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and also to consider & Provid to answer the charge already Expended in the affairs above mentioned
at which sd meeting John Allen Esq" was chosen Moderator
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At a Propriators Meeting Legally Warned and held in Tisbury on the 3d Day of December AD 1751. And the Propriators That then mett being the major Part of sd Propriators considered & voted that the sum of ... should be raised by way of a Tax on the Propriators according to their Interest in Propriaty for the Defraying the Charge already · Expended on ye sd Propriators behalf by their Agent
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Warned & held at the School- house in sd Tisbury on the 17th Day of March AD 1752 being the Ani- versary meeting for the Chusing Town officers for the Ensueing year : At which sd Meeting Silvanus Cottle was Chosen Moderator. at which sd Meeting Jabez Athearn was Chosen Town Clerk for the Ensueing year : also at sd Meeting David Butler Benja Lumber & Benja Manter were Chosen Selectmen for the Insueing year : at which sd Meeting Ebenezer Allen was Chosen Constable to serve in sd Office for the Ensueing year in sd Tisbury : Samuel Cobb Chosen Town Treasurer : Henry Luce & Silvanus Cottle serveyers of highwayes, Whitten Manter John Lewis & Joseph Allen Chosen hog reeves for Ensueing : Abner West & Benja Foster Tything Men : Jacob Robinson Joseph Merry & Thomas Wal- rond fence vewers the Ensueing year, all the abovsd Choices voted and by order of sª Meeting
Entered # me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
And as Relating to the Ordering the school for the future it is agreed upon & voted at the meeting abovsd Which was Warned as well Relating to a school as Town officers that the abovsd Meeting Shall Stand adjournd untill next Thursday to four a Clock after noone as also Relng to a Con- stable And then at sd Adjournment, Thomas Allen was Chosen Constable for the Ensueing year, and was on sd Day Sworn to the faithfull Dis- charge of sd office # JABEZ ATHEARN Justice of Peace
And also at sd Adjournment it was Agreed upon & voted that a School be keept in sª Tisbury in the following Order : viz. for the Space of three years years; And to begin first at ye School house near the Meeting house and to Continue there five months, & then to Remove & be keept at Ciphigon Two Months. & then to Remove & be keept a Checemmot three months & then to Remove again & be keept at Homeses hole two Months; Then for the second year to be keept at Homes hole 2 Months
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and three Months at Checkemmot, then 2 months at Kiphigon then five months at the schoolhouse; And then on the Third year 3 months at Sd School house 2 at Ciphigan 3 at Checkemmot 2 at Homeseshole Entered $ me JABEZ ATHEARN CZE
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Warned & held in sd Tisbury on Tuesday the 3 Day of October AD 1752 for the Considering & Grant- ing a Sum of Money for to pay the Reverd m" Hancock for his Labours , in the work of the Ministry for the Present year; then it was voted that the Sum of 25 Pounds Lawfull Money Should be raised by Rate for that Purpose; and the Sum of one pound & ten Shillings Should be raised by Rate to pay other nessessary Town Charges.
