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* Removed from town.
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HISTORY OF NEW LONDON.
Selectmen.
1826-1827 .- Job Seamans, Jr., Jeremiah Adams, Samuel Greenwood.
1828 .- Samuel Greenwood, Jonathan Herrick, John Trussell.
1829-1830 .- Samuel Greenwood, Capt. Jonathan Herrick, Israel Hunting.
1831 .- Samuel Greenwood, Capt. Jonathan Herrick, Amos Page.
1832-1833 .- Joseph Kimball, Col. Anthony Colby, John Trussell.
1834 .- Joseph Kimball, John Trussell, Matthew H. Sargent. 1835 .- John Trussell, Samuel Little, Matthew H. Sargent. 1836 .- John Trussell, Samuel Burpee, Samuel Shepard.
1837 .- Jonathan Herrick, Luther M. Trussell, Robert F. Pearce.
1838-1839 .- John Trussell, Sylvanus Sargent, Aaron Young.
1840 .- Job Seamans, Perley Sargent, Thomas Burpee, Jr.,* William Whittier.
1841-1842 .- Anthony Colby, Joseph E. Phillips, Perley Burpee.
1843 .- John Trussell, Perley Burpee, Jonah Campbell.
1844 .- Benjamin P. Burpee, Stephen C. Robie, William Lee. 1845 .- Jonathan Herrick, Benjamin P. Burpee, Amos Page. 1846 .- Jonathan Herrick, Amos Page, Manning Seamans.
1847-1848 .- Benjamin P. Burpee, William Lee, Albert S. Worthen.
1849 .- Stephen C. Robie, Albert Little, Nathan D. Pingree.
1850 .- Stephen C. Robie, Luther McCutchins, Nathan D. Pingree.
Representatives to the General Court.
1826-1827, Greene French ; 1828-1832, Col. Anthony Colby ; 1833-1834, Capt. Marshall Trayne ; 1835-1836, Joseph Kim- ball ; 1837-1839, Gen. Anthony Colby ; 1840, John Trussell ; 1841-1842, Walter P. Flanders ; 1843, voted not to send ; 1844, none chosen ; 1845, John Trussell ; 1846, Amos Page ; 1847-1848, Stephen C. Robie ; 1849, John Smith ; 1850, Luther McCutchins.
* Died in office.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1826-1850.
Constables and Collectors.
1826-1827, Israel Hunting ; 1828, John Morgan ; 1829, Thomas Burpee, 3d ; 1830-1833, John Morgan ; 1834, Perley Ayer ; 1835-1836, Aaron Young ; 1837, Jonathan Gage, Jr. ; 1838, Thomas Burpee, Jr. ; 1839, Perley Sargent ; 1840, Dud- ley F. Langley, Samuel Shepard ; 1841-1846, John Johnson Sargent ; 1847-1848, Albert Little ; 1849-1850, Jonathan C. Bugbee.
Auditors.
1826, Josiah Brown, Esq., Capt. Moses S. Harvey, Col. Anthony Colby ; 1827, Asa Gage, Jonathan Herrick, Daniel Woodbury ; 1828, Moses S. Harvey, Anthony Colby, Greene French ; 1829, Jeremiah Adams, Isaac Messer, Greene French ; 1830, Anthony Colby, Moses S. Harvey, Jonathan Gage ; 1831, Daniel Woodbury, Daniel Pattee, Moses S. Harvey ; 1832, Daniel Woodbury, Moses S. Harvey, Samuel Greenwood ; 1833, Jonathan Herrick, Job Seamans, Matthew H. Sargent ; 1834, Anthony Colby, Dr. Samuel Little, Jona- than Herrick ; 1835, Anthony Colby, Thomas Burpee, Jona- than Herrick ; 1836, Jonathan Gage, Gen. Anthony Colby, Thomas Burpee, Esq. : 1837, John Trussell, Samuel Burpee, Samuel Shepard ; 1838, Jonathan Herrick, Thomas Burpee, Jr., Robert F. Pearce ; 1839, Thomas Burpee, Esq., Jonathan Herrick, Josiah F. Taylor ; 1840, Gen. Anthony Colby, Aaron Young, Sylvanus T. Sargent; 1841, Manning Seamans, Jon- athan Herrick, John Trussell; 1842, John Trussell, Job Sea- mans, William Lee ; 1843, Manning Seamans, Anthony Colby, William Lee; 1844, Amos Page, Jonathan Herrick, Manning Seamans ; 1845, Aaron Young, Edmund Ring, William Lee ; 1846, John Trussell, William Lee, Stephen Davis ; 1847, John Trussell, Amos Page, William H. Hosmer ; 1848, John Trus- sell, William Morgan, Benjamin R. Andrew ; 1849, Benjamin P. Burpee, William Lee, Hiram Davis ; 1850, Amos Page, Benjamin P. Burpee, Stephen Davis.
