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Harriet A., 66 March 19, 1843, died April 7, 1854.
Mr. Isham was captain of the militia company in Tolland when he was but twenty-five years old; was several years county treasurer, and between two and three years town-clerk, which office he held at the time of his death. He united with the Methodist church in 1831; was a most exemplary and useful member during life, entering into the subject of relig- ion with his whole heart, and there are few whose lives are more in conformity with their profession. Honest and consci- entious, never seeking popular applause, he was useful in his place ; those who knew him best will kindly remember him.
JOHN ABBOTT, of Andover, Essex Co., Mass., removed to Tolland in the year 1720, and purchased the place now owned by James A. Brown, where he lived sixty years. It is said he never failed to attend meeting a single Sabbath until the year of his death, and he usually went on foot. As he was going to meeting one Sunday, he discovered a bear on a chestnut tree, by the side of the road, opposite the house lately occupied by Capt. H. Cogswell, and called out, a bear ! a bear! fetch a gun, in a voice that echoed through the forests and was dis- tinctly heard by persons on their way to meeting, a mile north of the meeting-house. A gun was brought and the bear despatched. Persons now living recollect this circumstance. He died November 25, 1789.
This John Abbott had a son John, who married Elizabeth,
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daughter of John Stearns, January 21, 1748. John Abbott, Jr., was born September 18, 1725, and died May 17, 1776. Elizabeth, his wife, died January 6, 1783. Their children were :
Nehemiah, born December 21, 1748, died August 24, 1751.
John,
July 30, 1750.
Nehemiah, 66 August 23, 1752, died September 23, 1776.
Jehiel,
June 2, 1755, died April 13, 1776.
Sarah, 66 August 28, 1757.
Abiel,
66
August 16, 1760.
Elizabeth,
66
August 12, 1763.
Erastus.
April 5, 176 -.
Alexander, 66
April 8, 1771.
John, son of John and Elizabeth Abbott, married Temper- ance Baker, April 20, 1780. Their children were :
Sally,
born April 29, 1781.
Polly,
March 29, 1784.
John,
66
April 2, 1786.
Elizabeth, 66
October 18, 1788.
Jehiel, 66 September 3, 1795.
John Bliss, Esq., married Sally, daughter of John and Tem- perance Abbott, May 30, 1809. Their children were :
Sarah Olivia, born August 22, 1810.
Mary Eliza, 66 May 21, 1812.
Sylvester,
66
June 29, 1814.
Emeline Eliza,
April 11, 1816.
The representatives of the Abbott family now in Tolland, are Doct. Lucius Abbott, Mrs. George Tryon, Mrs. Lucius S. Fuller, and their descendants.
EBENEZER NYE was one of the first settlers of Tolland. He probably came into town before the year 1718, as his name is on the petition to the General Assembly, dated May, 1718, respecting the Coventry lands. There is some evidence tend- ing to show that he came from Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass. He had land allotted to him in Jan., 1721, Nov., 1722, March, 1723, and at other times. He also purchased lands of others. Some of his land was bounded east on Willimantic river, and is evidently the farm now owned by William Hol- man, Esq. Ebenezer Nye married Sarah Newcomb, Jan. 13, 1720. Their children were:
Elizabeth,
born December 14, 1720.
John,
66 November 27, 1722.
Sarah,
66 August 9, 1724, died August 17, 1731.
Ebenezer,
May 14, 1726, died February 2, 1727.
Benjamin,
66
May 13, 1728.
Eunice, Lois,
66 May 25, 1732.
Malatiah,
66 April 21, 1734.
Thankful,
66 August 2, 1736.
Samuel,
66 July 20, 1738.
Sylvia,
66 February 15, 1730.
August 21, 1740.
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Samuel, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Nye, married Abigail, daughter of Timothy Benton, May 30, 1765. Their children were:
Hezekiah, born April 11, 1766, died March 9, 1850.
Samuel, 66
December 26, 1767, died March 23, 1771.
Abigail,
May 10, 1770.
Susanna, 66 January 14, 1772.
Samuel, 66 December 25, 1773.
