History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 6

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672

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June 14, 1776, they vote " that in case the Honora- ble Continental Congress shall think fit, for the safety of the united Colonies to declare them independent of the kingdom of Great Britain, this town do solemn- ly engage to defend and support the measure, both with their lives and fortunes to the utmost of their power."

In March, 1775, the militia company in Topsfield was commanded by Captain Joseph Gonld. It formed a part of Colonel John Baker's regiment, and con- sisted of sixty-three men. On recommendation of the Provincial Congress, a company of " minnte- men " were raised, and placed under the command of ('aptain Stephen Perkins. It numbered forty-seven men. When the alarm of the Battle of Lexington came, April 19, 1775, these two companies inmedi- ately marched toward the scene of the conflict. They did not see active service on that day, however, as they arrived after the battle was over.

February 13, 1777, the town voted to give every volunteer eight pounds, in addition to what Con- gress grants, who will enlist in the American army

to serve for three years. A month later the amount was raised to eighteen pounds.

In May, 1778, a rate of one hundred and twenty pounds was assessed to defray the charges of clothing for the soldiers in the continental army.

At different dates votes of the town to hire soldiers are found recorded. The town, in 1780, voted to pur- chase eight thousand four hundred and forty pounds of beef for the use of the army. In 1777 a committee to look after the soldiers' families, and to aid them, if need be, in procuring the necessaries of life, was ap- pointed by the town.

The names of abont three hundred men are found on the muster rolls of the Revolution. They served at Rhode Island, Bennington, Castle Island, Fort George, Ticonderoga and elsewhere. Twenty-seven men served in the company of Captain John Baker, of Topsfield, in Colonel Moses Little's regiment. Twenty served in the company of Captain Robert Dodge, of Ipswich, in Colonel Samuel Johnson's reg- iment, and General Warren's brigade, in 1777. Twenty- one served in the company of Captain Joshua French, of Salisbury, in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's regi- ment in 1776, at Ticonderoga and elsewhere.

August 23, 1808, the town adopted an address to the President of the United States to have the Embargo Act of December 22, 1807, either wholly or partly re- moved. The declaration of war, five years afterward, was condemned as an unnecessary and useless mea- sure. The town's quotas of men for this war were, however, raised and equipped for service in due time.

The War of the Rebellion came on in its course, and again were the men of Topsfield called to engage in the service of their country. A bounty of one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars, and later of two hun- dred dollars, to volunteer soldiers was paid by the town, which furnished one hundred and thirteen sol- diers, a surplus of six over all demands. Five of these were commissioned officers.

" And, with the faith that God would save The Union, Ile, the Father, gave, Not only unimpaired, but more Substantial Than it was before," 1

the soldiers entered and took prominent parts in the five years' conflict. Five of them perished in Andersonville Prison, how, we know too well. Others were imprisoned there, and in Libby Prison, on Belle Island. Several gave up their lives for their country on the battle-field of Fredericksburg, at Pamunkey River, in the last battle of the Wilderness, and other conflicts with the South. Many others moistened with their blood the soil of Winchester, Va., the banks of the Antietam, Donaldsonville, Port Hudson, and the battle-field of the second battle of Bull Run. Battles of Roanoke Island, Southwest Creek, Kingston, White- hall, Goldsborongh, Ball's Bluff, Edenburg, Mt. Jack- son, Strausonrg, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock, Sul-

1 From the pen of charles 11. Holmes, Esq., and forming part of some resolutions offered by him, and accepted by the town early in the war.

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phur Springs, Chantilly, South Mountain, both battles of Port Hudson, and others, were also familiar to the Topsfield " Boys in Blue." At least half a score died in the service of Southern diseases. Several arrived home, only to breathe their last breath among their relatives and friends. The remainder of that brave number had their constitutions more or less under- mined, and many who came out of the army appar- ently well and strong have since died from the effect of their service.

