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1875. March I, treasurer's statement : Notes and bonds, $182, 185 : bills, 353 ; resources, 2,865.22 ; net debt, 179.672.78. Appropriations March 1 : School bonds and interest, 800 ; military bonds and interest, 775; college bonds, interest. 570: interest, 11,000. Paid : School bond, 500; interest, 300 ; military bond, 500 ; interest, 272.92; college bonds, interest. 570: loans, 11,050 ; interest, 11.129.70.
1876. March I, treasurer's statement : Notes and bonds, $182,875 : bills, 740; resources, 2.088.15 : net debt, 180,786.85. Appropriations March 6: Bonds and debts and interest on bonds, 6,040: interest, 11,100. Paid : School bond, 500 ; interest, 270 ; military bond, 500 ; interest, 248; college bond and interest, 1,065.50 : loans, 10,735 ; interest, 11,079.97.
1877. March 1, treasurer's statement : Notes and bonds. $178,200 ; bills, 263 : resources, 2,433.42 ; net debt, 176.029.58. Appropriations March 5 : School bonds . and interest, 740; military bonds and interest. 725 ; agricultural bonds and inter- est, 2,492 : town debts, 3,000; interest. 10.900. Paid : School bond, 500; interest. 240; military bond, 500: interest, 225 : college bonds and interest, 2,021.25; town debts, 27,700 ; loans, 7,000 : interest, 10.845.85.
IS78. March 1, treasurer's statement: Notes and bonds, $175,700: bills. 1,500; resources, 2,056.50 : net debt. 175, 143.50. Appropriations, March 4: School bonds and interest, 700; college bonds and interest, 2,390; town debts, 3.000 : interest, 10,500. Paid : School bond, 500; interest, 210; military bond, 5co ; interest, 200: college bonds and interest. 2,390; loans, 9,500 : town debt. 4.500 : interest, 10,745.80.
1879. March 1, treasurer's statement : Notes and bonds, $169,700; resources. 2,296.93; net debt, 167.403.07. Appropriations, March 3: School bonds and inter- est, 6So; military bonds and interest, 675 ; college bond and interest, $15: town debts, 3,000; interest, 10,300. Paid: School bond, 500: interest. 180 ; military bond, 500: interest. 172.92; agricultural bond and interest, $15 ; loans, 6,000: debts. 5,000; interest, 10,217.17.
593
TOWN FINANCES.
1880. March I, treasurer's statement : Notes and bonds, $163,200 ; resources, 1,846.65 ; net debt, 161,353.35. Appropriations, March 1: Town debts, 6,000; interest, 10,510. Paid: School bond, 500; interest, 150; military bond, 500; inter- est, 147.92 ; agricultural bonds and interest, 2,030; debts, 3,000 ; loans, 8,000 ; interest, 10,171.72.
1881. March I, treasurer's statement: Notes and bonds, $157,200 ; resources, 1,594.11; net debt, 155.650.89. Appropriations, March 7: School bond, 500; mili- tary bond, 500 : college note, 2,000 ; savings bank note, 3,000 ; interest, 10,125. Paid: School bond, 500 ; interest, 120; military bond, 500 ; interest, 122.92 ; col- lege note and interest, 2,030; debts, 3,000 ; loans, 5,000 ; interest, 9.904.78.
1882. Bonded debt, $151,200. Appropriations, March 6: School bond, 500; military bond, 500 ; college note, 2,000; savings bank note, 3,000; interest, 9.700. Paid : School bond, 500 ; interest, 90 ; military bond, 500 ; interest, 97.92 ; college note and interest, 2,030 ; debt, 3.000 ; loans, 7,000 ; interest, 9.496.67.
1883. Bonded debt, $145,200. Appropriations, March 5: Debts, 7,200 ; inter- est, 9,000. Paid: School bond, 500 ; interest, 60 ; military bond, 500; interest, 72.92 ; college note and interest, 2,030 ; debt, 3,000 ; loans, 10,500 ; interest, 8,903.
1884. Bonded debt, $139,200. Appropriations, March 3 : Debts, 8,700; inter- est, 8,500. Paid: School bond, 500 ; interest, 30; military bond, 500; interest, 47.92 ; college note and interest, 2,030; debts, 5,000; loans, 11,000; interest, 8.455.47. At the annual meeting held March 3, the town instructed the selectmen and treasurer to refund 4,000 of the town debt falling due that year, at a lower rate of interest.
1885, Bonded debt, $131,200. Appropriations, March 2 : Debts, 9,900; inter- est, 8,000. Paid : Military bond, 500; interest, 22.92 ; college note and interest, 2,030 ; debt, 7,000 ; loans, 11,500; interest, 7,906.93.