Tithingmen.
1826, Job Seamans, Jr., Jeremiah Adams ; 1827, Samuel Greenwood, Job Seamans, Jr., Jeremiah Adams ; 1828, Samuel
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HISTORY OF NEW LONDON.
Greenwood, Jonathan Herrick, John Trussell ; 1829, Samuel Greenwood, Jonathan Herrick ; 1830, Anthony Colby, Ezekiel Sargent ; 1831, Amos Page, Job Seamans; 1832, Joseph Kimball, Anthony Colby, Matthew H. Sargent ; 1833, William Whittier, Eliphalet Gay ; 1834, Joseph Kimball, John Trussell, Matthew H. Sargent ; 1835, John Trussell, Samuel Little, Matthew H. Sargent ; 1836, Samuel Burpee, Samuel Shepard ; 1837, Samuel Little, Jonathan Herrick ; 1838, Asa Haskins, Job Seamans, Sylvanus T. Sargent, Otis Everett ; 1839, John Trussell, Sylvanus T. Sargent ; 1840, Thomas Burpee, Jr., John J. Sargent ; 1841. Joseph E. Phillips, John J. Sargent ; 1842, Perley Burpee, Anthony Colby ; 1843, John Trussell, Perley Burpee, Jonah Campbell ; 1844, Samuel Burpee, Stephen Sargent ; 1848, Benjamin P. Burpee, William Lee, Albert S. Worthen.
Pound-Keepers.
1826, Evans Dow ; 1827, Marshall Trayne ; 1828, Perley Ayer ; 1829, Samuel Greenwood ; 1830, James Todd ; 1831- 1833, Capt. Marshall Trayne ; 1834, Perley Ayer ; 1835-1838, Capt. Marshall Trayne ; 1839, Daniel M. Everett ; 1840, Amos Dodge ; 1841, Daniel M. Everett ; 1842, William Lee ; 1843- 1847, Daniel M. Everett ; 1848, William Lee ; 1849-1850, William Clark.
Sealers of Weights and Measures.
1825-1839, Evans Dow; 1840-1841, Robert F. Pearce ; 1842-1844, Stephen Sargent ; 1845-1846, Manning Seamans ; 1847-1850, John M. Dow.
Sealers of Leather.
1826, Perley Burpee, Thomas Burpee, Jr., Abial Burpee ; 1827, Thomas Burpee, Jr., Abial Burpee ; 1828, Thomas Burpee, Jr., John Gates ; 1829, Abial Burpee, Perley Burpee, Thomas Burpee, Jr. ; 1830, Perley Burpee, Abial Burpee ; 1831, Perley Burpee, Thomas Burpee ; 1841, Abial Burpee ; 1845, Elias Davis ; 1847, Elias Davis, Charles B. Gay.
Surveyor of Bricks.
1829 .- Capt. Stephen Sargent.
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Cullers of Staves.
1830, Joseph Kimball, Marshall Trayne; 1831, Edmund Davis ; 1833, Edmund Davis, Daniel M. Everett ; 1835, Mar- shall Trayne, James Stinson ; 1837-1841, James Stinson.
Surveyors of Lumber.
