History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 117

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706

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Brockton Heights .- The next is the " West Shares, or " Northwest Bridgewater" (now known as " Brockton Heights"), a prominent height of land from which magnificent views may be had. It is the

highest portion of land to be found in all the four Bridgewaters. On the north we have a view of the Blue Hills of Milton, and on the west we have a pic- turesque view of the Western Hills; and no place can excel it for its lovely scenery and its healthful local- ity. The land is of a good quality, and the people in this portion of the town are mostly farmers. In im- mediate proximity to this place is one Methodist Church, school, post-office, and store, and is situated at about equal distance from Stoughton and Centre of Brockton.

Rivers and Brooks .- This town is well watered by brooks and streams, only one large enough to be called a river, and that of small size. Most of these have had mills erected upon them. The most prom- inent of these is the Salisbury River, which rises in the town of Stoughton, running southerly one-half mile west of the Centre Village, till it crosses Bel- mont Street, a short distance below the mill known as the Caleb Howard Mill, when it turns and runs east till it meets Trout Brook.

This brook also rises in the southerly part of Stoughton, and runs south about a half-mile east of the middle of the town till it meets Salisbury Brook, near Sprague's works. At this point the two are joined, and run in a southerly direction, a short dis- tance cast of Campello village, into the town of East Bridgewater.

Beaver Brook is another stream, rising in Wey- mouth ; runs in a southerly direction, and forming a boundary-line between Abington and North Bridge- water, till it enters East Bridgewater. Another river rises in Easton, and runs through the southwest part of the town into West Bridgewater, and is called Cowesett Brook.

Mike's Brook rises in the northeast part of the town, and runs southwesterly, and empties into Trout Brook, and is a very small stream.

West Meadow Brook rises north of the residence of Caleb Phillips, near Pleasant Street, and runs in a southerly direction into West Bridgewater, near Henry Jackson's.

Another small stream rises in the south part of Stoughton and north part of Brockton, near George W. Hunt's; running southeasterly it empties into Salisbury Brook, near Galen Packard's mill.

Also, a small stream rises near the residence of the late Deacon Silvanus French, and, running south, enters West Bridgewater east of the late residence of Nahum Hayward, and empties into Salisbury River.

Although the streams in this town are small, there has been, at various times, considerable manufacturing done by water-power. There are no ponds in town of

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any size, excepting those made by flowing meadows for mill-privileges, the largest in town being that at Sprague's works. next at Howard's mills, and one at Tilden's Corner. There is about a thousand acres in the town covered by water, the balance is well divided into woodland. pasturing, and mowing, and there is no city or town in the county where there is less unproductive or unimproved land than in this town. There are over four thousand acres of good woodland, and over eleven hundred acres of land tilled, exclusive of orcharding ; over fifteen hundred acres of good upland mowing land, about eighty acres of orcharding, about six hundred acres of fresh meadow, about three thousand acres of pasture land.

Hills .- Of the town of Brockton, we may say that its surface is comparatively level, with but a few hills. Besides those already mentioned, there are some ele- rated spots here and there, prominent among which is Cary Hill, situated in the northeast part of the town, overlooking the village on the south, gently sloping in either direction, from the top of which we may get pure air and fine views in an autumn day. When the leaves are turned into rich drapery, it is worth while to ride to this place for the prospect that may be had. It is of very easy access by good roads, and the wonder is that it is not more generally selected as a place of residence by those wishing a healthy and retired locality. The land in the immediate vicinity is good, well adapted to tillage, produces fine crops with little labor.

Prospect Hill is another high and pleasant spot of land, very desirable for building purposes, and but a short distance from the village in a northwest direc- tion, west of the late Capt. Asa Jones' residence. On this height are many fine residences.

Ridge Hill is a rough and rocky pasture, running from near the residence of Freeman Holmes, in the south part of the town, northerly for about one mile, and has been much celebrated for its plentiful crops of huckleberries and blackberries.

Stone-House Hill is situated on the boundary-line between Brockton and Easton, a short distance west of the shoe manufactory of Jonas Reynolds at Tilden's Corner. At this place is an old cave, made in the solid stone ledge, and is said to have been used by the Indians as a dwelling. The cave may now be seen as formerly used. It is situated on the old road leading from Brockton to Easton. A pastoral poem was written by George H. Fullerton, Esq., the late postmaster of Brockton. This work is worthy of a perusal.

