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The people of Weare liked the Shakers well enough, for they were good citizens, and they would have been glad to have them remain on Rattlesnake hill. But the people of Henniker were intolerant; they refused to sell the land to them on Noyes hill, branded them with opprobrious epithets, dogged their footsteps and put a watch over them. Sept. 21st a town-meeting was held in
* Joseph Felch used to tell how he went many times to Rattlesnake hill to hear them sing and see them dance.
t " Shakers," by F. W. Evans, pp. 90, 91.
# Joshua Wright lived first in Weare and then in Henniker. He was a blacksmith.
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Henniker, to consider their case. It was " voted To due something relative To those People Called Shakering Quakers "; " to choose a Commity to take care of them" ;* " that any person not being Town Resident Shall have no Residence in this Town of the Denomina- tion of Shakering Quakers "; that "we will not have any Dealings with them" and " that they shall not strool about the Town with- out giving an account to the Commity if Called on Tue."" This was boycotting them with a vengeance, as it is called in modern parlance.
The action of the town had the desired effect. The Shaker fami- lies in Henniker, soon after, moved to the society in Enfield ; Phin- ehas Ferrin and his family, Joshua Wright and family, and Mercy Brown went with them to that place. Early in 1792 Elijah Brown, William Evens, Anna Carr and Lydia Wright united with the society in Canterbury. Where the others went is not known.#
Driving the Shakers away was a great mistake. They were an innocent, honest people, temperate, industrious and thrifty. Wher- ever they have lived they have subdued the soil, no matter how hard and sterile, and made the desert places blossom like the rose. How pleasant it would be to see good houses, great barns, fertile farms, rich pastures and well-trimmed woods on Rattlesnake hill, as there might have been had they remained! Now are found there only scrubby woods, worn out fields, pastures growing up to bushes, old stone walls falling down, ancient cellars in which birches are springing, and orchards full of decaying trees, where the wood- pecker digs its hole and makes its nest. Religious tyranny is bad for any place.
* The Henniker committee to take care of them were "Cap How, James Wallace, Elisha Barnes, John Goodenow, Sam' Kimball."
t Hist. of Henniker, p. 90.
" SHAKER VILLAGE, N. H., April 14, 1886.
" Friend, -Your letter of the 9th inst. is received, having reference to some fam- ilies of Shakers that were residents of Weare and Henniker, N. H.
" We regret that we are unable to afford you tlie information asked on this subject, as but few records have reached us that contain much of a personal history. We understand just as you write : that several families who embraced the faith of the Shakers, lived at that early date in the towns of Weare and Henniker.
"Phineas Ferrin and his family moved to the Shaker Society in Enfield; Elijah Brown (unmarried) moved to the Society in this place July 13, 1792; William Evans, of Weare, came into this Society; Anna Carr moved to this Society Feb. 11, 1792; Lydia Wright, May 11, 1792; Mercy Brown, a sister to Elijah, went to the Society at Enfield; Jonathan Basford and family, Asa Williams and family, Joshua Wright and family, all of Henniker, moved to the Society in Enfield.
" Hoping you may derive a little benefit from these notes,
"I remain, respectfully, H. C. BLINN."
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HISTORY OF WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[1792.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE SMALL-POX.
THE small-pox is supposed to have first made its appearance at the siege of Mecca in Arabia, A. D. 569. Its ravages among the sol- diers of the attacking Abyssinian army compelled them to retreat; but the disease remained, and Mohammed and his troops soon prop- agated it throughout the world.
At first about thirty per cent. of all sick with it died. Then it was found that those who inoculated for it had it lightly, and a larger number recovered. Afterwards vaccination was discovered, a great boon, for of those vaccinated in the London hospitals not more than one in six or seven hundred have died. Persons who have once had the small-pox seldom if ever take it a second time.
Weare had a great fright about this disease in 1793. People were much more afraid of it at that time than now. Travelers would go round miles out of their way rather than pass a house where there was a case of it. Physicians did not then know so well how to treat it. One method was to confine the patient in a close room, heated so that a person could not bear his hand upon.the wall. Warm drinks were given, to encourage the eruptions by making the patient sweat profusely. Now the treatment is free ventilation and a cool- ing regimen. At the present time it is not so much dreaded as diphtheria or scarlet fever.
