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Board of Trade, 410 Bristol Manufacturing Co. of, 414 business firms in, list of, in 1830, 357 carriage manufacturing in, 418 ceremony upon the death of Gen. Washington in, 336 changes in the character of the busi- ness of, 381, 382 changes in the shore line of, 344 cholera scourge of 1832 in, 359 Choral Union, 354 note churches of, 332-334 and notes, 361- 365 and notes, 385 Citizens' National Bank of, 373 city incorporation of, 369 City Manufacturing Co. of, 413 Columbia Spinning Co. of, 414
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New Bedford, Copper Co., 415 Cordage Co., 415 cotton manufacture in, 411-414 Dartmouth Manufacturing Corpora- tion of, 414 decrease of the whaling industry, 410 description of, in 1815, from Ellis's History, 345-350
Dialectic Society, 353 early educational provisions in, 318 early progress of, 318
early regulations of fishing in, 318 early streets and roads in, 329
early workhouse in, 318
effect of the war of 1812 on the whaling industry, 339
effects of the Civil war upon the whal- ing fleet of, 377
emancipation proclamation meeting in, 377
financial panic of 1834 to 1840 in, 360 Fire Department, 406-409
fire of 1859 in, 375
first bridge between, and Fairhaven, 335
first city officers of, 369, 371
first meeting-house in, 328
First National Bank of, 351 note
first newspaper in, 330, 332
first protection against fire in, 319 first town officers of, 328 Five Cents Savings Bank, 373 flouring interest in, 420 Fort Phoenix at, 325
four districts, the, of, 329
Free Public Library, 372 and note
French avenue in, 374
Friends' Academy in, 400-402
gale of 1869 in, 382
Gentlemen's Amateur Glee Club of, 354 note
Glass Co., 416
Grinnell Manufacturing Corporation of, 412
growth of, in the last twenty years, 386
growth of the public school system of, 398, 399
Hathaway Manufacturing Co. of, 413 Hayden Society, 354 note
Howland Mills Corporation of, 413 Howland street riots in, 374
improvements in, between 1830 and incorporation, 359
in the gale of September, 1815, 350 in the Civil war, 375-379 in the war of 1812, 338-343
in the war of the Revolution, 319-326
New Bedford, incorporation of the town of, 328
Institution for Savings, 351 note introduction of gas lighting in, 372 iron manufacture in, 419
Ladies' Soldiers' Relief Society of, 376
list of merchants in, in 1820, 352
list of officers from, in the Civil war, 378, 279
list of sufferers from the British in-
vasion in, who received relief from the General Court, 325
losses by fire in, statistics of, 409
Lyceum Society, 353
made a half-shire town, 143, 654
Manufacturing Co., 413
manufacturing enterprises of, 410-421 map of, in 1795, 331
map of, in 1815, 346
map of, in 1834, 347
map of, in 1850, 370
mayors of. 390
Mechanics' Insurance Co. of, 358
Mechanics' National Bank of, 351 note Merchants' Bank of, 351 note military organizations of, 367, 368
miscellaneous manufactures of, 415- 421
Morse Twist Drill Co. of, 416
Mount Washington Glass Co. in, 416
Mozart Musical Society of, 354
National Bank of Commerce of, 351
necrology, 356, 360, 361, 387-389 newspapers of, 358, 403-406
oil and candle factories in, 352 Oneko Woolen Mills of, 413
opposition to the war of 1812 in, 338 Pacific Insurance Co. of, 358 note Pairpoint Manufacturing Co. of, 416 paper box manufacture in, 420
