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8 Paper read by Colonel Joseph Lemuel Chester, of London, before the Essex Archæo- logical Society, at Brentwood.
CHAPTER XX.
MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL.
A FEW subjects not yet noticed must be grouped in a brief and summary way. Some of them might well have been expanded to chapters did our limits permit. It would be a subject of special interest, to gather the names and follow the fortunes of many who have gone from Billerica to homes in other towns and States. Many towns in all parts of New England and the regions beyond may trace the lines of families who have contributed to their prosperity in the register of Billerica. It suggests something on this point to call attention to the fact that all families bearing the names of Farley, Farmer, Jefts, Kidder, Kittredge, Pollard, Shed, and Toothaker, whose lines in this country go back to 1700, find their American progenitor in Billerica. Not less numerous or important are the branches here found of the Crosby, Danforth, French, Frost, Hill, Manning, Parker, Patten, Richardson, Rogers, Stearns, and Whiting families ; while to enumerate the significant names of families simply less numerous would be to repeat most of the names from the pages of the Genealogical Register. Any just presentation of this subject would develop facts of which the town might be proud. She has never been populous ; but her sons and daughters abroad are many.
The list of Billerica graduates from colleges and professional schools is as follows :- 1
Abbot, David. H. C., 1794. (4.) Blanchard, Henry, M. D. H. C., 1834. (11.)
Bowers. Andrew. H. C., 1779. (3.)
Bowers, Rev. Benjamin. H. C., 1733. (1.) Bowers, Benjamin F., M. D. Y. C., 1819. (7.)
1 The numbers refer to the family, in Genealogical Register, where the record is given.
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MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL.
Bowers, Rev. James. H. C., 1794. (3.)
Bowers, Josiah. M. D. Y. C., 1816. (7.)
Bowers, Josiah, M. D. Philadelphia. 1854. (9.)
Bowers, William. M. D. H. C., 1769. (4.) Brown. Rev. Thaddeus HI. Y. C., 1860. (Addenda.)
Crosby, Oliver. H. C., 1795. (24.) Crosby, William. H. C .. 1794. (21.)
Cumings, Henry. H. C., 1795. (2.)
Faulkner, George, M. D. II. C., 1844. (1.) Hill, Joseph F. II. C., M. D., 1830. (28.)
Judkins, Henry B. Law Department, H. C., 1850. (1.)
Kidder, Jonathan. II. C .. 1751. (10.)
Kidder. Rev. Joseph. Y. C., 1764. (7.) Lewis, James. D. C., 1807. (7.) Parker, Daniel. B. C., M. D .. 1833. (23.)
Parker, Frederic A .. M. D. H. ( .. 1813. (22.)
Patten. Rev. Abel. D. C .. 1827. (15.)
Preston, George H. H. C., 1846. (1.) Richardson, Rev. Joseph. D. C .. 1802. (17.) Rogers. Artemas. H. C., 1809. (14.) Rogers, Micajah. 1I. C., 1817. (14.) Skilton, Rev. Thomas. HI. C., 1806. (1.) Spaulding, Rev. Benjamin A. H. C., 1840. (6.) Stearns, Rev. Josiah. II. C., 1751. (5.) Stearns, Rev. Timothy. A. C., 1833. (12.)
Whiting, Augustus. H. C., 1816. (14.) Whiting, Rev. John. H. C., 1685. (1.) Whiting, Joseph. HI. C., 1690. (1.)
The record of the legal profession in Billerica is brief, and I know of no names to be added to the list of 1855. (Bi-Centennial, p. 146.) William Crosby, 1800; Samuel Dexter; Timothy Farn- ham; Joseph Locke, 1801-33 ; Marshall Preston, about 1820-49 ; George H. Whitman, 1849. Of course, in the absence of lawyers who were such by profession, other well-informed citizens have often been called to aid their neighbors in legal matters. So much of this service devolved upon some of them, that practically it would be just to mention in this connection such names as JJonathan Danforth, Joseph Tompson. Oliver Whiting, Joshua Abbott, William Stickney.
PHYSICIANS IN BILLERICA.
