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Payson, John, of Roxbury, petition, 117, 127, 128, 132, 133.
Pease, Isaac, of Enfield, petition, 198.
Pease, Stephen, of Nantucket, petition, 138, 194, 196.
Peck, Samuel, of Rehoboth, petition, 107, 113, 187.
Pedlars, bill on, 95, 97, 100, 104.
Peebody, Oliver, 43.
Peebody, Richard, of Boxford, petition, 43.
Pejebscot Falls, 19, 94; garrison, 20; fort, 32, 49, 55, 58, 66, 70, 72, 73.
Pell, Edward, account, 3.
Pemaquid, 266, 268; fort at, 130, 171, 232.
Pemberton, Ebenezer, 11, 23.
Pembrook, 224, 239; representative, ix, 77; peti- tion of inhabitants, 181, 238.
Penhallow, John, memorial, 140.
Pennicook, 62.
Pennsylvania, 65.
Pentucket bridge, 107.
Pepperell, William, petition, 56; Cape Sable In- dians, 57.
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Perkins, Tobijah, member for Topsfield, ix. Perry, Benjamin, of Scituate, petition, 236. Perry, Ruth, petition, 236.
Perry, excise on, 93, 118.
Peters, Samuel, of Andover, petition, 188.
Petitions, committee on, 4, 79, 131, 180, 201, 240; postponed, 73, 128; returned for correction, 88; secretary's fee, 166; consideration of, 199. Phillips, George, of Brookfield, petition, 226. Phillips, John, administers oath, I.
Phillips, Thomas, of Boston, petition, 160. Philpot, Rebecca, 251.
Phips, Spencer, alias Bennet, petition, 108, III, 113, 114, 115, 116.
Phips, Sir William, 108.
Phobe's Neck, Swanzey, 233, 252.
Pickering, John, member for Salem, 77; petition, 171.
Pickering, William, of Salem, petition, 87, 152. Pierce, John, member for Woburn, 77, 178; peti- tion, 157.
Pierce, Mary, petition, 268.
Pierce, Richard, of Marblehead, petition, 266, 268.
Pierce, Stephen, member for Chelmsford, ix, 77, 178; Billerica bridge, 112.
Pierson, John, of Lynn, petition, 234, 236.
Pike, Hugh, of Newbury, petition, 141, 223.
Pine trees, motion on, 15; turpentine from, 56; preservation, 130, 168, 171.
Pirates, 182, 245, 266; pay in service against, 187, 204; premium for killing, 188; trial of, 222.
Piscataqua River, 20; right asserted, 8, 31, 150.
Pittimee, Andrew, Indian, 153.
Plaisted, Elisha, member for Berwick, x.
Plaisted, Ichabod, councillor, 2.
Plaisted, Mary, petition, 108.
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Plaisted, Samuel, captain, 241; member for Ber- wick, 77, 178; absence excused, 239. Platts, Thomas, of Boston, 162.
Plimpton, 239; representatives, 178; petition of inhabitants, 181, 223, 238; attendance, 261.
Plymouth, 112, 239; representatives, ix, 77, 178; election of representative, 11, 30; petition of inhabitants, 181, 224, 238.
Plymouth county, tax apportioned, 39; treasur- er's accounts, 85; court, 172, 173, 270, 271. Pollard, Jonathan, of Boston, petition, 219.
Polls and estates, lists, 130, 138, 139, 140; tax, 205.
Pomeroy, Ebenezer, of Hadley, petition, 6.
Poor, instruction in religion, 142, 154, 156; act referring to, 190, 207, 210, 212.
Pope, Seth, of Dartmouth, petition, 134. Port Royal, 112, 160.
Porter, John, of Wenham, 26; petition, 202, 247, 255, 259.
Porter, Joseph, Sr., 91.
Porter, Joseph, Jr., 91.
Porter, Nathanael, petition, 91, 94, 99, 103.
Porter, Samuel, 26, 192, 199, 228, 252; petition, 91, 94, 99, 103; member for Hadley, 178; ex-
piring acts, 188; petitions, 201, 230; fees, 203; Connecticut boundary, 211, 239; valuation of estates, 224; hospital account, 229; Deerfield plat, 241.
