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Joseph Kidder established his home near the centre of New Ipswich, where he lived until 1770, when he removed to the adjoining town of Temple. He married Rebecca Chamberlin, of Westford.
John Chandler, 1750. The early proprietors entered into an agreement with him to erect the first mills. For this purpose they made a grant of land, including the falls on the Souhegan River, at what is now known as the High Bridge. He was to have the saw mill ready for service by the last of October, 1750, and the corn mill in October, 1751. For his encouragement he was to have one full right in the township without paying the advance money, the lot on which his mills stood including the sites of all the present factories owned by the Columbian Company, and £50 bills of credit, old tenor. He, with William Chandler, of Westford, was bound in the sum of £400, new tenor, equal to $140, to execute the contract. The mills were built according to agreement. In 1768 he sold his property to Capt. Eleazer Cummings, and removed to Camden, Me.
Andrew Spalding. He signed the church covenant October 21, 1760, but probably was never a permanent resi- dent. His son Andrew became a citizen, and also his step- sons by the name of Crosby. He married in 1745, Mrs. Mehitable (Chandler) Crosby of Andover, and her sons, Jonah, Robert, Joel, and Josiah, came to Westford with her. They removed to New Ipswich soon - about 1750; their names, with the exception of Jonah, were in the tax-list for 1763, but they removed to Maine previous to the Revolu- tion. Robert was a selectman in 1762.
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Joseph Bates, 1751. One of the original members of the church; an ardent patriot; chairman of the Committee of Safety in 1775; a lieutenant in the war, and present at the capture of Burgoyne. He removed to Jaffrey in 1785, and afterward to the northern part of New York, where he died.
Joseph Parker, born 1742, went to New Ipswich about 1766. "Captain Parker seems to have been fitted by nature for the part he was to act in this town, particularly during the Revolution. He was a daring, energetic man, and had considerable influence over a certain class. He commanded a company of militia, and was prompt to march wherever his services were needed. He was at Cambridge, Ticonderoga, Rhode Island, and at the taking of Burgoyne. He was very popular with his soldiers. He died 1807, aged 66.
Jonathan Parker, brother of Joseph, was an early settler, a soldier, and a pensioner ; lived a bachelor, and died 1820, aged 69.
Nathaniel Prentice, born 1755, removed about 1778. He learned the clothier's trade in Westford, probably of William Chandler, and carried on the business in New Ips- wich for more than twenty years. He was an industrious, worthy man. Removed to Peterborough, where he died.
Joseph Pollard, born in Billerica, 1702; came to West- ford 1737, but soon went to Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H., and returned here. He and his two sons, Joseph and Benjamin, removed to New Ipswich after a few years.
Thomas Spalding removed about 1760. James Spald- ing removed but did not remain ; he returned to Westford and died here. James, his son, born 1748, settled on the north side of Watatic Mountain, just over the Ashburnham line, but was always socially connected with New Ipswich. For sixty-five years he was a constant attendant at church. When the alarm of Concord fight was given, he started im- mediately for the scene of action, while his wife, Hannah (Barron), of Westford, and his oldest son, Jonathan, spent the afternoon of that day upon the summit of Watatic, where they saw the smoke of the burning buildings, and distinctly heard the report of the British cannon. His son, Jonathan,
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born in Westford, settled in Lempster, N. H., and was much engaged in organizing that town.
Simeon Wright, born 1741. He was badly wounded at the raising of Wilton meeting-house in 1773. Died 1786.
Oliver Wright, son of Thomas, born in 1738. Thomas Wright.
Stephen Hildreth, born in 1742, married Esther Man- ning, of Townsend, 1764, and settled in New Ipswich about 1772. A soldier of the Revolution.
Simeon Hildreth, born 1736, married Hannah Spalding, 1757. His son, Simeon, was a Revolutionary soldier.
Simeon Fletcher, about 1765, killed at the raising of the frame of Wilton meeting-house, September 7, 1773.
Peter Fletcher, son of Ephraim, born 1736, went to New Ipswich about 1762.
Abraham Bennett, who was taxed here in 1759, was in New Ipswich 1767.
Nathan Boynton, son of Nathaniel, born in 1742, was admitted to the church in New Ipswich in 1766, and was taxed there in 1774.
Hezekiah Corey was taxed there in 1763. Married Sarah Fletcher of Westford. A soldier in the Indian Wars ; probably he is the man who went with John Chandler to Camden, Me.
