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Its ordrd yt ye free men of this towne bee warned to meet on Wensday next ye 19th of this Instant, for ye Elec- tion of majestrates & other generall officers & for ye Choyce of deputies for ye generall Court.
Graunted to Elisha Cuby, a warrant for ye Imprefsing of men to help to Sett up his fence yt was burnt
[234] Agreed With : Walter : Scinn" to keep ye Cowes or Cattle Whoe is to begin ye 24th Aprill 1676 & to End ye 24th octobr & is to prouide a Sufficient Lad to afsist him In ye same, & In Consideration whereof hee is to bee allowed four shillings # head, 1/3 money ye other two-thirds In goods & prouisions, from ye owners of Such Cowes [or Catle] as hee keeps : & hee is to take Sesonable & Speedy Care yt Such Cowes [or Cattle] as are or shall bee att any time Lost, to Look them up & bring them home.
ye marke of Walt V Scinn
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Att a meeting of ye Selectmen ye 18th of April 1676 being p"sant
Capt G: Corwine: Constables, Eliazer Giles is Dr to his
Mr Edm Batters:
Capt Jno Corwine : proportion of Mr Hig- li
S
Mr Wm Browne
ginsons rate 25: 03: 07
Junr Abraham : Cole is Dr
Ens: Jno Pickring
Jno Price to his proportion of Mr Higginsons rate 72: 13: 02
Henry : Scerry Jun' is D' to his propor-
tion of M™ Higginsons rate 73: 09: 00
"171: 05: 09
Elz : Giles to pay ye minist" 23: 00:00
ye rest to ye towne is 02:03:00
Abraham : Cole to pay ye minst" 68: 10:00 The rest payable to ye towne 04:03:02
Henry : Scerry Jun" to pay minst" 68: 10:00 ye rest payable to ye towne is 04:19: 00
Att a meeting of ye freemen ye 19th of Aprill 1676 Choasen for deputies for ye Generall Court The year En- sueing Cap'n George: Curwine M' Henry : Bartholmew
[235] Att A meeting of ye Select men this 20th of Aprill 1676 : being p"sant
Captn George Cur- win :
Manafses : Marston Constable for ye
MrEdmondBatters: year 1675 : is D' to ye li 8 d
Captn Jno Curwin ministers rate wth ye our
Mr Wm Browne Jnnr
plus 70:07:10
John Price Resd & w hee hath pa
Mª Higginson 66:15:00
Rest Due 1103 : 12: 10
Resd for seuerall men yt are dead & gon, & others yt ye Selectmen see reason to abate wth his owne rate wch ball this acctt to this day 03:12:10 Jnº Barton is admitted as an Inhabitant :
John : Mungy & Sam" Pike: are admitted to Sojurne here dureing ye time of ye Ind" Warr according to Law :
Its ordrd by ye selectmen yt the three Constables doe attend att ye three great doores of ye meeting house euery
210
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Lords Day, att ye End of Sermon, boath forenoone & afternoone, & to keep ye doores fast & suffer none, to goe out before ye whole Exercise bee Ended, unlefs itt bee Such as they Conceiue have necefsary occation, & to take notice of any such as shall prsume to goe foarth as abouesd & prsent their names as ye Law directs.
