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MEETINGS FOR INCORPORATION
F OLLOWING is the report of the Rowley Town Clerk of the Town Meetings which considered the question of separation (spelling, capitalization and punctua- tion as in the original):
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Rowley, held February 21st, 1838.
On the second article in the warrant; which was in the words following, viz: "To see what measures the town will adopt on an order of notice from the Honorable General Court, on the petition of Robert Savory and others, praying for a division of the town,- and the incorporation of the Westerly part thereof under a new name," John A. Lovering Moved:
That the Moderator and Town Clerk, nominate to the town, a committee of six, two to reside in the First Parish, two in the Second, and two in Byfield and the middle part of the Town; which committee of six are to nominate to the town, a Committee of ten, four or five of which to reside in the First parish, three or four in the Second, and two in Byfield and the middle part of the town,-whose duty it shall be, to agree on a line of Seperation, and all other things connected with said Seperation, and "if they cannot agree on said line and terms of Seperation, then they the said Committee are to refer the whole matter of said line and terms of Seperation to a disinterested committee of three men of their own appointing, or to a Committee to be appointed by the Legislature."
On which motion the Moderator and Town Clerk, nominated Joshua Jewett & Oliver Blackington, of the First Parish, Asa Nelson & Charles Hills, of the Second Parish, and James Peabody & Capt. Solomon Dodge of Byfield and middle part of the Town. Joshua Jewett declining to serve on said Committee, and Solomon Dodge not being present,-Benjamin H. Smith & Phineas N. Dodge, were nominated in their Stead,-the Committee thus nominated were then duly chosen by the Town,-and being thus chosen proceeded to nominate the Committee of ten mentioned in the motion, and did nominate Richard Kimball, Joseph M. Jewett, Thomas Payson, John Perley and Edward Smith of the first parish, Amos J. Tenney, Paul Dole jr, and Benjamin Little, of the second parish; and Phineas Dodge jr and Jeremiah Jewett of Byfield and the middle part of the town.
The Committee being called upon by the Moderator to assemble in the large pew occupied by himself and the Town Clerk,-such of the Committee as were present in the meeting, viz: seven of the ten, being thus assembled, and after some deliberation among themselves, they expressed through the Moderator an unwillingness to serve on the Com- mittee, unless the result of the deliberations could come before the town for their approval or disapproval.
At this stage of the business, a motion was made by John A. Lovering, to take the sense of the town, on the naked question of Seperation; which being put, passed in favor of Seperation.
It was then moved by Joshua Jewett, Esq., That the Committee of ten, be instructed to report to the town, at an adjourned meeting, and that so much of any former motion or vote, as is incompatible therewith be rescinded,-which on being put, passed in the negative .-
The Moderator then put up the nomination of the Committee of ten, for the confirmation of the town,-And it passed in the negative.
A motion was then made by Samuel Little, that the first motion made by John A. Lovering, and all the votes thereon, be rescinded and reconsidered,-which on being put, passed in the affirmative.
A motion was then made by John A. Lovering,-That the line, and that all the terms of Seperation, be left to the decision of a Committee of the Legislature, which on being put, passed in the affirmative.
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At the close of the aforesaid meeting some excitement existed on the subject of the division of the town .- The day following the meeting, a number of citizens from dif- ferent parts of the town, possessing various views on the subject of a division, met and conferred on that subject; and finally concluded, to have the town once more called together, to act thereon .- And in the meantime to have voluntary meetings of the Citizens of each of the several parishes, held in each parish; and a certain number of men to be appointed by those meetings, for the purpose of meeting and agreeing if they could on a line of Seperation, which line was to be reported to the town for their adoption .-
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Rowley, held March 1, 1838 .- On the 2nd article in the warrant, which was in the words following, viz: "To see if the town will take any and what further measures upon an order of notice from the Hon. General Court, on the petition of Robert Savory and others, praying for a division of the town, and the incorporation of the Westerly part thereof under a new name .- than were taken at a legal meeting of said inhabitants, holden on the twenty-first day of February instant".
