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HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY.
procured through the action of these meetings. All this was permitted by the town of Hadley, but this quasi civil organ- ization could not meet the wants of the case.
A striking description of the difficulties of the crossing of the river will be found under the head of churches. A defi- nite application was made to the General Court for incorpora- tion. If there was any reluctance upon the part of the citi- zens of the east side, it was soon removed. The General Court received the petition favorably, the consent of Hadley was obtained, an act of incorporation was passed, and " Hadley west side" gave way to its successor, the town of Hatfield.
" In answer to the petition of the inhabitants of Hadley, on the west side of the river, that they may be allowed to be a town of themselves distinct from Hadley on the east side, the Deputy of Hadley certifying that that town hath consented to release them if this Court do approve thereof, &c., this Court do therefore allow them on the west side of the river to be a township distinct from them on the east side of the river, and do grant them a tract of land westward six miles back into the woods from the Great River; their southerly bounds to be Northampton northerly bounds, and the land which Hadley reserves to them- selves, and from their said southerly line to run up the river northerly upon the square six miles; their northerly bounds likewise to run back from the Great River six miles westward, as before, reserving proprieties formerly granted to any person, and that this town be called ' Hattfields.'"
The name is said to have been derived from one of the Hat- fields in England, perhaps from Hatfiekl Broad Oak, in the county of Essex, so named from a splendid specimen of the oaks of that section.
Soon after the passage of the act the new town was fully or- ganized by the election of the usual town-officers, and the adop- tion of all needful measures with reference to roads, bridges, and common fences. The early volumes of the town-records form a mine of quaint and curious information,-all of it so valuable in an antiquarian sense that it is difficult to choose what to take and what to leave, and so extensive as to render it impossible to quote a tithe of it for this chapter. The most in- portant school, church, and military matters appear elsewhere.
May 21, 1688,-" Voted as to the poor, those who want maintenance, the Se- lectmen, every one of them as appertaineth to them as agents, shall have inspec- tion over them, their occupation and their children, that their things and their labor be put to the best advantage."
Also voted, " Whereas Capt. Allisey hath procured standard weights and de- livered them to the Selectmen for keeping to order, the Selectmen have com- mitted them to the custody of Samuel Belding, Sen., to he put into a bag and secured for the sealer's use annually."
Who has the bag now ? Will some delver in old garrets and chests bring them out and try the merchants' scales by them now after nearly two hundred years ?
The taxes levied by the General Court upon the town were for some of the early years the following : June 25, 1716, £63 10s. 6d. ; July 5, 1718, £41 28. 9d .; June 30, 1719, £18 14s. 4d. ; July 23, 1720, £28 1s. 6d. ; June 17, 1796, £42.
In 1735, John Fitch built an oil-mill in Hatfield.
It appears from some items in the records that cattle were fatted for market in Hatfield as early as 1696, and that it was not then a new business.
From 1783 to 1786 the town of Hatfield strenuously opposed a division of the county.
At this time, too, many votes were passed in favor of re- trenchment, the lowering of official salaries, and various other reforms, and precise instructions were often voted to the rep- resentative at the Great and General Court.
The danger of a war in 1797 called out the following vote :
" To give those men who shall turn out voluntarily as soldiers, which are re- quired of this town, agreeably to a resolve of Congress in June last, uine shillings, as n bounty to each one, and if they actually march, 8 dollars a month."
May 15, 1780, voted that the town are desirous that Dr. Joseph O. Cone settle in the town as a physician, and he was offered the opportunity of teaching school.
An early lightning-rod,-town voted one for the meeting- house Oct. 17, 1775.
There was a cider-mill in front of the Widow llastings' house in 1736, as permission was then voted to remove it to some other locality.
May 23, 1770, a vote was passed consenting to the organi- zation of the northern portion of this town into a separate district. This was the origin of the town of Whately.
At the same meeting consent was voted to the inhabitants of the western portion of this town to form a separate district, and this was the origin of the town of Williamsburg.
Place of the Town-Meetings .- This is not always noted in the records. As there was a meeting-house when the town was organized, they were doubtless held there, as was the custom in New England towns. They were sometimes called " at the brick school-house, " and were probably held in one or the other of those buildings until the erection of the town- house.