The following is a list of those who gallantly and patriotically gave up their lives for their country in the hospital at the front, in the rebel prison, and on the battle-field : John H. Bradstreet, James Brown (killed at battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862), Moses Deland (killed in battle near Pamun- key River May 30, 1864), Royal Augustus Deland, Swinerton Dunlap (killed in the battle of the Wilder- ness, 1864), Emerson P. Gould, William H. Hadley, George Prescott Hobson, Francis A. Hood, Daniel Hoyt (died in Andersonville Prison September, 1864), A. A. Kneeland, Henry Porter Kneeland (died in Andersonville Prison October, 1864), John Warren Lake, Lewis H. Perkins, Nathan Hanson Roberts (died in Andersonville Prison, 1864), Daniel H. Smith (died in Andersonville Prison August, 1864), John P. Smith (died in Andersonville Prison, 1864), John Stevens (killed in the last battle of the Wilderness May, 1864), Eugene II. Todd and Wil- liam Welch, Jr. The town's quota for the navy was eleven, two of whom, William H. H. Foster and John Hoyt, died in the service. The memory of those soldiers and sailors who give up their lives in the service is preserved by having their names en- graved on marble tablets, which are secured in a promi- nent position in the town hall.

The whole amount of money expended by the town, exclusive of State aid, was $14.746.35. The State aid paid to the soldiers' families during the war amounted to $7,634.10. The ladies of Topsfield worked heartily in the cause of the soldiers, and for- warded to the army money, clothing and hospital stores, to the value of five hundred dollars.

SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, ETC .- The first reference on the records of the town to the subject of educa- tion is dated March 6, 1693-94, and is as follows: " The Town have agreed that Goodman Love- well, Schoolmaster, shall live in ye Parsonage house this yeare ensewing, to kepe Schole and swepe ye meeting house." A year later the town vote "that father Lovewell shall in Joy ye house and orchard for ye yeare ensewing on yº same terms as formerly." The town, for a long period, had hut a single school- master. He was chosen at the annual town meeting, and was usually a citizen of the town. A room in some private house was hired for a school-room, even as late as 1750. The first school-houses of which the records speak were built between the years 1790 and 1794. In 1790 the town was divided into three

school districts, and named the south, middle and north districts. A school-house was ereeted in each district. The east district was soon after added. The middle, since changed to "Centre" School- House, stood where the town hall stands. In 1867 the town purchased the academy building, and changed the Centre School to this building, having divided the school into a primary and a grammar school. The grammar school is kept in the second story, and the primary school in the first story of the building. The four districts still exist. During the past school year, one hundred and seventy-nine scholars have attended the town schools. The town paid for school expenses, repairs on school buildings, teaching, etc., during the last school year, $2,324.09.

Topsfield .Academy .- The academy was established in 1828, and flourished for many years. The pre- ceptors, in chronological order, were Francis Vose, E. D. Sanborn, Alfred W. Pike, Benjamin Greenleaf, Asa Farwell, William F. Kent, Edmund F. Slatter, B. O. Marble, O. Quimby, Joseph E. Noyes, Kins- man Atkinson, Joseph Warren Healey, O. D. Allis and Albert Ira Dutton. Mr. Dutton discontinued the school in 1860. The property came into the pos- session of Asahel Huntington, Esq., of Salem, of whom the town purchased it for a school-house in I867.

In the list of preceptors given above are several who were quite distinguished in different ways. The well-known mathematician, Benjamin Greenleaf, the widely-known secretary of the New England His- torico-Genealogical Society, Mr. Edmund F. Slafter, the Methodist clergyman, Rev. Kinsman Atkinson, and another clergyman, Rev. Albert I. Dutton, are deserving men. The academy occupied a central lo- cation, on an elevation, which made it the highest building in the village. Several of the young men who passed an academical course here have become distinguished, and many others have been making the world better for the instruction they received and the habits they acquired under the tutelage of these instructors.

Social Library .- A proprietor's library was estab- lished here in 1794, by several of the leading men of the town. It contained two hundred volumes. It existed until 1875, when the present public library was opened to the public, and the old library was incorporated with the new, but being kept sep- arately in its old cases,

Public Library .- The public library was founded in 1875. A room was given to the use of the library in the town hall, and fitted up for its accommodation. The following-named gentlemen were appointed by the town, a committee for establishing the library : Sidney A. Merriam, Rev. Anson McLoud, Mr. Ilum- phrey Balch, Rev. James H. Fitts and Dr. Justin Allen. Mr. Merriam, Mr. Blake and others contrib- uted to the library. Mr. MeLoud was librarian for several years from the organization of the library ;

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since his service ended several others have filled the office. The books are quite well selected, and the library contains some valuable works.

