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No. 47. The 1858 map shows Christopher Snyder as the occupant and in 1892 George P. Morrill resided here.
No. 48. The 1858 map indicates another house opposite No. 47. Miss Elizabeth Snyder was the occupant.
No. 49. The 1858 map shows this to have been in the owner- ship of the D. Elliott estate. In 1892, George E. Tucker is given as the resident.
No. 50. Louis D. Morrill.
No. 51. In 1858, this was the sawmill of John P. Kimball. Largely to accommodate the lumbering business at present owned by the Morrill family, the new road between 46 and 53 was built about fifty years ago.
No. 52. The 1858 map shows Alfred S. Abbott as the occu- pant. Buildings gone.
No. 53. This site does not appear on the 1858 map, but in 1892 Charles C. P. Moody is given as the occupant.
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CHAPTER XXI.
WEST ROAD SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 2, ORIGINALLY INCLUDING NO. 10, THE DEPOT DISTRICT, NO. 11, THE UPPER INTERVALE DISTRICT, AND NO. 12, THE CARTER DISTRICT. HERE WAS LOCATED THE FORT. PROBABLE SITES OF EARLY SETTLERS' HOMES. LOCATION OF LATER HOMESTEADS.
This school district as originally laid out in 1814 was bounded as follows: "Begins at the northwest corner of Canterbury, thence east to the Northwest corner of Joseph Lyford's farm, thence south to the southwest corner of William Hazelton's farm, thence east to the rangeway, thence southerly by the east side of Col. Jeremiah Clough's land to the mill road (so called) thence south to Col. (David) McCrillis' land, thence west to the rangeway, thence south to the southeast corner of Col. (Morrill) Shepard's farm, thence west to the southwest corner of said farm, thence south and westerly by land owned by Joseph Clough and Jacob Mann to Merrimack River, a few rods below Muchido Hill (so called), thence northerly by Merrimack River to the first mentioned bound."
These bounds indicate the original No. 2 District. It then included No. 10, the depot district, No. 11, the upper intervale or Colby district, and No. 12, the Carter district. In the descrip- tion of localities and inhabitants that follow, all these districts are given.
Within its limits some of the earliest settlements in Can- terbury were made. To this locality Capt. Jeremiah Clough, Sr., the Indian fighter, came as a pioneer. Here was built the old fort for the protection of the settlers, and within its walls was born the first white child of the town, Capt. Jeremiah Clough, Jr., the Revolutionary soldier. Lieut. William Miles and his son, Josiah, both Indian scouts, settled in this district. John Dolloff, Samuel Shepard, Richard Blanchard, Nathaniel Per- kins and James Lindsey located within half a mile of the fort, while Joseph Simonds and John Forrest pushed on farther
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north, the latter purchasing land near the Northfield line not far from the original Ayers farm.
Daniel Randall, son of Nathaniel, one of the original proprie- tors, located in this district when he came to Canterbury before 1776, and here he and his descendants lived for many years, making a Randall neighborhood. Moses Randall, a brother of Daniel, who was taxed in town in 1770 and 1771, and, after a stay of a few years moved to Conway, may also have been a set- tler in this locality. He may have tarried in Sanbornton on his way to Conway as one of that name signed the association test in the former town.
Here also, in 1784, came Joseph Ayers from Portsmouth with his ox team, on which were loaded, besides his household goods, a liberal supply of molasses and rum, essential equipments for pioneers going into the wilderness. He was accompanied by three slaves, and these slaves were enumerated in the U. S. Cen- sus of 1790, where his name was phonetically spelled "Joseph Aras." Within the radius of a mile of his home most of his de- scendants were born. He became, in his day, the largest land- owner in this section of the town. His home was one of the early taverns. The home farm is still in the possession of his descendants.
"Master" Henry Parkinson, scholar and teacher, established himself in this district and resided here until his death. He was succeeded by John J. Bryant, an enterprising business man, who was licensed to keep a hotel and who ran a sawmill near by.
