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Mrs. Mary A. McCoy. Benjamin N. Webb .- 1885-86.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Spalding. Francis Eastman,
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HISTORY OF WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE. [1875.
To proceed with the work properly it was necessary for them to organize a society. Accordingly, Aug. 3, 1875, at a meeting held for the purpose, they adopted the profession of faith and constitution of the denomination. Twenty-five men and seven women signed it .* They took the name, "The South Weare Universalist society," and elected Eben B. Bartlett clerk, Francis Eastman, Josiah H. Nichols and Eben L. Paige prudential committee.t A subscription paper, reciting the agreement with the Congregationalists, was soon circulated, and $675 was raised towards paying for their share of the new house.#
The building of the house, as we have seen, soon went on. Luther E. Gould was the committee on the part of the Universalists, and it was completed in January, 1876. Francis Eastman was chosen to sell and deed the pews and to consult about the price of the carpet and in regard to the organ. Their pews sold for more than enough to pay their part for building, and they had a premium in the treasury.
The house was dedicated, as has been told, Feb. 3d, the Congre- gationalists taking a three-fourths part in the exercises, and the
* The signers to the articles of faith and constitution of the South Weare Univer- salist Society : -
Francis Eastman, Frank Flanders, Josiah H. Nichols,
Jolin B. Colby,
Eben B. Bartlett,
George G. Kendrick, Geo. W. Dearborn,
Horace Philbrick,
W. Scott Bailey,
George F. Eastman, Squires L. Gove,
John F. Cram,
William P. Balch,
Mark Colburn, Harvey G. Colby, Franklin Bartlett,
Elvira B. Dearborn,
Horatio J. Collins,
Olive C. Dearborn,
H. Romeyn Nichols,
Josie B. Flanders,
John E. Gould, Mary T. Colby,
Luther E Gould,
Elsie J. Dearborn,
Almon L Sleeper,
Diantha M. Bartlett, Jesse N. Gould,
Mary H. Kendrick.
t The following are some of the officers of the socicty :-
CLERKS.
Eben B. Bartlett, 1875-76.
Almon L. Sleeper, 1876-77.
Geo. G. Kendrick, 1878-86.
PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEES. 1875.
Francis Eastman,
Josiah H. Nichols, Eben L. Paigc.
1879.
Eben L. Paige, Mark Colburn, Frank Flanders.
1884-85. Eben B Bartlett,
Moses Dearborn,
Luther E. Gould,
1880.
TREASURER.
George G. Kendrick.
# The subscribers to the meeting-house fund :-
Francis Eastman
$200 | Moses C. Philbrick. $25
Franklin Bartlett .. $50
Eben B. Bartlett. 100 Cyrus L. Colburn. 5
Samuel Osborn. 25
Eben L. Paigc .. 50 Josiah H. Nichols. 10
Jonathan Buxton 30
Moses W. Cram. 25 . Luther E. Gould .. 50
Mark Colburn. 10
William P. Balch 25 George F. Eastman 40 Amos J. Stoning 30
George W. Dearborn, Josialı H. Nichols.
1878. Eben B. Bartlett, Moses W. Cram, Mark Colburn.
1882-83. Almon L. Sleeper, Josiah H. Nichols, George W. Dearborn.
1876.
George F. Eastman, Henry J. Stoning.
Josiah H. Nichols. 1877. Luther E. Gould,
Eben L. Paige, Frank Flanders, Luther E. Gould.
1881. Frank Flanders, Luther E. Gould, George W. Dearborn.
Eben L. Paige, Moses W. Cram, Moses Dearborn,
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Universalists one .* Then Moses Dearborn, Luther E. Gould and Josiah H. Nichols met a similar committee from the other society and agreed upon the time each should use the house, for what purposes it should be used, for the building of horse-sheds and the settlements of disputes if any should arise.
One pew was reserved for strangers, and it was voted to pay one- fourth part out of the premium received on pews, towards cushioning it, and then they divided the balance of the premium money among their original stockholders in the meeting-house.
