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S d Indian Corn at - 3 - 6 p bushall Barly at - 4 - 0 p bushall Oates at ---- 2 - 0 p bushall all to be good & Marchantable
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at the same Meeting
Voated forty pounds Money to pay ye towne Debts & Necessary Charges ariseing within the same which sume of forty pounds & ye Ninty pounds to ye Minister Voated as above said to be made in one assessment & Delviered to the Constables with warrants to Collect as the Law directs in towne assessments & to be Made by ye Last List of Estates taken by the selectmen
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at ye same Meeting Novemr : 6th 1704
Voated that ye highway that goes from the Casway by Nathaniells Hathorns house to the freshmarsh plains so Cald shall Ly as it Now Dothe & Every person to have free Liberty to pass at all times with teames & C as Now thay Do & to put up ye barrs after them at all times whatso Ever so long as ye propriators of ye Land within ye field shall Improve by fenceing & the towne Nor No person Nor persons in it to have Liberty to put in Cretors Vpon sd way as Common : provided said propriators Make and Maintaine for ye future two pare of good Drawbars one by ye Caseway at ye Entering in at sd way ye other at ye freshmarsh plaine at their owne Cost & Charge.
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Information being given to the selectmen of Lyn that on or about the 10th day of Novemr : 1704 James Harvell & Mary his wife Came into ye towne of Lyn & Came from the towne of Boston where they properly belong therefore at a meeting of ye selectmen of Lyn December ye 8th 1704 Thomas Norwood Constable in Lyn you are apointed fourthwith to warn the said James Harvell & Mary his wife to Depart out of our town fourth- with or they shall be proceeded with as the Law Directs & Make Return with your Doings therin Lyn December ye 8th 1704
p order of the selectmen
John Burrill Clerk
Pursuant to ye above order I have warned ye above said James Harvell & Mary his wife to Depart out of our town fourthwith or they shall be proceeded with as ye Law Directs & Read this order to them Lynn December the : 11th 1704
atesd Thomas Norwood Constable in Lyn
at a Legall Towne Meeting held in Lynn March 5th 1704/5
John Burrill was Chose towne Clark to Keep the towne Books & Records as the Law directs for the year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Left Samuell Johnson Ens Joseph Breed Ens Joseph Newhall Sargt John Divin Sargt John Poole Sargt Daniell Mansfield & John Burrill are Chosen
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selectmen to order the prudentiall of - faires of the towne for the year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Sargant Thomas Lewis Samuell Jynks & John Hart ware Chose Constables for the year Ensewing as the Law directs
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at the same Meeting March 5th 1704/5
the selectmen are Chose assessors for the year Ensewing as the Law Directs [Page]
at the same Meeting March : 5th 1704/5
Joseph ffarr Joseph Burrill Daniell Mansfield & thomas Burrage Chose titheingmen for ye year Ensewing as the Law Directs
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at the same Meeting
Left John Person Chose Commisioner for assessments at the Law Directs at the same Meeting
Capt Theophilus Burrill was Chose Clark of the Market as the Law Directs at the same Meeting
Nathaniell Huchason Isaac Larrabe John Hood Hugh Alley Thomas Rootes Ebenezer Hathorn & Joseph Browne Chose Hawards to take care all swine to take Care all swine be yoaked & Ringed as ye Law Directs for the year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Joseph Mansfield & John Breed Chose fence Vewers for ye year Ensewing as ye Law directs for ye heather End of Rumney Marsh
at the same Meeting
Samuell Burrill & Benjamen ffuller Chose fence Vewers for the year Ensewing as the Law Directs for ye far End of Rumney Marsh
at the same Meeting
John Lewes Nathaniell Ingulls Samll Newhall Daniell Browne John Perkins & Joseph Sible Chose fence Vewers for the year Ensewing as the Law Directs
at the same Meeting
Thomas Chadwell & Thomas Norwood Chose hawards or field Drviers for the year Ensewing as the Law directs
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at a Meeting of the selectmen of Lyn March : 5th 1705
