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VIII. Jesse Clinton, b. February, 1830; d. February, 1830.
JOHN6 GORDON was born at Hampstead, N. H., Jan. 21, 1813, and died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 6, 1863. He mar- ried, Jan. 24, 1841, at Lowell, Sarah Ann Lawton, born July 10, 1819, and died May 13, 1896. They resided at Lowell, Mass. Children :
I. George Munroe, b. Aug. 6, 1844; d. Jan. 21, 1846.
II. Frank Lawton, b. June 10, 1846; m. May, 1873, Augusta E. Smith.
III. Harriet Ann, b. Nov. 25, 1850; d. June 27, 1894; m. Feb. 18, 1875, Everett L. Bixby; resides chiefly at Lowell.
IV. Charles Eugene, b. Sept. 30, 1860; m. March 23, 1885, Margaret A. Williams; residence, Lowell.
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SILAS6 DINSMOOR GORDON was born at Hampstead, N. H., August 5, 1826, and married, Sept. 20, 1854, Eliza Ann Crommett, born June 13, 1830. She died Sept. 15, 1872. They resided at Lowell, Mass. Children :
I. Jessie, b. July 21, 1855; m. Oct. 16, 1881, Alphonso Bixby; resi- dence, Lowell.
II. Arthur Dinsmoor, b. April 17, 1860; m. Alice Bancroft; residence, Reading, Mass.
STETSON6 LOBDELL GORDON was born at Hampstead, N. H., March 21, 1828, and died at Lowell, Mass., May 3, 1870. He married, Sept. 2, 1853, Sarah Sophia Libbey, daughter of Nathaniel and Sophia (Churchill) Libbey, of Greenwood, Maine, where she was born Sept. 20, 1832. They resided at Lowell, Mass. Children :
I. Elizabeth Lobdell, b. Oct. 24, 1856; m., July 29, 1880, Warren D. Peck; residence, Cleveland, Ohio.
II. Ellen H., b. Ang. 24, 1871; residence, Lowell, Mass.
LORENZO and MARY J. (Thompson) HYDE came to Hamp- stead from Wolfboro', N. H., about forty-five years ago. Their children were :
I. George H., b. May 5, 1845; m. Annie E., daughter of Leonard, and granddaughter of Col. Knight of Atkinson. They recently re- sided at the old Heath place, which old house was removed to erect on the spot the present buildings, about twenty-five years ago. The old home was the residence of Major Knight, and earlier in the town's history the Webster place. George and Annie (Knight) Hyde have children: Herbert Eugene, b. March 10, 1869; residence, Hampstead. Scott, b. 1871. Fred, Elsie M., Grace M., Susie, and Alice.
II. Susan E., b. Jan. 6, 1847; m. Ezra W. Pepper. They reside in the late Dr. Tewksbury residence.
III. Josephine and Daniel (twins), b. Oct. 31, 1852; both deceased in 1864.
IV. Lorenzo F., b. April 16, 1855; m. Mary E. Noyes; residence, Bos- ton. Children: Josephine F., b. June 9, 1877; m. Ellery E. Tabor of Hampstead. Mand E. (deceased) and Mabel Lillian (twins), b. Dec. 1, 1878. Edward Noyes, b. June 27, 1SS1; d. 1881. Second, he m. Addie Watson of Boston; residence, Salem, N. H. Children: Forrest and Lester.
It has been noted that wherever any great enterprise was
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planned by our ancestors it was under some large tree. The school children are familiar with the picture of William Penn holding council under a neighboring elm with the chiefs of the Pennsylvania Indians. The story of the charter oak of Connecticut and the Washington elm at Cambridge, notable for two reasons, for beneath its branches Whitefield addressed large audiences on his evangelical tour, while under its shad- ows, in June, 1775, Gen. Washington drew his sword as commander-in-chief of the continental army.
It is pleasant to imagine that under the shade of this grow- ing young elm, the Bailey elm, on land then belonging to Gen. Jacob Bailey, and which now throws its branches ereet and beautifully formed, and estimated to contain at least eight cords of wood, was once the mecca where those old warriors, Gen. Bailey, Capt. John Hazen and others, rested as they planned the expedition to migrate to the Upper Coos country and become the first settlers of northern New Hampshire. They were men of great enterprise, and stood high in the estimation of the government, and popular with the men who had served in the old French war under them as soldiers. Many of the settlers of Hampstead were of an adventurous spirit, fearless beyond ordinary, and ever ready to take up new tracts in the wilderness. Thus we find many of our early settlers as pioneers of some new town, and prominent in its settlement, giving truth to the old saying that " Hamp- stead is a good place to be born in, and a good town, also, to be buried in."
