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Mr. Zachariah Bicknell was allowed 18s. for serving as a trustee (of bank) for two years, 14s. for the use of school room in his house, 1728, 20 shillings for school room, 1729, and 15s. for keeping Mr. Heath's horse.
1731.
Josiah Humphrey, moderator and town clerk ; Matthew Allin, Joseph Allen, and Josiah Humphrey, selectmen and assessors ; Ebenezer Allen, town treasurer;
Voted, that the selectmen "provide the stuff to repair the bridge called Myles bridge, and get a workman to put it up," cost of the same £13, 13s.
Voted, that the town hire a schoolmaster, four months and raise £46 to pay for the same.
Thomas Swift was allowed three shillings for mending the stocks. Nathaniel Peck was allowed 15s. " for keeping school in his house."
1732.
Josiah Humphrey, moderator and town clerk ; Lieut. Mat- thew Allin, Joseph Allen, and Josiah Humphrey, selectmen
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and assessors; Ebenezer Allen, town treasurer; Oliver Brown and Joseph Kent, constables ; Deacon Peck, John Read, and Samuel Kent, surveyors. Voted, "that swine may go at large within the bounds of this town."
Voted, that Mr. Peleg Heath's salary be paid £60 on the Ioth of March, and £60 more on the 9th of September, annually. £5 was voted for standard weights and meas- ures.
I733.
Lieut. James Adams and Capt. Allen, moderators; same selectmen as in 1732 ; Josiah Humphrey, town clerk ; Zach- ariah' Bicknell, town treasurer; Isaac Brown and Josiah Bowen, constables ; John Read, Joseph Chaffee, and Eben- ezer Guernsey, surveyors ; James Bicknell and Philip Short, fence viewers;
Voted, to hire a schoolmaster this year.
Voted, that swine may run at large.
School was kept at Nathaniel Viall's and Josiah Hum- phrey's, for which allowance was made. The great bridge (Myles) was completed, and bills.allowed to be paid. Capt Allen and Matthew Allin were paid for services as trustees of the bank money.
The town rate was £56, IIs., Iod. This is the first record of the total town tax for a single year.
1734.
Capt. Samuel Allen and Zachariah Bicknell, moderators ; Joseph Allen, Matthew Allin, and Josiah Humphrey, select- men and assessors ; Josiah Humphrey, town clerk ; Ebenezer Allen, town treasurer ; Samuel Humphrey and James Thomas, constables ; Dea. Nathaniel Peck and Elisha May, fence view- ers; Edward Luther, Peleg Richmond, and Ebenezer Adams, surveyors.
Voted, to allow hogs to go at large.
Voted, " to hire a schoolmaster eleven months this year ; that all the time school is kept on Phebe's Neck it be near the centre of the Neck."
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Voted, "that Eleazer Treadwell take care of the boys in the meeting-house on Sabbath days this year."
Voted, "that the town raise so much money as shall be needful to make up a town stock of amminition, and if none can be found in the town, then it was voted that the town will raise so much money as shall be needful to provide the whole towns stock."
December 7, 1734. A list of the people commonly called Anabaptists living in Barrington ; Samuel Barnes, Thomas Medbury, by Matthew Allin and Josiah Humphrey, asses- sors.
Peter Bicknell was allowed 30s. "for gathering the remains of Oliver Brown's Rates."
The town allowed "£4 towards the support of Indian Judey." Town rate this year £68, 4s., 6p.
I735.
Matthew Allin, moderator ; Matthew Allin, James Adams, and James Smith, Jun., selectmen and assessors; Ebenezer Allen, town clerk and treasurer ; Nathaniel Peck and Daniel Peck, constables ; Samuel Low, John Toogood, and Ebenezer Guernsey, surveyors.
Voted, " that swine may run at large."
Voted, " that the school shall be kept on New Meadow Neck three months, the latter end of the year."
Voted, "that the town will rebuild a part of the great bridge commonly called Myles bridge."
Voted, "that the selectmen hire the schoolmaster."
