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During the time that the town constituted one parish. tithing-men were chosen, at each annual town meeting. whose duty it was to see that the Sabbath was properly observed, and particularly that people attended public worship on that day. At the present day, and for the last twenty-five years, the tithing-men of Townsend have been elected from that class of persons who seldom or never attend sanctuary services, or trouble themselves, in the least, about what is done on the Sabbath day.
CHAPTER XVI.
MARRIAGES.
Marriages of Townsend People from the Incorporation of the Town to the Present Time.
The following account of the marriages of Townsend people was drawn from various sources and different records. It contains every marriage, of which there is any record to be found, performed within the first hundred years after the incorporation of the town. The records made by the Rev. Mr. Hemenway concerning baptisms are very full, but the names of many parties joined in wedlock by him, are not on record. Mr. Dix and Mr. Palmer have both left a complete record of the marriages performed by them. The orthography of the christian names has been preserved, so that Rebecca, Sibyl, and other names, will be found spelled differently. Should this chapter appear too long to the reader, let it be borne in mind that marriage is the key to domestic life. Perhaps genealogists yet unborn will run it over with interest.
Marriages performed by Rev. Phinehas Hemenway : 1737. January 4, Thomas Hadley, Townsend, Sarah Wheeler, Townsend.
Joshua Wheeler, Townsend, Mehitabel Hadley, Groton.
386
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1738. March I, Jonathan Stevens, Townsend, Sarah Sartell, Groton.
May 24, Timothy Whitney, Townsend, Submit Parker, Groton.
September 15, Nathaniel Richardson, Townsend, Elizabeth Stevens, Chelmsford.
Samuel Wheeler, Townsend, Ruth Wheeler, Lancaster.
1739. June 6, John Brown, Townsend, Mary Stevens, Townsend.
1741. December 2, Zacheriah Emery, Townsend, Esther Stevens, Townsend.
1742. June 23, Jonas Woolson, New Ipswich, N. H., Susanna Wallis, Townsend.
September 14, John Coffran, Suncook, N. H., Margaret Waugh, Townsend.
1743. March I, Isaac Farrar, Townsend, Sarah Brooks, Townsend.
March 1, Daniel Adams, Townsend, Keziah Brooks, Townsend.
1745. September 3. Benjamin King, Townsend, Sarah Taylor, Townsend.
March 19, Seth Brooks, Townsend, Elizabeth Stevens, Townsend.
1746. December 16, David Sloan, Townsend, Lydia Melvin, Townsend.
I749. December 5, William Richee, Peterborough, N.H., Mary Waugh, Townsend.
June 22, Joseph Rumrill. Townsend, Lucy Stevens, Townsend.
December 13, William Stevens, Townsend, Sybil Farnsworth, Groton.
1750.
December 13, Jonas Stevens. Townsend, Ruth Farrar, Concord.
December 15, Jonah Farwell, Groton. Lydia Farnsworth, Groton.
387
MARRIAGES.
1751. December 26, John Robb, Peterborough, N. H., Elizabeth Creiton, Townsend.
1752. January 9, John Avery, Townsend, Mary Farns- worth, Groton.
1753. March 27, Samuel Manning, Jr., Townsend, Abiza Avery, Townsend.
June 27, Jonathan Patt, Townsend, Sarah Hosley, Townsend.
1754. January 17, William Clark, Jr., Townsend, Sarah Locke, Townsend.
February 14, John Chandler, New Ipswich, N. H., Lydia Taylor, Townsend.
1756. December 14, Joseph Baldwin, Townsend, Mary Searles, Townsend.
1757. May 30, Samuel Lawrence, No. 1, Mary Avery, Townsend.
March 24, Andrew Spaulding, New Ipswich, N. H., Abigail Martyn, Pepperell.
April 27, Daniel Taylor, Townsend, Elizabeth Cummings, Dunstable.
December 22, Jonathan Crosby, 3d, New Ipswich, N. H., Lydia Chandler, Westford.
March 30, Andrew Searles, Townsend, Elenor Heald, Townsend.
April 20, Josiah Robbins, Townsend, Hannah Eams, Hollis, N. H.
