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Indian corn not to be planted so as to prevent cattle from going over the Connecticut in September, 180.
Indian purchase apportioned, 170.
Indians restrained from breaking up new grounds, 166.
Inhabitants to be fined for not attend- ing town meeting, 178.
Inhabitants prohibited from selling, giving or lending powder to the In- dians. 165.
Inhabitants prohibited from entertain- ing strangers, 169.
Jonathan Burt's account of the burn- ing of Springfield, 133.
John Matthews to beat the drum for meetings-to be paid in wampum or corn, 183.
John Pynchon and the town "fell out" concerning the meeting-house chan- ber, 200.
constituted Hampshire county in 1675, 134.
Killing wolves, 70.
Lands purchased of the Indians, 17. Lands purchased for burying ground and training field, 174.
Land granted to Pynchon, 163.
Land granted to John Pynchon for a farm, 233.
Lands granted at Watchuet, and else- where, 235. 236, 237.
445
INDEX OF TOPICS.
Land to be rated according to value Order concerning trespassing of swine, and not number of acres, 244. 188.
Lands to be recorded, 193.
Land taken out of Thomas Stebbins' lot for the new meeting-house, 149. Laying out the bounds to the Planta-
tion on both sides of the river, 163. Liberty for making tar, 187.
List of tax-payers to pay for Indian purchase, 190.
List of those who had lands granted, 220.
Longmeadow inhabitants desire to change their allotments from west side of the Connecticut, 196.
Longmeadow-first location; removal to high ground, 134-136.
Longmeadow inhabitants complain of damages from swine, 229.
Lot owners compelled to fence, 165.
Lower end of town to have liberty to make a cart bridge over Mill River, 276.
Making a chamber over the meeting- Persons called to highway work to house, 200. work six days in the year, 193.
Making the road from Mill River to Longmeadow, 183.
Manner of choosing constables, 268. 267.
Measurer of lands chosen, 183.
Merchandising and trading to be as- Poll tax originated for bearing com- sessed for raising town rates. 283.
Meeting-house windows damaged by children-penalty fixed, 314.
Men married prior to coming to Springfield, 19.
Minister's reply to letters from Eng- land concerning Pynchon's book, 122-124.
Moderator to be chosen for all town meetings, 267.
Movement to found a county. 297.
Moxon's maintenance to be raised on goods and lands, 192.
Moxon's house and lands purchased by the town, 222.
Mr. Hooker accepted as minister, 261. Round Hill and 15 acres of plain Mary Parsons's trial in Boston for witchcraft, 75, 79.
Mr. Whiting claims land at Woro- noco, 309.
Meadow in Longmeadow to be meas- ured, 188.
Neighbors compelled to fence, 181.
Nine men to constitute a lawful num- ber to transact town affairs in town meetings, 210.
Order concerning cattle being pastur- ed over the river. 201.
Our Puritan youth and some indiscre- tions, 57.
Overseers of fences to inspect them twice a year, 194.
Owners of defective fences to be fined, 195.
Owners of lands not recorded liable to a fine of five shillings, 207.
Owners of defective fences liable to a fine-half to the informer and half to the town, 209.
Owners of swine liable to pay for any damage done, 210.
Parties complained of to the Court shall be judicially heard, 210.
Parish church of Springfield, England, I3.
Penalty for not attending town meet- ing, 269.
Penalty for fast riding in the street, 317.
Persons chosen to run the bounds be- tween Springfield and Westfield, 4.40.
Planting ground for each inhabitant, 179.
mon charges, 285.
Power to dispose of swamp land, 173. Poundage, 274.
Providing more room in the meeting- house, 298.
Price of passage of the members of the Massachusetts Bay Companv, 14.
Preventing cattle from "damnyfying" green corn, 181.
Prudential Committee for ordering town affairs chosen, 175.
Raising a rate to pay for building the meeting-house, 184.
Religious services conducted by lay- men, 125.
granted to John Pynchon on ac- count of bringing sheep to town, 232.
Regulating wages, 203.
Reforming disorders in time of public worship, 343, 344.
Richard Sikes's pay for ringing the bell for marriages and burials, 69.