Capt. Hazen was the first settler in Haverhill, N. H., whose original name was " Lower Cohos," but in 1764 the grant of a township was given to Capt. John Hazen and seventy-four others and named Haverhill, in honor of Hazen's birthplace in Massachusetts. He settled on " Little Ox Bow," near where there had been an Indian fort. " Hazen Brook " and the " Hazen Road" are names still used in that section of the State. Jacob Bailey was the first in Newbury, Vt., and his works there are well mentioned in the histories of that State.
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Of others who went from Hampstead to explore and settle in the wilderness, were Samuel Currier, who went to Went- worth, N. H., and was, it is said, the first minister there. Campton, N. H., situated " upon more hills than Rome " has " Chandler Hill " in honor of Samuel Chandler of Hampstead, who located there in 1793. William George, son of our pio- neer William, was an early settler in Plymouth. From the old Hadley homestead, went Hepsebiah Hadley as the wife of Major (afterward Colonel) Stone of Hampstead, who had the honor of having the distinguished grandson Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States. Major Stone went with Col. Bailey and Capt. Hazen to the Connecticut River Meadows in Haverhill, N. H. His first log house was carried away in the next spring freshet, and he built another log cabin in Piermont, N. H., cleared and cultivated a large farm, erected a tannery, and established a ferry across the Connecticut river. They had twelve children all of whom were married and had children of their own. He died in 1807.
William Eastman and wife Rebecca Jewett, son of Dea- con Peter Eastman, settled in Haverhill, and later in Bath, N. H., a Revolutionary soldier from there. Obediah, his brother, built the first mill in Bath.
From the years 1722 to 1790, the names of Stephen, Jos- eph, John, Abner, Reuben and Jassael Harriman, are met with on our town records, as prominent in town with many of the names as descendants. Reuben, born May 25, 1723, son of Joseph and Lydia (Eaton) Harriman, married Mehit- able, sister of Gen. Israel Putnam, alone remained at the old homestead which was originally in the lane a short distance from where their later home was situated (Mrs. Daniel Ayers' place). Their eleven children all went to make homes on new unexplored lands. Jassael Harriman, who lived on the eastern slope of " Darby Hill Brook," came from Haverhill to Hampstead, where three children were born. They then removed to Bath, N. H. in 1766, and were the first family to enter that town, and also the first family to come to that
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section of New Hampshire, in direct line from Concord. They employed an old hunter to guide them through the wilderness, and were four days making the journey from Concord. When the Harrimans made their pitches at the lower end of the lower village by the " Great Rock " near the present Bath railroad station, there were four wigwams of Indians between him and the Ammonoosuc river. In May 28th, 1767, the proprietors voted Mr. Harriman and a brother-in-law, Mr. Pike their pitches of five hundred acres apiece. The first corn, pumpkins and cucumbers raised in Bath, were carried from Hampstead by Mercy Harriman, born in Hampstead, 1757, then a girl of nine years, who carried the dirt in her apron to the top of " Great Rock," and made her little garden. The rock has a flat surface on the top of about ten feet square. She in after life married Mr. Carr of Corinth, Vt., and died at the age of eighty-nine. The first child born in Bath, was Mary, their daughter, born in the cabin near the rock, Dec. 8th, 1766. The first death in Bath was of James, a son, who was scalded to death by falling into a kettle of boiling soap, and was the first buried in the village cemetery. Wolves, bears, deer and moose roamed at will in large numbers when the family went there, and on the records of the town of Bath are recorded many incidents of the privations and trials of the early families. Though Mrs. Harriman displayed much hero- ism, she lived in constant dread of the Indians which invaded that section, and after a time left Bath and located in Chester.
JESSE JOHNSON came to Hampstead before the town's in- corporation, living in the east part near the old Johnson homestead. He moved to Enfield, N. H. in 1778, where he purchased a large tract of land and erected mills. In 1779, his son, Jesse, born in Hampstead in 1762, in his sixteenth year, walked from Hampstead to Enfield, to assist his father in clearing the land. The year after he became of age, he was appointed a justice of the peace, was proprietor's clerk thirty years, one of the town's earliest land surveyors, its first
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magistrate, and Representative to the General Court, a dele- gate to the convention that formed the State Constitution, Judge of Probate, Judge of Common Pleas, and in 1812, nom- inee of his party for Congress. He died Sept. 25, 1816.
