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Saw-Mill
That there be reserved in the most convenient place in said tract of land, exclusive of said reserved eighteen shares, a place for a saw-mill, with a convenient quantity of land for a pond, yard, &c not exceeding twenty acres.
Lots Sorted
That, in laying out the lots, care be taken to sort them in such a manner as to make the shares as equal as possi- ble.
That the lots be laid out in ranges where the land will ad- mit of it, and land be left between the ranges for Highways four rods wide where the land will admit of it, and between Ranges and Highways. the lots of two rods wide.
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Plan to be Returned.
That a Plan of the whole when laid out be made at the charge of the owners of the sixty shares, and returned to the said Grantors at the time of drawing the lots, at the charge of the said owners.
Eighteen Shares Exempted.
That the eighteen reserved shares be exonerated, acquitted. and exempted from paying any charge toward making the said settlement, and not held to the conditions limited to the other shares, nor liable to pay any charge. tax, or assessment until improved by the respective owners thereof or under then.
White Pines
That all White Pine Trees fit for Masting the Royal Navy be, and hereby are reserved and granted unto his Majesty his heirs and successors forever for that purpose.
That in case the Grantees and owners of the said sixty shares shall neglect, fail and omit to make and perfect the said settle- ment in manner as aforesaid according to the true intent and mean- ing of the several articles matters and things hereinbefore men- tioned by them to be done such Grantees and owners shall forfeit their right and interest in the said granted premises, to the Grant-
ors their heirs and assigns, saving to such of the said owners as shall have done and performed his part and proportion of the said articles, matters and things pertaining to his respect- Forfeited Rights ive Right and share of the said premises. And the said Grantors, their heirs and assigns, may, and it shall be lawful for them, or for any person or persons for them, and in their name or stead, to enter into and upon the Right and Share so forfeited, and the same again to seize, take possession of, and apply to their own use.
Provided that if a war with the Indians should again happen before the expiration of the several limitations for the do- ing and performing the said matters and things respectively,
Provision in Case of War. then the same term of years to be allowed after the imped- iment shall be removed.
No War- ranty.
And further it shall be understood that the Grantors do not warrant the premises. And further it is the true intent and meaning of the Grantees and Grantors in these presents, that in case any other said sixty shares shall be forfeited to the Grantors by default of performing the proportion of duty in making the said settle- ment as aforesaid, the said Grantors shall oblige those to whom they shall dispose of said shares to do and perform their proportion of such articles, matters and things herein required of the original Grantees. And in case the said Grantors shall hold such forfeited
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Rights to themselves, or any of them, they shall do and perform all their proportion of duty, and pay their proportion of all charges as are herein required of the original Grantees. Provided never- theless that the said Grantees do, and shall, when they shall be respectively requested by the Grantors, enter into a con- tract and personally oblige themselves, and their respective heirs and assigns to do and perform the several articles mat- for per-
Security to be formance. ters and things by those persons the Grantees before men- given tioned to be performed and done, by signing and executing such Instrument or instruments in writing as by Counsel learned in the law shall be advised and devised for that purpose.
A true Copy of Record
Attest.
George Jaffrey Pro. Clerk
COUPLING THE LOTS.
It will be observed in the foregoing instrument, that the article indexed "lots sorted," provides " that in laying out the lots care be taken to sort them in such a manner as to make the shares as equal as possible." In the endeavor to accomplish this, each share or right was made to consist of two distinct lots,-one of one hundred acres, of the first division, and one of one hundred and sixty acres, of the second division, care being taken that if one lot on a ticket to the lottery or drawing was poorer than the average, the lot with which it was coupled on the same ticket should be better than the aver- age, so as to equalize the values represented by the sixty-three different tickets.
ORIGINAL GRANTEES.
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Province of New Hampshire, Portsmouth Wednesday July 11, 1750.
At the dwelling house of Ann Slayton at Portsmouth a meeting holden by an adjournment. The draft of the lots of the tract of land granted to Capt. Obediah Perry and others the thirtieth day of Nov. 1749, and of the 18 lots laid out for the Proprietors (the Grantors)
Jan 2. 1788. The 3rd. Division Lots were drawn for each origi- nal proprietor of the Common Land in Sutton at Proprietors' Meet- ing held by adjournment at house of John Hall at Plaistow.