Its ordrd by ye Selectmen yt all ye boys of ye towne, are & shall bee appointed to sitt upon ye three paire of staires In ye meeting house on ye Lords day: & Wm Lord is ap- pointed to Look to ye boyes yt sitt upon ye pulpitt staires & for ye other staires Ruben Guppy is to Look to & ord" soe many of ye boyes as may bee Conueniant & If any are unruly to p'sent their names as ye Law directs :
28 : 2 Ruben Guppy is alsoe further ordrd to keep ye doggs out of ye meeting house: & In Consideration of yt p"mises hee is is allowed his whole Rates for ye year Ensueing :
[236] Att a meeting of ye Selectmen This 28th Aprill 1676 : being pīsant
Capt Geo Curwin Mr Edm Batter : Capt Jno Curwin : MrWm Brown Junr: Jno Pickring
Its ordrd by ye Selectmen: yt M' Edm Batters & MT Wm Browne Jun" doe warne ye new baker to depart ye towne, & prohibitt Tho : Cromwell Entertaine- John Price ing ye sª Baker in his house, on penalty yt ye Law prouides:
Wm Lord is appointed this year to ring ye bell sweap ye meeting house & dig ye graues, upon ye same tearmes as form'ly, & his time begins ye 26th of this Instant Aprill :
It is ordrd by ye selectmen yt Mrs Bridge shall sett In ye next seat behind ye woemens pewes In ye meeting house Henry : Scerrie Jun" his wife is appointed to sett wth Goodw Roots
Att a Generall towne meeting held ye of Aprill 1676 Choasen for Jury of Trialls for ye next June Court : MT Joseph: Grafton sen" Corpr! Jnº Puttnam : M' Neh : Willoughby Mr Jnº Turner Jnº Williams M' Jnº Grafton Mr Philip Cromwell:
The Select men haue ye same power graunted them as they had ye Last year :
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
The remoueing of ye prisson & setling of itt In another place is wholey Left to ye Selectmen
Itt is alsoe Left to ye Selectmen to agree with any for ye finifhing of ye towne house :
Francis : Scerry hath taken Sarah Lambert for ye year Ensueing upon ye same tearmes as hee did ye Last year :
Att a meeting of ye Selectmen ye 8th June 1676: Being pīsant :
Mr Edm Batters: Capt Jno Curwin: Then Agreed wth Benjamin Felton to sett ye prison upon his ground in his
Mr Wm Brown Junr Corp:Jno Puttnam:
garden, weh shall stand there Soe Long
Jno Price
as ye towne see meat, or soe Long as ye sª prison shall Last, In Consideration whereof Good™ Fel- ton is to haue forty shillings pª him by ye towne, & ye propriety of ye sª ground, after to belong to him & his heires, as before: Ben: Felton is abated his Last yeares 7 ||grt|| rates
[237] 8: 4: 1676 Graunted to M' Eliazer : Haw- thorne a bill for twenty shillings In money, To his father, out of ye towne stock, for his Charges as a Comifsioner to Vew ye Line for fortification # ord' of ye Councill.
M' Daniell King, upon his request to ye Selectmen is approued of, for ye keeping a house of publique entertain- ment to sell Wine, bear &ct In towne
Jnº Guppy is abated ten shillings of his Last yeares 7 great rates allowed manafeth marston
Att a meeting of ye Selectmen : This ye 19th June 1676 : being přsant:
Mr Edmond Batter
Capt Jno Corwin Graunted to : George Dorland: To
Corpril JnoPutnam: Sell bear & Sider to trauellers.
Jnº Price : Agreed wth Jnº Marston Jun' to re- moue ye prifson Into Benjamin : Feltons garden : & to new floar ye sª prifson according to ye direction of ye Select- men. In Consideration whereof ye sª Marston is to haue fifteen shillings In money, or twenty If hee finde him- self Soe much a Loaser :
Att a towne meeting ye 5th 9th 1676 Choasen for Grand ury, for ye year Ensueing : Left" Tho : Putnam : Sergeant
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Nath: Felton Serg" Fuller : Francis Scerry: Tho Roots : Edw Flint M' white Tho : Rix :
Choasen for Jury of Trialls for Nouemb' Court Mr Jo- seph: Grafton : M' Timothy Lendoll: Jeremiah : Neale : Daniell : Andrews M' Eliaz" Hawthorn M' Edm Groues Edw Bridges :
Mr Jnº Ruck is Choasen for ye 8th man or Comision" to Joyne wth ye Selectmen to make ye Country rate
[238] Att a Meeting of ye selectmen ye 10th 9th 1676 Being Prsant
Mr Edm Battrs
Capt Jnº Curwin Graunted to: Benjamin Felton a bill
Mr Wm BrownJunr of forty shillings to Constable Abraham :
Left Pickring Cole, payable out of ye our plufs of ye Jno Price great rates, weh is In Consideration of ye prison standing on his ground, according to a form" agreement made wth him by ye Selectmen .*
10: 9 Then : Agreed wth Arther: Hughes: to bee bell man for ye towne, from this p'sant time to ye first of May next : Vs That ye sª Hughes shall begin to take his walk about ten of ye Clock att night, from ye bridge to Henry Moifes his house, pafsing through all ye streets & Lanes wthin ye Circumferance of ye towne, to giue notice of ye time of night, wt weather &ctr according to Cus- tome & to take Speciall Care to pruent fire, & any disordr In ye night, by giueing timely notice thereof :, and to Continue ye sd pambulation vntill break of day: In Con- sideration whereof, ye Select men haue agreed to pay to ye sª Hughes fiue pounds out of ye towne rate, & In Case yt hee manage ye businefs to satisfaction, It is Left to ye Selectmen to giue him more not Exceeding twenty shil- lings :
Wm Lake is allowed by ye Select men to Sell bear & Sider Vntill next March Ensueing :
M' Jnº Hawthorne & MT Nehemiah Willoughby are ap- pointed ouerseers of ye high Ways, from ye Bridge to An- drew : Woodbry his house :
*13: 9 alowed Coale.