May 24, Peter Heald, Sliptown, Sarah Belcher, Townsend.
September 25, Nathaniel Sartell, Townsend, Katherine Hemenway, Townsend.
November 23, Ebenezer Hemenway, Dorchester Canada, Elizabeth Moor, Dorchester Canada.
December 14, John Stevens, Hollis, N. H., Mary Boson, Townsend.
1758.
388
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1759. March 15, Oliver Heywood, Townsend, Anna Taylor, Townsend.
March 21, Jeremiah Ball, Townsend, Mary Stevens, Townsend.
May 24, Ebenezer Giles, Townsend, Esther Baldwin, Townsend.
November 6, John Wallis, Jr., Townsend, Martha Pudney, New Ipswich, N. H.
December 14, Jason Russell, Harvard, Elizabeth Farwell, Townsend.
I760. January 8, Thomas Heald, New Ipswich, N. H .. Sybel Adams, New Ipswich, N. H.
February 6, John Dutton, New Ipswich, N. H., Susanna Ball, Townsend.
April 22, Isaac Wallis, Townsend, Jane Russell. Townsend.
These are all the marriages on record, performed by Rev. Mr. Hemenway. Twelve leaves have been cut out of the first book of church records, apparently with some dull instrument, and in a very rough manner. Whether these leaves contained marriage records is unknown, but the presumption is that they did, for the ministers of those times kept these records.
Marriages performed by Rev. Samuel Dix :-
1761. March 4, Richard Richardson, Townsend, Eliza- beth Barrett, Townsend,
July 13, David Holden, Townsend, Sarah Hemen- way, Townsend.
July 22, Samuel Sanderson, Townsend. Lydia Boynton, Townsend.
October 20, Mr. David Taylor, Concord, Mrs. Sarah Hemenway, Townsend.
November 7, John Patt, Townsend, Bathsheba Wood, Townsend.
MARRIAGES. 389
1762. April 12, Ephraim Warren, Townsend, Sarah Keazer, Groton.
August 26, Timothy Chandler, Townsend, Mary Walker, Pepperell.
1763. January 8, Alexander McIntosh, Milestrip, N. H., Mary Graham, Townsend.
February 16, Ebenezer Baldwin, Townsend, Mary Hubbard, Townsend.
October 6, Benjamin Ball, Townsend, Rachel Boynton, Townsend.
December 8. Ebenezer Albee, Townsend, Rachel Avery, Townsend.
1764. February 21, Josiah Robbins, No. I, Mary Campbell, Townsend.
April 3, Stephen Hildreth, Westford, Esther Manning, Townsend.
May 29, Samuel Douglass, Slip Town, N. H., Molly Conant, Townsend.
June 15, John Nichols, Lancaster, Silence Stow. Townsend.
December 19, Levi Whitney, Townsend, Rebecca Clark, Townsend.
December 19, William Barrett, No. 1. Sarah Robbins, No. I.
1765. January 28, Robert Waugh, New Ipswich, N. H., Elizabeth White, Townsend.
April 12, Benjamin Wheeler, Pepperell, Hannah Davis, Townsend.
June 13. David Brown, Groton. Lydia Stevens, Townsend.
June 13, Nathan Conant, Townsend, Betty Stevens, Townsend.
December 5. Benjamin Spaulding. Townsend. Mary Heald, Townsend.
December II, John Swallow, No. 1, Molly Hall. No. I.
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390
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1765. December II, John Jefts, No. 1, Lois Lawrence, No. I.
- James Stevens, Jr., Townsend, Martha Brooks, New Ipswich, N. H.
1766: November 13, Abraham Gates, Townsend, Su- sanna Whittemore, Dunstable.
December 25, Jolin Graham, Townsend, Margaret Sloan, Townsend.
1767. December 1, Benjamin Jefts, No. I, Martha Sloan, Townsend.
December 8, Robert Campbell, Jr., Townsend, Elizabeth Waugh, Townsend.
1768. Abijah Wyman, Ashby, Betty Stearns, Ashby.
- - - Eldad Spafford. Townsend, Lucy Spaulding, Townsend.
