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May Session.
October Session.
1775 Col. W. Williams, Speaker, Col. W. Williams, Speaker,
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
1776 Col. William Williams, Col. Jeremiah Mason.
John Clark,
1777 John Clark,
Capt. Joshua West.
1778 Col. Jeremiah Mason, Capt. James Pinney.
1779 Jacob Elliott,
Elkanah Tisdale, ยท
Elkanah Tisdale.
Col. Jonathan Trumbull.
Col. Wm. Williams, Clerk,
Col. Jonathan Trumbull. Col. Jonathan Trumbull.
1781 Col. W. Williams, Speaker, Col. W. Williams, Speaker, Elkanah Tisdale. Elkanah Tisdale.
1782 Col. W. Williams, Speaker, Col. W. Williams, Speaker, Capt. Daniel Tilden. Isaiah Elliott.
1783 Col. W. Williams, Speaker, Col. W. Williams, Speaker, Elkanah Tisdale.
1784 Col. William Williams, Elkanah Tisdale.
1785 Elkanah Tisdale, Capt. Vetch Williams.
1786 Capt. Daniel Tilden, Beriah Southworth.
1787 Capt. Daniel Tilden, Maj. Elijah Hide.
Capt. Daniel Tilden, Ephraim Carpenter.
1788 Col. J. Trumbull, Speaker, Col. J. Trumbull, Speaker,
Capt. Daniel Tilden.
Capt. Daniel Tilden.
Elkanah Tisdale,
Capt. Daniel Tilden.
Elkanah Tisdale,
Peleg Thomas.
Elkanah Tisdale,
David Trumbull.
Elkanah Tisdale,
Peleg Thomas.
Elkanah Tisdale,
Ebenezer Bushnell.
Elkanah Tisdale,
Elisha Hutchinson.
1789 Elkanah Tisdale, Capt. Daniel Tilden.
1790 Elkanah Tisdale, Capt. Daniel Tilden.
1791 Elkanah Tisdale, Asahel Clark.
1792 Elkanah Tisdale, Asahel Clark.
1793 Elkanah Tisdale, Peleg Thomas.
1794 Elkanah Tisdale, Peleg Thomas.
Capt. Joshua West.
Col. Jeremiah Mason,
Beriah Southworth.
Jacob Elliott,
Peleg Thomas.
1780 Elkanah Tisdale,
Elkanah Tisdale.
Elkanah Tisdale,
Col. Jeremiah Mason.
Capt. Daniel Tilden,
Capt. Vetch Williams.
Capt. Daniel Tilden,
Maj. Elijah Hide.
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REPRESENTATIVES.
May Session.
October Session.
1795 Asahel Clark,
Daniel Tilden,
Daniel Tilden.
Peleg Thomas.
1796 Peleg Thomas, David Trumbull.
. Peleg Thomas, Jeremiah Mason.
1797 Peleg Thomas,
Elkanah Tisdale,
Elkanah Tisdale.
Peleg Thomas.
1798 Elkanah Tisdale, Peleg Thomas.
James Mason.
1799 James Mason,
James Mason,
Solomon Williams.
Elkanah Tisdale.
1800 James Mason, Elkanah Tisdale.
WVm. T. Williams.
1801 Wm. T. Williams, James Mason.
Wm. T. Williams.
1802 Elkanah Tisdale,
Daniel Tilden,
Solomon Williams.
Solomon Williams.
1803 Solomon Williams, James Mason.
Isaiah Loomis.
1804 Daniel Tilden, Isaiah Loomis.
Isaiah Loomis.
Peleg Thomas,
James Mason.
1806 Isaiah Loomis, Elisha Hutchinson.
Isaiah Loomis,
Zabdiel Hyde.
1807 Jacob Loomis, Zabdiel Hyde.
Elisha Hutchinson.
1808 Jacob Loomis, Wm. Williams, Jr.
Stephen Meech, Wm. T. Williams.
1809 Wm. T. Williams, As. C'lk, Wm. T. Williams, Wm. Huntington, Jr.
1810 Wm. T. Williams, As. Clk, Wm. T. Williams, As. CUk,
Wm. Huntington, Jr.
1811 Hobert McCall, Jacob Loomis.
1812 Daniel Tilden, Elisha Hutchinson.
1813 Wm. Huntington, Jr., Jas. F. Mason.
1814 Abel Goodwin. Benjamin B. Fowler. -
Hobert McCall.
