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and make due return of your doings 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 warant I have notifyd the inhabitants of the town of Dudley to meet at 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 monday ye 2d day of February 1756
1) vote Deacon Newell moderater for sd meeting
2) voted and disannuld the last vote concerning ye Baptis paying there minesters rates
3) voted o-16-9 lawfull money for repairing our meeting house glase
4) voted 3-7-o lawfull money to be assest on the middle school ward for repairing our middle school house
meeting
£
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5) a vote being requested wether m' Fairbanks should be- long to the middle school and it past in ye negetive
February ye 2ª 1756
gentlemen there is a sume of money due from the town of Dudley to me which sume you ought honesly to have payed long ago you well know that I never had one peney from you however Knowing the curcomstances of some and the Disposition of some others I hearby freely aquit and Discharge the account to this day but if you think it to mean to receive a Captt Cheneys gift in that case I Desire you to pay the sume due to me to Discharge m' gleason madam gleason has been a long time in a poor I state of helth and I hope you have a suteble sence of it am gentlemen your most Humble and most obedient Servant
Thomas Cheney to the town of Dudley
Dudley. February ye 19th 1756
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 our meeting house in sd town on monday ye first day of march next at nine a clocke in the morning then and there to act upon the following articles
warrant
· I) to chuse a moderater for sd meeting
2) to chuse town officers for ye year insuing as ye law directs
3) to grant such sume or sums of money as the town shall think needfall for schooling ye year insuing and to chuse a committee to provide schooling
4) to grant such sume or sums of money as the town shall think needfull for mending our highways the year insuing and to agree on how much a day and when to worke
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5) to see if the town will allow swine to rune at large or not 6) to se if the town will chuse a committee to seat our meeting house and prescribe a method for them to walke by
7) to se if the town will accept of Cap" Cheenys gift to the town and whate part they will give to ye revd m' gleason
and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the law
Jonathan Newell Joshua Healy Selectmen phinehus mixer
Dudley march ye 1 1756 in obedience to this warrant I have notifyd the inhabitants of this town to meet at time and place within mentioned
Sam" may 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 I' day of march 1756
I) voted m' Joseph upham moderater for sd meeting
2) voted Benja" Conant Town Clerke
3) voted to have five select men
4) voted Joseph upham select man
voted phinehus mixer select man
5) voted Jacob Chamberline select man
6) voted Sam11 Corbin select man
7)
8) voted Elijah gore select man
9) voted the select men to be assessers
10) voted Joseph upham town treasurer
II) voted Eben' Davison constable for the east end
12) voted jedediah marcy constable for the west end
13) voted Archible jewell and Andrew white tything men
14) voted Eben' Bacon Abijah Newell Joshua wetheril and will" Cartur surveyers of highways
15) voted Elijah Dodge and Elishua Corbin fence vewers
16) voted Joshua HIcaly scaler of weights and measurs
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17) voted Joseph pollie sealer of leather
18) voted that swine shall go at large
19) voted Joseph putney and John tompson for hoge revease
20) voted John Curtis John Brackit and Joshua Healy jun' for a committee to provid schooling ye year insuing
21) voted 20-0-o lawfull money for school schooling ye yeare insuing
22) voted 30-0-o lawfull money for mending our highways ye insuing year and to go on in the method as in time past
23) voted to chuse a committee to seat our meeting house
24) voted to have five men for sd committee
25) voted John Curtis philip Corbin Elijah Dodge Sam11 may and Elishua Corbin for a committee to seat our meeting house and the method to go by is age and estates
