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In TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our GOVERNOR and COMMANDER-in-chief aforesaid, the twenty-ninth day of March, in the eleventh year of our Reign, Annoque dom : 1771.
J. WENTWORTH. By his Excellency's Command, with Advice of Council, THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec.
Recorded Lib. 1º. Fol. 379, 380. " Attest : THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec.
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
Respecting the name of the town, the late Thaddeus Morse, Esq., said that he heard, when a boy, a discussion with re- gard to the subject ; and that he distinctly remembered the name Dublin was chosen, because the earliest settlers were Scotch-Irish, and the capital of their native country was Dublin.
The whole number of voters in Dublin, in 1770, was only twenty-three. A list of these voters, certified by Joseph Twitchell and John Muzzey, two of the assessors of that year, contains the following names : Levi Partridge, Tho- mas Morse, Eli Morse, William Greenwood, Joseph Green- wood, Joseph Adams, Asa Norcross, Henry Strongman, Silas Stone, Ivory Perry, Samuel Twitchell, Moses Mason, Joel Wight, Joseph Twitchell, Ebenezer Twitchell, Reuben Morse, Daniel Morse, Benjamin Mason, Moses Adams, John Muzzey, Eleazer Twitchell, Joshua Lealand, Edward West Perry.
The qualification for a voter at that period was "twenty pounds estate, to one single rate, beside the poll." The tax upon a poll was established by law at eighteen shillings. But by a temporary law, which was to be "in force for the space of three years and no longer, from the 12th of April, 1770," -" every person ratable for thirty shillings ratable estate, including his poll, shall be deemed a legal voter, in all the affairs of the town or parish where he dwells, except choosing representatives." By this temporary law, the se- lectmen were required "to make a perfect invoice of each person's polls and ratable estate in eight columns, viz. one column for the amount of each person's poll, one for the amount of each person's improved lands, one for the amount of slaves, one for the amount of live stock, one for real estate, one for stock at interest or in trade, one for faculty, and one column for the sum total of what each person is to be rated for as aforesaid."
The invoice for the year 1771, taken by Eli Morse, com- missioner of assessment, has been found. Under the head- ings of slaves, and also of faculty, no person is assessed, - in the first case, because no person owned a slave, and, in the second, because it was left to the discretion of the selectmen to tax the faculty of a person or not. The wording of the law was, " Any person's faculty may be estimated by the se- lectmen of each town or parish at their discretion, not exceed- ing twenty pounds ratable estate." Under the heading of
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stock at interest or in trade, only one man, Henry Strongman, is assessed ; and the sum is four shillings. Omitting all the headings except the eighth, or the sum total of each man's tax, we insert the names of the tax-payers of 1771. In the arrangement of names, instead of adopting the order of the alphabet, the assessor appears to have begun with the most westerly man on the great road, then to have proceeded east- erly, then westerly through the south part of the town, and lastly from east to west on the north side of the town.
TAX
0 F 1771.
£
s.
d.
