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Voted, that, Lephrain. Derman should have "we found one "shilling and six pence for for waging the Meetinghouse.
with The town voted thirty five pounds to pay the echodimantou bia mages, twentytwo Grounds, and to pray for his board thirteen pounds.
Is a legal town meeting, held in Boxford the thof March Byg: 20. for the choosing all down Officers for the year ensuring.
Jant Thornad Verley chose Moderator .. forward . Herting.
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27 Themas Herby ja! choven iloron Clerk 3. Stephen Peabody chover Constable for the north wide of the town, and John Now chosen Gonnatable for the south side of the town . 4th. ithomas Berley Jue Sargeant joseph thexby Corporal Ahorras Wilkins, Nathan Carnes and John , Andrews Je? are chosen Selection und lavadora. 1
st. Lite Corned jacob Hurley Town treanni 6.1. Clerk Somuch Foster chosen Grandjuryman. ytt benjamin Porter and job tyler chose to serve! on the Jury of Trials. oth Voted Cornelina Brown and John Stale ythingmen.
Javert. Joseph Hale, Ephraim Peabody, Dan ich Kenney, Samuel Richard, Jacob Smith and tbenjamin Porter chosen direcyor. Homens Cummings and Thomas theding ton choven Fencerewers
11 John Peabody, Witham Martin, axx Array Withina, Jonathan Kenney, Jonathan Jeal idy, Thomas Richard, Jacob Hale and fatti anel Perkins are chosen Haywards or Field-drivers.
12th Voted to seat the Merling house area.
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1/01. 13" Sargeant Joseph Mainly Decon Jonathan " Touter and Sargeant Listas Hovey are
choose a Committee To what the Meeting house. With Ephron Dorman chove Sealer of Weights and a Housered.
with Put to vote, to use if the tour would do carry Thing to obtain a tille to the ten acres of land that il? hoyers is forward of and it passed in the negative
whether 16th Not to vote, to use of the tenere would allow any thing to the Selection for their service. in the prudential affairs of the town, and it poured in the negative.
I ated to have a schoolmaster in the town this year emailing.
It a legal Town-meeting, held in ts orford,
Voted Sargeant Joseph Amely . Moderator for word Nesting. and Lient. Joseph Hale chosen Representative to verve at the General Courtis on the 25th of this instant to be holder at thealiment
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It a lequel town meeting, heldin Boxford on Ific 4 th of November 1720. Lieutenant Thomas Perley chosen Moderater forward, Herting? Voted to allow Ephron Forman, for sweep. ung the Meetinghouse the year fort, twenty shillings .
3. Tiled, that Ephroum Dorman should procure a lach and key for the Meetinghouve does, and hat it on upon the town's court.
Voted to allow Stephen Peabody three shilling" forgetting persons, That were married out of town, entered in the County records.
. It a legal town- meeting, held in thoxford the 14th of March 1720" for the choosing of all Town Oficers for The year enowing.
Not Sargeant Joseph Sonby chosen Moderator for the present meeting.
and Voted Thomas Perley Jule Town Clerk.
3. Veted Daniel Henney and John Gumball Ju? Constables.
4th Voted Sargeant Joseph Birey, Thomas Jewett. Thomas Cummings, Richard Peabody and Northern Peabody to be Selectmen and losses
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.5th, Voted Clerk Samuel Foster Town Treasurer. 6th, Voted to allow Cornet Jords Perley Three pounds ten shillings for serving as Town- Treasurer The year Post por tit.
yth Voted Gothamel Symonds, Thomas Redington, Joseph Games, Clerk Stephen Peabody, Corporal Thomas Wilkins Sur- veyors of Highways.
ptt. Voted Corporal. Richard Temball and for- nela Batch Tythingmen.
Voted John Fiske and Jonathan Bixby Fenceviewers.
10th Voted Journer Black , Ephraim . Peabody, Joseph Habe fur. Ezekiel Jewett, john Gould and Jones Curtice Hogreves. 11th Voted, that the Inhabitants that live in the upper end of our town, shall have liberty to set up a Pound where They shall sce course, provided they do it upon their own cost and charge.