26) voted there acceptance of Cap" Cheenys gift to the town
27) voted to the revd m' gleason the overplus above Cap" Cheenys minesters rates
the several officers above mentioned have taken there oaths as the law directs
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Dudley may ye 5th 1756
Worcester ss to jedediah marcy constable of the town of
Dudley 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 our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 17th of may instant at one a clocke after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to make choice of person to represent our town at the great and general court to be held at the town house in Boston the year insuing
2) to chuse a moderater for sd meeting
3) to se whate sum or sums of money the town will grant to defray town charges for the present year
4) to se if the town will dismise m' Sam" fairbanks Benja" Davis Timothy foster Benjan fairbanks and Levi fairbanks from paying there money to the east end of the town for Building
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of there school house and supporting there school and to add ye above named persons to the middle school ward
5) to se if the town will grant to m' phinehus mixer and Benja" Dennis sume consideration for what they have been out in recovering Sam" Halls rates
6) to see how much money the town will grant for ye revd m' gleasons salery for the present year and to grant money to make good his salery for time paste
7) to se if the town will vote to m' John Ruewe and his son the pue that was Capt Corbins there paying hime the cost of building sd pue
also to se if the town will grant m' Jacob Chamberlin the sd pue his paying the cost of building
8) and if the town dont se cause to grant either of these persons the pue above mentioned to chues a committee to sell the pue to the hiest bidder of the town inhabitants and to be sold at a publicke vandue and ye money to be disposd of as the town shall think fitt
9) to se if the town will grant Capt Newell thirty five pounds old tenor for the road through his uper lot
and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the law
phinehus mixer Sam" Corbin Selectmen Elijah gore $
according to the within written warrant I have warnd the inhabitants of this town to meet at time and place within mentioned may ye 17th 1756
jedediah marcy 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 the 17th day of may 1756
I) voted to send a representetive
2) voted Cap" Cheeny representetive the year insuing
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3) voted Capt Cheeny moderater for sd meeting
4) voted 8-o-o lawfull money to defray town charges for ye present year
5) a vote being requested wether m' fairbanks and others should be removed from ye east to ye middle school and it past in the negetive
6) a vote being requested wether the town would allow m' mixer and m' Benja" Dennis any thing towards the charge of gitting Sam" Halls rates and it past in the negetive
7) voted to the revd m' gleason the salery we covnanted with him for and to make good the salery for two years and four months last past according to our contrakt with him
8) votes being requested wether the town would grant to m' John Ruewe and his son or to m' Jacob Chamberlin that pue that was Cap" Corbins during there abode in the town there paying the cost in building and it past in ye negetive
9) voted not to act any thing on the Sth article
10) a vote being requested wether the town would grant Cap" Newell 35-o-o old tenor for the road through his upper lot and it past in the negetive
November 1756 rates made and deliverd into the constables hands with warrants for collecting the same
Constable jedediah marcys list for the province 58-16- 4- 2 his list for the minester
30-10- 1- I
his wood list 4-18-10 -0
his school list 11-14- 6- 3
his town list 5- 2- 9- 3 2-10-10- 3
his county list
Constable Eben' Davisons list for ye province 44-15- 9- 0 his list for the minester 20-19- 0- 1 his wood list
3- 9- S- o
his school list
his town list
his county list
9- 0- 3- 1 3-18-11- I I-19- 5- 2
mr gleasons grant
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Dudley Town Records, 1756-7.