Rules for the Prudential Committee or Selectmen, as prescribed by vote of the town-written by Pynch- on, 185, 186.
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INDEX OF TOPICS.
Sailing of Winthrop's company from Toll of the miller to be eleventh part Cowes, 14.
Salary of the second permanent min- Toll road, 52.
ister, Mr. Glover, 179, 272.
Sale of Cable's homelot to the town, 153.
Saw mill at Freshwater Brook, 303, 304.
Second volume of Town Records, 333. Selectmen to be chosen by ballots, 267. 267.
Selectmen's accounts to be examined Town meeting day changed from No- by a committee, 268. vember to February, 265, 266.
Smaller boys to sit in the guard seat in Town Recorder to be chosen annually, the meeting-house, 344. 267.
Setting up a saw mill in Agawam, Town Treasurer to be chosen annu- 322.
Springfield burned by the Indians, 129, Town voted to give Mr. Thomson use I34.
Springfield, England, 13.
Springfield's first school-house, 137.
Springfield members of the General Court at Hartford in 1638, 153.
Springfield named, 167.
Springfield town records, 153-to close of the volume.
Some Indian names, with locations de- Training field to be used as a pas- fined by John Holyoke, 19. ture, 232.
Sawyer's wages regulated, 169.
Seating the people in the meeting- house, 126-129.
Second allotments below Agawam riv- er, 174.
Selling canoes prohibited, 164.
Second division of planting ground, The smith shop given to John Stew- 167. art, 261.
Selectmen, or Prudential Committee, fix the price of produce to be given in payment for building the meet- ing-house, 177.
Selectmen during the First Century, 26, 32.
Selectmen to meet last Thursday in the month, 177.
Selectmen to have power to lay out highways, 21I.
Selling a canoe without leave-War- riner and Ashley fined, 178.
Selling lots to strangers prohibited, Troopers on "trooping occasions" to 164.
Sold or pawned canoes contrary to or- Twenty pounds raised for the Indian ders, 167.
Setting up the town pound. 263.
Seven men chosen townsmen-two could not serve, 223.
Swamp-hops not to be gathered be- To secure the gateway and bars at the fore September 8, 193. meeting-house, 378.
Swine to be yoked and rung, 191.
Taxes to be assessed on house lots, 178.
of the bushel, 247.
Timber suitable for building and shingles not to be transported out of town, 189.
Third allotment of planting grounds, 180.
Townsmen and deacons to order seat- ing in the meeting-house, 198.
Town leases land, 369.
of town house and lot while he con- tinued "a preaching minister," 243. Two constables to be chosen, 292.
Two wise and discreet persons to be chosen annually to present breaches of orders on Court days, 210.
Three days' warning to be given on highway work, 213.
Twenty shillings to be granted by the town for making the rates, 230.
Twelve pounds to be allowed to each of four persons for conducting Sun- day services; fifty pounds for the year, 250.
Thirty acres of land in Chicopee plain reserved to maintain a school-master or a ruling elder, 215.
Three days' warning to be given for town meetings, 305.
The keeper of the Ordinary to be al- lowed to sell wine and liquor. 375.
The salary of the first minister, Mr. Moxon, 184, 188, 192 217, 222.
Timber for canoes, 164.
Training to be practiced one day in a month, 165.
cross the Connecticut free, 260.
purchase, 174.
Twelfth part of a bushel to be allowed for grinding wheat and corn, 300.
To build a new meeting-house, 148.
The view down the valley of the Chel- mer. 13.
To have "an eye to the boys," 429.
ally, 267.
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INDEX OF PERSONS.
Thomas Cooper buys the Cable lot of William Pynchon's sealed measure the the town, 154.
standard for buying and selling, 165. Unmarried men to be compelled to William Pynchon's book, Meritorious work on the highways, 21.4.
Unmarried of Springfield settlers, 20. Unworthy persons excluded, 53.
Unwelcome intruders excluded from the town, 269-70.
Use of meeting-house chamber grant- ed, 227, 228.
Wages of laborers fixed, 166, 171.
What constitutes the early records, 20, 21.