Atherton, Benjamin. * 1739. Batchelder, Josiah. Bickford, Hezekiah. 1851-61. Bowers, William. * 1820. Brown, Thaddeus. * 1839.
Bundy, Frank E. 1864-66. Danforth, Timothy. * 1792. Foster, Joseph. * 1810. Frost, Samuel. * 1717. Grey, William.
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HISTORY OF BILLERICA.
Hill, Joseph F. * 1849.
Hood. J. W.
Hosmer. Charles E. 1874 -.
Manning. -.
Howe. Zadok. * 1857.
Hubbard, William H. 1877 -.
Hurd, Isaac. 1778-(?). * in Concord. 18444.
Parker. Daniel. 1840 -.
Kittredge, Jacob. 1800-15.
Toothaker, Roger. * 1745.
Kittredge, John. * 1714.
Toothaker, Roger. * 1759.
Kittredge, John.
* 1756.
Wilkins. William. 1789-1807.
The more important town officers have been as follows : -.
TOWN CLERKS.
John Parker. 1653-64. 11
William Tay. 1664-65. 1
Jonathan Danforth. 1665-85. 21 Sam'l Manning. 1686-90, '92, '99. 7
Joseph Tompson. 10
1691. 93-98. 1700-2.
John Stearns. 1703-4.
Oliver Whiting. 1705-11, '14-23. 17
John Needham. 1712-13.
Benjamin Tompson. 1724-26. '30. 4
Joshua Abbott. 1727-29, '31-56. 29
John Baldwin. 1849-55. 7
1 Dudley Foster. 1855 -.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Lt. William French. 1663. 1
Mr. Humphrey Davy. 1666-69. 1 Mr. Hezekiah Usher. 1671-72.
Mr. Job Lane. 1676, '79.
(?) Jonathan Danforth. 1685. 1
1731-38, '42, '45-46. '48.
Jacob French. 1739-41. 3
Enoch Kidder. 14
1743-44. '52-55. 58-65.
Thomas Kidder. 1747. 49. 2
William Stickney.
17
1750-51, '56-57, '66-76, 78-79.
William Tompson. 1777. 87.
Edward Farmer. 1780-86. 88-94. 14 Jonathan Bowers. 1
1795-96, 798, 1802.
Oliver Crosby. 1799-1801. 1804. 4
James Abbot. 1803. 1 John Parker. 1805. 1
Oliver Whiting. 1719-20, '28. 3
John Blanchard. 1725. 1
Jonathan Bacon, 1726. 1
William Patten. 1729-30.
Benjamin Tompson. 12
Ralph Hill. 1689, '92-94. 1
Joseph Walker. 1689.
Joseph Tompson. 5
1692 and 1699-1702.
Samuel Manning. 1695-97.
Simon Crosby. 1698. 1
Thomas Richardson. 1703-4.
Lt. John Wilson. 1705. 1
Lt. John Stearns. 1706-15. '18. 11
(?) Capt. John Lane. 1707. Received land for "deputy service." George Brown. 7
1716-17. '21-24. and '27.
Joshua Abbot. 1769-80, '82-84. 15 William Bowers. 1781. 1
Oliver Crosby. 1785-96, 1803-4. 14 James Abbot. 1797. 1
Jacob Richardson. 1798-1802. 5
Blaney Abbot. 1805-9. Jeremiah Patten. 1810-13. 4
Jeremiah Farmer. 1814-15. Samuel Whiting. 1816-20. 5 Marshall Preston. 1821-48. 28
William Stickney. 1757-68. 12
Kittredge, Rufus. Lane. Albert C. 1879 -.
Mason. Augustus. 1844-54. * in Brighton. 1882. Munroe, George A. 1866-77.
Joseph Locke. 1806-8, '10. 1
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MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL.
Dudley Walker. 1809. 1 Samuel Foster. 1840. 1
Josiah Crosby, jr. 1810-17, '20. 9 John Eames. 1842-13. 2
Samuel Whiting. 1822-23. 2 Gardner Parker .. 1846, '49. 2
John Baldwin. 1826-27. 2 Harvey Crosby. 1847. 1
Marshall Preston. 1829-30. 2 Reuben Chamberlain. 1848. 1
Zadok Howe. 1831. 1 Thomas Talbot. 1851. 1
Josiah Rogers. 1831. 1 Henry Rice. 1852. 1
Thomas Sumner. 1832-33.
