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"14th .- Cloudy ; bill up by Sam Copps, D. Gimby (Quimby ?), Robt. McCellis, for y" selves bound into ye army.
" 15th .- Clear; Col. Goodwin here to muster and pay men.
"16th .- Clear ; rode to York in a cart.
" 18th .- Soak rain last night; rode home.
" 20th .- Sowd a turnip yard.
"21st .- Clear, Hot ; bill up by Theobed Cowell for himself and son going into ye army, by Mrs. Sam Copps for sick child. H. Fall and wife owned covenant and had child baptized.
"22d .- Clear; rode to Berwick, to Cochece, and Berwick, where loged at Col. Goodwins; our men with Lieut. Cowell set out for Canada.
"23d .- Rode to York, and returned home with 6 Sythes bot of Ab- bott for 428.
" Aug. 1st .- Clear and hot. Colony fast. Bill up by Tem. Wither- ell for a son in ye army and Sam Goodwin for his wife being sick.
"11th .- Cloudy, misty. Bill up by Mrs. Cele for her husband in ye army, and bill by L. Ricker for his wife. Should have been a baby bill.
" 18th .- Clear. Garland mended my wheel cart. Bill up by Mrs. Cole for her husband sick in ye army.
"20th .- Clear and hot. Rod te rochester. Horn shod my horse for 78.
"28th .- No bill up. Je Kenison buried a child.
" Sept. 1st .- Rainy, clearing away ; Baby bill by Dan Roberts, Bill by John Jones for son in ye army.
"3d .- Rode to Aurundel.
"4th .- Minister's meeting. Present, Fairchild-Coffin-Morrill -- Lyman - Lankton - Hemingway-Gilman -Tuck-Moody -- Little. Moody preached.
" Sth .- Bill up by Molly Door for her husband in ye Army.
" Oct. 2d .- Tobias Twombly here; begin to dig potatoes.
" 6th .- Preached at Wakefield, by mr. D ** s, his sen dead and one in ye army. Bill up by Molly Mills for her husband in ye army, and for herself in trouble.
" 10th .- Rode to Rochester to fast.
" 20th .- Clear, pleasant; Baby bill by Joshua Pray and Ben Husey, by Abijah Stevens for son in yº army.
"21st .- Finished diging potatos ; 50 bushel in all.
" 27th .- Preached at Newfield.
"28th .- Clear and cool ; Rode home, dind at Wakefield; busbel of Rye given by Capt. Copps.
" Nov. 9th .- Bill of thanks by E. Cole for his son returned from ye Army.
" 18th .- Clear and pleasant. Rod to Majer Tibetts. Mr. Wygate & Son one bushel undes.
"23d .- Maj. Roberts and man with him here, Capt. Fisher.
" Dec. 17th .- No snow yet.
"1777, March 1st .- Pigeons about.
"3d .- Took possession of grist-mill. Purkins help run her for me. "1778, Jan. 20th .- Betty Stanton came here to spin fer us. Got out 6} pounds of flax.
" March 13th .- Jacob Horson rede to Mousam.
" 14th .- Bill by Mrs. Cole for her husband in ye army.
" Apr. 22d .- Continental State fast ; no bill up.
" May 15th .- Clear and Hot. Sowed 5 pecks flaxseed, 6 quarts peas, and planted 2 bushels potatos. Cole died in the Army.
"28th .- Grist-mill took fire by friction and burned up. Rode to Rochester to get irons of Capt. Allen.
" Nov. 29th .- Bill of thanks hy Wingate for his son's return fromn ye army.
" Dec. 30th .- Continental Thanksgiving.
" 1779, Feb. 6th .- Clear and very pleasant. Ben. Crates brought a load of wood and a quarter of Rakoon.
" Mar. 20th .- Tom Goodwin made a mash tub for us.
" 21st .- Some veal and bear by Mrs. Kenny.
"24th .- Began to tend ye grist-mill.
" June 30th,-About 30 men, with oxen, fitting my house to hal. Pleasant day. Hald my house; 120 oxen, 200 persons.
