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Isaac was the son of Isaac and Ruth (Tolman) Royall, and was born in Dorchester, June 10, 1682. His wife's name was Elizabeth. She died Dec. 29, 1761, aged seventy-nine ; on the Dorchester records the name is spelled Ryall or Riall, and it was pronounced so in our town.
" When Doty and Ryall Were bro't up for trial, John Davenport swore Theyd do so no more."
In 1717 Isaac was one of the original founders of the first iron-works in the town, and sold one eighth part of " London New " in 1725. He was called captain in 1723, and was frequently employed by the Dorchester pro- prietors to sell land. In 1726 he presided over town meeting, and sent his boy William to Harvard. The same year he audited the town treasurer's account, and received therefor ten shillings ; and in 1736 we find him, in his capacity of justice of the peace, " sending Mary Holms to Bridewell," carrying "a tinker and his trull to the House of Correction," fining " Robert Pelton for swearing and cursing" and " David Tilden for drunkenness," and taking care of the welfare of the community gen- erally. In 1747 he occupied the best pew in the old meeting-house.
In 1740 he gave the town a blank book in which with his own hand he wrote, " The gift of the worshipful Isaac Royall, Esquire, to the Town of
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Stoughton for an account book." In this old house he lived with his slaves in the colonial style. He was by far the most prominent man in Canton in his day. He died Dec. 20, 1761, aged seventy-nine years.
Charles Salter erected in 1700 a house near where the thirteenth mile- stone now stands. In 1714 the house, with sixty acres of land, was pur- chased by Jonathan Kenney. It was bounded by the road on its easterly side and the Indian line on the south.
Nathaniel and Peter Lyon were brothers, sons of Peter and Ann Lyon, of Dorchester. Nathaniel received a lease from the Indians, and in 1710 had fifty acres laid out to him on the road leading to Dry Pond, by the proprietors.
. On Green Street stands the Crane house, built in 1801, still occupied by that family. The house preceding it, with a lean-to roof, was on the other side of the road; the well is all that remains. Henry Crane,; Jr., appears to have received this large farin in 1707 in the same manner that Silas Crane received his, -by his marriage. He married Elizabeth Vose, daughter of Thomas and Waitstill, on Oct. 18, 1683. We hear nothing of him after 1733. His son William, the shoemaker or cordwainer, suc- ceeded to this part of the estate, and with Abigail Puffer as a helpmate, lived near this spot. He was an active man in our early town life. Many of the deeds of that time were drawn by him. He was select- man during the years 1728-1731, 1734-1737, 1739; town clerk, 1732, 1737, 1739; and precinct clerk in 1736. He died on the 20th of July, 1742, and the pastor of the church asserts that "he was a good man, but of late months under much darkness and despondency." His wife died July 31, 1772. He had apple-trees enough to be dignified by the name of an orchard in 1738. After the death of William, his son Elihu, the father of General Nathan, occupied the homestead. He was a deacon of Dun- bar's church. He was born July 26, 1710, and died Jan. 4, 1789. He it was of whom the following story is narrated : --
From the deep recesses of the forest which lay between the Packeen road and the Fowl meadows there was heard by the residents of that part of the town, about the year 1770, the sound of a voice, human, but at the same time so weird and melancholy in its tone that it sent a chill of horror through the listener. Henry Crane, Preserved Lyon, Joseph As- pinwall, - all described it as something between the wail of a woman and the cry of a catamount. Edward Downes and John Taunt and Wil- liam Crane, 2d, spoke of it as the voice of a lost soul crying in the wil- derness. Months rolled on, and still the sound proceeded from the watery marshes or the adjoining upland. Isaac Billings never pulled his boat across the ferry at the call of some belated traveller but what this unearthly sound caused him to ply his oars with redoubled vigor. What was to be done no one knew. Finally it was suggested that Deacon Elihu Crane could exorcise or dispel the troublesome Packeen ghost. The deacon was applied to, and after much persuasion and diligent
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prayer betook himself at midnight and alone to a lonesome and unfre- quented part of the woods where his ghostship was supposed to make his headquarters. The deacon had a wonderfully powerful voice, and he poured it forth, so that the residents of Tiot or Clapboardtrees could have heard it had they been out that night. "I know," said he, " O unknown one, that thou art neither flesh and blood nor mortal in any way or shape. I pray thee no longer leave the pale realms of shade to haunt the regions of this earth. Leave, then, the Fowl meadows, and return to the place whence thou comest." This was sufficient. It is needless to say there was no more trouble from the Packeen ghost.
