History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 143

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1714


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This committee reported, June 27, 1727, that after having been upon the land, and having with them certain persons who had agreed to settle, "the land proving to be so extraordinary bad by reason of its being so extremely rocky and stony that none of those present would accept it," and they thought it "impracticable to settle upon it."


Ezek Pitman


Jamey Stautly 30


(lemt Hugh-


Jno Itrew 120


Jos Berry


Colo llunking 910 WRlow Martin 120


Wi Peverly 120


Benja. Lucy


Robert Almary


Gov. Wentworth 720


Saml Snell.


Benja Cross


210


Nathl Mondat


2 0


Robert Pickering


Arch Macphadtis


Jno Bradford


Nebenvab Partridge.


72


Peter Moore.


Thos Wilkinson.


60


Joseph Holmes. 150


Agnis Russell 30


Richd Waldron


Thos Harvey


Thus Wright .. 150)


Robert Wand 96


Widow Nelson & Son.


150


Epum Denurt 360


Thus Beck.


Jacob Lavis ...


Juu Chure bill. GO


72


Jno towel.


84


Jno Savage . 72 240


Bishop 72


73


Thos Bart


96


MichI Kennard 1×0 330


84


Thus Landel?


120


Jno Peverly Jun.


Jethro Farber 72


Jno Cotton ..


Doctor Hoss.


Henry shopet 270 IMI Jne Almary. 120)


Edward Cate 1:0 Richd Waterhouse. 180


Thomas Ayle ..


150 Renten Alluitt.


Capt Wm Colten


Inu Brewster. 150


Thus Packer .. 648 9401


Jamie's Jattrey


Edward Toogood. 14! Samt lowett 108 Alex Denuet. 180 Mathew Nelson. 150


Thos Wahlen ... 150


Hen Sherburn ...


192


t'apt. Hen Sherbarn. 552


Juu Peverly 90


Jno Davis ..


Henry Beck 7.2 Jno Rulwits .. 210


Abraham Barns.


Bruja Cultun.


Benja Miller. 1:0


108


W'm Cotten. 72


Richd Swain ...


Ino Sherburn 120


Jer Calf.


Names.


Acres.


! First lot, 5tb range.


150


Doctor Pike .. 240


Jno Hat


Jno Davis .. 120


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Other meetings followed this at different times, when it was voted, Jan. 29, 1732, " that 100 acres of land out of the town commons be given to each pro- prietor that shall appear in 15 days and give bond with good security to the value of one hundred pounds each, that each of them shail build a house, and perform every other article that the charter obliges a settler to do (within one year), provided the number exceed not forty-two, and the same give in their names to the clark."


It was also voted, Aug. 7, 1732, to give to each set- tler of the forty-two forty-acre lots, one forty-second part of all surplus and undivided lands in town.


It appears that these last liberal offers were suffi- cient to secure the required number of settlers, and the proprietors came in possession of the town. In 1741 the proprietors asked for and received of the General Assembly power to raise and collect rates upon themselves the same as possessed by towns.


"The following is a list of Rates on the Poles and Estates of Township of Barrington in the Province in the year 1742."


(The figures denote shillings and pence.)


Joseph Ellis, 11. Nehemiah Maedaniel, 6.


John Mackmatle, 11.


John Rand, 6.


Robert Macdaniel, 11.


Arthur Caverler, 6.


James Gray, 10.


Thomas Dock, 5.


Sampson Babb, 10 6.


John Leighton, 6 6.


Charles Felker, 10.


Peter Morse, 6 6.


Samuel Frost, Jr., 10 6. Paul Hayes, 10.


Solomon Snell, 6 6. Joshua Frost, 6.


Jonathan Church, 10.


George Gray, 5.


William Howard, 10.


Joshua Fop, 6 6.


Richard Swain, 10.


James Shute, 6.


William Cate, 12.


John Ellis, 6,6.


Richard Babb, 6. Michael Felker, 6. Samuel Fost, 6 6. Richard Knight, 4.


Thomas Ellis, 6.


John Shepard, 6 6.


Samuel Dillay, 9.


Timothy Tibbetts, 4.


Robert Bamford, 5.


Joseph Johnson, 4.


George Grear, 6.


Thomas Johnson, 4.