Levi Partridge,
2
£ s. 0
d. 6
Daniel Morse,
1 10 6
Thomas Morse,
3 10
6
Moses Adams,
4
8 0
Eli Morse,
3 1 6
William Beal,
1 1 0
Joshua Lealand,
1 2 6
John Wight,
1
9
6
William Greenwood,
3 7
0
John Muzzey,
1 17
0
Joseph Greenwood,
2
2
0
Robert Muzzey,
1
8
0
Josiah Greenwood,
1
4
6
Ezra Twitchell,
1
15
6
Caleb Hill,
0 11
6
Joseph Mason,
1 0
0
Henry Strongman,
2
6
0
David Johnson,
0 18 0
Silas Stone,
1 14
0
Daniel Greenwood,
0 18 0
Ivory Perry,
1 18
0
Jonathan Knowlton,
0 18 0
Isaac Bond,
0
3
0
Samuel Ames, jun.,
0
4
()
Samuel Twitchell,
2
0
6
Daniel Wood,
0 18
3
Moses Mason,
1
9
0
Rufus Huntley,
0 18 0
Simeon Bullard,
1
5
0
Nathaniel Bates,
0 18 0
Joseph Twitchell,
1
12
6
Gershom Twitchell,
0
18
0
Benjamin Learned,
1
1
0
Joseph Turner,
0 3
0
Simeon Johnson,
1
6
0
Joseph Drury,
0
4
0
Moses Johnson,
1
3
6
Benoni Death,
0
1
6
Ebenezer Twitchell, 1 15
0
John Swan,
0
4
0
Joseph Morse,
0 14
0
Caleb Greenwood,
0
2
0
Eleazer Twitchell,
0 13
0
Thomas Muzzey,
0 18 0
Reuben Morse,
1 18
6
John Morrison,
0
1
6
Thaddeus Mason,
1 14
0
John Ranstead,
0 18
0
Sum total, £73 18 6
Daniel Morse,
1 16
0
Benjamin Mason,
2 11
6
Elias Knowlton,
1 0
6
Asa Norcross,
1 15 0
John Knowlton,
1
2
6
Joseph Adams, 2 6
6
Or $246.42.
In the invoice from which the foregoing list of taxes is taken, forty-six polls are reckoned, - Thomas Morse, Wil- liam Greenwood, Joseph Adams, and Moses Adams, each paying for two polls. All males, eighteen years of age and
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upwards, were required at this time to pay a poll-tax. Those persons whose tax is less than eighteen shillings were, most of them, probably non-residents. Caleb Hill, Isaac Bond, Jos. Morse, and Eleazer Twitchell, were taxed for lands and live stock ; and the rest for lands only.
The new names in the invoice for 1772 are Thomas Greenwood, Moses Pratt, Uriah Coller (Collier ?), John Bullard, Timothy Adams, William Strongman, Gardner Town, Bartholomew Goyer, and Samuel Johnson.
In the invoice of 1773, the new names are Thomas Alden, Jabez Puffer, Caleb Stanford, Eli Greenwood, James Chamberlain, James Rollins, James Adams, Moses Green- wood, Silas Stone, jun., Ebenezer Hill, and Ithamer Johnson.
In 1774, the names added are Ezra Morse, Abel Twitch- ell, Willard Hunt, Stephen Twitchell, Gershom Twitchell, jun., Abijah Twitchell, William Bedlow, Isaac Adams, and Capt. Joseph Twitchell.
In 1775, the additional names are Richard Strongman, Thomas Green, Richard Gilchrest, Josiah Stanford, Phinehas Stanford, William Yeardley, and Nathaniel Belknap.
The invoice for 1776 has not been found; but in 1777 are the following new names : John Morse, Joshua Green- wood, Edward Cheney, Samuel Williams, Jabez Partridge, Oliver Wright, William Blanchard, Jonathan Sawyer, Simeon Stickney, Thomas Lewis, Dr. Burnap, and Daniel Hinds.
In 1778, we find the names added are Amos Emery, John French, Edmund Taylor, Aaron Marshall, Ebenezer Cobb, Samuel Stone, Israel Turner, Samuel Jones, John Farnum, Joshua Farnum, John Stroud, Josiah Reed, Asa Pratt, Joshua Stanford, Ward Eddy, James Cochran, Thomas Wakefield, Nathan Bixby, John Learned, John Foster, Silas Taylor, Simeon Holt, and Rebecca Greenwood.
For the years succeeding 1778, no invoice has been found till 1793, when, for the first time, it was copied into the town-clerk's book of records. What we have taken, how- ever, from the old invoices in existence will serve to show the dates at which many individuals first settled in Dublin, or became of sufficient age to be taxed.
