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Sept. 23-Tobias Lakeman, son of Tobias.
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Oct. 7-Mary Tobey, daughter of Isaiah.
Oct. 21-Amos Leavitt, son of Amos.
Oct. 28-John Batchelder, son of John.
Nov. 4-Joseph Tilton, son of Jonathan. Nov. 11-Nathaniel Tilton, son of Nathan. Phebe Prescott, daughter of Elisha. Dec. 9-Israel Clifford, son of Peter. Dec. 16-Ephraim Green, son of Jonathan.
1745, Jan. 15-Jonney Williams, son of Walter. Joseph Cram, son of Benjamin.
Feb. 10-Jonathan Cooper, son of John.
Mar. 9-Nancy Hilliard, daughter of Jonathan.
Mar. 23-Phebe Healey, daughter of Nathaniel.
June 30-Ann Shaw, daughter of Samuel. Jeremiah Marston Sanborn, son of Ephraim Sanborn. Aug. 25-Gideon Dow, son of Lydia, wife of Gideon. Abraham Swain, son of Elias.
Sept. 29-Lydia Fogg, daughter of Simon.
Oct. 13-Andrew Webster, son of Andrew. Nathan Green, son of Jonathan or Nathan. May Green, daughter of Nathan.
Oct. 27-Ebenezer Sanborn, son of Ebenezer.
Nov. 3-Joanna Buswell, daughter of Natt. Susanna Sanborn, daughter of Reuben, Sr.
Nov. 10-Samuel Roby, son of Henry.
Nov. 17-Elizabeth Sanborn, daughter of Caleb.
Nov. 24-Stephen Lang, son of William.
Ebenezer Cram, son of Jonathan. Sargent Shaw, son of Ebenezer.
1746, Jan. 12-Lydia Green, daughter of John.
Feb. 9-Sarah Swett, daughter of Jonathan.
Feb. 16-Anna Tilton, daughter of John.
Mar. 9-Susanna Batchelder, daughter of Theophilus.
Mar. 23-Mary Perkins, daughter of Daniel. Elizabeth Flood, daughter of John, Jr. Apr. 6- Abigail Tilton, daughter of Samuel. Henry Sanborn, son of Moses.
Apr. 13-Michal Brown, son of Jonathan.
Apr. 20-Nathaniel Green, son of Bradbury.
May 4-Elizabeth Nason, daughter of Richard. Daniel Boid, son of Thomas.
June 15-Dorothy Miller, daughter of Robert. June 22-John Los- -, son of John.
July 6-Jane Clifford, daughter of Peter.
July 13-Redmond Moulton, son of Richard.
Aug. 17-Page Tobey, child of Isaacs.
Sept. 7-Mary Batchelder, daughter of John. Sept. 28-Benjamin Batchelder, son of Joseph.
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May Prescott, daughter of Samuel, Jr. Oct. 5-Jonathan Roberts, son of Thomas. Mercy Taylor, single woman. Oct. 26-Hannah Hoit, single woman. Dec. 6-Elizabeth Lakeman, daughter of Tobias. Jemima Green, daughter of Nathan.
Dec. 28-Mary Worth, daughter of John.
1747, Jan. 25-Nathan Pierson, son of Nathan.
Feb. 1-Ebenezer Sanborn, son of Reuben, Sr. Eaton Green, son of Jonathan.
Hannah Russel, daughter of Abigail, wife of Jo, Quaker. Mar. 14-Arthur and Nancy Bennett, children of Caleb. Hannah Cram, daughter of Nathan.
Mar. 22-Mary Stewart, daughter of Jonathan Stewart.
Mar. 29-John Brown, son of Thomas.
Apr. 5-Jemima Moulton, daughter of Benjamin, Jr. Michael and Rachel Sargent, children of Edward.
Apr. 12-Edmond Brown, son of Edmond.
Apr. 26-Daniel Prescott, son of Elisha. Josiah Tilton, son of Jonathan.
June 28-Sarah Sanborn, daughter of Abner, Jr.
July 5-Nathaniel Chase, son of Jonathan.
July 12-Jemima Quimby, daughter of Widow Quimby.
Aug. 3-Rachel Flood, daughter of John." Sarah Sargent, daughter of Edward.
Sept. 6-Mary Hilliard, daughter of Benjamin. Mary Sanborn, daughter of Ephraim (Epping).
Sept. 20-Molly Blake, daughter of Stephen.