Benjamin King, taxed there in 1763.
Abel Wright, 1763.
Jonas Holden, taxed in 1774; probably the man who afterward settled in Mount Holly, Vt.
Arthur Dennis, came from old Ipswich to Westford, and afterward went to New Ipswich.
David Rumrill, taxed there in 1774.
Nathaniel Farr, who married Abigail Foster of West- ford in 1768.
John Bigelow and his son Silas, 1787. Silas kept a tavern "on the South Road," which" was known as the " Bigelow Tavern."
Henry Fletcher, 1773.
Benjamin Wheat.
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The following persons paid taxes there, and are occasionally mentioned in the records of New Ipswich-probably not actual settlers : Ephraim Chamberlin, Thomas Cummings, Benja- min Carver, Ephraim Cummings, Leonard Procter, Henry Wright, Ephraim Burge, James Wright, Timothy Spalding, Benjamin Procter, 1763; Abel Wright, Solomon Woods, Abel Hildreth, Ephraim Hildreth, James Hildreth, Mark White, also Asa Brown. (?)
To Temple. Asa Perry, Jonathan Spalding, Solomon Richardson, who also resided in Jaffrey and returned to Westford.
Eleazer Taylor, 1772.
To Ackworth. Benjamin Parker, M. D., son of David. He practised many years in Ackworth, where he died.
To Deering. Thomas Dutton. To Amherst. Robert Read. He went first to Litch- field where his brother William settled, and then to Amherst. He was known as Colonel Read, and was for many years the keeper of the jail in that place.
Henry Chandler, son of Moses.
To Nashua. James Baldwin. His son, Josephus, was Deacon of the First Baptist Church and first Mayor of the city.
To Pelham. Jonas Keyes, 1829, son of Issacher Keyes, born 1787, died in 1863.
To Warner. Solomon Spalding ; afterward to Waits- field, Vt., and Saratoga Springs, about 1813.
To Rochester. Thomas Spalding, 1843; then to Haverhill, Massachusetts, and to Madrid, Me.
To Swanzey. Jonas Blodget, a soldier of the Revolu- tion. He died there, 1826. James Underwood.
To Kecne. John Butterfield.
To Hillsborough. Zachariah Robbins, Joash Minot.
To Westmoreland. Aaron Chandler. His wife Ruth was dismissed to the church in Nitchawaugue (Petersham), in 1752, and they afterward removed to Westmoreland. Samuel Minot, Timothy, Jonas, Isaac, and James Butter- field, brothers, and sons of Benjamin Butterfield whose
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homestead was near the house of the Coolidge brothers. Leonard Keep, Thomas Kidder Green.
To Marlborough. Peter Hadley.
To Jaffrey. Benjamin Prescott, 1774. He received a colonel's commission. Oliver Prescott, Thomas Dutton.
To Fitzwilliam. Phinehas Read, 1787 ; born 1765, son of Joshua. Enlisted at the age of 14 as a private under Captain Tucker, of Salem. Learned the tanner's trade with his brother Benjamin, in Templeton.
To Stoddard. Joshua Read, who served three years in the war of the Revolution and drew a pension. Eliakim Read, John Taylor, Paul Wright, Elnathan Read. Elna- than Read afterward removed to Walpole, and to Caven- dish, 1813.
To Rindge. Asa Johnson, Samuel Walter Fletcher.
To Peterborough. John Jewett.
To Nelson. Oliver and Nehemiah Wright, 1783. Thomas Read, son of Thomas and Susanna.
To Hopkinton. Elijah Fletcher, minister of the Con- gregational Church there; ordained in 1773, died 1786. His daughter, Grace, married Daniel Webster, 1808.
To Washington. Jacob. Wright, Daniel Keyes, Israel Keyes, John Mead, Luther Boynton, Jacob Nutting, (returned) ; Amos Russell, (?) Abel White. (?)
To Littleton. Ziba Wright.
To Plymouth. Joshua Fletcher, about 1775 ; Congre- gational minister. Gershom Fletcher, 1773; came back in 1778. Joseph Read, son of Joshua, born 1776. He was afterward a merchant in Thetford, Vt., 1803 to 1833. Removed to Montpelier, where he died; justice of the peace, representative in the Legislature, county treasurer, " and judge of Probate.
