The early records of the town of Lunenberg, Massachusetts, 1719-1764, Part 14

Author: Lunenburg, Mass. [from old catalog]; Fitchburg, Mass. City council. [from old catalog]; Davis, Walter A. (Walter Alonzo), b. 1846
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Fitchburg, Pub. by authority of the City council
Number of Pages: 404


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Voted that the Confideration of the 7th 8th & 9th Arti- cles in the Warrant be adjourned to Wednefday the Twenty Third Day of this Inftant March to the New Meeting Houfe at two o'clock in the afternoon


Recorded Pr


THOS SPARHAWK T Clerk


[4] March 23 1763 the Freeholders and other Inhab- itants of the Town being meet on Adjournment


Voted to give the Comtee choofe to provide preaching some Inftructions relative thereto -


Voted to hear Mr Ebenezer Champney 4 Sabbaths & then Mr. Fisk 4 Sabbaths if they may be procured -


Voted & Granted £100. to mend Highways & Bridges for the Year 1763; & that the said Sum shall be work'd out at the same price for Labour and in the same man- ner as it was last Year - -


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The 8th Article being Read and a Vote propofed, Whether the Town would Grant a Sum of Money for the Support of the Poor? and it pafs'd in the Negative - Voted and Chofe a Comtee to


Benja Goodridge Efqr reckon with Capt : Jofhua Hutchens ye Town Capt : James Reed J Treafurer


Voted and chofe the Surveyors Collectors of their own particular Highway Rates


Then the following Warrant was Read Viz :


Worcefter fs: To one of the Conftables of the Town of Lunenburg Greeting - - -


In His Majestys name you are required forthwith to notify and warn the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of sd Lunenburg to meet at this place (Viz the New Meeting Houfe) at four of the Clock this afternoon to agree and Vote whether the Swine shall go at large this prefent Year & to make return of this Warrant and your Doings therein at or before the Time of said Meeting unto us the Subfcribers Dated at Lunenburg March ye 23ª 1763


BENJN GOODRIDGE ) Selectmen JOHN HEYWOOD of


JAMES REED Lunenburg


A true Copy Atteft THOMAS SPARHAWK Town Clerk


Worcefter fs: March 23₫ 1763 In Obedience to this Warrant I have warned all the Perfons within Named to meet at time & place.


RICHARD TAYLOR Conftable


The Freeholders and Other Inhabitants being Meet & Legally formd March 23ª 1763 at 4 o'clock P. M.


Voted that Swine go at large this Year - Recorded Pr


THOMAS SPARHAWK T Clerk


[5] A Copy of a Warrant for calling a Town Meeting


Worcefter fs to the Conftable or Conftables of the Town of Lunenburg or either of them Greeting:


You are in His Majeftys Name required to notify and warn the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town


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of Lunenburg Qualifyed to vote in Town - Affairs to afsemble and meet at the New Meeting Houfe in said Town on Wednesday the Twenty Third of this Inftant March at One O, clock P. M. then and there being duly meet and form'd -


1st And agreeable to an Act of the Great and General Court To choofe a Conftable in the Room of Mofes Ritter Deceaf'd to finish the Collection of the Rates and Taxes committed to said Ritter, that remain unfinifhed


2ly To hear the Accounts of the Charges of the Fu- neral & Sicknefs of the Revd Mr. Samuel Payfon deceafd, if they can be procured, & to agree on and vote any method shall be thought proper for the peacable and quiet Settlement of the same


thereof fail not, & make return of your doings to some one of us the Subfcribers at or before the time of said Meeting


Sealed with our Seal Dated at Lunenburg this Seventh Day of March in the Third Year of His Majesty Reign Anno Domini 1763


A True Copy BENJN GOODRIDGE JOSHUA HUTCHENS ( Selectmen


Attest: THOS SPARHAWK


Town Clerk JAMES REED of


THOS CARTER Lunenburg


Worcefter fs :


Inobedience to this Warrant I have warned all the Perfons within named to meet at time & place


RICH? TAYLOR Conftable


A true copy


Attest


THOS SPARHAWK T Clerk


At a Legal Meeting of the Freeholders & other Inhab- itants of the Town of Lunenburg Afsembled March 23₫ 1763


Voted and chofe Dear John Heywood Moderator


Voted and chofe Mr Jonathan Bradftreet Conftable in the Room of Mr Mofes Ritter Deceafed, and he was Sworn to the faithfull discharge of His Office