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
13 : 9: 1676 Constable Eliaz' : Giles is D' : To : ye ten great rates his proportion to ye 1 S d
Country is 240: 00: 00 To : ye ouerplus In sª rate payable to ye towne 027 : 18 : 00
267 : 18:00
Dr. To ye Six great rates his proportion to ye Coun- li S d
try is 125: 00: 00
To ye ou plus In sª rate payable to ye towne is 012 : 16 : 06
137:16:06
405 : 14: 06
To Seuerall psons yt hee hath added to his Coppy of rates weh is not in ye originall
[239] 13 : 9: 1676. Constable : Abraham : Cole is Dr li
S d
To : his proportion of ye ten great rates 380: 00:00
To : ye ouerplus In sª rates payable to ye towne
074: 08:00
454: 08: 00
D' To : his proportion of ye Six rates payable to ye li £ S d
Country is 200: 00:00
To : ye ourplus In sª rates payable to ye towne 022 : 08: 00
222 : 08: 00
" 676 : 16 : 00
Constable : Henry : Scerry Jun' D' To : his proportion of ye ten great rates : li S d payable to ye Country : 380: 00:00
To : ye ou'plus In sd rates, payable to ye
towne 038: 04:00
li 418: 04: 00
214
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
D' To : his proportion of ye six rates payable to ye li d Country : 185: 00:00 To : ye ou plufs In sª rates payable to ye towne : 018 : 12 : 00
203 : 12: 00
" 621: 16 : 00
Memorandum :
That : Major : Wm Hawthorn hath Left In his hands thirteen pounds In mony, belonging to ye towne : resd & Laid out, for bulletts part: and remoueing ye Towne house, wth other Charges as # acct
Graunted to M' Edw Norrice : three
Pd by Constr Coale pounds for ye Vse of his house about fif- & is alowed him
in his Acct teen months ? ye watch : & bill giuen him for ye Same to Constable Abraham Cole Acc" of Abatements out of ye abouesd rates ye seuerall psons are as followeth vs
Jnº Putnam twenty shillings Nathaniell Puttnam twenty shillings all alowed
Jnº Huchison eighteen shillings
to Ely Geoyls
Jnº Fuller Eighteen shillings
Doctor Weld : twenty shillings
Jnº Swinerton fifteen shillings Simon Horn fifteen shillings
Andrew : Woodbry : twenty shillings
Jnº Smith all his rates : allowed Ely Geoyls 25 : 10 : 76 Captn Wm Hawthorne twenty Shillings
[240] Att a meeting of ye Selectmen
Mr Edm Batters: ye 25th 10th 1676 : being p"sant :
Capt Jno Curwin:
Mr Win Browne Jr
Corporall : Jnº Putnam is appointed by
Corprll JnoPutnam ye Selectmen, & fully Impowred to prose- L: Jno Pickring: cute an action Comensed against Nicho- Jno Price : las: Maning ye next County Court held at Ipswich, for w hee is Indebted to ye towne by bill und" his band :
Mª Lindoll is appointed to sett In ye fore gallery In yo
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
meeting house, where hee now Vseully setteth, & his Wife In ye fore pew where her mother was formerly placed :
Agreed wth Wm Dounton, by ye Selectmen yt hee shall haue nine pounds out of ye towne rates for his building y® woemens two fore pews In ye meeting house, & this to bee a finall Ifsue of ye Same : five pounds of itt ordrd to Mª Batters & four pounds to Capt George Curwin
Acctt of Some goods Left In yo hands of Mr Jnº Gedny sen" : resd from Mr Philip Cromw"
Imp : To : 4 wooden trayes
To : 1 remnant of Ireish Cloth abt 4 or 5 yds To : 3 duz Collers : & 4ª12 bellipeices : To : 1 pr french fatt shooes : To : 1 Splitt" & Cutt throat :
1677 To : 1 pr of screwes : Vallued att 50' :
Att a Meeting of ye Selectmen : 2nd January 1676 Be- ing p"sant:
Mr Edm. Batters: Mr Battre is Dr to ye towne fifteen shil-
