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Israel Green, 1767, 1
Benjamin Nurse, 1767, 1
Benjamin Hoyt, 1767, 1768, 1769, 3
Stephen Heald, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1775, 1779, 1786, 7
Adam Wheeler, 1768, 1769, 1783, 3
William Pain, 1769,
Ezekiel Newton, 1770, 1772 1773, 1774, 4
William Marean, 1770, 1771, 1775, 1782, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796,
1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1806, 1809, 17
Joseph Eveleth, 1771, 1773, 1785, 3
Joseph Slarrow, 1772,
1
Joli Woods, 1772, 1776, 1807, 1808, 4
Ezra Pond, 1774, 1780, 1781,
William Muzzy, 1774, 1775, 1779, 1782, 1795, 1796, 6
Jonathan Gates, 1776, 1780, 1784, 1786, 1788, 1789, 6
Robert Murdock, 1776, 1785, 1786,
1790, 1791, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 9 2 2
Isaac Bellows,* 1777, 1783,
George Meteulf, 1777,
1
Thomas Caryl, 1778,
1
Elisha Woodward, 1778, 1779, 1802, 3
William Morse, 1804, 1805, 1810,
William Stone, 1778, 1811, 1812, 1820, 6 1 Joseph Shattuck, 1780, 1786, 2 Asa Wheeler, 1806 1810, 1811, 1812, 1815, 5
Nathaniel Wuite, 1780, 1792, 1793, 1794, 4
Alijah Greenwood, 1750, 1783, 1787, 1792, 1793, 1794, 6
3 1
Renben Totman, 1783,
1 3
Aaron Gates, 1807, 1808, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1824, 1825, 1831, 1832, 9
Luke Warren, 1809, 1820, Asu Lyon, 1810, 1
Joseph Wright, 1784, 1786, 1792, 1793, 1794, 5 Delphos Gates, 1810, 1811, 2
Hollis Parker, 1785,
Nathan Stone, 1785,
John McClenathan, 1785, 1794, 1797, 1807, 1808,
Oliver Witt, 1787, 1
Samuel Morse, t 1787,
1
Benjamin Tainter, 1787, 1
Edward Selfridge, 1788, 1789, 2
Buckley Howe, # 1788, 1789, 2
Moses Greenwood, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1796, 1797, 5
Moses Clark, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1796, 4 Joshua Murdock, 1790, 1791, 1807, 1808, 4
Samuel Follett, 1790, 1791, Thomas Hapgood, 1795, 1796, 1797, 3
John Browning, 1797, 1803 1804, 1805, Daniel Parkis, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 4 Ephraim Allen, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1809, 1810, 1812, 1813, 7
Ebenezer Warren, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1816, 1817, 9 Israel Davis, 1801, 1802, 1806, 1809, 1812, 1813. 1814, 1815, 1821, 1822, 10 Ebenezer Stowe, 1802,
1 1
Abraham Cutting, 1802,
Levi Greenwood, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1816, 4
Jonathan Cutting, 1803, 1804, 1805, 3
Daniel Woodward, 1806, 1909, 1814, 1815, 1818, 1519, 1821, 1822, 1823, 9 2
Samuel Morse, 1806, 1813, Outs Parker, 1807, 1808, 1812, 1815, · 1819, 1822, 6
Samuel Słocomb, 1781, 1752, 1783, Joel Pollard, 1781,
James Thompson, 1784, 1792, 1793, Eli Clark, 1784,
1
1 Moses Phelps, 1811, 1
1 Levi Conant, 1811, 1
Robert Murdock, Jr., 1813, 1
5 | Daniel Barns, 1813, 1
* Resigned to enlist in the army, and Ebenezer Joslin was elected May 22, 1777, to serve for the remainder of that year.
t Samuel Morse died April 20, 1787, and Oliver Witt and Benjamin Tainter do not appear to have accepted, and John Woods and Ezra Pound were elected May 16, to serve during the re- mainder of the year.
