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WATSON FAMILY.
William Watson was the son of Benjamin, who settled in the north-east part of Nottingham, and was a Calvin Baptist clergyman ; he was of medium stature, a strong, muscular man ; had several children.
William, one of his sons, settled near the Center, and married Elsie, daughter of Col. Cutting Cilley. Their children were : Betsey, born June, 1789 ; Sewell, born July 19, 1791 ; Elsie, born May 14, 1793 ; William, born Decem- ber 1, 1798 ; Hannah, born January 30, 1800 ; Sally, born March 11, 1802; and Martha M., born October 30, 1809.
Betsey married Henry Dow of Northwood, the sketch of whose family may be consulted. Sewell married Mary Baizin for his first wife, and, for his second, Lydia Daniels,
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whose children are Frank, Sewell, Albert, and Lydia Ann ; and this Frank is a merchant at Nottingham Center ; he married Jane, daughter of Frank Harvey, and they have three children.
Elsie married John Godfrey of Epsom, who died in Northwood ; she died, December 25, 1857, leaving two daughters, Mary, who became the wife of David Ricker of Manchester, and died, leaving a son and a daughter ; and Sarah, who married James P. Godfrey, now living in North Reading, Mass., having one son, Walter James.
William married Lydia Small of Northwood, lived in Nottingham, and died October, 1873, leaving three children : David, who married, and died ; Mary, who married Stephen Tuttle, and lives in Portsmouth, having children.
Martha married Albert Burnham of Epping, who was in in the war of the Rebellion, and died recently in Epping.
Hannah married David Ela of Nottingham, moved to Newmarket, and was killed in blasting a ledge when the Newmarket mills were being erected ; he left two daughters, Alice, who married David Ricker of Manchester, and Mary, who married an Eastman.
Sally died unmarried. Martha died July 29, 1876, in Nottingham, unmarried.
WINSLOW FAMILY.
Benjamin Winslow's father was killed in Kingston by the Indians. Benjamin came from Kingston to Nottingham prior to the Revolutionary war. He had a brother, Jona- than, who settled in Epping about 1760 ; another, Ephraim, who settled in Loudon ; and another, Samuel, who settled in Deerfield on what was known as the Meloon Hill, his family removing to Ohio. Benjamin's children were : (1) Elisha, who married Lydia Winslow, his cousin, and they had seven children, three sons and four daughters; viz., Hannah, who married James Young of Deerfield, and is still living ; Mary, unmarried; Josiah, who married Ruth
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Tucker of Pittsfield ; Colcord, who married Miriam Harvey, now living ; Rosaile and Asenath, twins, the latter dying young, and the former married, first, Eben Harvey, and, afterwards, James Wiggin of Epsom; Ephraim, who mar- ried Mary Tucker of Pittsfield, and died in Northwood ; (2) Abiah, daughter of Benjamin Winslow, married E. Brown of Loudon, having two daughters and one son ; (3) Mary, who died unmarried.
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
J ONATHAN RAWSON, a native of Massachusetts, com- menced practice in 178-, removed to Dover, died 1794, aged thirty-six.
Jonathan Steele, a native of Peterborough, practiced law for a while in Nottingham ; his wife was a daughter of Gen. Sullivan ; was appointed judge of the superior court of judi- cature in 1810, and served until 1812.
Thomas Bartlett was appointed a judge of the court of common pleas, a county court, in 1790, and continued until 1805.
Bradbury Bartlett was appointed judge of the court of common pleas, 1832. He was son of Judge Thomas Bart- lett.
James H. Butler was appointed to the same office, 18 -.
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PHYSICIANS.
SAMUEL SHEPARD seems to have practiced for a number of years. He became very unpopular during the Revolutionary struggle, by teaching that it was wrong to resist the British crown by force, and mostly withdrew from Nottingham and nestled in Brentwood, where he served as pastor of a Baptist Church, having been licensed to preach by that denomination.
Henry Dearborn, a young man, established himself in Nottingham, to the great satisfaction of the people ; but his patriotism drew him into the field of strife.