The small-pox came to Weare before the time of vaccination. The disease was stalking through the country, and many people were desirous of taking every precaution against it. The best method then known was to inoculate for it, have it lightly, recover and ever after be free from all danger of it. Hospitals were established in many towns for this purpose .* In Dunbarton Mrs. Jimmison, as the record states, assisted by Dr. Symmes Sawyer, had one in 1792. They would take a few persons at a time, mostly children, called a class, who would be inoculated, go through the disorder and be dis- charged. Then another class would be taken.
Dunbarton grew uneasy about it, and at a special town-meeting, held Sept. 26th, "voted that no person have liberty to inoculate
* In 1792 there was an article in the warrant for the annual meeting in Mason, to see if the town will give leave to introduce the small-pox by inoculation, and to set up a hospital. Voted against both.
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for the small-pox within this town." Yet the hospital continued, Judge Jeremiah Page, one of the selectmen, partially consenting and saying he would not act against it. But the majority of the in- habitants were restless, the other selectmen uneasy, also Lieutenant Ladd, and they determined to break it up.
Feb. 27, 1793, Lieut. James Hogg, Benjamin Page and Jeremiah Eaton, all of Weare, each had a child in the hospital. The select- men of Dunbarton sent word to these men that they should bring the children home to them that evening. They had been inocu- lated, but the disease had not broken out. Here was a dilemma. What should they do? They at once wrote to the selectmen, stat- ing the facts, and asked that the children might have the disease at Lieutenant Hogg's. They said the lieutenant did not wish to do anything without leave, but inevitably the selectmen must provide a house for them unless their request was granted. Lieutenant Hogg said " he would give bond that all possible care shall be made use of to prevent the spreading of the disease."*
It was a case of emergency. Something must be done at once ; the citizens were consulted, they were greatly excited. Call a town- meeting, was the universal cry. The selectmen notified one to be held March 2d, and then ordered James Hogg and his two friends to move the infected persons out of town forthwith.
Lieutenant Hogg sent the selectmen a letter March 1st .; He said he could not comply with their order, but was willing to do all in his power to satisfy the minds of the town and his neighbors ; that
*" Gentlemen Select Men for the Town of Weare - we wish to Inform you of the present circumstances of apart of our families - we have three Children in the Hos- pital at Dunbarton now Under Inoculation received in by leave of Mrs Jimmison and Doctr Sawyer Judge Page was consulted and said he Should not act against it - we are Informed this Day that the Other Select Men are Uneasy and Lt Ladd - they Say they shall bring them into weare this evening-we Wish your Approbation that they may have it at Lt Hoggs where its convenient-the Lt wishes not to do any thing in this way without Leave but Inevitably there Must be a house provided by the Select- men - Unless gentlemen you will be so good as to give your consent and grant our Request which we think Very Reasonable and have no Doubt but you will think as we do-Lt Hogg will give Bond that all possible care shall be made use of to pre- vent the spreading of the Disorder -
" In haste we are Gentlemen with Esteem your Hble Servants
" Febr 27ª 1793
" JAMES HOGG BENJA PAGE JEREMIAH EATON"
t " To the Selectmen of Weare -Gentlemen -The situation of my family at pres- ent, puts it out of my power to comply with your orders, but am willing to do all in my power to Satisfy the minds of the Town & my Neighbours, and will request no fa- vour of the Town except their licence for onc Class to go through which as it happens cannot be avoided and I hope the Town will be so considerate as to grant leave - as from what I before wrote they must know it was not my intention to have it here as it will be much to my damage - I wish this paper to be laid before the Town at their meeting tomorrow -
" I am with due regard Your humble Servant
" Weare March 1st 1793 --
JAMES HOGG."
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[1793.
he would ask no favor except their license for one class to go through, which, as it happens, can not be avoided. He hoped that the town would be so considerate as to grant leave, as it had not been his in- tention to have the disease in town, and it would be much to his damage. He wanted his letter read at the town-meeting.
The town was wild. All came to the meeting; they voted unani- mously that Lieutenant Hogg should remove all infected persons and infection of the small-pox out of town forthwith. Jesse Wood- bury, Philip Sawyer and Dr. William Oliver were chosen a commit- tee to see that it was done. The town did not seem to care what other town was afflicted with the small-pox if they could only get rid of it themselves.
The committee, with the selectmen, were instructed to take all necessary precautions to prevent the spreading of the disease and to prosecute in the town's behalf all who have broke the law relating to the small-pox. They added, by way of inducement, that " if said Hogg should forthwith comply with the directions of the town and remove said infections out of this to proceed no further until the annual meeting."