" Sept. 29th .- Jordan opened his school.
" 1781, Jan. 28th .- Clear, cool. At Twomblys P.M., and Adam ran som spoons at Twomblys.
" Feb. 9th .- Brot home Ben and Hannah's shoes. Price for making, 3 pecks of corn.
" 10th .- Very cold and many people froze.
JOHN S. JONES,
second son of Hiram and Joanna (Stevens) Jones, was born on the farm where he now resides, in the town of Lebanon, Aug. 29, 1830. His father was a native of Lebanon, born on the old homestead, and his mother was born in Acton, Me.
John S. Jones received the op- portunities afforded by the com- mon school in early life, and his whole life has been spent in farm- ing. He married, March 6, 1858, Lucretia F. Reynolds, of Acton, by whom he had one son, Hiram, who died Oct. 20, 1863, aged four years. For his second wife
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HIRAM JONES
he married Sarah E. Hayes, of Lebanon, Nov. 15, 1862.
Of this union were born six children : James Walter, John Leslie, Etta E., Anna M., Lizzie M., and Wilber.
His farm was purchased by his grandfather, Ebenezer Jones, July 5, 1786, who resided on it until his death, April 29, 1841, and was succeeded by his son Hiram, who carried it on until his death, Oct. 2, 1855, when he was suc- ceeded by the present owner, the subject of this notice, who has made many improvements, and is a representative agriculturist. This old homestead contains some three hundred acres of land.
RES. OF JOHN S. JONES, LEBANON, MAINE.
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TOWN OF LEBANON.
" Apr. 16th .- Guppy's mill went down stream last night.
" May 1st .- Set out 7 locust-trees and some currant-bushes; chose militia officers in Lebanon.
"3d .- Continental and commonwealth fast. No bill up.
"June 22d .- Some coffee by Mrs. Wheelright. Bill up by Ben Stevens for son in ye Army.
" Dec. 6th .- Wolves killed six sheep for me.
" 10th .- Moderate ; fell a little soow. Three Frenchmen here after runaways.
" Aug. 1st .- Killing frost last night.
" 1785, Oct. 22d .- Great freshet. Carried away Garland's mill.
"23d .- Grist-mill carried off last night.
" Nov. 29th .- Hald my cog-wheel and shaft ent of the river.
" 30th .- Sam Lord froze to death last night."
CIVIL LIST.
PROPRIETORS' CLERKS.
Joseph Hartt, 1735-54 ;# Benjamin Chadbourne, 1755-67; Jona. C. Chadbonrne, -; Col. Dominicus Goodwin, -.
PROPRIETORS' COMMITTEE, OR AGENTS.
1735 .- Elisha Plaisted, James Grant, Richard Lord.
1736 .- Ralph Farnum, James Gerrish, Lieut. Jacob Chadbourne, Moses Abbott, Stephen Hardison.
1737 .- Lient. Joseph Chadbourne, Abraham Lord, Ichabod Goodwin. 1738 .- Abraham Lord, Lieut. J. Chadbourne, James Frost, Tobias Leighton, Capt. Richard Lord.
1739 .- Tobias Leighton, Peter Grant, Jos. Chadbourne, Abram Lord, Nath. Gubtail.
1740 .- Tobias Leighton, Peter Grant, Capt. Jos. Chadbourne, Elisha Hill.
1742-43 .- Tobias Leighton, Peter Grant, Agents.
1744 .- Tobias Leighton, Peter Grant.
1748 .- Thomas Wallingford, Lieut. Peter Grant, Patrick Gowen.
1750 .- William Moore, Capt. Moses Butler, John Lord.
1767 .- John Lord, William Rogers, Jona. Hambelton.
TOWN CLERKS.