1826, Capt. Stephen Sargent, Capt. Jonathan Herrick, Horatio Fales ; 1827, Stephen Sargent, Daniel M. Everett, John Brown ; 1828, John Page, Stephen Sargent; 1829, Stephen Sargent, Jonathan Herrick, Horatio Fales ; 1830, Stephen Sargent, Robert Pearce, Horatio Fales ; 1831, John Brown, Isaac Bunker, Daniel M. Everett, Horatio Fales ; 1832, Jonathan Herrick, Isaac Bunker, Moses S. Harvey, Daniel M. Everett ; 1833, Robert F. Pearce, Abraham Adams, D. M. Everett, Horatio Fales; 1834, Josiah T. Sanborn, Horatio Fales, D. M. Everett, John Brown ; 1835, Marcus E. Sargent, Robert F. Pearce, Matthew Harvey, Ebenezer Gor- don, Enoch Gordon, Josiah T. Sanborn, Gilman P. Sargent ; 1836, Horace Fales, Amos Dodge, Matthew Harvey ; 1837, D. M. Everett, Amos Dodge, Matthew Harvey, R. F. Pearce ; 1839, D. M. Everett, Daniel Couch, R. F. Pearce ; 1840, Matthew Harvey, Joseph Trussell, D. M. Everett ; 1841, R. F. Pearce, Joshua D. Hemphill, Matthew Harvey, D. M. Everett ; 1842, R. F. Pearce, Horace Fales, Benjamin Dodge ; 1843, Horace Fales, R. F. Pearce ; 1844, J. D. Hemphill, James M. Pike, Joseph Trussell, R. F. Pearce; 1845, J. D. Hemphill, Amos B. Currier, R. F. Pearce, John Trussell ; 1846, J. D. Hemphill, A. B. Currier, Moses Adams, Jr., Joseph Trussell, Jeremiah Pingree, Eli Todd ; 1847, Eli Todd, A. B. Currier, John D. Woodward, R. F. Pearce, Artemas Whitney, Moses Adams, Jr., Joseph Trussell ; 1848, Moses Adams, Jr., A. B. Currier, Nathan D. Pingree, Joseph Trussell, Eli Todd, James M. Pike, R. F. Pearce ; 1849, J. D. Hemphill, Horatio Fales, R. F. Pearce, Luther McCutchins, A. B. Currier, John Trus- sell, N. D. Pingree, Benjamin W. Gay ; 1850, Joseph Trus- sell, N. D. Pingree, Moses Adams, Jr., Benjamin C. Davis, R. F. Pearce, John W. Taylor, Hezekiah Hanson.
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HISTORY OF NEW LONDON.
Corders of Wood.
1832, Marshall Trayne, John Brown, Perley Ayer; 1833, Perley Ayer, John Brown ; 1835, Perley Ayer, John Brown, John Page, Robert F. Pearce, Marshall Trayne; 1836, Mar- shall Trayne ; 1837, Amos Dodge, Jonathan Gage, Jr. ; 1839, Sylvanus Sargent, Perley Sargent ; 1842, R. F. Pearce, Ben- jamin Dodge, John Smith ; 1843, R. F. Pearce, Benjamin W. Seamans, Henry H. Sargent ; 1845, B. W. Seamans, Artemas Whitney, Jonathan G. Everett ; 1846, R. F. Pearce, B. W. Seamans, Adam Davis ; 1847, R. F. Pearce, John M. Hayes, John Brown, John J. Sargent ; 1848, Amos B. Currier, J. G. Everett, Joshua D. Hemphill, J. M. Hayes ; 1849, J. M. Hayes, R. F. Pearce, Charles Gould, Henry R. Gates ; 1850, J. M. Hayes, R. F. Pearce.
Hogreeves.
1826, William Bunker, Ezra Emery, Ezekiel Trussell, Enoch Messer, Frederick Messer; 1827, Joseph Messer, Job Seamans, Jr., Daniel March, Jr., Marshall Trayne, Isaac Woodward; 1828, Josiah Brown, Aaron Leland Sargent ; 1829, Abial Burpee, Benjamin Hall, Jabez Chase, John Chase, Nathaniel Currier, Alanson Fletcher ; 1830, Hiram Duncan, Benjamin Bunker, Jr., Samuel Little, Marcus E. Sargent, David Towle, Gilman P. Sargent, Stephen Sargent, Jr. ; 1831, S. C. Badger, Esq., Seth F. Sargent, Jonathan Addison, Gil- man P. Sargent ; 1832, Jonathan Addison, Rodney I. Bing- ham, James Todd, Timothy Emery, James Morgan, Nathaniel Fales ; 1833, Daniel Pattee, George Shepard, Perley Ayer, Hiram Davis, Jacob Messer, Benjamin R. Andrew, Caleb Ray ; 1834, Allen Haskins, Dustin Wilkins, John D. Wood- ward, Eli Todd ; 1835, Smith Rand, Walter P. Flanders, Moses Ray, William Sholes ; 1836, Henry R. Gates, Horace Morgan, Elbridge G. Fiske, George W. Richards ; 1837, Isaac S. Morrill, Caleb P. Smith, Micajah Morgan, Isaac Bunker, Joseph C. Herrick, Luke Blood, True W. Johnson, Charles Jewett ; 1838, Asa Gay, Jonathan Herrick, Benjamin Gay, Levi Ray, Job S. Davis, Isaac Page, John L. Chadwick, Hiram Emerson, Enoch Gordon, Jonathan C. Bugbee ; 1839, William Lee, Perley Sargent, Curtis Messer, Milton Gage,
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1826-1850.
