason, August ye 29th, 1789.\\nThe above letter is copied verbatim from the original, pre-\\nserving the orthography, punctuation, abbreviations, and use\\nof capital letters. It was once a custom with English writers\\nand printers, to commence every noun with a capital letter,\\nwhich rule has, except in a few instances,- been observed in\\nthis letter, and the common error of the illiterate, of com-\\nmencing with capital letters other words than nouns, is sedu-\\nlously avoided. The service requested, it is reported, was\\nperformed, in an appropriate manner and with due solemnity.\\nThis letter further brings to mind a distinguishing character-\\nistic of our fathers, a feeling, and a ready public acknowl-\\nedgment of, their dependence on the divine blessing in all\\ntheir ways. The letter is one of the earliest documentary\\nevidences that has been found of the connection of Mr. Hill\\nwith the affairs and interests of the people and town. It\\nwas not, however, his first appearance on public service in\\nthe town, where he preached four or more Sabbaths, com-\\nmencing in April, 1789, but was, at the date of this letter,\\npreaching in Ashby.\\nThe raising of a meeting house in a country town was a\\nmatter of no small moment. As the records of Mason have\\npreserved no details of the preparations for and of the pro-\\nceedings on this occasion, resort will be had, as in former\\ninstances, with much profit, for interesting details of vari-\\nrious matters and proceedings, to the records of Townsend.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "1789. MUNICIPAL HISTORY, 113\\nAt a town meeting in that town, on May 28, 1770, it was\\nVoted, That the commite chosen to take cair for the raising\\nof the new meeting house, be directed to provid jins and\\nroaps necessary for the same, and also to choose such hands\\nto raise the same as they think proper, and make suitable\\nprovision for their entertainment as they think proper at their\\ndiscretion and also to provide some person that can splise\\nroaps if they break, all at the town s cost, except their\\nservices in town.\\nThe next proceeding of the town of Mason on record, has\\nan intimate connection with the subject of the preceding\\npage.\\nAt a meeting, called October 15, 1789, and adjourned to\\nOctober 19, the record states as follows Then the town did\\nconcur with the church, in giving Mr. Eben^. Hill a call into\\nthe work of the ministry. No negative. Voted, To reserve\\nthe ministry rite of land in the town, for the use of the\\ntown.\\nVoted, one hundred and fifty pounds settlement to Mr.\\nHill, provided he should accept the call of the church and\\ntown one half of the above to be paid in money, the other\\nhalf in neat stock and farm produce, one half in one year\\nafter his settlement, and the other half in the next year\\nfollowing.\\nVoted sixty six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence\\nyearly, as salary during his ministry with us. Chose Jona-\\nthan Searle, Esq., Lt. Obadiah Parker and Capt. Isaac Brown,\\na committee to wait on Mr. Hill, with the above proceed-\\nings.\\nIn the meantime, without waiting for the result of this\\naction, the business of building the meeting house went on.\\nAt a town meeting, December 14, 1789, Voted, To accept a\\nplan of the body pews, drawn by Lt* Kendall, and of the\\nwall pews, by Lt. James Wood, and to sell the pews by\\nvendue that the purchaser of a pew below, should pay twelve\\nshillings, and of a pew in the gallery, six shillings, as a for-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "114 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nfeiture for not paying for the pew. Chose a committee to\\ngive and take security, Jonathan Searle, Benjamin Mann\\nand Joseph Merriam, and at an adjournment, [apparently after\\nthe sale,] then proceeded to business, to wit, for each man\\nthat purchased a pew, to give in to the town s committee to\\nbuild the meeting house, what articles he would procure\\nagainst next April, necessary to finish said house.\\nThe following is a copy of the proceedings of the church\\nin Mason, in making choice of Mr. Hill to become their paS\\ntor, and in presenting their call to him, to the work of the\\nministry with them.\\nOct. 13th, 1789. At a church meeting, Rev. Samuel Dix\\nof Townshend, was chosen moderator for the said meeting.\\nAfter prayer, the church chose Mr. Eben Hill for their pas-\\ntor and teacher, and determined to invite him to take the\\noversight of them, and the people of this place, as their\\nminister.\\nVoted to choose a committee, to wait on Mr. Ebetf. Hill,\\nand inform him of the above determination of the church\\nchose for that purpose, Deacon Nathan Hall, Mr. Jason Dun-\\nster and Mr. Samuel Smith.\\nVoted that Deacon Hall, the standing moderator of the\\nchurch, communicate to the inhabitants of the town, at their\\nmeeting on thursday next, a copy of our proceedings at this\\ntime, with respect to the choosing, and calling, of Mr. Eben\\nHill to settle with us in the ministry of the gospel.\\nAttest, Samuel Dix, moderator.\\nOn the margin is the state of the vote of the church, as\\nfollows\\nDeacon Nathan Hall, yea. John Russell, yea.\\nJason Dunster, yea. Edmund Tarbell, yea.\\nSamuel Smith, yea. Hubbard Russell, yea.\\nAlso, is added on the margin Capt. William Chambers,\\nJohn Winship, Hinksman Warren, Jonathan Bachelder, Abel\\nAdams, Joseph Woods, Timothy Dakin, members of other\\nchurches, expressed their desire that Mr. Eben^ Hill should", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "1790. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 115\\nsettle here. These brethren were then resident in the\\ntown, and afterwards united with the church.\\nFebruary 16, 1790. The town A^ oted, To provide thirty\\ncords of wood yearly, for Mr. Hill, so long as the town can\\nprocure the same without a tax, and if that measure should\\never fail of providing said thirty cords of wood as above,\\nthen the town will add to his salary so much as to make it\\nseventy five pounds, lawful money, yearly, during his ministry\\nin said town.\\nVoted, To pay Mr. Ebenezer Hill one half of the settle-\\nment the said town voted him October ye 15th, 1789, in six\\nmonths after his ordination in said town, the other half in\\neighteen months after said ordination, provided he should be\\nin necessity for the same.\\nVoted, That Mr. Joseph Merriam and Joseph Barrett\\nwait upon Mr. Hill with the above proceedings of the town.\\nMr. Hill had preached several months in Marlborough, N.\\nH., and been called by the church in that town to become their\\npastor, and the town, at a meeting held November 30, 1789,\\nby their vote, concurred in the action of the church. This\\ncall he had under consideration at the same time as that of\\nMason after due deliberation, he declined the call of the\\nchurch in Marlborough, and accepted the invitation of the\\nchurch and people of Mason, to become their pastor and\\nminister.\\nThe following is a copy of his answer\\nTo the church of Christ and people in Mason:\\nMy Christian brethren and Friends,\\nIt hath pleased Almighty\\nGod so to order in his Providence that I have been called to\\npreach the Gospel of Christ among you, I have been so\\nlong time with you as to give all an opportunity, who are so\\nminded, to have personal acquaintance with me, and to be\\nacquainted with my sentiments, and public performances as\\nit is now about 15 months since I first came among you, and\\nit has pleased you, unworthy as I am, to invite me to settle", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "116 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nwitli you in the work of the Gospel Ministry. It is [a] long-\\ntime since I have had your call under consideration, and the\\nlonger perhaps, as I have been so unhappy, as to have another\\ncall, at the same time from another church and people, but I\\nhope and trust I have made it a matter of serious and\\nprayerful enquiry, seeking direction from the Father of Lights\\nand considered it, as it is, a most solemn and important\\nundertaking, and who is sufficient for these things 0, to\\nhave the charge of Souls is a most awful charge Since if\\nany perish, thro the carelessness or unfaithfulness of the\\nWatchman, his blood shall be required at the Watchman s\\nhands; and to be guilty of the blood of souls is dreadful!\\nI hope I am, in some measure, sensible of my insufficiency of\\nmyself, for such an undertaking that all my own strength is\\nweakness, and that my sufficiency must be of God, who\\nchooseth the weak things of the world to confound the wise.\\nI trust he hath called me to this work, therefore relying on\\nhis mercy and grace, and requesting and depending upon your\\nprayers for me, that I may have grace to be found faithful,\\nand be more and more furnished for the work, and depending\\nupon your assistance as fellow helpers to the truth, I accept\\nof your invitation, provided there shall arise no matter of\\ndifficulty before any further relation may take place. Again\\nI request, brethren, pray for me, that I may be willing to\\nspend and be spent in the service of Christ that I may be a\\nfaithful Minister of the New Testament and a helper of\\nyour joy. And may the pure religion of Jesus Christ prevail\\neverywhere, in this town in particular, that God may be glori-\\nfied among us is the prayer of\\nYour Humbl. Servt. in the Lord,\\nEbenezer Hill.\\nThis document is without date, but was communicated to\\nthe town, probably, in July or August, 1790.\\nWhile these proceedings were in progress, the affairs of the\\nmeeting house were in hand. At a meeting, March 8, 1790, it\\nwas Voted, To dismiss the committee to build the meeting", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "1790. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 117\\nhouse, and cliose in their stead, Joseph Merriam, Hubbert\\nRussell and Lt, James Wood.\\nSeptember 23, 1790. In the warrant for the meeting, the\\nsecond article was, To see what time the town will prefix\\nfor the ordination of Mr. Ebenezer Hill into the work of the\\nGospel Ministry. 3d. To see what provision the town will\\nmake for said ordination.\\nAt the meeting, Voted, That Mr. Ebenezer Hill be absent\\ntwo Sabbaths in a year, yearly, if it may not be in his power\\nto procure a supply. Voted, To accept of Mr. Ebenezer\\nHill s answer upon the Invitation of the Church and Town to\\nsettle with them in the work of the Gospel Ministry.\\nVoted, That Wednesday, the third day of November next,\\nbe the day prefixed for the ordination of Mr. E. Hill into\\nthe work of the Gospel Ministry in this town.\\nVoted, To send to seven churches to assist in the solem-\\nnity of the ordination, viz\\nTo the Church of Christ in\\nEindge under the Pastoral care of the Rev. Seth Payson,\\nHoUis, Daniel Emerson,\\nNew Ipswich, Stephen Farrar,\\nPepperell, John Bullard,\\nWilton, Theophilus Fiske,\\nTemple, Noah Miles,\\nTownsend, Samuel Dix.\\nVoted, To pay five dollars down, and the other part of the\\none half of the cost for entertaining the council, in money, in\\nthree months the other half to be paid in rye, at 4s. per\\nbushel, and corn at 3s. per bushel, the whole to be paid in\\nthree months from the ordination. Voted, To give Benjamin\\nMann, Esq., five pounds for entertaining the council, with all\\nother gentlemen of the clergy, and Mr. Hill s relatives and\\nfriends, that may attend the ordination. Chose Lt. Obadiah\\nParker, Jonathan Searle, Esq., and Dea. Nathan Hall, to send\\nletters missive to the several churches above mentioned.\\n16", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "118 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nThe sum tlms to be paid for entertaining the Council, c.,\\namounted to $16,66.\\nThese preparations having been made, the ordination was\\nconducted in due form. The council met on the 2d day of\\nNovember, 1790. The following is a copy of their proceed-\\nings. As such documents are rarely to be found in print,\\nthis will be looked upon by such as feel an interest in the\\nminutia of the ecclesiastical proceedings of the New England\\nchurches, with a deeper sentiment than that of mere curiosity.\\nAn Ecclesiastical Council, by virtue of letters missive\\nfrom the church of Christ and congn. in Mason, desiring their\\nadvice and assistance in the ordination of Mr. Ebenezer Hill,\\nto the work of the Gospel Ministry among them, on Wednes-\\nday, the 3d day of November, 1790 consisting of the follow-\\ning churches of Christ, Yiz. ye chh. of Christ in HoUis, ye\\nchh. of Christ in New Ipswich, ye chh. of Christ in Towns-\\nend, ye chh. of Christ in Wilton, ye chh. of Christ in Pep-\\nperell, ye chh. of Christ in Rindge, and ye chh. of Christ in\\nTemple, met as requested, at the house of Benjamin Mann,\\nEsq., in said Town, on the evening proceeding said day.\\nAfter some deliberation upon the subject of their meeting,\\nVoted, To embody, and made choice of Rev d. Daniel Emer-\\nson as moderator, who led the council in prayer to God for\\nlight and direction upon the important occasion. Then the\\ncouncil made choice of the Rev d John Bullard as scribe, and\\nproceeded to consider the call of the church and people to\\nMr. Hill, to the pastoral office among them, and his answer to\\nsaid call, and being satisfied as to the regularity of both, they\\nexamined the candidate for ordination as to his qualifications\\nfor the work of the ministry, and his views in undertaking it,\\ncarefully attending to his confession of faith. Then voted to\\nadjourn till next morning at nine o clock.\\nWednesday, A. M. Met according to adjournment. After\\nprayer, the council being satisfied as to the character, senti-\\nments, qualification and views of Mr. Hill, upon the church,\\nreceiving him into their holy fellowship and repeated requests\\nto have the pastor elect separated to the work to which he", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "1790. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 119\\nwas called, Yoted, Nem, con., to proceed to his ordination,\\n(and lie was ordained accordingly.)\\nMar., Nov. 3d, 1790. John Bullard, Scribe.\\nN. B. The solemnity was introduced with prayer, by\\nRev. Mr. Fiske Eev d Mr. Payson preached npon 2 Cor. 5\\n20. Rev d Mr. Emerson made the ordaining prayer. Rev d\\nMr. Farrar gave the charge, Rev d Mr. Dix gave the sight\\nhand of fellowship, Rev d Mr. Bullard made the closing\\nprayer.\\nHere it may be proper to remark, that these proceedings\\nwere in full accordance with the principles of congregational-\\nism that is the absolute independency of each church. The\\ncandidate was not ordained, until he became a member of\\nthe church; and being such, was by the church chosen as their\\npastor and teacher, and at their request, being one of their\\nbrethren, was by the council, set apart and ordained as their\\npastor. This land mark of the order, is not now so carefully\\npreserved, as it should be. It is apprehended that it will be\\nfound, in many instances, that the pastors of congregational\\nchurches, are not members of their churches. If the notion\\nprevails, that by being ordained over the churches, they by\\nthat act become members of the churches, it is one that has\\nno foundation in Congregationalism, and is at total variance\\nwith its fundamental principles and doctrines.\\nThis connection between the pastor and church thus formed,\\nproved to be a happy one. It continued with the town till\\nDecember 19th, 1835 when the civil contract with the town,\\nwas, at his request, dissolved. Of the church he remained\\npastor, till his decease. May 20th, 1854.\\nDecember 2d, 1790. At a town meeting Voted, To sell\\nthe old meeting house at vendue, exclusive of the sash and\\nglass. Voted, That the men that built pews in the old meet-\\ning house, hold them as their property. John Brown became\\nthe purchaser. He was a merchant. He removed it to the\\nsouth side of the common, at the foot of the hill on which it\\nformerly stood; and placed it at the corner, on the west side", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "120 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nof the road leading to Townsend where Freeman Elliot s\\nhouse now stands. It was occupied as a dwelling house and\\nstore by Mr. Brown, and afterward by Thomas Whiting and\\nJabez Prescott, for the same purpose.\\nIt was afterwards occupied by B^enry Jefts, and perhaps\\nsome others, as a dwelling house, till it was purchased by\\nHollis Amsden of Mr. Parkman, who resided in Charlestown.\\nMr. Amsden occupied it for many years as a dwelling house\\nand turner s shop. He sold it to Abraham Robbins, by whom\\nit was taken down, removed, and set up again where it now\\nstands, on the farm formerly occupied by Seth Pobbins, a\\nlittle way oif from the road leading to Townsend.\\nUp to this period, the town had been but poorly furnished\\nwith school houses. Being provided with a meeting house\\nand a minister, attention was now directed to the schools,\\none of the most important institutions in New England.\\nAt a meeting March 14, 1791, it was Yoted, To raise 180\\npounds to build school houses, viz 20 pounds for each school\\ndistrict, and a committee was chosen, consisting of Jonathan\\nSearle, Benjamin Mann, Obadiah Parker, Reuben Barrett,\\nSamuel Smith, Jotham Webber, Stephen Lawrence, Oliver\\nScripture, John Lawrence, James Scripture, Joseph Saunders,\\nDavid Hall and Joseph Barrett, to divide the town into\\nschool districts, and fix the place in each for the school house.\\nTheir report was made and accepted, and recorded. The\\ntown was divided into nine districts, the description and\\nnumbers of which will appear in a subsequent chapter.\\nThe next interest which the fathers looked after was, to\\nput in order the grounds around the new meeting house. At\\nthe meeting March 14, 1791, it was Voted, That a single\\nhead pay one shilling, and other estates accordingly, towards\\nwharfing around the meeting house, and making a parade.\\nIt was further Voted, That it be assessed and put into sepa-\\nrate columns, in the surveyors lists, and committed to the sur-\\nveyors the price of work per day and utentials, as for\\nhighway work. Benjamin Mann, Isaac Brown and James", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "1791. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 121\\nWood, were chosen a committee, to direct the surveyors\\nwhat work should be done and it was further ordered, that\\nit be done by the 10th of June next. The making the\\nparade, was preparing the ground for a training field.\\nNow appear the first symptoms of a division in town\\nafi airs, which afterwards was the occasion of much trouble\\nand heart-burning that is the taxing the Baptists for building\\nthe meeting house. If the house had been built solely for\\npublic worship, there would seem to be no good reason to\\nrequire those who did not use it for that purpose to pay the\\nexpenses of the erection but that rule would apply to some\\nwho did not pretend to be Baptists, but from indiJfference to all\\nreligious teaching, or for other reasons, absented themselves\\nfrom public worship. All these persons were ready enough\\nto use the house for secular purposes, and in those days,\\nwhen town meetings were seldom less than a dozen a year,\\nthe use of the house for that purpose, was almost as impor-\\ntant in itself, and was quite as wearing and destructive to the\\nbuilding, as its use for religious purposes.\\nAugust 22, 1791. In the warrant for the meeting, the\\nsecond article was, To see if the town will direct the\\nselectmen to order the constables who have demands on the\\nBaptists in this town, or other towns not belonging to this\\nState, to make distress immediately on such delinquent\\npersons, of that denomination, as have not paid their several\\ntaxes to the minister or the meeting house, in the town, or to\\nsee if the town will strike upon measures of an amicable\\nnature with the Baptists, respecting their said taxes, as they\\nappear fond of the latter, but entirely averse to paying either\\nof said taxes, except being obliged by law, unless happily\\nagreed to by the parties. This article exhibits an amusing\\njumble of ideas. The doings of the meeting partook some-\\nwhat of the same character. It was Yoted, That the\\nBaptists have the liberty to pay their proportion of the first\\nassessment of \u00c2\u00a3150, or not to pay anything at all. Voted,\\nThat the non-resident Baptists pay their proportion of the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "122 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nabove tax of ,\u00c2\u00a3150, or be liable to be called upon for the\\nwhole of the tax now assessed against them to said meeting\\nhouse. Voted, i That the Baptists in town and out of the\\nState, be exempted from paying any minister s tax made\\nagainst them since the first invoice after they can procure a\\ncertificate that they have joined a sect or denomination of\\nBaptists. On the 27th of September, at another meeting,\\nthe vote respecting the Baptists out of the State, was recon-\\nsidered, and a vote passed to exempt the Baptists out of the\\nState from paying anything to the tax for building the meeting\\nhouse. The result was, as appears by the records, that those\\nwho had not paid were excused, and those who had paid\\nreceived back their money out of the treasury, by orders\\ndrawn in their favor.\\nThe titles to the lands in the town were granted upon the\\nexpress condition that the town should, within a specified time,\\nbuild a meeting house, and, as is undoubtedly implied in those\\nterms, should maintain it and rebuild it as often as necessary,\\nand as the grantors had given valuable lands, for the ministry\\nand the support of the ministry in the town, the undoubted\\nintention of which was, that the town should support a minis-\\nter, and as the town had enjoyed the full benefit of that grant,\\nand had sold the ministry land and received the money for it,\\nthe town was morally, if not legally bound to maintain a\\nminister, and continued to be so liable, until the laws of the\\nState abridged the powers of the towns in this particular.\\nThere can be no doubt, that the conditions of the grants and\\nthe acceptance of the charter by the original grantees, made\\ntheir lands chargeable with the burdens of building and main-\\ntaining a public meeting house for the town, and that all who\\nheld lands under this grant, or derived their title from the\\noriginal grantees, under this charter, held them subject to\\nthose charges. No change had then been made in the law,\\nwith regard to the house and it is doubtful if any had been\\nmade concerning the support of the minister which would", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "1793. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 123\\nexonerate the owner of lands in town from the payment of\\nassessments on their lands for this purpose. Such being the\\nfact, one knows hardly which most to admire, the confidence\\nwith which the claim, on the part of the Baptists, to be\\nexempted from the expenses of building the house, were\\nurged, or the readiness with which the other inhabitants took\\nupon themselves the whole burden of building and keeping in\\nrepair the meeting house.\\nMarch 12, 1792. Annual meeting. Obadiah Parker was\\nchosen to represent Mason and Raby.\\nMay 20, 1792. Voted, To sell Dr. Wm. Barber a part of\\nthe parade ground at the rate of 52s. per acre.\\nAt a meeting, this year, an article of the warrant was, To\\nsee if the town will give leave to introduce the small pox by\\ninocculation, and to set up a hospital. Yoted, Not to have\\nthe small pox brought into town, by any person or persons\\nbeing inoculated. Voted, not to have a hospital set up in\\nsaid town.\\nMarch meeting, 1793. Chose Joseph Merriam To repre-\\nsent the town of Mason. The population of the town had\\nnow become large enough to be entitled to choose a repre-\\nsentative, and to Mr. Merriam belongs the honor of being the\\nfirst representative, under this apportionment. No citizen of\\nMason was ever more worthy of this mark of the confidence\\nof his townsmen. Mason, as has already been stated, was\\nfor many years classed with Eaby, for the choice of a repre-\\nsentative. In those years in which no mention is made in\\nMason records of the choice of a representative, there is no\\ndoubt that the representative chosen was an inhabitant of\\nEaby and that the choice is recorded in Raiby records.\\nAt this meeting, John Brown was chosen collector for the\\nwhole town. He refused or declined to serve, and a meeting\\nwas called July 8, 1793, to choose a collector in his room.\\nAt the meeting, Voted, Not to excuse Mr. Brown. Voted,\\nThat he pay a fine of 20s. Voted, To accept an order of\\n20s. upon the town treasurer, from the Eev. Mr. Eben^ Hill,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "124 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nfor said 20s. Sucli was the law of the land; persons chosen\\ninto town offices who refused or declined accepting the office,\\nwere liable to be fined, unless excused by the town.\\nAt a meeting in September, the town Voted, To have two\\ncompanies of militia in the town of Mason. Voted, To\\nhave the town divided for that purpose, according to the\\ntax bills.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 10, 1794, Obadiah Parker\\nwas chosen to represent the town. The ninth article in\\nthe warrant was, To see if the town will let Benjamin\\nMann, Esq., have that old road formerly trod by Mr. Brintnall\\nWitherell s shop near to the bridge, by Mr. John Brown s\\nPirlash, or pay said Mann for the road as now trod on said\\nMann s land. The town voted to give him the old road for\\nthe new one. Mr. Brown s pearlashery stood on the south\\nside of the road on the east side of the stream, below the\\nbridge, near the present residence of Mr. Ephraim Russell.\\nMarch meeting, 1795. Joseph Barrett was chosen repre-\\nsentative.\\nMay 18, 1795. Voted, To each man who shall turn out\\nas a volunteer in the service of the United States, for the\\nterm of one year, 12s. bounty, and to make up the wages to\\n$10 per month. This bounty was paid by the town, to the\\nfollowing persons Samuel Merriam, Elisha Buss, Ezra New-\\nell, Aaron Wheeler, Jr., Thomas Robbins, Jr., Joseph Mer-\\nriam, Jr., Capt. James Wood.\\nOctober 22, 1795. Voted, To have the meeting house\\ndedicated on Thursday, the 26th day of November next, if\\nagreeable to the Rev. Mr. Hill, and that the selectmen assist\\nMr. Hill in making entertainment for the ministers. On the\\n26th day of November, 1795, in pursuance of this vote, the\\nmeeting house was dedicated. No record has been preserved\\nof the proceedings on that occasion. In the memoir of the\\nRev. Mr. Hill, will be inserted a fac simile of the first page\\nof his sermon preached at the dedication.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "1795.\\nMUNICIPAL HISTORY.\\n125\\nThe view of the house, here presented, was drawn from\\nrecollection, many years after the building was taken down\\nbut it exhibits the appearance and proportions of the edifice\\nso truly, that none familiar with its sacred form will fail at\\nonce to recognize it.\\nFRONT VIEW OP THE OLD MEETING HOUSE.\\nOur meeting-house our meeting-h.ouse,\\nIt stood upon a hill,\\nWhere autumn gales and wintry blasts\\nPiped round it loud and shrill.\\nNo maple tree with leafy shade,\\nNor taU, protecting oak.\\nStood near to guard the ancient house\\nWhen tempests round it broke.\\nNo steeple graced its homely roof,\\nWith upward-pointing spire\\nOur villagers were much too meek\\nA steeple to desire.\\nAnd never did the welcome tones\\nOf Sabbath morning bell.\\nOur humble village worshippers\\nThe hour of worship tell.\\nThese lines, taken from the History of New Ipswich, describe so\\nhappily and perfectly, the Mason meeting house, that it is impossible\\nto resist the impulse to use them, a liberty which it is hoped the\\nauthor of the lines and the editor of the book, will pardon.\\n17", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "t\\n126\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\nCO eo\\nCO\\no\\n1-1\\nt\\ni-H\\n05\\nOS\\nCO\\no\\nM\\nCO\\nI-l\\nl-H\\nEh\\nCO\\no\\no\\nI-H\\nl-H\\noo\\nr-l\\nO\\no\\nO\\nw\\nO\\ntd\\nE-i\\nO\\nI\\nPh\\nP\\no\\np^\\nP4", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "1795. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY.\\nGROUND PLAN OF THE GALLERY.\\n127\\nNAMES OF PEWHOLDERS.\\nGEOUND PEWS.\\nNo.\\n1 Benjamin Mann, Esq.\\n2 Joseph Meri iam.\\n3 James Wood, Esq.\\n4 John Whitaker.\\n5 Oliver Hosmer.\\n6 Dea. Kog ers Weston.\\n7 Captain James Scripture.\\n8 Stephen Lawrence, Esq.\\n9 Abel Adams.\\n10 Timothy Wheelock.\\n11 Jonas Pay.\\n12 Dea. Nathan Hall and Jeremiah Boynton.\\n13 Samuel Smith.\\n14 Timothy Wheeler.\\n15 Captain Jesse Barrett.\\n16 Captain Joseph Barrett.\\n17 Thomas Tarbell, Jr.\\n18 Jonathan Searle, Esq.\\n19 Capt. Benjamin Barrett and Dea. Hezekiah\\nKichardson.\\n20 Silas BuUard.\\n21 Jason Dunster, Jr.\\n22 Thomas Hodgman.\\n23 Lieutenant John Swallow.\\nNo.\\n24 Joseph Woods.\\n25 Deacon Noah Winship.\\n26 Captain John Barrett.\\n27 Samuel Townsend.\\n28 Jason Uussell and Hollis Amsden.\\n29 David Brown and James Brown.\\n30 John Winship.\\n31 Samuel Merriam, Esq.\\n32 Edward Wilson and Captain Thomas Wil-\\nson.\\n33 Ebenezer Shattuck.\\n34 Jonathan Bachelder.\\n35 Captain Amos Flag g\\n36 Jonathan Williams.\\n37 John Swallow, Jr.\\n38 Hinksman Warren and Samuel Hill.\\n39 Lieutenant Obadiah Parker.\\n40 Joseph Tufts and Jason Dunster, Senior.\\n41 Deacon Timothy Dakin.\\n42 Doctor William Barber.\\n43 Hubbard Uussell.\\n44 Elias Elliot.\\n45 Joel Ames.\\n46 Reverend Ebenezer Hill.\\nGALLEEY PEWS.\\n1 Captain Samuel Smith.\\n2 Amos Holden.\\n3 Captain Sam Stevens Parker.\\n4 Joseph Saunders and John Blodg ett, Esq.\\n5 Seth Bobbins.\\n6 Major Abijah Elliot.\\n7 Nathaniel Boynton.\\n8 Deacon Timothy Dakin.\\n9 Amos Uussell.\\n10 Ezra Brown and Capt. Artemas Manning.\\n11 James Wood, Esq.\\n12 William Barrett.\\n13 Captain Ebenezer Hodgman,\\n14 Lieutenant Joses Bucknam.\\n15 Josiah Plag g\\n16 Joseph Blood.\\n17 James Withee and Micah Kussell.\\n18 Ezra Merriam and Ephraim Kussell.\\n19 Captain Samuel Withington.\\n20 Stephen Lawrence, Esq,\\n21 Lieutenant Ebenezer Gilman\\n22 Amos Blood.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "128 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nThe meeting house, a view of which appears on page 125^\\nwas by the vote of the town, to be fifty five feet long, and\\nforty five feet wide. It was constructed with galleries on\\nthree sides. At each end was a porch, with two doors, on.e\\non the west, and one on the south side in one, and one on the\\neast, and one on the south side in the other. From each\\nporch, a door led into the main body of the house below, and\\ntwo flights of winding stairs, one from each outer door con-\\nducted to the second story of the porch, from which a broad\\nflight of steps in each porch, without a door, led into the\\ngallery of the house. The accompanying ground plan, will\\ngive a better idea of the division of the house within, than\\nany length of description. The outside was finished with\\nvery prime clapboards, and painted, the color having a slight\\ntinge of yellow, making a straw color. The windows were\\nlarge, the panes, eight by ten glass. The doors all panelled,\\nthe front double, the porch doors single. The finishing inside\\nwas ceiling, up to the bottom of the windows. The walls\\nabove, and ceiling overhead, of plaster the fronts of the\\ngalleries were finished with panelled work, and a heavy cor-\\nnice the whole supported by Ionic columns, on which rested\\nthe heavy oaken beams, which furnished the groundwork of\\nthe galleries. These beams were planed and painted, and\\nnot enclosed by the plaster. The posts were very large^\\nextending the whole height of the house, and projecting into\\nthe house towards the top, where they were to receive the\\nbeams, they were enlarged, somewhat like the capital of a\\ncolumn. They were of the finest white oak timber, and\\nfinished and painted like the gallery beams. The pews were\\nsquare, of panel work, with a balustrade of miniature Ionic\\ncolumns. The pulpit was finished with panel work, outside\\nand in, with angles and curves, which would tax the skill of\\nan artist to describe in words surmounted by a somiding\\nboard, octagonal in form, also of panel work, in the highest\\nstyle of art of that day. All the work was in the best style,\\nand of the best material. The following description, taken,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "1786. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 129\\nwith, a few changes, from the description of the old meeting\\nhouse in New Ipswich, in the History of New Ipswich, will\\npresent a vivid picture of the inside of the house, and of the\\nworshippers. The pulpit was lofty the ascent to it was by\\na flight of stairs outside, with a balustrade of Ionic columns,\\nof a larger size, but similar in form, to those used in the con-\\nstruction of the pews. It had a recess or rostrum, in which\\nthe speaker stood behind him, was a curtainless arched win-\\ndow; above him, the sounding board hung near his head,\\nsuspended from the ceiling by an iron rod, so slender as to\\nhave excited in many a youthful mind, apprehensions of its\\nfalling, and speculations of the consequences of such a disas-\\nter beneath him, in front of the pulpit, were the deacon s\\nseats, in a sort of pen, where they sat facing the congrega-\\ntion, with the communion table hanging by hinges, in front of\\nthem. The pews were about six feet square a row of hard,\\nun-cushioned seats, surrounded the interior, and generally,\\nthere was one or more high-backed, flag-bottomed chairs in\\nthe centre, most usually occupied by the grand-mothers of\\nthe family, a shake of whose head, had a wonderful effect in\\nreducing to instant sobriety, any youngster, attempting any\\ntrespasses upon the solemn decorum of the place. The seats\\nwere hung by hinges, so that they might be turned up as the\\ncongregation rose, at prayer, as was the goodly custom of\\nour fathers and the slam-bang, as they were turned care-\\nlessly down, at the close of the prayers, not unlike a volley\\nof musketry, was no inconsiderable episode in the ceremonies.\\nBehold now the congregation, as it assembles on the Sab-\\nbath. Some of them are mounted on horses; the father,\\nwith his wife or daughter on a pillion behind him, and perhaps\\nalso his little boy astride before him. They ride up to the\\nstone horse-block and dismount. The young men and maid-\\nens, when not provided with horses, approach on foot. They\\ncarry in hand a rose or a lilac, a pink, a peony or a pond-lily,\\n(and this was the whole catalogue of flowers then known) or\\nwhat was still more exquisite, a nice bunch of fennel or cara-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "i\\n130 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nway seeds. Instead of this, in winter, they bear a tin foot-\\nstove, containing a little dish of coals which they have care-\\nfully brought from home or filled at some neighboring house\\nor noon-house and this was all the warmth they were to\\nenjoy during the two long hours of the service. They have\\ncome a long distance on ox-sleds, or perhaps have skimmed\\nover the deep, untrodden snow on rackets. They enter the\\nhouse, stamping the snow from their feet and tramping along\\nthe uncarpeted aisles with their cow-hide boots. Let us\\nenter with them. The wintry blast howls and shrieks around\\nthe exposed building; the ill-fastened windows clatter; and\\nthe walls re-echo to the thumping of thick boots, as their\\nwearers endeavor to keep up the circulation in their half\\nfrozen feet, while clouds of vapor issue from their mouths\\nand the man of God, as he raises his hands in prayer, must\\nneeds protect them with shaggy mittens. So comfortless and\\ncold, it makes one shudder to think of it. In summer, on\\nthe contrary, the sun blazes in, unscreened by blind or cur-\\ntain the sturdy farmer, accustomed to labor all day in his\\nshirt sleeves, takes the liberty to lay aside his coat in like\\nmanner for the more serious employments of the sanctuary\\nespecially is this the case with the singers, who have real\\nwork to perform.\\nEvery man is in his appropriate place for it was little less\\nthan sacrilege, in the days when the Sabbath was kept with\\nall puritan gravity and severity, to stay away from meeting,\\nlet the weather be what it might.\\nThe prayers are offered the sermon begins, and advances\\nby regular approach up to 8thly, and even to IGthly; the\\nelderly men, unaccustomed to long sittings, occasionally\\nstanding erect or leaning against the partitions of the pews,\\nto relieve the fatigue of their position Tate and Brady is\\nlined off, two lines at a time, by a person selected for the\\npurpose, and sung with good nasal twang and hearty good will\\nto some good old tune. Wells or St. Martins and, finally, the\\nbenediction is pronounced. The congregation still remains", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "1790. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 131\\nin its place to go out in prescribed order first tlie minister\\nand as he passes the deacons, they follow then those in\\nthe front seat below, and at the same time those in the front\\ngallery seat and those in the pews then those in the second\\nseat, and so on in successive order. Would that a like deco-\\nrum in this respect could be substituted for the impatient and\\nirreverent rush of modern days. They separate for a short\\nintermission and to dispatch their lunch of dough-nuts or\\napples in summer they stroll in the graveyard, to hold silent\\nconverse with those who sleep there, and impress the lesson\\nof their own mortality; and in winter those from a distance\\ntake refuge before the blazing hearth of some friend in the\\nvillage, and are perhaps regaled by a hospitable mug of cider;\\nand soon all are reassembled for the afternoon service.\\nAfter this, they wend their way home, to partake of a\\nhearty warm dinner, the best of the week, in most instances\\ntoo, prefaced by an exhilerating draught of hot toddy; and\\nfinally to say the Catechism. That Westminster Assem-\\nbly s Catechism who that was trained in the early part of\\nthe century will forget it Its pictorial alphabet of aphorisms.\\nIn Adam s fall we sinned all\\nMy Book and heart shall never part,\\nthe story of John Rogers, with the picture of the martyr at\\nthe stake, surrounded by the grim officials, and, standing near,\\nhis wife and nine children, certain (whether the one at the\\nbreast was one of the nine, or one to be added to that num-\\nber, was a problem too deep for youthful minds to solve,)\\nAgur s Prayer and Dialogue between Youth, Christ and the\\nDevil; it was the only book beside the Bible and Psalm\\nBook allowed in the hands of youth on the Sabbath. The\\nCatechism concluded the religious observance of the day.\\nThen the children were let loose, and in summer, all the\\nfamily walked over the farm to observe the crops and salt\\nthe cattle.\\nAs those who were actors in these almost forgotten scenes\\nrecall them, with a thousand associations which it is impossi-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "132 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nble to recount, it must seem almost a dream and those who\\nare now in the morning of life would doubtless smile could\\nthese old times and customs be but once presented in reality.\\nBut they were good old times; and the Sabbath and the\\nsanctuary were then regarded with a strictness and reverence\\nwhich we should be glad to see observed in our day.\\nThe meeting house was so far finished that it was used at\\nthe ordination of Mr. Hill, November 3, 1790, and from that\\ntime to the time of the dedication, it continued to be used\\nfor public worship. The date of the year of the erection\\nof the house appeared in large, gilded figures, 1790, on the\\ncapital of the two columns supporting the gallery, one on\\neach side of the aisle in front of the pulpit, the position of\\nwhich, in pews five and six, is indicated by the mark in the\\nplan, on page 126. It was probably nearly completed at that\\ntime. Why the dedication was deferred till 1795, is not\\nstated in any record or memorial of the times. This house\\ncontinued to be occupied by the church and congregation over\\nwhich Mr. Hill was settled as minister, till November, 1837,\\nwhen a new society having been formed under the laws of the\\nState, in connection with the church, and a new house built for\\ntheir use in a more convenient and eligible locality, they\\nremoved to it, abandoning the old house. It continued to be\\nused by the town, as a town house, for town meetings, and\\noccasionally, by other societies and denominations, as a place\\nof worship, until the town house was built in 1848, soon after\\nwhich, it was sold and removed. It stood upon the top of the\\nhill where the road leading to Brookline leaves the Wilton\\nroad. The locality, although at first it appeared pleasant and\\nsuitable for a village, proved wholly unfit for such purpose, it\\nbeing impossible to dig cellars or wells, by reason of the\\nledges cropping out too near the surface. The first plot\\noccupied in the town for a graveyard, was in the rear of this\\nhouse and after a few years it was abandoned, for the same\\nreason. Some of the dead, originally deposited there, were\\nremoved to the burying ground south of the centre of the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "1798. MUNICIPAL HISTOET. 133\\ntown others still rest in tlieir lonely graves. A few monu-\\nments, the oldest in town, remain to mark their places of\\nrepose.\\nMarch meeting, 1796. Joseph Barrett was chosen repre-\\nsentative.\\nMarch meeting, 1797. Joseph Barrett was chosen repre-\\nsentative.\\nVoted, To make a present to the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Hill,\\nof the obligation he gave the selectmen, dated March 13,\\n1793, for $105. Voted, To leave the fixing of the burying\\ngrounds to the selectmen, provided they can have a sufficient\\ntitle from Thomas Tarbell, of that burying ground near said\\nTarbell s house.\\nJune 23d, 1787, sundry orders To Capt. Wm. Chambers,\\n\u00c2\u00a35 15s. lid. 2q., it being for sundries he let the Rev. Mr. Dis\\nhave, and also for dining the Rev. Mr. Whitman, and keep-\\ning his horse also for answering Mr. Whitman s order upon\\nthe town, or selectmen, and for Lt. Farley s rats, that was\\nabated, and for boarding Mr. Dix.\\nSeptember 4th, 1787. Capt. Wm. Chambers X2 19s. Id.\\nit being for boarding several ministers, and finding the com-\\nmittee that was chose to place the meeting house, a dinner,\\nand for paying the Rev. Mr. Dix for preaching on fast day.\\nDecember 11th, 1787. Joseph Merriam, for boarding Mr.\\nJesse Remington, 5s. Od. Iq.\\nApril 26th, 1788. Hubbert Russell 7s. paid Mr. Warren,\\nand for boarding Mr. Warren 3 weeks and three days, \u00c2\u00a31 7s.\\nJune 16th, 1788. Jonathan Searle for keeping school, \u00c2\u00a31\\n12s. Od. Oq.\\nJune 21st, 1788. Eleazer Fish, for a pair of steers he\\nturned in to the town, to pay a debt due to Mr. Whitman for\\npreaching, X9 5s.\\nOctober 9th, 1788. To Wm, Chambers, for paying a note\\nto Mr. Jesse Remington, and for paying a debt to Mr. Nahum\\nSargent, and for keeping Mr. Aiken s horse and Mr. Reming-\\nton s horse, \u00c2\u00a35 6s. 6d.\\n18", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "134 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nDecember 5tli, 1788. Lt. James Wood, in all, \u00c2\u00a32 8s., for\\nboarding Mr. Nathan Church; another order, for boarding\\nMr. Church, 6s., and for paying him 7s.\\nFebruary 2d, 1789. Isaac Brown, two orders, in all \u00c2\u00a32 6s.,\\nfor a saddle he let the town have, to pay a debt due Mr.\\nBenjamin Green, for preaching.\\nFebruary 16th, 1789. William Chambers, 13s., for drink\\nfor the committee, when they vendued the timber for the\\nmeeting house.\\nMarch 17th, 1790. Order, To pay Jonas Fay 3s. 4d.,\\nfor a pound of tea, he let Mrs. Betty Locke have, towards\\nher keeping school in 1788.\\nMarch 12th, 1791. Aaron Wheeler, for his meetinghouse\\ntax in 1789, 12s. lOd. 3q.\\nApril 28th, 1791. Order to pay Dr. William Barber \u00c2\u00a32\\n8s. 9d., for keeping school in the South District in 1789.\\nJanuary 31st, 1792. William Eliot, for his meeting house\\ntax in 1789, 12s. 2d.\\nMessrs. Eliot and Wheeler were Baptists, and their taxes\\nwere abated, pursuant to the order of the town. See page\\n122.\\n1793. John Brown, for two palls, or funeral cloths, \u00c2\u00a32 8s.\\n1795. The following persons were paid 12s. each, for\\nbounty, for enlisting as volunteers Samuel Merriam, Elisha\\nBuss, Ezra Newell, Aaron Wheeler, Jr., Thomas Robbins, Jr.,\\nJoseph Merriam, Jr., Capt. James Wood, James Withee,\\naccording to the vote of the town. See page 124.\\n1796, Order to pay Capt. Joseph Barrett |4,19, it being\\nso much he paid at Hopkinton court in December, 1796, with\\nhis own money, for a lawyer to speak respecting the north\\nroad, to our petition, for entering said petition, and for being\\nrecognized twice at said courts, and for expenses of myself\\nand horse. It must be admitted, that, for all these items, it\\nwas a very moderate bill. This is the first time the federal\\ncurrency appears in the town s accounts.\\nNovember 17th, 1797. The Selectmen, ordered the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "1799. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 135\\nTreasurer, to pay S. M. 25 cents in full, for killing a crow,\\nthe town, by a vote, allowing the same.\\nA bill for articles furnished for building a school house, by\\nTimothy Dakin, a merchant in the town, the following prices\\nappear, of this date. Board nails, 8s. per m shingle nails,\\n2s. 4d. per m double tens, 6s. for 500 a pair of door hinges,\\n4s. 6d. a bushel of lime, 2s. 6d.\\nIn December, 1798, eleven persons petitioned the select-\\nmen to call a town meeting, To take some measures to\\npetition Congress in regard to the land tax, the petitioners\\nviewing it to be unequal and injurious to the rights of the\\npeople. A meeting was held December 13th, 1798, pursuant\\nto this petition, and the subject considered, and Dea. Jotham\\nWebber, John Blodgett, Joseph Tuffts, Dr. Joseph Gray,\\nand Dea. Rogers Weston, were appointed a committee to\\npetition to the Court, c., for redress of grievances, c.,\\nand the meeting was adjourned four weeks. At the adjourn-\\nment, Proceeded to read the report of the committee, c.,\\nand then Voted, Not to be so much dissatisfied with the\\nland tax, so called, as to petition Congress upon the subject.\\nMost of the persons appointed on this committee, were\\nleading men in the democratic party in the town. The land\\ntax, one of the measures of John Adams administration, was,\\nwith that party, very unpopular. No doubt the design of this\\nmovement was, to encourage and incite opposition to his\\nadministration. The report of the committee, which was\\nread, is not found in the records, or on file. The manner in\\nwhich it was disposed of by the town, at the adjournment of\\nthe meeting, shows that the object of the petitioners was not\\nfavored by the citizens.\\nApril 5, 1798. Orders. Maj. James Wood, $4,17 in full,\\nfor his procuring and convejdng articles for Mr. John\\nGoddard, such as rum, sugar, raisins, and other necessary\\narticles when he was sick, and for making and carrying a coffin\\nto his house for said Goddard.\\nMarch 9, 1799. Benjamin Mann, eight dollars in full, for", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "136 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nmaking; a piece of road [near] Mrs. Chambers and for liquor\\nat the vendue of Mary Jefts, and doing writing when the\\nselectmen received a deed of John Smith and for toddy at\\nthe time, and for liquors at the vendue of the town land and\\npound, and the wall round the graveyard, and assisting at\\nsaid vendue, and for one cord of wood, delivered at the school\\nhouse in the centre district, for 1798. One would think\\nthat for all this, eight dollars was cheap enough.\\nMarch 20, 1799. James Withee s taxes abated. The\\ntown favored him on account of his losing his barn and rye\\nand hay by fire.\\nThe municipal history is now brought down to the close\\nof the eighteenth century, also to the close of the first half\\ncentury of the proprietary and corporate existence of the\\ntown within which time, the forest has been subdued, the\\nroads have been made, the mills, meeting house, school\\nhouses, and farm houses and barns, have been built, and the\\ntown and church, with all their institutions, put into success-\\nful operation. In the extracts from the records and com-\\nments upon them thus far given, the object has been, to let\\nour fathers, as far as might be, become their own historians\\ntherefore, whatever it was judged would exhibit the charac-\\nteristics of the people and of the age, and would illustrate\\ntheir manners, habits, customs, and modes of thought, and\\nway of managing their affairs in church and state, has\\nbeen freely used for that purpose. The municipal history of\\nthe next fifty years will occupy much less space. It is, in\\nitself, less note worthy, less important, and less illustrative\\nof the manners of the people. To pursue it in as full detail\\nas has been given to the preceding period, would occupy\\nspace required for other matters, and would swell the book to\\na size beyond what was contemplated. Besides, it is but fair\\nto leave something for the historian of the next one hundred\\nyears. It is a remark worthy of consideration, that those\\ncommunities are by no means the happiest which furnish the\\ngreatest amount of materials for the historian s page.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "1809. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 137\\nAt a town meeting, November 5, 1804, Chose Thomas\\nWilson and Joseph Winship saxtons.\\nMarch 12, 1805. Annual meeting. After the choice of\\nmoderator, Then chose Col. James Wood and Mr. Joseph\\nMerriam, a committee to wait upon the Rev. Mr. Eben^ Hill,\\nin order to open the meeting with prayer. Then Voted,\\nThat all the voters should take the east side of the meeting\\nhouse before they voted, and pass to the other side when\\nthey voted, so as to change sides when they carried in a vote.\\nThis extraordinary measure indicates that a fierce struggle\\nfor party ascendency was impending. This year, for the first\\ntime, a democratic majority was found in the town. The\\nvotes for governor were, for Oilman, federalist, 64; for\\nLangdon, republican, 64 a tie. For Senator, J. K. Smith,\\nrepublican, 64; for Frederic French, federalist, 63. For\\ncounsellor, Benjamin Pierce, republican, 71 for Phillip\\nGreeley, federalist, 54. Voted, To add one hundred dollars\\nto the Rev. Mr. Eben Hill s salary, for this year only. A\\nsimilar addition of one hundred dollars to his salary was\\nvoted in 1807 and in 1808. This custom of inviting the min-\\nister to attend and open the annual meetings with prayer\\nwas observed many years. It may be justified by the same\\nreasons as the employment of chaplains by legislative bodies.\\n1809. The law of the state required the towns to make\\nprovision for the feeding of the militia on the field, at the\\nregimental musters. It was the custom for the selectmen to\\nmake a schedule of the provisions required, and let the fur-\\nnishing by auction, to the lowest bidder. Several of these\\nschedules are recorded. That of 1809, is copied as a sample.\\nProvisions for the soldiers, at the muster at Temple, On\\nOct. the 6, 1809, Viz: One hundred weight of good beef, to\\nbe well cooked, that is, either roasted or baked one bushel\\nof good wheat, made into good bread, and one bushel of good\\nrye, made into good bread; twenty five weight of good\\ncheese five gallons of good West India Rum five pounds of\\ngood lofe^sugarj one barreT 6f good new cider 5 all to be at", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "138 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nthe mustering field, at Temple, by the time that the battalions\\nmeet on Friday, the 6th day of Oct., 1809, bid off by Josiah\\nRussell, at $24,50. Well does the writer, though then but a\\nlad, remember, on the gathering of the companies around the\\ncart, upon the parade ground, getting a generous slice of the\\nbeef and bread, and a drink of the cider, and probably of the\\nrum, for then it was thought to be good for every body, old\\nor young. A boy s appetite, sharpened by a walk of some\\nseven or eight miles, on a raw October morning, would\\nhave made an indifferent piece of beef and bread an accept\\nable oblation to the god of hunger, if such god there be; but\\nhe is ready to testify, even after the lapse of so many years,\\nthat in this instance, the beef and the bread fully came up to\\nand answered the requirements of the schedule.\\nSeptember 26, 1815. The town Voted, To make up to\\nthe soldiers who volunteered [for the defence of Ports-\\nmouth] their wages to $15 a month.\\n1816. The small pox appeared in the family of Silas\\nLawrence. The town was at once in commotion. Several\\ntown meetings were held, in reference to^ that subject. The\\nfirst was January 29th, at which Chose a committee of five\\nmen, all to consist of such men as have had the small pox, to\\nadvise with the selectmen on means to be taken to prevent\\nthe further spreading of the small pox. Chose Jedediah\\nFelton, Lt. Joses Bucknam, Ezra Merriam, Joseph Tuffts and\\nDea. Jotham Webber. Voted, That the selectmen give leave\\nthat two or more persons, not exceeding five, who have had the\\nkine pox and have been exposed to taking the small pox, may\\nbe enoculated with the small pox, provided that Mr. Willard\\nLawrence is willing to have the enoculated persons go and\\nremain in his new house until they have gone through [the]\\noperation, at their own expense. A second meeting was\\ncalled, February 5, at which it was Voted, To send for Dr.\\nSpaulding, of Amherst, forthwith, to examine Ira Lawrence\\nand give his opinion whether he had the kine pox or small\\npox. Then Voted, The small pox committee cleanse the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "1819. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 139\\nWid. Abigail Richardson s house, and keep it for the purpose\\nof putting in any persons who, in the judgment of said com-\\nmittee, hath simtims of the small pox, until it be known\\nwhether they be likely to have the small pox or not. Then\\nVoted, To have two more added to the small pox committee,\\nand chose Abel Adams and Henry Isaacs. It was the cus-\\ntom then, on the appearance of any contagious disease in a\\ntown, for the selectmen to cause the highways leading by the\\nhouse in which the disease was found, to be closed against all\\npassing, by fences across the same, and to cause to be exhib-\\nited at the fences a signal, usually a red flag, as a warning to\\navoid the place. Such precautions were taken in the present\\ninstance, that the disease did not spread beyond the family\\nin which it appeared. Silas Lawrence died of the disease\\nalso his mother, an aged lady. His son, in whom the disease\\nfirst appeared, recovered. The deceased were buried upon\\nMr. Lawrence s farm, as interments of persons who died of\\ncontagious diseases, were not then permitted in the public\\nburying grounds. The funeral services were attended by the\\nRev. Mr. Miles of Temple, the only clergyman in the vicin-\\nity who was qualified, by having had the small pox, to ofiiciate\\non such occasions.\\nJanuary 19th, 1819. In the warrant was an article, To\\nsee if the town will vote that each religious society in said\\ntown of Mason, shall have the use of the public meeting house\\ntheir proportion of Sabbath days, and also at other times.\\nThe result of the vote on this article is, Voted, Not to give\\nthe Baptist Society their right in Mason meeting house. At\\nthe annual March meeting, the next year, was an article To\\nsee if the town will rectify a mistake or erroneous vote, by\\nsaid town, January 18th, 1819, reciting the vote as thus\\nrecorded. The town Voted, To rectify the mistake or erro-\\nneous vote, and instead thereof, that we are willing that\\nthey should have their right in said house.\\nHow they could claim any right, in a house which they had\\nrefused to aid in building, and also, to aid in repairing, is a", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "140 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nproblem not easily solved upon any principles that should\\ngovern the conduct of men. The more sedate and substantial\\nmen of that society were not in favor of this movement.\\nBut there are, in every community, some unprofitable persons,\\nwhose moving principle of action is, to make mischief and\\ndisturbance. It is only in scenes of confusion and tumult,\\nthat they can shine. A state of peace and quiet, is for\\nthem, a state of insignificance. Although the town had voted\\nthat, they were willing the Baptists should have their right,\\nstill, nothing further was done. They never appeared to\\nclaim it. There is no evidence that Elder Eliot or the\\nleading men in his society took any interest or share in these\\nmovements, or that he had any desire to disturb his old\\nneighbors and friends in the enjoyment of their rights. They\\nnever made any claim to the use of the house, or to interfere\\nwith its occupation. The eflect intended was produced. The\\nmischief was done. The society, which, under the laws of the\\nstate, had rightfully occupied the house, at the time it was\\nbuilt, and which no subsequent laws had in any manner\\ndeprived of that right, finding, from this and subsequent move-\\nments in the same direction, that their peace and quiet were\\nsubject to constant interruption, withdrew from the house,\\nand built one for their own accommodation, after a fruitless\\neffort, in accordance with a vote of the town, to secure to\\nthemselves the peaceful and undisturbed occupation of the\\nhouse, in pursuance of which vote they expended a large sum\\nof money in repairing it and thus the connection between\\nthe Congregational denomination and the town, which had\\nexisted from the earliest period of its history, was severed,\\nand each religious denomination was left to manage its own\\naffairs in its own way.\\nMarch 16, 1820. Sarah Smith s clothing was allowed to\\nbe equal to what it was when Mr. Abraham Bobbins took her\\nto keep on March 19, 1819. The articles are thus minutely\\ndescribed: Gowns, 1 good silk one, 5 of calico, 1 cambric,\\n2 gingham, and 1 woolen Petticoats, 2 of wool, 1 cotton, 1", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "1821. MUNICIPAL HISTOBY. 141\\nlinen, 1 muslin, 1 tow; one good loos coat, 1 green ditto,\\nmiddling good; six good shawls, 4J yds. of woolen cloath\\nfor another, and 1 linen sheet, two good cotton sheets, two\\ncalico aprons and two pairs of shoes that are not very good.\\nOne would think this was a pretty good supply of clothing\\nfor a town pauper. This individual had been maintained by\\nthe town for many years, and continued to be a town charge\\nuntil she died, April 19, 1754, at the age of ninety six years.\\nMarch, 1820. An order to pay Benjamin Weatherbee,\\nSamuel Wardsworth, Ira Hall, Joseph Saunders, Jr., Josiah\\nElliot, Jr., Joseph Woods, Jr., and Elijah Knapp, their bounty\\nfor enlisting, c., in 1814. Also, a subsequent order in favor\\nof Asa Merriam, John Boynton, Hubbard Amsden, and Elias\\nElliot, Jr., drafted to go to Portsmouth in 1814.\\nMarch meeting, 1821. This was in politics the era of\\ngood feelings, indicated by the votes for governor, which\\nwere, for Samuel Bell 16, Josiah Butler 1, David L. Morrill\\n9, Horace Sawtell 3, Joel Tarbell 1, John Kimball 1 D.\\nStewart, county treasurer, 71 Isaac Brooks, register, 72 for\\nrevising the constitution, yeas 0, nays 71. The people did not\\ncare a fig for the governor, but the keeping of the money and\\nof records of deeds, were matters of consequence, and these\\noflicers got a full vote. Nor would they have the constitution\\nmeddled with. At this meeting, a vote was passed to pro^\\nhibit all horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine from going at\\nlarge in the highways, and from that time the public high-\\nways have ceased to be used as pastures.\\nThis year, John Blodgett, Esq., declined a re-election to\\nthe of ce of town clerk. He was first elected to this office\\nin 1799, and continued in office, with few exceptions, till the\\npresent year, having served nineteen years in all. He also\\nserved as chairman of the board of selectmen during most\\nof the same period, and as such, was charged with the duties\\nof town treasm-er, and had the oversight of the town s expen-\\nditures. He was a very careful, prudent and economical\\nmanager of the aftairs of the town, and deserved well of the\\n19", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "142 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nk\\ncommunity, for liis labors and cares in of ce. A vote of\\ntlianks, for Ms long and faithful services as an officer of the\\ntown, was offered by the Eev.Mr. Hill, and unanimously passed.\\nHis reply is recorded as follows: My friends, accept my\\ngrateful acknowledgments for the repeated respects you\\nhave shown me for many years. May it please the Supreme\\nRuler to cause his blessing to rest upon this town, that the\\nolive branch of peace may be planted and nourished in every\\nbreast, may it become like Aaron s rod, ever budding, ever\\nblossoming, ever bringing forth the fruits of brotherly love\\nand Christian charity, to the latest generations. He soon\\nafter removed from the town and resided in Dunstable or\\nTyngsborough, in Massachusetts, to the close of his life.\\nHe died in extreme old age, having arrived to nearly if not\\nquite one hundred years of age.\\nThe selectmen of this year seem to have entertained and\\nacted upon the notion, that when a town takes a^ pauper to\\nmaintain, they take him cum onere, with all his liabilities, and\\nbecome liable therefor, in the same manner as a husband is\\nliable for the debts of his wife contracted before marriage.\\nApril 11, 1826, is recorded an Order to pay Aaron Warren,\\nEsq., $3,71, in full, for a note and account he had against\\nElijah Morse, the town s Poor. Also, May 11, an Order\\nto pay Amos Herrick $5,93, in full, for a note and account he\\nhad against Elijah Morse in favor of Arrington Gibson, given\\nto said Gibson previous to said Morse throwing himself upon the\\ntown.\\nJuly 10, 1826. A meeting was called To see if the town\\nwill let the Baptists have the use of the meeting house a pro-\\nportion of the time, according to their polls and estates, or\\nto see what other measures the town will take to satisfy the\\nBaptists with regard to their claims on said house. The\\ntown Voted, To pass over the article.\\nAt the annual meeting, March, 1832, the town voted to\\npurchase a farm, on which to support the poor, and chose a\\ncommittee for that purpose, consisting of Timothy Wheeler,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "1832. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 143\\nJonatliaii Baciielder, Jr., Elisha Barrett, James Taft and John\\nStevens. This committee was authorized to purchase stock,\\nfarming utensils, c., and to employ a person to take the\\ncharge thereof. The committee purchased the farm formerly\\nowned by Zaccheus Barrett, and then owned by his son, Capt.\\nJames Barrett, being lot No. 6, range 5, on the plan. See\\npage 32. By the report of the committee appointed to settle\\nwith the selectmen and treasurer, dated March 10, 1832, it\\nappears that the cost of the poor farm, including, probably,\\nrepairs of and additions to the buildings, was |2500, and that\\nof the stock, utensils, furniture, and improvements, was $863.\\nThis farm has been used for the purposes intended to the\\npresent time, and has furnished a comfortable home for many\\nof the aged and destitute, who had outlived their friends and\\nmeans of support, as well as for many others, dependent,\\nfrom various causes, on public charity.\\nApril 18, 1830. A meeting was called, To see if the\\ntown will vote that each religious denomination in said town,\\nmay occupy the public meeting house in said town, their due\\nproportion of Sabbaths and other times, in proportion to\\ntheir polls and estates. The vote was in the negative.\\nMay 31, 1830. A meeting was called, To see if the town\\nwill raise a sum of money to repair the meeting house. At\\nthis meeting, the town voted to give the use of the house to\\nthe Congregational church and society, for twenty years, pro-\\nvided they would keep it in good repair, and let the town\\nhave the use of it for a town house, and let those who have\\nprivate property in said house, have it to worship in when the\\nCongregational church and society are not using it. The\\nselectmen were a committee to carry the vote into effect, and\\nto take a sufficient bond, c. That church and society\\nrepaired the house, and occupied it for some time, but it is\\nbelieved that, owing to some disagreement about the terms\\nof the bond, none was given.\\nAt the annual meeting, March, 1832, the town voted to\\npass over the article to raise the salary of the Kev. Mr. Hill", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "144 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nbut at a meeting called for that purpose, March. 31, the salary\\nwas voted. A meeting was called, April 21, To see if the\\ntown would dismiss the Rev. Ebetf. Hill from being minis-\\nter of said town. The vote was in the negative.\\nDecember 19th, 1835. Voted, To comply with the request\\nof the Rev. Ebenezer Hill, to dissolve the civil contract\\nbetween him and the town of Mason, as minister of said\\ntown, and it is on our part dissolved, after paying his salary,\\nto the month of March next. Voted, The thanks of the town\\nbe given to the Rev. Ebenezer Hill, for his ministerial labors,\\nfor the space of forty five years. Upon the record is entered\\nthe consent of Mr. Hill to this arrangement, as follows\\nWhereas, the town of Mason, agreably to my request, have\\nby their vote in legal town meeting, consented on their part,\\nthat t*he civil contract existing between the town and me as\\ntheir minister, should be dissolved, as in said vote is\\nexpressed, which contract was formed in the year 1790, I\\nhereby express my consent on my part, that said contract be\\ndissolved in accordance with the vote just passed and I do\\naccordingly relinquish all claim for salary, from the town,\\nafter the first of March next. Mason, December 19th, 1835.\\nNovember, 1840. Nathaniel Shattuck, Esq., was chosen a\\ncommittee to examine, and report whether any society or\\nindividuals were responsible to keep the town house in repair\\nand if none, to proceed to repair the house, and chose\\nNathaniel Shattuck, Josiah Russell and Samuel Smith a com-\\nmittee for that purpose. This was the old meeting house.\\nApril, 1843. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to repair\\nthe town house, in a proper manner, and also to look after\\nthose who have in any way injured the house, a,nd prosecute\\nif they think proper and necessary.\\nAnnual meeting, 1848. Article 14th. To see if the town\\nwill sell or repair the meeting house, or do anything in rela-\\ntion to the same. Voted, to choose a committee of five, to\\ndispose of the old meeting house. Chose Jonathan Russell,\\nJona. Bachelder, Oliver H. Pratt, Willis Johnson, Charles", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "1848. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 145\\nScripture and Orlando W. Badger. Voted, To instruct the\\ncommittee to proceed legally in disposing of the house.\\nVoted, That the selectmen call a town meeting to hear a\\nreport of said committee, when said committee is ready to\\nmake their report.\\nThe old meeting house, being no longer occupied for public\\nworship by any society, was fast falling into decay. It was\\nexposed to depredations, the windows were broken, the doors\\nwere often found open, exposing the building to the effects of\\nstorms. The location was unsuitable and inconvenient for\\ntown meetings to be held there, and therefore it was con-\\ncluded to dispose of the old house, and build a town house.\\nMay 23d, 1848. A meeting was called, to hear the report\\nof the committee, to see if the town would build a town\\nhouse, to fix its location, and to raise money to build, or pur-\\nchase a town house. At the meeting, Voted, To accept the\\nreport of the committee. Voted, To build a town house.\\nVoted, To locate it at the centre of Mason. Voted, To raise\\n$1000 to build the house. Voted, To appropriate the balance\\nof the sale of the old meeting house, for the building of the\\ntown house. Voted, That the expense is not to exceed\\n$1200. Chose Jonathan Bachelder, Charles Scripture,\\nWillis Johnson, Asher Peabody and Samuel Smith, Jr., a com-\\nmittee for building the town house. The town house was so\\nfar completed, that a town meeting was held in it, November\\n7th, 1848.\\nThe frame of the old meeting house, was used and worked\\nup into the frame of the saw and grist mill, built by Mason\\nmill company, near the centre of the town.\\nThus the town is left without a minister, or a meeting\\nhouse and such is the change in the habits, views and feelings,\\nthat, as a town, they will probably dispense with these once\\nuseful institutions, for all time. There is to be no more a\\nservant of religion, in whom all feel a common interest;\\nno more a place where all can assemble on days of public\\nworship, and meet as townsmen, on common ground but the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "146 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nmeeting houses are matters of private interest; and althougli\\nthey are in numbers much multiplied, it may well be doubted,\\nwhether there is in the town, more genuine piety and venera-\\ntion for religion, than in those days, when all assembled in\\none place, and listened to the teachings of the town s\\nminister.\\n1856. This year will be remembered in the annals of the\\ntown, for the very liberal donation to the town, of the sum of\\nten thousand dollars, made by the Hon. John Boynton of\\nTempleton, Mass., to be invested in stock or other good secu-\\nrities, and the interest to be applied, forever, for the benefit\\nof the common schools in the town. This gentleman is a\\nnative of Mason. His father, the late Jeremiah Boynton,\\nbecame a resident of the town as early as 1789, and contin-\\nued to be an inhabitant till his decease, October 27, 1839.\\nHe was a farmer, a worthy, industrious man, a good citizen,\\nand much respected and esteemed. The liberal donor of\\nthis fund, was his eldest son. Having retired from active\\nbusiness with an ample fortune, acquired by industry, econ-\\nomy, and a successful management of his affairs, he has not\\nforgotten the place of his nativity nor has he left it for the\\nhand of an executor to carry into effect his generous design\\nbut while in full health, and vigor of body and mind, has\\nhimself seen to the execution of his purpose, and to securing,\\nin a proper form, the efficiency and permanency of the aid\\nthereby given to the great cause of the education, for all\\ncoming time, of the children of this, his native town.\\nThe object of his bounty is the common schools, to which\\nhe was indebted for all the means of education by himself\\nenjoyed in early life and to which our common country is\\nmore deeply indebted for its intelligence and for the preser-\\nvation of its liberties and free government, than to all other\\nmeans of education, or institutions of learning. His purpose\\nto make this endowment, he made known to some of his\\nfriends, inhabitants of the town, in the summer of 1856.\\nDesirous, on the one hand, to make the provisions of the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "1856. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 141\\nendowment such, that its benefits should be sacredly secured\\nto its object, the education of every child in town, and at\\nthe same time to place it under such provisions and safe-\\nguards, that it should never become a source of contention\\n0or party strife, after consultation with a committee of the\\ncitizens, he submitted, for the consideration of the town, a\\nproposition to make the endowment under certain restric-\\ntions and limitations, which, with the action of the town,\\nappears in the following extract from the records of the\\ndoings of a town meeting, called for that purpose\\nAt a legal town meeting, holden September 17th, 1856,\\nArticle 2d, it was Yoted, To receive of John Boynton, Esq.,\\nof Templeton, Mass., the sum of ten thousand dollars in\\nmoney, or in securities for the payment of money, upon the\\nfollowing conditions, viz That the same shall forever be\\nkept upon interest, and shall forever be known as The\\nBoynton Common School Fund, and that the interest or\\nincome thereof shall annually forever be applied by said town\\nof Mason, to the support of district or public schools in said\\ntown, in proportion to the number of scholars in such\\ndistricts or schools, between the ages of five and fifteen\\nyears. And whenever the said town shall fail so to apply\\nthe interest or income of said money annually, in addition to\\nthe sum that shall be required to be raised by law by said\\ntown, for the support of district or public schools, the said\\ntown shall repay the same sum of ten thousand dollars\\nto the said John Boynton, his executors, administrators, or\\nassigns.\\nYoted, To choose a committee of three to receive the\\nsaid sum of ten thousand dollars in money or securities for\\nthe payment of money, of said John Boynton, Esq., and also\\nto authorize said committee, for and in behalf of said town,\\nto execute an agreement, that the said town of Mason shall\\nrepay the said sum of ten thousand dollars, to the said\\nBoynton, his executors, administrators, or assigns, whenever\\nthe town of Mason shall fail to apply the interest or income", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "148 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nof said sum of ten thousand dollars, in addition to the sum\\nthat shall be required by law to be raised by said town, for\\nthe support of district or public schools in said town of\\nMason, and to divide the said income or interest annually\\nbetween the several districts or public schools in said town,*\\nin proportion to the number of scholars belonging to said\\ndistricts or public schools, between the ages of five and\\nfifteen years.\\nVoted, That the aforesaid committee consist of Doctor\\nThomas H. Marshall, Jonathan Russell, 2d, and Charles\\nScripture.\\nVoted, To choose a committee to petition the legislature,\\nfor an act to authorize the town of Mason, to choose five\\ntrustees, who shall, under the direction of the town, have the\\ncare of the Boynton Common School Fund, and to see that\\nthe same is safely invested, and upon interest.\\nChose Dr. Thomas H. Marshall, Jonathan Eussell, 2d,\\nand Charles Scripture for that committee.\\nOn application to the legislature, an act was passed, of\\nwhich the following is a copy\\nSTATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAn Act authorizing the town of Mason to elect trustees of the\\nBoynton Common School Fund.\\nWhereas, John Boynton, Esquire, of Templeton, in the State of\\nMassachusetts, has given to the town of Mason, the sum of ten\\nthousand dollars, in trust, the income of which is to be appropriated\\nfor the maintenance of common schools in said town of Mason\\nand, whereas, by the provisions of the grant, the said grant is to be\\nunder the control of five trustees, to be elected by said town of\\nMason therefore.\\nBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen-\\neral Court convened:\\nSection 1. That said town of Mason shall, on the second Tuesday\\nof March, A. D. 1858, choose, by ballot and by a major vote, five trus-\\ntees, to be called Trustees of the Boynton Common School Fund,\\none of whom shall hold the office for one year, another for two years,\\nanother for three years, another for four years, and the other for five\\nyears, and till some other person is chosen and qualified instead of\\neach; the term of office of each to be determined by lot at their first\\nmeeting, and a record thereof made in the office of the town clerk", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "1857. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 149\\nof said town. One such trustee shall be chosen annually, at the\\nannual meeting of said town, after said second Tuesday of March,\\nA. D. 1858, by ballot, and by a major vote, to fill the vacancy which\\nwill annually occur by the expiration of the term of office of one of\\nthe incumbents.\\nSection 2. The said trustees shall have the entire control and\\nmanagement of the Boynton Common School Fund, and shall invest\\nthe same in a safe and prudent manner, and shall annually pay to the\\ntreasurer of said town of Mason, in the month of January, the\\nincome of said fund, to be divided among the several districts or\\ncommon schools in said town, in proportion to the number of schol-\\nars, between the ages of five and fifteen years, in said districts or\\nschools.\\nSection 3. The trustees shall, at each annual meeting of said\\ntown, make a report of the state of the fund, and the income of the\\nsame and the town may require of them bonds for the faithful dis-\\ncharge of the duties of the office.\\nSection 4. In case of the death or resignation of either of the\\ntrustees, or in case either of them, by sickness or otherwise, be dis-\\nqualified for the duties of the office, they may, at the annual or at a\\nspecial meeting called for that purpose, elect another person for the\\nunexpired term.\\nApproved, June 26, 1857.\\n20", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "CHAP TEE IV.\\nCONTROVERSIES WITH THE REV. JONATHAN SEAELE,\\nNo document, record, or entry, has been found, wMch\\nshows at what time the troubles and misunderstandings\\nbetween the Rev. Jonathan Searle and his church and people,\\nwere first manifested nor are the grounds of the controversy\\nand difficulties anywhere clearly set forth. They are to be\\ngathered rather by inference, than from any satisfactory or\\npositive statement. The records of the church, during the\\ntime of the controversy, are exceedingly meagre, and contain\\nvery little information upon the subject. The town records,\\nhowever, contain entries which give some insight into the\\nmatter. Probably there is no document or living memory\\nremaining, which can throw any light upon such parts of the\\ntransactions as are not, by the entries in the town records,\\nsufficiently set forth to be understood. It will be recollected\\nthat the salary voted to him on his settlement, was X60\\nlawful, a year, to be increased at the end of ten years to \u00c2\u00a366\\n13s. 4d. He was ordained, October 14, 1772. A town\\nmeeting was called, January 5, 1779. Among other articles\\nwas one for inquiring into the conduct of the Rev. Jonathan\\nSearle, in his not giving receipts in full for the money he hath\\nreceived for his yearly salary, c., and for increase of his\\nsalary. The record proceeds as follows: Mr. Searle being\\npresent, Yoted, That the moderator ask him whether he\\nwould discharge the town of his salary, if said town would\\npay him up the nominal sum from the first settlement, c.,\\nand trust the town s generosity for an addition to said salary", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "1778. MUNICIPAL HISTOEY. 151\\nthe question being asked by the moderator, his answer was in\\nthe affirmative. The moderator called on the constables to\\nmake a settlement with Mr. Searle the said constables\\nreadily complied with the terms the moderator at the same\\ntime wrote a receipt and read it to Mr. Searle, and asked\\nhim whether he would sign such a one. His answer was that\\nhe would, or any one that the town should require. The town\\nthen proceeded to get the money that was his due as salary\\nfrom the first of his settlement in said town, until the 14tli\\nday of October, 1778, and pay it to him. Said money being\\noffered to Mr. Searle by the selectmen, requiring him to\\nsign said receipt, he utterly refused to sign said receipt, or a\\nsimilar one. For which reason, the town voted to assess the\\nlast year s salary, and order it into the treasurer s hands,\\nthere to remain until it should be ordered otherwise. By\\nsaid town, Voted, That Lt. Samuel Brown take the money\\nand make a lawful tender to Mr. Searle, of the whole of his\\nsalary that yet remains unpaid from the first of his settlement\\nin said town, until the 14th day of October, 1778, and require\\nhim to sign such a receipt as was approved by said town.\\nThen adjourned to the 8th instant. At the adjournment,\\nVoted, To choose a committee to desire the Rev. Jonathan\\nSearle to attend the meeting by adjournment, in order for\\nhim to make some proposals to the town, on what terms he\\nwould settle with the town, and if he refused to come, for\\nhim to send in writing, by said committee, on what terms he\\nwould settle. Dea. Amos Dakin and Lts. Samuel and Isaac\\nBrown, were the committee. The town, after transacting\\nsome other business, adjourned to the 12th of January. At\\nthe adjournment, After hearing the Rev. Jonathan Searle s\\nletter directed to the moderator read. Voted, That it was\\nnot an acceptable answer, according to the town s request.\\nVoted, To choose a committee to reason with Searle and\\nmake a report to the town. The committee were Joseph\\nBarrett, Joseph Merriam, Dea. N. Hall, William Eliot and\\nDavid Blodgett. Adjourned to the 20th instant. At the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "152 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nadjournment, Voted, Not to make any addition to the Rev*\\nJonathan Searle s salary, for the time being. The authority\\nof the committee was continued, and they were directed to\\nreport at the next meeting. Adjourned to February 9. It\\nwas at the adjournment, Voted, That the Rev. Jonathan\\nSearle s conduct hath been dissatisfactory to the town, with\\nregard to what hath been acted on his part, relative to his\\nfalling from his first agreement, as well as at other meet-\\nings held after adjournment. Voted, That the town call\\nupon the Chm-ch of Christ in this place to desire the Rev.\\nJonathan Searle to join in a mutual council, and have all\\nmatters of aggrievance subsisting between Mr. Searle and this\\npeople brought before said council for their wise deter-\\nmination. Voted, That the town and church are connected\\ntogether in paying the cost of said council. Capt. Joseph\\nBarrett, Dea. Nathan Hall, and Mr. Edmund Tarbell, each\\nentered their dissent against the proceedings of this meeting,\\nso far as what is comprehended in the second vote of said\\nmeeting.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 8th, 1779. The seventh\\narticle was, To see if the town will pay the Rev. Jonathan\\nSearle his salary, for the year 1778. On this article, the\\ntown Voted, To pay the salary of the Rev. Jonathan Searle,\\nprovided he give a receipt in full, c.\\nAt a meeting called March 30th, 1779. Voted, To pass\\nover the article about the Rev. Jonathan Searle.\\nAt a meeting called April 22d, 1779. Article 2d. To\\nsee what method the town will pursue, for a settlement with\\nthe Rev. Jonathan Searle, and if a settlement cannot be\\neffected, to see if the town will vote him a dismission, or dis-\\ncontinue him as our minister. At the meeting, a committee\\nwas appointed to request the attendance of the Rev. Jonathan\\nSearle. An addition of ,\u00c2\u00a330 was voted to the nominal sum\\nof his salary for 1778, provided, he give such a receipt, as\\nhe proffered to the town in January last. Voted, Not sat-\\nisfied with his conduct, in not securing the town for the money", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "1779. MUNICIPAL HISTOKY. 153\\npaid by the constables for his salary, with other things.\\nWilliam Chambers, Joseph Merriam and Abijah Allen were\\nappointed a committee, to offer him the nominal sum, and\\ninterest, and the addition above voted, and to make a legal\\ntender, and demand a receipt in full from his iirst settle-\\nment. Adjourned to Friday. At the adjournment, Voted,\\nThat the committee have a record made of the tender to\\nthe Rev. Jonathan Searle, according to law, and adjourned.\\nJuly 6th, 1779. A meeting was called, To see if the\\ntown will join with the church in a council, c. The motion\\nbeing moved by the Rev. Daniel Emerson, whether the town\\nwould leave it to a reference, previous to other matters being\\nleft to a council, respecting negligence of pay, or fall of\\nmoney being made up, or any part thereof, to the Rev. Jona-\\nthan Searle 5 it passed in the negative, and then the meeting\\nwas adjourned to July 7th; and at that meeting Voted, To\\nconcur with the vote of the church of Christ in this town, on\\nthe 6th of July, instant, for dismissing the Rev. Jonathan\\nSearle from his pastoral relation in this town. Voted, The\\nmeeting house doors be kept shut up, during the town s\\npleasure. Voted, The selectmen have power to open and\\nshut the meeting house doors. Chose a committee to make\\na tender to the Rev. Jonathan Searle, c.\\nA meeting was called, August 17th, 1779. Among other\\nmatters, was this article, To see if the town will join with\\nthe church to make the following proposal to the Rev. Jona-\\nthan Searle to leave it to a mutual council, to determine,\\nwhether Mr. Searle is constitutionally dismissed from his pas-\\ntoral relations in this place, and if the council result that he\\nis not dismissed, then, would have the council take under\\nconsideration, the difficulties subsisting between the parties\\nthe advice of the council to be accepted by the parties. At\\nthe meeting, Voted, To concur with the proposals of the\\nchurch, to the Rev. Jonathan Searle, and on Mr. Searle s com-\\npliance therewith, to leave all matters now subsisting between\\nsaid parties, to a mutual ecclesiastical council; the town", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "154 aiSTOEY OF MASON.\\nbeing at the cost of said council. Adjourned to the 31st.\\nChose Benjamin Mann, Joseph Merriam and Abijah Allen a\\ncommittee to provide for the ecclesiastical council to sit in\\nOctober, 1779. Chose David Blodgett, Wm. Chambers,\\nThomas Tarbell, Timothy Wheeler and Reuben Barrett, a\\ncommittee to receive complaints from the Rev. Mr. Searle,\\nagainst the town, and also to prepare complaints against the\\nsaid Rev. Mr. Searle, and also, bring them before the council.\\nThe meeting was adjourned to the fifth and to the sixth of\\nOctober; at which time, Abijah Allen and Joseph Merriam\\nwere added to the committee, for carrying on the com-\\nplaints against the Rev. Jonathan Searle, before the council.\\nAdjourned to the seventh and to the eighth. Yoted, That\\nthe committee call on the Rev. Mr. Searle, to make out the\\nnegligence of pay, and that the committee be ready to settle\\nwith him. Voted, That the present committee of the town\\nbe empowered, in behalf of said town, to leave the substance\\nmatter of Mr. Searle s complaint against the town, to refer-\\nence, and that Esq. Abbott s method be adhered to and\\nadjourned to one o clock. Then Voted and agreed to the\\nform of an agreement, between Mr. Searle and the town of\\nMason, drawn by the Rev. Mr. Farrar. Adjommed to the\\n9th. Then Voted, Not to allow any sum of money, for the\\nnegligence of pay to Mr. Searle, from his first settlement, to\\nOctober 14th, 1777. Voted, To make a grant of money to\\nMr. Searle. Voted, To open the meeting house doors, and\\nadjourned to Monday, October 25th,- then adjourned to the\\n26th j then Voted, To accept of Mr. Searle s acknowledg-\\nment of his fault, to the town as satisfactory, and then after\\naccepting some roads the meeting was dissolved.\\nThe following entries in the record are in the hand writing\\nof Mr. Searle, and were signed by him\\nMason, Oct r 9th, 1779. This day received of the town\\nof Mason, by the hand of the selectmen, one hundred and\\ntwenty pounds, L. money, in full of all my dues and demands\\nof every name and nature whatsoever, from the first day of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "1779. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 155\\nmy settlement with said town up to this day. Eeceived per\\nme, Jonathan Searle.\\nAttest: David Blodgett.\\nSam l Brown.\\nMason, Oct r 26, 1779. That whereas, there was a civil\\ncontract effected between the town of Mason and myself, on\\nthe 14th of Oct r, 1772, as to my ministerial support, so long\\nas I should remain their Gospel minister, this is a full and\\nfinal cancel, on my part, of said contract and in testimony of\\nthis my free act, I hereunto set my hand.\\nJonathan Searle.\\nAttest: David Blodgett.\\nSaiiuel Brown.\\nThus this town meeting, commenced August 17, and con-\\ntinued by adjournment, to nine different subsequent days, was\\nconcluded. The long battle was fought, and the town won.\\nUndoubtedly, on the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th days of Octo-\\nber, there was a council in session but as the church records,\\nthen in the hands of Mr. Searle, are silent on the subject, no\\nmeans remain of determining who composed the council, or\\nwhat were the articles of complaint on the part of the church\\nor of the town against him, or on his part against them. One\\nwould suppose, judging from the entries in the book above\\nrecited, that all connection between the town and Mr. Searle\\nwas ended, and that there would be no more controversy\\nbetween them. But it was not so, as will presently appear.\\nIt is not unfrequently the case, that the expenses of a contro-\\nversy very much exceed the amount of the sum in dispute.