Captn Jno Curwin:
Mr Wm Browne lings weh hee is oblidged to pay for to ball"
Junr Jnº Wms acct & for Cristopher : Bab-
Jno Pickring: bidge : four pounds ten shillings Jno Price: pd + acctt Wm Dounton Cred' :
By : building ye towne house frame eighteen pds & plank & worke upon ye prifson 19: 07:00
Dr. Major Hawthorne 05:17:00
Mr Wm Browne Sen" 05: 00: 00 ৳ a bill to Nh Ing"sons 05:10:00
16:07:00
03: 00: 00
[241] 2: January 1676 Wm Dounton Cred" By : balls of acct brought from ye li d
othr Side 03: 00: 00
to be alowed
8 M Marston Dr + : bill graunted to Con-
of this 25s stable Cole & Marston for
& alowed ye abouesd Sum : 03:00: 00
Abr. Coale 35s
Jnº Pease is Dr
216
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
To : balls of ye townes acc# 1673 09:11: 07 To : balls of ye ministers rate 02: 04: 00
l 11:15: 07
Credr # mony 368 : & 58 In goods pª Capt George Curwin wch is 2 : 13: 00 2:13:00
Rest due 09:02: 07
This bill not pd
Resd & bill Charged payable to M' Wm Browne Jun"
soe yt hee remains
debtr upon balls 05:00:00
of acctt 08: 01: 05
¿ abatements : ye widdow
This Acct posted
Barny Sam" Nurfs & Tho :
19 leaues forward
Allexand™ 01:01:2 06:01: 02
. Rest 03:01 05
Captn George Curwin is Dr
To : wt Jnº Pease hath ou pd him In ye ministers rate : nine shillings-98- The abouesd nine shillings pª In ye acctt made up wth Capt Corw[in] Constable : Tho : Flint is Dr
To ye balls of ye Country rate due to ye towne 01:00:00
To : balls of ye ministers rate haueing pd M' Higginso" 22ª Rest due 04:03:09
To : ye towne rate
51:18: 07
1 57:02:04
Res Seuerall bills as appeares @ ye town booke 22: 05: 06 ₱ receipt from Capt G. Curwin 10 : 11: 08
32 : 17: 02
Rest due is .
24:05:02
Resd Seuerall abatments as # List giuen In allowed # ye Selectmen 4 : 08 : 11
19 : 16: 03
Resd # timb" & worke upon ye great guns
00 : 14: 00
Rest due 19:02:03
217
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Francis Nurfs is Dr By bill 06:08:00
Resd ) 4™ 2º shingles 03:03:00
# 14ª worke 6 foot of wood &c 01 : 15 : 00 04: 18: 00
Rest due is 01: 10:00
10 : 1 : 1676/7 : Resd # 2" shingles putt Into Mr Batt8 orchard wth ye form" pc11 01:10:00
Isack Cooke is Dr to ye towne 01: 15:00 Resd pr paid to Jnº Higginfon 358 in wood weh is alowed pr sª Higinfon in his Accº 1678
[242] 2: January 1676 Graunted to Left Puttnam a bill of twenty shillings upon Jnº Procter : wch is for ye Vse of his bull ye year 1675
Resd of Jnº Clifford + receipt from Capt Curwin : 268* Acctt of Seuerall psons whoe are abated of their rates as followeth Vs
Glasi" Brownes Widdow : 208
Joseph : Huchison :
15 alowed Ely Geoyles
Edw Wharton 20
Good" Huchison Sen" 08 alowed Ely Geoyles
Rob : Stoane If rated to ye minister : 108 If not nothing
Michae11 Chapleman: 15
James Shaw : 10
Mr Barthol™ upon Last year 598 is allowed manafeth marston in Acct
Att a Meeting of ye selectmen ye 11th January 1676 Being Prsant as @ margent
Mr Battrs
Capt Jnº Curwin Graunted, a bill of fiue pounds, upon
Mr Wm BrownJunr Jnº Pease, to bee pª unto Mr Wm Browne Jnº Pickring Jun" for acctt of Wm Lord belringer : Jnº Price This bill not paid :
Manaffes : Marston : Jnº Bullock : Edw Flint & Edw Bridges, are appointed & Impowred ouerseers of ye towne Commons wth respect to ye felling of young wood Con- trary to a form" act of ye towne, & to prsent ye names of Such, as they shall find guilty of breach of ye sª form" ord' to ye Selectmen from time to time :
*Crossed out.
