Colonial justice in western Massachusetts, 1639-1702; the Pynchon court record, an original judges' diary of the administration of justice in the Springfield courts in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Part 44

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Morgan, Jonathan, 105, 253, 340; juror, 322; freeman, 387


Morgan, Lidia, 287


Morgan, Miles, 222, 245; oath of fidelity, 217; juror, 230, 243, 263; selectman, 245; freeman, 257, 375, 386; sergeant, 266; constable, 269


Morgan, Miles v. Ashley, Robert, 248 Morgan, Sergeant, 282


Morgan, William, 217, 253


Morgan, William v. Earle, John, 247


Morgan (Bissell v.) , 300


Morgan (Browne v.) , 171


Morgan (Browne v.) , 287


Morgan


(Driskill v.) , 290


Morgan


(Kibbee v.) , 339


Morgan (Osborne v.) , 308


Morrice, Colonel, 299


Morrice, Secretary, 48-49


Morris, Judge Henry, 3


Mortgage, 350; Indian land, 269


Mosely, Captain, 41n


Moses, Timothy, 346


Moses, Timothy v. Parsons, Mary, 343


Moses (Parsons v.) , 343


Moses (Waite v.) , 342


Mountague, John, oath of fidelity, 278


Mountague, Peter, oath of fidelity, 278 Mountague (Dolley v.) , 254


Moxon, Reverend George, 16n, 63, 220- 221, 223; minister at Agawam, 12; re- turn to England, 29, gon; education of John Pynchon by, 32; admonition by, 12on, 207; in administration of justice, 124, 127, 152; as executor of will, 212; pastor at Springfield, 213


Moxon, Reverend v. Gregory, Henry, 207, 208


Moxon, Reverend v. Woodcock, John, 170, 1740, 187, 205


Moxon, James and Joseph, 25n


Mun, Benjamin, 218-219, 228-229; free- man, 257, 375


Mun, James, 325-326, 341-342


Mun, James v. Ashly, Joseph, 340-341


Munnuckquats, Indian, 223


Munro, Robert, 122


Narragansett Country, acts of proprietors, 49


Nash, Daniell, 363 Nash, Timothy: oath of fidelity, 278; com- missioned ensign, 313


Naticks, 39 Naucotok. See Northampton


Neale, Edward, oath of fidelity, 269 Neale (Moore v.) , 319 Neglect of duties imposed by law, 120- 121, 317-318


416


INDEX


Neglect of office, of constable, 317-318


Negro, Betty, 375


Negro, Jack, runaway and thief, 298-299


Negro, Tom, 375


New Amsterdam, 37; complaint about beaver trade, 17-18; protection of Dutch fur trade, 45-46


New England Law Book, 158


New England, President and Council of, 100


New hearings, allowance by General Court, 67


New London, 46, 46n


New Trial, 186-187; by same jury, 187


New York, 46


Newtown (Cambridge) Inferior Quarter Court, 69


Niantics, 46n


Nicholls, Goodman, 266-267


Nicholls, John, 266-267


Nicholson, Governor, 52n


Nil debet, plea of, 179


Noble, John, 349, 350-351, 354


Noble, Thomas, 320; juror, 246; constable, 279


Noble, Thomas v. Sackett, Widow, 263, 264


Noble (Blackleach v.) , 373


Noble (Gun v.) , 166-167, 347


Non cepit, plea of, 179


Non est factum, plea of, 170


Nonotuck. See Northampton


Nonsuit, of debt action, plaintiff to pay the entry fee, 249


Norfolk County. See County Court for Norfolk


Norrice, Mr., 27


Northampton (Naucotok, Nonotuck) , 18, 34; King Philip's War, 38; center of fur trade, 45; mining ventures of John Pyn- chon, 47; special commission for, 72; ap- pointment and authorization of commis- sioners, 94-96; activity of church in ad- ministration of justice, 126-127; joint court held by commissioners, Springfield and Northampton, 237-240; license to keep ordinary in, 250; John Lyman, con- stable, 259; commissioners, 259; sealer of weights and measures, 261


Northampton, Town of (Elmer, Wright Sr., Edwards, and Stebbins v.) , 239


Northfield, Indian attacks, 51, 58. See also Squawkeag


Norton, George, 361; ensign, 313 Norton, John, 290, 298


Norton, Reverend John, of Ipswich, 27, 30


Norton (Ely v.) , 167, 315


Norwotuck (Norwattocke) . See Hadley


Not guilty, plea of, 179


Notice to parties, attachment, 192


Nowattassome, Indian, 282


Nowell, 8n, 49, 215


Nullus tenetur seipsum prodere, 146


Oath: examination under, 145-146; form used, 146; form for jurymen, 181; of commissioners, 228