Capt Theophilus Burrill was Chose sealer of Weights & Measures as ye Law Directs
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at the same Meeting March : 5th 1704/5
Deacon John Ballord John Newhall Clark Joseph ffarr Ebenezer Burrill Ensigne Ebenezer Bancroft & Nathaniell Gowing are Chose surveyors of ye highways for the year Ensewing as the Law directs
at the same Meeting
Voated that if any person in the towne shall at any time betwixt ye first of Aprill Next & ye Last of May Next following Kill any old black birds such persons shall have paid them one pene halfe pene p head and three pence p Dozen for young blackbirds & to be braught to John Divin Capt Theo Burrill Benjamen Collens & Ens Ebenezer Bancroft & they to take & Keep an account of the same they or Either of them
at a Legall towne Meeting held in Lyn March ye 19th 1704/5
Thomas Lewis Declareing to ye towne that wheras he was Chose Constable Last towne Meeting he had agreed to Benjamen Collins to serve for him if the town accepted: therefore the towne by Voat Chose Benjamen Collins Constable for ye year Ensewing as ye Law Directs & to be for thomas Lewis his turn
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Wheras it appears Vpon Record ye : 18th : of : 2 mo 57 that ye selectmen & propriators of ye field by ye house formerly John Mansfields . Did Lay out ye fence about said field as therin set forth & ye Land Moses Hudson Now Lvies Vpon was therin Included Now it is agreed by Vs ye subscribers & propriators within said field as also Moses Hudson that Now has that part of his Land shut out of sd field wher he Now Lvies : & ye fence Now to Run from ye top of ye hill on ye Easterly side of ye said Moses Hudsons Land wher he Lives & so to Run a Cross sd field on the westterly side of ye Land of Isaac Ramsdell junior Near to ye freshmarsh which field Lyeth on ye westerly side of that highway that Leads from ye Causeway bridge to the freshmarsh plaine so Cald
1 We agree that Each propriator shall Make & Maintaine his proportion of fence according to ye Number of Acres of Land they have within said field as it is Now Laid out & here after Incerted & ye fence to be Kept up all ye year from year to year for Ever hereafter Each Propriators proportion of fence is as followeth : Nathaniell Hathorn : 36 : pole beginning at the Lower End of his Land so Ruing Vpwars by ye Country Road Next to him Isaac Ramsdell : 16 : pole. & Next Moses Hudson : 34 pole : Next Samuell Burrill : 36 pole & a halfe. Next Isaac Ramsdell : 67 pole & a halfe Next Moses Hudson 32 : poles which Comes to the highway by the freshmarsh plaine & so a Cross said way & he to Make & Mainetaine ye Drawbars at ye fresh Marsh plaine that is a Cross said way
2 We agree that Each propriator shall put in there proportionable part of
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Cattle into sd field according to their propriety & herbage therin & to be put in at such times as shall be agreed on by the said propriators from time to time
3 And for ye true performance of all above written we the subscribers have here Vnto affixd our hands this third Day of November anno Domini : one thousand seven hundred & foure
Moses Hudson Nathall Hathorn Isaac Ramsdell junr Samuell Burrill
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Information being given to ye selectmen of Lyn that on or about ye : 30th day of March Last past Mary Slafter the wife of John Slafter with seuerall of Her Children Came into ye towne of Lyn & Came from ye towne of Salem wher they properly belonge
therfore at a Meeting of ye selectmen of Lyn Aprill ye : 3 - 1705 : Benjamen` Collins Constable in Lyn you are apointed fourthwith to warn the above sd Mary Slafter to Depart out of our town with her Children fourthwith or Else shee shall be proceeded with as ye Law Directs & Make Return with your Doings therin
Dated Lyn Aprill ye 3 - 1705 p or of ye selectmen
John Burrill Clerk
I Read this order to the within Named Mary Slafter & warned her to Depart out of our towne fourthwith or shee shall be proceeded with as the Law Directs : by me Benjamen Collins Constable for ye towne of Lyn at a Meeting of ye Selectmen of Lynn Aprill the : 9th 1705 : Mr. John Poole & Nathall Gowing are apointed to pambulate on ye line betwixt Lyn & Reding with such persons as shall be apointed by Reding for that End : and to Meet at tobacco hill on Monday the twenty third of this Instant Month of Aprill at ten of ye Clock fore noone if that Day prove foule weather then the Next fare Day
