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Williams two silver spoons, with the dates of his captivity and mar- riage engraved thereon. On the Lord's day he attends church with the associate judges, Colonel Pynchon, and the attorneys of the town, and Mr. Brewer preaches "very well and audibly " from the text, " Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you." The judge leaves Springfield after giving Mr. Brewer twenty shillings for his prayers during the court session, is accompanied east five miles by the sheriff and troopers, dines in the pine woods, and then presses on toward Brookfield.
The town acts are nnimportant during this period. In May, 1719, Joseph Stebbins was chosen moderator, -- a notable break in this re- gard, a Pynchon having performed that office from the foundation of the town. Joseph Stebbins was quite prominent in local affairs ; he was sent as delegate to the General Court, and seems to have been much trusted. John Worthington, Luke Hitchcock, and William Pynchon were also chosen moderators during this period. This William Pynchon was the great-great-grandson of the founder of the town.
In 1715 £30 of repairs were voted on the ministry house, and a committee was also appointed to confer with Mr. Brewer, who was " uneasy respecting his not having equil proportion of grain." Mr. Brewer, like other ministers of his day, suffered financially from fluctuations in the value of the pay he received from his congregation. We have seen that Mr. Glover instituted a reform by inducing the town to place the collection of the minister's rates into the hands of the deacon. Mr. Brewer found that a man who was ill-disposed toward him would not give good measure of grain, and the same was true with the firewood that was sometimes contributed in the autumn. The upshot was that the town offered (1716) to pay Mr. Brewer in money. Mr. Brewer suggested £90 as the amount he would accept. The town declined, and £85 was subsequently agreed upon ; this was afterwards raised to £100.
There was still unpaid a certain sum to Mr. Brewer for losses sus-
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tained in the setting up of the West Springfield parish. The follow- ing letter, still preserved, probably refers to this claim : -
To the people of our precinct :
LOVEING FRIENDS : This may signifye to you that (understanding it to be yr desire it should be so) I am very free (notwthstanding yr vote otherwise ) that you should raise but Fifty pounds for me this year. Fifty the next, and so Fifty more the year after. And would have you withall send me yr mind which way of Im- proovement of it would be most easy to you.
This is all at present From yrs, DANIELL BREWER.
SPRINGFEILD, April 10, 1721.
Mr. Brewer was a kindly man, and beloved of his people ; but this did not prevent the parish from driving elose bargains. A year or more before the above letter, the matter of repairs on Mr. Brewer's house came up again. This, and other things of interest, are referred to in the subjoined extract taken from the parish records : -
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the most elderly precinct for the ministry of the Town of Springfield at the meeting house in sd precinct on munday the Twenty Sixth Day of January Anno Domi 1723 at one of the clock in the Afternoon to con- sider & determine what Specie to Raise ye Reverend Mr Brewers rate in and other contingent charges of ye sd precinct for ye year past & for the time to come & further to grant & raise such sum or sums for the payment of any dues from yr sd precinct & to consider & determine what is necessary to be done for ye re- pairing & mending ye ministry house & ye meeting-house of ye sd precinet. Leagally warned. Capt Luke Hitchcock was Chossen modrator for this meet- ing. Ajorned this meeting to the house of pelatiah Bliss in sd precinct
t was voted to raise three pounds two shillings & four pence for the \ 3 glass about the ministry house
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t was voted to raise twenty shilling for pelatiah Bliss for his going \ 01 0 0 for Mr Brewer
voted to raise eleven shilling for Joseph Ashly for his work about ? 00 ve Deacons seat 11 0 3/0 for left John Fere for their asesing & making ye rates in the call 00
voted to raise 2/0 for henry Burt & 2/0 for John Worthenton & 1 12 0 year 1719 for this precinct
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it was discoursed how to raise the Reverend mr Daniel Brewer rate. Voted to send to the revernd m' Brewer & desire him to come and declare his mind it was voted that Sam" Bliss 3d & Thomas Horton should go to the Reverend mr Brewer & desire him to come amongst ns and declare his mind the Reverend m" Brewer being present at the meeting gave his proposals & withdrew it was voted to pay the Reverend mr Daniell Brewer his sallary for the future in grain at thess following prices viz wheat at four shillings per bushell : & pease at four shilling per bushell & rye at three shillings per bushell & Indian corn at Two shillings & six pence per bushell & barley at three shillings & sixpence per bushell & oats att Two shillings per bushell for the future paid in a prepotion or equivilent it was voted to pay the reverend m' Daneill Brewer his hundred pound sallary this year as followeth (viz) Wheat at five shillings & sixpence per bushell & pease at seven shillings per bushell Rye at Three shillings per bushell & Indian Corn at two shillings per bushell and barley shillings per bushell & oats at sixteen pence per bushell or in money. it was voted that Left John Fere Henry Burt & John Worthinton should be assessors to make the rates for this precinct this year it was voted to repair the ministry house but some parsons being unsatisfied about repairing the sd house it was voted to chuse 2 or 3 men to vew the sd ministry house Deacon Naslimun John worthinton & Daniell white ware chossen to vew the sd ministry house and make report to this meeting voted the above sd. men vew the meeting house & make report to this meeting. This meeting was Ajourned nuto Fryday the 20th day of January, currant at two of the clock in the afternoon at the meeting house in sd precinet.
