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Each left a mourning family, Samuel, an only son, Father of him whose piety That monumental stone
Has raised - the sorrowful event Thus to commemorate : Go read their names, and then lament Their melancholy fate.
7. Concluding prayer, by Rev. E. E. CUMMINGS, [of the Baptist Church.]
But to resume the narrative of Indian troubles : After the massacre, as above related, the Indians withdrew for a short time from the immediate vicinity. The inhabitants, however, were in constant anxiety and alarm. On the 13th of August, Clough, in his journal, says : "Rumford people said that they
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heard several guns, carly in the morning, some distance from the town. They supposed that the Indians had killed some cattle, as they [had,] about a month before, killed two oxen." In answer to repeated petitions, a guard was kept stationed here most of the time, at least for the two following years .* In the mean time, some new arrangement was made concerning the garrisons, as appears from the following official document :
PROVINCE OF
NEW HAMPE S District of Rumford, March ye 21st, 1746/7.
We, the subscribers, Committee of Militia, &c., at the request of sundry of the inhabitants of Rumford aforesd - representing their uneasiness with the orders not being complyed with; and the pressing of the enemy having compelled two of the stated Garrisons to break up, and, by that means, apprehending a further view and settlement to be necessary-
Have, therefore, repaired to Rumford afores'd and reviewed their circumstances, and do still continue the following Garrisons, as at first, viz. : The Garrison round the house of the Revd Mr. Timothy Walker, with the inhabitants stated there, excepting Obadiah Foster, who is removed and ordered to attend and do his duty at the Gar- rison round the house of Mr. Joseph Hall.
Also, the Garrison round the house of Mr. Jeremiah Stickney - and have further ordered that the house of Mr. Edward Abbot, being near and convenient to make one joynt defence with sd Stickney's Garrison, be likewise garrisoned -both which housen to be looked upon, and in all Garrison priviledges and duties, to be one Garrison -their keeping, in times of necessary watching and warding, a watch and ward in each house; and that the inhabitants before ordered and stated at sd Stickney's, be as equally, as with convenience may be, apportioned to each house, as best accommodates them, under the regulation of Capt. John Chandler -excepting Ephraim Carter and Joseph Carter, Lt. Isaac Chandler and his son Isaac, who are ordered to remove and do their duty at the Garrison round the house of the aforesaid Rev. Mr. Timothy Walker.
Also, that the Garrison round the house of Mr. Timothy Walker, jun., be continued, with the inhabitants ordered there, excepting Stephen Farrington and Benjamin Abbot, who are hereby ordered to remove to, and do their duty at the Garrison round the house of the aforesaid Jeremiah Stickney and Edward Abbot.
Also, the Garrison round the house of Mr. Joseph Hall be con- tinucd, with the inhabitants before ordered there; and that the Gar- rison round the house of Mr. Henry Lovejoy, and the Garrison at Jonathan Eastman's house, t be thrown up and not kept, until the
* Doc. for Clap. V., No. 8, 9 and 10.
t These garrisons were out of the main settlement - one at West Parish Village ; the other near what is now called Millville.
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inhabitants posted at these Garrisons, or either of them, shall have further assistance and be willing to return, and then to be invested with the same Garrison privileges as before-but not till then; and, in the mean time, they are respectively ordered to the following Gar- risons, as most convenient for them, viz. : James Abbot, Amos Abbot, Amos Eastman, Henry Lovejoy, Abiel Chandler and Joseph Farnum, to do duty at the garrison stated round the house of the Rev. Mr. Timothy Walker; and that Ephraim Farnum, Seaborn Pe- ters, Timothy Tytus and Jacob Hoyt, to do duty at the garrison stated round the house of the aforesaid Jeremiah Stickney and Edward Abbot ; and John Burbank to do duty at the garrison stated round the dwelling-house of Mr. Timothy Walker, jun. : - which four gar- risons, in our judgment, is as many as can be admitted for the interest and safety of the inhabitants, and the places well situated for the defence of the town.