While the " west side" was a part of Hadley, the following selectmen of the latter town appear to have lived in what is now Hatfield: 1660, Nathaniel Dickinson (perhaps) ; 1662, Thomas Meekins, Wm. Allis; 1663, Thomas Meekins, John White; 1664, Wm. Allis, Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr. ; 1665, Thomas Meekins, Isaac Graves; 1666, Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., John Coleman ; 1667, John Cole, Daniel Warner; 1668, Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., Samuel Belding; 1669, Thomas Meekins, William Allis.
SELECTMEN.
1670-71, January .- Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr., William Allis, Johu Cowles, Sr., Isaac Graves, John Coleman.
1672-76 .- Records lost for these five years.
1677, January .- Thomas Meekins, Lieut. Allis, Edward Church, Samuel Belden, Daniel White.
1678 .- Thomas Meekins, Daniel Warner, John Coleman, Philip Russell, Daniel White.
1679, January .- Thomas Meekins, Elward Church, John Allis, Samuel Belden, Sr., Eleazer Frary.
1680 .- Thomas Meekius, Daniel Warner, Philip Russell, John Allis, Samnel Dickinson, Sr.
1681 .- Edward Church, Thomas Meekins, Eleazer Frary, John Allis, Mr. Nich- olas Worthington.
1682 .- Thomas Meekins, John Allis, Daniel Warner, John Coleman, John Cowles. 1683 .- Thomas Meckins, Samuel Belden, Sr., Samuel Dickinson, John Allis, Ed- ward Church.
1684 .- Thomas Meekins, John Allis, John Coleman, Joseph Belknapp, John Hubbard.
1685 .- Thomas Meekins, John Allis, Daniel Warner, Edward Church, John Hubbard.
1686 .- Thomas Meekins, Philip Russell, John Coleman, Daniel White, Eleazer Frary.
1687-88 .- John Hubbard, Edward Church, Samuel Belden, Sr., Samuel Partrigg, Eleazer Frary, Samuel Marsh.
1689 .- Capt. Allis, Daniel White, Samuel Dickinson, John Cowles, John White. 1690 .- John Hubbard, Sr., Samuel Belden, Sr., Samuel Dickinson, Sr., Richard Morton, Sr., Samuel Partrigg.
1691, December 7th .- Deacon Church, Deacon Coleman, Jolin Wells, Sr., Samuel Belding, Jr., Samuel Partrigg.
1692, December .- Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel White, Samuel Dickinson, Saml. Marsh, Samuel Partrigg.
1693, March .- Samuel Partrigg, Sr., Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel Dickinson, Lient. White, Samuel Marsh.
1694 .- Deacon Church, Dencon Coleman, Ensign Frary, Benjamin Hastings, Samuel Partrigg.
1695 .- Samuel Partrigg, Deacon Coleman, Samnel Dickinson, Sr., Saomel Marsh, John White.
1696 .- Samuel Partrigg, Samnel Belding, Nathaniel Dickinson, Ensign Frary, Mr. Joseph Belknapp.
1697 .- S. Partrigg, D. Coleman, S. Marsh, Samnel Belding, Jr., Benjamin llast- ings.
1698 .- Samuel Partrigg, Lieut. White, Eus. Frary, Samuel Dickinson, John White.
1699,-Samuel Partrigg, Deacon Church, Deacon Coleman, John Graves, Sr., Isaac Ilubbard.
1700 .- Samuel Partrigg, Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel Marsh, Sr., Ens. Frary, John White.
1701 .- Sammuel Partrigg, Deacon Church, Daniel Warner, Samuel Billings, John Dickinson.
1702 .- Samuel Partrigg, Deacon Colemao, Samuel Belding, Sr., Samuel Marsh, Jolin White.
1703,-Col. Samnel Partrigg, Deacon Church, Deacoo Coleman, Samuel Marsh, Sr., John White.
1704 .- Deacon Coleman, Samuel Marsh, Jr., John White, Jonathan Graves, Sr., Thomas Ilastings, Jr.
1705 .- Ens. Frary, Dr. Hastings, Samuel Marsh, Jr., John White, Daniel Warner.
