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At a Meeting of ye Selectmen of Watertown & Waltham at ye houfe of Mr William Goodhue on ye: 13th- of Oct' : AD 1766- They Settled the Accounts that lay Open between ye two towns Refpecting the Poor and the Great Bridge and the Ballance which was due to Watertown Ammounting to one Pound Seven- teen Shillings and one penney three farthings (Exclufive of ye Charge of ye wido mary Maddox) was paid to Watertown Treafurer -
Witnefs our Hands
Isaac Stearnes
Jonas Dix William Coollidge Jonathan Hammond Elifha Livermore
John Kemball Selectmen Jona: Brown of Mofes Stone Waltham Jonas White Jonathan Bemis Jur 1
Selectmen of Watertown
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen of Watertown after ye other meeting was over they ordered ye Town Treafurer to pay ye Sum of one pound eleven Shillings & Seven pence to ye Treafurer of Waltham it being in full of their Account for Boarding &c for the wido Mary Boyington & Children- and They ordered ye
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Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn one Mofes Sanders out of Town who Came last from Cambridge about ye month of November last and Refides at the Houfe of the Late m' : Ebenezer Goddard
A Warrant was Issued out dated ye Same day-
Attest Jona. Brown Town Cler
[312] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of Mr Ed- ward Richardfon on ye 27 day of October 1766-
It was Agreed that m': Mofes Stone provide a pair of Stockings for Samuel Coollidge and that m' Jonas White provide a Pair of Woollen Shirts for him and that m' Jonathan Bemis Ju' Pro- vide a pair of Breeches for Sd: Coollidge-
1766 Nov": ye. 8th day a warrant was Issued out to warn Jemima and Mary Worthylake out of town
Atteft Jona: Brown Town Cler-
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of m' John Kemball on ye 28th- Day of Nov': AD 1766-
They being Informed that Daniel Fullars family were in Suf- fering Circumftances therefor they Drew a complaint Directed to John Hunt Esq': Defiring him to Issue out a Warrant Directed to a Conftable to Remove sd: Fullar & family to Newton it being their last place of Abode- Mr: Israel Whittemore Sent an ac- count of 215 feet of planck which he brot: to ye Great Bridge at ye Rate of 20/1 Pr Hundred which comes to £2 : 3 : 0- and they ordered the Clerk to write an order in their name to the Selectmen of Weston to pay ye Same -
Which was don accordingly Dated the 1 day of December fol- lowing
Pr Jona: Brown Town Cler-
Dec': ye: 26: 1766 a warrant was Issued out Directed to m' David Sanger to warn Sarah Chamberlain Elizabeth Phillips & Thos Cod out of town ye first Refides at Lt: Daniel Whitneys ye Second at m' Thomas Clarks & ye other at the wido. Mary Ben- jamins
Pr Jona : Brown Town Cler-
[313] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of m' John Kemball on the 12th Day of January Anno: Domini 1767 They being Informed that Samuel Coollidge was Dead ---
They Agreed that his Funeral Should be the next day and that m' Mofes Stone provide Nine paire of Gloves one for the Minifter and a pair for each of the Bearers & two pair for ye two women that Afsifted in Laying him out alfo that m' Stone Speak to ye Saxton to Dig a grave and Tole the Bell &c-
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At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of Mr. Abijah Learned on ye. 19th : Day of Janry: Anno: Domini 1767-
They Signed Indentures for Binding Sam": Hackleton to m': Jonas Bond ju' and for Binding Mary Boyington to m' Ebenezer Stone jun™
They alfo Signed an Order on the Town Treafurer to pay the Sum of Five pounds Sixteen Shillings & two pence three farth- ings in the following manner to ye perfons afternamed which Sums were Granted to them at the last march Meeting (Viz)
To m' John Kemball 0 :17 : 10=3
To m' Mofes Stone 0 : 16 = 0 =-
To Jonª: Brown -
3 : 9= 4 -
To ye wido Joanna Felton
0 = 9 =
To Dean: Samuel Fisk -
0= 9 = -
£5=16= 2-3
