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[137] 1670 Constable Edward Grouer pt of Towne Rate 38: 05 - 04
Constable Steven Hasket pt Constable Robt Prince pt 21 - 07 - 10
27 - 08:00
87 - 01 -02
Bills Graunted for the paymt of Towne Debts 19th 11mo-70 pd M' Jno Corwine To 1 Bill of 191-00-4ª : together with wt he owed for the Towne | ground || wh is 5" were the fcoolehoufe form'ly stood 24:00:04
pd To m' Jno Gidney fen 1 Bill
09 - 09 - 9
pd To M' Will Browne Jun
01 - 16 - 5
pd To Jno Cliford
04 - 08 - 6
pd To Henry West
05 - 00 - 6
pd To Jno Pickeringe
00 - 16 - 00
pd To Anthony Afhby
05 - 04:00
pd To Tho Oliver
01 - 00 - 00
pd 7" To Capt George Corwine 2 Bills 91 : 10 : pd 7.00 16 - 10 - 00
pd To Edmond Batter
07 - 00:00
pd To Jnº Marston Jun 00 - 05:00
pd To: m' Jno Gidney fen 00 - 16 - 11
pd To Nath Pickman Sen'
00 - 14 - 00
[138] Att a meetinge of felect men 20th : 12: 70 beinge pfent wee apoynte a GenFall
Capt Corwine
mr Will Browne Jun Towne meetinge for the Choife of felect
Corpll Putname men for the next yere vpon the third mr Barth Gidney day of March beinge 6th day of the week
Capt Pickering
Ed : Batter at 8 of the clocke mornige
Conftable John Porter is Debitor li
fs d
It : for his pt of the Country Rate 15:15:08
It : for his pt of the mineft™8 rate 35: 00:06
It : for his pt of the Towne Rate 27 : 10:03
78: 06: 05
Conftable Porter is Creditor
By m' Higginson as p his receipt pd him
23: 00:06
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By. John Putnam pd him
05:00:00
By. Joseph Huchinfon pd him 02: 00:00
By. Wm Trafke pd him 02:00:00
By. mr Endecott pd him 04:00:00
By. Nath Putnam & Jofhua Ray pd them 04:01:06
By. Wª Trafke & Compª pd them
08: 12: 06
By. m' Higginson: as p his receipt pd him more 12:00:00
By. Jnº Grifwells rate Abated
00:05: 00
By. Jnº Phelps rate Abated 00:09:00
By. Jnº Sampfons rate Abated 00: 05:00
By. Allowance for Gathering in the rates
00:17: 03
By. the Country Treafurer pd him as
p his receipt doth Appear : 15" 155 6ª 15:15:06
78:06:03
ffarm" Porter Conftable is difcharg'd from the Rate Committed to him the year that he was Conftable in
[139] Conftable Georg Keafer: is Debitor li fs d
for his pt of the Towne rate 54:15:09
for his pt of the Country Rate 34 : 13:08
for his pt of the minefters rate 71:02:06 for Seuerall men on the minefters rate
that were not Sum'd vp 00:11: 06
161:03:05
Conftable Keafer is Creditor By the Country Rate weh mr Phipeny was to Gather 34 : 13: 08
By m' Higginson as p his receipt pd him 69: 03: 00
By Abatement for Seuerall men gone 02:02: 06 By m" Bartholmew & m" Ele Hathorne 06:17: 00 By mr Bartholmew pd him 01: 09: 00
By m' Jnº Corwin pd him 01:00:00
By m' Philip Cromwell pd him 02 : 18:06
By Ruben Guppy
00: 03: 04
By John Pickerine 00 : 16:00
By m' Wm Browne Sent 06 :18: 01
By m" Gedny Sen' 2 bills of
09: 12: 09
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By Hennery Weft pd him 05:00:00
By m' Batter pd him 05: 14: 06
By Capt Corwin pd him 10:07:00
By being Charg'd for Joseph Gardner when it was in m' Phipenys rate & he Gath'd it in 00 : 16: 00 By Allowance for Gathering in the Towne
& the mineftrs rate & other Expences about Towne Buifsines 01:06:00
By Jnº Hill & Joseph Boyce Jun" pd them 02:00:00
By m" Grafton Sen" pd him 00: 06: 01
161: 03: 05
this acco is Ballanc'd And m' Georg Keafer is difcharg'd from the Rates Committed to him the year that he was Conftable in
[140] Conftable Joseph Phippeny is Debito' li fs d
