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Nathaniel Fish,
April
30,
Nath'l Smith,
May 8,
Mather Harrup,
Aug.
7,
Jos. Ross,
May
8,
66
James Mitchell,
April 10,
Cilley's
Scott's
66
James Moore,
March 10,
All these enlisted for three years, except Reuben Hosmer, who enlisted "for the war."
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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
GEN. WHIPPLE'S BRIGADE OF VOLUNTEERS TO RHODE ISLAND, 1778-COL. MOSES NICHOL'S REGIMENT.
Ninth C'o., Capt. Ben- } Wages. Horse hire. Travel. Subsistence. Charges.
jamin Mann, Mason. § £219 7s. 6d. £500. £366 13s. 4d. £10. £7 16.
The state records show that forty five men were in the service at Winter Hill, in 1775. An enumeration of the inhabitants, made in October of that year, by the selectmen, under oath, shows the number absent in the army, to be twenty seven. The whole number of inhabitants by that enumera- tion, was 501. The whole number of males, from sixteen to fifty, not gone in the army, was eighty six, showing that in the summer nearly one half, and in the autumn nearly one quarter of all the able-bodied men and boys were in the army. In 1776, the number reported as in the army, was forty four, and in 1777, fifty five, but probably not all in the service at the same time, in those years. These facts show a patriotism on the part of these poor people, who were wholly dependent upon their daily labor for the support of themselves and their families, which has scarcely a parallel in the annals of history, and which is certainly highly creditable to their spirit of inde- pendence and zeal for the cause of liberty.
The following documents, copied from the town records, furnish information as to the services of individuals and ex- penditures of the town, and of individuals, in procuring sol- diers to serve in the war :
This may certify that I, James Moor, not an inhabitant of any town, have inlisted myself with Capt. Will. Scott, Into the three years' service on behalf of and for Messrs. Stephen Lawrence, Joseph Ball, Jonas Fay and Daniel Fay, for the space of three years, in consideration of having Rec'd one hundred Dollars over the Bounty given for sd service, as wit- ness my hand.
his JAMES X MOOR. mark.
Mason, March 14, 1777.
Attest : ISAAC MITCHELL,
OBADIAH PARKER.
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HISTORY OF MASON.
This may certify that I, Isaac Mitchell, not an inhabitant of any Town, is inlisted into the three years' service, with Capt. Will. Scott, in the room and for to Do a Turn for the space of three years in sd service, for the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Searle, and Mr. Nathan Wheeler and Obadiah Parker, In considera- tion for having had payed me one hundred Dollars over and above the Bounty Given for sd service, as witness my hand. ISAAC X MITCHELL. mark. his Mason, March ye 14th, 1777.
Attest : MARGRETT SPEAR, JAMES MOORE.
Mason, April 22, 1777. Rec'd of Messrs. John Swallow, David Blodgett, Daniel Fay, Timothy Wheeler, Reuben Bar- rett ye 3d, John Whitaker, John Jefts, Their proportion allowed to them by a committee chosen for that purpose, to hire a man for the term of three years. Also three pounds for their making fence for me. I say, Rec'd by me.
SAMUEL ABBOTT.
Mason, April 22, 1777. Rec'd of Messrs.Benjamin Hodgman, Jonathan Winship, John Hodgman, Reuben Hodgman, Na- thaniel Hosmer, Joseph Ball and Thomas Robens, their pro- portion allowed to them by a certain committee, chosen for that purpose, to hire a man during the war with Britton. I say, Rec'd by me. REUBEN HOSMER.
Mason, April ye 30th, 1777. These lines may certify all persons it may concern, that I have received of Will. Eliot, Four pounds, two shillings, L. mo., it Being his Proportion Towards hiring one to serve for the squadron he belonged to, to procure a man for ye three years' service. Received by me. THOMAS BLOOD.
Same date, a similar receipt of John Eliot, of £7 1s. 4d., signed Thomas Blood.
Same date, a similar receipt of Ebenezer Blood, of £5 15s., signed by Thomas Blood.
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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
May ye 8th, 1777, a similar receipt of Zachariah Davis, for £4 11s. 7d., signed by Thomas Blood.
May ye 8th, 1777. This day Ree'd of Abijah Allen, Forty six Dollres & of a Doller, as the town bounty. I say Ree'd by me. DAVID HALL.
