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WORCESTER SS Anno Regni Regis Georgi Secundi nunc Magna Britanic Francia et Hibernia NonoO
Att a Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace be- gun and Held at Worcester in and for the County of Worcester on the Second Tuesday of May being the 11th day of Said Month anno Dominij 1736
JUSTICES PRESENT
John Chandler Esq"
Samuel Dudley Esqrs
Joseph Wilder Esq"
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Justices of Henry Lee
Justices
William Ward Esq".
the Peace Nahum Ward
of the
William Jenison Esq"
and Quo-
Peace
John Chandler J' Esqr rum
Coroners Capt James Wilder M' Seth Chapin Jr M" Joseph Wright & M' Gershom Rice
Old Grand Jury
M' Jona Houghton foreman
M' Joseph Crosby Capt Daniel Taylor M' James Heaton
M' John Starns M' William Green M' Thomas Hapgood
M' Isaac Thayer Capt John Fay · Mr Caleb Sawyer
Mr Eliphalett Carpenter M" Gershom Keith Mr William Jones
Mr William Ayres M' Isaac Learned Mr John Stockwell
M' Richard Wilds Dept Sheriff attended on them
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New Grand Jury for 1736
Sutton M' Robert Goddard foreman
Worcester M' Thomas Rice Mr Nath11 Green Leicester
M' Cyprian Stevens M' Jona Furbush Westboro'
Mendon M' Nathan Tyler
M' Joseph Taft Jun' Uxbridge
Woodstock M' Joseph Lyon
Rutland M' James Wright
Brookfield Mr John Ayre
Lunenburge M" Benjamin Goodrich
M' David Fay Southborough
M' Symon Maynard Shrewsbury Harvard M' John Daly
M' Samuel Davis Oxford Grafton M' James Whiple
Lancaster M' Elias Sawyer
They were Sworn & Sent home
David Farnsworth and Hanah his wife both of Lunenburg &ct came into Court and Confessd themselves Guilty of the Crime of fornication were find thirty Shillings Each and Cost & then dismd
Sarah Bucknum of Sutton Singlewoman came into Court & Con- fess'd she had been Guilty of ye Crime of fornication was find thirty Shillings & Cost & then dismiss'd.
James Magregore of Grafton &ct being presented by the Grand jury for Uuecessary Traveling on the Lords day made his Excuse and was dismissd paying Costs
The Select men of Mendon presented a warrant directed to their Constable to warn Mary Thoits to depart their Town & being duly Served was approved
An accot of John Chandler J' Esqr amounting unto the Sum of of fourteen pound Six Shillings allowed of by the Court and the County Treasurer is accordingly order to pay ye Same
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Court of General Sessions. S MAY ¿ TERM,
Benjamin Flagg County Treasurer presented his accounts from may 1735 To May 1736. which were Carefully Examined by the Court and accordingly approved of the ballance in favour of the County when all ye Taxes are paid is fifty Three pounds fourteen Shillings & Ten pence & the Court direct the Clark to Signe ye Same in ye name of ye Court
The Votes Sent in from the Several Towns in the County for the Choice of Register of Deeds were opened in & Sorted [by] the Court. The Number of Votes wer 522 : and it appeared that John Chandler J' Esqr was Elected by 517 Votes and was accord- ingly Sworn to the faithfull discharge of his office by the Hon11 Jo- seph Wilder Esqr
The Votes Sent in from ye Several Towns for ye Choice of a County Treasurer being opened & Sorted by ye Court it appeared that there were Two hundred Sixty Eight Votes and that Capt Benjamin Flagg was Elected by 266. votes and was according Sworn to ye faithfull discharge of his office by ye Clerk in & by order of the Court
A By law of the Town of Lunenburg prohibiting Cattle & Horses from being brought into their Town &ct was presented to the Court and according allowed of and approved by the Court
A Petition of Nathaniel Dike & nine others Inhabitants of Sut- ton Seting forth the Great Difficulty they Labour under for want of a Sutable Road from Sutton to Worcester the Shire Town of ye County Read & ordered that William Jenison Esq Major Jonas Rice and Capt Benjamin Flagg be a Comittee to Consider of Said Petition as to the necessaty of a Road being laid out and to view and make Report as Soon as may be To this Court of what they may think proper to be done In answer to Said Petition
WORCESTER SS Anno Ri R$ Georgij Secundi nunc Magna Britainic Francia et Hibernia Decimo
Att a Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace be- gun and Held at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester on the Second Tuesday of August being the Tenth day of Said Month annoq Dominij 1736