for his pt of the Towne Rate 36:03:05
for the mineftrs rate his pt is 60: 02: 06
for his pt of the Country Rate 22 : 17: 00
for m' Keafers Country Rate wch y" were to Gather 34:13:08
for Seuerall men on the mineft's rate that
were not Sum'd vp come to 01:13: 06
155 : 10: 01
Conftable Phippeny is Credito"
By m' Higginson as p his receipt 51:11:09
By Willm Browne Jun" 01: 06: 02
By m" Gedny Sent 01: 12: 06
By Nath Pickman 01:00:00
By Capt Corwin : 2 bills for himfelfe &
one of 30$ for Henery Rennolds all is 08 : 16: 00
By being Charg'd for Jnº Gedny Jun" when
it was in m' Keafers rate & he Gather'd it in 01: 00: 00 By being Allow'd Jnº Graftons & Joshua Wards rates is in all 01: 15: 00
By mr Jnº Gardn" pd him
01:00:00
By Jnº Clifford pd him 06: 05:00
By m' Henery Bartholmew pd him 05:02:00
By m' Bartholmew & m" Ele Hathorne 03:02:00
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By Gathering in Conftable Keafers pt of
the Country rate for wch y" are to be allow'd 02: 00: 00
By m' Higginson as p his receipt 01: 13:00
By mr Wm Browne Sent pd him 01: 10: 00
By Allowance for Gathering the Towne and Minefts rate & other Expence about Towne Buifsnes 01:06:00
By mª Higginson: pd him more 175
00:17: 00
By m" Batter pd him 3" 16$ 11ª 03 : 16 : 11
By the Country Treasurer pd him as pr Receipt 22: 17: 00
By m' Keisers his pt of ye Country Rate paid by him 34:13:08
mor paid m" gedny Sen" bill for Comition™8 Expences 02: 14: 00
153: 17:04
more over paid the || Country|| treasurer 002 : 11: 06
[141] At A Generall Towne Meeting held the 3ª; mich: 1670/71
Chofsen ffor Select men for the year Enfueing.
Viz' Major Wm Hauthorne mª Joseph Grafton Sen
Mr Wm Browne Sent Left Georg Gardner ffarm" Jnº Porter Wm Browne Jun
mr Hennery Bartholmew
Capt James Smith of mblhead, his Demand of 40ft for Entertaining of Sicke folke in his houfe at Caftle hill: is reffer'd to the Select Men to Agree wth him and to See him Sattiffyed
. Hennery Weft Defir'd to be Difmif'd from Ringing of the bell, And the Towne Reffer'd it to the Selectmen to make choice of another, and to Agree wth him, According- ly the Select men haue made choice of Benjamin ffelton, and Agreed with him, to Allow him as Hennery Weft had formerly.
Thomas Oliuer his Demand of twenty shillings for Goe- ing about the Towne to Inquire after Inmates is allow'd him and ffrancis Skery is to pay it, in Some good pay to his Content, for Entertaining an Inmate
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Nath: Pickman, his Demand of fourteen shillings for worke done about the Meeting houfe, is allow'd
The Select men are Defir'd to Agree wth Some body for the mony wch the Deacons lent to the Towne, wch was tenn pownds, and to Giue such Allowance as they can Agree for, and the mony to be pd the Deacons Againe
1672. The Select men paid into the Deacons Seauen pownds in mony in the yeare 1672
The Towne has Reffer'd Wm Adams petition for halfe An Acre of land, to Keep sheep in to the Select men, and to lay it him out & not Exceed halfe an Acre
Voated that the Select men shall call the Counftables to account, and reckon wth m' Higginson for the years past
The County Court held at Salem in November last Seeing Caufe, to Reffer it to this Towne to make Choice of one to Keep an Ordinarie, to Sell Beer, wch according- ly the Towne haue [ done &| made Choice of mr Joseph Gardner, to Keep an Ordinarie M' Joseph Gardner hath the Aprobation of the Select men to Sell wine by Retaile.