THE MIGRATION TO VERMONT.
This State was received into the Union in 1791. It was for many years called the New State, being the first one ad- mitted after the Revolution. Many went thither in quest of
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new homes. The towns of Cavendish, Ludlow, and Mount Holly were settled and organized chiefly by men from West- ford.
To Cavendish. Josiah Fletcher, 1781. He was the first town clerk and a selectman, chosen at the first town meeting, held March 12, 1782. Removed to Ludlow, 1785. At the first town meeting he was chosen town treasurer, 1792 ; was representative in the Vermont General Assembly at Rutland, 1796, '97, 1800, and 1801. "A Christian of the highest character."
Thomas Dutton was one of the grantees of the township in 1762, but he did not go there to reside.
Salmon Dutton, land surveyor. On the list of free- men in Cavendish, 1782; also on the list for that year, Leonard Proctor, Joshua Parker, William Spalding, Eph- raim Dutton, William Spalding, Jr., Abbot Roby, Jesse Spalding, Jesse Fletcher. For 1786, Asaph Fletcher, Timothy Hildreth, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Spalding. For 1788, Aaron Parker, Isaac Parker, Jeremiah Hildreth. 1792, Salmon Dutton, Jr. 1795, Solomon Proctor. 1797, Thomas Proctor. 1799, Nathan Boynton. 1801, John Par- ker, John White, Samuel White, Jr. Salmon Dutton was moderator of the first town meeting in Cavendish, and was chosen first selectman and treasurer. Also, in 1785, chair- man of the committee to hire preaching, and later a justice of the peace. The village of Duttonsville in Cavendish received its name from him. He died in 1824, aged 80.
Capt. Leonard Proctor, selectman in 1784 and '85, and afterward held various public trusts. A man of great force of character and skilled in the affairs of the town. The village of Proctorsville, about one mile from Duttonsville, took its name from him. His sons were all active business men. His grandson, Redfield Proctor, son of Jabez, has been governor of Vermont. Captain Proctor died in 1827, aged 93, and was buried in the "Proctor Cemetery " on the hillside, overlooking the valley of Black River and the rail- road.
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Capt. Joshua Parker. Although his name appears among the freemen of 1782, it is probable that he did not become an actual settler until some years later. He was the father of Dea. Joshua Parker, born in Westford, 1764, for a long time a resident of Cavendish ; an officer in the Congre- gational Church. Captain Parker died in the State of New York.
Ephraim Dutton was a land surveyor, and afterward settled in Ludlow. His son, Joel, removed to Cato, N. Y.
Abbot Roby is probably the man whose birth is recorded in Dunstable as Philip Abbot Roby, son of Samuel, and born 1754. He owned the Patten farm in Westford, went first to Weathersfield, Vt., and then to Cavendish, where he was lister (assessor) in 1783, and selectman in 1784.
Asaph Fletcher, M. D. His house in Westford was the old Byam house, removed in 1875 in order to give place to the present residence of Hon. J. Henry Read. But the old mansion is still to be seen on Main Street. Removed to Cavendish in February, 1787, and during the following summer built for himself a house in a secluded spot over the hill, nearly or quite half a mile from the river. This house, still standing, was built after the old style, with large stone chimney and ample fire-places. In this quaint old structure his son Richard was born, January 8, 1788-the eminent jurist of Boston, who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806. He afterward erected a substantial dwelling near Proctorsville. During his long life he held many public offices, and was a distinguished and useful man. He was a member of the convention which applied to Congress for the admission of Vermont to the Union ; was often a member of the Legislature, for some years one of the judges of the County Court, member of the Council, elector of president, and president of the County Medical Society, before which he gave lectures. He died January 5, 1839, aged 92 years. His son Ryland was governor of Vermont, 1856 and 1857.
William Spalding, son of Josiah, who lived at the foot of Nubanussuck pond. He married Esther Dutton in 1759.
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He took with him to Cavendish his sons, John, who died there at the age of 99, William, Asa, Joseph, Zedekiah, Zaccheus, and Jonas, an adopted son. He died in 1805, aged 68.
Samuel White, son of Mark White, born in Acton, 1744. Was selectman in Westford, 1781-82; he removed 1786, and the following year was elected to the same office in Cavendish. He was a man of excellent character and great influence ; deacon of the church. His son, Samuel, born in this town went with him. He gave his name to Whites- ville, where he carried on the trade of a saddler. His son John, also born here, settled in Cavendish.
