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Calvin Clark, 3
Solomon Barron,
4 Daniel Clark, 11
Archelaus Batchelder,
3 Ebenezer Clark,
5
Rachel Batchelder,
3 Ezra Clark,
8
James Bell,
9 Timothy Clark,
2
Ebenezer Bills,
7 Clifton Clagett,
11
Jasper Blake,
3 John Cochran,
6
Samuel Blake,
5 Isaac Colby,
9
Ephraim Blanchard,
6 Isaac Combs,
5
James Blanchard,
5 Ebenezer Converse,
9
Lemuel Blood,
6 Josiah Converse,
10
Rufus Blood,
2 Robert Converse,
2
John Blunt,
6 Melzar Crooker,
8
Joseph Boutell,
7 Joseph Crosby,
9
Joseph Boutell, jr.,
4 Porter Crosby,
5
Luther Boutell,
2 Nancy Curtis,
5
Lilly E. Boutell,
2 Samuel Curtis,
5
Abraham Boutell,
4 Benjamin Damon,
6
Caleb Boutell,
11 Stephen Damon,
4
Lucy Bowers,
1 Warren Damon,
5
Richard Boylston,
10 Luther Dana, 4
William Bradbury,
6 Jacob Danforth,
10
John Bragg,
5 Timothy Danforth,
10
Isaac Brooks,
6 Samuel Davis,
3
William Brown,
4 Thomas M. Dickey,
7
William Brown, jr.,
10 Bartholomew Dodge,
2
William Brown, 3d,
4 Bartholomew Dodge, jr.,
9
Stephen Butler,
3 Levi Dodge,
4
Alexander Caldwell,
5 David Duncklee,
2
David Caldwell,
8 Jacob Duncklee,
Josiah Caldwell,
4 Jacob Durant, 3
X.]
HEADS OF FAMILIES, 1820.
189
Nathan J. Durant,
6 Mary W. Hildreth, 1
John Dutton,
3 Samuel Hildreth, 5
Cyrus Eastman,
5 Moses Ilills, 5
John Eaton,
6 David IIolmes,
7
Amos Elliott,
6 Sarah M. Holmes,
6
Andrew Elliott,
6 Joseph Hood,
9
Roger Elliott,
2 Ilenry Howard, 6
Rebekah Farley,
5 Josiah Howard,
3
Elisha Felton,
6 Amos Hubbard,
7
Francis Fields,
6 John Jewett,
6
Samuel Fields,
4 Joseph Jewett,
6
David Fisk,
5 Josiah Jewett,
9
William Fisk,
10 Nathaniel Jewett,
4
Samuel Fletcher,
5 Timothy Jones,
2
Calvin Flint,
5 Thomas Kearney,
12
Sarah Flint,
2 John Kehew,
8
Jonathan Foster,
6 Nathan Kendall,
8
Ephraim French,
4 Stephen Kendall, 6
Frederick French,
6 Benjamin Kendrick, 8
3
John Fuller,
7 Ebenezer Kimball,
3
Nathan Fuller,
6 Jacob Kimball,
4
Robert Gibson,
5 Henry Kimball, 3
Samuel Gibson,
2 llolton Kimball,
3
James Gilmore,
3 Mansfield King,
9
James Gilmore, jr.,
7 Joseph Knowlton,
6
Jesse Gilmore,
9 Joseph Lakeman,
6
Ephraim Goss,
8 Eben Lawrence,
12
Francis Grater,
7 Andrew Leavitt,
5
Zaccheus Greeley,
6 Benjamin Leavitt,
5
Amos Green,
12 John Leavitt,
4
Daniel Hartshorn,
7 Joseph Leaviit,
6
Edward Hartshorn,
4 Nathan Lord,
7
James Hartshorn,
5 Jonathan Lovejoy, 9
9
John Hartshorn, jr.,
5 Sarah Low,
4
William Hartshorn,
2 William Low,
3
Joseph Harvill,
10 Asa McCluer,
3
John Haselton,
8 James C. Mace,
7
Anna Henchman,
2 Salathiel Manning,
6
David Hildreth,
4 David McG. Means, 14
Hannah Hildreth,
4 Robert Means, 8
Jacob Hildreth,
7 Nathaniel Melendy, S
John Hartshorn,
4 Stephen Lovejoy,
Israel Fuller,
7 Josiah Kidder,
190
HISTORY OF AMHERST. [Chap.