Oct. 18-Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Eben. Benjamin Cram, son of Jonathan. Molly, daughter of Mary Swain.
Nov. 1-Nathan Weare, son of Meshech.
Nov. 15-Mary Williams, widow, aged 71.
Dec. 13-Abigail Batchelder, daughter of Theophilus. David Sanborn, son of Daniel. Dec. 27-Sarah Tilton, daughter of John. John Sanborn, son of Ebenezer. 1748, Mar. 13-Josiah Lang, son of William. Mar. 20-Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Thomas.
Apr. 3-Sarah Worth, daughter of John.
May 1-Joseph Green, son of Bradbury.
May 8-Abigail Perkins, daughter of Daniel.
June 26-Elizabeth Batchelder, daughter of Joseph. Theophilus Sanborn, son of Benjamin. July 3-Stephen Tilton, son of Nathan. Josiah Moulton, son of Richard. Anna Roby, daughter of Henry. July 10-Mathew Batchelder, son of John.
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July 17-Nathaniel Bussel, son of Natt. Mary Philbrick, daughter of Abner's wife. July 24-Benjamin Green, son of John. Sept. 11-Jonathan Swett, son of Jonathan. Sept. 25-Rachel Sanborn, daughter of Caleb. Oct. 16-Hannah Shaw, daughter of Caleb.
Oct. 23-Ebenezer Webster, son of Andrew.
Nov. 6-Lydia and Elizabeth, twins of Samuel. Lucy Bennett, daughter of Caleb.
Nov. 13-Daniel Sanborn, son of Enoch.
Nov. 20-Meribah Prescott, daughter of Eben.
Dec .- Deborah Nason, daughter of Richard.
Dec. 25-Asa Green, son of Nathan. Nathan Cram, son of Nathan. 1749, Jan. 29-James Sanborn, son of Moses.
Mar. 3-Mehitable Prescott, daughter of Benjamin.
Mar. 5-Elizabeth Sanborn, daughter of Reuben, Jr.
Mar. 19-Ebenezer Shaw, son of Ebenezer. Lydia Sanborn, daughter of John.
Mar. 26-Stephen Sanborn, son of Daniel.
Apr. 2-Jonathan Hilliard, son of Jonathan.
Apr. 16-Margaret Lakeman, daughter of Tobias.
May 7 -- Mary Fellows, daughter of John.
June 11-Elizabeth Weare, daughter of Meshech.
June 18-Dinah and Judah Snelling, servants of Jonathan Tilton.
June 25-Rhoda Sanborn, daughter of Abner, Jr.
July 16-Elinor Worth, daughter of Obediah.
Aug. 6-Joel Cram, son of Jonathan.
Aug. 20-Jeremiah Dow, son of Gideon's wife.
Sept. 8-Hannah Sargent (or Seargent), daughter of Edward. John Blake, son of Stephen. Nov. 19-Nathaniel Healey, son of Nathaniel, Jr. Apphia Sanborn, daughter of Enoch, Jr.
Dec. 10-Susanna Sleeper, daughter of John.
Dec. 31-Abigail Roby, daughter of Henry. Samuel Brooks Tobey, son of Israel. David Boyd, son of Thomas.
1750, Jan. 21-Josiah Batchelder, son of John. Mar. 4-John Hilliard, son of Benjamin. Mark Sanborn, son of Ebenezer.
Mar. 18-John Worth, son of John.
Apr. 1-Anna Stewart, daughter of Jonathan.
Apr. 15-Ebenezer Sanborn, son of Reuben, Jr.
Apr. 22-Thomas Moulton, son of Benjamin, Jr. Olin Bennett, daughter of Caleb.
Apr. 24-Judith, daughter of Jonathan Tilton's Indian woman.
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June 3-Anna Swett and Dorothy, children of Widow Swett. Elizabeth Green, daughter of Jonathan. June 10-John Lang, son of William: July 1-Ebenezer Prescott, son of Elisha. Jonathan Cram, son of Bradbury. July 8-Hezekiah Batchelder, son of Theophilus. Sept. 23-Susanna Roberts, daughter of Thomas.
Sept. 30-Maria Batchelder, daughter of Joseph.
Oct. 1-Olive Clifford, daughter of Abraham.
Nov. 4-Abigail Weare, daughter of Meshech, Esq. Dec. 2-Mary Tilton, wife of Benjamin. Michael Tilton, son of Benjamin. Mary Healey, daughter of Stephen.
