Town records of Dudley, Massachusetts, 1732-1754, Part 5

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


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the east end of the town rate to ye minister 59-16-3 the west end of the town rate to ye minister 73- 1-0 the east end of the town rate to ye province 19-19-5 the west end of the town rate to ye province 24-10-3


these sd rats were made and delivered into the constables hands with a warnt to each for colecting the same namly to Joseph wakfield constable for the east end and nathan Denis constable for the west end of the town


Dudley September ye 29th 1738


warnt


Ddley november ye 24th 1738


Worcester ss to the constables Joseph "wakfield and nathan Denis 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 the first day of December next at two a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articls


viz to chuse a select man in ye roome of m' Bayley late re- moved and make your return by order of the select men


Benja" Conant town clerk


meeting


at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd on friday the first day of December 1738


I) voted and chose Decean Edmunds moderater for sd meeting


2) voted Jonathan hobbs clerk for sd meeting


3) voted captain Edmunds select man in m' Bayleys roome late removed


Dudley December ye ISth 1738


warnt Worcester ss to the constables Joseph wakfeild and


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nathan Denis 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 tusday ye 20th day of December instent at ten a clock in the fore noone then and there to act upon the following articles


I) to se weather the town will give the reverend m' howe ten pounds to provid his firewood for this year or provid him a sufishencie of firwood according to the town vote


2) to vote howe many pews they will have in the meeting house


3) to Dispos of the pews in our meeting house to those persons as the town shall think proper and likewise upon what footing they shall have and injoye them


4) to chuse a commitee if the town shall think needfull and make your return by order of the select


Benja" conant town clerk


at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- lely assembled at our meeting house in sd town on tusday ye 26th day of December 1738


I) voted and chose decean Edmunds moderater for sd meeting


2) voted to the reverend m' howe ten pounds in mony for this year to provid his one firwood for this year


3) voted have seventeen pews in our meeting house on the lower flower


4) voted and reconsiderd thee vote that past the 23 day of may last that the reverend m' howe should have a pewe in our meeting house to himself and family


5) voted that those persons that are inhabitance of the town which have been highest in the chargs of the town sence we were incorperated into a township shall have the pews in our meeting house


6) voted that those persons which the pews are voted to they and there heirs are to inchoye them during there abode in


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the town and if they remove out of the town then there pews are to return to the towns disposal the town paying those per- sons there first cost in building the same


voted to the honourable curnul Dudley roome in our 7) meeting house for a pewe if his honour desirs the same


8) voted to m' Sam" morris senier roome in our meeting house for a pewe for he and his wife during there life to set in the fore.seats


9) voted the select men as a commitee to sarch the lists to find who is highest in the chargs of the town and make return thereof to the town


Dudley January ye 8th 1738-9


Worcester ss to the constables Joseph wakfield and nathan Denis greeting you are hearby requird forthwith to warn the several inhabitance of Dudley in cach of your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd town on tusday the 16th day of january instent at one a clock after noone then and there to act on the following articles


1) for the town to receive the commitees return to the town relating to the pews in our meeting house


2) to confirm the pews to those persons they belong unto according to the town vots and make your return by order of the select men


Benja" Conant town clerk


meeting


at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on tusday the 16th of january 1738-9


I) voted and chose esq' vintin moderater for sd meeting


2) voted not to except of the commitees return to the town relating to the pews in our meeting house


warnt


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Dudley janauary ye 18th 1738-9


Worcester ss to the constables Joseph wakfield and nathan Denis 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 the 26th day of january instent at one a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articls


I) to hear the commitecs report to the town relating to the pews in our meeting house


2) to confirm the pews to those persons they belong unto according to the town vote and make your return by order of the select men


Benja" Conant town clerk


warnt


town meeting


at a meeting of the inhabitance of the town of Dudley regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on friday the 26th day of january 1738-9


I) voted and chose Decean Edmunds moderater for sd meeting


2) voted in answer to the reverend m' hows request that the minesterial pewe shall be built at the west end of the pulpit adjoning to the pulpit stairs


3) voted to confirm the pews to those persons which have been highst in the chargs according to the formere vote of the town relating to the pews in our meeting house


4) voted to the honourable cornul Dudley a pewe adjoning to the east end of the pulpit


