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And then the dark days of the Revolution came; men thought of oppression and liberty; of resistance and free-
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dom, and they let the wilderness of Maine alone until a nation was born and a page added to the leaf of history.
Then came the longing for new homes; the project that had remained dormant for six years, revived into life, and in 1779 Lieut. Elijah Livermore with his family, came and established themselves at his "Grand Camp," and were the first actual settlers in the town of Livermore.
THE BIRTH OF LIVERMORE
Probably the most ancient document preserved in town, actually proved by written evidence and bearing on its pages the dates and signs of age, is an old ledger book, covered, bound and stitched with hog's hide, with its first page ele- gantly and plainly written over and bearing the date of Wednesday, the 28th of May, 1735. This book holds all the information we have of the why and wherefore of the grant of Livermore, by the "Great and General Court for His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land," to the original proprietors, few of whom ever settled here, choosing to sell their land rather than brave the wilder- ness of Port Royal. We can realize the trouble, expense and vexation of sending a committee from Waltham, to the unexplored regions of Maine, there to select, run boundary lines; describe and locate to the satisfaction of those inter- ested a tract of land that might or might not please those that it was intended to benefit.
Then the shares or lots were drawn, each individual tak- ing the claim that chance allotted, taxes were assessed on the same and if delinquent sold to the highest bidder, and by the way, nearly every share was sold, not once but many times. Meetings to this effect and for other business, followed each other in frequent succession from the above date until Dec. 25, 1774, when as the record pertinently states, "Upon con- sidering the dark aspect of public affairs," they adjourned to a meeting never assembled. All these meetings were either held at a private house or at some "Innholder," the
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most favored place being at Isaac Gleason's. Once they met at the house of Samuel Livermore and by reason of sickness in the family adjourned to that of Isaac Gleason. Upon the breaking out of the Revolution, the clerk wrote an ex- planation of the non-assemblage of the proprietors and the yellowed pages of this book gives us this graphic account of the state of affairs then: "The distressing war with Great Britain breaking out April 19, 1775, and all being obliged to resist the enemy, the place to which the meeting of the Proprietors was called, as likewise the meeting for sale of delinquent Proprietors being so near the theatre of action, prevented any meeting whatever." No meeting was held from this date until Jan. 13, 1779. In March following they voted, "That they build a boat or boats provided any person or persons appear to go to said Township to build an house and clear Land with intent to dwell there." On Jan. 9, 1793, at a meeting held at the house of Benjamin Bird in Waltham, it was voted to confer with the inhabitants of said Township respecting building a meeting house, and elected Gen. Learned, Edmund Davis and Capt. Mosss Stone as a committee to request the Court of Sessions to lay out a county road through the township. On the 4th of Septem- ber, same year, they voted to build a meeting house in this town, fifty feet long and forty feet wide, to be set at the east end of Lot 36, first division, and also raised £150 to erect the house, finish the outside and build a porch at the door and underpin the building. Chose Dea. Elijah Livermore, Syl- vanus Boardman and David Learned a committee for the above purpose.
There is no record of anything more in regard to this matter, but the sequel was told by our grandfathers and handed down by word of mouth and I wrote it down from the lips of one long since gathered home. It is this: The place chosen for the site of this church, was on the hill and near the buildings formerly owned by C. R. Babb; a bee was made to fell timber and clear the spot and two men, David
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Handy and Isaiah Manly by name, were accidentally killed by the falling of a large tree. They accepted it as a premo- nition of destiny and abandoned the entire project.
THE LOTS AND THE LOTTING
"The first Division," or that part of this town surveyed and lotted during the months of September and October, 1772, and all that part of the town on the west side of the river to the north and south of this "Division," including a strip of land from the northerly part of Sylvester 445 rods in width that was afterwards claimed by Turner and relin- quished by Livermore at its incorporation and all of the town of East Livermore, then a part of this Plantation in- cluding the territory set off to Wayne and Leeds, after Major Thomas Fish completed the lotting thereof, contained 256 one hundred acre lots, excepting those bordering on the river, which, owing to the sinuosity of that boundary, were as near the others in size as might be, but of irregular di- mensions. My authority for the above facts may be found in the complete line of record books belonging to the town of Livermore and also from an old sheepskin plan, drawn by Capt. Williams of Beverly, Mass., in 1787, which I am sorry to say was destroyed by fire, when the town clerk's office burned at Brettun's Mills in 1887. The lotting of the entire original area of Livermore and East Livermore, then one township, was shown by this plan and although not bearing the stamp of authority, like the earlier incomplete one now in the Washburn Library, yet I believe it was correct and a few words in relation to it, written when it was in existence, may possibly to some one be of value. This plan was evidently used for business, as the house and barns of Dea. Livermore are distinctly marked thereon, although it might have been done since Williams' hand so deftly drew the course of the Androscoggin and checked into squares and parallelograms the lots of the old Plantation of Port Royal. On many lots the names of the original owners were written, tote roads
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marked, that part claimed by Turner indicated, fords lo- cated and other evidence of later conditions that could not have been known by Capt. Williams at the time the plan was made.
