History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 162

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co
Number of Pages: 1034

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The services of the women of the town, acting in concert with the Sanitary Commission, are not to be overlooked. During the war, from the time our soldiers were first encamped within the borders of the State, until they returned home at the expiration of their term of service, they were remembered by this class of patient toilers. The sessions of the Ladies' Benevolent Society were many, which were devoted to industrious efforts in making quilts, clothing, lint and cushions for broken limbs. Tbe busy hands of the home-circle, similarly employed, should also be mentioned. The goods thus made, together with condiments, provisions, stimulants and delicacies, purchased at considerable expense, suita- ble for those who were suffering in the hospitals, were at different dates carefully packed, filling many barrels and boxes and forwarded in a cause where philanthropy was at a premium. Among the ladies who were active in this womany sympathy, the names of Mrs. Mary Bertram, Mrs. Ralph Ball, Mrs. Jonas Spanlding, Jr., Mrs. Noah Ball and others might be mentioned. Their efforts awakened glad- ness in many hearts, and will be held in grateful remembrance.

" War is honorable

In those who do their native rights maintain ; In those whose swords an iron barrier aro

Between the lawless spoiler and the weak."

LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS AND COLLEGE GRADUATES. -Walter Hastings, born in Chelmsford, 1778; Harvard College, 1799; admitted to the bar, 1803; was a col- onel at Port Warren in the war with England, 1812; died in Townsend, June 6, 1831.

Aaron Keyes, born in Westford, 1791; read law with John Abbott, of Westford ; was admitted to the bar in 1822; came to Townsend the same year and

opened an office; was in practice here for twenty years ; died at Townsend, November 28, 1842.

John Preston was a lawyer in practice in Town- send for two or three years, about 1830 ; Harvard College, 1823 ; removed to New Ipswich, New Hamp- shire ; died March 5, 1867.

Frederick A. Worcester, born in Hollis, New Hampshire, January 28, 1807; Harvard College, 1831; came to Townsend and opened an office in 1836 ; re- miained in practice here during his life ; died March 3, 1888.

Charles F. Worcester, born in Townsend, February 25, 1859; Dartmouth College, 1884; has an office in Townsend and one in Ayer ; resides in Townsend.

The first physician in Townsend, Doctor Joseph Adams, came from Lincoln about 1774; was a loyalist, fled to England and died there, Febuary 3, 1803; property conficated.

Dr. Samuel Hosley was an assistant surgeon in the Continental Army until the close of the war, and com- menced the practice of medicine here at its close ; born in Townsend in 1758.

Dr. Isaac Mullikin originated in Bradford ; came to Townsend about 1780; was a justice of the peace and town clerk several years.

Dr. Samuel Lovejoy, born in Milton, New Hamp- shire, 1775 ; came to Townsend, in 1802 ; was in prac- tice here more than thirty years,-the last man that traveled on horse-back with saddle-bags ; died 1851.

Dr. Moses Kidder came from Billerica ; was surgeon at Fort Warren, 1813; came to Townsend, 1822; moved to Lowell about 1835; died there.

Dr. John Bertram was born at Petersborough, New Hampshire, 1794; Dartmouth College Medical De- partment, 1825 ; came to Townsend 1827 ; died Decem- ber 15, 1846, at Townsend.

Dr. Ebenezer P. Hills, born in Newbury, 1804; Bowdoin College Medical Department, 1825 ; came to Townsend Harbor, 1825; remained at that village about twenty years; died in Shirley, 1854.

Dr. John Heard was born in Maine about 1810; took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine from Dart- mouth College, 1838; came to Townsend, 1852; left town 1861.

Dr. Augustus G. Stickney, born in Antrim, New Hampshire, 1807 ; Berkshire Medical College, Pitts- field, 1833; came to West Townsend, 1834; member of Massachusetts Medical Society, 1844 ; died at West Townsend, August 23, 1862.

Dr. Royal B. Boynton, born in Pepperell, February 7, 1826; Medical College, Woodstock, Vermont, 1852; commenced practice in Townsend, 1853; was in prac- tice at Mason Village, N. H., for a few years ; returned to Townsend in 1865, and remained here ever since.

