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7 voted that John rich and Daniel Coffin be tiething men for the year insuing
S voted that Joseph pepper and James corbin be survaers of fences for the year insuing
9 voted that Jonathan newell be town trasurier for the year insuing
10 voted that Benja davis and paul rich be hoge reaves for the year insuing
II voted that clement corbin thomos chenec and nathan denis be hayward or fieldrivers for the year insuing
12 voted that our anewell town meeting be the first monday in march for the time to come without any further warning
13 voted that if any person shall tak in cattle except they hire them shall pay ten Shielings peir head
14 voted that the first wensday in june next be the day for the ordaination of the reverend mr Isaac richardson
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15 voted that the eighteeneth day of April next be the day for our privit fast in this place
16 voted that Benja conant shall go down to the honourable curnul dudly for other security for the Lot of Land your self gave to the town and the town voted to the minister
Thes several ofisers have taken ther oaths relating to there ofice by the town clark for the present year by order of the select men
Benjan Conant Town Clark
Dudly April 16 1733 Worsester ss
Warnt for a town meeting
To constable John ruewe greeting you are hearby required in his majestis name forthwith to warn the several inhab- etance of the town of dudly on the east side of the Crok that runs by putneys doun by philip newels to meet at the house of Samuel newels in sd town on monday 23 of April instent at two of the clock in the after noone then and there to se weather they will act upon the following artecells
as I) to se what the town will Levey the tax upon to defray the charge of the ordaination
2) to se what the town will Leavey ye resedue of the hun- dred and fifty pounds upon for the setelment of there minister beside what the Land tax will produce and make your return to the select men by order of the select men
Benja" Conant' town clark
the above writen warent to constable david Southwick greet- ing to warn the inhabetance on the west side of sd Crook in sd town
town meeting D April 23 1733 at a meeting of the inbabetance of the town of Dudly regulerly asembled at the dewelling house of Samuel newells at 2 of the clock in the afternoon
. I) voted and chose mr Joseph Edmunds moderater for the sd meetng
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2) voted that if the honourble curnul dudly give the town that hundred pounds his honour signefid he would concarning the mill that the reverend mr Isaac richardson shall have it and in case the hundred pound fail he shall have fifty pund by the 20 of november next and fifty pound the next year and fifty pound the next
3) voted that simon chamberlin and benjan davis with old mr corbin chosen before to run the Line round our township
4) voted that the charg of the ordaination of the reverend mr Isaac richardson be defrayed by a rate
Dudly April 23 1733 at a meeting of the chruch reguler- ly conved at the house of Joseph putnys on sd day
1) voted and chose mr Jonathan hobs moderrater for sd meeting
2) voted and chose Benjan conant clark for sd meeting
3) voted and chose the reverend mr Isaac richardson to be our minester in the gospel in sd town
4) voted that the day for ordaination of the revarend mi Isaac richardson be on the first wensday in june next
5 voted and chose Joseph putny Joseph Sebin and Banja™ conant be the persons to present the chruchs vote to the reverend mr Isaac richardson which vots of the chruch being imeadeitly presented to the town to se weather the town would comply with the chruchs vote for the ordaination which accordingly they votd & concurd with the vote of the chroch that the first wensday in june next be the day for the ordaina- tion of the reverend mr Isaac richardson
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Dudly may the 15 1733
Worcester ss to the constabls John ruewe and david a warnt for a town meeting
Southwick greeting you are hearby required in his majestis
name forthwith to warn the several inhabitence of the town of
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dudly in each of your wards to meet and asemble themselves at the dwelling hous of Samuel newels in sd town on tuesday 22 day of may instent at twelve a clock
I) then and there to se weather the town can make things eassy concerning the ordaination sence there is so much un- easyness about it
2) to se weather we shall meet at the same hous on the Sabbath we now meet at or weather they will make choice of some other if it may be obtaind
3) or any other thing the town shall se cause to act upon on the same day and make your return to the select men by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clark
Dudly may 22 1733
town meeting at a meeting of the inhabitence of the town of dudly reguler- ly asembled at the house of Samuel newells in sd town at 12 a clock
I) voted and choose m' Ebenezer Edmunds moderrater for the present meeting
2) to se to mak things eassy concerning ordaination wher- upon the church & town all agreed to stand by the vote that was past for the ordaination of the revernd mr Isaac richardson to be on the Last wensday in August next insueing
3) voted to meet at the hous of william carters on the sabbath after two sabbaths from this time
4 voted and chose mr James corbin senier and mr Ebe- nezer Edmunds to carry the town vots to curnul John chandler Sqier to have his advice upon them
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warnt for a town meeting Dudly june 15
1733
Worsester ss to the constables John ruewe and david
Southwick greeting you are hearby required in his majestis
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name forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of dudly in your wards to meet and asemble themselves at the dwelling house of william carters in sd town at 2 of the clock in the after noone on the 22 day of june instent
then and there to receive judg chandlers advice concerning the manigment of our offiers as to placeing our meeting house and calling a minester
and make your return by order of select men
Benja" conant town clerk
Dudly june 22-1733
at a meeting of the inhabitance of thetown of dudly asembled town meeting at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town at 2 a clock after noone