Jas. F. Mason,
Wm. T. Williams, Clerk.
Wm. Huntington, Jr.,
James F. Mason.
Zabdiel Hyde,
Wm. Williams.
Samuel Buckingham, Isaiah Loomis.
Daniel Tilden,
Daniel Tilden,
1805 Daniel Tilden, Jacob Loomis.
Zabdiel Hyde,
Peleg Thomas.
James Mason.
Elkanah Tisdale,
Peleg Thomas,
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May Session.
October Session.
Isaiah Loomis, Jr ..
Hobert McCall.
Ebenezer Johnson,
John Robinson.
1817 John Robinson,
Stephen D. Tilden,
Stephen D. Tilden.
Simeon M. Webster.
1818 Simeon M. Webster, Isaiah Loomis.
Charles Abell,
Joshua Hall.
The delegates from Lebanon to the Constitutional Convention of September, 1818, were,
Stephen D. Tilden and Thomas Badcock .*
After the adoption of the Constitution, in 1818, there was only one regular annual session, held in May, at Hartford each odd year, and at New Haven each even year.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1819 Charles Abell, Joshua Hall.
1820 Thomas Babcock,
Isaiah Loomis.
1821 Abel Goodwin,
Daniel Hutchinson.
1822 Wm. T. Williams,
Oliver Kingsley.
1823 Wm. T. Williams,
Anderson Martin.
1824 Wm. T. Williams,
Elisha Waterman.
1825 John Robinson,
Oliver Kingsley.
1826 Isaiah Loomis, 2d,
Julius Clark.
1827 Stephen D. Tilden,
Elisha Waterman.
1828 Eliphalet Abell,
Oliver Pettis.
1829 Thomas Babcock,
Erastus Osgood.
1830 Isaiah Loomis, 2d,
Timothy Williams.
1831 Asahel Dewey,
Jacob McCall.
1832 Thomas Babcock,
Julius Clark.
1833 Asahel Dewey,
John M. Peabody.
1834 Oliver Pettis,
Ebenezer Spafford.
1835 Amos Fowler, Jr.,
Oliver Kingsley.
1836 Julius Clark,
Erastus Hutchinson.
1837 George Kingsley,
Archippus McCall.
1838 Gurdon Robinson.
Elias Williams.
* The record spelling, down to this date.
1815 Wm. T. Williams, Samuel Buckingham.
1816 Ebenezer Johnson, John Robinson.
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1839 Amos Fowler,
1840 Larned Hebard,
1841 Ebenezer Johnson,
1842 John Wattles,
1843 Peter C. Brown,
1844 Edmund Harding, 1845 Roswell Babcock,
1846 Azel Rockwell,
1847 George H. Hill,
1848 Daniel Wildman, Jr.,
1849 Salmon L. Williams,
1850 Timothy Metcalf, 1851 Robert Champlin,
1852 Charles H. Thomas,
1853 George M. Standish,
1854 George D. Spencer,
1855 Alanson C. Abell,
1856 Elias L. Williams, 1857 Jabez McCall,
1858 Uriel Ladd, Jr.,
1859 Joseph Holmes,
1860 Edwin M. Dolbeare, 1861 Nathan Bass,
1862 Anson Loomis,
1863 Nathaniel C. Saxton,
1864 John Avery,
1865 James M. Peckham,
1866 Orlo D. Hine,
1867 William S. Standish,
1868 Lynde L. Huntington, 1869 David Geer,
1870 William C. Noyes,
1871 David H. McCall, 1872 Hart Talcott, 1873 Isaac Gillette,
1874 George E. Hewitt, 1875 Alphonzo Browning, 1876 Jabez C. Manning, 1877 Erastus Geer, 1878 Joseph C. Crandall,
1879 Jacob McCall, 1880 Oliver E. Pettis,
Jesse Wright. Justin Clark. George Kingsley.
.Caleb Hayward. Henry H. Abell.
Daniel L. Sherman.
Charles D. Strong.
Julius Clark. Ebenezer Johnson, Jr.
Joseph Covey [Corey].
John H. Throop.
Rufus R. Dimock.
Justin Clark.
Charles Hull.
Charles L. Loomis.
William J. Gray.
George H. Hill.
David S. Woodworth.
William A. Fuller.
Philo Washburn.
Thomas J. Kingsley.
Silas P. Abell,
Peleg G. Thomas.
Jeremiah Mason.
Sluman L. Gray.
James M. Abell.
