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May 1, 1786, Capt. Elisha Cranston was chosen representative to the General Court, and Dr. Phineas Bartlett, Lieut. Phillip Phillips and Mr. Thomas Stocking were chosen a committee to prepare instructions. These were his instructions: "1st, That he use his influenee that the General Court be speedily removed out of the town of Boston. 2nd, That he use his influenee to prevent one eertain Act that is proposed to be established the first session of the General Court the present year entitled 'An Act to provide a supplementary supply for Congress for Twenty Five years,'-Unless the said grievance be removed it is our will that the said representative leave his seat."
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By vote of the town, delegates had been sent to the Hatfield and other Conventions that had been held to try to devise means to relieve the condition of affairs. The town had also voted to recommend to the militia offieers that they resign their com- missions to their superior officers and as a town they were evi- dently in favor of rebellion. We find nothing in the town records
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to show that a body of men from our town actually joined the small army under Shays or Day, but Dr. Shepard's statement that the military magazine stores were delivered by the town authorities into the hands of the insurgents, and that a company of men under a militia captain marched out of town to aid the rebellion is certainly entitled to belief, as his paper was written a little less than fifty years after these events, and the facts were fresh in the minds of many then living. But it is a little singular that we cannot now learn of more than four or five men from this town who were actually in arms under Shays.
In the old archives at the State House in Boston arc the names of fifty Ashfield men who are recorded as "being con- cerned in the late rebellion " and who took the oath of allegiance before Samuel Taylor in the spring of 1787. By an act of the General Court, the insurgents were disfranchiscd until they took the oath of allegiance and delivered up their fircarms. In this list are a number of the foremost men of the town, also quite a number who had been soldiers in the Revolution. The names follow: Elijah Wait, Simeon Smith, Aaron Lyon, Simeon Crittenden, Levi Crowell, Caleb Phillips, Daniel Shaw, Franey Ranney, Abram Stocking, Jonathan Lillie, Josiah Fuller, Abner Smith, David Ellis, Ebenezer Fuller, Josiah Washburn, Abner Kelley, Ephraim Williams, Joseph Warren, David Cobb, Isaac Crittenden, Isaac Crittenden, Jr., Calven Lazell, Elijah Smith, Asa Cranston, Samuel Taylor, Jonathan Cranson, Robert Lazelle, Elisha Cranson, Lemuel Stocking, Chipman Smith, Joshua Vincent, Jonathan Smith, Lemuel Brown, Reuben Bement, Elisha Parker, Seth Wait, Ezekiel Taylor, Joseph Stocking, Joseph Lillie, Daniel Ward, Jasher Taylor, Daniel Belding, John Bement, Alexander Ward, Ansel Brainard, David Hall, Joseph Warren, Jr., John Sadler, Amos Stocking, Ebenezer Belding, John Loomis. These men probably were not all in arms against the government, but were acknowledged sympa- thizers with the rebellion.
At the annual meeting in March, 1787, not one of the men on this list was elected to fill any of the thirty town offices for that year, being disqualified until they had taken the oath of
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allegianee. Some men from this town were among the State troops, thus townsmen were in arms against each other. But it docs not appcar that those sympathizing in the rebellion suffercd any ill feeling from the others, for they were afterwards ealled upon to aid in the counsels of the town as freely as before. Although differing as to the best means of remedying their troubles, there secmed to be a mutual feeling of forbearance and helpfulness among the people. The neighboring towns shared in the feeling shown by the eitizens of this town. A large part of the men in Amherst were in the rebellion.
There is a well authenticated tradition which goes to prove that quite a number went from this town under Shays. It is said that when pursued by General Lineoln, the men from this seetion left Shays and buried their firearms in the woods in Pelham. After the rebellion had quieted down, one Joseph Lillie, who lived opposite where George Ward now lives, was sent down for the arms. As seereey and eaution had to be exereised he made his way to the place of eoneealment Saturday night under cover of darkness, and Sunday morning with the guns well covered in the sled he was on his way home. He was soon aeeosted by a tithing man who took him to aeeount for travelling on the Sabbath. Lillie, whose faee was well muffled up, said he would be glad to stop, but he supposed he was eoming down with small pox and people didn't like to keep him. He was also held up by the guard at the ferry in Hadley but by a elever subterfuge eseaped undetected.
