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1816 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow; selectmen, Reuben Bigelow, Joht. Batchelder, Elijah Simonds.
1817 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Reuben Bigelow, Elijah Simonds, Samuel Stone.
1818 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow; selectmen, Reuben Bigelow, Samue: Stone, Josiah Barnard.
1819 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Reuben Bigelow, Samuel Stone, Josiah Barnard.
1820 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Reuben Bigelow, Samuc; Stone, Seth Lyon.
1821 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Peter Dudley, Samue! Stone, Seth Lyon.
1822 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Peter Dudley, Samuel Stone, Josiah Barnard.
1823 -Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Josiah Barnard, Thomas Wyman, Seth Lyon.
1824 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Josiah Stone, Seth Lyon, Thomas Wyman.
1825 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow; selectmen, Seth Lyon, Israel Batch- elder, Josiah Hapgood.
1826 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow; selectmen, Seth Lyon, Israel Batch- elder, Josiah Hapgood.
1827 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow; selectmen, Daniel Tuthill, Peter Dud- ley, Edmund Batchelder.
1828 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Peter Dudley, Edmund Batchelder, B. Barnard, jr.
1829 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Peter Dudley, Edmund Batchelder, B. Barnard, jr.
1830 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, jr., Edmund Batchelder, jr., F. Bennett.
1831 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, jr., Edmund Batchelder, jr., Frank Bennett.
1832 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, jr., Reuben Bigelow, Peter Dudley.
1833 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow ; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, jr., Reuben Bigelow, Peter Dudley.
1834 .- Town clerk, Reuben Bigelow; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, jr .. Peter Dudley. James Lincoln.
1835 .- Town clerk, Russell Tuthill ; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, jr., Peter Dudley, James Lincoln ; Samuel Stone elected delegate to Constitutional Convention.
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1836 .- Town clerk, Russell Tuthill ; selectmen, Peter Dudley, Nathan Whitney, Stillman Lincoln ; constable, Mark Batchelder.
1837 .- Town clerk, Israel Batchelder; selectmen, Israel Batchelder, Jonas Bennett, Amherst Messenger ; constable, Mark Batchelder.
1838 .- Town clerk, Israel Batchelder; selectmen, Jonas Bennett, Amherst Messenger, J. R. Wyman ; constable, George Batchelder.
1839 .- Town clerk, Thomas Baldwin, jr .; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, Francis Bennett, J. J. Hapgood ; constable, George Batclielder.
1840 .- Town clerk, Thomas Baldwin, jr .; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, jr., Aaron Burton, Joel Lyon ; constable, Stephen Dudley.
1841 .- Town clerk, Thomas Baldwin, jr .; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, Joel Lyon, Freeman Lyon ; constable, Stephen Dudley.
1842 .- Town clerk, Thomas Baldwin, jr .; selectmen, Benjamin Barnard, Aaron Burton, Ezra Dodge ; constable, Stephen Dudley.
1843 .- Town clerk, Thomas Baldwin, jr .; selectmen, James Wait, Benja- min S. Ballard, Ezra Dodge; constable, Freeman Lyon.
1844 .- Town clerk, Thomas Baldwin, jr .; selectmen, James Wait, Benja- min S. Ballard, Ira K. Batchelder ; constable, Freeman Lyon.
1845 .- Town clerk, Ira K. Batchelder; selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, Ezra Dodge, George Batchelder ; constable, Freeman Lyon.
1846 .- Town clerk, Ira K. Batchelder; selectmen, George Batchelder, Stephen Dudley, Cephas Bailey ; constable, George Batchelder.
1847 .- Town clerk, Ira K. Batchelder; selectmen, George Batchielder, Stephen Dudley, Cephas Bailey ; constable, Francis P. Batchelder.
1848 .- Town clerk, Ira K. Batchelder; selectmen, Jesse Rider, Mark Batchelder, G. F. Whitney ; constable, F. P. Batchelder.
