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Their second child, HUGH', bap. 27 Nov., 1563; m. - Coventry, who died ; m. 2 Elizabeth Bagshawe Thomkins, of the Parish ot St. Magnus, London. His will, dated 24 Jan. 1642-3, was proved at Ox. ford, Eng, 20 May, 1643. Removed from Great Milton to Sandford, where entries respecting his children are found [63].
By and w. he had ten children ; viz .: I ROBERT, b. 22 April, 1610, Sand- ford, Eng. His will, dated 29 Jan. 1652-3, was proved at London, by his brother Benjamin, 26 May, 1653. Probably died'unm. [63.] 2 SARAH, b 22 June, 1611, Sandford; was unm. 29 Jan. 1652-3, the date of her broth .: Robert's will. [64.] 3 MARIF, b. 20 Nov 1612, Sandford ; was named in her father's will, but not in that of her brother Robert. [65.] 4 J vwi.s. bap. 22 Sept. 1614, Sandford ; was bur. there, 28 Sept. 1614 5 How.tr, b. It March, 1615-16, Sandford ; emigrated to America ; married, Spring. field, Mass., 27 Oct. 1645, Mary Lewis. He was mentioned in his father's will. dated 20 Jan. 1642-3. [73]. 6 KATHERINE, b. 1 Nov. 1617. Sandford : probably died before 1643. 7 JAMES, bap. 22 Apr. 1619, Sand- ford : was buried there, 16 Mar. 1628-9. 8 ANNE, bap. 5 Aug. 1622, Sand- ford ; was buried there, 7 Dec. 1622. 9 ANNE, bap. 6 Nov. 1623, Sand- tord ; was buried 24 Sept. 1647, Great Milton, æ. 24. She was unmarried. [7[.] Dea. BENJAMIN', bap. 17 Mar. 1627-8, Sandford, Eng .: d. 24 Aug. 1689, Springfield, Mass. ; m. Windsor, Ct., 6 Nov. 1653, Sarah Vore, d. of Richard, of W. She d. 1 Jan. 1675-6, Springfield. He m. '2) in S., 21 Feb. 1676-7, Sarah Heald , [ Leonard], wid. of John. She m. 31 3 Nov. 1690, "The Worshipful l'eter Tilton," of Hadley, Mass .; and d. 23 Nov: 1711. From the time of his marriage to that of his' death.'Dea. Parsons held, with the exception of four years; some office of public trust in the town of Springfield. On the 26 May. 1653, he was in London aatt provedl his brother Robert's will. [74.] The children of Dea Benjaminhand Sarah Parsons were nine, of whom SAMUEL, h. 10.Oct, 1466, Springfied, Miss; d. 17 Feb. 1735-6, æ. 70, Enfield, Ct : m. 18.Mar. 1683, Hannah Hutchrock, b. 10 Sept. 1668, S., dau. of John and Hannah ( Hapin' of S" She d. in E., 17 July. 1748. He inherited his father's Power houseslot in' Springfield: removed from that town to Enfield; 1683.
They had ten children, of whom the third was JOHN, b.23 July. 1693. Enfield, Ct. : d. intestate, in Somer- Ct .; and . letters Of . administration were granted to his brother Nathaniel', 1_Mar. 1736-7. . He m. in E., 20 June, 1716, THANKFUL ROOT, a native of E,, b. is Nov. 1693, dan. of THOMAS and SARAH (DUMBLETON |LFOS\En]'of Westfield." She d. in E., 4 July, 1739. [162.] They had seven children, of whom JOHN'. was born, 29 April, 1724, d. 14 March, 1760. He married to Ypr. 1747 Elizabeth Barnett, of Windsor Conn., by whom he had i, JAMES b. g Oct., 1748, first above named ; 2 Elizabeth', b. 12 Aug., 1750, m, Jola YOUNG ; 3. Sila' h. 9 Ap., 1752, m. Joshua LEACH ; 4, Jolmn', h Jan 26, 1754: 5, Olives, b. 4 Oct., 1755: 6, Offer", b. 22 Nov 1;56. JOHN' m and w., Ruth Ward, [Parsons] by whom he had John'. b. o Vanil, 1700. and Lucy", b. 3 Aug. 1;62, who m. Dr. Christopher WOLCOTT, grandson of Gov. Roger Wolcott, of Conn.
