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Phoenix, see Finex George, 51, 52
Pine, Charles, 181, 182
Plaisted, Elisha, xiv, 18, 19, 45, 50, 92, 100, 111, 116, 128, 189-191, 194, 223, 229 Ichabod, xii John, xii
Joseph, 246, 256
Mary, 22, 27
Roger, 19, 232, 243
Samuel, xiv, xxi, 19, 39, 139, 171, 226, 239, 251, 256, 268
Poland, Elizabeth, 51, 111
Poore, Andrew, 47 Robert, xxiii, 92, 105, 106, 108, 109, 163 Pope, Joanna, 51, 62
William, 51
Pray, Joseph, 19, 137, 138, 243
Preble, Abram, xiii, xiv, xxxii, xxxiii, 5, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25, 27, 30, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 46, 51, 52, 58, 63, 69, 70, 82, 91-94, 110, 116-118, 120, 124, 125, 128, 130, 133, 135, 139, 141, 147, 148, 156, 159, 161, 167, 216, 225
Caleb, 194, 202, 230, 236, 238, 268
Edward, 70, 185, 223, 226, 232, 233, 267, 270, 271 Jonathan, 84
Joseph, 171, 186, 204, 208, 221
Mary, 164, 194, 216, 225, 230, 268 Zebulon, 144, 159, 165, 168, 171 Pritchard, Prichard John, 24 Pride, Joseph, 267 Proctor, Samuel, 236, 270 Provender, Provinder, Provendor Isaac, 16, 22 Purrington, Benjamin, 24
QUASON, Quasson Joseph (Indian), xix, 234, 235, 243
RACKCLIFF, Rackley
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INDEX OF NAMES
John, 264 Rale, Sebastien, xvii, xviii, xix Rand, John, 96, 97 Randall, Randel John, 20 Richard, 19 Rankin, Rankings
James, 120, 162, 238, 251, 252, 257
Raines, Raynes
Nathan, 82, 94, 111, 118, 120, 246, 256, 270 Nathaniel, Jr., 221, 226, 231, 239, 246 Redington, Elizabeth, xxx, 86, 87 Jacob, xxx, 73, 74, 86
Redicks, Abigail, 225, 227 George, 225, 227 Reed, John, 43, 44 Sarah, 41, 43 Thomas, 23
Remick, Abraham, 152 Jacob, 26, 36, 172
Jacob, Jr., 26, 32, 33, 46, 58, 69, 172
John, 76, 77, 81
Joshua, 172, 221, 226, 231, 239, 246 Mary, 123
Samuel, 151, 214, 217, 261
Rice, Anne, 62 Daniel, 68, 244
Martha, 209, 210, 215
Mary, 24, 206, 209, 210
Matthew, 212, 214
Moses, 210
Richard, 62, 68, 80, 171, 186, 204, 208, 221
Thomas, 5, 8, 10
Richardson, Penelope, 242, 248
Riggs, Jeremiah, 267
Roberts, Joseph, 6
Rogers, George, 260
Rev. John, xxv, xxvi, 28, 41, 45, 50, 56 John, Constable, 65, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 92, 172, 173, 185
Richard, 26, 34, 37, 40-42, 46, 173
Richard, Jr., 265
Samuel, xxiii, 92, 103-107
William, 92, 105-109, 163
Rolfe, Benjamin, 132, 200
Rose, Elizabeth, 9-12, 57, 96, 128, 136, 158, 162 Rouse, John, 34 William, 188 Russell, John, 17 Mrs. John, 17
SATTER, Thomas, 84 Sampson, James, 46, 52, 58, 69, 82, 221, 231, 239, 246 Sanders, Robert, 96, 97 Thomas, xix, 233, 239, 240
Sargent, Diamond, 21, 27, 28, 144, 159, 165, 168, 171
Savery, Samuel, 8, 17, 19, 25, 30, 34, 82, 94, 111, 118, 120, 144, 159, 165, 168, 171, 187 Sawyer, David, 171, 173, 202, 203, 242 Francis, 38, 250, 256 Isaac, 267
John, 157, 165, 230, 267, 269 William, 115 Sayward, John, 7, 121, 130, 135, 136, 139, 144, 158, 161, 266, 272, 273 Scammon, Humphrey, 39, 194, 230, 261, 269 Mr., 193
Scrigens, Abigail, 123
Sealy, Val, 20
Sedgley, John, 221, 226, 231, 239, 246
Sellers, Ruth, 249
Seavey, Sevey Ebenezer, 182 Thomas, 155, 181, 182
Seward, Joseph, 156, 167, 216
Sewall, Sewell
Nicholas, 216, 217
Samuel, xxi, 164, 202
Shackley, Richard, 19
Shapleigh, John, 173 Nicholas, xxv, 45, 50, 172, 177
Sharpe, John, 46, 52, 69, 82
Shaw, John, 29 William, 94, 95
Sheers, Shears Eliza, 64-66, 118
Shepard, John, 34, 173, 212, 217 Mark, 218, 221 Phebee, 214
Sherman, Jonathan, 245