1751, Jan. 20-Peter Tilton, son of Jonathan. Feb. 17-Daniel Webster, son of Andrew. Gilman Cram, son of Peter.
Feb. 24-Ezekiel Cram, son of Nathan.
Mar. 3-Nathan Sanborn, son of Nathan.
Mar. 10-Abigail Lakeman, daughter of Tobias.
Mar. 24-Edmund Brown, son of Edmund. Ann Wasson, daughter of Richard.
Mar. 31-Hannah Blake, daughter of Stephen.
Apr. 28-Ebenezer Tilton, son of Nathan. Jeremiah Brown, son of Daniel. June 9-Ebenezer Shaw, son of Ebenezer. Jane Sanborn, daughter of Daniel. Achiel Green, son of Nathan. June 23-Josiah Shaw, son of Caleb. July 7-Hannah Cooper, daughter of John. Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Daniel. July 14-Peter Sanborn, son of John. July 21-Dolly Tilton, daughter of John.
Aug. 11-Lowell Sanborn, son of Abner, Jr. Aug. 25-Jacob Cram, son of Benjamin. Sept. 1-Molly Sanborn, daughter of Caleb.
Sept. 21-Mehitable Philbrick, daughter of Abner.
Nov. 20-Daniel Perkins, son of Daniel. Dec. 8-Gideon Marshal, son of Francis. Elizabeth Cram, daughter of John. 1752, Jan. 20-Sarah Dearborn, daughter of Levi. Feb. 9-John Tilton, son of Benjamin.
Mar. 8-Mary Sanborn, daughter of Enoch, Jr.
Apr. 5-Elizabeth Moulton, daughter of Benjamin. Elizabeth Prescott, daughter of William. May 3-Mary Hoit, young woman.
May 17-Miriam Batchelder, daughter of Theophilus.
May 31-Elizabeth Cram, daughter of Peter.
June 17-Ebenezer Tilton, son of Samuel.
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Lydia Dow, daughter of Gideon, Quaker. June 21-Elizabeth Sanborn, daughter of Reuben, Jr. July 5-Molly Bennett, daughter of Caleb.
July 19-Abigail Adams, daughter of Archelaus. July 26-Anna Healey, daughter of Nathaniel, Jr. Mary Sargent, daughter of Edward.
Aug. 9-Hannah and Mary Thresher, children of Henry, Quaker.
Aug. 23-Richard Weare, son of Meshech, Esq.
Sept. 17-Elizabeth Sanborn, daughter of Joseph, Jr. Mary Hilliard, daughter of Jonathan. Dec. 24-Henry Roby, son of Henry.
1753, Feb. 23-Lucy Lakeman, daughter of Tobias.
Mar. 25-Jeremiah Sanborn, son of David.
Apr. 8-Dorothy Hilliard, daughter of Benjamin. Dolly Green, daughter of Bradbury. Lucretia Tilton, daughter of John.
Apr. 15-David Swett, son of John.
June 3-Sarah Blake, daughter of Stephen.
Aug. 19-Susanna Sanborn, daughter of John.
Aug. 20-Elisha Prescott, son of William.
Sept. 2-Joseph Green, son of John. Robert Marshall, son of Francis.
Sept. 9-Mary Cram, daughter of Nathan.
Sept. 29-Phebe Sanborn, daughter of Abner, Jr.
Oct. 5-Simeon Shaw, son of Caleb. Private.
Oct. 7-Dorothy and Theophilus Swain, children of John.
Oct. 21-Miriam Batchelder, daughter of Joseph. Shuah Nason, daughter of Richard. Nov. 18-Sarah Blake, single woman. Huldah Blake, single woman. Thomas Blake, son of Huldah.
Nov. 25-Sarah Prescott, daughter of Samuel, 3d.
Dec. 2-Nathan Brown, son of Nathan. Charles Chase, son of John, Jr.
Dec. 9-Thomas Shaw, son of Ebenezer. 1754, Jan. 27-Molly Tilton, daughter of Benjamin. Mar. 7-Jacob Thresher, son of Henry, Quaker. Abigail Sargent, daughter of Edward. Mar. 9-Hannah Weare, daughter of Meshech. Sarah Sanborn, daughter of Reuben, Jr. Samuel and Hannah Davis, twins, children of Hannah.
Mar. 20-Benjamin Batchelder, son of Widow Mariah. June 23-John Stanyan Cram, son of Peter. June 30-Thomas Moulton, son of Benjamin. July 14-Jemima Green, daughter of Nathan. Jacob and Elizabeth Swain, children of William. True Perkins, son of Jonathan.