[314] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of m' Abijah Learned on Fryday the 13th: day of Febry: AD 1767 They Agreed to have a Publick Annual Town Meeting on Monday ye Second Day of march Next at Ten of ye Clock in the forenoon at ye publick Meeting Houfe and ordered the Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to ye Conftables to warn the Inhabitants who are Qualifyed to Vote in Town affairs to meet at sd. time & Place for the Ends following (Viz) First to Choofe a Moderator for sd Meeting (2) To Choofe Selectmen Town- Clerk & Treafurer and all other town officers Required by law to be Chofe in the month of march Annually (3) To Choofe a Saxton & Agree how he Shall he paid for his Service- (4) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5) To know ye minde of ye town Whether Swine Shall Run at Large ye Infueing Year (6) To Choofe a Committe to Examin the Treafurers Accounts- (7) To Appropriate the money Coming to ye town ye prefent year the year Begining the Eleventh day of December last past (8) To Grant a Salary for ye Revd: m': Seth Storer for ye Year Enfueing ye Year begining the first day of March Next (9) To Grant money to Support the Grammer School or any Other Schools that may be Agreed Upon (10) To Grant money to Support the poor (11) To Grant money to Re- pair the great Bridge (12) To Hear the Accounts of thofe perfons the town is Indebted to and grant money to pay the Same --- (13) To Grant money to Repair the High-ways & Town-ways and to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors of the High-way Rate and Determin the price of Labour in Working out sd: Rate (14) To Hear the Pleas of the Prefent or late Conftables for Abating any Perticular Perfons Rates in their lists as the town may think fitt (15) To know the minde of ye town Whether will Choofe a Committe to Manage the Schools or Act
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any thing on the affair they may think proper (16) To know ye minde of the town whether they will proceed to Build a Woork- Houfe Agreable to their former Vote and Act any thing thereon they may think Proper (17) To know the minde of the town Whether they will Build a Pound and Act any thing on the Affair they may think Proper-
Eighteenth
[315] (18) To Hear the Report of the Committe that were Appointed to Sell m' Patterfon Pew and to Appropriate the money Arifeing by the Sale thereof as they may think proper - - - And to Notify the Town Creditors to bring in their Accounts to the Selectmen at the Houfe of m' Abijah Learned on Fryday the 27th day of this Inftant February at two of the Clock after- noon-
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly
Attest Jona: Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of the Committe at the Houfe of m": Abijah Learned May ye: 26: 1766-For Regulating the womans Schools in ye Town of Watertown is as follows (Viz) Four Schools Shall be open one at the Houfe of M' Phinihas Stearnes one at the Houfe of M' Jonathan Stone one at the Houfe of Enfign Ebenezer Stone & one at the Houfe of Mr: Samuel Cook or Els where the Committe Shall Appoint all to be kept at ye Same Rate they were the last Year-Alfo the Committe has Agreed that m': Nathaniel Bond Should keep the Englifh & Grammer School in sd: town for one Quarter of a Year Begining the Second Monday of June Next at ye Rate of forty Pounds Pr Year.
Nath11: Harrington Pr order of ye Comtt :
At a Meeting of ye Committe for Regulating the Schools in Watertown Said Committe Agreed to open another Womans School in sd: town Near the Bridge to keep five Weeks: and Ap- pointed m' : David Bemis one of sd: Committe to provide a place & a Miftrefs. The School was accordingly openned at the Houfe of m': Elifha Learned, To be kept by Mary Prentice on Monday the 23d: of June-
Watertown June 20th: 1766
David Bemis Pr: Order of ye Committe-
[316] Watertown Sep': ye 10: 1766 At a Meeting of the Committe for Regulating the Grammer and Englifh School in sd town Agreed by the Committe that m' : Nath": Bond keep the Englifh and Grammer School in sd: town for another Quarter at the Same Rate
Pr Order of ye Committe Nath11 Harrington