The error fallen into by our aneestors in carrying their dis- content and dissatisfaction into aetual rebellion against the State government was not without some good result, for those in authority, seeing the determination of the people, did all in their power to relicve the situation.
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In December, 1787, Ephraim Williams, Esq., was chosen delegate to attend State convention with instructions to vote against the new constitution. Voted to pay a bounty of four dollars for each wolf killed in town. 1788, voted to raise £30 to repair meetinghouse, also to sell pew ground in the gallery; this meant selling spaee for a pew, cach man to furnish or build his own.
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1790, voted that the "Selectmen warn such persons to depart out of this town as they shall judge necessary to prevent the town from cost and charge." In obedience to this vote the selectmen. through the constables, warned nearly one hundred men, including their families, out of town. Many of those warned, afterwards became the most substantial and wealthy men of the town.
In 1792, vote against the division of Hampshire County. The Buckland town line was run out substantially as it now is. In 1794 the dividing line was designated between the two sec- tions of the town representing the North and South militia companies. In 1797, there was trouble over the boundary linc between Ashfield and Goshen.
In 1799, "Voted to give the Rev. Nehemiah Porter a Lcase of the Lot he now lives on for 999 years with the rent of one Pepper Corn yearly if Demanded." In 1800 voted to hire a teacher of music the ensuing winter and to raise $60 for that purpose.
In 1804, they seem to be in favor of dividing the county, but at the next meeting they vote no. Still later they vote "We do wish Hampshire County might remain as it is." The county was divided and Franklin County was set off by itself in 1811.
As we look over the records at this period we arc impressed by the fact that intense interest was shown by the town in the affairs of the state and nation. Dr. Shepard relates how they debated each Article in the State Constitution in open town meeting before voting upon it, and in 1808 it was "Voted that the Selectmen be directed to present a respectful petition to the President of the United States requesting him to usc his en- deavors to procure a Repeal of the Embargo." In 1813, "Voted to petition the Legislature of this Commonwealth requesting them to adopt constitutional measures to put a speedy stop to this unrighteous and oppressive war we arc now engaged in and to prevent such oppression in the future." Also, "Voted to instruct the town clerk to send a copy of this vote to the Hamp- shire Gazette for publication." A petition was sent to Congress
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praying that the war might be stopped, and Henry Bassett was sent as a delegate to the citizens' Convention at Northampton representing three counties in western Massachusetts, the object of which was to show to the government their desire for speedy peacc. As is well known, the State was opposed to the war and refused the aid of the State militia for the purpose of carrying it on, but in the fall of 1814 there being danger of an invasion of the State by the British, Governor Strong ordered a. draft upon the State militia. Nine men were required from Ashfield, and on Sunday the eleventh day of September the two companies, North and South, were hurriedly called together and the following men drafted as ordered: Joshua Knowlton, Eli Eldredge, Josiah Kelley, David Vincent, Cotton Mather, Anson Bement, George Hall, Capt. Justus Smith, Ziba Leonard, Jr. They helped to form a regiment of infantry made up from the companies in the northern part of old Hampshire County under the command of Col. Thomas Longley of Hawley. There was no fighting and at the end of about six weeks the men re- turned to their homes.
