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It was ordered yt will Bond fhould pay in to the hands of Lefft Beeres fuch peafe as are dew to ould knop, 8 bufhells,
Reckoned wth John Coller & there is dew apo agreement for widow Brabroks land, acording to his acompt giuen in the fome of eighteene fhillings.
Reckoned wth mr Whittney & John hamond Conftables & apõ a Country rate of this yeare in fome
57€ - 0-0
ye are indebted apon yt rate
& apõ atowne rate of
726 -135- 2ª I - 2 - I
ye are indebted to the towne
3 -12 -7
& the bill of debts comitted into there hand
is in pt vnfatiffiffied as it ftands apo record.
The acompt of the men deputed by the towne to fee to the keeping of the Order of hogs dece : the 15th
Apri. 9 (57)
d
S
John Witherall
6
Robt harington
- 3 - 0
Georg adams
6
Rich. Beech
- I -O
more 4 pigs
4 - 0
-
I -O
Dani. hudfon
1 - O
Bloyfe -
0 - 6
Ifa. williās
0 - 6
Aprill II.
Capt Mafan
0 - 6
Sam. hofier
-
2 - 6
Ch. Chadwick
0 - 6
Jo. Beniamin
I -O
Joh. Sawin
0 - 6
Tho. Straite
-
1 - O
Ro. Willington
3 - o
Waite
- 2 - 6
Gar. Church
-
-
3 - 0
Grant
3 - o
Bigala
3 - O
Sam. Saltinftall
6 - o
Joh Fifke
2 - 0
Left. Beeres
0 - 6
Freeman
2 - 0
Jo. knop
2 - 6
Sanger
2 - 6
Will. Bond
2 - 0
-
0 - 6
Robt Jenifon
I - O
-
I - O
Ben. Crifp
0 - 6
John hamond
13 - 0
Rich Sawtell
2 - 0
-
3 - o
Jam knop
- I -O
Tho. Smith
5 - 6
Tho. arnoll
-
9 - 0
Nic Pedey
3 - o
mrs phillips
1 - 6
Tho. Tarboll
3 - 6
-
2 - 0
Ould winter
0 - 6
Jo. Whitney Ju.
2 - 6
parfons
- 0 -6
Ifues
2 - 0
Ge. adams
- 4 -6
Wi. mixar
I - O
ould garfeild
4 - 0
Cutting
- 2 - 0
Fleg
-
I - O
[96]
d
Left Beeres Creditor
5 15
Jo. Child
0 - 6
Jo. Coolig Ju
-
0 - 6
Sim. Stone
- I - O
Sam. hofier
2 - 6
Ould woodword
3 - 0
Wi. Barnard
-
1 - O
Jo. Fifke
0 - 6
will hagar
- 1 - 6
Jo. Bemis
0 - 6
pd by me Eph. Child to Left beeres nine fhilling & IIS. 20$ wch was the 205 I ftand ingaged for Mary dauif
-
0 - 6
Tho. haftings
- 0 -6
8
John Sawin
- 0-6
-
more to bro bearfto
2 18 9
for ould knop
more by bro. beeres
0 6 0
-
-
anto pearfe may 14.
-
0 - 6
Ifack mixar
-
1 - 6
Wi : Barnard
-
Spring henry
ould bright
Eph. Child Ap. 10.
4 - 0
Flemin
Apri. 12
-
abra willi
£ sd
for ould knop.
Ball
3 - o
Gale
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Jo. Whittney Ju
-
I - O
The proportion acording to order dew to John Coolig & John
ould page
- 0 - 6
Ben. Crifpe
-
2 - 6
liuermore is-4-5-9
& dew fro the towne.