Entered $ me JAE ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : at a Legall Propriators Meeting held in sd Tisbury on the first Day of December AD 1752: Then at sd Meeting by the vote of sd Meeting Jabez Athearn Esq" was Chosen Moderator & it was Considered that by reason of many of ye Propriators being absent to adjourn sd Meeting. and sd Meeting is and stands adjournd unto fryday Next being the Eighth Day of December Instant at one of ye Clock after Noone on sd Day
Entrd pr Order of sd Meeting # me JABEZ ATHEARN Proper Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Held in sd Tisbury on the 16th Day of March Anno Domini 1753. for the Choice of Town officers County Register & County Treasurer: At which sd Meeting Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator : then by vote David Butler Benja Lum- bert & Benja Manter were Chosen Selectmen for ye Ensueing year : Then by vote Jabez Athearn was chosen Town Clerk to serve for the Ensueing year. and at sd Meeting John Cottle was Chosen Constable for the Ensue- ing year : Capt. Samuel Cobb chosen Town Treasurer for the Ensueing year Then George Manter Jonathan Luce & Samuel Manter Chosen fence vewers the Ensueing year : John Luce & Seth Daggett Tything men : Noah Look & Joseph merrey Chosen hogreeves : James Athearn & Henry Luce Surveyers of highwayes for the Ensueing year
Entered # order of sd Meeting # me JAZ. ATHEARN Town Clerk
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Tisbury ss John Cottle of sd Tisbury being Chosen Constable of sd Tisbury for the year 1753 Personally Appearing on ye 23ª of March 1753 took the Oath to sd Office as Administered to him on sd Day # me JABEZ ATHEARN Justice of the Peace in Tisbury
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Warned and held in sª Tis- bury on the Fifth Day of October AD 1753. for the Considering and Granting a Sutable Sum of Money to be Raised upon Polls and Estates in sª Tisbury for Rewarding the Reverend ME Nathaniel Hancock for his Service in the work of the Ministry in sd Tisbury for the year 1753, and then was Chosen m" Jethro Athearn Moderator, and then upon Consid- eration it was Voted at sd Meeting that there should be Raised by way of Rate Some Addition to what was Raised Last year so to Compleat his Sallery for this year to be £26 = 13 = 4 -
Entered pr me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbury ss At An Anaversary Town Meeting warned to be Held at Tisbury on the Twenty Second Day of March at one of the Clock of sd Day : and then being Assembled Anno Domini 1754: for the Choice of Town officers for the Ensueing year : At which sd Meeting Jabez Athearn Esqr was Chosen Moderator And at which sd Meeting Jabez Athearn Esq" was Chosen Town Clerk for ye Ensueing year; At which sd Meeting David Butler Benja Lumbert and Benjamin Manter were Chosen Select- ' men for the Ensueing year : At which sd Meeting M' Elisha West was Chosen to serve in the office of Constable in sd Town of Tisbury for the Ensueing year ; Capt Samuel Cobb Chosen Town Treasurer for the Ensue- ing year : John Luce & Seth Daggett Tything men : Henry Luce & Whitten Manter Chosen Surveyers of Highways for the Ensueing year : Silvanus Cottle Adonijah Luce & Sam11 Weekes Chosen fence viewers for the Ensueing year John Merrey Joseph Merrey & Robert Burges Chosen Hogreeves for the Ensuing year :
The sd Meeting is by order of sd Meeting Adjorned to this Day fort- night at Three a Clock afternoon
Test JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
at which sd Adjournment John Cottle the Constable for the year 1753 Certified that Elisha West who was at ye Anniversary meeting in Tisbury on ye 22 day of March 1754 Chosen Constable in sd Tisbury for sd year That he had Sumoned him sª Elisha to Repair before some Jus-
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tice of the Peace in sd County to have the Oath to sd office but sd Elisha Refused so to Do. whereupon At sd Adjournment Abijah Athearn was Chosen who Complyed therewith Entered pr me
