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Entered by order of the Selectmen Jacob Peabody
The freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Topsfield Such as are Quallified as the Law Directs for vot- ing; are hereby Notified & warned to assemble and meet to- gether, at the Meeting house in Said Town on Wednesday the Twenty third Currant, at two of the Clock afternoon
I To Chuse Jurymen for Ipswich Court
2 To Chuse a Committe to Supply the Town with a School for the year Ensuing
3 To Chuse a Surveyer of hemp & flax
4ly To Chuse overseers of the poor
5 To See if the Town will Give Liberty for Swine to go at Large as the Law Directs and to see if the Town will Do anything about a fish Course up Ipswich River
6 To hear and act upon Ipswich farmers answer to Tops- field Committe
Datd Topsfield March ye 14th 1736-7 Zacheus Gould Israel Clark Constable of Topsfield Daniel Redington Jacob Dorman John Wildes Benja Towne Selectmen of Topsfield
A True Copy of ye Notification Attest Jacob Peabody Town Clerk
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EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN
At A Lawfull Town Meeting in Topsfield March ye 23rel 1736-7
I Lieu' Zacheus Gould is Chosen Moderator for this voted
Meeting
2 Mr Thomas Gould is Chosen Grand Juryman for the voted
year Ensuing
3 Ens Joseph Dorman & Mr Matthew Peabody are Chosen to Serve on the Jury of Tryals at the next Inferior Court to be holden at Ipswich voted
4 Mr Jesse Dorman, mr Joseph Andrew & mr David Com- mings are Chosen a Committe to Supply the Town with a School-master for ye year Ensuing voted
5 Lieut Zacheus Gould is Chosen Surveyer of hemp & fflax for ye year Ensuing voted
6 The Town Gives Liberty for Swine to go at Large as ye Law Gives Liberty voted
7 Mr Joseph Towne, Mr Joseph Herrick, & Mr Benjamin Towne are Chosen a Committe to go to the Neighbouring Towns to See if they will Joyn with us in Trying to Gitt a fish Course Cleard up Ipswich River and if the Neighbouring Towns or the Major part of them which the Said Committe Shall Treat with about sd affair Shall See Cause to Joyn with us as afore sd then Said Committe are hereby fully Impow- ered to use all Proper means as the Law Directs to Git the Same Effected voted
8 Inasmuch as this Town is very small and there being a Number of our Neighbours in Ipswich farms which are will- ing to be Laid or set off to this Town Therefore the Town Doe hereby Declare that they are willing to Receive our Said Neighbours into one Township with us and to have them with us in all Civill, and Ecclesiastical Priviledges they pay- ing one half of the Charge of being set off as they agreed to doe : by their Committies Answer to our Towns Committe March 14 1736-7 voted
Mr Joseph Herrick Enters his Dissent from the Last vote because he would not be at any Cost about a Bridge for our said Neighbours on ye South Side of the river
Capt Joseph Gould Mr George Bixbe & Mr Nathaniel [ ] Are Chosen a Committe to Joyn with Such Gentlemen as our sd [ ] have already Chosen to go and agree upon a Line
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OF TOPSFIELD, MASS.
