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This is to certify that Book 5, Original
Records of the Town of Watertown, has been
transcribed by Miss Helen Hadley of the office
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and this
is a true copy correctly made of the same.
Personally appeared the above - named
William P. McGuire, Clerk of the Town of
Watertown, and made oath to the truth of the
statement before me.
Town Clerk.
Middlesex, ss:
February 15, 1928.
Justice of Peace.
Watertown Records
COMPRISING
THE FIFTH BOOK
OF
TOWN PROCEEDINGS
1745/6 TO 1769
AND
THE SIXTH BOOK
OF
TOWN PROCEEDINGS
1769 TO 1792
INCLUDING NOTES OF WATERTOWN
LANDS; GRANTS AND POSSESSIONS
By J. GARDNER BARTLETT
AND ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO
VOLUMES I, II, III, and IV OF
WATERTOWN RECORDS
By ELIZABETH FRENCH BARTLETT
PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
TOWN CLERK
TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ORIGINAL BY
MISS HELEN HADLEY
OF THE OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.
1928
The Gkaphic Press
Newton, Mass.
f H
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
NOTES ON WATERTOWN
LANDS, GRANTS AND POSSESSIONS
By J. Gardner Bartlett
Part 2 of the Printed Vol. I of the Watertown Records has
from pages 15 to 146 three Inventories of Grants and Possessions;
the so-called First Inventory covering pages 15-67, the so-called
Second Inventory covering pages 68-113, and the so-called Third
Inventory covering pages 114-146.
The purpose of these notes is to show that these Inventories have
been erroneously numbered chronologically; that the so-called
Second Inventory was really the First one made; that the so-called
Third Inventory was really the Second one made; and that the
so-called First Inventory was really the Third one made.
At the General Court held 9 September 1639, an order was
passed "To record all mens houses and lands, being certified under
the hands of the men of every towne, deputed for the ordering of
their affairs." (Records of Colony of Massachusetts Bay, Vol. 1
[printed], p. 276.)
In compliance with this law, on 4 Jan. 1641/2, the selectmen of
Watertown "ordered that Simon Eire shall write a Transcript of
the Lands in a Booke and give it in to the Court." (Watertown
Records, printed Vol. 1, Part 1, p. 7.) Mr. Eyre, the Town
Clerk, soon undertook this compilation and first made an In-
ventory of all the GRANTS only; this actual FIRST INVEN-
TORY is the erroneously so-called Second Inventory, and covers
pages 68-113. This really First Inventory was therefore started
after 4 Jan. 1641/2, and must have been completed before 10 May
1642, as on that date the allotments of the large farms in Weston
were made, and none of these grants are included in this In-
ventory. (See printed Vol. 1, Part 2, pp. 11-14.) This Inven-
tory was the one turned into the General Court on 18 May 1642,
when "Watertowne delivering in a transcript of their lands, nott
being perfect was lent them back again." (Records of Colony
of Massachusetts Bay, Vol. 2 [printed], p. 2.)
The above Inventory was "nott perfect" as it did not include
the large farm grants of 10 May 1642 and the records of posses-
sions acquired by inheritance or purchase. Therefore a SECOND
INVENTORY was made by Mr. Eyre of such POSSESSIONS
only, which is the erroneously so-called Third Inventory and covers
pages 114-146. Internal evidences show that this Second Inven-
tory of Possessions was made after 20 July 1642, as John Sher-
man possessed an 8 acre meadow lot he had bought on that date
from Samuel Saltonstall (See Watertown Records, Vol. 1, Part
2, p. 138, and Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 41) ; also after 9
ii Notes on Watertown Lands, Grants and Possessions
Nov. 1643, as William Page possessed a 6 acre upland lot he had
bought on that date from Widow Simson (See Watertown Rec-
ords, Vol. 1, Part 2, p. 145, and Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 1,
p. 56) ; also after 2 Nov. 1643, as Isaac Sterne possessed a 60
acre upland lot no. 25 in the 3d division which he had bought on
that date from Thomas Ruck (See Watertown Records, Vol. 1,
Part 2, p. 117, and Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 46); also
after 1 Dec. 1643 as John Biggellye [Bigelow] possessed a 20 acre
upland lot, no. 15 in the 1st division which he had bought on that
date from William Bridges (See Watertown Records, Vol. 1,
Part 2, p. 140, and Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 46). But it
was made before 16 Nov. 1644 as on that date Thomas Boyden
bought a 2 acre meadow lot from George Parkhurst who possessed
it when this Second Inventory was made (See Watertown Rec-
ords, Vol. 1, Part 2, p. 142, and Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 1, p.
54). It therefore appears that this Second Inventory of Posses-
sions (erroneously called the Third Inventory), was made be-
tween 1 Dec. 1643 and 16 Nov. 1644.
Having thus listed, first the Grants, and secondly the Posses-
sions, Mr. Eyre from these two compiled a THIRD INVEN-
TORY OF GRANTS AND POSSESSIONS being the results
of the other two Inventories, and this Third Inventory is the
erroneously so-called First Inventory and covers pages 15-67.
This THIRD INVENTORY was made after 1 Dec. 1643 as
John Biggelye is listed as owner of the 20 acre upland lot no. 15
in the 1st division which he had bought on that date from William
Bridges (See Watertown Records, Vol. 1, Part 2, p. 58, and
Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 46). But it was made before
16 Nov. 1644 as on that date Thomas Boyden bought a two acre
meadow lot from George Parkhurst who is listed as the owner of
this lot when this Third Inventory was made (See Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, Part 2, p. 62, and Suffolk County Deeds, Vol. 1,
P. 54).
To sum up:
The actual First Inventory, of Grants only, (erroneously called
the Second Inventory and covering pages 68-113), was made be-
tween 4 Jan. 1641/2 and 10 May 1642.
The actual Second Inventory, of Possessions only, by inheritance
or purchase, (erroneously called the Third Inventory and cover-
ing pages 114-146), was made between 1 Dec. 1643 and 16 Nov.
1644.
The actual Third Inventory of ownership both by Grants and
by Possessions by purchase and inheritance, (erroneously called
the First Inventory and covering pages 15-67), was a combined
compilation of the actual First and Second Inventories, and was
made subsequent to the latter, but between 1 Dec. 1643 and 16
November 1644.
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
TO VOLUMES ONE TO FOUR
By Elizabeth French Bartlett
The following list of additions and corrections to the indices of
the first four published volumes of the Watertown Records have
been compiled in part from an annotated copy of these volumes,
now in the library of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, but formerly the property of the late Charles F. Fitz of
Watertown, a member of the committee which had charge of
publishing these volumes, and in part from notes made by me.
Vol. 1. Index of Land Grants and Possessions,
ventories.
Saltenstall, Samuel, for 45 read 48.
Index to In-
Vol.
Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Bacon, John, omit 63.
Barron, Lydia, omit 45.
Bartlett, Thomas, add 10.
Bowman, Martha, add 56.
Bright, add Joseph, 65.
Bull, Andrew, add 54.
Church, Thomas, omit.
Coolidge, Daniel, for 35 read 55,
Dow, Mary, omit 42.
Eddy, Jonathan, omit.
Fay, Mary, omit 15.
Fisk, Daniel, omit.
Grant, Caleb, for 59 read 54.
Grant, Susanna, omit.
Harrington, Joseph, omit 65.
Martha,, omit.
Hawkins, Hannah, for 6 read 7.
Timothy, for 6 read 7.
Jones, Jonah, omit.
Kemball, John, for 4 read 5.
Lewis, Mary, omit 16.
Mason, Mary, add 8.
Meddup, Sarah, omit 65.
Perry, Joanna, for 25 read 35.
" Sary, omit 65.
Peirce, Benjamin, add 53.
Joseph, add 59.
Pierson, Jonathan, omit.
Robinson, omit Ebenezer.
Rogers, Thomas, omit 54.
Simpson, omit Hannah.
Stearns, omit Theophilus.
Stone, omit Jane, 38.
Sweetman, Sary, for 3 read 38.
Waters, Anne, omit 11.
Vol. 2. Index of Births, Marriaces and Deaths.
Bail, Samuel, Susanna and William
should read, Ball, Samuel, Su-
sanna and William.
Ball, Samuel, omit 11, and for 107
read 103.
Add Bull, Samuel, 11.
Bigelow, Mary, omit 23.
" add Mercy 23.
TOWN PROCEEDINGS.
Vol. 2. Index of Subjects.
Precincts, for 207 read 209, for 276 read 277, for 314 read 315.
Vol. 3. Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Adams, for Silome read Silence.
Alden, add Rebecca, 236.
Babcock, Elizabeth, add 170, 179,
180.
iv Additions and Corrections
Barnard, Elizabeth, add 185.
" James, add 185.
" Maj. Samuel, add 185.
Sarah, add 195.
Baxter, Eunice, add 176.
" Newton, add 176.
Add Beal, Ebenezer, 146.
Bellows, for Samuel Moore read
Samuel Morse.
Bemis, David, add 137.
add John, 145.
" Mary, add 137.
Benjamin, Mary, add 131.
Samuel, add 131.
Bigelow, Eleazer, add 119.
" George Tyler, omit 194.
" Marv, add 119.
Tyler, add 194.
Bird, add Hitty, 194.
" add Marshall, 194.
Bisco, add Jonas, 161.
" omit Joseph, 160.
Add Bolter, Eliza, 219.
Add " James Davis, 219.
Bond, Elias, for 164 read 161.
" Henry, add 178.
" Hitty, omit 194.
" Joseph, omit 194.
" Lydia, add 235.
" omit Marshall, 194.
" Mary, add 222, 242, and
omit 228.
" add Nancy, 228.
" Sarah, add 131.
" add Susan, 186.
Bradish, James, for 157 read 151.
Bridge, Sally, omit 167, 168.
Sarah, add 167, 168.
Bright, Hannah, add 123.
" John, for 129 read 130.
" Jonathan, add 213.
" Joseph, add 111.
" Josiah, add 154.
" Susanna, add 188.
Brown, Adam, for 151 read 181.
" for Catty read Catherine.
" Jonathan, omit 162.
Sally, add 177.
" add Samuel, 151.
Sarah, omit 151.
Carter, Betsey, add 199.
" omit Prince, 199.
Add Chase, Thomas, 240.
Chenrv, Chenery, Ebenezer, add
117.
Moses, for 183
read 188.
William, add
171.
to Volumes One to Four.
Child, add Ebeneber, 129.
" omit Eleazer.
" Jonathan, add 204.
" Joseph, add 160.
" Nancy, add 204.
Clark, Elizabeth, add 163.
" Uriah, add 122, 136.
Cockran, add John, 175.
Cook, Hannah, add 243.
" John, add 170.
" Samuel, for 170 read 171.
" Susanna, add 170.
Coolige, Coolidge, Dorothy, for
142 read 143.
add Elijah 115.
" " Elizabeth, add
198.
" " Hannah Stow-
ell, omit 191.
add H a n n a h
Wellin g t o n,
" " Hephzebah, add
155.
Joseph, for 120
read 126.
Mary, add 134.
" " add Nathan,
150.
" " Nathaniel, for
142 read 143.
" " Samuel, add
127, 138.
" " Simon, add 127.
" " Susanna, add
153.
William, add
153.
Cornwall, for David read Daniel.
" Thomas, add 187.
Davis, add Eliza, 222, 241.
" Elizabeth, omit 222, 241.
" omit Elizabeth, 121.
" James, add 120.
Sarah, add 120.
Dix, add Elijah, 121.
" omit Elizabeth, 121.
Dudley, John, omit 234.
" add Samuel, 234.
Durant, John, for 236 read 227.
" Maria, for 227 read 236.
Esty, Easty, for 239 read 237.
Everett, add Sarah 170.
Fairbanks, for Martin read Mar-
tha, 114.
Fanning, omit Fanny, 222.
Add Fanny, Lydia, 222.
Faxon, Nathaniel, for 228 read 238.
Add Felton, Benjamin, 136.
Additions and Corrections
to Volumes One to Four. v
Add Felton, Lucy, 136.
Fisk, Lucy, omit 179.
" Lydia, add 179.
" Samuel, add 140.
" add Susan, 129.
Fowle, Mary, add 169.
French, omit Ebenezer, 125.
" omit Esther, 124.
Frost, add Ebenezer, 125.
" add Esther, 124.
Gardner, Eleanor, add 145.
add Elizabeth, 172.
" Hannah, for 151 read
150.
George, add Mary Ann, 204.
Gilbert, omit Mary.
Gilman, Samuel, for 219 read 218.
Gobble, Joanna, for 231 read 234.
Goddard, omit Jonah, 119.
" Josiah, add 119.
Godding, Joanna, omit 112.
William, add 146.
Grant, Mary, omit 120.
" Mercv, add 120.
Gray, Sarah,' for 157 read 151.
Greenwood, add Joseph 125.
Add Grimes, James, 113, 120.
Keziah, 120.
Samuel, 120.
Sarah, 120.
" Grover, Hannah, 113.
Hagar, Margery, add 217.
" Mary, add 139.
" Samuel, add 139.
" Susanna, for 138 read 139.
Hammond, Abigail, omit 137.
Add Abijah, 137.
Harrington, Anna, add 122.
" Charles, omit 210.
Edward, add 122.
Grace, add 148.
Peter, add 129.
Sally, add 210.
Susanna, add 182, 183.
" William, add 166, 169.
Harris, Anna, add 137.
Elijah, for 213 read 243.
Hannah, for 252 read 212.
Sarah, add 137.
" Stephen, add 137, 145, 149.
Hastings, for Ann read Anna.
Jonas, add 174.
Simon, omit 162, add
117.
Add Hathaway, Simon, 162.
Haynes, Lydia, add 197.
Higgins, Luke, add 235.
Honey, Calvin, for 229 read 234.
Hosmen, John, should read Hos-
mer, John.
Hunt, omit Daniel, Henry and
Lucy.
Hunting, John, for 199 read 198.
Jackson, add Susanna, 163.
Jenison, Abigail, add 119, 126.
Samuel, add 189.
Kemball, John, add 133.
" Mary, add 151.
Kendall, Paul, for 131 read 231.
Lawrence, add Abigail, 112.
" Anna, omit 183.
add Nathaniel, 183.
Learned, Abigail, add 145.
" Bezaleel, add 129.
" Daniel, omit 126.
add David, 126.
Elisha, add 153.
" Fanning, add 145.
" add John, 154.
" Jonas, add 145.
" Maria Coolidge, 239.
" Mary, add 126.
" Mercy, add 145, omit 126.
" Phineas, for 206 read
240.
" Sarah, add 153.
" Tabitha, add 145.
Thomas, add 152, 235.
" William, add 15 V.
Leathe, Lethe, Ann, add 231.
" add Frances, 174.
" Francis, add 149.
Hannah, add 136, for 128
read 228.
Leverett, add Katherine, 178.
Add Lincoln, Anna, 236.
Caleb, 214, 240.
Harriet, 210, 239.
Livermore, Amos, for 115 read 111
" omit Frances, 149.
Ruth, add 124.
Malay, James, omit 227.
Mallard, James, add 227.
Mason, Grace, add 119, 123.
" add Isaac, 176.
Joseph, add 119, 123.
" Martha, add 176.
" Sarah, add 123.
Meacham, add Albert, 203.
Mead, add Betsv, 170.
" Israel, add 128, 129.
Morse, Nancy, for 231 read 234.
Nichols, Mary, add 204, 211.
Norcross, Sally, omit 152.
add Seth, 152.
Peirce, Joseph, add 193, 226.
William, add 193.
vi Additions and Corrections
to Volumes One to Four.
Perry, Hannah, add 120.
" Josiah, add 120.
Pike, add Betsey, 230.
Pratt, add Susannah, 243.
Prentice, Benjamin, for 150 read
156.
Smith, add 123.
add Stanton, 114.
For Prevett, read Privett.
Prichard, omit John, 196.
Ray, for Elijah Rowell, read Eli-
jah Roswell.
Richardson, John, add 196.
" Thomas, for 147 read
197.
Robbins Nathaniel, for 223 read
225.
Ruggles, Mary, for 136 read 139.
Russell, for Eliza C, read Eliza
Crocker.
" for Jane Ann K., read
Jane Ann Kendall.
" Lucy, for 207 read 206.
" for Lucy S., read Lucy
Stimpson.
Add Ryant, Rachel, 232.
Saltmarsh, Mary, omit 115.
Sanderson, Hanna, add 161.
add Hannah Prentice,
183, 226.
Isaac, add 161.
" add Lydia, 192.
Sanger, Abraham, add 216.
Nathaniel, add 143.
" -Samuel, add 154, 194.
Sawin, Daniel, add 142.
John, add 113, 132.
Sherman, Charles, add 210.
Smith, Grace, add 181, 185.
" Lydia, add 181.
Soden, omit Anna and Grace .
add Mary, 154.
Samuel, add 144, 148, 154,
171, 221.
" Susanna, omit 137, 221.
Somes, add John, 221.
" add Samuel, 221, 241.
Add Souther, Moses, 158.
Add Southworth, Rebecca, 139.
Spring, Convers, for 147 read 149.
Jedediah, add 137.
" Lydia, add 122.
" Sarah Sewell, for 227 read
229.
Stearns, Hannah, add 178.
Peter, add 118.
Stone, Elizabeth, add 136.
" Hannah, add 132, 171.
" Jonathan, add 132.
Stone, add Malinda, 236.
" omit Matilda, 236.
" Moses, add 132, 181.
" Rhoda, add 197, 231.
" William, add 181.
Stratton, Joshua, omit 143.
Mary, add 129.
" William, omit 143.
Swift, add Elizabeth, 236.
Taylor, add John, 162.
Tayntor, add Clarissa, 229.
" Hannah, add 178.
add Rebecca, 111.
Samuel, add 142.
Susanna, add 134, 158,
and omit 133.
Add Temple, Hannah, 205,
Add " Jerusha, 235.
Add Tenny, Lydia, 242.
Thatcher, Ebenezer, for 120 read
129.
" add Samuel, 134.
Thayer, for Zephear, read Zeph-
eon, and add 191.
Thomas, Sarah, add 240.
Add Tilton, Patty, 231.
Tolman, add Mehitable, 231.
add Sally, 186, 226.
Tower, add Augustus, 182, 225.
Tufts, Benjamin, for 194 read 199.
" add Mary, 158.
Turner, Joseph, add 195.
Add Twitchell Jonas, 115.
Upham, for Lavis read Lewis.
Wales, Susanna, add 166.
Warren, add Elijah, 123.
Elizabeth, add 123.
Joshua, add 123.
Add Waters, Daniel, 241.
Weeks, add Daniel Pinkney Park-
er, 221.
" David, add 221.
" Nancy, add 221.
Add Webb, Deliverance, 141.
Weld, omit Deliverance, 141.
Wellington, Enoch, omit 231.
" add Ephraim, 231.
" Rebecca S., for 227
read 229.
Wheeler, John B., for 230 read
236.
White, Abigail, omit 169, 202, 236.
Abijah, add 169, 202, 236.
" omit Alvarious, 223.
" John, for 140 read 144.
Add Whiting, Sally, 225.
Whitney, Abigail, add 166, 168,
169.
" Alvarious. add 223.
Additions and Corrections to Volumes One to Four. vii
Whitney, Catherine, add 230.
Charles, add 175.
Elisha, add 131.
Israel, add 116.
" Jemima, omit 116, 133.
Johanna, add 116, 133.
" John, omit 119.
u add Joshua, 116.
add Lemuel, 228.
Leonard, omit 228.
Mary, add 170.
" Maria, for 199 read 198.
Relief, add 160.
Whitney, Samuel, add 121.
" Simon, omit 121.
Sukey, for 191 read 195.
" Susanna, for 174 read
170.
Williams, William, for 232 read
111.
Woodward, add Nathaniel, 231.
Wyeth. After Jonathan Wyeth,
203, 237, the following names,
Joshua, Lydia, Lydia W., and
Mary, should have the name
Wyeth prefixed.
Vol. 4. Index of East Precinct and Pastors' Records.
Barnard, Jonathan, omit 156.
WATERTOWN RECORDS
Fifth Book, begun March 3rd, 1745-6
Voted and Choofe for Selectmen
1745/6. [1] At a General Town Meeting of the free-
holders and other Inhab ts : of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled at
the Publick Meeting houfe in said Town on the Third day of
March A. D. 1745 for the Choice of Town Officers &c
Voted and Chofe M r Jonas Bond Moderator for s d meeting.
Jofeph Mafon Esq r .
M r Jonas Bond
M r Eben r . Stone
M r Oliver Livermore
M r John Bright.
Voted and Chofe for Town Clerk— Joseph Mafon Esq r .
Voted and Chofe for Town Treafurer Joseph Mafon Esq r .
Voted to Chofe Two Conftables for the prefent Year.
Voted and Chofe M r Jonas Coolidge firft Conftable
Voted and Chofe M r Amos Bond Second Conftable
f Nath 1 . Harris Esq r
Voted and Chofe for Afsefsors 5 M r Tho s : Saltmarfh
I Joseph Mafon Esq r .
Voted and Chofe for Sealer of Leather M r Isaac Sanderfon
•rj- . - /~m et c Tr f Mefs rs Simon Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for fence Viewers j Samuel j eni { on
xr , ^, r r n r tt- i JM r James Baley
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers of Highways | Mr Wm . Q Q0 \\{& gt
j M' Samuel Cooke
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen j Mr Chriftopher Grant
-r T j j c t tt • S Mr Isaac Holdin
Voted and Chofe for Hogneves « M r j ofiah p erry j un r
Voted and Chofe for Deerrieves
Mr. Tho s : Saltmarfh
M r Jona n . Bemis
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers ( M r Jonas Coollidge
and Meaf" of Timber plank &c { M r Ebenezer Thornton
\t 4. j j / t tt i ( M r Uriah Clark
Voted and Chofe for Hawardsj Mr Sam , Warrin jun r
Voted and Chofe for gager of Cask M r Smith Prentice
Voted and Chofe for Saxton M r Ebenezer Hastings.
Voted to pay the Saxton for his care & trouble by Two Contrabu-
tions as Ufual.
Then the Town Brought in their Votes for a County Regester.
As alfo their Votes for a County Treafurer.
2
W atertown Records,
Then the Town Treafurer Laid his Acc ts . before the Town And
the Amount of y* Acc 1 in the Treafurey old Tener was
£723 : 05 : .4
The Treafurey 's Credit of
Sundry payments amounted to 579 : 06 : ..
Outstanding in y* Conftables
hands .44 : 15 : .3
In the Treafurey 099 : 04 : .1
■ £723 : 05 : A
The
[2] The Vote was put whether the Town do Accept and
Allow of the Town Treafurers Acc ts . And the Vote paft in the
Affirmative.
Voted that the Intreft money Coming to the Town this Year y*
Year beginning y e Eleventh of Decemb r . Laft be Appropriated for
the help Maintaing of the Miniftry & School in the Town this
prefent Year.
Voted and Granted for y* Rev d m r Seth Storers Salery Accord-
ing to Contract One Hundred pounds Old Ten r £100 : 00 : 00
Voted as An Addition to y e Rev d M r Storers Salery for this
prefent Year to be paid out of y* Intereft money abovesaid the sum
of One Hundred and Ten pounds Old Tenner.
Voted for the Support of y* Grammer and Englifh™ for
the p r fent Year to be paid out of ye Intereft mone abovesaid the
sum of One Hundred pounds old Tenner.
Voted and Granted for the Support of y e poor this prefent Year
the Sum of Thirty pounds old Tenner £030 : 00 : 00
Voted and Granted the Sum of fifty pounds old Tenner for the
Repairs of y^ Great Bridge over Charles River in said Town.
50 : 00 : 00
Then a Lift of y* Debts due from the Town to Sundry Perfons
was Laid before y e Town Amounting to Thirty Nine pounds
11/6 & Allowed
Voted and Granted the Sum of Thirty nine
pounds 11/6 old Tenner to Satisfy and pay
the aboves d Accounts .39 : 11 : .6
Voted and Granted to M r Joseph Harring- \
ton for drawing timber and Clearing y e )
Country Road y e sum of Ten pounds 15/ (
old Ten r & what he shall git of perticuler \ 10 : 15 : 00
perfons y l owned y* Timb r . (if any he doth I
to be paid to V s Town or Difcounted out \
of this grant) /
Voted and Granted to Joseph Mafon Esq r 1
for his Service in the Town Affairs for the \
Year 1745 J .20 : 00 : 00
Voted that the Town Ways be mended by the prefent Survey"
W atertown Records.
3
this Year with the Arreriges remaining behind in their Lifts of
Rates.
Conftable Thomas Homans Afk't the Town to Abate Henry
Bright ju r Dec d his Rate 12/4 & Jacob Hills Dec d his Rate 13/.
And Town by Vote Abated & Sunck s d Rates
& Granted So much as to make them good ..1 : 05 : .4
The Town Voted and Sunk in Conftable Sam 1 Prentices Lists
of Rates viz 1 : all Jacob Hills w ch was 46/4 old. Ten r . Wid w :
Mary Grants 11/8 Henry Bright jun r Dec d . 25/ which in all
makes four pounds 3/ old Ten r .
Voted and Granted y* Sum of four pounds 3/
to make good y* Sink in Conftable Prentices Listes .4 : .3 : 00
Voted and Sunk in Conftable Ed w . Harringtons Listes viz W m .
Ward 32/8 Rich d King's 23/. Jofhua Warrins 14/4 all is
3=10 — .. old Ten r . and as Mr Harrington had paid y* same &
made up w th y* Treafurer.
Voted and Granted to Satisfy M r Herrington
for w* y* Town Sunk in his Lifts w** 1 he had
paid &c .3 : 10 : 00
Voted and Sunk in Jofiah Stearns Listes of Rates vizt. Jofhua
Warrins 18/4 And w . Smiths 16/4. W m . Wards 24/8 old Ten r
all is 2=19=.4
Voted and Granted the Sum of Two pounds
Ninteen Shillings & 4 d to Satisfy and make good
w l was Sunk in s d Starnes Lifts .2 : 19 : .4
Then
[3] Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of y*
Town to purchafe that Acrer of Land belonging to y* Wid w .
Hannah Fisk w° h Lyes in Common with Land belonging to y*
Minifteral place (Near Thomas Wellingtons) if it may be had on
Reafonable Terms. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted not to purchafe any wood land at prefent.
e
of y Town
The Vote was put whether it is the mind A to Choofe
& Impower a Committee to purchafe y e Land of y e Wid w . Hannah
Fisk Voted already to be purchafed if it may be had. & y e Vote
paft in y e Affirmative
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mason Esq r M r Daniel Whitney &
Cap n . Thomas Homans to be the Commitye for y* Ends aboves d .
Voted That y e Committee give Bond in behalf of y e Town to
M rs Fiske in cafe they Should purchafe till the Town Shall Agree
how it shall be paid.
In the Cafe of M r Sam 1 . Coollidge after Debat thereon. Voted
that the Town Leave that Affair to the Difcretion of y* Selectmen
to mannage with prudence for the Town.
Voted that Swine run at Large under the Regulations in the
Law in that behalf provided.
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Voted that the by Law referring to horfes made Laft Year be
Confirmed for this Year. viz 1 . That no perfon or perfons Shall
Suffer their horfes or horfe kind above the Age of Six months to
Run at Large with in the Limmetts of Watertown without their
being well fettred from the firft Day of April next to y* Laft day
of October following under the penalty or forfiture of Two
fhillings and six pence for evry one found without fetters.
Voted that Joseph Mafon & Nath 1 . Harris Esq rs .. Lay the Same
before the Court of General Sefsions of y e peace for their Con-
firmation
The Ninteenth Article referring to Raifing of Money to
Lye as a fund for the highering of men into y* 5 war &c was Red
& debated, and the Vote was put whether the Town would Act
upon said Ninteenth Article. And the Vote past in the Negative.
The Twentyeth Article Viz 1 , to hear the Petition of sundry
of y* Inhab ts . of y e Town Relating to Dogs &c. Was by a Vote
of y* Town Continued to Next May Meeting. —
N. B. The Vote of the Town Relating to horfes &c. was
Laid before the Court of Sefsions held at Charlftown y* Second
Tuefday of March Currant (by me y* Subfcriber) and
Confirmed by Said Court Att.
Joseph Mason
[4] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Wid w . Mary
Learneds on the 7 th . of March A. D. 1745/6. for the Swaring
of Town Officers. At s d Meeting the following perfons were
Sworn to their Refpective Offices, viz 1 .
Joseph Mafon Esq r . to the Office of Town Clerk, To y e Office
of Town Treafurer & to the Office of Afsefsor. P r Nath 1 . Harris
Esq r .
Jonas Coollidge ) , ~ , , \
Amos Bond } t0 ? offlce of Constable
Nath 1 . Harris Esq r \ A , ,
Tho*. Saltmarfh } Afsefsors
Simon Coollidge ) Fence Viewers Sworn y e
Sam 1 Jenifon ) 17 th : day
Sworn P r
Joseph Mason
Jus ts of peace
Isaac Holdin hogrieve
Tho s . Saltmarfh Dear Rieve
Jonas Coollidge )Survey rs & Meafurers of
Ebenez r . Thornton ( Timb r &c
Uriah Clark ( TT ,
Sam 1 . Warrin jun r fHawards
At the meeting aboves d y* Selectmen Agre'd w th m r Nath-
Harrington to keep the Grammer and Englifh School in s d Town,
And to be paid for his Service after the Rate of One hundred
pounds P r Year for the time he Shall keep the s d School, And if
he Should Se caufe to Quit the S d School befor the End of the
Year in that Cafe to give the Selectmen timly Notice.
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At a Meeting of Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph Mason
Esq r . on y* 17 th . of March 1745/6.
There being wanting to Compleat the Town's Stock of Pow-
der and Ball According to Law viz t better than a Barrel of pow-
der of Ball ab l . 200 lb The Sele&men Agred and Defired
Joseph Mason Esq r & M r Oliver Livermore (Two of y* Select-
men) to take the Money paid to the Selectmen of y* powder
Rate &c. and purchafe so much Powder and ball as is wanting to
Compleat the Towns Stock and if there be Money wanting of
ye above Collection, that the Town Treafurer is ordred to pay
what is wanting out of y^ Town Treafury and that an Acc 1 of
y r proceedings be Laid before y 6 Selectmen at y r Next Meeting.
Whereas M r Joseph Child who has had the Care of y* Town's
Ammunifion for a long time is Defireous that an other place may
be provided, defired that Mifs rs . Jonas Bond and Ebenez r Stone
to go to Cap 1 Joseph Coollidge to se whether they could prevail
with him to Let it be put into his Mill houfe Chamber that
being a Convenant and Safe place from Danger.
[5]
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Jonas Bond
on the 24 th Day of March 1745/6. The Perfons Appointed to
purchafe Powder and Ball &c. Reported as follow's. That they
(with y* Afsistance of m r Jonas Bond) have purchafed one
Barrel of Powder of 113 lb with the Cask at fifty five pounds old
Tenner. And 194 lb of Bullets at 22 d P £17=15=.8 which
Makes in the Whole £72=15=.8
That they had paid out of v e Money paid to y e Selectmen &c.
56=10=.6
And of Monev Rec d out of y e Town
Treafury — - 16" 15— .2 72=15=.8
And that they had got y* s d Powder and Ball brought up into
the Town
That there Now is in the Town Two Barrels of powder of 205
lb w th y* Tare And About 400 lb of bullets of Several Sizes
and about 700 flints. —
At this Meeting The Selectmen Agreed with M r John Cool-
lidge (no other perfon Appearing) to Board the Wid w . Webb for
one Year from the Twenty fifth of this Inftant March after the
Rate of Ten Shillings P r week old Tenner and He to Look after
her well under her prefent Circumftances And Infirmities of old
Age, and if any Extrordnary care should happen through
Sicknefs or otherwife to be alowed over and Above y* s d 10/ P
week Reafonable Satisfaction therefor. — to w° h S d Coollidge
Confented. —
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At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at Ebenezer Stem's on y* 2 d
day of May 1746.
The Selectmen having Received a Preceipt Requiring y m to
caufe their Town to be forth with Afsembled to Elect and Deput
a Perfon to Reprefent them in a great & General Court or
Afsembly Appointed to be Convened and held at y e Court houfe
in Boston on Wednefday y e 28 th . of May Currant.
In Obfervance of s d Preceipt the Selectmen Ordred the Clerk
To Isue out Warrants to the Conftables of said Town to Warn
the Freeholders and other Inhab^. of s d Town with in their
Refpective Diftricts who are Quallifled to Vote in y* Choice of a
Reprefentative, To Afsemble and Meet at y e Publick Meeting
houfe in s d Town on Wednefday the 14 th . day of May Currant
at three of y* Clock afternoon Then and there to Elect & Depute
one meet perfon to Serve for and Reprefent them in a great and
General Court or Afsembly Appointed to be Convened held &
kept for his Majesty's Service at the Court houfe in Boston on
the 28 th . Day of this Inftant May.
— Alfo to Require the Said Conftables to Warn the freeholders
and other Inhab ts . of s d Town with in their Refpective Diftricts,
who are Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs to meet at the
Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on the s d 14 th Day of this
Inftant May at five of y e Clock after noon for the Ends fol-
lowing :
1. To Choofe a Moderator. 2 ly . To Act upon the Affair y*
was Referred from March Meeting to May Meeting.
3 ly . The Committy who were Chofen & Impowred to purchafe
a piece of Land Lying in Common with Land belonging to y e
Minifterel place having purchafed the same. To know the
Mind of y e Town how they will pay & Satisfy for s d Land,
whether by difpofing of some piece or pieces of Land belonging
to the Town, or by calling in some of y* Money w° h is upon
Bond and belonging to the Town, and to Act and do any thing
or things which they shall Judge proper & Expedent to be done
that so the s d Land may be Speedly paid for. 4 ly . To hear
the Petition of y e Wid w Eliz h Grover praying that she may have
Liberty to set a small building on a Corner of y* 5 Towns Land
againft the southweft Corner of y e Land belonging to the heirs
of Joseph Grant Dec d . for Reafons set forth y 6 Petition 5 ly . To
hear the Report of y e Com tee . who were chofen to take Advice
Relating to the Land which was sold by Waltham at a place
Called Bever brook in s d Waltham And for the Town to Act
their pleafure Relating to s d Land.
6 ly .
[6] 6 ly . To hear the Petition of Nathanael Norcrofs Relat-
ing to the Pew in the Meeting Houfe which was Settled upon
W atertown Records.
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Jona n Benjamin Deceafed and for the Town to Act their
pleafure with Relation thereunto. —
(Warrants Were Isued out Accordingly)
At the Meeting afores d the Selectmen being Notified by
Stephen Palmer of Cambridge by Writing under his hand that
he had taken into his Houfe w 011 is in Watertown Mr Sam 1
Andrew and his wife who Came from s d Cambridge Ordred
the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant directed to y* Conftables forth
with to warn the S d Sam 1 Andrew & Wife to Depart out of
W atertown.
Which was Accordingly done and Return made
Cautioned againft at Cambridge Court May 22. 1746.
At a General T ^ wn Meeting of the Freehold", and Other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quail if ied to Vote in the Election or
Choice of a Reprefentative, Regulerly afsembled at the Publick
Meeting houfe in said Town on the 14 th . Day of May A. D.
1746. For to Elect and Depute a Meet Perfon to serve for
and Reprefent them in a Great & General Court or Afsembly
Appointed to be Conven'd held & kept for his Majestys Ser-
vice at the Court houfe in Boston on Wednefday the 28 th Day
of May Currant.
After the Votes were Called for and given in (the Majer
part of y e Selectmen being prefent) it Appeared by the Sorting
and Numbering the Votes that were given in That M r Jonas
Bond was Elected for the Service aboves d by the Majer part of
the Voters then prefent. —
At a General Town Meeting of y e Freehold", and oth r In-
hab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled at the publick Meeting houfe in s d Town
on the 14 th Day of May A. D. 1746. for ^ Ends Mentioned in
the Warrant &c. —
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r . Mod-
finS'b/the court erator °* sd - Meeting. The Petition of Sundry
at Cambridge May of the Inhab ts . of y e Town Relating to Dogs
Coming to the Publick Meeting-houfe on Lords
Days (and which was Continued to this Meeting for a hearing)
was Red before the Town, and after Debate thereon The Vote
was put whether it is the mind of the Town That Evry Perfon
belonging to the Town that shall Let or Suffer his or her Dog
Come to the Publick Meeting-houfe on the Lords Day shall pay
a fine of five Shillings to the Town for evry Such offence s d . fine
to be Improved towards the Support of y e poor of the Town.
And the Vote paft in y e Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe Nath 1 . Harris and Joseph Mafon Esq rs . to
be a Com tee to Lay this Vote of y e Town before the Honourable
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his Majestys Juftices of the Court of General Sefsions of the
peace to be holden at Cambridge within & for the County
of Midd\ on the Third Tufday of this Inftant May for their
Confirmation
Then the Third Article in the Warrant was Red. And the
Vote was put whether the Town w ld Difpofe of Some of their
Land and out of the proceeds thereof to pay and Satisfy for the
Land purchafed by their Com tee : of the Wid w . Hannah Fisk for
the use of y* Town An the Vote paft in the Affirmative
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to Sell
Some of y* Towns Land Lying Weft of y* Meeting houfe and
Contigus to Land of Sam 1 . Barnard & Jofiah Perry — And the
Vote paft in the Affirmative
Then
[7] Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of the
Town to Choofe a Com tee to View and Se what Land may be
Spared Weft of y e Meeting houfe So as not to Incomode the
Publick and the Vote paft in the Affirm e .
Voted and Chofe Cap 1 John Taynter Nath 1 Harris Esq r . &
Doct r . Jofiah Convers to be the Committee for the Ends aboves d .
Then the Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to
Impower their Committee to Sell So much of said Land as may
be Convenantly Spared So as not to Incomode and hurt the Pub-
lick and the Vote paft in the Affirmative
The Vote was then put whether it is the mind of y e Town
that y r Committe who are Impowred to Dispofe of y e Land
Abovesd (w ch may be spared) Shall Dispofe of the Same to the
Higheft bidder and the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Upon a Motion made & Seconded (the day being spent) the
vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to Adjourn this
Meeting and the Remaining bufnifs thereof untill Munday the 21
Day of this Inftant May at five of y* Clock after noon at this
place and the Vote paft in the Affirmative. And the Meeting was
Accordingly Adjourn'd.
At a General Town Meeting of y e freeholders and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in town Affairs
Afsembled at the publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on the
the 19 th of May 1746 by Adjournment.
The Petition of Eliz h Grover was Red to the Town praying
for Liberty to set a Small Shop or building upon the Towns Land
Near the Corner of m r . John Haftings Land and Againft the
front of y* Land belonging to the Heirs of Joseph Grant Dec d .
And after Confideration thereof, The Vote was put whether it is
the mind of y* Town to Sufpend the Acting upon the s d Petition
for the prefent, and in the mean time care be taken to Se if the
Petitioner may not be otherwife Accomodated in the Neighbour-
W atertown Records.
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hood there being a favourable profpect thereof, and the Vote
paft in the Affirmative,
The Committee who were Chofen to take Advife Refpecting the
Land Sold by a Com te€ : of Waltham w° h Land belonged to
Watertown Made their Varble Report Relating to the Advife
they had Receved, upon hearing and Confidering of y* Same the
Vote was put whether it is the mind of Town to Choofe the
Selectmen to be a Committee to Difcourfe with the Selectmen
of Waltham upon s d Affair in order to know what y* Town of
Waltham in tend to Do Relating to Said Land and make y r Report
at y* Next Town Meeting, and the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Then the Petition of Nath 1 Norcrofs was Red to the Town
who prays that the Town w ld pleafe to Grant him the priviledge &
Improvm 1 . of y* Pew which was Settled on Jona n . Benjamin
Deceafed under Such Reftrictions as the other pews are Settled
on. And after the prayer of y e . Petition was Confidred The Vote
was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to Grant the prayer
of s d Petition the Petitioner paying and Satiffying the Heirs of
y* Deceafed for the prime Coft of building s d Pew. And the
Vote paft in the Negative
June 30 1746: At a meeting of y 6 selectmen at D Coollidges.
The p r fons Approbated y* Laft Year were this, the Selectmen
agre'd that M r Benj n . Haftings be defired to take y 6 care of y e
Great Bridge this year. Agre'd to meet on y* 14 th of July at
M rs . Learneds 3 clock to take care abo 1 y* great Bridge & Defired
y* Clark to Notify y e Selectmen of Wefton & Waltham to meet
w th them at y^ time & place.
[8] At a meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown Wefton &
Waltham at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds in Watertown on the
14 th . Day of July 1746. In order to View the Great Bridge
over Charles River in s d Watertown.
And there being A Necefsefsity of Rebuilding the North Peer
of s d Bridge. Agre'd to Rebuld the Same, but in the following
Manner viz 1 . Instead of having King Posts &c above the Bridge
to have a Mudcell Supporters and braces Underneath. Agreed to
have a Mudcell Thirty Eight feet in Length and a foot Square of
good black oak. A good Cap piece of 22 feet Long and a foot
Square of good white Oake. Alfo Two good white Oak braces of
Twelve feet long and 8 and 10 Inches, four Posts or Supporters
10 feet Long and a foot Square 2 of them to be New, Alfo that
there be procured 2 Cap pieces, posts and braces for y* North and
South Sides of S d Peer (the old ones being suppofed to be
Rotton) Of y* Same Dementions of y* old ones Agreed to pro-
cure one Long String piece for s d peer one New one being all
ready provided. Agreed y* Selectmen of Watertown procure
S d String piece. The Selectmen of Wefton procure the Mudcell
aboves d the Three Cappieces and the 2 New posts or Supporters
aboves d .
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Whatelfe may be wanted it is propofed to Improve the old
Stuff. Agreed that the Timber be procured and Laid at y* s d
Bridge by the firft of Sep r . Next.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Wefton &
Waltham On the 16 th Day of Sep r . 1746. at the Wid w . Learneds
in Watertown. In Order to take Effectual Care for the Repair-
ing off or New Errecting the Northerly peer of y* Great Bridge
over Charles River in Watertown Agre'd that M r Ebenezer Stone
M r Nath 1 . Walker and Mr Jona n Stratton Should be the work-
men to Do the Carpentree work and to proceed abo 1 the work
forth with, and in order to further the work, Agree'd that the
Selectmen of y e Three Towns or So many of them as can Con-
veniently Come, To meet on Munday Next at the s d Bridge with
the workmen Aboves d . to take up the Bridge in order to Examine
the Timbers to Se what may do again, and to Se what is further
Wanting. And the Selectmen of Each Town Endeavour to procure
some good hands to Afsist abo 1 Laying of y* Mudcells and other
Waterwork and that y e Selectmen of Watertown procure Stones
to Lay on the Ends of the Mudcells.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown at M rs . Learneds in
Order to take care of y* old Plank and to Difpofe of y e Old Tim-
ber belonging to y* Bridge. The old plank was all Carryed into
M rs . Learneds Yard and stict up with w* was there before. The
old Timber that was fit for nothing but the fire was Sold to
James Dix (he being y* higeft bidder) for Thirty Shillings old
Tener. The Remainder was Sold to Benjamin Haftings for
Thirty Shillings old Ten r .
The Selectmen Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant to the
Conftables To warn One Sarah Cornifh Alias Sarah Bemis to
Depart out of Watertown who Came from Waltham ab 1 . the 17 th
of Feb y . Laft paft the Selectmen Refufing to Accept of her to be
an Inhab 1 . in Watertown.
[9] At a Meeting of v* 5 Selectmen of Watertown at the
Wid w . Learneds Nov r . 20, 1746. For Taking in of y* Ace", of
y e Work done by Watertown at the Repairing of y* Great Bridge
and Timber bo 1 , the Acc ts are as follow's. Viz 1 .
Jofeph Mafon for 5 Days & J/£ work at )
10/P and Cafh for Drawing of Timbr 1/4 j — £ -2=16— .4
Jonas Bond 5 days and half .2=15 — ..
Oliver Livermore Two days & = .1 — .7 — .6
Jona n Bemis 2 Load of Stones 7/P .. — 14 — ..
Nath 1 Norcrofs the belt part of a Day .. — 10 — ..
Jon\ Learned 2 Days & % .1—12—..
Ebenezer Thornton for 69 feet of Timber at 3/P 10=. 7 — ..
Wid w . Mary Learned for Expences at y* 5 ]
Repairing of said bridge viz 1 for drink 93/4: [ .9— .8 — .4
for 38 Dinners at 2/6 P 95/
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Ebenezer Stone 6 days ]/ 2 at 12/P y 2 Day at 5 .4=.3 — ..
Benj n . Haftings for his care in mending y* Bridge
this year to this Date £2=. 5 — .6
and for 5 Days y 2 at 12/P & half
Dav 5/ 3=11=..
.5=16=.6
W m Coollidge one day y 2 20/ carting gravil 18/ .1 — 18 — ..
Jame Dix Slitwork and Speeks .1 — .5 — .6
Dan 1 Whitney for 12 Load of Stones
7/P .4— .4—..
& himself a hand & Teem one day
& y 2 30/P 2— .5—..
.6— .9—..
David Learned for a piece of Timb r & life of
his Conoo .. — 10 — ..
Jonas Coollidge y 2 day work & Drawing Timb r .1 — .6 — ..
Eleven Hundred & 11 feet Plank 27=15—6:
Timb r .6=19=.2 34=14— .8
£85=12=10
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Wefton and
Waltham On November the 24 th . 1746. At Rich d Cuttings in s d
Waltham
The Acc ts . of the Charge of y* Great Bridge over Charles
River in Watertown Since the Laft Adjuftment were this Day
Proportioned And Adjufted Between the Three Towns. (Se the
Acc ts . at Large Signed by y* Selectmen Each Town As Entred in
Lib 2. Page 54 In the Treafurey)
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown on y e 1 st Day of
Dec r . 1746 At M r Oliver Livermore's The Selectmen Ordred
y e Clerk to Isue out a Warant to Warn one Abigail Ovring to
Depart out of Watertown, who came from Cambridge to s d
Watertown abo*. the 25 th . of Octo r . Laft. and who now Refides
at the Houfe of David Sanger in s d Town.
At this Meeting y* Selectmen Signed An Order to y e
Treafurer to pay Out of The Town Treafurey, of y* Laft Grant
made for y e Great Bridge as follows's.
To Jonas Bond 55/ To Oliver
Livermore 27/6 — 4=.2 — .6
To Jona n . Bemis 14/ To Nath 1
Norcrofs 10/ To Jona n . Learned 32/— 2=16— ..
To Ebenez r Stone 83/ To Benj n
Haftings 86/6. To W m . Coollidge
38/— 10=.7— .6
To Ebenz r Thornton £10— .7/ To
y* Wid w Learned £9=8/4 19 — 1 5 — .4
To Dan 1 . Whitney £6=9/ To
David Learned 10/ .6=19—..
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To Jonas Coollidge 26/ To Joseph
Mafon 56/4 old Tenner A— 2 —A
£48=.2=.8
And to the Rev d M r Seth Storer out
of y e Laft Afsefment Old Ten r .
[10] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen On the 16 th : of
February 1746.
The Selectmen Ordred the Clerk to Hue out Warrants to the
Conftables of Watertown to Warn the Inhab ts . of Said Town
who are Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs To Meet at the
Public Meeting house in Said Town on Munday the Second
Day of March Next at Nine of the Clock in the forenoon for
the Ends following viz 1 To Choofe a Moderator for s d Meet-
ing To Choofe Selectmen to manage the Prudencals of y*
Town. To Choofe a Town Clark a Town Treafurer A Con-
ftable or Conftables Afsefsors and all other Such Town Officers
as are to be Chofen in the month of March Annually. To
Choof a Saxton. and Agree how he Shall be Satisfyed.
To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer.
To hear the Town Treafurers Acc ts .
For the Town to Manifeft their Minds how y^ Intereft Money
coming to y e Town this prefent Year (the year beginning the
Eleventh Day of December Laft paft) Shall be Appropriated.
To Grant Money to pay the Rev d M r Seth Storer his Salary
According to Contract for the Enfuing year
To know the Mind of y e Town what Addition they will
make td M r Storers Salary for y e Enfuing Year the Year begin-
ning y* firft of March Next. And to Grant what may be Agree'd
upon or otherwife Agree upon what way and Method it Shall
be Satisfied.
To Grant Money for the Support of the School, or other
wife Agree how it Shall be Supported the Year Infuing. beginning
y e firft of March Next.
To Grant Money for the Support of y e poor y e Year Enfuing.
To hear the Acc^. of thofe Perfons to whom the Town are
Indebted, and to Grant Money to pay and Satisfy them.
To Grant Money for the Repairing of y e Meeting houf glafs,
and to procure a Cover for the Pulpit Cufhing and other repairs.
To hear the pleafs of Some of y* 5 Late Conftables for y*
Abating of Some perfons Rates in their Lifts. & for y e Town to
Act y r pleafure thereon.
To know the Mind of the Town whether they are willing to
Exchaing with Tho s . Wellington the Two Acres of Land be-
longing to the Minifteral place Adjoining to s d Thomas Well-
ingtons Land for An Equivolent in Land Adjoining to the
Minifteral Home Lot (referving the wood on s d Two Acres for
100=00=00
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the Ufe of the Minifter) And in Cafe the Town s !d Come into
this Motion then to Chofe a Committee to Accomplifh the
same According to Such Directions as the Town Shall See meet
to give to s d Com tee Or in Cafe y* Town S ld not se meet to
Exchainge as Afores a or s d Wellington s Id not come into the
Meai'ures of y* Town if they s ld be willing to Exchange. Then
to know y r Mind, how s d Two Acres shall be fenced and to Do
what the Town shall judge proper to Accompiifh ye proportion
of fence belonging to the Town.
To know the Mind of y* Town whether the High ways and
Town way shall be mended by Rate y* Year Infuing, and if
the Town Comes into this Method Then to Grant Money for
s d Affair, And to Choofe the Surveyors of y* High Ways to be
Collectors, to Collect the Same or to Se that it be worked out
within the Year Agreeable to Such Directions as the Town may
Se meet to give them.
To know the mind of y e Town how the Remander of y* Bond
given to y* Wid w Hannah Fiske by y* Towns Committe in y r
Name with the Intereft Shall be paid and Satisfied.
For the Town to hear the Lift of juriors, And to do thereon
Agreable to y* Directions in y* Law in that behalf made & pro-
vided.
For
[11] For the Town to take Some proper Meaiures to pre-
vent the Drawing of Timber over the great Bridge in y e Town
without Carriages which practice is found to be very prejudical
to y* Bridge, as alfo the drawing of Timbers into the River above
and below the Bridge on the Southerly Side of s d River which
tends to gull and tare down s d Bank and So prove prejudical to
the Town.
Where as there was formerly a Grant made by y* General
Court of 1500 Acres of Medow to Watertown has Not Yet
been Satisfied. And where as Watertown together with Wefton
& Waltham have been at a very great and burdenfome Charge in
Building Repairing and Rebuilding once and Again the great
Bridge over Charles River in Watertown (where by great
benefit Accrews to the publick) and that the three Small Towns
aboves d being Still (and like to be) Subject to a Conftant Yearly
Charge of Repairing of s d Bridge, which by Long Experance y a
find s d Repairs to be a growing burdinfome Charge upon them.
To know the mind of the Town whether (upon the fore going
Confiderations) they will Impower their Reprefentative to joine
in Conjunction w th the Repreientatives of y* Towns of Weiton
& Waltham aboves d (or Such Perfons as they may Appoint) to
Petition the great and General Court for a Grant of so much of
the Unappropriated Land belonging to y* Province to be made
to the S d three Towns as the S d Court in their Wifdom Shall
judge Meet and Sufficiant to be in Liew of s d Grant of Medow
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Land, and alfo the better to Enable the s d Three Towns cheir-
fully to bear the growing Charge of s d Bridge, or other wife
in their Wifdom to relieve them Relating to y* premifses.
To know the mind of y e Town whether they are willing with
Wefton & Waltham to Difpofe of y r Farm Lying Near y e great
Wachufetts belonging to s d Towns for An Agreeable Valuable
Confideration And for the Town to Do and Act with Relation
thereunto as they shall see meet.
To hear the Report of y r Com tee : Appointed to Agree with
Perfons w l they s ld give for Land Lying to y e Ways &c. what
they have further done Relating to s d Affair, & for y 6 Town to
Act y r pleafure thereon
For the Town to be Acquainted that their are Several Perfons
who had Land Confirmed to them upon Condition of y r paying
into the Town Treafurey what was Agreed on by y r Comm tee .
(the proceeds of w ch Land was given by the Town to the Rev d
M r Storer) who have heitherto Neglected to pay their refpective
Dues, And for y e Town to Act y r pleafure with Rlation there
unto. —
To know the Mind of y e Town whether they will do their
proportion of y e fence between the Land of m r John Sawin and
the Buring place, and to do what they shall judge proper
Relating y r unto.
To know the Mind of y e Town whether they will Either Lett
or Sell that Small piece of Land belonging to the Town Lying
between the Country Road and the Mill Crick Above the Corn
Mill, as alio to take Some proper Meafures for the Removing the
Incumbrances from off s d piece of Land, And alfo whether the
Town will Let out the Small Island below the Mills and the
Bank Againft the River Near M r David Sangers.
To know the Mind of y e Town whether Swine Shall Run
at Large under the Regulations in the Law in that cafe made
and provided.
To
[12] To know the mind of the Town whether they will
Revive the by Law relating to horfes for a Nother Year.
Likewife Order the Conftables to Notify Such Perfons that
the Town are Indebted to to bring in their Acc ts . to y e Select-
men At the Houfe of y e Wid w . Mary Learneds on Wednefday
the 25 th of this Inftant Feb y : at three of y e Clock After noon
in Order to have them Laid before y e Town
On Feb r : 17 th : 1746. Warrants were Ifhued out and Diliv d
to the Conftables of S d Watertown P Joseph Mafon Town
Cler
At a Meeting of Selectmen at the Wid w . Mary Learneds on
the 25 Day of February 1746/7. In order to receive the Acc 1
from thofe Perfons that the Town is Indebted to, w * 1 are as
follow's. viz 1 .
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To Ebenezer Stone & Sam 1 Stratton the Com tee
for Repairing of the Minifteral Houfe The
Ballance of their Acc 1 old Tener £11 =.2 =
To Ebenez r Stone for worke done at y* Meet-
ing houfe 18/ and Nails 5/ .1 — .3 —
To Benj n . Haftings for work at Meeting
Houfe 1—..—..
& for work done at y* great Bridge . — .8 — .. .1 — .8 —
To the Afsefsors for their Service in that office
y e Year 1746 viz Nath 1 Harris & Joseph Mafon \ 15= .. — ,
& Tho s Saltmarfh £5 Each
To Jofeph Mafon for a Deed & a Bond ab l the
Land bo 1 of m rs Fisk 6/ for Nails to make a place \ .. — 10=
for y* Powder &c 3/ for drafting a Report 1/
To Oliver Livermore for 60 feet of Bord to
make a place for to put y e Town's Stock of Am- \ .. — 17
munifion in
To David Livermore for Speaks for y e Great
Bridge in April & Octob r Laft (thefe were
not bro* in to Acc 1 Laft adjufted, .. — 15=..
To Jonas Coolidge for Serving Conftable one
Year & warning 2 Meetings .1 — .6 =..
To Amos Bond Conftable for the Like Service .1 — .6
To W m . Coollidge Surveyer for Plank and
Timber to mend the Bridge (comonly called
Tredaways Bridge) .2=16=..
£36" .3 .6
[13] At a General Town Meeting of the Freeholders
and other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town
Affairs Duly Warned and Regulerly Afsembled and Meet to-
gether on the Second Day of March A. D. 1746/7. for Choice
of Town Officers &c.
Voted and Chofe M r Jonas Bond Moderator of s d Meeting
M r Jonas Bond
Jofeph Mafon Esq r
Voted and Chofe for Selectmen ( Nath 1 . Harris Esq 1 ".
M r John Hunt
M r Ebenezer Thatcher
Voted and Chofe Jofeph Mafon Esq r Town Clerk
Voted and Chofe Jofeph Mafon Esq r Town Treafurer.
Voted to Choofe Two Conftables for y e prefent Year.
Voted and Chofe for Conftables {
f M r Thomas Saltmarfh
Voted and Chofe for Afsefsors \ Nath 1 Harris Esq r
[ Jofeph Mafon Esq r .
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Voted and Chofe Jacob Caldwell for Sealer of Leather
Voted and Chofe for fence Viewers j EX^H^Tngton
Voted and Chofe forSurveyers of High Ways|{^j? a ^ al ^ y o()llidge
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen j Nathaniel 6 Stone
( Mofes Stone
Voted and Chofe for Hogneves j Uriah Clark
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers and ( Ebenezer Thornton
Meaf rs of Timb r . &c ( Jonas Coollidge
_ _ . . ' . TT . { Jonathan Stone jun r
Voted and Chofe for Hawards j Jo{iah Stowel
Voted and Chofe Smith Prentice Gager of Cask
Voted and Chofe for Saxton Joseph Haftings, who Refufed to
Serve
Voted and Chofe Henry Spring Tercous Sexton
Voted to pay the Saxton by Two Contrabutions for his Service
as has been Ufull
Then
[14] Then the Town Treafurer Laid his Ace*, before the
Town which was red. w ch was as follow's viz 1 .
What the Treafury was Charged for Amounted to y e Sum of
£807 ".7 "3
What y* 5 Treafury had Credit for Amounted to
£699 " 13" 11
there is Remaining in the Conftables hands
.32" 14" .7
And in the Treafurey 74 "18" .9
£807 " .7 " .3
Then the Vote was put whether the Town Alow and Accept
of the Treafurers Acc t And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Granted One hundred pounds for the Rev d M r
Storers Salary According to Contract old Ten r £100=00=00
Voted as an Addition to M r Storers Salery the sum of Two
hundred pounds old Tener for the prefent Year. One hundred
& Eight pounds to be Afseft 108—00=00
The other Ninty two pounds to be paid out of the Intreft money
Coming to the Town this prefent Year.
Voted One hundred and Ten pounds of £ Tener for the Support
of the Gramer & Englifh School for this Prefent Year to be paid
out of ^ Intereft money Coming to the Town this prefent Year.
Voted and Granted the Sum of forty pounds old Tener for the
Support of the poor this prefent Year £40=00=00
Then a Lift of the Acc ts . of Sundry Perfons to whom the
Town is indebted was Red to the Town Amounting to y e Sum of
£36=.3=.6 old Tener & Alowed
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Voted and Granted the Sum of £36=.3=.6 to pay and Satisfy
S d Acc ts . 36=.3=.6
Voted that the Sum of Sixteen pounds old Tener be paid out of
y* Treafurev to procure a Cover for the Cufhing belonging to the
Pulpit.
Voted and Granted the Sum of Sixteen pounds old Tener for
to pay for Mending the Meeting houfe glafs and for the further
Repairing s d Houfe and glafs £6=.. — ..
Then Some of the Late Conftables Made their pleafs for the
Town's Abating Some perticuler perfons Rates in their Refpective
Lifts. And the Town by a Vote Abated in Conftable Tho s
Homans Lifts viz 1 Tho s Newmas Rates 31/8 James Hackletons
40/4 Dan 1 Stearns 16/ One head in Sam 1 Benjamins 31/8 in All
£5=19=. 8 old Tener
Voted and Granted to Cap 1 Tho s Homans y* Sum of 5 = 19=. 8
to Supply y 6 Abatm ts . .5=19— .8
The Town by a Vote Abated in Ed w . Harringtons Lifts of
Rates James Hackletons Rates £4=18=.4 Ezriah Walkers
1 5/8 and Nathan Ernes in all £7=.l — .. old Tener
Voted and Granted to Ed w . Harrington the Sum of £7=.l
to Suply y e abatm ts .7 — .1 — ..
The Town by a Vote abated in Sam 1 Hagers Lifts Tim y Hoars
Rates 13/8 Sam 1 Cambels 13/8 and Gerfham Keys 29/ in all
£2=16=4 old Tener
Voted and Granted to Sam 1 Hager to Suply the abatm 1 v e Sum
of 2=16=4 .2=16~4
The Town by a Vote Abated Sam 1 Smiths Rate in Christoper
Grants Lift of Rates w ch was 15/ old Tener.
Voted and Granted 15/ to Supply the abatm 1 in s d Grants
Lift ..—15—..
The Town by a Vote abated in Sam 1 Prentices Lifts of Rates
Rob 1 . Crowls 14/8 And Nath 1 Norcrofs jun r 14/8 both is 29/4
old Tener
Voted and Granted 29/4 to Supply the Abatments in s d
Prentices Lifts .1 — .9 — .4
Voted and Granted the Sum of £20 to the Town Treafurer for
his Service for the Town the Year 1746. 20=00—00
Then Voted and Adjorned this Meeting and the Remaining
buifnefs of it to Munday the Ninth Day of this Inftant March
at two of the clock After Noon.
[15] At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown at the
Wid w : Mary Learneds on the 6 th Day of March A. D. 1746/7.
The Several Perfons Under named who were Chofen by the
Town at their Annual Meeting the 2 d Inftant were Sworn to
the faithfull Difcharge of their Refpective Offices viz 1 .
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Joseph Mafon Esq' J Tourer] P Nath'. Harris
to the office of I Afsefsor Justice peace
Na S t e h' h BriSlt" } t0 the ° ffice of Conftable
Thomas Saltmarfh ) ^. ff . , . , ,
Nath 1 Harris Esq' j to * e ° ffice of Afsefsor
Sam 1 Stratton j to ye Office of Fence
Ed w . Harrington J Viewer I p , ,
Nath 1 Stone to y' Office of Tythingman \
Mofes Stone / , TT
Uriah Clark J t0 ^ ° fflce of H °g rieve
Ebenezer Thornton ) to ye office of Surveyers
Jonas Coollidge ) and Meaf rs .. of Timb r &c
Jona n Stone jun r ) , , TT ,
Jofiah Stowel \ t0 the ° fflce of Haward
The Seleclmen Agre'd w th . M r Nath 1 Harrington to keep the
Gramer & Englifh School, And to have as a reward After the
Rate of one hundred and ten pounds P Year for the time he keeps
s d School And if he should Se caufe to Leave the School befor
the End of one Year to give the Selectmen timely Notice.
The Selectmen with the Conftables of A sd Town Appointed M r
Samul Fiske of s d Town to be the Sealer of Weights and Meafures
for the sd Town of Watertown untill a nother Shall be Ap-
pointed in his Room.
March 12 th : 1746 M r Sam 1 . Fiske was Sworn to y* Office
of Sealer of Weights & Meafures for Watertown before the
Court of Gen 1 Sefsions of the peace held at Charlftown.
[16] At a General Town Meeting of y e freeholders and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown on the 9 th . Day of March 1746/7 by
Adjornment
Voted and Abated in Conftable Jofeph Garfields Lifts of Rates
Six fhillings and one peney in John Becks & Eben r Perrys Lates
Voted and Granted to Joseph Mafon Esq r the Sum of Sixteen
fhillings old Tener for Entring Caution againft Joseph Harris
& Sufana Murch Miners and for y e Conftables Service.
Voted and Abated Daniel Stearns Lates 6/ and henry Springs
y e 3 d 32/ old Tener In Conftable Amos Bonds Lifts of Rates.
Voted and Granted 38/ old Tener to Supplie what was Sunk
in Amos Bonds Lifts.
Voted and Granted to Amos Bond 30/ old Tener for His trouble
in Conveying A woman & her Children & Goods from Watertown
to y* Conftable in Cambridge
Then the Vote was put whether the Town is Willing to Ex-
chang Land w th M r Thomas Wellington. And the Vote paft
in y e Negative
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to Choofe
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a Com tK . to Divide the fence between the Land belonging to y*
Town adjoining to m r Thomas Wellingtons Land that the Town
may know y r part. And Se what Sort of fence will be moft
beneficial to be Errected by the the Town on their part, And
Make Report at the Next Town Meeting And the Vote paft in
the Affarmative
Voted and Chofe Enf n . Dan 1 Whitney Joseph Mafon Esq r &
M r Jofeph Harrington to be the Committy for y e Ends above
said.
Voted that the Ways be Mended this Year with the Arreariges
w° h is in the hands or Rates of the prefent and Late Surveyers of
High Ways.
Voted that Nine pounds one fhilling and 2 d be paid out of y e
Treafurey by the Treafurer to y* Wid w Hannah Fiske to Satiffy
the Remainder of the Bond given to her by y e Towns Com tee . and
y e Intreft thereon
A Lift of Juriors was Laid be fore the Town & Red. and
After the Town Voted five perfons to be taken out, viz 1 Jofiah
Pery James Baley Walter Beath John Coollidge jun r & David
Coollidge which were in before, the Addition made to the Lift
was Accepted by y e Town. The whole Lift Amounting to
Eighty three parfons. Twenty being y e forth part. Three was
Added three to the Superiour Box (Seventeen being in before).
The Three parfons w* 1 * 1 were by Vote Added were M r John Hunt
M r Jofeph Harrington m r Jofeph Child.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to Choofe
a Comm tee to take perticuler Obfervation what Perfons they are
who Draw Timb rs Over the Great Bridge with out Carrages
as alfo Such as draw Timber into the River above and below the
S d Bridge on y e South Side of the River to the prejudice of y e
Town, And to defire such perfons that they w ld . Not Continue in
Such a practice. And if they will not Defist therefrom y n S d
Comm tee to make Reporte to the Town, That the Town may take
other Meafures to prevent Such a practice. And y* 5 Vote paft in
y* 5 Affirmative
Voted and Chofe Nath 1 Harris Esq r . Mefs rs .. John Hunt &
Jonas Coollidge to be a Commitee for y e Ends aboves d .
Upon Confideration of y* 1500 Acres of Medow Land former-
ly Granted by the General Court to Watertown not Yet Satisfyed
together in Confideration of y e Great and growing Charge of y e
great Bridge over Charles River in Watertown the burden
whereof Lyes upon y e three Smal Towns of Watertown Wefton
and Waltham, the Vote was put Whether it is the Mind of
The
[17] The Town to Impower their Reprefentative to joine in
Conjunction with the Reprefentatives of > e Tovvn: of Wefton and
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Waltham aboves d (or Such Perfons as they May Appoint)
To Petition the Great & General Court for a Grant of So much
of the Unapropriated Lands belonging to the Province To be
made to the S d Three Towns as the s d Court in their Wifdom
shall judge Meet and Sufficiant to be in Liew of s d Grant of
Medow And alfo the Better to Enable the s d Three Towns, Char-
fully to bear the Growing Charge of s d Bridge (which the
publiclc are So greatly benefited by) or other wife in their
Great Wifdom & good nefs to relieve the s d three Small Towns
Relating to the Premifses. & y e Vote paft in y e Affirm e :
Put to Vote whether it is the Mind of y* Town to Choofe Two
Perfons to be a Com tee . to joine with Such Perfons as are or may
be Chofen by y* Towns of Wefton and Waltham to git the beft
Information they can what the prefent Value of the Farme Near
Wachufett belonging to y e s d Towns is Esteemed to be, And to
hear the Offers which any Gentleman or Gentlemen may make
for s d farm in cafe s d Towns will difpofe thereof. And to Make
Report of their doings at y e Next Town Meeting, that the Town
May be able to Act more Underftandingly in what May be moft
for their & y e other Towns Intreft in said Affair And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe Nath 1 . Harris Esq r and Cap 1 . John Taynter
to be a Commitee for y e Ends Aboves d .
Then the Com tees Report was Red. and the Vote was put
whether it is the mind of y* Town to Accept of the Com tees .
Report and that the Land Mentioned therein be Granted and
Confirmed to y e s d Jofhua Stratton his heirs and Afsigns he
paying therefor into the Town Treafurey for the Ufe of y e
Town ' the Sum of four pounds Ten fhillings old Tener as
Mentioned in s d Report, and y* Vote paft in y* Affirmative
Then the Town was Informed that M r John Kimbul was one
of the Dilinquant Perfons who was Indebted to y e Town for
Land had of y e Town the proceeds whereof was given to M r
Storer. That M r And w . White & Joseph Stearns were the other
Perfons, that M r Kimbul Debt was 45/ said Whites 60/ & s d
Stearns 80/ Upon hearing hereof Voted y l y* 5 Selectmen call
upon y* s d Dilenquant perfons to pay y r Refpective dues that So
y* Rev d M r Sorer may Reap thereby y* benefit of y e Towns
Gift formerly made to him —
Voted that if y e s d Jofeph Starnes Infift on having a deed of y e
Land he had of the Town that the Selectmen give him a deed in
y e behalf of y* Town
Voted to Make One half of the fence againft the burying place
between the Land of m r John Sawin and Said Buring place
Voted to make a good Stone Wall fence between s d Sawins Land
and s d Buring place
Voted to Chofe a Committee to procure the Doing of s d fence
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Voted and Chofe Mefsu rs . And w White Dan 1 Whitney & Oliver
Livermore to be s d Committee.
Voted and Granted the Sum of Twenty five pounds old Tener
to be Improved by s d Committee for y* making of s d wall fence,
the Committee to render an Acc 1 of y r Doings. Then
[18] Then the Vote was put whether the Town will Sell
that Small piece of Land between the Country Road and the Mill
Crick above ye Corn mill And the Vote paft in the Negative
The Vote was put whether the Town are of y* Mind to let s d
Small piece of Land, and the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Put to Vote whether the Town are of y c Mind that all In-
cumbrances should be Removed from off of s d piece of Land.
And y e Vote paft in y e Affirm e .
Voted to Let the Small Island below the Mills.
Then the Vote was put whether the Town will Choofe a
Comm tee to Let y e small piece of Land above the Mill and the
Island below the Mill afores d And to Remove all the Incum-
brances from off of s d piece of Land above the Mill between y*
High Way & Mill Crick And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe Nath 1 . Harris Esq r . Mefsu rs . Tho s Saltmarfh
& David Sanger to be a Com tee . to Let the Land aboves d and to
Remove the Incumbrances from off y* Land Aboves d . —
Voted that Swine Shall Run at Large this prefent Year under
the Regulations in y e Law in that behalf made & provided
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town that the
Town buy Law relating to horfes be revived for the preft
Year And the Vote paft in the Negative —
The Comm tee Reporte is as follows, viz 1 .
We the Subfcrib rs . y e Com tee : Appointed by y e Town of Water-
town to Agree with Perfons what they s ld . give for Land Lying
to Ways againft y e front of y r Lands &c. Met on y e 16 th . Day
of Feb y . And Agreed wth Jofhua Stratton that he Move out the
fence Againft that piece of Land Mowing Land belonging to him
and his mother (part of which is now in pofsefion of his Mother
as part of her Thirds) Lying Eaft of Sam 1 Jenifons Land South-
erly of y e Highway and Weft of John Brights Land Viz 1 to
Remove out So far Northerly againft the Country Road as the
S d Jenifons Land Extends w ch he had of y e Town and to run
from S d Jenifons Notheaft Corner Eaftward to A Stone Lying in a
parrellel Line with the Dividing Line between y* s d Brights Land
& y e Medow aboves d the North Line to be a Straight Line from
Jenifons Corner afores d to the afores d stone, Said Stone Ly's at
the Northeaft Corner of y e Land to be taken in and the Country
Road is full four Rods wide againft said Stone or Corner and
to be Left So in its full wydth. which bounds inclofes and takes
in abo* Twenty four Rods of Ground, (referving to the Wid w . the
liberty of Convening Coming at her Thirds) He the s d Jofhua
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Stratton To pay into the Town Treafurey for the same for the
Ufe of y e Town the full Sum of four pounds Ten shillings old
Tener when the Town Confirms y* said Twenty four Rods of
Land to him his heirs &c.
Joseph Mafon \
Nath 1 . Harris /
Watertown Feb y : 16. 1746/7 Ebenezer Stone \ Comm tee .
Jonas Bond I
Jona n . Brown )
March 9 th The above s d Jofhua gave a Bond to y e Town
Treafurer for the Land above mentioned in y e Com tees Report. —
[19] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at M r Jonas Bonds on
the 23 d Day of March 1746/7 The Selectmen Agre'd with M r
John Coollidge To board the Wid w . Webb (who is at his houfe)
and look after for the Space of one Year from the 25 th . of this
Inftant March, And to have as a Recompence from the Town
therefor After the Rate of Twelve Shillings P week old Tener.
And if Any Extrordinary Charge should happen by Reafon of
Sicknefs Lamenefs or other wife to have Reafonable Satisfaction
therefor over and Above y e 12/ P week.
Whereas Samuel Warnn gave a Note of hand of Eight pounds
Ninteen shillings & Nine pence of w ch he paid Ten fhillings & 10* 1
afterward. The Remainder Lying dead, And y* s d Warrin hav-
ing Offred to give bond for y e same for the Ufe of the Town.
The Selectmen Advifed the Treafurer to take his Bond for y* Ufe
of y e Town and to give up y e s d Note.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds on
the 3 d Day of April 1747. This Year being the Year by Law for
Preambulation and Renewing of y e Marks on the Lines between
the Adjacent Towns. The Selectmen Accordingly Appointed
Mefs rs . Jonathan Bemis & Ebenezer Thatcher To preambulate
with the Adjacent Towns and with Such as they Shall Appoint
to Renew the Marks on the Lines Between S d Watertown and
the Adjacent Towns. And they are Appointed & Directed to
meet w th Such perfons as the Selectmen of Cambridge Shall
appoint. On the Line between Watertown & Cambridge Near
Edward Marrits on Wednefday the Twenty Second day of April
Currant at Nine of the Clock in the fornoon. And with Such
Perfons as the Selectmen of Waltham Shall appoint at one of y e
Clock afternoon of s d Day At the Line between Watertown & S d
Waltham Near Thomas Near Thomas Wellingtons.
And with Such Perfons as the Selectmen of Newton Shall
Appoint at four of the Clock Afternoon on s d Day on the Line
between Watertown and Said Newton Near Daniel Cooks, and
Make return of y r Doings on s d Affair to the Town Clerk.
Ordred the Clerk to send Notifications to y* selectmen of the
Adjacent Towns to Acquaint them of the Day Appointed for
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preambulation and the perfons who are Appointed by y* selectmen
of Watertown that the Selectmen of y* Adjacent Towns may Con-
form thereunto. — which was done Accordingly P y* Clerk —
Watertown April 22. 1747.
We the Subfcribers Met with Such men as y* Selectmen of
Cambridge Appointed, Such men as y* Selectmen of Waltham
Appointed & Such Men as y 6 Selectmen of Newton Appointed &
Preambulated & Renew'd y* Bounds between s d Towns.
Jonathan Bemis
Ebenezer Thatcher
[20] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at Joseph Mason's on
the 7 th of May 1747 The Selectmen having rec d a Precipt from
y e High Sherrif of of y* County of Midd x Requiring forthwith
to Afsamble y* Inhab ts . of y* Town for the Choice of a
Reprefentative to Reprefent them at a General Court Appointed
to be Convened and held at the Court Houfe in Boston on y* 5
27 th . of This Inftant May. In Obedience thereto, Ordred the
Clerk to Hue out Warrants Directed to the Conftables of Water-
town To warn the free holders and Other Inhab ts . of s d Town
who are Qualified to Vote in the Choice of a Reprefentative to
Meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in Said Town, On Munday
the Eighteenth Day of May Currant At three of y* Clock after-
noon then and there to Elect and Depute a Meet Perfon to
Reprefent them at A General Court or Asfembly Appointed to
be Convened held and keept for His Majestry's Service at the
Court houfe in Boston on Wednefday the 27 th of May Currant. —
And Alio to Order the S d Conftables to Warn the freeholders
and other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote
in Town Affairs to Meet at S d Publick Meeting houfe on S d
Eighteenth Day of May at four of the Clock Afternoon for y*
Ends following viz 1 .
1. To Choofe a Moderator.
2. To hear the Report of Several Com tees : who were
Appointed to make Report at s d Meeting on thofe Affairs of y e
Town they were chofen to Act in, And for the Town to Act
further Relating to S d Affairs if they See Meet.
3. To hear the Acc u . of Mefsu". Joseph Coollidge & Jonas
Bond Truftees for Watertown, for the receiving and Leting out
the Loan Bills of Credit belonging to said Town, And the
Receiving the Intereft therefor &c. of their proceedings in that
Affair, And for the Town to Act their Pleafure with Relation
thereunto.
4. To know the mind of y 6 Town whether they will Revive
the the Town buy Law Relating to the fettering horfes.
5. To know the mind of the Town whether they will
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Revive the Town buy Law Relating to Dogs going to the Publick
Meeting houfe on Sabbath days, with Some Addition.
6. To hear the Petition of James Dix Relating to the Shoop
that He Errected on the Town Land Near the Mill Crick in
s[aid] Town And for the Town to Act their pleafure with
Relation thereunto.
Warrants were Isued out Accordingly P r me Jos: Mafon Cler-
The Selectmen at this Meeting Appointed to meet on y e 25 th
of of this Inftant May at three Clock Afternoon at Nath 1 .
Harris Esq r . And Defired the Clerk to Send Notifications to
Sundry Perfons in the Name of y e Selectmen to meet them at y*
time and place afores d . viz 1 To John Coollidge, David Coollidge,
Jabez Stratton & Isaac Holdin To pay or Renew their Bonds,
wherein they are Indebted to y e Town. And to John Kimbul &
Jos[eph] Stearns to come and pay what is due from them to y*
Town for Land they had of y e Town.
[21] At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Qualified to Vote in the Choice of a
Reprefentative, Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting
houfe in s d Town on the Eighteenth Day of May 1747. for y^
Choice of a Reprefentative.
After the Votes were bro 1 in Sorted and told, it Appeared that
M r Jonas Bond was Chofen to Reprefent the Town at a Great &
General Court or Afsembly Appointed to be Convened held &
kept at y e Court houfe in Boston on Wednefday y e 27 th . of May
Currant P y^ Maj r part of y* Voters prefent, the Maj r part of
y e Selectmen being present.
At a General Town Meeting of y e freehold™, and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled on the Eighteenth Day of May 1747 for the
Ends Set forth in the Warning.
Voted and Choie Joseph Mafon Esq r . Moderator.
The Committee who were Chofen to Divide the fence between
the Towns Lands & M r Thomas Wellingtons & others. Made
their Report. And the Vote was put whether the Town Accept
of Said Report, and that s d Report be Recorded And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
Voted to Choofe a Com tee : to Se the fence belonging to the
Town Errected both Wall and Wooden fence S d Comm tee . to
Cut down Some Trees on the Towns Land for the Making of y e
Woodin fence and to Compleat the whole.
Voted and Choofe Joseph Mafon Esq r Mefs rs . Dan 1 Whitney
Jofeph Harrington Jonathan Bemis & And w . White to be the
Com tee : to Errect & Compleat the fence which belongs to y*
Town to Do.
The Com tee . Relating to the Farm at Wachufetts Made Report
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that Wefton had not Acted in S d Affair, So that y a had not pro-
ceeded to do any thing.
Voted and Continued Said Comm tee : And they to Act on the
Affair they were Chofen for if the other Town Concerned come
in to it. M r Jonas Bond one of y* Truftees informed the Town
that the Truftees had not prepared their Acc ts . to Lay before y*
Town And the Town Voted that the Affair of y e Truftees be
continued to the Adjournm 1 of this Meeting to give them Opper-
tunity to prepare their Acc ts . to Lay before the Town, And the
Town then to pafs on them.
Voted to Revive the Town buy Law Relating to horfes as it
Now Stands on Record.
Voted that the Town buy Law Relating to Dogs going to the
Publick Meeting houfe be Revived with this Alteration viz 1 .
That the fine be one half to the poor of y* Town, and the other
half to him or them that shall procicut & Sue for the Same.
Voted
[22] Voted that Nath 1 . Harris & Joseph Mafon Esq", be a
Comm tee to Lay Said buy Laws before the Court of General
Sefsions of the peace for their Confirmation.
Then the Petition of James Dix was Red, praying that the
Town w ld . pleafe So far to Superceed w l was done at Laft March
Meeting as to Alow his Shoop to Continue on the Towns Land
during the Towns pleafurer. and to Alow him So much of y^
Towns Land as the Town shall Judge Necefsary & Convenant he
paying a reafonable Rent to the Town for the same.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town so far to
Grant the prayer of y e Petition, That the Petitioners Shoop which
Stands on y e Towns Land Near the Mill Crick be alowed to
Continue on y* Towns Land during the Towns pleafurer and that
y 6 Petitioner have So much of y e Towns Land afores d as May be
Convenant to Accomodate s d Shoop during the Town's pleafure,
he paying a Reafonable Rent to the Town for the Same. — And
the Vote paft in the Affirmative
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to Choofe
A Comm tee to Let to James Dix So much of ^ Towns Land
afores d . As to Accomodate his shoop afores d . and to Agree with
him what Rent he shall pay for the same» and the Vote paft in
the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe Mefs rs . Oliver Livermore & John Sawin to
be a Comm tee . for the Ends Abovesaid.
Then Voted and Adjourned this Meeting to Munday the Eight
day of June Next five of y e Clock Afternoon to this houfe.
At a Meeting of y e Inhab ts . of Watertown on the 8 th Day of
June 1747 by Adjournment.
The Meeting being but small, it was moved and Seconded to
Adjourn the Meeting some time Longer.
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Accordingly Voted and Adjourned this Meeting & the bufnifs
of it to Tuefday y* 16 th . of this Inftant June Six of the Clock
afternoon to this place.
June 16 th : 1747. The Meeting Adjourned to this Day at Six
of y e Clock afternoon. Dropt by Reafon of y* Default of y*
Inhab ts . in not Attending the Same.
At a meeting of y* Selectmen at Tho s Saltmarfhs on the 15 th . of
June 1747. The Selectmen gave their Conient That Tho s
Saltmarfh Mary Learned & David Coollidge should have their
Licences renewed for this prefent Year, And Nath 1 . Harris Esq r
Renew his Licence to retail.
[23] The Report Voted to be Recorded.
We the Subfcribers a Com tee : Appointed to Divide the
fence between the Towns Land Near Thomas Wellingtons with
the Owners of y e Adjacent Land, having View'd the Land and
Meafured the Line between s d Town Land & Thomas Welling-
tons Land we find said Line According to our Meafure to be
abo 1 forty Eight Rods in the whole abo 1 24 Rods whereof belongs
to y e Town to fence upon againft s d Wellingtons. And we judge
it will be moft Convenant for y* Town (all things Confidred)
to have their part together, Viz 1 , beginning at the South End at
the Northeaft Corner of M r Wellingtons Land & so runing on
the South Line which is ab l : fourteen Rods (where wall fence
may be Errected) Then runing on the Weft Line till it comes
to the Diviiion which is ab 1 Ten Rods on y* s d Weft Line, where
there muft be woodin fence the other half the S d Wellington
Confents to take for his part. There is ab l . Two Rods between
s d Land & Land of Martha Coollidge. And Ab l . 30 Rods as we
judge without Meafuring between y e Towns Land & land of W m .
Godding, there is upland at both Ends (Mr Godding was not
prefent) We are of Oppinion (if y* Town Se meet) that S d
Godding take his Choice which half of y* Line he will take, to
Errect and Maintain fence upon. We are of Oppinion that the
Town Make wall fence where it will bear to be Made
All w ch is humbly Submitted
Watertown May 18 th : 1747
When this Report was red & Accepted at y e Town Meeting
M r Godding being prefent was Defired to make his Choice which
half of y e Line againft his Land he would take to Errect and
maintain fence upon. & he made choice of the Southerly half.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at Nath 1 . Harris Esq r . on y e 27
of May 1747 At S d Meeting Joseph Stearns paid his money for
y e Land granted to him by y e Town in the year 1741 as alfo
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for w* was Granted to And w . White (w * 1 S d Stearns had bo 1 of s d
White) w° h grants was in Elbo Hill Lane, which is in both y*
Sum of Seven pounds old Tenour. At S d Meeting John Coollidge
Agreed to Renew his Bond, and to pay the Intereft of s d Bond
from y e Eleventh of Decemb r . 1740. He defired that he might
have Liberty to Lay his Cafe before the Town by Petition for
Abatm 1 of Some of y e Intreft, for Refons that He may give to y e
Town.
Jabez Stratton & David Coollidge not Appearing at this
Meeting Agree'd that they be Notified to come to y^ Next Meeting
of y e Selectmen
[24] July 20 th : 1747. At a Meeting of y^ Selectmen at y 6
Meeting houfe. Ordred that a Warrant be Isued out to Warn
Thomas Train to Depart out of Watertown, who came from
Wefton ab l . the 5th. of June Laft as the Selectmen are Informed
and Refides at y e Houfe of Sam 1 Parry.
A Warrant was Isued out accordingly, Service done & Warrant
returned P Conftable Nath 1 Bright.
At a meeting of y e Selectmen at M r . John Hunts on the 22 d
of July 1747. The Selectmen being Informed that there is one
Jaan Perkens a Widow woman and her Daughter Sufanna
Perkens (a Minor) come to Refide in Watertown who came from
Bofton Some time in Octob r . Laft who Refides Now at the
Houfe of Henry Learned, the Selectmen Refufing to Accept of
them to be Inhab ts . in Watertown. Ordred y c Clerk to Isue out
a Warrant to warn them to Depart forth with out of Watertown.
Accordingly a Warrant was Isued out.
At a meeting of the Selectmen at the Bridge &c on fryday the
18 th : of September 1747. To Confider what is Neceisary to be
done for the Speedy Repairing of the Bridge over the Mill Crick
it being out of Repair. The Selectmen having View'd Said
Bridge, they find it Necefsary that there be Emediately procured
Two Cells to bear the Ends of the String pieces, and One String
piece And as the Selectmen of Wefton were Defired the Laft Year
to provid a String piece for s d Bridge, Agreed to send Word
to the Selectmen of Wefton to bring Down s d String piece & Two
Cills to the s d . Bridge by the Middle of the Next week, (word was
Emmediatly Sent P Nath 1 . Walker of s d Wefton) The Select-
men Agre'd to meet again at S d Bridge on Thurfday the 24
Inftant at two Clock afternoon in order to take further Steps
relating to y e repairing of s d Bridge.
Thurfday the 24th. of Sep r . 1747 The Selectmen meet and
Agre'd to provid Stones and workmen and to go abo* the work
the Next Day.
Sep r . 25. The Selectmen Meet, And the Timber being Come
from Wefton viz 1 one String piece of 41 feet Two Cills of 18
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feet Each in Length (ab l 34 feet) The Bridge over the Crick
was taken up and y e Selectmen found it Necefsary to procure a
nother String piece Two of the old ones being So rotten y* they
w ,d not do again Accordingly they bought one of M r Ebenezer
Thornton of 32 feet for Eight pounds. —
[25] Sep r the 28 th : 1747. The Selectmen took Ace 1 of
the work Done in Repairing the Bridge over the Mill Crick,
Meturals and Expences. which are as follow's viz 1 :
Sep'
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26
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Nath 1 . Norcrofs 3 Days at 16/P
Benj n . Haftings 3 Days 18/P
Jona" Learned 3 Days Teem one
David Learned Man & Teem 2 Days
Man 1 Day
Nath 1 Harris a Man 3 Days
Sam 1 Cook one Day 16/ Eb Thatcher
2 Days 32/
Joseph Mafon 2 Days &
Wid w . Mary Learned for 15 "j
Dinners at 3/6 P & for Drink >
for y e workmen 83/6 all is — J
Sam 1 Fisk for a Load of Stones
Sam 1 Barnard for a Load of Slate
Stones brot by him to the Bridge
W m - Coollidge for two Stones
David Sanger for one Ditto
One String piece bo 1 of M r Thornton
£2= .8=
2—14=
3= .7—
3=14=
2= .2=
.2— .8=
.6=16=
..— .5—
.1— ..—
..— .5—
..— .3—
£34= .2=..
Wefton P Beiij". Harrington Sent one String piece 41 feet &
2 Cills 17 feet Each.
Sep r . 30 1747 At the Defire of David Coollidge the Sea-
men Preambulated with him on the Line between the High Way
and the Small piece of Land bot of y e Towns Com tee : by his
Father Tho s Coollidge Deceafed, againft his Swamp (so Called)
and the Line runs as follows viz 1 , beginning at the Eaftermoft
bend in the Wall againft S d Swamp and runs abo 1 Nine Rods
Eafterly parrellel with Dea Joseph Coolledgs wall on the oppifet
Side of s d way, Said High way being full four Rods wide at y*
End of said Nine Rods, and then with a gradual turn to run to
the Northweft Corner of s d Dea: Coollidges Land on South
Side of s d Way. Said Line departes from the bend afores d and
Entersix the Corner afores d . and is a bow Line, the Land in clofed
being ab l Thirty feet wide in the middle or wideft place the two
Ends are points, and is the Contents of Land Contained in the
Deed in that place.
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Sam 1 . Jenifon alfo Defired the Selectmen to preambulate w th
him on the line between his Land at a place Called Dorchefter
field and the Town way Leading to the flats, the Selectmen
Concented that s d Jenifon Should Straighten his fence Leaving
s d Town way the whole Length of it againft his Land full two
Rods in Width.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at Eben r Thatchers on y^ 30th:
of Nov r : 1747 at s d Meeting Agreed w th m r Nath 1 Harrington
to keep the Gramer & Englifh School three months from y e 7 th of
Decemb r Next, and as a reward y r for to have from the Town
fifteen pounds P r month old Tenor. Defired M r Hunt to procure
a load of wood for y* school and to be paid therefor out of y*
Town Treafurey. The Wid w Webb standing in Need of a
peticot a p r of stockens & a handkerchif, Agreed that they be
procured for her & paid out of y* Treafury.
Samuel Jenifon Made Application to y* Selectmen on Acc r of
Sufana Murch who was at his houfe (Mr. Brindly refufing to
let her live in his houfe) She being in Necefsitous Circumftances.
the Selectmen defired s d Jenifon to Interceed wth his Mother
for a room for her three months and they Ingage for the rent
alfo Defired s d Jenifon to procure a load of wood for her and
to be paid by y e . Town.
[26] At a meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonas
Bond on the 20 th . of January 1747. At Said Meeting the Se-
lectmen Agreed to Send to the Selectmen of Wefton to procure
fourteen hundred of plank for the great Bridge to be thick as
ufual and Sixteen feet in length and to bring them to the Bridg
as Soon as may be. Defired the Clerk to Send to s d . Selectmen.
Agreed to Defire the Selectmen of Waltham to meet the Select-
men of Watertown at M r Tho s . Saltmarfhs Inholder in Water-
town on Munday the firft Day of Feb y . Next at Two of the
clock afternoon in Order to adjust and proportion y d Acc ts of y*
Charge of the poor and other Affairs where in the Towns are
Concerned. Ordred the Clerk to Notify y e Selectmen of Waltham
of S d Meeting. Letters were Sent to y d Selectmen of Wefton &
Waltham accordingly by y* 5 Clerk. —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown and Waltham
at Tho s : Saltmarfhs on Feby: 1. 1747/8. The Acc 1 . of the Charge
of the poor wear Adjusted Proportioned, and Confented to and
Signed by y* Selectmen of Each Town, as P Acc 1 . on file, and
Recorded at Large in the Treafurers Records Liber (2) Page
(47).
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at Joseph Masons on the 15th
of Feby. 1747/8. Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants
Directed to the Conftables of Watertown to Warn the Free-
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holders and other Inhab ts . of s d Town who are Qualified to Vote
in Town Affairs, To meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in Said
Town on Munday the Seventh Day of March Next at Ten of the
Clock before noon for the Ends following, viz 1 . (1) To Choofe
a Moderator for s d Meeting. (2) To Choofe Selectmen to
manage the prudential Affairs of y* Town for y e Year Enfuing.
To Choofe a Town Clerk a Town Treafurer Conftables
Afsefsors and all other Such Town Officers as are by Law to
be chofen in the month of March Annually. (3) To Choofe a
Saxton and Agree how he Shall be Satisfyed. (4) To put in their
Votes for a County Treafurer. (5) To know y* 5 mind of y e
Town wheth r Swine shall run at Large, under y* Regulations
of y e Law in y* Refpect. (6) To hear the Town Treafurers
Acc ts . (7) For y e Town to manifeft y r Minds how the Intreft
Money Coming to y* Town this prefent year (the Year begin-
ing y e 11 th of DecenuV. Laft) Shall be Appropriated. (8) To
Grant money to pay y e Rev d : M r Storer his Salary according to
Contract for the Enfuing Year, the year beginning the firft of
March Next. And to know the mind of y e Town what Addition
they will make to Rev d M r Storers Salary for the Enfuing
Year, and to Grant what may be Agreed on or otherwife Agree
in what way and method it Shall be Satisfied. (9) To Grant
money for the Support of the School, or other wife Agree how s d
School Shall be Supported the Year Enfuing the year beginning
the Eighth day of March Next, And for the Town to manifest
y r minds in what way and Method a Schoolmafter shall be
procured, and in what way and Method the School shall be
Supplied with firewood. (10) To Grant money for the Support
of y e Poor for the year Enfuing. And to do Any other thing
Relating to the poor. (11) To hear the Acc ts . of thofe perfons To
whom the Town is Indebted, and to Grant money to Satisfy them
(12) To Grant money for the Repairing of ^ Meeting houfe
Glafs. (13) To Grant money for the Repairing of y 6 Great
Bridge over Charles River in s d Town.
(14)
[27] (14) To know the mind of the Town whether the
High Ways and Town Ways Shall be mended the Year Enfuing
by Rate, and if the Town shall come into this method, Then
to make a Grant for Said Affair, And for the Town to State the
price of Day Labour both for men and Teems, and that Perfons
may work out their Refpective Rates at w ch they are Set (If they
se meet) at the price the Town Agrees upon and to Choofe
the Surveyers of highways to be Collectors of Said Rate or to Se
that it be worked out with in the Year in the way and maner
that the Town may or shall Agree upon. (15) To hear the
pleas of some of y e Late Conftables for the Town to Abate or Sink
Some perticuler Perfons Rates in their Lifts of Rates, and for the
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Town to Act their pleafure w th Relation thereto. (16) To hear
y e Petition of Jabez Stratton of Sherbourn w th . Relation to a Bond
which He gave to the Towns Committee for Land Sold to him by
Said Committee. And for the Town to Act their pleafure with
relation thereunto. (17) To hear the Acc*. of the Late Truftees
who Received Watertowns Proportion of y e £ 60000 Loan of y r
proceedings in Said Truft. And for the Town to Act y r pleafure
w th Relation thereto. (18) To know the mind of y* Town how
the money which was paid by Impreft men in the Town, and w ch
by Law belongs to the Town Shall be Appropriated. (19)
whereas there is a Certain building, Standing Near the Training
field to be Sold by Matthias Stone To know the mind of y e
Town, whether they will purchafe said building for the Ufe of
the Town.
and for the Town to Do any other thing or things that may be
for the benefit and Intereft of the Town.
And to Order the Conftables to notify Such Perfons as the
Town is Indebted to to bring in their Acc ts . to the Selectmen at
the Houfe of the Wid w . Mary Learned on fryday the fourth Day
of March Next at three of y e Clock after noon in ord r to have
them Laid before the Town, alfo to Notify the Late Collectors
& Surveyers of High Ways to meet y e Selectmen at s d time and
place in order to make up y r Acc ts .
At a meeting of ye Selectmen at the Wid w . Mary Learneds on
ye 4 th . Day of March 1747/8 for ye Receiving in of ye Acc 1 of
Such perfons as the Town Are Indebted to in ord r to Ly y m
before the Town at y r Next Annual Meeting. The Perfons and
y r Acc 1 are as follows.
Benj n . Haftings Acc 1 . To 5 days Yi work at y e
great Bridge mending y e same 23/P day 6 — .6 — .6
Joseph Paterfon for Serving Conftable & Warning
2 Meetings 1 — .6 — ..
Nath 1 . Bright for Serving Conftable warning 2
meetings & Conveying a Wooman to Cambridg 1 — 18 — ..
Oliver Liver more & And w . White a Com tee . Chofen
to to make y e Wall between y e Burying plafe and
M r Sawins Land. y r Acc 1 was 31 — 4 — .. y e Grant
made for s d work £25 y a Received dute to them 6=
Propofed to Grant for the mending of y e Gate at ye
Buring place 1-
James Bailey Survey r for Plank for 2 whelms and
mending 3=13=.
David Livermore for Speeks for y e Great Bridge at
Sundry times between March 16 th 1746/7 & Octo r
9 th following 3= .8—.
Nath 1 . Harris Esq r for his Service as An Afsefsor
the year 1747 5 — .. — .
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Tho s Saltmarfh for his Service as Afsefsor
the Year 1747
Joseph Mafon for his Service as
Afsefsor for y e year 1 747 5 — .. — .
For Cafh paid to y* Clerk of ^
Sefsions for Entring Watertowns
by Laws 1 — .. — ..
and for his Service as Clerk &
Treaf r y e year 1747 20—..—,
W m : Coollidge Survey r . for Plank procured for
Smelt brook bridge & Treadways
To y e Com tee Chofen to fence y* Minifteral Land
Near Thomas Wellingtons viz 1
To Joseph Mafon 5 — .7 — ..'
8— .2—..
To And w . White
To Joseph Har-
rington 7 — 13 — ..
To Jona". Bemis 5 — .8 — ..
To Daniel Whitney 1 — 16 — ..
5— ..— ..
26=
,7—.
28-6—..
v a give
C r for
Bark
.6— ..— ..
Due 22— .6—.. 22— .6—..
83=10—..
At S d Meeting M ra Coollidge ^ Wife of John Coollidge bro 1
Acc 1 . of woork done for y e Wid w Webb & Cafh Laid out for her
amounting 5= 17=. 8 w^ h . y* Selectmen Alowed as Alfo four
pound for her Extroordinary trouble w th s d Widow this year.
And- Ordred the Treafurer to pay both
one Jona n Page was bro 1 to y e Selectmen at y s Meeting from
Framingham by a Warrant, the Selectmen defired y e Wid w .
Mary Learned to take and provide for s d page a few days till
after the Town Meeting.
[28] At a General Town Meeting of y e freehold" & other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled at y e Publick Meeting houfe in S d Town on
the Seventh Day of March A. D. 1747/8 for the Choice of Town
Officers & other Buifnefs &c. —
Voted and Chofe Doctor Jofiah Convers Moderator.
/ M r Jonas Bond
\ Joseph Mafon Esq r .
Voted and Chofe for Selectmen \ Doct r . Jofiah Convers
f M r Oliver Livermore
\ M r Jonathan Bemis
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r Town Clerk
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r Town Treafurer.
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Voted and Chofe for 1. Conftable Joseph Whitney
Voted and Chofe for 2 d Conftable Sam 1 . Fiske. who being
p r fent Refused to Serve.
Voted and Chofe for 2 d Conftable William Godding.
{M r Nath 1 . Harrington
Joseph Mafon Esq r
M r Tho s . Saltmarfh
Voted and Chofe Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
Voted and Chofe for fence Viewers Thomas Saltmarfh &
James Dix.
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers of HighWays Nath 1 . Harring-
ton & Sam 1 . Stratton
Voted & Chofe for Tythingmen Sam 1 Nutting & Simon
Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for Hogrievs Jona n Stone Tartus and John
Whitney
Voted and Chofe for meafurers & Survey rs of Timber &c Eben r
Thornton & Jonas Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for Hawards Jofhua Stratton & David Sanger.
Voted and Chofe for Gager of Cafk Smith Prentice.
Voted and Chofe for Deer rieves (on y e Adjournm 1 14 Day)
Tho s Saltmarfh David Livermore
Voted and Chofe and Chofe Henry Spring Tartus Saxton
Voted to pay S d Saxton by Two Contrabutions as has been
Ufual in y e years paft
Voted that Swine Run At Larg under the Regulations of y e
Law in y l Case
Then The Treafurer Laid his Acc ts . before The Town and
the Sum Total that y e Treafurey was Charged for amounted to
£563=1 1=.7
The foot of the Credit Amounted to £430= 19=. 8
Outstanding in the Conftables hands or Lifts
117=11=. 8
And In the Treafurey .15= ..—.3 £563 = 1 1=.7
The Acc 1 . of the Intreft Rec d Since 2 d of Laft
March amounted to 214=16 — .6
.Their was paid Out by ord r . of y e Selectmen to y e Minifter &
Schoolmafter 214=16=. 6
Then the Vote was put whether the Town do Alow & Accept
of y e Treafurers Acc ts . and the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Appropreated the Intreft money Coming to Town
this p r fent Year y e year beginning the Eleventh of Dec r Laft
toward Supporting the Miniftry & School. r
Voted and Granted y e Sum of One Hundred Pounds old A T for
y 6 Rev d m r Seth Storers Salary (old Tener) According to Con-
tract.
Voted and Granted the Sum of Three hundred Pounds old
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Tener as an Addition to y* Rev d . M r Storers Salary for y* Enfuing
Year. y e Year begining the fir ft of this Inftant March, Two
hundred to be Afseft, & one hundred p d out of y* Intreft money
Voted
[29] Voted the Sum of Two hundred Pounds old Tenor for
y* Support of the School One hundred Pounds to be paid out of
the Intref money the other hundred to be Afseft.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to Choofe
a Comm tce . to Procure a School mafter for y e Town at y e Towns
Charge & y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative.
Voted that the Selectmen be a Committee for y e Ends afores d .
Voted that thofe Perfons who Send their Children or Servants
to School Shall Supply the School with firewood when y r is
Occation for y e Same
Voted and Granted the Sum of Eighty Pounds old Ten r for
the Support of the Poor, the year Enfuing.
Voted that the Arreage of Sufa n Murch's Rent Due to Fra:
Brindley Esq r be paid out of Said Eighty Pounds to Sam 1 Jenifon.
Then paft to y e 16 th . Article in y e Warrant w ch . was to hear
Jabiz Stratton's Petition &c. (Said Stratton being prefent)
After the Petition was Red and debated on The Vote was put
whether it is the mind of the Town to Act any thing on said
Article. And it paft in the Negative.
Upon a Motion made & Seconded. The Vote was put whether
it is the mind of y e Town to Adjourn this Meeting and y*
Remaining buifnefs to to Munday the 14 th Day of this Inftant
March at one of the clock afternoon at this place. And the Vote
paft in the Affarmative. Accordingly it was Adjorned.
At a General Town meeting of y* freeholders & other Inhab ts .
of Watertown on the 14 th . of March 1747/8 by Adjournm 1
A List of thofe Perfons and their Acc ts . to whom the Town is
Indebted was Laid before the Town and Red Amounting in all
to y e Sum of Eighty three Pounds 10/. after they were
Confidred. The Vote was put whether the Town do Accept &
a Low the Several Acc ts . as Mentioned in s d Lift, and y e Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Granted the Sum of Eighty three Pounds 10/ old
Tener to Satisfy Said Acc ts .
Voted and Granted the Sum of Ten Pounds 7 for y e
Mending the glafs of y* Meeting houfe.
Voted for the Repairing of y e Great Bridge the Sum of Thirty
Seven Pounds to be paid out of y* money Due to y e Town from
the Late Truftees.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to mend
the High Ways and Town ways by Rate this prefent Year, and
y* Vote paft in y e Affarmative
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Voted and Granted the Sum of Three hundred Pounds old
Tenor for the Mending said Ways
Voted and Chofe the prefent Surveyers of y* HighWays viz 1
Nath 1 . Harrington & Sam 1 Stratton to be the Collectors of s d
Grant to mend the High Ways, or to Se that it be work't out
According to y° Direction of y e Town.
Then the Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town
that in working at the Way's above s d the price of a day for a
Single man be Eighteen Shillings & the price of a Day for a man
& his Teem be Thirty Six {hillings old Tenor, and that Eight
hourfs be Accounted for a Day. and the Vote paft in the Affirma-
tive.
Voted and Sunk Thaddeus Coollidges Rates in Conftable Jona n .
Churches Lifts of Rates
Voted
[30] Voted and Abated Allen Browns Rates in Conftable
Jofiah Stearns Lifts amounting to Twenty five Shillings old
Ten r .
Voted and Granted to Jofiah Stearns fifteen Shillings in part of
w l was Sunk in his Lift.
Voted that y* Ten Shillings due from Town to s d Allen
Brown be paid to Said Stearns to make up the Twenty five
Shillings Sunk, on s d Browns Acc 1 in his Lifts.
Upon a Motion made the Vote was put whether the Town
would Reconfider their Vote made upon the Sixteenth Article
Relating to the Petition of Jabez Stratton, And the Vote paft on
y e Negative
Then the Late Truftees Acc 1 . was Laid before the Town and
Red And it Appeared by the Ace*, that there was in y r hands
Due to y e Town To Ballance S d Affairs the Sum of Thirty Seven
pounds & 3 d . —
The Vote was then put Whether it is the mind of y e Town
to Accept of y e s d Truftees Acc 1 . and that they pay the Ballance
Due from them to the Town, into the Town Treafurey for the
ufe of the Town And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Then the Eighteenth Article in y e Warrant Relating to the
Appropriating the Money belonging to ^ Town w ch was paid
as fines by Impreft men was Red, And the Vote was put whether
it is y e Mind of y e Town at this Meeting to Appropriate Said
Money or any part thereof, and the Vote paft on the Negative.
Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to
purchafe the Small Building to be Sold by Matthias Stone, for the
ufe of y e Town And the Vote Paft in the Negative.
A motion was then made for the Town to purchafe a Smal
Book of Records of Births & Deaths y l is in John Sawins hands
Left by his Father formerly Town Clerk of Watertown.
Put to Vote whether the Town do Grant the Sum of Twenty
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five shillings old Tenor to purchafe therewith the Said Book of
Records and the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town to Revive
the Town by Law Relating to horfes as it Stands on Record viz 1 .
That no Perfon or Perfons Shall Suffer their horfes or horfe
kind Above the Age of Six months to Run at Large with in the
Limmetts of Watertown without their being well fettred from
the firft Day of April Next to the Laft Day of October following
under the penalty or forfiture of Two Shillings & Six pence
for evry one found without fetters. & y e Vote paft in the
Affirmative.
Voted that Joseph Mafon Esq r . Lay this Town by Law before
the Hon r ble Court of Gen 1 . Sefsions of y e peace for the County
of Midd x . and in the Name of y e Town to Defire the Court to
Confirme the Same
[31] March 11 th : 1747/8 The Perfons under named were
Sworn to the faithfull Difcharge of their Refpective Offices; at a
Meeting of y e Selectmen.
Joseph Mafon Esq 1 " To the Offices of Town Clerk Town
Treaf 1 " And Afsefsor. Before Nath 1 . Harris Justice peace
Nath 1 . Harrington To y e office of Afsefsor. before Nath 1 .
Harris Ju s p s .
Joseph Whitney Constable
William Godding Constable
Tho s SaltMarfh Afsefsor
Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leath 1 "
Thomas Saltmarfh fence View. 1 " | all Sworn
James Dix fence Viewer \ before
Nath 1 . Harrington Surveyer of Highways > Joseph
James Nutting Tything man / Mafon
Jona n Stone Tartus Hogrieve 1 Jus e : peace
Ebenez r Thornton & Jonas Coollidge Surveyers
and Meafurers of Timber plank &c. —
David Sanger Haward
Smith Prentice Gager of Cask
At this Meeting after the Selectmen had throuly Examined
Jona n Page who was bro 1 to Watertown from Framingham
Agreed to take Advife of Council in y 6 Law. Agreed y l Joseph
Mafon & Oliver Livermore, take advice of Council before the
Adjournm 1 of y e Town Meeting that y e Town may be Aquainted
there with. The Selectmen Defired the Wid w . Mary Learned at
whofe houfe y* s d Page was to take care of him and Supply him
w th Victualls & Drink Necefsary till further order, and to be
Satiffyed therefor by the Town
At a meeting of y 6 Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Jonas Bond
on the Twenty firft Day of March 1747/8. The Selectmen
Appointed the Surveyers of High ways their Bounds or Diftricts
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for the Mending of the High Ways & Town Ways, which are
as follows, viz 1 . Sam 11 . Stratton Surveyer his Bounds or Diftrict
to be, All the High Ways and Town Ways Eaft of the lane which
begins at the Country Road by the Corner of Justice Harris Two
Acres So called, and Running by the Meeting houfe acrofs
Town to Cambridge Line Near Tho s Wellingtons. And the
South part of said Lane from the Meeting Houfe.
M r Nath 1 . Harrington Surveyer his Bounds or Diftrict, is all
the HighWays and Town Ways above or Wefterly of y* Town
way that Leads from the Country Road by Juftice Harris Two
Acres So Called, and So Running by the Meeting Houfe Acrofs
the Town to Cambridge Bounds Near to Tho s Wellingtons. And
the North part of Said Lane or Way from the Meeting houfe
This
[32] This Meeting being the time Appointed to take care
to put out the Widow Webb to board, No Perfon Appearing to
take her, befide M r John Coollidge (P r his Wife) He being
willing to take her another Year upon Sutable Incouragm 1 . So
as not to be a loofer by the taking of her M r Coollidge & wife
Confidering the s d Wid ws . Advanced Age, and grat Bodilie
Infirmatives thought they could not take the care of her as She
ought to be taken care of under Twenty fhillings P r week old
Tenor, and for that He y e s d Coollidge was willing to take her y*
s d Wid w . and take good Care of her a nother Year if she S ld Sur-
vive. The Selectmen taking the affair into Confideration and Con-
fidering how well Satisfied y* s d wid w . is at s d Coollidges and her
manifefting great uneafinefs to be removed and fearing the ill
Confiquence if removed, alfo Confidering the great Price of
provifions & all Necefsaris for houfe keeping The Selectmen Do
Agree in be half of y e Town to give the Said m r John Coollidge
after the Rate of Twenty shillings P r week for boarding and
taking care of y e s d Wid w . Webb A nother Year the Year to
begin the Twenty fifth of this Inftant March And if any
Extreordinary Charge Arife by Reafon of Sicknefs or other
Difastures to be Alowed reafonable Satisfaction therefor.
Agreed and Appointed M r Benj n . Haftings to take y* Care of
y e great Bridge for the Year Enfuing and mend the same as y r
Is Occation He to be satisfied therefor.
Joseph Mafon Esq r . and M r Oliver Livermore were Defired to
go to Edm d Trowbridge Esq r . in order to forward y e Petition
propofed to be preferred to y* Court of Sefsions at y r Adjourn 1 in
April Next with Relation to Jona n . Page who was Sent to Water-
town from Framingham and to in gage Him Sutable Satisfaction.
The Bell or Hangings of y e Bell being out of Order and y r
Needed Some Smith work to be done to Secure the Bell, the
Selectmen Defired Doct 1 . Convers to speak to M r Jofiah Stearns
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to Se what is wanting, and to do what is needfull for the
Security of s d Bell
The School being at prefent Vacant, The Selectmen Defired
M r Jonas Bond and Docter Convers to take upon them the care
of Inquiring after a Sutable Gentlman to keep the School, and
make Report to y e Selectmen. —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph Mafon
Esq r . on the 29 th Day of April AD. 1748.
The Selectmen having Received a Precipt from Authority
Requiring them to Afsemble the Inhab ts . of Watertown for to
Choofe a Reprefentative &c.
In Obfervance of which Precipt, Ordred the Clerk to Hue out
Warrants Directed to the Conftables of s d Town to warn the
freehold", and other Inhab ts . of said Town who are Quallified
to Vote in the Choice of a Reprefentative, To Afsemble at the
Publick Meeting houfe in Said Town, on Munday the Sixteenth
Day of May Next at Two of the Clock Afternoon, Then and
there to Elect & Depute a Sutable Perfon to Serve for and
Reprefent them in a Great and General Court or Afsembly
Appointed to be Conven'd held and kept for his Maj es . Service
at the Court houfe in Bofton on Wednefday the Twenty fifth
Day of May Next.
Likewife to warn the freeholde". and other Inhab ts . of Water-
town who are Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs to Meet at the
Publick Meeting houfe on the 16 th . Day of May Next at three
of y e Clock after noon for the Ends following, viz. I. To Choofe
a Moderator. (2) To know the mind of y e Town How the
money- paid by Impreft men belonging to the Town and w ch . is
bro 1 . into the Town Shall be Difpofed off. (3) To know
whether it is the Mind of y* Town that the Meeting houfe Should
be Regulerly and Decently Seated again. And to do what is
proper with Relation thereto if they Se meet. (4) To know the
Mind of y* Town whether they will Difpofe of thofe Pew's in
the Meeting houfe Lately belonging to Perfons w ch have Difpofed
of their Estates in Town and which are gon or going out of
Watertown.
Warrants were Accordingly Ifued out.
This 29 th . Day of April One Mary Prieft a Single woman
was bro 1 by Authority (from Waltham) to the Selectmen. And
She being Pregnant & Near her time, the Selectmen being
Oblidged to take the care of her, M r . Jonas Bond & Doc 1 . Jofiah
Convers
Were
[33] Were Defired to Enterfeed with m r Daniel Bond
where She had Liv'd and with whofe Wife She had been brought
up, that they w ld . take the care of her, and do what is Necefsary
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for her, under her Prefent Circumftances ; and to keep a true and
just Ace* And to be well Rewarded by the Town.
At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders and other
Inhab ts of Watertown Quallified to Vote in the Choice of a
Reprefentative. Regulerly Afsembled on the 16 th . Day of May
AD. 1748. at the Publick Meeting Houfe in s d Town.
At Said Meeting the Votes were given in, and after they were
Sorted and Counted it Appeared that M r Jonas Bond was Chofen
to Serve for and Reprefent the Town at a great and General
Court or Afsembly Appointed to be Conven'd held and kept for
His Maj es . Service at the Court houfe in Bofton on the 25 Day of
May Currant.
At a General Town Meeting of the freehold", and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in Town
Affairs Regulerly Afsembled on y* 16 th . Day of May AD 1748.
Voted and Chofe M r Jonas Bond Moderator. —
Voted to Appropriate the Money in the Treafurey, w ch came
into it by Impreft men, as their fines.
Voted forty Pounds old Tenor of Said Money to Joseph
Stearns under his prefent Difficulty, (he having been preft and
paid his fine) To be paid to his Brother Jofiah Starnes and to
be Improved by him for the Said Joseph's Sole Ufe and benefit.
Voted forty Pounds old Tener of y 6 Money in y* Treafurey
aboves d To John Sanger who has been almost Two Years in the
Countrys Service at the Eafward, to be paid to him or Order. —
Voted that the Remainder in the Treafurey (w^ is forty
Pounds old Tener) be Appropriated to help hire men for his
Maj es . Service as there is Occation, and to be Drawn out of y*
Treafurey by the Prefent Commifsion Officers in the Town
belonging to the foot Company as there Shall be Evident Occation
therefor.
Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town
that the Meeting houfe Should be New Seated Again in a Reguler
& Decent manner and the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of ^ Town to Choofe
a Comm tee : to New Seat the Meeting houfe. and the Vote paft
in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe Mefsu rs . Nath 1 . Bright Jona n Bemis Dan 1
Whitney And w . White & Tho s : Saltmarfh to be the Com tee . for
the Ends above said.
Voted that the Comm tee : in Seating the Meeting houfe Should
proceed therein According to former Inftruction given in that
Affair, viz 1 . To have Regard to Age Honour & ufefullnefs alfo
to go according to the Real and Perfonal Eftate as it Stands in the
Invoice Alowing one head.
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town to Difpofe of
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thofe Pews in the Meetinghoufe w ch Returns to the Town
Agreable to the Conditions of y* firft Settlement of the pews ; To
Such Perfons as the Town Shall agree to. And the Vote paft in
the Affirmative.
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of y e Town That thofe
Perfons to whom the Town Shall Difpofe of y 6 Pews to Shall
pay into the Town Treafurey, for the same such sums as the
Town Shall Agree to. And y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative.
Put
[31] Put to Vote Whether it is the Mind of the Town
Said Pews Shall Remain under the Same Regulations and Con-
ditions in all Refpects that they were built upon And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to
Difpofe of said Pews to Perticular Perfons, at this Meeting.
And y* Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Put to Vote whether it is the Mind of the Town that m r .
Nath 1 . Norcrofs Shall have the Pew under the Stairs that was
Lately Jofhua Benjamins He having paid s d Benjamin His prime
Cost of bulding s d pew. And y* Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted to Difpofe next of y e Pew w ch was Capt*. Tho s
Homans. —
The Vote was Put whether it is the mind of the Town That M r .
Jona n Brown jun r Should have the Pew w ch Lately belonged to
Cap 1 . Homans. And y e Vote paft in y e Negative
Put to Vote whether it is the Mind of the Town, That m r .
Daniel Whitney Should have that Pew w° h Lately belonged to
Cap 1 Homans, upon the Condition as above Voted. And the
Vote pafed in the Affirmative.
The Vote was Put whether it is the mind of the Town that
m r Jonathan Bemis Should have that Pew w ch Lately belonged
to Jofhua Biglo on the Condition aboves d Voted. And the Vote
past in the Affirmative. —
Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town To
Adjourn this Meeting to the Second Munday in June Next to
this place of five of y e Clock Afternoon to hear and Receive the
Report of the Committee Chofen to New Seat the Meetinghoufe
of what they Shall do in s d Affair &c. and y* Vote paft in y*
Affirmative.
The Selectmen Ordred a pair of Shoo's to be procured for the
Wid w . Webb. Agreed that M r John Coollidges Wife (where s d
Webb is) be defired to procure what is Needfull and Necefsary
for the Mending of y e S d Wid ws . Stays and to git them mended
and to bring Ace 1 , thereof to y e Selectmen in order to be paid. —
At a General Town Meeting of y e freehold", and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown on the 13 th . Day of June AD. 1748 P
Adjournm 1 .
Whereas the Town at their Laft Meeting Granted to Dan 1
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Whitney That Pew in the Meeting houfe Lately Cap 1 Tho 8 :
Homans ; And to Jona n . Bemis That Pew w° h was Lately Jofhua
Bigelo's, And they to pay therefor Such Sums as the Town Agre'd
to: But no Sum then Agre'd upon.
Put to Vote Whether it is the Mind of the Town That the
Same Sums which the Town pay's for s d Pews upon y r Return to
the Town as the prime Cost thereof Agreeable to the Establifh-
ment of the Pews; Be the Sums that the s d Whitney and Bemis
pay into the Treafurey for the Said Pew's the Town Voted to
them. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Com tee : who were Chofen to Seat the Meeting Houfe
gave in their Report as to their proceedings in Said Affair; w ch
Report was Red to y* Town, And After Confideration there on
the Vote was put
Whether it is the mind of the Town to Accept of the s d
Report. And the Vote paft in the Negative.
[34^] July 1. 1748. At a meeting of the Selectmen at
the Houfe of Oliver Livermors. The Selectmen Agreable to the
truft Repofed in them Relating to the Procuring a Gentleman to
keep the School in Watertown (After Several Steps taken in s d
Affair) the Selectmen having now a Profpect of a Gentleman
Sutable to keep S d School, Agreed that Jonas Bond Docter Convers
& Joseph Mafon forthwith Endeavour to Ingage and Secure s d
Gentleman to keep y* School in Watertown upon as eafey tearms
as they can and for So Long time as the s d Gentleman Shall Agree
to, not Exceeding the firft Munday in March Next, And make
Report at the Next Meeting of the Selectmen
July 4. 1748. At a meeting of y* Selectmen at the Widow
Mary Learneds, for the Confideration of the List of Licenced
Perfons in Watertown &c.
The Selectmen Approved of Tho s Saltmarfh Mary Learned &
David Coollidge having their Licences as Inholders renewed for
the y e Year Enfuing. Alfo m r John Hunt being Licenced as a
Retailer for y e Year Enfuing.
At this Meeting Mefs rs . Jonas Bond Josiah Convers & Joseph
Mason who were to Agree w th the Gentleman w ch the Selectmen
had Information was Likely to keep the School. Reported as
follow's, That they had this Day Applied to M r Jona n Sewal (the
Gentl" abovs d ) And had Agreed with him to keep the Grammer
& Englifh School in Watertown untill the firft Munday of March
Next, after the Rate of One hundred and Sixty five pounds a
Year, and to pay for or find him his Board. And He y* s d Sewal
to begin to keep s d School the Eighteenth day of this Inftant July.
Agre'd that Joseph Mason & Jonas Bond Endeavor to procure
a place for the Schoolmafter to board at and Agree on w* terms.
Agre'd that Docter Convers and Jona n Bemis go to M r Daniel
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Bonds and Defire of him the Acc 1 . of the Charge of Mary Prieft
her Board and Lying in and to know His Demand If he keep her
y e S d Prieft any time Longer, and to make Report at the Nex
Meeting of y e Selectmen
July 11. 1748. At a meeting of the Selectmen at Docter
Convers Agreed w th . Daniel Bond to keep Mary Prieft for a
Month from the 15 th . Day of this Inftant at Six Shillings p r Weak
old Tenor and after that to keep her and her Child for her work
(if the Child w ch is now froward should be more Quet) if she be
able to do w* is Equal to her Board.
The
[35] The Widow Mary Maddocks being under low
Circumftances no place to shelter in and being now at M r . Henry
Springs jun r (where for a long time She has at times crowded her
Self in and has been troublefome as well as Chargable to the
familie s d Spring loth to turn her out into the streets) Said Spring
Applied to the Selectmen (as S d Widow had done a little before)
& Aquainted the Selectmen with the S d Widows Circumftances
and that He could not maintain her alone the Selectmen taking
the Matter into Confideration, Defired M r . Spring to Let s d
Wid w . have houfe room and Victuals when She when She Should
come to his houfe deftitute (and incourage her to be diligent in
arning w l she can) And he y e s d Spring to have a Reafonable
Recompence, and He to keep a true Ace*.
Agred to Send to the Selectmen of Wefton Emmediatly to Send
Down the Plank for y e Great Bridge w ch . they were to procure
At a meeting of the Selectmen at Jonathan
Bemis on the 29 th . Day of July AD. 1748.
