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Preston Ellis,
29 11 | Isaac Hall,
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Jonathan S. Gray,
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Sylvester Gray,
1 50
Levi Graves,
6 10
James E. Gates,
4 63
Abner E. Drury,
1 50
Harry Green,
4 49
Ferdinand Dickinson,
1 50
Walter E. Goodridge,
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William P. Gray,
6 90
Charles Cutler,
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Charles Howe,
$ 4 09
Artemas Merriam, $ 2 52
Frederick J. Hay,
13 99 Noah May,
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Charles H. Howe,
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Wid. Achsah Mosman, 7 45
Calvin Holden,
5 28 Abel Mosman,
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Joseph Hackett,
1 50
Silas and Charles Mosman,
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William B. Howe,
1 97
Silas Mosman,
George II. Harris,
1 50
Daniel Mosman,
14 17
Rufus Howe,
1 50
John Mosman,
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Gardner Howe,
1 50
Stephen Mosman,
1 50
Maleus Harrington,
1 82
Daniel Miles,
21 84
Lucretia Howard,
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Daniel C. Miles,
19 71
Charles Mosman,
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Milton Joslin,
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George Miles,
44 81
Ward Jackson,
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Agent for Louisa Jones,
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Josiah Jackson,
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for Mary Jones,
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Edward and L. Jackson,
25 20
William Mayo,
27 42
Levi Jackson,
3 60
John C. Miller,
27 47
William G. Jaquith,
1 50
Jonas Miller,
19 01
Marratt Morris,
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Samuel G. Kendall, 9 96
John Miller,
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Trustee for Heirs of A. Fowle, 3 60
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Kendall & Cheney,
14 40
Joseph N. Minott,
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Kendall & Forbush,
15 84
George W. Merriam,
13 63
Thomas Knower,
13 74
Patrick McCarty,
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Horace B. Knower,
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36 14
Sylvanus Kendall,
Reed Merriam,
32 37
William I .. Kilgore,
20 42
Lorenzo Mansur,
1 50
Thomas Kendall,
1 68
Francis S. Morse,
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Ezekiel Kendall,
3 82
Albert Minott,
5 62
James Kenney,
2 62
Patrick McDonald,
1 50
George King, Jr.
1 50
Edward P. Miller,
7 43
Barthey Kelty,
Asaph L. Moody,
1 50
Samuel D. Knight,
George W. Miller,
1 50
Renben P. Merriam,
11 37
John Lewis,
13 38
Frederick Minott,
1 50
D. and J. II. Laws,
23 78
Calvin Miller,
1 50
David Laws,
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Marius HI. Moore,
6 54
John HI. Learned,
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Anstin Mosman,
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Franklin Lumbard,
14 93
Luther Maynard,
19 03
John Lynde,
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Hannah Miller,
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Greenleaf Lamb,
13 74
Henry Lucas,
33 23
Edmund Nichols,
91 61
Amos Lewis,
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George F. Clark, and Angus- }
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HI. J. Leland,
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tus E. Nichols,
Stephen F. Lamb,
1 50
Henry E. Newell,
2 36
John G. Lamb,
Joel Newton,
21 26
Oliver T. Leighton,
9 68
William Nichols, 1 82
Ephraim Lovkin,
1 99
Crosby Lewis,
4 69
Lawrence O'Neal, 1 50
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Clarendon Oxford,
4 44
John Merriam Estate,
38 88
Caleb S. Merriam,
14 17
Achsah and Maria Perkins, 3
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Jonas Merriam,
22 86
and Achsah Hawkes,
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Joel Merriam,
5 39
Russell Pratt,
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Merriam & Holden,
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Joseph Perry,
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Farwell Morse,
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Major Page,
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Sewall Morse,
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Amos Patridge,
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Joel Merriam, Jr.