Silas H. Dewey.
George R. Bill.
Shubel W. Kingsley.
Henry A. Spafford.
Daniel Bailey.
John Avery.
William A. Fuller.
Ezekiel Abell.
John N. Abell.
Cyrus G. Geer.
Edmund B. Johnson. Samuel E. Haynes. William F. Gates.
James Y. Thomas. Albert F. Preston. Silas P. A bell.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Although the plantation of Lebanon was not in- vested with "Town Privileges," until October, 1700, and could not therefore choose and invest with legal authority, any town officers, yet, as a matter of necessity, and in accordance with the custom of the time in other unorganized settlements, they did, in form, choose selectmen, or "townsmen " as they were called, and some other officers. Thus in 1698, May 31, three townsmen, a clerk, and constable were chosen, as seen below, and in March, 1699, two other townsmen were added. In December of that year a new choice of townsmen was made, and authorized " to appoint a moderater, from time to time, to manieg in town meetings."
From 1700 to 1799, the town officers were chosen annually, in the last part of December; from 1800 to 1819, in November; and after that in October. Their respective terms of service, were therefore chiefly within the year next after the dates noted in the list.
SELECTMEN AND MODERATORS.
1698, May 31. Dea. Josiah Dewey, John Wood- ward, Sen., Wm. Clark. 1699, March 15, same men continued to December, and Wm. Holton and John Mason were added. In December, same year, Dea. Josiah Dewey, John Baldwin, Wm. Holton, Joseph Bradford, and William Clark were chosen ; and it was then voted that no townsman should hold office for more than two years in succession .* After 1700. the town held regular town meetings in December, annu- ally, until 1800.
1700. Dec. 25, Ensign Jeremiah Fitch, Sergt. John Baldwin, Richard Lyman, Sen., Sam'l Hutchinson,
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SELECTMEN AND MODERATORS.
Sam'l Huntington. 1701. Dea. John Lumis, Richard Lyman, Sen., Wm. Clark. ( Voted not to have but three. ) 1702. Wm. Clark, Dea. John Baldwin, John Calkins. 1703. Capt. John Mason, Lieut. Jeremiah Fitch. Ed- ward Colver, Sam'l Hutchinson, Thomas Hunt. 1704. Samuel Huntington, Joseph Marsh, William Clark. 1705. Capt. Jeremiah Fitch, Ensign John Sprague, William Clark. 1706. Capt. Jeremiah Fitch. Samuel Huntington. Thomas Hunt. 1707. [Sam'l Huntington, Moderator, and the first moderator on record. ] Samuel Huntington, Mr. Isaac Bagley, William Clark. 1708. Mr. Wm. Holton, Ens. Samuel Hide, John Buel, Wm. Clark. 1709. Mr. Wm. Holton, Joseph Marsh, Lieut. Joseph Bradford, William Clark.
1710. Lieut. Samuel Huntington, Lieut. John Sprague, Lieut. Joseph Bradford, Ens. Samuel Hide. Serj. Joseph Marsh. 1711. Lieut. Sam'l Huntington, Lieut. Edward Colver, Ens. Samuel Hide, Ens. Abell Wright, Eleazer Williams. 1712. Capt. Jeremiah Fitch, William Clark. Ens. Samuel Hide. Serj. Joseph Marsh, Serj. Samuel Hutchinson. 1713. Lieut. Sam'l Hide, Lieut. Edward Colver, Serj. Samuel Hutchinson, Serj. Joseph Marsh, William Clark. 1714. Capt. Jeremiah Fitch, Lieut. Joseph Bradford, Lieut. John
Sprague. 1715. Lieut. Edward Colver, Eleazer Fitch, William Clark. 1716. Lieut. Samuel Hide, Ens. Nathaniel Fitch, Serj. Jos. Marsh, Sam'l Hutchinson, John Woodward, Jr. 1717. Dea. John Buel, John Woodward, Jr., Wm. Clarke. 1718. Dea. John Buel. Lieut. Samuel Hide, Lieut. Joseph Marsh. 1719. Capt. Nathaniel Fitch. Wm. Clarke, Ebenezer West, John Woodward, Jr., Jonathan Metcalf.