Joseph Bean, W. H. Hosmer; 1840, Enoch Messer, Joseph Trussell, Daniel E. Colby, Manning Seamans, B. E. Burpee, Micajah Morgan, Horace Clark, William H. Huntoon ; 1841, Anthony Colby, Edmund Ring, John Williams, Jr., Joseph Herrick, Luther M. Trussell, William Perkins, James Phillips, Martin Packard; 1842, Benjamin W. Seamans, Luther McCutchins, James M. Pike, Charles P. Sargent, Stephen C. Robie, Joseph Morgan, Stephen Gordon ; 1843, John Page, Stephen Messer, Thomas E. Page, James M. Sargent, James M. Pike ; 1844, John Sargent, Walter H. Pearce, William G. Nelson ; 1845, Amos B. Currier, John Stinson, Edwin Sargent, John D. Woodward, William Dunton, Abijah Davis ; 1846, Eliphalet Gay, Lewis Heath, Fred F. Buswell ; 1847, Charles B. Gay, H. C. Bickford, Asa B. Pillsbury ; 1848, Peter Bragg, Lawson E. Woodward; 1849, John Smith, Thomas S. Worthen, Abial B. Everett, Jacob Messer, Ruel Whitcomb, George W. Sargent, Asa L. Haskins, Newell J. Nye, James M. Pike, Harrison Prescott, Hezekiah Hanson, Gilman H. Whitney ; 1850, John M. Hayes, William S. Whitney, Jacob Pike, George W. Everett, James C. Greenwood, Dexter Everett, Matthew H. Sargent, George W. F. Hayes, Charles Burpee, Daniel M. Burpee, William A. Mills, T. S. Worthen, John F. Brown, James Richardson, Daniel Bickford, Henry Putney, Smith Haines, Hezekiah Hanson.
Fence Viewers.
1826, Israel Hunting, Jeremiah Burpee, John Gates, Asa Gage ; 1827, John Currier, Israel Hunting, Ebenezer Sargent ; 1828, Josiah Davis, Daniel Woodbury, David Gay, Jeremiah Burpee : 1829, John Gates, James H. Messer, Joseph Kimball, Samuel Messer, John Currier ; 1830, Capt. Stephen Sargent, Ezekiel Trussell, Ebenezer Shepard, John Currier, Moses S. Harvey ; 1831, Jeremiah Burpee, Joseph Kimball, S. S. Knowlton, Capt. S. Sargent, John Currier, Amos Page, Ebenezer Shepard ; 1832, Joseph Kimball, Moses S. Harvey, John Currier, Ebenezer Shepard ; 1833, Capt. S. Sargent, Ebenezer Shepard, Joseph Kimball, John Currier ; 1834, Stephen Sargent, Moses Adams, Jr., Daniel Pattee, Joseph Kimball ; 1835, James H. Messer, Jeremiah Burpee, S. S. Knowlton, Curtis Messer, John Gates, Stephen Sargent, Joseph
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HISTORY OF NEW LONDON.
Kimball; 1836, Joseph Kimball, Stephen Sargent, Jeremiah Burpee, Anthony Colby ; 1837, Stephen Sargent, James H. Messer, Joseph Kimball, S. S. Knowlton, Josiah T. Sanborn ; 1838, Anthony Colby, Amos Page, Thomas Burpee, Jr. ; 1839, Stephen Sargent, Jeremiah Burpee, S. S. Knowlton ; 1841, Josiah T. Sanborn, Stephen Sargent, Daniel Sargent ; 1842, Stephen Sargent, Richard G. Cross, Amos Page ; 1843, John Trussell, Perley Burpee, Jonah Campbell ; 1844, Stephen Sargent, Amos Page ; 1845-1847, Amos Page, John Trussell ; 1848, Moses Adams, Jr., Moses Burpee, John Trussell ; 1849, Joseph Colby, John J. Sargent, Moses P. Everett ; 1850, John J. Sargent, Dennis H. Adams, Moses P. Everett.
