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Of the history of the settlers reported by Grout. Gilmore. and Hale, but little is known. Alphabetically arranged. we find the first on the list to be John Borland. He was the first settler in what is now East Jaffrey, and built the first mills in that place. In 1778 he sold his place to Deacon Eleazer Spofford, of Danvers, and left town.
Four families by the name of Caldwell .- James. James. Jr., Joseph. and Thomas .- were among the first settlers. When the town was incorporated, the name of James Cald- well appears on a committee chosen to procure preaching. and Thomas Caldwell is represented in Hale's report as the owner of a saw-mill on lot number 22. range 5. Nothing more is known of the family of Caldwell.
The name of Thomas Emery is found in Hale's report as the owner of the right of Nathaniel Pierce, which included the lot on which was built the Milliken tavern. afterwards the farm of John Felt, and now. 1873, Levi Brigham, and also the farm of Clarence S. Bailey.
Solomon Grout settled on lot Is, range g .- the Isaac Bailey farm,-and was road surveyor in 1;74 and selectman in 1776.
A Wid. Henderson, by Grout and Gilmore's report, set- tled on lo: 17, range 3, now the farm of S. Garfield.
Jonathan Hopkinson's place of settlement is unknown.
Robert Holmes was from Londonderry: his brother Abram settled in Peterborough. He settled on lot 12.
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range 3, afterwards the farm of Joseph Thorndike, John Conant, and Frank H. Cutter. The first frame house in Jaffrey is reported to have been built on that farm, per re- port of Grout and Gilmore.
David Hunter settled on lot 5, range 6, afterwards the farm of David Gilmore, Esq., now (1876) the farm of Mar- shal C. Adams. When the first military company was or- ganized he was chosen ensign.
John Little settled on lot 15, range 4, now the farm of John Quin. He was highway surveyor in 1774. His suc- cessor appears to have been Simpson Stuart.
Alexander McNeil settled on lot 12, range 5, and was, by tradition, the first inn-keeper in Jaffrey. From the town records he appears to have been quite a prominent man. In 1774 he was chosen one of a committee to procure preaching ; one of a committee to examine the accounts of the selectmen and constable ; and one of the committee to build the meeting-house. In 1775 he was one of the board of selectmen, and moderator of the annual town-meeting in 1776. In 1779, at the annual town-meeting, the town voted that Alexander McNeil should not keep tavern. He proba- bly left town soon after.
William Mitchel settled on lot 12, range 4, afterwards the farm of James Gage, and his son Jonathan Gage. Present owner, Michael D. Fitzgerald. In 1774 he was chosen auditor of accounts and deer-reeve ; in 1775, surveyor of roads and sealer of leather ; in 1776, surveyor of roads. He probably left town in 1777 or 1778.
Andrew McAlister settled on lot 14, range 4, afterwards the farm of John Briant, now owned by Samuel D. Jewell.
James Nichols settled on lot 17, range I, afterwards owned by Benjamin Cutter, Benjamin Frost, John Frost and John Frost, Jr. ; now uninhabited.
John Swan was owner of lot 6, range 4; lot 5, range 5 ; and lot 21, range 6. On which lots he settled is not known.
Thomas Walker was owner of lot 16, range 2; lot 7,
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range 6; lot II, range I. On which he settled is not known.
George Wallace, settlement unknown.
Robert Wier settled on lot 6, range 5. In 1773, when the town was incorporated, he was chosen one of the audi- tors of accounts and highway surveyor ; in 1776 he was chosen town-clerk and first selectman.
Leranus Wright settled on lot 14, range 8. His suc- cessor was Francis Wright, inn-keeper. When the town was incorporated, in 1773, the town-meeting was held at his place. The farm is now owned by Dana S. Jaquith.