The Second Article in the warrant being read, Voted to hear the Will of the Revd Mr Sam! Payfon


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The Will being Read, after a long Debate the Meeting was difmifsed - Recorded Pr THO: SPARHAWK


Town Clerk


[6] Worcefter ff To the Conftable or Conftables of the Town of Lunenburg or to any or either of them Greeting -


In His Majestys Name you are required forthwith to notify and warn the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of said Town of Lunenburg Qualifyed by Law to vote in Town Meetings, to Afsemble and Meet at the Old Meet- ing - Houfe in said Town, on Thurfday the Nineteenth Day of this Inst: May, at Three O, clock P. M. then and there being duly meet and form'd to act on ye Following Articles Viz :


1st To give the Comtee appointed to provide preach! for the Town such further inftructions as they shall think proper


2ly To hear any Accounts that shall be bro't by any Perfons to agree & act thereon as they shall think proper


3!y To see, if the Town will agree with the Church in calling a Fast in said Town


4ly To see, if the Town will Vote yt ye Lands in sd Lunenburg whch lies West and Westwardly of the Line hereafter discribed, should be set off from sd Town yt so, ye same Lands & Inhabitants thereon may be formed by the General Court into a Town or District if they think proper : whch Line is difcribed as follows, viz, beginning at such place on Leominfter Line as yt a strait Line therefrom may run between the Lands of Mr Paul Weath- erbee & Mr Jonathan Wood to a Stake and Stones a small distance to the Westward of Mary Holts Houfe, then turning & running North 10 Degrees & a half East to M' Ephraim Whitneys South-East Corner, then to keep the Eastwardly line of said Whitneys Farm, to the North- East Corner thereof, and from thence to continue to run Northwardly on the Eastwardly Line of John Whites Land, to the Northerly Corner of His Farm, and from yt Corner to run North 4 Deg! east to Townfhend Line.


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Whereas the said Dividing Line will Divide the Lands of sundry Perfons, leaving part on the Eastwardly and part on the westwardly side thereof; to see if ye Town by a Vote will manifest it to be their defire, yt whenfo- ever the aforefª Lands West & Westwardly of said Line shall be formed into separate Town or District, that it may be done in such manner that all thofe Perfons whofe Lands by the said Line shall be Divided, and all Perfons for the future who shall own Improved Lands which Shall lie acrofs said Line, partly on one side & partly on the other side thereof, shall pay Rates & Taxes for the whole thereof, to that Town or District in which such Perfon or Perfons shall dwell, provided they shall dwell on any part of their Lands which may happen to be divided by said Line, that so the said propofed Town or District may be formed under thefe Reftrictions by the General Court if they think proper - hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, unto some one of us the Subfcribers at or before the Time of meeting Given under our Hands and Seals at Lunenburg afore fª this Third Day of May in the Third Year of his Majestys Reign A. D. 1763


BENJN GOODRIDGE JOSHUA HUTCHINS JOHN HEYWOOD THOS CARTER


Selectn of


Lunenburg


Worcester fs. Lunenburg May 19th 1763


In Obedience to the within written I have notified and Warned all the Perfons within named to meet at time and place for the purpofes within mentioned


RICHARD TAYLOR of Luneng


Constable


A true Copy Attest, THOS SPARHAWK


Town Clark


[?] At a Legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Lunenburg afsembled May 19th 1763 -


Voted and Chofe Mr Nathan Heywood Moderator 28


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Voted yt ye spplying ye Pulpit be left to the difcretion of the Committee chofen to provide preaching


Voted and Granted Mm Ruth Stearns 6/8 for board- ing Minifters Three Sabbaths


Voted to concur with the Vote of the Church in call- ing a Fast in this Town on Tuefday come Fortnight


The 4th Article in the Warrant was Read & the Ques- tion put whether the Town would comply with said Arti- cle as set forth in the Warrant? & it pafsed in the Nega- tive -


Then the Meeting was dismifsed -


- Recorded Pr THOMAS SPARHAWK Town Clerk


At a Legal Meeting of the Freeholders & other Inhab- itants of the Town of Lunenburg afsemd Aug: 22! 1763 Voted and chofe Benjn Goodridge Efq! Moderator


Voted to hear Mr Nathan Davis preach a longer Time Voted and Chofe Da Benja Fofter, Mr Sam !! Putnam & Edwd Hartwell Efq? a Comtee to wait upon Mr Davis to see whether he would engage to preach a longer Term - then voted that the said Comtee agree with Mr Davis to preach four Sabbaths more


Voted yt the Meeting be adjournd one hour - being meet on adjournment the aforefd Comtee reported to the Town that Mr Davis would Supply the pulpit four Sab- baths, and yt is was likely he should preach himfelf ex- cepting One Day then the Meeting was dismifsd.


