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1690 March
29 Philip Goss and Mary Prescott, in Concord.
1693 October
31 Joseph Houghton and Jane Vose of Milton. William Divoll and Ruth Whitcomb.
1698 january
1
John Moore and Hazadiah Fairbank, in Concord.
1698 July 21 Henry Willard and Abigail Temple, in Concord. 1698 November 20 John Houghton, Jr., and widow Mary Goss, in Con- cord.
1698 October "- John Willard and Mary Hayward, in Concord.
1699 August 30 Philip Goss and Judith Hayward, in Concord.
1700 January 2 Henry Houghton and Abigail Barron, in Watertown.
1700 May 31 David Whitcomb and Mary Fairbank.
1700 December 17 George Glazier and Sarah Barrett, in Chelmsford.
John Wilder and Hannah -
1674 February
1695
21
1
322
DEATHS.
A. D. · Month.
Day.
1643 September
1644 December
3
Henry Symonds, one of first proprietors, in Boston. Thomas King, the purchaser of Nashaway, in Watertown.
1649
I
31
Rachel Waters, daughter of Lawrence and Ann, aged one month.
1653
-
Nathaniel Hadlocke, one of first prudential manag- ers, in Watertown.
1654
2
21
Joanna Waters, daughter of Lawrence and Ann. aged one year.
A654
3
IS
Joane White, wife of John White.
1654
3 27
Mary Smith, wife of Richard, with her infant.
1654 October
1655
,1655
2.4
Sholan alias Showanon, Sagamore of the Nashawas. An infant of John and Martha Rugg. aged one day. Martha Rugg, wife of John, and another infant.
1657
5
16
A child of Nathaniel and Sarah Joslin, aged one day. Elizabeth Parker, wife of Edmund.
1657
9
6
1657
9
17
Thomas Rowlandson, father of Reverend Joseph.
1658
1
12 Ann Kerley, wife of William, Senior.
1659
4
17
Ephraim Waters, son of Lawrence and Ann, aged . three and one-half years. Mary Smith, wife of John.
1659
27
1660
I
13
Thomas Joslin.
1660
1 I
20
Mary Rowlandson, daughter of Reverend Joseph, aged three years.
1 660
-
20
Hittabel Rogers, daughter of Jeremiah and Bia, aged three years.
1662
4
14
Brichett Kerles, second wife of William, Senior.
1662
4 15
Henry Renie, servant of Roger Sumner.
1662
7 24
1662 September -
Stephen Gates, at Cambridge. [Inventory 29 7mo.] John Tinker, at New London, Connecticut.
1662 November
?
Edward Breck, in Dorchester.
1662 November
7
Hittabel Rogers, daughter Jeremiah and Abiah. Isaac Wright.
1663 December
23
Hope [.lhovehope] Willard, daughter of Major . Simon, aged seventeen years.
1663
12
2元
Jacob Wheeler, son of Richard and Sarah.
1665
30 Richard Linton.
166;
6
10 Elizabeth Atherton. daughter of James and Hannab.
166; 7
20
Rebeccah Lewis, daughter of John and Hannah.
John Whitcomb, Senior.
1662 October
--
1663
IO
20
Thomas James.
1660
3
18
ANNALS OF LANCASTER,
323
MASSACHUSETTS. 1643- 1725.
A. D. Month. Day.
1665 9
12 Josiah Whitcomb, son of Josiah and Rebecca, aged one day.
1666 5
17 Deborah Sawyer, daughter of Thomas and Mary, an infant.
1667 June
8 Nathaniel Joslin, son of Nathaniel and Saralı.
1667 October
23 Thomas Wilder, Senior.
1668 January
- Stephen Day, a first proprietor, at Cambridge, [Inventory January 27.]
1668 November
3
John Farrar, son of Jacob, Senior.
1668 December
19 Hannah Whetcomb, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah,
1668 -
-
Philip Knight, at Salem.
1669 April
3 Isabell Walker.
1669 June
15 Simon Courser, son of Archelaus and Rachel.
1669 July
16 John Smith.
1670 July
14
William Kerley, Senior.
