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Mr. Bowers was twice married. First to Miss Waitstill A. Savery, and second to Miss Eliza A. Shaw.
MAJOR THOMAS B. GRIFFITH
As a strong individuality Major Griffith made a lasting mark. Before entering upon his business career he travelled extensively, shipping on two whaling voyages to South America and the Indian Ocean. After he retired from the sea he spent short terms clerking in Cincinnati and New York, and then returned to Carver, where he was employed as a clerk by Benjamin Ellis & Co. until he embarked in business for himself.
In addition to his military and business activities in Carver, he was one of the promoters of Onset Bay, settling there to establish a Spritu- alistic resort, when the land was unbroken oak hills, and he was a leading figure in the develop- ment of the resort. He was also one of the pro- moters of the United Fruit Company that met with marvelous success in the development of the fruit trade.
Major Griffith was born in Middleboro, near the Carver line, May 17, 1823, a son of Ellis and
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Lucy M. (Bent) Griffith. He married in 1852 Hannah M., daughter of Isaac L. and Hannah Dunham.
EBEN D. SHAW
A son of Joseph and Hannah, was born Feb. 8, 1823. The iron trade was characteristic of his family, and he became a moulder at an early age, By 1850 he was operating a foundry of his own in Middleboro. In 1868 he started the David Pratt foundry at Wenham with horse power. He made a specialty of hollow ware, and is said to have been the first to utilize iron flasks for moulding. The following year he moved the business to Plymouth, and became one of the incorporators of the Plymouth Foundry Com- pany on Water street. The last of his projects was the establishment of a charcoal facing plant at Carver, in company with his sons, Eugene E. and Frederick W., under the firm name of E. D. Shaw & Sons.
E. TILLSON PRATT
This best known of school teachers of Carver was born June 6, 1825, a son of Tillson and Elizabeth Pratt. His life was devoted to the cause of education, and he was an active enthusiast in the development of our school system. Upon his death he left his estate as a perpetual fund, the income of which goes to the benefit of the schools.
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MRS. P. JANE BARROWS
Priscilla Jane, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Dunham) Shaw, was born Aug. 1, 1832. She married Pelham W. Barrows.
Through her parents she was a scion of the first settlers of this region and of numerous Old Colony families. She was always actively in- terested in public affairs. When the news of the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox reached her she hastened to the Baptist church, where she rang the bell as a signal for the general rejoicing. She was a promoter of the Carver Ladies' Soldiers Memorial Association, and served as its President until its object was achieved. She was also one of the promoters of the Old Home gatherings, where her extended acquaintances and democratic manners made her a happy medium. She was popularly hailed as Aunt Jane.
JOHN MAXIM, JR.
A celebrated local wit and writer, John Maxim, Jr., was born in 1795, in the house at Huckleberry Corner, where his eighty-eight years were spent. He was four times married, first Miss Susannah Pratt, second Miss Ellen Pratt, third Miss Sarah P. Mulford, fourth Mrs. Susan A. Lawrence.
At an early age he began to write for the local press under the nom de plume of Bemis, and for seventy years his contributions were noted for
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their originality. Many of his news items were made up in the form of rhymes, as :
"On Saturday noon I saw a balloon And fixed my eyes upon her ; To my delight she did alight In Huckleberry Corner."
Mr. Maxim entered the blast furnace and be- came a moulder of the old school, and through his native gifts he matched the jolly crews, and his jokes and repartee are proverbial. He at- tained his widest fame in the Presidential campaign of 1840, when he published a campaign songster that went through two editions and did its part in fanning the enthusiasm of that re- markable political contest. He travelled on the log cabin floats in this section of the State, singing from his song book at the rallies. His songs were witty hits on the political slang of the day, adapted to the popular melodies, and aroused great enthusiasm among the Whigs. The following may be taken as a sample, sung to the air of Yankee Doodle :
"Thus was our nation sore oppressed By Little Martin Vanny, Who by next Spring must leave his nest For Harrison his granny. Martin's aristocracy Makes the people wonder
Loco-Foco-ocracy To Whiggery knocks under."
In the Polk campaign of 1844 Mr. Maxim continued the same tactics, but with less en-
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thusiasm. The following from one of his songs of the second campaign perhaps illustrates the Whig sentiment concerning the Mexican war:
"Locofocos haste away
To Mexico without delay, The fight began with Locos crew And now his men must fight it through."