About fifty years ago, Gen. Nathan Crane, who then lived in this house, manufactured first by hand, then by horse, and finally by water power a preparation commonly called a conserve. It was composed of rose-leaves - those full red-faced blossoms that sometimes nowadays struggle to show themselves from some ancient cellar - and powdered sugar. Great quantities of roses were raised for the purpose, and the article, when prepared and carried to Boston, brought a good price as a delicacy for the sick.
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STOUGHTON TAX LISTS, I 727.
The names of those taxed in the north part of Stoughton are as follows : -
Aldis, Widow.
Blake, Edward.
Andrews, James.
Blake, Nathaniel.
Andrews, Samuel.
Bullard, William.
Avery, Robert.
Clap, Ebenezer.
Avery, William.
Clarke, John.
Ayres, Nathaniel.
Colburn, Benjamin.
Bacon, John, Sen.
Crane, Silas.
Bailey, Edward.
Crane, Edward.
Bailey, Richard.
Crane, William.
Baker, Joseph.
Crehore, John.
Battle, Ebenezer.
Crehore, Samuel.
Bent, Joseph.
Crehore, Timothy, Jr.
Billings, William.
Curtis, Moses. Davenport, John.
Billings, Joseph.
Dean, John.
Billings, Stephen.
Dean, Jeremiah.
Billings, Joseph.
Dickerman, John.
Blackman, George.
Blackman, Benjamin.
Dickerman, John, Jr.
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Done, Edward.
Lyon, Peter.
Draper, James.
Lyon, Peter, Jr.
Draper, Ebenezer.
Lyon, Elhanan.
Draper, Nathaniel. Dwelly, Samuel.
Macknab, John.
Metcalf, Michael.
Eaton, John.
Metcalf, John.
Ellis, John.
Metcalf, Nathaniel.
Emery, Samuel.
Metcalf, Sarah.
Endicott, James.
Morse, Joseph, Jr.
Esty, Joseph, Jr.
Monk, Elias.
Esty, Edward.
Monk, Elias, Jr.
Esty, Benjamin, Jr.
Monk, George.
Everett, Richard.
Newton, Ephraim.
Fales, Stephen.
Norton, Joshua.
Fales, James.
Ockington, Thomas.
Farrington, Jonathan.
Palmer, Elisha.
Fenno, Benjamin.
Pelton, Robert.
Fenno, Benjamin, Jr.
Pitcher, Edward.
Fenno, Isaac.
Pond, Jabez.
Fenno, John.
Pond, Joshua.
Fenno, John, Jr.
Pratt, Joseph.
Fenno, Joseph.
Puffer, John.
Fisher, Jeremiah.
Puffer, John, Jr.
Fisher, Josiah.
Pumrey, Joshua.
French, William.
Redman, Robert.
Fuller, John.
Richards, Judith.
Gay, John.
Royal, Isaac.
Gay, Benjamin.
Royal, Isaac & Co.
Gill, Benjamin.
Sawin, Joseph.
Gill, Moses.
Shepard, John.
Glover, Edward.
Sherman, William (father of Roger Sherman).
Goodwin, Philip.
Guild, Samuel.
Smith, Benjamin.
Hartwell, Samuel.
Smith, Joseph.
Haws, John.
Spurr, Thomas.
Houghton, Joseph.
Stebbins, John.
Hubbard, Nathaniel.
1 Starr, Comfort.
Hunting, John.
Stone, Daniel.
Hunting, Jonathan.
Stone, David.
Jones, Ebenezer & Co. Jones, Timothy.
Sumner, William.