which they [ ] Most Convenient for our sd Neighbours to be Sett off by to this [ ]
The ffreeholders and other Inhabitants of Topsfield Such as are Quallified as the Law Directs for Voting, are hereby Warned to Assemble and Meet at the Meeting house in Said Topsfield, on Tuseday the Tenth Currant at three of the Clock After Noon. first to Chuse a Representative to Serve for and Represent them at A Great and General Court to be holden at Boston for his Majesties Service
2 To See if the Town will Give Liberty for the Selectmen to Draw five pounds, Seven Shillings and Ten pence out of our Treasury to Pay a County Rate. And to See if the Town will Reckon with the Town Treasurer And to See how the Town will Dispose of the intrest of the Loan money
Datd Topsfield May the 5th 1737
Jacob Perkins Constable Zacheus Gould Daniel Redington Selectmen
Benja Towne of Topsfield
John Wildes
At A Lawfull Town Meeting in Topsfield May ye roth 1737 I Lieut Zacheus Gould is Chosen Moderator for this Meeting voted
2 Mr Nathaniel Bordman is Chosen Representative for ye Town voted
3 The Town Gave Liberty for ye Selectmen to Draw five pound Seven Shillings & Ten pence out of the Town Treas- ury to Pay the County Rate which is now Sent for voted
4 Voted that the Select [men ] Shall Reckon with ye Town Treasurer voted
5 Voted that the Trustees of ye Towns Loan Money shall pay in yº Towns part of sd Loan to the Town Treasurer for ye Towns use
Topsfield June ye 27th 1737 There is taken up Dam[ by Joseph Neeland of Topsfield a Small horse about three or four year old: of a black or Dark brown Colour having a Short Dock but Neither brand nor Ear Mark the sd horse was apprized at Six pound by Daniel Dresser of Boxford and Joseph Commings of Topsfield they were sworn before David Wood Esqr
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EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN
The freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Tops- field Such as are Quallified as the Law Directs for Voting are Warned and Notified to Assemble and Meet at the Meet- ing house in Said Town on ffryday the Twenty third Cur- rant, at two of the Clock afternoon
I To See how much money they will raise to Defray Town Charges for the year Ensuing
2ly To See how much money they will Allow to Mr En- erson more than his Sallary for the year Ensuing
3 To Choose Jury men for Newbery Court
4 To See if they will abate Josiah Kenney Deceased his Rates for his head for the year 1736
5 To Receive the Answer of our Neighbours in Ipswich farms and to Do and act on or about that affair as they Shall See Cause
6 To Allow bills of Charge. Dated in Topsfield Sept 17th 1737
Jacob Perkins Jun' Constable
Daniel Redington
Jacob Dorman Selectmen
John Willds of Topsfield
Benja Towne J
1
1
At A Lawfull Town Meeting in Topsfield Sept ye 23rd 1737
I Mr Joseph Herrick is Chosen Moderator for this meet- ing voted
2 The Town Agreed that fourty pounds Shall be raised to Defray the Arising Charges of the Town for the year Ensu- ing voted
3 Mr Joseph Herrick & Mr Benjamin Towne are Chosen to Serve on the Jury of Tryalls at the Next Inferiour Court to be holden at Newbery
4 The Town Allowed Sixteen Shillings & Six pence to Mary Kenny widow And Relick of Josiah Kenney Late of Topsfield Deceased it being an abatement of sd Josiahs Rates for the year 1736
5 The Town agreed to Joyn with our Neighbours in Ips- wich farms in Petitioning to the General Court that they and their Estates May be Laid to ye Town of Topsfield as Town voted
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OF TOPSFIELD, MASS.
6 Voted that Capt Joseph Gould & Mr George Byxbe be a Committe to Joyn with our sd Neighbours or with Such as they Shall Appoint to petition as Afore Said
Topsfield January Ioth 1737-8 Received of Mr Ivory Hovey Town Treasurer ye Sum of Sixty pounds in full and ye full of my Last years Salary from September 2nd 1736 to March 2nd 1736-7
by me John Emerson
Topsfield March 18th 1736-7 Received of Mr Ivory Hovey Town Treasurer ye sum of Sixty pounds in full and ye full of my Last years Salary from September 2nd 1736 to March 2nd 1736-7
by me John Emerson
Topsfield ffebruary 3rd 1737-8 Received Eleven pound in full of this order & in full for my Salary to the 2nd of Sep- tember 1737
by me John Emerson
The three Receipts Last Entred are True Copies
Attest Jacob Peabody Town Clerk
The Freeholders and other Inhabitants of ye Town of Topsfield Such as are Lawfully Quallified for Voting are hereby Notified & warned to Assemble and Meet together at ye Meeting house in Topsfield Tuseday ye Seventh Day of March Next at Nine of ye Clock in ye fore noon
I To Choose a Town Clerk, Constables, Selectmen and other Town Officers as the Law Directs Annually to be Chosen
2 To see what the Town will Do as to the Reverend Mr John Emersons Salary, as to ye fall of ye bills of Credit Since he Settled with us in ye work of the Ministry
3 To See what the Town will Do as to the Repairing yo parsonage fence
4 To Approbate Juriours as the Law Directs
5 To hear and act upon a Petition of Mr James Curtis and others of Boxford
6 To hear and Act on a Petition of Mr George Bixby & others Refering to Rams
7 To Allow bills of Charge
Dated Topsfield February ye 28th A : D : 1737-8
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EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN
Daniel Redington
Jacob Perkins Constable Jacob Dorman
John Wildes
Benja Towne
Zacheus Gould ? Selectmen of Topsfield
At A Lawfull Town Meeting in Topsfield March ye 7th 1737-8
I Mr Joseph Herrick is Chosen Moderator for this meet- voted ing
2 Jacob Peabody is Chosen Town Clerk for the year En- suing voted
3 William Perkins & Thomas Perkins are Chosen Consta- bles for ye year ensuing voted
4 Dea" Ivory Hovey is Chosen Town Treasurer for ye year Ensuing voted
5 Joseph Herrick, Daniel Redington, David Commings, Benjamin Towne and Joseph Perkins : are Chosen Selectmen for the year Ensuing voted
6 Israel Towne is Chosen Sealer of Leather for ye year Ensuing voted
7 George Bixby, Solomon Gould, & Samuel Towne: are Chosen Tything Men for the year Ensuing voted
8 Ephraim Wildes, Samuel Curtis, & Nathan Hood : are Chosen Surveyers of highways for ye year Ensuing voted 9 Israel Clark, John Towne Jun', & Thomas Howlet are Chosen fence viewers for the year Ensuing voted
10 Robert Perkins, & John Clark are Chosen Hogreaves for ye year Ensuing voted
II Whereas William Perkins hath agreed with Dan Clark to Serve for him as Constable : the Town Doth Accept of sd Clark in ye room of sª Perkins voted
12 The Town agreed to Give Thirty pounds to the Rev- erend Mr John Emerson for the present year voted
13 The Town Agreed to Make Twenty Rods of good Suf- ficient Stone wall about ye Parsonage this year voted
14 Cor] John Wildes & Phillip Towne are Chosen to make up Sd Stone wall about the Parsonage and also to repair the rest of ye fence about the parsonage (which belongs to the Town) with the old fence which they shall take up; where they Make the wall voted
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OF TOPSFIELD, MASS.
15 The Town having heard the Petition of Mr James Cur- tis And others of Boxford Concerning their being Set off to the Town of Topsfield. The Town Voted that they were willing to Receive them in Township with us voted
16 The Town Allowed one pound to Dean Ivory Hovey for Serving the two Last years as Town Treasurer
voted 1-0-0
17 The Town Allowed to Mr Daniel Clark Nine Shillings for Timber to mend the high ways in ye year 1736 voted
18 The Town Allowed to Samuel Towne one pound one Shilling 1-1-o for Timber to mend the high ways in the year 1737 voted
19 The Town Allowed to Benjamin How one pound Eight Shillings 1-8-0 for Sweeping the Meeting house ye year past voted
The officers Chosen at the above sd meeting were all Sworn as the Law Directs
Boston 25 octo 1737 Recd of Mr Daniel Gould Constable of Topsfield Sixty Six pound thirteen Shillings & Ten pence in full Wm ffrye Treas™
This is a True Copy attest Jacob Peabody Town Clerk
Topsfield March 21st 1738 Then Recd of Mr Daniel Gould one of the former Constables: the Sum of four pounds and Eleven Shillings & Six pence in full of his Rates Committed to me to Receive of him
I say Recd by me
Ivory Hovey Treasurer for sd Town
This Last Receipt is a True Copy Attest Jacob Peabody Town Clerk
The ffreeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Topsfd Such as are Lawfully Quallified for Voting are noti- fied and warned to Assemble and Meet at the Meeting house in sd Town on Tuseday the Twenty first Day of March In- stant at Two of the Clock after noon
I To Choose Jury men according to Warrant for Ipswich Court
2 To Choose a Committe to Supply the Town with a School master for the year Ensuing
3 To See if the Town will Repair or amend the Glass of the Meeting house
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EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN
4 To See if the Town will Give Liberty for Swine to go at Large as the Law Directs
5 To allow bills of Charge
Dated Topsfield March the 17: A : D 1737-8
Joseph Herrick 7
Thomas Perkins Constable Daniel Redington Selectmien David Commings of Topsfield Benja Towne
At a Lawfull Town Meeting in Topsfield March ye 21st 1737-8
ing
I Mr Joseph Herrick is Chosen Moderator for this Meet- voted
2 Dea" Ivory Hovey is Chosen to Serve on ye Grand Jury for ye year Ensuing voted
3 Mr Daniel Clark & Mr Nath"1 Capen are Drawn out of the Box to Serve on ye Jury of Tryals at the Next Inferiour Court to be holden at Ipswich
4 Phineas Redington, mr Thomas Dwinel & Doct Richard Dexter are Chosen a Committe to provide a School master for the Town for ye year Ensuing voted
5 The Town agreed that the present Selectmen Shall take Care to Git the Meeting house Glass windows repaired voted
6 The Town agreed that Swine May go at Large this year according as the Law gives Liberty voted
7 The Town Allowed fifteen Shillings to Thomas Dorman for Timber to mend the Bridge between Topsfield & Middle- ton 0-15-0
8 The Town Allowed fifteen pound to the School Com- mitte viz Mr Jesse Dorman, Mr Joseph Andrew & David Commings for Defraying the Charges of the School fo[r] three months in ye years 1737 & 1737-8 voted
The freeholders and other Inhabitants of Topsfield Such as are Lawfully Quallified for Voting are hereby Notified and warned; to Assemble and Meet together at the Meeting house in sd Topsfield on Tuseday the Sixteenth Day of May Currant, at Two of the Clock After noon
I To Choose a Representative to Serve in ye Great and General Court to be holden at Boston, upon Wednesday the Thirty first Day of May Currant
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OF TOPSFIELD, MASS.