Thomas Melendy,
4 John Seaton, 4
William Melendy,
13 Nathan K. Seaton, 2
David Melvin,
6 David Secombe, 3
David Melvin, jr.,
3 John Secombe, 6
Horatio Merrill,
11 Nathan Shattuck, 10
IIugh Moore,
10 Nathaniel Shattuck,
8
Joseph Morrison,
3 Benjamin Shepard, 6
Daniel Moulton,
4 James Shepard,
10
·Joseph Nichols,
5 John Shepard,
4
Leonard T. Nichols,
2 .John Shepard, jr.,
8
Timothy Nichols,
5 Lummus Shepard,
6
Moses Noyes,
7 Mercy Shepard,
2
Moses Noyes, jr.,
3 Samuel Shepard,
4
Silas Noyes,
6 James Sloan,
4
John Ober,
9 Amelia Smith,
7
Luther Odall,
4 Jedediah K. Smith,
4
William Odall,
2 Maverick Smith,
8
Rufus Orcutt,
3 Joseph Spalding,
6
Benjamin Parker,
8 Matthias Spalding,
9
Edmund Parker,
5 Patience Stanley,
1
Isaac Parker,
8 Eleazer Stearns,
3
Joseph Parker,
4 James Stearns,
12
Didymus Pearsons,
8 Oren Stearns,
3
John Patterson,
3 Reuben Stearns,
9
William Peacock,
2 Zaccheus Stearns,
7
William Peacock, jr.,
9 Daniel Stevens,
6
Amos Phelps,
S David Stewart,
12
Susannah Phelps,
2 Moses B. Stewart,
5
Abel Prince,
7 Cyrus Styles,
4
George Prince,
7 Ebenezer Taylor,
10
Solomon Prince,
10 John Taylor,
2
John Purple,
3 Joel F. Thayer,
3
Elijah Putnam,
6 Jonathan Thayer,
6
John Putnam,
5 Elias Thomas,
3
Joseph Putnam,
4 George Thomas,
5
James Ray,
11 Israel Thomas,
7
Robert Read,
5 Oliver Thompson,
4
William Read,
7 William Towne, 7
Polly Remington,
4 Amos Truel,
2
Eleazer Rhoads,
9 Amos Truel, jr., 8
Charles Richardson,
6 Moses Truel,
5
William Roby,
6 Samuel Truel,
5
Loea Pratt,
8 Sewall Stratton, 9
191
Willard Truel,
3 John Whitcomb, 9
James Tuttle,
9 Ira Whiting, 5
Thomas Underwood,
7 Nathaniel Whiting, 7
Amos Upham,
7 George Wiley,
3
Jacob Upham,
4 John Wiley,
5
Nathan Upham,
10 Robert Wiley,
5
Phinehas U'pham,
9 Aaron Wilkins,
2
William Wakefield,
5 Benjamin Wilkins, 5
Dimond Warren,
8 Jotham Wilkins,
7
Betsy Washer,
2 Samuel Wilkins,
Dorcas Wellington,
1 Jonathan Wilson,
7
Ebenezer Weston,
6 Mary Wilson,
7
Isaac Weston,
6 Joseph Winn,
4
Daniel Wheeler,
5 Ezra Woolson,
4
John Wheeler,
5 Nathaniel Woolson, 3
John N. Wheeler,
7 Thomas Woolson, 2
Jonathan Wheeler,
4 Nathaniel Woodbury,
7
Timothy Wheeler, jr.,
10 Foster Wyatt, 8
MORTUARY STATISTICS.
The whole number of deaths in Amherst from 1 January, 1805, to 1 January, 1837, 32 years, was 814, of which there were
Under 1 year of age, 110
Of 50 and under 60 years, 47
Of 1 and under 5 years,
146
60
70
65
5
10
31
70
80
71
10
20
57
80
90
70
20
30
93
90
100
15
30
40
43
100 and over,
2
40.
50
55
1 Ages unknown, 10
The greatest mortality in any year was in 1826,-53.
The least mortality in any year was in 1811,-9.
From 1 January, 1841, to 1 January, 1857, the whole number of deaths was 444: of these there were
Under 1 year,
52
Of 50 and under 60 years,
33
Of 1 and under 5 years,
49
60
70
36
5
10
10
70
80
67
10
20
28
80
90
45
20
30
34
90
100
15
30
40
42
40
50
32
Over 100,
1
X.]
MORTUARY STATISTICS.
.
192
HISTORY OF AMHERST.
[Chap.
Of the above, 204 were males, and 240 were females. The greatest mortality in any year was in 1854,-35. The least mortality in any year was in 1844,-20.