Ould knops land was lett
Geo. adams
-
2 - 0
Jo. Coller
1 - O
Paft. Shearman
1 - 6
ould. Bright
0 - 6
Ellis Barnard Ju
I - 6
Jo. Brifko
2 - 0
Tho. haftings
I - O
Capt mafan
2 - 0
Jo. Traine
0 - 6
wi. Guy
3 - o
Joh. Sawin
0 - 6
Jofep Child
I - 0
Jones
I - O
Church
2 - 6
willington
2 - 0
Stratton
I - O
Jo. knop
I - O
Jo. rogers
2 - 0
Jo. Spring
0 - 6
Sanger
-
I - O
woodward Sen
- 1 - 0
Jo. fifke
I - O
The whole fum 8- 11 - 6
The whch fume is dew to the towne
[97] Dece the 15th at Lefft Beeres
Reckoned wth Sam : hofier. & John Byfko apo a rate made in Noue : (56) for the howfe of corection billirica brig & marie dauife the fome of wch is
of wch rate Sam : hofier is debtor
3-14- 4
of a former rate there is dew as apo record
2-19-II 5- 0- 0
Eph. Child debtor 54 yt was recd of mr Jackfon out of wch the mending of the meeting howfe is to be defraid
more 20$ for pt of goods of marie dauife 1- 0- 0
more recd by Ephraim Child 2 hogs prifed Att a publike towne meeting apon the 16. Dec (57)
0-14- O
all orders weare read & feauen men Chofen as followeth Capt mafan, Ephraim Child, Charles Chadwick, Left Beeres Enfigne Shearman, Bro. Haftings, Bro. Bearfto.
Eph. Child is Chofen Clark for this yeare whofe worke is to keepe all the townes acompts, & to rece fuch debts as are brought to him, & to vfe meanes thearevnto, & to pay all inft debts. proued by the confent of the felect men & he apoynted thearto by them
It was voated yt the records of the townfland fhould be feper- ated fro the other pt of the booke & fecured in a fafe hand as well as may be, & a new booke bought, & this to be don by the felect men.
Chofen for Surveyors for the highway John whittney Junio', Nath. Treadaway, for this yeare
£
for 5
pd of it by Robt Jenifon of it 2 - 10
Bro, Beeres difcompts for ould knop in all
Auguft 25
heugh perfon
- 0 - 6
this laft yeare being in(57)
39€-13-4
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Att a meeting of the Select men apon the 11th of Jan ; 57) at the howfe of Charles Chadwick.
Reckoned wth m' Norcroffe & there is dew to him acording to the agreement of the towne - - 15% - 38 - od Att a meeting of the whole towne apo the 22th Jan : 1657
It was Ordered that a rate for the towne & county was to be 50€ & all debts rece & pad
Ordered yt bro. Bloyfe fhall haue for his 03-0-0 Sallery of looking to the meeting howfe p yeare
Ordered m' Norcroff continewing, his im- ployment of being Schoolemafter fhall haue
30% - 0 - 0 for his Salliry
[98] January the 25th (57) Att a meeting of the Select men at Bro Bearfto.
It is ordered apon the acompt of Ephraim Child, yt the 2 pigs prifed at 14s fhould be alowed him apon fuch confiderations as apeared equall & he is debtor to the towne, wch is now put into the rate
2€-IS-6d
Ordered y& Ephraim Child is impowred to lett the Land & the 2 cowes of ould knop to Rob' Jenefon & Richard Bloyfe, or fome other.
Ordered yt Charles Chadwick & Mihill Bearfto are apoynted to fee to ould knop & yt he be fuplyd of neceffaries conuenient.
Ordered yt Brother Beeres & Charles Chadwick & Ephra. Child fhould make the towne rate.
In reference to a former order of the towne & being putt theareapo by the court, it is ordered yt all fences either agst comos or high wayes, be vp agst the firft of aprill, & whofoeuer doth neglect the fame order, is to pay to the vfe of the towne ten fhillings
Creditt giuen to the towne
€
s
mr norcroffe
I5
3-0
2 county warents
IO-
0-0
to John witheral
0 -
5-0
to geo woodward
0 - 13 -0
to m' whittney
0 - 5 O
Thacher
7 - 10-0
mr whittney
0 -
Crifp for widow brabrooke
O
- 5
bearfto for knop
2 - IS - 9
I - 9 Left beeres
Cha. Chadwick
I - 0 -0
bro. bloyfe
3 - 0-0
for ould knop
10- 0-0
6
all wch fomes are to be pd in this 50€ rate wth the Seuerall debts dew to the towne.