1886. Bonded debt, $121,700. Appropriation, March 1 : Interest, 7,400. Paid : College note and interest, 2,030; debts, 8,000; loans, 1,500; interest, 7,233.89. At the annual meeting held March 1, the town instructed the selectmen and treasurer to refund 9,000 of the town debt falling due that year for 12 years at a rate of interest not to exceed 3 1-2 per cent.
1887. Bonded debt, $120,700. Appropriations, March 14: Debts, 7,000; inter- est, 7,000. Paid : College note and interest, 2,030; debts, 5,000; interest, 6,960.22. 1888. Bonded debt, $113,700. Appropriations, March 5 : Debts, 7,000 : inter- est, 6,000. Paid: College note and interest, 2,030: debts, 15,000 ; interest, 6,338.SI. At the annual meeting held March 5, the treasurer was authorized to borrow 10,000 in the name of the town to refund an equal amount of the town debt falling due that year.
1889. Bonded debt, $106.700. Appropriations, March 4: Debts, 7,000 : inter- est, 6,000. Paid : College note and interest, 2,030; debts, 5,000; interest. 5,878.74. At an adjourned session of the annual meeting held March 5, it was voted to raise and appropriate 40,000 for a town hall. The money remaining in the treasury, amounting to 6,500 or 7,000, should be used as a part of the appropriation, and the selectmen were authorized to contract a 20-years loan not exceeding 33,000, and give a note or notes of the town therefor. At a special meeting held Nov. 1, the selectmen were authorized to contract a loan of 50,000 for ten years, and give notes or issue bonds for the same at 4 1-2 per cent interest.
ISgo. Bonded debt. $149.700. Appropriations, March 3: Debt, 7,000; inter- est, 7,600. Paid : College note and interest, 2,030; debt, 5,000 ; interest, 7,196.74. 38
594
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
1891. Bonded debt, $142,700. Appropriations, March 2: Debts, 14,000 : interest, 7,200. Paid: Franklin Institution for Savings, 5,000 ; state treasurer. 22,000 ; interest, 7,017.89. At the annual meeting held March 2, the selectmen were instructed to refund 13,000 of the town debt falling due that year, by borrowing the money and giving notes of the town therefor. At a special meeting held Aug. 8, the treasurer was authorized to pay 5,000 from unappropriated money and 2,000 appropriated for interest, on the debt falling due Nov. 7.
1892. Bonded debt, $134,650. Appropriations, March 7: Debt, 7,000: inter- est, 6,500. Paid : Franklin Institution for Savings, 5,000; state treasury, 2,000 : interest, 5,847.66.
1893. Bonded debt, $123,650. Appropriations, March 6: Debt, 7,000 ; inter- est, 4,800. Paid : Franklin Institution for Savings, 5,000 ; state treasury, 2,000 : interest, 5,354.25.
1894. Bonded debt, $116,650. Appropriations, March 5 : Debt, 4,000 ; inter- est, 4,500. Paid: State treasury, 2,000; Amherst Savings bank, 1,950 ; interest. 5,066.5S.
1895. Bonded debt, $112,700. Appropriations, March 4: Debt, 4,000 ; inter-
est, 4,300. Paid: State treasury, 2,000 ; interest, 4.918.40.
1896. Bonded debt, $110,700. Appropriations, March 2 : Debts, 2,000: interest, 4.750.
The above statement shows the total amount of notes and bonds issued by the town from 1861 to 1896 inclusive, not including the sums charged to the refunding account, to be $233,000, divided as follows: School bonds, $12,000 ; military bonds. $11,000 ; Agricultural College bonds and notes, $50,000 ; academy and school- house note, $10,000; railroad notes, $100,000; town hall bonds, $50,000. It is interesting and instructive to note the sums that the town has paid for interest on this indebtedness during the same term of years, amounting in the aggregate to $241,686.12, or some $S,ooo more than the original debt. The payments of interest for each year, as copied from the treasurer's book, are as follows :
1861-$ 812.20
IS73-$ 11,895.63
1885-$7,959.85
1 862,
850.64
1874,
12,473.37
ISS6,
7,263.89
IS63,
1,545.76
IS75,
12,272.42
ISS7,
6.990.22
1864,
1.537.13
1876
12,249.95
I SSS,
6,368.SI
IS65,
2,349.88
1877,
11,832.10
1889,
5.908.74
1866,
1,642.67
1878,
11,275.80
1890,
7,226.74
1867,
3,214.44
I879,
IO,SS5.09
1891,
7.017.89
1 868,
5,516.60
ISSO,
10,499.64
IS92,
5,847.66
1869.