Henr? Learaedi S at Ordred tne Clerk to Isue out a Warrant forth-
with to Warn One W ra . Dennis and one Mary
B e n M Hlftfn°g? iftl * Cornifh alis Mary Bemis to Depart out of s d
Town, the Selectmen refufing to Accept of them
to be Inhab ts . of Watertown. the S d Dennis came from Roxbury
in the County of Suffolk as y e Selectmen are Informed. And the
Said Mary Came from Waltham in y* County of Midd x where
She is a proper Inhab 1 . tho She came Laft from Cambridge where
she was warned out as y e Selectmen are Informed —
(A Warrant was Isued Accordingly & Return made & Caution
Entred)
Aug st . 1748. The Selectmen Meet at M r Jonas Bonds And
Agre'd to go to Concord Court abo 1 y e Affair of Jon n Page &c
Agreed to send a Summons to m r John Arms.
October 13. th : 1748. At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the
Houfe of Joseph Mafon, The Selectmen having in the behalf
of Watertown, Recovred a Bill of Cost at Concord Court Laft
againft Framingham Relating to Jona n Page Amounting to
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Twelve pounds Ninteen Shillings (old Tenor) Agreed that s d
Bill of Cost be paid to Such Perfons to whom it is Due. Viz 1 .
The Clerk of y* Sefsions Attorney Witnefses &c Defired Joseph
Mafon to pay out of y* s d Bill of Cost (w ch is in his hands) to
thofe it belongs to. Agreed to give to Edm d . Trowbridge Esq r .
who was Improved by y* 5 Selectmen in s d Affair of Page befide
his fee in s d Bill the Sum of four Pounds old Tenor, for his
good Service in s d Affair. And Defired Oliver Livermore to wait
on s d Trowbridge w th s d Mafon to satisfy him.
As the Selectmen Defired Enf n . Daniel Whitney to Board the
Prefent
[36] Prefent Schoolmafter, who under took to Board s d
Schoolmafter but w ld . not Agree upon what Terms till He had the
Trial of Him. Defired M r Jonas Bond M r Jona n Bemis &
Docter Convers to Wait on M r Whitney to know what his Terms
are. and make Report to y e Selectmen.
The Meeting houfe Glafs wanting Mending Agre'd that M r
Ebenez r Bradifh be Defired to mend Said Glafs as soon as may be.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Oliver Livermors
on the 10 th . Day of Novemb r . 1748. In order to ConfMer what
proper Steps to take relating to Sam 1 Coollidge who is Reduced to
such poor Circumbftances as requires Some Speedy care to be taken
for him both for Support and Clothing to prevent his Suffering.
Agre'd to procure forth with for s d Coollidge at the Cost of y*
Town viz 1 , a good Warm Coat a Shurt a p r of Stockens a p r of
Shoos and a Hat, and to be paid for out of the Town Treafurey,
Defired Joseph Mafon and Oliver Livermore to procure the
Same. Agre'd that the Selectmen will take proper care to procure
a place to board s d Coollidge at, Agreed that M r John Coollidge
at whofe houfe the s d Samuel is at prefent, be reafonably rewarded
by the Town for his boarding of him till the Selectmen have
Oppertunity to Seek a place for him.
At a meeting of y e Selectmen at Docter Josiah Convers's on the
Eighth Day of Decemb r . 1748. The Selectmen being informed
that their are Sundry Perfons come to refide in Watertown viz 1
Patrick Hoburn and Ann his wife, John Hoburn, John Stoal and
Ruth Simfon otherwife Margret Wes otherwife Margret Bently
who came all from Boston in y e County of Suffolk as y e Selectmen
are Informed they all Refide in in the Dwelling Houfe of Frances
Brindly Esq r w ch is in s d Watertown. alfo Sarah Chadwick
and her Daughter Submitt Chadwick the Said Sarah Came Laft
from Newton & y 6 s d Submit Laft from Cambridge and some time
in Sep r Laft. alfo James Wyer & his Wife and two Children
who came from Dracket to Watertown in Octob 1 " Laft thefe
Perfons Refide in the Dwelling Houfe of Thaddeus Ward w ch
is in Watertown taken in by him as by Notification under his
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hand, the Selectmen refusing to Accept of y e Above Named perfons
to be Inhabitants in s d Watertown, Ordred the Clerk to Isue out
Warrants to warn the aboves d Perfons to Depart forth with out of
Watertown.
The Selectmen having procured Some Clothing for Sam 1
Coollidge und r . His Diftrefsed Circumftances w ch will in a few
Days be ready for him, but as yet they have not found a place
for him, He the s d Sam 1 being at this prefent with his
Brother Nath 1 . Coollidge. Agre'd that the s d Nath 1 . be reafon-
ably Satiffyed for his Boarding him, untill further order
The Town at y r Meeting in March Laft having pafed a Vote
that Such perfons as Shall Send their Children or Servants to
School s ld provide wood for the fire in the School, but no perfon's
perticulerly
Appointed
[37] Appointed to take the care to se that wood be procured.
Therefore that the School might not Stop for want of wood, And
the Selectmen Apprehending that Eight Shillings old Tenor P r
head for Schollers is Little Enough for the procuring of wood for
the s d School, Agre'd that M r Jona n Sewel our prefent School-
mafter be Defired to take a Lift of the Schollers w ch Corn's to
the School, and Aquaint their Parents and Mafters that the
Selectmen defire them to Send to Said Schoolmafter 8/P head
for their Children and Servants which they Send to School, and
that the s d Schoolmafter keep an Acc 1 . who pay. And that what
is received by him, He deliver to y e Selectmen who will provide
wood there with for s d School. (Warrants were Isued out to
warn -the above Named perfons to Depart &c & Returns Made &
Caution Entred at Dec 1 " Court, (all but Jn° Hoburn)
Decemb r . 16: 1748. The Selectmen Delivred to Sam 1 Coollidge
the things they had procured for him viz 1 . A Coat a Shurt a hat
a p r of Stockens & a p r of Shoo's w ch came to £17=13=.. with
the Making, and after a Difcourfe w th S d Coollidge urging him
&c to git in to Some way of bufinefs. the Selectmen (who had
ingage pay for his board till further order) now told him & his
Brother Nath 1 . that they w ld ingage but for one week longer.
At a meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Jona n Bemis
on the 26 of Dec r . 1748. The Selectmen Agre'd to meet on the
Second Munday of January Next at the Houfe of Rih d . Cuttings
of Waltham Inhold r . at one of the Clock after Noon, In order
to Adjuft the Charge of y e Great Bridge, with the Selectmen
of Wefton and Waltham which has Arrifsen for Repairs Since
the Laft Adjuftm 1 . Defired the Clerk to Send Notifications to the
Selectmen of s d Towns to Defire them to Meet them at time &
place on s d Affair.
(Notifications were accordingly Sent to Selectmen of s d
Towns)
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At this Meting M r Nath 1 Harrington Surveyer & Collecter for
High Ways met with the Selectmen and made up Ace 1 , of his
work in S d Ways. His Lift Ammounted to the Sum of
£39= 17=. 8 New Tenor, which he has worked out Agreeable to
the Vote of y e Town, all but Joseph Stearns & Isaac Holdins
Rates, one of which is not Capable of work & y e other gone out of
the Province.
January 9 th : 1748. The Selectmen of Watertown Wefton &
Waltham Met at Rich d . Cuttings in s d Waltham by Appoint-
ment, and Adjuited & Proportioned the Charges of Repairing
the Great Bridge which has Arrifen Since the Laft Adjuftm 11 w ch
was in Nov r . 1746. As Recorded in Liber (2) Page (54) in the
Treafurey.
which was Charged Then Due from Wefton to
to Acc 1 . of S d Towns { Watertown £5 — .7 — 10
Page 52 & from Waltham to
48 I Watertown 37— 13— .3
[381 At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonas
Bonds Esq r . on the Twentyeth Day of Feb y : AD 1748. Ordred
the Clerk to Isue out warrants Directed to the Conftables of
Watertown to Warn the freehold" and other Inhab ts . of S d
Town who are Qualified to Vote in Town Affairs to Meet at
the Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on Munday the Sixth
Day of March Next at Nine of y* Clock in the Morning for the
Ends following viz 1 .
(1) To Choofe a Moderator. (2) To choofe Selectmen to
Manage the Prudential Affairs of y e Town for y* Enfuing Year.
To Choofe a Town Clerk a Treafurer a Conftable or Conftables
Afsefsors and all Such other Town Officers as are by Law to be
chofen in the month of March. (3) To Choofe a Saxton and
Agree how he shall be paid. (4) To put in their Votes for a
County Treafurey (5) To know the mind of y e Town whether
Swine Shall Run at Large the Enfuing Year under the Regulations
of y* Law in that Refpect. (6) To hear the Town Treafurers
Acc ts . (7) For the Town to Manifest their mind How the
Intreft Money Coming to the Town this prefent Year (the Year
beginning the 11 th of December Laft) Shall be Appropriated
(8) For the Town to Grant a Sutable Salary for y e Rev d M r
Storer for the Enfuing Year the Year beginning the firft of March
Next and Agree how it Shall be paid. (9) To grant money for
the Support of y e School or other wife Agree how it Shall be
Supported. (10) To grant money for the Support of the Poor
for ye Enfuing Year. (11) To hear the Acc ts of thofe Perfons
that the Town is Indebted to, and to Grant Money to Satisfy them
(12) To Grant money for the Repairing of the Meeting houfe,
and for the Town to Come into Some Methods for the better
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Securing of the Glafs of s d Houfe, if y a Se meet. (13) To
Grant money for the Repairing of y e Great Bridge over Charls
River in Watertown. (14) To Know the mind of the Town
whether the High Ways and Town Ways Shall be mended the
Enfuing Year by Rate, and if the Town comes into this Method,
then to make a Grant for S d Affair, and for the Town to State
Day Labour both for men and Teems, and that Perfons may
work out their Refpective Rates at w ch they are set (If they Se
meet) at the price the Town Agrees upon, and to Choofe the
Surveyers of High Ways to be Collectors of s d Rate, or to se
that it be work't out within the Year in y e way & Manner the
Town Agrees on. (15) To hear the Report of y* Com tee . Chofen
to Agree with Perfons w l they S ld . give for Land Lying to the
Ways &c. what they have done in S d Affair, and for the Town
to Act thereon. (16) (A Number of the Inhab ts . of y 6 Town
& freeholders having Petitioned the Selectmen that the following
Article might be Encerted in the Warrants for March Meeting
viz 1 ) To know whether it is the mind of y e Town that their
Meeting houfe be Seated, According to the Report made by their
Committe Laft Chofen to seat s d Meeting houfe, and that the
Inhab ts . of the Town do Accordingly take their Refpective Seats
which are perticulerly set forth & Mentioned in s d Report.
(17) To know y e Mind of y e Town what way or Methods they
will take to recover their Land fenced in by m r John Kimbal Ad-
joining to y e Land formerly Uriah Clarks, and whereas y* s d
Kimbal has heitherto Neglected, and still refueses to pay for the
Land (tho often asked) that the Town Granted him (Near his
houfe) on Condition of his paying for the Same as Reported by
the Towns Com tee . to know what Steps the Town will Take with
Relation thereunto.
And to ord r y^ Conftables to notify thofe perfons the Town
is Indebted to to bring in their Acc ts to y e Selectmen on y 6 3d Day
of March next at ^ Wid w . Learneds at 3 clock after Noon. Alfo
to Notify y e surveyers of Highways &c to to meet ^ s d Selectmen
at s d Meeting to make up y r Acc 1 . as Collectors.
[39] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of y^
Wid w . Mary Learneds on Fryday the 3d Day of March AD 1748.
for the Reciving thofe Perfons Acc ts y l the Town is Indebted to,
&c. The Sundry Perfons Acc ts . as follows viz 1 .
thefe two Acc 1 f Benj n . Haftings for work at y e Great
Ls e been°Adju C fted <j Bridge 6 days */> at 28/ P r £9=.2=..
with y e Towns I David Livermore for Speeks for S d
Bridge .3=.4=..
John Coollidge for boarding his Brother
Sam 1 4 weeks & 2 days at 40/ 8—10—..
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& three weeks before he went to Anapeles
at 20/P
11 = 10=..
Joseph Whitney for Serving Conftable 20/
for warning 2 Meetings 6/ Carring 2 Pfons 24 2=10..
Jon n . Bemis for Timber for a Smal Whelm
20/ for a lock for School 25/6 2=.5=.6
for a load of wood for the Wid w . Stearns .3 — .. — ..
For work at the Minifteral Land abo 1
fencing 10 — .. — ..
For half a Day work at Great Bridge .. — .8 — ..
15=13=..6
To Joseph Mason for work at the
Minifteral place £.6 — .. — ..
for Cafh paid to y e Clerk for buy
Law 5/ half Day at y e Bridge 8/ ..—13=..
for Service as Afsefsor £5 for a Report 2/ .5 — .2 — ..
for Service as Clerk & Treaf r 20 — .. — ..
31 = 15= ..
To Daniel Whitney for work at the
Minifteral place .7 — .. — ..
for Plank and Timber for 2 whelms .3 = 15 — ..
for Boarding the Schoolmafter 33
weeks at 60/ P 99= .. — ..
for four Load of wood for y e School Master .9 — .5 — ..
£119=00=..
To And w . White for work at the Minifteral place ..3= .. — ..
To Joseph Harrington for work at y e Minifteral
Land ..3 — .. — ..
To Benj". Haftings for Nails & Mending y e School-
houfe ..1= .8=.6
To W m . William Godding for Serving
Constable & Warning 2 Meetings ..1 — .6 — ..
Henry Spring for boarding y* Wid w . Maddocks
6 weeks at 16/ P A — 16 — ..
for a plank for a whelm .. — 10 — ..
..5-6—..
Daniel Bond for Bording Nurfing &
Child bed Linin for Mary Prieft at her
Lying in at y e Seleclmens Requeft
viz*, one half of his Acct. &c 17=.5 — .6
and for Timber for a whelm .. — 12 — ..
.17= 17 =.6
Edward Harrington for a Load of Wood for y 6 Wid w .
Stearns ..3:
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W m . Coollidge for Timb r . and Plank for Smelt brook
Bridge ..5= .3=. 8
Sam 1 Fiske for Timber for a Whelm in Whitneys
Lane .1 — .5 — ..
John Whitney for 2 planks for whelms .1 — .3 — ..
Jofiah Stearns for Irons for y e Bell & hanging ..= .5 — ..
Thomas Saltmarfh for Serving as afsefsor .5 — .. — ..
Nath 1 Harrington for Serving as Afsefsor .5= ., — ..
Oliver Livermore for half Day work at y e Bridge .. — .8 — ..
Nath 1 . Coollidge for 3 Weeks 3^ boarding his
Brother Sam 1 . .7 — .. — ..
Sam 1 Barnard for Timber and Plank for a whelm .1 — 10 — ..
Samuel Stratton for Plank Speeks & Stones for
whelms .2 — 15 — ..
£257=.2=.2
[40] At a General Town Meeting of y e freehold". & other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Qualified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Warned and Afsembled at the Publick Meeting houfe
in s d Town on the Sixth Day of March AD. 1748/9 for the
Choice of Town Officers & other Affairs set forth in y* Warrant
Voted and chofe Jonas Bond Esq r Moderator
Jonas Bond Esq r
Joseph Mason Esq r
Voted and Chose for Selectmen { M r Oliver Livermore
M r Ebenezer Thatcher
M r Isaac Sanderfon
Voted and Chofe for Town Clerk Joseph Mason Esq 1 ".
Voted and Chofe for Town Treafurer Joseph Mason Esq r .
Voted to Choofe Two Conftables for this Year.
Voted and Chofe Nath 1 Harrington Constable. And y e Town by
Vote Releafed him.
Voted and Chose W m . Coollidge to be a Constable. And the
Town by Vote Releafed him again.
Voted and Chose Nath 1 . Stone Constable, who Accepted.
Voted and Chose Samuel Cook Constable. Upon his plea y*
Town by Vote releafed him.
Voted and Chofe Jonathan Child Constable. (he was not
prefent)
{Joseph Mason Esq 1 "
M r Nath 1 Bright
M r Thomas Saltmarfh
Voted and Chose Seth Hastings Sealer of Leather
Voted and Chose for fence Viewers j j^Whitney
Voted and Chose for Surveyers of Highways j C<wlHdge
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. Benjamin Hastings
Voted and Choie for Tythingmen 1 j srae i j^ ea( j
xt i i ft tt ■ f Josiah Stouel
Voted and Chofe for Hognevesj EHfha Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for Survey" & Meafu rs ( Ebenezer Thornton
of Timber &c ( Jonas Coollidge
«« . * f tt i ( Samuel Prentice
Voted and Chose tor H awards
Seth Hastings
Voted and Chose for Gager of Cask W m . Gamage
. ( Tho s Saltmarfh
Voted and Chose for Deerrieves) Dayid L ; vermore
Voted and Chofe for Saxton Henry Spring Tartus
Voted to pay the Saxton by Two Contrabutions as Ufual
The Votes were bro 1 in for a County Treaf er . & Deliv d to a
Constable
Voted
[41] Voted that Swine Run at Large under y e Regulations
of y* Law in y l Refpect.
Then Treafurer Laid His Acc ts . Before the Town And the
Sum Total of the Debt Amounted to £91 7 = 1 7=.9
Total of y e Credit £660=10= .6
In the Conftables Hands 256=12= .4
In the Treafurey (10/ a Counterfit) ... — 14=11
917=17. =.9
The foot of ye Acc 1 of Intreft Rec d Since Laft
Meeting in March 210=.3 =.9
The foot of ^ Acc 1 of Intreft monev paid away
by ord r . 210=. 3 =.6
The Vote was put whether the Town do Accept and Alow the
Treafurers Acc ts . and the Vote past in the Affirmative
The Treafurer Crav'd Alowance for y e Ten Shilling bill y l is a
Counterfit
Voted alowance of s d Counterfit Bill to ye Treafurer.
Voted and Granted four Hundred Pounds old Tenor for the
Rev d m r Storers Salary for this prefent Year begining y e firft
of y s Inftant March
Voted that Three hundred Pounds of M r Storers Salary be
Afsefsed and One Hundred thereof be paid out of the Intereft
money.
Voted and Granted the Sum of Three hundred Pounds old
Tenor for the Suport of y e Gramer School y s Year, One hundred
Pounds thereof to be paid out of ye Intreft Money the other Two
hundred Pounds to be Afsefsed.
Voted and Granted y e Sum of Eighty Pounds old Tener for
the Support of y e Poor this Year.
Then The List of the Acc 15 . of thofe Perfons w ch . the Town
is indebted to was Laid before the Town and Read the whole
amounting to the Sum of £257=.2=.2. Voted & Alowed y e
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Same. Voted that one hundred pounds of s d Acc*. be paid out of
y* Grant made for y e School Laft March to ward paying the
Pfent School M afters Board, and that the Remainder thereof be
Afsefsed. to Satisfy the Remaining Debts.
Voted and Granted to y* 5 Select men viz Joseph Mason Jonas
Bond Oliver Livermore & Jona" Bemis 20/ P Day old Tenor for
their time in procicuting the Affair of Jona n Page againft Fram-
ingham Amounting to the Sum of Eighteen Pounds viz 1
To Joseph Mason £7 — .. — ..
To Oliver Livermore 5 — .. — ..
To Jonas Bond 3 — .. — ..
To Jona 11 Bemis 3 — .. — ..
Voted and Granted the Sum of Thirty Pounds for y*
Reparing y e Meeting houfe
Voted and Granted the Sum of Thirty Pounds for Repairing y e
Great Bridge.
Voted to Repair the High Ways and Town ways by Rate this
Year.
Voted and Granted y* Sum of £300 Pounds to Repair the s d
Ways.
Voted that the price of Labour be as Stated the Laft Year.
Voted and Chofe Rich d . Clark & Jonas Coollidge the prefent
Surveyers of y 6 High ways to be Collectors, to Collect s d Sum or
Se that it be worked out within the Year at the prifes y l y e Town
has Agre'd on
Then
[42] Then the Committes Report was Red to the Town, And
the Vote was put Whether it is the Mind of y e Town to Accept
of y e Committes Report and that the Land Mentioned in s d
Report be and is hereby Granted and Confirmed to Sam 1 Cook
mentioned in s d Report his heirs & Afigns upon his paying in to
the Town Treafurey the Sum of Six pounds old Tenor agreeable
to s d Report, and that y e Report be Recorded. And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of y* Town that their
Meeting houfe be Seated According to the Report made by y r
Committee Laft Chofen to Seat S d Meeting houfe and that the
Inhab ts . of the Town do accordingly take in their Refpective Seats
which are perticulerly Set forth and mentioned in s d Report.
And the Vote paft on the Negative.
At the Motion of John Kimbul
Voted and Continued the 17 th Article (Relating to y e Affair
of s d M r John Kimbul) to Next May Meeting, that he might
have oppertunity to Accommodate s d Affair with the Committee
&c.
It being uncertain whether one of y e Constables Chofen w ld
Accept (he not being prefent) therefor upon Motion made the
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Meeting was Adjourned unto Munday the 20 th . of this Inftat
march to this Meeting houfe at one of the Clock After noon.
The Report of the Comm tee Abovementioned
The Committee Chosen to Agree with Perfons what they s ld
give for Land Lying to the Ways &c. and Make Report to y*
Town for their Confirmation
Report as follow's.
That on the Ninteenth Day of October 1748, They Agreed
with Samuel Cook that he move out his front fence Againft the
Country Road, Northward Even w lh Thomas Saltmarfh's fence
on his North Line againft Said Road, which is one Rod in Wydth,
and to Run from the Corner of S d Saltmarfhs Land on a Straight
Line So as to Enterlect the Said Cooks fence Again at the End
of Thirty Rods from S d Corner, the Land taken in and Enclofed
hereby is abo 1 fifteen. And the S d Cook is to pay in to the Town
Treafurey therefor (for the Ufe of y* Town) the Sum of Six
Pounds Old Tenor when The Town Shall Grant & Confirm the
S d fifteen Rods of Land to him his heirs and Afsigns.
Joseph Mason
Jonas Bond
Ebenezer Stone
Jona n Brown
Watertown Octob r . 19 th : 1748.
Comm tee .
[43] At a meeting of the Selectmen at the Widow Mary
Learneds on the Tenth Day of March AD. 1748. The following
Perfons were Sworn to the Discharge of their Refpective Offices
to w° h they were Chofen on the Seventh of March Currant viz 1 .
[Town Clerk ] P
Joseph Mason Esq r . to ^ Office of -{Town Treafurer \ Justice
[Afsefsor J Harris
Nath 1 . Stone to the office of A Constable
Nath 1 . Bright ) . A/ .
Tho s . Saltmarfhi to > T ° fflce of Afsefsor
Seth Hafting to Office of Sealer of Lea r .
Sam 1 Cook ) ^, f . . .
John Whitney J t0 y ' ° fflce of fence viewer
Rich d Clark ) to y e Office of Survey" of
Jonas Coollidge ) Highways I P Joseph
Israel Mead to y* Office of a Tythingman / Mason Ju s .
Josiah Stowel ) . peace
Elifha Coollidge $ t0 ^ ° fflce of Hogneve
Ebenz r Thornton ) to y e Office of Survey 1 &
Jonas Coollidge J meaf r of Timb r &c
Seth Haftings to y e office of Haward
Tho s Saltmarfh to v* Office of Deerrieve
Rich d Clark ) „
Jonas Collidge J t0 F offlce of Collector
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The Town of Watertown being Served with a Copy of y e
Petition of the Old Precinct in Cambridge by order of General
Court, Relating to Sundry p r fons and y e Estates they Improve or
live upon belonging to Watertown to be Set of to Cambridge as
more fully Set forth in s d Copy. At y e Aboves d Meeting Ordred
the Clerk to Ifue out Warrints Directed to y e Conftables of s d
Town to warn the freehold", and oth r Inhab". of Watertown
Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs to Meet at the Publick
Meeting houfe in s d Town on Munday the 20 th of March
Currant at two of the Clock After noon to hear the Copy of s d
Petition and for the Town to Do and Act on s d Affair as they
shall se meet or think proper.
The Meeting houfe Glafs wanting mending Defired M r
Thatcher one of y e Selectmen to Speak to m r Ebenezer Bradifh to
mend S d Glafs as soon as may be. Defired S d Thatcher to
procure three hundred of Nails to Nail the pains of Glafs at s d
Meeting houfe.
[44] At a Meeting of the freehold" and other Inhab ts of
Watertown on the 20. th Day of March AD. 1748/9 by Adjournm 1 .
Jonathan Child who was Chosen a Constable at Last Meeting.
At this Meeting Appeared and Made his pleas why he S ld not
Serve and Defired the favour of the Town to releafe him. And
the Town by a Vote Releafed S d Child
Voted and Chose David Learned Constable. And y e Town
by Vote Dismifsed him
Voted and Chofe Seth Hastings for Second Constable. And y e
Town by a Vote releafed s d Haftings
Voted and Chofe Henry Spring jun r Constable, y e S d Spring
having been Chofe before and gave his Note to y e Town Treaf r .
The Town by Vote Difmifsed s d Spring.
Voted and Chofe Samuel Nutting for Second Constable, upon
his pleas the Town Voted and Dismifsed Said Nutting.
Voted and Chose James Dix for Second Constable, who Accepted
and was Sworn.
Upon a Motion made and Seconded, The Vote was put whether
it is the mind of the Town to Reconfider their Vote made at Laft
meeting Relating to the Grant of four hundred pounds for y*
Rev d M r Storers Salary for y e Prefent Year, and y* Vote paft in
y e Affirmative. Then the Vote was put
Whether it is the mind of the Town to Grant the Sum of five
hundred pounds old Tenor for y e Rev d M r Seth Storers Salary
for this prefent Year, And the Vote paft in y e Affirmative
Voted to Choofe a Committee to Treet with a Gentleman to
keep the Grammer & Englifh School in the Town for this P r fent
Year
Voted and Chofe the prefent Selectmen to be s d Committee
Voted that thofe Parents & Matters who send their Children
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and Servants to the School Shall procure fire wood for y* School
Voted and Granted y* Sum of five pounds fifteen Shillings to
pay for a Gun the Selectmen bought for Sam 1 Coollidge to Can-
to the E aft ward with him.
Voted and Granted 3/ to Joseph Whitney for warning a Town
Meeting
Voted that the Grant made to Henry Spring Lai't meeting for
y* keeping y e Wid w . Maddocks Six weeks be made up Twenty
Shillings P week.
[45] At a Genral Town Meeting of the freeholders and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled on the 20 lh Day of March AD 1748/9.
Voted and Chose Jonas Bond Esq r . Moderator
The Copy of the Petition of the firft Parifh in Cambridge,
which the Town was Served with by order of y e General Court
(wherein they pray that Several of the Inhab ts . of watertown with
the Estates they Dwel on S ld . be Anexed to s d Pariih) to Shew
reaions to s d Court why the prayer of s d Petition Should not be
granted, was Laid before the Town and Red, and After Debate
thereon
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to Choofe
a Committee or Agents, to Shew (in behalf of Watertown)
Reafons why the prayer of s d Petition Relating to s d Watertown
Should not be Granted. And the Vote past in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe M r John Hunt Docter Jofiah Converfe &
M r Jonathan Bemis to be a Comm tee . or Agents for the Ends
Abovesaid.
At a Meeting of v* Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonas Bond Esq r .
on the Twenty firft Day of March AD. 1748.
At S d Meeting the Surveyrs Agre'd and Set the Surveyers of
High Way's their Reipective Diftricts. viz 1 . M r Rich d Clark
Survey'. His District to be as follow's Viz 1 . All the High Ways
& Town Ways Eait of the Town Way that Leads from y e
Country Road by Justice Harris Two Acres (so called) and so
by the Meeting houie to Cambridge Line by Tho s Wellingtons,
and that part of s d Lane from Cambridge Line afores d up to the
Meeting houfe.
And Jonas Coollidge Survever of High Ways His District to
be as follow's Viz 1 . All the High Way's and Town Way's Weft
of the Town Way Leading from y e Country Road so by the
Meeting houfe and So to Cambridge Line by Tho s Wellingtons
alio thofe Way South of y* River and that part of y* Town
way from y* Country to the Meeting houfe.
Agreed with M r John Coollidge (P his wife) to board the
Wid w . Webb for one Year Next from the 25 th . of this Initant at
25/ P r week old Tenor Exclucive of Extraordinary Charges, and
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if any Such happen thro Sicknefs or Indifpofition of Body to be
reafonably Confidred, and if thro the run of things w th . Refpect
to provifions if they S ld Rife beyond prefent Expectation to what
y a now are the Selectmen promife that cafe shall be Confidred
alfo.
[46] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph
Mason Esq 1 " on the Third Day of April 1749. The Gramer
School being Vacant, the Selectmen Agre'd To offer M r Jona n
Sewel the Late Schoolmafter the Sum of £250£ Old Tenor P
y* Year & He to board himfelf. And if M r Sewel Se meet to
take up to keep the School in Watertown for a Quarter or more
after that Rate then He to he Imployed. Appointed Joseph Mafon
Esq 1 ". Mefs rs . Oliver Livermore & Eben r Thather to Treat w***
M r Jona 11 Sewal on the premifses and to Make Report.
April the 6 th . 1749. The Com tce Treated w th m r Jona 11 Sewal
abo* keeping the Gramer & Englifh School in Watertown. And
after offer being made to M r Sewel He undertook to keep the
School in Watertown for one Quarter after the Rate of £250 P
year old Tenor & He to board himfelf and the Quarter to begin
the 13 th Day of this Inftant April.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at M r Oliver Livermores on the
4 th . Day of May 1749. The Selectmen having Rec d a Precipt
Requiring them to Afsemble y r Town in ord r to Elect a Perfon
to Reprefent Them in a General Court appointed to be held at
Boston on y e 31 st of this Inftant May.
Ordred the Clark to Isue out Warrants Directed to y 6
Conftables to Warn the freehold rs . and Other Inhab ts . Quallifyed
&c. to Meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on Munday
the 15 th . of May Inftant at Two of the Clock after Noon then
and there to Elect a Sutable Perfon to Reprefent them at y*
Court aboves d .
Likewife to Order the Conftables to Notifie & warn the free-
hold". & other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town
Affairs to meet at the Publick Meeting houfe on Munday the
15 th Day of May Inftant at Three of the Clock after noon for
y e ends following viz 1 .
1. Whereas Several Perfons who are Nonrefidents are Afseft
for f amity (?) to y e Tax in Watertown for y e great Timber Trade
which they carry on in the Town who Refuse to pay the Collectors
choofing to Stand a Trial in the Law w th . Relation to s d Affair.
To know the mind of y e Town with Relation thereunto. And to
Do And Act what they shall se meet and proper Relating to y*
same Affair.
2. To hear y e Requeft of Amos Bond Late Conftable for y*
Sinking of W m . Vafsells Rates in his Lifts for Reafons w° h may
be given and for y* Town to Act y r pleafure there upon
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3. To know the Mind of y* Town whether they will Revive
the Town buy Law Relating to horfes as it now Stands only with
the Addition of Afsertaining the Difpofition of the forfiture.
Warrants were Isued out Accordingly
Att*. J Mafon Clerk /
[47] At a General Town Meeting of ^ freehold", and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallifyed to Vote in y* Choice
of a Reprefentative, Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting
houfe in s d Town on the fifteenth Day of May 1749 for the
Election of a Sutable Perfon to Reprefent the Town of Water-
town at the Great and General Court Appointed to be conven'd
and held at the Court houfe in Boston on the 31 Day of May
Currant.
The Meeting was Opned, the Major part of y* Selectmen
prefent, The Vote for the Choice of a Reprefentative was Called
for, And after the Votes Were brot in Sorted and Counted it
Appeared That Jonas Bond Esq r was Chofen to Reprefent the
Town at y e Court aboves d by the Major part of the voters Prefent.
At a General Town Meeting of the freehold", and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled on the 15 Day of May 1749. At the
Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town.
Voted and Chose Joseph Mason Esq r Moderator for s d
Meeting.
The Seventeenth Article in the Warant for y e Warning of Laft
March Meeting relating to John Kimbal, at S d Kimbals Motion
was ^Continued to May Meeting for his Accommodating s d
Affair with the Com tee formerly Chofen to Agree with Perfon's
for Land Lying to the ways &c. At this Meeting the
s d Comm tee . Made Report to the Town Relating to what y ee had
done in s d Affair, which Report was Red to the Town, And the
Vote there upon was Put Whether it is the mind of
Recorded y e Town to Accept of s d Report and that the Lands
Contained & mentioned in s d Report Relating to
John Kimbal be granted and Confirmed to the s d
John Kimbal his heirs and Afsigns on the Condition mentioned
in the S d Reporte, and alfo that a Small piece of Land mentioned
in s d Report be granted and Confirmed to Jonas Bond Esq r his
heirs & Afsigns upon the Condition mentioned in s d Report,
And that the s d Report of the Com tee be Accordingly Record in
the Town Records, and y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative
Then the firft Article in the Warrant for this Meeting was
Red relating to Some Perticler Perfons who are Nonrefidents
there being Rated in Watertown for the Timber Trade in s d
Town, was Red to the Town and After Debate thereon. The
Vote was Put whether it is the mind of the Town to Choofe a
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Com tee . to Take Advice in S d Affair of Councel knowing in the
Law, and that if the Committee upon Advice Shall find y l y r is
Sufficiant foundation for the Town to proceed in s d Affair,
That then the Conftable proceed According to the Advice of s d
Com tee . and that the Town will indempnify the Conftables He
proceeding According to the s d Comm tees . Advice. & ye Vote paft
in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mason Esq r M r John Hunt & Jonas
Bond Esq r to be s d Committee.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to Sink
W m . Vafsells Rates in Conftable Amos Bonds Lists. And the
Vote Paft on y* Negative
Then
[48] Then the Vote was put, whether it is the mind of the
Town to revive the Town by Law Relating to horfses. Viz 1 . That
no Perfon or Perfons Shall Suffer his or their horfes or horfe kind
above the Age of six months to Run at Larg with in the Limmits
of Watertown without their being well fettred from the 15 th Day
of May Currant to the Laft Day of October Next under the
penalty or forfiture of 2/6 for evry one that Shall be found
without being So fettred. One Moiety of s d forfiture to be to the
Haward or field driver, and the other Moiety for the Ufe of the
poor of y e Town And the Vote past in the Affirmative.
Voted that Joseph Mason Esq r Lay this By Law before the
Hon ble y e Court of General Sefsions of peace for *U County
for their Confirmation
The Comm tees . Report.
The Comm tee . Chofen to Agree with Perfons what they s ld
give for Land Lying to y e Way's &c. Report what they have
further done in Said Affair More Especially w th Refpect to the
Land fenced in adjoining to the Land formerly Clarks which
was Mentioned in an Article in the Warrant for warning Laft
March Meeting and Continued to this May Meeting viz 1 the Said
Comm tee have Agreed with John Kimbal that he Shall have the
Land already taken in (belonging to the Town) Adjoining to
his Land (formerly Uriah Clarks) Containing abo*. half An Acrer
as the Wall fence Now Stands Only Extending the South line to
the Weftward So far as on a Straight or parrelell line with the
wall as it now Stands as to Enterfext his fence which will make
the South line forty Rods in length the Said half Acrer is
Bounded Easterly by a Town Way Southeafterly with Town
Land Southerly with a Town Way, Elfewhere on s d Kimbal's
own Land, He the s d John Kimbal to pay into the Town Treafury
for s d Land the Sum of Twenty Pounds old Tenor for the Ufe of
Watertown upon the Town's Granting and Confirming s d half
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Acrer (be it more or lefs) to him y* s d John Kimbal his heirs
& Afsigns All which is Submitted
P Joseph Mason
Jonas Bond
Ebenez r Stone
Jona n Brown
And further on the Day aboves d
The S d Com tee Agreed that Jonas Bond Esq. move out his
fence into the Town way (leading by y* Pound) oppifite to y*
Watering place So far as to make a more Uniform line or frunt,
Runing upon a Streight line from the moft Wefterly bend of his
wall (Near to the Small piece granted him before by y* Town)
so as to Enterfect Sam 1 Fisks Wall fence againft his Pikle South
of his Barn which line will in clofe ab l . five Rods of ground. And
He the s d Bond to pay therefor in to the Town Treafury for the
ufe of y e Town the Sum of Twenty Shillings old Tenor upon
the Towns Granting & Confirming y* s d five Rods of Ground to
him his heirs and Afsigns. which is humbly Submitted
P Joseph Mafon "]
Ebenez r Stone }» Comm tee
Jona n Brown J
Watertown May 9 th . 1749.
[49] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown on the
3 d Day of July 1749. At David Coollidges to Confider of y*
Lift of Pfons Licenced in s d Town the Laft Year. &c
The Selectmen having Confidered S d List Did not Approve of
Thomas Saltmarfh having his Licence Renewed
The Selectmen Approve of Mary Learned & David Coollidge
having their Licences Renewed for the Year Enfuing. And M r
John Hunt Renewing his Licence, as for Nath 1 Harris Esq r
under his Circumftances the Selectmen dont Approve of having his
Licence Renewed.
July 17. 1749. At a meeting of y* Selectmen at y e Meeting
houfe, M r Jona n . Sewells time for keeping the School being Near
Expiring, Agreed that M r Sewel be Treated w th to keep the
School till the firft Munday in March Next if he will keep it
after the Rate of £ 250 P r Year old Tenor and board himfelf.
Defired Mefs rs . Ebenezer Thatcher & Isaac Sanderfon two of y e
Selectmen to Treat w th . M r Sewel in behalf of y e Selectmen
Relating to y e p r mifes And make Report /
Upon Viewing the Meeting houfe and finding that it wanted
very much to be Repaired Especally to Secure the Steaple. Agre'd
to meet at s d Meeting houfe Again on Tuefday the 25 th Inftant
at 7 of ye Clock in the Morning And that M r Benj n Haftings &
M r Samuel Stratton be Defired to meet with the Selectmen at
Comm tee
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the Same place & time to View & See what is Need full to be
done. And that m r John Savin be Defired to mend y 6 under
pining of s d Meeting houfe.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Meeting houfe on the 25 of
July 1749. Upon further View of y e Meeting houfe M r Benj n .
Haftings and m r Sam 1 Stratton being prefent we find that the
Platform above the Bell is Very Rotton both Bords & Shingles,
It was Judged by the Workmen that plank w ld be better for s d
Platform than Double boarding and so Cork the joints and
Cover it with Shingles Agreed with mr. Haftings & Stratton to
procure what Plank and other Metarels that is Necefsary and to
Do the work of Repairing the Meeting houfe who under took to
do the Same, And to Do it the beginning of Sep r next or before,
and to Draw money out of y* Treafurey for the purchafeing
Metarels. M r Jon n . Sewal our prefent Schoolmafter Mett the
Selectmen and and Engaged to keep y e Grammer & Englifh School
in the Town untill the firft Munday of March Next After the
Rate of 280 £ P Year and to board himfelf. And the Selectmen
Engage upon his faithfull keeping the s d School that H e s ld be
Rewarded therefor by y e Town after the Rate of Two hundred
& Eighty pounds P year as before s d He paying for his own
Boarding. —
[50] At a meeting of y* Selectmen at m r Ebenezer Thatchers
on the 10 th Day of Nov r . 1749. The Wid w . Grover and y 6
Wid w . Stearns under their Necefsitous Circumftances made their
Application to y e Selectmen for some relief e with Refpect to wood
Agre'd to procure One Load of Wood for y e s d Wid w . Grover.
and Two Loads of Wood for y e s d Wid w . Starnes as Soon as may
be at the Towns Charge.
Whereas the Vote of y* Town Relating to y e School is, That
thofe Parents and Mafters who Send their Children & Ser ts . to
School S ld . Provide firewood for s d School. The Selectmen
judge 8/ old Tenor P Scholler is Little Enough to provid Wood
for s d School, And Accordingly Agre'd that y e Schoolmafter be
Defired to Send to Such Parents and Mafters y* Send y r Children
& Ser ts to School to send 8/ P r Scholler in order to procure wood
for y* School. And that the Schoolmafter be Defired to Send to
thofe who are Dilenquent y* Laft Year to Send their Coto as
others have Done to pay y* Selectmen they having Advanced the
money.
Agre'd and Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant to Warn
John Conred Huffinz and his Wif Catrine and four Children
viz 1 . John Eliz h . Cat n . & Mary, (which was don accordingly)
The Wid w . Webb who is maintained P ^ Towns wanting
Some Clothing to keep her warm and Comfortable y e Approaching
Winter Agre'd That M rs . Coollidge (with whom she lives) be
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Defired to procure Such thing as is Necefsary for End aboves d .
and bring her Acc 1 in order to be paid.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at M r Isaac Sanderfons on the
23 d . Day of November 1749.
The Selectmen having had freqent Complaints from divers
GentK of Cambridge as well as from y e Selectmen of s d Town of
y e Deplorable Cafe that Sam 1 Coollidge is in at this prefent for
want of evry thing as to Clothing, and in a Suffering Condition,
And likely to Suffer in Several Refpects if Speedy Care be not
taken for him. As he belongs to Watertown the Selectmen
Account themfelves in Duty bound to take Some care for him
and provide Such Clothing for him as may prevent his Suffering
and so of his becoming a greater Charge to ye Town. Agre'd to
procure for him a Coat Jacket a p r Briches two Shirts a pr of
Stockins & a p r of Shoos he being Deftitute of evry thing of
Clothing fit to cover his Nackednefs. Agre'd that m r Oliver
Livermore & m r Eben r Thatcher take the Care to procure the
things aboves d . In the firft place to Inquire whether they can
procure w l may be Sutable at y e Second hand; If not such Cloth
as is Sutable for Coat and Jacket to keep him warm and Leather
briches what triming &c as is Necefsary and to do it as soon as
may bee. The Selectmen Confidering the Many Complaints
that have been made to them what a Trouble
the
[51] the S d Coollidge is where he comes and the Dainger
they are in by Reafon of his Lying in their Barns for fear of fire
or other Mifchief. the Selectmen Apprehending that it will be
beft for y e s d Coollidge and for the Town that He be in Some
family where he may be taken care of & keept from Rambling
ab 1 . and So kept from diftroying w l is got for him.
Accordingly the Selectmen Appointed to meet at David
Coollidges on fryday the 1 st of Decemb r . Next at four clock after
Noon, in order to Confider where to git a place and agre'd to give
Publick Notice that if any perfon is inclined to take him that
they meet Selectmen at y* time and place afores d .
Dec d . 1. 1749. The Selectmen meet at David Coollidges
according to Appointm t . But no Perfon Appeared to treat with
them Relating to Sam 1 Coollidge.
The Selectmen being Informed by y* Wid w . Becks that She
had taken in a woman (a Stranger) out of pity and Compafsion
who was Sick at her houfe, the Selectmen went to see how the
matter was, and found a poor miserable woman there who if
she had not been taken in by y e s d wid w . had bin in danger of
perifhing. The Selectmen Incouraged y e wid w . to take proper
care for her, and as y e Selectmen were Informed that she had
some money and other things they advifed the Wid w . to See &
git her pay from her for y* Trouble she was at.
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At a meeting of y e Selectmen at David Coollidges on y e 18 th .
of Dec r . 1749 The Selectmen Rec d the Clothes procured for
Sam 1 Coollidge, Ace 1 of w ch is as follow's viz 1 .
Cloth for a Coat Jacket & Triming cloth for
2 shirts & a p r of stockins £19=. 2 — .6
A pair of Leather Briches ready made .3=.. — ..
Making the Coat and Jacket .5 — .. — ..
Making 2 shirts with thread & buttons .1 — .. — ..
Old Tenor i28=.2=.6
Two Perfons Appeared at this meeting who offered to take
Said Sam 1 Coollidge but their Loweft terms being 55/ P week,
the Selectmen could not Confent to give it.
The Wid w . Mary Maddocks being deftitute of houfe or home
for this winter Seafon (People not careing to take her in to set
her to work as in warm wether) She being at prefent at
Chriftopher Grants, the S d Grant being willing to Entertain her
for her work if She did Enough to pay for her board, and if
not to be Alow'd by the Town what s ld be wanting. He y e
s d Grant prudently keeping her to work or finding work for
her till further Order. He keeping a fair and true Ace 1 of Her
Earnings, and to Lay the Same before the Selectmen, And If her
Work or Earnings do not amount to Reafonable boarding to be
alow'd by the Town what is Reafonable over and above her
Earnings.
[521 At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonas
Bond"Esq r . on the Eighth Day of Jan>\ 1749. Upon a Mefsage
Sent to the Selectmen from one of ^ Grand jury of the County
That the Town of Watertown was in Danger of A Prefentm 1 . on
Acc 1 of Sam 1 Coollidge his Runing ab l & being Mifcheivs &c The
Selectmen Agre'd to inform the Grand jury of y e Circumftances
of y e s d Coollidge and what the Selectmen had Done in behalf of
Town for him, and, and what further Steps they have Agre'd
to that he might be taken care of that so he might not make Such
Difturbance as he has done. That so the Town might not be
prefented Agre'd further to Inquire of Such GentK of
Charlftown as are prop 1 " to See whether s d Coollidge may be got
into their Work houfe upon Equiable Terms, and If they fail
there then to Make One Addrefs more to ^ Overfeeres of y* Poor
in Bofton to Se If he could upon Reafonable Terms be got into
their work Houfe for Some short time at Left till his cafe c ld . be
Laid before the Town.
At a meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown at the Houfe of
Joseph Mafon Esq r on Feb^: 14. 1749. At Said Meeting the
Selectmen Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to the
Watertown Records.
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Conftables of s d Town, To Warn the freehold 1 ^, and other
Inhab 1 . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs, To
Afsemble & meet together on Munday the fifth Day of March
Next at Nine of y e Clock In the Morning for the Ends following
viz 1 . (1) To Choofe a Moderator for s d Meeting (2) To
know the mind of y e Town what Sum Perfons shall pay, who
are Chofen Conftables and Refufe to Serve. (3) To Choofe
Selectmen, A Town Clerk, a Town Treafurer a Conftable or
Conftables, Afsefsors, and all Such other Town Officers as by
Law are to be Chofen in the Month of March Annually. (4) To
Choofe a Saxton and Agree how he Shall be Satisfied for his
Service (5) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer.
(6) To know the mind of y e Town whether Swine Shall Run at
Large under the Regulation in the Law, (7) To hear the Town
Trealurers Acc*. And to pafs thereon. (8) For the Town to
manifest their Mind how the Intreft money Coming to the Town
this Year (the year beginning the Eleventh of Dec r Laft) shall be
Appropriated. (9) To Grant the Rev d m r Seth Storer his Salary
for the Year Enfuing, the Year beginning the firft of March
Next. (10) To Grant money for the Support of y e School or
other wife Agree how it Shall be Supported (11) To Grant
money for the Support of the poor y e Enfuing Year. (12) To hear
the Acc ts . of thofe p r fons to whom the Town is Indebted to, and
to Grant Money to Satisfy them. (13) To Grant money for the
Repairing of the Meeting houfe Glafs &c. (14) To grant Money
for the Repairing of y e Great Bridge over Charles River in Water-
town if they Se meet. (15) To know the mind of y* Town
whether they will mend the High ways and Town ways By
Rate the Enfuing Year as has been practicd Some years paft, And
if the Town See Meet to Come into this Method, Then to make
a Grant of money for said Affair, And for y* 2 Town to State Day
Labour both for men and Teems, And that Perfons May Work
out their Refpective Rates at w ch . they are set (if they see meet)
at the Price that the Town Agrees upon, and to choofe the
Surveyer of
The
[53] The High ways to be Collectors of Said Rate, or to
See that it be worked out within the Year in the way and manner
the Town Agrees on. (16) To hear the Pleas of Some of the
Late Conftables for Abatm 1 . of Some Perticuler Perfons Rates in
their Lists, And for the Town to Act their pleafure thereon.
(17) For the Town to Manifest their mind, what they will have
done with Samuel Coollidge, and done for him, under his Prefent
Difficult Circomftances so as to prevent Extroord>\ Charge being
bro 1 upon the Town by Prefentment or other wife on Acc r of s d
Coollidge. (18) To know the Mind of y e Town Whether they
are willing to joine wth Two, Three or More of the Neighbour
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Towns (If s d Neighbour Towns are willing) To Errect a
work houfe in Some Convenant place, wherein Idle Perfons may
be Imployed, and other poor Perfons (who may be judged proper)
be taken care off; And if the Town are willing herefor; Then
for the Town to do any thing or things or pafs Any Act or Acts
Relating to s d Affair as they Shall judge proper for the promoting
thereof. (19) To know the mind of the Town whether they
will Choofe and Impower a Com: tee or their Reprefentative to
joine with Comm tees . or the Reprefentatives of Wefton and
Waltham to Petition the Great & General Court in behalf of
Watertown, Wefton & Waltham for a Grant of Some of the
unapropriated Lands belonging to y e Province, To Enable y e
s d . Three Towns the better to Defray the great Charge they are
Annually at in Maintaining the Great Bridge over Charles River
in Watertown. (20) for the Town to have a Lift of Jurymen,
with a new Addition thereto, Laid before them and for the Town
to Accept thereof If y a See meet, And for y* Town to make An
Addition to the Superiour Box. (21) To know the mind of y e
Town whether they will Choofe and Appoint a man to take care
of y* fence abo 1 y* Buring place to keep up s d Fence to prevent
Creatures Gitting in perticulerly Swine gitting in and Rooting
down the tops of y e Graves, and to take up the Young Trees that
are growing up in s d Buring place which in time may Discomode
the Same, and whether He y l is Appointed and takes the Care
aboves d . Shall have for s d Service, what grafs be got therein by
Mowing; and not to feed any therein. (22) To hear the
Requeft of M r Sam 1 . Jenifon for Some Releaf Refpecting his
Sifter Sufanna Murch & for the Town to Act their pleafure
with Relation thereto.
And Direct the Conftables to Notify Such Perfons which the
Town are Indebted to to bring in their Acc ts . to the Selectmen
at the Houfe of y 45 Wid w . Mary Learned Inhold r . on fryday the
Second Day of March Next at three of the Clock afternoon in
order to have them Laid before the Town, And alfo to Notify
the Surveyers who are Collectors to meet at the same time &
place in order to make up their Acc ts . with the Selectmen. (War-
rants were Ifued out Accordingly).
At s d Meeting Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant to warn
out of Town T . , _. , t . ~ ' . A.
v one Lyda Murch (the Daughter of W m . &
Sufanna Murch) who Came from Cambridge Abo 1 the Middle
of August Laft paft, who Refides with her mother in the
Dwelling houfe of Stephen Palmer which is in Watertown
(A warrant was Isued out Accordingly & Delivered to
Conf table N. Stone)
The Clerk was Defired to Write to y* 5 Selectmen of Wefton
to Procure Seven hundred of good Plank for the Great Bridge
in Watertown, as soon as may be and to Send word whether
they can or no. (A Letter was Sent Dated y* 5 15 th of this Inftant.)
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Agreed to procure a Load of wood for the Widow Grover under
her prefent Necefsitous Circumftances.
[54] At a meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Widow Learneds on
y e 2 d Day of March AD 1749. for y* Taking in of y* Acc ts . of
thofe Perfons to whom the Town is Indebted the Acc 1 . Taken in
are as follow's viz 1 .
Tho s Saltmarfh As an Afsefsor for half
a Day Copying Laft Years List of y*
Province Rate for y* Court .. 10 — ..
For Help taking New Invoice in May 4
Days 4" .. "..
For help taking and Perfecting 1
Invoice making the Province County \
Town & Highway Rates this Year J 5" ..
£9=10=.
Nath 1 . Harrington for help Coppying Laft Year Rate ..=10=..
Nath 1 . Bright Afsefsor for Help taking
Invoice in May 3 — .. — ..
for help taking perfecting an Invoice 1
Making the Province County Town & > 5 — .. — ..
Highway Rates this Year j
& for 200 Shingles for y e Meeting houfe 1 — .6 — ..
.9= .6=..
Joseph Mason Esq r . for help Copy Laft
Years Provinece Rate one Day £.1 — .. — ..
Help taking New Invoice for a New
Valuation 3 Days .3 — .. — ..
for help Taking a Invoice & Perfect 1
it Making the Province Tax County \ .5 — .. — ..
Rate Town & High way Rates
for Cafh to get y* Town By Law arA
Horfes Confirmed .. — .6 — ..
For a Q r of board Nails y 2 Hundred
Double Tens & 200 of Shingles for y e
Meeting Houfe 1 " 15 " .6
for his Service as Clerk & Treaf r . y e
Year 1749 20 " ..
31" .1' .6
Sam 1 Stratton for fetching up the Stuff
from Boston for ^ Meting houfe .2" 10
For Ten days & y 2 of Work at y e 1
Meeting houfe 26/P & one Day at s d [ 14" 13
Houfe 20/ J
For a Bier for the Town .3 " ..
20=.3=,
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Ebenezer Thatcher for Wire & Nails for
y* Meeting houfe .."19=..
for a Load of Wood for y e Wid w . Grover .3" ..=..
David Livermore for Sundry Dogs &
Speeks for y* Bridg .2=13=..
for a look and Nails for y* School Houfe .. — .5 — ..
.3" 19:
.2=18-
Ebenez r Thornton & Jonas Collidge for
21 feet of Timber
for 294 feet of plank for Treadaway v
Bridge and y e Bridge near Thomas /
Wellingtons y* whelms by Goddards ( " . -
& Amos Bonds ) lb ~ 5
Jonas Bond Esq r for 29 feet of Board for
y e Meeting houfe .1 — .. — ..
Jofiah Stearns for Mending y e Stocks
and for a lock .. — 12 — ..
for 15/ Omitted Laft Y"ear his Acc 1 y n
w s 5/ New tenor & taken to be 5/ old .. — 15 — ..
.1— .7— ..
To y e Wid w . Becks & Sarah Willet for y r Care of
& Nurfing a poor Vagabon Woman taken in in
Diftrefs & falling sick at y 6 widows 10=..-
To Benj n . Haftings for 7 Days Yz work
at y e great Bridge at 28/ P 10—10—..
for 13 Days & ^ work at y* Meeting
houfe at 28/P 18—18—..
for one hundred ^ °f Clabboards for
the Meeting Houfe .4 — 10 — ..
for Nails for s d House 14/ & Turpine-
tine 20/ .1—14—..
for Slit work 5/ for board 5/ ..—10—..
36= .2:
To Henry Spring jun r for his Care of
y e Wid w . Stearns in the time of her &
Childs Sicknefs .5—10—..
To Sam 1 Coollidge for Speeks hooks &
Stapels for y e Meeting houfe .2=16 — ..
To Dan 1 Bond for Timb r for a whelm
near Jofiah Stearns -1 — •• —
Rich d . Clark Surveyor & Collector for this Year made up his
Acc t w th Relation to thofe Offices & by his Acc 1 he had work't
out his Rate all but two days work 9/ & some Nonrefidents 7/1
w° h y a y r are behind promifes to work out this Spring.
[55] At a General Town meeting of the Freeholders and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled on the 5 th
Day of March 1749 for the Choice of Town Officers and other
Affairs mentioned in v e Warrant
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Voted and Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r . Moderator of s d Meeting.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town That
thofe Perfons who are Chofen to Serve in the office of a
Conftable and Refufe shall pay as a fine to y* Town y* Sum of
five pounds Lawfull money, and the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Jonas Bond Esq 1 "
Joseph Mason Esq r .
Voted and Chofe for Selectmen { M r Joseph Harrington
M r Jona n . Bemis
M r Ed w . Harrington
Voted and chofe for Town Clerk Joseph Mafon Esq r .
Voted and Chofe for Town Treafurer Joseph Mafon Esq r .
Voted and Chofe for firft Conftable W m . Coollidge. who Refused
to Serve in s d . Office.
Voted and Chofe for Conftables j
{Joseph Mason Esq r .
Dea n . Sam 1 . Fisk
M r Nath 1 . Harrington
Voted and Chofe for Sealer of Leather Seth Hastings
it . j j /Ti ft t . ( Simon Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for fence viewers j JonaI1 StQne yC 3<1
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers of High Ways j ^niel ^Bond"
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen { ^^lHd^
xr j , ^, , , TT . ( Jofhua Stratton
Voted and Chofe for Hogneves | Sam , Warrin junr _
Voted and Chofe for Meafurers of ( Ebenezer Thornton
Timber &c. / Jonas Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for Hawards or J Jofhua Stratton
field Drivers ( Sam 1 . Warrin jun r .
Voted and Chofe for Gager of Cask Smith Prentice
Voted and Chofe for Deerreives \ 1°™ ^? wn
( James Uix
Voted and Chofe for Sexton Samuel Stratton
Voted to pay the Sexton for his Service by Two Contributions
as Ufual and they to be on the Days Appointed as on Record.
which two Contrabutions the s d Sexton Accepted of as w l should
Satisfy him for his Service in s d Trust or Office.
Then were Votes bro* in for a County Treafurer & Delivred to
one of the Conftables.
Voted that Swine S ,d . Run at Larg this Year under the Regula-
tions in y e Law in that Refpect.
Then
[56] Then the Town Treafurers Acc ts . were Laid before
the Town & Red. The firft Acc 1 . of the Treafurey Ammounting
to the Sum of 1213 " .4 " 11
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The Credit Amounting to the Sum
of (old Tenor) 981 " .9 " .6
Out Standing in the Constables
Hands 170 " 3 " ..
In the Treafury Rec d this Day 61 "12 " .5
1213 " .4 "11
The Second Acc 1 Relating to the Intreft money Rec d
The Intreft money Rec d to this Day Amounted to
y e Sum of .147 " 14 " .2
Paid out of Intreft money to sevrel Perfons P
ord r . .147 " 14 " .2
Both of thefe Acc ts were by a Vote of Town Alowed and
Accepted.
Voted that the lntreit money Comeing to the Town this Year
be Appropriated, one hundred Pounds old Tener to the Miniftry
the other hundred for y e School this Year.
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of y* Town to put of the
Making of a Grant for y e Rev d M r Seth Storer's Salary untill the
Next May Meeting, and to Choofe a Comm tee . to inqure in the
mean time in to the Contract made with m r Storer at the time
of His Setlm 1 . and make Diligent inquirey w l Silver was P ounce
then, and w c the Necefsarys of Life then Cost, and how things
are at this prefent time, and into whatfoever that may give Light
in said Affair to the Town and that they make Report thereof
to the Town at s d May Meeting, That the Town may then
proceed to make a Grant for y e Rev d M r Storers Salary for y e
p r fent year
And the Vote Paft in the Affarmitive
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to Choofe
three p r fons to be a Committe (for y e End aboves d ) and the Vote
paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe m r Ebenezer Thatcher Jonas Bond & Joseph
Mafon Esq rs . to be s d Committee.
Voted and Granted or Alowed for the Support of the School
this year the Sum of Two hundred and fifteen Pound and the
Remains of Eighty five pounds of y e Laft Years Grant for y e
School (not Improved) One hundred pounds there of to be paid
out of y e Intereft money, and one hundred and fifteen pounds old
Tener to be Afsefsed.
Voted and Granted for the Support of the Poor the Sum
Sixty Pounds and what is Coming from Waltham on Acc 1 of y e
Poor by Laft Settlm 1 w th s d Waltham
A List of Debts Due from the Town to sundry Perfons named
in s d List was Laid before the Town and Read Amounting to
£161 " .7 " .6 old Ten r
The Vote was put whethe the Town do Grant the Sum of one
hundred Sixty one pounds 7/6 old Tener to Satisfy & pay s d
Debts.
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And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Granted for y e Repairing of y* Meeting houfe Glafs
&c the Sum of fifteen Pounds old Tenor.
There being a Sum of Thirty five pounds coming from
Waltham Relating to ^ Great Bridge alio w c was Apropriated to
s d bridge Coming from y e Truftees alfo y* Grant made Laft year
not yet Improved it was tho 1 . Sufficint for p r fent
Therefore y* Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town
to make a Grant of Money for y e Great Bridge this p r fent Year
and the Vote paft in the Negative
The
[57] The Vote was Put whether it is the mind of y e Town
to mend the High Ways & Town Ways by Rate this Year as has
been for some years paft — And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Granted the Sum of One hundred & fifty pounds
old Tener for s d Service. And the Dilinquant Surveyers to work
out what is behind in their Lists this prefent Year.
Voted That the price of Labour for men and Teems, and the
time for work be as it was Agreed on the Laft Year.
Voted and Chofe Smith Prentice & Daniel Bond the Prefent
Surveyers to be Collectors to Collect or to See that the Grant be
faithfully worked out with in the prefent Year.
Several Conftables made their Pleas for Abatm ts . in their Lists.
vz 1 .
Conftable James Dix for y* Sinking of Rich d . Sanger's 22/6
John Noyce 13/3 Capt David Baldwin 22/6 Isaac Williams
11/3 which in old Tener is 13=10 — ..
Voted and Abated y* Abovenamed Perfons y r Rates, and Granted
the Sum of 13—10—.. to Supply the Same £13—10—..
The Vote was put whether the Town will Sink Jofiah Cuttings
Rate in Nath 1 Brights List, and y e Vote paft in the Negative.
The Vote was put whether the Town will Sink W m . Vafsels
Rate in Amos Bonds List & y e Vote paft in the Negative.
Joseph Whitney Late Constable Pleaded Abatm 1 . of Isaac
Holdin's Rate 7/6 Jofeph Stearns 8/7 Isaac Williams 25/10.
David Baldwin 40/11 John Noyce 20/5 and Rich d Sanger 40/11:
all New Tener, in old £28=16r=:.8
The Vote was put whether the Town will Sink the above
Named Perfons Rates in S d Conftable Whitneys Lifts amounting
to 28 — 16 — 8 and Grant So much to Supply y e Same, and y 6
Vote paft in y^ Affirmative
Jonas Coollidge Late Constable Pleaded for Abatm 1 of Sam 1
Stouel Dec d his Rate in his Lifts 12/10 Joseph Stearns 15/11
Aron Crofts 8/ David McConothy 3/3 all new Tener Amount-
ing in Old to £8 — .. — ..
The Vote was Put whether the Town Sink y e Rates of y*
aboves d Perfons in Conftable Coollidges Lifts amounting to £8
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old Tener and Grant so much to Supply the Same, and Vote paft
in y* Affirmative.
Joseph Paterfon Late Conftable pleaded Abatm 1 . of Sam 1
Stouel Rates in Lift 5/7 and Benj n . Bond Dec d his Rate 5/3 one
Boyington 10/3 Isaac Williams 6/10 all new Tenor Amounting
in old to £5— 11— .8
The Vote was Put whether the Town Sink the Rates of y e
above named Perfons in Conftable Paterfons List and Grant y e
Sum of 5 — 1 1 — 8 to Suply the Same and the Vote paft in the
Affirmative
Upon a Motion made & Second, The Vote was put whether
the Town Do Adjourn this Meeting and the Remaining Buifnefs
thereof unto Munday the 12 day of this Inftant march to this
houfe at one Clock after noon And y e Vote paft in the Affirm-
ative
Accordingly the Meeting was Adjourned / /
[58] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at y* Wid w . Mary
Learneds on the 9 th of March 1749. for the Swearing Town
Officers &c. The Perfons under Named were Sworn to their
Refpective Offices by Joseph Mafon Jus 1 peace viz 1 .
Henry Goding )
Sam* Cook ] Constables
Afsefsors
Sam 1 Fisk
Nath 1 Harrington
Jona n Stone y e 3 d fence Viewer
Dan 1 ^ Bond 1 ^ } Surveyers of High Ways and Collectors
Jonas Coollidge Tything man
Sam 1 Warrin jun r Hogrieve & Haward
Ebenezer Thornton ) _ , , ; — . , .
Jonas Coollidge t Surveyers and mealurers of Timber &c.
James Dix and Jonathan Brown Deere Rieves.
(Seth Hasting Sealer of Lea r . took his Oath on y* 6 th . of march
inftant before Joseph Mason Justice peace)
At the Aboves d . Meeting the Selectmen Confidering that M r
Jona n Sewal's Time for keeping of the School was Expired.
The Queftion was Asked Whether they w ld . Imploy y e S d Sewal
any Longer And the Majer part of y e Selectmen were for y*
Seeking of a nother School Mafter, And Appointed to meet at
Jonas Bonds Esq r on Munday the 19 th . Inftant at four Clock
After Noon to Confider further abo 1 a Schoolmafter. As alfo
for the boarding out the Wid w . Webb.
May 11. 1750 Joshua Stratton Was Sworn to the faithfull
Discharge of y e office of a Hogrieve. before Joseph Mason Jus ts .
peace. He refuted to take the Oath of Haward.
May 22 1750 Joseph Mason Esq r . was Sworn to the offices of
Town Clerk, Town Treafurer, and Afsefsor Before Thomas
Greenwood Justice peace.
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[59] At a General Town Meeting of the freehold", and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled on the 12 th .
Day of March AD. 1749 by Adjournment.
Voted and Abated W m . Lees Rate in Conftable Godings Lift
12/ New Tener.
Voted and Granted to W m . Goding 12/ New Tenor he having
paid & made up with y 6 Treaf r .
Voted and Granted to Joseph Harrington £8=. 5 — .. old Tenor
for three Load of wood he Carryed to y 6 Wid w . Stearns.
Voted and Granted to Nath 1 Stone 29/ old Tenor for Serving
Conftable & Warning of three Town Meetings.
Voted and Granted to John Sawin 14/ old Tenor for his Mending
the underpining of the Meeting Houfe.
The the Article Relating to Sam 1 Coollidge was Read and
Confidred. And the Vote was put whether it is the mind of y*
Town, That y* Selectmen take the beft And prudent care of
Samuel Coollidge under his Indigent Circumftances, and for the
preventing his Rambleing ab l . and doing of mifchief to git him
into some work houfe (if it may be) where he may be kept
from Mifchief or other wife take care of Him. And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
Then the Article Relating to Errecting of a work houfe was
Read and after debate thereon.
The Vote was Put, Whether it is the Mind of the Town That
in cafe two three or more of the Neighbouring Towns will joine
with such Towns
with them, that then they will be their proportion A to wards
the building a work houfe in some Convenant place where it shall
be thought proper or shall be Agreed upon for the Imployment of
Idle Perfons and other Needy Perfons who shall be adjudged
proper to be put into s d Houfe. And the Vote paft in the
Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town to
Choofe a Committee to Inquire of the Neighbouring Towns to
See who of them will come into the Affair or Scheem of the
building of a work houfe, for y* Ends afores d . And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
Voted to Choofe three Perfons to be a Committee for y e Ends
aboves d .
Voted and Chofe Cap 1 . John Taynter, M r John Hunt and
Dea n . Sam 1 . Fisk to be a Committee for the End Abovesaid.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town that
the aboves d Com lee . proceed to make Inquiry relating to the
Building of a work houfe, and make Report thereof at the Next
May meeting And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town to Choofe a
Comm tee to joine with Com tees . of Wefton & Waltham to Petition
y e General Court for a Tract of Land y e beter to Enable them to
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Support y e Repairs of y e Great Bridge in Watertown. And y*
Vote paft in y* Negative.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to
Choofe and Impower their Reprefentative to joine with the Repre-
fentatives of Wefton & Waltham to Petition the General Court
for a Tract of the unappropriated Land belonging to the Province
the better to Enable them to Support of y e Great Bridge in
Watertown. and the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted to Choofe a Man to take care of the fence abo 1 . the
Buring place.
Put to Vote whether it is y e mind of y e Town to Choofe Sam 1
Stratton to take y e Care of the fence ab l . the burying place, and
as a reward therefor to have the Young trees therein, and what
grafs he can git therein by Mowing. And y e Vote paft in the
Affirmative.
Sam 1 Jenifon made his Requeft to the Town Relating to his
Sifter Sufa". Murch for Some Releaf. After the matter was
Confidred
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to Grant
to Sam 1 Jenifon any thing towards paying the Rent of the Houfe
that he had hired for his sifter Murch. And y e Vote paft in the
Negative /
A
[60] A Lift of Jury men was Laid before the Town for
their Confideration and Acceptance. After Confideration the
Town Voted that Ebenezer Thornton John Bright & Henry
Learned Should be taken out, All the Reft with the Addition of
Thirteen New ones were by a Vote Accepted of by the Town
Amounting to 82 Perfons. Sixteen of which being in the Superiour
Box, the Town Voted four more to be added to s d Box, viz*. Sam 1
Thatcher Ed w . Harrington Nath 1 . Harrington & Sam 1 Fisk. —
(the List is on file)
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen a 1 y** Houfs of Jonas Bond Esq r .
on the 19 th . Day of March AD. 1749. There being a Necefsitie
that Some Plank be procured for the Great Bridge. Agreed that
M r Edw d Harrington one of the Selectmen, take Speedy care to
See where Plank may be had and procure Seven hundred feet
Sutable for s d Bridge.
The Pound wanting Some thing to be done to it for the
Strengthening of y 6 same, Agreed that there be procured Two
Sutable Chisnut pools big enough to be Split to brce therewith
evry Corner of y e Pound upon the Cap's And that M r Sam 1
Stratton be Defired to under take procuring s d pools and to do
the work.
It was Agreed among the Selectmen y*. m r . William Jenifon
be treeted with, to See whether He will undertake to keep the
Grammer and Englifh School in the Town for one Quarter of a
Year.
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Jonas Bond Esq r . Sc Mefs rs . Jona n . Bemis & Ed w . Harrington
were Deiired to treet with m r Jenifon w th . Relation to y e
School, to See whether He will under take to keep the Same, and
to know His Lowe ft Terms and to make Report at the Next
Meeting of y* Selectmen.
The Widow Webbs Year being Near Expired. The Select-
men Agreed w th m r John Coolidge (P his Wife) to board the S d
Wid w . Webb, for a Nother Year the Year beginning the Twenty
fifth of this Inftant March and to look well after her under her
poor and Weak Circumitances, And to have as a Reward therefor
from the Town the Sum of Eighty five pounds old Tenor. And
to be Allowed befide for Extraordinary c ^ rge thro Sicknefs or
otherwiie (if any be), to which M 1 ^. Coollidge Concented. (tho
very hardly)
The Selectmen Appointed to meet again at Joseph Masons
Esq r . on Wedinfday the Twenty Eight Inftant at five of y* Clock
afternoon
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Houfe of Joseph Masons on
the 28 th . Day of March 1750 This being the Year for Pream-
bulation &c The Selectmen Appointed Meis rs . Ebenezer Thatcher
and Edw^ 1 . Harrington to Preambulate on the lines between
Watertown and the Adjacent Towns, and with such Perfons
as y* Selectmen of y* Adjacent Towns Shall Appoint to Renew
the Marks on s d . Lines, and they are Directed to Meet with Such
Perfons as y* Selectmen of Cambridge shall
Appoint
[61] Appoint at the Line between Watertown and Cam-
bridge Near Edward Marritts on Wedenfday the 25 of April
Next at Eight of y e Clock in y« fore noon And with Such Perions
as y« Selectmen of Waltham Shall Appoint at one of of the Clock
after noon on y e s d Day at the Line between Watertown &
Waltham at Cambridge Line, and with Such Perfons as y e
Selectmen of Newton shall appoint at four of y* Clock after
noon on y« same Day, at the Line between Watertown and
Newton Near M r Daniel Cooks and after they have done their
Work to Make Return of y r Doings to the Town Cler under
their hands.
Ordred the Clerk to Send Notifications to y« Selectmen of y*
Adjacent Towns to Acquaint them of y* Day Appointed for
Preambulation and the p r fons who are Appointed by y e Selectmen
of Watertown that So y e Selectmen of the Adjacent Towns may
Conform thereunto, (which was done P y e Cler)
At this Meeting the Selectmen w ch were Appointed to Treat
with M r W m . Jenifon Relating to the Keeping of y« School in
Watertown made their Report. Viz r . That they had Agreeable
to Appointment Waighted on m r Jenifon and treeted with him
Ab r . the School and that m r Jenifon was willing to keep s d
School, and that He w ld . keep it After the Rate of Two hundred
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and fifty Pounds P Year, and board himfelf, w ch was his Loweft
Terms. Whereupon the Selectmen Agreed that m r W m . Jenifon
Keep the Grammer & Englifh School in Watertown for the Space
of one Quarter of of a Year, And to have as a Reward there for
from y c Town after the Rate of Two hundred & fifty Pounds P
Year old Tenor. He to board himfelf, and to begin the School
(if Life and health permit) on the Ninth day of April Next.
The Seats at y e School houfe being Some what out of order
Agreed that M r Sam 1 Stratton be Defired to do what is Necefsary
(Relating to them) for the prefent, as alfo to fix up the Stocks.
At a meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of M r Jonathan
Bemif on the 16 th Day of April 1750. M r W m . Jenifon who y* 5
Selectmen had Agreed with to keep the School, being Removed
by Death. The School thereby being at prefent Vacant:
The Selectmen Since the Death of M r Jenifon have Made
Application to a GentK in order to have the School Supplyed with
a Mafter and to know his Terms, but s d Gentl ns . Terms were so
high that the Selectmen could not Comply with. The s d Select-
men being Informed by M r Jofiah Stearns that there was a
probibality that Young m r Cufhing of Shrufbury might be gained,
whereupon the Selectmen Agreed to Defire M r Stearns to Write
to s d M r Cufhing to know whether He is at Liberty and to Defire
his Speedy Anfwer. and s d Stearns to Inform the Selectmen / /
[62] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at Joseph Harringtons
on the Ninth Day of May AD. 1750. The Selectmen having
Received a Precipt Requiring them to Afsemble the Inhab ts . of
y* Town in Ord r for the Choice of a Reprefentative, To Reprefent
them at a Great and Gen 1 Court Appointed to be Conven'd and
held at y* Court houfe in Boston on Wednefday the 30 th . of May
Inftant.
Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to y* Con-
stables of Watertown to Warn the freeholders and other Inhab ts .
of Watertown Quallifyed to Vote in the Choice of A Repre-
fentative to Meet at y* Publick Meeting Houfe in S d Town on
Munday the Twenty firft Day of May Currant at Two of y*
Clock Afternoon then and there to Elect & Depute a Sutable
Perfon to Reprefent them at the Court Abovesaid
Likewife to Order the Constables to Warn the Freeholders and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown, who are Quallified to Vote in Town
Affairs to meet at the Publick Meeting Houfe in s d Town on
Munday the Twenty firft Day of May Currant at three of y*
Clock After Noon for the Ends following viz 1 .
1. To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting.
Whereas the Granting a Salary for y e Rev d . M r Seth Storer
being put over from Laft March Meeting to May Meeting and
a Comm tee : being Chofe to Inquire into the Contract made with
the Rev d m r Storer at Settlm 1 : and as to the prises of Silver &
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Provifions Then and how they have been Since &c. and to make
Reporte. Therefore
2. To Hear the Report of s d Committee, And to Grant m r
Storer a Salary for this Prefent Year, the Year begining the firft
Day of March Lai't past
3. To hear the Report of the Comm tee . who were chofen &
Appointed Laft March Meeting to inquire of y* Neighbouring
Towns Relating to the Errecting of a Work Houfe. And for the
Town to make a Grant of money for the carrying on of Said
Affair, if they Shall See meet and further to Do any thing or
Things pal's any Vote or Votes with Relation to s d . Affair of a
Work Houfe, as they Shall think or Judge proper and for the
Benefit of y* Town.
4. To know the Mind of y* Town whether they will Dis-
continue that Town Way which is Between the Lands of m r John
Kimbal and M r Jon n Stone jun r . and Difpofe of y* Same for the
Ufe of y* Town.
5. To know the Mind of the Town whether they will Build
a Wharff at the Landing place by the River at the place Called
Sam 1Is . Key for the Ufe of the Town &c Or give Liberty to such
Perions as may Appear to Errect a Wharff at s d place upon such
Conditions as the Town may Agree upon. And alfo to Choofe a
Committee to Settle the Line Between the Town Land there
and y* Land of Cornelious Waldo Esq r Adjoining.
At this Meeting the Selectmen Defired Mefsu rs . Jon a . Bemis
& Edw d Harrington, to Cart some Gravil on to the Cofsays of
y* Great Bridge y r being a want Thereof.
The Selectmen Agreed that Deacon Sam 1 Fisk the prefent Sealer
of Waites & Meafures be Defired to Carry what waites &
Meaiures &c that Wants to be New tryed, to the Province
Standard, and git them Tryed and to be Satisfyed by y* Town
for his Trouble and Cost.
[63] Watertown April 25 th : 1750. We the Subfcribers
According to Appointm r . Meet this Day with Gentlmen of Cam-
bridge Waltham and Newton, and Renewed the marks on the
Lines between our Town and the Towns aboves d .
At a General Town Meeting of y* Freeholders and other
Inhab ts of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled and met at the
Publick Meeting Houfe in s d Town on the 21 st . Day of May AD.
1750. for the Choice of a Repreientative, To Reprelent the Town
at a General Aisembly Appointed to be Convened held and keept
at the Court Houfe in Boston on the 30 th . of this Initant may. —
the Selectmen being all prefent.
Upon a Motion made and Seconded, a Previous Vote was put
To y e Selectmen
of Watertown
Ebenezer Thatcher
Edw d . Harrington
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Viz 1 . Whether it is the mind of the Town that the Perfon who
shall have the Major part of the Votes Shall be Esteemed the
perfon Chofen to Reprefent the Town Provided the said Perfon
will Serve the Town Greatis ; but if He shall Refufe to Serve the
Town Gratis, then to be Efteemed Not Chofen, And the Town to
proceed to the Choice of a Nother upon the Same head aboves d .
And the Vote paft on y e Negative.
The Votes were then called for, And after the Votes were brot
in Sorted and Counted it Appeared that Jonas Bond Esq 1 ", was
Chofen by the Major part of y e Voters then prefent.
At a General Town Meeting of y e freeholders and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled and Met at y e Publick Meeting Houfe in
s d Town on the 21 Day of May AD. 1750. At three of y e Clock
Afternoon, for the Receiving Reportes of Several Com tees : Grant-
ing a Salary for y e Rev d . M r Seth Storer and other Buifnefs &c. —
1. Voted and Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r Moderator for s d Meet-
ing.
The Committy Chosen Laft March Meeting to Inquire into
the Contract made w th y e Rev d M r Storer at His Settlm 1 , and
what Silver was P ounce then, and what the Necefsarys of Life
then Cost and how the Necefsarys of Life are at this prefent time
&c. Made their Report (Said Report is on file) after the Report
was Red, and Debated
2. The Vote was Put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to
Grant as a Salary for the Rev d M r Storer for the prefent Year
begining y e first of March Laft, the Sum of Sixty Six Pound
thirteen fhillings and four pence Lawfull Money.— And the Vote
paft on the Negative. —
31y.
[64] 3 ,y . The Vote was Put whether it is the Mind of y e
Town to Grant the Sum of Sixty four Pounds Lawfull Money as
a Salary for y e Rev d M r Storer for this prefent Year. And y e
Vote paft on y e Negative.
Upon a Motion Made and Seconded, to put y e firft Sum to
Vote again
4 ly . The Vote was put again Whether it is the Mind of the
Town to Grant the Sume of Sixty Six Pounds 13/4 Lawfull
money to be for y e Rev d M r Storers Salary for this prefent Year,
and y e Vote paft on y e Negative.
5. Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town
to Grant Sixty Pounds Lawfull Silver money for y e Rev d M r
Storers Salary for the prefent Year the Year begining the firft
Day of March Laft past. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Then y e Committe Chofen with Relation to y e Work houfe
propofed &c Reported to y e Town That the Towns of Newton
and Waltham had Come into the Scheem of Errecting a Work
houfe in Some Convenant place and had Chofen Committes to
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joine with Committees of other Towns to Confult in s d Affair,
but that y* Selectmen of Cambridge had given out y r Warrants
for May Meeting before Information Came to them Concerning a
Work houfe, So that y* Mind of Cambridge is Not Yet known.
Whereupon the Vote was put
6 ly . Whether it is the Mind of y* Town further to Impower
y r Committee (Chofen with Relation to y e Work houfe) to Meet
with the Committee of Newton the Committee of Cambridge (if
Said Cambridge comes into the Scheem) and the Committee of
Waltham in Order further to Confult abo r Said Worke houfe,
And Confider where the Proper place is for Errecting the Same
(So as to Sute the Towns that comes into s d Scheem) And
whether Land is to be purchafed and at what Rate, And to Confult
as to y* Dimentions of y e Said Houfe, and where abo 1 the Cost
may be. And to make Report to the Town at their Next Town
Meeting, of their proceedings in s d Affair,
And y e Vote paft in the Affirmative.
7 ly The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town to
Build a Wharff at River at a place called Samuells Key for
y* Ufe of y e Town
And y e Vote paft on y e Negative —
8 The Vote was put whether it is y* Mind of y e Town to
Choofe a Committee to Settle the Boundary Line between the
Town Way and y e Land of Cornelious Waldo Adjoining , d v
Vote pan in ^ Affirmative a
9 Voted to Choofe three perfons to be A Committee to Settle
s d Line
10 Voted and Chofe for s d Committee to Settle y e Line aboves d .
L l . Nath 1 . Coollidge M r John Hunt, and Joseph Mason Esq r .
[65] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of M r Edw d .
Harringtons on the 25 th . Day of May AD. 1750.
The Selectmen Appointed the Surveyers of High Ways their
Diftricts for Repairing the s d High Ways & Town Ways, w ch
are as follow's.
Viz 1 . Smith Prentice Surveyer, His Diftrict to be all the
High Ways and Town Ways Eaft of the Town Way, Leading
from the Country Road and So along by the Meeting Houfe
down to Cambridge Line Near Thomas Wellingtons, and the
South part of s d Lane from the Meeting Houfe to y* 5 Country
Road afores d . —
That M r Daniel Bond Surveyer His Diftrict to be all the High
Ways and Town Ways Weft of the Dividing Lane Leading by
the Meeting houfe as alfo the High Ways on the South Side
of y e River and the North Part of s d Dividing Lane from the
Meeting Houfe down to Cambridge Line
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At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown at the Houfe of
Jofeph Mafon Esq r . on the 31 Day of May AD. 1750. In ord r .
To Confider of a Petition of sundry Inhab ts . of s d Town Directed
to y** Selectmen Requefting of them to Call a Meeting of the
Inhabi ts . of y e Town, To know their Minds whether they will
make An Addition to y* Rev d m r Storers Salary for this prefent
Year.
The Selectmen taking into Confideration the Matter Petition'd
for. and being Sencable of y e Uneafinefs y l there is in the Minds
of Many of the Inhab ts . relating to the Sum Granted at y*
Laft Town Meeting for y e Rev d m r Storers Salary for this Year.
And Concerned for the Tranquilitie of y* Town, as alfo Con-
fidering the Oblig ns . a People Injoying the Precious Gospel of
Chrift are under both in point of Duty and Intreft to maintain
and promote the Same, and Hon erly . to Support and Incourrage
the Minifters thereof.
Agre'd to Call the Inhab 13 . of s d Town together, that they
might have the Oppertunity further to manifest their Love and
Refpect to y e Gospel by their Readinefs and Willings to make
Such a further Grant to their Rev d Paftor as an Addition to y*
Sum Latly Granted for His Salary as w th . that may be a Honour-
able Support for Him, and Incourage him Cherfully to go on in
y* great work of y e Miniftry among us. and there by further
Manifeft y r Love and Refpect to him as their Rev d Paftor.
Accordingly, Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed
to the Conftables of s d Town To warn the freeholds and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallifyed to Vote in Town Affairs to
meet at y 6 Publick Meeting Houfe in said Town on Munday
the Eleventh Day of June Next at four of y e Clock afternoon
for the Ends following viz 1 . 1. To Choofe A Moderator for s d
Meeting. 2 ly To know the mind of y e Town (that whereas
the Sum granted at y e Laft Town Meeting for y* Rev d . M r
Storers Salary for y e prefent Year is Lefs than what was Granted
him the Laft Year, which Occations uneafinefs in y^ minds of
many of y e Inhab ts . who are heartily Defirous that y r Rev d Paftor
s ld . be Hon ly . Supported agreable to the dignity of his Office as
a Gospel Minifter) Whether they will make a further Grant of
a Sutable Sum of Money for y e Rev d M r Storer to be added to y e
grant afores d made at Laft Town Meeting for His Salary
for this prefent Year, And to be Afseft there with, whereby He
(our Rev d Paftor) may be further Incouraged Cherfully to go
on in the great work of y e Miniftry amongft us.
[66] At a General Town Meeting of y 6 freehold", and oth r
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Aisembled at the Publick Meeting Houfe in s d Town
on the Eleventh Day of June 1750. for the Ends set forth in the
Warrants for Warning s d Meeting
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1. Voted and Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r Moderator, but He
being Very much indifpofed Refufed to Serve.
2. Voted and Chofe Doct r Josiah Convers Moderator of s d
Meeting. — (after a Long Debate)
3 ly . Put to Vote whether it is the mind of y* Town to make
any further Addition to y* Rev d M r Seth Storers Salary granted
at Laft May Meeting for the prefent Year.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
41y. The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to
Grant the Sum of Six pounds thirteen fhillings & 4 d Lawfull
Money as an Addition to y e Sum Granted Laft Meeting for the
Rev d m r Storers Salary for this prefent Year, and to be Afseft
therewith, and therewith paid to y e Rev d M r Storer.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at Tho s . Saltmarfh's on the
18 th . of June 1750
The Selectmen having Seen & Confidred the Lift of thofe
perfons Licenced in our Town Laft Year, Make No Objection
againft Tho s Saltmarfh Mary Learned & David Coollidge having
their Licence Renewed this Year as Inholders. And M r John
Hunt a Retailer.
Justis Harris Informed Some of y* Selectmen that He S ld . Lay
Down Retailing.
Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant to Warn the Widow
Perman to Depart out of Watertown who Came from Cambridge
Some time in Novemb r . Laft.
A Warrant was Isued and Deliv d to Conftable H Goding
who went to Do y* Service, but y e perfon to be warned out had
been gon to Cambridge Some time as he was Informed
So Returned y e Warrant again
[67] At a meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonas
Bond Esq r . on the 23 d Day of July 1750.— The Selectmen having
Conferred together abo 1 the School Did agree to meet Next
Munday the 30 th . of July Inftant at Six of y e Clock after noon
at m r Joseph Harringtons to take further care ab l . the School
The Great Bridge being So far out of Repare that it is
thought that the South peer muft be New built, Accordingly
Agreed to meet on Munday the Sixth Day of Auguft Next at
three of y e Clock after noon At the Houfe of the Wid w . Mary
Learned, and Defired the Clerk to Send Notifications to the
Selectmen of Wefton and Waltham at y e time and place of
meeting Defiring their prefence at S d Meeting to Confult w l is
proper to be Done w th . Relation to s d . Bridge.
(Notifications were Sent accordingly P J Mason)
At a meeting of y^ Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph Harring-
ton on the 30 th . of July 1750.—
The Selectmen being Informed that the Wid w . Mary Mad-
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docks was under poor Circumftances ; out of Buifnefs, No home
and in Dainger of Suffring. The Selectmen Agre'd y l Jonas
Bond & Joseph Mafon (Two of y e Selectmen) S ld . Inquire into
the Circumftances of s d Wid w . and See if they Could git Her in to
Some familie where She may be Imployed and taken care of
So as may be for her comfort ; and beft for y e Intreft of y e Town.
The Selectmen Notwithstanding their Care ah*, gitting a
Schoolmafter (Since y e Death of m r Jenifon) have heitherto been
Difapointed. But they having had Encouragm* from M r Nath 1 .
Hareington (who was Schoolmafter formerly) made their
Application to him; who at their Defire was prefent at this
Meeting. And the Selectmen Agre'd with Him y e s d Nath 1 .
Harrington to keep the Grammer & Englifh School in Water town
And to begin to keep s d School the Second Munday in Aug st .
Next And to keep s d School from thence to the Laft Day of
March following (Except so much time as to take care of gitting
in His Indian Harveft and the time He takes thereabot He to
give Acc 1 of And He y e s d Harrington to have as a Reward from
the Town for His Service After the Rate of Three hundred
Pounds P year old Tenor for the time He Keeps s d School, He
to board himfelf, To which He y e s d Nath 1 . Herrington Agre'd
& Confented.
[68] At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Wefton
& Waltham at the Wid w . Mary Learneds in S d Watertown On
the Sixth Day of August 1750. In order to Confider what
proper Method and Steps are to be taken for the Speedy Repairing
of the Great Bridge in s d . Watertown. Upon Vewing and
Searching the Southerly Peer of s d Bridge, the S d Selectmen find
it So Defective that it is Judged Necefsary to Rebuild Said peer
and to Do it as Soon as may be, and in Stead of King Pofts and
braces above the Bridge, To have a Mud Cill and Supporters
under Neath as at the other Peers.
And in order thereunto Agre'd that there be a Mud cill
Procured thirty Six feet in Length, and a foot Square, and two
Cap pieces of Eighteen feet in Length & a foot Square of good
white Oake. to bear the String pieces. It is concluded that the
King Posts and Braces Now Standing above s d Peer will Anfwer
for Pofts or Supporters and Braces under Neath. M r Elifha
A
Jones is Defired to procure the Cap pieces as Soon as may be;
And the Mud Cill alfo if m r Joseph Harrington nor M r John
Dix cant procure s d Cill.
Agre'd that M r Ed w . Harrington of Watertown M r John
Walker of Wefton and M r Jofiah Fisk of Waltham be a Com tee .
to take care to agree with Workmen, and to See that the work of
building s d Peer be well Done. And to git the work done by the
Middle of Sep r Next.
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At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y e Houfe of Jonas Bond Esq r
on the 20 th . Day of August. 1750. M r Sam 1 Coollidge being bro 1 .
to Watertown by Virtue of a Warrant from under the Hand &
Seal of Justice Steal of Boston in the County of Suffolk, (He was
firft bro 1 to y 6 Conftable of Chareftown and by said Conftable
conveyed to y e Conftable of Cambridge, and by y e Conftable of
Cambridge He was conveyed to one of y e Selectmen of Water-
town) the Sixteenth of Auguft Inftant. The Selectmen confidering
that y* s d Coollidge Comes under their Care as He belongs to
Watertown. And s d Coollidge being und r Such Circumftances
and Diforders, that requires Speedy care to prevent His runing
abo 1 . and so of His being Troublefome and Mifchevous (of which
He has been much Complained off) The Selectmen u ^ on con-
fidering of his cafe and prefent Circumftances, are of Oppinion
that it will be moft for y e Benifet of y* Town, the good of s d
Coollidge and the Quiet of the Publick that the Said Coollidge be
Confined in Goal for the prefent (there being no work houfe
or other proper publick place of Confinm 1 ) till y* Selectmen can
provide a Sutable place for him where he may be taken care of and
that the Town of Watertown"^ 11 be at the Charge of his being
in Goal the time the time that He remains there, and Since He
y* s d Coollidge is Run away again out of Town, and is Strowling
abo 1 . Vagabone Like, Agre'd by y e Selectmen that the Juftices at
Cambridge &c be Defired to take him up if He comes there and
send him to Goal, where He may be Confined,
And
[69] And to be there at Watertowns Cost untill He can be
taken care of as afores d . And Joseph Mafon and Jonas Bond
Esq", two of y e Selectmen Are defired to go to Cambridge on this
Affair to Aquaint y e Justices there.
The Selectmen being Notified by Amos Bond by Writing under
his hand bearing Date y e 20 th . of Aug st . 1750. That He had taken
into his family one Hannah Rofs who came from Lexington to
his Houfe the Tenth Day of November Laft paft her Circum-
ftances being low in the world &c. Ordred the Clerk to Isue out
a Warrant Directed to one of y 6 Conftables of Watertown forth
with to warn the s d Hannah Rofs to Depart out of s d Water-
town, (v/hich was done Accordingly the 21 st Inftant and
Committed to Conftable Henry Goding.) Caution Entred
Concord Cort.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at M r Jona n . Bemises on the
15 th . of Octob r . 1750.
The Selectmen having been & View'd the Schoolhoufe and
finding that s d Houfe wants Confiderable Repairs on the out
Side to make it dry and Comfortable, and Some thing to be done
infide to the Petition writing Table & benches Agreed that M r
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Benj n . Haftings be Defired to procure what Stuff is wanting and
to do the work of Repairing of s d School houfe, and to bring in
Acc 1 . of his Work and Metearls to y* Selectmen
The Wid w . Webb wanting Some Clothing to keep her warm &
Comfortable Ordred that there be a Gound got for her of
Homfpun worfted & wool or Cotten & wool, a Bayes Peticote a
payer of Hofe & a Hankerchief and that m rs . Coollidge with
whom y e s d Wid w lives be Defired to get the aboves d things for
y* 5 s d wid w . and get them Made up and bring in her Acc 1 . thereof
to y 6 Selectmen to be paid out of y e Treafurey. Sam 1 Hager
having Informed the Selectmen that he had taken into his houfe
on W m . Lacky Wife & Child who came from Waltham Some time
the Latter End of May Laft. Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a
Warrant to Warn the S d W m . Wife & Child to Depart out of
Watertown.
The Selectmen are Informed this day by m r Sam 1 Hager that
y e s d Lacky had taken in one Esther Gale in to his familey who
came from Waltham some time in Augst Laft paft her Circum-
ftances are poor, and She is Suppofed to be pregnant and Near
her time Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant to Warn the
S d Esther forthwith to Depart out of Watertown.
At this Meeting the Selectmen propofed to m r Nath 1 Har-
rington prefent Schoolmafter, that for the Support of a fire for the
School, He Should Send to Parents and Mafters that Send y r
Children & Ser 1 to School to Send Six {hillings old Tenor per
head to procure wood for s d fire which is Agreable to a Vote of
Town that thofe y l Send y r Children & Serv ts . to School,
Should find wood for the fire there. (A Warrant was Isued
out to warn y* aboves d Lacky &c & y* s d Esther) and Return
made of y^ s d Lacky Wife & Child being warned out y^ s d Esther
beging gone out of Town. Caution Entred Charlftown Cort in
December)
At a meeting of y e Selectmen at y* houfe of M r Ed w . Harring-
ton on y e 7 th Day of Nov r . 1750. At s d meeting the Selectmen
Agreed to Apply to A Juftice of y* 5 peace for a Warrant to Carry
W m . Lacky Wife & Child (who was Come into Watertown) out
of s d Watertown to Waltham where they belong & are legal
Inhab ts . they being leagally warned to Depart, that y e Warrant
be Committed to a Conftable as Soon as y e fourteen days are out
from the time of warning there being great Dainger of Charge
if not Removd
The Selectmen Confidering the s d Circumftances of Sam 1
Coollidge, Appointed Jonas Bond Esq r and M r Joseph Harring-
ton two of y e Selectmen, to Ufe their prudence & Care to See if
the s d Coollidge can by any Means be got into the work houfe at
Boston Watertown to Reimbuft the Charge of his keeping there
what his Labour will not Anfwer, and that Col 1 . Brattle be
Defired to Afsift in gitting him in to s d work houfe.
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The Selectmen defired M r Jona n Bemis & M r Ed w . Harrington
to procure Some lath Nails and that they Nail the Meeting houfe
glafs where it is wanting, And that they procure a Glazer to
mend s d Glafs where it wants to be mended.
[70] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on the 30 th . of Nov br .
1750. at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds
The Town being in Dainger of being put to Cost & Charge
relating to Sam 1 Coollidge (He being become a Common difturber
of y* peace) if care be not Speedely taken to prevent the Same,
he having been bro*. (some time since) to Watertown by
Authority. The Selectmen having taken the Affair of s d Coollidge
into Confideration, Did Agree with Sam 1 Whitney to take the
Care of y* s d Coollidge for the Space of one Month, and to take
a prudent care of him, and keep him Confined to prevent his
Rambling ab l . to y* Difturbence of y* publick. and He the s d
Whitney to have Reafonable Recompence from the Town for his
Trouble
The Selectmen Defired Mefs rs . Joseph Harrington & Ed w .
Harrington two of the Selectmen to go on the Next Day and fetch
up y* s d Coollidge (if He can be found) and cary & Deliver him
to the s d Whitney that he may be taken care off.
e
At a Meeting of the Seleftmen at y A Houfe of Jonas Bond Esq r .
on the 31 st Day of December AD. 1750. The Selectmen having
put Sam 1 . Coollidge to Sam 1 . Whitneys for a month upon Tryal
which was out the 29 th Inftant. The s d Whitney Charges 5/4 P
week Lawfull money. And y* s d Whitney being Willing to keep
the s d Coollidge Longer at y e Same price P r week, The Selectmen
being well Satisfyed with the s d Whitneys care & Conduct Re-
lating to said Coollidge. Agreed that y e Said Whitney Still take
care of y e Said Coollidge, and keep him till further order of the
Selectmen and to have as a rewarde therefor, from the town 5/4 P
week for the time that He Shall keep him. The Selectmen Agre'd
that in the mean-time to take prudent care to See if they can't
git y* said Coollidge into Some place and bufnefs whereby he may
do Some thing to help Support himfelf.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of y* Houfe of Joseph Mason
Esq r on y e 24 th of January 1750. The Selectmen taking in to
Confideration the Circumftances of Sam 1 Coollidge, and having
been Advifed to git him into the work houfe at Bofton as a
proper Expedient to recover him from his Diforderly way of
Living &c. The Selectmen Agreed to make an Afsay to git him
into s d Work houfe, and Accordingly Drew up and Signed a Short
Reprefentation of his Cafe Directed to y e Overfeers of y e poor of
Bofton. And a Requeft that y a Would Admit him into their
work houfe. and manifefted our Redenefs to Sign any proper
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Inftrum 1 to Indempnify the Town of Boston, and Engage for
what his Labour w ld not Suffice for his Support, the Selectmen
Appointed Jonas Bond Esq r . one of y* Selectmen to wait on y e
Gentlmen y e overfeers afores d with the Selectmens Requeft and to
Receive their Determination thereon. and to Aquaint the
Selectmen thereof at y r Next Meeting.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of M r Joseph Har-
ington's on the 18 th Day of February AD. 1750.
Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrints for the Warning of a
Town Meeting to be on the 4 th . Day of March Next at Eight of
y* Clock in the fore noon for the Ends following ( 1 ) for the
Choice of a Moderator (2) To Choofe Selectmen a Town Clerk
and Town Treafurer, Conftables Afsefsors and all other Such
Town officers as by Law are to be Chofen in the month of March
Annually (3) To Choofe A Saxton, & Agree how he shall be
paid for his Service. (4) To bring in y r Votes for a County
Regester & Treafurer. (5) to know the Mind of y e Town
whether Swine Shall Run at large und r the Regulations in y e
Law.
(6)
[71] (ft?) To hear the Town Treafurers Acc ts . & for y*
Town to pafs upon them. (7) for the Town to Appropriate the
Intreft Money Coming to the Town this prefent Year the Year
begining the Eleventh Day of Dec r Laft (8) To know the
mind of y* Town whether thofe perfons who are Indebted to
y* Town upon Bond Shall renew their Refpective Bonds and
bring them into Lawfull Money and to pafs any Votes or Votes
relating to s d . Bonds that the Town Shall think proper and
Necefsary. (9) To Grant an Honourable Salary for y e Rev d
M r Seth Storer for the Enfuing Year the Year beginning the
firft of March Next. (10) To grant Money for y e Support of
y e Gramer & Englifh School in y** Town for y e Enfuing Year.
(11) To Grant money for the Support of y e poor the year
Enfuing (12) To hear the Acc ts . of Such Perfons to whom the
Town is Indebted and to Grant Money to Satisfy them (13) To
grant Money for y e Repairs of y e Meeting houfe (14) To
Grant Money for the Repairs of y e Great Bridge over Charls
River in Watertown (15) To know the Mind of y e Town
whether they will mend the High Ways & Town Ways by Rate
the Enfuing Year, and if the Town See meet to come into this
Method then to make a Grant for s d Affair and for the Town to
state Day Labour both for men & Teems and that perfons May
work out their Refpective Rates at w ch they are Set (if they see
meet) at the price the Town Agrees upon, and to Choofe the
Surveyers of High ways to be Collectors of s d Rate or to See that
it be faithfully workt out within the Year in the way and
manner the Town Agrees upon. (16) To hear the pleas of Some
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of y* Late Conftables for abatm 1 of some perticuler Perfons Rates
in their Lifts, and for the Town to Act y r pleafure y r on. (17) for
the Town to hear the Report of y r Com tee : Chofen with Relation
to y e Errecting of a work houfe how far they have proceeded, and
for the Town to Do any further thing and things which they
shal Judge proper to be done to further Said Affair, and to make
any Grant or Grants of money they Shall think Proper to be
made to help carry on s d Affair with the other Towns w * 1 . are
Concerned in s d Affair of Errecting of a work houfe (18) To
hear the Report of y* Com tee . Chofen to Agree with perfons what
they Shall give for Land Lying to the ways &c. what they have
further done in s d Affair, and for the Town to Act their pleafurer
with Relation thereto. (19) To hear the Report of a Com tee .
Chofen to Agree with perfons what they s ld give for Common
Land &c. what they have further done in s d Affair, and for the
Town to Act their pleafure with Relation thereunto.
(20) To hear the Petition of David Sanger Praying the
Town w ld . Grant him a Priviledge of part of y* Bank or Town
Land Lying between the Town Way & the River Near his
Dwelling Houfe, for the Errecting of a Wharff &c. as Set forth
in his Petition and for the Town to Act their pleafure relating to
S d . Petition and evry part thereof and further for the Town to
Confider and do what they shall think Proper for the preferving
s d Bank or Town Land Lying between the Town way & y*
River at that place, and the Securing of s d way from being
further Damnified by haling in of Timber, and to Confider what
proper Steps to take that Some profet may Accrew to the Town
by Timber being Laid there by Strangers or Perfons not belonging
to the Town. (21) To know the mind of y e Town whether
they will Rent out the Little Island between the Mill Crick &
y e River below the Mill, and to do w l is proper with Relation
thereunto. (22) In as much as there Appears a Confiderable
Altreation (for the better) in M r Sam 1 Coollidge To know
whether it is the mind of y* Town that s d Coollidge Should be
Improved to keep the School in the Town for trial, and if upon
trial it Shal Appear to thofe who are proper judges that the
great & good end of a School is Anfwred by his keeping of y*
same, that He be then Continued in the keeping of s d School,
but if Such good end is not Anfwred by s d Coollidge keeping s d
School that y n He be Difmifsed from it and that Some other Steps
be taken with him, that he May be in Some buifnefs whereby he
may be gaining Some thing to Suport himfelf and that a nother
Schoolmafter be provided. (23) To know the mind of y e
Town whether they will choofe & Impower a Committee in the
Name of y e Town to Afk for the Money belonging to the Town
of Watertown which for many Years has and Still Lyes in the
hands of a Comm tee . Chofen before the Town was Divided to Sel
land Lying to y e ways &c. & to receive the Same for y e Ufe of
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y e Town and upon Receipt thereof or of any part thereof to give
prop r Difcharges, and to make Report to y* Town of y r Doings
in s d Affair at y r Meeting in May Next, that the Town may then
do w u they think proper with relation to s d Affair. (24) To
know the mind of y e Town whether they will make a buy Law to
reftrain Horfes runing at Large in the Town without being
fettred.
& to order the Conftables to Notify Such perfons as the Town
is Indebted to To bring in their Acc st . to y* 5 Selectmen at y* Houfe
of the Wid w . Mary Learned Inhold r . on fryday the firft of
March Next at three clock after noon in ord r . to have them
Laid before the Town at the Next Town Meeting. Afo to
Notify the Surveyers to bring in y r Acc 1 . of mending the High
ways at s d Time & place.
Warrants were Sent out Accordingly /
[72] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Widow Mary
Learneds on the first Day of March AD 1750. For the Receiving
of y* Acc ts . of thofe Perfons to whom the Town is Indebted to.
in Order to have them Laid before the Town. The Acc c Recived
were as follow's. Viz 1 .
David Bemis for a Cheft made for ^ Town 16/
and a Table 6/8 £ A— .2=.$
Jonas Coollidge for 108 feet of Timb r
for y* Great Bridge £ 3 — .4 — 9
For hailing out of y* River &c when
South Peer was repared .. — .5 — 4
.3 — 10 — 1
And for 149 feet of plank for Smelt
brook bridge & others .1 — .3 — .9
.4=13 — 10
Jona n . Trowbridge for forty feet of Timb r . for
y e Great Bridge .1 — .4 — ..
David Livermore for Sundry Speeks
& Dogs for y e Great Bridge .. — 8. — 1 % 1
& for hooks and Hinges for y e School \ ..=:.9=.8^
houfe ..— .1— .7 J
Benj n . Haftings for Sundry Metearls
for jr* School houfe and Labour there .. — .9=10^2
For Looking after & Mending the
Great Bridge y e Year 1750 1—1—2
& for 7 Days work at y e
Building of y e South peer
3/ P Dav 1—1—..
.2— .2— .2
.2=12==..^
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Jona n . Bemis half a Day at
v e Great Bridg help proping .. — .1 — .41
'7 Dav's work at Ditto 2/8 P \ A— J—..
1 Day half w* his Teem J
4/8 P .1 — .5 — .8
for Nails for y* Meeting houfe Glafs
1/34 one Day y r helping Nail &c .. — .3 —
for a Lock for the Schoolhouie .. — .1 — .4
.1_.n_.414
Henrv Spring Jun r . for four Days Work at v*
Great Bidg 3 at 2/8 one at 4/ ..—12—..
The Widow Mary Learned for 51 Dinners for
workmen at bulding y e South peer of y* Great
Bridge 1—15 — .4
and for Drink for Ditto .. — 18 — .5
.2=13— .9
Nath 1 Harrington for help making the Town Rate
High way & County Rates .. — .8 — ..
Dea r \ Sam 1 Fisk for helping Making Town High
Way & County Rates .. — .8 — ..
Joseph Malon for 2 Reports 1/ help Making 1
Town High way & County Rates 8/8 And for \ .3 — .3 — ..
his Ser\ ice y € Year 1750 as Cler 5c Trealurer 53/4 J
W~ : Coollidge for one Day work at y* Great Bridge .. — .2 — .8
Sam 1 Cook for serving Conltable & Warning 3
& Warning three Meetings .. — .3 — 11
Edward Harrington for the Hire of a
Horie and Chair to fetch Sam 1
Coollidge to Town .. — 1 — .7
To one Day work at the Meeting Houfe .. — 2 — ..
To ab* 2 feet of Timb r . for v* Great
Bridge ..— 1— .2 J_ ..— A — .9J4
Daniel Bond for four Stones for a whelm .. — .2 — 8
Henry Godding for Serving Conltable y* Year 1750
«Sc Warning three Meetings .. — .3 — ..11
Sam ! Stratton for Hinges <$: Nails to hang y* Door
und r . y e Pulpit .. — .1 — .1
_19=17=.4#
[73] At a Meeting of the freeholders and other Inhab :s . of
Watertown Quallifyed to Vote in Town Affairs Regulerly
Aisembled on y fourth Day of March AD. 1750 at y ; Publick
Meeting houie in s d Town for the Choice of Town Officers, and
for the Transacting of other Town Affairs set forth in y* War-
rants &c.
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Voted and Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r . Moderator for S d Meeting.
/ M r And w . White
\ Enf n . Daniel Whitney
Voted and Chofe for Selectmen ( Dea n . Sam 1 Fisk
IA Nath 1 . Coollidge
M r John Whitney
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mason Esq r . Town Clerk & Town
Treaf r .
(W m Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for Constables <j Jacob Caldwell
(The Town Ac-
cepted of Henry
Coding to be
Conftable in y e
room of W m .
Coollidge (s d
Coollidge hav-
ing hired him)
who was Sworn
P J Mason Js
vps
f Nath 1 . Harrington
Voted and Chofe for Afsefsors \ Nath 1 Bright
[ Dea n : Sam 1 . Fisk
Voted and Chofe Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Lea r .
Tr , . ^, , , r ( David Livermore
Voted and Chofe for fence Viewers j Edmund Foul
Voted & Chofe for Surveyers of High Ways j j*™ n # ^"miT
tt j j ni r r nn .1 • S Jonathan Brown jun r
voted ana ^noie tor i ytning men ? g amI m
ltnev
»t . j 3 s l 11 • ( Eph m . Warrin
Voted and Chofe for Hogr.eves j j, ona „ Learned
Voted and Chofe for meafu" of Timb/ &c { ^Tq^S^
Voted and Chofe for Hawards | |{gj£ c^i^***
Voted and Chofe Gager W m . Gamage
Voted and Chofe for Deerieves j J^'q^^
Voted and Chofe Sam 1 Stratton Sexton
Voted that He fhal be paid by two Contrabufions as Ufual.
w ch . s d . Stratton Accepted off. —
Voted that Swine Run at Large und r Regulations in the
Law in y l Refpect.
Upon a Motion made and Seconded. The Vote was put
whether the Town will Adjourn this Meeting and y e Remaining
buifnefs thereof to munday y e Eleventh of this Inftant March to
this place at Nine of y e Clock in forenoone. And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative. Accordingly y e Meeting was Adjourned.
At a Meeting of ^ Selectmen on the 8 th . of March AD. 1750.
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The Perlons under written were Sworn to their Respective
tving all of them fir it taken the Oath Prefcribed in
An Act made in y e Year 1748. Chap r . X.J
Viz 1 . Joseph Maion Esq". Town Cler 6c Town Treai r . before
Justice Harris.
Nath 1 Harrington
Xath : . Bright | Ai'sel'sors
Dea n Sam Fisk J
Isaac Sanden'on Sealer of Lea r
David Livermore
Edmund Fowl as
fence Viewer:
The Selectmen above
named rook the Oath)
prefcribed in the Act ,
aboves-. before Josephs
Mafon Justice peace. ]
all Sworn before
Joseph Maion Justice
peace
Sam 1 Jeniion ( r . TT . ,
Jona- Bemis fSurveyers ot High ways
Sam 1 Whitney Tythingman
Jona r \ Learned Hogrieve
Jonas Coollidge ) Survey-.. 5c Meal".
W". Coollidge j of Timb : c\c
Sam- Cook Deer-rieve
On the ll tr -. of March 1750 The Perlons under written wer
Sworn to their Reipective Offices, (they having firft taken the
Oath Recited in y* Act Made 1 74S chap X) viz*-
Jona" Brown Tything man i
Eph". Warrin Hogrieve I Sworn before Joseph Maion
Jona" Stone Turtus H award | Justice peace.
Tho 5 Saftmarlh Deerrieve
[7J:1 At a General Town Meeting of y : Freeholders and
Other Inhab'- 5 . of Watetown On the Eleventh Day of March
AD. 1750 By Adjournment.
The Treaiurers Ace"- 5 , were Laid Before the Town and Red.
The foot of the Deb : . of what J* Trealury is Charged with is
£137 " 11 " .1% Lawfull money
What y* Treaiurey has Credit
for is ill — 2 — 2y 2 1
And Out Standing in > 137" 11 -7^4
the Com'tables hands 60=.9=.4^i J
The Vote was put whether the Town .Alow and Accept of the
Treai'u". Acc" ; . «5c the Vote paft in y e Afirm e .
An Acc : . of The Intreit money Rec d was Laid before the Town
& Acc : . of jr* Diipoiition of y* Same
The foot of y* Acc : . of y e Recipts Amounted to
£18=.6=.4 Lawfull money
The foot of y e Credit or what was paid Away Amounted to
1S = .6=.4 w" makes a ballance
The Vote was put whether the Town Accept 5c alow of y e
Treaiurers Acc : . Reipecting y* Intreit money Now red. and the
Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Town by a Vote Appropriated the Intreit Money Comeing
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to the Town this Year viz 1 £ 1 3=.6=.8 Toward the Support
of y e Miniftry And 13=.6=.8 toward the Support of y* School.
The 8 th . Article red and Confidred and after Debate.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town that
thofe Perfons who are Indebted to y e Town upon Bond Should
Renew their Bonds and bring them into Lawfull Money. And
the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Put to Vote Whether it is the Mind of y e Town, That if thofe
Perfons who owe the Town upon Bond, do not bring in their
Intreft Due to y e 11 th of Decemb r . Laft and Renew y r Bonds
Agreable to y e Vote of y* Town by the Laft day of April Next,
that then their bonds be Su'd at the Next Court And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether it be the mind of y* Town To
Grant to the Rev d M r Seth Storer the Sum of Sixty Six pounds
13/4 Lawfull money (including the £13=6=. 8 of y* Intreft
Money) for his Salary for y e . prefent Year begining the firft of
this Inftant March. And y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative.
Voted for the Support of the School this prefent Year (in-
cluding the Intreft Money Appropriated) the Sum of forty
pounds
Voted and Granted the Sum of Thirteen pounds 6/8 for y e
Support of y* poor.
The Acc ts . of Sundry Perfons to whom the Town is indebted,
Laid before y* Town and red the whole amounting to
£19 =17 =.424 Lawfull money was by Vote Alowed.
Voted and Granted y e Sum of Ninteen pounds Seventeen
d
Shillings 4^4 to pay and Satisfy Said Acc ts
Voted and Granted the Sum of Twenty Six fhillings & Eight
pence for the repairing y e Meeting houfe
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town to mend
the High Ways & Town Ways by Rate this Year, and the Vot
paft on the Negative.
Voted that the Dilinquent Surveyers who have not Yet workt
out their Rates be Alow'd to work out what y a are behind, this
prefent Year
Voted that the Selectmen Notify the Serveyers to Acc*. with
them to See what is behind in y r Lifts, and to Aquaint them with
the Vote of y e Town
Voted that the Afsefsors delay making the Town Afsefm 1 untill
a New jnvoice is taken
The 16 th . Article red. &c. And W m . Godding pleaded Abatm 1 .
of in W m . Lees Rates 71/4 Patrick Hobourns what was behind in
his Rate viz 1 26/ John Hobourns Rates 89/4 & y e Wid w . Grants
Rate 18/4 in All £10=.5— .. Old Tenor the s d Godding pleaded
that he had paid all the Rates and muft loofe so much if ^ Town
Did not Confider him
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The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town to Sink
s d Rates And Grant to M r W m . Godding the Sum of 27/4
Lawfull money to Satisfy him for what he has paid. And y*
Vote paft in the Affirmative
Nath 1 . Stone pleaded Abatm 1 of Nath 1 Gamages Rates in his
Lists 55/8 John Conred Huffinzes Rates £6~. 5 — .8 one Poll in
Sam 1 Nuttings Rates £6—3 — .. & 11/ Miftake the whole
Amounting to £ 1 5= 1 5=.4 old Tenor.
Voted and Abated the Same, And Granted the Sum of 42/
Lawfull Money to Supply the Abatm*.
Amos Bond pleaded Alowance for miftake in his List of 11/ old
Tenor. Alow'd the same
The
[75] The 17 th Article Red. The Report of y e Com tee .
Relating to y e work houfe Red and after Debat y r on.
T The Vote was put whether the Town are of
Repom W ° y* mind to Continue the whole Affair Concerning
£^76) ^ e Work houfe to the Next may Meeting.
Vote paft in y* Affirmative.
18 th . Article Red and After the Committes Report was red
and Confidred. The Vote ws put whether it is the Mind of y*
Town to Accept of y e Committes Report, and that the piece of
Land therein Difcribed be and is hereby Granted and Confirmed
to Nath 1 . Stone (maned in s d Report) his heirs and Afsigns He
performing the Condition mentioned in s d Report — And the
Vote paft in the Affirmative
19 Article Red and y* Committes Report Red and Confidred,
And the Vote was put Whether the Town do Accept of s d
Report and that the Land there in Difcribed be and hereby is
Granted and Confirmed to Nath 1 . Bright (named in s d Report)
to his Heirs and Afsigns he performing the Condition mentioned
in s d Report. Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Petition of David Sanger was Red, and After Confider-
ation thereon The Vote was put Whether it is the mind of y*
Town to Choofe a Committee to View the Premifses pray'd for
by s d Sanger, And to See whether they Can Agree with him as to
the price that He Shall give for s d Priviledge pray'd for. And
to Confider what Steps are proper to be taken to Secure the
Town's Land and Way Mentioned in s d Petition. And to make
report of y r Doings to y e Town at their Next May Meeting for y e
Town then to Act upon. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe Enf n . Daniel Whitney Mefs". John Hunt
& Joseph Harrington to be a Commettee for y e Ends aboves d .
Voted to Let the Little Island below the Mill to the Higheft
bidder.
Voted that y* Com tee . abovenamed be a Comm tee . to Let s d
Island
22 d Article Red and after Debate thereon, Voted that the
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Selectmen do try M r Sam 1 Coollidge in the School to See whether
he will Anfwer the End of a Schoolmafter.
23 d Article Red. And the Vote was put whether it is the
Mind of y e Town to Choofe & Impower a Comm tee . to Ask for
and Demand the Money belonging to the Town of Watertown
which for many Years has and Still Ly's in the hands of a Com tee .
Chofen before the Town was Divided to Sell Land Lying to y e
Ways, and to Receive the Same for the Ufe of y e Town, and
upon the Receipt there of or any part thereof, to give Proper
Difcharges. and to make Report to the Town of y r Doing in S d
Affair at their Meeting in May Next, that the Town may then
do what they think proper with Relation to s d Affair. And the
Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe Enf n Dan 1 Whitney Mefs rs John Hunt &
Joseph Harrington to be y e Com tee for y e Ends aboves d .
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to
make a Town buy Law to reftrain Horfes Runing at Large in
the Town without being fettred. The Vote paft in y e Affirmative
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of Town, That
y e Town buy Law Voted to be made relating to horfes S ld . be
in the words following, viz 1 . That No Perfon or Perfons Shall
Suffer his, her, or their Horfe or Horfe kind that is above
the Age of Six Months old to run at Large within the Limmets
of Watertown without their being well fettred from the firft
Day of April AD 1751 to the Laft Day of October Next follow-
ing under the penalty or forfiture of Two Shillings Lawfull money
for evry one that Shall be found runing at Large without being
So fettred. One Moiety of s d . forfiture to be to the H award or
field Driver, And the other Moiety to be for y e Ufe of the poor of
the Town. And Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe Nath 1 Harris & Joseph Mafon Esq rs . to be
a Com tee . to Lay S d Buy-Law before the Honourable His Majestys
Justices of y e Court of General Sefsions of y e peace to be holden
in Charlftown on the Second Tuefday of this Inftant March, and
in the Name of y e Town to Crave their Confirmation of s d by
Law.
This Buy Law Confirmed by y e Court of Sefsions &c/
[76] Watertown Sep r . 24. 1750 The Com tee : Appointed
to Agree with Perfons w l they s ld . give for Land Lying to the
Town ways & c anc [ report to the Town for y r Acceptance.
The s d Com ttee . this Day Agre'd that M r Nath 1 Stone Should
move out his fence into the Town way Leading from the Buring
place to y e s d Stones, That is to Say his front fence Standing
on the Weft Line againft s d Way, and to move it out as follow's
viz 1 , five paces from s d Weft Line weftward into s d Lane at
abo*. Two Rods from the South Weft Corner of his Land and
to run from thence Southerly with a bow line to s d Corner.
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and to run from the End of s d five paces Northerly abo 1 Twenty
Rods on a Straight Line to Stones at the End of Six paces from
S d . Weft Line & from thence on a Straight Line to a heap of
Stones oppifite to a lopt Tree Standing on the West Side of y*
Town way in S d Stones Land this heep of Stones being Six paces
from the Weft Line afores d . and from this heap of Stones to
Run a A Slant on a Straight Line untill it Enterfext the s d Weft
Line ab*. four Rods South of y* North Weft Corner of s d
Stones Land againft s d . Way. which Bounds or Line above
Difcribed includs or takes in about fifty three Rods of Land, and
Leaves the Town Way generally Near three Rods in Wedth.
In Confideration of s d fifty three Rods of Land, the s d Stone
Agre'd to pay into the Town Treafurey therefor, the Sum of
Six pounds Ten Shillings old Tenor for the Ufe of y e Town,
when the Town Shall Accept of y e Com tees Report and grant
and Confirm the S d fifty three Rods of Land to him and his heirs
and Afsigns. Which is Submitted to y* 5 Town by
The Report of y e Committee Chofen to Difpose of y e Common
Land &c.
We the Subfcribers the Committee aboves d . Agre'd w th m r
Nath 1 . Bright That He S ld . have a Small Corner of y e Common
Land (if the Town See caufe to Confirm the Same) Lying
againft his Land — Containing ab l . Eight Rods of Ground,
Bounded Eafterly by Land belonging to John Kimbal jun r . &
y e s d Nath 1 Bright which was Common Land and purchafed by
them of y e Town, the S d . Eaft Line being Two Rods in Length.
Southerly by Said Brights Land, and Northerly againft the High
Way the Northerly Line being ab l . Ten Rods in Length at the
End of w ch . it Enterfex the S d . Brights fence, the s d piece being
Two Rods Wide on the Eaft, and comes to a point at the Weft,
the s d Bright to pay there for into the Town Treafurey the Sum
of Twenty Shillings old Tenor when the Town Shall Grant
and Confirm the Same Eight Rods to him & Afsigns, for the Ufe
of y e Town.
Joseph Mafon
Jonas Bond
Eben r . Stone
Committee
aboves d
Watertown Octo br : 5. 1750
Joseph Mason
Nath 1 . Harris
Oliver Livermore
[77] At a Meeting of the Sele&men at the Houfe of And w .
Whites on the 22 d Day of March AD. 1750. Agre'd And
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Appointed the prefent Surveyers of High Ways their Respective
Diftricts which are as follow's viz 1 .
M r Jon n . Bemis Surveyer His Diftrict to be all the High
Ways and Town Ways Wefterly of the Lane or Town Way
Leading from the Country Road by Eben r Goddards So along
acrofs the Town by the Meeting Houfe down to Cambridge line
Near Thomas Wellingtons alfo the High Ways on the South
Side of y e River and alfo the North part of the s d Dividing
lane, from the Meeting Houfe.
M r Samuel Jenifon Surveeyer His Diftrict to be all the High
Ways and Town Ways Eafterly of y e aboves d Lane or Town
way acrofs the Town, and alfo the Southerly part of s d Lane,
from the Meeting Houfe to y e Country Road.