December 22, Peter Butterfield, Townsend, Hannah Butrick, Townsend.
`1769. January 5, Abijah Joslin, Ashburnham, Keziah Farrar, Townsend.
January II, Lemuel Patt, Townsend, Hannah Butterfield, Townsend.
February I, Joseph Blood, Mason, N. H., Ruth Dunster, Mason, N. H.
February 14, Joseph Davis, Ashby, Sarah Camp- bell. Townsend.
June 28. William Withington, Ashby, Martha Locke, Ashby.
November -. Benjamin Wilson, Townsend, Dinah . Baldwin, Townsend.
December 19, David Baldwin, Pepperell, Elizabeth Boynton, Townsend.
December 2I, James Campbell, Townsend, Rebeckah Adams, Townsend.
November -. Thomas Hubbard, Townsend. Hannah Conant. Townsend.
I770.
391 ยท
MARRIAGES.
I77I.
May 30, Edmund Tarbold, Mason, N. H., Mary Hildreth, Townsend.
July 10, Jonathan Robbins, Chelmsford, Elizabeth Emery, Townsend.
August 15, John Conant, Townsend, Sarah Farrar, Townsend.
September 17, Henry Price, Esq .. Townsend. Lydia Randall, Townsend.
September 24, Thomas Eaton. Townsend, Lucy Davis, Townsend.
October 17, Seth Robbins, Mason, N. H .. Sarah Scripture, Mason, N. H.
December 24, Nathaniel Bowers, Jr., Pepperell. Sarah Sartell. Townsend.
I772. February 6, Andrew Ross, Mason, N. H .. Rebeckah Robbins, Mason, N. H.
February 6, Joseph Giles, Townsend, Mary Whitney, Townsend.
February 7. Jonathan Darby. Ashby. Mahitabel Wheeler, Ashby.
May 20, James Hildreth, Townsend, Esther Fletcher, Westford.
May 21, Daniel Adams, Jr., Townsend, Lydia Taylor, Townsend.
July 8, John Lawrence, Mason, N. H .. Lefe Holden, Mason, N. H.
August 20, Benjamin Wilson, Townsend. Bath- sheba Patts, Townsend.
September IO. Jason Williams. Cambridge. Abagail Albee, Townsend.
- John Cragin, Temple. Sarah Spaulding. Townsend.
John Meeds. Ashby. Mary Winship, Ashby.
December
Aaron Eaton, Ashby, Mary Wheeler, Ashby.
392
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
I773. January 19, Jotham White, Townsend, Katherine Read, Townsend.
February 4, Nathan Conant, Townsend, Esther Emery, Townsend.
May 20, Jacob Upton, Ashby, Mary Clarke. Townsend.
October 14, Phineas Hemenway, Groton, Elizabeth Taylor, Groton.
1774. February 23, David Pierce, Billerica, Sarah Stevens, Townsend.
December 20, Asa Heald, Townsend, Rebeckah Merrill, Townsend.
March 30, Aaron Scott, Townsend, Elizabeth Wallis, Townsend.
April 13, Thaddeus Smith, Ashby, Saleme Jones.
October -, Jonas Fitch, Pepperell, Annie Shattuck, Pepperell.
November 9, Joseph Adams, -, Lucy Blood, Pepperell.
1776. February 15, Elijah Shattuck, Pepperell, Olive Read, Pepperell.
February 15, Abijah Mosier, Pepperell. Hannah Varnum, Pepperell.
February 15, Oliver Proctor, Jr., Townsend. Mary Manning, Billerica.
February 29, Simeon Blanchard. New Ipswich, N. H., Elizabeth Shattuck, Pepperell.
James Nutting, -, Hepsibah Rolf. Pepperell.
April -, Abel Shattuck, Pepperell, Hannah Hobart, Groton.
May 8, Jedediah Jewett, Pepperell. Rachel Blood. Pepperell.
July 10, Eleazer Butterfield, Townsend, Mary Bradstreet, Townsend.
July 16. Abner Brooks, Townsend, Anne Hobart, Townsend.
I775.
393
MARRIAGES.