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POPULATION
Valuation A. D. 1766 No. of Polls
Houses
Lands
Slaves
Oxen
Cows
Horses
Swine
Sheep
Mills
Goats
Total for Assesm'nt £
1 David Alden
1 30
0
2
1
1
1
18 0
0
52
1 Sam' Anable
1 22
0
2
1
0
1
6
0
0
0
0 0
25 15
1 Enoch Allen
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
24 14
1 John Blackmer 1
5
0
0
2
1
2
0
0 0
0
0
13
1 Moses Bacon 0 0 0
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
8 S 14 105 5 11
1 Isaac Crittenden, Jr. 0
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
0
0 2
2 Reuben Ellis
2 30 0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2 Capt. Moses Fuller 1 27 0
1 Nathan Fuller 0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1 Nathaniel Harvey 1
3 0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1 Joel Kellogg
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
24 40 27
1 Aaron Lyon
1 8 0
2
2
0
2
8 0
0
0
1 Jonathan Lillie
1 8 0
0
1
0
1
0 2
0 0 24 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
0
0
1 Joseph Mitchell
1 40 0
4
0
2
2
0
2 Richard Phillips
1 19 0
2
2 2 3
1 1
0 12
0 0
S6 63 43 45 92
1 Simeon Phillips
000
0
0
0
0
0 1
0 0
0 0 26
5
0
2 0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 59
1 Eben' Belding, Jr. 1 10 0
1 Dr. Phineas Bartlett 0
0 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1 Asa Bacon
1 Zebulon Bryant
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
6
1
3 14
1 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
1 Isaac Crittenden 1 3 0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0 67
1 John Ellis 1 18 0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
34 19 69 12 20 7 11
Dr. Moses Hayden 1
4 0
0
1
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
1 Samuel Lillie
1 12 0)
2
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
2 Thomas Phillips 1 24 0
2 Benjamin Phillips
1 21 0 0
1 Phillip Phillips
1 40
0
2 Chileab Smith
1 8 2
2
0
1
1
3 10
0
4 0
1 Aaron Fuller 1 8 0
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
1 Timothy Lewis 1 20 0
0
5 0
2
0
0
0
1 1 50
1 Isaac Chansey 0 3 0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1 12 1
0 0 0 0 0 95
1 Roland Blackmer 0 0 0
1 Samuel Belding
1 42 0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1 John Briggs 1 3 0
1 John Belding 1 Nathan Chapin
1 49 0
4
4
0
1
0
0
2 0
0
0
0
1 Lamberton Allen
0
1
0
1 Ebenezer Belding
1 John Bement 1 6 0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
1
27 21 4
1 Daniel Lazelle 0 0 0
1 John Marble 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0
0 3 2 2 3
0
0
0 2
1 Sam1 Batchelder
1 4
1 24 0
1 3 13 0
0 0
0
0
1 Jonathan Edson 1 7
Names
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Valuation A. D. 1766
No. of Polls
Names
Houses
Lands
Slaves
Oxen
Cows
Horses
Swine
Sheep
Mills
Goats
Total for Assesm'nt
1 Miles Standish
0
1 Israel Standish
1 12
1 Lemuel Snow
1
7
0
0
9
0
0
2
0
0
1 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
2
1 Elijah Wait
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
1 Jacob Washburn
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 20 0 0 5
1 William Ward
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2
1 Simeon Wood 0 0
1 Samuel Washburn, Jr. 0
1 Jonathan Yeamons 1 11
1 John Colburn
1 Joseph Row
0 0 0
0
0
0
1 Isack Shepard
1 12 0 0
2
0
2
0 0
0 0 30
2
0 0
0 0
1
0
0 12
1 Jonathan Taylor 1
0 5
1 Sam1 Truesdel 0
1 Nathan Wait
1 Jeremiah Wait
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
1 William Ward, Jr. 0
1 John Wilkie
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 0 0
2
22
0 0 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0 14
1 Joshua Sherwin
1 3
1 30 0
0
5
0
0
0
3 Jonathan Sprague
1 Jonathan Sprague, Jr. 1
1 Ebenezer Sprague
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
1
0
2
0
1 Nehemiah Washburn 1
9
0
0
0
1
0
0 2
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 8 0 0 53 70 1 0 29 0 0 7
1 John Sadler
1 2 10
1 Moses Smith
1 46 0
0 0000 0
1
000
0
0
0 0 28
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0 0 42
0
1 Samuel Washburn 1
1 22 0 2 1
0
0
0
Total 71 names.
In the tax list for 1772 the following names were added to those of 1766. The figures give their valuation in pounds. Where no figures are given, only a poll tax was paid.