Another means of ascertaining the progress of the settle- ments in Dublin are the dates of the warnings out of town. We insert all that have been found, arranged according to the order of years. Against many of the names is the date
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
at which the person or family came to town. Sometimes the day of the month, and sometimes the month only, is noted. Occasionally, the name of the town from which they came is mentioned.
1777. John Learned and Mary Learn- ed ; John, Daniel, Abigail, Mary, and Sarah Learned. From Temple, June. Isaac and Abigail Somes, Dor- cas Somes.
Elizabeth and Anna Morse. June 16.
1778.
Nathan and Martha Bixby ; Nathan, Martha, and Mary Bixby.
Jason Harris and Mary Harding. From Framingham, January. Mary Jeffs. From Mason. Joshua Stanley. July 1. Abner Hinds ; Henry Stone. William, Agnes, and Samuel Gilchrest.
Thomas and Elizabeth Wake- field ; Thomas and Othniel Wakefield. From Amherst. Abiel Morse ; Mary Borden ; John Foster ; Silas Taylor ; Widow Sarah Cheney. Aaron Marshall and Esther Marshall ; Benjamin and Be- riah Marshall. From Temple. Ebenezer and Abigail Cobb, and Betty Cobb. From Temple, Feb. 14. Amos Emery and Lucretia Emery, and Amos Emery. From Temple, March 3. John and Susannah French ; John French, jun. From Packersfield. Also Israel Turner.
David and Lucy Marshall; Da- vid Marshall, jun .. From Packersfield, May 15. John Caldwell.
1779.
David Gray and Judith Nutting ; David and Judith Nutting. From Temple, Jan. 21.
Molly Smith and Mary Nutting. April 20.
Samuel and Anna Jones ; Betty Jones ; Bascom Whitney. Marstin and Abigail Holt; Mo- ses and Amos Holt. From Holden, Feb. 2. David Townsend and Judith Townsend. March 9.
David Townsend and Abigail Townsend. May.
Thaddeus and Marcy Gaffield ; Hepzibath and Mary Gaffield. Joseph Barrett. October. Bezaleel Barton. Feb. 16. Henry and Sarah Stewart; Sa- rah, Lucy, and Polly Stewart. From Amherst, June.
Hart Balch, Joel and Nathan Balch, and Sally Williams. October.
David and Hannah Elliot. Ja- nuary 9.
Priscilla Twitchell. June 9.
Ebenezer and Elizabeth Emes ; Betsey Emes. July 18. John and Rachel Elliot; Mer- riam and Andrew Elliot. May 2. Polly Waite. Oct. 26. Lydia Leman. Aug. 21.
1780. Seth and Catharine Cobb; Ca- tharine, Ithamer, Lydia, Da- vid Perry and Simeon Cobb. From Packersfield, March. William and Lucy Haven. March 10.
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
John Whitney. March 10. Submit Farwell; Hannah Far- well. March 7.
Stephen Bent. March 28.
Mary Wheeler. March 29.
Mary Bent. Dec. 8. Joel Winship; Azubah Green- wood.
Thomas and Ruth Neal.
Phebe Norcross. June 20.
Joanna Springer ; Thomas Winch. January.
Philip and Anna Mills. Janu- ary.
Ichabod and Sarah Rowell; Sa- rah, Jacob, Hannah, Richard, Mary, Philip, and Dorothy Rowell. July.
1781. Thomas and Mary White; Ma- ry, Esther, Susanna, and Oli- ver White. Jan. 5. Ezra and Anna Winch. March 30.
Joseph and Rebecca Hayward. July 1. Samuel Prescott, Rebecca, Betty, and Lucy Hayward. Jan. 19.
Jonathan Wiley ; Tamesin Wiley ; Benjamin Wiley. March.
Isaac Greenwood. January
28.
William and Sarah Maxwell ; William and Mary Maxwell. March.
Rebecca Willson. March. James and Phebe Houghton ; Silvanus, Rinde, Bethiah, Asenath, Experience, and Molly Houghton. July.