An unusual number of aged people died in the year 1842, as the following list of deaths in that year will show :
Emily Bailey, aged
19 years. Sally J. Hills,
20} years
Luke HI. Bills,
13
George Iloward, 3.1
Marinda Bills,
28
Peter Jones, 80
Jane Caldwell,
90
Rebecca Jewett, 73
Susan Campbell,
63
Lydia Kimball,
70
Margaret Claggett,
77
Joseph Knowlton,
75
Joseph Crosby,
89
Thomas Melendy,
93
Albert F. David,
1
Susannah Moore,
70
Adam Dickey,
60
Martha E. Parker,
Levi Dodge,
72
Didymus Pearsons,
76
Jacob Duncklee.
72
Jane Pearsons,
30
Sophia Elliott,
46
Mary Phelps,
28
Ambrose Gould,
65
John Purple,
98
Dea. John IFartshorn,
83
Reuben Stearns,
73
Betsy Haseltine,
57
Joseph Winn,
30
Whole number of deaths, 30. Eighteen of those who died were over 60 year of age.
LONGEVITY.
Octogenarians who have died in Amherst since 1782 :
1782, 4 Aug., John Burns, .
80
1788, 23 Feb., Joseph Steel,
82
1789, 28 Nov., Lt. Joseph Prince,
88
1791, 22 Nov., Israel Towne,
86
1795, 19 May, Dea. Joseph Boutell,
88
1797, 16 Jan., Wid. Keturah Stewart,
82
1802, 9 Dec., Lydia Wilkins,
83
1803, 5 May, Jonathan Wilkins,
83
1803, 11 Sept., Robert Read, .
83
1803, 20 Oct., Benjamin Pike,
81
1803, 27 Oct., Widow Flint, .
80
1803, 22 Dec., Benjamin Wilkins,
80
1804, 17 April, Mrs. Pettingill,
85
1806, 30 Aug., Daniel Stevens,
84
X.
LONGEVITY. 193
1807. 22 Feb., Philo Talbot,
13 Dec., Nathan Fuller, 87
1810, 2 Oct., John Stearns, 84
1811, 7 May, Lucy Ellsworth, 89
S July, Eleazer Usher,
85
25 Aug., Hannah Lovejoy,
1812, 20 Feb., Dorcas Stevens, 80 3 March. William Odell, 85
20 May, Zaccheus Stearns, .
81
1813, 12 Feb., William Melendy, 83
13 Nov., Benjamin Kendrick, SS
1814, 28 Jan., Mrs. Stearns, . 80
20 Aug., Elizabeth Truel,
88
30 Dec., Lydia Wilkins, 85
1815, 4 Feb., Elizabeth Gibson, 87 83
23 May, Elizabeth Stevens, .
28 Oct., Mary Riddle, .
1817, 24 Jan., Phebe Odell,
23 April, Andrew Shannon,
83
30 Dec., Martha Fuller, Lucy Barron, .
83 88 87
12 Aug., Kendall Boutell,
84
30 Nov., Samuel Gibson, 86
1821, 17 Feb., Ebenezer Kimball, . 81
6 April, John Harvell,
85 88
1822, 2 Oct., Elizabeth Kimball, . April, Amos Truel, .
83
25 Dec., Phebe Elliott, Lucy Shepard, . 83 80
88
1823, 24 Jan., Col. Robert Means, .
Dec., Lieut. Archelaus Batchelder, 84
1825, 19 Feb., John Brown, 89
James Gilmore, 86
William Brown, 86
1826, 3 March, Patience Lovejoy,
85
13 Aug., David Duncklee,
80
13 Oct., Joseph Parker, . 82
1827, April, Jerusha Dodge, 83
15 Dec., Isaac Parker, . 82
22 Dec., Mary Converse, 87
13
S6 85 89
1818, 27 May, Sarah Kendrick,
1819, 2 June, Mrs. Davis,
194
HISTORY OF AMHERST. [Chap.
1828, Mrs. Usher, 83
30 Dec., Lucy Pollard, 85
1829, 16 Dec., Lient. John Patterson. 87
1830, 26 May, John Hartshorn.