Charles Bamford, 6.


Richard Ellot, 2.


Robert Macdaniel, 6.


John Waterhouse, 4. Thomas Shippard, 10.


There appears to have been living on the Two-mile Streak in the year 1747 sixteen families and upwards of ninety inhabitants, who petitioned the Provincial Governor and General Assembly for protection against the Indians.


The first town-meeting of the settlers was called by Capt. William Cate, and held at his house, known later as the "Old Garrison," and which was taken down some twelve years ago.


It was called by authority of the General Assembly of the province, authorizing the settlers to organize a town, and was held Ang. 30, 1753. Chose Arthur Daniellson, moderator; Hugh Montgomery, elerk ; William Cate, Sampson Babb, Phederece Maentehen, seleetmen.


At the next annual town-meeting, held March 27, 1854, chose Capt. William Cate and Timothy Emer- son a committee to petition the General Assembly for an act to " subject non-resident proprietors of land to bear part of expense of building meeting-house." Also for authority to lay out roads.


In 1762 the following petition was presented to the General Assembly and granted :


" Petition of Selectmen of Barrington, etc.


"To his Excellency, Benning Wentworth, Esqr, Governor & Com- mander in Chief of his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, &c., &c.


" SIR,-Whereas the town of Barrington has for some years past paid a Considerable Province Tax, and has upwards of 120 Poles in it, which we humbly hope Intitles us to ask the favour That we may Chuse one Assenildy man to Represent said Town in ye General Assembly.


" Therefore pray your Excellency would Vouchsafe to grant the Town of Barrington a Liberty to Chuse such a Representative to appear for us in ye General Assembly of this Province, Which favor we shall soe duty esteent, aud as in Duty Bound ever pray for the Supporter of our Privi- leges.


" PAUL HAYES. " JOHN HAYES. " HEZEKIAH HAYES. " MARK IIUNKING. " FRANCIS WINKLEY, JR.


" JOHN GARLAND, -


" ELEAZER YOUNG, Selectmen."1


" WN. CATE,


At a town-meeting called Feb. 7, 1774, to consider the infringement of the rights of the American colo- nies by the British government, the following reso- lutions were unanimously passed :


1. That liberty is the birthright of every English- man, an essential part of which is a power, vested only in themselves or their representatives, to dispose of their property, and the inhabitants of this town are a part of his British majesties liege subjects, and have a right to all the privileges of such subjects and 1 of Englishmen, so we apprehend we cannot be legally I taxed by any power on earth but what is delegated by ourselves.


2. That the laying a duty on teas by the British Parliament, to be paid upon their being landed here, is an infringement upon the natural rights of Eng- lishmen, and is calculated to carry into execution the plan of despotism adopted by the British ministry, has a direct tendency to subvert our happy Constitu- tion, and to reduce us to a state a little short of Afri- can slavery.


3. That it is the duty of every honest man to exert his utmost ability in opposing every effort of the ene- mies of our liberties to enslave us, that by this means we may be instrumental of transmitting unimpaired (through the ravages of time) our liberties down to the latest posterity.


4. That we will not directly or indirectly pur- chase any of the teas sent here by the East India Company or suffer it to be used in our families, and those who discent from this Resolve we shall es- teem as enemies to their country, pests to society, and as friends to slavery, and that they ought to be treated with neglect by every true-hearted Briton.


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5. That the thanks of this town be given to every community and individual that have exerted them- selves in the noble and glorious cause of freedom.


The selectmen of the town took a census of the in- habitants Sept. 14, 1875, and reported twenty-five men in the army.


At a town-meeting held in April. 1777, " Voted to make the bounty to enlisted men including what the State pays 50 pounds."


Sept. 15, 1777, " voted that the men who enlist join Gen. Stark at Bennington."


April 13, 1778, "Voted twenty pounds lawful money to nine months' men in addition to the State and continental bounties."


The paper known as the Association Test, pledging the subscribers to oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and armies at the risk of lives and fortunes, was circulated and obtained two hundred signatures ont of the two hundred and twelve legal voters.


The population of the town of Barrington, accord- ing to the census of 1790, was two thousand four hun- dred and seventy. In 1800 it was two thousand seven hundred and seventy-three. In 1810 the population had increased to three thousand five hundred and sixty-four, exceeding the present population of Bar- rington and Strafford by more than five hundred.