Other men have, at different times, for a little while, taken up their abode here; but so short was their stay, and so little is known of them, that they require no particular notice here.
Nottingham has distributed her patronage to the physi- cians of neighboring towns, instead of supporting one. Charles P. Downs has been here for a few years, but, be- cause of impaired health, has declined most calls ; while G. A. Grace serves as a dentist.
HISTORY OF DEERFIELD.
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CHAPTER I.
Nottingham consents to set off. - Petition for a legal Separation. - Second Vote to set off. - Batchelder's Deer. - Gov. Wentworth. - Origin of the Name of Deer- field. - Second Petition. - Incorporation.
T HE tract of land now known as Deerfield was, for many years, a part of Nottingham, being included in the charter given in 1722. A glance at the map of the two towns of Nottingham and Deerfield will show that the centers were some ten miles apart. As early as 1750, com- plaints arose of neglect of this part of Nottingham, in respect to educational and religious advantages. The town, at its annual meeting in 1750, voted to set off what is now Deerfield as a new parish, deeming itself a sort of province, as it was frequently denominated, and yielding somewhat to the demands of those inhabiting that part of the town. But this served only to quiet the discontent for a season. Jealousies sprung up afresh, and, under excitement, efforts were made to effect a legal separation from the mother parish. The following petition was presented to Gov. Wentworth in 1756, though the object was not gained. Opposition was made to it by the town, on the ground that the families in the " South West Parish " were not many, and that they were not entitled to a separate organization, neither by numbers nor wealth. The petition, however, shows the spirit of the people.
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PETITION.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
PROVINCE OF To his Excellency Bening Wentworth, Esq', Governor in Chief in and over the Province aforesaid (in Counsel).
The Petition of the Inhabitance and freeholders of the Sow west part of Nottingham Humbly Sheweth that Your Petitioners wear set of by a vote of the Town of Nottingham as a Parish in the year 1750 at their annual Meeting and were Bounded as followeth Viz. Begin- ning at a Certain tree between the fifth and sixth Ranges in third Division of Lotts in Sd Town Nº 21 at the Lower end of Said Ranges then Running S. West to Chester Line being about five Miles, thence Running on Sd Chester Line West North west to a Pitch Pine tree which is the south westerly Corner of Nottingham, thence Running North East and by North on the Head of Nottingham about five Miles to the Line Between the fifth and sixth Range, then Running East South East on Sd Line to the Bounds first mentioned : The aforesaid tract of Land being about six Miles square was voted of as a Parish to the inhabitance and freeholders of Said Land with all Previledges belong- ing to a Parish as much as in them Lyes.
And in March 1751 Their was money Raised on all the inhebitence of Nottingham Except the Church men and it was then Voted that what was paid by those men that Lived in the South West Parish (so calld) should be expended in supporting a minister to Preach the Gos- pel among them.
Now in March 1752 at the annual meeting there was a Large sum of Money Raisd and your Petitioners were to have the money that was paid by your Petitioners to be expended among us : And money hath been raised Yearly ever since and we have Received nothing for our money Except one Days Preaching and about three weeks schooling for six years, for Your Petitioners not being incorporated into a Parish only by the Votes of the Town were not able to chuse any Parish offi- cers to Receive the money and to lay it out altho the Town are willing we should have it as soon as we are incorporated and as Preaching the Gospel and teaching the Children are matters of Great importance to all his Majesties Good Subjects and for many other Reasons which You in Your wisdom are sensible of that will forward the Settling and Promote Good order in a Place. We Your Petitioners Earnestly Pray You would be pleasd to incorporate Us and grant Us Parish Priviledges. NOTTINGHAM Febry 23d 1756.
Jonathan Longfellow. Nathaniel Batchelder. Thomas Brown. Levi Dearborn. Nathaniel Batchelder, jr. Ephraim Pettingell.
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Isaac Mason. John Batchelder. Nathª Healey, jr.
Daniel Kelley.
Nathan Tilton.
Daniel Marston.
Reuben Masteen.
David Tilton.
Jeremiah Dearborn.
Theophilus Griffin.