In 1634, in the lifetime of THOMAS' PARSONS, the Herald- m.uue their visitation of Oxfordshire, and his pedigree was attested and viene. by him, accepted by the Heralds and placed upon record ; while his right to bear arms, tricked upon the pedigree, was thus legally recognized ; and as the pedigree so recorded contained the names of his father and brothers, their right and that of their descendants to bear arms was acknowledged It is proper to add that in a later visitation, that of 1669, of which only the original exists at the Heralds' College in London. the pedigree and arms are repeated This matter may. therefore, he re: garded as definitely settled. A copy of the shield and crest is seen alsove [ For full records of all the descendants of Deacon Bemamm l'arsons. early settler of Springfield. Mass., in male and female lines, see the manu, script PARSONS MEMORIAL, tully ready for publication, to the serid numbers of which the figures in brackets refer |
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. Mrs. Hannah (Thelpe) PARSONS was born 2 Hi pt., 1:44, at Windsor, Conn. ; and died 20 March, 1811, at Kingelwro, N Y.
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THE HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.
THE TOWN OF BLEECKER.
Bleecker is the central of the northern tier of towns of Fulton county. It was taken from Johnstown on the 4th of April, 1831; a portion was re- annexed in 1841, and in 1842 a part was taken off and annexed to Caroga, on the west, leaving the town nearly square. The surface is a mountain- ous upland, with ledges of rocks cropping out in almost every section of the town. Some of the highest points rise to the height of two thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea. Stony creek is the principal stream of the town, taking its rise in the south-western part, and running in a north-easterly direction into Hamilton county. It is fed by smaller streams, and is used by lumbermen for the purpose of floating logs to the Sacondaga, into which it empties, and by which they are carried to the lumber mills at Glen's Falls and Fort Edward on the Hudson. There are seven lakes or ponds in the town, the principal of which are Chase's lake, in the northern part, Woodworth's, in the south-eastern corner, and what is called Peck's Pond, in the south-western corner of the town.
For many years lumbering and tanning have been carried on very exten- sively, until at the present time the forests are comparatively stripped of valuable timber; two or three firms, however, still do quite an extensive business in both tanning and lumbering. There are at present eleven saw- mills and two tanneries in the town. There are also two hotels, four stores, and two small establishments dealing in wet groceries.
Six school districts, with competent teachers, comprise the educational department of the town. Its religious interests are cared for by the Meth- odist, Lutheran, Roman Catholic and "Christian " denominations, A large majority of the population are Germans; for a few years past they, with a few others, have turned their attention to farming, which to-day is taking the place of the leading industries of former days. The town comprises an area of 36,898 acres of land, according to the assessor's report for 1877, and the assessed value of the real estate for the same year was $55, 155. The aggregate tax raised for 1877 was $1,731.57. Bleecker derives its name from Barent Bleecker, who, in company with Messrs. Glen and Lan- sing, purchased a tract of land covering a large portion of this town, April 4, 1793. Chase's and Mayfield patents cover the rest of the town, the former dated March 23, 1792, and the latter June 27, 1770. Of Chase and his purchase Mr. Simms speaks as follows in his " Trappers of New York ":
"Wm. Chase, the patentee, was in early life a sea captain, and in the Revolution became an American privateer. He was captured and taken to Europe, and while there visited France. After the war he removed from Providence, Rhode Island, to Hoosick, New York. At the latter place he built a bridge, by constructing which he was enabled to purchase some 12,000 acres of land in the western part of Fulton county. A large tract of land adjoining his, and which Chase intended to buy, was subsequently sold in Albany by auction, and was purchased by Barent Bleecker, Corne- lius Glen and Abraham G. Lansing. It was known as Bleecker and Lan- sing's patent. Failing to secure this tract of land, on which he seems to have set his affections, Capt. Chase was heard to exclaim, with an oath, 'I would rather have lost my right in heaven than a title to this soil.'"