12! Voted, that the Inhabitants that near John Wood's shall have free liberty to set up on Pound upon Clerks Stephen Peabody's land
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by Jolen Wood's, provided they do it apere their own cout and charge).
13th Noted that the Inhabitants that live on the south side of the tirol, shall have free liberty to act afe a pound where they shall see conde, provided they do it upon their own cost and charge 14th Voted, that the Inhabitants that live near, !! Samuel Symonds, shall have liberty to wet ufo a Fewand pear said Symonds where they Think fet, provided they do it upon their own) cost and charge.
15th Voted Gofit. John Super Grandjurymare, and Sargeant Luke Honey and John Wood to serve on the jury of itrials.
16th, Voted to free Jannes deales from paying Eighteen Shillings and four pence which he is rated in forermich Perley's list. with Voted, that the Selectmen aball hire a
A a legal town-meeting, hele in Boxford the 12 of May 1721.
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1st Voted Lieut. Thomas Perley Moderater. for sound Merting. 2nd Vited Lieust. Josephi Hale Representative for to servethem at the General Court. iVoted.
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3. Voted, that the Selectmere shall have full
power of themwelver , or to employ an argent or Agerits, whom they Think fit, to prosecute the Selectmen of Topsfield for their neglect in their not perambulating or renewing the line between Toperfield and Boxford, and all The cost, they are at ine doing said Service , shall be found Them by The town.
It a legal town meeting field and those ford on the day of August. 1 21.
it Voted Sargeant Joseph Boxby Moderator for said Meeting.
2nd Lient. Joseph Hal chosen by the town to Represent them at a Great and General Court to be holden at the Joren House in Bouton on the 23 of this instant month , Also, Copt. John Tyler, Sargeant Samuel Symonds, Clerk Samuel Foster, Cornet Jared · Perley and John Hood are chosen a Committee to seat the Meetinghouse; also, The town voted, that those young man undernamed. should have liberty to build a seat behind The
103. the third seat in the front gallery upon their own. cout, and have the privilege of setting invit, provid ed that they take to themselves a mitable number to fill the wrath.
Daniel Horster,
Torrico Bolacha!
Thomas Perley,
, Naves Gould,
David Foster,
Etaron Kimball,
Samuel Cummings, Samuel Foster, Daniel Hood,
Joshua Andicas,
Francis Perley, Abner Hate?
Also, the town voted, that a suitable number of our young wormer shall have liberty to build a seat over The Women's gallary stairs upere Their cost , and they to have the privilege of setting in it, provided that they take a sintable number to fill the scent, also, the town voted, that a rentable number of our young men shall have loberty to build a seat over The menu gallery ataira upon their ownworst, provided they take a suitable number To fell the seat , and they to have privilege of setting enit.
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14. At a legal town meeting, held in Boxford the 20 of September 1721. It. Voted Sient. Thomas Perley Moderator for said Merting.
2nd former IBlack and Corporal Timothy Dorman chosen to serve on The Jury of Trials at Newbury Court the 24 th of this instant.
3 Côted to receive their proportion of the fifty thewand Grounds of Province bills fast grant- ed by the General Court, for every Town in The respective provence to take their proportion of sound bills. I Voted, that the Trustees that are chosen by the Town, to let out the abovesand Province Billa for the use of the town, shall not let any man have above twenty pounds, nor let any man have less than five pounds of the abovesaid Bills of credit.
.5% Vitre, that the said Bills shall be let out at fre per cent.
6th Voted, that the Trustees shall meet the first Monday in the first month after they have received the above said Mills of credit and the first
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first Monday in every month until all said tills øre let out .