JUSTICES PRESENT
John Chandler Esqrs Josiah Willard Esq"
Joseph Wilder
Justices of the Peace
Nahum Ward Esq"
William Ward
and Quo- Joseph Dwight Esq"
William Jenison
rum
Sam" Willard Esq"
John Chandler J'
Samuel Dudley Esq™
Henry Lee Esq' Edward Hartwell Esq' John Keyes Esq™ Justices of the Peace
Capt James Wilder M' Seth Chapin Jr M" Joseph Wright & M' Gershom Rice Coroners
Grandjury
M' Robert Goddard foreman
M' David Fay M' Symon Maynard
M' Thomas Rice
M' Nath" Green M' Benja Goodrich
M' Cyprian Stevens
M' Jona Furbush M' John Daly
M' Elias Sawyer
M' Joseph Taft M' James Whiple
M' Nathan Tyler
M' Sam" Davis Each attd Three days and
Mr Joseph Lyon
M' James Wright M' Isaac Farnsworth
Dept Sheriff attended on them
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Court of General Sessions. S AUGUST TERM,
The Court Taking into Consideration the small Extent of the Prison yard, and M' Jotham Rice the under Keeper of the Prison who has got a Dweling House & land adjoining thereto being will- ing to Subject it for that use The Court therefore order the Prison yard be Inlarged viz' on ye Side next the County Road To Extend Southerly on ye Same Course ye Yard now is so far as That a line Extending westward as said Rices fence now Stands will Include said Rices house & So to Extend Westward - - - as far as Said Rices land goes -- -- and northward as far as ye prison yard now is
Solomon Johnson of Leicester In the County of Worcester Gent. being Convicted of Drunkenness by the View of the Justices in Court, & it being a second Conviction-The Court thereupon or- der & Sentence him that he pay a fine of Ten Shillings to the use of the Poor of the Town of Worcester where the offence was Com- itted or Stand Comitted in his majestys Goal in Worcester by the Space of Twenty four Hours & pay Cost & Fees and Give bond by way of Recognizance with Suretys for the Good behaviour till the Court of Generall Sessions of the peace to be held here in No- vember next viz* The said Solomon Johnson in Ten pounds & the Suretys in five pound Each and to stand Comitted till Sentence is performed & he failing of So doing The Court ordered The Clerk To Issue out a mittemus accordingly which was done
The Court now order that a Sutable Vault for Receiving the ordure of those who are or may be Confined in the Goal in Wor- cester be made as Soon as may be & that due Care be had in making the Same Strong and well plateing the hole to be Cut through the floor into the Same & making of it very secure and William Jenison and Daniell Gookin Esq' are appointed To See the Same Effected at the Charge of the County
The Select men of Lunenburg presented a warrant directed to their Constable to warn Ebenezer Slinglee & his family to depart their Town and being duly Served was approved
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The Select men of Dudley presented a warrt directed to their Constable to warn Martha Mackintire to depart their Town &ct which was approved it being Duly Served
The Selectmen of Mendon presented a Warrt directed to their Constable to warn Mary Wilson to depart their Town &ct which being duly Served was approved-also another To warn Benja Ramsdell & his wife to depart their Town approved in like maner
The Select men of Shrewsbury presented a warrant directed to their Constable to warn Thomas Foster to depart their Town which being duly Served was approved
A By law of the Town of Mendon Respecting Rams was pre- sented for allowance & Disapproved
Ebenezer Hows Recognizance Discharged
John Dakin of Lancaster in ye County of Worcester husbandman being presented by the Grandjurors &ct for not attinding ye Pub- lick Worship of God &ct appeared & made his Excuse & was dis- miss'd paying Cost
A Vote or By law of the Town of Brookfield Relateing To Rams approved of by the Court
Jonathan Harwood of Sutton in ye County of Worcester hus- bandman appeared in Court To answer To his presentment for not attending on ye Publick Worship of God, and made his Excuse & was Dismiss'd paying Costs
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Martha Mackintire of Dudley or Resident in Dudley Single woman Stood bound over To this Court by way of Recognizance by John Chandler Esqr To answer for the Crime of fornication appeared in Court & Confess'd ye Crime was find To the King thirty Shilling & Cost which She paid.