1849 .- Town clerk, Ira K. Batchelder ; selectmen, Jesse Rider, Aaron Burton, G. F. Whitney; constable, F. P. Batchelder; representative, Ira K. Batchelder ; delegate to Constitutional Convention, General Stephen Dudley.
1850 .- Town clerk, Ira K. Batchelder ; selectmen, Jesse Rider, Edmund Batchelder, Stephen Dudley ; constable, F. P. Batchelder ; representative, Ed- ward Batchelder.
1851 -Town clerk, Ira K. Batchelder ; selectmen, Jesse Rider, Edward Batchelder, Stephen Dudley.
1852 .- Town clerk, O. P. Simonds ; ' selectmen, Edward Batchelder, Aaron Burton, Mark Batchelder ; constable, F. P. Batchelder; representative, Mark Batchelder.
1853 .- Selectmen, Aaron Burton, Mark Batchelder, Stephen Dudley ; con- stable, F. P. Batchelder ; representative, Mark Batchelder.
10. P. Simonds was town clerk from 1852 until 1869, and again from 1873 until the present time,
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1854 .- Selectmen, Aaron Burton, Mark Batchelder, Stephen Dudley; con- stable, F. P. Batchelder ; representative, F. P. Batchelder.
: 855 .- S-lectmen, Z. F. Whitney, J. G. Melendy, Cephas Bailey ; constab.c.,
F. P. Batchelder ; representative, F. P. Batchelder.
1856 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, J. P. Long, J. Hapgood ; constable, F. P. Batchelder ; representative, A. T. Byard.
1857 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, J. P. Long, J. Ilapgood ; constable, F. P. Batchelder ; representative, A. T. Byard.
1858 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, D. Batchelder, J. G. Melendy ; con- stable, F. P. Batchelder ; representative, Dexter Batchelder.
1859 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, D. Batchelder, J. Hapgood ; consta- ble, F. P. Batchelder ; representative, Dexter Batchelder.
1860 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, D. Batchelder, J. Ilapgood ; consta- ble, Joseph Simonds ; representative, Joel Adams.
1861 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, Il. Stone, S. D. Simonds; constable, James Lincoln ; representative, Joel Adams.
1862 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, HI. Stone, S. D. Simonds; constable, James Lincoln ; representative, Edmund Batchelder.
1863 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, J. Hapgood, J. R. Walker ; consta- ble, James Lincoln : representative, A. G. Bowker.
1864 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, J. Hapgood, Ira R. Walker; consta- ble, P. J. Walker ; representative, A. G. Bowker.
1865 .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, J. Hapgood, J. R. Walker ; consta- ble, P. J. Walker ; representative, Edmund Batchelder.
1 8GG .- Selectmen, Ira K. Batchelder, Jonathan Hapgood, Ira R. Walker; constable, P. J. Walker ; representative, O. P. Simonds.
1867 .- Selectmen, Jonathan Hapgood, Ira R. Walker, George K. Davis ; constable, P. G. Walker ; representative, O. P. Simonds.
1868 .-- Selectmen, Ira R. Walker, G. K. Davis, J. II. Simonds ; constable, M. B. Lyon ; representative, J. P. Long
1869 .- Town clerk, C. W. Whitney ; selectmen, Jonathan Hapgood, 11. Stone, J. P. Long ; constable, Wesley Woodward ; representative, J. P. Long. 1870 .- Town clerk. C. W. Whitney ; selectmen, Jonathan Hapgood, 11. Stone, J. P. Long; constable, James Lincoln ; representative, J. Hapgood.
1871 .- Town clerk, C. W. Whitney ; selectmen, J. Hapgood, H. Stone, J. P. Long; constable, James Lincoln ; representative, J. Hapgood.
1872 .- Town clerk, C. W. Whitney ; selectmen, H. Stone, A. C. Nourse, J. G. Walker ; constable, George K. Davis; representative, Hiram Griswold.
1873 .- Selectmen, A. C. Nourse, J. G. Walker, Charles Batchelder, con- stable, George K. Davis.
1874 .- Selectmen, A. C. Nourse, A. H. Williams, S. Stiles; constable, George K. Davis; representative, Charles Batchelder.
