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Wee haue sent fiue weigh of salt in the Whelpe, and ten weigh in the Talbott or Lyons Whelpe. Now, forasmuch as the Lyons Whelpe season of the yeare fitt, pray lett the ffishermen, (of wch wee send 6 from Dortchester,) togeather wth some of the shipps company, endeavo" to take ffish, and lett it bee well saued with the said salt, and packed vpp in hogsheads or otherwise, as shalbe thought fitt, and send it home by
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the Talbott or Lyons Whelpe. Now, forasmuch as the Lyons Whelpe belongeth to the Companie, yo" may (if there bee hope to doe good by it) keepe her there some tyme after the Talbott; but vnless it bee to very good purose, doe not detaine her, but lett her come home in com- panie of the Talbott. The Georg Bonaventure is to land her passinger; & other things belonging to the genall Companie or to pticuler men, and soe sett sayle for New Found Land; and wee pray yo" lett it be yo" care to dispatch her as soone as may bee.
William Ryall and Thomas Brude, coops and cleavors of tymber, are entertained by vs in halfes wth M' Cradock, o' Gor, Pray 10yne others that can assist them vnto them, and lett them pvide vs some staves and other tymber of all sorts, to bee sent vs by the Talbott, Whelpe, or the other 2 shipps that come after. But wee pray yo" consider the charge of these shipps, & detaine them not for small mat- ters. Rather vse all dilligence to send them away.
If, at the arivall of this shipp, M' Endecott should bee depted this lyfe, (weh God forbidd,) or should happen to dye before the other shipps arrive, wee authorise yo", M' Skelton and Mr Samuell Sharpe, to take care of o' affaires, and to goune the people according to order, vntil further order. And to the end the Saboth may bee celebrated in a religious mann, wee appoint, that all that inhabite the plantacon, both for the genall and pticuler imploym's, may surcease their labo" every Satterday throughout the years at 3 of the clock in the afternoone, and that they spend the rest of that day in catichising and pparacon for the Saboth, as the ministers shall direct.
If it shall please God to take away by death any of the 13 that shalbe chosen and appointed for the councell, (of wch yo'selfe or yo" successo' is to bee one) in such case the then being Gounor & the sur- vyving councell shall from tyme to tyme make choice of one or more to supply the place of such as shalbe wanting; and that there may noe difference arise about the appointing of one to bee minister wth those yo" send to inhabite at Mattachusetts Bay, wee will haue yow (in case the ministers cannot agree amongst themselues who shall vndertake that place ). to make choice of one of the three by lott; and on whom the lott shall fall hee to goe with his famylie to pforme that worke.
We haue advised yo" of the sending of Willm Ryall and Thomas Brude, cleavers of tymber; but, indeed, the said Thomas his name is Brand. & not Norton. But there is one Norton, a carpenter, whom wee pray vo" respect as hee shall deserve.
There is one Richard Ewstead, a wheelewright, who was comended to vs by M' Davenport for a very able man, though not wthout his impfeccons. Wee pray yo" take notice of him, and regard him as hee shall well deserve. The benefitt of his labor is to bee & for the genall Companie, and ¿ for M' Cradock, o' Gounor, being his charges is to bee borne according to that pportion ; and wthall wee pray yo" take care that their charges who are for partable employmt, whether in halfes or thirds, may bee equally defrayed by such as are to haue benefitt of their labors, according to each ptves pporcon. Their seuall agreem's, or the coppyes therof, shalbe (if God pmitt ) sent yo" by the next shipps.
Wee haue entertained Lambert Wilson, chirurgion, to remain wth yo" in the service of the plantacon; wth whom wee are agreed, that hee
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shall serve this Companie and the other planters that liue in the planta- con for 3 yeares, and in that time apply himselfe to cure not only of such as came from hence for the genall and pticuler accompts, but also for the Indians as from tyme to tyme hee shalbe directed by yo selfe or yo' successo" & the rest of the councell. And, moreover, hee is to educate & instructt in his art one or more youths, such as yo" and the said councell shall appoint, that may bee helpfull to him, and, if oc- casion serve, succeed him in the plantacon; weh youth or youths fitt to learne that pfession lett bee placed wth him; of weh MT Hugessons sonne, if his father approue therof, may bee one, the rather because hee hath bin trayned vp in litterature ; but if not hee, then such other as yo" shall iudg most fittest, &c.