Most of the early settlers were born in the state of Massachusetts, some in Londonderry, N. H., some in England, and some in Ireland. David Bailey was born in England ; John Davidson and William Smiley in Ireland. They were a race of hardy adventurers, inured to toil and hardship, fit inhabitants for a new township. They were mostly young men, unmarried, in search of a future home. They made a purchase of land, cleared a few acres, built thereon a cabin or log house, returned to their original home, and there married and took with them their wives with their household furniture to the home in the forest, a bridal tour full of hope and expectation of a rich future re- ward-not only a reward of gold and silver, but one of a large progeny. In that they were not often disappointed, as the emigration from Jaffrey, in after years, to the states of Vermont, New York, Ohio, and most of the Western states, will abundantly verify. The sons and daughters of Jaffrey and their descendants may be found not only in town, but in most of the cities East and West, holding positions of wealth, honor, and trust.
The life of the pioneer was one of hardship and toil. It had also its comforts and enjoyments. If it did not afford a life of ease, it did a life of health. If it did not furnish jewels or gold, it did, what was of more value in their esti-
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mation, like the Roman matron, a family of hale and healthy children.
A very interesting account, given by Mrs. Sarah (Law- rence) Eveleth, in a letter to her nephew, John S. Lawrence, centennial year, relating to the early habits of the first set- tlers, is here given, in her own language. Mrs. Eveleth was a school-teacher in her younger days, and is now (1873) nearly 80 years of age. She writes from her own recollec- tion as follows :
The first settlers fared very hard, worked hard, and their living was coarse and short. It consisted of bean porridge, Indian bread, johnny-cakes, and a few potatoes. Pies and cakes were a great luxury if they could get them, but they were "like angels' visits, few and far between." Their dress was made of coarse material, homespun and wove. Ladies wore dresses made of tow and linen, tight waist, skirt made of wool, open in front to the bottom and pinned behind. They wore a dress skirt, short loose gown, wool hats, and sometimes sun-bonnets, such as would cause a smile these good days. For church dress, they wore calico called chintz, wore mostly leather shoes, some had velvet. For an overdress, the ladies, if they had any, wore home-made cloth : some had silk. They wore skirts which came half way from the knee to the ankle, called long shorts, or cut shorts.
The children, if they went to church at all, wore home-made cloth, with a handkerchief tied on their heads. In cold weather they wore a striped blanket over their shoulders. The men wore striped frocks and trowsers, cowhide boots if they could get them, otherwise shoes, with leggings in win- ter to keep out the snow. They had an over-dress made of coarse wool cloth, called great coats, which came down to their ankles.
Their dwellings were mostly built of logs, with a stone chimney at one end, and a large fireplace, large enough to re- ceive wood four feet in length. The cellar and attic, if they had any, was reached by a ladder. The seats were made of blocks of wood, and table of a large log two or three feet long.
Their mode of travel was at first by marked trees, on foot, and afterwards by sleds drawn by oxen. In winter they trav- elled on what they called snowshoes when the snow was deep. A man would take a woman behind him on the same shoes. She would take hold of his shoulders and step every time as he did, and travel a mile or more in that way. After a while
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horses were used by those who were able to have them. By using a saddle and pillion, two could ride on the same horse. In this way they went to church, funerals, parties, and to mill.
Schools were taught in private dwellings. The first school- house in the district was a rude affair, built by Samuel May- nard, at the expense of the district, with a jackknife and gimlet. The first schools were taught by Rufus Houghton and Sally Lowe.
The first cider-mills in the district were built by Kendal Briant and Benj. Lawrence. Before they were built, cider was made by pounding the apples in a wooden bowl, and pressing them in a cheese-press.
CHAPTER IV.
MUNICIPAL HISTORY-CHARTER OF THE TOWN-INCOR- PORATION-LIST OF TOWN AND STATE OFFICERS.
