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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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HISTORY
OF THE
TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD,
VERMONT,
WITHI A
GENEALOGICAL RECORD,
BY
C. HORACE HUBBARD AND JUSTUS DARTT.
1752-1895.
BOSTON : GEO. H. WALKER & Co., 160 TREMONT STREET. 1 1895.
GEO. N. WALKER & CO . ANG . BOSTON
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PREFACE.
1148212 PREFACE.
THE writing of this book was put off too long. Nearly all who could give facts in the early history of the town, from memory or reliable tradition, were silent in the grave. The early records are imperfect, and some of them missing. And so the task of giving a full and reliable account of the first settlers and early residents and their doings has become each year more difficult. Much that would now be of interest is lost by lapse of time. There remains no clew to the character and deeds of many who were evidently prominent in the town in their time, and even the names of others are now unknown. Enough is left, however, to show that the people of Springfield, in early days, were, as now, a stalwart, liberty-loving, self-reliant race, full of the spirit of enterprise and inventive genius.
Many men and women of eminent ability have gone forth from here, whose lives have reflected credit on the place of their birth, and many others equally notable have spent their lives here.
For the untiring labors for many years in collecting material for this history, great credit should be given to the late James B. Whipple. He never faltered in the work he set out to do; and without the effort he made and the impetus his determined spirit gave, the history would not have been written.
The manuscript history of Springfield, written by the late Judge Henry Closson, has been of great service in the making up of this book ; also the papers and information collected by the late Hon. Samuel Whitcomb. The thanks of the compilers are hereby tendered to the friends who kindly furnished these papers.
To all others who have given facts and information, or as- sisted in any way in the preparation of this work, most cordial acknowledgment is hereby made.
SPRINGFIELD, VT., January, 1895.
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CONTENTS.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
FIRST SETTLEMENT .
1
PROPRIETORS' RECORDS . 4
ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN .
17
OLD CROWN POINT ROAD
19
SETTLEMENTS :
Eureka 31
Parker's Ilill
34
Hardscrabble
34
Springfield Village
37
North Springfield
43
ROADS, STAGING AND FREIGHT BUSINESS
59
POST OFFICES
59-61
HOTELS
64
BUSINESS STATEMENTS
68
GROWTHI IN POPULATION
71
EXPENSE OF TOWN BUSINESS, 1850
71
CHURCHIES :
Congregational
72
Freewill Baptist .
83
Methodist
85
Baptist . 105
Universalist . 109
Reformed Methodist
111
Episcopal
111
Advent .
112
Catholic
112
SCHOOLS
118
SPRINGFIELD WESLEYAN SEMINARY .
117
LIBRARIES .
119
SOCIETIES :
Masonic 123
Odd Fellows
124
Temperance .
125
MANUFACTURES AND BUSINESS .
127
INVENTIONS .
189
MERCHANTS
142
PHYSICIANS
148
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
DENTISTS
149
LAWYERS
150
NEWSPAPERS
152
BANKS :
Savings
153
Exchange
154
National
156
CAMPBELL FUND
158
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRES
158, 159
FRESHETS
160
AGRICULTURE
161
Stock Raising
163
Agricultural Society and Fairs
165
Creamery
165
Cheese Factory
165
SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 166
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
188
WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS 189
SONS OF VETERANS
190
CEMETERIES
192
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
194
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
198
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS FIRMS
517
TOWN OFFICERS, 1764-1894
519
EARLY LISTS OF FREEMEN
525
MARRIAGES
531
APPENDIX :
Copies of Charters
553
Copies of Early Records
573
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
PAGE
Plan of Springfield .
3
Fairbanks Block opp. 195
Map of Springfield .
7
View of the Falls
opp. 37
Springfield Village, 1894. opp. 42
Residence of Adna Brown opp. 233
Springfield House . 65
Residence of John R. Gill 307
The Daniel A. Gill Homestead
309
Old Congregationalist Meet- ing-House opp. 72
Congregationalist Church . 78
Methodist Church opp. 85
Baptist Church, North Spring- field opp. 105
The Col. Jonathan Williams Honse, Residence of Geo. O. Henry 505
Universalist Church and Town Hall
opp. 109
Catholic Church -
opp. 112
Main Street School House .
Spafford Library Building 122
The Jones & Lamson Machine Co.'s Shops . opp. 517
Woolson Block .
opp. 194
PORTRAITS.