I776. April 3, Eleazer Shattuck, Pepperell, Mary Blood. Pepperell.
October 28, William Blood, Townsend, Abagail Holt, Townsend.
November 21, Andrew Mitchel, Lunenburg, Rox- anna McDonald, Hollis, N. H.
December 3, Joseph Cutter. Jaffrey, N. H., Rachel Hobart, Pepperell.
December 19, Nehemiah Tarbell, Groton, Martha Dodge, Groton.
1777.
March -, James Sloan, Townsend, Beulah Wil- son, Townsend.
April 2, Samuel Nevers, Woburn. Anna Wyman. Townsend.
April 22, Thomas Warren, Jr., Townsend, Perses Heald, Townsend.
April 29, Robert Ames, Groton, Mrs. Susanna Warren, Groton.
April 29, William Stevens, Townsend, Abagail Green, Townsend.
May 6, Joseph Cummings, Swansea, N. H., Lucy Warren, Groton.
May 7, Josiah Spaulding, Westford, Jemima Shat- tuck, Pepperell.
May 29, Joseph Heald, Pepperell, Elizabeth Hobart, Pepperell.
May 29, Simon Green, Pepperell, Deborah Woods. Pepperell.
June 3, Solomon Pearse, Townsend, Eunice Far- rar, Townsend.
June 24, Phinehas Astan, Raby, N. H., Elizabeth Spaulding, Townsend.
September 1. Zachariah Hildreth, Townsend. Elizabeth Keyes, Westford.
September 29, John Clark, Townsend, Dorcas Wyman, Townsend.
October 7, Moses Warren. Townsend, Martha Reed, Townsend.
394
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1777. October 14, Abel Parker, Pepperell, Ede Jewett, Pepperell.
November 26, Ebenezer Davis, Rindge, Mariah Whitney, Pepperell.
December 24, Jeremiah Crosby, Pepperell, Eliza- beth Gilson, Pepperell.
December 25, Samuel Cole, Falmouth, Mary Pearse, Pepperell.
December 26, Jacob Baldwin, Jr., Townsend, Elizabeth Holt, Townsend.
1778.
January 14, Elijah Wyman, Townsend, Abagail Wetherby, Pepperell.
February 24, Samuel Stone, Jr., Ashby, Sarah Wallis, Townsend.
February 26, David Baldwin, Pepperell, Elizabeth Blood, Pepperell.
March 16, John Parker. -, Abagail Blood, Pepperell.
May 7, Daniel Spaulding, Townsend, Rebeckah Osgood, Raby, N. H.
May 7, Nathaniel Sartell, Pepperell. Abagail Laughton, Pepperell.
May 26. John Farwell, Harvard, Mrs. Sarah Warren, Townsend.
July -, Benjamin Lawrence. Jr .. Groton, Re- bekah Woods, Groton.
July 16, Benjamin Adams, Townsend, Mary Stone, Ashby.
October 29, Leonard Foster, Pepperell, Lucy Wetherbee, Pepperell.
December 7, Rev. Nehemiah Porter, Ashfield, Mrs. Elizabeth Newell, Townsend.
1779. January 21, Benjamin Hobart, Groton, Elizabeth Brooks, Townsend.
January 28, Jacob Blodgett. Mason. N. H .. Sarah Taylor. Townsend.
January 29, Moses Shattuck. Pepperell, Abigail Woods. Pepperell.
395
MARRIAGES.
1779. February II, Moses Blood, Pepperell, Abigail Shattuck, Pepperell.
March 4, Eleazar Davis, Townsend, Martha Ste- vens, Townsend.
March 4, Josiah Davis, Townsend, Sarah Saw- tell, Townsend.
May 27, Job Brooks, Temple, Sarah Hildreth, Townsend.
June 17, Isaac Warren, Groton, Eunice Farns- worth, Groton.
-, Joseph Woods, -, Mary Waugh. Townsend.
1780.
March 9, Henry Turner, Townsend. Abigail Scott, Townsend.
May -, Benjamin Brooks, 3d, Townsend, Emmy Richardson, Townsend.