170G .- Deacon Marsh, Dr. Hastings, Sergt. White, Samuel Gunn, Jonathan Surithi.
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HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
1707 .- Ens. White, Daniel Warner, Thomas Nash, Isaac Hubbard, Thomas Hastings.
1708 .- Deacon Marsh, Ens. White, Isaac Graves, Jonathan Smith, Thomas Hast- ings, Jr.
1709 .- Deacon Marsh, Ensign White, John Dickinson, Samuel Billings, Thomas Ilastings, Jr.
1710 .- Thomas Nash, Daniel Warner, Isaac Hubbard, Henry Dwight, Thomas Ilastings, Jr.
1711 .- Deacon Marsh, Ens. White, Samuel Billings, Ichabod Allis, Thomas Hast- ings, Jr.
1712 .- Ens. White, Isaac Graves, Isaac Hubbard, Henry Dwight, Thomas Hast- ings, Jr.
1713 .- Deacon Marsh, Deacon White, Daniel Warner, Isaac Hubbard, Thomas Hastings.
1714 .- John Graves, Sr., John Dickinson, Henry Dwight, Samuel Gunn, Thomas Ilastings.
1715 .- Deacon White, Henry Dwight, Isaac Hubbard, Ichabod Allis, Thomas Hastings.
1716 .- Col. Partridge, John Dickinson, Daniel Warner, Richard Billings, Joseph Smith.
1717 .- Col. Partridge, Deacon John White, Lieut. Henry Dwight, Samuel Billings, Thomas Hastings.
1718 .- Sergt. John Dickinson, John Wells, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Coleman, Thomas Hastings.
1719 .- Col. Partridge, Daniel Warner, Thomas Nash, Samuel Billings, John Field.
1720 .- Capt. Henry Dwight, John Diekinson, Jonathan Smith, Nathaniel Dick- inson, Thomas Hastings.
1721 .- Col. Partridge, Deacon John White, Nathaniel Smith, Bichard Billings, Thomas Ilastings.
1722 .- Col. Samuel l'artridge, Dr. Thomas Hastings, John Dickinson, Joseph Smith, Joseph Kellogg.
1723 .- Deacon John White, Samnel Billings, John Dickinson, Nathaniel Dick- inson, Thomas Hastings.
1724 .- Col. Partridge, Col. Henry Dwight, Nathaniel Dickinson, Nathaniel Cole- man, John White.
1725,-Daniel Warner, John Dickinson, Dr. Hastings, Ichabod Allis, IIenry Dwight.
1726 .- John Dickinson, Deacon Nathaniel Dickinson, Nathaniel Coleman, Rich- ard Church, Jonathan Coles.
1727 .- Capt. Dwight, Nathaniel Smith, Deacon White, Joseph Smith, Ichabod Allis.
1728 .- Samuel Partridge, Esq., John Dickinson, Jonathan Graves, Richard Bil- lings, Jonathan Morton.
1729 .- Capt. Dwight, Jonathan Morton, Deacon Dickinson, John Dickinson, Samuel Billings.
1730 .- John Dickinson, Richard Church, John Smith, John Hubbard, Daniel White.
1731 .- Capt. Dwight, John Dickinson, Jonathan Morton, Ens. Billings, Richard Billings.
1732 .- Deacon Dickinson, Nathaniel Coleman, Mr. Israel Williams, Thomas Nash, Samuel Bodman.
1733 .- John Dickinson, Capt. Coleman, Capt. Partridge, Jonathan Morton, Nathaniel Gunn.
1734 .- Capt. Coleman, Capt. Williams, Richard Billings, Deacon Dickinson, Oliver Partridge.
1735 .- Capt. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Jonathan Morton, Nathaniel Gunn, Samuel Bodman.
1736 .- Oliver Partridge, Capt. Williams, Jonathan Morton, Deacon Dickinson, Richard Church.
1737 .- John Dickinson, Ichabod Allis, Richard Billings, Oliver Partridge, Capt. Williams.
1738 .- Oliver Partridge, Capt. Williams, John Dickinson, John Hubbard, Rich- ard Billings.
1739 .- Capt. Coleman, Oliver Partridge, Maj. Williams, John Dickinson, Deacon Bodman.
