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three shillings for money expended in return. ing of warrants of persons that were warned and of toure.
with The tene acted explity freunde for the tour rate this year.
. st. It was fruit to the vote, to see of the town would choose a Committee of five men to divide The Teren into five parte, and it fareed in the negative. At a legal town meeting held in ts oxford November the 20, 19:39.
post "The town chove MY Somuch Faster, Moderator for wand Meeting. and the town chead M John Wood MY Thomas Peabody to inspect the killing of beer as The Varo directa.
It was just to thevote to see if the town would od. twenty pound more to the town rate, and it forward in the affirmative.
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It a legal, tran-meting, held in thoseford Harch the 1! vy39/10.
The tour chose de thenjamen Parter. , Moderater for said Meeting. god "the town chose MY Chomas Andrews The first atelect mare for the year criouing.
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3 They chose bons'? Joseph Hale The second. 4th They choose MS Jonathan Sherwine for the third ith They chose M Jemmel Could for the fourth. 6th They chose MS Nathan Kimball for the fifth. Selectman for the year craving. The town also, chose The abovevare Selectinen asserword for the year coming. 7th The town chove Joseph Symonds Town Clerk for the year ensuring.
with The town chose M. Daniel, Wood and , "" John Andrew Je! Contables for the year ervaring. oth The town chove MY Lordbelsmith Towntrees wever for the year emorning.
10th The town chove Mr Aaron Kimball, Oliver Andrews, Capt. Jevermah Jerley, Liebedich Footer and M. Lovre Adams Surveyors of Highways for the year enowing.
11th The town chose MC John Hovey, Stephen thennels, Joseph Stickney and Jonathan Bixby Inthingmen for the year enowing. 12th, They chose MY Aaron Kimball, Sealer of Leather for the year erving.
13th The town houd M. Josefch Stickney fraler of Weight and tre asures for the year ensuring. 1.
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With The tourechose John Hourywell, Jauph Curtice, goran than Gomes and Richard hagler Hagrooves for the year enowing:
15 th Artown chove Dracon John foster and H" John Wood to inspect the telling of Deer as the law directs for the year ensuing
It "The town chose, Mr Samuel Richard and mr. Jeremiah Foster Fenceviewers for the year ensuring. 19. It was put to the vote; to see if the tour would dias- anul the way that trays over M" John Chachurch's land to the newelleding house, and it hanvidin The Negative.
.It was just to the vote ; to see if the town would hory .Me Chadwick for the abovesaid Way and it francese in the Negative.
Also, The town chove Dear John Haster M .- John Wood andM? Thomas. Tenbody to rechon with fapt Stephen Peabody Joseph Simmonds ano , W: John Andrews, Trustees of the Loanmoney. Also, the town vated to allow loopt. ferrimale Perley on pounds one shilling and eleven pence for money which was aborted to persona wehren bre wers town "freewarer. -
It a legal town meeting held in Boxford, May 9; 1740. ist the town chave M" Samuel Fester Moderater for said meding. " The town chest' Hr ethemen Thehard coro Table for the prevent year
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3. - It was just to the vote, to seeif the town would abate Martha Fish, velich of John Fish deceased, her rates, committed to Constable Amor Porley to gather, and it howved in The affirmative.
At a legal town meeting, heft in Boxford September 26th 17/0. 1st The lain chose M? Je enjamin Porter Moderator for said Merling.
2nd It wow hut to The vote , to ver if the town wand free. Thomas Pichard from being Constable for the year eur rent , and it howard in the negative.
3 :- It was put to the vote, to ace if the town would hire a Schoolmaster for the year envining, and it posted in the affirmative .
4th The Town isled a hundred pounds for the Townrate this year.
5th The town votiel to allow all the persons that boarded Mr Page, while he were our Schoolmaster ten shelling her week.
6t. It was part to the vote, to see if the town war fo curry Ebenezer Willis and his family out ofover town in to Middleton, and it passed in the affirmative.
Also, the town voted to allow Ambrose Hele, four shillings. for warning Elisabeth Dwingel out of town and re- turning the Warrant. The town also veled to allow Amos Perley eight shillings for warning fermemer Boynton and Siden Thurston and his wife out of town and returning the Warrant.
At a legal town-meeting, heldin Boxfond October 14,17/10. Nt. The town chose MY Benjamin Porter Moderator for said Meeting.
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" The town chose John Dorman Constable for the year current.
.3. the town chase land? Joseph Hale to be Overseer over Ebenezer Willis and his family for two months from The time they came into Town first; also, to allow The sand Hale reasonable satisfaction for his cost and trouble for the above and time.
Litt. It was pest to the vote, to see whether the town would allow The Secretmen forty shillings for prosecuting Barred Pichard at the Courts for not looking The Oath of a Cenatable, and it passed in the affirmentevt.