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Know all Men by these Presents, That Whereas we the Subscribers hereunto viz. Samuel Manter and Silvanus Cottle both of Tisbury in Dukes County Have and Hold Certain Lands in Sd Tisbury Commonly Called the Hill Lotts between which there ought to be a Certain Estab- lisht Bounds or Line, Now therefor have Agreed that the Bounds Between our sd Lands shall begin at a white Oake Tree Standing in the Corner of a Stone Wall now Standing; Thence the Line to Run Easterly as sd Stone wall now Stands; Thence Easterly on a Straight Line to a Streight Line to a Small Rock with Stones Laid on the Same, Being a Little Sett off Southerly from the Course of sd Stone wall; Thence the Line to Run further Easterly on a Streight Course to a white Oake saplin Standing in a Hedge fence with Stones laid about sª Saplin, which S! Saplin Stands a Little further Eastward then sd Manters Land Extendeth: And the Line & Boundaries above Expressed Shall forever Stand good between us & our Heirs & Assigns And we Order and Agree that the Same be Recorded in the Town Book of Records in sd Tisbury :
In confirmation whereof we have hereunto Sett our Hands and Seals this Eleventh Day of June AD. 1754
In Presence of us
BARNARD CASE DOROTHY CASE
SAMLL MANTER SEAL
SILVANUS COTTLE
SEAL
ATHEARN
Recorded this 14th Day of June AD 1754 ₺ me JABEZ Town Clerk
Tisbury ss : That on ye fourth Day of October AD 1754 Then Pur- suant to Warning Legally Given there Assembled a Number of the free- holders & other Inhabitants of sd Tisbury & the order for sd Meeting being Read the Maj' Part of sd Assembly : Then Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator. and the Ocasion of sª Meeting was for the Consider- ing & granting a Sum of Money to be Raised by Rate to Reward the Reverend M' Nathaniel Hancock for his Labours in the work of the Min- istry in sd Town (he being the Settled Minister there) for the year 1754 s & then after much Debate the Sum of £26 = 13 = 4 Lawfull money was
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put to vote but the voters then Assemble were Equally Divided that is half for it & the other half against it : then upon further Debate it was put to vote whether ye sª sum should be Raised by Rate, and but 25 pounds be paid to sª Minister for the End aforsd, & the Residue be applyed to the Repairing the Meetinghouse which Stood in great need thereof and the remainder if any Should be to be Applyed to other Nes- sessary uses in Defraying charges in the sd Town
Recorded by order of sd Meeting # me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Propriators Meeting Legally warned Assembled and held in sd Tisbury on wednesday ye 4th Day of December AD 1754. for the considering & voting for the Running & Ranging the Easterly bounds of the sª Town from bound mark to bound mark as it was for- merly surveyed by Coll" John Otis & Coll" William Bassett from the Point of Watsha to the North shoar &c
and then was Chosen & Appointed Robert Manter James Athearn & Benja Allen all of sd Tisbury as a committee on sd Propriators Part to Notifie Joine with & Mannage the Doing thereof with these that Lye next adjoining and to call in such assistance as they shall see needfull for the perfecting of sd work & to do it at the cost & Charge of the Propriators & to Prosecute the Doing thereof as soon as Conveniently may be and further more to have speciall Regard and Observation of sd Otis & Bassetts Survey and also to Sett up marks as Ranges from bound marke to bound marke as aforsd & to make Return of their Doings to sd Propriators Clerk.
voted and Ordered to Record Test JAZ ATHEARN Propts Clerk
Entered upon Record
$ me JAZ ATHEARN Propr Clerk
Tisbury ss : That on the Twentieth Day of March AD 1755 Then a Annaversary Town Meeting being Legally warned & Held in sª Tisbury for the Choice of Town officers to serve in sd Town for the year follow- ing, Then by the Major vote of the persons then Present, was Chosen Jabez Athearn moderator at sd Meeting. and at said meeting Jabez Athearn was Chosen Town Clerk to serve in sd Office for the Ensueing year also at sª Meeting ME David Butler Mr Benjamin Manter & Mr Benja Lumbert were Chosen for Select men & overseers of the Poor in sd Town for the year Ensueing also at sd Meeting Joseph Allen was Chosen to the office of a Constable in sd Town for the Ensueing year also at sd
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Meeting Capt Gershom Cathcart was chosen to the ofice of Town Treas- uer in the Town of Tisbury for the Ensueing year : also Silvanus Cottle and John Lewis were chosen Tything men for the Ensueing year as also at sd Meeting were chosen Sam" Manter and Mr Jonathan Luce to serve in the office of surveyors of High ways also Mr Jethro Athearn Joseph Merey & M" Elijah Look to serve fence viewers the Ensueing year John Merrey Briant Cartwright & Jonathan Hamett Chosen hogreeves