Timothy Sanborn.
Steven Batchelder.
Green Longfellow.
Coffin Sanborn.
Benjm Batchelder.
Eliphelet Grifeen.
Samuel Page.
Abraham Drake.
Isaac Shepherd.
Failing to obtain an act of incorporation, they resolved to abide their time, as it was clearly seen by all parties that it was simply a question of time. Those whose center was the Square, foresaw what shortly would be the result, and, in a spirit of magnanimity, bade them depart in peace, voting, at a legal meeting on the third Thursday of April, 1765, to set off the south-west portion of the town as a separate parish, and defining the boundaries thereof. Acting upon this, the following petition was laid before the Governor and General Assembly, couched in respectful terms, and giving rational reasons for a separate organization. While this petition was pending, as tradition has it, a Mr. Batch- elder killed a large, fat deer, and presented it to Gov. Went- worth, with which his Excellency was highly pleased, and was thereby disposed to favor the act of incorporation. and suggested the name of " Deer-field," as that by which this township should be known.
To His Excellency Bening Wentworth Esq" Captain, General Govern- our Commander and Chief in and over His Majestys province of New Hampshire And Vice Admiral of the Same.
The Honorable His Majestys Counsil and House of Representatives for Sd Province Convened -
The Humble petition of us the Subscribers being Freeholders and Inhabitants of the South West Parish in Nottingham (So calld) Hum- bly Shews
That Whereas Your petitioners Lives many of them to the Distance of eight and Some ten miles from the Meeting house which makes it verry Difficult for us or our families to attend the publick worship of God att that place and as Your petitioners apprehend their Number is equal or above Many Parishes that have been Sett off in this province we therefore Humbly pray that You would please to Sett us off A Dis-
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tinct Parish invested with all the Priviledges of other parishes within this province according to the followin boundaries (which boundaries is Agreeable to A Vote of the Town of Nottingham Held att the Meet- ing House in Sd Nottingham on the third thursday of april 1765) Viz beginning att the bounds between the 9th and 10th Lotts in the first Range of the 3ª Division and to Extend to the head Line of Notting- ham Joining to Allenstown (So Calld) then to begin att the bounds between the 21st and 22d Lotts in the Second Range and to Extend to the Sd head Line, and Likewise including the whole of the 3d 4th 5th and Sixth, Ranges of the Sd 3ª Division, with all the Lands on the westerly side of pleasant pond including the whole of the farms in the 7th & 8th Range that Joins to the road that Leads from Nottingham Meetting House to Epsom Line. Also the whole of the Hundred Acre Lotts in Bow Street on the Southwesterly Side including Josiah Sawyers Lott being the original Lott of Archbald Macfadrix from thence to the head of Sd bow Street. Your Petitioners therefore Hum- bly prays that in Your Great Wisdom and Goodness you would please to take this our prayer under your wise Consideration, and act on it as you may think proper and Your petetioners as in Dutybound Shall Ever pray &c.
NOTTINGHAM June ye 17th 1765.
Sam" Leavitt.
Sam" Leavit Jun".
Daniel West.
Obadiah Marston.
Samuel Marston.
Benjamin hilyard.
Thos Simpson.
Reuben Brown.
Benjamin Beachelder.
Eliphelet Griffeen.
Nathan Griffeen.
israel Clifford.
Abraham True.
Reuben Marston.
John Robinson.
Isaac Shepard.
Theophilus Griffin JunT. Joseph Roberd.
Samuel Tilton.
Samuel Winslow.
Joshua Young.
Peter Batchelder.
Nathaniel Meloon.
Jeremiah Glidden.
Robert Cram.
Benjamin Page.
Joseph pidkins.
Patten Simpson.
Daniel Page.
Richard Gliden.
Nathaniel Batchelder,jr. Samuel Perkins.
Andrew Glidden.
Thomas Brown.
Josiah Chase.
John Young.
John Batchelder.
Moses Chase.
Jonathan Glidden.
Moses Thomson.
John Gile.
Jonathan Hill.
Sam" Hoyt. Peter Leavitt.
nemiah cram.
