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Dudley march ye 21 1753
rates made by the assessers the sum total of the minesters rate for the east end 19-18-3
the minester rate for the west end 24- 4-2
the school rate for the west end II-II-4
the school rate for the east end
10-14-7
october 26 1753
Constable Dennises province list for the
east end of the town sume total
9~18-0
his town list 3-17-6
and one of his county lists 4- 4-9
the other of his county lists
1- 5-8-3
october 26 1753
Constable John Taylers province list for
the west end of the town II- 4- 7
and his town list 4- 3-1I
and one of his county lists 4-12- I
the other of his county lists 1- 7- 7
Dudley February ye 20th 1754
warrant Worcester ss to the constable or constables of the town of Dud'ey Benja" Dennis or John Tayler greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify ye frecholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in Town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd Dudley on
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monday ye 4th day of march next insuing at nine a clock in ye foor noon then and there to act upon ye following articles
1) to chuse town officers for the year insuing as ye law directs
2) to chuse a school committee for the year insuing
3) to se whate method ye town will go in for ye mending of our highways the year insuing
4) to se if the town will axcept of the highways which may then be laid before them for there axceptance
and make due return of this warrant with your doings there- in as you will answer your default at ye peril of ye law
By order of
Jacob Bradbery Joseph Sabin Select men Eben' Bacon
By vertue of the within written warrant I have warnd or notifyd the frecholders and other inhabitants of the town of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned
Benja" Dennis Constable
our aneuel 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 4th day of march 1754
I) voted Deacon Newell moderater for sd meetinge
2) voted to have five select men
3) voted Joseph Upham select man
4) voted phinehus mixer select man
5) voted John Curtis select man
6) voted Sam" Corbin select man
7) voted jedediah marcy select man
S) voted the select men to be assessers
9) voted Benja" Conant Town Clerke
10) voted Joseph Upham Town treasurer
II) voted Eben' grigs constable for ye west end of ye town
12) voted Andrew white constable for ye east end of the town
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13) voted Joseph Vinton and Timothy [ ] tything men
14) voted Joshua Healy sealer of weights and measurs
15) voted Eben' trusdil sealer of leather
16) voted philip Corbin Jacob bradbery Sam" may and Joseph Burnul surveyers of highways
17) voted that swine shall go at large
18) voted Eben" robinson and Sam" Burnul hog reavese
19) voted paul robinson and Jacob Chamberlin fence vewers
20) voted paul robinson Joseph jewell jun' and Eben' Da-
vison for a committee to provid schooling ye year insuing
21) voted 40-0-o lawfull money to worke out on our high- ways
22) voted worke at our highways at o-2-6 a day for ye spring & summer months and after that at o-1-6 a day lawfull money
23) voted by the town there axceptance of a highway laid out by the select men of sd town begining at oxford line in the old road from kingsberys to Nathan jefferds through Sam" robinsons land two rod wide
24) voted by the town there axceptance of a highway laid out by the select men of sd town begining at the south end of Sam" mayses lain runing near south through Left Joshua Healys land and through Capt Sam" Newells land and down to Deacon Newells two rod wide
the officers before mentioned have taken there oaths to there several officeses
Dudley march ye 22ª 1753
a highway laid out by the select men of Dudley through m' Sam" Robinsons land begining at a white oake tree near the southwest corner of m' Josiah Kingsburys land ware oxford left there road then runing as the way is now trod to a white oake tree markt and so on to a blacke oak tree markt near the uper end of a swamp which is on the east of sd road and then on to a pine stadle markt which is near the line Between sd
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robinsons land and the land of m' jefferds by the side of the road allready laid out sd road to be two rods wide and all on the east of sd marks
Jacob Bradbery John Brackit Select men John Lilliee
Dudley February ye 20th 1754
a highway laid out by the select men of sd town Begining at a stake and heap of stons standing in the southeast corner of a lot of land that was John Dickermans runing near south through Joshua Healys land to Cap" Sam" Newells land to a stake and heap of stons and straight through sd Newells land to a little wallnut in sd Newells fence the sd road to be two rode wide and all the marks on the west side of sd road
John Lillie Joseph Sabin Eben' Bacon Jacob Bradbury John Brackit
Select men
These highways above mentioned were brought to our aneuel meeting in march 1754 and axcepted by the town
END OF THE FIRST BOOK.