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Michael Plunket,
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Merriam & IIill,
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JIiram Polly,
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Thomas Merriam,
32 52
Robert Peckhanı, 7 62
James Pierce,
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Caleb S. Merriam, as Agent
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Edmund A. Proctor,
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for Wear,
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John Lamore,
Marshall Oliver,
Oliver M. Merriam,
15 22
Josiah Page,
1 50
3 66
Amos Miller,
John Minott,
2 94
2 22
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Samuel H. Peckham,
$ 1 50
John Stickney, $3 20
Alonzo A. Pratt,
10 14
Lyman Seaver,
1 50
Bushrod W. Prescott,
2 11
Walter H. Sawtell, 1 50
Amos Pierce,
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Norman Seaver, 1 50
Elisha Pierce,
18 32
Stillman Sawyer,
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Preston Pond,
1 50
Charles G. Starkey, 1 50
Jonathan Petts,
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Sanford M. Sawin, 1 50
James Puffer,
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Isaac Seaver, 3d, 8 20
Harvey Peirce,
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Sawin & Foster,
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Wid. Mary Parker,
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Alonzo J. Stone,
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Hartford Potter, Guardian for Wallace Butterfield,
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Chauncey H. Stone, Ex'r on
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Francis Prew,
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Porter F. Page,
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Ivory Phillips,
5 10
Brown E. Totingham, 3 73
Wid. Elisha Totingham,
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Benjamin Tilden,
1 50
Ives Ray,
11 38
Abraham Totingham,
3 44
Solon Raymond,
25 46
Otis Titus,
19 72
Nathan Raymond,
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Solomon F. Towne,
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Milton Raymond,
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George W. Towne,
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Abijah HI. Raymond,
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Aretas Raymond,
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Jonah Rice,
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George W. Totingham,
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William E. Rice,
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Josiah S. Tucker,
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George Raymond,
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Francis W. Tufts,
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James Ryan,
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Anson Ray,
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James Underwood,
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Asaph Rice,
2 58
Charles Upton,
19 14
Asa W. Rand Estate,
5 01
Joel Rice,
6 83
Handel Winship,
1 50
Asa and Eli W. Raymond,
Lorenzo Winship,
31 21
Henry M. Raymond,
3 17
Marshall White,
30 70
Martin Ryan,
1 50
Sylvester Winship,
23 64
Clark Rice,
1 50
Charles Winship,
4 02
Phineas W. Reed,
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Simeon Warren,
19 08
Ephraim HI. Rand,
2 41
Miriam Warren,
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William C. Rand,
1 50
Theodore Whitney,
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Jason Richardson,
1 50
John Whitney,
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Abner Whitney,
22 45
William Sawin,
14 88
Wid. Nancy Wood,
8 64
Charles HI. Stearns,
19 50
David Wyman,
23 78
J. W. Sawin,
13 98
Wid. Jane Wyman,
7 56
Joseph Sawin,
12 73
Jonas Whitney,
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Reuben Sawin,
10 80
Aaron Whitney,
13 12
Anson Spaulding,
10 44
Smyrna Whitney Estate,
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John Sawin,
28 35
Joseph G. Whitney,
8 40
Levi Sawyer,
1 50
David Whitney,
3 27
James Sawin, Jr.
16 40
David Whitney, Jr.