Bathsheba, 66
October 9, 1776.
Joseph,
November 2, 1779.
Hezekiah, son of Ebenezer Nye, Jr., married Asenath Buell, Nov. 11, 1784. Their children were:
Abel,
born January 29, 1785.
Elizur,
April 23, 1786.
Jeduthan, 66 February 21, 1788.
Buell, 66 March 7, 1790.
Anne,
December 24, 1791, died February 21, 1817.
John Hyde, April 8, 1793.
Marvin,
March 26, 1795
Sarah,
66 October 12, 1798, died March 13, 1819.
Austin, 66 March 26, 1800, died June 3, 1817.
Asenath,
February 12, 1804.
Asenath, daughter of Hezekiah Nye, married James Spar- row. Their children were, Emeline, born Sept. 11, 1825; George E., born Oct. 22, 1826 ; John, born March 28, 1834.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Abigail Nye, married Elizabeth Merrick, of Willington, April 24, 1800. Their children
were:
Harriet, born August 15, 1801.
Horace,
August 22, 1803.
Susanna, 66 February 16, 1805, died February 7, 1828.
Anna, August 12, 1810, married William Holman, March 26, 1833.
The Nye family is now represented in Tolland by George Sparrow and his children, descendants of Hezekiah Nye; and by Mrs. William Holman and her children, descendants of Samuel Nye. It is here worthy of notice that the farm, on which Mr. Holman and family now reside, was a portion of the land allotted to Ebenezer Nye in 1721 and 1722, and has, as far as can be ascertained, always been owned by him or his descendants. Ebenezer Nye was a member of the House of Representatives one session, and selectman thirteen years. Hezekiah Nye, his grandson, was a representative three ses- sions, and a selectman three years.
SAMUEL ABORN, of Lynn, Essex Co., Mass., took a deed of Nathaniel Wallis, dated March 17, 1724, conveying a tract of land in the north part of Tolland, upon the Hockanum, of about ninety-six acres. This tract is the farm lately owned by
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Parkel Aborn, now owned by Mr. Loveland. I can not ascertain when Samuel Aborn, the first grantee, came into Tolland. The first record of any birth, marriage or death in the family is the record of the marriage of Samuel Aborn, of Tolland, to Mary Ingham, of Hebron, Nov. 7, 1753. The fol- lowing were their children:
Martha,
born August 19, 1754.
Samuel,
March 23, 1756.
Mary,
66 February 19, 1758, died in infancy.
Mary,
66 July 5, 1759.
John,
June 23, 1761.
Dorcas,
66 March 31, 1763.
Elizabeth, 66
May 20. 1765.
Ruth,
66
September 3, 1767.
Reuben,
March 5, 1772.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Mary Aborn, married Dorothy Post, of Hebron, Dec. 26, 1782. Their children were:
Samuel,
born December 8, 1783.
Jedediah,
66
July 12, 1787.
Roxy, 66 October 17. 1791.
Hiram, 66 November 26, 1793.
Dorothy, 66 February 15. 1797, died June 15, 1822.
Mary,
October 28, 1798.
Ruth, 66 October 6, 1801.
Samuel Aborn was a veteran revolutionary soldier, that is to say, he was in the continental service not less than three years, in terms of not less than nine months each, which enti- tled him to a full pension, or ninety-six dollars a year. He died March 11, 1827 ; his wife Dec. 9, 1834.
John, son of Samuel and Mary Aborn, married Sarah Rus- sell, of Ellington, June 28, 1796. Their children were:
Sally,
born July 1, 1797
Laura,
6: January 7, 1799, married Chester Dart.
John G.,
66 July 21, 1800.
Hannah, 66 January 21, 1802, married Alvin Kibbe, 2d.
66 October 20, 1803.
Dan, Reuben, 66
May 9, 1805.
Lucius, 66 October 13, 1806.
Parkil, 66 June 21, 1809.
Madison,
66 March 28, 1811.
Morton,
66
Maria, 66
November 28, 1812. married - Allen.
John Aborn, died April 19, 1829.
