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In December of the same year the town
Voted to sell Lot No 14 R 2 for the Benefit of a school in sd town. Voted to Hire the mony the aforsd Lot shall be sold for, to Pay in Part the Charges in Building the meetinghouse and pay the use of sd money anuly to support a school in sd town.
It would seem from the following vote that the committee chosen to sell the public lands had failed to do it.
" Voted to Dismiss the Comee chosen to sell the Public land, and choose Capt Jona. Stanley Mr Roger Gilmore Mr Wm Turner a Comee to sell all the Publick Land Voted to be sold, at Private or Public sale as they think proper."
In 1776 there is no record of anything being done in re- lation to the meeting-house. In 1777 the town voted " to finish the meeting-house this year." In 1778, April 2,-
" Voted to build the Body Seats. Chose Simeon Stickney, Joseph Bats & Daniel Emery a Comee to Effect the same."
Apr. 20, Voted thirty Pounds to Build the Body Seats. also chosen Sam1 Adams & Jonathan Stanley to lay out the meet-
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inghouse ground. Voted to have 12 pews on the South End of the two squares of the meetinghouse Ground.
Nov. 26, Voted to finish the meetinghouse this year and next. Chose Eleazer Spofford, Joseph Bates, Phineas Spauld- ing and John Cutter a Comee to effect the same.
Voted to Finish the Pews and sell them.
In 1779, Jan. 14, the town
Voted to sell the Pews to the hiest Bidder that belongs to the town, Except them that do not belong to the Society, or that have been against paying anything towards building the house.
Voted that the purchaser of the Pews shall pay one third part of the price down, another third in six months and the re- mainder when the Pew is finished.
Chose William Smiley Vendue Master.
Voted. that the Vendue of the Pews begin on Thursday the 21 of Jan. inst at nine of the Clock before noon and the Vendue Master deliver up what money he gits to the Committee.
Voted to finish the Pews with Banisters, and to have one Pew less on the wall on the West side of the Pulpit.
Voted that if any man Neglects to pay the first payment, his vote shall afterwards be taken no notice of, but the pew expos- ed to sale again, and if any man pay the first and second pay- ments and Neglect to pay the third, he shall forfeit all he has paid, and his Pew exposed to sale again.
Voted eleven Pews to be on the south side of the gallery on the wall on the south side of the house and seven on each Gal- lery on the wall of the two ends of the house and two on each corner of the front Gallery.
Voted to hang the seats with hinges.
May 22, 1779, Notice is hereby given to the inhabitants of Jaffrey that the sale of the Pews that remain unsold, likewise the sale of all such Pews as the former Purchasers thereof who have not fulfilled the articles of sale for the pews in the meet- inghouse, will be on Wednsday the ninth day of June next, at two of the clock in the afternoon at the meetinghouse.
Wm Smiley, Vendne Master.
In 1780, Mar. 30, Art. 3 of the warrant,-
To see if the town will make any allowance to Capt. Henry Coffeen for the Barrel of Rum that he paid for, which was ex- pended at the Raising of the meetinghouse.
Voted that the Selectmen settle with Capt. Coffeen in behalf of the town.
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PEW-OWNERS, 1780.
1. Roger Gilmore, Esq.,
2. Capt. Joseph Cutter,
3. Ign Joseph Wilder,
30. Benjn Nutting,
31. Simon Warren,
32. Oliver Proctor,
6. Capt. Benjn Spaulding,
7. Lt. Moses Worcester,
8. Oliver Bailey,
9. Phineas Spaulding,
IO. Phins Spaulding,
II. Capt. Jos. Perkins,
12. John Davidson,
13. Jos. Thorndike, Esq.,
14. Capt. Jonan Stanley,
41. Benjn Dole,
42. John Kent,
43. Lt. Jacob Pierce,
44. Widw Lois Stanley,
45. Joseph Turner,
46. Samuel Pierce,
20. Isaac Bailey,
47. Capt. Sam Adams,
21. Capt. Daniel Emery,
22. Dea. Daniel Emery,
49. Egn Francis Wright.
23. Thomas Mower,
50. Peter Jones.
51. Dea. William Smiley,
52. Nehemiah Green,
53. Oliver Hale.
PEWS IN THE GALLERY.