Natural History .- To the true votary of science everything in nature presents a lovely aspect. " To

him there are books in the running streams, sermons in stones, good in everrything."

" There's a pleasure in the pathless woods ; There is society where none intrudes."

Every town has its natural history, and every mile of its surface, with its hills and plains, its rivers, ponds, rocks, and trees,-all have a charm that clus- ters around the home of childhood. The forests of Brockton consist of red-, white-, and sugar-maple (although the latter is scarce, it is occasionally found), white-, red-, and black-ash, the tremulous poplar and verdant hemlock, the tall spruce, much used in build- ing, white-ash, used for carriage-work, scythes, and rake-handles, for hoops, sieve rinis, and boxes, and a superior wood for oars. Sassafras was in early times quite plenty, valuable only for medicinal purposes. Chestnut is not abundant. White-oak is used for car- riages, red-oak for casks, the bark of which is used for tanning; hickory affording plenty of good shell- barks; butternut is not common,-here and there a tree ; white-pine is tolerably plenty, although it has been of late much cut for fuel and building purposes; pitch-pine is quite plenty,-good only for fuel, being knotty and pitchy ; red cedar, used for rail-fences and pencil-woods, also very useful for linings to chests, as a protection from moths ; red-beech, used for plane, woods, last, and boot-tree forms. Tall and graceful elms rejoice the eye in every direction. In the early settlement of the town large quantities of ship-timber of oak and chestnut were carried from the town to the sea-shore towns of Weymouth, Scituate, and Dux- bury. Among those who did a large trade in that line were Messrs. Abel and Eliphalet Kingman, and, later, Edwin H. Kingman. Of late years a ready market is found at home for all the wood cut, where formerly large lots were either carried to Boston and the seaport towns, or made into charcoal, and then sent to Boston. Since the railroads have been built wood has been much used on the locomotives, and lias made it scarce at times, but if we take a look about the town we shall find " a few more left of the same sort."

Fruit-Trees .- Of this kind of tree not so great a variety is found as in many places, although the writer is happy in believing that there is an increas- ing interest being felt in this most important of agri- cultural pursuits,-that of raising fruit. The most common fruit is the apple. There is a fair assort- ment of them in the town, and the new orchards con- tain choice varieties, while the old and wild orchards have given way to the woodman's axe. Now the apple is a staple article of consumption, the consumers

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being more numerous than the producers, and people are looking more to the cultivation of all kinds than ever before. Choice varieties are engrafted upon the stumps of old trees, and were it not for the borers that eat the roots, eanker-worms and caterpillars that eat the leaves and branches, we might look with de- light upon as fine orchards as could be found in any place. These pests have destroyed the orehards, as grasshoppers have the nice fields of grass, and the ways and means of ridding the orchards of these plagues is not yet fully understood. Next to the apple comes the pear-tree, which does not appear to thrive as well in this town as in many others, the land not being well adapted for this kind of fruit, though of late many have been successful, and raised choice kinds.

Peaches are raised to a very limited extent, the climate not being adapted for the successful cultiva- tion of this variety. The trees are said to be short- lived, and do not flourish.

Cherries do very well, and much is being done in this kind of small fruit, many varieties being culti- vated. Of the native shrubs, we find the town has the usual variety,-such as the blueberry and huekle- berry,-that affords employment for the boys and girls in a pleasant afternoon, and a source of pleasure to older persons, furnishing an agreeable repast when eaten with milk. Then we find the raspberry, goose- berry, and thimbleberry. Of the raspberries, there are the red and white, that grow wild, and are culti- vated in gardens. Gooseberries of late years have become an article of much use, many new varieties having been introduced, the best of which is the English variety, that grow as large as shellbarks. Then we have the currant, an exceedingly useful artiele of culture, and easily raised, valuable for wine or table use. Of these we have also several varieties, -red, white, and black. Then comes that highly- esteemed and valuable luxury,-" a dish of ripe strawberries, smothered in cream." These are found in many places growing wild in the pastures, and, although they are sweet and delicious, they are found so scarce that not much account is made of them. The cultivated fruit of this kind is a favorite dish, of which there is a great variety, among which are the " Hovey's Seedlings," "Early Virginia," and " Bos- ton Pine." These are fast becoming an article of cul- tivation as much as the potato or corn, and large amounts are cultivated in the gardens and fields of this town. The first that were raised for market to any extent were those by Mr. B. F. Lawton, of the West Shares. Since then several have raised them with profit and sent them to market, among whom

are C. H. Packard, at Campello, and Ira Cope- land.

