History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Part 57

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1168

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Bounties .- Bounties paid soldiers in the war for Independence by the town of Amherst, which were repaid by the State,-

Sept. 4, 1776. Paid 15 men in Wyman's regiment 150

0 0

44 5, 4

22 4 " Baldwin's 132

0 0

May 7, 1777.

27 Continental soldiers 809

13 10

July 19, 1777. = 55 men in Stark's brigade, 2 mo. . 220 0 0

" 11, 1779. 9 Continental soldiers, beside €6,

13%. Ad. good money 215

2 c

" 21, 1750.

12 men in Nichols' reg't, 3 mo. 72

0 C

" 31, 17×1.

9 Continental soldiers, new levies, 6 months . 108

" 15, 4

5 Continental soldiers, 3 years 360 C

" 17, 1782. 11 Continental soldiers, 3 years . . 1008 0 C

.£320G 16 7

Bounties, etc., paid by the town that were not re- paid by the State, or the United States, as reported by the selectmen September 9, 1791.

I'nid Col. Nichols' regiment, at West Point . . £180

An average made in 1777, for soldiers that bad served . 480

Soldiers that served in Capt. Walker's Co., Gilman's regiment,

1776. 39

Soldiers in Col. Peabody's regiment, at Rhode Island . 105

Soldiers in Col. Baldwin's regiment, at New York, 1776 72

10 Continental soldiers, from 1781, 3 years' men . . 600

20 soldiers in Capt. Barron's co., Wyman's reg't, 1776 200

11 66 served at Charlestown, 1781 132

= 1781, new levies, six months' men 270

1780, “ 330

5 at Coos, 1780, Captain Stone's company 150

46 in Colonel Mooney's regiment 108

66 from 1783, 3 years' men 845

£3511

List of Soldiers .- Alphabetical list of soldiers and sailors from Amherst in the war for Independence,-

