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since the rate per cent was not high, and the prin- cipal could be retained for years, or until the borrower could pay it, without inconvenience to himself.
It was desirable that the annual interest on the money loaned to individuals should all be paid at a certain date, so that the treasurer of the trustees might be furnished with funds to meet the demands on the treasury at regular times. Hence, in April, 1808, a vote was passed instructing the treasurer to have all notes for money loaned so adjusted that the annual interest on school funds should be paid on the third Monday in March, and the interest on the ministerial fund, on the second Monday in March. To make the payment of money loaned sure, and still not compel one to be a bondsman longer than he might choose, it was
Voted, that when a bondsman shall express his desire to the treasurer to be free from such engagement, it shall be the duty of the treasurer at the expiration of one year from the time such person became bound, to notify the principal to procure other sufficient bondsmen, and in the event of such principal refusing or neglecting to procure such bondsmen within a reasonable time, the treasurer is directed to enforce the pay- ment of the sum due.
At an adjourned meeting held in April, 1808, it was voted that thanks be presented to the treasurer for the faithful discharge of his duty, it appearing upon a settlement with him, that the funds have accumulated agreeable to the intention of the Legislature ; that no loss accrued, there being in his hands
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on the first Monday of March last, securities to the minister'al fund amounting to .
$4,978.99, and to the school fund 3,376.72.
When the school fund became productive the trustees were in doubt as to the proper and legal manner of expending the annual income. It was by the act creating the fund devoted to the support of a grammar school. A public school of that grade could not be supported in town by the funds at command, and it did not seem right to divert the money to the support of the common schools; but the town desired that the money should be thus diverted. To relieve the trustees from their em- barrassment the town voted to secure them against any loss or harm they might incur by putting the interest of the school fund to this use. And for some years the interest was so applied. At length, another plan was adopted which secured the same result. The fund money was assigned to two or three of the largest of the public schools in town, which for this reason were required to employ a teacher qualified to give instruction in the higher branches of education, students in college being usually selected, while the other schools, supported wholly by the town's money, might be taught by those possessing more slender qualifications. This plan was open to objection in that the college stu- dents required higher wages, and the schools in
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their charge were sometimes no better than those in charge of common teachers. Hence, the schools which seemed to be favored were compelled to pay for advantages which they did not receive. Some other arrangement must be made, and the trustees, in 1828, voted "that the proceeds of the school fund be expended in a grammar school for one year," and Alden Blossom was chosen "a committee to carry the above into effect." It is presumed that a school was opened in the fall of that year, since at a meeting held December 1, 1828, a com- mittee was chosen "to settle with Mr. Lewis Bailey for keeping school." In July, 1830, Isaac W. Tal- bot was chosen "agent to procure a schoolmaster to keep the grammar school one quarter." Mr. Joseph T. Huston was employed, who taught twelve weeks in the autumn following. From that time onward, twelve weeks of school have been provided each autumn in which the higher branches of learning have been taught, and in which those who desired might be fitted for college. These schools were held in the different districts in turn, that all parts of the town might share equally in their advantages. But after a time, it was thought best to have two schools in the autumn season of six weeks each, instead of one school of twelve weeks; and this plan has been adhered to until the present time. As these schools are supported by the gram-
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mar school fund, they. have always been called grammar schools, though they are designed to be, in fact, high schools. They are sustained without expense to the town, and the school committee do not have them in charge. These schools have been a great benefit to the town, having afforded educational facilities to many who otherwise would have been deprived of them.