Pierce Manufacturing Co. of, 414 population of, 322, 387 post office, 335 and note
Potomska Mills in, 412 private and parochial schools of, 399 privateers in the harbor of, 341 progress of, since the Civil war, 380 Quakers, arrival of, in. 317 Quakers, sketch of the, in, 326-328 railroad from, to Fall River, 384 Rotch Spinning Co. of, 414
sacking of, by the British in 1778, 320-324
Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 386 schools of, 393-403 school buildings, statistics of, 397 Schubert Club, 354 note
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New Bedford, selectmen of, list of the, from 1787 to 1811, 337; from 1812 to 1846, 368, 369
settlement and settlers of, 316 shoe manufacture in, 417
sketch of, made in 1762, 317
Spinning Co., 413
St. Luke's Hospital in, 695 street railways in, 383
streets opened and accepted in, 357, 358, 366, 367, 379
Swain Free School in, 402
telephone introduced in, 386 Union for Good Works, 385
" wagon brigade " of, 340
Wamsutta Mills in, 411, 412
watchman in, 356
water supply, 380, 381
whale fishery, growth of the, 329, 330 whaling interest just previous to the war of 1812, 336
whaling industry, effects of the Rev- olution upon, 319
Whaling Insurance Co. of, 358 note Whitman Mill of, 414
wood-working in, 420
Young Men's Christian Association, 384
New England Novelty Co., 199 Newcomb Annes, 160 Harriet A., Mrs., 195 Nathaniel, 160 Newhall, Darius and Nehemiah, 203 James, 189
Newland, Benjamin and John, 62 Jeremiah, 64 John, 76 Newman, Noah, Rev., 139 Samuel, Rev., 12, 20, 138 Stephen M., Rev., 276 Newton, Ezra, Rev., 73
Nichols, Bradford W., 575 C. H., Rev., 479 G. M., 191 Israel, Capt., 110, 114 James, Rev., 89 J. F., 581 Lafayette, 541, 574, 581 Thomas C., 112 Walter D., 90 William, 88
Nightingale, John K. H., 155
Norris, Benjamin, Capt., 114 North, William T., Rev., 279 note, 480
North Attleborough, appropriations for public uses in, 173 churches of, 177 erection of the town of, 172
North Attleborough, Fire Department, 175
first officers of, 172
library, 175 parks, 175, 176
poor farm, 173
schools, 176
water works, 174
Even Chronicle, 177
Fire District, 174 National Bank, 177
Union Improvement District, 175
North Co-operative Stove Foundry, 180 North Dighton Co-operative Stove Co., 197 North Purchase, the, 8
difficulty in making divisions of, 50, 51 divisions of the, 48, 49
incorporated as the town of Attle- borough, 47
list of persons who drew for division of, 1668-69, 49 list of proprietors of, 1672, 49, 50 reservations in, 48
Norton, Abraham, Capt., 111 Jencks, 474 Norton, bounties for killing wild animals in, 62
early churches of, 64, 65 and note
early industries of, 66, 67
early physicians of, 68
early schools of, 66
early settlers of, 61-63
first officers of, 60
gazetteer of the town of, 194-196
granting of petition for town of, 60, 61 in the French and Indian war, 63
in the Revolution, 100, 103
incorporation of, 59
industries of, 161
list of petitioners for bounding the precinct of, 60
quaint extracts from the records of, 62 Manufacturing Co., 160
Nourse, Henry S., 247
Nowel, George W., 581
Nowell, John P., 577
Noya, F., Rev., 365 note
Noyes, Henry A., 275
Nutting, James H., Rev., 507 note. William, 354 note
Nye, Asa R., 373 Charles H., 376 John, 137 Philip, 210 Thomas, 135, 137, 138, 336, 351 Thomas, jr., 351, 358, note
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INDEX.
