History of Grafton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its early settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the present time, 1879. Including the genealogies of seventy-nine of the older families, Part 31

Author: Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Worcester : Press of C. Hamilton
Number of Pages: 728


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SAMUEL CHANDLER, Jan. 6, 1730 PHINEAS RICE, Nov. 5, 1728


Capt. NATH. BRIGHAM, Mar. 31, 1730 ZERUBBABLE EAGER, May 21, 1730 ZERUBBABLE EAGER, Mar. 19, 1731 ZERUBBABLE EAGER, May 18, 1731


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410


HISTORY OF GRAFTON.


JONATHAN MORSE, June 23, 1731


JOHN SHERMAN, Nov. 7, 1738


ZERUBBABLE EAGER, Sept. 4, 1731


ZERUBBABLE EAGER, Nov. 7, 1738


ZERUBBABLE EAGER, Oct. 12, 1731


JONATHAN MORSE, Nov. - , 1731


ZERUBBABLE EAGER, Dec. 5, 1738 NATHANIEL SHERMAN, Jan. 2, 1739 NATHANIEL SHERMAN, Jan. 23, 1739 NATHANIEL SHERMAN, Feb. 21, 1739


ZERUBBABLE EAGER, Mar. 20, 1732 ZERUBBABLE EAGER, May 16, 1732 SAMUEL CHANDLER, July 11, 1732 JAMES HOUGHTON, August 22, 1732


PHINEAS RICE, March 27, 1733


THOMAS PRATT, Sept. 25, 1739


PHINEAS RICE,


June 12, 1733


THOMAS PRATT, Oct. 26, 1739


ZERUBBABLE LAGER,


Aug. 7, 1733


NATHANIEL SHERMAN, Dec. 11, 1739


PHINEAS RICE,


Dec. 25, 1733


NATHANIEL SHERMAN, Feb. 19, 1740


PHINEAS RICE, Jan. 16, 1734


THOMAS I'RATT, April 15, 1740


NEHEMIAH HOW, June 16, 1734


THOMAS PRATT, May 28, 1740


NEHEMIAH HOW, Sept. 12, 1734


NATHANIEL SHERMAN, June 26, 1740


JOHN SHERMAN,


Nov. 26, 1734


THOMAS PRATT,


August 5, 1740


JOHN SHERMAN,


Jan. 28, 1735


THOMAS PRATT,


Oct. 31, 1740


JOHN SHERMAN,


May 21, 1735


CHARLES BRIGHAM,


Dec. 1, 1740 March 23, 1741


JONATHAN RICE, Oct. 21, 1735


THOMAS PRATT,


April 14, 1741


JONATHAN RICE,


Dec. 9, 1735


THOMAS PRATT,


May 19, 1741


JONATHAN RICE,


Jan. 11, 1736


THOMAS PRATT,


May 28, 1741


SAMUEL CHANDLER,


Feb. 24, 1736


THOMAS PRATT,


July 7, 1741


JONATHAN RICE,


June 11, 1736


JONATHAN MORSE,


July -, 1741


JONATHAN MORSE,


Nov. 2, 1736


THOMAS PRATT,


Oct. 13, 1741


JONATHAN MORSE,


Dec. 7, 1736


JOSEPH WILLARD,


Dec. 30, 1741


JOHN HUNT,


Dec. 28, 1736


JOSEPH WILLARD,


Feb. 9, 1742


JOHN HUNT,


Jan. 13, 1737


JOSEPH WILLARD, March 29, 1742 JOSEPH WILLARD, May 19, 1742 JOSEPH WILLARD, June 15, 1742 JOSEPH WILLARD, July 6, 1742


JOHN SHERMAN, Nov. 1, 1737


ZERUBBABLE EAGER, Dec. 6, 1737


THOMAS PRATT,


Oct. 5, 1742


JOHN SHERMAN,


March 21, 1738


THOMAS PRATT, Oct. 19, 1742


JOHN SHERMAN, May 16, 1738


THOMAS PRATT,


Dec. 28, 1742


RICHARD TAYLOR,


June 1, 1738


MODERATORS AT TOWN MEETINGS.


THOMAS PRATT, 1735, '36, '37.


SAMUEL COOPER, 1738.


CHARLES BRIGHAM, 1739.


THOMAS PRATT, 1740.


Capt. JOSEPH WILLARD, 1741.


NATHANIEL SHERMAN, 1742, '43.


THOMAS PRATT, 1744, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49.


NATHANIEL SHERMAN, 1750, '51.


CHARLES BRIGHAM, 1752, '53, '54. NATHANIEL SHERMAN, 1755, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61.