The library of the late Mr. McLoud, which was purchased by Mr. A. A. Low, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has been presented by him to the town intact. It is kept by itself, and forms a valuable and extensive addition to works already collated.

There are thirty-six hundred and thirty-six volumes now in the library. The late Sidney A. Merriam at his decease, bequeathed to the library a bond of one thousand dollars, the interest on which to be applied semi-annually, to the purchase of books. The fund of the library now amounts to two thousand dollars. Besides the interest on this fund, the town makes an annual appropriation for the library. The library is controlled by a committee consisting of four gentle- men. In its present flourishing condition the library cannot fail to be a great educator. It furnishes what is needed and desired by the young and the old, and is a continual blessing to the town.

BUSINESS, MANUFACTURING, ETC .- The leading business of Topsfield is, as it has always been, agricul- ture. Many other and important branches of busi- ness and manufacturing have at different times been carried on.

As early as 1648 mining was an interesting, if not profitable, pursuit here. Governor Endicott owned an extensive tract of land here in 1639, and in 1648 a copper mine was discovered upon it. Mr. Leader, a metallurgist, then superintending the Lyun iron- works, having expressed a favorable opinion of the ore, Mr. Endicott spent considerable money in work- ing his mine, which is situated near the productive Peirce farm, on the turnpike. More than one hun- dred and twenty years after its discovery it was re- opened and worked for a short time with considerable loss to the proprietors. Again, after another interval of about seventy years, a company of Salem capital- ists caused the old shaft to be cleared out, and the ore subjected to analysis. The result was that the excavation was once more filled up, never again prob- ably to be disturbed.

Iron ore was dug in the low-lands, to a considerable extent, by the early settlers. June 17, 1681, the town ordered "that there shall bee noe boge mine doge in ye Towne but by some townes men : and hee that dos dige et shall Carey et with his one teme or hicree a townes man to Carey et alwayes provieded hec that diges it a grees with the selectmen of the Towne to pay foner pence a ton for the Townes Vse either in Silver or Iron and this order stands in force " only one year.1 Ten days later "Ensign Gould " was granted liberty to dig twenty tons of bog iron. Lieu- tenant Francis Peabody also received the same liberty.

Bricks were manufactured in Topsfield before 1697.

Probably the earliest hotel in the town occupied the site of the shoe-factory of Mr. John Bailey. The Clark family carried on the business here for many years before 1780. Daniel Clark, Sr., and Daniel Clark, Jr., were the proprietors at different times. In 1784 the son removed to New Rowley, now George- town, and the hotel here came into the hands of Samuel Hood. Later it became the property of John Rea, who conducted the business for several years. On the night of October 16, 1836, the whole estab- lishment, house, barn and store which were con- nected, were destroyed by fire. When the turnpike was built a large and substantial hotel was erected by the turnpike corporation on Town Hill. This flour- ished until the railroad was completed, in 1854. Several stages carrying many passengers rau over the turnpike daily. This was the popular and only public conveyance then existing to Boston, Newbury- port and other places. The "Topsfield House" was built by Thomas Meady about 1807, for a store and a house of entertainment. In 1817 Mr. Meady removed to Philadelphia. Then Ephraim Wildes kept the hotel for about two years. In or about 1820 William Munday commenced the butchering business there, and after a few years reopened the tavern, his son, Thomas Perkins Munday, being engaged with him. The hotel has been retained in the family to the present time. Mr. Dalmer J. Carleton is the present landlord. It is now the only public house in the town.

The earliest blacksmith in the town, probably, was Samuel Howlett, who was invited by the town to set up his forge here in 1658. Mr. Ira Long carries on the only shop now in town.

The first mill in the town was erected by Lieuten- ant Francis Peabody in 1672, on the site of the present "Towne's grist-mill." The next mill was probably that erected by Thomas llowlett, on llow- lett's Brook, in the east part of the town, in 1736. This was a grist-mill. He built a saw-mill there two or three years later. In 1746 he sold out to Nathan- iel Hood, who, in 1748, transferred it to Abraham Hobbs. The mills remained in the Hobbs family until 1813, when they passed into the hands of the Perkinses. In 1878 the property was purchased and the grist-mill has since been run by Mr. Wellington Donaldson. The saw-mill was gone many years ago.