Daniel Lad.
Ephraim Pettingell.
Joseph Graves. Jedediah Prescutt.
John Lad. Nathaniel Smith.
Eliphelet Marston.
David Batchelder.
Benjamin Folsom,
Theº Griffin.
Moss Thirston.
Reuben Marston.
Josiah Prescutt. Samuel pulsfer.
Jeremiah Foslom.
Benjamin Cotton.
Josiah Sanbon.
Moses Clough.
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Josiah Smith. Thomas Robie.
Increse Batcheler.
Samuel Elkins.
William Sanbon.
Benjamin Batchelder.
Jude Allen.
Joseph Mason.
nathan Batcheler.
Josiah Sawyer.
Samuel kelley.
Jeremiah Easman.
Samuel marston.
Wadleigh cram.
Owen Runnels.
IN COUNCIL, June 28, 1765.
Read & Ordered to be sent down to the Honble Assembly.
T. ATKINSON, Jun', Sec.
PROVINCE OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, June 28, 1765.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. $
This Petition being Read,
Voted That they be heard thereon the Second Day of the Sitting of the General assembly after the first Day of Sept. Next That they Give Notice of the substance of the Petition in the Public News Papers of the Government three weeks Successively and that any Person or Per- sons may appear against the Prayer thereof that are so disposed.
H. SHERBUONE, Speaker.
IN COUNCIL CONVENED.
Read and Concurred.
T. ATKINSON, Jun., Sectry.
PROVINCE OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov 22d 1765.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. S
The Petitioners being heard on the within Petition and no Person appearing to make objections and the Prayer of said Petition appear- ing to be reasonable,
Voted That the Prayer of Said Petition be Granted and that the Petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly.
M. WEARE, CF.
IN COUNCIL, Nov. 22ª 1765.
The above Vote read & concurr'd.
T. ATKINSON, Jun., Sectry.
John cram. John mason.
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The act of incorporation bears date January 8, 1766.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
Anno Regni Regis Georgii Tertii Magna Brittannia, Franceæ, aud Heberniæ, Sexto.
An Act for erecting and Incorporating a New Parish in the South Westerly part of the town of Notingham in this Province.
Whereas a Petition has been Exhibited to the General Assembly by a Number of the Inhabitants of Notingham afore Said, Setting forth that many of the petitioners Lived att the Distance of Eight or ten miles from the Meeting house which rendered it very Difficult for them and their Families to attend the publick worship of God there and that they were Sufficient in Number to make a New Parish and the town has Consented thereto of which due Notice having been Given and No Objection made and the Petitioners praying to be In- corporated by the bounds and Limits agreed to by the town, -
It is therefore Enacted by the Governor aud Assembly that there be and hereby is a new Parish Erected and Incorporated in the Said Town of Notingham by the following boundaries, Viz. Begining att the bounds between the ninth and tenth Lotts in the first Range and to Extend to the head Line in Sd Notingham. Then to begin att the Bounds between the Twenty first and twenty Second Lotts in the Second Range and to Extend to the Sd Head Line in Notinghamn and likewise to include the whole of the Third fourth fifth and Sixth Ranges of the Third Division in Said Notingham with the Lands and Settlers on the Westerly Side of Pleasant Pond So far as the Road Extends to Epsom line including all the Farms and Settlers on Said Epsom Road to the head line of Notingham Afore Said Also the whole of the Hundred acre Lotts in Bow Street (So Called) on the South- westerly Side of Said Street including Josiah Sawyer's Lott being Originally the Lott of Archabald M'acfaderis to the head of Bow Street And all the Inhabitants dwelling or that Shall dwell within that Said Boundaries and their Estates are hereby made a Parish by the name of Deerfield and Erected into a Body Politic and Corporate to have Continuance and Succession forever and hereby Invested with all the Powers and Enfranchised with all the Priviledges of any other Parish in this province and are Chargeable with the Duty of Maintain- ing the poor that do or Shall Inhabit within Said Parish repairing all Highways within the Same and Maintaining and Supporting the Min- istry and Preaching the Gospel with full Powers to Manage and tran- sact all Parochial affairs as fully to all Intents and Purposes as any Parish in Sd Province may Legally do and the Said Inhabitants are
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hereby Exonerated from. paying any Taxas that Shall hereafter be assessed in the Said Town with Regard to the Support of the Matters and things afore said but shall Continue to pay their Province Tax in the Same Manner as before the Passing of this act until a New Pro- portion thereof Shall be made amongst the Several Towns and Parishes within the Same -
And Samuel Leavit Gent" is hereby appointed and Authorised to Call the first meeting of Said Inhabitants Giving fourteen Days Pub- lick Notice of the time Place and Design of the Meeting And they the Said Inhabitants att Such Meeting are Authorised to Chuse all neces- sary Parish officers as att the anual Meeting is done in other Parishes and Such officers shall hereby be invested with the Same Powers of other Parish officers in this Province and the anual Meeting of Said Parishoners Shall be att all times hereafter on the third Tuesday of March forever.