Dr. Edward J. Donnell, born in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire in 1835; Dartmouth Medical Col- lege, 1865; came to West Townsend, 1870; removed to Stockton, Kansas, 1876; member of New Hamp- shire Medical Society.

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Dr. Charles J. Towne, born in Stoddard, New Hampshire, 1840; College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York, 1865; came to Townsend, 1867; removed to the town of Essex, 1881.

Dr. Luther G. Chandler, son of George S. and Elizabeth (Thurston) Chandler, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, December 12, 1844 ; graduated from Portland ( Maine) High School, 1863 ; Harvard Col- lege Medical Department, 1871; came to Townsend Junc, 1878; is now in practice here.

Dr. Albert J. Atwood, son of George M. and Jane (Hall) Atwoood, born in England, county of Kent, March 30, 1859; graduated from Cleveland Ho- mcopathic Hospital College 1885 ; came to Townsend September, 1885 ; is now in practice here.

COLLEGE GRADUATES.

Jolin Hubbard, Dartmouth College, 1785; Abraham Butterfield, Dartmouth College, 1796; Daniel Adams, Dartmouth College, 1797 ; Jo- seph Walker, Bowdoin College, 1818; William Farmer, Harvard Col- lege, 1819; Jobu Stevens, Middlebury College, 1821 ; Joel Giles, Har- vard College, 1829 ; John Graham, Amherst College, 1829 ; John Giles, Harvard College, 1831; Charles Brooks, Yale College, 1853; Warren Brooks, Harvard College, 1855; Mark Davis, Dartmouth College, 1859 ; Charles Theodore Haynes, Amherst College, 1862 ; John Milton Proctor, Dartmouth College, 1863 ; Randall Spaulding, Yale College, 1870; Eliel Shumway Ball, Dartmouth College, 1874 ; Wayland Spaulding, Yale College, 1874; Charles Frederick Worcester, Dartmouth College, 1884 ; Edward James Sartelle, Harvard College, 1885; George Elliott Wright, Harvard College, 1889 ; Willie E. Smith, Williams College, 1890 ; Charles Spaulding, Williams College, 1890.

POST-OFFICE-One hundred years ago there was not much written communication among the people liv- ing a considerable distance from each other. Most all the letters written in Northern New England were sent by the market-men and teamsters to a general post-office in Boston, and most of them were adver- tised in the Boston Gazette, a newspaper duly anthor- ized for that purpose. There were some subscribers to that paper in Townsend at that time. In 1777, among the letters advertised in a copy of that paper, is one for a man in Lyndeborough, N. H., one for Colonel William Prescott, of Pepperell, and one for " Mary Reed, of Townshend."

In 1794 a man by the name of Balch was a conrier between Keene and Boston, traveling on horseback. His route was through Townsend, and he was an ex- pressman, in a small way, for two or three years.

The Boston and Keene stages began to run in 1806, making three trips a week at first, but soon the horses were more frequently changed and the entire distance was made daily, and the passengers dined at Townsend, which town is about equidistant from these two places.

The monotony of the long summer days in these rural towns was very pleasantly broken by the noisy axle-trees of these vehicles ; and the busy toilers in the roadside fields would pause in their labors to catch a view of these messengers of civilization as they moved briskly along. The stage-drivers of that time were a jolly set of fellows, always pleasant and accommodating. Their hardships in occasionally en- countering the deep snow-drifts on the hills and the pinching northwest winds, which January sweeps

over the Townsend plains, were quite severe. After the railroads were made some of these drivers were placed upon the cars as conductors, but they always appeared out of their element, and as though they greatly preferred the excitement afforded by their pet animals rather than the unnatural snort of the iron horse.