Shorey, Samuel, 144, 159, 165, 168, 171, 187 Shortwell, Shortwells Pierce, xxii, 48-50, 131-133
Shute, Joanna, 110 Samuel, xvii, xviii
Simpson, Simson Daniel, 46, 52, 57, 58, 69, 81, 82, 147,
156, 167, 183, 216, 223, 225, 234, 243, 249, 251 Henry, xxvii, 261, 270, 271
Henry, Jr., 121, 130, 136, 139, 143, 155, 156, 229 Joseph, 254, 256, 257
Samuel, 256, 270 Sarah, xxvii, 143, 155, 156, 229
Skillings, Samuel, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 46, 237 Small, Joseph, 173 Samuel, 174 Smart, Francis, 136, 231
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Smith, , 18 Colman, Culumn, 92, 105-107 John, 188, 191, 192, 231 Jonathan, 19, 191, 202 Richard, 95, 100, 126, 127 Samuel, 177, 187
Snow, Henry, 146 John, 225, 238 Soaper, John, 26, 33
Spencer, Deborah, 120, 158, 162, 238, 251, 257 Mary, 19, 94, 151 Moses, 19 Spinney, Andrew, 123, 172, 217 Anne, 262
David, 261, 263
Elizabeth, 81, 260-263
Hannah, 138
James, 26, 123, 172, 215, 235, 236, 260- 263
Jeremiah, 262, 266
John, xxxi, 123, 173, 208, 212-215
Jonathan, 210, 211, 261, 263
Lydia, 121-125, 130
Margaret, 213
Patience, 260-263
Nathan, 214
Samuel, 26, 209, 210 Thomas, 172
Stackpole, John, 170, 177, 186, 187, 256, 269, 270
Stanford, Hannah, 42, 47 Robert, xx, 235
Staple, James, 172, 242 John, 5, 8, 26, 76, 77, 172
Mary, 53, 76, 77, 135, 164, 194, 230, 268
Peter, 24, 39, 165, 168, 171-173
Samuel, 218, 219
Solomon, 76, 77
Widow, 94
Starrett, James, Jr., 164, 166, 169 Peter, 265, 266
Stacy, Stayce Benjamin, 173
Stephens, Stevens Joannah, 206
John, 58, 59 Moses, 82, 94, 111, 118, 120
Stuard, Steward, Stewart Edward, 189-191 Richard, 164 Samuel, 38 Stickney, John, 164 Stimson, Jonathan, 19, 39 Richard, 82, 94, 118, 120
Stone, Benjamin, 5, 8, 12, 13, 33, 39, 53,
132, 133, 149, 156, 161, 164, 167, 184, 191, 192, 198, 200, 216, 223, 245 Daniel, xxx, 17, 19, 33, 74, 78, 86-88
David, 74 Jonathan, 19, 52, 58, 69, 82 Peter, 159 Sarah, 74, 75, 78, 86-88
Storer, Ebenezer, 91, 111 John, 114, 165, 170, 194 Jonathan, 230 Stover, Abigail, 176 Benjamin, 194 George, 5, 8, 164 John, 24, 39, 53, 94, 111, 135, 230, 266, 268 Sturgis, Samuel, xix Sweat, Swett Joseph, 34, 37, 40, 42, 46, 141, 147, 261
TANNER, Phebe, 92, 93, 100, 115-118, 128 Tappan, Tappen Edmund, 92, 105
Edmund, Jr., 106 Joseph, xx Tarbox, Elizabeth, 230
Nathaniel, 94, 135, 158, 165, 168, 171, 194, 202
Taylor, Alexander, 20 Benjamin, 115 Joseph, 115 William, 115
Temple, Robert, xvi, xxiv
Tetherly, Samuel, 122, 123, 125, 126, 173 William, 125, 126, 173
Thomas, Miles, 212
Naomi, 212 William, 212
Thompson, Tomson, Tompson Alexander, 25
Israel Beckman, 96, 97, 100
James, 93-96
John, xxv, xxvi, 10, 26, 38, 40, 55-57, 63, 76-78, 166, 172, 177, 187, 216
Jonathan, 19
Miles, Sr., 20, 140, 261
Miles, Jr., 20 Robert, 195
Tibbetts, Aaron, 241, 242, 248, 249
Thurla, Thurlow, Thurrell Richard, 140, 148, 171-174, 202, 203
Tobey, Anne, 7, 13, 14
John, 123 Samuel, 124, 125, 171, 186, 204, 208, 221 Stephen, 75, 80, 81, 173 Toothaker, Andrew, 33 Townsend, Abraham, 221, 226, 231, 239, 246 Tozier, Richard, 19 Trafton, Charles, 25, 119 Zaccheus, 33, 144, 159, 165, 168, 171 Treadwell, Samuel, 121, 130, 136, 139, 144
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INDEX OF NAMES
Trescott, Trescutt Zachariah, 92, 105-107
Treworgye, Treworgie
John, 40, 43, 50, 52, 53, 143, 147, 184 Trickey, Elizabeth, 211, 212, 216 Thomas, 172 William, 269, 272 Zebulon, 139, 172
Tucker, Olliver, 96, 97
Margaret, 237, 241, 246-248