5,118.00
ISSI,
10,077.70
1893,
5.354.25
1870,
5,544.13
IS82,
9.714.59
IS94,
5.066.58
IS71,
5,642.04
1883,
9.065.92
IS95,
4.918.40
IS72,
7,184.00
1884,
8.563.39
-
595
TOWN FINANCES.
VALUATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, TAX RATES.
The tax-rate of a town or city is a matter of special interest to all the tax- . payers living therein. This rate is governed by valuations and appropriations. The following table. gives the total amount of town appropriations, at annual or special meetings, save the sums comprised in the funded debt, for the past half century. It also gives the amount of each year's expenditures, including money borrowed, as copied from the treasurer's journal. A list of valuations and tax- rates for the past thirty years is also given.
Year.
Valuation.
Appropriations
Expenditures.
Tax-Rate.
1846
$ 3.970
$ 4,778.52
I847
4,220
4,952.33
1848
5,215
6,190.02
1849
4,820
6,527.49
1850
4,620
5,824.IS
IS51
5,020
7,146.70
1852
5,135
8,956.64
IS53
4,920
9.341.21
1854
6,020
10.807.91
1855
7,025
13.743.49
IS56
7,325
12,388.54
IS57
6,725
11,997.38
IS5S
7,425
11,210.45
I859
6,425
15,830.70
1860
8,000
11,909.24
1861
7,445
27,256.84
IS62
10,290
27.554.68
1 864
21,915
47,335.88
1865
24,190
55,274.63
I 866
$2,339.341.00
16,580
39,521.99
$11.00
I 867
2,508,677.00
19.925
108,622.31
15.0
1868
2,487,971.00
22.573
81,693.28
12.00
186
2,652,370.00
25,675
53.392.04
13.00
1870
2,721,544.00
29.200
57.954.19
15.00
1871
- 2.813.464.00
31,065
73,677.42
15.00
1872
2.859,023.00
34.475
76,308.00
16.00
I873
2,877,137.00
35.905
172,977.41
17.00
IS74
2.567, 124.00
37.170
60,796.86
18.00
1875
2,637.450.00
32.945
56.956.65
16.00
IS76
2.542,653.00
32,840
52,145.10
16.00
IS77
2,422,342.00
35,032
79,826.43
17.20
1878
2.410,305.00
38,371
54,014,54
18.50
1879
2,448,412.41
30,220
47,088. 11
15.00
ISSO
2.515.423.15
38,610
57,492.69
19.00
1881
2.835,151.00
34.375
53,260.39
15.25
ISS2
2,542, 105 00
39.910
61,657.45
19.00
I SS3
2,727,025.00
35.750
56,326.16
16.25
IS84
2,773,882.00
37.750
62,673.20
17.50
ISS5
2.789.433.00
42.479
64,845.05
IS.75
ISS6
2.835,340.00
29,675
54,292.36
13.80
ISS7
2,892, 141.00
36,950
61,28S.So
16.60
ISSO
3.238,000.00
38,418
84,110.10
15.25
I S90
3,290,128.00
12,000
110,947.28
15.75
I SOI
3.312.889 00
42,125
So,826.59
15.75
IS92
3, 174.303.00
39,650
64,571.72
15.75
1893
3,188,531.00
41,150
66,481.58
16.25
IS9.4
3. 122,531.00
48,359
76,254.06
19.25
1895
3,133,213.00
37.780
58.508.38
13.00
3,027.072.00
36,950
71,637.01
15.25
IS63
10,770
45,148.82
596
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Aside from the sums annually set apart for the support of the gospel ministry. the earlier inhabitants of Amherst were called upon to make appropriations for the support of public schools, the care of highways and the support of the poor. From 1753 up to and including 1795, the following appropriations were voted for schools : 1753, 64; 1754, 64 ; 1759, 620 : 1760, 224 ; 1761, 519 ; 1762, 5,13, 6, 8: 1763, £,46 ; 1764. 5.20 : 1766, 127 ; 1767, 127 ; 1768, {24 ; 1769, £27, 10: 1770, £29, 6: 1771, £30: 1773, E35 : 1776, £26; 1777, 230; 1778, 6310; I780, {1700; 1781, 624: 1782. £24; 1783, 466; 1784, 675; 1785, ET0: 1786, 8, 10; 1787, 50: 1788, 654:1780. £54; 1790, 460 ; 1791, 460; 1792, 670 : 1793, 672 ; 1794, 472; 1795. 4100.
