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1774, March 23 .- Alex. Marsh, Joshua Heminway, Aaron Phipps, Mathew Metcalf and Edward Durand were chosen a committee of cor- respondence with Boston and other towns.
Sep. 12. Voted unanimously, to accept the report of the congress of Middlesex Co., at their late meeting at Concord, and chose James Russell to agree with a founder for two cannon, and to procure 3 half blis. of powder.
1775, Jan. 9 .- Voted, to adhere to the advice and association of Continental Congress, and that Joshua Hemingway, Timothy Rockwood, Joseph Bigelow, Samuel Whiting, Jacob Miller, Aaron Phipps and
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Abner Johnson be a Committ. to inspect the inhabitants of the town in their observation and conforming to the aforesaid obligation.
1775, March .- Voted, that no man shall serve in any town office who shall refuse or neglect to subscribe consent to, and compliance with the advice of the late Continental Congress.
With such promptitude, decision and energy did the inhabitants of this town engage in the awful conflict that achieved our independence; and during the whole of its continuance "they bore a decided and honorable part. They sacrificed their property, hazarded and several lost their lives in the cause of liberty ; and their reward is in the grateful remembrance of their posterity. May we never, by our ingrat- itude and degeneracy, forfeit the inestimable blessings purchased for us at such a sacrifice."
The number and names of officers and soldiers who served in that war, it may be impossible to ascertain. Among the former should be mentioned Col. Abner Perry, Maj. Jacob Miller and Capt. Daniel Eames, who were conspicuous. The remainder of such civil and eccle- siastical transactions, and changes, as are deemed most worthy of publication, may be gathered from pp. 69-70, from notes on the several pastors, and from the ensuing lists of town officers.
PASTORS.
*James Stone from 1728-1742.
*Joshua Prentiss, do. 1743-1788.
*Timothy Dickinson, do. 1789-1813.
*Josephus Wheaton, do. 1815-1825.
Charles Fitch, do. 1826-1832.
Elijah Demond, do. 1832-1836.
*John Storrs, 1836-1812.
T. D. P. Stone, 1843-1849.
Joshua T. Tucker, do. 1849-to the present time.
GRADUATES.
* Solomon Park, H. C., 1753
Jacob Foster ? H. C. 1754.
* Nahum Marshall, gd. H. C., 1755.
* Tho. Prentise, H. C., 1766,
* Appleton Prentise, H. C., 1781.
* John Morse,¡ B. U., 1791.
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Elisha Fiske, B. U., 1795.
Roswell Messinger, H. U., 1797.
* Drury Fairbanks, B. U., 1797.
* Jason Chamberlain, B. U. 1804. John Goulding Thayer, 1804.
* Luther Lealand, M. C., ab. 1806.
Timothy Fisk, H. U., 1801.
Elijah Morse,f B. U., 1809.
t Born in a part of Medway, since annexed to H.
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Joshua P. Dickinson, B. U., 1811, and M. D. Harv., 1816.
Amos Whiting, B. U., 1812.
* Martin Whiting, H. U., 1814. Abner Morse, + B. U., 1816.
* Edward Dickinson, II. U., 1818. Sewall Harding,; U. C., 1818. Wm. Chamberlain Mellen, B. U., 1836. Charles Chamberlain, B. U., 1836 Sewall Fisk, Middletown. C., ab. 1839. Frederic Lyman Batchelder, B. U., 1839. George Cutler, B. U., 1839, and M. D., Harv., 1845. Francis Ide Wheaton, B. U., 1840. Roswell Cutler, M. D., Harv., U., 1847. Elbridge J. Cutler, II. U., 1854.
TOWN CLERKS OF HOLLISTON AND TIMES OF SERVICE.
John Goulding, 1724-'33. Solomon Park, 1734-'44.
Daniel Emerson, 1745-'56; '60-'65, and Treasurer, 1747.
Joseph Underwood, Clerk and Treasurer, 1757-'59.
John Stone, Clerk and Treasurer, 1766, '68-'74.
Joshua Heminway, 1767. Aaron Phipps, Clerk and Treasurer, 1775-'77.
Joseph Mellen, 1778-'79.
