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Gc 974.102 B62can Candage, R. G. F. 1826-1912. Settlement and progress of the town of Bluehill, Maine
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SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS
OF THE TOWN OF
BLUEHILL, MAINE.
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HISTORICAL ADDRESS
BY
R. G. F. CANDAGE,
Member of New England Historic-Genealogical Society,
AT
BLUEHILL FALLS, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1886.
PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BY THE LADIES' SOCIAL LIBRARY, BLUEHILL, MAINE. 1886.
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T. R.MARVIN “ SON.
PRINTERS,
BOSTON.
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PREFATORY NOTE.
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THE following address was prepared for, and delivered on Septem- ber 7th, 1886, at a clam-bake and reunion of upwards of three hun- dred citizens and friends upon Mill Island, at Bluehill Falls, where the settlement of the town of Bluehill, Maine, was begun April 7th, 1762.
In its preparation much time was expended, and many authorities were consulted, that it might be made worthy of the occasion ; but no thought was given to the subject of its publication. Those who listened to it deemed it worthy of publication and preservation for the benefit of the youth of the town and vicinity, as well as for others interested in historical data; the request was made and ac- ceded to, that the address should be printed by, and sold in aid of, the Ladies' Social Library of Bluehill, thereby contributing whatever might remain above the cost of publication to a needy and meritor- ious object.
The author acknowledges his indebtedness for facts mentioned in the address to the Town Records ; the " Record " of Rev. Jonathan Fisher ; the Church Records ; the address of B. W. Hinckley, Esq., at the Centennial Anniversary of the Town's Settlement ; the ad- dress of Rev. Stephen Thurston, at the Centennial Anniversary of the gathering of the Congregational Church ; the New England His- toric Genealogical Register ; W. B. Sprague's Annals of the Ameri- can Pulpit ; John F. Pratt, M. D. of Chelsea, Mass. ; contributions to the Ellsworth American newspaper, from papers in the Massachu- setts Secretary of State's Office; Diary of Jonathan Darling, as
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quoted by Rev. Mr. Fisher ; to Miss Abby L. Pierce, of Brookline, Mass. ; to the late R. G. W. Dodge, Esq., of Bluehill ; and to various other persons held in remembrance, but not mentioned here.
To the gentlemen who composed the Committee of Arrangements for the reunion and clam-bake, and to whose endeavors the pleasure and success of the occasion were largely due, the author confesses his own indebtedness, and all who were present must acknowledge theirs, and give them words of hearty commendation and praise for the success of the undertaking.
And now for this pamphlet which the author has taken much in- terest in writing - while he claims for it no merit as a literary pro- duction - he asks a kindly reception by an indulgent public for the facts it contains, and for the object in aid of which it is published.
Brookline, Mass.,
R. G. F. CANDAGE.
October 21st, 1886.
Order of Exercises ·
DINNER.
BASKET PICNIC.
BAKED CLAMS. GREEN CORN.
COFFEE.
GROUP PHOTOGRAPHED.
Binging.
"AULD LANG SYNE."
By the Assembly, led by CHARLES C. CLOUGH, Esq.
Address.
By R. G. F. CANDAGE, Esq., of Brookline, Mass. A Native of Bluehill.
Singing.
"MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE." By the Assembly.
Benediction.
By the REV. L. S. TRIPP.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
DR. RUFUS P. GRINDLE, MR. AUGUSTUS C. PETERS, MR. AUGUSTUS N. OSGOOD, MR. ALFRED C. OSGOOD, MR. THOMAS S. OSGOOD, MR. GEORGE MORSE, MR. CHARLES C. CLOUGH, MR. WILFORD E. GRINDLE, MR. BROOKS A. GRAY, MR. DAVID H. ALLEN,
MR. IRVING S. CANDAGE, MR. ROSCOE LORD, MR. GEORGE R. ADAMS, MR. EUGENE A. STEVENS, MR. AUSTIN STEVENS, MR. FRANK J. DODGE, MR. SETH K. HINKLEY,
MR. JAMES H. MORSE, MR. JONATHAN STOVER, MR. GEORGE OSGOOD.
ADDRESS.