1) voted and chose m' Ebenezer Edmunds moderater for the sd meeting
then and there heard judg chandlers advice on our affiers presented to the town by the hands of mr James corbin and mr Ebenezer Edmunds as a comite sent to his honour on that purpos
Dudley July 31 1733
to the constables Jobn ruewe and David Southwick greeting a warnet for a town meeting
you are hearby required forthwith to warn the several inhabi- tence in the town of Dudley in each of your wards to meet and asemble themselves at the dwelling house of William carturs in said town on tuesday the 7 day of August next at one a clock'after noone then and there to se if the town will act upon the following articeles
1) that wereas it hath been divers debated in town meetings concerning the ordaination of m' Isaac richardson whome we have chosen to be our minester in the gospel and wereas there still seems to be some persons which think that the town have
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not proceeded regulely in the choice of there minister alltho it was done with the unanimos consent of the inhabitance of sd town as apears from the town record therfore the inhabitence of sd town are hearby warned and requested to either ratify and confirm there call and Settlement to m' Isaac richardson or to call in the assistence of a counsel to hear and determin all diffirenses that have or may probibly arise concerning the same or the advice of the neighbouring minesters as privit gentlmen and not only as advisers but as judgs of the same and if the town desirs m' richardson to Leave them to propose some honorable terms to him to preserve the honour and credit of this town as well as the honour and credet of the person whome we have chosen
and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
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Dudley August 7 1733
town meeting at a meeting of the inhabitence of the town of dudley asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on tuesday the 7 day of August at one a clock after noone chosen moderator for sed meeting m' Joseph Edmunds
Dudley Augst 16 1733
Worsester ss to the constables John ruewe and david Southwick greeting you are hearby requird in his majestis name forthwith to warn the several inhabitance in the town of dudley in each of your wards to meet at the house of william carturs in sd town on thirsday the 23 day of August instent at 2 a clock afternoone
I) then and there to hear whate m' richardson has to say to the town
2) to se what honourabe terms the town will propose to m' richardson for there futtuer honour & credit
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3) to give nottis to every one that has any thing due from the town to bring in there account
4) and in case m' richardson Leavs us to se if the town will proseed in some method to maintain preaching for the futuer
and make your return
by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
Dudley August 23 1733
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of dudley asembled town meeting at the dwelling house of william carters in sd town at 2 a clock after noone
I voted and chose m' Ebenezer Edmunds moderator for ye sd meeting
2 voted in answer to mr richardsons request Signefiing he was no ways obliged to the town as to his seteling with them
3 voted that the town will maintain preaching for the futuer
Dudley August 27 1733
Worsester ss to the constables John ruewe and david Southwick greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn the severale inhabitance in ye town of dudly in your ward to meet and asemble themselves at the dwelling house of william carters in sd town on tuesday the 4 day of September next at 12 a clock
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then and there to se if the town will send some person to procure a minister
2 to se how much money the town will grant to defray the charg of preaching and other nesisery chargs
3 to se weather the town will use the Land tax to defray the above mentioned chargs or weather they will raise it upon poles stocks and improvements
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to se if the town will send a person or persons to the 4 honourble judge dudleys to se what incourigment there honours will give us towards our building a meting house and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
Dudley September ye 4 1733
at a meeting of the inhabitance- of the town of dudley regulerly asembled at the dwelling house of william carters in sd town at 12 a clock
I sd meeting
voted and chose m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for the
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2 voted and chose captain Ebenezer Edmunds to se to procure a minister to preach the gospel to us and Likewise to go to the honourable judg dudleys to se whate incourigment there honours will give us towards our building a meeting house
voted that sixty pounds money shall be raised upon the 3 inhabitance of sd town to pay what the town is now in dept and to defray the charg of preaching and other nesesary chargs from this time till march next insueing
Dudley october 16 1733
Worsester ss to the constables John Reuwe and David Southwick greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn the several inhabitance in each of your wards in the town of dudley to meet at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on tuesday the 23 of october instent at 12 a clock
I then and the to se if the town will petition for the heither part of Woodstock to be set of to us to inlarge our town
2 and also to notefye the inhabitance of sd town to bring in the invice of ther ratible estats on sd day to the select men and also to bring in the account of what quantity of Land they
A town meeting
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have in order for the Land tax and make your return by 1 order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
Dudley october 23 1733
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of dudley town meeting regulerly asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on tusday 23 of october
1) voted and chose m' Joseph pepper moderater for ye sd meeting
2 voted against petitioning for the heither part of wood- stock by a great majority
Dudley november 10 1733