Postmaster general, see John Campbell.
Powder house, Boston, 11, 12, 17, 41, 47, 49. Pratt, Joseph, of Bridgewater, petition, IO.
Preble, Abraham, 5, 94, 102; member for York, x; address to King, 5; eastern settlements, 20; Kittery church, 86, 145; Wells and Kittery, 146, 217, 236, 241; petitions, 232, 234, 237. Precepts, returns of, examined, 3, 79, 180. Prentis, Thomas, petition, 212.
Price of shoes, 225.
Prince, Samuel, land, 35; member for Rochester, 51, 77, 178; attends, 225.
Printer, Moses, petition, 114.
Printing, annual, 70, 73.
Prisoners, petition of, Boston gaol, 164.
Produce and trade, committee, 104, 110, 114, 120, 124, 126.
Proprietors, non-resident, assessment, 21, 25.
Prorogation of House, 44, 67, 76, 123, 128, 168, 221, 260, 261, 273; due notice of, 70; proposed, I20.
Province house, 14, 16, 35; hangings, 105, 167. Punkapog plantation, 27; Indians, 246.
Punker, John, Indian, petition, 137, 138.
Pynchon, John, 40, 56, 57, 99, 245; councillor, 2, 78; petition of Hatfield, 159.
Quahaog, 201.
Quakers, minister's rate, 217, 228.
Quebec, New York to, chart, 132.
Quinby, Benjamin, petition, 132, 142.
Quincy, Edmund, 22, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 76, 83, 103, 128, 203; councillor, 2, 79, 180; on tax, 60; Hingham, 149, 257; valuation bill, 259.
Quincy, John, major, member for Braintree, 178. Quinnebaug, 249.
Randall, John, member for Rochester, ix; ex- pelled, 10.
Ransom of captures by Indians, 57, 132.
Rasle, Sébastien, letter, 124.
Rates and. taxes, assessment and collection, 120, 190, 197, 207; lists, 199.
Read, Joseph, of Freetown, petition, 247.
Read, Moses, member for Rehoboth, x, 77; mon- itor, 3, 135, 160; Pentucket bridge, 107.
Reading, 199; representatives, ix, 77, 178; meet- ing house, 173.
Reed, William, captain, member for Lexington, 77, 178; petition, 239, 241, 246; bill of redress, 251, 254:
Register of deeds, choice of, IIO.
Registry of deeds, 33, 36, 44, 47, 49, 59, 204.
Rehoboth, 107, 187; representatives, x, 77, 178. Remington, Jonathan, 7, 42, 49, 63, 66, 69, 180,
215, 235, 255, 258, 261; member for Cambridge, ix, 178; expiring laws, 7; treasurer's accounts,
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8, 13; trade of New Hampshire, 28; on forts, 71; petitions, 180; bills of credit, 182, 206; lists of estates, 183; Marlborough petition, 184, 225, 230, 231; Dummer's letter, 186, 238; address to King, 187; petition, 189, 201, 203; valuation of estates, 224; Lynn minister, 234, 236; Hopkins- ton, 245; Little Hingham, 257; English peti- tion, 257; Higginson petition, 268.
Rhode Island, 65; boundary line, 4, 33, 51, 148, 208, 250, 259; expenses, 164.
Rice, Edmund, member for Sudbury, ix, 77. Rice, Thomas, member for Marlborough, ix, 77. Richmond, Samuel, of Middleborough, petition, 270.
Rider, William, member for Sherborne, 77, 178; petition, 185, 192.
Riggs, John, petition, 83.
Ringe's Point, Salisbury, 96.
Roads, Hampshire county, 16.
Robins, Joseph, Indian, 14.
Rochester, representatives, ix, 77, 178; expulsion of representative, I0; new member, 51; attend- ance, 261.
Roe, Peter, of Suffield, petition, 34, 52.