The following is a list of the postmasters at Town- send Centre and the date of their appointments :

Moses Warren, July 1, 1808 ; John W. Loring, July 1, 1811 ; William A. Bancroft, February 17, 1817 ; Aaron Keyes, August 23, 1826 ; office dis- continued, October 29, 1834 ; re-established, April 11, 1835 ; Joseph Adams, Jr., April 11, 1835; Thomas Farrar, July 20, 1839 ; Walter Fessenden, November 12, 1846 ; John Brooks, September 15, 1849 ; George A. Wood, September 13, 1851 ; Charles Osgood, August 12, 1852; William T. Tay- lor, April 12, 1861 ; Edwin A. Larkin, September 27, 1866; Charles Os- good, Angust 5, 1868 ; William P. Taylor, April 8, 1869 ; Charles Os- good, July 22, 1885 ; Walter D. Osgood, May 24, 1886 ; Henry B. Hil- dreth, October 22, 1880.

The following is a list of the postmasters at Town- send Harbor, and the time of their appointments :

James S. Walton, -; David B. Livermore, July 31, 1832; Paul Gerrish, February 23, 1835 ; Ebenezer P. Hills, April 17, 1839 ; Charles Gerrish, February 23, 1842; Charles Emery, February 8, 1843; Oliver Whitcomb, January 3, 1850; Charles Emery, September 15, 1855.

The following is a list of the postmasters at West Townsend and the dates of their appointments :

Silas Bruce, July 20, 1849 ; Augustus G. Stickney, June 25, 1855 . Albert Howe, April 22, 1861; Angustus G. Stickney, July 17, 1862 ; Albert Howe, October 1, 1862 ; John E. Dickerman, August 30, 1881 ; Richard McElligott, September 15, 1885.

There was a mail-route established between Lowell and Worcester in 1832, which gave the Harbor a post- office at that early date. The post-office at Townsend Centre was discontinued in 1834, because the returns to the department were not made as promptly as was required, so that all mail matter for Townsend, from October, 1834, to April 11, 1835, came to Townsend Harbor.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY .-

" The past but lives in words ; a thousand ages Were blank, if books had not evok'd their ghosts, And kept the pale, unbodied shadows to warn us From fleshless lips."

In 1858 a book agent eanvassed this town for the sale of a set of books to make up an agricultural li- brary and obtained the names of some more than one hundred subscribers who paid three dollars each and became mutually interested in the enterprise. A farmers' elub was talked about, but never organized. A committee was chosen to select the books from a long catalogue. Most of the volumes selected were well worthy the attention of the farmer, but a part of them, like Peter Pindar's razors, " were made to sell." The volumes were read considerably for a year or two, when it began to be discussed how to have more books and those treating on different subjects. In the winter of 1861 a levee was given at the town-hall expressly in the interest of the library, at which some over a hundred dollars were made after paying all

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expenses. During the next ten years two or three | to fill the office, which he held unti! his death, Janu- gatherings of this kind were held, the object of which ary 28, 1884. For over thirty years Mr. Fessenden and Mr. Ordway attended to the business of this bank in a very satisfactory manner, both to the stockholders and every one doing business with them. Soon after the death of Walter Fessenden Mr. Ordway resigned, whereupon the directors made unanimous choice of Albert. L. Fessenden president, and Henry A. Hill cashier, who hold these offices at the present time. was to raise money with which to buy books for the library. The proprietors of the two stores situated on the borders of the town's Common (Mr. Osgood more than the other), for the space of ten or more years, had the care of this little library, and they dealt out the books twice a week for a little or no compensa- tion, except room rent, on account of the trade or custom which it brought them. At that time each The capital stock is one hundred thousand dollars. It was changed to a National Bank in April, 1865. There have been two or three attempts to burglarize this bank, none of which were successful. It is fairly patronized and it does a quiet, paying business. person having the benefit of this library was taxed fifty cents a year to help pay for a place to keep it in and to pay for the services of a librarian. The num- ber of readers increased and nearly every time when books were to be bought a good degree of judgment. TOWN OFFICES .- was exercised in selecting standard literature from the best authors. .

In 1873 the shareholders and patrons of the library had an article inserted in the town warrant to see if the town would take it off their hands and make it a free library to be supported by the town, The town voted to accept it as a town institution and appropriated one hundred dollars annually for its support for sev- eral years, and later one hundred and fifty dollars have been appropriated-this year (1890) one hun- dred and seventy-five dollars were appropriated. These funds have been used in the purchase of books by a committee and for the payment of the librarian. It is open for the delivery of books about two hours each day four days in each week. The influence of this institution has been excellent in creating and fostering a taste for reading and observation, and in giving to our youth pleasant thoughts and profitable culture. There are over two thousand volumes in this library, which is properly catalogued and under the care of Miss Kate L. Larkin, the efficient librarian.