Daniel Floyd. 1853. 1
Michael Crosby, jr. 1834. 1 Charles HI. Hill. 1851. 1
Daniel Wilson. 1835.
1
Zenas Herrick. 1855.
1
Henry Baldwin. 1837-38.
Dana Holden. 1856-57. -)
Thomas Spaulding. 1839. 41.
The town was not represented in 1797, 1824, '25, '28, '36, '44. '45, and '50. In 1858 the system of representation was changed and towns gave place to districts, Mr. Holden being the first repre- sentative of the Twenty-Second Middlesex District. Citizens of Billerica have since represented the district as follows : George P. Elliott, 1860-61; Rev. Jesse G. D. Stearns, 1864 ; Dudley Foster, 1867; Sylvester S. Hill, 1869 ; George II. Whitman, Esq., 1872 ; John Knowles, 1875; William S. Gleason, 1876; Ebenezer Baker, 1881.
SELECTMEN.
John Parker. 1660-66. 7
Lt. Wm. French. 1660-64, 70-73. 9
Ralph Hill, sen. 1660-61. 2
Thomas Foster. S
1660-61. 63-65, 67-69.
Jonathan Danforth. 21
' 1660, 65-68, '70-85. . Ralph Hill. jr. 1661, 64-94. 32
George Farley. 1661-62. '66-69. 88.
Wm. Tay. 1662, '64-65. 3
Wm. Hamlet. 1662-64. 3 Christopher Webb. 1663. 1 James Kidder. S
1666-67, 69-72, 74-75.
Simon Crosby. 6
1668, '88. '97-99, 1701.
Joseph Tompson. 30
1669-85, '89-91, 1693-1702.
Samuel Manning. 1673, 77-79, 18 82-90, 92-94, '96, '99.
John French. 1674-76.
16
78-86. '91. 1700-2.
Job Lane. 1676-77, 79-81.
Joseph Walker. 1686-94, 1700. 10 Nathaniel Hill. 1686-87.
Jacob French. 1687. 1 Thomas Richardson. 6 16SS, '91, '94, 1704, '09, '18. John Stearns. 1689-90, '92. '95-97, 1202-4, '06-12, '14-18, '20.
Oliver Whiting. 1692, 99, 1702, 20 '04-11, '14-20, '22-23. John Lane. 1693, '96-1704, 09. 11 Lt. John Wilson. 4
1696-97, 1703-4.
Jonathan Hill. 169S, 1700, '08. 3 James Frost, sr. 1698-99, 1705. 3 John Shed. 1700-1, '05. 3 John Sheldon. 5
1700, '11-12, '14-15.
Enoch Kidder. 7
1703, '06-07, '10, '15-17.
Edward Farmer. 1703, '06-07.
3
Joseph Foster. 1705.
1
Simon Crosby, jr. 1705-8.
4
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HISTORY OF BILLERICA.
SELECTMEN. - Continued.
Samuel Hill. 1708-11. '13-14. 15 *16-18, 23-26. 28-29.
George Brown. 1710-12. 16 '14-20. '22-26. 29.
John Needham. 1712-13.
Ephraim Kidder. 1712. 1
Thomas Ross. 1712. 1
John Hill. 1716. 1
Jona. Bacon. 1719, 27.
Daniel Kittredge. 1719. '29-31. 1
Thomas Baldwin. 1719. 1
Joshua Abbot, jr. 26
1757-65, '67-80, '82-84.
Isaac Marshall. 1759. 1
Joseph Hill. 1763-65.
3
Joseph Stephens. 1721-22.
Benj". Tompson. 1721-26. 23
'28-30, '32-33, '35-39, '42-47, '51. Joshua Abbot. 1724-25. 27-29, '31-48, 50-56.
28
Wm. Manning. 1726. 1
Josiah Fasset. 1727-28.
Lt. Job Lane. 1726-27.
Capt. Jona. Bowers. 1727. 1
Samuel Danforth. 1730-31.
Jacob French. 12
1730-31. 33-41. 48.