Joseph Eaton and Catharine Eaton ; Joseph Eaton, jun. June.
Thomas and Betty Bryant ; Chandler and Reuben Bryant. June.
1782.
David and Anna Ames. March. Richard and Lydia Wheeler ; David and Hannah Wheeler. February.
Abel and Hannah Wilder; Abel and Betsey Wilder.
Mary Winch; Sarah Morse. Jonathan and Hannah Adams ; Joseph Adams. Richard and Olive Phillips. Rebecca Evans.
Thomas Goof, D. Goof, and Thomas Goof. Nov. 25.
Stephen and Jane Ames. May 15.
Samuel Hogg and Sarah Hogg; Mary, Joseph, Nancy, and Rachel Hogg. April 29.
Jonathan Ames. April.
1783.
Francis Blood. March 25. Elizabeth Bent.
Samuel Derby. Feb. 18. Lydia Hinds. July 15.
Daniel Simonds.
John and Mary French ; Abi- gail, Rebecca, William, Ebe- nezer, Whitcomb, and John French, jun. March 28.
Edward Simonds ; Abigail Gross. Feb. 20.
1784.
Phinehas Gleason, Daniel Glea- son. March.
John and Susanna Barrett, and Arathusa Barrett. From Mason, October. Aiah Hinds, Lucy Hinds, Lydia Hinds. October.
Oldham and Deborah Gates. June.
Jonathan and Eunice French. October. Robert and Elizabeth Fisk ; Robert Fisk. June.
19
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
Jonathan Barrett, Phebe Bar- rett ; Moses, Elias, and Phebe
Barrett. August.
Fortune Little ; Benjamin
Hills ; Zephaniah Tubbs.
December.
1785.
Betty Williams. From Am-
herst, March.
Alexander Emes. March.
Amos and Betty Babcock.
March.
1786.
Sally Smith. September.
James Houghton, jun. May.
Elijah and Sarah Kemp; James Kemp. August.
Joseph and Betty Abbot ; Jo- seph Abbot. June 15.
Joseph Robbins; Polly Robbins; Fanny, daughter of Polly. July.
1787.
Aaron Swan. From Jaffrey, February.
Israel and Deliverance May- nard; Dilly Maynard. Ja- nuary.
Abel and Margaret Maynard ; Lucinda and Betsey May- nard ; Judith Nicholas. Jan. 20.
Lucy Stewart.
March 2.
1788. Daniel and Hannah White ; Daniel, Nathaniel, Hannah, and Anna White.
James and Elizabeth Taggart ; Barbara, William, Elizabeth, Margaret, Rebecca, James, John, and Washington Tag- gart. James and Anne McDaniels ; Alexander and John McDa- niels.
Stephen and Sarah Russell ; Jedediah, Stephen, Andrew, Sarah, and Rebecca Russell. John and Phebe Wright; Tal- latha, William, Betty, Katy, and Ruth Wright.
Mary and Hannah Whitney.
Moses Marshall.
Nathan Adams.
Abraham Jackson.
Lydia Jackson.
Rhoda Wetherbee.
The following names appear for the first time in the town- records at the years annexed : -
Andrew Allison 1781
Thomas Hardy 1785
Benjamin Smith
1785
Asa Pierce 1788
Asa Fairbanks
1786
Samuel Fisher 1787
James Mills
1781
John Stone 1787
From the date of incorporation to the commencement of the revolutionary war, the business of the town appears to have been chiefly concerned with making and repairing roads, settling a minister, and providing a house for public worship. The difficulties, which began soon after Mr. Far- rar's settlement, must have proved a severe trial to a people so recently established on new lands ; and the additional expense for councils and various incidentals was a matter of
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
.