Thomas Payson, Amos Saunders, Thomas Howe, Asa Nelson, John H. Lovering, James Peabody and Moody Cheney (a committee appointed by the Citizens of the town, at several voluntary and simultaneous meetings, held in different parts of the town on Friday evening last) informed the town that they had met and considered the subject of a dividing line; those of the Committee belonging to the First Parish, viz: the three first above named gentlemen; asked for, and recommended to the town to accept and adopt a line, beginning at Frazier's Rock, so called, in Newbury line; and thence Southwesterly on a line through the alms house farm, to Rye plain bridge, so called; thence a straight line to muddy-brook bridge, so called; and thence a straight line to that bound line in Boxford line, called the "three Sister tree"
Some of said Committee wished the line varied, so as to run from said Frazier's Rock a more Southerly direction .- After some deliberations and observations pro and con, upon the subject of said line,- It was moved by Col. John B. Savory, that the town accept and adopt the Muddy Brook line, so called :- which motion was seconded by Jeremiah Haskell, Esqr- with a remark that he hoped the town would adopt the line asked for by the gentlemen from Old Rowley, as he thought they had asked no more than was reasonable .-
The question was then put,- will the town adopt the muddy brook line, so called, as asked for by those of the Committee from the first parish .- which passed in the affirmative, by a large majority.
It was then moved that the sense of the town be taken on the simple question of a division of the town,-which on being put passed in the affirmative,- A polling of the meeting being called for, a division and counting took place,-when it appeared that 207 had voted in favor of a division and 90 against.
It was then moved by Charles S. Tenney: That the Committee, viz: Thomas Pay- son, Amos Saunders, Thomas Howe, John A. Lovering, Joseph Kimball, Asa Nelson, James Peabody and Moody Cheney, be authorized and instructed to agree on and settle all the preliminary questions, which are necessary to be agreed on and settled, and all the terms of Seperation; and to appear by such of their number before the Committee of the Legislature on Towns, as they may think proper to effect the object of a Seperation .- upon which the Moderator, who is also chairman of Said Committee, asked if the Town Clerk should not be added to the Committee, when the mover enlarged his first motion by moving that said Committee be authorized to employ such other person or persons to assist them as they may find needfull. Which motion or motions being put,- passed in the affirmative.
James Peabody, at his own request, was excused from serving on said Committee.
Attest. THOMAS GAGE, Town Clerk A true Copy of Record Attest. THOMAS GAGE, Town Clerk.
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For Incorporation
To the Honorable Senate & Hhouse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .. Che undersigned inhabitants and legal voters of The town of Rowleys in the Country of Essex, would respectfully represents. that it would be very much to the convenience and accommodation of the inhabitants of Juice town of Rowley, to be divided into two Separate townon
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FOR INCORPORATION
The following petition of Robert Savory and 350 others, praying that the Town of Rowley be divided into two separate towns, was filed with the Legislature on January 22, 1838:
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The undersigned inhabitants and legal voters of the town of Rowley, in the county of Essex, would respectfully represent that it would be very much to the convenience and accommodation of the inhabitants of said town of Rowley, to be divided into two separate towns.
Your petitioners would respectfully ask leave to show to your Honorable Body, that there are three divisions or parishes in said town, known as Old Rowley, New Rowley and Byfield; that the first name is situated upon the Eastern stage road, at a distance of six or seven miles from New Rowley, which is upon the stage road leading from Newburyport through Byfield to Lowell and intersected by the state road leading from Haverhill to Salem; that there is much less connection in business between Old Rowley and the other two Parishes, from their local situation, than with almost any of the adjoining towns; thereby subjecting the inhabitants thereof to great trouble and inconvenience by the delay of letters in the Post Offices, and in transacting the necessary business as members of the same town.
Wherefore the undersigned would respectfully ask your Honorable Body to a consideration of the Geographical situation of said town, and to such other facts as may be important, and to set off the westerly part of the same, under a new name, with an Act of Incorporation, and as in duty bound will ever pray.
Rowley, January 22, 1838
William Spofford
John A. Dorman
James H. Horner
David Bixby
Edmund Currier
Obadiah Brown
Daniel M. Spofford
William Boynton
Daniel B. Chaplin
Sewall Spofford
Charles H. Johnson
Joseph Saunders
Moses P. Clark
Sam'l H. Brocklebank
David Saunders
Silas Hawley
Jonathan T. Plumer
Nathan Hobson
Jonathan Nelson
A. L. Clark
Daniel J. Hale
John Thompson
George Moody
Moses B. Bradstreet
Samuel C. Tidds
Benjamin Winter
Alfred H. Bradstreet
Samuel Perkins
Abraham Adams
Nathan Todd
Benjamin Adams
John S. Plummer
Levi Knceland
Isaac G. Braman
Samuel Poore
Thomas Hale
Nathaniel C. Moore
Alfred Spofford
John M. Richards
Milton Holmes
William H. Spofford
Daniel B. Prime
Samuel Holmes
George Spofford
Daniel G. Todd
Nathaniel Holmes
Samuel Balch
David Pickard, Jr.