Following these episodes he turned to the anti-slavery agitation, and following the Civil war he devoted his writing and songs to the cause of temperance. He was a musician, playing the violin, and a music teacher and com- poser of no little talent, but as a witty writer he made his most lasting impression. The fol- lowing may be selected as characteristic of his style :
On the request of a young lady for a declama- tion for a school concert he handed her the fol- lowing :
"Young ladies all on you I call To pause, reflect, and think; Withhold your hand from that young man Who loves to use strong drink.
"He's on the way to misery's day Which soon will overtake him,- If he looks fair as lilies are Young woman, O, forsake him.
"He's not the boy to raise your joy But for a little season, For rum and gin his love will win And override his reason.
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"Then you'll be left, of peace bereft And all your comforts fled,- Such is the fate of small and great Who do rum drinkers wed."
REV. SOLON COBB
The most eminent of the pulpit orators who commenced their career in Carver, and who did faithful service in impressing the New England character on our American life, Rev. Solon Cobb, was born in Carver, Sept. 12, 1839, son of Dea. Thomas and Mary (Hammond) Cobb. He was educated in the public schools, and after a short experience as a teacher, he prepared for the minis- try in the Theological schools at Andover, Mass., and Auburn, N. Y.
From 1864 to the date of his death he was in the service of the church at the following pas- torates :
First Presbyterian church, Oswego, N. Y., 1864 to 1869.
Congregationalist church, Medway, Mass., 1869 to 1875.
Congregationalist church, Jacksonville, Fla., 1875 to 1878.
Central Presbyterian church, Erie, Penn., 1878 to 1894.
Point Breeze Presbyterian church, Pittsburg, Penn., 1894 to 1900.
He was married in 1865 to Miss Hannah D. Anthony of New Bedford, by whom he had one son, now pastor of the Presbyterian church at
MRS. ROSA A. COLE
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Cambridge Springs, Penn. He was created a Doctor of Divinity by the University of Western Pennsylvania. He died at his home in Pittsburg, May 26, 1900.
ELLIS H. CORNISH, M. D.
Born in Halifax, Mass., Aug. 24, 1840. Edu- cated in the public schools of his native town, at Pierce Academy, Middleboro, and graduated from Harvard Medical School. Taught school for brief periods in Middleboro and Bridgewater and began the practice of his profession at North Carver in 1868. He was married on Jan. 1st of that year to Miss Nancy Pratt who had been a pupil in his Bridgewater school.
His life was spent in Carver, where he enjoyed a large practice extending over the adjoining towns. He was noted for his sincerity, his sym- pathy for people in distress, and for an unselfish devotion to his profession. For over forty years he was a welcomed visitor in the homes of the afflicted, where his skill and integrity carried hope, and his chief motive was in doing good. He died at his home in South Carver, July 24, 1910.
HON. PELEG McFARLIN
Aside from his business career Mr. McFarlin developed marked talent as a writer and speaker. When the iron industry began to decline he en- tered heartily into the movement for tariff re- form, taking high rank among the advocates of the
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principles of the New England Free Trade League. While the greater part of his work was devoted to political and economic questions, he wrote much from a purely literary standpoint covering a wide range of subjects. For twenty- five years the writings of Ruralis and Logan, nom de plumes over which he wrote, were features of the local press. His contributions in both prose and poetry dealt in an original vein with local history, tradition and general philosophy, and these contributions now afford a bright star in local annals. He was an all around writer-not a genius-for as he wrote: "A man of genius is, as a rule, erratic, and his title to fame almost in- variably depends on some supreme effort. It would seem as if his soul possessed but one drop of the pure oil of genius, touched by a live coal from the altar of fancy, flamed forth with porten- tious brilliancy, lighting to the view of the world, a hitherto undiscovered realm of beauty. While yet the exalted vision lingers, he writes his name beneath the picture and 'tis his forever more.' And so with little men who tread the lower plane; and so with the modest dabbler with ink who writes the village news. His pathway is, for the most part, flower girt and easy, but he sometimes meets the stony hill and seeks its summit with toiling steps."