Joslina Abbot, Nathan Abbot, Nathaniel Abbot, Peter Abbot, Stephen Abbot, James Alld, Daniel Averill, David Averill, Elijah Averill, John Averill, Moses Averill, Nahum Baldwin, Nahum Baldwin, Jr., Nathaniel Barrett, Moses Barron, Jacob Blodgett, Joshma Blodgett, Aaron Boutell, Amos Boutell, Joseph Boutell, Jr., Reuben Boutell, Thomas Boutell, Richard Boynton, Andrew Bradford, Enos Bradford, John Bradford, Joseph Bradford, William Bradford, Jr., Peter Brewer, Alexander Brown, William Brown, David Burnam, Israel Burnam, Jonathan Bur- nam, Joshua Burnam, Robert Campbell, Ebenezer Carlton, Enoch Carl- ton, John Carlton, David Chandler, Primus Chandler, George Christo- pher, Benjamin. Clark, James Clark, Samuel Clark, Thomas Clark, James Cochran, John Cochran, Jonathan Cochran, Robert Cochran, Henry Codman, John Cole, John Cole, (20), Nathan Cole, William Cook, Silas Cooledge, William Cowen, Alpheus Crosby, Ezekiel Crosby, Josialı Cros- by, Josiah Crosby, Jr., Nathaniel Crosby, Paul Crosby, Stephen Crosby, William Crosby, Silas Cummings, Robert Cunningham, Robert Cunning ham, Jr., Ebenezer C'urtice, Isaac Palmer Curtice, Jacob Curtice, Lem- uel Curtice, Stephen Curtice, Luther Dana, Charles Davenport, Benja- min Davis, Ezekiel Davis, Joseph Davis, Benjamin Dike, Stephen Dike, John Door, Jacob Doyen, John Dutton, Jonathan Dutton, Roger Dutton, James Ellinwood, Jedidiah Ellinwood, Joseph Ellinwood, Amos Elliot, Andrew Elliot, Jobn Ellsworth, John Everden, Asa Farnum, John Far. num, Joseph Farnum, Stephen Farnum, John Fields, David Fiske, Thaddeus Fitch, Amos Flint, Ephraim French, Laraford Gilbert, Thomas Giles, James Gilmore, Richard Goodman, Allen Goodridge, Ephraim Goss, John Abbot Goss, Peter Goss, Silas Gould, Stephen Gould, Daniel Green, Francis Grimes, John Grimes, John Grout, Jude Hall, Henry Handley, Henry Harris, Samuel llarris, Edward Hlartshorn, James Ilartshorn, Jr., John Hartshorn, Nathaniel Hazeltine, Joshua Hay wood, William Haywood, Stephen Hill, David Hildreth, William Hogg, Abiel Holt, Jabez Ilolt, Obadiah Holt, Calvin Honey, Joel Howe, Richard lInghes, Caleb Hunt, Henry HInnt, Ebenezer Hutchinson, Nathan Hutchinson, Joseph Jewett, Caleb Jones, William Jones, Joshua Ken- dall, Nathan Kendall, Jr., Archelaus Kenney, Daniel Kenney, Michael Keef, Daniel Kidder, Eli Kimball, Henry Kimball, Eleazer W. Kings- bury, Solomon Kittredge, Zepheniah Kittredge, William Lakin Jeremiah Lamson, Jonathan Lamson, Sammel Lamson, Joshua Lan- caster, Andrew Leavitt, Joseph Leavitt, Asa Lewis, Joseph Lewis, Abraham Littlehale, Francis Lovejoy, Hezekiah Lovejoy, John Lovejoy, Joseph Lovejoy, William Low, Edward Lyon, Jonathan Lyon, Andrew MacIntire, Daniel McGrath, James McGraw, Hugh Mackean, James MacKean, John MacKean, Timothy Martin, Thompson Maxwell, Thomas Melendy, Robert Melory, David Melvin, Benjamin Merrill, Far- rar Miller, John Mills, John Mitchel, Josiah Munroe, Reuben D. Muz- zey, Aaron Nichols, Joseph Nichols, Moses Nichols, Timothy Nichols, Jr., Ebenezer Odell, John Odell, Robert Parker, William Parker, Adam Pat- terson, John Patterson, Isaac Peabody, John Peabody, Moses Peabody, Stephen Peabody, Thomas Peabody, Joseph Pedrick, Moses Pearson, Joseph Perkins, Jr., Joshua Pettingill, Moses Pettingill, Samuel Phelps, Thomas Powell, Abel Prince, David Ramsay, Ebenezer Ray, James Ray, William Read, Peter Robertson, Samuel Robertson, Joseph Rollings, Alexander Runnels, Benjamin Sawyer, Josiah Sawyer, Nourse Sawyer, Robert Srammell, Thomas Scott, William Shaddock, Samuel Shepard, Andrew Shannon, James Simpson, Jonathan Small, William Small, Jr., Benjamin Smith, Daniel Smith, Isaac Smith, Jacob Stanly, Samuel Stanley, Benjamin Stearns, Isaac Stearns, John Stearns, Jotham Stearns, Sammel Stearns, Bimsley Stevens, Thomas Stevens, Allen Stew- art, John Stewart, Samuel Stewart, Simpson Stewart, William Stewart, Asa Swinnerton, John Taggart, Benjamin Taylor, Benjamin Taylor, 2d, John Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, Ilugh Thornton, William Talbert,

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AMHERST.

Archelans Towne, Archelans Towne, Jr., Bartholomew Towne, Jonathan Towne, Richard Towne, Rufus Trask, Henry Trivett, David Truel, Jr., Benjamin Tuck, William Tuck, Nathan Tuttle, Thomas Underwood, Aaron Upton, Eleazer Usher, Ebenezer Wakefield, Joseph Wakefield' Peter Wakefield, William Wakefield, John Wallace, Joseph Wallace, Daniel Warner, Solomon Washer, Stephen Washer, Daniel Weare, Daniel Weston, Isaac Weston, Sutheriek Weston, Reuben Wheeler, John Wiley, Andrew Wilkins, Asa Wilkins, Daniel Wilkins, Jr., Daniel Wilkins, (3d), Eli Wilkins, Jonathan Wilkins, Robert B. Wilkins, Sylvester Wilkins, William Henry Wilkins, Ebenezer Williams, Samuel Williams, George Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Lemuel Winchester, Jesse Woodbury, Levi Woodbury, Eben Wineol Wright, Isaac Wright.