Rogers, Daniel, 78, 79, 92; member for Ipswich, 77; treasurer's accounts, 81; secretary's allow- ance, 121; medium of trade, 133; governor's speech, 170.
Rogers, Eleazer, of Plymouth, 148; petition, 231. Rogers, John, 148; member for Swanzey, x, 77,
178; Pentucket bridge, 107; medium of trade, 133; memorial, 248.
Rogers, Joseph, 148.
Rogers, Judah, 148.
Rogers, Simon, 237, 252.
Rogers, William, 26; member for Wenham, 178.
Rolf, Benjamin, 64; account, 167.
Rose, man-of-war, 48, 50; piloting, 225.
Rowley, 185; representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Roxbury, representatives, ix, 77, 178; land, 6; Newton and, 65, 96; school, 117, 127, 128, 132, 133, 252.
Royal Exchange, Boston, 125, 126.
Ruby, John, petition, 164.
Ruck, John, memorial, 140, 250.
Ruggles, John, 204; petition, 205.
Rum, excise on, 93.
Russell, Daniel, impost officer, 33, 92, 213; ac- counts, 34, 201, 253; treasurer of Middlesex, 201.
Rutland, 136; petition, 27; representation, 29; land, 70; artillery company, 120, 219.
Ryall, Joseph, petition, 251.
Saco, 244. Saco River, ferry, 244. Saffery, - -, 33. Sagadahoc, 149.
Sagadahoc-Nova Scotia, councillor, 2, 78, 79, 179, 180. Salaries, see Allowances.
Salem, 91, 103; representatives, ix, 77, 178; com- mon, 87, 152; petition, 171.
Salisbury, 96; Carr and, 90, 98, 156; representa- tives, ix, 77, 178; meeting house, 197, 233, 236; attendance, 261.
Saltonstall, Gurdon, governor, 148, 150; petition, 229.
Saltonstall, Sir Richard, 229.
Saltonstall, Robert, 229.
Samoset, see Somerset.
Sandware, 243.
Sandwich, representatives, x, 77, 178. Savage, Arthur, petition, 132.
Savage, Habijah, captain, 179, 192, 200, 203, 224, 235, 244; member for Boston, 178; bills of credit, 182, 206, 263; lists of estates, 183; Dum- mer's letter, 186; address to King, 187; votes for treasurer, 212; petition, 219; valuation of \ estates, 224, 230; Harvard College, 249, 263; Usher petition, 257.
Sawyer, Thomas, 193.
Sawyer, William, member for Wells, 77, 178; petitions, 146, 155, 217, 237; valuation of estates, 224.
Sayword, John, 108.
Scammon, Humphry, ferry, 244.
Scituate, 116, 245; representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Scolly, James, messenger, 267.
Secretary's books, 121, 126; fee for petitions, 166; deputy, 166.
Selectmen, valuation of estates, 172.
Sergeant, Peter, house of, 16; hangings, 105, 167; petition of executors, 265.
Sermon, election, Shepard, 3, 25; Cotton, 160, 18I.
Servants, premium on, 110, 114; instruction of, 142, 154, 156.
Severance, Joseph, of Deerfield, petition, 189, 191.
Sewall, Samuel, vii, 1, 54, 77, 114, 116, 152, 160, 163, 168, 180, 188, 199, 220, 235, 261; admin- isters oath, I; councillor, 2, 78, 179; eastern parts, 9; petition, 35, 36, 50; reception of gov- ernor, 43; tax, I01; Hopkins legacy, 118, 156, 161, 218; Dummer's letter, 185; bills of credit, 208; gift of books, 246; on Harvard College, 263.
Shauton [Shantum?], Joshua, Indian, petition, 43, 84, 98, 102.
Shepard, Jeremiah, sermon, 3, 25.
Shepley, John, member for Groton, 77, 178; peti- tion, 267.
Sherborn, representatives, ix, 77, 178; petition for land, 5, 15, 185, 192, 256; boundary, 29; attendance, 261.
Sheriffs, to receive acts, 165.
Sherin, Richard, 19.
Sherin, Sarah, 19.