Samuel Hunt, jr. 1731. 1
John Stearns. 1732, 35.
Andrew Richardson. 1732. 1
Joseph Kittredge. 1732-34. 3
William French. 1733-34.
Isaac Marshall, jr. 1781. 1
James Lewis. 1781. '85, '87-90. 6
William Manning. 1785-86.
Oliver Crosby. 1786-96. 15
1800-1. 03-04.
Jacob Richardson. 12
1786-90. 1796-1802.
Josiah Bowers, jr. 1786. 1
Sears Cook. 1786-87. 1797-1805. '07.
Samuel Brown. 1743-44.
Samuel Whiting. 1745-46.
Samuel Sheldon. 1746. 1
Ralph Hill. 1747, 49, 55-56. 1
JJacob Walker. 1748-49. 10
Josiah Brown. 5
1749-50. 57-58. 62.
Wm. Manning, jr. 1749. 1
Oliver Whiting. 1750-52. 3
Wm. Kidder. 1750-52. 3
Wm. Needham. 1751-54. 4
Benj". Lewis. 1753-54, '59. 3
Joshua Davis. 1753-56. 59-64. 10
4
William Patten. 1720. '23-25. '28-30.
Joseph Davis. 1720.
1
Samuel Fitch. 1721-22.
David Osgood. 1763-64. 2
Wm. Tompson. 1765-68. '72-80. 13 Samuel Kidder. 1765-66. 82-84. 5 Isaac Stearns. 1766-72. 7
John Parker. 1766-80. 82-84. 18
Josiah Bowers. 1769-70.
Asa Spaulding. 1769 71. 3
Timothy Danforth. 10
1771-77. 82-84.
Reuben Kendall. 1773-76. 78-79. '82-84.
9
Jonathan Stickney. 1777, '87. 2
Hezekiah Crosby.
16
1778-81. 85-96.
Ephraim Crosby. 1780-81. 85. 88.
Wm. Bowers, jr. 1781. '85.
Benjamin Shed. 1734-37. '48. 5
Enoch Kidder, jr. 1736-12. '47, 61.
Thomas Kidder. 1738-46. 17 '49. 52. 55-58. 60-61. Wm. Stickney. 1740-42. 21
45, 47. 53-68. Samuel Ilill. 1743-44.
Jonathan Bowers. 1789-95.
John Farmer. 1791-96. 6
John Parker. jr. S
1791-95. '97-98. 1802.
Jeremiah Abbot. 1748. 1 Peter Hill. 1796. 1
Capt. Daniel Stickney. 1757-58. '60. '62.
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MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL.
SELECTMEN. - Continued.
Thomas Richardson. 1797. 1
James Abbot. 1797. 1
Josiah Crosby., 1798. 1
Stephen Barrett. 4
1798-99,. 1803-01.
Isaac Barron. 1799-1805. 7
Josiah Rogers. 6
1799-1800. 08-10. '14.
Oliver Richardson. 1801-05. 07. 6
Blaney Abbot. 1805-07. 3
Jeremiah Patten. 7
1805-07. '10-13.
Jeremiah Crosby. 1806-07, '10. 3
Thomas Spaulding. 1806. 1
Josiah Crosby. jr. 1806, 08-09. 3 Josiah B. Richardson. 1808-13. 6 John Crosby. 1808-10, '12-20. 12 Joseph Blanchard. 1808-10, '12. 4 Amos Carlton. 1811-13. 3
Jeremiah Farmer. 1813-15. 3 Isaac Hurd. 1814-15. 21
Joseph Jaquith, jr. 1814. 1
Samuel Whiting. 1816-20. 5
John Baldwin. 1816-20. 5
Marshall Preston. 25
1821-40. '42. 45-48.