86
1831, 25 March, David Hildreth,
82
1 June, Hannah Weston, 80
24 Ang., Cyrus Stiles, 80
22 Oct., Mrs. Fowle, 80
5 Nov., Elizabeth Whitney,
86
1832, 20 Feb., Phebe JJewett, 87
9 Nov., Mrs. Joseph Prince, 81
1833, 29 March, Mrs. Elizbeth Warner, 82
24 May, John Cochran, Mrs. Hassel, Hannah Holt, .
82
12 Oct., Deborah Barnard, 80
1834, 9 April, Timothy Carlton, 81
10 May, Mrs. Lewis, 89
82
3 Sept., Elizabeth Pollard, . 10 Oct., William Read, .
80
1835, 15 Jan., Rev. Jeremiah Barnard.
84
12 Jan., Capt. Samuel Shepard, .
85
1836, 8 April, Miss Mary Herrick.
80
3 Oct., Dea. John Seaton. Nov., Mary Hildreth,
SS 80
27 Nov., John Blunt.
84
25 March, Lydia Wilkins,
83
1838, 16 Jan., Elizabeth Shepard, .
84
6 June, Abel Prince, .
82
2 Nov., Timothy Hartshorn.
81
10 Nov., Ebenezer Sargent,
83
1839, 6 Jan., Phebe Duncklee,
89
24 March, Mary Dodge,
84
29 March, John Arbuckle, . 4 July, Dorcas Wilkins,
83
17 Dec., Aaron Bontell,
86
1840, Sept., Sarah Hartshorn, 21 Dec., Isaac Brooks,
83
1841, 16 July, Sarah Kendall,
83
1842, 18 March, Lydia Davis, 85
10 Oct., Joseph Crosby,
89
85 84
22 JJune, Sarah Richards,
82
80
1837, 27 Feb., Mary Taylor,
87
83
X.]
LONGEVITY.
195
11 Oct., Peter Jones, . 80
28 Nov., Dea. John Hartshorn, 83
1843, 23 June, David Fisk, 86
18 Aug., Sarah Weston, 86
9 Dec., Jonathan Lovejoy, .
82
1844, 7 Sept., Mary Melvin, 80
16 Sept., Ezra Woolson, .
80
28 Nov., Mrs. Joshua Clark, .
88 85
1845, 29 Sept., Josiah Parker,
1846, 9 March, Eleazer Stearns, .
80
11 June, Ebenezer Weston,
84
23 Aug., Lydia Wheeler,
84
12 Nov., Benjamin Damon,
86 86
1847, 10 May, Elizabeth Melendy,
23 Dec., Azubah Munroe,
1848, 21 April, Polly Truel,
87 84 89
18 July, Nathaniel Melendy.
22 Aug., Priscilla Gardner, . 82
1 Sept., Mrs. Jane Ellsworth, 26 Nov., Sarah Kinson,
86 85
1849, 6 March, Mrs. Hannah Bills,
1 April, Jacob Upham,
83 83 80 80
29 April, Sarah Upham, July. Sarah Duncklee,
81
17 Sept., Joseph Nichols, Dec., Hannah Elliott,
87 85 85
20 Dec., Hannah French,
Số
2 Feb., Martha Aiken, .
86
1851, 30 March, Joseph Lakeman,
85
14 Aug., Roger Elliott,
87
15 Nov., Jacob Danforth,
85
1852, 28 Sept., Hannah Stiles,
83
1853, 12 Aug., Lucy Clark, 81 80
1854, 15 Jan., James Stearns,
88
5 July, Mercy Gilmore,
88
1855, 29 March, Rebecca W. Clark,
83
6 April, Mary Howard,
86
15 June, Joseph Hood, . 84
27 June, Eleazer Rhoads, 84
1856, 29 July, Sally Noyes, ,
84
1 Aug., Jacob Kimball,
1850, Sarah Hardy, .
7 March, Hugh Moore,
196
HISTORY OF AMHERST. [Chap.
1856, 10 Aug., Joseph Winn, S4
1858, 28 Aug., Jonathan IIerrick, 84
1859, 6 Jan., Phebe Duncklee, 89
18 Dec., Mary P. Barnett, 83
1860, 1 Feb., Amos Green,
83
Rebecca Eames, .
81
18 Oct., Deborah Herrick, Elizabeth Ford,
86
1861, 20 Feb., Henry Parkhurst,
82
3 March, Amos Phelps,
83
3 Aug., Eunice Dodge,
87
17 Aug., Huldah Peacock,
87
25 Ang., Ebenezer Converse,
82 84
1862, 30 June, Aaron Wilkins, 25 Oct., John Moor, 80 27 Dec., Rebecca W. Spalding, 85 80 Hannah Carlton, 82 2 June, Lydia Stearns, 22 Dec., James Tarbox, 83
86 80
28 March, Mary Blunt,
84
8 Nov., Miss Mary Hartshorn,
88
1866, Elizabeth Shepard, .
