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John Levett Harris, Mayor of this City, d. 7th September, 1833. Aged Forty-four years.
Also, His Mother, Susannah Harris, Widow of John Pugsley, d. July 17th, 1856.
Joseph Ivins d. June 16th, 1850, in the 45th year of his age.
Sarah, wife of Joseph Ivins, d. Aug. 23rd, 1882, in the 72nd year of her age.
Gertrude C. Ver Mehr d. 1847. Et. 66.
Joseph, Son of Solomon & Susanna Ivins, d. April 16th, A.D. 1845. Aged 72 years, 3 mos. & 21 days.
G. V. Schooley d. July 28th, 1856, aged 2 yrs. & 6 months.
Sarah R. Foster d. Aug. 3rd, 1852. Aged 60 years, 11 months & 15 days.
Archibald Lloyd d. 15th day of July, 1832, in the 45th year of his age.
.Anne Lloyd d. 20th of January, 1837, in the 75th year of her age.
Jane V'anseiver d. April 13th, 1835, aged 73 years.
Rachel Budd Wallace, Dau. of Joshua M. & Tace Wallace, b. September 13th, 1784; d. March 10th, 1848.
Harriet, wife of William Limeburner, d. Feby. the 27th, 1832, aged 24 years, 3 months & 12 days. William Vansciver d. June 14th, 1835. Aged 51 years, 8 months and 16 days.
Jacob Vansciver b. 'October 24, 1800; d. January 11, 1849.
Isaac Vansciver d. July 16, 1835. Aged 43 years & 4 months.
Henry Kale d. September 17th, A.D. 1844, aged 73 years.
Thomas Barwell d. Feb. 17th, 1850, aged 55 years.
Charlotte, wife of Thomas Barwell, d. Sept. 13th, 1843. Aged 55 years.
Elizabeth Very d. May 11th, 1840, in the 47th year of her age.
Sarah Broomhead d. Feby. 27th, 1849. Aged 66 years, 7 months, 17 days.
Rowland Ellis d. February 6th, 1845, in the 73rd year of his age.
Daniel Ellis d. December 22nd, 1839, in the Soth year of his age.
Charles Ellis b. February 12th, 1767; d. June 17th, 1842. Aged 75 years, 4 months and 5 days.
Ann L. Keen d. 14th of Aug., 1854; Dau. of the late Reynold Keen, Esqr, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Hannah Carr, Relict of John H. Carr and dau. of James Kinsey, Late of Burlington, N. J., b. August 23rd, A. D. 1777 : d. October 20, 1837.
Eliza Bradford Wallace, dau. of Joshua M. & Tace Wallace, b. Augt 4th, 1787; d. Dec. 17th, 1861, in the 74th year of her age.
Mary Maddox Wallace, Dau. of Joshua M. & Tace Wallace, b. November 16th, 1782 ; d. October 19th, 1845.
Reynold Keen Kinsey, son of Charles & Elizabeth L. Kinsey, b. February, A.D. 1824; d. Octo- ber 4th, .A.D. 1849.
Charles Kinsey b. January 31st, A. D. 1788; d. May 7th, A.D. 1850.
Margaret Shippen, dau. of Edward & Elizabeth J. Shippen, b. Oct. 8th, 1786; d. July 27th, 1853. Elihu Chauncey was born, at New Haven, On the 15th of January, 1779, and died, at Philadel- phia, On the 8th of April, 1847.
Henrietta Chauncey, wife of Elihu Chauncey, of Philadelphia, and eldest dau. of John & Eliza- beth Teackle [?], of Virginia, b. February 29th, 1780; d. March 2nd [?], 1832.
George Shinn d. March 1º, 1833, in the 49th year of his age.
Rebecca Ann, wife of Christian H. Christianson and dau. of James and Elizabeth Gunnell, d. April 29, 1833. Aged 30 years & 19 days.
James Gunnell b. 1777; d. 1849.
Mary H. Gunnell, dau. of James & Elizabeth Gunnell, b. November, 1801 ; d. August, 1843. Caroline Brooks, Wife of the Rev. James Adams, d. May 11th, 1845. /Et. 42.