Att a meeting of the inhabitants of the most elderly precinct for the ministry in the Town of Springfield begun & held on Munday January Twenty fifth - - 1748 & continued by a Jourment till Fryday next being the 29th Day of January currant and then meett at Two of the Clock afternoon it was voted to raise for Ephraim Stills the sum that the committee agreed to give him for ringing the bell & sweeping the meeting house The men that were chossen to vew the ministry house made their report to this meeting then it was put to vote whether the inhab- itants of the precinet would reconsider their former vote abont repairing the ministry house it was voted on the affirmative viz to reconsider sd vote Then it was again putt to vote whether they would repair the ministry house it was pased on the negative.
Mr. Brewer presided over the Springfield Church for nearly forty years, and he sank into his grave leaving, to all appearances, a pros- perous community. He was an earnest, sympathetic, and courtly
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man, who, it may be inferred, was loved more for his parish work than his sermonizing. The congregation was bound to him by strong ties of personal regard. In December, 1733, these two votes were passed : -
Granted a hundred and forty pounds for the sallary of Revnd Mr Daneill Brewer, deced this year, to be paid to the administrators of his estate.
Voted and granted to the ffamily of the Late Revnd Mr Daneill Brewer, deced, the sum of sixty pounds in consideration of the Late extraordinary charg in their sickness, and that the same be paid to the widow, Katharine Brewer, for that end.
Mrs. Brewer's name is mentioned in a curions order made nearly ten years before : -
Voted ye precincts committee take care that Mrs Brewers pew be brought out even with Mr. Pynchon's pew. 1
Nine new men were selected to seat the meeting-house in 1726, headed by Deacon Munn ; but " three or four of the men saying they would not medle with it, it was voted that five or six of the sd com- mittee may seat the meeting house."
We have said that to all appearances the "elder parish " was in a prosperous condition at the death of Rev. Daniel Brewer. There were deep elements of discord, however, which needed but little prov- ocation to rise to the surface. This remark refers to the whole com- monwealth. The first half of the eighteenth century is often looked upon as uneventful in comparison with the fiery days of the Revolu- tionary period. But it was an age of transitions that is of intense interest to the student. Whether for good or evil, there was in prog- ress a tremendous revolution, - political, social, and religious. " New England has been at the best always too faulty in that very character, - a province very talkative and ingenious for the vilifying of its publick servants," complained Cotton Mather, whose quick eye
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detected the landslide. But it was more than a negleet to bow to the dictum of the ministers. In this town the fashion was early set to choose laymen rather than ministers as leaders, and yet the change was quite as marked here as elsewhere.
This is no treatise on theology, but the history of the Springfield people cannot be written and its theology ignored. The Puritan fathers held that the churches should be made up of " visible saints " only. Baptized persons were at first, at least, subject to reprimands and discipline even before entering into full fellowship. The church- membership of persons who grew up, married, and presented their children for baptism without themselves going to the communion caused disquietude. To illustrate : Brother A. is a member in full communion, and presents his son B. for baptism. B., when grown up, neglects to make a public declaration of repentance, and thus is never admitted to the Lord's supper, but he in turn presents his son C. for baptism. The question was whether the Abrahamic covenant would be potent with the infant C. if baptized, by virtue of the church membership of Grandfather A. The New England divines disagreed, and there were eventually enough non-professing church- members and enough infant C.'s presented for baptism to disturb the deepest faith. A ministerial assembly called by the New England Legislatures met at Boston in 1657, decided that the sons B. could present their children C. for baptism provided the B.'s were not scan- dalous, and solemnly aver the covenant in their own persons. This was given, however, " with due reverence for any godly learned that may dissent."
