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At the annual meeting, March 8th, 1779. The seventh article was, " To see if the town will pay the Rev. Jonathan Searle his salary, for the year 1778." On this article, the town "Voted, To pay the salary of the Rev. Jonathan Searle, provided he give a receipt in full, &c."
At a meeting called March 30th, 1779. " Voted, To pass over the article about the Rev. Jonathan Searle."
At a meeting called April 22d, 1779. "Article 2d. To see what method the town will pursue, for a settlement with the Rev. Jonathan Searle, and if a settlement cannot be effected, to see if the town will vote him a dismission, or dis- continue him as our minister." At the meeting, a committee was appointed to request the attendance of the Rev. Jonathan Searle. An addition of £30 was voted to the nominal sum of his salary for 1778, "provided, he give such a receipt, as he proffered to the town in January last." " Voted, Not sat- isfied with his conduct, in not securing the town for the money
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paid by the constables for his salary, with other things." William Chambers, Joseph Merriam and Abijah Allen were appointed a committee, "to offer him the nominal sum, and interest, and the addition above voted, and to make a legal tender, and demand a receipt in full from his first settle- ment." Adjourned to Friday. At the adjournment, "Voted, That the committee have a record made of the tender to the Rev. Jonathan Searle, according to law," and adjourned.
July 6th, 1779. A meeting was called, "To see if the town will join with the church in a council," &c. "The motion being moved by the Rev. Daniel Emerson, whether the town would leave it to a reference, previous to other matters being left to a council, respecting negligence of pay, or fall of money being made up, or any part thereof, to the Rev. Jona- than Searle; it passed in the negative," and then the meeting was adjourned to July 7th ; and at that meeting "Voted, To concur with the vote of the church of Christ in this town, on the 6th of July, instant, for dismissing the Rev. Jonathan Searle from his pastoral relation in this town. Voted, The meeting house doors be kept shut up, during the town's pleasure. Voted, The selectmen have power to open and shut the meeting house doors. Chose a committee to make a tender to the Rev. Jonathan Searle, &c."
A meeting was called, August 17th, 1779. Among other matters, was this article, "To see if the town will join with the church to make the following proposal to the Rev. Jona- than Searle; to leave it to a mutual council, to determine, whether Mr. Searle is constitutionally dismissed from his pas- toral relations in this place, and if the council result that he is not dismissed, then, would have the council take under consideration, the difficulties subsisting between the parties ; the advice of the council to be accepted by the parties." At the meeting, "Voted, To concur with the proposals of the church, to the Rev. Jonathan Searle, and on Mr. Searle's com- pliance therewith, to leave all matters now subsisting between said parties, to a mutual ecclesiastical council; the town
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being at the cost of said council." Adjourned to the 31st. "Chose Benjamin Mann, Joseph Merriam and Abijah Allen a committee to provide for the ecclesiastical council to sit in October, 1779. Chose David Blodgett, Wm. Chambers, Thomas Tarbell, Timothy Wheeler and Reuben Barrett, a committee to receive complaints from the Rev. Mr. Searle, against the town, and also to prepare complaints against the said Rev. Mr. Searle, and also, bring them before the council." The meeting was adjourned to the fifth and to the sixth of October; at which time, Abijah Allen and Joseph Merriam were added "to the committee, for carrying on the com- plaints against the Rev. Jonathan Searle, before the council." Adjourned to the seventh and to the eighth. "Voted, That the committee call on the Rev. Mr. Searle, to make out the negligence of pay, and that the committee be ready to settle with him. Voted, That the present committee of the town be empowered, in behalf of said town, to leave the substance matter of Mr. Searle's complaint against the town, to refer- ence, and that Esq. Abbott's method be adhered to ;" and adjourned to one o'clock. Then "Voted and agreed to the form of an agreement, between Mr. Searle and the town of Mason, drawn by the Rev. Mr. Farrar." Adjourned to the 9th. Then "Voted, Not to allow any sum of money, for the negligence of pay to Mr. Scarle, from his first settlement, to October 14th, 1777. Voted, To make a grant of money to Mr. Searle. Voted, To open the meeting house doors," and adjourned to Monday, October 25th; then adjourned to the 26th ; then "Voted, To accept of Mr. Scarle's acknowledg- ment of his fault, to the town as satisfactory," and then after accepting some roads the meeting was dissolved.