Agre'd that the Town Clerk give the Surveyrs Copys of y e
Diftricts. (w ch was done)
The Selectmen being Notifyed and Informed that there is one
Sarah Wilkefon a Wid w . Woman and her Daughter Mary
Wilkefon a Single Woman come to Refide in Watertown
who came from the Town of Wendham in the Coloney of Con-
neticut to s d . Watertown, their their behavour and Circumftances
Caution being Such that we the Selectmen Refufe to Accept
Entred at f them to be Inhab ts . in Watertown, Accordingly
y Adjourn Agre'd that they both s ,d . be warned forthwith to
2 Aprn en i f 75 11 .— Depart out of Watertown. and the Town Clerk is
hereby Ordred to Isue out a Warnt Directed to y e
Conftable forthwith to Warn y e s d . Sarah and her Daughter
Mary to Depart out of Watertown forth with and no longer to
Refide therein.
Andrew White
Daniel Whitney
Nath 1 . Coollidge
John Whitney
Selectmen of
Watertown /
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Nath 1 Coollidges
on the 1 Day of April AD. 1751. At S d Meeting the Selectmen
Agre'd with M r John Coollidge jun r . (P his Wife) To Board
and Look after the Wid w . Webb, and take good Care of her
under her Prefent Circumftances for one Year from the Twenty
fifth Day of March Laft paft at three Shillings & Seven pence
P week (w ch is Equal to 27/ old Tenor) and if any Extraordnary
Charge should happen by Sicknefs or otherwife to be Reafonably
Alowed therefore. To w^. Agreem*. M rs . Coollidge Confented.
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Ordred the Clerk to Sign their
Prayer to the Court of Sefsions to Accept of y r Caution againft
Sarah Wilkefon & Daughter.
And in their Name to Sign any other Caution of y* Selectmen
of y e Like Nature.
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Agre'd that Enf n Dan 1 Whitney and Dea: Sam 1 Fiske take
Effectual Care to See that the Pound be mended forthwith.
Agre'd that M r And w . White & M r John Whitney take
Effectual Care that that the Stocks be forth with mended.
Agre'd that M r Benj n . Haftings be Defired to take the care of
the Great Bridge this prefent Year to mend the Same as y r may
be Occation and to keep Acc r thereof and Lay his Acc 1 before y*
Selectmen.
[78] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Wid w . Mary
Learneds on the 19 th . Day of April AD. 1751.
At this Meeting Cap 1 . John Brown of Waltham, one of the
former Surveyers & Collectors of Watertown in the Years 1741.
& 1742. Gave An Acc 1 . to the Selectmen of His proceeding in
Thofe Offices in s d . Years. As to the firft Years Lift Committed
to Him to Collect or Work out, That it was all work't Out
Except three Men Deceafd and two that were gone out of the
Town.
And as to His Second Years Lift There were abo 1 . Thirty
Pounds old Tenor not work't out. w° h He y* s d . Brown promifsed
to ufe his Endeavour to See that it be worked out this prefent
Year, Agreable to y 6 Vote of y* Town.
The Selectmen Ordred the Treafurer to pay the Six pounds old
Tenor which M r Jonathan Bemis paid into the Treafurey for
his Pew in the Meeting houfe, to Jonas Coollidge it being Due
to the Estate of m r Ebenezer Thornton, Deceafsed He having
paid Eleazor Biglow for s d . Pew. Or Difcount the Bond Due
from s d Thorntons Estate to the Town with the Intreft Due
thereupon which Principal and Intreft together Amounts to five
pounds thirteen & 5 d old Tenor and Six fhillings and Seven
pence out of the Intreft that arofe upon the Land Sold this
Day by y* Selectmen to s d Jonas Coollidge.
(The Bond was accordingly Difcounted by y e Treafurer &
given up to M r Jonas Collidge).
At this meeting the Selectmen by Virtue of a Vote of y* Town
in the Year 1740 Impowering them Signed a Deed of of a piece
of Land to Jonas Coollidge formerly Bargained for by M r Thorn-
ton Dec d but never in his Life time Compleated, Lying Near S d .
Coollidges Houfe.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at Dan 1 Whitneys on the 7 th ..
Day of May 1751 The Selectmen having Rec d a Precipt
requiring them to Afsemble y e Inhab ts of Watertown for to
Choofe a Reprefentative to Reprefent the Town of Watertown
at a Gen 1 Assembly Appointed to be Convened on Wednefday
y* 29 of May Currant. Ordred y e Clerk to Isue out warrants
Directed to y e Conftables of s d Town to warn y e freehold" &
other Inhab 15 . Quallified to Vote in The Choice of a Repre-
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fentative to Meet at y* Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on
Munday the 20 th . Day of May Currant at Two Clock After Noon
then and there to Elect & Depute one Sutable Perfon to Reprefent
them at the Court aboves d .
Like Wife to Order to Conftables to Warn the freehold",
and other Inhab ts . of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in
Town Affairs to Meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town
on Munday the 20 th of May Currant at Three Clock Affer
Noon for the Ends following viz 1 .
1. To Choofe a Moderator. 2 ly . for the Town to Confider
and Act upon the 17 th . Article in the Warrant for y e warning of
laft March Meeting relating to a Work houfe and w° h was Con-
tinued to May Meeting. 3 ly . To hear the Report of a Com tee :
chofen to View the Premifses Petitioned for by David Sanger &c.
and further to Confider what Steps are proper to be taken to
Secure the Town land and way Near s d Sangers &c And for
the Town to Act their pleafure w th Relation thereunto. 4 !y . To
hear the Report of a Committee Chofen to Afk for and Demand
the Money belonging to the Town of Watertown w ch . Lyes in
the hands of a Committee Chofen before the Town was Divided
&c and for the Town to Confider thereof & Act y r pleafure
thereon. (Warents were Isued & deliv d y e Conftabls y* 5 8 th may)
The Selectmen Agre'd with Sam 1 . Whitney to board Sam 1 .
Coollidge till further order of y e Selectmen at 5/4 P week, to
which y e s d Whitney gave his Concent. —
[79] At a General Town Meeting of the freehold", and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote for a Repre-
fentative Regulerly Afsembled at Publick Meeting houfe in s d
Town on y e 20 th Day of May AD. 1751. To Elect & Depute
one Perfon to Reprefent y* 5 Town at a great & Gen 1 Afsembly
appointed to be held & kept for His Majestys Service at y e
Court houfe in Boston on the 29 th of May Inftant.
Upon a Motion made & Seconded a Previous Vote was put
viz 1 . Whether it is the mind of y e Town to Choofe a Perfon to
Reprefent them at the General Court And the Vote paft in
the Affirmative.
Another Motion was made and Seconded viz 1 , that the
follwing Previous Vote might be put viz 1 .
Whether it is the mind of y e Town that the Perfon who Shall
be chofen to Reprefent the Town at y e Gen 1 Court, That without
He, upon his being chofen, Shall immediatly Declare, That the
Money or Wages that He Shall Receive for his Service at y e s d .
Gen 1 . Court, That He will pay the Same in to the Town
Treafurey for the Ufe of y* Town and that without He Shall
thus Declare, His choice Shall be look't upon as Null and Void,
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And the Town proced to a nother choice, and So till one Accept
on y s footing
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Then the Voters were called upon to bring in their Votes for
the Choice of a Repreientative And after the Votes were bro r in
Sorted and Numbred It Appeared that M* John Hunt was
Chofen by the Major part of the Votes to Reprefent the Town
at the General Court abovesaid. who immeditatly Declared his
Acceptance on the Conditions mentioned in the previous Vote
aboves d . viz 1 That He would pay the wages w** he Shall Riceive
for his Service into the Town Treaf r . for y* Ufe of y* Town.
At a General Town Meeting of y e freehold 1 " 5 , and other
Inhab". of Watertown Quail if ied to Vote in Town Affairs
regulerly Alsembled on y e 20 th . Day of May 1751.
l iy Voted and Choie Jonas Bond Esq r Moderator [ * ]
2 ly . The Second Article in the Warrant was Red, relating to
the work houfe. And the Vote was put Whether it is the mind
of y e Town to Continue & refer the whole Affair of y* work
houie over to Next Annual Meeting in March. And the Vote
pait on y* Affirmative.
3 ly . The Third Article in the Warrant was red, And the
Committee therein referred to made Varbile Report, that they
had View'd the premifes pray'd for by M r David Sanger and
that upon Diicourie w lh s d Sanger on the premiises He offred
Ten pounds old Tenor for the Priviledge w** He in his Petition
pray'd for; w° h the Com tee : was of the Oppinion was much lei's
than the worth of s d Priviledge. and that in their judgm 1 s d .
Privilidge was worth Sixty Pounds old Tener. After Debate y r on
The Petition of David Sanger red again, and the Vote was
put Whether it is the mind of y e Town the firft prayer in y*
Petition be Granted — And the Vote pait in the Negative. —
Then y* Second pray r in s d Petition was Red, And upon s d
Sangers Offering to Pay into the Town Treaiurey the Sum of
Thirty Pounds old A Tener f or the Ufe of y* Town and to maintain
the Town Way againlt the five Rods Petitioned for. the Vote
was put
Whether it is the Mind of the Town To Grant to David
Sanger the Priviledge which he pray'd for viz 1 . The priviledge
of five Rods of Towns Land between the two Roks Mentioned
in His Petition and the Liberty of building a Wharf there; upon
the Condition of his paying into the Town Treaiurey for y* Ufe
of the Town the Sum of Thirty pounds old Tenor And He his
heirs and Aisigns maintaining the Town way Againit s d five
Rods. And the Vote pait in the Affirmative.
4 > . The fourth Article Red. And the Com tee . Reported that
they had received of y e Com tee : Refer'd to in this Article the
• Undecipherable.
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money w ch . belonged to Watertown which was in their hands,
which was Nineteen pounds 7/ old Tenor.
(See the Matter Settled in Lib: 4 Page 211 and
there it Difcovers how y e money come to be in
Corn 13 hands — )
[80] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at David Coollidges
Inhold r . on the 5 th . of July AD. 1751.
The Selectmen having Red a List of y* Perfons Licenced the
Laft Year. viz 1 . Tho s Saltmarfh Mary Learned and David
Coollidge Inholders, and M r John Hunt Retailer, Which Perfons
the Selectmen Approve of their having their Refpective Licences
Renewed for this prefent Year.
The Selectmen upon the Requeft of Cornelious Waldo to be
a Retailer of Strong Lickers in the Houfe where he now lives
The Selectmen Approbated Him to be a Retailer, and Recom-
mended him.
Watertown July 8 th : 1751. .
To Joseph Mason Esq r Town Cler /
Whereas the Selectmen have been Informed by Notifications in
Writing that there is one Henry Seager with His wife Eliz h .
and three Children viz 1 . Mofes Eben r . & Eliz h . come to Refide in
watertown they came Laft from Newton ; Alfo one Hannah Price
is come to Refide in s d Watertown who came Laft from Boston
in the County of Suffolk, their Circumftances being Such, that
the Selectmen refufe to Accept of them to be Inhab ts . in Water-
town. Therefore You are hereby Ordered to Isue out a Warrant
forthwirth Directed to the Conftables to warn the aboves d Perfons
forthwith to Depart out of Watertown and No longer to refide
there in.
A warrant was Isued out And w . White
Accordingly & Committed Daniel Whitney
to ^ Conftable. who Did John Whitney
y e Service & made Return. Sam 1 . Fisk
Att 1 . J. Mason Cler/
At a meeting of y* Selectmen at Deacon Sam 1 Fisk's on the
19 th . of Aug st : 1751
It being Some time Since the Charges of y* Great Bridge in
Watertown wear Adjusted and Settled between the Towns Con-
cerned ; and there being confiderable Chargs that have Arifsen Since
the Laft Adjustm 1 . The Selectmen therefore Agree to Appoint
Wednefday the Twenty Eighth Day of August Currant to be the
Day on which to meet on s d . Affair, and to Meet at the Houfe
of Rich d . Cuttings in Waltham Inhold r . at Two of the Clock
P M in order to Adjust the Acc ts . of the Charge aboves d . Ordred
the Cler to send Notifications to the Selectmen of Wefton and
Waltham to Notify them of s d . Meeting, and y* the Selectmen
Selectmen
of Watertown
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Defire their Company Seafonably at s d . Meeting and prepared to
make a juft & Equal Setlem*.
Notifications were Sent Accordingly [ *
[81] At a Meeting of Selectmen of Watertown Wefton
& Waltham at Rich d Cuttings in s d Waltham on the 29 Day of
August 1751
The s d . Selectmen Did then Ad juft the Acc ts . of y* 5 Charge of y*
Great Bridge in Watertown which has Arifen Since the Adjuftm*.
in Jan y : 1748. and after the Acc r . adjufted and proportioned,
there was Due from Wefton to Watertown 3 — .8 — .6 Lawfull
money, and from Waltham £6=.6=.4
See the Acc 1 on file Signed by y* Selectmen. Alfo Recorded at
Length in Lib r . 2. Page 55. In the Treafurey.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at m r John Whitneys on the 8 th
of Octo r . 1751. The Great Bridge wanting Some Repairs. Agreed
to go and View s d Bridge on the fourteenth Inftant to See what
is Wanting to be done.
At a Meeting of y Selectmen on Octo r . 14. 1751. The Se-
lectmen View'd the Great Bridge, and finding that it wanted
Confiderable Repairing. Agreed to Send to the Selectmen of
Wefton & Waltham to meet the Selectmen of Watertown at the
Wid w . Mary Learneds on the 21 Day of Octo r . Currant in Order
to a further View of s d . Bridge and See what is Necefsary to be
done.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Wefton & Wal-
tham on the 21 of Octo r . 1751 at M rs . Mary Learneds. Agreed
by y e s d Selectmen that there be Timber & Plank provided,
Sufficient to Repair the great Bridge, Alfo agreed and Chofe
M r Dan 1 Whitney of Watertown M r Jonas Smith of Waltham
& M r Lampfon of Wefton to be a Com tee . to provide Meterals and
to See the work of Repairing S d Bridge done.
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of Cap n . Nath 1 .
Coollidge on the 6 th Day of Decemb r . 1751. At Said Meeting y*
Selectmen Signed Several Orders to the Town Treafurer. viz 1 .
An Order to pay thofe perfons the Town is indebted to Amounting
to £20=12=.8>4. An Order to pay M r John Coollidge jun r
£3=:.9=.4. An Order to pay to the Rev d . M r Seth Storer £30
in part of his Salary for this prefent Year And an Order to pay
to L l . Daniel Whitney the Sum of £10. to help pay for things
procured by y e Selectmen for M r Sam 1 Coollidge prefent School-
mafter, and to be Acc td . in part for his y* 5 s d Coollidge keeping
the School. The Wid w . Grover und r . her poor Circumftances
wanting Some Relief Refpecting fire wood Agreed that a Load
of wood be procured for her at y e Towns Coft.
• Undecipherable.
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[82] Watertown, Jan^: 2. 1752. Complaint being made to
the Selectmen that the Wid w . Maddocks being reduced to Difficult
circumftances ; and at M rs . Murches where She cannot be Enter-
tained with out being Very trouble Some and chargable to s d .
M rs . Murch; The Selectmen did this Second of January at L 1 .
Daniel Whitneys Agree that Nath 1 . Coollidge & Dan 1 . Whitney
2 of y Selectmen Should go and Enquire into the s d Affair
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at And w . Whites Nath 1 Coollidge
and Daniel Whitney, Reported upon the Affair of the Wid w
Maddocks as follow's. They went to M rs . Murches the 3 d Inftant
and found the complaint that was made to the Selectmen not to be
without Grounds, at which time & place the s d . Wid w . Mad-
docks Applyed to them as Selectmen for relief, and Accordingly
they Agreed with M rs . Murch that while She Tarred with her
and was Supported by her She Should Receive After the Rate of
Twenty five Shillings old Tenor P week from the Town till
further Order to which Agreem 1 . the Selectmen Did Confent.
And whereas the Wid w . Maddocks hath been at M rs . Murches
Lately, for a confiderable time to gether, at her the s d . Murches
finding both provifion and fireing for her. The Selectmen Agreed
M rs . Murch should have a Load of wood for a requital.
The Selectmen alfo at s d Meeting Agreed that the Wid w . Grover
s ld . have a Load of wood at the Coft of the Town.
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at Dea 11 : Sam 1 Fisks on y* 20 th
of Jan?: 1752
in order to take in the Acc ts . of what was Done by Watertown
for Repairing the Great Bridge, and in order that the Charge of
Repairs of s d Bridge may be Speedly Adjufted and Settled,
between the Towns that Stand Related to s d Bridge, the Acc ts .
are as follow's; Jonas Coollidge for 1 Tun & 5 feet Timber at
10£ P r Tun old Tenor & Meafuring 691 feet of plank 7/ the,
whole in old Ten 11 — 12 — ..
And w . White 3 Days work at 20/ P .3—..—..
John Whitney 2 Days 40/ half Day himfelf &
Teem 18/ 2 pieces of Timb r 1 Tun J4 3
A
And w White
John Whitney
Sam 1 . Fifk
Daniel Whitney
Nath 1 . Coollidge
Selectmen
of
Watertown
Andrew White
Selectmen
of
Watertown
feet £15=15/
18—13—..
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Dan 1 . Whitney 6 Days work, a load of Stones
Speeks & for Carting of plank all .8 — — ..
To John Cook a. day 10/ David Livermore for
doggs & Speeks 68/1 .3— 18— .1
Ben Haftings 6 Days at 25/ & for mending the
Bridge pfent Year all 17 — .. — ..
62— .3—. 1
the foot of this Acc 1 in Lawf ull £S=.5 — .9 ) , -
Sixteen Dinners at Saltmarfhs ..—10— .8 J » lo 5
(Thefe Acc ts . have been Adjufted w th the Town's tho not
granted) The Selectmen Agreed to Meet at Rich d Cuttings in
Waltham on Tuefday the 1 1 of Feb y . Next at 2 clock
in
[83] in the after noon and Defired the Clerk to Signify to
y* Selectmen of Wefton & Waltham of the time and place of s d
Meeting, and to Defire y l they w ld . meet them at s d time & place
and come prepared to Settle y e Charg of s d . Bridge
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown Wefton & Wal-
tham on the 11 Day of Feby. 1752 At Rich d . Cuttings in Wal-
tham then the Acc ts . of Charge of Repairs of y* 5 Great Bridge
Since y e Laft Adjuftm 1 . was Adjufted and Settled.
Watertown Acc 1 . 12— 19— .3
Wefton's Ditto .4 — 17 — .4
Waltham— Do— ..—10—..
18=06 .7
Watertown over paid y r proportion
the Sum of 6—10—1 1
Due from Wefton 1—8—11 ) \
Due from Waltham 5—1— .2 J 6—10—1 J
See the whole Acc ts . and Settlm 1 . Record in Book N° 2 Page
(55) in the Treafurey. And y* Acc 1 . Signed by y* Sleectmen of
Each Town on File.
At a meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown on y* 14 th : of
Feb y : 1752 at John Whitneys
The Selectmen ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants. Directed
to the Conftables of s d Town for the Warning of a Town Meet-
ing to be on the Second Day of March Next at Nine of y e
Clock in the forenoon At the Publick Meeting houfe in s d . Town
for the Ends following, viz 1 . ( 1 ) To Choofe a Moderator.
(2) To Choofe Selectmen a Town Clerk Town Treafurer a
Conftable or Conftables, Afsefsors and all other Such Town
Officers as by Law are to be Chofen in the Month of March
Annualy. (3) To Choofe a Saxton. And Agree how he
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shall be paid for his Service. (4) To bring in their Votes for
a County Treafurer. (5) To know the Mind of y e Town
whether Swine Shall run at Large under Regulations y*
Law requires in such Cafe (6) To hear the Town Treafurer's
Acc ts . and for the Town to pafs upon them. (7) For the Town
to Appropriate their Intreft Money that is Comming to the Town
this Prefent Year the Year beginning y e 11 th of Dec r 1751.
(8) To Grant an Honourable Salary for y e Rev d M r Seth Storer
for y* Year Infuing the Year beginning the firft of March Next
whereby he may be honourably Supported. (9) To Grant
Money for y e Support of y e Gramer & Englifh School in the
Town the Year Enfuing. (10) To Grant money for y e Sup-
port of y e poor this Pfent Year. (11) To hear the Acc ts . of
thofe Perfons to whom the Town is Indebted, and to pafs on them
and to Grant money to Satisfy them (12) To Grant money
for the Repairing of y e Meeting houfe (13) To Grant money
for y e Repairing the Great Bridge in Watertown. (14) To
know whether the Town will mend the High Ways and Town
Ways by Rate this p r fent Year; and if the Town Corn's into this
Method then to make a Grant of Money for the Same, and for
Perfons to work out what they Shall be Afseft at for that Ser-
vice (if they See meet) at the price of Labour both of Perfons
and Teems that y e Town may agree upon, and to choofe the
Surveyers of high Ways to be Collectors of s d . Rate, or to see
that it be faithfully work't out with in the Year in the way and
Manner that the Town Agrees on. (15) To know the mind of
y e Town whether they will revive the Town buy Law which
was made & Confirmed for the Laft Year refpecting Horfes.
and Choofe a Comm tee . to git it Confirmed, for this Year, (16)
To hear the Report of y^ Selectmen relating to the Stating of the
Wydth of a Town Way againft the Land of David Sanger no
width hereto fore to be found on Record, and for y e Town to
Act their pleafure w th . Relation thereto. (17) To hear the
Petition of David Sanger praying that the Town w ld . Sell to
him that small piece of Land Lying between the River & the
Town Way againft his Land for
Valueable
[84] Valuable Confideration ; and for the Town to Act
their pleafure thereupon (18) To know the Mind of y e Town
whether they will Lett the Little Island below the Mills and
Such other Lands or banks by the River belonging to the Town
as may be tho Proper to be lett, and if Let to be Lett under Such
regulation and Direction as the Town Shall prefcribe. (19) To
know the Mind of y* Town whether they will Make a buy Law,
to prevent Sheep runing at Large without a keeper from the
firft Day of April next to the firft of May following. —
And to Order the Conftables to Notify Such Perfons as the
Town are Indebted to, to bring in their Acc ts . to the Selectmen
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at the Houfe of y* Wid w . Mary Learned Inholder on Fryday the
28 d . of Feb y . Currant at three of y* Clock after noone And to
Notify Late Collectors of the High Way Rates who have not
made up their Acc ts . to bring in their Acc ts . and to make up with
s d Selectmen at s d . time and place.
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on the 28 th . of Feby. 1752 at y e
Wid w . Mary Learneds in order to take in the Acc ts . of thofe
Perfons that the Town is indebted to.
Sundry Acc ts . Acc ts . were taken in by y* Selectmen on the
20 th . of January Laft relating to the Great Bridge in order to
Settle Acc ts . with the other Towns Concerned with s d Bridge
which are Recorded (Page 82) And Settled Feby. 11. 1752. See
Page (83) which Acc ts : have not as Yet been Laid before the
Town nor Money Granted to pay them, thofe Acc ts . are as fol-
low's. viz 1 .
To Jonas Coollidge for 1 Tun & 5 feet Timb r .
30/ for Meafuring 691 feet of plank ll d
£1 = 10=11
To And w . White 3 Days work at s d Bridge
2/8 P ..=.8 = ..
To John Whitney 2 Days work 5/4 l / 2 a Day
himi'elf & Teem 2/5 & 1 Tun y 2 & 3 feet
Timb r .2=.9 =.9
To Dan 1 Whitney 6 Days work 16/ a load of
Stones carting of plank & Speeks 5/4 1 — .1=.4
To John Cook half a Day 1/4 at s d
Bridge ..—.1 —.4
To Benj n . Haftings 6 Davs work at 3/4 P 20/
and for mending y e Bridge 1751 25/4 .2— .5 —.4
To David Livermore for Sundry doggs &
Speeks from April 1751 to 6 th . Nov r :
following
To 16 Dinners at M r Saltmarfhes
To Deacon Sam 1 Fisk for Carrying
the Waights & Meafures to the
Province Treafurer y* Laft Year
to be try'd 2/8 and for his Service
as An Afsefsor, Help taking par-
fecting y e Invoice Making the
Province County & Town Rates
for ye year 1751 : 13/4
To Nathanael Harrington Afsef-
sor for help taking perfecting y*
Invoice Making the Province
County & Town Rates for 1751
,9 =.1
■10=.8
£8=16-5
..—16:
..—13— .4
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13=.4
-16=.
To Nath 1 Bright Afsefsor for help
taking perfecting y* Invoice Mak-
ing y* Province County & Town
Rates for y* year 1751
To Jona n Stone Terfus for one
Load of wood for y* Wid w Grover
6/8 and for Sundry things found
for S d . Wid w . Grover 2/8— and
for One Load of wood for Sufanna
Murch 6/8
To Cap 1 . Nath 1 Coollidge for 200^
feet of Board 4/ 300 board Nails
2/9 for the Schoolhoufe, and for } ..=18 — ..
three Days & a half work at y e
Schollhouf 11/3
To Jona n Bemis for Stones for the Bridge
between Watertown & Waltham .. — .2 — .8
To Sam 1 Hager for Stones for Said
Bridge .. — .2 =..
Dan 1 . Whitney for a p r . of Shoos for y* 5
Wid". Webb ..—.4 =..
To Joseph Mafon for his Service
as Clerk & Treaf r . for y* year 1751
53/4 for Cafh p d for the Confirm-!- .2=17—.
ing the Town buy Law 1/ and for
a Rope for the Bell 2/8
To Sam 1 Stratton for Mending y e Stocks
1/4 And y* Pound 5/4 ..—.6 =.8
LI— .9—.
£16— .5— .5
[85] At a General Town Meeting of y* Freehold", and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallefied to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled and Met at the Publick Meeting houfe in
s d Town on the second Day of March AD. 1752 for the Choice
of Town Officers, and Tranfacting other Town Affairs Men-
tioned in the Warrants &c.
Voted and Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r . Moderator of s d . Meeting
! Jonas Bond Esq r
M r John Hunt
Joseph Mafon Esq r .
M r Jona 11 Bemis
M r Jos: Harrington
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r . Town Clerk
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r . Town Treafurer.
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J Tonathan Child
Voted and Chofe for Conftables j j ohn K imbal jun r
{Nath 1 . Harrington
Sam 1 . Coollidge jun r
Joseph Mafon
Voted and chofe Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
Voted and Chofe for fence viewers j ^mos Bond
. . , , - tt* i itt f Simon Coollidge
Voted and chofe for Surveyers of High Ways j Pitney
tt i « /"m_ / t *.u * f Chriftopher Grant
Voted and Chofe for Tything men ^ AmQS Bond
tt , , r-u / t t_t • f J° fian Stouel
Voted and Choie for Hogneves j Uriah Clark
Voted and Chofe for Meafurers & ( Jonas Coollidge
Surveyers of Timber plank &c — ( Bez 1 . Learned
tt i , nu r r tt a S Nath 1 . Coollidge jun r
Voted and Choie for Hawards j j Q j in Q a j e
Voted and Chofe W m . Gamage Gager of Cask
tt i e f f t-^ • \ Tho s . Saltmarfh
Voted & Chofe for Deer reives j Dayid Livermore
Voted and Chofe for Saxton, Sam 1 . Stratton
Voted to give him Two Contributions as has been Ufual, which
he Accepted as a Satisfaction for his Service.
Then the Votes were bro 1 . in for a County Treafurer.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town that
Swine S ld . Run at large this Year under the regulations of the
Law. and y e Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Treafurers Accompts were Laid before the Town Red
and Confidred
And the Votes were put whether the Town Alow & Accept of y e
Treafures Acc ts . and the Vote paft full in the Affirmative
Voted and Appropriated the Intreft money Coming to the
Town for this prefent Year as follows viz £\\—\Z—A To the
Support of y* Miniftry & 14=13— .4 for the School
Voted and Granted for the Rev d M r Storers Salary for the
prefent Year the Sum of Sixty Six pounds 13/4 £14=13=.4 of
it to be paid out of y* 2 Intreft money £52 to be Afseft
£14=13=.4 To be paid
out of y e Intreft money
. _ _ J out of borne Arreages or
forty Pounds School Grants
.18— 13— .4 To be Af-
sefed
Voted and Granted for the Support of ^ poor 13 pounds 6/8
£13 — .6 — 8
A Lift of y e Acc ts . of thofe Perfons the Town is Indebted to
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was Laid before the Town Amounting to £16=:. 5 — .5 And
Alowed by a Vote.
Voted and Granted the Sum of 1 6=.5=.5 To Satisfy & pay
s*Aqz* 16=.5=.5
Voted and Granted one Pound Six Shillings & 8 d for y e Repair
of y e Meeting houfe .1 — .6 — .8
Voted and Granted four Pound for y* Great Bridge Repairs
.4—..—..
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* 5 Town to
Mend the High Ways & Town Ways by Rate this Year and the
Vote past in the Negative
Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town
That thofe Surveyers who are alfo Collectors who have not
worked out their Rates Shall have the Liberty of Six months
from this Month to work out and Compleat their lifts or other
wifed be Conftrained to pay into the Selectmen w l is behind of y r
Lifts of Rates and the Vote paft in the Affirmative
The
[86] The Vote was put whether it is y e Mind of y e Town
to revive the Town Buy Law relating to Horfes runing at Large
w th out fetters, and the Vote paft on the Negative.
M r David Sangers Petition Red to y* Town, and y* Vote put
whether The Town Grant the prayer of s d Petition. & y e Vote
paft on the Negative
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to Lett
the Little Island below the Mills and other Town Land or
landing places Near the River that may be proper to be Lett.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted to choofe a Committee to Lett the s d Island and other
Town Lands by the River for this prefent Year.
Voted and Chofe the pT ^ ent Selectmen to be a Committee for
y e Ends Aboves d .
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to
Make a Town buy Law to reftrain Sheep Runing at Large
without a keeper from the firft Day of April Next to y* firft of
May following. & the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Upon a Motion Made and Seconded, The Vote was put whether
this Meeting S ld . be Adjourned and y* Remaining buifnefs thereof
to Mondy the Ninth Inftant to this place at 3 Clock after
noon
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
And the Meeting was Accordingly Adjourned
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds on
March the 9 th . 1752. all the Selectmen took the Oath prefcribed
in an Act of this Province Made in the Year 1748. Chap tr : Ten
Page 384. Relating to Bills of Credit of y* other Provinces.
Watertown Records.
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Joseph Mafon took the oath of a Town Clerkl Before Nath 1 .
a Town Treafurer, and An Afsefsor, & y* oath}- Harris Justice
aboves d J peace
Jonathan Child )~ t , .
John Kimbal jun' JConftables
Nath 1 . Harrington
Samuel Coollidge
Afsefsors
Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Lea r
Amos Bond fence Viewer & Tythingman
Simon Coollidge ) n . TT . , TTT
Sam'. Whitney jSurveyers of High Ways
Jonas Coollidge /Surveyers & Meafurers of Timber plank
Bez 1 . Learned ) &c
John Gale H award.
The abovenamed Perfons were Sworn to their Refpective
Offices, having firft taken y e Oath mentioned in Chap tr . X Page
384 as above s d . /
Before Joseph Mafon Justice peace /
[87] At a General Town Meeting of the Freehold". &
other Inhab ts . of Watertown on the 9 th . Day of March 1752 At
the Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town by Adjurnm 1 .
Inasmuch as it Appeared to the Town that there was An Act
of this Province (w ch the Town was not apprized of before)
Relating to Sheep to prevent their runing at Large from the 15 th .
of March &c.
The Vote was put whether the Town do Reconfider the Laft
Vote paft at the Meeting on y e 2 d Inftant Relating to Sheep. The
Vote paft in y e Affirmative
Whereas the Town Paft a Vote at their Laft Meeting w ' 1 was
on y e 2 d Day of this Inftant March, to Choofe a Com tee . to Let
y e Island below the Mills, and other Town Land Near the River
for this prefent Year. And as there May arife Some inconvenancy
on y e Acc 1 of y e S d . Comm tts . not having power to Let s d . Lands
or any part of them for more than one Year. — The Vote was put
whether it is the mind of y e Town to Inlarge s d . Com tees . power
and that they y e s d Com tee : are Impowred to Let s d . Island and
other Lands or Any part of them for one or more Years, as the
Com tee : shall Judge will be moft for the Intreft and benefit of the
Town, and to Sign a Leafe or Leafes there of in behalf of y* 5
Town, and y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative.
Upon a motion made to Choofe a nother or Third Surveyer
and Meaf r . of Timber &c- The Vote was put whether it is the
Mind of y e Town to Choofe a Third Surveyer and Meaf r . of
Timber Plank &c. and the Vote paft in the Negative.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of y e Wid w . Mary
Learneds on the 16 th . Day of March AD. 1752. The Wid w .
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Webbs time of boarding w th . M r John Coollidge being Near Ex-
piring. The Selectmen Agre'd with M rs . Mercy Coollidge y*
wife of y* s d Jn° Coollidge (He not being prefent by reafon of
Bodily infermity) To board y e S d . Wid w . Webb & to look well
after her for the Space of one Year from the Twenty fifth of this
Inftant March for Three Shillings & Seven pence % P r week
& if any Extraordinary charge s ld . happen by reafon of sicknefs
or lamenefs to have Reafonable Satisfaction therefor. To w * 1 .
M rs . Coollidge Concented.
At this Meeting the Selectmen Appointed the Surveyers of " igh Ways
their Refpective Diftricts &c viz 1 . Simon Coollidge Surveyer
his Diftrict to be All the High Ways & Town Ways belonging
to y* Town Eaftly of the Town way Leading from y e Country
Road by Eb r . Goddards) acrofs y e Town by the Meeting houfe
down to Cambridge Line Near Thomas Wellingtons, and the
Southerly part of s d Lane from y e s d . Meetinghoufe to y e Country
Road Afores d . — And
Sam 1 . Whitney Surveyer His Diftrict to be all the High Ways
& Town Ways belonging to the Town Wefterly of y e Town way
Leading from y e Country Road a ^ ng by the Meeting houfe to
Cambridge Line Near Tho s : Wellingtons. And the Northerly
part of s d - way from y e Meeting houfe, alfo y* Country Roads on
y e South Side of y e River.
[88] At a Meeting of y* 5 Selectmen the 23 d Day of March
AD. 1752 Several of the Late Sureyers of y* High Ways who
were .Collectors Meet the Selectmen and gave Acc 1 . of the Lifts
&c. viz 1 .
Daniel Bond for y* 5 Year 1750. Work't out his Rate-
Sam 1 . Stratton for y e Year 1748 had work't out his Rate, (only
Some Nonrefidents & wid w . Grant Phinhas Holdins Exceptd)
Jonas Coollidge Surveyer for y^ Year 1749. Was behind ab 1 .
W m . Coollidge Surveyer for y e Years < 1746 > had behind in his
Lift ab 1 . £17 Ditto.
Smith Prentice Surveyer for y e Year 1750 was behind in his
Lilt ab c . £32 Ditto
Cap 1 . Brown who was a Surveyer in Watertown for the Years
( 1741 ) was behind in his Lifts not work't out ab l . £40 old
(1742) Tenor
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Houfe of Jonas Bond Esq 1 ",
on the 30 th . Day of March AD. 1752.
The Selectmen Agre'd to Defire M r Benj n . Haftings to take
the care of y* Great Bridge for this p r fent Year as he has done for
for Some Years past, and Lay his Acc 1 . before the Selectmen at
at the Clofe of y e Year.
X
£40 old Tenor
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The Selectmen being Informed & Notifyed in Writing by L l .
Daniel Whitney that he had taken in to his Houfe the Widow
Sarah Chadwick and her Daughter Submitt Chadwick who Came
Laft from Waltham, and came to Watertown the 22 d Day of
Decem r Laft
Alio Notified in Writing by Jona n Child that He had taken in
to his houfe one Margret Wilkefon a Young woman who Came
to Watertown the 23 d . of Octob r . Laft paft, and She Came Laft
from the Town of Wendham in Connetticut, who have no great
Subftance.
The Seleamen Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants dir £ ted
to the Conftables cf Watertown, requiring them to Warn the
above named perfons to Depart out of s d Watertown.
The Selectmen Agreed to Meet again on the 20 th . of April Next
at the Houfe of Tho s . Saltmarfhes at three of the Clock Affernoon
in Order to Adjust the Charge of y e Poor and proportion and
Settle the Same with the Selectmen of Waltham thofe poor w^.
they are Concerned in.
Ordred the Clerk to Send a Notification of s d . Meeting to the
Selectmen of Waltham to Defire them to meet at s d - time & place
on s d . Affair.
[89] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown & Wal-
tham at m r Tho s : Saltmarfhes on the 20 th . of April AD. 1752
Appointed for y e Adjufting of y e Acc ts . of the poor Maintained by
s d . Town's. After Confiderable Debate abo 1 y 6 Wid w . Mary
Maddocks it was Concluded to put off the Adjufting s d . Acc ts .
till Some other time, & in the Mean time for y e Selectmen of Each
Town to git information relating to her going out of Watertown
and coming in Again &c.
The Selectmen of Watertown Agreed w th . M r Sam 1 . Coollidge
Schoolmafter that he S Id . have the Grant or Alowance the Town
Made for the Support of the School for y e Year 1751. for his
Service in keeping the School from the 20 th . of April 1751 to
the 20 th of April 1752 His Board at M r Sam 1 . Whitneys & what
s d Whitney Laid out for him, and what y* Selectmen Laid out for
him the Laft Year to be Alowed and Deducted out thereof, to
which the Said Coollidge Concented.
And the Said Selectmen Agreed further w th . the s d . S. Coollidge
to Continue to keep the School, and he to receive as a reward for
his reguler keeping s d . School after the Rate of forty Pounds P
Year for the time that He shall keep y e s d . School regulerly
& well, He to Board him Self or paying for his boarding, unto
all which the Said Sam 1 Coollidge Agreed and was Content.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at M r John Hunts on the fourth
Day of May AD. 1752. The Seleamen having rec d . a Precipt
from the High Sherriff of the County of Midd x . Requiring them
forthwith to Afsemble y e Inhab ts . of y r Town in Order to Elect
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& Depute a perfon to Reprefent them at a Great & General Court
appointed to be Convened held & kept at Concord on Wednefday
the Twenty Seventh Day of of this Inftant May. In obfervance
whereof Ordred the Clerk to Isue out warrants Directed to y*
Several Conftables of s d Town To warn the freehold", and other
Inhab ts . of s d Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the Choice
of a Reprefentative to Afsemble & Meet at y e publick Meeting
Houfe in s d . Town on Munday the Eighteenth Day of May Cur-
rant at three of y e Clock After Noone, Then and there to Elect
and Depute a Meet perfon to Reprefent y e Town of Watertown
at a great and Gen 1 Court Appointed to be Convened held & kept
at the Court houfe in Concord on Wednefday the Twenty
Seventh Day of this Inftant May.
Likewife to Order the s d . Conftables to warn the freeholders
and other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town
Affairs, to Meet at the publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on the
Eighteenth Day of this Inftant May at four of y e Clock After-
noon for the Ends following viz 1 .
1. To know the mind of y e Town whether they will Sell that
piece of Land belong to the Town Lying between y e Country
Road and the Mill crick above the Corn Mill, or any part of it,
and if y e Town See meet to Sell, then to chofe and Impower a
Com tee : to Sell the Same, they following Such Directions as the
Town shall give them refpecting the Manner of Sale and to give
Lawfull Conveyances thereof in the Name & behalf of y e Town,
to y e purchafers thereof.
2. In cafe the Town do not See meet to Sell the Land aboves d .
then to know the mind of y e Town whether they will Leafe out
s d piece of Land for Such a Term of Years as may Encourage the
hireing and building thereon, and to Choofe a Com tee . to Leafe
out y e same agreeable to such Directions as Town shall give.
3 ly . Whereas there was a grant made by y e Great & Gen 1 . Court
to Watertown off 1500 Acres of Medow w ch . has not yet been
Satisfied or taken up, And whereas Watertown Wefton & Wal-
tham (all originally Watertown) have been at very great Cost
& Charge in Building Rebuildings & repairings of y e Great Bridge
over Charles River in Watertown, and ever like to be under Such
hevy growing charges if Releaf cant be Some way Obtained, upon
thefe Confiderations to know the mind of y e Town whether they
will chofe and Impower their Reprefentative to joine with the
Reprefentatives of Wefton & Waltham, to search the Province
Records to find s d Grant, and in the Name & behalf of s d Water-
town Wefton & Waltham To Petition the great & General Court
for Releaf in s d . premifses, by granting to s d . Towns so much of
y e unapropriated Lands belonging to the Province as they in their
Wifdom Shall Judge Equivolent to said Grant of Medow, and
Adiquate to the great Burden they Lye under relating to s d
Bridge, that they may be the better enabled to bear that burden,
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which y* Publick in general Enjoy & Reap so great benefit &
Advantage by, or that in their great wifdom they w Id . otherwife
releave them.
(Which was Done Accordingly bearing Date v* 5 th . of May
&c)
[90] At a General Town Meeting of the Freeholders and
other Inhab ts : of Watertown Qualified to Vote in y* Choice of
a Reprefentative Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting
houfe in s d . Town on the 18 th . Day of May AD. 1752. for the
Choice of a Perfon to Reprefent them at a Great & General Court
Appointed to be Convened held & kept for his Majestys Service at
the Court Houfe in Concord on the 27 th . Day of this Initant
May. the Majer part of y* Selectmen being Prefent.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to
Chofe a Perfon to Reprefent them at the General Court aboves d . —
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Upon a Motion made and Seconed, a previous Vote was put,
viz 1 . Whether it is the Mind of y 6 Town That the Perfon
who Shall be Chofen to Reprefent the Town at the Gen 1 . Court
Aboves d . That without He upon his being Chofen shall imme-
diatly Declare that he will Serve the Town Gratis, or that if He
shall receive Any Wages for his Service that He will pay the
Same into the Town Treaiurey for the Ufe of the Town, and
without He do thus Declare his choice shall be Look't upon as
Nul and Void, and the Town proceed to a Nother Choice and So
till one Accept on Said Terms. — And the Vote paft in the
Affirmative
Then the Voters were called upon to bring in their Votes for
a Reprefentative And after the Votes were bro 1 . in, Sorted and
Numbred it Appeared by the Votes that M r John Hunt was
Chofen to Reprefent the Town at y* Great & Gen 1 Afsembly
Above said, by the Majer part of the Voters prefent. who De-
clared his Acceptance on the terms propofed in the above previous
Vote. And took the Oath Required to be taken relating to v*
paper bills of Credit on y e Neighbour Provinces referred to in
y e Return on y* back of y e precipt.)
At a General Town Meeting of the Freeholders & other
Inhabtents of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled at Publick Meeting Houfe in S d . Town
on Munday the 18 th . Day of May AD. 1752.
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mason Esq r . Moderator of s d . Meet-
ing.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town to Sell
that piece of Land belonging to the Town Lying Between the
Country Road and the Mill Crick above the Corn Mill. — And
the Vote paft in the Affermative.
Voted to Chofe a Committee to Sell Said piece of Land
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Voted and Chofe the prefent Selectmen to be s d . Committee
who are Impowred to sell s d piece of Land, they following the
Directions the Town Shall give to them. Then the Vote was put
Whether it is the Mind of the Town that the Method the
Committee aboves d . Shall take in Selling the aboves d . piece of
Land, Shall be to poft the Sale up Some Convenant time before
hand at the Publick Houfes at s d . Town And Apoint in the
Notifications of s d . Sale a time for s d . Sale, and then put it up
either in whole or in part, and the Higeft bidder to have it,
And the Committee to give Conveyances of y e same in the name
of y e Town to Such Perfon or Perfons who shall Appear in a
fair and Reguler Manner to be the higheft bidder he or they pay-
ing Down the Money bidden for the Same, or giving Sufficient
Security for the Same to the Town to the Acceptance of y e Com-
mittee. And y e Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Then
[91] Then the Third Article in the warrant for warning
the meeting was Red and there upon the following Vote was put.
viz 1 . Whereas there was an Ancient Grant made by the Great
and General Court to Watertown off 1500 Acres of Midow
which has not Yet been Satisfyed or taken up, and Whereas Wat-
ertown Wefton & Waltham (all origanally Watertown) have
been at Very great coft and Charge in Building and Rebuildings
and Repairings of y e Great Bridge over Charles River in Water-
town and ever like to be under Such a heavy and growing Charge
if relief cant be Some way Obtained, upon w° h Confiderations
whether it is the mind of the Town to chofe and Impower their
Reprefentative to joine with the Reprefentatives of Wefton &
Waltham, And in the Names and behalf of s d Watertown Wefton
& Waltham to Petition the Great & General Court for releaf
in s d . premifses prayind s d . Court to Grant to said Towns So
much of the Unapropriated Lands belonging to this Province as
they in their Wifdom Shall judge Equivolent to S d . Grant of
Medow, and Adquate to y e Great Burden they Lye under relating
to s d . Bridge that y* s d Three Towns may be the better enabled
to bear their hevy Burden by which the Publick enjoy a great
benefit & Advantage, or that the s d . Honourable Court in their
great wifdom w ld . otherwife releave them the three Towns
abovesaid. And y e Vote paft in the Affirmative.
June 15 th . 1752.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at M rs . Mary Learneds to
Confider the Lift of Licenced Perfons. After the List was Con-
fidred the Selectmen gave their Confent That Tho s : Saltmarfh
Wid w . Mary Learned & David Coollidge Inholders Mefs rs . John
Hunt & Cornelius Waldo Retailers S ld . have their Licences
Renewed for Year Enfuing. The Selectmen upon the Requeft
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of M r Peter Jehonot Approbated him to be a Retailer for Six
Months and recommended him
The Selectmen Agree'd that there be Two Shifts and a Peticote
provided for the Wid w . Deliverance Webb, and that M rs . Mercy
Coollidge be Defired to get them. — Agreed alfo to go to the
Minifteral houfe on Thurfday y* Eighteenth Inftant to View the
Same, and See what repairs is Necefsary to be be made and that
M r Benj n . Hafting who is a Houfewright be Defired to meet y*
Selectmen at s d . Houfe.
The Selectmen on the 18 th . of June 1752 According to
Agreem*. went to View the Miniitral Houfe and upon View
found So much Necefsary to be done to the houfe and Barn that
they Agreed to call the Town together in Sep r . Nex and to Lay
the Matter relating to the s d Houfe & Barn before the Town
for their Confideration & Determination relating to y e premifses.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at y e Dwelling Houfe of
Joseph Mafon on the Eleventh Day of Auguft 1752. The
Selectmen having on y e 18 th . of June Laft View'd the Minifteral
Houfe and Barn and found them in Such a Condition that they
thought it proper to Lay it before the Town for their Determin-
ation and did then Agree that there Should be a Meeting called
some time in Sep r next for that End. The Selectmen do therefore
Now Agree, And Order the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed
to the Conftables to Warn the freeholders and other Inhab ts . of
Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs to Meet at the
Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on Munday the
Eighteenth
[92] Eighteenth Day of Sep r . next at three of the Clock
afternoon for y e Ends following viz 1 . ( 1 ) To Chofe a Moderator
for Said Meeting. (2) To hear the Report of the Selectmen
Relating to the Repairing of the Miniftral Houfe and Barn
(3) For the Town to Manifest what Repairs Shall be Made to
the Minifteral Houfe for the Security and Safe preferving of
the Same, and that it may be more Comfortable for our Revrend
Paftor. (4) Whereas the old Barn Standing on the Minifteral
place is Very poor and judged not worth Repairing. To know
the Mind of y e Town whether they will Build a New Barn on
the Minifteral place for the Ufe thereof and if they See caufe to
Build then to Determine on the Dementions that it Shall be off,
and when to be finifhed. — And if the Town Shall Agree to Repair
the Minifteral Houfe and Build a Barn as aboves d . Then (5) to
make a Grant of Money that Shall be judged Sufficient to Effect
s d . Repairs and Building, to be Afsefsed and Collected with all
proper Speed, and to do any other thing or things that may be
thought proper and Expedent, to forward s d . Repairs and
Building.
(6) Whereas there is a Small piece of Mowing Land &c to be
Sold Adjoining to the Minifteral place, which is thought May
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Accommodate the s d . Minifteral place, To know the Mind of the
Town whether they will purchafe the Same, or any part thereof,
to be Laid to the Minifteral Lot the better to Accomodate the
Same, and to be for the Ufe of the Miniftry, And for the Town
to Act their Pleafure relating thereunto, and if the Town See
meet to purchafe then to do any thing or things that may be
Necefsary to be done for the Effecting of the Same. (Warrants
were Isued out Accordingly) —
Deacon Sam 1 Fisk having Related to one or more of y e Selectmen
that M r Sam 1 Coollidge Schoolmafter (who some time since
came to his houfe to Board) was So difordred that He defired that
the Selectmen w ld . take care to provide another place to board
him at.
The Selectmen at this Meeting took this Matter relating to m r
Coollidge in to Confideration and they are of Oppinion that m r
Coollidge at prefent is not capable of Managing the School
as it ought to be. Therefore they Agree that the School be
Shut up for the prefent, And if the s d . M r Coollidge Shall Con-
tinue uncapble of Keeping the School, then to proceed to provide
Another Schoolmafter. The Selectmen judging M r Sam 1 Whitney
(with whom s d Coollidge by agrm 1 of y e selectmen formerly
boarded) to be a perfon Very Sutable to take the care of y e s d . Mr
Coollidge under his prefent Circumftances. The s d . m r Whitney
having (when applyed to) manifefted to Some of y e Selectmen
that He w ld . take the s d . M r Coollidge again upon Reafonable
Confideration (having firft a Tryal how he Conducts before he
Concludes upon a Confideration) The Selectmen Accordingly
Agre'd that y e s d M r Coollidge S ld . be put to y e s d M r Whitney to
board and to be under his care. And under his prefent Circum-
ftances to be Reftrained from Runing about from Houfe to Houfe
which practice has been thought very hurtfull to him, and if no
other Methods will prevail, then to reftrain him by Chaining of
him that So if pofsable He may be bro 1 to his right Mind so as
to be Servicable again. The Selectmen alfo Agree that s d . M r
Whitney Shall be Reafonably Satisfied by the Town for His care,
trouble & Boarding y e s d . M r Coollidge. and that He take the
care of y e s d M r Coollidge as aboves d till further Order of y*
Selectmen. The Selectmen Agree that what is juftly due to M r
Coollidge for keeping the School for time paft (after his Juft
debts are paid, for cloths taken up for him &c) be improved in
Anfwering for his Board where it is already or hereafter may be
due. and that y e Selectmen take y* Care to git him to y* s d . M r
Whitneys to be under his care as aboves d .
[93] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on the 19 th . Day of
Auguft 1752 At m r Jona 11 Bemis's In order to treat w th . m r
Sam 1 . Baldwin, to keep the Grammer and Englifh School in
Watertown (M r Sam 1 . Coollidge Continuing uncapable) M r
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Baldwin being prefent, The Selectmen Agreed with Him to keep
s d . School for one Quarter of a Year and to have as a Reward
from the Town for his Service after the Rate of forty Pounds P r
Year Lawfull money, The s d . M r Baldwin to Board himfelf, and
the Quarter to begin the Twenty fourth of this Inftant August.
To w ch . y* s d . M r Sam 1 . Baldwin Agre'd and Confented. —
At a General Town meeting of y e Freeholders and other In-
hab ts . of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled at y 6 Publick Meeting
Houfe in S d . Town on the Eighteenth Day of Sep r . AD. 1752.
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq 1 " Moderator of s d . Meeting.
Then the Selectmen made a Varble Report to y* Town Relating
to the Miniftral Houfe and Barn. After which
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town that
the Repairs to be done at the Minifteral Houfe for the prefent
be to New Cover or Shingle the Roof on the Backfide or
Wefterly & Northerly Sides of ^ Roof together with Mending
the gutters and Windows. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Then after the Matter was Debated relating to y e Barn on y*
Miniftral place.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town to build
a New Barn on the Minifteral place for y 6 Ufe thereof. And
y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town that y*
s d . Barn to be Built on y* Minifteral place shall be of y e following
Dementions viz 1 . Thirty feet Square and fourteen feet Poft.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town That
S d . Barn Should be Compleated and finifhed by the firft of June
Next.
And y* Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of Town To
Grant the sum of forty Six pounds 13/4 Lawfull money for the
Carrying on the Repairs and Building which the Town has Voted
to be Done.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative. —
Then upon Some Confiderations a motion was made &
Seconded to Adjourn this Meeting for a fortnight. Accordingly
the Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to Adjourn
this Meeting and y e Remaining buifnefs to this Day fourtnight
Three Clock Afternoon at this place.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
At a General Town Meeting on the Second Day of Octob r :
1752 At y e publick Meeting houfe by Adjournment.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town that the
46=:13=.4 Granted the Laft meeting on y^ 18 th of Sep 1 " Laft
paft Shall be forth with Afsefsed & Collected
And y e Vote paft in y* Negative
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The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of Town, To
Appropriate y e following Sums of money to be Improved for the
Repairing the Minifteral Houfe and Building a Barn on y*
Miniftral place as Voted by the Town y e Laft Meeting on y e
W. h of Sep r Laft. Viz 1 . Two Province Bills which were paid into
the Treafurey, by m r John Hunt Laft May Meeting viz 1 , one of
20 Dollers, the other of 28 Dolers & % amounting to fourteen
pounds Twelve Shillings, alfo the Sixteen pounds in Col. W m .
Brattles Hands belonging to the Town which was fines paid to
him by Men Impreft by his order viz*. W m . Coollidge Nehemiah
Mafon & Silas Bright, alfo Two pounds 13/4 of what Remains
of what was Rec d . of Col 1 . Brattle of fines before the Above
mentioned, alfo four pounds 18/8 due to the Town from the
Truftees. alfo a Note in the Treafurey given by M r Henry
Spring of 13/4 Alfo a Bond of M r Jona". Bemis of four pounds
6/8 all mounting to fourty three pounds 4/ Lawfull money and
to be paid by order of y* Selectmen for y* above Service. And y e
Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The
[94] The Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town
That the Sum of Three Pounds Nine Shillings & four pence
Lawfull Money be paid out of the Treafurey to Compleat the
forty Six pounds 13/4 Granted for the Repairing the Minifteral
Houfe and building a Barn on y* Minifteral place. And y* Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to
Choofe a Committee to take Effectual Care and See to the
Repairing of y e Minifteral Houfe and the Building of a Barn
on the Minifteral place as Voted to be done ; and they to Ufe their
best Skill and Care, and take Such Methods for the Accomplifhing
of the Same as in their Judgm*. Shall be moft for the Towns
Intreft.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe the prefent Selectmen to be the Commtee for
y e Ends aboves d .
Then the Sixth Article in the Warrant was Red to the
Town ; and after Debate thereon.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to
Choofe a Committee to Enquire what the Land Mentioned in
s d Article may be had for and Make Report at next March
Meeting, and y* Vote paft in y* Negative
Then the Vote was put whether it is the mind of the Town
to purchafe s d . piece of Land referred to in s d Sixth Article.
And the Vote paft in the Negative
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at Jonas Bonds Esq r . on the 26 th of
Nov r . 1752.
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The Selectmen Agreed and Defired m r Jona n . Bemis to Cart
some Gravil as Soon as may be on to y* Great Bridge
The Selectmen Defired Joseph Mafon & Jonas Bond to go to
M r Sam 1 Coollidges and See after the Towns Amminifion Lodged
there and See and Stur the Powder, and Defire m r Coollidge to
take good care of y e s d . Powder and to turn it once a month
or at left once in two months and to be reafonably Satisfyed for
his trouble. —
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph Mafon
Esq 1 ", on the on the firft Day of Dec r . AD. 1752. Some of y* 5
Rails and Posts of y* Great Bridge being brok down, Agreed
that m r Benj n . Haftings be Defired forthwith to put up Pofts
and Rails where they be wanting. Defired m r Jona n Bemis to
See & procure Stuff for the same, and Afsift m r Hafting in
puting them up.
The Wid w . Webb wanting 2 Aprons & a wefcot & p r of
shoo's Agreed that M rs Coollidge be Defired to get her a Waft-
coat and two Aprons. & Defired Joseph Mafon to procure her a
p r of shoos. Ordred the Treafurer to furnifh m rs Coollidge with
money to procure y* Waftcoat & Aprons.
At s d . Meeting it was Agreed by y e Maj r . part of y* Selectmen
to try M r Sam 1 Coollidge once more in the School He appearing
to be very well Compofed again, and it is hopefull he may anfwer
the end of a Schoolmafter. Agreed to meet again at m r Bemis
the fourth Day of this Inftant Decemb r . at four of y e clock after-
noon and y e Selectmen Defired M r Bemis to Aquaint M r . Coollidge
that y* Selectmen Defire that He w ld . be prefent at s d meeting.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at m r Jona n . Bemis on the 4 th .
of Dec r . A.D. 1752 Mr Sam 1 . Coollidge was prefent, and the
Selectmen gave him a thorough talk relating to his paft Conduct,
and what He might Expect if he did not behave well in the
School for the future, they Declared unto him that they put him
into the School again for Tryal with out Setting any time and
if he behaved well He S ld . not be wronged, and that He was to
begin the School the Eleventh Day of this Dec r . M r Coollidge
Complained that He wanted a winter Coat. Defired m r Bemis
to git him a Bare Skin Coat and git M r Meed to make it. And
to give y e Selectmen an Acc 1 . thereof —
[95] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at Joseph Harringtons
on the 31 st . of January 1753. The Selectmen Signed an Order
Dated y e 4 of Dec r 1752 for the payment of m r Dan 11 . Baldwin
the Sum of Ten pounds for keeping the School three months.
Ordred the paym 1 . of Ten Pounds Twelve Shillings for
Metearls and work, for the repairing the Minifteral Houfe So
far as it has been Reparied.
The Selectmen being Informed and Notifyed that there are
Several perfons come to Refide in Watertown viz 1 , one Ann Mickel
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a Diftracted Woman Taken in by m r James Baily who came laft
from Boston abo 1 . y e Second of Decemb r . Laft alfo Two Children
viz 1 . John Sloper & Olive Sloper taken in by Ebenezer Thatcher
who came Laft from Boston & came to him the 22 of Decemb r .
Laft
Alfo the Wid w . Abigail Richardfon and her Son Abijah Richard-
fon they were taken in by Ezra Richardfon who lives in a Houfe
belonging to John Kembal jun r . the s d . Wid w . Came Laft from
Lexington Some time in May Laft and the s d . Abijah came Laft
from as y e s d Kembal Informed the Selectmen.
The Selectmen Refufing to Accept of the above Named Perfons to
be Inhab ts . of Watertown They Accordingly Ordred the Clerk
to Isue out a Warrant Directed to one of y e Conftables to Warn
the Perfons above Named to Depart out of Watertown.
Whereas the Selectmen has hereto fore Ordred the Treafurer
to pay what was Due to m r Sam 1 Coollidge for keeping the School
one Year to the 20 th . of April Laft paft to him or his order. But
the Circumftances of y e s d Coollidge has been such Since s d order
was given, that the Selectmen do now Agree and order the
Treafurer not to Anfwer any order of y e s d . Coollidge or Acc 1 .
before He firft Lay the Same before y e Selectmen for their Ap-
probation. The Selectmen Agreed that Jonas Coollidge be paid
out of what is Due to his Brother Sam 1 , for what He procured for
him, and that M r . Jona". Bemis be paid for what He got by
order of y e Selectmen at m r Goulds for s d . Coollidge and that
Dea n . Sam 1 . Fisk be paid his Ace 1 , of Three pounds Eight Shillings
& 8 d ^4 out of w l is Due to s d . Coollidge if Enough remains, or so
far as it will go towards s d . Acc 1 .
The Selectmen Agree to meet again on the Twelf Day of
Feb 17 : Next at M r John Hunts at four clok after noon. M r
Joseph Harrington was Defired to aquaint m r Jofiah Stearns,
that y e Selectmen defire that H e w ld . meet with them at s d . time
& place.
The Clerk Isued out a Warrant to warn the above
named perfons to Depart out of Watertown all but
Ann Mickel who Deceafed before the warrant was
Sent to the Officer —
[96] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at m r . John Hunts on
y e 12 th . Day of Feb*. 1753
The Selectmen Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed
to the Conftables of Watertown for the Warning of a Town
Meeting of y e Inhab". of said Town to be on the fifth Day of
March Next at 9 of the Clock in the morning at the Publick
Meeting Houfe in s d . Town for the Ends following, viz 1 . (1) To
Choofe a Moderator (2) To Choofe Selectmen a Town Clerk
& Treafurer a Conftable or Conftables Afsefsors & all Such other
W atertown Records.
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Town Officers as by Law are to be chofen in the month of March
Annually (3) To Choofe a Saxton. and agree how he Shall be
Satisfyed for his Service. (4) To put in their Votes for a County
Treafurer. (5) To know the mind of the Town whether Swine
Shall run at Large this Year under the regulations of Law in
such cafe. (6) To Hear The Town Treafurers Acc u . and for the
Town to pafs upon them. (7) For the Town to Appropriate
their Intreft Money Coming to the Town this prefent Year the
year beginning the Eleventh of December Laft. (8) For the
Town to Grant an Honourable Salary for y* Rev d . M r Storer for
the Year Enfuing the year beginning the firft Day of March
Next. (9) To Grant Money for the Support of the Grammer &
Englifh School for this prefent Year. (10) To grant Money for
the Support of the poor this prefent Year. (11) To hear the
Acc ts . of thofe Perfons to whom the Town is Indebted, and to
Grant Money to pay & Satisfy y e Same (12) To Grant Money
for the Repairs of y* Meeting houfe (13) To Grant Money for
the Repairing of ye Great Bridge in s d . Town. (14) To know
whether the Town will mend the High Ways and Town Ways
by Rate Afseft on the Ratable Inhab ts . & Estates this prefent Year,
and if the Town See Caufe to Come into this Method, then to
Make a Sutable Grant of Money for the Same, and that Perfons
have the Liberty to work out what they shall be afseft at for y l
Service (if they See meet) provided it be work't out within the
Year at such prizes for Men and Teems as the Town Shall Agree
upon; And to Choofe the Surveyers of High Ways to be the
Collectors of Said Rate or to See y l it be faithfully work't out
within the Year in the Way and Manner y* the Town Shall or
may Agree upon. (15) To hear the Report of the Selectmen
referring to the Land that the Town Impowred them to Sell
Lying by the Mill Crick &c. (16) To hear the Requefts of Some
of the Conftables relating to some perfons Rates in their Lists,
and for the Town to Act their pleafure w th . Relation thereto.
(17) To know the mind of the Town whether they will Leaie
out the Little Island be low the Mill and other banks and Landing
places by the River belonging to the Town (w ch . were leafed out
y* Laft Year) for one or more Years as the Town may Agree
upon ; and if the Town See Meet to Let out the same, Then to
Choofe a Committee for \ rt End.
And to Order the Conftables to Notify Such Perfons to whom
the Town is Indebted to bring in their Acc ts . to y* Selectmen at
the Houfe of y« Wid w . Mary Learneds on Wednefday the 28 th .
of Feb y . Currant at three of the Clock After Noon in Order to
there being Laid before the Town At their Annual Meeting.
And alfo to Notify the Surveyers of High Ways who were
Collectors to meet y e Selectmen on the s d . 28 th . Day of Feb 7 , in
Order to make up their Ace 15 , with the Selectmen.
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W atertown Records.
Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant to Warn one Daniel
Peirce to Depart out of Watertown the Selectmen Refufing to
Accept of him to be An Inhab 1 . in Watertown. He came Laft
from Waltham Abo 1 . April or May Laft.
A Warrant was Isued out Accordingly.
[97] At a meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of y*
Wid w . Mary Learned on the 28 th . Day of Feb>\ 1753. For the
Taking in of y e Acc 1 . of thofe Perfons the Town is indebted to.
The Acc ts . Taken in are as follows, viz 1 .
Docter Jofiah Convers for Looking after the
Widow Webb in the Time of her Sicknefs in y e
Year 1751 00=18=00
Jona n Bemis for Three Days work of his Teem and
4 Da)'s ^ of a Man carting Gravil to y* Great
Bridg 13/4 And for Moving Timb r . out of y* 5
County Rode 1/1 ..—14 — .5
Benj n . Haftings for work & Care of y e Great
Bridge puting up new pofts & Rails and repeted \ .1 = 12 — ..
mending in the Year 1752 j
Edward Harrington for 2 Days work of a Teem
3 Days of a man and 2 Days of a Lad,
Carting Gravel to y e Great Bridge 12/7 \ ..=18=. 8
for haling Timber out of y* Road 2/1
for Stones for a Bridge 4/ 6/1
Nath 1 . Harrington Afsefsor for Help making the 1
Town Rate taking and perfecting the Invoice \ ..=13 =.4
Making y e Province & County Rates J
Sam 1 . Coollidge Afsefsor for the Like Service
13=4 ..—16=..
& for Stones for a Bridge .2 — 8 J
Cap 1 David Baldwin for 115 feet of Slitwork for
y e Great Bridge ..=.5 =.5
Joseph Peters for mending School houfs lock &
making a key .. — .1 =.4
David Livermore for Doggs for y e Great Bridge
& Speeks 1 — 6 — and for Staples for y e School ^
houfe Door 3 d l / 2 & for a Chain & Staples for ..—.3—3/2
y e Towns us 1/6— 1/9 */>
Joseph Mafon Esq r . Afsefsor for helping making al
the Rates for the Year 1752 ..—13— .4
For Warrant to warn out Lydia Murch
Service & Entering Caution .. — .2 = 1
For a p r of Shoos for y e Wid w : Webb
Joseph Harrington Cafh paid for y e Mending the
School houfe Chair
= 19=.5
,1 = 11
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Sam 1 Jenifon for Haling out Timb r . out of
High Way ..—.3= 3
Jonas Coollidge for fifteen feet of
Timb r . for Smelt Brok Bidge ..— .9— ..
for 145 feet of 2 inch y 2 Plank at
20/ P hundred .1— .9— ..
for Six feet of Timb r . for y e Great
Bridge ..— .3=.0 2— A— ..
Voted and Chofe for Selectmen
L9=.$=.y 2
Two Survers Appered at the aboves d . Meeting viz 1 Capt
John Brown and M r W m . Coollidge But Neither of them made
up y r Acc ts . as Collectors they Each Said they had almoft Work't
out their Rates & wo ld . see it done this Spring. —
[98] At a General Town Meeting of the Freehold" &
other Inhab": of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled and Meet to-
gether at the Publick Meeting Houfe in s d . Town on the fifth
Day of March AD. 1753. for the Choice of Town Officers, and
other Town Concerns, to be Acted upon.
1. Voted and Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r . to be Moderator for s d
Meeting.
Joseph Mason Esq r
Jonas Bond Esq r .
Enf n . Jona n . Bemis
Corn 1 . Edw* 1 . Harrington
Deacon Sam 1 . Fifk
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r . Town Clerk
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq 1 ". Town Treafurer.
Voted and Chofe Samuel Whitney firft Conftable [
Voted and Chofe Jona n . Learned 2 d Conftable. who made his
pleas & afked y e favour of the Town to releafe & Difmifs him
from being Conftabl
The was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to Difmifs
Jonatha Learned from Serving as Conftable this Year, and the
Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe John Sawin to be 2 d Conftable, who said he
w Id . Serve.
{Joseph Mafon Esq r
Nath 1 . Bright
Sam 1 . Fisk
Voted and Chofe Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather.
TT . . , . . __. ( Isarel Mead
Voted and Chofe for fence Viewers j j Qn ^ Brown junr>
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers of j Jonathan Stone jun er
High Ways ( Sam 1 . Coollidge jun r .
• Undecipherable.
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W atertown Records.
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen j j^faT"
x r j , r , tj . ( John Gale
Voted and Chofe for Hogneves | gaml> Nutting junr>
Voted and Chofe for Meaf rs . and f Jonas Coollidge
Survey", of Timb r plank boards Slitwork \
Clabboards Shingles [ Bezaleel Learned
( Thomas Clark
Voted and Chofe for Hawards | Warrin jun r .
Voted and Chofe Sam 1 . Cook Gager of Cafk.
Voted and Chofe W m . Gammage Culler of Hoops & Staves
xr . . . t . ( Thomas Saltmarfh
Voted and Chofe for Deer neves | Capt Dayid Baldwin
Voted and chofe Samuel Stratton Saxton.
Voted to give him for his Service Two Contrabutions as uful
w ch . he Accepted.
Then the Votes was bro 1 in for a County Treaf r . & Deli d to a
Conftable
The Vote was put whether Swine Should Run at Large this
prefent Year under the Regulations in the Law in such cafe.
And y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative
Then
[99] Then the Town Treafurers Acc ts . were Laid before
the Town & Red And it Appeared by the Acc 1 . that there w ld .
be in the Treafurey when All out Standing was paid in bv y c
Conftables y e Sum of £260=2=.6^
by y e Said Acc 1 . It Appeared that y r was
paid out of the Treafurey P order the
Sum of 171=.3=.8M
that there was in the Treafury
one Province Note ,8 — 12=. 6
that there was Out Standing in
the Conftables hands 80 — .6=.3J^
£260=.2=.6^
The Vote was Put whether the Town Accept and Alow the
Treafures Acc 1 . and the Vote paft in the Affirmative. —
Then the Acc 1 of Intreft mony was Red and it Appeared by
the Acc 1 . that the Treafurer had Rec d of Intreft money
28=13=.2
And that He had paid to ward y e Support of the Miniftry &
School the Sum of 28= 13=. 2
The was put whether the Town Accept and Alow this Acc 1 .
Vote paft in y e Affirm 1 .
Voted and Appropriated the Intreft money Coming to the
Town this Year y e Year beginning y e Eleventh of Dec r Laft viz
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£15 — A — .. towards M r Storers Salary, and £15 — .1 — .8 toward
the School
Voted and Granted for y* Rev d . M r Storers Salary for the
prefent Year the Sum of Sixty Six pounds 13/4 the 15 — A — ..
of y* Intreft money to be a part thereof and the Reft to be Afseft.
Voted for the Support of y e Grammer & Englifh School for this
prefent Year the Sum of forty Pounds the 15 — .1 — .8 of y* Intreft
money to be a part thereof the Remainder to be Afseft.
Voted and Granted the Sum of Sixteen pounds for y e Support of
y e poor this Year
Then the Accounts of those perfons to whom the Town was
Indebted was Laid be for y* Town and Alowed amounting to y e
sum of £9=.S—..y 2 .
Voted and Granted the Sum of Nine pounds Eight Shillings &
2 farthings to Satisfy and pay s d . Accounts. —
Voted and Granted the Sum of Two pounds thirteen Shillings
and four pence to Satisfy and pay the Clerk & Treafurer for his
Service for the Year 1752
Voted and Granted for the Repairs of y* 5 Meeting houfe
£2—13=4. —
Voted and Granted y e Sum of four pounds for y e Repairs of y 6
Great Bridge
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to mend
the High Ways & Town Ways by a Rate this prefent Year.
Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Granted the Sum of forty Pounds for the Mending
the High=Ways and Town Ways to be Afseft on y e Ratable
Poles & Estates in y* 5 Town
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town that the
Price of Labour in Mending the High ways and Town ways
be four Shillings & Nine pence for a man and Teem a Day.
and a Single man two shillings 4 d Y\ a Day And the Vote paft
in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe Mefsu". Sam 1 . Coollidge jun r . & Jona n .
Stone jun r . who are the p r fent Surveyers of High Ways to be
the Collectors of s d . Rate or Grant, or to See that it be faithfully
worked out with in the Year at the prices the Tow has Set and to
make up y r Acc ts . with the Selectmen.
The Selectmen made y r Varble Report to y* Town That
according to y e truft Repofed in them they had Sold a piece of
Land by the Mill Crick to Nath 1 . Harris Esq r . for y* Sum of
Thirty Six pound Lawfull money, He being the Higheft bidder
and for which he gave his Bond to y e Town Treafurer. and
the Selectmen as a Com tee . had given him a Deed in behalf of y*
Town accordin to Vote of y e Town.
Then
[100] Then Several Conftables made their pleas to Abate
and Sink Several Perfons Rates in their Lists, viz 1 .
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W atertown Records.
Jonas Coollidge Late Conftable Pleaded Abatmen 1 . of all
Isaac Holdins Rates in his Lists amounting in Law-
full money to .. — .6=.l
alfo all Benj n . Bonds Rates in his Lift amounting
to .. — .6 — .4
alfo John Randels Rate — .1 — .10
Alfo Josiah Wards Rates in his List amounting to .. — .6 — .4
1— .. —.7
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to Sink
Isaac Hodens Benj n . Bonds John Randals & Josiah Ward's
Rates in Jonas Coollidges Lifts — and the Vote past in the
Affirmative
Voted and Granted to Jonas Coollidge the Sum of Twenty
Shillings and Seven pence to make good what was Sunk in his
Lists of Rates.
Sam 1 . Cook Late Conftable pleaded Abatm*. of Joseph Mafon
jun r . Town Rate 5/4 he having paid ye Same Year
at Concord 5 — .4
Alfo Joel Whitemors Rate 5 — .4
10— .8
Voted and Sunk in Sam 1 . Cooks Lift of Rates Joseph Mafon
jun r & Joel Whitemors Rates, and Granted the Sum of Ten
Shillings, & Eight pence to Sam 1 Cook to Supply what was Sunk —
Nathanael Stone Late Conftable pleaded Abatment of Daniel
Peirces Province & County Rates in his Lift (He having paid in
Waltham the Same Year) being Ten Shillings Lawfull money.
Voted and Abated Daniel Pearces Rates in Nath 1 . Stones
Liftes, and Granted the Sum of Ten Shillings to said Stone to
Satisfy the same.
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town to Let
the Little Island below the Mill and the other banks and Landing
places (which were Let to Bez 1 . Learned Laft Year) for one
year, and the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted to Choofe a Committee to Let out the Little Island
banks & Landing places for one Year.
Voted and Chofe Mefsu rs . Jofeph Harringtone Sam*. Fisk and jona°
Bcmis to b e a Committee for the Ends above Said. — A
A
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds on
ye 9th Day of March AD. 1753. The Seamen viz 1 . Joseph
Mason & Jonas Bond Esq rs . Enf n . Jonathan Bemis Corn 1 . Ed w .
Harrington & Deacon Sam'. Fiske took the Oath precibed in y e
Act for Calling in the Province Bills &c. chap X Page 384
The Several Perfons under named after they had taken the
Oath aboves d . were Sworn to their Refpective Offices viz 1 .
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Joseph Mafon Esq r . To the Office of Town Treafurer Town
Clerk and Afsefsor.
Sam 1 . Whitney to the office of Conftable. John Sawin jun r .
who was Chofen Conftable. Appeared and Declared that He had
Agreed with Sam 1 . Stratton to Serve Conftable in his Room if the
Town w ld . Accept of him and Defired the favour that it might be
Laid before the Town at y r Next Meeting. Said Stratton being
prefent Declared that He w ld Serve Conftable in the Room of m r
Sawin if if the Town w ,d . Accept of Him So y e matter was greed
on to be laid before y e Town
Deacon Sam 1 . Fisk to y* office of Afsefsor
Jona". Brown jun r . to y* office of Fence View r .
Sam 1 . Coollidge to the offices of Survey r . & Collector
John Gale ) , t . , „
Samuel Nutting jun' \ to ? offlce of Hogncvc
BeT Learnef j t0 the ° ffice of Surve y r - of Timbr P lank &c -
Tho s Clark I - £ „
Sam 1 . Warrin jun' \ t0 ? ° fflce of Haward
Sam 1 . Cook Gager of Cafk
W m . Gamage to y* office of Culler of hoops &c
Whereas
[101] Whereas there has been great Diforders by Perfons
Laying down Timber in the Country Roads on both Sides of the
River whereby Charge has been bro r . on the Town as well as the
Town in Danger of prefentment. for remedy whereof. The
Selectmen Agre'd to Defire Cap 1 . David Baldwin M r Cornelius
Waldo, m r David Livermore & m r John Cook to take perticuler
Notice who the Perfons are that Lay down Timber on said Roads
and take Such Evidence thereof whereby Such Perfons may be
Convicted. And Aquaint the Selectmen thereof, who Agree to
prefent Such Perfon or Perfons, in ord r . to prevent Such Diforder
and Charge.
At a meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph Mason's
on ^ 27 th Day of March AD. 1753. — At s d Meeting the
Selectmen took into Confideration Several Acc ts . Relating to what
has been done for M r Sam 1 . Coollidge prefent Schoolmafter.
Viz 1 . Deacon Sam 1 . Fisks Ace*, for boarding s d . Coollidge in
the Year 1751. And y* Selectmen Ordred the payment of w 1
Still remains Due to him viz 1 . £.2=.4=.2
Samuel Whitneys Ace*, for Boarding s d . Coollidge
three Months at 5/4 P r week £3=.9 =.4
And Six months more to y e 19 th . of Feb y .
1753 at 6 /P week 7=16=..
And for Sundrys procured & done for him
r s d . Coollidge ..— 12=.5
£11 = 17=.9
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W atertown Records.
Israel Meads Acc 1 . for Making Sundry Cloths for
s d . Coollidge the Selectmen Alow'd & ordred the
Ballance to be paid to s d . Meads w° h : is £2= 10=. 8
Edmund Foul for a p r of Shoos for S d . Coollidge 6/
Ordred y e paym* of Six Shillings to s d . Fowl ..=.6 =..
Nath 1 . B rights Acc 1 . for mending shoos for s d Cool-
lidge 3/9 Ordred y e paym 1 . ..—.3 —.9
John Remingtons Ace 1 , for Sundry Smal things the
s d . Coollidge had of him Alow'd and ordred the
paym 1 . of s d Acc 1 . to m r Remington w h . is .. — .1 — .4
M r Goulds Ace*. 5/4. M r Tho s : Saltmarfhes Acc 1 .
1/6 Alow'd & ordred y e paym* of both .. — .6 — 10
Agreed that the above Acc 1 . be paid out of y e Grants made for
the Support of the School And to be Charged to ^ s d . Sam 1 .
Coollidges Acc 1 . to be Deducted out of his wages for keeping the
School.
Agreed that the D,str,cts A of the Surveyers of y* High ways be
as follow's viz 1 . M r Sam 1 . Coollidge Surveyer his District to be
all the High Ways and Town ways Eaft of that Town Way w ch .
Leads a Crofs the Town by y e Meeting houfe down to Cambridge
Line. And the South part of s d . Lane up to the Meeting houfe. —
M r Jonathan Stone jun r . Surveyer His District to be all the
High Ways & Town Ways Weft of y e Lane that Leads acrofs the
Town by the Meeting hous down to Cambridge Line with thofe
On y e South Side of the River, and the North part of s d Crofs
Lane from the Meeting houfe. —
Agreed that M r Benjamin Haftings be Defired to take the
Care of the Great Bridge as he has done for Years past and &
bring in his Acc 1 . to Selectmen at the clofe of y e Year. —
Agre'd to Meet on the 23 d Day of April Next Two Clock after
Noon at m r Rich d . Cuttings in Waltham in ord r . to Adjust the
Acc 1 . with the Selectmen of Waltham Relating to the poor Sup-
ported by both Towns and Defired the Clerk to Notify y e Se-
lectmen of Waltham to meet them at time and place for y e
Ends propofed.
This Meeting being the time Appointed for the Boarding out
the Wid w . Webb Notice thereof being given, There appeared at
s d . Meeting Cap 1 . John Taynter Mefs rs . Simon Coollidge & Isaac
Sanderfon, who Each of them Offered to take s d . Widow And
board her and take good Care of Her for y e Space of one Year
from the
Second
[102] Second Day of April Next (if She Survive) at Two
Shillings & Eleven pence p r week and if any thing Extraordinary
s ld . happen by Sicknefs or any other Difasture to be alow'd Reafon-
able Satisfaction. The S d . Wid w . to Choofe which of the three
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places She Shall Remove to this the s d . Taynter Coollidge & San-
derfon Offered & Concented to. The Selectmen Clofing with
the offer, were to inquire of y* s d . Wid w . and give Notice to w ch .
place She Chufes to goe.
The Selectmen Appointed Enf n . Jona n . Bemis & Cor 1 . Ed w .
Harrington to go to s d . wid w . to know her mind, and give Notice
to the perion to whom She Chufes to go to Board with. And the
Perfon She gos to Board with upon his taking her Boarding and
looking well After her to be Intitled to 2/11 P r Week as aboves d .
to be paid by the Town. —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown on y e 9 th . Day of
April 1753 at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds. This being the Year for
Preambulating on the Lines between Towns &c.
The Selectmen Appointed Cor 1 . Edw d . Harrington and Deacon
Sam 1 . Fisk to preambulate and Renew the Marks on A the Lines
between Watertown & the Adjacent Towns. — Ordred that a
Load of wood be procured for the Wid w . Grover and sent to her
and to be paid for out of y e Town Treafurey.
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown and Waltham at
Rich d . Cuttings in Waltham on the 23 d Day of April 1753. The
Ace*, of the poor, (Exclusive of y* Wid w . Maddocks Charge) was
Adjufted. As by the Acc 1 . on file, and as Recorded at Length in
Lib r . 2 Page 58, In the Treafurey. —
Gentlemen Watertown April 11 th . 1753. —
We the Subfcribers Afsefsors for the Town of
Watertown aboves d . have Afseft upon the Ratable
Poles and Eftates of s d . Town the Sum of forty
Pounds Lawfull money being the grant Made the
Laft March Meeting for the Mending of y* High
Ways and Town Ways and have Committed Lists of
y* Same to the Several Collectors who are alfo Sur-
Afsefsors j veyors of y e High Ways; viz 1 .
_ ., J To m r Sam 1 Coollidge Collector the Sum of
Certificat ) to ^
And To m r Jona n . Stone Collector the
Sum of £22 — 18 — ..
with Warrants to Collect the Same, or See that it be
worked out Agrable to the Vote of the Town, So as to
make up y r Acc ts . with the Selectmen of s d . Town on
or before the firft Day of Feb y . Next Enfuing the
Date hereof —
Joseph Mason
To y* Selectmen of Watertown Sam 1 . Fisk
Nath 1 . Bright. /
[103] At a Meeting of v e Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonas
Bond Esq r . on the 7 th . of May 1753.
The Selectmen Having Rec d . a preceipt Requiring them to
Afsemble the Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified, to Elect and
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Depute a Perfon to Reprefent them at a Great and General Court
or Afsembly to be holden at y e Court houfe in Boston on the 30 th .
Day of May Currant. — Accordingly
Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant Directed to the
Con {table of s d . Town Requiring him forthwith to Warn the
freehold", and other Inhab ts . of s d Watertown who are Quallified
to Vote in the Choice of a Reprefentative, to Afsemble & Meet
at the Publick Meeting Houfe in s d Town on Wednefday the 23
Day of May Currant at three of y e Clock afternoon Then and
there to Elect and Depute one Sutable Perfon to Serve for and
Reprefent them in a Great and General Court or Afsembly Ap-
pointed to be Convened held & kept, for his Majestys Service at
the Court houfe in Boston upon Wednefday the 30 th . Day of May
Currant, hereof fail not —
And alfo to order the s d . Constable to Warn the freehold",
and other Inhab ts . of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in
Town Affairs to meet at y e Publick Meeting Houfe in s d Town
on Wednefday the 23 d Day of May Currant at four of y e Clock
afternoon for y e Ends following viz 1 . l ly . To Chofe a Mod-
erator for s d . Meeting. — Whereas M r John Sawin jun r . who was
Chofe a Conftable at y e Annual Meeting in March Laft, has
Agre'd w th . M r Sam 1 . Stratton to Serve in his Room if the Town
Alow & Accept of Him — Therefore
2 ly . To know the Mind of y* 5 Town whether they Do Accept
of m r Sam 11 Stratton to be Conftable for the prefent Year in y*
Room of y e s d . John Sawin jun r . —
— Whereas there has been difputes between the Selectmen of
Watertown and the Selectmen of Waltham Relating to the
Charge that Watertown has been at for y e Wid w . Mary Mad-
docks Since the Town Was Divided the Selectmen of Waltham
Objecting againft their Town paying their Proportion of y e
Charge Watertown has been at for y e s d Maddocks Making this
their plea That y* 5 s d Maddocks is a Perfon whom by y* Articles
of Agreem*. at y e Divifion of y e Town Waltham has no Relation
to or Concern for. — Therefore
3 ly . For the Town to hear the whole Affair Relating to the
Wid w . Maddocks And to Manafest their Minds whether they
will Difpute the Affair in the Law, or take any other Methods to
put an End to the Difputes. And accordingly to pafs any Vote
or Votes do any thing or things, Relating to y* s d . Wid w . and the
Charge the Town has been at for her that they Shall think
proper to Do in Said Affair. —
— 4 ly . To know the mind of ^ Town whether they will Raise a
Bounty upon Blackbirds heads and Moufe Squarriells heads for
this prefent Year for the Incouragging the killing of them
(great damage having been done by them in Years paft) that
further Damage may be prevented, (this Article being inferted by
a Numb r . of y e Inhab ts . of y e Town) And if the Town is of y e
Mind to to Incourrage the killing of s d Birds & Squarriels Then
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to pafs Such Vote or Votes relating thereunto as the Town Shall
think prop r and Convenant. —
— 5 ly . To hear the Petition of m r Sam 1 . Jenifon praying the
Town to grant him the Liberty of Hanging a great Gate acrofs
the Town Way Leading from Bank lane Down to the River
Near the fifth ware, and for y s Town to Act their pleafure there-
upon.
At this Meeting y e Afsefsors made return to Selectmen
That they had Afseft v* 5 Ratable Inhab*. of s d . Town to the High
way Rate, as by y* Return may more fully Appear w ch . Return
was Rec d . and ordred the Clerk to record same, in y* Town
Records. (See Page 102)
g Corn 1 . Edw d . Harrington & Deacon Sam 1 Fisk who were
| Appointed to preambulate &c this prefent Year. Made their
g Varble Return that they had meet with Perfons Appointed
| by the Adjacent Towns, and with them had preambulated &
kRenew'd the Markes on the Lines between Watertown and
the Adjacent Towns. —
[104] At a General Town Meeting of the Freeholders and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in the Choice of
a Reprefentative Regulerly Afsembled and Met together at the
Publick Meeting houfe in s d . Town on the 23 d Day of May AD.
1753 for y e Choice of a Reprefentative
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town to Send
a Perfon to Reprefent them at y e General Court. — And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative
Then upon a motion made and Seconded a previous Vote
was put viz 1 .
Whether it is the Mind of y e Town that the perfon who Shall
be Chofen to Reprefent the Town at the General Court, That
without He upon his being Chofen shall immediately declare that
He will Serve the Town gratis, or that if he Shall Receive any
wages for his Service, that He will pay the Same into the Town
Treafurey for the Ufe of y e Town and without He do thus
Declare his Choice to be look't upon as Null and Void, And the
Town proceed to a nother Choice, and so till one Accept on said
Terms. — And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe M r John Hunt to Reprefent the Town of
Watertown at the General Court or Afsembly Appointed to be
Convened and held at Boston on the 30 th . of this Inftant May. —
who Declared that He Accepted of the Choice on the Conditions
which the Town Voted in the Above previous Vote and Emme-
diately took y e Oath relating to the calling in of y e Bills of
Credit. &c.
At a General Town Meeting of y e freeholders and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
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Regulerly Afsembled at y* Publick Meeting Houfe in s d Town
on the 23 d Day of May 1753. for the Tranfacting thofe Town
Affairs mentioned in the Warrant for Warning of s d . Meeting. —
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r . Moderator of s d .
Meeting. —
The Vote was put Whether it is the Mind of y* Town to
Accept of m r Samuel Stratton to be Conftable in the Room &
Stead of M r John Sawin juner who the Town Chofe to y e office
of Conftable y e Laft Annual Meeting, And that the s d . Sawin
be Difmift from serving, and that y* S d . Stratton Serve Conftable
for y* prefent Year and till a nother be Chofe and Sworn in his
Room, and y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative.
— And y e s d Stratton immediatly took the Oath Relating to y*
Calling in y* 5 Bills of Credit &c. and alfo took the oath of
Conftable. —
The the 3 d . Article in y e Warrant Relating to y^ Wid w . Mary
Maddocks was Red and after Debate thereon. The Vote was put
whether it is the mind of y* Town to Choofe a Committee to
make the beft inquirey relating to the s d . Wid w . And if s d Com tce :
upon inquirey shall find Such proofs that y e s d Maddocks was out
of Watertown when it was Divided as they shall Judge Sufficient
to perfue s d . Affair in the Law, That s d Committee be and is
hereby Impowred upon good Advife to purfue s d . Affair relating
to the Charge of s d . Wid w . in the Law with Waltham to Effect,
in the Name & behalf of Watertown And the Vote paft in the
Affirmative
Voted and Chofe Cap 1 . John Brown M r John Hunt & Jonas
Bond Esq r . to be a Committee for y e Ends aboves d .
The fourth Article red and after Confideration thereon, The
Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to grant a Bounty
to Incourage y* Killing of Black birds and Moufe Squarrills. —
And y e Vote paft in the Negative.
The 5 th . Article Red, relating to a Petition of m r Sam 1 . Jenifon
&c. But M r Jenifon not being prefent, nor any Petition Lodged
w th . y c Selectmen or prefented to y e Town therefore this Article
was Difmift —
[105] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on the 25 th . of June at
Tho s : Saltmarfhes —
The Selectmen Confidred the Lift of Licenced perfon viz 1 .
Tho s . Saltmarfh David Coollidge & Mary Learned Inhold rs .
John Hunt Cornelius Waldo David Baldwin & John Remington
Retalers. And had no objection againft their having their Licences
Renewed Again this Year.
July 19 th . 1753 At a Meeting of y* Selectmen (when y* 5
Minifteral Barn was Raifed) Ordred y e Town Clerk to Isue out
a Warrant to Warn one Anna Blanchard who Came from Con-
Watertown Records.
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cord and is an Inhab 1 . there, to Depart out of Watertown. She
refides at John Randals in Watertown. —
A warrant was Isued out y* 20 th . or Next Day. —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on y* Second Dav of August
1753.—
The Selectmen having been Notified & Informed of Sundry
Perfons who are Come to refide in Watertown viz 1 . One Eliz h .
Ori'burn who came from Charlitown to Watertown on the 10
Day of Feb 7 . Laft who refides at the Houie of Uriah Clark. One
Mary Vial who Came from Boston in the County of Suffolk
to Watertown the firft Day of March Laft, who Refids at the
Houfe of Ebenez r Hinds. Alfo one John Phillips with His Wife
& four Children whofe Names are Hannah Thomas Phebee &
Mary they Came from Cambridge to Watertown the 26 th . Day
of April Laft and Live in the Houfe of Stephen Palmer of s d .
Cambridge The Circumftances of of y* abovenamed Perfons
being Such that y e Selectmen Refufe to Accept of any of them to
be Inhab ts . of Watertown. Accordingly ordred the Clerk to
Isue out a Warrant Directed to one of y 6 Conitables of s d Town
forthwith to warne all the aboves Perfons to Depart out of s d .
Watertown.
(Which was done on y e 4 th . Inftant).
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at M r Jona 11 . Bemis's on y*
17 th . of Octo r . 1753. At S d . Meeting Simon Coollidge gave an
Acq}, of His Boarding the Wid w . Mary Maddocks between the
Laft of Feb y . 1753. and y* second of Octo r . following 21 weeks
in all at 4/ P week.
Criftopher Grant made his Application to y* Selectmen, On
Acc 1 . of y e s d Wid w . Maddocks, who was at his Houfe and had
been there ever Since y* second of this Inftant the Selectmen
Agreed w th . y« s d Grant to Let y« s d Wid w . be at his Houfe, as
she may want a place of retreat, when She is out of work, and to
find her her board when she is out of buisnefs and to keep
Acc : . of y e weeks he boards her and to have a reward of 4/ P
week till further order of y* Selectmen, and He to Encourage her
to git what work She can, the time of boarding her to begin y*
2 d Day of this Inftant.
At a Meeting of Selectmen at Corn 1 . Ed w . Harringtons on
y* 14 th . of Dec r . 1753. There wanting wood for y* School, and
y* Town having Determined that thofe y* Send their Children
& Serv r . to School Should provid wood for y* fire, y* Selectmen
judge 8 d P head to be p d . by Each Scholler will be Sufficient to
Supply y* School fire the money to be paid to Dea n Sam 1 . Fisk
to be Laid out for wood for y e School
Israel Mead bro r . his Acc 1 . of work done for Sam 1 . Coollidge
Schoolmafter at y« Defire of y* Selectmen, y* Selectmen Alow'd
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y e Acq}, which Amounted to two pounds Lawfull Money & ordred
y e paym*. y r of to s d Mead and charge to m r Coollidges Ace*.
[106] December 17. 1753. The Selectmen Meet at Cap 1 .
John Browns And Agre'd with him to board M r Samuel Coollidge
our prefent Schoolmafter (M r Whitneys Circumftances being
Such that He refufed to hoard him any longer) till further
order of y* Selectmen and to take him y* s d . Coollidge y* Twenty
forth of this Inftant, and to be paid therefor out of what is or
may become due to s d Collidge for keeping the School, the Sum
of Six Shillings P week, for w ch . y e s d . Brown Confented to Board
him.
The Selectmen having been Served with a Copy of a Petition
of A Committee of y* firft Parifh in Cambridge who petition y*
General Court in behalf of s d Parifh and pray that Some of y*
Eafterly Inhab ts . of Watertown with their Eftates may be Annexed
to s d parifh for reafons Set forth in s d . Petition, and y* s d Court
having Appointed the 26 th . of this Inftant for any Concerned to
give reafons why the prayer of s d . petition be not Granted. In
as much as what is pray'd for by the Parifh afones d very much
Affects Watertown the Selectmen judging it is moft proper &
Necefsary to Lay the Matter before the Town; Accordingly
Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to y e Conftables
of Watertown forthwith to Warn the freeholders and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown to met at the Publick Meeting houfe in
Watertown on Munday the 24 th . of this Inftant at one of y e
Clock afternon for y e Ends following viz 1 . —
1. To Choofe a Moderator for s d . Meeting. —
2. To hear and take into Confideration the Petition of y* 5 firft
Parish in Cambridge preferred to y* Great & General Court (a
Copy of w ch Pet n . the Selectmen have been Served with) wherein
y e s d Parifh by y r Committee pray that Several of y* Inhab ts . of
y* Eafterly part of Watertown with their Eftates may be Annexed
to y e s d . firft Parifh in Cambridge, as set forth in the Copy
of s d . Petition, and for the Town to Act thereon (if they see
meet) and do any & evry thing they shall judge or think proper &
Expedient to be done relating to s d . Affair Petitioned for by the
Parifh afores d . —
(A Number of y e Inhab ts . of y e Town having Petitioned y e
Selectmen that y 6 following Article be incerted in ^ Warrat for
y e warning of this meeting viz 1 )
3. To know the Mind of ^ Town whether they will Remove
their Meeting houfe from the place where it now Stands, and
where they will move it to, and Act evry thing Elfe Necefsary to
the Compleating Such a Publick Good.
(Warrants were Ifued out Accordingly)
At a meeting of y* 1 freeholders and other Inhab ts . of Water
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town Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs Regulerly Afsembled
and met at the Publick Meeting houfe in s d . Town on the 24 th .
Day of December AD. 1753.
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r . Moderator for s d .
Meeting.
Then y e Second Article was read together with the Copy of y*
Petion of y* firft Parifh in Cambridge and Confidred, and After
Coniideration, The Vote was put whether it is y e Mind of y*
Town to set off any of their Inhab ts . in the Eafterly part of y*
Town with their Estates to the firft Parifh in Cambridge as
pray'd for in their Petition, And the Vote paft in the Negative
unannimusly.
Voted and chofe Joseph Mafon & Jonas Bond Esq rs . & John
Brown Gentleman to be a Com tee . to make Anfwer at y*
Great & General Court in y* Name of y* Town to s d . Petition
of the firft parish in Cambridge.
Then the Third Article was Read to the Town and After
Debate thereon The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y*
Town to Remove their Meeting houfe from the place where it
Now Stands.
And the Vote paft in the Negative
[107] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph
Mafon Esq r . on the Eleventh Day of Feb y : 1754. There being
two Petitions Delivred to y e Selectmen Each Signed by a Number
of y e Inhab ts . of Watertown praying the Selectmen to call a Town
Meeting as Soon as May bee for ^ Ends Set forth in S d . Petitions
the Selectmen taking S d . Pet ns . into in to Confideration Ordred
the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to the Conftables of s d .
Town to Warn the freehold", and other Inhab". of Watertown
Quallified According to Law to Vote in Town Affairs to meet
at y* Publick Meeting houfe in s d . Town on Wednefday the 20 th .
Day of Feb y : Currant at one of y c Clock Affer Noon for y*
Ends following
1. To Choofe a Moderator for s d . Meeting. (2 ly .) To See if
the Town are willing their publick Meeting houfe Should be
Removed from the Hill where it now Stands to the half Acre of
Land lately given by Nath 1 . Harris Esq r . for to Set Said Meeting
Houfe on; provided it be Done without any Charge to the
Town as a Town, and that Safh Windows be made in lew of the
Windows Now in the Meeting houfe & if they are willing there-
for to See if they will then take the Proper Meafures for y^
Effecting Such Removal (3 Iy ) To know y e mind of y* Town
whether they will Petit". y e Great and Gen". Court to Set off a
Number of y e Inhab ts . belonging to Newton to s d . Watertown
and Choofe a Com tee . to prepare & prefer a Petit", to s d . Court,
and do evry thing Needfull to Accomplifh s d . Affair. (4 ly .) To
know the mind of y e Town whether they are Willing to make
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An Exchange with Waltham that So the Inhab ts . of y* Extreem
parts of both Towns May be better Accommodated for y e Attend-
ing the publick Worfhip of God than they now are. (5 ly .) To
know the mind of the Town wheth r . they are Willing to joine
with Waltham to Pet n . y e Great & Gen 1 . Court to Annex Such
families or Perfons with their Eftates at y e Extreem parts of Each
Town who Defire the Same to the Town they are moft Convenant
to, Agreable to Such Bounds as the Towns may Agree to, or by
Such Bounds & limmits as Said Court Shall Appoint in cafe the
Towns do not agree. And to do any thing or things Necefsary
relating to s d . Affair.
— Warrants were Isued out to y* Conftables and Returned and
are on file — At r . Joseph Mason Cler /
[108] At a General Town Meeting of y« Freehold", and
other Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled and met together at the Publick Meeting
houfe in s d . Town on the Twentyeth of February AD. 1754 for
the Ends Set forth in y 6 Warrants for y^ warning of s d . Meet-
ing. —
1. Voted and Chofe Jofiah Convers Esq 1 ". Moderator for s d .
Meeting.
2 Iy . Voted that the Publick Meeting Houfe belonging to this
Town be removed from the place where it Now Stands on School-
houfe Hill to the half Acrer of Land Lately given by Nath 1 .
Harris Esq r . to the Town, and that the S d . Houfe be A New
Errected there and that Safh Windows be put in to the Houfe
in lew of the Windows Now in it.
(This Vote paft in the Affirmative by three odds.) —
3 ly . Put to Vote whether the Town do Accept of y* Security
given by Jofiah Convers & others to Indempnify the Town from
all Charge that may Arife by the removal of the Meeting Houfe
as aboves d . — and the vote paft in the Affirmative
4 ly . Put to Vote whether it be the mind of y e Town to Choofe
a Committee to Effect what the Town has already Voted refpect-
ing the moving of y 6 Meeting Houfe
And y e Vote paft in the Affirmative
5 ly Voted and Chofe the Gentlemen which gave the Security
to the Town viz 1 . Jofiah Convers Esq r . David Baldwin, Daniel
Whitney, Jonathan Bemis, John Brown, Edward Harrington and
m r John Hunt to be the Committee for y e Ends abovesaid.
6 ,y . Voted that the Committee Chofen to Effect y e Removal
and Rebuilding of y^ Meeting Houfe, do it as Soon as may be
with Convenancy agreable to y e Vote of ^ Town.
7 ly . The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to
Choofe a Committee to Petition the great and General Court,
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that a Number of y e Inhab ts . of Newton may be Set off to
Watertown
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
8 , y . Voted and Chofe M r John Hunt and Cap 1 John Brown to
be a Committee to petition y d Gen 1 . Court for y* Ends aboves d . —
9 ly The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town
whether they are Willing to m ^ e an Exchange with waltham
that so the Inhab u . of y* Extreem parts of both Towns may be
better Accommodated for y^ Attending of the publick worfhip of
God than they now are. And the Vote paft in the Negative
10 ly . Put to Vote whether it is y e Mind of y* Town to joine
with Waltham to Petit", y* Great & Gen 1 . Court to Annex Such
families or perfons with their Eftates at the Extreem partes of
Each Town who defire the Same to y 11 Town they are moft
Convenant to, Agreable to Such Bounds as the Towns may Agree
to, or by Such Bounds and Limitts as s d Court Shall Appoint in
Cafe y e Towns do not Agree. And y* Vote paft in y e Negative
ll ly . The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town
to reconfider any of the Votes that have paft at this Meeting.
And the Vote paft in the Negative.
[109] At a Meeting of v e Selectmen on the Eleventh Dav
of Feb": AD. 1754. At S d . * Meeting y e Seledmen Ordred y c
Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to the Conftables of Water-
town, To Warn the freehold", and other Inhab ts . of Watertown
who are Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs To Afsemble and
Meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in S d . Town on Munday the
fourth Day of March Next at Nine of ^ Clock in the Morning
for the Ends following. —
1. To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting. —
2 To Choofe Selectmen a Town Clerk Town Treafurer a
Conftable or Conftables Afsefsors and all other Such Town
Officers as by Law are to be Chofen in the Month of March
Annually. —
3. To Choofe a Saxton, and to Agree how he Shall be paid for
his Service.
4. To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer. —
5. To know the mind of the Town whether Swine Shall Run
at Large this Year under the Regulations of y e Law in Such cafe.
6 To hear the Town Treafurers Acc ts . & for the Town to
pafs upon them
7 For the Town to Appropriate their Intereft money coming
to the Town this Year the Year beginning the Eleventh of De-
cember Laft
8 For the Town to Grant An Honourable for y e Reverend M r
Seth Storer (our Rev d Paftor) for the Year Enfuing the Year
beginning the firft of March Next. —
9. To Grant money for the Support of the School —
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10. To Grant money for the Support of the poor. —
11. To hear the Acc ts . of thofe perfons to whom the Town is
Indebted, and to grant money to pay the Same.
12 To Grant money for y e Repairs of y e Great Bridge in
Watertown.
13. To know the mind of y* Town whether they will mend the
High Ways and Town Ways by Rate this Year Afseft on the
Ratable Inhab ts . & Eftates of the Town and if the Town See
Caufe to Come into this Method, then to make a Grant of money
for the Same, and that perfons have the Liberty to work out
what they Shall be Afseft at for that Service (if they See meet)
provided that it be work't out within the Year, at Such prices for
Man & Teems as the Town Shall Agree upon, And to choofe the
Suryers of High Ways to be Collectors of s d . Rate or to see that
it be faithfully work't out within the Year in the way and Manner
that the Town Shall or may Agree upon.
14 To hear the Report of Committee who were Chofen to
Repair the Miniftral Houfe and Build a Barn on the Minifteral
place, how far they have proceeded in Said Affair, And to grant
money if Need be to pay what Yet May remain Due for s d .
premifses there being forty pounds (old Ten r ) lefs in the hands of
Col 1 . Brattle than what was judge to be when Appropriated for
this Service.
15. To Grant Money for y* Repairs of y e Meeting houfe if
Need Be—
16. To know the Mind of y e Town whether they will Let out
the Little Island and other Lands by the River, which were Let for
y e Laft Year and choofe a Com tee . for that end. And order the
Conftables to Notify p r fons y e Town is Indebted to to bring in
y r Acc ts . to y e Selectmen at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds on the 27 th
of this Inftant at two clock After noon —
Warrants were Isued out Accordingly and return'd and are
on fill—
Att r . Joseph Mason Cler //
[110] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of y e Wid w .
Mary Learned on the 27 th . Day of February AD. 1754. In order
to take in the Acc ts . of thofe Perfons to whom the Town are
Indebted in order to there being Laid befor the Town. The Se-
lectmen Ordred the Treafurer to pay to y e Wid w . Mary Learned
the Sum of 2/2 and charge the Same to m r Sam 1 Coollidges Acc 1 .
(w^ 1 was paid immediatly). The Acc r Taken in at this
Meeting are as follow's
Viz 1 . Enf n . Jona n . Bemis for Stone for Two Bridges
(Lawfull money) .. — .5 — A
Jona n . Child for Serving Conftable 2/8 warning 1
3 Town Meetings 1/3 and for trouble carrying > .. — .7=11
one Mary Davis to Walt ham 4/ J
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Jacob Caldwell for Serving Conftable 2/8 for 1
warning 2 Town Meetings 9 d . & for Carrying one \ .. — .8=.9
Child Wife & two Children to Newton 5/4 J
L l . Daniel Whitney for 60 feet of plank & Sundry
pieces of Timb r — .8 — ..^4
Amos Bond for Six Loads of Stones for the | ^ ^
Whelm near Sam 1 . Jenifons (
Joseph Mafon Sam 1 Fisk & Nath 1 . Bright | .2 — .. — ..
Afsefsors for Making all y e Rates &c. for y* Year [
1753. 13/4 Each J
John Kembal jun r . for Serving Conftable & warn-
ing 3 Meetings .. — .3 = 10
David Livermore for Speeks & Dogs for y* Great
Bridge ..—.2— .9
Sam 1 . Whitney for Serving Conftable & Warning
6 Meetings •• — .5 — .4
Added at the Town Meeting viz 1
Benjamin Haftings for work Done at
the great Bridge the Year 1753 1 " .8" 8
for work at the School houfe . — .3=4
for Bords for s d School houfe . — .3=4
for Nails for Ditto .9^4
.1_16=. \y A
Sam 1 . Stratton for Serving Conftable & warning
4 Meetings .. — A — .8
£.6=.7 =Ay 2
Joseph Mafon for Serving the Town in the Office
of Clerk & Treafurer for y e Year 1753 £.2=13=.4
[111] At a General Town Meeting of y* 5 freehold", and
other Inhab ts of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
Afsembled at the Publick Meeting houfe (or Reamains of s d
Houfe) on the fourth Day of March AD 1754 being y r An-
nvafsary Meeting, for Choice of Town Officers &c. —
Voted and Chofe Josiah Converfe Esq r . Moderator for s d
Meeting.
Upon a Motion made & Seconded The Vote was put whether
it is the mind of y* Town to Adjourn this Meeting & remaining
bufines of to three clok afternoon to y e Houfe of Tho s Saltmarfh
And y e Vote paft in y* Affirmative
Accordingly y e Meeting was Adjourned to y e time & place
aboves d .
The Town being met on y e 4 th . of March aboves d . three clok
afternoon at y e Dwelling Houfe of M r Tho s . Saltmarfhes, The
Moderator having opned the Meeting, the Second Article in y e
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Voted and Chofe for Selectmen
warrat red Relating to y 6 Choice of Town Officers, the Votes
were Called for y* Choice of Selectmen
Enf n . Jona n . Bemis
Dea n : Sam 1 . Fisk
Cor 1 . Edw* 1 . Harrington
M r Josiah Stearns
Joseph Mason Esq r . who und r .
Bodly Weaknefs Refufed to
Serve
M r John Hunt
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq r . Town Cler.
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mason Esq r Town Treafurer
Voted to Choofe Two Conftables for this prefent Year.
Voted and Chofe Edmund Foul firft Conftable. — who Accepted
Voted and Chofe M r Nath 1 . Harrington Second Conftable, But
upon his pleas the Town See meat by a Vote to Difmifs him from
being Conftable this Year. —
Voted and Chofe Seth Haftings to be Second Conftable. M r
Haftings Declared to the Town that he had Agree'd with m r
Jacob Caldwell to Serve in his room if the Town w ld . Accept of
s d Caldwell. Who Declared y l he w ld . Serve if y* Town Accept
of him. Voted and Accepted of m r Jacob Caldwell to Serve in
the office of a Conftable in the Room of Seth Haftings. —
{Dea Sam 1 Fisk
Tho s . Saltmarfh
Nath 1 . Harrington
Voted and chofe Edm d . Foul Sealer of Leather
Voted & chofe for fence Viewers j EbenezwWyeth
Voted and Chofe for Survey", of ( L l . Dan 1 . Whitney
Highways ( Benj n . Haftings
__ ■ ' . C Joseph Harrington
Voted and chofe for Tything men } Simon Coollidge
Voted and Chofe for Hogrieves j
Abel Benjamin
imb r ( Jonas <
plank board slitwork &c ( Bez 1 . Learned
Voted and chofe for Surveyers of Timb r ) Jonas Coollidge
I B.
Voted and chofe for Hawards j Rkhardfon
Voted and chofe Sam 1 Cook Gager of Cafk
Voted & Chofe Sam 1 Cook Culler of hoops & Staves
_ _ _ . . . . ( James Dix
Voted and Chofe for Deerneves j ThoS< Saltmarfh
Voted and Chofe Ebenezer Goddard Saxton
Voted y l there be two Contrabutions as Ufual to Satisfy y* Sax-
ton for his Service y* 1 st to by the firft Sabbath in Sep r . & y e other
on y e Laft Sabbath in Feb y . —
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Voted that Swin run at Large this prefent Year under y*
Regulations of y* Law in Such Cafe provided.
Then
[112] Then the Treafurers Acc ts . were Laid before the
Town and Red viz 1
The General Ace*. And Sum the Treafurey was Charged
when all paid in was 221" 14 " 3 — 3
The Treafurey had Credit for paym ts . the
Sum of — 147"10"10"3
And y r was out Standing in
Conftables hands y* Sum of — 74" 3 — .5 3
221" 14:3—3
Voted and Accepted and Alowed the Treafurers General
Acc 1 .—
An Account of y e Intereft Money Rec d by y* Town Treafurer
red to y* Town, and by y^ Acc 1 . It Appeared that y* Treafurer had
rec d . r Sum of £11 = 10=3 ^
And y l y e Treafurer had paid the Sum of — 11 — 10 — 3
Voted and Accepted this Acc 1 . and Alowed the same.
Voted and Appropriated the Intreft money Coming to the
Town for this prefent Year y* Year beginning the Eleventh of
Dec r Laft viz £15— A — .. to y* Miniftry and £15=1—8. To
y* School.
Voted and Granted for a Honourable Salary for y* Rev d . M r
Storer for y* prefent Year the Sum of Sixty Six pounds 13/4 the
Intreft money Appropriated for y* Miniftry to be part of s d . Sum.
Voted and granted forty pounds for y* Support of the School —
the Intreft money appropriated for y* 1 School to be a part of s d .
Sum —
Voted and Granted for y e Support of y e poor y* Sum of Twenty
Pounds.
Then y* Acc^. of thofe Perfons to whom the Town is indebted to
was red to the Town Amounting to the Sum of Six pounds
7/4 24 And Alowed. —
Voted and Granted y« Sum of Six pounds 7/4 }i to Satisfy and
pay ye s d . Acc ts .
Voted and Granted to Joseph Mafon Esq r . the Sum of Two
pounds 13/4 for his Service as Clerk & Treafurer for y e Year
1753. —
Voted and Granted y* Sum of four Pounds for to help repair
y* Great Bridge in Watertown
Voted to mend the High Ways and Town ways by Rate this
Year as Ufual
Voted and Granted the Sum of forty Pounds for y* Mending
^ High ways & Town Ways to be Afseft on y e Ratable Poles
& Estates in the Town
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The Vote was put whether it is y e mind of the Town That the
price of Labour in Mending y e High Ways & Town ways be as
follows viz 1 four Shillings & nine pence Y2 for a man and Teem
a Day, and for a Single Man two {hillings & 4 d % P r Day. and
y* Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe IA Dan 1 . Whitney & M r Benj n . Haftings
(the prefent Surveyers of High ways &c) to be Collectors of Said
Rate or Grant or See y l it be work't out faithfully within the Year
at the prices that the Town has Set And to make up their Acc ts .
with the Selectmen within the Year.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to Grant
the Sum of three Pounds to make good the Deficecy in the Ap-
propriations for y* repairing of y e Minifteral houfe and building
the Minifteral Barn, and if there be any overplufs the Com tee :
Chofen to manage s d Affair be Accountable to y* Town therefor.
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether the Town will grant any Money to
repair the Meeting houfe and y* Vote paft in y e Negative.
Voted to Let y* Little Island & r other Land belonging £ * Town
which was Let for y e Laft Year.
Voted to Choofe A Committee to Let out y" 5 s d Island & other
Land for this Year.
Voted and chofe Mefs". Joseph Harrington And w . White &
Dea n . Sam 1 . Fiske to be a Committee for y* Ends aboves d . —
[113] March the 8 th . 1754. The Perfons undernamed all
of them refpectively took the Oath Relating to y e Bills of Credit
of other Provinces &c. before Nath 1 . Harris Esq r .—
Enf n . Jonathan Bemis
Dea n Sam 1 . Fisk —
Cor 1 . Edw 6 . Harrington f Selectmen
M r Jofiah Stearns —
M r John Hunt
Joseph Mafon took Oath of Town Clerk
& Treaf r .
Edmund Foul y* Oath of a Conftable &
Sealer of Lea r .
Jacob Caldwell y e Oath of a Conftable
Dea n . Sam 1 . Fisk y* oath of Afsefsor
Thomas Saltmarfh y* oath of Afsefsor & Deerrieve
Nath 1 . Harrington y e oath of Afsefsor
Jona n . Learned y e Oath of fence Viewer
Ebenezer Wyeth y e oath of fence Viewer
Lieu 1 . Dan 1 . Whitney the A 0ath of Surveyer of
Highways & Collector
Benj n . Hafting the Oath of Surveyer of Ways
& of Collector
Abel Benjamin the Oath of a Hogrievc /
Befor Nathl.
Harris Justice
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Jonas Coollidge y* oath of Surveyer &
Meafurer of Timber plank &c
Bezaleel Learned y* oath of Surveyer & Befor Nathl
Meafurer of plank &c \ Harris Justice
Uriah Clark y* oath of H award [ of peace /
Edw* 3 . Richardfon the oath of Haward
Sam 1 . Cook the Oath of Culler of Hoops & Staves
At a meeting of y* Selectmen at v e Widow Marv Learneds on
the 1 st . Day of April 1754.
At this Meeting the Selectmen Appointed the Surveyers of
High Ways their Deftricts, which are as follow's, viz 1 . Benjamin
Hafting Surveyer His Diftrict to be All the High ways & Town
Ways on the Eafterly Side of the Town way that Leads a Crofs
the Town from y* Country Road Near m r Goddards so up the
hill where y* Meeting houfe did stand so by M r Storers down to
Cambridge Line near Tho s . Wellington's.
Lieu 1 . Daniel Whitney Surveyer his Dist*. to be all the Town
Ways and High ways on the Wefterly Side of the Town way
Leading acrofs y* Town from y* Highway by M r Goddards to
Cambridge Line Near m r Tho s . Wellingtons, alfo the whole of
s d . way Acrofs y e Town as alfo the HighWays on South
Side of Charles River. But Since the Country Road in the Eaft
Diftrict Is under prefentment, and it is thought that y e proportion
of y € Grant for mending the Ways that may be afsign'd to y e
Eaft Surveyer will not be Sufficient to mend y* ways So as to
save the prefentm 1 . To Accommodate s d . Affair y^ Selectmen
Agreed That m r Whitney Surveyer of y* Wefterly District Should
work out Two pounds 13/4 (Lawfull money) of His Rate, in the
Eaft Diftrict in the High way y % is under Prefentm 1 . And that
the Afsefsors in the Warrant they give to Surveyer Whitney-
Order the Same Accordingly. —
Cap 1 . John Taynter brought in his Acc T . of what he had pro-
vided for y* Wid w . Webb amounting to thirteen Shillings and
five pence, w^. y* Selectmen Allowed. —
Chriftopher Grant brought in his Ace*, of Boarding y* Wid w .
Mary Maddocks Twenty two Weeks at 4/P week he gave Credit
for 4/2. Ballance Due to s d . Grant is £4=.3=10. w^ Ace*, the
Selectmen Alowed.
The Selectmen Agre'd w th . Cap 1 . John Taynter to board
the Wid w . Webb for one Year from the Second of this Inftant (if
she Survive) at (24 P r week old Ten r ) 3/2 34 P r week, to be paid
by the Town, and to be Allowed Reafonable Satisfaction for Ex-
traordinary Charge if any should Happen, to which Agrem* M r
Taynter Confented.
The Selectmen Agreed with Joseph Coollidge, to Let y* Wid w .
Mary Maddock make his Houfe her place of Abode (when
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Diftatute of other place) for the space of a Year, that is to Say
when she
Is
[114] Is Deftitute of work abrod or at other places, but if
She can Obtain work any where to incourage her undertaking it,
that She may git what She can to help Support her Self, and
what work She Shall do for him y e s d . Coollidge, he to give a
true Ace 1 y r of to y e Selectmen and to be in part of his pay, and
y e s d . Coollidge to keep an Exact Acc 1 . of weeks he shall board
her, and to be Alowed (24/ P r week old Tener) 3/2 % P r week
for y e weeks He Shall board her. — to y e which y e s d . Coollidge
Concented.
At a meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Wid w . Mary Learneds. on
y e 9 th . Day of May 1754
The Selectmen prepared a Lift of perfons for Juriors to be Laid
before y e Town for their Acceptance if y e see Meet, and to be
added to the Boxes.
At this Meeting y e Selectmen Ordred y e Clerk to Isue out a
Warrant to Warn one Lois Boyington who refides at Nath 1 .
B rights & one Hannah Smith who Refides at y e Houfe of Ebenezer
Hinds forthwith to Depart out of Watertown y e Selectmen Re-
futing to Accept of them to be Inhab ts . in Watertown.
(w ch . was Done the tenth day. and Caution Entred at y*
Sefsions in Cambridge)
[115] At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders and
other Inhab ts . of the Town of Watertown Quallified to Vote in
the Choice of a Reprefentative Regulerly Afsembled on the 13
Day of May 1754 at the place where the Meeting houfe was burt.
The Major part of the Selectmen being Prefent, The Vote was
Called for to be bro 1 . in for y e Choice of a Perfon to Reprefent
the Town at a Great and General Afsembly Appointed to be Con-
vened at y e Court Houfe in Boston on the 29 th . of this Inftant. —
After the Votes were bro 1 in, Sorted and Numbred it Appeared
that M r John Hunt was Chofen to reprefent the Town at Said
Afsembly. P y e Major part of y e Voters prefent.
At a General Town Meeting of ^ freholders and other
Inhab ts . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
regulerly Afsembled on the 13 th . of May 1754.
Voted and Chofe Cap 1 . John Brown Moderator for s d . Meet-
ing. —
upon a motion made & Seconded, Voted and Adjourned the
Meeting to the Houfe of y 6 Wid w . Mary Learneds there to finifh
y e Remaining bufnifs
At a General Meeting of y* Inhab". of Watertown at y*
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Wid w . Mary Learneds on the 13 th . of May 1754. by An Adjourn-
ment.
The fourth Article in the Warrant was Red relating to
Sufanna Murch
And the Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to
grant Sufanna Murch a Liberty to Set a Small Building on the
Towns Land which Ly's Near Isaac Sanderfons where a Com-
mittee to be Chofen for that End Shall apoint and Direct, and to
enjoy Said Land on which s d . Building is Set Dureing the Town's
pleafure. —
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe the prefent Selectmen to be the Com tee : for y*
Ends abovesaid
A Lift of perfons for Juriors were Exhib td . to y e Town for
Acceptance amounting to the Number of Thirty three. The
Town Confidred the Lift and
Voted and Accepted of s d . Lift, and to be Added to the Lift
of thofe Surving in the Boxes. There Now being 98 Juriors. A
Quarter part is 24. to be in the Superiour Box. Seventeen re-
maining in s d . Box. The Town Voted to be added to y e s d . 17
in s d . Box Cap 1 . David Baldwin Cap 1 John Brown m r James
Bailey Samuel Barnard, Nathaniel Bright, Samuel Hager and
Henry Spring.
Voted that the Cler Make the proper Entries or Additions to
Each Box.
The Sixth Article red, and after Debate thereon the Vote
was put whether the Town will Appoint a Committee to Petition
the Great and General Court for part of Cambridge with part of
Newton as An Equivolent for what is taken from Watertown to
Cambridge.
Voted and Chofe M r John Hunt Jofiah Converfe and Cap 1 .
John Brown to be Said Committee
[116] At a meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown at David
Coollidges on the 16 th . Day of May AD. 1754. The Selectmen
Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a Warrant Directed to y e Conftable
in Watertown in the following words viz 1 . You are Required to
warn the freeholders and other Inhabt ts of Watertown Qualli-
fied to Vote in Town Affairs to meet at the Houfe of m r Thomas
Saltmarfhe's on the 23 d . Day of May Currant at two of y e Clock
afternoon (there being no publick Meeting Houfe to meet in)
for y e Ends following
(1) to choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting. (2) To know
the mind of y e Town whether they will come into Any Meafurers
to procure a Convenant place for the Inhab ts . of y e Town to
Afsemble in, for y e Publick worfhip of God. So as to Eafe y*
Rev d M r Storer of y e Burdin of Meeting at His Houfe (3^) For
the Town to Mannifeft their Mind, what Steps are proper to be
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taken under the prefent awfull frowns of Heaven Againft the
Town, That y e Divine Anger May be removed and the Divine
Blefsing obtained, and the peace of y e Town promoted.
(w° h was done accordingly)
At a General Town meeting of y e freehold" and other Inhab ts .
Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs, Regulerly Warned and
Afsembled at the Dwelling Houfe of m r Tho s . Saltmarfh's on
the 23 d . Day of may AD. 1754 for y e Ends set forth in the
Warrant.
1. Voted and Chofe m r John Hunt Moderator of this Meeting. —
2. The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to
Choofe a Committee to make Inquirey where a place may be had
for the Inhab ts . of y e Town to meet in for publick worfhip, and
take all proper methods for obtaining the Same, and make Report
to the Town at their Next Town Meeting and for y e Town to
Act their pleafure in Relation there unto. And y e Vote paft in
the Affirmat e .