Some of the Haines, Heath and Chamberlain families were residents of this district, and probably one of the sons of John Glines, an original settler, located here. The record is far from complete, but such as it is, it is worth preserving. As in other school districts, the numbers on the accompanying plan show the locations, and the succession of inhabitants is given at each location on the following pages.
No. 1. John S. James, Samuel Neal, - Perry. House burned.
No. 2. Henry Clough, Ezekiel Morrill, Joseph Ayers, Jona- than Ayers, Charles H. Ayers, Jonathan Ayers, Jr., Joseph G. Ayers. House burned. This was where Joseph Ayers, the ancestor of the Ayers family in Canterbury, settled. Earlier, some of the Shakers gathered here. Not far from this location John Forrest settled.
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No. 3. Robert Chase, James Chase, Edwin Kimball, Frank Plastridge. Present occupant Mrs. Olina Johansson.
No. 4. Jonathan Glines, Charles H. Ayers, Joseph Ayers, Joseph P. Dearborn, Matthias M. Moore, Frank Plastridge. This farm was known as the Glines place and it was probably owned originally by some ancestor of Jonathan Glines.
No. 5. Thomas Lake, John Lake, George W. Lake, Fred Merrill, Mrs. Olina Johansson.
No. 6. Mrs. Hannah C. Smart, Samuel French. House burned.
No. 7. Jeremiah Shepard, Amos Brown, John F. Lake.
No. 8. William Whitcher, Sylvanus Whitcher, Tristram McDaniel.
No. 9. - Harris, Charles A. Morse. Buildings gone. No. 10. James Lake, who married Betsey, daughter of William Randall at No. 24. He built the house. William R. Lake.
No. 11. School House, built, 1851, when district was divided.
No. 12. Jonathan Glines, Jonathan Ayers, Jr., Nathan Emery, Joseph Emery, Jeremiah Pickard, John N. Hill, Milton B. Neal, Rev. Josiah B. Higgins, his son Josiah B. Higgins.
No. 13. "Master" Henry Parkinson, John J. Bryant, John Small, as tenant, William Randall and his son-in-law, Reuben R. Hutchins, Moody Emery, Grover Merrill, Rev. Lucien C. Kimball, Leroy A. Glines. Later occupied by a tenant, now vacant.
No. 14. William McDaniel, who built the house, Joseph McDaniel. Buildings gone.
No. 15. Mrs. Susan Arlin, house built for her by neighbors, Harriet McIntire. Buildings gone.
No. 16. Sumner Glines, who built the house, Franklin Dwyer, A. W. Tainter. Buildings gone.
No. 17. Jonathan Glines, who built the house, John Marsh, Samuel B. Chase, Joseph Heath, 2d, Fred Potter.
No. 18. Reuben R. Hutchins, who married Apphia, daughter of William Randall at No. 24, John Marsh, Eben Glover.
No. 19. Caleb Heath, his widow who married a Thorne, Daniel Randall, grandson of William Randall at No. 24, William Lake, Mrs. Sanders, a tenant.
No. 20. Joseph Heath, John N. Hill. Then bought by Daniel Randall, who used the buildings for storehouses.
No. 21. Tristram Dearborn, Miss May Dearborn.
No. 22. Jonathan McDaniel, Eben Avery. Unoccupied.
No. 22₴. Hannibal Haines, who built the house, Edward Osgood, Jonathan Ayers, Jr., Rev. John Chamberlain, Andrew Taylor, Charles L. French, Milton B. Neal, Perry, Eben Hutchins, Charles Plastridge.
No. 23. House built by Jonathan Randall, who was given
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the farm by his father, Daniel, perhaps about 1814, when he married. He died in 1870. Sally, Mary Jane and Eliza Randall, daughters of Jonathan. The next occupant was Edward Keniston.
No. 24. Perhaps Moses Randall, whose grandfather, Nathan- iel, was one of the proprietors, was the first settler here. He was taxed in Canterbury in 1770 and 1771, and soon after moved to Conway. Daniel Randall, his brother, was the first known occupant. He came to Canterbury before 1776, when his name is found on the tax list. Then followed William Randall, son of Daniel, who died in 1860. With him was his son, Samuel W. Randall, who died in 1847. Then followed Nathaniel Peverly, Charles Peverly and Bert G. Wheeler. The original Randall farm included 23, 24 and 25 and the earliest location may have been near 23.