1740 .- John Dickinson, Nathaniel Coleman, Oliver Partridge, Abraham Morton, Richard Billings.
1741 .- John Dickinson, Nathaniel Coleman, John Belding, Joseph Billings, Ebenezer Morton.
1742 .- Oliver Partridge, John Hubbard, Maj. Williams, Ens. Dwight, Obadiah Dickinson.
1743 .- Maj. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Daniel White, Seth Dwight, Thomas Nash.
1744,-Israel Williams, Oliver Partridge, Daniel White, Nathaniel Coleman, Joseph Billings.
1745,-Israel Williams, Oliver Partridge, John Hubbard, Daniel White, Seth Dwight.
1746 .- Capt. Coleman, Oliver Partridge, John Hubbard, Deacon Bodman, Lieut. Billings.
1747 .- Maj. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Ebenezer Morton, Daniel White, Deacon Bodman.
1748 .- Maj. Israel Williams, Capt. Nathaniel Coleman, Ebenezer Morton, John Hubbard, Samuel Bodman.
1749 .- Col. Williams, Capt. White, Deacon Bodman, Sergt. Thomas Nash, Oliver Partridge.
1750 .- Col. Williams, Deacon Inbbard, Deacon Bodman, Oliver Partridge, John Dickinson, Jr.
1751 .- Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Dick- inson.
1752 .- Col. Williams, Capt. White, Deacon Bodman, Lieut. Dickinson, Oliver Partridge.
1753 .- Col. Williams, Capt. White, Oliver Partridge, Lieut. Billings, John Dick- inson, Jr.
1754 .- Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Billings, John Dickin- son, Jr.
1755 .- Col. Williams, Deacon Hubbard, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Joseph Billings, John Dickinson, Jr.
1756 .- Capt. White, Oliver Partridge, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Billings, Lieut. Dick- inson.
1757 .- Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Joseph Billings, Lieut. Oliver Dickinson.
1758 .- Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Oliver Dickinson.
1759 .- Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Deacon Bodman, Capt. White, Elisha Hubbard.
1760 .- Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Deacon Bodman, Lieut. Dickinson.
1761 .- Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Deacon Bod- man.
1762 .- Col. Williams, Oliver Partridge, Capt. White, Capt. Dwight, Lieut. Oliver Diekinson.
1763 .- Col. Williams, Capt. White, John Dickinson, Elisha Hubbard, Elijah Morton.
1764 .- Capt. Seth Dwight, Lieut. Joseph Billings, John Dickinson, Elijah Mor- ton, Elisha Hubbard,
1765 .- Oliver Partridge, Capt. Seth Dwight, Elisha Hubbard, Wm. Williams, John Dickinson.
1766 .- John Dickinson, Elisha Hubbard, Ensign Allis, Perez Graves, Lient. Samuel Smith.
1767-68 .- Oliver l'artridge, Capt. Seth Dwight, Lieut. Joseph Billings, Lieut. Oliver Dickinson, Wm. Williams, Esq.
1769 .- John Dickinson, Percz Graves, John Ilastings, Elijah Morton, Eben. Cole. 1770 .- Oliver Partridge, Capt. Dwight, Lient, Dickinson, William Williams, Esq., Elijah Morton.
1771 .- John Dickinson, Elijah Morton, Perez Graves, John Hastings, Elihu White.
1772 .- Wm. Williams, Elijah Morton, Oliver Partridge, John Hastings, David Billings.
1773 .- Oliver Partridge, Elijah Morton, David Billings, John Hastings, Perez Graves.
1774 .- Dr. Elijah Morton, John Dickinson, Perez Graves, John Hastings, Oliver Partridge.
1775 .- John Dickinson, Elijah Morton, Phinehas Frary, Perez Graves, John Hastings.
1776 .- John Dickinson, Jolın Hastings, Elijah Morton, Perez Graves.
1777 .- John Dickinson, John Hastings, Perez Graves, Elijah Morton, Jonathan Allis.
1778 .- Col. Dickinson, Deacon Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., David Mor- ton, Elihn White.
1779 .- Col. Dickinson, Deacon Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Lieut. Elihu White, Jonathan Allis.
1780 .- Deacon Elijah Morton, Oliver Partridge, Capt. Perez Graves, Phinchas Frary, Benjamin Wells.