Dennis B Allen
199
Horace Brown
opp. 239
Albert M. Allbe
201
Hliland T. Boutelle . 240
Henry M. Arms
203
William C. Bragg 241
Rev. Geo. W. Bailey
204
Udney Burke 244
Franklin P. Ball
opp. 205
Dr. Leonard Chase .
opp. 250
Jennison Barnard
opp. 206
John Chipman . 253
William C. Barnard
208
Henry Closson opp. 254
George G. Barnard .
209
Gershom L. Closson
255
Henry F. Barnard .
211
William H. Cobb
257
Franklin Barney
213
Ansel O. Coburn
258
Davis Bates
opp. 219
Joseph W. Colburn .
opp. 259
Theophilus Bates
opp. 220
Robert M. Colburn .
opp. 260
Abner Bisbee
226
Selden Cook
261
Frank A. Bisbee
227
Everett B. Cook
262
Rev. Marvin D. Bisbee
228
Dr. Henry F. Crain
264
Aaron Bisbee
opp. 228
Capt. Thomas Dana
opp. 270
Durant J. Boynton .
230
Benjamin F. Dana .
opp. 271
Rodney G. Britton .
231
Fred C. Davis .
272
Adna Brown
233
John Davidson
opp. 273
Samnel M. Brown
237
William Dillon
opp. 275
Jonathan Brown
.
opp. 238
Justus Dartt
278
New School Building, 1895, opp. 196 Open Ridge Place . 207
The Adnabrown Hotel 67
Charles Holt's Birthday Party 342 Skitchewang Mountain . . 474
Farmhouse on the Connecti- cut opp. 478
Residence of Amasa Woolson, opp. 511 Residence of John K. Ford 514
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
PAGE
Granville S. Derby .
279
Frederick Parks
opp. 405
Frederick G. Ellison
285
L. Milan Parks
opp. 406
Abner Field
292
Jolın Perkins .
opp. 407
Walbridge A. Field
293
Jerome W. Pierce
opp. 409
Fred G. Field .
294
Edson X. Pierce
411
Charles A. Forbush
opp. 302
Edwin Piper .
412
Frank D. Forbush
302
Frederick A. Porter
413
Rufus O. Forbush
303
George W. Porter .
opp. 414
A. J. Fullam
. opp. 304
Samuel W. Porter .
opp. 415
John R. Gill
306
Frederick W. Porter 416
Daniel A. Gill .
opp. 306
William II. H. Putnam 420
Daniel O. Gill .
308
Charles E. Richardson 425
Frank D. Gill .
310
Sammel Rollins
426
Farley B. Gilman
opp. 311
Noah Safford
427
Wilbert F. Gilman
311
Noah B. Safford
428
David Gregg
315
Henry Safford .
429
John R. Hall .
319
John A. Slack .
434
Herman W. Harlow
321
W. H. H. Slack
435
James Hartness
opp. 324
Allen L. Slade .
436
Dudley C. Hlaskell .
326
Hiram M. Smith
439
Dr. D. W. Hazelton
330
Frank W. Stiles
443
Geo. O. IIenry
332
Lucius Streeter
445
Jeremiah L. Hewey
335
Amasa Spafford
447
John Holmes
339
Henry H. Spafford .
448
John C. Holmes
340
William Sparrow
449
Harry B. Ilolmes
341
Horace HI. Howc
345
Calvin Hubbard
opp. 348
Aaron L. Thompson
opp. 464
Dr. Calvin Hubbard
.opp. 349
Horace W. Thompson
opp. 465
C. Horace Hubbard
opp. 350
Stoddard Tower
opp. 467
Rawson T. Johnson
355
Frederick V. A. Townshend opp. 469 John Ward 470
Capt. Gco. Kimball
358
Charles H. Walker . 476
George II. Walker
477
Dr. Granville Knight
.
Oscar W. Walker 477
James R. Walker
478
Merrill L. Lawrence
opp. 362
James B. Whipple .
484
William A. Lewis
364
William H. Wheeler
485
Charles A. Lcland .