Rev. Isaac Hasey, 1767; Joseph Farnham, Jr., 1768-86; James Witherell, 1787-88; Thomas M. Wentwortb. 1789-1803; Elibu Hayes, Jr., 1804-18 : Capt. David Jones, 1819-20; James Lerd, 1821-24; Moses Rollins, 1825-28 ; John Hardison, 1829-30 ; Eh- enczer G. Yeaton, 1831-33 : Hawley A. Keay, 1834; David B. Rowell, 1835 : Elihu Hayes, 1836-37 ; Timo. L. Kimball, 1838-39 ; James M. Hayes, 1840-42; Gershom L. Hall, 1843-44; Alvab Parker, 1845; Thomas Wentworth, 1846; David B. Crowell, 1847 : Ebenezer Hall, 1848; Daniel Wentworth, 1849-66; James W. Grant, 1867; James M. Hayes, 1867 ;; William A. Ricker, 1868; Isaac Hanscomb, 1868 :¿ James M. Hayes, 1869 ; John R. Cbam- berlin, 1870 ; James W. Grant, 1871 ; John R. Chamberlin, 1872- 74; Frauk A. Shapleigh, 1875-79.
SELECTMIEN.
1767 .- Tristram Copps, Joseph Farnham, Joseph Farnham, Jr.
1768 .- Paul Farnham, Richard Hussey, Joseph Farnham, Sr. 1769 .- Philip Door, Sr., James Corson, Ichabod Cowell.
1770 .- John Kenney, Joseph Farnham, Jr., Ichabod Cowell. 1771 .- Edward Burrows, Tristram Copps, John Kenney. 1772 .- John Kenney, Ehenezer Lord, Tristram Copps.
1773 .- Daniel Foss, Ebenezer Lord, Ichabod Cowell. 1774 .- Tebabod Cowell, Joseph Farnham, Jr., Daniel Foss. 1775-76 .- Tristram Copps, Ephraim Blaisdell, John Gooding.
# The notices for election read, "to choose a proprietors' clerk if they see fit," and if they did not "see fit," the clerk continued to hold over.
+ James M. Hayes was appointed town clerk by James W. Grant, May 22, 1867, under Section 2 of Chapter xci., Revised Statutes. The appointment is entered by Mr. Hayes and attested by himself in the town records.
# Appointed by elected clerk. 53
1777-78 .- Ephraim Blaisdell, Samuel Copps, Enoch Blaisdell. 1779 .- Peter Keay, Ichabod Cowell, Daniel Hansen.
1780 .- Peter Keay, Joseph Hardison, John Kenney.
1781-82 .- Benjamin Chadbourne, Tristram Copps, John Kenney. 1783 .- Ebenezer Lord, Tristram: Copps, Benjamin Chadbourne.
1784 .- Tristram Copps, Ebenezer Lord, Jonathan Burrows.
1785 .- Icbabod Cowell, Daniel Hanson, Ebenezer Lord.
1786 .- Capt. John Ilayes, Jonathan Burrows, Ebenezer Lord.
1787 .- Thomas Wentworth, Ebenezer Lord, Jonathan Barrows. 1788-89. - Ebenezer Lord, Daniel ITanson, Enoch Blaisdell.
1790 .- Joseph Pray, Ebenezer Lord, Enoch Blaisdell.
1791-92 .- Euoch Blaisdell, Samuel Wingate, Joseph Pray. 1793 .- Jeremiah Libby, Daniel Hanson, Abraham Pray. 1794-95 .- Daniel Wood, Joseph Pray, Daniel Hanson.
1796 .- Nathaniel Chamberlain, Ezekiel Ricker, Daniel Hanson.
1797 .- Nathaniel Chamberlain, Daniel Hanson, Patrick Gowen.
1798-1802 .- Nathaniel Chamberlain, Daniel Hanson, Ezekiel Ricker.
1803-6 .- Jonathan Y. Wentworth, Nicholas Shapleigh, Ebenezer Ricker.
1807-8 .- Nathaniel Chamberlain, Nicholas Shapleigh, Ebenezer Ricker.
1809 .- John Rollins, Mark W. Pray, David Legro.
1810-11 .- John Rollins, Jonathan Y. Wentworth, Ezekiel Rieker.