Ith The town made choice of Thomas Perley Je and Lieut. Joseph Hale and Let. Thomas Perley for their Trustees , for to receive of the prevence Treasurer; two hundred and twenty eight pounds of the province bills of credit, which is their respective proportion of the fifty Thousand pounds granted by The General Court in The year 1/20.
oth Voted, that the sealers which were chosen fast to seat the Inhabitants of the Town, are directed to seat persona according to the rates which They have found the three last year's post, except. ing poll money.
gt. Voted, that all swine shall go at large from. the fifteenth of November next, till the first of next March.
- October the 6th day 1721. The Jelatmen of thex- ford being apprised of the want of a way to the Meetinghouse, though they petitioned at Newbury Court have no way, come to the Selectmen to petition for it this year- We the Selectmere of Boxford have laid out a way for.
106. for David Wood and Jacob Wood and Jonathan Kimball, Samuel Spoford, Sommet Tyler, Benjamin Faster - beginning at forest Wood's corner where andover road and Barab. fordroad mert to Gornet Jerley's and Wood's . Will dearre, and so over sound Mill dami to a white oak tree marked in Jaredle Hood's Land, and so to a white oak tree marked upon The side of a ridge as straight on the land will allow, and from there a straight as the land will allow to a yellowook marked by the read to the Heating house from tyler's; and " from thence as the way is now improved, to- the new bridge over cold water meadowsw. ump, and no over soud fridge, as theway · Is now unproved to the Hostinghouse- The way from jacobs Wood's corner to the Road from Myler', is to be a private horse way hand out by on the Selection for Boxford 1721 . Joseph Birdy. formas Jewett,
Harrow Cummings. Richard Peubody
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At a legal town meeting, held in Aboxford the 27th of Octoberly21. ist Surgeant Joseph Abixby chose Moderater for said Meeting. 2." Voted, that Ethrown Dorman should be paid twenty shellings for sweeping the Meeting house and keeping the key the year pont.
3.º Voted, that Benjamin Foster should free fire shillings and six pence for his song assisting Constable Pinball to carry George Meterte Rowley 4th I ut to vote, to see whether The town would have a town highway laid out from the Mertinghouse to the lower end of the Fourmile pond, scon to Andover road, and to pray all the cost and down. age, and it passed in the Negative. st. The town ided, that they would have no Town highway ford out from the Westinghouse by the lower end of Four mile from to andover Road upon The towns cost and charge. 6th Voted to build a Few at the cant end of the Meetinghouse under the Women's gallery- ·stairs upon the towna cost and charge, not cutting The romero seorts.
7th Voted to allow bbenezer Tyler texten shilling!
10000. and his son Samuel, tyler me shilling for assisting Constable John 'Kimball in remove. ing of George White and his mother out of Town.
oth Put to vote, to see whether the town would allow John Chadwick pay for the dommage he received by a Way that the Selectimers laid out through his land, and it passed in the Negative. - At a lequel town meeting held in there for The ath of December17 21.
ret Sargsont Joueph Bexley choose Moderator for said Merting.
2"d "the town voted to prosecute the town of howthey, or the Ielechner, for their sending the widow Lydia White and her daughter Dovethy White to our Contabile, when they were legally carried to throwley by a Warrant from a Justice of the Peace.
13. The town voted, that the electmin, or whom they shall appoint, shall prosecute the town, or the felretmen of Morley upon The towns coast, for their sending, or causing to be vent, the Widow Lydia White and her
and for daughter Dorathy Morte to our food table, and leaving them there to be a charge to our Town.
4th the town voted, that the Jetechmen ,hall lay a role of fortyfive pounds for the defray ing of town chargeur.
Malogal town meeting held in therford the 13th fettarch 19212 for The choosing of all. Town Offers for the year coming. 1st. Sirut. Thomas Berley chose Moderaterger sand Meeting. 2m Ahorrar Perly Jule chosen 'Sown Clerk.
3. Henry Wilkins chosen Contable for the south side of the town.
4th Jonathan Tyler chosen Constable yor the northande of the town.