Divisions
1.
2.
3.
Stephen Woodward
30
46
41
Benjamin Hale
21
15
51
John Pecker (a minor)
39
45
10
David Graves (a minor)
48
61
Thomas Follansbee
59
5
48
John Webster
65
22
3
Ebenezeer Perry
29
59
36
Thomas Hale
54
21
53
James Clement (a minor)
79
16
Thomas Hale jr.
73
3
46
John Currier
20
17
8
John Poor
74
54
25
John Perry (minor)
25
35
39
Parker Stevens (minor)
33
11
37
Asa Kimball
26
50
4
Mark Plummer (minor)
70
51
64
James Pecker
63
19
5
John Barker
41
20
6
Samuel Clement,
44
24
16
David Marsh
49
60
50
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ORIGINAL GRANTEES.
Divisions
1.
2.
3.
Humphrey Noyes
76
56
71
Jacob Hancock
28
36
33
Abraham Perry
35
10
62
James Graves
38
39
32
Joseph Noyes
64
12
52
Obediah Perry
22
32
12
Edward Barnard
55
9
31
Jonathan Poor (minor)
77
58
27
Aaron Sargent
81
29
30
Thomas Noyes
58
6
40
William Stephens
80
48
42
Zebediah Sargent
27
29
7
John Cogswell
19
14
34
Moses Clements
42
26
29
Samuel Ayer
56
8
21
Jonathan Plummer
53
13
15
Andrew Stone
67
23
Benjamin Eaton jr.
52
53
59
Jacob Woodward
45
28
35
Samuel Little
50
52
26
John Ayer jr.
43
27
57
Joshua Page
71
2
56
Daniel Poor
40
40
49
Timothy Eaton
61
43
60
Timothy Clement
69
31
22
Stephen Whitaker
34
37
45
John Plummer jr.
47
33
15
Benjamin Eaton
66
57
44
Daniel Roberds
51
18
43
James Eaton
62
27
58
Nathaniel Knight jr.
23
62
18
Thomas Whitaker
24
41
38
James Cushing
46
34
66
Cutting Marsh
75
55
17
William Eaton
36
38
13
Stephen Poor (minor)
68
25
65
Obadiah Perry jr.
72
1
54
James Urann
78
50
11
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HISTORY OF SUTTON.
Divisions
1.
2.
3.
Samuel Little jr.
57
7
20
First Minister's Lot
32
63
24
Ministry or Parsonage
31
5
9
School Lot
60
4
55
Dr. Peter Ayer, Both in 1st Div.
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The Grantors' Lots as they were drawn.
Law Lot
1
Mores & Thomasen .
6
John Rindge
17
Samuel Solly, Clement Marsh,
3
Thomas Wallingford
18
Richard Wibird
9
George Jaffrey
15
Theodore Atkinson
11
Mark Hunking Wentworth
7
Joshua Pierce
2
John Moffatt
8
John Tomasen
5
John Wentworth
16
Thomas Packer
13
Law Lot
14
Moore & Pierce
4
Mrs. Harvey Blanchard }
12
Green & Marsh
5
Jotham Odiorne
10
These grantors' lots are usually called the Lord Proprietors' lots. They all lie in one range on the eastern side of the town, and are sometimes spoken of as the " 300 acre lots."
NOTE. It will be observed that in the list of names of grantees, some are marked with the descriptive addition, " A minor." It sometimes happened that when a grant of a township was given, in order to make the sixty requisite names of grantees, some having sons not of age would purchase rights for such sous, and hold them till they came of age.
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AREA OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON.
Sutton, by its charter, contained 23,040 acres; but, by accurate survey, it contains a little less, viz., 22,7731% acres. The perpendicular distance between the north and south lines of the town is 7 miles, 37 furlongs, 120 rods. A straight line drawn through the town from east to west, is 4 miles, 7 furlongs, 157% rods in length. The length of the town thus considerably exceeds the width, and this circumstance has caused some in- convenience to the people living at the extreme north and south ends of the town. The town con- tains. 35.58416 square miles.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
In the year of our Lord one Thousand, seven Hundred, and Eighty-Four.
An Act to incorporate a place called Perrystown. in the County of Hillsborough.