Ruth Ballard of Lancaster &ct being bound over to this Court In aug : 1735 by Mr Justice Wilder To answer for ye Crime of for- nication her Recognizance was Continued To this Court & She now appeared & Confess'd her Self Guilty was find thirty Shillings To ye King & Cost weh She paid
Sam" Davenports Recognizances Discharged
Nathan Dennis of Dudley in the County of Worcester husbandman being bound over To this Court by way of Recog- nizance, By John Chandler Esqr To answer To a Complaint made against him by Martha Mackintire of Said Dudley or Resident in Said Dudley Singlewoman for his being the father of a Bastard Child begotten of her body, &ct appeared in Court, but made no Defence, To the Charge made against [him] Whereupon the Court ordered that the Said Nathan Dennis Enter into Recognizance with Suretys To Save ye Town of Dudley from any Charge on accot of Said Bastard Child vizt ye Said Nathan Dennis in the Sum of one hundred pounds & his Suretys in fifty pound Each which he then Did & John Rich of Dudley aforesaid & William Wait of Sut- ton In said County were his Suretys, and is as follows, personally appeared the said Nathan Dennis John Rich and Wm Wait and acknowledged themselves Indebted To Jonathan Hobbs of Dudley aforesaid husbandman & Treasurer of Said Town of Dudley and to his Successors for ye use of Said Town of Dudley in the Re- spective Sums following viz' the Said Nathan Dennis Principall in the Sum of one hundred pound and the Said John Rich and Wil- liam Wait Suretys in the Sum of fifty pounds Each To be Leveyed
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upon their goods and Chattells Lands or Tenaments & for want thereof upon their bodys for the Use of ye Said Jonathan Hobbs present Town Treasurer of Said Dudley and of his Successors in said office for the use of Said Town if Default be made in the per- formance of ye Conditions here under written The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the said Nathan Dennis Shall & doo well & Truely save and Indemnifie said Town of Dudley from any Charge Legally laid upon them On accot of Said Bastard Child Then the Recognizance to be void Else to abide in full force & Virtue Recognized before ye Court Att8 John Chandler J' Cler
A Petition of Isaac Tomlin, of Westborough in ye County of Worcester Yeoman one of the Children of Ruhamah Wait late of Southborough Decd Seting forth that some time since ye Court were pleased To order how the said Ruhamah should be main- tain'd by her Children &ct Dureing her natural life but no pro- vision was made respecting her funerall Charges praying the Courts Direction herein Read and The Court order That the funerall Charges of the said Ruhamah Wait being Three pound Seven Shillings Together with the Cost of prefering this petition be paid by the Children and Grand Children of ye Said Decd in the Same proportion as her maintainance was ordered by this Court in Au- gust 1735
A Petition of Daniel Mackintire and Sundry others Inhabitants of the Town of Oxford Seting forth the Great Difficulty they labour under for want of a Sutable and proper Road from their Dwellings to Travell in on Lords days To ye Publick worship of God in Said Town as well as on other days on their own business and that al- tho' they have applyed To ye Select men of oxford cant as yet ob- tain the same praying for Reliefe according to law which Petition was accompanyed with a Petition from the Selectmen of said Town of Oxford Showing to this Court That Sundry of the Inhabitants and proprietors of said Town have of late made application to them for private and Town ways which The petitioners apprehend ought to have Refference to Country and County highways with Respect
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Court of General Sessions.
S AUGUST ¿ TERM,
to Causeways & Bridges, &ct praying the Court to Interpose in ye affair and that proper highways in said Town may be ascertained, which Petitions were Read, and the Court order That William Jen- ison & Henry Lee Esq's and Capt Benjamin Flagg or any two of them be a Comittee to Repair to oxford and to view & Consider what highways are of necessity to be laid out, in said Town, and also what may be proper for the Court to doe with Respect To ye Petition of Dan" mackintire and others, and make Report as soon as may be and the Petitions are Refered in the mean time for fur- ther Consideration
Joss Wheeler Son of Benjamin Wheler of Lancaster In ye County of Worcester husbandman being presented by ye Grand Jurors of Said County for droping and Covering Indian Corn on the ninth day of May 1736 at Lancaster aforesaid which day was ye Sabath or Lords day which action is Contrary to ye peace of our Lord ye King his Crown & Dignity & ye laws of this province in yt behalf made & provided &ct. appeared in Court and Confessd him Self Guilty of Labouring but said he was Ignorant that therein he had broke ye laws of ye land, and being fully heard, Its Considered by ye Court that the Said Joss Wheeler pay as a fine for ye use of the Poor of ye Town of Lancaster the Sum of fifteen Shillings that he pay Costs & fees & Stand Comitted Till Sentence is performed.