Jordan, Benjamin. Jordan, Joseph.
Swan, Robert. Talbot, George.
Jordan, Thomas.
Tilden, David.
Kinnee, John. Kinnee, Jonathan.
Tolman, David.
Liscom, John.
Tolman, Thomas.
Liscom, Philip.
Topliff, Joseph & Co.
Liscom, Philip, Jr.
Sumner, George.
Tolman, Bliss.
Topliff, Joseph.
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Trescott, Samuel.
Whiting, Jeremiah.
Tucker, James.
Whiting, Nathaniel.
Tucker, Manasseh.
Whiting, Samuel.
Vose, David.
Whiting, Joseph.
Vose, Henry.
Whiting, Timothy.
Vose, John.
Wight, David.
Vose, Joshua.
Wight, Daniel.
Wadsworth, George.
Wight, Joseph.
Warren, Ebenezer.
Wight, Joseph, Jr.
Warren, Jonathan.
Wilson, Ephraim.
Ware, Samuel.
Wilson, Ephraim, Jr.
Weeks, William.
Williams, John.
Wentworth, Charles.
Williams, Richard.
Wentworth, Edward.
Withington, John.
Wentworth, John.
Woodward, Ebenezer.
Wentworth, Shubael.
Woodward, William.
Wheeler, William.
Wyatt, Abigail.
The names of those that were taxed in the south part of Stoughton are as follows : -
Atherton, Humphrey.
Dean, Ebenezer.
Baker, John.
Ellis, Joseph.
Beacon, William.
Ellis, Joseph, Jr.
Billings, Benjamin.
Esty, Jacob.
Billings, Beriah.
Esty, Samuel.
Billings, Bezliel.
Esty, Benjamin.
Billings, Ebenezer.
Evered, John.
Billings, Elkanah.
Evered, William.
Billings, Jonathan.
Fairbanks, Benjamin.
Billings, Samuel.
Fales, James.
Bird, Samuel.
Farrington, John.
Bowen, Elizabeth.
Fisher, Daniel.
Bullard, Samuel.
Fisher, James.
Bullard, Samuel & Co.
Fuller, Jeremiah.
Bullard, Samuel, Jr.
Fuller, John.
Bullard, Ebenezer.
Gay, Hezekiah.
Bullard, John.
Gay, John, Jr.
Chandler, Jonathan.
Gay, Luther.
Chandler, Samuel.
Gay, Nathaniel.
Collick, Cornelius.
Cobb, John.
Gay, Timothy. Guild, Nathaniel. Hartwell, Joseph.
Colburn, Ephraim.
Colburn, Joseph.
Haws, Eleazer.
Colburn, Nathaniel. Commis, Isaac.
Cony, Nathaniel.
Cony, Nathaniel, Jr. Dean, John, Jr.
Haws, Obediah. Haws, Desire. Healey, Ebenezer. Hewins, Benjamin. Hewins, Joseph.
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Hewins, Joseph, Jr.
Richards, John.
Hering, Thomas.
Rhodes, Eleazer.
Hixon, John.
Sewell, Benjamin.
Hixon, Richard.
Smith, John.
Hixon, Walter.
Smith, Joseph.
Hobbs, Matthew.
Stearns, Isaac.
Holmes, John.
Stearns, Isaac, Jr.
Holmes, Widow.
Stearns, Jonathan.
Holmes, Samuel.
Stearns, Nathaniel.
Jordan, Jonathan.
Stearns, Simon.
Leonard, Uriah.
Thompson, Benjamin.
Lewis, John.
Thompson, Cornealius.
Lewis, William.
Thorpe, Samuel.
Lyon, Zachariah.
Tolman, Timothy.
Maccarty, James.
Trescott, Joseph.
Mackwethy, James.
'Tucker, Joseph.
Maudsley & Co.
White, Benjamin.
White, James.
Meed, Thomas. Morse, Ezra.
White, John.
Morse, Ezra, Jr.
White, Josiah.
Onyon, Jonathan.
White, Moses.
Paison, Ephraim.