The following entries in the record are in the hand writing of Mr. Searle, and were signed by him :
" Mason, Oct'r 9th, 1779. This day received of the town of Mason, by the hand of the selectmen, one hundred and twenty pounds, L. money, in full of all my dues and demands of every name and nature whatsoever, from the first day of
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my settlement with said town up to this day. Received per me, JONATHAN SEARLE.
" Attest : DAVID BLODGETT.
SAM'L BROWN."
"Mason, Oct'r 26, 1779. That whereas, there was a civil contract effected between the town of Mason and myself, on the 14th of Oct'r, 1772, as to my ministerial support, so long as I should remain their Gospel minister, this is a full and final cancel, on my part, of said contract; and in testimony of this my free act, I hereunto set my hand.
JONATHAN SEARLE.
" Attest : DAVID BLODGETT.
SAMUEL BROWN."
Thus this town meeting, commenced August 17, and con- tinued by adjournment, to nine different subsequent days, was concluded. The long battle was fought, and the town won. Undoubtedly, on the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th days of Octo- ber, there was a council in session ; but as the church records, then in the hands of Mr. Searle, arc silent on the subject, no means remain of determining who composed the council, or what were the articles of complaint on the part of the church or of the town against him, or on his part against them. One would suppose, judging from the entries in the book above recited, that all connection between the town and Mr. Searle was ended, and that there would be no more controversy between them. But it was not so, as will presently appear. It is not unfrequently the case, that the expenses of a contro- versy very much exceed the amount of the sum in dispute. So it was in this case. The sum paid by the town to Mr. Scarle was £120, being two years' salary. The expenses paid by the town for entertaining the council were £327 19s., paid as follows: to William Chambers, £199 10s .; Abijah Allen, £66 18s .; Samuel Abbott, £1 16s .; Ephraim Sartell, £14 12s .; Lieut. Isaac Brown, £16; Jacob Blodgett, £8 8s .; Jonathan Searle, £23 13., in all, $1092,07, a pretty round bill for entertaining some half a dozen of the clergy and their
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attendant lay delegates, one week. Probably the depre- ciation of the currency was an element which had something to do with the magnitude of this bill, as it was undoubtedly the foundation, and if not the only origin, one of the sources of the difficulty. But as no distinction is made as to the cur- rency in which the £120 was paid to Mr. Scarle, and that in which the £327 19s. was paid for entertaining the council, the matter is left somewhat in the dark. Probably he was paid in a currency equal to gold and silver, and the bills for the expenses, were paid in the depreciated currency.
April 10, 1780. At a town meeting, Mr. Searle again appears. The fourth article was, "To see if the town will concur with the church and receive the Rev. Jonathan Searle as their minister, according to an agreement between him and the church." The town "Voted, To accept the first article of the agreement that was formed between the church and the Rev. Jonathan Searle, October 26, 1779, which is as follows : We agree that there shall be no compulsion about the minis- terial support; every one in church and town shall be left at liberty to contribute what sum he pleases, or none at all. This article proposed by Mr. Searle. Voted, To receive Mr. Searle upon the above mentioned agreement." How, then, stood the case ? He had, by his agreement of October 26, discharged the town from the contract, and by the vote of April 10, to which he was a party, had agreed that he should have no claim for support on church or town, except the vol- untary contributions of his friends. Yet it seems he contin- ued to make claims of the town, for at the meeting, October 31, on an article on this subject, the town "Voted, That it is the mind of the town that the Rev. Jonathan Scarle discharge the town from October 14, 1779, to October 14, 1780, of any demands he hath or may have against the town."