Rev. Allen Greely was settled as pastor of the Congregational church and society in 1810, and also of the first parish, which included the town; the town, as such, in public meeting voting to set- tle him as their pastor. Being the pastor of the parish embracing the town, he received annually the interest of the ministerial fund, and no other minister settled in town was entitled to a dollar of it while he was the pastor of the first parish. The fund became productive in 1811, and in that year the trustees voted to pay Rev. Allen Greely seventy dollars. The annual income of the fund was regularly paid him for several years, though other religious societies soon began to think they ought to share in the benefits of the ministerial fund. A Baptist society was formed at an early date, and not long after a Universalist society. The latter society asked for its share of the annual income of the ministerial fund, but the trustees did not favor this request. There was no way to gain
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their request, but to dismiss Mr. Greely as the pastor of the first parish, which included the town, and settle another in his stead, for the settled min- ister of this parish would be entitled to the income of the ministerial fund. Accordingly, a meeting of the parish was called about 1830, to vote upon the question of dismissing Mr. Greely and settling another man in his place. This meeting awakened considerable interest, and some feeling. I think Francis Cary, Esq., was chosen presiding officer, whose sympathies were with the first parish, then holding the reins of power. Every voter in town was a voter at this meeting unless he had forfeited his right by becoming a legal member of some other religious society. At this meeting many votes against Mr. Greely were rejected because they were thought to be illegal, those who offered them being supposed to be legal members of some other religious society. A sufficient number of votes were rejected to make the majority, as de- clared, in favor of Rev. Mr. Greely, but the actual majority was against him. This majority took action accordingly, declaring that Mr. Greely was dismissed, and that Rev. George Bates was chosen pastor of the first parish. George French, Esq., was chairman of the committee chosen to notify Mr. Greely of his dismission. Matters were now in a very confused state. There were two par-
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ties claiming to be the first parish, and two ministers, each claiming to be the legally settled pastor thereof. There was no way out of this but by a process of law. Several of those whose votes were rejected sued the presiding officer of the meet- ing for denying them their legal rights, and long, tedious, and vexatious lawsuits resulted. It required nearly ten years to grind this grist in the mill of the law, and it may be safely said that it put patience and other Christian virtues to a severe test; but the actual majority was finally sustained, and the action they took was ascertained to be legal.
Meanwhile, neither pastor could get the annual income of the ministerial fund, for the trustees would not, of course, pay it out to Mr. Bates, who was not admitted to be chosen pastor by a majority at the parish meeting named above; and they dared not pay it out to Mr. Greely, for if he were legally dismissed, they would be personally holden and under obligation to pay Mr. Bates a sum equal to the income of the fund. Mr. Bates, claiming to be the legal pastor, was, under the circumstances, obliged to sue the trustees for the money due him ; hence they were involved in a lawsuit, and in Octo- ber, 1831, voted "that Isaac W. Talbot be an agent for the trustees of the ministerial and grammar school fund in Turner, to appear at Paris, at the
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Supreme Judicial Court, October term 1831, to an- swer to the suit of the Rev. George Bates against said trustees." It will readily be seen that this case could not be decided until it had first been determined whether the votes rejected were legally thrown out or not. It must require a long time to grind this grist. At length, Mr. Greely at- tempted a compromise, which was successful, as follows :-
Articles of agreement made and concluded by and between Allen Greely of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on the one part, and George Bates of said Turner on the other part, executed this - day of April, Anno Domini, 1834.
The parties to this agreement being mutually anxious to close the unhappy dissensions which have heretofore existed in relation to the ministerial funds in the town of Turner in a satisfactory and equitable manner, have mutually agreed, That on condition that the first Parish will relinquish all claims upon the Trustees of the ministerial and school funds in the town of Turner for any interest which may have arisen from the ministerial funds prior to the second day of January 1830, and provided also that the Trustees of said funds shall assent to this agreement, then the following Articles of Agreement shall become firmly binding and obligatory between the said parties, viz :
ARTICLE Ist. It is mutually agreed by and between the said parties to this agreement, that all the interest which has arisen from the ministerial fund in the town of Turner since the second day of January, A.D. 1830, when the said George Bates assumed the duties of said Parish, shall be divided in equal shares by and between the said Allen Greely and the said George Bates ;
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and each of the said parties shall make and execute all such receipts, releases and discharges as may be necessary to secure the trustees of said ministerial fund, and to carry the conditions of this article into full effect.
ARTICLE 2d. It is further mutually agreed by and between the said parties to this agreement; that the action brought by the said George Bates against the trustees of the ministerial and school funds in Turner, and which is now pending in the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Oxford, shall be withdrawn and discharged, each party paying his own costs. ALLEN GREELY, GEORGE BATES.