Fellow Townsmen and Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen :
WE have assembled here to-day to meet and greet each other in social converse, to partake of the repast which kind friends have provided for the occasion, and to recount some of the events which have transpired in the history of the town of Bluehill, the first settle- ment having been made upon this spot.
In the study of history there is much to be learned which may be useful to us. From it we may draw les- sons of wisdom to aid and encourage us in well-doing ; and from it we may learn lessons of warning, which, if heeded, will point out to us the rocks and shoals upon which our barque may be stranded on the voyage of life.
We are taught in the Book of books " To honor our father and our mother, that our days may be long in the land ; " and in what way can we give them higher honor than by a study of the history of their lives, as recorded in their acts, and by profiting by the good ex- amples they set for us to follow.
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It has been with these purposes in view that I have prepared this address, to which I invite your kind and indulgent attention.
One hundred and twenty-four years ago last April a small vessel entered the waters of Bluehill Bay, steered for these shores, and made a landing upon the island where we are now assembled. No friendly eye was fixed upon her approach ; no hospitable hand was ex- tended to greet her adventurous crew as they landed. The coast and country were covered with a dense growth of forest trees, in which roamed wild beasts and savage men. There was not a habitation for civilized man to be found in this region ; the nearest being at Bagaduce, now Castine, which could only be reached by a long and circuitous route by water.
The crew of the little craft proved to be Joseph Wood and John Roundy, good men and true, from Beverly, Mass., who came here to make a home for themselves and their families in the wilderness, and to lay the foundations of a settlement, which, by their efforts, and by the aid of those who followed their adventurous lead, grew into this beautiful and prosperous town, as we shall see, when we examine the records of the settlement, the town, and the churches.
People wonder why this spot should have been chosen for the first settlement. But the reason seems to me to be plain, that they chose it because it was an island, and afforded better security from the intrusion of wild beasts and wild men, than the main land.
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Here the summer of 1762 was spent by Mr. Wood and Mr. Roundy, in erecting log-houses, felling trees to make a clearing, and in getting out staves with which they loaded their little craft; and also in forming plans for the permanent settlement of the place.
In the autumn they returned to Beverly, and there spent the winter. The next year, 1763, they brought their families here ; each family consisting of husband, wife, and six children.
Joseph Wood was in the full vigor of manhood, being 42 years of age, and his wife, Ruth Haskell, one year younger. Their children were Israel, 19 years old ; Mary, 15 ; Joseph, 12; Ruth, 10; Robert Haskell, 7; and Joanna was 3.
John Roundy was six years younger than Mr Wood, he being 36 years old, and his wife, Elizabeth Rea, was 34. Their children were Mary, 15; Elizabeth, 12 ; Hannah, 10; Charity, 8; Anne, 5; and Emma, the baby, less than a year old.
These were the persons who planted the infant settlement of the town, and who contributed largely to the success it met with, up to, and even beyond, the date of its incorporation. The descendants of Mr. Wood, who bear his name, and also those who bear other names, are numerous in the town to-day ; while the name of Roundy, so far as I have been able to ascertain, has become extinct here; although there are many descendants of his, bearing other names, residents of the town and vicinity.
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He who addresses you is a lineal descendant of John Roundy, through Hannah, his daughter, who married James Candage, Jr., (formerly Cavendish), April 13, 1775; and through their son, Samuel Roundy Candage, born Jan. 15, 1781, who was his father.
The third family of the new settlement was formed by the marriage of Col. Nathan Parker, with Mary, eldest daughter of Joseph Wood, on Dec. 20, 1765. Col. Parker was from Andover, Mass., and was one of the provincial troops at the siege and fall of Louisburg.
The fourth family was Mr. Samuel Foster's, of Andover, who came in May, 1765. It is said they did not remain long.
The fifth family was that of Nicholas Holt, from Andover, who came May 27, 1765.
The sixth family was that of Jonathan Darling, also from Andover, whose wife and one child came with her father, Nicholas Holt, May 27, 1765. Mr. Darling's second son, Jonathan, was the first English child born in the town, Oct. 17, 1765. The Holt family lived in a house which stood very nearly on the spot now oc- cupied by the house of Mr. Albert R. Conary.