Josiah Rogers. 1821-23, '31-32. 5 Nathan Mears. 1821-28. 8
William Richardson. 1821-23. 3
Francis Cook. 1821-23. 3
Jeremiah Crosby. 1824-25. '51. 3
Ichabod Everett. 1826-30. 5
James R. Faulkner. 1829. 1
Michael Crosby. 1830, '33. 2
John Richardson, 2d. 1831-32. 2 Sewall Stearns. 1833-40, '43-44. 10 Daniel Wilson. 1834-38. 5 Henry Rice. 1839-42. Francis Richardson. 1841. 1 Reuben Chamberlain. 1841-42. 2
4
Cornelius Sweetser. 1843-44. 2
Samuel Rogers. 1843-46. 4 Jonathan Hill. 1845-46, '48-50. 5 Dudley Foster. 14
1847-50. 57-60. 69-73. 81.
Wm. II. Odiorne. 1847, '52-53. 3 Gardner Parker. 1849-50, 61-68. 10 Benj. L. Judkins. 1851, 56-60. 6 Caleb S. Brown. 1851-52. 2
William Blanchard. 1852-53.
John C. Hobbs. 1853-54. 56-59. 6 Thomas J. Jenkins. 1854-55.
Edw. Spaulding. 1854, '74-79. 7
Amasa Holden. 1855-56.
Benjamin H. Heald. 1855. 1
Israel A. Colson. 1860, '69-73. 6
Leander Crosby. 1861. 1
Joseph Dows. 1861. 1 William S. Gleason. 14
1862-68, '74-80.
Charles W. French. 1862-68. 7
David L. Mason. 1869-73. 5
George P. Elliot. 1874-80. 7 Coburn S. Smith. 1880-82. 3
George F. Colson. 1881-82. 2
Eben Baker. 1882. 1
Until 1824, the number of selectmen annually elected was five ; except in the years 1720 and 1815-16, when three were chosen, and 1766, when the number is four. In the latter case, I suspect the omission of Joshua Abbot's name is accidental, as with this excep- tion he holds the office continuously, 1757-80.
The first Post-Office in Billerica was established, 1797, Octo- ber 7.2 The Post-Masters have been : -
Jonathan Bowers
William Richardson .
Appointed.
1797. October 7.
1824, May 26.
2 For this date, and the list which follows, I am indebted to the Hon. Abraham D. Hazen, Third Assistant Postmaster-General.
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HISTORY OF BILLERICA.
Marshall . Preston
1826. January 11.
John Baldwin. Jr.
1849. October 16.
William H. Blanchard
1855. June 11.
William Blanchard .
1857. April 4.
Benjamin L. Judkins
1859, April 27.
Charles H. Parker .
1862. May 8.
Bernard. M. Cann
1866. September 21.
Franklin Jaquith. Jr.
1867. July 15.
Charles H. Parker.
1873, June 5.
NORTH BILLERICA.
Joseph A. Burt
1852. January 26.
James Faulkner
1855. July 26.
James Whittemore .
1866, May 25.
Hiram C. Brown
1878. March 25.
EAST BILLERICA.
Peter B. Bohonan
1877. December 21.
George W. Hill
Mary E. A. Libby
1878. December 13.
The population of the town at different periods is a subject of interest, but the material for estimates at first is scanty. In 1659, there were 25 families ; four years later, the number had nearly doubled, judging from Mr. Whiting's "Rate," (p. 165 above) ; but for the twelve next years there was small increase, except as children multiplied in the homes already formed, (p. 113). The tax-list for 1679 (p. 193) has only 47 names, but that for 1688 has 73 names, showing that a new impulse had followed the anxieties of Philip's War, and, in spite of the Indian perils of the time, the progress continued, and, in 1707, the number of polls was 140."
The tax-list for 1733 includes 228 names, but, in 1735, when Tewksbury had been taken out, the number was only 187, which, in 1755, had increased to 206. In 1765 a careful enumeration was made, showing for the first time the exact population, when this town had 1330. Only seven towns in Middlesex County then exceeded Billerica. In 1776 a census gave Billerica a population of 1500, and the tax-list for the same year contained 273 names. In 1778 there were 286 polls, but, in 1781, they had fallen to 271 polls, a decrease more than explained by the loss of the Carlisle names, in 1780. Assuming an equal number of polls and names on
SOUTH BILLERICA.
. 1878, March 4.
" Collections : American Statistical Association, pp. 196, 150, etc.