Worsester ss to the constables John ruewe and david Southwick greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of dudley in each of your wards to meet at the dwelling hous of william carturs in sd town on friday 16 of november instent at 9 a clock in the morning then and there to se if the town will act upon the following articles
I to se if the town will proceed in building a meeting house and what method they will proceed in and if the town see cause to go on with the work to chuse a commitee to take car of the same
2 to se if the town will chuse a committee to provid a minester for us from this time till march next insueing
3 to se what place the town will agree to meet at upon the Sabbath and make your return by order of the select men Benja" conant town clerk
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Dudley november 16 1733
town meeting
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of dudley regulerly asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on friday the 16 of november instent
I voted and chose m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2 voted and chose m' Joseph pepper m' John Lilley and m' Benja newell to be a commitee to provid us preaching from time to time as the town stands in need from this time till march next insueing
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voted that m' Joseph Scotts house be the place to meet at upon the Sabbath
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Dudley november 23 1733
Worsester ss to the constables John ruewe and David Southwick greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn the several inhabitance in the town of dudley in each of your wards to meet at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on friday ye 30 day of november instent at ten a clock in the morning then and there to se if the town will act upon the following articles
I to give m' moris a hearing concerning his joyning with
us in building a meeting house
2 to establish a plot for our meeting house
3 to proseed in building a meeting house and to agree what bigness for the house and what method they will proseed in and also to chuse a commitee to manige that afare and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
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at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of dudley regulerly asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on friday ye 30 day of november instent
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I meeting
voted and chose m' Joseph pepper moderater for sd
2 voted not to oblige m' moris in seting our meeting house on the south end of the indian hill on the highest part of it
3 voted that our meeting house shall stand in the senter of our town and if the senter falls in a place not convenient by reason of brook and swamp then it shall stand in the nearest convenient place by a great majority
Dudley desember 12 1733
Worsester ss to the constables John reuwe and david Southwick greeting you are hearby required forthwith to ward the several inhabitance in the town of dudley in each of your wards to meet at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on thirsday ye 20th day of desember instent at 12 a clock then and there to se if the town will act upon the fol- lowing articles
to reconsider the vote that was past the last town meeting 1 concerning the placeing our meeting house and to pich on some other place if not to chus a commitee to measure the town and to find the senter for us
2 to se if the town will establish the highway laid out from in' georg robisons over the french river were the brig is raised and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley town meeting regulerly asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on thirsday ye 20 day of desember 1733
I voted and chose m' georg robison moderater for sd meeting
2 voted that the town reconsidered the vote that was past
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at our last town meeting for the placeing our meeting house in the senter of our town
3 voted by a great majority that our meeting house shall stand upon the south part of william carturs land near the indian line just at the east of the paths that one gose from william carturs to Samael newells and the other croses the hill over to the indians by the timber that was drawd for m' Isaac richardsons house were the timber now lise david Southwick Joseph Sabin Elisha Sabin Simon chamberlian william cartur these persons hear named now enter there desent against this last vote
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Dudley janewary 22 1733-4
Worsester ss to the constables John reuwe and david Southwick greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of dudley in each of your wards to meet at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on wensday the 30 day of janauary instent at eight of the clock in the morning then and there to se if the town will act upon the following articles
I for the town to reconsider that vote that was past last about placeing our meeting house
2 then for the town to proseed to place the meeting house on the top of that hill that Joshua pegin fencet part
3 then for the town to receive m' morris upon his one proposuls if the town sees cause
4 to se if the town will now proceed to build a meeting house and what bigness and what method to go on in and to chuse a commitee to take care of ye same and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
town meeting at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of dudley regulerly asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in
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sd town on wensday the 30 day of jenauary 1733-4
I voted and chose m' james corbin Senier moderater for sd meeting
2 voted that if these honourable gentlemen namly judge dudley and curnul dudley will procur us land at a reasonable rate for to set our meeting house on in Joshua pegins old field were there is a small walnut tree marked with a heep of stons a little to ye est of it and land convenient for a burying place and a traning field by the same then our last vote is for the placeing our meeting house is reconsidered but if we cant obtain the land as we expect for the aforesd uses then the vote at our last meeting for setting our meeting house on william carturs land is to remain as it was
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voted that the town will proceed in building a meeting