No. 25. Daniel Randall, son of William at No. 24, Oren J. Randall, son of Daniel. Mrs. John Moody.
No. 26. Blacksmith Shop.
No. 27. Shingle Mill.
No. 28. Saw Mill.
No. 29. School House, original for the old district. Building sold and now part of barn at No. 30. In 1851, School District No. 2 was divided and the locations that follow made up Dis- trict No. 12.
No. 30. John Hutchins, who built the house, Rev. John Cham- berlain, Mrs. Nancy Randall, widow of Samuel W. at No. 24, Joseph Dow, George K. Noyes.
No. 31. Deacon John A. Chamberlain. The house was probably built by him. Charles Glines, Leroy A. Glines.
No. 32. Hiram G. Haines, who probably built the house, George Haines, and his descendants. Unoccupied.
No. 33. John Randall, son of William at No. 24. He died in Canterbury in 1849. Samuel Colby, John G. Miles, John Miles, Sarah Miles, George Drake.
No. 34. Josiah Dow, Peter Smart, Stewart Noyes, Hiram Miles, Mrs. Annie Noyes Miles.
No. 35. John Glover, who probably built the house, Byron K. Neal, Sam W. Lake, present owner. Occupied by tenant.
No. 36. The old fort. It was sold by the town in 1759 and converted into a dwelling. First known occupant Samuel French, Billy E. Pillsbury, who married Martha, daughter of Samuel French, Charles H. Pillsbury, William Dawes. Near this location dwelt Capts. Jeremiah Clough, senior and junior, for many years.
No. 37. School house built about 1851, when district was divided. The site of John Dolloff's home was very near this spot.
No. 38. Eben P. Carter, whose father preceded him. Now
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owned by Charles Wesley Carter of Boscawen and occupied by a tenant, Norman Tobine.
No. 39. Stewart Noyes, Shepard Phillips, widow of John B. Carter.
No. 40. John B. Carter. Buildings gone.
No. 41. Joseph Dow, James F. Noyes, Joseph Dow, his widow. No. 42. Benjamin Osgood Foster.
No. 43. Col. John Wheeler. Buildings gone.
No. 44. Lieut. Joseph Soper, who appears on the tax lists as early as 1769 and who was living at the time of the census of 1790. Probably succeeded by descendants. Samuel Neal, Joseph Dow, Benjamin Osgood Foster for a brief time. Build- ings gone.
No. 45. Col. Morrill Shepard place. Miss Statira Shepard, who married Shepard Phillips, William Haywood, Oren J. Randall, Dr. C. L. True as summer residence. Originally this farm was owned by Richard Blanchard who was killed by the Indians in 1746.
No. 46. Nehemiah Gibson, house built for him by his father. Charles H. Ayers, who bought in 1856, Morrill Fletcher, Charles H. Fletcher, Jeremiah Cogswell.
No. 47. Col. John Wheeler, his widow, Mary J., his son, William W., and his daughter, Mary Frances Wheeler.
No. 48. James Wiggin, George E. Wiggin, the present owner. In this locality William and Josiah Miles and Samuel Shepard settled.
No. 49. John H. Moody, house built for him.
A.1 William Hazelton, Obadiah Clough, Tristram McDaniel. Buildings gone.
B. Obadiah Clough, Ralph Streeter, William Avery, Mrs. Sarah Bennett.
C. Moses Sargent.
COLBY AND DEPOT DISTRICTS.
No. 50. Deacon Francis Sawyer, Capt. Joseph or Abiel Gerrish, John Colby, David Davis, Lewis Colby, John M. Colby. No. 51. Abiel Gerrish, Deacon John Chamberlain, John Colby, Isaac Heath, Joseph Heath, Frank Heath.
No. 52. School House, built in 1853, afterwards taken down. No. 53. John Corlis, Charles Morse, Benjamin Noyes, Whitcher Wheeler, Kimball, Hiram Stewart, James Colby. A room in this house was used for school purposes several years before school house was built.