Rev. SOLOMON PRENTICE, 1762. NATHANIEL SHERMAN, 1763, '64, '65, '66.


JOSEPH BATCHELOR, 1767, '68, '69, '70. ABRAHAM TEMPLE, 1771.


JOHN HUNT,


Feb. 3, 1737


ZERUBBABLE EAGER, June 14, 1737


JONAS HOUGHTON,


July 10, 1735


JAMES WHIPPLE,


THOMAS PRATT, July 24, 1739


THOMAS PRATT, August 7, 1739


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OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY.


JOSEPH BATCHELOR, 1772.


NATHANIEL SHERMAN, Jr., 1773. JOHN SHERMAN, 1774.


NATHANIEL SHERMAN, Jr., 1775, '76, '77.


PERLEY BATCHELOR, 1778. JOSEPH BRUCE, 1779.


PERLEY BATCHELOR, 1780, '81, '82.


Dr. TIMOTHY DARLING, 1783.


PERLEY BATCHELOR, 1784, '85, '86. NATHANIEL SHERMAN, 1787, '88, '89, '90.


Col. LUKE DRURY, 1791.


Dr. JOSEPH WOOD, 1792, '93, '94. PERLEY BATCHELOR, 1795, '96, '97.


NATHANIEL ADAMS, 1798, '99, 1800.


PERLEY BATCHELOR, 1801, '02.


SAMUEL ADAMS, 1803.


EPHRAIM GOULDING, 1804.


JOSEPH WOOD, 1805, '06.


DAVID WADSWORTH, 1807, '08. JONATHAN WHEELER, Jr., 1809, '10, '11.


JOSEPHUS WILLARD, 1812. SAMUEL ADAMS, 1813. EPHRAIM GOULDING, 1814.


JOSEPHUS WILLARD, 1815.


EPHRAIM GOULDING, 1816, '17, '18.


OLIVER KIMBALL, 1819.


EPHRAIM GOULDING, 1820, '21, '22, '23.


CYRUS LELAND, 1824, '25, '26.


EPHRAIM GOULDING, 1827, '28.


CYRUS LELAND, 1829, '30, '31.


JOSHUA HARRINGTON, 1832.


PARDON ALDRICH, 1833.


HARRY WOOD, 1834. JOSHUA IlARRINGTON, 1835.


JOSEPH BRUCE, 1836, '37, '38, '39.


CHARLES BRIGHAM, Jr., 1840.


JOSEPH BRUCE, 1841, '42, '43, '44.


CHARLES BRIGHAM, Jr., 1845, '46. JOSEPH BRUCE, 1847, '48. OTIS ADAMS, 1849, '50.


ESEK SAUNDERS, 1851. JOSEPH BRUCE, 1852.


OTIS ADAMS, 1853, '54.


FREDERICK BRIMBLECOM, 1855.


CHARLES BRIGHAM, 1856.


LIBERTY WOOD, 1857.


S. DAVIS HALL, 1858, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79.


SELECT-MEN.


1728 .- Nathan Brigham, Zerub- bable Eager, John Sherman, Pbin- eas Rice, Samuel Stow, Jonathan Morse.


1729 .- Samuel Chandler, Zerub- bable Eager, John Hunt, Samuel Brigham, Jonas Houghton, Simon Gates.


1730 .- Zerubbable Eager, John Sherman, Samuel Biglo, Phineas Rice, Samuel Hall, Richard Taylor.


1781 .- Zerubbable Eager, Samuel


Brigham, Samuel Chandler, Phineas Rice, Samuel Biglo, Eleazer Flagg.


1732 .- Jouas Houghton, Samuel Chandler, Zerubbable Eager, Rich- ard Taylor, Samuel Stow.


1733 .- John Sherman, Samuel Biglo, Zerubbable Eager, Jonathan Morse, Samuel Stow.


1734 .- Zerubbable -Eager, John Sherman, Jonathan Morse, Samuel Stow, David Harrington.


412


HISTORY OF GRAFTON.


SELECTMEN.


1735 .- James Whipple, Samuel Cooper, Thomas Pratt, Nehemiah How, Capt. Joseph Willard.


1736 .- Oliver Ward, Nathaniel Sherman, Charles Brigham, Thom- as Axtell, John Foster.


1737 .- Nathaniel Sherman, Capt. James Leland, John Foster, Charles Brigham, Simon Willard.


1738 .- Samuel Cooper, Nathaniel Sherman, Samuel Warrin, Phineas Hardy, Thomas Stow.


1739. - Charles Brigham, Jr., Thomas Pratt, Thomas Stow, Is- rael Stevens, Samuel Warrin.