3. Voted and Chofe Cap". David Baldwin Cor 1 . Edw d Har-
rington & L l . Daniel Whitney to be Committee for y e Ends
Aboves d . —
4 The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y e Town to
Choofe a Committee to Apply to y e Rev d M r Storer for his Ad-
vice & Direction as to the time for a Day of Humeliation, and if
He thinks proper then w th y^ Com tee : to Advife with our Neigh-
bour Minifters relating to s d . Affair, and the Day and place they
may agree upon to be the time to Attend as a Day of Fafting
and prayer And the Rev d . M r Storer be defired to call in Such
help as he Shall think proper for ye Carring on the work of y e
Day that May be Appointed for Said Solomnity, and that M r
Storer give publick Notice of s d . Day if Agre'd on, and y* Vote
paft in y e Affirm tve .
5. Voted and Chofe Joseph Mason Deacon Sam 1 . Fisk and
Cap 1 . John Taynter to be the Committee for y* Ends above said.
[117] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown the 3 d .
Day of June AD. 1754.
A Town Meeting was agreed on to be on Munday the Tenth
of June Currant at one of y* Clock afternoone at the Houfe of m r
Tho s . Saltmarfhes in s d . Town for the Ends following viz 1 .
1. To Choofe a Moderator for said Meeting.
2. To hear the Report of a Committee Appointed by the Town
to prepare a place for the Publick Worfhip of God, and to Act
on y e s d . Report what y* 1 Town shall judge proper.
3. To know the mind of the Town whether they will Build
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a Houfe for the Publick worfhip of God, and if so to Determine
the Dementions, the time when, and place where it Shall be
Errected.
4. To See if the Town will Grant a Sufficient Sum of money
to Build and finifh Such Houfe.
5. To See if the Town will Appoint a Committee to purchafe
the Meteralls for s d . Houfe and to overfee the work till the Houic
is finifhed.
6. To know the mind of the Town what they will Alow Said
Comm tee . a Day for their Trouble, and to pafs Such other Votes
as Shall then be judged by the Town Necefsary and proper to
Accomplifh s d . Affair, and reftore the peacable Publick Worfhip
of God amongst us.
7. To Choofe a Conftable in the Room M r Caldwell who is Set
off to Cambridge.
To Joseph Mafon Esq r . Town Clerk S r . You are hereby
Defired & Directed by the Selectmen of Watertown to Isue a
Warrant for a Town Meeting at at the time & place afore s d . and
incerte the foregoing Articles there in for the Confideration of
y e Town. (w° h : was Done Accordingly att r . J Mason Cler/) —
June the 10 th . 1754. The Warrant for y* 5 Warning of
aboves d . Meeting fell thro from Defect in the Officers, where
upon the Selectmen this Day Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a
nother Warrant Directed to y e Conftable to warn y e freehold",
and other Inhab ts . of y e Town Quallified to Vote in Town Af-
fairs to Meet at m r Tho s . Saltmarfhes on Thurfday the 13 th . Day
of this Inftant June One Aclock after None, for the Same Ends,
and to Act on y e Same Articles w ch . are Contained in y e aboves d .
Warrant w° h . fell thro, (w * 1 was immediatly done this day &
Deliv d . to y* 5 Officer in prefence of y* Selectmen y* warrat is on
file J. Mafon Cler/
At a General Town Meeting of y* freeholders & other
Inhab 18 . of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs
regulerly Warned and Afsembled at the the Houfe of M r Tho 8 .
Saltmarfhes in s d . Town, on the 13 th . Day of June AD. 1754. for
the Ends Set forth in the Warrat Isued for y e Warning of s d .
Meeting.
1. Voted and Chofe Josiah Convers Esq r . Moderator for s d .
Meeting. —
2. The Report of y« Com tee : Red to the Town, and after Con-
fideration thereon
The Vote was put whether the Town Accept of s d . Comm tees .
Report and the Vote paft in the Affirmative —
— (before any other Article was Acted on, there was a Number
of y< Inhab ts . of ^ Town Entred their Decent and proteft againft
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paying any part of y* Cost that is propofed to be Voted or Raifed.
as Set forth in s d . Decent recorded Page (119) in this Book)
[118] 3 ly . The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y*
Town to build A Houfe for the Publick worfhip of God, And y e
Vote paft in the Affirmative
4 ,y . The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y e Town,
that the Dementions of y e Houfe to be Errected for the publick
worfhip of God, Should be fifty Six feet in Length and forty
two feet in Width, Twenty three feet post, A Steeple to be build
from the Ground and a Porch at the Oppefite End for going up
into the Gallery Each to be fourteen feet Square. And the Vote
paft in the Affirmative.
5 ly . The Vote was put whether it is the mind of y* Town that
y* Time appointed for the Errecting Said Houfe be as Soon as
may be with Convenancy
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative. —
6 Iy . The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town That
the Houfe to be Errected for Publick worfhip of God, be
Errected on the half Acrer of Land given by Nath 1 . Harris Esq r .
to Errect a Meeting Houfe on and the Vote paft in the Af-
firmative.
7 ly . Voted and Granted the Sum of Six hundred Pounds Law-
full money towards the Building & finifhing the Houfe Voted to
be Errected for the Publick Worfhip of God.
8 ly . Voted to Choofe a Com tee : of three Perfons for to pro-
cure Meterals for y e Meeting Houfe to be errected and to over See
the work till y e Houfe be finifhed.
9 iy . Voted and Chofe Cor 1 . Edw d . Harrington Enf n . Jonathan
Bemis & Cap 1 . John Brown to be Said Committee.
10 ly . Voted that the Committee shall have three Shillings P r
Day Lawfull Money for their Service in s d Affair of Building s d .
Houfe.
11 , y . The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of y* Town that
the Committee Chofen for y e Errecting of y e Meeting Houfe for
the publick worfhip of God, are Impowred to Draw out of the
Town Treafurey of the Six hundred pounds Voted for the Build-
ing of S d . Houfe from time to time for y e procuring of Meteralls
and toward finifhing Said Meeting Houfe, The Treafurer firft
having Rec d order from time to time from y e Selectmen for paym*.
& y e Vote paft in y e Affirmative.
12. Voted and Chofe John Cook t0 A bc Con f table in the Room
of M r Caldwell.—
To Joseph Mafon Esq r Town Clerk, S r . After You Left the
Meeting, The Town Voted James Dix to be a Conftable in the
Watertown Records.
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Room of M r . John Cook of which He Accepted, which pleafe to
Record After w ch y* Meeting was Difsolved. — Josiah Convers.
Moderator. —
Watertown June 11 th . 1754. —
[119] We the Subfcribers Inhab ts . of Watertown having
been Warned to attend a Town Meeting on June 13 th . 1754. in
Order to Act on the Several Articles contained in the Warrant
for y* calling of s d . Meeting &c. We being Sencable of y*
Great Difadvantage we are under by reafon of the Proceedings
and Conduct of a Party who Dwell on the Southerly part of y*
Town who in order to drive on their Scheems in regard to the
pulling down and removing the Meeting Houfe, and in order to
gain their point have in a moft Arbetrary & Opprefsive Manner
(as we Apprehend) Denied a Number of Perfons who were
pofseft of Some of y e beft Estates in the Town from putting in
their Votes in the moft Important Affair that ever came before
a Town and thereby denied them of the juft rights & priviledge
of Englifh Subjects, when at the Same time they pufhed on
their Vote and obtain'd it in an over bearing & as we the Sub-
fcribers Apprehend an Elegal maner. But s d . Party having
Obtained the afores d . Pretended Vote, proceeded Immediatly to
the pulling or reather breaking down the Meeting Houfe by
which rafh unprefedented proceedings, the Subfcribers are
greatly Injured & greived all w ch . proceedings reflects Difhonour
on y e Wifdom of the great & General Court who were pleafed
to Interpofe in placeing and fixing the Meeting Houfe more
than Thirty Years Since &c. and has a Direct tendency to
bring on contentions and Confusions in y e Town again, and it is
Eafy to obferve on the Proceedings of this party how they Stile
themfelves Town as if all their Votes and propofalls had the
Santion of Town Orders, and thofe that comply not therewith
were only an Inconfidrable party or a few Straglers on the
bounds of the Town, when at the Same time it is well known
that thofe who are Oppofite to the Removal of y* Meeting
Houfe are According to the Exacteft Computation owners and
Pofsefsors of much y* greater part of y d Ratable Eftate in the
Town, and that our Proceedings in order to Defend our Just
Rights and priviledges in the Meeting Houfe where it was firft
Errectted has been Justifyed by People in General ; whereas
the Violent Proceedings of y e South Party has been as univer-
feally Condemn'd
And whereas the Town is Called together to Know their
Mindes, whether they will Build a Houfe for the Publick
worfhip of God, to Determine the deMentions the time when
and place where it Shall be Errecled and to grant a Sufficent
Sum of money to Build and finifh &c. and to See if the Town
Will Appoint a Committee to purchafe Meterals and See it
finifhed &c. and to See what the Town will give their Com-
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mittee a Day &c. and whereas the ^ eing & Granting s d .
Articles will bring an hevey and unrealonable colt and burden
on the Sublcribers w ch . we Apprehend cannot be juftified
Either by Law or Realon, therefore we the Sublcribers do now
give our Decent and protelt againlt our paying any part of
the Colt or Charge that is Propoled to be Voted or Railed on
s d . Articles and that for the y l following Reasons.
(i)
[120] (1.) We apprehend that We have just grounds
to Alsert that it is no ways owing to any fault or Milconduct
of ours that we are Now Deltitute of a Publick Meeting
Houle for the worlhip of God and it is well known that in
february Lalt the Town had a very Commodius and Decent
Houle for that purpole which houle was Stated and fixed by y e
Authority of y e Great and General Court as alio to y e General
Satisfaction of y e Body of the Town on which Settlement the
Town have Enjoyed great peace and Quietnels for a great
Number of Years.
(2) As to the Building a New Meeting Houle we Appre-
hend it will be very unjult and unrealonable to Vote and
Oblidge the whole Town to be at the Cost and charge thereof
there being a Number of Gentlemen who Oblidg'd themfelves
by An Obligation under their hands and Seals w ch .
was Delivred to the Town Trealurer to Save the Town
from all colt and Charge that might Arile by their Taking
Down & Setting up s d Houle in the Manner & form mentioned
in Said Obligation and it is well known there was not one
Third part of y e Town w ld . have Voted as they Did, had it not
been for s d . Obligation, and we Apprehend that in as much as
s d . Committee pull'd down the Meeting Houle at all adven-
tures, So they took upon them the Chance of all Hazzards, and
are of Oppinion that their Obligation is as much binding Now
as it was the firlt Day it was given. — And therefore Delire y t
this our Decent & Protelt be put on file by the Clerk and
Recorded in the Town Book. —
Oliver Livermore Henry Bright
Jonathan Child John Kembal
Joseph Child Jonas Bond
Samuel Parry Richard Clark
Uriah Clark Joseph Harrington
Edward Richardlon Daniel Bond
Wid w . Elizebeth Prentice Nath 1 . Coollidge
William Godding John Coollidge
Joliah Bright Ebenezer Stone
Joliah Stowel Samuel Stratton
Ephraim Warrin Simon Coollidge
Henry Godding Isaac Sanderlon
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Jedidiah Loathe James Baily
Silas Bright Nath 1 . Stone
Jonas Bond jun r . Thomas Clark
Elijah Bond Samuel Whitney
Jonas Barnerd Andrew White
Jonathan Stone
Nath 1 . Bright.
[121] At a Meeting of y 6 Town of Watertown Regulerrly
Warned & held this Sixteenth Day of Sep r . 1754 at the Houfe of
m r Tho s . Saltmarfh Inholder in Watertown.
1. An Extract from a bill intitled an Act for Granting to his
Majefty an Excise upon Wines and Spirits Diftil'd Sold by retail
and Confumed within this Province and upon Limes Lemons and
Oranges; Being Read and His Excelency the Goveurners Speech
to both houfes of Afsembly in their Late Sitting June 17. 1754.
being read afso and Confidred. The Queftion was put whether
the pafsing of a Bill of that Nature into a Law would be Agree-
able to them. And it paft in the Affirmative.
2^. The Towns Comm tee : for Building a Meeting Houfe for
the Publick Wori'hip of God having propofed a Confirmation of
An Agreem 1 . they could Make with Mefs rs . Peirpoint & Evens
and Laid Said Agreement before the Town; the Queftion was put
whether the s d . Comm tee . agreeing by the great for y* Building
& finifhing S d . Houfe was Acceptable to them And it paft in the
Affirmative.
3 ly . The S d Committee further Propofed the Ufing what
Materials were Left of y e Houfe that was Burnt, and the Quefton
was put whether it be the Mind of y e Town
that theire Comm tee . S ld . Diipofe of S d . Materialls in the beft
maner they Can towards building the New Meeting Houfe, and
it paft in the Affirmative.
Atteft". John Hunt Moderator.
Watertown 28 th . 1754.
At a Meeting at the Houfe of y e Wid w . Mary Learneds We the
Subfcribers Agree that William White and His Wife and their
two Children W m . & Nath 1 . be Warned out of Town and
Cautioned againft
To Joseph Mafon Town Cler /
S r . this is to Direct You forthwith to Hue out a Warrant to
Warn out the perfons above Named
Jona n Bemis
Sam 1 Fisk
Edw* 1 Harrington ^ ele ^ men
John Hunt
A Warrant was Issued out accordingly — Directed to Edm d .
Fowle Conftable Who Warn'd out W m . White His wife and
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Two Chilldren (above mentioned) — And the Caution Entred
At the Sefsions at Charlestown Jan: 1755 —
[122] We the Subfcribers being Met at the Houfe of y e
Wid w . Mary Learneds Inhold r . in Watertown the 12 th Day of
Dec r . 1754 Did then and there Agree with M r Jacob Foster Jun r
of Holifton to keep the School in this Town a Quarter of a Year
and Inftruct the Children & Youth upon the following Terms
Viz 1 , for Ten pounds Lawfull Money S d . Foster to bord & provid
for him Self. S d . Quarter to begin the 17 th Inftant.
We alfo Agre'd that Sufanna Murch have three Days work ab l .
her Houfe paid for by the Town
At a meeting of y e Selectmen a Joseph Mafon's the 31st. of
Dec r . 1754.
To Confider what time m r Sam 1 Coollidge has keept the School
Since Agreem* at m r Tho s Saltmarfh April 20 th . 1752. and what
reward he shall have for his Service the time He kept y e School
regulerly. The Selectmen find He kept the School one month
from y e 20 th . of April aboves d . Then M r Coollidge was after
that So diforderly as not fit to keep y e School, that a nother
Schoolmafter was provided for a Quarter of a Year. That Dec r .
4 th . 1752 m r Coollidge put into the School again for tryal, once
more, and kept the School from the Eleventh Day of s d . Decemb r .
1752 to the fifth Day of October 1754. (Then difmift) the
whole time being one Year and Eleven Months, for which the
Selectmen Alow'd Him after y e Rate of £40 P Year.
To the Selectmen of Watertown
Gentlemen.
This May Certify that we the subscribers have
Afsest the Rateable Polls and Eftates of Watertown
Afsefsors ) m the Sum of Forty Pounds — (which Sum was
Certifycate \ Granted by S d Town for mending their Highways)
And have Committed Lists of S d . Rate or Afsesm 1 . to
the Several Survayers of Highways in S d . Town (who
are alfo Collectors) viz — To M r Daniel Whitney the
Sum of Twenty three Pounds Seven Shillings and
three Pence Two Farthings and To M r Benj n .
Hastings the Sum of Sixteen Pounds Twelve Shill —
and Eight Pence Two Farthings with Lawfull war-
rants to Collect y e Same or See that it be Faithfully
work't out Agreable to the votes of the Town — So as
Jona n . Bemis
Sam 1 Fisk
Edw d Harrington
Jofiah Stearns
Selectmen
of Watertown
Watertown Records.
149
to make up with the Selectmen at or before the Last
Day of Nov br — Next Enfewing —
Sam 1 . Fisk 1
Watertown Ap 1 : 8 th — 1754 Tho s : Saltmarsh i Afsefsors
Nath 1 : Harrington J
[123] At a Meeting of the Selectmen At the Houie of the
Wid w . Mary Learnd Inhold r — on the Tenth Day of Feb: 1755 —
the Select Men Issued out Warrants Directed to the Several
Conftables to warn the Freehold rs - and other Inhab ts - of Water-
town Quallifyed to Vote in Town Affairs to Afiemble and Meet
at the Publick Meeting Houfe in S d . Town on Munday the Third
Day of March Next at nine of the Clock in the fore Noon for the
Ends Following (viz) (1) To Choofe a Moderator for S d .
Meeting (2) To Choofe Select Men A Town Clerk Town
Treafurer and all other Town Officers Required by Law To be
Chofen in the Moneth of March Annualy (3) To Choofe a
Saxton and Agree How he shall be Paid For his Service. (4) To
Put in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5) To know the
Mind of the Town whether Swine Shall Run at Large this Year
under the Regulations of the Law in such Cafe (6) To Hear
the Town Treafurers Accounts and to pais upon them (7) For
the Town to Appropriate their Interest Money Coming to the
Town This Year the Year beginning the Eleventh of Dec br : Last
(8) For the Town to Grant an Honourable Salery for the Rev d :
M r . Seth Storer for the Year Enfewing the Year beginning the
first of March Next — (9) To Grant Money for the Support of
the School (10) To Grant Money for the Support of the Poor
(11) To hear the Accounts of thofe Perfons to whome the Town
is Indebted and Grant Money to Pay the Same — (12) To Grant
Money for the Repairs of the Great Bridge in Watertown (13)
To know the Mind of the the Town whether they will Mend
the Highways and Town ways By Rate this year Afsest on the
Rateable Polls and Eitates of the Town, and if the Town See
Caufe to Come into this Method, then to Make a Grant of
Money for the Same And that Perons have Liberty to work out
what they Shall be Afsest at for that Service (if they See meet
Provided it be work't out within the Year, at Such Prices as the
Town Shall Agree upon for man & Team, And to Choofe the
Surveyers of Highways to be Collectors of S d . Rate or to Se that
it be Faithfully work't out within the Year — in the Way & Man-
ner that y« Town Shall or may Agree upon — (14) To know the
Mind of the Town whether they With the Rev d . M r . Storers
Conient will Sell the Ministerial Eftate belonging to the Town
Or any Part thereof And otherwile Provide for M r . Stcrer with
the Proceeds of S d . Eftate And to Determin How, And whether
they will Appoint A Committee on S d . Affair, And Coniider what
Inftructions they will give Said Committe — Or otherwile Provid
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for M r . Storer's Comfortable future Subsistance as the Town
Shall then see fitt (15) To know the Mind of the Town
whether they will Sell any other Lands belonging to the Town,
And Dispofe of the Interest of the Money that Shall arife there-
by, or the Principle as the Town Shall See Fit (16) To know
the Mind of the Town whether they will Give up the Bond Given
by the Com tee For Removing the Meetinghoufe from School-
houfs hill they having performed the Condition as farr as was
Pofsible (as they Say) (17) To know the Mind of The Town
whether they will Let out the Little Island and other
Lands
[124] Lands by the River which were Lett Last Year and
Choofe a Com tee . therefor (18) To Grant Money for the Fin-
ishing the Meetinghoufe, Or other wife Determin how it shall
be done — (19) To know the Mind of the Town whether they
will sink any Perfons Rates in the Outstanding Conftables Hands
and if So then Grant Money to Make them Good — The Con-
ftables w T ere alfo Directed to Notifye such Perfons to whome the
Town is indebted to bring in their Acc ts . to the Selectmen at the
w* 1 : Mary Learneds the 28 th of Feb: Inftant —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen At the Houfe of the Wid w Mary
Learned Inhold r . On the 28. Day of Feb: 1755. For the Re-
ceiving the Acc ts . of thofe Perfons to whome the Town is Indebted
in Order for their being Laid before the Town, The Acc ts . Rec d :
Are as follows — (viz) —
M r . Jofiah Stearns's. Ace*. For Mending the
Town's Stocks £..—.2—10—..
M r . Tho s : Saltmarfh's M r Nath 1 : Harringtons 1
and Sam 11 Fisks Acc 1 : for Serving As Afsefsors [ .2 — .8 — .. —
Sixteen Shillings Each J
Sam 11 Fisks Acc 1 . for Entring a Caution at the
Sefsions .. — 1 — — ..
M r . Benj a . Hastings's Acc 1 . For three Days & ]/ 2
work at L f . Whitneys Houfe to fit it up to Meet
in &c. ..—10— 6—
L\ Daniel Whitneys Acc 1 . To the Ufe of His
Houfe for a Publick meeting Place Five
Moneths & y 2 at £4 — p r . Year .1 — 16 — 9— .2
Jofeph Mafon Esq r .s Acc 1 . To Serving as Clerk
& Treafurer y e . Year 1754 2—13—4 — ..
And for warning Sundrie Perfons out of Town .. — 9 — 7 — ..
M r . Benj a . Hastings Acc 1 . To work and Meter-
ials for the Great Bridge . 1 — 17 — .8 —
U. Edw d . Harringtons Acc 1 . to work Done at
the Great Bridge .. — 8 — .. — ..
En n . Bemis's Acc 1 . To work done at the Great
Bridge ..—.5 —4—..
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M r . John Cook's Ac*. To work done at the Great
Bridge
..—2 —.8—..
At A Gene 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold' 5 . And Other In-
hab ts . of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting
Houfe in S d . Town On The Third Day of March AD. 1755. for
the Choice of Town Officers And Other Town Affairs
Voted and Chofe Cap 1
Meeting —
John Brown to be Moderator for S d .
John Hunt
Voted and Choie for Select Men
Cap :
Xath 1
Coollidge
Fisk
Fisk
L r . Daniel Whitney
Cor 1 : Jofiah Stearns
And was Sworn to S d Office
By Nath 1 . Harris Eiq r
Voted And Chofe Sam 11
Town Clerk /
Voted And Chofe M r . Nathan 1 : Harrington Town Treaiurer
Voted And Choie M r . Cornelius Waldo for the firft Conitable —
Voted & Choie M r . Nehemiah Maion for the 2 d Conitable but
was Excufed
[125] Voted and Choie M r . Tho 5 : Clark for the Second
Conftable at whoie Deiire His Brother Richard Clark Apeared
to Serve in His Room, And the Question was Put whether it is
the mind of the Town to Accept of the S d . Richard Clark to
Serve as Conitable in the Room of Tho 5 : Clark and the Vote Past
in the Afirmative
f M r . Tho 5 : Saltmarsh
Voted And Choie for Afseisors i Sam 11 . Fisk
[ M r . Nathaniel Harrington
Voted And Choie for Sealer of Leather M r Edmund Fowle
■r«A«^nr#« xr- f Sam 11 . Hager
Voted And Choie for fence \ ,ewers | Jo{eph Paterfon
Voted And Chofe for Surveyers of Highways ( Moses Stone
Who are alfo Chofen Collectors — \ Sam 11 . Barnard
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen— \ J oh " Cook .
/ Bez 1 . Learned
xt , a i f e tt \ Tho 5 : Learned
Voted And Chofe for Hogrieves- j Tho! . Harrington
Voted And Chofe for Surveyers and ( Jonas Coollidge
Meaiurers of Timber Board Plank <5cc ) John Brown
t t j , n , ■ , jj j ( Jofiah Bright
Voted and Choie for Hawards | Roben L€arned
Voted And Choie Peter Feisenden Gauger of Cask
Voted And Chofe for Culler of Hoops & ( Sam 11 . Cook
Staves \ Bez 1 . Learned
Voted And Chofe Sam 11 . Stratten Saxton —
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Voted that the Saxton Be paid by Two Contrebutions As
Ufual
Voted that Swine Run at Large thl *^ ear under the Regulations
of the Law —
Then the Town Treafurer's Acc ts : were Laid before the Town
Read & Accepted
The Town Treafurer's acc ts : of the Interest money was Read
& Accepted —
Voted And Apropriated the Interest Money Coming to the
Town This Year the Year beginning the Eleventh of Dec br : Last,
(viz) £30 — Towards the Rev d : M r . Storer's Salary. And — £..
—5.— 8— To the School—
[126] Voted And Granted £66— 13— 4— for A Salary for
the Rev d : M r Seth Storer this Prefent Year. The Thirty Pounds
of the Interest Money Appropriated for that Ufe to be part of
S d . Sum
Voted And Granted £30 — .. — .. for the Support of the School
this Prefent Year the Five Shillings & Eight Pence of the Interest
Money Appropriated for that Ufe to be part of S d . Sum
— Voted & Granted £13 — To Support the Poor
Then the Acc ts . of thofe Perfons to whome the Town was
Indebted Amounting to the Sum of £10 — 15 — 8 — 2 Ware Read
And Alow'd And the Sum of Ten Pounds Fifteen Shillings
Eight Pence Two farthings Voted And Granted to Satisfye S d .
Acc ts — Voted And Granted the Sum of Three Pounds Toward's
the Repairing the Great Bridge — in Watertown —
Voted -to Mend the ways this Year by a Rate
Voted And Granted the Sum of £40 : For the Mending
the Highways And Town ways to be Afseft on the Rateable Polls
And Eftates in the Town
Voted that the Price of Labour for Man and Team in Mending
the ways be y e Same it was Last Year —
Voted to Sell the Ministerial Place (Exclufive of the Marsh)
Provided the Rev d : M r . Storer Confents to it) And Otherwife
Provide for the Rev d M r . Storer —
Put to Vote whether the Town will Choofe a Com tee - for that
Purpofe — And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Voted And Chofe M r . John Hunt L*. Daniel Whitney And
En : Jona n : Bemis A Com tee . for the Ends AforeS d . —
Upon a Motion Made And Seconded the Vote was put whether
it is the Mind of the Town to Ajourn the Meeting to M r . Tho s :
Saltmarshes there to Meet in About half an Hour to finish the
Remaining Businefs of the Meeting And the Vote Past in the
Affirmative It was accordingly Ajourned —
At a Gen 1 : Meeting of the Inhabitants of Watertown at M r .
Tho s : Saltmarsh On The Third Day of March 1755 By Ad-
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journm 1 : The Town proceeded in Acting upon the (14) Article
Relating to the Ministerial Place And Directed their Committe on
that Affair as follows (viz) To offer the Rev d : M r . Storer the
Interest of the Money Arifing by y* Sale of the Ministerial Place
in Leiu of the Improvm 1 : of S d . Premifes Dureing his Ministry in
this Town And in cafe that Don't Suit the Rev d : M r . Storer—
S d . Com te€ - Are Directed to Look out and Purchafe a Ministerial
Place Convenient to the Meeting houfe S d . Committe not to Go
beyound the proceeds of S d . Sale in Providing another — And to
Make report to the Town at the Town Meeting Next after S d .
Affair is Accomplished —
Voted to Sell Such Pieces of Land belonging to the Town as
may be Spaered and that the Interest of the Money Arifing by S d .
Sales of Land be Appropriated to the Support of the Gosple
Ministry in this Town
Voted and Chofe M r . John Hunt &. Daniel Whitney & En n :
Jonathan Bemis a Com tee for the Ends AforeS d : Voted alfo that
A
Said Com tee . be Impower'd
To
[127] To Joine with the Committees that are or may be
Chofen By Weston & Waltham to Dispofe of the Farm belonging
to Watertown Weston & Waltham —
Voted that the Bond Given to the Town by the Com tee . Chofen
by The Town to Remove the Meeting Houfe from Schoolhoufe
Hill be Given up to S d . Committee
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town to Lett out
the Little Island below the Mills and the other Lands by the
River which were Lett Last Year. And the Vote Past in the
Negative —
Voted that the Remaining Part of the Charge for Finishing the
Meeting Houfe (over and Above the Grant made to Build S d :
Houfe) Be Raised upon the Pews that are to be Built in S d .
Houfe—
Sam 11 . Whitney Late Conftable Pleaded for the Abatement of
Sundry Perfons Rates in His List (viz) Henry Seger's Rate of
4. shil: & 9 Pence Gilbert Thorntons .2 shil and 7 pence 1
Farthing Sol: Phips's 3 shil. 9 — 3 — James Dascom's — 2 fhil —
7 — 1 James Huits — 2 fhil. 7 — 1 — John Taynter Jun r . 2 shil —
7 — 1 — David Fosters .1 sh: 9 Amounting in the whole to
£1 — .. — 8 — 3 — which the Town Voted to Abate
John Kembal Jun r . Late Conftable Pleaded for an Abatem*. of
Tho s : Browns Rate in his List which is 6 fhil. 6 — & Jofiah
Harris's — 5 fhil 2 d . .. which Makes — 11 — 8 which the Town
Voted to abate —
The Town alfo Abated Daniel Pierces Rate in Conftable
Dix's List All which abatements Make £2 — 17 — 7 — 2 — Voted
and Granted the Like Sum to make Good S d . Abatements —
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The Oath Refpecting the Oth r . "]
Goverm ts . Money was taken !► viz by
By the Selectmen J
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the W d . Mary
Learned Inhold r . on Fryday the Seventh of March AD. 1755
The Officers After Mentioned Sworn By Nath 1 : Harris
Efq r —
John Hunt
Nath 1 . Coollidge
Sam 11 . Fisk
Daniel Whitney
Jofiah Stearns
The following Perfon's after They Had taken the S d . Money
Oath were Sworne to the Faithfull Discharge of the offices to
which they ware Chofen (viz) Nath 1 Harrington to the office of
Town Treafurer & Afsefsor — Tho s . Saltmarsh And Sam 11 . Fisk to
the Office of Afsefsors.
Cornelius Waldo & ) ~ , ^ ,,. , ^ s , .
Richard Clark jun'. \ To the ° fflce of Conftables.
Edm d : Fowle To the Office of Sealer of Leather
Joseph Paterfon to the Office of Fence Veiw r : Mofes Stone &
Sam 11 . Barnard to the Office of Survayers of Highways And Col-
lectors — John Cook to the office of Tythingman — Tho s . Learned
& Tho s : Harrington to the office of Hogreavs — Jonas Coollidge &
John Brown to the office of Survayer and Meafurers of Timber
Board Plank & Slitwork — Josiah Bright & Robert Learned to
the Office of Hawards or Field Drivers; Gager of Cask Peter
Fefsenden to the Office of Gauger of Casks, Sam 11 . Cook to the
Office of Culler of Hoops and Staves —
[128] To the Selectmen of Watertown
Gentlemen —
This May Certify that We the Subscribers have Afsest the
Rateable Polls & Eftates of Watertown in the Sum of Forty
Pounds Granted for Mending the High Ways And have Com-
mitted Lists of s d . Rate or Afsefm*: to the Several Survayers who
are Alfo Collectors (viz) To M r Sam 11 . Barnerd the Sum of
Twenty Four Pounds Fifteen Shillings & Seven Pence, And To
M r . Mofes Stone the Sum of Fifteen Pounds Four Shillings &
Five Pence With Lawfull Warrants to Collect the Same or Se
that it be work't out Agreable to the Votes of the Town — And
make up with the Selectmen at or before the Last Day of Novem br
Next Enfewing the Date Hereof —
, 1T T , rit , Tho s . Saltmarsh ] A f f t
Watertown June 10 th . Sam 11 Fisk \ Aiseisors or
1755 - 7 Nath 1 Harrington J Watertown
[129] Att A Meeting of the Select Men of Watertown at
the Houfe of the W d : Mary Learned Inhold r . of S d . Town March
24 th . AD 1775. — The Surveyers Districts Were Determined as
W atertouun Records.
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foiloweth (viz) M r Sam 11 . Barnards District to be the west Part
of the Town to the Road that Leads by the Meetinghoufe and So
over the Hill where the Meetinghoufe Lately Stood And So to
Cambridge Line Near M r . Tho s : Willingtons M r . Barnard to
mend s d : Road And Alfo to work out Two Pounds, Thirteen
Shillings & Four Pence of His Rate East of S d : Road where it may
be most needed — M r . Mofes Stone the Other Survayer to Mend
the Roads east of the Road aforesS d —
At S d . Meeting The Select Men Agreed to Imploy M r . Jacob
Foster To keep the School for Another Quarter. And Appointed
M r . John Hunt & Sam 11 . Fisk to Treat with M r . Foster And
Agree with him to keep the School upon As Reafonable Tearm's
as they Can
At S d . Meeting the Select men Agreed with Cap 1 . Tainter to
keep M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge One Fortnight from the Above Date
at Four Shillings and Eight Pence p r . Week —
Agreed Alfo that M r . Joiiah Stearns and Sam 11 . Fisk Go and
Discourfe with the Wid w . Maddox And Enquire into Her Cir-
cumftances and Make Report at the Next Meeting —
Agreed Alfo that M r Neth 1 Coollidge and M r . Daniel Whit-
ney Go and Enquire of the W d : Webb to know Whether she is
Content to Tarry at Cap 1 . Tainters or whether she is Defierous
to Remove to M r . John Coollidges Each of them offering to take
s d . w* 1 : at the Rate of Twenty Four shillings old Ten P r week
At a Meeting of the Select, men at the Houfe of Cap 1 . Nath 1 .
Coollidge the Seventh Day of April: AD. 1755 — Jofiah Stearns
& Sam 11 . Fisk Reported on the Affair of the wid w . Maddox as
foiloweth — Thay went & Talk't with s d . wid w - And find She is
very Defierous of having a Room Provided for Her at M r Hinds's
where she formerly Lived where she thinks she can Provide for
her self If she hath her Health Continewed — Upon which the
Select Men Defired Cap 1 . CoolHdge to Go and Enquire whether a
Room may be Obtain'd of M r . Hinds for s d - Wid w - And to ingage
the Rent Provided S d . Wid w . Should not be able to Pay it — It
was propos'd to Hire a Room for one Quarter first and Provided
s d - wid w - Can make it Do Comfortably — then to Have s d . Room
ingaged or Hired for another Quarter & So on for the Space of
a Year — At S d . Meeting the Select men Agreed with M rs .
Coollidge the wife of M r . John Coollidge to Board M r Sam 11 .
Coollidge at the Rate of Four Shillings p r - week for the Space of
one Year — Provided he Can't be Got into Some way of Bulineis
whereby he may in some meafure Earn his Living — At S d . Meet-
ing the Select Men Ordered the Treafurer to Pay £5 — 16 — .. To
Cap 1 . Taynter for Boarding Sam 11 . Coollidge to this Date — Thay
alfo Orderd the Treafurer to Pay £7—10—4 — 2— To s d . Cap 1 -
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for His Boarding the Wid w - Webb and for Extreaordineries to
the 2 d . Inftant — S d . Orders Signed Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerk —
[130] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of
Sam 11 . Fisk on the First Day of May A. D. 1755 The Select: Men
having Rec d . a Precept for Choofing A Reprefentative Ordered
the Clerk to Issue out Warrants for Calling a Town Meeting to
Choofe a Reprefentative on the 12 th - of this Inftant May at the
Publick Meeting houfe at one o-Clock After noone which was
Done in the words following — (viz)
Directed to the Conftables
Thefe are in His Majesties Name to Will and Require You A
forthwith to warn the freehold 1 " 8 - and Other Inhabitants of
Watertown in Your District who are Qualifyed to Vote in the
Choice of a Reprefentative to Afsemble and Meet at the Publick
meetinghoufe in s d . Town on Munday the Twelfth Day of May
Inftant at one of the Clock afternoon then and there to Elect &
Depute a Sutable Perfon to Serve for and Reprefent them in a
Great and General Court or Afsembly to be held Appointed to be
Convened Held And Kep't for His Majesties Service at the Court
Houfe in Boston on Wenefday the Twenty Eighth Day of May
Courant Hereof Fail Not Dated at watertown May the 5 th . A D-
1755— P r . Order of the Selea men
Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerke
At the Select mens Meeting Aboves d . Thay Directed the Clerk
to Issue out Warrants for a town Meeting on the 12- Day
of May Inftant at Two of the Clock afternoon at the Publick
Meetinghoufe in s d . Town For the Ends following — (viz) —
(1) To Choofe a Moderator for s d . Meeting — (2) To know the
mind of the Town whether they will Dispofe of their Right in
the Farm Near Watchufet Hill (Provided the other Towns
Concernd Don't Se Caufe to Joine in S d . Affair) And to pafs
any Vote or Votes on s d . Affair as thay shall Judge propper —
(3) For the Town to Manifest w £ ih ' T h is their minds that
their Bonds upon Interest in the Treafurie which have one Years
Interest or more Due upon them be put in Sute the Next Term
Provided the Interest be not paid before — And alfo the Notes of
Hand in the Treafurie — (4) To Hear the Petition or Plea of
Uriah Clark for a Confideration on the Account of His being
over Rated in the Last Town Rate — And for the Town to act
their pleafure on S d . Affair — (5) To Choofe a Saxton — (6) To
Hear the Account of the Committe Chofen by the Town to
build the Meeting houfe — (7) For the Town to Determin in
what way and Manner they will Dispofe of the Pews (Confistant
with the Vote already past on s d . Affair) And to pafs Any Vote
or Votes on Said Affair as the Town shall Judge propper —
W atertown Records.
157
— Warrants were Issued out accordingly — Att st . Sam 11 . Fisk
Clerk.
At S d . Meeting the Select Ordered the Conftables Districts to
be as follows the East District to be as Ufual with the Addition of
Mifs urs - Richard Clark His Sons Tho s . and Richard Jonathan
Stone John Kembal & John Kemball Jun r . Daniel Bond Jonas
Barnard and the W d . Sibble Bright & their Eftates — the West to
be the Remainder of the Town —
[131] At A General Town Meeting of the freehold"- &
Other Inhabitants of Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in the Choice
of A Reprefentative Regurly afsembled on the Twelfth Day
of May A D — At the Publick meetinghoufe in said Town The
Selectmen being Prefent Ordered the Clerk to Reed the war-
rant for s d . Meeting After which the Votes were Call'd for —
which when brought in Sorted And Number It Appeared that
M r . John Hunt was Chose by a Major part of the Votes —
At a General Town Meeting of the Freehold"- and other
Inhabitants of Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regularly Afsembled at the Publick meetinghoufe on Mundav
the 12— Day of May A D- 1755 —
Voted & Chose M r . John Hunt Moderator for S d . Meeting —
Upon A Motion Made and Seconded the Meeting and the
Bufinefs of it was Adjourned to Munday the Second Dav of June
Next Two oClock A Afternoon then to be held At the Publick Meeting-
houfe in S d . Town..
At a General Town Meeting of the Freehold"- and other
Inhabit"- of Watertown, Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regularly Afsembled at the Publick Meetinghoufe on Munday
the Second Day of June A D 1755. By Adjournment
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town to Difpofe of
their Right in the Farm Near Wachufet Hill for the most it
will fetch in Case the Other Towns Concern'd Dont se caufe
to Joine in S d . Affair — And the Vote past in the Affirmative —
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town that their
Com tee - viz M r . John Hunt IA Daniel Whitney & En n : Jonathan
Bemis — Chofen Last March Meeting to Joine with Committees
which Might be Chosen by Weston & Waltham, to Dispofe of S d .
Farm Be the Committee to Dispofe of Watertowns Right In S d .
Farm As aforef d . And the Vote Past in the Affirmative —
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town that the Bonds
upon Interest in the Treafurie which have one Year's Interest or
more Due upon them Be Put in Sute the Next Term Provided
the Interest be not paid before — And Likewife the Bonds which
may be Look't upon as Hazzardous by the Treafurer
And The Vote Past in the Affirmative
Put to Vote whether it be the Mind of the Town that the
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Notes of hand in the Treafurie be Immediatly put upon Interest
to the Town or Put in Sute Next Term — and the Vote Past in
the Afirmative —
Voted and Granted One Pound Five Shillings Two Pence
Three Farthings to M r Uriah Clark on Account of his being over
Rated in the Last Town Rate —
Voted and Chofe M r . Benj a . Hastings Saxton —
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town, that those
persons who Injoy'd Pews, in the former Meetinghouse Should
have Pews in in the present Meetinghoufe in the Same place's
where their Pews were in S d . former Meeting houfe Under the
Regulations and upon the Terms Other Pews Shall be Dispos'd
of And the Vote Pas't in the Negative
Put to Vote whether it be the Mind of the Town that the
Pews be Settled upon Real Eftate Perfonal & Faculty And one
Head
And the Vote Past in the Negative
[132] Put to Vote Whether it be the mind of the Town to
Settle the Pews upon Real Eftate and one Head And the Vote
Past in the Negative — Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the
Town that the Pews Should be Settled upon Real & Perfonal
Eftate and one Head —
And the Vote Pas't in the Affirmative
Upon a Motion made and Seconded the Vote was put whether
it is the mind of the Town to Reconfider the Last Vote
And it Past in the Negative —
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town that the
Valuation By which the Rate was made for Building the Meeting-
houfe be the Rule by which the Pews shall be Dispos'd of
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town that the
Pew nearest the Pulpet Stairs be referv'd for the Ministerial Pew
And the Vote past in the Affirmative
Voted that M r John Sawins Real Eftate Set to his Son John
in S d . Valuation Should be Set to the S d . M r . John Sawin in
Drawing a Pew
Voted that that part of M r . Moses Stones Eftate which was
Set to his Mother in the Valuation AforeS d . be Set to S d . Moses
Stone in the Dispofition of the Pews —
Voted that the Real Eftate of M r . Jonathan Brown Set to his
Son Jonathan in S d . Valuation Be Set to the S d . M r . Jonathan
Brown in the Adjusting of the Pews —
Voted that the Eftate's of M r Oliver Livermore M r . Nethaniel
Bright and M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge Deceas't Have their Chance in
Drawing Pews —
Voted that thofe Perfons to whom the Pews shall be Granted
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or who Shall Draw the Pews, Personaly Set in them Ufualy with
their Families or S d . Pews Shall Revart to the town
Voted that when any Perfons Shall Se caufe to Sell their Pews
the Town Shall have the Refufal of S d . Pews Paying the Money
Rais'd on S d . Pews —
Voted that If any Persons Sell their Eftates and Move out
of Town, Their Pews Shall Revert to the Town, The Town
Paying or Reimbursing to them the Money Paid bv them for S d .
Pews-
Voted that thofe Perfons who are Reputed Members of the
Church of England have a Chance for Drawing Pews And Enjoy
the Pews they Shall Draw So long as they Pay their Proportion
to the Meetinghoufe & Support of the Minister in this Town —
Which if they Refufe to Do S d . Pews Shall Revart to the Town
for the Town to Dispofe of as they Shall See fitt —
Voted that the Money to be Rais'd upon the Pews be Paid by
the Perfons who shall Draw the Pews Each one his proportion
by the first Day of July Next Enfewing which if they Refufe or
Neglect to Do their Pews shall revert to the Town to be dispos'd
of as the Town Shall See fitt
Voted that the Afsefsors be the Com 1 ", to Make the adjustm 1 .
of the Charge to be Laid upon the Pews And to offer the Pews
to
[133] Perfons According to their Pay the highest Payer
first and so on Succefsively
Voted And Adjourned this Meeting and the Remaining
Bufinefs of the Meeting to Munday the 16 Day of June Inftant
Two of the Clock After Noone to this Place —
At A General Town Meeting of the Free holders and other
Inhabitants of Watertown, Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meetinghoufe in S d . Town on
Munday the Sixteenth Day of June A D. 1755 — By Adjournm 1 -
The Accounts of the Committe Chofen by the Town to build
the Meetinghoufe Ware Read which in the General are as fol-
lows —
To the Contract with M r . Peirpoint k Evans £4840— Old Ten
To Services done by Perfons & Meterials Procured 360 — 1 — 1
To Alowance for Finishing the Meetinghoufe 51 — . —
£5251—1
Granted by the Town— £4500 — old Ten
Meterials of the former 4651 — 1
house Sold 151 — 1 — ..
4651—1
£0600—0
160
W atertown Records.
Put to Vote whether it is the Mind of the Town to accept the
Committes account And that Six hundred Pounds old Ten Be
Rais'd upon the Pews for Compleating the Houfe —
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Voted and Adjourned this Meeting to the Second Day of July
Next at Ten of the Clock in the forenoon then to Meet at this
place — And that the Afsefsors proceed in Adjusting & Disposing
of the Pews in the Mean time —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Sam 11 . Fisk the
16 of June 1755 — When M r . Wyeth of Cambridge brought Ruth
Maddox who was bound out by the Selectmen & Exchanged In-
dentures — at s d . Meeting the Selectmen Agreed to Hire M r
Jacob Foster to keep the School Another Quarter —
At a General Town Meeting of the Freehold", and other In-
habitants of Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meetinghouse in S d . Town
on Wednisday the Second Day of July AD. 1755. By Adjourn-
ment —
Put to Vote whether it is the mind of the Town that the
Com tee - for Building the Meetinghoufe be the Perfons to Receive
the Money Voted to be rais'd Upon the Pews, And the Vote Past
in the Affirmative —
Voted that Cap 1 John Brown be Directed to Give Receipts to
Perfons (who Shall Pay their Money for their Pews) in the
Name of the Com tee -
[134] Put to Vote whether it be the Mind of the Town to
accept of and Confirm what the Afsefsors have Done as a Com tee -
in Proportioning the Money Voted to be rais'd upon the Pews,
and the Disposition they have made of S d . Pews,
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Voted that the Com tee - for Building the Meetinghoufe Be and
hereby Are Directed and Impowered to Receive the Money of
thofe Perfons who have not yet Paid the proportionable part of
the Charge Laid upon the Pews they have Chosen or Pitch't upon
Provided the Money be Paid on or before Munday Next, & in
Cafe they Neglect or Refufe to Pay by that time S d . Com tee - Shall
offer S d . Pews to the Next highest Payers and So on Succefsively
Untill S d . Pews are Dispos'd of and the Money Afsest upon them
Paid by thofe who shall Receive S d . Pews —
The following is a list of the Names of the Perfons to whome
the Pews were Granted with their Prime Cost 1755
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161
Names
Invoice
Sums afseft
z
s
z
s
o.
T * f
Leiu*
Ldw: d Harrington
1 15
3
25
A
4
1 1
wid°
Ruth Livermore
11/4
1 14
1 ^
16
25
3
3
Lei\r :
Uamel vv nitney
LVD
o
Zj
i
1
1 1
j\.icn . v^iarK
1 A 1
1U1
1 o
10
22
7
John Hunt
Q7
1 Pk
IU
zl
1 1
1 1
Jonas Bond Esq/
90
4
19
14
c
j
Jona n : Bemis
00
A
4
1 o
lo
1U
wid°
oiDei rsrignt
00
A
4
1 Q
10
i e
1 J
1 n
1U
Sam' Fisk
OA
o4
1 o
lo
1 o
lo
i i
1 1
c
j
IVlofes Stone
o2
o
1 o
lo
1
1
v_ap
John Brown
80
1 o
18
17
1 n
12
8
jonn KemDaii
79
2
1 1
17
6
6
Henry Spring
78
6
17
2
Jona" : Brown
76
12
1
16
15
o
8
Josiah Stearnes
1 A
74
16
1 £.
lo
7
1 1
in atn riarns r,sq
1 A
74
6
16
7
6
Sam': Benjamin
73
4
1 c
lo
1
Jos^ 1 Harrington
1 1
/ 1
13
1 c
15
14
Jona n : Stone
68
1 A
14
15
ID
Amos Bond
65
16
1 A
14
o
c
5
Sam' : Jenifon
65
14
14
7
n
9
Sam': Barnard
63
16
13
1 r»
19
1-7
1
Andrew White
60
2
13
3
6
lLben r (joddard
59
18
12
19
9
Jonas Coollidge
58
18
12
18
5
Edmund Fowle
57
16
12
13
4
John Cook
57
8
12
10
10
Joseph Patterion
56
16
12
9
1
Nath' Harrington
55
10
12
2
8
Jonn \V nitney
54
1 1
16
v^ap 1 :
rsatn 1 Coollidge
- 51
4
11
4
4
Sam': Hager
50
18
11
3
John Sawin
50
16
11
2
5
Jonn L^ooilidge
50
6
10
19
2
Joseph Mason Esq r
50
4
10
18
9
Cap 1 :
John Tainter
49
6
10
15
Daniel Bond
49
6
10
15
Nath' Stone
46
16
10
5
3
Cap 1 :
David Bauldwin
45
6
9
18
10
600"
Tho< Saltmarih 1
Nath' Harrington > Committee
Sam:' Fisk
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Watertown Records.
[135]
[136] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the House of the
w d . Mary Learned Inholder — On Munday the First Day of
Sep br : A D. 1755 — To Confider of the List of Perfons Licenced
Last Year — The Selectmen in their Return Signifyed they had
nothing to Object to their Having their Licences Renew'd —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Ordered the Clerk to Send
Letters to Notify the Selectmen of Weston and Waltham to Meet
with the Selectmen of Watertown on Munday the Fifteenth of
Sep br - Inftant, At the Houfe of M r . Richard Cutten of S d . Wal-
tham, Inhold 1 - The Selectmen of Waltham to be notifyed to
Meet at S d . Cuttens on s d - Day At one of the Clock afternoon
Precisely to Adjust the Charge of the Poor Jointly Supported by
Watertown & Waltham — According to the terms on which Wal-
tham was Set off From Watertown — The Selectmen of Weston to
Meet at three of the Clock s d . Afternoone at s d . Place with the
Selectmen of Watertown & Waltham — to Adjust the Accoumpts
of the Charge of the Great Bridge in S d . Watertown mutualy —
Suported by S d . Towns —
And Likewife to Defire the Selectmen of Weston to Infert it
as an Article in their warrant for their Next Town Meeting —
To know their minds' whether they will Choofe a Com tee - to
Joine with Watertown & Walthams Com tee 's to Devide the Farm
belonging to S d . Towns — in Cafe they are Determin'd not to
Sell their Right in S d . Farm — Letters were Sent Accordingly pr.
Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerk
At. -S d Meeting the Selectmen ordered the Clerk to Order the
Town Treafurer to Pay M r . Jacob Foster Our prefent School-
master for his keeping the School the Second Quarter —
The Selectmen of Weston Sent Letters to the Selectmen of
Watertown And Waltham Signifying they Could not attend to
Meet at the time Appointed upon the Affair of the Great Bridge
and appointed to Meet on Fryday the Ninteenth at one of the
Clock afternoon at Rich d . Cuttens —
[137] At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown
Weston & Waltham at M r . Richard Cuttens at Waltham, on the
Nineteenth Day of Septem r . AD. 1755 — The Charge of the
Great Bridge in Watertown was Adjusted between S d . Town's —
as Followeth —
1752 — Watertowns Cost for Repairs of y* Great Bridge in said
Town Since y* Last Adjustm 1 : on Feb: 11 — 1752 —
To Jonathan Bemis to 3 Days work of His Team
and \y 2 of a man £. — 13 — 4
To Benj a . Hastings for work and care of the Great
Bridge in 1752 .1—12—.
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163
To Edw* 1 . Harrington to 2 Days work of A Team &
Three & ^ of a man and 2 Days of a Lad Carting
Gravil to the Great Bridge .. — 12 — ..
To Cap 1 David Baldwin for 115 Feet of Slitwork
for S d . Bridge ..—.5 —5
To David Livermore for Dogs & Speek for the
Great Bridge .. — 1 — 6
To Jonas Coollidge for Six feet of Timber for the
Great Bridge .. — 3 — 6
1753 — To David Livermore for Speeks and Dogs
for the Great Bridge .. — 2 — 9
To Benj a : Hasting for work Done at the Great
Bridge in 1753 1—8 —8
1754 — To Benj 3 . Hastings for Work and Meterials
for the Great Bridge —1—17—8
d
To L*. Edw • Harrington for work Done At the
A
Great Bridge .. — .8 — ..
To Enf n - Jonathan Bemis for work Done at the
Great Bridge .. — 5 — .4
To John Cook for work Done at the Great Bridge .. — 2 — 8
Due from Weston to Watertown by the Adjustm*-
Feb: 11—1752
Paid to Watertown in Cash
£7—12—11
£1—8—11
..—8—9—2
£1-
1—2
Weston's Charg on the Great Bridge in Watertown Since the
last Adjustment— Feb. 11 — 1752—
To M r . John Walker for Labour And Slitwork for
Watertown Bridge £1 — 2 —
To M r . Henry Spring for Six Days work at S d .
Bridge ..—16— ..
To M r . Benj a . Harrington for 94 Feet of Plank
for S d . Bridge .. — 18 — 9
To. M r . John Mirick Jun r - for 371 Feet of Plank
for S d . Bridge ..3 — 14 — 3
To M r . Stimfon for Plank for S d . Bridge 2— .2 — .
£8—13—..
7—12—11
Total
£16—5 —11
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Water town Records.
Province Tax.
Watertowns
Westons
Walthams
Watertowns Part
Westons Part
Walthams Part
Watertown hath over Paid
Weston hath over Paid
— Due from Waltham —
133— .7
193—16
124—10
369—13
£5 — 17 — 6
4— 18—5
5— 10—
16— .5— 11
■15—5
14—7
£5—10—..
This Ballance of £5 — 10 Set to waltham's Ace 1 :
See Page 48 — Treafurie —
Due from Waltham to Watertown by the Adjustment Feb:
11—1752 £5—1—2
To which Adjustm 1 . The Selectmen of Each Town Set their
Names as follows
John Hunt —
Sam 11 . Fisk
Daniel Whitney
Jofiah Stearns —
Selectmen
of
Watertown
Sam 11 . Livermore
Jonat n . Sanderfon
John Ball
Abijah Upham
Nathan Fisk
Abraham Biglow
Eben r : Hobbs
Isaac Allen
Selectmen of
Waltham
Selectmen
of
Weston
[138] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of
John Hunt Esq: Ordered that the Town Treafurer be Directed
to Send out Executions Against the Delinquent Conftables for
their deficiency in Collecting the Town Rates —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen At the Publick meeting houfe
in S d . Town On Munday the Sixth Day of Octo r - A D. 1755—
Agreed that the Treafurer be ordered to Pay M r . Jacob Foster
for His Keeping the School the Third Quarter —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Ordered the Clark to Issue
out Warrants for a Gen 1 : Town Meeting to Be on the Munday
Following (viz) on the 13 th - of October Inftant At one of the
Clock afternoon At the Publick meetinghoufe in s d . Town — for
the Ends following (viz)
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165
(1.) To Choofe a Moderator for S d . Meeting —
(2) To know the mind of the Town whether they will appro-
priate a Sum of Money in the Treafurie unappropriated Alfo a
Sum of money Due from Waltham; To be Improved with the
Proceeds of the Sale of the Parfonage in Purchafing another, By
their Com tee - Appointed for that Purpoie — And in Cafe S d . Sum's
and Proceeds shall be Judged Infoficient for that Purpoie — Then
to know the mind of the Town whether they will Grant Such a
Sum of money to be Aded thereto as will be Sufficient to inable
s d . Com le€ - to Accomplish s d . Affair — Or for the Town to Come
into Any other Meafures whereby S d . Affair may be accom-
plished —
Warrants were Issued Out Accordingly by Sam 11 . Fisk Town
Clerk—
At A General Town Meeting of the Frehold rs - And other
Inhabi ts : of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meet-
inghoufe in S d . Town On Munday the Thirteenth d ^ y of Octob 1 "-
AD— 1755—
Voted and Chofe John Hunt Efq r . Moderator for S d . Meeting —
( 1 ) The Vote was Put whether it be the mind of the Town
to Appropriate the Money in the Treafurie (Unappropriated)
which was Paid in by their Reprefentative And Alfo a Sum of
Money Due from Waltham to Watertown to be Improved in
Purchafing a Parfonage And that their Com tee - Appointed for that
Purpofe be Directed and Impowered to Receive and Improve s d :
Monies for the Ends AforeSaid — And the Vote Past in the
Affirmative
(2) Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the Town to Ap-
propriate the Sum of Sixty Six Pounds Thirteen sh ^ lings and
four Pence of the proceeds of the Sale of the Farm Near Wachuiet
Hill to be improved by —
S d .
[139] S d . Com tee - for the Ends and Purpofes Afores d .
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs . Mary
Learned Octo. 13 (1755 Appointed to Meet at M r . David Cool-
lidges on Munday the 20 th - of Octob r - A D — 1775 — In order to
take Sum further Care of M rs . Maddocks and alio to take care of
the Towns Stock of Powder — &c —
At a Meeting of The Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . David
Coollidge on Munday Octob r - 20 th AD— 1755. with Refpect
to M rs . Maddocks the Selectmen Agreed to Make sum further
Enquirie where Shee may be Well & Reai'onably taken care of —
The Selectmen Viewed the Towns Stock of Ammanition And
found the Powder somwhat Damnifyed for want of being Stird;
And Determined to Procure Some other place for to keep S d .
166
Watertown Records.
Ammanition in (It having for sundry Years Past been keep't in
the Milhoufe Chamber that was formerly Deacon Jofeph Cool-
lidges) And were of Opinion that the Meetinghoufe was the
most proper place for it to be kept for the future — :
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Directed the Clerk to Order
the Treafurer to pay Or order the Payment of the Town Credit rs -
the Sums of money Due to them which was Granted Last march
— And alfo the Payment of what was Granted to Uriah Clark
at may Meeting.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Jofiah
Stearns Nov br . 17 th - AD. 1755. Agreed that John Hunt Efq: &
IA Daniel Whitney Go to M r . Hind's's and inform Him that the
Selectmen Defire that He would So far Provide for M rs . Mad-
docks as not to let her Suffer And the Selectmen promis him
Reafonable Alowance for it —
At S d . Meeting the Major Part of the Selectmen Agreed to
try M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge againe in the School And to Pay him
According as he shall perform — And to keep him No Longer in
the School than He shall keep it Regurlerly and well —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs . Mary
Learned Inholder on Munday Jan y : 5 — AD 1756 — Ordered
the Town Treafurer to Pay the Remaining Part of of the Grant
for Building the Meetinghoufe to Cap 1 . John Brown & Others
a Com tee - Chofen by the Town for that Purpofe
At A Meeting of the Selectmen on Monday Jan: 26 th - AD
1756 at the Houfe of John Hunt Efq: Upon the Affaire of the
French Familie Sent into the Town by Order of the Gen 1 : Court-
Agreed that M r . Hunt Take the Care of of S d . Familie And Pro-
vide Wood And other Necefsaries for them at the Charge of the
Town — till Further Order — At S d . Meeting Ordered the Clark
to Give order to the Town Treafurer to Pay Sixteen Shillings
to M r . Simon Tainter of Weftborough for Boarding M r . Sam 11 .
Coollidge one Moneth — And Charge it to Said Coollidge — And
Alfo ordered the Clark to Ifsue out a warrant to warn out one
Abigail Branch out of Town She now Refiding in it —
[140] At A Meeting of the Selectmen on Munday Feb: 16.
A D. 1756 At the Houfe of U. Daniel Whitney— Order d . The
Town Treafurer to Pay Nine Shillings & Four Pence to Cap 1 .
John Tainter for keeping M r Sam 11 . Colidge Two weeks in April
Last — to be Charg'd to S d . Coollidge —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Defired Cap 1 . Coollidge to
Procure a Pair of Briches. A Pair of Shoes and Stockings A
Shirt and Hankerchief for S d . Coollidge
At s d . Meeting the Selectmen Gave ord r . to the Town Treafur-
er to Pay One Pound — -Four shillings to Capt 1 Nath 1 . Coollidge
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167
in Part for His Boarding His Brother Sam 11 Coollidge And to
Charge it to S d . Sam 11 . Coollidge —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Directed the Town Clark to
If sue out Warrants to the several Conftables to Warne the In-
habit- of Watertown to meet at y e Publick Meetinghoufe in S d .
Town On Munday the First Day of March Next at Nine of the
Clock in the Morning — which was done Accordingly — the War-
rants Contain'd the Following Articles — (viz) (1) To Choofe
a Moderator for s d . meeting (2) To Choofe Selectmen A
Town Clerk Town Treafurer a Conftable or Conftables Afsefsors
And All Other Such Town Officers Required by Law to be
Chofen in the month of March Annually (3) To Choofe a Sax-
ton And Agree how he shall be Paid for his Service (4) To Put
in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5) To know the mind
of the Town whether Swine Shall Run at Large und r . the Regula-
tions of the Law — (6) To Hear the Town Treafurers Acc ts - and
to pafs upon them (7) For the Town to Appropriate the Interest
money Coming to the Town this prefent year the year beginning
the Eleventh of Decemb r . Last. (8) To Grant the Rev d . m r .
Seth Storers Salary for the Enfewing Year the Year beginning
the First Day of March Next — (9) To Grant money for the
Soport of the School — 10 To Grant money for the Support of
the Poor the Enfewing year — (11) To Hear the Accouts of
thofe perfons to whome the Town is Indebted And to Grant
money to Pay them (12) To Grant money for the Repairing
the Great Bridge in Watertown (13) To know the mind of the
Town whether they will mend their Highways & Town ways By
A Rate the Enfewing year And if So then to Grant a Sum of
money for S d . Purpofe And for the Town to Agree upon the
Price of Labour in Working out s d . Rate And for the Town to
Choofe the Survayers of Highways to be Collectors of S d . Rate
or to See that it be Carefully work't out — within the Year — (14)
To Hear the Pleas of Some Late Conftables for Abatem 1 . of Some
Perticuler Perfons Rates in their Lists And for the Town to act
their Pleafure thereon— (15) To H ear the Petition of Tonas
Bond Efq r And Others Relating to the Watering Place on the
North Side of the Town Called Bisco's Spring And for the
Town to Act their Pleafure on S d . Affair (16) To know the
mind of the Town whether they will Employ M r . Sam 11 - Coollidge
to keep the School the Enfewing Year or Any Part thereof (17)
To Hear the Petition of the Wid w Elifabeth Learned Praying the
Town to Choofe and Impower a Com tee - to Give her a Deed of
the Land bought of the Town by Her Late Husband, and for the
Town to Act on S d . Affair as they shall See fit — And to Direct
the Conftables to notifie Such Perfons to whome the Town is
Indebted to bring in their acc ts . to the Selectmen at the Houfe of
the Wid w - Mary Learned of S d . Town Inhold r - on Friday Feb:
168
W atertown Records.
27. Courant at three of the Clock Afternoon Warrants were
Ifsued out Accordingly P r . Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerk —
[141] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the
Wid w Mary Learned Inhold r on Fryday Feb- 27 th - 1756 — To Re-
ceive the Acc ts . of thofe Perfons to whome the Town is Indebted
In Ord r - to have them Laid before the Town, for their Allow-
ance —
— The Acc ts - Are as Followeth — viz —
To M r . Nathaniel Harrington for Serving as
Treafurer for the Year 1755 £2—13—4
To Tho s : Saltmarsh Nathaniel Harrington &
Sam 11 . Fisk for Serving As Afsefsors for the Year —
1755 — Sixteen Shillings Each 2 — 8 — ..
To Sam 11 . Fisk for Entring A Caution at the Sefsions .. — .1 — 6
To Jonas Barnard for a Plank for a Bridge Near
M r . Stearns's .. — .1 — 6
To U. Daniel Whitney for two Large Stones for
a Bridg near M r . Stearn ss „ .. — 3 — ..
To Jonas Coollidge For 30 Feet of Plank for a
Small Bridge ..—.4 — ..
To Tho s . Giles for mending the Schoolhoufe
windows .. — -.8 — 10
To Benj a . Hastings for A Padlock and Bell Rope
for the Meetinghoufe .. — .3 — .7
To Tho s . Giles for Mending the windows of the
Ministerial Houfe .. — 10 — .7
To L*. Daniel Whitney for Speaks & ^ r Work
Done at the Great Bridge .. — 15 — 10 — 2
To Benj a - Hastings for Work Done at the Great
Bridge 1— .1— 6
To the Eftate of David Livermore for Speaks for
the Great Bridge .. — .2 — 5 —
To John Cook for work Done at the Great Bridge .. — .2 — 8
To Cap 1 . David Baldwin for 676 — Feet of Plank )
at 1/6 O Ten P r . foot for the Great Bridge J .6— 15— .2
£15—11 — 11
At A General Town Meeting of The Freehold"- and Other
Inhabitants of Watertown Qualify'd to Vote in Town Affairs —
Regurly Afsembled at the Publick Meetinghoufe in S d . Town on
Munday the First Day of March AD — 1756 —
Voted And Chofe Jofiah Converfe Efq r . Moderator For S d :
Meeting —
Voted and Chofe for Selectmen
Jonas Bond Efq:
Josiah Converfe Efq:
M r . Ebenez r : Stone
Cap 1 . Edw d . Harrington-
— Sam 11 . Fisk—
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Voted And Chofe for Town Clerk— Sam 11 . Fisk
Voted And Chofe for Town Treafurer. Sam 11 . Fisk
xr j a j r-u t r> ki 1 Jonathan Bemis Jun r -
Voted And Chofe for Conftables j Jonas Bond Jun r.
f Sam 11 . Fisk
Voted And Chofe for Afsefsors < Nathaniel Harrington
[ John Kemball Jun r -
[142] Voted and Chofe for Sealer of Leather Edmund
Fowle —
Voted And Chofe for Fence Viewers — j White— ^
Voted And Chofe for Survayers of High ways ( Sam 11 . White
Town ways. And Alfo Collectors — ( Amos Bond
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen — j Tho s \ Learned
Voted and Chofe for Hogrieves— j g*™,*? ^rned
Voted And Chofe for Survayers & Meafurers ( Jonas Coollidge
of Timber Plank Board Slitwork &c — ( Tho s . Learned
Voted And Adjourned this Meeting And the Remaining
Bufinefs of it to Fryday the Seventh Inftant at Eleven o Clock
in the forenoone to this place
At A Gener 1 : Town Meeting of The Freehold"- And other
Inhabitants of Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Afsembled and Met at the Publick meetinghoufe in S d . Town on
Fryday the Seventh Day of March — AD. 1756 By Adjournm 1 —
After the Moderator Had Opened the Meeting the Town Pro-
ceeded In the Choice of Town Officers —
Voted And Chofe for Hawards or ( Jonathan Stone
Field Drivers ( Jonathan Brown Jun r -
Voted And Chofe for Gauger of Casks Sam 11 . Cook —
Voted And Chofe for Culler of Hoops & ( Sam 11 . Cook
Staves — ( Smith Prentice
Voted And Chofe for Dearieves— j Co r ° n ^ f T^&f*
The Town Brought in their Votes for a County Treafurer &
Register —
Voted And Chofe for Saxton Benj a - Hastings — Voted to Pay
the Saxton By Two Contrabutions As Ufual —
Voted that Swine be Shut up And not Suffer'd to Run at Large
the Prefent year —
Then the Town Treafurers Acc ts - were Read — And the Vote
was Put Whether it be the mind of the Town to Accept the Town
Treafurers Acc ts - And the Vote Pas't in the Affirmative —
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Voted And Apropriated the Interest money Coming to the
Town the prefent Year the Year beginning the Eleventh of
Decemb r . Last in the Following Manner — (viz) —
[143] Five Shillings And Eight pence to the School and the
Remainder to the Ministry —
Voted And Granted Sixty Six Pounds Thirteen Shillings and
Four Pence for a Salary for the Rev d : M r . Seth Storer the Prefent
Year the Year beginning the First of March Inftant — the Interest
money Appropriated to that ufe to be Part of S d . Sum —
Voted And Granted the Sum of Forty Pounds for the Support
of the School the prefent Year the Interest money Appropriated to
that ufe to be part of s d . Sum
Voted And Granted Thirteen Pounds Six Shillings and Eight
Pence for the Support of the Poor the Prefent year —
Then the Town Creditors Acc 13 - ware Read Amounting to the
Sum of Fifteen Pounds Eleven Shillings & Eleven Pence Two
Farthings (As Entred in Page 141) Allow'd Voted & Granted S d .
Sum to Satisfye S d . Acc ts -
Voted And Granted Six Pounds for the Repairing the Great
Bridge the prefent Year —
Voted to Mend the Highways And Town Ways by A Rate the
prefent Year —
Voted And Granted Forty Pounds for that Purpofe — Voted
that the Price of Labour in Working out s d . Rate be the Same it
was Last Year —
Voted to Abate Several Perfons Rates in Conftable Fowles List —
(viz)
David Fosters Rate which is £2 — 3 — 3 — 1
John Clarks Rate ..—4 — 8—3
James Dascoms .. — 4 — 8 — 3
Benj a - Whitneys .. — 4 — 8 — 3
John Pitchers Rate .1—10—1—3
And in Conftables Clarks List —
Vicarys Rate .. — 4 — 5 — ..
Then the Article was Read Relating to the Watering Place
Call'd Bisco's Spring upon which A Petition was Exhibited Signed
By Jonas Bond Efq r . And others And After Debate thereon, the
Vote was Put whether it be the Mind of the Town that the Land
which Lies to Bisco's Spring Should Still Ly Common And Not
be Sold ; And the Vote Past in the Affirmative —
Then the (16) Article was Read Relating to M r . Sam 11 .
Coollidges Keeping the School — And After Some Debate thereon
the Vote was Put whether it be the mind of the Town that M r .
Sam 11 . Coollidge should keep the School the Enfewing year or So
much of it as the Selectmen or a Com tee - Appointed for that Pur-
pofe Shall Judge that He keeps it Regurlerly and well
S<*. Rates Abated &
Granted the Like
Sum to make them
Good
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And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Voted that the Select men be the Com tee - to Manage S d . Affair-
Then the (17 th ) Article Was Read Relating to the Wid w - Elifa-
beth Learneds Request to the Town to Choofe and Impour a
Com tee - to Give Her a Deed of the Land bought of the Town by
her Late Husband — And After Debate on S d . Affair the Vote
was Put whether the Town will Chofe & A Impower a Com tee - for
that Purpofe & It Past in the Affirmative — Voted and Chofe
John Hunt Efq: Enf n . Jonathan Bemis & L r . Daniel Whitney. A
Com tee - to manage S d . Affair —
[144] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs .
Mary Learned Inhold d - On the Fifth Day of March — AD — 1756
— For the Swaring Town Officers &c
The Perfons Afternamed took the Oath Refpecting Paper money
of other Goverments — And Alfo to their Refpective offices By
John Hunt Efq r - (viz)
Jonas Bond Efq: Jofiah Converfe Efq r . Enf n . Ebene r . Stone
Cap 1 . Edward Harrington And Sam 11 . Fisk Selectmen —
Sam 11 . Fisk 1
Nath 1 : Harrington > To the Office of Afsefsors
& John Kemball Jun r J
Jonas Bond Jun r . )
Jonathan Bemis Jun'. \ To the ° ffice of Conftable s
Edmund Fowle to the Office of Sealer of Leather
& Jonas White j t ^ le Office of Fence Viewers
Sam 11 . White ) To the Office of Survayers of Highways &
& Amos Bond ) Collectors
& Tho s fLefrned j To the of fice of Tythingmen
Berza 1 - Learned to the Office of Hogrieve-
& Tho s : Learned j ^° t ^ le 0^ ice °* Survayers of Timber &c —
&Jol^ Jun r . j To the ° ffice of Field Drivers
Sam 11 . Cook to the Office of Culler of Hoops & Staves —
At A Meeting of the Freehold"- And Other Inhabitants of
Watertown (Call'd by A Warrant From Sam 11 . Livermore Efq r -
Afsembled and met at the Publick Meetinghoufe in S d Town on
Tuefday the Ninth Day of March— AD— 1756— (The Major
Part of the Selectmen prefent being of Opinion, that Said Meeting
was not Legaly Warn'd Did Openly And Publickly Protest
against S d . Meetings being Opened —
Notwithftanding Said Inhabitants Proceeded as followeth)
Voted & Chofe Jonas Bond Efq r . Moderator
Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the Town to Grant a Way
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from the North Country Road beginning at the Norwest Corner
of the Land of Jonas Bond Efq: which He Purchafed of the
Town Two Rods wide from M r . Henry Springs Bounds Leading
to the Place where the meetinghoufe Lately Stood And From
thence to the End of the Lane which Leads to the Meetinghoufe
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the Town to Grant a
way from S d . Country Road beginning Near the Houfe of M r .
John Kemball Two Rods wide From M r . Sam 11 . Barnards wall
Leading to the End of the Lane As above Discribed
And the Vote Paft in the Affirmative
[145] Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the Town to
Choofe and Impower a Comtee to Lay out S d . Ways Agreable to
the articles Contained in the Warrant. And the Vote Pas't in
the Affirmative
Voted to Choofe Three Perfons for S d . Com tee -
Voted & Chofe M r . James Bailey M r . Nathaniel Stone & M r .
Jonathan Brown Jun r . for the Com tee - Afores d —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M™. Learned
Inhold r - in Watertown on the Nineteenth Day of March — 1756 —
The Selectmen Agreed With M r . Eben r - Hinds to keep the Wid w -
Maddocks at at the Rate of three Shillings & Four Pence p r . Week
till Further Order —
At S d . Meeting Agreed that M r Tho s : Learned be Defired to
take care of the Great Bridge
At S d . Meeting Two Petitions were prefer'd (viz) one Sign'd
John Kembal & others — And another Sign'd Isaac Sanderfon &
others — were Read & Confidered and Defer'd to the Next
meeting —
At A Meeting of the Seamen on the 29 th - Day of March AD—
1756— At the Houfe of M rs - Mary Learned Inhold r - Sam 11 . Fisk
was Sworne to the Office of Town Clerk & Town Treafurer By
Jofiah Converfe Efq: —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Gave ord r . to M r Nathaniel Har-
rington to Deliver the Books Bonds & All other Articles under his
Care as Treafurer to Sam 11 . Fisk Prefent Treafurer —
At S d . Meeting Agreed with Cap 1 . John Tai nter to keep the
Wid w - Webb after the Rate of Three Shillings & Six pence pr.
Week for the Space of one Year from the Second Day of April
1756 And to be Alowed for Extraordinaries —
At Said Meeting Agreed with M r . Jonas Coollidge to Procure
Plank for one Peer of the Great Bridge — And Some Slitwork for
the Rails &c — And Appointed Cap 1 . Edward Harrington to
Infpect the Mending of the S d . Bridge —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Appointed M r . Moses Harring-
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ton to take Care that the Law Refpecting Burying Dogs &c Be
put in Execution —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Appointed the Survayers of
Highways their Districts as followeth (viz) M r . Amos Bonds
District to be the East part of the Town from the Road Beginning
at the Meetinghoufe & Runing over the Hill where the Meet-
inghoufe Lately Stood and So to Cambridge Line Near M r . Tho s .
Wellingtons — And M r Sam 11 - Whites District to be the West Part
of the Town from the Road AforeS d . And to Mend the whole of
S d . Road
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Gave ord r . to the Town Treafur-
er to Pay Nine Pounds Eight Shillings & Eleven Pence one
Farthing out of the Town Treafurie to Cap 1 . John Taynter for
his Keeping the W d . Webb from the Second Day of April 1755
To the Second Day of April 1756 — And for Extraordinaries By
Him Procured for Her —
The Petitions Entred as Prefented at Last Meeting for Laying
out ways were Read & Confidered — Judg'd unreafonable &
Dismis't —
[146] At A Meeting of the Selectmen on the Ninteenth
Day of April AD. 17 A 56 At the Houfe of M rs . Mary Learned
Inhold r - the Selectmen Agreed to Perambulate the Line's between
this And the Adjacent Towns on Friday the Thirtieth Day of this
Inftant April — And Appointed Capt. Edw d . Harrington & Sam 11 .
Fisk to Joine with Such perfons as Shall be appointed by the Se-
lectmen of the Adjacent Towns to Do S d . Service —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen on the Twenty Sixth Day of
April A D. 1756 — At the Houfe of M rs - Mary Learned Inhold r -
the Selectmen being inform'd that John Coffin & Sufanna his
wife & Two Children of A T °wnfhend Tho ,. Cummings His wife
and two Children of Cambridge Mary Boyinton & One Child
from Lexington, Abigail Branch of Boston & Tho s - Flowers of
MaryLand Are Come into & Do Refide in Watertown Whome
the Selectmen Refufe to Receive as Inhabitants of Watertown
AforeS d - Gave ord r to the Clerk to Issue out A Warrant to
Warne S d . Perfons out of Town — which was Dun Accordingly —
Att 1 - Sam 11 Fisk Town Cler Return'd And Cautions Entred *
May Court
— At said Meeting the Selectmen Agreed upon a Town Meeting
to be on the Third Day of May Next at one of the Clock After-
noon at the Publick Meeting houfe in S d . Town for the Choice of
A Reprefentitv — And alfo That there be a Town Meeting on the
S d . Third Day of May at two of the Clock afternoon at the Pub-
lick Meeting houfe in s d . Town for the Ends following (viz)
(1) To Choofe a Moderator for S d . Meet (2) For the Town
to make addition to and Regulate the List of Juriors as they
shall think propper — To know the mind of the Town whether
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they will Choofe a perfon to Joine with a perfon that may be
Chofen by Waltham to Settle & Determin the Affaire in Con
troverfie between Waltham and Watertown Relating to the
Charge of Supporting the Wid w - Maddox for the time Past and
for the Future — And if S d - Perfons Cant agree in Said Affair
then for them to Choofe a third man to Determin the Mater —
And for the Town to Choofe and Impower a Com tee - to Act in
behalf of the Town in Giving Bond to Abide by their award And
in Laying the matter properly before them
Or for the Town to Come into any other method Or for the
Town to pafs any Votes Relating to S d . Affaire as the Town
Shall See fitt (4) For the Town to Heare the Ace*- of Edmund
Fowle for Serving Conftable Warning Town Meetings And
warning Perfons out of Town For the Town to Pafs upon
them And make A Grant to Satisfye them As the Town Shall
think propper — (5) For the Town to Hear the Acc ts - of Cap 1 .
John Brown And others a Com tee - Chofen by the Town to build
the Meetinghoufe — And to Grant Money to Satisfye S d . Acc ts -
As the Town Shall See fitt — (6) Whereas it is Apprehended that
there are Mistakes (one or more) In A Late Town Treafurers
Acc ts - Therefore for the Town to Appoint A Perfon or Perfons
to Examin into S d Affair And to make Report to the Town at
their next meeting —
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly P r . Sam 11 . Fisk Town
Clerk
[147] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of The Frehold rs - And
other Inhabitants of Watertown Qualifyed to vote in the Choice
of A Reprefentative Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick meeting
houfe in S d . Town on Munday the Third Day of May A D —
1756 — At the Direction of the Selectmen the warrant was read
And the Votes brought in, upon Sorting and Numbering of
them it appeard that John Hunt Efq: was Chofen by a Major
part of the votes —
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold"- And other In-
habitants of Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly afsembled at the Publick meeting Houfe in S d . Town
on Munday the Third Day of May AD — 1756 —
Voted And Chofe John Hunt Efq r . Moderator for S d . Meet-
ing-
After Reading the List of Jurimen At their Defire the following
Perfons were Dismist from Serving as Jurimen, — viz John
Whitney Eben r . Stone Jofeph Harrington Stephen Cook & Henry
Spring — And Sixteen Perfons ware Aded to the List — the whole
List now Containing (95) of which Number the Town Voted
(24) to be in the Superior Box — upon which Ten were Aded
to the List to be put into S d . Box — viz — Jonas Coollidge Cornea-
Waldo Benj a . Felton Jofeph Paterfon Simon Coollidge John Kem-
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bal Jun r - Nathaniel Stone Sam 11 . Cook Amos Bond and Nehemiah
Mason —
On the Article Relating to the Wid w - Maddocks the Town
being informed that the Town of Waltham (or their Selectmen)
Refuse to come into the Method of Leaving S d . Affaire to Men,
as Mentioned in the Article, Therefore —
The Vote was Put whether it be the Mind of the Town to
Choofe a Committee to Make further Enquiry into S d . Affair
(And if they think proper) to profecute the Affair with Waltham
in the Law — And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Voted And Chofe Jonas Bond & John Hunt Efq"- And Enf n -
Jonathan Bemis for the Said Com tee -
Then the (4) th Article was Read upon which M r Edmund
Fowle Exhibited an Acc r . for Allowance — The Vote was Put
whether it be the mind of the Town to Allow S d . Acc 1 . And Grant
money to Satisfye it — And the Vote past in the Negative
The Vote was Put whether it be the mind of the Town to
Grant Three Pounds to M r . Fowle in full Discharge of his Acc ts -
And the Vote past in the Negative —
(5) th - Article Read upon which The Com tee - for Building the
meetinghoufe Exhibited An Acc 1 : — And the Vote was Put whether
it be the mind of the Town to Grant Money to Pay the Ballance
Due to S d . Com tee - Agreable to their Acc 1 . And the Vote Past in
the Negative —
The Vote was Put whether it be the mind of the Town to
Adjourn this meeting And the Remaining bufinefs of it to some
Conveniant time —
And the Vote Past in the Negative —
(6) th - Article Read And the Vote was put whether it be the
mind of the Town to Choofe A Committe to inquire into the
Affair of the Late Town Treafurers (viz Dea n - Mafons) Acc 13 -
wherein there are Mistakes as it is Suppos'd — And the Vote Past
in the Affirmative
Voted and Chofe John Hunt Efq r - John Kemball Jun 1 *- &
Sam 11 Fisk for the Com tee - Afores d -
The Town by a Vote manifefted that it was their minds that
the former Survayers of Highways should have the Liberty of
working out the Remainder of their Rates this prefent year —
[148] At A Meeting of the Selectmen on the 24 th - of May
A D. 1 756 — At the Houfe of the Wid w - Mary Learned Inhold r -
Cap 1 . Edward Harrington & Sam 11 . Fisk Reported that they Had
Attended And performed the Service of Perambulating the Lines
& Renewing the Bounds between Watertown And the Adjecent
Towns with Such Perfons as were appointed for that purpofe —
At Said meeting the Selectmen Defired and Impower'd M r .
Eben r : Stone to Enquire of and Agree with the Widd w - Child
or M r . Uriah Clark or Some other Perfon for a Room for the
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Wid w - Maddocks or otherwife find out upon what terms She
can be boarded — And make Report at the Next Meeting —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Ordered the Town Treafurer to
pay the following Sums to the Perfons Afternamed viz
£8— 14— .2 To Cap 1 Coollidge And £5— 8— ..—3— To A Israel Meeds
£ ..^5_.._ Tq Mr j ohn Coollidge— And Alio to Cap 1 . Nath 1 :
Coollidge £..— 17— 1— 1 all to be Charged to M r . Sam u .
Coollidge — Order d : alfo to Isaac Sanderfon £.. — 4 — 8
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the Wid w -
Mary Learned Inhold r - on the 4 th - of June AD 1756 — Agreed
that Cap 1 . Edward Harrington & Sam 11 - Fisk take Spedy Care to
Repair the Pound — And to Se that the Stocks be put into Proper
Ord r At Said Meeting the Selectmen Drew up and Signed An
Acc 1 : of the Charge of Providing for the french Familie Sent
into Town by ord r . of Court — (viz) from Jan y : 3 d : to June — 1 st -
Amounting to £26 Thirteen Shillings & 2 — pence — & Sent to the
Secretary b y £ ap t Harrington
At S d : Meeting Ordered the Treafurer to Pay £29—14 — 10
out of the Town Treafurie (Lately Paid in by Waltham) to the
Com tee - Appointed by the Town to Purchafe A Ministerial Place
for which purpofe S d . money was Appropriated — And Alfo to
Pay out the Remainder of the money Due from said Waltham
to Watertown To s d . Com tee - (which was AppropriAted to S d .
purpofe) whenever Said Money shall be paid into the Treafurie —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen on the 15th- Day of June
AD — 1756. At the Publick Meeting houfe in Watertown to
View the Town stock of Arriunition, the Selectmen with Col 1 -
Vafsal View'd the same and Judg'd one Cask of the Powder to
be Damifyed by Age — &c — thought it Proper to Dispofe of it &
procure other Powder the Selectmen Defired Col. Vafal & J° nas
Bond to E n q U i re f Gover r : Phipps whether it may not be Chang'd
at the Castle for Good Powder — &c It Appearing that the
Quantity of Ball was not Enough to Anfwer the Law — But upon
further Examination it appeared that the Ball was soficient
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Determined that the Indian
Woman who was 111 at Samuel Fisks should be provided for at
the Cost of the Town ever 8 ^ She came there And Alfo that D r .
Converfe be Defired to Afford her Medicen's & Attendance as
He shall think proper — At the Towns Cost —
Agreed Alfo at s d . Meeting that Mary Hackelton who was
Committed to the care of the Selectmen the 26 th - of May Last
Should be taken Care of at the Cost of the Town from the s d . 26
of May— & J prefent —And that Jonas Bond Efq r . be Defired to
talk with Henry Coollidge to se if He with Some other of Her
Relations would not take the Charge of s d . Mary, the Select-
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men Appointed to meet againe on Thursday Next At the wid w -
Learned's —
[149] At A Meeting of the Selectmen on Tuesday the 15 th -
of June A D. 1756—
At the Publick meetinghoufe ; they took a View of the Town
Stock of Amunifion Repofited in s d . Meetinghoufe — And finding
that the Oldist Barril of Powder was Something mated together
And Damnefyed by Age &c — Agreed to Get s d . Barril
PagTus of Powd r - Chang'd for New Powder & Defired Col:
Vafsal who was Prefent & Jonas Bond Efq r . one of the
Selectmen to propofe it to Gov 1- . Phipps to have it Changed at the
Castle — &c —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen June 17 — 1756 at M rs .
Learneds Inhold r - They Bound out one of the French Boys to
Cap 1 . Nath 1 . Coollidge — At S d - Meeting the Selectmen order d :
Something to be procured for M r - Sam 11 . Coollidge A Jacket &
Briches — & Alfo Some Cloath for Several Caps — &c — They
Defired M r . Jonas Coollidge to Get the s d . Cloths —
X 280.
To the Selectmen of Watertown
Gent n .
We the Subscribers have Afsest the Rateable Polls and Eftates
of Watertown in the Sum of Forty Pounds — Granted for mend-
ing Highways and have Committed Lists of S d . Rate or Afsesm 1 :
Af f to the Several Survayers of Highways who are alfo
Certifycate Collectors — viz to Amos Bond the Sum of Fifteen
1756 Pounds Thirteen Shillings And Eleven Pence — And to
Sam 11 - White the Sum of Twenty Four Pounds Six
Shillings and Eleven Pence with Lawfull warrants to Collect
the Same or to Se that it be work't out in Mending the Ways in
S d . Town So as to Make up with You at or before the Last Day
of Nov br - Next
Sam 11 . Fisk 1 Afsefsors
Nathaniel Harrington [ for
John Kemball Jun r - J Watertown
Watertown June 3 d : 1756
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Sam 11 . Fisk
July 13. 1756 — to Determin concerning the Funeral of the Indian
Woman that hath for Some time been Sick and under their Care
and is now Dead at Sam 11 . Fisks, Agreed that the Linnin that the
corps are Laid out in be Allow'd for — And that the two perfons
that Laid out the Corps have Each of them A Pair, of Gloves
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or the Value of them, for that Service — Alfo Agreed that Simon
Hastings be Defired to make a Coffin & Dig the Grave And that
the Funeral be This Day towards Night — And y l - A Chair be
procured to Carry the Corpes upon, And that the Bell be Tol'd
when the Corpes are Carrying to the Grave — Agreed that there
be two Perfons Defired to Afsist in Carrying the Corpes to the
Grave &c: And y l they have one Shilling & Six pence Each for
their trouble — Agreed that the Rev d : M r . Storer be Defired to
attend the Funeral and that He have A Pair of Gloves Given
him —
[150] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r .
Tho\ Saltmarsh Sep br - 6 th - AD 1756. They Confidered the List
of Perfons Licenc't Last Year And Manifested their willingnefs
that they should have their Licence Renewed this Year —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Ordered the Treafurer to Pay
the Town Creditors the money Granted to them at the Annual
Meeting in March Last At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Order d :
the Clark to Issue out a Warrant to Warne One Sarah Cornish
of Waltham who came into this Town, Sometime Last February
(as the Selectmen are inform d :) They Refufing to Receive her
as An Inhabitant —
(which he did accoringly)
At S d : Meeting the Selectmen Order'd the Clark to Write A
to the Selectmen of Weston & Waltham Defireing them to meet
the Selectmen of Watertown on Friday the' Seventeenth of Septem r :
Courant at Two of the Clock Afternoon At Richard Cuttings of
Waltham, Inhold r - To Adjust the Charge of Repairing the Great
Bridge in Watertown At Said Meeting the Selectmen Agreed
With' Cap 1 . Nath 1 - Coollidge to take And keep Charles, the
Third Boy of the French Familie in this Town for the Space of
one Moneth for what he can Earn
At A Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Weston &
Waltham At M r . Richard Cuttings in S d . Waltham on Fryday
the 17 th - Day of Sep r - AD 1756— To Adjust the Charge of
Repairing y e . Great Bridge in S d . Watertown Since the Adjustm 1 .
on Sep r . 19— 1755— The whole Chare was £19— 5— 8— 2— of
which —
Watertowns Proportion is £7 — 1 — 4 — 2
Westons 5 — 12 — 2 —
Walthams 6 — 12 — 2 — Due to Watertown
Weston having over Paid £3 — 14 — 7 — 1 — as by the Adjustm 1 .
in — 1755 — S d . Sum being Subtracted from their prefent
proportion that it Stands thus
5—12—2
3—14—7—1
1 — 17 — 6 — 3 Due from Weston to Watertown — The Adjustm 1 .
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Signed by the Selectmen of the S d . Towns — which is in full
Recorded in Lib — 2 d — Page — 60 — In the Treafurie — The Ad-
justing on File —
[151] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M".
Mary Learned Inhold 1 ": on Fryday the 26 th . of Nov 1 ". 1756.
Ordered the Clerk to Hsue out warrants Directed to the Several
Conftables for a Town Meeting to be on Munday the Sixth Day
of December Next At two of the Clock afternoon for the Ends
following (viz) (1) To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting
— (2) For the Town to Select out of a List of Perfons to be
Exhibit d . by the Selectmen Such as The Town Shall Judge
Suitable to Serve as Jurymen, agreable to A Late Law of the
Province (3) To know the mind of the Town whether they will
Impower their Com tee - Chofen in the moneth of May Last to
Enquire into the Affair of the wid w . Maddocks's Maintenance
&c — To Sue for the whole of the Ballance Due from Waltham to
Watertown And to pafs any Vote or Vote's on Said Affair as
they Shall Judge Proper — Warrants were Ifsued out accordingly
P r Sam". Fisk Town Clerk—
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Agreed to procure M rs - Webb
a Pair of Shoes & alio A Gound — Appointed Cap 1 Tainter to
procure S d . articles —
Agreed alfo that M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge the prefent Schoolmaster
Have two Cotten & Linnen Shirts procured for Him — And alfo
a Small Skin for Repairing his Leather Britches — And alfo that
the Clerk Procure a Box for the Names of Jurimen to be kept in —
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold", and other In-
habit ts - of Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regalerly Afsembled at v* Publick Meetinghoufe in Said Town
on Munday the Sixth Day of Decemb r - AD. 1756 —
(1) Voted And Chose John Hunt Efq r : Moderator for Said
Meeting —
(2) The Second Article Read — Then the List of Juriors which
were taken by The Selectmen were Read to the Town — And the
Vote was Put — whether it be the mind of the Town To A Accept
of S d . List (Exclufive of M r - Jonathan Brown and M r . Sam 11 :
Jenison who were Excufed by the Town) And the Vote Past
in the Affirmattive —
(3) The third Article Read — Then the Vote was Put whether
it be the mind of the Town fully to Impowr their Com tee - (viz)
Jonas Bond & John Hunt Efq rs - & Enfign Jonathan Bemis who
were Chofen in the Moneth of May Last to Inquire into the
Affair of the Wid w - Maddocks's Maintenance &c To Sue for the
whole of the Ballance Due from Waltham to Watertown And the
Vote Past in the Affirmative
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs - Mary
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Learned Inhold r They Gave ord r - to the Town Treafurer to Pay
the Rev d : M r . Storer his Salary for the Year (1755) — An Twelve
Shillings To Cap 1 . Coollidge for His Brother Sam 11 - And alio
£1 — 4 — .. To Cap 1 . Tainter to Procure things for the W d . Webb
— And alfo to Procure a Large Bible for M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge
Prefent Schoolmaster —
[152] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the
Wid w . Mary Learned Inhold r : on Munday the 13 th - of Decem r :
AD. 1756 — Agreed that Jonas Bond Efq r . & En n : Eben r : Stone
two of the Selectmen Go and Discourfe with M r . James Baily
to know upon what tearm's He will Lett a Chamb r - in Coll 1 :
Brindleys Houfe — for the Wid w - Maddocks to Dwell in for the
Space of one Year — And to Agree with Said Baily as Reafonably
as they Can, and in the Name of the Selectmen to ingage the Rent
in cafe Said Wid w - fails of Paying the Same —
At Said Meeting Cap 1 . Edw* 1 : Harrington & Sam 11 . Fisk were
Defired to take Some care to Provide Some better Shelter for the
French Familie under the care of the Selectmen — At S d . Meeting
the Selectmen Bound out Charles — One of the French Familie
AforeSaid to Cap 1 . Coollidge in the Room of Peter, who De-
ferted —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of the Wid w .
Mary Learned Inholder on Munday Feb: 21. 1757 — Ordered
the Clerk to Issue out Warrants to the Several Conftables to
Warn A Town Meeting on Munday the Seventh Day of March
Next at Nine of the Clock in the forenoon At the Publick
Meetinghoufe for the Ends following (viz) (1) To Choofe A
Moderator for S d . Meeting (2) To Choofe Seamen A Town
Clerk Town Treafurer Conftables Afsefsors & All other Town
officers Required by Law to be Chofen in the moneth of
March Annualy (3) To Choofe A Saxton And Agree how he
shall be paid for his Service (4) To Put in their Votes for A
County Treafurer — (5) To know the mind of the Town
whether Swine shall run at Large this year. (6) To Hear the
Town Treafurers Acc ts . And to pafs upon them (7) For the
Town to Appropriate the Interest money Coming to the Town
this year the Year beginning the Eleventh of Decemb r - Last.
(8) For the Town to Grant an honourable Salary for the Rev d :
M r . Seth Storer the Infewing year the Year beginning the first of
march Next (9) To Grant money for the Sopport of the
School (10) To Grant money for the Support of the'
Poor — (11) To Hear the Acc t9 . of thofe perfons to whome the
Town is indebted and to Grant money to Pay the Same — (12)
To Grant Money for the Repairs of the Great Bridge in
Watertown (13) To Grant money for the mending the High
Ways And Town Ways the prefent year— And for the Town to
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Choofe their Surveyers of Highways Collectors of the Highway
Rate. And for the Town to pafs any Vote or Votes on S d . Affair
as they Shall Judge propper — And alio for the Town to Give
Liberty (if they See fit.) to Delinquent Surveyers to work out
the Remainder of their Rates the Eniewing year — (14) To Hear
the Pleas of Some Late Conftables for Abatement of Some per-
ticuler perfons Rates in their Lists and for the Town to act their
pleafure thereon — (15) To know the mind of the Town whether
they will Abate the fall of money in the Execution that Lies
against Henry Godding in favour of the Town — (16) For the
Town to Hear the Petition of M r . John Coollidge And Others
Praying for Liberty to Hang Gates at Each End of the Town
way that Leads by S d . Coollidges Acrofs to M r . William
Goddings And for the Town to Act their pleafure thereon
(17) To know the mind of the Town whether they will abate
M r . Jonathan Stone's Rates in Conftable Bonds Lists And M r .
David Bemis's Rates in Conftable Bemis's
Lists
[153] Lists. And Grant the Like Sums to make them Good
(18) To Hear the Report of y*. Com tee . Appointed by the Town
to Examin the Accts of Joseph Maion Efq r . Dece 1 : Late Town
Treafurer And for the Town to pafs any Vote or Votes on S d .
Affair As the Town Shall See fit. (19) For the Town to
Dispofe of the Pew that was Lately Cap 1 . Brown's as the Town
Shall think propper (20) For the Town to Hear the Acc ts -
of c^-John Brown & others A Com tee - Choi'en by the Town to
Build the Meetinghouie, And to Grant money to Satisfye the
Same as the Town Shall See fit — And alfo to Notify such
Perfons to whome the Town is indebted to bring in their Acct s .
to the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs - Mary Learned Inhold r -
on Fryday the Fourth day of March Next at three of the Clock
in the Afternoon in Ord r . to be Laid before the Town
Warrants Were Issued out Accordingly — Att c . Sam 11 : Fisk Town
Clerk
Alfo order d : the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn one
Margret Lawrance out of Town who Dwells at John Hunt
Efq rs - the Clerk Did it accordingly— The perfon was warned out
and y* Caution entred at may Court. 1757
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs . Mary
Learned Innhold 1 "- on Fryday the Fourth Day of March A D.
1757 In Ord r . to Receive the Acc ts . of those Perfons to whome
the Town is indebted in order to Lay them before the Town S d .
Acc ts - are as follow's — viz —
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59—12
To Jonas Coollidge for. 700 of Plank
at £7 — Old. Ten p Hundred And for
One Ton & Thirteen Feet of Timber
at £8—0 Ten p r . Ton for the Great B " d * e
Lawfull Money 7—18—11
To Cap 1 . Harrington to Work Done
at the Great Bridge .. — 14 — ..
To Tho s . Learned for Labour And
Meterials for the Great Bridge .1 — 15 — 2
To Nathaniel Harrington for Serving
as Afsefsor for the Year 1756 £.. — 16 — ..
And for taking the Gen 1 : Invoice &
Copies to Send to the Court .. — 9 — ..
To John Kemball Jun r - for Serving As Afsefsor for
the Year 1756
To Sam 11 . Fisk for Serving As Treafur-
er for the Year 1756 £2—13—4
And for Serving as Afsefsor for S d .
Year ..—16—..
To taking Copies & preparing Lists
for the Gen 1 : Invoice &c . — .4 — 6
To two Large Stones for a whelm .. — .3 — ..
And To Work & Meterials for mend-
ing the Pound .. — 3 — ..
Adjusted by
the Several
Towns Con-
cern d . in
Sep'. Last—
£10 — .8 — 1
.1— .5—
16—..
To Tho s : Learned for work Done at the Great Bridge
To Cap 1 . Harrington for work Done in Mending
the Pound
To Amos Bond for Stones for a Whelm
To Tho s : Saltmarsh for taking Copies to Send to
y e . Court
To Jonas Coollidge for 90 Feet of Plank
Aded At the Town Meeting — An Acc 1 - of M r .
Cornelius Waldo's
To Serving Conftable for the year-
1755 £..—2—8
For Warning Town Meetings .. — 5 — ..
To Carrying Two Perfons out of Town .. — 8 — ..
To Warning Hannah Gigger out of
Town .. — 1 — ..
To Sundries Deliver d : to M r . Sam.
Coollidge at Sundry times .. — 4 — .8
3—19—10
..— .1— .8
..— .6 — ..
,2-
-12-
.1— .1— 4
£18— 12— .7
W atertown Records.
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Voted And Chose for Selectmen
At S d . Meeting the Sele&men Signed An Acc 1 . to be Exhibit-
to the Governour And Counfil of Charge Occationed by the
Indian Woman that Sicken'd and Die'd in Town the year past
of £.4— 1— 8— L M
[154] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of The Freehold"- And
other Inhabitants of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled At the
Publick Meetinghoufe in S d . Town on Munday the Seventh Day
of March AD. 1757 — For the Choice of Town Officers &c
Voted And Chose Josiah Converfe Efq r . Moderator for S d .
Meeting
Jofiah Converfe Efq r -
IA Daniel Whitney
Sam 11 : Fisk-
Enf n - Jonathan Bemis
M r . Sam 11 : Hager.
Voted And Chofe Sam 11 : Fisk Town Clerk
Voted And Chofe M r . Nathaniel Harrington Town Treai'urer
xr i a i f t ^ r 1 1 \ Beze 1 . Learned
Voted And Chofe for Conftables j Isaac Sander {on
f Tho s : Saltmarsh
Voted And Chofe for Afsefsors \ Sam 11 . Fisk
[ Nath 1 : Harrington
Voted And Chofe Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather —
Jonas Barnard
Josiah Bright
Voted And Chofe for Surveyers of Highways ( John Cook
Town Ways & Collectors of y e highway Rate ( Simon Whitney
Voted & Chofe for Tithingmen j j^iSIdie
xt i a i ™ f e tt • ( John Warrin
\oted And Chofe for Hogrieves j Stephen Harri§
xt i a i c e t~\ • ) Tho s : Saltmarsh
Voted And Cholen for Deerieves -j J ames Dj x
Voted And Chofen for Surveyers & \ Jonas Coollidge
Meafurers of Timber Plank Bord &c \ Robert Learned
Voted And Chofe for Field Drivers { White.
Voted And Chofe Smith Prentice Gauger of Casks
Voted And Chofe Culler of Hoops and staves j Srrn^th Prentice
Voted And Chofe Simon Hastings Saxton — To be paid by two
Contrabutions As ufual —
[155] The Vote was Put Whether it be the mind of the
Town that Swine Should Run at Large this Year under the
Regulations of y*. Law. And y* Vote past in the Negative
on A Motion Made And Seconded the (15) Article was Read
Voted And Chofe for Fence Viewers
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Watertown Records.
— And the Vote Was Put Whether it be the mind of the Town to
Sink the fall of Money in the Execution that Lies Against
Henry Godding in favour of y e Town And the Vote Past in
the Affirmative —
Then the Meeting was Adjourned to Munday Next at Twelve
of the Clock
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Frehold rs - & other Inhabitants
of Watertown At the Publick Meeting houfe in Said Town On
Munday the 14 Day of March AD. 1757— By Adjournm*.— The
Meeting being opened the Town proceeded — After Reading the
Town Treafurers Acc ts - Relating to the Interest Money the
Vote was put. Whether it be the mind of the Town to Accept
The Same And the Vote Past in the Affirmative —
Then the Town Treafurers Gen 1 : Acc 1 : was Read And the
Vote was put whether it be the mind of the Town to Accept the
Treafurers Gen 1 : Acc 1 . And y* vote past in the Affirmative
Voted And Appropriated the Interest Money Coming to the
Town the prefent year the Year beginning the Eleventh of Dec r :
Last as followeth — (viz) Five shillings and Eight pence to the
School And the Remaind r . to the ministry —
Voted And Granted £66—13—4 — For A Salary for the Rev d :
M r . Seth Storer the Enfewing Year the year beginning the First
of March Current —
the Interest money Appropriated for that Ufe to be part of s d .
Sum —
Several Votes were put with Different Sums of money for the
Support of the School the Enfewing Year — And all past in the
Negative —
Voted And Granted the Sum of £13 — 6 — 8 — for the Support
of the Poor the Enfewing Year — Then the Acc ts . of thofe perfons
to whome the Town is indebted was Read Amounting to the Sum
of Eighteen Pounds Twelve S ^ 1L & Seven pence as in Page (153)
The Vote was put whether it be the mind of the Town to
Allow S d . Acc ts - And Grant y*. Sum of Twelve Pounds Twelve
shillings and Seven pence to P ay 5t which with the six pounds
Granted Last march Meeting For the Repairs of the Great
Bridge makes S d - Sum & the Vote Past in the Affirmative — M r .
James Dix's Acq 1 , was Read Amounting to the Sum of Ten Pounds
for serving Conftable in the year 1754 — &c — And the Vote was
put Whether it be the mind of the Town to Allow S d . Acc 1 . and
the Vote past in y e Negative —
Voted And Granted the Sum of Six pounds for the Repairs of
y e . Great Bridge
Voted And Granted the Sum of Twenty Six pounds 13/4 —
for mending the Highways and Town ways the prefent year —
Voted And Chofen John Cook & Simon Whitney to be Collectors
of the Highway Rate — Voted that the Price of Labour in working
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out the Highway Rate be the Same it was Last year —
Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the Town that De-
linquent Survayers have y*- Liberty of working out the Remainder
of their Rates the Enfewing Year. And the Vote Past in the
Affermative —
Voted And Abated Henry Spring Jun rs - Deceas*- Rate in Con-
ftable Clarks List Amounting to the Sum of Sixteen Shillings &
7 pence £.. — 16 — 7 —
And One Smiths Rate in Conftable Kimballs Lists
of ..— 4—5
And the Like Sums Granted to make them Good —
Then the Petition of Sundry perfons was Read Relating to
Hanging Gates At Each End of y*. Town way Leading in by M r .
John Coollidges and so out by W m - Goddings — And the Vote
was put whether it be the mind of the Town to Grant y e - Prayer
of the Petition & the Vote past in the Negative —
[156] Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the Town to
Abate M r . Jonathan Stones And M r . David Bemis's Rates (on
Acc 1 . of their Late misfortune by Fire) And the Vote past in the
Negative
(18) Article Read — Upon which the Com tee - Appointed to
Examin Treafurer Mafons Acc ts - Made Report — That they found
Mistakes in S d . Acc ts - to the Amount of Seven pounds Eleven
shillings And Three pence Due to the Town — And after Some De-
bate the Vote was Put, Whether it be the mind of the Town that
the Town Treafurer Make A Demand of Said Seven pounds.
Eleven shillings and 3 pence of the Execu r - of the Last will And
Testament of Joseph Mafon Efq r . Dec 1 : S d . Treafurer And upon
d
the s . Executors
A Refufing to Pay the Same to perfue the Affair in the
Law. — And the Vote past in the Affirmative
Voted that The Town Treafurer be Directed forthwith to
Pay Cap 1 . John Brown the Prime Cost of his Pew in the Meet-
inghofe —
Voted that the Dispofition of S d . Pew — And Alfo the Last Article
in the Warning be put off till the May Meeting —
March 14 — A. D. 1757. The following perfons took the Oath
Relating to other Governments Money before John Hunt. Efq r —
Viz)
Josiah Converie Efq r .
L l . Daniel Whitney
Sam 11 . Fisk- j- Selectmen
En: Jonathan Bemis
M r . Sam 11 : Hager-
Nathaniel Harrington took the Oath of
Treafurer & Afsefsor
Sam 11 . Fisk the Oath of Clerk & Affefsor—
Beze 1 : Learned the oath of Conftable & alfo
Before John
Hunt Efq r .
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W atertown Records.
Isaac Sanderfon S d . Oath
Tho s : Saltmarsh the Oath of Afsefsor & Deerieve—
Isaac Sanderfon the Oath of Sealer of Leather —
Jonas Barnard And Jofiah Bright the oath of
Fence Viewers
John Cook & Simon Whitney the oath of
Collectors and Surveyers of highways —
Stephen Harris the Oath of Hogrieve —
James Dix the Oath of Deerieve & Field Driver —
Jonas Coollidge and Robert Learned the oath of
Surveyers & Meafurers of Timber Plank bord
Slitwork &c
Smith Prentice the oath of Culler of Hoops &
Staves
Sam 11 . Cook the Oath of Culler of hoops & Staves
Before John
Hunt Efq r .
[157] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs -
Mary Learned Inhold r on Munday Ap 1 : the 4 th - AD. 1757 —
The Selectmen Gave ord r . to Sam 11 : Fisk to Deliver the Books,
Bonds & other Articles belonging to the Town that are und r . His
care as Town Treafurer to M r . Nathaniel Harrington prefent
Town Treafurer — At S d . Meeting Agreed with Cap 1 . John
Tainter to keep the wid°- Webb from the second of April
Inftant to y^. Second of April AD. 1758 — At Three Shillings
and Seven pence *4 P r . Week and to be Allowed for Extraor-
dinaries — At Said Meeting the Selectmen Appointed the Surveyers
their Districts as followeth (viz) M r . John Cook to have the East
part -which is to include the Inhabitants South of the River and
to mend the Roads South of the River and alio including the In-
habitants East of the Country Road from the Great Bridge to the
Meeting houfe & to mend that part of the Country Road And all
the other Roads Contained in the East District — M r . Simon
Whitney to have the West District And to mend the Road that
Divides the Districts from the meetinghoufe To Tho s : Welling-
tons And all the Roads Contained in the west District —
At Said meeting the Selectmen Determin'd that the School
Should Ceafe till Further Ord r - And that M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge
prefent Schoolmaster be informed that the Selectmen have nothing
further for him to Do as Schoolmaster at prefent; Agreed that
Sam 11 . Fisk give Notice thereof to M r - Coollidge — Who notifyed
him thereof the Day following; S Fisk
Appointed to Meet againe on Munday the Eighteenth Day
of this moneth (at the Publick Meetinghoufe) at one of y*. Clock
afternoon to Examin the Towns Stock of Ammunition
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Publick meeting houfe
on Munday Ap 1 : 18 — 1757 Upon Examining the Towns Stock
of Powd r . find one Barril thereof in Good Ord r - the Other Barril
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Something Damnifyed by Age — &c — Determined to Dispofe of
the Barril Last mentioned and procure another As soon as may
be — Agreed that Sam 11 . Fisk Show Some of S d powd r . to M r . Rem-
ington & M r . Waldo to know what they would Give for it &c —
At S d . meeting Agreed that the Deck of y e . Meeting houfe steple
be mended it being Very Leaky — And y*. the stocks be fited up —
Defired L l . Whitney to Ask Simon Hastings to Do Said Repairs —
Agreed alfo that the Pound be fited up by having new Ground
sills and New Cap pieces And what Elfe is found Necefsary upon
Examination, — At Said Meeting Agreed that M r . John Cook be
Defired to take care of the Great Bridge the Enfewing year —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs - Mary
Learned Inhold r . on The Third Day of May— AD— 1757—
They having Rec d : a precept from the High Sherriff of the County
Requiring a Town Meeting for the Choice of A Reprefentative
Agreed upon A Town Meeting for that Purpose to be on Munday
the Ninth Day of May inftant at one of the Clock afternoon
And alfo A Town Meeting to be at two of the Clock the Same
Afternoon for the Ends following (viz) ( 1 ) To Choofe a
Moderator — (2) For the Town to Grant Money for the Support
of y*. School the prefent Year — (3) To Hear the Acc 1 : of Cap 1 .
Brown And others a Com tee - Chofen by the Town to Build the
meetinghoufe & to Grant money to pay y*. Same Or otherwife
Provide for the Payment thereof as the Town Shall See Fit —
(4) For the Town to Dispofe of the Pew in the Meetinghoufe
that was Lately Cap 1 . Browns as the Town shall think propper
(5) For the Town to Grant money to Renew their Stock of
Powder
Warrants were Issued out P r - Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerk — at s d .
meeting the Selectmen Gave ord r . to the Treafurer to Pay
£66 — 13 — 4 — to y e . Rev: m r Storer for his Salary for — 1756
And Alfo £15—12—7—. To Cap 1 . Coollidge — &— £..—17—7
— 1 — To Seth Hastings —
[158] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold"- and
other Inhabi ts - of Watertown Qalifyed to Vote in the Choice of
A Reprefentative At the Publick meeting houfe in Said Town on
Munday the Ninth Day of May A D. 1757— To E\e& & Depute
a Perfon to Reprefent them at the Great & Gen 1 : Court — &c —
The Major Part of the Selectmen being Prefent — Directed the
Clerk to Read the Warrant for the Meeting — After which the
Inhabitants were Defired to bring in their Votes, which was Done
Accordingly; being Sortired and Numbered it appeared that John
Hunt Efq r . Was Chofen by the Major part of the Votes — Who
took the oath Relating to other Goverments money —
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold"- and other In-
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W atertown Records.
habitants of Watertown — Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick meeting houfe in S d . Town
on Munday the 9 th - Day of May A D. 1757 —
Voted And Chofe John Hunt Efq r , Moderator for S d . Meet-
ing-
Voted And Granted Thirty Pounds for the Support of the School
the Prefent year —
The third article Read Relateing to the Acc 1 . of the Com tee -
that Built the Meeting houfe then s d . Com tee . Exhibited an acc 1 :
of time & Expense Relateing to s d . Houfe Amounting to the Sum
of Eight Pounds Eighteen Shillings & Eight pence Lawfull
money — And the Vote was Put whether it be the mind of the
Town to Allow & Except S d . Acc 1 . And Make a Grant of
£8 — 18 — 6 to Pay the same & the Vote past in the Negative
Fourth Article Read and the Vote was put whether It be the
mind of the Town to Dispofe of the Pew in the meetinghoufe that
Was Lately Cap 1 . Browns and the Vote past in the Negative- —
Voted and Granted Eight pounds to Renew the Towns Stock
of powder —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs . Mary
Learned Inh r . on the Thirteenth Day of May AD. 1757 — Upon
the Affair of the School they Determined to Look out for Some
Suitable Perfon for A Schoolmaster. & Appointed D r . Converfe- —
M r . Bemis & Sam 11 . Fisk to go and talk with M r - Swan at Little
Cambridge (So Call'd) to See upon what terms He will keep the
School the Remainder of the Year. & to Agree with him as to
time "& Terms At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Determined to
Enquire upon what terms they Can Obtaine a G. of Powder as to
Price & Day for Paym*. —
On Munday the Sixteenth Day of May 1757 — The Selectmen
who were Appointed to treet with M r . Swan went to Him, And
Agreed with him to keep the School in Watertown Three Quar-
ters of a Year for Thirty Pounds Lawful Money to begin the
School the Same week —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs . Mary
Learned Inhold r - on Munday the sixth of June AD. 1757 — The
Selectmen having Rec d . A Precept from the Speaker of the Houfe
of Reprefentatives Requiring A Town Meeting for the Choice of
A Reprefentative (the Choice of John Hunt Efq r being Set
Afide) Agreed upon A meeting for that Purpose to be on munday
the thirteenth of June Inftant at One of the Clock Afternoon at
the Publick meeting houfe in s d . Town — And alfo a meeting to
be at two o Clock the same afternoon for Disposing of y e . pew
y\ was Cap 1 - Browns — The Clerk Issued out warrants for S d .
meetings Accordingly —
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[159] At A Meeting of the Freehold"- and other In-
habitants of Watertown Qualifyed to vote in the Choice of A
Reprefentative at the Publick Meetinghoufe in S d . Town on
Munday the Thirteenth Day of June A D 1757 — John Hunt
Efq r . was Chofen To Represent the Town, by A Major part of
the Legal voters prefent at S d . Meeting (in the Opinion of the
Selectmen)
At A Meeting of The Freehold 1 " 5 - And other Inhabitants of
Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in Town Affairs Regulerly
Afsembled at the Publick meetinghoufe in Said Town on Munday
the Thirteenth Day of June A D. 1757 —
Voted And Chofe John Hunt Efq r - Moderator for Said Meet-
ing-
Then the Article was Read Relating to the Pew in the Meeting
houfe that was Cap 1 . Browns And After Debate thereon the Vote
was Put whether it be the Mind of the Town to Act on S d .
Article and the Vote Pas't in the Negative
To the Selectmen of Watertown
Gen n .
This may Certify that we the Subscribers have
Afses 1 . the Polls and Rateable Eitates of Said Town
in the Sum of Twenty Six Pounds Thirteen Shillings
and Four pence (Granted by The Town for mending
the ways in Said Town) And have Commited Lists of
S d . Rate to the Several Collectors who are alio Sur-
vayers of High Ways — Viz — To M r . John Cook the
Certificate ( Sum of Thirteen Pounds and Nine pence two Farth-
ings & To M r . Simon Whitney the Sum of Thirteen
Pounds Twelve Shillings & Six pence two Farthings
with Lawfull warrands to Collect the Same (or See
that it be Faithfully work't out agreable to the vote
of the Town) So as to Compleat and make up with
your Selves on or before the last Day of Nov 1 ": next
Ensewing —
Watertown ) Tho s . Saltmarsh
Afsefsors
1757 \ Sam" Fisk [ Afsefsor's of
Nathaniel Harrington J Watertown
[160] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r -
David Coollidge Innhold r - on the 24. Day of June A D. 1757 —
they Confidered the List of Perfons Licenced Last year which are
as Followeth — (viz) M r . Tho s . Saltmarsh M rs - Mary Learned &
M r . David Coollidge Innhold" And John Hunt Efq r .
Cornelius Waldo M r . John Remington Cap. David Baldwin and
M rs - Hannah Livermore Retailer And Signifyed in their Return
that they had nothing to Object to their Having their Licences
Renewed the prefent year — They Alfo Approved of and Recom-
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mended M r . Smith Prentice as a Perfon of Sober Converfation
Suitably quallifyed and Provided for keeping A Tavern in the
Room of M rs - Mary Learned —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the W d : Mary
Learned on Friday the 29 Day of July 1757 — Ordered The Town
Treafurer to give out Afignments to the Several Conftables for
the Payment of the Town Credditors the Several Somes Due to
them from the Town —
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen Directed the Clerk to Give the
Town Treafurer A List of the Perfons And an Acc 1 : of the
Charge of warning Perfons out of Town — At three Shillings
Each — (viz) One Shilling to the Conf table for doing the Service
one Shilling to the Clerk of y e Court And one Shilling to the
Town Clerk — That the perfons who took thofe in who were
warned out of Town May Pay the Same as the Law Directs.
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Smith Prentices on
Thursday Aug 1 11 1757 — the Selectmen Signed the Return of the
Precept to the Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentatives — At S d .
meeting the Selectmen gave ord r . to the Town Treafurer to Pay
Eight Pounds to Jonathan Bemis and Sam 11 . Hager To Buy A
Barril of powder for the Towns Stock —
[161] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r .
Smith Prentice of s d . Town Innhold 1 "- on the 31— Day of Octob r -
1757—
The • Selectmen being inform'd that M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge Late
Schoolmaster is in Want of Shirts and Briches — They Defired
his Brother Cap*. Nathanael Coollidge to Procure a Pair of
Leather Briches and Two Gotten and Linnen Shirts for Said
Sam 11 : Coollidge as Soon as he can Conveniently —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Agreed to meet with the Se-
lectmen of Weston and Waltham at M r . Richard Cuttens of S d .
Waltham on Munday the Fourteenth Day of Nov r . Next at one
of the Clock afternoon to Adjust the Charge of Repairing the
Great Bridge in Watertown which hath Arifen Since the Last
Adjustment — And alfo to adjust the Charge of the Poor with
Waltham And Directed the Clerk to Notify S d . Selectmen of
S d . Meeting; Who did it accordingly —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown, Weston & Wal-
tham at M r . Richard Cuttings in Waltham on Munday Nov r .
14 — 1757 — The Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge in
Watertown which hath Arifen Since the Last Adjustment (which
was Sep r . 17 — 1756 — ) Was Adjusted and proportioned between
S d . Towns — The Acc ts - And Adjustments are as follows
Watertown Records.
191
To John Cook for Work and Meterials for S d .
Bridge £5— 1— 10— 3
To Tho s : Learned .. — •• — .8 — ..
To Three Tons & Seven feet of Timber at .£1—1 — 4.
p r Ton procured by Watertown for S d . Bridge 3 — 7 — 9 — ..
Watertowns Charge £8 — 10 — 3 — 3
By Walthams Charge Omited in a former
Adjustment — . — .2 — .8 — ..
The Sum to be Adjusted— £8—12— 1 1—3
Of which Sum Watertowns part is £3 — 3 — 3
Westons proportion is .2 — 10 — 7 — 2
Walthams Ditto 2— 19— .1—1
8—12—1 1—3
Which Adjustm*. was Signed by the Selectmen of Each Town
at the Meeting AboveS d —
Elifha Jones | Selectmen
Abra m . Bigelow [ of
Samuel SeavernsJ Weston
Sam 11 . Livermore
Isaac Stearns
Daniel Child
Jacob Biglow
Daniel Whitney
Sam 11 . Fisk—
Jonathan Bemis
Samuel Hager
Selectmen
of
Watertown
Selectmen of Waltham
At Said Meeting the Selectmen of Watertown and Waltham
Appointed to meet on Friday y*. 18 th - of the same Moneth at M r .
Saltmarfhes in Watertown to Settle the Charge of y e . poor Jointly
supported p r s d . Towns. —
[162] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Cuttings of
Waltham on Munday the fourteenth Day of Nov r - A D — 1757 —
The Selectmen underftanding that there is One Catherine Hall
of Boston come to Refide in Watertown at M rs - Murches — They
Ordered the Clark to Issue out a Warrant to warn her out of
Town Directly — They Refufing to Admit her as an Inhabitant —
She was Warned out Accordingly — the 18 th - of the same Moneth
— Att\ Sam 11 : Fisk Clerk
At A Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown & Waltham at
M r . Tho s : Saltmarfhes on Friday the 18 th - of Nov r . A D 1757—
The Charge y\ Watertown hath been at in keeping the Wid w -
Webb (Since the Same was Adjusted Ap 1 : 1753 — ) Was Ad-
justed which is as followeth. (viz)
To Cap 1 . Tainter for Boarding the Wid w . Webb from the Second
of April 1753— To the 12 th - of Nov r - 1757—
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And for Sundries procured for Her within Said term
£43— .2— 2— 2
At Said Meeting the Said Sum of Forty three Pounds two
Shillings and two pence Two farthings Was Adjusted & pro-
portioned as followeth —
Watertowns Proportion of S d . Charge is £22 — .6 — .. — ..
Walthams part Due to Watertown is — 20 — 16 — 2 — 2
Which was Signed P r Said Selectmen
43— .2— .2— .2
Sam 11 : Fisk
Jonathan Bemis
Sam 11 : Hager
1 Selectmen
of
Watertown
Sam 11 Livermore
Jonathan Sanderfon
Isaac Stearns
Jacob Biglow
Selectmen
of
Waltham
At the Meeting Afore Said the Selectmen of Watertown
Gave ord r - to The Town Treafurer to Pay the Rev d : M r . Seth
Storer his Salary for the Year — 1756 — They Alfo Directed the
Town Clerk to Issue out Warrants for a Town Meeting to be on
Munday the 28 — of Nov r . Currant — At one o Clock afternoon at
the publick meetinghoufe in S d . Town — for the ends follow-
ing — (1) To Choofe a Moderator — (2) For the Town to Grant
A Sum of Money to pay the Acc 1 . of the Com tee - Chofen to build
y e - Meeting houfe (who have Sued the Town) Or Appropriate
a Sum of money Due from Waltham (not appropriated) which
may be Sufficient for that purpofe — & pafs any Vote or Votes
on S d . Affair as the Town shall think proper (3) To know the
mind of the Town whether they will Purchefe the Land by the
Meeting houfe (Call'd the two Acres) of M r . Benj a Harris And
If the Town are Determined to Buy the Same then to Choofe
and Impower a Com tee - for that purpose. And Determin in
what Way they Will Pay for s d . Land — Warrants were Issued
out Accordingly.