The first appropriation for highways was made in 1765. the sum being £30. Other highway appropriations were: 1776, 660; 1777. 640: 1781, 6,15: 1782. 4,50: 1783, 560: 1784. 670; 1785, 6,70; 1787, £70: 1788, 570; 1789, 670: 1790. £70 : 1791, {100 ; 1792, 5,100: 1793, {,100 ; 1794, {100; 1795, £100.
The first appropriation for support of the poor, {2, was made in 1760. Other appropriations for this object were : 1779, 6,300 ; 1780, {600; 1789, 56; 1790, 517, 1; 1791, 512 ; 1792, £36, 1793, £20.
The following tables, beginning with the year 1796, when the sums were first reckoned in dollars and cents, show the amounts that have been appropriated each year for a century past for schools. highways and the support of the poor. Of the school appropriations amounting to $371,SoS.34, over 75 per cent., or $280,275, have been granted in the past thirty years. Of the highway appropriations, amounting to $146,083.32, over 62 per cent., or $91.900, have been granted since 1865. Of the pauper appropriations, amounting to $92, 735, over 64 per cent., or $59,Soo, have been granted in the last thirty years.
Year.
Schools.
Highways.
Poor.
Year.
Schools.
Highways.
Poor.
1796
$333-34
$400.
IS22
$ 600
$ 600
$400
1797
333.34
333.33
$ So
IS23
600
600
6co
1798
266.67
333.34
1 824
600
700
700
1799
333-33-
333.33
1825
600
600
700
1 8oo
333.33
333.33
1826
600
600
600
ISOI
333.33
400.
75
1827
600
Soo
600
ISO2
400.
333-33
50
1828
750
Soo
600
ISO3
400.
333.33
1829
750
600
600
1 805
400.
400.
1831
Soo
800
600
1 806
400.
400.
130
1832
1.200
Soo
700
I 807
400.
300.
1833
900
Soo
650
1809
550.
400.
150
1835
1,000
Soo
Soo
1810
550.
400.
100
1836
1,000
Soo
Soo
1811
550.
400.
1837
1.200
1,000
I.OCO
1812
550.
400.
150
1838
1,200
1,000
IS13
600.
450.
:00
1839
1.200
I.OOC
700
1814
600.
500.
200
IS40
1.200
1,000
600
1815
600.
500.
200
18.4 1
1,200
1,000
300
1816
Soo.
600.
300
1.200
1.000
550
1817
600.
600.
600
IS43
1.200
1.000
500
1818
600.
600.
500
IS.44
1,200
1.000
400
1819
600.
600.
500
IS45
1.350
1,000
400
IS20
600.
600
500
1846
1.400
1,000
350
1 821
600.
600.
400
IS47
1.500
1.000
450
I SOS
550
300.
150
IS34
900
Soo
650
IS04
400.
333.33
1830
Soo
600
£
597
TOWN FINANCES.
Year.
Schools.
Highways.
Poor.
Year.
Schools.
Highways.
Poor.
1848
$ 1,500
$1,000
$400
1873
$10,400
$2,000
$1,200
I S.19
1,500
1,000
500
1874
9,650
2,300
1,500
IS50
1,600
1,000
500
IS75
7,500
2,500
2,000
1851
2,000
1,000
600
1876
8.000
2,000
1,500
1852
2,100
1,000
600
1877
S.000
1,600
2,000
IS53
2,500
1,000
700
1878
8,000
2,000
2,200
I 854
2,500
1,400
700
1879
6,500
2,000
1,800
1855
2,500
1,400
700
18So
8,000
3,000
2,200
1856
3,100
1,200
700
1881
7,500
3,000
2,200
1857
2,000
1,200
500
ISS:
7,500
4,000
2,500
1858
2,000
I,Soo
600
ISS3
8,000
3,000
2,300
1859
2,000
800
600
S.200
3.500
2,500
I 860
1.500
1,200
700
ISS5
8,800
3,500
3,000
1861
3,200
800
Soo
1886
8,500
3,000
3,000
1862
3,Soo
1,000
800
18SS
9,975
4,000
2,000
IS6.4
4,500
1,200
1,000
1 889
10.100
4,000
I, Soo
1865
5.000
1,200
1,000
1 890
10,000
4,500
I, Soo
1866
6,000
1,500
1,500
IS91
10,000
4,000
2,000
IS67
7.500
2,000
1,600
1892
10.000
4,000
2,000
1868
7,500
2.000
1,600
I893
14,150
4,000
2,200
I 869
7,500
3.000
1.600
1894
13,000
4,000
2,200
I 870
9,500
3,000
1.600
IS95
13,600
3.000
1,800
1871
10,000
3,000
1.600
IS96
13,000
3,500
2,400
1872
10,900
3.000
1,200
9,000
3.500
2.500
1863
4,000
1,200
1,000
Appendix C.