1720. Capt. Wm. Clark, Capt. Nathaniel Fitch, Ens. Samuel Hutchinson, Dea. Eleazer Fitch, John Woodward, Jr. 1721. Ensign Samuel Hutchinson, Ebenezer West, Jacob Foster, Jonathan Metcalf, Ebenezer Brown. (Vote that the selectmen should not
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be chosen for more than two years, rescinded. ) 1722. Capt. Wm. Clarke, Capt. Nath'l Fitch, Capt. Joseph Marsh. 1723 (same as in 1722). 1724. Lieut. Sam'l Hide, Dea. Eleazer Fitch, Dea. Ebenezer West. 1725. John Woodward. Ebenzer West. Dea. William Clarke. 1726. Capt. Woodward, Ebenezer West, Esq., Samuel Hide, Joseph Clark, Jonathan Metcalf. 1727. Dea. Wm. Clark. Ens. Jonathan Lyman, Gershom Clarke, Lieut. Wm. Wattles, Capt. Ephraim Sprague. 1728. Lieut. Hide, Capt. March, Capt. Fitch, Lieut. Brown, Ensign Woodward. 1729. Jonathan Lyman, Samuel Huntington, Capt. Wm. Throop, John Sims, Stephen Strong.
1730. Samuel Huntington, Gershom Clarke, Jedadiah Strong, Ebenezer West, Josiah Lyman. 1731. Capt. William Clark, Capt. John Woodward, Gershom Clarke, Joseph Clarke, Ebenezer West, Eso. 1732. [Ebenezer West, Mod.] Ebenezer West, John Woodward, Wm. Throop, Samuel Hide, Josiah Clarke. 1733. [Capt. Wm. Throop, Mod. ] Capt. Wm. Clarke, Capt. William Throop, Capt. Joseph Marsh, Capt. Ephraim Sprague, Capt. Ebenezer Brown. 1734.
[Capt. Throop, Mod.] Capt. William Throop, Mr. Joseph Fitch, Capt. John Woodward, Mr. Ebenezer West, Mr. Josiah Lyman. 17:5. [Capt. William Throop, Mod. ] Capt. William Clark, Cant. John Woodward, Mr. Joseph Fitch, Mr. Joseph Clarke, Ebenezer West, Esq. 1736. [Ebenezer West, Esq., Mod. ] William Clark, Joseph Marsh, Jedediah Strong, James Wright, Ebenezer Williams. 1737. [ Ebenezer West, Esq., Mod.] Samuel Huntington, Jonathan Trumble, Joseph Fowler, Joseph Clarke, Ebenezer West, Esq. 1738. [Samuel Hide, Jr., Mod. ] John Barker, Samuel Hide, Jr., Gershom Clarke, Josiah Lyman, Ebenezer Williams. 1739. [Jonathan Trumble, Esq., Mod. ] Jonathan Trumble, Gershom Clarke, Ebenezer Gray, Joseph Clark.
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1740. [Ebenezer Gray, Mod.] Ebenezer Gray, John Williams, Timothy Clark, James Wright, James Fitch. 1741. [Ebenezer Gray, Esq .. Mod.] Ebenezer Gray, Gershom Clarke, Joseph Fowler, Joseph Clark, James Fitch. 1742. [Jonathan Trumble, Mod.] Jonathan Trumble, Gershom Clark, Ebenezer Gray, Joseph Clark, Ebenezer West. 1743. [Jonathan Trumble, Esq., Mod. ] Col. Trumble, Gershom Clark, Ebenezer Gray, James Wright, James Fitch. 1744. [Joseph Fowler, Esq., Mod. ] Col. Jonathan Trumble, Major Joseph Fowler, Gershom Clark, Mr. John New- comb, Capt. James Fitch. 1745. [Joseph Fowler, Esq., Mod. ] Jonathan Trumble, Esq., Joseph Fowler, Esq., Eben'r West, Esq., Capt. Joseph Clark, Gershom Clark. 1746. [Joseph Fowler, Esq., Mod. ] Jonathan Trumble, Joseph Fowler, Gershom Clark (died in 1747), Joseph Clark, James Fitch. 1747. [Major Joseph Fowler, Mod .. ] Jonathan Trumbull, Joseph Fowler, Samuel Huntington, Joseph Clark, James Fitch. 1748. [Joseph Fowler, Mod.] Joseph Fowler, Samuel Huntington, Samuel Hide, Josiah Lyman, Ebenezer West. 1749. [James Fowler, Esq., Mod.] Joseph Fowler, Samuel Huntington, Samuel Hide, Joseph Clark, Ebenezer West.
