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The acompt of the Country rate wch was as Cast
of wch pd apon receipte from the treafurer 69 - 8 -1 with 4-8
69 -12-9
dew apon this rate
0 -17 -0
dew to the towne in
both the rates &
7-4-6 17 -0
8 -1 -6
dew to the Conftables for there imployment of all towne Rates for church & towne 2-0-0 6-1-6
So there remaines to the towne from them
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befides fo many fomes of pticular pfons as doth amount to ten pounds or there abought
the wch fome ye are to force into the paftors hands
[108] Att a Generall towne meetinge Jan. 9th. (59) Chofen moderator Capt mafan.
Ordered yt Capt mafan, & Ephraim Child apon the Complaint of Samuell Thacher concerning m' Pheakes yt the fd two doe goe to him, & vfe there difcretion in words to the moderating of him in his diforder
Ordered yt all fines arifing apon breach of order either hogs or fences, & complained off by fuch as are called there vnto are to be added vnto the rate of the towne, & gathered apon the head of the fame.
towne Creditors
Edmond Bloyfe 35-0-0 I -0-0
mr whittney
Brother Thacher for foxes
I -4-0.
Chofen to Order the towne affaires for this yeare
Capt mafan, Ephraim Child Leftt Beeres, Sargt Bright Michall Bearfto, Charles Chadwick, Tho. Haftings.
Chofen to keepe the towne Booke is Ephraim Child.
John Coolig Senior & Nathan Fifke for Surueires.
Jofep moffes & willia Shattock are Chofen for to looke to the order concerning hogs & Fences, & are to be regulated by fuch orders as fhall be apoynted by the Select men.
M' Norcroffe was Chofen for Schoolemaifter for this yeare apon the fame tearmes as in former yeares
Att a meeting of the Select men att Sargt Brights January the laft (59) Mr Norcroffe gaue his accompt to the Select men and there is dew to him From the towne according to the whole acompt
Butt apon Juft confiderations if the towne pleafe wee would allow him a pt of of what comes in by fuch as are not the Children of the Inhabitants wch is to be added and is in fome
9€-138-4ª
3-17 -8
the whole 13 -11 -0
There being a Complaint made of the wants of Hew Parfons he was Sent For, & advifed to imploy his time to the better puiding For his Family, & for his incouragment we doe fupply him wth fome pfent Corne, all wch corne is repd by Hewe parfon.
Ordered yt Chriftopher Grant is to haue a Deed of his fixe ackers of Land Sould him by the towne, & Ephraim Child in the behalfe of the towne, is to feale therevnto.
In refference to the imployment of thofe who are Chofen to fee to the well ordering of the hogs, as allfo to fee to the good eftate of all Fences agft Corne feilds, yt hogs be fufficiently rung all the yeare, according to a Former order, & fufficiently yoaked as the law puides. In anfwere theareto, wee thinke meete yt ye fhall
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goe about the towne 3 times in the yeare, firft yt ye may fee yt all hogs be rung to keep them from rooting, ye fhall goe out in the latter end of February, & in the month of aprill for the yoaking, & fo in Septe : and as often as ye fee caufe, & for Fences ye fhall attend to the complaint of any of or Inhabitants.
[109] Att a meeting of the Select men att the howfe of Bro : Bearfto, Febru. 14th, (59)
The generall towne in Octo : 24 voated For 406 to be atowne rate, but apon the apearance of more debts & other charges the Select men faw caufe to grant a rate of fifty pounds 50€-0-0
Ordered allfo at a publique meeting yt heanceforth all Confta- bles, before ye goe off there office fhould giue there accompts, of all rates ye haue vnder there hands
Debts of the to m' Allcok For healing of Beech 3-10-0 towne to Brother Thacher for m' Feakes
For the laying or howfing the townes amunition I - 0-0 For entring the townes petition at the court 0-10 -0
0 - 8-8 by Left Beeres to Thomas phillpott
Ordered that whofoeuer fett any peece for fox or otherwife, wthin 60 rods of howfe or highway, & take it not vp by the funn halfe an hower highe, or if he fett it before the funn be downe, he fhall pay apon complaint fiue fhillings to the towne and all damages yt come thereby.