VALUATION LISTS.
Many of the old " district rates " and town valuation lists are preserved in the town clerk's office. The older ones are in somewhat dilapidated condition, torn, disfigured. the writing scarcely legible. Among them are "ministers' rates," min- isters' " wood rates " and " highway rates." Two of these lists are here presented, the. first taken in 1759, when the District of Amherst was set off from Hadley, the second in 1776, when the district became a town. The list of 1759 is obviously imperfect, as several names are omitted of persons known to have resided here at the time. It has, accordingly, been supplemented by names taken from a list com- piled in 1760, which do not appear in the list of the preceding year. The list of 1776 is believed to be complete and accurate.
598
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
VALUATION LIST, 1759.
NAMES.
Polls.
Horses.
Oxen.
Cows.
Hogs.
Sheep.
Personal
Houses
and Lands.
Real
Total.
Allis, John
5
6:5
6:5
Baker, Elijah
2
I
9:8
44
66 : 0
75 : 8
Belding, Hezekiah
5 : 0
II
15 : 8
20 : 8
Boltwood, Solomon
2
2
3
6
-
6
20 :6
40
84 : 0
104 :6
Boltwood, William
I
2
4
I
9
13:15
18
34:0
47:15
Brooks, John
I
I
I
4
I
65 : 8
32
5.5 : 0
120 : 8
Chauncey, Richard
I
I
3
I
16:18
8
19 : 0
35: 18
Clapp, Widow Sarah
I
I
2
3
13
11 : 19
20
57 : 0
68 :19
Cleary, Joseph
I
I
2
I
5 :8
25
44 : 0
49 : 8
Colton, Eli
I
f
2
2
3
12:10
14
28: 0
40: 10
Cowls, Jonathan
3
2
4
5
15
31:15
35
70 : 0
101:15
Cowls. Oliver
I
1
2
6:0
6: 0
Dickinson, Ebenezer
2
2
2
6
15:10
32
57:14
73:4
Dickinson, Ebenezer (2)
I
I
J
3:10
S
19:10
23 : 0
Dickinson, Gideon
I
I
4
8 : 0
20
35.10
43:10
Dickinson, Jonathan
2
2
5
4
20:0
25
54 : 0
74 :0
Dickinson, Nathan
2
2
3
5
4
23
22:3
40
65:10
87:13
Dickinson, Nathan (2)
I
2
I
5:10
2
2:0
7:10
Dickinson, Nathaniel
I
2
3
5
II
19:3
32
62:12
81:15
Dickinson, Noah
I
I
3
10:10
12
21 :0
31:10
Dickinson, Reuben
1
I
3
6:10
9
16:0
22: 10
Dickinson. Simeon
I
2
4
5
19:10
24
59 :6
79 : 0
Edwards, Jonathan
I
I
2
2
9:0
22
36:16
45: 16
Elmer, Edward
I
I
2
I
5:8
20
33 : 0
38 : 8
Field, John
2
3
S
2
I
25 : 8
50
103 :0
128 : S
Goodale, Isaac
3
I
25 : 0
7
17 : 0
42 : 0
Guilford, Paul
I
I
Harwood, Eleazer
1
Harwood, Peter
I
2
I
6
8 :6
15 20
13:9 33:10
50: 18
Hawley, Moses
I
I
I
I
3:18
I
1 :0
4:18
Hawley. Samuel
Howe. Abner
I
I
I
[
I
2
4
3
32: 10
28
58 : 8
90 : 18
Ingram, John
1
I
I
I
3: 18
IO
17 :0
20 :0
Ingram, Reuben
1
I
2
1
9 : 0
10
19:10
28: 10
Ingram, Samuel
I
3
3
4
2
I
7:10
15 27
25:10 54 :5
91:15
Kellogg. Ebenezer
I
2
2
2
12:13
IS
30:12
43 :5
Kellogg, Ephraim
2
4
6
I
IO
22:18
30
70 : 0
92 : 18
Leonard, Aaron
3
I
2
I
5 : 8
5
9:0
14 : S
Mattoon, Ebenezer
I
2
2
4
14 :0
34
57 : 0
71 :0
- Moody, Nathan
2
I
2
3
5
11 :5
15
28: 10
39:15
I
2
5 : 0
IS
30: 10
35:10
Church, Joseph
I
I
3
26: 10
IS
27:0
53:10
Chauncey, Josiah
2
3
3:10
2h
4:0
7:10
Blodgett, David
I
10 10
2
I
17 : 8
18:10
18:10
Hubbard, Isaac
3:10
3:10
Ingram, Elisha
3:18
Ingram. Philip
3 : 0
18:8
35
73:10
91:18
Keet, John
33 : 0
Kellogg, Daniel
1
3
2
5
37:10
I
2
4
12:0
14
26:12
38:12
Eastman, Joseph
Harwood, Benjamin
21.15
Hastings, Thomas
I
I
I
I
2
I
I
2
Clark, Simeon
Cooke, Moses
Estate.