Whereas a Petition has been preferred to the General Court in behalf of the Inhabitants of a tract of land called Perrystown in the County of Hillsborough, setting forth that they labor under great disadvantages for want of an Incorporation, of which public notice has been given and no objection made-
Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, that there be, and hereby is a township erected and Incorporated by the name of Sutton, containing all the lands and bounded as set forth in the Charter or Grant of said Perrystown, which is as follows, viz :
Begining at a Beech Tree on the line of No. 1, so called one hundred and fifty-six Poles due North from the mouth of a Brook which runs into Amsbury River, so called, from thence running North sixteen degrees West seven miles and eighty Poles to a large Hemlock standing on the top of a hill : thence West five degrees South five miles to a Beech Tree marked with stones about it, Thence South sixteen degrees East seven miles and Eighty Poles to a White Oak marked on the line of No. Two, so called, thence East five degrees North five miles to the place begun at.
And the Inhabitants of said tract of land are hereby erected into a body Politic and Corporate, to have continuance and succession forever, and invested with all the powers, and enfranchised with all rights, privileges, and immunities which any town in the State holds and enjoys, to hold to the said Inhabitants and their successors forever.
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And Mr. Ebenezer Kezar is hereby authorized to call a meeting of said Inhabitants to choose necessary and customary Town Officers, giving fourteen days notice of the time, place, and design of such Meeting. And the Officers then chosen shall be hereby invested with all the powers of such officers in any town in this State, and every other meeting which shall be annually held in said town for that purpose shall be on the first Monday in March for- ever.
State of New Hampshire .- In the House of Representatives April 9, 1784.
The foregoing Bill having been read a third time, Voted that it. pass to be enacted .- Sent up for concurrence.
John Dudley, Speaker.
In Council April 13, 1784. This Bill was read three times, and Voted that the same be enacted.
M. Weare, Pres.
A copy examined by E. Thompson, Secretary.
EBENEZER KEZAR'S WARNING FOR THE FIRST TOWN MEETING AFTER INCORPORATION.
Whereas the General Court have Incorporated us of Perrystown, and called us by the name of Sutton and have appointed me the sub- scriber to call the first Meeting in said town-
Therefore I do hereby notify and warn all the freeholders and other inhabitants qualified to vote in Town Meeting to meet togeth- er at the dwelling house of Pain Tongue in said town on Thursday the twentieth day of this instant May at ten o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles, viz :
1 To choose a Moderator to govern said Meeting.
2 To choose a Town Clerk for the present year.
3 To choose three Selectmen for the present year.
4 To choose a Constable for the present year.
5 To choose a Committee to lay out Highways for the pres. year.
6 To choose Surveyors of Highways for the present year.
7 To see how much money you will vote to be laid out on the Highways the present year.
8 To see how much money you will vote to raise to defray Town Charges.
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9 To see if you will vote to choose a Committee to find a suita- able place to set a Meeting House and make Report to the Town.
10 To act on any other business that may be thought proper to act upon when met.
Sutton, May 5, 1784.
Ebenezer Kezar.
In pursuance of the above warning, the meeting was duly held. The officers chosen on that occasion may be found in the list of "Town Officers after Incorporation," in another part of this work. Mr. Kezar was moderator of the meeting.
It was not unusual in granting townships to call the "tract of land " by the name of some one of the grantees. Perrystown was so called from Oba- diah Perry, one of their most prominent men, and whose name is at the head of a list of grantees in the charter.
In many cases these grantees did not become set- tlers, but sold their rights as they had a good oppor- tunity, and had no further interest in the town. It often happened that when the settlers became nu- merous enough to feel the need of incorporation, they, in their petition, chose some different name for the town. Why the Perrystown people chose the name of Sutton is not known; but the supposi- tion is that Baruch Chase, Esq., a lawyer of Hop- kinton, named it for Sutton, Mass., his native town. Mr. Harvey sometimes applied to Mr. Chase for instructions in legal and official business, and he probably felt the need of doing so in this instance, it being a case in which he could not himself possi- bly have had any experience. Hence arose the
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opportunity to invite him to stand sponsor for the new town.