Oath of allegiance: taking of, 50, 313-314; form, 314-315


Oath of fidelity, 217-218, 251, 269; juris- diction to require taking of, 7on; form of, 218


Oaths to clerks of markets, jurisdiction to administer, 7on


Offenders, jurisdiction to bind over to County Court, 7on. See also Binding over


Offenses against the peace, 110-114


Offenses against property, 114-116


Old, Robert, 130, 300, 351-352,


Old (Bulkley v.) , 361


Oliver, Mary, 22n


Olmsted, Samuell, 280


Order to depart town, 245


Order of restraint, 250


Orders of General Court, 75, 127-128, 198-200, 237. See also General Court


Ordinaries: jurisdiction of offenses by keepers of, 7on; license to keep, 239, 250, 262; license renewed, 250


Orphans, authority to make disposition of without their consent, 71n


Osborne, James, 265; oath of fidelity, 217 Osborne, John, oath of fidelity, 269


Osborne, Samuell v. Morgan, Isack, 308


Osborne (Potter v.) , 16gn, 248


Owen, Nathanell, 312-313, 348-349 Owen, Samuell, 113, 310-311


Pagamunt of Pocumtuck, 263 Papers on file, 5


Pardon, issuance by General Court, 67


Parent and child, relationship as giving rise to complaint, 130


Parliament, acts of, 107, 147n Parson, Lieutenant John, 369


Parsons, Benjamin, 283, 317-318; freeman, 216, 375; juror, 232, 243, 244, 248, 322; selectman, 245; inquest juror, 246; corporal, 266; chosen to carry votes to shire meeting, 383


Parsons, Benjamin v. Crowfoote, Joseph, 242


INDEX


417


Parsons v. Bridgman, 24n, 29, 176, 183 Parsons, Ebenezer, 328


Parsons, Hannah, 374-375 Parsons, Hester, 331


Parsons, Hugh, 20, 21, 22, 23, 117, 148,


219, 221, 222, 224; trial for witchcraft, 23-25, 118, 140-141, 145; oath of fi- delity, 217


Parsons, Joseph, 46, 69n, 251-252, 267; juror, 230, 240, 263; clerk of the band, 239; license to keep ordinary, 250, 262; freeman, 375


Parsons, Joseph v. Bedortha (Bedornie) , Reice, 166, 221-222


Parsons, Joseph v. Foote, Nathanell, 295


Parsons, Joseph v. Sewell, Thomas, 221


Parsons, Joseph v. Webb, John, 238


Parsons, Joseph, Jr., 296-297; named in commission of oyer and terminer, 85; justice of the peace, 375


Parsons, Mary (wife of Hugh) , 20, 21, 21n, 22-25, 117, 141, 219-220


Parsons, Mary (wife of Joseph) , 24n, 6gn, 145n


Parsons, Mrs. Mary (widow of Joseph) , 374-375


Parsons, Mary and Hugh: accusations against of witchcraft, 20-25; action of General Court, 67


Parsons, Mary, Widow v. Mils, Peter, 168, 331


Parsons, Mary, Widow v. Moses, Timothy, 343


Parsons, Thomas, oath of fidelity, 278


Parsons, Widow v. Marks, Joseph, 323


Parsons (Bedornie [Bedortha] v.) , 222 Parsons (Gibbons v.) , 369


Parsons (Mathewes v.), 221


Parsons (Mils v.) , 330-331


Parsons (Moses v.) , 343


Partrig (Partrigg) , Lt. Col., 356-357, 371; parley with Indians, 55; Queen Anne's War activity, 58-59; named in commis- sion of oyer and terminer, 85; justice of the peace, 10on, 313, 375; taking of oath of allegiance, 313; clerk of the County Court, 314; quartermaster, 314; justice of the Inferior Court of Pleas in Hamp- shire, 353


Partrig, Lt. Col. v. Elgar, Thomas, 372 Partrigg, Lt. Colonel Samuell v. Cooper, Thomas, 371-372 Partrigg v. White, 185n Patrick, William, freeman, 257