Estate.
599
VALUATION LIST.
VALUATION LIST, 1759. (Continued.)
-
NAMES.
Polls.
Horses.
Oxen.
Cows.
Hogs.
Sheep.
Personal
Houses
and Lands.
Real
Total.
Morton, John
2
I
2
I
32
10:14
21
34:10
45 :4
Murray, William
Murray, William (2)
I
I HNI
2
I
12
19:10
24:18
Nash, Jonathan
Sanders, Benjamin
I
Smith, Alexander
I
2
2
36 : 0
IS
75:7
111 :7
Smith, Jonathan
3
2
4
3
16:10
50 CI
97 : 0
113:10
Smith, Jonathan (2)
3:0
17:10
20:10
Smith, Nathaniel
I
2
2
I
37 :8
14
26:0
63 : 8
Strong, Nehemiah
I
2
2
2
II :O
26
56 : 0 40 : 4
52: 14
Warner, Aaron
I
2
3
38: 10
25
44: 10
84:0
Warner, Moses
2
2
1
2
5
40: 10
32
54:0
94:10
Wright, Charles
I
2
2
6
7:18
20
40 : 10
48 : S
Additional names List 1760.
Abbott, Jacob
I
I
I
I
3: 18
IS IS
25:12 14 : S
29: 10
Adams, Abner
"Adams, Isaiah
12
16:4
16 :4
Billings. John
I
2
2
1
I
6
15 :6
38
51 :4
66: 10
Chauncey, Israel
I
I
7
2
8 : 16
17 20: 16
29:12
Dickinson, Daniel
?
I
2
3
2
II : 6
30 29
49 : 2 48 : 0
71 :14 59 : 6
Dickinson, David
Į
I WITH 3
4
+
4 6
13
17 : 1
35 26
70 : 2 42: 17 IO:11
12: 17
Emmons, Robert
7
9:12
17:12 21 : 0
Gould, Solomon
1 : 12
Hobert, Edmond
6
7:4
2
I
5:10
21 :0
26: 10
Lewis, Noadiah
1
I
17 : 0
25
3:9
20 : 9
Merrick, James
-
-
2
I
-
1
I
I
2
2
5: 16
12
I
J
2
I
1
8
10 : 6
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
S
11 : 10
14
12 :0 17 : 2 8 : 0 14 : 0 52 : 3 53 : 0
70 : 1
Smith, Peletiah
2
2
2
5
4
Smith, Peter
1
2
2
Warner. Jacob
2
2
4
3 3 5
9 15
19 : 1 17 :7 2: 0
33
49: 14 44 : 4 44 : 17
63 :5
Williams. Ebenezer
2
1
2
Williams, Justus
I
2 :0
2
2
7
5
14
3
3
7:14 19: 12
10
14:16
21 : 10 S9 : 14
Dickinson, Moses
2
3
I
2
2 :6 8 : 0
S
Gager, Samuel
15
21 : 0 1 :12
7:4
Moody, Jonathan
16
32 : 6
3 : 0 60 : 2 2 : 0
-- Moody. Josiah Pettis, John
Pomeroy, Simeon
Rood, Benjamin Smith, Edward Smith, Martin
Sniith, Moses
I
3
2
5
I
17: 18 IS : 10
31 24
71:10
11 : 10
25 28
62 :4
I
I
2:0
2:0
Ward, Isaac
2
2
2
3
12:10
22
24:5
37:10
Nash, John
2
26
54: 8
74:16
Nash, John (2)
I
13:5 20 :8 5: 8
16
5
I
Smith, David
I
2
Church, Samuel
Clary, Elisha
1 : 12
1 : 12
Coleman, Nathaniel
I
Dickinson. John
59: 18
Ellis, John
2 I I ----
Lee, Abner
3 : 0
2
37: 16 2 :0
Moody, Jonathan (2)
17: 16
27 : 8
I
7: 18
14 8
15: 18
1
25:10
6
61 : 4
3 3
Estate.