PROVINCE OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Jan' 7th, 1766.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The foregoing Bill having been three times read Voted that it pass to be Enacted.
PETER GILMAN, Speaker Pro Tempore.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN COUNCIL, Jan'y 8th, 1766.
The foregoing bill read a Third time and Passed to be Enacted.
T. ATKINSON, Jur, Secratary.
Consented to.
B. WENTWORTH.
True Coppy.
Attest :
T. ATKINSON, Jur, Secratary.
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CHAPTER II.
First legal Meeting. - Town Officers. - Committee to locate Meeting-house. - Money voted. - Center to be defined. - Meeting-house. - New Lights. - Re- consideration of Votes. - New Location for Meeting-house. - Another Loca- tion. - Yet Another chosen. - Trouble over.
THE first legal meeting was held at the house of Samuel Leavitt on Thursday, the thirtieth day of January, 1766 ; Wadleigh Cram was chosen moderator ; Thomas Simpson, Esq., parish clerk ; Samuel Leavitt, John Robin- son, Eliphalet Griffin, selectmen ; Benjamin Batchelder, constable ; John Gile, Jacob Longfellow, Daniel Ladd, Obe- diah Marston, and Nathaniel Maloon, surveyors of high- ways; Jonathan Glidden and Samuel Tilton, assessors ; Abram True and Jeremiah Eastman, auditors; Jedediah Prescott, Jeremiah Eastman, Samuel Tilton, Benjamin Folsom, Thomas Burleigh, Capt. Samuel Leavitt, Thomas Simpson, were chosen " a Committee to look out for a Suit- able Place to Sett a meeting house upon and a Return att the next anual Meeting from under the major part of their hands and the Same to be received or Rejected by the Parish as they Shall think proper."
Fifteen pounds lawful money were voted to be " assessed to defray parish charges."
The first annual meeting was held "at the house of Wadleigh Crams," March 18, 1766, when John Robinson was chosen moderator, Thomas Simpson, parish clerk, and the same men for selectmen as last year; Dr. Jonathan Hill and Jeremiah Eastman were chosen auditors.
A new committee was raised for locating the meeting- house. " Voted Jnº Robinson, Abram True, Eliphalet East- man, Samuel Winslow, Nehemiah Cram, be a Committee to Look out a Suitable place for to Sett a meeting house on and Look out where the Roads will best accommodate to Come to Said Meeting house."
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The first money voted to be raised for preaching the gos- pel was fifteen pounds, on the fifteenth day of December, 1766. At the same time it was voted, " That Capt. John Dudley be the Person to Look out for Some Suitable to sup- ply the Parish of Deerfield with Preaching So far as the money above voted shall Extend."
The annual meeting for 1767 was held on the 17th of March, at the house of Capt. Samuel Leavit, when Capt. Jacob Longfellow was chosen moderator ; Thomas Simpson, clerk ; Daniel Ladd, Jonathan Gliddin, Capt. Jacob Long- fellow, selectmen.