In 1875 the town inaugurated a Fire Department containing the modern appliances in this direction. It consisted of hose and hose-carriages, a hand fire- engine, an Amoskeag steam fire-engine and the houses to contain them-in all at an expense of over $16,000. Since the organization of this department considerable property has escaped "the devouring element" on account of the presence of these ma- chines in the hands of stalwart, active men.

North Star Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows was instituted in Townsend in 1866, and David Cram, N.G., Albert Howe, V.G., and Frederick Stevens, Secretary, were inducted into office. Pre- sumably, from the social and charitable nature of this institution, in a quiet way it has done some good and caused the burdens of life in many instances easier to be borne.

The Townsend Bank was chartered in 1854. At the organization of the grantees, in September of that year, John M. Hollingsworth, of Groton, was elected president and Edward Ordway cashier. The next month Mr. Hollingsworth resigned the office of presi- dent and Walter Fessenden, of Townsend, was chosen

" And Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made a judge in the land, that every man which hath any snit or cause, might come unto me, and I would do him justice."

It thus appears that there were office-seekers away back in the time of this good-looking young man, whose death caused his father so many tears.

In colonial times the justices of the peace were commissioned in the name of the King, and the office was considered as one of marked distinction. Upon the adoption of the State Constitution the appointing power vested in the Governor, yet the duties and pre- rogatives of the office remained the same as before, and the peculiar dignity continued to attend those holding the office. In later years appointments have been more freely given, and the number of persons qualified for the position, both by education and a knowledge of legal forms and proceedings, is so nu- merous that the magistrates of the present time, sur- rounded by men of equal influence and eminence, do not enjoy the distinction that once attended the posi- tion. The commissions of these men conferred au- thority for seven years, but they were almost invaria- bły renewed and continued. John Stevens, Israel Hobart and Daniel Adams obtained the office by the favor of the royal Governors.

In the following list of Townsend men, who have been and are now magistrates, the names of the eight men and all of the list now among the living are printed in italics. Two of them, however, are not at present residents of Townsend :

John Stevens, Israel Hobart, Daniel Adanis, James Locke, Isaac Mul- likin, Josiah Richardson, Samuel Brooks, Aaron Warren, Walter Hast- ings, Shobal C. Allen, Richard Warner, Aaron Keyes, Levi Sherwin, Hiram Walcott, Joel Adams, John Farwell, George Green, Samuel Jen- kins, Ebenezer Rawson, Daniel Giles, Ezra Blood, John Bertram, Henry Sceva, Daniel L. Brown, Levi Stearns, Noah Ball, Frederick A. Worces- ter, Ilartwell Graham, Ithamur B. Sawtelle, Albert Howe, Newton C. Boutelle, Solomon J. Stearns, Edward J. Surtelle, James N. Tucker, Eph- raim S. Wilder, Stillman Haynes, George Taft, Samnel S. Haynes, Charles F. Worcester, Royal B. Boynton.

The following is a list of the names of those who held the principal offices in Townsend, from the incor- poration of the town until 1891 inclusive.

It will be observed that Townsend omitted to send a representative to the General Court many times during the first fifty years after the acquisition of our

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national independence. Probably this may be ac- counted for from the fact that each town, for the most of that time, paid its own representative, and the neglect was regarded as economy. A lawsuit (James Locke es. the inhabitants of the town of Townsend) was commenced in 1786, concerning a bill which James Locke brought against the town for services as a representative. The town considered the charge in his account excessive, and refused to pay it, which, after the usual delays of the law, was finally compro- mised and adjusted.

Townsend has guarded her interests invariably with a jealous eye, and maintained her legal rights, " asking for nothing but what was right, and submit- ting to nothing that was wrong."