P r Sam 11 . Fisk Clerk
[163] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold". And
other Inhabitants of Watertown Qualifyed to Vote in Town
Affairs Regulerly Warned And Afsembled At the Publick Meet-
inghoufe in S d . Town on Monday the 28 th . of Nov r . A D. 1757
Voted And Chofe M r . Ebenezer Stone Moderator for Said
Meeting —
The Second Article Read Relating to the Com* 63 . Ace*, who
were Chofen to build the Meeting houfe And After Debate there-
on the Vote was put whether it be the Mind of the Town to
Grant A Sum of Money to pay S d . Com tees . Acc 1 . And the Vote
Past in the Negative
Put to Vote whether it be the mind of the Town to Choofe a
Com tee . to Examin Said Com tees . Acc 1 . And Make report at the
Watertown Records.
193
Adjournment of this Meeting and the Vote Past in the Affirm-
ative —
Voted And Chofe for Said Com tee .. John Kemball Jun r . Jonas
Bond Jun r . Nath 1 . Stone Jonathan Brown Jun r . & Sam 11 . Fisk.
Voted And Adjourned this Meeting & the Remaining Bufinefs
thereof to Monday Next 2 c y [ ock afternoon to this place
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting on Monday the Fifth of Dec r .
A D. 1757 — P Adiournm 1 The Meeting being Opened the
Com tee - Chofen to Examin the Acc 15 . of the Com tee . Chofen to
build the Meetinghoufe Reported That they had not Compleated
an Adjusting of S d . Acc ts . — Therefore upon A motion Made &
Seconded the Vote was put whether it be the mind of the Town
that this Affair be put off to A further Adjournm 1 . of this Meet-
ing and in the mean time S d . Com tee - further Examin the Acc ts -
AforeSaid — & It past in y*. Afirmative The third Article Read
Relating to the purchasing the Two Acres by the Meetinghoufe.
After Debate thereon the Vote was put whether it be the mind
of the Town to Act on Said Article & y*. Vote past in the
Negative —
Voted And Adjourned this Meeting & the Remaining Bufinefs
thereof to Friday Next at two o Clock afternoon to this place.
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold"., and other
Inhabitants of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick
Meetinghoufe in Said Town on Friday the Ninth Day of De-
cemb r - A D. 1757 P r Adjournm 1 . After the Meeting was opened
The Com tee - Appointed to Settle Acc ts . with the Com tee . Chofen
to Build the Meetinghoufe Reported That they found the Bal-
lance Due to s d . Com tee - (including Six fhillings Omited in their
Acc 1 . together with the Charge of the Writ & Service which was
Nine shillings & Ten pence) Amounts to the Sum of Nine Pounds
Eleven Shillings & Two Pence Three Farthings After Debate
thereon the Vote was put whether it be the Mind of the Town
to Allow S d . Account And Appropriate part of the Money Due
from Waltham to Watertown for the Payment thereof.
And the Vote past in the Affirmative —
Put to Vote whether it be the Mind of the Town to Impower
and Direct the Selectmen to Give said Com tee - An Order upon
Waltham for the Sum of Nine Pounds Eleven Shillings & Two
pence three Farthings in full Discharge of their Acc ts . for Building
& Finnishing the Meetinghoufe & y*. Vote past in the Affirmative
At A Meeting of the Selectmen the Day AbovesSaid at Evening
they Gave the Com tee - An Order On Waltham Accordingly and
took a Receipt of S d . Com tee - in full —
[164] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r .
Smith Prentice Inhold r - The 20 th .. Day of January A D. 1758.
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Watertotvn Records.
They being inform'd that the Wid w - Maddocks is in Danger of
Suffering for want of Wood and other Necefsaries Agreed that
M r . Bemis procure a Bed Blankit or Coverlid for S d . Wid w - as
Soon as he can with Conveniency alfo Defired that M r . Hager
Send Her a Load of Wood — Alfo Defired that Sam 11 . Fisk Send
her Sum Provifions if She Stands in Need of the Same
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Directed the Clerk to Sign an
ord r - in their Name for the Town Treafurer to Pay Cap 1 .
Tainter His acc 1 .. for Boarding the Wid w .. Webb, from April
the Second A D. 1756. To April the Second 1757 And for Extra-
ordinaries procured for Her in Said Term Alfo an Ord r . for the
Treafurer to Pay M r . Jofiah Swan Schoolmaster Ten Pounds
for his keeping the School the Second Quarter.
Which was done Accordingly.
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Smith Prentices on
Monday y*. Twentieth Day of Feb: AD 1758. They Directed
the Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the Several Con-
ftables of Watertown for A Town Meeting to be at the Publick
meetinghoufe in said Town on Monday the Sixth Day of March
Next at Nine of the Clock in the forenoon for the Ends following
(viz) (1) To Choofe a Moderator for said Meeting (2) To
Choofe Selectmen A Town Clerk and Treafur r . And all other
Town officers Required by Law to be Chofen in the moneth
of March Annually — (3) To Choofe A Saxton and Agree how
he shall be paid for his Service — (4) To Put in their votes for
A County Treafurer — (5) To know the mind of y* Town
whether Swine Shall Run At Large the Enfewing Year — (6) To
Hear the Town Treafurers Accounts and Pafs upon them (7)
For fhe Town to Appropriate the Interest Money coming to
the Town the Prefent year the Year beginning the Eleventh of
Decemb r Last (8) To Grant A Salery for the Rev d : M r . Seth
Storer for the Enfewing Year the year beginning the first Day of
March Next. (9) To Grant money for the Support of y e
School (10) To Grant money for the Support of the Poor the
Enfewing Year — (11) To Grant Money for Repairing the
Great Bridge — (12) To hear the Accounts of thofe Perfons to
whome the Town is indebted & To Grant money to Pay them
(13) To Grant Money (if they see fit) to Mend their High
Ways & Town Ways the Enfewing year, And alfo to Choofe
their Surveyers of Highways to be collectors of y e . Highway Rate
& to Determin the price of Labour in working out the same
(14) For the Town to hear the pleas of the prefent or any late
Conftable's for Abatment of any perticuler perfons Rates in their
Lists, And for the Town to Act their Pleafure thereon (15) To
know the mind of the Town whether they will Sell a peice of
Land belonging to the Town between the Town way and the
River. Norwesterly of and Next Adjoining to the piece of Land
W atertown Records.
195
Sold by the Town to M r . David Sanger Late of Watertown
Deceas't — And for the Town to pafs any vote or votes on said
affair as the Town shall think propper — (16) To hear the pe-
tition of Sam 11 . Warrin Jun r - Praying for Liberty to Set a Small
building on the Towns Land near Biscos Spring or any other
piece of the Towns Land, with a few Rods of Ground for Im-
provement During the Towns pleafure — (17) To know the
mind of y*. Town whether they will Improve M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge
this prefent year for their Schoolmaster Provided he is well and
able to manage y e . School. (18) To hear the Report of y*
Com tee . Chofen to Sell their Right in y* Farm Near Wachufett
hill — And that the Town Cred rs - be notifyed to bring in y r .
Acc ts . to y e Selectmen at m r . Smith prentices on Friday y* 5 . 3 d .
of March Next at 3 — o Clock afternoon — Warrants were Isfued
out Accordingly
P. Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerk —
[165] At the Sele&mens meeting on Feb. 20 th - 1758 They
Gave ord r . To the Town Treafurer to pay £17 — 14 — . To Cap*.
Nath 1 . Coollidge for Boarding And providing things for his
Brother M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge and to be Charg d to said Sam 11 .
Coollidge — At the Same meeting the Selectmen Agreed that M r .
Sam 11 . Coollidge should have after the Rate of Forty Pounds A
Year for his Keeping School from Dec r : 10 — 1755— to Ap 1 : 4. th -
1757—
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Smith
Prentice March. 3 d . A D. 1758. to take in the Accounts of thofe
Perfons to whome the Town is indebted Which are as followeth.
(viz)
To Nath 1 : Harrington for Serving the Town as
Treafurer y^ Year Past £2 — 13 — 4.
And for Serving As Afsefsor for the Same year .. — 16 — ..
To Tho s : Saltmarsh and Sam 11 . Fisk for Serving
Afsefsors 16/ Each .1—12 ..
To Beza 1 : Learned for 18 feet of Timber for a
Small Bridge .. .4 10
To John Cook for Meterals for Mending Small
Bridges in Town .. — 15 — .1
To Amos Bond for Stones for A Bridge Near M r .
Goddards .8
To Simon Hastings for Mending the School Houfe .. — .4 — ..
And for work & meterals in Mending Deck of
the Meeting houfe .1 17 4
To L l . Daniel Whitney for Cap pieces for the
Pound 12 — ..
And for Plank & Stones for Small Bridges .. — .6 — ..
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W atertown Records.
To Simon Whitney for Stones & Plank for the
Like ufe — .6 — ..
To Enf n . Jonathan Bemis for Two Sills for y*.
Pound 16/ & for Labour 3/2—1— ..—19—2—1
To Sam 11 . Hager for two Sills for the Pound 16/
—And for Labour 1/7 ..—17—7 — .
To John Cook for work and Meterals for the
Great Bridge the Year Past which was Adjusted
P the Towns Concerned 5 — 1 — 10 — 3
And for work & meterals for Said Bridge Since
the Adjustment .. — 7 — .9 — .
£17—1 —.. — ..
At Said meeting the Selectmen Gave ord r . to the Treafurer to
Pay as followeth (viz) To the Rev d : M r . Seth Storer £66 — 13 —
4 — for his Salary for the year Past And Ten Pounds To M r .
Jofiah Swan for keeping the School the third Quarter — And to
M r . John Remington One Shilling and One penny for Sundries
found M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge And to be Charged to him y*. Said
Coollidge — And to Sam 11 . Fisk — Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings
and two pence for keeping Mary Hackelton (a poor Child) to
this Day At Eighteen shillings (old Ten P — week — P ord r . of
the Selectmen —
[166] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold", and
other Inhab ts : of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled At the Publick
Meeting houfe in S d . Town March the 6 th . A D. 1758
Voted And Chose Josiah Convers Efq r . Moderator for Said
Meeting.
Jofiah Convers. Efq r .
Sam 11 : Fisk.
M r . Amos Bond.
En n . Jonathan Bemis.
Cap 1 . Nathaniel Coollidge
Voted and Chofe Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerk.
Voted and Chose M r . Nathaniel Harrington Town Treafurer.
Voted and Chose M r . Jonathan Brown Jun r . first Conftable but
was Excufed by a Vote
Voted And Chofe for Conftables j 1°™ ^? ite
( Moses btone.
Voted and Chofe for the first Afsefsor. Sam 11 . Fisk.
Voted And Adjourned the Meeting and the Remaining Bufinefs
thereof to Monday Next at Nine o'Clock in the forenoon to this
Place—
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting on Monday the thirteenth Day of
March A D. 1758 P Adjournment.
Voted and chose for Selectmen
Watertoivn Records.
197
Voted & Chofe for Hawards or Field Drivers j
, a i ™ r »; ; / • \ S Nathaniel Stone
Voted And Chofe two Afseisors (viz) j Xho s : Saltmarsh
Voted And Chofe John Coggin Sealer of Leather —
^ . ( Jonath 11 Learned
Voted And Chofe for Fenceviewers j j onatha n Child.
Voted and Chofe for Surveyers of Highways j Xho^Qark— ^
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen j fX^St^™™*
xt i a i r r tt • S Abijah Brown
Voted And Chofe for Hogneves j Joseph Coollidge
T7 . . ™ , , n ( Tho s : Saltmarsh
Voted and Chofe for Deeneves J Smith p rentice
Voted and Chofe for Surveyer & meafurer \ Jonas Coollidge
of Timber Board Plank Slitwork &c \ Robert Learned
Daniel Pierce
John Warrin
Voted And Chofe for Gager of Casks Smith Prentice
Voted and Chofe for Culler of Hoops and ( Sam 11 . Cook
Staves ( Smith Prentice.
Voted and Chofe Jedididiah Spring Saxton to be paid by two
Contrabutions as ufual
[167] The Vote was put whether it be the mind of the
Town that Swine Should Run at large the Enfewing Year and
the Vote past in the Negative
Then the Town Treafurers Accounts were Read and the Vote
was put whether it be the mind of the Town to Accept the S d .
Accounts
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Voted & Appropriated the Interest money coming to the Town
the prefent Year the year beginning the Eleventh of December
Last, as followeth (viz) Five shillings and Eight pence to the
School and the Remainder to y e . Miniftry
Voted and Granted — £66 — 13 — 4 — for A Salary for the Rev d :
M r . Seth Storer for the Enfewing Year — the Interest money
Appropriated for that ufe to Be part of Said Sum —
Voted And Granted £30 — .. — .. for the Suport of the School
the Enfewing Year
Voted And Granted 15 — .. — .. for the Support of the Poor the
Enfewing year.
Voted And Granted £6 — .. — .. for Repair's of the Great Bridge —
Then the Accounts of thofe Perfon's to whome the Town is
Indebted was Read to the Town Amounting to the Sum of
£17 — 1 — .. Voted Accepted & Allowed And Granted the Sum
of £11 — 1 — .. — to pay s d . accounts — which with the Six pounds
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Watertown Records.
Granted Last year for the Repairs of the Great Bridge make s d .
Sum
Voted And Granted £26 — 13 — 4 — To mend the High ways
and Town ways the Prefent Year — Voted & Chofe the Surveyers
of Highways Collectors of the Highways Rat[e]
Voted that the Price of Labour be the Same it was the Last
year in working out s d rate
Then Several Late Conftable's pleaded Abatement of Some
perfons rates in their Lists
The Town Voted and Abated Edw d : Edd's Rates in Conftable
Learneds Lists of .. — 10 — 10 —
And Alfo Abated S d . Edd's Rates in Conftable
Bemis's Lists of — 16 — .. — 2
And Granted the like Sum to Supply the Same —
Voted And Abated Henry Spring Jun r - Deceasts Rate in Con-
Voted and Abated £. — 15 — 4 — In Simon Coollidges Rate in
Conftable Sanderions Lists And the Like Sums Granted to make
them Good —
Then the Article w ^ s Read to the Town Relating to Samuel
Warrin Jun rs - Request to the Town for Liberty to Set a small
Building on the Towns Land near to Bisco's Spring or other
where, with a few Rods of Ground for Improvemen During the
Towns pleafure— And after Debate thereon the Vote was put —
whether it be the mind of the Town to Grant the Said warrin
his Request And the Vote past in the Affirmative —
Voted to Choose A Com tee - to Set out a piece of Land to M r .
Warrin for the Ends mentioned
Voted And Chofe Jonas Bond Efq r . M r . John Kemball and L*.
Daniel Whitney for s d . Com tee -
The Vote was put whether it be the mind of the Town to Im-
prove M r . Sam 11 . Coollidge as Schoolmaster the prefent year in
cafe he be well and able to manage the School — the Vote past
in the Affirmative —
Then the Com tee - who were Chofen to Sell the farm near
wachufet Hill Reported to the Town which is on File
[1681 At A Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Smith Pren-
tices on Monday March 13 th - 1758. The Perfons under named
took the Oath Refpecting other Governments Bills — The Oath
was Administred P John Hunt Efq r .
Josiah Convers Efq r .
En n . Jonathan Bemis
Cap 1 , Nath 1 : Coollidge
The following Perfons after they had taken the Money Oath
ftable Bonds List of
Sam 11 . Fisk
M r . Amos Bond.
Selectmen
W atertown Records.
199
Were Sworn to the Several offices to which they were Refpect-
ively Chofen — (viz)
Sam 11 . Fisk l l ok the Oath of Town Clerk &
Afsefsor.
Nathaniel Harrington the Oath of Town
Treafurer
Jonas White the oath of Conftable
Moses Stone the Oath of Conftable.
Tho s : Saltmarsh the Oath of Afsefsor &
Deerieve
Nathaniel Stone the Oath of Afsefsor —
John Coggin the Oath of Sealer of Leather
Jonathan Learned the Oath of Fenceviewer
Jonathan Child the Oath of Fenceviewer.
Robert Learned the Oath of Surveyer of
Highways; Meafurer of Timber. & Bord Plank
&c — And Collector —
Tho s : Clark th ^ 0ath of Surveyer of Highways
& Collector —
Simon Whitney the Oath of Tythingman
John Stearns the Oath of Tythingman
Abijah Brown the Oath of Hogrieve
Joseph Coollidge the Oath of Hogrieve
Jonas Coollidge the Oath of Surveyer &
meafurer of Timber &c
Smith Prentice the Oath of Gauger of Casks &
Culler of Hoops & Staves And Deerieve —
Sam 11 . Cook Culler of Hoops & Staves.
[169] At the Meeting of the Selectmen on the 13 th - of
March Last mentioned They Ordered the Clark to Isue out a
Warrant to Warn Daniel Parkhust. And Martha His wife &
their four Children (viz) Martha, Ruth — Catherine & Daniel
Immediatly to Depart out of Watertown they Refufing to Re-
ceive them As Inhabitants, — S d . Parkhust & Familie Refide in
Col 1 : Brindleys Houfe — they came Last from Cambridge, About
the 20 th .- Of April Last as the Selectmen Are Inform'd — A War-
want was Issued out Accordingly — on the Next day And the
Conftable did the Service the Day following Att*. S. Fisk Clerk —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Ordered Sam 11 . Fisk to Get
Some Clothing for Mary Hackelton who is at his Houfe, and
charge it to the Town in cafe Her Relations Dont help her to
some in a few Days —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Smith
Prentice Inhold r . on Monday the 3 d . of April AD. 1758. they
Agreed with Cap 1 . John Tainter to keep the Wid w - Webb, for
the Space of One Year (if She Survive) At three Shillings and
Nine Pence P r . Week And to be Allow'd. for Extraordinaries. —
Sworn by
John Hunt
Efqr
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IVatertown Records.
At Said Meeting Agreed that M r . John Cook be Defired to
take care of the Great Bridge
At Said Meeting the Seleclmen Appointed the Surveyers of the
Highways their Districts As followeth (viz) M r . Thomas Clark
to have the East part of the Town And to mend the Roads therein
And the Road under the Rocks to the Corner by M r . Jofeph
Harringtons And alio the Road by M r . Kemballs to M r . Jonas
Barnards Corner — M r . Robert Learned to have the West part
of the Town And to mend the Roads therein and the Road that
Leads by the Meeting houfe over the Hill to Kemballs Corner. —
Agreed that Jofeph Coollidge have Liberty to take up the
young Apletrees in the Burying place, in cafe He take up alfo the
Brierbufhes & keep up the Walls.
At Said Meeting the Seleclmen Directed the Clerk to Sign
Orders in their Name to the Town Treafurer to Pay (Or ord r .)
£9 — 12 — 4 — To Cap 1 . John Tainter for Boarding the Wid w ..
Webb, from April 2 d . 1757— to April— 2 d . 1758— And for Ex-
traordinaries Procured for Her — And Alfo to Give out Afsignm^.
to the Conftables to Pay the Town Creditors their Acc ts . Allowed
& Granted at the Last Town Meeting.
The School being Vacant the Selectmen at the abovesS d . meet-
ing Determined to make Enquirie at the Colledge And Elsewhere
for a Suitable perfon to keep the Grammer & English School in
Town As Soon as may be
Agreed to meet againe on Monday Next at five oClock Afternoon
at this place
At. A Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Prentices on Munday
the 10 th - Day of April A D— 1758— They with the Afsent of
John Hunt & Nath 1 : Harris Efq rs - Bound out Mary Hackelton
(who hath for some time been A Town Charge) To M r . Eben r .
Stone Jun r . till She Arive at the Age of Eighteen Years — S d .
Stone to have Two Pounds Thirteen Shillings & Four Pence
with the Said Mary. — At S d .
[170] At A Meeting of the Seamen of Watertown
at M r . Smith Prentices Inhold 1 ". on Munday the Seventeenth Day
of April. 1758 — they Agreed with M r . Thorn 5 : Phips to keep
the Grammer & English School in Said Town for the Space of
one Quarter of a Year for Ten pounds Lawfull money S d . M r .
Phips to Board & Provide for himfelf — Agreed that the School
Should begin on Monday the 24 th .. Inftant
At a Meeting of the Seleclmen at the Houfe of Sam 11 : Fisk on
the Eighth Day of May AD. 1758. They having Rec'd A
Precept for the Choofing A Reprefentative they Agreed upon A
Town Meeting for that Purpose to be on The Fifteenth Day of this
Month of may at one ° Clock ^afternoon at fa p UD li c k meeting houfe
in Said Town.
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And alio Agreed upon another Town Meeting to be on the Same
Day at Two of the Clock afternoon for the Ends following —
(viz) (1) To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting (2) For
the Town to make Addition to the list of Jurors or take off from
the Same As the Town Shall think proper — (3) To Hear the
Report of the Com tee . Chofen to Sell Land Belonging to the
Town — &c Directed the Clerk to Issue out warrants for the s d .
meetings, who did it accordingly — Att 1 . Sam 11 : Fisk Clerke —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on Monday the Fifteenth Day
r
(viz) Henry Bond Thaddeus Bond & Eben -
Stedson, Refiding in Watertown
of May A D. 1758. Three Perfons a having mani-
fested their Defires of the priveledge of Voteing in Elections in
S d . Town the Selectmen Confented to Admit them inhabitants of
Said Watertown,
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freeholds, and other
Inhab ts : of Watertown Qualifyed to vote in the Choice of A Rep-
refentative. Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meetinghoufe
in Said Town on Monday the Fifteenth Day of May A D. 1758.
After the warrant was Read the Selectmen Directed the In-
habitants to bring in their Votes which being Done, the Selectmen
Sorted an Counted the Votes and it apeared to them that there
was no Perfon Chofen — Declaration was made — Accordingly —
the Day being Spent, A motion was made and Seconded, where-
upon the Vote was put — whether it be the mind of the Town
that the meeting Should be Adjourned to A further time —
Refolved in the Negative.
—the Day being Spent Confequently the Bufinefs of the Second meet-
ing of the Said Day Drop't of Courfe
To the Selectmen of Watertown —
Gen n - This may Certify that we the Subscribers have Afses't the
Ratable Polls and Eftates of Watertown in the Sum of £26 — 13 —
Afsefsors ^ — Granted to mend the Highway and have Com-
Certificate mitted Lists of said Rate or Afsefsm 1 to the Several
Selectmen Surveyers of Highways who are alfo Collectors (viz)
To Robert Learned £14 — 1 — 5 — 3 — And To
Thomas Clark £12— M— 1 0—2— with Lawfull Warrants to
Collect the same or see that it be faithfully work't out in Mend-
ing the ways Agreable to y e . vote of the Town So as to Com-
pleat the Same & make up with the Selectmen at or before y* 5 .
30 th . of Nov'. 1758—
Sam 11 . Fisk ) A t ,
Tho 5 : Saltmarsh I Afsefsors of
Nathan 1 : Stone J Watertown
Watertown April 13. 1758.
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[171] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r .
Smith Prentice Innhold 1 "- On Tuesday July 11 — 1758 — Taking
into Confideration the Poor Circumftances of the French Nutral
Familie in this Town. Determined that they Should be Supplied
with four Shillings worth of Provifions every week till further
order — And accordingly Defired M r . Smith Prentice to Deal it
out to them as there shall be Occation.
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Amos
Bond, on Friday the 28 th . of July 1758. They Agreed with
M r . Tho s : Phips prefent Schoolmaster to keep the School Another
Quarter of a Year (to begin on the Monday following) for ten
pounds Lawfull money.
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Smith Prentices — Aug 1 .
28. 1758 having Confidered the List of Licenced Perfons in
Watertown Confented that they should have their Licences Re-
newed the Prefent Year —
At the Request of M r . Edward Richardson they Approbated
Him for A Tavernkeeper in the Houfe that was formerly D r .
Wellington's, and Recommended him Accordingly —
At Said Meeting M r . Joseph Coollidge inform'd the Select-
men that the wid w . Maddocks hath been with him for some
time and Signifyed that he should Expect Three shillings and
four pence P r . week from ^ e Town for his providing for her —
while She tarries with him to which the Selectmen Confented.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Great Bridge in Water-
town On Munday the 12 th . Day of Sep r . 1758 — Upon Viewing
S d . Bridge they found Some of the Timbers very Defective Per-
ticulerly Several of the Butments that Support the String pieces
in the middle Pier —
Agreed that M r . John Cook who hath the care of the Bridge
be Defired to procure the Timbers and other meterials and Do
the work — Defired M r . Bemis to Afsist in the Affair, of Re-
pairing S d . Bridge —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Jonathan
Bemis On Thirsday the 26 th - of Octob r .. 1758— They agreed to
Hire M r . Tho s : Phips to keep the School another Quarter at the
Price he hath kept hitherto. Defired Sam 11 : Fisk to give him
Notice thereof, and alfo to Defire him to notify the School
Children to bring money for Buying of wood for the School —
(viz) Five shillings old Ten r . Each — Alfo agreed that the School -
houfe Glafs and Roof Should be Mended And the Irons of the
Frame the Bell of the Meetinghoufe hang upon should be re-
paired — Defired Sam 11 : Fisk to get Said Repairs done — At Said
Meeting the Selectmen Directed the Clark to give an ord r .. to the
Treafurer to Pay — Fifteen Shillings and ten pence one Farthing
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to Nathan Coollidg for Sundries procured and Services done for
his Uncle Sam 11 : Coollidge in the Years 1756— And— 1757— to
be Charged to Said Sam 11 : Coollidge —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Capt 1 . Nath 1 :
Coollidge on the 7 th - Day of Decern 1 ". 1758 — They Gave Ord r .
to the Clerk to Issue out Warrants to Warn one George Trent —
And Margret Gardner to Depart the Town — The Selectmen
Refusing to Admit them as Inhabitants — the Said Margret.
Came Last from Boston And the s d . Trent is a roving Perfon
they came into Town About the Moneth of June Last and Refide
in the Houfe of the Wid w - Elifebeth Prentice As the Selectmen
are in form'd —
[172] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Smith Pren-
tices Inhold r . on Thirsday the 21 st .. of Decem r - A D. 1758—
They having Notice of the Death of the Wid w . Deliverence Webb
— who hath for some time been a Town Charge — They Deter-
min'd that her Funeral Should be the Day following — And that
M r . David Bemis be Defired to Make her Coffin — And that there
be Six pair of Gloves Procured for the Bearers and one for the
Minister- and that the two Women who laid out the Corpes
should have a Reward Equal to a Pair of Gloves Each Agreed
alfo that the Corpes be carryed to the Grave upon a Chair — De-
fired M r . Bemis one of the Selectmen to Procure a Horse and
Chair for that Purpose — And that John Tainter Jun r . be De-
fired to Drive the Chair and Afsist at the Funeral — And to be
rewarded for his Trouble —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Defired M r . John Cook who
hath the Infpection of the Great Bridge to Collect and Secure
the Old Planks that belong to said Bridge —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Defired M r . Smith Prentice to
let the French Familie live in the best Room in His Houfe out
of which M r . W m - Sanger lately Removed, the Selectmen Promis-
ing him Reafonable Rent for it the time they should Dwell
there, To which M r . Prentice Confented — They Alfo
Defired M r . John Cook to Procure wood and other Necefsaries
to the Amount of Fifty shillings Old Ten r . P r . Week for s d .
French people till further Ord r -
At Said Meeting the Selectmen having Rec d : An Ord r . from
Daniel Parkhurst Dated Nov r . 28. 1758— To Pay Or Ord r - his
Rates to be Cros't in Conftable Sanderfons Lists amounting to
the Sum of Twelve shillings and Three pence One Farthing And
alfo to pay Two pounds Thirteen shillings and Four Pence to
Sam 11 : Fisk of Watertown in full Discharge of his Acc 1 - Relating
to the Wid w - Maddocks for Trouble Provifion & Houfe Rent —
Which Ord r - the Selectmen Rec d . And Accepted, And According-
ly Directed the Clark to sign an order in their Name to the
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Town Treafurer to Pay Twelve Shillings and Three pene*
one Farthing to M r . Isaac Sanderfon upon his Crofsing the S d .
Parkhursts Rates in his Lists, And alio to Pay Two Pounds
Thirteen shillings and Four Pence to Sam 11 . Fisk in full Discharge
of Said Parkhursts Acc 1 -
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at M r . Smith Prentices Innhold 1 "-
on Friday the 16 of Febru>\ A D — 1759. They Directed the
Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the several Conftables
for A Gen 1 . Town Meeting to be On Munday the Fifth Day of
March Next at nine o Clock in the forenoon at the Publick Meet-
in^houfe in said Town for the Ends following viz ( 1 ) To
Choose a Moderator of S d . Meeting — (2) To Choose Town
Officers (3) To Choose a Saxton and Agree how he shall be
paid for his Service (4) To put in their Votes for a County
Treafurer (5) To know the mind of the Town whether Swine
shall run at Large the Enfewing Year (6) To Hear the Town
Treafurers Acc ts - and pafs upon them (7) For the Town to
Appropriate the Interest money Coming to the Town the prefent
Year the Year beginning the Eleventh of Decern 1 ". Last (8) To
Grant a Salary for the Rev d . M r . Seth Storer the Enfewing Year,
the year beginning the first of March Next (9) To Grant Money
for the Support of the School (10) To Grant money for the
support of the poor the Enfewing year — (11) To Grant money
for. Repairing the Great Bridge the prefent year — (12) To Hear
the Acct's of thofe persons to whome the Town is indebted and
Grant money to satisfye them (13) To Grant money (If they
See fit) To mend their Highways and Town ways the Enfewing
year & Choose their Surveyers of Highways to be Collectors of
the Highway Rate And for the Town to Determin the price of
Labour "in working out the Same — (14) For the Town to hear
the please of any Late Conftable's for Abatement of Any Per-
ticuler Perfons Rates in their Lists — And for the Town to Act
their pleafure thereon (15) For the Town to make Addition
to the List of perfons they may Judge propper to Serve as Jurimen
or take off from the S d . List as they shall think propper — (16)
To know the mind of the Town whether for the time to come
they will have A moving School to be kept in two or more places
in The Town and for the Town to act their pleafure thereon
(17) To Hear the Report of their Com tee - Chofen to sell Land
belonging to the Town and purchafe a ministerial place — And
alfo to Notify thofe perfons to whome the Town is Indebted to
bring their Acc ts .. to the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Smith
prentice Innhold r . On Friday the Second Day of March next
in ord r . to be Laid before the Town
— Notify
[173] Notify alfo the Survayers of Highway's who are Col-
lectors that have not made up with the Selectmen To bring their
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205
acc ts . to make up with the Selectmen at S d . Time & place — War-
rants were Issued out Accordingly P r . S. Fisk Town Cler —
At Said Meeting Agreed to meet with the Selectmen of
Weston & Waltham At M r . Richard Cuttings in Waltham on
Thirsday the 22 d . of Feb y . Inftant at two o Clock afternoon in
Ord r . to Adjust the Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge in
Watertown — Letters were Sent to the Selectmen of Weston &
Waltham to notify them thereof Sign'd p r . Ord r . of the Select-
men — P r . Sam 11 . Fisk Town Cler —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Weston and
Waltham At M r . Richard Cuttings in Waltham on Thirsday the
22 d . of Feby: A D. 1759 in Ord r . to Adjust and proportion the
Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge in Watertown which hath
Arifen since the Adjustment Nov r . 14 — 1757 — which is as fol-
loweth — viz
To John Cook for Work and Meterials for S d .
Bridge —£3—13—6 —
To Jonas Coollidge for Timber and Plank for
Said Bridge 5 — .4 — 10 — .
To Cap 1 . Edw d . Harrington for Labour at S d ..
Bridge ..—6 —.8 — .
To Smith Prentice .. — 3 — .7 — .
To Jedidiah Spring & Nathan 1 . Sanger 6/. Each .. — 12 — .. —
To Jonathan Learned for Labour at Said Bridge .. — .8 — .. — .
To Enf n - Jonathan Bemis for work Done at Said
Bridge ..—6 —8 — .
To Benj a . Felton for Labour at S d . Bridge .. — 5 — 4 —
To James Stimson for Timber and Plank for S d .
Bridge 8—3 —9 —
The Sum to be Adjusted is — £19 — 4
Of which Charge Watertowns Part is £7 — 1 — 8
Weston's part is 5 — 12 — 6
Walthams Ditto 6—10—2
19—4 4
Which Adjustment was Signed by the Selectmen of said Towns
at the Meeting Aforesaid as followeth —
Sam 11 Fisk
Jonathan Bemis Selectmen of
Amos Bond— 1 Watertown
Sam 11 . Livermore
John Dix —
Isaac Stearns
Jacob Biglow.
c . - Abraham Bigelow-
Selectmen Braddyll Smith
, TT ?. Henry Spring —
Waltham W m. Whitney _
John Warrin —
Selectmen
of
Weston.
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W atertown Records.
At S d . Meeting the Selectmen of Watertown gave M r . James
Stimson an Ord r . for Six pounds Thirteen shillings and Four
pence one Farthing — on the Town Treafurer of Weston which
is the whole Sum that Weston ows to Watertown on the Affair
of the Bridge — of which S d . Stimson gave a Receipt —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen of Watertown and Waltham
agreed to meet at M r . Saltmarshes at Watertown on Tuesday the
27 th .. Inftant in ord r - J:o Adjust the Charge of supporting the
wid w - Webb — now Dec 1 — Appointed Jonathan Bemis and Sam 11 .
Fisk of Watertown And M r . John Dix & Dea. Stearns of Wal-
tham to go to Cap 1 . Tainters and take an Inventory of the things
Left by s d . wid w - Webb — And Dispose of them.
[174] At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown and
Waltham at M r . Tho s : Saltmarshes in Watertown Feb — 27 —
1759 — They Adjusted and proportioned the Charge of Support-
ing the Wid w - Webb — which hath Arifen Since the Last Adjust-
ment thereof which was Nov 1 - 18 — 1757 — And alfo the Charge
of her Funeral — The Charge to be Adjusted is as followeth (viz)
To Cap 1 . Tainter for Boarding the wid w - Webb from the
12— of Nov r . 1757— to the Second of April— 1758 Twenty
Weeks at 3/7— )/ A — P r week £3— 12— & for Extraordnaries
£3—14
To the Said Cap 1 . Tainter for Boarding the Said
Wid w - Webb from the 2 d - of Ap 1 . 1758. to the
20 th - of Decem r - following at which time She
Deceast
Thirty Seven weeks and three Days at 3/9 — p week £7 — 15 — 5
And for Extraordinaries and the trouble of her
Funeral — 15 — ..
To M r . David Bemis for her Coffin 8/ And to
the Saxton 3/4 .. — 11 — 4
To the Other Charges of her Funeral .. — 17 — 4
£13 — 13 — 1
To be Reducted £1 — 13 — 1 — for Sundries Left
by Said Wid w .1 — 13 — 1
Remains to be Adjusted between S d . Towns £12 — .. — .
Watertowns Province Tax — 300 .. 9.
Walthams Ditto — 280 2 6
Watertowns part of S d . Charge is £6 — 4 — 1
Walthams Ditto Due to Watertown 5 — 15 — 11
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Watertown Feb. 27-
And Sign'd P. us —
Isaac Stearns.
Jacob Biglow.
John Dix.
Selectmen
of
Waltham
1759. The foregoing Charge Adjusted
Sam 11 : Fisk.
Jonathan Bemis [>
Amos Bond.
Selectmen
of
J Watertown
[175] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the House of M r .
Smith Prentice on Friday the 2 d . Day of March A D. 1759. to
Receive the Acc ts .. of thofe Perfons to whome the Town is in-
debted in ord r . to their being Laid before the Town At their
Next Meeting — The Acc ts . are as followeth (viz)
To Nathaniel Harrington for Serving Treafurer
y e . Year Past £2—13—4
To Tho s . Saltmarsh for Serving Afsefsor for the
Year Past .. — 16 — ..
To Nathanael Stone for Serving Afsefsor the Year Past .. — 16 — ..
To Sam 11 . Fisk for serving Afsefsor for y*. Year
past £.. — 16 — ..
And for Returning & Entring Seven Cautions 2/.
each ..—14—.. £1—10—..—.
To Edw d . Harrington for Stones for a Small
Bridge ..—.7 —4.
To Jonathan Bemis for Work done at y e - Pound .. — 8 — 5 — 2
To Amos Bond for Stones for a Small Bridge .. — 2 — .. — ..
r
To Jonathan Learned " for work Done at
the Schoolhouse & pound — 17 — 4 —
To Jedidiah Leathe for Iron Dogs for the Pound .. — 3 — 10 — 3
To Daniel Whitney for Stones for a Small Bridge .. — 6 — .. — .
To Simon Whitney for Stones for a Small Bridge .. — 2 — 8 — .
To Alpheus Spring for a Rope for the Meetinghoufe
Bell ..—2 — .. —
To W m - Saltmarsh for mending the Beir .. — 2 — 8.
To John Cook for work done & Me-
terials for the Great Bridge £3 — 5 — 9 — ..
To Jonas Coolidge for Timber and
Plank for the Great Bridge 5—4 —10—1
To Edw d . Harrington for work done at
Said Bridge ..—6 —8 —
Adjusted To Smith Prentice for Drink for thoie
Feb. 22- \ y e - mended s d . Bridge .. — 3 — 7 —
Jedidiah Spring — & Nath 1 : Sanger for
Service done at S d . Bridge 6/ Each .. — 12 — .. — ..
To Jonathan Learned for work done at
Said Bridge .. — .8 — .. — .
To Jonathan Bemis for work done at
Said Bridge ..—.6—8 — ..
To Benj a - Felton for work done at S d .
Bridge .. — .5 — 4 — ..
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W atertown Records.
To James Stimpson for Timber for y e . Great
Bridge £1 — 10—4 —3
20—10—11—..
To Abijah Brown for Stones for a Small Bridge
added ..—.5— .4—..
£20—16—3 — ..
At the Meeting afores d . the Selectmen gave ord r . to the Town
Treafurer to pay out of the Town Treafurie as followeth — (viz)
to the Rev d . M r . Seth Storer £66 — 13 — A — for his Salary for
y*. year past And to M r . Tho s . Phips Schoolmaster £30. for
keeping the School Three Quarters of a Year — And to Cap 1 .
Nath 1 . Coollidge £15 — 12 — .. for hording his Brother Sam 11 .
Coollidge from the 7 th . of March 1758 — to the 7 th . of March —
1759— at 6/ P r Week— And to Eben r . Stone Jun r - £2—13—4 —
On Acc 1 . of his taking of Mary hackelton to bring up — as P r .
Agreement with the Selectmen — Ap 1 . 10 — 1758 — And to Cap 1 .
John Tainter the Sum of £7 — 7 — 8 — 3 — for boarding the W d .
Web — &c — And to Sam 1 . Fisk the Sum of £16 — 5 — 2 — for keep-
ing Mary Hackelton from the third of March 1758 to the 10 th - of
r
April following — at — 2/4 — 3— p * A wcek and for a pair of Shoes for
Her — And alfo Six fhillings and ten pence for four pair of
Gloves procured by him for the W d - Webbs Funeral — And to
David Bemis Eigh shillings for a Coffen for the wid w - Webb —
And to Jedidiah Spring — Three shillings & four pence for Diging
the Grave for the Wid w - Webb—
[176] At A Gen 1 Town Meeting of the Freehold"- and
other Inhabitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town
Affairs Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting houfe in S d .
Town on Monday the fifth Day of March A D — 1759. for the
Choice of town Officers &c —
Voted And Chose Josiah Convers Efq r . Moderator of Said
Meeting
Voted and Adjourned the Meeting And the Remaining
Bufinefs thereof to Monday the 12 of March Inftant at Nine o
Clock in the forenoon at this Place —
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting at the Publick Meetinghoufe in
water Town March 12 A D— 1 759— P Adjournment— On A
Motion Made and Seconded The Question was put Whether it
be the mind of the Town that this Meeting & the Remaining
bufinefs thereof should be Adjourned to Monday the Nineteenth
Inftant at Nine of the Clock in the Morning at this place
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
It may be Noted that there was Some uneafinefs upon the
minds of some of the Inhabitants relating to the Choice of the
atertown Records.
209
Moderator on the fifth of March 1759 Accordingly Application
was Made to the Gen 1 : Court that the proceedings at the S d .
Meeting Might be Set aSide And A Moderator Appointed by
the Court —
— Accordingly (All Parties Confenting to it) The Gen 1 : Court
Set Afide the proceedings At S d . Meeting. And the Adjourn-
ments thereof. And Directed A meeting to be held on Tuesday
the 27 th . of March Inftant at Eleven O. 'Clock beforenoon at the
ufual place of Meeting — for the Choice of Town Officers &c —
And Appointed and Impowered — The Hon 1 : Benj a - Lincoln
Efq r - To be Moderator of S d . Meeting — As by a Copy of the
Courts Ord r - on file will more fully Appear — In Observence
thereof the Selectmen at A Meeting at M r . Smith Prentices on
the 21 st - of March 1759 Issued out Warrants Directed to the
Several Conftables (Containing the Same Articles to be Acted
upon that Ware Contained in the Warrants for the Last Meet-
ing As Entred Page (171) — Exclufive of that for Choosing a
Moderator.) for a Town Meeting to be held at the time and
place the Court Directed
Voted and Chose for Selectmen
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold 1 " 5 - and other. In-
habitants of Watertown Quallifyed to Vote in Town Affairs
Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting houfe in S d . Town
on Tuesday the 27 th - Day of March A D 1759 — for the Choice
of Town Officers &c
The Hon 1 : Benjamin Lincoln Efq r - being Moderator.
Jonas Bond Efq r .
CaptA Nath 1 . Coollidge.
M r . Amos Bond.
M r . Jonathan Child.
L 1 . Daniel Whitney.
Upon a Motion Made and Seconded the Question was put —
whether it be the Mind of the Town that this Meeting and the
Remaining Bufinefs should be Adjourned till tomorrow Nine o
Clock in the morning to the same place, It past in the Affirm-
ative —
Upon which the Moderator Declared the meeting to be Ad-
journed.
[177] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold" And
other Inhabitants of Watertown Qualified to Vote in Town
Affairs Afsembled at the Publick Meetinghoufe in S d . Town on
Wednesday the 28 th . Day of March 1759. P. Adjournm 1 .
The Meeting being Opened the Town proceeded —
Voted And Chose for Town Clerk Sam 11 . Fisk — who was Di-
rectly Sworn by John Hunt Efq r .
Voted And Chose for Town Treafurer M r . Nath 1 : Harrington
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W atertown Records.
{ M r . John Kemball
Voted And Chose for Afsefsors -j Cap 1 . Nath 1 : Coollidge
[ Cap 1 . Jonathan Brown
Voted And Chose for Conftables j d^M^JS!^
Voted And Chose for Sealer of Leather. Isaac Sanderfon
Voted And Chose for fence Veiwers \ j on ° s ' \yhke
Voted And Chose for Surveyers ( Sam 11 . Mason
of Highways ( Joseph Paterfon
tt . a j /-u t tvu- S David Sanger
Voted And Chose for Tithingmen j Simon Whitney
. ( Edw d : Harrington Jun r .
Voted And Chose for Hogrieves \ ThoS Learned j un r.
. \ Tho s : Saltmarsh
Voted and Chose for Deenevs j Smith Prentice
Voted And Chose for Surveyers and j Jonas Coollidge
Meafurers of Timber Bord Plank &c / Benj a - Harris
Voted And Chose for Hawards or field \ OH r . Livermore
Drivers ( Fanning Learned
Voted & Chofe; Smith Prentic Gager of Casks —
Voted and Chofe for Culler of Hoops J Sam 11 Cook
and Staves 1 Bez 1 . Learned.
Voted and Chofe for Saxton Simon Hastings —
Voted to pay the Saxton by two Contrabutions as Ufual —
Voted that Swine Shall not Go at Large the Prefent year —
Then the Town Treafurers Acc ts - Were Read to the Town
and By A Vote Accepted —
Voted And Appropriated the Interest money coming to the
Town the Present Year the Year beginning the 11 th - of Dec 1- : Last
as it was Last year (viz) Five Shillings & Eight pence to the
School And the Remainder to the Minister —
Voted And Granted £66 — 13 — 4 — for A Salary for the Rev d -
M r . Seth Storer the Enfewing Year — The Interest money Appro-
priated to that Ufe to be part of S d . Sum
Voted And Granted £36 — for the Support of the School.
Voted and Granted £40 — for the Support of the poor
Voted and Granted £13 — 6 — 8 — for Repairing the Great Bridge
Then the Acc ts . of those perfons to whome the Town is indebted
Ware Read to the Town And by a Vote Allowed And Accepted —
And £U — 16 — 3— Granted to pay S d . Ace* —
Voted to mend the High Ways the present Year by A Rate —
Voted and Granted £30 — for Mending the Highways & Town
ways the present year
Voted that the price of Labour in working out s d . Rate be the
same it was Last year
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211
Voted And Chose the Surveyers of highways Collectors of s d .
Rate—
[178] Voted to Abate Josiah Masons Rate in Conftable
Sanderfons
A List which is £.. — 3 — 5
Voted and Abated George Trents
Rate in S d . Sanderfons List which is — .. — 15 — 4
— 18 — 9
Voted And Abated Jofeph Muzzeys Rate in Con-
ftable Waldos List of .. — 10 — 6 — 1
Voted And Abated in Conftable M ° ses Stones List the Tax on the
Poll of the Several Perfons After Mentioned —
Thos. Cummings £.. — 3 — 11 — 2
Abel Benjamin .. — 3 — 11 — 2
Jedidiah Learned — .. — 3 — 11 — 2
Amerah Learned .. — 3 — 11 — 2
Jedidiah Spring — .. — 3 — 1 1 — 2
Convers Spring — ' .. — 3 — 1 1 — 2
in y 6 . W d . Hastings Rate —
W m - Hastings ..—3—1 1—2
in Sam 11 . Masons Rate —
Jonathan Horrs ..3 — 11 — 2
1— 11— £
Voted And Abated in Conftable Whites List —
Solomon Sangers in David
Sangers Rate £.. — 3 — 11 — 2
George Thompsons .. — 3 — 11 — 2
John Tainter ..3 — 11 — 2
Sam 11 . Tainter ..—3—1 1—2
W m - Whites ..17— 8—..
Jedidiah Whites ..—3—1 1—2
Moses Bigelows .. — 3 — 1 1 — 2
W m - Saltmarshes ..—3—11—2
Nath 1 . Harris Jun rs ..—3—11—2
2—9^—2
Voted And Abated in Conftable Jonathan
Bemis's List M r Sam 11 . Hunts poll Tax— ..—11—4 — 3
Voted And Abated one John Randals Rate in
Conftable Jonas Coollidges List of — — .1 — 8 — 3
£6— .3— .5— 1
Voted And Granted Six pound to Make Good thefe Abatem ts -
Upon A Motion made and Seconded the 15 — Article was Read
and after Debate thereon the Vote was Put whether it be the
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mind of the Town to have A Moving School for the time to
come — & It Past in the Negative —
Upon A Motion made and Seconded the Question Was put —
Whether it be the mind of the Town that the (14) Article in
the Warning Relating to the List of Jurimen and the (16) Ar-
ticle Relating to the Com tees - Reporting Should be Put off till
May Meeting — And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
Then the Moderator Declared the meeting to be Disiolved
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Smith
Prentice Innhold r - in the Town of Watertown on Wednesday
the 28 th - of March 1759 — for swaering Town officers &c —
At S d . Meeting Three of the Selectmen took the oath Re-
lating to y e . other Goverments Bills (viz) Jonas Bond Efq r -
M r . Amos Bond & M r . Jonathan Child — And the perfons after
named took the Money Oath And then were Sworn to the faith-
full Discharge of their Offices — viz — Nath ! : Harrington Town
Treafurer — John Kemball & Cap 1 Jonathan Brown Afsefsors —
Jonathan Stone & David Bemis Conftables Isaac Sanderfon Sealer
of Leather — Tho s : Clark & Jonas White. Fence viewers — Sam 11 .
Mason and Jofeph Paterfon — Surveyers of Highways & Col-
lectors — Edw* 1 . Harrington Jun r - and Tho s : Learned Jun r - Ho-
grieve Smith Prentice Dearieve — Jonas Coollidge & Benj 3 -
H arris — Surveyers and Meafurers of Timber plank — &c — Oliver
Livermore & Fanning Learned Field Drivers. Sam 11 . Cook &
Beza 1 : Learned Culler of Hoops and Staves. — All Sworn by John
Hunt Efq r
March 31— 1759— Nath 1 . Harris Efq r - Declar'd that he had
the Same Day — viz — March — 31 — Sworn Cap 1 . Nath 1 . Coollidge
to the Office of Afsefsor first Giving of him the Money Oath. —
[179] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of M r .
Smith Prentice on the 2 d . Day of April— A D. 1759— They
Agreed that the Surveyers Bounds or Districts should be as they
were Last year. & Jofeph Paterfon to have the west Part and
Samuel Mason to have the East Part —
At s d . Meeting Agreed that M r Beza 1 : Learned be Defired to
take care of the Bridge the Present year —
At S d . Meeting Agreed that the French Familie be allowed
Six Shillings and 8 pence P. Week for the moneth of April &
Six Shillings P. Week for the month of may & that the Select-
men Provide for them by Turns A month Each —
At S d . Meeting Agreed that Cap 1 . Coollidge & L l . Whitney two
of the Selectmen go and treat with M r . Tho s : Phipps. And
.Agree with him to keep the school Another Quarter, at. Ten
Pounds P. Quarter — He to provide for himfelf — Who Agreed
with him Accordingly — And M r . Phipps Agreed to begin the
Quarter — the 9 th .. day of the same Month.
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At A Meeting of the Selectmen on Friday the 20th. of April.
1759 At the Houfe of M r . Smith Prentice in Watertown — they
Defired Beza 1 : Learned to take spedy Care to Secure the north
Pier of the Great Bridge from Sinking & failing of which they
Judged there was Great Danger —
At S d . Meeting they Directed the Clerk to Send Notifications
to the Adjessent Towns to Perambulate the Line & Renew the
Bound marks betwen the Town of Watertown & the Towns that
Joine upon it — On the first monday of May next And M r .
Amos Bond & M r . Jonathan Child — were appointed to do s d .
Service —
At S d . Meeting They Directed the Clerk to Issue out a War-
rant Directed to one of the Conftables to warn out Margret
Gardner who came into town Last month And Refides at the
Houfe of the W d . Prentice they Refufing to Admit her As an
Inhabitant — Which was Done Accordingly — And S d . perfon
Warn'd out by Jonathan Stone Conftable —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of L*. Daniel
Whitney on the first Day of May A D. 1759 — They Agreed upon
A Town Meeting to be on Tuesday the Eighth Day of May
Inftant at one of the Clock in the afternoon At the Publick
Meeting houfe in S d . Town for the Choice of a Reprefenta-
tive — And alfo a Town Meeting to be °\ the Same Day at two
of the Clock in the Afternoon at the publick Meeting houfe for
the Ends following (viz) (1) To Choose a Moderator (2)
For the Town to act upon the Articles put off at march Meet-
ing to may — (viz) For the Town to make Addition to the List
of perfons they may Judge propper to Serve as Jurimen or take
off from the Said List as they may Judge propper— And Alfo to
Hear the Report of the Com tee - Chosen to Sell Land belonging to
the Town and to Purchafe A Ministereal Place — (3) To hear
the Request of Henry Godding praying the Town to Give up to
Him the Note of Hand he Gave to the Town for the Rent of the
Little Island Below the mills — &c — And for the Town to act
their pleafure thereon (4) For the Town to Hear the pleas of
several Late Conftables for Abatem 1 . of Henry Learneds Rates
in their Lists, and for the Town to act their pleafure thereon —
(5) To know the mind of the Town whether they will Impower
the Town Treafurer to make a Demand of and Sue the Town
of Waltham for what is Due from S d . Waltham to the Town
of Watertown (6) To know the mind of the Town whether
they will appropriate the money that is Due from Waltham to
Watertown (that hath not been Appropriated) Towards the
Support of the poor in Cafe the Grants already made for that
purpose should not be sofficient
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly — P. S. Fisk Clerk —
[180] At the Selectmens Meeting Last mentioned they
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Defired M r . Jonas White 6 ^ U to take care of Joseph Stearns
upon as Reafonable terms as he can.
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold"., and other
Inhabitants of Watertown Qualifyed to vote in the Choice of A
Representative on the Eighth Day of May 1759 At the Publick
meeting houfe — for the Choice of a Reprefentative —
At the Direction of the Selectmen the Meeting was opened &
the Votes called for Upon Sorting and Counting of which it
appeared that M r . Daniel Whitney was Chofen to serve for
and Reprefent the Town at the Great And Gen 1 . Court. &c.
At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of The Freehold", and other In-
habitants of Watertown Quallifyed to vote in Town affairs
Regulerly Afsembled on the Eighth Day of May A D. 1759 —
Voted And Chofe Jonas Bond Efq r - Moderator of Said Meeting.
Voted And Adjourned the meeting and the Remaining Bufinefs
thereof to monday the Twenty first of May Courant at three o
Clock afternoon to this place
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Amos
Bond may — 10 — 1759 Agreed that the Town Clerk be Directed
to Draw a Warrant to warn out of Town Jofeph Ward Last
from Newton who hath been in Town as he Saith About ten or
Eleven Months — and alfo one for Abraham Scott Last from Lex-
ington who hath been in Town as he Saith about Eight or nine
months And one for Eben r . Warner from Springfield who hath
been in Town as he Saith about three months. — And that the
warrants be Drawn as Soon as may be and Deliver them into the
Hands of Conftable Stone to Serve.
To M r . Sam 11 . Fisk Town Clerk.
Warrants Were Issued out Jonas Bond.
Accordingly Nath 1 . Coollidge.
Amos Bond.
Jonathan Child.
Daniel Whitney.
[181] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold", and
other Inhabitants of Watertown At the Publick Meetinghoufe
in Said Town on Monday the 21 st .. Day of May 1759 P. Ad-
journment.
The Second Article in the Warning was Read Relating to the
List of Jurors &c — The following perfons who had been in S d .
List were excufed & Dismis't viz — Cap 1 . John Tainter Cap 1 .
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Nathaniel Coollidge And w - White & En n .. Jonathan Bemis — And
the following perfons were added to S d . List, viz Sam 11 . Soden
Sam 11 . Mason Phinehas Stearns Benj a - Harris Nath 1 : Harris Jun r -
Abraham Crawley — Daniel Whitney Jun r - Tho s : Pattin W m -
Saltmarsh Edward Harrington Jun r - Eben r . Stedson Abijah
Brown Convers Spring Nathaniel Sanger, Nathan Coollidge
Sam 11 - Sanger, Simon Hastings, Fanning Learned. Tho s . Learned
Jun r
The Article Read Relating to the Com tees - Reporting — Several
of the Com tee - being prefent. Signifyed that they were not pre-
pared to make a Report —
Then the Article was Read Relating to Henry Goddings Re-
quest to the Town upon which the Question was put, Whether
it be the mind of the Town to Sink the Rent of the Little Island,
Let to Henry Godding in the Year- 1754 And that the Treafurer
be Directed to give up to Him his Note of Hand of one pound
Four Shillings which he gave for Said Rent which is in the
Treafurie
And the Vote past in the Affirmative —
Voted and Abated Henry Learneds Rates in Conftable Whites
Lists Amounting to the Sum of Seventeen shillings And Eight
pence Two Farthings, And the like Sum Granted to make it
Good —
Voted And Abated S d . Henry Learneds Rates in Conftable
Jonathan Bemis's Lists Amounting to the Sum of Thirteen
shillings and Two pence and the Like Sum Granted to make
It Good.
The Fifth Article Read — & The Question was put whether
it be the mind of the Town to Impower the Town Treafurer to
Sue the Town of Waltham for what is Due from the S d . Waltham
to the Town of Watertown
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative
The Sixth Article Read, And the Question was put, Whether
it be the mind of the Town to Appropriate the Money that is Due
from Waltham to Watertown (That hath not been Appro-
priated) to be Improved in Supporting the poor —
And the Vote Past in the Affirmative —
At a meeting of the Selectmen at the Publick meetinghoufe
on Munday at 21 Day of may 1759 — They Defired the Clark
the Selectmen of
to notify a Weston & Waltham that they intend on the
first monday of June Next to begin to repair the Great Bridge
in Watertown — that the Selectmen of S d . Towns may have an
Oppertunity to Afsist in Said Affair —
They were notifyed A[cco]rdingly — P. S. Fisk Cler
[182] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of
M r . Smith Prentice June the 11. 1759. They Agreed that the
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Town Clerk be Defired to Prepare the Districts for the Sur-
veyers as they were last year that they may have them as soon as
may be, and alfo infert the Price of work as it was Voted at
March Meeting —
Jonas Bond
Nath 1 . Coollidge
Amos Bond —
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Smith
Prentice on y*. 19 th .. Day of July A D. 1759— They Agreed to
Hire M r . Tho s . Phipps to keep the School another Quarter.
At Said Meeting the Selectmen gave Ord r . to the Town
Treafurer to give out the Afignments to the Several Conftables
for paying the Town Creditors the several Sums Granted to
them at Last March Meeting — And alfo to Pay — Two Pound to
Joseph Coollidge in Part for his keeping the Wid w - Maddocks
At A Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Weston and
Waltham At M r . Richard Cuttings in Waltham the 21-* Day of
Sep r . 1759 the Acc 1 of the Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge
in Watertown was Adjusted and Proportioned between S d .
Towns which is as followeth —
Watertowns Acc*: of S d . Charges was — £23 — 2 — 8
Westons Ditto 12—3—3
Walthams Ditto .2—4 — 8—
£37—10—7
Of Which Watertowns Proportion is — £13 — 14 — 10
Westons Ditto 10 — 19 — .4
Walthams Ditto 12 — 16 — 5
£37 — io — 7
Which was Adjusted Proportioned And Signed by the Select-
men of S d . Towns At the Meeting AforeS d - viz By
Isacc Stearns ] Selectmen Abraham Bigelow) c -
Jacob Biglow | of W m - Whitney Selectmen
Jonas Dix J Waltham John Warrin ( TTT °*
John Allen ' Weston
Jonas Bond )
Nathanael Coollidge ^fledtmen
Daniel Whitney j of Watertown
[183] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs -
Mary Learned Innhold r - Nov r - 7—1759. They Gave M r . Thomas
Phipps Schoolmaster an Ord r On the Treafurer to Pay him
Twenty Pounds for his keeping the School the Last half Year —
At Said Meeting they Agreed with M r . Phipps to keep the
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School another Quarter for Ten Pounds the Quarter to begin
this Day
Agreed to Meet Againe on Monday the 12 th . of Nov r - Inftant
at M rs . Learneds
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs . Mary
Learned Nov r - 12 — 1759 — They Directed the Clerk to Issue out
Warrants Directed to the several Conftables to warn a Town
Meeting to be the — 26 — Day of Nov r - Inftant at one of the
Clock Afternoon — at the Publick Meetinghoufe in Said Town
for the Ends following (viz)
(1) To Choofe A Moderator for Said Meeting (2) To Hear
the Report of the Com tee - Appointed by the Town to Sell Lands
belonging to the Town and to Purchafe a Ministerial Place
(3) To know the mind of the Town whether Col 1 : Henry
Vafsel Shall Pay the Judgment that Isaiah Tufts Obtained
Against Sam 11 . Sanger at the Superior Court in January Last
On Acc 1 . of An Agreement that Said Tufts Should do Said
Sangers Turn in the Service in the Year 1758 — Out of the Fines
Now in the Said Col ls .. Hands Rec d . of Imprest men — And for
the Town to Act their Pleafure on Said Affair —
Warrants were Ifsued out Accordingly — P. Sam 11 . Fisk Town
Cler
At the Selectmens Meeting Above S d . They Sign'd An Acc 1 . of
the Number Age and Circumftances of the French Familie in
Watertown to be Lodged in the Secretaries Office Agreable to
the Ord r - of the Great And Gen 1 : Court — And made Oath to
the Same before Nath 1 : Harris Justice of Peace
At S d . Meeting they Directed the Clerk to Issue out a warrant
to Warn out one Jafher Richardfon and his wife Ruth Richard-
son and their three Children (viz) John Stephen & Lydia who
came from Lincoln Somtime in the month of May Last — And
alfo a Child Called Bartlet Kingston from Boston — now refiding
in Daniel Peirces Familie
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly P. Sam 11 . Fifk Town
Clerk—
[184] At A Gen 1 : Town Meeting of the Freehold", and
other Inhab ts .. of Watertown Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick
meetinghoufe in Said Town on Monday the Twenty Sixth Dav
of Nov r . 1759
Voted and Chofe Jonas Bond Efq r . Moderator for S d . Meet-
ing The Second Article Read — Then the Com tee . Chosen to Sell
Lands belonging to the Town And Purchafe A Perfonage — &c
Reported And their Report is on File — The Question was put
whether it be the mind of the Town to Accept of the Committes
Report.
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And the Vote past in the Affirmative
The third Article in the Warning Read and after Debate
thereon the Question was Put Whether it be the mind of the
Town that Col 1 - Henry Vafsel shall Pay the Judgment Isaiah
Tufts Obtain'd Against Samuel Sanger at the Superior Court in
January Last on Ace*, of An Agrem 1 . that S d . Tufts Should do
Said Sangers Turn in the Service in the Year 1758 Out of the
Fines now in the S d . Col ,s .. Hands Rec d . of Impres't Men
And the Vote Pas't in the Affirmative
At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs . Mary
Learned Inhold r - on Friday the 14 th - Day of Decem r . A D. 1759
They Directed the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn one
Eleanor Collier and Her Infant Child out of Watertown they
came to Town Somtime in the Month of Feb y . Last and Refide in
the Houfe of the Wid w - Mary Hastings the Woman an In-
habitant of Boston and the Child Born at Dorchister — A War-
rant was Issued out the same Evening & Delivered to Conftable
Stone — P r . Sam 11 . Fisk Town Cler
At Said Meeting the Selectmen gave Ord r - To the Town
Treafurer to Pay Eighteen Pounds Four Shillings to Jonas White
in full for his keeping Jofeph Stearns to the Second Day of
March A D. 1759 —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r . Amos
Bond Jan y : 16 — 1 760 They Ordered the Town Treafurer to
Pay or ord r . the Payment of the following Sums of Money to
the Perfons afternamed being their Acc ts . of Service &c Relating
to the Great Bridge which Sums have been Adjusted between the
Towns Concern'd — (viz)
To Jedidiah Spring £.. — 9
To Bez 1 : Learned— 3—15—5 —3
To Jonathan Learned — 1 — .1 — 4 — ..
To Edmund Fowle— ..—12—8 — .
To U. Whitney— .5— .9 —1 1—1
To Alpheus Spring — .. — .9 — .8 — 3
To Sam 11 . Mason— .1 — .6 — 8 — .
And — To James Stimson — .1 — 10 — 4 — 3
[185] At A Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of
Cap 1 . Nath 1 Coollidge Feb— 19— 1760 They Directed the Clark
to Hue out warrants to the Several Conftables to warn A Town
Meeting to be on Munday the third Day of March A D. 1760 —
at Nine of the Clock in the morning — At the Publick Meeting-
houfe for the Ends following (viz) (1) To Choofe A Moder-
ator for S d . Meeting— (2) To Choofe Sele&men A Town Clerk
& Treafurer and all other Such Town Officers as the Law Re-
quires to be Chosen in the month of March Annually. (3) To
Choose a Saxton and Agree how he Shall be Satisfyed for his Ser-
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vice (4) To put in their votes for A County Treafurer — (5) To
know the mind of the Town whether Swine Shall run at Large
the Enfewing Year — (6) To hear the Town Treafurers Acc ts -
And for the Town to Choose a Com tee - to Examin S d . Acc ts -
& for the Town to pafs upon them — (7) For the Town to Appro-
priate the Interest money Coming to the Town the prefent year
the year beginning the Eleventh of Dec r . Last — (8) To Grant
a Salary for the Rev d . M r . Seth Storer for the Year Infewing
the Year to begin the first of March next. (9) To Grant money
for the Support of the School — (10) To Grant money
for the Suport of the poor — (11) To Grant money for Re-
pairing the Great Bridge (12) To hear the Acc ts - of those
perfons to whome the Town is indebted & Grant money to pay
them (13) To Grant money if the Town think proper) for
mending the Highways and Town ways and to Choose the Sur-
veyers of High ways to be Collectors of the Highway Rate And
alfo Determin the price of Labour in working out Said Rate
(14) To Hear the please of the present or any Late Conf tables
for abatement of Any perticuler perfons Rates in their Lists
and for the Town to Act their Pleafure thereon (15) To know
the mind of the Town Whether the money which is now in Col 1 :
Henry Vafsalls Hands that He Rec d . as Fines Shall So much
thereof be appropriated to pay what Isaiah Tufts Recovered
against Samuel Sanger And whether Cap 1 . Nathanael Coollidge
and Enfign Jonathan Bemis Shall be Impowered to Receive So
much thereof as will be Sofficient to discharge the Same when It
Shall be Lodged with the Town Treafurer — (16) To Grant
money if the Town think proper for the Support of the Nutral
French in Watertown (.17) To know the mind of the town
whether they will pay back to M r Sam 11 Whitney the Rates
that he paid for his Indian fellow & for the town to act their
Pleafure thareon (18) To know the mind of the town whether
they will Join with the towns of Cambridge Newton & Waltham
in raifing a Sum of money by Lottery or otherwife that may be
thought proper for Building a workhoufe and for the town to
act thare pleafure thereon (19) To know the mind of the town
whether they will abate the fall of money Recoverable on the
Bonds & note of hand that lie in the Town Treafurie against the
Estate of M r . Henry Spring Late of Watertown Dec 1 & for the
town to act their pleafure thareon (20) To know the mind
of the town whether they "jj 1 Grant a Sum of money for the
purchasing a Pall (or Burying Cloth) and for the town to act
their pleafure thare on
21 art
[186] (21) To know the mind of the town whether they
will Dispose of the pews in the Meeting Houfe that Did belong
to Cap 1 John Brown and Cap 1 David Baulding and for the
Town to act their pleafure on Said affair —
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you are Likewife ordered to Notifie the perfons to whome the
town is indebted to bring in their acc ts to the Selectmen at the
houfe of the w d Mary Learned Inholder on Friday the 29 th of
Feb y Inftant at two of the Clock afternoon in order to have
them laid before the town —
Warrants ware Issued out Accordingly & are Returned
At S d Meeting they agreed to hire M r . Tho s Phipps to keep
the School one month from the time his Last Quarter was up
which was the 14 Inftant They alfo ordered the Town Treafurer
to pay M r . Storer his Salary for the year past
They alfo Directed the Clerk to give out a warrant to warn
out Martha Bedwell out of town who Came about the month
of June Last past She belong d to Boston as the Selectmen are
informed a Warrant was Issued out accordingly the next day —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of the w d mary
Learneds Feb y 29: 1760 for takeing in the acc r of the perfons the
town is indebted to the Acc ts brought in are as follows Viz
To Nath 11 Harrington for Serving Treafurer
the year past £2: 1 3=4
& for an Excecution against a Confta-
ble —6—0
2 : 19 : 4
To Joseph Pattifon for a Small Bridge at Dirty
green . — 5:6
To Simon Hastings for Mending the Schoolhoufe
:6 — 8 & for Servis done in mending y* Steps at
the Meeting Houfe 6 — 12=8
To Amos Bond for Mending Skoolhoufe windows — — 6 —
To Capt Nath 11 Coollidge for Serving afsesor the
year past — 16
To Cap 1 Jon a Brown for Serving Afsefsor the year
Past— —16—
To m r . John Kemball for serving afsessor the
year past — 16
To Bez 1 Learned for Servis done at
the grate Bridge Since ajus d — 10 —
adjut j To Jedidiah Leath for Spikes for y*
Grate Bridge — 2= 9=2
To Edmund Fowle for five Load of
Stone for a Bridge 10 — 1
speaks i 19— 1
and for nails & a for the School houfe 9 : 1
To Sundrys Dilivered to william White when
going in Servis — 2 : 5 —
To Benjamin Harris fo plank for a Small Bridge — 6 : —
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Ajusted
Sepr 21:
1759
aded at
Meting
iTo Smith Prentice for providing for
Labours at Grate Bridg
To w d Mary Learned for providing
for Labourers at Grate Bridge
To James Dix for work done at Grate
Bridge
To Jonas Coollidge for Timber for
Grate Bridge 2
To Cap 1 Nath 1! Coollidge for Servis at
Grate Bridge
To John Kemball for Servis done at
Grate Bridge
To Jedidiah Learned for work don at
Grate Bridge
To Jonas Bond Esq T ^ r Servis at
V h f Grate Bridge
A
To Jonas Coollidge for Timber for a
Small Bridge
4—6=3—3
1 = 11=8=2
— 16 —
11—2-
-6—8-
—3—4-
-2—8
— 1 :2
£19=15:
The Other Bufinefs of Said Meeting in Page (193)
7=3
Voted & Chofe for Selectmen
[187] At A Gen 11 Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of
Watertown Qualified according to Law to Vote in town affairs
Regulerly Afsembled on Monday the 3 Day of March AD 1760
for the Choice of Town Officers & other affairs Mentioned in the
Warrants
Voted & Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r Moderator of s d Meeting
Jonas Bond Esq r
Cap 1 Nathaniel Coollidge
L r . Daniel Whitney
M r Jonathan Child
M r Amos Bond
Voted & Chofe Cap 1 Jonathan Brown Town Clerk who was
Sworn as the Law Directs by Nath 1 Harris Esq r
Voted & Chofe Cap 1 Jonathan Brown Town Treafurer —
{M r John Kemball
Cap 1 Nath 11 Coollidge
Cap 1 Jon a Brown
\t + a 8 ru ( i n t * ki \ Mr Nathaniel Harrington
Voted & Chofe for Conftables j Mr Ebenezer S tone Juner
Voted & Chofe Sealer of Leather M r Isaac Sanderfon —
[ Jonas White
| Daniel Bond
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of High ways j p^eh^Starnes
Voted & Chofe for Tythingmen-4 *
J ° I Jon a Joemis Jun r
Voted & Chofe fence Viewers
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, a ™ r e rr • S William Saltmarfh
Voted & Chofe for Hogrieves j j e didiah Spring
, ^, r <• t-n • ) Thomas Saltmarfh
Voted & Chofe for Deerreives i § am ii Cook
Voted & Chofe for Surveyors of Timber \ Jonas Coollidge
Plank Board &c i Bezaleel Learned
Sam 11 Warrin
Voted k Chofe for Hawards J Th()S Learned June
Put to Vote whether the town will Chofe a weigher of Bread
Pafs d in the affeirmative
Voted & Chofe a Bread weigher Cornelius Waldo
Voted & Chofe Gager of Cask Smith Prentice
[188]
Voted & Chofe Cullers of Hoops & Staves j g^ii 1 Qook^^
Voted & Chofe for a Saxton Simon Haftings
Voted to give him for his Servis two Contrabutions as Uful
which he accepted
Then the Votes ware brot in fo a County Treafurer & Deliv d
to a Conftable
Then was put to Vote whether Swine Shall go at at large
under the Regulation of the law past in the Negative
Then was Put to Vote whether the Town will Chofe a Com-
mittee to examin the Treafurers acc ts past in the Affeirmative
Voted that three be a Committee for s d affair
{Decon Sam 11 Fisk
M r Moses Stone
M r John Kemball
Voted that Said Committee make Report at the Ajournment
of this meeting & the town Pafs thare on —
Voted & apropiated the intrest money comeing to the town this
prefent year the year begining the 11 Day of Decmber Last as it
was the last year (Viz) five Shillings & eight pence to the School
& the Remainder to the minifter —
Voted & Granted Sum of 66— 13=4 a Salary for the R M r
Seth Storer the enfueing year the intrest money appropriated for
that ufe to be part of Said Sum —
Voted & Granted the Sum of 40£ for the Support of the School
Voted & Granted the Sum of 40£ for the Support of the Poor
Voted & Granted 6£ for Repairing the grate Bridge —
Upon a Motion made the Question was put whether it be minds
of the Town to ajourn this Meeting with the Remaining bufinefs
to Monday next at one of the Clock afternoon at ^ e Same P lace
past in the Affeirmative —
The Moderator accordingly Declared it Ajournd —
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[189] At A Gen 11 town Meeting of the freeholders &
other Inhabitants of Watertown Qualified according to Law to
Vote in Town Affairs Regulerly Afsembled at the Publick Meet-
ing houfe in Said Town on Munday the Tenth Day of March
1760 P r Ajournment
The Meeting being Opened the Town proceeded on the 12
Article
Put to Vote Whether the town will allow Nathaniel Har-
ringtons acc 1 for his Services the last year and Grant money to
pay the Same it past in the Affirmative —
Then the account of the Several perfons to whome the town is
indetted was Read & the Vote put whether it be the mind of the
town to Allow s d accounts & Grant the Sum of £ s d q
19=15 = 7=3
to pay the Same it past in the affirmative
Put to Vote Whether the town will mend the High ways &
town ways the prefent year by a Rate past in the Affirmative
Voted & Granted the Sum of 30£ for mending Said ways the
prefen year
Voted & Chofe the Surveyors of s d ways to be Collectors the
prefent year
Voted that the price of Labour be the Same it was the last
year —
Put to vote whether the town will abate James Hays Rates
in Conftable Bemis' List it past in the Negative
Put to Vote whether the Town will abate Joshua Whitneys
Pool Tax in Conftable Bemis' List & Grant the like Sum to make
it good it past in the Affirmative —
Put to Vote whether the town will abate Said Whitneys Tax
on his Estate in Said List & Grant the like Sum past Negative
Put to Vote whether the town will abate the poll Tax of Joseph
Whitneys Son in Said Bemis' List it past in the Negative
Put to vote whether the Town will abate Jeduthun Godings
Tax in Conftable ^ ona Stones List & Grant the Like Sum of
s d
6=3 to make it good past in the affirmative
Voted that Sam 11 Jenifons Juner 5 . Tax in S d . Stones List be
abated & the Like Sum of 15=8 be Granted to make it good
Voted that George Mn Roes Tax in Conftable Mofes Stones
s d q
List be abated & the Sum of 3 : 11 — 2 be Granted to make it
good —
* d Voted
[190] Voted that 6=6 be abated in Amos Bonds List & the
Like Sum be Granted to make it good —
Put to Vote whether it be the minde of the town that the
money which is in Coll 1 Henry Vafsels hands which he Rec d as
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Fines Shall So much of it be Appropriated to pay what Isaiah
Tufts Recovered against Samuel Sanger & whether Cap 1 Nathan-
iel Coollidge & Enfign Jonathat Bemis Shall be Impowered to
Receive So much thereof as will be Sufficient to Discharge the
Same when it Shall be Lodged in the Treafurie it past in the
Negative —
Put to Vote whether the town will Grant money for the Suport
of the Nutrel French it past in the Negative
Then was put to vote whether the town will hear the Report
of the Committee appointed to examine the Treafurers acc 1 which
was Read & Accepted & is on File Se Page (193)
Arti 17 Put to Vote whether the town will pay back to M r
Sam 11 Whitney the Rates he has paid for his Indian Fellow
it past in the Negative
Put to vote whether the town will Join with the towns of
Cambridge Newton & Waltham in Raifing a Sum of money by
Lottery or other wife for Building a work houfe that may be
thought pr A per for tnat purpose.
it past in the Affirmative
Put to Vote whether the town will Chofe a Committee for
Said Affair it past in the Affirmative
Voted that three perfons be Chofe a Committee for s d . affair
f John Hunt Esq r
Voted & Chofe for Said Committee \ Jonas Bond Esq r
( M r Nath 11 Harrington
Put to vote whether the town will abate the fall of money
Recoverable on the Bonds & note of hand that lie in the
Town Treafurie againft the Estate of Henry Spring Late of
Watertown Decef d
it past in the affirmative
Put to Vote whether the Treafurer Shall give up Said note of
hand it past in the Affirmative
Put to Vote whether the town will Grant money for Purchas-
ing a pall or Burying Cloth it past in the Affirmative
[191] Voted & Granted the Sum of \2£ for Purchafing Said
Cloth
Voted & Chofe for a Committee f Mo^^tone^ 11111167
to purchafe the Same — I -xr -.lh tj
[ Nath 11 Harrington
Arti e 21 Put to Vote whether the Treafurer be Directed to
Tender & pay to Cap 1 John Brown his prime Cost for his pew in
the Meeting Houfe it past in the Affirmative
Put to Vote whether the Treafurer Tender and pay to Cap 1
David Baulding his prime Cost for his pew in Said Meeting Houfe
it past in the Affirmative —
Voted to Reconfider thare former Vote and to lett Swin go at
Large under the Regulations of the Law —
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Sworn before Nath 11 Harris
Selectmen Juftice peace
March 13: 1760
The Bufinefs of Said Meeting being Over the Moderator De-
clared it was Defolved
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M rs Mary
Learned March 10: 1760 for Swareing Town Officers after
takeing the money Oath ware Sworn to the faithfull Discharge
of thare Severall offices the perfons hearafter Mentioned four of
the Selectmen took the Said money Oath
Jonas Bond Esq 1 "
Cap 1 Nath 11 Coollidge
L l Daniel Whitney
M r Jonathan Child
M r Amos Bond
Cap 1 Jonathan Brown Town Treafurer & Afsefsor —
M r John Kemball afsefsor —
Cap 1 Nath 11 Coolidg toke the oath of afsessor before Nath 1 Harris
Juftice peace
Nathaniel Harrington | n . , .
Ebenezer Stone June' f Conftables
Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather —
Jonas White ) ^ Tr
Daniel Bond \ Fence Vewers
William Saltmarfh ) . Samuel Soden ) Surveyors
Jedidiah Spring J Phinehas Starnesj of Highways
[192] Samuel Cook Deerrive & Culler of Hoops & Staves &
Jonas Coollidge ) , -
Bezaleel Learned \ Surveyors of Timber &c
Samuel Warrin I tt
Thomas Learned Juner J Howards
Smith Prentice Culler of Hoops &c Staves &c
The foregoing Perfons ware all Sworn by John Hunt Justis
peace —
At S d meeting the Selectmen Directed the Clerk to Issue out a
warrant to warn out one Sarah Straton who Came last from
Lexington which was on the 29 of March last past & Direct it
Ebenezer Stone June r Conftable S d Sarah refids at the Houfe of
M r Amos Bond a warrant was Issued out accordingly
P r Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
The Selectmen allfo gave the Clerk an Order for the town
Records the Order is as follows Viz
Watertown March 10: 1760
S r Pleas to Deliver to Cap 1 Jonathan Brown the prefent Clerk
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all the Records & other things that belong to the Office of Town
Clerk which are in your Hands
To Dec" Samuel Fisk P r Jonas Bond
Daniel Whitney } Selectmen
Amos Bond J
The Selectmen alfo gave an order to the Treafurer for the things
that belonged to that office — & is as follows Viz
Watertown March 10: 1760
To M r Nath 11 Harrington
S r Pleas to Deliver to Cap 1 Jonathan Brown the prefent
Treafurer all the money Bonds & notes & Records that belong to
the office of Treafurer
Jonas Bond
P r Daniel Whitney [ Selectmen
Amos Bond J
[193] At the meeting mentioned in Page (186)
Cap 1 Nath 11 Coollidge brough in an acct for Boarding his
Brother Sam 11 Coollidge from March 7: 1759 to march 7: 1760
being 52 weeks at 6/ P r week. 15 = 12 and the Selectmen gave
him an order on the Treafurer for the Same
Alfo Joseph Coollidge brought an Acc 1 for Boarding the w d
Mary Maddox from June 26: 1758 To Feb? 27: 1760 amounting
to the Sum of 14 — 17—10—2 of which Sum h ^ had Received
before £2— 9 s for the Remainder the Selectmen gave him an Order
on the Treafurer the Sum is 12=8=10=2 —
The Selectmen alfo gave an order on the Treafurer to pay
£13 : .6 : 8 to M r Thomas Phipps for his keeping the School
from the Seventh of November Last to the fourteenth ° f March
A
next being four Months —
At S d Meeting M r John Cook Late Surveyor of Highways Re-
ported to the Selectmen that he had worked out his Highway
Rate-
Trie Report of the Committee on the Treafures acc 15 as fol-
lows Viz
Watertown March : 10 : 1760
We the Subscribers appointed by the town to Examin the
town Treafurs Acc ts have Examind S d Acc ts and find them well
Voucht & right Cast —
Sam 11 Fisk ]
Moses Stone \ Com tce :
John Kemball J
[194] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Capl
Nath" Coollidge on the 24 Day of March: 1760
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the afsessors made Return of the high way afsesment which
the Selectmen accep 1 & ordered to be recorded
They alio Agreed to hire M r Edward Rufsel to keep the
School a Quarter of a year & to give him Ten pounds for his
Servis he to provide for him Self the Quarter to begin next
Thursday
Ordered that the Clerk give the Difstricts to the Surveyors as they
ware the last year & alfo annex the price of labour as it was
Voted at march Meeting —
Agreed that Bezaleel Learned be Dei'ired to take Care of the
grate Bridge the eniueing year.
Ordered that the Clerk give out notifications to the officers
that are not Sworn that they appear before one of his Majesties
Justices of the peace to be Sworn to their refpective officeses
Gentlemen-
Afsessors
Certificate
Watertown May 26: 1759
We the Subscribers afsessors for the town of Water-
town have afsest upon the Rateble Pools & estates
of Said Town the Sum of thirty pounds being a
grant made the last march meeting for mending the
high ways & town ways & have Committed Lists of
the Same to the Several Collectors who are alfo
Surveyors of y e highways Viz
To m r Joseph Patterfon Collector
the Sum of
To m r Samuel Mafon Collector
the Sum of
with warrants to Collect the Same
be worked out agreable to the Vote
So as to make up their Acc ts with the Selectmen of
Said Town on or before the First Day of Feb 17 next
eniueing the Date hearof
£16:2:5:2
13: 17:6:2
or Se that it
of the Town
To y* Selectmen
[195]
John Kemball
Nath 11 Coollidge
Jon a Brown
Gentlemen Watertown March 14: 1760
We the Subscribers afsessors for the town of
Watertown have afsest upon the Rateble Pooles &
estates of S d . Town the Sum of Thirty pounds
Afsessors being the Grant made the las march Meeting for
Certificate mending the Highways & Town ways & have Com-
mitted Lists of the Same to the Several Collectors
who are alio Surveyors of the highways Viz
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To M r Phinehas Starnes Collector
the Sum of £15 : 13
& To M r . Sam 11 Soden Collector the
Sum of 14 : 7
with Lawfull warrants to Collect the Same or Se
it worked out agreable to the Vote of the town So
as to make up their acc ts with the Selectmen on or
before the first Day of Feb 1 ^ next Enfueing the
Date hearof —
John Kemball
To y e Sele&men Nath 11 Coollidge
Jon a Brown
At at a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Weston &
Waltham They Agreed (After Confidering) the grate Charge
the Towns ware at in Maintaining the Grate Bridge over Charles
River in Said Watertown to Incert an article in the Warning of
their May Meetings
The Same Day Viz Wedensday May 7: 1760 at the House of
Leiu 1 Daniel Whitney they Meet & Ordered the Clerk to Issue out
Warrants Directted to Constables to warn a General Town Meet-
ing agreable to a Precept they have Recived for Assembling the
Inha ts of Watertown for to Choofe a Reprefentative to Reprefent
them at a General Afsembly appointed to be Convened on
Wedensday the 28 Day of May Currant, the Meeting to be
Munday the Nineteenth day of may Currant at one of the Clock
afternoon at the Publick Meeting Houfe then & there to Elect &
Depute a Sutable Perfon to Reprefent them at the Court above
Said
LikewHe to warn the freeholders & other Inhabitants Qualyfied
to Vote in town affairs to Meet at two of the Clock at Said
Place to act on the following articles Viz —
as
[196] 1st To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting
(2) as the Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Waltham agreed
to Icert the following in their warnings for their Meetings this
Instant May Viz To know the minde of the town whether they
will Choofe a Com" to Join with a Com" from Weston & Wal-
tham to Reprefent to the Grate & General Court the grate Charge
of Maintaining the grate Bridge over Charls River in Water-
town & Petition the Court for Some Releif by a Lottery & for
the town to act there Pleafure thereon (3) to hear the Pleas
of M r Samuel Hager for abateing his Sons Jonathans Poole Tax
in Constable Bemis' list of Rates & Grant Money to make it
good (4) To know the mind of the town whether they will give
Some further Inftructions to their Treafurer for the more Speedy
Collecting the Intrest Money Comeing to the town that So the
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Rev d M r Storer may have his Salery more Seafonably & for
the town to act there Pleafure thereon —
(5) To know the Minde of the Town whether they will do
aney thing toward Repairing the fences on the Minifteral Farm
and to act there Pleafure thereon (6) To know the mind of the
town whether they will Coofe aney town officers in the Rome of
thofe that Neglect or Refuse to take the Oaths Required by law
(7) To know the minde of the Town whether they w ^ n grant a
Sum of money or do aney thing aney other way to Sattisfie the
Judment that Isaiah Tufts Recovered against Samuel Sanger &
for Cap 1 Coollidge and Enfign Bemis to Draw the Same out of
the Treafury when it is Collected and pay said Charge & for
the town to act their Pleafure thereon (8) For the town to Pass
upon a list of Jurors which are to be laid before them (9) To
know the minde of the town whether they will Dispose of the
pews that belonged to Cap 1 Brown & Cap 1 Bauldwin and for the
Town to act there Pleafure there on
Warrants ware Issued out accordingly
Attest Jon a Brown Town Clerk
The Constables Districts ware given out as follows To Con-
stable Harrington Begining at Joseph Harringtons all the In-
habitants in that lane & from Starnes Corner to the School Houfe
& on the west Side of the Road to the Meeting houfe & all the
Inhabitants from thence to the Bridge & on the South Side of
the River and all the Inhabitants west to Waltham David Sanger
& Samuel Benjaman with Such as Refide with them are in Cluded
in Said Bounds
[197] Constable Stones Districts is as follows begining m r
Richard Clarks from thence to the Inhabitants in the Road to
Kemballs and So to Jonas Barneds & John Randals and Springs
& Ebenezer Godards all the Inhabitants Eastward to Cambridge
at Said meeting Jonas White brought in an account for
Boarding Joseph Stearnes from the Second day of March 1759 to
s
the Second Day March 1760 being 52 weeks at 7 p r week
18: 4:0
and for Cloathing makeing and mending &c 1 : 15: 6
19: 19:6
and the Selectmen gave an order on the Treafurer to pay the
Same
They ordered the Town Clerk gitt Two Boxes for Jurors as
Soon as may be
At a General town Meeting of the freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in the Choife of a
Reprefentative Regularly afsembled at the publick Meeting
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Houfe in s d Town on Munday the Nineteenth Day of May 1760
for the Choife of a Reprefentative After the Votes ware
brought in & Sorted & told it appeared that M r Daniel Whitney
was Chofen to Reprefent the town at a great & General Court or
afsembly appointed to be Convened held & keept for his
Majesties Servis at the Court houfe in Boston on Wedensday the
twenty Eight day of May Currant p r the Major part of the
Selectmen being prefent
At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders & other
inhabitants Quallified to Vote in town affairs Regularly Afsem-
bled on the Nineteenth Day of May 1760 for the ends Sett forth
in the warning: —
Voted & Chofe John Hunt Esq r Moderator —
Then the Second article was Read and Put to Vote whether
the town will Chofe a Com te to Join with a Com ttes from weston
& waltham to petition the general Court for a Lottery to raife
money for to Repair the great Bridge and it past in the affeirm-
ative
{John Hunt Esq r
Leiu 1 Daniel Whitney
M r John Kemball
3 art Put to Vote whether the town will abate Jonathan
Hagers pole Tax in Conftable Bemis list & grant money to make
it good it passt in the Negative
4 article
[198] 4 Article was Read put to Vote whether the town
Direct their Treafurer to to put the Bonds in Suit the next term
after the Interest is Due if not paid it past in the affeirmative —
Put to Vote whether the town will act on the fifth article &
it pafst in the Negative
Put to Vote whether the town will act on the Sixth articl
it pafst in the Negative
Put to Vote whether the town will act aney thing on the Article
relating to Cap 1 Coollidge' it passt in the Negative
Then the lists of Juriors was read to the town and put to Vote
whether the town do accept of the List for the Superior Box as
now Exhibited it past in the affeirmative
alfo Voted & Accepted the List for the Inferior Box as exhibited
The Ninth article was Read & Put to Vote whether the town
will act on s d article and it passt in the affeirmative
Upon a Motion made & Seconded it was put to vote whether
this meeting be ajourned with the Remaining buiinefs till the
Second Munday in June next at three of the Clock afternoon at
this place it past in the Affeirmative
Then the Moderator Declared it ajourned accordingly
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At a General Town Meeting of the freeholder & other In-
habitants of Watertown Regularly Afsembled on Munday the
ninth Day of may 1760 by ajournment
1 Put to Vote whether it is the minde of the town to Dis-
pose of the pew y l was Cap* John Browns at this time & it past
in the affirmative
2 Put to Vote whether it is the minde of the town that the
next highest payer to Cap 1 Brown Shall have the pew y l was s d
Browns & So on till the whole is Disposed of & it past in the
Negative
Put to Vote whether Docter Josiah Convers Shall have the
pew that was Cap 1 Browns During his Life or abode in the
town he paying the prime Cost & it past in the Negative
[199] Put to Vote whether the town will grant the pew y l
was Cap 1 Browns to the heirs of Sam 11 Coollidge on the Same
footing that the other pews ware Disposed of & it past in the
Negative —
Put to Vote whether the town will Sell the pews that ware
Cap 1 Browns & Cap 1 Bauldwins to the highest bider he being
an Inhabitant of the town & the pews to be on the Same footing
as the other pews and it past in the affirmative
Voted & Chofe a Com", for s d affair — \ Enf n Jon a Bemis
Put to Vote whether the town will Reconfider the Vote re-
lating to Cap 1 Coollidge & Enfign Bemis & it past in y e Negative
Put to vote whether the town will Reconfider the Vote relating
to M r Storers fence & it past in the affirmative
Put to vote whether the town will Chofe a Com" to Repair his
fence & it past in the affirmative
Put to Vote whether the town will Reconfider the vote with
Regard to m r Hager & it past in the Negative
The bufinefs of the meeting being over the Moderator declared
it Difolved —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of M r amos Bond
on Friday the : 27 Day of June: 1760 they agreed to hire M r
Edward Rufsell our prefent School mafter to keep the School
three Quarters of a year longer & to give him thirty pounds for
his Servis —
Put
f M r John Kemball—
Voted & Chofe a Com" for Said
affair —
[ M r Moses Stone
[200] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of M rs .
Mary Learneds on Sep r 5: 1760 they gave their Confent to the
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following perfons renewing their licences (Viz) M rs Mary
Learned, & Thomas Saltmarfh, Innholders, John Hunt Esq r .
Mifsures Cornelius Waldo, & John Remington & m rs Hannah
Livermore Retailors
The Selectmen agreed to have a meeting with the Selectmen
of Waltham at the houfe of m" Mary Learned on Munday the
at 2 of the Clock afternoon
fifteenth day of this Inftant Sep r a to Settle accounts
between the towns & ordered the Clerk to notifie them
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown & Waltham at
the houfe of m re Mary Learned on Munday the 15 Day of Sep r
1760 for to Settle accounts betwen the two towns it apear d that
excluf ive of M n
thare was due upon Ballance the Sum of 16:17:9:3 a
Maddox' Charge
A the Selectmen of Waltham Objected against the adjust-
men on Feb y 1 : 1 748 becaufe the Charge of the Wid° Maddox
was brought in So nothing further was done but the Selectmen
of Watertown promis to lay the matter before the town the next
meeting
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of Leiu 1 Daniel
Whitney on October: 13: 1760 they ordered the Clerk to give
the grants to the Afsefsors that ware made last march meeting
and Order them to be afsefed directly
at s d meeting they gave an order on the town Treafurer to
pay or order the payment of the Sum of nineteen p™ nds fifteen
Shillings & Seven pence three farthings to the town Creditors
which was granted to them last march meeting
They alfo gave an Order on the treafurer to pay M r Edward
Rufsel Schoolmafter the Sum of twenty pounds for his keeping
the School the first half year
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of the widdow
Mary Learned on Tuesday December : 2 Day : 1760 the Se-
lectmen haveing bin informed that one abijah Hammond & his
wife & their two Chi ^ dren ware Come to Refide in Watertown at
the houfe of John Hunt Esq 1 " that they came last from Newton
abouth the Tenth day of March Last past alfo that one Robert
Barry is come to Refide at m r Samuel Mafons he Came
last from s d Newton about the month of march Last past and
that one Elizabeth Bowman is Come to Refide at the Houfe of
Cap 1 Nathaniel Coollidge She Came last from Lexington about
the month of march Last past
and
[201] and that one Joseph Wilfon was come to refide in s d
Watertown he came last from Danvers in the County of Essex,
abouth the month of march Last past, & refides at the houfe of m r
Robert Learned, as the Selectmen are Informed, their Circum-
W atertoivn Records.
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ftances being Such that thay fearing they may become Chargable
to the town if not timely prevented, ordered the Clerk to give out
a warrant to M r Ebenezer Stone one of the Conftables to warn all
the afore Said perfons to Depart forthwith out of Said town,
which was accordingly done the Same week —
Attest Jonathan Brown Town Clerk
at the aforeSaid meeting the Selectmen gave an Order on
the town Treafurer to pay the Rev d M r Seth Storer the Sum of
£ s d
66 : 13 :4 which was Granted last march meeting for his Salery
for the prefent year
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M™ Mary
Learned on munday the twenty ninth Day of December 1760
thay gave an order to the town Treafurer to pay m r Edward
Rufsel Ten pounds for Keeping the School a Quarter of year —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r Amos Bond
on Feb y : 11: 1761 they gave an order on the Town Treafurer
to pay Six Shillings out of the Treafury to augustus Hibbert
towards his Support And an Order to pay to Cap 1 Nathaniel
Coollidge the Sum of fifteen Pounds Twelve Shillings for Board-
ing his Brother Samuel Coollidge from the Seventh Day of March
last to the Seventh day of march Next, Likewife they gave an
order to Pay to Jonas Bond Esq r nine Shillings & to Leiu 1 Daniel
Whitney Eighteen Shillings & eight pence To M r Amos Bond
nine Shillings & To m r Jonathan Child eight Shillings which
Sums they had Expended in Supporting the French Family —
They alfo Ordered the Clerk to write to the Selectmen of Cam-
bridge Newton & Waltham to Defire them to Incert an article
in the warrants for their next march Meetings to know the minde
of their Several towns whether they will Join with Watertown in
Erecting a Work houfe
Letters ware accordingly Sent Dated the next Day
Attest Jon a Brown Town Clerk
[202] At the Meeting Mentioned last on the last page y e
Selectmen Agreed upon a Town Meeting to be on Munday the
Second day of March next at nine of the Clock before noon at
the Publick Meeting Houfe & Directed the Clerk to Issue out
warrants to the Several Conftables to warn the freeholders &
Other Inhabitants Quallified to Vote in Town to Meet at time
& Place afores d for the ends following Viz 1 To Chofe a
Moderator for s d meeting. (2) To Chofe Selectmen a Town
Clerk & Treafurer and all other town officers required by law to
be Chofe in the month of march annually (3) To Chofe a
Saxton & agree how he Shall be paid for his Servis (4) To Put
in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5) To know the minde
of the town whether Swine Shall Run at large the enfueing
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accounts
year (6) To Chofe a Committe to examin the Treafurers a
& to pais aney Votes thereon that they may think proper
(7) For the town to appropriate y e Intereft money Comeing to
them the Prefent year the year begining the eleventh of Decem r
Last past (8) To Grant a Salary for the Rev d m r Seth Storer
for the year enfueing the year begining the first of march next,
(9) To Grant money for the Support of the School (10) To
grant money for the Support of the Poor (11) To grant money
for Repairing the grate Bridge (12) To hear the accounts of
thofe Perfons the town is Indebted to & grant money to Pay the
Same (13) To Grant money to Repair the Highways & Town
ways if the town think proper & to Chofe the Surveyors Collecttors
of y e Highway Rate & Determin the price of Labour in working
out s d Rate (14) To hear the Pleas of the Prefent or Late
Conftables for abateing any Perticuler Perfons Rates & for the
town to actt their pleafure thereon (15) To hear the Petition of
Nathaniel Harris Esq r praying the town to abate two years
Intereft on a Bond which he gave the town for a peice of land
lying near the mill Creek for the Reafons Sett forth in s d Pe-
tition & for the town to act their Pleafure thereon (16) To hear
the Petition of the wid° Elizabeth Learned Praying the town to
Choofe & Impower a Com": to give her a Deed of a Peice of
Land bought of the town by her late Hufband or for the town to
give Some Directions to the Com" formerly Chofe for s d affair
with refpect to exchaning the Bond & for the town to act any
thereon that they may think proper (17) To know the minde
of the town whether they will Come into any method to end the
Difpute betwixt Watertown & Waltham Relating to Walthams
part of the Charge in Maintaining the wid° Maddox and for the
town to act any thing on said affair they may think proper — (18)
To know y e minde of the town whether they will Join with
any of the Neighboring towns in erecting a workhoufe, & if
other towns Decline, whether they will proceed to Erect or
Procure one them Selves & for the town to ac ^ any thing on the
affair they may think proper (19) To hear the Report of the
Com" appointed to Sell the pews that ware Cap 1 John
Browns & Cap 1 David Bauldwins and for the town to appro-
priate the money arifeing by the Sale there of or to act any thing
relating there to they may think proper
Likewife to Notifie the town Creditors to bring in their
acc ts to the Selectmen on Fryday the twenty Seventh of this
Inftant Feb y at 2 of the Clock afternoon at the Houfe of the
wid° Mary Learned
Warrants ware Issued out accordingly
P r Jon a Brown Town Clerk
[203] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of the
wid° Mary Learned on Fryday the 27 day of Feb*: 1761 for
W atertown Records.
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takeing in the acc tts . of thofe perfons the Town is Indebted to the
accounts brought in are as follows (Viz)
To m r Sam 11 Haftings for mending y e meet-
ing & School houfe Glafs
To m r Edward Maning for Botoming a
Chair for y* School houfe
To James Barned for Boarding Mary Preift
11 weeks at 3 : 4 p r week
To James Barned for Boarding mary Coollidge
& Mary Preift & Sundry other things
To Simon Haftings for work don at the School
houfe
To Bezaleel Learned for work don at the
greate Bridge Since adjufted
To him for warning Sundry Town Meetings
& Serving Conftable in y* Year: 1757 —
To mofes Stone for warning Sundry Town
Meetings & Serving Conftable: 1758
To Jonas White for like Service
To Jon a Stone for Serving Conftable in the 1
Year: 1759 & warning Sundry Town Meet- }
ings & warning eight perfons out of Town J
To Jedidiah Spring for two Locks for the Pounc
To Jedidiah Leath for hinges &c for the School
houfe
To Jonas Coollidge for Planck for Smelt brook
bridge
To Simon Haftings for three Stones for a
Small bridge
To John Cook for Plank & Stones for a Small
bridge
To Simon Whitney for Stones for three Small
bridges
To Nath 11 Harrington for Carrying Sufanna
Bollafon to Cambridge
To Jon a Brown for Serving Treafurer &
afsefsor the Year Past
To John Kemball for Serveing afsefsor the
Year past
To Cap 1 Nath 11 Coollidge for Serveing afsef-
sor the year past
To Amos Bond for Stones for a Small Bridge
To m r Samuel Fisk for Stones for a Small
bridge
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At Said Meeting the Selectmen gave an order to the Town
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Treafurer to pay m r Edward Rufsel the prefent School mafter
Ten pounds for his last Quarter of a Year in keeping the School
it ending the twenty Seventh day of March Next —
At Said Meeting the Selectmen being Informed that one abigail
Newton was Come to dwell at the houfe of Mofes Stone She
came Last from Southborough in the County of Worcefter: on
the thirteenth day of September last past her Circumftances being
Such that they would not receive her as an Inhabitant they there-
fore Ordered the Clerk to Ifsue out a Warrant to warn her out
town which was Accordingly don the Next Day
and the Service don and the warrant Returned
Entered March Sefsions
Attest Jon s Brown Town Clerk
[204] At a Gene 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders &
other Inhabitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in town affairs
Regularly afsembled & meet at the Publick Meeting Houfe in
Said Town on Munday the Second Day of March AD 1761 for
the Choice of town Officers & Tranfacting other town affairs
Mentioned in the Warrants &c —
Voted & Chofe Jonas Bond Esq. Moderator of s d Meeting
Jonas Bond Esq r
Cap 1 Edward Harrington
M r Jonathan Child
M r Nathaniel Stone
h l Daniel Whitney
Voted & Chofe for Town Clerk Cap t Jonathan Brown
Voted & Chofe for Town Treafurer Cap 1 Jonathan Brown
f Cap' Jon a Brown
Voted & Chofe for Afsefsors ] M r John Kemball
[ Cap 1 Nath 11 Coollidge
, ™ , r ^ r , , ( M r Nehemiah Mafon
\oted & Chofe for Conftables j Mr Simon Whitnev
tt i o ^.i f e t t t i ( M r John Kemball
Voted & Choie for Wardens | M , g amuel Cook
Voted & Chofe Sealer of Lether M r Isaac Sanderfon
Voted & Chofe fence Viewers
Voted & Ch ° {e for Selectmen
A
M r Thomas Harrington
xr i a ™ r n rxr-L S M r Oliver Livermore
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of Highways | Mr Samuel Whitney
i7 j fi r-u : u- S Mr Jonathan Learnen Jun r
Voted & Chofe Tythingmen j Mr James Dix
tt , o ™ r tx ( M r William Bond
Voted & Chofe Hogrieves | Mr Jon a Coollidge Goding
xr i o r^y c x-x . f M r Thomas Saltmarfh
Voted & Chofe Deerrieves j M , Dayid Bemis
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of Timber ( M r Bezaleel Learned
Plank &c ( M r Jonas Coollidge
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j i / u j f Mr William Goding juner
Voted & Chofe Howards | Mr Joseph Patterfon juner
Voted & Chofe Clerk of the Market M r Edmund Fowle
Voted & Chofe Gager of Cask Samuel Cook
Voted & Chofe Cullers of Hoops & ( M r Bezaleel Learned
Staves \ M r Samuel Cook
Voted & Chofe Saxton M r Simon Haftings
Voted to pay the Saxton by two Contrebutions as Ufual
[205] The Vote was put whether it is the minde of the
town that Swine Should Run at Large the prefent Year under
the Regulation of the law and it past in the Negative —
i o ™ c ^ • f M r Nath 1 Harrington
Voted & Chofe a Committe to ) Mr g am i Fisk
Examin r Treafurers Acc«* j Mr John Kemball
Upon a motion made & Seconded the vote was put whether
this meeting with the Remaining bufinefs be Adjournd to Mun-
day the Ninth Inftant at 1 of the Clock afternoon at this place
and it past in the Affirmative —
At a Meeting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants of Water-
town Quallified to vote in town affairs on Munday the Ninth
day of March AD 1761 p r Adjournm 1
The Com" appointed to Examin the Treafurers accounts brought
in there Report which was Read and is a follows (Viz)
The Report of the Com tts Chofen by the town March the 2
day 1761 To Examin the Treafu" Acc ts .
Upon Examination of Said Accounts we finde them Right Cast
and well Vouch 1
Nath 11 Harrington 1
Watertown March 9: 1761 John Kemball | Com tte :
Sam 11 Fisk J
Then the Question was Put whether it be the minde of the
town to accept of the Report of the Com", on the Treafurers ac-
counts and it past in the Affirmetive —
The 7 article was Read Put to vote whether the town will
appropriate the Intereft money Comeing to the town the prefent
Year (the year begining the Eleventh day of December last) as
it was the last Year (Viz) five Shillings & eight pence to the
School & the Remainder to the minifter & it past in the affeirm-
ative
Voted & Granted the Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 a Salary for the
Rev d Mr Seth Storer the enfueing Year the Intereft money ap-
propriated to that Ufe to be part of said Sum —
Voted & Granted the Sum of 40 Pounds for the Support of
y* School
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Voted & Granted the Sum of 40 Pounds for y* Support of the
Poor-
Then the accounts of the town Creditors ware Read & accepted
& the Sum of : 19 : 1 1 : 8 : 2 Granted to pay the Same —
[206] The Question was Put if it be your Minds to grant
the Sum of : £13 : 6 : 8 to mend the High ways & Town ways
& the Surveyors to draw the money out of the Treafury as Need
Shall Require —
and the Vote past in the affirmative
Put to vote if it be your minds that the Late Surveyors be
Directed work out there Remaining Rates in Six Months & make
up there accounts with the Selectmen & it past in the Affirmative
Voted to abate Henry Bonds Tax in Conftable David Bemis'
List and Granted the Sum of : 7 : 6 — to make it good and
alfo abated his Tax in Conftable Nathaniel Harringtons Lists &
Granted the Sum of : 19 : 6:3. to make it good
Voted & abated James Hays Tax, in Conftables Harrington list
s d q
& Granted 7 : 7 : 2 to make it good and alfo abated 0:8: —
in Conftable Bemis list and granted the like Sum to make it
good —
Voted to abate Abraham Scott Tax in Conftable Bemis' List &
Granted 0:6: 3 — to make it good —
Voted to abate Mofes Hagers Tax in said Bemis' list and
granted 0:6: 3— to make it good
Voted to abate Jofhua Whitneys Tax in m r Bemis' list and
Granted the Sum of : 13 : 6 : 2 to make it good
Voted to abate Oliver Learneds Tax in Conftable Harrington
s d
List & Granted : 15 : 2 — to make it good —
The (15) article was Read relating to Nathaniel Harris' Pe-
tition and Said Petition being Read & after Debate thereon it was
Put to vote whether the town will Refer the further Confid-
eration thereof to May meeting and it past in the Affirmative
The (16) article Read relating to the wid° Elizabeth Learneds
Request and after Debate thereon it was Put to Vote whether the
town will abate the fall of money on her late Hufbands Bond
which he gave to the town and it past in the affirmative
Put to Vote whether the Com n formerly Chofe for j^ hat
purpose be Impowr d to proceed to take up the deed which the
town gave her Late Hufband and give her a deed in Lieu thereof
and. it past in the Affirmetive —
Put to Vote whether the town will Refer the Remaining bufinefs
to May Meeting and it past in the Affirmetive —
[207] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the houfe of the
wid° Mary Learned on Munday the Ninth Day of March AD
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1761 for the Swareing Town Officers all the Selectmen took the
oih Relating to other Governments Bill
{Town Clerk
Town Treafurer
Afsefsor
John Kemball and Cap 1 Nath 11 Coollidge the oths of afsefsor
Simon Whitney — Conftable
John Kemball Warden
Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
Richard Clark &
Thomas Harrington $ Fence Veiwers
Oliver Livermore \ n - «
Sam^ Whitney \ Surveyors of Highways
William Bond and ) TT
Jon 3 Coollidge Goding ] Hogrieves
Jonas Coollidge & ) ( ~. , 9
Bezaleel Learned Surveyors of Timber &c
H awards.
William Goding Juner
Joseph Patterfon Juner
Edmund Fowle Clerk of the Market
Bezaleel Learned Culler of hoops & Staves &c
The above ware all Sworn to there Refpective Offices before
John Hunt Justice Peace
After Juftice Hunt was gone home M r James Dix and M r
Jonathan Learned Juner appearing offered to take the Oath of
Tythingmen and were accordingly Sworn by Jonathan Brown
Town Clerk —
Watertown March : 16 : 1761
To Jon a Brown Clerk for the town of Watertown
This Certifies that m r Samuel Cook who was Choien by the
town of Watertown Culler of Staves Hoops &c as alfo Warden
at their Annuall meeting appeared and was Sworn to the faith-
ful Difcharge of his Refpective Trust agreable to Law
Coram J. Hunt J. Peace
[208] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M"
Mary Learned on Tuefday the Seventeenth day of March AD
1761 for Puting out the Poor &c
The Selectmen Agreed with M r Josiah Bright to Board & take
Care of Samuel Coollidge till further orders at four Shillings p r
week and Deiired Cap 1 Edward Harrington & Miff u Jonathan
Child & Nathaniel Stone three of the Selectmen to remove him
next morning to s d Brights
They alfo Agreed with M r Simon Coollidge to take & keep
Mary Coollidge (his Sifter) for one Shilling & Nine pence half
penney p r week & Said Mary to have what She earns her Self
m r Coollidge to keep her till further orders
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As No perfons appeared to take Joseph Stearnes & the wid°
Maddox it was agreed that the perfons that have the care of
them do keep them for the prefent
At Said Meeting they Ordered the Clerk to give the Diftre&s
to the Surveyors as they were the last Year
The Selectmen Signed an order on the town Treafure to pay
Joseph Coollidge ten pounds eight sh 'U> n & s which is in full for
Boarding the wid° Maddox till the twenty Seventh day of
February last past and to pay to Jonas White Twenty one pounds
Nine Shillings & four pence which is in full for Boarding &
Cloathing &c for Joseph Stearnes till the fifth day of this Inftant
March
They Likewife Signed an Order on the Treafurer to pay Cap 1
Edward Harrington Eighteen Shillings to purchafe wood for the
Nuteral French
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonas Bond
Esq r on the fourth Day of May AD 1761
The Selectmen haveing Received a Preecept from the High
Sheriff of the County of Midd s Requiring them fourth with to
afsemble the Inhabitants of the town in Order to Elect & Depute
a Suitable perfon to Reprefent in a greate and General Court or
afsembly Appointed to be held & keept at Bofton on Wedenfday
the Twenty Seventh Day of this Inftant May In obfervance
whereof they ordered the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant Directed
to the Conftable Requiring him to warn the freeholders & other
Inha tn . of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the Choice
of a Reprefentative to Afsemble & Meet together at the publick
Meeting houfe in s d Town on Munday the Eighteent day of this
Inftant May at one of the Clock afternoon then and there to
Elect a Meet perfon to Reprefent the town at a Greate & general
Court appointed to be held & kept at the Court Houfe in Bofton
on the Twenty seventh Day of this l nf ^ ant May
Likewife
[309] Likewife to Order the Conftable to warn the free-
holders & other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to
Vote in town affairs to Meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in
S d Town on Munday the Eighteenth day of this Inftant May at
two of the Clock afternoon for the ends following (Viz) 1 to
Choofe a Moderator for s d Meeting 21y To act on the fifteenth
Seventeenth eighteenth & Nineteenth articles which ware in the
warning of last march Meeting which were put of to this Meet-
ing s d articles to be the Second third & fourth and ™ th articles
in the warrant
(6*) To Coofe any town officers in the place of thofe that
ware Chofe in the month of march last who refufe to Serve
(7*y) To Grant a Sum of Money to Sattiffie the Committe for
W atertoivn Records.
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Repairing the fence on the Minifteral place, and to act any
thing further on the affair they may think proper —
(8 y ) To Grant money to pay the aisefsors for Inquiring into
the Rateable Estate of the town as Required by law (9 ly ) To
know y* minde of the town whether they will grant a peice of land
to m r Daniel Bond in leiu of a peice he has left out to accomo-
date the Road (10 ly ) To hear the petition of John Warrin pray-
ing the town to abate his Rates in Conitable Harringtons Lists for
the Reaions Settforth in s d Petition
A Warrant was Issued out accordingly
Attest Jon a Brown Clerk
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Deiired Leiu r Daniel Whitney
to Treat with m r Marihel Spring to keep the School two
Months —
At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Regularly afsembled & meet at the
publick meeting houie in s d Town on Munday the Eighteenth
Day of may AD 1761 for the Choice of a Perion to Reprefent
them in a Grate & General Court or Aisembly appointed to be
held & kept for his Majesties Service at the Court houfe in
Bolton on Wedensday the Twenty Seventh day of this Inl'tant
May The Major part of the Selectmen being prei'ent The
Voters ware Called upon to bring their Votes for a Repreienta-
tive and after the Votes were brot in Sorted <Sc Numbered it
appeared that Leiu r Daniel Whitney was Chofe to Reprefent the
town at the Court above s d
[210] At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders &
other Inhab 15 - of Watertown Quallified to Vote in town affairs
Regularly afsembled & Meet at the Publick Meeting houie in s d
Town on Munday the Eighteenth Day of may AD 1761 for
Transacting town affairs as Sett forth in the warrant for s d
meeting —
Voted & Chofe m r Xath !1 Harrington Moderator for s d Meet-
ing
The Petition of Xath !I Harris Esq r being read & after Debate
thereon the Quei'tion was put whether it be the minde of the
town to difmifs the petition for this time and it past in the
affirmative
Then the Article relating to the wid° Maddox was Read &
after Debate thereon the Vote was put whether the Committe
formerly Choien for s d affair puriue the matter further as they
may think proper
and the Vote past in the affirmative
Then the article relating to erecting a workhouie was Read
& after Debate thereon the Vote was put whether the town will
Join with any other towns in Erecting a workhouie & it past in
the Negative
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Put to Vote whether the town will erect one them Selves and it
past in the affirmative
f Mr Tho s Saltmarfh
Voted & Chofe a Committe for s d affair \ Jonas Bond Esq r
[ M r Cornelius Waldo
Put to Vote if it be your minds that the Committe draw a Plan
of a proper houfe & Se whether they can purchafe a peice of
land in a Suitable place for to Erect Such houfe on and Se what
the Charge thereof will be and lay the Matter before the town
at their next meeting and it past in the affirmative
Then the Committes Report was read relating to the Sale of
the Pews that were Cap 1 Browns & Bauldwins then the Vote was
put whether the town do accept of the Committes report as now
Read and it past in the affirmative
Put to Vote whether the town will appropiate So much of the
money arifing by the Sale of s d pewns as to pay the prime Cost
and it Past in the affirmative
Voted & appropiated the Remaining part of the money arifing
by the Sale of the pews towards the Repairing the fence on the
Minifteral place
Voted & Granted the Sum of four Pounds towards paying the
afsefsors for Inquiring into the Rateable estate of the town as
Required by law —
[211] Voted that the old Committe lay out a peice of land
to M r Daniel Bond as they may think proper
Voted and abated John Warrins Rates in Conftable Harringtons
lists and Granted the Sum of : 1 : 3 : 6 to make it good
Upon a Motion made & Seconded the Vote was put whether
this meeting with the bufinefs of the Sixth article be adjoun d to
Munday next at Six of the Clock afternoon at this place and it
past in the affirmative
The Moderator Declared accordingly adjourned.
At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In-
habitant of Watertown on Munday the Twenty fifth day of
may 1761 at the Publick Meeting houfe in s d Town p r adjourn-
ment
Nehemiah Mafon appearing & promist to take the Oath of a
Conftable in a Short time but not Chufeing to do it at this time a
Motion was made & Seconded it was put to Vote whether this
meeting be Adjourned to the Twenty fifth of august Next at five
c< the Clock afternoon at this place with any remaining bufinefs
and it past in the affirmative
The Moderator Declared it accordingly Adjourn d .
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the widow
Mary Lea ™ ed on the Seventeenth Day of June 1761 Jonas Bond
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Esq r Informed them that a poor Child was brought to him
from Medford by a due Courfe of Law
The Selectmen Agreed to look out for a place to put out the
s d Child to Nurfe at, and when either of them Shall finde a
place and agree what they Shall pay a week to lett the Clerk
know that he may make a Record thereof
At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Quallified to vote in town affairs
Regularly Afsembled at the publick Meeting houfe in s d Town on
Tuesday the 25 Day of August AD 1761 p r Adjournment
M r Nehemiah Mafon appear'd and offer'd to take y* oath of
a Conftable and was accordingly Sworn by Jonathan Brown
Town Clerk — —
Upon a Motion it was put to vote whether this Meeting be
adjourn'd to the first monday of October next at 5 of the
Clock afternoon at this place and it past in the affirmative
[212] At a Meeting of Selectmen at m r Thomas Salt-
marfh's on the 28 Day of August AD 1761
They Gave thare Confent to the wid° Mary Learned & m r
Thomas Saltmarfh's & John Hunt Esq r m r Cornelius Waldo
m r John Remington and m rs Hannah Livermore's Renewing there
licences's
at this meeting the Selectmen haveing received an account from
m r Jonas Harrington for 354 feet of plank (which h ^ brought
to the Grate Bridge in watertown) at 20/ 1 p r hundred which
amounts to three pounds Ten Shillings & nine pence They or-
dered the Clerk to write an order to the Selectmen of Weston to
pay the Same
At Said Meeting Complaint being made by Several Neighbours
that the wid° Warrin was in Sufering Circumftances they agreed
to meet again on Monday the fourteenth day of Sep 1 " at 4 of the
Clock afternoon at the wid° mary Learneds to agree with Some
Suitable perfon to take care of Said warrin
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the wid° Mary
Learned on Monday the 21 Day of Sep r : 1761 the Selectmen
Agreed to have a Town Meeting on Monday Next at the publick
Meethoufe & Directed the Clerk to Issue out warrants to the
Several Conftables to warn the Inhabitants to meet at said
time & place to act on the following articles (Viz) (1) to
Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting (2) To hear the Re-
port of the Committe on the affair of the Work-houfe and for
the town to grant money to build Said houfe or do any thing on the
affair they may think proper — (3) To know the minde of the
town whether they will Choofe a Committe to Settle the bounds
of the land which Nath 11 Harris Esq r gave to Sett the Meeting-
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Houfe upon (4) To know the minde of the town whether they
will give Liberty (to Such perfon or perfon as incline) to Erecl:
Stables on the line betwixt the late Nath 11 Harris Esq rs land and
that which he gave to the town — and warrants were Issued out
accordingly
Attest J Brown Town Clerk
[213] At Said Meeting they agreed to procure Some
Cloathing for the wid° Warrin Viz two Shifts a pair of Stockings
and a pair of Shoes
At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders & other Inhab-
itants of Watertown Quallified according to law to Vote in town
affairs Regularly Afsembled & Meet at the publick Meeting
Houfe in Said Town on Monday the 28 Day of Sep r . 1761
Voted and Ch ° ofe M r Sam 11 Fisk Moderator for s d Meeting —
Then the Second article was read & the Committ e Reported that
they had Drawn a Plan of a work-houfe which is thirty foot
Square to be four Rooms on the lower floor with a fire place
in each of them and a Gamber Roof with two fire places above
the Charge of the building they are informed will be about one
thoufand pounds old Tenor and after the town had Confidered
and Debated the affair they purpos'd to add two more to the
Committe and the Question was put whether it be the minde of
the town to add two more to the Committ e and it past in the
affirmetive
Voted & Chofe Cap 1 Edward Harrington & M r John Kemball
to be of said Committe
Then the Vote was put whether it be the minde of the town
that the. Committe look out further for a Suitable place whereon
to build the above said work-houfe & Se what they must give
for Such a peice of land, and alfo Inquire what the Charge will
be if the houfe be built two Storey high more than if it be but one
as above said and Report at the adjournment of this meeting
& it past in y e affirmative
Then a Motion was made and the Vote was put whether it
be the mind of the town that this meeting with the Remaining
buifiness be Adjour'd to Monday next at two of the Clock
afternoon at this place and it past in the affirmative
Then the Moderator Declared it accordingly adjourn'd
[214] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the
wid° Mary Learned on Munday the 28 Day of Sep r AD 1761—
They agreed with m r Simon Coollidge to Board and take Care
of M rs Warrin one Month at 6 s / 1 p r week & to be paid for Clean-
ing her up the month to begin the fifth day of October Next —
At Said meeting the wid° Mary Leaned Purport to take one
of the Child ren of Jonas Learned and m r Bezaleel Learned pur-
Watertown Records.