The 21 of Apr, in Grauesend.
The aforewritten is, for the most pt, the coppie of o' genall lre sent you together wth o' pattent, vnder the broad seale and the Com- panyes seale in siluer, by M' Samuell Sharpe, passinger in the George, who wee thinke is yett ryding in the Hope; but, by meanes of. stormy weather, the Talbot & Lyons Whelpe are yett att Black Wall. By these shipps that are to follow wee intend, God willing, to supply both in o" advice and in o' pvisions what is wanting now. In the meane whyle wee pray yo" accommodate business wth yo" true endeavors for the genall good in the best and discreetest mann that yo" may. For the better accomodacon of businesses, wee haue devyded th servants be- longing to the Company into seuall famylies, as wee desire and intend they should liue togeather ; a coppy whereof wee send yo" heere in- closed, that yo" may accordingly appoint each man his charge and dutie. Yett it is not of intent to tye yo" soe strictly to this direccon but that in yo' discrecon, as yo" shall see cause from tyme to tyme, yo" may alter or displace any as yo" shall thinke fitt.
O' earnest desire is, that yo" take spetiall care, in setlinge these ffamilies, that the cheife in the familie (at least some of them) bee grounded in religion ; wherby morning and evening famylie dutyes may bee duely pformed, and a watchfull eye held over all in each familie by one or more in each famylie to bee appointed thereto, that soe disorders may be pvented, and ill weeds nipt before they take too great a head. It wilbe a business worthy yo' best endeavors to looke vnto this in the begininge, and if neede bee, to make some exemplary to all the rest; otherwise yo' governmt wilbe esteemed as a scar crowe. Or desire is to vse lenitie all that may bee, but, in case of necessitie, not to neglect the other, knowing that correccon is ordained for the ffooles back; and as wee intend not to bee wanting on o' parts to pvyde all things neefull for the maintenance and sustenance of o" servants, soe may wee iustly, by the lawes of God & man, require obedyence and honest carriage from them, wth fitting labo" in their seuall employmts; wherin if they shalbe . wanting, and much more if refractory, care must be taken to punish the obstinate and disobedyent, being as necessary as food and raymt. And wee hartely pray yo", that all be kept to labo", as the only meanes to reduce them to civill, yea, a godly lyfe, and to keepe youth from falling into many enormities weh by nature wee are all too much en- clyned vnto. God, who alone is able and powerfull, enable yo" to this great worke, and graunt that o" cheifest ayme may bee his honor and
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glory. And thus, wishing yo" all happy and pspous success, wee end, & rest
Yo' assured lo: freinds,
The Gouno" & Deputie of the New Engl: Company for a Plantacon in Mattachusetts Bay.
Through many businesses wee had almost forgotten to recomend vnto yo" 2 brethren of o' Comp:, M' John & M' Sam: Browne, who, though they bee noe adventurers in the genall stock, yett are they men wee doe much respect, being fully pswaded of their sincere affeccons to the good of or plantacon. The one, MT John Browne, is sworne an Assistant heere, & by vs chosen one of the councell there-a man ex- perienced in the lawes of o' kingdome, & such an one as wee are pswaded will worthylie deserve yo" fauo" and furtherance, weh wee desire hee may haue, and that in the first devision of lands there may bee allotted to ether of them 200 acres.
I finde M' Oldhams graunt from M' Gorge is to him & John Dor- rell for all the lands wthin Mattachusetts Bay betweene Charles River and Abousett River, cont in lengt, by a streigth lyne, 5 myles vp the said Charles River, into the maine land north west from the border of the sª bay, including all creekes and points, by the way, and 3 myles in length from the mouth of the foresaid river of Abousett vp into the mainland, when a streight lyne S : W :, including all creeks and points, and all the land in bredth and length betweene the foresaid rivers, wth all progatives, ryall mynes excepted. The rent reserved is 12ª on every 100 acres of land that shalbe vsed ; W" Blaxton, cler, and Wm Jeffryes, gent, authorised to putt John Oldham in possession. Having a sight of his graunt, this I found, though I hold it voyde in lawe, yett, his clayme being to this, yo" may in yo' discrecon pvent him by causing some to take possession of the cheife pt therof.1
Two vessels, the Four Sisters and the Mayflower, were left in England, not being ready for their departure. The Four Sisters was of London, Roger Harmon, master, of about three hundred tons burden, and "a fayre ship." It carried many cattle, passengers and provisions, including fifteen weigh of salt. The Mayflower was of Yarmouth, William Peirce, master, and carried passengers and provisions, including eleven weigh of salt. As these vessels were "not thoroughly furnished," they remained at Gravesend until June 3. Another vessel, the Pilgrim, of London, William Woolridge, master, carrying three weigh of salt and fish- ing tackle, etc., also accompanied them. In each of these three vessels were lines, hooks, knives, boots and barvels, necessary for fishing.