April 18. A list of persons commonly called Anabaptists living in Barrington : Ebenezer Guernsey, Josiah Kent, John Beatty, Samuel Barnes, Edward Luther, Joseph Clark, Dunkin Kelly, Thomas Medbury, Josiah Bowen, Ezra Ormsbee, James Thomas, Nicholas Thomas, Matthew Allin, Philip Short, Jr., Manassah Short, John Goff, John Webber.
Mr. Edward Luther was chosen a committee "to take
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care that the great bridge called Myles Bridge be rebuilded that is our part."
The town voted, "that it was not qualified by law to send a representative."
The assessors were allowed "six pounds for taking the valiashion of the town."
1736.
Lieut. Matthew Allin, moderator ; Matthew Allin, James Adams, and James Smith, selectmen and assessors ; Eben- ezer Allen, town clerk and treasurer ; Elisha May, Nathaniel Peck and Samuel Low, surveyors ; Joseph Allen and Thomas Viall, constables ; Philip Short, Jun., and Constant Viall, tything men ; William Read, hog-reeve ; Joshua Bicknell, pound keeper. Voted, " to hire a schoolmaster for the year and that the school be kept three months at Nathaniel Viall's, three months in the centre of the Neck, three months at the south end of the Neck (Phebe's) and three months on New Meadow Neck."
Voted, "that Capt. Thomas Davice (Davis) shall have the liberty to shut up the highway in his farm by gates, if the Court allow of it provided he allow and pay to the town three pounds a year for the benefit of the ferry for the space of three years."
This was probably the ferry across Barrington River to connect with Kelly's ferry across Warren or Swansea River.
Voted, " that the town would let John Kelly have the ferry for seven years for two pounds a year, if he will accept of it so and if not then the town will let it to another forthe same rent."
Edward Luther, Matthew Allin, and Nicholas Thomas were chosen a committee "to take the cair concerning the great bridge to see that it be builded," "to use their discre- tion how much to wharf out," and to hire the money at the :
town's charge. £67, 15s, 4d. was the cost of rebuilding. £56 was appropriated for a schoolmaster. Voted, to repair the old pound now standing.
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1737.
Lieut. Matthew Allin, moderator ; Lieut. Matthew Allin, James Adams, and James Smith, selectmen and assessors ; Ebenezer Allen, town clerk and treasurer; Nathaniel Peck and John Kelly, constables ; Edward Bosworth, Constant Viall, and Josiah Kent, surveyors ; Josiah Humphrey, sur- veyor of hemp and flax.
Voted, to hire a schoolmaster for nine months. Edward Bosworth, Ebenezer Allen, and Josiah Humphrey, school committee ; Matthew Watson and Seth Tiffany, constables.
Voted, hogs to run at large.
The Massachusetts Court passed the following order July 6, 1737, " As the bridge over River between Barrington & Swansea, (Myles Bridge) has been found very beneficial and heretofore hath been built by and maintained by the towns of Swansea & Barrington but of late has been neglected, and is become wholly useless, very much to the prejudice of the public, the Court orders Swansea and Barrington to build a good and substantial cart bridge across the said river, 2/3 to be done by Swansea and 13 by Barrington." The Barring- ton line at that time extended a considerable distance north of Barneysville on Palmer's River.
The town voted not to build a meeting-house ; also voted "that the treasurer should hire the money the Church min- ister shall draw out of Mr. Peleg Heath's salary."
Six shillings were paid Joseph Allen for mending the stocks.
Voted, " that the town would stand by James Thomas in the sute now in the law against Dan Bowen, Constable of Rehoboth."
Voted, " that the selectmen should go to Israel Sabin's and see in what condition they are in and take care for them and make provisions for them untill March meeting."
Benjamin Viall, James Adams and Edward Bosworth were chosen a Committee "to stake out a highway through Joshua Bicknell's farm where he shall direct them."
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Voted, "that the town clerk should get one or two quires of paper at the town's charge to be made into a book to enter deaths and births."
Forty pounds was voted for the schoolmaster.