My convictions are that this plan was made by Capt. Williams from minutes furnished by Major Thomas Fish, duly authorized to make and complete a survey of all un- surveyed lands in the township, or in other words, "The Second Division." Commencing at Otis Falls, on the east side of the river, a tier of lots of unequal area and border- ing on the river was located down to and past Dead River, each lot embracing its share of the rich and level "Inter- vale." The first lot bears the name of Henshaw; the next two that of Elijah Livermore; the next lower, Hall; next, L. Williams; and that by Hillman's Ferry being No. 10. The east line of these lots ran due north and south as far down river as "Shy;" from here to Littleborough on account of a bend in the river the lots set over to the east a number of rods. Then beginning at the extreme north-east corner of the town and running out a tier of lots westerly until they struck No. 1, or the lot at Otis Falls-then another range lower, and still a third and fourth and here we are at "Shy." Then the lots are numbered in ranges running north and south as far down as Littleborough or Leeds. According to this plan there are sixty-eight lots on the east side of the river. The country to the east is marked "Sterlin," and the first road indicated by dots, runs from North Wayne to and across Hillman's Ferry and one other from Wayne vil- lage to and across the old Benjamin Ferry and up to Dea. Livermore's. Among the names of the lot owners on the east side of the river are the historical ones of Henshaw, Wood- ard, Grahn, Davis, Capt. Denny Learned, Greavy, the Hes- sian soldier, who, after the Revolution, settled on the lot east of Lieut. Samuel Benjamin's, and Elijah Livermore, who owned many lots on both sides of the river. On the west side, we find on the lot now owned by John Sanders, the
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name of Daniel Coolidge ; the next to the north, Isaac Fuller ; next, where W. H. Bickford now lives, Cutting Clark; next, where R. E. Bisbee lives, Jones; and the next, Weld. Then we have the names of Hathaway, Boardman, Holman, Shenery and Norton. Amos Livermore owned the lot where A. J. Ryerson now lives, and Isaac Lovell lived on the farm now owned by William H. Thompson. So much for the old plan that had no title and perhaps would not bear the test of law.
As has been stated previously, the original township was given to sixty men for services rendered in the French and English war in 1710, and an old Massachusetts State law required that the ministry, schools, etc., should each receive a gratuity equal to that of an individual appro- priation.
And now the township had been divided into lots and the next step was to divide the lots among the Proprietors, and a little mental arithmetic will prove that each one was en- titled to four lots, as also was the ministry, first minister, schools and Harvard College, therefore, sixty-four tickets, with a group of four lots to each, every ticket being ar- ranged so as to preserve equality in value, were prepared and each Proprietor drew the ticket that chance allotted and became the owner of four one-hundred acre lots in the new township.
The names of the original proprietors, or of those who claimed under them, were as follows :
Nathaniel Harris, Esq.
Warham Williams, Rev.
Thomas Marshall
Samuel Googen, Capt.
Ebenezer Hubbard
Benjamin Flagg, Copt.
Ebenezer Woodward, Capt. William Chubb
Ebenezer Larned, Capt. John Hazzeltine, Capt.
John Maddock
Joseph Fuller, Ens.
Thomas Gibbs
Thomas Robins
Jonas Ward Samuel Smith
Ebenezer Whipple Peter Lyon
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Thomas Harrington, Ens.
Simeon Merrifield
Samuel Lyon, Lieut.
Nehemiah How
William Cheaney James Colburn
Jonathan Ball
Ebenezer Lyon
Nathaniel Dike
Thomas Marshall, Dea. Jerijah Wales, Lieut.