Ebenezer Aulden 5, Barnabas Alden 26, Asael Amsden 75, Samuel Allen 44, Daniel Bacon, Samuel Bartlett 62, Enos Blossom, John Belding 32, Edward Benton 21, Roland Black- more 3, Bethel Benton, Silas Clark 6, Eli Colton 29, Benjamin Crittenden, Jesse Edson, 2012, Obed Edson 22, Israel Fay 2012, William Flower, William Ford, David Frary 1212, Ephraim Jennings, Abraham Kellogg 11, Eliab Linsey, Joseph Lillie 5, Timothy Lewis 25, Stephen Merrill, Daniel Mighles 812, Daniel North, Timothy Perkins Jr., Timothy Perkins 27, Vespasian Phillips, Thomas Phillips, Jr. 20, Abner Phillips, Leonard Pike, Azariah Sheldon 112, Daniel Shaw 26, Chileab Smith, Jr. 5, Ebenezer Smith 30, Enos Smith 2, Ephraim Smith 4, Moses Smith, Jr. 26, John Sherwin 30, Jonathan Shelley 11/2, Barnabas
0
0
0
£
0
2
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Taylor, Jasher Taylor 29, Edward Taylor, Joseph Warren 24, Isaiah Washburn.
The following is the list of tax payers for 1793, as certified to by Warren Green, John Bennett and Lemuel Spurr, Assessors:
Asaiel Amsden, David Alden, David Alden, Jr., John Alden, Barnabas Alden, Barnabas Alden, Jr., Lt. Samuel Allen, Samuel Allen, Jr .. Eleazer H. Allen, Wd. Mary Allen, Esq. James Andras, Samuel Anable, Samuel Anable, Jr., Barnabas Anable, David Anable, Able Allis, Ebenezar Alden, Lt. Edward Anable, Henry Alden, Solomon Aldrich, Benjamin Aldrich, David Arms, Samuel Arms, Lemuel Alden, Lemuel Allis, Dr. John Bement, Phineas Bement, John Bement, Ruben Bement, Samuel Bement, Severance Bement, Joseph Bishop, Samuel Burton, Samuel Belding, Samuel Belding, Jr., Ebenezer Belding, Eben- ezer Belding, Jr., Daniel Belding, John Belding, Samuel Bard- well, Bezor Benton, Bethel Benton, Lot Bassett, Capt. John Bennett, Joseph Baker, Jonathan Baldwin, David Baldwin, David Baldwin, Jr., Lt. Zebulon Briant, Nathan Batchelder, Samuel Batchelor, Lemuel Brown, Thomas Bowker, Benjamin Bracket, Davis Butler, Dr. Phineas Bartlett, John Baldwin, Levi Cook, Elisha Cranson, Jr., Asa Cranson, Abner Cranson, Jonathan Cranson, Stephen Cross, Cephas Cross, John Cross, Nathaniel Clark, Isaac Crittenden, Simeon Crittenden, Silas Clark, Nathan Chapin, Wd. Priscilla Cobb, George Cobb, Josiah Cobb, David Cranson, Josiah Drake, Jesse Daw, Lt. John Ellis, David Ellis, Levi Eldredge, Eli Eldredge, Samuel Elmer, Samuel Elmer, Jr., Zenas Elmer, Thomas Furbush, Ebenezer Furbush, Nathan Fuller, Solomon Fuller, Ebenezer Fuller, Josiah Fuller, Zachariah Field, Lamrock Flower, Capt. Lamrock Flower, Maj. William Flower, William Flower, Jr., Luis Foster, Moses Frary, Israel Guile, Robert Gray, Jonathan Gray, James Gray, Samuel Gilford, Eldad F. Goodwin, Warren Green, Randall Graves, David Jepson, Anson Green, Seth Gates, Dea. Antony Howes, Kimball Howes, Zachariah Howes, Samuel Howes, Heman Howes, Samuel Hall, Wd. Bathsheba Howes, Ezekiel Howes, Ruben Hall, Joshua Howes, Mark Howes, Joseph Howes, Nathaniel Kellogg, John King, Abner Kelley, Jacob Kilburn, Lt. Samuel Kilburn, Joshua Knowlton, Zebulon King, Amos Karr, Benjamin Karr, John Lumis, Josiah Lumis, Joseph Lilly, Jonathan Lilly, Bethuel Lilly, Eliakim Lilly, Foster Lilly, Esq. Robert Lazell, Calvin Lazell, James Lealand, Aaron Lyon, David Lyon, Jonathan Lyon, Lt. Samuel Lincoln, Lt. Josiah Moody, Capt. Robert Mantor, Lt. Jeremiah Mantor,