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Nathaniel Weare Cram, son of Daniel. Miriam Hoit, daughter of John.
Ann Longfellow, daughter of Green. Sept. 1-Jemima Blake, daughter of Jeremiah.
Oct. 13-Lowell Lang, son of William.
Oct. 20-Hilliard Shaw, son of Caleb.
Oct. 27-Daniel Tilton, son of Samuel.
Nov. 17-Christopher, Sarah and Betty Blake, children of Jeremiah, Jr.
Nov. 18-Jonathan Batchelder, son of John. Private.
Dec. 8-Daniel Cram, son of Daniel.
Dec. 15-Reuben Swain, son of William.
Dec. 22-Molly Sanborn, daughter of Daniel.
1752, May 3-Mary Hoit owned the covenant and was baptized. Aug. 9-Mary Thresher, wife of Henry Thresher, Quaker, renewed the covenant and had her children baptized. 1753-John Swain, Jr., and Judith, his wife, renewed their cov- enant, and had their children baptized.
Nov. 18-Susan Blake owned the covenant, and was bap- tized. Also Huldah Blake, having made an acknowl- edgement of her breach of the seventh commandment, was baptized after her owning the covenant, and had her child baptized.
Dec. 22-Nathan Brown and Ann, his wife, and Rachel Chase, wife of John, renewed the covenant and had their children baptized.
1754-Will Swain and wife, with Daniel Cram and wife, ac- knowledged the breach of the seventh commandment and had their children baptized.
Jonathan Perkins and wife, with Abigail Longfellow, renewed the covenant and had their children baptized.
Jeremiah Blake and Abigail, his wife, made an ac- knowledgement of the breach of the seventh command- ment and Sept. 1st were admitted to full communion and had their child baptized.
Nov. 24-Tabitha Blake, wife of Timothy, acknowledged her breach of the seventh commandment, renewed her covenant and had her children baptized.
By a rule of the church, if a child was born within less than seven months after marriage, it was considered a breach of the seventh commandment.
Those who owned the covenant were new members; those renewing the covenant had owned it at some previous time.
EXTRACTS FROM THE CHURCH AND TOWN RECORDS.
The first parish meeting was held October 6, 1718.
1640-Thomas Philbrick settled in that part of Hampton now Seabrook in 1640. He had three sons, John, James and Thomas.
1654-Anthony Stanion was a deputy to the General Court in 1654. He lived at Hampton Falls and kept an ordinary or tavern at or near where Charles N. Dodge now lives. Persons by the name of Stanion were rated here until after 1772.
1697-The minister at Hampton was forbidden by Governor Usher to observe a Thanksgiving day which had been appointed by President Hinks.
1703-The Widow. Mussy, a noted speaker among the Quakers, was killed by the Indians in that part of Hampton which is now Seabrook. The Quakers lived in that part of the town.
1718-At a legal meeting of the new parish in Hampton Falls the 8th of December, 1718, it was voted: "3dly, it is agreed upon that we will give Rev. Mr. Cotton twenty pounds yearly for three years ensuing as a free gift." Voted. A few persons dissented from this vote.
"Voted, 4thly, it is ordered and agreed upon that Capt. Cass, James Prescott and Jethro Tilton, be a committee to let out the building and repairing of the parsonage fence for six or ten years, provided they do not exceed three pounds per year. ".
Mar. 10-In the doings of the parish at the general parish meeting it was voted: "16thly, it is ordered that the selectmen shall have power to employ men to repair the parsonage fence for the year ensuing and to raise money to pay them."
From the same record it appeared that the parish appointed a committee to employ a schoolmaster.
1719, July 10-At a legal meeting held by the free holders of the new parish in Hampton: "Voted, that the twenty
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pounds which was added to Mr. Cotton's salary be paid by way of an equal assessment upon each man's estate."
1720, Oct. 5-"Voted that the place for setting the schoolhouse shall be upon Mr. Stanion's hill." There was some dissent from this vote. This location was upon the town common.
1721, Mar. 14-A new place was selected for the schoolhouse. The record reads: "It is ordered that ye schoolhouse shall be built and set on the hill near the place where the old fort was, commonly called Prescott's fort." This latter location was near the house of the late Wells W. Healey.