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pos'd to take the Son of said Jonas for the prefent with out any
Charge to the town they alio agreed to put the Youngest to
m r Sam 11 Child at 2 s /8 p r week if he would take, as they were
informed he would and lett the mother of Said Children provide
for her Self as She purpos'd
at Said Meeting they agreed to allow m r Jonas Berned 13/6
r
old Tenor p A we ^ k for keeping Man- Coollidge from the 27 day
of Feb 7 last till further orders
At a Gen 1 Town Meeting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown Quallified according to law to Vote in town af-
fairs Regularly ai'sembled and Meet at the publick Meeting
Houfe in Said town on Monday the fifth Day of October AD
1761 p r Adjourn 1
The first article in the warrant was Read and after a long
Debate thereon the Vote was put whether the town will grant
money to build a work-houie and it past in the Negative —
(21y) The Vote was put whether it be the minde of the town
to grant the Sum of 13 : 6 : 8 to be improved in part towards
hiring a work-houfe and the remainder towards Supporting the
poor the preient Year & it past in the affirmetive
(31y) The Vote was put whether it be the minde of the town
to impower there preient Committe in the Name of the town to
hire a Suitable houie to be improved as a Work-houie as Reaion-
ably as they can, and it past in the affirmative
The third article was Read and after debate thereon the
Vote was put whether the town will Chooie a Committe to
Settle the bounds of the land which the late Nathaniel Harris
Esq r gave to the town to Sett the Meeting Houie upon and it
past in the affirmative —
[215]
Voted and Choofe-
L r Daniel Whitney
Cap r John Tainter
Eni Jon a Bemis
Cap r Edward Harrington
Dea. Sam 11 Fisk
Voted
for said
Committe
Then the fourth article was Read and after Debate thereon
the Quefton was put whether' 1 ^ **** minde of the town to act aney
thing on this article and it past in the Negative
The buiineis of the Meeting done the Moderator Declared it
Deiolved
At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town affairs
Regularly ai'sembled & Meet at the publick Meeting Houie in
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Said Town on Monday the fifth Day of October AD 1761 p r
ad jour 1
The Committe appointed to repair the fence on the Minifterel
place being prefent informed the town that they had not finifhed
Said fence and So Did not know what the Charge would be
and therefore did not Defire aney grante at this time and there
being no other buifnefs the Meeting was Defolved —
N B the last Mentioned Meeting was begun on the Eighteenth
Day of may 1761 and Continued by adjournments to this time
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on the 29 Day of October 1761
at the houfe of M r William Bond
They agreed to bind a Poor Child (Called Mary Mathyrs) to
M r William Goding of Woburn and accordingly Signed the In-
dentures and agreed that s d Goding Should have thirteen pounds
Six Shillings and eight pence with the Child, he giveing Security
to the town to Save the town from any further Cost that may
arife by s d Child And ordered the Clerk to take a Bond and a
Mortgage Deed on Ten acres of s d Godings Land which Lies
in Woburn for the Towns Security which was accordingly done
P r J Brown T Clerk
[216] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of M r
Jon a Child on the 16 : Day of Nov r : 1761 They ordered the
Clerk to Issue out a warrant to warn the several perfons here-
after mentioned to Depart out of town Viz Daniel Edds with
his wife and Child who came Last from Charlstown about the
month of April last & Refide at the Houfe of Jedidiah Leath &
Thomas Rufsel who came l ^ st from Bofton in the County of
Suffolk in the month March last & Stephen Mafon who came
from s d "Bofton in May or June last and both Refide at the
houfe of the wid° Mary Learned And Richard Trufdal and his
wife and four Children who came last from Newton and Refide
in a Houfe that belongs to John Hunt Esq r they came into
town in August last past and abiah Foster who came last from
Waltham on the Second day of July last and Refides at the Houfe
of Andrew White alfo Kezia Rufel who came last from Bofton
in the County of Suffolk in the Month of April last to Refide
at the Houfe of Samuel Nutting-
A Warrant was Issue d out accordingly & given to Conftable
Simon Whitney and the Service was done (Except to Kezia
Rufsel who Could not be found) and the warrants Returned
Cautions entered Dec 1 " Sefsions
Attest Jon a Brown Town Clerk
at s d Meeting the Selectmen Signed an order on the town
Treafurer to pay the town Creditors what was granted them last
march Meeting also an order to pay the Rev d M r Seth Storer his
Salary for the prefent Year
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At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Cap 1 Edward
Harrington on Monday the Seventh day of Dec r : 1761
They being Informed that on Katherine Draper was come to
Refide at the Houfe of Mathew Johnfon in Watertown She
came last from Deadham in the County of Suffolk her Circum-
ftances being Such that they Refufe to admitt her to be an In-
habitant of Said town Ordered the Clerk to Issue out a war-
rant to warn her out of town a warrant was Issued out ac-
cordingly and given to S. Whitney and the Service done & the
warrant Returned and the Caution Entered at December Sessions
Attest J Brown Town Clerk
[217] At S d Meeting the Selectmen being Informed that
Kezia Rufsel was Lurking about & Could not be found at prefent
ordered the Clerk to give out an other warrant to M r Simon
Whitney to warn her out as Soon as She can be found which was
accordingly done
They alfo Agreed that m rs Learned the wife of Jonas Learned
Should Continue at m r Jonathan Child's where She now is till
further orders And that the s d m r Child and m r Nathaniel
Stone who are two of the Selectmen be Deiired to gitt what
things She has at Cambridge and bring them to m r Child" Houfe
— The Selectmen ordered the Treafurer to Call upon the per-
fons, who Received thofe persons into town (that have bin warned
out) emediately to pay the Charge thereof, and if any perfon or
perfons Refufe or Neglect to pay the Same to Sue them emediate-
ly
They Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay the Committe
thirteen pounds eleven Shillings for making fifty five Rods of
Stone wall and for Posts on the miniiteral place
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on the Eighteenth day of
January 1762 at the Houfe of the wid° Mary Learned
The Select-men ware Informed that Elizabeth Warrin was
in a way to Spend what Estate She had they Defired Cap 1 Ed-
ward Harrington to go & Inquire into her Circumftances and
Report at the Next meeting
M r . Nathaniel Coollidge Jun r informed that his Uncle Samuel
Coollidge was with him and wanted Some Cloathing
The Selectmen agreed that s d Nath 11 Coollidge Jun r Should
procure him one pair of Shoes two Shirts two pair of Stockings
a Felt hat and a Hanckercheif & a wollen Cap they alfo Agreed
to allow M r Coollidge 4 s /8 p r week for Boarding S d Samuel till
further orders
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of L* Daniel
Whitney on Fryday the Nineteenth Day of Feb^ AD 1762.
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They agreed upon a Town Meeting to be on Monday the first
Day of March next at Nine of the Clock before noon at the
publick Meeting Houfe And Directed the Clerk to Issue out
warrants to the Several Conftables to warn the freeholders &
other Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in Town affairs
to meet at time Place afore s d for the ends fowllowing (Viz) —
(1)
[218] (1) To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting (2)
To Choofe Selectmen a Town Clerk Treafurer and all other
town officers Required by law to be Chofe in the month of
march annually (3) To Choofe a Saxton and agree how he
Shall be paid for his Service (4) To put in their Votes for a
County Treafurer (5) To know the minde of the town whether
Swine Shall Run at large the enfueing Year — To Choofe a
Com u to Examin the Treafurers accounts and pafs any Votes
thereon they may think proper (7) For the town to Appropiate
the Intereft money Comeing to them the prefent Year the year
begining the eleventh Day of December last past (8) To Grant
a Salary for the Rev d M r Seth Storer for the Year Enfueing the
Year begining the first Day of March Next (9) To Grant
money for the Support of the School (10) To Grant money for
the Support of the poor (11) To Grant money for Repairing
the Great Bridge (12) To Hear the accounts of thofe perfons
the town is Indebted to and grant money to pay the Same (13)
To Grant money to Repair the High-ways & town-ways if the
town think proper. And to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors of
the High-way Rate and Determin the price of Labour in working
out said Rate (14) To hear the pleas of the prefent or any of
the late Conftables for Abateing any perticular perfons Rate &
for the town to act their pleafure thereon (15) To Hear the
Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants praying the town to
give Liberty to make alterations in the hind Seats in the Gallary
in the Meeting-houfe as Settforth in their Petition and for the
town to act their pleafure thereon (16) To Hear the petition
of y e wid° Murch praying the town to Grant her a Small peice
of land to accomedate her Houfe as the town may think proper
(17) To Hear the Report of the Committe on the affair of the
work-Houfe and for the town to make Some further grant of
money to hire a Suitable Houfe or to Build one for that pur-
pose or do any thing on the affair they may think proper (18)
To hear the Petition of Joseph Harrington Guardian to Henry
Learned praying the town to take into Confideration the Cir-
cumftances of s d Henry as Sett forth in s d petition and for the
town to act their pleafure thereon (19) To know the minde
of the town whether they will bear any part of the Charge of
Supporting Jonas Learned wife and Children or whether Thomas
Learned Shall be oblidged to do the whole as he is liable to by
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Law and for the town to act any thing on the affair they may
think proper. (20) To Hear and take into Confideration the
petition of the Second precinct in in Cambridge preferred to the
General Court (a Copy whereof the Selectmen have been Served
with) praying that Some
part
[219] part of Watertown may be annexed to them and for
the town to do any thing or things they may think proper You
are Likewife to order the Conftables to notify the perfons to
whome the town is Indebted to bring in their accounts to the
Selectmen at the Houfe of the wid° Mary Learned on Fryday
the Twenty Sixth Day of February Currant in order to there
being laid before the town. And to Notify the Surveyors of
High-ways who have not made up their accounts to bring in their
accounts to the Selectmen at s d time and place —
at this meeting they ordered the Clerk to Issue out warrants
to warn Josiah Stone with abigail his wife & Four Children
(Viz) Abigail Elizabeth Josiah & Rachal out of town and Jerufha
Fuller who came last from Newton about September last and
Jonathan Scoot who Came last from Roxbury in the County of
Suffolk about September last and Sarah Kendal who Came last
from Waltham about September last their Circumftances being
Such that the Selectmen Refufe to Receive them to be Inhabitants
N B Josiah Stone & Famaly last from Lexington in April Last
— Warrants ware Issued out accordingly J Brown T C
The Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay m r
Nathaniel Stone one pound Twelve Shillings 3/1 farthing for
Cloathing which the Selectmen procured for the wid° Lydia
Warrin
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on Fryday the 26 Day of Feb 17
1762 at the houfe of the wid° mary Learned
m r Samuel 11 Soden one of the late Surveyors of High ways
Informed the Selectmen that he had worked out his Highway
Rate which they Accepted
At this meeting they Signed on order on the Treafurer to pay
the Several Perfons the Several Sums Sett to their names agreable
to their accounts which they gave into the Selectmen (Viz)
To Jonas White for Boarding and Cloathing
Joseph Stearns one Year: 22: 2:3
To Jonas Beamed for Boarding Mary Cool-
lidge to the 26 of Feb r y 4 : 13 : 7
To Simon Coollidge for Boarding the wid°
Warrin 21 weeks 7: 2:6
To Nath 1 Coollidge Jun r for Boarding Sam 11
Coollidge till the first Day of March Next and
for a Cap and a pair of Stockings 2:16:1:2
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8
: 8
And
To L l Daniel Whitney for keeping Jonas
Learneds wife and Children 0:14:8:0
To Jonathan Child for Jonas Learneds wife
and Children 5: 8:5 —
To Samuel Child for Jonas Learneds Child — 3:11:2:2
To Joseph Coollidge for Boarding the wid°
Maddox till the Twenty Seventh Day of
February Next 10
To m r Marfhal Spring for keeping the School
three months 13
To m r Samuel Cotton for keeping the School
three Months: 13
[220]
And To M r Samuel Whitney for work at the
Highways & Town ways 6: 7: 8:3
To M r Oliver Livermore for work at Said
ways 6: 14: 10 —
To Cap 1 Nathaniel Coollidge for taking the
Invoice in May 1: 6: —
To m r John Kemball for taking said Invoice — 1 : 4 — —
To Jon a Brown for taking Said Invoice 2 : 8 — —
alfo Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay L l Daniel Whitney
the Sum of five pounds twelve Shillings & ^ /2 for Labour don by
Several perfons at the Great Bridge
Likewife at this Meeting the town Creditors brought in their
accounts to the Selectmen in order to their being lay'd before the
town which are as follows (Viz)
To D r Josiah Convers for Delivering Jonas
Learneds* wife :
To L* Daniel Whitney for Cash paid to Joseph
Welfh for mending the Schoolhoufe Glafs —
To John Hunt Esq r for Houfe Rent an other
Nefcesrys for the french Family
To Joseph Whitney for Six large Stones for a
Bridge
To Simon Whitney for Stones for the bridge
by Sangers
To Cornelius Waldo for powder & ball for
W m White and John Warrin when going on
the alarm in 1757 :
To Jon a Brown for Serving Treafurer &
afsefsor the Year past —
To Sam 11 and Jonas Barned for Rocks for two
Bridges —
2
: 13
: 4
: 8
: 4 : 3
19
: 16
:
: 3
: 4
1
:
: 8 —
el
: 9
: 4 : 3
i
: 4
: —
: 6
: 6
3
: 9
: 4 —
: 10
: —
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To Jonas Bond Jun r for Serving Conftable
&c— 1 : 0:0 —
To Nath 11 Harrington for like Service : 9:0 —
To David Bemis for like Service 0:9:0 —
To Cap r Nath 11 Coollidge for Serving afsefsor
the Year past 0:16:0
To m r John Kemball for Like Service 0:16:0
33 : 10 :11 : 2
[221] At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders and
other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallify'd to Vote
in town affairs Regularly Aisembled and Meet at the publick
Meeting Houfe in s d town on Monday the first day of March
AD 1762 for the Choiie of Town officers and Tranfacting other
Town affairs as Mentioned in the warrant
Voted k Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r Moderator for s d meeting
Jonas Bond Esq r
U Daniel Whitney
Voted & Chofe for Selectmen \ Cap 1 Edward Harrington
M' Jon a Child
M r Nath 1 Stone
Voted & Chofe for Town Clerk Cap 1 Jon a Brown who was Sworn
at this time by John Hunt J Peace
Voted & Chofe for Town Treasure Cap 1 . Jon a Brown
f M r John Kemball
Voted & Chofe for afsefsors \ Cap 1 Jon a Brown
[ M r Mofes Stone
M r Benj n Felton
M r Thomas Harrington
\ M r Jon a Stone
( M r John Cook
Voted & Chofe Sealer of Leather Isaac Sanderl'on
j M r Nathan Coollidge
/ M r David Bemis
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of ( M r Daniel Sawin
High ways ) M r Jon a Bemis Jun r
*t- * - rr, . . ( M r Joseph Coollidge
Voted & Chofe Tythingmen
Voted & Chofe Hogreives —
Voted & Chofe for Conftables
Voted & Chofe for Wardens
Voted & Chofe Sealer of Leath
Voted & Chofe fence Veiwers
( M r Josepi
( M r John
Stearns
M r Sam 11 Jenifon Jun r
M 1 David Coollidge Jun r
- r . . . ( M r Cornelius Waldo
\oted & Chofe Deerreives j M , Jedidiah Leath
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of Timber ( M r Jonas Coollidge
Planck &c— j M r Bez 11 Learned
M r Sam 11 Nutting
Voted & Chofe Howards } M , Edward Harrington
Voted & Chole Clerk of the Market M r Corm
JUS
Waldo
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Voted Gager of Cask M r Samuel Cook
Voted & Chofe Cullars of Hoops & Staves |^J r SmTt^Prentice
Voted * Chofe for Saxton m r Simon Haftings
Voted to pay the Saxton by two Contrebutions as Ufual
[222] Voted that Swine Shall Run at large the prefent
Year under the Regulation of the law
Voted to Choofe a Committe to Examin the Treafurs accounts
and that they make Report at the adjournment of this meeting
{Dea Samuel Fisk
M r Nath 11 Harrington
M r John Kemball
Voted to appropriate the Interest money Comeing to the town
as it was last Year (Viz) five Shillings & eight pence to the School
and the Remainder to the Minifter
Voted & Granted the Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 a Salary for the
Rev d M r Seth Storer the enfueing Year the Interest money appro-
priated to that ufe to be part of Said Sum
Voted & Granted the Sum of 40 pounds to Support y* School
Voted & Granted the Sum of 80 pounds to Support y* Poor
Then the Nineteenth Article was Read and after long Debate
thereon the Queftion was put whether the town will do any thing
towards the Support of Jonas Learneds Family and it past in
the Negative '■
Then the Question was put whether it be y e mind of the town
to adjourn this Meeting with the Remaining bufinefs till To mor-
row at twelve of the Clock at this place
and it paft in the affeirmative
Then the moderator Declared it was accordingly adjourn'd
At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown at the publick meeting Houfe in s d town
on Tuesday the Second Day march AD 1762 By Adjour x - the
meeting being Opened the town proceed on the Eleventh article
and
Voted & Granted the Sum of Six pounds to Repair the great
Bridge —
Then the accounts of thofe perfons to whome the town is
Indebted were Read to the town and accepted by the town (Ex-
cept Eleven pounds Sixteen Shillings in John Hunt Esq" and
Jonas Barneds for Extraordinaries for Mary Coollidge) and the
Sum Twenty pounds five Shillings & 6/3 farthings was Voted
& Grated to pay the Same
Then the Com 11 - on the Treafurers accounts gave in ti ^ ir Report
which was Read to the town and
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the Vote was put whether the town do accept of this Report
and that it be Recorded
and it past in the affeirmative
And
[223] And is as follows (Viz)
We the Subscribers Appointed by the Town to Examin the
Town Treafurers Acc tts - Upon Examination find Said Acc ts -
well Vouch't and Right Cast
Sam 11 Fisk
Watertown March : 2 d . 1762 Nath 1 Harrington
John Kemball —
Voted to mend the High-ways by a Rate the prefent Year
Voted and Granted the Sum of £40 pounds to Repair s d ways
Voted & Chofe the Surveyors of the High ways Collectors of
the Highway Rate
Voted that the Price in working out Said Highway Rate be
the Same it was in the Year 1760
Voted to abate the wid° Phebe Jackfons Rates in Conftable
s d q
Nathniel Harringtons lists and Granted the Sum of 3 : 11 — 3
farthings to make it good
Then the petition of Jon a Learned Jun r and others was Read
to the town Relating to the Seats in the Meeting houfe and the
Vote was put whether it be the mind of y e town So far to grant
the prayer of Said petition as that the Said alterations be made
at the Charge of the town and that the Difpotion of the Seats be
as the town Shall think Proper — and it past in the affeirmative
Voted that the prefent Selectmen be a Com" to manage s d affair
Then the wid° Murchs Request laid before the town and the
Town Voted that the Selectmen lay out a peice of Land (as they
proper) for the Said wid° Murch to Improve During the towns
pleafure —
The Seventeenth Eighteenth and Twentieth articles not being
past upon a Motion was made & Seconded and put to Vote whether
it be the minde of the town to put of thefe articles to May meet-
ing Next
and it past in the affirmative
Voted to Reconfider the Vote Relating to Swine
Then the Moderator Defolv'd the Meeting
[224] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the
Wid° Mary Learned on Tuefday the Second Day of March AD
1762 for the Swareing the Town officers four of the Select-
men took the oath Relating to other Governments Bill
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Jonas Bond Esq r
L l Daniel Whitney Sworn p r J Brown T Clerk
(Viz) \ Cap 1 Edward Harrington
M r Jon a Child
M r Nath 1 Stone
Jonathan Brown the oths of Treafure & afsefsor
John Kemball and ) , , , ,
Mofes Stone the } oath of afsefsors
Benj n Felton & Thomas Harrington y* oath of Conftable
Jonathan Stone & John Cook the oath of Warden
David Bemis y* oath of fenceveiwer
Daniel Sawin y e oaths of Surveyor of Highways & Collector
Joseph Coollidge & John Stearns the oath of Tythingmen
Sam 11 Jenifon Jun r the oath of Hoogreive
Cornelius Waldo & Jedidiah Leath the oath of Deerreives
Jonas Coollidge & Bezaleel Learned the oath of Surveyors of
Timber
Edward Harrington Jun r the oath of Howard
Cornelius Waldo the oath of Clerk of the Market
Samuel Cook & Smith Prentice the oath of Cullars of Hoops
Staves &c . . . .
The above Named perfons ware all Sworn before
John Hunt Justice Peace
Watertown March : 9 : 1762
Le l Daniel Whitney took the Money oath Required by law to
Quallifie him to Serve as Selectman & Isaac Sanderfon took the
oath of Sealer of Leather Nathan Coollidge took the oath of
Fence Veiwer
Sworn p r Jon a Brown Town Clerk
[225] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the
wid° Mary Learned on Tuesday the Ninth Day of march A D.
1762 for puting out the poor They Agreed that m r Joseph
Coollidge Should Board Samuel Coollidge at 4/1 p r week and
the wid° Maddox at 4/1 p r week till further orders
They agreed with m r Jonas White to keep Joseph Stearnes for
the prefent
They agreed with James Berned to Board mary Coollidg till
further orders at 13/6 pence p r week
And they agreed with m r Simon Coollidge to keep the wid°
Warrin at Six Shillings & eight pence p r week for the prefent —
They alfo agreed to have a Town Meeting on Monday next
at one of y* Clock afternoon at the publick Meeting Houfe and
ordered the Clerk to Issue out warrants to warn the Inhabitants
to meet at time and place afore Said to act on the following Ar-
ticles (Viz) (1) To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting
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(2) To hear the Report of the Committe on the affair of the
work houfe and for the town to grant a Sum of money to hire
a Suitable houfe or Build one for that purpose, and for the town
to act any thing on the affair they may think proper (3) To hear
and take into Confideration the Petition of Second precinct
in Cambridge prefered to the General Court (a Copy whereof the
Selectmen have been Served with) Praying that Some part of
Watertown may be annexed to them and for the town to act any
thing or things on the affair they may think proper —
(4) To know the minde of the town whether Swine Shall Run
at Large the prefent Year —
Warrants were Issued out accordingly
Attest Jon a Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on Monday the fifteenth day of
March AD 1762 at the publick meeting houfe
they being Informed that one Mary Stearns was Come to Dwell
at the Houfe of Jonas Bond Esq r who Came last from Charlstown
about the month of June last past and one Ruhamah Wellington
Come to Dwell in town and Refides at the Houfe of Ebenezer
Mafon She Came last from Wefton in the month of April Last
past their Circumftances being Such that the Selectmen Refufe
to admitt them to be Inhabitants of Watertown and ordered the
Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn them out of town which
was accordingly Don
attest J Brown Town Cler —
[226] At Said Meeting they ordered the Clerk to write to
Thomas Learned of Deadham to acquaint him that unlets he
Came and took Care of Jonas Learneds wife and Children and
pay what Charge the Town had bin at they Should take the Steps
of the law in y l Case provided
At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders and other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in Town
affairs Regulerly afsembled at the publick Meetinghoufe in Said
town on Monday the fifteenth Day of March AD 1762 for
Tranfacting the affairs Sett forth in ^ Warrant
Voted & Chofe Cap 1 - Jonathan Brown Moderator for s d Meeting
The Second article was Read and after long Debate thereon
1 the Quefton was put whether the A Town will Build a Work houfe
the prefent Year and it past in the Negative
Put to Vote Whether the town will act any thing further on
this article and it past in the Negative
Then the third article was Read relating to Cambridge Second
precincts petition together with Said petition and after Confid-
eration thereon the Question was put whether it the mind of the
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afsefsors
Certificate
town that any part thereof be annexed to Said precinct and it
past in the Negative
Voted & Chofe Jonas Bond Esq r M r Nathaniel Harrington
and M r Samuel Fisk to be a Committe to make anfwer to the
great and General Court in the name of the town to s d Petition
of the Second precinct in Cambridge —
The fourth article was Read and the Question was put whether
it be the mind of the town Swine may Run at Learge the prefent
Year and it past in the affirmative
The Buifinefs of the Meting being over it was Difolved
[227] To the Seamen
Gentlemen
. This may Certify that we the Subscribers have
' afsest the Rateable poles & Estates in S d town the
Sum of fourty pounds and have Committed lists of
s d afsefsment to the Several Surveyors who are
alfo Collectors of the High-way Rate (Viz)
To Jonathan Bemis Ju r the Sum of — 21 : :
and to Daniel Sawin the Sum of 19 : :
with Lawfull warrants to levy & Collect the same
or See it worked out agreable to the Vote of the
town So as to make up their accounts with Your
Selves at on or before the last Day of November
Next
Watertown March : 16 : 1762
John Kembali \ . f .
Jon' Brown I ^ efeors for
Mofes Stone J Watertown
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on Monday the third Day of
May AD 1762 at the Houfe of the wid° Mary Learned —
They agreed with Jonas Beamed to keep Mary Coollidge for
two pifterens p r week till further orders —
This being the Year for Preambulating the lines between towns
they Appointed mifs R Jonathan Child and Nathaniel Stone to go
on Said Service, Next Monday at eight of the Clock in the morn-
ing with Cambridge, at twelve of the Clock at noon with Wal-
tham, and at four of the Clock afternoon with Newton and or-
dered the Clerk to Notify the Selectmen of Said towns which
was accordingly don the Next Day p r J Brown T Cler
They Likewife ordered the Clerk to give out a warrant to
one of y c Conftables to warn Elizabeth Livermore to Depart out
of Watertown who came into town about the month of August
last who came last from Cambridge and Refides at the Houfe of
Nehemiah Mafon Which was Accordingly Done and the war-
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rant was given to Conftable Thomas Harrington — the Service
was done and the Caution was Entered at may Sefsion
Attest Jon a Brown T C —
at this Meeting they agreed with m r Jonas Bearnard to keep
Mary Coollidge for two piftareens p r week till further orders —
[228] At Said Meeting the Selectmen having Rec d a Pre-
cept Requiring them to afsemble the Inhabitants of Watertown
who are Qullifeed to Vote in the Choife of a Reprefentative In
obfervance whereof they Ordered the Clerk to Issue out war-
rants to the Conftables Requiring them to warn the freeholders
and other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote
in the Choife of Reprefentative to Afsemble and Meet together
at the Publick Meeting Houfe in Said town on Monday the
Seventeenth Day of may at one of the Clock afternoon Then
& there to Elecl: and Depute one Suitable Perfon to Serve for
& Reprefent them in a Great & general Court or afsembly ap-
pointed to be held and keept for his Majesty's Service at the Court
Houfe in Boston on Wednefday the Twenty Sixth day of May
Currant — And Likewife to order the Conftables to warn the
freeholders and other Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in
Town affairs to meet at two of the Clock the Same Day at the
Same place for the Ends following (Viz) —
First to Choofe a Moderator for s d Meeting
(21y) To Hear the Petition of Joseph Harrington Guardian
to Henry Learned praying the town to take into Confideration
the Circumftances of s d Henry as Settforth in Said petition and
for the town to act their pleafure thereon (31y) To know the
minde of the town they will Purchafe the Remainder of the two
acres of land Belonging to the Heirs of Nathaniel Harris Esq r
Late of Watertown (if it may be had) Where the Meeting
houie Stands for Publick Ufes and for the town to act any
thing on the affair they may think proper — (41y) For the town
to add to ^ take from the lists of Jurymen as they may think
proper —
51y To Hear the pleas of any of the Late Conftables for
abateing any Perticuler Rates in their lists and for the town to
act any thing on the affair they may think proper —
Which was accordingly Don bareing Date the 7 Day
J Brown T Cler —
[229] At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders and
other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallify'd to Vote in
the Choife of a Reprefentative Regularly afsembled at the pub-
lick Meeting Houfe in S d town on Monday the Seventeenth Dav
of may AD 1762
The Votes ware Called for and were Sorted and Counted
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and it appeared that L 1 Daniel Whitney was Chofen to Repre-
fent the town at the Great and general Court appointed to be
Conven'd held and keept for his Majesty's Service at the Court
Houfe in Boston upon Wednefday the Twenty Sixth Day of
may Currant
At a Gen 1 1 Town Meeting of the freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown who are Quallify'd to Vote in town
affairs Regularly afsembled at the publick meeting Houfe in s d
town on Monday the Seventeenth Day of May 1762 for Tranf-
acting the bufinefs as Settforth in the warrants
Voted and Chofe Cap 1 Jonathan Brown Moderator for s d Meet-
ing—
The Second article was Read Relating to m r Joseph Harring-
tons Petition and s d Harrington Informed the town that he was
not Ready and that article was Difmift
Then the third article was Read and after long Debate thereon
It was put to Vote whether the town will Choofe a Committe to
Treat with the Heirs of Nathaniel Harris Esq r Deceaf 1 to Se
whether they will Sell the Remainder of the two acres of land
to the town and for what Sum and Report to the town at their
next Meeting and it past in the Negative —
Then y e fourth article was Read together with the list of
Jurymen and they Voted that mifs r Thomas Saftmarfhs Samuel
Hagers & William Godings Names be taken out of the Box's
Voted that mifs urs John Sawin David Bemis, James Dix, Simon
Whitney, Ebenezer Stone Juner, Thomas Harrington, Edward
Richardfon, Jonathan Bemis Jun r , & Daniel Bonds be put into
the Superior Box And that Mofes Hager, Daniel Edds, Thomas
Rufsell, Daniel Byles, Robert Learned, Elifha Learned, John
Chenery, James Vila & Jonathan Coollidge Goding be put into
the Inferior Box
The fifth article Read but no Conftables made any Pleas for
abatements So the article Dropt
and the Meeting was Difolved —
[230] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of the
wid° Mary Learned on the : 8 Day of July AD 1762
They Rec d an account of m r Nathaniel Stone for Clothing
which he procured for Samuel Coollidge amounting to two pounds
two Shillings and Eleven pence three farthings and Signed an
order on y c Treafurer for the payment of the Same at this meet-
ing Nath 11 Coollidge Notify'd the Selectmen that he had Rec'd
into his houfe a Negro woman Named Lois Barda. And M r
Nathaniel Stone Informed that he had Taken into his Family the
wid° Lydia Warrin and that She Came last Fryday and that he
will keep her for 6/ p r week for the prefent and m r Jonas Berned
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Informed the Selectmen that Mary Coollidge was in want of
Some Cloathing and they agreed that s d Berned Should procure
two Shifts two Caps one peticoat one pair of Stockings and git
her Shoes mended
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of V s wid° Mary
Learned on Wedensday the 25 th Day of August AD 1762 The
Selectmen haveing Received a List of y e Perfons Licenced the
Last Year (Viz) Thomas Saltmarfh and Mary Learned In-
holders John Hunt Esq r Cornelius Waldo John Remington &
Hannah Livermore Retailers which perfons the Selectmen ap-
prove of their haveing their Licences Renewed for the Prefent
Year
At the Selectmens Meeting on the 8 day of July AD. 1762
Mifs urs Jonathan Child & Nathaniel Stone made Verbal Re-
port that they had Meet with the Select-men of adjacent towns
and Renew'd the Bounds betwen Watertown and the adjacent
towns
[231] At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown
Weston & Waltham at the Houfe of m r Richard Cutting in
Waltham on the 31 st Day of august AD 1762 The Accounts
of y* Charge of y e Great Bridge over Charles River in Watertown
Since the last Adjustments were this Day Proportioned and Ad-
justed Betwen the three Towns See the acc tts . at Large Signed
By y e Selectmen of Each town Entered Lib : 2 Page (63) in
the Treafury
At this Meeting the Selectmen ordered the Clerk to write an
order in their Name to the Selectmen of Weston to pay Jonas
Harrington Five pounds Nine Shillings & five pence which is in
full of what is Due to him for the planck which he brought to
the Bridge — — which was Accordingly done the Same day
Signed Jon 3 Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of the Selectmen on the Second Day of Nov r
1 762 at y e Houfe of m r Nath 1 Stone They agreed that L l Daniel
Whitney & Cap 1 Edward Harrington were Defired to Repair the
School-Houfe in Such a Manner as they think Nefsacery
They being Informed that one John Draper & Ann his wife
and their Child Ann were Come to Dwell in Watertown who
Came last from Roxbury in y e County of Suffolk in y e month of
April or May last And Josiah Stearnes who Came last from
Weftminfter in y e County of Worcefter in Feb^ last And
Jane Nutting & her two Children (Viz) Mary & Charls who
Came last from Needham in y e County of Suffolk about the
months of March or April last past and Jafon Bathrick who
Came last from Cambridge in y e County of Midd x in y e month of
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august last past And Elizabeth Bond who Came last Fr ° m s d
Cambridge in the month of last past And John Stratton
& his wife Mary & their four Children who Came last from Said
Cambridge about the month of March or April last past alio
Lois Berdu who Came last from Lexington in y e County of
Midd llx . in y* month of last past the Circumftances of
them being Such the Select-men Refufe to Accept them to be In-
habitants of Watertown and ordered the Clerk to Issue out war-
rants Directed to y e Conftables to warn them out of Town
which was Accordingly Don and the Service don and y*
Cautions entered at Dec r : Sefsions
Attest J. Brown Town Clerk
[232] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on Monday y* 22 Day
of Nov r : AD 1762 at y e Houfe of y e Wid° Mary Learned
They Agreed that m r Isaac Sanderfon Should Board y e Wid°
Maddox who Came to his Houfe y* Tenth Day of October last
till further Orders and have four Shillings p r week therefor —
They Signed Orders on the Treafurer to pay David Coollidge
y e Sum Sixteen Shillings & one penney two farthings for things
procured for Sam 1 Coollidge Likewife to pay Nath 1 Stone
: 19 : 3 : 2 for Cloathing w h . he procured for y e Wid° War-
rin Alfo an Order to pay y e Town Creditors y* Sum of
20 : 4 : 6 : 3 farthings which was Granted them Last March
Meeting —
They alfo agreed to have a Gen 1 Town Meeting on Monday
the Sixth Day of December Next at y* Publick meeting Houfe at
one of y e Clock afternoon for y e ends following (Viz)
(1) To Choofe a Moderator for s d Meeting (2) To hear
what has been done Relating to y* Charge which has arifen to the
Town by Jonas Learned wife and Children and for y* Town to
acl: any thing on the affair they may think proper (3) Upon the
Request of Cap 1 John Brown to know whether the town will
allow him Interest for the money which is due to him for his
Pew from y e time he offer'd it to the town and for the Town to
Act any thing on the affair they think proper (4) To know
whether the Town will abate any Perticuler Perfons Rates in
any of y e Late Conftables lists and to act any thing on y e affair
they may think Proper —
(5) To know whether the Town will allow any of y* Late
Conftables any pay for their Services who have not Received
any thing there for (6) To know the minde of y e Town whether
they will Sell a Small peice or Slip of Land Near y* wid° Murches
Houfe which belongs to the town and to act any thing on the
affair they may think proper —
And Ordered the Clerk to Issue out warrants Directed to y e
W atertown Records.
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Conftables to warn the Inhabitants to meet at the time and
Place for y e Ends afore Said which was accordingly Don
attest Jon a Brown Town Clerk
[233] At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders &
other Inhabitants of Watertown Quallified to vote in town
affairs Reguarly Meet at the Publick Meeting-Houfe in s d Town
on Monday the Sixth Day of Dec r : AD 1762 —
Voted and Chofe Jon a Brown Moderator for s d Meeting
2 article Read and after Debate thereon the Vote was Put if it
be the mind of the Town that If the wid° Mary Learned Shall
pay one Half of what Charge the town has been at for the Sup-
port of Jonas Learneds wife and Children that the Treafurer
upon Receipt thereof Shall give her and Thomas Learned a Dif-
charge in full for the time past and it past in the affiermative —
Put to Vote whether it be the minde of the town to allow
Cap 1 . John Brown Intereft on the money that is Due to him for
his pew and it past in the affirmative
The 4 article was Read but none of the Conftables ask't to
have any perfons Rates abated and So it Dropt
The fifth Article Read & James Dix afked for Six pounds
for his Services as Conftable. And the Vote was Put whether
the town will allow his y 6 Said Six pounds
and it Past in the Negative —
The Sixth article Read and the Vote Was Put Whether it be
the minde of the town to Sell the peice of land Near the wid°
Murches Houfe & that the Selectmen be Impowered to Sell the
Same if they think proper —
and it Past in the Affirmative
The buifinefs being over the Meeting was Difolved —
[234] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of y e
wid° Mary Learned on the : 17 : Day January AD 1763 —
They Signed on Order on the Town Treafurer to pay the
Rev d M r Seth Storer : 66 : 13 :4 which was Greanted for his
Sallary for the Year 1762 — They being informed that m r Jonas
Harrington Jun r of Wefton was not paid for y* Plank which he
had given
brought to the great Bridge for which they a an order on
the Selectmen of Wefton they Signed an order on the Treafurer to
pay said Harrington the Sum of 5 : 9 : 5 which is in full of
what is due to him They alfo Signed an order to pay m r
Marfhall Spring our Prefent Schoolmafter the Sum of Sixteen
Pounds in part of his wages for Keeping School in Watertown —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at y* Houfe of the wid° Mary
Learned on Monday the 21 day of Feb^ Anno Domini 1763
They ware Informed that there was one George Allen and Hannah
his wife & their two Children (Viz) George and Abigail who
Came last from Waltham about the month of may last and
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W atertown Records.
Refide at the houfe of Andrew White And one Lydia Wyre
who came last from s d Waltham about the Same time and
Refides at the Houfe of William Bond Their Circumftances
being Such that the Select-men Refufe to accept them to be In-
habitants of Watertown Therefore they ordered the Clerk to
Issue out warrants to warn them out of Town which was accord-
ly done and the Service was don and the warrants Returned the
Cautions entered at March Court —
Att Jon a Brown Cler —
At this meeting they Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay
m r Jonathan Child Two pounds two Shillings & d l/2 which he
has Expended on the poor Alfo Two pounds thirteen Shillings
and four pence for Nurfing Jonas Learneds Child to m r Samuel
Child—
[235] And at this meeting they agreed to have the annual
Town Meeting on the Seventh day of march Next at the
Publick Meeting Houfe at Nine of the Clock in the forenoon
and Directed the Clerk to Issue out warrants Directed to the
Conftables to warn the freeholders & other Inhabitants who are
Quallified to Vote in Town affairs to Meet at time and place
afores d for the ends following — (Viz) (1) To Choofe a Moder-
ator for said meeting (2) To Choofe Selectmen Town Clerk
Treafurer and all other town officers Required by law to be
Chofe in the month of march annually (3) To Choofe a Saxton
and agree how he Shall be paid for his Service (4) To put in
their Votes for a County Treafurer (5) To know whether Swine
Shall Run at Large the Enfueing Year (6) To Choofe a Com",
to Examin y* Treafurers accounts and to pafs any Votes on them
they may think proper (7) For the town to appropriate the
Intereft money Comeing to them the prefent Year y 6 Year be-
gining the eleventh day of December last past (8) To Grant a
Sallary for the Rev d M r Seth Storer for y* Year enfueing y e
Year begining the first day of march Next (9) To Grant
money for y e Support of the School (10) To Grant money for
the Support of the poor (11) To Grant money for Repairing
the Great Bridge (12) To hear the accounts of thole perfons
the town is Indebted to and Grant money to pay the Same
(13) To Grant money to Repair the High-ways and Town-ways
if the Town think proper and to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors
of the Highway Rate & Determin the price of labour in working
out Said Rate (14) To hear the Pleas of any of the prefent or
in their lists
late Conftables for abateing any perticular Perfons Rates A
and for the town to act their pleafure thereon (15) To
Here the Report of Com", that were Chofen to Sell a Small
peice of Land Near the wid° Murches houfe and for the
Town to Act any thing on the affair they may think proper (16)
Watertown Records.
263
To know the minde of the town whether they will Choofe a
Committe to Petition the great & General Court for Liberty to
Sell y e Wid°. Lydia Warrins thirds to be laid out for her Sup-
port (17) To know the minde of the town whether they will
Sell a Small peice of land Near John & Phinehas Stearnes Houfe
and for y 6 Town to act any thing on the affair they may think
proper
Likewife to Notify y e Town Creditors to bring in their ac-
counts to the Selectmen at the wid° mary Learneds houfe on
Fryday the fourth day of March Next at one of y e Clock after-
noon
Warrants were Issued out accordingly dated y* 22 Day of
Feb^- 1763
Att Jon a Brown Town Cler
[236] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Wido Mary
Learneds on Fryday the fourth day of march 1763 the perfons
whih kept the Poor brought in their accounts to the Selectmen
which are as follows (Viz) Nathaniel Stone for Boarding the
wid° Lydia Warrin from y* Second Day of July last to y* fourth
day of march 1763 which is thirty five weeks at Six Shillings P r
s d
week which Comes to — — — — £10:10:0
and for two Tythingmens Stalfs 0:2:8
10 : 12 : 8
And Simon Coollidge brought an account for
Boarding s d Warrin 17 weeks at 6/8 P week
which comes to 5 : 16 :10
and Joseph Coollidge brought his acc lt . for
Boardi ng y* wid° IVladdox fifteen weeks at
4/ s P r week 3:0:0
And Isaac Sanderfon for Boarding s d wid°
maddox 21 weeks at 4/1 P r week & for three
pair of Shoes for y* Poor 5: 1:4
And Jonas Beamed for Boarding mary Cool-
lidge to y* fourth Day of March 1763 and
other things 7:16:8:2
And David Coollidge for Boarding Samuel
Coollidge and other things to y 6 fourth of
march 1763 14:12:8
Alfo Jonas White brought in his last Account
for what he has don for Joseph Stearnes Decs 1 12 : 2:1
Likewife John Cook brought in his account
for Labour at the Great Bridge Since y e Ad-
justment w h . was y e . 31 of August last 1:3: 8:1
60 : 5 : 11 : 3
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All which accounts y e Selectmen allow'd and Signed an Order
on the Treafurer for the Payment of the Same —
At this meeting y e Selectmen were Informed that there was
one Thaddeus Haftings Come to Dwell in Watertown at y* 5
Houfe of John Kemball who Came last from Lexington in the
month of April last past his Circumftances being Such that y*
Selectmen Refufe to accept him to be an Inhabitant of Water-
town therefore ordered the Clerk to Issue out a warrant to one
of the Conftables to warn him out of town which was accord-
ingly done and given to Conf table Thomas Harrington who Did
the Service and made Return & the Caution was Entered at
march Court
Att J. Brown Town Cler
[237] At this meeting the following accounts were brought
to the Selectmen in order to their being laid before y £
: Town (Viz)
To Ebenezer Stone Jun r for Serving Conftable-
— U
. 1 A
: U :
To Edmund Fowle for Service as Conftable —
6
: 5
: 8
To Simon Coollidge for 3 days Labour at y*
School houfe —
: 10
: 9 : 3
To Thomas Clark for Stones for a Bridge —
: 12
: —
To John Kemball for Serveing Afsefsor
: 16
: —
To Mofes Stone for like Service
: 16
: —
To Jonathan Brown for Serving Treaf r &
afsefsor
3
: 15
: 4 —
To John Hunt Esq r for Nefsacerys for y e
french
18
: 13
: 2
To Sam 11 Danforth for medicine & attendance
on y e french
18
: 13
: 2 —
To Jonas Beamed for Nefsacerys for Mary
Coollidge
: 10
: 7 —
To L l Daniel Whitney for houfe Rent for
y* french
2
:
:
To Jon a Learned Jun r for Labour at y e
School houfe
: 14
: —
To Jedidiah Leath for Irons for Schoolhoufe
: 7
: 6
To Enf n Jon a Bemis for Stones for a Bridge
: 5
: 4
To Simon Whitney for Serving Conftable
-
: 16
: —
To Richard Clark for Like Service
-
: 11
: —
Total
39
: 8
: 4 : 3
I
[238] At a Ge ^ Town Meeting of y* freeholders and other
Inhabitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in town affairs
Regularly Afsembled and meet at the Publick Meeting-houfe in
s d Town on Monday y^ Seventh Day of March Anno Domini
1763 for y* Choife of town officers and Tranfacting other
affairs Mentioned in y* Warrants —
W atertown Records.
265
Voted & Chofe M r Nath 11 Stone Moderator for s d Meeting —
M r Nath 11 Stone
M r Nath 1 Harrington —
Voted and Chofe for Selecl-men] M r John Kemball
M r Jon a Child—
M r Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe for Town Clerk Cap 1 Jon a Brown
Voted & Chofe for Town Treaf r Cap 1 Jon a Brown
f M r John Kemball
Voted and Chofe for Afsefsors — { Cap 1 Jon a Brown
[ M r Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe for Conftables— j 5J r SS^cSlHdge Juner
Who Informed y* town that they had agreed with m r Jonathan
Stone to Serve for whole town if they would accept him in
their Room who Voted and accepted s d Stone to be Conftable in
their Stead
Voted and Chofe for Wardens- j }J r c^dijwddo
Voted and Chofe for Sealer of Leather M r Isaac Sanderfon
Voted & Chofe for fence-Veiuers— j ^ Sam 11 Sanger
Voted and Chofe for Surveyor of ( M r David Bemis
Highways / M r Ebenezer Mafon
( M r John Sawin
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen j Mr R ; chard Clark
*t . i « r i tt . ( M r David Coollidge Jun r
Voted & Chofe for Hogreives- j Mr j ohn Chenery
Voted & Chofe for Deerreives— j ^ r Eben^Studfon
Voted & Chofe for Surveyors of Timber \ M r Jonas Coollidge
Plank &c— J M r Bez 11 Learned
tt j j /"m. t r tt j ) M r Tho s Learned
Voted and Chofe for Howards— j Mr John Chenery
( M r Benj n Felton
Voted & Chofe for Clerks of f Market j Mr j edidiah Leath
Voted & Chofe for Gager of Cask M r Sam 11 Cook
Voted
[239]
Voted & Chofe for Cullars of Hoop & \ M r Smith Prentice
Staves — ( M r Sam 1 Cook
Voted & Chofe for Surveyor of Wheat L l Daniel Whitney —
Voted & Chofe for Saxton M r Simon Haftings —
Voted to pay y e Saxton by two Contrebutions as Ufual
Voted that Swine Shall Run at large the prefent Year Under
the Regulation of the law as in that Case provided —
266 W atertown Records.
j g / r ^ f M r Nath 1 Harrington
Voted & Chofe for a Com", to Mr John Ktmh ^
Examin y Trealurers accounts ( Mr g am n White
Voted to appropriate y e Interest money Comeing to the town as
it was last Year (Viz) five Shillings & eight pence to the School
and y e Rest to the minifter
£ s d
Voted and Granted the Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 for a Salary for
y* Rev d . M r Seth Storer the enfueing Year the Intereft money
appropriated to that ufe to be part of that Sum y* Rest to be
afsest
Voted & Granted 40/ pounds for y* Support of the School
Voted & Granted 34/ pounds for Support of the Poor
Then the Accounts of thofe Perfons the Town is Indebted to
was Read and accepted onely m r Edmund Fowles for Collect-
ing the Meeting-Houfe Rate in the Year 1754 And John Hunts
Esq r which alfo was not allow'd And Voted and Granted the
£
Sum of 15 : 5 : 2 : 3 to Sattiffy them which were allow'd m r
Fowls which was not allow'd was £ 5/10 the town being In-
formed that John Hunt Esq r had been allow'd his account by the
Province & that m r Smith Prentice had Drawn it out of the
Province Treafury Some time Since, the following Votes were
past (Viz) first Voted to Choofe a Committe to examin into the
affair
{Cap 1 Jon a Brown
M r Mofes Stone
U Daniel Whitney
Voted & Impowered Said Committe to Demand and Receive
of M r Smith Prentice (if it appears that he has Received it) and
pay it to John Hunt Esq r and if m r Prentice Refufes or Neglects
to pay y e Same then Sue him for in behalf of the town —
Voted & Granted y Sum of 30 pounds to mend the High ways
this Year.
Voted & Chofe y Surveyors of y high-ways Collectors of y e
High -way Rate
Voted that the Price of Labour in working out s d Rate be the
Same it was the last Year —
[240] Voted & abated Benjamin Harris's Pole Tax in Con-
ftable Simon Whitneys lists and Granted the Sum of 0:16:10:2
to make it good
Voted & abated Joseph Curtices Rate in Conftable Fowls lists
and Granted the Sum of : 8 : 2 : 3 to mke it good
alfo Voted and abated Sables Tax's in Said Fowles
lists and Granted the Sum of : 4 : 8 : 3 to make it good —
Then the Report of y e Com", that ware Chofen to Sell a
Peice of Land Near the wid° Murches Houfe was Read to the
W atertown Records.
267
town And the Vote was put whether it be y* minde of the town
to accept of Said Report and that it be Recorded and it
past in the affirmative
Voted & Chofe the Selectmen to be a Com", to Stake out Said
Peice of land See below
Put to Vote whether it be the minde of the town to Choofe a
Com lt . to Petition the General Court for Liberty to Sell the Wid°
Warrins thirds and it past in the Negative —
Put to Vote whether the town will Sell any land Near John &
Phinehas Stearnes Houfe and it
past in y* Negative —
The Buiinefs of y* Meeting being over y* Moderator Declared
it was Difsolv'd
Watertown March : 7 : 1763
The Report of the Committe y l w ^ e appointed by the town to
Vew and Confider what is proper for the town to do Relating to
y* Selling or Difposing of a Small Slip or peice of land Near y e
Wid° Murches Houfe Report as followith (Viz) that they
have attended that Service and have been on y e Spot and find that
s d land is but of Very Small Contents and as it lays betwen two
large Contr e y Roads and Runs of to a very Small point for thefe
Reafons we Apprehend that it will ^ e a greater Damage to the
Publick and the Neighbourhood by heaveing s d land Sold &
fenced in than y* Profits and Effects that may Come to the town
by the Sale thereof we are therefore of oppinion that it is not
prudent or adviiable for the town to Difpofe of Said land by
Selling and the Committe Do further
Report
[241] Report that in as much as y* wid° Murch has by the
leave of the Town Erected a Small Houfe on the Norwest Cor-
ner of s d land and has by her Induftery Subfisted her Self So that
She has not been Chargable to y* Town for Years past we are of
Oppinion that in anfwer to her late Requeft to the town that there
be a Small peice of land Sett of to s d wid° Near her houfe for a
Garden Spot and for laying her firewood &c and to be of the
following Contents (Viz) Meafureing four Rods from m r
Daniel Sawins South Corner & four Rods and four Rods from his
North Corner leaveing y e North High-way three Rods wide and
the South four Rods and Said land to be for the Ufe and Im-
provement of y* Said Sufanah Murch During her Natural life or
So long as She Rei'ides or Dwells in Watertown and then to
Revert to Said Town —
Jonas Bond
Daniel Whitney
Edward Harrington \ Com'
Jonathan Child
Nath 1 Stone
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At a Meeting of Selectmen at y* Houfe of y e Wid° Mary
Learned on Fryday the 11 th : Day of March AD 1763 for
Swareing Town officers four of y e Selectmen took the oath Re-
lating to other Gov ts - Bills (Viz)
Mifsu rs Nathaniel Stone Nathaniel Harrington Jonathan Child
& Mofes Stone
Jonathan Brown y e oaths of Town Clerk Town Treafurer &
afsefsor & Mofes Stone y e oath of afsefsor. Jonathan Stone y e oath
of Conftable
Samuel White and Cornelius Waldo the oath of Wardens
Isaac Sanderfon y 6 oath of Sealer of Leather Jonathan Stone &
Sam 11 . Sanger y e oath of fence Veiuers, John Sawin & Richard
Clark y e oath of Tything-men John Chenery & David Coollidge
Jun r the oath of Hogreives
David Bemis & Ebenezer Mafon y* 5 oaths of Surveyors of High-
ways & Collectors
Bezaleel Learned the oath of Surveyor of Timber &c
John Chenery & Thomas Learned y* oath of Howards —
Ebenezer Studfon & Thomas Pattin the oath of Deerreives
Samuel Cook y 6 oath of Culler Hoops & Staves &c —
Benjamin Felton & Jedidiah Leath Clerks of the Market
all Sworn By John Hunt Justice Peace —
[242] Watertown March : 21 : 1763 m r John Kemball
after takeing the oath Relating to other Goverments Bills took
the oath of an Afsefsor
Sworn by Jon a Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of y* 5 Selectmen at the Houfe of y* Wid° Mary
Learned on the fourth Day of April AD 1763
The Selectmen agreed that the Surveyors Deftricts Should be
as they were last year (Se the (169) Page of this Book) and
that y e Clerk give them to the Surveyors, Agreed that m r Ben-
jamin Felton be Defired to take Care of the great Bridge the
prefent Year, Agreed that m r Daniel Sawin make a Gate for the
Burying Yard and Bring in his account to y e Town Agreed that
M r Simon Coollidge Should Board and take Care of y* wid°
Lydia Warrin one Year y* Year to begin Next Fryday & to have
five Shillings & Seven pence half penney p r week for y e Same —
Agreed that m r Joseph Wellington of Cambridge take Samuel
Coollidge and Board him the Enfuing Year and that he have 3/4
pence p r week for the Same Agreed that m r Jonas Beamed Board
Mary Coollidge the Year enfuing at one piftereen p r week
Agreed that m r Thomas Learned Board the wid° Maddox the
year enfuing and have 24/6 pence old Tenor p r week for y* Same —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Moses Stone
on Monday y e : 11 Day of April AD 1763—
They agreed that m r Moses Stone provide two Shirts for
Watertown Records.
269
Samuel Coollidge — They ordered the Town Treafurer to Provide
Scales and weights Suitable to weigh Bread & pay for them out
of y e Treafury
They Agreed that m r . Marfhall Spring keep the School till
may meeting Next The Selectmen being Notified that Richard
Clark had taken one Elizabeth Mullet in to his houfe who Came
Last from Charlstown the :29 : Day of Nov r . Last past her
Circumftances being Such that y 6 Selectmen Refufe to admit her
to be an Inhabitant of Watertown they therefore ordered y* Clerk
to Issue out a warrant to y* Conftable to warn her out of Town —
[243] To r Selectmen
Gen 11
This may Certify that we y* Subscribers have afsest y* Rateable
Pools & Estates in Watertown the Sum of Thirty Pounds and
have Committed lists of Said afsefsment to y* Several Surveyors
who are alfo Collectors of the High-way Rate (Viz) —
afsefsors | To David Bemis the Sum of £15 : 12 —
Certificate j And to Ebenezer Mafon the Sum of — 14 : 8 —
with Lawfull warrants to Levy and Collect the Same or See it
worked out agreable to the Vote of the town So as to make up
their accounts with your Selves at on or before the first Day of
February Next —
At a Meeting of y e Select-men at the Houfe of y* Wid° Mary
Learned on Monday the Second Day of May Anno Domini 1763
They haveing Received a Precept from y* High-Sherif of y*
County Requiring them to Afsemble the Inhabitants of Water-
town Who are Quallified to vote in the Choife of a Reprefenta-
tive In Obfervance wherof they ordered the Clerk to Issue out a
Warrant to y* Conftable Requiring him to warn the Inhabitants
of Said town who are Quallified to Vote in the Choife of a Repre-
fentative to afsemble and Meet together at the Publick Meeting-
Houfe in y e Said town on Monday the Ninth Day of May Cur-
rant at one of y e Clock Then & there to Elect a Suitable
Perfon to Serve for and Reprefent them in a Great and General
Court or afsembly appointed to be held and kept for His Majesty's
Service at the Court Houfe in Boston upon Wedenfday the
Twenty fifth Day of May Currant
s
30 :
Watertown March y*: 21: 1763 John Kemball"]
Jon a Brown [
Mofes Stone J
afsefsors for
Watertown
And
[244] And Likewife to warn the freeholders and other
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Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town
affairs to meet at two of y* 5 Clock afternoon on Said Ninth Day
of may for y e Ends following (Viz)
( 1 ) To Choofe a Moderator for S d meeting
(2) To Hear the Report of the Committe that were Chofen at
march Meeting Last to Examin the treafurers accounts and to
pafs any Votes on the Same they may think Proper —
(3) To know the minde of the town whether they will Choofe
any more Surveyors of Timber &c
(4) To Hear the Petition of William Bond and others Pray-
ing the town to grant them Proper Seats where they may Sitt by
them Selves for the Reafons Settforth in Said Petition
(5) To know the minde of the town whether they will em-
ploy M r Marfhal Spring to keep the School the Remaining part of
the Year if he is willing to keep the Same —
(6) To know the minde of the town whether they will abate
any Perticular Perfons Rates in any of the Late Conftables hands
(7) To Hear the Report of the Committe that were Chofen
to Examin into John Hunt Esq rs & m r Smith Prentices affair
Relating to the money which was Supposed Said Prentice had
Received out of the Province Treafury Relating to the french
family and for the Town to act any thing on the affair they may
think proper
A Warrant was Issue'd out accordingly
Attest Jon a Brown Town-Cler
At the above Said Meeting the Selectmen being Informed by M r
Joseph Wellington that Samuel Coollidge was very much Dis-
ordered and Defired that they would take him from his Houfe
and m r David Coollidge being Prefent they agreed with him to
take and keep S d Samuel Coollidge for the Prefent at y e Rate of
eight Shillings p r week
[245] At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of the freeholders and
other Inhabitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in y^ Choice
of a Reprefentative Regularly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting-
Houfe in s d Town on Monday Ninth Day of May Anno
Domini 1763
The Major Part of the Selectmen being Prefent the Votes
were Called for and were brought in Sorted and Counted and it
appeared that L l Daniel Whitney was Chofen to Reprefent the
Town at the Great and General Court or Afsembly Appointed
to be held and kept at the Court Houfe in Boston on Wedensday
y* 25 th . Day of May Currant
At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of y* freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown Who are Quallified to Vote in town
affairs Regularly afsembled & meet at y 6 Publick Meeting Houfe
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in s d town on monday the Ninth day of May AD. 1763 for the
ends Settforth in the warrant
Voted and Chofe M r Nathaniel Stone Moderator for s d meeting
meeting
The Report of y* Committe was Read and the town Voted and
accepted s d Report and that it be Reccorded
Then the third article was Read and Put to Vote whether the
town will Choofe one or more Surveyors of Timber &c
and it Paft in the affirmative
Voted and Chofe m r Nathaniel Coollidge Jun r Surveyor of
Timber &c
Then Petition of William Bond & others was Read & after
Debate thereon and the Vote was Put Whether Town will
allow y* Petitioners the First Second & third Seats in the Side
Gallary During the Towns Pleafure and it Past in the affirma-
tive —
the fifth Article was Read and after Debate thereon the Vote
was Put Whether the town will act any thing on s d article and
it Past in the Negative
Sixth article Read and the town Voted to abate Y A e two last
A
Years Tax to y e minifter in M r James Bayleys Rates if he give
the town a Difcharge in full for the time Past
Then the Seventh article was Read and after Debate there on
the town Voted to add two more to the Committe
Voted and Chofe m r Nathaniel Harrington & m r Samuel Fisk
to be of s d Commi"-
Voted that they further Examin into S d affair and Report at
the Next town Meeting
the Bufinefs being over y* Meeting was Difolv d
[246] The Report of Committe on y* Treafurers
accounts —
We the Subscribers Appointed by the town to Examin the
Town Treafurers accounts Upon Examination find Said accompts
well a Vouch't and Right Cast
Watertown March y*: 29: 1763
Nath 1 Harrington 1
John Kemball !■ Committe
Sam 11 White J
Watertown May y e : 9 : 1763
This Day Nathaniel Coollidge Jun r was Sworn to the faithfull
Difcharge of the office of Meafurer of Timber &c —
By me Jon a Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of y e Select-men on Wedenfday: y* Eleventh Day
of May Anno Domini 1763 at the Houfe or M r John Kemball
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They agreed that m r Marfhall Spring keep y* School till further
Orders at y* Same Rate as he did the last Year and that m r
Nathaniel Harrington be Defired to Inform him thereof
They alio agreed that the Clerk Sign and order on the Select-
men of Weston to pay Josiah Manffeild for the Plank which he
brought to y* Great Bridge as Soon as he has Squared the Sides
and got them Survey'd
June y e : 20: 1763 I Signed an order ° n y* 5 Selectmen of
Weston to pay Josiah Manffeild two pounds Eleven Shillings &
two pence one farthing for 256 feet of Plank which he bro 1 . to V s
Great Bridge in Watertown
Att Jon a Brown Town-Clerk
[247] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of y*
wid° Mary Learned on y e : 27 Day of June Anno Domini 1763
Some accounts were bro 1 . in from Cap 1 Edward Harrington &
L l Daniel Whitney and others for Meterials and Labour at M r
Storers Houfe and y e Schoolhoufe and at the Great Bridge which
ammounted to Sixteen Pounds three Shillings & nine pence three
farthings which the Selectmen Signed an order on y e Treafurer
for the payment thereof —
M r David Coollidge informed y e Selectmen that Samuel Cool-
lidge Remain'd Still Difordered and that he will keep him for
the Prefent Under his prefent Circumftances at the Rate of 6/8 d
P r Week and when he Shall be in better Circumftances he will
lower his Price as v* 5 Selectmen Shall think Refonable
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of Jon a Brown on y*:
4 Day of July Anno Domini 1763 They Settled the afsize of
Bread in y e following Maner
(Viz)
lb
oz
dr
Of White Penny Loaf
7
: 2
Wheaten .
10
: 11
Houfehold . . .
14
: 4
Two Penny Loaf . . .
14
: 4
Wheaten
1 :
5
: 6
Houshold .
1 :
12
8
lb
oz
dr
Six Penny Loaf
4 :
3
Houfhold
5 :
5
9
Twelve Penny Wheaten
8 :
5
Houfhold —
10 :
11
2
4 d Brick Loaf
1 :
9
8
Computed at Wheat at Six Shillings & two pence P r Bushel
and four pence P r Bushel allow'd to y* Baker for his Charges Pains
& Livelyhood, And y e Bakers in this town are Ordered to Mark
y* Bread which Bake for Sale with y* first Letter of their Christian
Names & with y^ first & last Letters their Sir Names—
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lb oz dr
N B. 7 Bisket must weigh 1 : 12 : 8
a 4 d Crown Loaf ^4 Wheat k
*4 Rye meal must weigh — 2 : 10 : 12
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Thomas
Learned on y« 24 Day of August AD 1763 They Put out Ruth
Maddox to m r Isaac Sanderi'on for three Shillings & Six pence
one farthing P T week
[2-48] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y« Houfe of the
wid°- Mary Learned on Monday y* 22 day of August anno
Domini 1763
The Selectmen haveing Received a list of y* Perfons Licenced
y* last year (Viz) m r Thomas Saltmarfh & m rs Mary Learned
Inholders and John Hunt Esq r . Cornelius Waldo John Rem-
ington and Hannah Livermore Retailors which Perfons y* Select-
men approve of their haveing their Licences Renewed y* Prefent
Year — They alfo Approbated Mifsu rs - Jonas White and Nath 11
r
Coollidge ^ n to be Retailors and accordingly Reccommened them
as Suitable perfons for Such an Imployment
Thev alfo Stated y e afsize of Bread as it was y* last month
See Page— (247) —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Wal-
tham at the Houfe of m r W m . Goodhue Inholder in Waltham on
Wedensday the 31 day of August AD 1763 the Charge (which
had arifen Since y* last adjustmen which was august 31 : AD
1762) of Repairing y* great Bridge which ammounted to
s d q
£4 : : 10 : 2 was Proportioned & adjusted and Signed by
y* Selectmen of y* three towns. See Lib r . 2 Page y* (63) in
the Treafury —
At this Meeting y* Selectmen ordered y* Clerk to Issue out a
Warrant to the Conftable to warn Josiah Bisco out of town who
Came last from Woodftock in y* Colony of Conneiticut to Refide
at the Houfe of Ebenezer Mafon which was accordingly Done.
Attest J. Brown Town Cler
[249] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Houfe of y e Wid°
Mary Learned on y« Sixth Day of Oct r AD 1763
They Put out Samuel Coollidge to m r Joseph Coollidge at all
Adventuers till after Next March Meeting (Docters Excepted)
for four Shillings p r week
They alfo Put out Ruth Maddox to m r Daniel Sawin for one
month at y* Rate of two pence P r week
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Houfe of m r Nathaniel Har-
rington on y* Eleventh Day of Oct r AD 1763 —
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The Selectmen Agreed that m r Mofes Stone Procure Sam 11
Coollidge a good Strong Jacket & a Pair of Leather Breeches and
£ s
Signed an order on y e Treafurer to pay m r Stone Sum of 1 : 12
— to Provide s d things with — and Said Stone Bro 1 . in an account
for things which he Procur'd for said Coollidg before ammount-
s
ing to 1 7/4 which they ordered the Treafurer to pay They Like-
wife Defired m r Stone to procure the wid° Lydia Warrin a Pair
of Shifts for which they gave the Treafurer an order to m r Stone
s
15/
They Agreed that y e Afsize of Bread be Stated at Wheat at
5/2 p r Bufhel for y e Prefent month and allow'd the Baker four
pence p r Bufhel for Bakeing
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on y* fifth Day of Dec r : 1763 —
at the Houfe of y e Wid° Mary Learned
They Signed on Order on the Treafurer to pay M r Jonathan
Child :1 : 7 : 2 farthings for a pair of Stockings which he Bo r .
for Samuel Coollidge and to pay M r John Cook y* Sum of
£ s d q
1 : : 1 : 2 farthing which was Due to him for Service at the
Great Bridge in the Year 1762 they agreed that m r Nath 11 Har-
rington Provide what things he Shall think Nefsacery for Mary
Coollidge
AHo
[250] Alfo agreed that m r Moses Stone Provide what things
is Nefsacery for Samuel Coollidge
They Directed y* Town Clerk to take Advice of m r Trowbridge
what is Proper to be done with Ephraim Warrin to Prevent his
Spending his Estate they being Informed that there was one Mary
Jones Come to Dwell with Jonas Berned who Came last from
Weston in February last alfo one Elnathan Whitney Come to
Dwell with Stephen Harris who Came last from Waltham about
Second day of may last their Circumftances being Such that they
ordered the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant Directed to the Con-
ftable to warn them out of town
They Appointed to Meet again on Tuesday Next at m r Mofes
Stones —
A Warrant was Issued out & given to the Conftable to warn
out the above S d Perfons the Service was done and y* Warrant
Returned & y e Cautions Entered at Dec r . Court
Attest J. Brown T. C—
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Houfe of y* Wid° Mary
Learned on y* Sixteenth day of January: AD 1764 —
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They Signed an Order on the Treafurer to pay the town
Creditors the Sum of £15 : 5 : 2 : 3 farthings which was
Granted ^ them the last march Meeting They ordered the
town Treafurer to take money out of the Treafury & Procure a
Load of Wood & Send it to the french Family —
At this meeting the accounts of Sundry perfons Relating to
the Indian woman which died at the wid° Parry's ammounting
to the Sum of £4 : 4 : 8 were Bro*. in which the Selectmen
Directed the Clerk Draw up & Sign and Send to the Govenor
& Council for allownce
They Stated the aisize of Bread at Wheat 5V6 P r Bufhel &
4 d / P r Bufhel was allow'd the Bakers for their Livelyhood &c —
[251] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r
Nath 1 Stone on Monday y*: 13 Day of Feb r >' Anno Domini 1764 —
They Directed the Clerk to Issue out a warrant Directed to
the Conftable to warn a Gen" town Meeting to be on Monday
the fifth day of March Next at Nine of the Clock in y* forenoon
at the publick Meeting-Houfe for the Ends following (Viz)
First to Choofe a Moderator for s d Meeting (2) To Choofe
Selectmen a Town-Clerk & Treafurer and all other town officers
Required by Law to be Chofe in y* Month of March annually
(3) To Chofe a Saxton and agree how he Shall be paid for his
Service (4) To put in their Votes for a County Treafury (5)
To know y e minde of the town Whether Swine Shall Run at
Large Enfueing year (6) To Choofe a Comm". to Examin
the Treaiurers accounts & to pals any votes on them they may
think proper (7) For the town to appropriate the Intereit
money Coming to them y« prefent Year y e Year begining y*
Eleventh day of December Last past (8) To Grant a Sallary
for y e Rev d m r Seth Storer for y* year Enfueing the year Begin-
ing First day of March Next (9) To grant money for the
Support of the School (10) To grant money for the Support
of y* poor (11) To grant money for Repairing the great Bridge
(12) To Hear the Accounts of thofe perfons the town is In-
debted to & grant money to pay the Same (13) To grant money
to Repair the High-ways & Town-ways if y* town think proper
and to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors of y** High-way Rate
And Determin the price of Labour in working out s d Rate (14)
To Hear Pleas of y e prefent or late Conftables for abateing
any perticular Perfons Rates in their Lists & for y* Town to act
their pleafure Thereon (15) To know the minde of the town
whether they will Choofe a Committe to Confirm a Deed which
was given to Richard King in y* Year 1742 which was Signed by
the towns Com 11 , but was Never Acknowledged And the Comm".
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being Since all Dead but one and for the town to act their
plcafure thereon (16) To know the minde of the town whether
they will purchafe the Two acres of Land (So Called) of Stephen
Harris if they Can agree upon a price Said land to be Improved
for Such Ufes's as the town Shall think proper and for the town
to act any thing on the affair they may think proper —
(17)
[252] (17) For the town to Hear the Report of the Com-
mitte that were Chofen last year to Examin into the affair of m r
Smith Prentice & John Hunt Esq r on account of its being Sup-
posed that s d Prentice had Taken money out of y* Province
Treafury which belonged to m r Hunt And for the town to act
any thing further on the affair they may think proper — Likewife
to Notify y* Town Creditors to bring in their accounts to y e
Selectmen at the Houfe of y* wid° Mary Learned on Thursday
the first Day of March Next at Two of the Clock in the after-
noon —
A Warrant was Issued out Accordingly Dated y* Same Day
Attest Jon a Brown Town Clerk
At this Meeting y* Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafurer
to pay y e Rev d m r Seth Storer y e Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 Which
was Granted for His Sallary for y e prefent year alfo y e Sum of
Nineteen Shillings & one penny to m r Moses Stone which he
Expended on Cloathing for Sam 11 Coollidge & the Wid° Warrin
& the Sum of Twenty pounds to m r Marfhal Spring in part for
keeping the School y* prefent Year And the Sum of Six
Shillings to L*. Daniel Whitney for Labour at y e School-Houfe
the last Year which was omitted before
They Agreed that m r Moses Stone procure Sam 11 Coollidge a
pair of Stockings & a Shirt and bring in his accou"- at their Next
Meeting Alfo agreed that m r John Kemball procure one
Bufhel of Rie & one Bufhel of Indian Meal for Sam 11 Mafons
wife and a Load of wood if he thinks it Needfull, They ordered
y e Clerk write an order on y" 5 Selectmen of Wefton to pay m r
r
Jonas Harrington the Sum of 2 : 18 : 5 : 1 for 292 feet
of plank which he Bro 1 . to the great Bridge —
[253] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on y* first Day of
March Anno Domini 1764 at the Houfe of the wid° Mary
Learned The Perfons which kept the poor Bro 1 . in their ac-
counts to the Selectmen which are as follows (Viz)
M r Nathaniel Stone bro 1 . in an account for Boarding the wid°
Lydia Warrin from y e 4 Day of March 1763 to y e 8 day of April
following & for footing a pair of Stockings 1 = 10=0
Alfo M r Mofes Stone Bro 1 . in an account of Sundry things
which he procured for Samuel Coollidge which Come to ... .
: 12 : 2 : 2
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And m r Nathaniel Harrington bro t . in an
account for things which he Bought for Mary
Coollidge and a Lock for y* 5 Shool houfe. : 14 : 6 : 1
Likewife m r Simon Coollidge Bro 1 . in an account for Boarding
y* Wid° Lydia Warrin from April y* eight 1763
to march y^ 4 : 1764 it it being 47 weeks at
5/7 : 2 farthing P r week 13:4:4:2
and for a Hankercheif 9/2q & for Mending
Cloaths & Nurfing in Sicknefs 6/ 0:6:9:2
Total— 13 : 11 : 2 :
And m r David Co ° llid s e bro 1 . in an account for what he had done
A
for Samuel Coollidge which Comes to . . . . 10 : 13 : 9 —
And M r Isaac Sanderfon Bro*. in an account of what he had
Boarded the wid° Mary Maddox and her Daughter Ruth & for
a pair of Shoes for Sam 11 Coollidge & a pair for Mary Coollidge
y* whole— 2 : 10 : 10 : 1
And Joseph Coollidge Bro 1 . in an account for Boarding Samuel
Coollidge from y* 25 Day of Oct r . 1763 to Feb'*. y e 28: 1764 it
being Eighteen Weeks at 4/1 p r week and footing a pair of
Stocking 3 : 13 :
Thomas Learned Bro 1 in an acc u . for Boarding y* wid° Mary
Maddox from April y e : 4 : 1763 to Feb r >\ y e . 29. 1764 being
47 weeks, at 24/6 p r week old Tenor which makes 57 : 11=6
in L M it is 7 : 13 : 6 : 2
And Jonas Beamed bro*. in his acc". for Boarding Mary Cool-
lidge from March y e 4 day 1763 to Feb'". 27 : 1764 it being
Fifty one Weeks at 9/ 1 P r week and for Tobacco 25/ Shillings
old Tenor Which Sums in Lawfull money is — 3 : 4 : 6 : 2
Likewife m r Joseph Wellington bro 1 . in an acc" for Boarding
Sam 11 Coollidg two weeks at 6/8 P r week .... : 13 : 4
The Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafurer \ . . 9
to pay thefe account ammountting to y e Sum of \ '
[254] At Said Meeting y e Selectmen being Informed that one
Anna Cox was Come to Dwell in Watertown at y e Houfe of
Samuel Sanger Who Came last from Waltham into town on y e
fourteenth Day of June Last past Alfo y l a Child was at y e
Houfe of Samuel Warrin Which Came Last from Bofton in y e
County of Suffolk about the Seventh Day of June last past which
Child is known By the Name of Rebecca Hill, And one Sufanna
Newton who Came last from South-borough in y* County of
Worcefter the Ninteenth Day of July Last past to Dwell at
r
y* 5 Houfe of m r Samuel Jenifon J ^ n their Circumftances being
Such that the Selectmen Refufe to accept them to be In-
habitants of Watertown they ordered y* Clerk to Issue out a
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Warrant Directed to y e Conftable to warn them out of town
A Warrant was Issue'd out accordingly and y e Service don y* 5
Warrant Returned and Caution Entered march Court
Att 1 Jon a Brown Town Clerk
The following Accounts were Received by y e Selectmen from
Such perfons as y e Town is Indebted in order to their being laid
Before y* Town (Viz)
To L l Daniel Whitney for Houfe Room for ^
french family: 2 : 13=4
to Simon Haftings for Labour &c on y e minifter-
ial place : 5=0
to Nathan Coollidge for Stones for a Bridge — = 9=0
to Thomas Learned for Boarding Ruth Maddox — 1 : 4=0
to Benj" Felton for Labour & Meterials at v e Great
Bridge 1 : 2:6
to Daniel Sawin for a gate for y e Burying place
& Stones for a Bridge — : 8:0
to Daniel Bond for Cash paid Doc tr . Beals for
mary Preist 0:10:4
to Jon a Brown for Service as Treafurer & afsefsor
last Year : 3:9:4
to John Kemball for Serving afsefsor & a Lock
for Sam 1 Coollidge. : 17 : 9 : 3
to Mofes Stone for Serving afsefsor y e Year past 0:16:0
11 : 15 : 3 : 3
To Nehemiah Mafon for Serving Conftable &c — 1 : 2 : :
To Cap 1 Edward Harrington for Stones for a
Bridge . 0:4: —
To Isaac Sanderfon for Serveing Conftable : 10 : —
13 : 11 : 3 : 3
the three Last added at town Meeting
[255] At a Genr 11 Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other
Inhabtan ts of Watertown Quallified to vote in town affairs
Regularly Afsembled & Meet at y e Publick Meeting-Houfe in s d '
Town on Monday the fifth Day of March Ann. Domini 1764 for
the Choife of town officers & Tranfacting other affairs Mentioned
in ye Warrant
Voted & Chofe M r Nath 1 Stone Moderator for Said Meeting
M r John Kemball
M r John Child
Voted & Chofe for Seamen— \ M r Nath 1 Stone
M r Nath 1 Harrington
M r Mofes Stone
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Voted & Chofe Jon a Brown Town Clerk
Voted & Chofe Jon a Brown Town Treafurer
f M r John Kemball
Voted & Chofe for Afsefsors -j Jon a Brown
[ M r Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe for Conftables m r Joseph Child & m r Daniel
Bond who Informed y* Town that they had agreed with m r Jon a
Stone to Serve in their Room if the town would accept him to
Serve for both
Voted and accepted s d Stone to Serve Conftable
Voted & Chofe for Wardens m r David Bemis & m r Samuel
Whitney
Voted & Chofe for Sealer of Leather m r Isaac Sanderfon
Voted & Chofe for fence Viewers mifu" Oliver Livermore &
Jonas White
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of High-ways mif urs . Richard Clark &
W m . Bond
Voted & Chofe Tything Men m r John Chenery & m r Eben r
Studfon
Voted & Chofe for Hogrieves mifs rs James Vila & Sam 11 Benjamin
Voted & Chofe for Deerrieves mifs 1 ^ Thomas Pattin & Jonas
White
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of Timber &c mifs rs Bez 11 Learned
& Nath 1 Coollidge Ju r
Voted & Chofe Howards Jon a Coollidge Goding & Joseph
Coollidge
Voted & Chofe Clerks of ^ Market rnifs". Eben r Studfon &
Jonas White
Voted & Chofe Gager of Cask m r John Kemball
Voted & Chofe for Cullars of Hoops & j m r Sam 11 Cook
Voted & Chofe Surveyor of Wheat m r Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe Saxton m r Simon Haftings
Voted to pay y* Saxton by two Contrebutions as Ufual
Voted that Swine be Keept in this Year —
Voted to appropriate y e Intereft money Comeing to y* Town as
it was last year (Viz) five Shillings & eight pence to y* School
& jr* Reft to y* Minifter
Voted & Granted ^ Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 for a Sallary for y*
Rev d M r Seth Storer ^ Enfueing Year y Intereft money appro-
priated to that Ufe to be part of s d Sum y* Remainder to be afsest
Voted & Granted for the Support of y^ School, y* Sum of £30
Voted & Granted for y* Support of y* poor y^ Sum of . . 50
Voted & Granted for Repairs of y e Great Bridge ... 3
Staves &c
J m r Bez 1 Learned
^ [256] Voted & Chofe for a
Committe to Examin y* Treaf r ace 1
m r John Kemball
m r Mofes Stone
m r Nath 1 Harrington
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Voted & Granted to mend y* High-ways &c 40
Voted & Chofe y* Surveyors of High-ways Collectors of s d
High -way Rate
Voted that the Price of Labour in working out s d Rate be as it
was last Year —
The accounts of thofe perfons to whome y e Town Is Indebted
were Read to y c Town and were all allowed but three Shillings in
Nathan Coollidges & panted ye Sum of £13 : 8 : 3 : 3 to Sattiffy
the Same
Voted and abated In Conftable Benj n Feltons Lists James Hays
£ s d q
Rates & granted y* Sum of 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : to make it good alfo
abated in Conftable Jon a Stones lists s d James Hays Rates and
Granted the Sum . : 14 : 1 : 1 to make it good and abated in
s d Stones Lists W m . Godings Rates and granted the Sum of
— : 13 : 11 : 3 to make it good alfo abated in Conftabl
Nehemiah Mafons lists part of Samuel Mafons Rates and granted
y* Sum of £1 : 1 1 : 3 : 1 to make it good. And abated in
Conftable Thomas Harringtons lists William Godings Rates &
granted y e Sum of : 18 : 8 : 1 to make it good
Then the Sixteenth article was Read and m r Stephen Harris
being prefent and the Question being asked him what he would
take for the Land Mentioned in s d article and Informed y* town
y 1 35 pounds was what he would take and after Confideration
thereon it was put to Vote whether the town will give s d Sum of
£35 pounds for s d land and it past in the
Negative
[257] Then a Motion was made & Seconded, and y e Vote
was put Whether it is y* mind of y* Town to Choofe a Com n .
to Treat with m r Stephen Harris further about Said Land and it
past in the Negative —
Then the Seventeenth Article was Read and y e Com" Men-
tioned in Said article made Verbal Report that they had Received
the Sum of 13 : 6 : 4 out of the Province Treafury & Deliver'd
it to the town Treafurer for y e Ufe of John Hunt Esq r —
The Bufinefs of y* Meeting being over the Meeting was
Difsolv'd—
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of y* 5 wid° Mary-
Learned on the Said fifth Day of March See Page y* (255)
after the Selectmen with the other town officers which were
Chofen to Serve y^ town y* Enfueing Year had taken the Oath
Relateing ^° other Gov nt5 . Bills y* Several officers (Except m r
John Kemball as Gager of Cask) were Sworn to the faithfull
Difcharge of their Several Refpective offices
By John Hunt Justice Peace
And the Selectmen appointed to Meet again on Monday Next
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at this place at one of Clock afternoon in order to put out the
poor for y e Year Enfueing —
[258] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Houfe of y* 5 Wid°
Mary Learned on the . . 12 Day of March Anno Domini 1764 —
In order to put out the poor for y* prefent Year —
The Selectmen Agreed with m r Jonas Beamed to take Care
of Mary Coollidge & Board her for one Year if She lives at the
Rate of thirteen Shillings old Tenor P r Week — Alfo with M r
Simon Coollidge to Board the Wid° Lydia Warrin and take Care
of her for one Year at the Rate of thirty four Shillings p r Week
oid^Tenor And with m r Thomas Learned to Board the wid° Mary
Maddox one Year at the Rate of 24/6 0,< J Tenor P r Week
A
Likewife with m r Jonathan Coollidge Goding to take Care of
Samuel Coollidge and Board him one Year at the Rate of Thirty
Seven Shillings & Six old Tenor p r week —
And the Several Perfons are to be taken Care ° f as aboves d
A
without any further allowance let their Circumftances be what
they will (Except in Case of Sicknefs) —
And y e Selectmen at this Meeting Agreed with m r Joseph
Coollidge to take c ^ re of & Board Ruth Maddox from this Day
till may Meeting Next at the Rate of 4/6 old Tenor P r Week
leet her Circumftances be what they will —
At this meeting the Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafur-
er to pay m r John Mirick of Weston the Sum of 2 : 6 : in
full for 230 feet of planck which he Bro 1 . to the great Bridge. And
the Sum of five Shillings to m r Daniel Sawin for a pair of Shoes
Which he procured for Ruth Maddox. And the Sum of
s d
£13 : 6 : 4 to John Hunt Esq r for What he Did for the french
Family Which Sum was allow'd by the Gov r . & Council & was
Drawn out of y e Province Treafury
[259] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Jon a
Brown on Tuefday y e : 20 Day of March Anno Domini 1764
They gave y* 5 Surveyors of y e High-ways their Difstricts which
are as follows Viz William Bond to mend the Wefterly Part of
the Roads in Watertown from y e Meeting-Houfe over the Hill
where the old Meeting-Houfe Stood, to M r Kemball's Corner and
y e lane from the School-Houfe to Waltham line near y* Houfe of
m r Nath 1 Harrington and all the South to Newton line M r
Richard Clark to mend the Easterly Part of y e Roads as follows
(Viz) the Road Under the Rocks from m r Joseph Harringtons
to Samuel Warrins from thence to m r Kemballs Corner afores d
and all the Roads east of y e Road that Leads over the Hill to the
Meeting-Houfe to Cambridge line
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at this Meeting the afsefsors made Return of their Afsefsing
the High-way Rate which is as follows (Viz)
Gentlemen Watertown March : y* 20: 1764
We the Subfcribers Afsefsors have afsest upon the
Ratable Pools & Estates in Watertown the Sum
of Forty Pounds y* Grant made y* last march Meet-
ing for y* Repairing the High-ways & Town-ways
& have Committed lists of y e Same to y e Several
Collectors who are alfo Surveyos of y* High-ways
(Viz)
To M r William Bond the Sum of — 20 : 9:5
af8essor\ and to M r Richard Clark y e Sum of — 19 : 10 : 7
Certificate I With Warrants to Levy & Collect y* Same or to
1764 I See that it be faithfully worked out agreable to the
Vote of y* Town So as to make up their accounts
with the Selectmen of s d town on or before the
first day of February Next Enfueing the Date
Hereof —
To y* Selectmen —
John Kemball
Jon 3 Brown
Mofes Stone
[260] At a Meeting of y^ Selectmen at y e Houfe of the
Wid° Mary Learned on the 7. Day of May AD 1764 —
They haveing Rec d a precept from y* Sheriff of y* County of
Midd x Requiring them to Afsemble y e Inhabitants of Watertown
to Choofe one or more perfons to Serve for & Reprefent them in
a Great & General Court to be held at Concord on ^ Thirtieth
Day of this Inftant May at Nine of the Clock in the forenoon
in Obfervance Whereof they ordered the Clerk to Issue out a
warrant Directed to the Conftable to warn the Inhabitants who
are Quallified to Vote in y* 5 Choice of a Reprefentative to afsemble
at they Publick Meeting Houfe in S d Town at two of the Clock
afternoon for the purpose afforeSaid And for the Inhabitants
who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs to meet at S d place
at 3 of the Clock on Said Day for y e Ends following (Viz)
(1) To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting (2) To Hear
y* Report of y e Committe that were Chofen at march meeting
last to Examin the Treafurers Accounts and for the town to pais
any Vote or Votes thereon they May think proper (3) For the
town to pafs on Upon a list of Juriors that are to be layed before
them by the Selectmen (4) To Hear the petition of a Number
of the Inhabitants of the town praying the T ° wn to grant them
Liberty to Sitt in Some of the Seats in y e front Gallary for the
Reafons Settforth in S d Petition (5) To know the minde of the
town whether they will lay Open the way Down to the landing
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Place Near the Islands and for the town to act any thing on the
affair they may thing proper
A Warrant was Issued out Accordingly
att r Jon 3 Brown Town Clerk
at this Meeting y« Selectmen Signed an order on y* Treaiurer
to pay m r Daniel Sawin three Shillings & Nine pence for Board-
ing Ruth Maddox
[261] At this Meeting m r Samuel White Sent in a Noti-
fication to y* Selectmen to Inform them that he had taken one
Thaddeus Haftings & wife into his Houfe who Came last from
Lexington who Came into town the Second Day of this prefent
may, Likewiie m r Edward Richardion Sent a Notification to
Inform them that he had Rec d into his Houie one William Goding
and Family who Came last from Wooburn on y e 17 Day of
April last past at this Meeting the Selectmen ordered the Clerk
to Issue a warrant to warn one Ruth Worthylake out of town
Who Came Last from New London in the Colony of Connecti-
cut in the Month of August or September last past
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Publick Meeting-Houie on
the 14 Day of May AD 1764 the Clerk was ordered to give a
warrant to the Conitable to warn Benjamin Harris out of town
Warrants were Issued out agreable to y e above orders the
Sen-ice done and Cautions Entered at may Court
Jon 3 Brown Town Cler
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Publick Meeting-Houfe on
Monday y £ 14 Day of May Anno Domini 176-1 —
They ordered the Clerk to Issue out a warrant to Warn one
Ruth Worthylake out of Town who Came Last from New-Lon-
don in the Colony of Conectticut about the Month of August or
September last past
A Warrant was Issued out accordingly and y* Service d ° n and the
Caution Entered at may Court
P r . Jon 3 Brown Town Clerk —
[262] A Gen 11 Town Meeting of y* freeholders & other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the
Choice of a Repreientative Regularly aisembled at the publick
Meetine-Houfe in s d Town on Mondav y*: 14 Dav of mav AD
1764
The Votes were Called for and Bro\ in Sorted & Counted and
it appeared that L l . Daniel Whitney was Chofen to Repreient y*
Town in a Great 5c Gen !1 Court appointed to be held and kept
for His Majesty's Service at Concord on Wedeniday the Thirtieth
Dav of this Initant mav
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At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs
Regularly Afsembled at the publick Meeting-Houfe in Said
Town on Monday the 14 th . Day of May AD. 1764
Voted & Choofe m r Nath 11 Stone Moderator for s d Meeting
Voted to accept the Committes Report on y* Treafurers Acc tts .
and that it be Reccorded
Voted & accepted the list of Juriors as Exhibited by the Select-
men
Then the Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants praying the
town to grant to a Number of Young men & women Some Suit-
able Seats in the Meeting to accomodate them for Singing
after Confideration thereon it was Voted that the men have
Liberty to Sitt in y e Womens front Gallary from the Center to
the South-East Corner during y e Towns pleafure —
Likewife Voted to the women Singers y* Gallary from y* East
Door to y e South-Eaft Corner During the towns pleafure —
Then it was put to Vote whether y^ town will lay open y e way
down to the Islands at this time It pafst in y* Negative
Put to Vote whether y* Town will act any thing further on the
article and it past in y* Negative
[263] Watertown March 20 th -: 1764
We the Subscribers appointed by the Town to Examine the
Town Treafures acc tts - upon Examination finde Said acc tts - well
Voucht and Right Cast
John Kemball
Mofes Stone j- Com u -
Nath 1 Harrington J
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of y e Wid°. Mary
Learned on y*: 25 th . Day of May AD 1764 —
They Stated y e Afsize of Bread agreable to Wheat at 5/¥ P r
Bufhel & allow'd four pence P r Bufhel to y e Bakers for their
Livelihood &c They Likewife Directed the Clerk to
give an Order to Mifs rs . Jonas White and Ebenezer Studfon to
Receive the Towns Scales and Weights of the last years Clerk's
of the Markets
alfo agreed with m r Marfhal Spring to keep y* School at the
Same Rate that he did the last year ^ ll further Notice
And Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay him y* Sum of
Twenty Pounds which is in full for His keeping the School the
last Year
[264] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of y e Wid°
Mary Learned on y e 12 Day of July AD 1764 —
They Ordered y e Clerk to Issue out a warrant Directed to
the Conftable to warn one Sarah Learned out of Town Who was
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bro*. from Charlstown last in y* month of June She being
Under Very poor Circumftances — which accordingly was don y*
next day
P r Jon a Brown Town Cler —
At this Meeting they Signed on Order on y e Treafurer to pay
£ s d q
Nath 11 Stone : 9 : 9 : 1. for a Shirt which he procured for
Samuel Coollidge — they alfo Settled y e Afsize of of Bread at
Wheat at 4/6 P r Bufhel & Six pence P r Bufhel allow'd to the
Baker
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of M r Thomas Salt-
marfh on y e 27: Day of August AD 1764 —
The Selectmen Approbated m r Thomas Saltmarfh m rs . Mary
Learned & m r Edward Richardfon to be Inholders & John Hunt
Esq r and Mifs rs . John Remington Cornelius Waldo & Jonas White
to be Retailors
at this meeting y* Selectmen being Informed that y 6 Wid°
Hannah Biglo was Came to Refide at the Houfe of y* Wid°.
Elizabeth Brown who Came last from Waltham on y* Sixth Day
of December last past her Circumftances being Such that y* Select-
men ordered that if the Selectmen of Waltham do not give Se-
curity to Watertown on or before Monday Next that y* Clerk
Issue out a Warrat to warn her own of town — They being Like-
wife Notified that Jonas White had Received into his Houfe one
Betty Wellington & two Children (Viz) one Called Diadama y*
other Called Jedidiah White who Came Last from Waltham
about y e month of September last past their Circumftances being
Such y l y e Selectmen ordered the Clerk Issue out a warrant to
warn them out of Town which was don and y e Caution Entered at
Concord Court —
[265] The Selectmen at this Meeting Signed an Order on
y e Treafurer to pay m r Jonas Berned Nine Shillings which George
Adams Recovered of him for Setting Mary Preifts arm
They Appointed to Meet y* Selectmen of Weston & Waltham
Next Monday at three of y* Clock afternoon at m r Richard
Cuttings in Waltham to Adjust y e Charge y* Charge of y* Great
Bridge in Watertown & ordered the Clerk to Notify y e Selectmen
of Said towns thereof Which was accordingly don
P r Jon a Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Wal-
tham at the Houfe of m r Richard Cutting in Waltham on y 6 . 3.
Day of September Anno Domini 1764 the Charge of Repairing
the Great Bridge in Watertown which had arifen Since y e Last
adjustment which was on the thirty first day of August AD. 1763
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Which ammounted to y* Sum of £6 : 3 : 1 1 : 1 was Propor-
tioned & adjusted & Signed by y e Selectmen of y* 1 Three towns
See Lib r . 2. Page y e (66) in y* Treafury —
At this Meeting y e Selectmen of Watertown Approbated
Nathaniel Coollidge Jun r . to be a Retailor of Spiritous Liquors —
and at this Meeting they Signed an order on the Treafurer
to pay Doctor Samuel Danforth the Sum twelve Shillings for
what he did for Ruth Maddox. and Signed y ^ accounts against
the Several perfons who are Indebted for warning perfons out of
town which they Received in
Monday Sep r . y e 3. 1764 The Selectmen of Waltham not
giveing Security to Watertown Relating to y e Wid° Hannah Biglo
as Mentioned in Page (264) I Issued out a warrant to warn her
out of town and the Service was don and the Caution Entered
at Concord Court
Attest Jon a Brown Town Cle —
[266] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of M r
Edward Richardfon on Fryday y e : 5 day Oct r . AD. 1764 —
They ordered the Clerk to Issue out a warrant °^ warrants
Directed to y* Conftable to warn out of town William Goding
& Sarah his wife and four Children. Viz William & Sarah &
Elizabeth Phillips and Mary Mathyrs which are of y e Same Family
they Came last from Woburn on the: 17 Day of April last past
and Refide at the Houfe which now belonges to John Chenery and
a Child which now lives at Issaac Sanderfons Which was Born
at the wid° Murches Mother Came last from Boston in Dec r :
on January last, And the wid° Mary Goding who Came last from
Cambridge on y*. 20 th . Day of December last past and Refides at
y* Houfe of James Vela in Watertown
Warrants were Issued out accordingly
P r Jon a Brown Town Cle/
The Service don and y e Cautions
Entered Dec r : Court
At this Meeting agreed that the Clerk gitt the Glafs-windows
at the Meeting-Houfe Mended as Soon & as Cheap as he Can
and that m r Nathaniel Harrington Carry as much Gravil on to
y e Great Bridge as he thinks Nefsacery — And agreed that Mifs rs .
John Kemball Nath 1 - Stone & Nath 1 Harrington three of y e Se-
lectmen go to m r Sewall & take advice Relating to Sarah Learned
and Report at the Next meeting, alfo it was agreed that y e Clerk
draw orders on Weston to pay Cap 1 . Joseph Harrington 1/8 for
140 feet of plank which He bro r . to y e Great Bridge in Water-
town s
alfo to pay m r Benj n . Harrington 1/13 for 165 feet which he
s
Sent to s d Bridge, and to m r Jonas Harrington 2/0 & Seven
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pence one farthing for 203 feet which which he bro*. to Said
Bridge—
Nov r : ye 1 : 1 764 I gave an order on the Selectmen of Weston to
pay Cap*. Joseph Harrington's account
Jon a Brown Town Cler —
[267] At a Meeting of ^ Selectmen at the Houfe of y*
Wid° Mary Learned on the 26 th . Day of Nov r : AD: 1764 — M r
Samuel White late Surveyor of High-way appeared and made up
his accounts with the Selectmen, at this Meeting y e Selectmen Di-
rected the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn the wid° Mary
Draper out A ° f Town who Came last from Roxbury m the Month
of May last and Ephraim Wheeler & Elizabeth his wife who
Came from Bofton in y 6 Month of February Last And Ben-
jamin Fefsenden & his wife Barbara and their Children (Viz)
Benjamin Isaac Mary & arthur who Came last from Milton
in March Last and Daniel Fullar and Lydia his wife & Isaac
Lydia Meriam & Jemina their Children who Came Last from
Newton in the Month of June Last, And Stephen Stearns who
Came last from Cambridge in the Month of July last Which
was accordingly don and the perfons warned out (Except Daniel
Fullar & Family) Cautions Entered Dec 1 " Court —
at this Meeting it was agreed that m r Moses Stone should provide
a pair of Shirts for Samuel Coollidge
At a meeting of y^ Selectmen at ^ Houfe of the wid° Mary
Learned on the Tenth Day of Dec r : Anno Domini 1764 they
ordered the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant Directed to y* 5
Conftable to Warn Oliver Learned out of town S d Learned
Came last from Deadham Some time in y c Month of April or
May Last which was Accordingly don.
At this Meeting it was Agreed that M r Moses Stone provide a
pair of Stockings for Samuel Coollidge and that M r John Kem-
ball provide a Gown & a hankercheif and an Apron for Mary
Coollidge — and it was Agreed y l : Bezaleel Learned put up what
old & New planck may be Spared on the West Side of y e Great
Bridge to prevent the Snow from Driveing off
[268] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of M r
John Kemball on the 21 Day of Dec r : 1764 They Signed an
order on the Treafurer to pay the Town Creditors the Sum of
£ s d q
13 : 11 : 3 : 3 which was Granted to them last march Meet-
ing — Alfo Signed an other order to pay y e Sum : 16 : 1 : 3
farthings to m r Simon Haftings for Mending y e Meeting-Houfe
Glafs And they Agreed to have a town Meeting on the 31
day of this Prefent Month at one of the Clock in the afternoon
at y e Publick Meeting Houfe and Directed the Clerk to Issue out
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a Warrant Directed to y* Conftable to warn the Inhabitants to
afsemble at the time & place aforeSaid for y* ends following
(Viz) First to Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting —
(2 ly :) For the town to Choofe a Committe to Settle y* 5
Bounds of the Land which Nathaniel Harris Esq r late of Water-
town Decf 1 . gave to the town or to Act any thing Elfe on y e
affair they may think proper — (3 ,y :) For to know the minde of
the town Whether they will grant Liberty to Sett Stables for
Horfes on y e Towns land Near the Meeting-Houfe and for the
Town to act any thing on the affair they may think proper
(4 ly :) For the town to hear & Confider the affair of Sarah
Learned a perfon Suppofed to Belong to Bofton, and for the town
to provide for the payment of the Charge which has arifen by her
being bro 1 . into y e town and Left in the hands of the Selectmen,
And for the town to do any thing towards obtaining the S d .
Charge of the town of Boston and Grant money to Carry on the
affair in y* law if Need Require —
A warrant was Issued out accordingly
Att 1 : Jon a Brown Town Cler
[269] At a Gen 11 : Town Meeting of y* 5 freeholders & othe
Inhabitants of Watertown Who are Quallified according to law
to Vote in town affairs Regularly Afsembled at y e Publick Meet-
ing Houfe in s d Town on Monday the Thirty first day of De-
cember Anno Domini 1764 —
Voted and Chofe John Hunt Esq r Moderator for s d Meeting
Voted to Choofe a Com": to Settle the Bounds of y 6 land Be-
tween Stephen Harris's land & y e land that his Father gave to
the town — Voted to Choofe Seven Men for Said Committe
John Hunt Esq r
L l . Daniel Whitney
Cap 1 Edward Harrington
Enf Jon a Bemis
m r Sam 1 Fisk
Cap 1 John Tainter
m r Nath 1 Harrington
Put to Vote whether y* Town will give Liberty to Sett Stables
on y* Towns land Near y e Meeting Houfe and it pafst in the Af-
firmative — Voted that there be no Stables Sett on the towns land
Untill y* Bounds of s d land be Afsertained — Voted that y*
Committe appointed to Settle y e Bounds of y e land above Said
Determin where y e Said Stables Shall be Sett — Voted that Such
perfons as pay y* 5 largest publick Tax's have the preferances in
their Choice in Setting Stables — Voted y 1 the s d Committe Re-
port to y e Town what they do on the affair as Soon as may
be—
Voted that the Selectmen Procede on the affair of Sarah Learned
as they Shall think proper —
The Bufinefs Being don the Meeting was Defolved —
Voted & Choofe for S d . Committe—
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[270] At a Meeting of y« Selectmen at the Houfe of y*
Wid° Mary Learned on the 24 th . Day of January Anno Domini
1765
They being Informed that one Josiah Stowel was come to
Dwell in town who Came last from Boston about the middle of
March last And Thaddeus Haftings & Mary his wife from Lex-
ington last on the Second day of May last their Circumftances
being Such that the Selectmen Refufe to accept them to be In-
habitants of Watertown and Ordered the Clerk to Issue out a
Warrant to warn them out of town together with Daniel Fullar
& his Family which the Conftable Could not finde before — A
warrant was Issued out accordingly
At this Meeting they appointed M r Nath 1 Stone and the Town
Treafurer to Proceede on the affair of Sarah Learned Directly
and Defired them to go to Boston the Next Day with as many
of y* Selectmen as Could attend to Treat with the Selectmen of
Boston about S d affair
at this Meeting m r Moses Stone gave a Notification in to
Inform the Selectmen that he had Received one John Caldwel to
live with him who Came last from Cambridge on the thirteenth
Day of September last past — and one Sarah Swan who alfo Came
Last from Cambridge on the Second day of April last past and
they ordered her to be warned out of town
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at Houfe of the wid°: Mary
Learned on the Eighteenth day of Feb ry : AD 1765
M r John Kemball bro 1 : in an account for two Shifts which he
procured for Mary Coollidge ammounting to 16/1 & the Se-
lectmen Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay the Same alfo
to pay y e Rev d : M r Seth Storer his Sallary for the Year 1764 —
the Selectmen orderd the Clerk to Send to John Stratton to
come and give in the Name of a woman that is at his Houfe or to
Sue him for the fine if he Neglects
[271] At this Meeting y* Selectmen Agreed to have y* an-
nual Town-Meeting on the fourth day of March Next at the
Publick Meeting Houfe at Nine of the Clock in the forenoon and
ordered the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant Directed to the Con-
ftable to warn the Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in
town affairs to afsemble and Meet together at the time & place
aforeSaid to act on the following articles (Viz) First to Choofe
a Moderator for Said Meeting — (2) To Chooie Selectmen Town
Clerk & Treafurer & all other town officers Required by law to
be Chofe in the month of March Annually
(3)To Choofe a Saxton & agree how he Shall be paid for his
Service (4) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5)
To know y e Minde of the Town Whether Swine Shall Run at
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Large y c enfueing year (6) To Choofe a Committe Examin y e
Treafurers accounts and pafs any Votes on them they may think
proper
(7) For the town to approprate the Intereft Money Comeing
to the town y* prefent Year the Year Begining the Eleventh
day of Dec r . last past (8) To Grant a Sallary for the Rev d m r
Seth Storer for the year enfueing the year Begining the first day
of March Next (9) To Grant Money for the Support of the
School (10) To grant money for the Support of the poor (11)
To Grant money for Repairing the great Bridge (12) To Hear
the accounts of of thofe perfons y e town is Indebted to and grant
money to pay the Same
(13) To grant money to Repair the High-ways & town-ways
if the town think proper & to Choofe y e Surveyors Collectors
of y e High way Rate and Determin y e price of Labour in Work-
ing out Said Rate (14 Iy ) To hear the pleas of y* prefent or late
Conftables for abateing any Perticular perfons Perfons Rates in
their lists & for y* Town to act their pleafure thereon (15 ly ) To
know if minde of the town whether they will have two or more
School-Houfes in the Town and if the town Agree there to then to
make Provifion for Erecting the Same & Determin where they
Shall be Sett and acl: any thing Elfe on y c affaire they may think
proper —
(16 !y ) To Hear the Report of y* Selectmen of what they have
don Relating to the town-way that leads from the South-west
Corner of m r David Sangers land down to his Wharf in order to
make Said way Certain and for the town to Confirm y e Same
or do any thing Elfe on the affair they may think Proper —
(17' y )
[272] (17 ly ) For the town to do what may be thought
Proper to Confirm a Deed which was given Richard King which
is though not Sufficiently Executed And for y e Town to Acl: any
thing on the affair they may think Proper (18 ly ) To Hear y*
petition of Nathaniel Sanger Praying the town to give Liberty to
finifh his Building Near y e Mill Creek where he has Sett Up a
Frame and for the town to Acl: any thing on y* affair they may
think Proper (19 ly ) To know the Minde of y* Town whether
they will Do any thing for the Obtaining the wid° Mary Mad-
dox's Dowry in her late Hufbands Estate as Nothing appears at
prefent to Debarr her from it and for the town to acl: any thing
on the affair they may think Proper (20 Iy ) To know y* minde
of the town whether they will Apply to the General Court to
have the Fifhery in Watertown put Under Some Regulations
that May Prevent the Many Quarrals & Difputes that often
arife Between the perfons that Come to fifh and for the town to
act any thing on the affair they may think proper
Likewife to Notify the town Creditors to bring in their Ac-
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counts to the Selectmen at the Houfe of y* Wid° Mary Learned
on Fryday the first Day of March Next at two of the Clock
afternoon
a Warrant Was Issued out Accordingly
Att 1 Jon a Brown Town Clerk
At this Meeting y* Selectmen ordered the Clerk to Issue out a
warrant to warn John Foster out of town who Came last from
Roxbury on fourth day of April last past and Refides at the
Houfe of y e wid° Elizabeth Learned — Which was accordingly don
P r Jon a Brown Town Cler —
[273] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on the first day of
March AD 1765 at y* Houfe of y* wid° Mary Learned. The
perfons that keept y* poor &c Bro 1 . in their accounts which are
as follows (Viz)
Jonas Bearne bro*. in his account for Boarding Mary Coollidge
from v* 5 27 day of Feb^: 1764 to February y^ 27: 1765 at thir-
teen Shillings P r Week old Tenor & for Makeing a Gown and
Mending Shooes: 33 : 17 : 6 —
L: M: 4 : 11 : 7 : 3
John Kemball bro 1 : an account for Cloathing which he pro-
cured for s d Mary Coollidge which Comes to v e Sum of —
L: M': : 16 : : 1
Simon Coollidge bro 1 : his account for Boarding and other things
for the wid° Lydia Warrin to y*: 4 day of this prefent March
which Come to the Sum of 12 : 16 : 1 : 1
Thomas Learned bro 1 : his Account for Boarding the wid° Mary
Maddox from February y« 29 : 1764 to Feb^: y e 28 1765 which
Comes the Sum of 8:9:10:2
Joseph Coollidge bro 1 : an Account for Boarding Samuel Cool-
lidge from y e : 28 of February 1764 to y e 28 of Feb 1 ^: 1765
amounting to the Sum of 13: 0:0 —
and for Boarding Ruth Maddox Nine Weeks — : 5:4:3
13 : 5:4:3
£39 : 19 : 0=2
All which Accounts were allow'd by y* Selectmen —
at this Meeting y e Selectmen ordered the Clerk to Issue out a
Warrant to Warn Roland Bennett out of town who Came Last
from Bofton in the Month of April last past which was don y*
Same time
At this Meeting the Selectmen Received the following accounts
in order to their being Layed before the Town (Viz)
To D r Josiah Converse for Medicine & at-
tendance on y* french family and the wid°
Lydia Warrin 0:14: —
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To Jonathan Stone for Serveing Conftable in
__» _____ 1 1 C.'i
Y year 1 Jo 3 .
1
: U
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To John Kemball for Serveing Afsefsor y e
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u
. 1
• n
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To Mofes Stone for Like Service ....
A
u
: lo
: U
To Jon a : Brown for Service as Treafurer &
afsefsor last Year :
3
Q
To L l : Daniel Whitney for Houfe Rent for
french
1 c
1 j
: o
To Simon Whitney for Carrying y e french
mans goods to Bofton :
: 6
:
To Bez 11 : Learned for Labour at y e Great Bridge 2
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To Jon a : Bemis Ju r for Serveing Conftabl in
ye Year 1756 :
: 12
:
:
To Edmund Fowle for what he paid the wid°
Abigail Livermore
: 2
: 9
:
11
: 14
: 8
: 2
Voted & Chofe for Sele&men-
the two Last added at y e town Meeting —
[274] At Gen 11 Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town
affairs Regularly afsembled at y* publick Meeting Houfe in s d
Town on Monday the fourth Day of March AD 1765 for y e
Choice of Town officers & Tranfacling other affairs as Men-
tioned in the Warrant for s d Meeting
Voted & Chofe M r Nath 11 Harrington Moderator for s d Meeting
M r John Kemball
M r Nath 1 Stone
Jon a Brown
M r Moses Stone
M r Jon a : Child
Voted & Chofe for Town Clerk Jonathan Brown
Voted & Chofe for Town Treafurer Jon a Brown
f M r John Kemball
Voted & Chofe for afsefsors . . . \ Jon 3 Brown
[ M r Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe for Conftables mif rs . Sam 11 - White & Eben r :
Stetfon
Voted & Chofe for Wardens mif s Richard Clark & William Bond
Voted & Chofe for Sealer of Leather m r Isaac Sanderfon
Voted & Chofe for fence-Vieuers mif s : Sam 11 Soden & Nehemiah
Mafon —
Voted & Chofe for Surveyors of High-Ways: mif s Thomas
Learned & Edward Harrington Ju r
Voted & Chofe for Tythingmen mif r : Josiah Bright & Joseph
Coollidge —
Voted & Chofe for Hogreives mif s : Nathan Coollidge & Sam 11
Warrin —
Watertown Records.
293
Voted & Chofe for Deer-reives mif s Jonas White & Cornelius
Waldo-
Voted & Chofe for Surveyors of Timber &c Nath 11 Coollidge Ju r
& Jonas Coollidge Ju r
Voted & Chofe for Howards mif s : Josiah Norcrofs & Daniel
Whitney Ju r —
Voted & Chofe for Clerks of y* Market mif s Edmund Fowle &
David Sanger —
Voted & Chofe Cullars of Hoops Staves &c Sam 11 Cook & Bez 11 :
Learned
Voted Surveyor of Wheat m r Elifha Learned
Voted & Chofe m r Simon Haftings for Saxton
Voted that y* Saxton Shall have two Contrabutions as Ufual
for his Service — Voted that Swine be Shut up y* prefent Year
Voted & Chofe for a Comm": to Examin j^jj H^rin^on
the Treafures Accounts [ M r Mofes Stone
Voted to Appropriate y* Intereft money as it was y* 1 last year
(Viz) five Shillings & eight pence to y* School & the Reft to the
Minifter
[275] Voted & Granted y e Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 for a
Sallary for the Rev d m r Seth Storer the Enfueing year y* Intereft
money Appropriated to that Ufe to be paid of Said Sum & y*
Remainder to be afseft —
Voted & Granted for the Support of y e School y 4 *
Sum of £40 : —
Voted & Granted for y* Support of y* poor 50 : —
Voted & Granted for Repairing y* Great Bridge 3:0 —
Voted & Granted for Mending y* High-ways &
Town-ways — 40 : —
Voted & Chofe y* Surveyors of High ways Collectors of y*
High way Rate
Voted that y e price of Labour in Working out y* High-way
Rate be the Same it was the Last Year
Voted & abated in Conftable Isaac Sanderfons List y e Sum
of £1:6:4:2—
and in Conftable Jonathan Stones Lists for y* Year 1763 (Viz)
Abel Lorings Rates being : 12 : 3 pence and
Rufsels Rates being . . : 12 : 3 pence Both
being — 1:4:6: —
and Granted the Same Sums to make them good
Then the 15 th : Article was Read and after Debate thereon the
Vote wa ^ P ut Whether y c Town will Build any More School-
Houfes at prefent and it Paft in the Negative
Upon a Motion made & Seconded it was put to Vote Whether
the town will grant a further Sum of Money to be laid out in
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Such a Manner and in Such parts of the town as y* 5 Selectmen
Shall think proper and it paft in the affirmative —
Then it was put to Vote whether the town will grant y* Sum
of twenty pounds for s d Schooling it past in y e Negative
The twelth Article when Read the accounts of thofe perfon to
Whome the Town is Indebted were Sevarly Read to y* town the
whole amounting to y* Sum of 11 : 14 : 8 : 2 farthings and
y* Town Voted and Granted the Same Sum to pay s d accounts —
Upon a Motion made & Seconded the Vote was put Whether
it be the Minde of the town that y* Remaining Articles in y e
Warrant be put of to Next May Meeting to be then acted Upon
and it past in the affirmative
[276] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of y* Wid°
Mary Learned on the 4:th Day of March AD 1765 for the
Swareing y* Town officers after the Selectmen had Taken y e
oath Relating to y e Bills of the othe Goverments the perfons
after named took the oaths Required by law to Quallified them
to to Serve in Several offices to which they were Chofen Viz
Jon a Brown Town Clerk & Treafurer & afsefsor
Mif s John Kemball & Moses Stone afsefsors
Richard Clark a Warden Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
Sam 11 : Soden fence Viewer, Thomas Learned & Edward Har-
rington Ju r Surveyors of High-ways & Collectors, Josiah Bright
& Joseph Coollidge Tything men, Samuel Warrin Hogreive,
Jonas White & Cornelius Waldo Deer Reives, Nath 11 Coollidge
Ju r & Jonas Coollidge Ju r : Surveyors of Timber &c
Josiah Norcrofs & Daniel Whitney Ju r Howards Edmund
Fowle & David Sanger Clerks of y e Market, Samuel Cook &
Bezaleel Learned Cullars of Hoops Staves &c Elifha Learned
Surveyor of Wheat
All Sworn by John Hunt Justice peace —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Publick Meeting Houfe on
y* 4:th Day of March AD 1765 Before the Opening of y* publick
Town-Meeting the Selectmen Signed an order on the Town
Treafurer to pay out of y* Treafury the Sum of 39 : 19 : : 2
farthings to y e following perfons it being in full of their accounts
which they Exhibited to y* Selectmen on the first day of this
prefent month See Page. (273) of this Book (Viz)
To mif r . Jonas Berned 4:11: 7:3
To John Kemball 0:16: 0:1
To Simon Coollidge 12:16: 1:1
To Thomas Learned 8: 9:10:2
To Joseph Coollidge 13 : 5 : 4:3—
£39 : 19 = : 2
Watertown Records.
295
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on the Eleventh day of March
1765 at the Houfe of y* wid° Mary Learned M r Samuel White
took y* Oath of a Conftable & M r William Bond the oath of a
Warden & M r Nathan Coollidge the oath of a Hogreive after
they had Taken y* Money oath they were Sworn by — Jon a
Brown Town Cler —
[277] At Said Meeting the Selectmen Agreed with m r
Jonas Beamed to take of and Board Mary Coollidge for one Year
if She lives at ^ Rate of fifteen Shillings p r Week old Tenor
And with m r John Sawin to take ^ re of y 6 wid° Lydia War-
rin and Board her one year if She lives at Rate of thirty two
Shillings p r Week old Tenor
And with M r Jonathan Stone to take Care of & Board the
wid° Mary Maddox one Year at the Rate of eighteen Shillings
p r Week old Tenor
And with m r Joseph Coollidge to take Care of & Board Samuel
Coollidge one Year if he lives at the Rate of twenty Seven Shil-
lings p r week old Tenor — And the Several perfons are to be
Taken Care as of aboveSaid without any further allowance lett
their Circumftances be w l : they will (Except in Case of Sicknefs)
At this Meeting y** Selectmen agreed that m r Bezaleel Learned
Should take c ^ e of y* Great Bridge the prefent Year provided
that he will do it at a Reafonable Rate and be faithfull in the
Truft
And it was agreed by the Selectmen to look out for another
School-mafter
at this Meeting they Signed an order on y* Town Treafurer to
pay the Sum of one pound to m r Moses Stone for Cloathing
which he provided for Samuel Coollidge and one pound Seven
Shillings & four pence to M r Nathaniel Stone for Boarding Sarah
Learned
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Houfe of m r Edward
Richardfon on y* 25 th : Day of March 1765 — agreed that m r
Nath 11 - Stone Provide what Cloathing is Nefsacery for the wid°
Lydia Warrin Alfo Agreed that m r John Kemball provide a
School-mafter that he thinks will anfwer the end, as Cheap
and Soon as he Can and make Report to the Selectmen
Likewife it was agreed that mifu rs John Kemball & Nath 1 .
Stone goe and take advice Relating to the Ephraim Warrin & y e
Wid: Maddox and Sarah Learned tomorrow and Report at the
Next meeting —
[278] At the Meeting afore Said the Selectmen Signed an
order on the town Treafurer to pay m r Marfhal Spring y e Sum of
thirty pounds which is in full for his keeping y e School in Water-
town Nine Months
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W atertown Records.
at this Meeting they ordered the Clerk to write an order to
the Clerks of y* Market for last year to Diliver the towns Scales
and weights to y c Prefent Clerks of y e Markets
at this meeting y e afsefsors made Return to y* Selectmen of
their afsefsing the High-way Rate which they ordered to be Re-
corded which is as follows (Viz)
To y c Selectmen
Gen n :
/ Thefe may Certify that we y e Subscribers afsefsors
have afseft the Ratable Pools and Estates in Water-
town in the Sum of forty pounds it being y e Grant
made at y* last march Meeting by y* Town for
Repairing y* 5 High-ways and town-ways the prefent
year and have Committed lists of the Same to the
Surveyors who are alfo Collectors of the High-way
Rate (Viz)
afsesfory To m r Edward Harrington Ju r : the
Certificate \ Sum of 20 : 18 : 10.: 2
1 and to m r Thomas Learned y* Sum
J of 19:1:1:2
I with Lawfull warrants to levy & Collect ^
I Same or See that it be faithfully worked out agre-
I able to y e Vote of y e Town So as to make up their
[ accounts with your Selves or Succefsors on or before
\ the last Day of November Next Enfueing the Date
^ Hereof
John Kemball
Jon a : Brown
Moses Stone
Watertown March y* 5 : 18: 1765
[279] At a Meeting of y 6 Selectmen at ^ Houfe of the
wid° Mary Learned on y* 5 : 29 Day of March AD 1765
M r John Kemball informed y e Selectmen that he had agreed
with Joseph Willard to keep the School three Months for Ten
pounds and that he began the Day before
at this Meeting m r Joseph Coollidge informed that ^ e would
take a Letter of Guardianfhip for Ephraim w ^ rrin if y* 5 Select-
men would go to y e Judge with him and git one which they agreed
to do the Next tuesday — ■
The Afsefsors Diftrects were given as they were last Year See
page (259)
At a Meeting of ^ Selectmen on y e 8 th - day of april 1765 at y* 5
Houfe of M r Edward Richardfon they Signed an order on y*
Treafurer to pay to m r Nathaniel Stone Six Shillings which he
W atertown Records.
297
gave for advice Relating to Ephraim Warrin and to pay m r
Mofes Stone two Shillings which he gave to y* County Regifter
for Copys Relating to y* wid°. Maddox's affair
They agreed that y* Clerk Should Send an order to m r Thomas
Learned not keep the wid°: Mary Maddox any Longer at the
towns Cost which was don the Same Evening
Mifs rs : Nath 11 : Stone & Moses Stone are to Perambulate
lines & Renew Bounds with the adjacent town on Fryday the third
Day of May Next (Viz) with Cambridge at Eight of the Clock
in the Morning to Begin at ^ River, and at Twelve a Clock at
Noon with Waltham and at four of the Clock afternoon with
Newton and the Clerk is to Notify the Sevaral Towns Accord-
ingly Which was accordingly don
By Jon a Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on the Sixth Day of May
g 1765 at the Houfe of the wid° Mary Learned Mifs re :
j« Nath 1 : Stone & Moses Stone made Verbal Report that they
I had attended the Service of Perambulating and meet the
g Perfons Appointed by the Adjacent towns and Renewed
* the Marks
[280] At the Said Meeting on y^ Sixth of May 1765 See y*
last Page M r Marfhall Spring bro 1 : in his account for keeping
the School last Year ten Months & Ten Days and and the Select-
men Signed an order of the Treafurer to Pay him the Sum of Four
pounds Eight Shilling & ten pence two farthing in full for s d
Service and the Sum of Six pounds Six Shillings & Eleven pence
for his Medicines & attendance of Sarah Learned while She was
Lame
at this Meeting m r : John Kemball Notified y* Selectmen that
he had Received into town one Benjamin Bond who Came last
from Weston the first Day of April last Likewife m r David
Bemis Notified that he had Received one Phinehas Child and
Family into the Houfe that was m r Amos Bonds late Deceaft and
Nathaniel Coollidge Jun r notified that he had Received one Ruth
Bowman into his family who Came Last from Lincoln in the
Month of March last
N. B. s d Phinehas Child above said Came last from Waltham
the later-end of March Last
at this Meeting it was agreed that m r John Kemball Should
gitt the Pound Repaired and alfo the Stocks
And the Selectmen haveing Received a Precept Requiring the to
afsemble the Inhabitants of Watertown to Elect & Depute a
Suitable perfon to Reprefent them in a Great & General Court
Appointed to be Convened held & keept for His Majesty's Ser-
vice at the Court Houfe in Boston on Wedenfday the 29 Day of
this Inftant May they agreed to n * ve a Town Meeting for that
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W atertown Records.
Purpose on Monday the Thirteenth Day of May Currant and
Ordered the Clerk to Issue out a warrant Directed to the Con-
ftable to warn the Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in the
Choice of a Reprefentative to Meet at the publick Meeting-
Houfe on s d thirteenth day of May at two of the Clock After-
noon for s d Purpose, and Likewife to warn the Inhabitants who
are Quallified to vote in town affairs to meet at three of the Clock
the Same Day at the Same place to Acl: on the following Articles
(Viz)
First
[281] First to Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting
(2 Iy ) To Hear the Report of the Committe that were Chofen
to Examin y e Treafurers Accounts and to pafs any Votes on them
they think Proper
(3 ly ) To know y* Minde of the town whether they will jj ave
two or more School-Houfes in the town and if y e Town Agree
thereto then to make Provifion for Erecting the Same and Deter-
min where they Shall be Sett and Act any Elfe on the affair they
think Proper (4 Iy ) To Hear the Report of the Selectmen of
what they have don Relating to the Town-way that Leads from
the South-weft Corner of m r David Sangers land down to his
Wharf in order to make Said way Certain and to Confirm the
Same or do any thing elfe on the affair they May think Proper
(5 ly ) For the town to do what may be thought Proper to Confirm
a Deed which was given to Richard King which is thought not
Sufficiently Executed and for the town to acl: any thing on the
affair they may think Proper (6 ly ) To Hear the Petition of
Nathaniel Sanger Praying the town to give him Liberty to Finifh
his Building Near the Mill-Creek where he has Sett Up a
Frame and for the town to Acl: any thing on they affair they May
think Proper
(7 ly ) To know the Minde of the Town whether will Apply
to y e General Court to to have the fifhery in Watertown Put
Under Some Regulations that may Prevent the Many Quarrals
& Difputes Often Arife Between the Perfons that Come there to
fifh and for the town to acl: any thing on the affair they may
think Proper (8 ,y ) To Choofe any town officers in the Room
of thofe that were Chofen in March Last who Refufe or Neglect
to Serve. (9 ly ) To Hear the Report of the Committe which
were Chofen to Settle the Bounds of y e land Near y* Meeting-
Houfe with Stephen Harris and for the town to acl: any thing
elfe on y e affair they may think Proper (10 ly ) To know the
minde of the town whether they will Sell a Small Peice of land
at the head of the wid° Margrit Parrys Meadow land on the
Countrey Road and for the town to acl their Pleafure thereon
(Hiy) t q k now tne m i n( i e f the town whether they will abate
any Perticular Perfons Rates in ^ late Counftables Hands and
for the town to acl their Pleafure thereon —
Watertown Records.