This mutual agreement disposed of the difficulty for the present, arising out of the ministerial fund, and in the interests of peace an agreement was made between the Congregational and Universalist societies that the income of the ministerial fund should be divided annually between the different religious societies in town for five years. But when the five years had expired the old difficulties had to be adjusted again. There was an unwillingness on one of the parties to continue or renew the agree- ment, and for a time nothing was accomplished in the way of harmonizing the discordant elements. At length Hon. Job Prince, Dr. Philip Bradford, and others petitioned the Legislature for authority to divide the annual income of the ministerial fund between the religious societies in town. This ef- fort was successful, resulting in the act following.
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An act to divide the Ministerial Fund in Turner.
SEC. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in Legislature assembled: That the Trustees of the Ministerial Fund in the town of Turner be, and they hereby are directed and empowered to divide annually the interest arising on said Ministerial Fund among the several Protestant settled Ministers in said Turner in proportion to the ratable polls adhering to or belonging to the Societies or parishes of said Ministers respectively; Provided the Minister and a majority of the first Parish agree thereto.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, that the legal voters in said town are hereby empowered and authorized to proceed in such manner as they may deem proper to enumerate the adherents to the said several Societies in said town, and to ascertain the number belonging to each, that an equitable division may be had.
This copy of the act is preserved in the old rec- ords of the trustees, but it is without date. The Universalists and their friends, claiming to be a majority of the first parish over which their minis- ter was the settled pastor, were now in a condition to carry this act into effect, and willingly conceded to others the rights which they had secured to themselves; and from that time the interest arising from the fund has been divided annually, in accord- ance with the act of the Legislature. From the time this act went into effect the first parish vir- tually ceased to exist, for the town, as such, has not since then performed any parish duties, or been regarded as a parish in any proper sense.
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The manner of ascertaining the number of adhe- rents to each religious society has for a long time been as follows: When the selectmen take the val- uation of the town in the month of April annually, they ask each voter which society he wishes to have his proportion of the fund money, and a mark is placed against his name accordingly. The trus- tees, at their annual meeting in March, divide the interest arising from the fund among the Protestant societies in town having settled pastors, in propor- tion to the number of names in favor of each. This method has given satisfaction, the dissensions of the former years are forgotten, and all are in peace.
The following is a list of the trustees of the ministerial and grammar school funds in Turner, with their times of service so far as the records give information.
TRUSTEES,
Ichabod Bonney, from 1803 to
William Bradford, from 1803 to 1812.
Benjamin Evans, from 1803 to 1815.
John Turner, from 1803 to 1832.
Daniel Cary, from 1803 to --. Luther Cary, from 1803 to 1835.
John Loring from 1803 to 1807, when he moved out of town. Joshua Barrell, from 1807 to 1811.
Beniah Niles, from 1807 to 1811.
Alden Blossom, from 1811 to 1856.
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Isaac W. Talbot, from 1812 to 1849.
Asa Bradford, from 1812 to 1813. Martin Bradford, from 1813 to 1832. Jonathan Phillips, from 1815 to 1827. Francis Cary, from 1820 to 1838. Azor Barrell, from 1827 to 1867. Richmond Bradford, from 1832 to 1836. J. Bass Barrell, from 1832 to 1838. Luther Whitman, from 1835 to 1847. Job Prince, from 1836 to 1863. Asa Phillips, from 1838 to 1853. Philip Bradford, from 1838 to -. Ajalon Dillingham, from 1850 to 1871.
Ezekiel Martin, from 1854 to -. Justus Conant, from 1856 to 1881. Philo Clark, from 1863 to 1884.
George W. Turner, from 1864 to 1877.
Mellen French, from 1864 to 1885.
Hira Bradford, from 1867 to 1885. Justus C. Bailey, from 1871. Jairus Cary, from 1877. Rufus Prince, from 1878.
Horace C. Haskell, from 1881.
Leonard M. Beals, from 1884. Rackley D. Leavitt, from 1885. William H. French, from 1885.
CLERKS.
Benjamin Evans, from 1803 to 1812. Alden Blossom, from 1812 to 1855. Luther Whitman, from 1856 to 1864. George W. Turner, from 1865 to 1877. Justus C. Bailey, from 1878.
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TREASURERS.
John Turner, from 1803 to 1815.
Isaac W. Talbot, from 1815 to 1830.
Azor Barrell, from 1830 to 1835.
J. Bass Barrell, from 1835 to 1837.
Job Prince, from 1837 to 1863.
