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5) and that all persons to whome the town is in dept bring in there account to the select men 2 or 3 days befor the meet- ing 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 our meeting house in sd town on friday ye tenth day of october 1735
I) voted and chose m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) voted and grant to defray what charge the town has been at towards our meeting house 313-6-2
3) voted and chose David Southwick colecter to gather our Land tax within town and out of town and to alow sd South- wick twelve pence per pound for all the money he colects
4) voted to william cartur twenty shillings for the county rod thats laid through his lot east from his house
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Dudley Town Records, 1733.
Dudley April ye 9 1733
A highway laid out by the select men of sd town from the southwest corner of the town of Dudley as follows begining at woodstock line south from Ebenezer Edmundses from thence estward to the river called quinibog were there is now a foot brig from the river eastward to a larg whit oak on the south sid the highway from thens to a stak and heep of stons on judge Dudleys land straight to John burnuls bars and then one half on judg Dudley land and one half on Joseph Edmunds land up to the corner of sd Edmundss land from thens north between sd Edmundses land and Ebenezer bacons land through there lots and so straight to the south of Joshua healeys house and on the north side of his barn and straight through sd healeys land and philip newells land to the foot brig thats over sd newells brook from thens to our meeting house as the path now gosc
Dudley April 30 1733
A highway laid out by the select men of sd town begining at m' pumpilliens land runing south to Joseph putney jun's house and from the south sid of sd putneys house about cast pritty straight to Ebenezer coburns feild bars and so through the corner of sd coburn feild and so on the southwest sid of sd coburn hill to Jonathan hobbses land from thens to the laine at the west end of nathan denises house one rode on sd denises land and one rode on Ebenezer coburns land and through sd denises land west of his house straight to the north end of roger Stevenses and thomas huchinses laine and so between sd Stevens and huchins and mackintier on the east sid of huchins and mackintiers Staks the whole of this roode is stakt out two rod wide down to philip newells land
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Dudley Town Records, 1733.
Dudley may 12 1734
A highway laid out by the select men of said town as fol- lows begining in the north part of Jonathan hobbses land on the southwest sid of his hill and so through his lain by the west end of his house to a larg whit oak tree markt on the east side on the north part of roger stevenses lot from thens straight through Joshua Claflins land to a small whit oak markt on Benja" conants land on the west sid of a small run from thens to the north end of sd conants lain along by several whit oaks markt on the east sid were the lain is now fencet so along the lain by the west end of his house from thence pritty straight to a large chesnut markt on jaazaniah horsmers land west from his house from thens straight to the east end of Joseph peppers house by several markt trees one larg chesnut and two small wallnuts from thens to a larg whit oak stump with a stake and heap of stons southwest from sd peppers swamp from thens to a stake and heap of stons on sd peppers hill at the north end of william carturs lain and so along sd carturs lain to his house this rood being about a southeast corse from sd hobbses and all on the northeast sid of sd marks and this rood is also al- lowed two rode wid and wereas m' Joseph Scott had it pro- , posed to him to have a rood on the east end of his lot he utterly refused it and said he desird none any nearer then the select men should lay it
Dudley April 30 1733
A highway laid out by the select men of sd town begun at the north end of william carturs lain and so east to the end of thomas cheeny lain from thens runing about north on the east end of Joseph peppers land so through Jams corbin jun's land between his house and barn from thens through thomas newells land about north to the southeast corner of nathan ramsdils lot from thence by the east sid of sd ramsdils land north about
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Dudley Town Records, 1733-5.