# Died November 1, 1789.
1
3
John Clark, 1777, 1779,
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Moses Waite, 1814, 1815, 1819, 1820,
1824, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830,
1834, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1842, 16 Aaron Wright, 1814, 1817, Joel Pollard, Jr., 1814, 1
2
Ebenezer Mann, 1816, Timothy P. Marcan, 1816, 1817, 1821,
1
Ephraim Mason, 1816,
Nathan Wright, 1817, James II. Wheeler, 1817, 1818,
Moses Phelps, Jr., 1818, 1842, 1843, 5
Jotham Stone, 1818, 1819,
Isaac Follett, 1820, 1 James Browning 1821, 1824, 2
Ebenezer Stowe, Jr., 1821. 1
Silas Greenwood, 1822, 1823, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1834, 1836, 1839, 1840, 13 Sewell Mirick, 1822, 1823, 1826, 3
Warner Hinds, 1823, 1824, 1826, 3
John Church, 1823,
1
Luke Williams, 1842,
John F. Woodward, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1863, 1864, 13 Caleb Underwoood, 1849, 1850, 1851, 3 Sylvanus, Dunton, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1857, 1858, 5
Angustus Morse, 1855, 1856, 2
2
Asa Marean, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1833,
1835, 1810, 1841, 1843, 1844, 1845, 10
Rowland Woodward, 1829, 1833, 1834, 1835, 4
Justus Ellinwood, 1830, 1
David Benneit, 1830,
Elisha Woodward, 1831, 1832, 1833, 3 Joli G. Allen, 1866,
Ethan A Greenwood, 1833,
1 Isaac Hallock, 1866, Oren Marean, 1867, 1
1
Dana Brown, 1833, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1844, 1845, 7 Abel Howe, 1867, 1
At the aunnal election held March 12. 1787, but little business was done except the election of Town Officers. The gentlemen elected Selectmen. although 'new in office, were old in years, being severally between 67 and 70 years old. The inhabitants voted to grant no money for school- ing during the present year, and raised no money to defray town charges ; and adjourned the meeting for two weeks; when, the record says .. Met agreeable to adjonriment. and no votes were passed save to excuse sev- eral of the persons who were elected to office at the former meeting," and then adjourned to April 2nd, which was the day of the election of State officers. At this meeting no business was done under the March meeting warrant. except to choose a Sexton and a person to take charge of the meeting-house, and the meeting dissolved. At the election for State Officers that day, the whole number of votes cast was thirteen.
* Died May 26, 1843.
t Resigned to enlist In the army, and John F. Woodward was elected to serve the remainder of the year.
Stillman Morse, 1834,
1
Lyman Greenwood, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1864, 15 William S. Clark, 1835, 1 William Joslin, 1835, 1841, 1843, 1859, 4 2
3 1 Levi Allery, 1836, 1837, Sewell Wheeler, 1837, 1838, 1844, 1 2 1
1845,
Cruso Kendall,* 1838, 1839, 1840,
2 Henry Prentiss, Jr., 1839, 1840, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1861, 6 Levi Joslin, 1839, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1850, 1851, 1860, 8 Ephraim Stowe, 1840, 1841, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 8 Aaron Greenwood, 1841, 1842, 1846, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 7
James A. Waite, 1841, 1 1
Samuel Swan, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 4 1 1
Henry Prentiss, 1825.
George Williams, 1825, Abijah Clark, 1825, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1831, 1832, 6 3 1 Levi Miles, 1855, 1856,
Jonas Heald, 1827, 1828, 1843,
Nathan Warrren, 1828,
T. Sibley Heald,t 1861, 1
Horace Underwood, 1861, 1865, Moses C. Wheeler, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1867, 5
1 Andrew Gleason, 1863, 1865, 1866, 3 1
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Hon. John Hancock received the entire vote for Governor, and this at at a time when there was probably more excitement than at any former election since the adoption of the Constitution; and we find in some of the adjoining towns a larger vote was cast this day than ever before.
A town meeting was held May 16th, when the vacancies in town offi- eers were filled ; and another October 15th, when $200 were raised for the support of Schools, and the like sum to defray town charges; and the other business done which was usually performed at the March meeting.