He was a versatile writer, confining himself to no particular style or hobby and playing much with humor and satire. Perhaps the most noted of his poetical sketches was "The Money Digger," in which he related in three chapters the locally
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famous story of the finding of Capt. Kidd's treas- ure on the island in Wenham pond. Yet he could turn to a serious vein, as note a quotation from a poem on "Autumn Days":
"Once more the gleaners bind their sheaves That mark the season's wane, "Once more we note the rustling leaves Upon the harvest plain.
"The tardy morn, the hastening shade, The crickets in the grass, Giving a voice to every blade To swell their evening mass.
"The falling fruit, the bending vines, The ripe and golden grain, These, hold the sure and grateful signs, Of Autumn's generous reign.
"Thy precepts, Autumn, closer bind My trusting heart to thee, And Nature never seems so kind, Nor smiles so sweet to me,
"As when the flowers begin to fade Along the darkened wall, =
And one by one, within the glade, The leaves begin to fall."
PRECINCT OFFICERS, PARISH OFFICERS, CHURCH MEMBERS, TOWN OFFICERS
PRECINCT CLERKS
Joseph Lucas
1732-1740
Joseph Bridgham
1741 -- 1745
Benjamin Shurtleff
1746-1757
Samuel Lucas
1758
Benjamin Shurtleff
1759-1760
Frances Shurtleff
1761
Dea. Lucas
1762
Samuel Lucas
1763-1765
Frances Shurtleff
1766
Samuel Lucas
1767-1768
Frances Shurtleff
1769-1779
Nehemiah Cobb
1780-1790
Abiel Shurtleff
1791-1799
Ephraim Pratt
1800-1818
Levi Vaughan
1819-1824
Lemuel Pratt
1825-1828
Ephraim Harlow
1829-1830
PRECINCT TREASURERS
Samuel Jackson
1732
John Cole
1733-1736
Samuel Jackson
1737-1741
George Barrows, Jr.
1742-1744
Joseph Bridgham
1745
Rowland Hammond
1746
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John Shaw
1747-1750
Rowland Hammond
1751-1766
Samuel Lucas
1767-1780
Issacher Fuller
1781-1782
Dea. Samuel Lucas
1783
Samuel Lucas, 3d
1784-1786
Isaiah Tillson
1787
Nehemiah Cobb
1788-1790
Capt. Crooker
1791
Capt. Benj. Croker
1792
Nehemiah Cobb
1793-1810
Thomas Cobb
1811-1814
Ebenezer Doten
1815-1816
Rufus Sherman, Jr.
1817-1818
Thomas Cobb
1819-1822
Rufus Sherman, Jr.
1823-1825
Alven Vaughan
1826-1830
PRECINCT COLLECTORS
Jabez Nye
1732
Barnabas Atwood
1733
Abel Crocker
1734
John Shaw
1735
Elisha Lucas
1736
Jabez Eddy, Jr.
1737
Benjamin Shurtleff
1738
Ichabod Shurtleff
1739
William Lucas
1740
Joseph Pratt
1741
Nathaniel Shaw
1742
1743
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1744
Samual Lucas
1745
Moses Shaw
1746
Jonathan Tillson
1747
PRECINCT OFFICERS
295
Samuel Tillson
1748
Bonum Nye
1749
David Ransom
1750
1751
Moses Barrows
1752
Dea. Dunham
1753
Eleazer Crocker
1754
Joshua Perkins
1755
Cornelius Dunham
1756
1757
Eleazer Robbins
1758
Nathaniel Cobb, Jr.
1759
Nathan Cobb
1760
William Shurtleff
1761
Elkanah Lucas
1762
John Bridgham
1763
Nathaniel Cobb, Jr.
1764
Nathaniel Cobb, Jr.
1765
Azariah Whitton
1766
Consider Chase
1767
Barnabas Lucas
1768
Consider Chase
1769
Consider Chase
1770
Gideon Sampson
1771
Joshua Perkins
1772
David Wood
1774
Isaac Nye
1777
Eleazer Crocker
1778
Abial Shurtleff
1779
Elias Nye
1780
Gideon Barrows
1781
Peleg Barrows
1781
John Shurtleff
1782
John Shaw, Jr.