The representatives of the Aborn family, now in Tolland, are Samuel Aborn, Jedediah Aborn and descendants, Parkil Aborn and family, the children and grandchildren of Chester Dart, and Mrs. Alvin Kibbe, 2d, and family.
SAMUEL PAULK was one of the fifty-one grantees in the deed of the first proprietors of the town. His name is not on any of the petitions of the first settlers, but there is a family-
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record showing that he was one of the earliest inhabitants of Tolland. Samuel Paulk was married to Sarah Slafter, May 5, 1720, and the birth and death of their first child was on the 6th day of Feb., 1721. This purports to be a record of his marriage, "and the birth and death of his child in Tol- land," &c. He had other children, viz .:
Mary,
born
February 8, 1723.
Ruth,
66 February 28, 1727.
Noah,
October 31, 1729.
Sarah,
January 31, 1732.
Abigail, 66
November 15, 1734.
Samuel,
April 3, 1737.
John,
November 30, 1742.
Widow Sarah Paulk died May 3, 1744.
Samuel Paulk had an allotment of land made to him May 18, 1719, also January 12, 1721. On the 24th day of Decem- ber, 1722, he conveyed a tract of land situated near Skung- amug river, to John Paulk of said Tolland ; but I am unable to say whether there was any relationship between Samuel and John Paulk.
John Paulk married Keziah Benton, December 22, 1736. Their children were :
Dinah,
born April 10, 1738, died March 6, 1747.
John,
February 7, 1740.
Lydia, 66 May 22, 1742.
Keziah,
October 10, 1744.
Puhamah,
January, 1746, died February 10, 1750.
David,
March 24, 1749.
Ephraim,
December 1, 1751.
Ammi,
April 27, 1756 .:
Jemima,
June 28, 1759.
David, son of John and Keziah Paulk, married Margaret, daughter of Ichabod Stimson, February 29, 1776. His chil- dren were, Lois, born in Tolland, January 24, 1777, and others born in Vermont, where he removed, but died in Tolland, February 10, 1824.
Ephraim, son of John and Keziah Paulk, married Eunice Harvey, June 25, 1778. Their children were :
Grace, born October 31, 1780.
Ephraim,
60 April 12, 1784.
Eliakim,
July 27, 1787.
Eunice,
February 23, 1790.
Elisha,
January 20, 1793.
Eliakim, son of Ephraim and Eunice Paulk, married Sally Craw, December 12, 1816. Their children were :
Laura,
born January 9, 1818.
George M., February 8, 1820.
Julius,
June 28, 1822, died August 22, 1825.
James,
March 19, 1825.
Sarah, March 19, 1827, died July 31, 1827.
Julius A.,
August 16, 1828.
Edwin, February 4, 1832, died July 11, 1833
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF TOLLAND.
Ammi, son of Ephraim and Keziah Paulk, married Esther, daughter of Dea. Elijah Chapman and granddaughter of Rev. Stephen Steel, June 6, 1782. Their children were :
Aurelia,
born December 24, 1782.
Jeduthan,
66
April 18, 1785.
Keziah,
September 21, 1786.
Esther,
June 12, 1791.
Lydia,
February 11, 1794.
Asenath,
66 January 8, 1797, married Oliver Grant.
Ammi,
66 July 1, 1799, died January 15, 1807.
Erastus,
May 30, 1802.
Capt. Ammi Paulk was a veteran soldier of the revolution ; died March, 1843.
Jeduthan, son of Ammi and Esther Paulk, married Eunice Anna Cogswell, January 23, 1812. His children were Na- than L., born February 12, 1813 ; George A., born October 27, 1814. Jeduthan Paulk died October 4, 1830.
In connecting the line of the Whiton with the Paulk fam- ily, it may be stated that Elijah Whiton, the ancestor of the former family, married Anna Brown, they both being of Ash- ford, January 3, 1771, and soon removed to Tolland. He took a deed of land of Jonathan Hatch, September 30, 1775, in which he was described as of Tolland. His children were :
Matilda,
born May 29, 1772.