\\nSo it was in this case. The sum paid by the town to Mr,\\nSearle was \u00c2\u00a3120, being two years salary. The expenses\\npaid by the town for entertaining the council were \u00c2\u00a3327 19s.,\\npaid as follows: to William Chambers, X199 10s.; Abijah\\nAllen, \u00c2\u00a366 18s.; Samuel Abbott, \u00c2\u00a31 16s.; Ephraim Sartell,\\n\u00c2\u00a314 12s.; Lieut. Isaac Brown, \u00c2\u00a316; Jacob Blodgett, \u00c2\u00a38 8s.;\\nJonathan Searle, \u00c2\u00a323 13., in all, $1092,07, a pretty round\\nbill for entertaining some half a dozen of the clergy and their", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "156 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nattendant lay delegates, one week. Probably the depre-\\nciation of the currency was an element which had something\\nto do with the magnitude of this bill, as it was undoubtedly\\nthe foundation, and if not the only origin, one of the sources\\nof the difficulty. But as no distinction is made as to the cur-\\nrency in which the X120 was paid to Mr. Searle, and that in\\nwhich the \u00c2\u00a3327 19s. was paid for entertaining the council,\\nthe matter is left somewhat in the dark. Probably he was\\npaid in a currency equal to gold and silver, and the bills for\\nthe expenses, were paid in the depreciated currency.\\nApril 10, 1780. At a town meeting, Mr. Searle again\\nappears. The fourth article was, To see if the town will\\nconcur with the church and receive the Rev. Jonathan Searle\\nas their minister, according to an agreement between him and\\nthe church. The town Voted, To accept the first article\\nof the agreement that was formed between the church and the\\nRev. Jonathan Searle, October 26, 1779, which is as follows:\\nWe agree that there shall be no compulsion about the minis-\\nterial support every one in church and town shall be left at\\nliberty to contribute what sum he pleases, or none at all.\\nThis article proposed by Mr. Searle. Voted, To receive Mr.\\nSearle upon the above mentioned agreement. How, then,\\nstood the case He had, by his agreement of October 26,\\ndischarged the town from the contract, and by the vote of\\nApril 10, to which he was a party, had agreed that he should\\nhave no claim for support on church or town, except the vol-\\nuntary contributions of his friends. Yet it seems he contin-\\nued to make claims of the town, for at the meeting, October\\n31, on an article on this subject, the town Voted, That it is\\nthe mind of the town that the Rev. Jonathan Searle discharge\\nthe town from October 14, 1779, to October 14, 1780, of any\\ndemands he hath or may have against the town.\\nDecember 6, 1780. Voted, To accept of a discharge that\\nthe Rev. Jonathan Searle wrote and sent to the town, which\\nis as follows: Mason, Dec. 6, 1780. Know all men by these\\npresents, that I, Jonathan Searle, for and in consideration of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "1781. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 157\\nwhat my friends, in and out of town, have done for me in the\\ncourse of the year past, do fully discharge the town of Mason\\nfrom all legal demands in future, respecting my ministerial\\nsupport the last year, beginning Oct. the 14, 1779, and ending\\nOct. 14, 1780, excepting what is due to me from said town on\\nspecial obligation, either of note or bond, which is not and\\ncannot be supposed to be included in this discharge. As\\nwitness my hand,\\nJonathan Seaele.\\nYoted, Not to pay the Rev. Jonathan Searle the note he\\nhas against the town, at present. Yoted, To reconsider the\\nvote not to pay the Rev. Jonathan Searle his note, c., and\\nYoted, To pay it, and to make the money as good as when\\nthe note was given, and appointed a committee to go to him\\nand pay him.\\nJanuary 18, 1781. The second article was, To hear the\\nreport of the committee, c., to wait on Mr. Searle to see\\nwhether he would take the money due him upon his note\\ngiven in October, 1779, and if, on hearing the report, they\\nfind he hath not complied with the request, then, 3dly. To\\nsee if they will choose a committee to make a lawful tender.\\n4thly. To see if the town will make any enquiry into Mr,\\nSearle s conduct in breaking over the result of council respect-\\ning that part of the advice of the venerable council, which\\nwas for him to give up all his demands upon the town for his\\nministerial support, up to the 14th day of October, 1778,\\nexcept the nominal sum, and likewise, in breaking over the\\nagreement he voluntarily made with the town, in compliance\\nwith the result of council, and likewise said he would give up\\nall but the nominal sum, to October 14, 1778, c. At the\\nmeeting, Yoted, Not to make the tender. Yoted, Not to\\nmake the Inquiry. Yoted, To reconsider the vote not to\\nmake the tender. Yoted, To make a tender, and chose a\\ncommittee for that purpose, and dissolved.\\nMarch 12, 1781. Yoted, To order the selectmen to take\\nthe invoice of the Rev. Jonathan Searle s real and personal\\n21", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "158 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nestate, and tax him to the Continental, State and War tasr\\naccordingly.\\nApril 11, 1781. At a town meeting, on an article to that\\npurport, the town Voted, To own the Rev. Jonathan Searle\\nto be their minister. The persons whose names are under-\\nwritten entered their dissent against the Rev. Jonathan.\\nSearle being any longer their minister Wm. Eliot, Jonas\\nFay, Jonathan Foster, Jr., Andrew Eliot, Silas Bullard^\\nAbijah Allen, Nathan Whipple, Enosh Lawrence, Joseph\\nLowell, Jonathan Chandler, John Adams, John Lawrence,\\nJoseph Ball, Thomas Blood, Amos Dakin, David Blodgett,\\nZaccheus Davis, Simon Ames, Thomas Robbins, Oliver Scrip-\\nture, Edmund Adams, Stevens Lawrence.\\nJune 21, 1781. Yoted, Not to concur with the church in\\ntheir vote passed 4th of May last, to dismiss the Rev. Jona-\\nthan Searle from his pastoral relation to said church.\\nAugust 14, 1781. The second article was, To see if the\\ntown would concur with the church in their vote to dismiss\\nMr. Searle, 4th of May last. It was Yoted, To concur.\\nYoted, To hire preaching, and to raise X20, silver, for this\\npurpose. Adjourned to the 21st of August. Then Voted,\\nTo reconsider the vote to hire preaching, and adjourned to\\nthe 28th. Then Voted, To hire preaching, and to raise \u00c2\u00a320,\\nhard money. Voted, To leave it to Mr. Abijah Allen to pay\\nor not, if he pleases, and chose Deacon Hall, Joseph Merriam\\nand Ens. John Wood, committee to hire preaching.\\nMarch 11, 1782. Voted, To direct the selectmen to apply\\nto Mr. Jonathan Searle, for a settlement of a note that he\\nhas against the town, said note to be liquidated by the scale\\nto balance his taxes.\\nAugust 28, 1782. The seventh article was, To see what\\nthe town will do with regard to making out a settlement with\\nMr. Searle, as he is advised to leave the matter to the gener-\\nosity of the town. Voted, To make out legal settlement\\nwith Mr. Searle as soon as may be, and chose as a committee,\\nBenj. Mann, Wm. Eliot and Joseph Merriam, for the purpose.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "1788. MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 159\\nFebruary 20th, 1783. At a meeting called for that purpose,\\nVoted, That if Mr. Searle will settle a note he has against\\nthe town, and take the money according to the scale of\\ndepreciation of this state, that for the sake of peace, the\\ntown will abate his rates for the year 1781. Chose a com-\\nmittee to make the settlement, James Withee, Benjamin\\nMann, Esq. and Wm. Eliot. It was further Yoted, That if\\nhe would not accept the proposition, the town would leave it\\nto men, c.\\nAnnual March meeting, 1785. Article 5th. To see if\\nthe town will desire the church to call upon Mr. Jonathan\\nSearle, in an ecclesiastical manner, to make satisfaction for\\nwords he has spoken, which is thought to be a scandal upon\\nsaid town and church; and be at the cost of it, should it end\\nin advice of council. The vote was in the negative,\\nSeptember 4th, 1787. Voted, To leave the complaint\\nwhich Jonathan Searle, Esq., exhibited against the church and\\npeople, c., for neglecting to pay him for his support in 1779,\\ntogether with a bond and order he had against the town, to\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0arbitration that the Eev. Mr. Payson, of Rindge, be one of\\nthe arbitrators, and act as chairman and chose Joseph\\nMerriam, Dea. Amos Dakin, Benjamin Mann, Esq., Hubbert\\nRussell and Joseph Barrett, a committee to agree with Jona-\\nthan Searle, Esq., in choosing the other two arbitrators, and\\nto conduct the defence before the arbitration.\\nJanuary 1st, 1788. Voted, To raise sixty pounds, to pay\\nJonathan Searle, Esq., his due, by the award of arbitrators.\\nVoted, To make the rate to pay Jonathan Searle, Esq., in\\ntwo columns.\\nThus, a controversy which lasted as long as the Trojan\\nwar, and which exhibited about as many vicissitudes, as did\\nthat memorable contest, was brought to a close. All that\\ncan now be known of the merits and different aspects of the\\ncontroversy, has been above exhibited and it is left for the\\ncandid minds of readers, to draw their own conclusions.\\nSoon after these difficulties arose, Mr. Searle ceased to", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "160 HISTORY OF MASON.\\npreach. He owned a valuable real estate in the town, on\\nwhich he continued to reside, till the close of his life. He\\nwas commissioned as a justice of the peace, and acted in that\\ncapacity many years. He took an active part in the building\\nof the meeting house, and in the settlement of his successor^\\nas has already appeared. He was frequently employed in\\nmatters of town business, but from some time near the close\\nof the last century, he, in a great measure, withdrew from all\\nactive concerns in business affairs, and devoted himself,\\nalmost entirely, to agricultural pursuits. He died, December\\n7th, 1812, aged sixty eight years-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER r.\\nRECORDS OP MARRIAGES; AND OF DEATHS, AND\\nFAMILY REGISTERS.\\nRecord of marriages of early residents in Mason and of\\nsome of their ancestors, taken from the town records of\\nGroton, Pepperell and Townsend\\nGROTON.\\n1666.\\nJune 30. Thomas Tarbell,\\n1686.\\nDec. 1. Thomas Tarbell,\\n1716-17.\\nJan. 1. Thomas Tarbell,\\n1725.\\nDec. 19. Samuel Tarbell,\\n1729.\\nDec. 18. Elias Elliot,\\n1730.\\nMay 7. Nathan Whipple,\\n1733-4.\\nJan. 29. Enosh Lawrence,\\n1737.\\nNov. 1. Nehemiah Gould,\\n1741-2.\\nJan. 19. Thomas Tarbell, Jr.,\\n1746.\\nOct. 9. Samuel Scripture, Jr.,\\n1755.\\nApril 16. John Stevens of Townsend,\\n1758.\\nMarch 30. Jonathan Foster,\\n1762.\\nDec. 21. Enosh Lawrence of No. 1,\\n1766.\\nMarch 18. Nathan Whipple,\\nDec. 23. John Whitaker, Jr.,\\nHannah\\nElizabeth Blood.\\nAbigail Parker.\\nLydia Earnsworth.\\nHuth Lawrence.\\nHannah Boynton.\\nSarah Stevens.\\nEsther Bowers.\\nEsther Smith.\\nMary Green.\\nSusannah Tarbell.\\nBetty Hazen.\\nEsther Woods.\\nAbigail Bowers.\\nThankful Pierce.\\nPEPPERELL. BY REV. JOSEPH EMERSON.\\n1748.\\nJuly 21. Zachariah Withee, Esther Kemp.\\n1752.\\nMarch 19. William Elliot, Elizabeth Williams.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "162\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\n1755.\\nNov. 19.\\n1758.\\nJan. 19.\\n24.\\nDec. 27.\\n1759.\\nOct. 18.\\n1767.\\nFeb. 3.\\n1775.\\nJune 26.\\n1745.\\nSept. 3.\\n1757.\\nMay 30.\\n1758.\\nApril 21.\\n1764.\\nPeb. 21.\\n1765.\\nDec. 29.\\n1767.\\nDec. 1.\\n1771.\\nMay 3.\\n1779.\\nJan. 28.\\nJune 17.\\n1781.\\nFeb. 1.\\n1782.\\nMay 30.\\nDec. 10.\\n1785.\\nMay 12.\\n1786.\\nDec. 14.\\n1787.\\nFeb. 1.\\nMarch 30.\\nJohn Swallow, No. 1,\\nOliver Elliot, No. 1,\\nJosiah Wright, No. 1,\\nJonathan Jefts, No. 1,\\nWhitcomb Powers, Hollis,\\nJames Hall, No. 1.,\\nElias Elliot, Mason,\\nSarah Lawrence, No.\\nMary Fisk.\\nDolly Shattuck.\\nLydia Lawrence.\\nElizabeth Lawrence.\\nSarah Roe.\\nSarah Pierce.\\nTOWNSEND. BY REV. PHINEHAS HEMENWAY.\\nBenjamin King, Sarah Taylor.\\nSamuel Lawrence, No. 1, Mary Avery, Townsend.\\nJosiah Robbins, Townsend, Sarah Ames, Hollis.\\nBY REV. SAMUEL DIX.\\nJosiah Robbins, No. 1,\\nWilliam Barrett, No. 1,\\nBenjamin Jefts, No. 1,\\nEdmund Tarbell, Mason,\\nJacob Blodgett, Mason,\\nJoseph Woods, Townsend,\\nMary Campbell, Townsend.\\nSarah Robbins, No. 1.\\nMartha Sloan, Townsend.\\nMary Hildreth,\\nSarah Taylor, Townsend.\\nMary Waugh, Townsend.\\nHincksman Warren, Townsend, Esther Taylor, Townsend.\\nDavid Hall, Mason,\\nJonathan Jefts, Townsend,\\nAmos Blood, Pepperell,\\nEdmund Tarbell, Mason,\\nHenry Jefts,\\nWilliam Eliot, Mason,\\nMargarett Graham, Townsend..\\nLydia Horsley, Pepperell.\\nSarah Blood, Pepperell.\\nBuelah Hildreth, Townsend,\\nElizabeth Waugh.\\nRebecca Hildreth, Townsend,\\nMASON. BY REV. JONATHAN SEARLE.\\n1772.\\nDec. 9. Isaac Flagg,\\n1773.\\nJune 24.\\nJuly 29.\\nDec. 9.\\n1774.\\nFeb. 1.\\nMarch 15.\\nMarch 52.\\n1775.\\nFeb. 14.\\nZachariah Davis,\\nZaccheus Barrett,\\nRandall McDaniels,\\nJohn Tarbell,\\nJames Wilson,\\nJoseph Clough,\\nAsa Hastings,\\nKeziah Russell.\\nSusannah Brown.\\nSarah Hodgman.\\nMartha Russell.\\nSarah Eliot,\\nHannah Parker.\\nMary Scott.\\nMarv Lowell.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "EECOED OF MARRIAGES.\\n163\\n1775.\\nJune 15.\\nOct. 25.\\nDec. 21.\\n1776.\\nAun-. 21.\\n1777.\\nJan. 1.\\nFeb. 5.\\nOct. 21.\\n1778.\\nJuly 8.\\nApril 24.\\n,May 27.\\nJune 25.\\nSept. 9.\\nOct. 20.\\nOct. 20.\\n1779.\\nApril 28.\\nSept. 28.\\nNov. 24.\\nNov 30.\\nDec. 8.\\n1780.\\nJan. 25.\\nFeb. 10.\\n178L\\nJuly 26.\\nJames Scripture,\\nDavid Bioclgett,\\nDaniel Fay,\\nAmos Cliild,\\nThomas Jefts,\\nJdteepb. Hodgman,\\nJosiah. Davis, Jr.,\\nThomas Tarbell, Jr.\\nSilas Spaiilding,\\nJoseph Pike,\\nZachariah Emery,\\nIsaac Lawrence,\\nAmos Holden, Jr.,\\nEleazer Fish,\\nThomas Lawrence,\\nBenjamin Jefts,\\nJoseph Osgood,\\nJonathan Foster,\\nPhinehas Parker,\\nZebedee Kendall,\\nWhitcomb Tarbell,\\nNathan Wood,\\nSibel Shepley.\\nLucy Wheeler.\\nJemima Scripture.\\nSarah Dakin.\\nAbigail Barrett.\\nSarah Lawrence.\\nSusannah McDaniels\\nSarah Barrett.\\nHannah Brown.\\nNabby Sartwell.\\nMary Lemon.\\nAnne Hodgman.\\nLydia Sloan.\\nHachel Goold.\\nMehitable Hall.\\nJuda DeGrett.\\nAbigail Barrett.\\nMercy Towns.\\nElizabeth Swan.\\nMolly Dakin.\\nEuth Dodge.\\nSusannah Dutton.\\n1785.\\nMarch 15.\\nMarch 25.\\nMarch 27.\\nApril 12.\\nNov. 1.\\nNov. 29.\\n1786.\\nFeb. 2.\\nMarch 9.\\nJune 22.\\nOct. 22.\\n1788.\\nMay 27.\\n1789.\\nMay 19.\\n1790.\\nSept. 23.\\n1802.\\nNov. 16.\\n1783.\\nDec. 11.\\n1787.\\nDec. 6.\\n1809.\\nJan. 29.\\nBY JONATHAN SEARLE, J. P.\\nAbijah Eaton,\\nPeter Rumrey,\\nNoah Winship,\\nRogers Weston,\\nEzra Merriam,\\nSamuel Eliot,\\nSolomon Gilson,\\nJoseph Robens,\\nJohn Searle,\\nSamuel Green,\\nJoseph Sanders,\\nEdward Wilson,\\nWilliam Scott,\\nElizabeth Eliot.\\nRuth Parker.\\nDeborah Swallow.\\nDeborah Lawrence.\\nSusannah Eliot.\\nSarah Merriam.\\nDorothy Wood.\\nMoUy Sloan.\\nSusannah Lawrence.\\nMolly Swallow.\\nBetty Hall.\\nLydia Dakin.\\nEsther Eliot.\\nPeter Thomas, Concord, Mass., Mary Reed, Concord, Mass.\\nBY REV. STEPHEN FARRAR.\\nAmos Dakin, Mary Kingsley.\\nJonathan Chandler,\\nMark SafFord, Washington,\\nRachel Wilson.\\nMercy Barrett.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "164\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nBY REV. MR. JUDSON.\\n1782.\\nJuly 1. Silas Bullard,\\nAvis Keyes.\\nBY REV. WILLIAM ELIOT.\\n1789.\\nJuly 1.\\n1790.\\nMarch 16.\\n1791.\\nMarch 29.\\n1793.\\nFeb. 2.\\nJune 6.\\nNov. 4.\\n1794.\\nJan. 14.\\nMay 17.\\n1796.\\nNov. 20.\\n1797.\\nDec. 24.\\n1800.\\nApril 8.\\nJune 29.\\nNov. 16.\\n1801.\\nFeb. 7.\\nMay 19.\\n1802.\\nApril 8,\\nAug. 22.\\n1803.\\nMarch 8.\\nApril 5.\\nOct. 16.\\nDec. 22.\\n1804.\\nJan. 12.\\nSept. 1.\\nSept. 10.\\n1805.\\nFeb. 27.\\nOct. 21.\\nNov. 24.\\nAug. 19.\\n1806.\\nJan. 30.\\nMarch 27.\\nMarch 27.\\nJune 3.\\nSept. 16.\\n1807.\\n-Nov. 6.\\nNov. 16.\\nDec. 1.\\n1809.\\nJuly 9.\\nOct. 3.\\nNov. 3.\\nJohn Sloan,\\nJohn Squire,\\nWillard Lawrence,\\nRichard Hall,\\nMoses Johnson,\\nDavid Brown, Hollis,\\nEzra Mansfield,\\nAsa Hobart, Hollis,\\nEphraim Woods, Hollis,\\nWilliam Butterfield, Jr.,\\nQuincy Adams,\\nJohn Whipple,\\nWiUiam Butterfield,\\nNathan Perry,\\nJoshua Davis, Hollis,\\nDavid Fuller, Temple,\\nJona. Rider, [Rideout Hollis,\\nOliver Eliot,\\nAmos Brown, New Ipswich,\\nThomas Hutchinson, Carlisle,\\nJoseph Haskell, Mason,\\nAbraham Robbins, Concord,\\nJoseph BrabrQok, Acton,\\nSarah Blood.\\nSibbel Procter.\\nBetsey Austin.\\nHannah Kendall.\\nMolly Eliot,\\nRhoda Alexander, Dunstable.\\nAbiah Wood.\\nDeborah Phelps, HolKs,\\nDorcas Jewell, Dunstable.\\nRuth Hubbart.\\nDolly Eliot.\\nHannah Dady.\\nEsther Hale.\\nRebecca Brown.\\nSarah Tarbell, Mason.\\nPolly Horsley, Temple.\\nRebecca Powers, Dunstable.\\nBetsey Hutchinson, Milford,\\nSarah Tarbell, New Ipswich.\\nSarah Eliot, Mason.\\nRebecca Barrett, Mason.\\nHannah Eliot, Mason.\\nSally Adams, Mason.\\nJosiah Warren, Norridgewock, Betsey Searles, Mason.\\nJohn Adams, New Ipswich, Hannah Leavitt, Milford.\\nDaniel Jewett, Hollis, Rebecca Jaquith, Hollis.\\nCapt. Thomas Roby, Dunstable, Wid. Phebe Dresser, Dunstable.\\nHenry Butterfield, Dunstable, Priscilla Wheeler, Dunstable.\\nAbiathar Winn, Nottinghamwest,Lucy Gouldsmith, Wilton.\\nDavid Wallace, Milford, Polly Farmer, Dunstable.\\nThomas Jaquith, Hollis, Lydia Woods, Hollis.\\nNathan Brown, New Ipswich, Betsey Gouldsmith, Wilton.\\nGeorge Farrar WaUis, Lydia Lawrence, Townsend.\\nMoses Lovejoy, Wilton, Nancy Tarbell, Mason.\\nAaron Marshall, Dunstable, Mrs. Lydia BUlings.\\nBenj. Wyman, Nottinghamwest. Betsey Campbell, Nottingham W\\nJohn Ulot, [Eliot?] Milford, Abigail Rollins, Milford.\\nOthni Crosby, Dublin, Anna Davis, Mason.\\nJohn Spaulding,Whitingham,Vt. Rebecca Conant, New Ipswich,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "EECORD OF MAREIAGES.\\n165\\n1810.\\nFeb. 25.\\nNov. 15.\\nNov. 22.\\n1811.\\nApril 21.\\nDec. 10.\\n1812.\\nFeb. 27.\\nAug. 25.\\nOct. 11.\\n1813.\\nApril 8.\\nApril 11.\\nSept. 7.\\nSept. 12.\\nDee. 24.\\n1814.\\n-Jan. 25.\\nJuly 2.\\nJuly 10.\\nAug. 7.\\nDec. 25.\\n1815.\\nJan. 7.\\nNov. 27.\\nDec. 12.\\n1816.\\nMay 23.\\nJune 2.\\n1817.\\nNov. 13.\\n1820.\\nFeb. 22.\\nNov. 20.\\n1821.\\nJan. 4.\\nAprH 19.\\n1822.\\nFeb. 28.\\nNov. 5.\\n1823.\\nOct. 29.\\n1824.\\nJan. 20.\\nMay 9.\\nOct. 10.\\nOct. 21.\\n1825.\\nJan. 24.\\nJoel Blanchard, Belgrade, Me.\\nIsaac Longiey, Wilton,\\nEomanus Emerson, Boston,\\nGeorge Mt. Kendall, Mason,\\nEbenezer Adanas, Mason,\\nJohn Felt, Temple,\\nJohn Sargent, Milford,\\nJoseph Smith, Wilton,\\nAbigail Simons, Wilton.\\nHannah Peabody, Wilton.\\nJemima Burnam, Wilton.\\nPolly Eliot, Mason.\\nJemima Mansur, Wilton.\\nSally Bullard, Mason.\\nMartha Simons, Wilton.\\nLucy Adams, Mason.\\nJonathan Jefts, Jr., Mason, Nabby E,obb, Mason.\\nBenjamin Wetherbee, Mason, Hannah Wadsworth, Mason,\\nDa^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2id Goodwin, Milford, Sarah Putnam, Milford.\\nTaylor Fay, Mason, [Ips-wich, Betsey Sanders, Mason.\\nWilliam BuUess, [Bellows?] New Abigail Wadsworth, N. Ipswich.\\nIsaac Lovejoy, Wilton,\\nLevi Wheeler, Berlin,\\nSamuel W^oodbiiry, Shirley,\\nJohn Dickerman, Francestown,\\nMoses Barrett, Lancaster,\\nKebecca Eliot, Mason.\\nOlive Colburn, Berlin.\\nMary Weethee, Mason.\\nSally Dakin, Mason.\\nSarah Hill, Mason.\\nJacob Hideout, Wilton, Sally Simons, Wilton.\\nJohn Parkhurst, New Ipswich, Lydia Burrows, New Ipswich.\\nDavid Whitney, Ashby, Charlotte Blanchard, N. Ipswich,\\nWillard Lawrence, Mason, Lydia Dakin, Mason.\\nAmos Dakin, Mason, Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence.\\nRev. Benj. J. Lane, Wilton, Susan Ehot, Mason.\\nRev. John Parkhurst, N Jpswich, Ceha Burrows, New Ipswich.\\nMoody Lancey, Brookline, Charlotte Kemp, Mason.\\nPaul Davis, Mason,\\nGeorge Elliot, Mason,\\nThomas Robins, Mason,\\nJohn Robins, Mason,\\nMary Kimball.\\nSally Farnsworth, Sharon,\\nHannah Blood, Mason.\\nDolly Adams, Mason.\\nEdward Wilson, Troy, N. Y., Betsey Elliot, Mason.\\nFrancis Shepherd, Betsey Hutchinson.\\nEli Nutting, Mason, Lydia B. Nirtting, Mason,\\nIVIartin Rand, Lticy Cummings.\\nJohn Rollins, Mont Vernon, Mary Smith, Milford.\\nEzra Bennett,\\nHarriet Hunt.\\n1816.\\nBY JOHN BLODGETT, J. P.\\nFeb. 14. John H. Sartell, Mason,\\n1819.\\nSept. 10. Levi Barrett, Mason,\\n1821.\\nFeb. 1. William Nutting, Mason,\\n22\\nPatty Jefts, Mason.\\nSally Baldwin, Mason.\\nCynthia Blood, Mason.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "166\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\n1819.\\nBY REV. THOMAS BEDEE.\\nMay 27. Samuel Merriam, Mason,\\nHuldah Burton, Y/ilton.\\n1821.\\nBY TIMOTHY DAKIN, J. P.\\nMay 17. Moses Dakin, Hope, Me.,\\nAug. 9. Jolin Hubbard, Mason.,\\nSeDt. 4. Noali Hale, Dunstable,\\nSarab. W. Whiting, Mason,\\nMary Kennedy, Mason.\\nHannab Daidn, Mason.\\nBY REV. EBENEZER HILL.\\nLI \u00c2\u00bbL\\nNov.\\np.\\n4.\\nDec.\\n21.\\n1791\\nMarch. 17.\\nMay\\n1.\\nJune\\n30.\\nOct.\\n13.\\nNov.\\n17.\\nDec.\\n19.\\nDec.\\n29.\\n179^\\nJan.\\n12.\\n23.\\n23.\\n26.\\nFeb.\\n16.\\nMarch 29.\\nApril\\n19.\\nDec.\\n20.\\n1793.\\nJan.\\n1.\\n15.\\n15.\\nApril\\n18.\\n25.\\nMay\\n1.\\nn\\n2.\\nt(\\n22.\\nOct.\\n21.\\n22.\\n1794.\\nJan.\\n7.\\na\\n8.\\nPeb.\\n18.\\nApril\\n14.\\nJuly\\n3.\\n8.\\nOct.\\n23.\\nDec.\\n11.\\n1795.\\nFeb.\\n11.\\nApril\\n16.\\n(1\\n21.\\nAug.\\n27.\\nOct;\\n17,\\nDec.\\n24,\\nJohn Seaver, E,aby,\\nJohn Russell, Raby,\\nJonas Baldwin, Jr., Townsend,\\nElisha Busrt,\\nJonathan Williams,\\nJohn Whitaker, Jr.,\\nJosiah Eliot,\\nWiUiam Shed,\\nSamuel Earnsworth, Eaby,\\nSamuel Dunster,\\nSamuel Russell, Rabj\\nJonas Campbell,\\nSamuel Douglass, Jr., Raby,\\nJonas Tarbell, Groton,\\nBenjamin Hodgman,\\nAbner Chickering,\\nSamuel Smith, Jr.,\\nOliver Hosmer,\\nAmos Hodgkins,\\nWilliam Parkhurst, Temple,\\nJason Dunster, Jr.,\\nDaniel Hill, Cambridge,\\nOliver Eliot, Jr.,\\nStephen Hall, Raby,\\nAmos Croutch, Boxborough,\\nOliver Nutting,\\nJoel Barrett,\\nEsther Rusell, Raby.\\nLeai ee Lawrence.\\nPrudence Plaven.\\nPolly Mann.\\nMrs. Anna Stevens.\\nDolly Pay.\\nPolly Weatherbee, Raby.\\nPatty J efts.\\nAzubah Badger, Mile Slip.\\nPlannah Townsend.\\nSusannah Campbell.\\nElizabeth Russell, Raby.\\nSarah Seaver, Raby.\\nAbigail Hodgman.\\nMrs. Mary Shed, Ashby.\\nEunice Dakin.\\nPhebe Wheelock.\\nPatty Lawrence.\\nPriscilla Smith.\\nSally Swallow, Temple.\\nPolly Merriam.\\nElizabeth Russell.\\nRebecca Ross.\\nSubmit Shattuck, Raby,\\nIjydia Brown, Raby.\\nNaomi Blood.\\nMercy Townsend.\\nBrintnal Witherell, Hannah Searle.\\nJosiah Russell, Eunice Saunderson.\\nJohn Winship, Jr., Polly Barrett.\\nSolomon Bacon, Bedford, Mass., Lucy Barrett.\\nWilliam Barrett, Jr., Hannah Dutton.\\nJohn Russell, Jr., Lydia Blood.\\nArtemas Manning, Rhoda Wyeth.\\nJohn Baldwin, Townsend, Sibbell Barrett.\\nSamuel Gilbert Sumner, Keene,\\nEbenezer Emery, Jr., Raby,\\nJonathan Russell,\\nPrederick Smith,\\nMoody Shattuck, Raby,\\nAbijah Eliot,\\nSusannah Towns.\\nAbigail Shattuck, Raby.\\nHannah Plagg, Ashby.\\nLucy Kendall.\\nEunice Tarbell, Pepperell.\\nRachel Williams.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "EECORD OP MAERIAGES.\\n167\\n1/ yi\\nJune\\nJ.\\n24.\\nAug.\\n24.\\nOct.\\n5.\\ni(\\n27.\\nNov.\\n23.\\n24.\\n24.\\n179/\\nr\\nJan.\\n3.\\nJune\\n8.\\nJuly\\n30.\\nOct.\\n3.\\nDec.\\n17.\\n1795\\ni.\\nJan.\\n9.\\nFeb.\\n8.\\n8.\\n17.\\n28.\\nMarch 20.\\nApril\\n19.\\nOct.\\n25.\\nNov.\\n28.\\nDec.\\n27.\\n179\u00c2\u00a3\\nJan.\\n14.\\nFeb.\\n12.\\nMarcb\\n5.\\nApril\\n25.\\nJune\\n27.\\nSept.\\n8.\\nDec.\\n18.\\n(C\\n26.\\nisoo.\\nFeb.\\n27.\\nMarch\\nL 6.\\n(1\\n11.\\ni\\n16.\\nJuly\\n1.\\nOct.\\n20.\\n21.\\nNov.\\n11.\\n13.\\n13.\\n23.\\\\,\\nDec.\\n3.\\n1801.\\nFeb.\\n5.\\n22.\\n24.\\nMarcl\\nL 1.\\nJune\\n30.\\nNov.\\n10.\\n1802.\\nFeb.\\n4.\\nDec.\\n9.\\n30.\\nit\\n30.\\nEdward Taylor, Townsend,\\nJacob Austin, Raby,\\nJohn Wait,\\nStephen Withington,\\nPhillip Farnsworth, Raby,\\nClark Brown, Raby,\\nAmos Herrick,\\nSamuel Wilson, Troy, N. Y.,\\nJohn Austin, Concord,\\nTimothy Pratt, Maiden,\\nJonathan Smith,\\nJames Mann,\\nWilliam Bride,\\nReuben Hosmer, Jr.,\\nIsaac Allen, Andover,\\nPearley Saunders, Townsend,\\nAsa Heywood, Concord, Mass.,\\nWilliam Miles,\\nStephen Prichard, N. Ipswich,\\nJohn Barrett, Ashby,\\nSilas Shed,\\nEzra Newell,\\nJosiah Winship,\\nJonathan Blood, Townsend,\\nDaniel Hodgman,\\nReuben Hodgman, Jr.,\\nEliphalet Bailey, New Ipswich,\\nJason Russell,\\nAaron Peabody, Jr Milford,\\nZaccheus Lancy, Milford,\\nJoseph Stickney, Jr., N. Ipswich,\\nJohn Stevens, Alstead,\\nWilliam Cutter Blood,\\nAbraham Boynton, Charlestown,\\nAaron Warren, Townsend,\\nDarius Hudson,\\nEli Towne, Temple,\\nJoshua Blood, Jr., Pepperell,\\nRufus Russell,\\nAmos Robbins,\\nHolhs Amsden,\\nEzra Brown,\\nThomas Boylston Chambers,\\nJames Scripture, Jr.,\\nNehemiah Russell, Weston, Yt.\\nJohn Longlejs Norridgewalk,\\nEphraim Russell,\\nJohn vVithington,\\nJohn Hodgman, Ashby,\\nElijah Towne, New Ipswich,\\nDea. Timothy Dakin,\\nDavid Boynton, Townsend,\\nSalW Brooks.\\nIsabell Mcintosh, Raby.\\nLuc} Farmer.\\nPolly Austin, Townsend.\\nRhocla Badger, Milford.\\nMrs. Sarah Withee.\\nWid. Sarah Miles.\\nBetsey Mann.\\nSally Lawrence, Concord.\\nRuhamah Russell.\\nSusannah Barrett.\\nMercy Town.\\nPolly Scripture-\\nSusanna Whitaker.\\nRebecca Dakin.\\nSarah Todd, Townsend.\\nPolly Lawrence, Concord, Mass.\\nLydia Townsend.\\nPolly Start, New Ipswich.\\nLucy Lawrence.\\nPolly Williams.\\nEunice Swallow.\\nSybbel Swallow.\\nRachel Squire, Townsend.\\nAnna Walker.\\nHannah Walker.\\nSally Pwichardson, New Ipswich.\\nMrs. Lydia Chambers.\\nPolly Miles, Milford.\\nSally TarbeU.\\nAnna Hosmer.\\nLydia Brown.\\nSally Townsend.\\nHannah Jefts.\\nSally Wheeler.\\nSibbel Scripture.\\nBetsey Scripture.\\nMary Russell.\\nEsther Tarbell.\\nPolly Dudley.\\nPolly Chambers.\\nEunice Flagg.\\nDolly Merriam,\\nLucy Dakin.\\nSally Barrett.\\nJudith Searle, Norridgewalk.\\nSally Eliot.\\nSally Spaulding, Townsend.\\nAbigail Davis.\\nMrs. Elizabeth Flagg.\\nMary Bowers.\\nPolly Wheeler.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "168\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\n1803.\\nFeb.\\n27.\\nMarch 1.\\n1.\\nApril\\n10.\\nMay\\n1.\\nNov.\\n3.\\nt\\n17.\\n27.\\n1804.\\nJan.\\n19.\\n24.\\nFeb.\\n21.\\n5.\\nM*ay\\n13.\\n(1\\n20.\\nJune\\n6.\\nAug.\\n26.\\nSept.\\n9.\\nNov.\\n27.\\n180c\\ni.\\nJan.\\n8.\\n15.\\nFeb.\\n6.\\nMarch\\n5.\\nAug.\\n26.\\nNov.\\n19.\\nDec.\\n15.\\n1806\\nMay\\n4.\\nJune\\n1.\\nAug.\\n15.\\nOct.\\n1.\\nIt\\n19.\\nu\\n23.\\nNov.\\n13.\\n29.\\n1807\\nJan.\\n1.\\n1.\\nFeb.\\n15.\\nMay\\n29.\\n^i\\n31.\\nJune\\nSept. 8.\\nDec. 27.\\n1808.\\nMay 5.\\nJuly 13.\\n1809.\\nMarch 9.\\n23.\\nMay 25.\\nJuly 2.\\nSept. 3.\\nIsaac Crane, Alsteacl, Patty BroAvn.\\nWilliam WMtaker, Polly Eusse 11.\\nDr. Samuel Lovejoy, Wilton, Betsy Lawrence, Wilton.\\nDavid Jefts, Edee Barrett.\\nBenjamin Locke, Jr., Lexington, Betsy Lawrence.\\nAbel Fletcher, Betsy Gilman.\\nBenj. Hutchinson, Jr., Milford, Azubah Tarbell, Milford.\\nElisha Barrett, Nabby Russell.\\nAbraham Merriam,\\nThomas Wilson,\\nElias Eliot, Jr.,\\nDavid Jefts, 2d,\\nEbenezer Gilman,\\nBenjamin Russell,\\nJoseph Woods, Jr.,\\nJoel Richardson, Boston,\\nWilliam Farwell,\\nDavid Pierce, New Ipswich,\\nMary Lawrence.\\nRebecca Merriam.\\nRebecca Tufts.\\nAbigail Barrett.\\nHannah Pratt.\\nSally Brooks.\\nNancy Ditson.\\nMrs. Hannah Barrett.\\nRebecca Smith.\\nHSpzibah Davis.\\nAsa Wilder, Ashby, Rebecca Emerson.\\nJoel Richards, Tryphena Kemp.\\nShebuel Conant, Pepperell, Anna Farley, Hollis.\\nBenjamin Cummings, Brookline, Lucy Whitaker.\\nJohn Brown, Lucy Gray.\\nJoshua Boutell, Hancock, Hannah Lawrence.\\nWilliam Russell, Polly Dakin.\\nSamuel Nutting, Pepperell, Sarah Weatherbee.\\nLeonard Badger, Milford, Sally Barrett.\\nLuther Robbins, Marlboro Ms*, Nabby Champney.\\nDaniel Brooks, New Ipswich, Beulah Billings, New Ipswich.\\nLuther W. Wright, Pepperell, Betsey Tarbell.\\nEleazer Fish, Sally Williams.\\nSampson Klarter, Westford, Sally Gilman.\\nJoseiah Tufts, Jr., Danvers, Ms., Lucy EUot.\\nMoses Perry, Dubhn,\\nSamuel Townsend,\\nSamuel Wesson,\\nJoshua Blood,\\nWilliamUpham, Jr., Maiden, Ms,\\nBenjamin Lawrence, Ashby,\\nCyrus Colman, Ashby,\\nGeo. Martin, Westminster, Ms.,\\nJoseph Bullard,\\nBenjamin Kendall,\\nTimothy Weatherbee, Jr.,\\nJames Snow,\\nReuben Darling,\\nPersis Townsend.\\nBetsey Nutting.\\nNancy Wheeler.\\nAnna Russell.\\nDorothy Blanchard, Wilton.\\nPolly ToAvnsend.\\nLydia Miles.\\nZilpha Townsend.\\nSally Woods.\\nBetsey Weatherbee.\\nBetsey Kendall.\\nEsther Heald, Shirley.\\nHannah Scriptiire.\\nOct.\\n1.\\nSamuel Gates, Ashburnham, Ruth Lawrence.\\nHubbert Russell, Jr., Polly Woods.\\nOliver Wright, Tyngsborough, Hannah Wheeler.\\nFrancis Butterick, Jr., Pepperell, Millicent Hodgman.\\nElijah Knapp, Rhoda Swallow.\\nSamuel Hill, Mary Adams.\\nJoseph Winship, Achsah Richardson.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "EECOED OF MAEEIAGES.\\n169\\nOct.\\n3.\\n17.\\nNov.\\n2.\\n(1\\n15.\\nDec.\\n7.\\n21.\\n1810.\\nJan.\\n11,\\nFeb.\\n19.\\nApril\\n12.\\nMay\\n29.\\nJune\\n20.\\nJuly\\n15.\\nAug.\\n30.\\nDec.\\n13.\\n23.\\n181]\\nL.\\nJan.\\n3.\\n31.\\nFeb.\\n14.\\n21.\\nMarch 10.\\n24.\\nMay\\n23.\\nApril\\n11.\\nNov.\\n7.\\n1812\\nFeb.\\n2.\\nMarch 19.\\nOct.\\n26.\\nNov.\\n27.\\nDec.\\n7.\\n17.\\nit\\n17.\\n181S\\nJan.\\n17.\\nFeb.\\n6.\\nMay\\n4.\\n24.\\nOct.\\n10.\\n(C\\n14.\\nNov.\\n25.\\n1814\\nMarch\\n8.\\\\\\n15.\\n28.\\nApril\\n18.\\nOct.\\n23.\\nNov.\\n1.\\nDec.\\n1.\\n5.\\n22.\\n181^\\nMarch\\n9.\\nApril\\n11.\\n16.\\n17.\\nJos Barrett,Esq. Bakersfield.Vt., Mary Appleton, New IpsTvich.\\nJosiah Bachelder, Jr., N. Ips icli, Rebecca Brooks, New Ipswich.\\nCapt. Isaac Spaulding, Wilton, Mrs. Marj Coburn, Wilton.\\nWilliam Fay, Esther Tufts.\\nThomas Stevens, Enosboro ,Vt., Susanna Adams, New Ipswich*\\nSamuel Stone, Jr., Townsend, Lucy Wheeler.\\nAsa Farnsworth, New Ipswich,\\nJacob Putnam, Peterborough,\\nJona. Stow Adams, Leominster,\\nTimothy Wheeler, Gardner,\\nCapt. Solomon Davis, N. Ipswich,\\nCyrus Davis,\\nNoah Winship, Jr.,\\nJesse Seaver, Townsend,\\nSamuel Withington,\\nJohn Swallow, 3d,\\nBenjamin Farwell,\\nLevi Whitaker,\\nWilliam Webber,\\nJohn Hartshorn, Lyndeboro\\nTrue Robbins,\\nSimeon Cragin, Temple,\\nJesse Barrett, Jr.,\\nGeorge Dakin,\\nAaron Wood,\\nSewall Woods,\\nJames Wood, Jr.,\\nJames Kennedy, New Ipswich,\\nThomas Felt, Temple,\\nWilliam Darling,\\nWilham TarbeU, Milford,\\nTimothy Wheeler, Jr.,\\nThomas Gary, 2d, Leominster,\\nJoshua Da^sis,\\nJames Barrett,\\nJosiah Merriam,\\nDavid Saunders,\\nNabby Brown, New Ipswich.\\nLucy Brooks, New Ipswich.\\nBetsey Wood.\\nPolly Wheeler, New Ipswich.\\nEsther Allen, New Ipswich.\\nPhebe Hay Bucknam.\\nAbigail Parker Blood.\\nBetsey Warren,\\nAzubah Swallow.\\nSally Woods.\\nSarah Winship.\\nEunice TarbeU,\\nHannah Flagg.\\nSusanna Curtis, Lyndeborough.\\nRebecca Hodgman,\\nBetsey Dakin,\\nLucy Scripture.\\nAma Wood.\\nRebecca Wright.\\nAnna Whitaker.\\nBetsey Jones. [Ipswich.\\nMrs, Elizabeth Chamberlain, N.\\nSibbel Jefts.\\nPolly Wood.\\nLydia Spaulding, Milford.\\nPolly Hill.\\nNancj^ Weethee.\\nSarah Richardson, Wilton.\\nLucinda Knapp.\\nSally Hill.\\nAma Wheeler.\\nCaleb Campbell, New Ipswich, J^ucy Taylor, New Ipswich.\\nHubbard Amsden, Anna Saunders.\\nAaron Holden, Wilton, Rebecca Merriam.\\nSamuel Heald, Jr., Carlisle, Sibbel March, Carlisle.\\nAmos Howard, Westminster, Rebecca Flagg.\\nCharles Johnson, Southborough, Prudence Stuart,\\nSamuel Fish, Sally Eliot,\\nSamuel TarbeU, Mrs, Rhoda Atherton, Shuiey*\\nSamuel Dakin, Mary Gilchrist.\\nWoodis Lee, Azubah Holt.\\nJune 8.\\n25.\\nPhinehas Allen,\\nAbel FareweU,\\nEphraim RusseU,\\nJoseph Putnam,\\nEbenezer Hodgman, Jr.,\\nThomas Kenworthy,\\nSally Campbell.\\nSally Huston.\\nMiUy Eliott.\\nLucy Rumrill.\\nAnn H, ilitchell.\\nMrs. Mary Merriam.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "170\\nHISTOEY OP MASOX.\\n1815.\\nDec. 28.\\n28.\\n1816.\\nFeb. 27.\\nApril 18.\\n22.\\nJune 23.\\nSept. 29.\\nOct. 13.\\n24.\\nDec. 3.\\n22.\\n1817.\\nMarch. 5.\\nApril 16.\\nJune 2.\\n4.\\n5.\\nJuly 16.\\n17.\\nSept. 25.\\n28.\\nNov. 20.\\n18.\\n19.\\n25.\\n25.\\n28.\\n1818.\\nFeb. 5.\\nApril 19.\\nMay 7.\\nAug. 29.\\nOct. 15.\\nDec. 17.\\n30.\\n1819.\\nFeb. 23.\\nMay 27.\\nAug. 5.\\nOct. 26.\\n1820.\\nMarch 15.\\n15.\\nApril 19.\\nMay 1.\\nJune 18.\\nSept. 5\\nDec. 26.\\n1821.\\nFeb. 15.\\n20.\\n22.\\n22.\\nMarcb 12.\\nApril 10.\\n17.\\nMay 8.\\nJune 5.\\nBenoni C. Kimball,\\nAmos VVbeeler,\\nJoel Cutter, Jaffrey,\\nAsa Merriam,\\nFrancis Humphries,\\nEphraim Hildreth,\\nCotton Tufts, JafFrey,\\nDavid Shattuck, Ashby,\\nJonathan Davis, New Ipswich,\\nEleazer Davis, Shirley,\\nAbel Wilder, Keene,\\nSamuel Hartshorn, Jr., Wilton,\\nLyman Newton, Southborough,\\nJohn Bachelder,\\nJohn Spaulding, Wilton,\\nRobert Taylor, Jr., Ashby,\\nJohn Webber,\\nElijah King,\\nLuther Nutting,\\nZenas Gibbs,\\nCharles Scripture,\\nArtemas Rowell,\\nAmos Holden,\\nAmos E-ussel,\\nAmos Davis, Groton,\\nDavid Hobart, Brookline,\\nWilliam Wright,\\nPearly Saunders, Townsend,\\nMicah E,ussel,\\nJonas Kendall,\\nEzra Merriam, Jr.,\\nCaleb Bucknam,\\nIsaac Brown, Cambridge,\\nZadock Merriam, Washington,\\nMoses Russell,\\nAsher Eliott,\\nSpaulding Eliott, Pepperell,\\nMary Dunster.\\nPrudence Parker.\\nMary S. Jones.\\nPolly Saunders.\\nDorcas Swallow.\\nMalilda Hodgman.\\nAbigail Tarbell.\\nHepzibah Shattuck.\\nElizabeth Jones.\\nRebecca Robbins.\\nLydia Jefts.\\nPolly Tarbell.\\nPolly Stewart.\\nMary Hartshorn, Wilton.\\nEunice S. Russell.\\nPolly Hodgman,\\nMary Knapp.\\nMrs. Deidama Parker.\\nRuthy Adams.\\nMartha Kimball.\\nNabby Bucknam.\\nBetsey Swallow.\\nHannah Barrett.\\nPolly Brown, Ashby.\\nHannah Barrett.\\nEunice Wright, Brookline.\\nNancy Flinn.\\nHannah Robbins.\\nSally Stratton, New Ipswich*\\nSarah Seaver, Brookline.\\nSally Scripture.\\nDeborah Barrett.\\nSally Flagg.\\nPatty Eliott.\\nBetse}^ Dunster.\\nCharlotte Flagg.\\nMary Eliott.\\nWilliam L. Steele, Wilton, [Vt., Dolly Tarbell,\\nJairus Robinson, Weathersiield, Roxana Holt.\\nBenjamin Edwards,\\nJohn Russell, Jr.,\\nAbner Holden,\\nArtemas Wood, Mont Vernon,\\nCaleb Bucknam, Townsend,\\nCharles Granger,\\nSamuel Smith, Jr.,\\nCapt. Ira Hall,\\nAmos Eliott,\\nCharles Scripture,\\nFrancis Wright,\\nSolomon B. Baldwin,\\nLoami Chamberlain,\\nJoseph B, Robbins,\\nLucy Jefts.\\nElizabeth Williams.\\nEunice Barrett.\\nSusan Barber.\\nLoisa Brooks Snow.\\nClarissa P. BuUard.\\nClarissa Atherton.\\nPolly Boynton.\\nBetsey Felton.\\nPrudence Webber.\\nMrs. Lucy Barrett.\\nAgnes C. Smith.\\nEliza Tucker, Brookline.\\nHannah Blood,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "RECOED OF MARRIAGES.\\n171\\n1821.\\nJune\\n7.\\nNov.\\n18.\\n29.\\nDec.\\n20.\\n27.\\n1822.\\nJan.\\n17.\\nMay\\n6.\\n12.\\n28.\\nAug.\\n25.\\nSept.\\n8.\\nOct.\\n1.\\n24.\\nNov.\\n28.\\nDec.\\n19.\\n24.\\n182;\\n3.\\nJan.\\n30.\\nApril\\n6.\\n28.\\nMay\\n22.\\n22.\\nAug.\\n21.\\nSept.\\n7.\\nOct.\\n6.\\n9.\\nNov.\\n16.\\n(I\\n20.\\nDec.\\n21.\\n31.\\n1824.\\nFeb,\\n5.\\nApril\\n30.\\nMay\\n18.\\n23.\\nJune\\n3.\\nAug.\\n12.\\nDec.\\n9.\\n25.\\n182^\\nJan.\\n13.\\nFeb.\\n17.\\nJune\\n2.\\nDec.\\n29.\\n182f\\nJan.\\n26.\\nMarch 30.\\nApril\\n20.\\nMay\\n23.\\nJulv\\n4.\\nSept.\\n19.\\n2.5.\\nOct.\\n26.\\nHorace Savrtell, Sally Saunders.\\nThomas Loring, Eebecca Danforth.\\nJonas Brown, Townsend, Phebe Winsliip.\\nBeiij. Williams, 2d, N. Ipswich, AbigailJetts.\\nLeonard Read, Hannah Ford Foster.\\nThomas Hodgman, Jr., Esther Flagg.\\nCharles Barrett, Temple, Susanna Seaver, New Ipswich.\\nCurtis Lawrence, Groton, Lucy Merriam.\\n[Oliver Stearns, Milford, Dolly Wright, Milford.\\n13y Eev. Richard Hall of New Ipswich.]\\nBenjamin Fletcher,\\nJonathan Richardson,\\nJohn Boynton, Templeton,\\nAlexander Lynch,\\nEdmund Bancroft, Pepperell,\\nJohn Jenkins, Towiisend,\\nAriel Godding, New Ij)swich,\\nAbel Kemp, Brookline,\\nCalvin Blood,\\nJoel Eliott,\\nWilliam Carson, Wilton,\\nAbel Davis, Jr., Concord, Ms.,\\nStejDhen Brooks, Ashby,\\nNathan B. Shattuck, Ashby,\\nWilliam Kesson, New Ipswich,\\nAbijah Eaton,\\nAsahel Green, Rlilford,\\nAmos Hodgman, Pepperell,\\nTimothy Farrar,\\nAmmi Shattuck,\\nJoseph Merriam, 2d,\\nBenj. Lane, Jr., Ashburnham,\\nAndrew Eliott,\\nWilliam Johnson, Bostoii,\\nSamson Mcintosh, Brookline,\\nOrris Knapp, Ashburnham,\\nJames Frost, Jr., Windham,\\nSamuel Dix Blood,\\nDavid Jewett Stickney, [ple,\\nTimothy Wheelock Smith, Tem-\\nAsher Tarbell,\\nJesse Saunders, Townsend,\\nCyrus Putnam, Wilton,\\nJohn Kimball, Fitzwilliam,\\nAbraham Wright,\\nOrlando Cragin,\\nJames Parker, Brookline,\\nGeorge Betterly, Brookline,\\nJonathan Russell, Jr.,\\nJohn R. Jordan, Temple,\\nWilliam Bailey, JliKord,\\nWilliam Ward. Newport,\\nLuke George, Brookline,\\nJohn M. Maynard, Jaffrey,\\nDeidama Austin.\\nRebecca Hill.\\nNabby Merriam.\\nAnna Barrett.\\nEliza Ames, Brookline.\\nLoisa Brown.\\nEliza Chickering, New Ipswich.\\nMary Dean, Townsend.\\nIndiana Blood.\\nAnnah Shed.\\nDorcas Russell.\\nRebecca Lewis, New Ipswich.\\nNarcissa Pratt, Noav Ipswich.\\nEsther Smith, New Ipswich.\\nMary Harding, New Ipswich.\\nJudith J efts.\\nPamela Scripture.\\nPolly Flagg.\\nSally Richardson.\\nPhebe Hutchinson.\\nNancy Davis, Townsend.\\nAbigail Walker, New Ipswich.\\nSally Warren.\\nDeidama Pritchard, New Ips ich.\\nEliza Amsden.\\nMiUey Flagg.\\nMartha F. Russell, Windham.\\nNancy P^ichardson.\\nLydia Amsden.\\nEliza Austin.\\nMary Ann Barber.\\nMary Ann Kemp.\\nLucinda Tarbell.\\nNabby J. Hill.\\nLucinda Flagg.\\nMeliuda G. Cristy.\\nDeverd Corey, Brookline.\\nHannah Lee, Brookline.\\nRebecca Blood, Sharon.\\nSusan Darling.\\nRuthy Austin, Milford.\\nRebecca Boynton.\\nHarriet J. H. Howet, Brookline.\\nHarriet K. BuUard.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTOEY OF MASON,\\n1826.\\nNov.\\nNov. 20.\\nDec. 24.\\n31.\\n1827.\\nJan. 2.\\nMay 22.\\nJune 19.\\nJuly 3.\\n5.\\nAug. 16.\\nSept. IS.\\n1828.\\nMarch. 25.\\nApril 27.\\nMay 9.\\n9.\\nJune 18.\\nOct. 15.\\nNov. 11.\\nDec. 25.\\n1829.\\nMarch 26.\\nApril 9.\\n14.\\nMay 7.\\nMay 31.\\nJune 4.\\nOct. 29.\\nDec. 29.\\n1830.\\nMay 27.\\nJune 13.\\n13.\\nJuly 1.\\nOct. 26.\\n1831.\\nSept. 6.\\nNov. 6.\\n15.\\nDec. 1.\\n6.\\n20.\\n1832.\\nJan. 26.\\nMarch 11.\\n20.\\n22.\\nApril 10.\\n26.\\nMay 10.\\nSept.\\nJune\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n8.\\n1.\\n1.\\n8.\\n26.\\n31.\\nHubbert Russell, Jr.,\\nJohn Boynton, Petersham,\\nGeorge Hall,\\nJohn Flagg,\\nCalvin Brooks, Lowell,\\nJacob Blodgett, New Ipswich,\\nNathan Saunders,\\nSamuel Whiting,\\nDaniel Bills, Townsend,\\nClimena Brown.\\nChloe Brown.\\nAbigail Boynton.\\nMary Eliott.\\nEliza S. Flagg.\\nMary Jefts, New Ipswich.\\nBetsey Shed.\\nHannah Russell.\\nLucretia Tucker, Townsend.\\nNathaniel H. May, New Ipswich, Maria Nicholas, New Ipswich.\\nJesse Matthews, Hancock, Almira Preston, Hancock.\\nJames Weethee,\\nJohn Richards,\\nJonas Hobart,\\nJosiah Sawtell, Townsend,\\nGulliver Wright, Pepperell,\\nEbenezer Plagg, Jr.,\\nJohn Peabody,\\nCharles Barrett,\\nMrs. Tryphena Richards.\\nNancy Farwell.\\nLouisa Scripture.\\nRebecca Barber.\\nMary Kemp.\\nBetsey Eliott.\\nFidelia Saunders.\\nMary Shattuck.\\nElias D. Eliott,\\nSamuel P. Nutting,\\nThomas Hodgman, Jr.,\\nAbiel Nutting, New Ipswich,\\nJames Spaulding,\\nOliver li. Pratt,\\nEbenezer Hodgman, Townsend, Mary Ann Blood.\\nAbijah Eliott, Jr., Sally Russell.\\nSally Eliott.\\nLucy S. Barrett.\\nBetsey Burnham, New Ipswich.\\nLucinda Warren.\\nBetsey Smith.\\nMaria Hill.\\nCharles Nicholas, New Ipswich,\\nCalvin Boynton,\\nJames Wood, Jr.,\\nEli R. Torrey, New Ipswich,\\nJonathan Bachelder,\\nWilliam Warren Whitaker,\\nDavis Greene, Brewer, Me.,\\nCalvin Blanchard, New York,\\nCalvin Eliott,\\nNathaniel G. Bailey,\\nWilliam Sawtell,\\nEleazer Kinson,\\nHutchinson Rogers, Billerica,\\nLuke H. Cutter, Peterborough,\\nNelson March, Ashby,\\nStow A. Yerder, Townsend,\\nLuther Austin,\\nWilliam Farley,\\nStephen Walker, Grafton, Yt.,\\nSilas Keyes, Jr., Temple,\\nFranklin Merriam,\\nBenjamin Merriam,\\nFrederick Mansfield,\\nAmos B. R.ussel,\\nEdward Richardson,\\nAzariah Arlin, New Ipswich,\\nMary Blood, New Ipswich.\\nHannah D. Martin.\\nMrs. Mary Webber.\\nMary Bailey, New Ipswich.\\nElizabeth Pi,ussell.\\nAdalucia Wetherbee, Rindge.\\nSophia Daniels, Brookline.\\nMartha Barrett.\\nMary P. Johnson.\\nLucy Eliott.\\nMaria Wliitaker.\\nEliza Lawrence.\\nKeziah Coburn, Brookline.\\nAbigail Ames.\\nThirza Mcintosh, Brookline.\\nEliza D. Douglass.\\nLucy Scripture.\\nEliza B. Flagg, New Ipswich.\\nLoiza Barrett.\\nRebecca Pratt, Temple.\\nMary Ann Lane.\\nIrene Knapp.\\nHaniiah Bailey.\\nMary Eliott.\\nFidelia Barrett.\\nBetsey Richards, New Ipswich.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "EEOORD OF MARRIAGES.\\n173\\n1833.\\nMarcli 12.\\n14.\\nMay 2.\\n7.\\n12.\\n14.\\nSept. 17.\\n17.\\nOct. 8.\\nDec. 19.\\n1834.\\nJan. 6.\\nMarch 5.\\nAug. 13.\\nOct. 13.\\nNov. 13.\\nDec. 11.\\n1835.\\nJan. 13.\\nFeb. 17.\\nMarch. 3.\\nApril 14.\\nMay 9.\\nJune 25.\\nSept. 3.\\nOct. 8.\\n22.\\n29.\\nDec. 10.\\n29.\\n29.\\n31.\\n1836,\\nApril 16.\\nMay 1.\\n1837.\\nOct.\\n(C\\n1839.\\nApril 11.\\n1840.\\nApril 28.\\n30.\\n30.\\n1841.\\nApril 8.\\n1842.\\nMarch 31.\\n1843.\\nDec. 28.\\n1844.\\nOct. 27.\\n1846.\\nSept. 17.\\n1848.\\nNov. 23.\\nDec. 18.\\n1849.\\nMarch 15.\\nAmos Herrick,\\nJonas Richards,*\\nCapt. Thomas Wilson,\\nDea. Hezekiah Richardson,\\nJohn G. Merriam, Westminster,\\nJonas Farmer, Townsend,\\nSamuel B. Tibbetts, N. Ipswich,\\nAaron Blood,\\nElon B.Butterfield.Concord.Ms.,\\nEliab Groing, Jr., Townsend,\\nMrs. Mary Barrett, Townsend.\\nSarah D. Washburn, N. Ipswich.\\nMrs. Lucy Lane.\\nMrs. Betsy Farwell, Ashby.\\nSarah F. Warren.\\nGratia Grant.\\nMary Lee, New Ipswich.\\nSally Eliott.\\nElizabeth B. Kemp.\\nHannah Warren.\\nEmory BoUes, Springfield, Vt., Lucretia Priest.\\nMcintosh, BrookUne, Betsey Wright, Brookline.\\nCalvin Davis, Susan Jones.\\nEphraim Gibson, Jr., Fitchburg, Mary Brown.\\nNathaniel Brown, Acton, Elizg Robens.\\nWinslow Ames, Lucy E,. Barrett.\\nJoseph Proctor,\\nJoseph H. Fletcher, Ashby,\\nLevi Wyman, Winchendon,\\nOliver Tenney, Boston,\\nWaterman Wheeler,\\nLoring Hazelton,\\nLuther L. Barrett, [don,\\nNahum J. Raymond, Winchen-\\nPhilemon Russell, Ashburnham,\\nDr. Otis Hoyt,\\nCapt. Eliab Going, Townsend,\\nJonathan D. Gibbs, JafFrey,\\nAlvah Dodge, Dunstable,\\nRufus Coffin, Royalston,\\nWilliam Pike, New Ipswich,\\nElnathan Boynton,\\nDavid Wallace, Brookline,\\nJosiah Winship,\\nCapt. Ira Hall,\\nMrs. Sibbel Baldwin.\\nClarissa I. Kennedy.\\nHelen M. Eliott.\\nBetsey Cragin.\\nRebecca E. Newhall.\\nMargaret Richards.\\nEmily Russell.\\nBathsheba Eliott.\\nClarissa Smith.\\nMary F. King, New Ipswich.\\nMrs. Dorcas Humphries.\\nSarah H. Wilson.\\nLydia Eliott.\\nRebecca A. Richardson.\\nRebecca Holden.\\nRachel Eliott.\\nSarah Ann Smith, Brookline.\\nSarah Hunt.\\nMrs. Jerusha Parker, Dunstable,\\nIra B. Foster, Charlestown, Ms., Thirza F. Newhall.\\nBenjamin A. Eliott, Mary Knapp.\\nGeorge Taft. Abby H. Flagg.\\nGeorge W. RoKe,\\nMary S. Barnard.\\nJas. P. Hartshorn, Bedford, Ms., Elizabeth C. Kennedy, N. Ips ich,\\nSylvester Putnam, Ehzabeth Hill.\\nAaron K. Putnam, Wilton, Nancy Wright.\\nJohn S. Proctor, Mary Turrell, Nashua.\\n[den. Me.,\\nEdwin Ruthven Hodgman, Cam- Martha Hill.\\nGeorge Eliott, 2d,\\nWilliam Wheeler,\\nSimon T. Smith,\\n23\\nMary Flagg.\\nSarah C Merriam.\\nRowena A. Woods,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "174\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\nBY REV\\n1840.\\nDec. 17. S. B. Butler,\\nDec. 24.* Timothy Amsden.\\nJOSEPH B. HILL,\\nLorilida Ames.\\nMartha C. Hill.\\nMARLBOROUGH. BY REV. JILES LYMAN\\n1841.\\nApril 20. Joseph B. Wilson, Mason,\\nMelinda Blodgett, Marlborough,\\nMASON. BY REV. ALBERT G. COMINGS.\\n1849.\\nJan.\\n23.\\n23.\\nMa:y\\n1.\\nNov.\\n4.\\n185C\\nJan.\\n3.\\nAbel S. Farwell,\\nOtis Hodgman,\\nIsaac P. Vv oods, Dunstable,\\nHiram D. Rich^dson,\\nWarren E. Shattuck,\\nMaria L. Hodgman.\\nMaria White.\\nHenrietta E. Willey.\\nMary Ann Scripture.\\nAlvira Davis.\\nIn the following list the name of the officiating minister or\\nmagistrate is not recorded\\n1851.\\nFeb. 11.\\nApril 7.\\nJune 5.\\nSept. 18.\\nNov. 25.\\nDec. 8.\\n30.\\n1852.\\nJan. 7.\\nFeb. 17.\\nMarch 11.\\n1853.\\nNov. 17.\\n1854.\\nJan. 12.\\nFeb. 21.\\nDec. 14.\\n27.\\n1855.\\nMarch 5.\\n31.\\nApril 1\\nMay 14.\\nJuly 3.\\n1856.\\nJan. 7.\\nApril 27.\\nMay 28.\\n1857.\\nApril 25.\\nMay 31.\\nLeonard Jefts,\\nAsa B. Hodgman,\\nWilliam Tarbell,\\nAlbert O. Dimmick,\\nWilliam Sawtell,\\nAlbert Taylor,\\nWilliam A. Short,\\nGeorge Barrett,\\nCharles A. Foster,\\nWilliam R. Putnam,\\nLeavitt L. Livingston,\\nF. R. Marcy,\\nJames 0. Fitch,\\nIsaac Russell,\\nCharles P. Richardson,\\nJames R. Kidder,\\nEzra F. Baker,\\nPhilander Eddy,\\nFrancis C. Pope,\\nMyal Tarbell,\\nBenjamin Wallace,\\nJohn S. Proctor,\\nThomas D. Bennett,\\nGrovenor McClure,\\nGeorge Hehue,\\nJoel Elliott, 2d,\\nWillard D. Hero,\\nJoseph P. Elliott,\\nGeorge W. Scripture,\\nMary Webber.\\nBetsey Winship.\\nSophronia Eliott.\\nAdaliza Wright.\\nAhce L. Heywood.\\nSarah J. Barnes.\\nMary Jane Whitney.\\nZoa Blood.\\nClarinda Felch.\\nMartha Jane A. Hartshorn.\\nMartha Jane Mcintosh.\\nSarah M. Felt.\\nBetsey J. Burbank.\\nMrs. Jane Russell.\\nH. Amanda Mansfield.\\nCaroline M. Barrett.\\nSarah H. Cristie.\\nMaria Lynch.\\nEmeline R. Searles.\\nHarriet M. Morse.\\nElizabeth J. Eastman.\\nJulia E. Weston.\\nAdaline F. Putnam.\\nLucy Towne.\\nMatilda L. Hodgman.\\nEmily Holden.\\nElizabeth Peabody.\\nMary E. Dunn.\\nMaria Wheeler.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "EECOED OF MARETAGES. 175\\n1857.\\nJune 14. Edwin R. Farnsworth, Abby J. Webber.\\nSept. 9. Abel Adams, Mary Gillman.\\n26. Edwin L. Nutting, Mary A. Annis.\\nOct. 22. Francis B. Cragin, Ruvina Richardson.\\n22. Henry A. Cragin, Susan M. Elliott.\\n31. Lucius A. White, Margaret Lyle.\\nThe list of marriages in Groton and Pepperell is copied from\\nButler s History of Groton that in Townsend, from the town\\nrecords of that town. The parties probably resided in the\\nseveral towns in which the marriages are recorded, except in\\nthose cases where it is otherwise stated. The other lists,\\nexcept that of Mr. Hill, are taken from the town records of\\nMason. In those of Mr. Searle, the residence of the parties\\nis stated in only one instance. Most of the persons in these\\nlists resided in Mason. In the list of Mr. Eliot, the resi-\\ndence given in the record is stated in every instance. The\\ndate of the first marriage in this list, that of John Sloan\\nand Sarah Blood, on the record, is January 1, 1782. This\\ncannot be correct, as Mr. Eliot was not ordained till 1786,\\nand had no authority to officiate, in marrying persons, before\\nhe was ordained. The date 1789 is inserted as the probable\\ndate. On page 165, in a few copies, the following marriage\\nwas accidentally omitted, and should be supplied: 1821.\\nOctober 11. Joseph Smith, Wilton, Lucy Adams, Mason.\\nThe list of marriages by Mr. Hill is copied from his original\\nrecord. In this record, the residence of the parties is stated,\\nin all cases but in tbe list above published, the residence of\\nparties in Mason is omitted that of others is stated. In Mr.\\nHill s records, in a few instances, the day of the month is not\\ninserted. Two marriages by the Rev. Joseph B. Hill, are\\ncopied from his original record. The remainder of the list,\\nfrom January 23, 1849, to October 31, 1857, is copied from\\nthe town records,- the name of the officiating minister or\\nmagistrate, and the residence of the parties, is given wherever\\nit is found in these records. It must be apparent that the\\nrecord of marriages in the above list, for several of the last\\nyears, is very imperfect.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "176\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\nEECORD OF DEATHS.\\nA record of deaths of the inhabitants and residents of the\\ntown of Mason, commencing July 20, 1758, and ending Janu-\\nary 1, 1858, gathered from the town records, monuments, and\\ndocumentary evidence, for the period from 1758 to November\\n2, 1790; from that time to the close of the year 1837, taken\\nfrom the record of deaths kept by the Rev. Ebenezer Hill,\\nwith a few corrections and additions derived from monuments\\nand reliable evidence for the years 1838 and 1839, no record\\nhaving been found, resort was had to monuments, minutes of\\nburials kept by the sextons, and reliable tradition from the\\nclose of that period, use has been made of the record kept\\nby Dr. Willis Johnson.\\nTime is a river, deep and wide,\\nAnd -while along its banks we stray,\\nWe see our loved ones, o er its tide,\\nBorne from our sight away, away.\\nA record of deaths previous\\nfrom town records, monuments\\n1758.\\nJuly 20.\\n1761.\\nSept. 5.\\n1762\\nJan\\nCorporal Nehemiah Gould,\\nkilled in battle near Lake\\nGeorge.\\nGrace, d. of Obadiah and\\nRuth Parker, 16 days.\\nto November 3, 1790, gathered\\n1, and other sources\\n1766.\\nJuly 1. Joseph, s. of Benjamin and\\nMartha Mann, 1 y. 5 ms.\\n1763.\\nFeb. 7.\\nDec. 28.\\n1764.\\nOct. 2.\\n1765.\\nJuly 8.\\n27. Obadiah, s. of the same, 4\\nyears 1 month.\\nAnne, d. of Richard and\\nAnna Lawrence, 4 ms. 15\\nSarah, w. of John Swallow.\\nRebecca, d. of John and\\nSusannah Dutton, 11 ms.\\nSimon, s. of Simon and\\nSarah Ames, 1 y. 10 ms.\\n1766.\\nPeb. 13. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan\\nand Lydia Jefts, 1 m.\\nMar. 24. Lemuel and Thomas, twin\\nsons of Lemuel and Sa-\\nrah Spaulding, 12 ds.\\n1767.\\nJan. 13.\\nAug. 10.\\n1769.\\nNov. 4.\\nDec. 23.\\n1771.\\nAug. 1.\\n1772.\\nFeb. 11.\\nJoseph, s. of Simon and\\nSarah Ames, 6 ms.\\nJohn, s. of Aaron and Lucy\\nWheeler, 8 ds.\\nRuth, d. of Jonathan and\\nRuth Williams, 2 ys. 21\\ndays.\\nDorcas, d. of Amos and\\nSarah Dakin, 6 ms.\\nJonathan, s. of Jonathan\\nand Ruth Williams, 1 y.\\nHepsibath, d. of Lemuel\\nand Sarah Spaulding, 1\\ny. 1 m.\\nMar. 22. Elizabeth, d. of Josiah and\\nLucy Wheeler, 2 ys. 7 ms.\\nMay 6. John, s. of James and Sarah\\nWithee, 4 ys. 4 ms.\\nNov. 8. Anna, w. of David Blodg-\\nett.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "IlECOED OP DEATHS.\\n177\\n1773.\\nSept. 2.\\n1774.\\nOct. 17.\\nDec, 3.\\n1775.\\nJune 17.\\nOct. 2.\\n1776.\\nApril 7.\\nJuly 24.\\nAug.\\n25.\\nSept.\\n29.\\nNov.\\n18.\\n1777.\\nJune 30.\\nSept.\\n10.\\n10.\\nOct.\\n14.\\n8.\\n29.\\nNov.\\n1778.\\nSept. 16.\\n28.\\nOct. 10.\\n1779.\\nJan. 6.\\nOct. 2.\\n1781,\\nFeb. 9.\\nJune 24.\\nAmos, s. of Josiah. and\\nSarah. Robens, 23 y.\\nMr. Josiab. Wbeeler.\\nEunice, d- of John and\\nMary Swallow, 5 m.\\nMr. Joseph Herrick.\\nJoseph Blood, killed in\\nBunker Hill battle.\\nWilliam, s. of John and\\nThankful Whitaker, 1 y.\\n6 m.\\nMr. Nathaniel Barrett.\\nDorothy, d. of Joshua and\\nDorothy Davis, 3 y. 7 m.\\nBenjamin, s. of Benjamin\\nand Martha Mann, 13 y.\\n3 m.\\nElizabeth, d. of Lemuel and\\nSarah Spaulding, 9 d.\\nSusannah, d. of John and\\nThankful Whitaker, 1 m.\\nSilas, s. of Kichard and\\nAnna Lawrence, 3 y. 1 m.\\nEphraim, s. of John and\\nLeefe Lawrence, 3 m. 20\\nLucy, d. of Benjamin and\\nMartha Mann, 2 y. 3 m.\\nJohn, s. of John and Su-\\nsannah Dutton, 11 y. 8 m.\\nMason, s. of same, 5 y.\\nDeborah, d. of Daniel and\\nJemima Fay, 1 1 m.\\nMary, w. of Henry Jefts,\\n67 y.\\nPolly, d. of Benjamin and\\nMartha Mann, 2 d.\\nMr. Benjamin King.\\nSarah, daughter of Samuel\\nand Sarah Wood, 7 m.\\nEns. Enosh Lawrence, 68 y.\\nAmos, s. of Abijah and\\nMary Allen, 8 y.\\nDaniel, s. of James and\\nSarah Withee, 9 y. 3 m.\\nEbenezer, s. of Samuel and\\nSarah Wood, 1 m. 12 d.\\nMrs. Foster, w. of Jonathan\\nFoster.\\nJosiah, son of Samuel and\\nSarah Wood, 6 m.\\nJohn Eliot, 65 y.\\n1782.\\nAug. 7.\\nOct. 5.\\n1783.\\nMar. 13.\\nJune 2.\\n18.\\n25.\\nJuly 1.\\n16.\\n20.\\n24.\\nAug. 3.\\n1784.\\nMay 4.\\nOct. 15.\\n1785.\\nJan.\\nFeb. 8.\\n9.\\n23.\\nDec. 19.\\n1786.\\nApril 30.\\nJune 14.\\nNov. 1.\\n1787.\\nJune 3.\\nJuly 22.\\n1789.\\nApril 7.\\n16.\\n28.\\nJuly 11.\\nIsaac, s. of WiUiam and\\nDorothy Eliot, 4 m.\\nAbel, son of Joseph and\\nSarah Barrett, 4 m.\\nJohn, s. of John, Jr., and\\nRebecca Swallow, 12 d.\\nMr. Daniel Fay.\\nAlice, d. of Aaron and Lucy\\nWheeler, 2 m.\\nOliver, s. of William and\\nSarah Miles, 3 y. 6 m.\\nAndrew, s. of Andrew and\\nHannah Eliot, 5 m.\\nSamuel, s. of Elisha and\\nMary Withington, 9 m.\\n10 d.\\nSibbel, d. of James and Sib-\\nbel Scripture, 4 y. 6 m.\\nHannah, d. of Benjamin\\nand Hannah Barrett, Im.\\nIsaac, s. of Hubbard and\\nSarah Russell, 23 d.\\nDavid Sloan, s. of Amos\\nand Lydia Holden, 3 y.\\n8 m. 16 d.\\nLydia, d. of Abraham, Jr.,\\nand Hannah Merriam.\\nThomas, s. of Thomas and\\nSarah Tarbell, 3 y. 5 m.\\nThomas, s. of Jason Rus-\\nsell, 7 y. 8 m. 26 d.\\nMary, w. of Edmund Tar-\\nbell, 36 y.\\nElias Eliot, 78 y.\\nEnsign John Wood, 69 y\\nJohn, 8. of Jotham and\\nElizabeth Webber, 1 y.\\n3 m.\\nDorothy, w. of Wm. Eliot.\\nGeorge, s. of Aaron and\\nLucy Wheeler, 2 y. 5 m.\\nHannah, w. of Jonathan\\nChandler.\\nJonas, s. of Joseph and\\nSarah Barrett, 3 y. 1 m.\\nPolly, d. of Andrew and\\nHannah Eliot, 11m.\\nAlice, d. of Aaron and Lucy\\nWheeler, 1 day.\\nDeacon Amos Dakin, 57 y.\\nRebecca, d. of Thomas and\\nRebecca Hodgman, 3 y.\\n4 m. 15 d.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": ".78\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\n1789.\\nAug. 23.\\nSept. 25.\\nDec. 1.\\n1790.\\nMai;. 14.\\nPolly, d. of Jos. and Mary-\\nWoods, 2 y. 2 m. 27 d.\\nSally, d. of Jonas and Dolly\\nFay, 1 m.\\nElizabeth, wid. of Ensign\\nJohn Wood, 75 y.\\nIsaac Brown, Jr., 18 y.\\nJohn, s. of Nathaniel and\\nHannah Williams.\\nJonas, s. of Deacon Amos\\nDakin, 18 y.\\nRachel, w. of Jonathan\\nWilliams, 58 y.\\nAnne, d. of Jonas and\\nDolly Fay, 7 y. 4 m.\\nRecord of deatliS; from November 2, 1796, to December\\n31, 1837, from the record kept by the Rev. Ebenezer Hill:\\n1790.\\nApril 16.\\nMay 1.\\nJune 24.\\nAug. 1.\\nNov.\\n2\\n7\\n1791.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\n26\\n27\\nMar.\\n26\\nApril\\n26\\nJune\\n2\\nAug.\\n22\\nSept.\\n4\\nNov.\\n15\\n24\\n1792.\\nJan.\\n27.\\nFeb.\\n2\\nMar.\\n3\\n(C\\n8\\nJune\\n10\\nOct.\\n10.\\nNov.\\n2\\nDec.\\n5\\nDec.\\n9\\n1793.\\nJan.\\n12.\\nFeb.\\n7.\\nApril\\n14.\\n14\\nJune\\n6.\\n10.\\nNov.\\n29.\\n1794.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\n25.\\nIn. d.of Joseph Hussell, 5 y.\\nBetsey, d. of Reuben Ken-\\ndall, 18 y.\\nIn. c. of Reuben Barrett.\\nNancy, d. of Wm. Miles.\\nWife of Benj. Hodgman.\\nElizabeth, d. of Joseph\\nMerriam, 19 y.\\nMr. Eleazer Fish.\\nElizabeth, w. of Wm. Shed.\\nMary, w. of Joseph Mer-\\nriam, 48 y.\\nCapt. William Chambers.\\nWid. Sarah Elliot.\\nLydia, w. of David Whita-\\nker.\\nIn. c. of Reuben Barrett.\\nTimothy, s. of Dea. T. Da-\\nkin, 4 m. 22 d.\\nJoseph BuUard, 73 y.\\nBilly, s. of Asa Stone.\\nIn. c. of Dr. Joseph Gray.\\nIn. c. of Peter Zuire.\\nPolly, w. of Dr. William\\nBarber, 24 y.\\nElisha Withington.\\nIn. c. of Amos Blood.\\nIn. c. of Jeremy Steward.\\nDaniel Warrer, (negro.)\\nDorcas, d. of Samuel Hill,\\n4 m.\\nWife of Reuben Hosmer.\\nSally, W. of Artemas Man-\\nning.\\nSally, d. of John Winship.\\nRuth, d. of John Winship.\\nJames, s. of Samuel Woods,\\n3 m. 9 d.\\nPolly, w. of Rev. Ebenezer\\nHill, 29 y.\\nSarah, w. of Capt. Joseph\\nBarrett, 43 y.\\n1794.\\nAug. 4.\\nSept. 6.\\n6.\\nNov. 13.\\n28.\\nDec. 3.\\n17,\\n19.\\n23.\\n1795.\\nFeb. 11.\\n22.\\n24.\\nApril 25.\\n26.\\nJune 29.\\n29.\\nJuly 10.\\n19.\\n1796.\\nJan. 26.\\nFeb. 9.\\nMar. 15.\\nApril 4\\nMay 4.\\n27.\\nJune 2.\\n27.\\nJuly 4.\\nSept. 13.\\nDec. 14.\\n1797.\\nJan. 2.\\nFeb. 16.\\nPrudence Crane.\\nIn. c. of Thos. Blood, 4 y.\\nIn. c. of Thomas Blood.\\nElizabeth, wid. of Ensign\\nJohn Wood, 71 y.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Leafee, d. of Clark Haven,\\n17 y.\\nRuth, wid. of Ellas Eliot,\\n85 y.\\nJosiah, s. of J, Eliott, 2 y.\\nAllen Haven, 11 y.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0In. c. livina; with Mrs. War-\\nIn. twin children of John\\nWait, Jr.\\nDavid Weatherbee, 77 y.\\nBetsey Scripture, 13 y.\\nRebecca, d. of Abel Adams.\\nPatty, d. of Abel Adams.\\nIn. c. of Abel Swallow.\\nWid. Mary Marrett, 83 y.\\nWife of Benjamin Darling.\\nIn. c. of Jonas Amsden.\\nEsther, w. of Capt. Thomas\\nTarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell, 77.\\nIn. c. of Jonathan Russell.\\nJames Weethee.\\nNabby, d. of Joses Buck-\\nnam.\\nWife of John Wait.\\nLucy and Nancy, d. of Jos.\\nTufts.\\nCharles, s. of Dea. T. Da-\\nkin, 2 m. 16 d.\\nIn. s. of Daniel Hill.\\nArtemas, s. of Artemas\\nManning.\\nBetsey, d. of Zaccheus Bar-\\nrett.\\nAbijah Ames, 18 y.\\nJohn, s. of Maj. Jas. Wood,\\n12 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "EECOED OF DEATHS.\\n179\\n1797.\\nApril\\n3\\nJuly\\n4\\n12\\nAug.\\n20\\n25\\n25.\\nSep.\\n1.\\n9\\n17.\\nNov.\\n22.\\n26.\\n28\\nDec.\\n10.\\n1798.\\nJan.\\n24.\\nMay\\n17.\\nt\u00c2\u00ab\\n20.\\nJune\\n21\\nJuly\\n8.\\nSept.\\n28\\nOct.\\n15.\\n20.\\n20.\\nNot.\\n14.\\n1799.\\nMar.\\n12.\\nApril\\n7.\\nMay 24.\\nOct.\\n18\\nisoo.\\nJan.\\n9.\\nMay\\n11.\\nJune\\n18\\n23\\nJuly\\n20\\nAug.\\n8\\nSep.\\n19\\n29\\nOct.\\n19\\nNov.\\n3\\nIt\\n17\\ni(\\n18\\n26.\\n29.\\nIn. c. of John Swallow, Jr.\\nJesse, s. of Silas BuUard,\\n8 m.\\nRebecca, w. of E,ev. Eben-\\nezer Hill, 26 y.\\nJohn Tarbell.\\nIn. c. of Stephen Withing-\\nton.\\nIn. c. of John Baldwin.\\nWid. Sarah Lawrence.\\nSusan, d- of Ezra Merriam.\\nIn. c. of Dea. R. Wesson.\\nTimothy, s. of Dea. T. Da-\\nkin, 2 y. 10 m.\\nMr. Abraham Merriam.\\nIn. c. of John Eliott.\\nMr. John Goddard.\\nMr. Abraham Haskell.\\nIn. c. of Joel Parker.\\nIn. c. of Silas BuUard.\\nSamuel Hill, 66 y.\\nIn. c. of Oliver Nutting.\\nIn. c. of Jedediah Felton.\\nDr. Enosh Lawrence, 25 y.\\n10 m. 12 d.\\nIn. c. of Stephen Balcom.\\nElizabeth, w. of Dea. R.\\nWesson, 34 y. 11 m. 2 d.\\nTwo in. c. of same.\\nIn. c. of Jonas Mann.\\nIn. c. of Timothy Wheeler.\\nWid. Elizabeth Heald, 85 y.\\nRebecca, d. of A. Wheeler,\\n19 y. 10 m.\\nElizabeth, w. of Jason Rus-\\nsell, 54 y.\\nIn. c. of R. Hodgman, Jr.\\nIn. c. of Thomas Blood.\\nMr. Joseph Russell.\\nMrs. Dorothy Fish.\\nSally, d. of Ezra Merriam.\\nJonas Fay, Jr., 25 y.\\nMolly J efts.\\nArtemas, s. of A. Manning.\\nReuben Barrett, 71 y.\\nIn. c. of Richard HaU.\\nIn. c. of same.\\nIn. c. of Oliver Eliott.\\nIn. c. of John Russell, Jr.\\nCapt. Isaac Brown, 55 y.\\nIn. c. of Jer. Stewart.\\nIn. c. of Peter Sanderson.\\nTwo in. c. of same.\\nLydia, d. of Samuel Hill,\\nMr. Ebenezer Blood.\\n1800.\\nDec.\\n7.\\nIn. c. of Eben Stacey.\\nIt\\n20.\\nIn. c. of Thomas Blood.\\n1801.\\nJan.\\n5.\\nWife of Thomas Blood.\\n(t\\n31.\\nWid. Chapman, 97.\\nIn. c. of Daniel Williams.\\nSep.\\n6.\\nIn. e. of Josiah Sawtell.\\nOct.\\n8.\\nJohn, s. of Captain S. S.\\nParker.\\nc\\n12.\\nJames, s. of same.\\nDec.\\n2.\\nBenjamin, son of Aaron\\nWheeler, 24 y.\\n1802.\\nJan.\\n25.\\nMr. Benjamin Hodgman,\\nMar.\\n20.\\nJonas Amsden, 53 y.\\n26.\\nWilliam Hosmer, 74 y.\\n26.\\nWife of William Blood.^\\nApri]\\n22.\\nMr. Eben Stacey.\\n28.\\nElizabeth, w. of Dea. Tim-\\nothy Dakin, 37.\\nJune\\n13.\\nMary, w. of Ohver Eliot.\\nJuly\\n9.\\nIn. c. of Widow Stacey.\\n31.\\nNancy, d. of William B.\\nFlagg, 19 m.\\nSep.\\n16.\\nPolly, d. of Th: Hodgman.\\n17.\\nIn. c. of John Lawrence, Jr.\\n19.\\nIn. d. of Abel Adams.\\nOct.\\n4.\\nMr. David Sloan.\\n14.\\nAmos, s. of Deacon Timo-\\nthy Dakin, 1 y. 4 m. 25 d.\\n(C\\n15.\\nWidow Zuire.\\nNov.\\n13.\\nIn. c. of Nabby Barrett.\\nDec.\\n4.\\nIn. c. of Azubah Swallow,\\nly-\\nNathaniel Smith, 81 y.\\n(C\\n18.\\n31.\\nIn. c. of Andrew Eliott.\\n1803.\\nJan.\\n9.\\nWife of Joel Ames.\\n(I\\n29.\\nWilliam Saunders, 90 y.\\nFeb.\\n19.\\nBetsey Townsend, 14 y.\\nMar.\\n18.\\nIn. c. of Amos Dakin.\\nApril\\n2,\\nWilUam Blood, 83 y.\\n9.\\nPersis Lawrence, 23 y.\\n30.\\nAaron Wheeler, Jr., 34 y.\\nAug.\\n14.\\nIn. c. of Daniel Hodgman.\\n15.\\nArtemas, s. of Captain John\\nBarrett, 3 y.\\nC(\\n23.\\nDaniel Hodgman, 27 y.\\nSept.\\n5,\\nThomas, s. of Abel Adams,\\n5y-\\nJames, s. of the same.\\n10.\\n12.\\nJohn Stevens, 16 y.\\nt(\\n17.\\nWife of Joel Richardson.\\n22.\\nNoah W., s. of Sam l Hill,\\n4 y. 6 m.\\n(I\\n28.\\nLydia, d. of the same, 3 y.\\nOct.\\n12.\\nIn. c. of Edward Tarbell.\\nWidow Haskell.\\nNov.\\n20.\\nWidow Saunders.\\n26.\\nHaley, w. of Zac. Shattuck.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "180\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\n1804.\\nFeb.\\n2\\n6\\n(I\\n14\\ni(\\n25\\nMar.\\n1\\n(1\\n5\\n24.\\nMay 7.\\n26.\\n26.\\nJune 6.\\nOct. 15.\\nDec. 19.\\n21.\\n27.\\n1805.\\nJau. 3.\\nFeb. 19.\\n22.\\n28.\\nMar. 19.\\nApril 14.\\nMay 1.\\nJune 16.\\n26.\\nJuly 3.\\n16.\\nAug. 1.\\n10.\\nSept. 8.\\n27.\\nNov. 6.\\n8.\\n30.\\nDec. 22.\\n24.\\n1806.\\nJan. 18.\\nFeb. 16.\\nMar. 23.\\n27.\\nApril 7.\\n16.\\n17.\\nMr. Samuel Green.\\nLucy Kemp.\\nIn. c. of William Barrett.\\nWife of Joel Richards.\\nWife of Jonathan Lee.\\nIn. c. of Ruel Richardson.\\nB. Franklin, s. of Elijah\\nDavis.\\nIn. c. of John Lawrence,\\nJr.\\nIn. c. of Ambrose Gould.\\nEunice, vv. of Abner Chick-\\nering, 29 y.\\nDeborah Winship, 17 y.\\nIn. c. of John Russell, Jr.\\nIn. c. of John Withington.\\nSusan Amsden, 16 y.\\nMr. Thomas Austin.\\nRebecca Lawrence, 28 y.\\nIn. c. of Jonathan Blood.\\nIn. c. of John Robbins.\\nJason Dunster, 79 y.\\nWid. Shattuck, 91 y.\\nMr. Billings.\\nHannah Lawrence, 26 y.\\nWid. Hildreth.\\nBenjamin Jefts, 2d, 25 y.\\nJohn Waugh, 99 y.\\nIn. c. of William Newell.\\nSally, d. of R. Wesson,\\n18 y.\\nLuther Lawrence, 20 y.\\nDavid EUott, 15 y.\\nAmmi A., s. of Andrew\\nTufts, 4 y.\\nBenjamin Woods, 25 y.\\nIn. c. of William Barrett, 1\\ny. 6 m.\\nIn. c. of WiUiam Bride,\\n21 d.\\nHannah, w. of Ebenezer\\nGUman, 24 y.\\nAsa, s. of John Whitaker,\\n22 y.\\nIn. c. of John Brown, 2 d.\\nWilliam HiU, of Bedford,\\n21 y.\\nAbraham Merriam, 48 y.\\nRebecca, widow of Jason\\nDunster, 74 y.\\nLucinda Hodgman, 11 y.\\nIn. c. of Joshua Blood, 6 h.\\nJoshua, s. of Joshua Blood,\\n5y.\\nAmos Holden, 54 y.\\nJohn, s. of John Russell,\\nJr., 1 y.\\n1806.\\nApril 19. Mary, w. of Joshua Blood,\\n28 y.\\nIn. c. of David Withee.\\nJune 1. Benjamin. Iveudall, 56 y.\\nOct. 31. d. of Josiah Eliott, 7 y.\\nNov. 20. Alvah, s. of Capt. Jesse\\nBarrett, 3 y.\\nDec. 3. Aaron Wheeler, 66 y.\\n1807.\\nJan. 2. Mr. Knapp, 86 y.\\n3. Prescott, s. of A. Wheeler,\\n12 y.\\n9. John Adams, 65 y.\\n19. Lydia, w. of Samuel Hill,\\n37 y.\\nFeb. 27. In. c. of John Robbins,\\n6 m.\\nApril 5. In. c of Levi Morse.\\n7. Benjamin Jefts, 60 y.\\nMay 5. In. c. of Silas Bullard, 6ni.\\n7. Deacon Nathan Hall, 91 y.\\nZaccheus Barrett, Jr., 30 y.\\nAug. 13. Widow Rebecca Jones, of\\nBedford, 53 y.\\nSept. 5. Rachel, d. of Jere. Boyn-\\nton, 5 y.\\n9. Stephen Robbins, 22 y.\\n12. Widow of Abraham Mer-\\nriam, 69 y.\\n20. In. s. of Capt. Manning,\\nDec. 2. In. c. of Joseph Bullard.\\n12. Sally, w. of Joseph Bullard,\\n21 y.\\n1808.\\nJan. 16. Betsy, d. of Jotham Web-\\nber, 20 y.\\n18. Susan, w. of James Snow,\\n28 y.\\nMar. 3. Lydia Miles, 7 y.\\nApril 23 Susannah, w. of Zachariah\\nDavis, 57 y.\\n30. Amos, s. of Amos Blood,\\n12 y.\\nMay 19. John Shed, 24 y.\\n20. Sampson Clator, 24.\\nJune Mr. Thomas Jefts.\\nJuly 26. Juliana, d. of Jason Dun-\\nster, 5 m.\\nAug. 22. Lydia Whipple, 28 y.\\n28. In. c. of Cyrus Colman 2 d.\\nSept. 3. Martha, d. of Capt. Jesse\\nBarrett, 7 y.\\n7. In. c. of John Sawtell, 4y.\\nDec. 13. Sukey Tarbell, (negro,) 34\\nyears.\\n30. Sarah, wid. of Samuel Hill,\\n75 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "EECORD OF DEATHS.\\n181\\n1809.\\nFeb.\\n13\\n27\\nApr.\\n24\\nSep.\\n14\\n24\\nNov.\\n23\\nDec.\\n10\\n11\\n1810.\\nJan,\\n3\\n17\\nMar.\\n12.\\n20.\\n21.\\n22.\\nApr.\\n22,\\nMay\\nJune 1.\\n15,\\n19.\\n25.\\nJuly 8.\\n10.\\nAug.\\nOct. 12.\\n27.\\n1811.\\nApril 15.\\nJune 28.\\nAug. 3.\\n13.\\n14.\\nSep, 30.\\nNov. 7.\\nWidow Weatlicrbee, 88 y.\\nHannah, Ttddow of Jonas\\nAmsden, 55 y.\\nEsther Holden, 22 y.\\nIn. c. of Jeremiah Boynton.\\nSally Austin, 12 y.\\nIn. c. of Elijah Knapp.\\nIn. 0. of Groves, 7 ui.\\nJohn Jefts, 70 y.\\nLt. Enosh Lawrence, 72 y.\\nIn. c. of Capt. John Barrett,\\nMilley Holden, 20 y,\\nMr. S. Walker.\\nIn. c. of John Baldwin, 2 y.\\nLucy Russell, 21 y.\\nIn. c. of Samuel Townsend.\\nIn. c. of Eleazer Fish.\\nIn. c. of same.\\nBurley C. Amsden, 2 y. 6\\nmonths.\\nHannah Barrett, 20 y.\\nIn. c. of William Eliott, 1\\ny. 3 m.\\nIn. c. of Noah Winship, Jr.\\nWheeler, s. of Sam I Wes-\\nton, 4 y.\\nWilliam Warren Whitaker,\\n5 y.\\nCapt. Jas. Scripture, 62 y.\\nBebecca, d. of Jason Dun-\\nster, 5 y.\\nTimothy J., s, of Rev,\\nEbenezer Hill, 2 y, 9 m.\\nHoratio, s. of A. Manning,\\n10 y.\\nMaria, d. of Joseph Mer-\\nriam, Jr., 4 y.\\nIsaac, s, of A, Manning, 1\\nmonth.\\nMary, wid. of Dea. Nathan\\nHall, 88 y.\\nMary, w. of Thomas Ken-\\nworthy.\\nJoseph Merriam, Jr., 41 y.\\nSarah, wid. of Deacon A.\\nDakin, 74 y,\\nRebecca, w. of John Swal-\\nlow, Jr., 56 y.\\nEdey, w. of Aaron Wood,\\n33 y.\\nWilliam B. Flagg, Jr., 9 y.\\nIn. c. of Samuel Nutting,\\n21 d.\\nJotham, s. of A. Wheeler,\\n25 y.\\nDea. Andrew Eliott, 56 y.\\nWife of Mitchell Whittior,\\n25 y,\\n24\\n1811.\\nDec. 30.\\n1812.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar. 2.\\n19.\\n22.\\nApril 1.\\n8.\\n21.\\n21.\\n30.\\nMay 2,\\nAug.\\nSept. 11,\\nNov, 20.\\nDec. 7.\\n17.\\n1813.\\nFeb, 4.\\n8,\\n22,\\nMay 23.\\nJune\\nJuly 25,\\nAug, 1,\\n7.\\n1814,\\nJan. 4.\\n12.\\nFeb. 2.\\nApril 25.\\nMay 9.\\n11.\\nJune\\nAug. 6.\\n8,\\n11.\\n31,\\nSep. 10.\\nIn. c. of John Blodgett, Esq.,\\n14 d.\\nJohn Smith, 46 y.\\nWife of J. Kenworthy,29 y.\\nWidow Farley, 88 y,\\nSarah, w. of Joshua Davis,\\n58 y.\\nAsa Reed, 36 y.\\nIn. c. of G. Kimball, 21 d,\\nMolly,w.of Jonas Fay, 62 y,\\nMrs. Ditson, 68 y.\\nElijah Davis, 67 y.\\nIn. c. of James Snow,\\nMrs. Bachelder, 78 y.\\nIn. c. of Simon Heald, 10 m,\\nMrs. Wyman.\\nMiss Wealthy Hayward,\\n60 y.\\nWife of Jonathan Jefts, Jr.\\nBrintnall Witherell, 46 y.\\nJonathan Searle, Esq., 68 y.\\nIn, c. of M. Whittier, 2 y.\\nPolly Boynton, 18 y,\\nEli, s. of Jona. Jefts, 22 y.\\nMary, w. of Capt. Samuel\\nS. Parker, 50 y.\\nSamuel Hill, 49 y.\\nGeorge Kimball, 38 y.\\nPritchard, 21 y.\\nLucy Russell Barrett, 3 y,\\nLucy Sylvania Russell, 3 y.\\nStephen, s. of John Rob-\\nbins, 2 y.\\nWife of Samuel TarbeU.\\nWidow of Nathaniel Smith,\\n83 y.\\nPatty Holden, 35 y.\\nReuel Richardson, 45 y.\\nIn, c. of Jona. Jefts, Jr.\\nMartin Hayward, 20 y.\\nGeorge, s. of Wm, Whita-\\nker, 5 m.\\nd. of Willard Lawrence, 13\\nyears.\\nSylvester Snow, 10 y.\\nSally, w, of Ephraim Rus-\\nsell, 38 y.\\nIn. c. of Putnam.\\nMary, d. of Hubbert Rus-\\nsell, Jr., ly. 4 m.\\nStisan, d. of A. Wood, 8 y.\\nWidow Agnes Waugh,84 y.\\nPhebe, d. of Josiah Russell,\\n18 y.\\nMary, d. of Reuel Richard-\\nson, 3 y. 6 m.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "182\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\n1814.\\nSept. 12.\\nOct. 27.\\nDec. 1.\\n12.\\n1815.\\nJan. 29.\\nFeb, 9.\\n17.\\n19.\\nMar. 1.\\n13.\\n18.\\n27.\\nSO.\\nApril 28.\\n29.\\nMay 3.\\n12.\\nJune 1.\\n29.\\nJuly 11.\\n12.\\nAug. 13.\\n30.\\nOct. 23.\\nNov. 1.\\n23.\\nDec. 5.\\n6.\\n1816.\\nJan. 2.\\n5.\\n25.\\n26.\\n29.\\n30.\\n1.\\nFeb.\\n16.\\nMar. 18.\\nApril 14.\\n15.\\n19.\\nDaniel Prentice, 70 y.\\nIn. c. of Woodis Lee, 5 y.\\nIn. c. of Abial Green, 6 m.\\ns. of Samuel Wadsworth,\\n14 y.\\nIn. c. of Dan l White, 4 m.\\nEphraim Flagg, 84.\\nIn. c. of Paul Davis, 2 y.\\nElizabetb, d. of Jeremiah\\nBoynton, 23 y.\\nIn. c. of W. B. Flagg, 4 y.\\nIn. c. of Hubbard Amsden,\\n6 m.\\nIn. c. of Othni Crosby.\\nJohn Boynton Wright, 18 y.\\nMrs. Sawtel], 36 y.\\nIn. c. of Thad s Morse, 2 d.\\nRebecca Tarbell, 26 y.\\nNathan Adams, 26 y.\\nJonas Wheeler of New Ips-\\nwich, 96 y.\\nMr. Farwell, 68 y.\\nLoammi, s. of Deacon H.\\nRichardson, 2 y. 6 na.\\nMr. John Baldwin.\\nIn. c. of Josiah Eliott, 14 d.\\nPatty Eliott, 22 y.\\nHannah, d. of Joseph Mer-\\nriam, Jr., 17 y.\\nEsther, wid. of Lt. Enosh\\nLawrence, 80 y.\\nIn. c. of Eben Hodgman,Jr.\\nPolly Bachelder, 29 y.\\nIsrael Eliott, 27 y.\\nIn. c. of Taylor Fay.\\nEliab Knapp, 67 y.\\nRichard Lawrence, 80 y.\\nLt. John Swallow, 86 y.\\nMary, w. of Amos Dakin,\\n52 y.\\nSamuel Smith, 74 y.\\nWidow Flagg, 82 y.\\nFanny Huston, 12 y.\\nIn. c. of Paul Davis, 1 m.\\n7d.\\nWilliam Barrett, 90 y.\\nBetsy Boynton, 23 y.\\nWillard Lawrence, 56 j.\\nAnna, wid. of Richard\\nLawrence.\\nRebecca, wid. of Jason\\nDunster, 72 y.\\nMehitabel, w. of Thomas\\nRobbins, 68 y.\\nIn. c. of Taylor Fay, 1 y.\\nIn. c. of Oliver Nutting, 3 y.\\nIn. c. of Hollis Amsden, 3\\ny. 8 m.\\n1816.\\nApr. 19.\\nAug. 11.\\n31.\\nOct. 5.\\n26.\\nDec. 9.\\n1817.\\nJan. 18.\\n22.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nMay\\nJuly\\nAug. 30.\\nSept.\\nOct. 9.\\n15.\\n20.\\n20.\\n1818.\\nJan.\\nFeb. 5.\\nMar. 18.\\nApril 14.\\n25.\\nMay\\nJune 15.\\nJuly 7.\\nAug. 27.\\nSept.\\n7.\\n14.\\n18.\\n22.\\nOct. 23.\\nBenjamin Cragin, Esq.\\nJesse Barrett, Jr., 27 y.\\nTwin children of E. Dex-\\nter, 1 m.\\nLt. Obadiah Parker, 86 y.\\nIn. c. of Jas. Kennedy, 4 y.\\nHannah, w. of Samuel\\nTownsend, 68 y.\\nIn. c. of James Gardner, 1 y.\\nIn c. of Thomas Russell, 1\\nm. 21 d.\\nIn. c. of Ebenezer Hodg-\\nman, 3 m.\\nIn. c. of Jeremiah Preston.\\nWife of Paul Davis, 34 y.\\nMary, w. of John Blodgett,\\nEsq., 46 y.\\nLydia, d. of Colonel James\\nWood, 16 y.\\nIn. c. of Willard Lawrence.\\nLydia, wid. of Amos Hol-\\nden.\\nLucy, w. of Samuel Mer-\\nriam, 42 y.\\nHubbard Amsden, 27 y.\\nLowis, wid. of John Jefts,\\n71 y-\\nRuth, wid. of Joseph Mer\\nriam, Jr., 45 y.\\nLorena, d. of Andrew and\\nLydia Elliott, II m. 20 d\\nIn. c. of Mr. Read.\\nIn. twin cMldren of Levi\\nMorse.\\nRebecca, w. of Abel Adams\\n58 y.\\nRuth, wid. of Obadiah Par-\\nker, 86 y,\\nSampson Parker, 50 y.\\nIn. c. of Noah Winship, Jr.\\n10 m.\\nGeorge, s. of Isaac and Dei\\ndama Parker, 8 y.\\nIn. c. of Willard Lawrence\\nJonathan Jefts, 86 y.\\nHannah, w. of William Bar-\\nrett, 58 y.\\nWidow Russell.\\nAnna, wid. of WUliam Hos-\\nmer, 85 y.\\nIn. c. of Lemuel Tarbell.\\nJoel Richards, 28 y.\\nSimeon Kemp, Jr., 21 y.\\nIn. c. of Darius Hudson,5 y.\\nc. of same, 11 y.\\nIn. c. of same, 3 y.\\nIn. c. of Jona. Richardson,\\n7 m.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "RECOED OF DEATHS.\\n183\\n1818.\\nOct. 23.\\nNov. 30.\\n7.\\n11.\\n15.\\n18.\\n20.\\n8.\\n11.\\n13.\\n14.\\n21.\\n21.\\nWife of Jason Dunster, Jr.,\\n24 V.\\ns. of IVilliam B. Flagg, 9 y.\\nWidow Sarah Osgood, 96 y.\\nArtemas, s. of Capt. Elijah\\nKnajjp, 6 y. S m.\\nIn. c. of Samuel Withing-\\nton, 8 d.\\nIn. d. of Daniel Foster, o y.\\nBetsey, d. of Capt. Elijah\\nKnapp, 3 y. 5 m.\\nDec. Rebecca, d. of Josiah Eliott,\\n14 y.\\nIn. c. at J. Davis 3 y.\\nIn. c. of Asa Merriam, 2 y.\\nd. of Eben r Gihnan, 8 y.\\nAlbert, s. of Captain Amos\\nFlagg, 5 y. 4 m.\\nIn. c. of Mrs. Lucy Mer-\\nriam.\\nEmaline, d. of Capt. Amos\\nFlagg, 2 y. 4 m.\\n1819.\\nJan. 2. Polly, w. of Amos KusseU,\\n28 y.\\n8. Joseph Warren, s. of Jos.\\nSanders, Jr., 2 y. 6 m.\\nIS. WilHam, s. of David and\\nAma Sanders, 4 y. 9 m.\\n19. Eveline, d. of Jonas and\\nSally Adams, 4 m.\\n20. George E., son of same, 6\\nmonths.\\n22 Emilv, d of Seth and Phebe\\nElliott, 1 y. 3 d.\\n27. John Powers, 25 y.\\nFeb. 7. Lydia, d. of Daniel HiU, 7\\nyears.\\nAlva Parker, 11 y.\\nIn. c. of Eben r Adams.\\nMar. 24. Dea. Noah Winship, oo y.\\nApril 1. Charles, s. of Chas. Scrip-\\nture, 5 m.\\n2. d. of Oliver Nutting, 11 y.\\n5. In. c. of Eben r WiUiams,\\n18 m.\\n6. In. c. of Oliver Nutting, 3\\nyears.\\n12. Sally Saunderson, 18 y,\\n15. Dorcas, d. of Oliver Nut-\\nting, 13 y.\\n19. In. s. of Eben r Williams, 3\\nyears.\\n21. Tliirza, d. of Peter Saun-\\nderson, 15 y.\\nMay 19. Mary Ann, d. of William\\nand Polly Darling, 4 y.\\nIn. d. of Jonathan Eichard-\\nson, 4 y.\\n1819.\\nJuly\\n4.\\n5.\\n5.\\nAug.\\n1.\\n8.\\n(C\\n25.\\nNov.\\n27.\\nDec.\\n23.\\nit\\n29.\\n182\\n0.\\nJan.\\n5.\\n(C\\n11.\\nu\\n31.\\nFeb.\\n9.\\n28.\\nMar.\\n12.\\n20.\\nApril\\nOct.\\n11.\\nNov.\\n2.\\n3.\\n(C\\n12.\\nIC\\n13.\\n15.\\nDec.\\n13.\\n23.\\n26.\\n1821.\\nJan.\\n1.\\nMar.\\n18.\\n23.\\n31.\\nJune\\nApri\\n9.\\n28.\\nMay\\n17.\\nOct.\\nAddison, s. of Samuel Mer-\\nriam, 5 y.\\nElisha Withington, 73 y.\\nLydia, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0v\\\\ of John Russell,\\nJr., 51 y.\\nJohn Winship, 77 y.\\nWife of John Withington,\\n42 y.\\nEdward FarweU, 88 y.\\nIn. c. of James Kennedy.\\nLucy, d. of Edward Wil-\\nson, 59 y.\\nIn. c. of Sam l Weston, 4 y.\\nDeborah, -w. of Caleb Buck-\\nnam, 20 y.\\nAbigail, av. of Chas. Scrip-\\nture, 21 y.\\nBetsey Russell, 22 y.\\nAzubah, d. of Robert and\\nAzubah Searle, 27 y.\\nMary, d. of John and Mary\\nWebber, 8 d.\\nIn. c. of David Jefts, 2d, 1\\ny. 8 m.\\nIn. c. of Abel Adams, Jr.,\\n6 m.\\nPolly, w. of William Bride.\\nWidow Cragin, 76 y.\\nMr. Stratton, 50 y.\\nMrs. Rachel Isaacs, 57 y.\\nW^ife of Paul Davis.\\nSally, d. of Jeremiah Boyn-\\nton, 23 y.\\nWidow of Joseph Bullard,\\n96 y.\\nIn. c. of Jonathan Jefts.\\nc. of Cutler, 8 y.\\nPhilena, d. of Benjamin\\nKendall, 11 years.\\nSimon Ames, 80 y.\\nTimothy Wheeler, 68 y.\\nd. of Benjamin Farwell, 9 y.\\nWife of Leonard Read, 36 j.\\nIn. d. of Abel Farwell, 5 y.\\nSusanna Davis, 47 y.\\nJonathan Wilhams, 85 y.\\nIn. c. of John Sawtell, 1 y.\\nJonathan Foster, (died in\\nAshby,) 100 y.\\nPeter Kemp, 16 y.\\nWife of John Robbins.\\nSilvia, (a negro girl), 14 y.\\nIn. c. of Taylor Fay, 6 m.\\nWidow Goddard, 81 y.\\nIn. c. of Leonard Reed, 8 m.\\nPolly Loring, 30 y.\\nIsaac Kimball, Jr., 6 y. 3 m.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "184\\nHISTOEY OP MASON.\\n1821.\\nOct.\\nNov. 28.\\nDec.\\n15.\\n26.\\n1822.\\nJan. 10.\\n23.\\n29.\\nFeb. 26.\\nMar. 29.\\nApril 1.\\nMay 21.\\n23.\\nJuly\\n16.\\nAug.\\n14\\nSept.\\n22.\\n26.\\nOct.\\n5.\\n6.\\n7.\\n23.\\n17.\\nNov.\\n3.\\n3.\\nNov.\\n10.\\nDec.\\n11.\\n27.\\n1823.\\nMar. 5.\\nApri\\n22.\\n2.\\n20.\\nDaniel Withee, 21 y.\\nIn. c. of J. Jefts.\\nSarah, w. of John Austin,\\n63 y.\\nIn. c. of Isaac Russell, 1 m.\\n14 d.\\nDavid Brown, 83 y.\\nPolly Boynton, d. of Jos.\\nMerriam, o y.\\nWife of Enosh Barrett, 22\\nyears.\\nWidow Barrett, 91 y.\\nCharles Withee, 14 y.\\nIn. c. of Thomas Loring.\\nIn. c. of Ezekiel Merriam,\\n21 d.\\nSamuel Townsend, 88 y.\\nIn. c. of Ca^jtain Elijah\\nKnapp.\\nIn. c. of Hichardson.\\nIn. c. of Joel Tarbell.\\nWife of Jonathan Richard-\\nson, 36 y.\\nRichard Hall, 54 y.\\nIn. c. of Henry Isaacs.\\nIn. c. of Wm. Nutting, 9 m.\\nMary, wid. of Lieut. John\\nSwallow, 76 y.\\nMrs. Elizabeth Campbell,\\n(of Brookline,) 50 y.\\nJudith, wid. of John Win-\\nship, 82 y.\\nd. of Jotham Webber, Jr.,\\n12 y.\\nWilliam, s. of Timothy\\nWheeler, 4 y. 10 m.\\nWilliam Barrett, Jr., 22 y.\\nMary, d. of Tim. Wheeler,\\n2 y. 6 m.\\nIn. c. of Paul Davis, 1 y.\\nLaura, d. of Elijah Knapp,\\n4 y. 6 m.\\nArtemas, s. of same, 3 y.\\nLydia, w. of Andrew Eliott,\\n33 y.\\nDavid Green, (of Groton,)\\n82 y.\\nAdrian, s. of Noah Win-\\nship.\\nAmos Holden, 31 y.\\nAddison, s. of B. C. Kim-\\nball, 26 d.\\nIn. c. of B. Farwell, 14 d.\\nWoodis Lee, 48 y.\\nJoshua Loring, 30.\\nSamuel Merriam, Esq., 50\\n1823.\\nMay Widow of David Brown, 75\\nyears.\\nWife of Abijah Eaton.\\nJune 3. William, s. of Dea. Andrew\\nand Hannah Eliott, 20 y.\\nAug. 13. Sarah, wid. of Timothy\\nWheeler, 69.\\nIn. c. of Capt. N. C. Searle.\\nSept. Widow Hannah Huse, 50 y*\\nOct. 24. George Alvin, s. of George\\nEliott, 3 m. 17 d.\\nNov. 10. Rhoda, w. of James Gil-\\nman, 68 y.\\nIn. c. of Luther Nutting.\\n1824.\\nJan.\\nFeb. 14.\\n16.\\nMar. 2.\\n25.\\nAprU 18.\\n29.\\nMay 2.\\n6.\\n25.\\nMay 30.\\nJuly\\nAug.\\n16.\\n21.\\nSept.\\n25.\\n26.\\n2.\\n2.\\n4.\\n14.\\n30.\\nOct.\\n18.\\nNov.\\n26.\\n28.\\n1825.\\nJan. 2.\\nn\\n13.\\nMay\\n16.\\n27.\\nMr. Amos Cutler.\\nWidow Edwards, 81 y.\\nJonas Campbell, 18 y.\\nJohn Webber, 34 y.\\nSamuel Tarbell, 65 y.\\nWilliam Kendall, 72.\\nJob Hodgman, 37 y.\\nDea. Jotham Webber, 72.\\nAlva Green, 24 y.\\nWidow Lois Gould, 84 y.\\nJosiah Flagg, 74 y.\\nIn. c. of David Amsden, 1\\ny. 9 m.\\nIn. c. of Phinehas Webster.\\nTimothy, s. of Timothy\\nWheeler, 2 y. 3 m.\\nWidow Fletcher.\\nIn. c. of Jonas Kendall, 1\\ny. 6 m.\\nDavid Hall, 71 y.\\nMr. Samuel Smith.\\nIn. d. of Jonas Kendall, 3\\ny. 6. m.\\nLydia, d. of Samuel and\\nMary Dakin, 2 y. 5 m.\\nStephen Lawrence, Esq.,\\n80 y.\\nSamuel Dakin, Jr., 9 y. 6 m.\\nMary Ann, d. of B. C. Kim-\\nball, 4 y. 8 m. 18 d.\\nWidow of William Bairettj\\n91 y.\\nEbenezer Williams, 79 y.\\nIn. c. of Samuel Dakin, 4 y.\\nIn. c. of Martin Rand.\\nRhoda, d. of EHjah Knapp.\\nIn. d. of Benjamin Farwell,\\n5y.\\nGeorge Jefts, 14 y.\\nJames Weston, 34 y.\\nHuldah, wid. of Samuel\\nMerriam, 46 y.\\nElizabeth Winship, 58 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "EECOED OP DEATHS.\\n185\\n1825.\\nMay 29. Capt. Horace Sawtell, 26 y.\\nJuly Nichols, s. of Dea. B. Rob-\\ninson, 3 y.\\nJeremy, s. of Samuel Wes-\\nton, 4 y.\\nAug. In. c. of William Newell,\\n1 y. 6 m.\\nIn 0. of Jonathan Jefts.\\nAug. 17. Ebenezer, s. of Josiah Mer-\\nriam, 5 y.\\n28. William, s. of same, 2 y. 6\\nmonths.\\nWidow Shepherd, 20 y.\\nSept. 2. Polly, w. of Hubbert Hus-\\nsell, Jr., 32 y.\\nIn.c. of Sampson Mcintosh.\\nSep. 20. Adam, s of John Blodgett,\\nEsq., 22 y.\\n20. Amos Boynton, 23 y.\\n20. Jason Russell, 83 y.\\nMr. Priest, 62 y.\\nMary Snow, 18 y.\\nNov. 11. Henry, s. of Daniel and\\nRuth Pelch, U y.\\nIn. c. of Joseph Merriam,\\n2d, 2 d.\\nDec.\\n26.\\nWidow Blood, 95 y.\\n1826.\\nMar.\\n5.\\nAaron Haskell 34 y.\\n11.\\nMolly, w. of Joseph Rob-\\nbins, 64 y.\\n11.\\nIn. c. of Ira Hall,\\n13.\\nLucinda, d. of Thomas\\nHodgman, Jr., 2 y.\\n15.\\nJohn, s. of Maverick Wy-\\nman, 8 y. 7 m.\\nAprl\\nIn. c. of James Saunderson.\\n25.\\nAbel Adams, 69 y.\\nc\\n26,\\nDiantha Russell, 16 y.\\nMay\\n16.\\nJonas Fay, 77.\\nIn. c. of Taylor Fay, 10 m.\\nAug.\\n11.\\nNuma Sawtell, 24 y.\\na\\n13.\\nLucy d. of John Warren,\\n10 months.\\nIt\\n18.\\nJonathan Barrett, 40 y.\\n27.\\nJoseph Addison, s. of Jo-\\nseph B. Robbins, 4 y.\\nSept\\n20.\\nCaroline, d. of Dea. Joseph\\nSaunders, 19 y.\\n(C\\nHarriet Farley, 22 y.\\nOct.\\n28.\\nIn. c. of Isaac Kimball, 10\\nmonths\\n29.\\nArtemas Winship, 18 y.\\nte\\n30.\\nd. of Henderson, 10 y.\\nNov.\\n6.\\nJoseph Merriam, 82 y.\\nDec.\\n6.\\nCapt. Hiram Smith, 25.\\n1827.\\nJan. 10.\\nFeb. 1.\\nThomas Tarbell, 73 y.\\nAbigail, w. of George HaU,\\n27 years.\\n1827.\\n18.\\n26\\nMar.\\n14.\\nApri\\nMar.\\n4\\n4\\nJune\\n21\\n23\\nJuly\\n4.\\n12.\\n13\\nAug.\\n15\\n16\\na\\n17\\nti\\n20.\\n21\\nSept.\\nOct.\\n7\\n2.\\n9\\nNov.\\n20.\\nDec.\\n20.\\n1828.\\nJan.\\n18.\\nFeb.\\n5.\\n7\\n10\\nMar.\\n12\\n21.\\nApri]\\nJune\\n6.\\n8.\\nf\\n12\\n21.\\nJuly\\n14.\\nAug.\\nSept.\\n2.\\n8.\\ni(\\n17.\\nEsther, w. of Capt. Jesse\\nBarrett, 59 y.\\nZaccheus Barrett, 79 y.\\nLucinda, d. of Thomas and\\nEsther Hodgman, 2 y.\\nDiantha Jefts, 9 y.\\nHinksman Warren, 75 y.\\nEzra Merriam, 67 y.\\nWife of Daniel Williams.\\nDaniel Williams, 73 y.\\nElizabeth, w. of Daniel Hill,\\n58 years.\\nIn. s. of Wm. Russell, 5 y.\\nWid. Elizabeth WiUiams,\\n82 years.\\nSally, w. of George Elliot,\\n30 y.\\nIn. c. of John Bachelder,\\n3y.\\nc. of John Bachelder, 11 y.\\nIn. c. of Benjamin Farwell.\\nLucy Ann, d. of Thomas\\nWilson, 14 y.\\nCapt. Isaac Brown, 47 y.\\nOliver H. s. of Capt. John\\nBarrett, 17 y.\\nBetsey, w. of James Wood,\\nJr., 37 y.\\nAbigail, d. of Sam l Smith,\\n44 y.\\nIn. c. of Amos Holden, 4 y.\\nCapt. Sam. S.Parker, 64 y.\\nAmaziah Blood, 41 y.\\nThomas Robbins, 83 y.\\nWife of Jas. Withee, 66 y.\\nIn. s. of Jona. W. Elliot,\\n2y.\\nIn c. of Capt. Ira Hall.\\nSamuel Leander, s. of Wid.\\nMartha Sloan, 4 y.\\nSarah, w. of Amos Her-\\nrick, 82 y. 6 m.\\nJason Dunster, 65 y.\\nWidow Bennett, 81 y.\\nLucretia, d. of Joseph Jefts,\\n17 y.\\nMary Taft, 22 y.\\nPolly, w. of Jona. Bach-\\nelder, 70 y.\\nJotham Webber, 54 y.\\nEsther, w. of Thos. Hodg-\\nman, Jr., 33 y.\\nJohn Farrington Walker,\\n30 y.\\nMr. Ditson, 87 y.\\nWid. Beatrix Parker, 67 y.\\nMary Jane, d. of Thomas\\nPierce, 2 y. 1 m. 3 d.\\nIn. c. of Andrew Elliot, 2 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "186\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\n181\\n8.\\n1830.\\nOct.\\nIS.\\nPtebecca w. of Eld. William\\nEliot, 65 y.\\nAug, 15.\\nc\\n24.\\nJonathan Russell, 77 y.\\nSept.\\nWife of Ira Hadley, 33 y.\\nOct.\\nNov.\\n12.\\nIn. c. of Jona. E. Russell,\\n3 m.\\nElijah. Towne, 62 y.\\nNov. 8.\\nDec.\\n25.\\n1831.\\n1829.\\nJan. 16.\\nJan.\\n25.\\nSarah, w. of Hubbert Rus-\\nsell, 76 y.\\n20.\\n27.\\nJohn Powers, 25 y.\\n20.\\nJeb.\\n3.\\nIn. c. of Mr. Barnard.\\nK\\n4.\\nPatty, w. of Oliver Hos-\\nFeb.\\nmer, 60 y.\\nMarch\\n5.\\nIn. c. of Benjamin Far-\\nwell, 1 y. 4 m.\\nApril\\n15.\\nElizabeth, w. of Jas. Wood,\\nEsq., 71 y.\\n8.\\nSarah, wid. of Simon Ames,\\nMay\\n86 y.\\nRhoda, d. of John Sawtell.\\nJune\\nAug.\\nParker Blood, 15 y.\\nAug.\\n12.\\nJoshua Hobart, 26 y.\\nSept. 6.\\n16.\\nSally Russell, 20 y.\\n18.\\nIn. c. of Caleb E. Bullard,\\n3 y. 6 m.\\n6.\\nIn. c. of Amos Eliott, 3 y.\\nSept.\\n22.\\nEleazer Fish, 50 y.\\n23.\\nAbel Kemp, 87 y.\\nIn. c. of Ebenezer Adams.\\nNov. 18.\\nIn. c. of Dea. B. Robinson,\\n25.\\n3y-\\nDec. 20.\\n24.\\nSamuel Whiting Esq., 33 y.\\n28.\\n31.\\nAnna, w. of Roger Weston,\\n1832.\\nEsq., 71 y.\\nJan. 11\\nOct.\\n1.\\nJohn Whitaker, 85 y.\\n20\\n26.\\nIn. d. of Henderson, 3\\n27.\\nyears.\\n30.\\nWid. Richardson, 87 y.\\nWife of Joel Tarbell.\\nFeb. 2\\nWid. White, alias Green,\\n85 y.\\nMar. 2\\nNov.\\nIn. d. of Daniel HUl, Jr., 2\\nyears.\\n11.\\nBeulah Austin, 58 y.\\nIn. c. of Asher Peabody.\\nApril 8.\\nDec.\\nHannah, Avid. of Jonathan\\nSearle, Esq., 80 y.\\nDec.\\n12.\\nDea. Joseph Saunders, 65 y.\\n25\\nIn. c. of Thomas Loring.\\nMay 9\\n1830.\\nJan.\\nMay 11.\\nJune 4.\\n12.\\n13.\\nMr. Lawrence, 45 y.\\nIn. c. of Joseph Merriam.\\nJohn Swallow, 73 y.\\nJoseph Woods, 76 y.\\nRev. William Eliot, Sly.\\nSimeon Heald, 56 y.\\nSarah, widow of Stephen\\nLawrence, 84 y.\\nOct.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n15.\\nRebecca, w. of Roger Wes-\\nton, Esq., 76 y.\\nWife of Loring.\\nBenjamin Farwell. 45 v.\\nPolly, w. of T. Dakin,\\nEsq., 51 y.\\nWid. Parker, 89 y.\\nAnna, av. of Dea. H. Rich-\\nardson, 53 y. 8. m. 18 d.\\nIn. c. of David F. Hunt, 4\\nm. 10 d.\\nWid. Sarah Elliot, 94 y.\\nMiss Keyes, 70 y.\\nElliot Russell, 22 y.\\nFarley, 70 y.\\nRebecca, wife of Thomas\\nW^ilson, 50 y.\\nWid. of Benjamin Jefts, 72\\nyears.\\nWife of John Robbins, 52 y.\\nJoseph Winship, 57 y.\\nThankful, widow of John\\nWhitaker, 87 y.\\nNancy Adelaide, d. of\\nHenry Clements, 1 m. 21\\ndays.\\nVv idow Sally Allen.\\nJosiah Ehott, 68 y.\\nIn. c. of Abel Farwell, 2 y.\\nZaccheus Davis, 87 y. 10 m.\\nCapt. Joseph Barrett, 86 y.\\nSally Brown, 35 y.\\nHoUis Amsden, 54 y.\\nTimothy Weatherbee, 84 y.\\nJohn Pratt, 77 y.\\nNancy, w. of Jos. Woods,\\nJr., 45 y.\\nIn. c. of Jona. Jefts, 2 d.\\nIn. c. of John Smith, 10 m.\\nWidow Hannah Holden,\\n37 y.\\nWife of Daniel Lawrence,\\n72 y.\\nDavid HiU, 24 y.\\nIn. s. of George Eliott, 1 y.\\n6 m.\\nIn. d. of same, 3 y.\\nIn. c. of Farnsworth,\\n2 y.\\nIn. c. of Mellen, 2 y.\\nIn. c. of 0. Granger.\\nIn. c. of Nutting.\\nLeonard Read, 50 y.\\nWidow Flagg, 90 y.\\nRebecca Kendall, 40 y.\\nIn. c. of Joel Tarbell.\\nJohn Russell, 86 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "EECORD OF DEATHS.\\n187\\n1833.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\n24.\\nMar. 11.\\nJune 9.\\n14.\\nJuly 14.\\n16.\\nOct. 18.\\nDec.\\n1834.\\nJan.\\n12.\\nFeb.\\nMar. 3.\\n9.\\nApril\\nMay\\nJune 7.\\nU.\\nJuly\\nSept. 29.\\nOct.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\n1835.\\nFeb. 21.\\nMar. 1.\\n30.\\n31.\\nApril 11.\\nMay\\nAnna, wid. of Jona. Wil-\\nliams, 83 y.\\nIn. c. of Charles Scripture,\\n2 m.\\nIn. c. of Orlando Cragin.\\nJoseph. B., s. of Timothy\\nWheeler, 1 y. 6 m.\\nEbenezer H., s. of Oliver\\nH. Pratt, 2 V. 3 m.\\nMary C, d. of Dr. William\\nand Mary Barber, 40 y.\\nSarah, wid. of Joseph Mer-\\nriam, 81 y.\\nJames Ford, s. of David F.\\nHunt, 9 m. 12 d.\\nAbraham B. Wright, 72 y.\\nPatty Flagg, 38 y.\\nW^idow Hodgman, 86 y.\\nIn. twin children of Mr.\\nHoward, 4 d.\\nEmily Stevens, (of Boston)\\n16 y.\\nAsher Austin, 21 y.\\nIn. c. of Samuel Dakin, 5\\nyears.\\nSibbel, wid. of Capt. James\\nScripture, 78 y.\\nMary, d. of Jas. and Lucy\\nScripture, 17 y.\\nIn. 0. of George Elliott, 10\\nmonths.\\nIn. c. of E. Wellington, 3 d.\\nSarah, wid. of John Pratt,\\n86 y.\\nIn. c. of James Campbell, 4\\ndays.\\nMatilda, w. of Ephraim\\nHildreth.\\nWarren Tarbell, 20 y.\\nWilUam Newhall, 65 y.\\nWife of Aaron Blood.\\nElizabeth, wid. of Samuel\\nSmith, 88 y.\\nIn. c. of Chandler.\\nMary, w. of Samuel Dakin.\\nIn. s. of Widow Farrar, 2\\ny. 6 m.\\nIn. c. of Francis Wright.\\nMrs. Felt, 34 y.\\nMr. Tarbox, 22 y.\\nHarriet, w. of James Bald-\\nwin, 19 y.\\nIn. c. of Jonathan Eussell.\\nMr. Gerry, (stranger,) 23 y.\\nLt. Joses Bucknam, 75 y.\\nIn. c. of Thaddeus Morse, 3\\nmonths.\\n1835.\\nMay 15,\\nJune 20.\\n21.\\nAug.\\n24.\\nSept.\\n10.\\n11.\\n19.\\n19.\\nOct.\\nDec.\\n11.\\n8.\\n11.\\n1836.\\nJan.\\n23.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\n8.\\n15.\\n17.\\n18.\\nApril\\nMay 1.\\nAug. 11.\\n15.\\nOct.\\nNov. 6.\\n1837.\\nJan.\\nFeb. 2.\\n22.\\nMar. 18.\\nJuly 18.\\nAug.\\nSilas BuUard, 83 y.\\nWidow of Thomas Rob-\\nbins, 80 y.\\nSarah, w. of Seth Robbins,\\n82 years.\\nThomas Blood, 77 y.\\nW^ife of John Spaulding,\\n41 years.\\nMaria, w. of Oliver H.\\nPratt, 29 y.\\nWife of Mr. Mores, 70 y.\\nIn. c. of Mr. Tibbets.\\nAnna, d. of Jer. Boynton,\\n23 years.\\nMrs. Crossman, 91 y.\\nLucy, wid. of Edw d Wil-\\nson, 97 y.\\nMrs. Fry, 30 y.\\nCatharine Barrett, 14 y.\\nSibbel, w. of Josiah Win-\\nship, 67 y.\\nSimeon Kemp, 76 y.\\nElizabeth, wid. of Dea. Jos.\\nSaifnders, 71 y.\\nRuth, d. of Stephen Spaul-\\nding, 16 y.\\nIn. s. of Abijah Eaton, Jr.,\\n5 years.\\nAvis, wid. of Silas Bullard,\\n72 3^ears.\\nMiss Holt, 19 y.\\nEunice, w. of Josiah Rus-\\nsell, Esq.,\\nWilliam Bruce Flagg, 66 y.\\nFrancis Ann, w. of Samuel\\nE. Howard, 28 y.\\nThomas Hodgman, 82 y. 6\\nmonths.\\nWife of Capt. Ira HaU, 42\\nyears.\\nHubbard Russell, 88 y.\\nIn. c. of Mary Ann Bald-\\nwin.\\nRuhamah, widow of John\\nRussell, 88 y.\\nIn. c. of Bailey.\\nAnna, w. of Nathl. Cum-\\nmings, Esq., 51 y.\\nJames Wood, Jr., 51 y.\\nLydia, w. of Roger Weston,\\nEsq., 81 y.\\nWidow Chapman.\\nOliver Eliot, 102 y. 7 m.\\nMartha, d. of Asher Pea-\\nbody, 1 y. 1 m.\\nWife of Pollard Felt.\\nIn. c. of John Smith.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "188\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\n1837.\\nSeth Robbins, 92 y.\\nMrs. Withee.\\nPhebe, \\\\v. of Jonas Brown,\\n[60 v.]\\nMrs. Kemp, 84 y.\\n1837.\\nMiss Tarbos, [75 y.]\\nMr. Christie, [35 y.]\\nMrs. Knapp, [48 y.]\\nWidow of Gershom Flagg,\\n[75 y.]\\nEecord of deaths for the years 1838 and 1839\\n1838.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\n30.\\nApril\\nMay\\nJuly\\nit\\nSept.\\n11.\\n31.\\nAaron Wyeth, 23 y.\\nElizabeth, widow of Dea.\\nJotham Webber, 82 y.\\nAldice, w. of Oliver Bar-\\nrett, 45 y.\\nJason Russell, 23 y.\\nIn. c. of PoUard Felt, 8\\nmonths.\\nJonathan Bachelder, 85 y.\\nIn. c. of Willis Hal), 1 y.\\n6 months.\\nWidow Searle, 77 y.\\nCol. James Wood, 83 y.\\nLeonard Ames, 19 y.\\nIn. c. of Mr. MeUen.\\n1838.\\nOct. 25\\nDec. 8.\\n1839.\\nMay 7\\nJune 5.\\n17\\nAug.\\nSept.\\n19.\\n20.\\nOct.\\nDec.\\n27\\n25\\nSon of Capt. Flynn, 20 y.\\nMary, w. of John Bachel-\\nder, 45 y.\\nAbel Hunt, 44 y.\\nIra Hodgman, 35 y.\\nDea. Hez. Richardson, 67\\nyears.\\nElizabeth Davis, 63 y.\\nJonathan Loring, 81 y.\\nIn. d. of John Flagg, 3 y.\\nIn. d. of Asher ElUot, 3 y.\\nJeremiah Boynton, 74 y.\\nIn. s. of Rev. A. Gr. Com-\\nRecord of deaths from January 1, 1840, to December 31,\\n1858, kept by Dr. Willis Johnson\\nIn. c. of Freeman Elliott, 1\\ny. 9 d.\\nMrs. Putnam, 69 y.\\nIn. c. of Sampson Mcin-\\ntosh, 3 d.\\nIn. c. of Timothy Amsden,\\n3 m. 14 d.\\nWidow of Joshua Davis,\\n80 y.\\nIn. c. of William Creigh-\\nton, 15 d.\\nMartha, d. of David and\\nBetsey Amsden, 22 y.\\nWife of PoUard Felt, 21 y.\\nDaniel Hill, 78 y.\\nIn. c. of Elisha Withington,\\n3 m. 3 d.\\nDeborah, widow of Noah.\\nWinship, 79 y.\\nEllen, d. of John Swallow,\\n13 y.\\nDana Morse, 2 y,\\nMary Sylvania, w. of Isaac\\nSylvester Russell, 21 y.\\nIn c. of Abraham Moore, 2\\ndays.\\nIn. c. of Mr. Taft, 1 y, 4 m.\\n1840.\\n1841.\\nJan.\\n29.\\nJohn Blood, 80 y.\\nApril 5.\\nFeb.\\n5.\\nIn. c. of Pollard Felt.\\n(t\\n14.\\nWilson Swallow, 38 y.\\nJuly 24.\\nMar.\\n29.\\nMaria, d. of S. Smith, Jr.,\\n17 y.\\nAug. 3.\\nMay\\n31.\\nWid. of Elias Elliott, 88 y.\\nSept. 10.\\nJuly\\n17.\\nCharles Otis, 21 y.\\nWidow Polly Davis.\\nOct. 4.\\n27,\\nCharlotte Beckwith, 17 y.\\n28.\\nLt. James Oilman, 88 y.\\n13.\\nAug.\\n23.\\nBetsey, wife of Artemas\\nRowell, 54 y.\\n20.\\n27.\\nMary Sylvania, d. of Isaac\\nand Mary Russell, 25 y.\\nNov. 7.\\nSept.\\n11.\\nWife of Aaron Holden, 48\\n10.\\nyears.\\nDec. 16.\\n24.\\nIn. c. of J. B. Robbins.\\nOct.\\n3.\\nJ. Horace, s. of John and\\nFidelia Peabody, 9 y.\\n25.\\n16.\\nJoshua Davis, 96 y.\\n1842.\\n25.\\nEphraim Flagg, [50 y.]\\nJan. 30.\\nNov.\\n6.\\nMrs. Walker, 80 y.\\nDec.\\n19.\\nAmos Blood, 83.\\nApril 1.\\n1841.\\n16.\\nJan.\\n8.\\nMarv, wid. of Jos. Woods,\\n81 y.\\n26.\\nFeb.\\n5.\\nMary Ann Tarbell, 22 y.\\nMar.\\n26.\\nIn. c. of J. Brown, 5 y.\\n29.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "EECORD OF DEATHS.\\n189\\n1842.\\nApril\\nMcay 2\\n5\\n9\\n9\\n15\\n28\\nJune\\n17.\\nJuly\\n2\\n10\\n16.\\nOct.\\n14.\\n17.\\nNov.\\n22.\\n29.\\n27.\\n1843.\\nJan. 9.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\n10.\\n22.\\n1.\\n9.\\n11.\\nApri\\n15.\\n10.\\n10.\\n11.\\n(I\\n17.\\nMay\\n24.\\n2.\\nJune\\n28.\\n19.\\nJuly\\n31.\\nSept.\\nOct,\\n13.\\n21.\\n20.\\nGeorgianna, d. of Abraham\\nWright, 1 y. 6 m.\\nIn. c. of Moses Taylor, 1\\ny. 4 m.\\nSamuel E. Howard, 37 y.\\nIn. c. of Caleb E. BuUard,\\nWillis, s. of Abner Holden,\\n8y.\\nAmanda, d. of same, 3 y.\\nIn. c. of Mr. Clark.\\nIra, s. of William W. Whit-\\naker. 11 m.\\nJohn Jefts, 69 y.\\nIn. c. of James Barrett, 2 y.\\nMarshall W., s. of W. W.\\nWhitaker, 3 y. 6 m.\\nHannah, wid .of Jonathan\\nKussell, 92 y.\\nIn. c. of Chas. Prescott, 3 d.\\nIn. c. of George Hall.\\nSarah, wid. of Thos. Tar-\\nbell, 86 y.\\nMary, wid. of A, B.Wright,\\n75 y.\\nMr. Keyes, 54 y.\\nAmos Dakin, 82 y.\\nIn. c. of William E-obbins,\\n2 y. 6 m.\\nDorothy, w. of Dr. AVillis\\nJohnson, 58 y.\\nMr. Danielson, [50.]\\nSamuel D. Blood, 44 y. 8 m.\\nWife of John Robbing, 61.\\nyears.\\nDea. E,. Weston, 85 y.\\nAbigail, w. of John Boyn-\\nton, 41 y.\\nHenry Scripture, 11 y.\\nWidow of John Russell,\\n98 y.\\nWidow Shed, 90 y.\\nMary Ann, wife of Asher\\nTarbell, 42 y.\\nWife of Amos Robbins, 65\\nyears.\\nIn. c. of Keyes.\\nRachel, d. of Oliver Barrett,\\n17 y.\\nSusan, d. of same, 19 y.\\nRebecca, wid. of Thomas\\nHodgman, 82 y. 5m.\\nWidoAv of Thomas Blood,\\n85 y.\\nIn. c. of Lucas Adams, 3 y.\\nJames Snow, Esq., 70 y.\\nIn. c. of Butler, 7\\nmonths.\\n1843.\\nNov.\\n10\\nDec.\\n21\\n1844.\\nJan.\\n2\\n8\\nMar.\\n40\\n27\\nApri:\\n6\\nMar.\\n29.\\nJuly\\n20.\\nAug.\\n10\\n10\\nOct.\\n7\\n8.\\nNov.\\n1.\\n9.\\n(1\\n11,\\n23\\ni(\\n19.\\nDec. 7.\\n1845.\\nJan.\\n4\\ncc\\n9\\n27\\nFeb.\\n15\\n16\\n19\\n26.\\nMar. 24.\\n31.\\nApril 15.\\nJune 21.\\nJuly 23.\\nAug. 14.\\nSept. 5.\\n5.\\n7.\\n9.\\nOct.\\nIn. twin children of Samp-\\nson Mcintosh, 1 d.\\nEsther, wid. of Hinksman\\nWarren, 88 y.\\nHepzibath Lawrence, 56 y.\\nOhver Nutting, 76 y.\\nEphraim Russell, Jr., 40 y.\\nJosiah Russell, Esq., 77 y.\\nIn. c. of Daniel Felch, 10\\nmonths.\\nHannah Reed, 21 y.\\nDorothy, wife of Calvin\\nAmsden, 29 y.\\nWilliam Barrett, 84 y.\\nIn. c. of Taft.\\nRev. Alfred L. Mason, 32 y.\\nJohn Russell, 76 y.\\nIn. c. of Bennett, 1 y.\\n3 m.\\nAlice Swallow, 52 y.