Preserved among the papers of Mr. Harvey is the following, which is evidently the first draft of the petition for incorporation, having in it some erasures and alterations. It is in the handwriting of Mr. Harvey :
To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives in Gen- eral Court convened at Concord in June 1783. A Petition of the inhabitants of a place called Perrystown in the County of Hills- borough and State of New Hampshire, humbly pray that the body of land called Perrystown be Incorporated into a Town with all the privileges of other towns in this State by the name of
The disadvantages that we the inhabitants labor under for want of Town privileges in the making and repairing of Highways, and many other disadvantages too numerous to mention causes us to pray to be Incorporated, for which favor we as in duty bound for you shall ever pray.
Previous to incorporation there had been a town organization, we know, as we have the record of its acts, but it was simply a voluntary association of men, not a legal organization. It had no compel- ling power. Under it no tax could be collected, no road or bridge built, no school supported. All these had to be done by voluntary subscription. These are some of the " disadvantages " alluded to in the wording of the foregoing petition.
In 1780 the valuation of the several towns in the state of New Hampshire was fixed for the appor- tionment of the public taxes. Sutton's proportion of the tax was nine shillings.
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COUNTIES.
1771. DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO COUNTIES.
At the breaking out of the Revolution, the royal governor, John Wentworth, had become obnoxious to the people, simply because he was the royal governor, and, bound by his oath of office, sup- ported the royal cause. He had, however, been very popular, and many of his measures were bene- ficial and satisfactory, and none more so than that of dividing the state into counties. The bill passed the assembly March 19, 1771, dividing the province into five counties, viz., Rockingham, Strafford, Hills- borough, Cheshire, and Grafton. Prior to this, all the courts were held in Portsmouth, and the trans- action of legal business was attended with great delay and expense, especially to people living as far distant as Sutton. After the division, each shire town had its share of its own county business.
Sutton was included in Hillsborough county, and therefore under the head of Hillsborough county we henceforth look for the record of all county matters relating to or connected with her, till she became a part of Merrimack county at its formation in 1823.
LAND-OWNERS IN SUTTON IN 1792.
ASSIGNMENT OF RANGE-WAYS.
At a legal meeting held Sept. 26, 1792, Benjamin Wadleigh was chosen moderator.
Voted, To choose a Committee to settle with the inhabitants of the town for the roads which cross their lands.
Voted, That Lieut. Asa Nelson, Simon Kezar, Matthew Harvey and David Eaton be a Committee to settle with the people who have roads crossing their lands in Sutton.
Oct. 1792. The following named persons ac- cepted the report of the land committee :1
William Pressey 2 Rods between 44, 1st Div. & Barron.
Philip Nelson. R-W,2 B. 8. 2nd Div. & Pierce (Moses Quimby) Isaac Bean & R-W, B. 64. 1st Div.
Abraham Peasley R-W, B. 36 & 34, 1st Div. & part of R-W. against 42.
Hannah Roby Equal R-W.
John Peasley 2 Rods B. 75 & 56. 1st Div.
Ezra Jones-ditto. Nathaniel Cheney Equal R-W.
James Roby 2 Rods B. 66 & 54. 1st Div.
Ichabod Roby 2 Rods B. 56 & 57, 1st Div. & 2 Rods adjoining his home lot.
Jacob Masten To have as much R-W. as is used for Roads.
Jacob Davis & R-W, B. 48 & 25, 1st. Div.
Jonathan Nelson All R-W, B. 44 & 66. 1st Div.
1 The range-ways were strips of land running east and west, four rods wide, and adjoining one side of each lot, reserved by the grantors for highways, and when not used as such, were, by the committee aforenamed, assigned to the different land-owners as compensation for the damage of roads crossing their land. In the assignment of the range-ways the lots are named, indicating very nearly where the owners lived. 2 R-W signities Range-Way; B. between.
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Moses Quimby & R-W. B. 34 & 33. 1st Div.
Daniel Andrew Equal R-W. James King All R-W. B, 42 & 43, 1st Div. Benjamin Wells 2 Rods R-W. B. 41 & 63. 1st. Div.
Simon Kezar Equal R-W. Hannah Pearson 2 Rods South side No. 3. 2nd Div. Daniel Messer All R-W, B, 49 & 71. 1st. Div.
Ephraim Gile All R-W, B. 69 & 68. 1st Div.
Ezra Littlehale & R-W, B. 56 & 57. 1st. Div.