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Dr. Franeis Mantor, James Mantor, Ezra Moody, Daniel Mighells, John Mighells, Jesse Merrill, Stephen Merrill, Heman Marchant, Samuel Nims, Capt. Selah Norton, Asa Newton, Janna Osgood, Phillip Phillips, Esq., Thomas Philips, Elijah Phillips, Abner Phillips, Lemuel Phillips, Phillip Phillips, 2nd, David Phillips, Simcon Phillips, Dea. John Porter, Riehard Phillips, Vespasian Phillips, Palatiah Phillips, Speneer Phillips, Daniel Phillips, Caleb Phillips, Timothy Perkins, Jr., Abiezar Perkins, Eliab Perkins, Elisha Parker, Joseph K. Pain, Samuel Paine, Joseph Paine, Jr., Caleb Paekard, Joseph Pratt, Samuel Porter, Joseph Porter, Asa Porter, Ebenezer Putney, John Perry, Sylvester Phillips, Israel Phillips, Joseph Porter, Joseph Persons, Calvin Reeord, Lebbeus Rude, Benjamin Rogers, George. Ranney, Franeis Ranney, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, Jr.,.Joseph Stocking, Capt. Thomas Stoeking, Abraham Stoek- ing, Lemuel Stoeking, Jonathan Smith, Amos Stoeking, Samuel Stoeking, Joseph Shepard, Dea. Moses Smith, David Smith, Salmon Smith, Chileab Smith, 2nd, Jeduthan Smith, Chileab Smith, 3rd, Capt. Sylvanus Smith, 3rd, Israel Standish, Levi Steel, Elijah Smith, Martin Smith, Dea. Isaae Shepard, Isaae Shepard, John Sherwin, Nathaniel Sherwin, Noah Saddler, Joshua Saddler, Rowland Sears, Paul Sears, Enos Sears, Elisha Smead, Chipman Smith, Abner Smith, Jonathan Smith, 2nd, Asa Selden, Lemuel Spurr, Elnathan Sanderson, Ebenezar Smith, Jr., Obed Smith, Isaiah Taylor, Thomas Tower, Samuel Tinny, Dea. Jonathan Taylor, Jasher Taylor, 2nd, Lt. Jasher Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, Jr., Stephen Taylor, Ezekiel Taylor, Isaae Tower, Barnabas Taylor, Edward Taylor, James Usher, Joshua Vincent, Ephraim Williams, Apollos Williams, Stephen Warren, Joseph Warren, Jr., Seth Wait, Seth Wait, Jr., Gad Wait, Capt. Thomas Warner, Nathan Wait, Asa Wait, Isiah Washburn, Joshua Weldon, Daniel Ward, John Ward, Alexan- der Ward, Elijah Ward, Esq. Thomas White, Jonathan Yea- mons, Aaron Cross' Estate, Caleb Ward, Elijah Wait.
The heaviest tax payer was Ephraim Williams, Esq., his tax being more than twiee as high as any other person. Six persons were taxed for a "faculty," viz: Dr. Phineas Bartlett and Dr. Franeis Mantor as physicians, Zachariah Field as hotel keeper, John Bennett as hatter, Levi Cook as saddler, and Thomas White as blacksmith.
April 1, 1822, voted to define the limits of the sehool distriets in the town of Ashfield in the following manner, that is to say-
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Voted. that John Ellis, Dimmick Ellis, Ormon Flower, Elbridge G. Flower, Horatio Flower, William Flower, Phineas Flower, John Alden, Cyrus Alden, Jesse Ranney, Silas Kimberly, John Eldridge, 2nd, Elisha DeWolf. John Belding, Moses Beld- ing. Ebenezer Belding, Ashur Belding, John Perry, and Daniel Perry shall constitute a school district by the name of the north east middle school district. (Beldingville.)