Nye, William, Capt., 125 William C., 351 note William F., 415
Oliver Ames High School, 198 Nathaniel, 44 Ordronaux, John, 283 Ormsbee, Benjamin, 138
Orswell, John, 455
Osborn, Franklin P., 629
J. E., 304, 569, 575, 592, 594, 597 James M., 574, 578, 587, 591 Joseph, 497, 498, 578 Weaver, 498 and note, 499, 500, 577, 578, 587, 591, 629 Osborne, J. W., 113 Moses, Rev., 479 Otis, Ephraim, Dr., 680 Harrison G., 296, 297 Harrison G., jr., 296
Owen, Daniel; sr., 75
Packard, Nathaniel, Irving and Emory, 163
Paddock, Judah, 138
Padelford, David, 270
Edward, 275 note
George, 271
Philip, Dr., 680 Seth, 246, sketch of, 667
Page, John Ham Williams, 354, 401, sketch of, 671
Pager, George, Rev., 365 note
Paige, Nomus, 283 note, 303 Onias S., 289
Pain, Edward, 439 William, 92
Paine, James E., 182, 204 John, Lieut., 100 John Chester, Rev., 113
Robert Treat, 662, sketch of, 666 Stephen, 650, 651 Walter, 3d, 559, 584, 590
Pairpoint, T. J., 416 Palmer, Alexander, 204 A. P., Rev., 279 note Edward A., 592 Elisha T., 592
Frank L., 592
George S., 592
Joseph, 65 Richard A., 358 note Walter, 16, 19
William F., 247
Parker, Abel W., 278 note
Daniel, Dr., 68 Daniel, Capt., 100
David L., 335 note
Palmer, Elisha, Capt., 109 Frederick, 358 note George, Lieut., 340 John, 224, 227 John Avery, 351 and note, 394
Ward M., 411 William, 223, 227, 256, 258
William and John, 252 William C., 660 William H., 594, 596, 597
Parkinson, J., Rev., 279
Parmenter, J. C., 359
Parris, J. B., Rev., 164
Parry, Elias, 242 note
Parsons, J. U., Rev., 89 Theophilus, 274
Partridge, Ralph, 427
Patten, David, Rev., 480, 549
Patterson, S. T., Rev., 506 note
Paull, C. F., 203
Charles H., 285
Edward, 72
Isaac D., 285
John, 88
Richard, 224, 227, 258
Samuel, 103
Payne, Charles H., Rev., 480
Stephen, 16, 17, 19, 20
Payson, W. E., 196
Peabody, Ephraim, Rev., 334 note William, 429, 439
Pearce, Alfred, 475 note Edward, 569 Edward, jr., 569
Pearson, James B., 608, 613
Pease, Abner, 137, 210 Bartlett, Rev., 119 F. A., Rev., 133
Peck, Benjamin, 115 Charles, 138
David W. and Cornelius, 213
Gustavus B., 179
H., 58 Jethniel, 20
Joseph, 20
J. Milton, Rev., 364 note. Nicholas, 44
Samuel, Capt., 20 William, Gen., 150
Peckham, Stephen, 128 A. C., Dr., 692, 694 Pierce, Edmund, 110 Elijah, 513 E. W., Gen., 170
Job, Capt., 111 John, 132 Preserved, 130 Peloubet, Francis N., Rev, 57
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Pence, Thomas, 59 Penfield, Samuel, 54 Pepall, George, 475 Perkins, Gideon, jr., 301 G. G., Rev., 276 note Sampson, 210 Perley. M. P., 274 Perrin, Parley I., 279 note, 288, 289 Perry, Charles A., Rev., 276 note Charles & Co., 186 David, Capt., 150 Ebenezer, Dr., 681 Edgar, 179 Henry C., 279 note James, Capt., 101, 102, 162 James L., 247 Jireh, 358 note, 411 John, Capt., 100 Kimball, 351 note Martha, Dr., 696 Nathaniel, Capt., 63, 77 Samuel, Dr., 342, 681 William F., Dr., 151, 684 William H., 590
Peters, Arnold, 584
Pettey, Asa, 583
Phelps, Thaddeus, Dr., 684
Philbrook, N. T., Rev., 279
Phillips, Abiezer, 100 Arthur S., 659 Darius, 90 Ebenezer and Darius, 88 George R., 359 note, 420 Gilbert, 200
Jacob. 270 James, 42, 250 John, 74, 75, 78 John, jr., 76 Joshua, 101 Samuel, Rev., 64, 100
Samuel, son of Capt. John, 77
Watson L., Rev., 480
William, 197, 224, 227, 364 William, son of Capt. John, 76 William H., 288 Williams, Rev., 57 Phipps, Abner J., 373, 396 Physicians, early, 680-682 Pickens, John, 328, 336 Pierce, Asa, 131, 132, 364 Asa C., 417 Andrew G., 383, 402, 412, 416, 584 Bion C., 304 B. W., 622 Charles H., 402 Eben, 421 Ebenezer, jr., 88 Elkanah, 203
Pierce, Esek H., 179 E. W., Gen., 437 Isaac, 278 note James, 113 Michael, Capt., 41 Morton, Elder, 113 Otis, 247 Peter H., 278 Preserved, 113 Richard, Rev., 148, 332 Samuel T., 186 Uriah, 102 Pioneers, characteristics of the, 31, 32