" Wife, into tho garden, and set mo a plot With strawberry-roots of the best to be get : Such growing abread ameng thorns in the wood, Well chosen and picked, provo excellent and goed."

TUSSER.

Birds .- The birds common in this loeality are the quail, partridge, snipe, woodpecker, woodeock, spar- row, thrush, robin, blue-bird, bobolink, wren, pewee, lark, king-bird, blue jay, black-bird, chickadee, marten, barn- and bank-swallow, cat-bird, cuckoo, humming- bird, kingfisher, whip-poor-will, owl, hawk, crow, bats. Wild geese occasionally alight on the small ponds in the outskirts of the town.

" What songs with those of birds can vie, From the geldfinch that on high Swings its wee hammock in the sky ?"

CANNING.

Fish .- Among the different kinds of fish that abound in our streams may be found the trout, pick- erel, sucker, shiner, minnow, hornpout, eels, perch. Herrings in early days used to run up the rivers, but of late are seldom found.

Wild Animals .- The early forests in town had their share of vexatious animals that were common in this part of the country,-as wolves, wild-eat. Foxes have become shy of company. Skunk, mus- quash, and mink have been severely hunted. Wood- chueks, rabbits, and squirrels of different kinds. Raccoons, that damaged the cornfields, have almost disappeared. Moles and meadow-mice are found in the fields, and often do much damage, gnawing bark off of trees in winter.

But the worst enemy the early settlers had to con- tend with among the beast kind was the wolf, which troubled the infant settlements exceedingly, -so much that shepherds were appointed over the flocks by day, and they were put in folds at night and securely guarded,-and even after the town became quite thiekly settled these pests would make night hideous by their howling around the farms. Rewards were offered by the town for their heads, and wolf-traps were common in all parts of the town.

Geology .- The geological formation of Brockton is similar to many other towns in Plymouth County. The hills, meadows, large plains and intervales, deep swamps and rocky pastures furnish food for almost all kinds of grass, trees, and shrubs. Of the rocky portions of the town we find sienite, or composition of feldspar, quartz, and hornblende. Says Dr. Hitch- cock, in his survey through the State,-

" The most elegant varioty of porphyritie sienite that I have met with in the Stato occurs in North Bridgewater and Abing-

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ton, and in other parts of Plymouth County. Its base consists of quartz and feldspar, with an abundance of epidote, dissemi- nated and in veins. This rock. if polished, would form, it seems to me, the most ornamental stone in the State. The feld- spar, crystal, that constitutes it a porphyry, are of a flesh color. There is a dark-colored mineral diffused throughout the mass, which may he hornblende or mica."

In some sections of the town slaty formations exist to a slight extent, but of very little account.

Where mica is found plenty in the composition it is sometimes called sienite granite.

Large quantities of peat have been cut in the meadows of the town in past times, and it is now being used as a fuel, which is of an excellent quality.

Large quantities of iron ore have been found in the western and other sections of the town, and some has been manufactured into iron. It is not, however, plenty now, and the business of making it into iron ceased several years since.

Official History .- There are many who like to know who have had the management of public affairs both in town and State. To see a list of those hav- ing held positions of trust and confidence can hardly fail to be of interest to us as showing the estimate in which they were held by their fellow-citizens. To be a selectman, or "townsman," as they were sometimes called, was considered as being one of the " fathers of the town." The selectmen have nearly the control of the affairs of a town, and it is very common, even to this day, in town-meetings, " to refer the matter to the selectmen, with full powers," or to leave business at the discretion of the selectmen, with suggestions from the town. Hence the value that should be placed upon such officers, and the reason why none but men of good judgment and integrity should be selected. Anything and everything, not otherwise provided by law, in regard to town affairs, falls by custom to the care of the selectmen, and generally such men have been chosen.