Philo Clark, from 1864 to 1884.
Rufus Prince, from 1884.
Marriages solemnized by Rev. John Strickland, the first settled minister in town.
1785
July 17. Benjamin Pettingill and Mary Briggs.
Sept. I. Edmond Bowe and Patience Barrows.
Oct. 27. Thomas Atherton and Bethiah Richmond.
Nov. 3. Rufus Briggs and Elizabeth Eliot.
Nov. 24. William Hayford and Phillena French.
Nov. 24. Benjamin Alden and Betty Hayford.
Dec. 8. Joshua Ford and Cele Bisbe.
Dec. 14. Elijah Fisher and Jerusha Keen.
Dec. 15. Jairus Phillips and Silence Briggs.
I786
Jan. 12. James Sampson and Jemima Stetson. Jan. 19. Dominicus Record and Jane Warren.
Jan. 19. William True and Rebeccah Bradford. Jan. 25. Jabez Churchill and Merriah Benson.
Jan. 26. Jeremiah Hodgden and Thankful Keen.
Mar. 16. Elijah Briggs and Rachel Pettingill.
April 5. Jacob Stephens and Martha Pettingill.
April 30. Benjamin Heald and Rebeccah Spalden.
July 27. Robert Glover and Keziah Barrows.
Aug. 14. Cushing Clerk and Lucy Carver. Dec. 14. Ezekiel Bradford and Mary House .
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1787
Mar. I. Edward Fifield and Mary Bagly.
Mar. 2. Peter Joslyn and Kitty Bank.
April 29. Jeremiah Dillingham and Sarah Leavitt.
June 5. Chandler Freeman and Betty Millett.
Sept. 27. Samuel Crafts and Nancy Packard.
Oct. II. Phineas Jones and Ruth Ames.
Oct. 31. Samuel Perkins and Mehitable Shurtlief.
Nov. 15. James Bowker and Judith Chace.
Dec. 23. Moses Woodbury and Hannah Davis.
1788
Jan. I. Jacob Leavitt and Rhoda Thayer.
Jan. 10. Asa Robertson and Deborah Briggs.
Jan. IO. Simon Perlin and Elizabeth Robertson.
Feb. 7. Robert Youling and Anna Carrall.
Feb. 14. Daniel Briggs, Jun. and Betty Bradford.
Feb. 20. Daniel French and Sarah Turner.
Feb. 21. Ichabod Bonney, Jun. and Anna Merrill.
April 3. Cornelius Jones and Saba Bryant.
July IO. Edward Packard and Prudence Stutson.
July IO. Joel Foster and Phebe Buck.
July 29. Peabody Bradford and Hannah Freeman.
Sept. II. John Pumpilly and Polly French.
Oct. 9. Moses Stevens and Anna Smith.
Oct. 9. Seba Smith and Aphia Stevens.
Oct. 12. Oliver Turner and Elizabeth Stevens.
Oct. 16. George Berry and Rhoda Clough.
1789
April 9. Philip Bradford and Mary Bonney.
May 10. John Merril and Anis Barker.
June 14. Samuel Herrick and Abagail House. Aug. 5. Ebenezer Irish and Bathsheba McFarland.
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Aug. 6. John Bumpus and Mary Burges.
Aug. 9. John Bonney and Betsey Caswell.
Aug. 30. Josiah Tilson and Hannah Sturdefant.
Oct. 14. John Buck, Jun. and Polley Warrin.
Oct. 14. Moses Bisby and Ellen Buck.
Dec. 25. Abiather Briggs and Metilda Hayford.
Dec. 25. Stephen Putnam and Sally Eliot.
I790
Feb. 18. Volintine Mathews and Sarah Coburn. Mar. 10. Jesse Coburn and Experience Hinkly.
Mar. 15. Moses Safford and Joanna Pettingail.
Mar. 25. John Warrin Eliot and Sarah Coburn.
July 4. Jothanı Briggs and Mehetable Hodgdel.
July II. Joshua Purinton and Sophia Bryant.
Aug. 9. William Lowel and Margery Fish.
Aug. 10. Martin Bradford and Prudence Dillingham.
Aug. II. Daniel Merrill and Charitty Record.
Oct. 15. Benjamin Spalden, Jun. and Martilly Roberson.