at ye same Meeting
Left Samll Johnson Mr. John Divin & Mr. Willm Merriam are apointed to pambulate on ye Line & Renewe the bound Marks betwixt Boston & Lyn to such persons as shall be apointed by Boston for that purpose & to meet at ye house of Thomas Darlings at Rumney Marsh on tuesday ye seventeenth of this Instant Month of Aprill at Nine of ye Clock fore Noone if that Day prove foule weather then the Next tuesday following [Page]
at a Meeting of ye selectmen of Lyn April : 9th 1705
Ens Ebenezer Bancroft John Gowing John Newhall tertius William
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Merriam Daniell Hichins junr Hananiah Huchason Henary Collins junr Ephraim Stacy John Breed Allin Breed Thomas Chever & Richard Mowre are Chose for the year Ensewing to prosecute in behalfe of the towne the breach of any of the towne orders Refering to the preservation of all Manner of wood timber bark shells & Lime which orders they are to attend according Ly & they or any two of them are fully Impowered to prosecute as afore sd
Information being gvien to ye selectmen of Lyn that on or about ye 10th day of March : 174/5 William Chapman & Anne his wife Came in to ye towne of Lyn & Came from the Towne of Boxford where they Properly belong
therefore at a Meeting of ye selectmen of Lynn : Aprill the : 9th 1705 John Divin & Daniell Mansfield you are apointed to warn the above sd William Chapman & Anne his wife to Depart out of our towne forthwith or they shall be proceeded with as ye Law Directs & Make Return with your Doings therin : Dated Lynn April ye : 9th 1705
p or of ye selectmen
John Burrill Clerk
Pursuant to ye above order we have warned the abovenamed William Chapman & Anne his wife to Depart out of ye towne of Lyn forthwith or they shall be proceeded with as the Law Directs & this order was Read to him
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Lynn April ye : 9th 1705
John Divin Daniel Mansfield
Wee ye subscribers being apointed by the selectmen of Lyn & Reding to pambulate on ye Line betwixt Lyn & Reding Met at tobacco hill & pambulated on sd Line from station to station according to ye settlement therof Dated Lyn Aprill : 23 - 1705
for Lyn John Poole Nathall Gowing
for Reding Peter Emerson Joseph Browne
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Wee the subscribers being apointed by the select Men of Boston & Lyn to perambulate Vpon ye Line betwixt Boston & Lyn Met at time & place apointed & pambulated Vpon sd Line from station to station according to order May : 17th 1705
for Lyn Samll Johnson John Divin Will Merriam
for Boston Elisha Bennet
John Center Jonathan Bill
Thom Berry
Timo Clark
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information being given to the selectmen of Lyn that on or about the : 30th day of March : 1705 John Slaughter & Mary his wife with severall of their Children Came into the towne of Lyn & Came from the Towne of Salem wher they Properly belong or had their Last Residence therefore at a Meeting of ye selectmen of Lyn : Aprill : 24th 1705 Mr. John Hart Constable in Lyn you are hereby apointed to warn the above sd John Slaughter & Mary his wife to Depart out of our towne with their Children forthwith or they shall be proceeded with as the Law Directs &. Make Return with your Doing therin Lyn Aprill : 24th 1705 per order of ye selectmen
John Burrill Clerk
May the : 3d - 1705 according to ye above order I have this day warned the above said persons to Depart out of this towne according to this Warrant or order
John Hart Constable in Lyn
at a towne Meeting May : 16th 1705
Ensigne Joseph Newhall Chose Representitive to serve at the generall Court according to precept
at ye same Meeting
Voated that the severall in ye body of the towne as they are Companyed to geather shall Keep a good sufficient Bull in ye Judgment of the persons that are annually Chose by the selectmen to take Care that towne order for ye obteining & Keeping bulls be Duly prosecuted & that the former list that sets forth the severall Companies that should obteine & Keep bulls shall be forthwith New Drawn & takein ye severall persons that Lives within the severall Limits of Each Company & to be New Drawn once Every two years