365
Joseph White .
opp. 486
George F. Leland
366
James E. White
490
Henry HI. Mason
337
Hamlin Whitmore Perez Whitcomb
495
James Mitchell
393
Henry Whitcomb
497
Charles II. Moore
394
Amasa Woolson
opp. 510
Gen. Lewis R. Morris
Frontispiece
W. D. Woolson
opp. 512
John R. Nourse
399
Dr. F. D. Worcester
. 512
Benjamin Parker
. 403
Rev. Robinson Smiley Miles Smith
opp. 453
. 458
Richmond J. Kenncy
356
Dr. E. A. Knight .
359
360
Charles K. Labaree .
opp. 361
opp. 391
opp. 491
Abijah Miller .
.
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INTRODUCTORY.
INTRODUCTORY.
UNION HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THERE has been for many years a desire for a history of Spring- field, but with no organized or systematic effort towards its accon- plishment until 1885. The late Samuel Whitcomb gathered from old residents and wrote out many interesting facts pertaining to the early history of the town, and Judge Henry Closson wrote a sketch of much historical value. The late James B. Whipple, being determined to push the matter to a more definite and satis- factory completion, invited those interested to meet at the roomis of the Young Men's Christian Association, Sept. 25, 1885, and at that time a preliminary organization of the Union Historical Society was made, with J. B. Whipple, president, Lucius Streeter, vice-president, and F. W. Stiles, secretary. The subject of a town history was discussed, and a letter from Miss Abbie Hemenway to G. L. Closson was read, in which she proposed that Judge Closson's sketch should be completed for the " Vermont Gazetteer." It was voted to leave the matter in the hands of the officers.
On the 10th of October following, the organization of the society was completed at a meeting held at the residence of J. M. Butterfield, at the Blockhouse farm, by the election of Rev. Thomas D. Howard and G. W. Foggett, vice-presidents, and Justus Dartt, treasurer, and the adoption of a constitution and by-laws. In the former the objects of the society are stated to be the promotion of historical research, the preservation of knowl- edge of the past, and the marking of spots of historical interest. At that meeting the names of sixty members were enrolled on the records. . At the third meeting of the society, held in C. Horace
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INTRODUCTORY.
Hubbard's new barn, Oct. 24, 1885, it was voted to accept Miss Hemenway's proposition, and to furnish her with the matter to complete a history of Springfield.
At a meeting of the society, Nov. 10, 1885, it was voted that J. B. Whipple, Justus Dartt, and C. Horace Hubbard be the com- mittee to have charge of the preparation of the history of Spring- field ; and later, Hon. F. G. Field and Hon. J. W. Pierce were added to the committee. In 1889 that committee voted that Justus Dartt write the history of Springfield, and in 1890, Mr. Dartt having moved from the State, they voted that C. Horace Hubbard complete the same.
At the meeting at Mr. Hubbard's the first distinctly historical and literary exercises were held. Since then there has been at least one, and sometimes several, meetings of the society each year, except 1886, usually alternating between Springfield and Charlestown. At these meetings addresses of historical interest are delivered, and matter pertaining to local history gleaned and ·discussed.
The officers of the society are (1894), Rev. Thomas D. Howard, president; C. Horace Hubbard, secretary. There are now three hundred names on the roll of members.
At the annual March meeting of the town in 1886 it was voted to authorize the selectmen to make a contract for the preparation :and publication of a history of the town, and the selectmen sub- sequently made contracts with Mr. Dartt and Mr. Hubbard to do the work.
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ERRATA.
ERRATA.
Page 36, line 24, for Ranie Finney read Rena Phinney.
Page 55, line 2, for J. N. Lockwood read J. W. Lockwood. Page 128, line 7, for Don Lowell read Don Lovell.
Page 135, line 5, under Springfield Marble Works, for Randall read Randel.
Page 135, line 6, under Springfield Marble Works, for Frank Barney read Franklin Barney.
Page 145, line 4, for Frank W. Morris read Frank W. Norris.
Page 145, line 13, for Mr. Norris read Mr. Noyes.
Page 152, line 22, for G. W. Faggett read G. W. Foggett. Page 163, line 16, for Cutter read Cutler.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD, VT.
EARLY HISTORY.