1750. [Jos. Fowler, Esq .. Mod.] Joseph Fowler, Nathaniel Holbrook, Caleb Hide, Benajah Bill, Joshua West. 1751. [Jos. Fowler, Esq., Mod. ] Joseph Fow- ler, Nathaniel Holbrook, Benajah Bill, Ignatius Bar- ker, Joshua West. 1752. [Jos. Fowler, Esq., Mod.] Joseph Fowler, Nathaniel Holbrook, Ignatius Barker, Joseph Clark, Joshua West. 1753. [Joseph Fowler, Esq., Mod.] Joseph Fowler, Esq., Capt. Dan. Throop, Mr. Nathaniel Holbrook, Joseph Clark, Esq., Joshua West, Esq. 1754. [Jos. Fowler, Esq., Mod. ] (Same selectmen as in 1753.) 1755. [Col. Joseph Fowler, Mod.] (Same selectmen again except Joseph Loomis in place of Joseph Clark.) 1756. [Col. Joseph Fow- ler, Mod.] (Same selectmen as in 1755.) 1757. [Col.
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Joseph Fowler, Mod. ] Joseph Fowler, Joshua Barker. Jonathan Clark, Benajah Bill. Joshua West. 1758. [Hon. Jonathan Trumbull, Mod. ] Hon. Jonathan Trumble, Capt. Joshua Barker. Mr. Jonathan Clark, Jos. Loomis, Joshua West, Esq. 1759. [Hon Jona. Trumble, Mod.] Capt. Joshua Barker, Wm. Williams, Mr. Zephaniah Swift, Lieut. Benajah Bill, Joshua West, Esq.
1760. [Col. Jonathan Trumble, Mod.] Capt. Dan. Throop, Mr. Jonathan Lyman, Wm. Williams, Lieut. Benajah Bill, Mr. Amos Thomas. 1761. [Hon. Jona. Trumble, Mod. ] (Same selectmen as in 1760.) 1762. [Col. Jona. Trumble, Mod. ] Capt. Dan. Throop, Win. Williams, Lieut. Benajah Bill. Mr. Jona. Lyman, Capt. Thomas Loomis. 1763. (Same moderator and select- men as in 1762.) 1764. [Mr. Benajah Bill. Mod.] (Same selectmen again as in 1762, except Thomas Loomis, Jr., in place of Capt. Thos. Loomis. ) 1765. [Col. Jona. Trumble, Mod.] William Williams, Dan. Throop, Samuel Hide, Jr., Seth Wright, Veach Wil- liams. 1766. [His Honor Dep. Gov. Trumble, Mod. ] (Same selectmen as in 1765, but Seth Wright is called Lieut. ) 1767. [Joshua West, Esq., Mod. ] Wm. Wil. liams, Elijah Hide, Jr., Sam'l Hide, Jr., Seth Wright, Veach Williams. 1768. (Same moderator and select- men as in 1757.) 1769. [Hon. Gov. Trumbull,* Mod.] Major William Williams, Elijah Hide. Samuel Hyde, Capt. Seth Wright, Lieut. Veach Williams.
1770. [Hon. Gov. Trumbull, Mod.] Maj. Wm. Williams, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. [afterwards Gov. ], Capt. Seth Wright, Lieut. Veach Williams. 1771. [Joshua West, Esq., Mod. ] Maj. William Williams, Jona. Trumbull, Jr., Elijah Hide, Jr., Veach Williams, James Pinneo, Jr. 1772. [His Hon. Gov. Trumbull, Mod. ] Wm. Williams, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Lieut. Elijah Hide, Jr., Mr. James Pinneo, Jr., Capt. Veach
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SELECTMEN
Williams. 1773. (The same moderator and select- men as in 1772. but Pelatiah Marsh was added for the new society of Exeter, then just set off, making six selectmen for the first time. ) 1774. [Gov. Trumbull, Mod. ] William Williams, Mr. Jona. Trumbull. Capt. Elijah Hide, Jr., Lieut. Jas. Pinneo. Jr., Capt. Veach Williams. Mr. Pelatiah Marsh. 1775. Joshua West, Esq., Mod. ] (Same six selectmen as in 1774.) 1776. [Joshua West, Esq., Mod. ] Wm. Williams, Elijah Hide, Jr., Silas Phelps, James Pinneo. Jr., Veach Wil- liams, Daniel Abel. Jr. 1777. [His Excellency * Gov. Trumbull, Mod.] (Same six selectmen as in 1776.) 1778. [His Excellency Gov. Trumbull, Mod. ] William Williams, Major Elijah Hide, Mr. Silas Phelps, Capt. Jas. Pinneo, Capt. Vetch Williams, Capt. Dan'l Abel. 1779. [Joshua West, Esq., Mod.] William Williams, Elijah Hide, Jr., Silas Phelps, Asael Clark, Jr., Peleg Thomas, Dan'l Abel, Jr.
