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276 Wm Cross 72
WVm White
90 Thomas Sibson
180 Jos Allcock 168
Revd Rogers 360 Thos Main
James Libby I20
Thos Crocket
78 Jacob Lavis 72
Saml Allcock 210
James Spinney
120 Caleb Grafton 30
Jno Roberts 210
Edward Cate
120 Jno Churchill 60
Saml Hart 180
Richd Waterhouse.
180 Doctor Pike 240
Jno Shackford 210
Richd Cross
120 Ambs Slooper 180
Joseph Holmes 150
60 Reuben Abbott
72 Abrm Jones 150
Jno Shores
60 Capt Wm Cotten. .
150 Thos Beck Junr. 78
Doctr Baley
96 Jno Brewster
150 Abrm Bartlett 72
Wm Bridgham
96 Jno. Hooper
60 Mich Whidden 210
Thos Phips
300
Wm Amoss
72 Jno Abbot 84
Richd Wibird
660
Jno Hill
96 Thos Moore
72
Thos Westbrook 300
Edward Toogood
144 Wm Frost
72
Peter Greeley I20 Alex Dennett
Ephmn Dennet 360 Mathew Nelson
150 Jno Peverly Jun. .
96
Widow Hunking
108 Nathl Tuckerman. . Tim Davis
132 Solomon Cotten .. 72 96 William Hunking .. 30
Wm Lowde
192 Jonathan Stoodly .
120 Saml Shackford . 210
Tno Plaisted
414 Geo. Banfill
84 Jno Cotton 144
Joseph Moses 72 Ed Phillips
54 Doctor Ross 96
Benja Langley 96 Jno Deverson
72 Tno Ham 48
Jno Savage
72 Joseph Fannin
90 Michl Whidden Jr 84
Wm Cotten Junr. . I20
Saml Hewett
108 Wm Lewis
180 Jno Savage 90
150
Hen Sherburn Jun. 90
30 Josiah Clark
120 Jamies Moses 90
Agnis Russell
Thomas Ayre
150 Jos Moulton 138
Wm Warren
72 Thos Beck 90
120 Saml Sherburn I20
Widow Hatch
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Names. Acres. Names. Acres. Names. Acres.
Robert Armstrong . 240 Abraham Libby. . . 72 Saml Brewster 90
Bishop. 72 Saml Banfield
180 Jno Davis I20
Joseph Pitman 78 Charles Brown
54 Jno Libby 144
Thos Cotten 90 Thos Greely
Thos Barns
96 Wm Parker
240 Widow Briard 36
Michl Kennard 180 Sampson Babb
240 Jno Almary 120
Wm Knight 330 Jno Lang
Jno Clark
84 Tim Waterhouse
150 Richd Elliot 96
Thos Landell
I20 Henry Beck
72 Hen Bickford 96
Ed Pendexter
96 Saml Ham
156 Obadiah Morse 48
Jno Lear
108 Abraham Barns
60 Nathl Odiorne 108
Jethro Furber 72 Widow Almary . ..
30 Geo Jaffrey 600
Stephen Greenleaf .