1812 .- Jonathan Y. Wentworth, John Rollins.
1813-14 .- Edmund Cowell, Nathan Lord, Jr., Daniel Woed.
1815 .- Mark W. Pray, James Lord, Daniel Harmon, Jr.
1816-17 .- Mark W. Pray, James Lord, Edmund Cowell.
1818 .- Nathaniel Chamberlain, Capt. David Jones, Benj. Libby, Jr.
1819 .- Daniel Wood, Edmund Cowell, James Lord. 1820 .- Nathaniel Chamberlain, James Lord, Thomas Ricker.
1821-24 .- Daniel Wood, Natban Lord, Jr., Edmund Cowell.
1825-28 .- Mark W. Pray, Capt. Thomas Wentworth, Charles Courson.
1829 .- Thomas Wentworth, Samuel Pray, Elisha Hayes. 1830 .- Caleb Emery, Samuel Pray, Elisha Hayes. 1831-33 .- Caleb Emery, George Fall, Jr., Isaac Cepp. 1834 .- Aaron Ricker, John Lord, Jr., James Stanton. 1835 .- Nahum Goodwin, Nathaniel Lord, James Stanton. 1836 .- John Lord, Jesse Furbush, Abraham Hanscom. 1837 .- Naham Goodwin, Peter Jones, Nathaniel Lord.
1838-39 .- Simon F. Chick, Thos. M. Wentworth, Jr., James Brackett. 1840-41 .- Oliver Hanscom, David Jones, David Furbush.
1842 .- Thomas Ricker, Thomas M. Wentworth, Elisha Shapleigh, Jr.
1843 .- Moses Rollins, Tristram F. Goodwin, Samuel W. Jones.
1844 .- Samuel W. Jones. Tristram F. Goodwin, Ebenezer Hall. 1845 .- Ebenezer Fall, Elisha Hayes, Nathaniel M. Keay.
1846 .- Nathaniel W. Keay, Elisha Hayes, Jr., James Jones, Jr. 1847 .- James M. Hayes, William Wentworth. Ezra W. Ricker. 1848 .- James Jones, Jr., Nathaniel Batler, Samuel W. Jones.
1849 .- Thomas Wentworth, James Pray, Isaac Blaisdell.
1850 .- Thomas Wentworth, James Pray, Charles Courson. 1851 .- Charles Courson, Thomas M. Wentworth, Nathaniel Butler.
1852 .- Thomas M. Wentworth, William Emery, Jesse Furbish.
1853 .- William Emery, Jesse Furbish, John Lord.
1854 .- William Emery, Thomas Wentworth, Edmund E. Cowell. 1855 .- Edmand E. Cowell, William A. Ricker, John H. Lord. 1856 .- William A. Ricker, John H. Lord, Giles W. Furbush. 1857 .- Giles W. Furbush, John C. Lord, Benjamin H. Lord. 1858 .- Benjamin H. Lord, Jehn C. Lord, Cyrus W. Hayes. 1859 .- Cyras W. Hayes, Oliver Hanscomb, Hiram G. Chamberlain. 1860 .- Oliver Haoscomb, Hiram G. Chamberlain, Isaac Blaisdell. 1861 .- Isaac Blaisdell, Benjamin H. Lord, Isaac H. Fall.
1862 .- Benjamin II. Lord, John Mills, Isaac H. Fall. 1863 .- John Mills, Thomas M. Wentworth, Frederick A. Weod.
1864 .- Thos. M. Wentworth, Fred. A. Wood, Moses L. Wentworth.
1865 .- Moses L. Wentworth, Isaac H. Fall, Ivory Libby. 1866 .- Isaac H. Fall, Ivory Libby, James B. Stanton. 1867 .- James B. Stanton, Ivory Libby, John H. Loud. 1868 .- Ivory Libby, Elisha Hayes, Enoch Blaisdell. 1869 .- Elisha Hayes, Enoch Blaisdell, John Q. Fernald. 1870-72 .- John Q. Fernald, Hiram Lord, Levi Cowell. 1873 .- Levi Cowell, Eben M. Jones, John S. Jones. 1874-76 .- John S. Jones, John E. Moody, Edmund E. Cowell. 1877 .- John R. Chamberlain, Estes E. Cowell, Newell Goodwin. 1878 .- John R. Chamberlain, Newell Goodwin, David W. Varney. 1879 .- David W. Varney, Charles D. Fall, Alpheus S. Hansen.