1740 .- Thomas Pratt, Captain Joseph Willard, Thomas Stow, Charles Brigham, Abner Stow.


1741 .- Phineas Hardy, Joseph Willard, Jonathan Hall, Samuel Warrin, Benjamin.Chapin.


1742. - Capt. Joseph Willard, Nathaniel Sherman, Ebenezer Brooks, Thomas Drury, Charles Brigham.


1743 .- Samnel Cooper, Nathaniel Sherman, Ebenezer Brooks, Marke Bateheller, Samuel Warrin.


1744 .- Capt. Joseph Willard, Charles Brigham, Samuel Warrin, Joseph Merriam, James Whipple.


1745 .- Charles Brigham, Joseph Willard, Abner Stow, Joseph Mer- riam, Ephraim Sherman.


1746 .- Charles Brigham, Joseph Willard, Abner Stow, Joseph Mer- rlam, Ephraim Sherman.


1747. - Capt. Joseph Willard, Charles Brigham, Jonathan Hall, Ephraim Sherman, Israel Stevens.


1748 .- Joseph Merriam, Abner Stow, Capt. Joseph Willard, David Wadsworth, Jacob Whipple.


1749 .- Joseph Merriam, Abner Stow, David Wadsworth, Hezekiah Ward, Samuel Warrin.


1750 .- Joseph Merriam, Abner Stow, Samuel Warrin, Charles Brigham, Nathaniel Sherman.


1751 .-- Joseph Merriam, Abner Stow, Nathaniel Sherman, Charles Brigham, Joseph Bateheller.


1752 .- Phineas Rice, Nathaniel Sherman, Charles Brigham, Joseph Merriam, Israel Stevens.


1753 .- Joseph Merriam, Charles Brigham, Abner Stow, Ebenezer Brooks, Nathaniel Sherman.


1754 .- Joseph Merriam, Abner Stow, Charles Brigham, Ebenezer Brooks, Ephraim Sherman.


1755 .-- Ephraim Sherman, Joseph Batcheller, Joseph Rice, Nathaniel Stedman, Hezekiah Taylor.


1756 .- Ephraim Sherman, Tliom- as Drury, Hezekiah Taylor, Andrew Adams, Nathaniel Stedman.


1757 .- Ephraim Sherman, Heze- kiah Taylor, Joseph Rice, Johu Sherman, Benjamin Goddard.


1758 .- Joseph Merriam, James Whipple, Noah Brooks, Joseph Batcheller, Nathaniel Stedman.


1759 .- Ephraim Sherman, Joseph Merriam, Joseph Batcheler, Abner Stow, John Sherman.


1760 .- Ephraim Sherman, John Sherman, Israel Stevens, Hezekiah Taylor, Joseph Batcheller.


1761. - Thomas Drury, John Sherman, Ebenezer Cutler, Noah Brooks, Timothy Darling.


1762 .-- Joseph Batcheller, John Sherman, Ebenezer Cutler, Timo- thy Darling, James Leland, Jr.


413


OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY.


1763 .- Charles Brigham, Abra- ham Temple, Joseph Merriam, Sol- omon Stow, Silas Warrin.


1764. - Ephraim Sherman, Joseph Batcheller, Joseph Merriam, John Goulding, Noah Brooks.


1765 .- John Sherman, Ephraim Sherman, Simon Brooks, Timothy Darling, John Goulding.


1766 .- Ephraim Sherman, John Goulding, Simon Brooks, Joseph Batcheller, Timothy Darling.


1767 .- Joseph Batcheller, John Sherman, Timothy Darling, David Forbush, Joel Brooks.


1768 .- Joseph Batcheller, Eph- raim Sherman, Joseph Willard, Jr., James Leland, Noah Brooks.


1769. - Joseph Batcheller, Eph- raim Sherman, David Forbush, Phineas Leland, Abraham Brown.


1770 .- Joseph Batcheller, Eph- raim Sherman, John Goulding, An- drew Adams, Timothy Darling.


1771 .- James Leland, John Sher- man, Nathaniel Prentice, Elisha Brigham, David Wadsworth.


1772 .- Joseph Batcheller, Charles Brigham, John Goulding, Nathan- iel Prentice, James Whipple.


1773 .- Joseph Batcheller, Abra- ham Brown, Luke Drury, Asaph Sherman, Benjamin Garfield.


1774 .- Joseph Batcheller, Simon Brooks, John Sherman, John Goulding, Nathaniel Sherman, Jr.


1775 .- Joseph Batcheller, Simon Brooks, Hezeklah Taylor, Nathan- iel Sherman, Jr., John Prentice.


1776 .- Joseph Batcheller, Na- thaniel Sherman, Jr., David For- bush, Aaron Kimball, Hezekiah Taylor.