William, 96, 97, 173, 221, 226, 231, 237, 239, 241 William, Jr., 96, 97, 146
Turner, James, 189-191
Tyler, James, 143, 146, 222, 231, 236, 238- 240 Samuel, 220, 226, 235
UTTER, Jabez, 84
VARNUM, Danil, 82, 94, 111, 118, 120, 270, 271 Ralph, 270, 271
WADLEIGH, Wadley Dan, 20 William, 20
Walker, Andrew, 20, 189, 190 Edward, 19 John, 172
Walton, Peter, 14, 15, 267
Wardwell, Wardell Eliakim, 8, 17, 25, 30, 34
Warren, Gilbert, 19 James, 19 John, 61 Sarah, 130, 137
Warwick, Eliakim, 143
Wass, John, 14, 15, 24
Watkins, Dorothy, 142-145 James, 142, 145
Watson, John, 82, 120, 165, 255, 260 Thomas, 232
Watts, John, 52, 53, 58, 69, 82
Waymouth, Weymouth Catharine, 144, 247 Joshua, 20 Timothy, 5, 8, 172, 202
Weare, Elias, 246, 256, 270 Hopewell, 6, 7 Lydia, 6, 7
Webber, Benjamin, 144 James, 173 John, 220, 222, 227
Thomas, 16, 22, 69 Waitstill, 247
Weed, Thomas, 34, 172, 185, 261
Weeks, Joseph, 82, 94, 111, 118, 120, 172 Nicholas, xxv, 56, 67
Persiler, 45
Welch, Benjamin, 128, 135, 164, 171-175, 202, 203, 230, 268 William, 193 Wells, John, 8, 17, 25, 30, 34, 39, 53, 94, 114, 135, 165, 194, 196, 197 John, Jr., 114 Wench, Hannah, 225, 227, 249 Samuel, 33, 232
Wentworth, Paul, 25, 39, 41, 53, 94, 135, 164, 194, 205, 213, 214, 230, 232, 233, 236, 262, 268 Silvanus, 20, 34, 37, 40, 42, 46 Timothy, 19 Wescott, Westcott, Wescoat Andrew, 237, 241, 246, 247
Westbrook, Thos., 240
Wheelwright, John, xii, xiii, xiv, xxiii, 4, 7, 8, 17, 23, 25, 30, 34, 37, 40, 42, 46, 48, 52, 58, 69, 82, 88, 91, 94, 110, 112-115,
120, 139, 144, 158, 159, 163, 165, 168, 171, 175, 183, 186, 197-199, 204, 205, 208, 220, 224, 226, 231, 239, 240, 245, 256, 259, 269, 272
Jonathan, 201
Samuel, 46, 52, 58, 82
Wherrin, John, xxvii, 41, 43, 230, 231
Mrs. John, 41, 43
Whier, Weare? Lydia, 177, 185
Whitman, Simon, 20
Whitney, John, 173 Nathan, 164
Whittem, Whittom, Witham, Wittum
Daniel, 170, 183
Ichabod, 170
John, 8, 17, 30, 34, 170, 183, 258, 269, 271 Mrs. Daniel, 170, 183
Mrs. John, 170, 183
Mrs. Peter, 170, 183
Mrs. Peter, Jr., 170, 183, 196
Peter, 81, 89, 170, 183
Peter, Jr., 170, 176, 183, 195, 196
Wibird, Wibride R., 126 Willard, J., 245
Williams, Joanna, 9, 11
Margaret, 9, 10
Paul, 43, 67, 69, 89, 172, 209, 211
Robert, 106
Wilson, Gowin, 44, 144, 159, 165, 168, 171, 172 Hope, 39, 40
Joseph, 44, 90, 91, 97, 98
Noah, 170, 183
William, 39, 40 Mrs. William, 20 Winkley, Samuel, 247
Winn, Josiah, 171, 186, 204, 208, 221
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INDEX OF NAMES
Winslow, Edward, 106 Winthrop, Adam, xiv
Woodbridge, John, xxvi, 21, 24, 28, 31, 39, 41, 53, 94, 118, 135, 146, 147, 158, 167, 168, 187, 188, 194, 207, 208, 268 Jonathan, 32, 207 Joseph, 177
Woodman, John, xxxi, 170, 185, 187, 192
Woodsum, Joseph, 5, 19, 47, 61, 62, 70-72, 195, 222 Wormwood, Jane, 93, 96
Wooster, Woster, Worcester, Worster John, 223 Moses, 232, 233 Timothy, 164
Wright, Benjamin, xix, 84, 267, 268, 271 Mr., 236 Nathan, 182
YORK, Benjamin, 157, 266, 267 Abigail, 37 Benajah, 217 Ebnezer, 170, 176
Jonathan, Jr., 37 Joseph, 5, 8, 33, 117, 217
Young, Lydia, 7 Mathew, 33
Roland, 223 Sarah, 170, 176
INDEX OF SUBJECT AND PLACE
ACCOUNTS: clerk of courts, 35-36; coro- ner, 163-164; prison, 27; sheriff, 22-23, 36, 51, 82-83, 130; treasury, 156, 159- 161, 167, 216, 217, 224, 225. See also Bills