An interesting sketch is told in the history of Bradford, Vt., of Robert Hunkins of Hampstead, born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 13, 1739, came to Hampstead, when an infant, with his parents, John and Sarah (Gile) Hunkins, who were early pioneers to the town. His parents soon after died, and left five small children, Robert being the oldest. He went to live with Capt. John Hazen not far from Heath's meadow (so called), and when sixteen or seventeen years of age went with him as one of his Company to Fort William Henry. They were in the engagement when that Fort was captured by the French Commander Montcalm, and many of the Eng- lish were taken prisoners. It is related that Robert, seeing two Indians dragging away his friend, Capt. Hazen, with a fellow soldier, ran up behind them, and gave them so vig- orous a push, as to break their hold on Hazen, who escaped, but young Hunkins himself fell into the hands of the Indians who kept him about six months, when he also escaped. From a paper left by him at his decease, he said the Indians were very severe in their treatment of him, they took away most of his clothes and would tie his hands behind him at night, and require him to lie down between two Indians who were charged with his keeping, he escaped without shoes or hat, and no clothes except a shirt with one sleeve missing; he was obliged to travel in that condition for several days, without food except what he could find in the woods, until he reached a Dutch settlement.
When he was twenty-one years of age, he went to his father's farm in Hampstead, married Phebe, daughter of Ben- jamin and Hannah (Watts) Emerson, and had one son and two daughters born in Hampstead. He then moved to New- bury, Vt., when that place was only a wilderness, where his
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wife soon after died. He then married Lydia Chamberlain, by whom he had five sons and three daughters ; several of his children settled in Sandown and vicinity. His second wife was the " Mother in Israel " referred to in the interesting and true story published by the American Tract Society under the title "The Work of a Dollar."
It has been said by a high British authority that the first settlers of New England were picked men, and the rule will hold good as to the settlers of Hampstead, and also those who became dissatisfied with our town, and followed their leaders, Gen. Bailey and Capt. Hazen, who it is said trained their men with cornstalks to frighten the Indians until they not only made good soldiers but an honor to the towns of their adoption in the northern country.
In addition to the names of physicians in town as practi- tioners, mentioned by Rev. John Kelly, in his sketch of Hampstead, Judge Smith in his pamphlet in 1849, gives the names of Jeremiah Spofford, Jerome Harris, Josiah C. East- man, and also notes, "Dr. Knight has long been out of practice, and though more than four score years of age he re- tains to a remarkable degree the strength and vigor of man- hood." Dr. Knight lived for many years at what is now known as the residence of William Cobb, at Cobb's Corner. Since Dr. Knight's decease it has been the home of Andrew B. Marshall and James Ricker.
Dr. Eastman retained his practice here until near his death in 1897. Other physicians have been Francis J. Stevens, now of Boxford, Mass., Dr. Boynton, Benjamin H. Wood- man, from 1870 to 1890, E. M. Pitnam, Mrs. Emily J. (Har- ris) (Greenough) Little, Dr. Eugene Hill, and Minot Steele and others, for a short time.
Dr. George R. Bennette, Elmer E. Lake, and Walter A. Allen, a native of Hampstead, are now the resident physicians.
Ministers residing in town in addition to those mentioned in the church work, are Rev. Reuben E. Bartlett of East
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Hampstead (Baptist), who has held pastorates at Deerfield, N. H., Lebanon and Norwich, Conn., and pastor at East Hampstead, at the building of the church. His wife, nee Lydia M. Dyer, a missionary in Boston, was connected with Tremont Temple church twenty years, and together they have been engaged as missionaries under the Baptist Home Mis- sionary Society of New York, in Kansas, North Dakota and northern Montana. Resided in Hampstead five years.
Rev. John K. Chase retired from active pastorates but supplies in neighboring churches. He married Mary Morse of East Hampstead, from the old Morse home, and in 1898, Miss Laura Graves, long a resident of East Hampstead. He has held pastorates at Rowley, Rockland and Holden, Mass., and other places.