Recorded Pr THOS SPARHAWK Town Clerk


At a Legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other In- habitants of the Town of Lunenburg Afsembled Sept! 26th 1763.


Voted and Choofe Capt: Jofhua Hutchens Moderator


Voted and Granted the Suin of Eighty Pounds to pro- vide preaching the enfuing Year


Voted to accept the report of the Committee chofen to reckon with the Town Treafurer & yt ty see it recorded - Verte.


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[8] Voted and Granted the Sum of Fifty pounds for the ufe and support of the School the enfuing Year -


Voted and choofe the same Committee to take Care of the School this year as was last and that their In- ftructions be the Same alfo Viz: to place the Grammar School as Near the Center of each Quarter of the Town as may be; and that they Confider the other parts of the Town as equally as pofsibly they can


Voted that the Account exhibited to the Town by Mrs. Elizabeth Stearns Administratrix to the Eftate of the Revª Mr Samuel Payson late of Lunenburg deceaf'd (being Forty Nine pounds, Nineteen Shillings & Three pence one Farthing, bearing date this Twenty Sixth Day of September 1763) be allow'd, accepted and pay'd out of the One Hundred pounds already Afsefsed for Mr Pay- fons Settlement, and that she be discharg'd, in full, from the Legacy bequeath'd in sd deceafed's Will to the Town, she giving the Town a difcharge in full as Adminiftratrix to said deceafeds Will -


Voted that the Selectmen be impowered to give Mrs Elizabeth Stearns Adminiftratrix to Mr Payfons Will a full discharge from the Legacy by him bequeathed to the Town of Lunenburg, and alfo to receive from sd adminif- tratrix a full difcharge as Adminiftratrix to sª deceafeds Will


Voted and granted the afsefsors for the year 1762 the Sum of £1. 6. 8. for their Service -


Voted and Granted Mr George Kimball £1-0-0-0 for serving as Treafurer for the Year 1762


Voted and granted Benjn Goodridge Efq! and Capt. Jofhua Hutchens $4/ for their Service and Trouble in reck- oning with the Town Treafurer


Voted and Granted Mr George Kimball $2/Shillings for his Trouble and Service Reckong with ye Comtee


Voted and Granted Dean John Heywood 6 Shillings for going to Hire Mr. Davis to Come and Preach with us


Voted and Granted Mr Patrick White Three 3/Shilling for carrying Some of the Towns Money to Bofton to pay- ing a Debt


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Voted and Granted Thomas Sparhawk the Sum of 7/9 for providing a Book for the Town Records -


Voted that the Town concur with the Vote of the Church in the Choice of Mr Nathan Davies for their Min- ifter


[9] Voted the Sum of Two Hundred pounds Lawful Money for the Settlement of Mr Nathan Davies provided he shall Settle in the Work of the Miniftry in the Town of Lunenburg -


Voted and Granted the Sum of Seventy Five pounds to be paid annually to Mr Nathan Davies as his Sallery provided he shall accept the Towns propofals and Settle among us in the Work of the Miniftry and alfo the ufe of the Minifterial Lands in said Town


Voted and Choofe Dª Foster


Dª Heywood


Dn Kimball


Dn Putnam Benj" Goodridge Efqr


A Committee to wait upon Mr Nathan Davies with the propofals of the Town refpecting their Choice of him to the work of the Miniftry amongft them


Recorded Pr Me


THOMAS SPARHAWK Town Clerk


At a Legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other In- habitants of the Town of Lunenburg Afsembled Nov! ye 15th 1763


Voted and Chofe Benjn Goodridge Esqr Moderator


Voted that the Comtee Chofen to provide Preaching Apply to Mr Adams first and engage him to preach four Sabbaths if pofsible; and if he is not at liefure Voted that they apply to Mr Williams and Engage him if at liefure if not that they ufe their Judgment in providing a Minif- ter for the Town -