December 6, 1780. "Voted, To accept of a discharge that the Rev. Jonathan Searle wrote and sent to the town, which is as follows : Mason, Dec. 6, 1780. Know all men by these presents, that I, Jonathan Searle, for and in consideration of
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what my friends, in and out of town, have done for me in the course of the year past, do fully discharge the town of Mason from all legal demands in future, respecting my ministerial support the last year, beginning Oct. the 14, 1779, and ending Oct. 14, 1780, excepting what is due to me from said town on special obligation, either of note or bond, which is not and cannot be supposed to be included in this discharge. As witness my hand,
JONATHAN SEARLE.
"Voted, Not to pay the Rev. Jonathan Searle the note he has against the town, at present. Voted, To reconsider the vote not to pay the Rev. Jonathan Searle his note, &c., and Voted, To pay it, and to make the money as good as when the note was given, and appointed a committee to go to him and pay him."
January 18, 1781. The second article was, "To hear the report of the committee, &c., to wait on Mr. Scarle to see whether he would take the money due him upon his note given in October, 1779, and if, on hearing the report, they find he hath not complied with the request, then, 3dly. To see if they will choose a committee to make a lawful tender. 4thly. To see if the town will make any enquiry into Mr. Searle's conduct in breaking over the result of council respect- ing that part of the advice of the venerable council, which was for him to give up all his demands upon the town for his ministerial support, up to the 14th day of October, 1778, except the nominal sum, and likewise, in breaking over the agreement he voluntarily made with the town, in compliance with the result of council, and likewise said he would give up all but the nominal sum, to October 14, 1778," &c. At the meeting, "Voted, Not to make the tender. Voted, Not to make the Inquiry. Voted, To reconsider the vote not to make the tender. Voted, To make a tender, and chose a committee for that purpose, and dissolved."
March 12, 1781. "Voted, To order the selectmen to take the invoice of the Rev. Jonathan Scarle's real and personal
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estate, and tax him to the Continental, State and War tax accordingly."
April 11, 1781. At a town meeting, on an article to that purport, the town "Voted, To own the Rev. Jonathan Searle to be their minister. The persons whose names are under- written entered their dissent against the Rev. Jonathan Searle being any longer their minister: Wm. Eliot, Jonas Fay, Jonathan Foster, Jr., Andrew Eliot, Silas Bullard, Abijah Allen, Nathan Whipple, Enosh Lawrence, Joseph Lowell, Jonathan Chandler, John Adams, John Lawrence, Joseph Ball, Thomas Blood, Amos Dakin, David Blodgett, Zaccheus Davis, Simon Ames, Thomas Robbins, Oliver Scrip- ture, Edmund Adams, Stevens Lawrence."
June 21, 1781. "Voted, Not to concur with the church in their vote passed 4th of May last, to dismiss the Rev. Jona- than Searle from his pastoral relation to said church."
August 14, 1781. The second article was, "To see if the town would concur with the church in their vote to dismiss Mr. Searle, 4th of May last." It was "Voted, To concur. Voted, To hire preaching, and to raise £20, silver, for this purpose." Adjourned to the 21st of August. Then "Voted, To reconsider the vote to hire preaching, and adjourned to the 28th. Then Voted, To hire preaching, and to raise £20, hard money. Voted, To leave it to Mr. Abijah Allen to pay or not, if he pleases, and chose Deacon Hall, Joseph Merriam and Ens. John Wood, committee to hire preaching."
March 11, 1782. "Voted, To direct the selectmen to apply to Mr. Jonathan Searle, for a settlement of a note that he has against the town, said note to be liquidated by the scale to balance his taxes."
August 28, 1782. The seventh article was, "To see what the town will do with regard to making out a settlement with Mr. Searle, as he is advised to leave the matter to the gener- osity of the town." " Voted, To make out legal settlement with Mr. Searle as soon as may be, and chose as a committee, Benj. Mann, Wm. Eliot and Joseph Merriam, for the purpose."
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February 20th, 1783. At a meeting called for that purpose, " Voted, That if Mr. Searle will settle a note he has against the town, and take the money according to the scale of depreciation of this state, that for the sake of peace, the town will abate his rates for the year 1781. Chose a com- mittee to make the settlement, James Withee, Benjamin Mann, Esq. and Wm. Eliot. It was further Voted, That if he would not accept the proposition, the town would leave it to men," &c.