May ye 3, 1777. This day Rec'd of Abijah Allen, Twenty six Dollers ¿ Doller, as the Town bounty. I say Rec'd by me. DAVID HALL.
Mason, April ye 29th, 1777. I this day Rec'd of Joseph Merriam, Eight Pounds, Four Shillings and six pence, the Town bounty, it being his proportion, as hath been already Levied by a com'tte chosen for that purpose. Rec'd by me. DAVID HALL.
Mason, May ye 12, 1777. This Day Rec'd of Oliver Eliot, the sum of Eleven Pounds, cighteen [shillings], L. mo., it being his part of his money for the Town Bounty. I say Rec'd by me, for the three years' men.
his NATHAN X FISH. mark.
May ye 14, 1777. This day Rec'd of Abijah Allen, Eighteen pounds, two shillings and six pence, as Town's Bounty. I say Rec'd by me.
his NATHAN X FISH.
mark.
May ye 8th, 1777. This day received of Abijah Allen, Thirty Pounds L. mo., as the Town's Bounty. I say Rec'd by me. JOSEPH ROSS.
Mason, November ye 26, 1777. This day Rec'd of Samuel Brown, one hundred Dollers, as hire for my ingaging in the Continental service, for three years, for the town of Mason. I say Rec'd by me. his
MATTHEW HARRUP X WORTINGTON. mark.
Dunstable, 4th August, 1779. Ree'd of the Selectmen of Mason, by the hand of Daniel Warner, one hundred and
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twenty pounds, L. mo., it being for one half a Town's bounty for a year service in the Continental army, sd service To be Don for the Towns of Dunstable and Mason. Pr. JOSEPH LAMSON, JR.
Memorandum. Paid by the selectmen of Mason, July 13, 1779: Zebulon Dodge, £300; Abijah Eaton, £300. July 19 : Simeon Fish, £60. July 24: Samuel Squire, £210. Rec'd an obligation of the town against sd Squire, which was turned in at as many pounds, £90. August 4: Joseph Lampson, Jr., £30. The above for one year. July 21 : To Abel Hodgman, as bounty' and travel, £40. July 26: To Edmund Farns- worth, £190. For Rhode Island.
This may certify all whom it may concern, that I, Ezra Fuller, have inlisted in the Continental service, during the three years' campaign, in the room and stead of Amos Dakin, of Mason. EZRA FULLER.
The foregoing receipts Truly entered my me.
DAVID BLODGETT, Town Clerk.
The names of John Elliot and Jonathan Fish, should be added to the list of soldiers. John Elliot, Jr., removed to Hudson, and died there. Samuel Squire died April 3, 1780.
The list of residents, commencing this chapter, was com- piled in 1842-3, by Rev. Joseph B. Hill, then resident in Mason. The place of residence was indicated by the name of the owner at that date. His list closed with the year 1783. It has since been brought down to the year 1790, and a few of the earlier names, and time of decease, age, &c., added, and, in a few instances, places are described by the name of the owner residing thereon in 1858.
The evidence of the service in the revolutionary war, is, in most instances, found in the town records and in the office of the secretary of state at Concord. No name has been in- serted among the soldiers, without evidence from one or the
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other of these records, except in the instance of some whose services were rendered for other towns before they became inhabitants of Mason.
The following account, copied from papers in the secretary of state's office, shows the amount allowed by the state to the town of Mason, for bounties paid and other expenditures, of the town, during the war. It will also show the number of men in the service, in different years :
MASON, FOR BOUNTIES, &C.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Winter Hill, 45 men in 1775,
252 16 0
Militia, 15 men for the year 1776,
182 8 0
Paid by the town, " individuals, 22
150
May.
Nov. do. 1 man in 1777,
June. Sea Coast, Portsmouth, 3 men in 1777,
Alarm at Tyconda., 17 men in 1777, Provisions and transporting, 7 2 0- 22
15 2 0
July.
Stark's brigade, 16 men in 1777,
68
8
March.
Peabody's reg't, 1 man in 1778,
15 0 0
July.
Continental, 5 men in 1779, 1200 0 0
S
78 7
2
Deducted below, 120 0 0
7 17 2
Sept. Sea Coast, Portsmouth, in 1779,
Nichols' reg't, 6 men in 1780,
54 0
0
June. New levies in 1780, in silver,
56 13
4
4 men, in paper,
370
0 0
Cotninental, 2 " in 1782,
150 0 0
1860 13 0
Aug.
