Town records of Dudley, Massachusetts, 1732-1754, Part 12

Author: Dudley (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1839
Publisher: Pawtucket, R.I. : Adam Sutcliffe ;
Number of Pages: 1150


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Dudley December 1750 a highway laide out by the select men of sd town begining at the north end of a ston wall a little distance from Elijah Dodges house about south east from sd Dodgs house from the end of sd wall upon the Devision line Between Elijah Dodge and Nathan Dennises farm laitly


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purchast of Collonel Chandler or formerly richs farm to the town road near the south end of the great medow this roade is two rods wide and all upon the west side of sd line mostly out of Dodgs land the rest is out of a little wedge of land and a cros the end of it yt belongs to the ayrs of the great lot and if any charge arise from the same it is to be understood that Elijah Dodge is to pay the same


note that the three road hear enterd was brought to our annual meeting in march ye 4th 1750-51 and axcepted by the town


Dudley march ye 25th 1751 -


Worcester ss to eithere of the constables of the town of Dudley Joseph Vinton or Silas robinson greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabi- tants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday the 8th day of April next at one a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles


warrant


I) to se if the town will accept of the proposals which the revd m' gleason made the town at our last anneule meeting with respect to his salery or


2) to se if the town will grant ye revd m' gleason 41-13-4 lawfull money for his salery for the present year and 23-6-8 lawfull money for arerages


3) to se if the town will agree on sume method for ye mend- ing of our highways


4) to chuse pound keeper also a person to dige graves


5) to grant money to defray the charge of schooling


6) to recken with the meeting house committee


7) to se if town will chuse a committee to vewe a peace of country land between our town and Duglis in order to petion for a school farm


and Due return of proceedings as you will answer your Defalt at the peril of the law


By order of the select men


Benja" Conant Town Clerk


£


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By vertue of the within written notification I have notifyd the inhabitants of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned


Joseph Vinton Constable


meeting : at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 8th day of April 1751


mr gleasons grant


I) voted Deacon Newell moderater fo. sd meeting


2) voted for the revd m' gleasons salery for the present year 25-13-4 in lawfull money and 15-o-o lawfull money to ye revd m' gleason for ye Deficiency of the same


3) voted 23-6-8 lawfull money to ye revd m' gleason for the Deficiency of his salery in years past


voted 60-o-o lawfull money for ye mending of our 4) highways


5) voted labour at our highways from April to the last of Augst next at o-2-6 a day and after that at o-1-6 a day in lawfull money


6) voted willm Cartur pound keeper and John pettis to dig grays


7) voted 13-6-S money to Defray the charge of schooling


S) voted Esq' Vinton left Healy and m' paul robinson for a committee to vewe a peace of country land between our town and Duglis and make report to the town at our meeting in may


Dudley may ye Ioth 1751


warant Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Joseph Vinton or Silas Robinson greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabi- tants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 20th day of


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this instent at four a clock after noon then and there to act upon the following articles


I) to chuse a meet person to represent our town at the great and general court the year insuing to be held in Boston which begins the last wedensday of this instent


2) to receive the committees report concerning the land Between our town and Duglis which they have vewed .


and make Due return of your proceedings as you will answer your Defalt at the peril of the law


By order of the select men Benja" Conant Town Clerk


at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- town meeting lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 20th day of may 1751