SOLDIERS FROM AMHERST WHO DIED IN THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE.

Lieutenant Joseph Bradford, at Medford, July, 1775.

Peter Brewer, killed in battle at Saratoga, October 7, 1777. Primus Chandler, killed by the Indians, May, 1776. James Clark, at Mount Independence, July, 1776. Jonathan Cochran, (came home sick) died at home, March 24, 1778. Robert Cochran, died of disease, time and place not known. John Cole, killed in battle at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Ezekiel Davis, in Central New York, June 16, 1779. Joseph Davis, killed by the Indians in New York, August 13, 1779. Benjamin Dike, killed in battle at Saratoga, October 7, 1777. John Door, killed in battle at Saratoga, October 7, 1777.

Richard Goodman, at Yellow Springs, Pa., June 27, 1778.

Calvin Honey, place not known, December 15, 1781. William Jones, at Crown Point, July, 1776. Jeremiah Lamson, at Fort George, N. Y., August, 1776. Asa Lewis, killed in battle at Bennington, August 16, 1777. James MeGraw, killed in battle at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. David Ramsey (brought home sick), died December 2, 1775. Nourse Sawyer, at Crown Point, July, 1776.

William Shaddock, place not known, died June 30, 1777. Isane Stearns, at Crown Point, July, 1776. Captain Benjamin Taylor, at Medford, Mass., February, 1776. Captain Archelaus Towne, at Fishkill, N. Y., November, 1779. Jonathan Towne, at Crown Point, July, 1776.

William Tuck, died of disease, time and place not known. Aaron Upton, at Worcester, Mass., December, 1776. Daniel Weare, at Crown Point, July, 1776.

Captain Daniel Wilkins, Jr., at Crown Point, July, 1776. Sylvester Wilkins, at Easton, Pa., September 20, 1779.

William Henry Wilkins, at Yellow Springs, Pa., June 22, 1778. Levi Woodbury, a prisoner of war in England ; date not known. Eben Wineol Wright, at Winter Hill, November, 1775.

War of 1812 .- The record of the enlistments in the regular army for the War of 1812 are in the possession of the War Department, at Washington, and not accessible to the public. The names of some who en- listed from Amherst are, however, remembered.

Captain Turner Crooker, at that time a resident in this town, opened a recruiting-office on the Plain September, 1812. He was then a captain of the Ninth Regiment United States Infantry. After the close of the war he was retained on the peace establishment, with the brevet rank of major.

John Dodge, Jr., enlisted and returned at the close of his term of service. He afterward removed to Ver- mont.

John Dutton enlisted and served on the northern frontier.

Samuel Dutton served on the northern frontier.

Timothy Dutton also served on the northern frontier. He died at French's Mills in 1813.

David Hartshorn served one year on the northern frontier.

Joseph Hartshorn served one year in Vermont and

New York, in the Twenty-ninth Infantry. He died June 27, 1884, the last survivor, so far as known, of the Amherst men who served in the War of 1812.

Joseph Low was second lieutenant in the First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. On the re- organization of the regiment he was appointed pay- master of the Forty-fifth Regiment United States Volunteers.

Peter Melendy enlisted in 1813, served a short time in Northern Vermont as lieutenant in a regiment of infantry. This commission he resigned, and was shortly after appointed a lieutenant in the artillery service, and ordered to Fort Constitution, where he remained until near the time of his death, May 15, 1823.

Jacob Pike had enlisted in 1809, and served through the war.