4 voted that the town will build a meeting house five and forty feet long and forty foot wide
5 voted that the town will now chuse a commitee to manig the afars in building a meeting house
6 voted that the town will have five men for a commitce to take care for the carrying on the work of our meeting house
7 voted that every man shall have liberty to work about the house in proportion to his rate
S voted that cap Ebenezer Edmunds m' georg robuson insign clement corbin m' Samuel newell m' thomus cheney be a commitee to carry on the work of our meeting house
Sixty pound Rats made in november 1733 and delivered to the constables signed by the select men with a warnt to cach of the constables John ruewe and david Southwick signed by the select men for the gathering the some total in said list
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the land tax for the town of dudly for the year 1733 our land tax made in february 1733-4 signed by the select men and
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delivered to the constables with a warnt for the gathering of said the tax signed by the select men John ruewe and david Southwick constabls
Dudley March 4 1734
at a meeting of the inhabitance of ye town of dudley regu- larly asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on monday ye 4 day of march 1734
I voted and chose m' James corbin senier moderater for sd meeting
2 voted that the town will have five select-men for the year insuing
3 voted m' Joseph Edmunds the first select-man for the year insuing
4 voted Benja" conant the second select-man for ye year insuing
voted Richard Kidder the third select-man for the year 5 insuing
6 voted Jonathan Newell the fourth select-man for ye year insuing
7 voted clement corbin the fifth select-man for ye year insuing
8 voted Benja" conant town clerk for the year insuing continued
9 voted Jonathan newell town treasurer for the year insuing
IO voted philip newell constable for the weast ward for the year insuing
II voted Ebenezer bacon and Benja" Chamberlin survaers of highways for ye insuing year
12 voted Samuel Scott and Benja" whit howards or feild drivers for ye year insuing
13 voted Ebenezer Coburn Joseph jewell Simon Cham- berlin and Jonathan wakfield to be hogreavs for the year insuing
our anauel meeting
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14 voted Joseph Scott and Jonathan hobbs tything men for ye year insuing
15 voted that wereas Joseph pepper was chose constable for the east ward the town thought proper and reconsidered that vote and voted James corbin junir to serve constable for the east ward for the year insuing
16 voted that no person nor persons shall take cattle into our town without paying teen shillings per head
17 voted David Southwick and philip Corbin Servars of fence for ye year insuing
IS voted that the town accepted all the accounts and granted them that was brought to this meeting by the select men treasurer and constables
Dudley march 6 1734
Worsister Ss to the constables philip newell and James Corbin jun' greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of dudley in each of your wards to meet at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on wensday the 13 day of march instent at nine a clock in the morning then and there to act upon the following articles
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I) for the town to grant mony to defray the charg of preaching and and other nessisery chargs for the year insuing
2) to chuse a committee to provid us preaching for the year insning and also to provid a place to board the minister at
3) to pitch upon mr william carturs house to meet at on the Sabbath if it may be obtaind on reasonable terms and if not his house some other
4) to alter the form of our meeting house if they se cause and to set a price upon labour both of persons and teems and to se if town will now go about the meeting house and to set a time to raise our meeting honse
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chuse a person or persons to go with m' moris up to judg Chandlers the land of the indians which
curnul dudly gave us about for our meeting house
7) to se weather the town will receive m' morris in his own proposels or part and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
town meeting at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of dudley regu- lerly asembled at the dwelling house of william carturs in sd town on wensday the 13 day of march 1734
I) voted and chose m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) voted and granted by the town one hundred and ten pounds money to defray the charg of preaching and other nesisery chargs for for the year insuing or as far as the money will go
3) voted and chose m' James corbin m' william cartur m benja" newell for a commitee to provid preaching for the town for the year insuing and also to provid a place to board the minister at
4) voted 3 pounds to m' william cartur for the use of his house for the year insuing to meet at on the Sabbath and as sd cartur has had the same trouble 2 years past he freely gives the whole to the town which maks nine pound
5) voted that the town adds five foot to the lengeth of our meeting house and to have it two and twenty foot stude
6) voted that our town inhabitance are to work about our meeting house at any sort of work accept a master workman for four shillings and six pence a day and find themselves
7) voted a pair of oxen and cart to work at four shillings a day 2 shillings for each refering to the work of our meeting house
S) voted that persons shall be at there work at eight a clock in the morning
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0) voted that the town will now proceed to fall and hew the timber for our meeting house and after planting to draw the timber togather and after haying to frame and gite it up as soon as may be
10) voted that capt Edmunds m' Joseph Scott and m" Ebenezer bacon be a commitee to agree with such persons as the county rode gos through there land concerning the same
11) voted m' James corbin m' Joseph Edmunds for a commitee to go with m' morris up to judge chandlers concern- ing some land we hope to obtain of the indians for our meeting house and burying place and training field and also fifty acurs adjoyning for a pasnaig
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