The first white female child born in the town was Edith, daughter of Joseph and Mary Wood, born Aug. 3, 1766. The Wood family moved from this island to a house which was erected on the opposite side of the road from where the school house now stands, at the head of the cove.
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The seventh family was that of Mr. Benjamin York. It is recorded of them that they made but a short stay in town. By the assignment of proprietary lots of land, Benjamin York was assigned the lot of 80 acres fronting the Falls, on the Neck side, which he is recorded to have held in quiet possession and enjoy- ment, on Nov. 1, 1769.
The eighth family was that of Mr. Ezekiel Osgood, who came from Andover, Mass., Nov. 6, 1765. Just where Mr. Osgood and family located I have not been able to learn.
The ninth family was that of Mr. Thomas Coggins, from Beverly, who came Dec. 27, 1765. The name of "Coggin Hill" yonder, fixes the spot where they located, and also fixes the family name in the town as long as that hill shall last.
Others followed in 1766, and among them was James Candage and family, who settled on the Neck. He was the ancestor of the Candages of this town and vicinity.
The following petition is important, in so far as it fixes the date of the coming to town of the persons named therein :
BLUEHILL BAY, June 17th, 1784.
This is to certify that John Peters of the Town aforesaid this day was chose by the Inhabitants of this Town to represent the true State of the Proprietors and Settlers on Said Township to the Committe chosen by the General Court of the Massachusetts State to receive and examin the Clames of Land In the County of Lincoln (&c. &c.)
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Date of
Date of
Proprietors' Settlem't
Proprietors' Settlem't
Joseph Wood, 1762
Obed Johnson, 1769
Nathan Parker, 1764
Jon'a Clay, . 1769
Jonah Dodge,
Elizabeth Brown, widow,. 1770
Jonathan Darling, .
1765
Peter Parker, jr.
1765
Joshua Parker,
Joseph Parker,
Nathan Parker, jr. . Ezekiel Osgood, jr.
1765
John Roundy, 1762
Phineas Osgood,
1774
Jos'a Titcomb, . 1769
Joseph Wood, jr.
Joshua Horton, .
1768
Stephen Titcomb, . 1765
Benj'n Friend, .
I774
David Carleton,
John Dodge,
1774
Moses Carleton,
Ezekiel Osgood,
Michael Carleton,
Robert Parker, .
Samuel Parker, .
Thomas Coggin, 1765
James Candige, 1766
Elisha Dodge, I774
John Peters, . 1765
John Peters, jr. . 1765
Nicholas Holt,
Marble Parker, . 1764
John Osgood.
Settled
Settlers
in
Settlers in
Israel Wood,
1776
Christopher Osgood, . 1774
Daniel Osgood, . 1776
Ebene'r Hinkley,
Robert Haskell Wood, 1776
Jon'a Darling, jr. 1776
James Candige, jr. I766
Jon'a Day, . I766
John Candige, 1782
Mathias Vickery, 1776
John Randall,
1768
Susannah Hinkley, wid. . 1766
Joseph Candige,
1767
Henry Carter, 1783
James Carter,
1781
Thomas Carter, I776
Nathan Osgood, 1776
Nath'l Cushing, 1778
Nicholas Holt, . I775
Jedediah Holt, . 1778
John Roundy, jr .. 1783
Joshua Horton, jr. 1782
Josiah Coggin, . 1782
James Day, . 1766
Lydia Day, widow,. 1766
36 of the above - 7 of them, minors, all sons of Proprietors who are on ye ground except Steph Titcomb, whose father has done ye duty on his right.
Settled
Joshua Titcomb, jr. 1767
Peter Parker, 1765
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No minor has his name.
Captain Joseph Wood & Sons and John Roundy came and settled at Bluehill bay before the land was either granted or layed out &c &c &c.