Voted that Samuel Bement, Jonathan Yeomans, Jonathan Y'eomans, Jun., Israel Phillips, Joshua Phillips, William Bassett, David Lyon, Marshall Lyon, Eli Gray, Isaac Shepard, Joseph Paine, Joseph R. Paine, Benjamin Paine, Howard Edson, Jesse Edson, Daniel Perkins, Roswell Ward, Joseph Paine, Jnr., Obed Elmer and Jeremiah Look shall constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of the north middle district. (Wardville.)
Voted that Peter Wells, Asa Sanderson, Chester Bement, Nehemiah Hathaway, Lyman Cross, Charles Williams estate, Thomas Shephard. Thomas White, Elijah Paine, Cotton Mather. Widow Norton, John Williams, Jnr., Levi Cook, Levi Cook, Jnr., Ira Cook, Atherton Clark, Enos Smith, Levi Miller, Jerry Nash, James McFarland, Chester Sanderson, Abner Phillips. Caleb Ward, Ellis Pratt, Joseph Ranney, Samuel Eldredge, Consider McFarland, and Ebenezer and Horatio Montague's estate shall constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of the plain district. (Plain.)
Voted that John McClintock, William McClintock, Samuel Brownson, Stephen Damon, Thomas Morton, Amos Carr, Jun., Otis Andrews, Timothy Catlin, Timothy Catlin, Jnr., Samuel Elmer, Elijah Tobey, Henry Alden, Widow Mary Elmer, Samuel Paine, Widow Alice Elmer, Nathaniel Davis, Adolphus Elmer, Ebenezer Eames, Chileab Smith, Chileab Smith, Jnr., Ziba Smith, Widow Sarah Shepard, Luther Elmer, Abel Pettibone, Albert Brownson, Jonathan Richmond, Thomas Phillips, Russel Phillips, Nathan Lyon, William Lyon, Elijah Brownson, Roger Brownson, Enos Harvey, John Alden, 2nd, Elias Smith, and James Andrews shall constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of the north east school district. (Baptist Corner.)
Voted that Luther Ranney, Widow Rachel Ranney, Nathan Wood, Parsons Mansfield, Erastus Mansfield, Thomas Blood, Martin Smith, Justus Smith, 2nd, Reuben Smith, Ephraim
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Wheeler, Giles Ranney, Francis Ranncy, Stoddard Nims, Simon Collins, Alvan Clark, Friend Knowlton, Widow Knowl- ton, the farm left by Asa Porter and Elijah Smith, Jnr., do con- stitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of the south east school district. (Chapel Falls.)
Voted that Joseph Barber, John Barber, Samuel Barber, Ebenezer Cranson, Micajah Howes, Zachariah Howes, Stephen Cross, Stephen S. Cross, Alvan Cross, Robert Gray, Robert Hartwell, Jonathan Gray, Elias Gray, David Gray, Silas Blake, Dorus Blake, Hosea Blake, Widow Gray and Michael Warren do constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of the Briar Hill school district.
Voted that Archibald Burnet, Daniel Burnet, Nathaniel Holmes, Chester Wrisley, Thomas Ranney, William Ranney, Roswell Ranney, Horatio Bartlett, Phineas Bement, Anson Bement, Lemuel Brown, Joel Brown, John Bement, James Andrews, Reuben Bement, Jared Bement, Sumner Bement, Wait Bement, Adolphus Andrews, John Pease, Jasper Bement, Russel Bement, Ebenczer Taylor, David Howes, Marcena Sanderson, Elijah Wait, Enoch Bennet, Samuel Ranney, George Ranney, Reuben Ranney, Charles Adams, Gad Wait, Samuel Guilford, Walter Guilford, James King, Salmon Miller and John M. Mansfield shall constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of the south east middle school district. (Round School.)
Voted that Joseph Bishop, Whiting Kellogg, Gilbert Richard- son, Aaron Belding, Dorus Graves, Joseph Warren, Benjamin Rogers, Abner Rogers, Joseph Manning, Anson Goodwin, and John B. Simpson shall constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield. (South Ashfield.)