Walter Wilson, of Burlington, N. J., d. March 28, 1846. Aged 71 years.
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Robert Kid b., at Scone, Scotland, August 7th, 1765; d. August 17th, 1836.
Sarah Ann, his wife, b., in Dublin, Ireland, December 22nd, 1779; d. January 5th, 1811.
Clementina Kemble b. December, 1761; d. January, 1846.
Mary, wife of James Horn, d. September 34, 1856, in the 73ª year of her age. Henry 1-, adopted son of James & Mary Horn, d. Feb. 8th, 1848. Aged 22 years & 3 months.
Lydia, wife of Charles Vansciver, d. March 16th, 1855. Aged 65 years.
Abraham Vansciver d. March 12th, 1847. Aged 76 years.
Henrietta Burns, wife of John W. Odenheimer, d. September 5, MDCCCLXVI, in the 72nd year of her age.
Job Kemble b. Sept. 30th, 1768; d. April 19th, 1848.
Edward Kemble b. March 20th, 1800; d. Dec. 12th, 1849.
Joseph Mc Ilvaine b. December 31, 1800; d. January 16, 1838.
Fanny Martel d. July 18th, A.D. 1849. Aged 66 years.
In Memory of Susan V. Bradford Widow of the Hon. William Bradford and daughter of Elias Boudinot L.L.D.
For ninety years she lived the blessed centre of a large circle of loving friends : all that was mortal of her is here interred.
She died Nov. 30th, A.D. 1854.
Emerson Mc Ilvaine, son of Joseph and Maria Mc Ilvainc, b. June 27, 1805; d. October 9, 1853. Matilda, wife of Henry Mc Ilvaine, b. May 24, 1817; d. July 18, 1845.
Henry Mc Ilvaine d. September 12th, A.D. 1851, in the 47th year of his age.
Frances, wife of Henry Mc Ilvaine, b. Sept. 15, 1804; d. April 12, 1831.
Charles T. Neale d. July 5th, 1851. Aged 62 years.
Bethannath Hodgkinson b., in this City, Jan. 17th, 1746; d. Oct. 23d, 1831, in the 86th year of his age.
Also of Mary, his wife, b., in Mansfield, N. J., July 23d, 1755; d., in this city, July 24th, 1842. Aged 87 years.
William Shipley Bartram b. July 30th, 1799; d. Aug. Ist, 1832.
Susan H. Bartram, his wife, b. May 2nd, 1795; d. Jan. 25th, 1845. "This stone is erected to their | Memory by their only Son".|
Charlotte Foster Lyde b., in Boston, August 4th, 1786; d., in Burlington, May 22nd, 1849. Olivia Hall, wife of Joseph Hall and Dau. of Abraham and Olivia Gardiner, b. July 25th, 1792; d. June 13th, 1848.
John Stockton d. May 8th, 1832. Aged 76 years and 2 months.
Zebedee Wilson d. June 22nd, 1855, in the 6ist year of his age.
John Vandegrift b. March 5th, 1795; d. July 24th, 1834, in the 40th year of his age.
William Vandegrift d. May 21st, A.D. 1842. In the 79th year of his age.
William Vandegrift d. Oct. 15th, 1852. Aged 50 years.
Ann, Dau. of James Spearman and wife of Michael Dunne, late of Cloughjordan, in Ireland, d. Jan. 27th, 1848. In the 27th year of her age.
Elizabeth Walker, wife of Israel Kinsman, d. the XIIIth day of July, in the year MDCCCXLIX. Elizabeth, widow of James Deacon, d. Aug. 8, 1855. Aged 78 years. John Myers d. April 27th, 1841. Aged 51 years, 1 month and 8 days.
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Elizabeth, wife of Aaron Hutchins, d. August 27th, 1855, in the 45th year of her age.
John Hulme b. October 3, 1782; d. July S, 1845.
Martha, wife of John Hulme, b. April 9, 1780; d. April 12, 1845.