Ordered yt warant be giuen, apon the complaint of Richard Sanger, vnto the poffeffors of the Comon feild betwixt the higheway, mill, riuer & Dorchefter feild & to giue theare reafons, why ye refufe to Fence acording to theare pportion in the fd feild
John Witherall brought in a fox head 1 John Stone vnder the hand of John Larance I fox 0 - I
John Sawin is a creditor to the towne 0-10 -0
The Law concerning hogs is, that all hogs be kept all the yeare wth ringing apon the penalty of fix pence for euery defect, & fuf- ficiently yoaked, acording to the Jugement, of fuch as are apoynted to fee to the execution thereof apon the penalty of fix pence for euery fault the time of yoaking to begin the firft of aprill to the end of Indian harveft
Att a meeting of the Select men att the howfe of Chares Chadwick February the 28th (59)
The towne rate being made & Caft vp & de- liuered in to the hands of the Conftable Ifack 526-138 - 4d
Sternes & Samuell Thacher comes to in fome
Ordered whereas the bounds of the deceafed abram Brownes Land, was vncertaine, & not knowne either to the children of the faid Browne or others for them, & being affirmed by Edm : Bloyfe, & his Son Richard, where the fd abra. Browne had taken his bounds apon the north fide of yt land, yt is apon the townefhip, wch is apon Sudbury highway ; & begins ten rod from Rich. Bloyfe his lott, & foe apon a ftraite line to a pine ftump, & fo
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apon a ftraite line to a croched tree the wch lines are newly to be marked in the behalfe [110] of the towne, by Jofeph Tainter, & Richard Bloyfe & fo to remaine as the bounds betwixt the fd land of abram Browne, & the towne, except if it fhall appeare by the Judeanor of the Children of the fd Browne or any others in there behalfe yt this land is to extend Further into the highway, as allfo as far in length as reacheth to the vtmoft of the lands yt belong vnto the aboue named Browne.
For preambelation of the townes Bounds wch is by verture of an order of Court, the townes men yt is the Select men haue made choyce of, Samuell Thacher, Sargt Briggs, Sargt Bloyfe & haue pmifed to giue them fatiffaction far there paines
Wee whofe names are vnderwritten being Chofen by the townes of Bofton Cambrig & wattertowne to Lay out a highe way. From muddy Riuer Brig to Watertowne mill And meet- ing to geather the 21th of 2d month. 1657 att the place apoynted ; Layde out the way fower Rods broad & marked the trees on both fides through Bofton bounds, & through Cambrig Bounds. the trees marked one the north fide of the highe way and doe allowe fower rod wide, the reft of the way to watertowne mill, through the other two towne Bounds
For Bofton for Watertowne for Cambrig John Jackfon
Will. Colbron Jofeph Tainter
Will Paddy
July 12th (60) Apon a Complaint of Natha : Treadaway, who hauing taken 6 hogs defectiue, of Jonathan Brownes, of wch hogs 5 are vnyoaked, & all the fix vnringed, his defire is to haue the fame recorded, & the owner of the hogs dealt withall acording to law, & he will proue it by wittnes, being called thereto
Sep : 4th (60) Att a meeting of the Select att Leftt Beeres
Ordered wth refference to the incouragment of the Sureyers of Highwayes of this towne, ye fhall haue power to warne all pfons wthin the Sd towne to worke apon the repayring of the highwayes, at fuch times as ye Juge meete & wth fuch tooles as ye can improue, puided ye haue fower dayes warning, & wt euer pfon or teemes doe refufe to come, euery pfon fhall pay fiue fhillings, and euery teeme foe refufing thall pay 10s, the wch fines fhall be pd to the vfe of the towne, apon the conuiction of the Surueyers before the Select men, the aboue named pfons to be fuch as either for yeares and Juft infirmities are to be exfcufed.
[111] A meeting of the Select men att the howfe of Tho. Haftings, Noue : the 6th, (60)
A writing was fent by the Conftables to Ould Hamond to lett him know, yt Contrary to Order of towne, he had entertained into his family fuch a pfon as is likely to proue Chargable, doe therefore defire him to rid the towne of fuch an incombrance or otherwife to beare the burthen thereof himfelfe
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One of John Baalls Children was Bound out as an apprentice to Joseph Moffe, & hath a writing theareof, the felect men witt- neffes
Lefft Beeres & Sargt Briggs are to goe to Sudbury bounds wheare wee haue a Farme Comonly called the Cowpen, theare to meete wth Solomon Johnfon Senior, where ye are to take notice of the state of the howfing & Fences, & to make a returne thearof to the towne.