Samuel Bullard, 1780-'96.
James Mellen, 1797-1804.
Jason Chamberlain, 1805-'08.
John Fairbanks, 1809-'16. Elial Littlefield, Clerk and Treasurer, 1817-'30.
Thomas Dickinson, 1831-'34.
Elihu Cutler, Jr., 1835-'37.
Thomas T. Rockwood, '44 and '48.
Elias Bullard, Esq., Clerk and Treasurer, 1831-'32; Cl'k, 38-'39. Alden Leland, Clerk and Treasurer, 1833-'34.
William E. Rockwood, 1835. Elijah B. Craig, Clerk and Treasurer, 1836-'37; Cl'k, 40-42 ?
Hiram A. Morse, 1838, '56.
Ebenezer H. Currier, 1840-'42 ?
Otis B. Bullard, '43-'44. Abel Pond, Clerk and Treasurer, '45-'46.
William R. Thayer, '47 and '49. D. Bucklin Fitts, '50. Edward W. Blood, '51. Augustus N. Currier, 1843 ; '49-'54. -
Thos. C. Andrews, '53. Orrin Thompson, '54.
Geo. E. Johnson, '55.
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REPRESENTATIVES AND YEARS OF THEIR ELECTION.
Joshua Hemenway, 1769.
Abner Perry, 1775-'6-'7-'8-'9.
Samuel Park, Esq., 1787-8.
Dea. Moses Hill, '91.
Capt. James Mellen, 1795-'6 -- '7 -- '8 ; 1800.
Ephraim Littlefield, 1801-'03 -- '04.
Jason Chamberlin, 1806-'7-9-'10-11.
Dea. Jesse Haven, 1808.
Lt. Timothy Rocket, 1812-'13-'16.
Col. John Mellen, 1821. Elihu Cutler, Esq., 1827-'28.
Abner Johnson, 1830-'31.
Elias Bullard, 1833 -- '34.
Eben. H. Currier, 1833 -- '34.
Nathan Leland, 1836.
Benjamin F. Batchelder, 1836 -- '37.
Alden Leland, 1837-'38-'42-'51.
Daniel Perry, 1838.
Wm. S. Batchelder, 1840.
Sam'l Payson, 1839.
Calvin Rockwood, 1839.
John Nichols, 1849.
Simeon Fisher, 1850.
Geo. Batchelder, 1854.
SELECTMEN.
John Goulding, 1724, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '32, '33, '40. Wm. Sheffield, Dec. 21, 1724, '25.
Jona. Whitney, Dec. 1724, '25, '26, '27, '28, '32, '36, '37.
Dea. Thos. Marshall, 1724, '25, '26, '27, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '54.
Isaac Bullard, 1724, '25, '32, '34, '36, '38, '39, '40.
Eben'r Hill, 1724, '25. Joshua Underwood, 1726.
Joseph Johnson, 1726, '28, '29, '31, '33, '36, '38, '39, '40, '42, '43, '45, '46.
Isaac Foster, 1727, '31, '34, '35.
Timothy Leland, 1727, '28, '29, '30, '31, 32, '34, '38, '39, '40, '43, '44, '45.
Thos. Jones, 1728.
John Lealand, 1729, '33, '35, '45.
Jason Chamberlin, 1729. Aaron Morse, 1730, '33. Isaac Cozzens, 1730, '37, '46, '50. Benoni Adams, 1731, '34. Nathaniel Sheffield, 1735, '37. Jason Chamberlin, 1735.
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John Twitchell, 1735.
Solomon Park, 1736, '37, '38, '39, '41, '42, '44.
Ephraim Twitchell, 1741. James Perry, 1741, '43, '45, '47, '49, '51, '53. Jacob Foster, 1741, '43, '46, '47, '48, '49.
Gershom Eames, 1742.
Capt. Eben. Littlefield, 1742, '46, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54.
Lieut. Eben. Marshall, 1743, '46, '47, '55.
Joseph Hill, 1744.
Dea. James Russel, Esq., 1744, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '66, '71, '73.
Jona. Jones, 1744.
Dea. Josephi Brown, 1745, '47, '54, '61, '62, '64.