TOWN RECORDS
OF
DUDLEY, MASSACHUSETTS,
1754-1794.
PAWTUCKET, R. I. THE ADAM SUTCLIFFE CO. 1894.
Dudley Town Records.
Dudley may ye 3ª 1754
Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of
Dudley Andrew White or Eben' grigs greeting you are hearby required 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 Tuesday ye 14th of may instent at two aclock in the after noone Then and there to act upon the following articls
I) to chuse a representitive to serve at the general court the year insuing
2) to se whate money the town will grant for the revd mr gleasons sallery from october 1754 to march 1755
3) to see if the town will accept the committees accompt for finishing the meeting house gallerys
4) to see what the town will do concerning the road thats . laid out through Cap" Newells uper lot
5) to se if the town will grant money for schooling the year insuing
6) to se if the town will grant to the widow Newell two p unds old tenor for work done at our meetinge house
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to see if the town will chuse a committee to seat our
7) meeting house
8) to see if the town will accept of treasurer upham ac- compt and if not to chuse a committee to settle with him
9) to se if the town will agree to have three school houses one near m' [ ] one near Ezra Conants and near philip corbins
10) to sce if the town will allow to m' gore m' Hobbes rats when sd gore was constable 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
Benjan Conant Town Clerke
By vertue of this notifycation I have notifyd the inhabitants of Dudley to meet at the time and place within mentioned andrew White Constable
meeting
at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regul- lerly assembled at our meeting house [ ] on tusday ye 14th day of may 1754
I) voted not to send a representitive [
2) voted Deacon Newell moderater [
mr gleasons grant 3) voted to revª m' gleason fo[ ] last of October 175[ ]
to the [
] 410-15-4 of old tenor [ march [
] of
4) voted [ ] the [
5) voted [
6) voted to chuse a committee to settle with treasurer up- ham and to bring in there accompt at our next meeting
7) voted insign Chamberline m' Samuel may and Ezra Conant a committee to settle with treasurer upham the ninth article dropt by a vote
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Sutten July yee 6th 1754
These may certify the assessers or whomsoever it may con- cern that the Baptist Church in Sutten have taken the steps of the last adishenal act of the general court made for the ac- cenpting of the people commonly called anobaptis and are capeble of giving certificets to all our members in naibouring towns to clear them from paying any thinge to support minis- , ters of another denomination and therefore do certify you that paul Robinson of Dudley belongs to our Church in Sutten and as usely atends our meetings on the Lords day for the worship of God as we cane expect considering the distance he lives from. us and further we beleive him to be consenouse of the religon commonly called the anobaptis religon and therefore insist upon it that he is clear from all ministeral charges of minesters of another denomination by the act made by ye great and & general court of the masetusits Bay in New England for ex- emting commonly called anobaptis
Benja" marsh Elder Joseph pullen Jonathan goold
Dudley Sept yee 13th 1754
Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Andrew white or Eben' grigs greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabi- tants of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on wedensday ye 25th of this instent at two a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
warnt
I) to se whate money the town will grant to make up the deficiency of the town stock of amunition
2) to se whate money the town will grant to provid ye revd m' gleasons fire wood the year insuinge
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] the town to hear and except the committees
report [ sums of [
] the [ Jasurer and to grant such sume or ] be found wanting
] will grant money to finish the backe
[ ] chuse a committee to gite ye work done ] the senter school
] one or more 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
By vertue of this warrant I have notifyd the inhabitants of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned
Andrew White Constable
meeting
at a mecting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on wedensday ye 25th day of Sept 1754
I) voted m' John Brackit moderater for sd meeting
2) voted 1-4-o lawfull money to provid amonittion to supply the town stocke
mr gleasons grant
3) voted 8-o-o lawfull money to provid ye revd m' gleasons fire wood ye year insuinge
4) voted 2-o-o lawfull money to defray the charge of seal- ing up the back sid of our pulpit
5) voted Left curtis insign Chamberline and m' phiehus mixer for a committee to git the above