· warrant
Worcester ss to Eben' Davison 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 seventh day of march next at nine a clocke in the morning then and there to act upon the following 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 except of the lists of mens names laid before them to serve as pety jurers at Worcester Courts
to se what sume or sums of money the town will grant 4)
to defray the charge of schooling ye present year
5) to se what sume of money the town will grant for mending the highways the year insuing and agree on whate method
6) to se if the town will vote that there swine shall rune at large
7) to se if the town will axcept of such highways as are lately laid out by the select men of sd town
8) to se if the town will hear and grant such pettion or pittions as shall be laid before them at sd meeting
and make due return of your proceedings as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the law
Dudley February ye 23ª 1756 Joseph upham Jacob Chamberline Select men Sam" Corbin
by vertue of this warrant I have notify the inhabitants of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned
. Eben' Davison 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 7th of march 1757
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I ) voted Jonathan Newell moderater for sd meeting
2) voted Benja" Conant Town Clerk
3) voted to have five select men
4). voted Benja" Conant select man
5) voted Joshua Healy select man
6) voted Jonathan Newell select man
7) voted Eben' Bacon select man
S) voted Eben' Davison select man
9) voted the select men to be assessers
10) voted jedediah marcy town treasurer
II) voted Ezra Conant Constable for the east end of the town 12) town
voted Joshua vinton Constable for the west end of the
13) voted Jonathan Hebberd and Joseph burnul tything men
14) voted Joseph upham and Jams fuller surveyers of high- ways
15) voted Eben' trusdil and obediah Sabin surveyers of highways
16) voted Cap" Healy sealer of weights and measurs
17) voted Joseph polly sealer of Leather
IS) voted Elijah Dodge and David Cuttin fence vewers
19) voted Daniel Harris and David Sterns hogrevs
20) voted that swine shall go at large
21) voted by the town there axceptance of the nams of the persons to serve on the pettee jury at Worcester Courts
22) voted 20 o-o lawfull money for schooling year insuing
23) voted 20-0-o lawfull money for the mening our high- way
24) voted to go on in the same method to mend our high- ways as in time past
25) voted by the town there axceptance of a highway for Elishua Corbin he paying the cost if any be
26) voted by the town there axceptance of a highway laid out from m' Joseph land to Abijah Newells
27) voted to a number of persons the south part of our meeting house in the mens gallery to build a pew namly
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Jonathan Dennis Joseph Healy Sam" Eams Nathaniel Healy mark Ellwell Daniel newell philip Newell
28) voted to Benja" morris and Sam" Fairbanks jun' the south east corner of our meeting house ovr the wemans stairs to build them a pew they not discommoding the stairs nor windows on the terms they requested
29) voted to job ruewe and Jams fuller that pew in our meeting house that was Capt Clement Corbins on the same footing that the others were disposd of vz they to injoy it during there abode in the town and at there leaving ye town sd pew to return to the town again the town paying them the cost of building sd pew
the town officers chosen at this meeting have taken there oaths Cap" Newell chosen Constable at this meeting and dismist by a vote
Dudley march ye 7th 1757 a highway laid out by the select men of sd town begining at Eleazer putneys southwest corner thence runing upon his line northeast to a heap of stons thence east to a whit oake tree marked thence southeast to another whitoake tree marked south to a maple tree marked east to a blackoake tree marked northeast to a blackoake tree marked east to another blackoak tree marked east to another blackoak tree marked from thence to a roade formerly laid out through the land of m' Benja" Newells late of Dudley Disest
sd road to ly on the south side of sd marks and to be two rods wide
Dudley February ye 2Sth 1757 a highway laid out by the select men of sd town for Elishua Corbin at his desire as fol- lows begining on the east side the highway that leads from David Cuttins to our meeting house at the corner between Jams Corbins and Thomus Newells land from thence runing cast by the line between sd Corbins and Newells land to a blackoak stub which is the corner bounds of sd Newells land then runing north till it coms to Elishua Corbins land
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the above mentionod roade to be on the south side of sd Newells line and sd roade to be two rods wide sd Elishua to be at the cost of sd road if any be
these above mentioned roads were laid before the town at our aneual meeting in march 1757 and axcepted by ye town
to the gentlemen of the town of Dudley m' moderater Sir we the subscribers being very ill accomodated to atend the publicke worship at our own parish do humbley beg a continuance of the previlidge that we have injoyed in congre- gating with you as in years past and in order to convene our selves and familys we desire a privilidge of building a pew over the wemans stairs and if it please the gentlemen of this town to grant sd pittion to us we beg an unmolested use of sd pew till such time as it is wanted for the towns use and at the request of the townsmen we promise to resign sd pew in good repair to them provided ye sd towsmen paye us the first cost and further we promise to come into and joyn in any reason- able method to obligate our selves to pay ye town rates for our heads so long as the above sd prelidge is afforded to us this our petition or petitions from us which we ever humbly pray Benja" morris Sam" fairbanks jun"
Killingly march ye 7th 1757
may ye 3ª 1757 Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Joshua Vinton or Ezra Conant 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 16th of may instant at three a clock after noone then and there to act on the following articles
warrant
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I) to chuse a representitive at the great and general Court the year insuing
2) to chuse a school committee for ye present year
3) to se if the town will agree that the county rate may be put into sume other rate and paid out of ye town treasury
4) to se if the town will grant money for nesisery usses
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 virtue of this warrant I have notifyd the inhabitants of Dudley to meet at time and place within mentioned
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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 ye 16th day of may 1757
1) voted Cap" Thomus Cheeney representetive for ye year insuing
2) voted m' Joseph upham moderater for sd meeting
3) voted m' philip Corbin m' Joseph vinton and m' Sam" Robinson for a school committee the present year
4) voted that the county rate may be put into sume other rate and payd out of the town treasury for ye future
5) voted 7-o-o lawfull money to defray nessery charges for the present year
December 1757 ye revd m' gleasons salery is 44-8-10-2. .