Sherman, Joseph, 218, 253.
Shipping, impost and tunnage, 23, 27, 31, 32, 39, 49, 54, 65, 96, 110, 113, 114, 118, 215, 217, 220; interpretation of act, 157; pledge of fund, 204.
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Shoes, price of, 225.
Shurtleff, William, captain, member for Plimp- ton, 178; petition, 223.
Shute, Samuel, address to King, 88, 89; welcome on arrival, 105, 124; speeches, 129, 168, 169, 170, 174, 181, 192, 195, 220, 222, 261, 264, 269; visit to Maine, 136, 138, 141; expense of recep- tion, 136; allowance to, 166, 172, 216, 254, 272; pledge, 172; address by Mather, 175; approves speaker, 179; councillors, 180; defence, 220; conference with Indians, 222, 226, 251.
Sickness, case of, 154, 156, 268, 269, 272, 273.
Simmons, John, of Freetown, petition of, 145, 151.
Simons, Andrew, 266.
Simons, Samuel, 136, 218.
Simons, William, 136, 218.
Simpson, Hannah, of Boston, petition, 187.
Simpson, Joseph, of Boston, 187.
Simpson, Savil, 144; petition, 269.
Singleterry, Amos, member for Haverhill, 178.
Skiffe, Benjamin, major, member for Edgartown,
x, 178; lists of estates, 183; valuation of estates, 224.
Slocum, Peleg, of Dartmouth, 217, 224, 225, 228. Sloop, see Mary and Free-Love.
Smallpiece, John, petition, 4, 107.
Small Point Harbor, Casco Bay, 140; garrison, 149, 250.
Smith, Alice, petition, 173.
Smith, Henry, of Rehoboth, petition, 135.
Smith, John, petition, 173, 226.
Smith, John, of Boston, petition, 207.
Smith, John, of Bristol, 268.
Smith, Peter, petition, 173, 226.
Smith, Thomas, of Rhode Island, petition, 268, 270. Snow, John, Cape Cod meeting house, 211. Soldiers, allowance to, 36.
Somersby, Henry, lieut .- col., 78, 82, 92, 154, 168,
180, 199 216, 252, 261; member for Newbury, 77, 178; on rateable estate, 83; on produce and trade, 104; poll lists, 140; on election of council- lors, 179; lists of estates, 183, 189; Belcher's services, 209; Wells and Kittery, 241.
Somerset, Indian, 268.
Southack, Cyprian, captain, 48; memorial on chart, 132, 143; petition, 266. Southfield, see Suffield.
Southworth, William, captain, 44; member for Little Compton, x, 77, 178; on rateable estate, 83; poll lists, 140; lists of estates, 183; Plym- outh petition, 184, 223; valuation of estates, 224.
Sparrow, Nicholas, petition, 251. Speaker, election of John Burrill, 1, 77, 179.
Spectacle Island, 104; hospital, 229. Spirits, distilled, excise on, 93, 101, 102, 103. Spooner, John, of Dartmouth, petition, 249. Spooner, William, petition, 38.
Springfield, 6, 7, 16, 214; representatives, ix, 77, 178; petition of east part, 15; bounds, 236, 246.
Spur, Robert, of Dorchester, petition, 183, 198, 247. Squantom Neck, hospital, 152, 170. Squirrel, piloting, 225; for pirates, 245.
Stanhope, James, secretary of state, letter to, 81, 85.
Staves, Connecticut's duty, 148. Stebbins, Benjamin, 105.
Stebbins, Joseph, member for Springfield, 178; petition, 236, 243, 246.
Sternes, John, lieut., 46; member for Billerica, ix; monitor, 3; Stow boundary, 35, 115; petition, 84.
Sternes, Samuel, representative for Watertown, x; cautioned, 16.
Stevens, Benjamin, captain, representative for Andover, ix; arrest, 20, 29.
Stevens, Joseph, Sr., petition, 232.
Stobo, Archibald, petition, 48, 49.