\\nCapt. Jesse Barrett, 82 y.\\nRodney H. Amsden, 28 y.\\nSusannah, w. of Jonathan\\nSmith, 76 y.\\nJane, d. of Abram and\\nJulia M. Moore, 7 y. 8\\nm. 14 d.\\nWife of Jedediah Felton,\\n69 y.\\nJedediah Felton, 76 y.\\nWealthy M., d. of Edwin\\nand Lavinia Hodgman, 3\\nyears.\\nIn. c. of Haseltine, 6 y.\\nc. of Walker, 9 y.\\nIn. c. of Henry Sawin, 14\\ndays.\\nDaniel Felch, 64 y.\\nGeorge Walker, 15 y.\\nWilliam, s. of Dr. William\\nand Rachel C. Barber, 42\\nyears.\\nMiss Blanchard, 17 y.\\nIn. c. of James Davis.\\nMary, wid. of John Adams,\\n87 y.\\nLuther Robbins, 52 y.\\nIn. c. of Luther L. Barrett,\\n7d.\\nThomas Hodgman, 45 y.\\nJ. Newton Kimball, 20 y.\\nMiss Marsh, 22 y.\\nPhebe, w. of Capt. Samuel\\nSmith, 78 y.\\nNancy, w. of Capt. Samuel\\nWeston, 58 y.\\nGeorge Robbins, 21 y.\\n25", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\n1845.\\nOct.\\nDec. 25.\\n1846.\\nJan. 6.\\nMar. 16.\\nApril\\n11.\\n16.\\n26.\\n29.\\nJuly\\nAug.\\n25.\\n30.\\nSept.\\nOct.\\n6.\\n2.\\n20.\\nNov. 5.\\n16.\\n18.\\n1847.\\nJan. 20.\\nFeb. 21.\\nMar. 18.\\nApril 10.\\n20.\\nJuly 31.\\nAug. 7.\\n15.\\nSept. 13.\\n19.\\nNov. 29.\\nDec. 20.\\n1848.\\nJan. 22.\\n27.\\nPeb. 20.\\nMar. 1.\\n22.\\n26.\\n30.\\nApril 13.\\nMay 8.\\nDea. Timothy Dakin, 82 y.\\nMrs. Parley, [78.]\\nDaniel Chapman.\\nCliloe, w. of James Brown,\\n83 y.\\nLois, wid. of Eliab Knapp,\\n88 y.\\nJohn Frederick, s. of David\\nF. Hunt, 8 m. 14 d.\\nIn. c. of Samuel M. Mer-\\nriam.\\nE.uth, d. of Jona. Williams,\\n73 y.\\nSylvester Putnam, 47 y.\\nIn. c. of Warren Russell,\\n3 y. 10 m.\\nWife of Geo. Amsden, 25 y.\\nArtemas L., s. of Leonard\\nand Deborah Parwell, 1\\nm. 21 d.\\nLucinda, w. of Jos. Hodg-\\nman, 55 y.\\nHUdreth Dutton, 25 y.\\nSamuel H; L., s. of Sam l\\nB. and Mary Tebbetts, 1\\ny. 8 m. 12 d.\\nSamuel Hartshorn, 36 y.\\nSarah Octavia, d. of David\\nP. Hunt, 3 y. 7 m.\\nElizabeth Bobbins, 17 y.\\nSarah M. Robbins, 23 y.\\nMary, wid. of EHsha With-\\nington, 99 y. 6 m.\\nIn. 0. of Amos Scripture,\\n3 y. 7 m. 5 d.\\nJohn Cutter, 2 y. 8 m. 27 d.\\nCaleb Kemp, 25 y.\\nIn. c. of Luther A. Tar-\\nbell, 2 y. 1 m.\\nIn. c. of Asa E. Woods, 1\\ny. 6 m. 13 d.\\nIn. c. of Elnathan E. Boyn-\\nton, 6 y.\\nMr. Butler, 65 y.\\nEbenezer Plagg, 85 y.\\nSophronia, wife of Amos\\nScripture, 39 y.\\nMary Cragin, 33 y.\\nMartha, d. of Lucius Ad-\\nams, 21 y.\\nMary Merriam, 60 y.\\nIn. c. of Henry Sawin, 2 y.\\nJohn Stevens, Esq., 64 y.\\nWife of Otis Childs, 26 y.\\nIra Taylor, 19 y.\\nSusan Merriam, 45 y.\\n1848.\\nMay 21. Mary, d. of J.W.Eliot,16y.\\nJune 16. Samuel Tarbell, 63 y.\\nAug. 14. Emily, d. of WiUiam and\\nNancy Wright, 17 y.\\n14. Emily, w. of J. Lang, 16 y.\\n28. Sally Ames, 75 y.\\n28. Harriet M., d. of Timothy\\nWheeler, 1 y. 9 m. 23 d.\\nSep. 10. In. c. of Essex, 2 y.\\n18. In. d. of Justus Peabody.\\n30. In. s. of same, 2 y.\\nOct. 7. Mary Stevens, 18 y.\\n24. Adalucia, wife of William\\nW. Whitaker, 37 y.\\nNov. 8. Amos Herrick, 85 y.\\n9. In. c. of Daniel Pelch.\\n22. Mrs. Otis, 58 y.\\n23. Mr. Timothy Moore,\\nDec. 1. Ebenezer Plagg, 53 y.\\n21. Esther, w. of HLnksman\\nWarren, 88 y.\\n1849.\\nJan. 11. Mr. Ira Hadley.\\n22. In. c. of Timothy P. EUiott,\\n2 d.\\nFeb. 9. Capt. Samuel Smith, 84 y.\\n7. Keyes, 68y.\\nApr. 26. Mrs. White, 42.\\n26. Elizabeth, w. of Jeremiah\\nBoynton, 81 y.\\nMay 21. Margaret Barrett, 21 y.\\n24. In. c. of John Conway, 2\\nm. 7d.\\nJune 13. In. c. of Daniel Dugald, 1\\ny. 5 m.\\n15. Mr. Josiah G. Heald.\\n24. John Robbing, 74 y.\\nJuly 7. George Morse, 26 y.\\nAug. 18. Lydia, w. of Luther Rob-\\nbins, 55 y.\\n21. In. c. of George EUiott, 2\\nm. 14 d.\\n30. Mrs. Hodgman, oO y.\\nSept. 2. Edward Melvin, s. of Oli-\\nver H. and Catharine W.\\nPratt, 2 y.\\n6. William Bailey, 43 y.\\n13. In. c. of Cain Hungarn, 9 d.\\n13. Julia A. d. of William and\\nEliza Farley, 4 y. 9 m.\\n14. Frederic T., s. of same, 1\\ny. 4 m.\\nIn. c. of C. Raflin.\\nNov. 1. Mary Ann Herd, 17 y.\\n17. David Hunt, 83 y.\\n24. Elias Elliott, 70 y.\\nDec. 1. In. c. of Benjamin Living-\\nston, 5 y.\\n13. William Russell, 70.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "RECORD OF DEATHS.\\n191\\n18o\\n0.\\nJan.\\n19.\\nFeb.\\n6.\\nMar.\\n14.\\nMay\\n17.\\n19.\\n27.\\nJune\\n1,\\n7.\\nJuly\\n5.\\n9.\\n25.\\nAug.\\n13.\\n19.\\n28.\\n26.\\nSep.\\n10.\\n12.\\n28.\\nNov.\\n12.\\n14.\\n19.\\n1851.\\nJan.\\n2.\\nC(\\n9.\\ntl\\n21.\\nte\\n10.\\nC(\\n19.\\n20.\\nC(\\n30.\\nFeb.\\n3.\\nMar.\\n30.\\nMay\\nJune\\n3.\\n4.\\n9.\\n29.\\nJuly\\nAug.\\n22.\\n4.\\n13.\\nC(\\n22.\\nSept\\n23.\\n23.\\n24.\\nJames Conner, 23 j.\\nIn. s. of Rev. E. R. Hodg-\\nmau, 7 d.\\nIn. c. of Adams.\\nSarah, wid. of William Bar-\\nrett, 82 y.\\nHarriet C, w. of Charles\\nBelcher, 33 y.\\nGassett, 68 y.\\nd. of Albert Taft, 15 y.\\nElizabeth; wid. of Amos\\nDakiu, 85 y.\\nJoseph Blood, 96 y.\\nWife of Aaron Blood, 54 y.\\nAsa E. Woods, 33 y.\\nc. of Freeman Elliott, 8 y.\\nIn. c. of John P. Linson, 4\\ndays.\\nCharles Farwell, s. of Chas.\\nBelcher, 3 m. 9 d.\\nO Neil.\\n;Mrs. Warner, 71 y.\\nSeth Robbins, 65 y.\\nIn. c. of Seneca Lynch, 1\\nm. 21 d.\\nGeorge Elliott, 63 y.\\nHannah M., d. of Ebenezer\\nand Betsey Webber, 27\\ny. 9 m. 13 d.\\nMrs. Sparrow.\\nMrs. Sally Barrett, 57 y.\\nMary H., w. of Isaac Rus-\\nsell, 61 y.\\nTrue Robbins, 63 y.\\nMary A. Hildreth, 27 y.\\nMiss Hutchinson, 9 y.\\nWife of Isaac Woodbury,\\n33 y.\\nMrs. Fisher, 47 y.\\nNancy, d. of John Rich-\\nards, 5 m.\\nTheodorea, s. of Ash er Pea-\\nbody, 19 y. 2 m.\\nMaj. Abijah Elliott, 78 y.\\nWife of Abel Farwell, 55 y.\\nMary Foster, 37 y.\\nCenter, 52 y.\\nLemuel Tarbell, 65 y.\\nWife of Noah Winship, Jr.,\\n21 y.\\nSusannah, widow of Ezra\\nMerriam, 86 y.\\nNathan Heald, 19 y.\\nLucinda, wife of Milo Rob-\\nbins, 23 y.\\nOscar, s. of same, 2 m.\\nHannah, w. of Jos. B. Rob-\\nbins, 57 y.\\n1851.\\nOct. 9. Henry Campbell, 58 y.\\n11. In. c. of John S. Spaulding,\\n5 mo. 10 d.\\n13. Albert Whitney, 4 m.\\n31. Jane Heald, 26 y.\\nDec. 27. Wife of Luther Livingston,\\n52 y.\\n1852.\\nJan. 12. Luke Newell, Jr., 22 y.\\n17. Ransom Fiske, 53 y.\\nFeb. 8. Edward P. Tarbell, 22 y.\\n20. Joseph Proctor, 88 y.\\nApril 1. In. c. of Martin L. Blood,\\n12 d.\\nJune 11. Orrin W., s. of Walter\\nRobbins, 1 y. 8 m.\\n15. Esther, wid. of Jas. Snow,\\nEsq., 82 y.\\nJuly 11. Dr. William Barber, 85 y.\\n31. Noah Winship, Jr., 23 y.\\nAug. 12. In. c. of Augustus Flagg,\\n2y.\\nIn. c. of House.\\nIn. c. of Moor.\\n19, Levi Wyman.\\n26. Widow of William Newell,\\n73 y.\\n91. Hervey E., s. of Samuel\\nWheeler Weston, 2 y.\\n11 m.\\nSept.\\n5.\\nJoseph Hodgman, 67 y.\\ni\\n22.\\nIn. c. of James Hartshorn,\\n10 m.\\nOct.\\n7.\\nWife of John Swallow, 64\\nyears.\\n9.\\nAbigail, w. of Elisha Bar-\\nrett, 64 y.\\nOct.\\n10.\\nWilliam Wheeler, 25 y.\\n11.\\nSamuel E., s. of Captain S.\\nSmith, 19 y.\\n15.\\nOliver Hosmer, 88 y.\\nNov.\\nWiUiam Putnam, 23 to 27 y.\\nDec.\\n10.\\nLydia, wid. of Jos. Blood,\\n83 y.\\n14.\\nWife of Abel Adams, 60 y.\\n1853.\\nFeb.\\n6.\\nWife of Levi Morse, 73 y.\\n6.\\nBetsey, wid. of David Ams-\\nden, 65 y.\\nMar.\\n6.\\nCharlotte Mcintosh, 32 y.\\ni(\\n30.\\nIn. c. of Oilman Heath, 8 m.\\nApril\\n6.\\nCharles Weston, 31 y.\\nJoseph A. Tarbell.\\nMay\\n11.\\nEzra Walker, 31 y.\\nJune\\n6.\\nNancy, w. of Wm. Wright,\\n61 y.\\nJuly\\n1.\\nWidow of Wm. B. Flagg,\\n78 y.\\n12.\\nSamuel Heald, 14 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTOEY OP MASON.\\nJuly\\n20\\nAug.\\n9.\\nSept.\\n14\\nNov.\\n9\\n22.\\n24.\\nDec.\\n5\\n1854.\\nJan.\\n2\\n17\\n21\\nFeb.\\n11\\n19\\nMar.\\n11\\nApri\\n19\\n25\\n26\\nMay 2.\\n9.\\n12.\\n20.\\n26.\\nJune 5.\\nJuly 25.\\nAug. 13.\\nSept. 14.\\nOct. 21.\\n1855.\\nJan. 22.\\nFeb. 6.\\n17.\\nMar. 3.\\n19.\\nApril 5.\\n29.\\nMay 3.\\n24.\\nJune 8.\\nJuly 18.\\n18.\\n20.\\n29.\\nAug. 6.\\n8.\\nMary Moor, 17 y.\\nWilliam Russ, 38 y.\\nJoel Ames, 82 y. 8 m. 3 d.\\nAbby B., d. of Ephraim\\nand Martha Russell, 19 y.\\nWife of Walter Weston,\\n30 y.\\nLoammi Chamberlain, 63 y.\\nJeremiah W. Marsh, 58 y.\\nAzubah, wid. of Woodis\\nLee, 84 y.\\nE,hoda, wid. of Samuel\\nTarbell, 86 y.\\nTimothy Wheeler, 71 y.\\nAbigail, wid. of Luke H.\\nCutter, 45 y.\\nJosiah Winship, 83 y.\\nJames Brown, 84 y.\\nSally Smith, 96 y.\\nMrs. C. Amsden, 35 y.\\nCharles Robbing, 32 y.\\nMrs. Wheeler, 18 y.\\nMartha H. w. of Rev. E.\\nR. Hodgman. (at Lun-\\nenburg,) 37 y.\\nStephen Withington, 82 y.\\nEdward B. Wheeler, 25 y.\\nLa. c. of M. Hurlburt, 23 d.\\nRev. Ebenezer Hill, 88 y 3\\nm. 20 d.\\nMartha, d. of Rev. E. R.\\nHodgman, 1 m.\\nWilliam Withington, 83 y.\\nIn. c. of Leonard Jefts, 2 y.\\nIn. c. of WUder Reed, 1 y.\\n8 ni.\\nIn. c. of Leonard Farwell.\\nJohn Tarbell, 80 y.\\nSarah Erancis, d. of Dr. T.\\nH. Marshall, 10 y.\\nStephen Corburn, 73 y.\\nBetsey Wheeler, 76 y.\\nJames Withee, 93 years.\\nGeorge Newell, 21 years.\\nMrs. Mary Hadley, 47 y.\\nSilas Shed, 80 y.\\nMrs. George Hall, 44 y.\\nJohn H. Jones, 40 y.\\nDavid Blood, 67 y.\\nMrs. Betsey Shed, 78.\\nWid. of John Blood, 96 y.\\nEzra Wood, 42 y.\\nJohn Austin, 89 years.\\nIn. c. of Amos Russell, 4 y.\\nIn. c. of Hartwell.\\nAnna, w. of Sewall Woods,\\n68 y.\\n185\\n5.\\nAug.\\n9.\\nEliza, wid. of George Elliot,\\n56 y.\\n17.\\nWilliam, s. of Wm. Clag-\\ngett, 2 y.\\nOct.\\n22.\\nHenry Campbell, 62 y.\\nNov.\\n3.\\nMrs. Betsey Russell, 78 y.\\n3.\\nd. of McClure, 12 y.\\nei\\n23.\\nCapt. John Barrett, 79 y.\\nDec.\\n3.\\nMrs. Bailey, 75 y.\\nDec.\\n24.\\nMr. Winn, 87 y.\\ni\\n27.\\nMr. McClure, 49 y.\\n1856.\\nJan.\\n19.\\nIn. c. of Milton Merriam, 7\\nmonths.\\nFeb.\\n23.\\nWife of E. Brooks Barrett,\\n35 y.\\n(C\\n24.\\nIn. c. of E. A. Larkin, 1 y.\\n6 months.\\nMar.\\n3.\\nJames Taft, Esq., 75 y.\\ni(\\n15.\\nIn. twin children of John\\nAllinson, 5 m.\\n25.\\nMrs. Tinkham, 48 y.\\nApril\\n3.\\nLouisa Russell, 19 y.\\n12.\\nPolly, w. of William Whit-\\naker, 71 y. 10 m.\\nJune\\n1.\\nAmmi M. Shattuck, 29 y.\\nJohn Warren, 62 y.\\n18.\\nRebecca, wid, of Elias El-\\nliot, 71 y.\\n28.\\nWarren Elagg, 29 y.\\nJuly\\n3.\\nMatilda, wife of Ephraim\\nHildreth, 69 y.\\n20.\\nIn. c. of Joel Sawyer, 2 y.\\nAug.\\n9.\\nIn. c. of. John Scripture, 2\\nmonths.\\n19.\\nCharles Gardner, 34 y.\\n21.\\nIn. c. of Willard Jefts, 1 y.\\n21.\\nJoel Sawyer, 46 y.\\nct\\n23.\\nGeorge Mansiield, 19 y.\\n26.\\nIn. c. of Hubbard Amsden,\\n4 m.\\nSept\\n2.\\nIn. c. of Anthony HalLeran,\\n4y.\\nIn. c. of Dr. Thomas H.\\n4.\\nMarshall, 5 y.\\nei\\n7.\\nIn. c. of Wniard Jefts, 3 m.\\na\\n9.\\nMrs. Sawyer, 70 y.\\nOct.\\n1.\\nWife of John Campbell.\\n(t\\n10.\\nJames Richardson, 25 y.\\nK\\n12.\\nIn. c. of Anthony Halleran,\\n14 m.\\n1757.\\nIn. c. of Wilson, 2 y.\\nMar.\\n16.\\nJonathan Bachelder, 72 y.\\nJune\\n15.\\nIn. c. of Benjamin Dix, 2 y.\\nc\\n21.\\nJohn Scripture, 28 y.\\nJuly\\n19.\\nMrs. Woodis Lee, 51 y.\\n21.\\nEUsha Barrett, 80 y.\\ni\\n31.\\nThaddeus Morse, 70 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "RECORD OP DEATHS.\\n193\\n1867.\\nISc\\n)7.\\nAug. 24.\\nHerman Putnam, 51 y.\\nSept.\\n27.\\n27.\\nIn c. of Ebeii r Elliot, 3 y.\\n6 m.\\nOct.\\n0.\\n28.\\nEdward Keyes, 37 y.\\n29.\\nIn. c. of Francis Nutting,\\n6.\\n3y.\\n31.\\nSept. 14.\\nSybil, wid. of Joseph. Proc-\\nNov.\\n16.\\ntor, 90 y.\\n21.\\nIn. c. of Stillman Farwell,\\n6y.\\n111. c. of Walter Robbins, 4\\nyears.\\nIn. c. Stillman Farwell, 3 y.\\nCharles Henry Elliot, 19 y.\\nElisha Boynton, 57 y.\\nJames Scripture, 80 y.\\nThe obituary list for 1836, 37, 38 and 39, is by no means\\nso reliable and. satisfactory as that of the preceding and suc-\\nceeding years. Mr. Hill, in those years, not being in the\\nactive pastoral charge of the church, and being employed\\nmuch of the time in other places, did not keep, in 1836 and\\n1837, so perfect a record as had been his custom in former\\nyears. His record is all that can be found of those years,\\nand it is given in form as he left it, except that some names\\nand dates, made certain by examination, have been added.\\nFor the purposes of this work, a careful personal examination\\nhas been made of every monumental headstone in each of the\\ntwo ancient graveyards, and many corrections have been\\nmade in dates and in errors, and omissions of names and\\nsome names, not found in the original entries, have been added\\nfrom memoranda thus made.\\nFor the years 1838 and 1839, no record has been foimd, but\\nthe want of it has been supplied, as well as can be done, by\\nreference to the minutes, c., kept by the several sextons,\\nand by personal inquiries of individuals. The list is undoubt-\\nedly deficient, and probably may by incorrect as to dates, but\\nit is given as the best that can now be procured.\\nIt is not improbable, that with all the care that has been\\nbestowed upon this list, errors and omissions may be found.\\nIt should be borne in mind that, during the whole period\\nembraced in the obituary record in this volume, there was no\\nlaw requiring any returns to be made to any officer, or pro-\\nviding for any record to be kept, of deaths occurring. It is\\nbelieved that few towns in New England can show so com-\\nplete an obituary list for the period of one hundred years as\\nthat presented in this volume. In this list, will be found the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "194 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nnames of some persons not inhabitants of the town, but tem-\\nporarily residing therein, at the time of their decease. Also,\\nof some, inhabitants of the town who died in other places, but\\nwere buried in Mason; and of some, who died in Mason,\\nbut were buried in other places. In Mr. Hill s record, the\\ndeath of Mr. Eliab Knapp is entered under date of October\\n26, 1816. The date on his monument is October 23, 1815.\\nThe date on the monument, although probably erroneous,\\nis adopted in the list. To this list should also be added\\nthe following Taylor Fay, died at New Ipswich, in March,\\n1840, aged 48 years; Mrs. Larkin, died at Manchester, in\\nJanuary, 1841; and John Sawtell, Jr., aged 32 years, killed\\nby the bursting of a grindstone at Millbury, Mass., February\\n14, 1841; all natives of Mason and buried there. It is not\\nimprobable that, with all the care that has been bestowed in\\npreparing this obituary list, there will be found in it errors\\nin names, dates, and ages. Any such, if discovered, should be\\nexcused, in consideration of the great number of the names,\\ndates, c., and the fact that the work was prepared and\\nprinted at the distance of two hundred and fifty miles from\\nthe locality to which it refers.\\nIn the record kept by Mr. Hill, the disease or cause of\\ndeath is, in most instances, stated; but as the principal use\\nthat could be made of such entries is secured in the table of\\nages, diseases, c., to be found in this book, it was thought\\nthat the space required would not be compensated for by the\\ninsertion of these items. In the record of deaths, a few\\nabbreviations are used, to be explained as follows In. infant,\\nc. child, s. son, d. daughter, w. wife, y. m. d., years, months,\\ndays.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "FAMILY EEGISTEES. 195\\nFAMILY EEGISTEES.\\nMany of the first settlers in Mason were descendants of\\nJohn Lawrence of Watertown, and, therefore, it is thought\\nexpedient to insert so much of the family register of his\\nfamily as will show the pedigree of the Mason families,\\nwhich compose a portion of his very numerous descendants.\\nThe earliest ancestor of this name, of whom any record has\\nbeen preserved, is Sir Robert Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, Lan-\\ncashire, England. He was a companion in arms of Eichard L,\\nthe Lion-hearted King of England and accompanied him in\\nhis expedition to Palestine, at the time of the crusades. In\\n1191, Richard conferred upon him the honor of knighthood,\\nfor his bravery in scaling the walls of Acre. Sir Robert s\\nson James married Matilda, daughter and heir of John de\\nWashington, and thus the family of Lawrence became con-\\nnected with that of Washington, and from that family connec-\\ntion Lawrence Washington, the grandfather of General Wash-\\nington, derives his name. Their son John married Margaret\\nChesford; their son John married Elizabeth Holt; their son\\nSir Robert married Margaret Holden their son Sir Robert\\nmarried Amphilbus Longford. From their son Nicholas Law-\\nrence of Agercroft, descended John Lawrence of Suffolk, who\\ndied in 1461. His son Thomas Lawrence of Rumburgh, in Suf-\\nfolk, made his will July 17, 1471. His son John died in 1504,\\nleaving a son Robert. His son John s will is dated June 27,\\n1556. His son John was buried at Rumburgh, May 21, 1590.\\nFrom him descended John Lawrence of Wisset, who was\\nburied January 16, 1607. His son Henry Lawrence probably\\ncame to New England, in 1630, and settled at Charlestown.\\nHis son John, baptized at Wisset, October 8, 1609, came to\\nNew England about 1630, probably with his father, and set-\\ntled at Watertown, whence he removed to Groton, 1662,\\nwhere he died, July 11, 1667, aged 58 years. His first wife\\nElizabeth died at Groton, Aug. 29, 1663. His second wife Su-\\nsan Bachelder died July 8, 1668. His second son Nathaniel,\\nborn at Watertown, in 1639, was the ancestor of Hon. Abbott", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\nLawrence, and of Amos Lawrence, the eminent Boston mer-\\nchants. His seventh child, Enosh or Enoch, was born at\\nWatertown, January 1, 1649. His wife was Ruth Shattuck.\\nTheir son Nathaniel was born February 21, 1678. His son\\nEnosh, born November 15, 1710, removed to Mason about the\\nyear 1749 or 1750, and died there September 28, 1778, aged\\n68 years. Zachariah, the third son of Enosh Lawrence and\\nRuth Shattuck, was born 16th day of the 5th month, 1683.\\nHis wife s name was Abigail. Ruth, their second child, was\\nborn September 3, 1710. She was the wife of Elias Eliot,\\nmarried December 18, 1729. They removed to Mason, where\\nshe died, December 3, 1794, aged 84 years. Three of their\\nsons, William and Oliver, born in Groton, and Elias, born in\\nPepperell, settled in Mason, and died there, leaving numerous\\ndescendants.\\nSo much of the family register of John Lawrence s family,\\nas connects the Mason families with him, taken from Butler s\\nHistory of Groton, is here inserted; and taken from the same\\nwork are inserted the family registers of the families of Oba-\\ndiah Parker, of Samuel Scripture, of John Swallow, and of\\nThomas Tarbell, all of whom were among the early settlers\\nin Mason, and left numerous descendants in that town.\\nJohn Latveence, Sen.* and Eliz-\\nABETH,t Susanna Bachelder.j\\n(Married Susanna, Nov. 2,1664,atCharlestown.)\\nJolin,\\nNathaniel,\\nJosepli,\\nJonathan,\\nMary,\\nPeleg,\\nEnosh, or\\nEnoch,\\nSamuel,\\nIsaac,\\nElizabeth,\\nJonathan,\\nZachariah,\\nAbigail,\\nSusanna,\\nborn 14d. Im. 1635, at\\nWatertown.\\nlod. 8m. 1639, do.\\n30d. 3m. 1643. do.\\n[died young, do.\\n16d. 5m. 1645, do.\\nlOd. 11m. 1647, do\\n5d. Im. 1648-9, do\\ndo.\\ndo.\\nMay 9, 1655, at Boston.\\nat Watertown.\\n9d. Im. 1658, do.\\nJan. 11, 1666, of\\nSusanna, at Groton.\\nJuly 3, 1667, do.\\n*Died at Groton, July 11, ]667.\\ntDied afe Groton, Aug. \u00c2\u00a39, 1663.\\nJDied at Charlestown, July 8, 1668.\\nEnosh Lawrence* and Ruth Shat-\\ntuck.\\n(Slarried, March 6, 1676-7.)\\nNathaniel, born Feb. 21, 1678.\\nDaniel, March 7, 1681.\\nZachariah, 16d. 5m. 1683.\\nJeremiah, May 1, 1686.\\n*Died, Sept. 28, 1744.\\nNathaniel\\nLawrence and\\nHannah.\\nAnna or\\nNathaniel,\\nborn May 13,\\n1702.\\nJames,\\nAug. 26,\\n1705.\\nAnna,\\nJuly 8,\\n1708.\\nEnosii,\\nNov. 15,\\n1710.\\nSarah,\\nMar. 15,\\n1713.\\nMartha,\\nDec. 7,\\n1715.\\nJoseph,\\nApril 10,\\n1717-18.\\nBenjamin,\\nNov. 6,\\n1720.\\nRebecca,\\nApril 17,\\n1724.\\nLois,\\nSept. 6,\\n1726.\\nEunice,\\nJulv 25,\\n1728.\\n[died Nov.\\n15, 1747.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "FAMILY EEGISTERS.\\n197\\n^ACHAEiAH Lawejence and Abigail.\\nZachariah,\\nRuth,\\nJeremiah,\\nJosiah,\\nAbigail,\\nElizabeth,\\nJosiah,\\nEachael,\\nborn\\nMay\\nSept.\\nDec.\\nJuIy\\n1708.\\n1710.\\n1713.\\n1715.\\n[died Nov. 13, 1717.\\nMay 16, 1718.\\nJuly 31, 1720.\\nOct. 11, 1723.\\n(no date.)\\nEnosh Latvkence and Saeah Stevens.\\n(Married January 29, 1733-4.)\\nSamuel,\\nHichard,\\nEnosh,\\nSarah,\\nLydia,\\nStephen,\\nDaniel,\\nLois, 5\\nbom Sept. 12, 1734.\\nJuly 15, 1736.\\nJuly 24, 1738.\\nAug. 6, 1740.\\nJuly 16, 1742.\\nMar. 23, 1744.\\nMar. 28, 1746.\\n[Daniel died Oct. 30,1747.\\nHannah, born April 12, 1748.\\nElias Elliot and Ettth Lawrence,\\n(Married, Dec. 18, 1729.)\\n[Children born in Groton.]\\nWilliam, born July 22, 1730.\\nEachel,\\nn\\nAug. 10,\\n1732.\\nOliver,\\na\\nAug. 24,\\n1734.\\nJeremiah,\\nK\\nMay 22,\\n1737.\\nAbigail,\\ni(\\nMarch 16,\\n1740.\\nEliTiabeth,\\nJuly 4,\\n1743.\\n[Born in Pepperell.]\\nRuth,\\nJune 18,\\n1745.\\nMary,\\nJuly 13,\\n1747.\\nElias,\\nJune 25,\\n1750.\\nObadiah Paekeu and Hannah.\\nAbijah, born March 11, 1727.\\nHannah, Oct. 31, 1729.\\nObadiah,\\nApril 19, 1730.\\nAbigail,\\nJan. 19, 1731-2.\\nOKver,\\nOct. 15, 1733.\\nJacob,\\nOct. 10, 1735.\\n[died Sept. 18, 1736\\nEebekah,\\nApril 4, 1741.\\nSimeon,\\nFeb. 19, 1742-3.\\n[died Sept. 1, 1758\\nElizabeth,\\nJan. 9, 1745.\\nSamuel Scripture and Elizabeth\\nSamuel, born 4d. 8m. 1675.\\nMary,\\nFeb. 7, 1680.\\nAbigail,\\nJan. 28, 1686-7\\nRuth,\\nFeb. 2, 1696.\\nLydia,\\nJune 28, 1700.\\nSamuel Scripture, Jr., and Mary,*\\nElizabeth.\\nSarah, born Dec. 16, 1700.\\nJemima, April 19, 1702.\\n[died Sept. 30, 1723.\\nSamuel, April 25, 1705.\\n[died Sept. 28, 1723.\\nJames, died Sept. 28, 1723.\\nSamuel, April 27, 1727, of\\nElizabeth.\\n*(Died Sept. 25, 1723.)\\nSamuel Scripture, Jr., and Mary\\nGreen.\\nMary, born May 5, 1747.\\nJames, Jan. 11, 1749.\\nOliver, Dec. 19, 1750.\\nJohn Swallow\\nJohn, born\\nAmaziah,\\nBenjamin,\\nSarah,\\nPeter,\\nMary,\\nDeborah,\\nElizabeth,\\nHannah,\\nJonathan,\\nand Deborah, Sarah.\\nFeb. 22, 1729-30.\\nNov. 22, 1731-2.\\nOct. 21, 1736, of\\nSarah,\\nNov. 25, 1741.\\nOct. 9, 1743.\\nFeb. 28, 1746.\\nFeb. 9, 1748.\\nDec. 17, 1750.\\nJan. 17, 1754. at\\nDunstable.\\nJune 22, 1757,atdo.\\nThomas Tarbell and Hannah* or\\nAnna.\\n(Married June 30, 1666.)\\nThomas, born July 6, 1667.\\nAnna, June 10, 1670.\\nWilliam, Oct. 1, 1672.\\nMary, 2d. 2m. 1675.\\n(Died- Dec. 29, 1680.)\\nThomas Tarbell* and Elizabeth\\nBlood.\\n(Married Dec. 1, 1686.)\\nThomas, born Sept. 15, 1687.\\nWilliam,\\nElizabeth,\\nSarah,\\nJohn,\\nSamuel,\\nZachariah,\\nAnna,\\nJames,\\nEleazer,\\nJune 10, 1689.\\nAug. 19, 1691.\\nSept. 29, 1693.\\nJuly 6, 1695.\\nOct. 14, 1697.\\nJan. 25, 1699-1700.\\nMay 28, 1702.\\nFeb, 13, 1704-5.\\nApril 28, 1707.\\n(*Died Jan. 24,1717.)\\n26", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\nThomas Taebell and Hannah, Abi-\\ngail Pakker.\\n(Married Abigail, Jan. 1, 1716-17.)\\nHannah,\\nRacliael,\\nSara,\\nThomas,\\nAbigail,\\nSarah,\\nJonathan,\\nEunice,\\nborn\\n1,\\nJuly\\nDec. 8,\\nNov. 20,\\nFeb. 2,\\n1702.\\n1704.\\n1707.\\n1719, of\\nAbigail.\\n1722.\\n1726.\\n1727.\\n1730-1.\\n[died Nov. 10, 1751.\\nJune 6,\\nApr, 14,\\nFeb. 27,\\nMar. 7,\\nDavid, born Aug. 21, 1732.\\nEmma, June 16, 1734,\\n[died Nov. 3, 1651.\\nSolomon, Mar. 11, 1736-7.\\nEsther, May 4, 1739.\\nThomas Tarbell, Jr\\nand Esther\\nSarah, born\\nJan.\\n19, 1742.\\nNathaniel,\\nDec.\\n4, 1744.\\nEdmund,\\nApril\\n4, 1747.\\nJohn,\\nJune\\n4, 1749.\\nThomas,\\nOct.\\n8, 1751.\\nJerusha,\\nSept.\\n25, 1753.\\nFrom the records of the towns of Groton, Pepperell and\\nShirley, the following items, relating, as is supposed, to early-\\nsettlers in Mason, are taken\\nGEOTON.\\nJoseph Blood, Jr., and Hannah Blood, married September\\n9, 1743. Joseph, their first child, born July 29, 1743 killed\\nat Bunker Hill. See page 177.\\nEbenezer Blood and Abigail, Ebenezer, their fifth child,\\nborn June 30, 1727, was probably Ebenezer Blood, who died\\nat Mason, November 29, 1800.\\nJames Blood and Elizabeth Longley, married September 7,\\n1669. His second wife Abigail. John, their second child,\\nborn March 16, 1689.\\nJohn Blood and Joanna Nutting, married July 13, 1712.\\nJohn, their first child, born February 18, 1713-14.\\nJohn Blood, Jr., and Abigail Parker, married December 8,\\n1741. John, their seventh child, born April 15, 1761, is\\nsupposed to be John Blood who died at Mason, January 29,\\n1840.\\nJohn Holden and Sarah Davis, married November 22,\\n1715. Amos, their fifth child, born June 16, 1726.\\nAmos Holden and Prudence Holden, married February 6,\\n1750-1. Amos, their first child, born at Groton, September\\n21, 1752, is supposed to be Amos Holden who died at Mason,\\nApril 16, 1806, aged 54 years. Four other children of this", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "FAMILY EEGISTERS.\\n199\\nwife were born at Shirley, and eleven cliildren of Sarah, his\\nsecond wife, at the latter place.\\nSamuel Kemp and Sarah. Ebenezer, their seventh child,\\nborn in April, 1729.\\nEbenezer Kemp and Mary. Simeon, their sixth child, born\\nSeptember 28, 1758, is supposed to be Simeon Kemp who\\ndied at Mason, February 8, 1836, aged 76 years, (originally\\nentered 77 years.)\\nPEPPERELL.\\nIn the records of Pepperell, is the family register, as fol\\nlows, of\\nWILLIAM BLOOD and LUCY.\\nWilliam, born September 14, 1748. I Amos,\\nLucy, July 13, 1750. Hannah,\\nJonas, September 26, 1754. Lydia,\\nborn October 16, 1757.\\nMarch 31, 1762.\\nApril 8, 1768.\\nThere is no doubt that the name Jonas is an error in the\\nrecord or copy. It should be Joseph. He died in Mason,\\nJuly 5, 1850, aged 96 years; Amos died December 19, 1840,\\naged 83 years Lydia, wife of John Russell, Jr., died July 5,\\n1819, aged 51 years; Lucy was the wife of Ebenezer Shat-\\ntuck, all of Mason.\\nFamily Registers of the Families of some of the early\\nSettlers in Mason, copied from the town records\\nSAMUEL ABBOTT and BATHSHEBA.\\nSamuel, born June 20, 1774.\\nJOBN ADAMS and MARY.\\nJohn,\\nborn\\nAugust\\n24,\\n1778\\nPoUy,\\nSally,\\nJonas,\\nAugust\\nJune\\nAugust\\n11,\\n11,\\n31,\\n1780\\n1782\\n1784\\nEbenezer,\\nNovember\\n15,\\n1786\\nNathan,\\nSeth,\\nLucy,\\nHannah,\\nRuth,\\nFebruary\\nJanuary\\nJuly\\nMay\\nJuly\\n15,\\n21,\\n9,\\n8,\\n14,\\n1789\\n1791\\n1793\\n1795\\n1797\\nABIJAH ALLEN and MAKY.\\nAmos,*\\nborn\\nFebruary\\n8,\\n1770\\nIsaac,\\nAbiiah,\\nPoUy, I\\nSeptember\\nJuly\\nJune\\n6\\n16\\n19\\n1771\\n1773\\n1775\\nJoseph,\\nLucy,\\nMarch\\nFebruary\\nDied October 10, 1778.\\n22, 1777.\\n27, 1779.\\nSIMON AMES and SARAH (MANN).\\n[Children born at Waltham.]\\nSimon,* born September 3, 1763.\\nJoseph,t July 8, 1766.\\nThaddeus, May 18, 1768.\\nJoel, January 11, 1771.\\n[Children born at Mason.]\\nSaUy, born May 9, 1773.\\nDaniel, AprU 12, 1777.\\nAbijah,+ June 19, 1779.\\nHannah, September 19, 1782.\\nEUjah, February 14, 1785.\\nSimon, July 21, 1788.\\n*Died July 8, 1765. t Died January 13, 1767.\\nJ Died January 7, 1797.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "200\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\nJOHN ASTBN and SABAH.\\nSarah, born April 3, 1767.\\nJohn, July 29, 1760.\\nMarv, June 12, 1761.\\nMartha, March 1, 1763.\\nBenjamin, January 19, 1765.\\nAaron, July 29, 1766.\\nEldad, AprU 29, 1768.\\nJOSEPH BALL, bom at Waltham, Jan. 5, 174 7;\\nLYDIA, his wife, at Weston, Not. 14, 1760.\\nPeter, born September 22, 1771.\\nPolly, January 10, 1774.\\nLydia, August 1, 1776.\\nSamuel, October 17, 1778.\\nNabby, November 19, 1780.\\nRebecca, December 14, 1782.\\nJOSEPH BARBETT and SARAH, LEAH.\\nJoseph, born Januar) 25, 1774.\\nJohn, August 21, 1775.\\nElisha, December 7, 1776.\\nSarah, October 12, 1778.\\nMercy, August 5, 1780.\\nAbel,* June 3, 1782.\\nHannah, September 13, 1783.\\nJonas,t December 31, 1784.\\nPolly, January 8, 1787.\\nRebecca, May 26, 1789.\\nSarah, wife of Joseph Barrett, died March 25,\\n1794. Of Leah,\\nAsa, born April 5, 1800.\\nLoisa, September 26, 1803.\\nDied Octobar 5, 1782. t Died January 22,\\n1787.\\nREUBEN BARRETT, 3d, and MARY.\\nPolly, born May 25, 1775.\\nSamuel, May 21, 1778.\\nSarah, April 6, 1780.\\nReuben, June 6, 1782.\\nBENJAMIN BARBETT and HANNAH.\\nHannah,* born June 13, 1783.\\nHannah, May 21, 1784.\\nPolly, April 18, 1786.\\nSally, February 19, 1788.\\nLydia, March 7, 1790.\\nBenjainin, September 7, 1792.\\nDied July 24, 1783.\\nJOHN BARRETT and SUSANNAH.\\nHarathusa, born February 3,1783.\\nJONATHAN BACHELDEB and POLLY.\\nJonathan, born December 13, 1784.\\nPolly, October 22, 1786.\\nJohn, December 4, 1789.\\nPhebe, August 2, 1795.\\nDAYID BLODGBTT and ANNA, LUCY.\\nAnna, born February 8, 1772.\\nAnna, his wife, died Nov. 7, 1772. Of Lucy^\\nLuther, born August 7, 1776.\\nEBENBZER BLOOD and SABAH.\\nEbenezer, born May 14, 1757.\\nThomas, March 6, 1759,\\nAsa, September 28, 1763.\\nSarah, December 1, 1766.\\nNaomi, May 13, 1773,\\nJOSEPH BLOOD and RUTH [DUNSTER].\\nJoseph, born June 17, 1769.-\\nSilvanus, May 8, 1771.-\\nWi^iam Cutter, March 22, 1773.\\nRuth, January 8, 1775.\\nMr. Joseph Blood died June 17, 1775.\\nTHOMAS BLOOD and MOLLY.\\nPolly, born September 14, 1784,\\nEbenezer, June 18, 1786.\\nThomas, June 9, 1788,\\nJosiah, August 17, 1790.\\nPhebe, August 20, 1797.\\nASA BLOOD and PATTY.\\nPatty, September 24, 1781.\\nLucy, April 8, 1793.\\nA MOS BLOOD and SABAH [BLOOD.]\\nMarried by Rev. S. Dix, May 12, 1785.\\nDavid, born, December 19, 1787.\\nAbigail, April 4, 1789.\\nSarah, February 6, 1791.-\\nHannah, December 31, 1793.\\nAmos, May 6, 1796.\\nSamuel Dix, June 22, 1798.\\nInde, December 12, 1801.\\nSAMUEL BROWN and MARY.\\nJosiah, born April 15, 1775,\\nDaniel Emerson, July 4, 1777.\\nSILAS BULLABD and AVIS [KEYES]. Mar-\\nried by Bev. Mr. Judson, July 1, 1782.\\nJoseph, born April 2, 1783.\\nSampson, October 24, 1784.\\nSilas, September 5, 1786.\\nAmasa, July 22, 1788.\\nIsaac, November 1, 1790.\\nSally, February 21, 1793.\\nEleazer, November 9, 1794.\\nJesse,* November 3, 1796.\\nCaleb Emerson, August 29, 1799.\\nClarissa Page, May 26, 1802.\\nAbigail Brooks, December 20, 1804.\\nGeorge, October 26, 1806.\\nCharles Keyes, February 22, 1807.\\nHannah Keyes, December 22, 1808,\\nDied July 14, 1793.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "FAMILY EEGISTEES.\\n201\\nILISHA BUSS and POLLY [MANNJ.\\nPolly, born July 30, 1791.\\nLucy, Marchi 21, 1794.\\nJolin, November 14, 1796.\\nWILLIAM CHAMBERS and LYDIA [LOE-\\nING].\\nMary, born March 3, 1782.\\nJONATHAN CHANDLER and HANNAH,\\nRACHEL.\\n[Children born at Grafton.]\\nHannah, born August 6, 1776.\\nJohn, January 12, 1778.\\n[Children born at Mason.]\\nJonathan, born July 21, 1780;\\nDaniel, November 13, 1782.\\nBetseyWhitmore, January 26, 1785.\\nMary, May 26, 1787.\\nHannah, wife of TTonathan Chandler, died June\\n3, 1787. Jonathan Chandler and Rachel Wil-\\nson, married by Rev. S. Farrar, December 6,\\n1787. Of Rachel,\\nJoseph, born October 14, 1788.\\nAMOS DAKIN*\\nand SAE^H [MINOT].\\nSarah,\\nborn\\nJune\\n9, 1756.\\nMolly,\\nApril\\n27, 1758.\\nAmos,\\nMay\\n13, 1760.\\nHannah,\\nJanuary\\n20, 1762.\\nTimothy,\\nMarch\\n27, 1764.\\nLydia,\\nApril\\n11, 1766.\\nDorcas, t\\nJune\\n6, 1768.\\nSamuel,\\nNovember 17, 1770.\\nJonas,\\nMarch\\n17, 1773.\\nEunice,\\nMarch\\n26, 1775.\\nRebecca,\\nApril\\n15, 1777.\\nLucy,\\nMay\\n20, 1779.\\n*Dea. Amos Dakin died April 23, 1789. fDied\\nDecember 23\\n1769.\\nAMOS DAKIN and MARY [KINGSLEY].\\nMarried by Rey. S. Earrar, December 11, 1783.\\nAmos, born September 18, 1784.\\nDorcas,\\nPolly,\\nSaUy,\\nSamuel,\\nJonas,\\nMoses,\\nLeonard,\\nLydia,\\nHannah,\\nSophronia,\\nCynthia,\\nJanuary 31, 1786\\nSeptember 4, 1787.\\nSeptember 4, 1789.\\nMay 27, 1791.\\nNovember 10, 1792.\\nMay\\nMay\\nMarch\\nMay\\nFebruary\\nJanuary\\n20, 1794\\n8, 1796.\\n20, 1798.\\n18, 1800.\\n7, 1803.\\n19, 1805.\\nJOSHUA DAVIS and DOROTHY.\\nReuben, born June 26, 1768.\\nDorothy,*\\nSeptember\\n12,\\n1773\\nTimothy,\\nNovember\\n18,\\n1775\\nDorothy,\\nApril\\n2,\\n1778\\nJames,\\nMarch\\n26,\\n1780\\nPaul,\\nFebruary\\n23,\\n1782\\n*Died April 7,\\n1776.\\nZACHARIAH\\nDAVIS and SUSANNA\\n[BROWN].\\nSusanna, born AprU 10, 1774.\\nElizabeth, May 24, 1776.\\nCyrus,* February 25, 1778,\\nAnna, February 9, 1785.\\nCyrus, March 13, 1789.\\n*Died^March 24, 1788.\\nJOHN DUTTON and SUSANNA.\\nSusanna,\\nMary,\\nRebecca,*\\nJohn,t\\nElijah,\\nRebecca,\\nRoyal,\\nJosiah,\\nMason,\\nJoanna,\\nJohn Mason,\\nBenjamin,\\nborn\\nJanuary\\nJanuary\\nNovember\\nJanuary\\nJune\\nJanuary\\nJanuary\\nNovember\\nSeptember\\nAugust\\nAugust\\nJune\\n5, 1761.\\n14, 1762.\\n4, 1763.\\n27, 1765.\\n22, 1766.\\n8, 1768.\\n30, 1769.\\n11,1770.\\n9, 1772.\\n1, 1774.\\n27, 1777.\\n4, 1780.\\nDied October 2, 1764. t Died Sept. 10, 1777.\\nOLIVER ELIOT and MARY.\\nSamuel,\\nMary,\\nElizabeth,\\nSusanna,\\nEsther,\\nOliver,\\nAbijah,\\nSarah,\\nborn\\nJuly\\nAugust\\nJanuary\\nFebruary\\nApril\\nJuly\\nOctober\\nAugust\\n30, 1758.\\n15, 1760.\\n2, 1762.\\n20, 1765.\\n2, 1767.\\n1, 1769.\\n21, 1771.\\n23, J774.\\nWILLIAM ELIOT and DOROTHY.\\nMolly,\\nBetty,\\nWilliam,\\nDolly,\\nIsrael,*\\nSarah,\\nborn\\nAugust\\nMarch\\nFebruary\\nMarch\\nApril\\nMay\\n2, 1773.\\n3, 1775.\\n3, 1777.\\n3, 1779.\\n10, 1781.\\n29, 1783.\\nJoshua,\\nJanuary 12, 1771.\\nDorothy, wife of William Eliot, died June 14)\\n1786. WiDiam Eliot and Rebecca Hildreth,\\nmarried by Rey. S. Dix, March 20, 1787. Of\\nRebecca,\\nIsrael, born January 1, 1788\\nJoseph, April 12, 1789*\\nDavidjt September 24, 1790.\\nSeth, May 8, 1792-\\nRebecca, July 9, 1794.\\nSamuel, March 22, 1796.\\nSusan, March 4, 1798.\\nJesse, December 24, 1799.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTOEY OF MASOIST.\\nElsey, born October 20, 1803.\\nAbel, Mcay 5, 1805.\\nAddison David, May 18, 1809.\\nJuliann, January 12, 1811.\\nMr. John Eliot died June 24, 1781, aged 65 years.\\nDied August 7, 1782. t Died Aug. 1, 180-5.\\nELIAS ELIOT aBd SALLY.\\nSally, born December 7, 1777.\\nEllas, February 2, 1779.\\nLucy, April 15, 1781.\\nJoel, July 18, 1783.\\nNabby, April 15, 1786.\\nPamela, July 24, 1788.\\nPolly, July 25, 1791.\\nPatty, April 11, 1793.\\nDorcas, January 23, 1797.\\nANDREW ELIOT and HANNAH.\\nAndrew,* born\\nJohn,\\nHannah,\\nPolly, t\\nAndrew,\\nPolly,\\nSally,\\nGeorge,\\nAmos,\\nWilliam,\\nBetsey,\\nDied July 1, 1783.\\nJanuary\\nJune\\nMarch\\nMay\\nFebruary\\nJune\\nDecember\\nApril\\nMarch\\nFebruary\\nMay\\nt Died April\\n25, 1783.\\n18, 1784.\\n3, 1786.\\n24, 1788.\\n10, 1790.\\n27, 1792.\\n17, 1794.\\n24, 1797.\\n8, 1799,\\n1, 1804.\\n18, 1805.\\n7, 1789.\\nABU AH BATON and ELIZABETH [ELLIOT]\\nAbigail, born June 4, 1785.\\nHaUet, June 18, 1789,\\nAbel, December 24, 1791.\\nEsther, January 11, 1794.\\nBetsey, October 30, 1796,\\nVearon, December 17, 1798.\\nIsaac Green, May 14, 1801.\\nWilliam, July 15, 1803.\\nSAMUEL ELIOTT and SARAH.\\nSally, born February 2, 1787,\\nNabby, June 23, 1789.\\nMerriara, April 30, 1791,\\nPolly, November 11, 1793.\\nJONAS PAY and MOLLY.\\nJonas,\\nborn July\\n6, 1775.\\nJohn,\\nFebruary\\n26, 1777.\\nPoUy,\\nOctober\\n7, 1779.\\nWilliam,\\nMay\\n19, 1781.\\nAnna,\\nMarch\\n29, 1783.\\nBetsey,\\nMarch\\n19, 1785.\\nArtemas,\\nMarch\\n11, 1787,\\nSaUy,*\\nAugust\\n17, 1789.\\nSaUy,\\nMay\\n23, 1791.\\nTaylor,\\nNancy,\\nborn October 2-5, 1792.\\nMay 26, 1795.\\nDANIEL FAY and JEMIMA SCRIPTURE.\\nDeborah,* born November 21, 1776.\\nDeborah, February 2, 1778.\\nJemima, January 9, 1780.\\nLydia, May 29, 1782.\\nMr. Daniel Fay died June 2, 1783.\\nDied October 8, 1777.\\nJONATHAN FISH and DOROTHY.\\nJonathan, born September 8, 1762.\\nEbenezer, March 11, 1765.\\nHannah, April 11, 1767.\\nLevi, March 4, 1769.\\nAsa, September 14, 1772,\\nJONATHAN FOSTER and THANKFUL [HAR-\\nRINGTON.]\\nJonathan, born November 15, 1759.\\nNathan, July 15, 1762.\\nRichard, November 28, 1764.\\nAndrew, July 5, 1768.\\nBetty, March 12, 1771.\\nDaniel, December 4, 1773.\\nSamuel, March 18, 1776.\\nThankful, wife of Jonathan Foster, died about\\nJanuary, 1779. Jonathan Foster and Mercy\\nTowns, married by Rev. Jonathan Searle, No-\\nvember 30, 1779. Of Mercy,\\nJoseph,\\nStephen,\\nMay\\nApril\\n28, 1780.\\n27, 1782.\\nSAMUEL GREEN and MOLLY\\n[SWALLOW.]\\nSamuel,\\nborn August\\n14, 1788.\\nAbiel,\\nPolly,\\nRussell,\\nGeorge,\\nApril\\nJuly\\nJanuary\\nJune\\n6, 1791.\\n26, 1793,\\n14, 1796,\\n30, 1798,\\nNATHAN HALL, born at Bradford, December\\n25, 1715; Mary, his wife, born at Boxford,\\nMarch 29, 1723.\\nJames, born July 25, 1743.\\nMary, March 9, 1746.\\nNathan, August 23, 1748.\\nMehitabel, December 24, 1750.\\nDavid, January 24, 1754.\\nDaniel, May 5, 1756,\\nHenry, October 26, 1758.\\nElizabeth, March 5, 1765.\\nRichard, September 12, 1768.\\nJAMES HALL and SARAH.\\nDied September 25, 1789.\\nJames,\\nAsa,\\nSarah,\\nJohn,\\nMehitabel,\\nborn\\nJanuary\\nMarch\\nMarch\\nApril\\nMay\\n28, 1768.\\n10, 1770-.\\n29, 1772.\\n30, 1774.\\n28, 1776,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "FAMILY REGISTERS.\\n203\\nNATHAN HALL, Jr., and ELEANOR.\\nMary, born March 31, 1771.\\nEl\u00e2\u0084\u00a2\\nJonathan, May 2, 1775.\\nEetty, September 12, 1777.\\nJOSEPH HERE,ICK and LOIS.\\nJoseph, born September 3, 1751.\\nLois, December 12, 1753.\\nShadrach, January 26, 1756.\\nAmos, February 21, 1763.\\nHEZEKIAH HODGKINS and LYDIA.\\nPelatiah, born October 12, 1784.\\nTHOMAS HODGM-AN and EEBECCA.\\nHannah,\\nApril 7,\\n1784\\nRebecca,*\\nFebruary 26,\\n1786\\nMilley,\\nMarch 16,\\n1788\\nPolly,\\nFebruary 16,\\n1790\\nRebecca,\\nMarch 6,\\n1792\\nDied July 11,\\n1789,\\nDAVID HODGMAN and HANNAH.\\nDavid, born January 26, 1774.\\nAMOS HODGMAM and LOIS.\\nAmos, born November 15, 1775.\\nAMOS HOLDEN and LYDIA [SLOAN].\\nPatty, born\\nDavid Sloan,*\\nLydia,\\nPrudence,\\nEsther,\\nMoUy,\\nAmos,\\nAaron,\\nAbner,\\nDied May 4, 1784.\\nJune 8, 1779.\\nAugust 19, 1780.\\nJuly 9, 1782.\\nNovember 12, 1784.\\nOctober 1, 1787.\\nSeptember 7, 1789.\\nAugust 12, 1791.\\nJune 28, 1793.\\nApril 19, 1795.\\nELIJAH HOETON and HANNAH.\\nBetsey, born December 16, 1779.\\nSamuel, May 15, 1782.\\nNATHANIEL HOSMEE, and ELIZABETH.\\nTabitha, born May 24,\\n1757\\nAnna, November 13,\\n1759\\nEunice, August 22,\\n1762\\nNathaniel, August 9,\\n1765\\nAsa, August 10,\\n1769\\nJOHN HULL and MAETHA.\\nLucy, born January 6,\\n1774\\nSophia, August 19,\\n1779\\nJoseph, July 31,\\n1781\\nJohn, September 11,\\n1783\\nJames, October 6,\\n1785\\nAsa, September 21,\\n1787\\nPatty, born September 17, 1789.\\nFrank, October 16, 1791.\\nWilliam, March 16, 1793.\\nJONATHAN JEFTS and LYDIA.\\nJonathan,* born January 16,1766.\\nHenry, April 29, 1768.\\nDied February 13, 1766.\\nJOHN JEFTS and LOIS.\\nJonathan,\\nborn\\nJune\\n1, 1767.\\nHonnah,\\nSeptember\\n15, 1769.\\nLawrence,\\nSeptember\\n13, 1771.\\nJohn,\\nApril\\n27, 1773.\\nDavid,\\nJune\\n4, 1776.\\nDaniel,\\nDecember\\n17, 1778.\\nLouis,\\nSeptember\\n27, 1780.\\nLydia,\\nNovember\\n2, 1782.\\nJoseph,\\nJuly\\n2, 1785.\\nWillard,\\nMay\\n8, 1787\\nFrancis,\\nJuly\\n3, 1789.\\nTHOMAS JEFTS and ABIGAIL [BAEEETT].\\nBenjamin,\\nborn\\nApril\\n10, 1777\\nPolly,\\nJune\\n19, 1782\\nThomas,\\nJune\\n13, 1784\\nSibbel,\\nJune\\n13, 1787\\nLucy,\\nApril\\n1, 1789\\nLydia,\\nApril\\n1, 1792\\nZebulon,\\nMay\\n22, 1796\\nDavid,\\nAugust\\n13, 1799\\nAbigail,\\nJuly\\n26, 1801\\nBENJAMIN JEFTS and JUDITH [DE-\\nGEETT.]\\nDavid,\\nborn\\nAugust\\n7, 1780\\nJudith,\\nAugust\\n5, 1783\\nHenry,\\nAugust\\n29, 1788\\nWilliam,\\nJuly\\n6, 1790\\nMOLLY JEFTS.\\nHenry Sloan, ill., born May 20, 1-7(58.\\nNathan Fish, ill., Nov.^X 1770.\\nEENJAMIN KENDALL and ELIZABETH\\n[DEANE].\\n[Children born at Woburn.]\\nBetsey, born February 8, 1781.\\nBenjamin, May 16, 1783.\\n[Children born at Mason.]\\nJoshua,\\nSusannah,\\nRebecca,\\nJonas,\\nDaniel, 3\\nSamuel,\\nGeorge,\\nPolly,\\nDecember 9, 1785.\\nMarch 26, 1788.\\nOctober\\nJuly\\nJuly\\nApril\\nMay\\nJohn Butterfield, May\\n11, 1790.\\n8, 1793.\\n31, 1795.\\n9, 1798.\\n13, 1800.\\n30, 1803.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "204\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\nELIJAH KEYES and GEACE.\\nLydia, born November 6, 1779.\\nElisha,\\nBathsheba,\\nApril\\nJuly\\n19, 1781.\\n2, 1783.\\nBENJAMIN KING ond SAKAH.\\nEbenezer, born February 22, 1768.\\nCHAELES KIEK and\\nJohn, born October 19, 1789.\\nThomas, July 28, 1792.\\nDaniel, May 5, 1795.\\nBENJAMIN KNOWLTON and ABIGAIL.\\nAbigail, born June 22, 1777.\\nCharlotte, October 13, 1778.\\nBenjamin, August 10, 1780.\\nAmos Prichard, January 16, 1783.\\nLucy, January 13, 1786.\\nHENRY KNOWLTON and SIBBEL.\\nHenry, born. September 20, 1779.\\nSibbel, April 18, 1781.\\nRuth, January 25, 1783.\\nCharles, November 13, 1784.\\nTimothy, July 2, 1788.\\nJohn, May 10, 1790.\\nEICHAED LAWRENCE and\\nAnna,* born September\\nSilas,*\\nNovember\\nWillard,\\nSampson,\\nAnna,\\nMay\\nJune\\nJune\\nRichard,\\nHannah,\\nSeptember\\nOctober\\nZachariah,\\nAugust\\nMary,\\nRuth,\\nSilas,\\nMarch\\nFebruary\\nOctober\\nANNA.\\n19, 1762.\\n30, 1763.\\n24, ]766.\\n3,1768.\\n8, 1770.\\n11, 1772.\\n19, 1775.\\n31, 1777.\\n25, 1779.\\n18, 1781.\\n14, 1783.\\nDied February 7, 1763. t Died November\\n18, 1776.\\nENOSH LAWRENCE and ESTHER\\n[WOODS].\\nDeborah, born November 18, 1763.\\nSusannah, December 3, 1765.\\nEsther, October 28, 1767.\\nMartha, August 25, 1769.\\nEnosh, November 16, 1772.\\nLucy, March 1, 1775.\\nSTEVENS LAWRENCE and SARAH.\\nSarah, born March 18, 1769.\\nPolly, April 7, 1771.\\nStevens, March 20, 1773.\\nBetsey, January 16, 1775.\\nRebecca, February 8, 1777.\\nHannah, December 28, 1778.\\nPersis, October 20, 1780.\\nDeidama, born December 22, 1782.\\nLuther, May 31, 1785.\\nJOHN LAWRENCE and LEEFE, [RE-\\nLIEF.\\nLeefe, born December 21, 1772.\\nJohn, August 21, 1775.\\nEphraim,* March 10, 1777.\\nLucy, March 29, 1778.\\nEnosh Lawrence, son of Nathaniel Lawrence\\nand Anna, his wife, was born at Groton, No-\\nvember 15, 1710. Died September 28, 1778.\\nDied June 30, 1777.\\nJOHN LEARNED and MARY.\\nDaniel, born March 14, 1767.\\nAbigail, November 13, 1768.\\nMary, February 23, 1772.\\nSarah, February 11, 1774.\\nMOSES LOWELL and SARAH.\\nRholand, born February 19, 1767.\\nSarah, May 27, 1770.\\nAbraham, February 21, 1773.\\nDAVID LOWELL and PHEBE.\\nPhebe, born January 13, 1770.\\nMolly, November 7, 1771.\\nBENJAMIN MANN and MARTHA [DEANE].\\nBenjamin,* born April 10, 1763.\\nJoseph,t January 21, 1765.\\nJames, February 15, 1767.\\nPolly, January 26, 1769.\\n[Children born at Mason.]\\nJonas, born April 17, 1771.\\nBetty, April 23, 1773.\\nLucy, J June 12,1775.\\nPatty, October 31,1777.\\nLucy, November 7, 1778.\\n[Benjamin, No date.]\\n*Died July 24, 1776. fDied July 1, 1766.\\nJ Died Sept. 10, 1777. Died Nov. 2, 1777.\\nCHRISTOPHER MANN and ALICE.\\nSelinda, born May 8, 1782 or 83.\\nThomas, February 15, 1784.\\nJOSEPH MEERIAM and MARY.\\nJoseph, born July 7, 1770.\\nElizabeth, June 7, 1772.\\nSamuel, October 14, 1773,\\nDorothy, October 11, 1778.\\nRebecca, July 26, 1781.\\nMary, wife of Joseph Merriam, died August\\n22, 1791.\\nABRAHAM MERRIAM, Jr., and HANNAH,\\nMARY.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "FAMILY REGISTERS.\\n205\\nHannah, born May 31, 1788.\\nEnoch, October 19, 1790.\\nEphraim, February 2, 1793.\\nJesse, February 17, 1796.\\nAbraham Merriam, Jr., and Mary Lawrence,\\nmarried January 19, 1804. Of Mary,\\nJohn,\\nborn September 25, 1804.\\nLydia, daughter of Abraham Merriam, Jr.,\\nand Hannah, died October 15, 1784.\\nSILAS MEEEIAM and MAEY.\\nSilas, born February 14, 1785.\\nPolly, March 8, 1787.\\nCheney, April 13, 1789.\\nEebecca, October 16, 1791.\\nAsa, July 28, 1794.\\nEZEA MEEEIAM and SUSANNA [ELLIOT].\\nSusanna,* born August 16, 1786.\\nEzra, May 17, 1788.\\nJosiah, April 19, 1790.\\nZadock, April 16, 1792.\\nSamuel, March 31, 1794.\\nSally.t November 5, 1796.\\nNabby, December 28, 1798.\\nBenjamin, May 13, 1801.\\nSusanna, April 3, 1803.\\nPatty, May 5, 1805.\\n*Died Sept. 9, 1798. f Died June 6, 1799.\\nWILLIAM MILES and SARAH.\\nWilliam, born March 2, 1770.\\nSarah, May 21, 1771.\\nNancy, March 24, 1773.\\nPolly, August 23, 1775.\\nBetsey, August 27, 1777.\\nOliver,* December 1, 1779.\\nPatty, April 12, 1782.\\n*Died June 25, 1783.\\nLIEUT. OBADIAH PAEKEE was born in\\n[Groton], April 11, 1731; Euth, his wife,\\nwas born in January 5, 1732.\\nHannah, born July 18, 1754.\\nPhinehas, May 11, 1756.\\nObadiah,* December 17, 1758.\\nGrace, t August 19, 1761.\\nSam Stevens, October 17, 1763.\\nRuth, September 8, 1765.\\nSampson, October 11, 1767.\\nGrace, June 2, 1770.\\nObadiah, February 18, 1772.\\nJoel, July 11, 1775.\\n*Died Jan. 27, 1763. t Died Sept. 5, 1761.\\nTHOMAS EOBENS and HITTE.\\nThomas, born November 29, 1774.\\nJohn, February 20, 1777.\\nJames, April 22, 1779.\\nStephen, June 2, 1785.\\nJoseph Brown, June 4, 1795.\\n27\\nJASON EUSSELL and ELIZABETH.\\nJason, born\\nJune\\n2,\\n1763\\nJonathan,\\nFebruary\\n8,\\n1765\\nJosiah,\\nJanuary\\n13,\\n1767\\nElizabeth,\\nJuly\\n2,\\n1769\\nSamuel,\\nApril\\n4,\\n1772\\nBenjamin,\\nAugust\\n2,\\n1775\\nThomas,*\\nOctober\\n2,\\n1777\\nWilliam,\\nOctober\\n6,\\n1779\\nDavid,\\nMarch\\n6,\\n1782\\n[Thomas.]\\nDied February 8\\n1785.]\\nHUBBEET EUSSELL and SAEAH [WAE-\\nEEN].\\nNehemiah, born September 24, 1775.\\nSarah, June 13, 1777.\\nAbigail, July 30, 1779.\\nHubbert, August 1, 1781.\\nIsaac,* July 11, 1783.\\nPolly, 3nne 19, 1784.\\nIsaac, February 17, 1787.\\nLucy, February 28, 1789.\\nMicah, April 26, 1791.\\nMoses, December 2, 1793.\\nHannah, April 14, 1796.\\nBetsy Warren, June 16, 1798,\\nDied August 3, 1783.\\nEPHEAIM SAETELL and ABIGAIL.\\nEde, born May 18, 1778.\\nSAMUEL SCEIPTUEE and MAET [GREEN]\\n[Sarah,] born\\nSamuel, December 9, 1760.\\nHannah, June 3, 1763.\\nJohn, September 18, 1765.\\n[See pag-e 197.]\\nJAMES SCEIPTUEE and SIBBEL [SHEP-\\nLEY].\\nPolly, born February 28, 1776.\\nJames, November 10, 1777.\\nSibbel,* January 12, 1779.\\nBetsey, February 10, 1782.\\nSibbel, February 20, 1784.\\nSally, May 18, 1788.\\nWard, July 20, 1790.\\nLucy, May 20, 1792.\\nCharles, May 26, 1794.\\nOUver, October 10, 1796.\\nDied July 20, 1783.\\nOLIYEE SCEIPTUEE and JANE.\\nBetty, born August 7, 1777.\\nSarah, October 5, 1779.\\nJane, June 23, 1781,\\nOliver, June 16, 1783.\\nLucinda, ivlj 24, 1786,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "206\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nSAMUEL SCRIPTURE, Jr., and BETSY.\\nSamuel, born February 8, 1784.\\nBetsy, Marcli 27, 1786.\\nJONATHAN SEARLE and HANNAH.\\nJuditli,\\nborn\\nJanuary\\n31,\\n1773\\nHannah,\\nMay\\n16,\\n1774\\nJonathan,\\nfwell.\\njSTovember\\n4,\\n1775\\nNathaniel Coggs-\\nJuly\\n4,\\n1778\\nBetsey,\\nOctober\\n19,\\n1782\\nSamuel,\\nApril\\n17,\\n1784\\nDeborah,\\nSeptembei\\n27,\\n1788\\nPolly,\\nAugust\\n27,\\n1793\\nABEL SHED and RUTH.\\nAbel,\\nborn\\nAugust\\n25,\\n1769\\nJohn H.,\\nMarch\\n1,\\n1771\\nSamuel,\\nAugust\\n6,\\n1773\\nEbenezer,\\nNovember\\n6,\\n1776\\nHenry,\\nJune\\n16,\\n1779\\nWILLIAM SHED and ELIZABETH.\\nSilas,\\nborn\\nJune\\n18,\\n1773\\nHannah,\\nMarch\\n23,\\n1777\\nSimeon,\\nMarch\\n2,\\n1779\\nAbel,\\nMarch\\n8,\\n1780\\nElizabeth,\\nOctober\\n21,\\n1781\\nJohn,\\nOctober\\n16,\\n1783\\nWilliam Parker,\\nApril\\n25,\\n1787\\nSAMUEL SMITH and ELIZABETH.\\nFrederick, born April 12, 1770.\\nAbigail Harrington, May 19, 1784.\\nLEMUEL SPAULDING and SARAH.\\nLemuel,\\nMarch 9, 1767.\\nApril 3, 1788.\\nJanuary 4, 1771.\\nDecember 19, 1772.\\nJanuary 28, 1774.\\nMay 16, 1776.\\n1766. tDied February 11,\\nThomas,*\\nEsther,\\nSarah,\\nHepzibath,t\\nJerusha,\\nLemuel,\\nElizabeth.^\\nDied March 24,\\n1772. Died August 25, 1776.\\nSILAS SPAULDING and HANNAH.\\n(At Ashburnham.)\\nMary, born February 22, 1779.\\nJOHN SWALLOW and SARAH [LAWRENCE],\\nMARY [HALL].\\nJohn, born January 3, 1757.\\nSarah, October 2, 1758.\\nLydia, October 31, 1760.\\nDeborah, November 15, -L762.\\nSarah, wife of John Swallow, died December\\n28,1763. Of Mary,\\nMolly, born December 14, 1766,\\nAbel,\\nborn May\\n31,\\n1768\\nJoel,\\nMay\\n14,\\n1770\\nSibbel,\\nAprU\\n6,\\n1772\\nEunice,*\\nJuly\\n3,\\n1774\\nEunice,\\nDecember\\n1,\\n1775\\nDaniel,\\nJuly\\n3.\\n1778\\nAzubah,\\nAugust\\n17,\\n1780\\nRhoda,\\nJune\\n17,\\n1783\\nBetsey,\\nFebruary\\n18,\\n1786\\nDorcas,\\nJuly\\n2,\\n1788\\nDied December 3, 1774.\\nJOHN SWALLOW, Jr., and REBECCA [DUN-\\nSTER].\\nJohn,* born March 1, 1783.\\nJohn, February 3, 1785.\\nIsaiah, March 29, 1787.\\nAbel, November 3, 1789.\\nNehemiah, May 22, 1792.\\nEzra, December 22, 1794.\\nRebecca. May 3, 1799.\\nDied March 13, 1783.\\nEDWARD TARBELL and RACHEL [HIL-\\nDRETH].\\nBetsey, born May 8, 1787.\\nDolly, October 25, 1790.\\nJames, February 12, 1792.\\nJoseph, May 31, 1793.\\nRachel, February 10, 1795.\\nEda, November 25, 1796.\\nNATHANIEL TARBELL and RUTH.\\nRuth, born February 14, 1772,\\nElizabeth, January 7, 1775,\\nWathaniel, December 19, 1776.\\nJOHN TARBELL and SARAH.\\nJohn,\\nborn\\nJanuary\\n1, 1775.\\nAbigail,\\nJanuary\\n29, 1778.\\nAzubah,\\nOctober\\n9, 1780.\\nSarah,\\nDecember\\ni2, 1782.\\nWilliam,\\nFebruary\\n7, 1786.\\nTHOMAS TARBELL and SARAH [BARRETT],\\nSally,\\nborn\\nNovember\\n6, 1778.\\nEsther,\\nAugust\\n11, 1780.\\nThomas,*\\nAugust\\n17, 1782.\\nReuben,\\nJuly\\n19, 1784.\\nLemuel,\\nFebruary\\n14, 1786.\\nThomas,\\nOctober\\n19, 1788.\\nEunice,\\nApril\\n24, 1791.\\nJoel,\\nJuly\\n9, 1793,\\nLydia,\\nMarch\\n21, 1797.\\n*Died January, 1785.\\nSAMUEL TARBELL and ANNA.\\nSamuel, born October 10, 1784.\\nNancy, June 4, 1786.\\nRebecca, July 23, 1788.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "FAMILY REGISTERS.\\n207\\nNabby, born March 26, 1791.\\nPolly, February 9, 1793.\\nDollv, May 3, 1795.\\nAsber, January 23, 1797.\\nLuciuda, December 12, 1798.\\nEDMUND TARBELL and MARY [HILDRETH]\\nPoUj^ born February 19, 1772.\\nDolly, December 29, 1773.\\nSibbel, March 6, 177o.\\nEdmund, 25, 1777.\\nfearali,\\nLucy, November 21, 1780.\\nHannab, March 19, 1782.\\nOliver, February 2, 1785.\\nMary, wife of Edmund Tarbell, died February\\n9, 17S5.\\nSAMUEL TOWNSEND and HANNAH [LAW-\\nRENCE].\\n[Children born at Northborough.]\\nHannah, born August 8, 1770.\\nPolly, September 4, 1771.\\nJoshua, November 7, 1773.\\nMercy, September 1, 1775.\\nSarah, September 1, 1777.\\nLydia, June 30, 1780.\\n[ChUdren born in Mason\\nPersis, August 28, 1782.\\nSamuel, February 9, 1784.\\nZilpah, October 28, 1785.\\nMadamoisella, May 8, 1787.\\nBetsey, February 27, 1789.\\nMadamoisella, March 19, 1794.\\nHINKSMAN WARREN and ESTHER [TAY-\\nLOR].\\n[Jonathan, born in Townsend.]\\nSethJ ^I-y 27,1786.\\nJohn, June 12, 1794.\\nJOTHAM WEBBER and ELIZABETH [RUS-\\nSELL].\\nJotham, born December 24, 1778.\\nJason, September 24, 1780.\\nWilliam, July 18, 1782.\\nJohn,* January 13, 1785.\\nDied April 20, 1786.\\nROGERS WESTON and DEBORAH [LAW-\\nRENCE].\\nSamuel, born October 4, 1785.\\nSallv, April 3, 1787.\\nEogers, April 11, 1789.\\nJeremiah, November 19, 1791.\\nJames, February 24, 1793.\\nLawrence, November 19, 1795.\\nJOSIAH WHEELER and LUCY.\\nLucy, born January 16, 1765.\\nllfv^ l January 6,1768.\\nElizabeth,* August 29, 1779.\\nEleanor, April 22, 1761.\\nElizabeth, July 19, 1773.\\nMr. Josiah Wheeler died October 17, 1774.\\nDied March 22, 1772.\\nAARON WHEELER and LUCY.\\nJohn* born August 2, 1767.\\nAaron, July 9, 1768.\\nJohn Brooks, March 11, 1770.\\nNathan, December 4, 1771.\\nDaniel, April- 3,1774.\\nLucy, February 16, 1776.\\nBenjamin, January 14, 1778.\\nRebecca, October 25, 1779.\\nPatty, August 4, 1781.\\nAlice,t April 20, 1783.\\nGeorge,+ June 11, 1784.\\nJotham, April 19, 1786.\\nAhce,\u00c2\u00a7 April 15, 1789.\\nPrescott, June 3, 1794.\\nDied August 10, 1767.t Died June 18, 1783.\\nt Died Nov. 1, 1786. Died April 16, 1789.\\nTIMOTHY WHEELER and SARAH [HUB-\\nBARD].\\nSally,\\nborn March 27, 1777.\\nBetsey,\\nJanuary 5, 1779\\nPolly,\\nMarch 14, 1781.\\nTimothy,\\nJanuary 16, 1783.\\nLucy,\\nDecember 1784\\nNancy,\\nApril 14, 1787\\nHannah,\\nMay 7, 1789\\nEbenezer,\\nJuly 19, 1791\\nAmy,\\nSeptember 18, 1793\\nRebecca,\\nDecember 6, 1796\\nNATHAN WHIPPLE and ABIGAIL.\\nDorcas, born May 19, 1767.\\nSally, May 28, 1770.\\nHannah, March 1, 1772.\\nNathan, September 16, 1774.\\nJOHN WHITAKER and THANKFUL\\n[PIERCE].\\nWilliam,* born April 12, 1774.\\nSusannah,t August 16, 1776.\\nDied October 2, 1775. t Dlid Sept. 29, 177-.\\nWHITE and\\nHannah, born March\\n28, 1769.\\nJONATHAN WILLIAMS and RUTH.\\nRuth,* born October 14, 1767.\\nEUzabeth, September 25, 1768.\\nJonathanf August 11, 1770.\\nRuth, June 5, 1772.\\nDied Nov. 4. 1767 or 9. t Died Aug. 1, 1771.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "208\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\nRachel,\\nPolly,\\nborn January 13, 1775.\\nMay 11, 1777.\\nNATHANIEL WILLIAMS and HANNAH.\\nMolly, born September 4, 1787.\\nSamuel, September 6. 1789.\\nJoel, August 26, 1791.\\nJohn, died April 16, 1790.\\nJONATHAN WINSHIP and ELIZABETH.\\nEdmund, born October 2, 1765.\\nIsabel, September 2, 1769.\\nNOAB WINSHIP and DEBORAH [SWAL-\\nLOW].\\nNoah, born June 22, 1785.\\nDeborah, February 9, 1787.\\nSarah, February 7, 1793.\\n[John].\\nJAMES WITHEE and SAEAH.\\nDaniel,* born September 30, 1760.\\nJames, January 18, 1763.\\nNathaniel, October 5, 1765.\\nJohn.t February 2, 1768.\\nWilliam Parker, July 2, 1770.\\nSarah, September 24, 1772.\\nJohn, September 4, 1774.\\nDaniel, August 13, 1779.\\nDied Jan. 6, 1779. :j: Died May 6, 1762.\\n[ELISHA WITHINGTON, son of William With-\\nington and Sarah Locke, his wife, was born\\nin Stow, April 1, 1746, married MAKY PREN-\\nTICE, daughter of Stephen Prentice and Es-\\nther, his wife, born in Grafton, September 15,\\n1748] Their children were.\\nborn\\nMay,\\nMarch\\nFebruary\\nOctober\\nMarch\\nOctober\\nDecember\\nMarch\\n11, 1769.\\n8, 1771.\\n1, 1773.\\n28, 1775.\\n9, 1779.\\n6, 1782.\\n8, 1785.\\n1, 1789.1\\nSAMUEL WOODS and SARAH.\\nPtebecca, born December 6, 1774.\\nRhoda,\\nSarah*\\nEbenezer,t\\nJosiah.J\\nEbenezer,\\nIsaac,\\nDinah,\\nJonas Brooks,\\nJames,\\nDied Sept. 16, 1778. t Died October 2, 1779.\\nt Died Feb. 9, 178-. Died Feb. 1, 1794.\\nJuly\\n19,\\n1776\\nFebruary\\n22,\\n1778\\nAugust\\n21,\\n1779\\nAugust\\n4,\\n1780\\nJuly\\n3,\\n1782\\nSeptember\\n9,\\n1784\\nSeptember\\n25,\\n1786\\nJuly\\n31,\\n1788\\nOctober\\n23,\\n1793\\nJOSEPH WOODS and MARY [WAUGH].\\nJoseph, born October 27, 1782\\nSewall, October\\nPolly,* May\\nSally, April\\nPolly, March\\nBetsey, April\\n6, 1784.\\n27, 1787.\\n19, 1790.\\n7, 1792.\\n19, 1798.\\nDied August 23, 1789.\\nJAMES WOOD and ELIZABETH [BUSS].\\nJames,\\nJohn,*\\nBetsey,\\nPolly,\\nArtemas,\\nAmy,\\nNathan,\\nJohn,\\n[Lydia.f\\nborn\\nSeptember 29, 1783,\\nOctober 14^ 1785.\\nSeptember 19, 1787.\\nOctober\\nAugust\\nJuly\\nApril\\nApril\\n21, 1789.\\n9, 1791-\\n1, 1793.\\n[1795].\\n1, 1797.\\n1801.]\\nEnsign John Wood died Dec. 19, 1785, aged 69\\nyears Elizabeth, his wife,{ died Dec. 1, 1789,\\naged 75 years.\\n*Died Feb. 16, 1797. fDied March 15, 1819.\\nJ The word wife, in this entry, should be sister,\\nand the age 79 years. Elizabeth, his widow,\\ndied November 13, 1794, aged 71 years, as ap-\\npears by the tombstones. These errors appear\\non page 178, and should be corrected.\\nElisha,\\nWilliam,\\nStephen,\\nMather,\\nJohn,\\nSamuel,*\\n[Samuel,\\nEbenezer,\\nt Died July 16, 1783.\\nIn the foregoing tables of Family Eegisters are included\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0all such found in the records before the year 1790. They are\\ncopied from the record with no change but the correction of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0manifest errors in orthography. Apparent errors in figures,\\nare left as found. All additions made to the original record\\nare included in brackets. None are made except upon evi-\\ndence deemed reliable. The family of Samuel Squire, entered\\nin Mason records, from a copy certified by the town clerk of\\nWestford, is not inserted none of the children having been\\nborn in Mason, or permanently resident there.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "FAMILY REGISTERS. 209\\nFamily register of the family of Edward Wilson, taken\\nfrom Ms family bible, in possession of Ms son, Capt. Thomas\\nWilson, of Mason\\nEdward Wilson, born at West Cambridge, July 6, 1734 j\\nLucy Francis, born at Medford, March 21, 1739, married No-\\nvember, 1757; removed to Mason with his family, in 1780,\\nand to Troy, New York, in 1804. Edward Wilson died, at\\nTroy, June 17, 1816, aged 82 years; Lucy, his widow, died\\nat Mason, December 8, 1835, aged 97 years. Their children,\\nborn at West Cambridge, were\\nJoseph, born October 9, 1759.\\nLucy, January 12, 1761, died December 23, 1819.\\nEdward, April 4, 1762, died March 7, 1843, at Milton, N. Y.\\nEbenezer, August 18, 1763, died July, 1825.\\nRachel, February 13, 1765, m. Jona. Chandler, died Oct. 16, 1846.\\nSamuel, September 16, 1766, died July 31, 1854.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-Nathaniel, February 10,1768, died August 19, ^854.\\nWilliam, October 25, 1769.\\nAaron, March 10, 1771.\\nAndrew, January 1, 1777, died April 23, 1841.\\nThomas, October 23, 1778.\\nEdward, Jr., and Samuel, removed to Troy, N. Y., about\\nthe year 1800, and were, for many years, actively engaged in\\nbusiness there. The following notice of the death of the\\nlatter, is taken from the New England Historical and Genea-\\nlogical Register, vol. 8, p. 277\\nSamuel Wilson died at Troy, N. Y., July 31, 1844, aged\\n88 years. It was from him that the United States derived\\nthe name of Uncle Sam. It was in this way. He was a con-\\ntractor for supplying the army in the war of 1812, with a\\nlarge amount of beef and pork. He had been long familiarly\\nknown by the name of Uncle Sam, so called to distinguish\\nhim from his brother Edward, who was, by every body, called\\nUncle Ned. The brand upon his barrels for the army was\\nof course U. S. The transition from the United States to\\nUncle Sam was so easy, that it was at once made, and the\\nname of the packer of the United States provisions was im-\\nmediately transferred to the government, and became famil-\\niar, not only throughout the army but the whole country.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "210 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nGenealogy of the families of Nathaniel and William Hos-\\nmer, furnished for this work, by the Rev. Edwin R. Hodg-\\nman, of Lynnfield, Mass. and family register of the family of\\nWilliam Hosmer, from the record in the family bible of his\\nson, Oliver Hosmer\\n1 James Hosmer, emigrated from Hockhm^st, county of\\nKent, England, took the freeman s oath in 1637, settled at\\nConcord, and died there, February 7, 1685.\\n2 Stephen, his son, born in 1642, married Abigail Wood,\\nMay 24, 1667.\\n3 John, their son, born August 1671, married Mary Billings,\\nMay 12, 1699.\\n4 Nathaniel, their son, (marriage not recorded at Concord.)\\n5 Nathaniel, his son, born November 29, 1731, married Eliz-\\nabeth Heald, July 1, 1756. Removed to Mason. For regis-\\nter of his family, see page 203. Nathaniel died at Camden,\\nMe., August 6, 1814, aged 83 years; Elizabeth, his wife, died\\nAugust 23, 1810, aged 77 years.\\nTabitha married John Sartell, died March 4, 1841, at Rock-\\nland, Me., aged 84 years.\\nAnna married Job Hodgman, Januajy 1, 1789, died August\\n3, 1839, at Camden, Me., aged 79 years.\\nEunice married Samuel Russell, March 15, 1787, died De-\\ncember, 1833, aged 71 years.\\nNathaniel married (1) Mary Wheeler, January 1, 1789, (2)\\nNancy Fay, February 3, 1803, died June 3, 1846, aged 81\\nyears.\\nAsa married Nancy Eaton, October 2, 1795, died Sep-\\ntember 9, 1854, aged 85 years.\\nWilliam, son of Nathaniel,* born October 19, 1729, married\\nAnna Heald, (born 1733,) June 19, 1753, at Concord, by Rev.\\nDaniel Bliss, removed to Mason, died March 26, 1802, aged\\n74 years; Anna, his wife, died July 7, 1818, aged 85 years.\\nTheir children were\\nElizabeth, born 1755, married John Stimpson, died at Cam-\\nden, Me., December 18, 1848, aged 93 years.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "FAMILY EEGISTEES. 211\\nWilliam, born 1758, died at Chester, Vt., March 20, 1813.\\nAmos, born 1760, died January 18, 1831,\\nOliver, born 1764, married (1) Martha Lawrence, January 1,\\n1793 Martha died February 4, 1829, aged 60 years married\\n(2) Mrs. Eunice Brown, died at Mason, October 15, 1852,\\ns. p., aged 88 years.\\nPolly, born 1766, married (1) Ebenezer Boutwell, (2)\\nWilliam Hemenway, died 1845, aged 79 years.\\nReuben.\\nLucy, m. Benanuel Pratt, died at Chester, Vt., March, 1819.\\nAnna, married Stickney, died at Andover, Yt.\\nJosiah Plagg, born in Worcester, December 24, 1750, mar-\\nried (1) Eunice Barber, born in Worcester, 1758, (2) Esther\\nWeatherbee, born in Lunenburg, December 3, 1763. Josiah\\nFlagg died May 30, 1824, aged 73 years, 5 months, 6 days;\\nEunice, his wife, died December 13, 1785 Esther, his widow,\\ndied August 6, 1832. Children of Josiah and Eunice, were:\\nElizabeth, born January 29, 1780; Eunice, born October 14,\\n1781; Mary Ann, born January 14, 1784; Josiah, born De-\\ncember, 1785, all in Worcester.\\nThe above from the record in the family bible of Mrs.\\nEunice Hosmer, daughter of Josiah Elagg.\\nOf Josiah and Esther: Hannah; Sally, married Isaac\\nBrown, December 30, 1818; Esther, born 1795; Polly, born\\nJune, 1799.\\nJason Dunster, of Mason, was a lineal descendant of Henry\\nDunster, first president of Harvard College. The line of\\ndescent is as follows i Henry, the president, 2 Jonathan,\\n3 Henry, 4 Jason, 5 Jason, of Mason. His children were\\nEuth, married Joseph Blood, killed in Bunker Hill battle;\\nHenry Rebecca, married John Swallow, Jr. Martha, mar-\\nried Oliver Wright, of Nelson; Isaiah, married Davis,\\nof Roxbury Jason, married Polly Merriam, of Mason Sam-\\nuel, married (1) Hannah Townsend, removed to Ashburnham\\nand married (2) Townsend.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "212 HISTOET OF MASON.\\nList of marriages at Mason, from the records of the Eev.\\nJoseph B. Hill; not received in season for insertion in their\\nproper place. The parties were resident in Mason, unless\\notherwise stated:\\n1840.\\nDec. 17. Samuel E. Butler, Lorinda Ames.\\n24. Timothy Amsden. Martha C. Hill.\\n1841.\\nMay Oliver H. Pratt. Catharine Warner, at Groton, Ms.\\n1842.\\nFeb. 9. Sampson Fletcher, N. Ipswich. Mrs. Lavinia Blood.\\nApril 10. William Davis, Betsey Green.\\nSept. 22. Henry H. Sawin, Julia Ann Russell.\\nNov. Ephraim Forbes, Westboro Ms., Harriet Childs.\\n1843.\\nApril 26. Abel F. Adams, Townsend, Ms., Lydia M. Newhall.\\nJune James Davis, Azubah F. Withington.\\nJuly Jonas Morse, [Mass., Mary Ann Sawtell.\\nOct. George G. Amsden, Springfield, Eliza Ann Kimball.\\n1844.\\nMay 21. AnsonBarrett, Townsend, Mass., Nancy Morse.\\nAug. 14, Merrill A. Elliott, Martha E. Sawtell.\\nSept. 19. Walter Atherton,Towns d,Mass., Dian K. Felt.\\n19. Otis Childs, Mary Joan Bachelder.\\nNov. 14. Leonard Farwell, Deborah B. Barrett.\\n1845.\\nJan. 9. Samuel H. Wheeler, Mary Ames.\\nFeb. 13. Lowell Howe, Nashua, Emily M. Felt,\\nAug. 26. Seneca Lynch, Elizabeth Swallow.\\nNov. 6. Samuel Weston, [Mass., Hephzibah Fletcher.\\n13. Harrison O.Lampson,Brookfield, Harriet E. Warren.\\n27. Timothy Wheeler Jr., Ann Maria Harding.\\nDec. 25. Calvin Fitch, Pepperell, Mass. Harriet Warner, Pepperell, Mass.\\n1846.\\nJan. 7. Isaac Windship, Henniker, Mary March.\\nMar, 1. Charles Bobbins, Eunice Windship.\\nJuly 12. Sumner J. Weston, Sarah A. Morse.\\nAug. Otis F. Larkin, Berlin, Mass. Charlott Pierce.\\n30. Earle S. Smith, New Ipswich, Mary P. Farwell.\\nOct Geo. E. Sparrow, Colchester, Ct., Martha A. Cragin.\\n1847.\\nFeb. 11. John .P French, Mary Weston.\\nMar. 7. Albert Hodgman, Bosantha L. Rockwood. [trim.\\nMay 20, John R. Gregg, Peterborough, Sarah E.Fletcher, Antrim, at An-\\n23, Frank E. Greisinger, Mary E. Hadley,\\nSept. 14. Charles Belcher, Worcester, Sarah C. Farwell.\\n16. Samuel E. Wright, Harriet E. Amsden.\\nANTEIM. BY REV. JOHN M. WHITON.\\n1845,\\nAug. 26. Rev. Joseph B. Hill, Mason, Harriet Brown, Antrim.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "RECORD OF MARRIAGES.\\n212a\\nFor a like reason^ tlie following lists, copied from tlie town\\nrecords, are here inserted\\nMASON. BY REV. ANDREW H. REED.\\n1836.\\nNov. 10.\\nDec. 1.\\n9.\\n1837.\\nMay 28.\\nSept. 12.\\nOct. 31.\\n1838.\\nApril 24.\\nMay 30.\\nSept. 20.\\n1839.\\nFeb. 13.\\nSept. 11.\\n1840.\\nFeb. J 2.\\n1839.\\nFeb. 28.\\nMar. 31.\\nMay 16.\\nJuly 9.\\nSept. 26.\\nOct.\\nDec. 5.\\n1840.\\nFeb. 16.\\nMar. 22.\\nOct. 8.\\nNov. 22.\\n1841.\\nApril 20.\\nDec. 7.\\nOct. 17.\\n1842.\\nApril 7.\\nMay 18.\\nJune 2.\\nOct. 16.\\n1843.\\nFeb. 23.\\n1844.\\n1848.\\nJune 27.\\nMay 21.\\nSept. 7.\\nOct. 1,\\nSamuel Hodge, Francestown,\\nCharles Day,\\nCharles W. French,\\nJohn H. Jones, Ashby,\\nAmos H. Hosmer,\\nEbenezer Nutting,\\nJoseph P. Felt,\\nCalvin Amsden,\\nThomas Wetherbee, Rindge,\\nElisha Withington,\\nWinslow Ames,\\nJosiah Cook, WMtefield,\\nMrs. Elizabeth Town.\\nMartha H. Barrett.\\nKoxana W. Barrett.\\nMartha Hildreth.\\nAbigail Barrett,\\nMartha Sanders.\\nSarah Swallow.\\nDorothj^ D. Horton.\\nAlmira Whitaker.\\nBetsey Newell.\\nHarriet Wood.\\nBozetta Sanders.\\nBY REV. ALFRED L. MASON.\\nElijah F. Davis, Hannah Spaulding.\\nWilliam Mansur,\\nEdmund F. Jefts,\\nElisha F. Davis,\\nJohn Felt,\\nSamuel A. Hartshorn,\\nLot Nicols, Sharon,\\nGeorge Weston,\\nLorenzo Woods,\\nMrs. Hannah Elliott.\\nElizabeth Pierce.\\nRoxana Jefts, New Ipswich,\\nSilvia Warren, Stoddard.\\nLouisa Felt.\\nMary Ann Fitch, Temple.\\nRebecca Baily.\\nMary Dakin.\\nEdwin J. Hodgman, Levinia Foster.\\nCharles Smith, Lowell, Emeline Hodgman.\\nArnold Kendall, Mary Felt.\\nNehemiahH. Swain, N. Reading, Elmena L. Hodgman.\\nJohn TcAvksbury, Warner,\\nNathaniel Smith,\\nHezekiah Burnham,\\nIsabella Nutting, New Ipswich.\\nLucy A. Baldwin.\\nMrs. Jane A. Kimball.\\nThomas Hays, Lucy A. Robbing.\\nSolon P. Bingham, Keene, Harriet E. Adams.\\nMr. Tinkham, Lunenburg, Mrs. Emma W. Blood.\\nJoseph Tucker, Mary Campbell.\\nEdmund C. Stanley. Hannah Mason, Wilton.\\nSylvester Fitch, Providence R.L, Susan A. Hadley.\\nBY REV. JOHN WOODBURY.\\nCyrus Blanchard, Fitchburg,\\nIsrael Putnam,\\nGeorge L. Adams.\\nFrederick M. Greisinger,\\n27b\\nEmily Robbins.\\nLucy E. Andrews.\\nHannah H. Hartshorn,\\nElmira B, Darling.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "212b HISTORY OF MASON.\\nBY REV. WILLIAM OLMSTEAD,\\n1847.\\nApril 12. Horace W. Wilson, Amanda M. Rideout.\\nNov. 16. Samuel Kimball, Adelia A. Livingst\\n29. Franklin Meed, Boxborougli, Nancy S. Morse.\\nBY REV. JOHN F. WHITNEY.\\n1856.\\nApril 27. Joel Elliott, 2d, Emily Holden.\\nMay 28. Willard D. Hero, Elizabeth Peabod;\\nBY REV. GEORGE W. CUTTING.\\n1855.\\nNov. 11. Charles Ho-vvard, Fitchburg, Mary A. Sawtell,\\n1857.\\nSept. 5. Edwin L. Ntilting, Mary A. Annis.\\nNov. 22. George R. Elliott, Eliza E. Stevens.\\nDec. 17. Henry Kirk, Sarali Gardner.\\nDec. 31. Kendall N. Davis, Sharon, Lucinda Cliamberlin,\\n1858.\\nJan. 4. Edmund Holden, Elizabeth Flagg.\\nBY REV. SAMUEL J. AUSTIN.\\n1857.\\nJune 14. Edwin E,. Farnsworth, Abby J. Webber.\\nOct. 22. Francis B. Cragin, Ruvinia M. Richardson,\\nHenry A. Cragin, Susan M. Elliott.\\n31. Lucius A. White, Margaret Lyle.\\nRY REV. JOSIAH L. ARMES.\\n1854.\\nDec. 14. Philander Eddy, Foxborough, Maria Lynch.\\n1855.\\nJune 24. Jerome Davis, Mary L. Boynton.\\nSeveral marriages inserted on pages 174 and 175 have, in\\nthe above list, been re-inserted, with the name of the officiat-\\ning minister added.\\nMarriage is the key of domestic life. The far sighted\\npolicy of the Eoman church, at an early period, discerned\\nthe importance of possessing this key. Hence, marriage in\\nthat chmxh, is made a sacrament. In all countries where the\\nRoman church is in the ascendant, no marriage is valid,\\nunless it be contracted within the rules, and celebrated\\naccording to the forms of that church. All persons living in\\nthe state of matrimony, without the blessing of the priest,\\nare in a state of mortal sin. Hence, the power of the priest\\nto determine what is lawful matrimony, and to regulate the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "EECOKD OF MAERIAGES. 2126\\nconjugal and maternal duties of the wife, open to him the\\nmost sacred recesses of the honsehold, and places in his\\nhands an engine of power, the eifects of which, are felt in\\nevery condition of life, from the palace to./the cabin.\\nBy ihe reformation in the chnrch of England, the assump-\\ntion that marriage is a sacrament, being without a shadow of\\nscriptural foundation, was not recognized; but still, by the\\nlaws of England, marriage could be celebrated lawfully, only\\nby a priest of the English church, according to the formu-\\nlaries prescribed, and in a church building, or licensed chapel\\nof that church, except by special license. For many years,\\ndissenters could be married in England, only according to the\\n10 cm. of that church. Such were the laws, when our ances-\\ni :rs came to New England. They fled to the wilderness, to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2icape from the power and tyranny of the English priesthood,\\nf course, the English laws and formularies, would not\\nri Qswer their needs. Not content with rejecting the power\\nof the English clergy, they went farther, and would not\\nallow their own clergy to celebrate marriages. Only the\\ngovernor, deputy governor and assistants, had authority for\\nmany years, to celebrate marriages. These magistrates\\nhaving exclusive power to celebrate marriages, construed\\nthat power to extend to all cases, and even presumed to\\nmarry themselves. Lt. Gov. Bellingham, was fined for mar-\\nrying himself, so also, was Mr. Joseph Hills of Maiden.\\nHaving regulated the celebration of marriages, the court\\nnext undertook to regulate courtships by law. The act for\\nthis purpose was passed by the general court of Massachu-\\nsetts, November 11, 1647. The preamble is as follows:\\nWhereas, God hath committed ye care and power into ye\\nhands of parents, for ye disposing of their children in mar-\\nriage, so yt it is against ye rule to seek to draw away ye affec-\\ntions of yong maydens, under pretence of purpose of mar-\\nriage, before their parents have given way or alowance in y*\\nrespect, and whereas, it is a comon practice, in divers places,\\nfor yong men irregularly and disorderly to watch all advan-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "2l2d HISTORY OP MASON.\\ntages, for their evil purposes to insinuate into ye affections of\\nyong maydes, by coming to tliem in places and seasons,\\nunknown to their parents, for such ends, whereby much evil\\nhath grown amongst us to ye dishonor of God and damage of\\nye parties, for ye prevention whereof, for time to come, it is\\nordered, c., and making it a penal offence, to endeavor\\ndirectly or indirectly to draw ye affections of any mayden in\\nthis jurisdiction, under pretence of marriage, before liberty\\nand allowance therefor by the parents, c., or in the absence\\nof such, by the court. The punishment was a fine for the\\nfirst and for the second offence, for the third to be put under\\nbonds, failing to procure which the offender was liable to be\\nimprisoned at the pleasure of the court. Fancy the trial of\\nan action in court The Commonwealth vs. Richard Roe,\\nfor seeking to draw the affections of Dolly Doe, without the\\nconsent of her parents, c., first being had.\\nIn 1692, authority was given, by statute, to ordained minis-\\nters, and also to justices of the peace, to celebrate marriages.\\nThe clergy soon received the monopoly of the marrying busi-\\nness. None were married by justices except for some pecu-\\nliar reasons. Fifty years ago, the marriage ceremony took\\nplace at the residence of the bride, or at the minister s house,\\nseldom at the meeting house, although not unfrequently, the\\nSabbath was the day, the parties coming sometimes with but\\nmore frequently without attendants, to the minister s house, in\\nthe morning before service or in the evening after the close of\\nthe meetings, left the house with the indestructible knot tied,\\nand sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, the cavalcade\\nconsisting of one or two horses, according to the means or\\nthe taste of the parties, proceeded to their new home, to be\\nmade cheerful and happy by the busy cares and pains taking\\nof the wife, assuming a station and character, the influence of\\nwhich, for the well being of society, is second to none other.\\nFrom the venerable pastor of the Mason church, all the mar-\\nried couples got a good solid talking to.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER YI.\\nA LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS, AFFAIRS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR,\\nAND LISTS OP TOWN OFFICERS; AND STATISTICAL TABLES.\\nAn alphabetical list of the names of all persons who appear, by the pro-\\nprietary or toAvn records or tax lists, to have been inhabitants of the\\ntown of Mason, from the earliest settlement, to the year 1790, showing,\\nas far as is known, the date of commencement of residence, their place\\nof residence, their service in the revolutionary war, and time of decease,\\nor of removal from town.\\nJason Russell s. R. about 1773.\\nDea. Franklin Merriam s. R. after the war.\\nS. Jonas Adams Died January 9, 1807, 65 y.\\nS.Joel Ames Died November 15, 1820, 80 y.\\nS. Rev. E. Hill s orchard, R.\\nS. Son of Samuel Abbot.\\nEast of John Adams. Brother of John Ad-\\nams R. to Lincoln.\\nEbenezer Shattuck s, afterwards east of Dea.\\nWood s. Died March 20, 1802, 53 y.\\nR.\\nS. Jedediah Felton s. Died Oct. 25, 1826, 69 y.\\nR.\\nSon of Simon went to Maine.\\nIn the 3d School District.\\nR.\\nCapt. Jesse Barrett s. Died Sept. 19,1800, 71y.\\nS. Eli Nutting s. Died November 29, 1800.\\nSilas BuUard s. Born in Weston R. to New\\nIpswich about 1743, with his brother Eben-\\nezer Bullard, and resided with him till his\\nmarriage in 1775. Soon after 1760 he re-\\nmoved to Mason. Died March 2, 1792, 73 y.\\nRev. Jona. Searle s. R. next year.\\nJonathan Smith s, near Townsend line. Died\\nJanuary 26, 1816, 90 y.\\nJohn Whitaker s. The father of\\nBarrett, Nathaniel Barrett, Jr.,\\nJohn Baldwin. Died about 1775.\\nR. next year.\\nS. Elisha Barrett s. Was an inhabitant before the\\nincorporation. Died Dec. 30, 1831, 86 y.\\nS. Thaddeus Morse s. Killed June 17, 1775, at\\nBunker s Hill.\\nNote. In this table, S. following a name, indicates service in the land or naval forces R.\\nremoval from town.\\n28\\n1769.\\nAsten John,\\n1770.\\nAllen Abijah,\\n1771.\\nAdams John,\\nAmes Simon,\\n1772.\\nAbbot Samuel,\\nAbbot Ebenezer,\\n1774.\\nAdams Edward,\\n1778.\\nAmsden Jonas,\\nAldridge John,\\n1782,\\nAdams Abel,\\n1786.\\nAsten Timothy,\\n1788.\\nAmes Thaddeus,\\n1790.\\nAustin Thomas,\\n1752.\\nButterfield Eleazer,\\nBarrett Reuben,\\n1759.\\nBlood Ebenezer,\\n1767.\\nBullard Joseph,\\n1769.\\nBadcock William,\\nBarrett William,\\nBarrett Nathaniel,\\nZaccheus\\nand Mrs.\\nBurge, Widow,\\nBarrett Joseph,\\n1769. Blood Joseph,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "214\\nHISTOEY OF MASON.\\n1769. Barrett Nathaniel Jr., S.\\nBrown David,\\n1770. BallJoseph, S.\\n1771. Barrett Zaccheus,\\nBarrett Reuben Jr.,\\n1772. Blodgett David,\\nBlodgett Jacob, S.\\nBlanciiard Abel, S.\\n1774. Brown Samuel, S.\\n1775. Blood Butb, widow,\\nBarrett Joseph, Jr.,\\nBarrett Isaac, S.\\nBarrett Reuben, 3d.\\nBrooks Job,\\n1776. BuUard Silas, S.\\n1778. Brown Lt. Isaac, S.\\n1779. Burt Oliver,\\n1780. Burt Capt. James,\\n1782. Barrett Jesse,\\nBarrett Benjamin, jr.\\nBlood Thomas, S.\\nBlood Asa,\\nBlood Ebenezer, jr.\\nS.\\nS.\\n1782.\\nBullard Eleazer,\\nBarrett John,\\ns.\\n1785.\\nBarrett William, jr.\\nBlodgett John,\\nBall Eleazer,\\n1786.\\nBlood Amos,\\n1789.\\nBlood Josiah,\\nBarrett Joel,\\nBlackington William,\\nBoynton Jeremiah,\\nBall Jonathan,\\n1790.\\nBuss Elisha,\\nBarber Dr. William,\\nBachelder Jonathan,\\n1766.\\nCrosby Jonathan,\\n1767.\\nCook Connelius,\\nCoburn Josiah,\\n1769.\\nCoburn Nathan,\\n1770.\\nCafford Jonathan,\\n1772.\\nChild Amos,\\nLuther Bobbins R. 1 772\\nSaml. D. Blood s and James Brown s. Died\\nDec, 1811, 83 y.\\nDea. Robinson s. R.\\nPoor farm. Died Feb. 26, 1827, 79 y.\\nCapt. Jesse Barrett s. Son of Reuben Barrett.\\nS. Withington s, formerly John Winship s.\\nR. soon after the war.\\nH. Warren s. R. soon after the war.\\nHired to Jason Russel. R.\\nGeo. Martin s, formerly Sam.Townsend. Came\\nfrom HoUis R. soon after the war.\\nWidow of Joseph Blood who was killed at\\nBunker Hill daughter of Jason Dunster.\\nR.\\nSon of Nathaniel Barrett. R.\\nV/est of John Richard s. R. about 1784.\\nEphraim Ruseel s. R.\\nWith his father. Son of Joseph Bullard.\\nDied May 15, 1835, 83 y.\\nKnapp s, now Prescott s. In Battle of Bun-\\nker Hill. Died November 3, 1800, 55 y.\\nEben. Nutting s. R. and joined Shakers.\\nSame. Same.\\nCapt. Jesse Barrett s. Son of Reuben Bar-\\nrett. Died November 11, 1844, 82 y.\\nErank Wright s and E. Richardson s. R. to\\nLunenburg.\\nE. Nutting s. Son of Ebenezer. Died June\\n24, 1835, 77 y.\\nE. Nutting s. Son of Ebenezer. R.\\nTaken prisoner in the Battle of Bunker Hill,\\nand never returned.\\nSon of Joseph Bullard.\\nSon of Captain Joseph Barrett. R. to Ver-\\nmont.\\nCharles Barrett. Died Aug. 10, 1844, 84 y.\\nJohn Bachelder s. Town clerk, selectman,\\nand representative for many years. His\\nname first appears as a school master in 1777,\\nR. from town in 1821 or 1822, to Dunstable,\\nand died a few years since, aged nearly 100 y.\\nAmos Robbins R.\\nSaml. D. Blood s. Died Dec. 19, 1840, 83 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nElnathan Boynton s. Oct. 27, 1839, 74 y.\\nR.\\nCabinet maker built and resided in the\\nJoshua Blood house. R. about 1804.\\nDr. Barber s, near the old meeting house.\\nDied July 11, 1852, 85 y.\\nJona. Bachelders Died April 9, 1738, 85 y.\\nR\\nB. C. Kimball s. R.\\nEd. Tarbell s. R. to Chelmsford.\\nSchool master. R.\\nR.\\nHired man to Dea. Amos Dakin. R,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "LIST OP EARLY SETTLERS.\\n215\\n1775. Clianibers Capt. VYm.\\n1779.\\n1780.\\n1785.\\n1787.\\n1778.\\n1789.\\n1768.\\n1769.\\n1770.\\n1772.\\n1774.\\n1776.\\n1782.\\n1785.\\n1790.\\n1752.\\n1762.\\n1764.\\n1766.\\n1767.\\n1769.\\n1770.\\n1771.\\n1774.\\n1777.\\n1778.\\n1783.\\n1784.\\n1786.\\n1752.\\n1769.\\nChandler Jonathan,\\nCrane Benjamin,\\nCummin gs John,\\nChatman Oliver,\\nChickering Abner,\\nCampbell John,\\nCampbell Jonas,\\nGrossman James,\\nDakin Dea. Amos,\\nDutton John,\\nDavis Zachariah,\\nDunster Jason,\\nDavis Joshua,\\nDavis Elisha,\\nDarby Samuel,\\nDunster Henry,\\nDodge William,\\nDavis Ebenezer,\\nDodge John,\\nDakin Amos Jr.,\\nDunster Jason, Jr., S\\nDunster Isaiah,\\nDodge Zebulon,\\nDakin Timothy,\\nDavis Reuben,\\nEliot William,\\nEliot Elias,\\nEliot Oliver,\\nEliot John,\\nEliot Eev. William,\\nEliot Wid. Hannah.\\nEmerson Asa.\\nEliot John, Jr\\nEliot Ellas, Jr.,\\nEliot David,\\nEliot Dea. Andrew,\\nEliot Widow,\\nEliot Samuel,\\nEaton Abijah,\\nFish Nathan,\\nFoster Jonathan,\\nS. E,ev. E. Hill s. Born in Scotland. Lieut, of\\na privateer under Com. Manly. Died Sep-\\ntember 4, 1791.\\nJedediah Feltpn s. R.\\nSouth of Frank Wright s. R.\\nR.\\nR.\\nAbel Adams in the village. R. to N. Ipswich.\\nR.\\nR.\\nDied about 1836, not far from 90 y.\\nS. Eben. Richardson s. Died Apr. 28, 1789, 67 y.\\nCalvin Blood s. R.\\nS. Micah Russell s. Died Nov. 27, 1831, 88 y.\\nBenjamin Prescott s. R. to Ashburnham and\\nreturned, and died Feb. 10, 1805, 80 y.\\nS. David Jefts and Charles Scripture s. Died Oc-\\ntober 16, 1840, 96 y.\\nR.\\nChapman s. R.\\nS. Son of Jason. R.\\nLuther Nutting s. R.\\nR.\\nS. A privateersman. R.\\nS. South of Dea. Cragin s. Son of Dea. Amos\\nDakin Died Oct. 29, 1842, 83 y.\\nB. C. Kimball s. Son of J. Dunster. Died\\nMarch 21, 1828, 67 y.\\nS. Son of Jason Dunster. R.\\nS. R.\\nDea. S. Cragin s. Son of Deacon Amos Da-\\nkin. Died October, 1845, 84 y.\\nR.\\nDaniel Hill s. Son of Elias. Died about 1768.\\nElias Eliot s. Died Feb. 23, 1785, 78 y.\\nS. Southeast of Capt. S. Shed s. Son of Elias.\\nDied September, 1836, 102^ y.\\nAndrew Eliot s. Died June 24. 1781, 65 y.\\nSon of John, and lived with his father. Died\\nJune 4, 1830, 81 y.\\nLast on tax list, October 14, 1771.\\nS. R.\\nSon of John. R.\\nSon of Elias. Died Nov. 17, 1838, 89 y.\\nS. Son of John. R.\\nS. Son of John. Died September 30, 1811, 56 y.\\nTaxed for her son Josiah. Supposed to be\\nthe widow of William.\\nR.\\nS. Taken prisoner by the Algerines. R. to Win-\\nhall, Vt., with his family, about 1804.\\nNorth of Dea. N. Hall s.\\nS. East of W^m. Barrett s, near Townsend line.\\nHis wife. Thankful, died in 1779, and was\\nburied at the expense of the town. He was,\\nin part or wholly, supported by the town\\nfrom that time till his death, (at Ashby,)\\nMarch 31, 1821, at the age, it is said, of 102\\nyears. He was an able-bodied man, always\\nenjoying vigorous health, but he had an in-\\nvincible repugnance to work in any form.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "216\\nHISTOEY OP MASON.\\n1769. Fisli Wid. Patience,\\nFisk Daniel,\\nFisli Jonathan,\\nFish Eleazer,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Fish Nathan,\\nFish Simon, S.\\n1771. Flagg Isaac, S.\\nFessenden Aaron,\\nFarnsworth Daniel,\\n1773. Fuller Silas,\\n1774, Fay Jonas, S.\\nFay Daniel,\\n1780. French John,\\nFoster Jonathan, Jr., S.\\nFoster Nathan, S.\\nFuller Ezra, S.\\n1781. French William,\\n1783. Fay Jemima, Wid.\\nFarley Samuel,\\n1790. Farwell Edward,\\nFarnsworth Sampson,\\n1752. Green Simon,\\n1754. Gould Nehemiah,\\n1771. Green Nehemiah,\\n1774. Gibson John,\\n1780. Green Samuel,\\n1781. Grace Manuel,\\n1782. Gordon James, S.\\n1786. Giles Joseph,\\n1787. Goddard John,\\n1790. Gray Dr. Joseph,\\nGrimes John,\\n1752. Hall Dea. Nathan,\\n1757. Herrick Joseph,\\n1768. Hall James,\\n1769. Hall Nathan, Jr.,\\nHoi den Isaac,\\nHosmer Nathaniel,\\nHosmer Reuben, S,\\n1770. Hodgman Timothy, S,\\n1771. Hodgman David, S\\n1772. Hodgman Joseph, S.\\nHodgman Reuben,\\nHerrick Joseph, Jr., S.\\n1773. Hodgman John,\\n1774. Hodgman Benjamin,\\n1775. Hodgman Joseph, Jr., S,\\nHerrick Lois, Wid.\\n1776. Herrick Shadrack,\\n1777. Hurlbert John, S,\\n1778. Hodgman Zacheus, S,\\nHolden Amos, S.\\n1779. Hosmer William, S.\\nHart Joseph,\\n1780. Hodgman Job, S.\\nHall Henry, S.\\nHorton Elijah,\\n28, 1819, 88 y.\\nJohn Russell s. R.\\nEleazer Fish s. Last on tax list Dec. 13,\\n1769. Died after 1772.\\nCapt. Ira Hall s. Died April 26, 1791.\\nR.\\nEast of Luther Nutting s. R.\\nElijah Davis In Bunker Hill battle.\\nR.\\nR.\\nJonas Fay s. R.\\nMoses Russell s. Died May 16, 1826, 77 y.\\nJosiah Flagg s. Died June 2, 1783.\\nR.\\nSon of Jonathan. R.\\nSon of Jonathan. R.\\nR.\\nR.\\nWidow of Daniel Fay.\\nR.\\nCapt. S. Weston. Died Aus\\nR.\\nR.\\nKilled in battle near lake George, July 20,\\n1758.\\nR.\\nR.\\nEast of Ens. Enosh Lawrence s place. R.\\nR.\\nSaid to be a Hessian. R,\\nIn the 2d school district. R.\\nIn the 4th school district. Died Dec. 10, 1797.\\nVearon Eaton s. R.\\nIn the 4th school district. R.\\nCapt. Jos. Sanders Died May 7, 1807, 91 y.\\nBenjamin Prescott s. Died. Last on tax list\\nNovember 30, 1773.\\nAbijah Eaton s. Son of Dea. N. HaU. R.\\nSon of Dea. Nathan Hall. R.\\nBachelder s. R. in 1774 or 1775.\\nOtis R. to Camden, Me.\\nEast of Walton s. R.\\nR.\\nOliver Hosmer s. R.\\nCalvin Blood s. R.\\nMoore s. R-\\nBenjamin Prescott s. R. to Brattleboro Vt.\\nWest of Oliver Hosmer s. R.\\nMoore s. R.\\nSewall Wood s.\\nWidow of Joseph.\\nR. to do,\\nR.\\nNoah Winship s.\\nAbner Holden s.\\nOliver Hosmer s.\\nR.\\nR.\\nTarbell s. R.\\nTimothy Kemp s.\\nR. to Brattleborough, Vt.\\nR.\\nDied April 16, 1806, 54 y.\\nDied March 26, 1802, 74 y.\\nR.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "LIST OP EARLY SETTLERS.\\n217\\n1780,\\nHull John, S.\\n1782.\\nHall David, S.\\nHodgman Nathan, S.\\nHurlburt J osiah, S.\\nHodgman Thomas,\\n1783.\\nHerrick Amos, S.\\n1785.\\nHodgkins Hezekiah,\\nHosmer Oliver,\\n1786.\\nHodgman David,\\n1788.\\nHaven Clarke,\\nHall Richard,\\n1790.\\nHaven Nathaniel,\\n1752.\\nJefts Henry,\\n1765.\\nJ efts Jonathan,\\n1769.\\nJefts Mary, Widow,\\nJefts John,\\nJefts Thomas,\\nJefts Benjamin,\\nKing Benjamin,\\nKendall Jabez,\\n1774.\\nKendall Nathan,\\n1775.\\nKnowiton Benjamin, Jr.,\\n1778.\\nKendall Jabez, Jr.,\\n1780.\\nKnowiton Henry,\\nKeyes Elijah,\\n1782.\\nKemp Abel,\\n1785.\\nKendall Benjamin,\\nKendall Reuben.\\n1751.\\nLawrence Ens. Enosh,\\n1752.\\nLeslie James,\\nLeslie George,\\nLawrence William, Esq.,\\n1762.\\nLowell Moses,\\n1769.\\nLowell David,\\nLowell Joseph,\\n1775.\\n1778.\\n1780.\\n1781.\\nLo well David, Jr.,\\nLowell Simeon,\\nLawrence Enosh, Jr.,\\nLawrence Samuel,\\nLawrence Stevens,\\nLawrence Richard,\\nLawrence John,\\nLeonard John,\\nLowell Joseph, Jr., S,\\nLowell Timothy, S.\\nLakin Ambrose,\\nLocke Abraham,\\nLawrence Isaac,\\nBelow Dr. Barber s. R.\\nSon of Dea. N. Hall. Died August 25, 1824,\\n71 years.\\nSon of Joseph Hodgman. R.\\nR.\\nT. Hodgman s. Died August 16, 1836, 82.J y.\\nBenj. Prescott s. Son of Joseph. Died Nov.\\n8, 1848, 85 y.\\nR.\\nOliver Hosmer s. Died Oct. 15, 1852, 88 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nSon of Dea. HaU. Died July 16, 1822, 54 y.\\nR.\\nJona. Batchelder s. R. before incorporation.\\nHartshorn s. Died May, 1818, 86 y.\\nAmos Robbens, Jr. Died Dec. 10, 1809, 70 y.\\nThomas Jefts Died June, 1808.\\nBenj. Jefts*. Died April 7, 1807, 60 y.\\nNorth part. Last on tax list January 27, 1777.\\nR.\\nB, C. Kimhall s. Son of Benj. Knowiton, of\\nNcAV Ipswich, born 1753. R. with his father\\nto New York, about 1807.\\nR.\\nBrother of Benjamin Knowiton, Jr., born in\\n1756. R.\\nSimeon Kemp s. R.\\nA. Kemp s Died Sept. 23, 1829, 87 y.\\nNear John Blodgett s. Killed by lightning at\\nhis brother s house in Dublin, June 1, 1806,\\n66 years.\\nR.\\nEph. Hildreth s. Died Sept. 28, 1778, 68 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nA meeting was held at his house in No. 1, in\\n1752, but he was not, probably, ever more\\nthan temporarily resident in the town.\\nR. Last on the tax list November 30, 1773.\\nCapt. Joseph Barrett s. R. Same,\\nOn the road from R. Lawrence s to Dakin s\\nmill, near the old brick yard. R.\\nR. Last on tax list Nov. 30, 1773.\\nR.\\nJohn Jefts. Died Dec. 11, 1809, 71 y.\\nSon of Ens. Enosh. R. to Townsend.\\nEdward Merriam s. Died Sept. 4, 1824, 80 y.\\nA. Dakin s. Died November 1, 1815, 80 y.\\nEj)h. Hildreth s. R to Swanton, Vt., about\\n1806, and died there.\\nBetween Oliver Eliot s and Reuben Barrett s.\\nLast on tax list January 30, 1778.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "218\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\n1788. Lawrence Sampson,\\nLee Jonathan.\\n1789. Lawrence Willard.\\nLawrence DanieL\\n1769. Merriam Joseph,\\nMcLain Dennis,\\n1771. Mann James,\\nMann Benjamin,\\n1773.\\nMansfield Elijah,\\n1774.\\nMann Christopher,\\n1775.\\nMiles William,\\n1778.\\nMunroe Dr. Ephraim\\nMuzzy Benjamin,\\n5\\n1780.\\nMerriam Abraham,\\ns.\\n1781.\\nMerriam Ezra,\\ns.\\n1782.\\nMossman Aaron,\\ns,\\n1784.\\nMerriam Silas,\\n1785.\\nMerriam Abraham, Jr\\n.s.\\n1782.\\nNutting Ephraim,\\ns,\\n1790.\\nNutting Peter,\\n1779.\\nOsgood Joseph,\\n1752.\\nParker Lt. Obadiah,\\n1762.\\nPowers Whitcomb,\\ns.\\n1769.\\nPowers Elizabeth, Wid.,\\nProctor Nathan,\\n1770.\\nJerry Joseph,\\n1771.\\nParker Samuel,\\nParker Ohver, Ens.\\n1777.\\nPatten Nathaniel,\\n1778.\\nParker Phinehas,\\n1783.\\nParkhiirst Jesse,\\nPike William,\\n1785.\\nParker Sam Stevens,\\nParker Junea,\\n1788.\\nParkhurst Andrew,\\n1789.\\nParker Sampson,\\nPatch Asa,\\nPratt John,\\n1752.\\nBobbins Josiah,\\nMoses Merriam s. Died Nov. 6, 1826, 82 y.\\nE,. Last on tax list October 14, 1771.\\nJ. Ames farm near John Bachelder s. He waa\\nfather of Benjamin Mann, came into town\\nwith him, and died about 1780-1.\\nJ. Ames, and Asher Peabody s. E.- to Keene\\nand to Troy, N. Y. Died, 1831, 91 y.\\nR.\\nJ. Ames orchard. A free negro man, for-\\nmerly slave to James Mann. B,. to New\\nIpswich and died there.\\nDied between 1782 and 1796. Amos Herrick\\nmarried his widow.\\nR. next year.\\nEast of James Scripture s. R.\\nAt the corner where the road turns to Wilton.\\nDied November 26, 1797.\\nNear Pratt s pond, afterwards at his father s.\\nSon of Abraham Merriam. Died June 21,\\n1827, 67 y.\\nR.\\nAt Pratt s pond, with Ezra, son of Abraham.\\nR. to Maine.\\nAbraham Merriam house. Died January 18,\\n1806, 48 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nOld orchard, south from Tufts Married the\\nwidow of Wm. Barrett. Died before 1790.\\nLieut. Parker s. Died Oct. 5, 1816, 86 y.\\nR.\\nLast on tax list February 28, 1783.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nSon of Lt. O. Parker, born May 11, 1756. R.\\nR.\\nR.\\nSon of Lt. Obadiah Parker, born October 17,\\n1763, and died December 20, 1827, 64 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nSon of Lt. Obadiah Parker, born October 11,\\n1767, and died March 18, 1818, 50 y.\\nR.\\nPratt s pond. Died January 27, 1832, 77 y.\\nDea. Webber place. Came from Townsend\\nwith his family, began the farm on the Dea.\\nWebber place, R. soon after 1774, and died\\nat Stoddard in 1787. There is a tradition\\nthat his wife died, that he married again,\\nand died, and that he and his first wife were\\nburied in the old grave yard, by the side of\\nhis son Amos. Last on tax list, Oct. 1774.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS.\\n2ia\\n1768.\\nRobbins Thomas,\\n1769.\\nRobbins Setb,\\nEoss Joseph,\\nS,\\nRussell Jason,\\nS,\\n1771.\\nRoss Andrew,\\n1772.\\nRobbins Amos,\\nRussell Hobart,\\n1774.\\nRussell John,\\n1780.\\nRichardson Joshua,\\ns,\\n1787.\\nRussell Samuel,\\n1789.\\nReed Thomas,\\nRussell Jonathan,\\n1752.\\nSpaulding William,\\nShattuck Ensign,\\nSwallow Lt. John,\\n1761.\\nShattuck Oliver,\\n1765.\\nSpaulding Thomas,\\n1769.\\nSpaulding Lemuel,\\nShed Abel,\\ns.\\nSmith Samuel,\\ns.\\nSmith Nathaniel,\\nScripture Samuel,\\ns.\\n1770.\\nScripture James,\\ns.\\n1771. Sloan David,\\n1772. Searle Rev. Jonathan, S.\\nSloan John,\\n1773. Squire Samuel, S.\\n1774. Stone Jonathan,\\n1775. Scripture Oliver,\\nSawtell Lt. Ephraim,\\n1776. Smith Joshua\\n1779. SwaUow John, Jr., S.\\n1780. Start George,\\n1781. Smith Nathaniel, Jr., S.\\n1782. Spaulding Thaddeus,\\nStacy William,\\nScripture Samuel, Jr. S.\\n1783. Shed William,\\n1784. Sloan David, Jr.,\\nStevens John,\\n1786. Searle John,\\n1786. Sanders Joseph,\\nSmith Samuel, Jr.,\\nStuart Jeremiah,\\n1787. Saunderson William,\\nSaunderson Isaac,\\nSaunderson Solomon,\\nSartell Micah,\\nShattuck Nehemiah,\\nSmith John,\\nT. Robbins place, near Dea. Wood s. Son of\\nJosiah Kobbins. Died Dec. 1827, 83 y.\\nLuther Robbins Son of Josiah Robbins..\\nDied July 31, 1837, 93 y.\\nEast of Dr. Barber s. R.\\nJason Russell s place. Died September 26,\\n1825, 84 y.\\nJoseph Tuffts place. R. to Rindge.\\nSon of Josiah Robbins. Died Sept. 2, 1773,\\nand was buried in the old graveyard, in rear\\nof the old meeting house.\\nH. Russell place. Died i\\\\ov. 6, 1836, 83 y.\\nEphraim Russell s. Died Dec. 15, 1832, 86 y.\\nLived with Capt. Isaac Brown. R.\\nR.\\nR.\\nW^est of O. Hosmer s. Died Oct. 24, 1828, 77 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nJosiah Winship. Died Nov. 23, 1815, 86 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nLt. E. Oilman s. R.\\nE. D. Richardson s. R. to Rindge in 1775.\\nCapt. Smith s. Died Dec. 6, 1815, 74 y.\\nH. Russell place, and Thad. Morse s. Died\\nDec. 18, 1802, 81 y.