no small consideration. Much labor had been bestowed upon the ministerial land, and its value was thereby in- creased. One right, or three lots, belonged to the first minister ; and it was purchased of him by the town, and afterwards became a source of income. The second minister was settled in the midst of the Revolution; and to raise money for paying soldiers, besides paying the minister's salary, and all ordinary expenses, was no easy task for the managers of their municipal affairs. In consequence of the variable prices of labor, and of the articles for subsist- ence and clothing, a committee was chosen to establish and limit prices. As a matter that may be interesting to some persons, we insert the report of the said commit- tee : -
" Dublin, July 10, 1777. - We, the subscribers, being appointed by the town of Dublin to state the prices of sundry commodi- ties, transferable from one person to another, having met and considered the matter, have resolved that the prices hereafter annexed shall be the prices for all such articles within our town, viz. : -
£
S.
d.
Wheat, per bushel
0
6
0
Rye and malt, per bushel
0
4
0
Indian corn, per bushel
0
3
0
Oats, per bushel
0
1
8
Peas, per bushel
0
6
0
Beans, per bushel
0
6 0
Cheese, per pound
0 0 6
Butter, per pound
0
0 9
Carriage of salt, for every ten miles land carriage, per bushel
0
1
0
Flax, per pound
0
0
10
Sheep's wool, per pound
0 2
2
Yarn stockings, per pair
0 6
0
Men's all-wool cloth well dressed, per yard
0
8
0
Men's farming labor, July and August, per month
3
0
0
And by the day
0
3 0
May, June, and September, per month And by the day
0 2
6
April and October, per month And by the day
0
2
3
February, March, and November, per month And by the day
1
4
0
0
2 0
December and January, per month
0 18 0
Carpenters and house-joiners, per day
0 4 0
1
1
15
0
.
2 10
0
.
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
£ s. d.
Mill-wright and mason, per day
0
4 6
Hay in the field, per ton
1 10
0
Hay after secured, per ton
2 0 0
Making men's shoes, per pair And others in proportion.
0
3 0
Pasturing a horse, per week
0
2
0
Pasturing oxen, per week
0
2
6
Pasturing a cow, per week
0
1
0
A yoke of oxen, per day's work
0
1 6
Pasturing a horse, per night
0 0
8
Keeping a horse by hay, per night
0
1
0
Oxen a night by grass
0
1
0
Oxen a night by hay
0
1
6
Two quarts of oats
0
0
3
A meal of victuals
0
10
Lodging, per night
0
0 3
Boarding a man, per week
0
6 0
Good flax-seed, per bushel
0
6 0
"HENRY STRONGMAN,
Committee." WILLIAM GREENWOOD, S
Reuben Morse and Moses Adams, members of the above committee, did not sign the report.
DUBLIN DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
The main points of interest, with regard to the part taken by the people of Dublin in the war of the Revolution, are noticed by Mr. Mason in his address. The first indication which the clerk's records give that the town anticipated war, and meant to be prepared for it, is a vote passed Nov. 28, 1774: "Granted twelve pounds to provide a town-stock of ammunition." The Committee of Inspection, chosen March 7, 1775, "to see that the resolves of the Continental Con- gress be observed," were William Greenwood, Samuel Twitchell, Joseph Greenwood, John Swan, and Benjamin Mason. At an adjourned meeting, May 31, Thaddeus Ma- son and James Chamberlain were added to the above-named committee. The names of the persons who signed the declaration contained in the address are -
.
.
.
.
·
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
John Swan. Richard Gilchrest. Thomas Morse. Eli Morse.
Silas Stone, jun.
Ezra Morse.
Isaac Morse.
Isaac Bond.
Joseph Greenwood.
Silas Stone.
Moses Adams.
Thomas Alden.
Daniel Morse.
Josiah Greenwood.
Joseph Twitchel.
Moses Greenwood.
Ebenezer Twitchel.
James Rollins.
Samuel Twitchel.
James Chamberlain.
Stephen Twitchel.
Thomas Lewis.
Simeon Johnson.
Samuel Williams.
Ivory Perry. Benjamin Learned. John Morse.
Abijah Twitchel.