Willington, Ebenezer.
Pettingill, Daniel.
Kingsbury, Eliezer.
Perrigoe, James.
Kingsbury, Jeremiah.
Pitty, Simon.
Kingsbury, Nathaniel.
Pribble, Nathaniel.
XXIV.
To his Excellency, Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Captain General and Gov- ernour in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay in New England, and to the Honourable His Majesty's Council and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled at Boston, on the 29th of November, 1738 : -
The petition of us, the subscribers, inhabitants of the southerly part of the town of Stoughton, humbly sheweth that whereas, by the Providence of the all disposing God, our Lotts are fallen to us at so great a distance from the Publick Worship of God that the Petitioners cannot ever, with- out great difficulty, attend the public worship of God in the Northerly part of the said Town, many of them living eight or nine miles distant ; and they having petitioned the Town once and again to be eased of the great difficulties they now labour under, but all their prayers have been by them rejected, and in consideration of their great duty to attend the
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publick worship of God, not only themselves, but with their familys and children, which are, by the blessing of God, greatly increased, and cannott attend the publick worship when it is at so great a distance from them ; and being obliged, by conscience and law, to attend the publick worship of God, they having therefore, by contribution, maintained preaching among themselves for a considerable time, notwithstanding they having paid their proportionable parts to the Old Part, when they can have but little advantage; and we having had some experience, we look on our- selves able to maintain the publick worship of God with us, which the more emboldens us to petition this Honorable Court to sett us off a dis- tant and seperate Township or precinct, by the following meets and bounds, viz., to begin with Line of the Precinct, which consists partly of the Town of Dedham and partly of the Town of Stoughton, at the south westerly part, where the Line meets with Walpole Line, and to run with the Line of the precinct a northeasterly course until it meets with Massapog River, where it runs into Neponsit River, and from the Crotch of said River, a streight course southeasterly until it meets with the part- ing of the Roads, a little to the southward of Caleb Howard's house, and from thence a streight course southeasterly until it meets with Withering- ton's and Mr. Atherton's bounds, the east side of the Town highway, near Withington's dam, by his grist mill, and from thence a streight course southeasterly until it meets with the Colony Line, where it crosses Trout Brook, and with the Colony Line westerly until it meets with Wrentham Line, and northerly with Wrentham Line until it meets with Walpole Line, and with Walpole Line northerly until it meets with the bounds first mentioned. And we humbly beg leave here to say that what we now offer in respect of our being so sett off is in sincerity for the promoting the Worship of God and Religion in the purity of it amongst us.
Wherefore we pray your Excellency and Honours would be pleased to hear our request and grant our petition, and as we in duty bound shall ever pray.
Daniel Richards, Benjamin Peirce, Jr., Benjamin Johnson, Ebenezer Hewins, William Webb, Abraham Chandler, Joseph Chandler, Thomas Tupper, Thomas Tupper, Jr., Mayhew Tupper, Ebenezer Capen, Jacob Esty, William Caldwell, Obadiah Hawes, Isaac Cummings, Timothy Tol- man, Samuel Lovell, Jonathan Jordan, Samuel Esty, Samuel Cummings, William Richards, Eleazer Hawes, Joseph Ingraham, John Smith, Mat- thew Hobbs, Ebenezer Esty, Jos. Hewens, Samuel Bird, Pelatiah White- man, John Hixson, Joseph Hewins, Jr., Ephraim Payson, Mathias Puffer, David Thompson, Benjamin Esty, Joshua Whiteman, Nathan Clark, John Noyes, Thomas Randall, Stephen Holland, Job Swift, Joshua Perry, Eliacom Perry, Benjamin Sawell, Eleazer Puffer.
In the House of Representatives, December 8th, 1738, Read & Ordered that the petitioners serve the Town of Stoughton with a copy of the peti-
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tion, that they shew cause, if any they have, the first Thursday of the next sitting of the Court, why the prayer thereof should not be granted.
Sent up for Concurrence. J. QUINCY, Speaker. In Council, Dec. 12th, 1738. Read & Concurred. SIMON FROST, Dept. Secretary.