THE territory between Connecticut River and Lake Champlain was the early battle ground of the Indians, and little progress was made towards its settlement till after the close of the contest in North America between the French and English in 1760. Dur- ing this war the valley of the Connecticut was a favorite pathway of the red men, and, in later years, one of the great highways of travel between Massachusetts and Lake Champlain was up the valleys of Connecticut and Black Rivers and across the moun- tains to Otter Creek. There is on record, obtained by the gov- ernment of Massachusetts, the diary of one James Coss, or Cross, who is said to have travelled over this route from Fort Dummer to the lake in 1730 with twelve Caughinawaga Indians. This diary is given in Hall's "History of Eastern Vermont," and, if it is au- thentic, Coss was probably the first white man to set foot on the territory of Springfield.
After Fort Dummer in Brattleboro was built in 1724, settlers slowly pushed their way up the Connecticut, and settlements were made at Chesterfield, Westmoreland, Walpole, and Charlestown, N. H. That of Charlestown, or Number Four, as it was called, was made by the Farnsworths in 1740.
The best information that can now be obtained, both from records and tradition, confirms the belief that the first settler in Springfield was John Nott, who came into town in 1752 and built a log-house on the meadow near where the tenant house of Samuel Brown now stands, and that a settlement was made in the following year, 1753, by Daniel Sartwell, Jacob Sartwell, Oliver
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN
Sartwell, Combs House, Oliver Farnsworth, Joseph Douglass, Samuel Douglass, Noah Porter, Nathaniel Powers, Simeon Pow- ers, and Simeon Powers, Jr. It is probable that they settled along the ridge of land in the vicinity of where the Stoddard Tower or "Sartwell farm " is now situated, owned by Daniel O. Gill.
These men claimed no title to the lands other than "squatter sovereignty," and it is said that "being too poor to purchase land, they relied on the bounty of his Majesty's grace and favor, whose loyal subjects they claimed to be."
They applied to Gov. Wentworth, of New Hampshire Prov -. ince for a patent or grant of the lands which they had im- proved, but no notice was taken of their petition. After the controversy between New Hampshire and New York, about the jurisdiction of these New Hampshire grants, had been decided by the king in council in favor of New York, these original settlers petitioned the lieutenant-governor of New York for a title to their lands, and at first received encouragement that their rights should be respected; but in the confirmation charter from New York, granted to Charles Shaw, Richard Morris, John Barrett, and others, they were again ignored, and their names not mentioned. During these years they suffered great hardships, but bravely de- fended their homes, and most of them became permanent settlers in the town.
Simeon Powers, with his wife, Lydia, afterward settled in Rut- land, and their son, William, was the first white child born in that town, Sept. 23, 1770.
The original charter of the town of Springfield was given by Gov. Wentworth, of the Province of New Hampshire, Aug. 20, 1761, granting to Gideon Lyman and sixty-one others a tract of land six miles square on the west side of Connecticut River op- posite Charlestown, and north of Rockingham, to be divided into sixty-eight equal shares. The original proprietors were most of them residents of Northampton, Mass., and only one of them, Joseph Little, is known to have settled in this town. The meet- ings of the proprietors were held in Northampton from the time the charter was granted till September, 1764. A record of the proceedings of these meetings was carefully kept in a book for
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OF SPRINGFIELD, VT.
West 6 Miles. North 78º B.W.
The Northerly Corner of Charles Town.
Little Sugar River.
PLAN OF SPRINGFIELD ..
Beaver
Brook.
S. about 29 degrees West.
Black River.
Connecticut River
North East Corner of Rockingham.
The North Westerly Corner of Rockingham.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSH AUGUST 20™ 1761. RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF CHARTERS; PAGE 136, PER THEODORE ATKINSON, SECRY
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN
that purpose, which is now in the town clerk's office in Spring- field. After Sept. 3, 1764, there is no record of any meeting till August, 1771, when a meeting was held at the Blockhouse in Springfield, and the names of Simon Stevens, John Barrett, and Abner Bisbee appear as proprietors, and officers of the meeting.
The first meeting of the proprietors of the township of Spring- field was held at the house of Gideon Lyman in Northampton, Oct. 13, 1761. At this meeting it was voted : -
"That Messrs. Elias Lyman, Simeon Parsons, Aaron Wright, Elijah Lyman, and Gad Lyman be a Committee appointed and impowered to go to Springfield and run the Lines round the said Township, and view the same, and report in What Manner they judge proper to make a Division of the Land, at an adjourned meeting."