TN 1773 the number of inhabitants in Middletown, as the town of Jaffrey was then called, was 303; number of families, 52. A petition was signed that year by the inhab- itants for a town charter, and presented to the royal gov- ernor, John Wentworth, by Col. Enoch Hale, of Rindge, a man of high standing in official position, and previously a resident of the township. On the seventeenth day of August, A. D. 1773, a charter was duly granted by the said royal governor, with the advice of his council, at Ports- mouth, changing the original name Middletown, or Middle Monadnock Number Two, to Jaffrey, in honor of George Jaffrey, at that time a member of the governor's council, and one of the Masonian proprietors. Capt. Jonathan Stan- ley, father-in-law of Col. Hale, was authorized to call the first town-meeting within sixty days. After the incorpora- tion of the town the population increased with great rapid- ity. Large numbers, during and after the Revolutionary War, came from Massachusetts. In 1775, at the beginning of the war, the number of inhabitants was 351. In 1783, eight years later, it was 1,033; in 1790, 1,235 ; 1800, 1,341 ; 1810, 1,336; 1820, 1,339; 1830, 1,354; 1840, 1,411 ; 1850, 1,497; 1860, 1,452 ; 1870, 1,256; 1873, 1,288 ; 1880, 1,267.
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CHARTER OF THE TOWN.
CHARTER.
Province of New Hampshire.
George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c.
To all people to whom these presents come, Greeting :
Whereas our loyal subjects, Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within our Province of New Hampshire, aforesaid, commonly called and known by the name of Middletown or Middle Mo- nadnock No. 2, Containing by estimation about six miles square, Having humbly petitioned and requested us that they may be erected and incorporated into a Township, and enfran- chised with the same Powers and Privileges which other towns within our said Province by law have and enjoy, And it ap- pearing unto us to be conducive to the General good of our said Province, as well as the Inhabitants in particular, by maintain- ing good order and encouraging of the culture of the land, that the Same should be done : Know ye, that we, of our special Grace and certain knowledge, and for the encouragement and promotion of the Good Purposes and ends aforesaid, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Went- worth Esquire, our Governor and Commander in Chief, and of our Council of the same, have erected and ordained and by these presents, for us, our Heirs and successors, do will and ordain that the Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land and others, who shall improve and inhabit thereon hereafter, the same being butted and bounded as follows viz : Beginning at the South West corner of Peterborough Slip so called, from thence running North eighty degrees West seven miles to a Hemlock Tree marked, from thence running North by the Needle five miles to a Hemlock Tree marked from thence run- ning South, Eighty degrees East seven miles to a Beech Tree marked in the West line of Peterborough, from thence South by the Needle to the first Bounds mentioned ; Be and they are hereby declared to be a Town corporate, and are hereby erected and incorporated into a body Politick and corporate to have continuance forever by the name of Jaffrey ; with all the Powers and Authorities, Privileges, Immunities and Franchises, which any other Towns in said Province by Law hold and en- joy to the said Inhabitants, or those who shall hereinafter in- habit there, and their Successors forever, Alway reserving to us, our heirs and successors, All White Pine Trees, that are or shall be found being or growing within or upon said Tract of Land, fit for the use of our Royal Navy, Reserving also to us, our heirs and successors, the Right of dividing said Town, when it shall appear necessary and convenient for the Inhab-
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itants thereof. Provided nevertheless and tis hereby declared that this Charter and Grant is not intended, and shall not in any manner be construed, to affect the private Property of the soil within the Limits aforesaid. And as the several Towns within our said Provence are by these Laws thereof enabled and authorized to assemble and by the Majority of the Voters pres- ent to choose all such offices and transact such affairs as in the said Laws are declared, We do by these Presents nominate and appoint Jonathan Stanley of said Town to call the first Meet- ing of said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at any time within sixty days from the Date hereof, giving legal notice of the time and design of holding said meeting after which the annual meeting of said Town shall be held for the choice of said officers, and for the purpose aforesdon the last Thursday of March annually.
In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of said Prov- ence to be hereunto affixed. Witness our Governor and Com- mander-in-chief aforesaid, the seventeenth day of August, in the thirteenth year of our Reign Annoquedom 1773.
John Wentworth.