The following is a list of persons who have served as Assessors in Hubbardston from 1767 to 1867, inclusive, together with the year when, and the number of years each person served :
Israel Green, 1767, 1 | Daniel Woodward, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1 1801, 1817, 5
Benjamin Nurse, 1767,
Benjamin Hoyt, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1772, 4
Stephen Heald, 1768, 1770,
Adinu Wheeler, 1768, 1769, 1771, 3
William Pain, 1769,
Ezekiel Newton, 1770,
William Marcan, 1770, 1771, 1792, Joseph Eveleth, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1775, 1777, 5
Nathaniel Waite, 1772, John Woods, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776 George Metcalf, 1773, Isnac Bellows, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1788, 1789, 6 1 1779, 1781, 1787, 6
William Muzzy, 1774, 1777, 1779, 1786, 1792, 1798, 6 9
Jonathan Gates, 1776, 1780, 1783, 1784, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1802, 1803, Robert Murdock, 1776, Joel Pollard, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, Elisha Woodward, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1784, 4
1 4
Ebenezer Mann, 1780, 1797,
Alphens Morse, 1781, 1785,
Moses Phelps, 1783, 1784,
Ebenezer Joslin, 1785,
l'hilemon Woodward, 1786, 1788,
1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794,
1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1800, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1809, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 21
Samuel Morse,* 1787,
1
Silas Davis, 1828, 1829, 1831, 1832, 4 John Church, 1831, 1832,
2
Moses Greenwood, 1787, 1790,
2 William Young, 1832, 1833, 2 Shepherd Clark, 1833, 1
John MeClenathan, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 5 Jolm D. Pierce, 1834, 1835, 2
Asa Church, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1795, Elisha Woodward, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1796, 1797, 6 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842,
Abijah Greenwood, 1799, 1
James Thompson, 1799, 1
2 Edward Selfridge, 1800, 1 9
Jacob Waite, 1801, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1 1806, 1807, 1808, 1810, 1811,
1
Abner Gay, 1802, 1803, 1813, 1816,
4 1
3 Abraham Cutting, 1802, Israel Davis, 1804, 1805, 2
Levi Greenwood, 1806, 1818,
1 Asa Wheeler, 1807, 1808, 2
Luke Warren, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1814, 1815, 1820, 7 1 Aaron Gates, 1810, 1811, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 15 1
Timothy P. Marcan, 1809,
Nathaniel Waite, Jr., 1810, Luther Hale, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1821, 6 1 1 8 1
William Rice, 1816, Nathan Wright, 1817,
Joel Pollard, Jr., 1818, 1819, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1830, 1839, 1840, William Hobbs, 1819, Sewell Mirick, 1820, 1822, 1823,
James II. Wheeler, 1821, Justus Ellinwood, 1823, 1824,
Joseph Shattuck, 1780, 1782, 1785, 1786, 4 10 1824, 1826, 1827, 1830, 7 1 2 1 1
2 1 George Williams, 1825,
Abijah Clark, 1825, Russell Brown, 1826, 1828, 1829, 1831, 1833, 1834, 1835, 7
Ephraim Stowe, 1827, 1
* Died April 20, 1787, and John Woods elected to fill the vacancy.
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1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, Joseph Raymond, 1852, 1853, 1854, 3 1851, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1864, 21 Israel Davis, 1852, 1853, 1854, 3
William Bennett, 1836, 1837, 1838, Almer Gay, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1839, 1840, 5 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1865, 1866,
James H. Pierce, 1836, 1837, 1867, 11
Henry Prentiss, Jr., 1838, 1841, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1851, 10
Lyman Greenwood, 1841, 1842, 1843, 3 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 9
Dana Brown, - 1843, 1854, Rowland Woodward, 1843, William Bennett, Jr., 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1850, 1851,
7 Lyman Woodward, 1861, 1862, 1864, 3 Sylvanus Dunton, 1849, 1859,
Oren Marean, 1865, 1866,
2
Nathan II. Felton, 1867, 1
A list of persons who have served as Town Clerk of Hubbardston, and the number of years the office has been held by each :
John LeBourveau, from 1767 to 1769 inclusive, 3
Jonathan Cutting, from 1803 to 1806 inclusive, 4
William Marean, 1770, 1 |Jacob Waite, 1807, 1810, 1811, 3
Joseph Eveleth, 1771, 1 Daniel Woodward, 1808, 1809, 1812,
1813, 4
Samnel Swan, 1814, 1815, and from
Stephen Church,* 1785, 1786, 1820, to 1835 inclusive, 18 ·2 William Bennett, Jr., 1836 to 1864
Elisha Woodward, 1786 to 1794 in- clusive,
9
inclusive, 29
Lynmtn Woodward, 1865 to
A list of persons who have held the office of Treasurer in the town of Hubbard-ton, together with the number of years each has served :
Ezekiel Newton, 1767, 1768, 1772, 1775, 1776, 5 Clark Witt, from 1824 to 1827 in- Adam Wheeler, 1769, 1770, 1771, 3 clusive, 4 Jolin Church, from 1827 to 1830 in- clusive, 4
William Marcan, 1773, 1774,
John Woods, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 4
Joel Pollard, 1782, 1783, 1784,
Elisha Woodward, from 1785 to 1790 inclusive, and 1799, 7
Jonathan Gates, from 1791 to 1798 inclusive, 8
Abijah Greenwood, from 1800 to 1803 inclusive, and 1809, 5 Appleton Clark, from 1842 to 1845 Daniel Woodward, from 1804 to 1806 inclusive, 3 inclusive, 4 Luther A. May, from 1850 to 1853 Ebenezer Warren, 1807, 1$08, 2 inclusive, 4 John Phelps, 1849,
Otis Parker, 1810, 1811, 2
Ebenezer Stowe, 1812, 1 Wm. Bennett, Jr., 1854, 1863, 1864, 3
1
Benjamin D. Phelps, 1855, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 5
Israel Davis, from 1817 to 1819 in-
Justus Ellinwood, 1820, 1821, clusive,
32
Smunel Swan, 1822, 1823, 2
3| Levi Peirce, from 1831 to 1834 in- clusive, and 1846, 1848, 1849, 1856, 1857, 1858, 10 Shepherd Clark, from 1835 to 1837 inclusive, and 1840, 1841, 5
Moses Phelps, 1838, 1
Levi Greenwood, from 1813 to 1816 inclusive, 4 Moses Greenwood, 1865, 1
Lyman Woodward, 1866, 1867, 2
* Died July 11, 1786, and Ellsha Woodward was elected to serve for the remainder of the year.