1781 .- Oliver Partridge, Deacon Elijah Morton, Capt. Perez Graves, John Ilast- ings, Esq., Benjamin Wells.
1782-83 .- John Hastings, Esq., Deacon Elijah Morton, Jonathan Allis, Elihu White, Col. Seth Murray.
1784 .- Elijah Morton, John ITastings, Esq., Jonathan Allis, Lieut. Elihu White, Col. Seth Murray.
1785 .- Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., Lieut. David Billings, Benjamin Smith, Capt. Silas Billings.
1786 .- John Hastings, Esq., Lieut. David Billings, Capt. Silas Billings, Elijah Morton, Benjamin Smith.
1787 .- Lieut. David Billings, Deacon Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., C'apt. Silas Billings, Benjamin Smith.
1788 .- Ilon. John Ilastings, Deacon Elijah Morton, Lieut. David Billings, Capt. Silas Billings, Lieut. Lemuel Diekinson.
1789 .- Deacon Elijah Morton, John Hastings, Esq., Lieut. David Billings, Capt. Silas Billings, Lieut. Lemuel Dickinson.
1790 .- Capt. Silas Billings, Licut. Elihu White, Lieut, Samuel Partridge, Benja- min Smith, Silas Graves.
1791 .- Lieut. David Billings, Lieut. Samuel Partridge, Capt. Silas Billings, Ben- jamin Smith, John Ilastings, Esq.
1792 .- Lieut. Samuel Partridge, Silas Graves, Deacon Elijah Morton, Ensign Elijah Smith, Seth Bardwell.
1793 .- John Hastings, Esq., Lieut, Samuel Partridge, Capt. Silas Billings, Ben- jamin Smith, Esq., Capt. Jonathan Porter.
1794 .- John Hastings, Benjamin Smith, Lemuel Dickinson, Elijah Morton, Jona- than Porter.
1795 .- John Ilastings, Capt. Porter, Samuel Partridge, Benjamin Smith, Esq., Capt. Billings.
1796 .- John Hastings, Esq., Samuel Partridge, Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Porter, Lieut. Elijah Smith.
1797 .- John Hastings, Esq., Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Porter, Lieut. Elijah Smith, Benjamin Wait, Jr.
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HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY.
1798,-Benjamin Smith, Copt. Elijah Smith, Capt. Jonathan Porter, Lient. David Billings, Mr. Isaac Maltby.
1799 .- John Hastings, Lient. David Billings, Capt. Jonathan Porter, Benjamin Smith, Esq., Capt. Elijah Smith.
1800,-John Hastings, Lieut. David Billings, Benjamin Smith, Capt. Jonathan Porter, Capt. Elijah Smith.
1801 .- John Hastings, Benjamin Smith, Elijah Smith, Jonathan Porter, Lient. Cotton Partridge.
1802 .- John Hastings, Benjamin Smith, Jonnthun Porter, Elijah Smith, Perez Morton.
1803,-John Hastings, Esq., Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Porter, Elijah Smith, Porez Morton.
1804-5 .- John Hastings, Benjamin Smith, Silas Billings, Jonathan Porter, Ben- jamin Murton (2d).
1806 .- John Hastings, Silas Billings, Jonathan Porter, Benjamin Morton (2d) Lient. Rufus Smith.
1807-9 .- Jolin Hastings, Jonathan Porter, Dencon Benjamin Morton, Capt. Cot- ton Partridge, Joseph Billings.
1810-11 .- John Hastings, Jonathan Porter, Rufus Smith, Cotton Partridge, Jo- seph Billings.
1812 .- Cotton Partridge, Rufus Smith, Elijah Dickinson, Jr., Caleb Dickinson, Justph Billings.
1813 .- Elijah Pickitwon, Rufus Smith, Cotton Partridge, Caleb Dickinson, Jo- seph Billings.
1814 .- Elijah Dickinson, Rufus Smith, Cotton Partridge, Isaac Maltby, Culeb . Dickinson.
1815 .- Elijah Dickinson, Cotton Partridge, Isaac Maltby, Joseph Billings, Solo- nun Graves.
1816,-Benjamin Smith, Samuel Unstings, Erastus Billings, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Solomon Graves.