\\nJames Scripture s place. R. to Nelson and\\ndied there, about 90 years.\\nW^ard Scripture s. Son of Samuel Scripture.\\nDied June 19, 1810, 62 y.\\nJonathan Batchelders.\\nEbenezer Blood s. Died Dec. 7, 1812, 68 y.\\nSon of David Sloan.\\nS. Dix Blood s. Burnt to death in the army.\\nWiUiam Whitaker s. R.\\nElnathan Boynton s. Son of Samuel Scrip-\\nture. R. to New Ipswich.\\nWidow Amsden s. R.\\nR.\\nCalvin Blood s. Son of Lieut. John Swal-\\nlow. Died January, 1830, 73 y.\\nR. to New Ipswich.\\nEast of Amos Robbin s. R.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR. to Nelson.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nSon of Rev. Jonathan Searle. R.\\nDea. Hall s. Died Dec. 12, 1829, 65 y.\\nSon of Saml. Smith. Died Feb. 2, 1849, 84 y.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nSon of Nathaniel Smith. R.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "220\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nSmith Jonatlian,\\n1787 .Shipley, Jonathan,\\n1788. Simonds Thomas,\\nScott William,\\nScripture John,\\nSwere or Zuire Peter,\\n1789. Shattuck Ebenezer,\\n1790. Swallow Abel,\\nSpaulding Abel,\\nShed William,\\n1749. Tarbell Capt. Thomas,\\nTarbell Capt. Samuel,\\n1769. Tarbell Nathaniel,\\nTarbell Edward,\\nTowne Edward,\\n1771. Tarbell John,\\nTarbell Thomas Jr., S\\n1778.\\nTarbell Whitcomb,\\n17S2.\\nTownsend Samuel,\\n1783.\\nTarbell Samuel\\nTarbell Edward,\\n1785.\\nTarbox Daniel,\\nTrask John\\nTarbell Benjamin,\\nTemple John,\\n1786.\\nTurnclifF William,\\n1752.\\nWhitney Shadrack,\\n1767.\\n1768.\\n1769.\\n1771.\\n1773.\\n1774.\\n1776.\\n1778.\\n1779.\\n1780.\\nWright Samuel,\\nWithee James,\\nWheeler Aaron,\\nWheeler Josiah,\\nWhipple Ens. Nathan,\\nWoodward George,\\nWilliams Jonathan,\\nWinship Jonathan,\\nWheeler Nathan,\\nWithington Elisha,\\nWheeler Timothy,\\nWhitaker John,\\nWoods Samuel, g\\nWheeler Abijah,\\nWood Ens. John,\\nWait John,\\nWood Col. James, S\\nSon of Nathaniel. Married Susannah, daugh-\\nter of Wm. Barrett, and lived near Towns-\\nend line.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nSon of Samuel Scripture. Went to Canada\\nand died there.\\nDied.\\nE. Shattuck s place. R. to New York.\\nSon of Lieut. John Swallow. R.\\nR.\\nR.\\nT. Tarbell s place. Died February 9, 1796,\\n77 years.\\nEli Nutting s. Tory. His estate was confis-\\ncated. He left town, and died in poverty\\nand wretchedness, at Groton, his native\\nplace.\\nJohn Sawtell s. Son of Capt. Thomas. R.\\nDutton place. Same. R.\\nHartshorn s. R.\\nCharles Scripture s. Son of Captain Thomas.\\nHe fell dead at the door of the meeting\\nhouse on Sunday, August 20, 1797.\\nT. Tarbell s. Son of Capt. Thomas. Died\\nJuly 10, 1827, 73 y.\\nR.\\nGeo. Martin s. Died March 29, 1822, 88 y.\\nNorth of T. Tarbell s. Son of Capt. Thomas.\\nDied March 24, 1824, 65 y.\\nNear Saml. Tarbell s. Son of Capt. Thos. E.\\nR.\\nR.\\nR.\\nH.\\nR.\\nHe had a farm in town, but it is uncertain\\nwhether he ever resided there.\\nR.\\nJames Withee s. Died April 4, 1796.\\nWest of John Jefts Died Dec. 3, 1806, 66 y.\\nJohn Warren s. Died Oct. 17, 1774.\\nIsaac Russell s. R.\\nLast on tax list, Oct. 22, 1770.\\nJonathan William s place. Died March. 18,\\n1821, 85 y.\\nJesse Barrett, 2d s. His house was burned.\\nR. Last on tax list January 8, 1777.\\nJohn Warren s. Brother of Josiah Wheeler.\\nR. to Temple,\\nE. Withington s place. Died July 5, 1819,\\n73 years.\\nT. Wheeler s. Dee. 13, 1820, 68 y.\\nW. W. Whitaker s. Died Oct 1, 1829, 85 y.\\nA. Farewell s. R.\\nBrother of Josiah. Removed to Temple.\\nOliver Allen s. Died Dec. 9, 1785, 69 y.\\nR.\\n0. Allen s. Died July 31, 1838, 83 y.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 221\\n1780. Wood Nathan, Brotlier of James. Married and R.\\nWilson Edward, Capt. Thomas Wilson s. E. to Troy, N. Y.\\nDied June 17, 1816, 82 y.\\nWinship John, S. Withington s. Died Aug. 1, 1819, 77 y.\\nWebber Dea. Jotham, S. Dea. Webber place, formerly Josiah Robbins.\\nDied May 2, 182-1, 72 y.\\nWeatherbee David, S. Dix Blood s.\\nWeston Dea. Roger, S. Roger Weston s. Died March 9, 1843, 85^ y.\\n1781. Wyeth Joshua, Wilsons s Orchard, opposite the burying\\nground. R.\\nWait John, Jr., Josiah Flagg s. R.\\n1782. Woods Joseph, Sewall Wood s. Died May 11, 1830, 76 y.\\nWheeler David, R.\\nWetherbee Jacob, S. R.\\nWetherbee Timothy, S. Centres. Died January 20, 1832, 84 y.\\n1783. Wilson Edward, Jr., S. Son of EdAvard. R. to Troy, N. Y.\\nWilson Joseph, S. Son of Edward. R. to New York.\\n1784. Withee James, Jr., James Withee s. Died Feb. 17, 1855, 93 y.\\n1785. White Benjamin,\\n1786. Wilson Ebenezer, Son of Edward. R. to Troy, N. Y.\\nWarren Hinksman, Came from Townsend. Died May 4, 1827, 75\\nyears.\\nWalker Capt. Silas, R.\\nWinship Dea. Noah, John Winship s. Son of John Winship.\\nDied March 24, 1819, 55 y,\\nWilliams Nathaniel,\\n1786. Williams Nathaniel, Jr.,\\n1787. Wright Josiah,\\n1789. Wheelock Timothy, Otis place. R.\\nWellington Benjarain, R.\\n1790. Winship John, Jr., R. to Vermont.\\nVVithington Elisha, Jr., Son of Elisha Withington. R.\\nAFFAIRS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.\\nThe foregoing list contains the names of all inhabitants of\\nthe town^ appearing by the tax lists to be such, who served\\nin the war of the revolution. Most of them served for the\\ntown; a few served for other towns, and became inhabitants\\nafterwards. Some, who did not reside in town, served on\\nbehalf of the town or some of its inhabitants. Their names\\nappear in the following list, which, added to those marked S,\\nin the foregoing list, completes the roll of soldiers and ma-\\nrines in the war, residing in town previous to 1790. The\\nlength of time of service of each man cannot, in many\\nInstances, be ascertained. Many served more than one term\\nor campaign. It appears that the town was, by some arrange-\\nment among the inhabitants, divided into squadrons, probably\\naccording to the amount of the inventory, rather than the\\nnumber of inhabitants, and the number of soldiers to be fur.\\n29", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "222\\nHISTOEY OP MASON.\\nnished was equally divided among the squadrons, but no\\nrecord of tlie division has been found. Much trouble was\\nexperienced in settling the averages and turns/ as they\\nwere called, as appears in the municipal history.\\nThe following persons, whose names do not appear in the\\nforegoing list, served in the war for the town of Mason\\nPish Natliaii or Nathaniel,\\nHodgman Abel,\\nLampson Joseph,\\nHarrup Mather,\\nMitchell Isaac,\\nWorthington Matthew Harrup.\\nMoore James,\\nOf these, Nathaniel Fish and Abel Hodgman, there is no\\ndoubt resided in the town, but their names were not found\\nupon the tax lists. Lampson, Mitchell and Moore, were not\\nresident in the town. Mather Harrup and Matthew Harrup\\nWorthington, are undoubtedly the same person, although the\\nnames appear on the records, in several places, as those of\\ndifferent persons.\\nThe following lists are copied from documents and records\\nin the office of the secretary of state, at Concord\\nCAPT. MANN S COMPANY AT BUNKER HILL.\\nWilliam Parker,\\nSam. Scripture,\\nEl\\nen r Carlton,\\nSam. Campbell,\\nElijah Avery,\\nGeorge Woolson,\\nJohn Buxton,\\nJere. Holt,\\nJohn Robbins,\\nJohn Adams,\\nSaml. Wright,\\nIsaac Barrett,\\nJohn Thomas,\\nIsaac Flagg,\\nZaccheus Hodgman,\\nRobert Worsley,\\nSaml. Abbott,\\nJos. Blood,\\nJohn Sloan,\\nJohn Pish,\\nLt. Brewer,\\nAmos Colburn,\\nSimeon Hildreth,\\nCapt. Mann,\\nThomas Tarbell,\\nJoseph Hodgman,\\nJohn Gilson.\\nRKTURN or SOLDII\\n:RS in col. NICHOLS REGI\\nMENT, ENLISTED 1777.\\nEeuben Hosmer,\\nApril 23, Scammel s\\nregiment, Prye s company\\nEbenezer Abbott,\\nApril 23,\\nThomas Blood,\\nApril 28,\\nDavid Hall,\\nApril 29,\\nJona. Foster,\\nApril 30,\\nNathaniel Pish,\\nApril 30,\\nNath l Smith,\\nMay 8,\\nMather Harrup,\\nAug. 7,\\nJos. Ross,\\nMay 8,\\nJames Mitchell,\\nApril 10, Cilley s\\nScott s\\nJames Moore,\\nMarch 10,\\ni\\nAll these enlisted for three years, except Reuben Hosmer,\\nwho enlisted for the war.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 223\\nGEN. WHIPPLE S BRIGADE OF TOLTJNTEERS TO RHODE ISLAND, 1778 COL. MOSES\\nNICHOL S REGIMENT.\\nNinth Co., Capt. Ben- Wages. Horse hire. Travel. Subsistence. Charges,\\njamin Mann, Mason. 5 \u00c2\u00a3219 7s. 6d. \u00c2\u00a3500. \u00c2\u00a3366 13s. 4d. \u00c2\u00a310. \u00c2\u00a37 16.\\nThe state records sliow that forty five men were in the\\nservice at Winter Hill, in 1775. An enumeration of the\\ninhabitants, made in October of that year, by the selectmen,\\nunder oath, shows the number absent in the army, to be twenty\\nseven. The whole number of inhabitants by that enumera-\\ntion; was 501. The whole number of males, from sixteen to\\nfifty, not gone in the army, was eighty six, showing that in\\nthe summer nearly one half, and in the autumn nearly one\\nquarter of all the able-bodied men and boys were in the army.\\nIn 1776, the number reported as in the army, was forty four,\\nand in 1777, fifty five, but probably not all in the service at\\nthe same time, in those years. These facts show a patriotism\\non the part of these poor people, who were wholly dependent\\nupon their daily labor for the support of themselves and their\\nfamilies, which has scarcely a parallel in the annals of history,\\nand which is certainly highly creditable to their spirit of inde-\\npendence and zeal for the cause of liberty.\\nThe following documents, copied from the town records,\\nfurnish information as to the services of individuals and ex-\\npenditures of the town, and of individuals, in procuring sol-\\ndiers to serve in the war\\nThis may certify that I, James Moor, not an inhabitant of\\nany town, have inlisted myself with Capt. Will. Scott, Into the\\nthree years service on behalf of and for Messrs. Stephen\\nLawrence, Joseph Ball, Jonas Fay and Daniel Fay, for the\\nspace of three years, in consideration of having Eec d one\\nhundred Dollars over the Bounty given for sd service, as wit-\\nness my hand.\\nhis\\nJames x Moor.\\nMason, March 14, 1777.\\nAttest: Isaac Mitchell,\\nObadiah Parker.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "224 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nThis may certify that I, Isaac Mitchell^ not an inhabitant of\\nany Town, is inlisted into the three years service, with Capt.\\nWill. Scott, in the room and for to Do a Turn for the space\\nof three years in sd service, for the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Searle,\\nand Mr. Nathan Wheeler and Obadiah Parker, In considera-\\ntion for having had payed me one hundred Dollars over and\\nabove the Bounty Given for sd service, as witness my hand.\\nhis\\nIsaac x Mitchell.\\nMason, March ye 14th, 1777.\\nAttest: Maegrett Spear,\\nJames Moore.\\nMason, April 22, 1777. Rec d of Messrs. John Swallow,\\nDavid Blodgett, Daniel Fay, Timothy Wheeler, Reuben Bar-\\nrett ye 3d, John Whitaker, John Jefts, Their proportion\\nallowed to them by a committee chosen for that purpose, to\\nhire a man for the term of three years. Also three pounds\\nfor their making fence for me. I say, Rec d by me.\\nSamuel Abbott.\\nMason, April 22, 1777. Rec d of Messrs. Benjamin Hodgman,\\nJonathan Winship, John Hodgman, Reuben Hodgman, Na-\\nthaniel Hosmer, Joseph Ball and Thomas Robens, their pro-\\nportion allowed to them by a certain committee, chosen for\\nthat purpose, to hire a man during the war with Britton. I\\nsay, Rec d by me. Reuben Hosmer.\\nMason, April ye .SOth, 1777. These lines may certify all\\npersons it may concern, that I have received of Will. Eliot,\\nFour pounds, two shillings, L. mo., it Being his Proportion\\nTowards hiring one to serve for the squadron he belonged to,\\nto procure a man for ye three years service. Received by me.\\nThomas Blood.\\nSame date, a similar receipt of John Eliot, of \u00c2\u00a37 Is. 4d.,\\nsigned Thomas Blood.\\nSame date, a similar receipt of Ebenezer Blood, of X5\\n15s., signed by Thomas Blood.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "THE EEVOLUTIONARY WAR. 225\\nMay yfe 8th, 1777, a similar receipt of Zacliariali Davis, for\\n\u00c2\u00a34: lis. 7d., signed by Thomas Blood.\\nMay ye 8th, 1777. This day Rec d of Abijah Allen, Forty\\nsix Dollres of a D oiler, as the town bounty. I say Rec d\\nby me. David Hall.\\nMay ye 3, 1777. This day Rec d of Abijah Allen, Twenty\\nsix DoUers ^Doller, as the Town bounty. I say Rec d by me.\\nDavid Hall.\\nMason, April ye 29th, 1777. I this day Rec d of Joseph\\nMerriam, Eight Pounds, Four Shillings and six pence, the\\nTown bounty, it being his proportion, as hath been already\\nLevied by a com tte chosen for that purpose. Rec d by me.\\nDavid Hall.\\nMasoji, May ye 12, 1777. This Day Rec d of Oliver Eliot,\\nthe sum of Eleven Pounds, eighteen [shillings], L. mo., it\\nbeing his part of his money for the Town Bounty. I say\\nIlec d by me, for the three years men. iiig\\nNathan x Fish.\\nmark.\\nMay ye 14, 1777. This day Rec d of Abijah Allen, Eighteen\\npounds, two shillings and six pence, as Town s Bounty. I\\nsay Rec d by me. his\\nNathan x Fish.\\nmark.\\nMay ye 8th, 1777. This day received of Abijah Allen,\\nThirty Pounds L. mo., as the Town s Bounty. I say Rec d\\nby me. Joseph Ross.\\nMason, November ye 26, 1777. This day Rec d of Samuel\\nBrown, one hundred D oilers, as hire for my ingaging in the\\nContinental service, for three years, for the town of Mason.\\nI say Rec d by me. lus\\nMatthew Harrup x Wortington.\\nmark.\\nDunstable, 4th August, 1779. Rec d of the Selectmen of\\nMason, by the hand of Daniel Warner, one hundred and", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "226 HISTORY OP MASON.\\ntwenty pounds, L. mo., it being for one lialf a Town s bounty\\nfor a year service in the Continental army, sd service To be\\nDon for the Towns of Dunstable and Mason. Pr.\\nJoseph Lamson, Jr.\\nMemorandum. Paid by the selectmen of Mason, July 13,\\n1779 Zebulon Dodge, X300 Abijah Eaton, X300. July 19\\nSimeon Fish, X60. July 24: Samuel Squire, =\u00c2\u00a3210. Eec d\\nan obligation of the town against sd Squire, which was turned\\nin at as many pounds, \u00c2\u00a390. August 4: Joseph Lampson, Jr.,\\nX30. The above for one year. July 21 To Abel Hodgman,\\nas bounty and travel, X40. July 26 To Edmund Farns-\\nwortli, \u00c2\u00a3190. For Rhode Island.\\nThis may certify all whom it may concern, that I, Ezra\\nFuller, have inlisted in the Continental service, during the\\nthree years campaign, in the room and stead of Amos Dakin,\\nof Mason. Ezra Fuller.\\nThe foregoing receipts Truly entered my me.\\nDavid Blodgett, Town Clerk.\\nThe names of John Elliot and Jonathan Fish, should be\\nadded to the list of soldiers. John Elliot, Jr., removed to\\nHudson, and died there. Samuel Squire died April 3, 1780.\\nThe list of residents, commencing this chapter/ was com-\\npiled in 1842-3, by Rev. Joseph B. Hill, then resident in\\nMason. The place of residence was indicated by the name of\\nthe owner at that date. His list closed with the year 1783.\\nIt has since been brought down to the year 1790, and a few of\\nthe earlier names, and time of decease, age, c., added, and,\\nin a few instances, places are described by the name of the\\nowner residing thereon in 1858.\\nThe evidence of the service in the revolutionary war, is, in\\nmost instances, found in the town records and in the oiSce of\\nthe secretary of state at Concord. No name has been in-\\nserted among the soldiers, without evidence from one or the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "THE REVOLUTION AEY WAE. 22 1\\nother of these records, except in the instance of some whose\\nservices were rendered for other towns before they became\\ninhabitants of Mason.\\nThe following accomit, copied from papers in the secretary\\nof state s office, shows the amount allowed by the state to the\\ntown of Mason, for bounties paid and other expenditures, of\\nthe town, during the war. It will also show the number of\\nmen in the service, in different years\\nMASON, FOR BOUNTIES, c.\\ns.\\nd.\\ns.\\nd.\\nWinter Hill, 45 men in 177.5,\\n252\\n16\\nMilitia, 15 men for the year 1776,\\n182\\n8\\nWyman s reg t, 15 men.\\nPaid by the town.\\n150\\nindividuals,\\n22\\n6\\n8-\\n172\\n6\\n8\\nBaldwin Gilman s reg t, 14 men in 1776,\\n37\\n16\\nMay.\\nContinental, 10 men in 1777,\\n30\\nC300\\n23\\n6\\n3\\nNov.\\ndo. 1 man in 1777,\\n2\\n9\\nJune.\\nSea Coast, Portsmouth, 3 men in 1777,\\n5\\n14\\nAlarm at Tyconda., 17 men in 1777,\\n15\\n2\\nProvisions and transportin\\ng. 7\\n2\\n0-\\n22\\n4\\nJuly.\\nStark s brigade, 16 men in 1777,\\n68\\n8\\nSaratoga volunteers, 8 men in 1777,\\n15\\n4\\nMarch.\\nPeabody s reg t, 1 man in 1778,\\n15\\nVolunteers to Rhode Island, 25 men in 1778\\n47\\n10\\nJuly.\\nContinental, 5 men in 1779,\\nL200\\n7\\n2\\nDeducted below,\\n120\\n17\\n2\\nSept.\\nSea Coast, Portsmouth, in 1779,\\n3\\n12\\nNichols reg t, 6 men in 1780,\\n54\\nJune.\\nNew levies in 1780, in silver.\\n56\\n13\\n4\\n4 men, in paper,\\n300\\n0-\\n61\\n18\\n2\\nContinental, 5 men in 1781,\\n370\\nCotninental, 2 in 1782,\\n150\\n1860\\n13\\nAug.\\nContinental, Jo. Lampson,in 1779, vid. aboye,\\n,120\\n7\\n9\\nSept.\\nReynolds reg t, 3 men in 1781,\\n36\\nDk.\\nTo \u00c2\u00a3120 for state bounty, 2 men in 1779, deducted, repaid \u00c2\u00a3120,\\n1904\\n2\\n7\\n17\\n2\\n1896 4 10", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "228\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\nPEOPRIETARY AND TOWN OFFICERS, AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nList of moderators of the proprietary meetings and of\\nclerks of the proprietary\\nMODEKATOKS.\\nOctober\\n16\\n1749\\nDecember\\nS\\n1751.\\nOctober\\n1752.\\nNovember 27\\n1753\\nJuly\\n16\\n1754.\\nNovember 18\\n1754\\nMay-\\n11\\n1757.\\nOctober\\n24\\n1758\\nJa^iuary\\n2\\n1759.\\nNovember\\n26,\\n1759\\nNovember\\n2b,\\n1760.\\nSeptember\\n14\\n1762.\\nDecember\\n14\\n1762.\\nApril\\n5,\\n1763.\\nMarch.\\n29\\n1764\\nJanuary\\n29\\n1765\\nMarch\\n20\\n1765.\\nApril\\n23\\n1766\\nDecember\\n11\\n1766\\nMarch\\n10,\\n1767\\nJune\\n2\\n1767\\nNovember\\n4\\n1767\\nJanuarj\\n5\\n1768\\nMarch\\n8\\n1768\\nJune\\n22\\n1768\\nMarch\\n22\\n1769\\nAugust\\n21\\n1769\\nOctober\\n18\\n1769\\nMarch\\n6\\n1770\\nJanuary\\n6\\n1772\\nJanuary\\n12\\n1773\\nJoseph Blanchard, Esq.\\nWilliam Lawrence, Esq.\\nMaj. Jonathan Hubbard.\\nColonel Lawrence.\\nMaj. Jonathan Hubbard.\\nColonel Lawrence.\\nWilliam Lawrence, Esq.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nColonel Lawrence.\\nCapt. Samuel Tarbell,\\nCol. William Lawrence.\\nCapt. Samuel Tarbell.\\nNathan Hall.\\nObadiah Parker.\\nOliver Eliot,\\nEns. Whitcomb Powers.\\nLieut. William Prescott.\\nAVhitcomb Powers.\\nLieut. William Prescott.\\nEns. Whitcomb Powers.\\nNathan Hall.\\nLieut. Obadiah Parker.\\nLieut. Obadiah Parker.\\nEns. Whitcomb Powers.\\nJosiah Robbins.\\nLieut. Obadiah Parker.\\nJosiah Robbins.\\nNathan Hall.\\nNathan Hall.\\nJosiah Robbins.\\nNathan Hall.\\nJoseph Blanchard, Jr.\\nJoseph Blanchard, Jr.\\nJohn Stevens.\\nJohn Stevens.\\nJohn Stevens.\\nJohn Stevens.\\nJohn Stevens.\\nJonathan Blanchard.\\nJonathan Blanchard.\\nJonathan Blanchard.\\nJonathan Blanchard.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell,\\nCapt, Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell.\\nThe following list contains the names of the moderators at\\nthe annual town meetings, the town clerks, the selectmen, and\\ntown treasurers, from the year 1768 to the year 1858, inclu-\\nsive, and of representatives from the year 1775 to 1858, in-\\nelusive", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "^OWN OFFICERS.\\n229\\nQ\\nS\\nO r-i -i O r^ O\\nCO O CD to oj cS O cS r; O ci O\\nj ;K,:a pqpq pq\\ntil c\\nPh\\n;z 1^\\n.5^\\naj ci ri cS rf\\nri ri d\\na\\nci cS cS C5 ri cS :S\\nO O i o\\n;3 =3 p\\na s s a g\\nra cS cS cj o\\n02 CO W a.\\na S\u00c2\u00ab\\nja ,i:i\\nCh Pi4 Ch\\noooooooo\\no\\nH\\nH\\nH\\nH\\nr^\\n.S -g o\\nS rf- Ti 01\\nI^P.\\n3 o/3.i\\ncS\\nO\\nS\\nCS I\\n1 Hs \u00c2\u00abi\\n.3 .5\\nB r; r;\\n?i o o\\nCT M pi\\nO 1^ -w 1\\no 2\\ncS P 53^ cS cSrt-i2,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2--t O -r^ -r- .rH r-i C\\nor^ooooo^\\n6^\\nm^\\nO H jj -p^\\no o s\\nJ oi p^\\n3 !-i o O S O\\n,a X M o i^\\no J3 o\\nbci_i i!-i fee 2\\nwllpg\\nC3 o O Ci kT\\nS o\\n^2\\nCod\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rt CO\\nSo? a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rl ^2 r^\\ncS O c!\\nPhS i\\n:fpHi;o\\nO O !:j\\nCO |==i\\no\\nrd\\nD\\nC O\\nO o O\\nm m m\\no o (y\\n5 S\\nfa- s a\\nCiQ o\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e aa\\ng.^co\\nOS;::\\nhi o-i rv\\nS S -nH\\n;p^p^^\\nr^ .a ci,\\nbX).rf o\\nS aw\\nS3:S\\n4^s\\ng 7 pq pq pq R -q eq cq\\n-3 -1-^ r-l cfi CO CO CO CO C/3 CO\\n^t -0000000\\n!h tn r- rH\\no o o ooS C3 S\\ni-i .rH r^ r-^ O\\ncci icocococcccr? rice\\ncocooooii =Jo\\n-i -l -3 -i FQ Cdh-i\\no I) S m rJ S\\nrp 3 T3 s :2 CD\\nJ !h o cS \u00c2\u00abJ -rj h\\n=3 rf ph a 3 cvi\\ni O cS -1 fl o bo\\np* o i: o 03 o i\\nPS\\nr^^g 8^:i S \u00c2\u00a73.2 .2 S S 2 2 2 2 g\\nTj r^ c-j Hj _ _ k. Tj 1 I I I ij ;_i ij lj ;lj Lj rj\\no^^oH^Hj?opL:]fiqSS333rtS\\ns-g-a3sSgM3sg\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab^^^^f^\\n_a3 ^cd .5 .S r^ .5 .3 ^^^^3.^3.\\nfl fl d d d a\\nfe: fe (S P cS G3\\n2 2 2^-^*^-^^^^\\nMMPq d^ d d\\n_ t^ -d pq -g -g\\na a a S v -a^ a\\nO! EC M 1-; h^ W O cq cq\\nd\\nd\\nrH\\nd\\nrH\\nr-i\\n*r\\nS\\nd\\nrl\\n;j:5\\nC3\\n53\\n3\\nw\\nd\\nd\\nd\\nPliFLiPh\\n1\\na a\\na\\na\\n-1\\n.d\\nc3\\na\\ncs\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rd\\nTi\\n3\\nC)\\nO\\n.Q .Q ,0\\npqpqpqpqO\\n3\\no\\ni--t--.ir^i--(5oa)ooao \u00c2\u00bbcooocoooooo2 ^C5 ji\\n30", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "230\\nHiSTOEY OP MASOJf.\\nH\\nH\\nO\\nm\\nO\\nH\\nrH\\nH\\nCO\\nH\\noo\\nEH\\nObadiah Parker.\\nJoseph Barrett.\\nJoseph Barrett.\\nJoseph Barrett.\\nJoseph Barrett.\\nJose2:)h Merriam.\\nCol. Jas. AVood.\\nCol. Jas. Wood.\\nCoi. Jas. AVood.\\nCol. Jas. Wood.\\nCol. Jas. AVood.\\nDea. R AA eston.\\nDea. R. Weston.\\nDea. R. Weston.\\nDea. R. AA eston.\\nJas. AVood, Esq.\\nDea. R. Weston.\\nJoscs Bxxcknam.\\nJohn Blodgett.\\nJoses Bucknam.\\nJohn Blodgett.\\nJohn Blodgett.\\nH. Richardsoix.\\nII. Richardsoix.\\nJohn Blodgett.\\nJosiah AVinship.\\nJosiah AVinship.\\nH. Richardson.\\nJosiah Russell.\\nVotetl to pass the\\n4\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a21\\n1-5\\na Barrett,\\n1 Barrett,\\n1 Barrett,\\nh Barrett,\\nmen,\\nO O U o\\nOJ to 03 r-\\no o o o u\\n1-5 1-5 l-J CO\\nC 03\\nI o .5,\\n00 a 5 5i\\ntl S ^--S l^J o\\ng.^W a-o 3 o i\\ng^ S S-^ -i [Hen\\nSif s g g s s sa\\nl-^cSO\u00c2\u00b0^\u00c2\u00b0^cSs3cSc3.rJ\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I (:q S pq pq pq pq m 1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0p Oji0JOc5 i3Oog\\nSolSooocooCQ\\no di Ti\\n-r^ rrj\\nfifi;\\nig;PH\\na o\\nhi b\\n72 CO\\nci PI c c\\nCOCB t/2 CO\\no\\nH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Tn\\naj o\\n0)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a00\\nP^\\nfi ?s\\npi\\n;:3\\nS\\ng g\\ng\\ng\\na\\no\\ncS eJ\\ncrl\\ni-s\\nC/2 CC 02 tB CC\\nr-)\\ns\\ns a s\\ng\\ns\\nC3\\ncS rj\\nfTl\\nrn\\nr!4\\na\\nP^\\nS\\no\\na pi\\n.1\\nz::!\\ncqpqpqpqpq\\n1 p-\\ngo\\n5 S g 4\u00c2\u00a3\\nS S o\\ni m CO CO CO\\ncs ce i-\\nS 2\\na ce\\n:3S S\\n33a3COWciocll5\\no 5\\nCD cc 02 m 02\\nO O O O O O 1\\nI-s H-5 l-a -5 -5 -S I\\ns.s sl;\\n=2 ri=! .S S\\nbfl. rM\\no c 2 N\\npj o 5 o\\nso gtr|\\nCO g^ g-\\nex O r-j\\n02\\no 03 g; o\\nfH Si\\nf-t t-t i-i ri\\nc3 cS cS c3\\npqeqpqFP\\nPh Ph p.\\nO (U 0) o\\n02 CO\\n\u00c2\u00a3o\u00c2\u00a3oo S Soaia\\nn be n fcfi bo bD to tn bD^\\ng^a g^a a rt fl p! rf\\nCOOOOOOCOOOi\\n02 CO S\\nO OrS g\\nft cS\\nr- 02\\ng g-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a22 .2 g\\no o a S\\na rt fl p!\\npppqpqpqpqpqpqmcq^pq SPqo\\naariarifHrirtS\\nS/:!^^^^ g/a g\\nO o o\\n02\\na i=! s rt rt\\nooooooooooooodooooooooooo^orf\\nH-s l-s a ^i- -ai-ai-5^^l-s^l^^ ~i -J l ~a\\nCC i-s f\u00c2\u00bb CC t/2 CO\\ng g ga\\nC3 cS C3\\n+J +3 +3 +J\\nH H !h E-i\\no S^o So SooSoooooooooajor;\\nbC fH 0X3 bJ3 bD bD bD bD CJ SC bp cJ3 tJD bC bC bo bp bp bO bp\\nfqp^pqpqfqop; o o o c o o ^^\u00c2\u00b0o^_o^o_o^o^\\n^g^SSSwSSt^SeqSpqpqwcqpqFqpqpi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r^p^aaaaaaSpiaariri^JiPriPls^\\ne ^3 3333 S,33S3\u00c2\u00a3,^3r^,a3\\nA 2.\\ng g\\nbD o O\\nP, P,\\nc o o s o\\nP i P i\\n\u00c2\u00abi CO _\\noooocoooooo\\noooooooooooooo,\\nc o o o o o o Q o a /^J- ^J-^J-^J-^^\\npq u C3\\nr.\\ng g\\nO cS ci\\nI-s CO CO\\ng\\nC3 S rt\\ngSS\\n^Tasaasaa\\nH o a\\ncS C3 Gi cj cS\\nFMPh\\nIgggg\\npi fl\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0g g\\naassarigsa^.gjr^\\n.?i;csacscao3cscjoSc3a2csfHa\\ng g\\nai-i^-o a ag\\ng g\\ntl^ttl Sl^i^S\\n.a .P\\nOO\\na a\\nfqpq\\nOOO ^COOOOOOcjC\\npi pi\\nsg s^g g giaa g gs a a-gasls\\n03 O\\nS g\\nPI\\no\\ncc -H\\n03 o\\n02 jj 02\\nCO C3 02\\nard a\\nP^;2pq\\ncS C3\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i o a\\n.a S pi\\n.:|-*iiocoi coC50-- NMTtHiococ^coc\u00c2\u00bb0 -i Nco-*iocot^coc30--;Neoco-*\\nS5cj^03CSC3SC5OOOOOOOOOO-H-H,-lr-l^r\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (f-lt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ii-I(MIM(MC 1C I\u00c2\u00a3J\\nS?:S?.S?.?-\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7SSooOToooocooococ ooococoa)oococooocooooooococo\\n^|^r-ll-lr-(l-lr-l--li-lr-(.-lrtr-lr-(r-lr-lr-lrH.-l,-l,-l,-(r-lr-(\u00e2\u0080\u0094 lr-11-l.-H-lr-l.-lr-ir-l", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS. 231\\n.jH j-j\\no o o 5\\nCQCC GQ S\\nm CD to S^\\nOS cs c= _2\\nOOOr/2\\n.S S\\\\\\nI 111\\nOj O\\n1^ .2 g s g -5 =r 3 5 g 3 P^ 3\\ns\u00c2\u00ab I Mssl24 11-12 1 1 1.5 \u00c2\u00a71 II J ri-a-l-11^\\nQ\\nS-2 2pqpqp .t-.^E-iH^ *2; r2 jfe:3 3\\n.S^il^Ll^^S S-^*^ gcJ rg .MooJ^rt-^^^rn -fH.^ooo^ -a\\nK to a= .c a. .0^ .E 2^=0 2^^^ i 55=^^- \u00e2\u0096\u00a0r 2 8)^^ -r^rf^^^ a.\\n5S5r:SgSsSSgg^^a^S52S. .fc^^. 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Benjamm Maim.\\n1785. Jonathan Seaiie.\\n1804. James Wood.\\n1808. Rogers Weston.\\n1809. Jolin Blodgett.\\n1818. Timotliy Dakin,\\n1821. Samuel Merriam.\\n1823. Samuel Whiting.\\n1823. Wniis Johnson.\\n1825. John Stevens, Quorum, 1831.\\n1831\\n1833\\n1835\\n1836\\n1838\\n1838\\n1844\\n1848\\n1855\\n1855\\nStephen Lawrence.\\nCORONERS.\\nJames Snow.\\nIsrael Herrick, Quorum, 1836.\\nNathaniel F. Cummings.\\nNathaniel Shattuck.\\nWilliam Wright.\\nJonathan Russell.\\nSamuel Smith.\\nGeorge Taft.\\nThomas H. Marshall.\\nCharles Scripture.\\nJoseph B. Wilson.\\nSamuel Merriam..\\nTRUSTEES OF THE BOYNTON COMMON SCHOOL FUND.\\n1858. Thomas H. Marshall, Jonathan Russell, 2d, Charles Scripture, George\\nTaft, Charles Prescott.\\nFrom 1775 to 1793; Mason and Raby were classed for the\\nchoice of a representative. Dea. Amos Dakin was the repre-\\nsentative in the years 1 7 75- 7 6- 7 8- 79 Joseph Barrett, in\\n1780- 95- 96- 97- 98; Benjamin Mann, in 1781- 83- 84- 86\\nLieut. Obadiah Parker, in 1 78 8- 90- 92- 94; Joseph Merriam,\\n1793, 1799. There is no record of ihe choice in 1777-82-\\n1785- 87- 89- 91. It may be that in those years the repre-\\nsentative was from Eaby. The records of Raby show that\\nDea. Amos Dakin was elected representative March, 1787,\\nand Capt. Campbell March, 1789, for Mason and Raby. Camp-\\nbell was a citizen of Raby.\\nIn the following tables, prepared by the Rev. Jos. B. Hill,\\nis inserted the number of deaths in the town of Mason, in\\neach year for 60 years, from January 1, 1791, to Jan. 1, 1851,\\ntaken from the record kept by the Rev. Ebenezer Hill, from\\n1791 to 1838, and from that kept by Dr. Willis John-\\nson, from 1840 to 1851 the years 1838 and 1839 being sup-\\nplied from other sources in which appears the number over\\n70 years of age, and the principal diseases in each year", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.\\n233\\nTABLE OF DEATHS IN MASON, FROM JANUARY 1, 1791 TO JANUARY 1, 1851.\\nt\u00c2\u00a3\\nID\\nd\\n!-l\\no\\n00\\nd\\no\\nCO\\nd\\nO\\np\\nd\\nO\\nci\\nQ\\nd\\no\\nO\\nd\\no\\n1791\\n10\\n2\\n1801\\n6\\n1\\n1811\\n11\\n1\\n1821\\n18\\n4\\n1831\\n19\\n8\\n1841\\n14\\n4\\n1792\\n8\\n1802\\n19\\n1\\nil812\\n18\\n2\\n1822\\n29\\n5\\n1832\\n20\\n4\\n1842\\n24\\n4\\n1793\\n7\\n2\\n1803\\n19\\n2\\n1813\\n10\\n1823\\n13\\n2\\n1833\\n11\\n3\\n1843 20\\n7\\n1794\\n12\\n2\\n1804\\n17\\n1814\\n22\\n4\\n1824\\n27\\n9\\n1834\\n21\\n3 11844 14\\n6\\n1795\\n7\\n1805\\n20\\n3\\n1815\\n22\\n5\\n1825\\n21\\n3\\n1835\\n16\\n8 1845 21\\n5\\n1796\\n10\\n1\\n1806 13\\n1\\n;1816\\n18\\n3\\n1826\\n20\\n1\\n1836\\n12\\n4 1846\\n13\\n3\\n1797\\n15\\n1\\n1807\\n15\\n2\\n1817 13l 1|\\n1827\\n26\\n7\\n1837| 19\\nS| 1847\\n12\\n2\\n1798\\n10\\n1808\\n15\\n1\\n1818\\n34\\n4\\n1828\\n22 6\\n1838\\n14\\n4| 1848\\n23\\n2\\n1799\\n6\\n1\\n1809\\n9\\n3\\n1819\\n31\\n3\\n1829\\n29 9\\n1839\\n9\\n3| 1849 27i 7|\\n1800\\n19\\n1\\n1810\\n20\\n1\\n1820\\n22\\n4\\n1830\\n11 5\\n1840\\n21\\n7 1850\\n10\\n3\\n104\\n10\\n154\\n15\\n201\\n271\\n216 50\\n162\\n52|\\n184\\n43\\nPROPORTION OF DISEASES, C.,\\nTO DEATHS IN EACH PERIOD.\\nDecades.\\nO\\n1 CO\\n1-\\na\\no\\no\\nOh\\nS\\nbe\\nC8\\na; 0)\\n-13\\na\\no\\nl-H\\nO J^\\nCl-\\no\\nc\\nFirst decade,\\n104\\ntV\\ntV\\n1\\n7\\ntV\\nSecond decade,\\n154\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05(7\\ntV\\n1\\n5\\ntV\\nThird decade,\\n201\\n2\\nlb\\n1\\n12\\n2\\nT5\\n1\\n1\\nFourth decade,\\n216\\ni\\n4\\n1\\nTO\\nFifth decade,\\n162\\ni\\ntV\\nttV\\n1\\n1\\n5\\ni\\nSixth decade.\\n184\\ni\\ni\\n_1_\\n1 5\\ni\\n1\\nB-\\ni\\nFor sixty years.\\n102l| i\\ntV\\niV\\ni\\n1\\nB\\ni\\nTABLE OF TOTALS.\\nAGES OF THOSE DYING ABOVE 70 YEARS.\\nn\\nAt the aee of 70 9\\nAt age ot 87 6\\nH\\nca\\nCO\\n71 5\\n88 13\\nCD\\no\\no\\n72 8\\n89 1\\nFrom\\no\\nId\\nCD\\nCO\\nft\\ns\\n;3\\no\\n73 2\\n74 8\\n90 6\\n91 5\\nft\\nM\\no\\n10\\n0)\\no\\n14\\n03\\na\\no\\no\\n20\\nO\\n2\\n75 9\\n76 11\\n77 8\\n78 3\\n92 1\\n94 1\\n95 1\\n96 5\\n1791 to 1801\\n104\\n10\\n1801 1811\\n154\\n15\\n3\\n14\\n19\\n33\\n13\\n79 5\\n97 1\\n1811 1821\\n201\\n27117\\n31\\n32\\n25\\n16\\n80 11\\n98 1\\n1821 \u00c2\u00ab1831\\n216\\n50 23\\n9\\n23\\n22\\n21\\n81 9\\n99 1\\n1831 1841\\n162\\n52 16\\n6\\n9\\n30\\n34\\n82 11\\n99i 1\\n1841 1851\\n184\\n43\\n24\\n12\\n29\\n32\\n29\\n83 12\\n84 11\\n100 1\\n102 1\\n1021\\n197\\n73\\n82\\n1^6\\n169\\n115\\n85 12\\n102^ 1\\n1\\n86 11", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "2U\\naiSTOEf OP MASON.\\nTABLE OF DISEASES, OR BILL OF MORTALITY, FROM JANUARY 1, 1791 TO JANITARt\\n1, 1851, SIXTY YEARS.\\n1791\\n1801\\n1811\\n1821 1831\\n1841\\n1791\\nDiseases.\\nfo\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\nto\\n1851\\n1801\\n1811\\n1821\\n1831\\n1841\\n1851\\nTotal.\\nConsumption,\\n20\\n23\\n25\\n22\\n30\\n32\\n162\\nEever,\\n14\\n19\\n32\\n23\\n10\\n29\\n127\\nOld age,\\n2\\n13\\n16\\n21\\n35\\n29\\n116\\nInfantile complaints,\\n3\\n17\\n23\\n16\\n24\\n83\\nCanker rash, or throat distemper,\\n]0\\n14\\n31\\n9\\n6\\n12\\n82\\nDysentery or cholera morbus.\\n10\\n15\\n7\\n22\\n7\\n12\\n73\\nUnknown and sudden,\\n2\\n7\\n5\\n15\\n9\\n3\\n41\\nDropsy,\\n6\\n4\\n3\\n7\\n6\\n6\\n32\\nFits,\\n11\\n6\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n23\\nStillborn,\\n9\\n4\\n6\\n2\\n1\\n22\\nQuinsy,\\n5\\n6\\n5\\n5\\n21\\nChronic,\\n2\\n2\\n3\\n6\\n13\\nCancer,\\n2\\n2\\n2\\n4\\n4\\n14\\nChildbirth,\\n3\\n2\\n4\\n1\\n1\\n11\\nIntemperance or delirium tremens,\\n1\\n4\\n5\\n4\\n14\\nMortification,\\n2\\n3\\n2\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n10\\nWhooping cough,\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n2\\n2\\n10\\nHydro cephalus,\\n1\\n2\\n2\\n10\\nPalsy,\\n2\\n5\\n4\\nA.\\n16\\nScrofula,\\n2\\n2\\n2\\n3\\n9\\nMeasles,\\n4\\n3\\n1\\n8\\nDisease of the liver,\\n2\\n9\\n1\\n12\\nApoplexy,\\n1\\n3\\n1\\n5\\nCroup,\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n2\\nAtrophy,\\n1\\n3\\n4\\nBurns and sores,\\n4\\n3\\n1\\n8\\nDiabetes,\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n3\\nDebility,\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n4\\nAffection of the heart.\\n1\\n2\\n3\\nPremature birth,\\n1\\n2\\n3\\nDrowned,\\n1\\n2\\n3\\nLightning,\\n2\\n1\\n3\\nDyspepsia,\\n2\\n1\\n3\\nInflammation of the bowels,\\n1\\n1\\n2\\nInflammation of the brain,\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n3\\nInflammation of the bladder.\\n2\\n2\\nErysipelas,\\n1\\n2\\n3\\nKilled by falling.\\n1\\n2\\n3\\nDicer on the leg,\\n3\\n3\\nCanker,\\n1\\n1\\n2\\nAsthma,\\n1\\n1\\no! 2\\nSmall pox.\\n2\\n2\\nLethargy,\\n2\\n2\\nCholic,\\n1\\n1\\n2\\nDiseases not classed,\\n5\\n13\\n8\\n9\\n6\\n4\\n45\\nIn each decade, some deaths are recorded by diseases, g.,\\nnot falling into any of the classes of diseases in the tables,\\nas follows In the first decade, obstructed stomach, ulcer on\\nthe lungs, cholera dysentery, vomiting, schirrous tumors, one", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "STATISTICS OF MORTALITY. 235\\neacli total 5. In the second decade, rickets, falling from tlie\\nbed, eating cherries, shot by accident, overlaid, suffocated by\\na bean, salt rheum, complication of diseases, gravel, fracture^\\nlockjaw, tussis, killed by a falling tree, one each; total 13.\\nIn the third decade, inflammation from a fall, sore mouth,\\nulcers, bilious cholic, thrown from a wagon, indigestion, chick-\\nen pox, strangury, one each; total 8. In the fourth decade,\\ncholera infantum, spina bifida, suicide, fistula, bleeding from a\\nslight wound, epilepsy, hydro thorax, hernia, diseased kidney,\\none each; total 9. In the fifth decade, influenza, fluor albus,\\nabortion, gangrene of the foot, pleurisy, universal disease, one\\neach; total 6. In the 6th decade, malformation, diarrhea,\\nkilled in blasting rocks, casualty, one each total 4. The\\nsum total of these is added at the foot of the table, as dis-\\neases not classed. Infantile complaints include all diseases\\nof infants not otherwise specified.\\nIn the table of deaths, 197 are recorded as above the age\\nof 70 years. Of these, 68 were between 70 and 80; 97 be-\\ntween 80 and 90; 23 between 90 and 100; and 3 above 100.\\nOf these last, Jonathan Foster, entered in Mr. Hill s record\\nat 100 years, is entered in the table at 102 years, that being,\\nprobably, his true age. These tables show a degree of Ion-\\ngevity, which indicates a healthy region. On comparing the\\npast with the present, it will be perceived, that the average\\nlength of human life is increasing, and that consumption is\\nnot, as many suppose, more prevalent and fatal now than for-\\nmerly. It also appears, by the table of persons residing in\\nthe town on the first day of January, 1857, of the age of 70\\nyears and over, that the ratio of longevity is now fully equal\\nto that of any former period.\\nTABLE OF THOSE LIVING 70 TEARS OP AGE AND UPWARDS, JANUARY, 1857.\\nAt tlie age of\\n70\\n7\\nAt the\\nage of\\n77\\n4\\nAt tlie age of 84\\nS\\n71\\n7\\n78\\n4\\n85\\n1\\n72\\n4\\n79\\n5\\n87\\n2\\n73\\n8\\n80\\n3\\n88\\n1\\n74\\n2\\n81\\n1\\n91\\nI\\n75\\n6\\n82\\n1\\n93\\n1\\n76\\n4\\n83\\n1\\nAge not specified^", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "236\\nsistoeY op masok.\\nBIRTHS.\\nOf births, no accurate record has been kept. Mr. Hill\\nkept a record of births from November 3, 1796, until the\\nyear 1820, but in several of the years it is manifestly imper-\\nfect. There was no law requiring a record of births to be\\nmade. The duties of his office gave the minister much better\\nmeans to keep an accurate register of deaths than of births.\\nAs no other record of births was kept, it is thought best to\\ngive the number of births each year, according to Mr. Hill s\\nrecord\\nTABLE OE BIRTHS IN MASON, FROM 1796 TO 1820, INCLUSIVE.\\n1?rom Nov. 3,1796 to Nov. 3, 1797, 41 FromDec. 31, 1807 to Dec. 31, 1808, 23\\nNov. 3. 1797 to Dec. 31 1798, 44\\n31, 1808\\n31, 1809,\\n16\\nDec. 31, 1798 to Dec. 31, 1799, 33\\n31,1809\\n31, 1810,\\n33\\n31,1799 31, 1800, 27\\n31, 1810\\n31, 1811,\\n30\\n31,1800 31,1801, 32\\n31, 1811\\n31,1814\\n85\\n31, 1801 31, 1802, 29\\n31, 1814.\\n31, 1817,\\n56\\n31, 1802 31, 1803, 32\\n31,1817\\n31,1818,\\n32\\n31,1803 31, 1804, 33\\n31,1818\\n31, 1820,\\n62\\n31,1804 31, 1805, 29\\n1750 to 1858, twin\\nbirths,\\n40\\n31,1805 31, 1806, 36\\n1750 to 1858s illeg\\nabout\\n15\\n31,1806 31, 1807, 25\\nPOPULATION.\\nCensus.\\n767. By Provincial authority\\nUnmarried males from 16 to 60 years of age.\\n20\\nMarried males from 16 to 60 years of age.\\n47\\nMales under 16 years of age,\\n80\\nMales 60 years of age and above,\\n1\\nMale slaves.\\nUnmarried females,\\n79\\nMarried females,\\n47\\nWidows,\\n4\\nPemale slaves,\\nTotal,\\n278\\n1775. By order of the Provincial Congress\\nMales under 16 years of age, 148\\nMales from 16 to 60 j ears of age, not gone in the army, 86\\nMales over 60 years of age, 12\\nMales gone in the army, 27\\nAll Females, 227\\nNegroes and slaves for life, 1\\nTotal, 501\\nBy the United States census\\n1790\\n922\\n1820\\n1313\\n1840\\n1275\\n1800\\n1179\\n1830\\n1403\\n1850\\n1626\\n1810\\n1077", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "SCHOOL DISTEICTS. 237\\nThe decrease in numbers from the former census reported\\nin the census of 1810, was so unexpected and so great, as to\\ngive rise to strong doubts of the correctness of the return.\\nThe subject was taken up at the town meeting, and a commit-\\ntee appointed in each school district, to take a new census.\\nThis was done, and the result confirmed the accuracy of the\\nreturn. The decrease was owing to the active emigration,\\nthen tending to the new lands in Vermont and Western New\\nYork. The decrease from 1830 to 1840 was, probably, owing\\nto a similar emigration to the west and to the manufacturing\\ntowns in the vicinity.\\nIn the Hillsborough County Record, published in 1853, the\\nstatistics of the town are stated as follows\\nSTATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF MASON, IN 1850.\\nPopulation,\\nNumber of families,\\nNumber of houses.\\nNumber of farms,\\n1626\\n346\\n313\\n168\\nValue of lands, $262,606\\nValue of stock in trade, 17,700\\nTotal value of the inventory, 483,256\\nPOPULATION OF THE STA\\nTE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1767 52,700\\n1775 82,200\\n1790 141,899\\n1800\\n1810\\n1820\\n183,762\\n214,360\\n244,161\\n1830 269,328\\n1840 284,574\\n1850 317,976\\nSCHOOL DISTRICTS.\\nAt the annual town meeting, March 14, 1791, a committee,\\nconsisting of Jonathan SQarle, Benjamin Mann, Obadiah Par-\\nker, Reuben Barrett, Samuel Smith, Jotham Webber, Stephen\\nLawrence, Oliver Scripture, John Lawrence, David Hall,\\nJames Scripture, Joseph Saunders and Joseph Barrett, was\\nappointed to divide the town into school districts, and fix the\\nplace in each for the school houses. Their report made, was\\nadopted, and is recorded in volume 3, page 153. The town\\nwas divided into nine districts, bounded by the persons\\nhereafter named. This document will show who were the\\noccupants of all the principal farms in the town, at that date.\\nMIDDLE, OR FIRST DISTRICT.\\nDr. Joseph Gray, Abraham Merriam, Jr., Edward Wilson,\\nBenjamin Mann, Esq., Andrew Ross, Benjamin Kendall, Capt.\\nWilliam Chambers, John Tarbell, Ezra Merriam, Nathaniel\\n31", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "238 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nBoyntoii; Edward Wilson, Jr., Simon Ames, Abraham Mer-\\nriam, Josiah Merriam, Jr., John Whitaker.\\nSOUTH, OE SECOND DISTRICT.\\nJohn Winship, Capt. Isaac Brown, Seth Eobins, Nathaniel\\nSmith, Lt. John Swallow, John Lawrence, Noah Winship,\\nNathaniel Smith, Jr., Zacheus Barrett, John Swallow, Jr.,\\nJoseph Giles, William Barrett, John Wait, Jr., Jotham Web-\\nber, John Campbell, Eeuben Barrett.\\nSOUTHEAST, OR THIRD DISTRICT.\\nDaniel Lawrence, Amos and Lois Herrick, Benjamin Bar-\\nrett, Jacob Weatherbee, Samuel Dunster, Elisha Withington,\\nAmos Blood, Abel Kemp, Daniel Tarbox, William Sanders,\\nPeter Zwere, Thomas Asten, Thomas Reed, Wid. Miles, Saml.\\nGreen, Jabez Kendall, David Weatherbee, Abel Brown, Ben-\\njamin Grace.\\nEAST, OR FOURTH DISTRICT.\\nClark Haven, James Weethee, Jesse Barrett, Hubbert\\nRussell, John Wait, James Weethee, Jr., Thomas Tarbell, Jr.,\\nLt. James Gilman, John Goddard, John Grimes, Edward Tar-\\nbell, Samuel Smith, Lt. James Scripture, Reuben Barrett,\\nJason Russell, John Eliott.\\nNORTHEAST, OR FIFTH DISTRICT.\\nDavid Brown, Oliver Eliott, Joseph Sanders, John Russell,\\nElias Eliott, Jonathan Williams, Joseph Abbott, Abijah Eaton,\\nSamuel Tarbell, Jeremiah Boynton, John Cummings, William\\nBarrett, Jr., Samuel Elliott, Abel Shedd, Simeon Fish, William\\nScott.\\nNORTHWEST, OR SIXTH DISTRICT.\\nHenry Knowlton, Samuel Townsend, Oliver Scripture, Ens.\\nJohn Hull, Benjamin Knowlton, Silas Bullard, John Jefts,\\nEleazer Fish, William Parkhurst, William Eliott, Ebenezer\\nBlood, Dea. Nathan Hall, Timothy Dakin, Andrew Eliot,\\nThomas Blood, David Hall, Richard Lawrence, John Adams,\\nAsa Stone, Jonathan Bachelder.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 239\\nWEST, OR SEVENTH DISTKICT.\\nJonatlian Searle, Esq., Hinksman Warren, Abel Adams,\\nAbijah. Allen, Joseph Merriam, Joseph Barrett, Ens.^ Nathan\\nWhipple, Zachariah Davis, Eeuben Kendall, John Blodgett,\\nAmos Dakin.\\nSECOND WEST, OR EIGHTH DISTRICT.\\nObadiah Parker, Stephen Lawrence, Eoger Wesson, Sam\\nStevens Parker, Thomas Robins, Timothy Wheeler, Aaron\\nWheeler, Lt. James Wood, Lt. Enosh Lawrence, Jonas Fay,\\nJoseph Woods.\\nSOUTHWEST, OR NINTH DISTRICT.\\nEbenezer Shattuck, Benjamin Hodgman, Timothy Wheelock,\\nThomas Hodgman, Eeuben Hodgman, Samuel Wood, Edward\\nFarwell, Eeuben Hosmer, Isaac Flagg, Samuel Eussell, Wm.\\nHosmer, Jonathan Eussell.\\nThe school districts thus arranged, remained, with very\\nlittle change, for the next fifty years. The principal change\\nhas been, the arrangement of a district in the village, which\\nis now much the largest in the town, composed of territory\\nincluded in this division in the sixth and seventh districts*", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER Vli.\\nMASON VILLAGE, AND THE EAILROAD.\\nThe water power on the Souhegan river, at Mason village,\\nwas occupied by mills at an early clay. The lots upon which\\nit is found were not among those selected for mills by the pro-\\nprietors, when they divided the township and assigned the lots\\nto the several owners, owing to some error or mistake?\\nwhich was discovered, and measures were taken to procure\\nthe lots for the purpose of the mills, see Proprietary History,\\npage 35, and the lots were, undoubtedly, acquired by the\\ngrantees of the township for that purpose, by some negotia-\\ntion or arrangement; for, in 1751, it appears, a committee\\nwas appointed at a proprietors meeting, to make a contract\\nfor building mills on this privilege, the saw mill to be com-\\npleted by the 25th of May, 1752, and the corn mill in a year\\nfrom that date. The committee made a contract with Col.\\nBellows, to build the mills, and took his bond to secure the\\nperformance of the contract. This he failed to do, and a suit\\nwas brought upon the bond, which was pending many years\\nfor it seems not to have been settled in 1760, as will be seen\\nby reference to the Proprietary History, page 47. In the His-\\ntory of New Ipswich, it is stated that Charles Barrett, in con-\\nnection with his brother Thomas Barrett, built the mills, and\\nthat he sold his interest to Amos Dakin and removed to New\\nIpswich in 1764. At a proprietors meeting, November 4,\\n1767, a committee was appointed to lay out a road by Mr.\\nThomas Barrett s mill, and in the warrant for the first town\\nmeeting, dated September 8, 1768, was an article for accept-\\ning the road by Mr. Thomas Barrett s and Amos Dakin s", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "i:\\n-^ifiprf* -i iiibbcj_ 1\\nnW^v..^", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "VIEW OP MASON VILLAGE, IbGb", "height": "2246", "width": "3369", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "MASON VILLAGE. 241\\nmills. Mr. Daldn soon after became the sole proprietor, and\\nso remained till his death, in 1789. The property passed to\\nhis son, Dea. Timothy Daldn, who rebuilt the mills in a very\\nsubstantial manner, and remained the owner till 1814, when\\nhe sold the mills and privilege to Maj. Seth King and John\\nStevens, Esq. The first dam above the bridge was built by\\nDea. Amos Dakin, about 1788. Below this dam, on the north\\nside of the stream, a carding and fulling mill was built by\\nJohn Everett, about the year 1800. It was occupied by him\\nand afterwards by Othni Crosby, and subsequently by others,\\nfor that purpose, till about the year 1829, when it was\\nremoved and upon its site was erected the present factory\\nbuilding, under the direction of Charles Barrett, Esq., agent of\\nthe Columbian Manufacturing Company. It was put into\\noperation in 1830, and has continued in successful operation,\\nwith few interruptions, till the present time. This building\\nwas 100 feet long by 43 wide, and contained, when first put in\\noperation, 64 looms for weaving sheetings and shirtings, with\\nother machinery and apparatus sufficient to run that number\\nof looms. It now contains 2946 spindles, and 77 looms, em-\\nployed in the manufacture of denims, of which the daily\\nmanufacture now is 3100 yards. After Mr. Barrett relin-\\nquished the agency, the mills were run by Messrs. Dakin and\\nDaniels, under a contract to manufacture for the company by\\nthe yard. The mills were run by the company under Leonard\\nDakin, their agent, from 1837 to 1839 under John E. Bacon,\\nagent, from 1839 to 1841. From that time, Mr. Willard\\nDaniels was agent till his death, in 1843. He was succeeded\\nby the late Hon. Stephen Smith, who remained agent till his\\ndeath, in 1857. He was succeeded by Charles P. Richardson,\\nthe present agent. In 1845, the company purchased the Sou-\\nhegan water privilege near the high bridge in New Ipswich,\\nand, under the direction of Mr. Smith, their agent, the present\\nfactory was there erected, in length 120 feet, breadth 44 feet,\\ncontaining 3328 spindles and 100 looms, employed in the\\nmanufacture of denims, the daily production being about", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "24:2 HISTORY OP MASON.\\n4200 yards. In 1854, the company purchased the old grist and\\nsaw mills, on the site originally occupied by Dakin s mills, and\\nerected a building thereon for a dye and finishing and packing\\nhouse, in length 166 feet, breadth 44 feet, one story high. In\\nthe same year, the company purchased the Mountain mill, for-\\nmerly called the Waterloom mill, in New Ipswich, and erected\\na new factory, 114 by 40 feet, containing 2190 spindles, and\\n54 looms, in which the daily manufacture is about 2370 yards\\nof denims. In the year 1856, the same company erected, on\\nthe site of the old Dakin mills, a factory 100 by 44 feet, four\\nstories high, and a picking room 20 by 44 feet, two stories\\nhigh. This building adjoins the dye and finishing house. In\\nit are 3456 spindles, and 96 looms, employed in the manufac-\\nture of denims, of which the daily production is about 3950\\nyards. The mills at Mason and New Ipswich, above de-\\nscribed, are all upon the Souhegan river, and belong to and\\nare managed by the same company, under the same agent.\\nAll these last were substantial brick buildings, erected under\\nthe direction of Dea. Stephen Smith, the company s agent.\\nAt the Mason mills the weekly consumption of cotton is\\n15,384 pounds annual do., 800,000 pounds. Yards of denims\\nmanufactured weekly, 42,120; annual do., 2,190,240. At the\\nNew Ipswich mills, the weekly consumption of cotton is about\\n13,505 pounds annual do., 691,860 pounds number of yards\\nannually manufactured, 1,909,440. Total yards manufactured,\\n3,099,680. The yarn for all the mills is dyed at Mason. In-\\ndigo used per week, 461 pounds. The cloth from all the\\nmills is finished and packed at the finishing rooms in Mason\\nvillage.\\nNUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED AND AMOUNT OP MONTHLY PAY ROLL AT THE\\nMASON AND NEW IPSWICH MILLS.\\nMales employed at Mason, 121\\nFemales 120\\nPay roll monthly $4300,00\\nMales employed at New Ipswich, 86\\nFemales 96\\nPay roll montUy $3000,00\\nThe stock of this company is principally owned in Boston.\\nMessrs. Wright Whitman, of Boston, are the selling agents,\\nto whom the goods are consigned.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "MASON VILLAGE. 243\\nAbout 1500 cords of wood are consumed, annually, in all\\nthe mills, drying works, c The mills at Mason are driven\\nby two water wheels, 22|- feet in diameter and 20 feet long,\\nand estimated at 75 horse power each.\\nThe water power on the south side of the stream, above\\nthe bridge, was first occupied for a blacksmith s shop, in which\\nwas a trip hammer. It was carried on by Ezra Newell, for\\nthe manufacture of scythes and axes, with other blacksmith\\nwork. In this shop, near the commencement of the present\\ncentury, was put in operation, a machine for the manufacture\\nof cut nails. The business did not succeed, and was soon\\nabandoned. About the year 1813, a wooden building was\\nerected on the site of the old blacksmith shop, for the spin-\\nning and weaving of woolen goods, under the direction of\\nMaj. Seth King. This business not succeeding, it was, after a\\nfew years, abandoned.\\nAbout the year 1812, a building of wood was erected on\\nthe site next below the old Dakin mills, and occupied as a\\ncotton factory, by Roger Chandler and others associated with\\nhim. This company manufactured large quantities of cotton\\nyarn, which was purchased by the farmers wives in the vicin-\\nity, and by them woven into cloth for family use. The com-\\npany also manufactured cotton cloths for the market. At that\\ntime, all the cotton used in the mills was picked and cleaned\\nof its seeds by hand, having been sent to the market by the\\ncotton planters, without having been ginned. This cotton\\npicking furnished a great amount of employment for the\\nwomen and children in the farmers families. It was deliv-\\nered out by weight at the mill, and, when returned, the\\ncleaned cotton and the seeds and dirt were again weighed as\\na check against dishonest practices. Many a Mason boy\\nearned his first money by picking cotton for the factory.\\nThe manufacture of potash was carried on by Dea. Timo-\\nthy Dakin, for many years. His potash works stood upon the\\nbank of the river in rear of Mr. Richardson s house. The\\ncountry was then full of hard wood, the farmers kept up", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nlusty fires, and large quantities of strong ashes were every\\nyear hauled to the potash works.\\nThe first merchant, who kept an extensive stock of goods\\nfor sale at the village, if not the first in point of time, was\\nIsaiah Kidder, son of Col. Reuben Kidder, of New Ipswich.\\nHe commenced trade at that place, then and for many years\\nafter, called Mason Harbor, in 1799. By his enterprise and\\nfair dealing, he soon won the confidence of the community,\\nand as his was then the principal store in Mason, Temple and\\nWilton, his trade was extensive and lucrative. On closing\\nhis business at the expiration of six years, he declared that\\nthirty dollars would cover all his losses by bad debts, a fact\\nwhich speaks well, both for the people and the merchant.\\nHe returned to New Ipswich and engaged extensively in the\\nmanufacturing business, but was cut off by fever at the early\\nage of forty one years. His loss was deeply felt by his fellow\\ncitizens of his native town, as well as by his numerous friends\\nand acquaintances in the neighboring towns. His funeral\\nsermon was preached by the Eev. Mr. Hill, of Mason, an\\nextract from which, shows the estimation in which he was held\\nby one who knew him well, and who never dealt in indiscrim-\\ninate eulogy\\nThe general grief is his best eulogy. It shows that you\\nare not insensible to the worth of the man, and to the loss\\nsociety sustains in his death. Possessed of a strong mind,\\ncultivated by a good education, and enriched by reading and\\nobservation, his judgment was sound, active, and enterprising.\\nHe was capable of much business, and very extensive useful-\\nness. Warmly interested in the prosperity of his country,\\nand vigilant to promote the common welfare, he justly mer-\\nited the confidence of his fellow citizens.\\nDea. Isaac Kimball, for many years carried on the business\\nof blacksmithing, and the manufacture of axes and other\\nedged tools. This was without the aid of water power. He\\nremoved to Temple about 1836, and has become one of the\\nmost enterprising and successful farmers in the region.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "THE RAILROAD. 245\\nThe pottery business, or manufacture of earfhern ware, was\\ncarried on many years by Euel Richardson, but since his death\\nin 1814, but little, if anything, has been done in that line.\\nIn 1857, Mr. James H. Chamberlain erected, below the site\\nof the Dakin mills, one of the most extensive and complete\\nflouring mills, in the state. The building is of brick, commo-\\ndious, and every way well fitted for the intended use, that is,\\nthe manufacture of flour from western whei\\nmill by railroad.\\nThe importance of the railroad to the business interests\\nof the village, renders this a suitable place to introduce the\\nfollowing account of the\\nPETERBOROUGH AND SHIRLEY RAILROAD.\\nThis railroad, as its name implies, was originally intended\\nto connect the Fitchburg railroad at Shirley, Mass., with\\nPeterborough, N. H., passing through the towns of Towns-\\nend, Mass., and Mason, New Ipswich and Temple. The New\\nHampshire charter was granted in 1846. Soon after this, the\\nroad was built as far as Townsend and went into operation,\\nfrom Groton junction to Townsend.\\nIn 1850, the road was completed to a station near the river,\\nalmost a mile below the village, and the cars commenced run-\\nning on the 11th of November, of that year. In 1852, it was\\ncompleted to Mason village, its present terminus. The whole\\nlength of the road in ^qw Hampshire, is nine and one third\\nmiles. More than $35,000 of the cost of constructing this\\npart of the road was paid by citizens of Mason, in addition to\\nseveral thousands of dollars for building the Massachusetts\\nportion. Owing to the hard times and other causes, the\\nroad became involved in debt, and was finally sold to the\\nFitchburg company, for about $50,000, (the sum required to\\npay its liabilities,) though the legal transfer has not yet been\\nmade. The stock was a total loss to the subscribers, and\\nthereby the business prosperity of the town was, for a time,\\nseverely crippled. The road has generally been under the\\ncontrol of and run by the Fitchburg company,\\n32", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "246 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nThat portion of the town through which the road passes,\\nhas been incidentally much benefitted, by the market it has\\nopened for its lumber and stone. Exhaustless quarries of\\ngranite exist on or near the line of the road, which only wait\\na favorable railroad tariff to cause it to be worked and exten-\\nsively exported.\\nThe railroad runs through the most wild and rugged por-\\ntions oi- ^rhot^togj^ yet presents to- the traveler, prospects of\\nrare and peculiar beauty. This is especially true of the four\\nmiles before reaching the village. Far beneath are seen the\\nSouhegan river, sparkling and sporting itself over its rocky\\nbed, further on, the high, precipitous banks, the beautifully\\nrounded hills, crowned with their thrifty farm houses, and the\\nvision is iinally bounded by the lofty circling range of hills\\nwhich rise, amphitheatre like, in the north and west.\\nThe railroad bridge, half a mile from its terminus, is one\\nof the greatest works of art in New Hampshire, spanning the\\nlong distance from bluff to blnff, high above the swift waters\\nof the Souhegan. The bridge is about 600 feet in length,\\nand, where it crosses the stream, about 100 feet in height.\\nThe ends rest on abutments of stone, while at equal distances\\nbetween rise two piers of solid stone masonry, to a giddy\\nheight, supporting the latticed framework on which the rails\\nare laid. The height of the highest pier is about 80 feet.\\nIt rests on piles driven into the sand and gravel in the bed of\\nthe river. The western abutment has a similar foundation.\\nThe other abutment and pier rest on the ledge. The whole\\ncost of this bridge was about $20,000.\\nAlthough the expense of building this road was a burden\\nthat fell heavily upon most of the stockholders, it proving, so\\nfar as any returns or dividends were concerned, a total loss,\\nyet it is undoubtedly of great benefit to the community, in\\nthe certainty, ease and rapidity of communication which it\\naffords, and diminution of expense, in which the saving of\\ntime is no inconsiderable item. Forty years ago, a traveler,\\nleaving Boston for Mason, must take a seat in the mail stage", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "THE EAiLROAD. 247\\ncoach at oue of the cloct in the morning, and after a -weary\\nride would arrive at Wheeler s tavern on the turnpike, at\\nthe line of Mason, near S. Wheeler Weston s, at from five to\\nsix of the clock in the afternoon, then to find his way on foot,\\nor by some private conveyance, to his place of destination.\\nNow, he can leave Boston at seven of the clock and arrive at\\nMason at ten of the clock in the forenoon, or leave at three\\nand arrive at seven in the afternoon, at less than half the\\nexpense for fare, and no necessary expenditure on the way.\\nFor more than fifty years after the settlement of the town\\nwas commenced, the only market for farm produce was to be\\nsought at Boston, or at Concord and Charlestown, on the way\\nto Boston. The farmer would, at the close of his day s work,\\nput dobbin into the stable and give him an extra feed, and be\\nready to start, long before day, for the market, with two boxes\\nof butter, hung in panniers, one on each side, on the back of\\nhis steed, and, perhaps, quarters of veal, chickens, eggs, or\\nother products of the farm or dairy. So, also, on the near\\napproach of the great New England anniversary, thanksgiving\\nday, many a farmer would load his ox cart with farm produce,\\nand trudge on foot, by the side of his patient team, to the\\nmetropolis, to procure his annual supply of necessaries and\\nluxuries, for the great feast, and for the approaching season\\nof winter. Now, by reason of the increased facilities of trans-\\nportation afforded by the railroad, and to the building up of\\nmanufacturing towns and villages, in the vicinity, the farmer\\nneed not leave his own premises to find a ready market at\\nremunerating prices, for all the surplus produce of his farm.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE VIII.\\nEcclesiastical affairs.\\nTHE CONGREGATIONAL CHUHCH.\\nThe records of this cliurch commence October 13^ 1712.\\nThe first entry in the book, is as follows\\na church covenant,\\nConsented and subscribed to by the brethren, on 13th of October,\\n1772, when they were, by advice of council, embodied into a dis-\\ntinct Chh. Society.\\nWe, whose names are hereto subscribed, apprehending ourselves\\ncalled of God, (for the advancing of his Son s kingdom, and edifying\\nourselves and posterity,) to combine and embody ourselves into a dis-\\ntinct Chh. Society: and being for that end orderly dismissed from\\nthe Churches to which we heretofore belonged, do (as we hope), with\\nsome measurfe of seriousness and sincerity, take upon us the follow-\\ning profession and covenant, viz\\nAs to matters of faith, we cordially adhere to the principles of\\nReligion (at least the substance of them) contained in the shorter\\ncatechism of the Assembly of Divines, wherewith also the New Eng-\\nland Confession harmonizeth not as supposing, that there is any\\nauthority, much less any infallibility in these human creeds or forms,\\nbut yet verily believing that these principles are drawn from and\\nagreeable to the scriptures, which is the fountain and standard of\\ntruth.\\nAnd we moreover adhere to these principles in the Calvinistical,\\nwhich we take to be the genuine, or natural sense, hereby declaring\\nour utter dislike of the Arminian Principles, vulgarly so called.\\nIn firm belief of the above-mentioned doctrines, from an earnest\\ndesire that we and ours may receive the love of them and be saved,\\nand with the hope that what we are now doing, may be the means of\\nso great an happiness, we do now, (under a sense of our utter unwor-\\nIhiness of the honor and privileges of God s covenant people,) in the\\nmost solemn and yet free and cheerful manner, give up ourselves and\\noffspring to God the Father, to the Son the Mediator, and the Holy", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS. 249\\nGhost the Instructor, the Sanctifier and Comforter, to be henceforth\\nthe people and servants of this God, to believe in all his revelations,\\nto accept of his method of redemption, to obey all his commands and\\nto keep all his ordinances, to look to and depend upon him to do all\\nfor and work all in us, especially relating to our eternal salvation^\\nbeing sensible that of ourselves we can do nothing. And it is our\\npurpose and resolution (by divine assistance,) to discharge the duties\\nof christian love and brotherly watchfulness towards each other to\\ntrain up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord to\\njoin together in setting up and maintaining the public worship of\\nGod among us carefully and joyfully to attend upon Christ s sacra-\\nments and institutions; to yield all proper obedience and submission\\nto him or them that shall, from time to time, in an orderly manner,\\nbe made overseers of the flock to submit to all the regular adminis=\\ntrations and censures of the church, and contribute all in our power\\nto the regularity and peaceableness of these administrations.\\nAnd respecting church discipline, it is our purpose to adhere to\\nthe methods contained in our excellent platform, so called, for the\\nsubstance of it, as thinking it a rule, the nearest the scriptures and\\nmost probable to promote and maintain purity, order and peace of\\nany. And we earnestly pray, that God would be pleased to smile upon\\nthis undertaking for his glory, that whilst we thus subscribe with our\\nhand to the Lord, and surname ourselves by the name of Israel, we\\nmay, through grace given us, live as become Israelites indeed, in\\nwhom there is no guile that our hearts may be right with God and\\nw^e steadfast in his covenant that we who are now combining in a\\nnew church of Jesus Christ, may, by the purity of our faith and\\nmorals, become one of those golden candlesticks, among whom the\\nSon of God, in way of favor and protection will condescend to walk,\\nand that every member of it, through imputed righteousness and in-\\nherent grace, may be hereafter found among that happy multitude\\nwhom the glorious head of the church, the heavenly bridegroom,\\nshall present to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrin-\\nkle, or any such thing.\\nN. B. By the expression in the above covenant, for the sub-\\nstance of it, we intend and promise this, to govern ourselves by the\\nplatform so far as that agrees with the only perfect rule, the word of\\nGod.\\nSigned, JONATHAN SEARLE, OBADIAH PARKER,\\nENOSH LAWRENCE, NATHAN COBURN,\\nNATHAN HALL, JOSIAH WHEELER,\\nJOHN ELIOT, SAMUEL SMITH,\\nJASON DUNSTER, JOSHUA DAVIS,\\nAMOS DAKIN, WILLIAM ELIOT.\\nThe above-mentioned brethren; after having signed the cov-\\nenant, and the council expressed their sentiments, that they\\nare now a visible, distinct church, regularly and scripturally\\nembodied 5 the church then unanimously Voted, To receive", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "250 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nthe hereafter-mentioned sisters as standing in full church\\nmembership with them, viz\\nSARAH, wife of ENOSH LAWRENCE. LUCY, wife of JOSIAH WHEELER.\\nMARY, NATHAN HALL. ELIZABETH, SAMUEL SMITH.\\nSARAH, JOHN ELIOT. DOROTHY, JOSHUA DAVIS.\\nREBECCA, JASON DUNSTER. ELIZABETH, JONA. WINSHIP.\\nSARAH, AMOS DAKIN.\\nThe proceedings of the town and church, in the call and\\nordination of Mr. Jonathan Searle, the first minister of the\\nCongregational Church in Mason, and his answer to and\\nacceptance of the call, being found in the town records, are\\ninserted in the Municipal History. See pages 66 to 68. He\\nwas ordained October 13, 1772. He was dismissed by the\\nchurch May 4, 1781, and the town concurred in the action of\\nthe church, at the meeting August 14, 1781. The details\\nrespecting his ordination, his salary, c., have already ap-\\npeared in the Municipal History of the town.\\nThe Rev. Ebeuezer Hill, the second minister of this church,\\nwas ordained, November 3, 1790. His pastoral relation to\\nthe church continued until his decease, which took place May\\n20, 1854. He was, at his own request, released from his\\ncontract as minister of the town, December 19, 1835. For\\nthe proceedings of the church and town and of the council, in\\nthe call and ordination of Mr. Hill, see Municipal History,\\npages 114 to 119.\\nIn June, 1830, a religious society was, under the statute of\\nJuly 3, 1827, organized, in connection with the church, and\\noccupied the old meeting house, until November, 1837, when,\\nhaving built a new house of worship for themselves, they\\nremoved to it and have occupied it to the present time.\\nThe Rev. Andrew Reed was installed November 23, 1836,\\nas colleague pastor. He remained in office till December 11,\\n1839, when he was, at his own request, dismissed, and Mr.\\nHill resumed the sole charge of the church and society, in\\nwhich he continued until October 20, 1841, when his son, the\\nRev. Joseph B. Hill, was settled with him as colleague pastor.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.\\n251\\nNEW MEETING HOUSE. FIRST OCCUPIED NOTEMBER, mi.\\nHe commenced preaching for tlie cliurcli and society, August\\n1, 1840, and continued till the date of his installation, to\\npreach as a candidate. During this time, a season of revival\\nwas enjoyed by the church, the result of which was the addi-\\ntion, of 83 members by profession to the church in the year\\n1841. He remained in of ce until April 22, 1847, when he\\nwas, at his own request, dismissed. After this time, the\\nchurch was supplied, about two years, by the Eev. Mr. Har-\\nrington, of Lunenburg, Mass. He did not come to reside at\\nMason, but made his home in Lunenburg.\\nOn the 30th of October, 1850, the Eev. Josiah L. Armes,\\nwas installed colleague pastor. He was, at his own request,\\ndismissed, May 13, 1857, and immediately after, the Eev.\\nD. Goodwin was employed by the church, as their preacher.\\nNAMES OF MEMBERS ADMITTED, FROM OCTOBER 13, 1772 TO JANUARY 1, ISOO, AND\\nTHE NUMBER OF THOSE ADMITTED, EACH YEAR, FROM 1800 TO 1848.\\nNote. In tMs table, the letter w. signifies wife, and 1. by letter.\\n1772. Clark Brown, of Raby.\\n1773. Elias Eliot, Hannah, w. of Rev. Jonathan Searle, Sarah, w. of Lemuel\\nSpaulding, from Pepperell, Elizabeth, vv. of Nathaniel Hosmer, 1.\\nfrom Concord, R\\\\ith, w. of Abel Shed, 1. from Lancaster, Mary, w.\\nof Oliver Eliot, Edmund Tarbell and Mary his w., Oliver Eliot.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "252 HISTORY OF MASON.\\n1774. Sarah, sv. of Simon Ames, 1. from Woburn, Samuel Brown, 1. from\\nHolies, Hubbert E,ussell, and John Russell and Ptubamah. his w., 1.\\nfrom West Cambridge, Sarah, w. of Hubbert Russell, 1. from Weston.\\n1776. Thankful, w. of John Whitaker, Sarah, w. of John Tarbell, Dorothy,\\nw. of WiUiam Eliot, Ebenezer Blood and Sarah his w., Eleanor, w.\\nof Nathan Hall, Jr.\\n1777. Jonathan Winship.\\n1783. Jonathan Chandler, 1. from Grafton.\\nDuring Mr. Searle s ministry, tlie following persons were\\nadmitted to own the covenant\\nJoseph Barrett and Sarah his w., Christopher, a negro man, (and baptized,)\\nDavid Hodgman and w., Ebenezer Muzzy and w. (of Raby), Timothy Wheeler\\nand -w., Jonas Eay and w., aird Daniel Fay and w.\\nAccording to the doctrines of the Congregational churches,\\nthe children of believers only, were admitted to baptism,\\nand, by a strict construction, the privilege of bringing their\\nchildren to baptism belonged only to members of the church\\nin full communion. Many serious minded persons were not\\nprepared to unite with the church, in its communion, but still\\nwere desirous to have their children baptized. Hence, a cus-\\ntom grew up, and was for many years extensively practiced,\\nto admit such persons to own the covenant, that is, to\\nacknowledge, in their own persons, the duties and obligations\\nof the covenant, although they did not fully assume and\\npromise to observe its requirements. Having so done, they\\nwere considered as a sort of quasi or half-way members of the\\nchurch, and were permitted to receive baptism for themselves\\nand to bring their children to baptism. This custom proba-\\nbly owes its origin, in part, to the old colonial regulations\\nof Massachusetts, which restricted the right of voting in all\\nelections to the members of the churches. On the commence-\\nment of Mr. Hill s ministry the practice was discontinued.\\nUnder Mr. Hill s pastorship, the following admissions are\\nrecorded\\n1790. Jonathan Bachelder and wife, 1. from Reading, Hinksman Warren and\\nw. and Joseph Woods and w., 1. from Townsend, Benjamin Knowl-\\nton, Abel Adams and w., Timothy Dakin and w. and Lydia, w. of\\nEdward Wilson, Jr., 1. from New Ipswich, John Winship and w. and\\nElizabeth, w. of Jothara Webber, 1. from West Cambridge, William\\nChambers and wife, 1. from Lexington, Ebenezer Hill, 1. from Rindge.\\n1791. Mary, w. of Amos Dakin, Jr., 1. from New Ipswich, Ebenezer Shattuck\\nand w., and Anna, w. of William Hosmer.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIES.\\n253\\n1792.\\n1793.\\nndi.\\n1795.\\n1796.\\nJohn Russell, Jr., w. of Reuben Kendall, Roger Weston.\\nAnna, w. of Jonatlian Williams, 1. from Wilton.\\nSamuel Hill, 1. from WUliamsburgh, Elizabeth, w. of Reuben Hosmer,\\n1. from Acton.\\nElijah Davis, 1. from New Ipswich.\\nNoah Winship and his w., Sarah Brown, of Raby.\\nTear.\\nBy Profession.\\nBy Letter.\\nlYear.\\nBy Profession.\\nBy Letter.\\nYear.\\n1834\\nBy Profession.\\nBy Letter.\\n1800\\n4\\n1814\\n3\\n12\\n2\\n1801\\n7\\n1\\n1815\\n1\\n1835\\n20\\n3\\n1802\\n41\\n3\\n1816\\n4\\n1836\\n5\\n1\\n1803\\n1\\n1817\\n2\\n1837\\n6\\n4\\n1804\\n3\\n1819\\n1\\n1838\\n14\\n2\\n1805\\n1\\n1820\\n8\\n1839\\n1\\n1806\\n1\\n1822\\n1\\n1840\\n1\\n1807\\n2\\n1826\\n62\\n3\\n1841\\n83\\n9\\n1808\\n1\\n1827\\n17\\n1842\\n7\\n3\\n1809\\n1\\n1828\\n3\\n1\\n1843\\n4\\n2\\n1810\\n1\\n1831\\n21\\n1844\\n3\\n1812\\n25\\n1832\\n2\\n1\\n1846\\n2\\n1813\\n4\\n,1833\\n4\\n1\\n1848\\n2\\nDEACONS.\\nNathan Hall, chosen Dec. 29, 1774. Nathan Wood, chosen Jan.\\nAmos Dakin,\\nTimothy Dakin,\\nRogers Weston,\\nNoah Winship,\\nH. Richardson, Jr.\\nIsaac Kimball,\\nDec. 29, 1774.\\nMarch 7, 1791.\\nAug. 18, 1794.\\nNov. 1, 1805.\\nApril 29, 1814.\\nJuly 1827.\\nEranklin Merriam,\\nSimeon Cragin,\\nOliver H. Pratt,\\nSaml.Withington,\\nAmos H. Hosmer,\\nAug.\\nAug.\\n7, 1828.\\n1837.\\n1837.\\n27, 1847.\\n27, 1847.\\n1855.,\\nMr. Searle and Mr. Hill carefully recorded all baptisms,\\nbut it is not thought expedient to publish the list.\\nTHE BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nJDhe first religious institutions of the town were of the Con-\\ngregational form and order, and there seems to have been no\\ndisagreement among the proprietors or among the inhabit-\\nants, on this point, until after the dismissal of Mr. Searle.\\nThe first intimation of the dissenting views, was on the occa-\\nsion of the call to Mr. True Kimball, in 1782. At the meet-\\ning called for that purpose, the vote of the towa was unani-\\nmous to give Mr. Kimball a call. The town also voted to\\ngive him a settlement of \u00c2\u00a3180, and a yearly salary of \u00c2\u00a366\\n13s. 4d. Against these votes William Eliot and Abijah\\nAllen dissented in the face of the meeting, for reasons\\nwhich are stated in the Municipal History, page 103. In this\\nprotest, and in the vote to excuse William Dodge and Abijah\\nAllen from paying taxes, found on the same page, are, un=\\n33", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "254 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\ndoubtedly, to be discerned the first germs of the Baptist\\nChurch in Mason.\\nThe records of the church commence as follows\\nTHE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN MASON.\\nOn the 28th day of September, 1786, sd chh was Irabodied. As-^\\nsistance from the chh of Christ at Chelmsford, by their pastor, Abia-^\\nther Crossman, and two brethren, viz Dea. Oliver Prescott and\\nBrother Thomas Hutchins. Likewise from the church at Temple,\\nby two brethren, viz Dea\u00c2\u00b0 John Averett [Everett] and Nathaniel\\nBall. Those that Imbodied were, (males,) Ezra Mansfield, William\\nEliot and Jonathan Chandler, (females,) Sarah Blood, Anna Law-\\nrence, Hannah Chandler, Sarah Blood y\u00c2\u00ab Sd, and Molly Ball.\\nThere were added, October 26, by dismission from the church in\\nChelmsford, Brs. Joseph Bullard and Aaron Wheeler, and four sisters\\nlikewise were added, viz the widow Sarah Eliot, Sarah Tarbell,\\nRebecca Mansfield and Rebecca Hildreth.\\n1787. March 8. The confession of the chh at Chelmsford, with\\nsome, amendments, was adopted. Br. Bullard was chosen to serve\\nthe table.\\nJune 24. Added by baptism, William Mansur and Willard Law-\\nrence, Sarah Davis, Sarah Bullard, Elizabeth Perry and Elizabeth\\nAustin.\\nSeveral of these persons were among the original members\\nof Mr. Searle s church.\\n1788. Aug. At a meeting, voted unanimously, that Br. Wm.\\nEliot be set apart as an Evangelist, and that we call for assistance\\nfrom our sister chhs in the ordination of said Br. Voted to send for\\ncouncil and help to the Baptist chhs at Salem, Chelmsford, Temple\\nand Cambridge. The third Wednesday in Oct. was appointed the\\ntime. At a subsequent meeting, the chh at Newton was added. At\\na subsequent meeting, [no date] Voted to give Br. Eliot a call to\\nsettle with us in the gospel ministry, and to continue with us so long\\nas it shall appear it is for the glory of God and our mutual advantage.\\nTo which he gave his consent, and was ordained on^^ third Wednes-\\nday of October, 1788, by the following council\\nIn consequence of letters missive from the Baptist chh in Mason,\\nto the Baptist church in Cambridge, the Baptist church in Newton,\\nthe Baptist church in Chelmsford, the Baptist church in New Salem,\\nthe Baptist church in Temple, for the purpose of setting apart Mr.\\nWm. Eliot to the office of pastor in said chh in Mason.\\nFirst. Elder Thomas Green opened the business by prayer. 2.\\nChose Elder Thomas Green Moderator of the council. 3. Chose\\nElder Joseph Grafton Clerk of council.\\nPresent\\nFrom the chh in Cambridge Elder Thomas Green, Dea. Thaddeus\\nDavis, Dea. Daniel Brooks.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIES. 255\\niFrom the chh in Chelmsford Elder Abisha Grossman, Thomas\\nHutchins, Samuel Taylor.\\nFrom the chh in New Salem Elder Samuel Fletcher.\\nFrom the chh in Temple Elder John Peckens, Dea. John Everett,\\nEbenezer Drury.\\nFrom the chh in Newton Elder Joseph Grafton, Nathan Dana.\\nThe council enquired of the church if they still desired Br. Eliot\\nto settle with them in the ministry. To which they answered in the\\naffirmative.\\nThe council enquired of Mr. Eliot if he accepts the call of the\\nchh. Answered in the affirmative.\\nMr. Eliot was called upon to give an account of his Christian\\nexperience and his teachings to preach, with which the council voted\\nthey were satisfied.\\nThe council examined the chh respecting their Ideas of supporting\\nthe minister. It appears, by a vote of the chh, that they held it their\\nduty to support by the rule of equality.\\nVoted, upon the whole, that the council are unanimous in proceed-\\ning to the ordination of Mr. Wm. Eliot.\\nVoted, that Elder Peckens make the introductory prayer. That\\nElder Green preach the sermon. That Elder Grossman Pray at the\\nimposition of hands. That Elder Fletcher give the charge. That\\nElder Grafton give the right hand of fellowship, and make the con-\\nconcluding prayer.\\nAs the chh, in their letters to the chhs, desired assistance [in] set-\\nting apart one of their brethren as a Deacon in the chh. Voted, that\\nthere is a propriety in their request, and [we] are satisfied with the\\nConduct of the chh respecting this affair.\\nVoted, that the council, after examining the character and abilities\\nof Mr. Ezra Mansfield, as Deacon, they are free to ordain him as\\nsuch.\\nVoted, That the council proceed to set apart Brother Ezra Mans-\\nfield to the office of Deacon, in the following manner\\nFirst Prayer with imposition of hands, with a charge and right\\nhand of fellowship.\\nVoted, that Elder Peckens pray at the imposition of hands at the\\nordination of the Deacon. That Elder Green give the charge, and\\nElder Grossman give the right hand of fellowship.\\nVoted, that the council adjourn till after divine service.\\nThe council met according to adjournment. Voted, to dissolve\\nthe council. (Signed,) Thos. Green, Moderator.\\nJoseph Grafton, Clerk.\\n1788. Sept. Rachel Chandler was received, being baptized\\nbefore.\\nIn 1790, the additions were 2 in 1791, 11 in 1792, 6 in\\n1794, 1; in 1795, 3; in 1796, 1; in 1799, 1; in 1800,4,- in\\n1801, 34; in 1802, 15; in 1803, 9; in 1804, 6; in 1805, 3;", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "256 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nof these numbers, 56 are judged to have been inhabitants of\\nother towns.\\nThe whole number of members reported in 1805, was 98;\\nin 1806, 101; in 1807, 106; in 1808, 105; in 1809, 79; in\\n1810,87; in 1811, 92; in 1812, 94; in 1813, 93; in 1814, 92;\\nin 1815, 73; in 1816, 74. In no other years, is the whole\\nnumber of members entered. During these years, this church\\nembraced members residing in New Ipswich, Temple, Wilton,\\nMilford, Lyudeborough, Brookline, Hollis, Dunstable, Towns-\\nend, Society Land, and perhaps other towns. In 1809, the\\nMilford church was organized, which reduced the number from\\n105 to 79. In 1815, the list was revised and corrected, and\\nthe number reduced from 92 to 73.\\nThe peace of this church seems to have been but little dis-\\nturbed by cases of discipline, but it was not wholly free from\\nsuch trials. Brother Aaron Wheeler thought he had a call to\\npreach, and The church agreed to hear Br. Wheeler s gift\\ntill we have gained satisfaction respecting his call to preach.\\nHis gift seems not to have approved itself to the brethren,\\nfor, presently after, it is recorded that The church called\\nupon Brother Wheeler and Brother Chandler to give in their\\nreasons for withdrawing from the chh at the Lord s Table,\\nand not fellowshiping the chh, and setting up a meeting by\\nthemselves. They gave their reasons as follows 1st. Be*\\ncause there is not a oneness in the chh. 2d. Because the chh\\ndon t hold to that liberty in improving of gifts in the chh that\\nthey agreed to when they Imbodyed. The church took these\\nreasons into consideration, and voted that they were not suffi-\\ncient to justify them in their conduct. The aggrieved breth-\\nren, at an adjourned meeting, set forth the reasons of their\\nwithdrawal more fully and specifically, the principal one of\\nwhich was, the not allowing the improvement of Brother\\nWheeler s gift. The church voted that these reasons, thus\\nnewly assigned and set forth, were not sufficient. The matter\\nwas, in some way, adjusted; how, the record does not show.\\nThe date of these disturbances was 1787. In 1789, Brother", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAlES. 251\\nChandler received a letter of dismission to the church in\\nStoddard. Brother Wheeler subsequently withdrew from the\\nmeetings of this society, and, for many years previous to his\\ndeath, was a constant attendant on the meetings of Mr. Hill s\\nsociety. He kept up a careful watch against any departure\\nfrom orthodox doctrines.\\nUnder the ministration and watch and care of their worthy\\nelder, this church enjoyed a long season of peace and prosper-\\nity, their numbers gradually increasing, until, in process of\\ntime, assuming the office and duties of a mother church, they\\nestablished, from members of their own body, new and inde-\\npendent churches in the neighboring towns, all of which con-\\ntinued to be, in some measure, under the watch and care of\\nthe venerable Elder Eliot so long as he was able to journey\\nfrom place to place, and exercise his ministry among them.\\nIn 1802, it was Voted, That Dea. Webber, Br. John\\nAdams and Br. Dakin be a committee to admonish those bap-\\ntized persons who have joined Mr. Hill s chh, and report to\\nthe chh.\\nIn 1803, Voted, unanimously, against bearing arms and\\ntaking oaths, and to communicate these sentiments to the\\nassociation.\\nThe place of worship of this society was, at first, the school\\nhouse near the residence of their elder. Afterwards, a house\\nfor worship was erected about one fourth of a mile on the\\nnorth of the Congregational meeting house. It was a one\\nstory building, but it was never finished, inside or out. It\\nwas built principally by individuals, with some aid from the\\nsociety. There is no entry in the church records of the pro-\\nceedings in the building of this house, but there is a vote\\nrecorded, November 9, 1812, the house having been sold,\\ndirecting that the money for the old meeting house be dis-\\ntributed among those that built the house, and on the 10th\\nof June, 1817, it was Voted, That Dea. Webber give a deed\\nto Joshua Blood of the meeting house lot. The house was\\ntaken down about the year 1812, after which the society", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "258 HISTORY OF MASON.\\ncontinued their meetings at the school house until th6 brick\\nhouse was erected in the village, in the year 1827, after\\nwhich, but, it is supposed, under a new organization, that\\nhouse became and continued the place of worship of the\\nchurch and society.\\nDea. Jotham Webber and Dea. Andrew Elliot served in the\\noffice of deacon in this church for many years, and each until\\nhis death. Dea. Joseph Saunders was elected to the office of\\ndeacon, and served as such for several years. Benjamin Rob-\\ninson was afterwards set apart to fill that office, by the\\nchurch.\\nIn 1827, the brick meeting house was built in the village,\\nand a new Baptist church was organized in 1828. At this\\ntime, Eld. Eliot was so burdened with the infirmities of age as\\nto be, in a great measure, cut off from active duties. He died\\nJune 4, 1830. After his decease, this church kept up its organ-\\nization for some years, but most of its members having united\\nwith the new church organized at the village, it soon ceased to\\nhold public meetings for worship, and its existence may, per-\\nhaps, be considered as merged in that of the new church.\\nTHE VILLAGE BAPTIST CHUKCH.\\nThe original Baptist Church in Mason, being, for many\\nyears, composed of members, many of whom resided in ad\\njoining and some ill more distant towns, found no inconven-\\nience in holding their meetings at their place of worship near\\nthe residence of the elder, or at their meeting house near the\\ncentre of the town, but as from time to time churches were\\nformed in the adjoining towns, leaving most of the members\\nremaining in this church resident in town, and as the popu-\\nlation, business and importance of the village were, from year\\nto year, advancing, and yet in it there was no place of wor-\\nship, of any denomination, it was found to be in accordance\\nwith the views of a majority of the church to remove their\\nplace of worship to that locality. Accordingly, measures\\nWere taken to insure the erection of a meeting house for this\\nchurch, which was so far completed in 1827 as to be ready to", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.\\n259\\nbe occupied. In 1828, a new Baptist clmroli was constituted\\nat the village, consisting of 24 members ten brethren and\\n14 sisters. The pastors names, time of commencement and\\nclose of the labors and the additions to the church during the\\nterm of each, are as follows\\nJfAMES OF PASTORS, TIME OF COMMENCEMENT, AND CLOSE OF THEIR LABORS, AND\\nTHE ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH, FROM 1828 TO 1858.\\nNames of Pastors.\\nTime of commencement.\\nClose of labors.\\nAd\\n14\\nRev. Bela Wilcox,\\nDecember 24, 1828,\\nMarch 4, 1831,\\nJoliu Woodbury,\\nJi;ne 19, 1831,\\nNovember 19, 1833,\\n54\\nJoel Wheeler,\\nJanuary 24, 1834, (or-\\ndained June 11, 1834)\\nJanuary 10, 1835,\\n21\\nBenjamin Knight,\\nJune 16, 1835.\\nSeptember 18, 1836,\\n1\\nAKred L. Mason,\\nOrd. Nov. 27, 1836,\\nDied October 7, 1844,\\n73\\nD.F.Richardson,\\nJune 21, 1845,\\nApril 1, 1848,\\n16\\nJohn Woodbury,\\nApril 23, 1848,\\nApril 21, 1849,\\n5\\nIsaac Woodbury,\\nApril 25, 1849,\\nDecember 31, 1850,\\n21\\nDaniel P. French,\\nJanuary 5, 1851,\\nJanuary 18, 1852,\\n10\\nA. H. House,\\nApril 18, 1852,\\nJune 19, 1854,\\n13\\nGeo. W. Cutting,\\nMay 8, 1855,\\nMr. Cutting remains pastor to this time. A manufacturing\\nis much more fluctuating than an agricultural population, and,\\nin consequence of that fact, the present number of members\\nof the church is much less than would be indicated by the\\nadditions above reported. No list of removals that can be\\nrelied on as accurate, has been kept, so that it has not been\\npossible, from time to time, to state, in this account, the\\nactual number of members. It is, however, stated by the\\npastor to be 63, in March, 1858. The church edifice is a well\\nbuilt structure of brick. It was thoroughly repaired in 1854,\\nat an expense of about $900, and is now made commodious\\nand perfectly comfortable for all seasons of the year. This\\nchurch adopted, at an early date, the resolution to pay tKeir\\nminister his salary quarterly, and have adhered to this plan\\nwith honest punctuality. It is now in a state of prosperity;\\nits members are united in christian fellowship and effort, and\\nlooking for richer displays of the power and grace of God in\\ntheir increased spirituality and enlargement.\\nThe deacons of this church are Abel Adams, chosen in\\n1830; Amos Elliot, chosen December 4, 1830, dismissed at", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "260 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nhis own request January 9, 1835; Jonas Adams, chosen No-\\nvember 5, 1831 j James Barrett, chosen September 2, 1833,\\ndismissed on his removal from town April, 1835; Adams B.\\nWinn, chosen March 6, 1840, died May 31, 1842; Samuel\\nHartshorn and Calvin Boynton, chosen January 17, 1843.\\nDea. Boynton was dismissed from the church, July 15, 1855.\\nBeacons Abel Adams, Jonas Adams and Samuel Hartshorn\\nremain in office.\\nTHE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.\\nThe place of meeting for the public worship of the Con-.\\ngregational church, was first established at the centre of the\\ntown, and notwithstanding the business and population of the\\nvillage had increased at a much greater ratio than that of the\\nother parts of the town, the Sabbath ministrations of that\\nchurch and society had continued to be held at the meeting\\nhouse at that place until 1847. At a public meeting held at\\nthe village, February 1, 1847, a resolution was offered, and,\\nafter a full discussion, adopted, that the time has come,\\nwhen the spiritual interests of this community and the cause\\nof religion require that a Congregational church be estab-\\nlished at this place. The reasons justifying and requir-\\ning this step were, the large numbers of the Congregational\\nchurch, who would be better accommodated at the village than\\nat the centre. In furtherance of these proceedings, measures\\nwere taken to call an ecclesiastical council, which was con-\\nvened June 3, 1847, and in pursuance of the advice of this\\ncouncil, a new church, composed of eight members, was organ-\\nized, under the name of the Second Congregational Church\\nof Mason. On the 20th of June, 1847, 58 members were\\nreceived by letters of dismission from the old church.\\nOn the 11th of April, 1849, the Rev. William Olmstead,\\nwas ordained pastor of this church. His labors were blessed\\nin the conversion of souls to Christ. During the winter pre-\\nvious to his ordination, a season of religious interest was\\nenjoyed, which continued into the summer following, the fruits\\nof which were the addition of 33 members by profession.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS. 261\\nThirteen were added also by letter. The early death of their\\nyoung pastor, was deeply felt by this church, and by many\\nothers in the community. By it, each member of the congre-\\ngation lost a personal friend, and the church a spiritual and\\ndevoted pastor. He died while on a visit to his friends in\\nConnecticut, so suddenly that the news of his illness pre-\\nceded that of his death but a few hours. It was his dying\\nrequest that his mortal remains should rest in the cemetery,\\ninto which his congregation would, in G-od s due time, be\\ngathered, with them to rest till the final resurrection, and his\\ndying wishes were complied with, and there he was buried.\\nHis successor in office was the Rev. E. M. Kellogg, installed\\nMay 20, 1852, and on account of ill health, dismissed at his\\nrequest, December 26, 1855. The Rev. Samuel J. Austin\\nwas ordained pastor of the church February 25, 1857.\\nOn the 9th of September, 1847, Simeon Cragin, Stephen\\nSmith, Nathan Wood and Franklin Merriam were elected\\ndeacons of this church. Deacons Merriam and Wood soon\\nafter removed from town. Deacon Smith died in 1857, and\\nMerrill 0. Dodge was elected to fill the vacancy.\\nThe society occupied a commodious hall in Dea. Cragin s\\nhouse, until accommodated with a house of their own. A\\nhouse of worship was erected, by individual subscriptions, for\\nthis church and society and was dedicated to the Triune God\\non Sabbath, December 16, 1849; sermon by the pastor, the\\nRev. Mr. Olmstead. The building is of wood, 70 by 43 feet.\\nIt contains 64 slips, and in all about 400 sittings. The cost\\nwas between $4000 and $5000. Four sons of Dea. Cragin,\\non the completion of the house, presented to the society an\\nexcellent church bell. The basement is finished into an\\nample vestry.\\nThe salary of the two first pastors, payable quarterly, was\\n$600 a year that of the present pastor is $700.\\nOwing to the fluctuating nature of the population of a man-\\nufacturing village, the burthen of supporting religious institu-\\ntions falls, in a great measure, upon a few, but it is to the\\n34", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "262 HISTORY OF MASON.