1
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Jnº Swinerton is abated all his rates for this and ye Last year Except twenty shillings :
Att a Meeting of ye Selectmen ye 20th 12th 1676 : Being p"sant as # Mergant :-
Mr Edm Batters Capt Jnº Curwin Graunted to M' Edm Batters, for his Mr Wm Browne deputyship for ye year 1675 : 12 weeks : Junr ten pounds : 10:00:00
Jno Puttnam
Jnº Pickring Graunted to M' Wm Browne Junt for
Jnº Price his deputyship for ye year 1675: 13
weeks eleaue pound 11:00:00
Graunted to M' Henry : Bartholomew for
Posted forward his deputyship : ye year 1676 : as mony : 6li: & Paid 88: 10ª makes 08:10: 08
The Selectmen haue agreed to meet upon ye 15th of March next : to Call ye form" Constables to acctt to bring In acctts of disburstments upon ye poore Estward people & wt Elfs may fall In
[243] 20th 12: 1676/7 Anthony : Dike is abated his rates for this year
Att a Meeting of ye Selectmen ye 5th March 1676/7 Being pīsant as + margent :
Mr Edm Batters:
Capt Jno Curwin : Mr Wm Browne Sent is Dr : li s d
Mr Wm Browne For his towne Rate : 1674: 08: 00: 00
Junr Wm Lakes Constable eight pounds Resª
Jnº Putnam
Jno Pickring his Acco alowed in 77 : 7H: 18: 3ª
Jno Price Reckoned wth Conftable Wm Lake this 5' mich 1676-77 : and cleared all accounts wth him for the Rates Comitted to him the year he was Conftable in : and ther Remaines due to the towne from him, on the ballance of account, nine pounds twelue shillings : & nine pence, which he stands Ingaged to pay to the Towne or ther order, as wittnes his hand.
7 : 11: 77 Resd # paid to Capt Jnº Price 1 s d 4: 8:2 seuerall abatmts 308 1:10:0
so ther remaines dew to be paid to to ye
Towne 3" : 148 : 7ª to be paid without any abatment Reckond : 20 : 10: 78
219
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Res of Sarj : Lake Pr paid to Sam1 Beadle for balesters
2: 1:00
bere to workmen
0:19:00
bere to m' noue
0: 7:
to paid Jnº Higginfon
0: 7: 0
3:14: 7
Sarj. Lake is discharged from his rates this : 6: 1: 78/9 The Selectmen haue abated Israell : Port" his meeting house rate three pounds and ye other twenty six shillings is to bee Charged upon ye Estate
Jnº: Giles is abated of his meeting house rate ye sum of twenty shillings :
Job : Swin ton sent is abated out of his rates twenty shillings ye Last year & twenty shillings for this year :
208 allowed to Ely Geoyles of it & ye other 208 alowed to Jos: Huchefon Mª Babbidge is Dr
to : balls of acctt made up : 11mº : 1675 3:16:00
Resª $ Mª Wm Browne Junr 02:08:04
By : 3 dayes worke 1 qui" pap" 00:06:08
By : a black Staf for towne 00:05:00
By : w hee pd for whiping 00:02:06
03:02:06
Rest due 00 :13:06
Jnº Proct" is appointed to sett In ye fourth Seat below In ye meating house and his wife wth Francis : Nurfes wife In ye woemens Seats
Jnº Vpton is abated half his rates for ye Last & this year
308 alowed Ely Geoyles for yeare 76
Ed" February is abated thirty & fiues hillings
[244] 5:1: 1676/7 Abated Goodw King her appro- priation of ye Last Six rates
The Selectmen haue agreed, yt a freemens meeting, bee Warned, to bee upon ye next fryday att ten of ye Clock, for ye nomination of majestrats Choise of a County Treas- urer, and deputies for ye general Court & a Comifsion"
220
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