According to the census of 1810, Portsmouth was the largest town in the State, Gilmanton the second, and Barrington the third. Like many other farming towns, the population for the last fifty years has been decreasing. The census of 1880 gives fourteen hun- dred and ninety-three inhabitants.


The town records do not show that any action was taken by the town in regard to the war of 1812.


The men who were required were drafted.


When there was a threatened invasion at Ports- mouth an entire regiment was called out from Bar- rington, Dover, and some of the adjoining towns.


Capt. John W. Hayes' company, of this town, was called out in full. This regiment marched to Ports- mouth under the command of Col. Isaac Waldron, of Barrington, and remained there fourteen days.


In 1821 the town was divided, and the northwest- erly half was incorporated as Strafford. Barrington now contains a territory of about forty square miles.


It is sufficient to say of Barrington in the war of the Rebellion that its citizens volunteered promptly at the call of the President, and the voters with great unanimity appropriated money and instructed its officers to furnish the men to fill the several quotas of the town, that no citizen be compelled to go to the war against his will.


Nearly all of its soldiers were to be found in the ranks, three only going out as commissioned officers, and their record in the field will compare favorably with that of other towns, and is one of which the town has no reason to be ashamed.


Among the men who were prominent in the early


settlement of the town were William Cate, Hugh Montgomery, Sampson Babb, Arthur Danielson, Paul Hayes, Eleazer Young, Mark Hunking, Francis Winkley, Samuel Brewster, Timothy Waterhouse.


At the beginning of the present century the follow- ing were active and leading citizens: Samuel Hale, justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Dr. Robert Woodbury, Thomas W. Ilale, Levi Buzel, Ephraim Foss, John Pearl, Eliphalet Cloudman, John King- man, John McDaniel, William Winkley.


The following names represent families among its early settlers who have done much in developing the resources of the town and in giving character to its inhabitants : Buzzell, Cater, Caverly, Felker, Foss, Hale, Hayes, Hall, Kingman, MeDaniel, Swain, Winkley, Waterhouse and Young.


There have been many other influential men and worthy families in the town since its settlement that might be mentioned if space would permit.


CHAPTER XCII.


BARRINGTON .- (Continued.)


Ecclesiastical History-Meeting-Houses and Churches-Baptists-Meth- odism-Friends-Eminent Men-Civil History-Military Record.


Meeting-Houses and Churches .- At a meeting of the proprietors of Barrington, held in Portsmouth, March 31, 1731, it was voted to build a meeting-house for the worship of God, and to locate it as near the centre of the town as the land would admit, and voted to appropriate fifty pounds for that purpose.


It seems that this vote was not put in effect, for eleven years after it was again voted "that a meeting- house be built at the charge of the proprietors; also voted two hundred pounds for that purpose, and that the house be forty-four feet long and thirty-six feet wide."


A committee, consisting of Thomas Wright, Timo- thy Waterhouse, and William Cate, was chosen to locate and build the house. At another meeting, held June 2, 1742, it was " voted that the meeting-house be set on the Waldron lot, or upon some lot thereabouts." March .30, 1743, "Voted one hundred and twenty pounds for shingling, flooring, and underpinning the meeting-house."


This house was located and first stood at the foot of Waldron's Hill, on or near land now owned by Mrs. William C. Buzzell. This location proved to be very inconvenient for the settlers, as the most of them lived near the Cate Garrison and around Green Hill. At a meeting of the proprietors, held June 14, 1752, they " voted to grant liberty to the present inhabitants of Barrington to move the meeting-house from the pres- ent lot to land of Samuel and Nathan Foss."


The house was taken down and moved to this lot,


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where it stood as late as 1854, after which it was re- moved and converted into a dwelling.


A town-meeting was held Nov. 18, 1754, to consider the propriety of settling Rev. Joseph Prince as min- ister of the town. A committee was chosen to inquire into his character and qualifications. Favorable re- ports of him being received from ministers of the Pis- cataqua Association, it was voted, Feb. 22, 1755, to give him a call.