1780. [Joshua West, Esq., Mod.] William Wil- liams, Capt. William Huntington, Silas Phelps, Asael Clark, Jr., Peleg Thomas, Daniel Abel. 1781. [Col. Wm. Williams, Mod. ] Wm. Williams, Capt. Wm. Huntington, Beriah Southworth, Asael Clark, Jr., Peleg Thomas, Daniel Abel, Jr. 1782. [Col. William Williams, Mod. ] Col. William Williams, Capt. Wm. Huntington, Capt. Sam'l Fuller, Mr. Eleazer Richard- son, Lieut. Peleg Thomas, Capt. Daniel Abel. Jr. 1783. [Wm. Williams, Mod.] Wm. Williams, Wm. Huntington, Sam'l Fuller. Eleazer Richardson, Peleg Thomas, Daniel Abel, Jr. 1784. (Same moderator and selectmen.) 1785. (Same moderator and select- men again.) 1786. (Same moderator, but after many ballotings and two adjournments without choice, fin- ally chose a new list of selectmen, viz.), Maj. Elijah Hyde (spelled with a y for the first time), Mr. Oliver
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Huntington, Capt. Elisha Hutchinson, Capt. Daniel Dunham, Capt. Isaac Williams, Capt. Ephraim Car- penter. 1787. [Same moderator. ] Maj. Elijah Hyde, Capt. Elihu Hutchinson, Elkanah Tisdale. Esq., Dan'l Dunham, Elihu Thomas, Charles Williams. 1788. [Same moderator. ] Major Elkanah Tisdale, Elisha Huntington, David Trumbull, Dan'l Dunham, Elihu Thomas, Chas. Williams. 1789. [Same moderator.] Maj. Elkanah Tisdale, Esq., Elisha Hutchinson, Jos. Leach, Elias Bliss, Elihu Thomas, Dan'l Clark.
1790. [John Clark, Esq., Mod.] Elkanah Tis- dale, Capt. Elisha Hutchinson, Capt. Joseph Leach, Capt. Chas. Bliss, Capt. Elihu Thomas, Capt. Daniel Clark. 1791. [Elkanah Tisdale, Esq., Mod.] Joseph Leach, Ebenezer Bushnell, Stephen Payn, Elias Bliss, Andrew Waterman, Daniel Clark, Wadsworth Brews- ter. 1792. [Joshua West, Esq., Mod.] Ebenezer Bushnell, Ebenezer Dutton, Joel Loomis, Andrew Waterman, Daniel Clark. 1793. [Dr. Andrew Met- calf, Mod.] Ebenezer Dutton, Daniel Tilden, Joel Loomis, Andrew Waterman, Daniel Clark. 1794. [Dr. Andrew Metcalf, Mod. ] Daniel Tilden, Esq., Eliphalet Metcalf, Jas. Pettis. Samuel West, Andrew Waterman, Hobart McCall. 1795. [Wm. Williams, Mod.] Daniel Tilden, Eliphalet Metcalf, Jas. Pettis, Samuel West, Andrew Waterman, Hobart McCall. 1796. [Daniel Tilden, Esq., Mod.] (Same selectmen as in 1795). 1797. [Daniel Tilden, Esq., Mod., 47 majority ], Mr. James Pettis, Mr. John Taintor, Maj. James Mason, Mr. Hezekiah Hartshorn, Capt. Amos Fowler, Capt. Hobart McCall. 1798. [William Wil- liams, Esq., Mod. ] Mr. John Taintor, Maj. James Mason, Mr. William Huntington, jr., Capt. Hezekiah Hartshorn, Capt. Amos Fowler, Capt. Rufus Lamb. 1799. [Daniel Tilden, Esq., Mod.] (Same selectmen as in 1798).