1670 July
17
A child of William and Elizabeth Lincorne.
1670 September -
1670
9
4
Adam Waters, at Charlestown. [Inventory 23, 7m0.] Mary Atherton, daughter of James and Hannah.
1671
10
Ann Moore, wife of John.
1671
3
2.
A child of Jonathan and Dorothy Prescott.
1671
3
4 . Jonathan Prescott, son of Jonathan and Dorothy. Frances Whitcomb, widow of John, Senior.
1671
3
17
3 William Lewis.
1672
I 2 Sarah Sawyer, wife of Thomas, Junior.
1672
I 14 William Bennett, son of George and Lydia.
1672
8 26 Benjamin Adams, son of George.
1673 April
- John White. [Will proved May 23d.]
1673
8
2. John Farrar, son of John and Mary.
1674
-- Dorothy Prescott, wife of Jonathan.
The Massacre of August 22, 1675.
George Bennett.
William Flagg.
Jacob Farrar, Junior.
Mordecai MacLoud.
Lydia MacLond, wife of Mordecai.
Hannah MacLoud, aged about three years, daughter of Mordecai. An infant child of Mordecai and Hannah MacLoud. Joseph Wheeler.
.
1671
10
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ANNALS OF LANCASTER,
The Massacre of February 10, 1676.
Jonas Fairbank.
Joshua Fairbank, son of Jonas, aged fifteen years.
Richard Wheeler.
Ephraim Sawyer, son of Thomas, aged twenty-five years.
Henry Farrar, son of Jacob, Senior.
John Ball.
Elizabeth Ball, wife of John.
An infant child of John and Elizabeth Ball.
Ensign John Divoll.
John Divoil, Jr., aged twelve, died in captivity.
Josiah Divoll, son of John, aged seven years.
,Hannah Divoll, daughter of John, aged about nine years, died in captivity.
Abraham Joslin, Jr .. aged twenty-six years.
Ann Joslin, wife of Abraham, killed in captivity.
Beatrice, daughter of Abraham and Ann Joslin, aged two years, killed in captivity.
Daniel Gains.
Thomas Rowlandson, aged nineteen years, nephew of Reverend Joseph. John Kettle, aged about thirty-seven.
Joseph Kettle(?) son of John, aged about ten years.
John Kettle, son of John, aged about sixteen years.
Elizabeth Kerley, wife of Captain Henry.
Henry Kerley(?) son of Captain Henry, aged eighteen years.
William Kerley, son of Captain Henry, aged seventeen years.
Joseph Kerley, son of Captain Henry, aged seven years.
Priscilla Roper, wife of Ephraim.
Priscilla Roper, daughter of Ephraim, aged about three years.
Sarah Rowlandson, daughter of Reverend Joseph, died of wound, February 18.
John McLoud, brother of Mordecai.
George Harrington, a soldier, killed February --?
John Roper, killed March 26.
Died during Abandonment of Town.
A. D. Month. Day.
1676 April 24 Major Simon Willard, at Charlestown.
1676 September 26 Jeremiah Rogers, at Dorchester.
1676 September 26 Sam, alias Uskattuhgun, sagamore of Nashaway, hanged at Boston.
1676 September 26 Monoco, alias one-eyed John, Nipnet Sachem at Lancaster, hanged at Boston.
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· MASSACHUSETTS. 1643-1725.
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A. D. Month. Day.
1677 August 14 Jacob Farrar, Senior, at Woburn.
1677 November 4 Mary Hudson, wife of Daniel, at Concord.
1678 I
6 Abigail Rogers, daughter of Jeremiah. at Dorchester.
1678 .
I
IO Bathsheba Rogers, daughter of Jeremiah, at Dor- chester.
1678
I 10
Abiah Rogers, widow of Jeremiah, at Dorchester.
1678
I
23 Gamaliel Beaman, Senior, at Dorchester.
1678 4
20 Samuel Rugg, son of John and Hannah, at Concord.
1678 7
20 Benjamin Allen, at Charlestown.
1679.