2 To See if the Town will Reckon with ye Town Treasurer
3 To See if the Town will Give order to the Treasurer to Sue for ye Money Due for the Watch house
4 To See if the Town will agree to build a School house or houses
5 To Allow bills of Charge -
Datd Topsfield May ye 8 A : D: 1738
Joseph Herrick
Thomas Perkins Constable David Commings Selectmen
of Topsfield Daniel Redington of Topsfield Benja Towne
At A Lawfull Town Meeting in Topsfield May : 16: 1738 I Capt Joseph Gould is Chosen Representative to Serve at the General Court voted
2 Dea" Ivory Hovey is Chosen Moderator for this Meet- voted ing
3 Voted that the Selectmen Shall Reckon with Town Treasurer
4 Voted that ye Town Treasurer Shall Receive the Money which is Due to the Town for the Watch house, and for the brick which Did belong to ye sd watch house
5 The Town Allowed to Lieut Tobijah Perkins Eighteen Shillings for Timber he had of Joseph Peabody & Jacob Averill to mend the high ways in the year 1737 voted 6 The Town Allowed Seven Shillings to Benjamin How 0-7-0 for Sweeping the Meeting house the Months from ye first of March Last voted
7 The Town Allowed Thirty Six Shillings To the Trustees for the £60000 Loan for their trouble About the Towns part of sd Loan from May first 1736 till they had Sent in the fourth fift part of Said Loan voted 1-16-0
Topsfield March 2nd 1737-8 Received of Mr Ivory Hovey Town Treasurer fifty pound ye full of this within written order and ye full of My Sallary to ye 2nd of March 1737-8 by me John Emerson
The ffreeholders and other Inhabitants of Topsfield that are Quallified as the Law Directs for Voting are hereby noti- fied and warned to Assemble and Meet together at the Meet- ing house in Said Town on Thirsday the fourteenth Currant at Two of the Clock afternoon
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EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN
I To Chuse Jury men for Newbery Court
2 To See what the Town will Do Concerning the Clay Ground reserved for the Towns use
3 To See how much Money the Town will raise to Defray Charges for the year Ensuing
4 to accept of the Selectmens reckoning with ye Town Treasurer
5 to allow bills of Charge
Datd Topsfield Sep' ye 7th Anno : Domini 1738
Thomas Perkins Joseph Herrick Selectmen
Constable of Topsfield David Commings
Benja Towne of Topsfield
At A Lawfull Town Meeting in Topsfield Sept 14th 1738 I Dea" Ivory Hovey is Chosen Moderator for this Meet- ing
voted
2 Mr Thomas Baker & Mr Nath" Porter Jun' are Chosen by the Direction of Law to Serve on the Jury of Tryals at the Next Inferiour Court to be holden at Newbery
3 Doct Michael Dwinel & Edmun Towne are Chosen to take the Enspection of the Clay Ground which belongs to the Town to See that No out Towns man or men Shall Dig or Carry away any Clay or brick from Said Clay Ground
voted
4 The Town agreed to raise Eighty pound (besides Mr Emersons Salary to Defray the charges of the Town the En- suing year
voted
5 The Town accepted of the Selectmen Reckoning with ye Town Treasurer
6 the Town Allowed Twenty pound to the School Com- mitte viz To Phineas Redington & Thomas Dwinel: To pay Mr Hovey for keeping School two Months; And to pay Mr Howlet for keeping School two Months in the Spring and Summer past voted 20-0-0
Topsfield May the 26": 1738 then Recd of yo Trustees of ye £60000 Loan viz Eliezer Lake Tobijah Perkins & Jacob Peabody the Sum of Two pounds two Shillings and three pence in full for the Towns part of the interest of sd Loan from May ye I : 1736 till May Ist 1737
I Say Recd by me Ivory Hovey Treasurer for sd Town
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OF TOPSFIELD, MASS