more to the 3 men yt went the bounds of the towne 35 - 0 - 0 Feb 12th (57) The Towne rate being made by the 3 men aboue mentioned doth amount in fome to apoynted as
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66 - 19 - 1I & delivered into the hands of Georg woodward con- ftable & Ellis Barnes conftable : by me Eph. Child
[99] Janu : the 29th (57) By Left Beeres there is pd in the behalfe of the towne as Lent to willi knop the Elder the fome of fower pounds eighteene fhillings & eleauen pence 46 - ISs - IId
By Michaell Bearfto for Ould knop
2 IS -- 9
more by mich : Bearfto
I - 15
- 9
By Ephraim Child
O 19 - 10
By Chares Chadwick
I 0-0I
II 14 - 0
Att a meeting of the Select men at
Thomas haftings his howfe aprill 13. 58
Ordered in reference to the 20 ackres of medow pmifed by couenant to Solomon Johnfon as yt wch belongs to the cowpen next Sudbury, yt Capt mafan & Thomas haftings fhall either thefelus or by other fee it layd out betwixt this & the latter end of may
Solomon Johnfon being wth the Select men had apon dew acompt abated of his rate 9s
The Land of Ould knop his meadow & corne land is lett to Robt Jenifon & Sargt Bloyfe for this yeare att the rate of fiue pounds & if in cafe yt it continew in the hands of the felect men to lett it, ye doe ingage yt the aboue named haue it all the time yt it continew in the fame hands to lett.
Ordered yt Georg woodword as Conftable is apoynted to cary the townes meafures to Bofton & there to try them by the ftand- ord of the country
In reference to the laft law made concerning conftables wach yt for the time it is ordered yt it fhall begin the firft weeke in may, & one hower after funfett, vntill the breake of the next day, the number to be 4 in a night, & all pfons yt by law are not exempted & the conftables to take care to warne fuch as are to wach, acording to his defcreffion.
It is ordered yt all Cattle & Sheepe be vnder the hands of a
Cattell Keepe keeper fro the 24th of aprill vntill the firft of
october, apon the penalty of 6d abeaft & Id a Sheepe, the one pt to the towne & the other to the informer.
[100] Att a meeting of the Select men apon the 9th of auguft (58) at Capt mafans his howfe
To Bro witharly for 3 foxes 0-35-0
Ordered yt Miles Iues & Jofep Bemis are Chofen for feeing to the executing of the townes law wth reference to the regulating of hogs & fences
Att a meeting of the Selectmen att Leauetenant Beeres apo the 30th of Auguft (58)
The eftat of wattertown a mounts to 7298%
0153
The poals are
The Contry Rate is 436-035 - 2ª
Att a meeting of the Select men at the howfe of Leaueftenants Beeres apon the the 20th of Sept : (58)
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Watertown Records.
It was agreed by the Select men wth Jofeph mors, concerning the child of John Baall, the age of 3 yeeres, yt the fd Jofep doth couenant to take the fd child, for 2 yeares, for wch the fd Select men are to giue him ISd p weeke, the wch fome is to be pd fower pounds by the aboue named John Baall, & the towne is to fatiffie the reft yt it amounts vnto acording to the agreement aboue mentioned for the tearme of 2 full yeares : & if in cafe the child dyes before the 2 yeares be expired, the fd Jofep mors, will abate of the fd fome for foe many weekes as fall fhortt of 2 yeares, except fome extreordinary hand doe apeare by ficknes apon the child, and if in Cafe it apeares yt the aboue named John Baall be able to pay the whole fome of 18d p weeke for the 2 yeares, he doth ingage to fatiffie it & free the towne of the fd charge,
wittnes there hand,
the marke of John x Baall Jofeph Mors.