1678 November 23 Reverend Joseph Rowlandson, at Wethersfield, Conn Nathaniel Wilder, child of Nathaniel and Mary, in Sudbury.
1679
- Archelaus Courser, in Boston.
1679 October
8 Hannah Houghton, daughter of Ralph, at Charles- town, aged twelve years.
1679 October
10 John Houghton, son of Ralph, at Charlestown, aged twenty years.
1680 February
6 Aun Waters, wife of Lawrence, at Charlestown.
1681 March
19 James Butler, at Billerica.
After 'Re-settlement of Town.
168: December
- John Prescott, [the Founder of Lancaster,] aged about seventy-seven years.
1682 February - William Whittborn. [Inventory February 23.]
1683 April
7
John Whitcomb, drowned.
1584 January
-1 William Kerley, Jr., at Marlborough.
1684 April
29 John Houghton, Senior.
1687 December 9 Lawrence Waters, at Charlestown.
1688 September Į John Bush.
1688 October -- John Glazier, Senior. [Inventory October 29.]
1691 February
- Jowathan Whitcomb. [Inventory February 25.]
1691 March - Samuel Wheeler, a soldier, son of Richard. [In- ventory April 7.]
The Massacre of July IS, 1692.
Sarah Joslin, wife of Peter. Peter Joslin, Jr., aged six years. [Killed in captivity.] Three children of Peter Joslin.
Hannah Whitcomb, widow of Jonathan.
1603 October - Reverend Samuel Carter, in Groton. LAdminis- tration granted October 30.]
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326
ANNALS OF LANCASTER,
A. D. Month. Day.
1693 -
Ralph Houghton. (?)
1694 April 8 Nathaniel Joslin, in Marlborough.
1694 March ? Daniel Allen, in Watertown.
16944 May Edmund Parker, at Roxbury. [Inventory May 28.]
1695 November --
Abraham Wheeler, killed by Indians. [laventory November 6.]
1696 October 10 George Adams, in Cambridge.
1697 January - John Rugg. [Inventory January 19.]
1697 May 19 Alice and Fannie, twin children of Reverend John Whiting, aged two years, ten months.
The Massacre of September 11, 1697.
Reverend John Whiting.
Daniel Hudson.
Joanna Hudson, wife of Daniel.
Joanna Hadson, daughter of Daniel, aged thirty-seven years.
Elizabeth Hudson, daughter of Daniel, aged forty years.
Two children of Nathaniel and Rebecca Hudson.
Ephraim Roper.
Hannah Roper, wife of Ephraim.
Elizabeth Roper, daughter of Ephraim, aged fourteen years.
John Scate, or Sheath.
The wife of John Scate.
Joseph Rugg, aged about twenty-nine years. The wife of Joseph Rugg.
Three children of Joseph Rugg.
Hannah Prescott Rugg, widow of John.
Jonathan Fairbank, aged thirty-one years. Grace Fairbank, daughter of Jonathan. Jonas Fairbank, son of Jonathan.
1697 November 4 Eunice, daughter of Reverend john Whiting. 1698 May
26 Deacon Roger Sumner, at Milton.
1698 May - 1702 September - 1703 - -
Philip Goss. [Administration granted May 26.] Ensign John Moore. [Inventory September 23.] John Moore, Senior. [Nuncupative will sworn to November 26.
1704 July 31
Lieutenant Nathaniel Wilder, killed by Indians, aged fifty-four years.
1,04
-- John Priest, Senior.
1706 September 12 Thomas Sawyer, Senior.
1707 James Atherton, in Sherborn, aged eighty-six years.
1714 January Captain Henry Kerley, at Marlborough. [Will proved January 7.]
APPENDIX.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
To the several members of the Committee of Publication --- especially to the Reverend George M. Bartol, chairman, -and to the Honorable Samuel A. Green, the thanks of the editor, due for valuable suggestions and assistance, are hereby cordially tendered. Various courtesies received from the accomplished custodians of the Massachusetts Archives, the Massachusetts State Library, the Boston Public Library, and the Libraries of the Boston Athenaum. the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the New Eng- land Historic Genealogical Society, are gratefully acknowl- edged.