1800. [James Pinneo, Esq., Mod.] Maj. James
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Mason, Wm. Huntington, Jr., Capt. Isaiah Loomis, Jr., Capt. Henry Bliss, Mr. Joseph Wm. Bissell," Capt. Rufus Lamb. 1801. [Hon. William Williams, Mod. ] Capt. Isaiah Loomis, Jr., Capt. Zabdiel Hyde. Capt. Henry Bliss, Mr. Joseph Wm. Bissell, Capt. Rufus Lamb. 1802. [Daniel Tilden, Esq., Mod. ] ( Voted to appoint three selectmen within the first society. ) Capt. Isaiah Loomis, Jr., Capt. Zabdiel Hyde, Mr. Daniel Strong, Jr .; (vote to appoint two in the second society negatived, and only one chosen, viz.). Capt. Henry Bliss; Mr. Chas. Lathrop in third society ; Capt. Rufus Lamb in fourth society. 1803. [Maj. James Mason, Mod.] (Same selectmen, except Later Porter in place of Rufus Lamb. ) 1804. [Col. Dan'l Tilden, Mod.] Daniel Tilden, Zabdiel Hyde, Gideon Hoxey, William Williams 2d, Abial Stark, Eliphalet Abel, Ambrose Williams. 1805. (Same moderator and same seven selectmen.) 1806. (Same moderator and same select- men, except George Gardner and Timothy Kingsley in place of Zabdiel Hyde and Ambrose Williams.) 1807. [Col. Daniel Tilden, Mod. ] Col. Daniel Tilden, Gideon Hoxey, George Gardner, David Young, Green McCall, Ichabod Brewster, Timothy Kingsley. 1808. [Peleg Thomas, Esq., Mod. ] James F. Mason, Capt. . Salmon Champion, Besalial Fuller, Andrew V. Wil- liams, Ichabod Brewster. 1809. [Peleg Thomas, Esq., Mod. ] Jas. F. Mason, Salmon Champion, Andrew V. Williams, Roger MeCall, Besalial Fuller.
1810. [Peleg Thomas, Esq., Mod.] Mr. Daniel Mason, Capt. Salmon Champion, Capt. John Thomas, Capt. Roger McCall, Mr. Besalial Fuller. 1811. [Col. Daniel Tilden, Mod.] Col. Zabdiel Hyde, Col. Daniel Tilden, Col. Jacob Loomis, Green McCall, Chas. Williams. 1812. (Same moderator and select- men except Hosea Clark in place of Chas. Williams.) 1813. (Same moderator and selectmen as in 1812.)
* First instance of a double Christian name.
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1814. (Same moderator.) Col. Zabdiel Hyde, Col. Ja- cob Loomis, Capt. Thomas Badcock, Mr. Green Mc- Call, Capt. Charles Abel. 1815. [Col. Zabdiel Hyde, Mod.] (Same selectmen as 1814.) 1816. [James Fitch Mason, Mod. ] Samuel Buckingham. Elisha Waterman, Roger McCall, Timothy Holbrook. Thomas Badcock. 1817. [Doct. Daniel Hutchinson. Mod.] Thomas Badcock, Charles Abel. Oliver Kingsley, Joshua Hall, Jas. Buel. 1818. [Wm. Williams. Esq., Mod. ] Thomas Badcock. Charles Abel. Oliver Kings- ley, James Clark, Jr., Joshua Hall. 1819. [Mr. John Robinson, Mod. ] Thomas Badcock, James Clark, Jr., James Buel, Elisha Waterman, Oliver Kingsley, Simeon M. Webster.
1820. [Wm. Williams, Esq., Mod.] Anderson Martin. Jr., Elisha Waterman, Oliver Kingsley, Simcon M. Webster. 1821. [Wm. T. Williams, Esq., Mod.] same selectmen except Timothy Holbrook in place of Oliver Kingsley. 1822. [Wm. T. Williams, Esq., Mod.] Timothy Holbrook, Jr .. John Johnson, Jr., Brewster Lee, Eliphalet Abel. 1823. [Daniel Hutch- inson, Mod.] (Same selectmen.) 1824. [Col. Isaiah Loomis. Jr., Mod. ] John Johnson, Jr., Eliphalet Abel, Jacob McCall, Abel Goodwin. 1825. [William T. Williams, Mod.] Eliphalet Abel, Jacob McCall, Abel Goodwin. Oliver Pettis. 1826. [Elisha Waterman, Mod. ] Jacob McCall, Abel Goodwin, Oliver Pettis, Julius Clark. 1827. [Abel Goodwin, Esq., Mod.] Oliver Pettis, Julius Clark, Saxton Bailey, Charles Arnold. 1828. [Elisha Waterman, Esq., Mod.] Sax- ton Bailey, Charles Arnold, Caleb Haywood, Elisha Williams. 1829. [Wm. T. Williams, Esq., Mod.] Charles Arnold, Caleb Haywood, Elias Williams, Timothy Loomis.