The Selectmen haue agreed, yt a generall Towne meet- ing, bee warned, to bee upon ye next Munday att nine of ye Clock In ye morning for ye Choice of Selectmen & Constables, and to hear a motion ye or neighbors ye far- mers haue to make to ye towne & wt elfs may fall In :
6 : 1 : 1676/7 M' Edm Batters is Cred"
By : wt : hee pd ye Belman # ord" of ye Selectmen 03: 00: 00
li s d
By : w" Dounton for ye woemens seats 05:00:00
By : mony pd for floaring & repairing ye prifson 01: 17: 03
09 : 17: 03
By : Seuerall other pticulars :
00:16: 00
li 10 : 13: 03
Dr : To : mony pd him # Major Hathorn -
40$ To : balls of a form" acct : 13 : 8ª : 03:08: 08
& for Jnº wms 15s
Rest due to M' Batt" 07:04:07 pd Capt" Jnº Curwin is Credr forty shillings weh hee is to pay unto ye bellman :
pd Jnº Price is Cred # Seuerall disburstments for ye towne as # acctt giuen In : forty shillings 02:00:00
Graunted to M' Batt's : Capt Jnº Curwin, M' willia[m] Browne Jun", Jnº Pickring & Jnº Price : Seuerall bills according to their Seuerall disburstments upon ye poore people routed by ye heathen, wch is to bee pd out of ye Country rates as ye Law provides wch ye Seueralls Summs to Each pson as followeth vs
* M' Edm Batters fiue pounds thirteen & 9ª 05: 13: 09 Capta Jnº Curwin nine pounds Seauenteen & 3ª 09:17: 03
MI wm Browne Jun" : four pounds three 04:03:04
Jnº Pickring sixteen shillings 00:16: 00
Jnº Price four pounds seauenteen shillgs 04:17: 00
li 25: 07:04 +Jnº Marston is Cred' by worke & seur" abatements out of his rates fifty shillings 8ª
*pdpr Coale & Andrews tpd p bill & acctt is settled
221
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
[245] 9th: 1: 1676/7 Att a meeting of ye freemen : Choasen for deputies for ye Generall Court for yº year Ensueing :
Mr Edw Batters : Mr Wm Browne Jun" : Choasen for Comifsioner to Carry In ye Voates
Mr Jnº Rucke :
9 : 1:1676/7 Selectmen pīsant : Edm Batt's Capt Jnº Curwin Mr wm Browne Jnº Putna : Jnº Pickring Jnº Price
The Selectmen haue abated Sam" Williams of his Last years rates twenty shillings :
Graunted to Francis Scerry, upon Constable Henry Scerry, a bill of fiue pounds, wch is for keeping Sarah Lambart ye year : 1675
The Selectmen haueing resd a List of ye names of seuer- alls psons, some dead & some gon away from Constable Eleaz" Giles : have accepted ye same : wch amounts to thirteen pounds : 1$ 6ª wch acct is putt upon file In ye towne bagg:
Sam" Wakefield is admitted an Inhabitant & Henry Scerry Sen' & Sam" Archar, are bound to Saue ye towne harmlefs from all Charge yt may Acrew to ye towne by sª wakefield:
Elisha Cuby, hath graunted him by ye selectmen for ye vse of his bull : 1676 : twenty shillings pd by Geoyles
*Graunted to Mr Jnº Gedny Sen" : a bill of nine pounds six shillings & 5ª three pounds od mony of weh was upon raiseing ye towne house ye rest Expended by ye Selectmen
Graunted to Goodw Dounton to Sett In ye meeting house. In ye Seat wth Goodw Gaskin
The Selectmen being Enformed yt Mr Keasers hath seuerall tan fatts yt Lye open wthout surficient fence wych hath proved prjudiciall to some of ye neighbours & fear- ing Least itt may bee furthur dangerous wth respect to Children &ctr doe appoint M" Wm Brown Jn" & Jnº *pd by Abr Coale & alowed him.