John Purple served through the war as a drummer. Robert Purple, his brother, enlisted and died in the service.

John Stewart and his son, John Stewart, Jr., also enlisted. The latter served as a drummer-boy.

John Warner was sergeant in a company of infantry, and died at Sackett's Harbor in 1814. He was son of Colonel Daniel Warner.

Others doubtless enlisted in the regular army, of whom we have at present no account.

At a meeting, October 11, 1814, the town voted to raise two hundred dollars to be appropriated for ammunition for the militia and other inhabitants of the town of Amherst, and the selectmen were consti- tuted a committee to purchase the same.

September 7, 1814, detachments from twenty-three regiments of the State militia were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to march for the defense of Portsmouth, then threatened with an attack from a British fleet, cruising near by, and on the 9th they were ordered to march. The quota furnished by the town of Amherst was a part of the regiment com- manded by Colonel Nat Fisk, of Westmoreland, and consisted of

Josiah Converse, captain ; Samuel Leonard, Luther Elliott, sergeants ; Stephen B. French, Joseph Hartshorn, corporals; David Elliott, David Fisk (3d), Daniel Gilman, Jonathan Howard, Benjamin Jewell, Jr., John M. Kuhn, Samuel M. Livingston, Benjamin Peak, Jr., privates.

They were mustered into service September 16, 1814, and served three months.

Another detachment of the militia was drafted for the defense of Portsmouth, which was mustered in September 27, 1814, and served sixty days. The following soldiers from Amherst served in Colonel Steel's regiment, in the company commanded by Captain James T. Treavitt, of Mont Vernon :

Robert Read, lieutenant ; Leonard T. Nichols, Samuel Stevens, ser- geants ; John Annis, Samuel Converse, Jr., Israel Farnum, James Il. Grater, Timothy Hartshorn, Mansfield King, privates.

About fifty citizens of the town, who were exempted from the performance of military duty by the militia law, met at the house of Captain Theophilus Page,

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HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

October 10, 1814, and formed a company of Home Guards. The officers of this organization were Jedediah K. Smith, captain ; Timothy Danforth, first lieutenant ; John Secombe, second lieutenant.

A committee was chosen at this meeting to draft regulations for the government of the company, who reported at a subsequent meeting, and the company met several times for drill. The close of the war, shortly after, obviated the necessity for the continu- ance of the organization, and the company was disbanded.

The Civil War, 1861-1865 .- The first war-meet- ing in Amherst was held April 22, 1861.

Barnabas B. David was called to the chair, and upon taking it announced the object of the meeting, and pledged his all in support of the national cause.

A finance committee was appointed to secure and disburse contributions for the support of the families of those who volunteered to fight the battles of the country, and it was voted to raise the pay of the volunteers from Amherst to eighteen dollars per month, and furnish each one with a Colt's revolver.

Fourteen young men came forward and offered their services as soldiers.

A Home Guard was formed, which met for some time for the purpose of drill.

The Amherst Soldiers' Aid and Home Relief So- ciety was organized in 1861, and closed its work in November, 1865. During its existence money to the amount of $817.90 had been collected for the use of the society, and articles distributed to the amount of $1286.35, the excess being in labor, wearing apparel and other articles contributed.

Names of soldiers who were furnished with revolvers:

Jesse Barrel. Taylor W. Blunt, Rodney Burdick, Frank Chickering, James B. David, John M. Fox, George W. George, George P. Griswold, Newton T. Hartshorn, Henry 11. Manning, Reuel G. Manning, Alfred 1. Moore, Henry S. Ober, Daniel A Peabody, Charles HI. Phelps, George W. Russell, William W. Sawtelle, George Vose.

Military expenses of the town during the Civil War, as reported by the selectmen ;

Prior to March, 1862 .

$1,263.05

From March, 1862, lo March, 1863

12,090.72

1x63, 4

1861

13,505.50

INit, "

1865

21,866.20

46 1865, 44 66 IS6G 1,362.23

$50,087.70

A large portion of the above was repaid by the State and United States.