one 100 rod to a small wallnut tree from thence west to sd ramsdils barn yard or between his house & barn
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a highway laid out by the select men of Dudley and consented to by the persons concerned begining at Benja" newells west line and through his feild between the old feild and the new on the back to the brook were the path now is north of his orchard from thence to a markt tree in the northwest corner of samuel Scotts fence in the divition line between sd newell and sd Scott from thence east to the south side of Scotts new house along the lain as tis now fencet over Scotts brook by the bever dame and from the southeast end of the lain straight to the south corner of the great medew to a large whit oake tree markt on the north side of the roode from thence about east to the south side of John richs house from thence southeast to a black oake tree markt on the west side of the roode beyound his barn from thence southeast to a large whit oak tree near jewells line and to Joseph jewells line from thence cast on sd jewells land to his northeast corner from thence baring cast and beneth a cross Benja" newells and jonathan newells land pritty straight to the northwest corner of samuel newells hun- dred acure lot this roode containing two rode in width
these several highways hear enterd in this Book an account of them were brought in at our ancuel meeting in march 1735 and accepted by the town
rats made in october 1735 and deliverd into the constables hands constable peppers lists for the minister and town 130-II-O constable stevens lists for the minister and town
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Dudley Town Records, 1735-6.
180-2-9 these severel lists with warnts for gathering the same signd by the select men and delivered to the constables
our anauel meeting
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday the first day of march 1736
I) voted and chose m' Jonathan hobbs moderater for sd meeting
2) voted to have but three select men for the year insuing
3) voted Joseph Edmunds ye first select man
4) voted Benja" conant ye second select man
5) voted Sam :" Bayley ye third select man
6) voted Benja" conant town clerk
7) voted Jonathan hobbs town treasurer
S) voted Joshua healy constable for the west end of the town
9) voted Jonathan newell and william cartur tything men
'10) voted Benjan Davis and nathan denis survaers of fence
II) voted Jonathan newell and thomus cheney survaers of highways for ye west end
12) voted georg robinson and Sam :" child survaers of high- way for ye east end
13) voted Benjamin white and Joshua claflin hog reaves
14) voted that swine shall go at large being yoked and ringed as the law directs
Dudley march 9 1736
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Worcester ss to constable Joseph pepper and Joshua healy greing you are hearby requird forthwith to warn the several inhabitance in the town of Dudley in each of your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd town on tuesday ye
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Dudley Town Records, 1736.
16 day of march instente at 2 a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to chuse a constable for the east end of the town
2) to agree with a person or persons to prepare stuff for the pullpit and the body seats and the ministers pue against . another year and make your return by order of the select Benja" conant town clerk men
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- town meeting lerly at our meeting house in sd town on tusday ye 16 day of march 1736
I) voted and chose m' Joseph Edmunds moderatr for sd meeting
2) voted william cartur constable for the east end of ye town
3) voted and chose m' georg robinson to prepare stuff for the pullpit and ministers pue and the body seat against another year
these several officsers above namd have taken there oaths as the law directs
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Dudley maye ye 13 1736
Worcester ss to the constables Joshua healey and william cartur greeting you are hearby requird forwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of Dudley in each of your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd town on wensday ye 19 day of may instent at three a clock after noon then and there to chuse a deputy for this year and mek your return by order of Joseph Edmunds } Select Sam" Bayley $ men
By virtue of this warnt we have warnd the several inhabi- tance of the town of Dudley in each of our wards to meet at
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Dudley Town Records, 1736.
time and place within mentioned Joshua healey william cartur constables
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we the subscribers select men of Woodstock and Dudley have mett on ye 17 day of may 1736 according to ye notifica- tion given agreable to the laws of the province of the massechtts Bay with the assistence of capt william chandler survayere preambulated and renew the Bounds Between the sd townships of Woodstock and Dudley and begone at a certain heap of stons in the east Bounds of sd Woodstock in the straite line between the sd province of ye massetusetts Bay and colony of coneticut which is also one of southwest corners of sd township of Dudley which we renewed and in the east Bounds of sd Woodstock we next markt a white oak tree which is the north- west corner of the honourable judge Dudleys land we then markt a white oak tree which is the north east corner of Woodstock above sd we then proceaded in the sd preambula- tion and renewed the marks in north bounds of Woodstock above sd the first wareof was a white oak tree the next was a hemlock tree in a swomp which we renewed the third was a heap of stons under the top of a fallen whit oak tree the fourth was a heap of stons on the top of pin island medow hill in which sd heap of stons is a stone markt with with the letter following viz W I R I 1715 the next mark was a popler tree which we renewed and then we renewed a ded red oak tree at the west foot of pine island medow hill the next mark was a gray oak tree and then a heap of stons and then another gray oak tree all which sd marks we renewed we then renewed a heap of stons the southwest corner of colonel fichis farm which is also another southwest corner of the township of sd dudley at which corner we left of as wittness our hands the day and year above sd
Jonen payson - Select men of Ebenezer child S woodstock Joseph Edmunds ) Select men Benja" Conant S of Dudley
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Dudley Town Records, 1736-7.