Wm. Rogers
Josiah B. Robbins
Aaron Blackinton
Samuel E. Morean
Edward Poor
Ponhan Smith
Jeremiah Clark
Daniel Poor
Jacob Pickard
Flint Weston
William C. Dresser
Joseph D. Clarck
Jonathan Foster
Alfred P. Bateman
John P. Clarck
Daniel W. Perkins
Luther P. Palmer
Aaron Clark, Jr.
J. G. Milgrove
Orlando Tenney
Joshua Millet
William Bachelder
David Edmonds
William F. How
S. F. P'atts
Asa Nelson, Jr.
Edward Jewett
M. S. Brockelbank
Silas Ross
David Pickard
Sam'l Brockelbank T. Eastman
Jereh Nelson
John Harris
James H. Swett
David Brockelbank
David Poor
Valentine Swett
Josiah Adams
Nath " Bradstreet
Theodore G. Elliot
Jonathan Spiller
George Nelson
William Welter
Andrew Horner
John Bunker
Humphrey Nelson
Eben Boynton, Jr.
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Samuel Hardy S. P. Cheney Caleb Chaplin Maximilian Jewett Paul Smith William Baker Benjamin Poor William Straw Ebenezer Floyd
Leonard P. Dresser
B. Little
Benjamin S. Pickett
John Platts
Joseph Nelson
Joseph Little
Thomas Dole, Jr.
Jeremiah Brackett
Charles Nelson
Jonathan Cheney
Elijah C. Dresser
Henry P. Hilliard
Stephen B. Kimball
John Knap David D. Long
Joseph F. Low
George Frost
Enoch Mooers
Benjamin Carleton
Willard Rice
Nathaniel Merrill
George Nelson
Alexander Lucy
Richard Pulsifer
Harrison Nelson
Benjamin Savory
Ezekiel P. Pulsifer
Stephen Searle
J. F. Platts
Moody Cheney
Joseph L. Noyes
Henry Platts
James Worcester
Richmond Dole
Moses Carter
Thomas Nelson
Gilman Perley
Henry Pettingell
Josiah Perkins
Jacob Lowell
Ezra W. Wallace
C. S. Tenney
Joseph R. Scates
Jonathan Jones
Amos J. Tenney
William Pickett
Benjamin Farnum
Otis Thompson
George W. Haskell
George Spofford
Hiram H. Noyes
David Haskell
George J. Tenney
Hiram Harriman
Thomas Payson
Moses Pearson
James A. Gilmore
John Saunders, Jr.
Enoch Floyd, Jr.
John R. Peari
Daniel Morrison
Enoch S. Noyes
Joseph Berry
Amos Saunders
John Kimball, Jr.
L. H. Bateman
Francis Dole
William Dorman
Alfred J. Stickney
Charles Dole
Charles Coburn Samuel Kimball
William Bessom
George J. Hale
Charles Boynton
Prescott Hobson
Orin Weston
William T. Hills
Nathaniel Creasey
John H. Morrill
Abel M. Hills
B. F. Brown
Jonth' Chaplin
H. R. Curtis
Henry Davis
David M. Winter
John P. Coker
Asa Hutchinson
Joshua Howe
William P. Hobson
Thomas Kneeland
Elbridge Perley
Samuel Little
Mark A. Jewett
Asa Nelson
Charles A. Lowell
Thomas B. Creasey
Haskell Perley
John B. Seward
Nathaniel Harris
Benjamin Low
William Varney
Daniel Rogers
Luther D. Perley
Timothy Elliott
Jacob Dwinels
Richard Tenney
Allen Perley
Jno. A. Lovering Sam Adams
Moses Merrill
Nathaniel Watson
Benj. Mclaughlin
Dan'l Conant
Amos N. Saunders
David C. Smith
Charles E. Lang
Henry Boynton
Moses Wright
Daniel Saunders, Jr.
Ira S. Tyler C. H. Adams
Samuel P. Spofford
Geo. Jewett
William Adams
Daniel Palmer
William Hoal
Sewell Marden
Jereh Scates
Moses B. Cressey
Mighill Nelson
John Palmer
Nathl Pickard
M. Moshier
Isaac N. Merrill
George W. Daniels
George W. Chaplin
Sylvanus Merrill L. Austin Merrill
Jon Chapman
Henry P. Chaplin Abel Spofford
Ralph Dole
Samuel Haskell
John B. Bateman
George Dole
George Wildes
Isiah Jewett
Asa Hardy
Stephen Searle, Jr.