Ephraim Biglow, 1747.
Daniel Emerson, 1748, '56, '65.
John Haven, 1748, '59.
Eli Jones, 1748, '57.
Moses Johnson, 1749.
Aaron Morse, Jr., 1749, '52.
Capt. Ephraim Littlefield, 1750, '57.
Curtis Goulding, 1750.
Benj. Bullard, 1750, '56, '60.
Stephen Foster, 1751, '53, '55. ·
Capt. Samuel Bullard, 1751, '56, '57, '59, '61, '65, '67.
Theodore Rider, 1751, '61.
Lieut John Lealand, Jr., 1752, 1755, '60, '61, '65, '68, '69, '76. Asa Fisk, 1752, '55, '58.
Isaac Johnson, 1752, '56, '58, '62.
Moses Johnson, 1753.
Jona. Jones, 1753, '55, '57.
John Haven, 1754, '60, '62, '69.
Joseph Underwood, 1754, '58, '59.
Mr. John Goulding, 1756.
Lt. Samuel Daniels, 1758.
Daniel Jennings, 1758, '73.
Joseph Hill, 1759 Isaac Hill, 1759, '64, '71.
Daniel Millen, 1760.
Timothy Rockwood, 1761, '64, '65, '66, '68, '69, '75, '76, '79.
Col. Abner Perry, 1762, '64, '66, '68, '71, '74, '77, '78, '80, '82, '86, '98.
Asa Bullard, 1763, '72, '76, '82.
Joshua Hemingway, 1763, '71.
Staples Chamberlin, 1763, '67, '69, '71, '75, '76, '78, '80, '81, '83, '84, '87, '95.
Joseph Rider, 1765, '84. Isaac Bullard, 2d, 1766, '71, '80, '85, '95. Moses Hill, 1766, '68, '75, '91.
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Asa Adams, 1767.
Daniel Mellen, 1767.
Asaph Leland, 1767, '83, '86.
Joseph Biglow, 1768, '74, '76, '78.
Capt. Samuel Whiting, 1769, 1778, '80, '81.
Jesse Adams, 1769, '77. Alexander Marsh, 1770.
Joseph Gibbs, 1770. John Chamberlin, 1770.
David Fisk, 1770.
David Lealand, 177 1.
Hachaliah Bridges, 1771.
Dea. Aaron Phipps, 1773, '77.
Maj. Jacob Miller, 1773.
Enoch Chamberlin, 1773.
John Stone, Esq., 1774, 1795.
Lieut. Joseph Mellen, 1774, '85.
Sam. Daniels, 1774, '79.
Drury Fairbank, 1775.
Simeon Newton, 1775.
Benj. Bridges, 1777, '96, '99, 1801, '05.
Dea. Jesse Haven, 1777, '91, '93, '94, '96, 1801.
Jona. Wiswell, 1778, '81.
Josiah Hemenway, 1779.
Timothy Twitchell, 1779.
David Johnson, 1780.
Timothy Lealand, 2d, 1780.
Eben Hill, 2d, 1780:
Lieut. Joseph Johnson, 1781, '84, '86.
Abel Smith, 1781.
John Steadman, 1782.
Capt. Ezra Eames, 1782, '88, '89, '90, '92, 1802, '05, '12
Samuel Park, Esq., 1782.
Capt. James Perry, 1779, 1783, '86, '92, '94.
Robt: Mellen, 1783, '87.
Aaron Pond, 1783, '85.
Thaddeus Lovering, 1784, '86, '91, '93.
Samuel Bullard, Jun., 1784, '85.
Capt. Tim. Rockwood, Jun., 1785, '88, '89, '90, '93, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '04, '10, '11. Dea. Esek Marsh, 1787.
Nathan Bullard, 1787, '94.
Andrew Watkins, 1787.
Ephm. Littlefield, Esq. 1788, '89, '90, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '03, '05, '06.
Capt. James Mellen, Esq., 1788, '89, '90, 1807, '08. Joshua Underwood, 1789.
David Whiting, 1790, '92, '93, '94, '96.
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John Haven, 1794.
Henry Bullard, 1791.