September ye 23 1736 the ministers rate made and delivered into the constables hands with warnts for colecting the same signd by the select men
Constable healys List 63-2-2 Constable Carturs List 53-6-3
Dudley Fabruary ye 25 1736-7
Worcester ss to constable Joshua healey greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of Dudley to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 7th day of march next insuing then and there to act upon the following articles
warnt
I) to chuse town officers for the year insuing
2) to accept of the several highway laid out for the town use the first from thomus cheneys the secound from samuel childes the third from Samuel richardsons 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 reg- ulerly asembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 7 day of march 1737
our aneuel meeting
I) voted and chose m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) voted to have five select men for the year insuing
3) voted Joseph Edmunds ye first select man
4) voted Benja" conant ye secound select man
5) voted Samuel Bayley ye third select man
6) voted Samuel newell ye fourth select man
7) voted Jonathan hobbs ye fifth select man
S) voted Benja" Conant town clerk
9) voted Jonathan hobbs town treasurer
10) voted nathan ramsdil constable for ye cast end of ye
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town and also Ebenezer bacon constable for ye west end of ye town
II) voted Joseph jewell juner colecter to gather our land tax
12) voted Samuel corbin and Joseph Wakfeild surveyers for highways the east end of the town
13) voted thomus cheney and Joshua claflin surveyers of highways for ye west end of the town
14) voted Joseph pepper and Benja" newell tything men for the year insuing
15) voted Daniel coburn juner and uriah richardson hog reaves for the year insuing
16) voted Benja" white and paul rich fence veweirs for the year insuing
17) voted by the town and accepted of the several highways for the towns use namly from thomus cheneys to cornul fichs land and from Samuel childes to the indian land and from Samuel richardsons or from oxford line by kidders and Lillis to our meeting house and also a two rod rood from Benja" whits norwest cornur bounds to the other rood on curnul dudleys land by John Lillis north line
I Benja" white do now at this present meeting enter my desent against the vote that was past on the highway that coms from oxford line by kidders and lillis to our meeting house the several officers before mentioned have mostly taken there oaths as the Lawe directs
Dudley Fabruaray ye 27 1735-6
a highwaye laid out by the select men of sd town and agreed upon by the persons concernd begining at captain pumpilins line and runing south about sixty rode to a small black oak markit from thence through the cornur of thomus cheneys in- closuer to the brook called seeder swomp brook were the fence now is from thence on the north side of sd cheneys house from thence about south east near as the path now gose to the south side of Elisha Sabins house through his gardin to a small whit
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Dudley Town Records, 1735-6-7.