Hannah HI. Kemble b. Aug. 2nd, 1802; d. July 9th, 1850.
Keziah Norris d. July 21, 1834, aged 59 years and 11 months.
Hannah, wife of Joseph Richardson and dau. of Phillip & Prudence Speachus, b. April 20th, .1.D. 1764; d. Nov. 20th, A.D. 1848.
George Hancock d. December 11th, 1.1). 1846, in the 93rd year of his age.
John Richardson d. December 10th, 1841, aged 82 years and 27 days.
Gertrude Richardson d. July 25th, 1. D. 1845, aged 82 years, 6 months and 25 days.
Thomas Boulton d. September 29th, 1842, aged 51 years.
Esther L. Aaronson b. March 20th, 1801 ; d. June 13th, 1848.
John Aaronson, son of George and Mary Aaronson, b. March 15th, 1800; d. December 10th, 1834, in the 35th year of his age.
Rebecca Perkins, Dau. of George and Mary Aaronson and wife of Jacob Perkins, Jr, b. August 17th, 1809; d. February 14th, 1839, in the 30th year of her age.
Rebecca Wetherill, Relie[t] of Joseph Wetherill, d. January ist., 1839. Aged - years & 19 days.
Beneath this Stone rest the mortal remains of James C. Hulme whose redeemed spirit entered into glory February 29th 1840 Ile was born in Burlington N. J. Sept" 30th 1809
Being born again through the grace of God He devoted himself to the ministry of the Gospel in the Protestant Episcopal Church In his education for this purpose he was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a student in the Theological Seminary of Virginia But before his preparation was finished God called him to minister in the Church above- Meekness and gentleness the fruits of spiritual piety combined to render him attractive, etc., etc.
Martha C. Canfield, wife of Rev. E. H. Canfield, D.D., and dau. of John & Martha Hulme, b. September 11, 1818, [in] Burlington, N. J. ; d. August 23, 1855. [in] Brooklyn, L. I. [On this monument are the epitaphs of several children.]
William Hancock d. August 5th, 1850, in the 73rd year of his age.
Rebekah Hancock, wife of William Hancock, d. May 16th, 1847. in the 67th year of her age.
Martha Hancock, Relict of Thomas Hancock, d. Nov. 13th, 1851. Aged 86 years, 10 months and 24 days.
Prudence Hancock, wife of Thomas Hancock, d. September 3rd, 1834. Aged 34 years and 3 months.
Patty Leslie, wife of Henry C. Carey, d. May 8, 1847. Aged 53 years.
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T. Albert Haven d. April 18th, 1853. Aged 42 years.
Elizabeth, wife of Adam Shepherd, d. Sept. 18, 1852, aged 52 years and 6 months.
Adam Shepherd d. March 21st, 1845. Aged 49 years and 10 months.
Sacred to the memory of Our Uncle Benjamin son of Adam & Margaret Shepperd Died Sept. 22nd 1835 Aged 63 years 6 mo. & 22 days
Lidia, dau. of John & Margaret Boden, d. October 19th, 1834. Aged 25 years, 3 months and 8 days.
Margaret, wife of John Boden and dau. of Adam & Margaret Shepard, d. July 22nd, 1835. Aged 65 years, 4 months and 9 days.
Miss Rebecca Kirkendall, d. Aug. 28th, A.D. 1849. Aged 23 years, 4 months and 7 days.
Mary, dau. of William and Elizabeth Smith, d. August 28th, A.D. 1842, in the 2 1st year of her age.
William Smith d. March 22nd, A.D. 1841, in the 42nd year of his age.
Lois Hall, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Hazlehurst, b., in Charleston, S.C., July 27th, 1791 ; d., in Philadelphia, March 22nd, 1853.
Elizabeth, Wife of Robert Hazlehurst, d. December 21, 1831, in the 67th year of her age.
Sacred to the memory of The Rev. Benjamin Davis Winslow A.M. Assistant to the Rector of St. Mary's Church who died November 21 MDCCCXXXIX in the twenty-fifth year of his age looking unto Jesus
The Bishop of New Jersey to whom he was a son [Epitaph.]