5th Corporal Timothy Dorman, Sargeant Jevermah Porley, Corporal John Chedurch. Thomas Redington and Sergeant Sommel Symonds are chosen Selretmen and closestories. 6% Clerk Samuel Foster chose Joun :Treasures. 7th Nathan Peabody chose sealer of Weights and Mesures.
oth James Start, Broy Withins Jonathan Lealady. Nathaniel
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Nathaniel Perkins and Corporal Moved Tyler chose Surveyors of Highways. Efteraime Dorman and Ebenezer chosen Fenceviewers. 10th John Wood and John Symonds arechose Sythingmere).
John Fiske, Jonathan Brudby William Clark, Jonathan Foster, Mathew Batman and Jacob Hale are chose Hogreaves. 12" Quecon Simethy Fenster chose to serve on the Grand jury.
John Andrews Je? and Jobs Tyler are chose to serve on the jury of itmales.
With Elbrain Dorman chose to take care to weof the Meetinghouse and to keep the key the year enoning.
,At a legal town meeting, held in Boxford Veril them, 122.
" Phone Lient Thomas Perley Moderator. 2" Chose Thomas Mhoch nejlon Jorn Clerk for The deaf.
"Voted, that the Selectmere should take care of the Widow White upon the towns
cont and charge.
4th Sul te vole to raise, N' Rogers' Salary to ninety " a hundred pounds annually, and it passed in the Negative.
Sth Put to vote whether were should go at large this year and it forward on The Negative. 6th Vated, that this Selectmere should take care to freeure a School manter for this year.
y'to Voted, there should be wer places inthe tour provided by the defectmere to keep the school in.
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At a logat Sen meeting, holdaredhvorford. the art of May 1, 22.
1st Sargent Jourfor Serexby chose', Moderator for vard Meeting. 2nd Seut josoph Hale chove Representative to terve at the General Court.
3. Voted, that when sommideration of Leent. Hale's meeting with so much los and damage the four year, by reason of his having the small pox, to give him time pounds and let him have it as soon cell maybe.
Put to vote to see if the town would add
ten pounds to MY thogero yearly Salary oxid.
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st Tut to vote, to vice of the town would give Mr Roger twenty founds, and it passed on the Negative.
Put to vote, to see if the touri would give M. Rogers ten pounds to supply his manta, and it power on the Negative. .- Sanford July the 2/1/22.
the town of When we the Subscribers, defectmen of Before, by the desert of several persona, met together and found out a town way from Undover road, turning out of said theod in the Parsonage where The old path goes, at a black oak tree marked, on The . westerly made of said Highway running Thro' the Parsonage on the trees are marked on the westerly side over the throck at the tower end of the four mile fond, so running in the old booth as the trees are marked on the westerly side of said Highway, Through Land of Stephen Peabody, Richard Peabody, George Bixby and
Ebenezer Kimball by the easterly end of said Thomas balls
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Hanball's House, and so on awr the path goes to The Meeting house, which way was formerly land. out by felettmen of branford; but there being some defect in the recording, conused was to confirm or lay it out again. Chinothy Xormare, The
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At a legal town meeting, held in Boxford the worthof September 1122. 1st Sargeant Joseph Jakby chase Moderator for said Meiling .
and Edward Hosen and john Wood chosen to serve on the Jury of itrial's ist , Newbury Court The last Tuesday of this instant.
3. Voted to allow Constable chn Pinball two prounder five shuttings and six pence for at tending the Courts at Ipswich and Salam in a cause concerning the Widow Lydia While. L'atedito allow Constable Kimball and his desistants for carrying George White to Thesearch prison
5th Voted to allow Samuel Spofford one fraund
fifteen shillings for five days service and
experte en attending the Court ate Spuneich and Salem concerning the Widow White's
6th of oled to allow Corporal ihrnethy Dorman three shuthings and eight france for a day To Court concerning the Widow White. yth Voted to allow George Bushy dlevon stellings for service in waiting at Ifnich Court concerning Lydia White's comose.
with Voted, that the interest of the towns money that was hast into the Trustees hairdos to let, out for woud Town, shall be delivered into the clown treasurers hands for the defraying Aaron charger.
