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Samuell Eells John Sherman
this is a trew coppy exactly taken out of the original records Pr John Pringl Recorder
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(Page 145) on the twenty ninth of march on thousand seven hundred and five Major Ebenezer Johnson lafull Pro- prietor of the Land that was Edwar Wosters as Appears by the Record baring date february ye 28: 1676 did state & lay out and bound a high way from the lower end of the long lott down to the fishing place so called according to the agreement and bargon betwen the town and Edward Woster baring date as above sª & that Ensigne Samuell Riggs and Jo" Tib- bals Agents for the Town of Derby ware their present and did except it in the Towns behalf & m" John Sherman of Woodbery cap Samuell Eells of Milford & m' Ephraim Styles of oronoke were their present at the laying out of the high way afore sª and then thay the sª Riggs and Tibbals did ac- knoledg them selves fully satisfied with the high way as it was then bounded, and a landing place was then laid out to the satisfaction of the above sª Towns agents. and the prop- erty of the soyl of the high way aforesª is and remains to be the afore sd Major Ebenezar Johsons and to his heires and asignes for ever
Ebenezer Johnson Samuell Riggs John Tibbals
To the truth of this Record tests Jo" Sherman
Att a Town meeting in Derby Apriel ye 27th 1705 the Town have voated & agreed to give ME Jeams the solorey as form- erly, that is fifty Pownd for this year Ensuing & gett his hay : and his wood and maintain the Parsonag fence in good Re- pair att the above sª meeting the Town haue voated and alowed John Riggs his bill that is ; 0-4-4 money and -o-5-0 pay
John Hulls his lott is bounded with high way att each end and is 33 rod wide & an 160 rod long bounded north east with Abel Holbrooks land & south west with Samuell Wasbons land contains in quantety : 33 acors more or les laid out by us Samuell Riggs Jnº Pringle Joseph Hawkins William Tomlin- son
Entred May ye 21th 1705 pr Jnº Pringle recorder
the highway threw the fishing place
Town agree- ment a bill
Draught (16)
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Jabiz Hargers lott is bounded with high way at each end & is 9 : rod wide and 160 rod long bounded north east with Samuell Brinsmeds land and soutest with high way : contains in quantety 9 acores more or les, laid out by us: Samuell Riggs Jo" Pringle William Tomlinson sen" William Tomlinson jur
Entred may ye 21 : 1705 Pr Jnº Pringle Recorder
the high way between Jabiz hargers land & m™ bowerses land is ten rod wide as it is bounded
A dino Strong
(Page 146.) Adino Strong his lot is bounded with high way at each end and is 22 rod wide next moos hill and 20 and half wide at the south east end & bounded with m' Jeams his Land north east and bounded south west wt Widow Miles her land and this lott is an 14 rod long and contains in quan- tety 16 acors more or less
Layª out by us Samuell Riggs John Pringle
Joseph Hawkens William tomlinson
Entred Desember ye 5th 1705 p Jnº Pringle CI = k
Pitch (2) Joseph Hulls lott is bounded on ye north east side with the high way that goes down by the littel River and with high way at each end : the high way yt comes down by moos hill is 4 rods wide in the narowest place and Joseph Hulls lott is 56 rods wide at each end and is 120 rods long bounded on the south west side with Josiah baldwin his land. and we have taken out of each end for advantag of high way. and it con- tains in quantety 40 acores more or less. layed out by us whose names ar under written.
Joseph Hulls
Samuell Riggs Jnº Pringle William Tomlinson seni William Tomlinson juni
Entred Desember 5th 1705 p Jnº Pringle Clark
Att a Lawfull Town meeting in Derby Desember ye 6th 1705 the town have chosen Ensigne Riggs Abell holbrooks
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Isaak Niccolls Joseph Hawkens & Joseph Hulls Towns men for the year ensuing
farther the town have chosen Jnº Tibbals & Josiah Baldwin fence viewers for Sentinall field & ye town & have allso chosen Thomas Woster Henery Wooster & John Pringle & andrew Smith fence viewers for the Town for the year ensu- ing
Att the meeting above sª the Town have chosen Georg Bee- man Constable-farther the Town have chosen John tibbals Jnº Bostick & John Weed Listers for the year ensuing
Att the meeting above sª the town have chosen Stephen Person sen" pounder for this year ensuin and he alows his yard to be a town pound : ye Town having desiered it so to be-further the town have chosen William Tomlinson seni & Jnº Bowers Surveyers for the year ensuing :
Att the above sª the Town have chosen Josiah Baldwin Town treasurer for the year ensuing
(Page 147.) Att A Lawfull Town meeting Desember ye 6th 1705 the Town have chosen William Tomlinson seni & John Bowers Surveyers for the year Ensuing
att the meeting above sd the Town have chosen Josiah Bald- win Town treasurer for the year ensuing
further the Town have chosen John Bostick John Tibbals & John Weed to make up M' Jeams his Rate and to deliver it to him-further the town have chosen M' Jeams Town clerk
Att the above sd meeting the Town have chosen Major Johnson Ensigne Riggs William Tomlinson senior & Thomas Woster them or the Maior part of them to see out for & en- devor to procure A minister till march further the Town have voated and agreed that all that have any bills to signe Shall bring them in to the Town tresurer at or before the 17th day of Desember or other wise they are to stay for their pay untill the next year and the major part of the last year Towns men are to be their to alow their bills.