87
1 Oct., Mary Chapman,
82
5 Nov., Mary Boylston,
83
1867, 8 Jan., David Lowe, .
80
1868, 26 March, Henry Abbott,
84
20 July, Mary W. Hubbard,
83
1869, 23 Jan., Isaac Weston,
84
28 June, Abigail Gilson, 21 July, Simeon C. Danforth, 1870, Elizabeth Prescott,
86 83
20 June, Isaac Wheeler,
89
11 Aug., Tabitha Brown,
89
9 Oct., Benjamin Hastings, .
81
1871, 9 Jan., Pamelia Brown,
82
15 April, Henry Howard,
83
18 April, Mehitable Weston,
82
1872, 27 Ang., Hannah A. Mack, .
82
1873, 1 April, Susan Claggett, 84 Dudley Carlton, 83
1874, 27 May, Joseph Fowle, .
81
81
1863,
1864, 23 Feb., Israel Fuller, .
1865, 5 Ang., John Haseltine,
S3
X.]
LONGEVITY.
197
1874, 26 Aug., Betsy Prince,
88
17 Sept., Hepsibah Wallace, 80
1875, 8 Feb., Thaddeus M. Fuller, Betsy C. Gay,
81
4 April, Betsy Kimball, 87
6 Nov., Polly Howard, . 86
1 Oct., Lemuel Bartlett,
81
8 Nov., Lucy Wright, .
82
1876, 7 Jan., Lucy David, Lucinda Langley,
19 March, Hannah S. Downe,
1 April, Luther Elliott,
3 April, Joseph Vaughn,
82 81 86 82
1877, 20 Feb., Betsy E. Orcutt,
8 Aug., Miss Hepsibah Melendy,
S5
21 Nov., Miss Eunice W. Stearns, Zadoc Farmer,
80 87
3 Dec., Oliver Thompson, .
1878, 18 May, William Wetherbee,
80 88
1879, 28 Jan., Miss Eliza H. Stiles,
81
1880, 20 March, Miss Betsy Melendy,
85
5 Ang., Dea. Daniel Cram,
81
18 Aug., Willard Holden,
87
30 Aug., David Stewart, 81
1882, 7 Jan., David Russell, 84
5 Feb., Foster Wyatt, . 86
NONAGENARIANS.
Died.
1795, April, Miss Rebecca Boutell, 90
1803, 2 Sept., Grace Towne, 96
1806, 20 June, Sarah Burdett, 94
1808, 19 July, Hannah Boutell, 95
1809, Sept., Sarah Stewart, 91
95
1818, Phineas Lund,
95
1822, 28 Nov., Benjamin Davis, 98
1823, 9 Jan., Samuel Badger, 90
29 June, Elizabeth Prince, . 98
1 July, Nathaniel Woodbury, 94
10 Sept., Thomas Woolson, . 93
87
81 89
4 Oct., Janette Swan, .
86
15 Dec., Sarah E. Thompson,
88
1816, 30 Jan., John Brown,
198
HISTORY OF AMHERST. [Chap.
1824, 3 Aug., Joanna Woolson, 96
1826, 8 April, Robert Converse, . 91
1827, 14 May, Mrs. Bullard, . 94
1829, 15 Jan., Mrs. Truel, 90
1831, 24 May, Mary Alexander,
90
1832, 27 Dec., Dea. Samuel Wilkins, 90
1834, May, Widow Lewis, . 93
95
7 Oct., Daniel Campbell, Esq.,
99
1840, Abigail Peacock,
92
1841, 2 Oct., Hannah Underwood,
90
4 Sept., Mrs. Rachel Keiff,
97
1842, 6 Jan., John Purple,
98
28 Nov., Thomas Melendy, Jane Caldwell,
90
1843, 17 Dec., Miss Janette Hogg,
90
1845, 3 Jan., Francis Grater,
94
27 March, Mrs. Eben Webster,
90
1846, 11 Aug., Nathan Kendall,
92
29 Aug., Andrew Leavitt,
94
1848, 13 April, Patience Stanley,
92
1 Sept., Anna Kimball,
96
1850, 28 July, Nancy Putnam,
92
1853, 4 Sept., Olive Lovejoy, .
90
1854, 22 Aug., Edward Hartshorn,
90
1856, Aug., Daniel Clark, .