Lieut. Aaron Eames, 1791, '97, 1800, '07, '08, '15, '16.
Capt. Jason Chamberlin, Esq., 1792, '93, 1802, '04, '09. Lieut. Jona. Adams, 1792.
Ezra Brown, 1797; '99, 1801, '03, '08, '10, '11, '12, '13. Japhet Daniels, -. Israel Smith, 1798, 1800, '01.
Asa Fisk, 1798.
Nath'l. Johnson, 1798, 1805, '06, '12, '13, '17, '18, '19, '24, '25. Aaron Phipps, 2d, 1799, 1800, '01, '02, '04.
John Fairbanks, 1802, '06.
Aaron Pond, Jun., 1804, '10.
Col. John Mellen, 1802, '03, '10, '13, '14, '15, '20.
Daniel Heminway, 1802.
Lewis Fisher, 1803, '07, '14, '27, '28.
James Wight, 1804.
Eleazer Bullard, 1805. Asa Lincoln, 1806, '07, '08.
Elijah Watkins, 1806, '07, '11, '13, '14.
Capt. Obed Miller, 1808, '09, '16.
Aseph Leland, Jun., 1809, '10, '11.
Timothy Hill, Jun., 1809, '12.
Isaac Cozzens, 1809, '14.
John Daniels, Jun., 1812, '16. James Curtis, 1812.
Nathan Bridges, 1815, '17, '22, '23, '25, '27, '28.
Nathan Leland, 1814, '15, '16, '24. Elihu Cutler, Esq., 1815, '17, '18, '19, '20, '26, '27, '28. John Haven, 1816.
Stephen Adams, 1817, '21. Abner Johnson, 1818, '19, '23, '29, '30, '31, '32, 34, '35. Timothy Rockwood, 3d, 1818, '23, '29, '31, '32.
Levi Adams, Esq., 1818, '19, '20, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26. Asa Fisk, 2d, 1818, '19.
Aaron Eames, 2d, 1820, '21.
Col. William Rockwood, 1820, '21, '22, '26, '29, '30, '36, '37. Dr. Timothy Fisk, 1821.
Capt. Tim. Mellen, 1821, '25. Col. Asa Whiting, 1822. William Phipps, 1822. Capt. Luther Rockwood, 1823.
William Claflin, 1824, '25. John Death, 1824, '26. James Adams, 1826, '27. Col. Ichabod Hawes, 1827, '28, '29, '30. Lemuel Adams, 1828, '29. Martin Cutler, 1830.
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Capt. Sam. Bullard, 3d.
Elial Littlefield, 1831, '32, '33.
Wm. S. Batchelder, 1832, '33, '39, '40, '53.
Ebenr. H. Currier, 1832, '38.
Elias Bullard, 1833.
Calvin Rockwood, 1833, '38. '39.
Elijah B. Craig, 1847.
Lauren Leland, 1848, '49.
Abner Fisk, 1848.
Benjamin W. Colburn, 1849.
Abel Pond, 1850.
William H. Blodgett, 1851.
Cyrus Houghton, 1852.
Appleton Bullard, 1852. Orrin Thomson, 1852.
Sydny Wilder, 1853, '54.
Warren L. Payson, 1853. Gaius Thompson, 1854.
George Batchelder, 1855.
William Jones, 1855.
DEACONS.
Timothy Lealand, 1728-1748.
* * * Thomas Marshall, 1728-1766.
James Russell, 1748-1777.
Aaron Phipps, 1766-1792.
* Joseph Brown, 1777 ?- 1789 ?
* Jesse Haven, 1789-1816 ?
* Esek Marsh, 1793-ab. 1847 ? * Asaph Leland, 1816-1827.
* Jesse Haven, 2d, 1827 ?
* Timothy Rockwood.
* Partridge. Timothy Daniels.
POPULATION.
In 1724, Holliston contained about 100 souls.
In 1748, there were " about 90 families. " In 1753, there were "about 400 [pr. 500] inhabitants." In 1765, there were 705 ditto. In 1790, there were 875 ditto. In 1800, there were 783 ditto. In 1810, there were 989 ditto. In 1820, there were 1,042 ditto. In 1830, there were 1,304 ditto. In 1840, there were 1,782 ditto.
