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Quarterm' Colton Samuell Marshfeild Leiut Cooper John Dumbleton & Henry Chapin are chosen Select Men for ye yeere ensueing for the Ordering the Prudentiall affaires of the Town.
Elizur Holyoke Sent is chosen Record' for the yeere en- sueing:
Wm Warrener is chosen Constable for the yeere ensueing:
Samll Marshfeild & Serj: Stebbin are chosen Measurers of land for ye yeere ensueing.
Jonathan Ashley & John Dorchester are chosen Surveyors for ye County high wayes for the yeere ensueinge.
Att this Meeting there were chosen Haywards for ye Com- on feilds: vizt:
Jonathan Taylor for ye ffeilds on ye West side of the River over agt ye Towne:
Rice Bedortha for ye ffeilds called Chickuppe: And Eph- raim Colton for ye Long meddow:
Obadiah Cooley & David Lumbard upon their motion have liberty grannted for security of their own & the Comon ffeildes to make a fence cross the high way to ye Lower wharfe wil: a gate for passage thorough who in consideration thereof are to have ye priviledge of the herbage of ye said way to themselves, Soe long as they shall maynteyne such fence & gate to secure ye ffeilds.
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It is Ordered that John Harmon the p'sent Surveyor & all successive Surveyo's of the high way up the Long hill over the Mill River shall also take into his & their care & charge the [III-78.] repayring the way up by Major Pynchons Mill & Soe forward to the bridge yt is over Mill River & likewise the repayring of the said bridge:
Whereas by a late Law of the Countrey made: It is Or- dered that such p'sons as have liberty of voting in Towne af- faires must be of So£ rate rateable to a single Countrey Rate, yet not to cutt off the said priviledge from them that had lib- erty by a form' law wherein is exp'sed that if persons have 20£ estate rateable to a single Countrey rate (with other con- dition) they shall have ye Same priviledge: This Towne doth now Order yt the Recorder for ye Town shall joyn wth ye Se- lect Men to examine by form' Rates to ye Countrey what per- sons of this Plantation now residing amongst us have at any tyme had by law that priviledge, And that then the Record- er shall enter their names in ye Towne Books: Their Names See in ye next page.
Whereas ve Indian Wecombo vizt the old blind Indian doth challenge the tymber of ve Cedar Swamps at Manchconis as also ye meddowes on ye Mill River together with the upland there about as farr as Chickuppe River: And Wequagan & laying clayme to all the lands uplands and meddowes (from Wecombo his clayme.) downewards as farr as ffresh water River. The Towne doth now Order that ye Worshippll Major Pynchon together with Elizur Holyoke Quartrmn' Col- ton Ensign Cooly Samll Marshfeild and Anthony Dorchester shall have full power to treate wth ye Said Indians both to ex- amine what lands they challenge as theirs and what they own or can be prooved to be ours, & to make purchase of what they judge needfull for the Town: And that the purchase yt m' Pynchon made & paid Some yeeres since for ye Meddowes & wood lands over Agawam River shalbe repayed him by the Towne, & that such as have grants & proprietyes of lands wthin these purchases shall pay by the acre for those grannts 10 tymes as much as ye other lands come to by ye acre:
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And it is further ordered that the County Record' shall record in the County Records all deeds that concerne any lands purchased of ye Indians and that he shall be paid for his labour therein :
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace holden at Northampton wthin & for the County of Hampshire on the first Tuesday of December being the second day 1701. Or- dered that for the future Joseph Warriner of Springfeild his Pole be freed from al Rates.
Copy as appeares of Record examined p John Pynchon Clerk Transcribed here from said Copy, & is a true Copy Compared yr wth attest John Holyoke Clerke for sd Town of Springfeild. [III-79.]
[In the handwriting of John Holyoke.]