JOSEPH BLANCHARD, BENJAMIN ROLFE, Comee
ZACHEUS LOVEWELL,
Henry Lovejoy's garrison, at the West Parish, [where Mr. Levi Hutchins now lives,] it seems had been broken up; and as there had been a grist mill, it subjected the inhabitants in that section, and also in Boscawen and Canterbury, to serious incon- veniences, as appears from the following joint petition :
To His Excellency BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq., Captain General and Governor of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire : To the Honorable His Majesty's Council and Assembly of said Province : The Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of Rumford, Canter- bury and Contoocook -
HUMBLY SHEWETH, That we, especially at the two last mentioned places, are greatly distressed for want of suitable Grist Mills; that Mr. Henry Lovejoy has, at great expense, erected a good mill at a place the most advantageously situated to accommodate the three towns : that it is the only mill in all the three towns that stands under the command of the guns of the garrison : - That the ill conse- quences of abandoning the said garrison the year past has been severely felt by us: That the said Lovejoy appears desirous of residing there again, provided he might be favored with such a num- ber of soldiers as just to keep his garrison with a tolerable degree of safety ; and that, as an additional encouragement to us to appear as petitioners on his behalf, and to your Excellency and Honours to grant our said petition, he will become engaged, with all convenient speed, to erect a forge for the making of Barr Iron,* which may also
* This forge was erected by Capt. Lovejoy, and was in operation many years. Mr. Levi Hutchins says the forge was situated about forty rods westerly of his house, on the stream that flows from Long Pond, and that old cinders of ore are still visible there. The ore was obtained from the banks at the deep bend of the river, just above the Concord Bridge. Iron ore was also found in the south part of the town.
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stand under the command of the said garrison ; which undertaking would probably be vastly advantageous to all the towns and planta- tions up this way, as well as to the general interest of the Province.
We therefore pray, as well on behalf of ourselves as the said Lovejoy, that your Excellency and Honours would take the premises into your wise consideration, and grant unto the said Lovejoy such a protection as may encourage him to reënter and possess his at pres- ent abandoned garrison, for the ends and purposes above mentioned ; and your Petitioners shall, as in duty bound, ever pray.
John Chandler, Ben. Fifield,
Stephen Farrington,
Ebenezer Eastman,
Jacob Hoyt,
Stephen Hoyt,
Ezra Carter,
John Burbank,
George Hull,
Nath. Abbot,
Caleb Burbank,
Samson Colbe,
Isaac Waldron,
Amos Abbot,
Eben'r Eastman, jr.,
Amos Eastman,
John Chandler, jun.,
Philip Eastman,
Edward Abbot,
Benjamin Abbot,
Jeremiah Eastman,
Isaac Chandler,
Ephraim Farnum,
Nathaniel Eastman,
James Osgood,
Daniel Chase,
Joseph Eastman,
Seborne Peters,
Henry Lovejoy,
Daniel Anis,
Abraham Kimball,
Jeremiah Stickney,
Nathan Stevens,
Joseph Pudney,
Aaron Stevens,
Ebenezer Virgin, Of Rumford.
Stephen Gerrish, John Towle,
William Peters, Philip Caul,
Stephen Call,
George Jackman,
John Corser,
Phineas Stevens,
Richard Jackman,
William Emery,
Nathaniel Malloon,
Richard Hood,
Joel Manuel,
William Danford,
Jacob Flanders,
John Flanders,
Of Contoocook.
James Scales,
John Gibson,
William Moor,
Jeremiah Clough,
Archelaus Moor,
William Forest, jr., Samuel Shepherd,
William Miles,
Moses Danforth,
William Forest,
James Head,
John Forrest,
Thomas Clough,
Benjamin Blanchard,
Thomas Danforth,
Josiah Miles,
James Gipson,
Samuel Moor,
Rumford, January 2d, 1747 - 8.
Of Canterbury.
ANECDOTES.
The following traditionary anecdotes relative to this period have been received by the author from sundry individuals, and may be relied on as substantially correct.
PHILIP EASTMAN, son of Capt. Ebenezer, married Abiah
Philip Flanders,
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Bradley, sister of the Bradleys who were killed, and in 1746 lived on the farm where John L. Tallant, Esq., now lives. When the news of the massacre reached them, Mr. Eastman hastily saddled his horse, rode up to his door, and said, " Come, Abiah, let us go." She replied, " I am ready," and at a single bound sprung upon the horse's back, behind her husband-and then they rode on full canter down to Capt. Eastman's fort. It was a common saying in those times, " It takes a hard blow to kill a Bradley !" - C. E. POTTER.