SELECTMEN.

List of selectmen from the incorporation of the town of North Bridgewater, now Brockton, to its incorporation as a city :

Howard Cary, 1821, '22, '23, '24. Zachariah Gurney, 1821, '22, '23.

Abel Kingman, 182I, '22, '23. Eliphalet Kingman, 1824, '25, '26, '27, '28. Ephraim Cole, Jr., 1824, '25, '26, '27, '28. John Packard, 1824, '25. Robert Packard, 1824. Caleb Howard, 1824. Jesse Perkins, 1826, '27, '28. Benjamin Kingman, 1829, '30, '31, '32, '33. Darius Howard, 1829, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35. Nahum Perkins, 1829, '30, '31, '32, '33, '39, '40, '45. Linus Howard, 1834, '35.

Lucius Kingman, 1834, '35.

Albert Smith, 1836, '37, '38. Lorenzo Wade, 1836.

Nathaniel H. Cross, 1836, '37.

Isaac Eames, 1837, '39, '40, '50.

Newton Shaw, 1840, '41, '42, '43, '44.

Caleb Copeland, 1836, '40, '41, '42, '45.

Josiah W. Kingman, 1838, '39, '40, '4I, '58, '60, '61, '62, '63. Perez Marshall, 1842, '43, '43.

Col. Nathan Jones, 1843, '44.

George Clark, 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '72.

Bela Keith, 1845, '46, '47, '48, '51, '52, '53, '54.

Frederick Howard, 1849.

John Field, 1849.

Marcus Packard, 1851, '52, '53.

Ellis Packard, 1855, '59, '60, '61.

William H. Cooper, 1855.

Vinal Lyon, 1855.

Franklin Ames, 1856, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63.

Edwin II. Kingman, 1846, '47, '48, '56, '57.

Franklin Keith, 1856, '57, '58.

Nelson J. Foss, 1859, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '72.

Isaac Kingman, 1850, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74,

'77. Ruel Richmond, 1854.

Nathan Packard (2d), 1862, '63.

Jonas R. Perkins, 1864.

Rufus L. Tbatcher, 1864, '65, '66, '67.

George Stevens, 1866.

Jonathan White, 1868.

Elbridge G. Ames, 1869.

Henry A. Ford, 1870, '71, '73, '74, '75, '76, '79, '80, '81.

Albert Keith, 1871.

Welcome H. Wales, 1873, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78.

Davis S. Packard, 1875, '76, '78.

Simeon F. Packard, 1877.

Henry Southworth, 1877.

Sanford Winter, 1877.

Henry B. Packard, 1878.

Daniel Dunbar, 1878, '81.

John J. Whipple, 1878.

Henry H. Packard, 1879, '80, '81.

William W. Cross, 1879, '80.

Ziba C. Keith, 1879.

Walter F. Cleaveland, 1879.

William S. Green, 1880. Henry E. Lincoln, 1880, '8I.

Rufus P. Kingman, 1881.

ASSESSORS.

List of assessors1 of the town of North Bridge- water and Brockton from 1875 to the date of its becoming a city, March 28, 1874 :

Edward Crocker, 1875.

Henry A. Ford, 1871, '75, 76.

David S. Packard, 1875, '76, '78.

Henry Southworth, 1876, '77.2 Isaac Kingman, 1877. Simeon F. Packard, 1877, '79, '8I. Frederic Howard, 1870.

1 The selectmen have performed the duties of assessors and overscers of the poor from the incorporation of the town to 1875, at which date they became a distinct hoard of officers.

2 Three assessors previous to 1877, then five were cbosen.

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Elisha H. Joslyn, 1877, '79.

Henry E. Lincoln, 1878, '79, '80.

L. F. Sevorance, 1878. Barnabas Snow, 1880.

Albert Keith, 1880.

William Rankin in 1880, '81.1

Rufus C. Kimball, 1881.

TOWN CLERKS.

List of town clerks of North Bridgewater, now Brockton, from its incorporation to its incorporation as a city, with the years each has served :

Col. Edward Southworth, 1821, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29.

Jesse Perkins, 1830, '31, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38.