These early settlers were men and women, hardy and robust by nature, who undertook to plant new homes, rear and support families on the hard soil of this town, far away from the social, educational, and Christian privileges they had enjoyed in Massachusetts. I have frequently been asked, as doubtless many of you have been, why they came here to a climate so uninviting and to a new country. My reply has been, they were desirous of forming a new community, perhaps an ideal one; so they came to Maine, there being no Great West then to go to. They saw the fine timber with which the land was covered; in that their Yankee shrewdness discovered a profit, and having a realizing sense of the beautiful, they saw what every one else has seen who has visited this town, the charm of its situation, its sparkling bay, its inlets, its shores, its landscape of hill, dale, and plain; they were pleased with it, and the testimony of a century and a quarter is " that the place is beautiful to look upon. " They were the persons needed for the times and the place, and right worthily and successfully did they exert their en- ergies to fulfill their mission. We are here to-day to review, very briefly, the success they achieved, to ad- mire the persistency with which they subdued the
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forest, converted the wilderness into fruitful fields, and erected homes of comfort. They could not do this without great hardships and privations. Their stock of provisions failed them; they subsisted upon clams, fish and wild game. And when, by dint of hard labor, they harvested a little Indian corn, they parched it over the fire, pounded it into meal with pestle and mortar, and baked it on boards in front of their wood- fires. The tide-mill near by this spot was erected in 1765, three years after the families of Joseph Wood and John Roundy came here. This I suppose was a mill for sawing lumber; in what year the grist-mill was built I have found no exact data to determine, but probably about the same time.
The first notification for a town meeting on record was dated " Number five, Feb. ye 20, Anno Domeney, 1767," and was signed by Joseph Wood, John Roundy, and Nicholas Holt, and contained the following art- icles : -
Viz. I. To Chuse a moderator for said Meating.
2. To Chuse a Clarck for the year Insewing.
3. To see if they will agree to work one Day for a fense in A Burying Place, and to act on aney other afairs that May Be thought Proper.
The " Meating " was held " March ye 2, 1767," and chose Lieut. Nicholas Holt, Moderator, John Roundy, Town Clerk, John Roundy, Jonathan Darling, and Benjamin York, Com. (or Selectmen.)
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Voted that the Township shall be called "Newport." Voted to clear a Burying Place and fence it one Day. Voted that if aney one Cut on aney ones Lott that is Laid Outt, without leave, he shall lose his Labor and his stuff. Voted that if aney Man shall find aney Lumber Cut on Their Lott, they shall carry it of.
The second " Meating " was held, " Newport Apriell ye 6, 1767."
I. Lieut. Nicholas Holt Moderator.
2. Voted that they would have their Lots put on Record and who they lay a Gainst.
3. Voted that they would Raise a Tax of Ten Shillings on the Poles, to be paid into the hands of the Town Clarck to Defray the Charge for the Year Ensuing.
Voted that they would have the time of their settling
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on Record, and who was the first settlers and so on.
March ye 7, 1768. The Town met at the house of Ensign Joseph Wood. Chose Lieut. Nicholas Holt, Moderator, John Roundy, Town Clarck, John Roundy, Nathan Parker and Jonathan Darling, Com. (or Selectmen.)
I. Voted that they would Rais Money for to hire a per- son to preach the Gospel to us and for to pay for his Board.
In the notice for this " meating " they say "So that we may not bring up our children like the Heathen."
2. Voted to chuse a Comitte for to provide a Man for to preach to us.
JOHN ROUNDY
NATHAN PARKER Comt. JONATHAN DARLING
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3. Voted on the Poynt if we can get the house for Pub- lick Worship.
4. Voted to clear a Rhode from here to Pronobscutt.
5. Voted to chuse a Comitte.
6. Voted to chuse five men for a Comitte.
SAMUEL FOSTER
ISRAEL WOOD
ROBERT PARKER
Comt.
ENSIGN JOSEPH WOOD
AND JOHN ROUNDY
At the Town meeting held "March ye 6th 1769,"
John Peters was chosen Town Clerk, and John Peters, Jeremiah Cobburn and Benjamin York Com. or Selectmen. Capt. Joshua Horton, Town Treasurer.
Voted to raise 150 [probably dollars] by subscription to De- fray the Charge of Preaching.
Voted to chuse a Committy to see that the Gospel is Preached to us. Joshua Herrick, Ensign Joseph Wood and Lieut. Nicholas Holt, Comt.
Voted to repare the old Meeting House for a place of Pub- lick Worship for the Year Insuing.