Voted to Choofe Agents to Meet and Confer with the Agents of the several Towns about to petition to the Court to be form'd into the County, and to make report of the several propofals that shall be made by said Towns respecting said affair


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Voted and Chofe Benjn Goodridge Efqt ! agents to & Deacon John Heywood ( transact the aforefaid affair


Voted the the Article in the Warrant refpecting the old Meeting Houfe be defer'd to some future Meeting - and the the Meeting was dismifs'd


Recorded Pr THOMAS SPARHAWK T Clerk


[10] At a Legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Lunenburg afsembled Jany : 25th 1764


Voted and Choofe Dean John Heywood Moderator


Voted to adjourn the Meeting forthwith to the New- Meeting Houfe where being meet upon Adjournment


Voted that the first article in the Warrant be dis- mifsed


Voted to hear Mr Adams preach a Longer Term if he may be obtain'd


Voted to choofe a Comtee to wait upon Mr Adams forthwith to acquaint him with the Mind of the Town and to enquire something whether it would be worth while to proceed upon anything further refpecting him


Voted and Choofe Benjn Goodridge Efq! Leiut: Na- than Heywood & Dean Benjamin Foster a Comtee to wait upon Mr Adams for the purpofes aforesaid


Voted that the Request of Deacon Benja Foster, Dean Samuel Putnam and others (Viz: To see whether the Town will Vote that the Lands in said Lunenburg which ly West and westwardly of the Line hereafter difcribed should be set off from said Town that so the same Lands and Inhabitants thereon may be formed by the General Court into a Town or Diftrict if they shall think proper, which Line is discribed as followeth Viz: beginning at such place on Leominfter Line as that a strait Line there- from may run between the Lands of Mefsrs Paul Weath- erbee & Jonathan Wood to a Stake and Stones a Small Diftance to the Westward of Mary Holts Houfe then turning and running North 101/2 degrees east to the South


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East Corner of Mr Ephraim Whitney's Land then to keep the Eastwardly Line of said Whitneys Land to the North east Corner thereof, and from that Corner to run Northwardly on the Eastwardly Line of Mr John White's Land to the Northeastwardly Corner thereof and from that Corner to run North four Degrees East to Town- fhend Line) be granted as set forth in the Warrant pro- vided the Inhabitants on said Lands shall pay their Min- ifters Tax as heretofore they have done untill they shall be formed Into a Town or District


Voted that the Meeting be adjourned till 5 o'clock to the Houfe of Capt: Joshua Hutchens


Being meet on Adjournment voted that the Meeting be adjourned to Monday 30th Inst : 11 o'clock A. M. to the New Meeting Houfe


Recorded Pr THOMAS SPARHAWK Town Clerk


[11] The Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Lunenburg being met on Adjournment Jany 30th 1764 -


Voted that the Confideration of the Article for supply- ing or providing for the pulpit be adjourned to 1/2 after Three in the afternoon -


At a Legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other In- habitants of the Town of Lunenburg Afsembled Jany : 30th 1764


Voted and Choofe Dea" John Heywood Moderator


Voted to Concur with the Church in the Choice of Mr Zabdiel Adams to the Work of the Gofpel Miniftry in this Town - -


Voted the Sum of Two Hundred pounds for the En- couragement of Mr Zabdiel Adams, and for his Comforta- ble Settlement in the Work of the Miniftry in the Town of Lunenburg, provided he shall accept of the Towns Choice one half to be paid in Twelve Months after his Ordination, the other in Eighteen Months after the time of his Ordination


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Voted Mr Zabdiel Adams the Sum of Eighty pounds for his Yearly Sallery & Support, provided he shall settle in this Town in the Work of the Gofpel Miniftry, solong as he shall continue our Minifter -


Voted to choofe a Comtee to prefer the propofals of the Church and Town to Mr Adams


Voted & Choofe


Benjn Goodridge Efq! Dean Benja Foster Dean Sam !! Putnam


Leiut Nathan Heywood Capt: Joshua Hutchens


Dean John Heywood Capt James Reed


A Comtee for the purpofes aforefª


Voted that the Supplying of the Pulpit untill such time as Mr Adams gives his Anfwer be referred to the standing Comtee (to provide preaching) and Mr Adams


Recorded Pr


THOS SPARHAWKE T. Clerk


Grace Hornyworth Town


1728 - 1736 Clerk


Benj: Goodridge Town Cler 1737-1739 1741 - 1752 1755- 1762


Ben Bellow In town Clark


1740 - 1741


William Doune Grun Perko


1753- 1754.