9th Put to vote, to see if the town would rome , MI Dagers Salary, and it headed on the -
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10th The town chose Corporal Timothy Dorman, Clerk formule Router and Corporal John Chadwick to be a Committee to settle the line between our Parsonage farrn and all the properistors fand that borders report waid "Parvenage.
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Voted, that hogy should go at large without yokes from the first of October next until the first of next Marche, provided they are always kept well ringed.
12# The town chose Thomas Redington for their School master this year, to learn persona to read, write and cypher. - At a legal town meeting held in Branford the 26th of February 17223
1st Voted Sargeant Joseph Berly Moderater for said Mestring.
2nd Punt to vote, to see whether the town would add any thing to M. drogers Salary, and it passed in the Negative.
3. Put to vote, to see if the town would give . H!" Rogers ten pounds to supply bis present ne corsity, and it passed in the Negative.
4th Noted to give Licet. Hele ten pounds which was voted the of of May 1922 which was not then put into the Warrant; but is more legally confirmed at the marting.
Voted to allow John Wood four shillings and six pence for mending The Mertenshouse, glass. :
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6th Votre to allow Samuel fester town trend- wer twelve stellings .
ofthe Voted to allow Epikuraverre Dorman one found in shillings and eight france For amicofung the Meetinghouse and keep. uno the key for a year and four months faust freunt.
Boxford Felermary the 20, 1723. Then we the Subscribers met together to consider, and confirme or lay out some funvate ways where they are most convenient and necessary for The use of the Inhabitants of word Town- by reason of the records of our townways being defective, some taking coccusore to stop and turnthem at Their pleasure, and the consideration, that There is a good parsonage farro in our town, devoted by our Fathers, to the town of Rowley. for the use of the Minister in our town, and there being a way, formerly laid out by Defectmen of Horford, to soud Parsonage
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is about half a mile nearer for our Monster to come at said Larson age farm There any other way, and for a considerable number of our Inhabitants to come to meeting; also, for a great forst of our Inhabitants to go to Bradford, and which will be of less charge than any other way to accommodate Them. We have therefore land out a private way for the use of the Inhabitants of our town, said Way being two reds wide from the house curethemister lives in as the path now leads and on the castorly en de the bounds herrafter mentioned over the undivided land of some of our foro. prietor's, then over the land of John, Theywell, Ebenezer Härball, George) derby, fatihen Peabody and Sichord Peabody tell it comes to the Brook running out of the Fouramle ford, so called , no over the sand toroch across the Personage farmi, so la Condover Road - the bounds are as followeth from the House our Minuter lives in by the force,
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Cence' aide to the east end of boneger him. ball's House , so on to martred white oak tree meour (George Kunnelay's Shore, so orito a great red oak sterile with stones about it , so on to two red oak trees growing together, marked, 00 on to cu strange with stories about it by George Surby's gate war the line between George Kirby and the Peabody's land, so ando a black cat-tree marked, so an to another black gali trecumarked, so ando ce marked white cal-tree, so on to another white cobitres marked so on to a black) och tree worked, so on to a
walmit-tree marked, near the aforesand Brook, so on over the Fordway of said throok to where the hell is dag, so on over the bridge to a black orks tree where The sand Way enters into the highway that leads from Andoverto Ipswich:
Also, in the consideration of the Inteabitants in the upper end of over town, living remote from meeting, and there being no way requerly lourd out and wellled to accommodate them- we have therefore laid out a private away 1eur
two rods av de for The use of the Inhabitants of our town, which will be of less charg .10 accommodate the Inhabitants of the offer end of our town them any way that in any measure has been laid out for them, u, whichi Way turns out of the highway that lades from Andover To Ipswich near the carterly end of Jonathan tyler's fence and sour the path leader on the northeasterly inde of all the bounds hereafter mentioned, over land of Doctor David Wood, Capit. Thomas Perley, Jacobs Hood cino Stephen Peabody mitil it come to the aforesand way that foods from the house our Minister lives , to The Tai snage farm - The bounds are as followsthi, beginning at marked white oak tree never the sousterly end of said Jonathan Super's fence, wo on to another white cak-tice marked, so on to a little black oak tree marked, so on to another blachoch tree marked, so on to " marked red oak tree, soon to a black och stump with stones about it, so orite a black
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oak tree marked, soon to another telach cal-tree marked on Stephen Peabody's land near the northwesterly and of a ridge, which ridge is between @swamp and a ancadow, called Spring cove, which moge hous a deep ditate day through-fil, and so on as the forth leads over said Bridge to a white oak tree , marked, where the both enters into the aforesaid Way leading from The house our Minister lived in to The Parsonage form.