Att a Lawfull Town meeting in Desember ye 31 1705 the Town Town have chosen Major Ebenezer Johnson moderator for the Town in Town meetings-
Town officers
Town officers
Town order
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att the above sª time the Town have chosen William Tom- linson senior Sealer of leather & sealer of measures and weights-further the Town have chosen the present Towns men to procure standards for measurs and weights both for dry measurs & liquod measurs farther the Town have chosen William Tomlinson senior to procure a seal for leather att the meeting above sd the Town have chosen Abraham Tomlinson pounder for the Town for the year ensuing
Town acts
Att the above said meeting the Town have granted a rate of one penny upon the pound upon all the ratabl estate of the Town to pay for a stock of amonision for the Town and thai that have pouder by them have liberty to pay their rate in puder
att the same time the Town have granted a rate of one penny upon the pound to defray ye Town charge this year
(Page 148.) Att a lawfull Town meeting in Derby Jane- wary ye 21 1705 the Town have chosen Jon Pringle Town clark for ye year ensuin
att the meeting above sd ye Town have agreed that the price of grain and pork & flax shall be as foloeth in the Town Rate vız winter wheat at five and six pence per bush indian corn 3 ry 4 otts 2 and pork at merchants pric and flax at ten pence Per pound all the species are to be good and merchantable
att the same time the Town have voated and agred to give Jo" Pringle twenty shilings for keeping ye Records this year ensuing-
att the meeting afore sd the Town have chosen m' Pairepint mľ andrew & m" Stodard to give advice in the sorofull case between m' Jeams and the Town-
Town voat
Att a Lawfull Town meeting in Derby march ye 4th 1705 the Town have voated and agreed to Relinquish ye voat that is upon town Record feburary ye 22 170g that was yt all the inhabitance of the town have a rightand propriety in the field on the east & west side of naugotunck River-
Jeams his house and barne
att the abov sd meeting ye Town have freely granted & given m' Jeams the house where in he liveth and the barne and the lott which the Town bought of Philip Denman where
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on his house & barn standeth whether he live or dy in the Town.
m' Jeams having att sundry times signified & declared unto the church of christ in Derby and also to the Town yt he is unable under his disabilitie to attend and discharge the minis- teriall work unto and amongst them he hath manifested his willingness freely to lay down his work and the church of christ in Derby and also the Town : under a sence of ye heavi burthen upon him are freely willing to sett him at liberty : he having signified his willingness and desir that thay may with speed provide for themselves yt so thay may have the word and ordinances amongst them : the Town and church with mr Jeams desiers the councel of the neighboring churches and elders in this affaire and matter-voated in Derby att a Town meeting march ye 4th 1705
Att a lawfull Town meeting march ye 26th 1706 voated and agreed that the Town are very sencable of their need of a Town minister to preach the gospel amongst them : Att ye above sd meeting the Town have agred to seek out for a minister to be helptull unto them at the Present.
Att ye above sed meeting the Town have chosen Serjant Samuell Brinsmed to cary a letter unto M' Mosse and to treat with him about being helpfull to them in the work of ye ministry. and thay have agreed in case he cannot be Prevailed with, the Towns men are commity impower-d to set out For som other as they shall be advised unto
(Page 149.) Att a Lawfull Town meeting in Derby March ye 27th 1706 the Town have Chosen Major Ebenezer Johnson with the Towns men to be a Committy to agree with A min- ister when he is here. Att the meeting above sd the Town have voated & agreed that thay will Pay the Expences and charg of a minister while he is here with us.
Att the meeting aforesd ye Town have agreed that m' James shall signe ye Letter : to be caried to M' Mosse : in the behalf off the Town.
