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17th Decembr 1677 : To : his proportion of ye three rates payable to ye Country 059: 09: 00 To ye ou"plus In sª rates payable to ye Towne 021 : 18: 06
7 Sept : 1677 To : his proportion of ye Towne rate 141: 15:00
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Posted 8 leaues forward 14th July 1677 Constables : Daniell An- drewes & Joseph : Huchison Are Dr For ye ministers rate wth ye ou"plus ye li S d sum of thirty one pounds one shilling 9ª 31:01:09 31 : August 1677 To their proportion of yª six rates payable to ye Country : one hundred thirty & four pounds 134:00:00
To : ye ou"plus In sª rates payable to ye Towne : is twenty pounds Eleauen shillings 020: 11: 00
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17 : 10 : 1677 To their proportion of ye three rates payuble to ye Country : 057 : 10:00 To ye ow plus In sd : rates, payable to Town 019 : 05 : 6 7 : Sept 1677 To : their proportion of ye
Towne rate 118 : 14: 00
381 : 02: 03
Posted 15 leaues forward.
[261] Att a meeting of ye Selectmen : 21 : August
Mr Edm Battrs 1677 : Being Prsant : Its agreed by ye Se-
Mr Wm Browne lectmen yt a towne meeting bee warned,
Mr Samll Gardnr upon ye next Lecture day, to bee upon Mr Barth: Gedny Saturday following, att nine of ye Clock, Lt Jnº Pickring for ye Chuseing of an Eighth man or Com- Jnº Price ifsioner, and Grand jury men, & alsoe to warne, all ye Inhabitants of ye towne to bring In an acct of their Estates to ye Selectmen, att M' Gednies houfe ye next munday In ye afternoone : and to warne ye freemen to meet upon Saturday, as Soone as ye towne meeting shall bee Ended, to Conside of an ord" from ye generall Court, for ye Chuseing of Comiftioners.
Att a towne meeting : ye 25th 6 : 1677 :
Jnº Puttnam Chosen for ye 8th man, or Comifsioner, to Joyne wth ye Selectmen to make ye Country rate.
Chosen for ye Grandjury for ye year Ensuing. L' Tho. Puttnam Jeremiah Meach Sent
Mª George Keazer Job Swinerton Jun"
Jnº Mafsy Joseph Porter
Anthony Buxton James Simonds
8th Sept 1677 Sam" Phippeny his wife is appointed to sett In ye Southermost of ye woemens pewes In ye westt gallery of ye meetinghouse :
Selectmen haue Agreed wth Daniell Andrews to build ye Chimnies & to fill & Larth ye walls of ye Towne house alsoe to undr pin ye Same In Consideration of web hee is to have ye Sum of :
Agreed wth Jnº Scelling to finish ye Towne houfe: Vs to Shingle Claboard, floares, windows Stares & all other things needfull wth respect to Carpenters worke as is more Larg- ly Exprefsed In ye Agreement. In Consideration of wch
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hee is to haue twenty pounds, one third mony two thirds In goods & prouisions
[262] Att a meeting of ye Selectmen 28th 4 mo 1677 Being p'sant as + margent. Agreed wth M' Daniell :
Mr Battrs Epps In behalf of ye towne, to pforme ye
Capt Jnº Curwin place of a Gramm' Schoolemaster to ye Mr Wm Browne Jnrtowne Soe Long as itt shall please God to Mr Samll Gardnr
Mr Barthll Gedny Graunt him Life, health, and ability, To Jnº Price Learn & Instruct all Such Schollers as shall bee Sent to him, from any person or psons In ye towne, In ye English, Latten & Greek tongue Soe as to fitt them for ye Vniuersity, If desired & they are Capeable : alsoe to Vse his best Endeauer to teach them good maners, & Instruct them In ye principles of Christian religion In Consideration of ye p'mises, hee ye sª Epps shall receiue from Euery pson, y+ Sends his Child or Children to Schoole, ye Sum of twenty shillings In money + year for Each Childe & wt yt falls Short of Sixty pounds anum In money, ye Selectmen Ingage ye towne shall make up: & In Case hee shall haue more Schollers, then to make up ye abouesª Sum of Sixty pounds, shall take ye same to himself, as alsoe ye benefitt, of all such as shall bee sent from other townes, hee shall alsoe haue ye priuilidge, of Comonidge as formerly to all Inhabitants admitted, & bee freed from all rates, Trayning watchings, & wardings, as hath been Customary for those of ye Like occupation : In wittness thereunto ye sª Epps hath sett his hand