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At a Meeting of ye Committe for Regulating the English and Grammer School in sd. Town Agreed by ye Committe that M' : Nath"l: Bond keep the Englifh & Grammer School in Said town another Quarter of a Year at the Same Rate Watertown Novr: 24th: 1766
Pr Order of ye Committe Nath1: Harrington
At a Meeting of the Committe for Rugulating the School at the Houfe of M': Abijah Learned-Agreed by the Committe yt M': Josiah Bifco keep the Englifh School in Watertown for Seven weeks at the School-Houfe in the East end of sd: Town at the Rate of Ten Dollars for Four weeks & so in Proportion for the Rest of ye time, Said Bisco to begin Next monday
Pr Order of ye Comtt: Nath": Harrington
Watertown Decr: 10th: 1766
A warrant was Issued February the 25th: Anno Domini 1767 to warn Jonathan Larabee Sufanna Robertfon & Elizabeth Wool- fon out of town and given to Conftable Daniel Sawin
Attest Jona: Brown Town Cle-
Watertown Febry: ye 2: 1767 At a Meeting of the School Committe at the Houfe of M Abijah Learned. Said Committe Agreed with m': John Hunt jur to keep the writeing School Six Weeks for four pounds Ten Shillings at the Houfe of m' Samuel Cook Said School to be opened February ye. 9th-
David Bemis pr order of ye Comtt :-
[317] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of m'. Abijah Learned on Fryday the 27th- day of February Anno: Domini 1767
The perfons that kept the poor brot: in their Accounts which are as follows (Viz) Joseph Coollidge for Boarding Sam11 Coollidge From Febry: ye. 28th. 1766 to January ye: 12th: 1767 being 45 weeks & two days at 31/1 old Tenor pr week which Comes to - 70 : 5=0
and for making a Coat & other things 4 : 12 : 9
and for Extra Charges £18-0-
74 : 17 = 9 18 :0:0
Old Tenor- 92 : 17 : 9
all which in Lawfull money Comes to - 12 : 2:4:1 And Phinehas Child brot: in his Account for Boarding the
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wido Lydia Warrin from the Eighteenth of March 1766 to the fifteenth day of July following it comes to ye
Sum of - - 3 :17 :2 :2 and for Extra Charge in time of Sicknefs &c - 3 : 0:0:0
6:17:2:2 Alfo Daniel Bond brot: in his account for Boarding Mary Cool- lidge from the Eighteenth of march 1766 to ye 18th- of march 1767 being fifty two weeks and for Cloathing &c which Come to - 4" 13" 9 Likewife the wido Mary Benjamin Sent in her account for Boarding the wido Mary Maddox one Year ----- 7 : 7 : 10 : 2 Jonathan Bemis Ju': brot: in his account for Boarding the wido Mary Boyington & her two Children Eight week at 6/1 pr week -
and for Cloathing procured for Samuel
2 : 8 :0
Coollidge
0 :17 : 7 : 2
Total- £3 : 5" 7" 2
Mr Ebenezer Stone ju' brot in his Acctt- for Boarding the wido Maddox two weeks at 2/4 3/4 farthings pr week which Comes to - 0 : 4" 9" 2
and for Boarding Jacob Boyington 23 Weeks at
3 : 9" 0" 0-
3/1 pr week .
and for Some Cloathing for sd: Child 0" 8" 8-
£4 : 2" 5 : 2
And Samuel Benjamin brot: in An Account for Boarding & Nurfing Ruth Maddox at his Houfe two weeks and
a half
0 : 12" 0" 0 Jonas Barnerd brot: his Account for Boarding Mary Coollidge two weeks at: 2/1 pr week - 0" 4" 0- John Sawin brot: his Account for Boarding the wido Lydia Warrin one week - 0" 4" 3" 2 Jonas White brot: his Account Cloathing for the Poor which he procured and other things ammounting to
the Sum of -
1 :2 :4-
Carried over-
Total £40" 11" 10" 3
[318]
brot over -- 40 : 11" 10 : 3 M' Mofes Stone brot: in an Account of his Expences in pro- viding things for the poor and for mending the School-Houfe Glafs and other things Ammounting to the Sum of-£2" 0" 6- t
Jonathan Brown bro in an Account of Cash paid Jonathan Se- A wall Esq' for Advice Relating to Sarah Learned and the Children
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of ye the wido Mary Boyington &c - £1 :15" 4- Stephen Harris brot in an Account for Labour at the Meeting- Houfe-which comes to - 0" 7" 8
The Sum Total of ye beforegoing Accounts is- £44" 15" 4" 3
There was further the following Accounts brot in to be laid before ye Town (Viz) -
To Bezli: Learned for Labour & Meterials at ye Great Bridge - 1 :18 : 5=2
To D': Marfhal Spring for Medicine for ye
poor - 0" 15" 0-
To Simon Haftings for Sundrys of Labour &c for ye town .