1777 .- Joseph Batcheller, John Sherman, Benjamin Goddard, Jona- than Stow, Asaph Sherman.


1778 .- Benjamin Goddard, Wil- liam Brigham, Elisha Brigham, Ephraim Lyon, Perley Batcheller.


1779 .- Benjamin Goddard, Silas Warrin, Timothy Sherman, Andrew Adams, Moses Harrington.


1780. - Jonathan Stow, Joel Brooks, Moses Holbrook, Elijah Drury, Joseph Bruce.


1781 .- Perley Batcheller, Elisha Brigham, John Whipple, Phineas Leland, Andrew Adams.


1782 .- Benjamin Goddard, Sam- uel Flagg, Ephraim Sherman, David Forbush, John Goulding.


1783. - Perley Batcheller, Luke Drury, Moses Holbrook, Timothy Sherman, Nathaniel Adams.


1784 .- Benjamin Goddard, James Whipple, Joseph Whipple, Joseph Warrin, Shelomith Stow.


1785 .- Perley Batcheller, Timo- thy Sherman, Zebadee Redding, Joseph Wood, William Brigham.


1786 .- Benja. Walker, Thomas Bicknell, Thaddeus Read, Moses Hayden, Nahum Stone.


1787 .- Benjamin Goddard, Na- thaniel Sherman, Joseph Wood, Jonathan Wheeler, Ebenezer Wads- worth.


1788 .- Joseph Wood, Nathaniel Sherman, Ebenezer Wadsworth, Benjamin Walker, Thomas Bick- nell.


1789 .- Benja. Goddard, Joseph Wood, Luke Drury, Eleazer Le- land, Noah B. Kimball.


1790 .- Perley Batcheller, Na- thaniel Sherman, Joseph Wood,


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HISTORY OF GRAFTON.


Phineas Leland, Ephraim Sherman.


1791. - Joseph Wood, David Wadsworth, Luke Drury, Benjamin Walker, Eleazer Leland.


1792 .- Joseph Wood, Ebenezer Wadsworth, Nahum Stone, Benja- min Goddard, Benjamin Walker.


1793. - Joseph Wood, David Wadsworth, Nahum Stone, Eleazer Leland, Noah B. Kimball.


1794. - Joseph Wood, David Wadsworth, Nahum Stone, Eleazer Leland, David W. Leland.


1795 .- Perley Batcheller, Nahum Stone, Moses Hayden, Phineas Le- land, Jonathan Warren.


1796 .- Perley Batcheller, Phineas Leland, John Whipple, Andrew Adams, Moses Adams.


1797 .- Perley Batcheller, Andrew Adams, Willlam Brigham, Daniel Hayden, Elijah Brooks.


1798 .- Col. Luke Drury, Nathan- iel Adams, Timothy Sherman, Eli- jah Brooks, Moses Adams.


1799. - Nathaniel Adams, Col. Luke Drury, Perley Batcheller, Phineas Leland, James Wheeler.


1800 .- Nathaniel Adams, Col. Luke Drury, Perley Batcheller, Phineas Leland, James Wheeler.


1801 .- Perley Batcheller, Samuel Adams, Nahum Stone, Samnel Flagg, Ephraim Goulding.


1802 .- Perley Batcheller, Samuel Adams, Nahum Stone, Moses Har- rington, Ezekiel Brigham.


1803 .- Samuel Adams, Nahum Stone, David Wadsworth, Samuel Wood, Royal Keith.


1804. - Nahum Stone, David Wadsworth, Samuel Adams, Eph- raim Goulding, Jonathan Wheeler, Jr.


1805 .- Davld Wadsworth, Sam- uel Flagg, Noah B. Kimball, Sam- uel Wood, Eleazer Leland.


1806 .- David Wadsworth, Noah B. Kimball, Jonathan Wheeler, Jr., Joshua Harrington, Aaron Kim- ball.


1807 .- David Wadsworth, Jona- than Wheeler, Jr., Samuel Adams, Aaron Kimball, Joshua Harring- ton.


1808 .- David Wadsworth, Ebene- zer Wadsworth, William Lamb, Joshua Harrington, Silas Forbush.


1809 .- William Lamb, Jonathan Wheeler, Jr., Elijah Brooks, Joshua Harrington, Josephus Willard.


1810 .- Jonathan Wheeler, Elijah Brooks, Josephus Willard, Perley Goddard, Pardon Aldrich.


1811 .- Jonathan Wheeler, Jr., Elijah Brooks, Josephus Willard, Perley Goddard, Pardon Aldrich.