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THE FIRST INNKEEPERS OF LANCASTER.
There is no evidence that any house here, previous to the destruction of the town in 1676, was devoted to the accommodation of travellers, or the sale of drink. When- ever Reverend John Eliot, General Daniel Gookin, and other gentlemen of the Bay towns, were called hither by official duty or private business, they doubtless found all doors hospitably open to them. Humbler travellers were but few, and those chiefly visiting friends and relatives. The licensed fur traders kept a small variety of goods suit- able for barter with the native hunters, including spirituous liquors, and at first naturally monopolized all trade in such articles. Thus the list of debtors in the inventory of Thomas King's estate, besides "the Indyans," includes
328
ANNALS OF LANCASTER,
many of his English neighbors. By an act of 1681, but one innkeeper was permitted in each of the smaller towns, and license was granted by the county courts annually, on a certificate of approval from the town's selectmen, of which the following are examples, from Middlesex Court Files :
·
LANCASTER ye 31st of March 1690
These may certifie ye hon'd Court : or any concerned that Nathanaell Wilder of Lancaster hath ye approbation and consent of ye Selectmen of sd. Lancaster for ye Retaleing of strong Drinks and keeping Ordinary in ye sd Lancaster. by order of ye Selectmen
JOHN HOUGHTON Town Clerk
To the Hourable his Majties Justices for ye County of Middle.
May it please your Hon's. That Whereas John White of ye Towne of Lancaster in said County of Middlesex yeoman is Desiring to obtain a Licence for Retailing Rum & other strong Drink in said Towne of Lan- caster & accordingly applyed himselfe to ye Selectmen of said Town for their approbation, who are Willing it may be Granted hin in case yor Honr se meet
Dated LANR: July ye 4: 1717.
JOHN HOUGHTON NATHANIEL SAWYER & Selectnien PETER JOSLIN
To the Hourable his Majties Justices for ye County of Middlesex.
May it please your Hon's that at ye Request of Jonathan Houghton of Lancaster in said County of Middlesex Yeoman applying himselfe to ye selectmen of said Towne for their approbation for his Receiving a licence for an Inholder in said Towne, we accordingly approve of ye same & De- sire Licence may be granted him
Selectmen ( PETER JOSLIN JAMES WILDER
NATHANIEL SAWYER JOSEPH WILDER
Dated July ye 5: 1717.
To the Honrable Justices for ye County of Middlesex.
These may certifie that whereas Mr David Whetcomb of Lancaster hath applyed himselfe to us the subscribers for our approbation for bis selling strong Drink by Retale we accordingly Request that your Hon's would please to grant the same.
Dated LANR: July 7: 1717 /18.
JOHN HOUGHTON - PETER JOSLIN Selectmen JONAS HOUGHTON
329
MASSACHUSETTS. 1643-1725.
Nathaniel Wilder was the first licensed " for Retailing of wine, Beere, Ale, Cyder, Rum &c" in Lancaster. His home was a garrisoned house on the southeast slope of George Hill, in close proximity to the site of the Symonds & King trucking house -- a fact perhaps suggestive, as tending to show that the chief line of travel had not mate- rially changed during forty years, and that the centre of population in Lancaster was yet west of the rivers. He remained the sole innholder until his death in 1704, and his widow Mary [Sawyer], granddaughter of John Pres- cott, continued the business.
July 10 1705 Widow Mary Wilder Admitted to renew her License as Inholder for ye Town of Lancaster here Recognized as ye Law demands
Simon Willard of Lancaster Licensed to be an Inholder in sd. Town having entered into Recognizance persuant to Law.
[Middlesex Court Records.]
LIST OF LICENSED INNHOLDERS AND RETAILERS OF LIQUORS, 1685- 1730, DERIVED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE MIDDLESEX COURT OF SESSIONS.
1685 to 1704. Nathaniel Wilder.