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HISTORY OF YORK COUNTY, MAINE.
VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.
LEBANON CENTRE.
Lebanon Centre, the seat of town government, is built upon high, open land, sloping to the south and west. There are here the Congregationalist church and parsonage, the town-house, a school-house, cemetery, fifteen dwellings, the shoe-shop of Charles Webber, established in 1876, and the store of Daniel Wentworth, kept by him since 1847, and previously by Alpheus Staple. Mr. Wentworth is post- master. Mails are daily by East Lebanon stage. The name of the post-office is Centre Lebanon.
NORTH LEBANON.
North Lebanon, two miles to the northwest, contains the store of Isaac Hanscom, postmaster, established by Oliver Ilanscom in 1838, Baptist meeting-house, school-house, blacksmith-shop, and eighteen dwellings. Mails daily by stage.
EAST LEBANON.
East Lebanon, nearly two miles south of North Lebanon, is a station on the Portland and Rochester Railroad, at the west of a broad body of low, timbered land. At the depot, a stock of goods is kept by Col. J. Wentworth, and a few rods distant a large building, erected by the Union Grange, No. 178, in 1876, stands unoccupied. It was intended to make this a central supply-store, in the more prosperous days of that institution. The organization still maintains an existence. Officers (1879) : J. C. Lord, Master; Enoch P. Sherman, Sec.
LEBANON.
Lebanon comprises eighteen dwellings, a mile south of the station at East Lebanon, at the site of the old academy, thence extending a mile and a half south, along Little River, in an unbroken row of farm-houses and dwellings, including two school-houses, two mills, a harness-shop, and meeting-house. The business consists of-
Saw-mill : Ivory Libby, George Wooster, James Jones, Aaron Hanscom, and A. H. Chick, who own shares and work " day about." This mill was built in 1850, and im- proved in 1866.
Grist-mill : Fred. Pierce, since 1872, formerly the " old Libby mill."
Harness : Homer A. Hanscomb, established at the south end in 1877.
Physician : Dr. John S. Parker, since 1868.
Postmaster : E. P. Noyes. Mails daily.
A store, hotel, and academy. burned here in the winter of 1878, have neither been replaced.
WEST LEBANON.
West Lebanon contains thirty dwellings, a church, high school, the store of Albert Goodwin, law-office of S. W. Jones, and store of Levi Cowell, postmaster. Mails daily by stage.
SOUTH LEBANON.
South Lebanon, the old home-lot district, and point of first settlement in the town, contains ueither store nor post- office. There are here a dozen dwellings, the manufac- turing shoe-shop of Edgar Wallingford, doing work for
Dover, N. H., factories, and near by the slate quarry of James B. Shapleigh, where blue slate of fair quality is ob- tained. The mill of Capt. Chamberlain, in which he was killed, formerly stood at this point. The power was aban- doned in 1877.
MILTON THREE PONDS.
Milton Three Ponds is in New Hampshire. At this point the Great Falls and Conway Railroad passes a quarter of a mile through the town, and has a passenger- and freight-station, and a half-dozen dwellings.
MANUFACTURES.
This town has no manufactories located within its limits worthy to be called such. A few boards, shingles, and clap- boards are made in town, but in too small quantities to make a business. Some shoes are made by persons living in town, but the stock is not cut here; those making shoes taking it from the manufactories at Dover, Rochester, Mil- ton, and Farmington.