Capt. Aaron Parker, removed in 1788, and was select- man in 1790.
Isaac Parker, in the list of freemen for 1788. Son of Moses and born in 1760. Died in Byron, N. Y.
Nathan Boynton, 1799. One bearing this name was in New Ipswich, 1766. It cannot be determined whether the two are identical, but such is the probable fact.
Jeremiah Hildreth, 1788. Returned to Westford about I794.
Timothy Adams, 1782; Thomas Chamberlin, Elijah Chamberlin, Ebenezer Stone, 1781; Thomas Cummings, Oliver Harris, James Hall. The latter was a British soldier, born at Ashton-under-line, England, who during the retreat of the Regulars from Concord, April 19, 1775, voluntarily surrendered to the Provincials and came to Westford and worked for Ephraim Hidreth, 3rd, whose daughter he married in 1784.
Thomas G. Hildreth, 1788 ; Nehemiah Green, (?) Isaac Green, Timothy Stone, John Stone, Isaac Patch, Nathaniel Hildreth, Samuel Adams, 3rd, trader (returned), Isaac Heald, Benjamin Wright, Jacob Abbot, Solomon Fletcher, 1787.
Isaac Parker, physician, son of Aaron, Jr., and Dorothy, and born 1752.
Ludlow. In examining the records of this town it is found that the names of Westford men who were early in
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Cavendish are repeated, showing that they were concerned in the settlement of the two towns. The first town meeting in Ludlow was held March 31, 1792-ten years after the organization of Cavendish.
Among the grantees of Ludlow were : Josiah Fletcher, Jesse Fletcher, Simeon Read, David Bixby, Levi Bixby, Thomas Bixby, Thomas Chamberlin, Joseph Chamberlin, Ezekiel Wright, Elijah Chamberlin.
These did not all remove there, but they bought land with the intention of going or sending their sons or others to occupy it. Josiah Fletcher, who was the first town clerk of Cavendish, was proprietors' clerk for 1788 and 1790. At the first town meeting Jesse Fletcher was chosen town clerk and first selectman, and Josiah Fletcher, town treasurer; the former remaining in office for sixteen or seventeen years. He was representative in 1798 and 1799.
Simeon Read and Thomas Bixby were a committee to divide the town into school districts in 1794. The former was son of John Read, and was a soldier of the Revolution.
Thomas Bixby, son of Asa, married in Ludlow about 1787, and his wife and five children died in 1825, probably of some epidemic disease.
Stephen Read. The first town meeting was held at his house, and for four successive years. A soldier of the Revo- lution. At the battle of Bunker Hill.
John Hadley, grand juryman, 1792 ; William Caldwell, highway surveyor, 1792; Levi Bixby, hog reeve, 1792; Joseph Bixby, married in Ludlow, 1791 ; Zebulon Spalding, about 1801, son of Zebulon ; Phineas W. Spalding, about 1810, son of Zebulon.
To Mount Holly. This town was incorporated Novem- ber 19, 1792. At the first town meeting Lieut. Silas Proctor was chosen selectman, and John Hadley grand juror. Lieu- tenant Proctor was at first a resident of Ludlow, but when an act of incorporation was passed for Mt. Holly, the western portion of Ludlow was assigned to it, and his farm near Healdville was transferred to the new town, in which he was
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long an active and influential citizen. The people entrusted him with various offices for many years. John Hadley also filled places of trust for a long time.
Jonas Hadley was a lister in 1794 and '95 ; selectman in 1796 and '97 ; and one of committee to find the centre of the town and a place for a public building in 1798.
Jonas Holden was a surveyor in 1794.
Gershom Fletcher. He removed to Bridgewater, N. H., where he died in 1814; Stephen Fletcher, probably son of Gershom, is mentioned 1801, when he was highway surveyor.
Amos Hadley, brother of Jonas, was sent back to West- ford in 1804, to be supported by the town. He was in some way disabled, perhaps by lameness, and unable to work.
Joseph Bixby, surveyor in 1.798.
Simon Lawrence, probably the son of Simon of West- ford, married Hannah Wilson in Mt. Holly, 1800 ; Zachariah Lawrence, 1810 ; perhaps a brother of Simon.