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1875 .- Selectmen, H. Stone, J. Hapgood, j. C. Lakin ; constable, George K. Davis.
1876 .- Selectmen, Il. Stone, J. Ilapgood, J. C. Lakin ; constable, George K. Davis; representative, W. B. Simonds.
1877 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, M. B. Lyon, E. R. Hart; constable, George K. Davis.
1878 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, M. B. Lyon, E. R. Hart; constable, George Davis; representative, George II. Davis.
1879 .- Selectmen, E. R. Hart, S. Stiles, A. H. Williams; constable, George K. Davis.
1880 .- Selectmen, S. Stiles, A. II. Williams, George K. Davis; constable, George K. Davis; representative, M. J. Hapgood.
1881 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, G. K. Davis, J. C. Lakin ; constable, J. B. Simonds.
1882 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, George K. Davis, W. B. Simonds; con- stable, J. B. Simonds ; representative, J. G. Walker.
1883 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, W. B. Simonds, M. B. Lyon ; constable, M. G. Walker.
1884 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, M. B. Lyon, J. C. Lakin ; constable, M.
G. Walker ; representative, J. G. Walker.
ISS5 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, M. B. Lyon, J. C. Lakin; constable, George K. Davis.
1886 .- Selectmen, J. G. Walker, M. B. Lyon, J. C. Lakin; constable, George K. Davis; representative, J. C. Lakin.
ISS7 .- Selectmen, J. C. Lakin, R. I. Batchelder, W. J, Farnum ; constable, George K. Davis.
1888 .- Selectmen, R. I. Batchelder, W. J. Farnum, S. Stiles; constable, George K. Davis; representative, M. B. Lyon.
Postmasters .- The first postmaster appointed by the government was Reu- ben Bigelow. He and his successors, Daniel and Russell Tuthill, held the office up to 1836; from 1836 to 1839, Darius Smalley ; from 1839 to 1849, O. P. Simonds; from 1849 to 1851, Dr. Cyrus Hatch; from 1851 to 1856, O. P. Simonds; from 1856 to 1870, I .. B. Hapgood; from 1870 to 1871, T. K. Snow; from 1871 to 1873. C. W. Whitney ; from 1873 to 1885, George K. Davis ; from 1883 to 1887, O. P. Simonds; from 1887 to the present time. George L. Richardson.
Military Record .- Peter Gould was a Revolutionary pensioner. Moody Roby and Mrs. David Robbins were pensioners of the War of 1812.
In the late rebellion Peru furuished the following named volunteers for three years, credited previous to call for 300,000 volunteers of October, 17th, IS63: Adams, Everett, E .; Barnard, Benjamin S .: Batchelder, Harland E .; Bennett, Schuyler; Bowker, Wilber F., killed at Port Hudson May 27th, 1863;
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Bryant, Clark R .; Bryant, Warren S .; Crocker, William H., killed at Port 11; son June 15th, 1863; Hapgood, Charles M .; Long, Joseph M .; Odell, Ch G .; Priest, Daniel M .; Robbins, Charles D .; Russell, Lysander W .; Simond Frank P. (The last two were taken prisoners at Winchester, Va , afterwards . . changed, and were discharged at Fort Douglass, Chicago, III). Stiles, Henry Weymouth, William S., died at Washington D C., December 14th, 1861. Curd its under call of October 17th, 1863, for 300,000 volunteers, and subsequent cal .. volunteers for three years: Allen, Pardon W .; Benson, Allen J., taken prison. r June 23d, 1864, died in prison ; Collins, Levi W. ; Howard, John T., wounded at the battle of Gettysburg; Lakin, Thomas J .; Lincoln, Clarence B. ; Quack- enbush, John P., died at City Point, Va., April 29th, 1865; Russell, Lanren A., died in Washington, D. C., winter of 1864; Simonds, Albert J .; Wyman. Leroy, wounded and died in hospital October 14th, 1864. Volunteers for on- year: Bryant, Calvin R .; Davis, Leroy G .; Green, Richard; Penfield, Willian A .; Penfield, John W .; Russell, Obediah; Sheldon, Charles F .: Thompson. Gilman, jr. Volunteers re-enlisted : Wyman, Abel T. Volunteers for nine months: Farnum, Joseph M., died; French, Jefferson; Lakin, Jerome B .; Ma- son, Joseph H .; Reed, Charles H .; Strong, William C .; Wyman, George B Furnished under draft, paid commutation: Batchelder, James K .; Simonds, William B .; Walker, Seth L ; Whitney, Josiah H.