he paid ye fine & Cost in Court
Hanah Wheeler wife of Benjamin Wheeler of Lancaster in ye County of Worcester husbandman being presented by ye Grand Jurors of Said County for droping or planting Indian Corn on the ninth day of May 1736. at Lancaster aforesaid which ninth day of May was ye Sabath or Lords day which action is Contrary to ye peace of the King &ct as { ye presentment appears-appeared in Court and Confess'd herself Guilty of Labouring but said she was Ignorant that therein she had broke ye laws of ye land and being fully heard, Its Considered by ye Court that ye said Hanah Wheeler
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pay as a fine for ye use of ye Poor of ye Town of Lancaster the Sum of fifteen Shillings that she pay Cost & Fees and Stand Com- itted till Sentence is performed : She paid ye fine & Cost in Court.
Benjamin Wheeler of Lancaster In ye County of Worcester Hus- bandman being presented by the Grandjurors of Said County for droping Corn and Covering it on ye ninth day of May 1736 at Lancaster aforesaid which day was ye Sabath or Lords day Con- trary to ye peace of ye King &ct as " ye presentment appears. he appeared in Court and Confess'd himself to be Guilty of Labour- ing but said It was Ignorantly done & not with intent to Break ye laws of ye land, and being fully hear[d] Its Considered by ye Court that the Said Benjamin Wheeler pay as a fine to ye use of ye Poor of ye Town of Lancaster The Sum of fifteen shillings that he pay Cost & fees & Stand Comitted till ye Sentence is performed He paid ye fine & Cost in Court
Rachell Newton ye wife of Abraham Newton of Southborough in ye County of Worcester Husbandman being presented by ye Grandjurors for said County at ye Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace held at Worcester within and for the County of Wor- cester on the first Tuesday of febry last past for not attending ye Publick Worship of God for more y" one Month preceeding the presentment and The Said Abraham Newton Recognizeing to his Majestye before William Ward Esqr one of his Majestys Justices of ye peace for Said County in five pounds for the Said Rachells appearing at this Court and to do and Receive that which by the Court shall be then & there enjoyned her & not to depart without Lycence, The said Rachell now appeared and made her Excuse and being fully heard Its Considered by the Court that the Said Rachell Newton Pay Cost Taxed at and then be Dismissed, but She failing of so doing, and Departing without the Lycence of ye Court, and the said Abraham Newton failing of appearing and paying the Same altho' he was three times Solemnly Called upon to bring her into Court his Recognizance
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Court of General Sessions.
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was by the Court declared forfeited and the Clerk ordered to put the Same in Suit accordingly after which Said Abraham appeared and moved To have ye affair Reconsidered &et was & further Re- fered To november next
A List of Inholders and Retailors Lycenced by this Court with ye Names of their Suretys Each principall Recognized in fifty pound and Each Surety in Twenty five pounds
The following persons are Inholders unless Retailor is added to there names
Worcester
[ Capt Daniell Heywood Suretys Capt Moses Rice Capt Benja Flagg Capt Moses Rice Suretys Capt Benja Flagg & John Harwood Mr Tho Starns Suretys Capt Flagg & Henry Lee Esqr Mr John Bigelo Suretys Isaac Farnsworth Robt Horn Mr John Crosby Retailor Suretys Danl Hubbard Jona Sargent
Capt Thomas Carter Suretys Samll Willard Esq Capt Wil- liam Richardson
Lancaster
Capt William Richardson Suretys Saml Willard Esq Capt Tho Carter Mr Jonathan Houghton Jr Suretys Saml Willard & Edward Hartwell Esqr
Mr Benja Houghton Suretys Eleazer Heywood & John Sadler [ Samuell Willard Esqr Retailor Suretys Capt Tho Carter & Capt William Richardson
Mendon