Consented to. - J. BELCHER. A true copy. SIMON FROST, Dept. Secretary.
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SOLDIERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS.
In the list of men who served at Crown Point from September to December, 1755, we find the following Canton men : -
Ęsty, Elijah.
Redman, John.
Fenno, Joseph, Jr.
Shepard, John.
Fisher, Samuel.
Stearns, Nathaniel.
Kenney, Samuel.
Tucker, Joseph.
Kenney, Timothy.
Wadsworth, John.
Liscom, Philip.
Josiah Morse was in a Dedham company, commanded by Eliphalet Fales ; and James Perigo, whose father appears in Canton in 1728, was in Colonel Doty's regiment. David Lawrence, only twenty-one years of age, was second lieutenant in the same regiment in 1756.
The following men were in service from May, 1756, to March 1, 1757, at Crown Point, in the company of Capt. Nathaniel Blake, regiment of Jonathan Bayley. Those marked with an asterisk died at the Lake.
Name.
Age.
Name.
Age.
Bayley, James .
28
Jordan, Elijah
33
*Badcock, Nathaniel
37
Jordan, Thomas
. 22
Blackman, Samnel
23
*Kenney, Samnel
19
*Blanchor, Joseph .
44
Liscom, John
55
Currill, William
38
*Moore, Francis
Deverix, William
50
Osgood, Samuel
18
Doggett, Seth .
18
*Puffer, James
28
Doggett, John
16
Rhodes, Samuel 28
*Esty, Benjamin
Fisher, Timothy
42
Talbot, Amaziah 18
Gay, David, Jr.
18
Talbot, Daniel . 42
*George, Samnel
25
*Warren, Jonathan
51
Haws, Samuel . Hewins, William
20
Wentworth, Sion .
30
Holmes, Zebulon
.
20
Williams, Ebenezer
17
20
.
55
Stone, Henry 33
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An ancient document, now in the possession of Edmund J. Baker, of Dorchester, dated Fort William Henry, Nov. 9, 1756, states that Capt. Nathan Blake delivered into the stores, by order of General Winslow, the guns, bayonets, and cartridges of the following soldiers: -
Bishop, Jonathan.
Jordan, Elijah.
Blake, Capt.
Liscom, John.
Esty, Benjamin.
Moore, Francis.
French, Timothy.
Puffer, James.
George, Samuel.
Robbins, John.
Hewins, William.
Warren, John.
The following men were in Samuel Miller's regiment. They enlisted in April, and remained at Crown Point until Dec. 3, 1756: -
Bailey, James.
Blake, Jeremiah.
*Liscom, John, died Oct. 4, 1756, at Lake George. Lloyd, John.
Caldwell, William.
Fisher, Timothy.
Osgood, Samuel.
Gay, David.
Payson, Samuel.
Haws, Samuel.
Rhodes, Samuel.
*Haws, Stephen. Holmes, Zebulon.
*Robbins, John. Shepard, John.
Stickney, Solomon.
Talbot, Daniel.
Tucker, Joseph.
Tucker, Uriah.
*Kenney, Samuel.
Samuel, son of Jonathan Jordan, of York, died in 1756 at Crown Point. Benjamin Tolman died at Halifax this same year, on February 13. William Jordan, Samuel Lyon, died at Lake George, Feb. 6, 1756.
In 1757 John Howard fell sick at Fort Edward, and did not return to the army before they were dismissed. He died within two years.
List of men in Capt. Moses Curtis' company who enlisted for the total reduction of Canada, and served from March 28, 1759, to Aug. 9, 1760, - Moses Curtis, Captain ; Ebenezer Tisdale, Lieutenant ; Jonathan Shurtleff, Elisha Shaw, James Jordan, John Forrest, Ebenezer Clapp, non-commis- sioned officers : -
Blackman, Eleazer. Bryant, Thomas. Bussey, William. Chandler, Jonathan. Clark, Nehemiah. Copeland, Isaac. Currill, William.
Downes, Edward. Goldthwait, Jacob. Howard, Reuben. Jordan, Elijah.