No. 54. Caleb Jackman, Elliott, Capt. Joseph or Abiel Gerrish, Hilton Burleigh, John Colby, Leonard Colby, Osborn Colby. Present house built by Leonard Colby.
1 A, B and C, probably belonged to the Center District.
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No. 55. A family by the name of Bumford. House gone.
No. 56. Patrick Clough, Capt. James Sanders, Andrew J. Taylor, Charles Keniston, Ray Colby.
No. 57. Brickyard.
No. 58. Joseph Bland.
No. 59. A family by the name of Simons.
No. 60. School House. A brick school house stood at No. 65. It was torn down and a new school house built near the railroad station. Later it was moved to this site.
No. 61. Nehemiah Clough, Samuel Osgood, Hilton Burleigh, Cilley, Jeremiah Chamberlain, Samuel C. Pickard, Mrs. Samuel C. Pickard, Arthur Pickard, Frank Haven.
From No. 50 to No. 61 inclusive is the territory embraced in the present Intervale or Colby District.
No. 62. Capt. Joseph Gerrish, Charles Gerrish, Humphrey Carter, Milton B. Neal, Shepard Phillips, B. Frank Brown, Thomas Leighton, Albert Brown, Herbert L. Brown.
No. 63. Joseph Clough. After his decease, occupied by ten- ants for several years. Col. David M. Clough, Henry L. Clough.
No. 64. Charles N. Clough. House built by him.
No. 65. Brick School House. See No. 60.
No. 66. Tenement house belonging to No. 67.
No. 67. Nathaniel Clement, who kept the ferry, Capt. Joseph Gerrish, Smith Sanborn, Benjamin Sanborn, Mrs. Benjamin San- born, James Dodge, John K. Chandler (brother of William E. Chandler), Alice Chandler Daniell, Adam Engel.
No. 68. Railroad Station.
No. 69. House occupied by employes of railroad.
No. 70. Bagley.
No. 71. Ralph Streeter. House built for him by Col. David M. Clough. Destroyed by fire.
No. 72. Martha (Patty), Lucy and John Burdeen. Build- ings gone.
No. 73. John Carter, who built the house.
No. 74. Dustin Battis. Buildings gone.
No. 75. Nathaniel Battis. Buildings gone.
No. 76. John Battis. Buildings gone.
No. 77. Leavitt Ludlow. Unoccupied.
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CHAPTER XXII.
BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 3, SOMETIMES CALLED PALLET BOROUGH. SETTLED MOSTLY AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BY FAMILIES PROMINENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN. LOCATION OF HOMESTEADS.
The bounds of this district as laid out in 1814 were as follows: "Begins on Northfield line at the northeast corner of Joseph Lyford's Farm, then south to Wil'm Hazelton's Farm, then southeasterly to the northwest corner of Joshua Whitcher's Farm, then south to the southwest corner, then east to Sam A. Morrill's Farm, then south to the southwest corner of said farm, thence east (leaving Nathan Emery's land in No. 7) to the southeast corner of said farm, thence north to the northeast corner of Mar- cellus Morrill's land, thence east to the southeast corner of Simeon Brown's land, then north to Northfield line, then on said line to the first mentioned bound."
The Sanborn family settled here soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, Simon Sanborn being the ancestor. His farm has been in the possession of his descendants to the present time. Joseph Lyford, son of John Lyford, a pioneer in Hackleborough, moved to this locality, and this branch of the Lyford family have been residents of this school district ever since. Here also came the Bradleys, whose descendants emi- grated to the West. Samuel Ames settled here after a few years' residence at the Center. Stevens, Morrill, Forrest and Ayers were names once prominently identified with this part of the town. Except a grist mill and some brick kilns, the industry of this district has been wholly agriculture.
While the number of locations were not numerous the families were large, and during the first half of the nineteenth century there were many children attending school. It was an excellent farming community and there were no better farms in town than those of Samuel Ames, David Morrill, Simon Sanborn, Jesse Stevens and Abiel Bradley of the early settlers. At a later day that of Joseph Ayers, subsequently owned by his brother, Charles
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H. Ayers, was most productive, as were those of Samuel and William Sargent. The largest orchard in Canterbury was located on the David Morrill farm. Some years, between one and two thousand barrels of apples were shipped to market from this district.