Martha,
66 February 29, 1775.
Anna,
66 April 6, 1778.
Vodicea,
66 August 9, 1780.
Hannah,
January 26. 1783.
Elijah,
66 July 5, 1785, married Keziah Paulk.
Sybil,
66 February 8, 1788, died February 28, 1790.
Maria,
66
October 16, 1790.
Stephen, 66 April 7, 1794.
Elijah Whiton, Sen., died May 5, 1804.
Elijah, son of Elijah and Anna Whiton, married Keziah, daughter of Capt. Ammi Paulk, March 23, 1808. Their children were :
Ammi, born April 3, 1809, died July 7, 1836.
Maria,
66
May 19, 1811, married D. Mathewson and died.
Elijah, March 4, 1813.
Luther, 66 January 20, 1816.
Calvin, 66 February 18, 1818.
Stephen,
March 19, 1820.
Marcia,
66 May 14, 1822, died February 11, 1824.
Erastus, 66 May 18, 1824.
Jonathan Paulk, who accompanied Shubael Stearns to North Carolina, had the following children recorded in Tol- land :
Esther,
born November 7, 1731.'
Micajah 66 October 7, 1733.
Ruth, March 18, 1736.
Zechariah,
66 March 4, 1738, died in infancy.
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF TOLLAND.
The representatives of the Paulk family, now in Tolland, are Miss Eunice Paulk, Mrs. Joseph A. Dresser and child, Messrs. Calvin and Stephen Whiton, 2d, and their children, and Messrs. George M. and Edwin L. Grant, with their chil- dren.
The name of LOOMIS is often found upon the early records of the town. Enoch Loomis, Moses Loomis and Joshua Loomis are all grantees in the deed to the first proprietors. They were evidently residents of Windsor. Joshua Loomis signed the petitions of May, 1716, and May, 1718. Land was allotted to him in March and June, 1721. Hezekiah Loomis received an allotment of land, September, 1720, and June, 1721. He was a resident of Windsor in July, 1720, but was a resident of Tolland June 12, 1724.
Solomon Loomis, of Windsor, received a conveyance of land in Tolland from Samuel Cook, of Tolland, June 1, 1724. Solomon Loomis married Abigail Strong, of Windsor, June 28, 1727. Their children were :
Abigail,
born April 18, 1728.
Solomon,
November 4, 1732.
Anna,
March 29, 1735.
Esther,
July 8, 1738, died June 17, 1751.
Solomon, son of Solomon and Abigail Loomis, married Mary, daughter of Capt. Samuel Chapman. Their children were :
Simon, born March 7, 1758.
Solomon, 66 September 27, 1760.
Luke,
April 11, 1764, died in infancy.
Nathaniel, 66 January 5, 1766.
Epaphras,
September 20, 1768.
Mary, wife of Solomon Loomis, died February 11, 1774, aged forty-two. Solomon Loomis married for his second wife, Mary Johnson, of Stafford, December 21, 1775. Their children were:
Jeduthan, born November 10, 1777.
Elisha,
January 27, 1779.
Mary,
November 5, 1780.
Justin,
July 10, 1783.
Ralph,
66 February 28, 1785.
Ruth, 66 April 11, 1787.
Epaphras, son of Solomon and Mary Loomis, married Abi- gail Grover, Nov. 27, 1794. Their children were:
Almon,
born October 3, 1804, died March 6, 1818.
Elmer,
February 7, 1810.
Elmer Loomis lived and died on the farm of his ancestors,
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF TOLLAND.
now owned by Doct. Eaton, leaving three children, viz. : Mary Chapman, born Dec. 7, 1833 ; Caroline, born March 13, 1835; and Frances Eliza, born May 30, 1837.
Joshua Loomis married Deborah Elmer, of Windsor, April 6, 1737. Their children were:
Priscilla,
born August 6, 1749.
Joshua,
January 12, 1751.
Eleazer,
May 26, 1752.
Deborah,
66
August 5, 1754.
Mary, 66
June 26, 1756.
Eleazar Loomis married Jemima Crandall, Sept. 8, 1774. Their children were:
. Samuel,
born September 27, 1775.