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MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL. .
tax-list, and that the proportion of this number to the whole popu- lation in 1776 was the same in 1687. 1733, and 1755. we reach this estimate for the periods named, the decades after 1790 being supplied by the United States Census, and the years 1855. 1865, and 1875 by the State Census.
1688
401
1765
1332
1820
1380
1860 1865
1776
1707
769
1776
1500
1830
1368
1733
1252 | 1790
1191 1 1840
1632
1870
1833
1735
1028
1800
1383
1850
1616
1875
1755
1132
1810
1289
1855
1772
2000
The fact is significant that after 1800 there was no increase for more than thirty years ; and it seems to confirm the opinion that the Middlesex Canal, by preventing the use of the water power, exerted an unfavorable influence upon the progress of this town. A similar result has followed the deflection of the railroad line so far from the centre of the town.
A census taken in 1754 brings out the curious fact that Massa- chusetts had 2717 slaves. Of this number Billerica had eight, of whom five were females. In 1880, the census reports nine colored persons ; but they are not slaves.
Other details of the last census are interesting,4 and I am glad to be able to give a summary of them.
The 2000 inhabitants of the town in June, 1880, were grouped in 449 families, who lived in 436 houses. There were 1662 over ton years of age, of whom 46 could not read and 56 could not write : of the latter, 51 were foreigners. The nativity stands thus : Native born, 1552 ; foreign, 448; born in Massachusetts, 1237.
New Hampshire
133
Other States . 10
Maine
73
British America
67
Vermont
56
Ireland
226
New York
17
England
118
Maryland
6
Scotland
20
Virginia
6
Wales
Illinois
4
Germany
S
Rhode Island .
寸
Sweden
3
Connecticut .
B
France
2
Pennsylvania
·)
Denmark
1
New Jersey .
1
Netherlands
1
+ These figures from the Census of 1880 have been kindly furnished, while this chapter was in the printer's hands, by Colonel Carroll D. Wright, who was in charge of the work in Massachusetts.
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HISTORY OF BILLERICA.
Of the whole number there were 46 whose mothers only were foreign born ; 525 whose fathers were born in Ireland, and of 485 the mothers were born there also; 246 whose fathers were born in Great Britain, and the mothers also of 191 ; 75 whose fathers were born in British America, and the mothers of 59. The whole number whose parents were both foreign born was 807 ; partly foreign born. 121. The ages are as follows :-
No. Age.
No. Age. | No. Age. | No. Age.
No. Age. | No. Age. | No. Age.
No. Age. | No. Age.
33 under 1
I
T
1
38
11
39
21
19
31
15
41
12
51 |
7
61
0
71
Q 81
41
35
12
40
22
24
32
23
16
52
14
62
13
72
3
82
36
3
37
13
23
21
33
26
43
12
53
12
63
6
73
G
36
4
30
14
30
24
14
34
16
44
16
54
15
11
4
38
5
39
15
31
25
30
35
39
45
26 . 55
17
65
4
75
85
28
6
36
16
33
26
32
36
30
46
19
56
11
10
4-4
17
27
27
19
37
47
18
57
12
67
12
1
14
x
43
18
23
28
38
21
48
11
58
68
2
78
1
88
48
37
19
32
29
21
39
19
49
20
59
11
10
39
20
33
30
43
40
49
50
18
5
SO
379
384
322
253
262
171
127
80
2000
The State Census for 1875 gives the farming statistics in a more full and satisfactory form than the National Census, and from that source I gather the following : -
The value of the farm products is given, $150,652, which includes 2178 tons hay, 11,187 lbs. butter, 50 lbs. cheese, 19,279 gallons of cider, 2171 cords of wood, 5500 pairs of shoes, 17,558 bushels of apples, 550 of peaches, 645 of pears, 360 of plums, 68 of cherries, 1018 of tomatoes, 19,622 of potatoes, 1018 of onions, 1409 of peas, 1571 quarts of strawberries, 891 of blueberries, and 617 of black- berries ; 10,150 lbs. of beef, 2182 lbs. of dressed chickens, 1389 of turkey, 220,835 gallons of milk, and 10,222 dozen of eggs ; number of horses, 325, and of cows, 541. The 219 farms included 3948 acres of improved and 8751 acres of unimproved land. The value of all the land and buildings was $816,725 ; of all farm property, $921,724; the valuation of personal property, $651,662; of real estate, $971,761 ; or a total valuation of $1,623,423 ; total products, $1,439,262.