By his Excellency's Command, with Advice of Council. Theodore Atkinson, Sec.
ORGANIZATION.
Provence of
New Hampshire Pursuant to the Charter of the Town of Cheshire, ss. Jaffrey in Said County of the seventeenth of this Instant August Consisting of that Tract of Land originally Called and Known by the Name of Middle Monadnock Number two in sd County.
To me Directed by his Excellency the Governor and Com- mander in Chief in and over Said Provence, For calling the First meeting within sixty Days.
These are therefore in his Majestys Name to Notify and warn all the Freeholders and other Inhabitance of sd town, Qualified to vote in Common affairs, to assemble and meet at the house of Francis Wright in sd town, on Thisday the Fourteenth Day of September Next Insuing, at two of the Clock in the after Noon, then and there to Proseed on the following articles, as the Law Directs.
Istly To choose a Moderator to Govern sd meeting.
2dly To choose a town Clark, Selectmen, Constable or Consta- bles, Tythingmen and all other officers, Required by Law of said Province to be Chosen in sd town at the First meet- ing, All to be Sworn to the faithful Discharge of their Re-
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ORGANIZATION.
spective offices in all things to be Done and Performed by them as the Law of sd Province Directs.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Jaffrey Aug. 27, 1773. Jonathan Stanley.
Jaffrey Sept. 14 1773.
Then the Freeholders and Inhabitance of sd town being meet agreeable to the forgoing Warrant,
Istly Choose Capt. Jonathan Stanley moderator to Govern sd meeting.
2ly Choose mr Wm Smiley Town Clerk. Choose Capt. Jonathan Stanley, First Selectman, mr. Wm Smiley Secd Selectman.
mr. Phineas Spaulding third Selectman.
Choose Mr. Roger Gilmore, Tythingman. Choose Hugh Dunlap and John Harper, Field Drivers. Choose John Davidson, Constable.
Choose Roger Gilmore, Robert Wire and Samuel Sherwin a Committee to Count with the Selectmen and Constable. Choose David Allen Wm McAlister ; Robert Wire, Eph- raim Hunt, Wn Turner and John Gilmore Soyvors Choose Mr. Wm Hogg and Mr Joseph Wright Fence Vew- ers.
The First meeting Sept 14, 1773.
Province of To John Davidson Constable for the town
New Hampshire of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshier and Cheshire, ss. Province aforsaid. Greeting.
You are hereby required, in his Majestys name, to warn all the Freeholders and Inhabitance of sd Jaffrey (Duly Qualified to Vote) to meet at the house of Francis Wright, Innholder, on Tuesday the twenty eighth of this instant Sept", at one of the clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the Following Articles.
Ist To choose a moderator to Govern sd meeting.
2ły To see if they will vote a Certain Sum of money to lay out on the Rodes in sd Town.
3ly To see what Method they will take to have the Gospel Preached among us.
4ly To See How much money they will Raise to support the Gospel
And when you shall have Performed the service herein re- quired of this Warrant make return to us and of your Doings thereon, at or before the sd twenty eighth Day aforsaid.
Given under our hands and seal this fourteenth Day of Sept, 1773.
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Cheshire ss. Sept. 28, 1773. In Obedi- (Jona. Stanley.
ence to the within Warrant, I have | Wm Smiley warned all the Freeholders and inhab- { Phineas Spaulding itance of sd town to meet at time and Place within mentioned.
Pr. Me, John Davidson Constable.
Jaffrey Sept 2S. Then the Freeholders and Inhabitance of sd town being mett agreeable to the Foregoing Warrant,
Ily Choose Capt. Jonathan Stanley moderator to govern sd meeting.
2ły Voted Eighty Pounds L: M: to be worked out on the Rods.
31y Voted that Capt. Jona. Stanley, Alexander Mc-Neill and Jeames Caldwell be a Committee to Provide supplies of Preaching for sª town.
4ly Voted six Pounds Lawful Money to support the Gospel in said town.