On the 10th of November, 1746,* a Mr. Estabrooks, of Hop- kinton, was killed by the Indians on the road leading from Con- cord to Hopkinton, and about one fourth of a mile eastward of where the Bradleys were killed. The circumstances, as related by Mr. Benjamin Gale, now in his eighty-fifth year, and in full possession of his faculties, are as follows : "My grandfather, Dr. Ezra Carter,f lived in a house which stood where Sanborn's book-store now is ; he pastured his horse in Dea. George Abbot's lot, where the late Timothy Chandler lived. Mr. Estabrooks came into town, and called on Dr. Carter, but was in great haste to return to Hopkinton before night. Dr. Carter said, ' I have a call to make on the same road, and will accompany you ;' then taking his bridle and saddle bags in hand, he went to the pasture to catch his horse; but, what was very unusual, the horse could'nt be caught. The doctor, therefore, standing in the field, waved his hand to Mr. Estabrooks, who was waiting, and said, ' Go on.' Estabrooks proceeded about three quarters of a mile on the road, to where the watering-trough now is, at Rum- Hill, (so called,) when he was fired at and killed. The report of the gun was heard in the street, and in half an hour after-
* PETITION OF DR. EZRA CARTER.
OCTOBER ye 23d, 1747.
To His Excellency BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq., S.c. :
The Petition of Ezra Carter, in behalf of the inhabitants of the town of Rumford, shew- ethi, that they are destitute of soldiers, and very much exposed both to the French and Indian enemy, and daily expect, by experience of last year, invasions by them, by reason of their RILLING ONE MAN ON THE TENTH OF NOVEMBER LAST ; and on the nineteenth of said No- vember they were discovered by their tracks in a small snow : - and pray your Honours to consider our dangerous circumstances, and grant us such protection as you in your great wis- dom shall think meet.
EZRA CARTER.
¡ Mr. Gale's father, Daniel, son of Benjamin, from Haverhill, married RUTH, daughter of Dr. Ezra Carter.
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ward Estabrooks was found dead on the spot." Dr. Carter's escape was considered very providential.
Jacob Hoyt, Esq., residing on the cast side of the river, (on the Mountain, so called,) now in the eighty-third year of his age - vigorous both in body and mind - relates that his father, John, son of Abner, who came to Penacook from Salisbury, Mas- sachusetts, about 1728, and lived in a house where Dr. Samuel Morril now lives, was said to have been the second male child born in Penacook. He married Abigail Carter, the little girl who saw one Indian or more in the bushes on the Sabbath before the massacre. His grandfather, Abner, was in Mr. Jonathan East- man's garrison, and at this time owned land where Mr. B. Hub- bard Weeks now lives. On one occasion his daughter Betsey went out to milk the cows, just at twilight. She was accompa- nied by a soldier named Roane, for a guard. While she milked the cows, Roane sat on the fence ; but instead of looking out for Indians, his eyes were attracted toward Betsey. She, observing his gaze, said, "Roane, you better look the other way, and see if there are any Indians near." Turning round at that mo- ment, he saw an Indian with tomahawk in hand, creeping slyly toward him. Roane screamed, leaped from the fence, and run, gun in hand, leaving Betsey to do the best she could for her- self. Fortunately, however, Betsey regained the garrison in safety.
Mr. Hoyt further relates - as what he had often heard his father say -" that at this time Indians were constantly lurking about, so that people had to go out in companies to do work in the field ; that Benjamin Abbot had a large field of rye on what is now called the Bog Road, which the Indians watched with a design to kill the men who went out to reap it. But at the proper time, the people turned out in such force that the rye was all harvested and carted home early in the forenoon, so that the Indians were disappointed ; whereupon they gratified their re- venge by killing as many cows, oxen, sheep and horses as they could, at pasture, in the vicinity of Turkey Pond. They also fired at and wounded an old Mr. Pudney, who was carrying a wooden bottle of beer from one of the garrisons to men at work at the Eleven Lots. The ball broke his arm, so that he dropped
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the bottle, and ran back to the garrison,"* [round Timothy Walk- er, junior's, house.]