Franklin Ames, 1839, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54.

Horatio E. Payne, 1855, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61.

Welcome H. Wales, 1862, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78.

Henry A. Ford, 1879, '80, '81.

TREASURERS.

List of treasurers of the town of North Bridge- water, now Brockton, from its incorporation to its incorporation into a city :

Col. Edward Southworth, 1821-29.

Jesse Perkins, 1830-38.

Franklin Ames, 1839-54.

Franeis M. French, 1855.

Rufus P. Kingman, 1856-64.

Oakes S. Soule, 1865-81.

MODERATORS.

Date of the annual town-meetings, and list of mod- erators from the incorporation of the town to the present time :

July 4, 1821. Joseph Sylvester. Mareh 18, 1822. Joseph Sylvester.

22, 1823.

15, 1824.

14, 1825.

13, 1826.

66 66

66 12, 1827. Abel Kingman.

10, 1828. Joseph Sylvester. 9, 1829. 8, 1830. Abel Kingman.

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5, 1832. Joseph Sylvester.

18, 1833.

66 17, 1834.

60 2,1835.

7, 1836. Nathan Jones.

6, 1837. 5, 1838. Joseph Sylvester.

4, 1839. Nathan Jones.

2, 1840.

¥ 8, 1841.

66 14, 1842. 66

66 20, 1843. Jesse Perkins.

66 18, 1844.

" 17, 1845.

1 Chosen to take the plaeo of H. E. Lincoln.

Mareh 16, 1846. Jesse Perkins.

15, 1847.

66 20,1848.

19, 1849.

66 11, 1850. 24,1851.

1,1852.

7, 1853.

6, 1854.

April 2, 1855. W. II. Cooper. March 24, 1856. George Clark.

30, 1857. "

22, 1858.

29, 1859.

12, 1860. W. H. Cooper.

4, 1861. Rodolphus H. Williams.

10, 1862.

9, 1863.

14, 1864.

7, 1865.

5, 1866.

4, 1867.

9, 1868.

8, 1869.

7, 1870.

1, 1871.

11, 1872.

66 3, 1873.

9, 1874.

1, 1875.

6, 1876.

5, 1877.

4, 1878.

3, 1879.

7, 1881.

ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

List of engineers of the fire department since its organization, in 1846:

Benjamin Kingman, 1846,'47, '48.

Edward Southworth, 1846, '47, '58.

Josiah W. Kingman, 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '54. Charles Lineoln, 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59.

Ruel Richmond, 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '54.

Chandler Sprague, 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '53.

William S. Gay, 1846,'47, '48. Bela Keith, 1849, '50, '51, '52. Benjamin G. Stoddard, 1849, '50, '51, '52.

Charles Iloward, 1852, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59.

Lorenzo D. Horvey, 1853, '54. Franeis M. Freneh, 1853, '55, '56, '57.

Aaron B. Drake, 1853, '54, '55, '56, '57.

Edwin II. Kingman, 1854.

Darius Howard, 1854, '55, '56, '57, '60, '61.

Lewis Fisher, 1855, '56, '57, '58, '59. Nelson J. Foss, 1857, '58, '60, '61.

Barnabas II. Gray, 1858, '59. Chas. L. Hathaway, 1858, '59. Daniel Dunbar, 1859.

Alpheus K. Ilarmon, 1860. Benjamin P. Lueas, 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71.

George Sawyer, 1864, '65. Samuel MeLaughlin, 1864, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71. Isaae H. Hartwell, 1864, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71. William Stevens, 1866, '67, '68, '69,'70.

II. D. Keudriok, 1871. E. L. Stevens, 1871. Nehomiah S. Holmes, 1872, '73, '74, '75, '76, '78, '80, '81.

CRA

1, 1880.

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Benjamin S. Clark, 1872, '73, William H. Jacobs, 1876. '77, ",4.

'78, '79. '80.

David R. Eldred, 1872, '73, Henry A. Willis, 1876, '77, '78, 74, 5,'76,'77, 78,'79,'80, '79. '80, 'S1. 'S1. Elisha Hollis. 1872. Charles E. Tribon, 1872.