I. Lt. Jereme Underwood, 14. Doct. A. Howe,
2. Ebnr Thompson,
15. Collins Hathorn,
3. Abram Ross,
16. Josiah Belknap,
4. Charles Davidson,
17. Nehemiah Green,
5. Doct. A. Howe,
18. Samuel Stanley,
6. Daniel Priest,
19. Daniel Priest,
7. Jona. Priest,
20. John Buckley,
8. Kendal Pierson,
21. Sam Adams,
9. Capt. Joseph Perkins,
22. Isaac Bailey,
10. Lt Sam! Buss,
23. Abijah Carter,
II. Benj. Whitmore,
24. William Emery,
12. Eleazer Spofford,
13. David Cutter,
28. Lt. James Stevens,
29. Capt. James Gage,
4. Doct. A. Howe,
5. Joseph Brooks,
33. Eleazer Spofford,
34. John Briant, 35. Rev. Laban Ainsworth,
36. Abel Parker, Esq.,
37. Dr. A. Howe,
38. Lt. Sam1 Buss,
39. Eleazer Spofford,
40. Nathan Hall,
15. Lt. Joseph Bates,
16. Eg" Alexander Milliken,
17. Thorndike and Page,
18. Lt. William Turner,
19. John Gilmore,
48. Ebnr Stratton.
24. Robert Harkness,
25. Lt. John Harper,
26. Capt. Samuel Adams,
27. Eleazer Spofford,
25. Lt. Thomas Adams.
Recorded August 30, 1791.
by Adol Howe, Town Clerk.
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Pulpit.
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Front door.
After the sale of the pews followed the payment for the
No. 2, for fifteen pounds,-probably ten pounds for the Page, one on the lower floor, No. 26, and one in the gallery, ten pounds each; two pews, Adams to Thorndike and same. and one, Jonathan Taylor to Robert Harkness, No. 24, for pounds ($33.34) ; one, Arthur Taylor to Spofford, No. 39, of the sale of a pew,-No. 16, Dunlap to Pope,-for ten lic vendue, and can only judge of their value by the record We have no record of the price of pews sold at pub-
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lower pew, and five for the one in the gallery. That there were some delinquent payers for pews bought at the vendue appears by a vote of the town, Sept. 17, 1789, "that the Comee appointed to Finish the meeting-house, post those pews that are unpaid for, for sale the first monday of Oct. next, unless paid for before." As we have no record to the contrary, it seems quite likely that payment was duly made.
In 1781, a committee of three, viz., William Pope, Dr. A. Howe, and Nehemiah Greene, was chosen "to recon with the building committee." In 1784 another committee, viz., Daniel Emery, John Gilmore, and James Gowing, was chosen for the same purpose, and quite likely met with the same result. In 1787, Sept. 3, the town
Voted not to Except the finishing of the inside of the meet- inghouse.
Voted to refer the settlement with Mr. Adams to the old Comee chosen for that purpose.
No settlement being made, in 1789, Dec. 21, the town again
Voted not to Except of the meetinghouse as it is now fin- ished, and also Voted, to choose a Comee to settle with Capt. Adams if they can agree, and if not, to have power to Refer the matter to Referees. Chose Esq. Parker, Dea. Spofford and Capt. Spaulding for said Committee. Voted that if Capt. Adams will not settle nor Refer the said matter that the said Comee have power to prosecute his bonds to final Judgment and Execution.
In 1792, August 27, the town
Voted to have a box put to the meetinghouse with a glass door for the purpose of putting the town Notifications into.