Entered by me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Propriators Meeting Leagally warned and Assem- bled in sd Tisbury on ye 24th Day of April 1755. for the Considering and voting what may be thought Proper to be Done in order to Assist John Allen Esqr in Payment of a sum of money which Ebenezer Rogers Obtained a Judgment of Court for against him at the Last Superiour Court at Barnstable as may be Layed before sd meeting as also to Receive the Committees Report of what they have done about Running the Line from Bound to bound as was sett by Coll" Otis & Coll" Bassett from the Point of Watsha to the wares at the North Shoar & matters not being then Ready sª Meeting for the Ends above Mentioned was Adjourned unto thursday the Eighth Day of May then next at Two of ye Clock afternoon
JABEZ ATHEARN Propriators Cl
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Warned & held in sd Tisbury on Fryday the 22ª Day of August AD 1755. to Consider Act and vote what shall be Thought Proper & Needfull Towards Setting up a school in sª Town : - And then Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator of sd Meeting : - and nextly it was Put to vote whether there Should be a Publick School keept in sd Town for the space of Three years Ensueing & it Passed in the affermitive that it Should be keept; then it was put to vote whether or no the School Should be keept at four seperate Places to wit at ye School house near the Meeting house & at the schoolehouse at Checemmoo, at Kiphigan, and at Homeses hole, & it passed in the affermitive; Then the abovsd Meeting was adjourned unto fryday next to Consider further on the things Relating to a school at which s! Adjournment it was Put to vote whether or no the School in sd Tisbury for the three years Ensueing should be keept at the severall places in sd Town the severall spaces of time & Circulate in the Same Manner as It Did for the space of the three years Last Past and it Passed in the affermitive
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Tisbury ss At a Legall Town Meeting warned and held in sd Tibury on ye Second Day of September AD. 1755. to Consider act and Vote some Reasonable Adition to the Present Ministers Sallery in order to make it as good as it was when granted, it then being Sixty Pounds which since is greatly fallen from what it was then and also to Grant the Raiseing Twenty Pounds as Ingaged by ye selectmen to Mr Draper to be paid him as schoolmaster for this Present year.
Then Silvanus Cottle was Chosen Moderator of sd Meeting. At which s! Meeting it was put to vote whether or no that the sallery to be ren- dered to the Present Minister for his Service in the worke of Ministry in sd Tisbury for this Present year Should be 25 Pounds, & it Passed in the affermitive. Also it was put to vote whether or no the sum of Twenty Pounds be raised by way of Rate to pay Draper for Services Done by him as School Master in sd Town for this Present year in Case he Per- forms a years service from the time he begun and it Passed in the affer- mitive
Also at sd Meeting it was Put to Vote whether or no the sum of £6 =13 =4ª Should be Raised by way of Rate to Defrey the Charges of the selectmen of sd Town for Procuring a Town Stock of Powder and other nesesary, as the Law Directs that Towns be furnished with & it Passed in the affermitive, all the above Perticulars as voted were Entered and Recorded Recorded by order of sd Meeting
me JAEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Know all men by these Presents, That Whereas Wee the Subscribers hereunto, viz : Thomas Look, Noah Look, and Job Look, three brothers and all of Tisbury, in Dukes County, being equall owners of a Tract of Land situate lying and being in s'd Tisbury at a place called Kiphigan Lots, and a part of four of them, and adjoining easterly to a highway, and bounded southerly by the Land of Benjamin Allen, westerly by Samuel Gray, and northerly by the Land of Seth Look and Israel Luce, and having agreed and divided the s'd Tract of Land, to each of us his share - and do now in this instrument sett forth the division by bounds; - and the first share is to Job, and is to be the breadth on the western end, the full distance from the Lands of Israel Luce to the head of Seth Looks Land - there, and so from thence on a straight line easterly to the s'd highway. and the second share is Noah. Beginning at s'd highway the whole breadth betwixt s'd Jobs share and sd Allens Land and to extend westerly to an oake saplin markt, standing at the head