But he did not comply, the children had the small-pox at his resi- dence, the house was isolated, and the disease did not spread. The children recovered, and the town was quiet for a short time.
But the last of March the scare began again. Samuel Bean re- ported that " he Expects that his Children has Excedently taken the Small pox." April 1st the selectmen called a town-meeting for April 3d " to see if the town will vote to build a pest house in some remote part of the town for those who axedently take the Small pox in said town." At the meeting it was voted not to build.
But the law made it so clearly the duty of the selectmen to pro- vide a pest-house that they proceeded with the work at once. They built it in an out-of-the-way place on Burnt hill. In five days it was done, and Mr. Bean's family, Sunday, April 8th, was moved into it. Mr. Bean and his wife were very much opposed to their children's going there, and so Monday night following, by their aid, they all escaped to their own house. The selectmen, John Robie, Jabez Morrill and James Caldwell, were very much exercised about it, and the town again much excited. They at once wrote to John Prentice, an able lawyer, of Londonderry, for advice as to what they should do. They told him that the sick family were now in a house on a public road, where many of the inhabitants and strangers
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are exposed ; that the parents say the children shall not be carried . back to the pest-house except at the point of the sword ; and that they keep the doors and windows of their house securely fastened. They asked him what they should do; if they could use force to get into the house, and take the children away, and if they could con- fine the father, as he seemed determined to spread the disorder through the town.
Mr. Prentice replied that it was their duty to remove the children back to the pest-house at once, if it could be done in safety ; that they should employ a reputable and disinterested physician to de- cide that point ; that they should enter the house as peaceably as they could, take any person opposing them with a warrant and bind them over to the Superior Court, where they would be properly handled, and if any person has been inoculated for the small-pox, or has done any thing to spread the disorder, arrest and bind them over to the court, " and then I will endeavor to do them justice," says John Prentice.
The selectmen followed the advice. They again removed the children to the pest-house,* and they arrested and bound over Sam- uel Bean, and made him give bond that he would be of good behavior, that when he went to the pest-house he would be under the government of the overseers and would not depart from said place without being well cleansed of the infection.t
Quite a number of children were sick of small-pox at the pest- house, but they were well nursed and doctored by Dr. Elijah Butler
* The pest-house was on lot 96, range 7.
t " Small pox bill for providing a pest house Nusing Samuel Beans family threw the Small pox -
" pd Nathaniel fifield for Nursing £13 10
pd Dot killey for taking of Said family.
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4 17 6 pd Isaa Grant for Nusing.
pd Doctor Buttler for medicne 1
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pd Christan ayer for Nusing ...
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pd John Paige ..
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Paid Samul Paige Jr for boards to build the pest house and labour
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pd abner Hoit.
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pd Isreal Straw
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pd John atkins.
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moses Eastman for Nusing and assisting in moving Bean family
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1 0 0 pd mager Eaton for labour on the pest house. 7
Paid Stephen Lee and Robort Caldwell.
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and others, and all got well but one .* Samuel Bean's daughter, aged sixteen, died of the disorder, and was buried in some solitary spot, near by. Though nearly a hundred years have elapsed, the place of her grave is still shown.
The pest-house stood, lonesome and alone, for a long time after the small-pox had disappeared. It was an object of dread to the people, they were afraid the small-pox might spread from it. A family by the name of Jones lived nearest to it. "One night it burnt up." Every one thought the Joneses did it; but there was no proof, and the matter was soon forgotten. Since then there has been no need of a pest-house in Weare, there having been but one case of small-pox in town for the last ninety years.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE UNIVERSALISTS.
UNIVERSALISM was introduced into New Hampshire as early as 1773, and owing to the itinerant habit of its preachers its tenets were soon extensively diffused. There is a doubtful tradition that Rev. John Murray, the father of Universalism in America, preached in Weare sometime in the last century. Hosea Ballou, one of its brightest lights, broke the bread of life several times in the old south
* FROM THE SELECTMEN'S BOOK.
" 1792. Pd Colo fifield in part for providing necessarys for the small pox. ... 4 14 £ sd
1793. Pd. to a number of persons for labour on the pesthouse ... 9 Pd. for supporting Sam! Beans family when sick of the Small Pox,
19 2" for Doctoring, Nursing and Necessarys. .. 33
WEARE April 1793.