Mr Ebenr Merriam Capt William Rawson Capt Daniel Lovett
bound for one another
Woodstock
Capt Jonathan Payson Suretys Joseph Lyon & Eleazer Heywood Mr Joseph Wright Suretys Capt Jona Payson & Capt Benja Flagg
Brookfield
Mr Eleazer Heywood Surety Daniell Gookin Esqr Capi Mr Solomon Keyes [Jno Hubbard Mr Nathaniell Read Suretys Capt James Leland Capt Jo- seph Willard Capt Phillip Goss Capt Moses Rice principall Suretys Capt Flagg Jno Harwood
Mr Israel Richardson Suretys Jonathan Sargent Israell Richardson
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Shrewsbury
Capt Daniell How Suretys Caleb Witherbee John Crosby Mr John Bush Suretys Nahum Ward Esqr Capt Benja Flagg Nahum Ward Esqr } Retailors Suretys Capt Benja Flagg Mr John Crosby
[Jno Harwood Suretys Peter Smith Danll Hubbard
Sutton
Mr Perez Rice Saml Dudley Esqr principall Suretys Edwd Hartwell Esqr Benja Flag Mr Obadiah Walker | Suretys for each other & Samll Read Mr Joseph Boyden for both Mr Eleazer Fletcher Suretys Nathll Sherman Samuel Wadkins
Rutland
Capt Hubbard Moses How principall \ Nehemiah How & Mr Moses How Retailor § Eleazer Heywood Suretys for both
Leicester
Mr Jonathan Sargent Suretys Eleazer Robins Ephraim Witherbee Mr Thomas Richardson Suretys David Fay Isaac Farnsworth Mr James Smith Suretys Israel Richardson Jona Sargent Mr Win Larkin Retailor Suretys Nahum Ward Esqr Nathan Carpenter
Southborough Mr Robert Horn Suretys John Crosby & Joseph Crosby Mr Caleb Witherbee Suretys John Croseby & Joseph Crosby
Uxbridge
Mr Samuell Read Suretys Joe Boyden Obediah Walker Mr Ezekiell Wood Surety Danll Hubbard Perez Rice Mr Solomon Wood principall Samll Read Suretys Joseph Boyden Obedia Walker Mr John Harwood Retailor Suretys Capt Flagg & Joseph Dyer
Westborough
Capt John Fay Suretys Saml Willard and Edward Hart- well Esqrs John Maynard Suretys Saml Willard and Edwd Hartwell Esqrs Barzaleel Eager Retailor Suretys Nahum Ward and Henry Lee Esqrs
Harvard
Mr Eleazer Robins Suretys Jonathan Sargent Ephraim Witherbee
Mr Eb : Sprague Suretys Benja Houghton James How
Lunenburg
Mr Ephraim Witherbee Suretys Saml Dudley Edward Hartwell Esqrs Mr Isaac Farnsworth Suretys John Biglo Robert Horn Josiah Willard Esqr Retailor Suretys Caleb Witherbee & Saml Dudley Esqr
Oxford
Mr Elijah Moore Capt Moore principall Suretys Danl Newhall Joe : Crosby
S Capt Moses Marcy Capt Flagg principall Suretys Jno Ilarwood Joseph Dyer
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Dudley
Mr Daniel Coburn Suretys Isaac Barnard Moses How
Grafton
Capt James Leland Suretys Capt Joseph Willard Nath Read Mr Nehemiah How Suretys Moses How Eleazer Heywood Capt Joe Willard Suretys James Leland Nathll Read Mr Nathll Sherman Suretys Isaac Barnard Ele : Fletcher
Upton
Mr John Sadler Suretys Benja Houghton Ephraim Hill Mr John Hazeltine Jno Hazeltine principall Suretys Capt Flagg & Jos : Dyer Mr Saml Watkins Retailor Suretys John Sadler Ephraim Hill
New § Mr Ephraim Hill Suretys John Sadler Ephraim Hill
Sherborn Mr William Stockwell
New Medfield | Mr John Stacy Capt Flagg principal Suretys Jno Harwood & Joseph Dyer
Lambs Town | Mr Nathan Carpenter Suretys Joseph Dwight Esqr William Larkin
At one of ye Narragansett Towns | Fairbank Moore Suretys Joseph Dwight Samll Willard Esqrs
William Jenison Esqr from ye Comittee appointed by this Court in May last on a Petition of Sundry persons to view and make Re- port of ye necessaty of laying out a Publick Road from the Town of Worcester To Sutton, made Report which was accepted and the Court order that the Clerk Grant out a warrant Directed to the Sheriff, To Impanell a Jury agreeable to law for ye laying out Said Road-to assemble at ye Dwelling House of M' Joseph Boyden in Sutton on Tuesday the first day of October next to be duly Sworn for that end and that in laying out said Road they have due Regard to the Report of the Comittee
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WORCESTER SS Anno Regni Regis Georgi Secundi nunc Magne Britanic Francia et Hibernia Decimo O