Grace,
October 17, 1777.
Ashbel,
September 16, 1779.
Esther, 66
September 14, 1781.
Hezekiah Loomis married Hepzibah Thacher, Nov. 14, 1724. Their children were:
Hepzibah, born January 1, 1725.
Hezekiah,
August 11, 1728.
Elizabeth, 66 August 8, 1731.
Ebenezer, 66 November 22, 1734, probably died young.
Mary,
July 13, 1737.
Nathaniel,
66
October 8, 1740.
Ebenezer, 66 October 15, 1743.
Simon Loomis married Molly Carpenter, March 8, 1787. Their children were, Luther, born April 10, 1787 ; Nathaniel, born April 30, 1790 ; Sally, born June 6, 1792.
Elisha Loomis married Eunice Hatch, July 11, 1802. Their children were :
Alanson,
born October 3, 1803.
Minerva,
September 15, 1805.
Jeduthan,
November 17, 1807.
Hannah,
June 18, 1810.
CENSUS OF TOLLAND.
The first census of Tolland I can find, was taken in the year 1756, when the number of inhabitants was found to be nine hundred and seventeen. The last census was taken in 1860, after a lapse of one hundred and four years, during which time the town had gained three hundred and ninety- three.
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF TOLLAND.
Second census, 1774 Whole No., 1262-gain in 14 years, 345
Third
1790
1538
16
276
Fourth
1800
1638
10
100
Fifth
66
1810
.1610-loss in 10
:6
28
Sixth
1820
66
1607
“ .10
3
Seventh
66
1830
1698-gain in 10
91
Eighth
66
1840
66
1556-loss in 10
66 142
Ninth
1850
1406
66
10
150
Tenth
1860
1310
10
96
There are other topics connected with the history of Tol- land that should have been noticed ; such as the exertions of the first settlers relative to public or common school education; changes in style of living and architecture ; improvements in learning, in husbandry, and in various other matters ; but time forbids, and I must leave them to other pens. In concluding my present labor, it is proper briefly to remark, that the leading idea which seemed to control the acts of the first settlers of Tolland, was the establishment and support of institutions for public worship. To this one point their hopes centered, and their entire energies were directed. Next to this, they regarded the maintenance of the govern- ment under which they lived, as a conscientious duty ;- hence their readiness at all times to volunteer on hazardous service, not only in the colonial wars, but in other's in which the pa- rent country was engaged. They never harbored a thought of disloyalty until the hand of tyranny fell upon a city in a neighboring colony, when their sympathies for the oppressed were immediately aroused. They then entered into the defense of their inalienable rights with the same earnestness that characterized their devotion to the religion they professed, and pursued it with the same unanimity and unconquerable persistency. I have never heard that there was a single tory in Tolland during the whole of the revolutionary war.
They were also an united people, remarkable for their sta- bility of character and freedom from schism and discontent. This is evidenced by the tenure by which all offices, civil, military, and ecclesiastical, were held. These offices were regarded as having been instituted for the benefit of society
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF TOLLAND.
rather than as rewards for partisan services ; and the question was-who can render the best service to society ? instead of -who has best served his party. They were also essentially a moral as well as a religious people. To do right, was the ruling motive of that age; and to know the right was the great object of their lives. Their labors have ceased and they have gone to their reward. Some of us are now occupying their places ; busying ourselves in the same pursuits ; ani- mated by the same hopes ; depressed by the same fears, and forgetting that our labors, like theirs, must soon end. Some of us have passed the meridian of life, and are now in the front rank, with no shield to ward off the arrow of the relent- less destroyer : and although we do not present a shining mark for death's unerring aim-yet we can not be uncon- scious that the frosts of age are chilling the aspirations of youth, and closing around us the curtain that will shut us out from the scenes of earth. In the light of this thought, how important is the question, Is our work done, and well done ? Is there nothing more we can do to make life more desirable, and the world better and happier ? Are we pre- pared to put off the armor and leave the field ? If so, ours is a happy condition ; and the consciousness that we have done our whole duty will lighten the darkness of the future, and render our pathway to the tomb peaceful and blessed. But if any thing remains to be done, let us improve the pres- ent moment to accomplish it ; nor let our efforts cease until the great work of life is ended, and the Master calls for us to participate in the employments of the happy spirit land.