" The Town Due to Obadiah Eaton on account of the Small pox. d
" To 4 Dinners
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meeting-house, and Abner Kneeland, a hero of free thought, who went to prison for expressing his opinions, lived in town in 1803 and preached to the people .* Walter Balfour, a strong man intellectu- ally, preached at a later date.
The Universalists were Congregationalists in all things save the final state of man. They believed that in time all would be saved. The Congregationalists formerly thought the great majority of man- kind would be damned; even now they are quite sure a few will be. The Universalists, on the contrary, in the kindness of their hearts would have all reach heaven, and they believe that their God is even kinder and better than they are.
A society was formed prior to 1803. It numbered about thirty men,t and had many female members. A Universalist convention was held with them that year, July 5th, at the house of William Whittle, Weare Center. The principal business was to raise money to procure preaching. Capt. John Stevens, of Goffstown, and Jona- than Page were a committee for that purpose, and they were to co- operate with a committee of Hopkinton. The convention then ad- journed to meet at the same place the last Tuesday of September of that year.
Messrs. Stevens and Page circulated a very unique subscription paper. It asked that all persons who have so worthy an idea of the great Creator and Governor of the universe as to believe that his plan in the creation of mankind was finally to bring them to happi- ness; that the death and merits of the Saviour of the world are suf- ficient to accomplish it, and who wished to encourage the teachers of this important and benevolent doctrine, should sign this paper, requesting of the town their part of the public money and should throw in their mite for the same good cause. Twenty-seven men signed, and each generously subscribed from fifty cents to two dol- lars to pay for preaching.
But they did not easily get their part of the public money. So in 1804 numerous petitions were sent to the legislature, asking that the
* The Evangelical churches made much objection to him and his doctrines, and did not allow him to preach in the meeting-houses. He had his meetings in private dwellings and school-houses.
t EARLY MEMBERS.
Richard Philbrick, William Dustin,
Daniel Emerson, Nathan Jones,
Benjamin Muzzy, John Melvin,
Thomas Worthley, 2d,
Thomas Worthley, Eben Brown
Ichabod Eastman, William Dustin, Jr., Stephen Worthley, Isaac Hubbard,
Joseph Emerson,
John Stoning,
John Muzzy,
Jonathan Page
Caleb Whittaker,
Ebenezer Mudgett,
William Whittle,
Simon Perkins
Joseph Perkins,
Cotton Webster,
John Paige.
John Muzzy, Jr.,
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[1804.
Universalists might be recognized by law as a religious sect, and the General Court passed an act to that effect. The Methodists in 1804 and Freewill Baptists in 1807 were thus recognized. After this the Universalist society in Weare had no trouble in getting their share of the public money to support preaching.
The Universalists, about this time, adopted a profession of faith and a constitution .* They wanted a chart and compass to sail by. They set out with the preamble that they wished to promote good order, morality and religion in their midst, and that public religious worship was a means to those things. They said they thought the holy Scriptures contain a revelation of the character of God and of the duty, interest and final destination of mankind; that they be- lieved'in the Trinity; that holiness and happiness are inseparably connected, and that believers ought to maintain order and practise good works.
The constitution recited that they should be called the First Uni- versalist society in Weare, that any person of good moral character might become a member of the society by signing the profession of faith and constitution, and it provided for the election of officers, calling meetings, raising money, the retiring of members and amend- ments. Nearly every Universalist society in New England has had the same profession of faith and constitution.t
Rev. Sebastian Streeter, who was ordained at a general Univer- salist convention at Washington, became the pastor of our church in 1808. He labored here five years, and lived on Page hill, near the source of Cilley brook. He was succeeded by his brother, Squire Streeter, who preached several years, and at the same time Russell Streeter, a younger brother, taught school in town and preached oc- casionally.
The meetings were held at Weare Center, in William Whittle's
* We the subscribers being desirous of promoting good order, morality and relig- ion in our midst, and believing that public religious worship is eminently calculated to promote that end, do hereby associate in a religious society for that purpose by adopting the following
PROFESSION OF FAITH.
1. We believe that the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments contain a revelation of the character of God, and of the duty, interest, and final destination of mankind.
2. We believe there is one God whose nature is love, revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who will finally restore the whole family of mankind to holiness and happiness.
3. We believe that holiness and happiness are inscparably connected, and that be- lievers ought to maintain order, and practise good works, for those things are good and profitable to men.
t It is said that it became necessary to adopt a profession of faith and a constitu- tion, in order that they might be recognized as a distinct sect by the several states.