oak tree markt on the northeast sid of sd rood and through the corner of sd Sabins inclosuer by a large whit oak tree on the east side of sd rood from thence to a markit pich pine tree on the west side of sd rood near the norwest corner of David Southwick fence and through sd Southwicks inclosuer on the bank by the intervale and so by the east end of his house and barn straight to cornul fichis line and the whole of sd rood from sd cheney to sd fichs line being about a southeast corse and this rood is allowed to be two rod and a half wide
Dudley november ye 23 1736
a highwaye laid out by the select men of sd town as follows begining at Samuel childes house north to a black oak stump markt in the line between John brackit and sd childss from thence to a stake and heep of stons in another line between sd childss and sd brackit and straight to a chasnut stump in sd brackits land from thence straight to a white oake tree markt in Benja" Chamberlins land near the path thats now trod and and as the path now gos to a pich pine markt in sd chamberlins land from thence to heeps of stons in sd chamberlins land from thence as the path now gos to clement corbins southeast corner bounds in the path and as the path now gos on John robinss land south of his house and from his house as the path now gos to a sartin white oake tree markt in the north east corner of judge dudley farm and so to the indian line and this rood being about a northwest corse three rode wid and the above mentioned marks all on the northeast sid of sd rood
Dudley march ye 4th 1737
A highwaye laid out by by the select men of sd town for the towns use as follows begining at oxford line on on the graet hills on this sid oxford brige were the path is now trod and the path now gose to a large white oak tree markt on Samuel
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richardson land by the south sid of sd path from thence to a large white oak tree markt on sd richardson land a little south- cast from his house from thence through richard kidders land by the north end of his house and so by the northwest corner of sd kidders fence were the path now is to a white oake tree markt in sd kidders land from thence to a black oak tree markt on curnul dudleys land from thence to a white oak tree markt near John lillis north line and so by a large white oak tree markt in sd lillis land and so to the north end of sd lillis stone wall and on the east sid of sd wall and so to the brook were the path now is between Samuel corbins two peaces of meddow and from sd brook were the path is now trod through sd corbins land and through william carturs land and through the southeast corner of Samuel bayleys land and through ye reverend m' howes land south of his house we say were the path is now trod and through sd carturs lain to our meeting house and the above mentioned marks are all on the southeast side of sd rood and this sd rood being about a southerly corse baering to the west and is allowed to be four rod wide and allso a rood for Benja" white from the norwest corner of his land on cornul Dudleys land by John Lillis north line by a white oake trec markt near sd line this rood is allowed to be two rod wide into the other rood that coms from oxford line by John lillis to our meeting house and all these fourmentioned roods were all brought in at our aneuel meeting in march 1737 and accepted by the town
Dudley march ye 25 1737
Worcester ss to the constables nathan ramsdil and Eb- enezer Bacon greeting you are hearby required forthwith the several inhabitance in the town of dudley in each of your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 4th day of April next at twelve a clock then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to prosced to do something furthere to our meeting
warnt
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house vz to build the pullpit the ministers pew and the body seats and also to chuse a commitee to git this work done
2) to hire schoolling for our children a reading school for summer and a writing school for winter and likwise to chuse a commitee to provide for schooling
3) to see if the town will give liberty for the building a stable or stables by our meeting house to those persons that shall appear to build the same
4) to fill up the town with town officers for ye year insuing and your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- town meeting lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday the forth day of April 1737
I) voted and chose m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) a vote was ask if they would do something further to our meeting house and the vote was on the negitive
3) voted that any person or persons that have a mind to build a stable or stables on the fore acurs of land at our meet- ing house on either of the lins they have liberty
4) voted Elisha Sabin surveyer of highways for ye year insuing
5) voted Ebenezer davison fence vewer for the year insuing
Dudley may ye 11th 1737
Worcester ss to the constables nathan ramsdil and Eben- ezer Bacon greeting you are hearby required forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of Dudley in each of your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd town on wensday the ISth day of maye instent at 3 a clock after noone
warnt
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than and there to chuse a representitive to atend on the great and and general court to be held in Bostun on the 25 of this instent and also to provid stuff to do sumthing further to our meeting house and likwise to chuse a commitee for the same and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk nothing acted on this warnt