Highway Surveyors.
1826 .- David S. Gile, Asa Gage, John Pike, Jeremiah Adams, Marshall Trayne, Richard Everett, Moses Adams, Jr., John Bunker, Peter Adams, Joseph Colby, Esq., Daniel Wood- bury, Esq., Daniel Pattee, Asa Gay, Perley Muzzey.
1827 .- Frederick Messer, Amos Page, Edmund Davis, Jr., William Morgan, Isaac Woodward, Nathaniel Messer, Daniel M. Everett, Joseph Putney, Baruch C. Clement, Joseph Colby, Daniel Woodbury, Ira Smith, Jacob Dole, Samuel Burpee.
1828 .- Enoch Messer, Daniel Sargent, John Currier, Jona- than Rowe, Timothy Messer, Thomas Burpee, Jr., John Clement, James H. Pillsbury, Job Seamans, Jr., Joseph Colby, Ezekiel Trussell, Moses Shepard, Alexander Whitney, Samuel Burpee, Nathaniel Bunker, Eliphalet Gay, Edmund Davis, Jr.
1829 .- John Williams, William Sargent, Jedediah Jewett, Jeremiah Adams, John Gates, Daniel March, Jr., John Clem- ent, James Woodward, John Sargent, Joseph Colby, Greene French, Israel Hunting, Jacob Dole, Samuel Burpee, Jeremiah Pingree, David Gay.
1830 .- Alanson Fletcher, Gideon Wilkins, Jonathan Gage, Levi H. Morgan, Hiram Duncan, Moses Burpee, Benjamin Hall, Samuel Messer, John K. Woodward, Samuel Carr, Daniel Woodbury, Ira Smith, Alexander Whitney, Samuel Burpee, William Whittier, John King, Dexter Everett.
1831 .- Aaron Young, John Page, Samuel S. Knowlton, William Morgan, Evans Dow, David Towle, John Wood, James Morgan, Capt. B. C. Clement, Anthony Colby, Daniel
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Pattee, Otis Everett, Jacob Dole, Samuel Burpee, Asa Pin- gree, Isaac Bunker, Hezekiah Adams.
1832 .- Matthew H. Sargent, John Pike, James Todd, Abial Burpee, Jonathan Addison, Jacob Messer, John J. Sargent, John Brown, Daniel Pattee, Israel Hunting, Timothy Emery, Samuel Burpee, John Hutchins, Sylvanus T. Sargent, John Chadwick, Moses Adams, Jr., Stephen Sargent, Jr.
1833 .- Joel Fletcher, Amos Page, John Currier, Levi H. Morgan, Perley Ayer, Richard Messer, David Everett, Mica- jah Morgan, John Sargent, Anthony Colby, Isaac Morrill, George Shepard, Alexander Whitney, Samuel Burpee, Stephen Whittier, Eliphalet Gay, Ebenezer Sargent, Isaac Messer, John Williams.
1834 .- Edmund Davis, Jr., Curtis Messer, Hiram Davis, Benjamin Hall, Seth F. Sargent, Job Seamans, Samuel Carr, Otis Everett, Samuel Burpee, John D. Woodward, Asa Gay, Ebenezer Sargent, Daniel March, John Everett, William Mor- gan, Nathaniel Kenerson, Nathan Brown, Eli Todd, Enoch Messer.
1835 .- Aaron Young, Daniel Sargent, Jedediah Jewett, Marshall Trayne, Thomas Burpee, Moses Adams, Jr., B. Chase Clement, Anthony Colby, John Trussell, Samuel Shep- ard, Samuel Burpee, Benjamin Bunker, Robert F. Pearce, Enoch Messer, John Williams, James Todd, Micajah Morgan, Moses Ray, William Messer, David Chadwick.
1836 .- Joel Fletcher, John Page, Jonathan Gage, Marshall Trayne, William Wood, Aaron L. Sargent, Samuel J. Phil- brick, Job Seamans, Esq., Samuel Carr, Israel Hunting, Samuel Burpee, James Stinson, Dexter Everett, Joseph Wood- ward, George W. Richards, William Morgan, Joseph Trus- sell, Jacob Dole, Asa Pingree.