Henry Strongman.
William Strongman.
Joseph Adams.
William Yardley.
Benjamin Mason.
John Wight.
William Greenwood.
Thomas Muzzey.
Levi Partridge.
Moses Pratt.
Timothy Adams.
Gershom Twitchel.
Eli Greenwood.
Caleb Stanford.
Simeon Bullard.
Phinehas Stanford.
John Muzzey.
Nathan Burnap.
Moses Johnson.
Gershom Twitchel, jun.
Reuben Morse.
Gardner Town.
Richard Strongman.
Oliver Wright.
The names of the soldiers of the Revolution, so far as has been ascertained, are -
John Swan.
Richard Gilchrest.
Thomas Green.
Lieut. Robert Muzzey.
Thomas Morse.
Hart Balch.
John Morse.
James Mills.
Henry Strongman.
Joshua Greenwood, 1st.
William Greenwood.
Jonathan Morse.
Eli Greenwood.
Micah Morse.
Reuben Morse.
Micah Morse, 2d.
Richard Strongman.
Jabez Puffer.
Ithamer Johnson.
Thomas Hardy.
Ezra Morse.
John Stone.
James Chamberlain.
Benjamin Mason.
The above are supposed to be the only persons who served in the war, while citizens of Dublin. Some of them
John Knowlton.
Jabez Puffer.
Ithamer Johnson.
Nathaniel Bates. Samuel Twitchel.
Ebenezer Hill.
Nathaniel Bate.
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
were out on short terms. Other persons, that afterwards resided in Dublin, were soldiers in the said war. Their names are Benjamin Smith, Alexander Emes, David Town- send, Solomon Piper, Francis Appleton, Abijah Richardson, Richard Phillips, Nathaniel Belknap, Asa Fairbanks, John Russell, Silas Pierce, Josiah Allen, Joshua Farnum. John Wight, Ist, as stated by his son Jonas Wight, was at Ben- nington at the time of the battle, but was not in the action, being employed at the time in nursing the sick. At a sub- sequent period he again went into the army, and remained one year, but was in no battle.
Robert Muzzey, at the commencement of the revolu- tionary war, sold his farm, and returned to Holliston, Mass., where he obtained a lieutenant's commission, and with Cap- tain - enlisted a company and joined the army. The stories which he told in after-years of his adventures were not always credited by those who heard them ; but the fol- lowing, though wanting confirmation, is given as related by Jonas Wight, who, no doubt, heard the substance of it from the lips of Mr. Muzzey. "He was in several battles," he said, "in one of which his captain was killed, and the com- mand of the company devolved on him. While under the command of General Wayne, he went with a detachment of volunteers to reduce Stony Point Fort. The design was to approach the fort under cover of the night, take it by sur- prise, and carry it at the point of the bayonet. Orders, therefore, were given that no man should charge his mus- ket. While on the march, one of his company stepped from the ranks, and commenced loading his gun. Muzzey went to him, and commanded him to desist ; but, the man still persisting in disobeying the order, he killed him on the spot, by running him through with his sword. On arriving at the fort, he was the first man that entered it. He was confronted by a British officer, whom he ordered to surren- der ; but the officer, instead of complying, presented a pistol, and attempted to discharge it at Muzzey's head ; but it only flashed in the pan, upon which Muzzey ran him through the body, and he fell dead at his feet. The fort was taken and destroyed." On leaving the army, near the close of the war, Muzzey returned to Dublin, and settled on lot 16, range 7. He brought with him the uniform of the officer, whom, as he said, he had slain in the fort. In the coat was the rent which he made when he killed the owner, and upon
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
it there still remains stains of blood. Mr. Muzzey is repre- sented as having been eccentric in conduct, and distinguished for his high spirit and rashness.