Thomas Creasey
Abraham Dickinson
Edmund Boynton
Samuel Ewell
Charles N. Pearson
John Foster
Jeremiah S. Morse
John Bagley
Phineous D. Merrill Jacob Searle Asa Bradstreet John B. Pickett
Gorham P. Tenney
Ebenezer Poor
Robert Savory
Coleman Platts
Alfred B. Clough John P. Conant Selvanus Nelson
Thomas M. Dresser
Nath Kneeland
Jonathan Pearsons Erie P. Thompson William Tufts Moses Spofford Benjamin G. Searle John Russell
Jonathan Todd, Jr.
O. W. Perley
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Edwin Carr
Milo S. Swett
Daniel Moody
Paul Pilsbury
William S. Chaplin
Walter Prime
Joseph H. Rogers
S. C. Flanders
Charles M. Stevens
B. A. Merrill
Jos. P. Stickney
Reuben Hardy
N. B. Hardy
John Saunders
Moses D. Morse
Samuel Howe
Oliver Blackinton
Daniel M. Morse
Greene Wildes
John P. Milton
Daniel M. Currier
James Peabody
Moses Dole
Benjamin Merrill
Luther Cheney
L. H. Dole
Robert Betteys
Sewall Dole
Timothy W. Emerson
Richard Dow
William Tenney
David Merrill
Caleb Tenney
Henry Pulsifer
Henry B. Todd
Joseph N. Jackman
Ebben Pearson
Eliphalet Jewett
Henry Dole
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Old Pentucket House, erected in 1825, with the adjoining building, known at first as Savory's Hall and later Mechanics' Hall, where many of the early town meetings and community affairs were held.
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Against Incorporation
To the How. Senate & Hour of Representatives of Massachusetts The werdensigned, in habitants & lequel voters of Prowhy is the Country of Essex, would respectfully re present, that they ade offorce to the fre poule division of said Town, and, as wearvous for their of portion, beg leave to show to your How. Booty that an whodun influences was used to procione subscribers to that fratition of Robert Savary & others, that a majority of the fraholded of sound to was are ofthe wild to a devervou, that a large proportion of the petitioners fomen little, I veiling of them no property, that bergh weary 2 schwell Districto would, should a dessen le mucche, he furet to great in convenience and effici, His influence of the Town dienste. 2. the times of the inhabitants greatly mensal. "Me thisfor rask. your thoug Body not to great the request of the petitionans for a Revision of the touren of Rowley
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AGAINST INCORPORATION
The following petition by David Mighill and 169 others was filed in the Legislature protesting against the proposed division of the Town of Rowley, charging that undue influence was used in procuring support of the petition in favor:
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts:
The undersigned, inhabitants and legal voters of Rowley, in the county of Essex, would respectfully represent, that they are opposed to the proposed division of said town, and, as reasons for their opposition, to show to your Honorable Body, that an undue influ- ence was used to procure subscribers to the petition of Robert Savory and others; that a majority of the freeholders of said town are opposed to a division; that a large proportion of the petitioners possess little, and many of them, no property; that highway and school districts would, should a division be made, be put to great inconvenience and expense, the influence of the town diminished and the taxes of the inhabitants greatly increased.
We therefore ask your Honorable Body not to grant the request of the petitioners for a division of the town of Rowley.
David Mighill
Leverett W. Spofford
B. Plumer
John Kimball
David Bixby
B. H. Smith
Gideon Baker
Samuel Balch
Benjamin Smith
C. G. Baker
Amos D. Pillsbury
Humphrey C. Perley
J. H. Baker
Reuben Hardy
Nathaniel N. Morse
John Buckminster
Benjamin T. Floyd
Stephen M. Nelson
George Buckminster
John Hills
Moses Nelson
David B. Norris
James M. Nelson James M. Allen Cyrus Dorman
William B. Harriman
David Chute
Jonathan Dorman
Nathaniel Crombie
Robert Jewett
William Dorman
M. A. Tidds
Eben Floyd
Obaidiah Brown
Asa Nelson, Jr.
David Jewett, Jr.
Asa Nelson, Jr.