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.1817.] UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS WHO PREACHED IN WEARE.
house a part of the time, and the other part at the meeting-house in South Weare. The Universalists, at this period, had achieved the use of the meeting-house sixteen Sabbaths yearly, the Calvinist Bap- tists had it nineteen, and the Freewill Baptists seventeen. The time was apportioned by a committee chosen for the purpose, and new committees often in after years made new apportionments.
The society prospered. A convention was held with them in 1817. It was of so much importance that it was notified in the New Hamp- shire Patriot. It met at the house of William Whittle, Oct. 17th. Delegates* were present from nine towns. They chose John Pat- tee, of Goffstown, moderator, John Stevens, of the same place, clerk, and William Whittle, secretary. The principal business was to raise money for the support of preaching. A similar convention was holden at Mr. Whittle's the first Monday in June, 1818.
During these years there was much controversy on doctrinal points between the Universalists and the other sects. Samuel B. Philbrick and Daniel Philbrick had great contests in writing with Elders S. Brown and Hezekiah D. Buzzell, and his son, S. D. Buz- zell, who studied medicine at Dartmouth, and was shot and severely wounded while resurrecting a body from a graveyard for the dissect- ing table. Many of the letters that passed between them have been preserved and are highly interesting.
After the Streeters, William Bell, Robert Bartlett, N. Gunnison, and others preached for the society, and among the distinguished ministers who visited them were John Moore, once a candidate for governor, G. W. Anderson, a Scotchman, Alonzo A. Miner, Sylva- nus Cobb and Thomas Whittemore.t
* The delegates were: Oliver Noyes, Henniker; Samuel Stevens, Hopkinton; S. Hubbard and Dr. E. Stevens, Weare; Daniel Barr, Warner; Josephi Pike, Sutton; Asa Burnham, Dunbarton; Major Rolfe, Hillsborough; John Pattee and John Ste- vens, Goffstown; and Benjamin Sprague and Samuel Barr, Bedford.
t Names of some of the early Universalist ministers who preached in Weare occa- sionally or as settled pastors :-
John Murray(?) William Bell,
Hosea Ballou, Robert Bartlett,
Abner Kneeland, Edwin Thompson, James Whittaker,
J. F. Witherel,
Walter Balfour, N. Gunnison, Samuel Willis,
John Moore,
Squire Streeter, O. A. Skinner,
Sylvanus Cobb,
B. M. Tillottson.
Russell Streeter, A. S. Balch,
Joseph P. Atkinson,
Names of Universalist clergymen who liave preached in Weare since 1861 :
Frederick Foster, Thomas Borden, Wm. H. Dearborn, Mrs. Phebe A. Hannaford,
G. L. Demarest, D. D.,
L. F. Mckinney, S. L. Roripaugh, Mrs. Ada C. Bowles,
G. H. Emerson, D. D.,
J. E. June, Joseplı Kidder, John H. Moore,
A. J. Patterson, D. D.,
S. H. McCollester, D. D., H. S. Philbrick,
Aug. P. Rein,
A. Kent,
H. S. Fiske,
George Hill,
E. Davis, Mrs. E. M. Bruce, Elbridge Trull,
E. L. Conger,
B. F. Bowles, Adams Ayer,
Alonzo A. Miner, G. W. Anderson, J. Sargent,
William Hooper,
Sebastian Streeter, Thomas Whittemore, C. O. Ballou,
Thompson Barron,
H. W. Hand, E. Fitzgerald, Quincy H. Shinn,
Alexander Kent.
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HISTORY OF WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[1837.
Our society was very much in need of a meeting-house at Weare Center, and in 1837 determined to build one. At this time a new town-house was also needed, and some of the leading citizens thought that the two could be combined in one building. At the annual meeting Hiram Simons, Squire Gove and Ephraim Leigh- ton were chosen a committee to investigate the matter, and April 17th they reported in favor of building a town-house sixty feet long and forty feet wide, on land to be given by John Whittle at Weare Center, with a story added for a meeting-house, the whole cost to the town not to exceed $1000. There was much opposition, but Judge Simon P. Colby made an eloquent speech in its favor, in which he pictured the beautiful building, the central location, its great convenience and the sound of "its church-going bell," and the town voted to build; the citizens having the privilege to add another story for a meeting-house. Hiram Simons, Simon P. Colby and Daniel Paige were chosen a committee to contract for and superintend the work.
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