That things might go smoothly, the clerk was instructed to provide the fuel, ring the bell, sweep the house, light it, on the part of the Universalists, and pay for the same out of the funds.
The next step was to procure a preacher, and the prudential com- mittee, Moses Dearborn, Luther E. Gould and Josiah H. Nichols, performed that duty. They hired Rev. Gerherdus L. Demarest, of Manchester, to preach for them at $16 a Sabbath. He labored with them a portion of the time from early in 1876 to 1881. Revs. Mr. Gorton, Joseph Kidder, of Manchester, Mrs. E. M. Bruce, Mr. Francis, Mr. Fletcher and O. D. Miller also preached occasionally.
A Sabbath school of thirty members was established, a small library purchased, a Bible class formed, and the society prospered. They drew their share of the interest of the ministerial fund, about $50, and paid liberally, for them, to the Universalist state convention, to which they sent delegates. They chose Luther E. Gould a com- mittee to repair their part of the meeting-house in 1883 and author- ized him to assess a pro rata tax on the pews owned by the Univer- salists, acting with the Congregational committee appointed for that purpose.
Rev. H. S. Fiske came to preach for them in 1881 for $9 a Sabbath, a part of the time and $10 another part. He was well liked and labored with our society about two years. During his pastorate Revs. Will. H. Dearborn, t Quincy H. Shinn, Dr. G. H. Emerson, Mr.
* " Rev. Gerherdus L. Demarest, of Manchester, Universalist, preached and other- wise assisted in the services of Dedication." "Then followed appropriate sermons from Rev. Edward H. Greeley on behalf of the Union Congregational Church, and Rev. G. L. Demarest as representative of the Universalists."-Record Cong. Church, p. 32.
t WILLIAM HOOPER DEARBORN, son of Moses and Betsey (Philbrick) Dearborn, was born in Weare May 8, 1847. He attended the district schools and academies at Tilton and Francestown; taught school before he was eighteen, in Weare, Gove dis- trict and Rockland district; in North Orange, Mass., by the kindness of Rev. William Hooper, once a Universalist clergyman in Weare, and for whom he was named; in South Weare, a private school, and in Litchfield two terms. In the spring and fall of 1868 he was principal of Deering academy, and for the next two years of the high school in Barre, Mass.
He entered the theological school connected with Tufts college in September, 1871,
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Whitney and Luther F. Mckinney occasionally preached. The Sab- bath school and the Bible class went on ; "Mrs. George Hazen played the organ and Charley Thorp rang the bell."
Rev. J. E. June came to preach in the summer of 1884, and labored with them till the spring of 1885. Revs. Will. H. Dearborn and Luther F. Mckinney also preached an occasional Sabbath. Their part of the interest of the ministerial fund had now increased to over $67, their burdens were light, their harmony was perfect, no church trials, and their enjoyment great.
At the present time, 1886, Rev. Ezekiel Fitzgerald, an able min- ister from Henniker, is preaching for them, and the society bids fair to live till long after the time many others shall be dead; it deserves to, for it is generous, benevolent and liberal.
CHAPTER LXIV.
ROADS.
HEDGEHOGS, bears and some other wild animals had paths through the woods. The Indians sometimes made trails, marching along them single file. Such was the path from Amoskeag falls, up Black brook, by Gorham pond, to the Piscataquog, at East Weare. No doubt Col. Robert Hale had a blazed path to his Beverly Canada, otherwise Halestown.
The first road in Weare was built by the Robiestown proprietors in 1750. It led to Center Square. Other ways made by the proprietors were to the south-west part of the town, to South Weare, to the mountain and to Barnard hill. Some of them were but blazed paths or lines of spotted trees, others were bridle paths, and the very best of them only rough cart tracks.
But when the town was incorporated by Governor Wentworth's
received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in June, 1873, and was at once settled as pastor over the Universalist parish in Jamaica Plain (Boston). He remained here two years, and in response to earnest invitation, September, 1875, removed to Augusta, Me., where he preached two years. In December, 1877, he received and accepted a call to take charge of the First Independent Universalist parish in Hart- ford, Conn., where he has since labored.