The descendants of the Bradleys emigrated to the West with the early tide of emigration to that section and became prominent in Chicago and other places of Illinois. This district furnished its proportion of college graduates and of enterprising young men and women who attained distinction in other states.
The accompanying plan shows the location of homesteads past and present.
1. Joseph Lyford, his widow and son, Winthrop D. Lyford. Tristram Dow, Joseph Ayers, Charles Haines Ayers, Charles Henry Ayers.
2. Buildings gone. George Shannon, Revolutionary soldier, killed at Bunker Hill. His widow.
3. Joseph Pallet, great grandson of Joseph Pallet at No. 9. Joseph Keniston, Israel C. Whitney, Ordway, Charles Colby, Charles Plastridge, Smith Roberts, George C. Goodhue. The present house was placed over the cellar of the original for Charles Plastridge, and one acre of land was conveyed to him. The remainder of the farm, sixty acres, is now owned by Charles H. Ayers.
4. Weeks, Winthrop D. Lyford, his widow and son, Frank Lyford. The house was finished by Winthrop D. Lyford when he moved from No. 1.
5. Dolloff, Jeremiah Lake, Oliver Locke, Frank Lyford. 6. School House. Its predecessor was situated south of the present location.
7. David Morrill, Joseph G. Morrill, Smith L. Morrill, Joseph S. Morrill, Chester E. Heath as tenant.
8. Simon Sanborn, who built the original house, about 1786. Benjamin Sanborn, Shubael Sanborn, who built the present house in 1813. Benjamin Sanborn, Joseph Sanborn, Edwin G. Heath.
9. Joseph Pallet, Nathaniel Pallet, Nathaniel Pallet, 2d, with his brother, Joseph, and his sisters, Jane, Polly and Deliverance, Howard Sanborn, Woodbury Grover, Arthur Rolfe. Unoccupied. 10. John Thompson, - Robinson, Isaac Hoag, his widow, Malinda B. Hoag, Lowell Beck. Now owned by John Beck. Unoccupied.
11. The site of a grist mill.
12. Double house, one part used by Dea. Jesse Stevens and Albert Stevens, the other by Ebenezer Batchelder and Charles Batchelder. Unoccupied.
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13. William Sargent, Samuel Sargent, Lyman A. Conant, Sam S. Conant.
14. William F. Sargent, who built the house, Charles Sargent.
15. Dea. Jesse Stevens, Asa Stevens, Abiel Bradley, George Colby, Smith L. Morrill. Now owned by Joseph S. Morrill. Unoccupied.
16. Buildings gone. Thomas Stevens, Peter Bradley, Timothy Bradley, Thomas Leighton.
17. Samuel Ames, who came from the Center to settle, David Ames, Samuel Ames, Lorenzo Ames, Samuel P. Ames. Now owned by Leroy A. Glines. Occupied by tenants.
18. James Forrest, William Forrest, William Kimball, Erastus O. Nudd, Andrew T. Grover, Woodbury A. Grover.
19. Buildings gone. Erastus O. Nudd, who had coal kilns.
20. William Yeaton, who built present house, Alexander S. Yeaton, Amos M. Cogswell, Jonathan Dow. Now a summer cottage owned by Leroy A. Glines.
21. Buildings gone. Thomas Shaw.
22. Buildings gone. John C. Mason.
23. Buildings gone. Simeon Brown, Amos Brown.
24. Buildings gone. Marcellus Morrill, Grover Merrill.
CHAPTER XXIII.
BAPTIST SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 4. SETTLEMENTS HERE FOLLOWED THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION. EARLY SETTLERS. A FARM-
ING COMMUNITY. LOCATION OF HOMESTEADS.