In all of these ships were sent provisions for building of vessels, as pitch, tar, resin, cordage and sail-cloth, and in the Four Sisters were sent nine firkins and five half-barrels of nails. These ships and men were to be employed in fishing within the harbor
1Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, pages 386-398.
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or upon the bank, and if they were sent to the bank not expecting to return to Naumkeag, the bark, which had been built here, was to be sent to bring back to the plantation the fishermen and such provisions as they had for fishing, that is, salt, hooks, lines, knives, boots and barvels.
Among the passengers who came in the last three vessels were Henry Haughton and Richard Ingersoll,1 the last being "a Bedfordshire man.'
1RICHARD INGERSOLL1 lived in Salem; married Ann (or Agnes) Langley Oct. 20, 1616, in Sands, England; died late in 1644; she married, secondly, John Knight of Newbury; she died July 30, 1677; children: I. George,2 born in 1618; 2. Sarah;2 married, first, William Haines; and, second, Joseph Houlton; 3. Joanna ;2 married Richard Pettingell; 4. John,2 born in 1623; 5. Alice;2 married William Walcott; 6. Bathsheba;2 married John Knight; 7. Nathaniel,2 born in 1632 or 1633.
GEORGE INGERSOLL;2 removed in 1646 to Gloucester, where he conducted an ordinary; removed to Casco Bay, about 1656, living at Back Cove; in the Indian war in 1675 a son was killed, his property destroyed and he spent the next winter in Salem; returned to Falmouth; was deputy to the assembly; again withdrew to Salem on account of the Indian depredations in 1689; married Elizabeth - about 1642; living in 1692; children: I. George," born May -, 1643, in Salem; shipwright; lived in Falmouth until driven away by the Indians in 1689; settled in Boston; married Catherine Nicholson of Scarboro about 1674; died in Boston Aug. 21, 1721 ; had children : 2. John,3 born in 1645, in Salem; house carpenter; lived in Falmouth and Kittery; married Deborah Gunnison of Kittery; died in 1716; had children; 3. Joseph,3 born Oct. 4, 1646, in Gloucester ; house carpenter ; lived in Falmouth, Charles- town and Gloucester ; married Sarah Coe of Falmouth; died March 12, 1718; had children; 4. Elizabeth,3 born Feb. 1, 1648, in Gloucester; died March 9, 1649; 5. Elizabeth,3 born March 19, 1651, in Gloucester ; 6. Samuel ;3 7 (son) ; killed by the Indians at Falmouth Oct. - , 1675; 8. Mary,3 born Aug. 12, 1657, at Gloucester. JOHN INGERSOLL;2 yeoman, mariner and shoreman; married Judith -; died Dec. - , 1683; she survived him; children : I. John,3 born Sept. 12, 1644; 2. Nathaniel,3 born April 10, 1647; 3. Ruth,3 born June 10, 1649; married Richard Rose; 4. Richard,3 born Sept. I. 1651; 5. Sarah,3 born Aug. 28, 1655; married William Ropes; 6. Samuel,3 born Aug. 6, 1658; 7. Joseph,3 born Dec. 9, 1661; died in 1661; 8. Hannah,3 born March II, 1663; died in 1663; DEA. NATHANIEL INGERSOLL;2 yeoman ; served in Narragansett war; married Hannah Collins March 25, 16 -; she was his wife in 1709; he died Jan. 27, 1718-9; child: I. - (daughter) ;
died before her father, unmarried.