In 1796, August 29, the town voted two hundred dollars in part towards underpinning and repairing the meeting- house. A committee of three,-Dr. A. Howe, John Cough- ran, and Dea. E. Spofford,-had been appointed at a pre- vious meeting to ascertain what repairs were necessary ; among which a good underpinning of hewn stone, fifteen inches thick, and that the house be painted with a light
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stone color, was recommended by the committee and accepted by the town. A committee of three,-Dr. A. Howe, Jereme Underwood, and Roger Gilmore,-was chosen to repair the house.
In 1798, March 6, the town voted to paint the meeting- house, and raised one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents for that purpose. The house was painted probably for the first time, as we have no record of any money having been previously voted for that purpose. The meeting-house was raised in 1775 and finished in 1799, a period of twenty-four years. It was built after the style of the day, with square pews ; a gallery on three sides of the house, supported in front by fluted pillars ; a pulpit, built after the English style, high and dignified in appearance, reached by two flights of stairs, with a pew in front for the elders, and a slip for the deacons ; over the pulpit was a sounding-board of huge dimensions, suspended from the timbers above. The house was entered by two porches, one at each end of the house, and a front door. In the gallery was a tier of pews next to the walls of the house, twenty- five in number, in front of which on a lower platform oppo- site the pulpit were seats for the choir, and also free seats on the east and west sides, which were usually occupied by the younger portion of the congregation.
The pews in the lower part of the house were divided into body and wall pews. The wall pews were raised one step higher than the body pews. They were all about five feet square, with a seat on two sides, and room for a chair in the centre, usually occupied by some elderly lady belong- ing to the family. The seats were hung on hinges, for the purpose of raising them during prayers, making the standing position less tiresome during their continuance. The only evil growing out of their use was the discordant noise occa- sioned by their fall at the close.
In front of the pulpit, looking to the front door, the aisle was wider than the others ; hence it was called the broad
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aisle. The pews on this aisle were considered more valua- ble than the others. Near the pulpit, in front of the body pews, were free seats, usually occupied by poor and aged people. These were the first seats built in the house, and for a time were occupied by the congregation. The increase of population, however, created a want of more pews, and con- sequently the seats were removed and pews built in their places. The proceeds from the sale of the pews were used in the purchase of a bell in 1823. Cost of the bell in Bos- ton, $440.30.
No provision was made for warming the house till about 1818 or 1820, when a stove was placed in the broad aisle, in front of the pulpit, and the heat carried by a funnel attached to the front of the galleries around the house. Previous to this no fire was used in the house except in foot-stoves carried by old ladies. At intermission, or noon-time, in winter, the female portion of the congregation retired to some neighboring house, where provision was made for their warmth by a good fire, from which they filled their foot- stoves for afternoon service. The men and boys went to the hotel, or tavern, as it was then called, and spent their noon-time in drinking flip and warming up for the afternoon service. The boys, if not allowed to drink, had the benefit of a good fire, which they carefully improved while the fathers were drinking.
From this time (1800) but little appears on the town records relating to the meeting-house till after the passing of the toleration act in 1819. Previous to the passage of this act the minister was settled and supported by the town. Every person, irrespective of his religious belief, was taxed for that purpose. After its passage each individual was taxed as before, but had the privilege of appropriating it for the support of the minister of any religious denomination. This condition of things gave rise to a question relating to the occupation of the meeting-house. This question was settled by a vote of the town, April 20, 1822, " to allow each
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and every religious denomination in Jaffrey to have the use of sd house on sabbath days in proportion to the valuation of their property." The town also voted " to repair sª house, and chose Dea. David Gilmore, Wm. Hodge, Dr. A. Howe, Wm Dutton & Sam1 Patrick a Comee to examine the house, and report." May 6, 1822, the committee made the follow- ing report : "That in their opinion the sd house is worth re- pairing. That it will be necessary to strip the clapbords from the body of the house, and new clapboard, trim and paint the same." The report was accepted, and the sum of three hundred dollars raised to defray the expense in part of repairing the meeting-house, and the selectmen were author- ized to contract for the repairs and superintend the same.