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at ye same towne Meeting May : 16th 1705 Wheras Daniell Browne had five pole of Land granted to him by ye towne May : 16th 1704 : as set forth in sd Voat & Now Desires to have some adition to ye sd grant Voated that Daniell Browne shall have ten or twelve pole of Land Lying over the way against his old house in Cluding the first grant as it shall be set out by the selectmen & if he should fence it in then he doing of it with a stone wall & paying : 12d p pole for ye same August : 4th 1705 : Daniell Browne paid : Eleven shillings to ye selectmen or their order for the above Land as set forth out by ye selectmen at a Meeting of ye select- men May : 19th 1705 Samll Burrill & Samll Newhall are Chose & fully Impowered for ye year Ensewing to prosecute any person or persons that
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shall break that towne order for the obteining & Keeping bulls in the towne
at a towne Meeting June : 19th 1705
Mr. Danll Hichins sen & Joseph Sibly Chose to serve on ye Jury of tryalls at ye Inferior Court Next at Salem
at ye same Meeting
Voated Liberty to Mathew ffarrington to Cut Vpon ye Common : 5 : or six young trees of walnut to Make Cogs for his Cogwheele
at a Meeting of ye selectmen June : 19th - 1705
Deacon Ballord Sarget Divin & Corprll Hichins apointed & Impowered to Lay out a highway from ye Cuntry Road that leads to Boston begining at ye plaine not far of Thoms Stocker so Runing Round ye East or North East End of Joseph Edmons freshmarsh so in ye most convenient place to ye Cuntry Road Leads to Reding Not for of Josiah Rhoadses his house at the same Meeting
John Newhall Moses Hawks Hananiah Huchason & John Burrill apointed to Lay out a highway in ye Most Conveniant place & Least prejuditiall to propriators from Mr. Hawkses Land by Chews hill so to the townward [Page]
a List of ye fence of ye Millstreet field agreed Vpon by the propriators & Inhabitants of ye field from Joseph Harts House Vnto Mowres Land & is agreed Vpon by the propriators to be fenced as is here after Expressed Samuell Hart & Joseph Hart to fence bothe Ends of their Lott & thirteen pole in ye Lane and Moses Hauen to fence the bredth of his Lott at bothe Ends & : 3 : pole : 3 : foote. Daniell Browne to fence both Ends of his ยท Lott : 4 pole & : 14 foote : John Newhall senr to fence bothe Ends of his Lott : 4 pole & : 14 foote Samuell Newhall to fence bothe Ends of his : 2 Lotts & : 9 pole 11 foote in ye Lane : Mathew ffarrington & Joseph Edmons to fence bothe Ends of their Lott & in ye Lane 4 pole & 14 foote : Robert Potter to fence bothe Ends of his Lott : 4 pole & 14 foote : John Potter to fence bothe Ends of his Lott & in ye Lane : 1 : pole : 10 : foote : Mathew ffarrington to fence bothe Ends of his Lott : 3 pole : 4 : foote : Gillows Land one this side of the Run in the Lane : 4 pole : 14 foote. Next to Harts to fence to that wall that was formerly John Mansfields and to Maintaine the Drawbars. and ye Land that was John Mansfields is to fence : 47 : pole 1/2 Jonathon Hudson : 60 pole : John Mowre against his orchard 6 : pole 1/2 : Jonathon Hudson : 13 : pole 1/2 Gillow 43 pole for Collinses Lott : John Mowre : 20 : pole in ye swamp : Robert Potter senr : 7 pole 1/2 : Mathew ffarrington 4 pole 1/2 : Jonathon Hudson : 191/2. Joseph Browne 30 pole & 9 foote : Ensigne Newhall : 20 pole & 6 foote Mathew ffarrington : 20 pole & 6 foote for
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gillow as Land 46 pole & : 12 foote : Jonathon Hudson 31 : pole & 1/2 & to Maintaine ye Drawbars into his proportion and gillowais to fence from ye Drawbars : 37 pole & to Joine one Robert Potters fence for Marshalls Lott. Mathew ffarrington to fence 5 pole at ye outside of Marshalls Lott & John Potter 4 pole 1/2 which is for ye Vper End of their Land part of it and the Lane fence to begin at ye Vper End of ye Lane at that fence that was Robert Burgeses & Next Samuell Newhall & Robert Potter & gilloway & John Newhall & Mathew ffarrington & John Potter & Daniell Brown and Moses Haven & then Samuell & Joseph Hart and to the confirmation & strength of this List & proportion of Every owners fence we the propriators have subscribed & set to our hands this : 20th day of May : 1701
Robert Potter senr
Samuell Hart
John Newhall junr
Joseph Hart
John Newhall senr
Mathew ffarrington
Moses Hudson
Joseph Browne
Daniell Browne
Moses Haven
Nathall Hathorn
Samll Newhall
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Lyn June : 5th 1704