Lucretia Greene Winslow, sister of the Reverend B. D. Winslow, d. September XXVII, MDCCCLIII. Aged XXXVII years.
Sarah Wallace, Dau. of The Rev. R. J. Germain & Henrietta Mary, his wife, d., at St. Mary's Hall, on the eve of Innocents' day, MDCCCLI, in the fifteenth year of her age.
Eliza Hewitt, relict of the late James Hewitt, b. March 28, 1779; d. Febry 20, 1867.
Isaac Austin d. Aug. 2. 1854. Aged 44 years.
Rachel, wife of Alexander A. Larzelere, b. Sept. 21, 1819; d. June 25, 1850.
Sarah, wife of Christian Larzelere, d. 16th of Oet' 1836, in the 65th year of her age.
Eliza P., wife of George R. Arnold, d. Nov. 23d, 1840, aged 51 years.
Mary Rhodes, third dau. of George R. & Eliza P. Arnold, d. February 27, 1840. Aged 20 years.
Charles, son of John & Rebecca Larzelere, d. January 4th, 1846, aged 31 years.
John Earl, Son of John & Rebecca Larzelere, d. February 12th, 1839, in the 22nd year of his age. John Larzelere d. May 12th, 1844, aged 68 Years. "For several years he was Mayor of This city."
William Henry Bishop, late of Boston, d. August 2nd, 1845. Aged 24 years.
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Mrs. Ann Pierce d. Aug. 5. 1853. Aged 77 years.
Henrietta, wife of A. W. Burns, b. June 1st, 1813; d. March 27th, 1855.
James H. Hammell d. Deer. 19, 1854. Aged 54 years.
Richard Blackwood d. April 19th, 1854. In the 54th year of his age.
[Large raised flat stone.] [Large raised flat stone.] Sacred to the memory of Nathan William Cole M.D. who was born December 14th 1777 and died July 18th 1848 Sacred to Rebecca Cole Wife of Nathan W. Cole M.D. and Daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Peace Born in Charleston S. C. August 22nd 1781 Loved and Lamented by the whole community Died August 13th 1851
[Epitaph.]
In practice in this City nearly fifty years he attained the highest eminence as a Physician and enjoyed the fullest confidence as a Man while in unwearied acts of kindness and benevolence he followed His footsteps who went about doing good.
Sarah Peace, Dau. of Dr. Nathan W. & Rebecca Cole, and wife of the Rev. Samuel Starr, d. July 23rd, 1844.
Cadwalader Lamaria, a teacher of Burlington College, d. November XII, MDCCCLIV. Aged XXLY years.
Rebecca, wife of Lewis T. Price, d. Oct. 29, 1854, in her 39th year.
Cornelia Van Sciver, 1765-1855.
John, son of Jacob & Susan Sapp, d. June 2, 1831. Aged 31 years and I month.
Eliza Fielding Sterling, wife of James H. Sterling, of this city, and Dau. of the late Christopher W. Fielding, of Dublin, Ireland, d. February 26th, 1851. In the 45th year of her age.
Caroline B. Winand d. Oct. 9th, A.D. 1855. Aged 48 years.
Bernard J. Malfeson d. Ist day of November, 1837, aged 85 years.
Edith Ann, wife of Elias Howell, d. July 17th, 1846. In the 64th year of her age.
Charles D., son of Peter & Harriet Vansciver, d. May 7th, 1850. Aged 16 years.
Catharine, wife of John W. Borden, d. Aug. 17th, 1854. In the 55th year of her age.
Elizabeth, widow of Frederick Lowden, d. June 8th, 1846. Aged SI years.
Jane Stiles d. January 5th, 1832. Aged 82 years.
Sarah R., wife of John Larzelere, d. July 7th, 1840, aged 23 years, 5 months and 29 days.
Hannah H. Knapp, wife of Gilbert Knapp, d. 20th of August, 1833, in the 33rd year of her age.
Mary Ann Carty, d. June 16th, A.D. 1848. Aged 95 years and i month.