Annual March meeting, 1785. "Article 5th. To see if the town will desire the church to call upon Mr. Jonathan Scarle, in an ecclesiastical manner, to make satisfaction for words he has spoken, which is thought to be a scandal upon said town and church; and be at the cost of it, should it end in advice of council." The vote was in the negative.
September 4th, 1787. "Voted, To leave the complaint which Jonathan Scarle, Esq., exhibited against the church and people, &c., for neglecting to pay him for his support in 1779, together with a bond and order he had against the town, to arbitration ; that the Rev. Mr. Payson, of Rindge, be one of the arbitrators, and act as chairman; and chose Joseph Merriam, Dea. Amos Dakin, Benjamin Mann, Esq., Hubbert Russell and Joseph Barrett, a committee to agree with Jona- than Searle, Esq., in choosing the other two arbitrators, and to conduct the defence before the arbitration."
January 1st, 1788. "Voted, To raise sixty pounds, to pay Jonathan Searle, Esq., his due, by the award of arbitrators. Voted, To make the rate to pay Jonathan Searle, Esq., in two columns."
Thus, a controversy which lasted as long as the Trojan war, and which exhibited about as many vicissitudes, as did that memorable contest, was brought to a close. All that can now be known of the merits and different aspects of the controversy, has been above exhibited; and it is left for the candid minds of readers, to draw their own conclusions.
Soon after these difficulties arose, Mr. Searle ceased to
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preach. He owned a valuable real estate in the town, on which he continued to reside, till the close of his life. He was commissioned as a justice of the peace, and acted in that capacity many years. He took an active part in the building of the meeting house, and in the settlement of his successor, as has already appeared. He was frequently employed in matters of town business, but from some time near the close of the last century, he, in a great measure, withdrew from all active concerns in business affairs, and devoted himself, almost entirely, to agricultural pursuits. He died, December 7th, 1812, aged sixty eight years.
CHAPTER V.
RECORDS OF MARRIAGES, AND OF DEATHS, AND FAMILY REGISTERS.
Record of marriages of carly residents in Mason and of some of their ancestors, taken from the town records of Groton, Pepperell and Townsend :
GROTON.
1666.
Thomas Tarbell, June 30. 1686.
Hannah
Dec. 1. Jan. 1. 1725.
Thomas Tarbell,
Elizabeth Blood.
1716-17.
Thomas Tarbell,
Abigail Parker.
Dec. 19. 1729.
Samuel Tarbell,
Lydia Farnsworth.
Dec. 18. Elias Elliot, 1730. May 7. Nathan Whipple,
Ruth Lawrence.
1733-4.
Enosh Lawrence,
Sarah Stevens.
Nov. 1. 1741-2.
Nehemiah Gould,
Esther Bowers.
Jan. 19. Thomas Tarbell, Jr.,
Esther Smith.
1746.
Samuel Scripture, Jr.,
Mary Green.
Oct. 9. 1755. April 16. 1758.
John Stevens of Townsend,
Susannah Tarbell.
March 30. Jonathan Foster, 1762. Dec. 21. 1766.
Enosh Lawrence of No. 1,
Esther Woods.
March 18. Nathan Whipple, John Whitaker, Jr.,
Abigail Bowers. Thankful Pierce.
PEPPERELL. BY REV. JOSEPH EMERSON. 1748. July 21. Zachariah Withee, 1752.
Esther Kemp.
March 19. William Elliot,
Elizabeth Williams.
Betty Hazen.
Dec. 23.
Hannah Boynton.
Jan. 29. 1737.
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1755. Nov. 19.
John Swallow, No. 1,
Sarah Lawrence, No. 1.
1758. Jan. 19.
Oliver Elliot, No. 1,
Mary Fisk.
24. Josiah Wright, No. 1, Dolly Shattuck.
Dec. 27. 1759.
Jonathan Jefts, No. 1,
Lydia Lawrence.
Oct. 18. 1767.