One incident is worthy of note in connection with this soldier's record. Royal Bryant, a blacksmith, of this place furnished four stalwart sons for the Union army, three of whose names appear above. Leroy enlisted from Wards boro, this State; was killed in battle near Chapin's Farm, Va , September 29th, 1864. His eldest son, George, was living in Texas at the time Fort Sumter was fired upon, and although he tried to get North and join the Union army he was captured, and forced to bear arms against his home and his four brothers. After peace was declared his next younger brother, Warren, went Texas and found his brother George.
CHAPTER XXIX.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SUNDERLAND).
T' HIS township was chartered July 29, 1761, the grant bearing date one day later than that by which Arlington was brought into existence. Sunder- land is bounded on the north by Manchester, on the South by Glastenbury, on the east by Stratton, Windham county, and on the west by Arlington. The original grantees were sixty-four in number, Isaac Serles being the first men-
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;; med. The surface of the land in Sunderland is quite similar to that in Glas- : bury and the other towns that lie almost wholly within the Green Moun- :ain chain, but there is more tillable land in Sunderland than in Glastonbury, and this is on the west side next to the Arlington line. The Battenkill River crosses the northwest corner of the town, and in its course receives the waters of the lesser streams, Mill Brook and Roaring Branch, and others of still less note. There is probably no town in the county that possesses better water- power facilities, if properly controlled, than does this, and it is equally true that there is no town in the county in which this natural power is less utilized than in Sunderland. However much this may seem as an uncomplimentary state- ment, it is nevertheless true. The town has abundant resources but they are not properly developed. Industries have been here but are now gone, and the old buildings are deserted. Sunderland can never become an extensive agricul- tural town as nature has not endowed it with the essential characteristics, but a manufacturing community can be built up here with proper energy. Some- thing has already been done in this direction but it should not have been suf- fered to decline.
The most interesting of Sunderland's history is to be found in a narrative of the events occuring within its boundaries during the years prior to 1800. The town was chartered, as has been stated, in 1761, but its organization did not take place until July 7, 1763, and that meeting was held in Pownal. Isaac Serles was chosen moderator, and George Gardner, clerk. At a subsequent meeting, July 11th, Samuel Robinson was elected treasurer, Isaac Serles col- lector, and Samuel Robinson, George Gardner and Isaac Serles a committee to run the town lines. On May 15, 1764, the third proprietors' meeting was held, at which Samuel Robinson was chosen moderator, and Jabez Warren, clerk. The fourth and fifth meetings were held at Jabez Warren's house in Sunder- land, and the sixth also at the same place; and at this last meeting, which oc- curred November 28th, Jedidiah Hurd, Gideon Warren, and Timothy Brown- son were chosen a committee to surperintend the survey and allotments of the town and lay out the highways.