An Indian trail ran through the town, from south to north, passing through what is now Bleecker village, past Pine tannery in the north, and so on into Hamilton county. For a number of years Lindley's Corners, near the centre of the town, was also the business centre. Subsequently the Bleecker tannery, near the south line of the town, was built by a Van- kee firni, Richards & Co., and gathered around it the hamlet known as Bleecker village, which attracted the business of the town to that point. .
EARLY SETTLERS.
The pioneers of Bleecker settled in the territory of the town while it was
a part of Johnstown. Among those who found themselves in Bleecker when the division was made were James Morse, William Rood, Hiram Lindsley, William Eglan, Gad Hamilton and others, mostly from New England. They settled here about the year eighteen hundred. Soon after others began to make this their home, being the prominent men of the town in their day ;- John Donaldson, William Bowler, Henry Lippart, and a few others, form the link between the first settlers and the present inhab- itants of the town.
INDUSTRIAL, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL BEGINNINGS.
The first grist-mill was built by William Chase soon after his patent was granted. It was located a little east of Lindley's Corners, on a branch of West Stony creek, and went to decay many years ago.
At present there is no custom grist-mill in the town, and the inhabitants are under the necessity of going to Gloversville for their milling. Mr. John Peters, one of the principal lumbermen in the town, has a feed mill, run for his own accommodation.
The first house of unhewn logs in the town, according to tradition, was built by early settlers at Lindley's Corners. The first hewn log house was built by Martin Hopfield, on the old Caroga road, west from Lindley > Corners. The first frame house was built where John M. Peters now lives, at Lindley's Corners. The first brick house, and the only one in the town, was built in 1874, by Joseph Holler, in the western part of the town, near the Caroga line.
The oldest grave-yard in the town is on the flat just north of Lindley's.
The first school-house in the town was built at or near Eastman's, near the line of Hamilton county, in 1824, chiefly through the influence of Joseph Eastman.
The first saw-mill was built on a stream that empties into Stony creek above Lindley's Corners, and called " Barlow's mill."
The town is divided into six school districts, and the school-houses are located as follows : number one, at lindley's Corners ; number two, near the hotel of Michael Heintz, south of the center of the town ; number three, at Bleecker village, where the first teacher was Nancy Foot ; number four, on the western side of the town-here the first teacher was Aseneth Greenfield ; number five, at Pine Tannery, and number six, at Smith & Deming's tannery.
The first tannery in the town was built by William I. Bellinger and others, at what is now called Bleecker village, and went to decay twenty years ago.
Burr & Co. built a cabinet-ware factory on the stream below the t.in- nery at the village, and operated it for several years, when it was abandoned and fell into decay.
The first store in the town was built and managed by Richards & H.un- lin, in connection with their tannery at Bleecker.
The first tavern was kept by S. S. Eastman, near the south line of the town, where Mr. Bussey now keeps a hotel.
The first blacksmith shop was built and operated by Gad Hamilton. north of Lindley's Corners.
Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. King, and Mrs. Whitney, were the first ladies in the town who made a business of weaving for their neighbors.
The first preachers in the town were Rev. Messrs. Goss and Hurd, who ministered to the old Northampton Methodist circuit, which is now in the Saratoga district of the Troy Conference. They preached at Lindley's Corners once in two weeks, alternating They traveled on horseback, a>
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CHURCHES OF BLEECKER-OFFICERS OF THE TOWN.
at that date buggies, plank roads, and even turnpikes were not in fashion. There is only one post office in the town ; it was established about 1844 at Bleecker village, with E. A. Campbell as post master. Hiram Vanden- burgh is the present incumbent.
VILLAGES.
Bleecker is the only village deserving the name, Mr. Isaac Van Nos- trand formerly owned the land upon which it stands. The village contains a botel, a brewery, a church, a school-house, two saw-mills, a store, a broom handle factory, six blacksmith shops, and twenty-three dwellings. The men who have lived here longest are, John Donaldson and Hiram Vandenburgh.
There is a little hamlet at Heintz's, near the center of the town, and another at Smith & Deming's tannery, in the northeastern part of the town. Pine tannery, and Smith & Deming's, are the only ones now doing business in the towo.
CHURCHES IN BLEECKER.
The "Christian " denomination owns no church property in the town, but its members hold their services in the school-house of district No. 1. at Lindley's Corners. The society is very small, and depends largely upon assistance from the outside for support. Rev. Mr. Styles is e present very efficient pastor.