\\ncredit and praise of this society, that all its engagements have\\nbeen promptly met, notwithstanding the severe losses of many\\nof its members by the railroad and by the depression of\\nbusiness.\\nTHE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.\\nThis chnrch, in Mason, had its origin in the following man-\\nner Some few brethren, who were not united with any\\ndenomination, were desirous of hearing preaching from some\\nministers of the Christian faith, to learn what were their\\nviews of bible doctrine. Accordingly, an invitation was given\\nto some ministers in Boston and other places, to make them a\\nvisit, and permission was given, by the selectmen of the town,\\nto hold a meeting at the old meeting house, when the people\\ncame together and heard them gladly. This was in or about\\n1831. In 1832, Elder Henry Plummer visited them, and\\npreached in different parts of the town, in school houses,\\nwhere he had an opportunity, but mostly in the northeast part\\nof the town, where there was a good interest in religion, and\\nthe largest portion of believers. On the 15th of July of that\\nyear, Elder Plummer baptized three individuals, viz Doctor\\nWillis Johnson, William Wright and John Peabody. The\\nfirst two named are still living, and members of the church.\\nSeptember 23, seven others, two males and five females, were\\nbaptized by Elder Plummer. November 4, eight others, two\\nmales and six females, were baptized.\\nThere were baptized on the 7th of April, 1833, three indi-\\nviduals, and May 19, one, making in all, twenty two. On the\\n23d of May, a meeting was attended by several ministers,\\namong whom were E. Shaw, J. C. Blodget and H. Plummer,\\nat which time the church was organized, composed of the\\ntwenty two above mentioned baptized persons, who unani-\\nmously agreed to acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Head\\nand Leader, and the New Testament as their rule of faith\\nand practice, and to acknowledge no name but that of\\nChristian. Of the twenty two who composed the number\\nat the organization, ten are still living, and members of the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.\\n263\\ncliiircli. William Wriglit was chosen the first deacon, and\\nDavid Blood, clerk. During the year, nine other individuals\\nwere received into fellowship, eight of them by baptism.\\nIn 1834, twenty nine were added to the church by baptism,\\nand one by letter, who afterwards became a minister. One\\nyoung lady was baptized June 1, and deceased July 18, of\\nthis year.\\nTHE CflEISTIAM CUAPEL, ERECTED IN 18i\u00c2\u00a7.\\nIn 1835, thirteen were added to their numbers, who were\\nbaptized by different ministers, who visited the place and\\npreached to the church and people.\\nOnly five were added to the church during the year 1836,\\nthree by baptism and two by letter. Elder Plummer, though\\nnot living in the town, had been the pastor up to this time.\\nIn 1837, Elder A. G-. Comings became the pastor, and the\\nchurch was still in a prosperous condition, but one member\\nout of eighty one, up to this time, had been excluded. From\\nAugust 6 to December 31, the ordinance of baptism was ad-\\nministered, seven times, and twenty were added to the church.\\nOn the 4th of October, Mr. Joseph Elliott, a member of the\\nchurch, was ordained to the work of the ministry, by recom-\\nmendation of the church and ministry.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "264 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nDuring the year 1838, but few were added, and some trials\\nwere endured, and labor was engaged in to enforce good disci-\\npline. One member received the approbation of the church\\nto labor in public as a minister of the gospel.\\nIn the two succeeding years. Eld. C. W. Martin had the pas-\\ntoral care, and thirteen were added, eight of them by baptism.\\nSome trials were also endured. From 1841 to 1843, inclu-\\nsive, Eld. H. Burnham had the care of the church, and during\\nhis ministry, over sixty were added to the church, fifty two by\\nbaptism, but many of these soon fell away, and were of no\\npermanent benefit to the church.\\nThe church had now existed ten years, and were in an unu-\\nsually prosperous state, with but little labor required to\\nenforce good discipline. About one hundred and eighty per-\\nsons had been members of the church. From this time the\\nchurch passed through a series of trials, and for a number of\\nyears no additions were made, but, on the contrary, a number\\nwere dismissed, by their own request, to unite with other\\nchurches, and some withdrew under the excitement of 1844,\\nto get out of Babylon, and some were excluded. During\\nthis season of declension, Eld. J. Goodwin, Jr., labored with\\nthe church two years, after which they were supplied with\\npreaching, without any regular pastor, by several ministers,\\nuntil 1849, when Eld. A. G-. Comings again took the pastoral\\ncharge, and remained nearly six years. But the trials did not\\ncease when the pastor was settled over them, and but few\\nwere added to the church.\\nIn 1854, Eld. L. Phillips became the pastor, but remained\\nonly one year, during which time nine persons were added to\\nthe church. In this year, the society purchased a neat and\\nconvenient parsonage, for the minister. The house is situ-\\nated within about thirty rods of the chapel.\\nIn the spring of 1855, Eld. J. F. Whitney took the pastoral\\ncare of the church, and labored with them until the autumn of\\n1857, when he closed his pastoral relation with it. During\\nhis pastorate, ten were added to the church by baptism.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL APFAIES. 265\\nIn December. 1857, Eld. W. H, Nason became the pastor,\\nby the request of the church, and is now pleasantly situated\\nwith them, as their spiritual leader under Christ.\\nThis church has now existed over twenty four years, and\\nhas maintained the worship of God the greater part of the\\ntime, by sustaining preaching, and other meetings of worship.\\nIt has had eight pastors, including the present one. There\\nhave been two hundred and twelve members in all, who have\\nunited with the church, sixty six males and one hundred and\\nforty six females. One hundred and six persons now remain\\nmembers, twenty four males and eighty two females.\\nThere is no other church of the same denomination within\\nthirty five miles of Mason, and it seems rather strange that\\nthere should have been one here, isolated as they are from\\nthe body of the denomination, and yet maintaining all the\\ndistinctive features of the body as to doctrine and practice.\\nAnd amidst all the severe trials through which they have\\npassed, they have clung to that word which, at the beginning\\nof their history, they took for -their only rule of faith and\\npractice, and the distinctive principles, which underlie the\\nChristian structure, are still dear to the hearts of all its\\ndevoted members.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IX.\\nBiographical sketches of natives and citizens\\nOF MASON.\\nDr. John Bachelder, son of Joliii Baclielder and Mary\\nHartshorn, his wife, was born in Mason, March 23, 1818. He\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College, July, 1841, and commenced\\nthe practice of his profession at the village called Monument,\\nin Sandwich, Mass., in 1844, and received his medical diploma\\nfrom the Massachusetts Medical Society, January 29, 1845.\\nHe was married to Martha Swift Keene, of Sandwich, Sep\\ntember 30, 1846.\\nDr. William Barber, was born in Worcester, Mass., in\\ny 176ti His father s dwelling was burnt, by accidental fire,\\nwhen he was an infant, by which his life was exposed to immi-\\nnent danger, from which he was saved by the courage and\\npresence of mind of his elder sister, afterwards the wife of\\nMr. Josiah Flagg. He pursued his professional studies at\\nWorcester, with Dr. Greene. He 6ame to Mason in Novem-\\nber, 1790, and commenced the practice of physic and surgery,\\nwhich he continued until disabled by the infirmities of age.\\nHe married (1) Mary Campbell, of Berlin, Conn. She died\\nNovember 2, 1792. (2) Rachel Cutter, of New Ipswich, who\\nsurvives him. He died July 11, 1852, aged 85 years.\\nCapt. Joseph Barrett, was a descendant of Humphrey\\nBarrett, who came from England, and settled in Concord,\\nMass., about 1640. He was born in Concord in 1745. His\\nwife was Sarah [Brooks ?]j born in Concord in 1751. She", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 267\\ndied March 29, 1794; aged 43 years. He came to Mason\\nbefore the town was incorporated, and settled on the farm\\nlately owned by his son Elisha Barrett, and now owned by\\nhis grandson, Elisha Brooks Barrett. He was a frugal, indus-\\ntrious farmer, and well esteemed by his fellow citizens.\\nTheir confidence in him is shown by the many important\\noffices to which he was elected by their suffrages. He was\\ntown clerk fourteen years, first selectman fourteen years,\\nsecond selectman one year, town treasurer twelve years, rep-\\nresentative four years, and was frequently chosen a member\\nof conventions, and on committees in public business. The\\nrecords made by him as town clerk, fill the principal part of\\nseveral volumes, made up in a very neat and uniform hand,\\nbut in the somewhat uncertain and wandering orthography of\\nthose days. He died December 30, 1831, aged 86 years.\\nRev. Charles Emerson Blood, son of Reuben Foster\\nBlood and Relief Whiting, his wife, was born in Mason,\\nMarch 1, 1810, joined the Congregational church at Rindge,\\nin October, 1828, pursued his preparatory studies at New\\nIpswich Academy and in Jacksonville, 111., graduated at Illi-\\nnois College in Jacksonville, in 1837, and at the Theological\\nSeminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1840. He was ordained\\npastor of the Presbyterian church in Collinsville, 111., Novem-\\nber, 1840. He married Miss Mary B. Coffin, formerly of\\nWiscasset, Me. For three years previous to 1858, he has\\nbeen and is now a home missionary in Kansas. He has\\norganized a church of twenty eight members, of which he has\\nthe pastoral charge, at Manhatten, K. T., where he resides.\\nRev. Lorenzo Whiting Blood, brother of Charles E.,\\nborn in Mason, April 13, 1812, pursued his studies prepara-\\ntory for college at Wilbraham, Mass., graduated at the Wes-\\nleyan University, Middletowu, Conn. He was ordained a\\ndeacon of the Methodist Episcopal church, by Bishop Hed-\\nding, at Providence, R. I., June 13, 1841, and elder by the\\nsame, at Warren, R. I., June 11, 1843, and is (January, 1858,)", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "268\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\na member of the Providence Conference, and stationed at\\nWest Killingly, Conn.\\nRESIDENCE OF LOAMIIII CHAMBERLAIN.\\nLoAMMi ChambeelaiN; son of Captain Isaac Chamberlain,\\nwas born at Chelmsford, Mass., June 6, 1791. At an earlj\\nage, he gave evidence of a predilection for the mechanic arts,\\nand was apprenticed to Salathiel Manning, a machinist of his\\nnative town, to learn that trade. Mr. Manning afterwards\\nremoved to New Ipswich, where Mr. Chamberlain graduated\\na Master of Arts, in a noble sense, in 1812.\\nSoon after, he took a contract for building the cards for\\nthe Mason Cotton Mill Company, doing the work at the shop\\nof his late master, in New Ipswich. Having finished this\\nengagement, he came to Mason village, and put the carding\\nand spinning machinery into operation. For two or three\\nyears subsequently, he appears to have been engaged, much\\nof the time, in setting up machinery and starting on mills,\\nin New Ipswich, Milford, and various other places.\\nAbout the year 1815, in company with Eoger Chandler and\\nEleazer Rhoades, he bought a small mill in New Ipswich, near", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "litKhyl. foozElienB ostoa.\\nO-)^^", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0287.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0288.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 269\\nthe present residence of Col. Gibson, fitted it up, and for two\\nor three years was concerned in manufacturing cotton yarn.\\nIn 1818, he bargained for water power of the Mason\\nCotton Mill Company, and built a machine shop, which is\\nstill standing. In 1821, Mr. Chamberlain made a contract\\nwith the Mason Cotton Mill Company, to build, make and\\nput in complete operation, sixteen power looms, equal, in\\nevery respect, to those in the Waltham Factory/ and, if neces-\\nsary, to buy a loom of the Waltham Factory for a pattern,\\nthen the said company are to advance the money for the\\nsame, c. About this period, he made a valuable improve-\\nment on the power looms then in use. This added greatly\\nto his reputation as a machinist, and gave him employment in\\nbusiness from most of the adjoining states. For several\\nyears, he carried on, quite extensively, the manufacture of\\nwoolen and cotton machinery, machine tools, c., employing,\\nat times, thirty or forty workmen. In 1846, he sold his\\nmachine tools, and engaged wholly in other pursuits. For\\nseveral years he carried on blacksmithing.\\nAbout the year 1840, in company with Thomas Pierce, he\\nfitted up the lower cotton mill, which had stood idle since\\nthe failure of the Mason Cotton Mill Company, and manu-\\nfactured, for a short time, satinets, and other woolen fabrics.\\nAbout this time, also, he built a saw mill on the river, below\\nthe village, upon the new road leading to Wilton. For sev-\\neral years previous to his death, he was chiefly employed in\\nsuperintending his saw mill and farm.\\nMr. Chamberlain possessed strong powers of observation,\\ngood inventive talent, and mechanical skill in a high degree.\\nAmong his apprentices, may be reckoned some of the best\\nmechanics in the country. By his workmen he was generally\\nbeloved, and some were dismissed, when he closed his shop,\\nwho had become old in his employ. Few men have done\\nmore for the material prosperity of Mason village than Mr.\\nChamberlain. He never courted public distinction, but filled\\nsome offices in the town, with honor and ability. As a neigh\\n35", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0289.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "270\\nHISTOEY OF MASOE.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0290.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. 271\\nbor and citizen, lie ^as liighly esteemed. He was eminently\\na domestic man, and it was in the bosom of his family and in\\nthe circle of his intimate friends, that his virtues were best\\nknown and his excellencies most fully appreciated.\\nIn 1821, he married Eliza S. Tucker, of Brookline, who is\\nstill living. His son and only child, James Langdon Cham-\\nberlain, was born February 16, 1824, and married Mary A.\\nPrescott, of Mason, February 16, 1854. He now carries on\\nsuccessfull}^ the extensive business left by his father.\\nMr. Chamberlain was subject to periods of melancholy and\\ngreat depression of spirits, which sometimes continued for\\nmany months, or even years, unfitting him for business or\\nsocial enjoyment. He died of disease of the heart, resulting\\nin dropsy, November 24, 1853, aged 62 years. Having been\\na member of the order of Odd Fellows, and also a Free\\nMason, his funeral was conducted in conformity to the burial\\nrites of those orders, and attended by a large concourse of\\ncitizens.\\nUpon the water privilege, occupied by the old cotton mills,\\nreferred to on page 243, owned by Mr. Chamberlain at the\\ntime of his decease, but upon the other side of the river, his\\nson has, during the last year, 1857, erected one of the most\\nextensive and complete flouring mills in the state. The\\nbuildings, a view of which is presented on the opposite page,\\nare of brick, constructed in the most substantial manner, with\\nwindow and door sills and caps of granite, and, in all respects,\\nas nearly fire proof as buildings of that kind can be made.\\nThey are 34 by 42 feet, and two stories high. In their con-\\nstruction 180,000 of bricks were laid up. The bridge shown\\nin the view, is a substantial structure of granite, the length\\nis 168 feet, the height from the river bed to the top of the wall\\n36 feet, the span of the arch 37 feet, the arch being a half\\ncircle. The expense was about $4600, paid by the town.\\nIt is a fine piece of masonry, a noble structure, as lasting as\\ntime.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0291.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "272\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nDea. Simeon Cragin, is the son of Benjamin Cragin, Esq.,\\nformerly of Temple, who died at Mason, April 19, 1816. He\\nwas born in Temple, January 4, 1787, and was the youngest\\nson of his parents. In 1806, he commenced the shoemaking\\nbusiness at Mason village, and continued it two and a half\\nyears. He then returned to Temple, and took his father s\\nfarm, and carried it on and supported his parents through life.\\nHe married Elizabeth, the only daughter of Dea. Timothy\\nDakin, May 23, 1811. In 1816, he purchased of Dea. Dakin,\\nhis father-in-law, the farm where he now lives, and removed\\nto Mason, and devoted his attention wholly to agriculture.\\nRESIDENCE OF DEA. SIMEON CMGIN.\\nThe Cragin family in this country, it is said, are the descend-\\nants of John Cragon, a Scotchman, who, with other prisoners\\ntaken at the battle of Dunbar, Sept. 3, 1650, by Cromwell,\\nwas, by order of the English government, shipped to Massa-\\nchusetts, and sold for a term of years, to pay the expenses of\\nthe transport. His name appears in the list of two hundred\\nand seventy three passengers in the John and Sarah, of\\nLondon, John Greene, mr., bound for New England, under", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0292.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 273\\ndate of November 8, 1651. Of the, poor prisoners thus taken\\nforcibly from their homes and carried into exile, the Rev.\\nJohn Cotton, of Boston, in a letter addressed to the Lord\\nGeneral Cromwell, under date at Boston in N. E., 28 of\\n5th, 1651, respecting some who had arrived in a previous\\nvessel, says\\nThe Scots, whom God delivered into your hands at Dunbarre,\\nand whereof sundry were sent hithefj we have been desirous (as we\\ncould) to make their yoke easy. Such as were sick of the scurvy or\\nother diseases have not wanted physick and chyrurgery. They have\\nnot been sold for slaves to perpetual servitude, but for 6 or 7 or 8\\nyeares, as we do our owne and he that bought the most of them (I\\nheare) buildeth houses for them, for every four an house, layeth some\\nacres of ground thereto, which he giveth them as their owne, require\\ning 3 dayes in the weeke to worke for him (by turnes) and 4 dayes\\nfor them themselves, and promiseth, as soone as they can repay him\\nthe money he layed out for them, he will set them at liberty. See\\nNew England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 1, p. 380.\\nAbout four thousand were killed in the battle and about ten\\nthousand taken prisoners. A romantic incident is related of\\nJohn Cragon\\nThe scurvy broke out on board during the voyage, and Cragon\\nbeing supposed at the point of death, was about to be thrown over-\\nboard, but was spared at the intercession of a young woman, by\\nwhose assiduous attentions he was restored, and whom he afterwards\\nmarried, and settled in Woburn. See Hist, of New Ipswich, p. 354.\\nCapt. Abner Chickering, was a descendant of Thomas\\nChickering, who, in the reign of Henry the YIII.j resided in\\nWymondham, in the county of Norfolk. Stephen, his eldest\\nson, lived in Wicklewood, a village adjoining Wymondham.\\nHe died in 1576. Henry, his eldest son, removed to Kings-\\nfieldj in the county of Norfolk. He died in 1627; Henry,\\nhis eldest son, and his brother Francis and his nephew,\\nNathaniel, emigrated to New England, about the year 1635,\\nand settled at Dedham, Mass. Henry held important offices,\\nand was several years a representative in the general court.\\nHe died in 1671. His only son, Dr. John Chickering, of\\nCharlestown, was heir to his large estates. From him, Capt.\\nAbner Chickering is a descendant, in the fourth generation.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0293.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "274 SiStORY OP MASOBT.\\nHe was born in Holden, Mass., in 1767. He came to\\nMason about 1788. He was a blacksmith by trade, and\\ncarried on that business at the village and at the centre. His\\nfirst wife was Eunice, daughter of Dea. Amos Dakin. They\\nwere married April 19, 1792. She died May 7, 1804. He\\nbuilt ^nd resided in the house in the village now owned by\\nDea. Abel Adams. Here most of his children were born.\\nHe removed to New Ipswich, where he resided on what was\\ncalled the Knowlton place. He was a good farmer, and a\\ngood citizen. He died in 1841, aged 74 years.\\nJonas Chickering, son of Capt. Abner, was born in Mason,\\nin the year 1798. He removed with his father s family to\\nHew Ipswich. He had a world-wide celebrity for his taste in\\nmusic, and for the excellence of the pianos by him manufac\\ntured. He established a manufactory of pianos in Boston,\\nin which instruments were produced that have never been sur-\\npassed. He died at Boston, December 8, 1854, suddenly, in\\nthe midst of his enterprises, his usefulness, and his fame,\\nin the 57th year of his age.\\nDea. Amos Dakin, was the son of Capt. Samuel Dakin,\\nwho was born in Concord. He was a descendant of Thomas\\nDakin, who was resident in Concord before 1650, and died\\nOctober 21, 1708. His son, Dea. Joseph, was the father of\\nCapt. Samuel Dakin. Amos Dakin, his son, was born January\\n29, 1732. His mother died when he was an infant, for his\\nfather married his second wife, Mercy Minot, December 13,\\n1732. His father, Capt. Samuel Dakin, lived in Sudbury,\\nHe was a Captain in the French war, and was slain in battle\\nwith the French and Indians, at Halfway Brook, near lake\\nGeorge, July 20, 1758. His wife was Sarah Thankful Minot,\\ndaughter of Dea. Samuel Minot, of Concord. She was born\\nMarch 4, 1737. Her mother, Sarah Prescott, of Westford,\\ndied March 22, 1737, when she was less than three weeks old.\\nThey were married before they removed to Mason, and lived,\\nit is said, in Lincoln. The date of the birth of their first", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0294.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 275\\nchild, is June 9, 1756. Thomas Barrett, Jr., married one\\nsister, and his brother Charles Barrett married another sister\\nof Dea. Dakin s wife, and it seems that it was in some con-\\nnection in business and ownership with them, that he came to\\nMason to live, and became a part owner with them at first,\\nand finally sole owner, of the mills and water power and farm,\\nat the village. It was, at least, as early as 1768, that he\\nbegan there, for in a warrant for a town meeting in Septem-\\nber of that year, Thomas Barrett and Amos Dakin s mills are\\nmentioned. See Municipal History, p. 59, also tax list p. 60.\\nHe was one of the most useful and enterprising citizens of\\nthe town, as will appear by referring to the Municipal His-\\ntory, in which it will be found, that he was constantly called on\\nby his fellow citizens to act for them in all important concerns\\nof the town, as delegate to the Provincial Congress, to Con-\\nv entions;\u00c2\u00abg?srepi^sentative in* the -legislature, and on import-\\nant committees during the time of the revolutionary war, and\\nin all matters of importance in affairs of the town, church,\\nand state. He was one of the original members of the\\nchurch Avhen it was first gathered, and was chosen one of the\\ntwo deacons at the first election of those officers, and in this\\noffice served till his decease, which was April 21, 1789, in the\\nmidst of life and usefulness, at the age of 57 years.\\nDea. Timothy Dakin, son of Dea. Amos Dakin, was born in\\nLincoln, Mass., March 17, 1764. He succeeded his father as\\nowner of the mills and farm at the village. He was elected\\ndeacon by the church in place of his father, deceased. He\\nwas a man of action, always full of business, in which he\\n%ngaged as a farmer, a merchant, mill owner, manufacturer of\\nand dealer in lumber, manufacturer of potash, and contractor\\nfor building roads, bridges, school houses, meeting houses, c.\\nHe built the house in which the widow of Samuel Hill lives,\\nin which he lived many years. It was adjoining his father s,\\nwhich stood where Mr. Richardson s house is. He also built\\nthe house in which Dea. Cragin lives. About 1821, having", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0295.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "276 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\ndisposed of his mills and real estate, lie removed to western\\nNew York, and there engaged extensively in the lumber\\nbusiness and other enterprises, in which he was not successful.\\nHaving lost his property, he returned to Mason, and a few\\nyears after died, in October, 1845, aged 81 years.\\nSamuel Dakin, son of Dea. Amos Dakin, was born in\\nMason, November 17, 1770, He graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1797, was an attorney and counsellor at law many\\nyears in Jaffrey. He married a daughter of the Eev, Stephen\\nFarrar, of New Ipswich. While residing at Jaffrey, he\\nengaged in the manufacture o^ crockery ware, using for this\\npurpose a clay found in that town, which, it was thought,\\nwould make a good article, but the enterprise was not suc-\\ncessful. He removed to western New York, and died at\\nHartford, N. Y., a*i.0fl*\u00c2\u00abfefee*5^etiTH-849=^4^ t-p J tiyx f^^Y*\\nDr. Moses Dakin, son of Amos Dakin, Jr., was born in\\nMason, May 20, 1794. He adopted the medical profession,\\nand settled in Hope, Me. His wife was Sarah W. Whiting,\\nof Mason. They were married May 17, 1821.\\nGeorge Elliot, was descended, by both his parents, from\\nearly settlers in the town. His father was Dea. Andrew\\nEliot, a son of John Eliot, and brother of Eld. William Eliot.\\nHis mother, Hannah Dakin, was a daughter of Dea. Amos\\nDakin. He was born in Mason, April 24, 1797. He was but\\nfourteen years old when his father died; after which he\\nlabored several years at farm work, a part of the time on\\nthe homestead, for his elder brother, Andrew, and, at other\\ntimes, for farmers in the neighboring towns. His education\\nwas obtained in the short terms of the district schools of his\\nown neighborhood.\\nWhen near twenty one years of age, he and his brother\\nAmos, carrying their bundles, traveled on foot in search of\\nemployment, to Troy, N. Y. After driving coach a short time,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0296.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "iithiyl liro^elierBostoTi,\\n^CJ.\\n^r^", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0299.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0300.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\n277\\nRESIDENCE OF GEORGE ELLIOT.\\nlie engaged in school teaching at Castleton, Vt., at which place\\nand in Greenbush, N. Y., he spent two or three years teaching\\nschools, returning home once or twice in the meantime; walk-\\ning both ways.\\nIn the fall of 1820, he came home, and taught a term of\\nthe district school. Early in the following year-, he bought a\\nstock of goods of Dea. T. Dakin, and commenced trade in\\nthe village. On the 19th of April, 1821, he married Sally\\nFarnsworth, of Sharon. She died August 17, 1827. By this\\nmarriage, he had two children. One died in infancy. The\\nother, Lucius Alva, born October 25, 1825, is now a merchant\\nin Boston. On the 2d of September, 1828, he married Eliza\\nCumings, of New Ipswich, who survived him a few years, and\\ndied August 9, 1855. By this marriage, he had several chil-\\ndren, all of whom died in infancy.\\nMr. Elliot was a large sufferer by fire. In 1823, his store,\\nwith all its contents, was burned. It was rebuilt, and the\\nsecond story occupied as a dwelling. This shared the same\\nfate about two years after. Nothing was saved. His wife,\\nwith an infant child in her arms, followed by the nurse, barely\\n36", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0301.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "278 HISTORY OP MASON.\\nescaped over tlie burning stairs. Absent at the time; Mr.\\nElliot returned only to find his property in ashes, and his\\nlittle family without shelter, food, or clothing, except as fur-\\nnished by neighbors. Yet his heart failed not. He was lib-\\nerally aided by his fellow citizens, and the present building was\\nerected on the old site, and he was soon again in successful\\nbusiness. He afterwards lost two or threef other buildings\\nby fire, on none of which was there any insurance. Insurance\\nagainst losses by fire had not then become common. He\\ncontinued trade at the old stand, till his death, nearly thirty\\nyears. His son was associated with him in business for a\\nyear or two before he died, and afterwards he sold the stock\\nof goods to William Claggett, who still occupies the store.\\nMr. Elliot was remarkable for his industry, frugality and\\nperseverence. He not only prosecuted his own business with\\nenergy and success, but took an active part in the affairs of\\nthe village and town. He was public spirited and liberal, the\\nfriend of morality, good order, and general education. In\\nprivate life, he displayed many excellencies of character. His\\nsympathies were quick and active, and his manners bland\\nand deferential. He was a regular attendant on public\\nworship, and contributed generously for the support of the\\nBaptist society, to which his ancestors and relatives generally\\nbelonged.\\nWhen the Peterborough and Shirley Railroad was pro-\\njected, he engaged heartily in the enterprise, and subscribed\\nliberally to its stock. He was chosen one of its directors,\\nand also one of the executive committee for superintending\\nthe building of the road. The financial difiiculties in which\\nthe road became involved, induced him, and others of the\\nboard, to pledge their private securities to carry on the\\nundertaking. In the midst of such labors and perplexities,\\nhe was seized with the typhoid fever, which terminated fatally\\non the 15th of November, 1850, His age was 53 years. His\\nmemory is cherished by his numerous friends, as that of one\\nby whom the duties of life were faithfully fulfilled.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0302.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 279\\nRev. William Eliot, was the son of John and Sarah Eliot.\\nHe was born in Bradford, Mass., December 1, 1748, 0. S.\\nAbout the year 1766, his father purchased a lot of land in\\nthe northwesterl) part of Mason. William was his second\\nson. He then being but eighteen years old, with the assist-\\nance of his younger brothers, David and Andrew, commenced\\nthe preparation for a farm and residence upon the lot, being\\nthen an unbroken wilderness, and built a house and made\\narrangements for the comfort of the family, before his father\\nremoved from Bradford. His father is rated in the first tax\\nassessed in the town, in the year 1769, and was probably then\\na resident. William continued to live in town, and on the\\nsame farm, with his father. His first wife was Dorothy, the\\ndaughter of the Eev. Mr. Merrill, of Nottinghamwest, now\\nHudson. They were married in September, 1772. They had\\nsix children, two sons and four daughters. His wife Dorothy\\ndied June 14, 1785. His second wife was Rebecca Hildreth,\\ndaughter of Mr. Oliver Hildreth, of Townsend. They were\\nmarried by the Eev. Mr. Dix, of Townsend, March 20, 1787.\\nTheir children were twelve, eight sons and four daughters.\\nShe died October 18, 1828, aged 65 years. He died June 4,\\n1830, aged 81 years, and nearly six months.\\nHis advantages for education were limited, having no other\\nmeans to that end, than the ordinary country schools of that\\nday, which furnished very poor and indiiferent means for the\\nacquisition of learning. But he possessed naturally a very\\nstrong and vigorous mind and a sound judgment, which are of\\nmore value in the conduct of life than all the teachings of all\\nthe schools, where these are wanting. But he was by no\\nmeans deficient in education, according to the standard of\\nthat day, in his state in life. This is evidenced by the fact,\\nthat he was for many years employed as a school teacher, and\\ntook a very active and important part in the management of\\nthe affairs of the town, especially through nearly the whole\\nperiod of the revolutionary war, often serving during that\\nperiod; on important committees, in town business. He", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0303.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "!280 HISTORY OP MASON,\\nserved as town clerk and first selectman in the years 1780^\\n1782- 85- 86 was moderator of the annual meeting in 1785,\\nand town treasurer in 1783 and 1784. His records remain-\\ning in the town books are well made up, and his handwriting,\\nalthough possessing no claims to elegance, is perfectly plain\\nand legible. In those days of trouble and disturbance with\\nthe people of this town, both in church and state, town meet-\\nings were very frequent. A great number and great variety\\nof taxes were raised and assessed, the whole labor^ probably,\\nof assessing, certainly of recording which, fell to him. Of\\ncourse, the records made by him occupy more space than those\\nof many more times the same number of peaceful years.\\nHe became a member of Mr. Farrar s church in New Ips-\\nwich in 1772, and afterwards, on the formation of the Con-\\ngregational church in Mason, October 13, 1772, he was one of\\nthe original members. His father and mother became mem--\\nbers of that church at the same time, and his wife Dorothy in\\nthe year 1776. In the unhappy contentions between the Hev.\\nJonathan Searle, their first minister, and the church and\\npeople, he was, with few exceptions, upon all the committees\\non behalf of the town, for conducting their cause. The\\nrecords of the church, during this time, contain no allusion to\\nthe controversy, but he was, undoubtedly, as active in his\\nsphere in the afi airs of the church, as of the town.\\nBut the most important view of his life, is his character\\nand services as a preacher of the gospel. It has been stated,\\nthat, early in life, he became a member of the Congregational\\nchurch. It was the church of his fathers. No other denom-\\nination was then known, especially in the country places in\\nNew England. All serious minded persons united with the\\nchurch in their towns. The clergy and the church then pos-\\nsessed a power and authorit}^ little dreamed of in these days\\nof license and misrule. But all was peace and harmony. No\\none thought of or inquired for any other or better way. But,\\nwith the war of the revolution, and with the establishment of\\nindependent governments in the former colonies, came juster", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0304.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 281\\nnotions of civil riglits, and, as a necessary concomitant, more\\nfreedom of inquiry and of religious opinion. The Baptist\\ndenomination, soon after the close of the war, began to make\\nitself felt in New England, as an element of religious life.\\nThe subject became, with Mr. Eliot, a matter of the most\\nserious consideration and the gravest examination, which ulti-\\nmately resulted in a settled conviction, in his mind, that the\\nBaptist views of the ordinance of baptism, were the only\\nscriptural views. He accordingly adopted them, fully and\\nheartily, and devoted the remainder of his life to a zealous\\nand unwavering support of the principles and practices of\\nthat order. It is stated, in the sketch of the history of the\\nBaptist church, that he made these views known, by a protest\\nagainst a vote to raise money to pay for preaching, in town\\nmeeting, in 1782. He was one of the three original male\\nmembers of the church imbodyed September 28, 1786.\\nHe seems to have devoted himself from that time, to the work\\nof preaching and exhortation, with such acceptance on the\\npart of the church, that in August, 1788, the church, at a\\nmeeting, voted unanimously, that he be set apart as an evan-\\ngelist and arrangements were made for a council to meet to\\nordain him. At a subsequent meeting, the church voted to\\ngive him a call to settle with them in the gospel ministry,\\nand to continue so long as it shall appear it is for the glory of\\nGod and our mutual advantage. He accepted the invitation,\\nand was ordained on the third Wednesday of October, 1788,\\nand continued to be the minister of the church till his death,\\nJune 4, 1830, a period of 41 years and 8 months.\\nThe bible was his book, almost his only book. With its\\ncontents, he was thoroughly and intimately acquainted. With\\nits spirit, his temper and heart were imbued. From the time\\nhe began to preach, he ga.ve up all active participation in the\\naffairs of public, political, and municipal life, and seldom, if\\never, attended a town meeting, or cast a vote for any officer,\\nof town, state, or nation. Indeed, his labors were abundant.\\nHe not only had charge of the interests of his denomination", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0305.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "282 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nin his own town, but, for many years, in all the neighboring\\ntowns and a large region around. The Baptist churches in\\nNew Ipswich, Wilton, Jaffrey, Milford, Hollis and Townsend,\\nowe their origin and early growth, in a great measure, to his\\nself-sacrificing and almost, in an earthly sense, unrewarded\\ntoils.\\nHe secured for three of his sons advantages of education\\nvery much superior to what he had himself enjoyed, and had\\nthe happiness to see them all walking in his footsteps in the\\nservice of his and their Lord and Master. Israel graduated\\nat the University of Vermont in 1813. He was drowned in\\nBoston harbor, August 29, 1815. Joseph was ordained at\\nHinsdale, in June, 1809, at which place and afterwards, in\\nmany other important churches of the Baptist denomination,\\nhe ministered with much acceptance and success, until recently,\\nhe has removed to Elliota, Minnesota, the residence of his\\nson, Mr. J. W. Elliot. His son Jesse graduated at the Liter-\\nary and Theological Seminaj?y, at Hamilton, N. Y., in 182G,\\nwas ordained the same year, and is now the pastor of the\\nBaptist church in Mayville, N. Y.\\nNotwithstanding the irreconcilable difi erences of opinion\\nupon many subjects of doctrine, ordinances and discipline, the\\ntwo pastors of the Congregational and Baptist churches, Mr.\\nHill and Mr. Eliot lived in great peace and harmony with each\\nother, mutually entertaining a high esteem and regard^ each\\nfor the other, manifested by many instances of christian sym-\\npathy and brotherly kindness, in seasons of afl iction, with\\nwhich both were severely visited and in view of this fact,\\nperhaps no more appropriate close can be made of this sketch\\nof the life of Mr. Eliot, than the following extract from a\\nsermon preached by Rev. Mr. Hill, in his own pulpit, on the\\nSunday, while the remains of his departed friend lay unburied,\\nawaiting the last sad and solemn ceremony of committing\\nearth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.\\nThe text of this discourse was these words Thanks be\\nto God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0306.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 283\\nChrist. 1 Cor., 15:57. After opening and explaining the\\nsubject, he proceeds to say\\nI have been led to call your attention to this subject more particu-\\nlarly at this time, on account of the death of the aged and Rev.\\nWilliam Eliot, whose corpse now lies unburied. Mr. Eliot, we\\nbelieve to have been a sincere christian, a true believer on the Son of\\nGod. And we have as full and satisfactory evidence, as we can have,\\nperhaps, in any case, that to him is given the victory over death and\\nthe grave, and that he possessed this victory for a long time before\\nhis departure.\\nMr. Eliot was not favored, in early life, with more than ordinary\\nmeans of education. Had his strong mind and sound judgment been\\ncultivated in early life, no doubt he would have been distinguished\\nabove many. His constitutional temperament was rather grave and\\nserious than otherwise, and inclined to serious contemplation, and\\nfrom his habits of contemplation and a disposition to embrace oppor-\\ntunities for improving his mind, he acquired vi^hat was, in those days,\\ncalled a good education. He was, for many years, employed in the\\npublic business of this town. It was not, however, till after he had\\nlived some years in this town in a family state, as I have learned from\\nhis own mouth, that he was made the subject, as he trusted, of experi-\\nmental religion. I speak now merely from recollection of conversa-\\ntions in times past. He was, for a time, a subject of some serious\\nimpressions, and became very careful of his walk, and attentive to\\nthe duties of religion, and indulged the hope that he was a christian.\\nBut he was at length led to see that he was resting on his own righte-\\nousness his foundation was sand Christ, in him, was not his hope\\nof glory. What were the leading steps that brought him to the dis-\\ncovery of his self-deception and groundless hopes, I do not now recol-\\nlect, but for a time he was under deep and pungent conviction of sin,\\nuntil, at length, he was brought to discover, in the once crucified but\\nnow exalted Jesus, all that he needed for salvation; and, as he\\ntrusted, and we also trust, he was brought to bow to Him as the Lord\\nour salvation, and to be willing to be in His hands, and be saved by his\\nmerits alone. The gospel scheme of salvation by grace through faith,\\nand not by works of righteousness which we have done, appeared\\nglorious to him, and so continued to the last. His own particular\\nexperience greatly qualified him to deal with self-exalted or deeply\\nwounded spirits. He at length was persuaded in his own mind, that\\nhe was called to preach the gospel to his fellow dying men, and was\\nordained a minister over the Baptist church, and, for more than forty\\nyears, continued to preach Christ as the only name whereby we must\\nbe saved, and faith in Him as the only way, the necessity of regener-\\nation by the spirit of God, and the fruit of repentance, as the only\\nevidence of grace in the heart. His general system of doctrine was\\nwhat is called evangelical, and was drawn from the bible. This book\\nhe studied much, and, being favored with a retentive memory, he\\ncould quote it with much readiness. And, we have reason to hope.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0307.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "284 HISTOEY OP MASON.\\nthat he has been an instrument, in the hands of God, of good to\\nmany souls. In his numerous family, he was a kind husband and a\\ntender father, and very exemplary in his walk before his house, and\\namong his fellow men. Although his particular views of gospel order\\ndid not permit him to hold visible fellowship in some parts of the\\nchristian walk with other denominations of christians, yet he loved\\nand enjoyed the society of all those, of whom he had evidence, that\\nthey loved the Lord Jesus Christ.\\nBut in his long continued and grievous sickness, the evidence and\\nthe fruits of religion shone, perhaps, with the greatest brightness.\\nIn all this time, his mind was clear, and though his sufferings were\\nfrequently severe, and pain excrutiating, he bore them with patience,\\nnot a word escaped from him as if God dealt hardly with him, but\\nhis language was that of praise to God, for unmerited mercies and\\nlight afflictions. Almost uniformly his evidence was bright, his faith\\nstrong, and when frequently brought, as he thought, to the very close\\nof his trials, and just ready to launch forth beyond the reign of sin\\nand suffering, he seemed quietly to submit to be borne back upon the\\ntroubled ocean, and to wait and suffer what more his Heavenly\\nFather saw fit. And when, at last, the hour had come for his dis-\\nmissal from trial, his mind was clear, as I am informed, and he could\\nview the king of terrors approaching without the least dismay. As\\nfar as is possible for man to judge, he had a glorious victory over\\ndeath and the grave his end was peace.\\nThis example is invaluable for the interesting lesson it affords.\\nWhat strong proof of the truth of God s word How should it ani-\\nmate the believer to run the race set before him. How should it\\nexcite all professors to see whether they are indeed following the\\nLamb of God. Happy, happy soul is he who is as a servant waiting\\nfor the coming of his Lord, prepared to receive him. Then though\\nhe go down through the valley of the shadow of death, he need fear\\nno evil, for Christ will be with him and his rod and staff shall\\nsuppoirt him.\\nIsrael Elliot, son of the Rev. William Eliot, was bom in\\nMason, January 1, 1788, graduated at the University of Ver-\\nmont in 1813. After graduating, lie taught school at Caven-\\ndish and Chester, Vt. He was drowned in Boston harbor, in\\n1815.\\nRev. Joseph Elliot, son of the Rev. William Eliot, born\\nin Mason, April 12, 1789, was an eminent Baptist minister.\\nHe was ordained at Hinsdale in 1809, at which place and in\\nmany other important churches of his denomination in New\\nEngland and in the west, he ministered with much acceptance", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0308.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 285\\nand success, until recently, when, suffering under the infirmi-\\nties of age, he has removed to Elliota, M. T., the residence of\\nhis son, Mr. J. W. Elliot.\\nJesse Elliot, son of the Rev. William Elliot, was born in\\nMason, December 24, 1799. He graduated at the Literary\\nand Theological Seminary, at Hamilton, N. Y., in 1826, and\\nwas ordained a minister of the Baptist church the same year,\\nand is now pastor of the Baptist church at Mayville, Cha-\\ntauque county, N. Y.\\nJoxAS Fay, Jr., Son of Jonas and Dolly Fay, was born in\\nMason, July 6, 1775. He was a member of Harvard College,\\nbut died when an undergraduate, June 23, 1800, aged 25 years.\\nDr. Joseph Gray, was a physician. He came into town in\\n1790, and settled on the farm now owned by Vearon Eaton,\\nand removed from town about 1806.\\nDr. Henry Gray, son of Dr. Joseph Gray, surgeon and\\nphysician, was born in Mason. He practiced in Mason a short\\ntime, and then removed to Cavendish, Vt.\\nDea. Nathan Hall, was born in Bradford, Mass., Decem-\\nber 25, 1715. Mary, his wife, was born in Boxford, March\\n29, 1723. He removed to Mason, then called No. 1, about\\n1751. He bore his full share in the labors, trials and priva-\\ntions attending the settlement of the new town. He began\\nupon the farm on which Capt. Joseph Saunders now resides.\\nIn 1752, in the report made by the committee, at the propri-\\netors meeting, of what each man has done in No. 1, he is\\nentered as follows Nathan Hall, a house and seven acres of\\nland, six of it broke up, and dwells there. See Proprietary\\nHistory, p. 41. He was frequently appointed on committees\\nin the business of the Proprietary, and after the incorporation\\nof the town, he was elected town treasurer, which office he\\n37", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0309.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "28G HISTORY OP MASON.\\nheld eight years in succession. He was one of the original\\nmembers of the Congregational church, and elected a deacon\\nat the first election of those officers, and held the office till\\nhis death. He died May 7, 1807, aged 91 years, leaving\\nbehind him a reputation for spotless integrity and a useful\\nand blameless life, which his posterity may cherish as the best\\nlegacy he could leave for them.\\nEESIBENCE OF IISY. EBENEZES HILL,\\nEey. Ebenezer, Hill, was born in Cambridge, Mass., Jan-\\nury 31, 176G, graduated at Harvard College in 1786, and was\\nordained pastor of the church and minister of the town of\\nMason, November 3, 1790. He died May 20, 1854, in the\\n89th year of his age, and the 64th of his ministry. For a\\nmore extended account of his life and labors, see the Memoir\\npublished at the same time with this volume.\\ny( Eey. Joseph B. Hill, son of Rev. Ebenezer Hill, was born\\nin Mason, November 25, 1796. He graduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 1821. Ordained an elder of the Cumberland Pres-\\nbyterian church in Tennessee, he was, for many years, an itin-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0310.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 287\\nerant minister of that chnrcli in Tennessee, Alabama, Missis-\\nsippi and Kentucky. Ho returned to New England in 1840,\\nand was settled as colleague pastor, witli liis father Eev. E.\\nHill, of the Congregational church in Mason, in 184:1. This\\nconnection continued until 1847. Since that time, he has\\nresided most of the time in Colebrook and Stewartstown in\\nNew Hampshire, employed in the duties of his calling.\\nRev. Timothy Hill, youngest son of the Eev. Ebenezer\\nHill, was born in Mason, June 30, 1819. He graduated at\\nDartmouth College in 1842, and at the Union Theological\\nSeminary in New York city in 1845. He preached as a mis-\\nsionary, under the direction of the Home Missionary Society,\\nfor several years, in Missouri, and is now pastor of a Presby-\\nterian church in Saint Louis, Mo.\\nDr. Otis Hott, came to Mason in the spring of 1835, and\\ncommenced practice as a physician and surgeon, at Mason\\nvillage. He was a pupil of his uncle. Dr. Enos Hoyt, of Sand-\\nbornton. His first wife was a daughter of Maj. Seth King, of\\nNew Ipswich. In September, 1837, he removed to Framing-\\nham, Mass., where his wife died. His second wife was also a\\ndaughter of Maj. King. In 1838, he received the degree of\\nM. D., at Dartmouth College. At the commencement of the\\nMexican war, he joined the army as a surgeon, served to the\\nend of the war, then returned to the United States and estab-\\nlished his residence in Wisconsin, and was appointed receiver\\nin the land office at Hudson, in that state.\\nRev. Nehemiah Hunt, son of David Hunt, was born in\\nMason, in the month of September, 1812. He joined the\\nCongregational church in September, 1833, and in 1834 was a\\nstudent in the Oberlin Institute in Ohio, from which he went\\nto the Mission Institute in Quincy, Illinois, at which and at\\nthe Lane Seminary in Ohio, he pursued his studies for the\\nperiod of eight years, and completed his academical and theo*\\nu", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0311.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "288\\nHISTORY OF MASON,\\nlogical education. He was licensed to preach in 1845, and\\nhas resided in Illinois since that time, engaged in preaching,\\nand, most of the time, also, teaching high schools. He now\\nresides in Bethel, Bond county, Illinois, where he has been\\npastor of a church for the last seven years.\\nRESIDENCE OF DR. WILLIS JOHNSON.\\nDr. Willis Johxson, was born in Sturbridge, Mass., Dec.\\n21, 1786. He studied medicine with Dr. Ephraim Carroll, of\\nWoodstock, Conn., two years, and with Dr. Ferdinand Leth-\\nbridge of South Brimfield, Mass., one and a half years. He\\nmarried (1) Dorothy Flinn of Woodstock, Conn., March 30,\\n1806. She was born January 16, 1785. He first commenced\\nthe practice of his profession at Jaffrey, in August, 1807, and\\nremoved to Peterborough in January, 1808, where he remained\\ntill 1814, in July of which year he removed to Mason, where\\nhe now resides. Dorothy, his wife, died January 2, 1843.\\nHe married (2) Sarah Ann Robbins, daughter of Mr. Luther\\nBobbins, of Mason, August 4, 1844.\\nDr. Johnson was elected town clerk of Mason, May 5, 1823,\\nto fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Samuel Mer-\\nriam, Esq., and he was re-elected to that office at the annual", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0312.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "lilhiyl UrozeLerBoston,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0315.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0316.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 289\\ntown meetings between 1823 and 1854, twenty one times, so\\nthat he served in the olfice of town clerk twenty two years\\nin all, a longer time than the office has been held by any other\\nperson. He also served five years as chairman of the board\\nof selectmen. He was appointed a justice of the peace in\\n1823, and still holds that ofS.ce.\\nDr. Exosh Lawrence, was the son of Lieut. Enosh Law-\\nrence, and grandson of Ens. Enosh Lawrence. He studied\\nmedicine, and had just commenced the practice when he was\\ncut down by disease. He died a victim of consumption, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1798, at the age of 25 years, 10 months, 12 days.\\nBenjamin Mann, Esq., removed with his family from\\nWoburn, to Mason, about 1771. His father and mother^\\nJames Mann and his wife, and his brother-in-law, Simon\\nAmes, removed to Mason about the same time. Mr. Ames\\nwife was Mr. Mann s sister. These three families settled on\\nthe farm lately owned by Joel Ames. One of their dwelling\\nhouses was in the field north of the road and east of the\\nJohn Bachelder house, the other was near the large willow\\ntree by the road side south of and near the residence of S.\\nH. Wheeler. Benjamin Kendall, whose wife was a sister of\\nB. Mann s wife, came from Woburn about 1785, and built the\\nhouse where Mr. White now lives; and about 1780, Abraham\\nMerriam, whose wife was an aunt of Benj. Mann, came also\\nfrom Woburn, and settled on the Wilton road, on the lot east\\noPMr. Mann s. James Mann and his wife both died about\\nthe year 1781.\\nBenjamin Mann was, soon after he came into town, employed\\nin public offices in town. He was moderator of the annual\\ntown meetings twelve years, town clerk four years, one of the\\nselectmen six years, representative four years, and was chosen\\nseveral times a delegate to conventions, a member of the\\ncommittee of safety, and on many other important commit-\\ntees in business relating to the revolutionary war. He com-\\nv\\\\", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0317.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "^90 histoeY op mason.\\nmanded a company in the battle of Bunker Hill, also in the\\narmy in Rhode Island. He built the house in the centre\\nvillage, now owned by Asher Peabody, and kept a tavern\\nthere, and also a small store of goods. That village is also\\nindebted to him for the noble elm trees which adorn the com^^\\nmon. These he planted on the day of the ordination of Mr*\\nHill. Also, for the venerable willow planted about the same\\ntime, which has attained a circumference of about fifteen feet*\\nMr. Mann was the first person appointed a justice of the\\npeace in town. About the year 1800, he sold his estate in\\nMason, and removed to Keene, and from that place to Troy,\\nN. Y., where he died in 1831, aged about 91 years.\\nDe. Thomas Hastings Maeshall, son of William Mar-\\nshall, was born in Jaifrey, December 2, 1806. His father\\nWilliam, the son of Thomas, was born in Tewksbury, Mass.\\nHe removed to Jafirey during the time of the revolutionary\\nwar, and commenced a farm upon a new lot of land in the\\nwest part of that town, on which he resided until his death,\\nin 1828. His mother was Sarah Cutter, born in New Ipswich.\\nHer first husband s name was Kimball. Dea. Isaac Kimball,\\nof Temple, John Kimball, of Fitzwilliam, and Benoni C.\\nKimball, of Mason, are lier sons. Mr. Marshall was her\\nsecond husband. Dr. Marshall and one sister are the only\\nchildren of this marriage. He worked upon the farm with his\\nfather until he was 21 years of age, about which time his\\nfather died. His early education was obtained in the district\\ni|\\nschools of his native town. After studying two or three\\nterms at New Ipswich Academy, and keeping school a few\\nwinters, he commenced the study of medical science, in 1832,\\nwith Dr. Luke Howe, of Jafi rey, a physician and surgeon of\\ngood reputation. He graduated M. D., at Dartmouth College,\\nin 1834, having attended medical lectures at Bowdoin College,\\nat Dartmouth College, and at Harvard University. He com-\\nmenced his professional life at Fitzwilliam, in 1835. His wife\\nis Abigail Sophia Hawkes, of Templeton, Mass. They were", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0318.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\n291\\nnSSIDSIVCE OF DR. THOMAS S. MAESHAIL.\\nmarried Decembei\\\\l, 1836. He removed to Mason village in\\nSeptember, 1837, and has there continued in practice as a\\nphysician and surgeon to the present time.\\nJoseph Merriam, was born in Concord, in which place his\\nancestors have lived from its earliest settlement, and so many\\nof them of his name that it is diiScult to trace out his line-\\nage. He settled imMason about the year 1769. He was an\\nindustrious farmer, a good manager, and acquired a good\\nestate. He enjoyed through his long life a large share of the\\nconfidence and esteem of his townsmen, shown by their elect-\\ning him to important offices. He had not the gift of speech\\nmaking, but he possessed a sound judgment and an honest\\nheart qualities more useful in life than the most full and\\nflowing eloquence without them. He was one of the select-\\nmen fourteen years, and was the first representative elected\\nafter the town ceased to be classed with Raby. He lived\\nmany years on the farm now owned by Capt. Moses Merriam.\\nAbout the year 1800, he built the large house near where Mr.\\nAbijah Allen lived. Here he died, November 6, 1826, aged\\n82 years.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0319.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "292\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nSamuel Merriam, Esq., was the son of Joseph Merriam,\\nborn at Mason, October 14, 1773. His first wife was Lucy,\\ndaughter of Aaron Wheeler. He served many years in town\\nofl ces, as moderator, town clerk and selectman, was a justice\\nof the peace and coroner, and was much respected for intel-\\nligence, integrity and business capacity. Lucy, his wife, died\\nAugust 30, 1817. He lived on the farm now owned by his\\nson, Capt. Moses Merriam, where he died, April 20, 1823, at\\nthe age of 50 years. His second wife was Huldah Burton, of\\nWilton, who survived him.\\nRESIDENCE OF MOSES lEERTAM.\\nRev. Alfred L. Masox, was the son of Daniel and Martha\\ny Mason, and was born at Andover, Mass., in February, 1812.\\nAt the age of fifteen years, he united with the Congregational\\nchurch at Andover. With the design of engaging in the min-\\nistry, he commenced a course of study at the Teacher s Sem-\\ninary, in Andover. After a brief term at that institution, he\\nwas, for a time, obliged to relinquish effort in that direction.\\nReturning again as soon as circumstances permitted him to\\ndo so, he applied himself with the utmost earnestness, to pre-\\nparation for the great work which he had chosen. His means", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0320.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "ItflCtivT, Groiflier.BQSicai.\\n^M /?9uJ-.\\n-ir", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0323.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0324.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 293\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were limited to the earnings of his own hands, and very few\\nstudents contend with greater difficulties than those which\\nencompassed his path. He was generall)^ obliged to labor\\nuntil late at night in the manufacturing of shoes, to procure\\nthe means of continuing his studies, and his constitution was,\\nnaturally, by no means strong.\\nIn 1830, he united with the Baptist church at Methuen,\\nMass. On the organization of a Baptist church at Andover,\\nhe removed his membership thither. By this church, he was\\nlicensed to preach, and was soon called to the pastorate of\\nthe thurch at Mason village. This call was accepted, and his\\nordination took place on the 20th of June, 1836.\\nOn the 15th of November, 1837, he was married, by Prof.\\nEmerson, of Andover Theological Seminary, to Miss Mary\\nTown, of Andover. Of this marriage, were three children,-\\nMary, Judson and Daniel, all of whom, with their mother,\\nstill smwive, and reside at East Cambridge, Mass.\\nMr. Mason s constitution, delicate always, and doubtless\\ngreatly impaired by efforts while in his academical studies,\\ngradually gave way under the earnest labors of his charge,\\nuntil the autumn of 1843, when a severe attack of hemor-\\nrhage of the lungs laid him aside from his public duties.\\nSomewhat recovering, after a time, he renewed his labors, but\\nwas soon again attacked as before, and continued to decline\\nuntil his decease, which took place October 7, 1844.\\nOf the characteristics of Mr. Mason, the following is an\\nextract from an extended obituary notice of him, in one of the\\npapers of the Baptist denomination His character was pecu-\\nliarly amiable and lovely. He was distinguished for equanim-\\nity, cheerfulness, affability and kindness. His piety, more-\\nover, was not more simple and unaffected, than it was fervent\\nand sincere. He manifested piety at home. As a preacher,\\nhis style was correct and impressive. His simple exhibition\\nof truth and earnest appeals to the conscience, delivered in\\nan affectionate manner, produced powerful and lasting impres-\\nsions on many of his hearers. As a pastoi-, he felt deeply\\n38", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0325.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "294 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nfor the spiritual advancement of his charge, was laborious\\nand eminently successful.\\nCharles Tilden Otis, pursued his preparatory studies at\\nNew Ipswich Academy, and entered Yale College in 1839.\\nHe was a good scholar, an amiable, promising youth, but was\\ncut off by disease while a member of the college. He died,\\nJuly 17, 1840, aged 21 years. His grave, in the village grave-\\nyard, is marked by a headstone, but on it no mention is made\\nof Ms literary life. His father, who resided on the farm for^\\nmerly occupied by Timothy Wheelock, removed out of town\\nsoon after his decease.\\nLieut. Obadiah Paeker, may well be considered one of\\nthe fathers of the town. He was born in G-roton, his wife, it\\nis supposed, in Chelmsford, Mass. He began his farm on lot\\nNo. 8, R. 10, on which he built his house within a few rods of\\nthe line of New Ipswich. It is probably owing to this fact,\\nthat, in the History of New Ipswich, he is placed in the num-\\nber of the early inhabitants of that town. The same is the\\ncase with Aaron Wheeler, whose lot was next north of Lieut.\\nParker s, and his house near New Ipswich line. Lieut. Parker\\nbegan to improve his lot in 1751. In the report made by the\\ncommittee, at the Proprietors meeting, in 1752, is entered;\\nObadiah Parker, a good house and about two acres of land\\ncleared. When he removed his wife into town, there were\\nbut three women in the place, and he used often to remark, in\\nafter years, that when his wife was young, she was the hand-\\nsomest woman in town, except three. Lawrence, Hall and\\nTarbell, were the three who settled prior to Parker. It will\\nbe noticed, that Lieut. Parker s name appears on almost\\nevery page of the early history of the town, that he was a\\nleading and active man in all affairs of church, town and state,\\non committees to hire preaching, and to seat the meeting\\nhouse, c., under the Proprietary, and was sent to Portsmouth\\nto get the incorporation, and was directed, by a vote of the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0326.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 295\\nProprietary, to disburst the money for that purpose. He\\nwas moderator, selectman and representative mider the town\\norganization. Possessing at all times through life the conii-\\ndence and respect of his fellow citizens, he passed through the\\nchanges of life to extreme old age, and died October 5, 1816,\\naged 86 years. Without sickness or pain, in the quiet of\\nnight, without a struggle, from the repose of natural slumber,\\nhe fell into that deeper sleep that knows no waking.\\nObadiah Parker, son of Lieut. Obadiah Parker, was born\\nin Mason, February 18, 1772. He graduated at Harvard Col-\\nlege in 1799. He never entered upon any professional life,\\nbut gave his attention to teaching in private schools. He\\nhad, for several years, a popular school at Lexington, Mass.\\nAfterwards, he removed to the state of New York, pursuing\\nthe same business, at various places, and finally, in the city of\\nNew York, in which place or in that vicinity, he died, about\\nthe year 1830.\\nJasox Russell, John Russell and Hubbard Russell, were\\nbrothers, and their sister, Elizabeth Webber, wife of Dea.\\nJotham Webber, were born in West Cambridge, then called\\nMenotomy. They all settled in Mason, Jason in 1769, Hub-\\nbard in 1772, John in 1774, and Dea. Webber in 1780. Each\\nbrought up a numerous family, and lived to old age, Jason to\\n84, John 86, Hubbard 88 years, and Mrs. Webber 82 years.\\nHubbard Russell served as selectman several years.\\nRichard Russell was, undoubtedly, the ancestor of this fam-\\nily. He was born in Hereford, county of Hereford, England,\\nin 1611. He came to New England, and settled at Charles^\\ntown, in 1640. He was a representative from Charlestown\\nthirteen years, was several times elected speaker of the house,\\nwas treasurer, and one of the assistants. He was an eminent\\nmerchant, and several of his descendants have been distin^-\\nguished for their success in mercantile business. John Rus-\\nsell was appointed, 1645, clerk of the writs at Cambridge.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0327.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "296 HISTORY OF MASON.\\nRev. Jonathan Searle, was born at Rowley, Mass., in 1744;\\nHe graduated at Harvard College, in 1764. He preached in\\nMason, as a candidate, in 1770, and received an invitation\\nfrom the people to settle as their minister. In 1772, he\\naccepted the invitation, assisted in organizing a church, of\\nwhich he was one of the original members, and was, on the\\n13th of October, of that year, ordained pastor of the church\\nand minister of the town. As the first settled minister, he\\nwas entitled to a right of land in the town. This he owned\\nin fee simple. A part he disposed of early, and a part he\\ncontinued to own till near the close of his life. He purchased\\nthe valuable farm now owned by Ebenezer Blood, and built\\non it a very good house, which is yet standing in good condi-\\ntion, and in it he resided till his death. It has already been\\nrelated in this work, how difficulties arose between him and\\nhis people, which resulted in his dismissal, in 1781. He was\\ncommissioned as a justice of the peace, in 1785, and held that\\noffice until his decease. Soon after his dismissal, he ceased\\nto officiate as a minister, and devoted his attention to his\\nfarm, on which he brought up, in a very respectable style, his\\nnumerous family. He died December 7, 1812, aged 68 years^\\nStephen Smith, was born at Kingston, R. I., August 31,\\n1807. At the age of fourteen years, he entered the employ of\\nBradford Sparrow, of Killingly, Conn., a cotton manufacturer.\\nWith him, he remained several years, and acquired a good\\npractical knowledge of that business. His next engagement\\nwas with a manufacturing company in Sutton, Mass., by the\\nfailure of which, in 1829, he lost all his savings, several-\\nhundred dollars, and was left in debt, even for his board.\\nIn the spring of 1830, he returned to Killingly, and engaged\\nin the employ of Jedediah Leavins, with whom an intimate\\nfriendship sprung up as lasting as life. In the year 1831, he\\nunited with the Presbyterian church in Killingly* In 1832,\\nhe married Marcia G. Leavins, a sister of his employer. In\\n1834, he went to Norwich Falls, Conn., and there he buried", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0328.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "-X^\\nXtth, byL GcozelierBostoji.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0331.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0332.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 297\\nall his family, a wife and two infant daughters. In 1837, he\\nmarried Maria Ellis, of Attleborough, Mass. Their only child,\\nErwin L., was born November 6, 1839.\\nThe iinaucial crisis of 1837 having thrown him out of\\nemployment, he, with another, undertook to operate a small\\nmill in East Haddam, Conn. Disappointed as to the pecu-\\nniary ability of his partner, and by the failure of the man\\nwho contracted to stock the mill, the enterprise, after a few\\nmonths, was abandoned, leaving him once more stripped of all\\nhis hard earnings, and plunged in debt. Under these circum-\\nstances, his health became impaired, his spirits depressed, and\\npartial derangement ensued. He returned to Killingly, and,\\nat the genial home of his brother-in-law, Leavins, gradually\\nregained his wonted strength and cheerfulness.\\nIn the spring of 1839, he removed to Uncasville, a small\\nmanufacturing village in the town of Montville, Conn. While\\nresiding here, he removed his church relations to Montville,\\nand was elected deacon.\\nIn 1843, he was invited by the Columbian Manufacturing\\nCompany, to take charge of their mill at Mason village, to\\nwhich place he soon after removed his family. The company\\nhaving had full proof of his integrity and capacity for busi-\\nness, increased their operations, and, in 1845, rebuilt the High\\nBridge mill, in New Ipswich, now No. 2. In 1855, having pur-\\nchased the old saw and grist mill in the village, then owned\\nby William Durgin, the company commenced building, upon\\nits site, the new or No. 4 mill. About the same time^ the old\\nWater Loom mill in New Ipswich, now No. 3, was bought, and\\nunderwent thorough repair. The planning, drafting, contract-\\ning for, and supervision of, all this business, was done by Mr.\\nSmith. In the midst of these multiplied labors and cares, his\\nhealth again failed, and his mental equilibrium was once\\nmore overcome. In January, 1857, he relinquished business,\\nand in April, by advice of eminent physicians, he was placed\\nat the McLean Asylum, in Somerville, Mass., where he died,\\nAugust 13, aged 50 years.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0333.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "298\\nHISTORY OF MASON*\\nStephen Smith was a self-made man. In youth, he Waa\\nbashful and retiring, almost shunning society, which he after--\\nwards highly valued and enjoyed. His educational advantages\\nwere little more than those of the common schools, but doubt-\\nless well improved. He wrote a fine hand, composed readily\\nand correctly, and was an effective public speaker. His\\nprivate residence and corporation improvements, are monu-\\nRESIDENCE OF HON. STEPHEN SMITH.\\nments of his refinement and taste. He united a good degree\\nof mechanical ingenuity with what may be termed executive\\nability, and great energy in the prosecution of business.\\nMr. Smith held the office of a justice of the peace through-\\nout the state, was once elected representative of Mason to\\nthe legislature, and served two years as one of the executive\\ncouncil. He was always foremost in good works, and espec-\\nially generous in his contributions to aid the cause of educa-\\ntion, temperance and anti-slavery. Every good cause had his\\nsympathy, and every one he regarded bad, his fearless oppo-\\nsition.\\nBut it is as a philanthropist and a christian that his mem-\\nory breathes the choicest fragrance. His was an earnest life,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0334.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 299\\nguided by princijDle. He evidenced liis sincerity by his sacri-\\nfices. As an illustration of his character and the spirit of the\\ntimeS; the following incident is given: While at Norwich\\nFalls, he opened an anti-slavery prayer meeting at his house,\\nwhich was threatened with mob violence unless discontinued.\\nBut the faith within was too strong for the force without.\\nThe little band prayed on unmolested.\\nDea, Smith was one of the principal founders and support-\\ners of the Congregational church, formed at Mason village, in\\n1847, also one of its officers, and for many years the efficient\\nsuperintendent of its Sabbath school. With children, he was\\nalways popular, enjoying with them innocent hilarity and\\ncheerful recreations, with the keenest relish.\\nThe prominent traits of his character were, a vigorous will,\\ngenerous impulses, strong sympathy with suftering, and a prac-\\ntical zeal for reform of the social, political and religious evils\\nof our day.\\nHis funeral took place at Mason village. Sabbath, August\\n16 a large concourse of people testifying by their presence\\nand sadness, that a friend and public benefactor had fallen.\\nEev. John Spaulding, son of Hezekiah and Sally Spauld-\\ning, was born in Mason, November 30, 1800, graduated at\\nMiddlebury College, in 1825, completed his theological studies\\nat Andover Theological Seminary, in 1828, and was ordained\\na missionary to the valley of the Mississippi, September 25,\\n1828. He was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at\\nAthens, Ohio, April 23, 1829, and of the Main-street Presby-\\nterian church at Peoria, Illinois, June 6, 1838 j was Secretary\\nof the Western Education Society at Cincinnati, Ohio, four\\nyears and a half, and Corresponding Secretary of the Sea-\\nman s Friend Society, New York city, sixteen years. He was\\na successful and popular school teacher, having before and\\nduring his college life, taught school four successive winters,\\nin all one and a half years. During his pastorate of eight\\nyears, were admitted to his churches mostly on examination", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0335.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "500\\nHISTORY OF MASON.\\nand profession of faith, 177 persons. Of one of his bible\\nclasses, in number 87, all but nine became professors of reli-\\ngion of these, twenty one entered the ministry, two of whom\\nwere missionaries in foreign countries. Of the ladies of the\\nclass, five or six married ministers.\\nRESIDENCE OF JOHN STEVENS, ES^.\\nJohn Stevens, was born at Wilton, N.H., July 21, 1783. His\\nparents removed from Chelmsford, Mass., and were among\\nthe early settlers of that town. He had several sisters, but\\nno brother who attained mature age. The rural sports of\\nchildhood, and the labors of the farm, contributed to give\\nhim a fine physical development, a heritage to be coveted by\\nevery youth, whatever may be |iis future employment.\\nIn addition to the advantages of the district school, the\\nsubject of this sketch attended, for a time, a private school,\\nkept by the Rev. Mr. Beede, the clergyman of that town, to\\nwhom Wilton is much indebted for the high character, her\\ncommon schools have so long held.\\nWhen about eighteen years of age, he commenced school\\nteaching, an employment in which he soon attained great", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0336.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": ";atliJivI.fiTDieIiei. ,T3o5tmi.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0339.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0340.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 301\\ncelebrity. The hard schools particularly, sought his ser-\\nvices and; what moral suasion and kind treatment could not\\neffect, his powerful arm was prompt to accomplish, the entire\\nsubmission of the most refractory scholars. For more than\\ntwenty years, his winters were chiefly devoted to this busi-\\nness.\\nJune 6th, 1807, he married Hannah Lovejoy, of Wilton,\\nand settledP upon the homestead farm, ministering to the\\nwants of his parents, while they lived. His mother, from an\\naccidental injury, was almost helpless for many years.\\nIn January, 1 824, he removed to Mason village, and was\\nemployed as clerk and treasurer of the Mason Cotton Mill\\nCo., till the failure of that company.\\nHe soon afterwards, built the family residence where his\\nwidow still resides, with her son-in-law, Mr. Albert Taft.\\nFrom this period till his death, when not engaged in pub-\\nlic business, he was chiefly employed in his work-shop, or\\nupon his farm.\\nMr. Stevens, in person, was tall and commanding. His\\ncountenance was strongly marked, indicating talent and exec-\\nutive power. In manners, he combined a judge-like gravity,\\nwith politeness and affability of deportment.\\nHis strong intellect was early stimulated into active exer-\\ncise, by high aspirations. Self culture, and the mental train-\\ning which a want of educational helps imposes, fitted him to\\nact well his part, in those public stations, he was after-\\nwards called to fill.\\nHis dignity, urbanity and tact, made him a good presiding\\nofficer. He was, consequently, frequently chosen to preside\\nin town meetings, or on other public occasions. As select-\\nman, he did much service. As representative in the state\\nlegislature, either of Wilton or Mason, he served more than\\ntwenty years. The office of justice of the peace he long held,\\nand in it transacted much business. His papers were charac-\\nterized by good penmanship, minute accuracy, and business-\\nlike execution.\\n39", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0341.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "302 HISTORY OP MASON,\\nIn politics, he was a whig, and hence, though the choice of\\nhis party, the higher offices of the county and state were\\nclosed against him.\\nAs a citizen and a man, he always stood in his lot, meeting\\nthe wants of society, with a liberal spirit and a generous\\nhand. He was a kind husband, a tender father, and an oblig-\\ning neighbor. He died of an affection of the heart, March\\n25, 1848, aged sixty-four years.\\nDr. Oliver Scripture, a physician and surgeon, the son of\\nOliver Scripture and Jane, his wife, was born in Mason, June\\n16, 1783. He married Eliza, the youngest daughter of the\\nHon. Timothy Farrar. He settled in Hollis, N. H., where he\\nnow resides. It was in his family that Judge Farrar passed\\nthe closing years of his life, and there he died, February 21,\\n1849, aged 101 years, 7 months and 12 days.\\nLieut. John Swallow, was the eldest son of John Swallow\\nand Deborah, his first wife. He was born in Groton, Febru-\\nary 22, 1729-30. His father removed to Dunstable, Mass.,\\nabout the year 1750. While residing in his father s family, at\\nDunstable, he commenced clearing up his farm. His lot was\\nNo. 6, R. 6, now owned and occupied by his son-in-law, Dea.\\nS. Withington, and his grandson, Luke Newell. Here he com-\\nmenced his farm, probably in 175K In 1752, he is reported\\nas follows: John Swallow, cleared about one acre, and got\\nsome timber for a house. At that time, there was no road\\nfrom Dunstable to No. 1. He would start on Monday morn-\\ning, from his father s, with a pack load of provisions on his\\nback, and, finding his way by marked trees to his clearing,\\nhe would fill the forest echoes with lusty blows of his ax, from\\nsun to sun, till his stock of provisions was exhausted, and\\nthen starting a few hours before sun set, he would wend his\\nsolitary way through the forest, twenty two miles to his Dun-\\nstable home, to replenish his stock, and, after a brief resting,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0342.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 303\\nWould again renew Ms journey and his labors. Thus lie sub-\\ndued the forest, built his log cabin, and set up his household.\\nIn this log cabin, a house of one small room, he lived till after\\nthe birth of his eleventh child, when he removed into the\\ntwo story framed liouse now standing, in which he spent the\\nremainder of his life, extended to the good old age of 86\\nyears. He never knew what it was to be sick, or ever tasted\\nof any thing called medicine, until past his 75th year. His\\ndeath was occasioned by a fall and broken bone, the pain of\\nwhich wore out his life, November 23, 1815. He was twice\\nmarried. His first wife was Sarah, daughter of Ens. Enosh\\nLawrence, the second, Mary, daughter of Dea, Nathan Hall.\\nDea. Rogers Weston, was born in Billerica, Mass., Sep-\\ntember 30, 1757. His father was Samuel Weston, born in\\nReading, Mass., in 1722. He was a descendant of John\\nWeston, who was married to Sarah Fitch, Af)ril 18, 1653.\\nDea. Weston was an inhabitant of Mason as early as 1780.\\nHe began his farm on the lot where his son Rogers Weston\\nnow lives. He married, (1) Deborah Lawrence, daughter of\\nEns. Enosh Lawrence, April 12, 1785. She died, Octoioer 20,\\n1798. (2) Anna Frost, of West Cambridge, Mass., Decem-\\nber, 1799. She died September 30, 1829. (3) Rebecca\\nKeyes, of Townsend, in 1830, She died August 15, 1830.\\n(4) Mrs. Lydia Buttrick, of Pepperell, in 1831. She died\\nMarch 13, 1837. (5) Mrs. Betsey Wright, of Brookline,\\nwho survived him. He died March 9, 1843, aged 85 years, 5\\nmonths, 9 days. Dea. Weston was an industrious, frugal and\\nsuccessful farmer. He was an active and ardent politician,\\nand for many years the leader of the democratic, or, as it was\\nthen called, the republican party in the town, a firm supporter\\nof the policy and administrations of Jefferson and Madison,\\nand, as such, was elected to represent his town five years in\\nthe legislature. He was appointed a justice of the peace in\\n1808, and held the office till his death.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0343.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "304\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\nTimothy Wheeler, was born in Concord, Mass., in 1752.\\nHe was the son of Timothy Wheeler, a native of Concord.\\nMr. Wheeler came to Mason to reside about the year 1773.\\nHe selected a iine lot of land upon which he made a good\\nfarm. He built and resided in the house seen on the right of\\nthe view here presented. He died, December 13, 1820, aged\\n68 years.\\nRESIDENCES OF TIMOTHY WHEEIEE AMD TIMOTHY WHEELER, JR.\\nTimothy Wheeler, Jr., son of Timothy Wheeler and Sarah^\\nhis wife, was born in Mason, January 16, 1783. He built and\\nresided in the house seen on the left. He died, January 21,\\n1854, aged 71 years. Both were good farmers, and each\\nserved several years in the office of selectmen of the town.\\nThe persons of this name in Concord, are so numerous j\\nthat it is difficult to trace the families. George, Joseph and\\nObadiah, were among the first settlers in that town. Ephraim,\\nThomas and Timothy, came to Coijcord in 1639. All of these\\nwere heads of families. The birth of six bearing the name of\\nJohn Wheeler, is recorded between 1650 and 1670.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0344.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKl^TCHES. 305\\nIn 1643, tliey, -with some of their neighbors, petitioned the\\ncourt for a grant of land. The action of the court, entered\\nOn the records, is as follows\\nOct. 17, 1643. Wee think some quantity, of land may bee\\ngranted the Wheelers, of Concord, and the rest in that petition, pro-\\nvided, that within two years they make some good improvement\\nof it.\\nTimothy Wheeler was an officer in the troops raised to\\nprotect the frontier in the Indian Wars, as the following\\nentry shows\\nMay 6, 1646. It is ordered, that Lieft. Wilerd shall be Capt. of\\nthe Company at Concord, and Tymo: Wheeler to be their Ensign\\nthere.\\nOctober 13, 1675, the court ordered ten pounds to be paid\\nto Capt. Thomas Wheeler for his present supply and October\\n17, 1676:\\nIn answel to the petition of Capt. Thomas Wheeler and his sonn,\\nit is ordered, that they be payd their whole wages, from the time they\\nentered upon the service until their return to their own houses, ,c.j\\nhe being wounded in his country s service.\\nThe service here referred to was in the command of a\\ncompany in the King Phillip War, in the year 1675.\\nAaeon Wheeler, who came to Mason to reside in 1767, was\\nalso one of the descendants of the Wheelers of Concord.\\nHe is the ancestor of the Rev. John Wheeler, president of\\nthe University of Vermont, at Burlington, and of the Hon.\\nDavid E. Wheeler, of the city of New York. They are sons\\nof John B. Wheeler, boi^n in Mason^ March 11, 1770. He\\nremoved to Vermont, was an eminent merchant, and acquired\\na great estate. Josiah Wheeler, who was the first town clerk\\nof Mason, and who died October 17, 1774, see page 73, and\\nhis brother Nathan, who resided several years in Mason, were\\nalso natives of Concord. Jonas Wheeler, of New Ipswich,\\nwho died in Mason, April 28, 1815, aged 96 years, was a\\ndescendant of Capt. Thomas Wheeler, of Concord.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0345.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "306\\nHistory of mason.\\njc Col. James Wood, became a resident in Mason, about the\\nyear 1780. His father, Ens. John Wood, removed to Mason,\\nwith his family, in 1778. Their ancestor, William Wood, was\\nborn in England, in 1582. He settled at Concord, Mass., in\\n1638, where he died. May 4, 1671, at the age of 89 years*\\nEns. John Wood was born in Concord. He died at Masonj\\nDecember 9, 1785. Col. James Wood, came from Leominster,\\nMass., to Mason. He was a cabinet maker by trade, and\\nworked at that business through life. He built the house\\nwhere Oliver Allen now lives, a view of which is here pre-\\nsented. He was of a generous, liberal disposition, his hand\\nRESIDENCE OF COL. JAMES WOOD.\\nand heart were always open to the call of friendship, ot to\\nthe claims of the indigent and distressed always ready, to\\nthe full measure of his ability, to aid in every good word and\\nwork) he was popular in his manners and well esteemed by\\nall his fellow citizens. He was, in politics, a federalist of the\\nold school, and, for many years, the leading man of his party\\nin town. He was the representative of the town five years\\nin succession, commencing in the year 1800, and was again", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0346.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 307\\nelected in 1809, making, in all, six years. He served as\\none of the selectmen seven years. He liad a taste for mili-\\ntary affairs, in -wliicli he held office from the lowest grade up\\nto that of colonel. He was, also, in office for many years as\\na justice of the peace. His character, as a townsman, a\\nneighbor, a christian and a public officer, was without blemish.\\nNo man ever lived in the town who was more universally and\\nmore deservedly beloved. He died, July 31, 1838, at the age\\nof 83 years.\\nRev. William Olmsted, was born at Westchester, a parish\\nor society in Colchester, Conn., January 5, 1821, His parents\\nwere Zachariah and Elizabeth Olmsted. They were both\\npious, and earnestly desired that William, the youngest of\\neight children, might be a minister. His father dying when he\\nwas eleven years old, he was left to the guardianship of his\\nelder brothers. He is represented as a slender, quiet, home\\nloving hoj, who preferred the society of his sisters, to the\\nharsh, out-door amusements, boys generally love. His early\\nyouth was chiefly spent at school. At the age of sixteen\\nyears, he was placed as clerk in a store at East Haddam.\\nIt was at this place, during a revival of religion, that he was\\nconverted and united with the church. Here he probably\\nremained till he was of age. He next engaged as a clerk in\\na dry goods store at Hartford. Being taken sick shortly\\nafter, he changed his plans for future life, and resolved on pre-\\nparing for the ministry. Everything afterwards was made\\nsubsidiary to this purpose. When sufficiently recovered, he\\nentered Williston Seminary, where he remained till August,\\n1844. During vacation, he was examined and admitted a\\nmember of Yale College. But his health being delicate, by\\nadvice of friends, he abandoned the idea of a college course\\nand commenced at once theological studies. His first year\\nwas passed at East Windsor, the two last at Union Theolog-\\nical Seminary, at New York. He graduated in 1847. A soci-\\nety in Brooklyn, N. Y., secured his services for one year, and", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0347.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "308 HISTOEY OF MASON.\\nwished to retain him longer. Thinking his health might be\\nbetter in the country, he came to Mason village in the fall of\\n1848, and was ordained there, April 11, 1849. In May, 1852,\\nwith health slightly impaired, he left his people to attend the\\nanniversaries at New York. On his return, he stopped for a\\nfew days with his friends in Connecticut, fell sick and died\\nin his native town, and among his kindred, June 6, 1852.\\nAgreeably to his dying request, bury me among my beloved\\npeople, his remains were interred in the graveyard at Mason\\nvillage. The marble which marks his resting place bears this\\ninscription, indicated by himself: I shall be satisfied when I\\nawake in thy likeness.\\nTo speak of Mr. Olmsted as he still lives in the hearts of\\nhis little flock, might be thought flattery. But the mem-\\nory of the good should be, blessed fragrance should exhale\\nfrom the tomb of earth s benefactors. In person, he was\\ntall and slender, seeming to want that muscular propor-\\ntion and physical syuimetry so necessary to active endurance,\\nand which, in many cases, early out-door exercise and bodily\\nlabor only can impart. His eye was dark and penetrating,\\nthe whole countenance intellectual and benignent in expres-\\nsion. Alas, that so many of earth s gifted ones should perish\\nere they are ripe, from this unequal development this dis-\\nproportion between the brain and its anipaal machinery His\\nstyle, as a writer, was chaste and graphic, and his manner of\\nspeaking was peculiarly his own, animated, impressive and\\nwinning. His power, as a public speaker, seemed to be\\nderived mainly from his knowledge of human character and\\nhis sympathy with and ready adaptation to the wants and the\\nminds of men. An intimate friend and room mate thus\\nspeaks of him: For his age, he had the best knowledge of\\nhuman nature of any one I have ever met. He had a faculty\\nof keen and close observation of the thoughts and motives of\\nmen, which was truly wonderful. He saw at a glance, he\\nmoved instantly, he made it plain to all. His end was the\\nministry, and he carried the direct aim of all true business", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0348.