Here followeth a List of ye Names of the prsent Inhabitants of this Towne of Springfeild who according to ye provisions & tearmes of a late law of the Countrey made have ye privi- ledge of voting in Town affaires &c Whose Names by ye Towne Ordr in ye former page were to be entered in this booke:
The Worppll Major John Pynchon
Nathaneell Ely John Clarke
Mr Pelatiah Glover Rowland Thomas
Lawrence Bliss
John Matthews
Jeremy Horton Abell Wright
John Harman
Japhet Chapin
Nathaneell Pritchard
Henry Chapin
Benjamin Parsons Samuell Bliss Sent
Joseph Crowfoote
William Brookes
Anthony Dorchester
John Bagg
John Dorchester Richard Sikes
Rice Bedortha John Riley Samuell Marshfeild
Increase Sikes
Serjant Jonathan Burt
David Lumbard
Griffith Jones Obadiah Miller John Barber Sent
Ensigne Cooley
Obadiah Cooley
James Osborne
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John Dumbleton
Jonathan Taylor
John Bliss Quartm' Colton
Isaak Colton
Edward ffoster Thomas Miller
Ephraim Colton
John Leonard Leiut Cooper
John Keepe Samuel Ely
Joseph Leonard
Thomas Cooper Jun'
Nathaneell Burt
Samuell Terry
Samuell Bliss Jun™
John Lamb Robert Ashley
Luke Hitchcock
Jonathan Ashley
Victory Sikes
Serjant Morgan
Isaac Cakebread
William Branch
John Warner
Elizur Holyoke
David Morgan
Joseph Stebbins
Deacon Chapin
John Hitchcock
William Warrener
James Warrener
Serjant Stebbin
Benjamin Munn
Thomas Day
Charles fferry
Thomas Mirick
Thos Stebins Samuell Ball
Note by the Transcriber of this copy :- A second list of the inhabitants of Springfield who "have the priviledge of vot- ing in Town affaires," was entered on page 79 of the original records, the date of entry of which is not given on that page. The first list is in the hand of Elizur Holyoke and the second in the hand of his eldest son John Holyoke and was made some time after the death of his father in 1676, and is as fol- lows :-
The worppll Major Jnº Pynchon
Tho Colton
Samuell Stebbin
Timothy Cooper
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The Revd M' Pelatiah Glover
Jnº Dorchester
Rowld Thomas
James Sikes
Abel Wright
Increase Sikes
Henry Chapin
Deacon Burt
Joseph Berdortha
Luke Hitchcock
Japhet Chapin
David Lumbard
Samll Marshfeild
Ensign Cooley
Jnº Dumbleton
Obadiah Cooley
Edwd Foster
Jnº Bliss
Joseph Leonard
Quart'm' Coulton
Samll Terry
Isaac Coulton
John Lamb
Ephr: Coulton
Miles Morgan
Tho: Coulton
David Morgan
Nathanll Burt
John Holyoke
Samll Bliss Jun'
John Hitchcock
Samll Stebbin
Jam: Warrener
Thomas Stebbin
Joseph Stebbin
Jose Ashley
Samuel Ball
Daniel Cooley
Tho Day
Tho: Cooper
Tho: Mirick
Eliakim Cooley
Samuel Ely
Nathnll Bliss
Jnº Clarke
Jnº Barber
Jnº Matthew.
Jnº Warner
Charles Ferry
Jnº Harmon
Nathll Pritchard
Deacon Parsons
Samll Bliss sent
[III-80.]
[In the handwriting of Elizur Holyoke.]