Abel Gunns lott is bounded with high way at each end and is 14 rods wide and 160 rod long bounded northeast with Stephen Persons Seniors land and south west with Abel hol- --
Mr Jeams & Church and Town agree
voats
Town voats
Abel Gunns pitch 14
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brooks his land and contains in quantity 14 acors more or less, layed out by us
Samuell Riggs John Pringle Joseph Hawkens william Tomlinson
Entred ye IIth of may 1706 per Jnº Pringle clark
Stephen Pirson Senir
Wee whose names are under written being desiared to mes- ure a peece of Land fomerly layd out to John Person late of Derby we find it to be 43 rods wide at ye north or north Easterly end bounded with John Twitchels land : & 37 Rods by the high way that Runs betwen sd Land & insigne Samuell Riggses land : and it is 42 rods wide at that 37 rods end : then their is a sett off 8 rods and 9 foot then it runns with a cart line 8 rods & three foot to A heap of stones and a littel walnut bush : then it is 31 rods wide ye westerley end & ye westerly corner is a small black oake tree it is 55 rods long on the northerly side : and bounded with Frances ffrench and common Land; & bounded southerdly with A high way : and westerdly with the comon Land
measured by us Ebenezer Johnson Samuell Riggs John Tibbals
May the 21 1706
Entred July ye 4th 1706 per Jo" Pringle Clark
Att A Lawfull Town meeting in Derby ye first of august 1706 the Town then unanimosly agreed & voated yt thay give mr Joseph Moss a call or Invitation in order to a settlement amongst them in the work of ye ministery & ye Town has voated and agreed to give to m' Mosse 6 acors of land for A home lott out of the sequesterd land and 40 acors more Pro- vided he settle amongst us thay also voated to give him 50 Pounds and ye use of ye Parsonage a year & gett him his wood. thay allso voated that ye former commitey yt are upon Record shall treat with m' Mosse conserning his settlement amongst them In Derby-
(Page 150.) Att Alawfull Town meeting in Derby Septem- ber ye 12th 1706 the Town have voated yt they are willing and desierous to buy m' Jeams his house barn and lott that was
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formerly ye towns with the land upon the hill side belonging to it-At the Same Town meeting ye Town have desiered & and chosen Major Johnson Ensigne Samuell Riggs & William Tomlenson senir to buy the above sd house barn and land of Mr James in the behalf of the town or any two of them. and in case m" James and the above mentioned committy of men chosen by the town do not agree : the town do hereby give full power to ye committy to Choos and Aprise with a man chosen by mr James to Aprise the above sª house barn & land-
The Town have Chosen m' Ephraim Stiles of Stratford to aprise with Mr James his men : and in case the two men first Chosen to aprise do not agree the town do leave it to m' James and the committy to Choos the third man-
Att the same Town meeting the town have voated and agreed to leave it to the two men to choos A third man in case thay can not agree in Aprising unless m' James and the Commitey do agree to choos now-
At a lawfull town meeting in Derby Decem' : the 17th: 1706 Lieut : Thomas Worster M' Samuel Nichols Sar: Samuel Townsmen Brinsmaid, Adino Strong, and Joseph Hull; were chosen select men for the year ensewing :
Item : Joseph Moss chosen town clerk-
Item : John Weed chosen constable for the year ensueing Constable Surveyors
Item : Andrew Smith chosen Surveyor of high wayes for the west side of the river : Item : Josiah Baldwin chosen Sur- veyor of high wayes, for the East side of the river.
Item : Samuel Bowers and Ebenezer Johnson son of Widdow Johnson chosen fence viewers for the East side of Naugotuck river Item : John Pringle and Timothy Worster chosen fence viewers for the neck side.
Recorder
Fence
viewers
Item : John Bowers chosen Collector of town rates and Treasurer for the year Ensueing. Item : Abell Gun chosen Collectors Collector of ministers rates for the year Ensueing.
Item : Stephen Pierson Jur. chosen Heward for the Ensueing Heward year
Item : John Riggs John Davis Jur and William Tomlison Jur Chosen Listers for the year ensueing Listers
Mr Wm Tomlison Senior chosen sealer of leather and sealer Leather of weights and measures for the year ensueing. sealer
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Rate granted
(Page 151.) Item the town of Derby by their vote granted a rate for defraying the publick town charge. of one penny upon the pound, to be levied according to the severall lists of estates set in the country List, and the time of payment to be at or before the first of March next ensueing.