Mr Norcroffe complaining of fome neglect of the fchoole howfe as yett not finifhed, the felect men promifed a redreffe
Charles Chadwick, & Ephraim Child are apoynted to make the Country rate, & to call into them mr Whittney who hath the invoyce
Ephraim Child is apoynted to take the acompts of the laft yeares Conftables, of all rates Comitted to them, & pfent it to the towne
Reckoned wth the Conftables, Ifack Sternes & Samuell Thacher this 10th of Noue : 1660 & From the Country rate is dew From them to the towne the fome two pounds, eleauen pence.
xls xid
of wch recd iiij.
Att a publique Towne meeting Nouem. the 12th 1660 Capt Mafan Chofen Moderator
power is giuen to the feauen men to lett the Farme that lyes next Sudbury comonly called the Cowpen, to fome meete man for the tearme of feauen yeares, wth an iniuction yt the fd pfon fhall keepe the dry Cattle of the towne of Watertowne & not of others, & yt at fuch rate as other men keepe Cattle
voated yt the paftors maintenance for the yeare enfewing
fhould be a hundred & fifty pounds to be pd in Corne at 150€ Court price
Ould Garfeild & Will Bond are Chofen for Conftables for this yeare enfewing.
The Country rate giuen into there hands in fome is 606 - 75 - 0
[112] Att a meeting of the Select men
Ephraim Child his howfe 20th of Nove : 1660
Voated in refference to the Cafe in difference betwixt the towne & Solomon Johnfon (who we fupofe hath not pformed that pt of Couenant betwixt the towne & the fd Solomon) Capt Mafan is to pfecute agft the fd Solomon, for breach of Couenant.
Att a meeting of the Select men Capt Mafons howfe the 5th of decb. 1660
The Country Rate being Caft vp & delivered into the hands of the Conftables it amounts in fome to
Voated yt Leftt Beeres Sargt Bright & Nathaniell Treadaway are impowred to deuide the Land betwixt John Sawin & the farme of the towne called the Cowpen, & ftake out Fowrty ackres of vpland for the fd Farme wth the beft convenience yt
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may be & as to there best Jugment may be for to the fatiffaction of the towne, ye are to take to the Enfigne Shearman for the bet- ter effecting thereof.
Reckoned wth the Conftables Sam: Thacher & Ifack Sternes for a towne rate of fifty eight pounds fowrteen fhillings ten pence, of wch fum sam Thacher hath pd thirty three pounds nineteen fhillings & ten pence, the remainer is owing by Ifack Sternes.
Voated, yt Will Bond Conftable, fhould take the 35 law bookes into his hands, and fell them for the townes vfe at 25 - 6d p booke to fuch of the towne as will pay for the
Articles of agreement betwixt Henry Curtife & the towne concerning the Cowpen
Dece : 5th 1660 In primis. The Select men in the behalfe of the towne haue Lett to Farme the fd Cowpen to the fd Curtife for the tearme of feauen yeares wth 40 Ackres of vpland of wch fowerty ackres thirteene or thereabouts is broken vp, the land of John Sawin of Watertowne to be left out, he is allfo to haue twenty ackres of medow, wth the moft conuenience yt can be laid out as belonging to the fd farme both wch pcells of vpland & medow, are forthwth to be laide out by the towne, & he pofeffed therewth by the towne
2ly : he the fd Curtife is to rece all fuch dry cattle as the In- habitants of Watertowne fhall bring to him euery yeare by the firft of april and if the fd inhabitants faile to bring or fend to the number eightie he may take in of others cattle, to make vp the number So and not aboue, or if the towne of watertowne fends a greater number he fhall rece them, & carefully looke yt ye may be kept where ye may haue both food & water as places doe afford, allwaies puided yt the price of the townes cattle, be not aboue two fhillings fix pence p head
[113] 3ły he is not to make any ftrip or wafte of wood or timber, but wt is neceffary for burning building or fencing apon the fd Farme
4ly he is to puide a fufficient Bull euery yeare, & to take pay of euery cow beaft aboue 2 yeares ould
5ly he fhall not cary off the pmifes any compoft, muck or manure in the fd tearme of feauen yeares, or fuffer any other to doe it, but fhall forfeit double damag
6ly he is to leaue the fd howfings & Fences, as may be fitt for habitation windthite & waterthite, wth Fences for fafty of corne, as himfelfe can wth conuenience be in, the time of his liuing therein