6) voted not to fit up the senter school house were it now stands
7) voted not to dispose of our school house
this meeting is adjurnd to this day fortinight the ninth of october next to four after noone
at our meeting on the adjurnment voted and referd the committees accompt from the treasurer to our next aneual meeting and the committee to stand as they were
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November 1754 rates made and deliverd into the constables hands with warrants for colecting the same
Constable Andrew whites list for the province and his list for the minesters rates 25-14- 8-3
15- 9- 6-3
and his list for the wood rate 3-13- 2 and his list for the town rate 10-14-10
and his list for the county rate I-IS- 6-3
Constable Eben' griggs list for the province rate IS-14- 9-3 and his list for the minesters rate 31- 2- 3-3
and his wood list for that rate 4- S- 8 and his list for the town rate 13- 2-10 and his list for the county rate 2- 7- 0
This may certify the assessers of the Town of Dudley [ Capt Thomas Cheney of sd Dudley doth fre[ ] atend the publick worship of God on the Lo[ ] society at
Sturbridge and we beleive him [ ] that perswasion Henry [ ]
Sturbridg may ye 6th [ ] Killingly october yº 5th 1754 these lines are to notify the Honourable select men of Dudley that Silas Robinson frequent- ly attends our meeting and we beleive he conseinusly absented from you as witness our hands Atest
Jams Gleason Jams Coats
· Killingly october ye 14th 1754 these lines are to notify the Honourable select men of Dudley that willm wakfeild frequently attends our meeting and we beleive that he con- seienusly absented from you as witness our hands Atest Jams gleason Jams Coats
Killingly october ye 14th 1754 these lines are to notify the Honourable select men of Dudley that Sam" Robinson
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frequently attends our meeting and we beleive that he con- seinusly absented from you as witness our hands
Jams gleason Jams Coats
warrant
Dudley December ye 234 1754
Worcester ss to either of the Constables of the town of Dudley Eben' grigs or Andrew white 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 tusday the seventh day of janury next at one a clock after noone then and . there to act upon the following articles
I) to se if the town will send a man to worcester Court to git of our fine for not having a school
2) to se if town will agree that ye constables shall strain upon the sept rats in our town for the minesters rate and if they do to se whate method the town will take to defend them
3) to se if the town will hear and exept the committees accompt for finishing the back sid of the pulpit
4) to se if town will pay Doctor green six shillings and one peny lawfull money for Doctering the widow rich
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 this warrant I have notifyd the inhabitants of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned
Andrew white Constable
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at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu-
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lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on tusday ye 7th day of January 1755
Jon Newell moderater for sd meeting
Ind a man to worcester Court to git of our
] a school if any should be laid upon us
] answer the complaint at worcester ] any should apear against us
] strain on the person colld Jsters rats
] and a peny for
we the subseribers as a committee chosen to git the back side of the pulpit finished we have agreed with m' John tayler to do the work and to find nails and brads and board himself for two pounds lawfull money
phinehus mixer John Curtis Committee
Worcester ss to Andrew white one of the constables of the town of Dudley greeting you are hearby requird forth- with to warn or notify the several inhabitants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday the 3d day of march next at nine a clock in the morning then and there to act upon the folling articles
I) to chuse a moderater for sd meeting
2) to chuse town officers for the year insuing
3) to se if the town will reconsider there vote they past on the seventh day of january last past (viz) that the constables should not make distress upon the seperats
4) to se if the town will such grant or grants of money as may be thought needfull for schooling of our children and other nessesery chargs the currant year
5) to chuse a committee to provide schooling ye present year
warrant
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6) to se if the town will mend there highways by a rate or other ways if by a rate to grant money for the same
7) to se if the town will allow swine to rune at large
8) to se if the town will allow m' Bacons accompt for keeping ye widow rich