[142] At A meeting of ye Select men the 6 : mich 1670/71 being prsent
Major Hathorne Its Ord'd that all fences about the
mr Wm Browne, Senr towne shall be Sufficiently repaired, mr Bartholomew and all feilds Inclofed by the last of mr Grafton Left Geo: Gardner this Instant month, on the penalty of fiue shillings for Euery Weeks Defect, Wm Browne, Junr and Hennery Skery Jun' & Jeremy Neal are Chofen Suruey's of the fences from the meeting houfe to the Lower End of the Towne And We fflint & John Marfton Jun' from the meeting houfe to the Strong Watter Brooke.
Its Ord'd that all Swine aboue two months old shall be Sufficeently Ringed that goe vpon the Townes Commons at or before, the twentieth day of this Instant month vpon the penalty of 12ª p day for neglect, and to be Suffisiently yoaked p the firft of May next on the Same penalty & Reuben Guppy is Appointed to See the Execution of this Order, & to haue the benifit of the fines, and this Order to Continue throw out the year And it is further ord'd
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that Reuben Guppy is to Ringe and yoake the hoggs | that are not ring'd & yoak'd ||and to haue 12ª p hogg for his labor. Ruben Guppy Reffuseing to Execute this or- der, Edmº Bridges is Chofsen, in his roome to see the Ex- ecution of it
mr Bartholmew Left Gardner & Wm Browne Jun', or any two of them are Appointed to lay out the land for Wm Adams.
mª Bartholmew Left Gardn' & Wm Browne Jun" Laid out to Wm Adams near about halfe an Acre of Land next to the brooke caled strong watter Brooke, right ouer Against the houfe & land of Sam" Ebborne Jun"
Wm Trafke & Isack Cooke are Chofen Suruey's of the fences of the North ffeild
John Pickering & Nicho Maning are Chofsen Suruey's of the ffences belonging to the South ffeild.
Wm Browne Jun", is Chofen to keepe the Towne booke this year Enfueing.
[143] At A meeting of the ffreemen the 11th mich 1670/71
m' Wm Browne Sent is Chofen Comitioner to Carry in the Voates for the nomination of majestrates, at the meet- ing of the Comitioners, of other townes vpon the day Ap- pointed by law.
At A meeting of the Select men the 17th mich 1670/71 being prsent Its Order'd that a Gen'all Towne Major Hathorne Meeting be warn'd the Next Lectur day, to meet vpon the last day of the Same ffarmr Porter mr Bartlmew weeke, wch will be the 25t mich at 9 of Left Gardnr the Clocke in ye morning To Confid" what Wm Browne Junr is to be done about Andeur High Way, and to Choofe a Cow Keeper and to Choofe a Grand Jury man, and what Elce may fall in, wherein the Town is Confern'd
mr Grafton
At A GenTall Towne Meeting held the 25' mich : 1671.
Voated that Major Hathorne Capt Corwin m' Hen Bar- tholmew and Left Tho : Putnam or the Major pt of them, shall see if ther may be a better High way fownd out to Andeuer, then that weh now is, wch if they can finde, And
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Andeuer men will not Confent vnto, then the pties Aboue named Are defir'd to petition to the Generall Court for it, but if they cannot haue it Granted, then they are to Appoint men to mend the way that now is before Salem Court next in June and to make A returne to the Towne.
Voated that the Select men fhall take care to quide one to Keepe the Cows belonging to the Towne, and to quide Bulls for the heard.