In confideration heareof, the fd Curtife fhall be rent Free the firft yeare, yt he may repaire & make Fitt for habitation, the fd howfing and Fencing, & for the fix laft yeares, he is to pay fiue pounds p annum att the howfe & dwelling of fuch one, as the Select men fhall apoynt wthin the towne of watertowne and the fd payment to be in good & marchantable corne fuch as the pmises will afford at price Currant, as allfo he is to pay all rates wth the fd towne of watertowne
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[114] a note of the names of fuch as fend cattle to the dry herde in the yeare (61) Brother Bearfto
3
[115] Decem. 5th 1660 Artickes of agreement betwixt Henry Curtife and the towne of Watertowne
In pri : The Select men in the behalfe of the fd towne haue lett to Farme to the fd Curtife, the Cowpen & Farme for the tearme of feauen yeares wth fowertie ackres of vpland, of wch, 13 or there about is the Land of John Sawin & is to be Left out, he is allfo to haue 20 ackres of medow to the fd farme the wch is to be laid out wth the beft convenience yt can be, and both vpland as medow forthwth to be laid out by the towne, & the fd Curtife to be pofeffed thereof
2ly The fd Curtife is to rece to fumer, all fuch dry Cattle, as the inhabitants of watertowne fhall bring to him, euery yeare of his fd tearme, by the first of Aprill, and if ye. faile to bring or fend the number of eightie then he is to make vp the number of eightie if he will of other mens but not aboue) and if the Inhabitants doe fend a greater number, he fhall rece them, & none of other mens, the wch Cattle, he fhall carefully keep, & if any be loft by his or theire neglect yt looke to them, he fhall be refponfable, except he make it appeare to the contrary, and euery beaft fo fumred and coming from watertowne fhall pay two fhil- lings fix pence, and not aboue
3ly The fd Curtife, fhall not make ftrip or wafte, of wood or timber, but what is neceffarie, for burning, building, & fencing apon the pmifes
4ly The fd Curtife, is to puide one able Bull euerie yeare, & to take a valewable confideration of the owner of euerie cow beast in his heard wch is aboue two yeares ould
5ly he fhall not Carie, or fuffer any to be Caried off the pm- ifes, any Compos dung or manur, wthin the tearme aboue fd apon forfeite of double damag.
6ly he is to Leaue the fd howfing, & fences, not as now ye are, but as he fhall Fitt them for his owne comfort and fafty, the time he liues in them, foe fhall he leaue them, both windthite and waterthite, wth fences feruiceable to pferue the Corne.
In confideration whereof, the fd Curtife is to be rent free the firft yeare yt he may the better, repayre the howfing & fencing, his time begining the firft of January next the date heareof, his fecond yeare begining the fame day and month, he is to pay the fome of 51b apon the 20th of march, next after the date of his fec- ond yeare, the wch fome is to be pd in good & marchantable Corne, apon an aprifeall, at fome howfe in Watertowne, where from yeare to yeare, he fhall be apoynted by the Selectmen of the fd towne, to pay for fix years fucceffiuely 5 pounds p anum. In wittnes heareof, the Selectmen in the behalfe of the towne doe bind themfelues, & all fucceeding Selectmen, to make good the fd condicions and the fd Curtife, doth bind himfefe his executors
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& affignes, to pforme all the aboue named condicions yt are on his pt, and vnto wch both pties doe Interchangably fett to their hands.
In the name of the Selectmen Ephraim Child Henry Curtis
In pfence of vs Richard Child
Ephraim Curtis
[116] Att a Generall towne meeting apon the Laft of Dece. 1660
Voated acording to a Former agreement, vidz : yt the 35 lawe bookes fhould lye in the hands of Will Bond Conftable, who is to fell them to the inhabitants of the towne, at the price afore agreed apon, namely 25-6d & to be accomptable to the towne for the fame
Chofen to Order the towne affaires for this yeare, Capt mafan Ephraim Child. Left. Beeres. Mihell Bearfto, John Winckoll Thomas Hastings. Sargant Bright.
Ephraim Child is Chosen to keep the towne book & to take fuch eftate into his hand, as arifeth by fines & Conftable rates.