Acts: land claims, xiv; against "hawkers, pedlars ... ," xxix; allowances for jury- men, f4; punishment of criminal offend- ers, f38, f71, f122; for settlement of ministers, f50; regulating townships, f110; suppressing unlicensed houses, f112; relief and release of poor prison- ers, f132; regulations of weight and measures, f144; trustees for loans, f147; taking of affidavits out of court, f212; support of parents, f233; to grant li- cense, f244
ale, xxvi, 217
animals: "beast," 17; cattle, 174, 182; horses, 32, 44, 67-69, 140, 174, 217, 223, 263-266; oxen, 174; sheep, 76-77, 174; sow, 130
apples, 119
apprentices, 12-13, 30 Arrowsic, xvi, xvii, 269
Arundell: constable, 54, 59-60, 90, 96, 112, 239; highways, 39; minister, xxiv; poor, xxv; rates, 27, 41, 53, 227; select- men, 27, 94; settlement of, xv
attorney fees, 175 Attorney, King's, 259 "Augusta," xvi
BAIL, 10, 27-28, 43, 48, 65-66, 68, 77-78, 88, 92, 93, 95, 100-101, 129, 131, 137, 188, 190
bastardy, xxvii, xxviii, 5, 31, 33, 34, 37, 40, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 54, 57, 61, 69, 70-72, 81, 89, 92, 93, 96, 98, 100, 101-103, 113- 114, 115-117, 119, 120, 121-126, 128, 129, 131, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 144, 145, 147, 148-153, 155-156, 157, 162, 166, 177, 178, 184, 227, 237, 238, 241, 242, 243, 246-248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 256, 257
beer, xxvi, 217
bell man, 160, 194, 222, 227, 260
Berwick: collector, 50; constable, 17-18, 50, 74, 78, 86-87, 102, 131, 156-157, 162- 163, 167, 223; highways, 16, 17, 22, 26, 28-29, 32-33, 39, 40, 220, 221, 222, 229; licenses for public houses, 39, 111, 135,
165, 194, 230, 268; poor, 130, 137, 140, 141, 148, 223, 228, 234, 243, 251; rates, 18, 19-20 (list of rate-payers), 27, 41, 53, 94, 131, 135, 161, 195; selectmen, 27, 40, 135, 222, 229
Biddeford: constable, 177, 187; highways, 39, 94, 135, 165; license for taverns, 194, 230, 269; rates, 27, 41, 53, 227; select- men, 27; settlement of, xv
Bills, of costs, 12, 18, 21, 22, 27, 84, 108; of credit, xxiv, xxix
Black Point Garrison, xxiv, 179, 180, 181 Black Point River, 24
boats: 221; canoe, 193; caulking, 6; fer- ries, xi, 24, 32, 44, 138, 168; float, 164; launchings, 125, 126, 150; sloop, 106, 107; whaling, 218
Bonds, continued, 27, 38, 115, 119, 131, 136, 139, 144, 162, 250; for appearance, xxviii, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20, 28, 31, 32, 43, 48, 62, 63, 74, 81, 83, 90-91, 92- 93, 95-97, 99, 114, 117, 120, 122, 123, 127, 128, 137, 139, 142, 143, 145-146, 148, 150, 163, 197, 199, 200, 222, 235, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 249, 252, 253- 254, 262, 266, 267; default of, 12, 79, 101, 121, 143, 152; for discharge of trust, 51, 69; for good behavior, xxiii, 9, 10, 18, 20, 32, 57, 58, 76, 77, 80, 97, 103-104, 136, 141, 146, 192, 196, 200, 201, 209, 216, 218-219, 222, 229, 230, 231, 233, 236, 262, 264, 271; for recog- nizance, 47, 50, 55, 57, 113; forfeited, 40, 63, 79, 83, 88, 166, 169, 186, 229, 233, 244, 251, 271 Boston clergy, xxiv
Bricksum Swamp, 185
bridges, 17, 21-22, 26, 94, 118, 131, 135, 138, 170, 184, 185
Brunswick, xvi, xviii
CANTING iron, 189-191
Cape Breton, xvii
Cape Neddick, 168
Cape Porpus, xv, xix, xxiv
Casco, 180
Casco Bay, xiv
Casco River, 24
children, black, xxix, 81, 238; drowned, 164; support of, xxviii, xxix, 51, 54, 55, 70-72, 93, 101-103, 116, 120, 121, 128, 137, 145, 147, 148, 149-153, 177, 184,
290
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INDEX OF SUBJECT AND PLACE
247, 248, 249, 257. See also crimes, bastardy Church, 154, 179 cider, 15, 126, 139-140, 143, 255 Clark and Lake, xv, xvi Clergy, xxiv-xxvi