March 10, 1868, the selectmen were authorized to expend a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars in building a soldiers' monument.

May 30, 1869, the selectmen appointed Harrison Eaton a committee on the construction of a soldiers' monument.

August 9, 1870, J. Byron Fay, Edward D. Boylston and Charles Richardson were appointed a committee to ascertain the cost of a suitable monument to com- memorate the soldiers from Amherst who lost their lives in the Civil War.

March 14, 1871, Harrison Eaton, J. Byron Fay and John F. Whiting were appointed a committee to locate and erect a soldiers' monument, and the style or character of the monument, and the time of erect- ing it, was left to their discretion.

It was voted to appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars, in addition to the sum left by the late Aaron Lawrence, Esq., toward its erection.

The granite base of the soldiers' monument on the Plain was quarried from a bowlder found on land owned by Levi J. Secomb, Esq. The bronze figure of a soldier was placed upon it December 9, 1871.

At the same time the bronze tablet, bearing the following inscription, was inserted :

"IN HONOR OF OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

1861-1865.

William W. Sawtelle, 2d Reg't.

James Blanchard,

10th Reg't.

James W. Patterson,

Samuel Corliss,

Fifield HI. Messer,

George B. Sloan,

Henry S. Ober, 4tlı

Eli S. Gutterson,

Thomas L. Gilpatrick,

Robert Gray,

Charles 11. Phelps, 5th

George A. Pedrick,

Jolın L. Kendall,

Jolın N. Mace,

Charles A. Damon,

Charles S. Parkhurst,

William Few, 7th

Lyman B. Sawtelle, 66

Edwin Benden, 8th

Martin P. Weston, 1st Reg't

Joseph F. Johnson, N. H. Heavy Artillery.

Albert Noyes, 66

Frank 11. Holt, 47th Penn.

Charles A. B. Hall,

9th

ERECTED 1871

BY THE TOWN OF AMHERST,

ASSISTED BY A LEGACY

FROM

AARON LAWRENCE, ESQ."

A meeting was held May 31, 1872, "to see if the town would vote to dedicate the Soldiers' Monument," but the article in the warrant for that purpose was dismissed, forty-seven to forty-two. At another meeting, held June 17, 1872, the town voted "to ded- icate the Soldiers' Monument," but no steps have been taken to carry the vote into effect, and the monu- ment has never been formally dedicated.

George A. McCluer,

Edward Vose,

The war was brought to a close by a treaty signed At an adjourned meeting, held September 6, 1870, the committee reported in favor of erecting a monu- ment similar to the one recently erected in Peter- at Ghent by the representatives of the contending powers, December 23, 1814. Before the news of its conclusion had reached this country, the battle of New : borough, the cost of which they estimated at four Orleans was fought, January 8, 1815, where the lesson thousand dollars. The report was accepted, but action upon its recommendation was postponed until the next annual meeting. taught the British regulars, nearly fifty years before by the descendants of the Massachusetts Puritans and Scotch-Irish settlers of Londonderry, from the fort and behind the rail-fence on Bunker Hill, was repeated by the Kentucky riflemen from behind the cotton-bales on the field of Chalmette.

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AMHERST.

Soldiers and Sailors from Amherst in the Civil War, 1861-65. - Three months' men that went to Portsmouth in Captain Gillis' company, April, 1861 :

Jesse Barrett, Taylor W. Blunt, Rodney W. Burdick, Joseph F. Cady, Frank Chickering, James B. David, John M. Fox, George W. George, George P. Griswold, Reuel G. Manning, Alfred L. Moore, George W. Russell, William W. Sawtelle.

Of the above, those who declined to enlist for three years returned home July 13, 1861, having received a discharge.

THREE YEARS' MEN.

Second Regiment .- John M. Fox, Fifield II. Messer, William W. Saw- telle.

Third Regiment .- Rodney W. Burdick, George W. Parkhurst, James Ryan.