David B. Norris
Maximilian Jewett
William Tufts
William S. Chaplin
Moses Pearson
Benjamin Pickett
Stephen Getchell
Abel M. Hills
Lincoln Dole
David W. Boynton
S. P. Cheney
Greenleaf Spofford
Nathaniel Holmes
George W. Pike
Charles H. Johnson
M. S. Swett
Luther Cheney
Caleb Jackson, Jr.
John D. Pillsbury
Mark Cheney
Samuei Jackson
Benjamin Chandler
Caleb Searle
Israel Dwinl
Nathaniel S. Sawyer
William Tenney
Sylvanus Dickinson
Benjamin Farnum
Greenleaf Cheney
Daniel W. Perkins
Luther Moody
James Dickinson Israel Conant
J. Jones
Daniel Pingrey
Phineas Dodge, Jr.
Moses W. Howe
Elbridge Perley
Ezekiel P. Pulsifer
Nathan Phillips
Jonathan Spiller
Enoch Poor
David Brockelbank
Samuel C. Tidds
Jerrymyah Poor
Edmund Dole
Moses Norris
Joseph Poor
Paul Stickney Paul Nelson
Thomas Nelson
Andrew Bettis
Timothy Emerson
Harrison Nelson
Joshua Jewett
Charles Nelson
Enos Hardy
John Bridges
Charles C. P. Perley
Nathan Moore
James Fegan David Perley
Moses T. Whittier
John Tenney Francis Tenney
Harrison B. Spofford
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Henry Dole
Thomas Goodhue
Eleazer Savory
Caleb Chaplin
Nath Nelson
Tristram Brown
James Worcester
Caleb Jackson
Daniel Peirce
Wingit Ilsley
Ira Stickney
Moses Pingree
Moody Cheney
Mighill Nelson
Paul Pilsbury
Moses S. Brockelbank
Seth D. Hall
Joseph Poor, Jr.
George M. Nelson
Moses Harriman
Jonathan Nelson
Jonathan Todd
William P. Perley
Moses Whicher
Charles C. Taylor
Richard Kimball
William S. Hilliard Paul Dole, Jr. Joseph P. Low
David Jewett
Clark D. Tyler
Moses D. Morse
Amos Pilsbury
William Griffith
Charles A. Harriman
Dole Pilsbury
William F. Hills
Moses Whicher
Elias Wood
Benjamin Crombie
Samuel M. Noyes
Samuel Harriman
William Porter
Paul Dole
Charles Hills
Orlando Tyler
Jonathan Taylor
Joseph C. Pilsbury
William Straw
James Meader
Moses Harriman, Jr.
Nathaniel Andrews
Joseph Dole
John Thurlow
Samuel Thurlow
Edmund Currier
Moses W. Thurlow
Timothy Jewett
David Smith
William P. Baker
Leonard Jewett
Jeremiah Jewett
Daniel R. Noyes
Moses Bradstreet
Richard Dow
Albert Newton
David E. Smith
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Transcontinental travel as shown by Amos O. Sherburne in the Centennial parade Page Thirty-six
AS THE LEGISLATURE ACTED
Following is the report of the legislative Committee on Towns which investigated the question of the incorporation of the Town of Georgetown in 1838:
In the Senate March 28, 1838
T THE Committee on Towns, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Savory and 350 others, praying for division of the town of Rowley, and also the remonstrance of David Mighill and 169 others against the prayer of said petition, have considered the same and submit the following report:
The town of Rowley is one of the most ancient towns in the Commonwealth, hav- ing been settled by Ezekiel Rodgers about 200 years since, and incorporated in 1639. It is divided into three parishes, called Old Rowley, New Rowley and Byfield.
The question of division was presented to the town, at a meeting held for that purpose at Old Rowley, on the first day of March instant, and the town, by a vote of 207 to 90, decided in favor of a division, and by a large majority agreed upon the line of division. They also, at the same meeting, chose a committee to agree upon the terms of separation. The committee, thus chosen, succeeded in coming to an agreement satis- factory to the inhabitants of Old Rowley, and to most of the petitioners.
It was made, by the evidence, most apparent to your committee, that there exists in all parts of the town an expectation and belief that a division of the town must soon take place. The petitioners were not confined to the territory proposed for the new town. The remonstrants were mostly from the proposed new town, but it was manifest that their objections did not arise from any belief that a division of the town was unnecessary or inexpedient, but from a dissatisfaction with the line of division and the terms of separation agreed upon.
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