JOHN INGERSOLL;3 mariner; married Mary Coomes May 17, 1670; died in 1694; she died, his widow, June -, 17II; children : I. Mary,4 born Sept. IO, 1671; married George Cox; 2. Ruth,4 born Feb. 2, 1673-4; 3. Samuel ;4 4. John,4 baptized Sept. 1, 1678; lived in Lynn; married Elizabeth (Symonds), widow of Nathaniel Newhall ; had a child; 5. Elizabeth,4 baptized March 15, 1702 ; died before 1711; 6. Sarah,4 baptized March 15, 1702; died before I7II. NATHANIEL INGERSOLL;3 married Mary Preston Oct. 8, 1670; was lost at sea April 1, 1683; she died, his widow, Sept. 28, 1684; children: I. Elizabeth,4 born Feb. II, 1672-3; married Lawrence Knights; 2. John,4 born Oct. 7, 1674; lived in Lynn in 1710; 3. Nathaniel ;4 mariner ; died in 170.1, unmarried. RICHARD INGERSOLL;3 married Sarah died in 1684; she married, secondly, Joseph Proctor of Ipswich; child: I. Richard.4 CAPT. SAMUEL INGERSOLL;3 shipmaster ; married Sarah -; died Nov. 19, 1696; she married, secondly, Philip English; children: I. Sarah, born Oct. 12,
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A second letter from the Company to Governor Endecott was begun át London May 28, 1629, and finished at Gravesend June 3, 1629. The following is a copy of it :-
LONDON, 28 May, 1629.
After o' harty comendacons : O" last vnto yo" was of the 17th and 21th Aprill, sent by the last shipps, viz, the Geo: Bonaventure, Thomas Cox m', who sett saile from th' Isle of Wight the 4th of this month, and seconded by the Talbott, Thomas Beecher mastter, & the Lyons
1686; married Josiah Orne; 2. Margaret,4 born April 8, 1690; married Thomas Beadle; 3. Susanna;4 apparently died young.
SAMUEL INGERSOLL;4 cooper; removed to Marblehead about 1714 and returned to Salem about 1730; married, first, Elizabeth Wakefield of Boston Sept. 5, 1700; she died Jan. 22, 1702; married, second, Sarah Haskett July 29, 1702; they were living in 1748; children: I. Elizabeth," baptized March 15, 1702; 2. Samuel, baptized Aug. 15, 1703; died young; 3. Mary,6 bap- tized Aug. 6, 1704; died young; 4. Samuel, baptized April 14, 1706; 5. Mary, born Aug. 18, 1708; 6. Nathaniel ;5 7. John.5 RICHARD INGERSOLL; mariner ; married Ruth Dodge of Beverly April 28, 1698; died in 1708; she was his widow in 1735; children: I. Ruth;5 died young; 2. Sarah, baptized Aug. 30, 1702; married Daniel Cressy of Boston Oct. 26, 1720; 3. Elizabeth5 (?) ; married William Burrows; 4. John," born before 1707; cordwainer ; married Sarah (Raymond), widow of Henry Brown (published May 23, 1730) ; living in 1741; 5. Richard, baptized Oct. 5, 1712; cordwainer; died in 1735.
CAPT. NATHANIEL INGERSOLL;5 mariner ; married Bethiah Gardner Sept. I, 1737; died in 1762; she died, his widow, July 30, 1773; children : 1. Sarah ;6 married Joseph Hood; 2. Nathaniel;6 distiller ; 3. Hannah,6 baptized July 29, 1744; married John Pickering; 4. Mary;6 married Habakkuk Bowditch; 5. Elizabeth;6 unmarried in 1774; 6. Samuel,6 baptized April 5, 1747; living in 1774; 7. David,6 baptized March 5, 1748-9; mariner; living in 1784; 8. Jonathan,6 baptized Aug. II, 1751; 9. John,6 baptized June 6, 1756; living in 1774. JOHN INGERSOLL;6 mariner; married Elizabeth Bray Nov. 27, 1740; died in or before 1757; she died, his widow, Aug. 5, 1768; children : 1. John, born in 174 -; 2. Samuel, born about 1744.