The second Town Meeting held in sd Town Sept. 28, 1773.
The town was now duly organized, and had power to make provision for the public wants, and compel every citi- zen to share in the expense. Of what was done previous we have no record, and it is quite doubtful whether any was ever made ; quite certain it is that they had not met the requirements of the grant, so far as it related to the build- ing of a meeting-house, as none appears to have been built. The business requirements of the town at this time related to the making of roads, building of a meeting-house, and the establishment and support of a public school.
The following persons appear to have been voters at the - time of the organization of the town :
David Allen, Jona. Blodgett,
Wm. Fisher,
John T. Anderson,
George Clark,
John Gilmore,
Stephen Adams,
Jeames Caldwell,
Roger Gilmore,
Thomas Adams, Henry Coffren,
Robert Gilmore,
Jethro Bailey, Joseph Cutter,
Hiram Greene,
Isaac Baldwin, Daniel Davis, Oliver Hale,
John Borland, John Davidson,
John Harper,
John Briant, Robert Dunlap, John Hanley,
Kendal Briant,
Hugh Dunlap, Elias Hathorn,
Alpheas Brigham,
Thomas Emery,
Eben™ Hathorn,
Selectmen
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TOWN-CLERKS.
Elred Hetrech,
Wm Miliken,
Joshua Thorndike,
Jason Hemingway,
Dennis Orgon,
Wm Turner,
Wm Hogg,
Samuel Pierce,
Joseph Turner,
Joseph Hogg,
Jacob Pierce,
Nathaniel Turner,
David Hunter,
Oliver Proctor,
Simon Warren,
Ephraim Hunt,
Jona. Priest,
Peter Warren,
Ebn' Ingals,
Daniel Priest,
Isaac Wesson,
Jona. Jewett,
Daniel Priest, 2ª,
Eph™ Whitcomb,
John Little,
Wm Smiley,
Robert Wier, Mathew Wallace,
Alex" Mc-Neal,
Jona. Stanley,
Wm Mc-Alister,
David Stanley,
Sam1 Woodbury,
Peter Mc-Alister,
Phineas Spaulding,
Mathew Wright,
Wm Mitchell,
Sam1 Sherwin,
Francis Wright,
Samuel Milliken,
Joseph Thorndike,
Joseph Wright.
List of the moderators of the annual town-meetings, from the incorporation of the town, 1773, to 1880.
Jonathan Stanley, 1773.
Henry Coffeen, 1774.
John Gilmore, 1775.
Alex" McNiel, 1776.
Roger Gilmore, 1777.
Wm. Smiley, 1778, '80.
Joseph Bates, 1779, '81-2, '86.
Benj. Prescott, 1783-4, '97.
Jedh Sanger, 1785.
Abel Parker, 1787-8-9-90-1, '93, '96, '98-9, 1801, '08. Phineas Spaulding, 1792.
Joseph Thorndike, 1794-5.
Simeon Butters, 1800, '03.
Adonijah Howe, 1802, '06, '09-10- II-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19. David Page, 1804-5, '07.
Moody Lawrence, 1820-21. Edward Spaulding, 1822-3-4, '38, '4I Oliver Prescott, 1825-6, '32, '34, '39, '40. Luke Howe, 1827-8.
Wm. Ainsworth, 1829-30-31.
Asa Parker, 1833. John Conant, 1835-6-7, '42-3, '47, '49-50-1, '53-4-5. Stillman Clarke, 1844. John Felt, 1845-6, '48. Alonzo Bascomb, 1852. Charles H. Powers, 1856-7-8-9-60-
I-2-3-4-5-6, 171-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-80. Fred W. Bailey, 1867-8-9-70.
TOWN-CLERKS.
Wm. Smiley, 1773-4-5, '77, '83. Robert Weir, 1776.
Abel Parker, 1789. Alex" Milliken, 1790.