I) voted Esq' Vinton moderater for sd meeting


2) voted not to send a Deputy to the general court


this meeting is adjurnd to monday ye 27th of may instent at four a clock after noone to conclud on sumthing about the land our committee vewed between our town and Duglis and noth- ing done because people Deciind there atendence at the meeting


the minesters and school rates maide in june 1751


the minesters rate for the west end of the town to constable Joseph Vinton is 36-19-2 lawfull money and his school rate is 7-6-5 lawfull money


constable Silas robinsons minesters rate for the east end of the town is 29-3-9 lawfull money and his school rate is 6-11-2 lawfull money


and these lists with warrants for colecting the same where maid in june 1751 and deliverd into ye Constables hands


note these minesters rates above mentioned is his salery from


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october 1750 to october 1751 with the old arereges allowd him


these are to certify the people in there town meeting this day that if they will give me 53-6-S lawfull money salery this year and so much the next year I will sign the town Book as I offord in the paper that was read at your last annual meeting But if the people chuse to pay all the arrearegse this year I now Declare that if the people will vote 41-13-4 lawfull money for my salery this year which is 312-10-0 old tenor and will vote me 23-6-8 lawfull money which is 175-o-o old tenor for ye Deficiency of my salery in years past I will signe the town Book as I promisd to do in ye paper that was read at the annual meeting what I now ask and offer freely to take up with for arreareges y's thirty pound old tenor lese then Capt Newell owns I ought to have by a list of the price of silver in his hands and according to his own way of reckening


Dudley April ye Sth 1751


Charls gleason


Dudley November ye 21 1751


Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Joseph Vinton or Silas robinson greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabi- tants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting honse in sd town on monday the second day of December next at one a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles


I) to grant the revd m' gleason his fire wood for the year insuing and the number of cords and the price and set a time when it shall be brought to his house


2) to chuse a school committee for the year insuing and to grant more school money if it is needed


warrant


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3) to call the meeting house committee to an account how they have expended the towns money


4) to se if the town will impower sume person or persons to procure that track of country land Between our town and Duglis for the towns use which committee vewed sume time past


and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the Law


By order of the select men


Benja™ Conant Town Clerke


By vertue of ye within written notefication I have notifyd the inhabitants of the town of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned


Joseph Vinton Constable


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at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday the second day of December 1751


I) voted m' John Vinton moderater for sd meeting


2) voted to the revd m' gleason thirty cords of wood for his fire cut and brought to his house by the last of january next or else to pay the money


3) voted sd fire wood at 0-5-4 a cord in lawfull money


voted m' John Burnul in' Elishua Sabin and m' Jacob 4) Bradbery for a committee to provid schooling for the year insuing


5) voted to chuse a committee to procure a tracke of country land Between our town and Duglis for the use of the town


6) voted m' John Lillie m' Joseph Upham and m' paul robinson for a committee to address the great and general court in order to procure that tracke of country land Between our town and Duglis for the use and benifit of our town


meeting


mr gleasons grant


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October 1751 the province and county rates made the province list sume total for ye 31-3-10 lawfull money the province list for east end of ye town 26-0-6 lawfull money the county list for ye west end sume total 1-4-6 lawfull money the county list for ye east end sume total o-19-8 lawfull money


these above sd lists all deliverd into constable Joseph Vintons hands


Dudley February ye 18th 1752


Worcester ss to constable Joseph Vinton of the town of


Dudley greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabitants of the town of Dudley qualifid to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye second day of march next at nine a clock in the morning then and there to act upon the following articles


I) to chuse town officers for the year insuing as the law Dirrects


2) to chuse a committee to recken with the trausures namly m' Benja" Newell m' Joseph putney and m' Joseph upham and also to recken with the meeting house committee and to lay the accouns Before the town at our next town meeting


3) to se if the town will axcept such highways as may then be laid before the town


and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the Law in that case made and provided


By order of the select men


Benja™ Conant Town Clerk


I have warnd or notifid the inhabitants of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned


Joseph Vinton constable


warrant


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at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- town meeting lerly assenibld at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 2d day of march 1752