In 1850, there were 2,428 ditto. In 1856, there are probably 3,100.
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GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND SOIL.
Of these, little beyond a bird's-eye view has been taken. The geo- logical formation in general is primitive, and mostly covered at very une- qual depths with a coarse drift of similar mineral character. In this oc- cur huge boulders of sienite, valuable to be quarried, whose parent bed is to be explored at the North. Overlapping this in small depressed areas are deposits of the same mineral composition, reduced to a good degree of comminution, whose origin was probably alluvial. These are some times deep enough for the subsoil plough, and well adapted to tillage. Upon Phipp's Hill, and in the S. W. part of the town, occurs the pecu- liar loam that results from the disintegration of mica slate, and proba- bly also in other places. A quarry of soapstone was opened many years ago, immediately E. of the site of the upper R. R. depot, but it proved too pyritiferous to be wrought, and is of no economical value ex- cept as a dressing for orchards. No mine, except one plough-share deep, has as yet been much explored, but there is another immediately beneath this to be reached by the subsoil plough. Rocks in place upon the high- est land are embossed as if by the action of a former sea and rasped by icebergs with stone teeth, many of which were knocked out and dropped upon the ledges against which they struck. Several of these, if not quarried, appear upon the hill 1-2 mile S. of the R. R. deep cut : but when thus dislodged they were commonly carried by the force of the sca over the hills and rolled down their S. declivities. A remarkable instance of this occurs on the S. side of the hill, N. of Mrs. Abigail Cut- ler's. Other signs of the presence of icebergs during the glacial period appear in the formation of the basins of the Cedar swamp and Winne- kening Lake. The beautiful islands embosomed by the latter, and still belonging to the proprietors of Medfield and Sherborn, might have ori- ginated in loads of gravel, brought hither in an iceberg that was stranded, or have been washed into fissures in the same ; and the hill on the N. side of the Lake may be composed of no other materials than such as currents from the N. would have piled up against it ; while the hills on the S. side are of such form and composition, as eddies in the sea would have deposited on the leeside of an obstruction, whose form like that of an ice- berg frequently varied.
STREAMS.
Bogistow Brook rises in Medway, flows through Winnekening Lake and the central and S. E. parts of II. receiving Jar and Dopping Brooks from the N. and affording two mill-sites of inconstant power. Deer Brook, one of the head branches of Charles River, forms part of the W. boundary of H. Hoppin River and Chicken Brook cross the W. parts of the town, supplying power available for mills during part of the year. Were the crowns of the intervening hills plumed with towering evergreens. more vapor would be condensed, and the size of
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these streams augmented : and if the farms located within their basms were sub-trenched, and all the surplus water by a system of sewerage de- livered at their banks, they would be less variable than at present, and perfectly constant in midsummer. The land, moreover, thus treated, would absorb most of the rain which now escapes upon the surface, ex- tract therefrom all its ammonia, converting it into spring water, and be further enriched by a deeper chemical action of the atmosphere upon . its mineral constituents. The trenches, kept open at their extremities, would condense vapor charged with another supply of ammonia out of the subterranean air, sure of motion while the breeze above is lulled, and full of water in the driest time as a cellar wall or ico-charged pitcher report. This, by capillary attraction, would spread and ascend to the drying surface, vegetable life and growth be sustained in droughts, crops be rendered certain and far more abundant ; and the country in midsum- mer would be robed in living green, and the terraced acclivities of sterile Jasper's Hill might become like the hanging gardens of Babylon.
LAKES AND SCENERY.