Fourth Regiment .- Charles F. Crooker, Albert Fletcher, Thomas L. Gilpatrick, John G. Lovejoy, Henry Il. Manning, Samuel H. Ober, George W. Osgood, William D. Stearns, George H. Upton.

Fifth Regiment .- John Boodro, James B. David, Edson Davis, Charles A. Damon, Joseph B. Fay, George W. George, Charles E. Hapgood, John L. Kendall, Henry A. Nichols, Daniel A. Peabody, Charles HI. Phelps, Lyman B. Sawtelle, Edward Vose, George Vose, Frederick A. Wilson. Serenth Regiment .- Josiah Colburn.

Eighth Regiment .- Jesse Barrett, Edwin Benden, James L. Hardy, Joseph A. Johnson, Albert Noyes.

Ninth Regiment .- Robert E. Benden, Charles A. Hale, Bartholomew Ryan.

Tenth Regiment .- George F. Aiken, Albert S. Austin, James Blanchard, Thomas Broderick, Joseph A. Brown, Lawrence Cooley, Samuel W. Cor- liss, George E. Crooker, Jeremiah Crowley, Thomas Doyle, Robert Gray, Eli S. Gutterson, Charles F. Hall, Robert Harrison, George E. Heath, Peter Levin, George A. Mcclure, John N. Mace, Thomas O'Connell, Charles N. Parkhurst, James W. Patterson, George 1. Pedrick, John D. Pedrick, James A. Philbrick, George W. Russell, John Shea, Joshua A. Skinner, James R. Stearns, George B. Sloan, Horace Lawrence, Charles C. Twiss.

Heavy Artillery .- Albert E. Boutell, Charles E. Flint, Edwin R. Roundy, William F. Russell, Charles H. Shepard, Nathan T. Taylor, William E. Wallace, Martin P. Weston.

New Hampshire Battery .- Edmund E. Bullard, Richard Mahar, Bryant H. Melendy.

Sharpshooters .- Charles Upton.

In Massachusetts Regiments .- Charles Ilastings, Joseph Pettengill, Warren S. Russell.

Twenty-Sirth New York Regiment .- Michael Welsh.

Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment .- Frank H. Holt.

United States Engineers .- Newton T. Hartshorn.

United States Navy .- John H. Clark, Henry A Fletcher, Charles Champney, Nelson D. Gould, Patrick Moran, George N. Wheeler.

Re-enlisted after Three Years' Service .- Edward E. Benden, Rodney W. Burdick, John G. Lovejoy, Albert Noyes, James Ryan, George II. Upton, George W. Upton.

Post Band at Hilton Head .- Warren S. Russell, David F. Thompson.

The following citizens of Amherst furnished sub- stitutes :

HIollis E. Abbott, Noah P. Batchelder, Henry R. Bontell, James C. Boutell, Luther Coggin, Jr., Perley W. Dodge, John Fletelier, Butler P. Flint, Charles E. Grater, John Hadlock, Joseph F HIanson, Reuben W Harradon, Frank llartshorn, Asa Jaquith, Jr., Ebenezer Jaquith Andrew L. Kidder, Charles II. Kinson, Stephen McGaffey, William Melendy, George W. Parker, Henry M. Parker, James S. Parkhurst, Solomon Prince, Albert A. Roteh, George J. Savage, Andrew F. Sawyer, Chester Shipley, Daniel C. Shirley, Daniel W. Trow, Joseph P. Trow, George W. Upham, John F. Whiting, Samuel Wilkins.

Names of substitutes, so far as ascertained :

Charles Baursturn, Pierre Boylean, William Brown, John Caten, Fra Clark, George Farley, John Fox, George Fray, Charles Groht, John Harris, Benjamin F. Hinds, Edward Hogan, Thomas Jones, Alexander Miller, iliram F. Morton, James O'Brien, Daniel O'Neill, Christian Pet- erson, Charles A. Rogers, Owen L. Rouse, Edward Rupel, William Thompson, Louis Walter, Joseph Wright.