120 Jno Roberson
144 Mathew James I 20 72 Jos Sherburn 354
Stephen Lang
120 Anthony Row Junr
Jno Jones 132 Jno Bradford . . 96 Jno Pray 138 72 Capt. Hen Sherburn 552
Jno Grindal
72 Nehemiah Partridge
84 Jno Peverly 96
Thos Packer
648 Thos Wilkinson
60 Wm Terret 2.4
James Jaffrey 240 Philip Babb
72 Jno Skillings 96
Jer Neal 90 Benja Cotton
90 Richd Saulridge 108
David Gardiner 120 Jos Buss
96 Ed Ayers 210
Nathl Lang
120 Saml Winkley
240 Saml Monson 120
Philip Gammon
36 Benja Miller
120 Daniel Jackson 72
Peter Ball
I20 James Pitman
60 Nath Robertson 60
Joshua Pierce
720 Christr Noble
96 Moses Ingraham I20
Jno Hooker
96 Thos Wright
150 James Leach 90
Thos Sherburn
96 Robert Ward
96 Jona Partridge 72
Zac Leach
90 Widow Pitman &
Jno Sherburn's widow 2.4
Richd Tobey
144
George Pierce
210 Stepn Noble 90
Jno Cutt 150
I20
Wm Cotten
210 Wm Bennet I20
Jno Mardin
66 WVm Barns
72
Hen Seaward I20
Jno Hardeson
180 Richd Swain
72 Thos Larraby 120
Saml Penhallow
720
Jno Cowel
84 Nathl Fellows
72
Richd Jose I20 Wm Ross
Wm Fairweather. . Ephm Jackson 168 Nathl Melcher
90
72 Geo Ayers 96
Colo Hunking
210 Tno Sherburn
120 Arch Hunking 72
Widow Martin I20
Thos Peirce
210
Hugh Banfill I08
WVm Peverly I20 Peter Abhot
60 Amos Furnell 150
Benja. Lucy 96 Jno Edmonds
84 Abraham Dent 6
Robert Almary 98 Thos Walden
150 Saml Rhymes 96
Gov. Wentworth 720 Hen Sherburn
192 Saml Clark 132
22
Jno Ford
72 Ed Wells 120
Richd Pashley
144
Son Jabez
30
Widow Marshall
90
Colo Vaughan 240 Steph Noble 60
Moses Caverly
72 Mary Moore Alis Leach 30
72 James Sherburn
72 Roger Swain 84
I26 Tobias Langdon 240
Nathl Peverly
90 Peter Moore
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Names. Acres. Names. Acres.
Names.
Acres.
Cha Banfill 60 Alex Miller
180 Widow Nelson &
Alex Roberts 180 Anthony Roe
60 Son I50
Capt. Geo Walker. 300 Capt. Tobias Lang-
Francis Ditty 60
Saml Pitman 90 don
300 Jos Mead 108
Geo Townsend
108 Ezek Pitman
120 Jno Collings 60
Saml Snell
36 James Stootly
30 Joseph Sibson I20
Saml Waterhouse .
24 Clemt Hughs
180 Laz Noble 60
Jno Sparks
72 Jno Drew
I20 Laz Holmes 42
Jno Davis
90 Jos Berry
61 Abraham Center 96
Jno Cross
30 Jacob Tash
90 Not drawn
Benja Cross 210 Daniel Quick
96 Not drawn
Nathl Mendam 240 Jer Libby
180 Not drawn
Robert Pickering. 72 Jno Preston
120 Not drawn
Arch Macphadris . 600 Wm Fellows
240 Not drawn
Moses Paul
210 Saml Brown 72 Jer Calf
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At a meeting held June 14, 1722, it was voted to give forty-two lots of forty acres each, as near the centre of the town as the land would admit, to such persons as would fulfill the conditions of the charter. Considerable diffi- culty was found in getting settlers to take up the land on those conditions. After sundry meetings a number of persons were found who agreed to take the forty-acre lots and settle upon them, when a committee was chosen to proceed to Barrington with the proposed settlers and lay out their lots.
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."
CHAPTER XL
HISTORY OF BARRINGTON (II)
DIFFICULTY OF SECURING THE FIRST SETTLERS. GARRISON HOUSES. THE HISTORIC TWO-MILE-STREAK
During the first thirty years, 1732 to 1753, all the meetings of the pro- prietors were held in Portsmouth, and quite a number were held at different times. At the one held January 29, 1732, it was voted "that 100 acres of land out of the town commons be given to each proprietor that shall appear in 15 days and give bond with good security to the value of one hundred pounds each, that each of them shall build a house, and perform every other article that the charter obliges a settler to do (within one year), provided the num- ber exceed not forty-two, and the same give in their names to the clark."
It was also voted, August 7, 1732, to give to each settler 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 sufficient to secure the re- quired 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; John Mackmatle, II; Robert Macdaniel, II; James Gray, 10; Sampson Babb, 10 6; Charles Felker, 10; Samuel Frost, Jr., 10 6; Paul Hayes, 10: Jonathan Church, 10; William Howard, 10: Richard Swain, 10; William Cate, 12: John Ellis, 6 6; Thomas Ellis, 6: John Shepard, 6 6; Samuel Dillay. 9: Robert Bamford, 5: George Gear, 6; Charles Bamford, 6; Robert Macdaniel, 6: John Macdaniel, 6; Nehemiah Macdaniel, 6; John Rand, 6; Arthur Caverley, 6; Thomas Dock, 5; John Leighton, 66; Peter Morse, 66; Solomon Snell, 6 6; Joshua Frost, 6; George Gray, 5; Joshua Foss, 6 6; James Shute, 6; Richard Babb, 6; Michael Felker, 6; Samuel Fost, 6 6: Richard Knight, 4: Timothy Tibbetts, 4: Joseph Johnson, 4: Thomas Johnson, 4; Richard Ellot, 2: John Waterhouse, 4. Thomas Shippard, 10.