92
1859, 18 April, Moses Noyes,
91
1860, Betsy Merrill, .
91
Julia Haley,
98
1861, 5 Feb., Joseph Putnam,
97
1863, 3 Dec., Solomon Prince,
92
1865, 22 May, Dr. Matthias Spalding, .
95
1874, 16 June, Sally Ober,
92
1875, 11 July, Loea Pratt,
90
1877, 25 Nov., Sarah Caldwell, 92
1881, 24 March, Saul Austin, 93
24 Nov., Betsy Lowe, 92
1882, 29 Jan., David Fisk, 90
CENTENARIANS.
Died.
1805, 1 Dec., Hannah (Austin) Lovejoy, . · 101
1838, 3 Aug., Miss Mercy Hosea, Aug., Nancy Ellsworth, 90
93
X.]
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
199
1823, 13 Oct., Mary (Holman) Barnard, 100 yrs., 6 mos.
1851, 11 Jan., Hepsibah (Holt) Hartshorn, . . 103 yrs., 7 mos.
1859, 15 Sept., Miss Lydia Barnard,
102
1875, Anah (Bathrick) Goss, . 105 yrs., 1 mo.
All natives of Massachusetts.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
From the U. S. census.
CASH VALUE OF
1840
1850
1860
1870
1880
Farms,
not given. $322,700 8410,630 $410,675 $507,370
Tools and machinery,
66
12,855
17,846
23,775
21,113
NUMBER OF
Ilorses,
263
165
205
246
283
Working oxen,
not given.
220
214
126
62
Milch cows,
498
677
627
735
Other neat cattle,
525
696
417
526
Sheep,
1,045
468
206
237
117
Swine,
724
389
323
271
271
FARM PRODUCTS.
NO BUSHELS.
1839
1849
1859
1869
1879
Indian corn,
9,039
7,713
11,955
8,628
9,383
Wheat,
653
324
1,022
692
568
Rye,
3,732
2,249
1,581
560
202
Oats,
5,283
3,539
5,868
3,604
2,151
Barley,
570
47
192
196
7
Buckwheat,
451
72
181
70
21
Peas and beans,
not given.
316
417
316
400
Potatoes,
20,277
12,870
13,113
16,501
10,252
No. tons hay,
2,529
2,721
3,070
3,151
3,462
pounds hops,
7,649
6,508
2,060
butter,
not given.
34,652
43,560
36,665
43,612
cheese,
8,779
8,740
2,150
630
gallons milk sold
not given. not given. 80,350 153,395
Value of orchard products,
$747
$3,028
$5,089
$4,680
The numbers of various kinds of farm stock returned by the select- men as taxed in several years were as follows :
1819
1820
1827
1828
1831
1832
Horses, 2 yrs. old and upward, 151
147
154
159
193
197
Oxen.
244
253
272
310
335
348
Cows,
463
498
466
477
518
514
Sheep,
1,029
1,153
66
200
HISTORY OF AMHERST.
[Chap.
THE TOWN DEBT
In March, 1781, was reported to be £3,046, 8s., 7d.
1832, owing to the purchase of the pauper farm, $3,068.22
6. 1836, it was reduced to 1,397.42
1843, increased by building roads, and land damage, 4,958.18
1853, reduced to
664.26
66 1861, at the commencement of the civil war, 4,927.90
6: 1868, the greatest amount ever reported,
28,309.19
1872, reduced by payments made by the U. S. and State to
5,131.99
6. 1875,
1,251.06
66 1881,
392.52
TAXATION.
Of every £1,000 or $1,000 raised by the state or county, the town of Amherst paid under the apportionment of
1773
£19 78. d. 1820
$6.57
1852
$6.13
1777
18
6
3
1824
6.57
1856
5.09
1780
17
10 103
1828
6.17
1860
4.85
1789
16 1
4 1832
5.92
1864
5.19
1794
11 2
1836
6.64
1868
5.11
18003
$6.83
1840
6.42
1872
4.63
18,8
5.37
1844
5.60
1876
4.46
1812
5.94
1848
5.88
1879
4.61
1816
6.94
In 1773 Amherst ranked as the seventh town in the Province in valuation ; in 1879 as the thirty-ninth in the State.
The poll tax in Amherst in 1871 was $4.05, and the rate of taxation was $2.70 per $100. 16 tax payers paid over $100 each, and 59 paid between $50 and $100 each. P. W. Jones, the highest tax-payer, paid $324.38.
In 1797 the poll tax was 78 cents, exclusive of the highway tax.