Of the above substitutes, nine are reported as hav-

ing deserted, one was killed at Cold Harbor and two were wounded.

CHAPTER III.

AMHERST-( Continued).

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

Congregational Church-The First Baptist Church-The Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Congregational Church .- The Congregational Church in Souhegan West was organized September 22, 1741, and consisted of Daniel Wilkins, the pastor- elect, Samuel Leman, Israel Towne, Samuel Lamson. Caleb Stiles and Humphrey Hobbs.

On the following day Mr. Wilkins was ordained and installed as its pastor. Immediately after the ordination services six females were admitted to church mem- bership.

The church was the third formed in Hillsborough County, that in Nashna, organized in 1685, and that in Nottingham West (now Hudson), formed in 1737, only preceding it.

Humphrey Hobbs was elected deacon January 6, 1742-43, but resigned the following year to enter the military service in the war then in progress against the French and Indians, and James Cochran was elected to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation.

The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was usually administered five times in each year.

The first baptism of which we have any record was that of Deborah, daughter of William and Sarah Lancy, in September, 1743.

After a ministry of thirty-four years, Mr. Wilkins' faculties, physical and mental, failed, and the town made preparations for settling a colleague. After two or more ineffectual attempts with other parties, Mr. Jeremiah Barnard was invited to become colleague pastor with Mr. Wilkins. He accepted the invitation, and was ordained and installed March 3, 1780, and continued as pastor until his death, January 15, 1835.

The following bill, presented for the entertainment of the members of the council that installed Mr. Barnard, gives us some insight into the customs of the times and the habits of the "venerable " fathers who were "entertained " :

" The Town of Amherst to Jonathan Smith, Dr. " For keeping the Council at the Ordination of € s. d.

Rev. Mr. Barnard, in currency . 1323 5 0

In silver,

To 89 dinners, at is. 1

56 suppers, at Sd.

84 breakfasts, at 9d.

43 lodgings, at Ad. . 0

1-1

7.11/2 mugs flip and toddy, at 10d. 3

38 drams, at 2122. 0

L-

17 cakes, at 7d. 9

6 lbs. cheese, at 6d. . 0 3

54 horses, 21 h'rs, at ls. each 2 14 0

13 horses baited, at Id. each 0 4 4

£17 S II "

16 nings syder, at 3d.

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HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Neither Mr. Wilkins nor Mr. Barnard left much account of the proceedings of the church, during their pastorates, and the little left is now mislaid or lost.

Mr. Barnard's health having failed propositions were made to him by the town for the settlement of a colleague to share the labors of the ministry with him. To these he returned a favorable answer, and, after hearing a candidate several Sabbaths, the church, at a meeting held January 13, 1816, voted unanimously that Mr. Nathan Lord be invited to settle in the work of the ministry and take the over- sight of this church and congregation, as colleague pastor with Rev. Jeremiah Barnard.

" Vited, that Rev. Mr. Barnard furnish Mr. Lord with a copy of the above vole."

Robert Means, Esq., William Fisk, Esq., and Dr. Matthias Spalding were appointed a committee to wait upon the selectmen of the town, acquaint them with the proceedings of the church and request them to call a meeting of the town to see whether the town will concur with the church in the settlement of Mr. Lord in the work of the ministry, as above proposed, and what salary they will offer him for his support.

The town having concurred with the church in giving Mr. Lord an invitation to settle in the min- istry in this place, and made satisfactory provision for his support, he signified his acceptance of the call and was ordained.

Mr. Lord's ministry continued until November 22, 1828, on which day his connection with the town and church was dissolved. He had been suffering for a long time from the effects of a violent cold, which had, at times, prevented him from preaching and even speaking aloud. Being advised by physicians that his recovery was doubtful, he accepted the presidency of Dartmouth College, which was offered him in August, 1828. He died September 9, 1870.

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History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Part 57

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis Number of Pages: 1168

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1168