Boston 2 June, 1738 Recd of the Trustees of the Town of Topsfield P hand Mr Joseph Gould fifty two pound Sixteen shillings being the 4th 5th of the 60000₺ Loan & four pound four Shillings Six pence Intr to June 1737
£ 52-16-0 W. Frye Treasurer
4- 4-6 £ 57- 0-6
The Freeholders & other Inhabitants of ye Town of Tops- field, such as are qualified, as ye Law directs, for voting, are hereby notified & warned to assemble & meet together at ye Meeting House in sª Topsfield, on Tuesday ye sixth Day of March next ensuing the Date hereof at eight of ye Clock in ye fore noon
1. To choose a Town Clerk, Constables, Selectmen & other Town officers annually to be chosen
2. To see what ye Town will do about M' Emerson's Sal- ary, or how much more they will allow him for ye ensuing year
3. To see what ye Town will do about ye Clay Ground re- served for the Towns use
4. To allow Bills of Charge
5. To see what ye Town will do relating to our neighbours in Ipswich farms coming into Township with us. And to Approve Juryors
6. To see what the Town will do about fencing the Par- sonage
Dated Topsfield February ye 22nd Anno Domon 1738-9
Thomas Perkins Joseph Hirrick
Selectmen
Dan Clarke Daniel Redington of
Constables of
David Cummings
Topsfield
Topsfield Benja Towne
At a legal Town Meeting in Topsfield March 6 1738-9
1. Mr John Wildes is Chosen Moderator for this Meeting
voted
2. Jacob Peabody is Chosen Town Clerk for ye year en- suing voted
3. M' Thomas Baker & Mr Dan Clarke are Chosen Con- stables for ye year ensuing voted
4. MY Benjamin Towne Lieu' Tobijah Perkins Mr Daniel
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EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN
Gould Mr John Wildes & M' Daniel Redington are Chosen Selectmen for the year ensuing voted
5. M' David Balch is Chosen Town Treasurer for ye year ensuing
voted
6. Mr Israel Towne is Chosen sealer of leather for ye year ensuing voted
7. Mr Luke Averill, Mr Nathan Peabody & M' Joseph Per- kins are Chosen Tythingmen for ye year ensuing voted
8. Mr Amos Dorman Mr John Davis & MT Solomon Gould are Chosen Surveyers of highways for ye year ensuing voted 9. Lieu' Joseph Dorman Joseph Hovey & MT Nathaniel Capen are Chosen fence viewers for ye year ensuing voted 10. MY Jeremiah Towne, MT Isaac Estey & M' Joseph Hir- rick Jun' are Chosen hogreeves for the year ensuing voted
II. M' Nath" Averill JunT MT Eliezer Lake & Jacob Pea- body are Chosen a committee to settle bounds with ve Pro- prietors of the land that joyns upon ye Clay Ground reserved for the Towns use voted
12. The Town manifested by a vote that they were willing to recieve our Neighbours in Ipswich farms into Township with us: and Mr Joseph Hirrick M' George Bixby & MI Joseph Towne are chosen a committee to treat with our sd neighbours in Ipswich farms, to see upon what Terms they will joyn with us as [a] Township, and make return of their proceedings in sd affair, to ye Town at their next meeting
voted
13. The Town allowed one pound nine shillings & six pence to M' Daniel Clark for boarding ye Glazers & keeping their horses while they mended the meeting House Glass the last winter voted 1-9-6
14. The Town allowed sixteen shillings & 6 pence to Mr Daniel Gould for John Spauldings rates voted 0-16-6
15. The Town allowed twenty one pounds sixteen shillings & eight pence to the School Commtee M' Thomas Dwinell Mr Phinhas Redington & MT Richard Dexter for defraying the Charges of the school for four months & eleven days the year past voted 21 16 8
16. The Town allowed to M' Joseph Hirrick one pound fifteen shillings 1 15 O
and to M' David Cummings three pounds five shillings
3 05 0
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OF TOPSFIELD, MASS.