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There appear 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 PETITION
May it please yr Excellence wee make bould To Truble yr Excellence & yr honourable Council taking into Consideration our Dangerous Condition of our Enimys, the want of what men you shall think proper to Steate One the two Garresons at Two-Mile-Streik In Barrington, being obliged to leave our Wemen & Children Exposed in said houses, Otherwise our Cropes must suffer. Our dependence is on yr Excellence & that you will not let us be any longer in Such a Condition, being the Needfull, and are ever yr Excellences humbl Servants.
J. W. MACMATH, THOS. SHEEPHARD.
Two-Mile-Streak in Barrington, Jan. the 15, 1747.
Governor Wentworth and his council did not appear to pay any attention to this petition, so the following was sent to them in the next month :
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esqr., Governor and Commander-in- Chief in and over the Province of New Hampshire, The Honorable His Majesty's Councill and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened.
The petition of Thomas Shepherd in behalf of himself and the other Inhabi- tants of the Two-Mile-Streak (so called) in the Township of Barrington in said Province most humbly shew that there are sixteen families settled within the said Two-Mile-Streak, containing upwards of ninety Persons, in all, That the Situation of the same is such that the Inhabitants are very much exposed unto the Indian Enemy.
That the Summer past the laboring People there were obliged to leave their wives and children at home unarmed & defenceless whilst they went out about their business of husbandry, having no soldiers there to guard and protect them.
That they are in great fear that the Indians will destroy some of them the approaching Spring and Summer, if they tarry there, unless the Government Allows them Some Protection. That in Case the said Indians move in, it will give the Enemy an advantage, besides that thereby your Petitioners' Planta- tion, where they raise Considerable Provision, will lay unimproved.
Wherefore, your Petitioners most humbly Pray your Excellency and Hon- ours to take their Case under Consideration and to allow them such a number of Soldiers & for such time as you shall judge reasonable, and your Petitioners as in duty Bound shall ever pray.
Febry. 23d, 1747.
THOMAS SHEPHERD.
In Council March 8th, 1747, read and ordered to be sent Down the Honbl. House.
THEODORE ATKINSON, Secy.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT, ROCHESTER, N. H.
SCHOOL ST. SCHOOL, ROCHESTER, N. H.
CITY HALL, ROCHESTER, N. H.
GAFNEY HOME, ROCHESTER, N. H.
PUBLIC LIBRARY (CARNEGIE), ROCHESTER, N. H.
MASONIC TEMPLE, ROCHESTER, N. H.
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The result of that petition and others like it from other towns was that a company of soldiers was kept on patrol duty, under command of Captain Jonathan Longfellow of Nottingham, all summer along the northern bound- ary line of the towns from Chester to Rochester, those towns included, to keep watch and guard to announce the approach of the enemy at any point. It does not appear that any families were attacked in Barrington.
It appears from these petitions that the first settlements in Barrington were made in the Two-mile Streak, between 1732 and 1740. The Lamprey River Iron Works proprietors did not settle any of their workmen there, as they did not manufacture any iron or have any workmen to settle in their "New Portsmouth." The north boundary line of the "Streak" runs parallel with the Dover, Mudbury and Lee headlines and two miles from it. This line crosses the carriage road north of Green Hill near where the Nashua and Rochester railroad bridge is; it is one quarter of a mile north of the Con- gregational church at "Hard Scrabble;" about one-third of a mile north of the outlet of Swain's Pond; and one-third of a mile north of the True William McDaniel residence, near the line between Barrington and Nottingham. The first settlement was begun in the vicinity of where the Congregational church now is, and among the first men there was Captain William Cate, who built the first garrison house, in town, there and it stood there until 1870, more than one hundred and thirty years. It is known that one other garrison was built a little later, in the Two-Mile Streak, by Captain Mark Hunking of Portsmouth. It stood north of Winkley's Pond, and a short distance north of where the Nashua and Rochester railroad crosses the carriage road at that point. So far as known these were the only garrisoned houses in Barrington. Captain Cate was one of the leading men for many years. He was a commander of a company of provincial militia. When the settlers on the Two-Mile Streak wanted any public business to be transacted they had him placed at the head of the committee to see that it was done. He was chairman of the first board of Selectmen elected in 1753. His son William Cate' Jr., also was active in public affairs during the Revolution, as also was his son John Cate.