When chosen to any office or service in the town, those who refuse to act to be fined, 210.
Price of Our Redemption, etc., 89- 125.
William Pynchon's career in New England-his Book of Heresy burn- ed in Boston; his return to England, 79-12I.
Woronoco lands for six years to be rated at half the rates of other lands, 2.19.
Work for building the meeting-house, 176.
Wood for Mr. Glover-the number of loads for each person, 387.
INDEX OF PERSONS.
ALEXANDER.
Alexander, George .- When settled, 44.
ALLIN.
Allin, John .- Laths, nails, etc., for house, 160. Minister's rate, 161. When settled, 41. Witnessed deed, 41.
ALLIS.
Allis, John .- Builds new meeting-house, 150.
To lay out road to Windsor, 140.
ASHLEY.
Ashley, Robert .--- Appraiser, 340. A cartway and toll gate over his meadow, 53.
Breaking law about selling canoe, 167.
Collector of a rate for flooring the meeting-house, 200.
Constable, 68, 268.
On committee to make and seal "Tole Dish," 301. On committee to bind the town concerning toll at mill, 301.
On committee to floor the meet- ing-house, 50.
On committee to grant land, 351.
On committee to set off swamp land, 173.
On committee to apportion land. 179.
Defective fence, 338.
Fence viewer, 187, 217, 314, 392.
Fined for defective fence, 364, 405. Fined for absence from town meet- ing, 337, 354, 419. Fined for selling his canoe, 178.
For his mare, 225.
Granted land, 167,171, 172, 173, 221, 225, 238, 240, 283, 287, 294, 297, 345.
His stone horse. 375, 376.
Keeping the ordinary, 185.
Land for a cartway, 196.
Land for keeping the ordinary, 279. Leave to build, 288.
Minister's rate, 16I.
Overseer of highway work, 360, 361.
Rate for Indian purchase, 175.
Rate for purchase of lands, 190.
Scouring trench, 409.
Sealer of weights, 256. 275.
Seat in the meeting-house, 127.
Seat in the meeting-house, 329, 330.
Selectman, resigned, 25, 26.
Selectman, 27, 127, 251, 255, 259, 305, 306, 307, 329, 330, 349, 350, 356.
Surveyor of highways. 219, 223. Townsman, 199, 227, 235, 242.
Townsman,-refused to serve, 242. When settled, 41.
Wood for minister's salary, 387. Ashley, David .- Appraiser, 356. Defective fence, 338. Fence viewer. 350. Land granted. 31I, 34I. Subscription for Mill, 353.
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INDEX OF PERSONS.
Seat in meeting-house, 127, 128, 129, 330, 331.
Ashley, Jonathan .-
Appraiser, 381. Accused of fast riding, 375.
Defective fence, 407, 409.
Fence viewer, 418.
Fined for fast riding, 58, 375.
Fined for absence from town
meeting, 419.
Overseer of highways, 361.
Perambulating town line, 409.
Seat in meeting-house, 128.
To call meeting concerning new bridge, 389.
Wood for minister's salary, 387. Ashley, Joseph .- Fined for fast riding, 375. Fence viewer, 423. Killing wolf, 442.
ATHERTON.
Atherton, Capt. Humphrey .- Deputy, 37.
BAGG.
Bagg, John .- Absent from town meeting, 433. Cattle fine, 382.
Defective fence, 364. Fence viewer, 55, 407, 410, 416, 423, 434, 437, 468.
Fined for neglect of duty as fence viewer, 56, 338.
Fined for letting his cattle trespass, 381.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing, 350, 354, 455. Granted land, 310, 324, 345, 383, 386, 403. Killing wolf, 361.
Lease of land, 369.
Rent of land, 392.
Rent, 40. Seat in meeting-house, 127. 128. 330.
Selectman, 31, 405. When settled, 44. Wheat for minister's salary. 389.
BALL.
Ball, Francis .- Allowance of land for training field, 163.
Builds shop for the smith, 63, 145.
Land for burying ground and train- ing field, 50, 51, 144. On committee to view Longmead- ow. etc., for division, 178.
Making cartway, 196.