Voted that Noah Douglas, David Williams, Jonathan Howes, Joseph Hall, Lot Hall, 2nd, Simeon Phillips, Heman Howes, Joseph Hall, Jnr., Timothy Perkins, Elisha Bassett, Henry Bassett, Abraham Stocking, Herod Stocking, George Hall, Jonathan Lilly, Jnr., Joseph Porter, Austin Lilly, Chipman Lilly, Ebenezer Porter, Joseph C. Smith, Justus Smith, George Barrus, Isaac Hall, Eliakim Lilly, Arannah Hall's farm, Benja- min Wing, Elisha Wing, Danicl Mighles, Ezekiel Mighles, Na- thaniel Clark, Chipman Smith, Lucius Smith, Ephraim Wil- liams, Abel Williams, Silas Clark, Jonathan Taylor, David Taylor, Jonathan Kilburn, Zebulon Briant, William Briant,
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Josiah Fuller, Joseph Fuller, Luke Fuller, Thomas Hall and Barnabas Alden shall constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield, by the name of Steady Lane school district.
Voted that Eli Eldredge, Eli Eldredge, Jnr., Lot Hall, Ather- ton Hall, Stephen Taylor, Ansel Taylor, Forris Jepson, Ezekiel Taylor, Judah Taylor, Isaac Taylor, Jonathan Sears, Asarelah Sears, Peter Richardson, Ahirah Sears, Sanford Boice, Widow Eleanor Sears, Elisha Parker. William Sears, Levi Eldredge, Barnabas Eldredge, Samuel Eldredge, 2nd, Abner Kelley, Abner Kelley, Jnr., Josiah Kelley, Asa Selden, Jesse Selden, Thomas Tower, Chester Tower, and Paul Sears shall constitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of Cape Street.
Voted that Ebenezer Putney, Lazarus Barrus, Elisha Phillips, Stephen Warren, Ammiel Weeks, John Eldredge, Ebenezer Y. Palmer, Apollos Williams, Lemuel Phillips, Daniel Williams, Nathan Beals, Lot Bassett, Francis Bassett, Isaiah Jenkins, Joseph Gurney, Zechariah Gurney, Comfort Beals, Jacob Dyer, Laban Stetson, Benjamin Dyer, Jesse Dyer, Jonathan Baldwin, Moses Baldwin, John Ford, Thomas Bassett, Solomon Hill, Caleb Packard, Jnr., Elisha Hubbard, Abiram Phillips, Hiram Beals, Leonard Jenkins, and Caleb Church shall constitute a school district by the name of south west school district. (Spruce Corner.)
Voted that George Williams, Asa Guilford, Isaac Church, Daniel Mighles, Jnr., Lemuel Eldredge, Aaron Ward, Jonah Fuller, Timothy Warren, Kimble Howes, Willard Howes, Bethuel Lilly, Bethuel Lilly, Jnr., Albinus Lilly, Seth Church, Ezra Williams, 2nd, Thaddeus Rude, Jnr., Nathan Porter, Samuel Porter, Samuel Porter, Jnr., Joel Lilly, and the farm Aaron Ward sold to Lucius Smith shall constitute a school district by the name of the west school district. (Watson.)
Voted that Alexander Ward, Zephaniah Richmond, Benjamin Bracket, Ezra Bracket, Ziba Leonard, Israel Williams, Widow Ruth Taylor, Zebulon Taylor, Ebenezer Forbes, Daniel Forbes, Barnabas Howes, Joseph Vincent, Joseph Vincent, Jnr., David Vincent, David Vincent, Jn'., Joshua Vincent, Mark Howes, Ezekiel Howes, Daniel Sears, Enos Howes, Jeremiah Taylor, Barnabas A. Howes, Ezekiel Howes, Jnr., George Howes and Mary Rude shall constitute a school district by the name of the Northwest school district.
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HISTORY OF ASHFIELD
POPULATION OF ASHFIELD FROM 1765 TO 1905 Copied from the State Census Report, 1905
1765 (Prov.)
(628)
-
1776 (Prov.)
628
1790 (U. S.)
1,459
+831
1800 (U. S.)
1,741
+282
1810 (U. S.)
1,809
+68
1820 (U. S.)
1,748
-61
1830 (U. S.)
1,732
-16
1840 (U. S.)
1,610
-122
1850 (U. S.)
1,394
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