299
A Warrant was Issued out Accordingly
P r Jon a Brown Town Cle
[282] At a Gen 11 : Town Meeting of y* freeholders and
other Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in y*
Choice of a Reprefentative Reguarly Afsembled at the Publick
Meeting Houfe in Said town on Monday the Thirteenth Day of
May AD 1765—
They made Choice of L l : Daniel Whitney to Serve for and
Reprefent them in a Great & Gen 11 : Court or afsembly ap-
pointed to be held and kept for his Majesty's Service at the Court-
Houfe in Boston on Wedenfday the Twenty Ninth Day of this
Prefent Month of May
At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of y* freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown who are Qualified to Vote in town af-
fairs Regularly afsembled at y" publick Meeting. Houfe in s d
Town of Monday the Thirteenth Day of May Anno. Domini
1765 —
Voted & Chofe M r : Nathaniel Harrington Moderator for s d
Meeting
2 d ar l : Voted & accepted y e Committes Report on y* Treafures
accounts (See the Next page)
3 art le : Voted Not to Build any more School-Houfes at Prefent
Put to vote whether it be the Minde of the town to grant a
further Sum of Money to be laid out for the Inftruclion of the
youth in Such parts of the town and at Such places and times as a
Committe to be heafter appointed by y* town (Seperate from y*
Gramer School) Shall think Proper and it paft in the affeirmative
Voted and Granted the Sum of 20 Pounds for S d : Schooling
Jonas White
Voted and Chofe for Said Committe
Jonas Bond Ju r
Nath 1 Harrington
Neh h : Mafon
Jon a Bemis Ju r
on the 6 article Put to Vote whether the town will act on the
Petition of Nath 11 Sanger & it paft in y e Negative
Voted and accepted the town Road by David Sangers as Stated
by the Selectmen See their Report at Page (284) Recorded. —
[283] Put to Vote whether the town will act on the article
Relating to Samuel Sanger and it paft in y e affirmative
Voted to Choofe a Committe & Impower them to give a Quit
Claim Deed of all the towns Rite to Said Land which was
granted to Richard King
300
W atertown Records.
f m r Samuel Fisk
Voted and Chofe for Said Committe — I m r John Remington
[ John Hunt Esq r
Voted that the Reprefentative petetion the General Court for
Liberty for the Selectmen to Regulate the fifhery in Water-
town as they think Proper —
Voted and Accepted m r Isaac Sanderfon to Serve Conftable in
the Room of m r Ebenezer Stetfon, and Said Sanderfon was Sworn
to Said office By John Hunt Justice Peace
Then the Committee that were appointed to Settle the Bounds
of the land with Stephen Harris Made Verbal Report that they
had agreed with Said Harris and Sett the fence on the line and that
m r Harris had given a Quit Claim Deed of what land was out of
the fence And the town Voted and Accepted y e Said Committes
Report and that the Said Deed be Recorded —
Voted that the Committe formerly Chofen to Sell land Lying A to
y* ways be and hereby are Impowred to Sell the Small peice of
land Mentioned in y e Tenth Article to the wid° Margrit Parry —
Then Voted and Abated m r James Bayles Minifters Tax for
y* year 1763 upon his giveing a Difcharge for the Same
Likewife Voted and abated Jonas Learneds Rates in Conftable
Stones lists for two years and granted the Sum of : 15=9 : 1
to make it good
The Committes Report on the Town Treafurers Accounts as
follows (Viz)
Watertown May 10 th . 1765 We the Subscribers Appointed by
the Town Aforesaid to Examine the Town Treafurers accounts
Upon Examination find Said accounts Well Vouched & Right
Cast "
John Remington ) _
Moses Stone J Com '
[284] The Selectmen of Watertown Report to y e Said
Town That they have Stated the Town way leading out of y*
County Road Down to m r : David Sangers Wharf to be two
Roods wide from Said Sangers wall Said wall to be the Eafterly
Bounds of Said way
Watertown March y e : 1: John Kemball
1765 This Town way Nath 11 : Stone
allowed by y e Town Jonathan Child \ Selectmen
See Page (282)// Nath 1 Harrington
Mofes Stone
May ye 24: 1765 I gave an order on y e Selectmen of Weston
To pay m r Jonas Harrington Ju r of Weston y* 5 Sum of 2 : : 7 : 1
farthing in full for 203 feet of planck which he Bro 1 : to the
Great Bridge in Watertown last Year
Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
W atertown Records.
301
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Houfe of y* Wid°: Mary-
Learned on y e 24 Day of June 1765
They Signed an order on y* Treafurer to the Sum of Ten
pounds to M r Joseph Willard which is in full for his keeping
School in Watertown three months and the Sum of one pound
thirteen Shillings to M r Benjamin Harrington for 165 feet of
planck which he Sent to y e Great Bridge in Watertown last
Year-
It was agreed that M r : John Kemball & Jonathan Brown or
either of them Treat with M r Joseph Willard and agree with him
to keep y* School Some further time if he is willing and make
Report at their next meeting
[285] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r
Mofes Stone on the Fifth Day of July AD 1765—
M r Joseph Coolldge being prefent Informed the Selectmen that
Samuel Coollidge was in want of Some Breeches — they Agreed
that Said Joseph Coollidge procure Some Tow-Cloth and make
him two pair & Bring in his account to the Selectmen for allow-
ance as Soon as they are made
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Wal-
tham at the Houfe of M r Richard Cutting in Waltham on the
Second Day of Sep r : AD: 1765 The Charge of Repairing the
the Great in Watertown which had arifen Since the last adjust-
ment which was on y* third Day of Sep r : Anno Domini 1764
s d q
which amounted to the Sum of £ 7 : 4 : 8 : 3 was Propor-
tioned and adjusted & Signed by the Selectmen of y e three Towns
See Lib 1 ": 2 Page the (66) in the Treafury —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on Second Day of Sep r : AD 1765
at the Houfe of m rs : Mary Learned The Selectmen approbated
M r : Thomas Saltmarfh M rs Mary Learned & m r : Edward
Richardfon to be Inholders & Mifs rs : John Remington Cornelius
Waldo & Nathaniel Coollidge Ju r : to be Retailors — at this Meet-
ing upon being Informed that the Meeting-Houfe & m r : Storers
Houfe wanted Repairs it was agreed that Mif rs : Nath 11 . Stone
Jon a : Child & Moses Stone Should go and Veiw them & that
the Selectmen will ™ eet again on this Day Fortnight at this place
to Confider what is Proper to be don in the affair — They alfo
being Informed that the town Standard of Weights & Meafures
do not Agree with the Province Standard therefore ordered the
Clerk to Defire m r : Samuel Fisk to Carry them to Boston and
gitt them new Sealed at the towns Cost
They
[286] They Likewife being Informed that one Timothy
Daucey and one Richard Walker were Come to Dwell in Water-
302
W atertown Records.
town at the Houfe of John Hunt Esq r : they Came last from Bos-
ton and one Elizabeth Stowell at the Houfe of Edward Harring-
ton Ju r : She Came last from Waltham the Said Daucey and
Walker Came into town the first Day of October last past and
y* Said Elizabeth Stowell on the twenty fifth day of the Same
month their Circumftances being Such that the Selectmen or-
dered the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn them out of
town — A Warrant was Issued out accordingly Dated the Next
Day Directed to Conftable Samuel White
Service don Cautions Enter'd Jon a : Brown Town Cler —
Concord Court Sep r : 1765
At a Meeting of ^ Selectmen at y^ Houfe of y* wid°: Mary
Learned on y e : 16 Day of Sep r : 1765 —
They agreed to approbate m r : Abijah Learned to keep an
Inhold in his mothers Houfe in her Stead — Likewife to appro-
bate m r Bezaleel Learned to be a Retailor — They Directed the
Clerk to Send to y e Selectmen of Weston to Send three Hundred
of good Planck for the Great Bridge in Watertown
They Likewife agreed to have a Town-Meeting on Monday
the twenty third Day of this prefent September at one of the
Clock afternoon at y 45 Publick Meeting-Houfe and ordered the
Clerk to Issue out warrants Directed to the Conftable to warn
the Inhabitants who are Qullified to Vote in town affairs to
meet at time and place afore Said for the Ends following (Viz)
First
[287] First To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting —
(2 Iy ) To know the minde of y e Town whether they will give
Some Inftriictions to their Reprefentative how to act on the
Important affairs that will Come before the General Court at
their Next Sefsions and for the town to act any thing on y^ affair
that may be thought Proper —
(3 ,y ) For the town to grant money to Build a New pound & to
act any thing Relating thereto they may think Proper
(4 ly ) For to know the minde of y* Town whether they will
Repair the Meeting-Houfe and the Dwelling Houfe where y*
Rev d M r : Seth Storer Dwells and if they agree thereto then to
agree in what manner Said Repairs Shall be don and Grant
money there for and act any thing on y e affair they may think
Proper
(5 ly ) To Hear what y* Selectmen have don Relating to y*
affair of Sarah Learned and for y* Town to Grant money to
Carry on the affair with y e Town of Boston and act any thing
Relating thereto as may be thought Needfull
(6 ly ) To Hear the Report of y e Committe that were appointed
• to lay out the Lotts for Stables Near y* Meeting-Houfe and for
W atertown Records.
303
the town to act any thing further on the affair they may think
Proper —
Which was Accordingly Don the Next Day —
Attest Jon a : Brown Town Clerk —
[288] At a Gen 11 : Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other
Inhabitants of of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town
affairs Regularly afsembled & meet together at y* publick meet-
ing-Houfe In Said town on Monday y e : 23 d : Day of Sep r : Anno
Domini 1765 for Tranfacting y* affairs as Settforth in y e war-
rants for s d : Meeting —
Voted & Choofe M r : Nath 11 : Stone Moderator for y« Meeting
the 2 article was Read & after Debate thereon it was put to
Vote Whether it be your Minds to act any thing on y* article
and it past in the Negative —
(3) Article Read Put to Vote whether y* town will grant
Mony to Build a New pound & it past in y* Negative
2 Iy : Put to Vote whether y* Town would Repair the old pound
& it paft in the Affirmative —
(4 th ) article Read & Put to Vote whether the town will
Repair the Meeting-Houfe & it past in y e affirmative
Put to Vote whether whether they will Repair the the Mifterial
Houfe & it past in y e affirmative
Put to Vote whether the porch Should be Covered with Lead
and it past in the affirmative —
Voted & Granted the Sum of 13 : 6 : 8 to Repair y* Meeting-
houfe
Voted & Granted y e Sum of 5 pounds to Repair y* Minifteriel
Houfe
Voted & Chofe for a Com" to Repair s d :
Houfes
Voted & Granted y* Sum of £20 pounds to Carry on y* affair
between the Town of Watertown & Boston Relating to Sarah
Learned
Voted that y* Selectmen Repair y* pound as they think Need-
full—
[289] At a Meeting of y 4 * Selectmen at y* Houfe of y e wid°
Mary Learned on the 11 th . Day of November AD 1765
The Selectmen Agreed that m r : Prentice Should keep the School
a Quarter of a Year Longer at y* Same Price as he did the Last
Quarter and to Begin y e Next Day
and it was Agreed that m r Mofes Stone Provide a pair of
Shirts for Samuel Coollidge as Soon as he Can — and that M r John
Kemball Provide a pair of Shoes for Mary Coollidge and git the
Meeting-Houfe & School-houfe glafs Mended, and Likewife that
m r Mofes Stone defire m r Simon Haftings to mend the School-
Houfe
Jonas White
Moses Stone
Richard Clark
304
W atertown Records.
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y e Houfe of M r Edward
Richardfon on y e 23 Day of Dec r : AD 1 765 —
they Agreed that m r : Nathaniel Stone Provide y e wid° Lydia
Warrin a pair of Shifts & two Caps — Likewife Agreed that M r :
Ebenezer Stone Ju r : take & Board the wid° Maddox till the Poor
are Put out in March Next at two Pifterens p r Week Alfo Agreed
that m r : Joseph Coollidge provide Some Buttons and Mend
Samuel Coollidges Jacket and Bring in his Account in order for
payment —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonathan Brown
on the 17 th - Day of January Anno Domini 1766 —
they Agreed that four pair of Gloves be provided for the perfons
that did the Service in laying out the Corps of Mary Preift alio
Agreed the Clerk Issue out a Warrant to Warn Phinehas Child
and Family Sarah Byles & Benjamin Bond out of town —
Which was Done the 21 : Day of y e Month
Attest Jon a : Brown Town Cle
[290] At the Meeting Mentioned on the last page the Se-
lectmen agreed to Procede in the affair Depending Between
Watertown & Boston Relating to Sarah Learned and that mifs r
Nathaniel Stone and Mofes Stone take Care that the Same Wit-
nefses be Sommoned as were before and be Ready at the time
appointed which is y e Last Tuesday in this prefent month and
that Cp 1 Jonathan Brown Treat with the Attorneys & Endeavor
that they attend at the Said time — the Perfons were warned out
Except Benjamin Bond and the warrant Return'd to y* Clerk of
y e Sessions y* 1 1 day of Feb y —
At a Meeting of y 6 Selectmen on the 7 th - Day of Feb r y 1766 at
the Houfe of M r : Abijah Learned — They Signed Orders on the
Town Treafurer to pay the Town Creditors the Sum of
£11 : 14 : 8 : 2 which was Granted them last March Meeting
— And the Sum of £66 : 13 : 4 to the Rev d : M r : Seth Storer
for his Sallary the Prefent year alfo it was agreed that m r : Caleb
Prentice keep the School till the first day of March Next and
that m r : John Kemball Notifie him thereof —
They ordered the Clerk to Issue out another Warrant to warn
Benjamin Bond out of town he not being found before — alfo one
Moses Sanderfon who Came last from Cambridge in y e month of
August or September Last past and Refides at Houfe of y^ Wid°
Goddard — alfo agreed to meet again on Tuesday Sen 1 : at m r
Moses Stones at Nine of y* Clock in the forenoon
A Warrants were Issued accordingly
[291] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on the 18th: Day of
W atertown Records.
305
Feb 17 Anno Domini 1766 at the Houfe of M r . Mofes Stone
They Setled their Accounts Relating to ye law Suit with the
Town of Bofton about Sarah Learned and they ammounted to the
Sum of £11 = 11=3 and they si ^ ned and order on the Town
Treafurer to p A ay them their Several accounts Viz M r : Nathaniel
Harrington the Sum of 0=4 : Jonathan Child y e Sum of
£0=8=0 Nathaniel Stone the Sum of £1=4 : 6 and John
Kemball the Sum of £0 : 4 : Mofes Stone the Sum of
£1=7 : 1 and to Jonathan Brown the Sum of £8 : 3 : 8 —
Agreed that Mifs rs : John Kemball Jonathan Child and Jonathan
Brown go the Next d ^ y to Jonas Bond Esq rs : and Settle accounts
Relating to Mary Preift with them and Take what Cloathing
and &c She left from there —
They Agreed to have y e publick Annual Town Meeting on
Monday the third Day of March Next at y* publick Meeting-
Houfe at Ten of the Clock in the forenoon and Ordered the Clerk
to Issue out Warrants Directed to y* Several Conftables to warn
the Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs to
Meet at S d : time & place to act on the following Articles (Viz)
First to Choofe a Moderator for s d . Meeting —
(2 ly ) To Choofe Selectmen Town-Clerk & Treafurer & all
other town officers Required by law to be Chofe in the month
of March Annually (3 ly ) To Choofe Saxton and Agree how he
Shall be paid for his Service (4 ly ) To put in their Votes for a
County Treafurer (5 ly ) To know the minde of the town
Whether Swin Shall Run at large the Infueing year (6 ly ) To
Choofe a Committe to Examin the Treafurers accounts & pafs
any Votes on them they may think proper (7 ly .) For the town
to appropriate the Intereft money Coming to then the prefent
year y* year Begining the eleventh day of December last past —
Eightly
[292] (8 ly ) To grant a Sallary for y e Rev d : M r : Seth
Storer for y e Year Enfueing y e Year Begining the first day of
march next
(9 th ) To grant money to Suppor the Grammer School or any
other Schools that they may Agree upon
(10 th ) To Grant money to Support the Poor (ll ly ) To
Grant money for Repairing the great Bridge (12 ly ) To hear
the accounts of thofe perfons the Town is Indebted to and grant
money to pay the Same (13. ly ) To grant money to Repair the
High-ways and Town-Ways if they think Proper and to Choofe
the Surveyors Collectors of the High-way Rate & Determin the
Price of Labour in working out Said Rate —
(14 ly ) To Hear the Pleas of the Prefent or late Conftables
for abateing any Perticular perfon Rates in their lists and for the
town to Act their Pleafure thereon (l5)To know the minde of
the town whether they will pay the prime Cost of any Pew or
306
W atertown Records.
Pews in y e Meeting-Houfe which at this time Revert to y e Town
Agreable to their former Votes And Difpofe of them again in
Such a way & manner as they Shall think heft and do any thing
elfe on y e affair they may think Proper (16) To know y e
Minde of the town Whether they will Choofe a Committe to
manage the School or Schools that they may agree to be kept in
the town and do any thing on the affair they may think Proper
(17) To Hear the Report of y e Selectmen Relating to y e affair of
Sarah Learned and for y* Town to act their pleafure thereon —
And likewife to Notify y e Town Creditors to bring in their ac-
counts to y* Selectmen at the Houfe of M r : Abijah Learned on
Fryday the 28 th - of this Inftant Feb 17 : at three of y^ Clock after-
noon in order to their being laid before the Town — Warrants
were Issued out Accordingly
Attest Jon a Brown Town Cle/
[293] At a Meeting of y^ Selectmen on y e 28 th - Day of
Feb 17 : AD 1766 at y* Houfe of m r : Abijah Learned The per ions
w r ho kept y 6 Poor y* Year past bro 1 : in their Accounts which are
as follows (Viz)
Jonas Berned for Boarding Mary Coollidge from Feb 17 : 27:
1765 till Feb^ 27 1766 being fifty two weeks at 21
p r week 5=4=0
Joseph Coollidge for Boarding Samuel Coollidge from Feb 17 :
28: 1765 to Feb^: 28: 1766 being 52 weeks at 27/ old Tenor
P r week Comes to L M. 9:7:2:2
and for Cloathing &c 1/4 0:1:4:0
Total is— 9:8:6:2
John Sawin for Boarding the wid° Lydia Warrin from March
the Eleventh day 1765 to March the Eleventh 1766 being 52
weeks at 32/1 P r week old Tenor it Comes to in Lawfull
money — 11 = 1 : 10 : 2
Thomas Learned for Boarding the wid° Mary Maddox from
the first Day of March 1765 to the Eight day of April following
being Five Weeks & five days at 24/1 old Tenor P r week
Comes to : 18 : L : M
Ebenezer Stone Ju r : for Boarding the wid° Mary Maddox
from January y e : 4: 1766 to the 28 th : of Feb ry : following it being
Eight Weeks at two piftereens P r week Comes to —
: 19 : 2 :1
Isaac Sanderfon for makeing one pair & mending two pair of
Shoes for Samuel Coollidge & making a pair for Mary
Coollidge £0 : 13 : 10
Nathaniel Stone for Cloathing for Samuel Coollidge and y*
widow Lydia Warrin and for Board &c for Ruth
Maddox .... 1:7:7:3
W atertoivn Records.
307
Moles Stone for money lent to y* town and two Bufhels of
Meal for Samuel Mafons wife and Cloathing for Samuel
Coollidge 4 : 5=5 : 2
IB
Jonathan Brown for 20 weight of Beef at 2/1 old Tenor P r
pound which was Deliver'd to Samuel Mafons wife by order of
the Selectmen and two pair of Gloves provided for Mary Preifts
Funeral and what was omitted in a former account
: 14 : 7 : 2
Simon Haftings for mending the pound Diging a Grave for
Mary Preift and fixing the Stocks £0 : 10 : —
Bezaleel Learned for Labour and meterials at the great Bridge in
the Year past 0:17:8
Jonas Bond ju r for things provided for Mary Preifts Funeral
more than her wages came to 0=13 : : 3
[294] At this Meeting the Committe that had the care of
the Schooling bro 1 : their accounts of What they had Expended in
the Several Schools which are as follows Viz —
M r : Nath 11 : Harrington for cafh paid m rs . Hannah Bright for
keeping School 8 weeks at 5/4 d P r : Week 2:2:8
M: Jonas Bond ju r for cafh paid M rs : Mafon for eight weeks
Keeping School at 5/4 d P r Week 2:2:8
M r : Jonas White for cafh paid Mofes Biglo's wife for keep-
ing School at 5/4 p r Week 1:1:4
To Cafh paid m rs : Saltmarfh for 8 weeks at 5/4 P r
week— 2:2:8
To Cash paid m r : Sam": Cook for Houfe Room to keep
the School in 0:12:0
and to Cash to Joiiah Bifco for 4 Weeks keeping
School 2:8:0
alfo for 2 Weeks more in keeping School — 1 : 10 :
M r Whites Sum Total for keeping School is £7:14:0
Alfo m r Jonas White bro 1 : in an account of his Expences in
Repairing y* Miniiteriel Houfe for Labour & meterials ammount-
ing to the Sum of 6:7:8
Jonas Harrington J r of Wefton Sent an account of 179 feet
of planck which he bro 1 : to v* Great Bridge at 20/1 p r Hundred
1 : 15=9 : 2
And m r Benj a - Harrington Sent an account of 205 feet of
planck which he Sent to S d : Bridge at y* Same price
2:1:0: —
Likewife the perfons afternamed gave in y 6 following accounts
In order to their being lay'd before the town Viz —
To m r John KembaJl for Serving afsefsor last year 0=16 :
308
W atertown Records.
To m r Moies Stone for like Service : 16 :
To Jonathan Brown for Serving Treafurer &
afsefsor 3= 9 — 4
To M r Thomas Learned for Houfe Room &c for
wid° Maddox 3 : = 9 : 2
To y e Eftate of Benj n - Felton Deceaf 1 for his
Serving Conftable &c 0:9:0 —
To Deacon Sam 11 - Fisk for giting v e Town
Stander Sealed— 0:4:0
To m r John Kemball for mending y* School-Houfe
Chair— : 1 : 10 : 3
Exclufive of Tho s Learneds y* Total is £5 : 16 : 2 : 3
The two last added at town meeting
[295] At this Meeting y e Selectmen Received a Notification
from m r John Remington Informing that he had Received one
Martha Chadwick into his houfe who Came Last from Cambridge
on the fourth day of November last past alfo Leiu 1 Daniel Whit-
ney Notified that he had Received on Sarah Chamberlain into his
houfe who Came last from Needham on the Twelth Day of this
prefent month, and Simon Whitney Notified in writing that he
had Received into his Family one Sufanna Willard who Came
last from Newton in the month of June or July last past
The Selectmen then ordered the Clerk to Issue out a Warrat to
warn the above Said Martha Chadwick out of Town — Which
was Done the Same Day —
P r : Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
At this Meeting M r : Caleb Prentice Sent to the Selectmen to
know whether he Should Continue to keep the School till
further Orders or Difmifs it. Where upon the Selectmen agreed
that it Should be Difmift till further orders. & that m r : Kemball
give m r : Prentice notice there of
At a Meeting of y 6 Selectmen at y e Publick-Meeting H ° ufe on
Monday Morning y e 3 d : Day of March AD 1766 —
They Signed orders on y* Town Treafurer A to pay the Several
accounts which were bro*: in to y* Selectmen on y* 28 th Day of
February last ammounting to y* Sum of 58=18 : 4 : 1 —
which Accounts were to be paid out of last years grants
Said accounts are Entered at pages : (293) & (294) of this
Book—
[296] At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified according to Law
to Vote in town affairs Regularly Afsembled at the Publick
Meeting-Houfe in S d : town on Monday Third Day of March
Anno Domini 1766 For the Choice of Town Officers &
W atertown Records.
309
Voted & Chofe for Selectmen
Tranfadting y* other Affairs mentioned in the Warrants for
Said Meeting —
Voted & Chofe M r : John Kemball Moderator for s d Meeting
m r John Kemball
Cap 1 : Jon a : Brown
m r Mofes Stone
m r Jonas White
m r Jon a Bemis Ju r
Voted & Chofe for Town-Clerk Cp l : Jon a : Brown
Voted & Chofe for Town-Treafurer Cp l : Jon a : Brown
f m r John Kemball
Voted & Chofe for Afsefsors — \ Cap 1 : Jon a : Brown
( m r Mofes Stone
r
Voted & Chofe for Conftables ™ fs David Sanger & Daniel
Sawin
Voted & Chofe for Wardens mifs us Thomas Harrington &
Jedidiah Leath
Voted & Chofe Sealer of Leather m r Thomas Pattin
Voted & Chofe Fence-Veiuers mifs rs Tho s : Learned & Jon a :
Stone
Voted & Chofe Surveyor of High-ways mifs rs . Edward Richard-
fon & Sam 11 Hager Ju r
Voted & Chofe Tythingmen mif rs Elifha Larned & Stephen
Harris
Voted & Chofe Hogrieves mifs rs : John Whitney Ju r & Ezekiel
Whitney
Voted & Chofe Deerrieves mifs" Tho 3 : Pattin & Jonas White
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of Timber &c mif rs : Nath 11 . Coollidge
Ju r Bez 1 Learned & Jonas Coollidge Jr
Voted & Chofe Howards mifs". Jedidiah White & Samuel
Sanger
Voted & Chofe Clerks of ^ Market mifs rs David Bemis &
Abijah Learned
Voted & Chofe Cullars of Hoops Staves Shingles &c mif r3 Sam 1
Cook & Bez 1 Learned
Voted & Chofe Surveyor of Wheat m r : Nath 1 : Harrington
Voted Saxton m r Simon Haftings
Voted that y e Saxton have two Contrabutions as Ufuall
Voted Swine Run at large y* Enfueing year
Tr , c ~. , ry tt ^ . , f m r Nath 1 : Harrington
Voted & Chofe a Com"- to Examin the I mr Mo{e§ StQne
Treasurers accounts [ m < Davi(J Bemis
Put in their Votes for a County Treafurer —
[297] Voted to Appropriate the Intereft money as it was
Last year (Viz) Five Shillings & four pence to y* School y e
Remainder to the Minifter —
310
W atertown Records.
Voted & Granted y e Sum of £66=13=4 for a Sallary for y*
Rev d : M r Seth Storer the Enfueing year y* 5 Intereft mony ap-
propriated to that Ufe to be part y* Sum y e Remainder to be afeft
Voted & Granted the Sum of £40 pounds to Support y* Gram-
mer School
Put to Vote whether the town will have any more Schools and
it paft in the affirmative —
Voted & Granted the Sum of £20 to Suppor y e other Schools
Voted & Granted y e Sum of £3 to Repair y e Great Bridge
Voted & Granted y* Sum of £30 to Repair y* 5 High-ways & town-
ways
Voted that y* Price of Labour in working out y* High-way Rate
be 3/ P r : Day for a man and the Same for a Team —
Voted & Chofe y e Surveyors of High-ways Collectors of y*
High-way Rate
Then m r : Thomas Learneds account Relating to the widow Mary
Maddox was Read to y* Town as was accepted & allowed
Then the town Creditors accounts ammounting to y* Sum of
£5=16 : 2=3 was Read and Accepted and the Same Sum granted
to pay the Same — See Page (294)
Then the Town Voted & abated Mofes Biglo Rates in Conftable
Jon a : Stone's lists and Granted the Sum of :0: 12:2:2 to make it
good
Put to Vote Whether the town will take m r Joseph Patterfon
Pew and pay him the prime Cost it Pafst in y e Affirmative
Put to Vote whether y* town will Choofe a Committe to Manage
the Schools in y* Town and it pafst in y 6 affirmative —
m r David Bemis
m r Sam 11 : White
m r Jon a : Stone
m r Nath 1 : Stone
m r Nath 1 Harrington
Voted to Put of the Seventeenth Article to may Meeting Next
Voted & Granted the Sum of £40 to Support poor —
[298] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r
Abijah Learned on the third Day of march Anno Domini 1766
After the Selectmen had Taken the oath Relating to the other
Goverments Bills as Required by law the Following perfons after
they had Taken y e S d : oath were Sworn to the faithfull Difcharge
of y e Several offices to which they were Chofen (Viz)
Jon a : Brown to y 6 offices of Town-Clerk Town Treafurer &
afsefsor
mils" John Kemball & Mofes Stone to y e offices of Afsefsors
Jedidiah Leath to y* office of Warden Thomas Pattin Sealer
of Leather Thomas Learned & Jonathan St ™ e to y* office of
Fence Veiwers —
Edward Richardfon Surveyor of High-ways & Collector
Voted & Chofe for S d : Commits
W atertown Records.
311
Elifha Learned & Stephen Harris Tythingmen —
John Whitney Ju r & Ezekiel Whitney Hogrieves
Thomas Pattin & Jonas White Deerrieves —
Nath 11 : Coollidge Ju r Bez 11 . Learned & Jonas Coollidge Ju r :
Surveyors of Timber
Samuel Sanger a Howard —
David Bemis & Abijah Learned Clerks of y* Market
Samuel Cook & Bezaleel Learned Cullars of Hoops &c
Nathaniel Harrington Surveyor of Wheat
All Sworn by John Hunt Justice Peace
They agreed to meet again on Monday Next at this place in
order to put out y c poor for y e year Enfueing, and to Sell the
Clothing &c of Mary Preift Lately Deceaft (She being a poor
perfon) in order to Defray the Charge that She has been to y e
Town in times pafst
March y*: 10 th : 1766 mils": David Sanger & Daniel Sawin
after taking y* 5 money Oath were Sworn to y* office of Conftables
and m r : Thomas Harrington to y* office of Warden —
r
and m r : Samuel Hager Jjj to y e office of Surveyor of High-ways
and Collector —
By Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
[299] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on y e : 10 th : Day of
March 1766 at the Houfe of M r : Abijah Learned —
They Agreed that m r : Bezaleel Learned Take care of y e Great
Bridge the Enfueing year
This being y e time for Putting out the poor for y* Enfueing year
They Agreed with m r : Joseph Coollidge to take care of and
Board Samuel Coollidge one year at v e Rate of Thirty one Shil-
lings Old Tenor P T : Week — ■
and they Agreed with m rs : Mary Benjamin to take Care of
and Board the wid° Mary Maddox one year at y e Rate of 21/4
P r : week old Tenor s d : Maddox is to have her work herSelf —
alfo Agreed with M r : Phinehas Child to take Care of &
Board the wid° Lydia Warrin one year at y* Rate of 34/1: p r
week — old Tenor — And Likewife with m r : Daniel Bond to take
Care of & Board Mary Coollidge one year at the Rate of ll/ 1
P r — Week old tenor — And it was further Agreed with the above
mentioned perfons that their Should be no further allowance
for s d . poor perfons lett their Circumftances be what they will
(Except in cafe of Sicknefs) and that the Severall perfons that
are to Board the poor are to Remove them to their Houfes the
Next day or as Soon they can. And y* Selectmen Directed y*
Clerk to give them orders to Receive them which was Accord-
inly don the Same time
P r : Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
312
W atertown Records.
and y c Selectmen Agreed to meet again on Monday Next at m r :
John Kemball to Tranfact Some other affairs —
[300] At a Meeting of y c Selectmen on y e : 17 th : Day of
March 1766 at y e Houfe of m r John Kemball — They gave y*
Surveyors their Deftricts as they were last year See y e (259) page
of this Book They ordered the Clerk to give y e prefent Clerks of
the Markets an order on the last Clerks for the Scales & weights
They Likewife ordered that a Letter be wrote & Sent to m r :
Jonas Berned not to Entertain Mary Coollidge any longer at y*
Charge of the town which was don and Signed By order of ^
Selectmen
Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
At this Meeting y* Afsefsors made the following Return of
their Afsefsing y e High-way Rate (Viz)
Watertown March y 6 : 17: 1766
To y* Selectmen
/Gent 11 .
We the Subscribers afsefsors have afseft y* Rat-
able Pools & Estates in Said town in y e Sum of
Thirty Pounds being the grant made y* last march
Meeting for the Repairing y e High-ways & Town-
ways & have Committed Lists of y* Same to the
Several Collectors who are Surveyors of the High-
ways (Viz)
afsesfors ( To M r : Samuel Hager Ju r : the Sum
Certificate of— £15 = 15 = 10
and to M r Edward Richardfon y e
Sum of — 14= 4 : 2
30 : :
with Warrants to levy & Collect the Same or
See that it be faithfully worked out agreable to the
Vote of the Town So as to make up their accounts
with yourSelves or Succefsors on or before the last
day of November Next Enfueing the Date hereof
John Kemball
Jon a : Brown
Mofes Stone
[301] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y« Houfe of m r Ed-
ward Richardfon on the 20 th . Day of March Anno Domini 1766—
They Signed an Order on the Treafurer to pay the Sum of
twenty eight pounds three Shillings & one penney two farthing
to ye following Perfons in y e foliowning Manner (Viz)
To m r Thomas Learned the Sum of 3 : 0=9 : 2 it being in
W atertown Records.
313
full of what the town allow'd him for Board &c for the wid°
Mary Maddox — To m r John Sawin for mending &c for the
wid° Lydia Warrin y* Sum of 3/8 To m r John Kemball for
money lent to Carry on a law Suit with y" Town of Bolton To
m r Caleb Prentifs y* Sum of £20. in part for keeping y* School
y* last year and to m r Nehemiah Mafon y* Sum of Two pounds
eight Shillings which he paid Kezia Stone for keeping School —
And the Selectmen being Informed that there was one Mary
Bath Come to Refide in Water town at y* Houie of y" wid°
Murch She came last from Bolton Some time in y« prei'ent
month her Circumitances being Such that they Refuie to accept
her her to be an Inhabitant of Watertown therefor Ordered the
Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn her out of town which
was don the Same Evening —
P r : Jon 3 : Brown Town Cle —
[302] At a Meeting of y« Selectmen at y e Houie of M r
Abijah Learned on the 16 th Day of April 1766
They Agreed that m r : Jonas White Notify m r : Ephraim
Wheeler to Return the Child that he had Taken from y* wid°
Murch's forthwith as it is tho r : y* Mother of s d Child is about
to gitt a way & leave it to be maintained by the Town and to lett
said Wheeler know that if he Neglects to Return it y e Selectmen
are Determined to proceed with him as y* law Directs in Such
case — Alfo it was Agreed that M r : Jonas White & Jonathan
Brown Apply to Samuel Livermore Esq r : for a Warrant to Re-
move one Mary Bath & her Infant Child to Boston it being y*
last place of her Abode — M r . Moses Stone was Deiired to go to y*
wid° Murches & Inquire from whence a Child which is at her
Houie came from last and its name alio to carry a Letter to Cap 1 :
Nathaniel Coollidge which was Signed by Selectmen Deliring him
forthwith to Send any woman or women which are at his houie
out of town and a Child which is at y* wid°: Murches which She
Says Came from s d : Coollidges — And the Selectmen being In-
formed that Samuel Coollidge was in great want of a Coat they
Agreed y 4 : m r : Jonathan Bemis Ju r : or m r : Jonas White
provide Some good Strong Cloath &c to make him one Likewiie
m r Jonas White was defired to Speak to m r Bezaleel Learned
forthwith to Mend Some holes that were in the Bridge at this
Meeting m r : John Sawin Sent in a Notification to acquaint y*
Selectmen that he had on y*: 31 day of March Last Received a Boy
from Woburn into his Family Named Jonathan Larabee
[303] At a Meeting of y« Selectmen at y* Houie of m r
Abijah Learned on Monday y 6 : 12 th : Day of May AD: 1766 —
They Agreed to have a General Town Meeting on Monday the
Nineteenth day of this preien month of may at 2 of y* Clock in
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the afternoon at publick Meeting-Houfe and Directed the
Clerk to Issue out Warrants directed to y e Conftables to warn
y e Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in Town affairs to
Afsemble and meet at s d : Time & place to Aft on y* Following
Articles (Viz) First to Choofe a Moderator for s d . Meeting
(2) To hear y e Committes Report that were Appointed to Examin
the Treafurers Acc tts - and to aft thereon as the Town think fitt
(3) To know the minde of y e Town whether they will Difpofe
of any Pews or pews in the Meeting-Houfe which Revert to the
town and to aft any thing on y e affair they may think Proper —
(4) To Hear y e Report of y* Selectmen Relating to the law Suit
with y* Town of Boston and to aft thereon as they think fitt
(5) To know the minde of the Town Whether they will grant
money to pay y* Conftables for Collecting the Rates and do any
thing Relating thereto as they may think proper (6) To Hear
the pleas of any of The late Conftables for Abating any per-
ticular perfons Rates in their lists and to aft any thing thereon
as they May think Proper (7) For y 6 town to give their Com-
mitte Some Inftruftions Relating to y* Schools as they think
Needfull (8) To know the minde of the town whether will
Purchafe y e the two acres of land (So Called) Near the Meet-
ing-Houfe if it may be had for Such Ufes as the town may think
fitt. and grant money therefor or Appropriate any money to that
Ufe, and do any thing on the affair they may think proper (9)
To know the minde of y e town whethe they will grant a Small
Slip of land to David Sanger in lieu of a Small peice which he
left out to accomodate the Road and aft any thing Thereon they
may think fitt (10) To pafs any Vote on a New list of Juriors
as they See Mete (11) To agree how Mary Preifts Cloathing
Shall be Difposed of —
And
[304] And allfo In Obfervance of a Precept Received from
the High Sheriff of y* County of Middlefex for that purpose To
Direft the Conftables to warn all the freeholders & others who
are Quallified to Vote in y* Choice of a Reprefentative to meet
at y e Same place on S d : Ninteenth day of May at Four of the
Clock afternoon to Eleft and Depute one Suitable Perfon to
Reprefent them in a Great & General Court or Afsembly Ap-
pointed to be Convened held and kept for his Majesty's Service
at the Court Houfe in Boston on the Twenty eight Day of this
Prefent May
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly
P r Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
They Likwife ordered the Clerk to Issue out a warrant to
warn out of t A own one Sufanna Willard who Refides at the houfe
of Simon Whitney who came last from Newton in June or July
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last which was Accordingly don and given to m r David Sanger
the Service don Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
and Caution Enterd
May Court —
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown Regularly Afsembled and meet at y e Publick-Meet-
ing-Houfe in s d town on Monday the 19 th . day of May Anno:
Domini 1766 for Tranf acting Some town affairs as Settforth in
y* warrants
Voted & Chofe m r : John Kemball Moderator for s d : meeting
Voted and Accepted y* Committes Report on the Treafurers
accounts
Said Report is as follows (Viz)
Watertown May 6 th : 1766
We the Subscribers Appointed by the Town to Examin The
town Treafurers accounts upon Examination find said
[305] Accounts well Voucht and Right Cast
Nath 11 Harrington 1
Mofes Stone \ Com u -
David Bemis J
Voted to Choofe a Committe to Sell M r : Patterfons Pew to the
Highest bider
{m r Nath 11 : Harrington
m r Jonas White
m r Sam 11 : Fisk
Put to Vote whether the town would act any further on this
Article and it past in the Negative —
Then Selectmen made Verbal Report Relating to Sarah
Learned that they had Obtained Judgment againft the town of
Boston and the town Voted and Accepted Said Report
Then the fifth article was Reed — and after Some Debate thereon
it was Put to Vote whether y 6 Town would acl: any thing thereon
and it paft in the Negative
Then they 6 article was Reed and they Voted and Abated in
the Late m r Benjamin Feltons lists Sam 11 - Raymonds Rates
s d q
being 13 : : 1
and Richard Truefdals Rates it being
Sum of £0:17:9:0
and in Bezaleel Learneds lists Stonings
Rates being : 4:5:2
and one Honewells Rates being — : 4:5:2
and Nath 11 Harris's Town and Minifters Rates
being— : 4:5:2
and Stephen Harris's Rates being : 10 : 5 : 1 and the Same
Sums granted
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Voted not to act on the Seventh Article — —
The eight Article was Reed and after Debate thereon the Vote
was put whether the Town will purchafe the two acres of land
So Called and it past in the Negative
Voted that y e Selectmen or a Committe be appointed to lay out
a Small Slip of land to David Sanger in anfwer to his Requeft —
Voted that y* Selectmen be a Committe for that Purpose
Voted and Accepted a New list of Juriors which was Read
Voted to give Mary Preifts Cloathing to her Daughter —
[306] At a Gen 11 . Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the
Choice of a Reprefentative Regularly Afsembled and Meet at the
Publick Meeting-Houfe in Said Town on Monday y e Ninteenth
day of May AD: 1766 —
The Selectmen being Prefent the Votes being Called for and
bro 1 : in were Sorted and Counted it Appeared that m r : Daniel
Whitney was Chofen Reprefentative for y e town by the Major
Part of y e Voters then prefent
The Selectmen meet Near the land of m r David Sanger at the
Corner near Tread ways Bridge So Called and Staked out a Small
peice of Land agreable to the Vote of the town at their meeting
on y e : 19: day of May last Said peice of land is about ten feet
in width in or near y e middle & Sloaps a way So as to Interfect
his wall
At a Meeting of y^ Selectmen at ^ Houfe of m r Abijah Learned
on y*: 23 d Day of June AD 1766—
The following Acc tts - were Exhibited to y* Select-men
M r T onas White for things procured for y e poor. 1 : 5 : 1 —
M r Jonathan Bemis Ju r . for Cloth &c )
for a Coat for Samuel Coollidge J 1 1 1 : 10 : 5
M r Josiah Bifco for keeping School Six Weeks —
4 : 10 :
M r Jonathan Learned Ju r : for work & rae-
terials at m r Storers 2 : : 1:3
9 : 17 : 1:2
And y* Selectmen gave an order to the Treafurer to pay the
Said accounts — And they Appointed to meet again on Wedenfday
next at m r Edward Richardfons
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Edward
Richardfon on the day of June AD 1766 — They ordered
the Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn Hannah Colman and
her Child Called Peter Robarts out of Town which was don on
the 4 day of July following
P r Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
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[307] The 1 th - Day of July 1766 the Selectmen meet at the
Houfe of M r : Phinehas Child to take Some care about the wid°
Lydia Warrin and fou " d She was in a '° w State of Health and
Directed m r : Child to take the Best Care of her that he Could
and provide Watchers for her " Need Shall Require and that he
gitt Some Nefsecarys to Entertain Such as take care of her in the
Night at m r Jonas White's at the town's Cost and Agreed that
m r Child Shall have a proper allowance for his Extraordinary
Trouble
And the Selectmen being Informed that m r : Samuel Nutting
had taken in a Stranger a woman to Lyin at his Houfe and had
not Notified the Selectmen thereof as the law Directs They or-
dered the Clerk to Send to him to lett him know that Unlefs he
came to their next meeting and took Some care to Secure the
town they Should proceed as the law provides in Such Cases —
Alio It was Agreed that m r : Jonas White & m r Jon a : Bemis
Ju r go to John Hunt Esq r : & See and Inquire into the Circum-
ftances of Sarah Learned and Report at their next meeting —
Likwife it was agreed that the Treafurer Endeavor to git the
Bill of Cost Taxt which was Recovered againft the Town of
Boston as Soon as may be — The Selectmen Agreed to meet again
on Wedenfday come Seven 1 : at m r Jonas Whites at : 5 of the
Clock afternoon
[3081 At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Houfe of M r :
Jonas White on Wedenfday y«: 9: day of July AD 1766 —
It was Agreed that m r : John Kemball Apply to a Justice of
Peace for a Warrant to Remove Sarah Learned to Boston it being
y e place to which She belongs
Alfo it was Agreed that m r : Jonas White provide Some Cloath
for a pair Breeches for Sam 11 : Coollidge & bring in his Account
to y* Selectmen at their Next meeting
At a Meeting of v* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Abijah Learned
on y e : 30 th : day of July AD 1766
Agreed y\ m r : John Kemball take advice Relating to y e wid°:
Boyington who was Bro : : from Weston and left with m r : Jona-
than Bemis Ju r : on y*: 26 day of this prefent month and m r Kem-
ball is to make Report at their next meeting
Alfo Agreed that m r Samuel Warrin Shall have what Cloath-
ing &c that his mother left at her Death —
And they Appointed to meet again Next Tuesday at 7 of the
Clock afternoon at this place —
At a Meeting of Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r : Abijah Learned
on the 5 th - day of August AD: 1766 —
M r : Kemball Reported that he had not Taken any advice
Relating to y* Wid°: Boyington as yet and m r Jonathan Bemis
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JiT; Confentcd to Keep her two or three weeks longer or till
another place can be provided —
[309] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Jona-
than Brown on the 19 th : Day of August AD 1766 —
They Agreed to have a Town-Meeting on the 22 day of y*
Prefent month of August at the Publick-Meeting-Houfe at three
of y* Clock in the afternoon to Act on the following Articles (Viz)
First to Choofe a Moderator for s d : meeting —
(2) To know the minde of the town whether they will Receive
the wid°. Boyington and her Children as Inhabitants of Water-
town or whether they will Try the matter in the law with the
town of Weston and grant money therefor and Act any thing
Relating thereto as they may think Proper —
(3) To know the minde of the whether they will Confent to
make good the Damages that Perticular Gentlemen in the town
of Boston Suftained in the late Difturbances and to give their
Reprefentative Such Inftruclions Relating thereto as they may
think proper
At a General Town-Meeting of y* freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Regularly Afsembled at the Publick
Meeting-houfe on Fryday the 22 day of August AD 1766 —
Voted and Chofe m r : Nath 1 Harrington Moderator for s d :
Meeting —
Put to Vote whether the town will Try y e Matter Relating
to the wid° Mary Boyington & her Children being Inhabitants
of Watertown with the town of Weston and it paft in the
Negative
Then it -was put to vote whether the town will put of y e Difpute
Relating to m r Edmund Fowls being Chargeable with y e Said
wid° Mary Boyington & her Children till Next meeting and it
Paft in the Affeirmative
Then it was Voted y l the Selectmen put out the Children till
they Come of age as Cheap as they Can — Then the third article
was Read and it was put to vote whether the town do Confent
to make good the lofes as mentioned therein & it past in the
Negative
[310] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Weston
& Waltham at y e Houfe of m r : W m - Goodhue in Waltham on
first day of Sep r : Anno Domini 1766 The accounts of Repairing
y e Great Bridge in Watertown which had arifen Since y e last
adjustment which was on Second Day of Sep r : Anno Domini
1765 ammounting to y e Sum of £"14" 5 "2 farthings was Ad-
justed and Proportioned and Signed by y e Selectmen of Each
town then Prefent
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At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Thomas Salt-
marfh on y* first day of Sep r : Anno: Domini 1766
They Approbated mifs ur . Thomas Saltmarfh & Abijah Learned
& Edward Richardfon to be Inholders and John Hunt Esq r &
mifs rs Cornelius Waldo Jonas White & Nathaniel Coollidge to be
Retailors — — — —
At this meeting they Ordered the Clerk to Issue out a war-
rant to warn Abijah Learned & Abigail his wife & Mary & Abigail
their Daughters & Nathaniel their Son out of town who Came
last from Cambridg in y e month of Nov r : or December last past
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Houfe of m r Edward
Richardfon on y e 19 day of Sep r : Anno: Domini 1766 —
They agreed to Binde the Daughter of y* wid° Mary Boying-
ton to m r Ebenezer Stone Jun r till She is eighteen years of age &
he to have eight pounds with her and he to take her the next day
alfo to he is to Board S d : wid os Son for y* Prefent as Cheap as he
can —
[311] At this meeting y* Selectmen Signed an order on y e
Treafurer to pay m r Moles Stone y* Sum of £1 : 1 : 4 for y e
Gloves which procured for y e wid° Lydia Warrins funeral alfo
the Sum of £12 "6=1 to M r Caleb Prentifs it being in full of
what is due to him for his Service for keeping School in Water-
town —
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown & Waltham at y*
houfe of M r William Goodhue on y e : 13 th - of Oct r : AD 1766—
They Settled the Accounts that lay Open between y e two towns
Refpecting the Poor and the Great Bridge and the Ballance
which was due to Watertown Ammounting to one Pound Seven-
teen Shillings and one penney three farthings (Exclufive of y*
Charge of y e wid° mary Maddox) was paid to Watertown
Treafurer
Witnefs our Hands
Isaac Stearnes
Jonas Dix
William Coollidge
Jonathan Hammond
Elifha Livermore
John Kembali
Selectmen Jon a : Brown
of Mofes Stone
Waltham Jonas White
Jonathan Bemis Ju r
Selectmen
of
Watertown
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown after y^ other
meeting was over they ordered y* Town Treafurer to pay y e Sum
of one pound eleven Shillings & Seven pence to y e Treafurer of
Waltham it being in full of their Account for Boarding &c for
the wid° Mary Boyington & Children — and They ordered y €
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Clerk to Issue out a Warrant to warn one Mofes Sanders out
of Town who Came last from Cambridge about y e month of
November last and Reiides at the Houfe of the Late m r : Ebenezer
Goddard
A Warrant was Issued out dated y* Same day —
Attest Jon a . Brown Town Cler
[312] At a Meeting of y 6 Selectmen at y« Houfe of M r Ed-
ward Richardfon on y e 27 day of October 1766 —
It was Agreed that m r : Mofes Stone provide a pair of Stockings
for Samuel Coollidge and that m r Jonas White provide a Pair
of Woollen Shirts for him and that m r Jonathan Bemis Ju r Pro-
vide a pair of Breeches for S d : Coollidge —
1766 Nov r : y € . 8 th day a warrant was Issued out to warn Jemima
and Mary Worthylake out of town
Atteft Jon a : Brown Town Cler —
At a Meeting of y 6 Selectmen at y* Houfe of m r John Kemball
on y^ 28 th - Day of Nov r : AD 1766 —
They being Informed that Daniel Fullars family were in Suf-
fering Circumftances therefor they Drew a complaint Directed to
John Hunt Esq r : Defiring him to Issue out a Warrant Directed
to a Conftable to Remove s d : Fullar & family to Newton it being
their last place of Abode — M r : Israel Whittemore Sent an ac-
count of 215 feet of planck which he bro 1 : to y* Great Bridge at
y e Rate of 20/1 P r Hundred which comes to £2 : 3 : —
and they ordered the Clerk to write an order in their name to
the Selectmen of Weston to pay y* Same
Which was don accordingly Dated the 1 day of December fol-
lowing
P r Jon a : Brown Town Cler —
Dec r : y e : 26: 1766 a warrant was Issued out Directed to m r
David Sanger to warn Sarah Chamberlain Elizabeth Phillips &
Tho s Cod out of town y e first Refides at L 1 : Daniel Whitneys y e
Second at m r Thomas Clarks & y^ other at the wid°. Mary Ben-
jamins
P r Jon a : Brown Town Cler —
[313] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at ^ Houfe of m r
John Kemball on the 12 th Day of January Anno: Domini 1767
They being Informed that Samuel Coollidge was Dead —
They Agreed that his Funeral Should be the next day and
that m r Mofes Stone provide Nine paire of Gloves one for the
Minifter and a pair for each of the Bearers & two pair f ° r y e two
women that Afsifted in Laying him out alfo that m r Stone Speak
to y* Saxton to Dig a grave and Tole the Bell &c
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At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Houfe of M r . Abijah Learned
on y* 5 . 19 th : Day of Jan^: Anno: Domini 1767 —
They Signed Indentures for Binding Sam 11 : Hackleton to m r :
Jonas Bond ju r and for Binding Mary Boyington to m r Ebenezer
Stone jun r
They alfo Signed an Order on the Town Treafurer to pay the
Sum of Five pounds Sixteen Shillings & two pence three farth-
ings in the following manner to y e perfons afternamed which
Sums were Granted to them at the last march Meeting (Viz)
To m r John Kemball : 17 : 10=3
To m r Mofes Stone — : 16 = 0=—
To Jon a : Brown 3:9=4 —
To y* wid° Joanna Felton 0=9 =
To Dea n : Samuel Fisk 0=9= —
£5 = 16= 2—3
[314] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r
Abijah Learned on Fryday the 13 th : day of Feb^: AD 1767
They Agreed to have a Publick Annual Town Meeting on
Monday y* Second Day of march Next at Ten of y* Clock in the
forenoon at y* 5 publick Meeting Houfe and ordered the Clerk
to Issue out Warrants Directed to y e Conftables to warn the
Inhabitants who are Qualifyed to Vote in Town affairs to meet
at s d . time & Place for the Ends following (Viz) First to Choofe
a Moderator for s d Meeting (2) To Choofe Selectmen Town-
Clerk & Treafurer and all other town officers Required by law to
be Chofe in the month of march Annually (3) To Choofe
a Saxton & Agree how he Shall he paid for his Service —
(4) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5) To
know y e minde of y* town Whether Swine Shall Run at Large
y* Infueing Year (6) To Choofe a Committe to Examin the
Treafurers Accounts — (7) To Appropriate the money Coming
to y e town ye prefent year the year Begining the Eleventh day of
December last past (8) To Grant a Salary for y e Rev d : m r :
Seth Storer for y e Year Enfueing y e Year begining the first day of
March Next (9) To Grant money to Support the Grammer
School or any Other Schools that may be Agreed Upon (10) To
Grant money to Support the poor (11) To Grant money to Re-
pair the great Bridge (12) To Hear the Accounts of thofe
perfons the town is Indebted to and grant money to pay the
Same (13) To Grant money to Repair the High-ways
& Town-ways and to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors of the
High-way Rate and Determin the price of Labour in Working
out s d : Rate (14) To Hear the Pleas of the Prefent or late
Conftables for Abating any Perticular Perfons Rates in their lists
as the town may think fitt (15) To know the minde of town
Whether will Choofe a Committe to Manage the Schools or Aft
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any thing on the affair they may think proper (16) To know y e
minde of the town whether they will proceed to Build a Woork-
Houfe Agreable to their former Vote and Ac~t any thing thereon
they may think Proper (17) To know the minde of the town
Whether they will Build a Pound and Act any thing on the Affair
they may think Proper —
Eighteenth
[315] (18) To Hear the Report of the Committe that were
Appointed to Sell m r Patterfon Pew and to Appropriate the
money Arifeing by the Sale the ^ eof as they may think proper
And to Notify the Town Creditors to bring in their Accounts
to the Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Abijah Learned on Fryday
the 27 th day of this Inftant February at two of the Clock after-
noon —
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly
Attest Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of the Committe at the Houfe of m r : Abijah
Learned May y* 5 : 26: 1766 — For Regulating the womans Schools
in y e Town of Watertown is as follows (Viz) Four Schools Shall
be open one at the Houfe of M r Phinihas Stearnes one at the
Houfe of M r Jonathan Stone one at the Houfe of Enfign Ebenezer
Stone & one at the Houfe of M r : Samuel Cook or Els where the
Committe Shall Appoint all to be kept at y e Same Rate they were
the last Year — Alfo the Committe has Agreed that m r : Nathaniel
Bond Should keep the Englifh & Grammer School in s d : town for
one Quarter of a Year Begining the Second Monday of June Next
at y* Rate of forty Pounds P r Year.
Nath 11 : Harrington P r order of y* Com":
At a Meeting of y 6 Committe for Regulating the Schools in
Watertown Said Committe Agreed to open another Womans
School in s d : town Near the Bridge to keep five Weeks: and Ap-
pointed m r : David Bemis one of s d : Committe to provide a place
& a Miftrefs. The School was accordingly openned at the Houfe
of m r : Elifha Learned, To be kept by Marv Prentice on Monday
the 23 d : of June—
Watertown June 20 th : 1766
David Bemis P r : Order of y* Committe —
[316] Watertown Sep r : y* 10: 1766
At a Meeting of the Committe for Regulating the Grammer and
Englifh School in s d town Agreed by the Committe that m r :
Nath 11 : Bond keep the Englifh and Grammer School in s d : town
for another Quarter at the Same Rate
P r Order of ^ Committe Nath 11 Harrington
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At a Meeting of y 6 Committe for Regulating the English and
Grammer School in s d . Town Agreed by y* Committe that M r :
Nath 11 : Bond keep the Englifh & Grammer School in Said town
another Quarter of a Year at the Same Rate
Watertown Nov r : 24 th : 1766
P r Order of y* Committe Nath 1 : Harrington
At a Meeting of the Committe for Rugulating the School at
the Houfe of M r : Abijah Learned — Agreed by the Committe y l
M r : Josiah Bifco keep the Englifh School in Watertown for Seven
weeks at the School-Houfe in the East end of s d : Town at the
Rate of Ten Dollars for Four weeks & so in Proportion for the
Rest of y* time, Said Bisco to begin Next monday
P r Order of y* Com": Nath 11 : Harrington
Watertown Dec r : 10 th : 1766
A warrant was Issued February the 25th: Anno Domini 1767
to warn Jonathan Larabee Sufanna Robertfon & Elizabeth Wool-
fon out of town and given to Conftable Daniel Sawin
Attest Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
t
Watertown Feb^: y^ 2: 1767
At a Meeting of the School Committe at the Houfe of M r
Abijah Learned. Said Committe Agreed with m r : John Hunt
ju r to keep the writeing School Six Weeks for four pounds Ten
Shillings at the Houfe of m r Samuel Cook Said School to be
opened February y e . 9 th -
David Bemis p r order of y e Cora" :-
[317] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r .
Abijah Learned on Fryday the 27 th - day of February Anno:
Domini 1767
The perfons that kept the poor bro 1 : in their Accounts which
are as follows (Viz) Joseph Coollidge for Boarding Sam 11
Coollidge From Feb^: y*. 28 th . 1766 to January y e : 12 th : 1767
being 45 weeks & two days at 31/1 old Tenor p r week which
Comes to 70:5 =
and for making a Coat & other things 4 : 12 : 9
74 : 17 = 9
and for Extra Charges £18—0— 18 : 0:0
Old Tenor— 92 : 17 : 9
all which in Lawfull money Comes to 12: 2:4:1
And Phinehas Child bro 1 : in his Account for Boarding the
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wid° Lydia Warrin from the Eighteenth of March 1766 to the
fifteenth day of July following it comes to y e
Sum of 3:17:2:2
and for Extra Charge in time of Sicknefs &c — 3 : 0:0:0
6 : 17 : 2 : 2
AHo Daniel Bond bro 1 : in his account for Boarding Mary Cool-
lidge from the Eighteenth of march 1766 to y* 18 th - of march
1767 being fifty two weeks and for Cloathing &c which Come
t0 4" 13" 9
Likewife the wid° Mary Benjamin Sent in her account for
Boarding the wid° Mary Maddox one Year 7 : 7 : 10 : 2
Jonathan Bemis Ju r : bro 1 : in his account for Boarding the wid°
Mary Boyington & her two Children Eight week at 6/1
p r week 2:8:0
and for Cloathing procured for Samuel
Coollidge 0:17:7:2
Total— £3 : 5" 7" 2
M r Ebenezer Stone ju r bro 1 in his Acc lt - for Boarding the wid°
Maddox two weeks at 2/4 ^4 farthings p r week which Comes
to 0:4" 9" 2
and for Boarding Jacob Boyington 23 Weeks at
3/1 p r week 3:9" 0" 0—
and for Some Cloathing for s d : Child 0" 8" 8 —
£4 : 2" 5 : 2
And Samuel Benjamin bro 1 : in An Account for Boarding &
Nurfing Ruth Maddox at his Houfe two weeks and
a half — : 12" 0"
Jonas Barnerd bro 1 : his Account for Boarding Mary Coollidge
two weeks at: 2/1 p r week — — — — — 0" 4" —
John Sawin bro 1 : his Account for Boarding the wid° Lydia
Warrin one week 0" 4" 3" 2
Jonas White bro 1 : his Account Cloathing for the Poor which
he procured and other things ammounting to
the Sum of 1 : 2 : 4 —
Carried over — Total £40" 11" 10" 3
[318]
bro 1 over— 40 : 11" 10 : 3
M r Mofes Stone bro 1 : in an Account of his Expences in pro-
viding things for the poor and for mending the School-Houfe
Glafs and other things Ammounting to the Sum of — £2" 0" 6 —
t
Jonathan Brown hr ° in an Account of Cash paid Jonathan Se-
wall Esq r for Advice Relating to Sarah Learned and the Children
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of y* the wid° Mary Boyington &c £1 : 15" 4 —
Stephen Harris bro 1 in an Account for Labour at the Meeting-
Houfe — which comes to 0" 7" 8
The Sum Total of y* beforegoing Accounts is — £44" 15" 4" 3
There was further the following Accounts bro 1 in to be laid
before y e Town (Viz)
To Bez 11 : Learned for Labour & Meterials at
ye Great Bridge 1 : 18 : 5=2
To D r : Marfhal Spring for Medicine for y e
poor 0" 15" 0—
To Simon Haftings for Sundrys of Labour &c
for y e town . 1 : 10 :
To Jedidiah Leath for work for y* 1 town : 7 : 8 —
To mifsu" Nath 1 Harrington & John Kemball
y l they paid m r Trowbridg : 6 : —
To Jon a : Stone for Serving Conftable in y e
Year 1764— 1:0:0
To John Kemball for Serving Afsefsor y e Year
past 0:16:0
To Mofes Stone for Ditto 0:16:0
To Jon a : Brown for Serving Treafurer & Afsefsor 3:9: A —
£10 : 18 : 5" 2
[319] At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of y € freeholders & other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quail if ied to Vote in Town
affairs Regularly Afembled and Meet at the publick-Meeting-
Houfe in s d : town on Monday the Second Day of March AD:
1767 for the Choice of town officers & other affairs as Setforth
in y* warrants for s d : Meeting —
Voted & Chofe m r : Nath 11 : Harrington Moderator for s d : meeting
Jon a : Brown
m r
m r
m r
m r
Voted & Chofe for Selectmen
Voted & Chofe Jon
Voted & Chofe Afsefsors —
Voted & Chofe for y € first
then Voted to Excufe him v e
John Kemball
Mofes Stone
Jonas White
Jon a Bemis ju r
Brown Town-Clerk & Town Treafurer
f Jon a : Brown
< m r John Kemball
\ m r Mofes Stone
Conftable m r Josiah Bright and
prefent year then Voted & Chofe
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m r : Jonas Barned then Voted to excufe him y e prefent year.
Then Voted & Chofe m r : Samuel Soden —
Then Voted and Chofe m r William Bond and upon his Re-
quest Voted to Excufe him from Serving the prefent year then
Voted & Chofe m r : Elijah Bond
Voted & Chofe mifs rs Phinehas Child & Thomas Patten Wardens
Voted & Chofe m r : Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
Voted & Chofe mifs rs . W m - Bond & Jonas Bond ju r Fence Viewers
Viewers
Voted & Chofe mifs rs Jonas Barned & Joseph Coollidge Sur-
veyors of High-ways
Voted & Chofe mifs rs Sam 11 Sanger & Sam 11 Barnerd Tything-
men —
Voted & Chofe mifs rs John Chenery & Fanning Learned Ho-
grieves —
Voted & Chofe mifs rs Nath 11 Coolidge Jonas Coollidge ju r David
Sanger and Bezaleel Learned Surveyors of Timber Planck &c —
Voted & Chofe mifs rs Sam 11 : Warrin & Simon Coollidge ju r
Howards —
Voted & Chofe mifs rs Smith Prentice & Bez 11 Learned Clerks of
y* Market
Voted & Chofe mifs rs Sam 11 Cook & Smith Prentice Cullars of
Hoops & Staves &c —
Voted & Chofe m r : Elifha Learned Surveyor of Wheat
Voted & Chofe m r Simon Haftings Saxton
Voted that he have two Contrabutions as Ufual for his Service
«»•-?•* ..
[320] Then the Votes were put in for a County Treafurer —
Then the town being Informed that m r Elijah Bond was in a
Poor State of Health and a Motion being made & Seconded it was
put to vote whether the town will Excufe him from Serving Con-
ftable the prefent year and it past in y e affiermative —
Then Voted and Chofe m r : John Stearnes a Conftable Then
at his Defire Voted to Excufe him from Serving prefent year
Then a Motion was made & Seconded and put to Vote Whether
the town will Excufe m r : Samuel Soden from Serving Conftable
the prefent Year and it past in the Affirmative —
Then it was put to Vote whether the town will Reconfider all
the Votes that have been past for Choofeing or Excufeing Con-
ftables at this meeting and it past in the affirmative —
Then it was put to Vote whether it be the minde of the town
that this Meeting with the Remaining Bufinefs be Adjourned till
tomorrow at one of y e Clock afternoon at this place and it past
in y e affirmative —
Then the Moderator Declared it Accordingly Adjourn'd
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327
This Day Jonathan Brown was Sworn into the offices of Town-
Clerk Town Treafurer & Afsefsor before John Hunt J: peace
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Abijah
Learned the Same Evening after the Selectmen had taken the
Oath Required by law Relating to y e other Governments Bill then
the perfons afternamed after taking y e Same oath were Sworn
to the faithfull Difcharge of the Refpeclive offices into which they
were this day Chofen (Viz)
mifs rs : John Kemball & M fes Stone Afsefsors
mifs rs Phinehas Child & Thomas Patten Wardens
m r : Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
mif rs . William Bond & Jonas Bond ju r Fence viewers —
mifs rs Jonas Barnerd & Joseph Coollidge Surveyors of High-
ways
[321] m r : Samuel Barnerd Tythingman
m r Fanning Learned Hogrieve
mifs rs Nath 11 : Coollidge Jonas Coollidge Ju r David Sanger &
Bez 1 . Learned Surveyors of Timber &c
mifs rs : Samuel Warren & Simon Coollidge ju r Howards
m r - Bezaleel Learned Clerk of the Market
m r : Samuel Cook Cullar of Hoops & Staves &c —
m r Elifha Learned Surveyor of Wheat
At a Gen 11 : Town-Meeting of y* freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown on y* the third Day March Anno: Domini 1767 —
after the Meeting was Opened — then it was put to Vote Whether
the town will Choofe Collectors of Tax's and it past in the
Affirmative —
Voted & Chofe mifs rs John Stearns & Josiah Bright Conftables —
Voted that Swine b ^ Shut up the prefent Year
Voted to Appropriate the Intereft money as it was last year
(Viz) Five Shillings & four pence to y e School & y e Remainder
to y e minifter
Voted & Granted the Sum of 66" 13" 4 for a Sallary for y*
Rev d m r Seth Storer the Enfueing year the Intereft money Ap-
propriated to that Ufe to be part the Remainder to be afseft
Voted & Granted the Sum of 40 " " to Support y e Grammer
& Englifh School
Then put to Vote whether the town will have any more Schools
and it past in the Affirmative
By Jon a : Brown Town Clerk —
Voted & Chofe a Comm": to
Examin y* Treafr 8 Acc tts :
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Voted & Granted y 15 Sum of 30 pounds to Support S d : Schools —
Voted & Granted the Sum of 20 pounds to Support y e poor —
Voted & Granted the Sum of 4 pounds to Repair Great-Bridge
Voted & Granted the Sum of 30 pounds to Repair y* High-ways
& Town-ways
Voted & Chofe y* Surveyors of High-ways Collectors of y*
High-way Rate
Voted that y* price of Labour in Working out the High -way
Rate be the Same it was the last year
[322] The Accounts of thofe Perfons the town is Indebted
to were Read ammounting to the Sum of 10" 18" 5" 2 and
were allowed and the Same Sum was Granted to pay the Same —
then the Extra Charges of Phinehas Child Relating to y e wid°
Lydia Warran and Joseph Coollidge for Samuel Coollidge ware
laid before the town and Accepted
Voted & abated william Goddings Rate in Conftable Sam 11 Whites
lists and Granted the Sum of : 15 6 : 2 to make it good-
Put to Vote Whether the town will proceed to Build a Work-
Houfe agreable to their former Vote and it past in ^ Negative
Put to Vote whether the town will Build a New pound as Soon
as Conveniently may be and it past in the Affirmative
Then Voted to Choofe a Committe to Build S d : pound —
Voted that the Committe Endeavor to finde what the Cost of
Said pound will be either of Stone or Timber and Report at
next May Meeting
Then the Report of y e Committe that were appointed to make
Sale of m r Patterfons Pew was Read to the town and they
Voted and Accepted of y e Same See y* Report at y e Next page
Then Voted & Chofe mifs rs : Sam 11 Soden & Edward Harring-
ton Ju r Collectors of Tax's — who with y* Conftables (Viz)
Josiah Bright & John Stearnes and each of the perfons after-
Named were Sworn to their Several offices to which they were
Chofen Samuel Sanger Tythingman Smith Prentice Clerk of y e
Market & Cullar of Hoops & Staves &c —
all Sworn by Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
m r : Nath 1 Harrington
Voted and Chofe for a Committe to
manage y* Schools
dea n Sam 11 Fisk
m r W m - Bond
m r Sam 11 White
m r Nath 1 Stone
Voted and Chofe for Said Committe
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329
[323] The Report of the Com tee : Relating to the Sale of
Patterfons Pew —
We the Subscribers being Appointed by the town to Diipofe of
the pew in the Meeting-Houfe that did belong to m r Joseph Pat-
terfon, Appointed a Meeting for that Purpose to be at the Houle
of m r Abijah Learned Innh der on the fourteenth Day of July —
and Accordingly met and Sold Said Pew to m r Isaac Sanderion
for Twelve pounds and eight pence Lawfull money, for which
he gave Notes to the town Treaiurer
Watertown Feb^ : 24 th : 1767
[ m r Nath :: Harrington
Com u : I m r Jonas White
[ dea n Sam 11 Fisk
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houie of m r Abijah Learned
on the Ninth Day of March Anno: Domini 1767 —
for putting out the poor Sec. They Agreed with m r Daniel
Bond to take Care of & Board Mary Coollidge one year more
at the Rate of 12V6 pence old Tenor p r Week — alio they Agreed
with m r Stephen Harris to take Care of & Board the wid c Mary
Maddox one year at Rate of 24/6 old Tenor p r week and they are
to have no further Allowance lett their Circumltances be what
they will Except in Case of Sicknefs —
They Signed on Order on the Treaiurer to pay the Sum of
thirty pounds to m r : Nath 1 Bond for his keeping School in Water-
town Nine Months, alfo one other order to pay y* Sum of
£44" 15" 4" 3 to Sundrey perions it being in full of their
Accounts which was laid before y* Selectmen on y e : 27 day of
last month See the (317) Page. They alio Directed the Clerk
to Issue out a warrant to warn Ebenezer Bateman & his Family
and Elizabeth Bemis out of Town which was Accordingly don —
P r Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
Causions Enter d march Court 1767
The Same Evening m r John Chenery was Sworn to the Office of
Hogrieve
By Jon 3 : Brown Town Cle
Agreed that m r Bezaleel Learned take care of y* Great Bridge
the Enfuing Year —
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Watertown March y*: 18 th : 1767
Thele are to Certifie that we y e Subscribers
Afsefsors of Said Town have Afseft y e Ratable
Pools & Estates in s d : Town in y* Sum of Thirty
pounds and have Committed lists of s d : Afsefsment
to y e Surveyors of y e High-ways who are the
Collectors of the High-way Rate (Viz) —
To m r Jonas Earned the Sum of — 15" 16" 10 —
And to m r : Joseph Coollidge y e Sum
of 14" 3" 2—
£30" 0"
with Lawfull warrants to levy and Collect y*
Same or See that it be faithfully worked out in Re-
pairing y e High-ways — Agreable to the Vote of the
town So as to make up the whole Account of their
working or Collecting with your Selves or Suc-
cefsors on or before the last Day of Nov r : Next
Enfueing the Date Hereof
Jon a : Brown 1
John Kemball \ Afsefsors
Mofes Stone J
At a Meeting of y^ Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r : Abijah
Learned on the 23 th Day of March Anno: Domini 1767 —
They Agreed with m r Jonathan Whitney to take Jacob Boy-
ington Son to y e late Jacob Boyington & Bring him up till he is
twenty one Years of Age and to Learn him y e Trade of Cord
wainer which he y e Said Whitney now follows, and he is to have y*
Sum of Nine pounds paid him by the town therefor — And y e Se-
lectmen ordered the Clerk to give him an order to Receive y e Said
Child and what Cloathing belongs to it, of M r Ebenezer Stone Ju r
Said order was given at y e Same time
r
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Houfe of m r : Jon a : Bemis J
on y e : 31 Day of march Anno: Domini 1767
The Afsefsors made Return of their Afsefsing y e High-way Rate
which was accepted — See above
[325] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r
Abijah Learned on the 13 th Day of April AD 1767 —
They Signed Indentures for Binding Jacob Boyington to m r
Jonathan Whitney and for Binding Elizabeth Boyington to m r
Samuel Phipps of Cambridge —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Tho 8 . Salt-
marfh on y e : 8 th : Day of May Anno: Domini 1767 —
They Signed an order on y e Town Treafurer to pay the Sum
of £19" 10"4 to the Several perfons that kept the Englifh
Schools the Last year — and the Sum of £1" 11" 8 to m r Ben-
[324]
Gentlemen
Afsesfors
Certificate
W atertouun Records.
331
jamin Harrington of Weston it being for 156 feet of Planck which
he bro : : to the Great Bridge in Watertown — alio the Sum of
i3"9"0 to m r Jonas Harrington ju r of s d : Weston for 345
feet of Planck which he bro T : to S d : Bridge
The Selectmen haveing Received a Precept from the High
Sheriff of y* County of Middlel'ex Requiring them to Ai'semble the
Inhabitants of Watertown forth with to Elect and Depute one or
more Suitable perfon or perions to Reprefent them in a Great
and General Court or Ai'sembly appointed to be Convened held 5c
kept for his Majesty's Service at y e Court Houfe in Boston on
Wedensday y": 27 Day of May Currant — They Ordered y £ Clerk
to Issue out Warrants Directed to the Several Conitables to warn
the Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the
Choice of a Reprelentative to ai'semble & meet together at the
publick Meeting Houl'e in Watertown on Monday the Eighteenth
e
Day of may Next at 2 cf y ^ lock afternooa for the purposes above
Said —
They alio Agreed to have another Gen 11 Town Meeting on the
Same day and at y* Same place at 3 th of the Clock afternoon and
ordered y* Clerk
to
[326] To Issue out Warrants Directed to the Conitables to
warn ail y e Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to
Vote in town affairs to Ai'semble and meet together at s d : time
and place to act on the following Articles (Viz)
First to Chool'e a Moderator for Said Meeting —
(2^) To Hear the Report of y e Committe that were ap-
pointed to Examin the town Treal'urers accounts and act any
thing thereon they may think proper — (3 : -') To Hear the Report
of the Committe that were appointed the last march Meeting to
Build a New pound, and for the town to act any thing further
thereon they may think proper —
(4 y ) For the town to Appropriate the money Arifing by y*
Sale of m r Joseph Patterl'ons Pew for Such Ui'es as they may
think proper — (5 : -) For to grant money to pay mils' 5 Ebenezer
Stone ju r and Jonathan Whitney for taking two of y e wid : Boy-
ingtons Children to bring up Agreable to their Contract with the
Selectmen ( 6 y ) To know the minde of y* town whether they
will Chearge m r Edmund Fowle with the Support of y* wid° Mary
Boyington and Children & for y* town to act any thing Re-
lating thereto they may think proper I 7 ) To know the
minde of the town Whether whether they will Apply to y e General
Court to have the Fil'hery in Watertown put under Some
Regulation to prevent the many Quarrils & Dilputes that arii'e
thereby and to Act thereon as they think best (8' y ) For the
town to grant money to pay thofe perfons that were Chol'en Col-
lectors of Tax's if the town think fitt and to give then Such In-
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ftruclions Relating thereto as may be tho 1 : proper and for the town
to A6t any thing thereon as they may think best (9 ly ) To Hear
the Petition of James Hay praying the town to grant him Some
Releif under his prefent Needy Circumftances and for the town
to acl: any thing thereon they may think best —
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly
[327] At this meeting they ordered y* Clerk to Issue out
a warrant to warn Anna Lawrance who Refides at the houfe of
m r Jedidiah Leath & Amme Trafk who Resides at the houfe of
m r Ebenezer Stetfon & Peter Farnfworth who Refides at the
houfe L l : Daniel Whitney to Depart forth with out of Water-
town
a Warrant was Issued out accordingly and given to Conftable
John Stearns
And the Selectmen Signed an order on y^ Treafurer to pay the
Sum of £1" 11" 8 to m r : Benjamin Harrington for 156 feet of
planck which he bro 1 : to the Great Bridge
alfo y e Sum of £3 "9" to m r Jonas Harrington ju r for 345 feet
of planck which bro 1 : to y e Said Bridge
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of y e freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown who are Qualified to Vote in y* Choice of a
Reprefentative Regularly Afsembled and meet at y e Publick
Meeting-Houfe on Monday y e Eighteenth Day of May AD 1767
The Votes being Called for were bro 1 : in & Sorted & Counted
it appeared that m r Daniel Whitney was Chofen Reprefentative
for Year Enfueing —
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of y e freeholders & other Inhabitants
of of Watertown who are Qualified to Vote in Town affairs
Regularly Afsembled & meet together at y e publick meeting-
Houfe in s d : Town on Monday y e : 18 th Day of may Anno:
Domini 1767 for Tranfacting Sevaral as Setforth in the War-
rants for s d : Meeting
Voted & Chofe m r : John Remington Moderator for s d : Meeting
Meeting
Voted & accepted y e Committes Report on y^ Town Treafurer
Acc tts - which Report is as follows (Viz) See y e next page —
We the Subscribers Appointed by the Town to Examin the
Treafurers Accounts upon Examination find Said Acc tts - well
Vouch d & Right Cast—
P r Jon a : Brown Town Cle —
P r Jon a : Brown Town Clf
[328]
Watertown May 6 th 1767
Nath 11 Harrington
Mofes Stone
Sam 11 White
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Then y* Com ::ee . Appointed to Build a pound Informed y
town that they Could have one Builded with Stone for Ten
pounds or of Timber for Six pounds and after Some Debate
thereon it was put to Vote whether s d : pound Should be Built
with Stone and it paft in the affirmative —
Then Voted and Appropriated the money that arofe by the Sale
of m r Patterfons ^ w (or So much as Needfull to Build s d : pound —
Voted & Granted y" Sum of £8 pounds to pay m r Ebenezer
Stone ju r for Bringing up one of y* wid° Man- Boyingtons Chil-
dren — alfo Voted Granted y* Sum of £9 pounds to pay m r
Jonathan Whitney an other of s d Children
Then the Article Relating to Edmund Fowles being Chearged
with the Support of y* wid 3 Boyington & Children was Read and
after Some Debate thereon The Vote was put whether it be the
minde of the town that m r . Edmund Fowle Shall be Cheargable
wirh the Support of s- : wid : Boyington k Children and it past
in the Negative —
Then the Seventh Article was Read and after Debate thereon
it was Put to Vote whether the town will Apply to y* General
Court to have their Fiihery put under Some Regulation and it
pait in the Affiermative —
Then Voted and Choie Jonathan Brown to Joine with the
Reprelentative in Petitioning the Great <5c General Court to have
Said Fiihery put under Some Regulation
[329] Then the S :h . Article was Read Relating to the Col-
lectors and after Debate thereon Voted and Granted the Sum of
Six pounds to pay them for their Service — Then it was Voted
that they Should give good Securyty for their good behaviour in
s d Trult — Voted that the Selectmen take Said Security
alio Voted that y e Selectmen Set the time for y* Collectors to
make up their Accounts with y* Treaiurer <Scc —
Then the Ninth Article with m r : James Hays Petition was
Read and after longe Debate thereon it was Put to Vote Whether
the Town will grant the prayer of s d : Petition and it pait in y*
Negative —
The Buiinels of y e Meeting being over the Moderator Declared
the Meeting to be Dilsolved
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of y e wid° Mary
Learned on Monday the 25 th Day of may Anno: Domini 1767
They being Informed that the French Family belonging to
Watertown were Deiirous of going to Settle in Canady 6c there
being an Opportunity therefor it was Agreed that m r Jon 2 - Bemis
ju r one of y* Selectmen Should Inquire what the Cost of their
Palsage will be and make Report as Soon as may be to the
Selectmen
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At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on the 27 th - Day of s d : May at
the Same place m r Bemis Informed the Selectmen that he had
been at Boston and Confeer'd with the Mafter of the Vefsell that
was going to Canady who Informed him that he would Carry
them for three Dollars & an half a head — and it was Agreed that
m r John Kemball & m r Jon a : Bemis ju r Should go to Boston and
Agree for their pafsuage &c —
[330] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the houfe of m r
John Kemball on the 26 th . day of June AD 1767 —
They being Informed that Ruth Maddox was Sick at maiden
It was Agreed that m r Mofes Stone provide at place for her
and that m r John Kemball Inquire Whether She can be Re-
moved and if So to See that She be Removed as Soon as may be —
at this Meeting the Selectmen Signed an order on y e Treafurer
to pay m r Jonathan Bemis ju r y* Sum of 3" 12- Shillings which
he paid for y e pafsuage of the French Family to Canady — alfo five
Shillings & Seven pence one farthing for a Rope for the Meeting
Houfe Bell
At a Meeting of Selectmen on the 24 th - Day of August
Anno: Domini 1767 — at the Houfe of y e wid° Mary Learned
They Agreed that m r Jonas White Should pay the Sum of Thirty
Shillings as Rent for the wid° Lydia Warrins thirds — at this
meeting they Signed an order on the Treafurer To pay m r :
Samuel Mafon the Sum of £0" 10" 10" 2 farthings —
At a Meeting the Selectmen at the Houfe y e wid° Mary Learned
on the 14 th Day of Sep r : 1767 the Confidered the list of licenfed
perfons the last year and Signed their approbation of Renewing
them again. — alfo they Approbated m r Bez 11 : Learned and
Recommeded him to the Sefsions for a licence to Retaile Spiritous
Liquors
[331] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Weston
& Waltham at the Houfe of M r JosLah Gleafon Innholder in
Waltham on Monday the 21 st Day of Day of Sep r : Anno:
Domini 1767 —
The accounts for Repairing y e Great Bridge in Watertown
which had Arifen Since the last Adjustmen which was on the
first Day of Sep r : 1766 Ammounting to the Sum of £9" 2" 1" 2
farthing were Proportioned & Adjusted and Signed by the Se-
lectmen of each Town See Lib r the (2) Page y e (67) in y e
Treafury —
At a meeting of y e Selectmen at the houfe of y e wid° Mary
Learned on the 18 th - Day of November Anno Domi 1767 the
Selectmen took Security of the Collectors of Tax's for their faith-
full Performance of their Trust
Watertoivn Records.
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[332] At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y* Houfe of m r
Jonas White on the 4 tb : Day of January Anno: Domini 1768
They Signed an order on y e town Treafurer to pay the Sum of
10" 18" 5" 2 farthings to the town Creditors which was
Granted them the last March meeting
And they Agreed to have a Publick Town Meeting on Mon-
day the Eleventh Day of this prefent January at the Publick
meeting-houfe at twelve of y* Clock at noon and ordered the
Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the Several Conftables
to warn all the Inhabitans of Watertown who are Qualified to
Vote in town affairs to meet at time and place before mentioned
to act on the following Articles (Viz) —
First to Choofe a Moderator for Said meeting
(2 ly ) To know the minde of the town Whether they will
Build a Work-Houfe this prefent year and if they Agree thereto
then to Grant money therefor or Appropriate Some money Be-
longing to the town to Said ufe, and act anything Relating there-
to as they may think best. (3 ly ) To know whether Town
will accept of m r Jonathan Stones Pew in the Meeting-Houfe
& if So, then to Determin how they will Difpofe of it again, and
A&. anything thereon as they may think Proper (4 ly ) To know
y e minde of the town whether they will Agree upon any Meafures
to Promote Induftery, Oeconomy & Manufactures thereby to
prevent the Unnecefsary Importation of European Commodities
which threaten this Country with Poverty & Ruin and act any
thing Relating thereto as thev think fitt
(5'")
[333] (5 ly ) For the town to give their Reprefentative
Some Inftructions at this time if they think fitt
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly
By Jon a : Brown Town Cler
The Selectmen agreed to meet at Six of y e Clock in y* Evening
after the Town Meeting is over (to See what weareing Apparril
was left by m r Samuel Coollidge) at the Houfe of m rs : Mary
Learned
At a Gen 11 : Town-Meeting of freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown who are Qualified to Vote in Town affairs
Regularly Afsembled at the Publick-Meeting Houfe in S d : Town
on Monday y e Eleventh Day of January Anno: Domini 1768 —
Voted & Chofe m r Samuel Fisk Moderator for s d : Meeting
Then y e Article Relating to Building a Work-Houfe was Read
and after Some Debate thereon it was Put to Vote whether the
town will build a Work-Houfe this prefent year and it paft in
y* Negative
Then y* next article ^ as Read and it was Put to Vote Whether
the town will Accept of m r Jonathan Stones Pew and that the
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town Treafurer be Directed to pay him his prime Cost and it
past in the Affairmative
Upon a motion made & Seconded it was put to Vote Whether
the town will S * H Said Pew to m r Christopher Grant for £8
A
pounds and it past in the Negative —
alio it was put to Vote whether s d : Grant Should have it for
Ten pounds and it past in y e Negative
Voted & Chofe for s d : Committe
[334] Then it was Put to Vote whether S d : Pew Should be
Sold at Publick Vendue as Some others had been and it past in the
Affairmative —
Voted & Chofe for a Comm": to Sell J J^a ^Brown
Said Pew { m r Elijah Bond
Then the Article Relating Induftery Oeconomy &c. was Read
together with a Letter from y* Selectmen of Boston Directed to
y* Selectmen of Watertown with Some Votes past by y* town of
Boston, therein Inclofed. and after Some Debate thereon — a
Motion was made and Seconded & Put Whether the town will
A
Choofe a Committed to Draw up a Plan of Proper Meafures for
the town to come into Relating to Induftery &c and it past in
the affeirmative
m r : Nath 11 Harrington
m r Sam 11 Fisk
Jon a : Brown
m r John Remington
m r Cor ns : Waldo
L l : Daniel Whitney
John Hunt Esq r :
Voted that s d : Committe Draw up Some Proper Inftructions
for y* town give their Reprefentative at this time and that they be
Ready to lay them before the town at y e adjournment of this
meeting
Then Voted & adjorned this meeting to Next Monday at three of
the Clock afternoon at this place —
[335] At a Meeting of y^ Selectmen at y e Houfe of y e
wid°: Mary Learned on the Eleventh Day of January AD: 1767
They Sold What weareing Apparril was left by m r Sam 11 Cool-
lidge that belonged to the town
At a General Town-Meeting of y e freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Regularly Afsembled at Publick Meet-
ing Houfe in s d : Town on Monday the Eighteenth Day of
January AD 1768 P r Adjournment
The following Vote was Paft Viz
The town of Watertown being alarmed at the Late Im-
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posions on the Colonies & perceiving; the Streights and Difficulties
the People of this province must he brought Into by lefsening the
Medium of Trade, Have Considered with pleafure the attempts
made for laying afide the ufe of Foreign articles we may well
do without, and the Refolutions many Towns have Come into for
the promotion of Induftery & the Encouragement of their own
Manufactures do alfo Chearfully & Unanimusly Vote That we
are Ready to ioine in any patriotick Endeavors to Lefson our Im-
portations and thereby prevent our Gold and Silver from giving
us the Slipp, That we Confent to lay afide the ufe not only the
Articles Enumerated by the Town of Boston in their Refolves
but of all foreign Teas as Expeniive and pernifious as well as
unneceisary, this Continent abounding with many Herbs of a
more Salubrious Quallity which if we were as much ufe'd to as
the poifonus Bohea, would no Doubt in time be as Agreable &
perhaps much more So and whilft by a Manly Influence we Ex-
pect, our women make this Sacrafice to the good of their Country
we hereby Declare we Shall highly Honor and Esteem the Encour-
agors of our own Manufactures & the General ufe of y* pro-
ductions of
this —
[334] The Continent this being in our Judgment at this
time a Neceisary means (Under God) of Rendering us a happy
& free people
The following Inftructions were Unanimously Voted to be
Given to their Reprefentative : the prefent Sefsion of the General
Court (Viz)
We your Conftituents the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of
the Town of Watertown ; being legally Afsembled : and haveing
Deliberatly confidered the Malancholy & Diftref'd Scituation of
our affairs as of the Province in General So of our Refpective
Towns, & haveing with the Greatest Pleafure & Sattisfaction
beheld a Surprifeing Spirit to Promote Oeconomy Induftery. &
Frugallity prevail in many of our Towns as Appears by their
Refolutions & Inftructions given at Large to their Reprefentatives
perticularlv bv the Refpectable Town of Boston who to their
IMMORTAL HONOUR took the lead: many of them Sacra-
ficing their private Interest to publick good, have Set us a
Glorious Example, which with the utmost Gratitude we Sincearly
Adopt —
And therefor Advife and Charge you S r : as our Reprefentative
to Govern & Conduct your Self agreable to thoi'e Salutary In-
structions given by our Respectable Metropolis to their Repre-
fentatives, & we Defire you would be upon Your Guard against
any who under false Pretences of Patriotick Zeal to their Country
may Endeavour to Draw you into any Rafh or Diforderly
Meafures Either Disrefpeclfull to the Best of Sovereigns or un-
dutifull to our Mother Country, But that you Coolly & Dis-
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pationatly join and Repeatedly join if Expedient in all firm
Vigorous but most loyal and peacable meafures in Afsertaining
our Charter Priviledges and for Obtaining releif of thofe greiv-
ances which otherwife threaten us with Impending Ruin
[335] Upon a motion made and Seconded it was put to
Vote whether the Town will Reconfider their Vote past on the
Eleventh day of this prefent month Relating to the Building a
work-Houfe this prefent year, and that s d : affair be Refer'd to
March Meeting for further Confideration and it paft in the
affeirmative —
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r John Kemball on
Monday y e 22 th Day of February AD: 1768—
m r Nathaniel Harrington bro*: in his account for Keeping the
Englifh School Ten Weeks ammounting to the Sum of £6" 6" 8
and the Selectmen Signed an order on y e town Treafurer for the
payment of the Same — and m r Jonas Harrington ju r Sent in an
account for 295 feet of Planck which he bro*: to the Great
Bridge ammounting to the Sum of £2" 19" which they
ordered the Clerk to Draw an order on the Selectmen of Weston
for the payment thereof
At this meeting y e Selectmen Agreed to have a General Town-
Meeting on Monday y* 5 : 7 th - Day of March next at the Publick
Meeting-Houfe at Ten of y e Clock in the forenoon and ordered the
Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the Several Conftables
to warn all the freeholders & other Inhabitants who are Qual-
ified to Vote in town affairs to Afsemble at time and place afore-
Said to act on following Articles (Viz) First to Choofe a
Moderator for s d : Meeting (2 ly ) To Choofe Selectmen a Town
Clerk & Treafurer and all other town officers that by law are
Required to be Chofe in the month of march annually (3 ly :)
To Choofe a Saxton and Agree how he Shall be paid for his Ser-
vice (4 ly ) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer (5 Iy )
To know y e minde of the town whether Swine Shall Run at
large the prefent year (6 ly ) To Choofe a Committe to Examin
the Treafurers accounts
(7'":)
[330] (7 ly ) To appropriate the Interest money Comeing to
the Town y e prefent Year the year Begining the Eleventh Day of
December last past (8 ly ) To Grant a Sallary for y e Rev d : m r
Seth Storer for y e Enfueing year (9 ly ) To grant money to Sup-
port the Grammer School & any other Schools as may be Agreed
upon (10 Iy :) To grant money to Support the poor (ll ly ) To
grant money to Repair the Great Bridge (12 ly ) To Hear the
accounts of thofe perfons the town is Indebted to & Grant money
to pay the Same (13 Iy ) To grant money to Repair the High-ways
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and Town-ways and to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors of the
High-way Rate & Determin y* price of Labour in Working
out Said Rate (14 ly ) To Hear The pleas of y* Conftables or
Collectors for abating any Perticular Perfons Rates in their lists
if the town think fitt and grant money to make them Good
(15 ly ) For the town to Choofe a Committe to manage the Schools
if they think fitt — (16 ly ) To Hear the Report of the Committe
that were appointed to Sell m r Jonathan Stones pew and to
appropriate y* money arifing by the Sale thereof (17 ly ) For
the town to act on the Second Article in the Warrant for the last
Town-meeting Relating to the Building a Work-Houfe which
was Refeer'd to this meeting (18 ly ) For the town to Determin
whether the pew that was the late m r : Henry Springs Reverts
to the town and if So then for the town to Difpose of it again
as they they think fitt. and act any thing thereon as they may
think best
and Likewife to Notifie the Town Creditors to bring in their
accounts to the Selectmen on Fryday y* fourth Day of march
next at 3 of the Clock afternoon at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
Prentice in order to their being laid before the Town —
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly
P r Jon a : Brown Town Cler
[337] 1767 The Com tee - that ware Chofen by the Town of
Watertown at their March Meeting 1767 To take Care of y* 5
Schools and to Improve the money Granted for that purpofe for
the Enfueing year, Proceeded as followeth.
At a Meeting of Said Com tee - at the Houfe of m r : Abijah
Learned Innhold r : March 1767 They Agreed with M r Nathaniel
Bond the prefent School Mafter to keep the Gramer School an
other Quarter (the prefent Quarter near Expiring) at the Ufual
price (Viz) Ten pounds Lawfull money P r Quarter
At a Meeting of Said Com tee - at the Publick-Meeting Houfe
in Said town on Monday the day of may AD 1767
They Agreed to provide five womens Schools for the Inftruct-
ing of Children in the Remote parts of the Town Said Schools
to begin on the first day of June Next and to be kept twelve
weeks each at forty shillings old Tenor P r week The School
Dames to provide Rooms or pay the Rent for them — Accordingly
They agreed with m r Sam 11 Cooks wife to keep in their Houfe —
m r Joseph Hays wife to keep in their Houfe and mis Kezia
Stone to keep a School in the School-Houfe near m r John Strat-
tons and m r Samuel Mafon's wife to keep in the Houfe where
She lives and mif Hannah Bright to keep a School in the Houfe
of M r Phinehas Stearnes —
At a Meeting of Said Com tee - at m rs - Learneds Innhold r - on
Monday the 22 Day of June AD 1767— They Agreed to hire
m r Nath 11 : Bond the prefent School-mafter an other Quarter —
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At a Meeting of said Com tee - at m rs Learneds Innholder on
Monday the 12 th Day of Oct r : AD 1767 they Agreed to hire M r
Nathaniel Bond to keep the Grammer School another Quarter at
the ufual price
[338] At Said Meeting they Determined that there Should
be a Writing School keept in the west part of the Town for Ten
weeks to begin the Ninth Day of Nov r Next and at the Expiration
of said Ten weeks a writing School Should be opened at the East
part of the Town and kept Ten weeks They agreed with m r
Nathaniel Harrington to keep the School in the west part of the
Town ten weeks for Forty Seven pounds ten Shillings (old
Tenor)
At a Meeting of the School Com tee - at the Houfe of m rs : Mary
Learned Innholder Dec r : 22: 1767 —
They Agreed to hire m r : Nathaniel Bond to keep the Grammer
School an other Quarter the prefent Quarter being Near out —
At Said Meeting they Contracted with m r Nathaniel Harrington
to keep the writing School in the East part of the town for the
Space of Ten weeks for Forty Seven pounds Ten Shillings (old
Ten) To begin Said School the Eighteenth day of January Next
Sam 11 : Fisk P r Ord r :
At a Meeting of Selectmen at the Houfe M r : Benja" Pren-
tice on Fryday the 4 th - Day of March AD: 1768 In order to
take in the accounts of the perfons to whome the town is Indebted,
— The following accounts were Exhibited (Viz)
m r Daniel Bond bro*. his acc"- for Boarding Mary Coollidge
one year and for mending her Clothes and for Some New things
which he procured Ammounting to 5 — 1=9
And m r Stephen Harris bro 1 : his Account for Boarding the
wid° Mary Maddox one year which ammounts to the Sum
[339] And m r Joseph Coollidge bro 1 : his account for
Boarding & Nurfing Ruth Maddox five Weeks at
4/1 p r Week 1=0=0
and m r Ebenezer Stone ju r bro 1 : his account for
Boarding Jacob Boyington 3 Weeks & four
Days 0"9"7" 1
M r Mofes Stone bro 1 : his Account for fetching
Ruth Maddox from Maiden 0"4"0 —
D r : Marfhal Spring bro 1 : his account for Medecine
and Attendance on Ruth Maddox 0"6"8 —
Likwife m r Nath 11 : Stone bro 1 : his Account for
Entertaining and taking Care of Ruth Maddox
from ye 27 Day of January last to f 4 Day of
March— 0"6"0
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m r Nehemiah Mafon bro 1 : an account of 12/1
which he paid Nathan Coollidge in y 45 Year 1766
For a Room to keep a School in 0"12"0 —
m r William Bond bro 1 an account for y* Ufe of
a Room in his Houfe to keep the School in Ten
Weeks at l/4 d p r Week which comes to — 0"13"4 —
and m r Jonas White bro 1 an Account for Cash
paid to m r Joseph Welfh of Cambridge for
Mending the School-Houfe windows 3/l d 0"3" 1 —
3"14"8"1
And the following perfons bro 1 : y 6 following acc tts - to be laid
before y e town (Viz)
To m r . John Kemball for Serving Afsefsor last
year— 0"16"0—
To m r Mofes Stone for like Service y* Same year — 0" 16 "
To Jon a : Brown for Serving Treafurer & afsefsor
y* Same year 3 " 9 " 4
To m r Isaac Sanderfon for mending Sam 11 Cool-
lidges Shoes " 2 " 3 "
To m r Simon Haftings for Labour & Meterials — 0" 9"0"
5"12"8"
at this meeting y* Selectmen agreed with m r Simon Halting
to Repair on of m r Storers Glafs windows that his Account may
be laid before the Town at their Next meeting
[340] At the meeting last mentioned the Selectmen Agreed
to Signe orders on the town Treafurer to pay the Rev d : m r : Seth
Storer his Sallary for the year 1767 it being y e Sum of 66" 13 "4
and to pay m r Nath 11 Bond for one years Service | d.n" fi"
in keeping y* Grammer School which Come to \
and to pay the perfons that kept the womens 1
Schools the last Summer to each the Sum of \ 16" 0" —
£3 "4 Shillings which comes to
and the Sum of 1 7 " 6 " 3 " 1 to the perfons after-
Named which is in full of their Accounts bro 1 - into
the Selectmen at this time (Viz) —
To m r Daniel Bond y e Sum of 5 1 9
To m r Stephen Harris 8 " 9 " 10
To m r Joseph Coollidge 1" 0"
To m r Ebenezer Stone ju r " 9 " 7 " 1
To m r Mofes Stone " 4 " "
To D r Marfhal Spring 0" 6" 8 —
To m r Nath 11 Stone 0" 6" —
To m r Nehemiah Mafon 0"12" —
To m r William Bond 0"13" 4 —
To m r Jonas White 0" 3" 1 —
£17 " 6 " 3" 1
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Voted & Chofe for Selectmen —
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of M r : Benjamin
Prentice y e Seventh Day of March AD: 1768 the above Men-
tioned orders were Signed — and the Same Day they Agreed to
meet at Said Prentices to Sware the town officers and to put out
the poor for the year Enfueing — and they ordered the Clerk to
Direct the Conftables to Summons y e officers to attend at Said
time and place
[341] At a Gen 11 - Town-Meeting of y e freeholders & other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town
affairs Regularly Afsembled and Meet at the Publick Meeting-
Houfe in Said town on Monday y e Seventh day of March Anno:
Domini 1768 For the Choice of Town officers and other affairs
as Setforth in y e Warrants for Said Meeting
Voted & Chofe Dea n . Sam 11 : Fisk Moderator for Said Meeting —
Jon a : Brown
m r John Kemball
m r Mofes Stone
m r Jonas White
m r Jon a Bemis ju r
Voted & Chofe for Town-Clerk & Treafurer Jon a : Brown
f Dea n . Sam 11 : Fisk—
Voted & Chofe for afsefsors — -! Jon a : Brown
[ m r Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe for Conftables mifs s Joseph Coollidge & Jonas
Beamed
Voted to Choofe Collectors of Tax's this year
Voted & Chofe mifu rs Joseph Coollidge & Jonas Beamed Col-
lectors — .
Voted & Granted Six pounds for their Service in Collecting Tax's
Voted & Chofe for Wardens mifsu* 5 Elijah Bond & Daniel
Bond-
Voted & Chofe Sealer of Leather m r Thomas Patten —
Voted & Chofe Fence viewers mifs rs Sam 1 : Cook & Jonathan
Learned ju r
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of High-waj^s John Chenery & Stephen
Harris
Voted & Chofe Tythingmen mif rs Josiah Norcrofs & Bez n r
Learned
Voted & Chofe Hogrieves Simon Coollidge ju r & Israel Whitney
Voted & Chofe Surveyors of Timber planck &c L l . Nath 11 : Cool-
lidge David Sanger Bez 11 : Learned and Jonas Coollidge ju r . —
Voted & Chofe Howards David Coollidge ju r & Jonas Cool-
lidge ju r
Voted & Chofe Clerks of y e Markent mifs rs Samuel Cook & Jedi h
Leath
Voted & Chofe Cullars of Hoops Staves &c mifu rs Sam 11 Cook
& Bez" Learned
Voted & Chofe Surveyor of Wheat m r Stephen Harris
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Voted & Chofe m r Haftings Saxton and that he have two Con-
trabutions as uiual for his Service
Voted that Swine be Shut up the prefent year
Voted & Chofe a Com"- to Examin I St * nc
y* Treafurers Acc"*- { mr . Nath , Harring ton
[342] Voted to Appropriate y* Intereft money Coming to
the town as it was last Year (Viz) Five Shilling & four pence to
the School and the Remainder to y e Minifter
Voted and Granted the Sum of 66 "13 "4 as a Sallary for the
Rev d : m r Seth Storer the Enfueing year the Intereft money to
be part and the Remainder to be Afseit —
Voted and Abated Joseph Gardiners Rates in Conftable Isaac
Sanderfons & David Sangers lists being ±1"2"6"3
At a Gen !1 Town-Meeting of the freeholders & othe Inhabitants
of Watertown Regularly Afsembled at the Publick-Meeting
Houfe in s d : town on Monday the 14 th : Day of March Anno
Domini 1768 P r Adjornment
They Voted & Granted y e Sum of £33 " 6 " 8 to Support y* Gram r
School
Then it was put to vote whether they would grant money to
Support any other Schools and it paft in y e affirmative
Voted & Granted y* Sum of 20 pounds to Support other Schools
Put to Vote whether y* town will Choofe a Com a - to manage
the Schools and it past in the affirmative
m r : David Sanger
m r Jonas Bond
m r Sam 11 : Fisk
m r Sam 11 White
m r Nath 11 : Stone
Voted & Granted 20 pounds to Support the poor —
Voted & Granted 30 pounds to Repair y e High-ways & Town-
ways —
Voted that y* price of Labour in Working out the High way
Rate be the Same as it was last year —
Voted to Excuse m r John Chenery from Serving Surveyor of
Highways
Voted and Chofe m r : Jonas Bond to Serve in his Room
Voted & Chofe the Surveyors Collectors of the High-way Rate
Voted & abated Jonas Coollidges & James Hays's Rates in Con-
ftable Isaac Sanderfons lists & Granted 2 " 9 " 1 1 " 1 to make it
good —
Voted & accepted the town Creditors accounts and Granted
the S\im of £5" 12 "8 pence to pay the Same —
Voted and Chofe for Said Committe —
[343] Then the Committe that were Chofen to Sell m r
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Jonathans Stones Pew made Verbal Report that they Appointed
the first Day of February last to make Sale of s d : pew and
Notified the town in the Ufeull manner of the time and place and
put up Said pew to Sale and it was Struck of to m r Christopher
Grant for 80 pounds O: T: for which he gave Security to the
town Treafurer — ~~
Then it was Voted that m r Grant ^ ay So much of the money
into Treafury as will pay m r : Jonathan Stone his prime Cost —
Voted that the remainder may lie for the prefent at Intereft
Then the Article Relating to Building a Work-Houfe was Read
and it was Voted not to proceed to Build one at prefent
Then the Article Relating to m r Henry Spring Dec sts - pew was
Read and after Some Debate thereon The town Voted to Choofe
a Committe to Inquire further into the Circumftances of Said
affair and Report what will be proper for the Town to do
Relating thereto —
f m r : Nath 11 Stone
Voted & Chofe for Said Committe — -! m r Mofes Stone
I m r Nath 11 Harrington
The Same Day Jonathan Brown was Sworn as Town-Clerk
Town-Treafurer & Afsefsor by John Hunt Justice Peace
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Benjamin
Prentice the Same Evening after y e Selectmen had taken y* Oath
Relating to other Governments Bills then the other Town officers
after taking Said Oath were Sworn to the faithfull Discharge of
the Several offices to which they were Chofen (Viz) mifu rs Sam 1 :
Fisk & Mofes Stone Afsefsors
mifs rs Joseph Coollidge and John Stearns Conftables — —
mifs r Elijah Bond and Daniel Bond Wardens
m r Thomas Patten Sealer of Leather
mifs rs Samuel Cook and Jonathan Learned ju r Fence-Viewers
mifs rs Stephen Harris Surveyors of Highways & Collectors
mifs rs : Josiah Norcrofs & Bez 11 : Learned Tythingmen
mifs rs Simon Coollidge ju r & Israel Whitney Hogrieves
[344] mifs" Nath 11 Coollidge David Sanger Bez 11 : Learned
& Jonas Coollidge ju r Surveyors of Timber Planck &c
mifs rs David Coollidge ju r and Jonas Coollidge ju Howards
mifs rs Sam 11 : Cook and Jedidiah Leath Clerks of the Markets
kets
mfs rs Sam 11 Cook & Bez 11 : Learned Cullars of Hoops Staves &c —
At this Meeting the Selectmen Agreed with m r Nathan Cool-
lidge to take care of and Board the wid° Mary Maddox for the
Space of one year and he is to have at the Rate of Three Shillings
and four pence p r week
And with m r : Daniel Bond to Board and take Care of Mary
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Coollidge one year more at the Rate of two Piitereens p r week —
and they are to have no further Allowance Except in Case of
Sickneis —
At this Meeting the widow Mary Benjamin Sc Son made
Complaint that John Whitney ju r and his wife were Burdeniom
to them — and it Appearing to the Selectmen that they were Idle
Lazey Perions They Agreed with m r : Thomas Learned to have
the man for £6" 14" 8 for the Space of one Year which Sum he
is to pay to y* Selectmen for the ule of the Said Whitneys family
provided they can git the Alsiltance of two Justices of the Peace
to binde him thev alio Agreed with irf Fanning Le »™* d that
he Should have s d : Whitneys wife one year he paying thirty
Shillings for her Service f ^ r the like ules and on the Same Con-
ditions
At this Meeting y* Selectmen Approved of m r Edward Richard-
Ions Removeing his licence to his own houie and ordered the
Clerk to Signe their Approbation for him to Carry to the Quarter
Seisions
Water town March
29—1768
[345]
To y* Selectmen
Thefe are to Certify that we the Subscribers
Afsei'sors of Said Town have aiseit the Ratable
| Pools in S d : Town in >^ Sum of Thirty
pounds And and have Committed lists of s d :
Alseisment to the Surveyors of the High-ways who
are Collectors of the High-way Rate {Viz)
To rrf Stephen Harris the Sum of — £15*11 2 2
And to m r Jonas Bond the Sum of — 14 " 8"9"2
Afsesfors
Return
1763
30" 0"0"0
with Lawfull warrants to Levy & Collect y*
Same or See that it be faithfully worked out agre-
able to the Vote of the Town in Repairing y* High-
ways «N: Town-ways So as to make up their Whole
account of working or Collecting with yourSelves
or Succeisors on or before y* last day of November
Next Enfueing the Date Hereof <~ — — ~
Sam !1 : Fisk
Ton a : Brown
| Mofes Stone
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at >^ Houle of m r Benjamin Pren-
tice on y* 30 Day of March AD 1768
This being the year for Perambulating lines and Renewing the
Bounds Between towns the Selectmen Agreed to do that Service
on y* Ninteenth Day of April Next and ordered the Clerk to
Notify the Selectmen to Meet at half past Six of y e Clock in in the
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morning at m r Mofes Stones and the Selectmen of Waltham to
meet Near m r Joseph Wellingtons at Ten of y* Clock in the
fore-Noon alfo the Selectmen of Newton at 4 of y e Clock in the
afternoon Near m r Phinehas Cooks
At a Meeting y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benj n Prentice
on Fryday the 8 th Day of April Anno Domini 1768
They agreed with m r Bezaleel Learned to Care of the Great
Bridge and They Appointed mifsu rs Mofes Stone and Jonas
White to Perambulate with the perfons Appointed by the Adja-
cent Town on Ninteenth Inftant
[346] At Said Meeting the Selectmen Signed orders on y*
town Treafurer to y e Sum of 2 "2 "4" 2 To Bezaleel Learned
in full of his last Years account for what he did at the great
Bridge and the Sum of £8 pounds to Jonathan Whitney for his
Bringing Up Jacob Boyington ~~
And they Agreed that the Surveyors of the High-ways Should
have their Deftricts as they were last Year See Page (259) and
it being tho* Necefsary to Rebuild the South Pier of y e Great
Bridge as Soon as the Seafon will admit the Selectmen appointed
the 19 th Day of this prefent month of April to View and Examin
the timbers of Said Bridge and ordered the Clerk to Send Notifi-
cations to the Selectmen of Weston & Waltham of the time and
place of S d : Meeting that if they tho 1 Proper they might have
their Voice in the affair —
Notifications were Sent the Next Day
Accordingly P r Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Wal-
tham at the Houfe of m r : Benjamin Prentice Innholder in Water-
town, on Tuesday y e : 19 th - Day of April 1768 after Viewing and
Examining the Great Bridge they found Several of y* Timbers
Defective — and they Agreed with M r : Josiah Smith one of y e
Selectmen of Weston to Provide
one String peice 23 feet longe & 14 Intches Square —
one Cap peice 21 feet Longe & 13 Intches Square
Eight Braces 12 feet Longe and Nine Intches Square
One Pooft 12 feet Longe and twelve Intches Square
alfo 3 Poofts Six feet Longe and 12 Intches Square
s d
and m r Smith is to have at the Rate of 19/4 p r Ton for S d :
Timber and to Deliver the Same to m r Bezaleel Learned this
prefent month of April
347]
At the Said Meeting m r Mofes Stone and m r David
Bemis Reported that they had Perambulated the lines with
the men Appointed by the Adjacent towns and Renewed the
marcks be tween towns
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At a Meeting of y^ Selectmen on Monday y e . Second Day of
may AD 1768 at the Houfe of M r Benjamin Prentice
M r Nathaniel Harrington bro 1 in his account for keeping the
Englifh School Eleven Weeks which Comes to Seven pounds
and the Selectmen Signed an Order on y* Treafurer to pay the
Same — and m r Richard Clark Sent in a Notification to Inform
that he had taken to live with him one Isaac Peirce who came
last from Billerca on the Sixth Day of April Last past
The Selectmen haveing Received a Precept from the Sheriff
Requiring them to Afsemble the Inhabitants of Watertown to
Elect and Depute a Suitable Perfon to Reprefent them in a Great
& General Court or Afsembly Appointed to be convened held and
kept for his Majesty's Service at the Court Houfe in Boston on
Wedensday the 25 th Day of This prefent month of may —
Therefor They Ordered the Clerk to Issue out Warrants
Directed to y* Several Conftables to warn y e Inhabitants who are
Quallified to Vote in the Choice of a Reprefentative to meet at
the Publick Meeting Houfe on Monday the 16 th - Day of this
prefent month of may at 3 of the Clock in y e afternoon for the
Purpose aforeSaid — They alfo Agreed to to have an othe General
Town Me ^ tin s on the Same Day & at the Same place at 4 of y*
Clock afternoon and Directed y e Clerk to Issue out warrants to
warn the Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote town affairs
to Meet at Said time and Place for y^ Ends following (Viz)
First to Choofe a moderator for s d : meeting (2) To Hear
the Report of the Committe appointed to Examin y e Treaiurers
accounts & act thereon as they See fitt — (3) To pafs on a list
of Juriors prepared to be laid before the Town —
[348] (4) For the town to Act any thing Relating to
Repairing y e Fence on the minifterial fence farm or Dividing
y* fence with any Perfon or Perfons that have Land Adjoining
thereto and act any thing Relating thereto as they think Proper
(5) To Grant money to Repair the Great Bridge — (6^ To
Grant money to repair the meeting Houfe or appropriate Some
money Arifeing by ^ Sale of a Pew for that ufe if they think
fitt (7) To Hear a Copy of a Petition of Sundry Towns praying
that Some of the Courts of Justice may be Removed from the
places where they are now held to the town of Concord & act
Relating thereto as they See fitt — (8) For the town to take Some
Proper meafures to prevent y e the Town that leads by David San-
gers to Samuel Benjamins from being Deftroyed, and Act any
thing Relating thereto as they See fitt — (9) For the Town to
Accept of a peice of Land Purchafed by Cap r - Edward Harring-
ton and others if the town See fitt — (10) For the Town to
Abate Joseph Jepfas Rates in Edward Harrington ju r lists and
grant money to make it good (11) To Hear the Report of the
Committe that were Chofen last march Meeting to Inquire into
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W atertown Records.
y e Circumftances of y* late m r Henry Springs Pew and to Act
any thing further thereon as they think Proper - — —
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly
May y e : 6: 1768
P r Jon a Brown Town Cle r
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of the freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown Regularly Afsembled at ^ publick-Meet-
ing Houfe in s d : Town on Monday the Sixteenth Day of May AD
1768 For the Choice of a Reprefentativ the Major part of y e
Selectmen being prefent the Votes were Called for bro 1 : in Sorted
& Counted and it Appeared that m r John Remington was Chofen
by y e Major part of y e Electors prefent
[349] At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other
Inhabitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in Town
affairs Regularly Afsembled at y e publick meeting Houfe in s d :
Town on Monday y e Sixteenth Day of May AD: 1768 for
Transacting Sundry Town affairs as Settforth in y e Warrants
for s d : Meeting
Voted and Chofe m r : Sam 11 Fisk Moderator for s d : Meeting
Upon a Motion made & Seconded the Question was put Whether
it be y* minde of y* town to Adjorn this Meeting to monday Next
at 2 of 3^ Clock afternoon to this place in order to transact the
businefs of the Meeting and the Vote past in the affirmative —
The meeting was Declared Adjorned Accordingly —
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of y* freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown at the publick meeting Houfe in Said
Town on Monday y e 23 Day of May AD 1768 P r adjornment
(2) article Red Relating to the town Treafurers acc tts - upon
which the Com tees - Report was Read Voted and Accepted — That
the town Treafurers acc ts - were well Vouch 't & Right Cast
(3) article Read upon which a list of Juriors was Read after
which IA Whitney was Excufed from Serving on Jury of
Tryals — and the Remaing List was Voted and accepted — (4)
article Read Relating to the ministerial place. Upon which a
Vote was past to Choofe a Com tee - and Impower them to Divide
fences with thofe that joine upon the Minifterial place and that
S d : Com tte - be Directed to Repair the fence Belonging to the
minifterial place —
Voted & Chofe L 1 : Daniel Whitney Capt 1 Edward Harrington
and M r Jonas White for Said Com tee -
(5) article Read Relating to the Repairs of y e Great Bridge
Voted and Granted the Sum of Eight pounds to Repair the
Same
(6)
[350] (6) article Read Relating to the Repairs of y e
Meeting-Houfe
Watertown Records.
349
Voted and Appropriated the money Arifing by y e Sale of m r
Jonathan Stones pew (that Remains unappropriated —
Voted to Choofe a Com ttee - to do the Said Service
Voted and Chofe m r Mofes Stone m r : Jonas White & m r Richard
Clark for Said Com tee
(7) article Read Relating to Removeing y e Courts &c from
the Places where they are now kept in the County of Middlefex
to the town of Concord — Upon which a Petition was Read
from Sundry towns to the Gen 11 : Court for the Ends aforeSaid
Upon which a Vote was put whether it be Agreable to the town
that the prayer of s d : Petition be Granted and it past in the
Negative —
Voted and Chofe Cap 1 Jonathan Brown to give Reafons in
Behalf of the town why the prayer of S d petition Should not be
granted — (8) article Read Relating to the town way by m r :
David Sangers and after Some Debate thereon the Question was
put whether it be the minde of the town to act any thing on s d :
article It past in y* Negative —
(9) article Read Relating to the Lands purchafed by Cap 1
Edward Harrington after Some Debate the Vote was put
whether the town will act on s d : article and it past in the
Negative —
(10) article — Voted & abated Joseph Jepsas Rates in Collector
Edward Harrington jur s Lists and Granted y* Same Sum to make
it good — 0" 13 "5
(11) Read Relating to the pew that Belonged to m r Henry
Spring Deceafed upon which a Copy of a Decree was Produced
whereby it Appeared that s d : Pew was Settled upon m r Marfhal
Spring: upon which the Question was put whether the Town
will act any thing on Said Article & it past in the Negative
Attest Sam 11 : Fisk Moderator —
[351] Committees Report on the Town Treafurers Ac-
counts —
Watertown May y*: 16: 1768
We the Subscribers being Appointed by the Town to Examin
the Town Treafurers Acc tts - have Examined Said acc u - and Find
them well Vouch't and Right Cast
Sam 11 Fisk "]
Nath 11 : Harrington > Com ttc -
Mofes Stone J
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Benj n .
Prentice on Monday the Sixth Day of June AD 1768 —
They haveing Received a Precept from the Speaker of the
Hon le - Houfe of Reprefentatives Requiring the freeholders and
other Inhabitants of Watertown to be Afsembled to Choofe a
Reprefentative (the Choice of m r John Remington being Set a
350
W atertown Records.
Side) they ordered the Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to
y* Several Conftables to Warn the Freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in the Choice
of a Reprefentative to Afsemble at the Publick-Meeting Houfe in
S d : Town on Thursday the Ninth Day of June Inftant for Said
Purpofe
Warrants were Issued out accordingly
P r Jon a : Brown Town Cler
At a Gen 11 : Town Meeting of y* freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in y* Choice
of a Reprefentative Regularly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting
in S d : town on Thursday the Ninth day of June AD: 1768
The Selectmen Opened the Meeting and the Votes were Called
for and being bro 1 - in Counted & Sorted it Appeared that m r John
Remington was Chofen by the Major part of the Electors
[352] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of m r :
Benjamin Prentice on the first Day of July Anno: Domini 1768
They Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay m r Eben r :
Stone ju r the Sum of Eight pounds fror bringing up Mary Boy-
ington and to pay m r Abijah Learned 0"9"4 being y* 5 Expence
in Putting out the Poor in y e Year 1767 alfo to pay m r Jonathan
Whitney y e Sum of £2 pounds it being Remainder of What was
Due to him for taking Jacob Boyington to bring up —
At a meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Wal-
tham on Fryday y e Day of August at the Houfe of m r Josiah
Gleafon Inn-holder in s d Waltham 1768
They agreed to begin the Repairs of the Great Bridge in Water-
town on monday y e fifth Day of Sep r : Next (if y e Weather Per-
mit) and Appointed one of the Selectmen of Each Town for a
Com u - to Carry on the work (Viz) Cap 1 : Jonathan Brown for
Watertown m r Jonathan Stratton for Weston and Cap 1 - William
Coollidge for Waltham —
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown Weston and
Waltham on Tuesday y e : 13 th Day of Sep r AD 1768 at y e
Houfe of m r Benjamin Prentice in order to View y e Great Bridge
& Confider what further Repairs is Necefsary they Agreed y* M r :
Jonathan Bemis of Watertown and Cap 1 : William Coollidge of
Waltham Should finifh Putting up the Rails and Carry on as
much more Gravil as they Shall think Needfull and they Ap-
pointed to meet again on the first monday of October Next at 2
of y e Clock afternoon at the Houfe of m r Josiah Smith in Weston
to Compleat the Settlement of their Chearge Relating to y 6 S d :
Bridge —
W atertown Records.
351
[353] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown on Mon-
day 19 th - Day of Sep r AD 1768 at m r Benjamin Prentices
Houi'e They Approbated m r Thomas Saltmarfh m r Benjamin
Prentice m r Edward Richardion to be Innholders alio L r : Nath 11
Coollidge to keep an Innhold and they Approbated m r Cornelius
Waldo m r Jonas White John Hunt Esq r : and m r Josiah Capen
to be Retailors of Spiritous Liquors
And they agreed to have a town-Meeting at y 6 publick Meeting-
Houfe on Wedensday the 21 st Day of this Inftant September at
2 of y e Clock afternoon to act on the following articles (Viz)
First to Choofe a moderator for s d : meeting —
(2^) To Confider what is Proper to be don in the Prefent
Melancholly Circumftances of this province in Perticular all well
as America in General — Eispecially to hear y e late Refolves of y*
town of Boston and to Choofe a Committe to joine with y e Com-
mitte of Boston and Such other towns as Shall think proper to
appoint one to Confider what is proper to be don in the Prefent
State of affairs — and Directed the Clerk to Issue out Warrants to
Directed to y* Several Conftables to warn the Inhabitants that
are Quallified to Vote in town affairs to meet at time and place
and for the Ends aforeS d : — which was done the Next Day accord-
ingly
Attest Jon a : Brown Town-Clerk
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of y* freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town
affairs Regularly afsembled at the Publick meeting Houfe on
Wedensday y* 21 st Day of Sep r . AD: 1768 —
Voted and Choofe m r : Samuel Fisk moderator for s d : meeting
Then the Proceedings of y* town of Boston were Read — and
after Some Debate Relating to their Defire of Sending a Com-
mitte to joine with them and other towns in a Convention — the
Vote was Put whethe it be the minde of y e town to Choofe a
Perfon to Send to said Convention and it past in the affierm-
ative
Then Voted and Choofe m r John Remington for s d : Committe
man
[354] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown Weston
& Waltham at the Houfe of m r Josiah Smith Inn-holder in
Weston on Monday the Third Day of October Anno: Domini
1768 The Accounts for Repairing the Great Bridge in Water-
town Since y e last Adjustment (which was on y 6 21 Day of Sep r
AD 1767) ammounting to y* Sum of £29 = 18=6=2 were
Proportioned adjusted and Signed by y* Selectmen of the Several
Towns — They are Entered at Large in the Second Book in the
Treafury Page (68) —
352
W atertoivn Records.
at this Meeting y e Selectmen of Watertown & Waltham agreed
to lay the affair Relating to y e wid° Mary Maddox before Each
Town at their Next March meeting and Endeavor to git a
Committe from Each town Chofen & Empowered to Settle the
Difpute between ^ Two Towns Relating to Said wid° Maddox
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r John Kem-
ball on y e 5 th - Day of December Anno: Domini 1768 They
Signed an Order on y e Town Treafurer to pay the Sum of
£5 "12 "8 — To y* Town Creditors which was Granted Last
march Meeting — alfo to pay m r John Kemball y* Sum of
0" 10" 10" 3 farthings which he paid m r : Samuel Haf tings for
Mending Glafs at the Meeting Houfe & School-Houfe in y^ Year
1765 — They alfo Signed an other order to pay the Sum of
£27 "16 "2 pence to y e perfons that procured the Meterials and
Did the Repairs of y* Great Bridge the prefent year —
at this meeting they were Informed the wid° Murch was in
poor Circumftances and they Agreed that m r Mofes Stone pro-
vide her a load of wood and be paid for it by the town —
[355] At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y^ Houfe of m r
Benjamin Prentice on Mondy y* 1 : 9 th - Day of January Anno
Domini 1769
They being Informed that m r William Godding was in low
Circumftances & his wife Sick it was Agreed that m r Mofes
Stone provide a load of wood and Send to s d : Godding and be
paid for it out of the town Treafury
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Mofes Stone
on Fryday the 13 th - Day of January AD 1769 —
They being Informed that Mary Coollidge was in want of a
pair of Shifts they Agreed that m r Jonas White Should Provide
her Some — and they Signed an order on y 6 Treafurer to pay
mifsu rs Edward Harrington ju r and Samuel Soden Collectors
three pounds each which was Granted them for Collecting the
Rates alfo to pay m r Jonathan Learned ju r three Shillings & eight
pence for mending the pound And they Directed the Clerk to
order the Conftables to Notifie the late Surveyors of High-ways
to meet them at the Houfe of the wid° Mary Learned on Wed-
ensday y e First Day of February Next at one of the Clock after-
noon to Settle their Accounts
Notifications were given out accordingly Dated the Same
day Attest
Jon a : Brown Town-Cler
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of the wid° Mary
Learned on y e first day of February AD 1769 —
M r Joseph Wellington m r Thomas Clark Cap 1 : William Cool-
lidge M r David Bemis m r William Bond & m r Samuel White
W atertown Records.