There are extensive manufactories in the adjoining towns of Rochester and Sanford, and at Great Falls, in the town of Somersworth, to which places many who were formerly inhabitants of this town have removed, and gone into busi- ness of different kinds. Although the town has lost in the number of its inhabitants, it has probably had some in- crease of wealth within the last twenty or thirty years. The buildings in town have been much improved by all classes of residents ; and probably there are but few towns in the county where the farm-houses and mechanics' resi- dences are superior, either in beauty or durability and con- venience.
BURIAL-GROUNDS.
The original site of the first meeting-house is the largest burying-yard in town. Here the Rev. Isaac Hasey, the first minister, together with almost all the first settlers of the town are sleeping. This ground was laid out in the year 1800 by Nathan Lord, Samuel Jones, and Deacon John Moody, as a town burying-ground. Two acres more were added in 1878 by Deacon John E. Moody, including the site of the first meeting-house, which is marked by four low granite posts at the original corners. Hon. Thomas M. Wentworth is buried beside his father, Thomas M. Wentworth, Sr., on this ground, and his grave surmounted by a granite monument rising in the place occupied by the old family pew.
Deacons William and Nathaniel Chamberlain are buried near by. There are many old graves scattered among the undergrowth of brush.
Other old burial-grounds are at Centre Lebanon, Lebanon, and near the New Hampshire line, while many groups of family dead are resting upon the different farms.
PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
A few articles of Indian make have been found, and ad- joining the pond, at the extreme northwest part of the town, it has been said by the early settlers that there were appear- ances in a few places that at some time a few families of them had lived there.
A little to the west of the road leading from West Leb- anon village to Acton, and one and one-half mile north ward
NEWELL GOODWIN,
second son of Thomas and Betsey (Gliddon) Goodwin, was born in the town of Lebanon Dec. 18, 1834.
His grandfather, Renben Good- win, was the original proprietor of the homestead which has been occupied for three generations by the Goodwin family. He settled there prior to the war for inde- pendence, in which he was a sol- dier. He died Feb. 14, 1827, aged sixty-three, and was suc- ceeded by his son, Thomas, who was also a farmer during his life ; was first a Democrat and after-
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NEWELL GOODWIN .
wards a Republican, and died May 9, 1856, aged fifty-nine.
Mr. Newell Goodwin married Fidelia, danghter of John Blais- dell, of West Lebanon, by whom he has had six children, four of whom are living,-JJohn H .. Nellie D., Myra E., and Carrie E. Mr. Newell's life has been spent as a farmer. In politics he is a Re- publican. For the years 1877-78 he was one of the selectmen of the town; was justice of the peace for seven years, and is now a constable. He and his wife are members of the Free Will Baptist Church, and he has been clerk of the church for some ten years.
RESIDENCE OF NEWELL GOODWIN, LEBANON, YORK CO , MAINE.
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TOWN OF LEBANON.
from the village, is a remarkable cavern in a deep ravine, called "Gully Oven," which is considered by many as a great natural curiosity, and has become the resort of many visitors. Tradition says that the Indians, when on their war expeditions from Canada to the frontier settlements, were in the habit of seeking shelter here. During the old French war, at a place about six miles south of this oveo, now within the limits of the town of Rochester, N. H., they captured Philip Door, a boy about eleven years old, and carried him to Canada, where he remained till grown to manhood, when he effected his escape and returned, be- coming one of the first settlers of this town. It used to be related by the old people, when the writer was a small boy, that after Door's return he used to tell many of the incidents of his captivity, among which was one relative to this Gully Oven. He said that he was captured in the forenoon, while sitting astride a fence, singing a song then popular :
" As sure as eggs are bakin', I'll go to Canada, and won't return Till Canada is taken."
They immediately started with him and others they had captured on their return, and that night reached this oven, where they tarried several days before they renewed their march to Canada.
CHURCHES. CONGREGATIONALIST.