Stoddard, Anthony, 118, 128, 135, 139, 142, 156, 168; member for Boston, 77; treasurer's ac- counts, 81; land grants, 93; Carr's petition, 96; on fees, 104; produce and trade, 120; secre- tary's allowance, 121; light-house accounts, 131, 143; burning of bills, 137; bills of credit, 147; Hingham, 149; governor's speech, 170. Stoddard, John, major, 118, 119, 124, 135, 155, 167; accounts, 6, 9, 12; petitions, 17, 226; mem- ber for Northampton, 77; treasurer's accounts, 81; on rateable estate, 83, 90; Carr's petition, 96; excise, 97; impost, 110; medium of trade, 133; poll lists, 140; instructing Indians, 140; commission for Dummer, 145; bills of credit, 147.
Stoddard, Simeon, petition, 23, 44.
Stoddard, Stephen, petition, 249.
Stores, naval, encouraging importation, 130.
Stoughton, William, 5, 36.
Stoughton College, 265.
Stow, representative, ix, 77; boundary, 35, 115, 122, 152, 173.
Strait, Thomas, member for Watertown, 77.
Street, Mary, petition, 230.
Street, William, petition, 230.
Sturgeon creek, 86.
Sturges, Samuel, Crocker petition, 267.
Sudbury, representatives, ix, 77, 178; boundary, 270.
Suffield, representatives, ix, 77, 178; town officers, 34, 52, 59; petition, 245, 247.
Suffolk county, accounts, 34, 119; tax apportion- ment, 38; sheriff and laws, 165.
Suits, vexatious, Nantucket, 191.
Sureties upon mean process, 97, 107, III.
Surgeon on Cape Sables mission, 60.
Surveyors, to be under oath, IO.
Surveys, lands between Connecticut and Merri- mack rivers, 62, 70.
Sutton, 40, 83, 134, 164, 173, 183; plat rejected, 10. Swampfield, enlargement of, 18, 72.
Swanzey, 197, 233, 240, 248, 252; representatives, x, 77, 178.
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Sweden, 182, 195.
Sweetser, Ursilla, 269; petition, 39, 101.
Sweetser, Wigglesworth, 269; petition, 39, 101, 173, 226. Sweetsor, Seth, messenger, 21, 28. Swine, regulation of, 97, 100, 104.
Synod, memorial to call, II, 22, 23, 24. .
Tailer, William, 88, 264, 265; councillor, 2, 78, 179; motion, 36; reception of governor, 43; allowance, 75, 121; lieutenant governor, 79; approves speaker, 77; approves council, 79; speech to House, 80, 124; letter to Rasle, 125; Castle William, 252.
Tantiusques (Black Lead Mine Hill), 21.
Tarbol, Thomas, member for Groton, ix; account, 9; petition, 12.
Taunton, north purchase, representatives, x, 77, 178; petition, 53, 233, 270.
Tax, payment deferred, 14, 18, 31, 32, 34, 48, 52; for 1715, 24, 53, 54, 59, 63, 70, 72; apportion- ment, 38, 43, 95, 114, 117; committee, 83, 90; urged, 46, 47; committee, 60; report, 61; bill, 64, 65; need for, 68; defence of House, 69; de- ficiency, 95; levy, 96, 98, 101, 109, 112; com- mittee on, IOI, 230, 235; assessment and col- lection, 120, 190, 197, 203, 207; lists, 199, 200; granted, 204, 206, 209, 210, 211, 215, 220, 251. Taylor, Eleazar, petition, 127, 14I.
Taylor, James, ex-treasurer, petition, 39.
Tenements, liability for debt, 89, 98, 106, 109. Terry, Samuel, captain, member for Enfield, 178. Terry, Thomas, of Freetown, petition, 247.