In 1835 there were three country grocery stores in the town. Oneof these was kept by Fredetie and Nath- aniel Perley. The store was built by Frederic Perley about 1828, and about 1841 the two brothers went to Danvers. Then the late Benjamin P. Adams and Samuel Adams carried on the business for several years, and after Samuel Adams left the firm his brother, Benjamin P. Adams, continued in the busi- ness until his death, in 1875. From the time of his decease to 1883 his son, Benjamin P'. Adams, Jr., kept it. In the spring of 1883 the store was reopened by Mr. J. Bailey Poor, who had carried on the busi-

Town Records, Vol. I . p. 25.

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ness of a country store on the opposite side of the street for several years. The grocery of Mr. William B. Kimball was built by his father, Mr. William E. Kimball, in 1841. The latter gentleman conducted the business from that date to January 1, 1869, hav- ing Mr. Andrew Gould for a partner from 1848 to 1853, and his son, Mr. William B. Kimball, from 1864 to January 1, 1869, when the son purchased his father's interest, and has since carried on the business.

Mr. Benjamin P. Edwards is the apothecary and druggist, Mr. Abijah B. Richardson the tin-worker and hardware dealer, Mr. Thomas Leach and Mr. James Wilson wheelwrights, and Mr. Jacob Hardy is the harness maker. There are telephone and Western Union telegraph offices in the town.

The only shoe firm doing much business at the present time is that of Mr. Charles Herrick, who uses steam-power and carries on considerable business.

Mr. Isaac Woodbury and Mr. William P. Gould are quite extensive butchers.

DISTINGUISHED NATIVES .- Topsfield has been the birth placeof many distinguished business, literary and public men. Among them are good numbers of clergy- men, lawyers, physicians and statesmen. Through the instrumentality of its sons, the town has obtained a good reputation abroad. The following is a partial list of the more noted natives :---

Rev. Daniel Perkins (1696-17821). He graduated at Harvard College in 1717 ; and was a minister at West Bridgewater, Mass,

Rev. Ivory Hovey, M.D. (1714-1803). He graduated at Harvard College in 1735. He was a elergyman and physician at Rochester and Plymouth, Mass.

Gen. Nathaniel Peabody (1741-1823). He was a soldier, statesman and physician.

Rev. Nathaniel Porter, D.D. (1745-1837). He grad- nated at Harvard College in 1768. He was the first minister of Conway, and also preached at New Dur- ham, N. H.

Rev. Joseph Cummings (1752-91). He graduated at Harvard College in 1768. He was the first minister at Marlborough, N. H.

Rev. Daniel Gould (1753-1842). He graduated at Harvard College in 1782. He was a clergyman, and preached in Bethel and Rumford, Me.

Jacob Kimball, Esq. (1761-1826). He graduated at Harvard College in 1788. He practiced law at Am- herst, N. H., and was quite distinguished as a compo- ser of music. He was the author of the " Rural Ilar- mony," published in 1793.

Judge David Cummings (1785-1855). He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1806. He was a prominent lawyer in Salem, and judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.

Hon. Daniel Breek, LL.D. (1788-1852). Ile was an able jurist, and a member of Congress from Ken- tucky, where he resided.

Israel Bulch, M.D. (1788-18-). Ile graduated at Dartmouth College in 1811. He was a physician in Salisbury.

Dr. Josiah Lamson (1789-18-). He graduated at Harvard College in 1814. Ile was a physician in Essex.

Rev. Jacob Hood (1791-1886). He was a clergyman in Hopkinton, N. HI., and in Middleton and Lynn- field, Mass.

Rev. Ebenezer Perkins (1794-18-). lfe graduated at Dartmouth College in 1814, and was a clergyman in Royalston, Mass.

Prof. Nehemiah Cleaveland (1796-18-). He grad- uated at Bowdoin College in 1813. He was for twenty years principal of Dummer Academy.