1 : 10 : 0 To Jedidiah Leath for work for ye town - - 0 : 7 : 8- To mifsurs Nath1 Harrington & John Kemball yt they paid m' Trowbridg 0 : 6 :0
To Jonª: Stone for Serving Conftable in ye Year 1764- 1 : 0:0
To John Kemball for Serving Afsefsor ye Year past -
0 : 16 : 0
To Mofes Stone for Ditto - 0 : 16 : 0
To Jona : Brown for Serving Treafurer & Afsefsor 3 : 9 : 4-
£10:18:5"2
[319] At a Gen"] Town-Meeting of ye freeholders & other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in Town affairs Regularly Afembled and Meet at the publick-Meeting- Houfe in sd: town on Monday the Second Day of March AD: 1767 for the Choice of town officers & other affairs as Setforth in ye warrants for sd: Meeting-
Voted & Chofe m' : Nath": Harrington Moderator for sd: meeting
Voted & Chofe for Selectmen
Jona : Brown m' John Kemball m' Mofes Stone m' Jonas White m' Jona Bemis ju"
Voted & Chofe Jona: Brown Town-Clerk & Town Treafurer Jona: Brown
Voted & Chofe Afsefsors-
m' John Kemball m' Mofes Stone -
Voted & Chofe for ye first Conftable m' Josiah Bright and then Voted to Excufe him ye prefent year then Voted & Chofe
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m': Jonas Barned then Voted to excufe him ye prefent year. Then Voted & Chofe m' : Samuel Soden-
Then Voted and Chofe m' William Bond and upon his Re- quest Voted to Excufe him from Serving the prefent year then Voted & Chofe m' : Elijah Bond
Voted & Chofe mifsrs Phinehas Child & Thomas Patten Wardens Voted & Chofe m': Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
Voted & Chofe mifsrs. Wm- Bond & Jonas Bond ju' Fence Viewers Viewers
Voted & Chofe mifsrs Jonas Barned & Joseph Coollidge Sur- veyors of High-ways
Voted & Chofe mifsrs Sam" Sanger & Sam" Barnerd Tything- men-
Voted & Chofe mifsrs John Chenery & Fanning Learned Ho- grieves-
Voted & Chofe mifs's Nath"! Coolidge Jonas Coollidge ju" David Sanger and Bezaleel Learned Surveyors of Timber Planck &c- Voted & Chofe mifsrs Sam": Warrin & Simon Coollidge jur Howards-
Voted & Chofe mifsrs Smith Prentice & Bez" Learned Clerks of ye Market
Voted & Chofe mifsrs Sam"] Cook & Smith Prentice Cullars of Hoops & Staves &c-
Voted & Chofe m': Elifha Learned Surveyor of Wheat
Voted & Chofe m' Simon Haftings Saxton
Voted that he have two Contrabutions as Ufual for his Service
[320] Then the Votes were put in for a County Treafurer- Then the town being Informed that m' Elijah Bond was in a Poor State of Health and a Motion being made & Seconded it was put to vote whether the town will Excufe him from Serving Con- ftable the prefent year and it past in ye affirmative-
Then Voted and Chofe m': John Stearnes a Conftable Then at his Defire Voted to Excufe him from Serving ye prefent year Then a Motion was made & Seconded and put to Vote Whether the town will Excufe m': Samuel Soden from Serving Conftable the prefent Year and it past in the Affirmative-
Then it was put to Vote whether the town will Reconfider all the Votes that have been past for Choofeing or Excufeing Con- ftables at this meeting and it past in the affirmative-
Then it was put to Vote whether it be the minde of the town that this Meeting with the Remaining Bufinefs be Adjourned till tomorrow at one of ye Clock afternoon at this place and it past in ye affirmative-
Then the Moderator Declared it Accordingly Adjourn'd
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This Day Jonathan Brown was Sworn into the offices of Town- Clerk Town Treafurer & Afsefsor before John Hunt J : peace
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of m': Abijah Learned the Same Evening after the Selectmen had taken the Oath Required by law Relating to ye other Governments Bill then the perfons afternamed after taking ye Same oath were Sworn to the faithfull Difcharge of the Refpective offices into which they were this day Chofen (Viz)
mifsrs : John Kemball & Mofes Stone Afsefsors - mifs's Phinehas Child & Thomas Patten Wardens
m' : Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather -
mifrs. William Bond & Jonas Bond ju' Fence viewers-
mifs's Jonas Barnerd & Joseph Coollidge Surveyors of High- ways
[321] m': Samuel Barnerd Tythingman
m' Fanning Learned Hogrieve - - mifsrs Nath"]: Coollidge Jonas Coollidge Jur David Sanger & Bez1. Learned Surveyors of Timber &c mifs's : Samuel Warren & Simon Coollidge ju' Howards - -- mr- Bezaleel Learned Clerk of the Market
m': Samuel Cook Cullar of Hoops & Staves &c -
m' Elifha Learned Surveyor of Wheat By Jonª: Brown Town Clerk -