To Plymouth. Walter Fletcher, Reuben Fletcher, 1805 ; Henry Fletcher, 1800; Isaac Fletcher, 1815. Removed to Enosburgh, Vt., 1819; and to Berkshire, Vt., 1820; Amos Boynton, Isaiah Boynton, 1792.
To Londonderry. Thomas Read.
To Weathersfield. Benjamin Read, son of Benjamin and Abigail ; Samuel Adams.
To Reading. Ebenezer Chandler, Jonathan Jones.
To Putney. Leonard Spalding, about 1864; also his two sons, Leonard, who afterward settled in Dummerston, and Reuben. He first went to Westmoreland. Was distin- guished for his patriotic exertions in the struggle for inde- pendence.
Samuel Minot, town treasurer, in 1778, captain and deacon.
Timothy Underwood, captain of a company of miutemen in 1775 ; also his sons, Joseph, who was a soldier on Long Island under General Putnam ; Timothy, who afterward set- tled in Westborough, Massachusetts ; Phinehas, who settled
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in New York City ; and Russell, who removed to New York State.
To Brattleborough. Benjamin Butterfield, who had re- sided a short time in Lunenburg ; associate judge at the famous trial in Westminster, Vt. He was appointed second assistant justice in 1772. At the " Westminster Massacre," March 4, 1775, a ball entered the sleeve of Benjamin Butter- field, son of the justice .* Jesse Hadley, Ebenezer Hadley.
To Bennington. Jacob Prescott.
THE MIGRATION TO MAINE.
This State, as well as Vermont, attracted to itself many who wished to seek their fortunes in the wide world. Its extensive sea-coast and good harbors had been early dis- covered and explored, and numerous settlements had been made ; but the development of its vast resources was scarcely begun at the period of the Revolution. On the return of peace and the establishment of the Union, many resorted thither to subdue its wild lands and make homes for them- selves along its noble rivers and on its beautiful hills, from many of which the ocean can be seen in all its beauty and grandeur. Among them were many from this town, in whose history and achievements there is no room for disappointment or shame.
To Portland. Stephen Hall, son of the first minister. Sanford. Joseph Temple.
Farmington. Samuel Chandler, Jacob Chandler, Moses Chandler, Levi Spalding.
To Anson. Joel Fletcher, son of Pelatiah.
Wilton. Jeremiah Fletcher, Thomas Flint, Henry Chandler, Moses Chandler, son of William and Susanna. To Winthrop. Nehemiah Fletcher (returned), Joseph Chandler, Henry Chandler.
* See Hall's History of Eastern Vermont, p. 232.
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To Pittston. Isaac Fletcher.
Greene. Silas Richardson, about 1808.
Mount Desert. Silas Parker. " The Holmes Purchase." Samuel Parker. Union. Waldron Stone.
Oldtown. Samuel Wright.
Benton. Henry Spalding.
Penobscot. Rev. Philip Spalding.
Dead River. Asa Fletcher.
Bath. Abel Boynton, a lawyer.
Augusta. Nathan Oliver.
Litchfield. Abijah Richardson.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The contribution of Westford to other towns of this Com- monwealth, especially to those whose incorporation took place at a more recent date, has been large and significant.
To Templeton. Caleb Fletcher, Joel Fletcher (brothers), Joshua Wright, Ebenezer Wright (brothers), are named in the first tax-list of that town in 1763. Joel Fletcher was captain of, a militia company, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. Also a deacon of the Baptist Church. Joshua Wright was selectman eight or nine years, and treasurer five years. Ebenezer was selectman and town clerk seventeen years. Joel Fletcher was representative several times.
Phinehas Read.
Benjamin Read, son of Joshua, born in 1760. " He served three years in the Revolution. Followed the occupa- tion of a tanner. He was a man of distinction and much .wealth." Town treasurer nine years. Selectman.
Zaccheus Barrett. (?) The first town treasurer, 1762.
Philip Atwood, Isaac Needham, Moses Wright (?), Edwin Wright.
To Littleton. Parker Underwood, Peter Wright, Eph- raim Wright, Isaac Wright, Francis Kidder, captain ; Abel
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Fletcher, deacon ; Joseph Fletcher, Asa Fletcher, James Dut- ton, Solomon Keyes, 1807; Isaac Spalding, Dr. Jeremiah Robinson, Joshua Blodgett.