and to M' Benja" Towne one pound twelve shillings 1 12 0 they having paid the aforesd Sums to the Glazers that mended the Meeting House Glass ye last winter voted 17. The Town allowed to Mr Epraim Wildes ten Shillings and Six pence for Timber to Mend ye highways ye year past voted 0-10-6 IS. The Town allowed five shillings to M' Sam" Curtis for timber to mend the highways the year past voted 0 5 0
19. The Town agreed to give to ye Revend Mr John Em- erson thirty pounds more than his Salary for this year voted
The Several Town officers Chosen at the Last Town Meet- ing Which ye Law requires to be Sworn All took the oath belonging to their Respective Offices on the Sixth, and on the Sixteenth Days of March 1738-9 (Except M' David Balch who was Chosen Town Treasurer And refused to Serve)
The Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Topsfield Such as are Lawfully Quallified for Voting in Town Meeting are hereby Notified and Warned to Assemble and " Meet together at the Meeting house in Said Topsfield on Tuseday the Twentieth Day of March Currant at two of the Clock afternoon
I To Chuse Jury men for Ipswich Court According to Warrant
2 To Choose a Town Treasurer
3. To Choose a Committee to Supply the Town with a School master for the year Ensuing
4. To Accept of the return of the Committe that was to Treat with our Neighbours in Ipswich farms Coming into Township with us and to Act on that Affair as Shall be Needfull
5 To Allow Swine to Go at Large as the Law Directs
6 To Allow bills of Charge
Datd Topsfield March the 16th A : D: 1738-9 John Wildes
Dan Clarke
Constable of Topsfield Tobijah Perkins Selectmen
Daniel Gould of Topsfield Benja Towne
At A Legall Town Meeting in Topsfield March ye 20th I738-0
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EARLY RECORDS OF THE TOWN
I Mr John Wildes is Chosen Moderator for this Meeting voted
2 Capt Joseph Gould is Chosen to Serve on ye Grand jury ye year Ensuing voted
3 Mr Jesse Dorman and Mr Nathaniel Bordman are Drawn out of the box to Serve on ye Jury of Tryalls at the next In- feriour Court to be holden at Ipswich
4 Mr Richard Towne is Chosen Town Treasurer for ye year Ensuing voted 5 Mr Nathaniel Porter Jun' M' David Commings & Mr Matthew Peabody are Chosen a Committe to provide a School master for the Town for the year Ensuing voted
6 The Town Manifested by a Vote that they are willing to Receive our Neighbours in Ipswich farms Lying on the North Side of the River into Township with us they being at ye whole Charge of their being Sett off to this Town
7 Lient Tobijah Perkins and M' Thomas Howlett are Cho- sen to Inform our Said Neighbours of the Towns Last Vote Concerning their being Laid to our Town, and to Desire an answer from our Said Neighbours whether they will take up with Said Vote or not and Make return to ye Town at the next Town meeting voted
8 The Town agrees that Swine Shall go at Large this year according as the Law Gives Liberty voted
9 The Town allowed two Shillings and Six pence to Mr Nathaniel Capen for Mending the West Gallary in ye Meet- ing house voted
10 The Town Allowed one pound four Shillings & Six pence 1 4-6 to Mr John Perkins for Sweeping the Meeting [house] three Quarters of the Last year and for Mending the Latch of the East Door voted
II The Town Allowed one pound 1-0-0 to Capt Ivory Hovey for Serving Town Treasurer the two Last years voted
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Salem Aprill 2ª 1739 this being the year for Perambulations according to Law the sª Selectmen have Agreed & Do hereby appoint and Impow- er the persons here after Named or any two of them: to Meet with such persons as the Selectmen of Topsfield Shall Appoint on Monday ye 23rd of Aprill Currant at Ten a Clock at the house of Mr Samuel Porter to Perambulate & renew-
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OF TOPSFIELD, MASS.
the bounds between Salem & Topsfield viz Mess" Samuel fflint, Thomas Lee, Samuel Gardner, Samuel Carlton & Israel Andrew as by Record Appears
Attest John Higginson Town Cler Pursuant to the within order and at the time therein Di- rected we Met & Perambulated and renewed the bounds be- tween Salem & Topsfield : Begining at a Large White Oak Tree Marked S. W. T. with a heap of Stones around it Near Wenham Causey : And from thence to a heap of Stones be- tween a black or Red Oak Stump (the Tree being Newly felld) and an old Stump in Bixbys orchard, and from thence to a heap of Stones near the Corner of Thomas Dwinels Pas- ture and from thence to a heap of Stones Near Nickolles Brook a Little above the Sawmill and So on in the same Course to sd Brook
) Joseph Herrick hig
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