Att a Meeting of the ffreemen of this Towne of Springfeild Aprill 16th 1673 (for giveinge in their votes to be sent to Boston to ye Corte of Elections this Spring for the Choyce of the Governor Dept Governo" & Gen'll Officers of the Col- ony of Massachusett) it being a full meeting, there being a scruple raysed concerning the validity of many if not all the
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grannts of land that have been made wthin this Towneship by reason that many grannts have been made by the Town in gen'll & many by comittees deputed by the Towne, whereas it is accounted by some that ye ffreemen are to make grannts of lands. Therefore considering ye p'mise & what distraction & confusion it would make if Mens grannts of land should be made invalid upon the considerations above exprsed, The ffreemen Have determined & now Doe determine & hereby Declare that All grannts of land that have been made by this Towne or by such as have been deputed by the Towne at any tyme heretofore, are & shalbe accounted valid & of full force to secure mens proprietyes & possessions: And there- fore the ffreemen of this Towne Doe now further declare that they Doe fully confirme & ratify all such grants of land wych have beene made as aforesaid: Provided & it is the intent of the ffreemen that this declaration & concession is not to con- firme any grannt that may be found to interfere wth a former grannt, nor such grants as (by reason of remoteness, & the bounds of this Towne being not settled) may be taken away by the Gen'll Corte:
This act & deed of ye ffreemen in their confirmation of grannts of land as abovesaid is here Entered by their order & appoyntmt.
Aprill 24th 1673. Rowland Thomas Rice Bedortha & Thomas Miller beinge appoynted for pambulation of the bounds between Springfeild & Westfeild did wth diverse of Westfeild men perform yt work:
[III-81.]
Jan: 31 1672. Att a meeting of the Select Men they be- ing all present
There is grannted to the Neighbo's on the West side of the great River about fffty acres of land upon the most Souther- ly branch of the three mile brooke below Leiut Coopers they desiring to sett up a Saw mill there: This grant is on condi- tion that they give up their interest in the former grannt of land at block bridge (wch was for the like designe) wch they acknowledged to doe upon this grannt. And provided it be
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not prjudiciall to the high way nor to any mans ppriety by ponding up of water without reasonable satisfaction and. pro- vided it fall wthin the bounds of this Towneship when Our bounds are Stated & Settled. & that they pay their reasonable share of the purchase of lands in those quarters: And it is to be understood that this grannt is only to such as shall carry on the work to effect that a saw mill there be built & sett on work within Two veere from the date above mentioned:
Att ye Gen'll Towne Meeting ffebr 3ª 1673. Elizur Hol- yoke was chosen Moderator for this Town meetinge.
Deacon Chapin & Nathaneell Ely were chosen a Comittee to examine the accountes of the Select Men of the yeere now past.
Nathaneel Ely. Ens: Cooley Benjamin Parsons John Keepe & Elizur Holyoke are chosen for Select Men for the veere ensueing to Order the Prudentiall affaires of the Towne.
Elizur Holyoke is chosen Recorder for the yeere ensueinge
Samuell Ely was chosen Constable for ye yeere ensueinge but he pleaded hard for freedom from the Office, William Warrener the former Constable upon Samll Elyes promise to pay him 20s was persuaded to serve in his roome, w-ch the Towne assented to: & the Oath was administered to him by ye Worpll Major Pynchon:
Samuell Marshfeild & Serj: Stebbin are chosen Measurers of land for the veere ensueing:
Nathaneel Ely is chosen Sealer for weights & measures.
Nathaneel Pritchard Thomas Day & John Barber Sent are chosen Surveyo's of ye high wayes for the yeere ensueinge.
Att this Meeting there were chosen Haywards for the Comon feilds: vizt Jonathan Taylor for ye feild on the West side of ye river opposite to ye Towne. [II]-82.]
And Joseph Bedortha for the feild called Chickuppe on ye West side of the River.
Samuell Bliss Jun' for Long Meddow:
And John Clarke for the house lotts:
John Ladd a Tanner desiring to come to dwell in this
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Plantation & to sett up his trade is Admitted an Inhabitant if he see cause to come hither: And there was grannted him Tenne acres of land on ye Garden brooke provided he come & Settle & sett up his trade here: This grannt of land is to lye on Garden brook at the mouth of Squaw tree dingle. Also there is grannted him the liberty of the Comons for getting bark for his trade excepting wfhin two miles from ye Meet- ing house, the trees when barked to be free for any other, but for other tymber or fire wood he is to have the same privi- ledges as others:
At this Towne Meeting consideration was had concerning the Meeting house specially concerning want of Roome in the house for convenient Seating of People (there beinge through the favor of God Soe great an Increase of Inhabi- tants in this Plantation) whereupon the Town chose diverse persons to consider of the case what they should judge con- venient tò be done to help ye busyness & to make report to the Town what they should reckon expedient to be done: The Persons chosen were ye Worpll Major Pynchon & the five Select Men. Also Leiut Cooper Samll Marshfeild Jnº Dumbleton Thomas Miller Rowland Thomas and Henry Chapin and Quarterm' Coulton.