James Allen was allowed nine shillings "to procure a box and a lock for the town to put the tickets in to draw the Jury."
1738.
Ebenezer Allen and Matthew Allin moderators; Matthew Allin, James Adams and James Smith, selectmen and as- sessors ; Ebenezer Allen, town clerk; Matthew Allin, town treasurer ; Samuel Barnes, Joshua Bicknell, and Edward Luther, surveyors ; John Adams and Joshua Smith, con- stables; Constant Viall and Joseph Viall, tythingmen ; Philip Short, hog-reeve.
February 6. Voted, "that the Rev. Peleg Heath shall preach at the house of Mr. Edward Bosworth's dwelling house until the town shall build a meeting house for the town," and James Adams, Edward Bosworth and James Smith were instructed to inform Mr. Heath " where he shall preach until the town hath built a meeting house."
March 2. Voted, to pay to the Rev. Peleg Heath the first half-year's salary and not to pay the last half-year's salary except he will comply with the vote of the town "to preach at the place the town hath appointed."
Messrs. Adams, Bosworth and Smith were chosen a Com- mittee to confer with Mr. Heath, who replied to the town, " that he would consider of it."
The boundary line was run out between the towns of Barrington and Rehoboth by the selectmen of the two towns.
The census showed twenty Anabaptists in 1737 and sev- enteen in 1738.
Swine may run at large this year.
Voted, to hire a schoolmaster for nine months and to hire Mr. John Webber to teach the school.
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Deacon Nathaniel Peck, Benjamin Viall and Daniel Peck were a Committee to examine the pound to see whether it be worth repairing, or a new one was needed.
Josiah Humphrey and Joshua Bicknell were chosen a Committee to rebuild the pound, and to hire a school- master.
Matthew Allin, town treasurer, was authorized to com- mence an action against Ebenezer Allen, the former town treasurer "for recovering the town's money that is in his hands."
Voted, " that the town allowed the selectmen should lay out two years rent of the ferry to provide ammunition for the town stock." Allowed Matthew Allen 19s, 8d, to be laid out for powder.
The selectmen were allowed ten pounds "to pay the charge they were at in the Supreme Court to vindicate a lawsuit Mr. Peleg Heath brought against the town."
Voted, "that the charges of the lawsuit should be put in a rate by itself and the Baptists should be exempt from paying any of said charges."
Voted, "that what money the Church minister should draw out of Mr. Peleg Heath's rate, should be put into the next minister's rate."
Voted, "not to raise the money to answer the execution that the Reverend Peleg Heath obtained against the town."
1739.
Lieut. Matthew Allin, moderator ; Matthew Allin, James Adams, and James Smith, selectmen and assessors ; Eben- ezer Allen, town clerk; Matthew Allin, town treasurer ; Nathl. Viall, Hezekiah Tiffany, and Ezra Ormsbee, surveyors ; Solomon Peck and Ebenezer Adams, constables ; Josiah Hum- phrey, James Smith, and Ebenezer Guernsey were chosen a committee " to view the highway down to the fery and to make report to the town at this meeting."
Voted, to hire a schoolmaster this year.
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Voted, " to raise £100 to defend the town against the exe- cution the Reverend Mr. Peleg Heath had obtained against it." also to allow "all reasonable charges that shall arise by imprisoning any person or persons for not discharging the said execution."
April 10. Mr. John Read, Mr. John Adams, and Mr. Heze- kiah Tiffany were chosen a committee or agents to represent the town at the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay to prefer a petition of the inhabitants of the town "by reason of an execution obtained by the Reverend Mr. Peleg Heath at the Superior Court of Judicatur last held at Bristol for said county of Bristol by reason whereof James Smith, Jun. and James Adams are now prisoners in his majesty's prison in Bristol, and to act for and in behalf of said town.
April 16. Messrs. John Read, John Adams, and Matthew Watson were made the Committee to go to Boston on the business of April 10.