Estate.
2
67 : 0
14 : 8
22 : 12
3
600
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
TOWN VALUATION LIST, 1776.
NAMES.
Polls.
Horses.
Oxen.
Cows.
Hogs.
Sheep.
Personal
Houses
and Land.
Real
Total.
Abbott, Widow
I
2
I
5:3
12
22 : 0
27:3
Adams, Abner
2
I
3
4
4
14:12
16
30 : 0
44:12
Adams. Isaiah
15
26 :5
26 :5
Ayres, Amos
I
2
4:0
4:0
Baker, Elijah
2
2
2
2
I
IO
12:18
52
83 : 0
95: IS
Bascom, Thomas
2
I
2
45 : 0
2 1
13:15
58: 15
Belding, Hezekiah
I
I
4
2
13 :0
152
29 :7
42 : 7
Billings, Joel
I
I
2
2
8
IO :4
18
32 : 0
42 :4
Billings, John
2
2
2
5
16
17:18
55
S9 : 5
107:3
Blodgett, David
I
I
3
2
14:6
4
14:0
28 :6
Boles, Joseph
I
2
3:0
3 : 0
Boltwood, Ebenezer
I
I
I
5
24:5
20
35 : 0
59:5
Boltwood, Samuel
I
I
I
5:
4:5
25
43:15
48 : 0
Boltwood, Solomon
2
2
8
20
59 : 0
15
50 : 5
109 : 5
Boltwood. William
2
2
2
4
20
17 :0
40
76: 0
93 : 0
Carley, Peter
I
Chauncey, Josiah
I
2
2
3
12:10
50
65: 10
78: 0
Chays, James
Church, Daniel
I
I
2
I
13
9 :9
12
18 :0
27 : 9
Church, Joseph
I
I
2
4
2
2
13:2
21
59:10
72:12
Church, Samuel
I
I
2
5: 0
14
20:10
25:10
Clapp, Oliver
I
2
2
14
9:2
17
36: 1
45:3
Clapp, William
I
10 :0
I
3: 0
13:0
Clark, Levi
I
Clark, Simeon
2
2
2
5
2
12
18:2
38
132: 14
150:16
Clark, Simeon (2)
5 : 0
24:10
29:10
Coffin, Luke
I
I
I
1 :IO
3
5:10
7:0
Cole. Stephen
I
I
2
I
5
8 : 5
12
21 :4
29:9
Coleman. Nathaniel
2
2
8
15
25 :7
40
82 : 0
107 :7
Coleman, Seth
I
I
2
1 5
42 : 5
12
28: 0
70 :5
Cooke, Moses
2
2
2
3
5
11 : 15
40
72:0
83: 15
Cooke, Moses (2)
-
Cowls, David
I
I
2
2
2
9 :6
20
34:10
43:16
Cowls, Eleazer
I
I
2
3
10:10
15₺
29 :4
39: 14
Cowls, Jonathan
2
2
4
5
I
5
27:17
37
71 :4
99:1
Cowls, Oliver
I
I
2
5 3
I
2
7:4
20
36 : 0
43:4
Dana, Amariah
I
I
2
4:0
15
24:15
28 : 1
Dickinson, Azariah
34
54 : 8
54 : 8
Dickinson, Azariah (2)
I
I
2
2
IO
10:10
24
48 : 8
58 : 18
Dickinson, Ebenezer
2
1
4
3
8 : 9
IO
29:0
37 : 9
Dickinson. Ebenezer (2)
I
I
1
3
9
9:17
30
49 : 0
58 : 17
Dickinson, Elihu
I
I
I
2
5
8 :5
15
24:0
32:5
Dickinson, Gideon
2
2
2
3
6
13:8
25
43: 0
56: 8
1
I
1:10
4
7:2
8:12
Allen, Edward
I
Baker, Simeon
Estate.
Estate.
4:11
Dickinson. David
I
I
7
4:11
13
29:10
43 : 18
Cowls, Reuben
I
1
5 : 0
7
27 : 0
32 : 0
Dickinson, Aaron
I
Cole, Hezekiah
I
Clapp, Timothy
10 :0
Church, Giles
I
6
14 : 8
Dickinson, Daniel
-
Dickinson, Enos
1
VALUATION LIST.
TOWN VALUATION LIST, 1776. (Continued.)
NAMES.
Polls.
Horses.
Oxen.
Cows.
Hogs.
Sheep.
Personal
Houses
and Land.
Estate.
Real
Total.