June -, Ephraim Warren, 3d, Townsend, Sarah Proctor, Townsend.
July 13, Oliver Green, Pepperell, Dorothy Hil- dreth, Townsend.
July 13, Benjamin Sartell, Townsend, Sybil Patt. Townsend.
November 13, Levi Whitney. Shrewsbury. Mrs. Lydia Price, Townsend.
December 28, Jonathan Dix, Townsend, Mercy Wilson, Townsend.
1781. February 1, Hinksman Warren, Townsend, Esther Taylor, Townsend.
February 8, Daniel Clark, Townsend, Sarah Rob- bins, Carlisle.
February 13, John Hosley, Pepperell, Sarah Woods, Pepperell.
February 22, Josiah Seward, Raby, N. H., Sarah Osgood, Raby, N. H.
March 22, Caleb Blood, 3d, Groton, Hephzibah Jewett, Pepperell.
396
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1781. April 3, Jonathan Coneck, Townsend, Zervia Wheelock, Townsend.
June I, Dr. Samuel Hosley, Townsend, Mary Farrar, Townsend.
June 21, Elijah Dodge, Townsend, Elizabeth Sartell, Townsend.
August 23, Levi Proctor, Carlisle, Sarah Emery, Townsend.
September 20, Jonathan Barron, Pepperell, Rebekah Powers, Pepperell.
October 4, Israel Sloan, Townsend, Rebekah Wilson, Townsend.
December 10, Josiah Richardson, Townsend, Abigail Dix, Townsend.
December 13, John S. Frary. Swansay, N. H., Joanna Wyman, Swansay, N. H.
December 13, Daniel Holt, Jr., Townsend, Mary Butterfield, Townsend.
December 13, Jonathan Pearse. Townsend. Hannah Perham, Townsend.
I 782.
January 8, Nehemiah Blood, Pepperell, Abigail Sartell, Townsend.
January 31, Isaac Kidder. Townsend, Susanna Sherwin, Townsend.
March 7. Zacheus Witt, Jaffrey, N. H., Hannah Sartell, Townsend.
March 7, George Woodward, Raby. N. H., Jane Wallis, Raby. N. H.
May -. Elias Barron. Concord, Sarah Burge. Townsend.
, John Sherwin, Townsend, Keziah Adams, Townsend.
May 30. David Hall. Mason, N. H., Margarett Graham, Townsend.
June 13. Seth Johnson, Townsend. Betty Brown. Townsend.
June 19, Daniel Conant, Townsend. Millecent Farrar. Townsend.
397
MARRIAGES.
1782. July 2, Jonas Campbell, Townsend, Ruth Colburn, Townsend.
July 4. Daniel Campbell, Townsend, Lucy Emery, Townsend.
July 25, James Withy, Jr., Mason, N. H., Anna Brown. Mason, N. H.
August 12, Jacob Wetherby, Mason, N. H., Grace Pattin, Raby, N. H.
November 7, Benjamin Barrett, Mason, N. H., Hannah Scripture, Mason, N. H.
Nathaniel Healy, Worcester, Lois Maynard, Townsend.
-, Enoch Cummings, Swanzey, N. H., Sarah Warren, Townsend.
December 2, Asa Merrill, Townsend, Esther Warren, Townsend.
December 10, Jonathan Jefts, Townsend, Lydia Hosley, Pepperell.
, Samuel Buttrick, Townsend, Mrs. Sarah Richardson, Townsend.
1783. February 12, Jonathan Patts, Jr., Townsend, Rebekah Town, New Ipswich, N. H.
March 4, Isaac Wallis, Jr., Townsend, Rebekah Farrar, Townsend.
April 29, Abel Foster, Townsend. Mary Wood. Townsend.
May I, John Wright, Jr., Mason, N. H., Hannah Russell, Raby, N. H.
May 6, Joseph Rumrill, Jr., Townsend, Abigail Lampson, Townsend.
September 1, Jesse Maynard, Townsend. Exercise Brown, Townsend.
September 8, Samuel Scripture, Jr., Mason, N. H., Elizabeth Barrett, Mason, N. H.