Prises of grain
Item the town by their vote ordered yt provision should pass in the town rate at these severall prizes here under writ- ten, viz: wheat at 58: 6ª : p bushel rye at 4: p bushell and Indian corn at 38 : p bushel Oates at 28 p bushel and flax at IOd : p pound, pork at 3}d p pound :
Town auditors
Item : the town appointed Samuel Bowers and John Riggs to reckon with Josiah Baldwin last years treasurer, and hav- ing audited his accounts, to make report of what they find to the town :
Item : The town voted that the present minister shall have Minister 50 pounds in country pay for his sallery this year and for the future, and his wood and hai, got for him as was usual to do for Mr James, and to pay provision to the minister at the usual prizes as it was wont to pass to Mr James voted also yt the rate this year shall be paid by the first of march next ; and levied at 4ª} p pound-
Meeting house
Item : Voted that the town will build a new meeting house,
Joseph Moss :
Ata lawfull town meeting in Derby December the 23ª: 1706 The town by their Vote admitted Joseph Moss an inhabitant of Derby :
Rate makers
Item: the town chose Peter Johnson and Edward Rigs to proportion a town rate upon all the inhabitants according to the town vote of Decem" the 17th : 1706 granting them a rate of one penny upon the pound ; and the sd persons are ordered to deliver the rate so made with a generall warrant to Collect &c : procured from the sivill authority, unto the Collector of town rates newly chosen.
Meeting house
Item : Voted that the town will ad to this present meeting house and not build a new one for the present.
Item : voted yt the addition shall be made at the end of the meeting house and not at the side: viz: 14 foot added in length to the west end :
Item : Voted that the town will refit this old meeting house by shingling, and plaistering the walls with clay and white-
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washing with lime upon the clay, and that the new addition shall be fitted in like manner and yt when it is thus enlarged and repaired, the town will procure seats for the convenient seating the same.
Item : Voted yt the town do agree with Major Johnson to get cart frame and set up the timber of the new end of the meeting house for five pounds in country pay
(Page 152.)-and the sd Major Johnson to stay for his pay until the next year and to get the work done, by the last of march next ensueing : only the town is to be at the charge of raising the sd new end of the meeting house :
Item : Voted yt the town agree to give Samuel Bowers four pounds in country pay ; for getting preparing carting and lay- ing the clapboards and shingles sufficient for the new End of the meeting house and he shall stay for his pay, till the next year and the work to be done by the 15th of May next
Item Voted yt the honorable Major Johnson Ens : Samuel Rigs and Mr Isaac Nichols be a committee to take care to exe- Committee cute the town votes respecting any thing about a meeting house not yet determined in town meeting; and the town desire them to use their best prudence and care, in getting the work done as soon and cheap as may be.
Item Voted yt the town do hereby Impower the honorable Major Johnson to go and treat with Mr James about byeing his house and to buy the sª house and accomodations if he can agree with Mr James as cheap as he can ; for the towns use ;
At a lawfull town meeting in Derby Jan : the 9th 170§ the town voted and agreed with Major Johnson to give him the sd Major 90 pounds money for his house & accomodations -that he bought of Mr James, and that the sª Major give the town a title, and there upon, that the towns men in behalf of the town, give the sd Major a bill for the payment of the mony in like manner as he hath given his bill to M' James-Item Voted at the same meeting that the town will give Major Johnson 108 in pay and 38 3ª : in money for his charge and trouble about buying Mr James's house for them.
Item: At the sametime voted that the bargain the town made with Samuel Bowers about beeting the drum for 20
Major Johnson
Samuel Bowers
Major Johnson
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shillings till next August be hereby ratifyed & confirmed. Item At the same time voted yt John Chatfield have six shil- lings of the town for beating the drum for the time past.