Voted to chuse a Committy to lay out Roads where they shall think proper to convean the Town on this side the Salt Pond. Ensign Joseph Wood, Jonathan Darling and Robert Parker, Comt.
Voted a Committy to lay out Roads where they think proper on the Neck. Jonathan Darling, John Roundy and Benjamin York, Comt.
Voted to except what was done, then ajourned till the 27th of March. At the ajourned meeting, March 27, John Roundy was chosen to be the Surveyor of Lumber.
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Another meating of the Town was held April 24, 1769.
Voted the first Munday in may to repare the Meeting House.
Voted that Ensign Joseph Wood, Lieut. Nicholas Holt and Mr. Joshua Herrick should be Collectors.
Voted that Jeremiah Coburn should be the man to see that the Boards are procured for the Meeting House.
Voted that Ensign Joseph Wood should be the man to see that the Glass and Nails are Provided for to repare the old Meeting House.
Voted that they would clear a Road half way from the head of the Bay to No. Six (Surry.)
Voted that Capt. Peter Parker, Ensign Joseph Wood and Ensign John Roundy should be a Committy to Look out said Road.
Then follows a vote which shows that the men of that day were ready to grapple with great questions.
Voted that they would fence in the Township !
Here follows a record of laying out lots of land on the Neck, and assigning them to those in quiet and peaceful possession and enjoyment.
NEWPORT, NOV. Ist, 1769.
From the Neck of land in this Township, laid out into Eighty Acres Lots, Beginning at the fore falls and running from thence upon the shore Southward about 150 Rods to a Spring, and from thence across the Neck, such a course as
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shall Give eighty Acres upon the end of the Neck : - this Lot of land then being in Quiet and Peaceable Possession and Enjoyment of Benjamin York of said Town.
Secondly - beginning at said Spring and laying out seven more lots on said Neck, each being Sixty Rods wide on the front and running a Crost the Neck over to the Salt Pond, such a course as shall give eighty Acres to Each Lot.
Mr. John Roundy then being in the Quiet and Peaceable Possession and Enjoyment of the first of these Lots of Land joining upon Mr. Benjamin York.
Mr. Jonathan Day was assigned the second of these Lots of Land.
Mr. James Cavendish, [the great grandfather of the speaker], was assigned Lots three and four.
Mr. Ebenezer Hinckley was assigned Lot five.
Mr. James Day Lot six, and Mr. John York Lot seven.
I find no other assignment of lands to the settlers in the first book of Records of the Town, which Record ends Dec. 7, 1801.
At the meeting held March 5, 1770, John Peters was chosen Town Clerk, Peter Parker, Dudley Carlton, and Jonathan Day, Selectmen.
Voted to have 3 or 4 Months' Preaching for the Summer Coming - to raise the Money to Defray the Charge of Preach- ing by Subscription - Peter Parker, Dudley Carlton and Jeremiah Cobborn be the Committy men to Provide a Person to Preach the Gospel to us and likewise to gether the Rates.
Voted that the course should be kept open at the Mill En- deavor, and that Peter Parker, Joseph Wood, and John Roundy be the Committy to keep it clear.
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Voted to work on the Burying Yard the 25th of April.
Voted that Capt. Joshua Horton should receive pay for buying the Town Books.
Voted to build some thing of a Battery on Mill Point by the first of May next.
Voted Ensign Dudley Carlton and Lieut. John Roundy, Surveyors of Lumber.
Voted to go over to Long Island to begin to clear, the sec- ond Day of April.
Voted to Joyn with No. 4 People to hire a minister, if they could agree upon it hereafter.
At the March meeting in 1771, John Peters was chosen Clerk, and Ensg. Dudley Carlton, Mr. Jona- than Day and John Peters, Selectmen.
At the March meeting in 1772, Joseph Wood was Moderator. John Peters was chosen Town Clerk, and Joseph Wood, Robert Parker, and John Peters, Select- men.
Voted to lay out a Road from Mr. Osgood's to Mr. H's, and the meeting was then ajourned to first Monday in may at three o'Clock in the afternoon.
The annual March meeting ajourned to may 4th, then met, and
Voted that there should be no fish taken above the Mill Called Carltons Mill ; and that no fish be taken at Carltons Mill on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, for the year Insuing.