October 1, Jedediah Jewett, Pepperell. Mrs. Mary Baldwin, Townsend.
October I, Benjamin Ball, Townsend, Mary Farrar, Townsend. 51
398
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1783.
November 25, Abraham Gates, Ashby. Lucy Rumrill. Townsend.
November 25, Nathaniel Smith, Jr., Mason, N. H .. Mary Barrett, Mason, N. H.
December II, Josiah Barnes, Concord, Lucy Hildreth, Townsend.
, Jonathan Bailey Townsend, Sarah Holt, Townsend.
December 25, James Proctor, Jr., Westford, Esther Wright, Westford.
1784.
May 20. Abner Adams, Townsend, Molly Sartell, Townsend.
May 20, John Stevens, Jr., Townsend, Sarah Waugh, Townsend.
June 30. Daniel Adams, Townsend, Mrs. Sarah Phelps, Lancaster.
August 19, Josiah Richardson, Townsend, Su- sanna Wallis, Townsend.
September 16, Daniel Lawrence, Townsend, Lucy Roe, Townsend.
November 12, John Blood, Pepperell, Olive Ball. Townsend.
1785. February 7. Joseph Barrett. Mason, N. H., Jane Campbell, Townsend.
February 22, Ephraim Lamson, Townsend, Mary Stevens, Townsend.
May 12, Amos Blood, Pepperell, Sarah Blood. Pepperell.
- -, Daniel Brown, Townsend, Mary Ball, Townsend.
October 31, Samuel Dix, Jr., Townsend, Chloe Dix, Reading.
December 15. Jonathan Holt, Townsend, Hannah Adams, Townsend.
December 15, Joseph Felt, Packersfield, Elizabeth Spafford, Townsend.
399
MARRIAGES.
1786. January -. John Atwell, Jr., Hollis, N. H .. Rebekah Lawrence,
- -, Jesse Baldwin, Townsend, Chloe Gas- sett, Townsend.
February 9, Samuel Stevens, Lancaster, Mary Wallace, Townsend.
. Samuel Searle, Townsend, Hannah Butterfield, Townsend.
March 4, Stephen Warren, Townsend, Mary Giles, Townsend.
June 22, Elisha Sanders, Lunenburg, Patty Duns- moor. Lunenburg.
June 26, Ebenezer Ball, Jr., Townsend, Hannah Smith, Townsend.
November 30, Isaac Farrar, Jr., Townsend. Hannah Dix. Townsend.
December 14, Edward Tarble, Mason, N. H .. Rachel Hildreth, Townsend.
December 20, Phinehas Baldwin, Townsend, Sarah Searl. Townsend.
1787. January 1, Edward Richards, Rockingham, Vt .. Eunice Locke, Townsend.
February 1. Noah Hardy, Packersfield, Sarah Spafford, Townsend. , Henry Jefts, Townsend, Elizabeth Waugh, Townsend.
February 7. William Weston. Townsend, Rebekah Ball, Townsend.
March 1, William Wallace, Townsend, Polly Price, Townsend.
March 15. John Giles, Townsend, Susey Baldwin. Townsend.
March 20, William Elliott, Mason, N. H .. Rebekah Hildreth. Townsend.
March 22, Nathaniel Shattuck, Pepperell. Hannah Ball, Townsend.
400
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1787. June 14, William Stacy, Townsend, Hannah Stevens, Townsend.
, John Waugh, Jr., Townsend, Esther Spaulding, Townsend.
October 4, Ebenezer Ball, Jr., Townsend, Phebe Wesson, Townsend.
November 8, James Sloan, Townsend, Molly Searl, Townsend.
1788. , John Emerson, Townsend, Keziah Brooks, Townsend.
February 5, James Pratt, Halifax, Sarah Giles, Townsend.
February 7, Benjamin Wallis, Ashby, Betsey Walker, Ashby.
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Josiah Bright, Ashby, Hepsy Rice.
Ashby.
April 16, Jesse Maynard, Townsend, Sarah Richards, Townsend.
April 26, George Farrar, Townsend, Rebekah Price, Townsend.
October 30, Benjamin Wellington, Ashby, Mary Hill, Ashby.