Statistics of manufactures and manufacturing estab- lishiments in Hillsborough county in 1809. From the cen- sus of 1810.
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No. yards cotton cloth, made in families, 221,000
No. yards mixed goods, 80,700
No. yards flaxen goods, . 512,000
No. yards woolen goods, 243,000
No. yards blended and unnamed cloths and stuffs, 100,000
Value of all kinds of cloths and stuffs made, $568,350
No. of looms in the county, 5,544
There were in the county eight cotton manufactories, at which cotton yarn was manufactured.
Thirty-two carding machines, at which 144,200 pounds of wool were carded, valued at $72,100.
Thirty-seven fulling mills, at which 127,000 yards cloth were "fulled ;" 5,250 wool and mixed hats, and 3820 fur hats were made; the whole valued at $18,660.
One forge, which produced 10 tons of iron.
Six trip hammers.
Five nail manufactories, at which 12 tons of nails were made, valued at $2,520.
Fifty-eight tanneries, at which 271,704 pounds of leather were man- ufactured, valued at $67,917.
Two oil mills, which made $6,000 gallons of oil, valued at $7,134; one paper-mill, at which $12,000 worth of paper was made; and two distilleries, which produced 5,000 gallons of spirits, valued at $3,750.
POLITICAL STATISTICS.
MODERATORS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS.
John Goffe, 1760.
William Peabody, 1761, '62, '64, '65, '66, '76.
Ebenezer Lyon, 1763.
Moses Nichols, 1767, '69, '70, '71, 73, '77.
Robert Read, 1768. Sammel MeKean, 1772.
Benjamin Kenrick, 1774. Daniel Campbell, 1775, '88. Nahum Baldwin, 1778.
Josiah Crosby, 1779. Samuel Wilkins, 178.), '81, '82, '83, '84, '89, '93, '97.
John Shepard, jr., 1785, '86, '87, '90, '94. Samuel Dana, 1791, '92, '95. William Gordon, 1796.
Daniel Warner, 1798.
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Jonathan Smith, 1799, 1801, '02.
Robert Means, 1800, '08, '09. Jedediah K. Smith, 1803, '04, '05, '06, '07, '11, '12, '13, '14, '17, '23, '24. John Secombe, 1810, '16, '25, '26, '27, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, '36, '37.
Charles H. Atherton, 1815, '38, '40, '41.
Edmund Parker, 1818, '19, '20, '21, '22, '35.
Hubbard Newton, 1839. Daniel Campbell, jr., 1842, '43, '44.
David Stewart, 1845, '46.
Levi J. Secomb, 1847, '48, '49, '52, '55.
Lemuel N. Pattee, 1850, '51.
Perley Dodge, 1853, '54. Charles II. Campbell, 1856, '57, '58, '59, '61, '62, '63, '64, '66. Charles B. Tuttle, 1850, '65.
William A. Mack, 1867, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74. Bradley HI. Bartlett, 1875, '76.
Brooks R. Came, 1877.
Joseph Byron Fay, 1878, '79.
Geo. W. Bosworth, 1880, '81.
Frank P. Mace, 1882.
TOWN-CLERKS.
Solomon Hutchinson, 1760, '61. John Shepard, jr., 1762, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '70, '71, '72. Thomas Wakefield, 1769, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83. Moses Nichols, 1773. Samuel Wilkins, 1774, '75, '76, '77, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89. Nahum Baldwin, 1778. Joshua Lovejoy, 1790, '91, '92. '93.
William Fisk, 1794, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11.
John Ellenwood, 1812, '13, '14. Robert Read, 1815, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26, '27. James Colburn, 1828. Ambrose Seaton, 1829. John Prentiss, 1830, '31.
Andrew Wallace, 1832, '33, '34, '35, '36. Charles L. Stewart, 1837 to 16 Sept., 1838. David Stewart, 16 Sept., 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42. David Russell, 1843, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48. Lemuel Bissell, 1849.
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Albert Hardy, 1850 to 23 June, 1851.
Charles B. Tuttle, 23 June, 1851, to March, 1852.
Daniel A. Fletcher, 1852, '53, '54, '55, '56.
Charles B. Tuttle, 1857.
Charles II. Wallace, 1858 to 9 Oct.
Charles B. Tuttle, 9 Oct., 1858, to March, 1859.
Daniel Fletcher, 1859, '60.
George F. Stevens, 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67.
Charles N. Merrill, 1868 to 8 Dec.
Albert A. Rotch, 8 Dec., 1868, to March, 1869.