Minister's maintenance, 192. Rate for Indian purchase, 175.
Rate for purchase of lands, 190.
Sale of land for cemetery, 174.
Surveyor, 193.
To build shop for the smith, 185. When settled, 42.
Ball, Widow Francis .- One of owners of toll gate and way over Ashley meadow, 53.
Ball, Jonathan .- Appraiser, 437. Bricks for Glover's house, 328. Contract to maintain water fence, 398.
Fence viewer, 413.
Granted land, 174, 358, 385.
Raising Glover's house, 326.
Seat in meeting house, 129, 331.
Selectman, 29.
Tithingman, 436.
Wood for minister's salary, 388. Ball, Samuel .-
Chimneys for Glover's house, 327. Land granted, 397.
Seat in meeting-house, 129, 331.
Selectman, 29.
To mend Widow Miller's fence, 419, 420.
To ring swine, 416. Wood for minister's salary. 388.
Work at Mr. Glover's, 438, 439.
BAKER.
Baker, John .- Defective fence-fined, 376, 377. The carpenter-land grant, 340,
358.
BANCROFT.
Bancroft, Thomas .- Fence viewer, 242, 283.
Grant of land, 230, 241, 286, 288, 319.
Sealer of leather. 281.
128,
Seat in meeting-house, 127. 330. Subscription for mill. 353. To present for breaches of order, 255.
When settled, 44.
BARBER.
Barber, John .- Complaint concerning fence, 420. Land grant, 395. Selectman, 29. 30. Surety for brother Samuel. 395. To lay out new highway. 424.
449
INDEX OF PERSONS.
Witness to Crowfoot's contract, 435. When settled, 45. Barber, Samuel .- Land grant, 395.
BEAMON.
Beamon, Simon .-
Fence viewer, 393.
Grant of land, 236, 239, 241, 248, 300. 321, 341, 374, 385, 390. His stone horse, 376.
Leave to dig cellar, 256.
Purchase of land, 233.
Seat in meeting house, 127, 128, 330. When settled, 44.
Beamon, Daniel .-- Sundries on Glover's house, 328. To enforce order concerning swine, 441.
BEDORTHA.
Bedortha, Reice .-
Absent from town meeting, 433. Appraiser, 356.
Complained of for having defec- tive fence, 56. Fence viewer, 56, 242, 275, 296, 337, 397, 399, 413, 434.
Fined for neglect of duty as fence viewer, 56, 338.
Grant of land, 221. 233, 240, 284, 293, 297, 320, 326, 348, 386, 387, 400.
In trouble over fence, 338. Lease of land, 176.
Matter of fences, 371, 372.
Minister's maintenance, 192.
Overseer of highway work, 360.
Rate for purchase of lands, 191. Seat in meeting-house, 127, 128, 329, 330, 33I. Surveyor of highways, 255. Wheat for minister's salary, 389. When settled, 43.
Bedortha, Joseph .-- Fence viewer, 410, 418, 440.
Fined for letting his cattle tresrass, 38I. Grant of land, 400. Journey to Northampton, 438, 439. Raising Glover's house, 326.
Bedortha, Samuel .-
Fence viewer. 428.
BLAKE.
Blake, William .- Granted land. 159.
Settled, 143. Signed agreement. 160. When settled, 40.
BLISS. Bliss, Widow Margaret .-
Complaint concerning fence, 420. Defective fence-fined, 431. Granted land, 220, 241. 253. To fence land over river, 290. When settled, 43.
Bliss, John .-
Absent from town meeting-fined, 355, 368, 419.
Cash towards minister's salarv. 388. Fence viewer, 368, 379.
Granted land, 309, 341, 342, 351, 358.
Granted part of pond, 346.
Liberty to build, 393. Seat in meeting-house, 128, 331.
To lay out brook fence, 425. When settled. 43.
Bliss, Lawrence .-
Cattle complained of, 386.
Committee on town bull, 373.
Constable, 281, 292.
Defective fence-fined, 364. Deputy Constable, 68, 268.
Fence viewer, 251, 259, 333, 392, 440.
Grant of land, 231, 235, 241, 252, 263, 290, 299, 308. 341, 374, 384, 385.