The industries of the town have been varied and numerous. We have evidence of tanneries, fulling, cloth, lumber and grist mills at an early date. A chair factory was in operation here before the incorporation of the town. Certificates are on file relating to the nails made here as follows :
State of New Hamp're Rockingham, SS.
To his Excellency Josiah Bartlett, Esq.r. President of the state of New Hampshire.
These certify that James Shepherd has made it appear to us the subscribers, that he has bona fide made and caused to be made, one hun- dred thousand of six penny nails in his work shop in said Town since the certificate given in his favour the last year.
WM. MARSHALL THOM. MUZZEY.
Selectmen. JOHN TRUE.
Hampstead, June 27, 1791 John Calfe Jus't Peace.
Also under date of February 6, 1792-
" These certify that Dudley Kimball of Hampstead, has made and caused to be made in his work shop, one hundred thousand of six penny wrought nails, as he has made it appear to us the subscribers."
Under date of January 17, 1792, a certificate from the selectmen that " James Shepherd of Hampstead has made or caused to be made in town, one hundred thousand of four penny wrought nails."
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February 6, 1792, " that Edmund Morss of Hampstead has made or caused to be made, in his work shop in town, two hundred thousand of ten penny nails, and two hundred thou- sand of six penny nails, and one thousand of four penny nails."
It has been said that the people are chiefly farmers here, but from the pamphlet of 1849, " there are some things besides farming done in town ; we have three blacksmith shops, one corn mill, two saw mills, two full stores of goods, besides two smaller ones, about one hundred shoe makers, ten carpenters, ten wagon makers and wheelwrights, two hatters' shops with seven workmen and from thirty thousand to forty thousand palm leaf hats made yearly by the people in town."
Since 1850, there have been Smith & Brickett's, Page's, Hoyt's, Peaslee's, Mills', and others, working shoe factories in town, hosiery and jacket mill, Globe Shoe Tool Co., hat- ter's shops, and other industries, but now many of the smaller shoe shops of a half century ago are abandoned, except about twenty; one large shoe factory employing about one hundred workmen, five stores of goods, two blacksmiths, and one grist mill.
The people of Hampstead have from time to time organized various orders as working for social or benevolent purposes. The Henry C. Little Post, G. A. R., Gen. Custer Camp, No. 9, Sons of Veterans, lodges of Good Templars, and Sons of Temperance and several clubs, whose members sought such as a means of improvement and recreation. While there are within the town many members of Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities, O. E. S. and Rebekahs, K. of P., G. A. R., S. of V., and G. T., patriotic and historical interest, the only or- ganizations now in working order, are the Granite State Council No. 1, of the Jr. O. U. A. M., and the Hampstead Grange No. 163, H. of P. (except the various church socie- ties).
Granite State Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., was instituted
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December 14, 1887, with charter members, John S. Corson, Daniel Emerson, J. W. Sanborn, F. W. Emerson, Charles B. Gilman, Arthur W. Emerson, W. S. Caswell, Ralph Cobb, H. P. Cobb, Andrew M. Moulton, A. H. Randlett, Isaac Ran- dall, J. H. Heath, Clarence L. Sawyer, Charles H. Emerson. During their organization they have paid one death benefit of $290, and over $1200 in sick benefits.
Hampstead Grange No. 163, H. of P., was organized May 4, 1891, with forty-eight charter members, of which fifteen are now connected. Present membership, fifty-eight. The first officers were, Master, John S. Sanborn ; Overseer, An- drew M. Moulton ; Lecturer, Mrs. Eugene L. Spinney, Stew- ard, J. Bart. Eastinan; Asst. Steward, William C. Fitts ; Chaplain, Eugene L. Spinney ; Treasurer, Daniel H. Emer- son ; Secretary, Mrs. Abbie I. Little; Gate Keeper, C. H. Emerson ; Ceres, Mrs. John C. Sanborn; Pomona, Mrs. Louise Griffin ; Flora, Mrs. Charles Brown; Lady Steward, Mary L. Emerson.
The present officers are, Master, John E. Mills ; Overseer, Charles H. Emerson ; Lecturer, Ida A. King ; Steward, Frank N. Pillsbury ; Asst. Steward, Jesse M. Emerson ; Chaplain, George J. Penneo; Treasurer, Mrs. Bessie (Grover) Mills ; Secretary, Elizabeth H. M. Smith; Gate Keeper, Albion D. Emerson ; Ceres, Mrs. Annie (Sawyer) Mills ; Pomona, Ora L. Ordway ; Flora, Lillian J. Clark; Lady Steward, Mrs. Mignonette Wilson.