Whitcomb Powers, Hollis,
Elizabeth Lawrence.
Feb. 3. James Hall, No. 1.,
Sarah Roe.
1775.
June 26.
Elias Elliot, Mason,
Saralı Pierce.
TOWNSEND. BY REV. PHINEHAS HEMENWAY.
1745. Sept. 3. 1757.
Benjamin King,
Sarah Taylor.
May 30. Samuel Lawrence, No. 1, 1758.
Mary Avery, Townsend.
April 21. Josiah Robbins, Townsend,
Sarah Ames, Hollis.
BY REV. SAMUEL DIX.
1764. Feb. 21.
Josiah Robbins, No. 1,
Mary Campbell, Townsend.
1765.
William Barrett, No. 1,
Sarah Robbins, No. 1.
Dec. 29. 1767. Dec. 1. 1771.
Benjamin Jefts, No. 1,
Martha Sloan, Townsend.
Edmund Tarbell, Mason,
Mary Hildreth.
Jan. 28. June 17. 1781.
Joseph Woods, Townsend,
Sarah Taylor, Townsend. Mary Waugh, Townsend.
Feb. 1. Hineksman Warren, Townsend, Esther Taylor, Townsend. 1782. May 30. David Hall, Mason, Dec. 10. Jonathan Jefts, Townsend, 1785.
Amos Blood, Pepperell,
Sarah Blood, Pepperell.
Dec. 14. 1787.
Feb. 1. March 30.
Henry Jefts, William Eliot, Mason,
Elizabeth Waugh. Rebecca Hildreth, Townsend.
MASON. BY REV. JONATHAN SEARLE.
1772.
Dec. 9. Isaac Flagg,
1773.
June 24. Zachariah Davis,
July 29.
Zaccheus Barrett,
Randall McDaniels,
Susannah Brown. Sarah Hodgman. Martha Russell.
Dec. 9. 1774. Feb. 1. John Tarbell,
Mareh 15. James Wilson,
March 52. Joseph Clough,
1775.
Feb. 14. Asa Hastings,
Sarah Eliot. Hannah Parker. Mary Scott.
Mary Lowell.
May 3. 1779. Jacob Blodgett, Mason,
Margarett Graham, Townsend. Lydia Horsley, Pepperell.
May 12. 1786. Edmund Tarbell, Mason,
Buelah Hildreth, Townsend,
Keziah Russell.
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.
1775.
June 15.
James Scripture,
Oct. 25. David Blodgett,
Dec. 21. Daniel Fay, 1776. Aug. 21. Amos Child,
1777. Jan. 1.
Thomas Jefts,
Feb. 5. Joseph Hodgman,
Oct. 21.
Josiah Davis, Jr.,
Abigail Barrett. Sarah Lawrence. Susannah McDaniels.
1778. 8. Thomas Tarbell, Jr.,
July
Sarah Barrett.
April 24. Silas Spaulding,
Hannah Brown.
May 27. Joseph Pike,
Nabby Sartwell.
June 25. Zachariah Emery,
Mary Lemon.
Sept. 9.
Isaac Lawrence,
Anne Hodgman.
Oct. 20. Amos Holden, Jr.,
Lydia Sloan.
Oct. 20. Eleazer Fish,
Rachel Goold.
1779. April 28. Thomas Lawrence,
Mehitable Hall. Juda DeGrett.
Sept. 28. Benjamin Jefts,
Nov. 24. Joseph Osgood,
Abigail Barrett.
Nov 30. Jonathan Foster,
Mercy Towns.
Dec. 8.
Phinehas Parker,
Elizabeth Swan.
1780.
Jan. 25.
Zebedee Kendall,
Molly Dakin.
Feb. 10. Whitcomb Tarbell,
Ruth Dodge.
1781.
July 26. Nathan Wood,
Susannah Dutton.
BY JONATHAN SEARLE, J. P.
1785. March 15. March 25.
Abijah Eaton,
Elizabeth Eliot.
Peter Rumrey,
Ruth Parker.
March 27. Noah Winship,
Deborah Swallow.
April 12.