We the subscribers being apointed by the select Men of Lyn to Layout a Towne highway of two poles wide begining Neare William Eatons house & so Runing through the farm formerly Mr. John Hawkses to the Common Neare Chews hill provided the presant propriators will give the way freely : we have Laid it out as followeth begining at the Road that goes from Reding to Salem at Georg Lilleys gate between his house & William Eatons House so Downe to John Browns Land & over a Corner of his Land and so to Ebenezer Parkers Land so through his Land as Near the westerly part of it as ye swamp will alow of : so through John Hawks Land as ye way Now Lies Except against his house ther to go a Little within his fence : so over ye Brook by Moses Hawkses house on ye westerly side of the fence as it Now stands so Vp the hill before Moses Hawkes house as ye way Now goes : so throug Hanania Huchasons Land as the way Now goes : so through Ebenr Hawkes Land as ye way Now goes to the Common Near Shews hill. & we have Laid this way two poles wide : & the propriators Do Reserve the wood for their owne Vse
John Person John Poole
we the propriators of ye Land the above written Towne way goes over Doe freely give the sd Land that sd way Contains for a towne way as it is Now Laid out if the selectmen Do Lay out a Towne way from ye Towne
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onely we Reserve Liberty to set up gates on sd highway if we see cause in wittnes thereof we have set to our hands :
Moses Hawkes : Ebenr Parker Hananiah Huchason John Brown Ebenezer Hawkes John Hawks
we the subscribers being apointed by the select Men : June : 19th - 1705 to Lay out a high way from: the southerly side of Ebenezer Hawkses Land so to the Towne wards we began at said Hawkes Land wher the old high way Now is Vp Chews hill & so downe Chews Hill in the place where the old way formerly went - - so along as the way goes over John Breeds Lott so on ye Easterly side wher teague Brans fence formerly stood as the way is Now : so as ye way Now is through the ten acre Lotts so Cald to the East side of Henary Newmans fence as it Now stands so as that way Now goes Downe gilloways highway so Cald : to ye Country Road Neare ye great bridge said way to be two pole wide.
John Burrill John Newhall Moses Hawks Hananiah Huchason
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at a Legall Towne Meeting held in Lyn November the 6th 1705
Henary Collins senr Ens Edward Baker & Nathaniell Gowing was Chose to serve on ye granjury at ye Next superior Court at Salem and Mr. John Breed Samll Collins Isaac Ramsdell junior & James Person was Chose to serve on ye Jury of tryals at ye same Court
at the same Meeting
Voated that our Minister Mr. Jerimiah Shepard shall have Ninty pounds one third Money the other two thirds pay at the prises here after set & if any person pays Money in Lue of ye pay part to have one third part of ye same abated which is for his Labour in ye Ministrey in this present year which will be Vp ye Eighth day of January Next in Lue of ye fourscore pounds Voated by the towne March ye : 2d - 1680-81 the Contribution to be Kept us as heretofore
S d Indian Corn at - 3 - 6 p bushall Barley & Barley Malt - 4-0 p bushall Oates at - 1 - 6 p bushall all to be good & Marchantable
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at ye same Meeting
Voated forty pounds Money to pay ye town Debts & Necessary Charges ariseing within ye same which sume of forty pounds & ye above Ninty pounds to ye Minister to be Made in one assessMent & Delivered to ye Constables with warrants to Collect as ye Law directs in towne assessments
at ye same Meeting
Voated Capt Theophilus Burrill & Mr. John Bread shall take Care to agree with Mr Sheafe to Keep schoole this winter as heretofore & if he should Refuse then to obtein some other sutable gramer schoole Master & to advise with the selectmen from time to time as it shall be Needfull
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at a Meeting of ye select Men Novemr : 6th 1705 Left Samll Johnson & Sargant Divin was apointed to stake out the old highway that goes from ye Causway bridge to ye freshmarsh plaine to be two poles wide according to ye old Records