2 Horace Underwood, 1855, 1
Leonard Clark, 1855, 1
William Joslin, 1856, 1857, 1861,
2; Abijah HI. Greenwood, 1856, 1857, 2
1 | Levi Joslin, 1858, 1 Albert Bennett, 1858, 1860, 2
Levi Miles, 1850, 1852, 1853,
Simpson C. Heald, 1850, 1
Abner Gay, 1797 to 1802 inclusive, and from 1816 to 1818 inclusive, 9
Joli Woods, from 1772 to 1784 in- clusive, and 1795, 1796, 15
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A list of Delegates to the several Conventions held in Massachusetts :
John Clark, Delegate to Convention held at Concord, 1774
Willam Mnzzy, Representative to Provisional Congress, held at Watertown, 1775
William Muzzy, Representative to General Court held at Watertown, 1775 John Woods, Delegate to Constitutional Convention held at Cambridge, 1779 William Marean, Delegate to Convention held at Concord, 1779
John Woods, Delegate to Convention held at Boston to adopt U. S. Con- stitution, 1787
Ephraim Allen, Delegate to Convention held at Boston to revise the Con- stitution, 1820
William Bennett, Jr., Delegate to Convention held at Boston to revise the Constitution, 1853
The following is a list of Senators who have represented the County of Worcester, in part, in the Legislature of Massachusetts :
Henry Prentiss, 1835
Ethan A. Greenwood, 1836-1837
Representatives to the General Court from 1780 to 1867, together with the years each person served and the number of years :
William Muzzy, 1786, 1787, 1796, 1798, 4 Silas Greenwood, 1835, 1
John Woods, 1788,
William Marean, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1800, 1801, 5 Micajah Reed, 1839, 1840, 2
Jonathan Gates, 1803, John McClenathan, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1907, 4 2
Jacob Waite, 1809, 1810,
Ephraim Allen, 1812, 1813,
Levi Greenwood, 1814, 1816,
Daniel Woodward, 1818, 1821,
Samuel Swan 1824,
Henry Prentiss, 1827, 1829, 1831, 1832, 1836, 5 1
Moses Phelps, 1828,
Moses Waite, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1837, 6
Ethan A. Greenwood, 1833, 1834, 2
1 Asa Marean, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1841, 1842, 6
1 George Williams, 1839, 1840, 2
Sylvanus Dunton, 1843, 1 William Bennett, Jr., 1846, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1351, 1852; the Dis- triet, 1861, 1864, 8
2 2 Leonard Clairk, 1855, 1 2 Levi Miles, 1856, 1
1 Henry Prentiss, 1857, -
Aaron Greenwood, the District, 1859, Horace Underwood, the District, 1863, 1 Lyman Woodward, the District, 1865, 1867. 2
In 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1839 and 1840, the town sent two Representatives.
The years not mentioned above, prior to 1858, the town was not re- presented.
From 1858 to 1866, Templeton and Hubbardston comprised one Dis- trict.
Since 1866, Barre, Dana, Hardwick, Hubbardston, Petersham, Phil- lipston and New Braintree make one District.
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CHURCHES.