Mr. Dearborn married, April 5, 1877, Sarah Helen Cushing, daughter of John S. Cushing, of Augusta, Me., treasurer of the Maine Central railroad. To them have been born two children, both of whom died young.
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pronunciamento, called the charter, then began the era of good roads and highway taxes. The selectmen, ambitious to exercise the func- tions of their office, and the public good demanding it, soon after their election, Oct. 9, 1764, laid out several .*
1. 1764-Began at New Boston line, on the road from Moses Little's house to Jonathan Clement's grist-mill, at the present Oil Mill village, and ran north on the east bank of the Piscataquog, by the house of Nathaniel Martin, the first settler, across the river on Emerson bridge already built, then up the west bank of the stream to lot seventy, Joshua Maxfield's land. It was a pleasant way up by the soft-flowing river, and with some slight changes is in use to this · day.
2. 1764-Led from Clement's grist-mill across the Piscataquog, no bridge, then climbed over the highland into the valley of the Otter, by Thomas Worthley's, the third settler, over the fertile slope where Quimby kept the inn and sold the first barrel of rum, forded Meadow brook, then down by Fifield's corner, where the first meeting- house was afterwards built, across the Peacock, by John Jewell's, the second settler, to Asa Heath's, on the mountain. It was the roughest of paths then, and the most common vehicle on it was the rude ox-sled.
3. Feb. 17, 1766 - Began in road two, near where the south meeting-house now stands, and ran north-west, high up on the south slope of Mount Dearborn, down over a small branch of the Peacock, past what was afterwards the old homestead of Capt, Samuel Phil- brick, of Revolutionary fame, round the north-east slope of the beauti- ful Mount Odiorne, across the large branch of the Peacock that comes from Clinton Grove to the farm that was soon to be the home of John Hodgdon, one of the early Quaker settlers.
4. Feb. 17, 1766-Left road two on the center rangeway, over the highland, between the Otter and Meadow brooks, near where Frank Eastman now lives, and ran south to the house of William Dustin, one of the early settlers. It was afterwards extended south- west across Meadow brook to New Boston line.
5. March 3, 1766-Three rods wide; began in road two, on the mountain, and ran north-west over the south-west slope of Mount
* The number, "1," means "Road 1." The date is the time when the road was laid out. When north, east, south or west is used, it means that the course is nearer those points than to north-west, north-east, south-east, or south-west; and when north-west, north-east, south-east, or south-west is used, it means that the course is nearer to those points than to north, east, south, or west.
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Misery to a point north of Asa Heath's, to accommodate John Atwood. It was never built as laid, and in after years the court's committee, on petition, established a part of it.
6. June 26, 1766- Four rods wide; left road two at what is now Fifield's corner, led south by Bond Little's, then south-east, not far from the valley of the Peacock, to New Boston line. A part was relaid Feb. 27, 1790.
7. June 29, 1766-Two rods wide; left road five a little south of Bond Little's and ran south-west across the Peacock to the house where once lived Asa Sargent, an early settler. It is still in use.
8. Sept. 2, 1766-Four rods wide; ran from road two, a little west of the center rangeway and on the ridge between the Otter and Meadowbrook, north by the west shore of Mount William pond, down Center brook, crossing it twice, east of Duck pond, just west of Center Square, then north-west a mile and a half, just east of the mouth of the Thorndike brook, over and up the Piscataquog, up Emery brook, to its source on Craney hill, to Henniker line. There was much controversy about the locating of this road, and it was "shifted " many times in several places, particularly between Mount William pond and Center Square.
9. March 19, 1767 - Four rods wide; commencing at Dunbarton line in the north-east part of the town, ran west across Choate brook, following the spotted trees, by and south of Ebenezer Collins' house, over Sugar hill, by Jacob Straw's, across Col. Nathaniel Fifield's land, over the heads of Cilley and Felch brooks, to land of John Tilton on Page hill.