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Isaac Seaver, 2d,
11 82
George W. Whitney,
30 96
James Sawin,
1 50
Benjamin Wyman,
59 43
Isaac Seaver,
21 73
Franklin Wyman,
176 14
Asahel Seaver,
9 28
Aaron Wood, 2d,
9 78
Widow Mary Smith,
5 76
Calvin Whitney,
27 37
Amos P. Spaulding,
13 38
Benjamin F. Wood,
23 46
Oliver Sampson,
16 01
C. M. E. Wood,
2 16
Job W. Scaver,
18 78
John M. Whitney,
4 38
Amos Saunders,
4 02
T. D. Wood,
25 50
Aaron Sawin,
2 22
Emery Warner,
5 10
George Smith,
28 46
James B. Wood,
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Joshua Smith,
5 86
Aaron Wood,
36 44
Jonathan Sawin,
3 38
Aaron Wood, Adm'r on Es-
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Daniel H. Stone,
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tate of Moses Cutter,
Samuel H. Sprague,
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Abraham Wood,
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Joseph Simmons,
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Estate of Mary Cooper, S
George Peirce,
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George W. Towne, as Agent ? for P. F. Towne,
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127
Lucy B. Wood, Adm'x on the $ 7 20
Dr. Clinton Warner, $ 2 54
Estate of Sylvester Miller, S
Horace S. Woodward, 8 52
Lucy B. Wood, 14 85
Augustine Whitney, 5 53
Benjamin H. Whitney, 11 47
Stillman Whitney, 1 50
Joseph Whitman, Executor on Estate of Mary IIill, 3
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T. P. Williams, Agent for ?
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Joseph Whitman, 119 62
William Packard, S
J. M. Whitman, 1 50
Edward Whitman,
1 50
Jerome Whitman,
4 16
Stephen C. Whitney, 1 50
Marcus Whitman,
5 10
Josephus Wood,
7 12
Alonzo Whitman,
5 10
Nancy M. Wood,
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Asa P. Whitney,
3 16
George Wood, 2d,
1 50
Wyman, Tylston & Wilder,
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Clinton D. Wheeler,
1 50
Caleb Witherbee,
11 38
Lafayette Willard,
3 30
Allen B. Wood,
17 89
Addison E. Winch,
1.50
Joseph Woodbury,
7 69
Stephen Wheeler,
1 50
Silas Ward,
1 93
James Wheeler,
1 50
Wid. Ann M. Whitney,
11 52
Peter Wright,
20 08
Jonas N. Whitney,
6 47
Stephen Wood,
10 14
Wid. Abigail P. Wears,
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George Wood,
1 50
Mary A. Wears, exempt,
Lovina Wheeler,
16 14
Wid. Betsey Wheeler,
Wid. Mary Wheeler,
Orange Young,
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REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT,
From 1780 to 1859, arranged in the order in which the name first appears, with the years against each name.
ABNER HOLDEN, 1781, '82, '86, '87.
CYRUS WINSHIP, 1829 to '32.
ELISHA JACKSON, 1783, '85.
MIRARI SPAULDING, 1834.
JOSIAH PUFFER, 1787, '91, '92.
JOSIAH HOWE, 1835.
STEPHEN HOLDEN, 1788.
JOSEPH HI. WHITNEY, 1836 to '39.
EBENEZER JONES, 1796, '97, '99, 1800. JOSEPH WHITMAN, 1837.
JONAS WHITNEY, 1802 to '14.
EDWARD BACON, 1843.
ABEL WOOD, 1809 to '14.
WILLIAM S. BRADBURY, 1845.
JAMES WHITE, 1815 to '18, '20.
JOHN WHITE, 1851.
ALEXANDER DUSTIN, 1815 to '17.
JOHN MINOTT, 1852.
EDWARD KENDALL, 1820, '21, 34.
GEORGE KENDALL, 1854.
TIMOTHY DOTY, 1824, '27.
EDWARD KENDALL, Jr. 1855.
SIMEON SANDERSON, 1828.
HARRISON G. WHITNEY, 1856, '57.
CHARLES HUDSON, 1829 to '32.
WILLIAM MAYO, 1859.
N. B .- In the years not mentioned above, the Town was not represented. Mr. Mayo represented the District composed of Westminster and Gardner.
Thomas P. Williams, 7 54
CONTENTS.