Roger Gilmore, 1778-9, '95-6-7-8-9, David Smiley, 1803-4. 1800-I. David Page, 1805. Adonijah Howe, 1780-1-2, '04, '06- Samuel Dakin, 1806-7-8-9-10-II- 7-8, '91-2-3-4, 1802. 12-13-14-15. Oliver Prescott, 1816.
Jedediah Sanger, 1785.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
Wm. Ainsworth, 1817-18-19-20-21. Jonas M. Mellville, 1840-I.
Henry Payson, 1822-3-4. John Fox, 1848-9 '50-1-2-3-4-5-6-7- Thomas Adams, 1825-6-7-8-9-30-1-2. 8-9-60-1-2-3.
Benj. Cutter, 1823-4-5-6-7-8-9,'42-3- Joseph P. Frost, 1864-5-6-7-8-9-70- 4-5-6-7. I-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-80.
SELECTMEN.
Jonathan Stanley, 1773. Wm. Smiley, 1773; '77, '79.
Phineas Spaulding, 1773. Henry Coffeen, 1774.
James Gowing, 1784. Joseph Perkins, 1785, '91, '94. Abel Parker, 1786, '89, '91-2-3. Samuel Emery, 1786-7, '89.
Roger Gilmore, 1774, '78-9, '92-3, Oliver Hale, 1786. '95-6-7, 1800-1.
William Turner, 1774.
John Gilmore, 1775, '82.
Samuel Buss, 1788, '95, '98.
Alexander McNiel, 1775.
Simeon Butters, 1790. Moses Worcester, 1796-7, 1802.
Peter Warren, 1775.
Robert Wier, 1776.
Daniel Parker. 1798-9. John Joslyn, 1798-9.
Solomon Grout, 1776.
Joseph Turner, 1776.
Benj. Haywood, 1800-1, '34-5-6.
Joseph Thorndike, 1777, '94.
Rufus Houghton, 1802, '06-7.
Daniel Emery, 1777, '81.
David Smiley, 1803-4.
Alpheas Brigham, 1777, '87.
Roger Brigham, 1803-4-5, '07.
Joseph Cutter, 1777, '93.
John Stanley, 1778.
Jona. Fox, 1803-4-5, '08-9-10-II- 12-13-14. David Page, 1805 .
Hugh Dunlap, 1779.
David Page, Jr., 1806.
Eleazer Spofford, 1780.
Joseph Bates, 1780.
James Hayward, 1780.
Samuel Dakin, 1806-7-8-9-10-11-12- 13-14-15. David Gilmore, 1808, '17-18-19-20- I-2-3.
Thomas Mower, 1781.
William Pope, 1781.
Joseph Joslin, 1809-10-11-12-13-14, '22. Oliver Prescott, 1815-16-17-18-19- 20-21, '28-9-30-1-2-3.
Adonijah Howe, 1785, '88, '92.
David Jewett, 1816.
Jedediah Sanger, 1783, '85.
Asa Parker, 1821-2-3-4-5.
John Briant, 1783-4.
Levi Fisk, 1823-4-5, '28.
Jereme Underwood, 1783, '90-1, Samuel Patrick, 1826-7, '29-30, '37- '95-6-7. 8-9-40.
Thomas Adams, 1784, '89, '94, Oliver Warren, 1827, '35-6. 1802, '17-18-19-20, '26-7.
John Conant, 1828, '31-2-3-4.
Benj. Prescott, 1782.
James Stevens, 1782, 1800-I. Ebenezer Stratton, 1782.
Abraham Bailey, 1778.
Alexander Milliken, 1786-7-8, '90. Silas Marshal, 1786.
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TOWN TREASURERS.
Edward Spaulding, 1829-30-1-2-3-4-John A. Prescott, 2d, 1858-9, '60. 5, '41-2. Samuel Ryan, 1859-60-1. John Frost, 1860-1-2.
John Felt, 1836-7-8-9.
John A. Prescott, 1837-8-9,41, '52-James R. Stanley, 1861-2-3.