Elisha Huntington, M.D. (1796-1865). He gradu- ated at Dartmouth College in 1815. He was a physi- cian, the first mayor of Lowell, and lieutenant-gov- ernor of Massachusetts.

Dr. Humphrey Gould (1797-1874). He graduated at Williams College in 18 -. He was a physician in Danvers and Rowe, Mass.

Asuhel Huntington, Esq. (1798-1870). He gradnat- ed at Yale College in 1819. He was a lawyer in Salem, mayor of the city, and district-attorney.

Rev. Jonas Merriam (1803-71). He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1826; and was a minister in Barnard, Me.

John Cleaveland, Esq. (1804- - ). He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1826; and was a lawyer in New York City.

Rev. David Peabody (1805- - ). He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1828. He was a clergyman at Lynn and Worcester, Mass., and a professor in Dart- mouth College.

Rev. Elisha Lord Cleareland, D.D. (1806-66). He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1829. He was an able divine, and preached at New Haven, Conn.

Rev. George IFood (1807-82). A clergyman at Chester, Pa., and Southport, N. Y.

Rev. Josiah Peabody (1807- - ). He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1836. He was a missionary to the Armenians at Erzroom, in Turkey.

Rev. Samuel Lamson Gould (1809). He graduated at Medical School of Bowdoin College in 1832; and was a physician at Sunapee, Searsport and Orrington, Me., and preached at Boothbay, Albany, Phillips and Bethel, Me.

Cyrus Cummings, Esq. (1816-8-). He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839; and was a lawyer in Boston.

Rev. Alpheus J. Pike (1828). He graduated at Dartmouth College in 18 -. IIe is a clergyman in Dakota.

John Augustus Lamson, M.D. (1831). He was a physician in Boston.

Rev. Gustavus D. Pike (1831-8-1). He graduated at Dartmouth College in 185-, and was a clergyman.

Prof. Albert Cornelius Perkins (1833). He graduat-

1 The first date is that of the birth, the second that of the person's death.

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ed at Dartmouth College in 1860 ; and is principal of Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Prof. John Wright Perkins (1841). He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1866. He is the principal of Dummer Academy.

MEMBERS OF TIFE STATE LEGISLATURE. REPRESENTATIVES.

1690. Lieut. John Gould.

1690-94. Lient. Thos. Baker.

1693. John Gould.

1695-97. Cor. Tohijah Perkins.

1698. Lieut. Thos. Baker. 1609-1701 Q. M. Tobijah Perkins.

1702-3. Lieut. Eph. Dorman. 1704. Sergt. John Hovey. Sergt. Dan'] Redington.

1705-6. Elisha Perkins.

1707. Isaac Peabody.

17 8. Lieut, Thos, Baker.

1709. Lient. Tobijah Perkins.

I711. Lieut. Tobijab Perkins. 1712-13. Cor. Jacob Towne.

1714-15. Lieut. Tobijah Perkins. 1716. Sergt. Daniel Clark.

1717-18 Deacon Samuel Howlett. 1719. Ens. Timothy Perkins. 1720-21. Capt. Tobijah Perkins. 1721. Nathaniel Porter.

1837. Charles H. Holmes.

1838. Nathaniel Perley.

1839. Asa Pingree.

1840. Joseph W. Batchelder.

1842. Cyrus Cummings.

1543. Charles C. Brackett.

1844. Samnel Todd.

1846. Dr. Jos. C. Batchelder.

1848. Charles Herrick.

1849. Thus, Gould.

1852. Sammel S. Mckenzie.

1854. Nathaniel Conant.

1863. Nathaniel Counnt.

1×67. Jacob P. Towne.

1871. Rev. Anson McLoud.

1874. Salmon D. Hood.

1878. Dudley Bradstreet.

JaSI. John II. Potter.

1884. John H. Towne.

SENATORS.

1811. Dr. Nehe. Cleaveland. 1815-18. Dr. Nebe. Cleaveland. 1842. Asa l'ingree.

TREASURERS .- The constables generally served as treasurers until 1743.

CONSTABLES. 1672. John Hovey.

1673. Ephraim Dorman.

1674. Edmond Towne. 1676-77. John llow. 1678. Samuel Howlat.

1679. Wmn. Perkins, Jr.

1680. Cor. Win. Smith.

16x1. Tobijah Perkins. 1682. Daniel Redington.