In the fall of 1747+ a large party of Indians made their ap- pearance in the southwest part of the town, and for several weeks continued ranging about the woods, destroying cattle, horses, &c. Jeremiah Bradley, (who lived near where Mr. Charles Hall now lives,) had a fine field for fall grazing, and into this many of the citizens had turned their sheep and neat cattle. Reports from the guns of the Indians were frequently heard, and numbers of the cattle were destroyed. The inhab- itants at length rallied, and a strong party, armed, proceeded cautiously in two divisions toward the enemy. In the woods, near the field, one of the party found numerous packs, &c., be- longing to the Indians, and concluded to await their approach in concealment. As they were approaching, one of the men, through accident, or an eager desire to avenge his losses, fired his musket, and alarmed the Indians, who, observing the smoke
* Sec Joseph Pudney's petition, as follows :
1748. PROV. OF NEW-IIAMP.
To His Excellency BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq., Gov'r, &c. :
The Petition of Joseph Pudney, of Rumford, most humbly sheweth -
That your petit'r, the last summer, at Rumford afores'd, while in His Majes- ty's service, was wounded by the Indians, who by their shot broak his arm, and the bones much shattered ; that altho' the wound is healed up, yet he is unable to do any work to earn his livelyhood, and his arm so weak that he is nufit for scouting, &c. ; that he is able to do the duty of a garrison souldier, and as such are wanted in the sd town of Rumford, he humbly conceives in that body he might be so far serviceable as to earn his living. Wherefore your pet'r mnost humbly prays that he may be held in His Majesty's service, and posted at the sd town as a garrison souldier. And yr pet'r as in duty bound shall ever pray. JOSEPHI PUDNEY.
May 17, 1748.
In the House of Representatives, 28th May, 1748,
Voted, That in answer to ye within petition, ye within mentioned Joseph Pud- ney be posted as a soldier at ye garrison at sd Rumford, til ye last of Septem- ber next.
D. PIERCE, Clerk.
In Council, eodem die, read and concurred.
Eodem die, consented to.
THEOD. ATKINSON, Sec'y. B. WENTWORTII.
t Moore's Annals of Concord, p. 271.
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of the gun, filed off in an opposite direction. The whole party then fired, but with little injury to their tawny adversaries. The body of an Indian was, however, sometime afterward found secreted in a hollow log, into which, it is supposed, having been wounded by the fire of the party, he had crawled and expired.
There was a garrison - though probably at a somewhat later period - situated on what was called Rattlesnake Plain, just across the road southwest of Mr. Simeon Abbot's house, near the track of the Concord and Claremont Railroad. Belonging to and defended by the garrison, were four houses, built of logs, the cellars and foundations of which are visible to this day. Here were James Abbot, James Abbot, jun., Reuben Abbot, Amos Abbot, and Joseph Farnum. There is a story that the young folks from the Abbot garrison were very fond of going out, of an evening, to visit the Farnums, who lived some eighty rods distant, and that the old people were much concerned lest they should be waylaid by the Indians. As the young folks did not heed the cautions given them, Mr. Reuben Abbot, (the same who lived to his hundredth year,) undertook to cure their temer- ity. Accordingly, one evening, when the young folks were at Ephraim Farnum's, he, dressed in Indian style, secreted himself in the bushes by the road-side, and waited their return. As they approached the spot, he made a rustling noise, grunting like an Indian, and partially showed himself- when the young people fled with terror to the garrison. After that they never wished to go out again in the evening, but they kept the cause of their fright a secret.
Samuel Farrington, grandson of Stephen Farrington, who married Apphia, daughter of Abraham Bradley, relates that on one occasion, in the time of Indian troubles, her grandmother, who, like others of the Bradley race, was a fearless woman, went into the field where her husband and others had gone to mow, and she found them reclining under a tree, after dinner, asleep, and their guns stacked near by. She took one of the guns - of the kind called Queen Anne's muskets - and discharged it very near them. The gun rebounded and nearly kicked her over. They sprung upon their feet with great consternation, supposing that Indians were upon them : when Mrs. Farrington, recover-
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ing also from the unexpected shock, laughingly signified that possibly they might receive a worse fire than from a woman, if found asleep again !