These half-way covenanters were not allowed to come to the Lord's supper. The churches were thus made up of those in an intermedia- tory or probationary state and of those in full communion. The ranks of the former class were fast growing, and quite possibly led some of the ministers to review and restate their belief as to church- membership. Rev. Solomon Stoddard, of Northampton, was the first, or at least the most prominent, minister who felt compelled to break
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down the wall that was splitting the churches. He saw no more rea- son why prayerful and earnest-minded persons, who had been bap- tized, should be deprived of the benefit of the sacraments than of read- ing the Bible. Mr. Stoddard therefore proclaimed himself a believer in the Lord's supper as a converting ordinance. The moment Stod- dard's pamphlet reached Boston, Increase Mather prepared another in reply, and he shot it like a bomb-shell into the Connecticut valley. Stoddard returned the fire (1709), and some handsome artillery prac- tice followed in various parts of New England. There was thunder all round the sky. Many churches in this valley accepted the Northampton theory and practised it. It interests us only as it admitted into full communion men who had only been baptized, and it had a tendency at least to increase the influence of those who were constructive rather than experimental Christians. Stoddard was fol- lowed at Northampton by the young theological giant, Jonathan Edwards, who began to develop doubts as to the soundness of Mr. Stoddard's views, and to look with distrust upon such "visible saints." He began eventually that terrible battle for the reposses- sion of the still, cold heights of Puritanism which has made his name famous in the polemical world.
But what was the spiritual condition of the churches of this valley at this period? We believe that even back of the filtration of the half-way covenanters was working the natural law of reaction, of which the half-way covenant was a straw flying in the wind. Why should so many have refused to disclose their conviction of sin and enter into full communion? Scientifically speaking, it was a case of exhausted nature. In the early days the unbending armor of Puri- tanism was fitted to man, woman, and child alike. In time came an enervation of will and spirit. The poor children were the greatest sufferers. Men had subjected themselves to fearful fasts and self- abnegations ; that was their privilege ; they then put their young in training for like solemnities of daily living. "Children," said Cot- ton Mather, after the promulgation of almost monastic rules, "don't
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you forget every day to go alone and pray as I have directed you." Cotton Mather had fifteen children, and only two survived him. This fearful mortality in children was no accident. Abraham himself could not have rescued children enough to become a respectable pa- triarch if a Cotton Mather had been given the training of his family. Men who crossed the Atlantic, fairly inviting a howling wilder- ness to press down with its terrors, in order to worship the living God according to their consciences, saw their grandchildren growing up with no desire to make use of the privileges of the gospel, brought to their very cradles. The third and fourth generations were not disposed to consider every odd character in the village a witch. Min- isters were not so implicitly listened to ; scepticism, frivolity, loose manners, and, alas ! looser morals, followed. The reaction was se- rious. The attempt to carry human nature up by main force threat- ened to end in hurling it into the depths. There is abundant evidence that tavern-haunting, Sabbath-breaking, loose and vicious conversa- tion and immoralities between the sexes were distressingly common.