1817 .- Benjamin Smith, Ebenezer White, Cotton Partridge, Sumnel Hastings, Erustus Billings.
IN18,-t'otton Partridge, Ebenezer White, Solomon Graves, Erastus Billings, Israel Billings.
1819,-Ebenezer White, Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Cupt. Chester Hustings, Rosswell Hubbard.
1820-21 .- Ebenezer White, Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Roxwell Hubbard.
1822 .- Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Roswell Hubbard, Jeremy Mortun.
1823 .- Elijah Bardwell, Paniof Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Silas Graves, Roswell Hubbard.
1824 .- Lovi Graves, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., William Dickinson, Erastus Smith, Roswell Hubbard.
1×25,-Levi Gruves, Daniel Dickinson, Jr., Erasins Smith, Roswell Hubbard, Immorn Pense.
1826 .- Maj. Samuel Partridge, Silas Hardwell, Israel Dickinson, Jonathan Por- tor, Henry Hitchcock.
1827 .- Samuel Partridge, Silas Bardwell, Rufus Cowles, Thingy Day, Elijah Hubbard.
1828 .- Levi Graves, Caleb Dickinson, Ernstus Smith, Salmon I. Bardwell, Elijah Hubbard.
1829 .- Remembrance Bardwell, Jonathan Porter, Roswell Hubbard, Justin Wait, Ebenezer Graves.
1830,-Elijah Bardwell, Daniel Wait, Jonathan Porter, Jr., Moses Warner, Ash- ley P. Graves.
1×31 .- Capt. John White, Roswell Hubbard, Henry Wilkee, George Wait, John Fitch.
1×32 .- Rufus Cowles, John White, Solomon Graves, Jr., Joseph Smith, Jr., Justin Wait.
1833 .- Alphous Longley, Henry Wilker, Auron Dickinson.
1834 .- Alpheus Longley, Henry Wilkee, George Wait.
1×35,-Alphons Longley, George Wnit, John A. Billings.
1836,-John A. Billings, Elijah Bardwell, Moses Morton (24).
1837 .- Klijnh Bardwell, Alphons Longley, Israel Morton.
1×38 .- Alphons Longley, Harvey Graves, Goorge Wait. 1839,-George Wait, Harvey Graves, Solomon Graves, Jr. 1840 .- Aretus Scott, Josinh Brown, Samuel D. Partridge.
1811 .- Samuel D. Partridge, Arctas Scott, Alpheus Longley.
18.12 .- Alphons Longley, Aretas Scott, Sammel P. Billings. 1843 .- Alphens Longley, Austin Smith, Samuel P. Billings. 1814 .- George Wait, Alphous Longley, Leunder Cooley. 1×15 .- Elijah Hubbard, John A. Billings, Elijah Bardwell, Jr.,
1×46-17 - Klijnh Hubbard, Elijah Bardwell, Jr., Julin A. Billings.
1×18,-James W. Warner, Samuel P. Billings, Lorenzo Cutter. 1×19 .- Roswell Hubbard, Win. C. Bliss, Horace W. Field. 1850,-Wnt. C. Bliss, Horner W. Field, Rufus Cowles. 1861 .- Wm. C. Bliss, Rufus Cowles, Horare W. Field.
1852-54 .- George W. Hubbard, Win. Henry Dickinson, Renben H. Bellen. 1855,-Horare W. Field, Silas G. Hubbard, Alvin Sanderson. 1856,-Hornve W. Field, Henry S. Porter, John D. Brown. 1857. Henry &. Porter, John T. Fitch, Franklin Field. 1858,-John D. Brown, Hornre W. Flrhl, Henry S. Porter. 1859-60 .- George W. Hublant, James Scott, Elisha Huldand. 1861 .- Rowwoll Huldard, Moses Morton, Lamuel Cooley. 1462. R. H. Belden, Wm. II. birkinson, J. T. Fitch. 1863-68,-Wm. H. Dickinson, R. 11. Bolden, J. T. Fitch. 1×60-70 .- F. D. Billings, Encins G. Curtis, HI. W. Field.
1871 .- 11. W. Field, J. D. Porter, Daniel W. Wells. 1872 .- Elisha Hubbard, L. G. Curtis, Joseph Billings.