1782
Benjamin Cobb
1783
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Isaac Shaw
1784
Isaac Shaw Lucas
1785
Jabez Churchill
1785
Barnabas Cobb
1786
Jonathan Tillson
1789
Isaac Shaw
1790
Consider Chase
1791
Benj. Shurtleff
1792
Nathaniel Vaughan
1794
Benj. Shurtleff
1795
Moses Dunham
1796
Ebenezer Doten
1797
Benjamin Cobb
1807,
Thomas Cobb
1808
Asaph Washburn
1808
Levi Vaughan
1809
Thomas Barrows
1809
Stephen Shurtleff
1810
Nehemiah Cobb
1810
John Waterman
1811
Lieut. Isaiah Tillson
1811
Israel Dunham
1812
Stephen Shurtleff
1813
Hezekiah Cole
1814
Stephen Shurtleff
1814
Levi Vaughan
1815
Hezekiah Cole
1816
Charles Barrows
1817
Levi Vaughan
1818
Ephraim Pratt
1819
Ebenezer Fuller
1821
Job Morton
1825
Ephraim Harlow
1826
Thomas Hammond
1826
1827
DEA. THOMAS COBB
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PRECINCT OFFICERS
297
Ebenezer Fuller Ephraim Harlow Levi Vaughan Alvin Vaughan
1828
1829
1830
1830
PRECINCT JANITORS
Eleazer Jackson
1735-1736
Samuel Barrows
1737
Isaac Waterman
1738-1739
George Barrows, Jr.
1740-1742
Lieut. Jonathan Shaw
1743-1744
Samuel Shaw
1745-1747
Samuel Barrows
1748
Samuel Shaw
1749
Abel Crocker
1750
George Barrows, Jr.
1751-1760
James Wallis
1761-1776
Issacher Fuller
1777
John Sherman
1778
Dea. Savery
1779
Issacher Fuller
1780
Jonathan Tillson
1781
Andrew Barrows
1782-1783
Dea. Thomas Savery
1784
Issacher Fuller
1784
Ebenezer Ransom
1784
Samuel Cobb
1784
Benjamin Cobb
1784
Jonathan Tillson
1784
Timothy Cobb
1785
Ebenezer Ransom
1786-1787
Benjamin Cobb
1788
Ebenezer Ransom
1789
Samuel Cobb
1790
Jonathan Tillson
1791
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Samuel Cobb
1792
Benjamin Cobb
1793
Andrew Barrows
1794
Benjamin Cobb
1795-1796
Isaiah Tillson
1797
Jonah Bisbee
1798
Asaph Bisbee
1799
Job Cole
1800
Asaph Bisbee
1801
Calvin Howland
1802
Asaph Bisbee
1803
Job Cole
1804-1806
Ebenezer Fuller
1807
Benjamin Cobb
1808
Jane Bisbee
1809-1813
James Savery
1814-1815
Jane Bisbee
1816-1819
None
1820-1822
Job Cole
1823
Ephraim Harlow
1824
PRECINCT STANDING COMMITTEE
Those who served and the Year for which they served
Barnabas Atwood
1759
Nathaniel Atwood
1743
Ensign Nathaniel Atwood
1744, 45
Lieut. Nathaniel Atwood
1749-51, 54, 55 1830
Charles Barrows
George Barrows
1736, 57-61
Lothrop Barrows
1817, 23, 26, 28, 29
Moses Barrows
1748
Peleg Barrows
1812-15
Joseph Bridgham, Esq.