Voated that the Select men shall take Care of the poore of the Towne, and quide what is needfull for them on the Towns account
The Select men are to Choofe Suruey's of the Towne highways
John Smith maltfter hath priuilidge of the Common Granted him as other Inhabitants haue.
m' Edmº Batter is Chofen to Serue on the Grand Jury Granted the request of the proprietors of the North ffeild, that Nath. ffelton shall haue liberty to fence about ten pole at the north End of ther Generall fence ouer a little peice of Salt marfh being about a qtr of an Acre, and shall haue the priuiledge of what thatch or ffodder may be cutt vpon it, during the Towns pleafure.
[144] Voated that the Select men shall take care to quide a houfe for m' Epps to Keep skoole in till his year be out weh will be in July or August next
At A meeting of the Select men the 27th mich: 1671 being p'sent.
Majr Hathorne mr Bartholmew Gedny is Chofen to
mr Wm Browne Senr be Clarke of the m'kett for the year mr Bartholmew Enfueing for the Sealing of waights &
Wm Browne Junr meafures ||and Conftable Groues is Ap- Conftable Groues pointed to Giue him notice of it.
At A meeting of the Select men the 4th Aprill: 1671
being p'sent : WVm fflint, John Neal, Joseph Phipen Majr Hathorne Sen' & Jnº Marfy are Chofsen to Repaire the high-ways, begining at strong Watter Brooke, and Soe to Winter Iland.
mr Wm Browne mr Bartholmew mr Grafton
Left Geo. Gardnr Wm Browne Junr
John Southwick & Eleaz' Gyles from strong watter Brooke, vp to the farmes, and all other ways soe farr as the Towne
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is Confern'd to repaire, Agreed wth John Milke to Keep the Cowes this Summ" at 4ª p head, and he is to quide two Suffisient bulls and to haue the benifit of that ord" of 12ª p cow that feed on the towne Commons wthout Keepers, and to begin the 17th of this prsent month of April 1771, and to End the 20th of october following. John Taylor, Joyner, is Admitted an Inhabitant At A meeting of the ffreemen the 22th Aprill : 1671
Chofen for Deputies for the Generall Court the year Enfueing m' Edmº Batter & m" Henery Bartholmew
[145] At A meeting of the Select men the 27th maje 1671 being prsent Its Ord'd that ther shall be a High Way Laid : out from the Country Way
Majr Hathorne ffarmr porter that Cometh Downe to the head of frost mr Bartholmew ffish brooke into Jacob Barny Sen's Land mr Grafton Wm Browne Junr to goe to his barrs and soe downe to the riuer it being the Same way that hath been to Cart to the River, the which way is to be laid out two Rodd wide vntill it Cometh within four rodd of the riuer and soe to be four rodd from high watter mark which is to be soe from the watter takeing in both the poynts wher wood is vfually laid and the Coue between them ffarmer Porter & Richd Leach are appointed to Lay out the Way.
At A Generall Towne meeting held the 19th June : 1671. m" Eleazer Hathorne Chofen to Serue vpon the Grand Jurie Chofsen to Serue on the Jurie of Tryalls Leif Georg Gardner Samuel Pickman
mª Zerobable Endecott John Clifford Sergt Nath ffelton Manafses Marfton
Joseph Phipen Sent
At A meeting of the Select men the 8th of July 1671 being prsent It Ord'd that ther shall be A Generall Towne meeting Warn'd the next lecture Majr Hathorne mr Browne Senr ffarmer Porter mr Bartholmew mr Grafton day to meet on the munday following Ich will be the 17th of July at 10 of the Clock in the morning. To Contider of Some propositions made by mr Higginson, Left Gardner About his remoueall, and Allfoe to Con-
Wm Browne Junr
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fider of another high way to Andeuer, and to make choice of an Eight man or Comifsion" to Joyne with the Select men to Make the Country Rate
[146] At A Generall Towne meeting held the 17th of July : 1671 : Capt Georg Corwine is Chofsen for the 8th man or Comifsion" to Joyne With the Select men to make the Country Rate.