1837 .- John L. Chadwick, Matthew H. Sargent, S. S. Knowlton, Horace Morgan, Henry R. Gates, David Towle, Joseph C. Herrick, John Wood, John Sargent, Adams Mor- rill, Jr., Otis Everett, Alexander Whitney, Samuel Burpee, Stephen Sargent, Jr., Asa Gay, Matthew Harvey, Samuel Greenwood, Zaccheus Messer, Enoch Messer.
1838 .- Aaron Young, Amos Page, Albert Worthen, John Pike, James Todd, John Gates, Thomas Burpee, Jr., Jacob Dole, Jacob Messer, John J. Sargent, Samuel Carr, James
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HISTORY OF NEW LONDON.
Hayes, Samuel Shepard, Matthew Pearce, Jeremiah Pingree, Asa Gay, Dexter Everett, John Williams, Jr., Luke W. Blood.
1839 .- Joel Fletcher, John Page, John Currier, William Morgan, Abial Burpee, Emery Burpee, James Morgan, Isaac Bunker, Samuel Carr, Dudley Langley, Ira Smith, Caleb Ray, John K. Woodward, Joseph Woodward, Elbridge G. Fiske, David Austin.
1840 .- Aaron Young, Greeley Cross, Edmund Davis, William Morgan, William Clark, Benjamin E. Burpee, Mica- jah Morgan, B. C. Clement, Anthony Colby, Hiram Davis, Alexander Whitney, Stephen Whittier, William Whittier, Enoch Messer, Jacob Worthen.
1841 .- John L. Chadwick, Matthew H. Sargent, Jedediah Jewett, James Todd, Moses Burpee, J. J. Sargent, Jeremiah Pingree, Joseph E. Phillips, William Lee, S. T. Sargent, David Everett, Samuel Shepard, Caleb Ray, John Williams, Jonah Campbell.
1842 .- Edmund Ring, John Page, David Gage, Jacob Messer, James M. Sargent, James Stinson, Caleb Ray, Asa Pingree, Richard Messer, Moses Ring, Horace Clark, B. P. Burpee, Samuel Carr, Eli Todd.
1843 .- John L. Chadwick, Albert Worthen, James M. Pike, William Morgan, Benjamin Dodge, Horatio Fales, Henry Battles, Isaac Bunker, Perley Burpee, Lewis Heath, Alexan- der Whitney, Stephen Messer, Samuel Greenwood, John Williams, David Hanson.
1844 .- Aaron Young, Amos Page, William Todd, Curtis Messer, Samuel Burpee, Samuel Philbrick, Luther McCutch- ins, Jonathan Addison, Ira Smith, John Hutchins, John K. Woodward, Jonathan Bugbee, Amos B. Currier, Enoch Messer, Caleb Ray.
1845 .- Aaron Young, Edmund Davis, James Todd, Stephen Davis, B. C. Clement, John Stinson, Nathan Pingree, M. H. Sargent, W. H. Hosmer, Micajah Morgan, Moses Adams, Jr., David Gay, John Williams, Jr., Isaac Messer.
1846 .- Langdon Chadwick, Thomas Osgood, Jedediah Jewett, William Morgan, Joseph Trussell, Moses Burpee, Sar- gent Putney, Henry Gates, Joseph C. Herrick, Samuel Shep- ard, Gilman Whitney, Stephen Whittier, Daniel E. Colby,
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1826-1850.
Enoch Messer, Eli Todd, Anthony C. Burpee, George W. Crafts.
1847 .- Aaron Young, John Page, Artemas Whitney, James Todd, William Clark, Jonathan Russell, Samuel Messer, George W. Sargent, Walter P. Flanders, Samuel Shepard, Alexander Whitney, John K. Woodward, Asa Gay, John Williams, Jr., Joshua D. Hemphill, Samuel Carr, George W. Crafts.
1848 .- John L. Chadwick, Amos Page, J. M. Pike, William Morgan, Luther Thompson, Ausbon French, James Morgan, J. J. Sargent, Milton Everett, Lewis Heath, Asa L. Haskins, Stephen Messer, William Darling, Manning Seamans, G. W. Crafts.
1849 .- Obediah Ring, Albert S. Worthen, Amos B. Cur- rier, James Todd, John M. Dow, B. P. Burpee, Jacob Messer, Isaac Bunker, Milton Everett, Ira Smith, Alexander Whitney, Dennis H. Adams, Jonathan G. Everett, John Williams, Isaac Messer, A. C. Burpee, George W. F. Hayes.