Peace, disturbing of. See Breach of the peace Pease, John, Jr., 305-306


Pease, John, Sr., 305-306, 307


Pease, Jonathan, 121


Pease, Robert, constable, 323


Pease, Robert v. Terry, Samuel and Mi- ghil, John, 166, 334-335


Peirce, William, 348-349


Peirce (Randal v.), 334


Pelham, Herbert, 92


Pengilley, Edmund and Mary, 270


Pengilley, John, 374


Pengilley, Mary, 374


Pepper, Francis, oath of fidelity, 217


Pepper, Fraunes, 229-230


Pequots, 13, 46n


Perjury, 210; by witnesses, 183; removal of constable for, 215


Perry, Mary, 341-342


Petition to General Court, 19, 62n


Pettey, James v. Cooper, Thomas, 321


Petty, Ebenezer, 331-332


Petty, Goodwife, 278


Petty, James, 277, 350-351


Petty, James v. Kibbee, Edward, 168, 344 Petty (Allen v.) , 361


Phelpes, William, 13


Phelps, George, commissioner for West- field, 276


Phelps, Henry, 107n


Phelps, Josias, 338


Phelps, Nathanel, 338; freeman, 257


Phelps (Moore v.) , 319


Philips, Rev., 119


Phillips, George v. Adams, Jacob, 168, 1920, 336-337


Phips, Sir William, Governor, 56-57, 83, 101, 387


Pierce, William, 115


Pike, Joseph, 283


Piscataqua (Dover and Portsmouth)


County Court, 69


Piscataqua River 6on


Pixley, Joseph, 343


Pixley, William v. Roote, Joseph, 171, 264 Plaintiff: calling of, 178, 188, 193; failure to appear, 250; withdrawal of suit, 180, 248, 254, 260, 287, 291, 300 Plea of title. See Title, plea of


Pleadings, 130; ad exitum, 179; require- ments as to, 179; in intercharter pe- riod, 189; under the Second Charter, 193; insufficient for answer, 244


Pleas, 179. See also specific pleas


Pocasset swamp, 38


Pocumtuck. See Deerfield


Pocumtuck Path (Bloody Brook) , 39 Pomery, Caleb, 276


Pomery, Ebenezer, 85


418


INDEX


Pomery (Cunliffe v.) , 263


Pomery (Moore v.) , 318-319


Pomrey, Joseph, 126, 374


Pomry, Eldad, 263, 266


Pomry (Mils v.) , 333


Ponder, John, oath of fidelity, 269


Poor: settling and providing for, 7on; fines, 210


Pope, John, 112, 292, 293


Pope, John v. Rust, Nicholas, 294


Pope, John v. Stebbings, Thomas, Jr., 294


Pope, John v. Stebbins, Lieutenant Thomas, 294-295


Pope, John v. Warrinar, James, 293


Pope (Gleson v.) , 295


Porter, John v. Osborne, James, 248


Porter, Mr., 370


Porter, Samuell, 250


Porter, Samuell, Jr. v. Steele, John, 315


Potter v. Osborne, 16gn


Pound and pound breaches, 113, 126, 291- 292, 318, 320; wrongful impounding, action for, 248; litigation concerning impounded mare, 309-310


Powder, shot, and lead, illegal sale to Indians, 122


Prerogative Court of Hampshire, 50 Presenters, 129, 133-134


Presentments: by town presenters at


Springfield, 129, 133-134; by tithing- man, 129, 134-137; by a grand juror, 129, 138. See also Complaint or present- ments


Preservation of the peace, ordering of family relations as covered by, 113-114 Preston, John, 284


Presumption of innocence, 47


Prices, regulation of, 69, 70


Prince, Thomas, 9


Prison keeper: prison and constables' bills for Negro Jack, 299; action in detinue for fees, 330


Prisons, committal to on mittimus, 133, 307, 342. See also Imprisonment; Jail


Pritchard, Nathaniel, 245, 279; oath of fi- delity, 218; freeman, 375, 386


Pritchard, Roger, freeman, 215


Pritchard, William: drummer, 340; se- lectman, 283


Pritchard and Kent (Aires v.) , 283


Private correction, 106-107, 224


Privy Council, appeals to, 66, 85


Probate and administration, 172-173. See also Executors


Procedure in civil actions, 174-196


Process: service of, 140, 174; power to is- sue, 174; return of service of summons,


178; service in intercharter period, 187- 188; under the Second Charter, 191; service of under the Second Charter, 192 Process server, contempt of, 119 Proclamation, discharge by, 151