Ebenezer Goodhue, Dea.
John Sawin John Ward
William Robinson
Ephraim Sautle
Benjamin Cory
Isaac Parker
John Eager
Jonathan Gates
Nathan Whipple
John Stearns
Israel Read
Jonathan Willington
Peter Hunt
Nathaniel Davis
John Ramsey
Eliphalet Lyon
Benjamin Chadwick
Hannah Badcock, widow
David Knap
Josiah Sautle
Benjamin Alldridge
Nathaniel Whitmore
William Puffer
Ebenezer Hartshorn
Harvard College
John Harwood
Ministry
John Whiting, Rev.
First Minister
Daniel Googen, Esq.
Schools
Benjamin Munroe
Benoni Woodward
Benjamin Wood
Up to the incorporation of Livermore as a town in 1795, the books and plans of the Proprietors were kept in Waltham, Mass., where all business relating to the township was transacted and it was not until Nov. 2, 1812, that the inhabitants of Livermore "chose W. H. Brettun, Esq., to convey the original plan and books of this town from Gen. Jonathan Coolidge of Waltham," and it is of and about these same books and plans, that I have written. It can be read- ily seen, now the lots were drawn, that each proprietor was the owner of one sixty-fourth part of the township; conse- quently, those that came here with the intention of making a home for themselves felt the need of public improvements, first in the form of roads and bridleways, then the post-route
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and a schoolhouse, and to secure these, taxes were assessed and if the owner refused or neglected to pay, the lot was sold for the tax and those with a little ready money who seized the opportunity of securing a hundred acres of land with a small outlay, found themselves the owner of many lots, that as the settlers increased in numbers, steadily rose in value.
Among the first to perceive this inevitable result, was Lieut: Elijah Livermore, afterwards familiarly called the Deacon, who always had an eye for business, and whenever a valuable lot was sold for taxes, invariably became the pur- chaser, and as the land value increased, so did the Deacon's revenue, and he became the most wealthy and "forehanded" person ever in the town of Livermore.
During all these years of hardship and uncertainty for the settlers, they were fortunate in their intercourse with the Indians, experiencing no trouble and often receiving aid from them; indeed, the territory lying on both sides of the river from here to Lewiston Falls, seemed to be the middle ground of peace between the white man and Indian, but at Pejepscot and Penecook falls, to the north and south of us, there was frequent trouble and bloodshed, and even on the western shore of Anasagunticook or Whitney Lake in the neighboring town of Hartford, they show the spot and tell the pathetic story of how a man by the name of Whitney was wounded in a fight with the Indians and secreted him- self in a cabin until nearly recovered and then, being mis- taken for an Indian, was shot dead by a party of friends sent to his rescue.
There is no reliable record of the order in which the first settlers came, after the first three or four families were firmly established ; in fact, there is no written record what- ever, except the arrival of Lieut. Elijah Livermore's family ; all else is by word of mouth that was handed down from father to son; but among the papers of the widow of Gen. David Learned, who was born in 1766, we find in her own
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handwriting a list of the "established settlers," living on both sides of the river in 1789. They are as follows :
Dea Elijah Livermore, William Carver, Elisha Smith, Samuel Benjamin, John Walker, Josiah Wyer, James Delano, Reuben Wing, John Monk, Otis Robinson, Cutting Clark, Elijah Fisher, Pelatiah Gibbs, Daniel Holman, Henry Greavy, Nathaniel Dailey and Mr. Randall. My own re- searches lead me to believe that there were a few more, but the phrase, "established settlers," might possibly explain the difference of opinion.
Rev. Paul Coffin, a traveling missionary, says in his diary of 1798, that Livermore contained 130 families who were "superstitious, ignorant and predestinarian." He visited in this year Dea. Livermore and his son, "who had fifty cattle, many sheep and horses, a house large and high, of four rooms and two chimneys, and four barns and four sheds."
In 1800 he visited Dr. Hamlin and says that he "spake much with the Dr. who seemed to suppose, as others also told me, that he had lately experienced the new birth. He is much of a predestinarian Baptist. He said we regular clergy teach people to do their best and then by fifty or sixty years they may arise to a ray of hope."