Joseph B. Fay, 1869, '70, '71.
Wilson D. Forsaith, 1872, '73.
Albert A. Rotch, 1874, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82.
SELECTMEN.
Solomon Hutchinson, 1760, '62.
William Bradford, 1760.
Reuben Mussey, 1760, '61, '69, '70, '71, '76, '77.
Joseph Gould, 1760, '76.
Thomas Clark, 1760. William Peabody, 1761, '62.
John Shepard, jr., 1761, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '70, '71, '72, '83. Thomas Wakefield, 1761, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86.
Robert Read, 1761, '62, '63, '64, '68.
Daniel Campbell, 1763, '64, '70, '71, '74, '75, '80, '81, '82, '83, '87, '88, '89.
Samuel Stewart, 1763. John Graham, 1764. Andrew Bradford, 1765.
Moses Nichols, 1765, '68, '73. Nathan Kendall, 1765. Samuel Mckean, 1766, '72.
Benjamin Taylor, 1766, '67, '69.
James Seaton, 1766, '79. Ebenezer Weston, 1767, '74, '75, '81, '82.
Ilezekiah Lovejoy, 1767. Samuel Wilkins, 1768, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '80, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89.
Israel Towne, jr., 1769, '73, '80. Nahum Baldwin, 1769, '78. Stephen Peabody, 1770, '72, '73, '79.
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Benjamin Kenrick, 1771.
Thomas Burns, 1772, '85, '86, '87.
John Patterson, 1773.
Josiah Crosby, 1774, '75, '77.
Stephen Washer, 177.1.
Peter Woodbury. 1775, '75.
Solomon Kittredge, 1777.
Amos Flint, 1778. John Harvill, 1778.
John Burns, 1778.
Nathan Hutchinson, 1779.
Timothy Smith, 1779.
Benjamin Davis, 1780, '81.
Eli Wilkins, 1781, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88.
Joshua Lovejoy, 1784, '85, '86, '87, '90, '91.
Augustus Blanchard, 1784.
David Danforth, 1788, '89, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98.
Benjamin Hutchinson, 1788, '90, '91, '92, '93.
Abijah Wilkins, 1789, '90, '91.
George Burns, 1789.
William Fisk, 1790, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98. '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14.
Stephen Kendrick, 1790, '91, '92, '93.
Joseph Langdell, 1792, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02.
David Stewart, 1794, '95, '96, '97, 98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09.
Jacob Kendall, 1794, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '03.
Ebenezer Taylor, 1799, 1800, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '00, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14.
John Secombe, 1810, '11, '12, '13, '14, '16, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, 23, '24, '25, '26, '27, '28, '33, '34, '35.
Edmund Parker, 1815.
Elijah Putnam, 1815, '17.
Daniel Campbell, jr., 1815, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, 24, '25, '41. Israel Fuller, 1816, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, 26, 27, '28, '32, '44.
Thomas Wilkins, 1826, 27, 28, '38, '39, '40. John Mack, 1829, '30.
David Stewart, jr., 1829, 30, '31, '33, 34, 35, '36, '39, 40, 41, 42. Bartholomew Dodge, 1829, '30, '31, '36.
William Melendy, 1831, '32, '44. John Haseltine, 1832.
Charles Richardson, 1833, '34, '35.
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Ephraim Blanchard, 1836. Israel Fuller, jr., 1837. Elbridge Hardy, 1837. Nathan Dane, 1837. Daniel Hartshorn, 1838.
Abel Downe, 1838.
Levi J. Secomb, 1839, 40, '41, 42, 43.
Eli Sawtell, 1842, '43. William J. Weston, 1843, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '50, '51, '52, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63.
Jotham Hartshorn, 1845, 46, 47, '51, '52, '53, '54.
Albert Riddle, 1845, '46. Charles H. Campbell, 1847.
James C. Follansbee, 1848, '49, '50.
George Walker, 1848.
Timothy Hartshorn, 1849.
Foster Wyatt, 1849, '50.
Daniel Fletcher, 1850, '51.
Jonathan Knight, 1852, '53, '61, '62.
Abial Steele, 1853, '54.
Joseph Mace, 1854, '55, '56, '57.
Benjamin B. Whiting, 1855, '56, '57.
Willard Hayden, 1855. Willard Danforth, 1856, 57, '58.
William A. Mack, 1858, '59, 63, '64, '67, '68, '69.
Joel F. Osgood, 1858, '59. Josiah W. Pillsbury, 1860.
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