At a Gen"1: Town-Meeting of ye freeholders & other Inhabitants of Watertown on ye the third Day March Anno: Domini 1767- after the Meeting was Opened-then it was put to Vote Whether the town will Choofe Collectors of Tax's and it past in the Affirmative -
Voted & Chofe mifsrs John Stearns & Josiah Bright Conftables- Voted that Swine be Shut up the prefent Year - A - Voted & Chofe a Commtt: to m' Nath1 Harrington m' Mofes Stone Examin ye Treafrs Acctts : m' Sam1 White
Voted to Appropriate the Intereft money as it was last year (Viz) Five Shillings & four pence to ye School & ye Remainder to ye minifter
Voted & Granted the Sum of 66" 13" 4 for a Sallary for ye Revd m' Seth Storer the Enfueing year the Intereft money Ap- propriated to that Ufe to be part the Remainder to be afseft -- - Voted & Granted the Sum of 40" 0" 0 to Support ye Grammer & Englifh School
Then put to Vote whether the town will have any more Schools and it past in the Affirmative
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Voted & Granted ye Sum of 30 pounds to Support Sd: Schools- Voted & Granted the Sum of 20 pounds to Support ye poor- Voted & Granted the Sum of 4 pounds to Repair ye Great-Bridge Voted & Granted the Sum of 30 pounds to Repair ye High-ways & Town-ways
Voted & Chofe ye Surveyors of High-ways Collectors of ye High-way Rate
Voted that ye price of Labour in Working out the High-way Rate be the Same it was the last year -
[322] The Accounts of thofe Perfons the town is Indebted to were Read ammounting to the Sum of 10" 18" 5" 2 and were allow'd and the Same Sum was Granted to pay the Same --- then the Extra Charges of Phinehas Child Relating to ye wido Lydia Warran and Joseph Coollidge for Samuel Coollidge ware laid before the town and Accepted - Voted & abated william Goddings Rate in Conftable Sam" Whites lists and Granted the Sum of 0 : 15 6 : 2 to make it good-
Voted and Chofe for a Committe to manage ye Schools
m': Nath! Harrington dean Sam" Fisk
mª Wm- Bond mr Sam" White -
m' Nath! Stone
Put to Vote Whether the town will proceed to Build a Work- Houfe agreable to their former Vote and it past in ye Negative Put to Vote whether the town will Build a New pound as Soon as Conveniently may be and it past in the Affirmative
Then Voted to Choofe a Committe to Build Sd: pound ---
Voted and Chofe for Said Committe
m': Jonª Bemis jur Jona: Brown mª Jonas White
Voted that the Committe Endeavor to finde what the Cost of Said pound will be either of Stone or Timber and Report at next May Meeting - - Then the Report of ye Committe that were appointed to make Sale of m' Patterfons Pew was Read to the town and they Voted and Accepted of ye Same See ye Report at ye Next page
Then Voted & Chofe mifs's: Sam" Soden & Edward Harring- ton Jur Collectors of Tax's-who with ye Conftables (Viz)
Josiah Bright & John Stearnes and each of the perfons after- Named were Sworn to their Several offices to which they were Chofen Samuel Sanger Tythingman Smith Prentice Clerk of y" Market & Cullar of Hoops & Staves &c-
all Sworn by Jona: Brown Town Clerk
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[323] The Report of the Comtee: Relating to the Sale of Patterions Pew-
We the Subscribers being Appointed by the town to Difpofe of the pew in the Meeting-Houfe that did belong to m' Joseph Pat- terfon, Appointed a Meeting for that Purpose to be at the Houfe of m' Abijah Learned Innhder on the fourteenth Day of July- and Accordingly met and Sold Said Pew to m' Isaac Sanderfon for Twelve pounds and eight pence Lawfull money, for which he gave Notes to the town Treafurer
Watertown Febry: 24th: 1767
m' Nath"] Harrington
Comtt : m' Jonas White dean Sam" Fisk
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of m' Abijah Learned on the Ninth Day of March Anno: Domini 1767-
for putting out the poor &c. They Agreed with m' Daniel Bond to take Care of & Board Mary Coollidge one year more at the Rate of 125/6 pence old Tenor p' Week-alfo they Agreed with m' Stephen Harris to take Care of & Board the wido Mary Maddox one year at Rate of 24/6 old Tenor p' week and they are to have no further Allowance lett their Circumftances be what they will Except in Case of Sicknefs-
They Signed on Order on the Treafurer to pay the Sum of thirty pounds to m': Nath1 Bond for his keeping School in Water- town Nine Months, alfo one other order to pay ye Sum of £44" 15" 4" 3 to Sundrey perfons it being in full of their Accounts which was laid before ye Selectmen on ye: 27 day of last month See the (317) Page. They alfo Directed the Clerk to Issue out a warrant to warn Ebenezer Bateman & his Family and Elizabeth Bemis out of Town which was Accordingly don - Pr Jona: Brown Town Clerk