Captain Mark Hunking, son of Col. Mark Hunking of Portsmouth, was a famous sea captain. He was born in Portsmouth about 1700; he died in Barrington in 1775; his family resided in Portsmouth until after 1750. He was one of the Selectmen of Barrington in 1762, 1763 and 1764, and was a prominent citizen in town for many years. In his business as sea captain he sailed his ship to all parts of the world, and acquired much wealth. In one of his later voyages to the West Indies, about 1750, he brought home a jet black negro girl eleven years old. She lived to be more than a hundred years,
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dying in Barrington about 1840. She was a slave in the Hunking and the Winkley families all her life, and was the last slave who died in New Hamp- shire. During the last few years of his life Captain Hunking was afflicted with rheumatism; as he could not get around very well he had an arm chair made with trucks under it, and in this his colored slave, Agnes, used to wheel him about the house and the dooryard as he might wish to go. In her old age she lived with the Winkley family, one of Captain Hunking's daughters married Francis Winkley of Portsmouth and lived a near neighbor to the Hunking garrison. A grandson of this daughter of the Captain, Henry Winkley, who was born there, became a very wealthy merchant in Philadelphia; he was born in 1803 and died in the Quaker City in 1888; in 1879 he gave to Dartmouth College several thousand dollars to endow a professorship in Anglo Saxon and English Language, which is known as the Winkley Professorship.
Captain Hunking owned another negro slave, named Richard, as appears in Rev. Dr. Jeremy Belknap's record of marriages; his record says : Married, "Dec. 26, 1774, Richard, negro servant of Mark Hunking, Esq., of Barring- ton, and Julia, negro servant to Stephen Evans, Esq., of Dover, by consent of their respective Masters." Col. Steven Evans was Dover's most distin- guished military officer in the Revolutionary War. At that period there were reported to be three negro slaves in Barrington. Probably the third one was the servant of Captain John Drew, a distinguished officer in the Revolution. That may have been the last wedding of negro slaves in New Hampshire, but probably not as there was quite a colony of slaves in Portsmouth until after the Revolution. In 1790 the census does not report any slaves in the town. On account of disagreement among the owners the Hunking garri- son was allowed to go to ruin, but a part of it was standing in 1899, when the writer visited the spot, and found the grave of Captain Hunking and members of his family. The burial ground is on the south side of the rail- road and not far from where the carriage road crosses the railroad. The garrison was on an elevation a few rods north of where the raiload crosses between it and Winkley's pond. In 1832, when the house was.in good con- dition, one of Barrington's most distinguished sons was born in it-Col. Daniel Hall now of Dover, a biographical sketch of whom can be found else- where in this book.
The Two-Mile Streak is the historic part of Barrington. In it are Green Hill, on and around which, among the early settlers, were the families of Hayes, Wiggin, Young, Horn, Tibbetts, later, Gray, Hall and Waterhouse. Beauty Hill at the east of Swain's Pond and north of the Hunking Garrison is for the most part in this Streak; it was here that Richard Swain was one of
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the earliest settlers. Some of its descendants live there now. Francis Winkly was another of the early immigrants from Portsmouth who settled in the neighborhood of the pond which bears that family's name. Other families in the Streak were Bumford, Watson, Young, Daniels, Woodman, Locke, Church, Gilman, Whitehouse, Chesley, Hall, McDaniels, Waldron, Foss, Peirce, Rendall, Ellis, Brown and Evans. All these names can be found in the families there now. From these families many sons have won distinc- tion in various parts of the country.