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "z^\\nC^l^i^\\niiT.wsiamM miffiii iiiij", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0351.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0352.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 309\\nlife into his studies. The study of Latin and G-reek classics\\nhad no charm for him it seemed like drudgery but he\\ntrained himself by a thorough course of mental philosophy,\\nand delighted in the investigation of every question which\\nbore upon his great object. He was eminently conscientious.\\nIn all my acquaintance with him, I cannot recall a single\\nword or act, which could throw the least discredit upon his\\nChristian character.\\nMr. Olmsted was social in his habits, decided in his opin-\\nions, and bold and fearless in their advocacy. He took a\\ndeep interest in public improvements, and whatever promoted\\nthe general welfare. The erection, during his ministry, of\\nthe church edifice for the Congregational society in the village,\\nwas greatly aided by his influence and example. A sermon\\nfrom Jeremiah 7:18, The children gather wood, and the\\nfathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to\\nmake cakes to the queen of heaven, was preached by him in\\npromotion of this object, and was a happy specimen of the\\nwriter s tact and genius. His brief life with his people,\\nabounds with pleasant reminiscences.\\nJames Tapt, was born in Uxbridge, Mass., June 13, 1780.\\nIn 1796, he commenced his services as an apprentice to learn\\nthe tanner s trade, at Petersham. In 1802, he established\\nhimself at New Ipswich, in the business of a tanner. His\\ntan yard was that commenced in 1787, by Jeremiah Pritchard,\\nat the foot of the hill south of the old burying ground. He\\nbuilt the house lately occupied by Mrs. Clary. He commenced\\nbusiness in company with Roger Chandler and Henry Isaacs,\\nin 1812, and removed to Mason village. This company built\\nthe first cotton factories in the village, and for several years\\nmade the spinning of cotton yarn their principal business,\\nand some years after they introduced machinery for weaving\\ncotton cloths. In the spring of 1837, he commenced busi-\\nness as a merchant, and continued in it until his death, March\\n3, 1856.\\n40", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0353.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "310\\nHISTORY OP MASON.\\nRESIDENCE OF JAMES TAFT.\\nIn 1805, Mr. Taft married Hannah Proctor. His only\\ndaughter, Mary, died June, 1828, aged 22 years. His three\\nsons, Albert, George and James, survive him, and all reside in\\nthe village. He served many years as one of the selectmen.\\nRESIDENCE OF GEORGE TAFT, ES^.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0354.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "BlOGRAPaiCAL SKETCHES. 311\\nCapt. Thomas Tarbell, was one of the original proprie-\\ntors of No. 1, and named as sucli in the grant of the Masonian\\nproprietors. He was one of the first settlers, was clerk of\\nthe proprietary, first chosen in 1762, and continued in office\\ntill the last meeting of that body, in 1773, and was one of\\nthe most active and leading men in all affairs of the township\\nprior to the incorporation. Six of his sons settled on farms\\nnear him. He was a native of Groton. Thomas Tarbell, his\\nancestor, Was one of the original proprietors of Groton in\\n1661. In the list are the names of Thomas Tarbell, Sen. and\\nThomas Tarbell, Jr. There were so many of the name of\\nThomas, that it is difficult to trace them all to Thomas, Sen.,\\nfrom whom, undoubtedly, they all descended. One Thomas\\nwas town clerk in Groton in 1704- 5, another from 1731 to\\n1733, another from 1745 to 1756, inclusive. The extracts\\nfrom Capt. Tarbell s records, as clerk of the proprietors, on\\npages from 47 to 54, show that his notions of orthography\\nwere peculiar and unique. The following specimen, from a\\nrecord of his ancestor, Thomas Tarbell, town clerk of Groton,\\nwill show that he could plead ancestral example in excuse for\\nthe liberties he took with the syllables of the language\\ngrotton march 8 1704\\nat a legul townmeeting the town did yot that they wul met for the\\nfutur to chus town ofFesurs the fust tusday of march annuelly\\nthomas tarbell dark\\nThe name of Tarbell is very rare in this country. It does\\nnot appear in the long list of those who took the freeman s\\noath before 1669, nor does farmer, in his Genealogical Reg-\\nister mention any of the name except Thomas, Sen., and\\nThomas, Jr. It is from these that all of the name in Massa-\\nchusetts and New Hampshire are descended. There is one\\nromantic incident in the history of the family thus related in\\nButler s Groton, page 96, in the chapter relating to the suffer-\\nings of that town in the Indian wars. He says\\nBesides these instances of alarm, attack and suffering from a\\nsavage foe, others are known to have occurred, of which there is", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0355.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "312 filSTOEY OF MASON.\\nmore or less authentic evidence. One, of which the tradition i^\\nundoubtedly nearly correct, is that of two lads, John Tarbell and\\nZachariah Tarbell, brothers, and sons of Thomas Tarbell, who\\nwere taken and carried to Canada. The story runs thus. One\\nevening, a little after sunsetting, the Indians came suddenly upon\\nthe inmates of a garrisoned house, which stood where the Rev. Mr.\\nSanderson s house now stands, or near that spot. They all escaped\\nand got safely into the garrison, except these boys, who being on a\\ncherry tree, had not sufficient time to descend and save themselves\\nfrom captivity. The precise time of this event is not known, but it\\nis said Zachariah was so young, that he entirely lost his native lan-\\nguage, and the records of Groton show, that John was born July 6,\\n1695, and Zachariah January 25, 1700. So it was probably\\nbetween 1704 and 1708. Some years after, they both came to\\nGroton on a visit, but having become accustomed to savage life, no\\npersuasion prevailed on them to return and live with their friends\\nand relatives. The present inhabitants of that name are their\\ncollateral kindred. Their descendants ate still among the Indians\\nin Canada;", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0356.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "APPEIDIX.\\nNOTE TO PAGE 45.\\nEXTRACT FROM A JOURNAL 0? JOSEPH HOLT, OF WILTON, N. H., OF THE MARC^\\nOF CAPT. EBEN R JONES COMPANY, IN THE EXPEDITION TO CANADA, IN 1758.\\nJoseph Holt, probably of Andover, Mass., and who resided\\nmany years at Wilton, N. H., was a soldier in the French T^ar\\nof 1758. He kept a journal, from day to day, from the time\\nhe left home. May 24, 1758, to October 24. This journal waa\\nrecently found in the possession of a gentleman in the city of\\nNeW York, and copied and forwarded for publication in the\\nNew England Historical and Genealogical Register, by Fred-\\neric Kidder, Esq., a gentleman to whom all who feel any\\ninterest in the past history of New Ipswich and its vicinity\\nare greatly indebted. It is published in full, in vol. 10, pp.\\n307-310 of the Register. The following extract from this\\njournal will be of interest to many in the town of Mason and\\nthe vicinity\\nJuly 20. A terrible day as ever I saw. Early in the morning, as\\na party often men were comeing down from ye Lake, the enemy\\nfired upon them, and killed took all but one; sundry officers and\\nmen, to the number of about thirty, sallied to the assistance of the\\nscout, many others directly followed the enemy exceeding our\\nnumber, they run upon us and beat us off, l killed 6 commissioned\\nofficers, took and killed many others, a list of which follows\\nCaptains Samuel Dakin of Sudbury, Ebenezer Jones of Wilmington,\\nThomas Lawrence of Groton, all killed Lieutenants Samuel Curtis\\nof Sudbury, of Capt. Dakin s company Simon Godfrey of Billerica,\\nof Capt. Jones Co. Ensign Daniel Davis of Methuen, of Capt.\\nFoster s Co. Sergant Peter Russell of Concord, of Capt. Fletcher s\\nCo. all killed. Sergant Wright of Westford, of Capt. Lawrence s", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0357.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "Bi4 APPENi)t:2.\\nCo., missing. John Bateman of Concord, Abner Keys of feilleficaj\\nBill Eaton of do., all of Capt. Fletcher s Co., killed. Corporal Gould\\nof No. 1, [now Mason, N. H.], Eleazer Ames of Groton, Abel Saw-^\\ntelle Stephen Foster of do., Simon Wheeler and Joel Crosby of\\nWestford, all belonging to Capt. Lawrence s Co., killed. Joshua\\nNewton of South Berwick, missing. Isaac Little of Dedham,\\nWilliam Grout of Sudbury, Jonathan Patterson Nathaniel Moul-\\nton of do., belonging to Capt. Dakin s Co., missing. David Payson\\nof Rowley, killed. Caleb Kimball of Ipswich, Moses Hagget of\\nAndoverj killed. William Coggin of Wilmington, wounded. Abra-\\nham Harding of Pennycook, of Capt. Foster s Co., killed. 2Ist. We\\nwent out with a party of 200 men to reconnoitre the woods and\\nground where our yesterday s battle was, and to seek for missing\\nmen; we found 4 dead, and also the enemy s lurking place; P. M.,\\nI went up to the lake to take Care of the sick we left there; Moses\\nHagget died of his wounds.\\nNOTE TO PAGE 42.\\nFor many years after the settlement of Mason was com-\\nmenced, the inhabitants Were dependent upon the. neighboring\\nclergy for such religious services as their exigencies required,\\nexcept as they were, from time to time, temporarily supplied\\nby candidates and preachers hired for short terms. This\\nstate of things continued for twenty years or more. The\\nneighboring clergy, at tha.t time, were the Rev. Caleb Trow-\\nbridge, of Groton, H. C, 1710, ordained at Groton, March 2^\\n1714-15, died September 9, 1760 j the Rev. Phinehas Hemen=-\\nway, of Townsend, H. C, 1730, ordained at Townsend, Octo-\\nber, 1734, died May, 1760 j the Rev. Daniel Emerson, of Hoi-\\nlis, a. C, 1739, ordained at Hollis, April 20, 1743, died Sep-\\ntember 30, 1801 the Rev. Jos. Emerson, of Pepperell, H. C,\\n1743, ordained at Pepperell, February 26, 1746-47, died Oct.\\n29, 1775, and the Rev. Stephen Farrar, H. C, 1755, ordained\\nat New Ipswich, October 22, 1760, died June 23, 1809. Of\\nthese, the nearest, in point of distance, was the Rev. Mr.\\nHemenway. He received a call to settle in Townsend in 1734.\\nHis acceptance is dated July 22, 1734. The time for his\\nordination was, by vote of the town, the third Wednesday of\\nOctober. Under date of July 12, 1734, is recorded the vote\\nof the town, that Mr. Hemenway s stated annual salary shall", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0358.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 815\\naltar in proportion as the valle of silver shall alter with\\nthe goldsmiths and merchants in Boston, as silver money at\\n25s. per ounce. His stated salary was ,\u00c2\u00a360, half yearly. In\\n1740, the town raised \u00c2\u00a3200 for Mr. Hemenway s salary, in\\n1741, X140 16s. 8d., in 1742, XI 80. For subsequent years\\ntill 1753, no entry is made. Probably the salary of X120\\nremained unchanged. In that year, the town, May 28,\\nVoted, To raise one hundred pounds, old tenor, for Mr. Hemen-\\nway, this present year, it being for his great sickness and lameness\\nthe year past, and for the great Cearcity of provisions the present\\nyear.\\nVoted, That the money be paid in labor, grain, meat, butter, cheese,\\nwool, flax, c., or else in cash, before the last day of January next.\\nMr. Hemenway died in May, 1760. On the 2d day of June\\nthe town\\nVoted, To pay all the charges that has already arisen for the Rev,\\nMr. Hemenway s funeral, which sum is .\u00c2\u00a3102 16s. 8d., old tenor.\\nSeptember 16, 1760, the town\\nVoted, That the. Rev. Mr. Hemenway s salary shall run on six\\nweeks after his decease, provided Madam Hemenway will give the\\ntown the boarding of the bearers the six days they preached, and all\\nthe hoard at the fast, and he entirely easy with the same.\\nIt was the custom of that age for the town to pay the\\nexpenses of the funeral of the minister, the amount of which,\\nin some instances, might now be thought extravagant. The\\nneighboring ministers officiated as pall bearers, and it was the\\nrule for each of the bearers to give one Sunday s preaching\\nand services to the bereaved parish and church, and it is to\\nthis custom that allusion is made in this condition of the\\ntown s vote to continue Mr. Hemenway s salary six weeks\\nafter his decease.\\nIn October following, the town chose Mr. Samuel Dix to\\nbe their pastor and gospel minister, by a unanimous voat, at\\na salary of X66 13s. 4d. Mrs. Hemenway did not remain\\nlong in widowhood, for in the record of marriages by Mr. Dix,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0359.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "316 APPENDIX.\\nunder date of October 20, 1761, is the marriage of Mr. David\\nTaylor, of Concord, and Mrs. Sarah Hemenway.\\nNOTE TO PAGE 102.\\nCongregational singing, that is, the singing of psalms and\\nhymns in metre, by the congregation in the public worship,\\nwas a custom revived in the churches, at the time of the\\nreformation, it having been banished by the Romanists from\\ntheir worship. This service was highly prized by our pilgrim\\nancestors. But among the singers, although their purpose\\nwas to cultivate harmony of voices, there was not always\\nfound harmony of temper. Sometimes bitter heartburnings\\nand controversies arose among them. This was especially the\\ncase, when attempts were made to introduce new modes, new\\nmusic and instruments. The organ was looked upon as a box\\nof whistles, the violin as a profane and ungodly instrument,\\nand even the solid base viol was regarded as no better than\\none of the bulls of Bashan, One of the most amusing cases\\nillustrating this characteristic of our fathers, is found in the\\nmemorial of Joseph Hawley, presented to the general assem-\\nbly of Connecticut, in 1725, literally copied as below, from\\nthe New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol.\\n10, p. 311:\\nTo the Honourable y^ General Assembly at hartford y^ IS of may\\n1725.\\nthe memorial of Joseph Hawley one of y^ house of Representa-\\ntives humbly shevveth your Memorialist his father and Grandfather\\ny\u00c2\u00ae whole Church people of farmingtown have used to worship God\\nby singing psalms to his praise In y*^ mode called ye Old way.\\nhowever t other Day Jonathan Smith one Stanly Got a book\\npretended to sing more regularly so made Great disturbance In\\ny^ w^orship of God for y^ people could not follow y^ mode of sing-\\ning, at Length t was moved to y^ church whither to admit y*^ new\\nway or no, who agreed to suspend it at least for a year.\\nyet Deacon hart y^ Chorister one Sabbath day In setting y^ psalm\\nattempted to sing Bella tune and yo memorialist being used to ye\\nold way as aforesd did not know helium tune from pax tune, and sup-\\nposed y* deacon had aimed at Cambridge short tune, and set it wrong,\\nwhereupon y petitioner Raised his Voice in y^ s*^ short tune ye", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0360.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 317\\npeople followed him, except y^ s Smith Stanly, y^ kw who\\nSang allovvd In bella tune; so there was an unhappy Discord in\\ny Singing, as there has often bin since y\u00c2\u00ae new singers set up, and\\ny\u00c2\u00ae Blame was all Imputed to yo poor petion[er]. and Jn Hooker,\\nEsq assistant, sent for him, fined him y 19th of feb Last for\\nbreach of Sabbath, and so yor poor petition is Layed under a very\\nheavie Scandal Reproach Rendered vile prophane for what\\nhe did in y*^ fear of God, d in y^ mode he had bin well educated in\\nand was then y\u00c2\u00ae setled manner of Singing by y^ agreem*^ of y\u00c2\u00ae Church.\\nNow yo Petition thinks y Judgment is erroneous, first, because\\ny\u00c2\u00ae fact if as wicked as m^ hooker supposd Comes under y^ head of\\ndisturbing God s worship, not y\u00c2\u00ae statute of prophaning y Sabbath:\\nsecondly, because no member of a Lawfull Church Society can be\\npunished for worshipping God in y^ modes formes, agreed upon,\\nfixed by y^ Society, thirdly because tis errors, when y Civill author-\\nity sodenly Interpose between partyes y*^ differ about modes of wor-\\nship, force one party to Submitt to y*^ other, till all milder methods\\nhave bin used to Convince mens Consciences, fourthly because tis\\nerror to make a Gent of yo petition carracter a Scandalous offender\\nupon Record, for nothing but a present mistake at most, when no\\nmorral evil is Intended.\\nWherefore yo* poor petioner prayes you to set aside y\u00c2\u00ae s Jud, or\\nby what means yo hon please, to save you poor petition from ye\\nImputation of ye heinous Crime Laid to him, yo poor petion as\\nin duty c shall ever pray. Joseph Hauly.\\nIn order that the play upon words in the latin terms used\\nin the petition may be understood, it is well to add that bella\\nis wars bellum, war pax, peace.\\nNOTE TO PAGE 124.\\nIn anticipation that a large armed force might be required\\nto put down the Whisky rebellion in Pennsylvania, Con-\\ngress, on the 9th of May, 1794, passed an act authorizing tlie\\npresident to make requisitions on the executives of the sev-\\neral states for troops. The whole number provided for was\\n80,000. Of these, the number required from New Hampshire\\nwas 3,544. It was under this act that the volunteers ten-\\ndered their services, and were paid the bounty by the town.\\nThis insurrection, which, at one time, assumed a threatening\\nand formidable attitude, was quelled by the forces under Gen.\\nLee, without bloodshed, and the troops from New Hampshire\\nwere not called for.\\n41", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0361.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "318 APPENDIS.\\nNOTE TO PAGE 82.\\nWhen the government of Massachusetts was established\\nunder the first charter, none could vote at any elections of\\nmagistrates or officers, except those who had been admitted\\nto take, and who had taken, the freeman s oath. For some\\nj^cars, the elections were all held at one place, generally at\\nBoston. All the freemen were required to attend personally\\nat the stated time and place. While they all thus lived in\\nthe vicinity of Boston, no great inconvenience to the voters\\nor danger to the community was experienced by the compli-\\nance with this rule. But as the settlements were extended\\nto considerable distances from Boston, and as the people\\nbegan to be under alarm of sudden attack by their Indian\\nenemies, it was found necessary to provide for some modifica-\\ntion of the law, which was done by the two acts of the gen-\\neral court, copies of which are here given\\n1635-6. March 3. Further, it is ordered, that the Gen all Court\\nto be holden in May next, for elec on of magistrates, c., shall be\\nholdeii at Boston, that the townes of Ipswich, Neweberry, Salem,\\nSaugus, Waymouthe and Hinghara, shall have libertie to stay soe\\nmany of their ffreeraen att home, f)r the safty of their towne, as they\\niudge needeful, and that the said ffreemen that are appoyneted by the\\ntowne to stay att home shall have liberty for this court to send their\\nvoices by pr x y.\\n1736-7. March 9. This court takeing into serious consideration\\nthe greats danger and damage that may accrue to the state by all the\\nffreemen s leaveing their plantations, to come to the place of elec-\\ntions, have therefore ordered it, that it shal bee free and lawfull for\\nall freemen to send their votes for elections by proxie, the next Gen-\\ns all courte in May, and so for hereafter, w shall bee done in this\\nmanner The deputies w^ shall bee chosen shall cause the freemen\\nof their townes to bee assembled, and then to take such freemen s\\nvotes as please to send by pr xie for every magistrate, and seale them\\nvp, severally subscribing the magistrate s name on the back side, and\\nsoe to bring them to the court sealed, with an open roule of the\\nnames of the ffreeraen that so send by pr xie.\\nSome dim tradition of these laws having come down to\\ntheir times, probably furnished the foundation of the claim of\\nObadiah Parker, Joseph Ball and others, to send their votes\\nfor representative, to the town meeting by Joseph Merriam,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0362.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 319\\nNOTE TO PAGE 247.\\n}^o national festival was ever kept witli more heart-felt\\npleasure than the old-fashioned New England thanksgiving.\\nOur fathers regarded the Christmas festival as a remnant of\\npopery, or, at least, as one of the superstitious observances\\nof the church of England, from whose tyranny they had fled\\ninto the wilderness, and they at once instituted the thanks-\\ngiving festival in its place. For them, it had all the charms\\nof the old Christmas festival, without any of its objectionable\\nfeatures. It was first introduced in 1633, by the following\\norder of the general court\\n1633. Sept. 3. In regard of the many and extraordinary mercys\\nw* the Lord hath beene pleased to vouchsafe, of late, to this planta-\\ncon, viz a plentiful harvest, ships safely arrived with p sons of spe-\\ntiall use and quality, lc., it is ordered, that Wednesday, the 10th\\nday of this present month shall be kept as a day of publique thanks-\\ngiveing through the sev ral plantacons.\\nThe custom finally prevailed for the governor, with advice\\nof council, to appoint the day, and give notice thereof by\\nspecial proclamation. For many years the observance of this\\nfestival was peculiar to New England, but it is now becoming\\nthe practice in most of the states, for the governor to appoint\\na day of thanksgiving, to be observed at the close of the har-\\nvest. The time generally selected is some one of the Thurs-\\ndays in the two last weeks of November or the first week of\\nDecember. Not content with establishing thanksgiving, in\\nopposition to christmas, our fathers went further, and actually\\nprohibited the keeping of christmas, under a penalty, by the\\nfollowing law\\nFor preventing disorders arising in several places within this jurisdic*\\ntion, by reason of some still observing such festivals as were super-\\nstitiously kept in other countries, to the great dishonor of God,\\nand offence of others\\nIt is therefore Ordered by this Court and the authority thereof,\\nThat whosoever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas,\\nor the like, either by forbenring labor, feasting, or any other way\\nupon any such account as aforesaid, every such person so offending\\nshall pay for every such offence five shillings, as a tine to the Country.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0363.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "320\\nAPPENDIX.\\nIn a report upon the revision of the laws in 1681, this,\\namong others, having been objected to by the attorney gen-\\neral and solicitor general in England, it was disposed of as\\nfollows 8th. The law against keeping Christmas to be left\\nout.\\nDEPTH OF SNOWS.\\nNo record has been kept, in Mason, of the state of the\\nweather, depth of snows, c., for any considerable length of\\ntime. The following table, kept by Mr. Luther Nutting, in\\nthe northerly part of the town, of the depth of snow each\\nyear, commencing in the fall of 1843 and ending in the spring\\nof 1857, he having carefully measured and recorded every fall\\nof snow, may be relied on as accurate\\nTABLE OF DEPTH OF SNOWS, IN MASON, FROM 1843 TO 1857, INCLUSIVE.\\nft. in.\\nft. in.\\nft. in.\\nft. in.\\n1843-44,\\n13 6\\n1847-48,\\n7 2\\n1851-52,\\n10 11\\n1855-56,\\n7 3\\n1844-45,\\n6 7\\n1848-49,\\n5 8\\n1852-53,\\n7 00\\n1856-57,\\n7 9\\n1845-46,\\n5 11\\n1849-50,\\n8 8\\n1853-54,\\n6 3\\n1846-47,\\n6 9\\n1850-51,\\n7 e\\n1854-55,\\n9 10\\nADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.\\nPage 277, after Dr. Moses Daldn, add M. D. Bowdoin College, 1828.\\nPage 285, Dr .loseph Gray was born in Providence, R. I., in 1751, took an\\nactive part in the war of the revolution, studied phj sic with Dr. Mann, of\\nRhode Island, attended the medical lectures of Dr. Rush, was one of the earli-\\nest regularly educated physicians in the county of Hillsborough. He com-\\nmenced practice in Nottingham west. He married Lucy, daughter of Dea.\\nSam l Bancroft, of Reading, Mass. In 1790, he removed to Mason, and resided\\nthere till 1809, in Avhich year he removed with his family from the town.\\nDr. Henry Gray, was born in Noltinghamwest, in 1783, removed from\\nMason to Londonderry, Vt., where he now resides.\\nJohn Gray, son of Dr. Joseph Gray, studied law, was established in pros-\\nperous business in Kentucky, but died at an early age. Two of his sons are\\nlawyers in Kentucky.\\nPage 161, line 19, for 1768, March 30, read 1759, April 11, and for Betty\\nIlazen, r. Thankful Harrington, of Pepperell.\\nPage 178, 1. 6 and 7, for wife, r. sister, and for 75, r. 79 years.\\nPage 179, 1. 29, for Elizabeth, r. Deborah.\\nPage 210, after 1. 18, insert, their children were; 1. 26, for June 3, r. June\\n17; 1. 35, for 1755, r. January 7, 1756.\\nPage 211, 1. 10, after Lucy, insert, born March 6, 1762, and in the same line,\\nfor 1819, r. 1849 1. 11, before Stickney, insert Joseph.\\nPage 215, 1. 8, for 1778, r. 1788.\\nPage 220, 1. 21, for Edward, r. Edmund.\\nPage 250, 1. 32, for Andrew Reed, r. Andrew H. Reed.\\nPage 260 and 261, for Qlmstead, r. Olmsted.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0364.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nAcaUEDAHCAN, 14.\\nAlarm list, 79.\\nAllen, sale to, 18, not valid, 19, heirs\\nof threaten suits, 24.\\nAllen s advertisement, 36.\\nAmmunition, 90.\\nAncient customs, of marketing, 247.\\nArms purchased, 90.\\nBachelder, Dr. John, 266.\\nBaptist church, 253, in village, 258.\\nBarber, Dr. William, 123, 266, school-\\nmaster, 134.\\nBarrett, Capt. Joseph, 266.\\nBattle of Halfway Brook, 313.\\nBeef for the army, 101.\\nBill of rights, 95, 104,\\nBiographical sketches, 266-312.\\nBirths, 236.\\nBlodgett, John, 141.\\nBlood, Eben, James, John, Joseph,\\nWilliam, 198, 199.\\nBlood, Rev. Charles E., 267.\\nBlood, Bev. Lorenzo W., 267.\\nBoad, 26.\\nBounty to volunteers, 124, 134.\\nBounty, to soldiers, 89, 141, for killing\\na crow, 135.\\nBoynton common school fund, 146.\\nBoynton, Hon. John, 146.\\nBridges, 59, 63, 86, 106.\\nBrookline, 5, 27.\\nBruce, Bev. John, 108.\\nBurnap, Bev. Jacob, 70.\\nCabot, Sebastian, 6.\\nCanada, 38.\\nCertiticates of soldiers sent to Exeter,\\n100.\\nChanging sides, 137.\\nChamberlain, Loammi, 268.\\nChamberlain, James H., 27J.\\nChampney, Ebenezer, 48.\\nCharacter and habits, 78.\\nChickering, Abner, 273.\\nChickering, Jonas, 274.\\nChristian church, 262.\\nChristmas, law prohibiting, 319.\\nChurches, 248-265.\\nClergy, character and influence of 69.\\nCollector fined, 123.\\nColony of New Hampshire, 83.\\nCommittee of correspondence, 74, 77-.\\nCommittee of inspection, 82, 86, 87.\\nCommittee of safety, 94.\\nCommittee on exorbitance of trade, 87.\\nCompleting the continental army, 101.\\nCongregational church, 248, in village,\\n260.\\nCongregational singing, 316.\\nConstitution, vote on accepting, 104.\\nConvention, at Exeter, 1774, 73, 79, at\\nAmherst, 74, to form constitution,\\n94, on currency at Portsmouth, 95,\\nat Concord, 101.\\nCotton picking, bv hand, 243.\\nCotton, Rev. John, 273.\\nCovenant of non-importation, 75.\\nCovenant, signers adopt resolves, 77.\\nCragin, Dea. Simeon, 272.\\nCranfield, Governor, 16.\\nCromwell, Lord General, 273.\\nCut nails, machine for making, 243*\\nDakin, Amos, goes to Exeter, 73.\\nDakin, Dea. Amos, 274.\\nDakin, Dea. Timothy, 275.\\nDakin, Samuel, Esq 276.\\nDakin, Dr. Moses, 276.\\nDavis, Joshua, goes to Exefer, 100.\\nDeaths, record of, from 1758 to 1858,\\n176-193.\\nDelinquent proprietors, 39, 40, 42, 43.\\nDissent of Eliot and Allen, 103.\\nDoings detrimental to the cause, 91.\\nDouglass map, 26.\\nDram Cup Hill, 27.\\nDunstable, 21, 26, 27.\\nDunster, Jason, 211.\\nEarly settlers, list of, 213-221.\\nEarthen ware, 245.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0365.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "352\\nINDEX.\\nEcclesiastical affaire, 248-265.\\nElevum list, 79, at Ticonderoga, 94.\\nEliaiB Eliot, 197.\\nEliot, Eev. William, 279.\\nElliot, George, 276.\\nElliot, Israel, 284.\\nElliot, Rev. Jesse, 285.\\nElliot, Rev. Joseph, 284.\\nElm treer,, 200.\\nEiidecott, John, 15.\\nEra of good feeling, 141j\\nFamily registers, 195-211.\\nEast, Capt. TarboU paid for a, 66.\\nEaV; Jonas, Jr., 285.\\nEederal currency, 134.\\nEish, Asa, at vendue, 94.\\nElagg, Josiah, 211.\\nFlouring mills, 245, 271.\\nForfeiture of rights, 39, 40.\\nFrench, Capt. Joseph, 31.\\nGilliert, Sir Humphrej 6.\\nGould, Nehemiah, 44, 45, 314.\\nGovernment, new established, 80, 95.\\nGrantees and settlers, 35.\\nGraveyards, 44, 64, 65, 71, 91, 101,\\n132, 133.\\nGraves, reasonably needed, to be dug,\\n88.\\nGrav, Dr. Joseph, 285, 320.\\nGray, Dr. Henry, 285, 320.\\nGray, John, 320.\\nHabits and custom of worshipers, 72,\\n130, 132.\\nHall, Dea. Nathan, 285.\\nHarrington, Rev. Mr., 251.\\nHawlejs Joseph s petition, 316.\\nHemenway, Rev. Phinehas, 314.\\nHerrick, Joseph, 30.\\nHighways, 34, 36, 40, 44, 47, 49, 50,\\n52, 59 60, 77.\\nHill, Rev. Ebenezer, 286, donation of\\ntown to, 133, addition to salary of,\\n137.\\nHill, Rev. Joseph B. 286,\\nHill, Rev. Timothy, 287.\\nHillsborough county, 5.\\nHolden, Amos, John, 198.\\nHolland, 6.\\nHollis, 27.\\nHolt s journal in the French war of\\n1758, 313.\\nHorse stables, 71.\\nHosmer famil)-, 210.\\nHoyt, Dr. Otis, 287.\\nHunt, Rev. Ndhemiah, 2S?i\\nHutchinson, Thomas, 20, 22.\\nIdle persons, see paupers.\\nImprovements, report upon, 41*\\nInce, Jonathan, 14, 15.\\nIncorporation, 51, charges of, 63.\\nJustices of the peace, 232.\\nJohnson, Dr. Willis, 288.\\nKemp, Ebenezer, Samuel, 199.\\nKendall, Lieut., builds meeting housOj\\n111, 113.\\nKidder, Isaiah, 244.\\nKimball, Isaac, 244.\\nKimball, Rev. True, called, 103.\\nLand tax, 135.\\nLaw book, Parker paid for sending for,\\n71.\\nLawrence, Enosh, 31.\\nliawrence family, 196, 197,\\nLawrence, Dr. Enosh, 289.\\nLawrence, John, 30.\\nLeader, Rich d, resists Mason s title, iSs\\nLetters missive, 69.\\nI^everett, Governor, 15.\\nList of early settlers, 213.\\nLittleton, 2o.\\nLocke, Mrs. Betty, pound of tea for, 1346\\nLottery, continental, 87.\\nMann, Benjamin, Esq., 289i\\nManufactures, 241.\\nMarianna, 7.\\nMarshall, Dr. Thomas XL, 290.\\nMarketing, 247.\\nMarriages, records of, in Groton, Pep-\\nperelland Townseud, 161, in Mason,\\n162-174, 212-2125, remarks on mar-\\nriage laws and customs, 2126-212\u00c2\u00a3?.\\nMason, town of, situation, 5, grant, 28,\\nplan and draft of lots, 32^ 34, 200\\nacres added on north, 38, charter,\\n56, name 57.\\nMason, Capt. John, birth and early\\nlife, 5, 6, grants to and settlements\\nby, 7, objects and results, 8, 10, 11,\\n12, dt^ath and will, 9.\\nJNIason Hall, 7:\\nMason, Mrs. Anne, executrix, aban-\\ndons the estate, 10.\\nMason, Joseph, her agent brings suits\\n13.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0366.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n323\\nMason, Robert Tufton, 13, attorney\\ngeneral reports in his favor, 15, he\\nbrings new suits, 16, mortgages to\\nCrantield, 16, sells the million acre\\ntract, 17, dies, IS.\\nMason, John and Robert, soil to Allen,\\n18, sale not valid, 19.\\nMason, Robert Tufton, dies, 19.\\nMason, Robert Tufton, his son, c^mes\\nof age, 19, offers to sell to the. Prov-\\nince, 20, 22, sells to Masonian pro-\\nprietors, 23.\\nMasonian proprietors, who, 23, quiet\\ntitles, 23.\\nMason, proprietors of, first meeting,\\nand choice of officprs, 31, 35.\\nMason, Rev. Alfred L., 292.\\nMassachusetts, 7, takes jurisdiction,\\n13, surveys north line, 14, 15, juris-\\ndiction set aside, 16, Province line,\\nsettled, 19, 20.\\nMerrimack river, 7.\\nMeeting houses, 39, 40, 45, 47, 50, 53,\\n59, 63, 64, 67, going to meeting, 72,\\nseated, 88, six acres around it re-\\nserved, 101, boards blown off, 105,\\nvote to build 107, site of, 107-110,\\nraising of, 111-113, plan of pews, 113,\\nsale of pews, 113, 114, old house\\nsold, 119, wharfing round, 120, Bap-\\ntists refuse to pay taxes for building,\\n121, dedicated, 124, view and de-\\nscription of, 125, plan of pews in,\\n126, 127, tax of Eliot and Wheeler\\nabated, 134, Baptist society claim\\nrights in, 139, 142, 143, use of voted\\nto Congregational society, 143, com-\\nmittee to inquire about rights in,\\n144, new built, 132, vote to sell, 145.\\nMerriam, Josex^h, 291, first representa-\\ntive, 123.\\nMerriam, Samuel, Esq., 292.\\nMile Slip, 27.\\nMiles, Rev. Noah, buries the victims\\nof small pox, 139,\\nMilford, 5.\\nMilitary affairs, 79, 86, 87, 124, rations\\nfor muster, 137.\\nMillion acre purchase, 17.\\nMills and mill lots, 35, 36, 37, 42, 45,\\n47, Eliot s accepted, 50,\\nMinisters and preaching, 42, 44, 46, 47,\\ncall to Champney, 48, call to Parker,\\n49,-53, 63, 64, call to Searle, 65,\\n66, ordination of Searle. 67, 70, 71,\\n73, money raised for, 102, Kimball\\ncalled, 102, 103, 106, 109, 110, HI,\\nHill called, 113, accepts, 115, ordi-\\nnation of, 117, 118, 133, 134, salary\\nnot voted, 144, Mr. Hill resigns, 144,\\nJ. Searle, controversy with, 151-160,\\npower of towns to settle, 09.\\nMinistry land sold, 77.\\nMortality, statistics of, 233-235,\\nNashobah, 25,\\nNaumkeag. 7.\\nNewcastle, Duke of, 27.\\nNewell, Ezra, 243,\\nNewfoundland, 7.\\nNew Ipswich, 5.\\niNew Ipsshed, 64,\\nNoon houses, 72.\\nNorthwest corner ratified, 104.\\nOlmsted, Rev. William, 307.\\nOtis, Charles Tilden, 294.\\nPaper mone}-, 92, 93, 110,\\nParade made, 120.\\nPara grafts, 87.\\nParker, Rev, James, 49,\\nParker, Lieut. Obadiah, 294,\\nParker, Obadiah, 197, 295.\\nPaupers and idle persons, 62, 63, 64,\\n71, 95, 140, 142.\\nPemnquid, 11,\\nPepperell, 27.\\nPerambulation, 105.\\nPetition to Congress about land tax,\\n135.\\nPlan of government, 95.\\nPlymouth, council of, 6, 7, town of, 6.\\nPoor farm purchased, 143.\\nPopulation, 81, 236, 237.\\nPortsmouth, 5, 7, 8, 16, 51,\\nPotash manufactory, 243.\\nPowder, purchased, 86, divided, 90.\\nPrayers at town meetings, 137.\\nPrescott, Lieut. William, 48.\\nPrices, extraordinary, 95-100, stipo-\\nlated, 97, 98, of nails, hinges, c,,\\n135.\\nProprietary officers, 228.\\nQuerister chosen, 102.\\nRailroad, 245.\\nReed, Rev. A. H., 250,\\nRegisters, family, 195-211,\\nReport on improvements, 40.\\nRepresentation, 81.\\nRepresentative, chosen, 82, new meet-\\ning, doings at, 84.\\nRepresentatives, list of, 229-232.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0367.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "324\\nINDEX.\\nRevolution, first appearance of, 73, in\\ngovernment of the state, 80.\\nRevolutionary troubles, 74.\\nRevolutionary war, 221-227.\\nRum for the continential army, 102.\\nRussell, Jason, 295.\\nRussell, John, 295.\\nRussell, Hubbard, 295.\\nRye, tax paid in, 109.\\nSalt purchased, 78, disbusted, bills,\\nc., 81-86.\\nSchool, districts, 237, fund, 146, trustees\\nof, 148,232, houses, 120, lands fenced,\\n102, leased to Dea. Dakin, 111, sold,\\n51, 64, 65, to Dr. Barber, 123.\\nSchools, 71.\\nScotch prisoners, sold, 272.\\nScripture, Samuel, 197.\\nScripture, Samuel, difficulties about\\nMr. Brown s preaching, 65, 66.\\nScripture, Dr. Oliver, 302.\\nScythes and axes, 243.\\nSearles, Rev. Jonathan, 296, call, 65,\\nrenewed, 66, answer, 67, ordination,\\n67, 68, call to Candia, 69, payments\\nto, 70, 71, noon house, 72, lands,\\n77, 113, pew, 127, keeps school, 133,\\non committee to wait on Mr. Hill,\\n113.\\nSettlers and grantees, 35.\\nSextons, 88, 137.\\nSharon, name voted, 52, 57.\\nSherman, John, 15, 16.\\nSinking currency, 95.\\nSir equivalent to dominus 111.\\nSlipton, 50.\\nSmallpox, 123, 138. 139.\\nSmith Sarah, clothing, 140.\\nSmith, Stephen, Esq., 296.\\nSnows, depth of, 320.\\nSoldiers, raised, 88, 89, 91, 101, taxes\\nof abated, 93, bounties paid to, 89,\\n91, 94, 95, for Rhode Island, 95,\\ncertificates of sent to Exeter, lOU,\\nallowance to, 104.\\nSpaulding, Rev. John, 299.\\nSquare money, 92.\\nSqur Varnum, 77.\\nSr. Hill, HI.\\nStatistics of mortality, 233-235.\\nStevens, John, Esq. ,300.\\nStones on a stump, 60.\\nSwallow, Lieut. John, 197, 302.\\nTaft, James, 309.\\nTarbell, Thomas, 197, 311.\\nTarbell boys, Indian prisoners, 312.\\nTaxes, paid in rye, 109, J. Withee s\\nabated, 130.\\nTaxing the Baptists, 121.\\nTax land, petition against, 135.\\nTax list, first, 61, 62.\\nTea, pound of to Betty Locke, 134.\\nTemple, 5, incorporated, 28.\\nThanksgiving, origin of, 319.\\nTown house built, 145.\\nTown officers, list of, 229-231.\\nTown stock of powder purchased and\\ndivided, 86, 90.\\nTownsend, 6, divided by Province line,\\n21, petition for redress, 22, incorpo-\\nrated, 27, 60.\\nThomlinson, 20, 22.\\nThree years men, 88, 91.\\nUncle Sam, 209.\\nVillage, 241-245.\\nWarning out, 63.\\nWarrant, for proprietors s meeting, 51,\\nfor last meeting, 53, for first town\\nmeeting, 58, Taxes, 61, paupers 62,\\nblown away, 82.\\nWeston, Dea. Roger, 303.\\nWheeler, Josiah, resigns, 73, character\\nof, 74.\\nWheeler, Timothy, 304.\\nWheeler, Timothy, Jr., 304.\\nWheeler, Aaron, 305.\\nAVilton, grant of, 38.\\nWilson, Edward, 209.\\nWilson, Samuel, anecdote of, 209.,\\nWinnipissiogee, 14.\\nWinthrop, Dean, 25.\\nWithee, James, taxes abated, barn\\nburnt, 136.\\nWithington, Elisha, schoolmaster, 71.\\nWood, Col. James, 306.\\nWolves, 46.\\nWorcester, Francis, 46.\\nWork house, 64, 71.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0368.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0369.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "lEn^ cL\u00c2\u00a3y Capervell ^Ifcnicci\\n(^i^Si ^^:i (y^- --\u00e2\u0082\u00acj^^", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0370.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "MEMOIR\\nOF THE\\nREV. EBENEZER HILL,\\nPASTOR or THE\\nCONGREGATIONAL CHUECH,\\nI N\\nMASON, N. H.\\nFEOM NOVEMBER, 1790, TO MAY, 1854.\\nWITHSOME OF HIS SERMONS,\\nAKD HIS DISCOUKSE ON THE\\nHISTORY OF THE TOWN.\\nBT\\nJOHN B. HILL.\\nBOSTON:\\nLUCIUS A. ELLIOT CO\\nD. BUGBEE CO., BANGOR.\\n18 5 8.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0373.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "PRINTED BY SAMUEL S. SMITSj\\nBan gor, me", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0374.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nTo write the biography of a parent, is a delicate task. It\\nhas not been undertaken in the present instance, -without a\\nfull appreciation of the dijfficulties in its accomplishment.\\nNeither the feelings of the writer, nor the proprieties of the\\noccasion, would permit any other tone than that of eulogy.\\nMy endeavor has been in this sketch, to exhibit fairly, the\\nprominent traits of the character and incidents of the life of\\nmy father, especially in their effects upon the church and peo-\\nple of his charge and in doing so, I am not conscious that I\\nhave stepped beyond the line of propriety, either in the\\nexhibition of commendable traits, or in the concealment or\\nsuppression of faults or imperfections. For the main body\\nof this sketch, I am indebted to my brother, the Rev. T, Hill,\\nof Saint Louis, Mo.\\nThe discourse upon leaving the Old Meeting House, is\\nprinted from a manuscript transcribed from the original, soon\\nafter it was delivered. The other discourses, are reprints of\\nthe first edition, with no change, but the correction of manifest\\nerrors. The portrait accompanying this volume, is engraved\\nfrom a painting made at the age of about seventy years.\\nThe engraved page of a sermon, is a fac simile of the ser-\\nmon preached at the dedication of the meeting house, in\\n1795.\\nJ. B, Hill.\\nBangoe, May 1, 1858.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0375.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0376.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "Every man s life is of importance to himself, to Ms family, to his friends,\\nto his country, and in the sight of God. They are by no means the best men,\\nwho have made most noise in the world neither are those actions most\\ndeserving of praise, which have obtained the greatest show of fame. Scenes\\nof violence and blood, the workings of ambition, pride and revenge, compose\\nthe annals of men. But piety and purity, temperance and humility, which\\nare little noted and soon forgotten of the world, are held in everlasting remem-\\nbrance before God. Hunter s Sacred Biography, vol. 1, p. 24.\\nNo two men have ever existed, whose lives were, In all\\nrespects, exact counterparts of each other. Every human\\nbeing, is thoroughly individualized by his own will, and has a\\nhistory that is peculiar to himself, which can never be so\\nblended with that of another, as not to possess points of\\ninterest, in contrast, to attentive observers. No two persons\\ncan be found, whose physical endowments are not such as to\\nrender them distinguishable by their intimate friends. So\\nalso, a marked distinction will be found in the mental powers,\\nthe modes of thought, and manner of action of individuals\\nmost closely resembling each other. Each, in all these\\nrespects, will have traits in a good degree original and pecu-\\nliar to himself. Hence, the faithful portraiture of the char-\\nacter of any individual will afford instruction to others.\\nThey will recognize in it, situations similar to their own, and\\nby observing how dijSiculties have been overcome, and trials\\nborne, or how temptations have led to ruin, they may be\\nencouraged to struggle for victory, and shun the path which\\nled another to destruction.\\n2", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0377.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "6 MEMOIR OF THE\\nIf it be true, that every man is so individualized as to ren-\\nder his real life instructive to others, it is peculiarly so, with\\nthe life of a christian for with him a new element of power\\nis introduced, and grace controls and silently renovates the\\nman, evolving its own light from the darkness of nature, and\\nso moulding the original elements, that upon all is enstamped\\nthe glorious image of Jesus, and the man is formed anew, and\\nfitted for heaven.\\nCould the real life of any christian be written, it would\\nform a most interesting volume, and it would matter little,\\nwhat position in life the subject of it might have occupied.\\nThe life of Moses is rich and varied, but the simple sketch of\\nLazarus, sitting at the rich man s gate, dying alone, and\\nborne by angels to Abraham s bosom, has a touching beauty,\\nequalling in interest anything found in that of the law-giver.\\nIf these views are correct, the life of any earnest, success-\\nful preacher of the gospel, must have an intrinsic interest in\\nwhatever station his lot has been cast. He may not have\\nbeen as eloquent as Whitfield, as deep a theologian as Ed-\\nwards, nor have possessed the finished grandem^ of Robert\\nHall; but he has fought a good fight himself, has pointed\\nmany sinners to the Lamb of God, that taketh away the\\nsins of the world and trained many souls for immortality,\\nand fitted them for heaven. The memory of such a man is\\nenshrined in the best affections of many who have felt always\\nhis influence, and a view of his life will furnish them, and\\nothers also, with new motives for leading a life of faith.\\nSuch was the humble, earnest life of him, of whose history\\nand character, it is proposed here to give a brief outline.\\nHis was the quiet life of a retired pastor of a country\\nchurch of one, whose highest ambition it was, to be a faith-\\nful preacher of the gospel, to those whom God had placed\\nunder his care. It is the object of this sketch, to enable\\nthose who read it, to form a distinct idea of his individual\\ncharacter, of his manner of life, and of the general results of\\nMs labors and the many friends who revered and loved him", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0378.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 7\\nwhile living, to preserve a fresli and vivid memory of tlieir\\ndeparted pastor, counselor and friend.\\nEbenezer Hill, tlie subject of this memoir, was born in\\n/Cambridge, Mass., January 31st, 1766. He was the youngest\\nson of Samuel Hill and Sarah Cutler, his wife. His father\\nlk^ltii^iA: lV^/ C ^trpenLcr by trade,\\nbut never rose above the condition of the most humble\\npoverty. He served as a common soldier, in the war of the\\nrevolution, and returned to Cambridge at its close, to resume\\nhis occupation as a carpenter. After his son Samuel settled\\nin Mason, he came to that place, and resided there with him,\\nmost of the time, till the close of his life. He died at Mason,\\nJune 21st, 1798, aged about sixty-sis years. His mother,\\nSarah Cutler, was born in the year. 1733, in what was, April\\n24th, 1746, incorporated as the second precinct of Concord,\\nand afterwards on the 19th of April, 1754, incorporated as a\\ntown by the name of Lincoln. Her father, Ebenezer Cutler,\\nwas one of the petitioners for the incorporation of the pre-\\ncinct. She was a woman of great energy. With very scanty\\nmeans, and, in a great measure, with the labor of her own\\nhands, she provided for the support, training and education\\nof her children. In October, 1781, she purchased a lot of\\nland in Cambridge, thirty feet square, for th6 price of nine\\npounds, twelve shillings, lawful money of this Common-\\nwealth. It is described in the deed, as lying on the north\\nside of the house of Moses and William Boardman, deceased;\\non the road leading to Lexington. It was about one mile\\nnortherly of the colleges. Upon this plot, she placed a\\nsmall cottage house, in which she and her family resided.\\nThe building was a portion of barracks occupied by the Rev-\\nolutionary army, when stationed at Cambridge. The land\\nwas appraised by three disinterested persons, in June, 1796,\\nat one hundred and thirty-five dollars. It undoubtedly com-\\nprised, at that time, the principal part of the family estate.\\nAbout the year 1790, she went to Mason, and resided there", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0379.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "8 MEMOIR OF THE\\nwith her son Ebenezer, until the close of her life. She died\\nDecember 30th, 1808, aged seventy-five years.\\nTwo sons, Samuel and Ebenezer, were their only children.\\nSamuel, the eldest, was born in 1764. He was a carpenter\\nby trade, and followed that occupation through life. It\\nseei%^aj,,||^j9rqi[p]||k^Nii^n||L]! y^^%)4IM^ the reso-\\nlution to fix their residence in the same^^clsvai, -.i^anm^^mylp^\\nto Ebenezer from Ooshen, Vermont, under date of November\\n24th, 1787, as follows: If things will permit, as you wrote\\nto me about our. living in one town, I hope, that by the\\nblessing of G-od, we shall but when, I know not^ but must\\nwait God s own due time. This purpose, so early formed,\\nwas accomplished. Samuel came to reside in Mason, proba-\\nbly, in the year 1792. He was certainly resident there early\\nin 1793, and there he passed the remainder of his life, a\\nuseful, industrious man, noted for sterling integrity and inde-\\npendence of character; a good husband, father, and citizen.\\nHe died May 23d, 1813, aged forty-nine years. His first\\nwife was Dorcas Wyeth, born in Cambridge. She died at\\nMason, January 19th, 1807, at the age of thirty-seven years.\\nHis second wife, was Mary Adams, daughter of John and\\nMary Adams, born in Mason, August 11th, 1780. They were\\nmarried in September, 1809. This wife survived him, and is\\nstill (January, 1858) living in widowhood, at Mason.\\nEbenezer, the second son of Samuel and Sarah, was the\\nfavorite son of his mother. By the devotion, on her part,\\nof all her means to that end, he was prepared at the age of\\nsixteen years, to enter Harvard college. His preparatory\\nstudies were pursued at the grammar school in Cambridge,\\nunder the tuition among other teachers, of the late Eev. Dr.\\nBancroft, of Worcester, and Rev. Dr. Kendall, of Newton.\\nStudents were then admitted to the college, upon a personal\\nexamination into their literary qualifications, made by the\\nofficers of the college and if found by them to be sufficiently\\ngrounded in the requisite preparatory studies, and to furnish\\nthe proper testimonials of moral character, their names were", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0380.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZEB HILL. 9\\nentered upon the books of the steward as students, on their\\nproducing the bond, and making the payments required by\\nthe college laws. A printed extract from these laws, was\\ndelivered to the student, whose examination had been found\\nto be satisfactory, pointing out what further was required to\\nbe done on his part, ibefore he could become a member of\\nthe college. This document, as well as the bond he gave,\\nwas found carefully preserved, among his papers. It is\\nthought that as a matter of curiosity, and as illustrating the\\nmanners of the times, most readers of this book, will feel\\ninterest enough in the subject, at least to excuse its insertion.\\nIt is as follows\\nExtract from the second and third laws of Chapt. 1st, of\\nthe College Laws.\\nChap. I. Paet op Law 2d.\\nThe Parents or Guardians of those who have been\\napproved on Examination, or some other person, shall pay\\nthree pounds to the Steward, towards defraying their College\\nCharges also, give bond to the Steward, with one or more\\nSureties to his Satisfaction, in the sum of two hundred ounces\\nof silver, to pay College Dues Quarterly, as they are charged\\nin the Quarter Bills, Yiz the Stewards, Glaziers and Sweep-\\ners. And in case of Death or Eemoval before College\\nCharges arise, to the sum of three pounds, the Steward shall\\nreturn the remainder to the person who gave the bond.\\nIn the original paper the sums expressed were thirty shil-\\nlings, which was erased, and three pounds inserted; and\\nForty pounds erased, and two hundred ounces of silver\\ninserted; and thirty shillings erased, and three pounds\\ninserted.\\nPart of Law 3d. Every one that has been accepted, shall,\\nas soon as may be, exhibit to the President, a Certificate of\\nthe Steward, that the foregoing rules have been complied\\nwith. Upon the receipt of which, the President shall sign an", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0381.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "10 MEMOIR OP THE\\nOrder for tlie Admission of such Person, in the following\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0words\\nCantabrigi^e Augusti.\\nAddmittatur in Collegium Harvardinum. A. B.\\nPrseses.\\nAnd the Order shall be kept on File by the Steward. And\\nno one shall be allowed to take Possession of any chamber\\nin the College, or receive the Instructions of that Society, or\\nbe considered a member thereof, until he has been admitted\\naccording to the form prescribed.\\nThis paper is dated July 19th, 1782. At the foot, is a\\nmemorandum in the hand-writing of Joseph Willard, the\\npresident, and signed by him as follows\\nThe above alterations were made in conformity to a late\\norder of the Government of the College.\\nJ. Willard, Presdt.\\nUpon the first page of the same sheet, is the admittatur in\\nthe words following\\nFORM OP ADMISSION.\\nCantabrigiaa Julii 13\u00c2\u00b0 1782. Admittatur in Collegium\\nHarvardinum Ebenezer Hill.\\nJosEPHUS Willard, Prseses.\\nThe bond required, was signed by his mother s brothers,\\nElisha Cutler of Waltham, yeoman, and Jonas Cutler of\\nG-roton, shop-keeper, and is dated August 13th, 1782.\\nHe thus become a member of this venerable and useful insti-\\ntution, and supported by the exertions of his mother, and his\\nexpenses borne, in part, by the aid furnished by funds liber-\\nally and thoughtfully contributed by benevolent persons, to\\nenable students in want of pecuniary means to pursue their\\nstudies, he completed his college course with commendable\\ndiligence, and a fair exhibition of scholarly attainments, but\\nwithout displaying any striking traits of character, or meet-\\ning with any note-worthy incidents a sample of that class of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0382.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 11\\nindustrious, persevering and conservative students and pro-\\nfessional men, who have contributed in no small degree, to\\nmake the character of the New England people and their\\ninstitutions, what it has been, and, it is hoped, will continue\\nto be, for all coming time.\\nOf his student life, few memorials remain; but these are\\nenough to prove it to have been both pleasant and profitable.\\nHe always spoke of, it as if the associations connected with it\\nwere agreeable, and there remain indications of his progress,\\nwhich shew that it must have been with him a time of indus-\\ntry, and of creditable success. His knowledge of the Latin\\nlanguage, was quite accurate, and he retained his fondness for\\nthat noble speech until his old age.\\nWhile in college, he acquired a habit of exactness which\\nremained with him through life. His penmanship, which was\\nalways singularly uniform, close and beautiful, was early\\nacquired. A blot or illegible word, or word misspelt, will\\nhardly be found in all his manuscripts, which are very\\nnumerous, embracing a period of more than seventy years.\\nThere is no difficulty, in recognizing the same beautiful hand\\nthrough the entire period. A sample of his hand-writing,\\nbeing a fac simile of a page of one of his sermons, will be\\nfound among the illustrations of this work.\\nThere is now, in the possession of the writer, a manuscript\\nbook of one hundred and thirty foolscap pages, containing a\\nsystem of mathematics, as taught while he was a member of\\nthe college, being, in fact, the exercises required to be\\nwrought out by the student, in that branch of study embrac-\\ning arithmetic, algebra, geometry, surveying, drawing, c.,\\nall written and executed with the most singular neatness\\nand care. The diagrams are drawn with great beauty and\\naccuracy, and some of them are carefully and tastefully\\ncolored. There is, also, in the same possession, a letter\\nwritten on his eightieth birth-day, which, when compared\\nwith the manuscript book, shews the same hand almost\\nunchanged. Nor did it ever change, until his powers so", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0383.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "12 MEMOIR OF THE\\nfailed that liis trembling hand no longer obeyed his will; and\\nthe feeble lines traced by it, too plainly showed the decay of\\nold age.\\nHe graduated at the commencement, in 1786. Among his\\nclass-mates were the Hon. Timothy Bigelow, many years\\nspeaker of the house of representatives, of Massachusetts\\nRev. Alden Bradford, secretary of the commonwealth, and\\nauthor of a valuable history of the state Rev. Dr. Wm. Har-\\nris, president of Columbia College; Hon. John Lowell,\\ndistinguished as a jurist, a politician, a controversial writer\\nand an agriculturalist; Hon. Isaac Parker, chief justice of the\\nsupreme judicial court of Massachusetts; and Thomas W.\\nThompson, and Christopher Grant Champlin, members of the\\nhouse of representatives and of the senate of the United\\nStates. Of his intimate friends in the class, the Rev. Jacob\\nNorton, formerly of Weymouth, survived him. He died at\\nBillerica, where the last years of his life were spent, January\\n17th, 1858, at the age of ninety-three years, eleven months,\\nfive days, being, at the time of his death, the oldest surviv-\\ning graduate of Harvard College.\\nThere is a fact worthy of a moment s notice, as an indica-\\ntion of the comparative longevity of the New England clergy.\\nIn his class, the number of graduates was forty-five. Ten of\\nthese were clergymen. When the triennial catalogue of\\n1839 was published, but fifteen of this class were living, and\\nof that number, seven were clergymen. As another indica-\\ntion of the same fact, it is worthy of note, that on the first\\nday of May, 1854, there were residing in the state of New\\nHampshire, within a distance not exceeding in all fifteen\\nmiles of each other, three congregational clergymen, whose\\nunited ages would make two hundred and seventy-eight years\\nRev. Laban Ainsworth of Jaffrey, at the age of ninety-seven,\\nRev. Gad Newell, of Nelson, at the age of ninety-three. Rev.\\nEbenezer Hill, of Mason, at the age of eighty-eight years\\nall of them enjoying a comfortable measure of health, and\\nall of them residing in the town and society in which they", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0384.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 13\\nwere originally settled in the ministry Mr. Ainsworth having\\npassed his one hundredth, and Mr. Newell his ninety-sixth\\nyear, still (January, 1858) survive. Another remarkable\\ninstance of the longevity of the clergymen of that time and\\nregion, is presented in the fact, that in February, 1858, tHere\\nwere living, four graduates of Dartmouth college, whose\\nimited ages exceeded four hundred years viz the Rev. John\\nSawyer, D. D., of Bangor, Maine, one hundred and two years\\nand four months, the Rev. Laban Ainsworth, of Jaffrey, N, H.,\\none hundred years, seven months, the Rev. Ethan Osborn, of\\nFairton, N. J., ninety-nine years, five months, and the Rev,\\nZachariah Greene, of Hampstead, L. I., ninety-nine years, one\\nmonth all undoubtedly natives of New England.\\nSoon after graduating, in the autumn of 1786, he com-\\nmenced school-teaching in Westford. He remained there, and\\nin that employment, about two years. Here he formed the\\nacquaintance with his first wife, Mary Boynton, daughter of\\nNathaniel Boynton, and Rebecca (Barrett) his wife. While\\nresiding at Westford, he seems to have finally determined on,\\nand made choice of the gospel ministry, as his profession\\nand business in life. In a letter from his friend and class-\\nmate, Tapley Wyeth, dated June 9th, 1787, occurs this sen-\\ntence. I am glad to hear you are determined on the study\\nof divinity; the prospects are bright, when compared with\\nthose of the other learned professions. This, to be sure,\\nwas a very mundane view of the subject, but it was one per-\\nfectly in accordance with the notions on this question, by\\nmany entertained at that period. With the subject of this\\nmemoir, there is reason to believe, that the considerations\\nfinally inducing him to the adoption of this line of life, were\\nof a much more grave, serious and appropriate character.\\nThe citation is made, rather to show that at this early period\\nhe had made known to his friend, his determination to adopt\\nthe clerical profession, rather than to indicate his ultimate\\ninducements to that choice.\\nIt was, in those days, customary for young men soon after,\\n3", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0385.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "14 MEMOIR OP THE\\nif not before, graduating, to make choice of a professional life\\naccording to their several tastes. It was not then, as now,\\namong the clergy calling themselves orthodox, deemed an\\nessential qualification, before commencing the study of theol-\\nogy, that tlie student should possess and profess personal\\npiety, and manifest it by uniting with some church but the\\nembryo preacher chose his profession, undoubtedly in most\\ninstances, with serious reflection and consideration; and\\nacquired his piety and religious experience, not before, but\\nafter he commenced his theological studies. Whether Mr. Hill s\\nthoughts were turned in this direction, before, or soon after\\ngraduating, is not now known, but it is understood that he had\\nin his own mind, made choice of this walk in life, before he\\nwas the subject of any personal religious impressions. While\\nengaged in his duties as a teacher at Westford, the thought\\noccurred to him, when contemplating his purpose of a clerical\\nlife, how inconsistent it would be for hira to undertake to\\nteach others the way of life, and become their spiritual guide,\\nwhen he was himself ignorant of the way, the truth and the\\nlife. This reflection fastened itself upon his mind, and led\\nto deep, serious, and anxious enquiry, resulting in religious\\nconversion, and the full and sincere dedication of his life and\\nall its energies, to the work of the ministry. This incident\\nof his religious life and experience, a subject to which he\\nwas, in his intercourse with his most intimate friends, singu-\\nlarly sparing in any allusion, is preserved alone in the mem-\\nory of Mrs. Dunster, who in a venerable old age, with a\\nremarkable preservation of mental vigor, remains in the year\\n1858, the sole surviving member of the church as constituted\\nat the time of his ordination as its pastor. The authority\\nfor this statement, is the funeral sermon, preached at Mason\\nvillage, after the death of Mr Hill, by the Eev. Mr. Kellogg.\\nA singular incident -connected with his school-teaching at\\nWestford, was brought to light a few years before his death.\\nAs it exhibits a remarkable instance of firmness, decision of\\ncharacter, energy and perseverance in a yankee boy, conduct-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0386.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 15\\niiig him to the most honorable and useful stations in life, it is\\nhoped that the use made of the correspondence, as an illus-\\ntration of the manners of the times and the characters of\\nthe actors, by its introduction here for that purpose, will be\\npardoned. In January, 1848, Mr. Hill received by mail\\nthe following letter\\nM Vermont, Jan y 4, 1848.\\nRev. Ebenezer Hill,\\nMy Dear Sir: I noticed, not long since, your name as a\\nclergyman in Mason, in a New Hampshire register. My\\nobject in writing to you is, to ascertain if you are the person,\\nthat taught a district school in Westford, about the winter\\nof 1788. Will you be so kind as to inform me by mail, and\\nif I find that you are the same person, I will then, inform you\\nof my object, in asking for this information.\\nYours, with great respect, J R\\nTo this letter, Mr. Hill replied as follows\\nMasoN; Jan y 10, 1848.\\nMr. J R\\nSir I received a line from you, requesting information,\\nwhether I am the person who taught a district school in\\nWestford, in the winter of 1788.\\nIn answer to your question, I say, I graduated at Cam-\\nbridge, in the year 1786, and in the autumn of the year, took\\nthe town school in Westford, for a year. This school, I kept\\ntwo years, removing from one district to another. Whether\\nthe turn came to the Forge, or Stony Brook district in the\\nwinter of 1788, I do not recollect. But of this I am sure,\\nthat there was no school kept in the town, in those two\\nyears, other than was taught by me, and, for a season, after\\nquitting the schools, I remained in Westford, and made that\\ntown my home, so that I feel confident, that no school-master\\nof the name of Hill, taught a school in Westford^ but myself.\\nI shall, sir, with some degree of excited curiosity be wait-\\ning, for the promised information, respecting the enquiry.\\nRespectfully ijoiirs, EBEN R HILL.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0387.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "16 MEMOIR OF THE\\nTo this the following reply was received\\nM Yt., Jan y 18, 1848.\\nEev. Bbenezer Hill\\nDear Sir: Yours of the 10th instant is received, in which\\nyou say, you taught school in Westford two years, commenc-\\ning in the autumn of 1786. I am satisfied, that you are the\\nperson I have been anxious to find, for the last half century\\nor more. I am the son of J E, living in the east\\npart of the town. I attended your school in the winter of\\n1787, and in the fall of the same year, when you kept in the\\nmiddle of the town, also, the winter school of 1788, you kept\\nin the district where my father resided. Col s Wright and\\nOsgood lived in the same district. I think you boarded with\\nCapt. Peletiah, or Capt. Thomas Fletcher, both winters.\\nAll passed pleasantly, till the last week in February, when\\nfor some trifling fault, in (say whispering,) being then only\\neleven years of age, you called me up, and ordered me to\\nstand out in the middle of the floor, about an hour before\\nthe school closed in the afternoon, and let me stand there\\nwithout my reading or spelling, until the school closed for\\nthe day, and without your saying a word to me which I\\nconsidered a great insult. I therefore remained, until you\\nand the scholars had retired, except a young man (Levi\\nWright) who was to take care of the house. I then thought\\nof revenge, c., and collected your books, inkstand and ruler,\\nwith intent to burn them up but before I could effect the\\nobject, Levi Wright discovered what I was doing, and inter-\\nfered, and saved all except the inkstand, ruler, and a small\\nbook or two, say to the value from three to six shillings\\nworth. Wright told me I should be whipped to death the\\nnext day, which brought me to my senses. I then resolved\\nto leave the country. I had an uncle visiting at my father s,\\nwho lived at Plymouth, N. H. I resolved to go home with\\nhim, to get clear of punishment, and finally persuaded my\\nfather to let me go, though he would not if he had known\\nthe reason, and I was off in a day or two so I escaped the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0388.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 17\\npunishment I so richly deserved, without my parents know-\\ning my crime, and I never returned [to reside in the town.] I\\nhave ever regretted my fault and error, and have intended, if\\never I could see you, or learn your place of residence, to\\nmake an apology and satisfaction, though, perhaps, you have\\nlong since forgotten the transaction. I now sir, enclose to\\nyou $5,00, to pay debt and interest, which I hope you will\\nreceive with the same kind feelings, which I have in sending\\nit to you- and wish you to consider my extreme youth when\\nthe error was committed. Perhaps you may have some curi-\\nosity to know my success in life, c. I resided in Plymouth\\nuntil May, 1803, when I came into this state and engaged in\\ntrade, and followed trade successfully about thirty years.\\nIn public life, I have been eight years a representative to the\\nlegislature, a justice of the peace thirty years, a judge of our\\ncourts some years, also, judge of probate in this county,\\none of the electors of president and vice president of the\\nUnited States, (Harrison) one of the council of censors to\\nrevise the constitution of this state, county treasurer the last\\ntwenty years, and many minor offices. I now live in retire-\\nment, being seventy-one years of age. Respectfully yours,\\nwith my best wishes for your health and happiness.\\nJ R\\nP. S. Will you be so good as to acknowledge the receipt\\nof this, and oblige J. R.\\nThe substance of Mr. Hill s letter in reply, is as follows\\nHon. J R\\nDear Sir: ^Yours of the 18th instant, came safe to hand,\\nand you may be assured it has been read repeatedly, with\\ndeeply interested feelings. I thank you for the favor. It\\nhas led to some reflections on the ways of Divine Providence\\nin bringing about events very important, yet unlocked for,\\nand unexpected. Who would have thought that the wild\\nfreaks of a boy eleven years old, in attempting to escape\\npunishment for a pardonable fault in school, would lead him", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0389.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "18 MEMOIR OF THE\\nto forsake his fatliei^ s house, and all the endearments of\\nhome and family connections, and youthful acquaintances?\\nthat such an event, should he the first step to bring that\\nyouth to fill places of honor and trust to ^hich few aspire,\\nand to which very few attain And yet, had one link been\\nwanting in the chain of events which placed J R\\nthe little lad, with his distant relatives in Plymouth, he\\nwould not be, as at this day, the Hon. J R in Ver-\\nmont, having filled most of the various offices of high and\\nhonorary trust. With respect to the debt and interest of\\nwhich you write, I had no debt, and the circumstances named,\\nwere entirely forgotten. If debt was due to either, it was\\nrather to you, than to me. However, I receive the sum\\ngratefully, as a token of your kind remembrance and contin-\\nued friendship. I rejoice in the blessings which God has\\nbestowed upon you, and hope still to enjoy your kind remem-\\nbrance while I remain on earth. Judging from the pleasure\\nI have received in the sketches of your life, I am led to\\npresume that it will not be entirely uninteresting to you, to\\nlearn some of the events of my life since the time to which\\nyour letter refers.\\nAfter leaving the school, I made Westford my principal\\nhome, until I went to read with Dr. Payson of Rindge. In\\nthe year 1790, I was ordained pastor of the congregational\\nchurch in Mason, and that relation has continued to the pres-\\nent day. I have had two colleague pastors settled with me,\\nbut now am alone in that office. I have been blessed with an\\nunusual degree of health, having in all my ministry, but very\\nfew times been taken off from public ministerial labors, for\\nwant of health, and through the abounding mercy of God,\\nhave been spared to see the last day of January, 1848, which\\ncompleted my eighty-second year of pilgrimage on earth.\\nBut four or five are now living in the town, who were at the\\nhead of a family, when I became their minister. The letter\\ncloses with some particular details of his family, which will\\nbe more pertinently introduced in another connection.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0390.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL, W\\nTo resume the narrative. After closing Ms scliool-te aching\\nat Westford, he pursued the study of theology with the B-ev.\\nSeth Paysou, (afterwards known as Dr. Payson,) of Rindge,\\nN. H. While residing at Rindge, and in his family, he united\\nwith the church in Rindge, by profession, September 28th,\\n1788.\\nAt that time, there were no theological seminaries in the\\nland. The usual course was, for the candidate for the minis-\\ntry, to resort to some well known divine, who had a reputa-\\ntion for learning and ability to teach, and with him to pursue\\nsuch a course of study, as the parties should think proper.\\nAfter* the course of instruction was sufficiently advanced, the\\npastor would introduce his pupil to his own pulpit and\\npeople, before he went abroad and thus give, him the benefit\\nof a certain degree of experience, under the most favorable\\ncircumstances. This form of instruction, if it did not furnish\\nto the student so good an opportunity for extensive and accu-\\nrate scholarship, as the present mode, yet possessed advan-\\ntages for carefully observing the operations of divine truth on\\na christian parish, and thereby preparing himself for the dis-\\ncharge of his professional duties, with fewer embarrassments\\nthan are usually in the way of a cloister student, who has\\npassed through a full curriculum of collegiate and theological\\neducation.\\nThe reasons inducing him to apply to Dr. Payson for\\ninstruction, are not now known, but he seems to have been\\nfavored by a divine providence, in the selection of his\\nteacher. Dr. Payson was a man of sterling worth, and he\\nsecured the regard of his pupil, and retained it till his death.\\nIf, as stated in his letter to Mr. R he spent two years\\nas a school-teacher in Westford, he must have commenced\\nhis residence with Mr. Payson in August, 1788. That it\\nwas so, his letters show for in one bearing date at Rindge,\\nAugust, 1788, (the day of the month not inserted,) he writes,\\nI have now been here eleven days. His novitiate was very\\nshort, for his license to preach, bears date October 28th,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0391.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "20 MEMOIR OP THE\\n1788. He commenced preaching as a candidate, immediately\\nafter. Many of his sermons remaioing, bear date in that\\nyear. Indeed, it is probable, that his first effort in conduct-\\ning the public worship in the pulpit, was prior to that date,\\nfor in a letter dated, as usual with him at that time, by the\\nday of the week, omitting that of the month, under date of\\nSaturday evening, October, 1788, he writes, Mr. Payson has\\njust been into my study, and says I must preach for him\\nto-morrow, for he is not prepared. The letter continued on\\nsubsequent days, till Saturday, two weeks from the first date,\\nmakes no mention of the examination or license.\\nThe following copy of this venerable document is worthy\\nof insertion, for its quaintness, and also, as a sample of the\\nmode in which such important matters were disposed of,\\nby the fathers of the New England churches\\n/yS S 0Cfe)z t (k^uC, Q^. aAfieazea ancl Jul^nU^c/\\nSi9n/e// io 6xa\u00e2\u0096\u00a0}nl7^aitG}^ ad a ^^ancac/a^ i/oz ue/ ^^^e/fiec\\n^cil,nMly\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 ^r^^:?z/ enaaczy atio nid ?noza/ nazae^^,\\njn.tni/^eua/ i^azniiiize-( anci znetM i 7z/ unaet^oA^/fia \u00e2\u0096\u00a02ie/\\nlao^A, looted una/ncTTion/cy -ia^c^/ ceci ^aUn 3^cm/ i^z/ d-a\\n^^mizae^eZ and Q^ed m \u00e2\u0096\u00a0n ea^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(lCy\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 lecor/iTnended ^a Azeacn\\n^oAe^ee^^e^ ^^od fjd Aid .^lomdenced dAat/ awe/ At97z/\\no/i/iozlu^nilu and ^(^e to-i//h (k/oey 9nau ^izove a iiC n ..z^S/e^\\naina Me ^h/idi and .^Ayite o/ ^(^od, and m-a^ \u00c2\u00a9rS -fnau\\nM an aide and QAauAifiii 97zintA^ez ojf {ne neto- ^Afament.\\n=^^V CJ zde ^f V aj^a-occaiwn\\nThere cannot be much doubt, that while teaching school\\nduring the two years in Westford, he was under the direction\\nof Dr. Payson, pursuing his theological studies, and that the\\ndate above stated, is that of the commencement of his resi-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0392.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 21\\ndence in the family of his instructor, rather than that of the\\ncommencement of his professional studies.\\nAmong other places, he exercised his ministry in the town\\nof Marlborough, so much to the acceptance of the church\\nand people, that they gave him a call to settle in that place,\\nas their minister. This call was voted in concurrence with\\nthe church, at a town meeting, held November 13th, 1789.\\nThe provision for his support, offered by the town, was as\\nfollows\\nVoted, To give Mr. Hill one hundred and sixty pounds,\\nsettlement; sixty pounds to *be paid in specie, one half of\\nwhich, is to be paid in three months after his ordination, the\\nother half, to be paid in nine months. The one hundred\\npounds to be paid in beef cattle. Equal to beef at twenty\\nshillings per hundred, or other neet stock Equivilent; sd.\\nbeef to be paid the fifteenth day of October, after his ordi-\\nnation.\\nVoted, To give Mr. Hill sixty pounds salary for the first\\nyear, and to add Twenty shillings a year, until it arrive to the\\nsum of sixty-eight poundsf and also,\\nVoted, To give Mr. Hill thirty cords of wood, delivered\\nat his house, the salary and wood to be paid annually, so long\\nas Mr. Hill shall perform the work of a gospel minister, in\\nthis place.\\nVoted, That when the majority of the Church and Town\\nshall agree to invite a council, to settle any difficulty, if any\\nshould arise between pastor and church and Town, that Mr.\\nHill be obligated to join with the church and town, in a mutual\\ncouncil.\\nAt a subsequent meeting, December 24th, 1789, the offer\\nwas modified by the following vote\\nVoted, To alter the payment of Mr. Ebenezer Hill s\\nsalary as it now stands, in the proposals which the town has\\nmade to him, and to pay the said salary, annually, so long as\\nhe shall remain our gospel minister. This was, undoubtedly,\\nintended to apply to, and modify that provision of the\\n4", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0393.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "22 MEMOIR OP THE\\nformer offer, wliicli limited the payment of the salary, by the\\nphrase so long as Mr. Hill shall perform the work of a gos-\\npel minister in this place. This made the payment contin-\\ngent on services actually performed. The contract by which\\na preacher was settled, as the pastor of a church and minis-\\nter of a town, was then regarded as indissoluble, without\\nfault on the part of the minister, as the marriage contract\\nwas then esteemed to be. Hence it followed, that if the\\nminister should become disabled from disease or old age, to\\nperform the work of a gospel minister, he was still enti-\\ntled to claim and receive his stfpend, and the people were\\nnot permitted, after having enjoyed the best services of his\\nyouth and vigorous manhood, to turn him adrift in his old age,\\nlaboring under poverty and infirmity, to spend his last days\\nin penury and misery. The clergy were particularly cautious,\\nnot to permit any stipulations looking to an abridgement of\\nthis right, to be incorporated into the contract on the other\\nhand, the people were somewhat inclined to entertain the\\nnotion, that the principle of no work, no pay, should apply\\nto these, as well as to other contralcts. These ideas, doubt-\\nless, had something to do with the framing of this proposed\\ncontract, and of the modification, adopted at the second\\nmeeting. These were old world notions. As the French\\nsay, All this, we have changed. Now the contract between\\nministers and people, has little more permanency than a\\nhiring from year to year, and, from the frequency with which\\ndivorces are sought, and the ease with which they are\\nobtained, in some parts of our country, the marriage contract\\nis fast verging to the same miserable state. It is sufl cient\\nto say, that this call was not accepted for what particular\\nreasons, does not appear. He had, at the same time, under\\nconsideration, a similar call from the church and people in\\nMason, which was first in point of time, and was by him finally\\naccepted but he ever entertained for the people of Marlbo-\\nrough, an affectionate regard.\\nHis first introduction to Mason, the scene of his future", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0394.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 23\\nlabors, in wliicli his life was to be spent, was iindoiiTbteclly,\\nthrough the Rev. Samuel Dix, of Townsend, with whom he\\nformed an acquaintance while residing at Westford, or at\\nEindge, which ended, only with the life of that worthy gen-\\ntleman. Addressed To Mr. Ebenezer Hill, at Rindge, is a\\nletter, of which the following is a copy\\nMe. Hill I am desired in behalf of the town of Mason,\\nto request you to preach with them four Sabbaths to begin,\\nthe first or second in April next. They wish to know soon,\\nwhether you comply or not if you please to send the infor-\\nmation to me, I will convey it to them, by divine permission\\nI mean, in case you can t bring it yourself, to your friend and\\nservant, Saii l Dix.\\nTowNSEifD, May 20th, 1789.\\nThere is, undoubtedly, a mistake in the date of this letter.\\nIt should be March, instead of May. This invitation was\\ncomplied with. It appears by the minutes of the Holies\\nAssociation, that at their meeting at Townsend, July 1st,\\n1789, there were present as company, the Rev. Mr. Bullard,\\nof Pepperell, and Mr. Hill, a candidate preaching at Mason.\\nIn coming to this, his future home, he came to no place of\\nease, no well cultivated garden spot, where the young-\\npreacher was to find a polished people, a full salary, and to\\nenjoy the opportunity for becoming a scholar, a theologian;\\nbut he came to an uncultivated field, which demanded, from\\nits occupant, the most laborious toil, in order for success.\\nThe people were poor, unpolished in manners, but sincerely\\ndesirous of the establishment of the institutions of religion\\namong them, and ready to receive their minister, with open\\nhand and heart. The G-aius, mine host who first received\\nand entertained this youthful apostle, upon his entry into\\nthis his future diocese, was the worthy and excellent Jason\\nDunster, a lineal descendant of Henry Dunster, the first\\npresident of Harvard college. He then resided in the south\\neast part of the town. Mr. Dunster, then an aged man,\\nremained his firm and unwavering friend, to the close of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0395.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "24 MEMOIR OP THE\\nMs life. The mode of travelling in those days, was on horse^\\nback, the wayfarer taking with him his scanty wardrobe, and\\na few books, and manuscript sermons in his saddle-bags.\\nThere were then, no wheeled carriages in the town, except the\\nox-carts, and no vehicle for winter conveyance, except the ox*\\nsleds and pmigs, a coarsely-made box, placed upon runners,\\nand drawn by one or more horses. The roads were rough,\\nand by no means free from stumps and stones so that the\\nmeans of passing from place to place, were only those just\\ndescribed, or the more primitive method, the use of the\\nsturdy limbs furnished by nature to all well made up men\\nand women.\\nHis services as a minister, seem to have been from the\\nfirst, very acceptable to the people of his future charge, and\\nhe continued to preach in the place, with a few interruptions\\nof time, spent in other places, until his final settlement and\\nordination. Soon after coming into town, he became domes-\\nticated in the pleasant family of Mr. John Winship, in which\\nhe resided most of the time, till he was married, and could\\nsit down by his own domestic hearth. For this worthy fam-\\nily, he always entertained an affectionate regard. It seems,\\nthat after fulfilling his first engagement at Mason, of four\\nsabbaths, probably extended to a few more weeks, he\\npreached at Ashby, at which place he was employed in August,\\n1789 as appears, by the letter of the meeting house commit-\\ntee of Mason, dated August 29th, 1789, addressed to him at\\nAsbby; which has been inserted in the History of Mason,\\npage 111.\\nThe people of Mason, without any long trial of their can-\\ndidate, determined to invite him to become their minister.\\nA church meeting for this purpose, was held October IStli,\\n1789. Just seventeen years before that time, October 13th,\\n1772, the meeting was held for the gathering and formation\\nof the church, into an ecclesiastical body. The church, at\\nthis meeting, at which the Rev. Mr. Dix presided, voted^\\nunanimously, to invite Mr. Hill to become their pastor. In", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0396.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "EEY. EBENEZER HILL. 25\\nthis action of the church, the town concurred by their votes,\\nat a meeting held on the 16th of October. Copies of the\\nvotes of the town and of the Church were communicated to him.\\nThus, was presented to him, the most important question\\nhe would be called upon to decide in his long life; one,\\nupon which his happiness as a man, and his usefulness as a\\npublic teacher and minister of the word of God, was mainly\\nto depend. The prospect was far from cheering. There\\nwere many discouragements. The town was small, and the\\ninhabitants few in number. They were poor, and there was\\nlittle promise that they would ever be otherwise. Their sole\\nemployment was agriculture, except the few handicrafts\\nalways found in agricultural communities, and the character\\nof the hard, stubborn, rocky soil was such, as to afford prom-\\nise of rather scanty harvests, and no anticipations of rapid\\nimprovement. But, on the other hand, the people were\\nindustrious, temperate, frugal, warm-hearted, ready to do\\naccording to their best ability for his comfort and support.\\nThe church formed October 13, 1772, then consisting of\\ntwenty-one members, twelve men and nine women, had hardly\\nkept its numbers good. Unhappy difl culties arose, soon\\nafter the settlement of their first minister, the Rev. Jonathan\\nSearle. He was dismissed August 14th, 1781. After his\\ndismission, they had procured a temporary supply, from time\\nto time, and had invited several preachers to settle with them\\nbut all the invitations had been declined. Only one member\\nhad been added to the communion, for more than thirteen\\nyears, and he, Jonathan Chandler, by letter, from the church\\nin Grafton.\\nBut there were circumstances of encouragement. The\\nneighboring ministers, particularly Dix of Townsend, and\\nFarrar of New Ipswich, were anxious to welcome him as a\\nfellow-laborer, and to have the waste place which this church\\nhad, for so many years exhibited, built up. In 1785, a reli*\\ngious revival, of a remarkable character, took place in New\\nIpswich, in which the neighboring towns, and particularly the\\ny", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0397.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "26 MEMOIR OP THE\\ntown of Mason, largely shared. Many of the young persons\\nin that town, on becoming subjects of the revival, had united\\nwith the church in New Ipswich. All these were now ready,\\nin prospect of the re-establishment of gospel ordinances, to\\nremove their church-membership to Mason church; and many\\ninhabitants of the town, members of churches in the places\\nin which they had formerly lived, were ready to remove their\\nmembership to this church. These, uniting with the remain*\\ning members of the church, constituted at the time of his\\nordination, a body of thirty-six in number, ready to receive\\nhim as their pastor and teacher.\\nAfter due consideration, in July or August, 1790, he gave\\nhis answer to this call in the affirmative, accepting the invita\\ntion. In pursuance of these proceedings, an ecclesiastical\\ncouncil was called, which met on the second day of November,\\n1790, and, having made the necessary examinations and\\narrangements therefor, on the next day, they proceeded to\\nordain him, as pastor of the church. For the details of the\\nvotes of the church and of the town, his answer to their\\ncall and the proceedings of the council, reference may be\\nhad to the History of the town of Mason, pages 111 to 119.\\nHis inducements to accept this invitation, rather than that\\nof Marlborough, appear in a letter to a friend, under date of\\nMay 5th, 1790. He writes, I have tried to think it was my\\nduty to settle at Marlborough, but it appears quite plain to\\nme, that Providence has pointed out Mason as the place. I\\nthink I never saw such an union, and such engagedness, as is\\napparent in this place. What their motives are, I am not\\nable to say, but trust, with regard to the greater part, they\\nare gospel motives, and upon the whole, I dare not deny\\nthem.\\nThe provision for his support amounted to |250 a year, a\\nvery moderate stipend upon which to sustain a family and\\nkeep up the hospitality which was then expected of the\\nclergy, and generally maintained by them. It was, however,\\nconsidering the habits of living of the times, quite as ade*", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0398.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 27\\nqiiate for that purpose, as the cempensation now paid gener-\\nally by country parishes to their clergymen. It was a matter\\nbelonging to the town, in its municipal capacity, to see that\\nthis sum was paid, which was done by levying and collecting\\na tax upon the poll and estates of all the inhabitants and\\nland-holders in the town, except such as by the laws of the\\nland were excused from the payment, by reason of their\\nmembership of other religious societies.\\nAccording to the provisions of the charter, by which the\\ntitle to the lands in the town was granted, see History of\\nMason, page 28, he would, in addition to the sum of seventy\\nfive pounds annual salary, be entitled to the use of the lands\\ngranted for the use of the ministry but at the meeting\\nheld October 16, 1789, immediately after passing a vote to\\nconcur with the church in giving Mr. Ebenezer Hill a call\\ninto the work of the G-ospel Ministry, the town Voted, To\\nReserve the Ministry Rite of land in this Town for the use of\\nsd. Town. This assumption, on the part of the town, of the\\nright to appropriate this land to any other use than that lim-\\nited in the original grant, was clearly without authority. The\\nland was never the property of the town, and the town could\\ngrant no lawful title to it. It was not given to the town, but\\nwas reserved out of the grant, by the proprietors of the whole\\ntownship, for the use of the ministry. No action of the\\ntown could lawfully divert it from that use, or apply it to any\\nother purpose; much less could the town sell it, and give any\\nvalid title to a purchaser. No doubt, the fathers thought\\nthey had a right to do as they pleased with it. The land was\\nsubsequently sold by the town, and the proceeds paid into\\nthe town treasury, and applied to the ordinary town charges\\nand thus a provision intended by the grantors of the town\\nfor the support of the ministry, was, in violation of law, at\\nthis early period, diverted from its original object, and, so far\\nas that purpose was concerned, entirely lost.\\nOf course, he was the servant, or in other words, the min-\\nister of the town all of the people had a right to attend on", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0399.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "28 MEMOIR OF THE\\nthe public worship as conducted by him, and for that purpose,\\nample provision was made, for the accommodation in the\\nmeeting house, without charge, of all who, for want of\\nmeans, or other reasons, were not provided with pews, or\\nseats in pews. There was no other society or meeting in\\ntown than his, for many years, except a small society of\\nBaptists, composed of residents in this, and some of the\\nneighboring towns, who had religious services a part of the\\ntime in town. He was expected to visit all in sickness and\\naffliction, and attend to the burial of the dead. These ser-\\nvices he considered it a part of his duty to do, and he per-\\nformed them faithfully, at all seasons, postponing thereto all\\nconsiderations of private business, convenience, or inclination.