lawfull money or 333-6-S-o old tenor
December 1757 the rates made for that year and deliverd into the constables hands with warrants for collecting the same
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Constable Joshua Vintons list for the province is 102- 3- 0- 0 and his list for the minesters rate is 25-14- 9- 0 and his list for the wood rate is 4-12- 7- 0
and his list for the school rate is IO-18- I- I
and his list for the town rate is 5- 8- 9- 3
Constable Ezra Conants list for the province is S3-17- 0- 0
and his list for the minesters rate is 20-13- 0- 3
and his list for the wood rate is 3-14- 0- 3
. and his list for the school rate is 9- 4- 7- 0 4-11- 8- 3
and his list for the town rate is
Dudley February ye 14th 1758
Worcester ss to either of the constables of the town of Dudley Joshua Vinton or Ezra Conant greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn or notify the several inhab- itants of the town of Dudley qualifyd to vote in town affairs to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 6th day of march next at nine a clock in the morning then and the to act upon the following articles
I) to chuse a moderater for sd meeting
2) to chuse town officers for the year insuinge
3) to grant money to defray the charge of schooling
4) to chuse a committee to provide schooling the present year
5) to agree on some method for mending our highways and to grant money to defray the charge thereof
6) to hear and grant any petition which may then be laid before the town if they see cause
7) to chuse a committee to reckon with m' Joseph upham who hath servd as treasurer for this town
S) to se if the town will devid the middle school ward in this town
warrant
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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 warnd the inhabitants of this town to meet at time and place within mentioned Ezra Conant Constable
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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 6th of march 1758
1) voted m' Joseph Sabin moderater for sd meetinge
2) voted to have five select men the year insuing
3) voted m' Joseph Sabin select man
4) voted m' phinehus mixer select man
5) voted m' Joseph upham select man
6) voted m' Sam" Corbin select man
7) voted Ezra Conant select man
S) voted the select men to be assessers
9) voted Benja" Conant Town Clerke
10) voted m' Joseph upham town treasurer
11) voted m' Sam" Robinson Constable for the east end of the town
12) voted m' Eben' trusdil Constable for the west end of the town
.13) voted Joseph Jewell jun' and timothy foster tything men
14) voted Cap" Healy sealer of weights and measuers
15) voted Joseph polley sealer of leather
16) voted Elijah gore and Eben' Edmunds junr surveyers of highways
17) voted Left Bradbery and Andrew white surveyers of highways
IS) voted the surveyers of highways to be colecters of the highway rates in labour and if not in money
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19) voted Jacob Chamberline and Elishua Corbin fence vewers
20) voted that swine shall go at large
21) voted Jonathan Hebberd and Thomas Hochins hoge revevs
22) voted Sam" Chamberline and Eben' Scott dear revevs
23) voted 20-o-o lawfull money to defray the charge of schooling
24) voted 20-0-o lawfull money for mending our highways
25) voted labour at the highways at o-2-6 a day from the first of may to the last of September and after that at o-1-6 a day
26) voted to dismise the petition relating the west pew in our meeting house gallery for the present
27) voted to dismise deviding the middle school ward for the present
28) voted m' Sam" Corbin m' Sam" may and Andrew white for a committee to settle with the town treasurer and make report at our may meeting
29) voted m' John Curtis m' Eben" Bacon and m' paul Robinson for a committee to provid schooling the year insuing
the several officers before mentioned have taken there oaths as the law directs accept Sam" Chamberline being moved out of town
Dudley may 4th 1758. Then receivd ye Sum of one hun- dred and forty-eight pounds, three shillings and two pence two farthings in full of my Salary and arrearages to ye first day of march 1757 Wood Excepted Pr Charles Gleason