9) to se if the town will build a school house in the senter of the middle part of the town
10) to se if the town will hear and axcept the committees report from treasurer upham
II) to se if the town axcept of a highway laid out for Elishua Corbin he being at all the cost and charge
and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the law
Joseph upham - phinehus mixer . Selectmen John Curtis
february ye 13th 1755
By vertue of the warrant I have warnd the inhabitants of the town of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned Andrew white Constable
meeting
at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley [ ] at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 3ª [ 7
I ) voted Esq' Vinton moderater for sd meeting
2) voted to have 5 select men five
3) voted Benja" Conant select man
4) voted Deacon Newell select man
5) voted Lef' HIcaly select [ ]
6) voted phinehus mixer s[
7) voted John Brackit se[ ]
S) voted the select men to be assessers
9) voted Benja" Conant town clerke
10) voted m' Jacob Chamberline town treasurer
II) voted m' Sam" may Constable for ye west end
12) voted m' Daniel Harris Constable for ye east end
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13) voted m' Benja" Dennis and m' Joseph burnul tything men
14) voted m' Elishua Sabin and m' Sam" Chamberline sur- veyers of highways
' 15) voted m' paul robinson and m' David Coffin surveyers of highways
16) voted m' philip amidown and Silas robinson fence vewers
17) voted Left Healy sealer of waits and measuers
IS) voted m' Eben' trusdile sealer of leather
19) voted that swine shall go at large
20) voted Clement Corbin jun' and John webs.er Hogreaves
21) voted and reconsidered the vote that was past ye 7th january last (viz) that the constables should not straine on the persons called seperats in the warrant for that meeting for there minesters rates
I paul robinson now enter my desent against this last vote concerning the seperats
22) voted 30-0-o lawfull money 20-o-o for schooling and ten for other nessesery charges
23) voted Elijah Dodge Left Bradbery and Eben' Davison for a committee to provide schooling the presente year
24) voted 20-0-o lawfull money for the mending our high- ways and worke frome may to the last of August at o-2-6 a day and after that worke at o-1-6 a day
25) voted there axceptence of the committees report from treasurer Upham
26) a vote being requsted weather the town would axcept of Elishua Corbins highway and it past in the negetive
the officers above have taken there oaths as the law directs
Dudley march ye 3ª 1755
we the subscribers Jacob Chamberlien Sam" may and Ezra Conant chosen a committee to examine the treasurers accompt we have made strict examination and report [ ] and
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we find that treasurer upham has been faithfull [ Jing in his acounts to us and we find that the whole [ Jat he hade ordere to colect of the several constables [ ]
chosen treasurer till this day and the [ Jceived of the
former Constables namly [ ] sume
total of all we find to be [
] find that
has paid by order the [ ] remains in
constable [ [
] 44-04-4-3 ] ye
sume of 36-09-6-3 and in Constable Joseph Vintons hands ye sume of 1-2-7-1 and in Constable Benja" Dennises hands ye sume of o-18-6- and we have substracted the whole and he has paid out 3-10-8-3 more than he has received of the several constables Atested
Jacob Chamberlin
Sam" may Committee and Esra Conant
Dudley may ye 13th 1755
warrant Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Daniel Harris or Sam" may greeting you are hear- by required forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabitants of the town of Dudley to meet at our meeting house in sd town on friday the 23ª of may instent at three a clocke after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to chuse a meet person to serve representitive at the great and general court the year insuing
2) to make ye revd m' gleason sume addition to his salery the present year considering the charge of his famely
3) to grant money for the widow richs soninlaw at Stur- bridg in case he will clear the town of her
to move the middle school house or repair it where it 4) stands
5) to chuse a committee to manage that affair
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6) to se if the town will allow m' Sam" Halls rates in con- stable mixers lists
7) to se if the town will grant sume money to be assest on the east school ward for building them a school house
and make due return of your proseeding as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the law
By order of ye select men
Benja" Conant Town Clerke
Dudley may ye 23ª 1755 by vertue of this warrant I have warnd the inhabitants of the town of Dudley to meet according to time and place within mentioned
Daniel Harris Constable