It is agreed in the pfence of the Select men, betwixt John Baall & Anthony white, yt the fd John Baall doth putt his child of one halfe a yeare ould, to be kept for one yeare vnto the fd Antony white in cofideration thearof, the fd Baall is to giue the fd white the fome of eight pounds, to be pd pt in a cow apon an aprifall, & pt in the rent of the fd Baalls land, & for the remainder of the fome of eight pounds, he doth binde ouer his howfe & lands to the fd Anthony, for the fatiffaction theareof witnefs there hands
the marke of John x Baall the marke of Anthony X white
[101] Att a publique towne meeting apon the firft of Octo : (58).
Ordered that the Paftor fhall haue for this yeare one hundred & twenty pounds, pd by fuch as pay in corne (at the Court price yt fhall be fett, by them for the payment of the Country rate) in there feuerall pportions.
Ordered yt Charles Chadwick & Thomas haftings fhould make the Country Rate.
Itt is ordered and agreed wth Solomon Johnfon, yt he fhall abide in the farme of the townsland, called the cow pen next Sudbury for the tearme of two yeares, after the time expired of his former Leafe, & is in confideration of wt may be expected dew for wt he hath don apon the fd farme, for the better improu- ing of the fame, prouided yt he keepe both howfe & Fences in tenant ftate at the end of the fd tearme of 2 yeares, & yt he doe not cary or fuffer to be caryd off from the pmifes any dung or manure & yt he fhall rec all fuch cattle as are brought to him, by the Inhabitants of watertowne, taking them to heard at two fhil- lings fix pence the head, and at the end of the tearme, when he leaue the fd farme, free from incumbrance, except apon tearmes he doth enter apon a new tearme for the fame.
Witnes his hand
Solomon Johnfon
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Att a publique Towne meeting apon the 25th of octob : 1658
John Larance & Miles Ifues weare Chofen Conftables for this yeare.
Itt was Ordered, & apoynted by the whole towne yt the order- ing & regulating of the fitting in the meeting howfe, fhould be comitted vnto the care & truft of Simont Stone, Senior, & Tho : Haftings & Ephr : Child, the towne ingaging to ftand to wt ye doe acording to rule
Att a meeting of the Select men at the howfe of Ephra : Child apon the fecond of Noue : (58)
delivered into the hands of the Conftables the Country rate in fome
47€ . 11S . 5ª
to Georg woodword for 9 foxes 0- 95- o
The Conftables gaue in there acompt of the County rate
105 - 75 - 10d
& it is fully difchard by receips from the County Treafurer.
Mihill Bearfto debtor to the towne 0 - - Ss - 2ª
& 0-18 - 8
1-06 - 10
The Pastors Rate being made by Left' Beeres & Thomas haftings the fome comes to 121-12 - 0
[102] Att a meeting of the Select men at Left' Beeres, the third of Janu : (58)
Apon a requeft by John knop in the behalfe of John Buttry, for his being in the towne as a Sorgerior or Inhabitant, it was anfwered by the Select men yt ye would not admitt of either, but apon the fecurity of fuch as gaue him entertaynment, acording to a former Order of the towne.
€. 9. d.
The Paftors rate in fome comes to
I2I 2 IO
The Conftables gaue in there acompt of the towne rate & there refts in the hands of the
Conftables, yt is yett vngathered
125 - IS-8d
out of wch is to be abated
00 - 18 -8
more to be abated
0 -
9 - 2
2 - 0-0
dew to them apon agreement wth the towne It is ordered yt the Surplus of the rate be pd vnto Mr. Norcroffe as pt of his dew for this yeare
84 .- 135 .- IOd.
Ordered yt John Winckoll be advifed, not to giue abidance to Richard Smith nor his wife, leaft it may proue a reafon to putt him or the towne to a further charg, & yt apon a former order made by the towne, of not receiuing any in yt kind.