The proprietors were required by law to sustain public worship, and to that end a meeting-house was ordered by them in 1742. Owing to lack of funds it was not built until 1753-54. The first record of a minister is that one was hired to preach twice in 1754, -- once about the middle of May, and again iu June. The next year a minister was engaged to preach four Sabbaths. Rev. Ezra Thompson was employed to preach four months in 1758. One of the committee to employ a minister in 1763 was a Rev. M. Pike, but it is not known whether he preached there. The first settled minister was Rev. Isaac Hasey. In his diaries, of which a series have been preserved running from 1764 to 1810, Mr. Hasey mentions Lebanon first, July 21, 1764, where he speaks of riding " from York to Lebanon," and "arrived at home." September 2d he preached at Lebanon, after which two of his parish attended him to Berwick, Monday morning, and " solicited me to tarry with them." He was at this time preaching at Rochester, N. H., and other surrounding settlements, as occasion offered. Their offer was accepted Jan. 26, 1765.
The ceremony of ordination was performed at the house of Mr. Ephraim Blaisdell, June 26, 1765, and a church covenant signed on the same day by Rev. Isaac Hasey, Joseph Farnham, Ephraim Blaisdell, Edward Burrows, Richard Door, and Joseph Farnham, Jr.
By the terms of his settlement, the proprietors were to pay him 8290 during the first eight years of his ministry, and $245 per annum after the first eight years, so long as he should continue the minister of the town ; together with the use of the house they had built for him, and the use of all the ministerial land in town, and the lots drawn for the first minister.
Rev. Mr. Hasey moved with his family into the house provided, where he lived for several years. Afterwards the proprietors made him a present of the house. Before this took place, however, Mr. Hasey had acquired, by pur- chase or otherwise, two of the home-lots lying a short dis- tance southerly from the meeting-house, and on the easterly side of the highway. To one of these lots Mr. Hasey moved the house, and io time he made additions to it. Here he lived until the time of his death, in 1812. He was ordained at the age of twenty-four, and maintained a pastorate in town of forty-seven years. His house was moved to the spot now occupied by the dwelling of David G. Legro. The first birth recorded is that of his son, Isaac Hasey, Jr., who was born June 21, 1766.
In 1771 the town voted Mr. Hasey the privilege to build a pew in the meeting-house on the right side of the pulpit. During the same year they voted to repair the meeting- house, which was done the following year. The rough seats being mostly removed from the body of the house, their places were supplied by pews, the galleries finished, and pews erected across one end. The pews throughout the house were sold at auction to private individuals, and the avails appropriated for the payment of the repairs. The door was in the side opposite the pulpit, a row of square box-pews running clear around, and two more were in the body. Two broad galleries were on either side and across the end. In this house the inhabitants statedly worshiped until the year 1786, when settlers having located on what was called the new road, and in the vicinity of Little River Falls, it ceased to be in the centre of population, and the town voted that the meetings on Lord's day should be holden half the time at the centre of the town.
The proprietors having failed to pay the ministers' sal- ary, a petition was made to the General Court in 1787, asking for such jurisdiction over the lands as should enable them to enforce a collection. This was granted.
The inhabitants having much increased in numbers, in 1796 the town voted to erect a new meeting-house at the centre. In pursuance of this vote, in 1798 a frame for the meeting-house was erected and soon finished, so as to be used for worship, when the old house was vacated. This house was much larger than the old one, and better finished.
Rev. Mr. Hasey continued with this people for forty-eight years as a religious teacher, so highly respected that even now his name is held among those most dear to all the older families of the town. He died in October, 1812, at the age of seventy-one years.
Rev. Paul Jewett succeeded Mr. Hasey in the ministry. He came into the town in December, 1812, was ordained April 13, 1814, at the house of Deacon John Moody, and was dismissed at his own request, Oct. 5, 1819. He was successful in the ministry, and under his labors large num- bers were added to the church. He was a man of energy and decision. On his removal, Nicholas Shapleigh suc- ceeded him as society clerk. During his residence in town a lawsuit was commenced between the town and parish rel- ative to the ministerial lands, which proved to be long and tedious, and the cause of much strife and ill-feeling among the inhabitants. This suit eventually terminated in favor of the parish, giving the ministerial land to the Orthodox
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