The town also voted " that individuals may have liberty to put up a belfry at the west end of the meeting-house and hang a bell in the same, provided, it does not enhance the expense of repairing said house." The belfry was built by subscription, and in 1823 the town furnished a bell.
At the same meeting the town voted "that each and every religious society in Jaffrey report to the selectmen the names of all those belonging to their society who pay taxes in Jaffrey." Also, voted "that each society of Chris- tians in Jaffrey may claim their right to the sd house, agree- able to the vote of the town, as soon as it shall have been repaired."
In 1823, at the annual meeting, the following was pre- sented :
These Certify that we the subscribers are of the Baptist de- nomination and mean to support the Gospel Ministry in that order and request the Town Clerk of Jaffrey to record our sev- eral names on the town book as belonging to that denomina- tion as we wish not to be taxed for the support of the Rev. Laban Ainsworth.
Abel Parker
Nathan Hunt
Thomas French Jr.
Alpheas Crosby Benj Haywood Jr
Benjn Prescott.
Daniel Emory
Joseph Joslin
Azeal Gowing
Eldad Prescott
Thomas French
Berzilla Stickney
Simeon Blanchard
Paul Hunt
Moses Stickney
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Luther Guy Cummings French Robt Goff. Wilder Joslin
Moris Hunt
Aaron Bolster
Levi Johnson
Reuben Nutting
Paul Hunt Jr.
Wm Walton
Mark Morrell Joseph Joslin Jr.
Recorded Mar. 27 1823
Town
by Henry Payson Clerk
UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF JAFFREY, 1823.
Edward Perkins
Daniel Adams, Jr.
Benj. Prescott, Jr.
John Stone
Charles Witt
Benj. Cutter
Oliver Bailey
Thomas Taylor
Sam' Foster
Isaac Jewell
Sewal Gould
Eliot Powers
Oliver Jewett
Daniel French
Sam1 Stratton
Roger Brigham
Gershom Twitchel
William Dean
Levi Fisk
John Cutter
James Ingalls
Oliver Warren
William Hodge
Sam1 Buss
John Gilmore
Daniel Adams
Benj Lawrence, Jr.
Cotton Tufts
James C. Smith
Nath. Cutter
Ithamer Lawrence
Adams Fisk
Elijah Wellman, Jr.
Mar. 31, 1823.
Recorded by Henry Payson Town
Clerk.
Zimri Whitney says he is a Methodist and intends to pay for the support of their preaching.
Jaffrey July 7, 1823.
A Unitarian society was afterwards formed, under the leadership of John Conant, Esq., which had but a short duration, and he afterwards joined the Baptist church. In 1829 each society occupied the church as follows, viz. :
Congregationalist 21 Sabbaths.
Baptist.
9
Universalist .
13
Unitarian.
9
The division and occupancy of the church did not meet the wants of the religious societies ; consequently the Bap- tists, in 1830, built a meeting-house at East jaffrey, and in 1831 the Congregationalists built one in the Centre.
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The Universalists having now the whole possession of the house, found it too large for their convenience, and in 1844 built one for themselves at East Jaffrey.
From this time the old meeting-house was no longer used by the town for religious worship, but only for town pur- poses, till 1870, when the town voted to raise the sum of $1,000 to defray the expense of finishing a hall for the pur- pose of holding town-meetings, and a room for a high school, provided individuals would subscribe a sum sufficient to complete the same. The sum was raised and the house altered, and one term of the high school taught therein each year.
In November, 1872, the town, by their vote, accepted the sum of $944, the gift of John Conant, Esq., as a basis of a perpetual fund for the purpose of keeping the house in good repair. In case of failure or neglect on the part of the town to keep in good repair the said house, the said fund shall be given to District No. 7 for the same purpose.