The bounds of this district in 1814 were as follows: "Begins on Loudon line at the southwest corner of William Dwinell's land and running easterly on said line to the Shakers' land, then west to the road'near Henry Beck's house, then north to the northeast corner of James Peverly's land, then west to Daniel Jones' land, then north to the northeast corner of said Jones' land, then west to the road near Henry Jones', then north to the northeast corner of said Henry Jones' land, then west to the road near Amos Cogs- well's land, then west to the northwest corner of said Cogswell's land, then south to the southeast corner of Zebulon Sargent's land, then west to the road near Jeremiah Pickard Jr's land, then north to the northeast corner of John Peverly's land, then west to the range way at the west end of said Peverly's land, then south to the first mentioned bound."
The first Baptist Meeting House was built in 1803 near the site of the present structure, and the district gets its local name from this fact. The Meeting House was not far from the center of the district and the school house stood in close proximity.
At the time Benjamin Whitcher settled at the Shakers in 1775, it was said that he was several miles from any neighbors, and it is not likely that there was more than one family in this district until after the Revolutionary War. Leavitt Clough is found on the tax list of 1776, and he may have located at the Elder Jere- miah Clough farm prior to this date. Jonathan Davis was a tax- payer and a highway surveyor in 1785 and his brother, Stephen Davis, great-grandfather of Frank S. Davis, is enumerated as the head of a family in the U. S. Census of 1790. Stephen Davis located in this district, but whether Jonathan did is not known.
Miles Hodgdon, Henry Beck and Nathaniel Peverly are also found in the same census. The first two were inhabitants of this
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district, and it is not improbable that Mr. Peverly was the ances- tor of the family of that name who settled here. Joshua Boynton, whose location at the corner of the road leading to Hackleborough is referred to in determining the site of the Baptist Meeting House in 1802, was a highway surveyor in 1786. This indicates his coming to this district prior to that year. Leonard Whitney, probably the father of Joseph Whitney, held the office of highway surveyor in 1798 and for several years immediately following. When the highway districts were numbered in 1807, the district assigned to Mr. Whitney apparently locates him in this neighbor- hood. John Peverly held the same office in 1801 and James Peverly in 1810. Thomas Ames was a fence viewer in 1807 and Daniel Jones was a highway surveyor in 1802. They both resided in this district at that time. These were the early settlers in this section of the town. The Clough, Peverly, Davis and Beck families were identified with the district for many years, and their descendants are still inhabitants of this locality.
Here, also, Edward Osgood spent most of his active life and Col. David M. Clough resided at two different locations before he removed to the intervale on the Merrimack River. Elder Jere- miah Clough who was born in Loudon lived in this district for forty years. Other strong men who were natives were Simon Stevens Davis and George W. Peverly.
This section contained some of the best upland farms in Can- terbury and its citizens were, for the most part, prosperous farmers. Except the blacksmith shop and for a brief time a store, the only industry in this locality was agriculture until the summer board- ing business became a feature of the activities of the town. The Hancock House, opened first by Charles W. Hancock, was a popu- lar resort during the recreation season. After his death it was kept by George W. Fletcher. It is now in the possession of Granville W. Morgan. Other places that attracted the summer boarder were those of Leone I. Chase, John Peverly, Edmund B. Peverly, Frank S. Davis and Warren Pickard. It was a large colony of city people who were to be found in this district during the months of July and August.
The sites of homesteads are to be found on the accompanying plan, and the succession of inhabitants at each site so far as known follows:
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No. 1. John Sutton, - Bailey, Moses M. Emery, Mil- lard F. Emery. It was near this site, the geographical center of the town, that it was proposed to locate the town house early in the nineteenth century.
No. 2. Jonathan S. Dow, Frank P. Dow, Frank Pickard. No. 3. - Foster, Pickard, Elder John Harriman, Andrew J. Taylor, Moses M. Worthen, Mrs. Moses M. Worthen, Leonard Haselton, Andrew T. Grover, until his death, Sterling Hurtle.
No. 4. Abraham Tiffany, small house built by him. House gone.
No. 5. John S. Moore, Charles W. Hancock, Charles S. Osgood, E. Laroy Batchelder, George M. Fletcher.
No. 6. Thomas Ames, Fisher Ames, David M. Clough, Samuel Ames, as tenant, Gardner Mason, Jacob Towle, Thomp- son Beck, John Beck.
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