1830. [Elisha Waterman, Esq., Mod.] Caleb Haywood, Elias Williams, Timothy Loomis, Erastus Osgood. 1831. [Same moderator.] Elias Williams,
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SELECTMEN AND MODERATORS.
Timothy Loomis, Erastus Osgood, Jabez Fitch. 1832.
[Denison Wattles. Esq., Mod.] Timothy Loomis, Erastus Osgood, Erastus Hutchinson. Ebenezer Spaf- ford. 1833. [Elisha Waterman, Esq .. Mod.] Erastus Osgood, Erastus Hutchinson, Ebenezer Spafford, Chester Fuller. 1834. [William T. Williams, Esq., Mod. ] (Same selectmen.) 1835. [Denison Wattles, Esq., Mod. ] Erastus Hutchinson; Ebenezer Spafford, Amos Fowler. Jr., George Kingsley. 1836. [Thomas J. Kingsley, Mod. ], Maj. George Kingsley, Dea. Sim- eon Peckham, Henry H. Abel. Col. Amos Fowler. 1837. [Same moderator. ] Maj. George Kingsley. Dea. Simeon Peckham, Henry H. Abel, Charles E. West. 1838. [Elisha Waterman, Esq .. Mod. ] Joseph Lyman, John M. Peabody, Elias Williams, Chester Fuller. 1839. [Julius Clark, Mod.] Simcon Peckham, Henry H. Abel. Charles E. West, John S. Maxwell.
1840. [Erastus Osgood, Mod.] Jesse Wright, Robert Champlain, Wm. McCall, Isaiah Williams. 1841. [Thomas Badcock, Esq., Mod. ] Henry H. Abel, Charles E. West, Caleb Hayward, John D. Kingsley. 1842. [Julius Clark, Mod. ] Jesse Wright, Joseph King, John D. Kingsley, Justin Clark. 1843. [Same moderator. ] John D. Kingsley, Justin Clark, Henry Fowler, Lester B. Badcock. 1844. [Same moderator. ] Justin Clark, Charles D. Strong, Lester B. Badcock, Azel Rockwell. 1845. [Same moderator ] Lester B. Badcock, Azel Rockwell, Charles D. Strong, Ezekiel A. Haines. 1846. [Caleb Hayward, Mod. ] Azel Rockwell, George H. Hill, James Tew, Ebenezer Johnson, Jr. 1847. [Same moderator. ] (Same Hill, Tew, and Johnson), and Edmond Harding. 1848. [Same moderator. ] Ebenezer Johnson. Jr., Henry H. Abel, Joshua Tracey, Nathaniel C. Payne. 1849. [Thomas J. Kingsley, Mod. ] David S. Woodworth, Capt. Griswold E. Morgan, Elias L. Williams, Thomas J. Kingsley.
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1850. [Learned Hebard, Mod.] Justin Clark, Charles D. Strong, Calvin Pease, James Monroe Kings- ley. 1851. [Same moderator. ] James Monroe Kings- ley, Edwin M. Dolbeare, Jabez McCall. Ezekiel Abel. 1852. [Thomas J. Kingsley, Mod. ] Edwin M. Dol- beare, Jabez McCall, Anson Loomis, Rufus R. Dim- mock. 1853. [Learned Hebard, Mod. ] Edwin M. Dolbeare, Charles D. Strong, Charles L. Loomis, Wm. J. Gray. 1854. [Same moderator. ] Edwin M. Dol- beare, Jabez McCall, Charles L. Loomis, Wm. J. Gray. 1855. [Same moderator. ] Geo. H. Hill, John Barstow, Charles L. Loomis. Nathan Bass. 1856. [Same mod- erator. ] David S. Woodworth, Peleg G. Thomas, Na- than Bass, Silas P. Abel. 1857. [ Elias L. Williams, Mod.] Peleg G. Thomas, Nathan Bass, Silas P. Abel, Nathaniel B. Williams. 1858. [Thomas J. Kingsley, Mod. ] Peleg G. Thomas, Silas P. Abel, N. B. Williams, Wm. A. Fuller. 1859. [Learned Hebard, Mod.] Peleg G. Thomas, Wm. A. Fuller, Philo Washburn, L(ynde) L. Huntington.
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