Dudley may ye 13th 1758
Worcester ss to either of the constables town of Dudley warrant
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Sam" Robinson or Eben' trusdil greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn or notify yº 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 twenty second day of may instent at two a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to chuse a moderater for sd meeting
2) to chuse a person to represent this town at the great and general court to be holden at the Court house in Boston the year insuing
- 3) to grant money for necissery uses
4) to se what the town will do relating to ye revd m" gleasons fire wood
5) to se whate the town will do concerning ye arereiges of ye highway rates
6) to se if the town will allow the school money given by John Thompson to ly in m' Sam" Robinsons hands he paying the use
7) to hear the report of ye committee that was chosen to settle with treasurer upham
S) to chuse a person to take care of our meeting house and dige graves when needed
9) to hear and grant any petition that may then be laid before the town if they se fitt
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 this to meet at time and place within mentioned
Eben' trusdil 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 22ª day of may 1758
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I) voted not to send a Deputy
2) voted m' Joseph upham moderater for sd meeting
3) voted S-o-o lawfull money for nessisery uses
4) voted that the present surveyers collect the ereriges of the highway lists and worke it out on our highways in the method they work this year
5) voted that the money in .m' Sam" Robinsons hands be- longing to the town to ly in his hands a year after it is payable he paying the interest
6) voted there acceptance of the committees report in settling with treasurer upham
7) voted there acceptance of three quarters of an acre of land which Captt paul Robinson reservd in nathan jefferds land for a burying place and gives that to the neighbourhood for that use reserving a priviledge for himself and family
S) voted m' willm Cartur for to dig graves
"voted the revd m' gleason 30 cords of fire wood brought 9) to his house by the last of january next at forty shilings a cord old tenor
10) voted m' Alixander Thompson to take care of our meeting house this year
mr gleasons grant
A settlement with the treasurer m' Joseph upham Dudley April 12 1758
and we find in his hands the sume of 4-14- 4- 0
and remaining in Constable Eben' Davisons hands 14- 4-11- 3 and in Constable jedediah marcys hands 16- S-11- 3
and in Constable mays hands I- 5- 4- 2.
Sam" Corbin
Andrew white - Committee
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Worcester ss to Constable Sam" Robinson you are hearby requird in his majestys name forthwith to warn the 5
£
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Dudley Town Records, 1758.
sevearal familys hear after mentioned to depart ont of this town vz Sam" Chubb with his wife prudence and children rebeckah mary and Lucy moses mackclallen and mary his wife and child mary James Shafter with Esther his wife and children Simon Lois mary and Esther and likewise Hezekiah Bellos
and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon as you will answer your defalt at the peril of the law in that case made and provided
Dudley july ye 6th 1758
Joseph upham Sam" Corbin Select men Ezra Conant
By vertue of this warrant I have warnd the several persons within named to depart out of this town of Dudley as the law direets july ye 24th 1758
Sam11 Robinson Constable
Worcester ss to Constable Eben" trusdil you are hearby requird in his majestys name forthwith to warn the several familys hearafter mentioned to depart out of this town vz John wiley with his wife Rachel and children Robin Susannah and Robert John Scott with his wife mary and child Sam" palmer with Rachel his wife and children Rachel mehitebel Sam" comfort Silas and hannah John Coburn and Deborah his wife and his children zeruiah John and Joseph and likewise susannah wiley
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