1850 .- Edmund J. Ring, J. M. Pike, Edmund Davis, Wil- liam Todd, James Thurston, Ebenezer H. Adams, Henry Putney, B. C. Clement, Benjamin Gay, Samuel Shepard, Gilman Whitney, N. D. Pingree, J. G. Everett, Richard Greeley Cross, Isaac Messer, Charles Burpee, G. W. Crafts.
Grand Furors.
1826, Jonathan Gage; 1827, Josiah Brown, Esq .; 1828, Greene French, Job Seamans, Jr. ; 1829, David Everett, John Gates ; 1830, Capt. Jonathan Everett ; 1831, Ezekiel Sargent ; 1832, Daniel Woodbury ; 1833, Joseph Kimball, Job Sea- mans, Esq. ; 1834, Robert F. Pearce, Joel Fletcher ; 1835, Jonathan Greeley ; 1836, Samuel Burpee ; 1837, Isaac Morrill ; 1838, B. C. Clement ; 1839, Anthony Colby ; 1840, William Morgan ; 1841, Matthew H. Sargent ; 1842, Jonathan Addison ; 1843, Abijah Sanborn ; 1844, Jonah Campbell ; 1845, Samuel Carr ; 1846, John Page; 1847, Jonathan C. Bugbee ; 1848, Moses Burpee ; 1849, David Towle, Joseph C. Herrick ; 1850, Artemas Whitney.
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Petit furors.
1826 .- Capt. Moses S. Harvey ; Asa Gage ; Jonathan Greeley. 1827 .- Daniel Sargent ; Anthony Colby, Amos Page; Sam- uel Greenwood. 1828 .- Joseph Colby ; Jeremiah Adams. 1829 .- Josiah Brown ; Israel Hunting ; Daniel Woodbury. 1830 .- James Hayes ; Joseph Kimball. 1831 .- Isaac Messer ; John Bunker ; Moses S. Harvey. 1832 .- Aaron Young, Joseph Colby ; Jonathan Greeley. 1833 .- Samuel Greenwood ; Greene French. 1834 .- Luther M. Trussell ; Daniel Sargent, Jona- than Gage. 1835 .- Matthew H. Sargent ; John Bunker, Aaron Young. 1836 .- George Shepard; Job Seamans. 1837 .- Manning Seamans, Amos Page; Eli Todd, Perley Burpee. 1838 .- Marcus E. Sargent, Jonathan Gage ; D. M. Everett, Isaac Bunker. 1839 .- Joel Fletcher ; Richard Messer ; Daniel Sargent, John Page. 1840 .- Amos Dodge, Aaron Young ; Capt. John Pike, Perley Burpee. 1841 .- Jonathan Gage ; John Trussell, Samuel Greenwood. 1842 .- Luther McCutch- ins, Job Seamans ; S. T. Sargent, John Brown. 1843 .- B. C. Clement ; Micajah Morgan, Hiram Davis. 1844 .- Richard H. Messer; Anthony Colby, J. J. Sargent. 1845 .- Aaron Young ; Manning Seamans, B. E. Burpee. 1846 .- Wil- liam Morgan, D. M. Everett ; Perley Burpee, B. C. Clement. 1847 .- Luther McCutchins, Job Seamans ; Joel Fletcher, Jacob Messer. 1848 .- Stephen Davis; Amos B. Currier, Albert Little ; John Smith, Stephen Whittier. 1849 .- Samuel Shep- ard ; David Everett ; David Gay, Anthony Colby. 1850 .- William Whittier ; Elias Davis, Abial Everett.
Superintending School Committee.
1826 .- Elder Joseph Davis, John Trussell, Asa Gage. 1827 .- Jeremiah Adams, Jonathan Herrick, John Trussell. 1828-1829 .- Rev. Oren Tracy, Daniel Woodbury, Stephen C. Badger. 1830-1831 .- Rev. Oren Tracy, Daniel Woodbury, Moses S. Harvey. 1832 .- Rev. Oren Tracy, Moses S. Har- vey, Stephen C. Badger. 1833 .- Rev. Oren Tracy, Stephen C. Badger, Luther M. Trussell. 1834-1835 .- Rev. Oren Tracy, Luther M. Trussell, Walter P. Flanders. 1836 .- Dr. Samuel Little, Jonathan Herrick, Luther McCutchins. 1837 .- Rev. Reuben Sawyer, W. P. Flanders, Capt. John Trussell. 1838 .- W. P. Flanders, Amos Dodge, Daniel E. Colby.