JONATHAN INGERSOLL;6 mariner and merchant; removed to Windsor, Vt., about 1812; married, first, Mary Hodges; second, Mary Poole Feb. 12, 1793; third, Mary Blyth Feb. 15, 1808; fourth, Sally - -; died before 1842; his widow, Sally, died in Salem March 17, 1842; children : I. Nathaniel," baptized June 21, 1778; lived in Brookline in 1813; married Eliza - : 2. George Hodges,7 baptized Jan. 23, 1780; lived in Danvers; removed to Charlestown, N. H., in 1816; married Abigail -; had children; 3. Polly,7 baptized in 1781; 4. Fanny,7 baptized Dec. 29, 1783; 5. Harry,“ baptized July 24, 1785. JOHN INGERSOLL;6 mariner : married, first, Hannah Townsend May 23, 1779; married, second, Hannah Bowditch July 21, 1792; she died Dec. 14, 1826; married, third, Elizabeth Fabens; died Feb. 12, 1840; his wife Elizabeth died, his widow, Feb. 27, 1861, aged ninety-two ; children : I. Nancy,7 baptized Oct. 17, 1784; 2. Judith,' baptized Nov. 17, 1793; 3. John,“ bap- tized Jan. 24, 1796; 4. Nathaniel," baptized Feb. 4, 1798; 5. Mary." baptized Jan. 19, 1800; married Hutchinson; 6. David," baptized Oct. 9, 1803. CAPT. SAMUEL INGERSOLL;6 mariner ; married Susanna Hathorne Oct. 19, 1772; died, on his passage from Guadeloupe, July 15, 1804; she died, his widow, in the winter of 1811-2; children: 1. Samuel," born about 1775; died July 21, 1797; 2. Ebenezer," born about 1781; died on board the vessel his father died on, in quarantine, 1804; 3. Susanna,7 born in 1785 or 1786; died, unmarried, July 13, 1858; 4. Elizabeth,7 baptized May 20, 1787.
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Whelpe, John Gibbs m', who sett saile also from th' Isle of Wight about the IIth of this month; weh Ire, being large and consisting of many pticulers, hath bin confirmed heere; and herewth yo" shall receive a coppy therof, desiring yo" to take espetiall care of the pformance and putting in execucon of all things materiall therein menconed, and pticulerly, amongst others, that point concerninge publicacon to bee made that noe wrong or iniurie bee offred by any of of people to the natiues there. To weh purpose wee desire yo", the Gouno", to aduise wth the councell in pening of an effectuall edict, vpon penalty to bee inflicted vpon such as shall transgress the same; weh being done, or desire is the same may bee published, to the end that all men take notice therof, as also that yo" send a coppy therof vnto vs by the next returne of the shipps.
Wee haue, sithence o" last, and according as wee then advised, at a full and ample Court assembled, ellected & established yow, Captaine John Endicott, to the place of psent Gouno" in or plantacon there, as also some others to bee of the councell wth yow, as more pticulerly yow will pceive by our act of Court herewth sent, confirmed by vs at a Genall Court, and sealed wth o' comon seale; to weh act wee referr yow, desiring yo" all punctually to observe the same, and that the oathes wee herewth send yo", (wch haue bin heere penned by learned coun- cell,) to bee administred to each of yo" in yo' seuall places, may bee administred in such mann & forme as in & by o' said order is pticulerly expressed, and that yo'selues do frame such other oathies as in yo" wisdomes yo" shall thinke fitt to bee administred to yo" Secretary or other officers, according to their seuall places respectively.
Wee haue further taken into o" consideracon the fittness and con- venyencie, or rather a necessitie, of making a devident of land, and allotting a pporcon to each adventurer, & otherwise, and to this pur- pose haue made and confirmed an act, and sealed the same wth o' comon seale, to the pticulers wherof wee referr yo", desiring yo" wth all convenyent expedicon to put the same in execucon; and for yor better direccon in the allottment, wee haue herewth sent you (as by o' last wee pmised) a list of all the seuall adventurers, and of the some by each of them adventured, desiring that vpon the devydent each ad- venturer may haue his allotm' of land, as also such others as are noe adventurers, coming in pson at their owne charge, and the servants of aduenturers sent over to reside vpon the plantacon, may haue such a pporcon of land allotted vnto & for them as by o" said order is ap- pointed.