Oct. 15. William Swan and Bethiah Pratt.
Oct. 17. Nathaniel Daley and Elizabeth True.
Oct. 17. Jeremiah Whitney and Lydia Cole.
Nov. 26. Elisha Keen and Anna Briggs.
1791
Jan. 11. John Gray and Rhoda Andros.
Mar. 10. Nathaniel Bishop and Judith Hercy Gilbert.
June II. Michael Samson and Betsey House.
June 13. Elnathan Benson and Barshaba Bumper.
June 13. David Dudley and Rebeckah Bucknam.
June 16. Joseph Cole and Molley Washburn. June 16. David Gorham and Hannah Pratt. June 23. Job Prince and Hannah Bryant.
Aug. 25. Ruben Hersey and Sally Conant. I2
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Nov. 10. Stephen Washburn, Jun. and Batsey Record.
Nov. 10. Thomas Cormon and Eleler Gardnett.
Nov. 17. Henry Sawtelle and Lydia Croket.
Nov. 26. John Cole and Elizabeth Oldham.
1792
Jan. 4. Thomas Seabury and Betsey Harris.
May 10. John Clay and Rebeckah Buck.
May 17. Isaac West and Nabbey Weson.
Sept. 6. Oliver Pratt and Jedidiah Luce.
Nov. I. William Cobb and Betsey Merrick.
Nov. 4. Benjamin Seabury and Olive Shaw.
Dec. 27. Jonathan Hodgkin and Anna Welsh.
I793
Jan. 6. Arunah Briggs and Lydia Godfrey.
Jan. 13. John Munro and Mary Bisbee Keen.
Nov. II. Joseph Merrill and Jenny Young.
Nov. 28. Samuel Hillman and Jenny Norton.
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Jan. 16. Daniel Bray and Elizabeth Haskel. April 24. Jacob Horsly and Jenny Clefford.
June 4. Seth Stapels and Asenath Soule.
June 9. Jonathan Pratt and Isabella Collins. June II. Caleb Blake and Betsey Briggs.
June 26. Enoch Freeman and Caroline Shaw. July 31. Josiah Woodman and Ruth Fuller.
Oct. 9. Winslow Ricket and Hannah Chandler.
Oct. 23. Zebulon Harlow and Rachel Bates.
Dec. 30. Jonathan Chandler and Keziah Denning.
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I795
May 26. William Geats and Martha Morgan.
July 19. Nathaniel Parley and Luendia Strickland.
Aug. 3. Moses Allen and Sally Morrill.
Nov. 2. Benjamin Pettingill and Phebe Parker.
Nov. 19. Joseph Herik and Lidia Safford.
I796
April 14. Peter Lane and Lois Verrel.
I797
Jan. I. Charles Hay and Cloe Smith.
Marriages solemnized by Ichabod Bonney, Esq.
1790
Nov. 14. Asa Smith and Jane Niles.
Dec. 26. William Gott and Deborah Bryant.
I791
July 3. Jonas Coben and Hannah Mathews.
Sept. 3. Nathaniel Chase and Jemima Harskell.
Sept. 21. Bennett P. Pelley and Elizabeth Merrell.
Oct. 26. Esquire Caswell and Martha Davis.
Oct. 26. Rogers Tarrel and Penelope Perry.
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Jan. 24. Anson Sole and Lusenda French.
Feb. 16. William Francis and Rebeckah Thayer.
Mar. II. John Steapels and Pattey Randel.
Mar. 19. Silvenus Robens and Molley Landers.
April 1. John Bisbe and Sarah Phillbrooks.
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April 15. Judah Keen and Susanah Roberson.
April 30. Edmond Irish and Bethiah Keen.
May 6. Joshua Davis and Elizabeth Cole.
May 17. Benjamin Chamberlain and Mary Bradford.
July 19. Daniel Merrill and Olive Record.
July 19. Benjamin Washburn and Mary Hogain.
July 25. Thomas Irish and Elizabeth Roberds.
July 25. James Waterman and Kezia Smith.
Aug. 2. Hate Evil Hall and Juda Morgain.
Nov. 15. John Brock and Susanah Crandle.
Oct. 18. Samuel Pelley and Sarah True.