10. March 19, 1767- Four rods wide; beginning in road nine, on the east side of Colonel Fifield's land, on Sugar hill, ran north to a "burch" marked, and thence to the town line where Hopkinton road comes in.
11. Nov. 18, 1767-Three rods wide; led from road eight, a little south of Mount William pond, west over the sources of Meadow brook, through the valley north of Mount Dearborn, over the south slope of Mine hill, past the place where Master Donovan, the Irish school-master, afterwards lived, to road three, north-east of Mount Odiorne. This road was afterwards changed in some places.
12. May 8, 1768 -" A bridle path "; began in road one, near Emerson bridge, west of the Piscataquog, and led south-west over the slope of Barnard hill to Abraham Melvin's, the first settler of that name in town.
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13. July 23, 1768- Four rods wide; ran from Hopkinton, south on Sugar hill to road nine. It was half on Jacob Straw's land and half on Ithamar Eaton's.
14. Sept. 4, 1768 -Four rods wide; ran from road two, near the South Weare post-office, east of Meadow brook, north up the valley to road eight, by Mount William pond. It was part of the road now traveled from South Weare to the Center. The south part of road eight must have been discontinued about this time.
15. Nov. 26, 1768 -Four rods wide; was a continuation of road seven, and ran south-west to New Boston line. Michael Sargent and Jabez Morrill once lived by it.
16. June 5, 1769 - An " open Rode " four rods wide; ran from near Jacob Straw's, on Sugar hill, south by Straw & Rowell's mill to the old, rude path that led to the first saw-mill. .
17. June 5, 1769-An " open Rode " four rods wide; ran from the west end of road nine, Page hill, south-west by " Mose bouge," up the Piscataquog, over Dustin brook to Paul Dustin's. This is the road that now runs through North Weare village.
18. Sept. 4, 1769-An "open Rode " four rods wide; ran from the end of road two, near Asa Heath's, on the mountain, north-west over Emmons, Lily-pond and Ferrin brooks, south of Ferrin pond to Deering line.
19. Dec. 20, 1769- An " open Rode " two rods wide; led from road five, near Bond Little's, east over a musical affluent of Meadow brook to Joseph Quimby's. It was relaid May 9, 1776, afterwards extended east to Jonathan Philbrick's, near Meadow brook, and re- cently to Dearborn's tavern, South Weare.
20. Nov. 29, 1770-Two rods wide; beginning in road three, just east of the Peacock, ran north, past John Worth's, up the valley, over the ridge where is now Clinton Grove, down Thorndike brook, across the Piscataquog on the bridge then built, to road seventeen, by Paul Dustin's. The south end of this road was discontinued years ago.
21. Dec. 3, 1770 - Two rods wide ; ran from Jonathan Peaslee's, lot five, range five, north-east over Felch brook to road sixteen, on the south-east corner of lot ninety-three, range seven.
22. Dec. 3, 1770-Two rods wide; ran from road near Benjamin " Silley's," west across Cilley brook, then north to road twenty-one, near Straw & Rowell's mill.
23. May 6, 1771-Ran from near the north end of road one, on
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Joshua Maxfield's land, over the Piscataquog to Nathan Carr's land, north, by Samuel Brocklebank's, across Bassett brook to Dunbarton line.
24. Aug. 12, 1771 -Four rods wide part of the way, two rods the rest; ran from Center Square, north on the center rangeway by John Robie's, the town clerk so many years, to a red-oak tree, thence north-west to John Blake's grist-mill on Center brook. Also from the above red-oak tree north across the Piscataquog, where is now Rockland, up over Page hill to Henniker line.
25. Sept. 21, 1771 -Two rods wide; ran from road eight, near Tobie's store, north to the rangeway by the Silas Peaslee land, on Craney hill. This is a part of the road that now leads from Baker mill to Craney hill.
26. Sept. 21, 1771- Four rods wide; ran from near John Ord- way's, on road twenty, about sixty rods south of what is now Clinton Grove, west on the rangeway, across the present Hodgdon road, up over the hill where Enoch Warren Breed now lives, to a " Red Oake tree Spoted H."