Richard Gilchrest, like most old soldiers, was fond of " fighting his battles o'er again ;" and some of his narratives, if they could be obtained, would be worthy of preservation. He was a tall, robust, athletic man, of great resolution and undoubted courage. His attachment to his friends was strong, and for their relief he was ever ready to sacrifice personal considerations. His strength, and power of endu- rance, were thoroughly tested in his exploit of removing from the battle-ground of Bunker Hill his wounded friend, William Green. It was a hot day ; and, with such a burden, he became, before he reached Medford, exceedingly thirsty. He saw persons standing round a barrel, the head of which was taken out, and drinking from a pint tin cup what he supposed to' be water. He eagerly laid hold of the cup, filled it from the barrel, and did not discover, he said, that it was rum till after the contents of the cup were exhaust- ed. "But," he always added, "I was not intoxicated by it, no ! no more than if it had really been so much water."
John Morse and Jonathan Morse were the sons of Captain Thomas Morse. In the "Memorial of the Morses," they are spoken of as follows: -
"Major John Morse served two campaigns in the war of the Revolution without compensation, and contributed to hire three other soldiers ; and, after the war, settled with his father on the farm. At the age of twenty-three, he was chosen to represent Dublin and Marlborough in the Legislature of New Hampshire, but declined. Subsequently, and at sundry times, he accepted the office from the citizens of Dublin, the duties of which he discharged with honor to himself and his constituents ; and he has left a repu- tation for sound sense, cool deliberation, strict integrity, and promptitude in fulfilling his engagements."-"Jonathan Morse inherited the mirthful and combative propensities characteristic of at least six generations of Joseph Morse's descendants. At the age of nineteen, with attainments equivalent to a modern backwoods education, he entered the army, and bravely fought in the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, Ticonderoga, and Monmouth. At Bennington, he captured three Hessians, and took their arms. At Ticonderoga, he took aim, and brought down a British officer ; and, on approaching the expiring man, who was begging for drink, he administered to him from his own canteen."
152
HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
War with Great Britain, 1812. - A large majority of the voters in Dublin were opposed to this war. Only one per- son, George Washington Phillips, is known to us as having voluntarily enlisted as a soldier. He died in the service before the close of the war. A draft of soldiers being ordered for the defence of Portsmouth, the town voted " to make the soldiers' wages up to $15 per month, including what they receive from the government." The following persons received the sums annexed to their names for this service : -
Asa Fiske, for his son going to Portsmouth as a soldier . $16.07 Francis Appleton, for procuring a man in room of his son
10.75
Rufus Symonds,
"
"
"
"
10.92
Roswell Green, "
"
"
"
10.92
John White, (Wight ?) "
"
"
"
16.07
Timothy Bullard,
"
"
"
"
10.92
Nathan Bullard,
"
"
"
"
16.07
Thaddeus Mason, jun., for Matthew Scripture
16.07
Ashley
Jackson Greenwood, going to Portsmouth as a soldier 16.07
10.94
Abijah Williams,
"
"
"
10.92
Joseph Twitchell, 2d, "
"
"
„
10.92
Jonas White, (Wight?) ,
"
"
"
The British naval force did not attack Portsmouth, as was apprehended; and the soldiers, after a few weeks, returned to their homes.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
The ecclesiastical records of Dublin are deficient. The Rev. Joseph Farrar left no book in which the proceedings of the church during his ministry were recorded. We are obliged, therefore, to depend upon the records of the town, and upon papers which were preserved by Deacon Eli Morse. The invitation to Mr. Farrar was given before a church was organized. The committee chosen "to treat with Mr. Farrar " were Eli Morse, Moses Adams, William Greenwood, Joseph Twitchell, and Levi Partridge. The whole population of Dublin at that time, Oct. 17, 1771,
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN.
must have been less than three hundred, -probably not more than two hundred and fifty ; for, in the year 1775, it was only three hundred and five; and some new families, in the meantime, had settled in the town. The answer of Mr. Farrar is dated at New Ipswich, Feb. 3, 1772. The following is a copy of the same : -
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