Major Hathorne Capt Corwine m' Hennery Bartholmew and Left Tho : Putnam are Chofen to take care about An- douar Highway, and Appoint the place wher a bridge shall be made ouer the riuer, and Agree with some men to doe it that it may be done before the next court held at Salem.
mª Daniel Epps, is Chofsen to keep A Gramar Skoole in this Towne for the year Enfueing, and its left to the Se- lect men to Agree with him for his yearly maintainnance from the Towne.
Its ord'd that m' Edward Norice shall haue ten pownds allow'd him for the year Ensueing, towards his maintain- ance and this to be pd out of the Towne Rate.
The Towne made Choice of m' Batter m' Bartholmew and Left Putnam to goe to m' Higginson to know his minde whether one hundred pownds in mony & forty Cord of woode according to A propofition, made by him former- ly to the Towne, would now Sattiffy him for his yearly maintainance, and the trouble, to be taken of from him, in the Gathering of it in from Seuerall psons, which accord- ingly they did, and brought this returne to the Towne from him as ffolloweth. that he did Except of ther prop- ofition made to him of one hundred pownds in mony and forty Cord of wood, per anum for his mayntaynance from the Towne, to be paid him twenty fiue pownds in mony Each quarter of the year : Vpon wich the Towne paft this Voate that m' Higginson should haue one hundred pownds in mony p anum and forty Cord of wood, the mony to be paid him, twenty fiue pownds p quarter at each quarter of the year, and the year
[147] Year to begin the next January, and the Towne made Choice of m' William Browne Sent, to pay him this
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mony, and wood, before mentioned, and he accepts it I for one yeare | quided he may haue the Rate of one hun- dred & Sixty pownds paid him in by ye Conftabls in Such pay and at such prizes as the Country Rate is paid in at, and if any man pays him in mony he shall haue one quar- ter part of his rate Abated him
At A meeting of the Select men the 31th July 1671 being prsent. Agreed m' Daniel Epps Jun" to keep Majr Hathorne. mr Browne Senr mr Bartholmew. mr Grafton. Left Gardner. a Gramer Shoole for this year En- fueing. and he is to haue twenty pownds ffrom the Towne to be pd him out of the Towne Rate in Such pay as Wm Browne Junr may be Sutable for him, and he is to haue befides halfe pay for all Skollers of the Towne and Whole pay from Strangers, and the year is to begin, wher it Ended the last year that is to Say on the 18th of July paft
At A Generall Towne meeting held the 28th Augst: 1671 Its ord'd that the Counftables that shall be now Chofen shall Serue till the next Gen'all Towne meeting in m'ch next When the Select men are Chofen and that then new Conftables shall be Chofen which shall Serue for the whole year, and that is the time Appointed that the Conftabls shall be Chofen in heerafter, namely at the Gen'all Towne meet- ing in mich when the Select men are Chofen :
Chofen for Conftables, till the Gen'all Towne meet- ing in mich next, and they to Gather in the Rates for the I whole ||year for Conftabls. m' Sam" Gardner, m" Eleaz" Gedny. & Nath: Ingerfon
Chofen for the Grand Jury. for the year Enfueing Corporall Jnº Putnam Nath : Pickman. Sen™ Thomas Gardner Jun" Isack Williams Edward Woolland ffrancis Nurfe
[148] At A meeting of the Select men : the 29th of Au- gust : 1671. being p'sent Agreed wth Capt James Smith, of m'blhead, that the Towne is to pay him
majr Hathorne mr Browne Senr ffarmr Porter
Wm Browne Junr
thirty shillings for his Entertaining the Sicke people in his houfe at Caftle Hill
Mr Bartholmew Charg'ed a bill on m' Jnº Corwin Left Gardner this prsent daje to pay Capt Smith thir-
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ty shillings, but he return'd the bill to the Select men & Said that mr Jnº Corwin reffused to pay the bill :
Walter Doleman, is rec'd, An Inhabitant in this Towne Sam" Steuens, is recd |to be|| An Inhabitant soe long as he behaues himfelfe well in the Towne
Jnº Corwine refuseing to pay Capt Smiths bill a bill was Charg'd on Wm Browne Jun' to pay him thirty shill- ings, and he pay'd it to Sª Smith on the Townes acco
The Select men vpon Inquiry after what stocke of pow- der and bulletts the towne haue they finde as followeth :
Imp" In the hands of Capt Georg Corwin two barrells of powder, and
In the hands of m' Wm Browne Sent about a hundred and halfe or a hundred & three quarters of bulletts
And In the hands of Capt Price about Sixty pownds of Bulletts.