5) voted to Decean Edmunds the norwest corner pewe


voted to william cartur a pewe adjoining to the cast sid 6) the front doore


7) voted to Joshua healy a pewe adjoining to the west sid the front doore


S) voted to Sam" newell the midle pewe in the north sid of the meeting house cast from the pulpit


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9) voted to capt Edmunds a pewe on the south sid the west doore


10) voted to Esq' vintin a pewe adjoining on the north sid the east doore


II) voted to georg robinson a pewe adjoining on the south sid the east doore


12) voted to clement corbin a pewe adjoining on the north sid the west doore


13) voted to Joseph Scott Senier ye pewe adjoining to william carturs


14) voted to Ebenezer Bacon a pewe adjoining to Joshua healys


15) voted to Benja" Conant a pewe in the northeast corner of the meeting house


16) voted to Daniel Coburn Sent ye midle pew adjoining to Esq vintins


17) voted to David Southwick the midle pewe adjoining to clement corbins


warent


Dudley february ye 8th 1738-9


Worcester ss to the constables Joseph wakfield and nathan Denis 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 tusday the 20th day of february instent at one a clock after noone then and there to act upon the following articiles


I) to dispose of the pewe we voted to cornul Dudley sence that cornul Dudley has not accepted the towns offore


2) to dispose of them two pews under the stairs to those persons the town shall think proper 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 regu- lerly assembled at our meeting house in sd town on tusday the 20th Day of february 1738-9


I) voted and chose Decean Edmunds moderater for sd meeting


2) voted that m' Sam" morris Sen" shall have that pewe adjoining to the east end of the pullpit upon cornul Dudley refusing the same the sd m' morris and his heirs are to injoye the sd pew upon there paying what is behind towards the chargs of our meeting house in proportion to what another has paid that has a pewe of the like Dignity and also so long as they shall pay towards the chargs of our town refering to finishing the meeting house and the ministers rate and if the sd m' morris or his heirs shall neglect or refuse to pay theere proportion of the sd chargs then the sd pewe is to return to the town again


3) voted to m' Jonathan newell that pewe adjoining to the west part of m' Ebenezer bacons


m' georg robinson Jams corbin Joseph putney nathan denis Sam" Corbin paul robinson & nathan ramsdill these per- sons above named now at this present meeting do hear enter there desent against this vote relating to m' morrises having a pewe in our meeting house


Dudley march ye 21 1739


Worcester ss to the constabels Nathan Dennies and Joseph Wakfeild greeting . you are hearby Required forth- with to warn the several inhabetance of the Town of Dudley in your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd Town on fryday the 30th day of march instant at eight of the clock in the morning then and there to act upon one of the following articls as first to confirm the proceedings of our last meeting which was on the first monday of this instant march provided that the honourabel judge Chandler shall say that the Towns voting to go on in our former method will qualify our select


a warnt for our anuel meeting


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men to dispos of land in order to procure our land taxe and if not then secondly to purge the meeting as the Law directs and com to a new choice of Town officers and make your re- turns by order of the select men


Benjmain Conant Town Clerk


by virtue of this warent I have warned the several inhabe- tance of the town of Dudley in my ward to meat at the plac mentioned nathan Denies Constabel


anuel Town meeting


at a meeting of the inhabitance of the Town of Dudley Reg- ulerly asembled at our meeting house in sd Town on fryday the 30th day of march 1739


I) voted and chose Decon Edmunds moderater for sd mecting


2) voted to have five select men this year


3) voted John Lillie Town Clerk


4) voted George Robison the first select man


5) voted John Lillie the second select man


6) voted Richard Kidder the third select man


7) voted Benjamien Newill the fourth select man


8) voted Manasseh Horsmor the fifth select man


9) voted the select men in assesors


10) voted Richard Kidder Town Treasurer


II) voted Samuell Corbin Constabel for the east end of the Town


12) voted to Samuell Neuell his account of 3 pounds and allowed to him for sarvice done for the Town


13) voted Samuell Neuell Constabele for the west end of the Town and sd Neuell Refusing to sarve paied his five pounds


14) voted Joseph Scott Sener Constable for the west end of the Town


15) voted Jacob Bradbury and philep Corbin survayers of high wayes for the east end of the Town