Clerk of Court, xxi, 35-36, 155, 157, 186, 201, 226 coffin, xx Commissary, xxvi, 221
Commissioner of Excise. See Excise, Com- missioner of
Committee on Eastern Claims, xiv Committee on Settlements, xiv-xv
constable, 130, 159, 160, 161, 164, 222, 226, 238; abuse of, 17-18; fees, 126, 175, 187, 243, 250, 255; offenses of, 197-201. See also individual towns "Cork," xvi
coroner, 126, 163-164, 193, 268
courts : expenses and fees, 23, 24, 36, 175; held in houses, 167-168, 208; repairs, 227, 260; General Sessions of the Peace, xi-xii, xiii-xiv, xviii, xix, xx, xxii, xxiv, xxx-xxxii, 3, 16, 36, 263; Inferior Court of Common Pleas, xi, xii, xiii, xxi, f13, f49, f66, 83; Probates, 16; Superior Court of Judicature, xi, xvi, xix, xxiv, 28, 49, 71-72, 102, 132. See also Clerk of Court
crimes: abduction, 40; abuse, 17-18, 157, 267-268; accessory to the fact, 35; alter- ing records, 21, 27; assault, xi, 48, 58, 64-67, 105, 186, 187, 205, 218, 219-220, 221, 232, 260-263; calling a parish meet- ing without a lawful warrant, 63, 69; contempt of authority, xxii-xxvi, 6, 21, 28, 84-85, 89, 97, 128, 141, 226, 227, 229, 232-233, 252, 255, 258, 260; coun- terfeiting, 191; destruction of property, xxv, 264-265; destruction of records, 12, 35; dice-playing, 39; disorderly conduct, 192; drunkenness, xxvii, 32, 45, 48, 57, 61, 67, 89, 92, 158, 170, 185, 187, 220, 230, 231, 246, 255, 257; fighting, xi, 25, 34; forgery, 27, 48, 49-50; fraudulent contracts, 6; illegal matrimony, 255, 259; injury to animals, 76-78; larceny, xi; misdemeanors, 90, 97; murder, xix-xx, 234-235, 243; not providing a school- master, 7, 8, 165, 166; perjury, 99, 115, 119, 128, 186, 187; publishing false re- ports, 38, 40-41, 192; publishing scan- dalous pamphlet, xxv-xxvi, 55-57; "res- cuing" horses, 140; sale of drink without a license, xx, xxv, xxvi-xxvii, 14, 15, 17, 20, 30-31, 112-113, 118; 119, 139-141, 143, 146, 163, 185, 217, 220, 221, 232, 236, 238, 239, 240, 243, 246, 251, 252,
255, 258, 260, 270; selling goods (illegal peddling), xxix-xxx, 72-76; theft, xxix, 17, 34-35, 43, 67-69, 78-79, 85-88, 90-91, 96-97, 100, 119, 130, 142, 145, 189-191, 216-217, 223-224, 235, 250, 263-266; threat on life, 79-81, 104-109, 205, 206, 218, 222; threatening speeches, xxiii- xxiv, 12, 32, 92, 97-99, 103, 196, 201; witchcraft, xxx-xxxi, 208-216. See also bastardy, fornication, Sabbath
DAMS, 22, 27 death, by drowning, 126, 164, 193, 268; by shooting, 234-235
Deeds, Register of, 36, 51, 148, 158, 218 depositions, 10, 12, 15, 60-61, 66-67, 74-75,
78, 103, 112, 113, 114, 115, 123-126, 148, 174, 206, 209-215, 253, 265 "Dummer's War," xviii
ENGLAND, xiv, xvi, xvii, xviii Excise, Commissioner of, xxv, 14, 69, 112, 141, 243, 271 execution, xx, 234-235
FACULTY tax, f31, 35
Falmouth: constable, 14; cullers of fish, 266-267; license for taverns, 94, 135, 141, 165, 194, 226, 230, 269; poor, 141; rates, 27, 41, 53, 227; selectmen, 27; settlement of, xiii, xv, xvii, xviii
fasts, 23, 82 ferries. See boats flip, 15, 255
fornication, xi, xxvii-xxviii, 5, 6, 7, 16, 30, 31, 37, 38, 42, 45, 46, 47, 54, 58-61, 69, 70, 78, 81, 88-89, 91, 95, 100, 110, 111- 112, 113-115, 118, 130, 134, 138, 141, 143, 149, 150, 153-155, 156, 158, 162, 165, 166, 168, 170, 178, 185, 195, 204, 205, 220, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 237, 238, 240, 241, 244, 246, 248, 250, 254, 255, 257, 259, 266, 269, 270-272
Fort George, xvi, xviii
Fort Mary, xiii, xxiv Fort Richmond, xiv, xviii
France, xiv, xvii
Fryeburg, xviii
funeral charges, 164, 193 furs, xvii