Pipon, John, Rev., 276
Pitkin, Ozias C., 246 note Pitman, Charles, 544 Robert C., sketch of, 674 William R., 475 Pitts, Ebenezer, 71, 72 Peter, Capt., 100 Peter, jr., 251
Pizer, John P., 286
Place, Alfred C., 278 note
Plummer, Henry M., 421
Pole, Elizabeth, 227, 229 (Pool, Poole), William, 224, 227, 243, 248, 252, 256 Pollard, Andrew, Rev., 242 note
Pomeroy, Edward N., Rev., 276 note Pool (Pole), Elizabeth, 7, 216, 217 H. M., 278 Isaac, 72 John, 64 Joseph, 72 Poole, George F., Rev., 480 J., H. M. and John M., 163 Poor, Ebenezer, Rev., 89 Pope, Edward, Col., 98, 342, sketch of, 670
Isaac, 134, 328 Seth, 99, 134, 669 Population of the county, 5 Porter, Benjamin, 439 B., jr., 173 Charles, 278 Charles L., 581, 582 Jacob L., 663 P. Chester, Dr., 89 Post-offices in the county, 5, 6
Potter, Daniel C. S. M., Rev., 65 Joseph H., jr., 574 Myron, 187 Oliver, 322 Otis, 113 Stephen, 354 Stephen N., 358 note Stokes, 128 William F., Rev., 365
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Potter, William J., Rev., 232 note, 334 note, 385, 402 William S., 582 Povey, Richard, Rev., 507 note
Pratt, Foster & Co., 164 G. W., 590 Henry, 475 note
Horatio, 94, 278 note, 545
Jabez, son of Jonathan, 63
Jonathan, Dr., 92, 94 Joseph, Lieut., 95
Josiah, 91 Micah, Drs., 680
Nathan, 163
Samuel, 63
Seth, 101
Solomon, and sons Charles and Har- rison, 151
Thomas, 75, 78 William, Elder, 77, 78
Prence, Thomas, 231
Prentice, Solomon, Rev., 79-81
Prentiss, Junius P., 569, 582
Presbo, James, and son Zadoc, 86
Presbrey, Allen, 167 Benjamin F., 274 note, 287 Daniel, 160 John, 273 Seth, 270 Silas D., Dr., 289, 695, 696
Simeon, 278 note
Simeon, jr., 160 William, 270
Prescott, Oliver, 657 note William H., 296
Prevost, J. A., Rev., 508 note
Price, Edward, 155 Edward R., 160, 176, 177 Prices, schedule of, of necessaries from 1795 to 1815, 127
Prince, Thomas, 274 note
Proctor, C. H., Rev., 364 note
Purchase, Oliver, 227, 249
Purchasers of Assonet, list of the, 9 Purinton, Clark, 131
Quakers and Baptists, persecutions of, in Dartmouth, 115, 116 persecutions of the, 32, 33 Queen Anne's war, 46
Quinby, George W., Rev., 277 Quinn, Francis, 623
Railroads, first, 144, 145; 167 Ramsay, Charles C., 613 Ramsbottom, George, 364 note Rand, Nathan, 278 note Randall, Charles, Rev., 133
Randall, Charles S., 415 (Randell), Ephraim, 74 Ephraim, son of Thomas, 75 Ephraim, and son Timothy, 83 George H., Dr., 68
George M., Rev., 503 (Randell), Israel, 74 Jonathan, 84 J. F., & Co., 200 L. C., 200 Matthew, Capt .. 100, 101, 102, 266 Menzies R., Dr., 684
(Randell) Thomas, sr., and Thomas, jr., 74, 75 Thomas, Israel and Ephraim, 78 Thomas, and sons John and Samuel, 83 Widow, 225 William, 30 Raymond, Ephraim, 67, 160 E. P., 359 note
Raynham, college graduates in, 86 early churches of, 87 early families in, 85 early school interests in, 87 establishmeet of the Leonard iron works in, 85 gazetteer of the town of, 200-202 in King Philip's war, 85 pioneers of, 85, 86 Enterprise, the, 201 Read, Alexander, Dr., 354, 681 Amos, 138 A. A., 186
Ensign, 58
Ferdinand, S., 415
James, 57, 600
John, 19 Jonathan, 447 Joseph E., 513 Moses, Lieut., 56 William, Capt., 133, 447, 563, 605
Reagan, Michael, 623
Rebellion, men furnished in the war of the, 171 Records, Tillinghast, 575
Redding, Zebedee, 266 Reddington, W., Rev., 506 note
Reed, John, 120, 146 and note, 266, 360 John, 2d, Capt., 97 John, Rev., 119 Joseph, 272 Josiah, 141 Milton, 591, 594, 659 Noah, Capt., 126 Augustus B., Rev., 479 Benjamin, Capt., 102 Charles A., 290
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INDEX.