In order to make complete comparisons, it will be necessary, on account of defective records, to select the year 1738. But what was true of 1738 had been measurably true for a score of years. We find that the Springfield selectmen in January, 1738, consisting of William Pynchon, John Day, and Samuel Cooley, made out a valua- tion and assessment roll in four parts, and gave them to the four town constables. The list intrusted to Constable John Munn, of property apparently upon the east side of the river, contained the following names of tax-payers : -
John Hancock, Increase Sikes, Jr., Widow Hannah Sikes, Ebenezer Lum- bard, Simon Smith, Jonathan Stevenson, Israel Warner, Benjamin Knowlton, Benjamin Warriner, Joseph Burt, Samuel Warner, Estate of Ebenezer War- riner, Daniel Cadwell, Moses Bartlet, Obadiah Cooley, Benjamin Sikes, Samuel Warner, Jr., Lt. John Burt, John Burt, Jr., Increase Sikes, estate of Samnel Sikes, Thomas Stiles, Jonathan Bartlet, Ebenezer Stebbins, Jr., John Mun, Dea. Henry Burt, Robert Ashley, Robert Harris, Moses Burt, James Burt,
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Timothy Bliss, Abel Bliss, Edward Bliss, Abner Ely, Jedediah Bliss, John Har- mon, Lieut. John Ferre, John Ferre, Jr., Ebenezer Warner, Jonathan Day, Widow Elizur Sikes, Joseph Sikes, Samuel Bliss, John Morgan, Gersham Ferre, David Warriner, Ephraim Bartlet, Samuel Bartlet, James Warriner, William Bliss, Jr., Widow Hannah White, Pelatiah Hitchcock, Joseph Warriner, Widow Ruth Ingersoll, Samuel Marshfield, Capt. John Mirrick, Thomas Mirrick, Jr., Thomas Mirrick, David Mirrick, Moses Mirrick, Lieut. Pelatiah Bliss, Luke Bliss, Jonathan Church, William Pynchon, Jeremiah Horton, Thomas Horton, Benjamin Horton, Benjamin Horton, Jr., Timothy Horton, John Horton, Daniel Warner, Benjamin Brooks, Samuel Brooks, Noah Brooks, Widow Hannah Beaman, Jonathan Bartlet, Samuel Huggins, Jolm Miller, 3d, Noah Alvard, George Mather, Nathaniel Brewer, Katherine Brewer, Jonathan Bliss, Benjamin Wait, Jonathan Warriner, Cornelius Jones, Benjamin Dorches- ter, Edmond Newman, Elijah Stetson, William Bliss.
The largest tax-payers in the above list are Obadiah Cooley, Lieut. John Burt, Thomas Horton, William Pynchon, and Jedediah Bliss.
Constable John Hitchcock, Jr., was intrusted with the following list, which seems to be for property in the Chicopee part of the town : -
Ebenezer Hitchcock. John Wyse, Thomas Ferre, Samuel Ferre, Jonathan Old, B. Vanhorn, Henry Chapin, Ensign Benjamin Chapin, Benjamin Chapin, Jr., Isaac Chapin, Henry Wright, David Chapin, David Chapin, Jr., Jonathan Chapin, John Chapin, Thomas Chapin, Japhet Chapin, Elisha Chapin, Samuel Chapin, Caleb Chapin, Abel Chapin, Josiah Chapin, John Chapin, Jr .. Robert Old, Nathaniel Chapin, Cornelius Webb, Samuel Stebbins, Jr., Aaron Stebbins, Col. John Pynchon, William Pynchon, Jr., Thomas Warriner, William Warriner, Nathaniel Warriner, Ephraim Stiles, Luke Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, 3d, Ser- geant Daniel Parsons, Aaron Hitchcock, Daniel Parsons, Jr., Aaron Parsons, Lieut. John Worthington, Benjamin Colton, estate of Pelatiah Glover. Pelatiah Glover, Thomas Glover, Samuel Glover, Jonathan Morgan, John Lamb, Daniel Lamb, Widow Hannah Kelly, Noah Parsons, Joseph Dorchester, James Williston, James Williston, Jr., Luke Hitchcock, Jr., Thomas Stebbins, Caleb Stebbins, John Stebbins, Jr., John Stebbins, Ebenezer Stebbins, Joseph Stebbins, I'm. Sanderson, Samuel Jones, David Jones, Ensign John Hitchcock, Nathaniel Hitchcock, Dea. Nathaniel Munn, Nathaniel Munn, Jr., Samuel Munn, Ebenezer
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Morgan, John Hitchcock, Jr., Gideon Pratt, Henry Wright, Jr., Jonathan Cha- pin, Jr., Isaac Brewer, Nathaniel Stonks.
The largest tax-payers above are John Worthington, James Wil- liston, John Pynchon, John Chapin, John Lamb, and Henry Wright.