Voted, that the town accept of a way through James Adams land leading to the ferry by two good gates allowing him to take in the highway on the north side of his land " untill he is molisted by Court or propriety." Voted, also " that the town accept of an open highway through Edward Bosworth's land and Jacob Bosworth's to a convenient place for keeping the ferry over to Mr. Samuel Millers." See chapter on Ferries and Bridges.
August 9. Voted, "that the selectmen should not give an order to the town treasurer to pay the Reverend Mr. Peleg Heath's salary £120 this present year seeing he still refuses to preach at the place the town hath appointed him at on the sixth day of February, 1737-8."
Voted, " to raise £15 to hire a schoolmaster three months."
Voted, " to give Nathaniel Peck and Peleg Richmond £14 to build a pound with stone, of twenty foot squair within the walls and five foot and a half high with a cap on the walls and with good white oak posts and the caps to be dovetailed in at each corner."
Josiah Humphrey was allowed £5 for keeping school one
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month. Voted, "to accept of the meeting-house, the propri- ety reserving the pews all ready to build and the pews rights that are already taken out, if the proprietors or owners of it will give it up."
Voted, " not to allow Matthew Watson the money he said he forget to lay before the town at the adjournment."
Messrs. Samuel Allen, Benjamin Viall, Josiah Humphrey. Nathaniel Peck, Joseph Allen, Jun., Constant Viall, Peleg Richmond, Davis Peck, Joseph Viall, Daniel Allen, Daniel Peck, Solomon Peck, entered a written protest against the votes requiring Rev. Peleg Heath "to preach at otherwhere than at the meeting house and such a meeting and practice being illegal," and also the keeping back or diminishing the one half of the Reverend Mr. Peleg Heath's salary.
Voted, "not to raise money to prosecute a lawsuit for James Smith and James Adams for being imprisoned by an execu- tion Mr. Peleg Heath obtained against the town."
Voted, to allow James Adams and James Smith £25 apiece, it being in full of all demands for their imprisonment at Bristol.
Lieut. Joseph Allen, Josiah Humphrey, and James Smith, Jun., were chosen a committee to answer Mr. Peleg Heath's petition at the General Court in Boston.
Joseph Allen, Jun., and Constant Viall were chosen "to take care to see if there be any deer killed contrary to law."
1740.
Lieut. Matthew Allin, moderator; Lieut. Joseph Allen, Matthew Allin, and Josiah Humphrey, selectmen and assessors ; Josiah Humphrey, town clerk ; Ebenezer Adams and Benjamin May, constables ; Matthew Allin, town treas- urer; Nathaniel Viall, James Brown, and Ebenezer Guern- sey, surveyors ; Ezra Ormsbee and Seth Tiffany, tything men.
Joseph Viall was chosen "to take care and keep good order in public worship on the Sabbath day."
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February II. Voted, " not to clear the Baptists from pay- ing their proportion of the charge that arises by an execu- tion Mr. Peleg Heath obtained against the town," also "not to clear the Baptists from paying to the minister's rate this year." On the IIth day of March the town "reconsidered and disannulled" both the above notes as to the Baptists.
Voted, " not to raise more money for an addition for the ministers salary this year for the Baptist minister."
Voted, " not to accept of the meeting-house as it is con- veyed to the town."
Voted, "to pay the Rev. Mr. Peleg Heath's tenth and eleventh years' salary."
Voted, "that the two years money the Church minister hath drawn out of the town treasury the last years (two years) out of Mr. Peleg Heath's salary should be made in a rate by itself."
Voted, " to accept of two hundred pound bond for the free- ing of Felix, (negro man.)"
May 21. On petition, the town voted, " to grant to Peleg Heath and his heirs thirteen feet long and ten feet wide of ground in the burying place at Princes Hill, so called in Barrington to build a tomb, where or near the place his deceased family now lies, to be for him and his heirs for- ever," " in the affirmative by every vote present."
November 21. Voted, "that the town concur with the vote of the Church in dismissing the Rev. Mr. Peleg Heath from being the minister of this town," and Capt. Joseph Allen, James Adams and John Adams were a committee to inform Rev. Mr. Peleg Heath of this town's vote."