Theophilus Cram Equal R-W. Joseph Wells. Equal R-W. Obadiah Eastman All R-W. B. 63, & Barron Lot. Philip Sargent All R-W, B. 7 & 8. 2nd Div.
Samuel Andrew. Equal R-W.
Amos Pressey & R-W. B. 24 & 25. 2nd Div. John King All R-W, B, 26 & 27. 2nd Div.
William Bean & R-W. B. 23 & 10. 2nd Div.
David Eaton & R-W. B, 28 & 12. 2nd D.
James Eaton & R-W. B. 21 & 20. 2nd Div.
Isaac Masten } R-W. on south side 15. 2nd Div. Daniel Whittier } R-W. North side 18. 2nd Div. Francis Whittier and ? Francis Whittier jr Į R-W, S. side 18. 2nd. Div. Benjamin Fowler { R-W. North side 15. 2nd. Div.
Abner Chase 1 Rod South side 57. 2nd. Div. Jonathan Roby 2 Rods R-W. B. 56 & 41. & 56 & 42. 2nd Div. William Scales Equal R-W.
Daniel Emery & R-W. B. 42 & 43. 2nd. Div.
Matthew Harvey All R-W. B, 37 & 36. 2nd Div. West half R-W. B. 20 & 13. 2nd Div. East half R-W. B. 20 & 29. R-W. B. 20& 33 Josiah Nichols 2 Rods R-W. 28 & 37. 2nd. Div. James Hutchins 2 Rods B, 36 & 37. 2nd Div. David Davis Equal R-W. Cornelius Bean Equal R-W. Jonathan Rowell, 3 R-W. B. 1. & 57. 2nd Div. Thomas Rowell } R-W. B. 1 & 37. 2nd Div. William Lowell 3 Rods south side 57. 2nd Div. & 6. 3d Div. Plummer Wheeler 1 R. R-W. B. 57 & 56. 2nd Div. Jonathan Davis All R-W, B. 47 & 69. 1st. Div. Jonathan Davis jr. All R-W, B. 71 & 72. 1st Div.
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Isaac Messer All R-W. B. 33. & 34. 2nd Div. as far as crossing his lot 33.
Benjamin Wadleigh All R-W. 68 & 46. 1st Div.
Reuben Gile, } R .- W. B. 50. 1st Div. &, } R-W. South end 50. 1st Div.
Stephen Nelson { R-W. & 14. 2nd Div.
John Messer. Equal R-W.
William Hutchins. Equal R-W.
Ephraim Hildreth. All R-W. B. 27 & the lot at North end of 27. 1st Div.
Eliphalet Woodward & R-W.
Ezra Jones jr. Equal R-W.
Stephen Woodward Equal R-W.
Thomas Wadleigh. All R-W. B. 46 & 47. 2nd Div. & } R-W. B. 14 & 80. 1 Div.
Leonard Colburn' & R-W.
David Peaslee. All R-W. at South end of 19. 1st. Div.
Peter Peaslee. All R-W, B, 19. 1st. Div. and 41. 2nd Div. & 5 L. P.1 lot.
Caleb Kimball. All R .- W. B. 4 & 5 L. P. Lot.
John Eaton. Equal R-W.
Jonathan Colburn & R-W, B. 4 & 5, L. P. lot.
David Colburn. Equal R-W.
Oliver French. Equal R-W.
Jolın Kimball. All R-W, B. 45 in 2nd Div. & 70. 1st Div.
Ebenezer Crosby. Equal R-W.
Lot Little. Equal R-W.
Joseph Youring. 1 Rod R-W, B. 61. & 62, 2nd Div.
Phineas Stevens. & R-W, B. 53 & 44. 2nd Div. & } R-W, B 45. 2nd Div. & 78. 1st Div
Moses Wadleigh. Equal R-W.
Ephraim Wadleigh. Equal R-W.
Joseph Clough. Equal R-W.
James Eaton, { R-W. B. 21 & 28. 2nd Div.
Ezekiel Flanders. 2 Rods R-W. B, 20 & - 1st. Div.
Dudley Kendrick, Equal R-W.
Samuel Kendrick, Equal R-W.
Benjamin Williams, Equal R-W.
Hezekiah Parker, Equal R-W.
1 L. P. means Lord Proprietor.
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Thomas Walker, Equal R-W.