The list committed to Constable Day for West Springfield property was as follows : -
Joseph Ely, 2d, John Day, Jr., Benjamin Jones, Timo. M. Krancy, Benjamin Ashley, Ebenezer Parsons, Jr., Nathaniel Ely, Dea. Joseph Ely, Ebenezer Ash- ley, Ebenezer Morgan, Jr., Samuel Morgan, Samuel Barker, Pet: Morgan, Jr., John Bagg, Jr., Ens. John Bagg, James Bagg, Nathaniel Morgan, Miles Mor- gan, Joseph Morgan, James Morgan, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Bagg, David Bagg, Ichabod Miller, Josiah Miller, James Taylor, John Carew, Ebenezer Taylor, Ashael Taylor, Pelatial Morgan, Thomas Miller, 2d, Nathaniel Sikes, Benjamin Stebbins, Jr., Jonathan Taylor, Francis Ball, Thomas Miller, Nathaniel Atehin- son, Jas. Mirrick, Jr. (Estate), Jonathan White, Samuel Ball, Nathaniel Wil- liston, John Williston, Dea. Ebenezer Parsons, Caleb Parsons, Christopher Vanhorn, Josiah Day, Dea. John Ely, Reuben Ely, Caleb Ely, Joseph Mirrick, Samuel Ely, Benjamin Pike, Samuel Taylor, Jr., Ebenezer Day, Ebenezer Day, Jr., Benjamin Stebbins, Francis Stebbins, Amos Taylor, Samuel Day, Widow Maria Day, Thomas Day, Nathaniel Ely, 2d, Thomas Killum, Samuel Lamb, John Rogers, Charles Ferre, Sen. (Dec estate), Ebenezer Miller, Jr., Jonathan Miller, Samuel Taylor, Jonathan Smith, Benjamin Smith, Job Smith, William Smith, Benj. Smith, Jr., Jos. Huggins, John Combs, Benoni Jones, Dr. Joseph Ely, John Miller, Ebenezer Miller, Sen.
The highest tax-payers above were Jonathan Bagg, Dea. John Ely, Benjamin Stebbins, Ensign John Bagg, and Pelatiah Morgan.
Constable Cooper's list, also West Springfield property : --
Benjamin Ball, John Ely, 3d, Joseph Miller, Henry Rogers, Nath' Dumble- ton's estate, John Dumbleton, Samuel Dumbleton, Capt. John Day, Wid. Sarah Leonard, Lt. James Mirriek, Capt. Nath' Downing, John Downing, John Barber, John Miller, 2d, Moses Miller, Timothy Cooper, Wm. M'Intire, Jr., Ebenezer Leonard, Dr. John Leonard, Abel Leonard, John Remington, John Worthington, Joseph Ball, Joseph Leonard, Lt. Jos. Leonard. Sen. (Deed estate). Moses
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Leonard, Samuel Leonard, Josiah Leonard, Josiah Leonard, Jr., Joseph Bodur- tha, Wm. M'Intire, Lamberton Cooper, Tilly Mirrick (Deed estate), Ebenezer Cook, Nathaniel Bancroft, Samuel Bancroft, Ens. Jos. Colton, John Barber, Jr., Jonathan Ball, Jr., John Stevenson, John White, Samuel Mirick, Eliakim Cooley, Isaac Frost, John Frost, Abraham Frost, Benj. Bodurtha, Jonathan Bodurtha, Daniel Cooley, Daniel Cooley, Jr., Benajah Stevenson, John Fowler, Christopher Fowler, John Fowler, Jr., John Pengilly, David Smith, Capt. Jos. Winchell, James Phillips, Thomas Smith, Luke Day, Joseph Sheldon, Abel Leonard, Jr., Benj. Sheldon, John Miner, Nathan Phillips, John Dorchester, Benj. Leonard, Thomas Bancroft, Rebecca Evans, Abel Marley, Abraham Adams, Daniel Ash- ley, Eldad Barker, George Miner, Jonathan Purchase.
The highest tax-payers were Col. John Day, Ebenezer Leonard, Dr. John Leonard, and Lieut. James Mirrick.
Constable Colton's list for Longmeadow property : -
Capt. Isaac Colton, Isaac Colton, Sen., Ebenezer Colton, William Colton, Sam- uel Keep, Jr., Lt. John Colton, Ens. Samuel Keep, Ens. Thos. Colton, Samuel Colton, Lt. Eph. Colton, Thomas Hail, Jonathan Hail, Thomas Hail, Jr., Noah Hail, Capt. George Colton, Wid. Hannah Burt, David Burt, Sen., Samuel Crow- foot, John Burt, 2nd, Joshua Field, John Bliss, Thos. Bliss, 2d, Eben" Bliss, 2d, Nathaniel Bliss, Nathaniel Bliss, Jr., Eph: Colton, Jr., Simon Colton, Dea. Jonath" Ely, Dea. Nathaniel Burt, David Burt, 2d, Eben" Bliss, Sen., Thos. Bliss, Sen., Sam' Stebbins, Stephen Stebbins, Wid. Ab: Stebbins, Jonath" Stebbins, Aaron Stebbins, Timothy Nash, Ens. Wm Stebbins, Joseph Cooley, Dr. Jos. Pynchon, John Steel, Eliakim Cooley, Josiah Cooley, Corp. Sam1 Cooley, Israel Cooley, John Cooley, Thomas Field, Jonath" Cooley, Henry Wol- cott, Amos Stiles, Wid. Ab. Cooley, Joshua Atchinson, Ed: Pynchon, Joshua Mosewell, John Hail, Jr.