3-4.
Benj. L. Baldwin, 1862-3-4.
Labon Rice, 1840, '42-3, '05-6, '53-Frank H. Cutter, 1863-4-5. 4-5.
Nehemiah Adams, 1840, '42-3-4.
Jos. W. Fassett, 1865-6-7, 73-4. Alfred Sawyer. 1866-7-8, 73-4-5.
Oliver Bailey, 1841.
Gilman Mower, 1843-4.
Henry C. French, 1867, '70-1-3.
David Spaulding, 1844.
Benj. Pierce, 1868-9.
Ezra Baker, 1845-6-7-8.
Marshal C. Adams, 1868-9-70.
Robert Ritchie, 1845-6-7-8.
Oliver P. Hunt, 1869-70.
Rufus Haywood, 1847, '49.
John M. Wales, 1872.
Jona. J. Comstock, 1848-9-50.
Addison Prescott. 1872.
Oliver Bacon, 1849-50-1.
Jos. P. Frost, 1874-5-6.
S. B. Lawrence, 1850-1-2.
Henry A. Turner, 1875-6-7.
Clarence S. Bailey, 1876-7-8.
John A. Cutter, 1877-8-9.
Oscar W. Bradley, 1878.
George A. Underwood, 1879-80.
TOWN TREASURERS.
Wm. Smiley, 1778. Edward Spaulding, 1835.
Adonijah Howe, 1781-2, '86-7, '89, Ethan Cutter, 1836-7-8.
'90-I, '99-1800-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9- J. M. Melville, 1839 to 1851, inclu- 10-II-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20. sive.
Samuel Buss, 1783-4, '92, '93-4. John E. B. Jewett, 1858-9. Thomas Adams, 1795-6-7. Ebenezer Upton, 1860.
Oliver Prescott, 1821.
C. H. Powers, 1861-2-3-4, '70-1-2-3 4-5-6-7-8-9-80. Peter Upton, 1865.
Wm. Ainsworth, 1825-6-7-8-9-30- 31. Asa Parker, 1832.
Fred W. Bailey, 1866-7-8-9.
Isaac J. Fox, 1833-4.
List of representatives from the incorporation of the town to the present time, in the order in which they appear upon the record :
' Asa Baker, 1851-2-3.
Wm. Lebonveau, 1854-5-6.
Daniel French, 1855-6-7.
John Fox, 1856-7-8, '71-2-3.
A. W. Spaulding, 1857-8-9.
James L. Bolster, 1864-5-6, '71.
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY.
Henry Coffeen, May II, 1775, to
third Provincial Congress at Exeter.
William Smiley, 1784.
John Gilmore, 1785, '86.
Abel Parker, 1787, '91-2-3, '97, '99. * John Fox, 1851-2-3-4.
Benjamin Prescott, 1790, '96, 1809, *David C. Chamberlin, 1856-7.
10-II-12-13-14-15-16-17.
Joseph Thorndike, 1794, '95, '98, 1800-1-2-3.
Charles H. Powers, 1860-1, '78. Samuel Ryan. 1862-3.
Adonijah Howe, 1804-5,'18-19-20-21 .* Frederick W. Bailey, 1864-5,'68-9. David Page, 1806-7. *Addison Prescott, 1866-7.
Laban Ainsworth, 1808.
*Benjamin Pierce, 1870-I.
*Oliver Prescott, 1822-3-4-5-6.
*Frank H. Cutter, 1872-3.
*William Ainsworth, 1828-9-30.
*Levi Fisk, 1831-2-3.
John Conant, 1834-5-6.
Thomas Annett, 1879-80.
State senators, natives of Jaffrey :
Asa Parker. 1826-7.
Levi Fisk, 1835-6.
Justices of the peace are appointed by the governor and council on recommendation of parties concerned. In 1785 Roger Gilmore was recommended by a vote of the town, and was commissioned by the governor. The following list is given in the order of their appointment :
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