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Watertown Records.
dew to Georg woodword for Cariag of fixe pounds 15's
0 - 8s
- 4ª
in loffe for a bore taken in pt of bigula his rate 0 - - 6
more for mathew Smith his rate loft 0 - 2 - 6
more in a iorney to Bofton for meafures fealing o - 3 - 6
0 - 15 - 10
The charg of the conftables ye haue to gather is 7 18 - 10
Apon a requeft to the towne by Thomas Straite & fome others, it was granted yt Ifack Sternes & Eph. Child fhould veiew the land & make returne to the towne.
[103] Att a publike Towne meeting apon the the 10th of January 1658 Ephr. Child chofen moderator €
dew to Mr whittney for 2 Invoyces
to Mr whittney for 7 foxes
0 -
To Brother Bloyfe for his Salery & laying out
3 -
I
7 - 0 6
To John Bigula for 3 dayes in wittnifng abought the faling of Trees
to Miles Ifues for I day wittneffing
0 -
O -
dew for the Laying in of the amunition
I O - -
dew to Bro. Thacher for Mr Feakes
7
16 0
To Bro. witherly for 5 foxes
To bro. Fleg 4 foxes
O - 5 4 0 - O
To Tho. Smith 5 foxes
0 - 5
- 0
To bro : Coolig for his deput fhip
2 - IO o
dew to m' Norcrofs more then what he hath rec.
I3 -
4
7
To Tho. Tarboll I foxe
0 -
I
0
To Ben. Crifp for widow Brabrock
0 - 5
- o
To Left' beeres
0-19
- 10
To garitt church
0 - 2
- 0
- - -
Ordered by the towne in reference to the order of Sitting in the meeting howfe, yt all both men & wimen doe goe into there firft apoynted feats & who euer refufe fo to doe after warning giuen, by the deacons or any of them, fhall pay the fine apoynted by the towne, 25 - 6d for euery defect & the conftable to rec. it & to giue acompt thereof to the towne.
To martin vnderwood 4 foxes 0 -4 -- o
Chofen for Select men for this yeare Ephr. Child, Capt Mafan, michaell Bearfto, Tho- haftings, Cha. Chadwick, Sam. Thacher, Ifack Sternes.
Ordered yt Ephraim Child fhould keepe the town booke & be as the laft yeare.
Chofen for Surveyers of the highwayes to mend them John Witherall & Jofeph Bemis.
Chofen to looke after the law & for the regulating hogs & Fences, Roger willington & Tho. Straite.
dew to Jofeph Bemis & miles Ifues for there furvice in the law, concerning hogs & fences 2€-55-3d
I -
S 5 0
O
0 - 4 I O
To Thomas Smith for killing a woulfe
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Mr. Norcrofs is defired to continew his imployment in teach- ing the youth of the towne, & to haue his apoynted meanes as in former times.
dew to Rich. Cutting for lime 0-5-0
Ordered yt a towne rate be made for 24-0-0
to be towards the payment of debts & fome releefe
to the pore
[104] Att a meeting of the Select men att Michaell Bearfto his howfe Janue : IS, (58) €
s đ
The Country rate giuen to the conftables 71 - 5-4
The County rate by warant frome the county treafuer
86-12-Sd
John willington 2 foxes 0 - 2-0
Ordered yt the laft yeares Conftables haue order to gather wt the laft yeare townes rate fhould haue been pd of fuch as weare behinde therein, who if ye pay in corne ye muft pay it at Court price, & the fome is 76 -18S - 10d
Ordered apon inquifition, yt mrsphillips & will Baffum & Sam : Beniamin, be fent vnto, yt ye doe giue fuch a fatiffactory anfwer vnto the Select men in the behalfe of Jonathan phillips, & Jofhua Baffum, & Sam beniamin in his owne behalfe, how ye doe fpend there time yt there may appeare fuch care to be taken, yt lawes as much as can be pereferued, and abufes reformed
Att a meeting of the Select men
att the howfe of Tho. haftings, Feb : I. 58 The towne rate made by Capt mafan &
Tho. haftings comes to 426-48-4d Att a publike towne meeting apon the 7th of Febr : (58)
The towne rate delivered to the Conftables is 424 -48 -4ª Ordered yt euery pprietor of plow land in the farther plaine the Comitty yt who are able to euidence there bounds & bring it was apoynted by to the view of the comiffioners by the next Lecture the general Courts
comitty. day, yt ye may Juge of the validity thereof, yt fo it may faue a further laying out.