1683-81. Cor. Wmn. Smith. 1085. Elisha Perkins. 1686. Deacon Isaac Comings.

1687. Thus, Perkins.

1648. Lient. Thos. Baker.

1689, Mr. Timothy Perkins.

1600, Ena, Jacob Towne. John Towne.

1691. Daniel Clarke.

1692. Ephraim Wilds.

1603, Mr. Wm. Perkins.

1694. Isaac Easty, Jr.

1697. Joseph Towne, Jr.

1698, Joseph Borman. 1699, Cor. John Curtions.

John Gould.

Thomas Baker.

Daniel Borman.

1673.

Lient. ffrances Pebody.

Thomas Perkins.

Thous Baker.

Elman Townes.

1876.

Mr. thomas Baker.

Epheram dorman. Sargen Redington.

TREASUREAS,

1695-96, Cor. Tobijah Perkins. 1719. Ens. John Gould.

1743-48. Jacob Peabody.

1749, George Bixby. 1754-52. Benj. Towne. . 1753 Nathaniel Porter.

1754-55. Capt. Thos. Baker.

1756-58. Richard Towne.

1759-63. Stephen Foster.

17+4-75. Elijah Porter. 1776-81. Jeremiah Averell.

1782-87. Stephen Foster.

1788-89. Nathaniel Hammond.

1790-92. Daniel Bixby.

1793-99. David Perkins, Jr.

1800-9. Daniel Bixby.

1810-13. Jonas Meriam.

1814. Cyrus Cummings. 1815. Samuel Hood.

1816-17. Moses Wildes.

1818-22. Samuel Hood.

1x24-25. John Peabody.

1826-30. Isaac Killam.

1831-33. Samuel Gould.

1834. Dr. Jeremiah Stone.

1835-36. Joel Lake.

1837. Joel Lake.

1837-38. Asu Pingree.

1839. . John G. Hood.

1840. Wm. Hubbard.

1811-50. Benj. C. Perkins.

1850. John G. Hood.

1851-52. John Wright.

1853-61. Benj. Kimball.

1862-61. Nebemiah Balh.

1726-28. Nathaniel Porter.

1865-67. Jeremiah Balch.

1729-38. Ivory Hovey.

1868-81. J. Porter Gould.

1739-12. Richard Towne.

1882-87. John Gould.

TOWN CLERKS.

1676-81. Lient. Francis Peubody.

1766-75. Elijah Porter.

1682-85. John Gould.

1776-77. Capt. Samuel Smith,

1686-1701. Sergt. Eph. Dorman.

1778-90. Capt. Stephen Perkins.

1702-17. Samuel Stanley.

1791-1809. Nathaniel Hammond.

1718-20. Nathaniel Porter.

I810-36. Jacob Towne.

1721-34. Jacob Peaboly.

1836-78. Jacob P. Towne.

1735-36. John llovey. 1878. Ezra Towne (pro tem.).

1737-49. Jacob Peahody.

1879-80. Edward S, Towne.

1749-62. Richard Towne. 1880. Ezra Towne.

1763. Elijah Porter.

1\x1. Frank I. Winslow.

1764-65. David Balch.

1881-87. John H. Gould.

SELECTMEN.

1659.

Ensign Howlet.

frances pebody.

1677. Ensigne Goold.

John Redington. 1663.

Surgen towne.

John Gould.

decon Perkins.

,John Redington.

166%.

frances Pabody.

1674. Mr. thomas baker.

Sark Comings.

John hovey.

frances l'abody.

Ensign Gookl.

1701. Thos. lowlet.

1705. Sorgt. John Goull. Corp. Jacob Towne.

1706. John Nichola Thos. Dorman, Jr. 1707. Thus. Perley.

Michael Dwinell.

17. 8. John French. Amos Durman.

1709. John Hovey. Joseph Towne (treas).

1710. Thos. Robinson. Zaccheus Gould.

1711. John Averell. John Curtis.

1"12. Nathaniel Borman. Nathaniel Porter.

1713. Thos. Town. Jarob Easty.

1714. Cor. Joseph Gouid. Thus. Cave.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 6

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1672

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672