\\nIn the sick room and in the house of mourning, he was always\\nreceived as a welcome visitor. His addresses and ministra-\\ntions on funeral occasions, were remarkable for appropriate-\\nness, solemnity and tenderness. Many of his discourses on\\nsuch occasions were, at the request of the friends of the\\ndeparted, published, of which a list will be found at the close\\nof this memoir. From the time of his ordination until he\\nceased to take any active share in parochial affairs, he kept\\nan accurate record of all marriages by him celebrated, and\\nalso of the death of all persons occurring in the town, gener-\\nally with some indication of the disease and of the age of the\\ndecedent. Both these records are inserted in the History\\nof Mason.\\nBut it is time to resume the narrative of his life and labors.\\nHaving found and united himself with a church and people,\\nhe forthwith proceeded to supply the next great want of a\\nNew England clergyman, a domestic household. This he\\nformed, by uniting in marriage with Mary Boynton, of West-\\nford. They were married by the Rev. Samuel Dix, of Towns-\\nend, February 2, 1791. As early as March of this year, he\\ncommenced a negotiation with John Bishop Son, of Med-\\nford, for the purchase of the farm formerly owned by^_Capt.\\nWilliam Chambers, and then owned by these gentlemen.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0400.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 29\\nThis negotiation resulted in a purchase of the place, and he\\nthus secured for himself a home, in which he spent all the\\nremainder of his days. To this first purchase, he afterwards\\nadded, at different times, a meadow lot, a wood lot and a\\npasture, making in all a productive and valuable farm. This\\nwas a fortunate proceeding on his part, as this farm rendered\\nhim, in a good degree, independent. The house was small.\\nIt was one of the oldest buildings in the town. It stood in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0..\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-j- .*M\u00c2\u00bbiW\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab*\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\\nth^_gaTden,,.a.little distance north and west of the present\\nedifice. The first house on the farm, was built in the north-\\nwest corner of the old orchard, where the remains of the\\ncellar, now mark the place. It was occupied many years as a\\ntavern, by Samuel Abbott. It was the nearest dwelling to\\nthe old meeting house, and on occasion of town meetings, in\\nthe cold winter weather, the_ fathers would adjourn to Mr.\\nAbbott s tavern, to ^rm up. The road then passed east of\\nthe site of the present buildings a view of which is here\\npresented. The wall on the west side of the old orchard,\\nwas the boundary of the road, which came into the road now\\ntravelled near the school house. The road leading to New\\nIpswich, left the road opposite Abbott s tavern, and making\\n5", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0401.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "30 MEMOIR OF THE\\na curve, came into the road as now travelled^ on the site of\\nthe town house.\\nAbout the year 1799, he commenced the erection of a\\ncomfortable and commodious dwelling, to which he removed\\nin the year 1800.\\nThis mansion was built in the most substantial manner, in\\na fashion common at that day, though now seldom copied.\\nThe rooms are large and square, and in the internal arrange-\\nments, as well as outward appearance, it presents a marked\\ncontrast to the dwellings in the now prevailing fashionable,\\nsharp, zigzag, multi-angular, modern style, in which the object\\nof the architect seems to be, to multiply corners rather than\\ncomforts. In the frame, more timber was used, than would\\nnow be employed in the construction of five houses of the\\nsame size. The form of the roof, though perhaps, not the\\nmost convenient, is one that gives the greatest strength and\\npower of resistance to tempests. This quality of the roof\\nwas severely tested, in the most violent tempest which has\\nvisited the coast of New England within the last hundred\\nyears, known and remembered as the September gale of\\n1815. This gale, driving from the south-east, and meeting\\nwith nothing on its way from the ocean, to break its force,\\nburst with its full power upon this dwelling. The two tall\\nchimneys upon the southern side, were, by the force of the\\ngale, at the same instant broken off, at the point where they\\nissued from the roof, and fell with a thundering crash upon\\nthe roof, where shattered in peices, they lay till the storm\\nabated, when it was found that the roof had escaped unin-\\njured, needing but a few shingles to be replaced, to make it\\nperfectly sound; the weight of the falling mass having been\\nreceived and sustained by the corner rafters of the roof.\\nSuch a mass of brick and mortar, thus falling upon a roof of\\nthe common form, would have broken it through, and exposed\\nthe whole roof, to be torn into fragments and carried away\\nby the tempest leading, probably, to a total destruction of\\nthe edifice.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0402.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 31\\nThe wood seen in this view, on the easi, in rear of the build-\\nings, is a portion of the native forest, composed in great part\\nof white oaks, hickories, chestnuts and pines among which,\\none of the monarchs of the original forest is conspicuous.\\nThis wood, he protected and cherished with great care, and\\nit has now become one of the most valuable timber lots in\\nthe vicinity.\\nBy means of the farm, with the aid of his salary, he\\nbrought up and educated, in a respectable and creditable\\nmanner, a numerous family, and had always a seat at his\\nboard and fireside, and a spare couch for his brethren of the\\nclergy, who were always made welcome, whether coming from\\nnear or distant parts, to his hospitality, and sent on their\\nway, on their departure, rejoicing. Many a poor student on\\ncrossing his threshold, has felt that he was in a haven of rest\\nand comfort. For such, he felt great sympathy, remembering\\nthat he was once himself, a poor student.\\nIt is proper here to state, that in some years he was\\nin a great measure deprived of the benefit of his salary,\\nby the facility with which he was induced to give orders,\\nanticipating the payment of it in favor of persons, who\\napplied to him for pecuniary aid, and who frequently made\\nvery inadequate returns to him for the aid so received.\\nDuring the first twelve years of his ministry, there was\\nnothing of a marked character exhibited, in the religious\\ncondition of his parish there were no revivals, and no indi-\\ncations of any rapid changes among his people. The seed\\nwas carefully sown, but seemed to germinate slowly. The\\nregular services of the Sabbath, were two long written\\nsermons. There were but few meetings of any kind, during\\nthe yeek, except the lecture preparatory to the regular bi-\\nmonthly celebration of the Lord s supper. These discourses\\nwere delivered in a meeting house, in which no fire was ever\\nfound, however severe the winter weather might be. The\\nfirst use of stoves for warming the meeting house, was in the\\nwinter of 1820- 21.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0403.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "32 MEMOIR OP THE\\nBut if the first twelve years were not distinguished by\\nsuccess in his work, they were a period of singular and\\nsevere trials to himself, in his domestic relations, such as to\\nleave their traces on his character ever after. With his first\\nwife, he lived but three years and one month. She died\\nMarch 2d, 1794, aged twenty-nine years.\\nAfter a single life of a year and a half, he married\\n(November 18th, 1795) Mrs. Rebecca Howard, widow of\\nSamuel Howard, and daughter of Col. Ebenezer Bancroft, of\\nTyngsborough, Mass. But his house was soon again left des-\\nolate. Consumption took from him the second wife July 2d,\\n1797. She was twenty-six years and four months of age.\\nOn the 27th of September, 1799, he married Mrs. Abigail\\nStearns, widow of Edward Stearns, and daughter of Col.\\nTimothy Jones of Bedford, Mass. With her he lived in great\\nharmony and happiness, the remainder of his days, and she\\nstill lingers in lonely widowhood, at the home now desolate,\\nwhere for many years, a numerous and happy family was\\ngathered.\\nThese severe afflictions seem to have had an important\\ninfluence upon his character; they gave him a capacity to\\nappreciate scenes of sorrow, and enabled him to sympathize\\nwith, and console those who were in trial.\\nIt has already been remarked, that the first years of his\\nministry, were not distinguished by any particular and strik-\\ning indications of progress. It was a time of quiet labor,\\nand preparation for future harvest. In a country community,\\nreceiving no accessions from abroad, and sending oiF con-\\nstantly, many of its most enterprising young people to the\\ncities, and to Vermont and New York, the then distant West,\\nthe increase of the church, was usually slow and silent.\\nIn 1802, there was a revival season, which resulted in the\\naddition of forty-four persons to the church. Again in 1812,\\nthere was another season of revival, by which twenty-five\\npersons were brought into the church. From this time, until\\n1826, no time of particular attention to religion, occurred.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0404.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. S3\\nFrom time to time, persons united witli the cliiirch; but no\\nperiod of general interest was seen.\\nIn the year 1826- 27, there occurred a more general and\\npowerful revival, than had ever been known in Mason. It\\nwas a genuine work of grace, and had immediate and perma-\\nnent effects upon the church and town. Many who have been\\ninfluential and decided christians, entered the church at that\\ntime. The season was one of constant and arduous labor\\nfor the pastor he preached almost incessantly on week days,\\nin the school houses, and in the private houses of the town,\\nand held frequent meetings for conference and inquiry, that\\nhe might know the state of all, and adapt his instructions to\\ntheir condition.\\nRev. John Spaulding, who is pleasantly remembered for\\nhis participation in the labors of that season, has furnished\\nsome important items, respecting it. He says in a letter,\\nIt was my privilege to be a co-worker with him, to witness\\nthe joy of the harvest, as he garnered the seed long before\\nsown. How many scenes and incidents during that work,\\nnever to be forgotten That first prayer-meeting of the\\nyouth at the house of Mr. W., one of the daughters of the\\npastor, there being so impressed, that she went home to\\nweep and to pray, and to give her heart to Christ, that very\\nnight. The many meetings for inquiry and prayer, in the\\npastor s house, meetings of weeping and joy I seem still\\nto see the heaven-lighted countenance of the good pastor\\nglow, as successively informed that one and another and\\nanother, perhaps the last and least expected, had given the\\nheart to Christ.\\nSeveral letters of his own remain, in which he gives many\\nfacts, concerning this deeply interesting work. From these\\nletters, a better idea of that work can be formed, than from\\nany other source, now accessible. The first of these, is a\\nletter to his son in New York, dated Mason, March 15, 1826.\\nAn extract from which, is as follows: It is with humble\\ngratitude, that I can give you some intelligence more pleasing", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0405.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "34 MEMOIR OF THE\\nthan I could have done a few weeks since. God is manifestly\\nvisiting this long barren spot, with some tokens of his\\nspecial favor. There is, more than formerly, a degree of\\nserious attention in some sections of the town, but it is not\\ngeneral. Religious meetings are frequent in some school\\nhouses. Some persons are now, under serious impressions,\\nsome greatly distressed, and a few, are already rejoicing in\\nhope of salvation; and many others appear to listen and\\nhear, with attention and feeling. *^*-jf i^^s had\\na most distressing season for some weeks, so as not to attend\\nto any work, but he appears to have found relief, and has a\\nsupporting hope. None have as yet, joined our church. We\\nhope these are but the first-fruits of a large harvest. The\\nLord in his mercy grant that I may be able soon to give you\\na richer account of the displays of his grace, among the\\npeople of Mason. The second letter, giving a fuller account,\\nis as follows\\nMason, May 1, 1826.\\nMy Dear Son My time is so much taken up attending\\nmeetings, preaching, c. that I can spare but little for writing\\nnow, and as I scarcely know any thing that is doing on the\\nfarm, shall not attempt to tell you any thing concerning it or\\nother worldly affairs. I attend one or more meetings every\\nday in the week, except Saturday. The attention to religion\\nyet increases. It first appeared in the westerly part of the\\ntown and has extended on to the east, like the progress of a\\ncloud driven by the wind and shedding down rain. At pres-\\nent it seems confined to Mason in a great measure, if not\\nentirely. You remember that a few years since, the neigh-\\nboring towns had a refreshing shower, while not a drop fell\\non this barren spot. It seemed as if the very lines of the\\ntown were a barrier to the influences of the Spirit. I pray\\nthat the present refreshing cloud may spread over all our\\nregion. I have not ascertained exactly the number of hope-\\nful converts, but it is probably not much from eighty, in both\\nsocieties, (the Congregationalist and Baptist.) Thus far the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0406.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 35\\nwork has been different from what has been common in works\\nof revival and reformation. It is principally among the mid-\\ndle aged and heads of families, and the greater part of them\\nmen comparatively few yonug men have yet been subjects of\\nconvertiag grace. It is devoutly hoped that where stubborn,\\nirreligious heads of families are made to bow, there is a\\nblessing in reserve for their children. I mourn to see so\\nlittle effect on my own family. This day, the concert of\\nprayer was attended, the fullest I have attended in Mason.\\nAfter that, an enquiry meeting was held at my house more\\nthan forty persons present, not all enquirers. This evening,\\na, very full conference, at J. Ws. I have noticed above,\\nstubborn heads of families, but here remark, some of the\\nmost moral and regular, have been subjects of as deep and\\npungent conviction as any. Their names will convey to you\\nall that is needful, to show you that the most moral and\\nimmoral, are included in this work of grace. -5^\\nI have mentioned these persons, to give you some view of\\nthe wonderful work. Several of these men I have named\\nhave their wives with them, either rejoicing in hope, or trem-\\nblingly anxious. And I must name to you, as trophies of\\ndiyine_gruce, the distinguished worldlings, *^*-;f\\nand ***-^*-5f- ****-Jf**, I mus*t not omit to men-\\ntion your friend, W. B. He has had a long season of convic-\\ntion, but has now a very comfortable, if not joyful hope. In\\nshort, the greater part of the people of the town, are unusu-\\nally thoughtful. It is late, and I am weary. I can write no\\nmore, only to commend you to God, and the riches of his\\ngrace, and devoutly pray that you may share, and your\\nbrothers and sisters, in the same divine mercy here displayed.\\nFrom your Father,\\nEben^. Hill.\\nThe next letter written to the same son, further described\\nthe progress of the revival.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0407.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "36 MEMOIR OP THE\\nMason, January 12, 1827.\\nDear Son As for news from this region, the\\nreport is, the general state of health is good. The weather\\nhas been very mild and open until Christmas, then we began\\nto experience Christmas weather. The ground continued bare\\nuntil new year s day, when a severe snow storm commenced,\\nand now we have an old fashioned winter, snow sufficiently\\ndeep, and drifts sufficiently large.\\nBut to come to matter s of more importance than all\\nworldly concerns. The state and progress of religion, I think,\\nis still promising in this town. After an apparent declension\\nfor some weeks, of the religious excitement and attention\\nwhich had existed and been so powerful here, in some parts\\nof the town, there is a manifest increased attention. There\\nhas been a short wintry season. Christians feared the work\\nof grace was over. They were affected to see the multitude\\nleft out of the ark, and, I believe, gave themselves to prayer.\\nThe church met once and again for conference, to enquire into\\ntheir own state of feeling, and to search for the causes of the\\nwork of God declining. Their hopes now begin to revive.\\nIn some parts of the town, the meetings are full and solemn.\\nTwo new cases of deep concern, and at least of conviction\\nof danger, have come to knowledge this week. The last\\nweek, Mr. who has been wading in deep waters since\\nlast spring, fearing for himself, yet contending against God,\\nhas discovered that nothing was in the way of his salvation,\\nbut his own wicked, rebellious heart, and has joyfully bowed\\nin submission. His difficulties all removed, so that he won-\\ndered at them, and thought he could show every one the way\\nso that they must see it. Alas he cannot make them open\\ntheir eyes. I hope when I write to you again, I shall be able\\nto write you more similar interesting facts. Through the\\ngoodness of God, we are all in health.\\nProm your affectionate Father,\\nEben^. Hill.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0408.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 37\\nThree days later he wrote to his eldest son, residing in\\nTennessee. In the following extracts from this letter, some\\nadditional facts are stated.\\nMason, January 15, 1827.\\nMy Dear Children I i^ave another reason\\nhowever, for not writing many letters in the year that is\\npassed. We have had a season of imusual religious atten-\\ntion. The revival began in the winter, and for a time, very\\nfew, if any in all the town, were not unusually thoughtful and\\nsolemn. For six or eight months, I preached as often as\\nonce a day, or nearly, besides on the sabbath, and attended\\nmany other meetings. You must be sensible my time has\\nbeen fully occupied, nevertheless, I have not forgotten, but\\ndaily remembered my absent, far distant children. may\\nthey be the happy partakers of that mercy and grace, which\\nhas been displayed here. We have received into the church,\\nsixty-seven members. Above thirty have joined the Baptist\\nchurch. Probably fifty more entertain hope in Christ. And\\nalthough the work seems to have abated, new cases of seri-\\nous concern occur. Among those who have made profession\\nof religion, are our principal young .married men, who are\\ntaking the places of their fathers, gone and going off the\\nstage. Of my family, only Lucy has made a profession of\\nreligion. I hope the rest are not all without some well-\\ngrounded hope, of having chosen the better part. could\\nI hear from my distant children, that they are wise for them-\\nselves, this would indeed be good news from a far country.\\nWill you not each one, at my request, on the receipt of this\\nletter, sit down and calculate what will be the real profit, to\\ngain the whole world and lose the soul. Since the soul\\nmay be lost, and if lost, it is forever lost, every dictate of\\nreason and prudence, urge to attend to the salvation of the\\nsoul, before any other concern. We may trifle with solemn\\nsubjects, we may frame or admit as forcible, arguments which\\nmay make us careless about our souls, or may quiet our\\nminds, when but little moved, but so long as awake to our\\n6", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0409.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "38 MEMOIR OP THE\\neternal well-being, nothing but hope like an anchor, can sup-\\nport us and eternity is near and as surely as God is\\nholy, so must we be holy, to be happy in him. Consider,\\nCan two walk together, except they be agreed After\\ndeath, there can be no change until the judgment; the sen-\\ntence then will be eternal. -^f\\nFrom your affectionate Father,\\nEben Hill.\\nSuch letters as these, show something of the rise and\\nprogress of this interesting work of grace, and also, exhibit\\nthe pastor s uprightness and skill in the work before him.\\nThe direct results of that revival, were the addition of\\neighty-six members to the Congregational church, and also,\\na large number to the Baptist church. Religious things were\\nin a better state, for many years following that interesting\\nseason, than they had ever been in Mason. There were no\\nnew measures used, no protracted meetings in the more\\nrecent acceptation of that term, and not much preaching,\\nexcept by the pastor, and Mr. John Spaulding, a young minis-\\nter, who was his particular assistant. There was no effort\\nmade to gather numbers into the church, but an earnest effort\\nto have all the professed converts well indoctrinated, and\\nthoroughly acquainted with practical religious truth. Time\\nhas given good evidence for the greater part of those con-\\nverts, shewing that they were the children of grace they\\nhave been prominent in all the religious affairs of the town,\\nfrom that time until the present they are now found the\\nactive members of the churches of Mason and other places,\\nwhile some of them have gone home, leaving behind them\\nevidence that they sleep in Jesus.\\nIn 1831, the report of the meetings held in Western New\\nYork under the name of three days meetings, attracted\\nattention abroad, and gave rise to the idea of having them in\\nother sections, and on the 19th of April, 1831, a three days", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0410.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 39\\nmeeting was commenced in Mason. It was a new thing, and\\nattracted much attention. Many persons who had not been\\nin the habit of attending religious meetings, were induced to\\ncome where the gospel was preached, and there was a general\\nattention to religion among all classes of people, for a time.\\nSeveral persons were added to the church, apparently the\\nfruits of this meeting and the state of things that followed it,\\nbut nothing like a general revival took place.\\nIn 1835, there was a time of religious interest, which\\nresulted in the gathering of thirty-eight persons into the\\nchurch. This was the last season of revival while Mr. Hill\\nremained sole pastor of the church, and during this season,\\nhe was aided for several wereks, by a young man of very\\ndecided ability, but somewhat erratic, who did not always\\ncarry out the views of the pastor and the more judicious\\nmembers of the church.\\nThese seasons of revival, were the most prominent points\\nof the long pastoral life of the subject of this sketch they\\nwere the harvests of the seed sown in quietness, and watched\\nand waited for with care, at times when no direct results\\nwere apparent. Such times and seasons, when free from\\nsectarian zeal, and when they are, as these were, the out-\\ngrowth of quiet, permanent influences, are the richest rewards\\nof the pastor s life, seasons of his highest joy and most satis-\\nfactory labor, glorious harvest scenes, when the souls of\\nmen are gathered into the kingdom of God. Blessed is that\\nminister, whose manner of preaching and course of life, is\\nbest adapted to induce and promote them.\\nWhile attention should be directed to the seasons of\\nrevival in a particular manner, there are many things of a\\ndifferent character, details of common, practical life, that\\nneed to be given, in order to exhibit a distinct idea of a\\nNew England pastorship, and the general customs of that\\nregion during the period of his life. The customs of society\\nare always silently changing, and the changes are, perhaps,\\nas manifest in religious things, as in any other. These", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0411.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "40 MEMOIR OP THE\\nchanges, are also better seen in reviewing tlie long life of a\\nsingle individual, than in any other way.\\nDuring Mr. Hill s life as a minister, the most remarkable\\nreligious revolution that has ever been seen in New England,\\nbegan, and passed on to its full development 5 it was the\\nrise and progress of Unitarianism. The germs of this move-\\nment, are found much farther back, but there was nothing of\\nit visible, for years after he began his active ministry. The\\nCalvinism of the puritans, preserved the forms of its ancient\\nlife for many years after its spirit ceased to live in the heart\\nof many of the churches. Few of the New England churches\\npassed through the period of the war of the Eevolution,\\nretaining their ancient doctrine and spirit entirely unchanged.\\nBut the development of principles is always slow, and it was\\na long time before this departure from the ancient faith,\\nbecame fully evident. The time at length came, when those\\nholding doctrines so unlike as the Arminian or Socinian and\\nCalvinistic, could no longer walk together in the same\\nreligious fellowship division must take place. A large\\nmajority of the churches in that section of New England,\\nwere divided into parties, known as Orthodox and Unitarian.\\nIt was a time of difl culty and trial a time, when the ties\\nthat had bound neighbors and families for years in harmony,\\nwere to be violently sundered, and two churches, often hostile\\nto each other, or at least, one party feeling that they had\\nbeen deeply wronged, were found, where but one had been\\nbefore. In this movement, the pastor of the church of Mason\\nnever was a prominent actor. His attachment to the Calvin-\\nistic form of doctrine was strong, and his avowal of his sen-\\ntiments, bold and earnest but he was never in a position to\\nbecome a partisan.\\nNeither his natural disposition nor his habits of life, fitted\\nhim to be a polemic. In his own parish but little of the\\nUnitarian element developed itself. The church at its organ-\\nization, declared itself to be Calvinistic, upon the basis of\\ndoctrines set forth in the Westminster Assembly s Catechism.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0412.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER PULL. 41\\nSiicli had always been the faith of its pastor, and in this faith\\nthe church and people had been carefully instructed. At\\nan equal remove from the Arminianism of some of the\\nchurches in the region, and the Hopkinsianism of others,\\nthis church had ever held, with its pastor, a middle ground 5\\nnot a middle ground of compromises and concessions, but of\\nsound and rational interpretation and reception of doctrines.\\nBut although not called upon to meet and combat in his own\\nparish, what he viewed to be erroneous doctrines, he could\\nnot look with indiiference on the struggle which took place\\nbetween the old and new doctrines in his neighborhood. In\\nthis controversy the rule he adopted and followed, was that\\nto which he adhered through his long life, that is, first to\\nascertain what is duty, and then to the extent of his ability\\nto do it, without passion, haste or undue feeling or excitement.\\nIn two of the adjoining towns, this disturbing element appear-\\ned, to the interruption of the ancient harmony and fellowship.\\nIn this contingency he, without hesitation, placed himself on\\nthe side of those who held to the ancient faith, and aided\\nthem by his council and services, and encouraged them to\\nestablish for themselves, a church organization, and the insti-\\ntutions of public worship.\\nIn the first portion of his pastorship, the system of Sab-\\nbath School instruction, as now practiced, was not known in\\nthis region. But though that important aid, now considered\\nabsolutely necessary to the well-being of every church, did\\nnot then exist, its place was in a good degree supplied, by\\nthe careful attention given to catechetical instruction. In\\nthis way, many minds were more thoroughly indoctrinated,\\nthan most are, who are taught in the Sabbath Schools of\\nthese days. The following extract, from a letter written by\\none trained in his congregation, gives a picture of the manner\\nof instruction then pursued.\\nThe last Sabbath of every month, I think it was, the\\nchildren, not only of the church but of the parish, were\\ngathered together, and seated on the long seats in front of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0413.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "42 MEMOIR OP THE\\nthe pulpit; tlie girls on the right hand, and the boys on the\\nleft of the broad aisle, to be catechised. Those were happy,\\npleasant times, I can assure you. Many happy faces were\\nseen on catechising day, as it was called. This was all the\\nreal public, personal instruction the children received, when\\nI was young and, in truth, it was a great and everlasting\\nblessing, to both parents and children; it was line upon\\nline, and precept upon precept, not soon to be forgotten.\\nIn this matter of the catechism, his precept and example\\ncoincided, for he was ever careful to train his own family,\\ninto a thorough knowledge of its principles. His usual\\ncustom was, to assemble his whole family on Sabbath after-\\nnoon, after the second service, and go through the whole of\\nthe Westminster Assembly s Shorter Catechism, with great\\ncare, interfusing as he went, his own illustrations and com-\\nments. This was continued, until the youngest of his family\\nhad been trained through it. But although he was attached\\nto the catechism, he hailed with joy the rise of Sabbath\\nSchools. A Sabbath School was permanently established in\\nhis congregation, about the year 1816. At that time, he\\npreached a sermon from Eccl. 11. 6: In the morning sow\\nthy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand for\\nthou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that,\\nor whether they both shall be alike good. The same person\\nwho has described his manner of catechetical instruction, also\\ndescribes the introduction of Sabbath Schools,, as follows\\nMr. Hill made several trials to have a Sabbath School, but\\nfailed, for want of suitable superintendents and teachers.\\nSometimes a few persons would collect together for a few\\nSabbaths, and recite verses of hymns, learned probably,\\nyears before at home, and a few chapters of the Bible, and\\nthen drop away one by one, as their stock of hymns wore\\naway, and the novelty wore off. The first Sabbath School\\nthat was kept through the summer, was in 1816. -sf-\\nwas the superintendent. Three or four females were found,\\nwho would go in and hear the children recite their lessons.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0414.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 43\\nIt was the first Sabbath School I ever attended. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^f\\nwould open the school with prayer, and then leave. Some-\\ntimes he would return in season to close the school, and\\nsometimes we would get tired of waiting, and leave for our\\ndinner. The children had something set down to them,\\naccording to the number of verses recited, and when it\\namounted to one cent, a ticket was given. At the close of\\nthe school, the account was reckoned up, and a reward to the\\nvalue of what each child had earned, was given. From the\\ncommencement of the Sabbath School, the [public] catechis-\\ning was given up.\\nIn his care for his people, Mr. Hill was an industrious\\npastor, watching closely every opportunity to interest and\\nbenefit them. The sick and the afflicted in every part of the\\ntown, a;B,d of eyery denomination and character, shared his\\nparochial care. He considered himself the servant of the\\nwhole town, and felt bound to render them all the aid in his\\npower. Whenever any accident or calamity occurred, he was\\namong the first to be sent for, and often, on like occasions,\\nhe was called to neighboring towns. Many in town, who\\nneither did anything for his support, nor attended his church,\\nwere sure to send for him in time of affliction. A careful\\nobserver of disease, his opinions and judgment respecting the\\ncondition and prospects of the sick, were often sought for,\\nalthough he never in any way, intruded upon the physician s\\nprofession. A quiet self-possession which never forsook him,\\nand a general knowledge of the common principles of physi-\\nology, enabled him often in cases of emergency to render\\nuseful services, one marked instance of which occurred at\\nTownsend. It was on the occasion of the preparatory lec-\\nture, which he was to preach. The services had just com-\\nmenced, when a sudden shower arising the house was struck\\nby lightning, and one of the worshipers was left apparently\\ndead. It was a scene of confusion and dismay, in which no\\none seemed to know what should be done. He at once inter-\\nfered and directed what should be done, and saw to the exe-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0415.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "44 MEMOIR OF THE\\ncution of his orders, with so much promptness and efl cacy,\\nthat the happy result was the perfect restoration to life and\\neventually to health, of the apparently lifeless sufferer.\\nAn incident illustrating the character of Mr. Hill, and\\nshewing the confidence which was placed in him by his parish-\\nioners, is related thus One of the members of his church,\\nfeeling himself aggrieved with his pastor, on account of some\\nmatters growing out. of the politics of the day, made a com-\\nplaint against him to the church, which resulted in the calling\\nof a council, before which, the matter was to be laid. As\\nthe time for the hearing approached, the complainant found\\nthat it was necessary on his part, that the subject matter of\\nhis complaint, should be put in proper form, to be presented\\nto the council. The brother, having exhausted his own skill\\nin his efforts to draw up, and present his complaint in proper\\nform, and not succeeding to his mind, finally brought his\\npapers to his accused pastor, whom he was about to bring for\\ntrial before the council, and asked his aid in putting his accu-\\nsation into proper form, which was readily and cheerfully\\ngiven. It may be added, that the council, a large part of\\nwhich, were the political friends of the complaining brother,\\nafter the hearing, by an unanimous vote, exonerated the pas-\\ntor fully, from all the charges in the complaint.\\nThus time passed rapidly on, bringing the various changes\\nrelated above, and Mr. Hill, leading a quiet and cheerful life,\\nwas silently growing old. In 1836, he was by far the oldest\\nactive pastor, in that region of country, and although appa-\\nrently as well able to perform the duties of his office, as he\\nhad ever been, he proposed of his own accord, to his people,\\nthat they should select a young man as colleague with him,\\nin the pastorship of the church, offering, at the same time, to\\nrelinquish his whole salary, in order that the younger man\\nmight receive a support. On this subject, Eev. John Spauld-\\ning, who was the one first written to by the church, to act\\nas colleague, says Sometime before he resigned, and before\\nhis people agitated that question, he called a public meeting", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0416.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 45\\nof Ms people, and reminded them tliat lie was growing old,\\nexpressed his willingness to resign, and suggested the\\nappointment of a committee to nominate a successor. The\\ncommittee was appointed, including himself as chairman. In\\nbehalf of the committee and the congregation, he addressed\\nme on the subject, and after urging various reasons why I\\nshould leave a western for an eastern field of labor, he char-\\nacteristically remarked, I wish to resign my pastoral charge,\\nnow, while I am in full possession of my mental faculties,\\nlest, in remaining longer, they become so impaired, I shall be\\nunwilling to resign. The proposed arrangement was made\\nin the most amicable manner, with the undiminished confi-\\ndence and regard of all parties. Mr. Hill performed all his\\nduties as before, until a colleague was found in the Eev.\\nAndrew H. Reed, who was installed November the 23d,\\n1836.\\nA new society having been formed in connection with the\\nchurch, a new meeting house was builtin 1837, leaving the\\nold one to stand unoccupied, and Mr. Hill took leave of the\\nplace where he had spent so many happy Sabbaths. In his\\nfarewell sermon delivered in the old meeting house, in No-\\nvember, 1837, on taking leave of that edifice, he declared of\\nthe pulpit in which he was then standing, This is the dearest\\nspot on earth to me. In this sermon, he reviewed the his-\\ntory of the church, during the period of its occupancy of that\\nhouse. It is thought that this sermon is worthy of preser-\\nvation, and it is included among his discourses inserted in this\\nvolume.\\nMr. Eeed remained until December 11th, 1839, when he\\nwas, at his own request, dismissed, and Mr. Hill again\\nresumed his post as an active pastor, and continued his\\nlabors, until he was succeeded by his own son, Joseph Ban-\\ncroft Hill, who began his labors in August 1st, 1840, and was\\ninstalled as co-pastor, October 20th, 1841. Mr. J. B. Hill\\nremained, until preparations were made for the division of\\nthe church, for the purpose of forming the Mason village\\n7", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0417.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "46 MEMOIR OP THE\\nchurch, in February, 1847, after which at his own request, his\\npastoral relation was dissolved, by the result of a council\\nheld April 22d, 1847. The church did not secure a perma-\\nnent pastor, until 1851, when the Eev. J. L. Armes was\\ninstalled as colleague with Mr. Hill, and he remained pastor\\nuntil the decease of Mr. Hill.\\nMr. Hill was always fond of preaching. The gospel was\\nto him, a great reality, and he was happy in his work, as a\\nherald of its glorious truth. After his retirement from the\\nactive duties of his own parish, he still continued to preach,\\nfor many years. He preached regularly for some time in\\nSharon, and after tha death of Rev. Mr. Tinker, of Ashby,\\nhe supplied the pulpit there, for a short time, but his most\\nuseful labors, were at Brookline. The church in Brookline\\nwas small, and disheartened by a series of untoward circum-\\nstances. Their meeting house, which, like the first houses\\nin all that section, was built by the town, passed from their\\ncontrol, and they were left, few in number, as sheep without\\na shepherd. In this condition, they spoke of disbanding, and\\nscattering to other towns, for the purposes of worship, but\\nMr. Hill encouraged them to remain together, and offered to\\npreach for them until they could secure a pastor. He encour-\\naged and aided them in their eiforts to build a meeting house\\nof their own, remaining with them as pastor, preaching in the\\nschool houses of the town. Soon after their house was com-\\npleted, he met with a recent graduate of Andover, who was\\nnot then employed, and he was so much pleased with him,\\nthat he engaged him to preach for a single Sabbath, in Brook-\\nline, and he was there and heard him. So confident was he,\\nthat God had sent them the right man, at the right time, he\\nat once informed the church that he should preach for them\\nno more, and urged them to secure the services of the candi-\\ndate without delay. They followed his advice, and the result\\nwas the settlement of the Rev. Daniel Goodwin over that\\nchurch, and time has fully shown the wisdom of the choice.\\nMr. Goodwin in a letter to the writer, says It was through", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0418.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 4t\\nhis (Mr. Hill s) agency alone, that I came to occupy this\\npost.\\nIn the year 1839, and again in 1840, Mr. Hill was elected\\nby the JtoTmj...a_ representative to the state legislature, and\\nseixed jas such, in the sessions of those years. He was never\\na political partisan, but he was firm and decided in his politi-\\ncal views, and was well known as an advocate of the general\\npolicy of the whig party. While in Concord, he wrote to\\nhis youngest son, June 16th, 1839, It has fallen to me, to\\nperform the duty of chaplain, most of the time. Some of\\nthe members of the house, were opposed to having prayers\\nby any person, yet there was a good majority for it, and it\\nWas determined that the service should be performed by the\\nclergymen belonging to the house. When the search was\\nmade, it was found there were but two in the house, myself,\\nand Mr. Whitaker of Weare, (a Free Will Baptist.) We\\nhave leave to invite others to perform with us. The follow-\\ning letter was written from the house of representatives, to\\nthe same son, then a member of Dartmouth College.\\nConcord, June 20th, 1840.\\nMy Son I received yours by Mr. B and was glad to\\nhear of your health. I spent last Sabbath at home, and can\\ninform you that all the family were then well. This week\\nhas hitherto been a noisy week and I have been much\\nwearied with it. I do not attempt to describe to you, the\\nscenes of Wednesday. It has been calculated, that not less\\nthan seven thousand men formed and marched on to the hill\\nin procession and I should judge there were as many in the\\nstreets, and on the hill, as in the procession. There was\\nspeaking in abundance. General Wilson took up at least\\ntwo hours, in a continued strain of eloquence. Our session\\nis short, it will close Saturday morning. It has, on the\\nwhole, been a quiet and peaceable session nothing of a very\\nexciting nature has come forward, to stir up bad feelings. I\\nsend you a small sum of money, which I hope will be a\\nsupply for your present wants. I have full confidence that", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0419.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "48 MEMOIR OP THE\\nyou do, and that you will, use all the economy, that is neces-\\nsary for a poor scholar to use. But I most earnestly desire,\\nthat while you are cultivating the mind, and laboring to fit\\nyourself for usefulness, you will have great watchfulness over\\nyour heart, and strive to grow in grace. Ambition for dis-\\ntinction as a scholar, has often proved detrimental to spirit-\\nual improvement your only safety is in continued prayer.\\nii- -X- ii-\\nFrom your Father,\\nEben^ Hill.\\nAt this time occurred an incident of a domestic character,\\nwhich will long be remembered by his family it was the\\nmeeting of his whole family, for the first and only time.\\nMr. Hill had a numerous family of children, and they were\\nearly and widely scattered from their father s house. The\\neldest left home, and settled in FayettevillQ, Tennessee,\\nbefore the birth of the youngest, and he did not revisit the\\nplace of his birth, until the youngest had grown up to man-\\nhood. In July, 1844, there was a meeting of all the living\\nchildren, ten in number, at their father s house. It was a\\ntime of the deepest interest to all parties, of joy to the\\nparents, at the sight of long absent children, pleasure among\\nthe children, of forming acquaintance with those they knew\\nand loved by report, but who were strangers in fact.\\nThe time spent together by the family, was quite short.\\nThe intercourse was most cheerful and social, but partook\\nlargely of a religious character and the father threw a hal-\\nlowed feeling of calm religious reverence, into his most com-\\nmon actions. The worship around the family altar, the visits\\nat different places, were all full of tenderness, and cheerful\\nreligious emotion. After a few days spent together, the com-\\npany separated, each to his home, and never met again.\\nMr. Hill retained all his faculties, both of body and mind,\\nwith a good degree of activity, until about the year 1846,\\nwhen he began perceptibly to fail in both. There was no\\nsudden change, but a gradual decline of all his powers. His", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0420.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "REV. ebMezer hill. 49\\ntealth was good, but his strength was wasting away, his\\nmemory was broken, and his mind ceased to act with its\\naccustomed vigor. It was the decline that knows no restora-\\ntion; the shadows of evening, precursors of the sunset of\\nlife. About the last of 1851, the childhood of extreme old\\nage began to come over him. There was little of sickness, or\\napparently of pain, but a gradual wasting away of strength,\\nuntil about the middle of May, 1854, when, in consequence of\\nhaving taken a slight cold, there was induced a low stage of\\nfever, under which he suffered until the 20th day of May,\\n1854, when he quietly fell asleep. His exit from the scenes\\nof time, was perfectly calm there was not a struggle or a\\ngroan his breathing grew difficult, short, and with intervals\\nbetween each respiration, until it gentl};^ ceased forever. He\\nslept in Jesus, on the morning of the 20th day of May, 1854,\\nan old man, full of days. His age was eighty-eight years,\\nthree months, and twenty-one days.\\nOn the 23d, his funeral took place. He was followed to\\nthe grave by a great concourse of relations, friends and\\nparishioners. The day was calm and bright, in which he was\\nlaid to rest. The mild sunshine of spring fell upon the\\nworld of nature bursting into life the trees and shrubs, many\\nof which planted by his own hand, bordered the road leading\\nfrom his dwelling to the graveyard, awaking from the death\\nand sleep of winter to the bloom and verdure of spring,\\nwere emblems fit of the resurrection that awaits the good,\\nafter the winter of the grave. On such a day he was borne\\nto his resting place, into which he had seen all but a few\\nscattered surviving remnants of his original congregation,\\none after another, gathered. It was fitting that he too should\\nslumber there, pastor and people together, until the final\\nmorning hour. Of the large concourse which followed him\\nto the grave, few had known him before the meridian of life,\\nand fewer still had witnessed his ordination day. But one\\nperson, who was a member of the church when he was\\nordained, survived him and the church of this day is com-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0421.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "50 MEMOIR OF THE\\nposed mainly of the cliildren and grandchildren of those\\nwho were his people then.\\nThus within sight of the dwelling he had so long occupied,\\nwas he left to repose, in the ancient graveyard the garden\\nof the dead, which in his latter years, he was wont frequent-\\nly to visit, and there to spend the declining hours of the\\nsummer afternoon, calling up to recollection, the forms of\\nthe departed sleeping there 5 his family, his parishioners, his\\nneighbors and intimate friends of two entire generations,\\nwhom he had attended to this, their last resting place, and\\nwhose company he was shortly expecting, and patiently wait-\\ning to join.\\nThe funeral sermon was preached by the Eev. A. W. Burn-\\nham, of Eindge the successor of his own venerated instruc-\\ntor, and for many years, a valued personal friend. The\\nfollowing extract from this discourse, exhibits the view there-\\nin presented of the personal and professional character of\\nthe deceased.\\nAs a man, our departed father was small in stature, but\\nof a firm, vigorous, well constituted frame, of sound constitu-\\ntion, he enjoyed remarkable health, till overtaken by the\\ninfirmities of old age. It is a singular fact, that for fifty\\nyears he was detained from public worship, but two Sabbaths.\\nExceedingly amiable in his disposition, moderate in his tem-\\nperament, a mind well balanced, conceptions clear, reasoning\\npowers of no mean order, with no inconsiderable degree of\\nshrewdness, he had a large share of that quality so much\\nneeded, but unhappily not possessed by every minister good\\ncommon sense, sense that could be used for good in the exi\\ngencies of life. In his deportment, grave, as befitting a min-\\nister of Christ, gentlemanly and courteous in his bearing, he\\nwas instructive in conversation, familiar and pleasant in all\\nsocial intercourse, in the family, among his people, and his\\nbrethren.\\nIn his domestic relations, true-hearted, kind and careful,\\nhe aimed to fulfil every conjugal and parental duty, in the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0422.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 51\\nfear of God, and with a conscieutious regard to the highest\\nwelfare of the numerous household, of which he was the\\nhead.\\nAs a christian, he appears to have had deep experience in\\nspiritual graces. Profoundly reverent of God and sacred\\nthings, he was imbued with love to God, his house, people,\\nword and worship, submissive in trials, patient in tribulation,\\nrejoicing in hope, and relying on Christ alone for acceptance,\\nhe aimed and was enabled to maintain a devout walk with\\nGod. As a theologian he was sound in the faith, holding the\\nsystem of doctrines, usually denominated Calvinistic, as set\\nforth in the Assembly s Catechism.\\nAs a preacher, plain, effective and impressive, he set forth\\nwith simplicity and earnestness, in the mode and style of the\\ngeneration to which he belonged, the doctrines of the gospel\\nin their true aspects and bearings, always careful to engraft\\nupon them, the enforcement of practical godliness, as their\\ngenuine fruit.\\nIn his pastoral intercourse and duties, our reverend father\\nset an example worthy to be imitated by all who hold the\\nsame office. Deeply interested in all that aifected the wel\\nfare of his people, he was affectionate yet faithful, and having\\ndrunk deeply of the cup of affliction himself, he was able and\\nready to sympathize with his people, and administer to them\\nthe same consolations wherewith he himself was comforted,\\nof God. And as he watched for souls, as one that must give\\nan account, God gave him success in his ministry. While\\nunder his regular ministrations, the children of God were\\nnourished up unto eternal life, and sinners were occasionally\\ngathered into the fold; several seasons of spiritual refresh-\\ning, more or less general in their extent, and abundant in\\ntheir fruits, were enjoyed. In those days, the pastor rejoiced,\\nlabored and prayed with a diligence, fervency and faithfulness\\nbecoming a minister of the gospel, and evincing the tender\\nconcern he cherished, for the spiritual welfare of the flock\\nover which the Holy Ghost had made him overseer. In a", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0423.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "52 MEMOIR OF THE\\nword, lie was a good minister of Jesus Christ; one who\\nstudied to show himself approved of God, a workman that\\nneeded not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of\\ntruth.\\nOne of his brethren in the ministry of a neighboring town,\\nand who, in point of age, approached the nearest to the\\ndeceased, writes of the deceased, He was a man of good\\nintellectual powers, well educated, and his mind was well\\nstored with theoretical and practical knowledge. He might\\nhave filled almost any department in public life, with credit\\nand usefulness. Another, whose acquaintance with him\\ncommenced after old age had gently laid its hand upon him,\\nwrites as follows Were I to speak of him in general terms,\\nI should say, he was distinguished for a somewhat rare, yet\\nexceedingly desirable combination of qualities, which ren-\\ndered him agreeable and instructive to all parties, gave him a\\npeculiar ease and familiarity, and at the same time, a decis-\\nion, energy, dignity, and solemnity, which are rarely found in\\nthe same person.\\nChildren were always interested in him, and I think none\\nwould be disposed, as is sometimes the case, to shun his\\npresence, for his manner and conversation were admirably\\nfitted to place them at their ease, and secure their confidence.\\nHe possessed, for certainly he exhibited, a great amount of\\nkind, social, benevolent feeling. His house was always a\\nwelcome home for clergymen, and for others who sought his\\naid and direction. I have said he was an old man, when I\\nfirst became acquainted with him, but I would rather say, that,\\nin a most important sense, he was never old. He certainly\\nkept up with the spirit and enterprize of the age if he did\\nnot go before it, and kept himself thoroughly versed in rela-\\ntion to all questions of doctrine and practice, and adapted him-\\nself with great ease and propriety, to the occuring changes and\\nexigencies. Thus by keeping up his acquaintance with these\\nmatters till the last, he was always a warm friend of younger\\nbrethren in the ministry, and was always regarded by them", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0424.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 53\\nas a father in affection and interest. Hence too, his services,\\nafter he had ceased to be the active pastor of his own church,\\nwere frequently sought, and highly prized by the neighboring\\nchurches. As a pastor, as far as I can judge, and I\\nspeak in part from what I have felt, he had few equals. It\\nwas my privilege, when a beloved wife was lingering under a\\nfatal disease, through ten long months, to enjoy his frequent\\ncalls, and well do I recollect how much these visits were\\nprized, not only by myself, but by her whose spirit was\\nripening and longing for heaven. On this subject also, Mr.\\nSpaulding has said, What a father and friend was he, in the\\nhouse of mourning how appropriate his addresses and ser-\\nmons, how specific and well suited his prayers and how sym-\\npathetic his heart in the sick room, and on funeral occasions.\\nThere was much of tender earnestness in his addresses at\\nthe celebration of the Lord s supper, and in all things con-\\nnected with the examinations for admissions to the church.\\nHe loved to dwell on those themes, that are peculiarly appro-\\npriate to the communion season; they were ever new to his\\ntaste, and sources of deep emotion, which he manifested in\\nhis addresses at such times.\\nA lady who united with his church quite early in life, thus\\nwrites on that subject: Do you remember the day when\\nwe were examined for admission to the church, at the old\\nmeeting house There was one little incident connected\\nwith it, which I shall ever remember. As my name was\\ncalled, and I started tremblingly up the broad aisle with but\\nlittle thought that I should be accepted, the pastor met me,\\nand as he took my brief experience from my hand, said,\\nwith his kindest look and tone, We love to see the lambs\\ncome. How assured I felt. It seemed as if the G-ood Shep-\\nherd was speaking to me through him. I always love to\\nremember that I united with the church, when he was the\\nonly pastor.\\nMr. Hill was in his person small, not much exceeding in\\nstature five feet, but perfectly symmetrical in his limbs and", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0425.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "54 MEMOIR OF THE\\nproportions, quick and active in Ms movements, of a clieerful\\ntemperament, frugal and temperate in his habits, industrious\\nand economical in worldly affairs. He enjoyed through his\\nlong life, a remarkable degree of health and exemption from\\nsickness and pain, having never been confined to his bed for\\nthe space of twenty four hours, until his last sickness, less\\nthan one week before his death. With small means, he\\nbrought up, in a respectable style, his numerous family, all of\\nwhom were trained to habits of industry and constant em-\\nployment, to which they owe their success in life. He care-\\nfully and sedulously accustomed them all, in early life, to im-\\nprove all leisure time in reading useful and instructive books,\\na taste and habit which they have great reason to thank him\\nfor implanting and cultivating at that early period. He never\\nhad the means to acquire an extensive library, but he had\\nmany rare and valuable books, among which were the works\\nof William Perkins, of whom Fuller quaintly says, He had\\na capacious head with angles winding, and roomy enough in\\nwhich to lodge all controversial intricacies, of Owen and other\\npuritan divines of the age of Cromwell, some of the works\\nof Baxter, of Bishop Patrick, of John Newton, and of the\\npioneers of the NewEngiand churches, Richard Mather, Samuel\\nShepherd, John Wise of Ipswich, the simple cobbler of Aga-\\nwam, Increase and Cotton Mather, and Edwards. These,\\nwith the social library, a small but well-selected collection,\\nwhich he was instrumental in forming about the year 1802,\\nwere his sole reliance in the way of literature. It is a ques-\\ntion well worth propounding, which deserved best of their gen-\\neration, those who collected the social library and for more\\nthan thirty years used it and preserved it in good condition,\\nor those who sold and scattered it to the four winds of\\nheaven. His literary taste was sound and correct. His style\\nof writing, was plain and simple, free from ornament the\\nsubstance of his discourses was direct and practical.\\nOf the English poets, Milton, Pope, Young, and Cowper,\\nwere his favorite authors. But with him, the book of books", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0426.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZEE HILL. 55\\nwas the bible. To it, he always appealed. From it, all his\\nillustrations and proofs were drawn. His habits of study\\nWere little methodical. The subject, upon which he was to\\npreach, would be thought over in his own mind during the\\nweek, but generally, he would not commence writing until\\nSaturday. Then his discourses, both for forenoon and after-\\nnoon upon the same text, would be fully written out, but\\noften not until late in the night of Saturday. When compos-\\ning his discourses, he had the power of abstraction, in an\\nunusual degree so that when seated by the cheerful fire, of\\na Saturday evening, surrounded by his family, uninterrupted\\nby their conversation or employments, he would pursue the\\ntrain of thought induced by the subject selected, and follow\\nit with a speedy pen, with as much regularity and composure\\nas if in the recesses of the most retired study.\\nAlthough his public discourses were all carefully pre-\\npared and written out, he was by no means deficient in the\\npower of ready and forcible extemporaneous discourse.\\nThis was often witnessed on funeral occasions, and in meet-\\nings for conference upon religious topics. On these last\\noccasions, frequently taking a passage of scripture, sometimes\\na part, or the whole of a chapter, reading it verse by verse,\\nhe would accompany the reading with an extemporaneous\\ncommentary and explanation, which would be pertinent, apt\\nand profitable to the hearers. Such meetings were his delight.\\nHe attended them constantly and regularly, till the physical\\nand mental disability attendant on old age, deprived him of\\nthe power so to do. And, in the last years of his life, when\\nhis mental power was broken, and his mind was often wan-\\ndering, he would many times on a winter s evening, when the\\nhousehold work was done, and his family, then reduced to a\\nsmall number, were seated by the parlor fire, fancy himself in\\nthe conference room, and commence an exhortation in a quiet,\\nlow, indistinct tone of voice, and continue it for the space of\\nhalf an hour or more then having closed and dismissed his\\nmeeting, he would rouse up and remark that it had been a", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0427.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "56 MEMOIE OF THE\\nvery pleasant meeting, and enquire \u00e2\u0096\u00a0whether a goodly number\\nhad attended.\\nHe was not fitted by nature, nor trained by habit to be a\\npioneer. He seldom sought out of his own accord, new\\npaths. He was content to walk in the old and trodden ways,\\nbut still, he was always ready to welcome and further all\\nnew movements which he judged tended to the improvement\\nand benefit of the human family. As such, he gave a ready\\nand hearty welcome to the temperance movement, which has\\nproduced in many places, such immense good. The habit of\\nusing ardent spirits as a beverage, was universal in his early\\nlife, and until he had passed the meridian of life, he never\\nthought it a duty to abstain, or that the indulgence of the\\nhabit was dangerous. The same was the case, with all the\\nclergy of his day, and indeed of all the gentry, and it may be\\nsaid of all the people. Some of the clergy of his acquain-\\ntance fell victims of this indulgence, and the wonder is, not\\nthat here and there one was swept away by the demon, but\\nthat all did not go down.\\nThese warning examples produced no effect; but when the\\npublic mind was aroused to the consideration of this evil, he\\nat once saw, as every man of sense must see, that the only\\nsafe rule, was total abstinence. He readily adopted it, and\\nfrom that time to the close of his life, a period of some\\ntwenty-five or thirty years, strictly practiced total abstinence\\nfrom all intoxicating liquors. He also abandoned the use of\\ntobacco, to which he had been addicted from early life. He\\nwas ready to testify to the perfect safety of the immediate\\nadoption of total abstinence in both cases, and to the happy\\neffect of the reformation, whether regard be had to peace and\\ncomfort, either physically or mentally considered.\\nAnother instance of the readiness with which he saw, and\\nappreciated the importance of new movements, first brought\\nforward by others, has already been stated on page 42, in\\nregard to the introduction of a new system of sabbath school\\ninstruction.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0428.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER SILL. 61\\nIn the sermon there referred to, lie directed the attention\\nof his people to the importance of the early education of\\nchildren, in matters of religion, and in the knowledge of the\\nscriptures, and urged them to new and more persevering\\nefforts in that direction and from that time, so long as he\\nwas able to take any part in this portion of christian duty,\\nhe devoted a large share of his time, to the sabbath schools 5\\nand he left among his papers, at his decease, manuscript ques-\\ntions carefully prepared by him for his own use, as a sabbath\\nschool teacher, embracing the whole circle of sabbath school\\ninstruction, usually undertaken in his parish. His last efforts\\nas a religious teacher, were bestowed upon the children of his\\nparish.\\nThis summary of his life and character cannot be better\\nconcluded, than with the closing sentences of a notice of him,\\npublished soon after his death, in The Congregationalist. In\\nhis later years especially, he was accustomed to spend several\\nhours each day, in reading the Bible and in communion with\\nMs Savior. His humility was manifest, and also his love of\\nthe sanctuary. To him Christ was all, and self was mor-\\ntified and forgotten. His regard for his church was ever the\\nsame, he cherished for it an undeviating affection. Between\\nhim and his colleagues, there was perfect harmony. He\\nnever gave them the least trouble. The ruling purpose of\\nhis mind showed itself, amid all his infirmities. Often when\\nhe was unable to preserve the sequence of his thoughts on\\nordinary subjects, and when he scarcely knew whether it was\\nmorning or evening, he would offer prayer in a perfectly\\ncoherent manner, as if his family were gathered around him.\\nThe christian graces all seemed to be ripe in him, years\\nbefore his exit, and he came to his grave in a full age, like\\nas a shock of corn cometh in his season.\\nSoldier of Ckrist well done,\\nPraise be thy new employ,\\nAnd while eternal ages run,\\nRest in thy Savior s joy.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0429.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0430.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "tl^0^ Jf^^\\n.^L^^^-^-\\n0J vJO^YWx^ K aM J-i^-^ -^s .j3-J^\\n^--)b a^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a01^7^ ,^C-^.T^\\n-b^\\nJU/\\nLci\\n^^,^-^t^ yy .t^^\\n,,j;^ -t-^^-et-^tf-^^.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab2-\u00c2\u00bb^t^ ,-i.t^ JLy :^t^o .t^^ ^^,-^t^\\n,^-rTciJci-Cy 2/i i -t^ V-u^^c-t^t-v.*- c- ^jt,-*-!.-?^.-^\\n^j^\\n/i r-t-r^", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0431.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0432.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "A SERMON,\\nPREACHED IN THE OLD MEETING HOUSE, IN MASON, NOVEM-\\nBER, 1837,\\nox THE OCCASION OF THE REMOVAL BY THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY, OP\\nTHEIR PLACE OE AVORSHIP, TO THE NEW MEETING HOUSE,\\nBY THE EEV. BBENEZER HILL.\\nD HUT. XXXII. 7.\\nRemember the days of old, consider the years of many generations.\\nWhen Moses had conducted the children of Israel, God s\\nchosen people from Egypt, through the great and terrible\\nwilderness to the very borders of Canaan, and was informed\\nthat the time was just arrived, that he should leave them and\\nbe gathered to the great congregation of the dead, by divine\\ndirection he gathered the people together, and rehearsed in\\ntheir ears the great things God had done for them, and put\\nthem in mind of their many provoking sins and acts of\\nrebellion, and of the many judgments God brought on them\\nand their fathers for their sins and provocations, and also,\\nthe great mercy of God in sparing them. And when he had\\nwritten the history of the law to be deposited in the sacred\\nark, by the same divine command, he was led to compose a\\nhymn or song, comprehending the important facts in their\\npast history, likewise containing many predictions of future\\nevents. This was designed for them to commit to memory,\\nand to be often rehearsed and sung, that so they might never\\nforget them. Here we see how important it is, in the sight of\\nGod, that men should retain the knowledge of his mighty\\nacts, and remember his mercies and his judgments. He", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0433.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "60 MEMOIR OF THE\\nknew their liability to forget even the most remarkable and\\nsolemn scenes and events, and provided a help against this\\nsinful infirmity; by having such facts as would excite the\\nyoung to enquire about them, and keep the recollection of\\nthem ever fresh in their own memory, embodied in a popular,\\nfamiliar song. This was the most effectual way of diffusing\\nthe knowledge, and preserving the memory of remarkable and\\nsolemn events which could be before the art of printing was\\ndiscovered, and consequently when books would be scarce.\\nThis is the only way in which unlettered nations can, or\\ndo preserve, any fragments of their history 5 even by embody-\\ning them in their songs, and thus handing them down from\\ngeneration to generation. God not only took care thus to\\npreserve the history of his church and his dealings with his\\npeople and their enemies, but also in the very same way incul-\\ncated the duty of charging the memory with these truths, and\\nmeditating on them much. Hence, whenever they repeated this\\nsong, they would of course repeat the command to Remem-\\nber the days of old, and consider the years of many genera-\\ntions. They are cautioned, that it is not enough for them to\\nadmit the facts related by their fathers, and treasure them up\\nin their memory, but it is requisite, that they frequently call\\nthem up and cause them to pass before their minds, and make\\nthem subjects of deep thoughtfulness and meditation. From\\nthe words following the text, it is manifestly a duty to enquire\\nafter and seek to obtain knowledge of what God has wrought\\nin ancient times and in later days. It is added to the text,\\nAsk thy Father and he will shew thee, your Elders and they\\nwill tell thee. It is a solemn and important duty of us all,\\nto make ourselves acquainted with the history of the days of\\nold, as far as we can, aud that we frequently revolve in our\\nminds the events of past generations. This was certainly\\nthe case with the children of Israel, and we should remember\\nthat God addresses us in the same language that he did them.\\nRemember the days of old, consider the years of many gen-\\nerations and ignorance or forgetfulness in us of the most", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0434.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 61\\nwonderful and remarkable events of very ancient or of more\\nmodern times, would be very inexcusable. For we have the\\nbible, which will carry back the mind to the very beginning\\nof time, and we have richly the means of obtaining knowl-\\nedge of civil and ecclesiastical history, in this day and land\\nof books and general education. This is required as a duty,\\nnot only in the text, but in many other places, in plain and\\npositive language and it is designed and calculated, as all\\nother duties are, to promote our spiritual and moral edifica-\\ntion, and comfort.\\nIn further pursuing the subject, I shall call your attention,\\n1st. To some things we may see as included in the requi-\\nsition, Remember the days of old.\\n2d. To some of the advantages, which may result from\\nthe due remembrance and the contemplation of the days of\\nold, and the years of many generations.\\nI. The remembrance of the days of old things to be\\nremembered and studied. Here I can name but few, and\\ndwell upon none of them, as their importance requires. The\\nthings to be remembered and studied I nanle as included\\n1st. The whole history of redemption, from the first inti-\\nmation of mercy to fallen man, down to the full completion of\\nthe great work of redemption, by the actual sufferings of\\nthe divine Redeemer, and ascension of the Son of God.\\nWhatever other events may be correctly related, constantly\\nremembered and carefully studied, if this be not in some\\nmeasure remembered, and do not engage our solemn con-\\nsideration, we shall only have the more splendid way down\\nto eternal death. It would have been better for us, never to\\nhave had an existence, nor to have known what great things\\nGod has wrought for sinners, than for us to disregard the\\ndivine command, in this respect.\\n2d. Among the things included in the days of old, and to\\nbe remembered, we may see as included, the constant and\\nunchangeable care which Christ has ever taken of his church,\\nand the protection he has afforded to individual saints, and\\n9", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0435.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "62 MEMOIR OP THE\\nthe wonderful deliverances lie has effected for them, in sea-\\nsons of the greatest perils and sufferings. Often has the\\nchurch been brought low, exceedingly low, and the enemies\\nhave thought that they had prevailed, but the Lord has\\nbrought deliverance, and given the triumph to his distressed\\npeople. And we should remember the instances of his faith-\\nfulness with individuals, when he has borne with them, and\\ncarried them through severest trials though they have passed\\nthrough the water, it has not overflowed them, and though\\nthey have passed through the fire, it has not consumed them.\\nWonderful indeed have been many instances, where God\\nhas wrought for his saints, when all other hope was gone, and\\nthese are recorded that we may remember and meditate on\\nthem.\\n3d. Again, the many instances wherein God has brought\\nsore judgments upon his church and people, and individual\\nsaints, for their sins, are to be remembered by us. They are\\nrecorded, that we may know them well, and be admonished\\nfor examples, we have the histories of David, Hezekiah, and\\nothers.\\n4th. Again, the things to be remembered of old, are the\\nremarkable judgments God has brought upon his enemies, and\\nthe enemies of his people such, for instance, as upon Egypt,\\nPharaOh and his host, and upon Babylon. We may also,\\nespecially on this day, view as included among the things of\\nold to be studied, the events of divine Providence in which\\nwe are directly or individually concerned, such as\\n1st. The preparation of our forefathers to leave their\\nnative land, their pleasant dwellings and possessions, in order\\nthat they might have the gospel in its purity, and worship\\nGod according to the dictates of their consciences, and\\nespecially, in preparing an asylum for them in this land, so\\nshortly before unknown to the old world. Here God planted\\nhis choice vine, and caused it to take root and bear fruit,\\nonce glorious fruit, however since degenerated. The kind-\\nness of the Lord to our forefathers, the deliverances he", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0436.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "RET. BBENEZER HILL. 63\\nWrought for them, when foes rose up against them, and the\\nblessings he bestowed upon all their labors, until a little one\\nhad become a great nation these are all of them, things of\\nold, which are to be remembered, and which ought to be\\nstudied, until our hearts are filled with gratitude and praise.\\n2d. There are many things in the history of our own life,\\nthough it be short, and in the events which have led on to the\\ncircumstances in which we are placed this day. Our child-\\nhood and youth, our manhood and age, have not passed away,\\nwithout many dispensations of Providence, which call for our\\ncontinued remembrance, with deep feelings of gratitude, holy\\njoy, and lively praise. The history of this town and of this\\nchurch, with all the train of events, which have led to the\\ncircumstances in which we are placed this day, contains many\\nthings, which call for our lasting remembrance, and solemn\\nmeditation. In them, we ma} trace the leadings of divine\\nProvidence, and though on a smaller scale, yet more remark-\\nable, because so much nearer to us.\\n11. I proceed to invite your attention to some of the\\nadvantages resulting from the continued remembrance, and\\ndue consideration of past events. And it is believed to be\\ncapable of proof, that historical facts, especially those which\\nare contained in the bible and the late history of the church,\\nteach us most conclusive lessons of wisdom, and the most\\nsolemn, remarkable, alarming, and profitable truths. If we\\nremember and consider well, the whole history of redemp-\\ntion, we shall learn that there is, and can be but one possible\\nway of escape for sinners, from the just, though tremendous\\nwrath of God. The dispensations of God against the wicked,\\nas well as his faithfulness and truth to those who fear\\nhis name and believe his promises, occur on every page.\\nThe first hope that sinful man could ever indulge, was\\ngrounded on the promises to the woman s seed the display\\nof divine anger against stubborn sinners, in the days of old,\\nis suificient to make those fear, who are not in the way in\\nwhich sinners may come into the favor of God. what", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0437.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "64 MEMOIR OF THE\\nproofs does the history of the world give of the prevalence\\nof sin, and of its hatefulness to a holy God, If we look\\nthrough the days of old, to the very morning of time, we see\\ndeath reigning over all, in that all have sinned, for the wages\\nof sin is death. In every view we take of the days of old,\\nwe see the evil of sin, and the dreadful consequences of\\napostasy from God. The whole history of redemption con-\\ntained in the bible, when it is seriously contemplated, goes to\\nteach the wicked world, that vain is the effort to prevail\\nagainst, and overturn the church of God. How has God\\nswept away whole and mighty nations, when they have risen\\nup against his little flock How solemn a call is this on\\nsinners, to accept his mercy We may learn some of the\\nspecial benefits of remembering the days of old, and of\\nacquaintance with ancient times, from many cases related in\\nthe bible and the special benefit to be obtained thereby, is\\nto be seen. Thus, is the church in a low, depressed, or\\noppressed state are christians borne down with troubles,\\ndiscouraged, and ready to faint let them remember the days\\nof old, c., and they will find facts, which may strengthen\\ntheir faith, and encourage their hope. Thus it was with the\\nPsalmist, as related in the seventy-seventh Psalm. He had a\\nseason of darkness and sore trial, and was almost ready to\\ndespair of the mercy of God; but when he remembered the\\ndays of old, the years of ancient times, when he called to\\nmind his song in the night, and on his having made diligent\\nsearch, he was led to ask, will the Lord cast off forever\\nCan such a thing be Will he be favorable no more Is his\\nmercy clean gone forever? Do his promises fail? Hath God\\nforgotten to be gracious Such desponding, unbelieving\\nthoughts had troubled him. But how did he check himself,\\nand recover a tranquil state yea, a state of holy joy, by\\ncalling to mind what God had done of old. His language is,\\nI said this in my infirmity, and instead of yielding to such\\ndespondency, he said, I will remember the years of the right\\nhand of the most High, I will remember the works of the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0438.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 65\\nLord, I will remember the wonders of old; and we find Mm\\nsoon speaking the language of praise. This is the benefit\\nthat the people of God may derive, from remembering the\\ndays of old, when they are by any means brought low. Here\\nthey may take courage.\\nAgain, when Moses would keep the people low in their own\\nminds, and grateful to God for all his wonders of mercy and\\nfavor, he called upon them to remember that thou wast a\\nservant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God\\nbrought thee out thence through a mighty hand and a stretched\\nout arm. If we would call to mind past events, and even go no\\nfurther back than our own experience, we should remember our\\nonce totally ruined state, our state of slavery in sin, and how\\nwe owe all to divine mercy, if we are not now in worse than\\nEgyptian bondage. If any thing in the world can humble us\\nand hide pride from us, this would do it, and this is the\\ngreat good received. And when he would bring them to deep\\nrepentance and continued humility, he charged them remem-\\nber and forget not, how ye provoked the Lord your God to\\nwrath in the wilderness, from the day when ye departed\\nout of the land of Egypt, until ye came into this place ye\\nhave been rebellious until this day. And when he would\\ninspire them with courage to face their enemies and attempt\\narduous duties to which they thought themselves not able, he\\nthus called upon them, Thou shalt remember what the Lord\\ndid unto Pharaoh and unto all Egypt.\\nSuch benefits may result to us from proper meditation, on\\nthe years of many generations gone by. And the more we\\nacquaint ourselves with the history of this nation and the\\nChurch of Christ contained in it. And the more frequently\\nwe call to mind, and the more closely we meditate on the\\ndealings of God the more we shall find to humble us and\\nbring us to repentance, to incite in us grafetude and a desire\\nto make retm-ns for unmerited kindness. And to these mar-\\nvelous events we have not time to advert. Many circumstan-\\nces conspire to call our attention to know what to some would", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0439.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "66 MEMOIR OF THE\\nbe things of many generations, things transacted long before\\ntheir birth, and to some few, although they are things in which\\nthey had a personal share, they would seem of ancient times\\nlong since done. But entering immediately on the subject, I\\n^ill call our attention to a few inferences I shall barely name\\nthem and then leave them for our own reflections. The Old\\nTestament, much despised by many, would be of exceeding\\nvalue for the edification of all, and for the strengthening of\\ntheir faith not only is it very essential to their salvation, as\\nwell as the New Testament, but to their establishment in the\\nhope of the gospel. Here only have we the history of the\\ndealings of God with man and with his church for about four\\nthousand years.\\n2d. We see the value of his preached word.\\n3d. Acquaintance with the history of God s dealing with\\nthe church and the world, with the history of former times,\\nis of importance, as affording subjects for profitable medita-\\ntion, at all times, to the exclusion of vain, foolish and impure\\nthoughts.\\nThis day is an epoch in the history of this town and church.\\nThis day, we leave this house, where we, and our fathers\\nhave worshiped for many years, and we may receive it as\\nthe voice of God to us. Remember the days of old. Let\\nus now together meditate on the events occurring in the days\\nof our fathers, and trace them down to the present day, and\\nwe shall see much to humble us, and to shew us the many,\\nand wonderful kindnesses of our God. I begin with some in\\nthe civil history of the town, such as I have been able to\\ncollect. The time of the first inhabitants moving into this\\ntown, was in the year 1752, and it was called township No.\\n1 and the first white child born in the town, would be, if\\nliving, more than eighty years of age. The first settlers in\\nthe town were mftny of them poor, and the settlement did\\nnot proceed so rapidly as in some other towns, nor was it\\nuntil the year 1768, that an incorporation was sought and\\nobtained. In that year, the inhabitants were incorporated a", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0440.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 67\\nbody politic, and the place named Mason. This was in\\nAugust and in November following, when the first tax was\\nlevied, there were but seventj ^-six rated polls or persons,\\nliable to be taxed. The original proprietors erected a meet-\\ning house, just by where this stands, for the inhabitants,\\nbefore the town was incorporated; that is, they set up a\\nframe, covered and enclosed it, but it never was finished.\\nThere it stood a shell until 1790. And in that your fathers,\\nand some now living, worshiped, and even in the winter.\\nIn that house, I commenced my ministry in this place. Then,\\nthere was not a riding carriage in the town, and in the winter,\\nwhole families would come to meeting on a sled drawn by\\noxen, and the ladies were not ashamed to be seen in their\\nplain, decent, ivarm, comfortable, homemade clothing. Were\\nthose times more unfavorable, or on the whole more uncom-\\nfortable, than the present, judge ye.\\nAt length the town as a corporate body, agreed to build a\\nhouse for the worship of God, but were not agreed as to its\\nlocation. This was submitted to a committee of disinter-\\nested persons, and they unhappily selected this spot. I say\\nunhappily, for had it been located where it should have been,\\nIt might have well continued many years longer as the place of\\nour solemnities, and with small expense be made comfortable.\\nWhen our fathers entered upon the work of building this\\nhouse, it was with many discouragements and fears. They\\nfelt poor, and weak handed for such an undertaking; but G-od\\nsmiled upon them, and succored them far beyond their fears.\\nThey felt it to be a heavy burden, but they undertook it with\\ncheerfulness, and were enabled to sustain it. And forty seven\\nyears ago this present month, the house was so far finished,\\nthat the ceremonies of my ordination were performed in it,\\nwhich were the first public religious exercises in this house.\\nIt was soon after solemnly dedicated unto Almighty God, as\\na place for his worship, and through the rich goodness and\\nmercy of God, very few sabbaths have passed from that time\\nto the present, when the house has not been occupied by some", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0441.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "68. MEMOIR OF THE\\nas a place of worship. And since that time the Lord has\\nblessed his people, agreeably to his promises to his chosen\\npeople of old. He has increased their number and increased\\ntheir wealth, proving that none are poorer for what they\\nspend for God. In the year 1790, when this house was built,\\nthere were but about one hundred and ten dwelling houses in\\nthe town, poor and good, and now there are more than two\\nhundred and ten, and our eyes are permitted to behold a new\\nhouse completed, to be dedicated to God for the use of this\\nchurch and the congregation worshiping with them. Surely\\nwe have cause this day to set up our Bbenezer, and say, hith-\\nerto hath the Lord helped us, and to give thanks at the\\nremembrance of his merciful kindness, when we remember\\nthe days of old, and consider and think upon our present\\nstate as a society, for when we go out of this house we are\\nnot left houseless.\\nI will now add something relative to the changes that have\\ntaken place in the town, to be remembered among the things\\nof the days of old. There is but one dwelling house and two\\nbarns now standing in all that can be considered as contained\\nin this centre village, which were standing when I first came to\\nthis town, and but one building of any kind in all the west vil-\\nlage, and there had never then been a resident physician, nor\\nother professional man, except the short time Mr. Searle was\\nthe minister. Supposing five persons to a dwelling house,\\nthere would not at that time have been more than five hun-\\ndred and fifty inhabitants, but they did probably some exceed\\nsix hundred. We have enjoyed at least a comfortable share\\nof health with other places, and there have been many instan-\\nces of longevity. But some years have been distinguished by\\ngreat mortality. In the years 1818 and 1819, we were visit-\\ned with that dreadful scourge angina maligna or throat dis-\\ntemper, and it swept away many of the children. In the year\\n1818 was the greatest number of deaths that ever were in\\nthe town in one year there were thirty four of these twenty\\ntwo were children under fourteen years of age, and of these", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0442.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 69\\ntwelve died of throat distemper. In 1819; there were thirty-\\none deaths, and of these eighteen were under fourteen years\\nof age, and twelve of them were removed by the same malig-\\nnant distemper.\\nIn the space of forty-seven years, there have been removed\\nfrom this place to the narrow house prepared for all the\\nliving, somewhat rising eight hundred. What a large congre-\\ngation How often have all the now living, been warned to\\nprepare for death and the judgment.\\nBut it is time to call to mind the years of many genera-\\ntions, respecting the church in this place. Previous to my\\nacquaintance with this church, it had been in a state of per-\\nplexity and trouble, for most of the time of its existence as\\na church. Among the earliest settlers in the town, were\\nsome professors, but no church was constituted until 1772,\\nfour years after the town was incorporated. When the\\nchurch was embodied, it was stated to be a Calvinistic church,\\nand the articles of faith to agree essentially, with the West-\\nminster confession of faith. At this time Eev. Jonathan\\nSearle was ordained, and constituted the pastor of this\\nchurch. Shortly after, unhappy difficulties arose between the\\npastor and the flock, which caused his dismissal, nine years\\nafter his settlement. Soon after, or from the time of this\\nevent, he ceased to preach. He was appointed a civil magis-\\ntrate, officiated in that capacity, and remained in the town until\\nhis death. During the nine years of his ministry, fourteen were\\nadmitted by profession, and nine by letter, and eleven owned\\nthe covenant, so called, according to the practice of most of the\\nchurches in N. England, in those days. After that period, until\\nthe time of my ordination, I find record of admission of one\\nmember only. There was a long time of deathlike sleep in\\nthe church, until about the year 1785, when it pleased God\\nto pour out his spirit, and cause a great revival of religion\\nin his people, and of his work in converting sinners, in New\\nIpswich, under the ministry of the venerable Mr. Farrar,\\nand soon it extended, in some measure, to this and other\\n10", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0443.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "70 MEMOIR OF THE\\ntowns. This part of the vineyard, although in a very deplor-\\nable state, was not wholly passed by; some few christians\\nwere awakened, and brought to submit themselves to their\\nlong neglected duty.\\nMany of the people of Mason, especially of the young,\\nflocked to the solemn meetings at New Ipswich, and were\\nstruck with wonder, and soon some were convicted of sin,\\nand became anxious for their soul s salvation, and shortly\\nafter were rejoicing in the hope of pardoning mercy. But\\nsuch was the state of the church in Mason, destitute of a\\nminister, broken, dispirited, that the new converts sought to\\nunite with the church in New Ipswich, to which they had\\nbecome greatly attached, by their acquaintance with the\\nmembers, which the situation and intercourse had brought\\nabout, and by that mutual love, which new born souls who\\nhave mourned, and wept, and rejoiced together, feel. Their\\nrequest was granted, on condition that they removed their\\nrelation, whenever the church in Mason should become\\nsettled. One happy effect of this revival, was a determina-\\ntion in the church and congregation, to seek the settlement of\\na gospel minister; and, in the very mysterious providence of\\nGod, the present speaker was elected to this office, and is\\ncontinued to this day.\\nJust before my ordination, those who were residing in town,\\nmembers of other churches, and these members of the New\\nIpswich church, removed their relation to this church. The\\nchurch consisted of thirty-six members when I settled with\\nthem, and has now rising one hundred and fifty-seven, in this\\ntown, in regular standing. The whole number added, during\\nmy ministry, is two hundred and eighty-one; of these, two\\nhundred and sixty-one by profession. A small number indeed\\ncompared to the number of inhabitants, and length of time,\\nalthough we have been favored with some precious seasons\\nof refreshing, from the presence of the Lord, seasons when\\nthe Holy Spirit has come down with power, and wrought\\nwonders, making the word of God powerful, and causing joy", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0444.