Ordered yt the determination of the place when acording to the number of the lott, is Left to the difcretion of the Comitt, apoynted therevnto.
Ordered the breadth of the high way throw the plaine to Sud- bury be anfwerable to the Size of wt is allreadie fenced out by the lotts improued
Ordered a highe way in yt way yt goes to Chefter brooke, & yt it be left to the Comitte.
Ordered yt in laying out the land in Leive of townefhip land, it Law in Lew being firft layd out into 4 Sqadrons, the firft lott of Township, fhall begin at the north Squadron, each Squadro of &c halfe a mile in breadth wth allowance of high wayes of 4 rods betwixt Squadron & Squadron, this land was pfented by the Comitty to be laid out for 3d p acker, but at pfent the propietos did not confent.
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It was agreed vnto by all yt the Surveyor fhould lay out the fd land aboue named, & to rec of euery pprietor 4d apon acker in wheate & Indian, at the court prife. foe foone as the land is layd out.
[105] Ordered yt all Neate cattle fhall goe conftantly vnder
Coufermed at a the hands of a keeper, yt are aboue ayeare ould, & fo to be vntill Indian Corne be had Ind, as allfo to
metting January the 12th 1662 this be fhutt vp in the night, & wt euer cattle be found' order. contrary to this order the owner fhall pay6d a beaft, the wch is to be taken by thofe 2 yt looke to the hogs, & to be defpofed as other fines are.
Confermed at a Ordered yt all fheepe be vnder a keeper from
generall town the 25th of march vnto the laft of october, & w euer fheep be found either in high wayes or in
metting January the 12th, 1662 this order. comon ground, ye fhall pay Id for a fheepe fo offending & the one halfe fhall goe to the towne & the reft to the Informer.
Giuen into the hands of the Conftables John Larance & miles Ifues the town rate wth the names of all towne Creditors to be pd out thereof the wch rates as it is caft vp and made amounts to 42€-45-4d
Att a meeting of the Select men att Capt mafans the 28 of march. 59
There beeing a Cafe pfented vnto the select men of diffarence concerning Fences, betwixt Will Bond & mr whittney, & the fd willi was willing to referr the cafe to the 7 men : but in the interim all pties concerned in the cafe, yt is to fay m' whittney, martin vnderwood & Henry Spring, in reference to the fence in defer- ence, namly the fence yt is the betwixt will Bond one ptie & the three aboue named the other ptie who doe ingage to make thirty rod of the fd Fence in diffarence, & to maintaine it from hence- forth
Apon a complaint by Chriftopher Grant, in reference to a pcell of Land fometimes in the hands of mr Hevies, who being dead, & none appearing to owne it whereby it lyes vnfenced wch is a damage to the whole feild, wee doe heareby order, yt the fd Grant fhall haue liberty to fence the fd land as it hath been in former times for wch, we give him Liberty to take fuch brufh as is neceffarie to the fame, & for recompence he is to haue the feed of the Land & in cafe any fhall lay claime to the fd land, he fhall be fatiffied for any iuft charg of fuch pfons to whome the Land belongs
Ordered yt all pfons wthin the towne & inhabitants therein, as wee doe acompt them, fubiect to rating, be allfo in a capacity to be helpfull to the mending of the high wayes, wthin the fame towne
Att a publique meeting by the bodie of Freemen
apon the 4th of aprill 1659
Chofen for the three Comiffioners of the towne to end fmall caufes, videz Capt mafun michaell Bearfto, Ephraim Child, who weare allfo apoynted to haue 4 meetings in the yeare apon the fd acompt, yt is the firft meeting to be the firft munday in may : the fecond meeting the firft munday in Auguft : the third meeting,
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the firft munday in Nouember, the fourth meeting : the firft munday in February.