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF TOLLAND.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
IT was not the policy of the Colony to impose any taxes upon new towns constituted by the General Court, until they had acquired stability and wealth, and those towns were never represented in the General Court until they were required to pay taxes to the treasury of the Colony. But so inseparable were taxation and representation connected in the minds of our forefathers, that just as soon as the government imposed a tax upon a town, their representatives would immediately be sent to the General Court. The following is the first act of the General Court requiring the town of Tolland to pay taxes, and was passed May Session, 1747. " Resolved by this Assembly, that the town of Tolland send into this assembly in October next the sum total of their List as the law directs." The town sent to the General Court in October, 1747, the sum total of its list, amounting to the sum of &£7478, 19s. 0d., equal to $24,929.83. A tax of two pence on the pound was laid on this list at the October Session, 1747, and at the next October Session the town was first represented in the General Court. The following is a list of the representatives in the General Assembly, from October, 1748, to May, 1861, inclu- sive :
1748 Oct.,
Zebulon West, John Lathrop. Same.
1754
Oct., Mch., May,
Samuel Cobb. Same.
1749
May,
Zebulon West,
Aug.,
Same.
1750
May,
Zebulon West, John Lathrop. Same. Same.
1756
Jan., Mar.,
Same. Same.
1751
May, Oct., Zebulon West, Joshua Wills. Same. Same.
May,
Zebulon West.
1752
May, Oct.,
Ebenezer Nye, Zebulon West.
1757
Jan.,
Same.
Samuel Chapman.
Oct.,
Zebulon West, Joshua Wills. Same.
May,
Zebulon West,
1754
May, Oct.,
Zebulon West,
Oct.,
Zebulon West,
Samuel Chapman.
Oct.,
Joshua Wills.
Oct.,
Zebulon West, Samuel Chapman.
Oct.,
Sept.,
Zebulon West.
Oct.,
Zebulon West,
Samuel Chapman.
1753
May,
Feb.,
Joshua Wills.
1755
Samuel Chapman, Ishabod Hinckley.
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1758
Mch. May,
Same. Zebulon West, Samuel Cobb. Zebulon West, Joshua Wills.
1774
Oct.,
Samuel Cobb, Eleazar Steel. Same. Solomon Wills, Samuel Chapman.
1759 Feb., Mch.,
Same.
Oct.,
Ichabod Griggs, James Chamberlain. Same.
1760
May,
Same,
June,
No names recorded.
Oct.,
Same.
Oct.,
1761
Mch., May,
Zebulon West, Elisha Steel.
Nov., . Dec.,
Ichabod Griggs, Elijah Chapman. Same. Same.
1762
Oct., Mch., May,
Same.
1777
May,
Samuel Chapman, Solomon Wills.
Zebulon West,
Aug.,
No names recorded.
Samuel Chapman. Same. Same.
1778
Jan., Feb.,
Same. Same. Solomon Wills,
1764
Mch., May, Oct., May, Oct.,
Zebulon West,
Oct.,
Same. Same.
1765
Zebulon West,
Oct.,
Elijah Robinson, Samuel Cobb.
1766
May,
Zebulon West,
1780
Jan., April, May,
Same. Same. Samuel Chapman, Hope Lathrop.
1767
Oct., Jan., May, Oct.,
Same. Same.
Oct., Nov.,
Same. Same.
1768
May,
Zebulon West,
1781
Feb., May,
Solomon Wills, Hope Lathrop.
Oct.,
Zebulon West,
Oct.,
1769
Jan., May, Oct., May, Oct.,
Same.
1782
Jan., May,
Elijah Chapman, Solomon Wills.
1770
Same.
1782
Oct.,
Solomon Wills, Elijah Chapman.
1771
May, Oct., May, Oct.,
Same. Same.
Oct.,
Solomon Wills, Eleazar Steel. Same.