at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on friday ye 23ª of may 1755 and a vote being requested wether the town would send a Daputy to the general court and it past in ye negitive
I) voted Cap" Newell moderater for sd meeting
2) a vote being requested wether they would make any addition to ye revd m' gleasons salery the present year and it past in the negitive
3) voted 13-6-S lawfull money for the support of the widow rich her life time to her soninlaw at Sturbridg in case he will clear the town of Dudley from any further charge about her
4) voted 90-o-o old tenor to be assest on the east school ward for build them a school house
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Sept ye 4th 1755
Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Daniel Harris or Sam" may greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabitants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at
meeting
warrent
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our meeting house in sd town on tusday ye 16th day of Sep' instent at two a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to se whate salery ye town will give ye revd m' gleason for ye present year
2) to agree on sume method to provide ye revd m' gleason his fire wood
3) to se if the town will allow that hundred pound that was voted for the support of the widow rich or any part of it to defray nessesery chargs or grant other money for such uses
4) to se if town will reconsider the vote that was past not to move nor mend our school house where it stands and to move it down towards or to repair it where it now stands
5) make choice of sume person to dige graves
6) to chuse a person to take care of our meeting house and sweep it when it needed
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 Sept ye 15th By vertue of this warrant I have warnd the inhabitants of the town to meet at time and place within mention
Daniel Harris Constable
meeting
at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on tusday ye 16th of Sept 1755
I) voted Deacon Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) voted the revd m' gleason the same salery he had the last year
mir gleasons grant 3) voted the revd m' gleason 30 cords of cord wood brought to his house by the third monday and tusday of october next at forty shillings a cord old tenor or to pay the money
4) voted six pound lawfull money out of that hundred
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pound that was granted for the support of the widow rich to defray other nessesery charges
5) voted and reconsiderd that was past not to move nor mend our school house where it now stands
6) voted to repair our school house by the meeting house where it now stands
7) voted m' willm Cartur to dige graves
S) voted m' willm Cartur to take care of meeting house and sweep it
Sept ye 16th 1755 this may cartify the assessers of the Captt Chenys town of Dudley that Cap" Thomas Cheney of sd Dudley doth certificit frequently attend the publick worship of God on the Lords days at the Baptis society in Sturbridge and is a member in full comunion with the Baptis church in Sturbridge and we beleave him to be consienusly of that perswasion and we further certify that the Baptis Church in Sturbrig hath re- ceived the aprobation of three other Baptis Churchs according to the late act of this province Jonathan perry Henry fisk Dan11 fiske chosen for this purpos
November 1755 rates made and deliverd into the constables hands with warrants for collecting the same
and Constable mays list to the province rate 51-18-10- 2 and mays list for the minesters rate 28- 5-10
and mays list for the school rate
21- I- I and mays list for the wood rate 4-10- S
and Constable Harrises list for the province rate 51- 7- 9 and Harrises list for the minesters rate 19-14- 4 and Harrises list for the school rate 16- 9- 5 and Harrises list for the wood rate 3-12- 4- I
Dudley january ye 224 1756
warrant Worcester ss to either of the Constables of the town of Dudley Daniel Harris or Sam" may greeting you are hearby 3
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requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhabitants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 2ª day of february next at one a clocke after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to se if the town will Disannul the last vote concerning the Baptis paying there minesters rate
2) to see if the town will hear and allow the select mens accompt for repairing our meeting hous and grant money to pay ye same and also for repairing our middle school house and vote money to be assest on the middle school ward to pay the same
3) to se if town will allow m' Fairbanks to belong to ye middle school
4) to se if the will grant money to pay Capt Newell for the road laid out through his upper pasture
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