The first Church of Christ in Hubbardston was organized Feb. 14, 1770, with six male members, to wit :
Nehemiah Parker, Pastor elect.
Adam Wheeler, dismissed from the Church in Rutland. Nathaniel Upham, .. ..
" Leicester.
Joseph Grimes, Nathaniel Waite .* .. 6. ..
.. " Tewksbury.
.. " Templeton.
Ephraim Rice.t ..
..
..
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6.
The first Calvinistic Church was organized Oct., 1827, the majority of the first Church seceding and forming themselves into another distinct Church.
The Methodist Church was gathered during the year 1839.
Meetings had been held in Valley Village and in School District No. 6 during the fall and winter previous, and in the spring of 1839 the hall in the Star Hotel in the centre of the town was engaged for their meet- ings, and the first sermon preached there was by Rev. Joseph Whitman, Jr., on Thursday, April 2nd, 1839. Lectures were continued in this hall on Thursday and Sunday evenings, till May 12th, when regular Sabbath preaching commenced, and was continned till the meeting of the Con- ference, June 5th, when this was made a station, and Rev. Joseph Whit- man, Jr., was appointed preacher.
The first Meeting-house in town was raised in June, 1773, and prob- ably religions meetings began to be held in it as early as Angust of the next year, but there was but very little done towards finishing the house for several years. It appears from the records of the town that there was no pulpit or permanent seats prior to 1782. The belfry was erected in 1805.
The Calvinistie Meeting-house was built during the season 1827, and was dedicated to the publie worship of God Nov. Ist of that year.
The Methodist Meeting-house was erected during the season 1840, and was dedicated September 25th of that year.
During the season 1842, the first Church was re-built, and publicly re- dedicated January, 1843.
SCHOOLS.
Nothing had been done prior to 1781 towards dividing the town into school districts. The town had made very liberal appropriations for the support of common schools prior to the commencement of the War of the Revolution; but after the beginning of that struggle. the inhabi- tants found it necessary to direct all their attention to furnishing their quota of men for the army, and the support of the families of those who were in the service, and. therefore, made very meagre appropriations for other purposes.
* N. Waite and wife of Hubbardston, united with the Church at Templeton Sept. 6, 1767 ..
t E. Rice and wife of Hubbardston, united with the Church at Templeton Ang. 27, 1769.
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One School-house was erected in 1770, which, for the time being, answered the triple purpose of Church, Town House and School-house.
In March, 1781, the town chose a Committee of seven men, to wit : William Marean, Elijah Adams, James Thompson, Joseph Caryl, Joel Pollard and Isane Bellows*, to divide the town into School Districts, or " squadron ont the town," and determine how many school-houses to build ; the committee to report at a future meeting.
The next March, 1782, the Committee presented their report, dividing the town into seven " squadrons," and recommended the building of seven new school-houses.
This report was accepted by the town, but no further action was taken on the subject for the next two years.
In March, 1784, the town voted to build a school-house in each squad- ron, and granted one hundred and five pounds towards defraying the expenses thereof; and that said school-houses be completed before the first day of June. 1785. This grant of money was not very promptly assessed. for we find an article. in a warrant for a town meeting held February 16, 1786, " to see if the town will reconsider the vote formerly passed, granting £105 to build school-houses." The vote to reconsider was in the negative. Prior to this time, to wit, May 2, 1785, the town had voted to divide the northwest squadron, now making the number of squadrons eight, and also voted to give the southwest squadron another year to build their school-house.
During the year 1786, it was voted to grant, in addition to the sum al- ready appropriated, $7.10s. cach for the two squadrons which had been made out of the original northwest squadron, and also to grant £80 in addition to the former grants, for the purpose of finishing the several school-houses, thus giving to each squadron the sum of £25, or $$3.33 ; and by another vote which afterwards passed it appears that but one of the honses had been finished. and probably the remainder were finished during the year 1788. The names first given to the several schools were, the Centre, Northwest, North. Northeast, East, Southeast, South and West ; But in a few years the name " squadron" was abandoned, and the numerical numbers from one to eight were given in the order above stated and the term " District" adopted.
After the setting off of the eastern portion of the town to Princeton, the dividing line between Districts No. 5 and 6 was altered, and a few years later the location of their school-houses changed.
In 1816, District No. 7 was divided, making District No. 9.
In 1820, District No. 10 was set off from No. 8; and in 1823, District No. 11 was formed from parts of Nos. 1 and 3.
In 1828. Distriet No. 12 was formed from parts of Nos. 1, 4 and 5.