Census of Hampstead has been given as follows: 1767, six hundred and forty-four; 1775, seven hundred and sixty- eight, divided as follows : males under sixteen years of age, one hundred and eighty-two; between sixteen and fifty, one hundred and six : above fifty, forty-four; gone to the army, thirty-five ; all females in town, three hundred and ninety- eight; negroes and slaves for life, three : 1783, seven hun- dred and fifty-nine ; 1790, seven hundred and twenty-four ; 1800, seven hundred and ninety; 1810, seven hundred and
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thirty-eight; 1820, seven hundred and fifty-one ; 1830, nine hundred and thirteen ; 1840, eight hundred and ninety ; 1850, seven hundred and eighty-nine; 1860, eight hundred and thirteen ; 1870, nine hundred and thirty-five; 1880, nine hundred and fifty-nine; 1890, nine hundred and twenty.
From Charles W. Garland, chairman of the selectmen, the following statistics for the year 1899, are received.
TAXABLE PROPERTY IN HAMPSTEAD, 1899.
No.
Valuation.
Polls,
207
$20,700
Horses,
208
10,495
Cows,
283
7,428
Other neat stock,
37
708
Carriages,
3,605
Hogs,
10
Fowls,
360
Bank shares,
4,500
Trade, stock in,
14,200
Mills and machinery,
6,650
Money at interest,
8,100
Total valuation,
$372,954
Tax on $100, $1.52.
A LIST OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF HAMPSTEAD, SINCE ITS INCORPORATION,
AS COMPILED BY ISAAC W. SMITH IN 1849, AND FROM THE TOWN RECORDS SINCE THAT DATE.
The first town meeting in Hampstead was holden in the old meeting house, Feb. 7th, 1749, and it appears that the officers chosen at that meeting held their respective offices till the an- nual meeting in March, 1750.
MODERATORS.
Three hundred and thirteen meetings have been held since the town was incorporated. In twelve instances before 1849 the names of the moderators were not recorded. The figures following the names denote the number of times each indi- vidual acted as moderator. The order of the priority of their election has been observed, though seldom were their elections effected at any successive meetings.
Daniel Little,
7 Jonathan Carlton, S
John Johnson,
1
Samuel Little, 12
Richard Hazzen,
4 John Atwood, 1
Ebenezer Gile, 8 Edmond Moors,
Moses Hale, .
1 John Calfe,
55
Peter Morse,
3
Jesse Gordon, 5
John Webster,
9
Tappan Eastman, 4
Jacob Bailey, 2 Samuel Marshall, .
1
William Moulton, .
1 Moses Hoyt, 22
Moses Little,
3 A. B. Marshall,
1
John Bond, .
1 Isaiah P. Moody,
1
William Marshall,
4 Lorenzo Batchelder,
4
John Hogg,
·2 Isaac Smith, 1
Thomas Muzzey,
1 Josiah C. Eastman, 10
Timothy Goodwin,
1 Amos Buck, 15
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David Moulton, . 15 Enos Colby,
F
John True,
6 Isaac W. Smith,
2
Jabez Hoit, .
2 Francis V. Dow,
2
Jacob' Kimball,
25 Nathaniel C. Smith, 2
John Emerson,
1
William C. Little, .
1
John Muzzey,
3 Charles W. Pressey, 3
-Joseph French, .
2 John D. Ordway, .
17
Benjamin Emerson,
5 William A. Emerson,
1
Andrew M. Moulton has served the 16 last meetings from 1888 to 1899.
TOWN CLERKS.
Peter Eastman, .
from 1749 to 1766.
Benjamin Little, Jr.,
66 1766 " 1768.
Peter Eastman, .
1768 " 1776.
Jonathan Eastman,
1776
1780.
Eliphalet Poor,
יכ 1780
" his resig'tion Apr., 1786.
John True,
1786 1798. [chosen.
66 1798 " 1799 no record of one
John True, .
1799 " 1806.
James Knight,
1806 1807.
John True, .
1807 66 1809.
James Knight,
1809
1811.
Nathaniel Little,
٠، 1811 66 1825.