I think it is a fact that a missionary preacher, traveling on horseback and asking no remuneration except what might be freely offered, attracted more attention then, and caused more serious thought of the possibilities in and of a religious life, by preaching to and visiting among the people who were hungry for sociability, once a year as did Elder Coffin, than do the clergy of today by the Sunday sermon and semi- weekly prayer meeting. In those and later days to attend church was an event; it was the only method of exchanging and hearing the news, good or bad, and whatever was heard, was the subject of thought for weeks and months.
As has previously been stated, the first book of record, bound and stitched with hog's hide and dating from 1735, is a curiosity, as also is the next dating from 1795. The
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leaves of these books are unruled and as a great many differ- ent clerks, moderators and Justices of the Peace, displayed their handwriting, the chirography is diverse and the lines angular.
The book, dating from 1795, begins with the record of the first town meeting, held at the house of Dea. Livermore and in this book the clerk recorded intentions of marriage and whenever so returned the date of the ceremony.
The list will be interesting to some, although we cannot harmonize a few of the dates.
1797 Mar. 9, Samuel and Polly Gould.
Mar. 20, Reuben Wing, 3d, and Joah Landres.
May 24, William Carver and Mrs. Beulah Winter.
May 6, David Reed and Prudence Pitts.
Aug. 1, John Bassford and Persilla Martin.
Sept. 1, Joseph Gould and Patience Hanes, m. Sept. 27.
Sept. 27, Cyrus Hamlin and Anna Livermore.
Dec. 14, Caleb Boynton and Zipperah Burgess.
1798 Mar. 16, Ebenezer Keith and Bethiah Bryant. June 1, Zebedee Rose and Mrs. Hannah Bond.
July 30, William Chamberlain and Mary Cushin.
Aug. 1, Elijah Knapp and Patience Gould. Sept. 10, Theodore Marston and Sally Bamford. Mar. 25, William Morison and Polly Larned.
1799 April 10, Amos Livermore and Phebe Luce. June 17, Reuben Basford and Anna Allen.
Aug. 10, William Carver and Polly Lyon. Sept. 20, Jonathan Bryant and Anna Morse.
Sept. 23, Nathaniel Beals and Pamela House.
Oct. 22, Friend Drake and Rebecca Burnham, "Little- borough."
1800 Jan. 1, Nathan Mayhew and Sally Atwood.
1799 Dec. 1, Thomas Leadbetter and Eunice Clark.
1800 Jan. 15, Phineas Foss and Rebecca Stinchfield. Jan. 15, Abraham Fuller and Desire Foster. Feb. 29, Elijah Walker and Polly Norton.
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Mar. 31, Samuel Gould and Ruth Bessee.
April 23, William Coolidge and Mary Hale.
May 19, Joseph Randall and Ruth Dailey.
May 19, Simeon Bradford and Patty True, m. June 22. Dec. 9, Samuel Swift and Sally Smith.
Dec. 27, Jonathan Morse and Abigail Hurd, m. Dec. 27. 1801 Mar. 10, Simeon Howard and Susana Merrill, m. Mar. 29.
Mar. 10, Samuel Livermore and Lura Chase, m. Apr. 16.
David Bassett and Hannah Sorkman, m. Mar. 29.
May 5, Benj. Merrill and Polly Harvey.
Sept. 16, Luther Wyman and Martha Wing.
Dec. 8, Luther Cary and Hannah Briggs.
Dec. 14, Peter Humphrey and Sally Davis.
Dec. 14, Chase Clough and Lydia Taylor.
1802 Jan. 4, Daniel Wyman and Mehitable Blasedel, m. Mar. 2.
Jan. 4, Osborn Trask and Sally Starbird.
Feb. 10, Joseph Wing and Betsey Wyming, m. Mar. 2.
Feb. 10, Stephen Dutton and Lucy Wing.
Fredrick Gray and Tiley Dailey, m. Mar. 23.
Thomas Chase, Jr., and Phebe Hathaway, m. Apr. 12. Sept. 1, James Hosley and Prudie Paul.
April 20, Thomas Bryant and Silomy Santle.
Aug. 1, Nathaniel Beals and Hannah Leavitt.
Dec. 8, Jeremiah Knox and Molly Hanscome.