1812 .- Joshua Harrington, Jose- phus Willard, Perley Goddard, Aaron Kimball, Moses Sherman.


1813 .- Jonathan Wheeler, Samuel Adams, Phineas Leland, Ephraim Goulding, Royal Keith.


1814 .- Phineas Leland, Ephraim Goulding, Royal Keith, Jonathan Wadsworth, Perley Whipple.


1815 .- Pardon Aldrich, Phineas Leland, Ephraim Goulding, Royal Keith, Oliver Kimball.


1816,-Pardon Aldrich, Phineas Leland, Royal Keith, Oliver Kim- ball, Cyrus Leland.


1817 .- Oliver Kimball, Josephus Willard, Royal Keith, Joseph Mer- riam, Albert Stone.


1818 .- Royal Keith, Nathaniel Adams, Pardon Aldrich, Joseph Merriam, Jonathan Wadsworth.


415


OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY.


1819. - Oliver Kimball, Pardon Aldrich, Peter Farnum, Perley God- dard, Albert Stone.


1820 .- Royal Keith, Pardon Ald- rich, Perley Goddard, Peter Far- num, Charles Brigham.


1821 .- Ephraim Goulding, Jose- phus Willard, Silas Forbush, Clark Brown, George Putnam.


1822 .- Josephus Willard (de- clined), Col. Cyrus Leland, Clark Brown, Capt. Charles Leland, Isaac W. Wood, Charles Prentice.


1823 .- Col. Cyrus Leland, Isaac W. Wood, Charles Prentice, Albert Stone, Perley Goddard.


1824 .- Cyrus Leland, Isaac W. Wood, Paul Farnum, Albert Stone, Moses Roberts.


1825 .- Cyrus Leland, Isaac W. Wood, Moses Roberts, John Batch- eller, Joshua W. Leland.


1826 .- Peter Farnum, Perley Goddard, Elijah Brooks, Moses Adams, Charles Cleveland.


1827 .- Peter Farnum,


Perley Goddard, Elijah Brooks, Moses Adams, Pardon Aldrich.


1828 .- Peter Farnum, Perley Goddard, Elijah Brooks, Moses Adams, Joseph Adams.


1829 .- Samuel Wood, Harry Wood, Joseph Adams, Joshua W. Leland, Joseph Bruce.


1830 .- Harry Wood, Joshua W. Leland, Joseph Bruce, Moses Roberts.


1831 .- Samuel Wood, Cyrus Le- land, Joseph Bruce, Moses Roberts, Moses H. Adams.


1832 .- Samuel Wood, Joseph Bruce, Moses H. Adams, Luke Leland, Peter Farnum, Jr. .


1833 .- Samuel Wood, Luke Le- land, Moses H. Adams, Thaddeus Read, Joshua Harrington, and Joel Forbush in his place.


1834 .- Samuel Wood, Luke Le- land, Joel Forbush, Jonathan War- ren, Charles Aldrich.


1835 .- Pardon Aldrich, Jonathan Warren, Charles Aldrich, Nathan Hancock, Oliver M. Brigham.


1836 .- Oliver M. Brigham, Na- than Hancock, Chandler M. Pratt, Joseph Adams, Luther Wright.


1837 .- Oliver M. Brigham, Charles Brigham, Jr., Joseph Adams, Luther Wright, Silas For- bush, Jr.


1838 .- Charles Brigham, Jr., Joseph Adams, Silas Forbush, Jr., Benjamin Kingsbury, Elijah Kim- ball.


1839 .- Benjamin Kingsbury, Eli- jah Kimball, Joseph Batcheller, Liberty Wood, Noah Kimball.


1840. - Liberty Wood, Silas For- bush, Jr., Esek Saunders, Leonard Wheelock, Jonathan Warren.


1841 .- Benjamin Kingsbury, Luke Leland, Levi W. Leland, Joseph Kimball, Samuel W. Putnam.


1842 .- Benjamin Kingsbury, Luke Leland, Levi W. Leland, Joseph Kimball, Samuel W. Putnam.


1843 .- Noah Kimball, Lawson Munyan, Lewis Holbrook, Samuel HIoughton, Willard S. Wood.


1844 .- Leonard Wheelock, Sam- uel Houghton, Lewis Holbrook, Charles Aldrich, Rufus E. Warren.


1845 .- Lewis Holbrook, Leonard Wheelock, Samuel Houghton, Charles Aldrich, Rufus E. Warren. 1846 .- Luke Leland, Charles God-


416


HISTORY OF GRAFTON.


dard, Esek Saunders, Philip Wing, Asa F. Smith.


1847 .- Esek Saunders, Asa F. Smith, John W. Slocomb, Luther Wright, Abraham M. Bigelow.