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Jeremiah Herley, Selectmen Jehn Chadwick, 1
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Boaners Redington. - Myoxford . Mardones 1/222 Then we the subscribers, Selectmen of the town of thexford, being not together, and considering the necessity of the way hereafter mentioned, . and that the records of the warrene our four rere deficient, thought it prefer to forecerdo
follows , and accordingly have fait out a
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ferwate horse way for The use of the Inhabitants of sound iforone, from our Meetinghouse recithe land of Thomas Ledingtore, Brnothy Dermeer, Elehrern Dormaire, Richard Giabody and Sicut. Joseph Hole, as the frotte lado from our Westinghouse over a little stone bridge, "a ore by or near a Meadow or swamps, called The meadow among the hills, so on over ce breck, called Bye-brook, at a bridge near Richard Peabody's house, so on as the path Leads to said Trabody's by the counterly and cfward Howe; from thence running counterly to a fered standing between the land of Lecut Hole and Sichord Peabody, so on by said Fence on the easterly side of word Peabody's fond while it comes to a gateur" said fence; then going through sand force and entering on to the land of ward Hole, to one, going northerly by said Fence, on the water lyside of sand Hale's land tillitenters into the road leading from Andover to Itu- wich Timothy Dorman,) The
Jeremiah Perley, John Chadwick, Thomas thedingtore ,
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202. At a legal town meeting, held in deroxford The 12 of March 19 22/3. for the choosing of all town Offers for the year enowing.
rt. Sargeant joseph Bindby chaven , Moderator for vaidie Meeting. and Themas Sedley Jut chosen Taron Glertu. 3. Nathan Seabody and Nathan Games chosen
Litt Sargeant Joseph Sonchy, Clerk Stephen Peabody, Sargeant Samuel Symondy Lient. Thomas Berley and John Humbolt chosen Selectioner and Asscanners.
Stt. Sargeant Lahe Hovey chave Grandjuryman, and Daniel Tenney and Sang Jeremiche Perley are chosen to serve on the jury of itrials at Ipswich Court the last Puesday of this instant . 6th Jord Smith and John Foster chosen Stythingmon. Tth Joseph Symonds, Ichard Peabody Jonathan Foster and Fremais Elleot semior are chosen Surveyors of Highways. oth Homens Cummings and Robert Andrews . chosen Fence viewers.
Francis Elliot que't and and Jacob Nood are chowen Hopresses.
Clerk Sommel Heater these Blown itrenouver, Nathan
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Nathan Peabody chosen Scaler of Heights and 12th Bud to vote, to see whether the tower would grant. The request of the Inhabitants of the lower and of our tower, which now frettione, that they may le vet off from our town, and join with part of Andever Inhabitants and some of Salem, and some of Topfield, that are joining when Them, for to build a Hosting house among them , and it passed in The Negative .
13th The town' did choose and importer Clerk Stephen Peabody for their agents at the next Inferior Court to be holden at Ipreenche for to answerto a pressentiment against eur town for our not having a grammer Schoolmaster among us.
At a legal town meeting held in thoxford the 270 Pcthay 1723.
" Sicust. Joseph Halewas chase Hederator. 2nd Licest. Joseph Hale chosen Representative to serve at the great and General Court to be holden at Bouton the father and of their month.
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