To Groton. John Cummings, son of deacon John ; David Fletcher, 1796; Ezekiel Fletcher, 1766; John Butterfield, Oliver Spalding, Oliver Fletcher, about 1764 ; John Keep, Silas Lawrence, John Blodgett.
To Dunstable. Joseph Fletcher, John Wright, Josiah Spalding, son of Abel; Samuel T. Spalding, George W. Spalding, Willard Hall, Nathan Procter, James Spalding.
To Tyngsborough. Matthew Scribner, Joel Keyes, Jonas Keyes, Elihu Read (returned), Hezekiah Hildreth, Jacob Kidder.
To Pepperell. Abijah Boynton, Abiel Richardson, Abel Parker, afterward to Jaffrey ; Samuel Horsley and his sons Aaron, Timothy, Joshua, John, Stephen and Thomas ; Josiah and Moses Spalding, each to Pepperell and then to Towns- end; Hosea Hildreth.
To Townsend. Josiah Burge, Oliver Procter, Joseph Rumrill, Oliver Hildreth, Eleazar Taylor, first to Temple ; Peter Butterfield, Eleazar Butterfield, Samuel Spalding, Josiah Spalding, Samuel Horsley, Moses Spalding, Aaron Keyes, Cyrus Fletcher, Isaac Procter. (?)
To Ashby. Waldron Stone, lived a while in Townsend, where he married Rachel Campbell and moved to Union, Me. ; Abraham Wright, Elijah Wright, Stephen Mead, Dr. Allen Flagg, Jonathan Carver (returned), Isaiah Prescott, lived there ten years and returned ; Thomas Carver, physi- cian.
To Ashburnham. Jonathan Spalding, James Spalding, Benjamin Spalding, afterward to Jaffrey and Marlborough, N. H .; Lyman Fletcher, Joshua Fletcher, John Bates, about 1755.
To Shirley. Oliver Fletcher (returned), Henry Chand- ler, son of Isaac.
To Harvard. Jonathan Procter, Jabez Keep, Jr., Capt. Jabez Keep.
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To Lunenburg. Benjamin Butterfield, afterward to Brattleborough.
To Fitchburg. Ephraim Spalding, Timothy Wilson. Stow. Nathaniel Cowdry.
Shrewsbury. Rev. Benjamin Stone.
Chesterfield. William Read, son of John.
Bolton. Rev. Phinehas Wright.
Hardwick. Joseph Hooker, Ebenezer Butterfield.
Randolph. Joshua Prescott, Aaron A. Prescott.
Concord. John Keyes.
Bedford. Caleb Blake (returned), Phinehas Cham- berlin.
To Upton. Lemuel Perham. Acton. Samuel Keyes.
Sterling. James Pollard Patten, Joshua Abbot Jewett, Jr., George Davis.
To Westminster. Joseph Spalding.
Rutland. Oliver Wheeler, Jonathan Fletcher.
Salem. Edmund Boynton.
New Bedford. Oliver Prescott, Judge of Probate. Lowell. Ebenezer Wright, Horatio Fletcher, Wil- liam A. Wright.
To Marblehead. Joseph Bixby, son of David. Northborough. Silas Meriam. Boston. Thomas Craft, Simon Hunt (died in Quincy), Timothy Hunt, Thomas Davis.
To Belmont. Jonathan Varnum Fletcher.
Charlestown. Jacob Wright, son of Joseph ; Leon- ard Read, son of Joel.
To Cambridge. Levi Parker.
Warren. Capt. Luther Trowbridge, and afterward to Tennessee.
To Deerfield. Luther B. Lincoln, representative, died in 1855.
To Dedham. Benjamin F. Keyes, Joseph Wright.
Lawrence. Rufus Read, son of Asa ; Henry A. Prescott.
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To Gardner. Horace Parker, M. D .; continued in the practice of medicine seven years and died in 1829, in his thirty-fourth year.
OTHER STATES.
To Norfolk, Conn. Aaron Keyes, son of Joash. Sodus, N. Y. Amos Read.
Richmond, Va. Jabez Parker, M. D.
Athens, Ohio. Leonard Jewett.
New York. John Jewett, Jr. Wilmington, N. C. Stephen Keyes, teacher. California. Joshua Keyes. Lansingburg, N. Y. Benjamin Fletcher. New York State. Theodore Wood.
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