CHAPTER VII.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
P ROVISION was made in the grant of the town for the settlement of a minister. Three hundred acres of land was reserved for the first settled minister by the Masonian Proprietors. Immediately after the organization of the town, at the second meeting of the town, six pounds lawful money was voted to support the gospel. A com- mittee of three, "Capt. Jonathan Stanley, Alex" Mc. Neil and James Callwell were chosen to Provide supplies of Preaching for sd town." The same amount of money was raised in each of the two following years. In 1776 and 1777 fifty pounds was raised each year,-a large increase, apparently, but not in reality, owing to the depreciation of the currency. Lt. Daniel Emery, Lt. William Turner, and Capt. Roger Gilmore were chosen a committee " to provide supplies of the Gospel this year." The town also voted that young men supply the pulpit. In settling a minister at that time it was a matter of interest for the town to settle a young man, as the first settled minister was to be the recip- ient of the three hundred acres of land granted as afore- said.
In 1778 the town voted 100 pounds for preaching, and chose John Briant, Nehemiah Green, and Benj. Spaulding a committee to procure preaching. In June of that year the town
Voted that the Comee of supplies of preaching should agree
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with Mr. Jonan Allan to suply us, after he has preached six Sabbaths at Harvard, provided the above Comee should apply to him within four weeks after he goes away.
In September an article in the warrant for a town-meet- ing was presented,-
To see if the town will pass a vote to give Mr. Jonan Allan a Call to settle in the ministry in this town ; and if voted, to Chose a Comee to Effect the same, if not voted, to see if the town will agree to hear Mr Allan any longer. Voted, that so much of this article as included giving Mr Jonan Allan a call should be omitted at the present and that the Comee should pro- vide other supplys of preaching.
Nothing more appears on the records relating to Mr. Allan, and nothing further is known to us of his history.
In November, same year, the town
Voted to hear Mr Reed until the next annual meeting, and instructed the Comee to bring in their accounts at that meeting.
In 1779 the town granted £200 for the support of preach- ing, and appointed William Turner, Daniel Emery, and James Gage, committee, and instructed them not to hire a candidate for more than one month without a vote of the town. In November, same year, the town
Voted not to hear Mr Stearns for all the supplies we are to have this fall, also voted that the Comee use their discretion in procuring further supplys of preaching providing Mr Colby Cannot be had. Voted two hundred pounds to defray the Charge of further supplys of preaching.
At an adjournment of the same meeting, the town voted to hear Mr. Colby for further supplys of preaching also voted to have Mr. Colby come here to preach by the first of March next, or sooner if he can be had.
Voted to chose a Comee of four to Treat with Mr Colby con- cerning further supplys of preaching. Chose James Haywood, Peter Mc-Alister, John Gilmore and Eleazer Spofford for said
Voted that in Case Mr Colby cannot be had, the Comee should procure other supplies of preaching.
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In 1780, March 30, the town raised £1000 for preaching, and appointed Roger Gilmore, Thomas Mower, and John Gilmore, committee, and voted "that the sd Comee do not employ one man more than one sabbath, without a vote of the town." In May a church was incorporated.
INCORPORATION OF THE CHURCH, MAY 18, 1780.
The Church of Christ in New Ipswich, the Church of Christ in Rindge and Dublin by their Pastors and Delegates met at Jaffrey in consequence of letters missive from the covenented Brethren in said town at the house of Adonijah Howe on May IS, A. D. 1780 for the purpose of assisting in forming a church in sª place. Upon enquiry made of the Covenenting Brethren present whether it was their desire, that the Churchs convened should form into an Ecleastical Council and proceed to the Business for which they were desired to engage.
Voted in the affirmative.
The Churches there present according to desire
Voted they would form into an Ecleastical Council.
Voted The Rev Mr Farrah Moderator of the Council and Rev. Mr Brigham scribe.
The covenenting Brethren then presented to the Council the form of covenant which they had under consideration, to which covenent (for substance) they asserted to the Council they all agreed. Then Voted to adjourn the Council till after the pub- lic exercise.
The Council then met according to adjournment when the form of the Covenant as it was Signed was read to the Cov- enenting Brethren to which they voted their consent.