Reed, Chester I. 274 note, sketch of, 668 Daniel. jr., 301 Daniel, & Co., 156 Edgar H., 283 Erastus M., 94, 205, 658
Frederick A., Rev., 276 note
George E., Rev., 505
George H., Rev., 276 note
Henry G , 279 note, 288, 297, 298 Hodges, 283 William, 131, 277, 296, 453 William, Rev., 81
William, jr., 273 note, 274 note William and Milton, 274 note & Godfrey, 473
Rehoboth, celebration of the 250th anni- versary of, 179 drawing of lots in, 17, 18 early churches in, 112-114 early school affairs in, 112, 114 founding of the first church in, 20 gazetteer of the town of, 185, 186 Goff Memorial Hall at, 179
in the Revolution, 99
list of registered land holders in, 17 list of proprietors of, in 1689, 18, 19 list of shareholders in, drawn in 1644, 15
list of Shays's insurrectionists in, 112 " nine men to order general affairs in." the, 14, 16
Orleans Cotton Factory and its suc- cessors in, 114 prices of grain in, in 1653, 19
religious divisions in, resulting in the setting off of Swansea, 20 settlement of, 12 town proceedings, 1645-58, 17-20 workhouse in, provisions for, 114 Sentinel, the, 180
Union Manufacturing Company, 115 Relyea, Benjamin J., Rev., 479
Remington, Hale, 500, 501, 537 and note Robert K., 504, 574, 589 Revolution, effects of the, 103, 104 Rew, Edward, 258
Rexford, Charles W., 358
Reynolds, M., 474 Thaddeus, 128 Rhodes, George H., 290 Marcus M., 283 note, 289 Rice, Henry, 174 Spencer M., Rev., 364
Rich, A. J., Rev., 502
Richards Brothers, 175 Calvin, 55 Edmund Ira, 55, 157, 167, 174 Edmund Ira, and wife, 175
Richards, Edward, 55 George, 354 note G. I., & Co., 157 G. I .. , Dr., 694 Harvey M., 55, 156, 157
Ira, 55. 157
John, 55 Josiah D., 55, 167, 174 J. J. & J. M., 159 Manning, 55, 156
Nathan, 55
Thomas, 55 & Price, 157 Richardson, Caleb, Capt., 98, 100 John, 155, 157 N., Rev., 152 Stephen, Col., 55, 98, 174
Stephen, 2d, 167 Stephen, and son Clarence H., 157 Richmond, Charles, 160, 263, 278, 292, 296, 297 Charles R., 296
Elezear, 296
Gideon, 358 note
James, 128 John, 10, 68, 69, 100, 225, 227, 232 Joshua, 373
Martha B., 275
N., Rev., 276 note
Sarah W., 275 Silas P., Col., 169
Sylvester, Col., 74
Sylvester, jr., 651, 661
Sylvester, 3d, 100
Thomas, 251
Thomas J., Rev., 119
Thomas Tobey, Rev., 89, 271 W. S., 592
Ricketson, Barton, 358 note Daniel, 329 Joseph, 351 note, 353, 406, 415
Rider, J. E. and W. H., 204
Ridgway, H. A., Rev., 507 note
Riley, James W., 172 & French, 159
Ripley, William, 251
Rivers of the county, 2
Roach, James F., Rev., 280 note
Robbins, Eliphalet H., 377 John, jr., 58 Roberts, B. H., 563 Jacob, Rev., 137 James A., Rev., 90 note, 334 note Thomas, 109 Robertson, George, 406 William S., 475 note Robeson, Andrew, 321 note, 352, 373, 462, 466, and note, 467, 566, 569
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INDEX.