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16) voted Joseph Putney and Thomas Cheney survayers of high wayes for the west end of the Town


17) voted Nathan Ramsdil and Nathaniel Juell fens vewers


IS) voted Joseph Jewell Sener and John Brackit tithying men


19) voted Benjamin White and Jacob Chamberlin hogreves all these offisers have taken their several oathes as the Law directs


Worsester ss To Joseph Scoott and Samuel Corbin of a warnt for a Dudley in sd Countey Constabels for sd Dudley greeting Town meeting


These are in his majesties name to Require you forthwith to warn the freeholders and other inhabitence of sd Town in each of your wards that have Estate so that thay are qualefied ac- cording to law to vot to meet at the meeting hous of sd Dudley on tusday the 22 of may instant at one of the clock afternon to make choys of a man qualefied according to law to sarve and Represent the sd Town in a grate and General Court or assembley appointeed to be holden and convend and keept for his majesties sarvice at the Court house in Boston upon Wens- day the thirtythi day of may instant and allso to act upon the following artecls if thay see cause


I) to see whether the Town will build a pound for sd Town and if the Town see fitt to buld the pound then to agree with a man or men to do the work


2) to see whether the Town will agree to hire som fite parson or parsons to scholl thair children to reed in the sumer season and allso to see whether the Town will hire som fite parson or parsons to school them to wright in the winter season and if the Town see reason to do either of them to agree whare to meet to school them and allso to agre upon a sum of money to be raised upon the inhabetence for, defraying the charges their of


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preambelation


We the subscribers select men of Dudly and Oxford have meet on the Eighth day of may 1739 according to the notefi- cations given agreabel to the Law of this provence with the asistons of Luten' Isaac Larned surveiar and Decon Samuell Davis preambeluated and renucd the bounds betwen the Towns of oxford and Dudley and begon at the brook coming out of the pond caled Chabuna- gungamaug and then 2ly runeng westerthly to a stump and a heep of stons 3ly from thense to gray oak tre on the west sid of the brook near the milles of mir Robsons which tree is lettered with O D 4ly from thense to a white oak tree and 5ly from thens to the brook wheare it runs into the River Gly then northely partly on the River and partly on the land of Lutent Isaac Larnerd to a heape of stons on the north side of a Lettel brook neare the Rood that goes from oxford to Wood- stock which is sd Larnerd norwest corner 7ly from thens west to a pich pine tree on a ridged nole in judg Dudleys south Line letterd with O D Sly from thense to a heap of stons upon a Rock which is judg Dudleys southwest corner gly from thense to north to a black oak tree in a Lettel swamp roly from thense to a dad white pine tree in the end of a swamp IIly from thense to black barch tree upon a rock near the Rood that goos from oxford to Dudley 12 from thense to a white oak tree 13 from thense to a grat heap of stons which is the north east corner of Dudley Town ship and the northwest Corner judge Dudleys farm 14ly from thense west to a white oak tree which is Richardsons northeast corner 15ly from thense to a grate white oak tree on the east side of the Long medow 16ly from thense to a white oak tree on the west side of the medow Izly from thens to a reed oak tree with a heape of stons about it ISly from thens to a wallnut tree and a heap of stons about it Igly from thense to a Read oak tree near the pond 2oly from thense to a black oak tree on the west side of the pond 21ly. from thense to a white oak tree on the east side of the letele pond 22ly white oak tre on the west side of the pond 23ly from thense to a white oak tree on the west side of a swamp near to a stak and heap of stons 24ly frorom thense


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to dad white pine tree neare a Rocke valey 25ly from thense to a white oak tre near Samuell Scotts southwest corner which is a stake and heap of stones 26ly from thense to a lettele white oak tree and a heap of stons at the root of it 27ly from thense to a grate white pine tree neare to trout brook near where it runs into the River 2Sly from thense to a wallnut tree and a side hill 29ly from thense to a white oak tree 3oly from thense to a heap of stons which is Dudleys northwest corner of the Township and oxford southwest corner of their Township at which corner we left of as Wittnes our hands the day and year above said