1749
Dr. Joseph Bridgham
1738-40
PRECINCT OFFICERS
299
Benjamin Cobb
1824
Nathan Cobb
Nehemiah Cobb
1813-15, 24 1802-11, 17, 18 1787-90
Timothy Cobb
Thomas Cobb
1819-22, 28, 29
Abel Crocker
1737-39, 41, 42, 46, 47 1752
Dea. Abel Crocker
Eleazer Crocker
1762-64, 70-83
Dea. Dunham
1756
Capt. Israel Dunham
1823, 26
Dea. Silvanus Dunham 1765-69
Richard Dwelly
1732-33
Benjamin Ellis
1816, 19
Ebenezer Fuller
1827, 30
Isaac Fuller
1787
Thomas Hammond
1812
Lieut. Eleazer Jackson
1734, 35
Samuel Jackson
1736
Abijah Lucas
1797-1802, 12, 16, 19
Elisha Lucas
1740, 46-48, 52, 53
Joseph Lucas
1733
Samuel Lucas
1732
Samuel Lucas
1791-96
Samuel Lucas
1825, 26
Samuel Lucas, 3d
1783-86
Lieut. Samuel Lucas
1734-36
Joshua Perkins
1785, 86
Benjamin Ransom
1825
Ebenezer Ransom
1737
Joseph Robbins
1830
Benoni Shaw
1743
John Shaw
1741, 42, 53
Capt. Joseph Shaw
1825-27
Nathaniel Shaw
1775-83
Nathaniel Shaw
1759, 60
Capt. Nathaniel Shaw
1763, 64, 70-74, 84
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Samuel Shaw 1737-42, 44-48, 50, 57 1761, 62
Capt. Shaw
John Sherman
1803-11, 16
Levi Sherman
1824, 28, 29
Capt. Nathaniel Sherman
1794-1802
Abial Shurtleff
1787
Capt. Barnabas Shurtleff
1732-35, 43, 44, 49, 50-55
Benjamin Shurtleff 1758
Benjamin Shurtleff
1791-96, 98-1801
Lothrop Shurtleff
1820-22
Shurtleff, Esq.
1756
Edward Stevens 1803-11
Isaiah Tillson
1782, 84-86, 1891-93
Jonathan Tillson
1757, 58, 60
Lieut. Jonathan Tillson
1761-69, 80, 81
Daniel Vaughan
1770-74
James Vaughan
1797
Joseph Vaughan
1788-90
Levi Vaughan
1817, 18, 20-23, 26
PRECINCT ASSESSORS
With the Years for which they served. None were elected for the years 1805, 1820, 1826, 1827
Nathaniel Atwood 1746
Lothrop Barrows 1825
Joseph Bridgham
1741, 42, 46
Barnabas Cobb
1791, 92, 95, 97-1801
Nehemiah Cobb
1781-89, 90, 92, 93, 99, 1802-4, 7, 10
Eleazer Crocker 1762
Ebenezer Doten
1802-4, 6-19
Thomas Doty 1790
Richard Dwelley 1733
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PRECINCT OFFICERS
Benjamin Ellis
1806, 10
George Hammond
1763-67, 72-77
Rowland Hammond®
1743-45, 47-51, 53, 55-58
Thomas Hammond
1813-16, 28
Ephraim Harlow
1822-24
Elisha Lucas
1739-45, 47
John Lucas
1755, 59-62
Joseph Lucas 1732-34, 36-42
Lieut. Samuel Lucas 1735
Samuel Lucas 1748-51
Dea. Samuel Lucas
1752-54, 56-58, 71-83
Samuel Lucas 3d
1784-86, 88, 89.
Samuel Lucas, Jr.
1790-97, 1800-4, 7, 8, 17-19, 21
John Murdock
1732-40
Luke Perkins
1809, 11, 12
David Pratt
1825
Lemuel Pratt
1821
Benjamin Ransom
1829
James Robbins 1759-61
Abial Shurtleff
1788, 89
Capt. Barnabas Shurtleff
1732, 34, 35
Benjamin Shurtleff
1743-47, 49-52, 54, 55, 59-62
Benjamin Shurtleff
1787, 90, 91, 93-99
David Shurtleff
1736-38
Francis Shurtleff, Esq.
1768-73, 78-87
Henry Sherman
1830
Levi Sherman
1822-25, 28-30
Capt. Nathaniel Sherman
1794-96, 98, 1800, 01, 06, 08
Thomas 1802
Jonathan Tillson 1748, 52-54, 56, 58
Lieut. Jonathan Tillson 1763-71, 74-80
Levi Vaughan
1811-19, 21-24, 28-30
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PARISH OFFICERS
The parish, inheriting the form without the authority of the precinct, speedily adjusted its affairs to changing conditions. While collectors were chosen for two years their uselessness was so apparent that the obsolete office was abolished and the modern custom of appointing soliciting committees instituted. These committees-one for each school district in town, were instructed to collect the subscriptions and pay them over to the Treasurer. For a few years the position of janitor was set up at auction and let to the lowest bidder, but this custom was of short duration when the matter was left in the hands of the standing committee.