Daniel Epps Jun™
Att a meeting of ye Selectmen : ye 8th 7 : 77 : being p"sant : 8th Sept 1677 The Selectmen obserueing ye great neglect yt hath been of a towne ord™ Mr Battrs Capt Jnº Curwin Mr Wm Browne Jnr Mr Samll Gardnr form'ly made, oblidging Euery Inhabi- tant to gett a suteable Ladder for his house, & Considering ye great damage Mr B. Gedny yt may Acrew to ye towne for want Lt Jnº Pickring thereof : doe further ord' yt Euery house Jnº Price houlder or Inhabitant, forthwith take Care to provide themselues wth a good Sufficient Ladder for each house by ye tenth of octobr next, upon penallty of ten shillings for defect thereof
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Mr Barthol Gedny is desired & appointed to gett a hatch made for ye meeting house
L' Jno. Pickring is desired and appointed, to mend ye ways & fill up ye Gullies about ye meeting house, as hee Judge need ful
[263] Att a meeting of ye Selectmen ye 6th Sept 1677
Mr Edm Battrs Being prsant as ₱ margent Know all men
Capt Jnº Corwin by these prsants : That whereas there hath Mr Wm Browne a Controversy arisen between Mr Danie11 Mr Samll Gardnr Epps sen" atturny to Mrs Elizabeth New- Mr Barthll Gedny Jnº Price man widow of Mr Antipas Newman Late deceased, relating to a tract of Land form- erly graunted to Jnº Winthrop Esqui" on Royall Side att ye salt house point : ye original graunt on ye towne booke being butt Sixteen Acres & noe other graunt of more att ye place appearing upon record : yett notwithstanding ye sª Epps haueing produced Euidence of a greater tract Laid out by one of ye Layersout of Land, yt was then appointed by ye towne attesting to certaine bounds, & thereupon ye sd Atturny to MrB Newman aforesd molested att Law one Abraham : Read, whoe was actually pofsest of a small tract of Land about four acres more or Lefs, & had built upon ye sª Land & Improued itt seuerall years, wch Land was formerly graunted by ye Towne to Henry Scerry sen" & Judged to bee ye Townes Just right soe to doe : Butt ye sª Land of Abraham : Reads, falling wthin these bounds yt ye sª Attornies Euidences swore to of ye first Laying out to ye sª Winthrop Esqui" aforesª : The sª Attorny recourd an action against ye sd Read, to ye dispofefsing of him out of yesª pofefsion from wch an unauoidable Controuersy doth arise between ye sª Attorny & this towne, & ye Towne haueing fully Impowred ye selectmen to act In ye Case by Agreeing wth ye sd Attorney or otherwise : It is therefore mutually Agreed betweene ye sd Epps Attorny as aforesd & ye selectmen of Salem as a full & finall Ifsue of all Con- trouersy between yesª Mrs Newman & ye Towne of Salem relating to ye p"mises : yt there shall bee Laid out unto y sª M' Epps for ye Vse of ye sª Mrs Newman forty & four Acres of Land Including ye Sixteen Acres wee finde graunted to ye sª winthrop as part thereof : And yesª Epps
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Attorny as aforesª doth hereby quitt & release all Claime or prtence to ye Land before mentioned pofefsed by Abra- ham Read, & doth Engadge In ye behalf of Mr Newman her heires, Executors administrators or afsignes yt ye sª Read, shall nott bee molefted In ye Injoyment of ye sª Land by any pson by from or und" ye sd Newman & ctr and ye Selectmen doe hereby Ingage to Lay out ye forty & four acres of Land aforesª Conueniantly relating to ye forme of itt for fenceing : & this to bee a full & finall Ishue of all differances relating to Each pty aboue mentioned, ye sª Epps Atturny aforesª accepting ye sª forty & four acres as full satiffaction relating to his Claime of Land In ye place aforesd : as Witness his hand ye day & year abouesd : Daniell Epps Sen
[264] Att a meeting of freemen : ye ye 10th october 1677 Voated y butt one deputy shall bee Chosen, to Serue att ye generall Court, ye remainder of this year : & Jnº Puttnam is Choasen to Serue as abouesd till ye next Court of Election.