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 71\\nand gladness on earth and in heaven, over penitent sinners.\\nIt will be doubtless refreshing to some, to be reminded of\\nthose years, in which they rejoiced when first they knew the\\nLord, or rejoiced when salvation came to their house, and\\ntheir dear friends became dearer to their hearts, by being-\\nunited to the family of God.\\nThe years 1801 and 1802 were indeed years of the right\\nhand of God. After a long season in which but few, and at\\ndistant intervals, were persuaded to embrace the Savior, God\\nwas pleased to grant such a refreshing season, as never had\\nbefore been experienced in this place, and the fruit that was\\ngathered, was an addition of fifty-four members by profession.\\nThe number that united with the Baptist church, I cannot tell.\\nIt seemed then, as if it could not be, that there should be\\nsuch a lowering down as would be like night after a bright\\nand glorious day. But oh what wonderful changes we have\\nwitnessed, which should humble our souls, while we rejoice in\\nthe goodness of God, that after his spirit has been grieved\\naway, and his people gone away backward, he should remem-\\nber them in mercy. Again, in the year 1812, was a short\\nseason of the special display of the mercy of God, and twen-\\nty-five were added to the church. After this, only now and\\nthen a mercy drop was found to fall, until the year 1826,\\nwhich was a year more distinguished than any other in the\\nannals of this church. God wrought gloriously, every part\\nof the town was visited, and so manifest was the work of\\nGod, that for a time, all opposition seemed to be silenced,\\nand the fruit of this glorious revival, was an addition to this\\nchurch, of sixty-two members. Oh that we may soon see\\nsuch another day of the mercy and goodness of God. As\\nthe fruits of this revival, there were added to the church in\\n1826 and in 1827, seventy-nine members; in 1831, twenty-\\none, and in 1834 and 1835, thirty-two. Remember the days\\nof old, consider the years of many generations, and think\\nwhat changes will shortly take place here.\\nWhen I look around on this assembly, I can see but one of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0445.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "t2 MEMOIR OP THE\\nthe number of those^ who from this town joined the church\\nin New Ipswich, and removed their relation at the time of\\nmy settlement. Then they were young, but where are they\\nI can see but two [Jonathan Batchelder, and the widow Polly\\nDunster] of all the thirty-six, which composed the church in\\nthat solemn hour, when I was constituted their pastor.\\nWhere are they Some have removed to other churches, and\\nperhaps remain on earth, but most of them have fallen asleep.\\nOh 1 how near at hand, should this view bring the time of\\nour own departure how excite us to be up and doing, while\\nit is day. It is matter of rejoicing certainly to me, that\\nwhen we leave this house, we have a place of worship to\\nwhich we may repair, and that, although I minister no\\nlonger in this house, or any other, I do not leave you as\\nsheep without a shepherd.\\nWhere will be the present inhabitants of this town, after\\nthe revolution of such another period as we have contem-\\nplated. Certainly, with many, the places that now know\\nthem, shall know them no more. Some few may remain on\\nearth, monuments of God s sparing mercy and goodness. It\\nis hoped, that many will be shouting the praises of redeem-\\ning love in heaven and oh distressing thought it is feared\\nthat some will be wailing their folly and madness, in eternal\\ndespair. What changes may be expected to take place,\\nin half a century to come, in this church and congregation,\\nand the inhabitants of this town. The farms we now culti-\\nvate with so much care, will have passed into other hands^\\nThe houses we now inhabit, will not be inhabited by us then.\\nThis house, which has been consecrated to God, for his ser^\\nvice, and the place where he has displayed his mercy, will\\nthen be mouldered into ruins.\\nThe house to which we are about to remove will become\\nold, and the religious assembly will be another generation\\nwhile we shall probably all be sleeping in dust. Yes, that\\ncommunion table will be surrounded with other members,\\nunless God in his wrath shall remove his candlestick. Not", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0446.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "HEV. EBENEZER HILL. 73\\nonly will these seats be vacated by this assembly, not only will\\nthe present communicants cease from coming to this table,\\nnot only will these walls cease to resound with the voice of\\npraise from the lips of this assembly, but the house in which\\nwe are to worship after this day, will be filled with other\\nworshipers than those who may have the privilege to unite\\nwith us in the first religious exercises in that earthly temple.\\nIn thirty years another generation will occupy our present\\nplaces.\\nIt is right that as we leave this house, we should leave it\\nunder the impression of such remarkable truths. I cannot\\nhowever, say farewell to this house, before once more calling\\non christian brethren and sisters, to remember the time is\\nshort, and to do with their might what they have to do think\\nnot your work is done because you leave this house of wor-\\nship. Keep in grateful remembrance the works of God.\\nTake courage from his precious promises and his dealings\\nwith his people, in the years that are gone, be instant in\\nseason and out of season. Cease not to plead with God,\\nfor the outpouring of his spirit upon this church and congre-\\ngation. Let your light so shine, that others seeing your good\\nworks, may come and put their trust in that God and Saviour\\nyou love and adore. Oh sinners, this is the last message to\\nyou from this place, you can have but little time left, the\\ndoor of mercy is now open fly to the Saviour, who\\nstands with open arms to receive you, while it is yet an\\naccepted time, and a day of salvation.\\nI now bid farewell in my own name, and in the name of\\nthis church and congregation, to this house as a place of wor-\\nship, as the place of our solemn assemblies.\\nFarewell to this Pulpit to me indeed, for many years,\\nthe dearest spot on earth. And although I expect not to\\nlabor any more in this pulpit, if I do in any other, I never\\nshall think of this place, and remember the days of old,\\nwithout such associations as will be calculated to move the\\nfeelings of humility and gratitude.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0447.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "74\\nIklEMOlR OP THE\\nFarewell to this House, wliich has been the place, in\\nwhich we have witnessed many i3ainful and joyous scenes.\\nmay these walls, once consecrated to God, never be\\ndesecrated or polluted, by being made the place where infidelity\\nor error shall be disseminated or the spirit of party, manage\\nto subvert the freedom of this favored land.\\nOlD MEETING HOUSE. EIRST OCCUPIED lOVEMBER t 1790.\\nNEW MEETING HOUSE. FIRST OCCUPIED NOVEMBER, 18S7.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0448.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 75\\nA FUNERAL SERMON,\\nDELIVERED AT MASON, K H., 01 LORD S DAY,\\nDECEISIBER 10, 1826,\\nOCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF\\nCAPTAIN HIRAM SMITH,\\nWho Deceased December 6, 1826, Aged 2\u00c2\u00a7 Years.\\nBY REV. EBENEZER HILL.\\nJOB XXI. 23, 24, 25, 2 6.\\nOne dietli in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. His breasts\\nare full of milk, and his bones are moistened -with marrow. And another\\ndieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasm-e. They\\nshall lie down ahlce in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.\\nOne interesting point of instruction conveyed in these\\nwords of the aged, experienced, and afflicted Job, is mani-\\nfestly this. The grave may be very near to the most pros-\\nperous, and healthy, and strong, as well as to those who\\nendure the greatest afflictions, and most severe sufferings. I\\nshall endeavor, briefly, to establish this truth, in order to\\nexhibit some of the important instructions which the great\\nuncertainty of life seems forcibly to convey to us all and to\\nprepare the way for such application and addresses as the\\nsolemn scene which so lately passed before our eyes, together\\nwith others of no long date, seem to require.\\nJob was a man of very eminent piety. It appears from\\ndivine testimony, that he exceeded all the men on earth in\\nhis day, in devotedness to God, and in labor after inward", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0449.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "76 MEMOIR OF THE\\npurity, and practical holiness. Hast thou considered my\\nservant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect\\nand an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth\\nevil? Job was a wise man; a man of good understanding;\\na man of much and careful observation. It is evident he\\nwas well acquainted with the history of preceding ages, so\\nfar as this was handed down by tradition and he had atten-\\ntively observed the dispensations of Divine Providence in his\\nown day. The remark in the text was the result of his\\nown observation, confirmed by the testimony of the fathers,\\nwho had lived long before him. And the same truth has been\\ngaining additional evidence in every age of the world since,\\ndown to the present day. One dieth in his full strength,\\nbeing wholly at ease and quiet. His breasts are full of milk\\nand his bones are moistened with marrow. And another\\ndieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with\\npleasure. They shall lie down in the dust, and the worms\\nshall cover them.\\nThis truth also comes to us with authority; being written\\nby the pen of inspiration, preserved by the providence of\\nGod, and making a part of the holy scriptures. let us feel\\nour personal interest in this solemn truth As we know that\\nit is appointed to all men once to die as we know that we\\nare of the dust, and must return to dust again so we are\\ntaught in the text, that we are not sure of any long previous\\nwarning of the time of our dissolution. No circumstances in\\nlife can give any security that death is not at the door.\\nIf to be full of strength, and free from any disease, the\\nblood and spirits flowing with life and vigor, can give no secu-\\nrity for the continuance of life then surely no attachments\\nto life, no worldly circumstances, no pleasing prospects, no\\nconnections formed, no engagements made, can give the least\\nassurance that the grave is not just before us. How often do\\nwe see this melancholy truth demonstrated We do not need\\nto repair to the chronicles of ancient times for evidence that\\nthe young, even children, and the sprightly youths of fairest", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0450.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 17\\npromise, may suddenly drop into an untimely grave. Neither\\nneed we go far for proof that the young, the strong and vig-\\norous their parents hope, their parents joy, while in the full\\nenjoyment of health, their warm and lively imaginations\\npainting bright prospects before them, which seem to them\\ncertain, perhaps forming connections, which they fondly\\nbelieve will be lasting, and on which they ground the warmest\\nexpectations of happiness we need not, I say, go far for\\nproof, that such may, in an unexpected hour, fall into the cold\\nembrace of death.\\nParents, while they feel not, or scarcely begin to feel any\\nof the decays of nature while their nerves are strong, and\\ntheir bodily organs are able to perform their functions with\\nease, and they behold with joy, their children like olive plants\\naround their tables, or settling in the world with hopeful\\nprospects ^no sickness, no apparent messenger of death\\nalarms them theij may drop and die in the fulness of their\\nstrength or their children may fall before their eyes. In\\neither case, how unlooked for, how surprising the change\\nCircumstances in life give no more security against death,\\nthan health. Death spares the rich no more than the poor.\\nEngagements, of whatever kind, are unavailing to protect\\nagainst death. We may have much upon our hands to do,\\nmuch unfinished business, according to our promises to others,\\nor plans which we have laid out for ourselves but as our\\nfull strength will not be able to withstand, so our engage-\\nments and promises will not move death to delay his stroke,\\nwhen commissioned to strike. And oftentimes there is little\\nor no warning given, by any previous indisposition, before the\\nstrong man is made to bow. One dieth in his full stren^-th,\\nbeing wholly at ease and quiet, as well as another at whose\\ndoor death had seemed to knock, by long continued, or fre-\\nquent sicknesses.\\nDeath, in unnumbered forms, stalks in every path we tread.\\nThe grave is ever before us, and we are constantly approach-\\ning it and no one can say that the next step is not into it.\\nIX", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0451.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "78 MEMOIR OF THE\\nAs David said of himself, so it may be with us, There is but\\na step between me and death. The prophet was directed\\nto cry, All flesh is grass, and all the goodness thereof as the\\nflower of the field. The grass withereth and the flower\\nfadeth; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it.\\nSurely the people is grass. Job also, guided by the Holy\\nSpirit, hath said, Man that is born of a woman is of few\\ndays, and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a flower, and\\nis cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.\\nSurely then no one may consistently boast himself of\\nto-morrow. However firm his health now is, he may then be\\nin his grave.\\nIt is not my intention to labor to prove a truth so evident\\nin frequent occurrences. I have barely reminded you, my\\nfellow-mortals, of what we all admit, I trust, and what every\\none must admit, who receives testimony of God, or only casts\\nhis eye over a little space around him and I have done it for\\nthis purpose, that our minds might be prepared to receive the\\ninstruction which such facts press upon all the living.\\nYou will suffer me to state, and, I beseech all duly to\\nweigh, some consequences which must follow from the forego-\\ning acknowledged facts. And,\\n1. If then in the midst of life we are in death; if, in the\\nfullness of our strength, and in our brightest worldly pros-\\npects, we are liable every moment to be cut down by death,\\nand in the grave to be hidden from the world and all it con-\\ntains to have all our connections dissolved, and to leave all\\nour earthly enjoyments behind us forever; then, certainly,\\nthey are miserably poor who have no better interest than\\nwhat this world affords nor enjoyments superior to all those\\nof time and sense. Though they be now free from suffering\\npain, in full health and strength; though placed in the most\\neasy and flattering circumstances, and having the brightest\\nearthly prospects before them, they are poor indeed! We\\nmay feel ourselves to-day to be full and happy in our wealth\\nand friends but if these be all we have, in one short hour", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0452.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER SILL. T9\\nWe may have notliing. Is not vanity inscribed on all this\\nworld, when immortal beings seek their happiness in it and\\nneither the most vigorous health, nor the greatest abmidance,\\nnor the most endeared connections and friends, can save us a\\nmoment from death; and as soon as death passes upon us we\\nmust leave the world as naked as we came into it 0, if we\\nhave not a better inheritance, richer enjoyments, and more\\nglorious prospects than all this world can afford, we are in an\\nunenviable, in a most pitiable state.\\n2. A correct view of the uncertainty of life, the certainty\\nof death, and the change produced by death, shews the ines-\\ntimable value of Religion.\\nIt is only religion, personal religion, which consists in con-\\nformity of heart to the character and government of God, and\\nthe gospel of salvation by Jesus Christ, that can reconcile the\\nmind to leave the world, support it in the near view of death,\\nand render the soul happy after death. then, of what\\nincalculable worth is religion since we all must die, leave\\nkindred and friends, and possessions behind us, and launch\\ninto the eternal world. Nothing but that glorious hope\\nwhich springs from feeling reconciliation to God, trust in\\nChrist s atoning blood for the pardon of sin, and belief in\\nthe promise of his favor forever, can enable us to view the\\nworld receding, and the constant, near and certain approach\\nof death, without dismay. And it is only evidence that they\\npossessed this religion, which can give us consoling hopes,\\nand comfort our hearts, concerning those who were dear to\\nus, but are hidden from our eyes in the cold grave. It is this\\nreligion only which fits the soul for heaven. Who then can\\nconceive, much less express the danger of every soul, desti-\\ntute of religion, and thus unprepared to die. For no one\\nknows the day of his death and there is no change of moral\\ncharacter after death. There is no work, nor devise, nor\\nknowledge, nor wisdom in the grave yet the soul must exist\\nforever, and in a state to be decided according to the charac-\\nter formed, and the deeds done in the body Who then can", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0453.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "80 MEMOIR OP THE\\nrest without evidence of a heart by grace subdued to the will\\nand service of God without evidence of vital union to the\\nLord Jesus Christ, the only Savior of sinners Surely to\\nknow Jesus Christ, and him crucified to know him as the\\nSavior in whom we trust, whom we love, and whom we serve^\\nmust be that wisdom which is thus described by the king of\\nIsrael, Wisdom is more precious than rubies; her merchan-\\ndise is better than the merchandise of silver and the gain\\nthereof than fine gold. She is a tree of life to them that lay\\nhold on her; and happy is every one that retainethher. 0,\\nwho can dare, in this dying world, to believe his own immor-\\ntality, and not seek this treasure\\n3. The view which has been presented, of the close con-\\nnection between us and death, between every thing here and\\nthe grave, should teach us to live habitually as strangers and\\ntravelers in this dying world, and not to set our affections\\non things below. Surely our hearts ought to sit very loose\\nto all things we hold by such an uncertain tenure as life-\\nAnd to make anything which is purely of this world, our con-\\nfidence, our hope, our idol, is not only exceedingly criminal but\\nexceedingly absurd. Why should we cleave so fast to that\\nwhich we may so soon be called to leave forever if the\\ncase be with us as has been represented, how careful should\\nwe be not to suffer any inferior attachment to hinder us in\\nseeking the present enjoyment of God, and laboring to secure\\nan heirship to the glories of his heavenly kingdom.\\nIn attempting an application of the subject to the assem-\\nbly at large, the few aged people present will permit me to\\noffer a word directly to them in the first place.\\nIs it true, my aged friends, that some die in youth, yea, die\\nin their full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet Have\\nyou walked so many years On earth, that but few of all your\\nyouthful acquaintances are left then, while you well may\\nwonder that you are alive this day, you may know that the\\ntime of your departure is at hand. Although you have been\\nwonderfully spared, you have not obtained a discharge from", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0454.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZEE HILL. 81\\ntlie warfare. You must meet the king of terrors. Are you\\nprepared noiv to meet death Are you prepared to stand in\\nthe presence of the holy God If any of you have lived\\nto this day without returning to G-od by unfeigned repent-\\nance, and by faith in Jesus Christ, not only death, but ever-\\nlasting destruction is before you. The sparing mercy of God^\\nif you have rejected, and continue to reject his grace, offered\\nin the gospel, will only aggravate your condemnation. then,\\nwhile a few more sands may run, and you are continued pris\\noners of hope, turn to the strong hold. If any of you, aged\\nfriends, have a comforting evidence that you are prepared,\\nthrough grace, for a peaceful death, see that ye be as servants\\nwho watch and wait for the coming of their Lord at an\\nunknown hour.\\nFrom the aged, I turn to call upon the middle aged, and\\nyoung people. I ask you, dear friends, to consider, in view\\nof the subject, and the occasion of it, and let your own\\nunderstanding answer the following questions. Is it possible\\nthat you can have any business, or concerns of so much imme-\\ndiate importance as the immediate care of your souls Is\\nthere any thing you cannot neglect with more propriety, and\\nless hazard than preparation for death Can you believe that\\nyou may die in the fulness of your strength, and yet dare to\\nlive to another day without seeking God Can any of you\\ndare, not to attempt now to do what you must wish you had\\ndone, but it may be too late to do, when you feel the cold\\nhand of death?\\nBut it is expected that some particular address will be\\nmade to the mourners made mourners indeed, by the affect-\\ning instance of mortality which has been publicly mentioned\\nthis day and for whom, I crust, many have earnestly prayed,\\nthat they may be sanctified, and supported, and comforted,\\nunder their heavy trial.\\nTo the dear friend of the deceased we first look, and with\\nno. ordinary feelings of sympathetic grief. How has this\\ntruth, thus painfully realized, one dieth in his full strength,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0455.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "82 MEMOIR OF THE\\nstruck a death blow to your pleasing earthly prospects per-\\nhaps fond dreams of years to enjoy the society of a beloved\\nfriend and that ye might go down the vale of years together.\\nPerhaps you were anticipating much worldly comfort and res-\\npect, by your mutual efforts, and mutual kindness. Perhaps\\nhoping that you might be helpers of each other s joy in a\\nwearisome journey to a brighter world. Death has stepped\\nin, and the bright visions have disappeared. Your friend is\\ngone But while the scene through which you have passed,\\nis heart affecting, and long must be, it is instructing for it is\\nthe voice of God. He does not forbid you to mourn; and no\\none may; but He calls you to take up the cross, to humble\\nyourself under his mighty hand, to bear the yoke of trouble\\nin your youth and you have the prayers of many that you\\nmay find it good for you.\\nI say, the scene through which you have passed, is instruct-\\ning. You cannot easily be taught, and more impressively,\\nthe uncertainty of life, and the importance of being prepared\\nfor death, at an unwarned hour. You cannot have set before\\nyou, more feelingly, the uncertainty of all earthly prospects.\\nBut are you comfortless there is a source of consolation\\nalways open for the afilicted. God reigns. The heavenly\\nFather reigns. He who afflicts calls the afflicted to seek him\\nearly in their afflictions. We hope you know the way to the\\nmercy-seat through a crucified Savior. Draw near in humble\\nboldness in his name, and he who has laid this burthen on you\\nwill support you. let the loss of an earthly friend render\\nthe Friend of sinners more precious to your heart. Let the\\ndisappointments in human calculations raise your heart above\\nthe world, and lead you to seek divine consolations, and press\\nforward towards the mark for the prize of the high calling,\\nand you will find lasting benefit from the scenes, which for\\nthe present are so grievous. If Christ be indeed the friend\\nof your heart, he will never leave nor forsake you. And you\\nmay look forward to a sudden death and an early grave with\\ncomposure or quietly wait all the days of your appointed", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0456.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 83\\ntime, till your change shall come, even though you continually\\nbear a cross.\\nTo the bereaved parents all our eyes turn, and our hearts\\nmove with tenderness.\\nGod has been very gracious to you, in bestowing an uncom-\\nmon share of health in your family. Your children have all\\nbeen spared to grow up to manhood and the voice of health\\nhas been heard almost constantly in your habitation. Now\\ngrievous sickness and death have entered your home. The\\nbreach is made. A beloved son is taken away in the fulness\\nof his strength; and while your hopes and fond expectations\\nwere rising, and his prospects brightening. How suddenly,\\nhow unlocked for, has your trouble come But you will\\nremember, mourning friends, Affliction cometh not forth of\\nthe dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground. You\\nwill eye the hand of God, which has touched you in this event\\nand listen to his voice. It is. Prepare suddenly to exchange\\ntime for eternity. You see a breach made in your family,\\nwhich is a sure presage that all the rest must go, and that\\nyou must follow, or precede them. You see that you are not\\nsure of wearing out with old age, or that you shall have long\\nwarning of the approach of death. Healthy, promising,\\nchildren are apt to be their parents hope in their declining\\nyears but you are now feelingly admonished not to lean on\\nsuch props. let the Lord be your confidence, and then,\\nthough all earthly props sink under you, you will be sup-\\nported and comforted for in every affliction you may repair\\nto him, ancl he will be found a present help. Your age\\nadmonishes you that your time must be short; but what\\nscenes of trouble, what sore disappointments are first to be\\nendured, you do not, and cannot know. Yon are to look for\\ntroubles in this world. May you be favored with the teach-\\nings of the Holy Spirit, and make a wise improvement of\\nthis affliction, and be prepared for what is to come. We\\nwish you divine consolation. God has inflicted the wound,\\nand He alone can heal. You may lose the sensible and pun-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0457.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "84 MEMOIR OF THE\\ngent feeling of your trouble time will render the remem-\\nbrance less painful but it is only God who can heal the;\\nwound, and repair the breach.\\nWhat can I now say to the brethren and sisters of the\\ndeceased? what need I say? The voice of G-od speaks to\\nyou loudly, and most intelligibly. A beloved brother has\\nfallen in the prime of life, in the fulness of his strength.\\nYour health, your strength, your prime of life, can no more\\nsecure you against the arrest of death. Dear friends, be\\nentreated to listen to the voice of Providence, which calls\\nyou to attend to the concerns of your souls, without delay.\\nAnd, 0, listen to the dying request of your brother. Did\\nyou witness his anxiety for his own soul, and for your souls\\nDid you hear his warning, supplicating voice, while his reason\\nlasted, urging you to seek religion to become reconciled to\\nGod without delay Did you hear him reprobate the senti-\\nment he had labored to believe, and warn you against it\\nDid you hear him declare his full conviction of his own just\\ncondemnation as a sinner and that the only hope of escap-\\ning everlasting death was through the atoning blood of\\nChrist, even by faith in him 0, then, rely upon it, the time\\nwill come when the favor of God, peace in the soul, and hope\\nlike an anchor, sure and steadfast, will be found, hj you,\\nto be of more value than the whole world, and all the fulness\\nthereof. When shall this be sought You may die suddenly,\\nin the fulness of your strength. You may be deprived of\\nreason before the close of life and then nothing can be done\\nto prepare for death. It is certain you must die, the time is\\nunknown; and when death has his commission to strike, he is\\ninexorable. then let not the plea be made in vain, acquaint\\nnow yourselves with God, and be at peace with him, that good\\nmay come to your souls.\\nOn this solemn occasion the officers and soldie];s composing\\nthe Militia Company of which the late Hiram Smith was Cap-\\ntain, have a right to be particularly noticed in this address\\nfor they are specially afflicted in this mournful event of", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0458.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 85\\nDivine Providence for they are, indeed, mourners, as their\\nappearance at his funeral, and on this holy day, clearly mani-\\nfests.\\nHow affecting, how alarming have been the calls of Provi-\\ndence to this Company In the short space of one year and\\na half, two Captains, young and active, have been cut down,\\nnot by the sword of battle, but by that foe with whom each\\none, officer and soldier, must contend in single combat, and\\nbefore whom each one must fall.\\nYo.u, respected of cers and soldiers, notwithstanding the\\nmilitary parade you make, live in a time of profound peace\\nin your country. There are no apparent indications that you\\nmay soon be called to active service. Why then all this mili-\\ntary parade Why all these pains to learn the discipline\\nand art of war 0, methinks I hear you say, It is the dic-\\ntate of wisdom, in peace to prepare for war. It is uncertain\\nhow soon we may be called to defend by force and arms, our\\ndearest rights, and jeopardize our lives in the high field of\\nbattle and what then, if found unacquainted with the art of\\nwar, wholly unprepared, undisciplined, unarmed Forcible\\nreasoning let it apply with all its aptness, with all its\\nforce, in another case. Here I may address you as fellow\\nsoldiers, although I am unacquainted with all your military\\nmanoeuvres. Before us is a war in which there is no dis-\\ncharge no engagements, nor attachments, nor fears, can be\\nan excuse. Here, is it not equally the dictate of wisdom. In\\n[peace prejiqrej xfr war that we should arm ourselves with\\nthat armor which will not fail in the day of battle acquaint\\nourselves with the holy discipline, and become expert in the\\nuse of those arms When called to combat with the com-\\nmon enemy, death, and all the innumerable foes of our souls\\nsalvation, it is only when clad in the whole armor of God,\\nthe shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, the sword of\\nthe spirit, and the breast-plate of righteousness, that we\\ncan come off conquerors and more than conquerors. Thus\\narmed and disciplined, we shall be crowned with victory,\\n12", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0459.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "86 MEMOIR OF THE\\nalthougli the enemy shall seem to triumph. You noTV; fellow\\nmen, appear as soldiers. But are you soldiers of the cross\\nare you marching in the ranks of the great Captain of salva-\\ntion, and obeying his orders Then may you proceed boldly.\\nBut whatever leader you may follow, when you fall as you\\nmust, you fall to rise no more.\\nHence, whenever you meet on military occasions, your very\\nmanoeuvres are calculated to remind you of interesting truths,\\nand to convey to you important instruction. And it seems\\nstrange that in a christian land, military meetings are not\\ngenerally solemn meetings. Every word of command given,\\nevery manoeuvre performed, every step marched to the music\\nshould remind you of the necessity of preparation for the great\\nconflict, and of the danger of being untrained to the holy\\nwar. Can this Company meet again a,nd trifle with the art of\\nwar Can a training be a season of rude merriment after\\nthis Can the soldiers, who see their officers fall before\\nthem, feel safe, until they have enlisted under the great Cap-\\ntain of salvation, Jesus Christ, the same forever This day\\nyou see, you have painful evidence, that the art of war cannot\\ndefend from death. No more can any other arts or devices.\\nYour Captain was esteemed a good officer but he has fallen.\\nDeath did not respect him: no more will he respect you.\\nSoldiers may inconsiderately brave death in the field of bat-\\ntle but it is only the christian soldier who has true courage\\nin the hour of danger, and can contemplate the constant\\napproach of death without dismay. It is not courage, it is\\ndreadful hardiness to jeopardize life fearlessly without the\\nprevailing hope of a happy eternity.\\nSoldiers, you acknowledge Captain Smith was a good\\nofficer. But you may rely upon it, for I had it from his own\\nlips, he felt the worth of his immortal soul; he acknowledged\\nhimself justly condemned as a sinner with lively emotions\\nhe mourned his past neglects and he was anxious for the\\nsalvation that is in Christ. Now will you not be anxious for\\nsalvation can concern for the soul be unbecoming a soldier", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0460.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 87\\nTo yon, the surviving officers in this Company, this day\\nmnst be a solemn day. Who can be the successor to your\\nlate Captain, and look back one year and a half, and not\\ntremble Who can rise to a higher grade and not tremble\\nBut why speak of this Each one, whether he rise in rank\\nor not, must bow to the king of terrors, and go to that\\nworld from which there is no return. Who, which of you,\\nis prepared to follow next? whose turn will it be next?\\nThis is a question no man can answer. One in his full\\nstrength as likely as one who is diseased and feeble. then,\\nlet me affectionately entreat you, and not entreat in vain, to\\ntake care of your souls. Now give yourselves to Christ.\\nDelay no longer. Receive him as your commander rely on\\nhis righteousness believe and obey his word. Then, and not\\ntill then, may you live in peace, die in peace, and be crowned\\nwith victory.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0461.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "88 MEMOm OF THE\\nI\\nTHE SUBSTANCE OF TWO LECTURES\\nON THE\\nHISTORY OF MASON,\\nDELIVERED BEFORE THE LTCBDM\\nIN MASON VILLAGE.\\nBY REV. EBENEZER HILL.\\nCORRESPONDENCE.\\nTo THE E,Ev. Ebenezee, HiLl,\\nDear Sir We, wliose names are here subscribed, were appointed a com.^\\nmittee, to request a copy for publication, of your recent instructive and inter-\\nesting discourse upon the early history of Mason, delivered before the Mason\\nVillage Lyceum. Desirous of preserving the history of the past, and admon-\\nished by your advanced age, that we cannot long hope to enjoy your society,\\nwe trust you will comply with our request.\\nYours truly,\\nGEORGE ELLIOT,\\nTHOMAS H. MARSHALL,\\nD. P. RICHARDSON.\\nMason Village, February 24, 1846.\\nTo George Elliot, Esq., Dr. Thomas H. Marshall, and Rev. D. F. Richardson,\\nGentlemen The request of the Lyceum, made through, you, of a copy of\\nthe Lectures on the History of the Town, delivered last winter, I cannot refuse.\\nYet I am constrained to appreciate the request, rather as a mark of respect to\\nold age, than as an evidence of merit in the performance.\\nVarious hindrances have caused delay in examining facts, and in transcribing,\\nand preparing the copy. Such as it is, I cheerfully present it to you, and\\nthrough, you. Gentlemen, to the members of the Lyceum, with, many warm\\nwishes for the spiritual and temporal prosperity of the risen and rising gen^\\neration.\\nVery respectfully your friend and humble servant,\\nEBENEZER HILL.\\nMason, May 1, 1846.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0462.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HiLL.\\nLECTURE\\nMost people take pleasure in reading history, and learning\\nthe events of ancient days. But when the history relates to\\nscenes in which their immediate ancestors were concerned\\nto events which have a bearing on their own state and condi^\\ntion, the interest deepens as they proceed.\\nWho will not find entertainment and profit in reading the\\nhistory of England from its earliest period But as the\\ntime approaches when our forefathers were forced to leave\\ntheir pleasant dwellings and their beloved country, and seek\\nan asylum in a newly discovered continent, where they might\\nenjoy civil and religious liberty, what man of common sensi-^\\nbility certainly, what true American, is not moved more and\\nmore And is there even a scholar in our common schools^\\nwho can read the landing of the pilgrims on the rock in Ply-\\nmouth, and the severe sufferings they had to endure, and the\\nlabors they had to perform, without feeling his heart beat\\nquick within him But history, whether civil, ecclesiastical,\\nor biographical, not only affords entertainment, but in a\\npleasing manner valuable instruction. Nor is it necessary\\nthat the history should abound in marvelous and wonder^\\nstirring events, to render it pleasant and profitable.\\nEntertaining these views, I am led to believe that the his-\\ntory of Mason may be thus useful to the present inhabitants\\nof the town, and especially to the young people and in com-\\npliance with a special request, I now attempt to present such", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0463.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "90 MEMOIR OF THE\\nfacts relative to this town, and its early inhabitants, as 1 have\\nbeen able to collect, from records which have come into my\\nhands, and from conversation had with old people, almost all\\nof whom are now as we must shortly be in the grave.\\nThe land included in this town is part of a grant made to\\nCaptain John Mason, of London, by the king of England, and\\nit appears from records that certain persons bought of John\\nTufton Mason, heir of John Mason, a tract of his said grant\\nin New Hampshire, containing about 77 square miles, of\\nwhich tract this town is a part.\\nAt a meeting of these proprietors by purchase of Mason,\\nheld at Portsmouth, Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable, was\\naccredited their agent and as such, in their name, by deed\\nor charter, conveyed to a company, whose names are\\nexpressed in the instrument, a certain tract of land five miles\\nsquare, which was the dimension and shape of this town in\\nits original grant but afterwards a strip of land containing\\n200 acres was taken from No. 2, now Wilton, and annexed to\\nNo. 1, so called; also when the Province line was run\\nbetween Massachusetts and New Hampshire, a gore of land\\nwas cut off from Townsend, and annexed to Mason so that\\nit was no longer square, but wider from North to South than\\nfrom East to West. The charter or deed was executed June\\n16, 1749; and the names of thirty-four men are inserted in\\nthe instrument as grantees most of whom, as far as I can\\njudge by the names and other circumstances, were from the\\ntowns of Dunstable, Hollis, Groton, Pepperell and Townsend.\\nThis township, thus obtained, was designated No. 1, in the\\nProvince of New Hampshire, north or back of Townsend.\\nIn the charter were certain reservations, which shew the\\nregard, both grantors and grantees had for the education of\\nthe youth, and the moral and religious instruction of all, as\\nwell as for the comfort of the early settlers. For instance,\\ntwo lots of land were reserved for encouragement to build\\nmills six acres were reserved for a common, wherever the\\nmeeting house should be located. Three shares were", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0464.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 91\\nreserved for other uses, viz One sliare to the first settled\\nminister one share for the ministry from generation to gen-\\neration. This right has been disposed of, and I say hap])ily\\ndisposed of, (notwithstanding the good intentions of the\\ngrantors, and perhaps the illegality of the act,) for in this\\nday it is not a bone of contention. A third share was\\nreserved for the support of schools and it is a matter of\\nregret that this also is disposed of.\\nThere were not only reservations, but also conditions in\\nthe charter. The first condition was that a meeting house\\nshould be built by the grantees, for the use of the inhabi-\\ntants and built as near the centre, as by the grantees should\\nbe judged most convenient. The time for this to be done\\nwas limited to May, 1753. Such a house within about three\\nrods north east of the now Old Meeting House, was erected,\\nenclosed and covered, and little more ever done to it. Thus,\\nit remained the place of worship, until after what is now\\ncalled the Old Meeting House in the centre was occupied.f\\nAnother condition in the charter was, that on spme lot in\\neach share, three acres should be cleared, enclosed, and fitted\\nfor mowing or tillage in two years from the date and on\\neach should be a house at least sixteen feet square, and seven\\nfeet or more studded, with a chimney and cellar, fitted for a\\ndwelling, and some person or family inhabit it, before the\\nlast of May, 1752; and residence be continued until May,\\n1755.\\nThe settlement of the town advanced slowly. Yet it\\nappears from the report of a committee, appointed to ascer-\\ntain who had not performed their duty, that in three years\\nafter the grant, twenty-three settlements had been begun\\nfew had more than eight acres cleared, and the greatest\\nclearing was twenty acres. Two good houses, one barn and\\nSupposed to be three lots.\\nI I Ms house was afterwards torn down and at the time the following incident took place.\\nWhen the frame was all down except the four posts confined by the g-allery sills, Amos Dakin\\nwas standing- on one of these sills, when the remainder of the frame swayed and fell. He kept\\nhis place until almost to the ground, and then leaped and fell flat the timber just passed over\\nhim, and he received no injury.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0465.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "92 MEMOIR OF THE\\na young orcliard were reported. What kind of houses, the\\nfirst were, may be gathered from this circumstance, that Mr.\\nObadiah Parker s house was the first framed house in the\\ntown, perhaps the only one, at that time, and only two were\\ncalled good. From which we may conclude that twenty-one\\nout of the twenty-three were made of round logs, or at best\\nwith square timber; but one of these log houses remains to\\nthis day.f\\nWhen the settlements were very few, instead of being\\ncompact, as might have been expected from the social nature\\nof man, they were scattered to almost every part of the\\ntown. Enosh Lawrence, whose axe was first heard to\\nresound in our forests, was from Pepperell, and began his\\nsettlement in the south part of the town, where Ephraim Hil-\\ndretli now lives. His wife was the first white woman in the\\ntown, and lived to old age. Nathan Hall, known here as\\nDeacon Hall, also from Pepperell, began next to Mr. Law-\\nrence, and settled in the north part, where Joseph Saunders\\nnow lives. Obadiah Parker located himself on the west side\\nof the town. There were only three women in the town,\\nwhen Mrs. Parker left her relatives and friends in Chelms-\\nford, to accompany her husband into this wilderness, which\\nwas then considered as almost the far West. Thomas Tarbell\\nsettled in the east, where some of his descendants now live,\\nand a Mr. Powers located in the extreme east. For a time\\nthe only place that appeared like a neighborhood was on the\\nhill, where deacon Hall settled. Soon after him Henry Jefts\\nbegan where Jonathan Batchelder lives Nathan Fish where\\nL^a Hall lately lived, and one Samuel Tarbell where Luther\\nNutting lives.\\nThe character of the first settlers was that of plain, honest\\nfarmers. Most of them, in the common language of the\\nworld, were poor. Some of them had scarcely more than\\ntheir clothes, their axe and a little provision. They were\\nThis is tlie old house on the place where Samuel Wheeler Weston now lives,\\nf The house in which Stephen Foster now resides.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0466.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 93\\nalso men of little educatign, and their children suffered greatly\\nfor want of schooling.\\nWould our children and youth know how great their privi-\\nleges are, and how to prize them, let them, in imagination, go\\nback fifty or sixty years, and place themselves for a little\\ntime beside those of their age at that period. The children\\nwere then so widely scattered, that for a time it was imprac-\\nticable to form them into schools. The standard of educa-\\ntion also was low. A man who could read plain reading, and\\ncypher to the Rule of Three, was considered qualified to\\nteach a common school. And even in the early days of yo^ir\\nfathers, my young friends, when they went to school they had\\nnot a well constructed and comfortable school house. Most\\ncommonly they had a room in some private house, miserably\\nfitted up with benches to sit on, and a kind of tottering table\\non which to write, and not unfrequently scarcely light enough\\nto see to read. Add to all this, they had very few books in\\nschools or in families. In many places scholars seldom if\\never heard in school of English Grammar, Geography, Natu-\\nral Philosophy, Mathematics, c., which are studies now\\nbrought within the reach of almost every youth. If therefore\\nthe present generation do not exceed the preceding in useful\\nlearning, great blame must be attached to them.\\nOur forefathers, and mothers too, who subdued the wilder-\\nness before them, were a hardy and an industrious race.\\nThe prime object of their clothing was comfort, and their\\nfood was very uniform and plain. Tea was not known among\\nthem in this early period. In summer, milk and bread was\\nthe food, especially of children, morning and evening; and in\\nthe winter, as a general thing, they had a good boiled dish for\\ndinner, which laid the foundation for \u00c2\u00bba supper, and for a\\nbreakfast next morning for the family. And I presume those\\nearly inhabitants of the town never heard of such a disease\\nas dyspepsia. They were not distinguishingly subject to\\nfevers and cases of consumption were very rare j and where\\nthey did occur, they were slow in their progress not unfre\u00c2\u00bb\\n13", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0467.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "94 MEMOIR OP THE\\nquently did it take years to do the Y^i which consumption\\nnow sometimes performs in a few weeks. Also, when our\\nhardy ancestors were going through the toil of subduing the\\nwilderness, they did not have ardent spirits to cool them in\\nthe heat of labor, when toiling in the sun, or to warm them\\nwhen buffeting the storms, or enduring the cold of winter.\\nAnother trait in the character of the early settlers of No.\\n1, is to be distinctly noticed, or we shall injure them. Most\\nof them were brought up where the holy Sabbath was\\nregarded, and they were accustomed to hear the gospel\\npreached. They did not, when removed far from the sanctu-\\nary, and from the ordinances of the gospel, feel as if this\\nwere a desired freedom. They not only made early efforts,\\neven before they were an incorporate body, to have occasional\\npreaching, but they were desirous of having a minister settled\\namong them and few and feeble as they were, they did not\\nshrink from the effort on account of the expense. As early\\nas 1753, the proprietors and inhabitants voted to allow sixty\\npounds (Old Tenor undoubtedly,) to pay for preaching, and\\nfrom this time it appears they had preaching more or less\\nevery year.\\nPrevious to this, they had voted to build a meeting house,\\nagreed upon the dimensions, appointed a committee, and\\ndirected them to enclose the house, lay the under floor, and\\nbuild a convenient place for the minister to stand in to\\npreach. This was an arduous undertaking considering their\\nnumber, and especially that they had no mill, in which they\\ncould prepare materials for building from their own forests.\\nBut it was done. And having a house for worship, they were\\nnot satisfied with preaching part of the time. They voted to\\nsettle a minister as #arly as 1762, i. e., in thirteen years\\nafter the grant of the township. At the same time they gave\\na call to Mr. Ebenezer Champney, (the late Judge Champney,\\nof New Ips ^ich,) to settle with them and offered him as\\nsettlement 700 silver, 0. T. X400 salary yearly, and a\\nright of land. This was a generous offer considering their", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0468.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "RET. EBENEZER HILL. 95\\nnumber and circumstances. I have named these sums more\\nparticularly for the benefit; or perhaps the amusement, of\\nthe young people, who may wish for some information\\nrespecting this Old Tenor, and its valuation.\\nThe currency of our ancestors in New England was reck-\\noned in pounds, shillings and pence, and was called Old\\nTenor, in distinction from another valuation of the same\\ndenominations of money, called Lawful money, or sometimes\\nNew Tenor. Now although the same terms were used in\\nboth, their meaning, or valuation was widely different. The\\ndenomination in Old Tenor was just seven and a half times\\nless in value, than the same in Lawful money. Hence to\\nreduce Lawful money into Old Tenor is to multiply it by 7J,\\nand to reduce Old Tenor into Lawful money, divide by the\\nsame. Hence we see that the offer made to Mr. Champney\\nwas, in the present currency of the day, $311 12 cents settle-\\nment, and $177 78 cents salary. Mr. Champney did not\\naccept the call nevertheless the people were not discouraged.\\nIn 1766, they gave a call to one James Parker, with an offer\\nof X400 0. T,, until there were eighty families, and then \u00c2\u00a3450\\nuntil one hundred families, from which time the salary should\\nbe established at \u00c2\u00a3500. This call was not accepted and it\\ndoes not appear that any other like attempt was made, until\\nan act of incorporation was obtained.\\nThese hardy pioneers not only suffered many privations,\\nbut endured many severe hardships. Not the least of these\\nwas the labor of making roads, and for years the badness of\\ntraveling, where something was done to make a road. And\\nuntil they could raise some grain on their new farms, all\\ntheir bread stuffs, and most of their other provisions must be\\nbrought from the older settlements. The instance of hard-\\nship, which I am about to name, may be an extreme case, but\\nit may help our young friends to form some idea of the suffer-\\nings incident to new settlers, especially to those, who are\\nThus i;700-:-7i=\u00c2\u00a393, 6, 8 Lawful=$3H 11-1- setUement. Again, \u00c2\u00a3400 O. T.-:-by 7i=\\n\u00c2\u00a353 6s. 8d. Lawful=to $177 78-l-cents.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0469.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "86 MEMOIR OP THE\\npoor and destitute. Deacon Hall, who has been named, 1\\nhave been informed, after having toiled all day on his farm,\\nhas in the night traveled on foot to Pepperell, and returned\\nbringing a bag of meal on his shoulder for his hungry chil-\\ndren and then labored the next day as usual.\\nNot the least of the sufferings, and the cause of continued\\nsuffering, arose from their ignorance of clearing wood land,\\nby felling the trees and then burning the ground over. I\\nhave been told by some of them that for several years, the\\nonly method of clearing the forest was to chop the wood,\\ndraw it together, pile it, burn the heaps, and then break up\\nthe ground with the plough, or breaking-up hoe, before plant-\\ning or sowing. This accounts in some measure for the slow\\nprogress they at first made in clearing.\\nAgain, the people suffered very much for years from want\\nof mills. It was a primary object with the grantees and\\nfirst settlers to have mills erected and, as encouragement,\\nmill seats were looked out, and land granted and contracts\\nmade, but I can find no evidence, of a mill of any description\\nin the town before the year 1766 or 7. In the year 1767, I\\nfind an article in a warrant for a meeting of the proprietors,\\nto see if they will accept the road by Thomas Barrett s mill,\\nand build a bridge across Souhegan river, near said mill. It\\nappears that Benjamin Bellows, Esq., contracted to build\\nmills at this place, but did not fulfil his contract. And also\\nthat Thomas Barrett and Charles Barrett built mills in this\\nplace, and sold them to Amos Dakin, of Lincoln, Mass., who\\nremoved with his family into this town in the year 1768. At\\nthat time, seventy-eight years since, there was no opening in\\nthe dense forest, where this village now stands, except for\\nthe mill, and a spot cleared for a house. In 1767, Elias\\nElliot s mill was accepted by the proprietors. I have also\\nevidence that not far from the same time, a mill was erected\\nin the east part of the town, on the Ward place so called,\\nwhere Mr. Bennet now lives.\\nNow think how much the people must have suffered who", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0470.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 97\\nlived ten or fifteen years, wliere, if they raised any grain tliey\\nmust carry it to Townsend or Pepperell, and sometimes even\\nto Groton, to have it made into meal and although they had\\ntimber in abundance, they could not have a board, but it must\\ncome from another town. Yet they submitted to these\\ninconveniences and hardships with cheerfulness, and perse-\\nvered in labor, till they had prepared for the comfort of\\ntheir children.\\nNot only did the men display courage, and resolution, and\\npublic spirit, but I have been told by the women themselves,\\nthat they have traveled, some two, and some three miles\\nthrough the woods, with nothing to direct their way but\\nmarked trees, to carry dinner to their husbands, when work-\\ning at the meeting house. I believe that some of my hearers\\nwould think such a case a great hardship, if the case was\\ntheirs.\\nBut, however strong female fortitude may be in duty, where\\nnone are exposed to danger but themselves, how must the\\ntender mother suffer, if her young children are absent a little\\nlonger than was expected, or if out of sight when the light\\nof day departs where the wolves and other wild animals\\nare so numerous, that their noise in the night would break\\nthose of their rest, who had toiled all day, and needed the\\nrefreshment of sleep\\nMany of the early settlers reared up and left large families^\\nand their descendants are numerous in the town j but some\\nof the families are almost extinct. Our fathers, where are\\nthey Many of them lived to be old. But they are gone.*\\nAs to natural curiosities, this town does not abound in\\nthem. There are no very remarkable caverns, or precipices,\\nor streams and we all know that the face of the ground is\\nuneven, and the soil is stony. There is, however, in the deep\\nA case I \u00e2\u0096\u00a0will here name as very uncommon and remarkable. Deacon Hall, of whom I have\\nspoken, built him a house in the early period of his settlement, and dwelt in it, with his fam-\\nily (which was not small) to his old age till it was no longer habitable, and never did an\\ninstance of death occur in that house. Nevertheless, the builder, and I believe all that were\\nbrought up in that house, have gone the way of the earth.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0471.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "98 MEMOIR OP THE\\nhollow, east of the old meeting house, (where by some con\\nvulsion of nature the rocks are thrown together in wild con-\\nfusion,) a small cave, which those who have visited, have\\nthought worthy of a visit. The streams of water are small,\\nyet they afford some valuable mill sites, on which are now\\neight saw-mills in operation part of the year, and six run of\\nstone for grinding grain.\\nIn this place, I will name another fact, which may be con-\\nsidered belonging to the history of the town. The hills were\\nfatorite hunting grounds, and long before a grant of the town\\nwas obtained, and for years after it began to be settled, the\\nhunters frequently kindled fires in the woods for the benefit\\nof their hunting. And if the hunters did not fire the woods,\\nsome men from lower towns did, that young sprouts might\\ncome up for young cattle to feed upon. By these means,\\nsome parts of the town, especially Pole Hill, so called, rang-\\ning south from the stone school house, was greatly injured,\\nwhile yielding grain to those who did not own the soil. And\\nsome families in Groton used to make hay in the meadow,\\nnear the centre, called Nose-meadow, where they had a camp,\\nand in the latter part of winter send up young cattle, and a\\nblack man named Boad, to feed and tend them, until they\\ncould get their living in the woods. Here Boad used to\\nspend months alone, year after year, like Robinson Crusoe,\\nsole monarch of all he sm veyed.\\nThe period to which we have now arrived, was to this town\\nlike that of youth, just blooming into manhood. They began\\nto think, and talk of being incorporated. They had a desire\\nto be like other towns and yet had fears whether equal to\\ntake such a stand. This kind of trembling state of mind\\nappears from their votes at meetings, where the subject was\\nagitated. At a meeting called partly for this purpose, April,\\n1766, it was finally voted, not to be incorporated at present.\\nThus it rested until January, 1768, and the meeting was\\nBoad s camp ivas but a few rods from the spot, omvliich Joel Ames house no-w stands.\\nThis Boad was a slave.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0472.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 99\\nadjourned four weeks for consideration. At the adjournment\\nit was voted to be incorporated, and that Lt. 0. Parker be\\nappointed to attend to the business, and get it accomplished\\nas soon as may be.\\nThe next point to be settled, was the name by which the\\ntown should be called. And at a meeting held June, 1768, it\\nwas voted that the town be called Sharon. It does not appear\\nfrom any records I have seen, or from any tradition which has\\nreached me, why the name of Sharon was dropped, and the\\nname Mason adopted. There was, however, a report current\\namong the old people, that a bell was sent from England for\\nthis town, as a present from the heirs of Mr. Mason, which,\\nif fact, will account for the name. It is also reported, that\\nby the knavery of the agent of Mr. Mason in Boston, the bell\\nwas lost to the town that he sold the bell, and absconded\\nwith this and other dishonest gains. And the bell on the\\nOld South in Boston, is said to be that bell. The next meet-\\ning was warned in the name of the inhabitants of Mason\\nand the place was no longer known as Number 1. But\\nalthough they had assumed a rank among the towns in the\\nProvince, they felt themselves, as a society, weak and feeble.\\nWhen the first tax was assessed under the corporation, there\\nwere but seventy-six rateable polls, and probably not more\\nthan fifty-six voters for young men between eighteen and\\ntwenty-one years of age were rateable, and their rates\\ncharged to fathers or masters. And for a number of years,\\nBrookline, then Raby, was classed with Mason to send a rep-\\nresentative to the General Court; and the meetings for\\nchoice were held alternately at Brookline and Mason.\\nIt will be necessary_jjOwJo take sjomenotice of the^^urch,\\ninjconnection with the history of the town. At that tima, a\\ntown_^as an mcgx^.Qi:s X .religious, as w elf ^\u00c2\u00a7|;g#\u00c2\u00a5^-:. society.\\n_AndjILthe inhabitants of a town belonged to that society,\\nexcept they united with, or formed another religious socieif,\\nacc6f3ing to law. The meeting house- ereeted by the original\\nproprietors, was by tEem given ;to the_tQjm, and remained", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0473.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "100 MEMOIR OP THE\\nthe only house for their religious assemblies, and other public\\nmeetings, until the year 1790. It was an uij^oiSfoiTalDTe\\nplace. Ill that house did your fathers worship and uncom\\nfoft^ble as it was, seldom did a Sabbath pass, even in the\\ncold of winter, in which there was no meeting, after they had\\na stated ministry. A good number of the garly settlers were\\nmembers of the Congregational church, in the towns from\\nwhich they removed, but no church was formed in Mason,\\nuntil the year 1772, at which time Mr. Jonathan Searle was\\nordained their pastor. The church then consisted of twenty-\\none members, twelve brethren and nine sisters, all of whom\\nare gone to their long home. When the church was gathered,\\nit was stated to be a Calvinistic church, and that their articles\\nof faith agree substantially with the principles of religion,\\ncontained in the Shorter Catechism of the Assembly of\\nDivines.\\nShortly after the settlement of Mr. Searle, unhappy diffi-\\nculties arose between the pastor and the flock, which eventu-\\nated in his dismission, in nine years and three months after\\nhis ordination. From that time Mr. Searle ceased to preach,\\nbut continued in the town, and officiated as a civil magistrate,\\nto an advanced age. During his ministry, only fourteen were\\nadmitted to the church by profession, and nine by letter, and\\neleven owned the covenant, as it was called, according to the\\npractice of many churches in New England, in those days.\\nThe last admitted by profession in Mr. Searle s ministy, was\\nin April, 1777, and but one more, and that by letter, until\\n1790. Here was a long death-like sleep but one added to\\nthe church in thirteen years. The sleep seems to have been\\nprofound death-like indeed, until the year 1785, when a\\ngreat revival of religion, and of the work of God, com-\\nmenced in New Ipswich, under the ministry of the venerable\\nFarrar a name venerated indeed by all who knew him.\\nThe gracious work extended into other towns and this part\\nof the vineyard was remembered in mercy. Some few chris-\\ntians were awakened, and brought to apply themselves to", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0474.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 101\\nneglected duties and the people in Mason, especially the\\nyoung, flocked to the solemn meetings in New Ipswich, and\\nsoon some were reproved of sin, became anxious for their\\nsouls, and after a time, rejoiced in hope of pardoning mercy.\\nSuch, however, was the state of the church in Mason, broken,\\nand dispirited, that the young candidates for the church were\\nled to seek admission to the church in New Ipswich, to which\\nthey had become peculiarly attached by that acquaintance,\\nwhich their situation and intercourse had brought about;\\nand by that mutual love which new-born souls, who have\\nmourned, and wept, and prayed and rejoiced together, must\\nfeel. Their request was granted, on condition that they\\nremove their relation whenever the church in Mason should\\nbecome in a settled state. In the year 1790, the resident\\nmembers of other churches removed their relation, and the\\nchurch was increased to thirty-six in number, and in the same\\nyear, Nov. 3d, was the present pastor ordained, and constitu-\\nted pastor of this church. In this long period of fifty-six\\nyears, there have been precious seasons of revival. I will\\nmention some of those seasons. In 1802, the church was\\nincreased by the addition of forty-four members in 1812,\\nadded twenty-five in 1826 and 7, added eighty-six in 1834\\nand 35, added thirty-eight; and in 1841, added eighty-three.\\nThe whole number of members, received by profession and\\nletter, is rising four hundred and fifty.\\nA Baptist church was embodied in this town, Oct. 28, 1786,\\ntnen consisting of seven members, three males and four\\nfemales. Additions were made by letter and profession to\\nthis church in this and neighboring towns. About this time,\\nMr. Wm. Elliot, an inhabitant of the town, commenced\\npreaching the gospel, and labored much in this and other\\ntowns, as an evangelist, until in August, 1788, the church of\\nwhich he was a member, gave him a call to become their\\npastor, which call he accepted, and was ordained by an eccle-\\nsiastical council, on the 3d Wednesday in November, 1788.\\nFor a time, the care of almost all the Baptist churches in the\\n14", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0475.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "102 MEMOIR OP THE\\nyicinity, came upon liim. He raised up a numerous family,\\nand had two sons settled in the ministry. He lived to a\\ngood old age, his last sickness was very distressing, which he\\nendured with patience, and died in the triumphs of faith,\\nJune 14, 1830, aged 81 years. The church of which he was\\npastor, is now merged in the Baptist church in Mason village.\\nIn the month of May, in the year 1833, another church\\nand society was gathered and embodied in this town, consist-\\ning at the time, of twenty-three members. This society\\nassume only the name of Christian.\\nSince the year 1790, there has been no inconsiderable\\nincrease of inhabitants, and no little improvement in build-\\nings, and other accommodations. The exact number of voters\\nin 1790, is not ascertained; but in 1768, we may calculate\\nabout fifty-six, and in March, 1845, our check list told three\\nhundred and six legal voters. In the year 1790, ^hen almost\\nthe whole town undertook to build a meeting house, it was\\nwith many discouragements and fears. They felt poor and\\nweak-handed for such an undertaking. The house was built\\nand remains the meeting house of the town. And now, besides\\nthis, we have three meeting houses, and three religious socie-\\nties, and probably each society equally able to build their\\nhouse, as was the first.\\nI can reckon up but one hundred and ten dwelling houses,\\nof every description, standing in the town in 1790. And at\\nthat time, on all the ground which contains this flourishing\\nvillage, there were standing the first mill built here, oiie\\ndwelling house, built at two times, for the accommodation of\\ntwo families, and one barn. Now we can count fifty-two\\ndwelling houses, three stores, oue meeting house, three fac-\\ntory buildings one in full operation, carrying two thousand\\nfour hundred and sixty-four spindles, in this village.\\nCompare the present state of the Columbian Factory, with\\nthe one first built here, and it will give a fair view of the\\nadvance of our country in manufactures, arts and commerce.\\nThe widow Polly Hill now occupies the remaimng part of the house.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0476.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "HEV. EBENEZER HILL. 103\\nThe first Cotton Factory in Mason, commenced operation\\nin the year 1813, with one hundred spindles, in four small\\nframes, and was kept running night and day. At that time,\\nthe price of cotton was from twenty-five to thirty cents\\nper pound, and the price of yarn. No. 16, was one dollar per\\npound. In 1814 cotton was forty cents, and yarn one dollar\\nand sixteen cents per pound. At that time all the cotton\\nwas picked by hand, in private families, and the cloth was\\nwove in house looms and the price of shirting, was from\\nthirty to forty cents per yard, ^ov constant market the cloth\\nmust be sent in wagons to Albany. And at that time there\\nwas no market here for farm produce.\\nAt the time referred to, 1790, there were but four, and\\nthose very poor, school houses in the town; now there are\\nten; some of them may be called good. And not only is the\\nnumber of dwelling houses increased, but there is an advance\\nin elegance and convenience. At that time many of the\\ndwellings were miserably poor; and but one in all the town,\\nMr. Parker s, had any paint on the outside, and that scarcely\\nperceptible by reason of age. And I can think of only three\\nrooms in all the town, then adorned with paper hangings.\\nSince those ancient days there have been great changes in\\ncustoms and fashions, and manner of living; and many con-\\nveniences have been introduced but whether on the whole\\nfor the better, remains to be proved. At that period there\\nwas not a chaise, or other wheel carriage for pleasure, in all\\nthe town, (a light one horse wagon, for pleasure or business\\nis a modern invention,) neither was there one single sleigh.\\nTo ride on horseback was fashionable for men and women\\nand could they have a single horse, this was traveling in style.\\nIt was not uncommon for a man and woman to ride on the\\nsame horse to meeting or a short journey, and carry one or\\ntwo children. Probably if I should tell some of my young\\nfriends, that their mothers and grandmothers rode on 2, pillion\\nbehind their husbands, they would have no idea of that easy\\nand commodious seat, a pillion. But, I have frequently seen", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0477.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "104 MEMOIR OF THB\\na man and his wife ride together on a horse to meetingj on\\nthe sabbath, after their united ages amounted to one hundred\\nand sixty-nine years. It was also not uncommon for families\\nto ride to meeting, or to make social visits, in the winter, on\\nsleds drawn by oxen, and they would chat and smile as cheer-\\nfully, as they now do in a stage and four or six.\\nAnd will you, my young friends, believe that your mothers\\nand grandmothers, and those who moved in the first grade of\\nsociety, were not ashamed to be seen in the religious assem-\\nbly, or in any company on other occasions, dressed in their\\nplain, decent, warm, home-made clothing, or at the most, in\\nthe summer, in a chintz gown, and a white linen apron Such\\nwas indeed the fact. And you may judge, whether they were\\nnot more comfortable than they would have been in some mod-\\nern dresses whether the change to costly elegance and finery\\nhas been a real advance in the enjoyment of life.\\nIn the early period of the settlement, it was often imprac-\\nticable to keep the roads open in the winter, so as to pass\\nwith a team or a horse from house to house, to meeting or\\nto mill. The people were not however confined at home,\\nthrough a long and dreary winter. Every family, and almost\\nevery man was provided with a pair of snow shoes, otherwise\\ncalled rackets. (It would doubtless be as difficult at this day\\nto give our young men a correct idea of rackets, as to give\\nour young ladies a correct idea of a pillion. With these\\nsnow shoes they were enabled to walk on the snow, and after\\npassing a few times would have a good foot |)ath from house\\nto house. And not unfrequently were they necessitated to\\nget up their wood, and carry their grain to mill, on hand sleds\\ndrawn on these racket paths. And although horses could not\\ntravel, you may not think the young ladies or their mothers\\nwere confined at home, and must lose all the pleasures of\\nsocial visits, while the snow lay deep on the ground. They\\ntoo would put on the snow shoes, and travel ofi and although\\nenduring a little more fatigue, they enjoyed their visitSj it is", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0478.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "REt. EBENEZER HILL. 105\\npresumed, as well as do ladies at the present day, when wafted\\nover the snow with the music of bells.\\nOur ancestors were a hardy race, but they were sometimes\\nvisited with sickness, and death entered their dwellings. For\\na long time they must have obtained all their medical aid\\nfrom other towns for there never was a resident Physician\\nin the town, until about 1790, when Dr. Joseph Gray and\\nDr. William Barber established themselves permanently here.\\nDr. Barber is yet living. Dr. Willis Johnson commenced\\nmedical practice here in the year 1814.\\nThe inhabitants were not so exactly on the peace establish-\\nment as to have no litigation but they were necessitated to\\nseek legal advice and services from gentlemen of the bar in\\nother towns. For there never was a lawyer became an inhab-\\nitant of this town, until the late Samuel Whiting, Esq., opened\\nan office, and commenced residence about the year 1825. At\\nthe time of my earliest acquaintance with the town, there\\nwere, and there had never been, but two justices of the peace\\nin the place, Jonathan Searle and Benjamin Mann; they\\nremained the only magistrates in the town several years after\\nthis. Esquire Mann held his office until he removed from the\\ntown, and Esquire Searle held his until his death. Who was\\nthe first Representative of the town in the General Court, as\\nit was then called, is not easily ascertained. But it appears\\nthat as early as the year 1775, Amos Dakin was chosen by\\nthe joint ballot of Raby and Mason, to represent them in a\\nConvention at Exeter in December; and likewise commis-\\nsioned to act in the Assembly, if requisite. This must have\\nbeen the time when Mr. Dakin traveled from Mason to Exe-\\nter on snow shoes, because not practicable in any other way.\\nHe may be considered the first Representative. The first\\nGrand Juror chosen was Thomas Tarbell, the first petit Juror\\ndrawn was Zachariah Davis the year 1771.\\nThe early inhabitants of the town of Mason were true sons\\nof liberty. When the difficulties between the mother country\\nand the Colonies, arose to such a pitch as to take away the", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0479.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "106 MEMOIR OP THE\\nhope of accommodation J they were ready to act with decision.\\nI have never heard of but one inhabitant of Mason, at that\\ntime, who was unfriendly to the cause of the Colonies. Cap-\\ntain Samuel Tarbell was then considered a tory, as those were\\ncalled, who were disposed to espouse and maintain the cause\\nof the King and Parliament in all their oppressive acts against\\nthe Colonies. He, after the war commenced, fled and took\\nrefuge within the British lines. When it was apparent that\\nthe Colonies must submit unconditionally, or, weak and feeble\\nas they were, must defend themselves against the mighty\\npower of G-reat Britain, these sons of the forest were by no\\nmeans behind any of their brethren, in making preparation\\nfor defence, and in readiness to step forward and exert their\\nstrength, when called to action. In the year 1774, meetings\\nof the town were frequent and it appears that there was\\ngreat unanimity in their resolves, which were all of the defen-\\nsive character. In this year they voted to purchase a town\\nstock of ammunition, and a quantity of arms. At the same\\ntime, they entered into solemn covenant to suspend all com-\\nmercial intercourse with Great Britain, until her acts of Par-\\nliament leveled at the rights of the Colonies should be repeal-\\ned, and the Port of Boston, which was then shut, should be\\nopened. This covenant was substantially the same, as was\\nentered into in the Colonies generally but the spirit of these\\nsons of liberty was seen in the closing up of the solemn cov-\\nenant, the last clause of which was in substance, that all\\nwho refused or neglected to come into this or a like agree-\\nment, ought to be, and should by them be considered and\\nesteemed enemies to their country. Such a covenant was\\nnot only voted in town meeting to be accepted, but a com-\\nmittee was appointed to see that the covenant be signed by\\nthe inhabitants, and to take and report the names of all who\\nrefused to sign. This committee consisted of the following\\npersons Amos Dakin, Samuel Brown, Joshua Davis, Nathan\\nHall and James Wethee. Also, in 1775, a committee of\\ninspection was appointed, to see that the resolves of the Con-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0480.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "EEV. EBENEZER HILL. 107\\ntinental Congress be duly observed. And to prepare for\\ncomfortable subsistence as well as for defence, in town meet-\\ning it was voted, in view of the increasing difficulty wMcli\\nmight be expected, of procuring such a necessary article as\\nsalt, that thirty hogsheads be purchased, while it could be\\nhad, for the use of the town.\\nWe have evidence also, that the fathers of the present gen-\\neration were not only brave and prudent in Resolves, but also\\nin action.\\nWhen tidings arrived in Mason, that the Regulars, i. e. the\\nBritish troops, had gone out from Boston, and proceeded as\\nfar as Concord, and that blood was actually shed in Lexing-\\nton and Concord, the men dropped their tools, and with all\\npossible speed, hastened to the spot, where blood had flowed.\\nAnd I have been informed that the training soldiers, on this\\noccasion, ready to avenge the blood of their slaughtered\\ncountrymen, marched under oflEicers, who held their commis-\\nsion from the King, whose troops they were willing to\\nengage, without thinking of any impropriety. New Hamp-\\nshire troops were distinguished in the war. And as far as\\ncan be judged at this time from town records and tradition,\\nMason bore its full proportion, with other towns, in sufferings\\nand effective labor.\\nI wish I could give you the names of all the Mason men,\\nwho were with the gallant Stark in the battle of Bennington.\\nMany of the young men of the town spent their best days in\\nthe army. Some of the elderly men were found in the\\ntented field but many of the soldiers entered the service of\\ntheir country in their very boyhood, not by compulsion, but\\nby voluntary enlistment, and continued in the service, until\\nthe independence of the country was acknowledged, and\\npeace spread her blessings over the land. A few, and but a\\nfew of them all, survive to the present day.\\nThe names of most of the early settlers in the town, are\\nhanded down in their posterity. A few families have lost\\ntheir name, yet the greater part of the present inhabitants,", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0481.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "108 MEMOIR OF THE\\nare descendants of those who cleared the forests for them.\\nWho will be ashamed of such ancestors We pretend not\\nthat they were faultless but let their descendants emulate\\ntheir virtues, and avoid their errors and faults, as far as they\\nare known, and Mason will be a happy spot in our favored\\nland.\\nYour attention is now called to another subject, which\\nmakes a part of the history of the town, yet of a different\\ncharacter from that which we have been contemplating.\\nHealth is said to be the greatest of temporal blessings.\\nOf this we have been favored with, at least, a common share\\nwith other towns around and we can tell of many instances\\nof longevity. In the course of the forty last years, there\\nhave died in this town fifty-seven between eighty and ninety\\nyears old, fourteen between ninety and one hundred. One\\nman, Jonathan Foster, exceeded one hundred years, and\\nanother, Oliver Eliott, one hundred and two and one-half. It\\nmay be well to note in a passing remark, that these two old\\nmen were very temperate in the use of intoxicating drinks,\\nfor the age in which they lived, and their common food was\\nof the plainest kinds.\\nBut notwithstanding the acknowledged healthiness of the\\nplace, and many instances of longevity, we have had seasons\\nof calamity, in which mortal sickness has prevailed. We\\nhave had two seasons in which angina maligna, or throat\\ndistemper, or canker rash, so called, has spread terror and\\ndismay over the place, and carried many of the young children\\nand blooming youth, to an early grave. In the year 1810,\\nthis dreadful distemper made its appearance, in the last of\\nMarch, or beginning of April, and continued to spread dismay,\\nuntil the month of August. In this short period many fami-\\nlies felt the scourge, and death cut off twelve children, all but\\ntwo, under the age of five years. Again, in the years 1818\\nand 1819, the same dreadful disease was epidemic in the\\ntown, and many of the children and youth fell before this\\ndestroyer. These years were the years of the greatest mor-", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0482.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 109\\ntality ever known in the town in one 34, in the other 31 deaths,\\n65 in two years. In the reign of this malignant disease,\\nbut one aged person fell before the shaft of death, while\\n40 were cut down under the age of eighteen. With respect\\nto the visitation of this malignant distemper at this time, it\\nis to be remarked, it began in the South East part of the\\ntown, in the family of Darius Hudson, in a small house stand-\\ning ou an highly elevated spot, not near any other building\\nthis was about the middle of September, 1818 and it continued\\nto rage until the beginning of August, 1819, It is noted, it\\nbegan in the South East part of the town. By this, you will\\nunderstand, that we have no knowledge that the sickness\\nexisted at that time, in any neighboring town, and certainly\\nit was not in any other house at this time. Its first appear-\\nance was in its most malignant form. In the short space of\\neight days, three out of seven children died in the first visited\\nfamily. The disease did not spread in the nearest families.\\nThis did not appear to be a radiating point, from which\\ncontagion should issue forth in all directions. Instead of\\nthat, its next appearance was at a good distance, at least a\\nmile to the North East, where there had been no communica-\\ntion between the families. And the third case was in the\\nextreme South part of the town. And thus it extended from\\nEast to West, from North to South, to every part of the\\ntown. Neither was it always the case, that all the children\\nof the same family, or who lived in the same house, where\\nthe sickness was, had it. And not only, as in the first\\ninstance, but in other instances, those had the disease, who\\nhad not been exposed to catch it, as they say, by coming in\\ncontact with the diseased, or entering infected places.\\nHere I will name one extraordinary case, and leave it\\nwithout comment.\\nThere was a little girl in a family in the South side of the\\ntown, somewhat remote from neighbors, who was the only\\nchild in the house. She was an adopted daughter and the\\nfoster mother had such forebodings of death, should the\\n15", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0483.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "110 MEMOIR OP THE\\ndisease attack her cliild; and such apprehensions of danger\\nfrom exposure, that from the first knowledge she had of the\\nexistence of the disease in the town, she restricted her child\\nto the house, and suffered no child from abroad to enter her\\ndoors. This secluded child fell sick of this frightful disease,\\nand died.\\nIn conclusion of this point of interesting history, I state\\nthat in the space of the last forty-six years, there have been\\nremoved from this town from their houses, and fields, and\\npossessions, to the narrow home appointed for all the living,\\na number, little, if any short of eight hundred and thirty.\\nWhat a congregation this would make more than half the\\nnumber of the present inhabitants. Looking at the past,\\nwhat changes may be expected in the future It is believed\\nthat there are but two living, on earth, who were members of\\nthe Congregational church, in this town, in the year 1790,\\n(LydiaWilson and PollyDunster,) and but two who were at that\\ntime at the head of a family, (widow Withington and James\\nWethee.) how often have we all been admonished to prepare\\nfor death, and for that judgment which is after death. Death\\ndoth not select his victims among the aged, but often levels\\nhis arrow at the fairest blooming youth. Let such another\\nperiod, as we are contemplating, pass away, and few, if any,\\nof the present active inliabitants of this town, will be on\\nearth.\\nBe not offended, then, with one who has passed the greater\\npart of his short life with you, and whose glass of life is just\\nrun out, who would affectionately entreat you to consider\\nyour latter end would direct your attention to the end of\\ntime, and to your present preparation to die. O remember,\\nChrist in you is the hope of glory, and the only hope that\\nwill not fail. Look away to the Lamb of God, as the only\\nsavior of sinners go to him as sinners\u00e2\u0080\u0094 go without delay.\\nOr if you have already made Christ all your salvation, let\\nhim have your heart let him have your life, and then when\\nyou shall have done with all things here below, you will not", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0484.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. Ill\\nonly rest from all your labors in the peaceful grave, but you\\nwill live in tlie full enjoyment of the love and favor of Christ,\\nforever and ever. Your friend prays that your future history,\\nmay be pleasantly instructive to all who come after you and\\nmay your last end be peace.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0485.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "112 MEMOIR OF THE\\nLIST OF PUBLISHED DISCOURSES.\\nThe following list includes; it is believed, all the published\\ndiscourses of Mr. Hill.\\n1. A sermon delivered at Mason, April 11, 1803, at the\\nfuneral of Miss Persis Lawrence, daughter of Mr. Stephen\\nLawrence, aged 23 years. Text Eccl. 8 8. Printed at\\nAmherst, by Joseph Gushing.\\n2. A sermon delivered at Mason, March 22, 1805, at the\\nfuneral of Miss Hannah Lawrence, daughter of Stephen Law-\\nrence, Esq. Aged 26 years. Text, Psalm 90 12. Printed\\nat Amherst, by Joseph Gushing.\\n3. A sermon delivered at Mason, July 18, 1805, at the\\nfuneral of Mr. Luther Lawrence, son of Stephen Lawrence,\\nEsq., aged twenty years. Text 1 Gor. 15 21. Printed at\\nAmherst, by Joseph Gushing.\\n4. A sermon delivered at New Ipswich, June 3d, 1811, at\\nthe funeral of Miss Ruthy Bachelder. Text, Psalm 88 7, 8,\\n18.\\n5. A sermon delivered at New Ipswich, August 6th, 1811,\\nat the funeral of William Kimball Bachelder. Text, Eccl.\\n9 12 J with an appendix, containing a sketch of the life of\\nMiss Bachelder, and extracts from her letters and papers.\\nPrinted at Boston, by Munroe and Francis. Sermons and\\nappendix, pp. 48.\\n6. A sermon delivered at New Ipswich, September 22,\\n1815, at the funeral of Miss Glarissa Davis. Text, Eccl. 9\\n4; with an appendix, containing extracts from her diary and\\nletters, by the Rev. Richard Hall. Printed at Boston, by\\nSamtiel T. Armstrono:.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0486.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "REV. EBENEZER HILL. 113\\n7. A sermon delivered at Mason, May 16th, 1817, at the\\nfuneral of Mrs. Mary Blodgett, wife of John Blodgett, Esq.\\nwho was instantly killed by being thi own from a wagon.\\nText, Ezekiel 24 18. Printed at Amherst, by Richard\\nBoylston.\\n8. A sermon delivered at Brookline, November 27thj\\n1817, at the interment of the remains of the Rev. Lemuel\\nWadsworth, pastor of the Congregational church in that\\nplace. Text, 2 Cor. 5 1. Printed at Amherst, by Richard\\nBoylston.\\n9. A sermon delivered at Mason, August 28th, 1826, at\\nthe funeral of Joseph Addison Bobbins, son of Joseph B.\\nBobbins and Hannah his wife. Text, Jer. 9 21. Printed\\nat New Ipswich, by Salmon Wilder.\\n10. A funeral sermon delivered at Mason, on Lord s Day,\\nDecember 10th, 1826, occasioned by the death of Capt.\\nHiram Smith, who deceased December 6th, 1826, aged twenty-\\nfive years. Text, Job 21 23 26. Printed at Amherst, at\\nthe Cabinet press.\\n11. A sermon delivered at Mason, at the house of James\\nWood, Esq., November 4th, 1835, being on the completing of\\nhis eightieth year. Text, Psalm 90 9- 12. New Ipswich,\\nprinted at the News Gatherers s oflS.ce.\\n12. A sermon preached at Ashby, at the house of Mr.\\nJacob Cowdry, on the birth day of Mrs. Tabitha Pearson,\\nwho then completed the one hundredth year of her age.\\nText, 2 Sam. 19 34, 35, 37. Amherst, printed by Richard\\nBoylston.\\n13. The substance of two lectures on the History of\\nMason, delivered before the Lyceum in Mason village, Febru-\\nary, 1846. Printed at Fitchburg, by W. J. Merriam.\\nThese, with some contributions to the Medical and Agri-\\ncultural Register, a periodical conducted by Dr. Daniel\\nAdams, and some occasional communications to the Farmer s\\nCabinet, a newspaper published at Amherst, N. H., comprise\\nall his printed works, so far as is known at this time.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0487.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "In a family monument of native granite, erected in the old\\ngrave yard, is inserted a marble tablet, with an inscription,\\nof which the following is a copy\\nHIS CHURCH AND PEOPLE DEVOTE THIS\\nTABLET TO THE MEMORY OF THE\\nKEY. EBENEZER HILL.\\nBORN IN CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 31, 1766.\\nGRADUATED AT HARVARD COLLEGE, 1786.\\nORDAINED PASTOR OF THE CHURCH,\\nAND MINISTER OF THE TOWN OF MASON,\\nNOVEMBER 3, 1790.\\nDIED MAY 20, 1854, IN THE 89th YEAR OF HIS\\nAGE, AND THE 64th OF HIS MINISTRY.\\nA FAITHFUL SERVANT, HE DEVOTED HIS\\nTIME AND STRENGTH TO THE WORK OF HIS\\nLORD AND MASTER; READY AT ALL TIMES\\nTO DIRECT THE ENaUIRING, TO CHEER THE\\nDOUBTING, TO WARN THE SINFUL, TO VISIT THE\\nSICK AND AFFLICTED, AND OFFER TO THEM\\nTHE COMFORT AND SUPPORT OF RELIGION;\\nAFTER A LONG LIFE OF USEFULNESS, HE\\nDEPARTED IN PEACE, HUMBLY TRUSTING TO\\nRECEIVE THE WELCOME MESSAGE, WELL DONE\\nGOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, ENTER THOU\\nINTO THE JOY OP THY LORD.", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0488.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0489.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0490.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0491.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0492.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0493.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0494.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0495.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0496.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3480", "width": "1970", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0497.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n008 964 780", "height": "3632", "width": "2133", "jp2-path": "historyoftownofm01hill_0498.jp2"}}