Thor& frashaute J. Certo 1762-1764.


David Stearns-


Minister of the Town of Lunenburg 1733 to 1760.


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INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE


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LIBRARY.


INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE


COPIED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF LUNENBURG, FROM 1732 TO 1764.


A.


B. S. L. T.


Purpose of marriage between William Alexander, and Elizabath Bradley enterd August ye 26th 1743.


Purpose of marriage enterd between William Adam of Dunstable and Mary Speer of Lunenburg, April ye 13th 1744.


Intentions of marriage between Daniel Austin Jun and Phebe Lovejoy both of Lunenburg was entered October 9th 1756.


Intentions of marriage betwen Amos Ardeway of Fitchburge and Lidya Thurla of Lunenburg, was entered December 27 1774.


B. W. R. G. L. H. F.


Porpose of marriage between Jonathan Broadstreet of Lunenburg, and Olive Wheelock of Leominster entered May 16. 1741.


Purpose of marriage between Eliphelet Brown of Coventree and Eliza- bath Retter of Lunenburg entered August ye 18th 1744.


Pupose of marriage between Franice Buttric and Hannah Gilson entred November ye 10th 1744.


Pupose of marriage entered between Nehemiah Bowers and Sarah Lar- rabee both of Lunenburg .*


Purpose of marriage entered between Jerahmeel Bowers of Lancaster, and Meriam Houghton of Lunenburg Sept. ve 27th 1745.


Purpose of marriage betwixt Capt Jonathan Bradstreet of Lunenburg and Mrs. Abigail Flecher of Concord was entered September the 17th 1751.


*John R. Rollins, transeriber of Lunenburg records, states that the rest is lost, but that the date, no doubt, is 1744. [W. A. D.


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B. (cont.)


G. L. L. F. L. B. C. W. G. D. H. G. B. J. A. R. W.


Purpose of marriage betwixt Benoni Boynton Jun, and Elizabeth Going both of Lunenburg was entered September the 28th 1751.


Purpose of marriage betwixt Isaac Bayley of Lunenburg and Mary Lovejoy of Andover was entered October ye 26th 1751.


Purpose of marriage betwixt William Baron of the Ashulot and Isabella Larrabee of Lunenburg was entered Jume the 4th 1752.


Purpose of marriage betwixt Joseph Brown of Cambridge and Abigail Foster of Lunenburg was entered December 11th 1752.


Purpose of marriage betwixt Stephen Boynton and Elizabeth Lovejoy both of Lunenburg was entered February 7th 1753.


Purpose of marriage between Nathaniel Burnam Junr of Lunenburg and Elizabeth Brown of Lunenburg was entered this (thirteenth) 13th day of July A. D. 1754.


Purpose of marriage between Benjamin Bigelow and Elisabeth Colman both of Lunenburg was entered this 30th day of September A. D. 1754.


Purpose of marriage between William Bemus of Narragansett No. 2 and Rezoma Wilder living on the eourntry land was entered May ye 14th 1755.


Purpose of marriage between Jonathan Bennet of Groton, and Mary Going of Lunenburg was entered June ye 12th 1755.


Purpose of marriage betwixt William Brabrook of Lancaster, and Thankful Dutton of Lunenburg, was entered Febuary ye 16th 1757. Intentions of marriage betwixt Timothy Bancroft & Mary Harriman both of Lunenburg were entered August ve 16th A. D. 1757.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Elisha Bigelo of Narragansett number two, so called, and Sarah Goodridge of Lunenburg was entered An- gust ve 30th 1757.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Benoni Boynton Jun. of Lunenburg and Mary Buttrick of Leominster was entered December ye 24th A. D. 1757.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Benjamin Bellows Esq. of Wallpole and Mrs. Mary Jenison of Lunenburg was entred February ye 24th A. D. 1758.


Intentions of marriage between Unite Brown of a place called Dorchies- ter Canada and Rebeekah Arno - of Shrewsbury was entered June ye 30th 1759.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Josiah Bayley and Mary Recd both of Lunenburg was entered March ye 29th 1760.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Kendall Bontwell of Lunenburg & Mary Wilder of Leominster, was entered November ye 26th Annoq Domini 1761.