Josiah S. Lincoln, 1873, '74. Samuel Waterman, 1873, '74, $75. 76,'77. J. E. Hollis, 1873, '74. J. Lowell French, 1876, '77. Kenneth McLeod, 1876, '77, '78, '79.

Zenas L. Marston, 1877, '78, '79, '80, 81.

Charles Eaton, 1881. Solomon Leighton, 1875. R. B. Grover, 1875. Francis Goodwin, 1875. Uriah Macoy, 1875. William S. Green, 1878.

COUNCILLORS.

Executive councilor from District No. 8: Hon. Franklin Ames, 1859.

SENATORS.

State senators from North Bridgewater and Brockton :

Hon. Abel Kingman, 1836, '37. Hon. Edward Crocker, 1868. Hon. Jesse Perkins, 1841, '43. Hon. Jonathan White, 1869,

Rev. Azariah B. Wheeler. 1857. '77, '78. Hon. Edward Sonthworth. Jr., Hon. Henry W. Robinson, 1861. 1875, '76.

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT.

List of representatives to the General Court from the town of North Bridgewater and Brockton from its incorporation to the time of its incorporation into a city :

Caleb Howard, 1822. Howard Cary, 1523, '24. Capt. John Packard, 1825. Abel Kingman, 1828, '29, '30, '36, '37.

Ephraim Cole, 1829, '30. Rev. John Goldebury, 1831. Eliphalet Kingman, 1831. Lucins Kingman, 1834, '35. Albert Smith, 1838, '39. Eliab Whitman, 1840, '41. Benjamin Kingman, 1842, '43. Daniel Huntington, 1844. Henry French, 1845, '46. Josiah W. Kingman, 1847, '48. Jesse Perkins, 1831, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '39, '40, '49, '51, '52. No choice 1850. Nahum Perkins, 1853. No choice 1834. Lewis Fisher, 1855.

Rev. A. B. Wheeler, 1856. Rev. Paul Couch, 1857, '58. Edward Southworth, Jr., 1859, '60. Lorenzo D. Hervey, 1861, '62. George B. Dunbar, 1863. Jonathan White, 1865. Nelson J Foss, 1864. Uriah Macoy, 1866. C. C. Bixby, 1867. Welcome H. Wales, 1868, '70. I. C. Lewis, 1869. Loring Thayer, 1871, '72. Edward O. Noyes, 1872, '73. T. M. House, 1873. Ziba C. Keith, 1874, '75.

Alfred Laws, 1875. Henry B. Packard, 1877. Baalis Saufort, Jr., 1877. Alfred C. Monroe, 1878, '79. Albert Keith, 1879, '80.

Davis S. Packard, 1880, '81.

CORONERS.

Coroners in the town of North Bridgewater, now Brockton :

Thomas Packard, Dec. 17, 1811. Thomas Wales, Jr., July 3, 1821. Benjamin A. Packard, Feb. 11, 1856.

NOTARIES PUBLIC.

Notaries public in the town of North Bridgewater, now Brockton :

Jonas R. Perkins, Dec. 6, ! Hamilton L. Gihhs, June 14,

1853. 1878.

George W. Bryant, May 10, John J. Whipple, March 16, 1854. 1881.

Charles W. Sumner, June 27, 1874. Loring W. Puffer, Jan. 20, 1882.

Charles D. Fullerton, May 9,

Ira A. Leach, April 28, 1882. 1876.

DEPUTIES AND SHERIFF.

Deputies sheriff resident in the town of North Bridgewater, now Brockton :

Darius Howard, 1806-12.

Sumner A. Hayward, 1852, '53, '57, '59.

Benjamin Kingman, 1819-51, Fiske Ames, 1815-22. '54, '55. Charles J.F. Packard, 1856-59. Otis Hayward, 1862-65. Henry S. Porter.

Ahira S. Porter. George A. Wheeler.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.1

List of justices of the peace, with the date of their commission, in the town of North Bridgewater, now Brockton :

Nathaniel Reynolds, June 14, 1776.

Barnahas Howard, March 14, 1782.

Daniel Howard,# May 17, 1787.

Daniel Howard (2d), June 19. 1790.

Issachar Snell, March 11, 1791.

Gideon Howard, July 4, 1803.

Issachar Snell, Jr., March 5, 1804.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 117

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1706

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706