In 1837, the town was re-districted by a Committee of three, consist- ing of Silas Greenwood. Justus EHlinwood and Moses Waite, and care- fully defined territorial limits and boundaries established.
Prior to that time the school-honses had been erected and repaired by
* The other name does not appear.
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the town. Sinee then each district has repaired and re-built its own house, which is done by a separate tax, granted by the voters of the district, and assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants thereof.
In 1851, District No. 13 was formed from parts of Nos. 2, 3 and 11, and new territorial boundaries established between the several distriets Nos. 2, 3, 11 and 13.
With this one exception, but very few changes have been made in the distriet lines for the last thirty years.
The school-houses are all now kept in very good condition, and our inhabitants have no desire to abandon the district system, and fall back upon the old but now very popular method of re-building and repairing their school-honses at the expense of the town.
MILITIA.
Prior to 1791 there had been but one Military Company in the town.
Several attempts had been made to divide the company, which had been rapidly increasing in unmber, till it now numbered about 140 men. And September 26, 1791, the town voted to divide the militia into two companies ; and then proceeded to choose Militia Offleers. Timis it ap- pears that the first officers were chosen in a town meeting, and were as follows, to wit :
FOR THE WEST COMPANY.
Ebenezer Mann, Captain. Daniel Parkis, * Lieutenant. John Browning, Ensign.
FOR THE EAST COMPANY.
Moses Greenwood, Captain. Asa Church, Lieutenant. Paul Mathews, Ensign.
In 1816, an independent company, called the Hubbardston Rifle Com- pany, was chartered. and the first officers elected were,-
James II. Wheeler, Captain. Ephraim Mason, Lientenant. Brigham Davis. Ensign.
In the Spring of 1829, after the active Militia were reduced so as to include only the able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 30 years, the West Company (being the smallest) was disbanded, and the officers, to wit : Asa Underwood, Captain, Makepeace Clark, Lientenant. Samuel A. Knox, Ensign. were discharged, and the non-commissioned officers and privates were enrolleed in the East Company.
Soon after this, the military spirit waned very rapidly. The Rifle Company, which had heretofore been a very spirited company now be- gan to be regardless of a prompt discharge of duty. and the command- ing officer, Captain Israel Davis, jr., neglected to warn his company for the Regimental Review in the Fall of 1833, for which neglect he was
* Afterwards spelled Parkhurst.
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court martialed. Lieutenant William Hobbs received orders from the superior officers to call out the company again; but the order was not obeyed, and the company was soon after disbanded, and the commis- sioned officers, Lieutenant Hobbs and Ensign Lyman Greenwood, dis- charged, and the non-commissioned officers and privates enrolled in the East Company.
Lieutenant Jonas G. Clark was now the only officer in that company. He received orders for calling out the company for the choice of a Captain and Ensign. The order was promptly obeyed, and the meeting held, but the company were unable to choose any one for captain who would accept of the office, and therefore the meeting was dissolved, and soon after the old militia law was repealed, and a law authorizing a volunteer militia enacted.
Again, in 1843, a charter for an independent company was granted, to be called the Hubbardston Light Infantry, agreeably to the then existing Laws of the Commonwealth. This company was organized, and the following named persons elected and commissioned as the first officers, to wit :
George Williams, Jr., Captain, Joseph Russell, 3d Lieutenant, Henry Chase, Ist Lieutenant, Harvey Brown, 4th
Daniel Witt, 2nd
The members provided themselves with a good uniform, the Common- wealth furnished the arms, and the Town provided an armory, and for a time the duties required by law were performed promptly and with a hearty good will.
After the discharge of Captain Williams, Lientenant Chase was pro- moted to Captain, and labored hard to keep up the same military spirit. After his discharge, Harvey Brown was elected Captain, and served about one year, and after getting his discharge, several meetings were held for the purpose of electing a captain ; but the company failed of finding any one who would accept of the office, and the duty of commanding fell on Lientenant W. D. Cheever, who discharged the duty of commander one entire year; but during the season of 1850, Moses Brown was elected Captain and accepted, and continued to discharge the duties of the office for the remainder of that year. But the next Spring, the Captain being absent, orders were sent to Lieutenant John B. Flynn, who warned the company for the annual May Training, but less than one half the sol- diers responded to the call.
The company now surrendered their charter, and the arms belonging to the Commonwealth were returned to the Adjutant General, and thus ended Military Reviews, Inspections and Drills in the town of Hub- bardston.
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