no meeting
Sept ye 15th 1737
The minsters rate made and delivered into the constables hands with warnts for gathering the same the west end list-54-8-6 the east end list-45-19-6
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Dudley September ye 13 1737 Worcester ss to the constables Nathan ramsdil and Eb- enczer bacon greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn the several inhabitance in each of your wards in the town of Dudley to meet at our meeting house in sd town on tusday ye 20th day of Sept instent at one a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articles
I) to agree upon some proper nathed for procuring the reverend m' howes firewood
2) to se if the town will agree that a notification set up at our meeting house shall be a suficent warning for the inhabi- tance of this town to bring in there invoice for the futuer 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-
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lerly asembled at our meeting house in sd town on tusday ye 20th day of September 1737
I) voted m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) voted to find ye reverend m' howes 30 cord of cord wood by a rate cut and carted to his house and corded up
3) voted ten pounds ten shillings to find m' hows firwood for this year and that every man shall have liberty to do his proportion in labour or monye
Dudley november ye roth 1737
Worcester ss to the constables nathan ramsdil and Eb- enezer bacon greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of Dudley in each of your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd town on friday ye ISth of november instent at one a clock after noon then and there to act upon the following aarticle
I) to procure stuff for doing sumthing more to our meeting house namly the pullpit the body seats the ministers pue and deceons seat
2) to chuse a commitee to git the sd work done
3) to see if the town will tax the Dudleys Land 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 regu- town meeting lerly asembled at our meeting house in sd town on friday ye ISth day of november 1737
F) voted and chose decean Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) voted to procure stuff to do sumthing more to our meet- ing house namly the pullpit the body seats the minesters pue and deceans seat
3) voted and chose Benja" Conant william cartur and ma-
warnt
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nasah horsmere for a commitee to procure the above mentioned stuff' for our meeting house and to git the sd work done as soone as may be with conveniencey
our aneual meeting
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- lerly asembled at our meeting house in sd town on monday ye 6th day of march 1738
I) voted and cose m' Joseph Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) voted Benja" conant town clerk
3) voted to have five select men for the year insuing
4) voted Joseph Edmunds the first select man
5) voted Benja" conant the second select man
6) voted Jonathan hobbs the third select man
7) voted Samuel newell the fourth select man
S) voted Samuel Bayley the fifth select man
9) voted Joseph Edmunds town treasurer
10) voted Joseph Wakfeild constable for the east end of ye town
II) voted nathan Denis constable for the west end of the town
12) voted Joseph pepper and Benja" Davis survayers for the east end of ye town
13) voted John Burnel and Ebenezer coburn survayers for the west end of ye town
14) voted John Brackit and Elijah Dodge fence vewere for the year insuing
15) voted Joseph jewel senr and Jacob Bradbery tything men
16) voted that swine shall go at large
17) voted John robins and John rich juner hogs reves for ye year insuing
IS) voted Jonathan newell sealer of waits and maesurs and these above mentioned officcers have taken there oaths as the Lawe directs
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Dudley may ye 15th 1738
Worcester ss to eithere of the constables of the town of
Dudley greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of the town of Dudley to meet at our meeting house in sd town on tusday the 23 day of may instent at one a clock after noone then and there to act upon the fol- lowing articles
I) to chuse a representitive to sarve at the great and general court to be holden at Boston this year during there sesions
2) to se if town will consider the reverend m' howe as to mak some addition to his salerry
3) to propos sume method in disposing the room in the meeting house for the puses and make your return by order of the select men
Benja" conant town clerk
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meeting
at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- lerly asembled at our meeting house in sd town on tusday the twenty third day of may 1738
I) voted and Decean Edmunds moderater for sd meeting
2) a vote was askt weather the town would send a deputy to the general and they declind sending
3) voted twenty pounds in addition to the reverend m' hows salerry for this year .
4) vote to the reverend m' howe a roome in our meeting for a pue perticlerly to himself and family on the same footing that the rest of the roome shall Be disposed of this vote con- cerning the pue was in answer to m' hows reqest
5) voted that those persons which have the roome in the meeting house for the puse shall build the same
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