5 : 9 : 1677 This bill bindeth vs : Daniel Welds & Jere- miah : Neale to pay or Caus to bee pd unto ye selectmen ! or | ord' ye summe of four pounds for ye vse of ye Towne as ye Towne rates are pd att or before ye fift of January next ensueing : v$ Doctor Welds ye sum of ten shillings & Jeremiah Neale ye summe of three pounds and ten shil- lings, for ye true pformance whereof : wee ye abouesd psons, oblidge o"selues, Executors administrators or afsig- nes according to or proportion aboue mentioned, firmly by these p"sants
Danil Weld Jeremiah Neale
Selectmen prsant Capt" Nicholas Maning is Dr
Capt Jno Curwine To : balls of acct as Constable for ye
Mr Wm Browne Junr year 1673 Mr Samll Gardnr Jnº Price Agreed by ye Selectmen as a finall Ifsue
ye summe of Six pounds & ten shillings 06:10:00
Credr $ 1 pr of screws 2:10:00
₱ Doctor Welds 00:10:00
pª + Capt price 24 : 9: 79 9 Jeremiah Neale 03 : 10: 00 06:10:00
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Att a meeting of ye selectmen 30th october 1677 Being posant as & mergent :
Mr Batters Agreed by ye selectmen yt a towne
Mr Samll Gardnr meeting bee warnd ye next Lecture Mr B. Gedny day, to bee upon ye next fryday Come
Lt Jnº Pickring
Jno Price sen [n]] att ten of ye Clock, to Chuse Jurymen for ye next County Court, ye Last tuseday of nouembr and wt elfe may fall In Alsoe yt ye freemen shall meet about two of ye Clock ye same day to Chuse Com- mifsioners according to a gener1 Court graunt.
Tho: Roze is abated: 15' of his Last years rate Settled & pd M' Battrs acctt of eighteen pounds : 28 : 4ª : accepted Sam" Phippeny allowed for spundge staues : 6s : Dauid Fogg his rates are abated for this year, and wt is Short pd for ye Last year.
[265] Att A meeting of ye Selectmen ye: 5th 9th 1677 Being pīsantas # Margent :
Mr Edm Battrs Its : Agreed by ye Selectmen, yt ye
Capt Jnº Curwine watch bee foarthwith discharged : And Mr wm Browne Arth" Huges is desired & appointed to Mr Samll Gardnr
Jno Price || bee || bell man for ye Towne as Last year, In Consideration of web hee shall haue twelue pence ₱ night soe Long as hee shall Continue to pforme as abou es web shall bee Vntill ye Selectmen shall giue furth" ordr hee begun 7th 11: 1677
M' Daniell Epps his wife is. appointed to Sett In ye westermost fore pew In ye meeting house :
Att a meeting of ye Towne 9th Nouembr 1677 Chosen for Jury of Trialls ye next County Court Lt Jnº Higginson Edw Woolens
L' Jeremiah Neale
Jnº Norman M' Lendoll Edw Flint Francis Nurfs
L' Puttnam, refuseing to serue as one of ye Grandjury. It was Voated by ye Towne yt hee should be released Voated, yt there shall bee a Constant Contribution for ye poore Euery Lords day, wch shall bee Comitted Into ye hands of ye Deacons, & by them declined to ye Selectmen or their ord' for ye releife of ye poore :
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Voated yt those psons form'ly appointed to Vew ye strips of Land about ye farms shall take a Vew of ye high- way Laid out through Jacob Barnies Land, & make him Just satisfaction, for ye Same out of some of ye Townes Common neer adjacent