John Ackerman d. May 15th, A. D. 1845. Aged 72 years.
Sarah C. Robardet d. May 19th, 1868. In the 934 year of her age.
Mary Ann, wife of Elmer Kelley, b. Feb. 27, [or 21], 1820; d. Jan. 4, 1854. Joseph E. Scott d. June 20th, 1850, in the 49th year of his age.
Emeline T. Scott d. Jan. 211, 1848, in the 22nd year of her age. Margaretta E. Scott d. Jan. 13th, 1848, in the 20th year of her age.
Deborah Scott, wife of Joseph E. Scott, b. Oct. 4, 1803; d. Nov. 26, 1875.
Anna, wife of Samuel W. Earl, d. April 5th, 1840, aged 59 years. Asa Kelley b. January 6th, 1788; d. April 2nd, 1834.
Henry Schroeder d. Aug. 22, 1837; and Maria Magdalena, wife of Henry Schroeder, d. Dec. 23, 1852.
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Mary Ann Higbee b. November 25th, 1802; d. November 15th, 1852. James R. Milnor, son of Thomas & M. Milnor, b. Jan. 9th, 1833; d. Dec. 5th, 1855. William Milnor b. June 26, 1769; d. Dec. 13th, 1848. Ann P. Milnor b. Feb. 17th, 1800; d. Jan. 25th, 1823. James R. Milnor b. May 1st, 1806; d. Oct. 28th, 1827.
Isaac B. Milnor b. Aug. 16th, 1812; d. April 27th, 1849.
Thomas Milnor b. Jan. 13th, 1804; d. March 16th, 1868.
Marianne, wife of Thomas Milnor, b. June 20th, 1807; d. Oct. 28th, 1880.
Matthew Pope Mitchell, b., in Yorktown, Virginia, March 18, 1794; d., in Philadelphia, Jan. 24, 1851. Fanny Mc Ilvaine, Dau. of Frederick and Mary Engle, d. February 3, 1855. Aged 18. John Shedaker, Son of Jacob & Mary Shedaker, d. Jan. 18th, 1854, aged 53 years and 6 days. Joseph Wells, d. Oct' roth, 1834. Aged 26 years.
Elizabeth, wife of John Galagher and Dau. of W'm & Eliza Shedaker, b., in Penn., May 27th, 1744; d., in this City, Sept. 5, 1845.
Jacob Shedaker d. Feb. 5th, 1849. In the 73rd year of his age.
William Me Ilvaine, Son of William & Mary Mc Ilvainc, b. May 2, 1786; d. August 9, 1854. William Mc Murtrie b. March 29th, 1787; d. March 23rd, 1836. Aged 48 years. Emily Mc Murtrie b. July 23rd, 1824; d. Feby. 25th, 1843, aged 19 years. Anthony James Morris Shober d. June 20th, 1849.
THE FIRST TOWN BOOK OF MIDDLETOWN, N. J.
The records of Middletown, Monmouth County, N. J., consist of five volumes, viz .: The First Town Book, 1667-1695; The Second Town Book, 1699-1800; a book of "Estrays," 1731-1851; a book of "Cattle Marks," 1699-1853, and the "Town Poor Book."
They have had many vicissitudes. The first volume had been unheard of for years when it was discovered by Gov. Joel Parker. While in his possession, in 1880, I made my copy, which is here reproduced verbatim ct literatim. Subsequently it was returned by him to the town officials, and has again been lost .*
At various times I have seen all these volumes, but now the most diligent inquiry only reveals the whereabouts of two, viz. : the book of " Estrays " and the book of "Cattle Marks."
The First Town Book is probably the oldest document of any size in the State of New Jersey, and possibly with one exception, (Newark), is the only perfect record of any settle- ment on the original Nicolls' patent, most of the records of the towns on this land grant having either been lost or much mutilated.