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MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL.
FARM PROPERTY OF BILLERICA.
PROPERTY.
No.
Value.
PROPERTY.
No.
Value.
Farms.
Fruit trees not designated, Grape vines ..
6,889
5,276
Under 3 acres
2 -
From 3 to 5 acres
From 5 to 10 acres.
199
Domestic Animals.
Bees (swarms of).
21
8185
Bulls.
11
51G
Calves.
140
1.2833
Colts.
13
1,594
Houses.
.. 5
Dogs
58
530
Barns
216
Duck‹
Sheds.
95
Goose.
1
21
Carriage houses.
Goats.
17
12
Stables
. .
Hens and chickens.
5,074
3,264
Cider mills
Hogs
1×7
3.325
Slaughter house ..
1
Horses.
237
27,822
Ice houses ..
Milch cows
11:5
16,974
Out-buildings
10
Oxen.
1,000
Pea fowls.
1.5
Pigs.
Land.
Sheep, merino.
9
51
Sheep.
Land under crops, acres ...
3,695
$207,266
Market-gardens, acres.
12
265
Nurseries, acres ...
tc
200
Orchards (the land) acres ..
27,992
Unimproved land, acres .. .
3,638
71,509
Unimprovable land, acres ..
78
Woodland, acres.
5,035
119,629
Aggregates.
12.699
8427,361
Land ..
8422,361
Fruit Trees and Vines.
Buildings ..
. .
389,364
Apple trees
14,489
$15,717
Domestic animals. ..
61,103
Cherry trees.
95
95
Agricult.implements in use
. .
. 20,114
Crab-apple trees
4
4
Pear trees.
1,874
2,565
$921,2224
. .
Shops
Guinea fowls
Heifers ..
96
1,879
Corn cribs
583
$389,364
Pigeons.
197
1,368
Steers.
58
1,144
Turkeys
$61,103
Fruit trees and vines.
3,782
. .
The census of 1880 gives this record of manufactures in Billerica : Number of establishments, (including woolen flannels, 2, slaughtering and meat-packing, 1, machinery, 2, blacksmithing, 1, dye stuff's, 1. glue, 1, wheelwrighting, 1, vinegar, 1,) 11; hands employed, 282; capital invested, 8579,500 ; value of product, 8554,440 ; wages paid (one year), $110,344.
The occupations of the people are thus reported : Women - Housewives, 382; domestics, 46 ; nurse, 1; teachers, 13; teacher of music, 1; dressmakers, 5; operatives, woolen-mill, 68 ; opera- tive, hosiery, 1; total, 517. Men -Clergymen, 6; lawyer, 1; physicians, 3; actor, 1; teachers, 2; chemists, 5 : domestics, 2; nurse, 1 ; boarding-house keeper, 1 ; dealers in fish, 2 ; butchers, 3 ;
125
$125
Above 10 acres.
219
8816,225
Buildings.
4
+
14
312
HISTORY OF BILLERICA.
grocers, 6 ; elerks in stores, 4; railroad employées, 10; teamsters, 6 ; telegraph employées, 1; salesman, 1 ; peddlers, 2; milkmen, 2 ; merchants, lumber, 3; do., drugs and medicines, 1; manufacturing company official, 1; insurance official, 1; agent, 1; gardeners, 2 ; farm laborers, 117; farmers, 103; stock herder, 1; hostlers, 2; florist, 1; logwood-mill, 7; chemical works, 8; pianomakers, 2; building mover, 1; gluemaker; 1; machinists, 10; shoemakers, 7 : printer, 1 ; painters, 7; masons, 6 ; carpenters, 22 ; cabinetmakers, 3; blacksmiths, 7; baker, 1; woolen-mill operatives, 90; wheel- wright, 1; upholsterer, 1 ; paper hanger, 1; marble and stone cut- ters, 3 ; iron foundry operative, 1 ; gold and silver worker, 1 ; dyers, bleachers, and scourers, 12 ; builder and contractor, 1 ; brass founder and worker, 1; medical student, 1; apprentice, 1; engineer, 1 ; manufacturers, 7; laborers, 55; laborer in store, 1.