Rogers Weston,
Deborah Lawrence.
Nov. 1.
Ezra Merriam,
Susannah Eliot.
Nov. 29. Samuel Eliot,
Sarah Merriam.
1786. Feb. 2.
Solomon Gilson,
Dorothy Wood.
March 9.
Joseph Robens,
Molly Sloan.
June 22.
John Searle,
Susannah Lawrence. Molly Swallow.
1788.
Joseph Sanders,
Betty Hall.
May 27. 1789. May 19.
Edward Wilson,
Lydia Dakin.
1790.
Sept. 23. William Scott, 1802.
Esther Eliot.
Nov. 16. Peter Thomas, Concord, Mass., Mary Reed, Concord, Mass.
BY REV. STEPHEN FARRAR.
1783. Dec. 11. 1787.
Amos Dakin,
Mary Kingsley.
Dec. 6.
Jonathan Chandler,
Rachel Wilson.
1809.
Jan. 29. Mark Safford, Washington,
Mercy Barrett.
Oct. 22. Samuel Green,
Sibel Shepley. Lucy Wheeler. Jemima Scripture.
Sarah Dakin.
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BY REV. MR. JUDSON.
1782.
July 1. Silas Bullard,
Avis Keyes.
BY REV. WILLIAM ELIOT.
1789. July 1. 1790.
John Sloan,
Sarah Blood.
March 16. John Squire,
Sibbel Procter.
1791.
March 29.
Willard Lawrence,
Betsey Austin.
1793.
Feb. 2. Richard Hall,
Hannah Kendall.
June 6. Moses Johnson,
Molly Eliot,
Nov. 4. David Brown, Hollis,
Rhoda Alexander, Dunstable.
1794.
Jan. 14.
Ezra Mansfield, Asa Hobart, Hollis,
Abiah Wood. Deborah Phelps, Hollis.
May 17. 1796.
Nov. 20. Ephraim Woods, Hollis,
Dorcas Jewell, Dunstable.
1797.
Dec. 24.
William Butterfield, Jr.,
Ruth Hubbart.
1800.
April 8.
Quincy Adams,
June 29. John Whipple,
Nov. 16.
William Butterfield,
1801.
Feb. 7. Nathan Perry, May 19. Joshua Davis, Hollis, 1802. April 8. David Fuller, Temple, Aug. 22. 1803. March 8. Oliver Eliot, Amos Brown, New Ipswich,
April 5.
Oct. 16.
Thomas Hutchinson, Carlisle, Joseph Haskell, Mason,
1804.
Jan. 12.
Abraham Robbins, Concord,
Sept. 1.
Joseph, Brabrook, Acton,
Sept. 10. 1805.
Josiah Warren, Norridgewock,
Hannah Eliot, Mason. Sally Adams, Mason. Betsey Searles, Mason.
Feb. 27.
John Adams, New Ipswich,
Hannah Leavitt, Milford. Rebecca Jaquith, Hollis.
Oct. 21. Nov. 24.
Capt. Thomas Roby, Dunstable, Wid. Phebe Dresser, Dunstable.
Aug. 19.
Henry Butterfield, Dunstable,
Priscilla Wheeler, Dunstable.
1806. Jan. 30.
Abiathar Winn, Nottinghamwest, Lucy Gouldsmith, Wilton.
March 27.
David Wallace, Milford,
Polly Farmer, Dunstable.
March 27.
Thomas Jaquith, Hollis,
Lydia Woods, Hollis.
June 3. Sept. 16.
Nathan Brown, New Ipswich,
Betsey Gouldsmith, Wilton. Lydia Lawrence, Townsend.
1807.
Nov. 6.
Moses Lovejoy, Wilton,
Nov. 16.
Aaron Marshall, Dunstable,
Dec. 1. Benj. Wyman, Nottinghamwest. Betsey Campbell, Nottingham W 1809.
July 9.
John Ulot, [Eliot ?] Milford,
Oct. Othni Crosby, Dublin,
Abigail Rollins, Milford. Anna Davis, Mason.
Nov.