Continental, Jo. Lampson, in 1779, vid.'above, 120 0 0
7 9 0
Sept. Reynolds' reg't, 3 men in 1781,
36
0 0
DR.
1904
2
0
To £120 for state bounty, 2 men in 1779, deducted, repaid £120,
7 17 2
1896
4 10
6 8-172 6 8
37 16 0
Baldwin & Gilman's reg't, 14 men in 1776, Continental, 10 men in 1777,
$ 300 6 3
30 0 0 23 2 9
5 14 0
4 0 0
Saratoga volunteers, 8 men in 1777,
15 4 0
Volunteers to Rhode Island, 25 men in 1778,
47 10 0
3 12 0
300 0 0- 61 18
2
Continental, 5 men in 1781,
Wyman's reg't, 15 men.
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HISTORY OF MASON.
PROPRIETARY AND TOWN OFFICERS, AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
List of moderators of the proprietary meetings and of clerks of the proprietary :
DATE.
MODERATORS.
CLERKS.
October 16, 1749.
Joseph Blanchard, Esq.
Joseph Blanchard, Jr.
December
3, 1751.
William Lawrence, Esq.
October -, 1752. Maj. Jonathan Hubbard.
November 27, 1753.
Colonel Lawrence.
John Stevens.
July 16, 1754.
Maj. Jonathan Hubbard.
John Stevens.
November 18, 1754.
Colonel Lawrence.
May
11, 1757.
William Lawrence, Esq.
John Stevens.
October 24, 1758.
Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
Jonathan Blanchard.
January
2, 1759.
Colonel Lawrence.
Jonathan Blanchard.
November 26, 1759.
Capt. Samuel Tarbell,
Jonathan Blanchard.
November 25, 1760.
Col. William Lawrence.
Jonathan Blanchard.
September 14, 1762.
Capt. Samuel Tarbell.
Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
April 5,1763.
Obadiah Parker.
Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
March 29, 1764.
Oliver Eliot,
Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
January
29, 1765.
Ens. Whiteomb Powers.
March 20, 1765.
Lieut. William Prescott.
April
23, 1766.
Whitcomb Powers.
December
11, 1766.
Lieut. William Prescott.
March
10, 1767.
Ens. Whiteomb Powers.
June
2, 1767.
Nathan Hall.
November
4, 1767.
Lieut. Obadiah Parker.
January 5, 1768.
Lieut. Obadiah Parker.
March
8, 1768.
Ens. Whitcomb Powers.
June
22, 1768.
Josiah Robbins.
March
22, 1769.
Lieut. Obadiah Parker.
August
21,1769.
Josiah Robbins.
October
18, 1769.
Nathan Hall.
March
6, 1770.
Nathan Hall.
Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
January
6, 1772.
Josiah Robbins.
Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
January
12, 1773.
Nathan Hall.
Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
The following list contains the names of the moderators at the annual town meetings, the town clerks, the selectmen, and town treasurers, from the year 1768 to the year 1858, inclu- sive, and of representatives from the year 1775 to 1858, in- clusive :
Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell. Capt. Thomas Tarbell.
December 14, 1762.
Nathan Hall.
John Stevens.
Joseph Blanchard, Jr. John Stevens.
LIST OF TOWN 3 OFFICERS.
Year. MODERATORS.
1768. Obadiah Parker, 1769. Thomas Tarbell, 1770. Josiah Wheeler, 1771. Obadiah Parker, 1772. Josiah Robens, 1773. Samuel Smitlı, 1774. Joseph Barrett, 1774. August 22.
1776. Samuel Brown, 1777. Samuel Brown, 1778. Samuel Brown, 1779. John Wood, 1780. John Wood, 1781. Benjamin Mann, 1782. David Blodgett, 1783. Benjamin Mann, 1784. Benjamin Mann, 1785. William Eliot, 1786. Benjamin Mann, 1787. Benjamin Mann, 1788. Benjamin Mann, 1789. Benjamin Mann, 1790. Obadiah Parker, 1791. Obadiah Parker, 1792. Obadiah Parker, 1793. Obadiah Parker,
TOWN CLERKS. Josiah Wheeler, John Asten,
Josiah Wheeler, Obadiah Parker, Joseph Bullard, Thomas Tarbell, Josiah Wheeler, Obadiah Parker, Josiah Wheeler, Josiah Wheeler, James Withec, Amos Dakin, Josiah Wheeler, Josiah Wheeler, Amos Dakin, James Withec, Josiah Wheeler, Josiah Wheeler, Obadiah Parker, Jonathan Winship, Josiah Wheeler, Josiah Wheeler, Obadiah Parker, Jonathan Winship,
Josiah Wheeler, Josiah Wheeler, James Withee, Amos Dakin, Benjamin Mann, Benjamin Mann, in place of J. Wheeler, dismissed at his own request.