1800 May 19, Joseph Randall and Ruth Dailey, m. May 22.
1801 Jan. 10, Jonathan Morse and Betsey Welcome, m. Jan. 15.
1803 June 15, Capt. Jessie Stone and Polly Chase, m. June 5. July 31, John Simmons and Sophia Delano.
Oct. 23, Jacob Gibbs and Sally Hathaway, m. Nov. 5. Oct. 23, Purkins Allen and Rachel Allen.
Nov. 27, Jonathan Libby and Hannah Knox.
Dec. 4, Stephen Crosby and Abigail Learned.
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Dec. 1, Jacob Bemis and Lydia Howard. 1804 Jan. 29, Isaac Record and Jerusha Walker. Mar. 10, John Benjamin and Betsy Kinney.
1803 Benj. Wormwell and Anna Dennett, m. July 19. Philip Pitts and Dinah Norton, m. Nov. 28.
1804 May 19, Benj. Wormwell and Anna Dennett. June 2, Hezekiah Austin and Rachel Redding.
Nov. 17, Stephen Webster and Nancy Lovewell, m. 1805, Feb. 6.
Nov. 8, Howland Child and Mrs. Axa Wing, m. 1805, May 26.
1805 July 20, Stephen Fisher and Anstrus Leavitt, m. 1806, Feb. 26.
July 20, Simeon Putnam and Azula Morse, m. Nov. 28. Oct. 5, Phillip Pitts and Dinah Norton.
1805 Nov. 16, John Lydson and Abigail Dennett.
Nov. 22, Alpheus Wing and Rhoda True, m. 1806, Mar. 30.
1806 Feb. 23, Luther Cary and Polly Lathrop.
Mar. 1, Samuel Richardson and Elizabeth Goding.
May 17, Dr. Benj. Prescott and Caroline Chandler.
June 7, Joseph Baker and Mercy Merrill.
June 14, Noah Young and Polly Smith.
Aug. 10, Jacob Phillips and Betsey Lovring.
Aug. 10, Samuel Burgess and Hannah Harmon.
1805 April 12, Zebedee Rose and Anna House, m. Apr. 12.
1806 Sept. 28, Samuel Dennett and Mrs. Cynthia Cole. Oct. 18, John Griffith and Nancy Wormell.
Oct. 10, Henry Aldrich and Nancy Standly.
Nov. 17, Nezer Dailey and Betsey Blancher.
Nov. 27, Goen Knight and Eunice Doar, m. 1807, Dec. 25.
Dec. 20, James Morison and Sally Learned, m. 1807, Jan. 15.
1807 Jan. 22, Jabez True and Elizabeth Shepardson. Mar. 7, Newel Fogg and Rachel York.
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Mar. 14, Nehemiah Bryant and Phebe Robinson.
Mar. 21, Isaac Lovewell and Mrs. Lucy Merrill of Poland, m. Apr. 7. June 13, Joseph Lyford and Jerusha Talbart.
1807 Sept. 10, Jonathan Ames and Polly Griffith. Sept. 10, Jonathan Merrill and Sally Coffin. Sept. 10, Medad Sottle and Keturah Briggs. Dec. 19, Obed Wing and Florantina Glidon.
1808 Jan. 9, Shubael Wing and Nabby Landres. Apr. 15, John Richardson and Eunice Goding. Feb. 20, Winthrop Lovejoy and Hannah Wing. Mar. 31, Josiah Handeford and Lucy Cobb. Mar. 15, William Norris and Betsey Austin. Gideon Southward and Betsey Townson. 1808 Nehemiah Bryant and Phebe Robinson. Artemas Learned and Betsey Coolidge. Zenas Hall and Betsey Clark, m. Mar. 28, 1808. Josiah Hannaford and Lucy Cole, m. Mar. 31, 1808. 1808 Aug. 28, Frank Gibbs and Hitty Wing. Aug. 22, Ebenezer Humphrey and Mary White. Sept. 12, Jedediah White and Mrs. Abigail Rowell. Oct. 12, William Phillips and Anna Stevenson, m. 1809, Apr. 29.
Oct. 25, Elisha Smith and Mrs. Priscilla Owen. Nov. 23, Jonathan Goding and Catherine Gowell. Dec. 24, Stephen Larrabee and Polly Allen. 1809 Jan. 25, Abel Delano and Miriam Wormell. Jan. 30, Jacob Bates and Hannah Sawin. Jan. 30, Elias Fairbanks and Rhoda Phillips Neal.