1848 .- Esek Saunders, Asa F. Smith, John W. Slocomb, Luther Wright, Abraham M. Bigelow.


1849 .- Abraham M. Bigelow, Joseph Batcheller, John Waterman, Jonathan W. Stow, Gilbert C. Taft.


1850 .- Abraham M. Bigelow, Joseph Batcheller, Jonathan W. Stow, John Whitney, Jefferson Bellows.


1851 .- Fred'k Waterman, Lewis Holbrook, Samuel B. Dolliver, Samuel F. Redding, Erastus Fisher.


1852 .- Fred'k Waterman, Erastus Fisher, Charles Goddard, Charles Prentice, Benjamin W. Fay.


1853. - Benjamin W. Fay, Charles Prentice, Stephen R. White, Au- gustus Slocomb, H. D. P. Bigelow.


1854 .- Benjamin W. Fay, Charles Prentice, Stephen R. White, Augus- tus Slocomb, H. D. P. Bigelow.


1855 .- Leander G. Pratt, Barna- bas Newton, Calvin Wesson, Cal- vin Clisbee, Calvin S. Thurston.


1856 .- Leander S. Pratt, Luke F. Allen, Levi N. Leland, T. A. Buf- fum, Rufus L. Witherby.


1857 .- Luke F. Allen, Rodney Leland, George F. Slocomb, Horace Batcheller, S. E. Goulding.


1858 .- Rodney Leland, George F. Slocomb, Horace Batcheller, S. E. Goulding. Silas A. Forbush.


1859 .- Horace Batcheller, Silas A. Forbush, Cyrus D. Aldrich, Samuel C. Flagg.


1860 .- Horace Batcheller, Elijah


B. Brooks, Jonathan D. Wheeler, Horace S. Warren, George W. Estabrook.


1861 .- Jonathan D. Wheeler, Horace S. Warren, George W. Estabrook, John McClellan, Ashley W. Rice.


1862 .- Jonathan D. Wheeler, John McClellan, Ashley W. Rice, Joseph B. Adams, Cyrus D. Ald- rich.


1863 .- John McClellan, Joseph B. Adams, Lowell White, Jasper S. Nelson, John B. White.


1864 .- Joseph B. Adams, Jasper S. Nelson, William F. Slocum, George F. Slocomb, George K. Nichols.


1865 .- William F. Slocum, Geo. F. Slocomb, George K. Nichols, Silas E. Stowe.


1866 .- William F. Slocum, Geo. K. Nichols, Silas E. Stowe, S. A. Knowles, C. W. Stratton.


1867 .- Silas E. Stowe, Charles C. Wood, Charles Fowler.


1868 .- Charles C. Wood, Charles Fowler, H. C. Greenwood, Willard D. Wheeler, S. B. Dolliver.


1869 .- Willard D. Wheeler, Charles Fowler, H. C. Greenwood, Henry F. Wing, George H. Rugg.


1870 .- Henry F. Wing, George W. Rugg, Joseph Adams, C. C. Willis, Warren L. Munyan.


1871 .- Warren L. Munyan, Joseph Adams, Aaron Elliott, J. W. Mckenzie, C. C. Willls.


1872 .- Abraham M. Bigelow, J. W. Mckenzie, Aaron Elliott, J. Henry Wood, G. F. Jourdan.


1873 .- G. F. Jourdan, J. Heury


417


OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY.


Wood, Franklin Baldwin, J. J. -


Powers.


1874 .- Franklin Baldwin, J. J. Powers, Silas Vinton, Reuben Taft, Thomas T. Griggs.


1875 .- Horace Batcheller, Thomas T. Griggs, Silas Vinton, A. D. Shattuck, Jeremiah Robinson.


1876 .- George F. Slocomb, S. Davis Hall, L. S. Davis, S. H. Knowlton, Horace S. Warren.


1877 .- Alden M. Bigelow, Joseph K. Axtell, George W. Fisher, Davld L. Fiske, S. H. Knowlton.


1878 .- Alden M. Bigelow, George W. Fisher, David L. Fiske, William T. Barker, Edward A. Estabrook.


1879 .- Samuel C. Flagg, James G. Putnam, William T. Barker, A. G. Kempton, John P. Crosby.


TREASURERS.


Capt. James Leland, 1735.


Samuel Cooper, 1736, '37, '38.


Jonathan Hall, 1739, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47.


Abner Stow, 1748.


Ebenezer Brooks, 1749, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54.


Joseph Rice, 1755, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60.


Joseph Merriam, 1761, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77.


Josepb Merriam, Jr., 1778, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87.


Joseph Whipple, 1788, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '94.