While the North and Centre societies main- tained their union there was a semblance of life in the parish. The standing committee had charge of both meeting houses; members of both so- cieties were on the committee; and the parish, by vote, apportioned the services between the houses of worship. From the time the union was sun- dered (about 1853) the meetings of the parish were little but duplicates of the North church meetings, although the custom was continued until 1896.
PARISH CLERKS
William Barrows
1831-1840
Thomas Cobb
1841-1854
C. H. Chase
1855-1857
Ralph Copeland 1858
C. H. Chase 1859
PARISH OFFICERS 303
Ralph Copeland
1860-1869
C. H. Chase
1870-1872
William W. Atwood
1873-1874
Benjamin W. Robbins
1875-1896
PARISH TREASURERS
Alvin Vaughan
1831-1833
Ephraim Harlow
1834
Dea. Levi Vaughan
1835-1844
Timothy Cobb
1845-1851
James B. Tillson
1852-1854
Ezra Lucas
1855-1856
Ralph Copeland
1857-1869
Rufus J. Brett
1870-1877
Theron M. Cole
1878-1896
PARISH STANDING COMMITTEE
Reuel Atwood 1854
William W. Atwood
1860, 62-67
Charles Barrows 1843-45
Capt. Lothrop Barrows
1836, 38-40
Rufus J. Brett
1856-59, 68-73
Benjamin Chase
1849, 51
Timothy Cobb
1842, 51
Thomas Cobb 1836, 37, 50, 51, 55-61, 68-82
Theron M. Cole
1895, 96
Thomas Cushman
1855, 56
Ebenezer Fuller 1831
Thomas Hammond
1842-46, 54, 55
Alvin C. Harlow 1853
Ephraim Harlow
1838-40
Ezra Lucas
1842
Capt. Benjamin Ransom
1833
Benjamin Robbins
1874, 75, 83-96
Chandler Robbins
1846-50
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HISTORY OF CARVER
Joseph Robbins, Jr. 1831, 32
Ichabod Sampson 1852, 53
William S. Savery
1831-33, 50
Charles S. Shaw
Henry Sherman
1834-40, 45, 52, 62, 67-95
Levi Sherman
1846, 48
Nelson Sherman
1896
Rufus Sherman
1834, 35
James B. Tillson
1847-49, 52, 54
Alvin Vaughan
1832-34, 37
Daniel Vaughan
1853
Ezra Vaughan
1857-60, 77-94
Isaac Vaughan
1835
Levi Vaughan
1843, 44
JOHN MAXIM, JR. More widely known as Bemis, the bard of Huckleberry Corner
CHURCH MEMBERS
305
DEACONS, CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCH
Thomas Savery
Nehemiah Cobb
1807
Isaac Shaw Lucas
Levi Vaughan
1822
Nathan Cobb
1824
Thomas Cobb
1829
Thomas Hammond
Thomas Cushman
1857
William W. Atwood
1864
Job C. Chandler
1877
Charlotte E. Eames
1888
Theron M. Cole
1903
Benjamin W. Robbins
1903
Edgar E. Gardner
1912
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MEMBERS OF CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCH
Through the loss of the records of Rev. Othniel Campbell there is no record of the church mem- bership preceding the ministry of Rev. John How- land. But the list of subscribers towards the building of the first meeting house may be taken as a basis and it doubtless includes the active church workers for that period. The agreement and list of subscribers follow :
"Whereas we ye Subscribers Being by ye Providence of God Settled where we Live Very Remote from ye Publict Worship & being Desir- ous to accomodate our Selves & Familys with ye more convenient attending upon the Same Which
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Can Not be Done without Bulding a Meting House Which we promas to Do at a Place called Laginham near to ye Buring Hill in ye Southerly Part of Plympton viz. on that Side of the Buring Hill next to Laginham brook on a Spot Left to Mr. Georg Bonum. To apoint and to begin to buld the sd House when the major part of ye Sub- scribers Shall Agree upon. Pursuant to sd Promis we each of us for our Selves Covenant and Promis to Give ye Severil sums herein Sett Down against our names In this list against names In this towards Bulding sd House that Is to Give Two Thirds in Specie For Bulding Sd House & ye other Third in money & to pay in ye same such time that shall be Desired by ye Major part of ye Subscribers & to pay ye Severil Sums unto Richard Dwely & Isaac Waterman or as they shall order & we do also Give to our sd Trustees above sd full Power-the Severil Sums Subscribed & Recover ye Same according as ye major part of ye Subscribers Shall Apoint & Agree upon for ye-& for ye True Performance of ye Promis above sd we have Sett- -with the Severil Sums against our names.