[149] 30th Day of August: 1671 : 11
A
mª Sam" Gardner, Conftable his pt of
the mineft™s rate is 067:15: 00
m" Eleaz" Gedny Conftable, his pt is 080 :10:00
Nathaniel Ingerfon, Conftable his pt is 039:03: 00
The whole of the Mineftre rate is 187:08:00
4th Sept 1671.
m' Sam" Gardner, Conftable his pt of the Country rate is 031:08:06
m' Eleaz' Gedny Conftable his pt is 030:03:06
Nathaniel Ingerfon Conftables pt is 016 : 12: 03.
*
the whole is
078:04:03
9th January : 1671
m' Sam" Gardner, Conftable his pt of the Towne Rate is 030:05: 02
m' Eleaz' Gedny Conftable his pt is 040 :17: 08
Nathaniel Ingerfon Conftable his pt is 023 : 13: 00
The Whole of The Towne Rate is 094:15:10
[150] At A meeting of the Select men the 25' Sept 1671 being prsent :
*In the margin, 45li: 08 s; 10d to pay the country Treafur.
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Majr Hathorne m' Jnº Corwine, was abated for Seur- mr Wm Browne ffarmr Porter all mens rates as followeth they being abfent or in the other Conftables rates. mr Bartholmew Wm Browne Junr Thomas ffoster. 5$ 00:05:00
Rich'd Snekfmith 00:04:00
Michell Chaplman 00:04:00
abatement in his owne Rate 01:00:00
01:13:00
he was debitor to the Towne before 3" 8s and now abatement and allowances 1" 13s
reckoned wth him this prsent day and he 11 . is debito" to balla his acco to the Towne 355 01 : 15 : 00 Wm Browne Jun' was debitor to the Towne
for what he was Short when he was Conftable "1 8 đ
02 : 15: 10
It he paid Capt Smith of m'blehead 30s 01: 10: 00
Abated him for Gathering the mineft"s rate 01:00:00 02 : 10:00
Reckoned wth him this prsent day and he is debito to the towne 5$ 10ª 11
S d
00:05: 10
pd Wm Curtis by Order 5/10ª wch is ye balla 00 : 05 : 10 Reckoned wth Wm Browne Jun' the 30th January 1671 and ballanc'd acco with him
Edmond Afhby and Benjamin Afhby, are Received In- haitants into this Towne.
Laid out to m' Richard Prince A houfe lott downe in the Common Right ouer Against Michel Chaplmans houfe, and he is to pay the Towne fiue pownds for it; for wch is debito" to the Towne Still it Containes in Length runing North and South, about Seauen rodd & fower foote and in breadth fower rodd & halfe.
[151] At A meeting of the Select men the 11th no- uembr 1671 being prsent Its Ord'd that A Gen'all towne meeting be Warn'd vpon the next lec-
Majr Hathorne ture day to meet on munday the 20th of mr Wm Browne mr Bartholmew this prsent month of nouember, at ten Wm Browne Junr of the Clock in the morning, 1ª for the
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raifeing a towne rate, and for all psons to accquaint the towne of ther Seuerall ditburfmts for the towne that ord" may be taken for ther payment 2: And to make Choice of a Jury of Tryalls for the next Court 3. to Confid" what shall be done about the repaireing of the meeting houfe 41y to Confid" what Courfe is to be taken to reftraine felling of trees for fire wood Espetially Small trees. 51y to Confid" the request of o" neighbors at the ffarmes liueing toward Ipswich riuer, of haueing A minefter to preach among themselues, and what other buifsinefs may fall in wherin the towne is Confern'd.