1793
Mar. 15. Joseph Tyler and Easter Haskel.
Mar. 15. Jacob Haskel and Mary Jonson.
Mar. 16. Abner Rason and Nabbey Fuller.
Mar. 25. Samuel Irish and Elizabeth Teague.
April 9. Davis Person and Silvina Hall.
April 9. Benjamin Selley and Pattey Person.
April II. Cyprion Stephens and Sally Roberson.
April II. John Washburn and Azubah Fuller.
April II. Job Barce and and Bettey Turner.
April 22. Abial Drake and Dolley Phillbrooks.
April 25. Jonathan Dammon and Patience Josselyn.
April 26. Caleb Lumber and Hannah Selley.
May 9. Ezekiel Merrill and Mary Barrows.
May 12. Philiemon Person and Polley Cole.
May 12. William Selley and Sarah Bonney.
June 27. Nathaniel Benson and Deborah Tubbs.
June 27. Barnabas Barrows and Martha Tool. July 2. Caleb House, Jun. and Bethiah Young.
July 8. Ebenezer Bray, Jun. and Eleanor Royal.
Aug. 6. William Stadman and Synthia Garnet.
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Aug. 27. Ebenezer Cary and Martha Brook.
Sept. Io. William Livermore and Salley Jones.
Sept. 22. Simeon Dennen and Rebeckah Chickering.
Oct. 12. William Chenery and Susannah Merry.
Nov. 10. Stephen Landers and Huldah Russel.
I794
Jan. 10. William Moody, Jun. and Polley Dresser.
Feb. 19. Joseph Mills and Mary True.
Feb. 22. William Loring and Hannah Snell.
Mar. 6. Peleg Weston and Betsey Snell.
Mar. 19. Nathaniel Barrows and Hannah Richmond.
Mar. 19. Ichabod Bryant and Ruth Richmond.
Mar. 19. Caleb Fuller and Hannah Perkins.
April 20.
James Niles and Marcy Caswell.
April 23. Richard Taylor and Mary Roberds.
July 3. Isaac Bolster, Jun. and Hannah Cushman.
Sept. 18. Joseph Hutchins and Salley Russel.
Oct. 18. James Follet and Eastur Hall.
Oct. 26. Snow Keen, Jun. and Sarah Bradford.
Dec. 29. Daniel Cambel and Abigail Hall.
1795
Feb. 9. John Huszey and Abigail Lapham. Feb. 9. Jabez Taylor and Dorcas Irish.
Feb. 19. Jonathan Dwinel and Rebekah Ryns.
Feb. 19. Timothy Smith and Dorothy Smith.
May 10. Solomon Bisbe and Ruth Barrett.
May 31. Ziba Knapp and Elizabeth Basey.
Aug. 18. Peter Silley and Martha Legro.
Aug. 20. Josiah Keen and Eunice Wistact.
Aug. 30. John Brown and Phebe Rogers.
Sept. 16. Joseph Chase and Anna Legrow.
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Nov. 2. Nathan Hall and Susanna Fobes.
Nov. 3. Benjamin Noys and Phebe Hill.
Nov. 16. Simeon Bucknal and Rebeckah Irish.
Nov. 19. Asa Roberson and Margett Bartlet.
1796
Jan. 27. Samuel Blake, Jun. and Nabey Bonney.
Feb. 4. Joseph Bonney and Rhode Merrill.
Feb. 28. William Witham and Jane Loring.
Mar. 14. Arvady Hayford and Mary
April 3. Moses Stephen and Nancey Munro.
May 8. Ephraim Turner and Ruth Child.
May 13. Seth Rose and Santha House.
July 18. Joseph Leavitt and Allis Caswell.
1796
Nov. 3. John Richerdson and Lydia Willard.
Nov. 10. Bani Teague, Jun. and Sarah Tuttle.
Nov. 17. Joel Crocket and Sarah Parlin.
1797
Jan. 31. Joseph Crocket and Hannah Parlin.
Feb. 9. Levi Perry and Nancy
TAVERNS.
The Upper Street was for many years the princi- pal thoroughfare of travel through town, it being a portion of the road from Farmington to Portland. Places of entertainment for travelers on that street soon became a public convenience, if not a neces- sity. Joseph Leavitt was the first to open his
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