1773
May, Oct.,
Samuel Chapman, Ichabod Griggs. Same.
1784
Oct.,
1774
Jan., May,
Samuel Chapman, Samuel Cobb.
1785
May,
Same.
May, Oct., Mch.,
Same.
1776
Dec., May,
Samuel Chapman,
Same.
Solomon Wills.
Same.
1775
Mch., May,
Oct.,
Same.
Same.
1763
Oct., May, Oct.,
Zebulon West,
Joshua Wills. Same
May,
Samuel Chapman.
Samuel Chapman. Same. Same.
1779
Jan., April,
No names recorded. Same.
Elijah Chapman.
Samuel Chapman. Same.
Same.
Same.
Samuel Cobb.
Samuel Chapman. Same.
Hope Lathrop, Elijah Chapman. Same.
Samuel Cobb. Same.
1783
Jan., May,
Samuel Chapman, Solomon Wills.
1772
Samuel Chapman, Elisha Steel. Same.
1784
Jan., May,
Samuel Chapman, Solomon Wills. Solomon Wills, Ichabod Hinckley.
Samuel Chapman,
No names recorded.
Same.
May,
Same.
Oct.,
Samuel Chapman, Ichabod Griggs.
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1785
Oct., Solomon Wills,
1802
May, Oct.,
Same.
1786
May, Jeremiah West,
1803
May,
Same. Same Samuel Whittlesey,
1787
May, Oct.,
Samuel Chapman. Same. Samuel Chapman.
Oct.,
Jeremiah West, Jonathan Barnes.
Convention,
1805
May, Samuel Whittlesey,
1788 Jan.,
Samuel Chapman. Jeremiah West.
Oct.,
1788
May,
Samuel Chapman,
Jeremiah West.
1806
May, Oct.,
Same.
Oct.,
Solomon Wills,
Samuel Chapman.
1807
May,
1789
Jan., May,
Same. Same.
Oct.,
Oct.,
Same. Jeremiah West,
1808
May,
Jonathan Barnes, Jabez Kingsbury. Jeduthan Cobb, Ashbel Chapman. Same.
Oct.,
Solomon Wills,
Oct.,
Samuel Ladd.
1809
May,
Jonathan Barnes, Jabez Kingsbury. Same.
Oct.,
Solomon Wills. Same.
1810
May,
Jonathan Barnes, Samuel Ladd.
1792
May,
Jeremiah West, Samuel Ladd.
Oct.,
Samuel Ladd, Calvin Willey.
Oct.,
Same.
1811
May,
Calvin Willey, Ashbel Chapman.
1793
May, Oct.,
Jeremiah West, Daniel Edgerton. Same.
Oct.,
Calvin Willey,
1794
May, Oct.,
Daniel Edgerton, Elijah Chapman, Jr.
Aug.,
1795
May,
Daniel Edgerton, Samuel Ladd.
Oct.,
Ezra Chapman. Ashbel Chapman, Calvin Willey. Same Jonathan Barnes, Elisha Stearns.
1796
Oct., May, Oct.,
Same. Same.
1813
May, Oct.,
Same.
Solomon Wills.
Oct.,
1797
May,
Daniel Edgerton, Samuel Ladd. Daniel Edgerton, Elijah Chapman, Jr.
1815
Jan., May,
Jonathan Barnes, Elisha Stearns.
1798
May,
Daniel Edgerton, Samuel Ladd. Jeremiah West, Jonathan Barnes.
1816
May,
1799
May,
Daniel Edgerton, Jonathan Barnes. Same.
Oct.,
Jonathan Barnes, Ephraim West. Eliphalet Young, Jonathan Barnes.
1800
Oct., May,
Jonathan Barnes, Daniel Edgerton. Same.
1818
May,
Same. Same. Eliphalet Young, Gurdon Thompson.
1801
Oct., May,
Same.
Out.,
Same.
Convention, 1818
Aug.,
Eliphalet Young,
1791
Dec., May,
Same.
Oct.,
Same. Jeduthan Cobb, Samuel Ladd.
1790
May,
Solomon Wills.
Jeremiah West,
Same.
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