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of Seth Looks Land, there, thence on a Straight line southerly to Joseph Allens Land and near a Great Rock. So then the third lot is to Thomas Look and contains all the residue and remainder of the first described Tract of Land -- And wee Mutually hereby bind and oblige ourselves and each of our Heirs and Assigns to Stand by and abide this our division - In testimony whereof we have hereunto sett our hands this 25th Day of November, Anno Domini 1755
THOMAS LOOK NOAH LOOK JOB LOOK
In Presencs of JABEZ ATHEARN THANKFUL ATHEARN Entered and recorded # me JABEZ ATHEARN CIE
At a Town Meeting warned to be held in Tisbury on ye 21st Day of January AD 1756 for the Calling a vote to see whether the Congregation would Joine with the Church to Desire the reverend Pastor to Take a Dismision from his Pastoriall office in sd Town, At which sd Meeting ME Jethro Athearn was Chosen Moderator; And then it was Proposed to adjourn sd Meeting untill the fourth Day of February next at one of ye Clock afternoone that so the severall agreved bretheren of the Church that have of Late obtained a Seperate Councell against their Reverend Pastor could agree on some articels wherein sd Councell had faulted him, and It is so come to pass that the Town should be certified on the sabath Day next before sd Day adjourned to then sd Meeting to surcease other- wise to stand good to be Attended
# order of sd Meeting
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
and now the 4th Day of february is come & there being no agreement as to the above Perticulars Represented ; the assembly warned now Pro- ceed. Then it was ordered that a vote Should be Called whether or no Mr Hancock should be Desired to take a Dismission from his Pastorall office in sª Town and it went in the Negative; viz not to Desire sd Pastor to take a Dismission as aforesd Entered p order of sd meeting
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
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Tisbury ss At a Legall Town Meeting Warned and held in sd Tisbury on the Twelfth Day of March AD 1756 Being the Annual March Meet- ing for the Choice of Town Officers for the year Ensuing, And being Assembled.
At which sd Meeting Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator.
at which sd Meeting David Butler Ezra Athearn & Thomas Look were Chosen Select men and overseerer for the Poor for the Ensueing year at which sd Meeting Jabez Athearn Chosen Town Clerk for the Ensueing year Capt Sam11 Cobb & Henry Luce surveyers of highways ye Ensueing year Cap! Gershom Cathcart chosen Town Treasurer -
James Athearn Chosen Constable for the Ensueing year
Silvanus Cottle & Joseph Merrey fence vewers
John Luce & John Lewise Tything men, William Rogers Robert Burges & Brian Cartwright Hog Reeves Whitten Manter Chosen to keep & sweep the Meeting house
All the above vots were Recorded #r me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Warned and Held in sd Tis- bury on ye Twenty Second Day of June AD. 1756 In Order to call a vote whether or no the Major part of the Congregation in sd Tisbury that are Qualified by Law to vote a Dismission of the Reverend Mr Nathaniel Hancock And a vote being Called In the following words viz All you that are of the Mind to Concur with the Advice of the Late ven- erable Councell & the vote of the Church in the Dismisions of the Rev- erend Mª Nathanael Hancock, and it Passed in the Affermative To wit that he was Dismist by the vote of the Maj" Part of the voters then Present
Entered by order of sd Meeting # me JABEZ ATHEARN CU
Tisbury ss That at a Legall Town meeting warned & Assembled on the 27th Day of July Anno Domini 1756. In order for the Resetlemment of the Ministry in sd Town in severall articles as in the warrant for Call- ing sd Meeting : then it was put to vote for a Moderator & then Silvanus Cottle was Chosen : Then it was put to vote whether the Congregation would concur with the vote of the Church in their Choice of Ransfords Smith concured & then again whether Silvanus Cottle who was Chosen by the Church to Proceed in the affair of Resettlement of the Ministry in sd Town & it passed in the Negative, Then it was put to vote whether
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Jacob Robinson & Thomas Look should Joine with ye Chch but they Refusd Then Sam" Lumbert & Noah Look were put to vote to Joine with Ransford Smith in the Affair of Resetlment & it Passed In ye affer- mative