The survey and division of town lots, one acre each in size, and sixty-six in number, was made by Samuel Robinson of Bennington, his labor being com- pleted in August, 1765 ; but before this time he had laid out the proprietors' tracts in fifty-acre lots, one to each grantee, and this was finished in June, 1765. Then during the next year or in 1766, settlement in the town commenced, the pioneers in this work being Gideon and Timothy Brownson, Joseph Bradley, Amos Chipman, Abner and Charles Everts, Abner Hill, and Reuben Webb, all or nearly all of whom were from Connecticut. Following these came others of the Brownson family and the Averills, Bradleys, Davis, Cobins, Everts, Graves, Hills, Hoyts, Hicks, Comstocks, Taylors and others. The town is believed to have been organized about this time, although no definite information on this
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point is to be derived from the town records, which are in an exceeding i. : condition. The first discoverable record of a regular freemen's meetin .. that held in 1769, at which time Derrick Webb was chosen moderator ; (, eon Brownson, town clerk; Isaac Hill, Zacheus Mallory, and Thomas Bars ;. selectmen ; Rozelle Hill, constable; and Ebenezer Barnes, Timothy Brown and Amos Chipman, overseers of highways. In 1770 Isaac Hill was elet moderator ; Gideon Brownson, town clerk ; Joseph Bradley, Timothy Broy ! - son, and Gideon Serles, selectmen. Other officers were chosen at the san . time, but the worthy town clerk, Gideon Brownson, was more of a statesin .. and leader than penman, and from the records as they now appear, one can. only guess at his meaning, and guessing is too liable to lead to error.
Sunderland, from its close proximity to Arlington, became more or less in- volved in the exciting events that preceded the Revolution; and while the more important events transpired in Arlington, the town of Sunderland was not wholly free from the troublous element usually called Tories, and one in particular of these was Benjamin Ilough, concerning whose exploits and final punishment much is said in the general history of this region, and to be found in the carlier part of this work. Hough came to reside in the town sometime about 1773 or 1774, and was clothed with all the power and authority that could be derived from the office of justice of the peace under the jurisdiction of New York, but this the doughty settlers in this vicinity failed to recognize, so Hough naturally got into trouble. But Hough was as obstinate as the other settlers were determined, and used his greatest endeavors in sowing the seeds of Toryism throughout the vicinity ; indeed, so open and notorious did his in- imical conduct become that he at length fell into the custody of the Committee of Safety, before whom he was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to "be taken from the bar of this Committee of Safety, and be tied to a tree, and there on his back receive two hundred stripes; his back being dressed he should depart out of the district, and on return without special leave of the convention to suffer death." On the 30th of May, 1675 this sentence was extended and the pris- * oner given a safe passport beyond the Vermont line, to which he did not re- turn. This punishment inflicted on Hough had a most salutary influence upon those in this region who were disposed to share his sentiments, and subsequent cases of a similar character were few indeed.
The first mention made of dic tow :. . "Sunderland in connection with the general events of the region is found in the proceedings of the celebrated Dor- set Convention of July 26, 1775, when, upon the verge of the Revolution, the local authorities were organizing the military forces of the State for future op- erations. Of the companies then organized fifty were raised in Sunderland and its vicinity, and Captain Gideon Brownson was placed in command, while Jellis Blakeley and Philo Hard were respectively chosen first and second lieu- tenants. At this time Gideon Brownson was unquetionably the foremost man
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the town or its vicinity. He served through the war, having been promoted to the rank of major in the Continental service, and afterward general in the Vermont militia. J. A. Graham said: "General Brownson was a violent pol- Bician in the late war; and that as a proof of his valiant conduct, he now (1797) carries in his body eighteen pieces of lead, which he received during that fatal contest."
In the Dorset Convention of July 24, 1776 the town of Sunderland was rep- resented by Joseph Bradley, and he too was prominently connected with both the civil and military affairs of the State, holding in the former many positions of trust, and in the latter being an officer of rank. He and Colonel Timothy Brownson were delegates from the town to the Dorset Convention held in Sep- tember, 1776: and at the famous Windsor Convention June 4, 1777, Lieuten- ant Bradley represented the town, his associate at that time being Eli Brown- also of Sunderland.
"Colonel Timothy Brownson," says a contemporaneous writer, "was among the first permanent settlers of Sunderland in 1766, but in 1764 he had been one of the committee appointed to settle with the collecter of the grantees, super- intend the allotments, and survey and lay out the roads in that town. Ile was from New Framingham, Conn. He was a prominent man in the civil affairs of the State, one of the most trusted and confidential advisers of Governor Chit- tenden, a delegate in the conventions of January 16 and September 25, 1776, and was one of the twelve advisers appointed to attend the next convention. He was also a member of the convention which adopted the constitution, and councilor for 1778-84 and 1787-94. He was one of the eight persons named by Governor Chittenden as having been cognizant of the Haldimand negotiation, and a member of the convention of 1791, which adopted the constitution of the United States."