Nathaniel Adams, 1795, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04.


Joseph Whipple, 1805, '06, '07, '08.


John Warren, 1809, '10, '11, '12, '13.


Joseph Goddard, 1814.


John Warren, 1815. Jolın Batcheller, 1816, '17, '18.


Cyrus Leland, 1819.


Samuel Wood, 1820, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27.


Jonathan Wheeler, 1828, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33.


Jonathan Whipple, 1834.


Isaac W. Wood, 1835, '36, '37, '38.


Liberty Wood, 1839, '40.


Jonathan Warren. 1841, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52. H. D. P. Bigelow, 1853, '54.


Augustus Slocomb, 1855, '56, '57.


Rufus E. Warren, 1858, '59, '60, 61.


Horace S. Warren, 1862, '63.


George F. Slocomb, 1864, '65.


Rufus E. Warren, 1866, '67, '68, '60, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79.


ASSESSORS.


1736 .- Jonathan Hall, Isaac Bar- nard, Phineas Hardy.


1737 .- Nehemiah How, Jonathan Hall, John Foster.


1788 .- Jonathan Hall, Phineas Hardy, Samuel Warrin. 53


1739 .- Phineas Hardy, Jonathan Hall, Samnel Warrin.


1740 .- Phineas Hardy, Jonathan Hall, Samuel Warrin.


1741. - Abner Stow, Phineas Hardy, Benjamin Goddard.


418


HISTORY OF GRAFTON.


1742 .- Benjamin Goddard, John Tery, Samuel Warrin.


1743 .- Phineas Hardy, Samuel Warrin, Abner Stow.


1744 .- Phineas Hardy, Abner Stow, Samuel Warrin.


1745 .- Samuel Warrin, Abuer


Stow, David Wadsworth.


1746 .- Samuel Warrin, Stow, David Wadsworth.


Abner


1747 .- Samuel Warrin, Wadsworth, Abner Stow.


David


1748 .- Abner Stow, David Wads- worth, Charles Brigham.


1749 .- David Wadsworth, Abner Stow, Samuel Warrin.


1750 .- Abner Stow, Charles Brig- ham, Samuel Warrin.


1751 .- Abner Stow, Samuel War- rin, Benjamin Willard.


1752 .- Phineas Rice, Benjamin Willard, Nathaniel Sberman.


1753 .- Benjamin Willard, Phin- eas Rice, Nathaniel Sherman.


1754 .- Samuel Warrin, Hezekiah Taylor, Joseph Bateheller.


1755 .- Benjamin Willard, David Harrington, Nathaniel Ball.


1756. - Samuel Warrin, John Goulding, Charles Brigham.


1757 .- Nathan'l Stedman, Joseph Merriam, Hezekiah Taylor.


1758 .- Benjamin Willard, Abner Stow, Hezekiah Taylor.


1759 .- John Goulding, David Forbush, Hezekiah Taylor.


1760 .- John Goulding, Benjamin Willard, Hezekiah Taylor.


1761 .- Abner Stow, Samuel War- rin, Benjamin Willard.


1762 .- Hezekiah Taylor, Sanınel Warrin, Abner Stow.


1763 .- Joseph Merriam, Charles Brigham, Abner Stow.


1764 .- John Goukiing, Timothy Darling, Joseph Batcheller.


1765 .- John . Goulding, Simon Brooks, Joseph Batcheller.


1766 .- John Goulding, Simon Brooks, Joseph Batcheller.


1767 .- Joseph Batcheller, Samuel Warrin, Simon Brooks.


1768 .- Charles Brigham, John Goulding, John Prentice.


1769 .- John Goulding, Nathaniel Prentice, Charles Brigham.


1770 .- John Prentice, Hezekiah Taylor, Abraham Brown.


1771 .- The Selectmen. 1772 .- [None].


1773 .- John Prentice, Joseph Merriam, Simon Brooks.


1774 .- John Prentice, Joseph Merriam, Benjamin Goddard.


1775 .- [None].


1776 .-- Joseph Merriam, Jr., Ben- jamin Goddard, Jonathan Stow.


1777. - Benjamin Goddard, Eph- raim Lyon, William Brigham.


1778 .- Joseph Merriam, Jr., Ben- jamin Garfield, Jonathan Stow.


1779 .- Joseph Merriam, Jr., Dr. Joseph Wood, Jonathan Stow.


1780 .- Benjamin Goddard, Wil- liam Brigham, Thomas Bicknell.


1781 .- John Thurston, Joseph Merriam, Jr., Nathaniel Ward.


1782 .- Timothy Sherman, Joseph Whipple, Nathaniel Ward.