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GENEALOGIES, THIRD PERIOD.
1839 .- Dyer H. Sanborn, Amos Dodge, Dr. William H. Hosmer. 1840 .- Truman K. Wright, D. E. Colby, William Lee. 1841 .- W. P. Flanders, Truman K. Wright, Benjamin W. Seamans. 1842 .- Norman Wright, John Trussell, William Lee. 1843 .- William Lee, Luther McCutchins, B. P. Burpee. 1844 .- Luther McCutchins, David F. Brown, John Trussell. 1845 .- Rev. Mark Carpenter, Robert Stinson, Alvah Hovey. 1846 .- Rev. Mark Carpenter, Luther McCutchins, B. P. Bur- pee. 1847 .- Rev. Mark Carpenter, Luther McCutchins, William W. Flanders. 1848 .- Walter P. Flanders, Elder P. M. Hersey, B. P. Burpee. 1849 .- George W. Everett, Elder P. M. Hersey, B. P. Burpee. 1850 .- Dr. S. M. Whip- ple, Elder P. M. Hersey, Rev. Ebenezer Dodge.
Postmasters.
William Clark, 1819; Samuel Greenwood, 1827 ; Stephen C. Badger, 1830 ; Samuel Little, 1835 ; Caleb P. Smith, 1838 ; Manning Seamans, 1839; Benjamin F. Seamans, 1842 ; John M. Hayes, 1848; Charles Guild, 1850.
CHAPTER VIII.
GENEALOGIES OF DESCENDANTS OF EARLIER NEW LONDON FAMILIES, FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1826 TO 1850 INCLU- SIVE, AND OF NEW REAL ESTATE OWNERS DURING THIS PERIOD.
The third historical period, from 1826 to 1850 inclusive, wit- nessed the flood-tide of New London's prosperity in the way of population and influence. There were not a few of her sons who reached distinction ; and in all cases every available source of information, so far as time would permit, has been made use of to render both biography and genealogy as complete as pos- sible. In several notable instances the data for the sketches have been contributed almost wholly by the families directly concerned.
Genealogies, Third Period.
ABBOT, AMASA .- Amasa, oldest child of Theodore and Mary (Burpee) Abbot [213], though a resident of Springfield owned real estate in N. L. from 1834.
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HISTORY OF NEW LONDON.
ADDISON, JONATHAN R .- Formerly of Springfield, Jonathan R. Addison became a citizen of N. L. in 1831. He bought of Daniel Bickford the A. Jay Messer place, remodelled the house, and built the barn now standing. Jonathan m., Oct. 28, 1830, Rebekah (Sargent) Messer, widow of Nathaniel Messer [265]. Removed to Springfield, and d. there. Rebekah d. Aug. 4, 1855. Child :
I. Lorenda M., b. N. L., July 28, 1836 ; m. Andrew Seavey, and res. in Bradford.
ANDREW, BENJAMIN R .- A native of Sutton, b. June 29, 1810, the son of Samuel and Sally (Peaslee) Andrew, Benjamin settled in N. L. soon after reaching manhood, and in a resi- dence of more than forty years proved himself worthy of the respect of his fellow-townsmen. His wife was Hannah Blanch- ard, dau. of Greene and Molly (Page) French [245], and they res. on the French homestead. Benjamin d. Nov. 21, 1875 ; Hannah d. Nov. 23, 1875. They were buried together, the funeral being held at the church. Children :
I. George W., b. Feb. 10, 1834 ; res. Clark's Station, Nevada.
2. Martha J., b. May 23, 1841 ; graduate of Colby academy ; m., July 11, 1865, J. H. Byers, b. Sullivan county, Tenn., Jan. 24, 1833. Mr. Byers was ordained as pastor of the Presby- terian church at Somerset, Ky., April 16, 1865, and after a few years removed to Kansas City, Mo., thence to California. After three years on the Pacific coast they res. for twelve years in Kansas, and are now living at Brighton, Ill., about forty miles from St. Louis. Mr. Byers has been very successful as a pastor and evangelistic worker, and Mrs. Byers has been his able assistant everywhere. She has been prominently con- nected with the W. C. T. U. for nearly eighteen years, part of the time as superintendent of state department work: Their children are,-
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