Proclamation of Governor and Council is- sued March 8, 1687/8, 81


Profanation of the Sabbath, 108-109, 120, 231, 252, 253, 268, 275-276, 280, 310, 348-349; misconduct during sermon time, 109; unnecessary travel on, 109; absence from public worship, 126; ad- monition for, 255


Profert and oyer of documents, 182


Proof, standards of, 147-148. See also Evi- dence


Property rights, cases involving injury or threat of injury to, 114-116


Prosecute, failure to, 177-178


Public acknowledgment. See Acknowledg- ment


Public service, neglect of, 283-284


Punishment, mitigation by General Court, 67. See also particular punishments


Putting out to service: orphans, 7ın; to satisfy debt, 185; for satisfaction of judgment, 208; punishment, 328


Pynchon Account Books, 44n, 46n, 123n; place of sitting of commissioners at Northampton, 177 Pynchon, Anne, 9, 29


Pynchon Diary. See Record Pynchon, Sir Edward, 7n


Pynchon, John, grandfather of William, 6, 29n


Pynchon, John, father of William, 6


Pynchon, John, gon, 64, 136, 158, 162, 189,


199; and Record, 3, 4-5, 157, 200; emi- gration to Massachusetts Bay colony, 9; as trader, merchant, and landowner, 17, 29, 44-48, 62; birth, education, and mar- riage, 32; freeman, 32, 215, 375, 386; public offices in Springfield, 32-33, 61; committee activities for the town, 32, 53; deputy to General Court, 33, 377- 378; as magistrate, 33, 99, 101, 104-105, 108, 109, 112-113, 127, 138-139, 146, 149, 163, 182, 300; commissioner to carry votes to shire meeting, 34, 376-377, 383; County Treasurer, 34, 53, 240, 251, 260; establishment of new plantations and towns along the Connecticut River, 34, 35; military activities, 37-44, 54-59; peace treaty with Mohawks, 44; struggle between Crown and Commonwealth, 48- 49; activities under new government, 49-50; and Andros, 50; councilor, 50,


419


INDEX


100-101, 189, 315, 387; activities on Gov- ernor's Council, 52; justice of the peace, 52, 101-102, 113, 148, 166, 189-196, 375; commissioner, 63, 67, 93-99, 177, 227- 228, 244; issuance of commission of oyer and terminer to, 85; associate of County Court, 101; judge of the Infe- rior Court of Common Pleas for Hamp- shire, 102, 353; binding over of offend- ers, 111, 112, 118-119, 127, 151-152; contempt of court cases, 120, 271; civil jurisdiction as magistrate, as member of the Council, and as justice of the peace, 159-160; significant role of, 197-200; empowered to give oaths to freemen, 215, 252; town treasurer, 220, 245; com- missioners sworn in by, 253, 276, 277; improvement of House of Correction of Springfield, 257; receipt of military com- missions from, 313-314; theft from, 341-342


Pynchon, Captain John v. Lockermans, Boltus Jacobus, 259-260


Pynchon, John v. Sackett, Widow as ad- ministratrix, 263


Pynchon, John v. Sackett and Blomefeild, 264


Pynchon, John, Jr., 4, 42n, 48n, 341-342; Boston business activities, 46; removal to Springfield, 59; inventory of law books, 157-158; attorney to take out warrant of contempt, 336


Pynchon, John, grd: clerk of Court of Oyer and Terminer, 85; sworn as Regis- ter of Deeds, Conveyance, Mortgages, etc., within the County of Hampshire, 353


Pynchon, Joseph, 39n, 46n; letters from his father, 48; death unmarried, 59; deputy to the General Court of Elec- tions, 385


Pynchon Magistrate's Book. See Record.


Pynchon manuscript: acquisition, 3; con-


tents, 3; authorship, 3; appearance, 3-4; modernization of text, rules for, 4; marriages, records of, 4-5. See also Rec- ord