JOHN INGERSOLL;" mariner ; married Mary -; died Oct. 5, 1829; she survived him, and was living in 1846; child: I. John;8 living in 1832. CAPT. NATHANIEL INGERSOLL;" shipmaster ; married Margaret Foote May 4, 1823; died Dec. 3, 1854; she died Feb. 19, 1878, his widow; child: I. Nathaniel.8 DAVID INGERSOLL;7 mariner ; married Hannah H. - -; died Oct. - , 1837; she was living in 1857; children: I. -- 8 (son), born in 1827; died Jan. 25, 1828; 2. William S.,8 born in 1829; died Aug. 29, 1829.
CAPT. NATHANIEL INGERSOLL;8 mariner ; removed to Portland, Ore., in 1878; married Deborah H. Carleton Oct. 30, 1851; children: I. Nathaniel Bowditch, born April 22, 1854; living in 1876; 2. Deborah,9 born July II, 1856; 3. Charles C.,9 born Jan. II, 1860; died Feb. 9, 1864; 4. Mary U.," born Jan. 23, 1862.
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And wheras divers of the Companie are desirous to haue the lands lye together, wee, holding it fitt herein to giue them all accomodacon, as tending to the furtherance of the plantacon, doe pray yo" to giue way thervnto for such as shall desire the same, whether it bee before a devident bee made according to o' direccon or at the tyme of the allotmt to observe the same course.
Yo" shall also receive herewth the coppys of all the seuall agreemts made wth the servants and others sent over in the 3 last shipps for ac- compt of the Companie, togeather wth their seuall names, for yo' better direccon in employing them in their seuall places according to those agreemts, as also the names of the servants of such pticuler members of the Company as went over in the said shipps; desiring yow that a due register bee taken and kept from tyme to tyme of all the psons formly sent over, or that shall hereafter come to the plantacon, both of the names, & qualitie, and age, of each pticuler pson, & for or by whom they are sent over.
Wee send yo" also herewth a pticuler of all the goods and cattle sent in those forenamed shipps, as also of what goods, cattle, or other pvisions, wee now send vpon these 3 shipps, viz, the Mayflower, of Yarmouth, Willm Peirse m', the Fower Sisters, of London, Roger Harman m', the Pilgrim, of London, Willm Woolrige m", amongst weh wee haue remembred yow, the Gouno" there, wth certaine necessaries pmised by o" last; and if in ought wee haue bin now wantinge, wee shall, vpon notice from yo", see the same supplyed by o' next.
Wheras in o" last wee advised yo" to make composicon wth such of the saluages as did ptend any tytle or lay clayme to any of the land wthin the teretoryes graunted to vs by his mats charter, wee pray yo" now bee carefull to discover & finde out all such ptendo's, and by advice of the councell there to make such reasonable composicon wth them as may free vs and yo'selues from any scruple of intrusion, and to this purpose, if it might bee convenyently done, to compound & con- clude wth them all, or as many as you can at one tyme, not doubting but, by yo' discreet ordering of this business, the natiues wilbe to treat & compound wth yoW vpon easie conditions.
Wee pray yo", as soone as these shipps are discharged, to cause a pticuler to bee taken and sent vs at their returne for England, of the names of all such psons as come vpon them to remaine in the country, as also a note of the cattle and all mann of goods of what kinde soever landed out of them, wth the seuall marks and names of the owners therof ; the like wherof wee desire to receive from yo" of the form 3 shipps, viz, the George, Talbott, & Lyons Whelpe, to the end wee may compare the same wth the invoyces heere, and receive fraight, if any bee omitted.
The charge wee are at in sending over servants for the Company is very great, the recompense wherof (under God) depends vpon their labor and endeavo's; and therefore o' desire is, that you appoint a carefull and dilligent overseer to each familie, who is to see each pson employed in the business hee or they are appointed for. And to the end both yo"selues there and wee heere may from tyme to tyme haue notice how they employ their tyme, wee haue sent you diuers pap bookes, wch wee pray yo" to distribute to the said overseers, who are to keepe a
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pfect register of the dayly worke done by each pson in each familie, a coppy wherof wee pray yo" send vnto vs once every halfe yeare, or as often as convenyently yo" may. But if yo" conceive that the said register may bee too much to wryte pticulerly every day, wee desire that a sumary may bee taken therof at the least evry weeke, registered in the booke kept for that familie, and at each weeks end the same to bee examined & subscribed by two, three, or fower such discreet psons as yo" shall thinke fitt to appoint for that purpose.
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