Voted that no Bevor be taken within this Township within the term of six months from the Date hereof.
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Voted, if any man shall find any Trap upon any Pond or Stream within this Township, and will bring it to the Town Clerk, shall have a Dollar reward, and the Trap to his own.
Att a meating of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Port when mett att the Meating hous March ye I, 1773,
I. Lieutt. Nicholas Holt Being Chosen Moderator.
They Ajourned the meating to the house of Capt. Joseph Wood.
2. Voted that they would Chuse Town oficers by handey vote.
3. Made Choyse of John Roundy as Town Clarck.
4. John Roundy, Joshua horton and Nathan Parker as Select Men for the Year Ensuing.
James Candage, Thomas Coggen and Ezekiel Osgood as Survaers of The high ways.
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6. John Roundy, Joshua Horton Survaers of Lumber.
7. Ezekiel Osgood, Israel Wood and James Candage as
a Committe For to Provide a Man for to Preach to us and Gether the Muney subscribed for to Pay him when his Labour is Dun.
8. Voted for to send a Protition to see If they could Gett the Town Incorporated.
9. The meating is A Journed untill the twelft Day of Apriel Next att fore o'Clock in the After noon att Capt. Joseph Woods hous In Said Town.
Apriel ye 12 Day 1773.
Anniuel March Meeting that was ajourned untill This Day Is further A Journed Until the Tweney six Day of May Next Insuing att 2 o'Clock in the After noon att the Meating Hous in Sd Town.
May ye 20 Day 1773. When mett to Gether then made Choyse of Mr. Ezekiel Osgood As a Seuar of the high ways
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in Roome of Mr. Jonathan Darling for Bluehill Ward. the Aniuel March Meating that was Ajourned Untill this Day Is Desold.
Att a Meating of the Inhabitants of. When Mett of the Town of Newport March ye 7 1774.
I. Made Choice of Lt. Nicholas Holt as Moderator.
2. Voted that they would chuse Town Ofisers By handey vote.
3. Made choice of John Roundy as Town Clarck.
4. John Roundy, Joshua Horton and Nathan Parcker, Selectmen.
5. John Roundy, Joshua Horton Souars of Lumber.
6. Suares of High Ways. Ebenezer Hinskley for Royal Rode, ward; Thomas Coggins for the Town Ward, or District, and Zebediah Shattuck for Bluehill Ward or District.
7. Voted that they would have the Gospel preached with them.
8. Mr. Ezeekel Osgood is Chosen a Warden for the year Insueing.
9. Mr. Jonathan Day, Mr. Joseph Wood juner and David Carlton Corlectors for the Year Insuing.
IO. Voted that they pay what they subscribe for the Year Insuing on the 25th Day of May.
II. The Meating is Ajourned untill the 28th Day of this Instant March att 3 o'Clock in the After Noon att Lieut. Holts, Inholders.
NEWPORT March ye 28 Day 1774.
I. The Annival March Meating is Untill 28th of March when Mett.
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2. Voted that the Commites Back from Year to Year from the Beginning of the Commites att this Town or Place Shall Bring in their Acompts to A Com- mitey when they Shall Be Called for, In order for a Setelment.
3. Voted that they would Clear the fish corse Through Carltons Mill and Mr. Wood's and Titcomb's Dam, for the Elwives to have a corse.
4. The Annieul March Meating Is A Jornd Untill the Tenth Day of May Next Insuing att 10 oClock in the Morning att Capt. Joseph Woods.
NEWPORT May ye 10, 1774.
When Mett Ajourned the Meating Untill the 25 Day of May Next Insuing.
NEWPORT ye 25 Day 1774.
When Mett By Vartey of a Vote of the Inhabitants of the Town, Voted that they would Chuse a Committ For to Re- ceive the Acompts of the Committes when Brought In from this Date Back to the Year 1769.
JOHN ROUNDY
AND JOHN PETERS A Committ.
For to Meat on the 29th Day of June Next Insuing att Eight O'Clock in the Morning att Lieut. Nicholas Holts In- holder In Said Town.
NEWPORT June 29 Day 1774.
When Mett and None of the Committes Apeared So we Desolved the Anniual Meating.
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