I) voted m" John Vinton moderater for sd meeting


2) voted Benja" Conant town clerke


3) voted to have five select men


4) voted Benja" Conant select man


5) voted m' John Vinton select man


6) voted m' John Lillie select man


7) voted m' John Brackit select man


8) voted m' Joseph upham select man


9) voted the select men to be assessers


10) voted m' Joseph upham town treasurer


II) voted m' Joseph putney constable for the west end


12) voted m' Daniel harris constable for the east end


13) voted Capt Edmunds and nathan Dennis surveyers of highways


14) voted Benja" Dennis and Sam" Robinson surveyers of highways


15) voted Eben' trusdil sealer of leather


16) voted John Curtis and Ezra Conant tything men


17) voted m' Joshua Healy sealer of waits and measures


18) voted Daniel Smith and Eben' Davison fence vewers


19) voted Alexander tompson and Joseph Edmunds jun' hogreivs


20) voted that swine shall go at large


21) voted Deacon Newell Cornit Bacon and m' Sam" may for a committee to recken and settle accompts with our treas- urers namly m' Benja" Newell m' Joseph putney and m' Joseph upham and also with our meeting house committee and to lay the accounts before the town at our next town meeting


this meeting is adjurnd to monday next at three a clock after noone if need be


I) voted and reconsiderd ye vote of m' harrises being con- stable and dismist him for the present year


2) voted phinehus mixer constable for the east end in ye roome of harris


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3) voted Ezra Conant surveyer of highways in the roome of Sam" robinson


ye several officers before mentioned have taken there oaths to there several offices as the law directs except Ezra Conant with some of the lesser officers Declind taking ye preveus oath


April ye 21 1752 we the subscribers being a committee appointed by the select men of Oxford and a committee ap- pionted by the select men of Dudley mett and preambelated the line and renewed the bounds between the townships of Oxford and Dudley pursuant to the trust reposed in us in wittness whereof we have hearunto set our hands the day and year above mentioned


Sam" Davis 1 Committee John Willson ) for Oxford


John Lillie ¿ Committee John Vinton J for Dudley


Dudley may the 6th 1752


warrant Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Joseph putney or phinehus mixer greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabi- tants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on wensday the twenth day of may instent at one a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles


I) to chuse a person to represent our town at the great and general court for the year insuing to be convend and held for ' his majestys servis at the court house in Concord


2) to agree on sume method for the mending of our highway


£


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3) to receive the committees report and to grant money to make up what is fell througe if it be needed


4) to se if the town will grant money to Defray the charge of schooling


5) to se if the town will agree to build the galler seats and if so then to chuse to procur stuff and se the work done and also grant money to defray the charge thereof


6) to grant money to carry our pittion at the general court and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the law


By order of the select men


Benja" Conant 1 own Clerke


Dudley may the 20th 1752 I have notifyd the inhabetants of Dudley to meet at time and place within mention


John Cortis Constable


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at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on wensday ye 20th day of may 1752


I) voted not to send a representitive


2) voted Capt Newell moderater for sd meeting voted John Brackit clerke for sd meeting


3) voted 13-6-S lawfull money for the mending of our highways besids whats not workt out last year and to expend sd money in the method we did last year


4) voted there axceptance of the committees account


5) voted 20-0-o lawfull money to defray ye charge of schooling ye year insuing


6) voted to build the galler seats


7) voted 13-6-8 lawfull money to defray ye charg of build- ing sd seats


S) voted m' Joshua healy Deacon Newell and m' Eben" Bacon to be a committee to provid ye stuffe and git the above sd seats built


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9) voted 4-o-o lawfull money to carry our pittion at the general court


Dudley November ye 3ª 1752


warnt


Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Joseph putney or phinehus mixer greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notefy the several inhabi- tants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on thisday ye gth day of this instent at four a clock after noone after lectur then and there to act upon the following articles


I) to agree on sume method to provid the revd m' gleason his fire wood ye year insuing and to set a price ther


2) to se if town will allow in' gore m' Hobbs rates in his list when he was constable which he says he cant procur


3) to se if the town will continue of school committee in there office till march next


and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the Law


By order of the select men


Benja" Conant Town Clerk


Dudley November ye 9th 1752 I have warnd the inhabi- tants of this town qualifyd for voting to meet at time and place within mentioned


phinehas mixer Constable


town meeting at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on thirsday ye gth of November 1752


nır gleasons grant


I) voted Deacon Edmunds moderater for sd meeting


2) voted 30 cords of fire wood for the revd m' gleason for the year insuing


3) voted sd fire wood at 0-5-4 a cord in lawfull money.