Jordan, Thomas. Man, Samuel. Messinger, Daniel.
Jordan, Samuel, died at Crown Point, 1756. Jordan, Thomas. *Kenney, Jonathan, Jr., Ensign. Kenney, Nathaniel.
Wentworth, Sion.
Hubbard, Peter.
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Metcalf, Samnel.
Mitchell, Thomas.
Thompson, Joseph. Vose, Stephen. Warren, Pelton.
Monk, Benjamin.
Monk, George.
Wentworth, Benjamin.
Monk, William.
Wentworth, Moses.
Nichols, Samuel.
Wharf, James.
Pomham, Pitt. Puffer, Joseph.
White, Joseph, Jr. Willis, John.
A list of men in Capt. Ebenezer Cox's company from February 14 to December 23, 1760 :-
Name.
Age.
Name.
Age.
Hewins, Enoch .
20
Rhodes, Stephen
18
Ingraham, Joseph -
24
Thorp, Peter . .
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Oliver, Josepb
Tucker, Preserved . -
21
Rhodes, Samuel
38 Yeates, George .
Others who went to the total reduction of Canada in 1760 :-
Name.
Age.
Name.
Age.
Howard, Caleb
18
Taunt, Jonathan
Kenney, Nathaniel .
38
Tucker, Joseph . 26
Roads, Nathan
22
List of men in Capt. Silvester Richmond's company from February 15 to November 30, 1761 : -
Adlington, Mathew.
Liscom, Nehemiah.
Bussey, William.
Lyon, David.
Dickerman, Ebenezer.
Lyon, Elhanon.
Fisher, Simeon.
Monk, William.
Gay, Peter.
Pitcher, Elijah.
Grover, Daniel.
Talbot, Isaac.
Ingraham, Benjamin.
Woods, William.
Others who were out this year : -
Blackman, Eleazer.
Forrest, George.
Patey, William. Smith, William.
Hawes, Nathaniel. Martin, John.
Talbot, George. Wetherby, James.
McLane, Daniel.
White, John.
Noyce, John, Jr.
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The following were the members of the parish whose names were attached to the letter of Dec. 13, 1784, addressed to the Rev. Aaron Bancroft : -
Belcher, Joseph.
Holmes, Essachar.
Belcher, Supply.
Jones, Ephraim.
Bemis, Joseph.
Leonard, Enoch.
Billings, Jacob.
Leonard, Uriah.
Billings, Nathan.
Lyon, Gamaliel.
Billings, Stephen.
May, Joshua.
Blake, Stephen.
McKendry, Archibald.
Blackman, George.
McKendry, John.
Capen, Christopher.
Morse, Henry.
Capen, John.
Pierce, Jesse.
Capen, Samuel.
Pierce, Seth.
Crane, Elihu.
Pierce, Seth, 2d.
Crane, Luther.
Pittee, Nathaniel.
Crane, Nathan.
Shepard, Jacob.
Crane, William.
Spear, Simeon.
Crosman, George.
Spurr, Redman.
Dickerman, Elijah.
Stone, Lemuel.
Dickerman, Ezra.
Tilden, Nathaniel.
Doty, Thomas.
Tilden, Ezra.
Endicott, James.
Tucker, Benjamin.
Farrington, Jonathan.
Tucker, Daniel.
Fenno, Charles.
Tucker, Samuel.
Fisher, Ezekiel.
Wentworth, Amariah.
Fisher, Ezekiel, 2d.
Wentworth, Abel.
French, Thomas.
Wentworth, Daniel.
Fowler, Mathew.
Wentworth, Elijah.
Gill, Benjamin.
Wentworth, Enoch.
Hawes, Elisha.
Wentworth, Joseph.
Hawes, John.
Wentworth, Nathaniel.
Hendley, William.
Wentworth, Oliver.
Henry, Joseph.
Wentworth, Seth.
Henry, William.
Withington, John.