222
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Price foarthwith to giue ye sd Keaser notice thereof, & ord' him p'santly to Secure ye same by a sufficient fence, to puent further damage
[246] Jnº Clifford Constable for ye year 1675 Dr
d tto due to Ballce accts made up 5th march 11 S
71:00:
76/7
31 : 10th 1677 The Above accott Is Cred"
to Abatements of Severall men 25:08:08
tto allowanc for his Troble his own Rates 2:12:00 tto Alowed him for his Charges In going
to the treafurer 2:00:00
By paid to Country Tresurer wch is included
in James Ruffells grand recept 06:08: 00 By paid m" Higginson 495 in mony is 03:05:04
39 : 14: 00
John : Clifford Constable for the yeare 1675 is Debt to the Towne pr Ballance of Acco this 5th Nouembr 1679 the Just & full Summe of thurtey one pounds six shillings & one penney wch is for Rates Committed to him wch aboue- said Summe Justly dew Vnto the towne Jnº Clifford doth bind himselfe his heires Executors Adminestrators or As- signes to paye or Caufe to bee payde Vnto the Selectmen or there order att or before the first of September next Ensueing the date heareof Except the Selectmen shall See caufs before that tyme to abate him any thinge more, or to Consider him vpon the Acco of his searving Longer then the yeare ; which is only left to the Selectmen to Determine The marke ± C of John Clifford
Const Jnº Clifford Cred" # abate- the 12-11-84 ment 11:00:11 Constr Clif- 5: 12-76 + a bill pd m' Sam Gard- ord is dis- ner Jun™ 5:05:02 charged from the rates Com- mitted Vn- to him
16:06:01
Capt Jnº Price in | Anno |82 5:00:00
Capt Jnº Price in Anº 83 5:00:00
₱ Capt Jnº price in 84 5:00:00
31:06:01
223
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
[247] 1676: Manaffes : Marston : Constable for ye year 1675 : Dr li s d
Imp : To : a double rate : 62: 09: 06
To: ye 7 great rates : 419: 16: 00
li 482: 05:06
1675 Abouesd Acctt Credr
7 : 10th : By : receipt from M' Hull 100:00:00
29:6 By : ye Treasurers receipt 28:00:00
By : ye Treasurers receipt for
26:00:00
By : Daniell Rufsell
116 : 15:07
By : Capt Maning: as mony 1211: wch makes 16:00:00
By : his proportion of ye 12 dis- burstments
61: 04:08
By : Major Hauthorn :
04:00:00
By : M' Gedny:
07:16:01
By : Captn George: Corwine:
24:00:00
By : Wm Lord: 03:00:00
By : Capt Jnº Corwine :
08:00:00
By : Major : Hawthorne:
08:00:00
By : M' Philip : Cromwell:
08:00:00
By : ditto Cromwell :
04:08:05
By : Mª Batters:
10:00:00
By : troop's is allowed in on of the Tresurs Sumes 00:00:00
By : Seuerall abatments, wth his owne rate 20:08:08
445: 03: 05
By abated for Obediah Rich his rate 20s By abated to Jnº Gupy 005 abated mª Hen" Bartholmew: 598
001: 00:00
002: 19: 00
dat : By: paid to the Country Tresurer 28 : wch is included in James Ruffells 1:78 (grand receipt 20:05:08
By Transportation of pay to the Tresurar 3" / 5 / in mony wth alow- ance is 04:06:08
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
By mending the meeting houfe bell 00:18 00 By Accompt of m' Henery Bartholmew 03: 15: 00
478: 07: 09
paid James Browne Glaz : 40
Wm Downton pª out of what was 03:05:00
dew to him upon book : 25s
+ Accº of Geo. Booth 00:04:04
481: 17: 01
alowed you for Goeing to the Counsell about Beting disbursments alowed 01:01:09
482: 18: 10 So ther remaines dew to him 13$ 4ª for wch he has Credt for upon Acco of the 40 acres of land bought of ye Towne
[248] 1676 : Jnº Procter Constable for ye year 1675: Dr. li S d
To : ye 2 great rates for ye Country 045 : 13: 02
To : ye ministers rate 027: 03: 04
To : ye 7 great rates for ye Country 238 : 14: 06
li 311: 11: 00
The: Acct : aboue is Cred™
By : ye Country Treasurer as # receipt: 20:08:05
By : Major Hawthorn: pd him 3: 00:00
By : ye Country Treasurer : 77:06:08
By ye Treasurers noat pd M' Endicott 10:18: 08
By : ye Country Treasurer: 16": 165:
22: 08:00
money : wch Vpon ye acctt of rates is : By : ye Treasurer for ye Army : 38": in 50:13:04 money wch Vpon ye acctt of ye rates is By : M' Higginson, att Seuerall times Seuerall men : 09:19: 02 By : trooprs 02: 05: 00
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