Lutent Isaac Larnard Dacon Samu" Davise Select men of oxford George Robson John Lillie Select men of Dudley


and make due Returns of these warents with doings their in to us the select men at the time and plase above sd given under my hand and seal at Dudley above sd this IIth day of may 1739 by order of the Select men John Lillie Town Clerk


by vartuc of these warnts we have warned the several in- habetence of the Town of Dudley in each of our wards to meet at time and plase with in mentioned


Joseph Scott Samuel Corbin Constabels


at a meeting of the inhabetence of the town of Dudley Regu- Town meeting lerly assembled at our meeting hous in sd Town on tusday the 22 of may 1739


I voted and choos Esqr vintteen moderater for sd meting


2 voted to biuld a pound


3 voted to seet the pound upon the northeast corner of the four acers that the meeting hous stands on


4 voted mir manasseh Horsemor to buld a sufisant pound of thirtey foot squar for the Town for six pounds and to main-


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tain it ten years and after the teen years are expired what remains of sd pound to be the Towns


: 5 voted to have a school keept upon the four acers be- longing to the Town whear the meeting house stands


6 voted to biuld a school house twentey too foot long and eighteen foot wide and eighht foot stud and to biuld the sd school house upon the Towns Land


7 voted by the said inhabetence to raise six and fortey pounds of money to defray the charges of building the sd pound and school house


8 voted by the sd inhabetence to raise twentey pounds of money to defray the scharges of schooling the sentter part of the Town to have theire part of the above sd money and allso cach end of the Town to draw their proportion of the money and to lay it out in schooling their children


a warent for a Town meeting


SEAL


Worsester ss to Joseph Scott Sener and Samuell Corbin of the Town of Dudley in the Countey of Worsester the Con- stabels of sd Town Greeting these are in his majesties nam to will and Require you forthwith to warne all the freeholders and other inhabetence qualefied according to Law to vot in Town meetings in each of your wards to meet at our meeting house in sd Town on thursday the 13 day of september Instant at nine a Clock in the morning then and theire to act upon the following artickels if thay see cause


Ily to see whether the Town will adde aney thing to the Revd mr Hows salerey again this year


2ly to see whether the Town will agree to give teen pounds in money to the Reverd mr How this year instead of his fire wood


3ly for the Comitee that was consarned about biulding of the meeting house and Colectors and Town Treasueres to bring in theire acounts to the Town or to such a Comitee as the Town shall chuse consarning what money and work thay


Dudley Town Records, 1739.


have reseved of the inhabetence of this Town of theire Land Tax


4ly wheareas theire are sundrey parsons verry uneasey Consarning theire Right in the pue room for the Town to see if thay are wronged and to endever to Right them in som way and maner


5ly to see whether the Town will Reconsider that vote that was past consarning mr morrises having a pue for himself and heirs and to dispos of it as the Town shall see fite and make due Return of these warents with youer dooings their in to us the subscribers at the time and plase above sd as you will answer youer Default at the pains and peanelty of the Law in that case made and provided at Dudley this 7th day of September A D 1739


George Robson


John Lillie Select


Richard Kidder men


Benjmin Newell


by virtue of these warents wee have warned the sevarall inhabetence of the Town of Dudley in each of our wards to meet at the time and plase within mentioned


Joseph Scott Sen' and Samuell Corbin Constabels


at a meeting of the inhabetence of the Town of Dudley Reg- Town meeting ularly asembled at our meeting hous in sd Town on thursday ye 13th day of September A D 1739


voted and chose mr George Robson modrater for sd meeting Ily voted to the Rev mr How twentey pounds to be added again to his salerey this year


2ly voted to give to the Revd mr How teen pounds of money of the old tenor this year insteed of his fire wood


3ly no vote past upon this artickel


4ly no vote past upon this artickel


5ly voted not to Reconsider that vote that was past on


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febuarey the 20th 1738-9 relating to mir morrices having a pue for himself and heirs


The west end of the Town Rates for the minester - 72-5-1I The east end of the Town Rates for the minester-64-8-6


These sd Rats ware mad and Delivered into the Constabels hands with a warrent to each for Collectting of the same namly to Joseph Scott Constabel for the west end and Samuel Corbin Constabl for the east end of the Town


Dudley October ye 5th 1739


The notefications that ware posted up by the assesors of the Town of Dudley of the Delinquent propriters Land in sd Town and at Worsester is as follows