Between December, 1664, and December, 1666, the settlement of Elizabethtown, Mid- dletown, Shrewsbury, Woodbridge, Piscataway and Newark, was effected by English people who came from Long Island and New England. The Dutch who held these lands prior to 1664, defeated all attempts to settle in this region by burdensome restrictions. When, how- ever, the Dutch were overthrown and the English became supreme, Nicolls, the Governor of the Province and representative of its owner, James, Duke of York, granted two patents, which, from their liberal character, drew many settlers to this tract of land. These grants were known as the Elizabethtown and Monmouth Patents and within their limits grew the towns above enumerated.
After a brief ownership the Duke of York conveyed to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret that portion of his domain which included these grants from Nicolls. Though this transfer from the Duke of York to the Proprietors was made at a date anterior to Governor Nicolls' patents, no news of the transaction had reached this country. The patents were ap- plied for, issued and received in good faith by both parties, and no questions arose concerning their validity until the settlers had located themselves upon their grants and had further ex- tinguished the Indian titles to the lands.
In the meanwhile the divided domain was represented by two Governors, Nicolls ruling for the Duke of York, and Philip Carteret for the New Jersey Proprietors. The latter soon
* In 1903 this book had not been found, nor had it been seen since 1884, when it was in the possession of Edward Hartshorne, Esq., now deceased, by whom it may have been loaned to others. The statement made in Ellis' History of Monmouth Co., N. J., that their quotations were made directly from this book is an error, Mr. Hartshorne assuring me that the compilers of this book had only been shown this valuable record, which is proven, as they have copied such typographical errors as were made by the Monmouth Democrat in printing my original manuscript.
Edward Tartte's writing fills the first fifty-nine pages of the book, 1667-1674. Signatures of James Mills and W'm Lawrence, John Wilson, Mordecai Gibbons, Benjamin Stout, Jon" Stout, Wm Lawrence, Jr., James Bowne, Richard Hartshorne, James Grover and others appear.
Some of the clerks
" most worthy men handier with the ax than pen "
rather than struggle with the entries, secured Tartte to do the clerical work and simply put their names thereto. Some who did not employ him would have been wiser had they followed the example of the others.
The surname Deuell now reads Devell, with the accent on the first syllable.
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commenced to exercise his prerogatives by enforcing taxation and creating laws which in- fringed the rights of the settlers under the Nicolls' charter. They rebelled promptly and in retaliation the validity of their land titles was questioned by Carteret who declared that they were null and void from being issued at a date later than the Duke's transfer to the Proprie- tors; that the Duke, represented by his agent, Nicolls, could not sell that which he did not own. On the other hand the settlers maintained that Nicolls' acts were legal, he being vested with governing power until relieved or stayed by an official notice to the contrary; and that. while he was superseded in England by the date of Carteret's commission, he was still the head of the government in New York, until his successor arrived, and his acts during this time were binding, especially as he lacked any knowledge of the Duke's conveyance to the Pro- prietors. This dispute was waged for many years and it is upon this interesting period in New Jersey State history that the old town book sheds much light.
JOHN E. STILLWELL.
THE TOWN BOOK OF
MIDDLETOWN.
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December: 30: 1667 The lotts of Middleton all layd out being numbered thirty-six : begining at the west end upon the south side with number one and ending at the west end north side with number one and ending at the west end north side with number thirty-six * The south side
John Rucman : Num: 1
Job Throckmorton .22
Edward Tartte.
2
James Ashton . .
23
John Wilson
3
John Throckmorton.
2.4
Walter Wall
4
William Goulding
William Reape. 25
26
Richard Stoutt.
6
Edward Smith.
27
Richard Gibbins.
7
John Bowne. . 28
Thomas Cox.
8
Beniamen Burden. 29
Samuell Spicer. 30
George Mount.
IO
William Lawrence.
Daniell Estall .. 31
32
Anthony Page.
12
Robert Jones.
33
Samuel Holeman.
13
Thomas Whitlock.
34
William Laiton. 1.4
Richard Sadler.
35
William Compton. 15
James Grover.
36
James Grover 16
17
Ded Me
Samuell Spicer.
18
Bot
John Stoutt
19
Obadiah Hulmes.
20
Beniamen Deuell.