This committee reported Nov. 24, 1761, as follows: -
"We the committee for viewing the Township of Springfield, Report, That we are of Opinion that the Meadow Land and the Pine Land be laid out, to each proprietor his Proportion ; and that a Lot of One Hundred Acres be laid ont to each proprietor beside, between Black River and Weathersfield, if the land there, for Quantity and Quality, will admit of it; otherwise, Some of the said hundred-acre lots to be laid out on the other Side of said River."
At a meeting held March 22, 1762, the following votes, among others, were passed: -
" Votd. That the Meadow Land in the Township of Springfield shall be laid out in One division : to each proprietor his just proportion.
" Votd. That the Pine-Land in the Township shall be laid ont in a Second division : to each proprietor his just proportion."
" Votd. That a Lot containing One Hundred Acres shall be laid out to each proprietor, between Black River and Weathersfield Line, in a Third division; if the land will admit of it, exclusive of Scitchawag Mountain; but if the Land within the said Limits shall be found Insufficient in Quantity or Quality, for - each proprietor such a lot, then the remaining lots shall be laid out in such place as a Committee to be appointed for that purpose, shall judge best."
"Votd. That the Committee for laying out the three Divisions, shall meas- ure and mark out a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the Township of Spring- field as the Land will admit of, for Town-lots, to each Grantee the Contents of One Acre, before they lay out the said Divisions."
From the records of the meeting held June 21, 1762 :- -
"Voted, That the Plan presented at this meeting, by the Committee for lay- ing out Three Divisions of land in the Township of Springfield, is accepted.
"Voted, That each Grantee or Proprietor shall have his Right in the First and Second Divisions assigned him by Lots drawn in Order as their Names are placed in the following List; The lot first cast to be to the Grantee or propri-
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OF SPRINGFIELD, VT.
etor whose name is annexed to the number One in said List, and so on succes- sively thro' the Whole Number of Names in the List."
" Votd. That each Grantee or proprietor shall have his Right in the Third Division assigned him by Lot drawn according to the same List and in the same Order of succession as the first and second divisions were voted to be drawn ; beginning first at the Lot adjoining to the Governor's Farm, and proceeding westward to the West End of the Range Number One ; then at the East End of the Range Number Two & proceeding westward to the West End of said Range; then at the East End of Range Number Three, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range; then at the East End of the Range Number Four, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range ; then at the East End of the Range Number Five, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range ; then at the East End of the Range Number Six, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range; then at the East End of Range Number Seven, and proceeding westward to the West End of said Range."
" Votd., That Charles Coats shall draw, & the Moderator declare the number."
" A List for casting Lots upon first, second and third divisions in the Township of Springfield : To which the Numbers are annexed as drawn.
No.
Names of Grantees.
No. drawn in drawn in First Second Division. Division.
No. drawn in Third Division.
1
Gideon Lyman, Esqr.
3
18
5 in 5th Range.
2
Simeon Parsons, G. L.
32
15
2 " 5th
66
3
Phinehas Lyman.
7
61
6 " 5th
4
Gideon Lyman, junr.
63
6
3 " 5th
66
5
John Phelps, Chaplain.
2
30
2 " 1st
66
6
Phinehas Lyman, Esqr.
49
3
4 " 1st
66
7
Caleb Lyman.
1
60
8 " 7th
66
8
Aaron Wright.
29
44
13 " 3d
66
9
Simeon Parsons.
33
10
8 " 2nd
66
10
Ebenezer Sheldon.
64
5
5 " 2nd
66
11
Oliver Lyman.
41
59
7 " 1st
66
12
Nathaniel Fellows.
14
50
4 " 3d
13
Samuel Parsons.
12
13
1 " 2nd
66
14
Naomi Lyman.
66
26
9 " 3d
66
15
Medad Alvard.
27
64
10 " 3d
66
16
Reuben Coats.
36
4
10 " 2d
66
17
Seth Clarke.
10
58
5 " 1st
66
18
Oliver Thomas.
31
45
12 " 3d
66
19
Stephen Pomeroy.
18
14
3 " 6th
66
20
Eleazar Roote.
23
22
7 " 3d
66
21
Thomas Quiner.
30
21
1 " 3d
22
Col. Seth Pomeroy.
24
51
7 " 5th
23
Samuel Bancroft.
15
53
6 " 2nd
60
24
John Burt, junr.
22
25
6 " 7th
60
25
Selah Wright, G. L.