Thacher, Peter, II; member for Yarmouth, 77; to Nantucket, 138; Nantucket Indians, 245. Thanksgiving, days of, 126, 127, 128, 133, 228. Thaxter, Samuel, colonel, 1, 3, 35, 49, 57, 62, 68, 71, 73, 74, 78, 79, 92, 93, 115, 124, 125, 128, 135, 140, 167, 168, 196, 215, 220, 229, 244, 258, 261; member for Hingham, ix, 77, 178; on petitions, 4, 79, 122, 131, 180; Rhode Island boundary, 4, 148, 208; Governor's house, 14; roads, 16; Piscataqua lands, 32; light-house, 32; on rateable estate, 83; Mather allowance, 92; on produce and trade, 104; bills of credit, III, 170, 182; light-house accounts, 131; hospital, 152, 170; Stow boundary, 152, 173; How's petition, 156; Hopkinston lands, 161, 218, 245, 253, 255; governor's speech, 170; lists of estates, 183; Marlborough petition, 184, 225, 230, 231, 232; Dummer's letter, 186, 238; ad- dress to King, 187; partition of lands, 200; Connecticut boundary, 211, 239; valuation of estates, 224; iron and slitting mills, 241, 243; Deerfield plat, 241; mills, 241; flask and sand- ware, 243; Usher petition, 257; Higginson pe- tition, 268.
Thayer, Samuel, member for Mendon, ix.
Thomas, Nathaniel, 148; member for Plymouth, 77; treasurer's accounts, 81; on rateable estate, 83; Mather allowance, 92; on Lord's day, 137; fees, 147; petition, 241, 242, 248, 256.
Thomas, Onner, 265.
Thompson's brook, 86.
Thresher, Christopher, of Middleborough, peti- tion, 270.
Tidd, John, petition, 157.
Tilestone, Thomas, of Dorchester, 125; petition, 164.
Tilley, William, Jr., petition, 249.
Tisbury, representatives, 77, 178; petition, 206. Tiverton, 71; representatives, x, 77, 178; bound- ary, 100; ministry, 105, 113, 248, 258.
Tom George, Indian, 235.
Tomlin, Sarah, 94.
Tompson, Jacob, captain, 83, 256; member for Middleborough, 77; Rhode Island boundary, 148.
Topliffe, Samuel, of Dorchester, petition, 183.
Topsfield, representatives, ix, 77, 178; petition, 185.
Topsham, 72, 140; laid out, 19; proposal of pro- prietors, 62.
Torrey, Josiah, of Swanzey, petition of, 197, 233, 240, 248, 252.
Towns, lists of estates, 159, 162; tax apportioned, 203.
Townsend, Penn, 77, 114, 150, 180, 194, 222, 225, 240, 266, 270, 272; councillor, 78, 179; Hing- ham, 149, 200; Hopkins' legacy, 218; bills of credit, 263; petition, 264.
Toy, Isaiah, 199, 215, 262; member for Boston, 178; thanks to Cotton, 180; to governor, 226; thanks to Sewall, 246; English petition, 257; bills of credit, 263.
Toys for Indian children, 149.
Trade, produce and, committee, 104, 110, 114, 120, 124, 126; illegal, with Indians, 116, 117; discouragement of, 129.
Trask, John, Jr., of Salem, petition, 210.
Treasurer's accounts, 51, 80, 87, 131; auditing of, 8, 12, 81, 90, 189, 194; election of Allen, 33, 92, 212; salary, 38, 42, 47, 59, 122; election, 90, 210, 212; governor's visit to Maine, 136, 138, 141.
Treasury, supply of, see Tax.
Trees, preservation, 130.
Trivet, Richard, 78; member for Marblehead, 77, 178; on produce and trade, 104.
True, Henry, captain, 142; member for Salisbury, 77.
True, William, member for Salisbury, 178.
Truro, 67; representatives, x, 77, 178; enlarge- ment of, 17, 24; minister's support, 212.
Tucker, Daniel, sergeant, 219; petition, 21, 28, 147.
Tucker, Ephraim, member for Milton, ix, 77. Tucker, John, of Dartmouth, 217, 224, 225, 228. Tufts, Peter, captain, member for Medford, ix. Turner, Thomas, 196, 202, 235; member for Scit- uate, 77, 178; on hospital, 86; on expiring laws, 88, 153, 188; on produce and trade, 104; me- dium of trade, 133; fees, 147; How's petition, 156; governor's speech, 170; bills of credit, 182;
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killing of wolves, 192; partition of lands, 200; Lynn minister, 234; petition, 235.