1775. David Blodgett, 1775. May 29.
Joseph Barrett,
Benjamin Mann, Benjamin Mann, Joseph Merriam, James Withee, Joseph Barrett, as constituent in B. Mann's stead while in sd Mann's absence [in the army],
David Blodgett, David Blodgett, Ephraim Sawtell, Abel Shed, Benjamin Mann, Benjamin Mann, Abel Shedd, Obadiah Parker, Benjamin Mann, Benjamin Mann, Joseph Merriam, Reuben Barrett, David Blodgett, Thomas Tarbell, William Chambers, William Eliot, Hubbert Russell, Joseph Merriam, Jacob Blodgett, Samuel Smith, Timothy Wheeler, William Eliot, Samuel Smith, Joseph Merriam, Elijah Keyes, Joseph Merriam, Amos Dakin, David Blodgett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Merriam, William Eliot, Jotham Webber, Jacob Blodgett, William Eliot, Jotham Webber, Benjamin Mann, Joseph Barrett, Hobart Russell, Joseph Merriam, Joseph Barrett, Hobart Russell, Obadiah Parker, Joseph Barrett, Benjamin Mann, Joseph Merriam, Joseph Barrett, Elias Eliot, Joseph Merriam,
Joseph Barrett, Hubbert Russell, James Wood, Joseph Barrett, Hubbert Russell, James Wood, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Merriam, James Wood,
TREASURERS.
REPRESENT'S.
Nathan Hall, Nathan Hall, Nathan Hall, Nathan Hall, Nathan IIall, Nathan Hall, Nathan Hall,
Nathan Hall,
Samuel Brown, Samuel Brown, Samuel Brown, Samuel Brown, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Selectmen, William Eliot, William Eliot, Jacob Blodgett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett,
Amos Dakin.
Amos Dakin. [No record.] Amos Dakin. Amos Dakin. Joseph Barrett. Benjamin Mann. [No record.] Benjamin Mann. Benjamin Mann. [No record.] Benjamin Mann. [No record.] Obadiah Parker. [No record.] Obadiah Parker. [No record.] Obadiah Parker. Joseph Merriam.
TOWN OFFICERS.
30
David Blodgett, William Eliot, Jacob Blodgett, William Eliot, Elijah Keyes, David Blodgett, William Eliot, William Eliot, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett,
SELECTMEN.
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LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS .--- CONTINUED.
Year.
MODERATORS.
TOWN CLERKS. Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, John Blodgett, Joseph Barrett, John Blodgett, John Blodgett, John Blodgett,
SELECTMEN.
TREASURERS.
REPRESENT'S.
1794
Obadiah Parker,
1795 Obadiah Parker,
Joseph Barrett, Timothy Wheeler, Timothy Dakin, Joseph Barrett, Benjamin Mann, Timothy Dakin,
1796 Benjamin Mann,
1797
Benjamin Mann,
1798
Benjamin Mann, Benjamin Mann,
Joseph Barrett, Maj. James Wood, Capt. Benj. Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Maj. James Wood, Joseph Merriam, John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Joseph Merriam, Joseph Barrett, John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam,