In this connection it will be proper to mention as among the prominent early residents of Sunderland General Ethan Allen and his brother, Ira Allen, although neither can be said be said to have been permanent residents of the town. Ethan Allen was probably induced to take up his abode temporarily in the town through the influence of his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Brownson, and to whom he was married in 1762, at Roxbury. She died at Sun- derland early in the year 1783, and was buried in the north cemetery in Sun- derland, which had been deeded to the town by Ira Allen. The two brothers Allen lived in the northwest part of the town near the banks of the Battenkill, and here Ethan built a house in which he lived, and which remained standing until about 1845, when it was taken down. Ira Allen also built a house, b: rn and office building in the same section, and these too remained standing for many years. But Ira Allen, at least, was but a temporary resident of the town, his home being in Colchester, but his high civil and military offices calling him so frequently to this region, he transferred his resdence for the time to Sunder- land, that being a central point from which he could operate casily.
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But loyal to the cause of the people on the grants as the great majority Sunderland's inhabitants were, there were some at least who had imbib.as sentiments of the notorious Hongh, and upon whom the official eye was ; This is confirmed by the proceedings of the Council of Safety, who were in : habit of watching suspected persons, and keeping them under restraint in c. tain cases. The committees of safety in the several towns were no less vig ?... . and arrested any unknown persons. For these reasons the council gave to s pected persons and to loyal citizens, also, passports that they might be free . go and come without molestation. This is evidenced by the following on made by the council in September, 1777: "The following persons are perar .. ted to pass, viz .: Daniel Dorchy and Sylvenus Perry from this to Sunderl .... and return within one month." Also, "Isaac Goodsel is permitted to pas Sunderland to take care of his children and return within six days." llere I an old order to the commissioners of sequestration :
"Sir : We are informed that Mr. S. Payne, of Sunderland, has in his cu -. tody one yoke of oxen the property of this State, which we desire you to take into custody immediately. Mem."
November 18, 1777. "John Foot is permitted to pass from this (Benning- ton) to Sunderland." The following order of council was made January 22. 1778: "Permission is hereby given to the bearer, Arad Ivril (Avrill), to trans- port five hundred weight of flour out of this State, agreeable to a former con- tract (certified under oath) made previous to the resolve of the council laying an embargo on wheat, etc."
When in May, 1778, the governor and council were organizing the Second! Regiment of militia, one company was provided to be raised in Sunderland, of which Daniel Comstock was appointed captain and Eli Brownson first lieuten- ant. And during the same year, when justices of the peace were being ap- pointed for the various towns, Colonel Timothy Brownson was selected to fill that office for Sunderland. The town officers chosen by the freemen for the'- year, 1778, were as follows: Moderator, Joseph Bradley; town clerk, Abner Hill ; selectmen, Benjamin Lewis and Amos Chipman; constable, Samuel Hoyt; committee of safety, Jonathan Hoyt and Joseph Bradley, (chairman) : tithingmen, Amos Brownson and Daniel Comstock.
On the 23d day of December, 1779 it appears that the Board of War held a short session at Sunderland At that time Timothy Brownson was chairman of this body, the other members present being Major Benjamin Wait, Captain Ebenezer Allen. Licutenant Joseph Bradley, Captain Joseph Bowker, and Captain Samuel Robinson. Another meeting of the same body was held in the town on Angust 7, 1780, there being present Timothy Brownson, Joseph Bowker, Joseph Bradley and Ira Ailen, three members being then residents of Sunderland. At this time was passed this resolution: " Resolved to raise by a draft on the militia sixty able- bodied non-commissioned officers and soldiers.
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every man equipped, to join Maj's Eben'r Allen's detachment of rangers ; that they be drafted from the several reg't in the following proportions, (viz.) Col. Samuel Herrick's Regiment, 24 men ; Col. Ira Allen's Reg't., 21 men; Col. Eben'r Allen's Reg't, 15 men."
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