Turpentine from pine trees, 56.
Tuthill, Zachariah, captain, 115; memorial, 21, 24, 52.
Tuttle, John, 88.
Tuttle, Martha, petition, 88.
Tyley, Samuel, of Boston, petition, 197.
Tyley, Samuel, Jr., 258.
Underwood, Joshua, petition, 114.
Upham, Phineas, member for Malden, 77; on Lord's day, 137.
Usher, John, petition, 188, 225, 230, 257, 269; settlement of treasurer's accounts, 188.
Valuation of rateable estate, committee, 83, 90; bill, 259.
Varney, Thomas, petition, 271.
Vaughan, George, lieutenant governor, 80.
Verdy, Luke, petition, 125, 126.
Verien, see Vering.
Vering, John, 114. Vering, Mercy, petition, 114, 162, 164.
Vering, Thomas, 114, 162, 164.
Votes of House, printing of, 65, 70, 123, 184; signing by governor, 74.
Wachusett Hill, 54.
Wade, Jonathan, Wells and Kittery, 241.
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, II, 23.
Wadsworth, John, member for Milton, 178.
Wadsworth, John, of Duxbury, 241.
Wadsworth, Joseph, captain, 179, 262; member for Boston, 178; thanks to Cotton, 180; treas- urer's accounts, 189; hospital, 193; Campbell's petition, 203; bills of credit, 206, 263; Cape Cod petition, 208; impost accounts, 210; iron and slitting mills, 241, 243; Deerfield plat, 241; mills, 241; flask and sandware, 243; Castle William, 244, 253.
Waldo, Cornelius, of Boston, 132; petition, 206. Walker, admiral, 31, 119, 215, 219.
Walter, Nehemiah, petition, 117, 127, 128, 132, I33.
Wampas, John, Indian, 269.
Ward, John, 22; member for Newton, ix, 77, 178; medium of trade, 133.
Ward, Richard, 55.
Ward, William, surveyor, 35, 101, 121, 242; peti- tion, 96. Ware, John, 29.
Warren, James, II; member for Plymouth, ix.
Watertown, representatives, x, 77, 178; ministry in, 16; eastern congregation petition, 57.
Watts, John, Arrowsick colony, 4, 207; to Eastern Indians, 82, 84; letter of Tailer, 125; memorial, 140, 149. Webber, Deborah, 260. Webber, Samuel, of York, 259.
Wells, Jonathan, captain, member for Deerfield, 77.
Wells, Thomas, member for Deerfield, 178; peti- tion, 198.
Wells, 20; petitions, 92, 146, 217, 230, 236, 241; powder for, 155; representatives, 77, 178; bounds, 239, 241.
Wenham, 202; conduct of selectmen, 26, 39; representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Wentworth, John, eastern parts, 19.
Westborough, 247.
Westfield, representatives, ix, 77, 178.
West Hampshire, justices of, 34.
Weston, representatives, ix, 77, 178. Weymouth, representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Whaling, Nantucket, 138.
Wheeler, Zebadiah, petition, 35.
Wheelwright, John, of Wells, 5, 94, 199, 220; councillor, 2, 79, 180; eastern settlements, 20; on fort at Brunswick, 55; Kittery church, 86, 145; memorial, 101, 102; bills of credit, 190; petition, 199; Cape Porpus, 244.
Whipple, Cyprian, of Ipswich, petition, 136, 218.
Whipple, Dorothy, petition, 136.
Whipple, John, petition, 9, 37.
Whipple, Matthew, petition, 9, 37.
White, Edward, petition, 58, 100.
White, John, 48; member for Haverhill, ix; elected clerk, 1, 78, 179; commissioner to Cape Sables, 55; allowance, 75, 122, 166, 216, 255; monitor, 160; Norton boundary, 243.
White, Thomas, surveyor, 5, 18, 199.
White's Point, Newbury, 96.
Whitehall, 248.