Mr Norcroffe is Chofen for Schoolm' to teach the children of or inhabitants, For wch he is to haue for his Sallery 366 for this yeare.
John Brifko & John Bigula are Chofen Surveior for the high waies
Jofeph Tainter & Henry Freemen are Chofen to looke to the order concerning the hogs & Fences
A meeting of the Select men the 8th of January 1660. att Bro. Bearftoe
Apon a complaint of fuch as haue to gather the Country rate wee weare informed yt the eftate of the deceafed Joh Flemin was left out of the fd rate, It is ordered yt m' whittney fhall enquire apon whofe head it is, & to lett John Bernard know yt if he will not make it knowne, yt then m' whittney doe warne the fd John Bernard to make his anfwer the next meeting of the Select men, yt the country may not be wrongd
Agreed (in refference to the well ordering of the inhabytants of watertown,) yt the Select men fhould deuide thefelves and take a Survey of the feuerall families, & take notice as of the wants of fome pore families, as likewife of there improvement of there times both concerning there foules, as of there bodies, & this to be don agft there next meeting
[117] Creditor to the towne
€. s. d
Mr Norcrofse
12- 0-0
Roger Willington
0 - 16-S
Mr Whittney
1- 5-0
John Sawin
0-10-0
John Larance
1-01-6
Tho. Tarboll
0- 6-0
Daniel Metup
0-2-0
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John Spring
0 - I -0
Tho. Whittney
0-
I -O
Rich. Bloyfe
0 - I -O
Rich. Sautle
0- 2-0
John Bigula
0- 2-0
Jona : Browne
0-
5 - 0
John. Winter
0- I-O
Left Beeres
0- 10-0
For the country rate
8
9 - 6
Samuell Thacher for Mr Pheakes
7 16-0
Edmond Bloyfe
3 0-0
Edward Garfeild
0-
4-0
John Beniamin
0- 1 -0
John Stone
0-
I - - 0
For the meeting howfe
0- 16 -0
For the buying of the amunition
I -
0-0
For the releefe of the pore
10- 0-0
For the meeting howse
5 - - 0-0
For the exfpencfes of the deputies at boston
2-
6-4
The fines of hogs comes to
10-10-0
[118] A meeting of the Selectmen att Sargt Brights Janu : 29 (60)
The Selectmen having taken a Suruey of the Inhabitants of the towne wth refference to the anfwering of yt law wch requires the knowledg of God & excerifing reading to the advancing of Catachifing, & in there returne among other defects, they find diuers pore Families, yt muft be in the firft place releeued, and afterwards care to be taken yt fuch Families (be, ye & there chil- dren) improued yt negligence or want of prouidence, be noe ocafion of fuch pouertie.
the families are
Edward Sanders . & 6 chilldren
Georg Adams &
5 children
Charles Sternes & 3 children
Richard Beech & 4 children.
Capt mafan was defired & did accept to gett a Coppie From the Country Secretary, of the grant of land giuen by the Genarall Court to the towne of watertowne as a recompence of land taken off or bounds by Concord.
Att a publique meeting Febr. 4th of, 1660
Voated by the towne a rate of fifty pounds is to be made for this yeare
A meeting of the Selectmen att Capt Mafons 12th March (60) Delivered to the Conftables the towne rate wch is in fome
59€-19$-10d
Apon a complaint of miles Jfues wth others concerning a gen- arall field amongft the planters of the fd Lands wee doe find by a generall acknowligment of the planters yt they haue a written couenant, and haue practifed acording to the fd couenant, in ref-
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ference to wch wee the Selectmen doe fay, & determine, yt the fd Comoners doe mainetayne there fd portions of Fences, as for- merly, except themfelues agree otherwife
It is agreed vnto by the Selectmen, concerning or 2000 ackres of Land, granted vnto the towne, in recompence of fome lands taken off' by Concord, by the Generall Court, to wch Capt Mafan Leff Beeres, Sargt Winckoll, are apoynted to ufe there indeavors to find out where it may be had, acording to the Grant, & to make a returne to the towne, & if it may be Followed to the effecting of the fame
[119] It is Ordered yt Ephriam Child fhall agree wth fome one or other for the repayring of the meeting howfe platforme
Att a meeting att Ephriam Childs the 6th of Nouem : 1661
The Conftables gaue in there acompt to satiffaction excepting a receipt from Enfigne Shearman of wt he recd of the conftables, Ifack Sterenes & Sam : Thacher
Reckoned wth the Conftables Edward Garfeild & Willi Bond this 9th of Noue : 1661. of the Countre rate in fome 606 - Is- 5d for wch Some we haue a recept of the treafurer in full & there remaines in the Conftables hand the fome of
26-05-6d
Reckoned wth Edw : Garfeild & Willi Bond at the fame time for a towne rate in fome
recd of thé by receips of there feuerall payments in fome 566-155- 2ª
reft in there hands of the towne rate
3 - 4 - 8
of wch dew for wages & cariage of corne to bosto & charleftowne
2 - 6 - 0 0 -18 - 8
apon both rates towne & Country & there is dew to the towne from the forenamed Conftables 26 - 198 -- 2ª
Att a publique town meeting Nouem : the 18th 1661
Chofen into the place of Conftables Charles Chadwick & Nathan Fifke to ferue therein this yeare.