CHAPTER XLI HISTORY OF BARRINGTON (III)
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY-MEETING-HOUSES
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 center of the town as the land would admit, and fifty pounds were appropriated for that purpose. Nothing was done under that vote, but eleven years later, 1742, at a meeting of the proprietors it was voted "that a meeting-house be built at the charge of the proprietors, and they appropriated 200 pounds for that purpose, and stated the dimensions to be forty-four feet long and thirty-six feet wide."
The following were appointed a committee to locate and superintend the construction of the house : Thomas Wright, Timothy Waterhouse and Capt. William Cate. At a meeting held June 2, 1742, it was voted that "one hundred and twenty pounds be appropriated for shingling, flooring and under- pinning 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 present lot to land of Samuel and Nathan Foss."
The house was taken down and moved to this lot, where it stood as late as 1854, after which it was removed and converted into a dwelling.
A town meeting was held Nov. 18, 1754, to consider the propriety of settling Rev. Joseph Prince as minister of the town. A committee was chosen to inquire into his character and qualifications. Favorable reports of him being received from ministers of the Piscataqua Association, it was voted, Feb. 22, 1755, to give him a call.
The Congregational Church of Barrington was organized 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.
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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 Barrington this IIth Day of April, 1757, two hundred & fifty Pounds, old tenor, in full, for my salary from ye Beginning of ye world to this Present Day. I say Received by me, "JOSEPH PRINCE."
In the year 1770, John Garland and Samuel Brewster, in behalf of the church and parish, asked the General Assembly for authority to conduct thie affairs independent of the town meeting, setting forth as a reason that certain inhabitants who called themselves Quakers, and other separators from any religious body, and members of the Church of England, cause great con- fusion 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 Haskell; from September, 1875, to September, 1877, by Rev. Albert Watson and James De Buchanan. From 1877 to 1887 the Rev. E. F. Borchers was minister for the church. Since, there have have been several pastors, all worthy and able men, and the church organization is in a flourishing condition.
Baptists .- In the year 1779 a Baptist Church was formed in the north- westerly 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 meeting 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 chose George Seaward ruling elder and Pomphret Pearey deacon. In 1851 the church was reorganized as the Straf- ford and Barrington South Free Baptist Church. In 1861 a large part of
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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 188r a house of worship was built. Present membership, 65; A. E. Boyerton, pastor.
Through the labors of Rev. S. B. Dyer, of Nottingham, 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, Samuel 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 adjoining 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 organization for a few years without a pastor or house of worship.
About the year 1834 a Free Baptist Church was formed in the north- westerly part of the town, known as the Third Church. It enjoyed consid- erable prosperity 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. Walcot, in what was then known as the Blake schoolhouse, and a church was organized soon after. In 1835, a meeting- house was built, and the pulpit was supplied by appointments from the Con- ference some ten or twelve years. During this time the attendance was large and much prosperity was enjoyed. Afterwards the number of members was greatly reduced by death and removal from town. The Conference with- drew its appointments, and no meetings have been held since. The meeting house was taken down about 1885.
Friends .- A few Quaker families settled on Waldron's Hill, and built a meeting-house. It stood on land now owned by George S. Tuttle. What its dimensions were or how long it was used are not known, as it was taken away before the days of the oldest inhabitants living.
CHAPTER XLII
HISTORY OF BARRINGTON (IV)
BARRINGTON MEN IN THE REVOLUTION, 1775-1783, AND THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865
When the Association Test was presented to each man in Barrington by the selectmen, William Cate, Jr., Silas Drew and John Kingman, 200 signed it and twelve refused to sign, being Quakers and opposed to war or bearing arms as the "Test" required; those men of conscience were: David Drew, Samuel Williams, William Durgen, Jonathan Swain, Jonathan Clark, Elijalı Tuttle, Jeremiah Tibets, Daniel Clark, John Buzzel, Thomas Caverly, Richard Swain and John Evens.
Of the 200 signers nearly two-thirds of them served in the army, more or less. Capt. John Drew had the longest and most conspicuous service. Several of the citizens were active and efficient in official positions of quite as much importance as being soldiers in the army.
At a town meeting called Feb. 7, 1774, to consider the infringement of the rights of the American colonies by the British government, the following resolutions were unanimously passed :
I. That liberty is the birthright of every Englishman, 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 majesty's liege subjects, and have a right to all the privileges of such subjects and of Englishmen, so we apprehend we cannot be legally taxed by any power on earth but what is delegated by ourselves.
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