Pynchon, Margaret, 29


Pynchon, Mary: marriage, 29, 60; death, 59, 62n


Pynchon Waste Book for Hampshire, 4n Pynchon, William, 67, 224, 225; and Rec-


ord, 3, 4; biographical sketch, 6-31; and Massachusetts Bay Company, 8-9; fur trade activities, 10-11, 14, 17-18; farming activities, 11; settlement at Agawam and on east bank, 12-13; com-


missioner for Connecticut River settle- ments, 13; alleged monopoly in corn, 14-15; and uniting of Connecticut plan- tations with Massachusetts Bay, 15, 16; government of Springfield, 17; judicial power in Springfield, 17; and Indian matters, 18; appointment and jurisdic- tion as magistrate, 19, 89-91, 159-160, 203; attitude toward political events of the 1640's, 19; letter to John Winthrop, 19-20; and witchcraft proceedings, 20- 25; religious publications, 25, 28, 30; return to England, 28, 29; publication of second book, 28; death, 30; will, gon; summary of work and accomplishments, 31; holding of courts by, 90, 109, 152- 153, 163, 164, 177; General Court com- mission of 1641, to exercise judicial power, 91-92, 154, 174; General Court commission of 1643, judicial powers under, 92-93; punishment of sexual of- fenses, 104; defamation cases before, 117-118; familiarity with Fortescue, 157, 158; familiarity with Dalton, 157; authorized to make freemen in Spring- field, 181; and witnesses, 182; significant role of, 197-200; and Samuell Terry, 226-227


Pynchon, William, record of accounts with early settlers and Indians carried forward from previous book around September, 1645 and to a new book around March, 1650, 17n


Pynchon, William v. Horton, Thomas, 204


Pynchon, William v. Merricke, Thomas, 204


Pynchon v. Collicott, 28n


Quabaug (later Brookfield) , 18, 138; es- tablishment, 34-35; abandonment threatened, 51; grant of lands to In- dians, 61


Quakers: prosecution of, 74; banning of books and writings, 74n; law enforce- ment problem in western Massachu- setts, 119; constable's power to appre- hend without warrant, 131


Questions of fact or law, 179


Qui tam actions by informers, 129, 219. 374; matters covered, 137-138


Randal, William v. Peirce, John, 334


Randal, executor (Abbee v.) , 345-346


Randall (Moore v.) , 319-320


Randolph, Edward, 49-50 Rates. See Town rates


420


INDEX


Rawson, Edward, 23n; acquisition of


lands from by Pynchon, 48n; secretary of the General Court, 228, 237


Read, Doctor, 370


Reading of the printed laws, 175, 219


Rebutters, 179


Recognizances: use of, 151, 153-154; on appeal, 155-156; upon plea of title in action for trespass, 191-192


Record: modernization of text, 4; cover- age, 4-5


Record on appeal, 186, 191


Recorder of the county, summoning of jury by, 181


Recorder of Court, 60-61, 245, 248, 249, 253, 258


Records, requirement for keeping, 91, 191 Reeve, Thomas, 232; juror, 216, 221


Reference from the County Court or the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, 129


Register of Deeds, 353 Rejoinders, 179


Release of indenture, 226-227


Remedy at law. See Civil actions


"Remonstrance and humble Petition" of Dr. Child, 19


Replevin, 160, 176-177, 309-310, 341; ir- regular execution of writ, 164; cases of, 168-170; statutory requirement of se- curity, 176-177; under the Second Char- ter, 190; form, 190


Replications, 179


Representative, 52, 387


Restitution, 150, 204, 206


Restraint: warrant of, 205; order of, 235


Review: grant of bill of by General Court, 67; actions of, 186-187, 214-215, 239, 245, 322


Revolution of 1688, 51-52


Rich, Thomas, 324 Richards, James, 43


Riley, John, 105, 316; oath of fidelity, 217; freeman, 376


Riley, Margarite, 105


Riotous assembly: punishments for, 110, 285; warrant of arrest as initial proc- ess, 141; at Hadley, 284-286


Roco, 105 Roe (Rhoe) , Peter, 110-111


Roe (Barlow v.) , 297-298


Roe (Towsley v.) , 300-301


Rogers, Henry, 291, 309, 350-351


Rogers, James, 46


Rogers, John, 350-351


Rogers (Lawton, administratrix v.), 326 Rooker, William, 285; oath of fidelity, 278


Roote, John, 343; commissary, 286-287 Roote, Samuell, 286-287, 320, 343


Roote, Thomas: oath of fidelity, 251, 269; freeman, 260; constable of Westfield, 275


Roote, Thomas v. Bartlett, Robert, 237- 238


Roote (Ayrault v.) , 348


Roote (Pixley v.) , 171


Rowland, Thomas, 223, 224


Rowley, Harmon, 256


Rumney Marsh, 60


Runaway servant, 150


Russell, Reverend John, 48


Russell, John: freeman, 252; juror, 259


Rust, Nicholas, 290


Rust (Pope v.) , 294


Sabbath: jurisdiction over performing of servile work on, 7on; jurisdiction of of- fenses against, 73. See also Profanation of Sabbath