Winnekening Lake, [see p. 324] alias "Winthrop's Pond," half a mile S. E. of the Common, is a beautiful sheet of water, of rather triangular form, being from N. to S. about 1m. in length, and from E. to W.upon the S. shore 2m., and upon the N. do. 4m. in width. It once extended from Med- way line to the foot of the hill N. E. of the Common, where its outlet ex- cavated a channel and drained it to its present dimensions, redeeming the site of a part of the village. Its ancient banks are still visible, and their base is on a water level. Upon the S. side it is indented with several points, consisting of so many shovel loads of drift thrown down by nature, as if to serve for wharves to the Indian town of Mucks- quit. It embraces, in the broadest part, 3 islands, varying in size from ¿ to 2 of an acre. These were formerly covered with wood, which no wood-thief dared molest ; and no lover of the beautiful could do so. On the N. side stood a long row of ornamental trees, planted by Dea. E. Marsh, who ought to be remembered for his intended gift to posterity, and the barbarian forgotten who cut them down. On the E. is Mount Goulding, a rocky eminence, created, not to expose sterility, but to grow wood, reflect heat, and produce showers. This, until recently, was covered with a tall forest, and looked like a mountain : so that the Lake, viewed from the S. W., was truly winne ; and whenever these groves shall be restored, it will not fail to attract the pencil of the artist. It receives two inlets from the S., one of which, at little expense, might be materially increased by the drainage of a marsh in Medway, whose waters are now mostly evaporated. It formerly abounded with perch, pout, and pickerel, and was the meat tub of many poor families, supply- ing probably as much food as an equal area of pasturage and meadow. The economical regulation of its fishery seems worthy of legislative action ; and the rebeautifying of its shores and islands, as an enterprise of benevolence and laudable distinction, solicits the attention of gentlemen
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of wealth and taste. For if the desolations complained of were repaired, some small marshes diked and lifted,* and either cultivated or stocked with dark cedar groves, it would vie in beauty and attractiveness with any other lake in Massachusetts, and contribute to health and rational enjoyment. The trees would render the air damper and cooler, check evaporation, and secure an increase of water for its outlet. H. has much pleasant scenery. Upon the hill S. W. of the upper or Medway depot, and upon Mt. Jasper, extensive views may be had of the beautiful val- ley of Chicken Brook, and of the neighboring villages and country.
CHURCHES.
Besides the enlarged Orthodox Church, built in 1823, and lately fur- nished with one of the finest organs in N. Eng., there are also Metlio- dist and Universalist meeting-houses of neat appearance, in which reg- ular services are conducted by stationed and settled ministers.
CEMETERIES.
Of these there are several, all hitherto reverently protected ; and all, save one, of comparatively modern establishment. The central yard was laid out soon after the incorporation of the town, and contains the ashes of its founders, whose sacred memories it was designed in the conditions of the gift and acceptance to preserve ; and can we who owe them so vast a debt of gratitude endure to see their monuments removed and the hallowed place of their repose desecrated at the bid of a sickly taste or thirst for speculation ? Land set apart for a public burying place vir- tually becomes perpetually leased in lots of 6 ft. as fast as the dead are interred and monuments erected.
See Rev. Stat. of Mass., Ch. 130, Sec. 20. " If any person shall wil- fully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure or thing, placed or designed for a memo- rial of the dead, or any fence, railing, curb, or other thing, intended for the protection, or for the ornament, of any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure before mentioned, or of any enclosure for the burial of the dead, or shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, remove, cut, break, or injure any tree, shrub or plant, placed or being within any such enclosure, the person so offending shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than ten dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not more than one year."
Lots containing headstones in the original part of the central yard have been sold to individuals ; but could the town or any district Com- mittee give valid titles to such lots, and authorize the removal of monu- ments without a previous enactment of the legislature, had after the ac- tual or tacit consent of every individual interested, and this at the close of a process of years in duration ? But it is not ascertained that the town has acted in this matter, and it is confidently presumed that they will never compromise their honor in obliterating the graves of their fathers, or peril the interest of the town or posterity by a forfeiture of the ground. It is sacred ; and if ever profaned, let it be by barba- rians of another race.
* Rocks in abundance, hard by, and already dug, exist for the purpose.
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BUSINESS.
See p. 69. Since 1814 manufactures have been introduced, and during the last 25 years have engaged a large proportion of the inhabi- tants. Combs are extensively manufactured by_Houghton and Daniels ; cotton goods by Drury Fairbanks ; straw goods by Lewis Slocom, and by Richardson & Slocom ; copper pumps by Joslyn & Wilder; but the principal manufactures are of shoes, and conducted most extensively by Wm. Benj. and John Batchelder, Daniels & Blood, Hawkes & Co., Perry & Travis, Alden Leland, Claflin, Bemis & Co.