Att a publique towne meeting Nouemb : the 25. 1661
Voated by the towne, that there fhould be a rate made for the Paftors maintenance for this yeare one hundred and fixty pounds 160€
Ordered yt Richard Sawtell fhould take a new Invoyce. A meeting at John winckolls of the felectmen, the 10th dece, 1661
Mr Norcroffe gaue in his acompt apon wch there is dew of the thirteene pounds, & apon promife fix pounds wch makes
John winckoll & Richard Sawtell fhould make the Paftors rate in fome
196-00-00 1604-0-0
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[120] A meeting of the Select men dec : the 30th 1661 att Left : Beeres. apon Thom : hastings acompt
In refference to the Former orders concerning the bounds of the Farme of the towne Comonly called the Cowpen ; it was Comitted onto Left. Beeres & Henery Bright, In primis it is bounded wth Sudbury line : the North wth the highway. the east wth the farme land wch Curtife doth Farme: the South wth the como land, all wch bounds was to the Satiffaction of the towne & John Sawin, & the twenty ackres of medow belonging to the fd farme, was layd out by the aboue named & John Shearman butted and Bounded
Witness our Hands
Ric Beeres Henrie Bright
[ The name of Mary Mafon is written with different ink below the above two signatures apparently at a later date. - EDS. ]
the townfe debts
€
S
d
Mr norcroffe is Creditor
19-
0- O
To will Shattock for phillpott howfe
3- 0 - -
0
James knop for the ftocks
0 - 4 0
Capt mafan
0 -
S
3
Abram how, for board for philpott
0-
14
0
Garritt church
O
I
9
Mihill Bearfto to the meeting howfe & other pticulars
I
5 -
0
Henry Bright to the meeting howfe
I
6
- 0
Left Beeres to philepott & oarton
I
3 - 0
To The Conftable Nathan Fiske apo a wollfe & 3 foxes
I -
3 -
0
Bro. Bloyfe for wages & nayles
3 - - 0- 0
a meeting howfe lock
0-13- 4
Richard bloyfe for lathe
0- 1- 0
Tho. haftings
0-5- 8
John winckoll for fencing the land of the widow Braibroke & wheate
0- 9- 6
Richard Sawtle for the invoyce
0-10- O
to Charles Chadwick
I -II - o
to Sam : Thacher for M' pheakes
8- 0- 0
for the County rate
9-
0 -
0
Sam : Liuermore
0-10
0
Coolige
0- I 0
Jonathan Browne
0- I o
metop
0-
3
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Fleg
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121] Att a publike town meeting the 6th 1661
Ordered by a voate that if any of or inhabitants fhall kill any woalfe wthin or owne bounds ye fhall rec of the towne fowerty fhillings befide what the country allowes
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James Barnard
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Watertown Records.
Agreed that there fhall be a towne rate for this yeare the fome of fixty pounds
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Chofen for Surveiors John Barnard Tho : Fleg, for this yeare
Chosen for to fee to the well ordering of fences and looking to the order of hogs yt it be pformed & at times apoynted by the towne, John Ginrie & Nath. Coolig.
Mr Norcróffe is made choyfe of for a fchoolemafter to teach the youth of the towne, & he is to haue for his Sallery of the towne as in former times, wth the addition of fix pounds 36€ Chofen for to order the towne affaires for this yeare Ephraim Child, Capt mafan. Thomas Hastings. Left Beeres. mihill Bearfto. Edward Garfeild. John winckoll
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