1809 Mar. 25, West Robinson and Prudence Norton. Apr. 4, John Sanders and Abigail Paul. June 3, Samuel Fuller and Lydia Leavitt. June 3, Nathaniel Swift and Polly Clark. July 17, Isaac Robinson and Peggy Turner. Aug. 29, Aaron Snelling and Mary Perry. Oct. 4, Dr. Whiting Sevens and Nabby Walker.
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Oct. 4, Simeon Card and Polly Knox. Oct. 1, Seth Foster and Juletty Soaper. Nov. 27, Thomas Fuller and Nancy Abbott. Dec. 29, John Lovejoy and Sally Parker.
1810 Jan. 26, Reuben Dennett and Lydia Child. Feb. 12, Jacob Haskell and Polly Washburn. May 21, John Briggs and Lydia Tena Winslow.
May 21, John Barrett and Ruth Winslow. Sept. 4, John Record and Phebe Learned, m. Sept. 10. July 30, Charles Austin and Polly Briggs. Sept. 10, Reuben Wing and Lucy Weld, m. Sept. 12. Oct. 6, Isaac Haskell and Jane Boardman Chase. Oct. 15, John Hall and Widow Abigail Morse. Nov. 12, Samuel Morison and Betsey Benjamin.
1810 Nov. 12, Luther Hathaway and Clarissa Hinds. Nov. 26, Hazerman Draper and Ruth Lane.
1811 Jan. 15, Nathaniel Soaper and Nancy Wyer, m. Jan. 27.
Jan. 15, Frank Gibbs and Phebe Eads. Jan. 28, Samuel Dunn and Eunice Weston. Mar. 2, Loring Judkins and Anna Morse, m. Mar. 17. Thomas Haskell and Sally Wyer, m. Mar. 31.
1811 May 7, John Hayes and Hannah Merrill, m. May 9. June 22, Thomas Coolidge and Phebe Paul. Oct. 19, Samuel Lyford and Irene Smith. Nov. 9, John Quimby and Lucy Paul. Nov. 16, David Bricket and Betsey Wyer. Nov. 16, Levi Merrill and Betsey Millett.
1812 Jan. 18, George H. Hayes and Jane Merrill. Jan. 30, Oliver Billings, Jr., and Eliza Eads. Feb. 22, Abner Fletcher and Betsey Lyford. Mar. 7, Israel Washburn and Patty Benjamin. Mar. 15, Nezer Daily, Jr., and Rebecca Turner. Mar. 28, Oliver S. Lyford and Betsey Low.
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THEN AND NOW
From 1809 to 1814, it was the custom of the assessors to enumerate the houses, barns, mills and all cultivated, mow- ing, orcharding, pasturage and wild lands and the value of each, to ascertain the taxable worth of each man's real estate. The value of the different items of personal prop- erty did not vary so much from that of today, as we might suppose.
To show the change that has taken place between "Then and Now," let me give the several items in taxable real estate of a few well-known farms in the year 1813, and then you can compare them with the value of such today.
Haskell, Jacob, who at this time owned what is now known as the Noyes Stock Farm. House, $15; 2 barns, $77; tillage, 7 acres, $84; mowing, 7 acres, $70; pasturage, 8 acres, $64; wild land, 78 acres, $234; total, $544.
Pompilly, Samuel, who lived on the farm now owned by D. R. Briggs. House, $50; barn, $96; tillage, 2 acres, $24; mowing, 8 acres, $80; pasturage, 5 acres, $40; wild land, 100 acres, $300; total, $590.
Elliott, John, Dea., who owned the farm and built the house where Mr. E. H. Hinkley now lives. House, $40; barn, $30; tillage, 1 acre, $12; mowing, 1 acre, $10; no pastur- age; orcharding, one-half acre, $20; mills, 2, $400; wild land, 20 acres, $80; total, $592.
Livermore, Samuel; Dea. Elijah Livermore's youngest son, who lived at this time where Lewis Leavitt now lives. Two houses, $500; three barns, $112; tillage, 30 acres, $360; mowing, 15 acres, $150; pasturage, 6 acres, $48; wild land, 339 acres, $1,356; total, $2,526.
Livermore, Isaac, who built a two-story house near "Cat Corner," one room of which he used as a store. The land is now owned by S. H. Beckler and not a vestige of the build. ings can now be seen. House, $100; barn, $50; tillage, 2
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