December 4 The town voted, "to raise £100 to pay a minister or ministers to preach to this town."
Voted, " that Capt. Joseph Allen, John Adams, and Josiah Humphrey be a committee to provide the town with a min- ister or ministers to preach to the town as there shall be occasion."
Josiah Humphrey was chosen to take care of the meeting- house.
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Voted, " that what money the Church minister has drawn out and is to draw out shall be put in the next minister's rate."
The assessors returned seventeen Anabaptists in towns.
1741.
Matthew Allin, moderator and town treasurer ; Matthew Allen, Jabez Brown, and Josiah Humphrey, selectmen and assessors ; Josiah Humphrey, town clerk ; Edward Luther and Joseph Allen, 2d, constables ; Nathaniel Viall, James Brown, and Ebenezer Guernsey, surveyors ; Capt. Joseph Allen, Ebenezer Guernsey, and Joseph Viall were made a committee "to search the records concerning the point of land on New Meadow Neck and report."
May 22. Captain Joseph Allen, John Adams, and Josiah Humphrey were chosen to expend the £100, voted for a minister for the town, "to pay the minister they have em- ployed to preach to this town and to such as they shall supply to preach for the time to come."
In the summer of 1741, Messrs. James Adams, James Smith, John Adams and Matthew Watson brought suits in the Bristol Court against the town for debts claimed from the town, and Mr. Peleg Heath, Matthew Allin and Nathaniel Peck were chosen agents to defend the town in the actions before the Court. Mr. Nathaniel Peck declining to serve, Mr. Ebenezer Guernsey was chosen in his place.
" Pursuant to the law of the Province for renewing bounds between townships, the subscribers, selectmen of Rehoboth and Barrington, on the 16th day of November, 1741, have renewed the bounds between said towns, beginning at the Southwest corner of Rehoboth, being a small freshet of water, running into the salt water river; from thence easterly on the line to a stone set up and marked with R 1734, where the stump of the tree stood at the place where Captain Willett made a bridge and from thence to a white oak tree standing Southerly of Nathaniel Paine's, late of Rehoboth, deserted house; thence to a stump burnt with
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fire and a stone set up at said place marked with 1734; from thence to a point of upland in the salt meadows, near to the river formerly called Sowams River, there standing on the point of upland three white oak trees growing together at the bottom at the place as we judge where the white oak stood mentioned in the Rehoboth deed, and there is a stone set up against said three trees marked with R 1734."
NATHANIEL SMITH,
JOHN BAKER, Selectmen of Rehoboth.
JABEZ BROWN,
JOSIAH HUMPHREY, Selectmen of Barrington.
1742.
Matthew Allin, moderator and town treasurer; Jabez Brown, Matthew Allin and Josiah Humphrey, selectmen and assessors ; Josiah Humphrey, town clerk; William Read and Constant Viall, constables ; Hezekiah Tiffany, Nathaniel Viall and Benjamin May, surveyors of highways : Elijah May and Nathan Phippen, tythingmen ; Joshua Bicknell and Philip Short, fence viewers ; Benjamin Drown and Edward Bosworth, hog-reeves ;
Voted, "That hogs may run at large this year being yoaked and ringed." Nathaniel Peck and Philip Short were chosen " to take care of the dear."
June 18. Voted, "to build the gallerys and stairs in the meeting house in Barrington."
Voted, "To raise £80 in bills of credit of the old tenor for the building of the gallerys and stairs in the said meeting house."
The town chose Captain Samuel Low and Joseph Allen a Committee "to build the gallerys and stairs and to pro- vide the stufe for the building the said stairs and gallerys in the said meeting house."
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1743.
Lieut. Matthew Allin, moderator and town treasurer ; Jabez Brown, Matthew Allin, and Josiah Humphrey, select- men and assessors ; Josiah Humphrey, town clerk ; Nathaniel Viall and Benjamin Drown, constables ; Samuel Barnes, Mat- thew Watson, and Ebenezer Guernsey, surveyors of high- ways ; Elijah May and Joseph Allen, Jun., tything men ; Joshua Bicknell and Philip Short, fence viewers ; Joseph Viall, sealer of leather ; Peleg Richmond, Josiah Kent, and Ebenezer Allen, Jun., hog-reeves ; Samuel Barnes, pound- keeper ; Joshua Bicknell was chosen to repair the pound.