Dated at Plympton October 1731."
Georg Shaw Peleg Barrows
Jonathan Shaw, Jun
Joseph Pratt, Jun
Abel Crocker
Benajah Pratt
Benj. Churchill
Jabez Eddy, Jun
John Murdock, Esq.
Timothy Tillson
John Witton Moses Eddy
Isaiah Witton ( ?) Benj. Wood
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CHURCH MEMBERS 307
Jabez Nye John Shurtleff Nehemiah Benett
Moses Shaw
John Robens
Sam'l Jackson
Capt. Hall,
John Doten
of Little Compton
Ransom Jackson
Nathaniel Morton
Thos. Pratt
Sam'l Wood
Shubet Lewes
William Lucas
Joseph Lucas
John Cole
George Barrows
John Doten, Jun
Jonathan Shaw
Jacob Doten
Sam'l Lucas
Moses Barrows
Jabez Eddy
Ebenezer Bonum
Sam'l Shaw
John Murdock
Isaac Waterman
Ichabod Shurtleff
Benoni Shaw
David Shurtleff
James Shaw
Samuel Shurtleff
Richard Dwely
Jona'n Shaw
Elisha Lucas
Samuel Barrows
John Shaw
Benj. Gurney
Nath'l Atwood
Joseph Cole
Barnabas Shurtleff
Benjamin Cole
Barnabas Atwood
Jabez Pratt
Sam'l Ransom
Ebenezer Ransom
Benj. Pratt
Joseph Ransom
Theophilus Crocker
MEMBERS OF FIRST CHURCH
With date when admitted
1746 John Howland 1751 Eleazer Crocker Anne Barns 1752 George Barrows Abigail Lucas
1748 Joseph Rickard
1749 Rowland Hammond
1754 David Hearvy
1750 Richard Bowman (Pembroke)
Elezer Jackson
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HISTORY OF CARVER
1754 Elizabeth Hearvy (Pembroke) Capt. Joel Ellis (Mid) 1755 Elizabeth Wheton (Kingston) Mrs. Elizabeth Howland
1770 Isaiah Tillson
Phebe Tillson
Elizabeth Cole
Samuel Cobb
Daniel Faunce
Capt. Nathaniel Shaw
Isaac Nye
Rebecca Cobb
Consider Chase
1757 Lucy Tillson Benjamin Lucas
Eunice Chase
John Dunham
1758 Wid. Hannah Fuller
Mary Dunham
1759 Lydia Lucas Joanna Bridgham
Mary Doten
1761 Sarah Wattis Elizabeth Boardman
Lucy Atwood
1762 Barnabas Lucas
Mary Hammond
Daniel Vaughan
1763 David Wood
Abigail Vaughan
Rebecca Wood
Elizabeth Vaughan
1764 Jemima Barrows
Sabatha Bennett
Elizabeth Totman
Deliverance Churchel
Timothy Cobb
1765 George Barrow
Deborah Cobb
Rebecca Doten
Hannah Dunham
Jemima Shurtleff
Lemuel Crocker
Abel Crocker
Lucy Shaw
(W. Barnstable)
Ruth Witon
Mary Crocker
(W. Barnstable)
Issacher Fuller (Kingston)
Frances Shurtleff, Esq. Abigail Ransom
Mary Cobb
Priscilla Robens
Mary Shaw
Lydia Wood
1767 Hannah Perkins
1769 Eleazer Robens
1771 Lydia Lucas Deborah Shaw . 1
Ebenezer Doten
Lydia Cobb
Dea. Thomas Savery
Joshua Totman
Elizabeth Fuller (Kingston) Wid. Elizabeth Shaw
CHURCH MEMBERS
309
1771 Joseph Crocker Margaret Crocker Sarah Faunce (Weymouth)
Ruby Lucas Sarah Barrow
1772 Sarah Murdock John Maxim, Jr.
1773 Lydia Lucas John Lucas
1774 Elizabeth Atwood
1775 Ruth Wattins ( ?) Thankful Howland
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