November 27, Jonathan Pearse, Townsend, Esther Spaulding, Townsend.
November 27, John Smith, Townsend, Hannah Shattuck, Townsend.
November 27, John Gilson, Monkton, Lucy Darby, Ashby.
December 16, Joseph Heywood, Chelmsford. Susannah Ball, Chelmsford.
, Asa Stevens, Townsend, Sarah Hodg- man, Ashby.
, Joseph Pingrey, Salisbury, N. H .. Sarah Sanders, Ashby.
February 7, David Spafford, Townsend, Lucy Sherwin, Townsend.
March 19, Benjamin Spaulding, Townsend, Sybil Wallis, Townsend.
1789.
401
MARRIAGES.
1789. April -, Asa Heald, Townsend, Jerusha Carter. Townsend.
May 6, John Giles. Townsend, Mary Adams. Raby, N. H.
May 7, Robert Searl, Townsend, Azubah Butter- field, Townsend.
May 14, Samuel Brooks, Townsend, Sarah Phelps, Townsend.
Elijah Haughton, Ashby, Sarah Ballard, Townsend.
October 22, Thomas Powers, Holles, N. H., Mrs. Jane Sloan, Townsend.
February 2, Jonathan Taylor, Heath, Nancy Phelps, Townsend.
February 18, Josiah Whitney, Waltham. Mary Barrett, Ashby.
February 25, Asa Whitney. Townsend, Mary Wallis, Townsend.
March 2, David Petts, Townsend. Nabby Flagg. Townsend.
April 5, Moses Burge, Townsend, Betty Stacy. Townsend.
May 25, William Johnson, -, Lucy Barrett. Ashby.
May 25, Richard Warner, Townsend, Hannah Wheeler, Pepperell.
June 30, John E. Stone, Ashby, Dorcas Lawrence. Ashby.
October 21, James Searl, Townsend, Sally Patten. Raby, N. H.
November 25, Jabez Green, Townsend, Abigail Hildreth, Townsend.
November 27, Samuel Buttrick, Weston, Hannah Bemis, Weston.
December 23, William Stevens, Townsend, Rachel Ball, Townsend.
. Abel Green, Raby, N. H., Hannah Farrar, Townsend.
I790.
402
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1791. February 2, Rev. Ebenezer Hill, Mason, N. H .. Polly Boynton,
February 3, Benjamin Hobart, Townsend, Betty Woods, Townsend.
February 17, Nathaniel Bailey, Jr., Townsend, Molly Baldwin, Townsend.
March 3. Nathan Conant, Jr., Townsend, Mary Dix, Townsend.
March 10, Perin Richards, Townsend, Anna Wallis, Townsend.
March 16, Levi Green, Ashby, Patty Earl, Ashby. May 25. Joseph Walker, Ashby, Ruth Jenkins, Townsend.
June 13, Lemuel Petts, Jr., Townsend, Milly Wood, Pepperell.
July 14, Asa Walker, Ashby, Alice Clark, Ashby. September 22, David Wallace. Townsend, Betty Richardson, Townsend.
October 12, Abijah Monn, Townsend, Esther Giles, Townsend.
November -, Hezekiah Winn, Chelmsford, Bath- sheba Ball, Townsend.
I792. January 15, Oliver Lawrence, Ashby, Mercy Worcester, Ashby.
January 15, Joseph Rumrill, Jr., Townsend, Re- bekah Lamson, Townsend.
January 17, John Rice, Ashby, Rebekah Barrett, Ashby.
February 14, Samuel Jenkins, Townsend, Eliza- beth Sanders, Townsend.
February 16, Parpoint Kendall, Ashby, Sarah Damon, Ashby.
February 23. John Conant, Newton. Rachel Giles. Townsend.
February 29, Archelaus Adams, Jr., Townsend. Elizabeth Manning, Townsend.
403
MARRIAGES.
I792. March 22, Reuben Stevens, Groton, Thankfull Rumrill, Townsend.
April 25, Phinehas Holden. Townsend, Mary Craig, Townsend.
June 12, Isaac Farrar, Townsend, Mrs. Mary Dix, Mason, N. H.