Causions Enter'd march Court 1767
The Same Evening m' John Chenery was Sworn to the Office of Hogrieve
By Jona: Brown Town Cle
Agreed that m' Bezaleel Learned take care of ye Great Bridge the Enfuing Year-
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[324] Gentlemen
Watertown March ye: 18th: 1767
Thefe are to Certifie that we ye Subscribers Afsefsors of Said Town have Afseit ye Ratable Pools & Estates in sd: Town in ye Sum of Thirty pounds and have Committed lists of sd: Afseisment to ye Surveyors of ye High-ways who are the Collectors of the High-way Rate (Viz)- To m' Jonas Barned the Sum of - 15 "16"10- And to m': Joseph Coollidge ye Sum of - 14" 3" 2-
Afsesfors Certificate
£30" 0" 0
with Lawfull warrants to levy and Collect ye Same or See that it be faithfully worked out in Re- pairing ye High-ways-Agreable to the Vote of the town So as to make up the whole Account of their working or Collecting with your Selves or Suc- cefsors on or before the last Day of Novr: Next Enfueing the Date Hereof - Jona: Brown John Kemball Afsefsors
Mofes Stone
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of m': Abijah Learned on the 23th Day of March Anno: Domini 1767-
They Agreed with m' Jonathan Whitney to take Jacob Boy- ington Son to ye late Jacob Boyington & Bring him up till he is twenty one Years of Age and to Learn him ye Trade of Cord wainer which he ye Said Whitney now follows, and he is to have ye Sum of Nine pounds paid him by the town therefor-And ye Se- lectmen ordered the Clerk to give him an order to Receive ye Said Child and what Cloathing belongs to it, of M' Ebenezer Stone Jur Said order was given at ye Same time
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of m' : Jonª: Bemis J r on ye: 31 Day of march Anno: Domini 1767
The Afsefsors made Return of their Afsefsing ye High-way Rate which was accepted-See above - -
[325] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of m' Abijah Learned on the 13th Day of April AD 1767-
They Signed Indentures for Binding Jacob Boyington to m' Jonathan Whitney and for Binding Elizabeth Boyington to m' Samuel Phipps of Cambridge-
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of m' Thos. Salt- marfh on ye: 8th: Day of May Anno: Domini 1767-
They Signed an order on ye Town Treafurer to pay the Sum of £19" 10"4 to the Several perfons that kept the Englifh Schools the Last year-and the Sum of £1" 11" 8 to m' Ben-
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jamin Harrington of Weston it being for 156 feet of Planck which he brot: to the Great Bridge in Watertown-alfo the Sum of £3"9"0 to m' Jonas Harrington jur of sd: Weston for 345 feet of Planck which he brot: to Sd: Bridge -
The Selectmen haveing Received a Precept from the High Sheriff of ye County of Middlefex Requiring them to Afsemble the Inhabitants of Watertown forth with to Elect and Depute one or more Suitable perfon or perfons to Reprefent them in a Great and General Court or Afsembly appointed to be Convened held & kept for his Majesty's Service at ye Court Houfe in Boston on Wedensday ye: 27 Day of May Currant-They Ordered ye Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the Several Conftables to warn the Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the Choice of a Representative to afsemble & meet together at the publick Meeting Houfe in Watertown on Monday the Eighteenth Day of may Next at 2 of y e Clock afternoon
A for the purposes above Said-
They alfo Agreed to have another Gen" Town Meeting on the Same day and at ye Same place at 3th of the Clock afternoon and ordered ye Clerk
to
[326] To Issue out Warrants Directed to the Conftables to warn all ye Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs to Afsemble and meet together at sd: time and place to act on the following Articles (Viz) - First to Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting-
(2)y) To Hear the Report of ye Committe that were ap- pointed to Examin the town Treafurers accounts and act any thing thereon they may think proper-(3ly) To Hear the Report of the Committe that were appointed the last march Meeting to Build a New pound. and for the town to act any thing further thereon they may think proper-
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