1801
1800 Benjamin Mann, Timothy Dakin,
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Artemas Manning,
1802
Timothy Dakin,
1803
Timothy Dakin,
1804
Joses Bucknam,
John Blodgett, John Blodgett,
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr.,
1806 1807 Timothy Dakin, 1808 Timothy Dakin,
1809
Timothy Dakin, Timothy Dakin, Timothy Dakin, Josiah Russell,
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr.,
1813 Timothy Dakin,
John Blodgett, John Blodgett, John Blodgett,
John Blodgett, Hezekiah Richardson, Jason Dunster,
1814 Hez. Richardson,
John Blodgett,
John Blodgett, Hezekiah Richardson, Jason Dunster,
John Blodgett, Hezekiah Richardson, Jason Dunster,
John Blodgett, John Blodgett, Samuel Merriam, Hezekiah Richardson,
1820 Josiah Russell, 1821 Hez. Richardson,
1822 Josiah Russell,
1823 Hez. Richardson, 1823 From May 5.
1824 Joses Bucknam,
John Blodgett, Samuel Merriam, John Blodgett, Samuel Merriam, Samuel Merriam, Samuel Merriam, Willis Johnson, Willis Johnson,
Samuel Merriam, Josiah Winship, Joel Ames,
Samuel Merriam, Josiah Winship, Joel Ames, Samuel Smith, in place of Samuel Merriam, deceased. Willis Johnson, Samuel Smith, James Taft,
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Col. Jas. Wood. Dea. R Weston. Dea. R. Weston. Dea. R. Weston. Dea. R. Weston. Jas. Wood, Esq. Dea. R. Weston. Joses Bucknam. John Blodgett. Joses Bucknam. John Blodgett. John Blodgett. H. Richardson. HI. Richardson. John Blodgett. Josiah Winship. Josiah Winship. H. Richardson. Josiah Russell. Voted to pass the article. Josiah Russell.
HISTORY OF MASON.
Obadiah Parker. Joseph Barrett. Joseph Barrett. Joseph Barrett. Joseph Barrett. Joseph Merriam. Col. Jas. Wood. Col. Jas. Wood.
Col. Jas. Wood.
Col. Jas. Wood.
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr.,
1805 Timothy Dakin, Timothy Dakin,
John Blodgett, John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr ,
Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr., Samuel Merriam, John Blodgett, Joseph Merriam, Joseph Saunders,
1810
Joses Bucknam, John Blodgett, John Blodgett, John Blodgett, John Blodgett,
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr., John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr.,
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samnel Smith, Jr.,
1811
1812
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Samuel Smith, Jr ,
1815 Joses Bucknam, 1816 1817 Josiah Russell, Josiah Russell, 1818 Samuel Merriam, 1819 Samuel Merriam,
John Blodgett,
John Blodgett, Samuel Merriam, George Dakin, Samuel Merriam, George Dakin, Josiah Winship, John Blodgett, Samuel Merriam, Josiah Winship, Samuel Merriam, Hezekiah Richardson, Sam S. Parker,
66
Joseph Barrett, Joseph Merriam, Benjamin Mann,
Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Joseph Barrett, Selectmen,
1799
John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Artemas Manning, John Blodgett, Joses Bucknam, Sam S. Parker,
19
SELECTMEN.
TREASURERS.
REPRESENTAT'S.
Selectmen,
Josialı Russell.
Willis Johnson, Willis Johnson,
Willis Johnson, James Taft, Timothy Wheeler, Willis Johnson, Joel Ames, Jonathan Bachelder, Jr., Willis Johnson, Timothy Wheeler, James Taft,
1827 |John Stevens, 1828 John Stevens,
Willis Johnson, Willis Johnson,
John Stevens.
1829 John Stevens,
John Stevens. John Stevens.
1830 John Stevens, 1831 John Stevens, 1832 John Stevens,
Willis Johnson, Willis Johnson, Willis Johnson, N. F. Cummings, Willis Johnson,
Willis Johnson, Timothy Wheeler, James Taft, James Taft, Elisha Barrett, Jonathan Batchelder, Jr., James Taft, Elisha Barrett, Jonathan Bachelder, Jr., James Taft, Jonathan Bachelder, Jr., Willis Johnson, Jona. Bachelder, Jr., James Spaulding, N. F. Cummings, James Taft, Timothy Wheeler, Samuel Smith, Samuel Smith, Jr., Jona. Blanchard, Jr., George Elliott,
66
John Stevens.
1833 John Stevens,
John Stevens.
1834 John Stevens,
N. F. Cummings,
William Wright.
1835 John Stevens,
N. F. Cummings, N. F. Cummings, N. F. Cummings, Willis Johnson,
Samuel Smith, Jr., Timothy Wheeler, George Elliott, Samuel Smith, Jr., Tim. Wheeler, Loammi Chamberlain, John Stevens, Timothy Wheeler, Charles Scripture, John Stevens, Timothy Wheeler, Charles Scripture, Samuel Smith, Jr., William Wright, Artemias Rowell,
=
William Wright. William Wright. John Stevens.