The Council then voted their approbation of the covenant under Consideration.
Previous to the signing of the Covenant the Covenanting Brethren exhibited their letters of dismission and Recommend- ation from the Churchs to which they respectively belonged which were voted satisfactory to the Council. And after ad- dressing the Father of Mercy and the fountains of Grace for his presence and blessing to attend the service transactions, the covenanting Brethren respectively set their names to the covenant, and were all acknowledged by the Council to be a regular church of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Counsil then dissolved
A true Copy from the original
Attest Benj. Brigham scribe to sª Council
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Members of the church at the time of its incorporation, May 18, 1780 :
Kendal Briant and
Wife Mary (Martin)
John Briant
Daniel Emery
Wife Jane
Eleazer Spofford
Mary (Flint)
John Combs
Bathsheba
James Gage
Sarah (Lamson)
Oliver Proctor
Elizabeth
Isaac Bailey
Susanna
Isaac Baldwin
Wife
John Wood
Wife
Nehemiah Greene
Wife
James Haywood
Wife Keziah Heywood
Jonan Priest
Wife
Ephraim Whitcomb
Wife Elizabeth
Jereme Underwood
Lucy (Wheat)
John Eaton
William Slack
The next candidate was Mr. Caleb Jewett. In 1780, June I, an article was presented to the town,-
To see if the town will employ Mr. Jewett any longer than four sabbaths, that he is engaged for.
The town
Voted to hear Mr. Jewett more if he can be obtained.
Voted that the Comee treat with Mr Jewett to come to us again to Preach on Probation in Order to give him a call.
Sept. 4. Art. 2. To see if the Town will Concur with the Church in giving Mr. Jewett a call to the work of the Gospel Ministry in this place. Voted to concur.
Voted to Give Mr. Jewett for a salary seventy pounds L. M. for three years to come, then eighty pounds annually as long as he is the Gospel Minister of said town. Also voted to give him Lot No 11 in the 6th Range No. 3 in the 2ª Range and one hundred pounds instead of another Lot to which the first set- tled minister was by the Charter intitled and two acres of land west of the road and South of the Common provided he settles in town.
Chose Daniel Emery, Elear Spofford, Thomas Mower, Adonih Howe and John Gilmore a Comee to Draught a Call and Lay it before the town and if Excepted to present the same to Mr. Jewett.
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The meeting was then adjourned, and on meeting again according to the adjournment, the town
Voted to Except the Call Draughted by the Comee and sign the same in behalf of the town.
Why Mr. Jewett did not accept the call does not appear on the records. Caleb Jewett, A. M., the son of James and Martha (Scott) Jewett, was born at Newbury, Mass., and died at Gorham, Maine, April 16, 1802, aged 49 years. He graduated at Dartmouth college, 1776; studied divinity ; was ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Gor- ham, Nov. 5, 1783 ; married Betsey Bacon, of Bradford, Mass., November, 1783.
In 1781, February I, the town voted " the Comee for hire- ing Preaching shall get it as soon as they can." In March the town
Voted 2000 pounds for preaching, and also to hire Mr Walker this year, and Chose John Briant, Eleaz" Spofford and James Cutter to procure preaching.
At a town-meeting in August an article was presented,-
To see if the town will hire Mr. Goodale any longer.
Voted to hire Mr. Goodale two sabbaths more.
.Art 2, to see if it is the mind of the town that any Proper measures shall be used to give Mr. Goodale a call to the work of the ministry.
Voted to dismiss the art.
In December, same year, at a meeting of the town, an article was presented,-
To see if the town Doth incline to hear Mr. Ainsworth any more.
Voted to hear Mr Ainsworth longer.
At the annual meeting, March, 1782, Mr. David Stanley, Capt. James Gage, and Mr. Thomas Adams were chosen a committee " to suply the Desk."
In April, same year, the town "voted to hear Mr Ains- worth on probation ; in Order to give him a call." In July, the town
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