Sackcut (Sackett) , John, 320; deputy con- stable, 347


Sackcut, John v. Sexton, James, 291-292 Sackcut, John v. Smith, Benjamin, 344


Sackcut, John, Sr. v. Smith, Benjamin, Jr., 338


Sackcut, Joseph, 322


Sackcut, William, 291-292


Sackett, John, 122, 165, 255, 260; oath of fidelity, 217


Sackett, Sarah, 241


Sackett, Symon, 172-173, 241-242; oath of fidelity, 217


Sackett (Lord v.) , 264


Sackett (Noble v.), 263, 264


Sackett (Pynchon v.) , 263


Sackett (Selectmen of Springfield v.) , 240


Sackett (Stebbin v.) , 264


Sackett (Stebbins v.) , 267-268


St. John, Oliver, 31


Sale of judgment debtor into service to satisfy debt, 185


Salem Inferior Quarter Court, 69


Saltonstall, 8n


Sanford, Frances, 9


Sassacus, 18


Savadge, Captain Thomas v. Webb, John, 249 Savage, Major, 54


Saybrook, 18


Scagadacooks, 58


Schenectady, 54


Schools, division of fine with, 374


Schreak, Mrs., 259 Schuyler, John, 56n


421


INDEX


Scire facias: proceeding against First Char-


ter, 58; writ of, 185, 191-192


Scold: jurisdiction of offense of being, 7on; punishment of, 114, 150, 235-236 Scot, Ebenezar, 333-334


Scot, John v. Mirick, Thomas, 256-257


Scot, William, 331


Scot (Huxley v.) , 352


Scott, Edward, oath of fidelity, 278


Scott (Scot) , John, 257, 258, 269, 270, 309 Scott, John v. Miller, Obadiah, 248


Sealer of weights and measures, 229, 245, 261


Sear, John, 206


Search and seizure, search warrants, 142, 223


Searles, John, 172; juror, 204, 205; con- stable, 208


Searles, John, Jr., 212, 213


Searles, Widow, 172, 213


Second Charter of Massachusetts Bay col-


ony: activities of John Pynchon, 53-59; judicial system under, 82-88; role of constable under, 131; tithingman, 136- 137; necessity that qui tam actions be brought in court of record, 137; initial process in criminal matters, 143; com- missions of the peace under, 144; right to jury trial, 145; standards of proof, 147; witnesses, 148-149; provision for appeal to Court of General Sessions of the Peace, 155; procedure in civil ac- tions, 189-196


Security, posting for return of stolen goods, 150


Segar, Joseph, 308-309


Segregation of civil and criminal aspects of same case, 152


Selden (Seldon, Selding) , Joseph, 116, 285-286; oath of fidelity, 278


Seldon (Seldin) , Thomas, 335-336; con- stable of Hadley, 336


Seldon (Goulding v.) , 169, 335-336


Selectmen of towns: judicial or quasi- judicial powers, 77-78; complaints or presentments by, 133


Selectmen of Springfield v. Sackett, John, 240


Self-incrimination, claim of privilege, 146 Selling or bartering guns, lead, or powder with Indians, 69, 122; jurisdiction over failure to pay fees for, 7on


Sentence, suspension of, 151 Sentencing, 149-153


Service: jurisdiction of assisting selectmen in putting orphans out to, 7on; putting


out to as punishment, 150. See also Putting out to service


Settlement by agreement, 328-329


Settlement of debt, 326-328


Settling and providing for poor persons, 7on


Sewall, Samuel, 48n, 49, 55n Sewell, Besse, 23n


Sewell, Thomas, oath of fidelity, 217


Sewell (Parsons v.) , 221


Sexton, George, 301; oath of fidelity, 269


Sexton (Dewey and Bancroft v.) , 301 . Sexton (King v.) , 172, 318, 368-369


Sexton (Sackut v.) , 291-292


Sheldon, Isaak, 120; freeman, 257


Sheriff, law-enforcement agency, 199


Shire meetings (Hampshire County) , 34, 376-386


Sikes, Increase, freeman, 377, 386


Sikes (Sykes) , Richard: selectman, 125; appraiser, 213, 220-221; juror, 214, 215, 222, 230, 246, 263; freeman, 215, 375; presenter, 228; informer, 228-229; sealer of weights and measures, 229; released from training, 255