we ye subscribers being apointed by ye select Men to stake out ye old highway that goes from the Causway bridge to ye freshmarsh plaine we have set it out by Marking small trees & seting up stakes one pole on Each side of ye said way as it now goes Exceping onely at ye Entoring of Samll Burrills Land ther to Come about foure foote on his side of ye Cart Ruts as it formerly went & then to fall into ye Now Cart Ruts : and about the Middle of Moses Hudsons Land at ye Rise of ye Little hill to goe as it formerly went : we Made it two poles wide that is to say one pole on Each side from ye Middle of ye Cart Ruts as thay Now are Exceping onely in ye two places as above said Novemr : 9- 1705
Samll Johnson John Divin
at a Meeting of ye selectmen of Lyn January the : 7th 1705/6 Samuell Collins Joseph Mansfield Theophilus ffarrington & Joseph Jacobs are Chose for the year Ensewing to prosecute inbehalfe of ye towne the breach of any of ye town orders which orders they are to attend in their proceedings & they or any two of them are hereby fully Impowered to prosecute the breach of any of ye towne orders as afore said
at a Meeting of ye selectmen february : ye 12th 1705/6
John Breed & Samuell Newhall are Chose overseers to take Care that Towne order about Keeping Bulls in the Towne bareing Date Novemr ye : 6th 1705 : be duly observed & Kept & to prosecute any breach therof accordingly
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at a Legal Town Meeting held in Lyn March ye : 5th 1705/6
John Burrill was Chose Town Clark for the year Ensewing.
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at the same Meeting
Left John Person Left Samuell Johnson Capt Theophilus Burrill Ens Joseph Breed Daniell Mansfield John Breed & John Burrill was Chose selectmen for ye year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Benjamen Collins William Merriam & John Bancrof junior was Chose Constables for ye year Ensewing as ye Law Directs
the sd Collins was hired by Joseph Burrill & serves in his place & so accepted & Chose by the Towne
at ye same Meeting
Joseph ffarr Daniell Mansfield Thomas Burrage & Samuel Hart was Chose Titheingmen for year Ensewing
at ye same Meeting
John Newhall Clark & Moses Hudson was Chose fence Vewers for ye year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Richard Mowre & Joseph Jacobs was Chose fence Vewers for ye year Ensewing
at ye same Meeting
Joseph Hart Samuell Burrill Nathall Collins William Basset junior John Townsend senr Samll Parker was Chose fence Vewers for the year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Mr. Eleazer Lindsey John Ivory John Breed Joseph Mansfield Ens Ebenezer Bancroft & George Lilley was Chose surveyers of ye highways for ye year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Thomas Chadwell & Thomas Norwood was Chose feild Drivers for the year Ensewing as the Law Directs
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at the same Meeting March the : 5th 1705-6
Ebenezer Hathorn Joseph Brown Hugh Alley John Hood John Hart Nathaniel Huchason was Chose Hawards to take Care all swine be yoaked & Ringed as ye Law in that Case provids
at the same Meeting
Capt Theo Burrill Chose Clark of the Market at the same Meeting
Voated that the order Refering to blackbirds that was Made the Last year in all ye perticulars thereof shall be in force for the year Ensewing
at the same Meeting
Capt Theophilus Burrill Ens Edward Baker Ens Ebenezer Bancroft Sart
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Timothy Breed Sart Thomas Lewis Sargt Edward ffuller Henary Collins junr Thomas ffarrar & John Hawks was Chose a Committe to Drawup some proposals or Methods in order to Divide ye Common Lands in ye Towne & offer the same at the Next towne Meeting
at the same Meeting
Voated that ther shallbe a Towne Meeting at the Meeting house on Tuesday Next which will be the twelfth Day of March instant at one of ye Clock afternoone in order to Receive the above Committes proposals & to see if they will Divid ye Common Lands in the Towne & at the same time the towne was accordingly warned to Meet
at the same Meeting
Voated that No person shall Cut down any green tree or trees Vpon the Common at any time before the thirteenth Day of March Instant on ye penalty of ten shilings for Each tree so Cut to be Recovered by the persons yt are to prosecute ye breach of ye towne orders Refering to wood &c or any two of them
at ye same Meeting
Voated that Mr. John Pickering of Salem shall have : forty Nine pole of the towne Common Land Lying Next his owne Land by Darlings as it shall be set out by thoms ffarrar & Samll Collins he paying thirty shillings Money for the same
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