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and to be deliverd at the sd m' gleasons house by the last of janauary next or to pay the money


4) voted to continue our school committee in there office till march next


Dudley November ye roth 1752


Worcester ss to either of the Constables of the town of Dudley Joseph putney or phinchas mixer greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabi- tants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday the 20th of this instent at 3 a clocke after noone then and there to act upon whate follows


warnt


for the town to consider the matter of m' morrises suing our meeting house committee and to grant money to pay the dept and charges if need be


and make due return of you proceedings as you will answer your Defalt at the peril of ye law


By order of the select men


Benja" Conant Town Clerke


November ye 20th 1752 I have warn the inhabitants of this town qualifyd for voting to meet at time and place within mentioned


phinehas mixer Constable


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at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meetinge in sd town on monday ye 20th day of Novemer 1752


I) voted John Vinton moderater for sd meeting


this meeting is adjournd to friday next at three a clocke after noone by the moderater


2) voted S-5-4 lawfull money at this adjuornment to pay


meeting


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the dept and charges of m' morrises suing our meeting house committee


Dudley june 1752


the town rates made and deliverd into the Constables hands with warnts for colecting the same


Constable putneys list for the minester


24-19-6


his school list 12-12-7


his meeting house list S- 4-9


and his town list 2- 9-0


Constable mixers list for the minester


IS- 4-3


his school list


10- 8-S


his meeting house list


6- 0-2


and his town list


2- 2-0


Dudley November 1752


the province rates made and deliverd into the Constables hands


Constable putneys province list 24-16-0


and his town rate list 6- 6-1


and his wood list 4- S-S


Constable mixers province list 23- 8-7


his town list 5- 1-6


and his wood list


3-11-6


Dudley february ye 19th 1753


Worcester ss to either of the conststables of the town of Dudley Joseph putney or phinehus mixer greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabi- tants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs, to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday yº 5th day of


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march next insueing at nine a clock in the morning then and there to act upon ye folling articles


I) to chuse town officers for the year insuing as the law directs


2) to se if the town will accept of the roads laid out by ye select men


3) to se if the town will raise money to defray the charge of schooling for the year insuing and if so then to chuse a committee to provid schooling


4) to se what method the town will go in for the mending our highways the year insuing and also if need be to grant money to defray the charge thereof


5) to se if the town will allow m' John Lillie richard kidder Joseph upham Benja" Dennis and Eben' Scott for time to come to draw there own school money to keep a school amonge themselves


6) to se if the town will abait m' Eben' Scotts rate to the west end school house


and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your Defalt at the peril of the Law


By order of the select men


Benja" Conant Town Clerke


Dudley march ye 5th 1753 persuent to this warrent I have warnd the inhabitants of this town to meet at time and place within mentioned


phinehus mixer Constable


at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye ye 5th day of march 1753


I) voted Deacon Newell moderater for sd meeting


2) voted to have five select men


3) voted m' John Lillie select man


4) voted m' Joseph Sabin select man


5) voted m' Eben' Bacon select man


6) voted m' Jacob Bradbery select man


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7) voted m" John Brackit select man