27. Oct. 21, 1771 - Three rods wide "from end to end"; led from near the north end of road one, west of the Piscataquog, north- west on to Barnard hill, then north on the east slope to Samuel Hun- tington's, by the source of Huntington brook.
28. June 27, 1772-Two rods wide; ran from near the west end of road seventeen, North Weare, north-west, over the slope of Cra- ney hill, Mount Ararat to the east of it, to Henniker line. Silas and * Nathaniel Peaslee and Ephraim Jones once lived by it.
29. Sept. 9, 1772-Two rods wide; ran from road twenty- three, north, across Bassett brook (first called Mill brook), on the center east-west rangeway a few rods, north-west over Choate brook, by Elijah Brown's, north on the rangeway to road nine on Sugar hill.
30. Aug. 7, 1773-Two rods wide; led from road three, east of Mount Odiorne, by Joseph Perkins's south over the Peacock, by Samuel Philbrick's mill, to road two by John Jewell's.
31. 1773- One and one-half rods wide; "the transcript of a road," ran from " Ebenezer Sinkler's," near Ferrin brook, east to Elijah Gove's, north to road two at the mountain. The first half to be a "bridel road," the second half " an open road."
32. Sept. 20, 1773-Two rods wide; led from John Web- ster's, near the source of Currier brook, south, by Ezekiel Cram's,
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now the poor farm, to road fifteen. One-fourth of the first part of this road has been discontinued.
33. June 24, 1774- Two rods wide; ran from John Colby's, near Currier brook, north, east and north a mile on the ridge west of the Peacock, to road two, near the top of Peacock hill. The last part has long been discontinued.
34. June 25, 1774-Two rods wide ; ran from the " Crotch " of road eight, by Enoch Barker's, near Weare Center, south-west over the Breed brooks, affluents to Center brook, to road twenty at Clin- ton Grove.
35. March 27, 1775- Two rods wide ; ran from road near by Enoch Brown's north-east up the slope of Craney hill, across Emery brook to road eight, near Caleb Emery's.
36. June 8, 1776 - Ran from the north side of road two, be- tween Meadow brook and the Otter, east on the rangeway, by Sam- uel Eastman's to the Otter. The east part is now unused. Francis Eastman now lives at the east end.
37. April 8, 1777 - Led from road twenty-seven, on Barnard hill, north by Joseph Huntington's and to Joseph Huse's.
38. April 8, 1777 -Led from road twenty-seven, by Samuel Hovey's, on Barnard hill, west through Moses Follansbee's, John Favor's and Timothy George's land, and then north to Daniel Gould's, on what is sometimes called Gould hill.
39. May 30, 1777- Two rods wide; led from road twenty- four, from the north side of the bridge across the " Cataquogg," east on the north bank of the river across the mill lot, over Cilley brook, following maybe the old first road laid out by the Robiestown pro- prietors, near to what is now East Weare village, then north-east up the hill to Elijah Brown's, to road twenty-nine, that ran north to Sugar hill.
40. Jan. 6, 1778- Two rods wide; ran from road twenty, at Clinton Grove, west over the source of the Peacock, over the high- land to Joseph Flood's, lot seventy, range five, just east of the Pis- cataquog. It was afterwards extended across the Piscataquog west to Deering, and was changed somewhat Sept. 20, 1818.
41. Jan. 8, 1778 - Ran from road three, by Capt. Samuel Phil- brick's, round the northerly slope of Mount Odiorne to the range- way by Thomas Worthley's. This probably took the place of some other road that was discontinued.
42. Jan. 8, 1778 - Two rods wide ; led from Samuel Philbrick's,
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by road three, north-west round the north slope of Mount Odiorne, taking the place, some of the way, of road three, over both branches of the Peacock, by John Hodgdon's, climbed the northern slope of Mount Misery, and continued westerly on the south side of Thresher meadow to Deering line, meeting a road from that town.