The records for 1732 are lost, so that it is impossible to give the officers for that year. Samuel Manning was town clerk, as appears from a part of the record, for that year. There is not much doubt but that the town had the same officers in 1732 as in 1733 :

1733. Moderator, Joseph Stevens ; Clerk, Samnel Manning. Selectmen -Joseph Stevens, Joseph Baldwin, Samuel Manning.

1734. Moderator, Jasher Wyman; Clerk, Sammel Manning. Select- men-Joseph Stephens, Joseph Baldwin, Samnel Manning.

1735. Moderator, Jasher Wyman ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Select- men-John Stevens, Jasher Wyman, Daniel Taylor, Jeremiah Ball, Samuel Manning.

1736. Moderator, Samuel Manning ; Clerk, John Stevens. Selectmen -John Stevens, Jasher Wyman, Daniel Taylor.

1737. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Selectmen -- Samuel Manning, John Stevens, William Clark, Amos Whitney, Jacob Baldwin.

1738. Moderator, Jasher Wymao ; Clerk, Sanmel Manving. Selectmen -Daniel Taylor, James Hosley, Amos Whitney, Isaac Spanld- · ing, Samuel Manning.

1739. Moderator, Nathaniel Richardsoo ; Clerk, Samnel Manning. Selectmen-Samuel Manning, Daniel Taylor, Jasher Wymao, Ephraim Brown, Amos Whitney.

1740. Moderátor, Ephraim Brown ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Select- men-John Stevens, Daniel Taylor, Amos Whitney.

1741. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Selectinen -William Fletcher, John Stevens, Nathaniel Richardson.

1742. Moderator, John Stevens ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Selectmen -Sauinnel Manning, John Stevens, Daniel Taylor, Ephraim Brown, William Fletcher.

1743. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Selectmen -Samuel Manning, John Stevens, Benjamin Brooks, Ephraim Brown, Daniel Taylor.

1744. Moderatur, Daviel Taylor ; Clerk, Sammel Manniog. Selectnien -- Sammel Manning, Benjamin Brooks, Nathaniel Richardson, Josiah Robbins, Daniel Taylor.

1745. Moderator, John Stevens ; Clerk, Sammel Manniog. Selectmen -John Stevens, Benjamin Brooks, Nathaniel Richardson, John Conaut, Amos Whitney.

1746. Moderator, John Stevens; Clerk, John Stevens. Selectmen- John Stevens, Benjamin Brooks, Nathaniel Richardson,

1747. Moderator, John Stevens; Clerk, John Stevens. Selectmen- John Stevens, Benjamin Brooks, Jeremiah Ball, Isaac Spauld- ing, JJohn Wallis.

1748. Moderator, Nathaniel Richardson; Clerk, Samuel Manning, selectmen-John Stevens, Jonathan Hubbard, Amos Whitney.

1749. Moderator, Jonathan Hubbard ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Se_ lectmen-John Stevens, JJonathan Hubbard, Amos Whitney.

1750. Moderator, Jonathan Hubbard; Clerk, Sammel Manning. Se- lectmeo-John Stevens, Jonathan Wallis, Amos Whitney.

1751. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Sanmel Maiming. Selectmen -Samuel Maoning, Benjamin Brooks, Amos Whitney.

1752. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Selectmen -Samipel Manning, Amos Whitney, Jonathan Hubbard.

1753. Moderator, Jonathan Hubbard ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Se-

lectmen -- John Stevens, Jonathan Hubbard, Benjamin Brooks, . Amos Whitney, Isaac Spaulding.

1754. Moderator, John Stevens ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Selectmien -Jolin Conant, Daniel Adams, Zacheriah Emery.

1755. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Selectmen Samuel Manning, Daniel Adams, John Conant, Zacheriah Emery, Ephraim Brown.

1756. Moderntor, Jonathan Hubbard; Clerk, Samuel Manning. Se- lectmen-Jonathan Hubbard, Amos Whitney, Daniel Adams, Zacheriah Emery, Samuel Maaving.

1757. Moderator, Jonathan Hubbard ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Select- men-Jonathan Hubbard, Amos Whitney, Daniel Adams, Eben- ezer Wyman, William Stevens.