1705. Widow Mary Wilder, Benjamin Bellows and Simon Willard.
1706-7. Widow Mary Wilder.
1708.
John Houghton, Jr.
1709-10. John Houghton, Sen.
IZII. John Houghton and Benjamin Bellows.
1712-13. John Houghton.
1714.
John Houghton, and "John Fay living near Marlborough.'
1715.
John Houghton.
1716.
Hooker Osgood and John Houghton.
1717.
John Houghton, Hooker Osgood, and John White.
1718-19.
Jonathan Houghton, David Whitcomb, and Samuel Willard.
1720.
Samuel Willard and David Whitcomb.
1721 to '24.
Samuel Willard aud Thomas Carter.
1725.
Thomas Carter.
1726.
Samuel Willard, Thomas Carter, and Oliver Wilder.
1727 to 129.
Samuel Willard, Thomas Carter, John Wright, and Oliver Wilder.
1730.
Capt. Samuel Willard, Jonathan Houghton, Thomas Car- ter, John Wright, and Oliver Wilder.
330
ANNALS OF LANCASTER,
The location of these tavern-keepers can be determined approximately only.
Benjamin Bellows, having married Dorcas, widow of Henry Willard, lived on the Willard estate at Still River. A locality upon the intervale near, yet retains the name "Bellows Hole."
Justice John Houghton lived upon Bridecake Plain, opposite the State Industrial School grounds. His sons John and Jonathan resided in the same neighborhood. A letter from the pen of the veteran town clerk gives us a glimpse of Lancaster and its tavern in 1715 :
To Capt Samuel Phipps of Charlstowne.
Worthy Sr. After my Humble Service & Due Respects Presented to y Hon'r'able Justices of ye County of Middlesex, together with yourselfe, these are to acquaint you that I am under such Indisposition of Body that I could not attend this Last Session of ye General Assembly, nor can las yet Possibly (with comfort) come to pay my excise nor to Renew my Licence, but I have sent ye money for ye last years excise by Joseph Bra- brook the Bearer hereof, which I hope will be to acceptance & in case yo'r Hon'' shall see cause that my Licence may be continued I hope you will abate neer one halfe of ye excise for Doubtless I have paid very Deare considering what I have Drawne Compared with other Townes. I had but one Hogshead of Rum ye last yeare & that wanted about 12 Gallons of being full when I bought it: & it wants severall Gallons of being out now besides about 10 or 12 Gallons Lent out, & were it not that I am con- cerned with writing of Deeds & Bonds & other Publique Concerns of ye Town affaires, which Occasion Persons often to come to my House, in order to signing & Issuing such things, I should not be willing to be con- cerned with a Licence ; for what Drinks I sell I do it as cheap as at Boston & besides ye first cost I pay twenty shillings pr. Hogshead for carrying it up, besides the Hazard ; & as for Cyder there is none to be had, nor like to be this yeare at any price, fruit is so scarce, & for wine I never sold 5 Gallons in all ye yeares I have had a licence. So that my Draught being so Little (there being no Road or throughfare for travilers through our towne) I hope your Hon's will consider ye Premisses & do therein as in your Wisdom & Justice it shall seem meet, which will oblidge
Your Humble Servant
Dat. LANR: July ye 27 1715.
JOHN HOUGHTON [Middlesex Court Files.]
331
MASSACHUSETTS. 1643-1725.
Hooker Osgood, a saddler from Andover, bought the Rowlandson lands west of the river, Nov. 22, I7IO, of Philip Goss, and in 1714 purchased the lot whereon Law- rence Waters had his home, now the homestead of S. J. S. Vose.
Captain John White was the noted Indian-fighter, asso- ciated with Captain Lovewell. He lived upon the east side of the neck.
David Whitcomb's lands were in the southeastern part of Bolton.
Captain Samuc! Willard in 1627 purchased the lands bordering the highway from the Sprague bridge to the Penecook wading place, in all seventy-six acres, including the Major Simon Willard home lot, the Edward Breck lot, and the Night Pasture. The Willard mansion near the . railroad crossing is supposed to have been built by him.