Many persons desiring further accommodations of land a Town meeting is aggreed on to ye 16th instant to consider y'of: for wch See page 180.
[III-83.]
Aprill the 15th 1674. There having been Long dissatis- faction for want of roome in the Meeting house for Our Peo- ples convenient attending on the Publike worship of God there was a Town Meeting called in ye end of ffebruary last to consider of the matter, the Meeting was to be on the Lec- ture day after Lecture, And So wn that Lecture was fynished, the People were warned to attend the Town Meeting wthin one quarter of an hour, & Soe almost all the People left ye house a little while then some comeing in agayne inconsider- able to the whole Plantation the matter was discussed, wheth- er to sett upon ye worke to build a Meeting House wholly
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new, or only to make Some addition to this old house, & Some votes carryed agt building a house wholly new, but to make addition to this house & Soe left it with the Select Men to consider what addition to make: And the Select Men up- on this day being a Town Meeting Aprill 15th 1674 did make report to the Town what addition they thought convenient & necessary to be made whose judgmt being rejected, & the case being discussed, & the apprehension of workmen al- leged that we shall worst ourselves in adding to this house: It came into question agayne, whether it were not best for us all things considered pleaded pro & con it was voted gen- erally that wee should & would endeavor to sett up a new Meeting house: And this Meeting being warned a fortnight before & being very full, there were very few but who went wth the affirmative vizt that there shalbe sett up with ye helpe of God a new Meeting house at the charge of ye whole Plan- tation for the end aforesaid: Nextly it came into question about ye place where the house shalbe sett ; and it was voted that Serjant Stebbing should be treated with that it might be sett up in his home lott on the hill by his pasture: 3ly it was voted & concluded that the house shalbe fifty foot long, & fourty foote wide, & that it shalbe underpind wth Stone two foote & halfe above ground: 4ly It was voted & concluded that the house shalbe built soe high as that it may be accom- modated for galleryes when the Towne shall See need: 5ly, It was further voted & concluded that this work shalbe left to a Comittee of five p'sons who were Nominated chosen & voted for p'ticularly vizt Major Pynchon Elizur Holyoke Nathancel Ely Anthony Dorchester & Jonathan Burt, wych five p'sons by the generall vote of the Plantation are to have full power to aggree wth a workinan or workmen for the building of such a new house and to act in all things neces- sary for the work according to their best understanding, till the house be completed & perfected for the Peoples conven- ient attendding on the worship of God: And Lastly It was voted & concluded that the Select Men from tyme to tyme shall have full power to make & collect, & accordingly shall
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make & collect upon the Inhabitants of this Plantation Such rates or assessments as the said Comittee shall judge neces- sary for the Work aforesaid till the whole worke be finished, & that such summes as are to be Soe collected shalbe made distinct from other publike rates & delivered to the said Com- ittee for the end aforesaid: And these thinges were voted & concluded wth much alacrity wthout contention or opposition. [111-84.]