38
38
8 " 5th
66
26
Jonathan Strong.
61
24
4 " 5th
66
27
Selah Wright.
17
27
7 " 2nd
28
Elijah Lyman.
60
23
1 " 1st
66
29
William Kennaday.
56
12
5 " 4th
No.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN
No.
Names of Grantees.
No. First Division.
Second Division.
No. drawn in Third Division.
30
Israel Lyman.
51
37
4 in 4th Range.
31
Daniel Graves.
62
54
9 " 4th
32
Gideon Lyman, Esqr.
53
65
5 " 7th
33
Elijah Lyman.
26
28
5 " 6th
34
Josiah Pierce.
6
34
8 " 3d
35
Ephraim Wright.
54
29
10 " 2nd
36
Benjamin Parsons.
44
2
11 " 3d
37
Elias Lyman.
42
33
4 " 7th
66
38
Elias Lyman, junr.
39
11
12 " 2nd
39
Gad Lyman.
19
62
2 " 4th
40
John Lyman, junr.
5
47
3 " 7th
41
Brigadier Timothy Ruggles.
28
19
6 " 6th
.6
42
Joseph Little.
55
20
6 " 4th
43
Capt. James Lyman.
43
55
3 " 2nd
44
Stephen Roote.
20
41
11 " 2nd
45
Nathaniel Day.
50
16
2 " 2nd
46
Gideon Lyman, Esqr.
57
63
8 " 4th
66
47
Richard Cutt, Esqr.
21
31
6 " 1st
48
Capt. John Lyman.
13
46
7 " 7th
66
49
Nathaniel Phelps.
35
32
5 " 3d
50
Samuel Marshall.
47
8
3 " 4th
66
51
Elijah Lyman.
11
1
4 " 6th
66
52
Doct". Samuel Mather.
45
52
1 " 4th
66
53
John Nelson.
8
40
3 " 1st
66
54
Theodore Atkinson, Esqr.
59
17
8 " 6th
66
56
Benning Wentworth.
9
56
9 " 5th
66
57
John Wentworth, Esqr.
46
57
2 " 3d
58
Hunking Wentworth.
4
7
12 " 4th
66
59
James Apthorp.
48
35
14 " 4th
66
60
John Gould, junr. .
16
48
7 " 6th
66
61
Henry Hilton.
25
9
9 " 2nd
62
Samuel Wentworth, Esq., of Boston.
40
42
7 " 4th
66
63
Incorporated Society.
52
49
3 " 3d
66
64
Glebe for Church of England.
65
66
10 " 4th
66
65
First Settled Minister of Gospel.
58
43
4 " 2nd
66
Benefit of the School.
34
39
11 " 4th
" Voted, That if any proprietor, at any Time within Two Years after this date, shall manifest uneasiness with his Draft in the Third Division, and con- vince the proprietors that his Lot in said Division is very Poor, he shall be al- lowed to exchange his said Lot for another Lot, which shall be set out to him by such a Committee as the proprietors shall appoint for that purpose."
June 28, 1762 : ---
"Voted. That any of the Proprietors of the Township of Springfield shall have Liberty to improve such of the Unoccupied Lands in said Township as they shall think fit for mowing and plowing, during the pleasure of the proprietors, not to cut any 'Timber valuable on the same."
It was also voted at the meeting of the above date, that meet-
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN
ings might be called by any number of the proprietors who owned more than one sixteenth of the township.
July 19, 1762 : -
" Voted, That Gideon Lyman Esqr. is chosen and impowered in behalf of the proprietors, to eject such person or persons as may be found inhabiting or improving any of the Lands of the Township of Springfield not being a proprietor thereof : with Power of substitution."
At a meeting of the proprietors, March 31, 1763, the following vote was passed : -
" Voted and Grauted Tweuty Acres of the Land now Undivided in the Towu- ship,of Springfield to any person, who shall build a Saw-Mill in said Township, to the Acceptance of a Committee which shall be appointed by the proprietors for that purpose, in such place as the said committee to be appointed shall con- sent to : To be to him and his Heirs forever; together with the Use of the said Mill-Place so long as he shall keep the said Mill in good Repair. And also the Use of one Set of Irons for the said Mill; provided he shall maintain and kecp in Repair the said Mill and Irons for the Term of Fifteen years uext after this Day, aud then return the said Irons to the proprietors."
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