Thomas Carter lived upon George Hill, his father, Samuel, having in 168S purchased the Kerley lands, now in possession of F. D. Taylor and H. B. Stratton.
Colonel Oliver Wilder bought of his brother Nathaniel, in 1722, the Roper lot, and probably lived near, if not in, the present house on the hill just above the George Hill school-house.
The complaint in Justice Houghton's letter of the small local demand for strong drink must not be taken as a measure of the bibulous propensities of our ancestors. The frequent mention of beer and malt vessels in early in- ventories, and of orchards in wills, indicate that the home manufacture and consumption of fermented beverages was considerable. It may be reasonable to conclude from the above letter, that in olden time as now, the apple crop usually failed in the "odd years." The orchards of Lan- caster were very early famous, and cider became a product of commercial importance. When in 1734 Captain Jonas Iloughton, the Lancaster surveyor, was employed by the proprietors of Nichewaug to reconstruct the road from
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ANNALS OF LANCASTER,
Lancaster along the north side of Wachusett, the contract test, for acceptance of this highway was that it should be " so feasible . .. . as to carry comfortably, with four oxen, four barrels of cider at once."
In an old memorandum book of Judge Joseph Wilder's is "an acompt of Cyder made in the ye 1728," for his neighbors :
Barrels
for the Reuerend Mr John Prentice
61
Capt. Samuel Willard
1216
" Benjamin Wilson
52
Thomas Wilder
2215
Jos Wilder
17
William Divol
5
John Divol
15
Jonas Houghton
6
Jos Wheelock
21
Joshua Houghton
63
Ebenz Wilder
4715
James Houghton
5
Chas Sawyer
913
Richard Wild
9
Jonathan Houghton
16
„, Ebenezer Prescot
31
Daniel Rugg
2015
James Wilder
39
William Houghton
113
William Sawyer
23
",
James Butler
17.16
,, Wedow Rugg
712
Phillip Larkin
216
616
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF LANCASTER.
Under the colonial charter, towns might legally choose a non-resident to serve them as deputy, and Lancaster did this in 1671 and 1672, electing Mr. Thomas Brattle, who at that date was one of the selectmen of Boston. Towns having not more than thirty freemen were privileged to be represented in general court or not, as they chose, and
333
MASSACHUSETTS. 1643-1725.
as each was required to pay the charges of its own depu- ties, the weaker settlements commonly sent no delegates, unless some local exigency made it necessary. In attempt- ing to complete an accurate list of representatives, a curi- ous difficulty is very early met with. In sixteen years, between 1689 and 1725, the name John Houghton appears recorded in the manuscript records of the general court as deputy from Lancaster. In two only of these (1721 and 1724) is a distinguishing title, "Esq.," added. The credit of this long service has heretofore been given, without ques- tion, solely to Justice Houghton. There are for this period the minutes of only two of the town's representative elec- tions ; those of May, 1718, and May, 1724. These, how- ever, are enough to prove that Lieutenant John Houghton is entitled to receive some part of the honor attributed to his father, Justice John Houghton. The representative elected in 1719 was "John Houghton Jr." and it might with some reason be inferred that the delegate of same name in 1715, 1716, 1717 and 1719 was the same person, though diligent search has not been rewarded with any clue to aid decision. Instances of the elected refusing to accept the office were not rare during the first half of the eighteenth century, and it was quite usual for the town to advance twenty pounds to enable their deputy to meet the require- ments of his official dignity, until his stipend from the Commonwealth should become due.
The dates given are those of the election, which was in the month of May until 1831, since when it has been in November. In the years not given the town was not represented.
1671 Thomas Brattle, of Boston.
1672 Thomas Brattle, of Boston.
1673 Ralph Houghton.
1689 Ralph Houghton. [Courts of May 8 and 22.] John Moore, Jr.
[fune 5 and Nov. 5.]
John Moore, Sen.
[December session.]
1690 John Moore. Sen.
[February session.]
John Houghton. [December session. ] 1692 John Moore, Sen. John Houghton.