[106] Att a meeting of the Select men
at the howfe of Samu : Thacher, Aprill. 12th. (59)
In refference to the Law concerning the ecceffe in apparrell the Select men being by the fd Law, enioyned to vfe the beft meanes, for the reforming of fuch inormities as are thearin fpecified, and taking notice of fundry perfons in this towne who are in there habitts contrary to the fd Law.
wee doe therefore declare, yt From heance forth, none of or inhabitants, except fuch as the law doth allow, doe either weare filke goods, or filke fkarfes, gould or filuer lace or buttons ribonds at knees, or troffed handkerchers, apon the forfieture of wt penalty the law doth apoynt, wch is, yt they fhall be rated in the Country rate, after 200% in the fame.
Att a meeting of the Select men at Left Beeres, June the 27th (59)
It is agreed wth the confent of John Sawin, that The land wch Formerly was the Cowpen a pt whereof throug a miftake, belong- ing to the aboue named John Sawin, & the fd land being by the towne fett to Farme to Solomon Johnfon, for the puention of dif- farence, wee in the behalfe of the towne, doe giue vnto the fd Sawin for full recompence, xxs in fuch pay as is comon amongft vs, wth a pt of the Fence now ftanding, acording to the quantity of ackers we allfo doe pmife, not to giue any allowance to cary off any wood or timber off the pmifes of the fd land
Att a meeting of the Select apon the 6th of July (59) men at the meeting howfe
Apon the complaynt of fome of the Inhabitants of the towne concerning a pcell of land taken in by Sam: Daniell, & Sam. Beniamin. It is therefore Ordered, yt the fd Land thus in ques- tion appearing to belong to the towne, & ye doe agree to take a time to the regulating of the fame & wt it is yt belongs to the towne, the time yt this is to be done this day month after the date heareof
It is agreed yt Sam : Daniell, & Sam: Beniamin, refufing to come at the Sumons of the Select men, acording to the towne Order, ye fhould pay 5s a peece for there foe contemning of the order.
Att a meeting of the Select men apon the 22th of auguft (59) att the meeting howfe.
Apon the Complaint of Left Beeres agft Profpect Feild for infufficient Fence, wee Find yt Simont Stone Senior, & Charles Chadwick & Sam. Hofier & Sam : Stratton, fhall pay acording to the townes Order each man of them xs the wch fum is to be for the vfe of the towne
Ordered yt Capt mafan, wth Brother Haftings, fhould forthwth goe to willi Page & there take order, concerning Rich : Parks & his wife, to lett them vnderftand that the Select men doe not
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allow them, in there abiding, in the towne, except they fhall appeare fufficient reafon to thefe two apoynted for the fame Att a publique town meeting Octo : the 20th (59)
Voated yt m' Sherman fhould haue allowed him for this yeare
150€
Voated & Granted a town rate for this yeare in fome
Voated & Ordered that noe Conftable fhall be free from his Conftablefhip of yt yeare vntill he haue cleared fuch acompts as are betwixt him & the towne in refference to Rates
[10]] Att a meeting of the Select men att Charles Chadwicks 29th of Noue. (59) Decem. 17th ; 59 Att a meeting at Left' Beeres
where was delivered the country
rate wych as it was caft comes to 72€-16s
vnto the hands of the Conftables
Samuell Thacher, & Ifack Sternes
the country rate by warant fro the treafure 694- 175- 2ª
Att a meeting of the Select men at the howfe of
Ifuack Sternes apon the Sth of decem : 59
Ordered yt the Conftables of this yeare fhould giue in there acompts of all rates comited to there hands for this yeare Att a meeting of the Select men at the howfe of Ephraim Child the 3d of January, 59
The rate wch was made for the Paftors maintenance this yeare being pfented was allowed, & the fome thereof wch comes to 153€. o. 9ª
Janu. the 6th, 59.
The acompt of the Conftables John Larance & miles ifues firft for the towne rate wch being Caft vp by Capt mafan
40€- 28-O
There is dew to the towne from John Larance
and miles Ifues apon the town rate 76-4-6
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