1837 John Stevens,
1838 John Stevens,
Willis Johnson,
George Elliott,
John Stevens, Charles Scripture, Artemas Rowell, Charles Scripture, Asher Peabody, Franklin Merriam, Charles Scripture, William Wright, Jona. Bachelder, William Wright, Ira Hall, Jonathan Russell 2d,
66
1843 John Stevens,
Willis Johnson,
Oliver HI. Pratt, Charles Prescott, Samuel Smith, Jr.,
1844 John Stevens,
Willis Johnson,
Oliver II. Pratt, Charles Prescott, Artemas Rowell,
John Stevens, Jonathan Bachelder, Charles Scripture, John Stevens, Jonathan Bachelder, Charles Scripture, Oliver II. Pratt, Jonathan Bachelder, Luther L. Barrett, Samuel Smith, Luther L. Barrett, George HIartshorn,
$6
Saml. Smith, Jr. Saml. Smith, Jr. Oliver II. Pratt. Oliver H. Pratt. Saml. Smith, Esq. Oliver HI. Pratt. Oliver H. Pratt. Vot, not to send. Vot. not to send. Oliver HI. Pratt. Stephen Smith.
Oliver H. Pratt. Lucius A. Elliott. Lucius A. Elliott. Charles Prescott. Charles Prescott. Fred. Mansfield.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Rev. Eben. Hill. Rev. Eben. IIill. John Stevens.
1839 John Stevens, 1840 John Stevens, 1841 Jolin Stevens, 1842 John Stevens,
George Elliott,
Willis Johnson,
1845 John Stevens,
Willis Johnson, 1846 John Stevens, Willis Johnson, 1817 John Stevens, Willis Johnson, 1848 Oliver II. Pratt, 1849 Oliver H. Pratt, 1850 A. T. Wilmarth, 1851 Oliver HI Pratt, Willis Johnson, Willis Johnson, Willis Johnson, A. G. Comings, 1852 Oliver H. Pratt, 1853 Oliver HI. Pratt, 1854 Charles Scripture, 1855 Charles Scripture, Edwin A. Larkin, Edwin A. Larkin, Willis Johnson, Edwin A. Larkin, 1856 Edwin A. Larkin, 1857 Edwin A. Larkin, Joseph B. Wilson, S. Wheeler Weston, Charles Prescott, Amos Scripture, Joseph B. Wilson, Charles Prescott, Amos Scripture, Jacob Rideout, 1858 Edwin A. Larkin, Joseph B. Wilson, Amos Scripture, Jacob Rideout, Amos HI. Hosmer,
George Hartshorn, Joseph Saunders, Joseph B. Wilson, Charles Scripture, Loammi Chamberlain, Benj. Barrett, Charles Prescott, Frederick Mansfield, S. Wheeler Weston, Chas. Prescott, S. Wheeler Weston, Jas. L. Chamberlain, S. Wheeler Weston, Freeman Elliott, Jonathan Russell, S. Wheeler Weston, Charles Prescott, Amos Scripture,
$6
Chas. Scripture, Chas. Scripture, Chas. Scripture, Selectmen,
Year. MODERATORS. 1825 Josiah Russell, 1826 John Stevens,
TOWN CLERKS.
John Stevens. John Stevens. John Stevens.
John Stevens.
1836 John Stevens,
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HISTORY OF MASON.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND OF THE QUORUM.
1783. Benjamin Mann. 1831. Israel Herrick, Quorum, 1836.
1785. Jonathan Scarle.
1833. Nathaniel F. Cummings.
1804. James Wood. 1835. Nathaniel Shattuck.
1808. Rogers Weston.
1836. William Wright.
1809. John Blodgett.
1838.
Jonathan Russell.
1818. Timothy Dakin.
1838.
Samuel Smith.
1821. Samuel Merriam.
1844. George Taft.
1823. Samuel Whiting.
1848. Thomas H. Marshall.
1823. Willis Johnson.
1855. Charles Scripture.
1825. John Stevens, Quorum, 1831. 1855. Joseph B. Wilson.
CORONERS.
Stephen Lawrence. 1 James Snow.
Samuel Merriam.
TRUSTEES OF THE BOYNTON COMMON SCHOOL FUND.