Highway surveyor, 305. His stone horse, 37I.
On committee to grant land, 345.
Seat in meeting-house, 127, 128, 329. Selectman, 27, 28, 277, 334, 339, 343, 368, 371, 376, 377, 380, 381, 382, To pay for chain he lost, 270.
Witness before Selectmen, 325.
When settled, 43.
Wood for minister's salary, 388.
Bliss, Nathaniel .- Appraiser, 437. Defective fence-fined, 431.
Deputy, 35, 38. Fence viewer, 196, 418, 434.
Granted land, 221.
Highway surveyor, 219.
Killing wolf, 412. Minister's maintenance, 192.
Rate for purchase of lands, 191. Selectman. 29. When settled, 43.
Bliss, Pelatiah .-- Selectman, 30, 31. Town recorder, 47.
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INDEX OF PERSONS.
Bliss, Samuel .-
Constable, 432. Defective fence-fined, 431, 436.
Due him for two voyages with his horse, 315.
Fence viewer, 357, 397, 416.
Granted land, 308, 310, 320, 351.
Portion of brook fence, 425. Seat in meeting-house, 127, 129, Bewell, Samuel .- 330, 33I. Selectman, 29, 31.
Subscription for mill, 353.
To stop noise at east door of meet- ing house, 430.
When settled, 43.
Wood for minister's salary, 387. Bliss, Samuel, Jr .- Absent from town meeting-fined, 419.
Fence viewer, 413, 423.
Fined for fast riding, 58, 375.
Granted land, 320, 351, 397. Portion of brook fence, 425.
Bliss, Samuel, 2d .- Killing wolf, 433. Selectmian, 31.
To measure upland fence, 426.
Wood for minister's salary, 388.
Bliss. Samuel, 3d .- Killing a wolf, 439. Selectman, 30, 31.
BLUFIELD.
Behind in rate, 27I.
BRANCH.
Branch, William .-
Concerning fences, 371.
Fence viewer, 227.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing, 337, 355. For his mare, 225.
Granted land, 312, 313.
Minister's maintenance, 192.
Overseer of highway committee. 361.
Rate for purchase of land, 191. Seat in meeting house, 127, 128, 129, 330. Subscription for mill, 353. When settled, 42. Wood for minister's salary, 388.
BRIDGMAN.
Bridgman, James .- Fence viewer, 187, 188, 195, 219. Land grant. 171, 172, 173, 221. Making cartwav 196.
One of the owners of toll gate and way over Ashley meadow, 53. Rate for purchase of lands, 190. Rate for Indian purchase, 174. Surveyor of highway, 196. When settled, 42.
BEWELL.
Land granted, 308.
BREWER.
Brewer, Daniel .- Minister, 22 and 23.
BRECK,
Breck, Robert .- Minister, 22, 23.
BRICE.
Brice, Mr .- Notice to depart, 436.
BRISSENTON.
Brissenton, Thomas .- Granted entertainment, 421.
BROOKS.
Brooks, William .-
Complains against cattle trespass- ing, 381.
Fence viewer, 385.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing, 337, 354, 355. Granted land, 235, 238, 240, 284, 289, 306, 324, 396; at Worronoco, 250. Killing wolf, 41I. Lease of land. 369.
Order concerning his fence stuff, 293. Rent of land, 392. Seat in meeting-house, 127, 128, 330. When settled, 43.
BUELL.
Buell, Goodman .- To build gallery in meeting-house, 147, 303.
BURRHALL.
Burrhall, John .- Granted land, 179. When settled, 42.
BUSH.
Bush. Jonathan .- Building allowed, 421.
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INDEX OF PERSONS.
BROWN.
Brown, James .-
Liberty to stay till Michaelmas, 435, 436 Not admitted, 434, 435. Brown, Nathaniel .- When settled, 43.
BURR.
Burr, Jehu .-
Committee to General Court, 153. Concerning three-corner meadow, 69, 70. Land grant, 157, 159.
Measuring land, 103. Minister's rate, 161.
Setting bounds to Plantation, 144, 163. Settler. 143.
Signed agreement, 160.