Att a meeting of ye freemen : 9th Nouembr 1677 Chosen for Comifsioners for ye year Ensueing Mr wm Browne sent Mr Edm Batters Mr Barthol : Gedny
[266] Att a meeting of ye selectmen 25th 10th 1677 Being p'sant as ₺ margent :
Mr Edm Batters: Capt Jno Curwin Acctt of disburstments upon ye
Mr Wm Browne Junr Towne : brought In ? seuerall psons
Mr Samll Gardnr senr
Mr Barthol : Gedny & accepted : as followeth Vs
Jno Price
To : acctt giuen In # Richard Croad & 11 , d
Jeremiah Neal : ou'seer of ye highwayes 06 : 17: 00 To : acctt of highwayes # M' Jnº Hawthorne & Willoughby : 08:00:00 pd by Const" Hathorne To : Jnº Roapes 1ª worke upo : ye guns 00:05:00 pª by constab1 Hathorne Jnº Norman, for timbr & plank 00:09:08 pª by const" Hathorne Sam" Beedle for ye great guns 00:09:00
pd by constr Hathorne Mathew : Woodwell upon ye great guns 00: 10:00
Joshua : Ray, for a Woolfe killing 01: 10:00
pª + bill : to Sam" Gardn' Francis Scerry for Sarah : Lambart 05:00:00
pd + M' Browne 1676 Wm Lord for bell ringing : 08:00:00
for wch hee hath a bill upon Samll Gardnr wth his owne
Mr Wm Browne Jun" + acctt 00:06:08
Pd p bill to ye Constables 12li 16 : 7d pd p Const Hathorne
Mª Batters, as appeares upon Towne booke, wth other disburstments since 26 : 16:07
Pd p bills to Wm Lakes and Constable Gardnr
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Jnº Price, as appeares upon Towne Booke wth other disburstments since 14:08:02
Pd p bill to Constr Hathorn
Lt Jnº Pickrin for ye Vse of a bull one year, plank & ctr as + acctt 05: 10:02
pd p Flint : 8'i: 1 : 9 40li pd p bills to Cons tHawthorn & Gardnr giuen him a bill to Cliford in full for 14li 17s 7d 14 : 17 : 7
Capt George Corwine > balls of all acctts to this day made up 63: 02 : 04 Pd p bill to Const Samll Gardnr
Capt Jnº Corwine, to pay ye bell man 40s wth other disburstments as # acctt 06:04: 00 pd p bill to Jnº Pease 1673 & wt hee is Dr upon balls when Con- stable
Jnº Marston Jun" for work upon ye Cutt 01:00:00
Tho : Fuller, for killing a Woolfe 01: 10: 00
Pd by const" Hathorne Widdow : Roapes : 04:07:00
pd by const" Hathorne Tho : Cromwell for house rent 01:06: 00
Pd by bill Job Swinerton 12 : 11 : 79 1677
Jnº Puttnam for his deputyship 02: 10: 00
Pd @ bill to Const Gardn' Sam" Phippeny for spundg staues 00:06:00
Pd @ bill to Const Hawthore M' Barthol :
Gedny as ₺ acctt 12:00:08
Sam" Buxton for worke 01:03:00
Pd @ bill to Sam" Gardn" M" Sam" Gardn" sent as # acctt 03:11: 00
Pd 49 bill to Const Hathorn Mr Jnº Gedny sent : as # acctt 09:05:04
Pd @ bill to Const Gardn' Jacob Pudeator for Iron worke 01:00:00 pd out of the rates in his Acco M' Jnº Haw- thorne pd Lord for 1677 07:00:00 Pd @ bill to Const Gardn' Goodm Potter 00:07:00 pd @ bill to Const Hathorn Jnº Cooke 01:07: 06
Pd @ bill to Sam" Gardn' M' Wm Browne Jun' for a bell 01:00: 00
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SALEM TOWN, RECORDS.