1858. Thomas H. Marshall, Jonathan Russell, 2d, Charles Scripture, George Taft, Charles Prescott.
From 1775 to 1793, Mason and Raby were classed for the choice of a representative. Dea. Amos Dakin was the repre- sentative in the years 1775-'76-'78-'79 ; Joseph Barrett, in 1780-795-'96-'97-'98; Benjamin Mann, in 1781-'83-'84-'86 ; Lieut. Obadiah Parker, in 1788-'90-'92-'94; Joseph Merriam, 1793, 1799. There is no record of the choice in 1777-'82- 1785-'87-'89-'91. It may be that in those years the repre- sentative was from Raby. The records of Raby show that Dea. Amos Dakin was elected representative March, 1787, and Capt. Campbell March, 1789, for Mason and Raby. Camp- bell was a citizen of Raby.
In the following tables, prepared by the Rev. Jos. B. Hill, is inserted the number of deaths in the town of Mason, in each year for 60 years, from January 1, 1791, to Jan. 1, 1851, taken from the record kept by the Rev. Ebenezer Hill, from 1791 to 1838, and from that kept by Dr. Willis John- son, from 1840 to 1851; the years 1838 and 1839 being sup- plied from other sources; in which appears the number over 70 years of age, and the principal diseases in each year :
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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
TABLE OF DEATHS IN MASON, FROM JANUARY 1, 1791 TO JANUARY 1, 1851.
Years.
Deaths.
Over 70.
Years.
Deaths.
| Over 70.
Years.
Deaths.
Over 70
Years.
Deaths.
Over 70
Years.
| Deaths.
Over 70.
Years.
Deaths.
| Over 70.
1791
10
2 1801
6
1
1811
11
1
1821
18
4
1831
19
8
1841
14
4
1792
8
0 1802
19
1
1812
18
2
1822
29
5
1832|
20
4
1842
24
1793
7
2 1803
19
2
1813
10
0 11823
13
2
1833
11
3
1843!
20
7
1794
12
2 1804
17
0
1814
22
4|
1824
27
9
1834
21
3
1844
14
6
1795
7
0
1805
20
3
1815
221
5 1825
21|
3
1835!
16
8
1845
21
5
1796
10
1,1806
13
1
1816
18
3
1826
20
1
1836
12
4 1846
13
3
1797
15
1 1807
15
2
|1817
131
1
1827
26
7
1837
191
8
1847
12
2
1798
10
0 1808
15
1
1818
34
4
1828
22
5
1838
14
4
1848
23
1799
6
1
1809
9
3
1819
31
3
1829
29
9
1839
9
3
1849
27
7
1800
19
1
1810
20.
1 1820
22
4
1830
11
5
1840
21
7
18501
10
3
104 104
154 15
201|27
216 501
|162|52|
184 43
PROPORTION OF DISEASES, &c., TO DEATHIS IN EACH PERIOD.
DECADES.
Deaths.
Over 70
years.
Inf. comp.
Canker
rash, &c.
Fevers.
Consump
tion.
Old age.
First decade,
104
1 10
0
1
Second decade,
154
1
1
I
1
Third decade,
201
15
12
15
13
Fourth decade,
216
1
1
1
1
Fifth decade,
162
1 3
To
1 27
18
5
Sixth decade,
184
6
For sixty years.
TABLE OF TOTALS.
AGES OF THOSE DYING ABOVE 70 YEARS.
At the age of 70 9 At age of
71
5
88
13
72
8
89
1
73 2
90
6
74 8
91
5
75 9
92
1
76 11
94
1
1791 to 1801
104
10
0
10
14
20
2
1801 " 1811
154
15
14
19
33
13
1811 " 1821
201
27 17 31
32
25
16
1821 " 1831
216
50 23
9
23
22
21
1831 " 1841
162
52,16
6
9
30
34
1841 " 1851
184
43 24 12
29
32.
29
1021 197 73 82 126 162 115
85 12
102}
1
86 11
87
6
From
Deaths.
Over 70 years.
Infantile comp.
Canker rash &c.
Fevers.
Consumptions.
Old Age.
77 8
95
1
78
3
96
5
79 5
97
1
80 11
98
1
81 9
99
1
82 11
993
1
3 12
100
1
84 11
102
1
9
24
1
1
1
15
1021
1
1
11
12
2_
1
2
1
50
50
1
4
234
HISTORY OF MASON.
TABLE OF DISEASES, OR BILL OF MORTALITY, FROM JANUARY 1, 1791 TO JANUARY 1, 1851, -SIXTY YEARS.
DISEASES.
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to
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