Thatching house, 160. When settled, 40.
BURT.
Burt, Henry .-
Committee to lay out meadow and uplands, 144
Committee to purchase Mr. Mox- on's lands, etc., 146, 222.
One of committee to apportion land, 179.
One of committee to grant land, 170, 180.
One of Prudential Committee, 175, 185, 187, 193, 195. Clerk of Writs. 21, 22, 46.
Granted land, 167, 171, 172, 173. 198, 199, 221, 227, 230, 287. Leave to cut canoe tree, 168.
Minister's maintenance, 192.
On first Board of Selectmen, 144.
Rate for Indian purchase, 175.
Seat in meeting-house, 127, 329, 429. Selectman, 26, 27, 30. 31.
Townsman, 217, 219 223, 235.
To conduct religious services, 146, 147. 156, 157, 250, 253, 254, 256. When settled, 41. Burt, David .- Granted land, 226.
Removed to Northampton in 1654. 42. When settled, 42. Burt, Jonathan .- Appraiser, 307. Cattle complained of, 386.
Committee to examine Selectmen's Burt, Nathaniel, Jr .-
accounts, 440.
Complaint concerning fence, 420. Fence viewer, 275, 314.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing, 337.
Granted land, 230, 236, 241, 289, 292, 319, 325, 380, 385, 404.
Highway surveyor, 223, 292.
Overseer of highway, 242.
On committee to build new meet- ing house, 148.
Portion of brook fence, 425.
Town clerk, 22, 413.
Town Recorder, 47.
Town measurer, 305.
To keep order among boys at meet- ing house, 376.
Rents his bull, 432.
Rent of his bull, 441.
Seat in meeting- house, 127, 128, 329, 330.
Selectman, 27, 28. 29, 199, 221, 255, 259. 329, 414, 428, 429, 440. Selectman-arranges seats in meet- ing-house, 127.
Sundries for Glover's house, 327.
Subscription for mill, 353.
To measure land. 72.
To sit in gallery to check disorder, 59.
To fence land over river, 290. To lay out highway, 389. When settled, 42.
Wood for minister's salary, 388. Burt, John .- Rated, never settled here, 41.
Burt, John, son of Jonathan .- Selectman, 30, 31, 32. Minister's rate, 161.
Burt, Nathaniel .- Appraiser, 356.
Cash towards minister's salary, 388. Fence viewer, 314, 225 363, 410, 416, 440.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing, 337.
Granted land. 402, 403, 404.
Granted pond and land. 342. Portion of brook fence, 425.
Seat in meeting-house, 127, 128, 330. Selectman, 28. 412, 418.
Subscription for mill, 353. Tombstone erected to him by the town. 137.
Tithingman, 44I. Viewing Ely's fence, 408. When settled, 42.
Selectman, 30, 31.
452
INDEX OF PERSONS.
BUTTERFIELD.
Butterfield, Samuel .- Granted land, 159. When settled, 40.
CABLE.
Cable, John .-
Land measurer, 166.
Minister's rate, 161.
Sale of land to town, 153, 154.
Land grant, 159.
Sawing boards, locks, nails, etc., for house, 160.
Setting bounds to Plantation, 163.
Signed agreement, 160.
Settler, 143.
To lay out lots in Plantation, 144.
To set bounds to Plantation, 144.
When settled 40.
CATONIS.
Catonis (Indian) .-
Fined for neglect of fence, 57.
Defective fence-fined, 376.
CLARK.
Clark, John .-
Absent from town meeting-fined, 359, 419.
Appraiser, 307.
Cattle complained of. 386.
Defective fence-fined, 436.
Fence viewer, 217, 296, 333, 368, 379, 4II.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing, 337.
Mending pound. 391.
Overseer of highway work, 360.
One of owners of toll gate and way over Ashley meadow, 53.
Making cartway, 190.
Portion of brook fence. 425.
Purchased land, 221, 242, 250. 263, 356, 374, 383.
Rate for purchase of lands, 191.
Seat in meeting-house, 127. 128, 129, 329, 330, 331.
Surveyor, 193.
Tar burner, 187.