At the same meeting the following votes were passed : "It is agreed upon that we will give Mr. Cotton twenty pounds in addition to his sixty pounds salary yearly ye time of his work in ye ministry among us"; that it "be raised by way of rate, with ye forepart of his salary"; that "Deacon Shaw and James Prescott be a committee to discourse Mr. Cotton concerning his preaching our lectures to us during his life time and to take his answer and bring it to us at the meeting."
1722/3, Mar. 1-Philemon Blake and Robert Roe, Srs., were chosen overseers of the parsonage fence, "to see it repaired and bring in ye account to ye selectmen of ye charge of ye same, for ye year ensuing."
Also that "Deacon Shaw is to make use of ye boards that is about ye burying place to build a fence and gate along ye front of ye burying place with ye same." 1723/4-"Voted that there shall be an order passed upon, causing the chairs to be removed out of ye meeting house; that James Prescott is appointed to take care that the alleys in ye meeting house be cleared of chairs and kept clear and if any person refuseth to have his chair removed out of ye meeting house they shall pay a fine of five shillings. James Prescott is appointed to prosecute said act and to have one half for his pains and ye other half to ye benefit of ye parish."
Also "that any man that suffers his dog to come into ye meeting house on ye Lord's day shall pay a fine of five shillings."
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1725/6-"Voted that it is our desire to be set off from the old parish at town to the ministry and all other taxes."
1726, Aug. 22-Votes were passed to settle up Mr. Cotton's accounts by paying all arrears to his executor; to give Mrs. Cotton the use of the parsonage during the summer; to request Mrs. Cotton to entertain the ministers who should be employed to preach; to defray the expense of Mr. Cotton's funeral.
Aug. 31-At a legal meeting of the first parish (in the old town Hampton) Capt. Joshua Wingate and Capt. John Smith were chosen agents to remonstrate against the prayer of the petition of the Falls parish to be incor- porated as a town before the General Assembly. But this was afterward done by the assembly and it con- tributed to the quiet and peace which had been so long disturbed by the local jealousies.
On the 19th of the month the Rev. Theophilus Cotton died.
Sept. 3-A committee was appointed to procure a candidate for settlement in the ministry who were directed to employ a Mr. March; whether Mr. March ever came is not mentioned. At the same meeting it was "voted that the hind seat in the woman's gallery may be built up by ye young women as a pew for their use with this provision that they maintain the glass against said sett and bring in their names to the selectmen within a month's time. "
Oct. 4-A committee was authorized to employ Mr. Whipple to preach as a candidate. Mr. Whipple appears to have been employed immediately. This we infer from the subsequent proceedings of the parish.
Nov. 1-"Voted that Mr. Whipple be called to be our min- ister to preach the gospel to us. Voted that we will give the Reverend Mr. Whipple one hundred and forty pounds annually in case he settle with us in the work of the ministry. He finding himself fire wood and every- thing else."
This offer does not appear to have been accepted for we find it "voted, November 30, that we will give the Reverend Joseph Whipple one hundred and twenty
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pounds in money annually and ye use of the parsonage. Only reserving to our own use the pine timber and the hemlock timber for fencing with that provision that the above said Mr. Whipple settle with us in the work of the ministry." These appear to have been the terms upon which Mr. Whipple was settled.
At the same meeting a vote was passed to purchase Mrs. Cotton's land and buildingsfor the use of the parish forever.
1728, Mar. 28-A committee was appointed to ascertain and renew the bounds of the parsonage lands. At the same meeting permission was given by vote to certain indi- viduals to build a schoolhouse near the meeting house. There is no record to show that a schoolhouse was built at that time.
1729, Aug. 16-The selectmen of the two parishes met and described the divisional lines.
1729/30-Votes were passed authorizing Philip Pervear to ex- change a piece of land, near or adjoining the little parsonage, for a piece of land before Mr. Whipple's door, and annex said piece of land to the parsonage. This exchange was made.
Also "voted to appoint persons to take care of the parsonage and to repair the fences." A committee was appointed to view the meeting house and to see what seats were proper to be made and to take mea- sures to have the work done.
1730/1-"Voted that the selectmen give notice to those persons that have pews in ye meeting house to mend the glass against their pews according to agreement, within a week after the date hereof. Otherwise they will be disposed of to other uses."
1731, Nov. 17-It was voted to repair the parsonage fence. The people were taxed to do this and were permitted to work out their taxes according to the rule for working out highway taxes.
Also "voted that those that have glass against their pews in our meeting house if they wont repair it then the selectmen shall board and clapboard it up tite."
Also "voted that there be a window or windows made in the meeting house by the pulpit."