1693 John Houghton. 1697 John Houghton. 1705 John Houghton
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ANNALS OF LANCASTER,
1706 John Houghton. 1707 Thomas Sawyer. 1708 John Houghton. 1710 Josiah Whitcomb. 1711 John Houghton. 1712 John Houghton. 1714 Jabez Fairbank. 1715 John Houghton. 1716 John Houghton. 1717 John Houghton. 1718 John Houghton, Jr.
1719 John Houghton (Jr .? )
1720 Joseph Wilder. 1721 John Houghton, Esquire. Jabez Fairbank. 1722 Jabez Fairbank. 1723 Jabez Fairbank.
1724 John Houghton, Esquire. 1725 Deacon Joseph Wilder.
1726 Deacon Joseph Wilder.
1727 Captain Samuel Willard. 1728 Deacon Josiah White.
1729 Deacon Josiah White.
1730 Deacon Josiah White.
1731 Deacon Josiah White. [Elected and declined.]
James Wilder. 1732 Jonathan Houghton. 1733 James Keyes.
1734 Captain Ephraim Wilder.
1735 Captain Ephraim Wilder.
1736 Captain Ephraim Wilder.
1737 Captain Ephraim Wilder. [ Elected and declined.]
Deacon Josiah White. [Elected and declined.] Jabez Fairbank.
1738 Jabez Fairbank.
1739 Ebenezer Wilder.
1740 Colonel Samuel Willard.
17441 Captain William Richardson. 1742 Colonel Samuel Willard.
1743 Colonel Samuel Willard. 1745 Captain Ephraim Wilder.
1745 Captain Ephraim Wilder. [ Elected and declined.] Deacon Josiah White. [Elected and declined.] Captain William Richardson. 1746 Joseph Wilder. Jr. 1747 Joseph Wilder, Jr. 1748 Joseph Wilder, Jr. [Elected and declined.] 1749 Colonel Samuel Willard.
1750 Captain William Richardson.
1751 Joseph Wilder, Jr. 1752 Joseph Wilder, Jr. 1753 Joseph Wilder, Jr.
1754 Captain William Richardson. 1755 David Wilder.
1756 Captain William Richardson. 1757 David Wilder.
1758 William Richardson, Esquire. 1759 William Richardson, Esquire. 1760 William Richardson, Esquire. 1761 William Richardson, Esquire. 1762 David Wilder. 1763 David Wilder. 1764 David Wilder. 1765 David Wilder. 1766 Asa Whitcomb. 1767 David Wilder. 1768 Asa Whitcomb. 1769 Asa Whitcomb. 1770 Asa Whitcomb. 1771 Asa Whitcomb. 1772 Asa Whitcomb.
1773 Asa Whitcomb.
1774 Captain Asa Whitcomb. 1775 Ebenezer Allen. Hezekiah Gates. 1776 William Dunsmoor. 1777 William Dunsmoor. 1778 William Dunsmoor. Samuel Thurston. 1779 Joseph Reed, Esquire.
Under the present constitution; the representation being based upon one hun-
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MASSACHUSETTS. 1643-1725.
dred and fifty ratable polls, and three hun- dred and seventy ratable polls giving a town two representatives.
1780 Captain William Putnam. 1781 William Dunsmoor. 1782 John Sprague. 1733 John Sprague. 1784 John Sprague. 1785 John Sprague. 1786 Captain Ephraim Carter, Jr. 1787 Michael Newhall. 1788 Michael Newhall. 1789 Michael Newhall.
1790 Captain Ephraim Carter, Jr. 1791 Captain Ephraim Carter, Jr. 1792 Captain Ephraim Carter, Jr. 1793 John Whiting, Jr., Esquire. 1794 "Hon. John Sprague, Esq." 1795 John Sprague. 1796 John Sprague. 1797 John Sprague. 1793 John Sprague. 1799 John Sprague. 1800 Samuel Ward.
[fohn Sprague having declined.] 1801 Samuel Ward. 1802 William Stedman.
1803 Jonathan Wilder.
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