Capt. Henry Lovejoy once had a narrow escape from the In- dians. Returning from Osgood's tavern to his garrison, on horse- back, in the evening, he apprehended that Indians might way- lay him, and that they would be likely to do it in the gully, south of Ephraim Farnum's. As he approached the crossing-place, he pretended to have command of men, and cried out, " Rush on, my boys - be ready to fire !" and then galloped over with full speed. On reaching home he went to turn his horse into pas- ture on the north side of Rattlesnake hill : letting the bars down, he noticed an alarm and stir among the cows. Inferring that Indians were near, he turned toward the garrison, and hid himself under a large wind-fall tree. Immediately two Indians with guns trotted over the tree in pursuit. He lay still till they returned and went off, and then regained the fort.
In a deposition given relative to the Bow controversy, 1757, Isaac Chandler and Jacob Pilsberry, of Rumford, state, " That there was no way for the people, in their power, to defend them- selves against their [Indian] enemies, but by assembling together, by common agreement, as many families as conveniently could, and first erecting a fort or garrison sufficient to contain them, and then building within the same a house for each family to screen them from the inclemency of the weather. And all this they did at their own expense. Moreover, by being obliged to keep watch and ward, and to work together in large companies for the greater safety during the summer ; and their being frequently called from their business - either by some assault, or the dis- covery of the Indians - and other avocations occasioned by the war, the deponents really believe that the said inhabitants lost near one half of their time during the most busy and valuable part of the year; for all which they never, as the deponents heard of, had any allowance or consideration.
"And that notwithstanding all these discouragements, they have stood their ground against the enemy ; supported themselves with all the necessaries of life ; and also yearly spared consider- able quantities of provisions to the neighboring villages in the
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said province, - which must have suffered very much if they had not had their assistance.
" And that they have been always ready, upon notice of dis- tress or danger among their neighbors, during the war, to go to their relief, many times in considerable companies, to places at a great distance, all at their own expense : beside the losses they have sustained, not only of human lives, but also in their stocks of cattle, many scores of which were destroyed in one day by the enemy, beside what were destroyed at other times.
ISAAC CHANDLER, JACOB PILSBERRY."
LIST OF OFFICERS
IN THE PLANTATION OF PENNYCOOK AND RUMFORD, FROM 1732 TO 1749.
January, 1732-3.
Moderator,
Capt. Ebenezer Eastman, .
Clerk, .
Benjamin Rolfe, . .
March 6, 1732-3. Ebenezer Eastman. Timothy Clement. Ebenezer Eastman, John Chandler,
Selectmen, .
Capt. Ebenezer Eastman, Dea. John Merrill, Edward Abbot, . ~
Jeremiah Stickney,
Joseph Eastman, [Edward Abbot.
. Abraham Colby.
Constable, .
Nathaniel Abbot,
Ebenezer Eastman,
Assessors, .
Dea. Jolin Merrill, Edward Abbot.
Collector,
Nathaniel Abbot.
Surveyors of Highways,
( Richard Hazeltine, . Ebenezer Virgin,
Jeremiah Stickney. John Merrill,
Tythingmen, .
Lt. John Chandler, .
David Kimball.
Sealer of Leather,
David Kimball, . .
David Kimball. George Abbot,
Hogreeves, .
Isaac Foster, .
Joseph Davis, Richard Urann.
Treasurer,
Lt. Jolın Chandler, .
John Chandler. Joseph Hall, Samuel Pudney, David Barker, Isaac Foster.
Fence-viewers,
§ Aaron Stevens,
James Farnum, .
John Russ.
§ Ens. Jeremiah Stickney,
William Barker,
Joseph Hall, .
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Field-drivers, .
S James Farnum, . Joseph Eastman,
Jacob Shute, Joseph Eastman, Aaron Stevens, Ebenezer Virgin, Timothy Clement, John Rnss.
March 11, 1733- 4.
March, 1734-5.
Moderator, .
Ebenezer Eastman. .
. Ebenezer Eastman.
Town Clerk,
Benjamin Rolfe.
Benjamin Rolfe.
Selectmen, .
Benjamin Rolfe,
Jeremiah Stickney,
Constable,
Abraham Bradley.