May 13th 1674. This day being Lecture day, a Towne Meeting being the last Lecture day warned by the Select men to be held this afternoon to consider Something further about the new Meeting house that is to be built accordingly the Towne Meeting was now attended, And the Votes & con- clusions that were made at ye Town meetinge the 15th of Aprill (concerning a new meeting house to be built in this Towne) being reade over, It was now propounded by the Comittee chosen to carry on that work that there might be liberty allowed by the Towne that the work might lye till October next in respect of felling tymber for the work: liber- ty for that was voted and grannted: AAnd at this Meeting Samuell Marshfeild ppounded to ye Town on the behalfe of the Inhabitants on the West side of the River by reason of their great trouble in getting over the river to come to the Publique worship of God & for other publique Meetings, that a Boate might be made at the charge of ye whole Town for their accommodation in such respects: And after Some ar- guing about the matter It was voted that the question shalbe comitted to be decided & determined by three indiffrent men that are not of this Town vizt whether there is or is not good reason that the whole Town should be charged with making a boate for ve end & use aforesaid, whose determination is to stand for the Towne to be guided by: And It is further vot- ed that Leiut Cowper shalbe added to the Comittee chosen the 15th day of Aprill last who are to order matters for build- ing a new Meeting house in this Town: And that any foure of them shalbe accounted the Comittee for ordering any mat- ter concerning the Said building. And it was further voted
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upon the desire of the Inhabitants on the West side of the River that what they shall pay towards this new meeting house that is to be built shalbe entered in Some Publike re- cord of this Towne:
At this Towne Meeting these following orders framed by the Select Men and read to the Town were by the Town con- cluded to stand as Town Orders:
Whereas It is found by experience that the Veiwers of the fences of the Comon feilds were often at a loss & goe at great uncertayntyes in their work by the want of Some rule to guide them that they may know who are owners of the Sev- erall pcells of fences in such generall fences:
It is ordered that every Proprietor of land in any of the comon feilds of this Towne shall before the Ioth day of June next Sett up a Stake at the Partition of each pcell of his fence or fences that belong to any such feilds, vizt between him- selfe & his neighbor & that each Proprietor mark such Stake or Stakes with the first letters of their names: And such Pro- prietor of any such fences as shall faile of performance of this Order shall pay as a penalty twelve pence p defect for each defect half thereof to the Towne & the other halfe to the veiw- er of the fences of Such feilds: [{LI-85.] And for the fu-
ture It is further ordered that every Proprietor of land in any of our comon feilds shall take care & see that such Stakes Soe marked as above said be made or renewed & kept up yearely in the Spring before the first of Aprill: And if any such Proprietor shall faile of pformance hereof he shall incurr the like penalty as abovesaid wch is also to be paid as above- said: And the Townes half of such penaltyes shalbe added to such persons names on some Towne rate to be paid wth the rate:
Whereas there are many grannts of land made in this Towne wch are not measured & recorded notwthstandinge former orders wch have been made to compell persons there- unto whereby the Select Men are at some uncertaynty what lands are taken up & Soe know not well how to lay assessmit upon Such lands & whereby also occasions of contention be-
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tweene Grantees are apt to arise It is ordered voted & con- cluded yt whosoever shall not wthin Six months from this tyme gett such his grant or grannts of lands measured & re- corded he shall pay as a penalty foure pence p acre to the Town to be added to the next Towne rate for soe many acres as are not found to be recorded wthin the tyme above limitted in this Order; except the measurer who is requested to meas- ure any such grannt shall not wthin one month after such re- quest is made, attend his worke & performe it wch month is to expire before the end of the said Six months from the tyme of ye grannt upon ye like penalty except the defect lye in the measurer.
[III-86.]