1758. Moderator, Jonathan Hubbard; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Select- men-Jonathan Hubbard, Daniel Adams, Amos Whitney, Daniel Taylor, Benjamin Brooks.

1759. Moderator, Benjamin Brooks; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -Benjamin Brooks, Amos Whitney, Isaac Spaulding, Daniel Adams, Ephraim Heald.

1760. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmeo- Daniel Adams, Amos Whitney, Daniel Taylor, Ephraim Heald, Isaac Spaulding.

1761. Moderator, Daniel Taylor; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Daniel Taylor, Zacheriah Emery, Isaac Farrar, Ephraim Heald.

1762. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Amos Whitney, Oliver Hildreth, Jonathan Wallis, Daniel Tay- lor, Daniel Adams.

1763. Moderator, Daniel Taylor; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Isaac Spaulding, Daniel Taylor, Benjamin Brooks, Zacheriah Emery.

1764. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Amos Whitney, Ephraim Heald, Thomas War- ren, Jonathan Wallis.

1765. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Daviel Taylor, Ephraim Heald, Ephraim Brown, William Clark.

1766. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Ephraim Heald, Benjamin Brooks, James Hos- ley, Jonathan Wallis.

1767. Moderator, Ephraim Heald; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmeo -- Daniel Adams, Ephraim Heald, Thomas Warren, Isaac Farrar, Jonathan Wallis .;

1768. Moderator, Ephraim Heald ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmeo- Daniel Adams, Ephraim Heald, Jonathan Wallis, Benjamin Brooks, Amos Heald.

1769. Moderator, Samnel Manniog ; Clerk, Samuel Mauning. Select- men -- Samuel Manning, Amos Heald, Isaac Farrar, Jonathan Patis, Daniel Sherwin.

1770. Moderator, Amos Heald ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen- Daniel Adams, Aoos Heald, Isaac Farrar, Thomas Warren, John Conant.

1771. Moderator, James Hosley ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmeo- Daniel Adams, James Hosley, John Conant, Benjamin Spauld- ing, Samuel Donglas.

1772. Moderator, Jonathan Wallis; Clerk, Daniel Adamıs. Selectmen -Daniel Adams, Isaac Farrar, Samuel Douglas, Zacheriah Emery, James Hosley.

1773. Moderator, James Hosloy ; Clerk, Daniel Adams, Selecthien -- Daniel Adams, James Hosley, Zacheriah Emery, Benjamin Brooks, Jonathan Wallis.

1774. Moderator, Daniel Taylor ; Clerk, Daniel Adams. Selectmen -- Daniel Adamus, Daniel Taylor, Richard Wyer, Jonathan Wallis, Benjamin Brooks.

1775. Moderator, James Hosley ; Clerk, James Hosley. Selectmen- James Ilosley, Isaac Farrar, Thomas Warren, Daniel Emery, Richard Wyer.

Representative in the Provincial Congress, Israel Ilobart.

1776. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, James Hosley. Selectoren -- James Hosley, Isaac Farrar, Daniel Emery, Richard Wyer, Zucheriah Emery.

Representative in the Provincial Congress, Israel Hobart.

1777. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, James Hosley. Selectmen- James Hosley, Richard Wyer, Levi Whitney, Zacherich Emery, Thomas Warren .. Representative, James Locke.

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1778. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, James Hosley. Selectmen --- James Hosley, Richard Wyer, Thomas Warren, Benjamin Spaulding, Elijah Wyman.

Representative, James Locke.

1779. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, James Hosley. Selectmen- Thomas Warren, Benjamin Spaulding, Samuel Maynard, Daniel Adams, Jr., Elijah Wymau. Sent no Representative.

1780. Moderator, Daniel Adams; Clerk, James Hosley, Selectmen- Thomas Warren, Richard Wyer, Isasc Farrar, Daniel Adams, Jr., Benjamin Spaulding.

Representative, James Locke.

1781. Moderator, Daniel Adams ; Clerk, James Hosley. Selectmen- Thomas Warren, Richard Wyer, Benjamin Spaulding, Lemuel Petts, Daniel Adams, Jr.

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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 162

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co Number of Pages: 1034

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co
Number of Pages: 1034