GALLOWS, XX gaol. See prison garters, 75
George Town: xxii-xxiii, 49, 53, 253; con- stable, 84, 108, 133; license for taverns, 230, 269; settlement of, xvi, xviii
grave diggers, 126 guns, 222, 234, 235
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HANDKERCHIEFS, 73 Harvard, xxiv, XXV hay, 235
highways, xi, 16, 17, 22, 26, 28-29, 32-33, 36, 39, 40, 51, 94-95, 96, 118, 119, 130, 131, 136, 138, 166-167, 168, 185, 192, 220, 221, 231. See also individual towns
IMMIGRANTS, XVi indentures, xvi, 6, 12, 30 Indian Wars, xiii, xiv, xviii
Indian deeds, xv; treaties, xvii, xviii; sol- diers, xix-XX
Indians, xvi, 16, 124, 141, 178, 204-205, 224; sale of drink to, xix, xxvi, 232-233, 236, 239; murder case, 234-235, 243 inflation, xxiv inquisitions, 126, 193 Ireland, xvi Irish Presbyterians, xxiv Irish pedlar, xxx
JAIL. See prison juries, 16, 22, 26, 27, 28-29, 32-33
jurors, oath, 32-33, 36, 232-233; verdict, 263
jurymen: attendance, 4, 171, 232-233; pay, 4, 158, 159, 160, 161, 164, 175, 193, 243; requested, 25, 82, 157, 233; selection of, 226, 231, 233, 252; sworn, 158
Justices of the Peace, xii-xiv, xx-xxii, 16, 18, 38, 51, 102, 153-154, 180-181, 185, 197-201, 267-268
KENNEBEC River, xvii Kennebeck Company, xv Kennebunk highway, 39 King's Attorney, 259
Kittery: bridge, 17, 21-22, 138; coroner, 126; constable, 48, 51, 63, 75, 77, 80, 101, 110, 122, 126, 127, 149-150, 173, 174, 185, 187, 195-196, 216, 231, 252, 261; licenses for public houses and tav- erns, xxiii, 39, 111, 135, 164, 194, 230, 268; parish, xx-xxi, xxv, 38, 41, 44-45, 50-51, 56, 63, 67, 101, 118, 131; poor, 176, 184, 204, 208, 230, 247, 248-249, 257; rates, xxi, 26, 31, 35, 44-45, 50-51, 53, 94, 101, 118, 119, 130, 131, 135, 161, 173-174, 195, 227; school, 168; school- master, 165, 166, 170, 177, 185; select- men, xv, 21-22, 26-27, 38, 41, 101, 118, 119, 131, 135, 136, 145, 187, 216; town meeting, 203; voters, 171-175; Weights and Measures (Standards of), 146-147, 208
LABOR recruited, xvi land claims, xiv-xvi
land grants, xv, xxi
licenses: for ferrymen, 24, 32, 44; for liquor, 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 41, 91, 111, 223; for public entertainment, xxii, 24, 25, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 53, 111, 128, 168, 207, 208, 217, 223, 231, 244-245, 266; for taverners and retailers, 39, 94, 135, 164-165, 194, 230, 268-269. See also in- dividual towns liquor. See crimes, licenses, rum, etc. Little River, 168 Londonderry, xvi Lovewell's Pond, xviii
MASSACHUSETTS Bay, Province of, xxii; House of Representatives, xvii-xviii, fxxii. See also Courts
Middlesex County courts, xvi
mills, 10, 22, 29, 138, 170, 184, 231, 236, 239 miscegenation. See children Monomoy, xix morals, xxvii-xxix. See also crimes mulatto, 48 Muscongus Company, xv, xvi
NAUSET, Cape Cod, xix negroes, xxvi, xxix, 5, 81, 217, 238 New Castle, 110 New Hampshire, Province of, 137, 215 Norridgewock, xvii, xviii, xix
OCCUPATIONS; blacksmith, xv, 30; carpen- ter, 137, 139, 246, 254; caulkers, 6; cooper, 74; cordwainer, 68, 74, 261-263; doctor, 122-123, 124, 125; farmer, xxv; fishermen, xxv, 15, 266-267; husband- man, 68; joiner, 49; laborer, 28, 31, 68, 102, 223, 265; mariner, 30; merchant, 107; midwife, xxviii, 47, 150, 152; min- ister, xx, xxiv-xxvi, 38, 41, 44-45, 56, 67, 101, 118, 131, 153-155, 178-183, 186- 187, 255, 259; pedlar, 72-73, 86; prison keeper, xxix, xxxii, 59, 78, 82-83, 131- 132, 161; schoolmaster, 7, 8, 165, 166, 170, 177, 185; shipmate, 105, 106; ship- wright, 10, 125, 149-153; soldier, 105, 106, 193, 218, 221, 234-235; tallow chan- dler, 106, 109; trader, 107; weaver, 209- 211; yeoman, 10, 28, 251, 272. See also constables, coroner, surveyor