Worsester ss These are to Cartifie all the Inhabetant Proprietors of the Town of Dudley in sd Countey and allso all the propriators in said Town NonResidants that the asesors of sd Dudley have asessed theire Lands at two pence par acer for the Bulding the meeting house and other nesesary charges of the propriators of sd Town persuant to a grant or act of the grat and General Court and that the asessors of sd Town have yearly asessed sd Lands Lieng in sd Dudley at at tow pence per acer from the year 1732 until five years ware fully acom- plyshed and fullfiled by a yearly Liste now these are to notifie all the Inhabetant propriators of sd Town and NonResident propriators in sd Town alls that have not paid their Land tax in full as afore said that thay pay it in to the Town Trasuerer of sd Town of Dudley within sixty dayes from the day of the Date of this notification or else the asessors of sd Town will proced to sell the Delinquents Lands as the Law of this


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Provence provids in such Case Dated at Dudley afor said the eighth day of august A D 1739


Gorge Robinson


John Lillie


asessors


Richard Kidder for sd


Benjamin Newell


Dudley


Menasseh Horsmore


Worsester ss to Joseph Scott of the Town of Dudley in A warent for a the Countey of Worsester a Constabel of sd Town Greet- Town meeting ing these are in his Majesties name to will and Require you forthwith to warne all the freeholders and other inhabe- tence qualefied according to Law to vote in Town meetings in SEAL the Town of Dudley to meet at our meeting house in sd Town on monday the roth day of December instant at one of the clock in the after none then and their to act upon the Following artekel viz to chuse two meet parsons whos care and dutey it shall be to inform of all breaches of the Late act had against killing aney Deear Contarary to sd act and make due Return of this warrent with your doings theire on to us the Subscribers at the Time and plase above sd as you will answer your Default at the pains and penealty of the Law in that case made and provided


at Dudley this third day of December A D 1739


John Lillie Select men Richard Kidder for sd Benjamin Newell Dudley


by vertue of this warrent I have warned the several inhabe- tence of the Town of Dudley to meet at the time and plase within mentioned


Joseph Scott Constabel


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Town meeting


at a meeting of the inhabetence of the Town of Dudley Regulary assembled at our meeting hows in sd Town on mon- day the roth day of December A D 1739


I voted and choose m' George Robenson modarater fo sd meeting


2 voted and choose m' George Robenson and Thomas Newell to be the men to inform of all breaches of the above sd act


Dudley may ye Sth 1739


We the subscribers select men of the Towns of Woodstock and Dudley according to appointment then meet and with the assistance of Cap Wm Chandler surveyer Preambelated and new markt all the bounds where sd Woodstock and Dudley adjoyns we began at the southwest of sd Dudley it being a heap of stons in the East Bounds of sd Woodstock in the strait line betwen the Coloney of Conetcut and the provence of the masschuset bay which heap of stons we Renewed then we went north in the sd east bounds of Woodstock and new markt a white oak tree the northwest corner of Judge Dudleys Land then we went to the northeast corner of sd Woodstock which was a white oake tree which we allso renewed in new marking and putting stons about it we then proseded in the preambla- tion and new market all the bounds and monements in the north bounds of sd Woodstock untill we come to a heape of stons another corner of sd Dudley it being the southwest corner of mr Vintons Land wheare we left of as wittness our hands the day and year abov said


Benj Child Select men Edward Morris ) of Woodstock John Lillie Select men Benjamin Newell of


menasseh Horsmor Dudley


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a notefication


This is to notefy all the non Resident proprietors of the Town of Dudley in the Countey of Worcester that have not payed all their Land Tax that is Taxd by the assessors of sd Dudley at two pence per acre by vertue of an act of the Great and General Court to asses the unimproved Lands of sd Dud- ley from the year A D 1732 until five years are past and gon that theire Lands will be sould at a vendue if not speedily paid the tax as much of it a. will pay what Remains unpaid and charges of sd Tax to those that will give most for it and the plase of sail wi I be at the house of Clement Corbins inholder of sd Dudley on the second Tusday of February next ensuing the dat of this notification at ten of the clock in the forenoon at which time and place the sd assessors will attend and at that time of day until it be sould by order of us assessors of sd Dudley Dated at Dudley aforesaid October the 17th 1739




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