21
Dec 31 1667
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It is ordered and Agreed unto that James Grover shall take a survay of the land that is to bee laid outt and to lay it out in to lotts: and likewise Richard Stoutt and James Ashton are chosen to asist him in doing of the same.
The lotts that are in the Poplar feild and mountany feild are numbered as followith be- gining at the west end upon the south side
John Smith.
5
Jonathan Ilulmes
9
William Chesman
Steven Arnold.
[Torn off]
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Richard Sadler.
I
William Lawrence. 28
William Reape.
2
Daniell Estall .. . 20
John Rucman. 3
Thomas Whitlocke.
4
John Stoutt. 5
Obadiah Hulmes.
6
Jonathan Hulmes.
7
James Ashton.
8
John Bownc.
9
Beniamen Deuell
IO
Edward Smith.
İ I
Richard Stoutt.
12
Samuell Holeman
13
William Compton
14
Anthony Page. .31
Walter Wall. .32
John Smith. .33
Richard Gibbins. 17
John Throckmorton
18
Robert Jones. 35
George Mount. 19
Job Throckmorton. 36
John Wilson. 20
Thomas Cocks. .21
William Chesman. . 22
Beniamen Burden. 23
Samuell Spicer. 24
James Grover junior. 25
Steven Arnold.
26
William Golding.
27
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January 6th 1667 At a court holden in the towne of Middleton consisting of Richard Gibbins: Constable: william Lawrence Jonathan Hulmes: overseers It is ordered That all fences shall be made sufficient by the 15th of Aprill next uppon the penalty of 6 pence a rod that shall bee found defective: it is likewise to bee understood that all fences shall be foure ffoot and 3 inches high at the least *
* It is likewise ordered That noe person whatsoever shall fell timber uppon any mans land that is laid out yet every man that hath ffalln any tim- ber that is in any mans lott hath liberty to take it away in three months Ordered That if any one shall ffell timber uppon the common and shall lett it laye three monts it shall bee lawfull ffor
any one to make use of it: provided it bee neither Hewed nor cloven *
* Concerning wolvs It is ordered that if any one shall kill a wolfe hee shall have twenty schillings for his paines all soc if any Indian shall kill a wolfe and bring the head to the constable: The Indian soe doing shall have for his reward Twenty gilders provided it can bee dicerned that it killd within ten miles of the towne : : this order is disanulled concerning the paiment of 20 gilders to Indias Overseers for the ffences John Wilson and Thomas Cocks are chosen overseers of the fence for this yeare
Testis James Grover Towne clerke
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These lotts have a private cartway: runs thereon from the west end to the cast end : wch way is two rods: broad: running cast: northeast nearest: the lotts turning from the said way south and by east: and one the north side: north by west: other two lotts lie at the southeast corner of the poplar ffcild: and other 5 lotts: are by choncsis supus Run.
William Laiton. .30
James Grover senior.
15
Samuell Spicer
16
Edward Tartt.
34
Aprill: 21: 1668 it is mutually agreed by the maior partt of the inhabitants this day as- sembled to gether in a legall towne meeting: that the ffull and whole agitation about amill building bee wholly reffered to Richard Gibbins: Richard Stoutt: William Lawrence and Jonathan Hulmes wholly to agitate with Robert Jones: concerning giving and taking land as all, soe in disposing the townes former grant to the said Jones as first 3 hundred gilders in Seawan : 2d the drawing of the whole mass of timber pertaining to his house and mill: 3d and the use of a towne share of land keeping his mill in repaier for the townes use: 4th and ten
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acres of upland adioyning to the mill 5th: and Helpe to raise the worke when it is framed : 6th and the twelfe bushell tolle: all wch is granted to the above sayd Jones in consideration of his building a mill and keeping her in repayre for the townes use at the place commonly called and knowne by the natives of the countrey Choncis sepus * *
Testis Edward Tartt deputed clerke for that present
Aprill 22 George Mount and Jonathan Hulmes were this day by the pluralitie of votes chosen deputies : to act in the generall assembly to be held at portland poynt * *
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