Pd @ his rates 167.4. &. 20$ : ou" M" Wm Browne sent his acctt 07:01:03 . Pd p bill to Pease and wt hee is debtr upon balls as Constable Jn° Marston for worke abt ye meeting house 00 : 16: 06 (Pd by Ely Geoyles Hugh Joanes for wood & .1ª worke 00:07:00
(P& # bill to Sam" Gardn" M" Sam" Gardner : sent for vse of house 00 :10: 00
Mr Hilliard Veren sen"
Pd p bill to Const Jo: house for ye watch 00 : 12: 00
Symonds alowed in
Acco Mª B Gedny pa . ye , Brll man & ctr 00:08:00
[267] :25th 10th 1677 Acc" of Disburstments. upon ye poore Estwrd people payable by ye Country Vs Pd by Coale & Andrews ME Batters 06:06: 00
'Jnº Price 00: 10 : 00
Jnº Earthy for house rent 01:04: 00
: Pd. in Abr Coales Accº . Nath : Silsby for a coffin 00 :: 10 : 00
Pd to M' Batter + Coale & Andrews M'
Bartholmew; for house rent 00:15: 00
09: 05 : 00
more 311 alowed Ant. Dike for houfe rent out of his rates 76 : 77 3: 00:00
12:05:00
Att a meeting of ye Selectmen ye 7th 11th 1677 Being p"sant as ₺ margent :-
Agreed wth Richard Stackhouse, to Mr Edm Batters Capt Jno Corwine Mr Wm Browne Junt pay for ye benefitt of ye ferry ye year Ensueing forty shillings In mony, to ye Mr Sam" Gardnr senr Towne of : Salem, for ye vse of yo Mr Bartholl Gedny Lt Jno Pickring John Price Schoolemaster | & ctry | and att yo Ex- piration of ye year hee is to haue ye re- fuseall, for time to Come, provided hee
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giue Soe much as any other person or psons shall offer for y® same
Acctt of Abatements out of ye rates to Seuerall psons as
followith : Vs
Benjamin : Ganson : 34s
01: 14:00
Mª Cannon :
14$
00: 14: 00
Rogger : Hill : 00 : 10: 00
Peter : Miller :
00:07:00
Jnº Marston sen" all his rates
Mathew : Nixon all his rates
Joseph : Ing son his Towne rate
Jnº : Vowden
00: 10: 00
Gilbert : Peters
00:14: 09
Richard : Simmons 25
00:02:00
Richard : Rowlands Wife hath Liberty to sett In ye sec- ond seat, behind ye wooemens great seat in ye meeting house
Robert : Fuller is admitted an Inhabitant Into this towne :
Tho : Flint is Dr
To balls of acctt made up ye 2nd January 1676
In this booke ye Summe of 19:02:03
Resª + receipt from Capt Corwine 08:04:09
Rest due is
li 10 : 17 : 06
Resª ¿ abatement to Rob : Stoane for his min- isters rate 15$ & Jnº Smith 2 : 6 : 00 :17 : 06
li 10: 00: 00 Con Flints Acco is Caryd forward & Settled & hee is difcharged
Reconed wth Constable Tho Flint this 19th February 1677 : & hee stands debter to yo Towne to balls acct ten
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pounds woh summe of ten pounds, hee doth hereby oblidge himself, his heires & executors & ctr to pay or Caus to bee pª unto ye Towne of Salem or ord'
Wittnefs his hand
Tho : Flint
[268] Att a meeting of ye Selectmen, wth ye Comitty, appointed by ye Towne & ctr Being prsant as + margent : 24th : 11th : 1677
Selectmen : These p'sents Wittnefseth : That ye Selectmen of y® Towne of Salem, wth y® Mr Batters Comitty, y+ was appointed by ye Towne, Mr Wm Browne Mr Samll Gardnr to Search out, & dispose of Such par- Mr Barth : Gedny Lt Jnº Pickring cells of Land as they should finde of ye Townes Commons Laying between ye Jnº Price farmes, or Claymed by any, yett appear- Committy : ing to bee ye Townes Common Haueing Mr Jnº Hawthorn found between ye Land of Nathaniell Lt Jno Pickring Francis Nurfs Puttnam & Nathaniell Felton; a parcell of Land about sixty Acres more or Lefs, Vpon due Examination to bee ye Townes Common, and ye graunt of fifty Acres, to W" Gigles now pofefsed by Nath : Puttnam made good to ye full, Haue Therefore, Lett and sett to Lease, ye said pcell of Land of Sixty Acres more or Lefs, and alsoe wt other Land, Laying neer thereunto, shall bee found & declared by ye Towne, or such as they shall appoint, to bee ye Townes Common, as alsoe a Small parcell of Land of about nine Ed Flint Acres, Laying att y® Vper or Westward Jer Neale Wm Trask End of Nath. Puttnam his Land : Vnto J. Cook Edward Flint Jeremiah Neale : Wil- Jno Peafe & liam : Trask, Isack : Cook, Jnº Pease Wm ofburn sen' Wm osburne and Jnº Cromwell, Jno Cromwell For ye full space & tearm of one thou- sand yeares & a day, to bee Injoyed wth all ye apperti- nances, proffetts & priuiledges thereunto belonging, to them, their heires, Executors, administrators & afsignes dureing ye whole Tearme aforesª :
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SÅLEM TOWN RECORDS.