The largest tax-payers were Capt. George Colton, Samuel Colton, Ensign Samuel Keep, Lieut. John Colton, Thomas Field, Dea. Nathaniel Burt, Simon Colton, and Ensign Thomas Colton.
We have printed the members of the Springfield church in the above lists in italics, so that it will be seen at a glance how large a proportion had kept out of the fold. Among the slave-holders of that
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day were several members of the Pynchon family, as well as Samuel and Ephraim Colton, of Longmeadow, and Capt. John Day, Lieut. James Mirrick, John Ely, and Benjamin Ball, of West Springfield.
From the first parish records it appears that there were upon the rolls between 1736 and 1738 only the following in full communion. Quite a number in the list had withdrawn from the Springfield church in 1638, a majority of them going to Springfield Mountains, which eventually became Wilbraham.
Alvord, Mrs. Noah,
Ashley, Joseph,
Bartlet, Hannah,
" Jonathan and wife,
Miriam,
Bliss, Mrs. Pelatiah,
Widow,
Mrs. William and daughter, Brewer, Charles,
Isaac,
Nathaniel,
Burt, Dea. Henry, wife and daughter,
James,
4 Mrs. James,
James, Jr., and wife,
John, Jr., and wife,
Joseph's daughter,
Chapin, Abel and wife,
Benjamin and wife,
66 David, wife and daughter,
66 David, Jr.,
Elisha,
Esther,
4 4 Hannah, (widow)
Henry,
.. Mrs. Isaac,
Japhet and wife,
Chapin, Jonathan, wife and daughter,
Jonathan, Jr.,
Jonathan and wife (of King- ston) Josiah,
Thomas, wife and three daugh- ters, Crowfoot, Mrs. John.
John, Jr.,
Thomas, Dorchester, Mrs. Benjamin, Ferre, Gersham,
John,
Samuel and wife,
Thomas, Foot, Mrs. Thomas,
Hancock, Mrs. John,
Harmon, Mrs. John, Hitchcock, Aaron, Anı,
Mrs. Ebenezer,
John and wife,
Luke and wife,
Luke, Jr., and wife,
Nathaniel,
Widow, Horton, Benjamin, Jr., and wife,
Thomas's daughter,
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Ingersoll, Mrs. (widow), Jones, David and wife,
Kellogg, Widow K.'s daughter,
Knowlton, Benjamin and wife, Miriam,
Lamb, Hulda,
Lombard, Mrs. Ebenezer and daughter,
Marshfield's negro servant Dinah,
Miller, Mrs. John,
John, Jr.,
Mirrick, Mrs. Capt.,
Morgan, Ebenezer,
Munn, Nathaniel and two daughters, Nathaniel, Jr.,
Parsons, Aaron,
Widow Abigail,
Mrs. Daniel,
Mrs. Daniel, Jr.,
Pierce, Jonathan,
Pynchon, Mrs. Col. William and daugh- ter,
Sanderson, William, Sikes, Mrs. Benjamin,
" Increase,
" -Mrs. Increase, Jr.,
" Samuel, Jr.,
Widow Thankful,
Smith, Simon,
Stebbins, Ebenezer,
John, Jr.,
66 Joseph,
66 Mrs. Joseph,
.. Thomas. Stevinson, Mrs. Jonathan,
Taylor, Elizabeth,
Thomas, Sarah,
Vanhorn, Elizabeth,
Warner, Mary,
Samuel, wife and daughter,
Sarah,
Warriner, Mrs. Benjamin,
،، David,
Mrs. Ebenezer,
Elizabeth,
16 Joseph and daughter,
Martha,
Mary,
William and wife,
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