To enforce order concerning time, 434.
When settled, 43.
Wood for minister's salary, 387.
Clark, Daniel .-
Granted land, 309.
CLARKE.
Clarke, Lieutenant William .-
Deputy from Northampton, 36.
CHAPIN.
Chapin, Samuel .- Bondsman for two sons, 54.
Commissioner, 25, 27. 59, 178, 223, 30I.
Conducts services, 125. 126, 146. 147, 242, 250, 254, 256.
Due him from town, 315.
Fence, 333, 334.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing 337.
Granted land, 171, 172, 173, 198, 221, 231, 240, 280, 309, 313, 380.
Has charge of poor, 359.
Minister's maintenance, 192.
On committee to consult with Mr. Hooker, 262.
On committee to lay out meadow and upland, 144.
On committee to purchase Mr. Moxon's lands, etc., 146, 222.
On committee to obtain minister in Thompson's place, 247.
On committee to grant land, 170, 180, 310, 315, 323, 324.
On committee to apportion land, 179.
On first Board of Selectmen, 144. One of Prudential Committee, 175, 187, 193, 195.
Purchase of land. 237.
Rate for Indian purchase, 175.
Rate for purchase of lands, 190.
Seat in meeting-house, 127, 329 330, 429.
Selectman, 21. 26 27. 57. 281, 314.
Townsman, 21- 219, 223. To report concerning wet meadow, 292.
When settled, 42.
With Selectmen arranges seats in meeting-house, 126, 358.
Wood for minister's salary 388.
Chapin. Mistress .- Seat in meeting-house 330.
Chapin, David .- Grant of land. 240.
Money received for use of his horse, 272. Sealer of weights, 251. When settled, 42.
Chapin, Josiah .-
Admitted an inhabitant. 54.
Admitted, 309.
Granted land, 310. When settled, 42.
Chapin, Henry .- Admitted an inhabitant, and father was bondsman, 54.
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INDEX OF PERSONS.
Admitted inhabitant, 277.
Absent from town meeting, 433. Deputy, 38.
Fined for not attending town meet- ing, 337, 419.
Fixing Glover's cellar, 327. Examines Selectmen's accounts, 422.
Granted land, 221, 277, 313, 322.
Liberty to build, 294.
Raising Glover's house, 327.
Seat in meeting-house, 128, 331.
Selectman, 28, 29, 30, 138, 384, 385,
386, 404, 410, 413, 416, 422, 424, 435.
Two days' work, 438.
When settled, 42.
Wood for minister's salary, 387. Chapin, Japhet .-
Appraiser, 416.
Building allowed, 421.
Fence viewer. 350.
Granted land, 325, 341, 348.
Overseer of highway work, 360.
Killing two foxes, 315.
Seat in meeting-house, 127, 128, 330, 331.
Selectman, 28, 29, 30, 418, 420, 421, 428, 43I. When settled. 42. Chapin, Benjamin .- Selectman, 32.
CAKEBREAD.
Cakebread, Isaac .- Admitted, 412.
COOK.
Cook, Aaron .- Committee to lay out road to Windsor, 140, 143.
COLTON.
Colton, Georgc .-
Absent from town meeting-fined, 419, 433.
Bill for two journevs, 225.
Cash towards minister's salary, 388.
Deputy, 37, 38, 328.
Due to the town, 44I.
Fence viewer, 187, 195, 196, 275. For killing wolf. 361.
Granted land, 237, 239, 252, 280, 295, 297, 303, 312, 321, 326, 342, 343, 395.
Grant of land to raise pork, 59, 60. Has charge of poor, 359. His road, 297.
Liberty to build, 279.
Neglect of law to record his land, 34. On committee to grant land, 307, 310, 315, 316, 318, 324, 345, 358. On committtee to grant land at Woronoco, 245.
On committee to floor meeting-
house, 50.
On committee on corn mill, 352. On committee to obtain blacksmith, 62, 63.
On committee to consider Terry's claim, 282.
On committee to enforce fencing fields in Longmeadow, 228.
On committee to get a smith, 145, 183.
On committee to bind the town concerning toll at mill, 301.
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