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At a loyal Town amerling, held in Boxford March 10 1/10/11. 't The town chose John Symonds Moderator for sure Meting:
2.00 The town these MY Robert andrews for the first Selectinen for the year ensuing
.3.0 They choose the Liebedich Foster for The second. 4th they choose MY Thomens Henbody for the Third. They chose Ho Nathan Peabody for the fourth. 6th. They chose MY Thonous Perley fun! for The fifth Selectman for The year ensuring.
it they chose the abovesaid Selectmen Curvessons for The year ensuring.
oth "The town chose Joseph Symonds Town Clerk for the year amming :-
"the town chose George Carleton and joseph Curtice Contables for the year ensuring.
10th . The town chose Jauch fronth clown Treasurer for the year crowning. The.
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The town chose Ebenezer Sherwin, John Kim ball, Francis Perley, Amor Perley, Jonathan Perbody and
Jeremiah Foster Surveyors of Highways for the year ensuring
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The town chose Ambrose Hale, formel Goodridge, Richard Parte doand David Wood Juan! Tythingmen for the year enowing
13th- The Town chose Baron Kim ball Sealer of Leather
14th for the year ensuring .
"The town chave Joseph Stickney Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year enoning.
15th. The town chose John Peabody, Samuel, Foster far. John Hill, Anser Perley, Thomas Prestody Jw. and
Luke Hovey Jun- Hegreeves for the year ensining.
16th The town choose MS John Wood and M. Thomas @ Peabody to inspect The killing of Deer as the Law directs for the year ensuring
17th The town chose Quartermaster John Andrews and
Nathaniel Symonds Fence-viewers for The year emorning.
The town chose Thomas Chodurch and Samuel inthe
Foster Jun? Pound keepers for the year enowing. 19th The town chose Joseph Stickney Clark of the market for the year enowing.
20th The town voted to buy two books, one of the said Books to record births and death and marriages, and the other of the books to record town votes.
21t The town voted to allow Jord Smith four pounds, for his service in The Office of Town"Treasurer for four years frost.
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2." The town made choice of John symonds to buy The abovesaid Books on the towns cost.
.It was faut to the vote, to see if the town would ad. journ that present town meeting until the fourth Tuesday of this instant, at two of the clock on said day, and it parsed in the affirmative.
March 24th 1/40/. It being a town meeting, held by adjournment, and the town being met
it .It was put to the vote, to see if the town would gove los? Joseph Habe coophet pounds for his supporting Ebenezer Willes and his formerly for Hoe two months which the town chose him Overveer over the said Willis, and it passed in the affirmative.
2nd The town chase Amos Terley, John Wood and John Andrew's Overseers of the peer for the your enowing. 3 .It was just to the vote, to use if the town would re- lecose Joseph Curtice from being Comptable for the year enowing, and it howard in the affirmative. 4th "The town chose formel Foster Je, Constable for the year coming",
It. The town chose Isam Adams Surveyor of high- ways for the year endring.
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It a legal town meeting, held in theoxford May por, 101 The town chose Mr Benjamine. Porter , Moderator for said herling.
2nd .It was just to the vote, to see if the town , would draw sixty pounds of money out of the Town Treasurer to buy a town stock of powder and other ommunition, and it proused in the affirmative.
30 It was put to the vote, to see if the town would keeps the school three months in aplace at a time forex thefuture , and it passedin the negative.
I a legof town meeting held in bboxford July 31, 0/08. 1st Thetown chose Mr Samuel Foster Moderater id : Merting.
and It was put to the vote, to see if the town world cheave a man or men , to go to the Great and General fart, held at Boston, to make answer to a pethors fiel is preferred by the town of Abradford to sound Court concerning the line between The town of dis sand ford and the town of oxford, and it perused in the affirmative
3. The town chose MS Samuel Faster and Mr Jonathon Foster to appear in The Flowers behalf for that business.
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,It a ligal town meeting, helden the town of Boxford June 22, 1/1.
i' M?" John Symonds was chose Moderator for the
2 .- Echediak Foster was chase Town Clerk and sworn to the Office.
if It was put to thevote; to see if the town would choose a man orinen to rechone with The Inestees
of the least Loan of money, and it passed in The afirmative.
4th The town chose Mr John Wood, Mr. Robert Andrews und M. Jahr Peabody Jel to reckon with the above and Fruntees, and to proceed by Son, or some other manner as they shall agree, to get out of their hands what is due to ward own of Interest ofsound loanel money.
5th ilt wens pust to the vote; to see if the town would Pay all the Inhabitants in our town, which live to the contward off? John Wood, and Sent. Nathan. iel Merking to the southside Constable district, and it howard in the negative.
4th .It was put to the vote; to ace if the town world) hive of Themes Herre for a schoolmaster foot for the town , and it passed in The Negative.
Jebediah Foster Town Clerk for the day.
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The foregoing records of Town meeting le mere copied from the First Town Record Book by Moses Dormantesy, probably about the year 1803. the old book being then spoken of in the records, as being in er ruinous condition. and the following arrange- ment of births was made by John Bacon Town Thesh in the year 182,3,
for a copy of Marriages. Intentions of marriage and of deaths from the First Record Book, Dec a Small book in the office copied by Thomas ? Dorman Town Clerk. in 1872
For marriages previous to 1800, returned from other towns when either of the parties belonged to Boxfora See a thin book with large Atrak blive covers 00 10
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