3. 3. John Spaulding, Whitingham, Vt. Rebecca Conant, New Ipswich.
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Dolly Eliot. Hannah Dady. Esther Hale.
Rebecca Brown. Sarah Tarbell, Mason.
Jona. Rider, [Rideout?] Hollis,
Polly Horsley, Temple. Rebecca Powers, Dunstable.
Betsey Hutchinson, Milford. Sarah Tarbell, New Ipswich. Sarah Eliot, Mason. Rebecca Barrett, Mason.
Dec. 22.
Daniel Jewett, Hollis,
George Farrar Wallis,
Nancy Tarbell, Mason. Mrs. Lydia Billings.
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RECORD OF MARRIAGES.
1810.
Feb. 25.
Joel Blanchard, Belgrade, Me.,
Isaac Longley, Wilton,
Romanus Emerson, Boston,
George Mt. Kendall, Mason, Ebenezer Adams, Mason,
Aug. 25.
Oct. 11.
Joseph Smith, Wilton,
1813. April 8.
April 11.
Jonathan Jefts, Jr., Mason, Benjamin Wetherbee, Mason,
Sept. 7. David Goodwin, Milford,
Sept. 12.
Taylor Fay, Mason, [Ipswich, Betsey Sanders, Mason.
Dec. 24. William Bulless, [Bellows ?] New Abigail Wadsworth, N. Ipswich.
1814. Jan. 25.
Isaac Lovejoy, Wilton,
July 2.
Levi Wheeler, Berlin,
July 10. Samuel Woodbury, Shirley,
Aug. 7.
John Dickerman, Francestown,
Dec. 25. Moses Barrett, Lancaster,
1815. Jan. 7. Nov. 27. Dec. 12. 1816. May 23. June 2. 1817. Nov. 13. 1820. Feb. 22. Nov. 20. 1821. Jan.
Willard Lawrence, Mason, Amos Dakin, Mason,
Lydia Dakin, Mason. Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence.
Susan Eliot, Mason.
4. April 19. 1822. Feb. 28. Nov. 5. 1823.
Thomas Robins, Mason,
John Robins, Mason,
Hannah Blood, Mason. Dolly Adams, Mason.
Oct. 29.
Edward Wilson, Troy, N. Y.,
Betsey Elliot, Mason.
1824. Jan. 20. Francis Shepherd,
May 9. Eli Nutting, Mason,
Oct. 10. Martin Rand,
Oct. 21. John Rollins, Mont Vernon,
1825.
Jan. 24. Ezra Bennett,
Harriet Hunt.
BY JOHN BLODGETT, J. P.
1816.
Feb. 14. 1819. Sept. 10. 1821. Feb. 1.
John H. Sartell, Mason,
Patty Jefts, Mason.
Levi Barrett, Mason,
Sally Baldwin, Mason.
Cynthia Blood, Mason.
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Abigail Simons, Wilton. Hannah Peabody, Wilton. Jemima Burnam, Wilton.
Polly Eliot, Mason. Jemima Mansur, Wilton.
Sally Bullard, Mason. Martha Simons, Wilton. Lucy Adams, Mason.
Nabby Robb, Mason. Hannah Wadsworth, Mason. Sarah Putnam, Milford.
Rebecca Eliot, Mason. Olive Colburn, Berlin. Mary Weethee, Mason. Sally Dakin, Mason. Sarah Hill, Mason.
Sally Simons, Wilton. Lydia Burrows, New Ipswich. Charlotte Blanchard, N. Ipswich.
Jacob Rideout, Wilton, John Parkhurst, New Ipswich,
David Whitney, Ashby,
Rev. Benj. J. Lane, Wilton,
Rev. John Parkhurst, N.Ipswich, Celia Burrows, New Ipswich. Charlotte Kemp, Mason. Moody Lancey, Brookline,
Paul Davis, Mason, George Elliot, Mason,
Mary Kimball. Sally Farnsworth, Sharon.
Betsey Hutchinson. Lydia B. Nutting, Mason. Lucy Cummings. Mary Smith, Milford.
William Nutting, Mason,
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