Thomas Messer,
Equal R-W.
George Walker,
Equal R-W.
Jesse Fellows, Equal R-W
Green French, Equal R-W.
Asa Nelson. § R-W, B, lot
Samuel Peaslee All R-W, that is left B, 82 & 83, 1st Div.
Philemon Hastings All R-W. that is left B, 45 & 44, 2nd Div.
Joseph Johnson & R-W. B, 52, & 61. 2nd Div.
Joseph Wadleigh. Accepted the Road B. 79 & 80. 1st Div, and of the Road from Fishersfield to Warner.
Moses Hills & R-W, B, 25 & 40. 2nd Div.
Isaac Peasley. Accepted his Rates for & Road through his land.
Daniel Messer, All R-W. B. 49 & 71. 1st. Div. & the R-W, left B 71, 1st. Div & 2. 2nd Div.
Samuel Bean & R-W. B. 42-3-4-5, & 67 Barron Lot, 65, 64. in full.
Joseph Wells. Given full liberty for town to make roads through his lands by giving equal amount in R-W.
Benjamin Wells jr. & R-W. B, 22 & 23. 2nd Div.
Simon Kezar, in R-W. left B, 12 & 13. 2nd Div.
behalf of his father
Ebenezer Kezar, deceased,
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Silas Russell is not named. Probably the range- way adjoining his lot was divided. Joseph Greeley, Hezekiah Blaisdell, Enoch and Daniel Page, Mica- jah Pillsbury, Captain Silsby, Captain Taylor, Na- thaniel Eaton, and some others who were here very soon after 1792, were not here when this assign- ment was made, consequently their names do not appear.
The acceptance of the report of the committee by the land-owners is signed by each land-owner, and the original is in the clerk's office, it having never been recorded, and was accidentally found in look- ing after old papers.
REPRESENTATION OF THE CLASSED TOWNS.
Among the acts of the Provincial Convention, or Congress, as it was quite as frequently called, of New Hampshire, held at Exeter, Aug. 25, 1775, was the issuing of an order to the several towns and places in the province for the taking of a cen- sus or " enumeration " of the people, in which the inhabitants should be classified so as to form a basis for adequate representation in the legislature. Act- ing upon the information obtained from these cen- sus returns, the legislature proceeded to form into a class, or representative district, towns not having enough ratable polls to entitle each one to its own representative, contiguous towns, of course, forming the district. In this way Fishersfield and Perrystown were in 1775 classed together, and in 1777, Warner, Perrystown, Fishersfield (New- bury), and New Breton (Andover) were classed together to send one representative. In December, 1777, the inhabitants of those towns having been duly warned, met for that purpose at the house of Daniel Flood, in Warner, and made choice of Dan- iel Morrill, of Warner, for representative for one year, which office he held during that time, though the meeting to make choice of his successor was held the following April. After that the elections were all held in December till 1783.
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NAMES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CLASSED TOWNS.
Dec. 1777 Daniel Morrill chosen
April 1778 Daniel Flood chosen
Dec. 1778 Thomas Rowell
Dec. 1779 Isaac Chase
Dec. 1780 Tappan Evans
(Father of Hon. Benj". Evans)
Dec. 1781 Nathaniel Bean
In 1782 none chosen, and no record of meeting called for that purpose, but in the March following-
March 1783 Nathaniel Bean again chosen
March 1784 Francis Davis chosen
March 1785 Matthew Harvey chosen (Sutton)
March 1786 Zephaniah Clark 66 (Fishersfield)
March 1787 James Flanders ..
March 1788 James Flanders 66
In the election of 1784, Warner, Perrystown, and Fishersfield participated, but Andover did not, having joined New Chester.
The meetings of the classed towns for choice of representative were all held in Warner, and, with two exceptions, the class while it existed was rep- resented by Warner men. Warner, though as elsewhere stated in this work it was not offi- cially surveyed so as to determine its actual limits till more than twenty years after Sutton was sull'- veyed, was yet older by incorporation, and older as a community. The inhabitants of the classed towns, while few in number, were content to let Warner take the precedence. But they increased rapidly in number, and grew in importance; and, in 1785, Sutton, which had been incorporated the year previous, appears to have thought it time to assert herself and come to the front, which she did
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