43. Jan. 8, 1778- Ran from road two at the mountain, north- west on the west slope of Mount Misery, over the source of Emmons brook to road forty-two, which led to Deering. A committee of the court of general sessions, Jeremiah Paige, Stephen Harriman and Joshua Bailey, Oct. 24, 1778, relaid a portion of this road on the west slope of Mount Misery, about which there was a great conten- tion. They did not make much change from the route laid out by the selectmen. Aug. 27, 1779, the selectmen modified this road to accommodate David Moulton, who lived by it on the slope of Mount Misery.
44. June 2, 1779- Led from Moses Mudgett's, on road thirty- eight, at Clinton Grove, north over Townly hill to the Piscataquog, near the mill then owned by Silas Peaslee, crossed the river, followed a path to the line between Daniel Paige, of that generation, and Samuel Caldwell, over Paige's land to road eight, which led to Hen- niker. The north part of this road was subject to gates and bars and has since been discontinued.
45. May 8, 1780-Two rods wide ; led from road eight, near Duck pond, north-west across Center brook to the east-west range- way, west, by John Watson's, to road thirty-four, which led from Weare Center to what is now Clinton Grove.
46. Sept. 2, 1780 -Two rods wide; led from road thirty-eight, on the long south slope of Barnard hill, by John Favor's, south and south-west by James Giles', down the hill to the bridge across the Otter.
47. Sept. 2, 1780- Two rods wide ; ran from the west side of the Otter across the stream, east up the west side of the long south ridge of Barnard hill, over a branch of the Otter to road forty-six, near James Giles'.
48. Dec. 6, 1780 - Two rods wide from end to end ; led from the north end of school lot eight, range two, on Barnard hill, south- east across road forty-six, south on the slope by the glacial boulders, by the old settlers, Daniel Emerson, Abraham Melvin and Samuel Worthen, to Marden Emerson's land, near the Piscataquog.
49. Dec. 9, 1780-Two rods wide ; led from the New Boston
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line north on the hill in the gore, between the lots of Ezra Clement and Dudley Pettengill, one rod on each to road two. It has long been discontinued.
50. June 1, 1782 - Two rods wide; ran from road twenty-nine, at the north-east corner of school lot eight, range five, west, nearly on the rangeway by Ebenezer Peaslee's to the mill, turned by the Piscataquog, on the mill lot.
51. June 1, 1782-Two rods wide; led from road thirty-two, by the poor farm in the gore, south-west over an affluent of Ferrin brook and Ferrin brook itself, across lands of Jesse Clement, over Cram brook and lands of Nathan, Ezekiel and Thomas Cram, all early settlers, to Francestown line at the south-west corner of Weare.
52. June 6, 1782-Two rods wide; ran from road thirty-nine, by the mill on the mill lot, south about two hundred rods to road ninety-four on the east-west rangeway, by Ezekiel Kimball's, and was a continuation of road fifty.
53. June 11, 1782-Two rods wide; led from the south end of road four, by William Dustin's, south in the rangeway by Meadow brook, across the west branch of that stream, up to John Philbrick's. This road was afterwards extended to New Boston.
54. Nov. 5, 1782-Two rods wide; ran from Henniker line, south over the west side of Mount Ararat, thence south-east to road seventeen, just east of the North Weare meeting-house. This road has been discontinued for nearly one hundred years. It ac- commodated a few Henniker people and the Mckellipses, the only people who lived by it.
55. Nov. 15, 1782-Two rods wide; led from road forty-eight on the south ridge of Barnard hill, by Samuel Worthen's house, east, down the hill, across Jesse Johnson's and Marden Emerson's land, over the Piscataquog on the Worthen bridge, to road one, that ran up the river.
56. Jan. 2, 1783 - Ran from Samuel Brooks Tobie's, on Toby hill, south to road forty-two, that led from John Hodgdon's to Deer- ing. It was about fifty rods east of the Piscataquog. Daniel Had- ley and Robert Osborn once lived by it.
57. May 31, 1784-Led from road eight, by Tristram Collins' on Craney hill, south-west, across Johnson brook, by Amos John- son's, to Deering line.
58. Sept. 4, 1784-Two rods wide; ran from road forty-four
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