Att a Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace be- gun and Held at Worcester In and for the County of Worcester on the first Tuesday of November being the Second day of Said Month anno Dom™ 1736
JUSTICES PRESENT
John Chandler Esqrs
Henry Lee Esq"
Joseph Wilder Justices of
William Ward ? the Peace
and Quo-
Nahum Ward Esq' John Keyes Esq"
William Jenison rum Justices of the Peace
John Chandler J'
Capt James Wilder MF Seth Chapin Jun' M' Joseph Wright M' Gershom Rice Coroners
Grandjury
Mr Robert Goddard foreman
Mr David Fay
M' John Daly
M' Thomas Rice
M' John Ayres
M' James Whiple
M' Cyprian Stevens
M' Nath" Green
M' Elias Sawyer
Mr Joseph Taft Each attended Two days
M' Nathan Tyler
M' Sam" Davis and Richard Wild Dept
M' Joseph Lyon M' Symon Maynard Sheriff attended them
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Court of General Sessions. S NOVEMBER TERM,
An accot of Daniel Gookin Esq" Sheriff of the County amount- ing To Twenty one pound four Shillings Read and allowed and ordered that the Sum of Twenty one pound four Shillings be paid out of the County Treasury to Said M' Sheriff Gookin in full dis- charge thereof
James orcutt bound over to this Court by the Hon" John Chand- ler Esq" To answer to his presentment by ye Grandjurors for the Crime of fornication appeared and was dismiss'd paying Cost
The Court now order that a Tax or assessment amounting to the Sum of Two hundred pounds be Raised on the Severall Towns within this County for defraying the usual & necessary Charges ariseing within the Same and that the Clark forthwith send out Warrants directed to the Selectmen or assessors of the Respective Towns within the County for assessing their Severall parts & pro- portions according to the Rules for assessing the last Province Tax and for paying the Same to Capt Benjamin Flagg County Treasurer or to his Successor at or before the last day of May next.
The Severall Towns Proportion thereof is as follows vizt
Worcester Twelve pound Eighteen Shillings & three pence 12 18 3 Lancaster Twenty nine pound Six Shillings & three pence 29 6 3 Mendon Nineteen pound Six Shillings & Ten pence 19 6 10 Woodstock Twenty pound four Shillings 4 20
Brookfield Sixteen pound Eight Shillings & Eight pence 16 8 S
Southborough Elevin pound five Shillings & nine pence 5 9
Leicester Nine pound Twelve Shillings & five pence 9 12 5 Rutland Six pound one Shilling & five pence 6
Lunenburg Six pound Eight Shillings & Eight pence
Westborough Eleven pound Seven Shillings & Six pence 7 Shrewsbury Eleven pound four Shillings & five pence II 4
6
8
8
6
5
Oxford Six pound Eighteen Shillings & five pence 6 IS 5
Sutton thirteen pound Sixteen Shillings & Seven pence 13 16 7
Uxbridge Nine pound Nineteen Shillings & Eleven pence 9 19 II
Harvard Eight pound & three pence 8 0 3
Grafton Seven pound & Eight pence 7 0 8
Sum Totall £200 0 0
Warrants were Issued out November 15th 1736
att$ Jnº Chandler J' Clr
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Upon a Motion made & Seconded The Court order that Daniel Gookin Esq" Sheriff of this County do at ye Court of Generall Ses- sions of the Peace to be held here in Febry next Give Surety unto ye Kings majesty for ye Due & faithfull discharge and performance of His office in all the parts thereof with two Sufficient Suretys himself in one Thousand Pound lawful money and his Suretys in Five Hundred pound Each and directed that the Clerk notifye him of this order that So he Comply Therewith agreeable to ye province Law in Page 120
And the Justices of Said Court being apprehensive it may be of Dangerous Consequence for ye Keye of the Prison to be Kept at any place from ye Same desire M' Sheriff Gookin to have ye [key] Kept by ye the Resident Keeper of Said Prison that So if any ac- cident by fire should hapen the Prisoners might not Perish by fire
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