At a legal meeting, June 2, 1767, it was voted to raise twenty-five pounds for supporting preaching for the present year, and Lieut. Samuel Tilton was appointed a committee " to agree with a man to preach the Gospel in Sª Parish till the above Sum voted be Expended."
In a warrant for a meeting on the first Monday of March, 1766, there was an article to sce if the parish would choose " a committee of Indifferent men not residing in the Parish of Deerfield to make the Center of the Parish ; " and also another " to build a meeting house of Such a bigness as the Parish Shall think proper and to board and Shingle Sª house and lay the under floor." But these were not favor- ably entertained. And yet in the warrant for a mecting, June 2, 1767, there was an article " To See if the Parish will board and Shingle the Meeting house and Clabboard the Gable ends and Lay the under floors of the Meeting house frame where it now stands and Likewise to Chuse a Committee to accomplish Sª work if voted and Likewise that the Sª work may be Done this Summer and fall ensuing." But when this frame was erected, does not appear. The article, however, was " Passd in the negative."
In 1768, Jedediah Prescott served as moderator, Thomas Simpson, clerk, Jonathan Gliddin, Stephen Gilman, and Thomas Simpson as selectmen. The meeting at which these officers were chosen was followed by another at the
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" house of Henry Tuckers," on the 18th of April, to see if " the Parish will agree on a Plan to Sett a Meeting house on ; and what Bigness will build said house ; to chuse a committee to build the frame of Sª house att the expense of the Parish, but the meaning is that the people of the Parish are to Carry on the building of sª frame in Such materials as is wanted for Said frame." This effort was also unsuc- cessful.
On the 12th of January, 1768, a renewed effort to build a meeting-house was made; and by the " notification " of the meeting it appears that the great obstacle to build- ing, and the cause of division, was a class of persons that had no sympathy with orthodox Congregational preaching, as the following article shows : " 2dly To See if the inhabi- tants will vote that all those persons that are called new- lights which it appear att this meeting that they have bound their Estates to Mr. Eliphalet Smith for his temporal Sup- port or any other Lay teacher (So calld) shall be Exempted from paying and any Charge to any other Minister or for the building a meeting house or any other Denomination, but to be two Distinct Societys in all ministerial affairs."
The town " Voted that the Second article " (the above) " in this warrant be not acted uppon by reason that those persons Calld Newlights did not produce any bond to Shew the Parish that they had bound their Estates to any Lay teachers ; " but did vote to build a house fifty-five feet in length and forty in width. A committee was raised to carry this vote into effect, and one hundred and twenty-five pounds lawful money were voted to be assessed upon the inhabitants for this purpose ; and it was also voted, " that the Meet- ing house be built where the frame now Stands on the 7th Lott in the 4th Range." On the 24th of this same Jan- uary this action was confirmed, and a new committee was appointed, consisting of Thomas Brown, Stephen Gilman, Lieut. Jededialı Prescot, Lieut. Samuel Tilton, Ensign Peter Batchelder, Capt. Jacob Longfellow, and Nathaniel Maloon,
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" to carry on the building a meeting house." At the same time it was voted, that " the Parish are willing that all those persons that are Calld new lights as make it appear att any Legal mecting that they have signed the newlight Plat- form (So calld) Shall be Exempted from paying any other Minister ; " that is, than the one whose ministrations they may constantly and " conscientiously " attend. It was also voted, that " their be a meeting house built on the 12th Lott in the Second Range;" and Josiah Sanborn, Nehemiah Cram, David Batchelder, Simon Marston, Jacob Brown, were appointed a committee to carry this vote into effect. But, at the annual meeting on the third Tuesday of March, 1769, - when Jonathan Glidden was chosen moderator ; Thomas Simpson, clerk; John Robinson, constable ; Simon Marston, Jonathan Glidden, and Thomas Sawyer, select- men ; and William Sanborn, Edward Smith, Deacon Abram True, and Jeremiah Easman, tything-men, - it was voted, "That all the votes wat was Passed the twelfth of January Last and 24th of Febry Last att the house of Mr. Henry Tuckers was Reconsidered and Intirely Disanulled and Re- voked and are of no force no more than if it never had been voted."
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