In 'Consideration of ye p"mises, 'Each ' person aboue "named Engageth, for himself, heires' Executors, adminis- trators & afsignes, to pay for ye same Land y is allredy Settled, and wt may or shall bee added as aforesd Vnto ye Towne of Salem or such as they shall appoint to receive itt, his full proportion of yo whole summe yt yº Land as aforesª shall amount unto att seauen pence + Acre, In Currant money of N England being a seauenth part to 'Each of them, from year to year for each year dureing yo whole Tearm of one thousand years &'a day, from yo date hereof, and doe further Ingage as aforesª yt they will not dispose of any of ye wood Cutt off from sª Land to any butt ye Inhabitants of
. aboue & thofe
The agreemt between the proprietors this Towne : And In Case any of ye taken in after aboue mentioned, fayle of payment, or ' is Entred in otherwise Euery year ye payment to bee ye first book "made some time In January Successive- for Lands fol 163 ly, Then his proportion of ye sª Land, to bee forfitt to ye rest of ye Leasers, whoe there upon, doe hereby oblidge themselues, Execu- tors administrators and afsignes to pay yt or those propor- tions alsoe Vnto ye Towne as aforesd & for ye true pform- ance of ye p"mises, Each pson hath hereunto sett his hand, this 24th January, one thousand six hundred & "seauenty :
seauen
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[269] Att a meeting of ye 'Selectmen of Salem ye . 1+ February 1677 : Being prsent as ₱ margent
Mr Edm Batters Know all men, "whome these may Mr Wm Browne Conserne,' yt ye selectmen of Salem, Mr Samll Gardnr Mr Barth: Gedny Lt Jnº Pickring whose names are sett In ye margent have In ye behalf, & by ord' of ye Towne of Jnº Price Salem aforesd Leaten & sett to Lease Unto Jnº Green, Jnº Leach ye son of Richard Leach & to 'Jnº Bachilder, all of them of ye Towne of Salem aforesd all ye Townes Common on Ryall Side, Excepting forty & four acres of ye Commons on Ryall Side aforesd "weh ye selectmen doe reserue, for ye Vse and benefitt of those neighbor whoe border on ye sª Land, or Townes Common on Ryall Side, & ye fiue next families 'In' ye northfield," as
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y® selectmen shall ord' yt is to say Twenty acres of ye sª, forty & four acres, to bee allotted out by yº selectmen In- tire for ye Vse of those fiue families in ye north field as aforesª and ye rest of yt forty & four acres to bee for y", Vse of Leift Richard Leach, Jnº Leach, Jnº Green, Jnº. Bachelder, Joseph Bachelder & Abraham Warren, wch ye Selectmen doe allot to them as their proportion of yo Townes Commons : Wch sd pcell of Townes Commons on. Ryall Side aforesa ye selectmen, In behalf & by ye ord' of y® Towne of Salem : Haue Letten & sett to Lease, Vnto yesª Jnº Green, Jnº Leach & Jnº Bachild' for ye full space & tearme of one thousand years, from ye date hereof with all ye profitts and priuiledges thereunto belonging to. bee held & Injoyed by them, their heires Executors, ad- ministrators or afsignes dureing ye whole tearme, of one thousand yeares aforesª, and ye selectmen doe Ingage, ye . sª Common on Ryall Side, shall bee rate free, to them, their heires, Executors administrators & afsignes, dureing y® whole space and tearme of one thousand yeares :