John Smith, the mafon is Admitted an Inhabitant into this towne :
Att A Generall Towne meeting held the 20th of nouem- ber: 1671:
voated that ther shall be ninety pownds rayfed for the defraying the Towns occations for this year Enfueing
Its ord'd that the Select men shall take care to repaire the meeting houfe.
Chofsen to Serue on the Jury of Tryalls
mª John Ruck
mª John Corwin Nath: Putnam
mª John Turner Sergt Pickering Ellias Mafson
Sam" Williams
Voated that the Select men in being shall call thofe to account that are Indebted to the Towne and vpon ther re- fusall of paymt, the Select men are ord'd and Impowred by the Towne to Sue them for it: Caryed ouer Leafe
[152] Voated that the ord', made in the yeare, 1670 for the restraining of felling of Trees Espetially young trees, is Confirmed, and the Select men in being from year to year shall see to the Execution of it or take Care to Ap- point Some others to see to the Execution of it, And this ord is to stand in force till the Towne shall see Caufe to Allter it
Voated that the farmers request about haueing a mineft" among themfelues is refer'd to the GenFall Towne meet- ing in mich next and then they are to haue An Anfwer to ther request
Att A meeting of the Select men this 20th of Decembr 1671, being prsent
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Granted to Jnº Milke an ord' to receive 12d p Cow of
major Hathorne thofe that haue Cowes feed on the
mr Wm Browne Sent Towne Common wthout a Keeper from mr Hen Bartholomew the bridge to the low end of the mr Joseph Grafton Towne to Winter Iland :
Wm Browne Junr
Wm Curtis is allow'd forty shillings for Keeping of Wm Laide this Last Sumer & he is to haue Laids Clothes
John Launder requested of the Select men that he might haue a houfe lott in the Comon ouer Against Wm Curtises he paying for it as other men did for thers
Reckoned wth Edward Humber, and he was accquitted from the Rates Comitted to him the year that he was Con- ftable in:
Att A meeting of the Select men the 26' Decembr 1671. being prsent The Conftables for the year 1670:
Majr Hathorne namely Stephen Haikett Edward mr Wm Browne Senr Groues & Robert Prince rendered ther
mr Henry Bartholmew Accounts to the Select men which were mr Joseph Grafton as ffolloweth on the three next Sides. Wm Browne Junr
[153] Conftable Haikett: is Debito™
ffor his pt of the Contry & County Rate
wch was three quarters of a Single Country
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Rate for them both wch come to 16: 06: 06
for Robt Princes pt of the Country & County rate 13: 04: 11
for your pt of the mineft's Rate is 76: 01: 00
for your pt of the Towne Rate is 27: 08: 00
133: 00: 05
Conftable Haf kett: is Credito™ By m" Higginson pd him as p his receipt 65: 00: 00
By Wm Browne JunT pd him 01: 16: 05
By mr Gedny Sen" pd him 00: 16: 11
By mr Jnº Corwin pd him 19: 00: 04
By the Whipper pd him 02: 00: 00
By the Country Treafurer pd him
23: 15: 00
By mr Afhby pd him for Expenses about highways 02: 07: 00
134
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
By 208 Allow'd him for Gathering in the Rates 01: 00: 00 By 16s Allow'd him for Goeing to Ipswich & Charges about ordring the County Rate 00: 16: 00
By Wm Blunts rate he being Gone before" 00: 05: 00
By Joseph Miles rate 7/11ª by Richª Thiftles 5/ 00: 12: 11
By Gilbert Petters Companys rates 01: 00: 00
By Wm Tates Robt Downings & Arthur Tompkinses 00: 15: 00
By Andrew Cubys Henery Trotters & Tho Bowens 00: 13: 00
By Jnº Clements Gabriel Holmans & Pett" Mill's Compa 00: 11: 00
By Bartho ffofters Tho: Whites & Georg Earlys 00: 14: 08
By Robt Hodge being twice Rated & Allen Tarrens 00: 07: 08
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