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B. (cont.)


F. C. W. H. W. W. M.


Intentions of marriage between James Bennet & Elizabeth Fuller both of Lunenburg was entred May 6th 1762 .*


Intentions of marriage between Josiah Bailey Junr and Sarah Carter both of Lunenburg were entred Septr 11th 1762.


Intentions of marriage between Ebenezer Bridge & Mehitable Wood both of Lunenburg was entred April 16th 1763.


Intentions of marriage between Thomas Burns of Monson in the Provce of New Hampshire, and Elizabeth Harkness of Lunenburg were entred July 25th 1763.


Intentions of marriage between Joseph Bellows, and Lois Whitney both of Lunenburg was entred April 28th 1764.


Intentions of marriage between John Buss Junr of Fitchburgh and Mary Wood of Lunenburgh was entered May 28th 1766.


Intentions of marriage between Jonathan Boynton Jr of Fitchburg & Sally Martin of Lunenburg entred May 2d 1796.


C.


F. B. A. H. G. F. H. S. F.


Porpose of marriage between Jacob Cory Junr of Tewksbury and Ke- ziah Foster of Lunenburg entered Sept 5th 1741.


Purpose of marriage between James Colbourn Jur and Sarah Braod- street, both of Lunenburg June ye 1st --. 1.


Purpose of marriage between Paul Crocker and Lydia Austin both of Lunenburg was entered April the 12th 1750.


Purpose of marriage between Benjamin Corey Junr of Lunenburg and Beulah Holden of Shirley was entered this nineteenth of October Anno Domini 1753.


Intentions of marriage betwixt William Chadwick of Lunenburg and Eunice Goss of Stow was entered September the 16th 1756.


Intentions of marriage between Nathanael Carlton and Olive Farwell both of - was entered October ye 9th 1756.


Intentions of marriage betwixt William Cowdin of Worcester and Mary Henery of Lunenburg was entered Febuary ye 17th 1757.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Moses Childers and Sarah Stiles both of Lunenburg was entered Janavary ye 18th 1758.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Jesse Carlton of Lunenburg and Sarah Foster of Andover was entered October ve 27th 1759.


*J. R. Rollins, transcriber of the Lunenburg records, thinks this was a mis- take for 1763. [W A. D.


¡John R. Rollins, transcriber, says this date is, no doubt, 1742. [W. A. D.


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C. (cont.)


G. B. L. F. H. F. R. G. F.


Intentions of marriage betwixt James Carter and Sarah Gillson both of Lunenburg were entered October ve 30th 1761.


Intentions of marriage betwixt Asa Carlton & Ruth Bailey both of Lu- nenburg were entred July 29th 1762.


Intentions of marriage between Robert Crawford of Worcester and Eliz- abeth Litch of Lunenburg was entred Deer 11th 1762.


Intentions of marriage between, William Cambell of Malborough & Catharine Fitch of Lunenburg was entred Deer 14th 1762.


Intentions of marriage between Joseph Chaplain and Lois Hastings both of Lunenburg was entred Deer 10th 1763.


Intentions of marriage between Jona Conant of Dorchester Canada and Eunice Farewell of Shirley District was entred Deer 24th 1763.


Intentions of marriage between Thos. Carter Junr & Priscilla Reed of Lunenburg was entred Deer 29th 1764.


Intentions of marriage between Elijah Carter of Fitchburg & Jane Goodridge of Lunenburg ware enterd September ve 7th 1769.


Intentions of marriage between Thomas Cowdin Junr of Fitchburgh and Mary Farrington of Lunenburg was entered August ye 10th 1774.


D.


B. W. L. F. S. H. P. B. B.


Purpose of marriage between John Darlin Jun and Ruth Boynton both of Lunenburg entered September ye 29th 1744.


Purpose of marriage between Arthur Darrah of Nottingham and Mar- garet Wallis of Lunenburg entered September the twenty first 1745. Purpose of marriage entered between Samvel Davis of Lunenburg and Rebekah Lakin of Groton Janvary ye 13th 1746/7


Purpose of marriage entered between Dr Jolin Dunsmore of Lunenburg and Ruth Fisher of Hatfield, Janvary ye 17th 1746/7.


Purpose of marriage entered between Jolin Divol and Susannah Smith both of Lunenburg, February ye 28th 1746/7.




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