Posted Into ye Booke In: Considiration of ye p"mises, y® of Records and there aforesd Leafsees, Jnº Green, Jnº Leach. Pfected fol: 122 & Jnº Bacheld', doe hereby Ingage themselues, their heires, Executors, administrators, or afsignes, to pay for Each year Succefsively dureing y. whole tearme of one thousand years aforesd ye full & Just summe of twenty & two pounds in Currant money of New England, unto ye Towne of Salem, or their ord att or before ye day of ye date hereof, & doe further Ingage for them selues heires Executors or afsignes, yt wt wood soeuer shall bee disposed of from ye sª Land, dureing yº sª tearme, shall bee sould to ye Inhabitants of ye Towne of Salem, for their owne Vse, & alsoe ye sª Leafsees, doe Ingage them selues, their heires, Executors administrators & afsignes, to pay for halfe ye fence, yt shall bee made between ye sd Land, & ye twenty acres of Townes Com- mon reserued as aforesª for ye Vse of ye fiue families in ye north field And in Case of non payment, according to time & specie aforesd ye abouesd Leafsees, Jnº Green, Jnº Leach & Jnº Bacheld' doe Ingage themselues, their heires, executors, administrators or afsignes to pay unto y.º
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Towne of Salem aforesª one yeares rent besides wt is Justly due to ye Towne, for ye Improvement of sª Comons and peaceably to yeild up ye pofefsion of ye sª Land to ye Towne of Salem And for ye true & sure pformance of all & euery part of ye p'mises ye Wittnefs their hands
abouesd Leafsees, bind themselues, wth seales affixed
heires, executors administrators & Jno Leach, afsignes, firmly by these p'sents : ye Jno Green,
Jno Bachelder day & year abouesd.
[270] Att a meeting of y® Selectmen 13 February 1677 Being p'sant as # margent :
Mr Batters Jnº Browne is abated out of his
Mr Wm Browne Towne rate 75
Mr Samll Gardnr Good™ Beachum is abated of his rates 8
Mr Barth Gedny Isack Goodale abated of his rates 5
Lt Jnº Pickring Jnº Price M' Swettland abated of his rates 5 to be alowed Huchefon
19 : 12 : 1677/8 The Selectmen, Considering ye Weak- nesf & Inability of Tho : Dixy sent to procure a Liuely- hood, haue lett unto Tho : Dixy Jun' In behalf of his father, ye Benefitt of ye ferry Soe Long as Tho: Dixy sen' shall Live, att ye rate of five shillings @ anum In money to bee pd to ye Towne of Salem or their ord' for ye Vse of a grammer schoole master & c" anually att or before ye date here of & after ye decease of ye sª Tho : Dixy sen" Tho : Dixy Jun" shall haue ye refuseall of sª ferry, pro- uided hee giue Soe much as any other pson or persons shall offer for ye same: and ye Selectman doe ord' yt henceforth all pafsengers yt are or shall bee transported over sª ferry shall pay unto ye aforesa ferry man three pence & p5 a time In money, and for Euery horfs twelue pence
6 : 1: 1677/8 Agreed by ye Selectmen yt a Towne meeting bee Warned upon ye next Lecture day to bee held ye next Second day come sent att ten of Clock, for ye Choyce of Selectmen & Constables and wt Elfs may fall In Alsoe to Warne ye freemen to meet upon Satur- day next att 10 Clock for nomination of majestrates Choyce of a County Treasurer & Comifsioner
Jnº Chapling is pmitted to dwell In ye Towne dureing ye Townes pleasure
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SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Mª Sam" Gardn' sen' is appointed to Joyne wth ye Com- itty formerly appointed to Lay out ye high Wayes In ye north field
7 : 1 : 1677/8 Jnº Newell Jun' of Lin is admitted an Inhabitant :
Jn° Pease Cred" By Jnº Marston Jun" 545
Att a meeting of ye freemen : 10th March 1677/8 Chos- en for a Comifsioner to Carry In ye Voates, for ye nomi- nation of majestrates att ye meeting of ye Comifsioners of other townes upon yo day appointed by Law : M' John Higginson Jun"
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