Dickinson, Gideon (2)
I
2
8
5:4
5:4
Dickinson, Israel
I
I
2
7
6:1
14
26 :4
32 : 5
Dickinson, John
I
I
2
4
S
13:4
40
70: 0
83 :4
Dickinson, Jonathan
Dickinson, Jonathan (2)
I
I
I
4
IO
II : IO
19
33 : 0
44:10
Dickinson, Joseph
I
1
2
4
II
13:13
35
57 : 0
70:13
Dickinson, Moses
2
2
2
5
I
20
18: 18
38
76:10
95 : 8
Dickinson, Moses (2)
I
2
3
2
5
I
IS
20:12
60
97 : 0
117:12
Dickinson, Nathan (2)
I
2
3
4
12
17:16
40
76 : 2
93: 18
Dickinson, Nathaniel
I
I
2
6
9
27:3
20
39 : 0
66:3
Dickinson, Nathaniel (2)
I
1
I
I
2
2
2
5
10:II
IS
32 :6
42:17
Dickinson, Noah
I
3
2
3
2
14:16
20
40: 10
55 : 6
Dickinson, Reuben
2
I
2
3
6
11 :8
30
50: 0
61 :8
Dickinson, Simcon
3
I
2
3
2
19
14:3
29
51 : 10
65:13
Dickinson, Waitstill
I
I
2
27:10
33: 10
Eastman, Ebenezer
I
I
2
7
6:1 6:0
15 45
8.4: 0
130:3
Eastman, Joseph (2)
I
I
2
2
2
3
10 :5
25
41 : 0
51 :5
Eddy, Barnabas
I
I
2
2
9:0
28
39 : 0
48 : 0
Edwards, Jonathan
3
I
2
3
13
12 :9 14 : 0
38 30
51:10
65:10
Emmons, Robert
I
I
2
17:0 48 : 0
24 50
78 : 0
126: 0
Field, John (2)
I
I
2
2
2
2
II
8: 13
18 15 28
37:16 38 : o
46:13
Franklin, Henry
I
I
2
4
I
7
13:9
46 : 0
59:9
Goodale, Isaac .
4
2
2
4
14
51 :2 5:0 11 : 12
35 12
18:0
IS : 0
Gould, Samuel
3
I
I N 12
6
5: 18
12 12
34 : 2 18 :0
23: 18
Hastings, Elijah
I
25 :0
Hastings. Samuel
I
I
2
2
4
o
7:10 19:10
17 30
45 : 0
64:10
Hastings, Thomas (2)
I
I
2
I
2
1 : 16
2
29 : 8 3:10
5 :6
Hawley, Moses
1
I
I
1:13 4:16
2 S
3 :0
4:13
Henderson. Gideon
3
2
2
3
9
IS : 17
30 35 8
70:0
83:11
Henry, Samuel
I
I
2
I
2
5
9:15
16
21:10
31 :6
Howard. Hezekiah
I
2
2
3
Hunt. Peter
I
I
I
2
4
3
3:19
IS
23:10
27 :9
Ingram, Mary
2
I
2
2
13
10:19
30
53 : 0
63 :9
2
I
2
9:0
15
25
-- 4-
48
76: 16
76:16
Eastman, John
I
I
2
2
6
6
21
46:3
4
I
4
2
9:0
Gould. Noah
I
Green, Timothy
I
I
40 : 0
Green, Timothy (2)
I
I
6
5:18 25:0
7:10
16
36: 18
Hawley. David
Hawley, Zecheriah
IS:0
Henderson, Gideon (2)
Hendrick, James
I
2
2
3
7 6
8:8
12:0
20 :8
Hodden, John
1
I
2
1
5
2:5 8:10 5 : 0 32 : 0
26
42: 18
50 :4
82 : 4
Ingram, John
I
I
1
51 : 8 5:0
Ingram. Elisha
22
38 : 0
55 : 0
Field, John
2
2
2
3
IO
2:0
20
30 : 0
32: 0
Dickinson, Nathaniel (3)
Dickinson, Nehemiah
6:0
14 6
17 :0
23:1
24 : 0
30 : 0
Eastman, Joseph
65 : 0
77 :9
Elmer. Edward
46:16
Fobes, Simeon
I
64: 10
115:12
I
8
11:12
Hastings, Thomas
2
I
I
3
2
13:4 54:0
72: 17
2:5
Hubbard, Isaac
29: 0
36: 0
4:0
36: 18
40 : 18
Dickinson, Nathan
2
21 :5
28:15
13:11
601
Estate.
£
602
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
TOWN VALUATION LIST, 1776. (Continued.)
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