8) voted the select men to be assessers


9) voted Benjan Conant Town Clerke


10) voted m' Joseph upham Town treasurer


II) voted m' John tayler constable for the west end of the town


12) voted m" Benja" Dennis Constable for the east end of the town


13) voted m' Elijah Dodge and David Cuttin tything men


14) voted m' Joseph Vinton and Jonathan Dennis surveyers of highways


15) voted m' paul robinson and Elishua Corbin surveyers of highways


16) voted m' John Curtis and Sam" Corbin fence vewers


17) voted m' Joshua Healy sealer of waits and measurs


18) voted m' Eben". trusdil sealer of leather


19) voted to have swine go at large


20) voted Andrew white and Edmun town hoge reaves


21) voted by the town there axceptance of a highway laid out from the county road by Andrew whits and Sam" Corbins down to the road that coms from Sam" robinsons to our meet- ing house


22) voted by the town there axceptance of a highway laid out throgh the indian land from there south line in or near where the path is now trod from m' hebberds to our meeting house


23) voted 20-0-0 lawfull money to defray ye charge of schooling this year


24) voted Sam" Chamberline Sam" Corbin and paul robin- son for a committee to provid schooling the year insuinge


25) voted 40-0-o lawfull money for the mending our high- ways and to be expended as follows at o-2-6 a day in the spring and summer months and o-1-6 a day in the fall


the several officers above named have taken there oaths to there several offices as the law directs axcept sume of the lesser officers declind taking the preveus oath


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Dudley june ye 8th 1752 a highway laid out by the select men begining at the county Road at a gray oake stadle with a heap of stons about it on the south sid of the county road then runing near southeest to a white oake stadle with a heep of stons about it and so along near as the road is now trod down through Carturs land and through whits land near the west end of his house then near south then near south along by the west end of his barn and through whits and Corbins land by the west end of Sam" Corbins house and from his house through his land by the east sid his barn to Benja" Davises land and through Davises land near south as ye road is now trod to a white oake tree markt and from thenc to a stake and heap of stons standing on the north sid of the road which comes from m' robinsons mills to our meeting house and the whole of the road to be two rods wide


John Lillie - Select men


John Brackit


Joseph upham


Dudley june ye 8th 1752 a highway laid out by the select men Begining at the indian south line at the road that coms from thimothy fosters at a chasnut stadle with a heap of stons about it and so runing as the road is now trod to a walnut tree with a heap of stons about it and from thence as the road now is to a black oak tree with stons about it near the road that coms from Benjan Coburns all the above mentioned marks are on the north sid the sd road the sd road to be the same wedth with the other formerly laid out


John Lillie John Brackit Select men Joseph upham


these roads where laid before the town at our aneual meeting in march 1753 and axcepted by the town


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Dudley Sept ye 26th 1753


Worcester ss to the constable or constables of the town of warrent .


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Dudley Benja" Dennis or John tayler greeting you hearby requird to warn or notify the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affares to meet at our meeting house in sd Dudley on monday the 8th of octo- ber next at two a clocke after noone then and there to act upon the following articles


I) to se what method the town will go in to provide the revd m' gleasons fire wood the year insuing


2) to se if the town will omitt sending a pettion to the court for a school lot and convert the money that was raisd to Defray the charge therof to sume other use


3) to se if town will chuse sume person to sweep and take care of our meeting house and also to grant money to defray the charge thereof


4) to se if the town will grant sume money for the support of the widow rich


and make due return of the warrent with your doings therin as you will answer your Defalt at the peril of ye law


By order of


John Lillie


Jacob Bradbery Select men


John Brackit


meeting


at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly asembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye Sth of october 1753


I ) voted m' Eben' Bacon moderater for sd meeting


2) voted to the revd m' gleason thirty cords of wood for his fire the year insuing cut and carted to his house by the first of february next at five shillings and four pence a cord in law- full money


3) voted to omitte sending in our pettion for the school land and to improve ye four pounds of money granted fore that end to sume other use


mr gleasons grant


Dudley Town Records, 1753-4.


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4) voted m' will™ Cartur to take care of our meeting house and to sweep it when it needs


5) voted o-10-8 lawfull money to Cartur for sweeping and taking care of our meeting house ye year insuing


6) voted 6-o-o lawfull money for the support of the widow rich




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