PARENTS, abuse of, 9, 10-12; support of, 7, 9, 13-14, 161-162, 167, 233 Parker's Island, xvi parson, xx pauper, 131-133 Pejepscot Company, xv, xvi Pennsylvania, xvi
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petitions: of Kittery parish, xx; of George
Town, xxii; for support of parents, 13- 14; against dam, 22, 26; for highway bridge, 26; for release from indenture, 30, 120; to lay out highway, 32-33; con- cerning non-attendance on Sabbath, 44, 111, 176; relating to ferry, 45; to set up gates on highway, 51; for support of children, 51, 55, 161-162; for arrest, 109; of constable, 127; of prison keeper, 131- 132; dismissed, 163; for payment of house to hold court, 167-168; to convict non-qualified voters, 171-174; for rates to support minister (Scarborough), 178- 181; for license renewal, 207-208; for not attending court, 228, 239-240, 251; for a tavern license, 245
pewter dish, 142, 145 Pigwacket, xviii Portsmouth, 214, 215
prison, xi, xix, xxix, xxxi-xxxiii, 7, 23, 24, 25, 27, 36, 113, 160, 250, 272 prison break, 250
prisoners, xxix, 21, 96, 131-133, 161
proclamations: fasts, 23, 36, 82; court meetings, 23; Thanksgiving, 36, 83 Province Galley, xix
public houses of entertainment, xxiii, 92, 266. See also licenses and towns, taverns punishment: execution levied, 234-235;
fines, xxiii, xxiv, xxvii, xxix, 5, 6, 16, 18, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 46, 47, 50, 52-54, 61, 68, 70, 72, 78, 80, 84, 89, 93, 97, f98, 101, 103, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 129, 134, 136, 138, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 149, 155, 162, 166, 176, 177, 178, 184, 187, 188, 192, 195, 196, 197, 198, 201, 204, 205, 207, 211, 217, 223, 224, 227, 228, 240, 244, 246, 248, 254, 256, 257, 258, 259; fines for use of poor, xxvii, xxix, 5, 6, 8, 16, 20, 21, 22, 25, 43, 52, 61, 62, 70, 72, 89-90, 100, 112, 118, 121, 127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 140, 141, 145, 146, 148, 158, 162, 176, 177, 184, 192, 196, 204, 208, 228, 230, 234, 243, 247, 248, 249, 251, 257; stocks, xxii, xxvii, 6, 61, 63, 64, 84-85, 158, 184, 195, 196, 204; to be sold into service, 35; whipping, xxvii, xxix, 5, 6, 12, 16, 34, 35, 37, 38, 43, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52-53, 59, 61, 68, 70, 78, 89, 93, 95, 101, 112, 113, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 126, 134, 136, 141, 144, 149, 155, 156, 162, 166, 176, 177, 204, 205, 217, 224, 227, 228, 230, 240, 244, 246, 248, 254, 256, 258, 259
QUAKERS, 181 Quebec, xvii
RATES (taxes), f31, 35. See also towns real estate, 174
roads. See highways
Royal Charter, 179
rum, xix, xx, xxiv, xxvi, 17, 20, 30, 112- 113, 126, 232, 233, 236
SABBATH (crimes relating to): breach of, 220, 231, 236, 244, 251, 252-253, 258, 260; sailing on, 30, 34, 57, 62-63; non- attendance at public worship, xi, xxvii, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 57, 62, 69, 70, 83, 95, 96, 97, 111, 117, 141, 158, 162, 168, 169, 170, 176, 183- 184, 187, 195, 204, 207, 220, 222, 227, 229, 230, 231, 237, 246, 251, 255, 258, 269, 271-272
Saco, settlement of, xv, xxiv Saco Falls, 16, 22, 28-29, 39 St. Georges Fort, xvi, xviii scalp-hunting, xviii