Isaac Smith,
66 1825 1832.
Warren L. Lane,
66 1832 " 1835.
A. B. Marshall,
1835 1839.
Amos M. Merrill,
1839
1841.
Benjamin A. Moody,
66
1841
1842.
A. B. Marshall, .
1842
1846.
Henry Putnam,
66
1846 66 1819.
Nathaniel C. Smith,
..
1849 66 1852.
Henry Putnam,
.6
1852
66 1854.
Joshua C. Eastman,
1854
" 1857.
Charles H. Shannon,
1857
" 1861.
Leander Harris,
1861 resigned.
Charles E. Woodman, appointed Sept. 7th, 1861 to 1863.
Rufus C. Smith, .
from 1863
" 1866.
Horace R. Sawyer,
1866
" 1870.
Alfred W. Foote,
1870
1872.
Hamilton C. Eastman,
1872
1873.
Alfred W. Foote, 66
1873
1876.
Andrew M. Moulton,
1876
" 1879.
Charles W. Peaslee,
1879
" his decease in 1881.
Alfred W. Foote, appointed March 28th, 1881
" 1888.
Isaac Randall,
1888 " 1889.
William H. Davis,
1889 " 1891.
John S. Corson,
1891 " present date.
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SELECTMEN.
1749. John Johnson, Peter Morse, George Little, Jacob Bailey, Stephen Johnson, Jr.
1750. John Johnson, John Webster, Benj. Emerson, James Graves, John Muzzey.
1751. Peter Morse, Daniel Little, John Hunkins.
1752. Moses Hale, Richard Hazzen. John Johnson.
1753. Stephen Emerson, Benj. Philbrick, Nathaniel Heath.
1754. Moses Copp, Samuel Hadley, Jeremiah Eaton.
1755. Benj. Emerson, John Muzzey, John Moores.
1756. George Little, James Graves, Jacob Bailey.
1757. John Muzzey, Daniel Little, Benj. Kimball.
1758. Edmund Sawyer, John Muzzey, John Hazzen.
1759. Edmund Morse, John Johnson, John Muzzey.
1760. Peter Eastman, William Marshall, John Johnson.
1761. Jacob Bailey, John Muzzey (declined, Watt Stevens, chosen in April), Benjamin Emerson.
Jacob Bailey, John Webster, John Muzzey.
1762. 1763. Joseph French, Reuben Harriman, John Muzzey. John Muzzey, Joseph French, Reuben Harriman.
1764. 1765. John Muzzey, Joseph French, Renben Harriman.
John Webster, Joseph French, Samnel Currier.
1766. 1767. 1768. 1769. 1770. Peter Eastman, Joseph French, Jr., John Calfe.
John Calfe, Reuben Harriman, Joseph French, Jr.
Benj. Little, Thomas Wadley, Ephraim Webster.
1771. 1772. Benj. Little, Ephraim Webster, Thomas Wadley. Thomas Wadley, John Calfe, Bartholomew Heath,
1773. 1774. John Calfe, Thomas Wadley, Samuel Little. William Moulton, John Atwood, John Calfe.
Samuel Little, Thomas Wadley, John Atwood.
Jonathan Eastman, Edmund Moores, Abner Little.
1779. Edmund Moores, Eliphalet Poor, Abner Rogers.
1780. 1781. John Calfe, Job Kent, Moses Little.
1782. John Calfe, Timothy Goodwin, James Huse.
1783. Timothy Goodwin, Abner Rogers, Robert Emerson.
1784. Jesse Johnson, Eliphalet Poor, John Harriman (first two declined and were exensed, Job Kent and Moses Little elected in their place.)
1785. Jesse Johnson, John Bond, Benjamin Emerson Jr.
1786. John Calfe, Edmund Moores, David Moulton.
1787. John Calfe, David Moulton, John Harriman.
1788. John Calfe, David Moulton, John Harriman.
1789. William Marshall, John True, James Huse.
John Webster, Joseph French, Renben Harriman. Benj. Little, Samuel Little, John Muzzey.
1775. 1776. 1777. 1778. Samuel Little, Abner Little, John Harriman.
John Calfe, Timothy Goodwin, Abner Rogers.
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1790. Joseph French, David Poor, Edmund Moores.
William Marshall, Thomas Muzzey, John True.
1791. 1792. William Marshall, Dudley Kimball, Jonathan Little.
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