The Congregational Church of Barrington was or- ganized June 18, 1755, at which time Rev. Mr. Prince was installed. Mr. Prince was a blind man, and served the church as pastor thirteen years.


To show that the men of that time were prompt in paying the minister's salary, and careful in doing business, the following receipt, bearing Mr. Prince's autograph, is copied from the town records :


" Received of ye Selectmen of ye town of Barring- ton this 11th Day of April, 1757, two hundred & fifty Pounds, old tenor, in full, for my salary from ye Be- ginning of ye world to this Present Day. I say Re- ceived by me,


" JOSEPH PRINCE."."


In the year 1770, John Garland and Samuel Brews- ter, in behalf of the church and parish, asked the General Assembly for authority to conduct the af- fairs independent of the town-meeting, setting forth as a reason that certain inhabitants who called them- selves Quakers, and other separators from any relig- ious body, and members of the Church of England, cause great confusion whenever a town-meeting is held to settle a minister according to the laws of the province. Their request was granted.


Rev. David Tenney was pastor from Sept. 18, 1771, to Oct. 26, 1778; Benjamin Balch was pastor from Aug. 25, 1784, till 1815, when he died, aged seventy- four years ; Cephas H. Kent was pastor from Oct. 22, 1828, till May 3, 1830; Samuel H. Merrill, from Feb. 23, 1831, to Aug. 10, 1835; Samuel Nichols, from Sept. 20, 1837, to Oct. 26, 1847. The present house of worship was built in 1840. Theodore Wells was pastor from June 9, 1845, to May 10, 1859. After this the church was served by non-installed pastors, as follows : for five years and seven months by Rev. Charles Willey, to March, 1865 ; from June, 1865, by Rev. Josiah S. Armes ; from May, 1869, by Rev. Ezra Ilaskell; from September, 1875, to September, 1877, by Revs. Albert Watson and James De Buchanan. From that date it has been ministered to by the pres- ent incumbent, Rev. E. F. Borchers.


Baptists .- In the year 1779 a Baptist Church was formed in the northwesterly part of Barrington. Its membership soon extended over a large part of what is now Strafford. Several active members lived in that part of Barrington called Canaan, where regular meetings of worship were held.


The first record of a church organization .in that neighborhood began in 1818. At a Conference meet- ing held Feb. 8, 1819, those present expressed their


wish to become a Church of Christ, taking the New Testament as their rule of faith and practice, and to become connected with the New Durham Quarterly Meetings, and choose George Seaward ruling elder, and Pomphret Pearg, deacon. In 1851 the church was reorganized as the Strafford and Barrington South Free Baptist Church. In 1861 a large part of its members withdrew and formed a church in Strafford. Since then its members have, for the most part, lived in Barrington, where its meetings of worship have been held, and has been known as the Canaan Free Baptist Church. Six Free Baptist ministers and one Congregational minister have grown up under the influence of this church. In 1881 a house of worship was built. Present membership, 65; A. E. Boyerton, pastor.


Through the labors of Rev. S. B. Dyer, of Notting- ham, a Free Baptist Church was formed in the year 1820, in the south part of Barrington, known as the First Barrington Free Baptist Church. In 1830, Sam- uel Sherburne was ordained pastor, which relation was continued till his death in 1861. In addition to preaching. Mr. Sherburne taught school much of his time, and exerted a wide influence in this and adjoin- ing towns. ,Their meeting-house was built in 1847. The church has since been supplied by different men, among whom were Revs. P. Chesley, U. Chase, L. Malvern, and A. C. Peaslee.


In 1821 another Free Baptist Church was formed in Barrington near Nottingham line. It kept up its or- ganization for a few years without a pastor or house of worship.


About the year 1834 a Free Baptist Church was forined in the northwesterly part of the town, known as the Third Church. It enjoyed considerable pros- perity for a few years, when it was disbanded, and its members generally joined the churches in Strafford.


Methodism .- Methodist meetings were commenced in this town about the year 1833, by Rev. Mr. Wal- cot, in what was then known as the Blake school- house, and a church was organized soon after. In 1835 a meeting-house was built, and the pulpit was supplied by appointments from the Conference some ten or twelve years. During this time the attendance was large and much prosperity was enjoyed. After- wards the number of members was greatly reduced by death and removal from town. The Conference witli- drew its appointments, and no meetings have been held for several years.