Entered # me JABEZ ATHEARN Clr
Tisbury ss at a Legall Town Meeting Warned & held at sd Tisbury on the 21 Day of September 1756. for the Chusing Some Suitable person to Look out for a Candidate to come upon Tryall whether or no there may be an agreement in sd Tisbury with sd Candidate for his Settling in sd Town and then at first Benja Lumbert was Chosen Moderator. -
Then Mr Jacob Robinson was Chosen by a Vote of the Town To Joine with the vote of the Church in Looking out for & provid a Candi- date to supply the Desk upon Tryall to Settle in the Ministry in sd Town and then Charge thereof to be at the Cost of the Town: Entered on Record # Order of sd Meeting
# me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Town Meeting Legally Warned & Held in sd Tis- bury on the 28th Day of September AD. 1756. for the Considering sev- erall things as in the warrant sett forth : as first Relating to M' Hancocks sallery so far as he has serv'd in sd Town in the work of the Ministry this present year, and at sd Meeting Stephen Luce was Chosen Moderator : Then the sd first article was on Consideration & put to vote whether there should be an Additonall sum to make sd Mr Hancock sallery good so far as he has served in the work of the Minestry this year, and it Passed in the affirmitive. 2ly : whether the selectmen Should Provide and agree with a schoolmaster for the year Ensueing & the vote passed in the affermitive;
3ly to consider on Raising some Money for the support of the poor & for Repairing the Pound and a pound keeper & it was voted that five pounds should be Raised by Rate for ye abovsd Uses and that Abijah Athearn be pound keepeer put to vote & it passed in the affirmitive. that sd sum of five pounds & sd Pound keeper should stand good : Entered # order of sd Meeting
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Dukes County ss : That at a Propriators Meeting Warned and Assem- bled at the Schoolhouse in said Tisbury on the 28th. Day of September AD 1756 at three of the Clock in the after noon, To Consider & take
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some Care of the Propriators Rights in sd Town, And that Whereas the sd Propriators have ever since the Eighth Day of July AD 1671 held the sd Town by the name of Tisbury By a Pattent Granted by Francis Love- lace Governour of New York, under Acknowledgments, Yearly Payable as in sd Pattent sett forth and whereas sundry Persons have of Late years Presumed to sett themselves up Lord Propriators of Lands in sd Tisbury in Defience & Contempt of sd Pattent, and thereby Caused great Disturbance in sd Town both to church & state, and Expense of much Money & Pretious time; and Perticularly to Consider whether or no it may be most Proper to make their Address to the Governour & Councell of sd New York, to take our affairs Into their Consideration and afford us some help; & to Return the Names of the persons that are the Chiefe Caryers on of the Disturbance; and Copys of Records of their Pre- tended Rights.
and at sd Meeting it was voted that the sd Meeting should stand Adjourned unto the first Teusday of November Next; and sd Meeting was accordingly Adjourned untill sd Time, to three of the Clock in sd Day :
JAZ ATHEARN Propriators Clerk
Tisbury ss At a Legall Town Meeting warned and held in sd Tisbury on the first Day of November AD 1756. In Order to Consider and Pass a vote for the Reising a sum of Money to Defray some Charges already arisen in sd Town in Looking out for a minister or may arise for the Maintainance of sd minister or to pay sd Minister after Preaching upon Tryall for Liking in case sd minister Does settles or Does not settle in sd Town, Then in the first place Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator
and then after Consideration the sum of fifteen Pounds Lawfull money was proposed to be Raised to answer to the abosd Warrant & what there should be overplus If any be to be Lodged in the Town Treas- urey for such Like use & being put to vote It passed in the affermative
Recorded pr order of said meeting
JABEZ ATHEARN cler
Tisbury ss : At a Town Meeting Legally Warned & Held in sd Tis- bury on the sixth Day of January AD 1757 : Then & There to Act what shall be Thought most Proper in order to the settling the Gospell Min- istry in sd Town : and In order to Proceed; Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator of sd Meeting. and for as much as the abovsd work has been
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