The "Evangelical Methodist church " is the oldest in the town, having been organized in 1850. The church edifice is a frame building, about thirty by forty, and located some three miles north of Bleecker village, on the old plank road. The society is composed of Germans, and is self-sup- porting.
A Presbyterian church was built in 1855 at Bleecker village, with Rev. Abijah Green as pastor. The church edifice was of wood, about thirty by fifty, neatly and substantially finished, and furnished in modern style. After struggling for nineteen years against obstacles and discouragements, the society, in 1874, leased the church property to Hiram Vandenburgh, for a term of ninety-nine years, and for the sum of one dollar; it was soon turned over to and occupied by the Methodist Episcopal society.
A Roman Catholic church stands four miles northwest of Bleecker vil- lage. It was built of wood. 30 by 40 feet, in 1858. Services are held monthly.
The Lutheran church, located two miles northwest of Bleecker, on the old plank road, an edifice of wood, about twenty-five by thirty-five feet, was built in 1862. The society is small, and has preaching only once a month.
The Methodist Episcopal society which worships at Bleecker village owns and occupies the church property formerly held by the Presbyterians. It is valued at $2,500. The membership is thirty-five. Rev. Edwin Genge was the first pastor, and was followed by Revs. Messrs. Coons, l'owell, Taylor, and Amos Osborn, the present pastor. The Sunday-school con- nected with this church, under the lead of Hiram Vandenburgh, is in a prosperous condition. The average attendance is about fifty; there are one hundred volumes in the library. Another school, at Lindley's Cor- ners, under the auspices of this society, is largely attended both summer and winter.
TOWN RECORDS.
The records of this town are in a fair condition, and from them we cull a few items of interest:
September 8th, 1831, James Leslie gave a deed of one acre of land to Nicholas Stoner, John Mead, and Jacob Mead, trustees of school district No. 4, for school purposes.
Road district NNo. I was laid out to begin "at the west line of John Bovee; thence east to Briah Bierd's bars, in front of his house. District No. z begins at Briah Bierd's bars, and thence westerly, and ends at Elijah Lindsley's barn."
The first road laid out by the commissioners of highways was defined, November 12th, 1831, as beginning at the State road, "four chains north- erly from Isaac Van Nostrand's, and running to the road laid out by Mr. Burr's house." This road changes its course about twenty-five times.
The expenses of the supervisor for the town in 1832 were $7.42.
The record of the first town meeting held in Bleecker sets forth that : "at a town meeting held at the house of Gad Hamilton, on the first Tuesday
of May, 1831, in and for the town of Bleecker, pursuant to an act to erect the town of Bleecker, in the County of Montgomery, passed the 4th day of April, 1831, the following persons were severally elected to the following offices, to wit : To the office of supervisor, Isaac Van Nostrand ; town clerk, Jonathan Dean ; justices of the peace-Jonathan Dean, William Lindsley, John Mead, Joseph Eastman ; assessors-Amasa Stevens, Eph- raim Lindsley, Joseph Eastman ; commissioners of highways-John Mead, Elijah Lindsley, Othniel Allen ; overseers of poor-Richard Hart, Joseph Eastman ; collector, Daniel Mead ; commissioners of common schools- Lodewick P. Stevens, Rilas Eastman, Eli R. Burr ; inspectors of schools -Amasa Stevens, Joseph Eastman, Elijah Lindsley ; constables-James Leslie, jr., Daniel Mead, Elijah Lindsley, Adam Long."
It was resolved that fence-viewers have 75 cents per day, and that $30 be raised for school money. This opening record closes as follows : "Given under our hands the first Tuesday of May (being the third day , in the year 1831. Jonathan Dean, town clerk ; Aaron Hasing, justice of the peace of Johnstown."
The following is a full list of supervisors and town clerks, from the or- ganization of the town to the present time.
SUPERVISORS.