Robeson, Andrew, jr., 467, 566, 569 Andrew, 3d, 568 Louis, 570 Samuel, 461 William R., 467, 569 Robinson, Charles, 302 Ebenezer, 85, 293 Edward Mott, 351, 352
Enoch, Capt., 99, 100 Enoch, jr., 180
George, 48, 52 George A., 152, 204
H. D., Rev., 279 note
Increase and Charles, 300
James, 412 Jonas, 147 Obed, Otis and Richard, 155
Samuel, Capt., 86, 98, 99
Thomas, 57
William, 364 note
W. A., & Co., 415
William D., Major, 86
W. H., 157 W. S., Dr., 696
Roche, Manning B., Dr., 697 Rock, John, 285
Rodman, Benjamin, 351 note, 353, 465, 556, 565 Samuel, 352, 401, 564
Samuel, jr., 351 note, 353
S. W., 358 note, 564
Susan E., 363
Thomas R., 377
William, 351 note William L., 373
Rogers, Abbie P., 211 Henry H., 211 H. H., jr., 211 John, 51, 94 John and John W., 204
Mary H., 211
Robert C., Rev., 242 note Rowland, 210
William, 63
Rogerson, A. V., 205 Robert, Rev., 211
Rondeau, S. P., Rev., 504 note
Rood, J. A., Rev., 506 note
Roripaugh, S. L., Rev., 365
Ross Heel Co., 200 Samuel, 405 Rossiter, Hugh, 225 Rotch, Benjamin S., 358 note, 415 Francis, 318, 352, 354, 565 Joseph, 317-319 Thomas, 351 note, 353 William, 136, 147, 318, 332, 400, 401 William, jr., 336, 351 note, 401, 406
Rotch, William B., 565 William J., 415, 584 Round, Benjamin, Dr., 68 Richard, Elder, 113 Rounds, Benjamin M., 698 J. S., 167 L. A., 295 Rounseville, Cyrus C., 583 Joseph, 439 Levi, Capt., 102 Marcus M., 191 Philip and Capt. Levi, 111 Thomas 102 Rousmaniere, Edmund S., Rev., 364
Rowland, Edmund, Rev., 364
Rowley, F. H., Rev., 477
Ruby, George C., 285
Rugg, Charles P., 396
Ruggles, Micah H., 469, 470, 491, 516, 517
Rumsey, Burpee, 204
Runnels, Benjamin, 102 Frances J., Miss, 694
Russell, Abram, 322
Benjamin, 127, 351 note
Caleb, 316 Gilbert, 351 note
John Summers, 353, 670
Joseph, 316, 322, 328, 352
P. R., Rev., 481
Ralph, 85, 228, 261
Seth, jr., 357, 407 William T., 353
Rust, N. J., 575 R. H., Rev., 505
St. Claire, Alanson T., Rev., 364
St. John, T. E., Rev., 365
Sabin, William, 20
Sace, Edward, 252
Sachems, Jeff, 102
Sadler Brothers, 159, 193
L. E., 159 Otis, 173 Saffin, John, 670
Salisbury, George, 623
Sampson, Earl, 110 Elnathan, 316 William S., 153
Sanderson, Joseph, Rev., 386
Sanford, Arnold B., 592, 593, 596, 693 E., Rev., 73 Gardner T., 354 note
James, John and Enoch, Revs., 88 James, John, Enoch, Alpheus and Baalis, 90 John, Rev., 479 John A., 593 John B., 209, 494
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INDEX.