The following are the votes passed at a meeting of the First Precinct in Stoughton, Sept. 13, 1784 : --
" Voted to concur with ye vote of ye church in giving Mr. Aaron Bancroft a call to take ye pastoral care of the church and congregation in this place, only seven dissentients.
" Voted and granted to Mr. Aaron Bancroft ye sum of Ninety pounds as a
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Fenno, Elijah.
Tucker, James.
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salary to be paid him annually while he continues in the Pastoral Relation to this church and congregation.
" Voted and granted Mr. Aaron Bancroft a Settlement or Gratuity of two hundred pounds in order to lay a foundation for his comfortable and honorable support, one hundred pounds to be paid him ye first year after settlement, and one hundred pounds ye second year after his settlement.
" Voted and granted Mr. Aaron Bancroft ten cords of good merchantable fire- wood to be delivered annually at ye place of his abode in sd Precinct during ye time he shall continue without a family or keeping house by himself; and upon having a family or keeping house by himself voted him twenty cords of good merchantable firewood to be delivered annually at the place of his abode in sd Precinct during his pastoral relation to this church and congregation.
" Voted that Elijah Dunbar, Esq., Col. Benjamin Gill, Dr. George Crosman, Mr. William Wheeler, Mr. Henry Bailey, Mr. James Hawkes Lewis, and Lient. Benjamin Tucker be a committee to wait on Mr. Aaron Bancroft and present him with copies of ye votes of this church and congregation and desire of Mr. Bancroft an answer."
XXVII.
CHURCH AND BAPTISMAL COVENANT IN MR. HOWARD'S TIME.
" You are now in the fear of God to attend to his most gracious cove. nant; and may you, by the help of his grace, give a most hearty assent unto it.
"You do now sincerely and very solemnly give up yourself to God, who is the Father, ye Son, and ye Holy Ghost, and receive him as your God and Father and portion, desiring to live unto him.
" You give up yourself to the Lord Jesus X, who is God manifested in the flesh, as ye head of his chosen people, and receive him as made of God unto yon wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption. You give up yourself to this church of Christ, engaging, by his help in the com- munion hereof, to attend upon the ordinances of ye Gospel while your opportunity to be hereby edified in your most holy faith shall be con- tinued unto you. This you promise.
"We, then, the church of ye Lord in this place, receive you into our holy communion, and promise that by God's assistance we will treat yon with that affection and watchfulness which your sacred relation to us now calls for, imploring of our Lord that both we and you may obtain mercy to be faithful in this covenant and agree to glorify him with that holiness which becomes his house forever.
"You do now, in the presence of God and this religious assembly, un- feignedly profess your belief in ye Xian religion, asserted and represented to us in ye gospel of Jesus X, and sincerely and most solemnly give up
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yourself to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, receiving him as your God, your Father, and your portion, desiring to devote yourself unto him and live to his glory.
" You give up yourself to ye Lord Jesus X, God manifest in y" flesh, as the head of his chosen people, and receive him as made unto you wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and redemption. You also profess your desire, as you shall or may be enabled by divine assistance, to walk in all the ordinances and commandments of the Lord blameless.
" Brethren of the chh., Are you willing to grant to this person the pri- vilege he desires ? If so, you will be so kind as to signify it by lifting up your hands (the church grants your request). Remember, then, my friend, that ye vows of God are upon you, and that which is now done on earth is recorded in heaven. Let it be your sincere and ardent endeavour to live like a Xian, to be faithful in this covenant, and to glorify God with that holiness which becometh his house forever. Amen."
· XXVIII.
NAMES OF THOSE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION FOR THE INCORPORA- TION OF CANTON, APRIL 17, 1795.
Allen, Thomas.
Blackman, Samuel.
Bailey, Dudley.
Blake, Stephen.
Bailey, Henry.
Bussey, Benjamin.
Bailey, Israel.
Canterbury, Samuel.
Baker, Moses.
Capen, John.
Bemis, Joseph.
Capen, John, 2d.
Bent, William.
Capen, Samuel, 2d.
Billings, Daniel.
Chandler, Joseph.
Billings, Isaac.
Crane, Calvin.
Billings, John.
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