1831, Isaac Van Nostrand ; 1832-4, Artois Hamilton ; 1835, William J. Bellinger ; 1836-7, Garret A. Newkirk ; 1838, Jonathan Dean ; 1839-41. Garret A. Newkirk ; 1842-4, Benjamin K. Eaton ; 1845, David Foote ; 1846, William Bowler ; 1847, David Foote ; 1848-9, William Bowler ; 1850-1, Samuel W. Odell; 1852, Truman Enos; 1853-4, Eugene W. Enos; 1855, Robert Campbell; 1856, Zachariah J. Smith; 1857, Eugene W. Enos: 1858, Theron A. Hamlin; 1859, Eugene W. Enos; 1860, Joseph C. Zeyst; 1861, George A. Burr; 1862-4, Marshall G. Hunt; 1865-7, John M. Peters; 1868, Marshall G. Hunt ; 1869, John M. Peters ; 1870-1, M. G Hunt ; 1872-4, Hiram Denning : 1875-8, Charles Bowler.
TOWN CLERKS.
1831, Jonathan Dean; 1832, Jacob Spaulding; 1833-4, William J. Bel- linger ; 1835-6, William W. Collins ; 1837, Jonathan Dean ; 1836, James Mckinlay ; 1839-40, William Conine : 1841, Willard C. Wright : 1842, Robert A. Van Nest; 1843, W. C. Wright; 1844-5, Ephraim A. Campbell: 1846-7, W. C. Wright ; 1848-9, John D. Yenney ; 1850, W. C. Wright : 1851, Z. J. Smith ; 1852-3, John Rychen, jr. ; 1854, P. O. Belding : 1855. M. Van Steenburgh ; 1856, John Meyer : 1857-8, Isacher R. Ford : 1859. Joseph Zeyst ; 1860, M. Van Steenburgh ; 1861, Hiram Vandenburgh : 1862, John H. Smith ; 1863, John Meyer : 1864. Daniel Doice ; 1865, M. G. Hunt; 1866-9, John Meyer; 1870-1, Hiram Vandenburgh; 1872, Wal- lace Yost; 1873, J. H. Smith; 1874-5, August Ernst ; 1876, John Meyer: 1877-8, Francis L'nger.
BIOGRAPHICAL ..
HIRAM VANDENBURGH is a native of Northumberland, Saratoga C'o, N. Y., and was horn in the year 1832. He is now the largest lumber dealer in this lumber district. He employs a large number of men and teams the year round. He has two mills near his residence in Bleecker village, where he manufactures nearly or quite one and a half million feet of lumber and timber annually, which is nearly all drawn to Gloversville, and shipped to different parts of the State. He also manufactures large quantities of lath and broom handles, which find ready sale in the districts where they are used. He pays cash, thereby giving his men the advantage over credit customers at the stores. He has held important town offire-, among them the supervisorship of the town. He bears a large share of the burdens of the Methodist church, to which he belongs.
HIRAM DEMING was born in the town of Day, Saratoga county, about the year 1840, His early education was limited to the common schools of that day. In 1867-8 Mr. Deming located in Bleecker, and engaged in lumbering and tanning. He is doing a very large business, especially in the tanning of sole leather. Against his wishes he has served three terms in the board of supervisors of this county, to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.
WILLIAM H. BOWLER is a tanner by trade, and was born in Bleecker in or about 1841. He has worked his way up through all the grades of tan- ning, until he has become an expert in the business and has a high repu- tation in the art of converting the raw material into first class sole leather.
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THE HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.
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THE TOWN OF BROADALBIN.