Att the Gen'll Town Meeting ffebr: ye 2ª 1674. The Worppll Major Pynchon is chosen Moderator for this Meet- ing & all other Town Meetings this yeere:
Leiut Cooper & Samuell Marshfeild are chosen a Comit- tee to examine the last yeeres Select Mens accounts as are also the accounts of the Selectmen in ye yeeres 1672 & 1673 & to balance all accounts to this tyme:
Quarterm' Coulton Samuell Marshfeild John Dumbleton Henry Chapin & Jeremy Horton are chosen Select Men for ye yeere ensueing to order the Prudentiall affaires of the Town
Elizur Holyoke is chosen Clarke or Recorder for the yeere ensueing:
Thomas Miller is chosen Constable for ye yeere ensueing, & Sworne:
Samll Marshfeild & Serj: Stebbin are chosen Measurers of land for ye yeare ensueing:
James Warrener & Rice Bedortha & Obadiah Cooley are chosen Surveyors of the high wayes for the yeere ensueinge:
At this Meeting there were Haywards chosen for the Comon feilds: vizt John Barber Sent for the feilds on ye West side ye river opposite to ye Towne: And John Dorchester specially for that pt of ye feild over Agawam river:
Edmund Prinridas for West Chickuppe feild. Thomas
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Mirick for ye house lotts on this east side of ye river who is also to drive to ye pound any cattell yt he shall fynd in ye Meddowes by the Street where he has notice thereof: And Isaak Coulton is chosen Hayward for Long Meddow:
Whereas the County Corte hath altered the County road, vizt to relinquish the road as it lay by Sconunganuck & now to lye thorow ye Towne by the upper Causey & Soe up by Henry Chapins & over the Island in Chickuppe River & thorow the great playn wych is by Connecticut river: This Town by reason of such alteration of the roade for the con- veniency of the Townes above specially of Hadley consider- ing that their great use of that Roade (coming down often wth many carts & frequently in wet weather) doth greatly damnify the wayes especially the said Causey (as we find by experience) wych Causey hath been very chargeable being made & maynteyned by a few persons in Springfeild, & for yt the roade if Soe determined will pass thorow some mens proprietyes &c Have chosen & ordered Qu: mr Coulton & Samll Marshfeild to make knowne to the Corte at Northamp- ton in March next the Townes complaynt that the Corte may order us releif in the case:
[III-87.]
The Towne ordereth that the tongue of land wch lyes be- tween Long meddow brook & the wett meddow behind the long meddow by & below Nath: Burts meddow vizt all that is now free there & undisposed of shall lye comon & free for passage into the woods & for feed forever:
It is Ordered & voted by the Towne by reason that the high way wch hitherto hath lyen by the great riverside on tlie west side of the River is by floods in the river & by land floods much damnifyed & spoyled & made unpassable & like- ly to be worse yeerely, that therefore consideration thereof shalbe had by a speciall Comittee of Seaven Men what they shall judge convenient & necessary to be done in the case: The Comittee chosen by the Town are Leiut Cooper Qu: M' Coulton Ens Cooley Rowland Thomas Nathaneell Ely Thomas Miller & Serjant Stebbin who have full power to de- termine the case & to order where the way shall lye.
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In reference to the new meeting house that is to be built in this Town, It is thought more accomodable that the said house Should be Sett on the hill in Serjant Stebbins lott: And he showing his willingness thereto provided he may have that ffoure acres of land of the Townes, meddow & up- land wch lyes on the North side of ye round hill, the Town hath grannted him that foure acres of land on such tearmes as he & the Committee yt are chosen to order the affaires of the said house shall aggree for the end aforesaid:
Att this Gen'll Meeting of the Town Severall persons had Grants of land made unto them, for wch See page 184. [III-88.]
Att ye Gen'll Town Meeting ffebr: Ist, 1675: The Worppl Major Pynchon is chosen Moderator for this Meeting & for all other Town Meetings in this Towne this yeere:
Jonathan Burt & Serj Bancroft are chosen a Comittee to examine the accounts of the Select Men of the yeere now past :
Ensigne Cooley: Jonathan Burt : * John Keepe John Hitch- cock & Capt Elizur Holyoke, are chosen Select men for or- dering all ye Prudentiall affires of ye Town for ye yeare en- sueing To act according to Instructions & directions for ye Select men as in pa. 5th of this Booke
[In the handwriting of John Pynchon.]
Samll Marshfeild & Serj Stebbings are chosen Measurers for Land: yt is to be laid out or Measured
Japhet Chapin is chosen Constable of Springfeild for the yeare ensueing:
At A Legall Towne Meeting: Aug: 24th 1676: It is or- dered & Agreed by a cleare vote That a House be Built, either for Mr. Glover or ye Ministry, the House to be 44 foote long, 20 f wide, 14 f Stud, Girt, wth a Porch before it conven- ient for a Study: The House in all respects to be caryed on,
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