Nearly half of the population are more or less devoted to agricul- ture and the growth of fire-wood, fruits and garden vegetables.
STORES, &c.
Of these, there are 9, viz. :-
1st by Andrews, Thompson & Co.
2d, by Pond & Thayer. 3d, by J. S. & J. Gill.
4th, by Hiram A. Morse & Son.
5th, by William Jones.
6th, by Caleb Steavens.
7th by Ambrose Sanger.
8th by Stephen Metcalf.
9th, [Book] by Lorenzo Parker.
A Printing Office is here conducted by E. G. Plimpton.
The Winthrop House, a spacious and commodious hotel, is kept by Mr. George H. Frances.
PHYSICIANS.
Timothy Fisk, A. M. and M. D., Sewall G. Burnap, M. D., and Doct. Jewett, M. D., are the present practising physicians.
LAWYERS.
Elias Bullard, A. M., the only lawyer ever permanently settled in H., has continued here in the practice of his profession for above 30 years, receiving from the town ample testimonials of their confidence and esteem. Litigation, for the present business and population is as uncommon as formerly.
Addenda for 2d paragraph on p. 288.
G. C. Rec., Mar. 17, 1681-3. In answer to a petition from the in- habitants of S., alleging that they had been deserted in the late war, to their great impoverishing, but had become resettled with about 30 families, who through the favour of God had procured a minister and undertaken to build him a house and also a meeting-house, both at a cost of above £200, the court allowed them their country rates for 2 ys. towards the expenses of the same.
For p. 326, A. D. 1729. Much as H. needed more inhabitants, its selectmen, as well as those of S., were accustomed to warn out of town any intruders who were corrupt or liable to become a town charge.
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TWITCHELL.
This name occurs rarely in the directories of London and Dublin ; and is, doubtless, a corruption of Tuchel, an English name of local origin and high antiquity. At the introduction of the feudal system by William the Conqueror, and the division of the kingdom among his followers, A. D. 1095, 26 districts were assigned to " Alvered de Ispanmia," one of which, in Devonshire, was called " Tuchel."" No local name in England, thus carly introduced, has failed to fix itself upon some family. That this manor was held by the descendants of this ennobled' Spaniard until the introduction of lower or sir names, and that one of his race then received his name from it, is highly probable; for, in 1309, men- tion is made of William Tuchel. Frder than this, I have not found the name thus spelled in English history. But, in books of heraldry, occur two coats of arms-both very simple, and, therefore, very ancient ; the one, "7 sheldrakes or.," and the other with " the field replenished with marlets or.," by the name of Tuchet, both Gu. Neither of these are the arms of the present Earl of Castlehaven, alias Lord Andley, whose family, for four hundred years, have spelled their names Touchet, having, probably, altered the orthography to get rid . of a Saxon name, and publish a Norman French origin.t Thomas Toucher was of Whitley in the reign of Henry VI. John Touchet, as Lord Audley, received, in 1461, of Edward IV., the manor of Shere, Vachery and Cranley, in Surry, and die I in 1191 ; but he was not the first who bore this title and had a manor. From 1103 to 1631, the family of Touchet held the baronage of Audley, which became forfened. The title, however, has continued, or been recovered; for, in 1838, it belonged to Thickness Touchet, to which Hon. George E. Thickness Touchet was heir apparent, and, possibly, possessed of such family history as might connect the New England Twitchells with them and Alvared, the founder of the raec. The manor Tuchel is supposed to be now called Twitchin, a parish of Devon. The ancestor of the New England Twitchells was, no doubt, from that part of the kingdom where ancient Tuchel was situated. His name was first registered Twitchel, and his son's " Tuchel ; " but afterwards, with slight varia- tions, both modes of spelling their names were practiced indiscriminately-and, even at this day, in Dublin, the names of Twitchell and " Touchel," the name of a Ilugnenot, are, by the common people, invariably pronounced alike- Twitchell,-which indicates their original identity with Touchet' and Twitchet'.
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