Scarborough: jurymen, 81; licenses for taverns, 230, 268-269; minister, xxiv, 153, 155, 178-179, 181, 186-187; rates, 53; schoolmaster, 178; selectmen, 93 schoolmaster. See occupations schools, 7, 168
selectmen. See individual towns
servants, 41, 157. See also indentures settlers, xiv-xvii
sheriff: 134, 148, 170; complains of insuf- ficiency of prison, 25; deputy threat- ened, 91-92, 103-109; fees, 85, 116, 201, 226; issued warrant, 28, 80, 84, 88, 89, 90, 92, 97-98, 102-103, 155, 188, 189, 195-198, 199, 208-209, 227, 261-262
Sheriff's Accounts, xix-xx, xxxii, xxxiii, 22-
23, 36, 51, 82-83, 130, 169, 175-176, 194, 218, 248, 272 ships. See boats Small Point, xvi
soldiers, as settlers, xvi. See also occupa- tions soldiers billeted, 170 Spurwink, xix stocks, 110, 113. See also punishment Stow, xxiv Suffolk County, xix surveyor, 22, 95
TAVERNS. See licenses and public houses of entertainment
taxes, xi, f31, 35. See also towns, rates Topsham, xvi town clerk, 181, 238
town meeting, xxiii-xxiv, 171-173, 179, 180, 181, 202-204 towns: jurymen, 157; land grant records,
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185; offenses, 7, 8, 17, 32-33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 144, 146, 147, 187; rates, 7, 18- 20, 26-27, 31, 41, 50-51, 53, 94, 135, 178- 182, 195, 222; regulations, f110; select- men, 222. See also individual towns trading posts, xvii traps, 216-217
Treasurer, County, 37, 51, 91, 128, 147, 156, 159-161, 163, 167, 170, 183, 216, 223, 224, 225, 227, 249
Treasury, County, 7, 16, 26, 35, 41, 51, 82, 94, 126, 130, 132, 167-168, 193, 194, 208, 217, 218, 225, 226, 227, 243, 248, 250, 260, 268, 272
Treaty of Portsmouth, xiv Treaty of Utrecht, xiv
VOTERS, xxi, 171-175, 185, 202-204, 223
WAR, effects of, xxiv warrants: "distress," xxii; concerning highways, 16, 22, 33, 95; special, 21, 68; to selectmen, 26, 41, 53; for arrest or summons to court, 28, 51, 53, 59-60, 63, 64-65, 73, 74, 77, 80, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 96, 97-98, 102-103, 106, 112, 114-115, 117, 122, 132-133, 141, 143, 149-150, 155, 156, 163, 165-166, 177, 189, 208-209, 222, 238, 251, 255, 261, 264-265; for jurymen, 82; to towns, 82, 157; cost of, 160, 175, 272
weapons. See guns and crimes, threat on life
Weights and Measures, Standards of, 144, 146-147, 184, 185, 187, 208
Wells: bridge, 184; assessors, 256; con- stable, 146, 147, 197-198, 199-201; high- ways, 16, 17, 22, 28-29, 39, 40, 220, 221, 222; justices, 96, 201; license for tav- erns, 111, 135, 165, 194, 230, 268; of- fenses, 37, 38; poor, 184; rates, 27, 41, 53, 94, 135, 161, 195, 227, 250; select- men, 27, 91, 101, 135; town meeting, xxiii-xxiv, 198
white slaves, xvi
Winter Harbor, xiii, xxiv witchcraft, xxx-xxxi, 208-216 wizardry, xxxi, 115
writs, request for attachment, 14; scire facias, xxx, 28, 79, 83, 85, 96, 127, 128, 140, 148, 163, 165-166, 167, 169, 184, 186, 222, 233, 239, 240, 243, 244, 271; summons, 9, 14-15, 88
YARDGOODS, 72-75 Yarmouth, xv, xvii, 231, 269
York: bridges, 135, 138; constable, 13, 95, 222, 223, 226, 238; highways, 16, 17, 22, 26, 28-29, 32-33, 39, 40, 93, 94-95, 138, 167, 168, 192, 220, 221; licenses for public houses, 39, 111, 135, 194, 207, 223, 230, 268; poor, xxvii, 128, 136, 146, 148, 158, 164-165, 177, 228, 249, 257; rates, 26, 41, 53, 94, 96, 135, 161, 185, 195, 223, 227; selectmen, 22, 26, 40, 92- 93, 96, 100, 135, 138; sheriff, 149-150; stocks, 110, 113; Weights and Measures (Standards of), 184
York Harbor, 218, 221
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