Introduction, p. 5 .... Indians submit to the Colony, p. 6 .... Narraganset War, p. 6 .... Grant to the Soldiers, p. 7 .... Meeting of the Grantees, p. 8 .... Companies drew their Townships, p. 9. . . . Lots laid out in No. 2, p. 10 .... First House and Saw Mill erected, p. 11 .... Bounty to Settlers, p. 12 .... Fairbank More settled, p. 13 .... Joseph Holden settled, p. 14 .... Privations, p. 15 .... Marked Road to Lancaster, p. 17 ... . Philip Bemis, p. 17 .... Thomas Bemis, p. 18 .... Meeting-house built, p. 18 .... Thomas Stearns, p. 19 .... Grist Mill, p. 19 .... Daniel Hoar, p. 19. ... Joseph Miller, p. 20 .... Lynde, Garfield, and Graves, p. 21 .... Bigelow, p. 22 .... Samuel Whitney, p. 23 ... . Hadley, Baldwin, Dunster, Smith, Walker, Horseley and Sted- man, p. 24 ... . Rev. Mr. Marsh settled, p. 25 .... Fear of the Indians, p. 26 .... Pro- prietors' Meeting held in the Township, and Petition for an Act of Incorporation, p. 28 .... Names of the Inhabitants in 1759 and '60, p. 29. . . . Mileses, p. 30 .... Wood, p. 31 .... Estabrook, Rand and Woodward, p. 32 .... Taylor, Conant, Dike, Baker and Edgell, p. 33 .... Jacksons, Whitneys, and Harrington, p. 34 .... Brooks, Winship, Cohee and Walker, p. 35 .... District incorporated, p. 35 .... Epidemic, p. 36 ... . Rev. Mr. Rice settled, p. 36 .... Incident in the French War, p. 38 .... Immigrants from 1760 to 1770, p. 38 .... A Resolution against Idleness, p. 39 .... Town incorporated, p. 40 .... Preparation for the Revolution, p. 40. ... Importance of Town Meetings, p. 41 ... . Soldiers furnished in the Revolution, p. 42 .... Rejection of the new Consti- tution, p. 47 .... Struggles during the Revolution, p. 48 .... State of things after the Revolution, p. 48 .... Settlers from 1770 to 1780, p. 49 .... Warned out of Town, p. 50 .... A tract of territory set off to constitute the Town of Gardner, p. 50 .... New Meeting-house erected, p. 50 .... Schools, p. 51 .... New Settlers, p. 52 ... . Statistics of Population, &c. p. 52 ... . Value of Houses in 1798, p. 53 .. . . Manufactures, p. 55 ... . Religious Societies, p. 55. .; . Public Health, p. 56 .... Situation and Extent, &c. of the Town, p. 57 .... Public Men, p. 59. ... Title to the Lands, p. 60 .. . . Manners and Customs a Century ago, p. 63. .. . Character of the Puritans, p. 65 ... . Conclusion, p. 67.
List of the Grantees, p. 69.
Poem, p. 73.
Proceedings, p. 97 .... . Officers of the Day, p. 98 .... Escort, p. 99 .... The Charac- ter of the Day, p. 100 ... . The Procession, p. 101 .... Exercises at the Speaker's Stand, p. 102 .... President's Speech at the Table, p. 104 .... Remarks of Mr. Smith, p. 106 .... Letter of Hon. Abijah Bigelow, p. 107 .... Remarks of Dr. Allen, p. 108 .... Remarks of Mr. Miller, p. 109 .... Response of Mr. Miles, p. 111 .... Remarks of Mr. Kendall, p. 111 .... Letter of Dr. Wyman, p. 112 .... Letter of Mr. Hoard, p. 113 .... Letter of Mr. White, p. 114 .... Remarks of Messrs. Merriam and Peckham, p. 115 .... Remarks of Mr. Folger, p. 117 .... Ode, p. 119.
Town Officers, p. 122 .... Tax-payers, p. 123 .... Representatives to the General Court, 127.
[] In the list of petitioners, page 29, for James Winship, read Jonas Winship. On page 98, for Dr. Clinton Warren, read Dr. Clinton Warner.
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