At a lawful town meeting held in Derby Feb : 24th : 170g the conditional town then voted that Mr Joseph Moss should be their settled minister if they could obtain him, upon the terms hereafter mentioned :
gift to
Mr Moss
At the sametime voted yt whereas formerly the town of Derby saw cause to give Mr Morse provided he settle among them, 6 acres of land for an home lot they now see cause in leue thereof to make over to him the home lot belonging to the house they bought of Mr James or Major Johnson provided he settle among us in the ministry, as also the house and barn they have bought with it:
Conditional gift to Mr Moss
(Page 153.) Farther they see cause to give him also the pasture on the hillside adjoining as it is bounded in Major Johnsons deed, and the use of all the parsonage land and meadow, and also the town see cause to continue their former minds as to the forty acres of land, voted to him before; also that agree to give him 50 pounds pr annum as formerly voted more fully and to provide him his fire wood, and git his hai for him. And to maintain the parsonage fence: further more voted yt the town grants to the sd M' Mosse and his heirs for- ever the foresª housing and lands on this condition that he live and die in the town in the work of the ministrie, but if he see cause to leave the town and desert that work the fore mentioned house and barn home lot and pasture to revert to the town again
Mr Mosse
Item voted at the same time yt the town, will this Ensueing year, at their own charge clear & break up, two acres of the parsonage land, and sew the same in good season and order with wheat for M' Mosses use:
Committee to treat Mr Moss
Item voted at the same time that Major Ebenezer Johnson Ens : Sam11 Rigs and Lef : Thomas Worster be a committee to treat with Mr Joseph Mosse in order to settle him in the min- istrie among us :
County Court bill
Item voted at the same meeting that the bill which the County Court-sent containing 28 shillings shall be paid out of the town rate ; to Joseph Pardee
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Item Voted at the same meeting, that the last years old arerage of the town rate, shall be carryed in to this present Collector and yt he shall have the account of who are behind therein :
Item voted yt Samuel Brinsmaid and Abraham Tomlinson have power to go and veiw Jonathan Lumns home lot which he saith wanteth in measure of 4 acres, and yt they find it so, and find land of the towns adjoining that will not damnifye high wayes to be taken up that then, they lay out an addition to sd lot so as to make it up four acres,
At a lawfull town meeting held in Derby october the 30th : 1707 The town voted yt they would get M' Moss Io load of walnut wood and the rest of the town work one day for him in getting wood out of his pasture acording to his desire the day appointed to be on the 10 of novem" next, and if yt prove not suitable weather the next fair day.
Item Voted at the same time yt the town will convert those 2 hindmost seats before the pulpit into a pew, for the women
Item voted yt the town will seat the meeting house ; and have by their vote seated Major Johnson Ens : Riggs, M' Wm: Tomlison sen : and Isaac Nichols in the first seat before the pulpit, Item, Lef : Thomas Worster Ens : Joseph Hull John Tibbals and Stephen Pierson sen : in the first short seat Join- ing to the pulpit, and farther they have not proceeded as yet
(Page 154.) at a Lawfull town meeting in Derby Decem' : the gth : 1707 Voted yt the town doth grant a town rate of six pence p pound. Item voted at the same time yt the town appoint Jeremiah Johnson and John Pringle to audit the accounts with the town treasurer for last year :
At a lawfull town meeting in Derby Decem™ 15th 1707 John Bowers chosen Moderator during the towns pleasure.
Voted yt the town will give Major Johnson forty shillings for his work about the new and old flower (floor) of the meet- ing house At the same time voted that the Town choose Mr Joseph Moss their Register for the year Ensueing with a grant to him of liberty to Improve another man, at sometimes when he hath occasion to be absent, which man shall take the minits of what things are voted in town meetings, and in such
old arrerages
Jonathan Lumn
town officers
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case of Mr Moss absence sd man shall read such acts as are voted at the close of every such town meeting, to the town, and shall in their presence & directions rectifye any mistakes or miss entryes yt there may be; and when it is done, sª Mr Moss shall record ym in the town book : Mr Moss town clerk at the same time,
At the same time Sam11 : Bowers chosen Constable for the year ensueing and sworn, At the same time Jeremiah Johnson Abell Gun Ebenezer Harger and John Riggs and Joseph Hawkins chosen towns men for the year ensueing : At the same time John Tibbals and Sam11 : Brinsmaid chosen Sur- veyors of high wayes for the year Ensueing.
At the same time Ens: Sam11 Rigs and Abell Holbrooke chosen fence veiwers for the ensueing year. At the same time Josiah Baldwin and Abraham Pierson chosen Haywards for the ensueing year
At the same time Mr John Davis Senior Sar : Henry Woster Edward Rigs chosen Listers for the year ensueing: At the same time Adino Strong chosen collector of the mony rate viz : of yt thirty pounds mony yt is to be paid to the Maj : Johnson,
At the same time John Pringle sen : chosen Collector & Treasurer of the 6 penny rate,
John Chatfield and Jonathan Lumn at the same time chosen leather sealers for the year ensueing : At the same time voted yt the propriators of Sentinell hill field, shall have liberty to build and maintain a pound at their own charge, and w" its built it shall be accounted a town pound.
At the same time Voted yt Edward Riggs and John Davies Jur shall make up the town rates each of them and deliver them to each of those collectors severally-At the same time voted yt Jeremiah Johnson shall have 4ª : IO : for what he did for the town about the meeting house :
At the same time Voted yt the townsmen shall sign all bills for work done for the town, yt are or shall be voted in town meeting to be allowed to those severall men, yt have done work for the town, and they have power also to sign all other bills not so voted in town meeting yt shall be brought to y™, that they account reasonable and just, and if they appear
Jeremiah Johnson
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otherwise to them, y" they shall lay such bills before the next town meeting.
(Page 155.) At the same time voted
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