Whitehall farm, 218, 245, 253, 254, 255, 257, 258, 264.
Whiting, Samuel, Sr., of Lynn, 196, 240.
Whitney, Benjamin, member for Sherborn, 77.
Whitney, Richard, petition, 35.
Wiley, Timothy, member for Reading, ix.
Willard, Simon, 54, 261, 273.
William III, portrait, 148.
Williams, Ann, petition, 173.
Williams, rev. John, accounts, 7, 9, 12.
Williams, -, pirate, 266.
Willoughby, Francis, commissioner of excise, 121. Wilson, Henry, 269.
Wilson, Mary, 269.
Wilson, William, member for Concord, ix, 77, 178; roads, 16; poll lists, 140; monitor, 180. Winchel, Joseph, clerk of Suffield, 52. »i Winchester, Josiah, member for Brookline, 178. Wine, excise on, 93.
Wing, Cord, petition, 94, 95.
Wing, John, captain, 206.
Winslow, Edward, of Boston, petition, 219.
Winslow, Isaac, 56, 60, 81, 133, 179, 224, 269; councillor, 2, 79, 180.
Winter Harbor, chaplain for fort, 12, 20; fort, 55, 62; town, IO1; minister, 102, 207, 214.
Winthrop, Adam, colonel, 1, 3, 22, 33, 35, 62, 71, 74, 88, 116, 117, 125, 128, 131, 138, 171, 174, 232, 233, 257, 260, 262, 265, 269, 270; member for Boston, ix; address to King, 5; governor's
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house, 14; trade of New Hampshire, 28; Pis- cataqua lands, 32; light-house, 32; Brunswick fort, 63; ordinary charges, 73; councillor, 79, 180; hospital, 94, 170; tax, 101; burning of bills, 137; memorial, 140; Dummer's letter, 185, 238; valuation bill, 259.
Winthrop, Wait, 7, 65; councillor, 2, 78, 179; petition, 21; reception of governor, 43.
Wiswall, Ichabod, allowance to, 92, 96.
Wiswell, Oliver, of Dorchester, petition, 164.
Witchcraft, petition of English, 214.
Woburn, 197, 199; representatives, ix, 77, 178; petition, 157.
Wolves, destruction of, 189, 190, 192, 210, 228, 232, 235, 237, 243.
Wood, John, petition, 257.
Wood, Josiah, of Framingham, petition, 143, 154.
Wood, Thomas, of Framingham, petition, 143, 153, 154.
Woodbridge, Joseph, cited, 20, 28.
Woodcock, Mary, petition, 83.
Woodcock, William, 83.
Woodel, Gershom, petition, 71; member for Tiv- erton, 77, 178.
Woods, surveyor of, 272.
Woodstock, representatives, ix, 178.
Woodward, -, 33.
Woodward, Samuel, secretary to council, 79, 80, 82; petition, 95, 121; memorial and grant, 126, 127.
Woodwell, Thomasin, alias Hill, petition, 94.
Woono, Isaac, Indian, petition, 43, 84, 98, 102.
Worcester, 4, 15, 28, 30, 44, 84, 112, 134, 173, 183,
184, 206, 212, 224; collection of taxes, 164.
Worthilake, George, petition, 200.
Wrentham, representatives, ix, 77, 178; attend- ance, 261.
Wright, Benjamin, Northfield, 106.
Wright, Benjamin, Jr., petition, 100.
Wright, Hannah, petition, 162.
Wright, John, petition, 199.
Wright, Thomas, petition, 104.
Writs, coroner's, 189, 191; interpretation of law, 192.
Yarmouth, representatives, x, 77, 178.
York, representatives, x, 77, 178; powder for, 155; treasurer's accounts, 203; shire town, 217; registry of deeds, 237.
York county, 232; tax apportioned, 39; settle- ments annexed, 120.
Young, Antony, of Dorchester, petition, 267.
Young, Jonathan, petition, 271.
Younglove, James, of Suffield, petition, 34, 52.
Younglove, Thomas, of Kittery, 26, 27.
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