Voted, to raise £18 "to hire a schoolmaster for three months."
Voted, that Josiah Humphrey should keep school two months.
Voted, "to raise £3, 15s. towards the building of the gal- eries in the meeting-house in the old town."
Voted, to allow Ebenezer Guernsey to fence in a part of highway on the south side of the creek southward of his house, so as to secure his land and not injure the highway, and Eben- ezer Allen, Joshua Bicknell, and Joseph Allen were chosen a Committee "to see whether the said Guernsey shall set his fence on the highway."
The town voted to raise £24, to hire a schoolmaster and Matthew Allin, James Adams, and Peleg Richmond were chosen school committee "to provide the town with a school- master."
Peleg Richmond was chosen to provide the town with stocks.
1744.
Lieut. Matthew Allin, moderator and treasurer ; Matthew Allin, Jabez Brown and Josiah Humphrey, selectmen and assessors ; Josiah Humphrey, town clerk ; Joseph Viall and · Joseph Allen, constables ; Ebenezer Guernsey, Peleg Rich- mond, and James Brown, surveyors of highways ; John Martin and Hezekiah Brown, tything men ; Joshua Bicknell and
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Philip Short, fence viewers and clerks of the markets : Josiah Humphrey, Jun., sealer of leather ; Constant Viall and Ed- ward Bosworth, hog reeves and field drivers ; Nathaniel Peck and Peleg Richmond, informers about deer ; Joshua Bicknell was allowed 12s. for repairing the pound.
On the settlement of the boundary line between Rhode Island and Massachusetts in 1747, the northern part of Bar- rington, including Wannamoisett, was set in Rehoboth, and caused great dissatisfaction to the people, whose town rela- tions were changed. The Massachusetts Court made record of the fact as follows :
"A Petition of Jabez Brown and others Inhabitants of that part of Barrington which lies within this Province, shewing the inconvenience of their being annexed to the Town of Rehoboth, where they were set by an Order of this Court, pass'd in November last, & praying to be added to the Town of Swansea from whence they were first taken.
"In the House of Representatives, Read & Ordered that Capt. Williams, Mr. Hardy and Mr. Rice, with such as the Honble. Board shall join, be a Committee to take this peti- tion under consideration, & report what they judge proper for this Court to do thereon. In Council, Read & concur'd & John Cushing and Samuel Watts, Esq., are joined in the Af- fair."
June 10, 1747.
We find no record of the report of the Committee, but as a historic fact, Mr. Brown and his friends were allowed to remain in Rehoboth as set off. The territory named is now the south part of East Providence.
Among miscellaneous records relating to intentions of marriage, births and deaths, we have a large number of records of the earmarks for cattle, horses and swine. As a legal qualification for marriage, the contracting parties were required to declare their intentions with the town clerk of the town as follows:
" There is an intention of marriage between Josiah Hum-
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phrey and Abijah Brown both of this town, and entered with me in the town book as the law directs.
EBENEZER ALLEN,
Barrington, November 4, 1737. Town Clerk."
" March 3d, 1743-4. Walley Chees declared unto me the subscriber his and Mary Pumham their intentions to be mar- ried to each other. Recorded by me
JOSIAH HUMPHREY, Town Clerk."
" Dec. 22nd, 1743. Quash declared unto me the sub- scriber his and Moll their intentions to be married to each other.
JOSIAH HUMPHREY, Town Clerk."
"Quash and Moll Negro servants to the widow Smith of Barrington were married January 9th 1743-4." "Mark of Matthew Allins Sheep 3 fingers on the off ear. Nothing the near ear."
"Job (negro man) declared his intention of marriage with Mary Frank (negro woman).
EBENEZER ALLEN,
Barrington, December 18, 1738. Town Clerk."
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