June 28, Joseph Adams, Townsend, Mary Brooks. Townsend.
June 28, Benjamin Dix, Townsend, Polly Phelps. Townsend.
August 15, Parker Weatherbee. Townsend, Rhoda Adams, Groton.
August 30, Jonathan Rolf, Ashby, Phebe Derby. Ashby.
September II, Samuel Hodgman, Raby. N. H .. Phene Lawrence, Townsend.
October 10, David Lawrence, Townsend, Kezia Williams, Raby, N. H.
November 29, Peter Nutting, Mason, Polly Bald- win, Townsend.
1793. February 12, Lieut. John Sharin. Townsend. Eunice Farwell, Townsend.
February 22, Samuel Adams. Townsend. Katy Lawrence, Townsend.
February 22, Josiah Spaulding, Norridgewock. Me., Sybil Spaulding, Townsend.
February 28, Joseph Jepson, Townsend, Jane Graham, Townsend.
March 27, Elisha Jones, Ashby, Persia Taylor, Ashby.
April 2, John Mason, Townsend, Phene Shipley, Pepperell.
May 2, Azariah P. Sherwin, Townsend, Sally Kidder, Townsend.
May 9, Oliver Wetherbee, Townsend, Sarah Stone, Townsend.
May 20, William Manning, Townsend, Hannah White, Townsend.
404
HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1793. May 30, Ebenezer Hodgman, Ashby, Lovisa Newton, Ashby.
June 27, John L. Hodgman, Townsend, Esther Baldwin, Townsend.
September 5, Isaac Giles, Townsend, Jane Wallis. Townsend.
September 19, Jonathan Shattuck, 3d, Pepperell. Elizabeth Giles, Townsend.
October 3, Jonathan Wallis, Jr., Townsend, Abigail Wyman, Townsend.
October 31, John Conant, Jr., Townsend, Rebekah Wallis, Townsend.
1794. January 1, Phinehas Bennett, Ashby, Mrs. Eliza- beth Buttrick, Ashby.
January 28, Oliver Wellington, Ashby, Rachel March. Ashby.
January 28, Josiah Gregory. Ashby, Hannah Damon, Ashby.
January 30, John Colburn, Townsend, Kezia Campbell, Raby, N. H.
February 4, Eliab Going. Lunenburg, Abigail Warren, Townsend.
February 6, Benjamin Abbot, Lansingburg, N. Y., Katy Prat, Townsend.
February 6. Bazaleel Newton, Jr., Ashby. Patty Walker, Ashby.
February 6, Isaac Walker, Ashby, Rebecca Wallis, Ashby.
July 2. Peter Lawrence, Ashby, Mary S. Spauld- ing, Townsend.
August 28, Amos Whitney Dix, Townsend, Sally Proctor, Townsend.
October 30. Jonathan Sanderson. Lunenburg. Mahitebel Spafford, Townsend.
December 4, John Heald, Jr., Shirley, Molly Gaschet, Townsend.
December 9. Lawrence Jefts, Mason, N. H., Lydia Boynton. Townsend.
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MARRIAGES.
1795.
February 17, Solomon Jewett, Pepperell, Phebe Adams, Townsend.
April 23, Silas Shattuck, Townsend, Sally Bailey, Townsend.
May 28, Benjamin Hodgman, Jr., Ashby, Polly Stevens, Townsend.
June 30, Peter Adams, Townsend, Lucy Gibson. Townsend.
August 6, Solomon Stevens, Jr., Townsend, Elizabeth Sanders, Townsend.
August 6, William Parks, Townsend, Polly Stone, Townsend.
November 19, Reuben Davis, Ashby, Joanna Hildreth, Townsend.
November 24, Boaz Brown, Townsend, Hannah Spaulding, Townsend.
December 3, Jonathan Perry, Townsend, Phene Hodgman, Townsend.
December 10, Samuel Fales, Townsend, Polly McLain, Townsend.
1796. February 18, Edward Knight, Worcester, Sarah Jenkins, Townsend.
March 9, John Petts, Townsend, Nancy Brooks. Townsend.
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