. Edward Abbot.
Collector,
Assessors,
Selectmen.
. Selectmen.
- Jeremiah Stickney,
· · Ebenezer Eastman,
Ebenezer Virgin,
Joseph Hall,
Surveyors of Highways,
Daniel Chase,
James Osgood,
Lt. John Chandler.
Ephraim Farnum,
Tythingmen, .
John Russ, Richard Hazeltine.
. Abraham Bradley,
Fence-viewers,
James Farnum, . William Barker,
George Abbot,
Sealer of Leather,
Ebenezer Virgin. David Kimball. Lt. John Chandler. James Osgood, . Samuel Pudney,
John Chandler.
Field-drivers, .
Jeremiah Dresser, Aaron Stevens. Jacob Shute, David Barker,
. David Barker, Zebediah Farnum,
Pound-keeper,
Nathaniel Abbot. Nathaniel Abbot. .
. Benjamin Abbot.
Surveyor of Flax and Hemp.
Nathaniel Abbot.
Sealer of Weights and Meas.
. Edward Abbot.
Moderator,
Ebenezer Eastman.
· Ebenezer Eastman.
Town Clerk,
Benjamin Rolfe.
. Benjamin Rolfe.
Selectmen, .
Ebenezer Eastman,
. Benjamin Rolfe, James Osgood,
Assessors,
Selectmen.
Constable, .
Surveyor of Hemp and Flar, Nathaniel Abbot.
Surveyors of Highways,
Tythingmen, .
Fence-viewers,
David Barker, Abraham Bradley, Edward Abbot, Daniel Chase. - James Abbot, James Farnum, . Richard Hazeltine, . Joseph Eastman, Isaac Foster, Ephraim Farnum, John Russ.
Selectmen. Richard Hazeltine, also Collector. Nathaniel Abbot. James Abbot, Jeremiah Stickney, Barachias Farnum, Daniel Chase, Ebenezer Virgin. Edward Abbot, John Merrill. Nathaniel Abbot, George Abbot, Nathaniel Rolfe, Daniel Rolfe, John Russ, David Barker.
Treasurer,
[ Aaron Stevens, . James Osgood, .
. Daniel Chase,
Isaac Foster,
. Joseph Eastman.
Jeremiah Stickney.
Timothy Bradley,
Timothy Walker.
Hogreeves, .
March 9, 1735-6.
March 15, 1736-7.
Benjamin Rolfe,
Jeremiah Stickney.
. Joseph Hall.
Ebenezer Eastman, .
. Benjamin Rolfe,
Dea. Ephraim Farnum.
John Merrill.
. Edward Abbot.
John Webster. Edward Abbot, .
. George Abbot.
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Sealer of Leather, Jeremiah Stickney.
.
Jeremialı Stickney.
- George Abbot, .
Benjamin Abbot,
David Kimball, . Abraham Colby, Jr.,
Zebadiah Farnum,
William Barker,
Field-drivers,
Jonathan Bradley, .
Timothy Bradley,
Ebenezer Eastman, Jr.,
John Russ.
Samuel Pudney. Jacob Shute,
Daniel Chase,
Isaac Walker, Jr., Aaron Stevens,
HIogreeves, .
Abraham Colby, Jr., Onesiphorus Page.
Joseph Farnum.
Scaler of Weights and Meas. Edward Abbot.
Treasurer, Lt. John Chandler. March 29, 1738.
March 15, 1738-9.
Moderator,
Jeremiah Stickney. .
. Barachias Farnum.
Town Clerk, ·
Benjamin Rolfe.
Benjamin Rolfe.
Benjamin Rolfe,
. Benjamin Rolfe,
Selectmen, .
Lt. John Chandler,
Barachias Farnum,
Assessors, . Constable and Collector, .
Selectmen.
Joseph Eastman.
. James Osgood. James Abbot,
Surveyors of Highways,
[ James Abbot, Jeremiah Stickney, . { Joseph Ilall, Barachias Farnum, { Isaac Foster.
Joseph Hall, Barachias Farnum, Isaac Foster.
Tythingmen, .
William Barker, Ebenezer Virgin. Benjamin Abbot, James Farnum, Edward Abbot, James Abbot, David Barker.
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