1783 .- Jonathan Stow, Benjamin Goddard, Timothy Sherman.


1784 .- Jonathan Stow, Timothy Sherman, Thomas Bicknell.


419


OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY.


1785 .- Jonathan Stow, Timothy Sherman, Thomas Bicknell.


1786 .- Benjamin Walker, Thomas Bicknell, Thaddeus Read.


1787 .- David Wadsworth, Joseph Wood, Ephraim Lyon.


1788 .- David Wadsworth, Benja- min Walker, Jonathan Wheeler.


1789 .- Jonathan Stow, Thomas Bicknell, William Brigham.


1790 .- David Wadsworth, Joseph Wood, Joseph Whipple.


1791. - Joseph Wood, David Wadsworth, Jolin Whipple.


1792 .- David Wadsworth; Joseph Wood, Benjamin Goddard.


1793 .- David Wadsworth, Joseph Wood, Benjamin Goddard.


1794 .- Col. Luke Drury, Joseph Merriam, Jr., Timothy Sherman.


1795 .- Col. Luke Drury, Joseph Merriam, Jr., Timothy Sherman.


1796 .- Col. Luke Drury, Joseph Merriam, Jr., Timothy Sherman.


1797 .- Benja. Goddard, Joseph Wood, Thaddeus Read.


1798 .- Joseph Wood, Thaddeus Read, Joseph Merriam.


1799. - Thaddeus Read, Andrew Adams, Benjamin Goddard.


1800 .- Thaddeus Read, Benjamin Goddard, Nahum Stone.


1801. - Thaddeus Read, Benjamin Goddard, John Warren.


1802 .- Thaddeus Read, Ephraim Goulding, Jonathan Wheeler, Jr.


1803 .- Jonas Brown, Josephus Willard, Joseph Merriam, Jr.


1804 .- Thaddeus Read, Jonas Browu, Josephus Willard.


1805. - Jonas Brown, Josephus Willard, Joshua Harrington.


1806 .- Josephus Willard, Jonas Brown, John Warren.


1807. - Joseph Willard, John Warren, Oliver Kimball.


1808 .- John Putnam, Oliver Kim- ball, Albert Stone.


1809 .- Oliver Kimball, Albert Stone, John Putnam.


1810 .- Oliver Kimball, Albert Stone, John Warren.


1811 .- Oliver Kimball. Albert Stone, Joseph Merriam, Jr.


1812. - Joseph Merriam, Jr., Thaddens Read, Levi Goddard.


1813. - Joseph Merriam, Jr., Thaddeus Read, Stephen Holbrook.


1814. - Joseph Merriam, Jr., Thaddeus Read, Charles Brigham.


1815 .- Joseph Merriam, Jr., Al- bert Stone, Cyrus Wadsworth.


1816 .- Thaddeus Read, Cyrus Wadsworth, Joshua W. Leland.


1817 .- Joshua W. Leland. Nath- aniel Adams, Jr., Charles Prentice.


1818 .- Joshna W. Leland, Nath- aniel Adams, Charles Prentice.


1819 .- Josephus Willard, Amasa Roberts, David Sherman, Jr.


1820 .- Amasa Roberts, Nathaniel Adams, Jr., Paul Farnum.


1821 .- Albert Stone, Charles Prentice, Joseph Bruce.


1822 .- Albert Stone, Joseph Bruce, Charles Prentice.


1823 .- Moses Roberts, Paul Far- uum, Thaddeus Read, Jr.


1824 .- Amasa Roberts, Harry Wood, Jouathan Wheeler.


1825 .- Joseph Bruce, Thaddeus Read, Austin Holbrook.


1826 .- Austin Holbrook, Luke Leland, Oliver M. Brigham.


420


HISTORY OF GRAFTON.


1827 .- Isaac W. Wood, Harry Wood, Philip Wing.


1828 .- Harry Wood, Cyrns Le- land, Isaac W. Wood.


1829 .- Cyrus Leland, Moses Roberts, Thaddeus Read.


1830 .- Cyrus Leland, Austin Hol- brook, Luke Leland.


1831 .- Cyrus Leland, Harry Wood, Isaac W. Wood.


1832 .- Isaac W. Wood, Chandler M. Pratt, Charles Goddard.


1833 .- Isaac W. Wood, Chandler M. Pratt, Charles Brigham, Jr.


1834 .- Isaac W. Wood, Nathan Hancock, Oliver M. Brigham.


1835 .- Joseph Bruce, Philip Wing, Austin Holbrook.


1836 .- Austin Holbrook, Philip Wing, Luke Leland.


1837 .- Luke Leland, Chandler M. Pratt, Benjamin Kingsbury.




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