Friends .-- A few Quaker families settled on Wal- dron's Hill, and built a meeting-house. It stood on land now owned by George S. Tuttle. What its di- mensions were or how long it was used are not known, as it was taken away before the days of the oklest in- habitants living.


Eminent Men .- Isaac Waldron, son of Col. Isaac Waldron, of Barrington, was a prominent and suc- cessful merchant and influential citizen of Portsmouth. Ile was United States pension agent for some time,


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and although an active politician he did not seek nor accept other offices of trust. He died in 1842, aged seventy years.


John Buzzell was born in Barrington in 1780. When he was quite young his parents moved to Mid- dleton. When he became a man he entered the min- istry, and was during the remainder of his life a lead- ing clergyman of the Free-Will Baptist Church. He traveled and preached extensively in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. He was one of the founders of the Morning Star, now published in Dover.


Samuel Hale, son of Judge Hale, of Barrington, was born in 1793; graduated at Bowdoin College; represented his native town in the Legislature, after which he removed to Portsmouth, and became a merchant. In 1842 he commenced the manufacture of cloth at South Berwick, Me., which business he followed quite extensively to his death, which occurred in 1873.


Henry Winkley, of Philadelphia, son of William Winkley, of Barrington, was born in 1803. Soon after he became of age he went into business in Bos- son as a dealer in crockery-ware. He afterwards fol- lowed the same business in New York and Philadel- phia as an importer and wholesale dealer. Mr. Winkley retired from active business nearly thirty years ago, since which he has traveled extensively in this country and Europe. He is much interested in the higher institutions of learning in New Eng- land, and has added largely to their endowment.


Col. John W. Kingman was born in Barrington some sixty years ago. He graduated at Harvard, studied law with Daniel Webster, and was law partner of Hon. D. M. Christie, of Dover, for several years. He was also colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the late war. Some twelve years ago he removed to Wyoming Territory, and was appointed justice of the United States Court, which position he now holds.


Prof. Sylvester Waterhouse graduated from Harvard in 1852. About twenty-five years since he became connected with Washington University, St. Louis, where he now is. He has written much in the in- terest of his adopted State, and is widely known throughout the entire Northwest.


Hon. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, left his native town when a boy and entered into business, in which he has been eminently successful. Ile is also an active politician, and among other offices of trust he has been mayor of Portsmouth and member of Con- gress for two terms from the First New Hampshire District.


Col. Daniel Hall, of Dover, was born in Barrington some fifty years ago. He is a graduate from Dart- mouth College, and a lawyer by profession.


During the early part of the late war he served on Gen. Hooker's staff; later he was provost-marshal of First New Hampshire District. Col. Hall is naval


officer for the port of Boston, to which he has lately been reappointed.


Hon. Jacob D. Young, of Madbury, judge of pro- bate for this county, Col. A. H. Young, of Dover, late collector of internal revenue for New Hampshire, and Aaron Young, of Portsmouth, are natives and formier citizens of Barrington.


TOWN CLERKS AND SELECTMEN FROM 1733 TO 1882.1


1753-Ingh Montgomery, William Cate, Samson Babb, Phederece Mu- cutchen.


1754 .- flugh Montgomery, Samuel Brewster, Benjamin Hayes, Joseph Cox.


1755 -1Iugh Montgomery, Benjamin Hayes, Phederece Macutchen, Paul llayes.


1756 .- Arthur Damelson, Benjamin Hayes, Jethro Sherburne, Panl Hayes.


1757 .- Arthur Danielson, John Waterhouse, John Rennals, Benjamin Young.


1758,-Artbur Danielson, John Garland, Phederece Macutchen, Panl Hayes.


1759 .- Arthur Danielson, Benjamin Hayes, John Rennals, Ephraim Holmes.


1760,-Arthur Danielson, Elezer Young, John Shepheard, John Gar- land.


1761 .- Arthur Danielson, Elezer Young, John Shephard, John Garland. 1762 .- Arthur Danielson, Benjamin Hayes, Maik Dunking, Elezer Young.


1763 .- Arthur Danielson, Benjamin Hayes, Mark Huoking, Elezer Young.