These facts and figures from the census may be fitly supplemented by the list of voters in 1880, as follows : -
Alexander. Frank
Bowman. Ebenezer
Clough. Moza A.
Alexander. Jonas
Bowman. Francis
Cobb. George R.
Alexander, Joseph
Bowman, George II.
Cobb. Mason F.
Alexander. Noble D.
Bradley. James
Cobb. Nathaniel L.
Alexander. Watson
Bradley, William (.
Coffey. Charles
Averill. Mark
Brady. William G.
Colby, Foster E.
Bailey, John B.
Bricket, William
Colby. Homer H.
Baker, Eben
Brown. Alfred
Colby, Jonathan
Baker. John H.
Brown, Benjamin
C'ole. Samuel
Baldwin. Joel
Brown. Daniel A.
Collins, Alfred S.
Baldwin, Joel W.
Brown. Edwin F.
Collins, Charles A.
Baldwin. Samuel W.
Brown. Hiram (.
Collins. Thomas E.
Barker. Hiram P.
Bruce. Jasper T.
Colson, George F.
Barrett. JJohn
Bruce. Nathaniel F. C'olson. Israel A.
Barrett, John. jr.
Bryant. Loring G.
Connelly. John
Bartlett, Frank
Buckley. John
Conway. Martin
Bathrick. Walter
Buckley. Lawrence
Cook. Sears JJ.
Beach, Luther Beard. Sylvester E.
Call, Joseph II.
Corliss. Charles (.
Bennink. Gerrit II.
Call. Robert
Costello. Edward
Blake. Charles
Callahan. Daniel
Costello. Thomas
Blanchard, William
C'allahan. John
Coughlin. Cornelius
Blodgett, Joseph E. Blood. Leonard
Came. William
Cowdrey, Francis B.
Bohonan, Peter B.
Campbell. Samuel
Cowdrey, Granville
Bottomly, Allen
Cann. Bernard M.
Cowdrey, Marcus M.
Bottomly, John E.
Carter, George K.
Cowdrey. Silas
Bowers. Albert
Casey. Frederic
Cowdrey. Silas HI. P.
Bowers, Bradley V.
Casey, Mathew
Crawford. JJohn C.
Bowers, George
Chase. Seward S.
Crawford. Robert
Bowers. Thomas P.
Choate. William IT.
Cray, Amos
Bowman, Clarence A.
Clewly, William J.
Crosby, Benjamin F.
Brann, Alpheus C.
Colby. Harlow
Cook. Sheldon W.
Came. John
Coulter. Hugh
313
MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL.
Crosby, Francis L. Crosby, Frank W.
Crosby. George C. Crosby. Henry
Crosby, JJohn Crosby, Leander
Crowley, Timothy Curry, James II.
Dane. Alden O. Davis, Augustus Day. James
Delmage, John
Delmage. Robert
Diekinson. Edward F.
Dickinson. Frederick
Doherty, Edward R.
Dolan. Peter
Donovan: James Doyle, James W.
Dudley. Frederick H.
Duren. Daniel K.
Duren. Henry
Duren, Henry W.
Dutton, Henry A. Dutton. Hiram E.
Eaton. William A. Elliott. George P. Ellis, James Essex. John W.
Fairbrother, George Fairbrother, William Farrell. James
Faulcon. John
Faulcon. Littleton
Faulkner. James N. Faulkner, Luther W.
Hart. Thomas S. Ilaskell, John
Hautton. James
Haulton. John
Hayden. Howard E.
Hayes, Michael Hazen. Henry A. Heald, Benjamin II.
Hencheliff. Joseph
Hennessey, Martin Herrick, George R. Iliggins. Thomas Ilill. Charles H.
Hill, Charles HI .. jr. Ilill. Frederick P. Hill, George H.
Hill. Paul Hill, William W. Holden. George N. Holden, I. Newton Holden. Josephus Holden, Lewis H. Holden, Logene N.
Holden. Warren Holt, Joseph S.
Holt. Watson A.
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