Sanford, John E., 247, 279 note, 283, 291 Joseph, Col., 90, 103 L. B., 580 W. H., 153, 173
Sandland, Capron & Co., 159
Sargent, Sumner B., 304
Savery, Phineas, Dr., 684
Sawin, Ezekiel, 210
Sawyer, Ephraim, Elder, 119 Gideon, Mr. and Mrs., 354 Richard, 137
Sayer, Benjamin F., 361 William L., 404 Sayward James H., Rev., 94
Scadding, William, 225
Scott, Jacob R., Rev., 477 Orange, Rev., 480 Walter, 623
Seabury, Alexander H., 373, 416 David, & Co., 475 Pardon G., 145 Pardon T., Rev., 149 Warren, 188
Seamans, Job, 57 Thomas, 113
Searle, Charles F., 497
Sears, C. H., 304
Seaver, James Edward, 218, 244
Seavey, Henry, 624
Seekel, Aaron, 102
Seekonk, early churches of, 138, 139 early schools of, 138 early settlers of, 138 erection of, 138 gazetteer of the town of, 212, 213 incorporated as Rehoboth, in 1645, 16 list giving amount of the estates of residents of, about 1643, 13 proceedings in, relating to lands, in 1644, 16 settlement at, 12, 13
Seibel, George F., 288 Selectmen, origin of, 14 and note Selee, Benjamin and John, 76 John, and son Nathan, 84 Settlement, progress of, before incorpo- ration of the county, 11 Sever, William, 269 William, and sons John and William, 302
Shahan, Thomas H., Rev., 280
Sharp, James L., 377 Sharples, William E., 564
Shattuck, Benjamin F., 367 Shaw, Abraham, 72 Benjamin, 86 Edwin, 541, 544, 589 Elijah, Rev., 481
Shaw, Frank, 181 Jahaziah, 86 John, Lieut., 100 Jonathan, Lieut .- Col., 86 Mason, Capt., 86, 100 Nathan, 201 William P., & Co., 193 "Shawomat Lands," the, 10 Purchase, the, 129 purchasers, list of the, 130
Shays's rebellion, 105-107 Shearman, Abishar, 328 Abraham, 406, 416 Abraham, jr., 351 note
John, 329 L., 131 Samuel, 131 Sheffield, J. F., Rev., 507 note Sheldon, Ephraim and John, 93 James, 113 Luther, Rev., 81
Shepard, David, 155 Elmer M., 204
Henry, 182 Isaac, son of Thomas, 63
Nathaniel, Rev., 177
Sally, 275 note Schuyler, Capt., and Albert S., 204 Silas, 272, 278 note, 295, 299
Shepardson, John, 151, 205
Shephard, John, 650 Shepherd, T. P., 584 William, 256 Shepley, J., Rev., 506 note
Sheppard, Nathaniel, 57
Shepperson, Daniel, 51, 52
Sheridan, Edward J., Rev., 280
Sherman, Abraham, jr., 332, 353
Benjamin, Capt., 129 Charles E. W., & Sons, 158
C. R., 421
Daniel and Edmund, 134
Isaac, 137
James, 131
Jireh, Capt., 187
Robert R., 419
William, 158 William B., 381 note
W. R., 421 Zacheus, 278 note, 284
Shields, Patrick, 204
Shiverick, Joseph R., 363
Short, Matthew, Rev., 56, 77, 78 Nerney & Co., 159
Shove, Azariah, 496 Azariah and Jarvis, 462, 562 Charles M., 497, 571, 583 Charles O., 570, 571, 582, 583, 588
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INDEX.