1764 .- Arthur Danielson, Arthur Danielson, Mark Hunking, Elezer Young.


1765 .- Arthur Danielson, Samuel Brewster, Benjamin Hall, Joseph Young.


1766 .- James Marden, Samuel Brewster, Joseph Young, Benjamin Hayes.


1767 .- James Marden, Samuel Brewster, Richard Swaim, Benjamin Hayes,


1768 .- Jamies Marden, Samuel Brewster, Richard Swaim, Benjamin Hayes.


1769,-Jumes Marden, Samuel Brewster, Richard Swaim, Benjamin Hayes.


1770 .- James Marden, Samuel Brewster, Richard Swaim, Benjamin Hayes.


1771 .- James Marden, John Cate, Alijah Pinkham, Joshna Foss, Jere- miah Tibbetts, Samuel llayes.


1772 .- James Marden, Jolin Cnte, Abijahı Pinkham, Joshua Foss.


1773 .- James Marden, Samuel Brewster, Abijah Pinkham, Thomas Tuttle.


1774 .- James Marden, Benjamin Hayes, Richard Swaim, John Cate. 1775 .- John Cate, James Hayes, Richard Swaim, William Cate, Jr.


1776 .- John Cate, William Cate, Jr., Silas Drew, James Hayes.


1777 .- Joba Cate, William Cate, Jr., Silas Drew, John Kingman.


1778 .- John Cate, William Cate, Jr., Phihp Caverly, Ephraim Holmes, Jr.


1779 .- John Cate, Isaac Waldron, Philip Caverly, Jo-hun Foss. 1780 .- John Cate, Benjamin Hayes, Jacob Shepard, John Kingman.


1781 .- Julin Cate, Thomas Fisher, Joseph Jackson, Panl Hayes.


1782 -John Cate, Benjamin Hayes, Samuel Brewster, William Cate, Jr.


1783 .- John Cate, Peter Young, Eliphalet Cloutman, George Water- house,


1784 .- John Cate, Peter Young, Eliphalet Cloutman, George Water- house.


1785 .- John Cate, Peter Young, Eliphalet Cloutman, George Water- house.


178G .- John Cate, George Waterhouse, Peter Young, Eliphalet Clout- matı.


1787 .- John Cate, Peter Young, George Waterhouse. Eliphulet Clout- man.


1788 .- John Cate, Eliphalet Clontman, Silas Caldwell, Wil im Mc- Daniel.


1780 .- John Cate, Samuel Hale, Eliphalet Cloutman, Jolin Kingman.


1 The first name in each paragraph is towo cerlk, the next selectmen.


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1790 .- Jolin Cate, Samuel Hayes, Eliphalet C'lontman, Paul Hayes. 1791 .- John Cate, Samuel Hale, Joseph Hayes, Joshua Foss.


1792 .- John Cate, Samuel Hale, Eliphalet Cloutman, Panl Hayes.


1793 .- John Cate, Saomel Hale, John Kingman, Paul Hayes. 1794 .- John Cate, Samnel Ilale, Eliphalet Cloutman, John Kingman. 1795,-John Cate, Samuel Hale, Eliphalet Clontman, John Kingman. 1796 .- John Cate, Thomas W. Hale, Peter Young, John Kingman. 1797 .- John Cate, John Pearl, Samuel Burnam, William Foss. 1798 .- John Cate, John Pearl, Levi Buzel, Samnel Hayes.


1799 -Jolin Cate, Samnel Hayes, Levi Buzel, John Pearl. 1800 .- John Cate, John Pearl, Levi Buzel, Samuel Hayes.


1801 .- John Cate, Jolin Pearl, Levi Buzet, Samuel Hayes.


1802 .- John Cate, Ephraim Foss, Stephen Otis, Jonathan Roberts. 1803 .- John Cate, John Pearl, Samuel Hayes, Levi Buzel.


1804 .- Jalın Cate, John Pearl, Levi Buzel, Samuel Hayes.


1805 .- Richard Cate, Samuel Hayes, Levi Buzel, George Foss (3d).


1806 .- Richard Cate, Levi Buzel, Azeriah Waldron, Andrew Leighten.


1807 .- Eliphalet Cloutman, Levi Bnzel, Azeriah Waldron, Andrew Leighton.




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