Sikes, Victory, 349, 350; freeman, 376 Sikes, Victory v. King, James, 328-329


Sikes, Victory v. Taylor, Thomas, 291, 292 Sill, Captain, 41


Single magistrate: administration func- tions, 72-75; jurisdiction and appeal from, 72-75; power to marry, 73


Sitton, Benjamin, 342


Slander, action of, 170-172, 179, 180, 205, 207, 208, 238, 240, 244, 247, 250, 254, 259, 264, 304-308, 311-312, 317, 355-356, 368-369


Slander, as criminal offense, 116-118, 219- 220, 236-237, 300, 356-357, 374, 375


Smith, Anne, 29, 29n, 3on, 36n


Smith, Benjamin, 357


Smith, Christopher, 389-390


Smith (Smyth) , Henry, 25, 3on, 62, 67, gon, 94, 96, 205, 212, 213, 220; Agawam, settlement, 9, 12; commissioner for Connecticut River settlements, 13; ju- dicial authority, 22-23; return to Eng- land, 29, 3on; marriage of daughter Anne, 36n; commission as magistrate, 93; selectman, 125; juror, 204, 205, 206, 209, 211, 212, 215, 216, 221; fines for the poor paid to, 210; sealer of votes, 216; indentures to, 224, 225


Smith, John, 145n, 146n


Smith, Mary, 49


Smith, Mistress, 229-230


Smith, Phillip: freeman, 252; juror, 254


422


INDEX


Smith, Samuell: juror, 249; commissioner, 253


Smith, Sarah, 389-390


Smith, Thomas, 374


Smith (King v.) , 168, 344-345


Smith (Sackcut v.) , 338, 344


Special commissions, nature of jurisdic- tion, 72 Spectacle Pond, 51 Spencer, Esther, 105


Springfield (Agawam) : William Pyn-


chon's authority to govern, 17, 203; al- location of lands, 17n; witchcraft trials, 21-25; order for House of Correction, 25; meetings of freemen, 34; King Philip's War, 40-41; under Dominion of New England, 50-51; Pynchon, Hol- yoke, and Chapin as commissioners, 60, 63, 93-99; service of Elizur Holyoke, 61-62; Chapin and, 62-64; special com- mission for, 72; General Court commis- sions, 91-92, 92-93; authorization of court in 1645, 92-93; Henry Smith's commission, 93; meeting of joint court at in 1659, 95, 240; Pynchon and, 100, 101-102; early laws and orders of the General Court, 117; town orders, 124- 125, 125-126; selectmen, 125, 165; fine to use of school, 370


Springfield courts: jurisdictional bases, 89-102. See also County Court at Springfield


Squawkeag (Squakeag, Squawqueque) : establishment of, 35; King Philip's War, 38-43. See also Northfield


Standards of proof, 147-148


Standlys, Captain Caleb, 321


Stanley, Thomas, juror, 259


Stanley, Thomas, complaint against Rob- ert Williams "by Thomas Coleman Juryman," 98n


Stanley, Thomas v. Williams, Robert, 264


Star Chamber, slander or defamation as criminal offense, 117


Stealing. See Theft


Stebbin, Samuell, constable of Springfield, 347


Stebbin, Thomas v. Sackett, Widow, 264 Stebbing, Goody, 215


Stebbing, Thomas, Jr., 109, 273, 294, 331- 332 Stebbinge, An, 220


Stebbinge (Stebbing, Stebbin) , Rowland, 244; juror, 206; oath of fidelity, 217


Stebbins, Benjamin, freeman, 387


Stebbins, Edward, freeman, 387


Stebbins (Stebbinge) , John, 229-230, 239, 248; witchcraft charges against, 69n; misbehavior toward aged father, 113, 234; freeman, 215; oath of fidelity, 217; constable, 228; juror, 249, 259


Stebbins, John v. Lyman, Robert, 248 Stebbins, Ensign Joseph: selectman, 357- 360; treasurer or receiver of rates, 358- 360; freeman, 376, 386


Stebbins (Stebbings, Stebinges, Steb- binge) , Thomas, 24n, 231, 267-268, 293; constable, 215; freeman, 215, 375, 387; juror, 221, 240, 243, 244, 246, 249, 263; inquest juror, 246, 282-283; ser- geant, 266




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