Shove, Clark, 465, 469, 512, 513, 566, 583 Edward, 71, 73, 511, 571, 576, 583 George, 10, 231, 233
George, Rev., 71, 240, 243 George, Asa, Samuel and William, 88 Laura G., 694, 695 Samuel, 468, 556, 598
Samuel, & Co., 474
Silas, Rev., 479
Theophilus, 130, 131 W. Frank, 564-566
Shumway, Herbert H., 303, 304
Silsbury, George C., 595, 597
Elijah, 63
E. F., Rev., 507 note
Francis, 262
George E., 196
Henry, 16, 17
Iram, 497 and note, 587
Isaac, Lieut., 100
James, 120
Simon, B. F., Rev., 506
Simpson, Joseph, Rev., 279 note
Sims, Gardiner C., 584
Sisson, Edward, Dr., 699 John, 116, 327 Peleg, 128 Skiff, John, 321
Skinner, Benjamin, 95 Ezra, 92
George W., Rev., 365
Hezekiah, Dr., 94
Isaac, 94
N. H., 288
Thomas, 66, 92
Thomas, John, Solomon, Joseph, Ebenezer, Samuel and Benjamin, 91
Slade, Abbott E., 589, 590
Albion K., 608, 613
Benjamin, 453, 563
Caleb, 214
Charles M., 575
David F., 591, 659
Eber, 451, 453, 463, 464
Elisha, 132
George W., 583, 596
John P., 501 and note, 571, 582, 583, 589, 590
Jonathan, 131, 521, 545, 591, 620
Lemuel N., 590, 600
Nathan, 131, 563
Philip, Rev., 122
William, 131, 563, 564
William, 3d, 452 William, and sons Jonathan, Ed- ward and William, 130 William L., 131, 579, 587 William T., 591
Slater, James, 364 note
Slead, Job, Capt., 130
Slocom, Anthony, 225
Slocum, Ebenezer, 544 John O., 188 Peleg, 118 Small, Albion K. P., Rev., 477 Smith, Abraham, 335 note, 406 Amasa, Rev., 479 Charles E., 174
Daniel H., 160, 329
Edward, 16, 17
Simmons, Amos, 328 David, Rev., 109 John, 100 Nathan, 109 R. F., 176
R. F., & Co., 159 Thomas, Elder, 475
Jesse B., 278
Job, 265, 269
John, 63, 226, 227
John, jr., 251
John B., 351 note
John C., 589
Jonathan, 160, 161
Joseph H., Elder, 166, 359 note Lucius, 465
M. A., 213
Nathan, 67
Richard, 225
Richard F., 503 note
Samuel, 465
Samuel, jr., 76
Sidney, 364 note
Stephen S., 359 note
Theron S., 172, 173
Thomas M., Rev., 479
Timothy, Dr., 68
William, 16, 19, 364 note
William and Isaac, 101
W. J., Rev., 276 note & Crosby, 160
Smyth, H. J., Rev., 280 note
Snell, David A., 418 Joseph, 82 Snelling, Joseph, Rev., 133 Rodman P., 596
Snow, Charles A., 463 note. 505 Theodore William, Rev., 142 note, 364 William O., 201, 278
Somerset, churches of, 152 early churches in, 132, 133
early industries of, 133 early school measures in, 131 early settlers of, 130, 131 erection of, 129
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INDEX.
Somerset, first officers of, 130 gazetteer of the town of, 208, 209 industries of, 152, 153 stoneware manufacture in, 152, 153 Enameled Brick Co., 153 Iron Works Co., 153 Pottery Co., 152 Stove Foundry Co., 153 Soper, Oliver, Capt., 100, 266 Soule, Rufus A., 418 Sylvanus, 131 South Purchase, the, 10
the, incorporated as Dighton, and list of proprietors, 68, 69 Southwick, Arnold W., 419 John, 473 Southworth, Constant, 10, 30, 35, 59, 231- 233
John, 187, 572 Thomas, 59, 231, 429
Sowle, Frederick A., 420
Spalding, A. D., Rev., 133
Spaulding, D. S., 151, 205
Spear, John M., Rev., 365 Samuel S., Rev., 503 note Spencer, James H., 286 T. G., Rev., 507 note
Spinney, J. P., 201 William N., 474 Spooner, James, 271 John, 330 Paul, Dr., 681 Sampson, 329 Samuel, William and John, 134 Walter, 99, 246 Zachariah, 188 Sprague, Anthony, 52 Sproat, Henry H., 112 James, 276, 296 James (father and son), 657 note James, James H. and James C., 302 William A. F., 277 Stackford, John, 563
Stackpole. Hiram H., 210
Stafford, Foster H., 579, 580, 587, 629 John F., 596 Stage lines, early, 128, 144 Stall, Samuel, Capt., 125, 342 Stanley Bros., 159 Otis, 157 Stephen, 172, 173, 176 Stanton, Michael E., 623 Starle, Mark, Rev., 480 Staples, Calvin, 354 James, 354 John, 85, 251, 354 J. Forest, 203 Nathaniel, 271 yy
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