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From the above votes and the frequent minutes upon the town records of expense of repairing the windows in the meeting house, it would appear that breaking glass was an amusement much indulged in by the boys and other mischievous persons in those early days.
1731/2, Mar. 21-"Voted that we will add to ye Reverend Mr. Whipple's salary twenty pounds for the ensuing year."
In consequence of disputes and difficulties it was found necessary to run the lines and renew the bounds of the parsonage. This was done by the selectmen and the owners of the land on the third day of May, 1732. 1732/3-It was "voted to continue the addition of twenty pounds to Mr. Whipple's salary yearly for this year also." The addition was first made the year previous; the occasion of the increase was the depreciation of the currency.
June 18-Among other doings at a parish meeting six persons were chosen to take care of the youths on the Lord's day. 1734, Oct. 7-Votes were passed authorizing the payment of the twenty pounds additional to the salary of Mr. Whipple, and to assume the expense of paying a minister to preach four months during the winter in the west part of the town (Kensington) if the people in that neighborhood hired one.
Nov. 11-A committee was appointed "to take care of the parsonage lots; to consult with the committee of the old parish which had been appointed to dispose of the parsonage lots, and to ascertain if the new parish might have a share in them; to search the records of the old parish and to see from whence said lott derived and to report to the parish." This was the beginning of a long and unsuccessful attempt on the part of the Falls people to acquire a part of the parsonage lands belong- ing to the town of Hampton.
1734-A meeting was called to be held on the 31st of March to pass a vote considering the low value of the present currency, "that Mr. Whipple may have twenty pounds or what may be thought proper given him toward his maintenance for the year ensuing and to hire a minister
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to preach to the inhabitants of the upper or western part of the parish four months in the year ensuing."
At the same meeting it was "voted that the select- men shall raise money to pay Mr. Gilman for preaching four months in the west part of this parish and to Mr. Whipple five pounds."
1735-An article was put in the warrant for a parish meeting notified to be held the 28th day of April, 1735, "to see if the free holders of said parish would be pleased to set off the upper or westerly part of their parish from paying any charge to the minister in the easterly or south part of said parish." This was probably that they might employ a minister. What action was taken the record does not show.
1735/6-At a meeting called on the 24th of March, 1735/6, it was moved to excuse the west part of the parish from their ministerial tax and to agree upon a divisional line. But whether any action was had upon this subject does not appear.
1738-Among the records of the next year we find the following receipt: "In consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds in bills of credit to me in hand paid by the constable and selectmen for the year 1739. As also for other reasons I say: Received the full of all demands upon the parish as due for salary until the first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine. Received by me, Joseph Whipple, Hampton Falls, Feb. 29, 1739/40."
1738/9-"Whereas the value of provisions is greatly risen and the wood on the parsonage is almost gone and now to go and consider whether we can help Mr. Whipple or no." Mar. 13-"Voted to give Mr. Whipple thirty pounds upon the consideration that when this money is paid Mr. Whipple will give a receipt in full for the time past, ever since he has been our minister."
Oct. 22-The name of Meshech Weare appears as modera- tor of a parish meeting. After this we often find his name among the parish officers. The same year meas- ures were taken to fence the parsonage lands with stone wall.
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1739/40-In a warrant for a meeting to be held March 11, 1739/ 40, was an article "to consider whether to make any allowance in consideration to ye Revd Mr. Whipple in wood, provisions or any other way, that may be judged proper to make his salary as good as at ye time of his settling with us." It was voted to give Mr. Whipple thirty pounds that year in money or passable bills of credit.
1740-In the autumn of 1740 votes were passed to go on with the work of making stone walls at the upper and lower parsonages.
In a warrant for a meeting March 10, 1740, we find this: "Whereas there has for some years past been some allowance to Rev. Mr. Whipple in consideration of the badness of our money, to consider whether they will do the same the ensuing year, or whether there cannot some way be found out to adjust that matter so as to make a final settlement of it and put an end to all controversy about it."
At the same meeting: "voted to give Mr. Whipple thirty pounds in money or passable bills of credit."
At this meeting notice was had of the poor of the town and it was voted "that the selectmen provide a home for the poor if need be." Similar votes were passed at different times but no action appears to have ever been taken in the matter.
1740/1, Mar. 23-"Voted to pay the parish taxes the insuing year in Province and ministerial rates excepted, in manufactory bills so called." Apr. 21, 1741, it was voted to revoke this vote.
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