Broadalbin is one of the first towns organized in the present county of Fulton, having been formed from a portion of Caughnawaga, March 12th, 1793. To Daniel Melntyre, an ante-revolutionary pioneer, who resided near what is now Perth Center, is ascribed the honor of naming it, after his native place in Scotland. It originally embraced the town of North- ampton and the northeastern part of Perth; the former being taken off February ist, 1799, and the latter February 17th, 1842. It is bounded by Northampton on the north, Saratoga county on the east, Perth on the south, and Mayfield on the west. It contains an area of 24, 104 acres, most of which is susceptible of cultivation. The principal part of its sur- face is gently undulating. The northern portion of the town is embraced in the "Sacondaga Vlaie," a traet of level, marshy land containing about 12,000 acres, which is, every spring, overflowed with water from three to eight feet deep. The soil is mostly a light sandy loam. It is abundantly watered by numerous creeks and small streams flowing in all directions throughout the town, chief among which is Kennyetto creek-often, incor- rectly, called Fly creek, Fonda's creek, and sometimes the Little Sacon- daga. The name " Kennyetto " is of aboriginal origin; the literal mean- ing of it is said to be "Snake trying to swallow its tail." The creek was thus named from the fact that, after rising in Greenfield, Saratoga county, near Maxon hill, and running across Broadalbin into Mayfield, it returns and enters the Sacondaga river at the Fish House, not more than three miles from its source. The Chuctenunda creek crosses the southeast corner of the town, and Mayfield creek the northwest corner. French- man's creek-so called because a Frenchman named Joseph De Golyer located at an early day on its banks, near North Broadalbin-flows in a northwesterly direction nearly across the town, and discharges into Ken- nyetto creek. Hons's creek also flows across the northeastern part of the town. This stream received its name from the following circumstance, as related by Simms in his " Trappers of New York:" "Sir William Johnson and John Conyne were fishing for trout in the mouth of this stream, when, as Conyne was standing up, an unexpected lurch of the boat sent him foundering in the water. He shipped a sea or two, as the sailor would say, before he was rescued by his companion from a watery grave. Sir William not only had a hearty laugh over it then, but otten afterwards when telling how Conyne plunged into the water to seek for trout. Hons being the Dutch for John, and the familiar name by which Sir William called his companion, in relating the incident," the stream has ever since been called by that name.
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This town is embraced in the Kayaderosseras, Sacondaga and Glen patents, the former of which was among the first granted by the English colonial government in this part of the State, having been issued to Nanning Hermanse and others November 2d. 1708. Daniel Campbell, of Schenectady, came into possession of several thousand acres of the Kayaderosseras and Glen patents in this town, which be divided into small tracts and, in the latter part of the last century, granted perpetual leases to actual settlers for an annual rental according to the size of the farm. Some of these lands are still hell under the original lease, but most of the occupants have purchased the leasehold interest and own their farms in fee simple.
The population of the town in 1875 was 2,420. The number of taxable inhabitants in 1876 was 514. The equalized valuation of real estate in 1877 was $242,860. The assessed valuation of personal property in 1877 was $19,950.
ORGANIZING THE TOWN.
It appears from the early records that the first town meeting. on ac-
count of some informality, was decided to be illegal; consequently the names of those elected at that time were not recorded. The first town . meeting considered strictly formal was held at the house of Daniel McIntyre, on Tuesday, April rst, 1794, and resulted in the election of the following officers: Peter V. Veeder, supervisor; Alexander Murray, town clerk; John McNiel, James Kennedy and Joshua Maxon, assessors; Cal- vin Young, Allen Whitman and Alexander Murray, commissioners of high- way; Daniel MeIntyre and John Blair, overseers of the poor; James Ken- nedy, Joshua Briggs and Aaron Olmstead, constables; James Kennedy. collector ; John McNeil, Esq., and Nathaniel Perkins, pound masters; Moses Elwell, hog reeve, and 28 overseers of highway. The excise com- missioners for that year were Peter V. Veeder, Daniel McIntyre and Alex- ander Murray, who granted licenses "for keeping inns or taverns " to Samuel Demarest, Alexander Murray and 14 others, each paying the sum of £2. On April 6th, 1813, James Ford, Duncan McMartin, jr., and Thomas Bicknall were elected as the first school commissioners, and James Sumner, Edmund G. Rawson, John Thompson, jr., and James Motfit, ir . the first school inspectors of Broadalbin. By the above board of st lou! commissioners the town was divided, December 29th, 1813, into 11 school districts, one of which was fractional. Two additional districts have since been created, making the present number 13, with 12 school-houses in the town, and 856 scholars who draw public money. The present town offt. cers are: James T. Bradford, supervisor; F. G. Hawley, town clerk; Wil liam Smith and D. M. Reddish, justices of the peace; Archibald Robert- son, James P. MeFarlan and S. D. Demarest, assessors; Oliver P'. I.en !. William H. Halladay, James B. Chapman, town auditors; John Chaise. collector; Nicholas Smith, commissioner of highway; and five constables
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