1873,-Joseph Billings, L. G. Curtis, A. E. Strong.
1874-75 .- Joseph Billings, A. E. Strong, Charles L. Warner.
1876,-Joseph Billings, A. E. Strong, Henry G. Moore,
1877 .- Moses E. Warner, Henry S. Hubbard, Henry G. Moore. 1878 .- Henry S. Hubbard, Otis C. Wells, Henry G. Moore.
TOWN CLERKS.
It appears that John Allis was the first town clerk. A blurred signature, but evidently his, seems to prove that he wrote up the " west-side" records when he went into otlice in 1670. Indeed, he might very possibly have kept them from 1660 to 1669. le evidently kept the town records from 1670 to about 1687. The handwriting indicates that Samuel Par- tridge was then town clerk to March 17, 1701, when it is recorded that Thomas Hastings, Jr., was chosen. Judging from the handwriting, as the fact of election is only occasion- ally recorded, it is presumed that he remained in otlice until 1728, the year of his death.
The list is then complete to the present time.
Oliver Purtridge, 1731, yenrly to 1784; Samuel Partridge (2d), 1785-1803 ; Jos. Billings, 1804-13; Israel Billings, 1814 ; Joseph Billings, 1815-18; Remembrance Bardwell, 1819-33; Josiah Brown, 1834; Israel Morton, 1835-40; Rudolphus Morton, 1841 ; Israel Morton, 1812-44; Samuel D. Partridge, 1845; Grorgn W. Hubbard, 18-46 ; Israel Morton, 1847; Ephraim L. Jastings, 1848-54; Wm. P'. Allis 1855-57; Wm. D. Billings, 1858-79.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT.
It is difficult to prepare a complete list. They were gen- erally elected at a special town-meeting in May, and these meetings were not always recorded, unless it may be pruper to infer (and very likely it is) that when there is no record, there was no meeting, and no representative chosen. Undoubtedly the first was Samuel Partridge, or Partrigg, as it was then written. He was chosen April 8, 1680, as an attorney to transaet various general business for the town and to attend upon the General Court. It is presumed that he had been thus employed at an earlier date. The fact of his elcetion is mentioned again May 9, 1689. Ens. Frary (probably Eleazer) is recorded as having been chosen May 2, 1693. The next year, April 14, 3694, Samnel Partridge was again chosen, and May 20, 1695, Ens. Frary was again elected. After that date there is considerable regularity until the time of the Revolu- tion.
Samuel Partridge, 1697, yearly to 1700; John White 1701 ; Elenzer Frary, 1702-3; Samuel Marsh, Sr., 1705-6; Eleazer Frary, 1707-9; John Dickinson, 1710-12; Henry Dwight, 1713; John Partridge, 1714-16 ; John Dickinson, 1717, yearly to 1721 ; Henry Dwight, 1722; Thomas Hastings, 1723 ; John Dickinson, 1724; Henry Dwight, 1725; John Dickinson, 1726-28; Henry Dwight, 1731.
The town, in 1732, took into consideration the notice from the General Court, and decided " they were not so qualified as to be obliged to send."
Capt. Samuel Williams, 1733 ;* Col. Israel Williams, 1737 ; Oliver Partridge, 1741, mul yearly to 1747 ; Col. Israel Williams, 1748-49, and perhaps for several years following, when no record appears; Israel Williams, 1757 ; Israel Williams, 1760; Oliver Partridge, 1761 : William Williams, 1763; Oliver Partridge, 1765- 67; Israel Williams, 1768; John Dickinson, 1770; Israel Williams, 1771-72; John Dickinson, 1773.
Colonial representatives were probably no longer chosen.
John Dirkinson was chosen a delegate to the Provincial Congress called to toet at Concord, Oct. 6, 1774. John Dickinson and Perez Graves were chosen, Jun. 9, 1775, to the Provincial Congress called to mert ut Cambridge, John Dickinson, John Hastings, and Elihu White were chosen May 29, 1775, to the Provincial Congress culled to meet at Watertown, their term of service to ho six months, but only one to be paid for attendance at the same time. John Hast- ings was chosen a representative to the Provincial Legislature, May 19, 1777.
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