353
Sattiffied y e Selectmen that they had finifhed their lists of Rates
as Collectors of y e High-way Rate which are Accepted
And m r Thomas Learned, m r Edward Harrington ju r , m r
Jonathan Bemis m r Joseph Coollidge m r Richard Clark m r
Daniel Sawin and m r Phinihas Stearns bro 1 : their lists and it
Appeared y l they had not finifhed them
[356] At a Meeting of Selectmen on Monday y e 20 th -
day of Feb 1 ^': Anno: Domini 1769 at the Houfe of m r Thomas
Saltmarfh — They Agreed to have Publick Annual March
Meeting on Monday y e Sixth Day of march Next at Nine of y 6
Clock in the Forenoon at y e publick Meeting Houfe — and ordered
the Clerk to Issue out Warrants Directed to the Conftables to
warn all y* freeholders & other Inhabitants who are Quallified
To Vote in town affairs to Afsemble & meet together at s d : time
and place for the Ends following (Viz) —
First to Choofe a Moderator for s d : meeting (2 ly ) To Choofe
Selectmen a Town Clerk Treafurer & all other town officers
Required by law to be Chofe in month of march annually.
(3 ly ) To Choofe a Saxton and agree how he Shall be paid for his
Service, (4^) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer.
(5 ly ) To know y* minde of the town Whether Swine Shall Run
at large the Enfueing year — (6 ly ) To Choofe a Committe to
Examin the Treafurers accounts — (7 ly ) To appropriate the In-
terest money comeing to y e town the prefent Year the Year
Begining the Eleventh day of December last past (8 ly ) To grant
a Sallary for the Rev d : m r Seth Storer for y e Enfueing the
year begining the first day of march Next (9 ly ) To grant
money to Support the Schools that the town may agree Shall be
keept the Enfueing year, and Act any thing Relating thereto as the
town may think proper
(10'y) To grant money to Support the poor (ll Iy ) To grant
money to Repair the Great Bridge. (12 ly ) To hear the accounts
of thofe perfons the town is Indebted to and grant money to pay
the Same (13 ly ) To grant money to Repair y e High-ways and
Town-ways and to Choofe the Surveyors Collectors of the High-
way Rate and Determin the price of Labour in Working out Said
Rate and Act any thing Relating to former Surveyors of High-
ways, and to come into any New Method for Repairing Said
ways as the town may think Proper. (14 Iy ) To hear the pleas of
y* prefent or any late Conftables or Collectors for abating any
Perticular perfons Rates in their lists and grant money to make
them good as the town may think fitt (15 ly ) To know y e minde
of the town Whether they will come into Some Method to
Settle the Difpute with the town of Waltham Relating to the
Suppor to the widow
Mary
[357] Mary Maddox and for the town to act thereon as
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W atertown Records.
they think Proper (16 Iy ) To know the minde of the town
Whether they will have three School-Houfes and to act any
thing Relating to Said affair they may think proper —
(I7 ly ) To hear the Report of the Committe that were ap-
pointed to Repair the Meeting-Houfe and do any thing further
on the affair they may think best (18 ly ) To Hear y e Report of
the Committe that were Appointed to Divide fences with thofe
perfons that have land that joine on the Minifterial place and to
Repair said fences and for the town to do any thing further
Relating thereto which they may think Needfull
Likewife to Notifie the town Creditors to bring in their ac-
counts to y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r Benjamin Prentice on
Fryday y e third day of march Next at two of y e Clock in the
afternoon in order to their being layed before y e town
Alfo to Notifie the Surveyors of High-ways that have not
Settled their accounts to attend at S d : time & place in order to
Settle their Accounts —
Warrants were Issued out Accordingly Dated y e Same day
P r Jon a : Brown Town-Clerk —
At this meeting y e Selectmen Signed an order on the Town
Treafurer for ^° pay the Sum of £66" 13 "4 to the Rev d : M r Seth
Storer which was Granted for his Sallary for the year 1768. and
to m r : Nathaniel Harrington the Sum of £16" 1 3 " 4 for his Ser-
vice in keeping the Grammer School Six months — and to Dea n .
Samuel Fisk y e Sum of £1 : 8 : for his Service in taking the
Special Invoice in the month of may last —
And to m r Mofes Stone for the like Service £1 : 13 : 4
And to Jonathan Brown Sum of £1"12"0 for like Service
and for Copying a list of Valuation and the province Rate for to
Send to the General Court —
[358] The proceedings of the Committe Chofen by the
Town of Watertown march — 1768 to take Care of the Schools
and and improve the money granted for that purpofe the Prefent
Year—
At a meeting of s d Comm tee at m r Prentices March y e 27: 1768
They Agreed with m r : Nath 11 Bond the prefent School Mafter
to keep y e Grammer School anothe Quarter at the Rate of
£8: 6: 8 p r Quarter the Quarter to begin the Second Day of
April Next allowing him the liberty of leaveing the School at
any time giveing y e Com tee - timely Notice
At a meeting of s d Com tee - at m r Prentices may 9 th - 1768 —
M r Bond haveing notified the Com tee - that he was about to
leave the School they Agreed wth m r Nathaniel Harrington to
keep the Grammer School a Quarter of a year at the Rate of
Watertown Records.
355
£8:6:8 pe r Quarter — Accordingly m r Bond Left the School
about the 16 th of may and m r Harrington began the first day of
June —
At a meeting of Said Com tee - at m r Prentices June — 15 —
1768 they Determined that there Should be a Vacancy in the
Gramer School to begin the 27 th - day of the prefent month and
to Continue Seven Weeks —
At Said meeting they Determined that there Should be five
womans Schools Opened to begin the 27 th : day of June Inftant
accordingly they Agreed with m r Joseph Hays wife to keep a
School in their houfe — They agred alfo with mis Kezia Stone
to keep a School in the new School Houfe and m r Samuel Mafons
wife to keep a School in the Houfe where they live — and mis
Hannah Bright to keep a School in m r Phinehas Stearns's Houfe —
And m r Eirs Tainters wife to keep a School in their Houfe
Accordingly they keept School eight weeks each at Two pounds
old Tenor p r - Week Said miftrefses to find rooms or alow for
them out of their wages
At a meeting of said Com tee - at m r Prentices Oct r . 17 — 1768
they Agreed with m r Nathaniel Harrington to keep the Gramer
School to the first mondy of march next
[359] After the Rate of £250 old Tenor p r year his first
Quarter Expiring the day next following Said meeting — The
Said Com tee - agreed to procure wood for the School, The master
to use his indeavours to Collect, the money of the Schollers for
that purpose, each Scholler to advance half a Pistereen for the
first payment
At a Meeting of Said Com tee - at m r Richardfons Dec r 2: 1768
They Agreed and Contracted with m r John Stratton to keep a
Writing School at the new School Houfe in the eaft part of the
Town for four weeks for Eighteen pounds old Tenor and ac-
cordingly he began December the 12 th -
At a Meeting of Said Com tee - at m r Prentices's Jan r '- 5th- 1769
They Agreed with m r Stratton to keep the School in the East
part of the town five weeks more making in the whole nine weeks
after the Rate of two Dollars p r Week
At a meeting of Said Com tee - at m r Prentices Feb ry - 2 — 1769
They Agreed to hire m r John Stratton to keep a Writing School
Eight weeks in the west part of the town at M r Wm- Bonds at
two Dollars p r week. M r Bond to have ten Shillings old Ten r
p r week for a Room to keep Said School in —
Sam 11 : Fisk P r . Order—
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Watertoivn Records.
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Benj n -
Prentice on Fryday the third Day of march AD 1769 in order
to take in the town Credit &c —
M r : Daniel Bond bro 1 in his account for Boarding mary Cool-
lidge 52 weeks at 18/ p r week old Tenor which comes to
£46: 16—0
alfo an account for Some Clothing procured for
her and making and mending which Comes to old
Tenor 10 : 4 : 6
Total is —
L: M. is 7
m r : Mofes Stone bro': in an account for one load
of wood which he procured for the wid° Murch
which Came to
and for one load procured for W m - Godding as
greed by the Selectmen
57
12
:6
0—3
13
[360] And m r Stephen Harris bro 1 : an ac-
count for Boarding the wid° Mary Maddox eight
days " 3
And m r Nathan Coollidge his account for Board-
ing the wid° Mary Maddox for one year at 3/4 p r
Week Comes to 8:13:4
March y e . 3. 1769 m r Jonas Bond was Sworn to y e office of
Surveyor of High-ways & Collector of y e High-way Rate
P r Jon a : Brown Town-Clerk
3
1
16
16
9
At Said Meeting the following Accounts were bro 1 : in to
Selectmen to be layed before the town (Viz)
To Dea n : Fisk for Serving Afsefsor y e year past-
To m r Mofes Stone for like Service —
To Jon a Brown for Serving Treafurer & Afsefsor
To m r Sam 11 White for Serving Conftable in
year 1765 and other Services
To m r Jonas White for Labour &c at m r Storers
fence and Mending the School Houfe Glafs —
To m r Jonathan Learned ju r for Labour &
Meterials to mend the School Houfe
To m r Stephen Harris for Sundry Stones for
Treadways Bridge (So Called)
the
:
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:
0:8:1
4 : 4
5 : 14 :
12 : 7:9
INDEX OF NAMES
Page
Adams, George, 250, 285.
Allen, Abigail, 261.
George, 261.
Hannah, 261.
Isaac, 164.
John, 216.
Andrew, Samuel, 7.
Arms, John, 42.
Bailev, Baily, etc.
James, 1, 16, 19, 31, 116, 141,
147, 172, 180, 271, 300.
Baldwin, Baulding, etc.
Capt. David. 67, 118, 120, 123,
128, 132. 141, 142, 161, 163,
168, 189, 219, 224, 229, 231,
234, 242.
Samuel, 112, 113, 115.
Ball, John, 164.
Barda, Bardu, &c, (negro).
Lois, 258, 260.
Barnard, Barnerd, etc.
James, 235, 254.
Jonas, 147, 157, 168, 183, 186,
200, 229, 235, 245, 249, 250,
252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 263,
264, 268, 274, 277, 281, 285,
291, 294, 295, 306, 312, 324,
326, 327, 330, 342.
Samuel, 8, 28, 48, 141, 151, 154,
155, 161, 172, 250, 326, 327.
Barry, Robert, 232.
Bateman, Ebenezer, 329.
Bath. Mary, 313.
Bathrick, Jason, 259.
Bavles, see Bailey.
Beals, Dr., 278.
Beath, Walter. 19.
Beck, Widow, 59, 64.
John, 18.
Bedwell, Martha, 220.
Bemis. Mr., 188, 194, 202, 203.
David, 84, 181, 185, 198, 203,
206, 208, 210, 212, 223, 228,
230, 236, 238, 251, 254, 258,
265, 268, 269, 279, 297, 309,
310, 311, 315, 322, 323, 346,
352.
Elizabeth, 329.
Jonathan, 1, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24,
32, 39, 40. 41, 42, 43, 44, 47,
50, 53, 65, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81,
85, 86, 87, 92. 93, 102, 112, 114,
115. 116, 118, 119, 122, 125,
Page
Bemis. Jonathan — Continued.
129, 132, 134, 136, 138, 144,
147, 148, 150, 152, 153, 157,
161, 162, 163, 171, 175, 179,
183, 185, 190, 191, 192, 194,
196, 198, 202, 205, 206, 207,
211, 215, 219, 224, 229, 231,
245, 264, 288, 350, 353.
Jonathan, Junr., 169, 171, 221,
251, 256, 258, 292, 299, 309,
313, 316, 317, 319, 320, 324,
325, 328, 330, 333, 334, 335,
342.
Mary, (alias Cornish), 42.
Sarah, (alias Cornish), 10, 178.
Benjamin. Abel. 136, 138, 211.
Jonathan, 7, 9.
Joshua, 40.
Marv, widow. 311, 320, 324, 345.
Samuel, 17, 161, 229, 279, 324,
347.
Bennett. Roland. 291.
Bently, Margret, alias Ruth Sim-
son, etc., 43.
Berdu, see Barda.
Bigelow, Bigelo, etc.
Abraham, 164, 191, 205, 216.
Eleazer, 93.
Hannah, 285. 286.
Jacob, 191, 192, 205, 207, 216.
Joshua, 40, 41.
Moses, 211, 307, 310.
Bisco, Josiah, 273, 307, 316, 323.
Blanchard, Anna, 128.
Bollason, Susanna, 235.
Bond, constable, 181, 198.
Amos, 1, 4, 15, 18, 54, 56, 64, 67,
79, 89, 103, 105, 135, 161, 169,
171, 173, 175, 177, 182, 195,
196, 198, 202, 205, 207, 209,
212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 220,
221, 223, 225, 226, 231, 233,
235, 297.
Benjamin, 68, 122, 297, 304.
Daniel, 38, 41. 42, 47. 64, 65, 67,
68, 75, 85, 106, 146, 157, 161,
221, 225, 241, 242, 258, 278,
279, 311, 324, 329, 340, 341,
342, 344, 356.
Elijah, 147, 326, 336, 342, 344.
Elizabeth, 260.
Henry, 201, 238.
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Bond — Continued.
Jonas, 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 15, 22, 23,
24, 25, 29, 32, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42,
43, 45, 48, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56,
57, 60, 64, 65, 66, 68, 70, 71,
74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 86,
91, 95, 102, 106, 114, 115, 119,
122, 125, 128, 131, 146, 161,
167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 175,
176, 177, 179, 180, 198, 209,
212, 214, 216, 217, 221, 224,
225, 226, 233, 236, 240, 242,
251, 254, 255, 256, 267, 305,
343, 345, 356.
Jonas, Junr., 147, 169, 171, 193,
251, 299, 307, 321, 326, 327.
Nathaniel, 322, 323, 329, 339,
340, 341, 354, 355.
Thaddeus, 201.
William, 236, 239, 246, 262, 270,
271, 279, 281, 282, 292, 295,
326, 327, 328, 341, 352, 355.
Bowman, Elizabeth, 232.
Ruth, 297.
Boynton, Boyington.
, 68.
Elizabeth, 330.
Jacob, 324, 330, .340.
Jacob, [Junr.], 330, 346, 350.
Lois, 140.
Mary, 173, 317, 318, 319, 321,
324, 325, 331, 333, 350.
Bradish, Ebenezer, 43, 52.
Branch, .Abigail, 166, 173.
Brattle, Col. William, 80, 114, 134.
Bright, Hannah, 307, 339, 355.
Henry, 146.
Henry, Junr., 3.
John, 1, 21, 70.
Josiah, 146, 151, 154, 183, 186,
239, 292, 294, 325, 327, 328.
Nathaniel, 15, 18, 27, 31, 39, 48,
51, 63, 65, 67, 86, 87, 89, 91,
102, 119, 124, 125, 135, 140,
141, 147, 158.
Silas, 114, 147.
Sybil, 157, 161.
Brinley, Brindley, etc.
Col., 180, 199.
Mr., 29.
Francis, 34, 43.
Brown, Capt., 106, 187, 229.
Abijah, 197, 199, 208, 215.
Allen, 35.
Elizabeth, 285.
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Brown — Continued.
John, 93, 106, 119, 128, 130, 131,
132, 133, 140, 141, 144, 151,
154, 160, 161, 166, 174, 181,
185, 187, 188, 189, 219, 224,
229, 231, 234, 242, 260, 261.
Jonathan, 22, 51, 57, 65, 68, 87,
158, 161, 179, 210, 212, 220,
221, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229,
231, 233, 234, 235, 236, 239,
241, 243, 244, 246, 247, 249,
250, 251, 254, 255, 256, 257,
258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263,
264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270,
271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278,
279, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286,
287, 288, 291, 292, 294, 295,
296, 297, 299, 300, 301-316,
318-325, 327-330, 332, 333,
335, 336, 339, 341, 342, 344,
345, 346, 348-352, 354, 356.
Jonathan, Junr., 40, 86, 119, 123,
158, 169, 171, 172, 193, 196.
Thomas, 153.
Byles, Daniel, 258.
Sarah, 304.
Caldwell, constable, 143, 144.
Jacob, 16, 86, 135, 136, 138.
John, 289.
Campbell, Cambel.
Samuel, 17.
Capen, Josiah, 351.
Chadwick, Martha, 308.
Sarah, 43, 107.
Submitt, 43, 107.
Chamberlain, Sarah, 308, 320.
Charles, (Frenchman), 178, 180.
Chenery, John, 258, 265, 268, 279,
286, 326, 329, 342, 343.
Child, , 135.
widow, 175.
Daniel, 191.
John, 278.
Jonathan, 48, 52, 103, 105, 107,
134, 146, 197, 199, 209, 212,
213, 214, 221, 225, 233, 236,
239, 246, 247, 250, 251, 254,
256, 259, 262, 265, 267, 268,
274, 292, 300, 301, 305.
Joseph, 5, 19, 146, 279.
Phinehas, 297, 304, 311, 317,
323, 326, 327, 328.
Samuel, 245, 250, 262.
Church, Jonathan, 35.
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Clark, constable, 170, 185.
John, 170.
Richard, 48, 50, 51, 53, 64, 146,
151, 157, 161, 229, 236, 239,
264, 265, 268, 269, 279, 281,
282, 292, 294, 303, 347, 349,
353.
Richard, Jr., 154, 157.
Thomas, 120, 123, 147, 151, 157,
197, 199, 200, 201, 210, 212,
264, 265, 320, 352.
Uriah, 1, 4, 16, 18, 46, 56, 103,
129, 136, 139. 146, 156, 158,
166, 175, 183.
Cod, Thomas, 320.
Coffin, John, 173.
Susanna, 173.
Coggin, John, 197, 199.
Collier, Eleanor, 218.
Colman, Hannah, 316.
Converse, Dr. Josiah, 8, 32, 37, 38,
41, 42, 43, 53, 77, 118, 132, 135,
141, 143, 145, 168, 171, 172,
176, 183, 185, 188, 196, 198,
208, 231, 250, 291.
Cook. Daniel, 22, 71.
John, 99. 101, 123. 144, 145, 151,
154, 161, 163, 168, 183, 184,
186, 187, 189, 191, 195, 196,
200, 202. 203, 205, 207, 226,
235. 251, 254, 263, 274.
Phinehas, 346.
Samuel, 1, 28, 48, 50, 51, 65, 68,
85, 86, 87, 103, 120, 122, 123,
136, 139, 151, 154, 169, 171,
175, 183, 186, 197, 199, 210,
212, 222, 225, 236, 237, 239,
252, 254, 265, 268, 279, 293,
294, 307, 309, 311. 322, 323,
326, 327, 339, 342, 344.
Stephen, 174.
Coollidge, Capt., 176, 180, 187, 229,
230, 231.
Mrs. 32, 58, 71, 80, 92, 115, 155.
D., 9.
David, 19, 24, 26, 27, 28, 41, 57,
59, 60. 77, 96, 110, 128, 141,
165, 189, 260, 263, 270, 272,
277.
David, Jun., 251, 265, 268, 342,
344.
Elisha, 49, 51, 86.
Henry, 176.
John, 5, 22, 24, 27, 32. 37, 40, 43,
46. 53. 71, 106, 146, 155, 161,
176. 181, 185.
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Coollidge — Continued.
John, Jr., 19, 92, 97.
Jonas, 1, 4, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19,
33, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 64, 65,
67, 68, 84, 86, 87, 93, 94, 98,
101, 103, 105, 106, 116, 119,
120, 122, 123, 136, 139, 151,
154, 161, 163, 168, 169, 171,
172, 174, 177, 182, 183, 186,
197, 199, 205, 207, 210, 211,
212, 221, 222, 225, 235, 236,
239, 251, 254, 265, 343.
Jonas, Jr., 293, 294, 309, 311, 326,
327, 342, 343, 344.
Joseph, 5, 23, 28, 139, 140, 166,
176, 187, 197, 199, 200, 202,
216, 221, 226, 240, 250, 251,
254, 263, 273, 277, 279, 281,
291, 292, 294, 295, 296, 301,
304, 306, 311, 323, 326, 327,
328, 330, 340, 341, 342, 344,
353.
Martha, 26.
Marv. 235, 239, 245, 249, 250,
252, 254, 256, 257, 259, 263,
264, 268, 274, 277, 281, 287,
289, 291, 295, 303, 306, 311,
312. 324, 329, 340, 344, 345,
352, 356.
Mrs. Mercv, 106, 111, 115, 155.
Nathan. 203, 215, 251, 254, 278,
280, 292, 295, 341, 344, 356.
Nathaniel, 44, 48, 75. 86, 92, 97,
98, 102. 146. 151. 154. 155, 161,
166. 176, 177, 178, 190, 195,
196. 198, 203, 208, 209, 210,
212. 214, 215, 216, 218-221,
224-228, 232, 233, 235, 236, 239,
250, 251, 258, 313, 319, 326,
327, 342, 351.
Nathaniel. Jr.. 103, 247, 249, 265,
271, 273, 279, 286, 293, 294,
297, 301, 309, 311.
Samuel, 3, 43. 44. 46, 48, 53, 59,
60, 61, 64, 69, 79, 80, 81, 83,
85. 90. 94. 97, 107, 112, 115,
116, 118, 123. 124, 129, 130,
134, 148. 155, 158, 166, 167,
170. 176, 177, 179, 180, 182,
186, 190, 195, 196, 198, 203,
208, 226, 231, 233, 239, 247,
249, 254, 258, 260, 263, 268,
269. 270, 272, 273, 274, 276,
277, 278, 281, 285, 287, 291,
295, 301, 303, 304, 306, 307,
311, 313, 316. 317, 320, 323.
324, 328, 335, 336, 341.
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Coollidge — Continued.
Samuel, Jr., 103, 105, 119, 121,
124, 125.
Simon, 1, 4, 33, 65, 103, 105, 106,
124, 125, 129, 136, 146, 174,
198, 239, 244, 249, 254, 263,
264, 268, 277, 281, 291, 294.
Simon, Jr., 326, 327, 342, 344.
Thaddeus, 35.
Thomas, 28.
William, 1, 11, 15, 16, 28, 32,
48, 65, 85, 86, 87, 106, 114,
319, 350, 352.
Cornish, Mary, (alias Bemis), 42.
Sarah, (alias Bemis), 10, 178.
Cotton, Samuel, 250.
Cox, Anna, 277.
Crawley, Abraham, 215.
Crofts, Aaron, 67.
Crowls, Robert, 17.
Cummings, Thomas, 173, 211.
Curtice, Joseph, 266.
Cushing, , 72.
Cutting, Cutten, Josiah, 67.
Richard, 11, 44, 45, 96, 97, 99,
124, 125, 162, 178, 190, 191,
205, 216, 259, 285, 301.
Danforth, Dr. Samuel, 264, 286.
Dascom, James, 153, 170.
Daucey, Timothy, 301, 302.
Davis, Mary, 134.
Dennis, Denis, William, 42.
Dix, constable, -153.
James, 10, 11, 24, 25, 33, 36, 52,
65, 67, 68, 136, 144, 183, 184,
186, 221, 236, 239, 258, 261.
John, 78, 205, 206, 207.
Jonas, 216, 319.
Draper, Ann, 259.
John, 259.
Katherine, 247.
Mary, widow, 287.
Edds, Daniel, 246, 258.
Edward, 198.
Ernes, Nathan, 17.
Farnsworth, Peter, 332.
Felton, Benjamin, 174, 205, 207,
251, 254, 265, 268, 278, 280,
308, 315.
Joanna, widow, 321.
Fessenden, Arthur, 287.
Barbara, 287.
Benjamin, 287.
Isaac, 287.
Mary, 287.
Peter, 151, 154.
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Fisk, Mrs., 15.
Hannah, widow, 3, 8, 13, 19.
Josiah, 78.
Nathan, 164.
Samuel, 16, 18, 28, 33, 48, 57, 65,
68, 69, 70, 73, 85, 86, 87, 93,
96, 98, 101, 112, 116, 119, 122,
123, 125, 127, 129, 135, 136,
138, 142, 147, 148, 149, 150,
151, 154-157, 160, 161, 162,
164, 165, 168, 169, 171-177,
179-183, 185-189, 191-196, 198,
199, 200-209, 213, 214, 215,
217, 218, 222, 226, 235, 237,
244, 245, 252, 253, 256, 271,
288, 300, 301, 308, 315, 321,
328, 329, 335, 336, 340, 342,
343, 344, 345, 348, 349, 351,
354, 355, 356.
Flowers, Thomas, 173.
Foster, Abiah, 246.
David, 153, 170.
Jacob, 155, 160, 162, 164.
Jacob, Jr., 148.
John, 153, 291.
Fowle, Foul, etc.
Edmund, 86, 87, 124, 136, 138,
147, 151, 154, 161, 169, 170,
171, 174, 175, 218, 220, 237,
239, 264, 266, 292, 293, 294,
318, 331, 333.
Fuller, Fullar, Daniel, 287, 289,
320.
Isaac, 287.
Jemima, 287.
Jerusha, 249.
Lydia, 287.
Meriam, 287.
Gale, Esther, 80.
John, 103, 105, 120, 123.
Gamage, Gammage.
Nathaniel, 89.
William, 49, 86, 103, 120, 123.
Gardiner, Joseph, 343.
Gardner, Margret, 203, 213.
Garfield, Joseph, 18.
Gigger, Hannah, 182.
Giles, Thomas, 168.
Gleason, Josiah, 334, 350.
Goddard, , 64, 139, 195.
widow, 304.
Ebenezer, 92, 106, 136, 161, 229,
320.
Index of Names.
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Goding, Godding, Henrv, 65, 68,
69, 77, 79, 85, 86, 146, 181,
184, 213, 215.
Jeduthan, 223.
Jonathan Coollidge, 236, 239,
258, 279, 281.
Mary, 286.
Sarah, 286.
William, 26, 33, 36, 47, 69, 88,
89, 146, 181, 185, 246, 258, 280,
283, 286, 328, 352, 356.
William, Jr., 237, 239.
Goodhue, William, 273, 318, 319.
Gould, Mr., 116, 124.
Grant, widow, 88, 106.
Christopher, 1, 17, 60, 103, 129,
139, 336, 344.
Joseph, 6, 8.
Mary, 3.
Greenwood, Thomas, 68.
Grover, widow, 58, 63, 64, 97, 98,
102, 125.
Elizabeth, 6, 8.
Hackleton, Hackelton.
James, 17.
Mary, 176, 196, 199, 200, 208.
Samuel, 321.
Hager, , 231.
Jonathan, 228, 230.
Moses, 238, 258.
Samuel, 17, 80, 102, 141, 151, 161,
183, 185, 190, 191, 192, 194,
196, 228, 258.
Samuel, Jr., 309, 311, 312.
Hall, Catherine, 191.
Hammond, Abijah, 232.
Jonathan, 319.
Harrington, Herrington, etc.
constable, -229, 241, 242.
Benjamin, 28, 163, 286, 301, 307,
331, 332.
Edward, 3, 16, 17, 18, 47, 65, 70,
71, 73, 75, 78, 80, 81, 85, 118,
119, 122, 125, 127, 129, 132,
136, 138, 142, 144, 147, 148,
150, 161, 163, 168, 171, 172,
173, 175, 176, 180, 182, 205,
207, 231, 236, 239, 240, 244,
245, 247, 251, 254, 259, 267,
272, 278, 288, 347, 348, 349.
Edward, Jr., 210, 212, 215, 254,
292, 294, 296, 302, 328, 347,
349, 352, 353.
Jonas, 243, 259, 286.
Jonas, Jr., 261, 276, 300, 307,
331, 332, 338.
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Harrington, Herrington — Cont.
Joseph, 2, 19, 24, 32, 47, 65, 69,
72, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 89, 90,
102, 115, 116, 118, 122, 136,
138, 146, 161, 174, 194, 200,
229, 248, 257, 258, 281, 286,
287.
Moses, 172.
Nathaniel, 4, 18, 29, 33, 35, 36,
37, 45, 48, 63, 65, 68, 70, 78,
80, 85, 86, 87, 101, 103, 105,
118, 136, 138, 149, 150, 151,
154, 161, 168, 169, 171, 172,
177, 182, 183, 185, 186, 189,
195, 196, 199, 207, 209, 212,
220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226,
235, 237, 238, 241, 242, 251,
252, 253, 256, 265, 266, 268,
271, 272, 273, 274, 277, 278,
279, 281, 284, 286, 288, 292,
293, 299, 300, 305, 307, 309,
310, 311, 315, 318, 322, 323,
325, 327, 328, 329, 332, 336,
338, 340, 343, 344, 347, 349,
354, 355.
Thomas, 151, 154, 236, 239, 251,
254, 257, 258, 264, 280, 309,
311.
Harris, Justice, 37, 51, 53, 77, 87.
Benjamin, 192, 210, 212, 215, 220,
266, 283.
Joseph, 18.
Josiah, 153.
Nathaniel, 1, 4, 7, 8, 15, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31,
36, 37, 57, 90, 91, 105, 121,
131, 132, 138, 139, 144, 151,
154, 161, 200, 212, 217, 221,
225, 234, 238, 241, 243, 244,
245, 257, 258, 288, 315.
Nathaniel, Jr., 211, 215.
Stephen, 183, 186, 274, 276, 280,
288, 298, 300, 309, 311, 315,
325, 329, 340, 341, 342, 344,
345, 356.
Hastings, widow, 211.
Benjamin, 9, 10, 11, 15, 28, 31,
37, 42, 46, 47, 49, 57, 58, 64,
SO, 84, 93, 99, 101, 106, 111,
115, 118, 124, 135, 136, 138,
139, 148, 150, 158, 162, 163,
168, 169.
Ebenezer, 1.
John, 8.
Joseph, 16.
Mary, 218, 289.
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Hastings — Continued.
Samuel, 235, 352.
Seth, 48, 49, 51, 52, 65, 68, 136,
187.
Simon, 178, 183, 187, 195, 210,
215, 220, 222, 235, 237, 252,
265, 278, 279, 287, 293, 303,
307, 309, 325, 326, 341, 343.
Thaddeus, 264, 283, 289.
William, 211.
Hays, Hay, James, 223, 238, 280,
331, 333, 343.
Joseph, 339, 355.
Hibbert, Augustus, 233.
Hill, Rebecca, 277.
Hills, Jacob, 3.
Hinds, Mr., 155, 166.
Ebenezer, 129, 140, 172.
Hoar, Horr, Jonathan, 211.
Timothy, 17.
Hobbs, Ebenezer, 164.
Hoburn, Hobourn.
Ann, 43.
John, 43, 44, 88.
Patrick, 43, 88.
Holden, Holdin, &c.
Isaac, 1, 4, 24, 45, 67, 122.
Phinehas, 106.
Homans, Thomas, 3, 17, 40, 41.
Honewell, , 315.
Huffinz, Catrine, 58.
Elizabeth, 58.
John, 58.
John Conred, 58,
89.
Mary, 58.
Huit, James, 315.
Hunt, Mr., 29.
John, 15, 19, 27,
41,
53, 56
, 57,
69, 75, 77, 89,
90, 95, 96,
102,
107, 109, 110,
114,
116,
127,
128, 132, 133,
136,
138,
140,
141, 142, 147,
151,
152,
153,
154, 155, 157,
161,
164,
165,
166, 171, 174,
175,
179,
181,
185-189, 198,
199,
200,
209,
212, 224, 225,
230,
232,
239,
243, 244, 246,
250,
251,
252,
254, 259, 264,
266,
268,
270,
273, 276, 280,
281,
285,
288,
294, 300, 302,
311,
317,
319,
320, 327, 336,
344,
351.
John, jr., 323.
Samuel, 211.
Jackson, Phebe, 253.
Jehonnct, Peter, 111.
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Jennison, Jenison, Mr., 78.
Samuel, 1, 4, 21, 29, 34, 62, 70,
86, 87, 92, 119, 120, 127, 128,
135, 161, 179.
Samuel, Jr., 223, 251, 254, 277.
William, 70, 71, 72.
Jepse, Joseph, 347, 349.
Johnson, Mathew, 247.
Jones, Elisha, 78, 191.
Mary, 274.
Kemball, Kembul, &c, 200, 229.
constable, 185.
John, 20, 24, 46, 50, 55, 56, 57,
73, 146, 157, 161, 172, 198, 210,
212, 220, 221, 222, 225, 226,
227, 228, 230, 231, 235, 236,
237, 239, 244, 250-254, 256, 264,
265, 266, 268, 269, 271, 276,
278-282, 284, 286, 287, 289,
291, 292, 294-297, 300, 301, 303,
304, 305, 307-310, 312, 313,
315, 317, 319, 320, 321, 325,
327, 330, 334, 338, 341, 342,
352.
John, jr., 91, 103, 105, 116, 135,
153, 157, 169, 171, 174, 175,
177, 182, 193.
Kendal, Sarah, 249.
Keys, Gersham, 17.
King, Richard, 3, 275, 290, 298.
299.
Kingston, Bartlet, 217.
Lacky, William, 80.
Lampson, Mr., 97.
Larabee, Jonathan, 313, 323.
Lawrence, Anna, 332.
Margret, 181.
Learned, Larned, constable, 198.
Mrs., 247.
Abigail, 319.
Abijah, 302, 304, 306, 309, 310,
311, 313, 316, 317, 319, 321,
322, 323, 327, 329, 330, 339,
350.
Amerah, 211.
Bezaleel, 103, 105, 120, 122, 123,
136, 139, 151, 169, 171, 183,
185, 195, 210, 212, 213, 218,
220, 222, 225, 227, 235, 236,
237, 239, 244, 251, 254, 265,
268, 279, 287, 292-295, 302,
307, 309, 311, 313, 315, 325,
326, 327, 329, 334, 342, 344,
346.
Index of Names.
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Learned, Larned — Continued.
David, 11, 28, 52.
Elisha, 258, 293, 294, 309, 311,
322, 326, 327.
Elizabeth, 167, 171, 234, 238, 291.
Fanning, 210, 212, 215, 326, 327,
345.
Henry, 27, 42, 70, 213, 215, 248,
257.
Jedidiah, 211, 221.
Jonas, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250,
252, 255, 260, 261, 262, 300.
Jonathan, 10, 11, 28, 86, 87, 119,
136, 138, 197, 199, 205, 207,
218.
Jonathan, Jr., 207, 236, 239, 253,
264, 316, 342, 344, 352, 356.
Mary, widow, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17,
22, 26, 28, 31, 32, 36, 41, 46, 51,
57, 62, 63, 68, 77, 78, 81, 84,
85, 93, 96, 97, 101, 104, 105, 110,
117, 118, 122, 125, 128, 134,
139, 140, 141, 147-150, 154, 162,
165-168, 171, 172, 173, 175,
176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 186-190,
216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 225,
231-234, 238, 239, 242, 243,
244, 246, 247, 249, 253, 254,
256, 258-261, 263, 268, 269,
272, 273, 274, 276, 280, 281,
282, 284, 285, 287, 289, 291,
294-297, 301, 302, 303, 319,
333-336, 339, 340, 352.
Nathaniel, 319.
Oliver, 238, 287.
Robert, 151, 154, 183, 186, 197,
199, 200, 201, 232, 258.
Sarah, 284, 286, 288, 289, 295,
297, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306,
315, 317, 324.
Thomas, 151, 154, 169, 171, 172,
182, 191, 248, 255, 261, 268,
273, 277, 278, 281, 291, 292,
294, 296, 297, 306, 308, 309,
310, 312, 345, 353.
Thomas, Jr., 210, 212, 215, 222,
225.
Leathe, Jedidiah, 147, 183, 207,
220, 235, 246, 251, 254, 264,
265, 268, 309, 310, 325, 332,
342, 344.
Lee, William, 69, 88.
Lincoln, Hon. Benjamin, 209.
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Livermore, Abigail, 292.
David, 15, 31, 33, 46, 49, 64, 84,
86, 87, 99, 101, 103, 118, 120,
123, 135, 163, 168.
Elisha, 319.
Elizabeth, 256.
Hannah, 189, 232, 243, 259, 273.
Oliver, 1, 5, 10, 11, 15, 21, 25,
31, 32, 36, 37, 41, 43, 48, 50,
54, 59, 91, 146, 158, 210, 212,
236, 239, 250, 279.
Ruth, 161.
Samuel, 164, 171,
191,
192,
205,
313.
Loring, Abel, 293.
Maddocks, Maddox, Mary, (wid-
ow), 42, 47, 53,
60, 77, 98,
107,
125, 126, 128,
129,
139,
140,
155, 165, 166,
172,
174,
175,
176, 179, 180,
194,
202,
203,
216, 226, 232,
234,
240,
241,
250, 254, 260,
263,
268,
277,
281, 290, 291,
295,
297,
304,
306, S08, 310,
311,
313,
319.
324, 329, 340,
344,
352,
353,
356.
Ruth, 160, 273,
277,
278,
281,
283, 286, 291,
306,
324,
334,
340.
Maning, Edward, 235.
Mansfield, Josiah,
272.
Marritt, Marrit, Edward, 22, 71.
Mason, Mrs., 307.
Ebenezer, 255, 265, 268, 269, 273.
Joseph, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14,
15, 18, 19, 22-26, 28, 29, 32,
33, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 47,
48, 50, 51, 54-57, 60, 63, 65,
66, 68, 71, 75-79, 81, 85, 86, 87,
90, 91, 96, 102, 103, 105, 109,
111, 113, 115, 118, 119, 122,
123, 125, 128, 131, 132, 134-138,
142, 143, 144, 147, 148, 150,
161, 175, 181, 185.
Joseph, Jr., 122.
Josiah, 211.
Nehemiah, 114, 151, 175, 236,
242, 243, 256, 278, 280, 292,
299, 313, 341.
Samuel, 210, 211, 212, 215, 218,
227, 232, 276, 280, 307, 334,
339, 355.
Stephen, 246.
Mathyrs, Mary, 246, 286.
McConothy, David, 67.
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Mead, Med, etc., Israel, 49, 51,
115, 119, 124, 129, 130, 176.
Mickel, Ann, 115, 116.
Mirick, John, 281.
John, Jr., 163.
Mullet, Elizabeth, 269, 273.
Munroe, George, 223.
Murch, Mrs. 98, 191.
widow, 248, 253, 260, 261, 262,
266, 267, 286, 313, 352, 356.
Lydia, 62, 118.
Susanna, 18, 29, 34, 62, 70, 102,
141, 148.
William, 62.
Muzzey, Joseph, 211.
Newman, Thomas, 17.
Newton, Abigail, 236.
Susanna, 277.
Norcross, Josiah, 293, 294, 342, 344.
Nathaniel, 6, 9, 10, 11, 28, 40.
Nathaniel, Jr., 17.
Noyce, John, 67.
Nutting, Charles, 259.
James, 36.
Jane, 259.
Mary, 259.
Samuel, 33, 52, 89, 246, 251, 317.
Saml., Jr., 120, 123.
Orsburn, Elizabeth, 129.
Ovring, Abigail, 11.
Page, Jonathan, 32, 36, 37, 42, 43,
50.
Palmer, Stephen, 7, 62, 129.
Parkhurst, Catherine, 199.
Daniel, 199, 203, 204.
Daniel, Jr., 199.
Martha, 199.
Ruth, 199.
Parry, widow, 275.
Margret, 298, 300.
Samuel, 27, 146.
Patten, Pattin, Thomas, 215, 265,
268, 279, 309, 310, 311, 326,
327, 342, 343, 344.
Patterson, Patason, etc., Joseph, 15,
18, 31, 68, 151, 154, 161, 174,
210, 212, 220, 227, 310, 315,
322, 328, 329, 331, 333.
Joseph, Jr., 237, 239.
Peirpont & Evans, 147, 159.
Perkins, Perkens, Jaan, 27.
Susanna, 27.
Perman, widow, 77.
Perry, Pery, Ebenezer, 18.
Josiah, 8, 19.
Josiah, Jr., 1.
Peter (Frenchman), 180.
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Peters, Joseph, 118.
Phillips, Elizabeth, 286, 320.
Hannah, 129.
John, 129.
Mary, 129.
Phebee, 129.
Thomas, 129.
Phipps, Phips, Gov. 176, 177.
Samuel, 330.
Sol., 153.
Thomas, 200, 202, 208, 212, 216,
220, 226.
Pierce, Pearce, Peirce, Daniel, 118,
122, 153, 197, 217.
Isaac, 347.
Pitcher, John, 170.
Prentice, Prentiss, Benjamin, 339,
340, 342, 344-347, 349, 350,
351, 352, 354, 355, 356.
Caleb, 303, 304, 308, 313, 319.
Elizabeth, widow, 146, 203, 213.
Mary, 322.
Samuel, 3, 17, 49.
Smith, 1, 16, 33, 36, 65, 67, 68,
75, 106, 169, 183, 186, 190, 193,
194, 195, 197-200, 202-205, 207,
209, 210, 212, 213, 215, 216,
221, 222, 225, 252, 254, 265,
266, 270, 276, 326, 328.
Price, Hannah, 96.
Priest, Preist, Mary, 38, 42, 47,
235, 250, 278, 285, 304, 305,
307, 311, 314, 316.
Pring, Jedidiah, 208.
Randall, Randel, John, 122, 129,
211, 229.
Raymond, Samuel, 315.
Remington, Mr., 187.
John, 124, 128, 189, 196, 232,
243, 259, 273, 285, 293, 300,
301, 308, 332, 336, 348, 349,
350, 351.
Richardson, Mr., 355.
Abigail, widow, 116.
Abijah, 116.
Edward, 136, 139, 146, 202, 258,
283, 285, 286, 295, 296, 301,
304, 309, 310, 312, 316, 319,
320, 345, 351.
Ezra, 116.
John, 217.
Jasher, 217.
Lydia, 217.
Ruth, 217.
Stephen, 217.
Roberts, Robarts, Peter, 316.
Robertson, Susanna, 323.
Index of Names. 365
Page
Ross, Hannah, 79.
Russell, , 293.
Edward, 227, 231, 232, 233, 236.
Kezia, 246, 247.
Thomas, 246, 258.
Sables, , 266.
Saltmarsh, Mrs., 307.
Thomas, 1, 4, 15, 18, 21, 26, 29,
32, 33, 36, 39, 41, 48, 49, 51,
57, 63, 77, 86, 87, 96, 99, 101,
103, 107, 110, 120, 124, 128,
135, 136, 138, 141, 142, 143,
147-152, 154, 161, 168, 169,
178, 182, 183, 186, 189, 191,
195, 197, 199, 201, 206, 207,
210, 222, 232, 236, 242, 243,
258, 259, 273, 285, 301, 319,
330, 351, 353.
William, 207, 211, 215, 222, 225.
Sanders, Moses, 320.
Sanderson, Isaac, 1, 33, 36, 48, 57,
59, 86, 87, 103, 105, 119, 124,
125, 141, 146, 172, 176, 183,
186, 198, 203, 204, 210, 211,
212, 221, 225, 236, 239, 251,
254, 260, 263, 265, 268, 273,
277, 278, 279, 286, 292, 293,
294, 300, 306, 326, 327, 329,
341, 343.
Jonathan, 164, 192.
Moses, 304.
Sanger, , 250.
David, 11, 14, 21, 28, 33, 36, 83,
89, 94, 95, 100, 104, 169,
171, 195, 210, 211, 229, 290,
293, 294, 298, 299, 300, 309,
311, 314, 315, 316, 320, 326,
327, 342, 343, 344, 347, 349.
John, 39.
Nathaniel, 205, 207, 215, 290,
298, 299.
Richard, 67.
Samuel, 215, 217, 218, 219, 224,
229, 265, 268, 277, 299, 309,
311, 326, 328.
Solomon, 211.
William, 203.
Sawin, Savin, Mr., 31.
Daniel, 169, 251, 254, 256, 267,
268, 273, 278, 281, 283, 309,
311, 323, 353.
John, 14, 20, 25, 35, 58, 69, 119,
158, 161, 258, 265, 268, 295,
306, 313, 324.
John, Jr., 123, 126, 128, 158.
Scott, Scoot, Abraham, 214, 238.
Jonathan, 249.
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Seager, Seger, Ebenezer, 96.
Elizabeth, 96.
Henry, 96, 153.
Moses, 96.
Seaverns, Samuel, 191.
Sewall, Sewel, &c, Mr., 286.
Jonathan, 41, 44, 54, 57, 58, 68,
324.
Simson, Ruth, (alias Margret Wes,
alias Margret Bentley), 43.
Sloper, John, 116.
Olive,*' 116.
Smith, , 185.
Andrew, 3.
Braddyll, 205.
Hannah, 140.
Jonas, 97.
Josiah, 346, 350, 351.
Samuel, 17.
Soden, Samuel, 215, 221, 225, 228,
249, 292, 294, 326, 328, 352.
Spring, , 229.
Alpheus, 207, 218.
Convers, 211, 215.
Henrv, 47, 53, 114, 141, 161, 163,
172, 174, 205, 219, 224, 339,
344, 348, 349.
Henrv, Jr., 42, 52, 64, 85, 185,
198.
Henry, 3d, 16, 18, 33, 49.
Jedidiah, 197, 205, 207, 208, 211,
218, 222, 225, 235.
Marshall, 241, 250, 261, 269, 270,
272, 276, 284, 295, 297, 325,
340, 341, 349.
Stearns, Starnes, Stearnes, Deacon
206.
Mr., 168.
widow, 47, 58, 64, 69.
Daniel, 17, 18.
Isaac, 191, 192, 205, 207, 216,
319.
John, 197, 199, 251, 254, 263, 267,
326, 327, 328, 332, 344.
Joseph, 20, 24, 26, 27, 39, 45, 67,
214, 218, 229, 240, 249, 254,
263.
Josiah, 3, 35, 37, 39, 48, 64, 72,
116, 136, 138, 148, 150, 151,
154, 155, 161, 164, 166, 259.
Mary, 255.
Phinehas, 215, 221, 225, 228, 263,
267, 322, 339, 353, 355.
Stephen, 287.
Steele, Steal, Justice, 79.
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Stetson, Stedson, Studson, Eben-
ezer, 201, 215, 265, 268, 279,
284, 292, 300, 332.
Stoal, see Stowell.
Stimson, Stimpson, Mr., 163.
James, 205, 206, 208, 218.
Stone, constable, 229, 300.
Abigail, 249.
Ebenezer, 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22,
51, 57, 91, 146, 168, 171, 174,
175, 180, 192, 233, 322.
Ebenezer, Jr., 200, 208, 221, 225,
258, 264, 304, 306, 319, 321,
324, 330, 331, 333, 340, 341,
350.
Elizabeth, 249.
Jonathan, 147, 157, 161, 169, 171,
181, 185, 210, 212, 213, 223,
235, 251, 254, 265, 268, 279,
280, 291, 293, 295, 309, 310,
322, 325, 335, 339, 344, 349.
Jonathan, Jr., 16, 18, 73, 119,
121, 124, 125.
Jonathan, 3d, 33, 36, 65, 68, 86,
87, 102.
Josiah, 249.
Kezia, 313, 339, 355.
Matthias, 31, 35.
Moses, 16, 18, 151, 154, 155, 158,
161, 196, 199, 211, 222, 223,
224, 226, 231, 235, 236, 251,
254, 256, 264, 265, 266, 268,
269, 274, 276, 278, 279, 282,
284, 287, 289, 292-297, 300,
301, 303, 304, 305, 307-310,
313,- 315, 319, 320, 321, 324,
325, 327, 330, 332, 334, 340-
346, 349, 352, 354, 356.
Nathaniel, 16, 18, 48, 51, 62, 69,
89, 90, 122, 147, 161, 172, 175,
193, 197, 199, 201, 207, 236,
239, 247, 2+9, 251, 254, 256,
258, 259, 260, 263, 265, 267,
268, 271, 275, 276, 278, 284,
285, 286, 289, 292, 295, 296,
297, 300, 301, 303-306, 310,
328, 340, 341, 343, 344.
Rachel, 249.
Stoning, , 315.
Storer, Rev. Seth, 2, 12, 14, 16, 20,
30, 33, 34, 45, 49, 52, 61, 66, 72,
73, 74, 76, 77, 82, 88, 97, 100,
103, 117, 121, 133, 137, 139,
141, 142, 149, 150, 152, 153,
167, 170, 178, 180, 184, 187,
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Storer, Rev. Seth — Continued.
192, 194, 196, 197, 204, 208,
210, 219, 220, 222, 229, 231,
233, 234, 237, 246, 248, 252,
261, 262, 266, 272, 275, 276,
279, 289, 290, 293, 301, 302,
304, 305, 310, 316, 321, 327,
338, 341, 343, 353, 354, 356.
Stowell, Stoal, Stouel, Elizabeth,
302.
John, 43.
Josiah, 16, 18, 49, 51, 103, 146,
289.
Samuel, 67, 68.
Stratton, Straton, Jabez, 24, 27, 31,
34, 35.
John, 260, 289, 339, 355.
Jonathan, 10, 350.
Joshua, 20, 21, 22, 33, 65, 68.
Mary, 260.
Samuel, 15, 16, 18, 33, 35, 37, 48,
57, 58, 63, 65, 70, 72, 85, 86,
102, 103, 106, 120, 123, 126,
128, 135, 146, 151.
Sarah, 225.
Swan, Mr., 188.
Josiah, 194, 196.
Sarah, 289.
Tainter, Taynter, Eirs, 355.
John, 8, 20, 69, 124, 125, 139,
142, 153, 155, 161, 166, 172,
173, 179, 180, 186, 191, 194,
199, 200, 206, 208, 211, 214,
245, 288.
John, Jr., 203.
Samuel, 211.
Simon, 166.
Thatcher, Mr., 52.
Ebenezer, 15, 22, 23, 28, 29, 48,
54, 57, 58, 59, 64, 66, 71, 73,
116.
Samuel, 70.
Thompson, George, 211.
Thornton, Ebenezer, 1, 4, 10, 11,
16, 18, 28, 33, 36, 49, 51, 64,
65, 68, 70, 93.
Gilbert, 153.
Train, Thomas, 27.
Trask, Amme, 332.
Trent, George, 203, 211.
Trowbridge, Mr., 274, 325.
Edmund, 37, 43.
Jonathan, 84.
Truesdal, Trusdal, Richard, 246,
315.
Tufts, Isaiah, 217, 218, 219, 224,
229.
Index of Names.
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Upham, Abijah, 164-.
Vassall, Vassel, etc.
Col. Henry, 176, 177, 217, 218,
219, 223.
William, 54, 56, 67.
Vial, Mary, 129.
Vicary, , 170.
Vila, Vela, James, 258, 279, 286.
Waldo, Mr., 187.
Cornelius, 73, 75, 96, 110, 123,
128, 151, 154, 169, 174, 182,
189, 211, 222, 232, 242, 243,
250, 251, 254, 259, 265, 268,
273, 285, 293, 294, 301, 319,
336, 351.
Walker, Ezriah, 17.
John, 78, 163.
Nathaniel, 10, 27.
Richard, 301, 302.
Ward, Joseph, 214.
Josiah, 122.
Thaddeus, 43.
William, 3.
Warner, Ebenezer, 214.
Warren, Warrin, widow, 243, 244,
260.
Elizabeth, 247.
Ephraim, 86, 87, 136, 146, 274,
295, 296, 297.
John, 183, 197, 205, 216, 241,
242, 250.
Joshua, 3.
Lydia, 249, 254, 258, 263, 267,
268, 274, 276, 277, 281, 291,
295, 304, 306, 311, 313, 317,
319, 324, 328, 334.
Samuel, 22, 222, 225, 277, 281,
292, 294, 317, 326, 327.
Samuel, Jr., 1, 4, 65, 68, 120, 123,
195, 198.
Webb, widow, 5, 22, 29, 32, 37, 40,
53, 58, 68, 71, 80, 92, 102, 106,
115, 118, 124, 208.
Deliverance, 111, 125, 139, 155,
156, 172, 173, 179, 180, 186,'
191, 194, 199, 200, 203, 206,
208.
Wellington, Willington, Dr., 202.
Betty, 285.
Diadama, 285.
Joseph, 268, 270, 277, 346, 352.
Ruhamah, 255.
Thomas, 3, 12, 13, 18, 19, 22, 24,
26, 32, 37, 53, 64, 75, 92, 106,
139, 155, 173, 186.
Welsh, Joseph, 250, 341.
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Wes, Margret, alias Ruth Simson,
&c, 43.
Wheeler, Elizabeth, 287.
Ephraim, 287, 313.
White, constable, 211, 215.
Andrew, 20, 21, 24, 27, 31, 32,
39, 47, 86, 91, 92, 93, 96, 98,
101, 138, 147, 161, 215, 246,
262.
Jedidiah, 211, 285, 309.
Jonas, 169, 171, 183, 196, 199,
210, 212, 214, 218, 221, 225,
229, 235, 240, 249, 254, 263,
273, 279, 284, 285, 293, 294,
299, 303, 307, 309, 311, 313,
315, 316, 317, 319, 320, 324,
325, 328, 329, 334, 335, 341,
342, 346, 348, 349, 351, 352,
356.
Nathaniel, 147.
Samuel, 169, 171, 173, 177, 265,
266, 268, 271, 283, 287, 292,
295, 302, 310, 327, 328, 332,
343, 352, 356.
William, 147, 211, 220, 250.
William, Jr., 147.
Whitney, , 130.
Benjamin, 170.
Daniel, 3, 11, 19, 21, 24, 26, 32,
39, 40, 41, 43, 47, 86, 89, 90,
92, 93, 96-99, 101, 102, 132,
148, 154, 155, 164, 191, 207,
214, 216, 226, 230, 267, 316,
332.
Daniel, Jr., 215, 293, 294.
Lieut. Daniel, 97, 98, 107, 135,
136, 138, 139, 142, 150-153,
157, 161, 166, 168, 171, 183,
185, 187, 195, 198, 209, 212,
213, 218, 221, 224, 225, 228,
230, 231, 232, 233, 236, 241,
245, 247, 250, 251, 254, 258,
259, 264, 265, 266, 270, 272,
276, 278, 283, 288, 292, 299,
308, 320, 332, 336, 348.
Elnathan, 274.
Ezekiel, 309, 311.
Israel, 342, 344.
John, 33, 48, 51, 86, 92, 93, 96,
97, 98, 99, 101, 161, 174.
John, Jr., 309, 311, 345.
Jonathan, 330, 331, 333, 346, 350.
Joseph, 33, 36, 47, 53, 67, 223,
250.
Joshua, 223, 238.
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Whitney — Continued.
Samuel, 81, 86, 87, 94, 103, 105,
106, 107, 112, 119, 123, 135,
147, 153, 169, 171, 219, 224,
236, 239, 250, 279.
Simon, 183, 184, 186, 189, 196,
197, 199, 207, 210, 235, 236,
239, 246, 247, 250, 258, 264,
266, 292, 308, 314.
William, 205, 216.
Whittemore, Whitemor, Israel,
320.
Joel, 122.
Wilke^on, Margret, 107.
Mary, 92.
Sarah, 92.
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Willard, Joseph, 296, 301.
Susanna, 308, 314.
Willett, Sarah, 64.
Williams, Isaac, 67, 68.
Willington, see Wellington.
Wilson, Joseph, 232.
Woolson, Elizabeth, 323.
Worthylake, Jemima, 320.
Mary, 320.
Ruth, 283.
Wyer, Wyre, James, 43.
Lydia, 262.
Wyeth, Mr., 160.
Ebenezer, 136, 138.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Page
Ammunition, inspection of, 115,
165, 176, 177, 186-187.
place for keeping, 5, 15, 166.
purchase of, 5, 188, 190, 250.
Annapolis (Anapeles), 42.
Assessors, certificate, 148, 154, 177,
189, 201, 227, 256, 269, 282,
296, 312, 330, 345.
to adjust charges laid on pews,
&c, 159.
Beaver Brook, 6.
Bakera, allowance for baking^
bread, 272, 274, 275, 284, 285.
to mark bread made for sale,
272.
Bell, meeting-house, repair of, 37,
48.
rope for, 102, 168, 207, 334.
Bible, for schoolmaster, 180.
Bier, repair of, 207.
Billerica, 347.
Bills of credit, account of town
trustees as to their proceed-
ings on, 23
Births and deaths, purchase of
record book of, 35-36.
Bisco's Spring, 167, 170, 195, 198.
Blackbirds, 128.
Bonds, &c, 19, 22, 24, 88, 93, 114,
153, 246.
abated, 224, 238.
renewal of, 27.
to be put in suit, 157, 230.
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Boston, dispute with, as to sup-
port of Sarah Learned, 288,
289, 303-305.
judgment obtained against, 315.
Sarah Learned to be removed to,
317.
letter from, enclosing votes of,
relative to promotion of in-
dustry, economy, etc., read,
336.
resolves of, read, and committee
appointed to attend conven-
tion, 351.
Boundaries, town, perambulation
of, with adjacent towns, 22-23,
71, 125, 127, 173, 175, 213,
256, 259, 297, 345-346.
between town way and land of
Cornelius Waldo, committee to
settle, 75.
Bounty, on blackbirds and mouse
squirrels, voted in negative,
128.
Bread, assize and baking of, 272,
273, 274, 275, 284, 285,
marking of, 272.
scales, &c, for weighing, 279.
Bridge, at Dirty Green, 220.
near Thomas Wellington's, 64.
Bridge, over Charles River.
adjustment of accounts with
Waltham and Weston for
maintenance, etc., 97, 162-164,
178, 179, 190-191, 205-6, 216,
Index of Subjects.
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Page
Bridge, over Charles River — Cont.
218, 259, 273, 285-286, 301, 318,
319, 334, 351.
care of, 9, 37, 93, 106, 172, 187,
200, 212, 227, 268, 295, 311,
325, 329, 346.
disposal of old timber, etc., 10,
203.
drawing of timber over, &c, 13,
19.
planks to be put up to prevent
snow blowing off, 287.
repair, etc., 2, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17,
19, 29, 31, 34, 42, 44-48, 50,
62, 64, 67, 69, 70, 73, 77, 78,
84, 85, 97-99, 101, 102, 104,
108, 109, 115, 118, 119, 121,
135, 137, 150-152, 168, 170, 182,
184, 190, 196, 197, 202, 207,
210, 213, 215, 218, 220, 221,
222, 228, 235, 243, 250, 252,
263, 272, 278, 279, 286, 292,
293, 301, 302, 307, 310, 313,
328, 331, 332, 346, 348, 350,
352.
voted to join with Waltham and
Weston in petition for a lot-
tery to raise money for repair-
ing, 230.
over the Mill creek, 27, 28.
Smelt Brook, 32, 48, 84, 119,
235.
Treadway's, 15, 32, 64, 316, 356.
Bridges, materials for, 134, 168,
195, 207-8, 220, 221, 235, 250,
264, 278, 346.
Burying cloth, 224.
Burying Place, care of, 200.
fence, &c, 14, 20-21, 31, 70.
gate, 31, 268, 278.
By-laws, relating to dogs, 25, 173.
relating to horses, 25, 36, 56, 63,
90, 104.
relating to sheep, 104.
Cambridge, action on petition of
persons desiring to be set off
to, 52, 53, 130, 131.
com. apptd. to petition for parts
of Newton and, as equivalent
for what was taken by, 141.
pet. of 2d precinct of, that part
of Watertown be annexed to,
passed in negative, 255.
Canada, 333, 334.
Charlestown, 18, 60, 79, 80, 90,
129, 148, 246, 255, 269, 285.
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Concord, 42, 79, 108, 109, 122, 128>
129, 282, 283, 285, 302, 347,
349.
removal of Middlesex County
courts to, not approved, 349.
Constables, refusing to serve, to
pay fine, 65.
districts designated, 157, 229.
execution against, 164.
Convention, committee appointed
to join with Boston and other
towns, 351.
Copies, of valuation and tax lists
to be sent to the General
Court, 354.
Counterfeit bill, 49.
Courts, proposed removal of, to
Concord, not approved, 349.
Danvers, 232.
Day of humiliation, etc., 142.
Dedham, 247, 255, 287.
Deed, of land sold to Jonas Cool-
lidge, signed, 93.
to be given to Elizabeth Learned,
171, 238.
quitclaim, to be given of town's
right to land granted to Rich-
ard King, 299-300.
quitclaim, given by Stephen
Harris, 300.
Dirty Green, bridge at, 220.
Dogs, coming to meeting-house on
Sunday, 4, 7, 25.
law relative to burial of, to be
enforced, 173.
Domestic manufactures, etc., reso-
lution for encouragement of,
etc., 337.
Dorchester, 218.
Dorchester Field, 29.
Dracut (Dracket), 43.
Elbow Hill lane, 27.
Entertainment of strangers, 7, 11,
59, 64, 258, 283, 289, 297, 308,
312, 313, 317, 347.
Excise, on wines, etc., also on
lemons, limes, and oranges,
favored, 147.
Farm, near Wachusett Hill, owned
jointly by Waltham, Water-
town and Weston, disposal of,
etc., 14, 20, 25, 153, 157, 162,
165, 198.
Fence, at burying place, 14, 20-21,
31, 70.
between town land and Thos.
Wellington's, 13, 24, 26.
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Fences — Continued.
on ministerial place, 32, 47, 231,
242, 246, 247, 348.
Fines of impressed men, appro-
priation of, 35, 39, 114, 218.
Fishery, regulation of, by select-
men, 300, 333.
Foreign manufactures, etc., resolu-
tions to discourage use: of, 337.
Framingham, 32, 36, 37, 42, 50.
French Neutrals, account of, to be
filed in the Secretary's office,
217.
boys bound out, 177, 178, 180.
care of, 166, 176, 180, 202, 203,
212, 224, 233, 240, 250, 264,
275, 278, 281, 291-292.
to be sent to Canada, 333, 334.
Fund for hiring men to enlist, &c,
4, 39.
Funerals, Samuel Coollidge, 320.
Indian woman, 177, 178, 183.
Mary Priest, 304, 305, 307.
Lydia Warren, 319.
Widow Webb, 203, 206, 208.
Gate, across town way, 127, 185.
for burying place, 31, 268, 278.
Gun, payment for, 53.
Highways and town ways, &c,
granted, 171-172, 299, 300.
pet. for laying out, dismissed,
173.
repair, &c, 2, 13, 19, 35, 50, 67,
88, 104, 121, 125, 137, 138, 152,
170, 184, 197, 210, 223, 238,
250, 253, 266, 280, 293, 310,
328, 343.
surveyors of, districts desig-
nated, 37, 53, 75, 92, 106, 124,
139, 154-155, 173, 186, 200,
212, 227, 240, 268, 281, 296,
312, 346.
Holliston, 148.
Horses, by-law relative to fetter-
ing, 4, 21, 25, 36, 56, 90.
Hunt, John, account of, drawn
from Province treasury by
Smith Prentice, investigation
as to, 266, 270, 280, 281.
Indian woman, account of expense
for care of, etc., to be sent to
Governor and Council for al-
lowance, 183, 275.
care of, 176.
funeral, 177-178, 183.
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Industry, economy, &c, resolution
for promotion of, &c, 336-337.
Inhabitants, admitted, 201.
Innholders, approbated, 285, 301,
302, 319, 334, 351.
licenses, 26, 41, 57, 77, 96, 110,
128, 162, 178, 189, 202, 232,
243, 259, 273, 285, 301, 334.
Instructions to representative, 336,
337.
Island, below the mill, letting out
of, 14, 21, 89, 104, 105, 122,
138, 153, 215.
Jurors, boxes for, 179, 229.
list, 19, 70, 140, 141, 174, 179,
214-215, 230, 258, 284, 316,
348.
persons dismissed, 174.
Land, bounds of land given by
Nathl. Harris for the meeting-
house to be settled, 245, 288,
300.
building allowed to be set on
town land, 25, 141, 198, 267.
stables to be set on town land,
288.
exchange of 12, 18, 19.
lying against the ways, report
of committee, 21, 51, 55, 56,
57, 89, 90, 91.
payment for, by delinquent per-
sons, 20.
purchase of, by town, 3, 8, 114,
193, 258, 280, 316.
quitclaim to, 299-300.
sale of, by town, 8, 21, 108, 109,
121, 153, 170, 261, 266, 267,
300.
sold by Waltham at Beaver
Brook, 6, 9.
to be laid out for certain per-
sons, 242, 253, 267, 316.
Lexington, 79, 116, 173, 214, 225,
232, 249, 260, 264, 283, 289.
Licenses, innholders and retailers,
26, 41, 57, 77, 96, 110, 128, 162,
178, 189, 202, 232, 243, 259,
273, 285, 286, 301, 302, 319,
334, 345, 351.
Limes, lemons and oranges, excise
on, favored, 147.
Lincoln, 217, 297.
Liquor, retailers of, approved,
286, 334, 351.
excise on wines, &c, favored,
147.
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Little Cambridge, 188.
Lottery, 224, 230.
Maiden, 334, 340.
Maryland, 173.
Mason, Joseph, late town treasur-
er, error in accounts of, 175,
185.
Meadow, petition to be made for
equivalent for 1500 acres of,
not taken up, to help pay for
expense of Great Bridge, 13,
19, 20, 108, 109.
Medford, 243.
Meeting, town, protested as not
legally warned, 171.
set aside, 209.
Meeting house, bell &c, 37, 48, 102,
168, 207, 334.
glass, 17, 34, 43, 52, 67, 80,
235, 286, 287, 303, 352.
new seating of, 39, 40, 41, 50.
removal of, 130, 131, 132.
repair, 15, 17, 50, 57, 58, 63, 64,
69, 85, 88, 104, 121, 138, 168,
187, 195, 202, 220, 301, 303,
325, 348.
dissent against proceedings of
committee in pulling down,
144-147.
pews in, see Pews,
new, building of, 144, 147, 153,
159-160, 166, 175, 188, 192,
193.
seats in, disposition of, 253, 271.
seats for singers, 271, 284.
Military officers, 39.
Mill, corn, 108, 109.
Milton, 287.
Ministerial place, barn on, 111,
113, 114, 138.
fence, &c, 32, 47, 231, 242, 246,
247, 348.
purchase of, 165, 176, 217.
repair, 11, 15, 113-115, 138, 168,
272, 278, 301, 303, 307, 316,
341.
sale of, 152, 153.
Ministerial tax, abated, 271, 300,
315.
Ministry, support of, 2, 12, 16, 33,
34, 49, 52, 66, 72, 73, 74, 76,
77, 88, 97, 103, 120, 121, 137,
152, 153, 170, 184, 187, 196,
197, 210, 220, 222, 233, 237,
252, 261, 266, 276, 279, 289.
293, 304, 309, 310, 327, 341,
343, 354.
Subjects. 371
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Needham, 259, 308.
New London, Conn., 283.
Newton, 22, 23, 43, 71, 73, 74, 75,
96, 131, 133, 135, 141, 214,
219, 224, 232, 233, 246, 249,
256, 281, 287, 297, 308, 314,
320, 346.
petition for part of, to be set off
to Watertown, 132-133, 141.
perambulation of boundary with,
see Boundaries.
Notes, &c, to be put on interest,
158.
Pall, see Burying cloth.
Parsonage, purchase of, 165, 176,
217.
Pastor, Rev. Seth Storer, to call
such help as he deems neces-
sary on day of humiliation, &c,
142.
Perambulation of boundaries, with
adjacent towns, 22, 23, 71,
125, 127, 173, 175, 213, 256,
259, 297, 345, 346.
between highway and land of
Thos. Coollidge, 28.
between town way and land of
Saml. Jenison, 29.
Pews, disposal of, &c, 6, 7, 9, 38-
41, 93, 185, 188, 189, 224, 231,
242, 261, 310, 315, 328, 329,
335, 336, 344, 349.
list of grantees, 160-161.
settlement of, in new meeting-
house, 158.
to revert to town, 169.
Poll tax, abated, 211, 223, 266.
Poor, accounts adjusted with Wal-
tham for joint support of, 29,
107, 124, 125, 162, 191-192,
206-7, 232, 319, 352.
putting out, 129, 139, 140, 155,
172, 176, 178, 180, 186, 199,
200, 214, 239, 243-247, 254,
256, 257, 260, 268, 273, 281,
295, 304, 311, 318, 319, 321,
329, 330, 344, 345, 350.
support of, 2, 16, 34, 49, 66, 88,
103, 120, 137, 139, 152, 162,
166, 170, 176, 184, 197, 200,
202, 208, 210, 215, 218, 222,
233, 235, 238, 245, 252, 261,
263, 266, 276, 277, 279, 291,
293, 306, 307, 310, 323, 324,
328, 333, 340, 343, 350, 352,
356.
372
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Pound, 70, 93, 102, 176, 182, 187,
195, 196, 207, 235, 297, 303,
307, 328, 333, 352.
Records, town, &c, births and
deaths, purchase of book of,
35-36.
orders for delivery to present
town officers, 172, 225, 226.
Representative, election, 7, 24, 39,
55, 74, 95, 109, 127, 140, 157,
174, 187, 189, 201, 214, 230,
241, 258, 270, 283, 299, 316,
332, 348, 350.
set aside, 188, 349.
instructions to, 336, 337.
to serve gratis, 109, 127.
Roxbury, 42, 249, 259, 287, 291.
Samuells Key, 73, 75.
Scales and weights, for weighing
bread, 269.
order for delivery to clerks of
the market, 284, 296, 312.
Schoolhouses, glass, 202, 235, 250,
303, 324, 352, 356.
repair, 47, 64, 72, 79, 84, 85,
102, 118, 135, 168, 195, 202,
220, 235, 259, 264, 272, 276,
277, 303, 341, 356.
vote against building more, 293,
299.
Schooling, separate from Gram-
mar School, 299.
Schoolmasters, 4, 18, 29, 41, 52, 54,
68, 70-72.
Samuel Baldwin, 112, 113, 115.
Josiah Bisco, 307, 316, 323.
Nathaniel Bond, 322, 323, 329,
339, 340, 341, 354.
Samuel Coollidge, 90, 107, 112,
115, 116, 123, 129, 130, 166,
167, 170, 171, 179, 186, 195,
198.
Samuel Cotton, 250.
Jacob Foster, Jr., 148, 155, 162,
164.
Nathaniel Harrington, 4, 18, 29,
78, 340, 347, 354, 355.
Thomas Phips, 200, 202, 208,
212, 216, 220, 226.
Caleb Prentice, 303, 304, 308,
313, 319.
Edward Russell, 227, 231, 232,
233, 236.
Jonathan Sewall, 41, 54, 57, 58,
68.
Marshall Spring, 250, 261, 269.
272, 276, 284, 295, 297.
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Schoolmasters — Continued.
John Stratton, 355.
Josiah Swan, 188, 194, 196.
Joseph Willard, 296, 301.
Schools, closed, 112, 308, 355.
committee to manage, 310, 328,
343.
proceedings of, 322, 339, 340,
354, 355.
English and Grammar, 2, 4, 16,
18, 29, 49, 52, 54, 70-72, 121,
200, 310, 322, 323, 330, 338-340,
343, 347, 354, 355.
moving, vote against, 212.
pupils to bring money for wood,
129, 202, 355.
support of, 2, 16, 29, 33, 34, 44,
49, 58, 66, 80, 88, 137, 152,
170, 184, 188, 197, 210, 222,
237, 252, 266, 279, 293, 299,
307, 309, 310, 327, 328, 341,
343, 355.
votes as to more, 293, 299, 310,
327.
women's, 307, 313, 322, 339, 341,
355.
writing, 323, 340, 355.
Sheep, by-law to restrain, 104-105.
Sherborn, 31.
Shop, on town land, 25.
Shrewsbury, 72.
Smelt Brook bridge, 32, 48, 84, 119,
235.
Soldiers, fund for enlisting, etc., 4,
39.
Southborough, 236, 277.
Springfield, 214.
Squirrels, 128.
Stables, on town land, 288.
Stocks, 64, 72, 93, 102, 150, 176,
187, 297, 307.
Strangers, see Entertainment, and
Warning out.
Swine, restraint of, 3, 21, 33, 49,
65, 86, 103, 120, 137, 152, 169,
183, 197, 222, 224, 237, 252,
256, 265, 279, 293, 309, 327,
343.
Taverns, 190, 202.
Tax, ministerial, abated, 271, 300,
315.
poll, abated, 211, 223, 266.
non-residents engaged in timber
trade refuse to pay, &c, 55-56.
Tea, resolution to discourage use
of, 337.
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Timber, damage done by laying
down on both sides of the
river, 123.
Townsend, 173.
Treadway's bridge, 15, 32, 64, 316,
356.
Treasurer, town, errors in ac-
counts of, 175, 185.
Tythingmen, staffs for, 263.
Wachusett Hill, 14, 20. 24, 156,
157, 165, 196, 198.
Waltham, accounts adjusted with,
for repair of the Great
Bridge, 97, 162-164, 178-179,
182, 190-1, 205-6, 216, 218,
259, 273, 285-6, 301, 318, 319,
334, 351.
accounts adjusted for joint sup-
port of the poor, 29, 107, 124,
125, 162, 191-2, 206-7, 232, 319,
352.
disposal of farm owned jointly
with Watertown and Weston,
14, 20, 25, 153, 157, 162, 165,
198.
dispute with, as to care of
Widow Maddocks, 126, 128,
174-179, 232, 295, 297, 352.
exchange of inhabitants on ex-
treme parts of both towns not
approved, 133.
Watertown to sue, for what is
due from, 179, 215.
Warning out, of strangers, 7, 10,
11, 27. 42-44, 58, 62, 77, 79,
80, 92, 96, 107, 116, 118, 128,
129. 140, 147, 166, 173, 178,
181, 190, 191, 199, 203, 213,
Subjects. 373
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Warning Out — Continued.
214, 217, 218, 220, 225, 232,
233, 236, 246, 247, 249, 255,
256, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264,
269, 273, 274, 277, 283-287,
289, 291, 301, 302, 304, 308,
313, 314, 316, 319, 320, 323,
329, 332.
Warrant, for election of represen-
tative, 156.
Weights and measures, standard,
new sealed, 73, 101, 301, 308.
Westborough, 166.
Westminster, 259.
Weston, adjustment of accounts
with, as to the Great Bridge,
see Bridge over Charles Riv-
er.
farm owned jointly by Waltham,
Watertown and, see Farm.
dispute with, as to Widow Boy-
ington and children, 317, 318.
letters and orders sent to, 135,
243, 259, 272, 276, 281, 286,
287, 300, 302, 320, 338.
to provide materials for repair
of the Great Bridge, 346.
Wharf, David Sanger's. 95, 300.
Wheat, price of, 272, 274, 275, 284,
285.
Whitney's lane, 48.
Windham, Conn., 92, 107.
Wines, &c, excise on, favored, 147.
Woburn, 246, 283, 286, 313.
Woodstock, Conn., 273.
Workhouse, 60, 69, 74, 75, 80, 81,
95, 224, 233, 241, 242, 244,
245, 255, 328, 335, 344.
Watertown Records
COMPRISING
THE SIXTH BOOK
OF
TOWN PROCEEDINGS
1769 TO 1792
PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
TOWN CLERK
TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ORIGINAL BY
MISS MARY E. BURGESS
OF THE OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.
1928
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This is to certify that Book 6, Original
Records of the Town of Watertown, has been
transcribed by Miss Mary E. Burgess of the
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and
this is a true copy correctly made of the same.
Town Clerk.
Middlesex, ss: February 15, 1928.
Personally appeared the above - named
William P. McGuire, Clerk of the Town of
Watertown, and made oath to the truth of the
statement before me.
Justice of Peace.
WATERTOWN RECORDS
Voted & Chofe for Selectmen
Sixth Book, Began March 6th, 1769
[1]
At a General Town Meeting of y e freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in town affairs
Regularly Afsembled & meet at the Publick Meeting Houfe in
Said Town on Monday the Sixth Day of March Anno: Domini
1 769 for the Choice of town officers and other affairs as Setf orth
in the warrants for S d : meeting
Voted & Chofe m r Samuel Fisk moderator
Cap 1 Jon a : Brown
m r Mofes Stone
m r John Kemball
m r Jonas White
m r Jon a Bemis
Voted & Chofe for Town Clerk & Treafurer Cap 1 Jon a Brown
f Dea n : Sam 1 Fisk
Voted & Chofe for Afsefsors -j Cap 1 Jon a : Brown
( m r Mofes Stone
Voted & Chofe for Conftables f m r Nathan Coollidge
& Collectors ) m r Daniel Whitney ju r
Voted and Granted £3 to each of them for their Service
Voted and Chofe for Wardens mifs rs John Stratton & Bez 1 .
Learned
Voted & Chofe for Sealor of Leather Isaac Sanderfon
Voted & Chofe for Fence-Viewers mifs r Jonas Barnard & John
Stearns
Voted & Chofe for Surveyors of High-ways mifs rs : Isaac Sanderfon
& Sam 1 : Sanger
Voted & Chofe for Tything men mifs rs Seth Norcrofs & Jonas
Barnard
Voted & Chofe for Hogrieves Simon Coollidge ju r & Jonas
Coollidge —
\r * j s nu t £ c £ f mr J° nas Coollidge
Voted & Chofe for Surveyors of u Nath „. Coollid
Timber plank &c [ m r David Sanger
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Voted & Chofe for Howards mifs rs Ezekiel Whitney & William
Chcnerv
Voted & Chofe Clerks of y e markets miss rs Cornelius Waldo &
Elifha Learned
Voted & Chofe Cullars of Hoops Staves &c miss rs : Sam 11 Sanger
& Sam 11 Cook
Voted & Chofe for Saxton m r Simon Haftings
Voted that the Saxton Shall have two Contrabutions as ufual —
Voted that Swine Shall be Shut up the Prefent year —
_ f m r Nath 11 Harrington
Voted & Chofe for a Com*-: to I Dean Sam ii Fisk
Exmin r Treafurers acc ths - ^ John Hunt Esqr
Voted to appropriate the Interest money as it was last year v *
Five Shillings & four pence to ye School & the Remainder to the
minifter
Voted & Granted y e Sum of 66"13"4 as a Sallary for y e Rev d *
Storer y e Enfueing year the Interest money to be part y e m
to be afseft
[2]
Voted & Granted y e Sum of ;£33"6"8 to Support y e Gramer School
Voted & Granted y* Sum of 24: - - to Support other Schools —
Voted to Choofe a Committe to manage the Schools
Dea n , Samuel Fisk
Cap 1 Daniel Whitney
m r Nath 1 Stone
m r Sam 1 White
m r David Bemis
Voted .& Granted £20 pounds to Support the poor
s
Voted & Granted £3" 10-0 to Repair the Great Bridge
Then the accounts of thofe perfons to whome the town is In-
debted were Severally Read to the town which ammounted to
the Sum of £12:7:9 and they were accepted
And Granted money to pay the Same
Then a motion was made to adjourn the meeting & the Re-
maining bufinefs till monday Next at one of y* Clock afternoon
at the Same place and it was Voted to adjourn y e Same According
- - and the moderator Declared the meeting adjourned
At a General Town Meeting of freeholders & other In-
habitants of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town affairs
Voted and Chofe for Said Committe
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Regularly Afsembled at the publick meeting Houfe in Said Town
on Monday y e 13 th Day of march Anno: Domini 1769
P r Adjournment — the meeting being opened at the Defire of
m r Seth Norcrofs the Town Voted to Excufe him from Serving
Tythingman prefent year
Voted & Chofe m r Joseph Hay Tythingman
Voted to Excufe m r Bezaleel Learned from Serving Warden the
prefent year — Voted & Chofe m r Edmund Fowle Warden
Voted that the late Surveyors of y* High-ways have liberty till
the twentieth day of June next to work out their lists of Rates and
make up their accounts
Voted that y e Selectmen give s d : Surveyors Directions Where to
work out Said lists of Rates or Arearges
Voted & Granted the Sum of £20 pounds to Repair y* High-ways
& town-ways and that the Afsefsors make a list [of] each
perfons proportion and that y e price of labour to be as *
last vear
[3]
of Said 20 pounds and Such perfons as Refufe or Neglect to
work out their part are to pay y 6 Same in money with y* other
town Rate The 15 th article was Read and after Some Defpute it
was Put to Vote whether it be the minde of the town to Choofe
and Impower a Committe to Settle the Difpute with the Town of
Waltham Relating to the Support of the wid° Mary Maddox and
it Past in the affeirmative
f Dea n : Sam 1 : Fisk
Voted & Chofe for Said Committe ■{ Jon a : Brown
[ m r Nath 1 : Harrington
Voted that Said Committe have full power in behalf of Watertown
to Settle the Difpute with the town of Waltham Relating to
the Support of wid° Mary Maddox
Then Voted not to Act any thing on the Sixteenth article
Then the Committe that were Appointed to Repair y e meeting
Houfe made Report that they had not Compleated the Repairs of
s d : Houfe and that the Charge of What they had already done
was more than the money that was appropriated to that ufe
Then the town Voted and Appropriated y e Sum of £ 4 Pounds
being part of y e money that m r Patterfons pew was Sold for
towards Compleating s d : Repairs
Voted that the Committee Compleat s d : Repairs
Voted that y e Committe that were appointed to Repair the
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minifterial fence be Continued and that they Repair said fence if
needfull and make Report at nex may Meeting
Then they Voted & abated James Hays Rates in Conftable
David Sanger lists & Granted 0:15:6: — to make it good also
Voted & abated John Whites Rates in Conftable Isaac Sanderfons
lists and Grated £ : 15 : 6 : 2 to make it good
[4]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
Prentice on Monday the 13 th Day of March AD 1769
Four of y e Selectmen. Viz mifu rs Mofes Stone John Kemball
Jonas White & Jonathan Bemis took y e oath Required by Law
Relating to other Governments Bills &c. after which the perfons
after-named after taking S d oath were Sworn to y e Faithfull
Difcharge of the Several offices to which they were Chofen Viz —
Dea n : Sam 1 Fisk & m r Mofes Stone afsefsors
mifu rs Nathan Coollidge & Daniel Whitney ju r Conftables
m r Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather
mifr s Jonas Barnard & John Stearns Fence-Viewers
mifr s Isaac Sanderfon & Samuel Sange Surveyors of High-ways
mifs r Jonas Barnard & Joseph Hay Tything men
mifr s Simon Coollidge ju r & Jonas Coollidge Hogrieves
mifu rs Jonas Coollidge Nath 11 : Coollidge & David Sanger Sur-
veyors of Timber &c
mifu rs Ezekiel Whitney & William Chenery Howards
rnifu 1 ": Cornelius Waldo & Elifha Learned Clerks of markets
mifu rs Samuel Sanger & Samuel Cook Cullars of Hoops Staves &c
All Sworn p r Jon 11 : Brown Town-Clerk — —
At this "meeting the Selectmen Agreed with m r Thomas Learned
to take Care of and Board the wid° Mary Maddox one Year at
the Rate of 22/ s p r week and with m r Daniel Bond to take Care of
and Board Mary Coollidge one year at y e Rate of 15/ s p r week
both are old Tenor and they are to have no further allowance
Except in Case of Sicknefs
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
Prentice on monday the 27 th Day of march AD 1769
They Agreed with m r Bez 11 Learned to take Care of y e Great
Bridge for the prefent
and they Signed an order on the Treafurer to pay y e Several
Perfons the Sums Set against their names (Viz)
To m r Daniel Bond 7:12:0:3
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To m r Mofes Stone 0:13:0 —
To m r Stephen Harris : 3:8 —
To m r Nathan Coollidge 8:13:4 —
And to each of perfons that keept womens Schools y e Sum *
: 8 for their Service last Summer
[.'»]
At this meeting y e Selectmen gave the Surveyors of y e High-
ways their Deitricts as follows (Viz) To m r Samuel Sanger y*
Westerly Part. From the meeting Houfe over this hill where the
old Meeting Houfe Stood to m r Kemball's Corner — and the lane
from School-Houfe by L l : Whitneys to Waltham line near m r
Nathaniel Harringtons Houfe. and all the South Roads to Newton
line — And m r Isaac Sanderfon to have the Easterly Part. (Viz)
The Road under y e Rocks & from m r Thomas Harringtons to
Samuel Warrins & from thence to m r John Kemballs Corner and
the Roads east of that Road that leads over Hill to the meeting
Houfe untill you come to Cambridge line it was alfo
Agreed that m r John Kemball be Defired to See that y s following
late Surveyors of High-ways work out the Remainder of their
lists under the Rocks (Viz) Thomas Learned, Joseph Coollidge,
Richard Clark, Daniel Sawin, Edward Richardfon, Jonas Bond,
Sam 11 Mafon,
And that m r Jonas White take care that the following Perfons
work out the Remainder of their lists one third part between the
meeting Houfe on the Country Road to Cambridge line and one
third part between y e Meeting houfe and m r John Kemballs
Corner & the other third part between the Meeting-Houfe and
Waltham line near m r Woodburns on the Country Road (Viz)
Edward Harrington ju r , Jonathan Bemis, Phinehas Stearns, Jonas
Barnard, Stephen Harris, Samuel Hager
Watertown April y e : 8 th : 1769 m r John Stratton was Sworn to
the office of Warden for the prefent year
P r Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
[6]
At a Meeting of y 6 Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
Prentice on 24 Day April AD 1769 ■
They Signed an order on y e town Treafurer to pay m r John
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Stratton the Sum of £ 10" 4" it being in full for his keeping a
writeing School nine Weeks in Watertown alfo y e Sum of ten
Shillings & eight pence to m r William Bond it being in full for y e
ufe of a Room to keep a School in
The Selectmen being Informed that y e wife of Ephraim Wheeler
and one Child was Come to Watertown to the Houfe of Jonas
Coollidge and he made Complaint that they were Burdenfom to
him it was Agreed that Jonathan Brown Should Apply to Samuel
Livermore Esq r : for a Warrant to Remove them to Boston
where they properly Belonge — at this meeting they being in-
formed that m r Thomas Learned had not Removed y e wid° Mary
Maddox to his Houfe it was agreed that all things Confidered it
would be best for her to Remain at m r Nathan Coollidges if he
will keep her at the Same price he did the last year
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonathan Brown
on Tuesday y e 16 th Day of may Anno: Domini 1769
They haveing Received a Precept from y* Sheriff of y e County
of midd x Requiring them to afsemble y e Inhabitants of Water-
town to Choofe a Suitable perfon or perfons to Reprefent them
in a Great & General Court or afsembly appointed to be Convened
held and kept for his Majesty's Service at the Court Houfe in
Boston on the thirty first day of this prefent month of may at 9
of the Clock in morning — In observance whereof they
agreed to have a publick Town-meeting at y e publick Meeting
houfe on the 22 n Day of may Inftant at two of y e Clock in the
afternoon for y e Choice of a Reprefentative and ordered the Clerk
to Jfsue out Warrants to y e Several Conftables to warn y e In-
habitants who are Quallified to Vote in 3^ Choice of a Repre-
fentative to meet at time & place before mentioned
they
m
They alfo agreed to have an other meeting the Same Day and at
the Same place at three of the Clock in the afternoon & Directed
the Clerk to order the Constables to warn all the Inhabitants who
are Qualified to Vote in town affairs to meet at Said time and
place for the Ends following (Viz) First to Choofe a moderator
for S d : meeting (2) To hear y e Report of the Committe that were
appointed to Examin the Town Treafurers accounts & for y e
Town to act thereon as they think fitt (3) To hear y e Report of
the Committe that were appointed to Settle y e affairs with the
Town of Waltham Relating to the Support of y e wid° Mary
Maddox and to grant money if y e town think fitt to carry on s d
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affair in the Law if need be and further Impower the Committe
to make a final Settlement of that and all other matters Depend-
ing between Watertown & Waltham and to Act anything thereon
as the town many think best (4) To hear the Report of the Com-
mitte that were Appointed to Repair the meeting Houfe & Grant
money to Compleat s d : Repairs and act any thing thereon as the
town think proper (5) To Hear the Report of the Committe that
were appointed to Repair the fence on the Minifterial place and
for the town to Act any thing they may think Nefsecary Relating
to Said affair (6) To Choofe any town officers that may be
wanting (7) To give their Reprefentative Some Inftructions if
the town think proper (8) To here the Petition of Ezekiel
Whitney & others praying for Liberty to make Some alterations
in Some of y e Seats in the Gallery as Setforth in Said petition and
for the town to act their pleafure thereon
Warrants were Issued out accordingly
Dated the next day
attest Jon a : Brown Town Clec
1769 may y 6 : 19 th Jonathan Brown was Sworn in to the office of
Town-Clerk. Town-Treafurer & afsefsor
By John Hunt Justice Pe[ace]
[8]
At a General Town Meeting of y e freeholders and other In-
habitants of Watertown Regularly Afsembled at the Publick
Meeting Houfe in Said Town on Monday the 22 n Day of may
Ann: Domini 1769 for the Choice of a Reprefentative the Major
part of y e Selectmen being prefent the Votes were Called for bro 1 :
in Sorted and Counted and it appeared y l M r John Remington
was Chosen to Serve for y e Year Ensueing
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of y e freeholders and other Inhabitants
of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs
Regularly Afsembled at the publick Meeting Houfe in S d : Town
on Monday the 22 th Day or may Anno: Domini 1769 for Trans-
acting Sundry affairs as Setforth in the Warrants for s d : meeting
Voted and Chose Dea n : Sam 11 Fisk moderator for S d : meeting
Voted and accepted the Report of y e Committe on the Town
Treafurers accounts — which Report is as follows (Viz)
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We the Subscribers being appointed by y* town to Examin
the Town Treafurers Accounts have attended that Service,
and finde His acc tts well Vouch't and Right Cast
Watertown May y e 19 th : 1769
John Hunt 1
Nath 11 Harrington [ Com tee
Sam 11 Fisk J
Then the Report of y e Com tte that were appointed to Settle y e
affair Relating to Support of y e wid° Mary Maddox with the
town of Waltham was Read and after longe Debate thereon the
Vote was put whether the town will further Impower their
Committe to endeavor to Settle y e Said affair with the the Said
Town of Waltham by leaveing it to arbritrators or in any other
way as they may think best, and if they canot Come to a Settle-
ment. Then for the town Treafurer to Sue for that and all other
Demands — and it past in y e affirmative
Then Voted and granted the Sum of £ 13 : 6 : 8 to Carry on f
affair
Then Voted and Granted y e sum of £ 10 pounds to Repair the
fence * Minifterial place
[9]
Then the Committe made Report Relating to y e Repairs of the
Meeting Houfe and the town Voted and Granted y e Sum of
£ 6 : 13 :4 to finifh Said Repairs — if any money Remains in y*
Treafury that to be part and the Remainder to be afsefst
Then "Voted and Chose m r Simon Whitney Warden in Case m r
Fowle Refufes to Serve but if m r Fowle accepts m r Whitney is
to be Excufed for y e prefent year
Then the Petition of Ezekiel Whitney and others was Read &
after Debate thereon the Vote was put whether it be the minde
of the town to Grant the prayer of the Petition
and it past in the Negative
1769 May y e 22 m r Edmund Fowle was Sworn to the office of
Warden by John Hunt Jus 1 : peace
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r Edward
Richardfon on monday the tenth Day of July AD 1769
They Stated y e afsize of Bread at the Rate of Wheat at Four
Shillings & Eleven pence P r . Bufhel
o
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at this meeting m r Edward Richardfon Settled his High-way List
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Mofes Stone on
Monday y e : Seventh day of August AD. 1769
They being Informed that Ruth Maddox was at m r Tufts's in
Charlstown and is in Such Circumftances that he is Determined
to bring her emediatly to Watertown
Therefore y e Selectmen Agree with m r Mofes Stone one of the
Selectmen to keep her a little while and See if She gits better
So as to take care of her Self again and m r Stone is to have what
it is worth for his Trouble
[10]
At a meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Waltham
on the Thirtieth Day of August Anno: Domini 1769
at the Houfe of m r Isaac Gleafon Inn-holder in Waltham They
adjusted the Charge of Repairing the Great Bridge in Watertown
which had arifen Since the last adjustment which was on the third
H
day of October last past it being for 700 feet of White oake planck
Bo 1 : of Cap 1 Mirick at 24/ P r foot which ammounted to the Sum
of Eight pounds eight Shillings £ 8" 8"
Watertowns part of Said Sum being 2" 17" 3" 1
Weston Ditto being 2" 17" 5" 3
Walthams Ditto being 2" 13" 3"
£8" 8" 0"
See the Said Adjustmen Enter 'd at Large in Second Book in the
Treafury Page (68)
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Edward
Richardfon on the 23 Day of Oct r : Anno: Domini 1769 —
They Signed an order on the Town Treafurer to pay Sum of
4" 12" 4"1 farthing to m r : Nathaniel Harrington which with
what was ordered before makes the whole of his wages to the
Sixth day of march last for keeping y e Grammer School
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
Prentice on y*: 13 th Day of Nov r : AD 1769
M r : Mofes Stone Informed y e Selectmen that he could not keep
Ruth Maddox any longer, and they agreed with m r Jonas Barnard
to take her for one month and if She Earns more than her
Board he is to allow it. and if not So much then the Selectmen
are to allow him what is Right
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[ii]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r . Edward
Richardfon on the 29 th Day of November Anno: Domini 1769
They being Informed that the wid° Mary Maddox was Dead they
Agreed that her Funeral Should be the next Day and that m r
Mofes Stone Should provide Eleven pair of Gloves for men &
three pair for women and that the Bell Should Tolled and m r
Storer be Defired to attend, and m r Mofes Stone agreed to
provide Said things at the Charge of the Town
At a meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Thomas Salt-
marfh on the Eleventh Day of Dec r : Anno: Domini 1769
They Signed an order on y e town Treafurer to pay y e Sum of
Twenty pounds to thofe perfons that worked at the High-ways
Each perfon to have what appeared he had worked out in the Lists
of Samuel Sanger & Isaac Sanderfon
at this meeting m r Jonas Barnard being prefent he Informed y e
Selectmen that he did not chufe to keep Ruth Maddox any Longer
and that he Expected to have five Shillings and four pence and her
labour for her keeping four weeks and m r Daniel Bond
being prefent agreed to take her four weeks more at the Rate of
one Shilling P r week the time to begin y e thirteenth day of this
prefent month
at this meeting D r : Josiah Convers Sent in his account for his
attendance & medicines on the widow Mary Maddox in her last
Sicknefs ammounting to y e sum of £ 1 : 4 : 8 L : M : which was
accepted :
at this meeting y* Selectmen Agreed to meet at the Houfe of of
m r Edward Richardfon Inn-holder in Watertown on Fryday
the 22 th Day of this Inftant December at four of Clock in y e
the afternoon to sell the wearring Apparril &c: of y* widow Mary
Maddox lately Deceaft. at Publick Vendue and Directed the
Clerk to Notify y e Selectmen of Waltham of the time & place of
Sale and Defire that they would afsift in affair * to put
up Notifications at Watertown & Waltham to notify the publick
thereof which was accordingly don
P r Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
[12]
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Fryday y e : 22 th Day of
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December AD 1769 at the Houfe of m r Edward Richardfon In
order to Sell the things that belonged to the late wid° Mary
Maddox it being late before People appeared and the things not
being in proper order for Sale they tho 1 : it best to Adjourn the
Sale to monday the first Day of January next at three of y* Clock
in y e afternoon at the Same place and defired m r : Mofes Stone
to See that the things were put in Proper order for Sale before
s d : time
At this meeting the Selectmen being acquainted that Samuel
Warrin had Informed one of them that his Daughter Mary was
Come to his Houfe & was Pregnant and that he was unable
to take care of her it was Agreed that m r Jonathan Bemis or
m r Jonas White Should See that a Warrant was got from a Justice
of peace and the perfon y* the Child is lay'd to Should be taken
and Delt with as the Law Directs is Such Cases
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r Benj a : Prentice
on Tuesday y* 26 th Day of December AD 1769
Billings Putman of Medford the Perfon that Mary Warrin has
Declared her Self to be with Child by being taken and Bound
over to Court — The Selectmen Agreed that m r Jonas White go
to Samuel Warrins and see what may be thought Nefsecary to
do for his Daug h ter for the Prefent and Report at their Next
meeting — alfo it was agreed that Jonathan Brown Advife with
Deacon Samuel Fisk what is best to do Relating to Rachel
Goddards making Sale of her land as it is feared that She will
Soon Spend what She has and become Chargable to the Town
[13]
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y« Houfe of m r : Edward Rich-
ardfon on Monday y e first Day of January AD: 1770
It being the time which y e Meeting for y e Sale of What things
the wid° Mary Maddox Left was Adjourn'd to a Number of
People appearing the s d : things were put up at Publick Vendue
and Sold to the Highest Biders ammounting to y e Sum of
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at y* Houfe of m r : Benjamin Pren-
tice on Monday y e : 8 th : Day of Jan;y Anno: Domini 1770
They Signed an order on y e Town Treaf r - to pay y e Town
Creditors the Sum of £ 12"7"9 which was Granted to them the
Last march Meeting —
at this meeting m r : Mofes Stone Notified y e Selectmen in
Writting that he has Received into his Family one Ruth Mafon
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who Came last from Cambridge Some time in y e month of
February last past which was accepted and is on file
at this meeting y e Selectmen being Informed that Mary Coollidge
was in want of a Peticoat two Aprons a Waiftcoat and an
Hankercheif it was Agreed that s d : things Should be Procured
for her as Soon as may be with Conveniancy
alfo at this meeting it was Agreed that the Clerk Should Jssue
out a Warrant Directed to one of y e Conftables to warn one
Hannah Flagg out of town who Refides at the houfe of m r
Thomas Clark — which was accordingly Don —
attest Jon a : Brown Town-Clerk
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Mofes Stone on
Wednesday y c : 17 th Day of Jan^: AD 1770
It was Agreed that m r Mofes Stone and m r Jonathan Bemis Wait
upon John Hunt Esq r : to know whether he has money in his
hands that he Received as fines that is for y* ufe of y e poor of y e
town , — »
at this meeting y e Selectmen Signed an order on the Town
Treafurer to pay himSelf y e Sum of : 1 7 : 4 which he has
Expended on the Poor
[14]
At a Meeting of y* 5 Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Jonas White
on Monday y e fifth Day of February AD 1770
They Signed an order of the town Treafurer to pay the Sum of
£0:16:7:2 farthings to m r Jonas White it being For Some
Clothing* he procured for Mary Coollidge
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen on Thursday the fifteenth day of
February Anno: Domini 1770 at the Houfe of m r Nathaniel
Coollidge it being the day which the South Pier of the Great
Bridge in Watertown was Carried off by the ice it being
Nefsecary that it Should be Repaired emediatly a meeting of y e
Selectmen of the Three towns Concerned was tho 1 : proper to
Agreed upon Some Method to Repair Said Bridge, and was
Appointed to be the Next Day at y* Houfe of m r : Benjamin
Prentice at one of y e Clock in y e Afternoon and y e Selectmen of
Weston and Waltham were Sent to to Defire their Attendance
At a full Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown Weston and
Waltham on Fryday the Sixteenth day of Feb.^ Anno: Domini
1770 at the Houfe of m r : Benj n : Prentice Inn-holder in Water-
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town — a fter viewing the Bridge it was Agreed that the Pier
which was Carried off the day before by the ice Should be Rebuilt
as Soon as may be and it was Agreed that a Com tte of three
perfons be Chosen one for each town to go to Boston and Purchase
Some peices of White pine timber and git s d : Work don as Soon
as may be with prudence
f Cap 1 : Jon a : Brown for Watertown
The perfons Chosen for s d : I Capt . Braddv n Smith for Weston
Com", were y Capt . j onas Dix for Waltham
and it was Agreed that y* Selectmen of each town advance Six
pounds for each town to be layed out in Meterials and Labour
if need be in s d : Repairs
and it was agreed that if either of y* Said Committe cannot *
s d : affair he Shall have power to appoint another * in his
place
[15]
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Benjamin
n
Prentice on Thursday y* 22 Day of February AD 1770
They agreed to have a Publick Town Meeting on Monday the
Fifth Day of march Next at twelve of the Clock at noon at the
publick Meeting Meeting Houfe and ordered y* Clerk to Jssue
out Warrants Directed to y* Several Constables to warn all the
freeholders & other Inhabitants who are Quallified to Vote in
Town affairs to Afsemble and Meet together at Said time & time
before mentioned to Act on ^ following articles (Viz)
First to Choofe a moderator for Said Meeting (2) To Choofe
Selectmen a Town-Clerk Treafurer & all other town officers
Required by law to be Chose in the month of march annually
(3) To Choofe a Saxton and agree how he Shall be paid for
his Service (4) To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer
(5) To know the minde of y* town whether Swine Shall Run at
large the Prefent year (6) To Choofe a Corn" to Examin the
Town Treafurers accounts (7) To appropriate y* Interest money
Coming to y* Town y* prefent year y* year begining y e Eleventh
day of December last past (8) To Grant a Sallary for y e Rev d :
m r : Seth Storer for y* Eufueing year y* year begining the First
day of march Next (9) To Grant money to Support the Schools
that may be agreed upon and Act any thing thereon they may
think proper (10) To grant money to Support the poor (11) To
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Grant money to Repair the Great Bridge (12) To hear y e
accounts of thofe perfons y e town is Indebted to and grant money
to pay y e Same (13) To grant money to Repair y c High-ways &
Town-ways and Act any thing Relating thereto as y e town may
think best (14 To hear the pleas of any Late Constables for
abating any perticular perfons Rates in their lists and Grant
money to make them good and act any thing Else thereon as they
may think proper (15) For y e town to agree upon Some meafures
to Discourage y e Importation of Goods from Great-Britain and
act any thing thereon they may think best (16) To hear the
Report of the Committe that were appointed to Repair y e Meeting
Houfe and Act any thing thereon they may think proper (17) To
hear the Report of the Committe that were appointed to Repair
the fence on the minifterial place and act any thing thereon they
may think best (18) To know the minde of y e town whether they
will Repair the School Houfe and act any thing Relating thereto
they think proper
[16]
You are Likewife to notify the town Creditors to bring in their
accounts to the Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r : Benj n : Prentice on
Fryday the Second Day of march Next at three of y e Clock in the
afternoon —
alfo to Notify the Late Surveyors of High-ways to make up their
accounts with y* Selectmen at the Same time and place ■
Warrants were Jssued out Accordingly
Attest Jon a : Brown Town-Clerk
The Procedings of y e School Com tee . who were Chofen by the
Town of Watertown March 6 th : AD 1769 < — ;
At a Meeting of s d : Com tee at the Meeting Houfe march y e
6- 1769 they Agreed to Employ m r : Nathaniel Harrington in
keeping The Gramer School after y e Rate of 250 pounds old Ten 1
P r year to Oppen the School y e Next Day & keep till further
orders » — >
At a meeting of s d : Com tte : May 21-1769 They agreed to have
five Womens Schools Opened the fifth Day of June Next and to
keep Eight Weeks each at two pounds old Ten r : p r week
miftrises to find Rooms to keep in or allow for them out of their
Wages —
Accordingly they Contracted with m r Samuel Mafons wife to
keep a School in — m r Sam 11 Whites Houfe mis Kezia Stone to
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keep in the East School Houfe — mis Hannah Bright to keep in
m r Stearns's Houfe. mis Mary Prentice to keep in her Fathers
Houfe and mis Kate Saltmarfh to keep in m r Bemis's Houfe —
At a meeting of s d : Com tee . July 24 th They Agreed that the
womans Schools Should be Continued three weeks longer making
in the whole Eleven Weeks each
At a meeting of s d : Com tee Nov r : 23 d : 1769 They Agreed to
Employ m r John Stratton in keeping the Writing School in y e
Extreem Parts of y e town at two Dollars p r Week — the School to
be opened in the West part of the town on Monday the 20 th
of this month at y e Houfe of m r W m Bond
At a meeting of s d : Com tee . Nov 1 ": y^ 23. 1769 They Agreed that
the School Should be kept ten weeks in west part of the town -
And Eleven Weeks in the East part of the town
m r B onc i to have two Dollars for the Priviledge of a Room
to keep the School in.
Sam 11 : Fisk P r Order
[17]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on Fryday y*. 2. Day of march
AD 1770 at the Houfe of m r Benjamin Prentice In order to
Settle with y e Late Surveyors of High-ways m r Jonathan Bemis
& m r : Sam 1 : Hager Settled their accounts — alfo mefs rs : Samuel
Mafon, Edward Harrington ju r Jonas Barned, Richard Clark &
Phnehas Stearns and they not having Finifhed their lists it
was Agreed that they Should work out the Remainder or pay it in
money or or before the first Day of May Next
at this meeting Sundry Perfons which the town is Indebted to
Brought in their accounts Which are as follows (Viz)
Daniel Bond for Boarding mary Coollidge 52 weeks
at 21 p r week 5:4:0
and For making and mending her Qothing : 6:5
and For Boarding Ruth Maddox five weeks at 1/
p r week 0:5:0
5:15:5
M r . Nathan Coollidge Bro*: in his account for Board-
ing y e wid° Mary Maddox and Nurfing &c in her last
Sicknefs ammounting to 11:5:3
M r Jonas Barnard bro 1 : in an Account for Boarding
Ruth Maddox four Weeks at 1/4 p r week which
comes to 0:5:4
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m r Mofes Stone bro* : in an Account for Providing for
the wid° Mary Maddox's Funeral being .... — 1: 1:8
and for Cash paid for mending the School Houfe Glafs 0:12:8
1:14:4
The following Accounts were bro 1 : to be laid before the town
(Viz)
To Simon Haftings for Labour & meterials &c 1" 4" 4
To Bezaleel Learned for Labour at y e Great Bridge 1" 0" 4
To Dea n . Sam 11 Fisk for Serving afsefsor y 6 year past 0" 16"
To m r Mofes for like Service 0" 16"
To Jon a Brown for Serving Treafurer & afsefsor 3" 9" 4
7" 6"
At S d : Meeting m r David Coollidge Sent in a Notification In-
forming that he had taken a perfon in to his Family
alfo M r Richard Clark Sent in a Notification Informing he had
Received one into his family as appears P r their *
on file
[18]
At a Gen 11 : Town-Meeting of y e freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in town affairs
Regularly Afsembled & meet at the publick Meeting Houfe in S d :
town on Monday the fifth day of March AD 1770 for the Choice
of town officers as Setforth in y e Warrants and to act on the
other articles therein Contained —
Voted & Chofe m r : Nathaniel Stone Moderator
Jon a : Brown
m r Mofes Stone
m r Jonas White
m r Jon a : Bemis
m r Nehemiah Mafon
Voted and Chofe Jon a : Brown Town-Clerk & Town Treafurer
f Jon a : Brown
Voted & Chofe Afsefsors <j m r Mofes Stone
[ Dea n Sam 11 : Fisk
Voted & Chofe for Constables mifs rs Edward Richardfon & Jed h :
Leath
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Voted that there Shall be Collectors of Tax's Chosen
Voted k Chole y* Constables v e Collectors of Tax's —
Voted to allow y* Collectors t 3 pounds each for their Service >
Voted that y* Collectors give Bond to the town to oblidge them
Selves to pay in the Tax's at Such time as y* Selectmen shall
appoint
Voted ic Chose Wardens mii's us . Samuel Sanger 6c John Stearns —
Voted \' Choi'e Sealer of Leather m r Jsaac Sanderion
Voted <Sc Choi'e mils" 5 Elijah Bond k Richard Clark Fence-Viewers
Voted 6c Choi'e Surveyor of High-Ways Chris'-Grant ju r 6c Eires
Tainter
Voted <Sc Choi'e Tythingmen Ebenezer Steti'on 6c John Tainter
junior
Voted k Chofe Hogrieves David Whitney & John Vila
f IA Xath 11 . CooUidge
Voted k Choi'e Surveyors of Timber kc < m r David Sanger
[ m r Jonas CooUidge
Voted & Chole Howards John Chenery & Moles Hager
Voted 6c Choi'e Nath 11 CooUidge k Stephen Harris Clerks of y*
Market
Voted k Choi'e Cullars of Hoops Staves kc Sam 11 Cook & Xath 11
CooUidge
Voted k Chole Simon Haitings Saxton and that he be paid by
two Contrebutions as Ufual
Voted that Swine be kept Shut up the Enlueing year
wt j i ^ L t e r-> . f Dea n Sam' 1 Fisk
\ oted & Chole for a Com- to Eamm m , Mofa StQne
5- Treai' acc- { m , Xath ,, Harrington
Voted to Appropriate y* Interest money as it was last year (Viz)
five Shillings * pence to y* School 6c the Remainder to the
Minifter
[19]
Voted k Granted y* Sum of 66 : 13 : 4 as a Sallary for y* Rev d
m r Seth Storer for y* year Euiueing the Interei't money to be part
the Remainder to be ai'selt
Voted k Granted y* Sum of 33 : 6 : S to Support Grammer
School
Voted to Grant money to Support other Schools
Voted & Granted y* Sum of £ 24 pounds to Support s d . Schools
Voted to Chooie a Committe to manage and Inipect y* Schools
Then the (15) articles was Reed and it was put to vote Whether
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the town will do any thing to Discourage y e Importation of
Goods from Great-Britain and it Past in y e Affirmative
Then Voted to Choofe a Committe to Consider what is proper for
the town to act in y e affair and Report at y e Adjournment of this
meeting
' Dea n . Sam 11 : Fisk
Cap 1 : Daniel Whitney
Jon a : Brown
Voted & Chofe for S d : Committe { m r Nath 1 Stone
m r Mofes Stone
m r John Remington
m r Thomas Clark
Then they Voted and Granted y e Sum of £ 20 to Support y* poor
Then voted and adjourned this meeting with y e Remaining
Bufinefs to thursday Next at two of y e Clock afternoon at this
place
Cap 1 : Daniel Whitney
The Com tee . y l were Chofen to
manage y e Schools are
m r Sam 11 White
m r Nath 1 Stone
m r Sam 11 Sanger
m r Thomas Clark
Watertown March y e . 8. 1770 Jonathan Brown was Sworn to
the offices of Town-Clerk Town-Treafurer & Afsefsor
By John Hunt Justice Peace
At a Gen 11 Town Meeting of y* freeholders & other Inhabitant
of Watertown Regularly Afsembled at the Publick meeting-Houfe
on Thursday the Eighth day of march Ann: Domini 1770 P r
Adjournment — the meeting being Opened —
They Voted and Granted y e Sum of £ 14 to Repair ^ Great
Bridge —
Then the accounts of thofe Perfons the Town is Indebted to were
Read ammounting to the Sum of 7 : 6 : then Voted and Granted
money to pay the Same
[20]
Then Voted and Granted y 6 Sum of 40 pounds to Repair the
High-ways and town-ways
Voted that the afsefsors make out lists of each perfons Proportion
of s d : £ 40 pounds and if any perfon or perfons Neglect or Refufe
to work out their s d : Proportion that they Shall pay it with their
town Rate in money Voted that y e price of Labour be the
Same it was last year
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Then the Committe appointed to make a Draught of Some
Proper Votes and Refovles to Discourage y e Importation of
Goods from Great Britaine Prefented a Draught which was
unanimoufly Voted and accepted and is on file
Voted that the town Clerk Transmit an attested Copy of the
Same to y e Committee of merchants in Boston
Then y e Committe that were appointed to Repair y e meeting-
Houfe Laved their accounts before y e town which were Voted &
accepted and Voted that they Compleat S d : Repairs
Then y e Committe y l : were Appointed to Repair y e fence on the
Minifterial place Reported what they had don on that affair and
their accounts being Read they were Voted and accepted and they
were Directed to Compleat the Same
Then the (18) article was Read Relating to the Repairing the
School-Houfe and it was Voted to Repair the Same and that the
Selectmen take Care to git Said work don
Then the meeting was Difsolved
At a Meeting of Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
Prentice the Same Evening after y e Selectmen had Taken the
money Oath the following perfons after taking S d . oath were
Sworn to the faithfull Discharge of the Several offices to which
they were Chosen (Viz)
mifs r Sam" : Fisk & Mofes Stone afsefsors
m r Jedidiah Leath Constable mifr s Sam 11 Sanger & John Stearns
Wardens
m r Isaac Sanderfon Sealer of Leather m r Richard Clark Fence
Viewer
m r Christopher Grant ju r & m r Eires Tainter Surveyors of High-
ways
m r fs David Whitney & John Vila Hogrieves
U: Nath 11 . Coollidge m r David Sanger & Jonas Coollidge Sur-
veyors of Timber &c
miir s John Chenery & Mofes Hager Howards
mifs r Nath 11 : Coollidge and Stephen Harris Clerks of y* Market
mifs r Samuel Cook & Nath 11 Coollidge Cullars of Hoops Staves &c
Sworn by Jon a : Brown Town Clerk
[21]
At this meeting y 6 Selectmen Agreed with m r Daniel Bond to
take Care of and Board Mary Coollidge one year at the Rate of
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three s/ and four pence P r week and to have further Allowance
in Case of *
AHo at this meeting Agreed to approbate & Recomend m r Ezekiel
Hall to be a Retailor in the Room of m r Cornelius Waldo
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
th
Prenti[ce] on the 14 Day of march Anno: Domini 1770
They Agreed with m r Samuel Warrin to take Care of His
Daughfter] for one Dollar p r Week till further Orders and m r
Jonas White is to Supply him to that Value in Such things as is
Nefsecary for his Family as it becomes due Weekly —
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Benjamin
th
Prentice on Monday the 19 Day of march Anno: Domini 1770 —
They Signed orders on y* Town Treafurer for y e Sum of 66: 13: 4
to be paid to the Rev d : m r . Seth Storer for his last years Sallary
& to pay m r : Nath 11 : Harrington y e Sum of 20 pounds in part
for his keeping y e Gramer School the last year and y e Sum of
2:18 * to each of Mifstrefses that kept the womans School
y e last * alfo the Sum of 5 : 15 : 5 to m r Daniel Bond it
being in full for his Boarding Mary Coollidge & other things
which he did for her and for his Boarding Ruth Maddox —
at this meeting it was Agreed that Jonathan Brown take Care
that Billings Putman's Bonds be Continued to may Cour[t]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on y e 2 n . Day of April AD: 1770
at the Houfe of Jonathan Brown — - — They Signed orders on
the Town Treafurer the Sum of £ 9 : 5 : 8 to y* Committee that
were appointed to Repair the fence on y* 5 Minifterial place in y e
following*
(Viz) To Cap 1 : Daniel Whitney £4:2:0 To Cap 1 : Edward
Harrington £3:2:8 and to m r Jonas White . . .2:0:0
and the Sum of £ 1 : 4 : 8 To D r : Josiah Convers
for taking Care of y e wid° Mary Maddox in her last Sicknefs and
y* Sum of £ 1 1 : 5 : 3 to m r Nathan Coo[ * ] for his Boarding
& nurfing &c: and the Sum of £ 9 : 3 : 4 to Nathaniel Harring-
ton which makes the whole of his * keeping the Grammer
School
[32]
At Said Meeting they Signed an other order to pay m r Jonas
White the Sum of £ 2 : 8 : 4 in full of his Accounts & y* Sum of
£ 4 : 8 : 1 : 2 to m r Mofes Stone in full of his Acc tt8
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[Th]ey Gave the Surveyors of High-ways there Deftricks as they
were the Last year See y 6 (5) Page of this Book
m r Jonas White was Defired to Inquire into y* Circumftances of
Samul Warrins Daughter and Report at y e next meeting and
it was Agreed that each of y* 5 Selectmen Should See if either of
them Can find a place for Ruth Maddox as m r White Informed
that he could not keep her any longer and if So to make it known
at the Next meeting
They Agreed to meet again on the Next monday at four of the
Clock afternoon at the Houfe of m r Benjamin Prentice to
Transact other affairs
At a Meeting of ^ Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Thomas
Saltmarfh on monday 9 th Day of April AD. 1770
They Signed on order on y 6 town Treafurer to pay the Sum of
£ 1 : 14 : 4 to m r Mofes Stone in full of his accounts
They Signed Indentures to bind Tabitha Learned Daughter to
the late m r Jonas Learned to m r Jedidiah Leath She being a Poor
Child — they alfo agreed to give m r Leath the Sum of £ 2 : 8 :
to Cloth her with to be paid out of the next afsefsment
It was agreed that m r Jonas White Should git y* towns Scales &
weights from m r : Fowls and Diliver them to y** prefent Clarks
of y 4 * Markets — alfo it was agreed that m r Mofes Stone Should
take Ruth Maddox when She is bro 1 : to him and keep her four
weeks and be paid by the town half a Pistereen p r Week for
keeping her — alfo agreed that Samuel Warrin be allow'd 2/ s p r
week for keeping his Daughter Mary & Child till y e first monday
in may next
And at this meeting it was Agreed to meet y e first Monday in
Each month for the prefent year
[33]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on y* Seventh Day of may the
Houfe of m r : Bezaleel Learned Anno: Domini 1770
They haveing Received a Precept fro my e Sheriff of y e County
[of] Middlefex Requiring the Town to be afsembled to make
Cfhoice] of a perfon to Reprefent the town in a Great &
General Co[urt] to be Convened held and kept for his Majesty's
Service at Hafrvard] Coledge in Cambridge on Wednesday
th
the 30: day of may 17 [70]
They Ordered he Clerk to Jssue out a Warrant Directed to the
Constable to Warn y e free holders & other Inhabitants who are
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Quallified to Vote in y* Choice of a Reprefentative to meet at
th
the Publick meeting in S d : Town on monday y e 14 day of this
Instant may for y e purpose aboveSaid
alio to Warn the freeholders & other Inhabitants of Watertown
who are Quallified to vote in town affairs to afsemble on the
Day afore Said to meet at the publick-meeting on y e Same Day at
3 th of the Clock afternoon to act on the following Articles (Viz)
First to Choose a moderator for S d : meeting (2 ly ) To Choose a
Committee to Examin y e Treafurers accounts & to act thereon as
they think fitt. 3 ly For the town to act any thing Relating to the
Support of Mary Warrin and her Child and do any thing Relating
thereto they may think best. 4 ly : For y* town to come into Some
Method to Improve a Small peice of Land now Lying within y e
town of Cambridge that belongs to the town of Watertown and
act any thing Relating there [to] they may think proper. 5 th To
know y* minde of y* town whether they will joine with y e other
towns Concerned in y e Support of the Great Bridge in Petitioning
y e General Court for Some Releif in Suppor[t of] Said Bridge
and do anything Relating thereto they may think pr[oper].
6 ly For the town to Choofe any town officers in y* 5 Roome of any
that w[ere] Chofe in the month of march Last who Refuse or
Neglect to take the oaths Required by law to be taken. 7 ly : to
hear the pleas of any of the Constables for abating any perfons
Rates in their lists and act any thing thereon they may think best.
8 Iy : For y e town to Agree upon Some Method for the more
Speedy Collecting y e Interas money due to the town, and for to
manefest their minds Relating to a Number of the Bonds which
it is thought ought to [be] Renewed, and for ^ town to give their
Treafurer Su[ch directions Relating thereto they may think
proper.
[34]
[9] Iy To hear the Report of any Committe or Committees that
have been Chosen for any Services and act thereon as they think
proper.
To Grant any Sums of money to finish the fence on y e minifterial
place, and to Repair the School-Houfe and for other Services as
the town may think proper.
Warrant was Jssued out Accordingly
Attest Jon a : Brown Town-Clerk
At Said Meeting the Selectmen Signed an order on the Treafurer
to pay y e Sum of £ 12 : 12 : to m r John Stratton it being in
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full for what was due to him for keeping y e writing School. — alfo
to pay the Sum of £ 2. 17 : 3 : 1 To Cap 1 : Mireck & m r Jonas
Harrington of Weston for Planck which they bro 1 : to the Great
bridge
At a Gen 11 : Town-Meeting of freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown who are Qualified to Vote in y e Choice of a
Reprefentative Regularly Afsembled at the publick Meeting
Houfe in S d : Town on Monday the 14th Day of may AD 1770 —
The Meeting being Opened and the Votes being Called for bro c .
in Sorted and Counted it Appeared that m r John Remington
Was Chosen by a large Majority
At a Gen 11 Town-Meeting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants
of Watertown who are Qualified to Vote in town Affairs
Regularly afsembled at the Publick Meeting House in s d : town
on Monday y e 14 th : Day of may AD 1770 for Transacting
Sundry affairs as Setforth in the Warrant for s d : meeting &c
Voted & Chofe John Hunt Esq r : Moderator of S d : meeting
Voted & Accepted the Report of the Committe apointed to
See ye (26) Page
Examin the Treafurers Accounts
Voted the the affair Relating to Mary Warrin and Child be left
to the tion of the Selectmen
* nd Impowered the Selectmen in behalf of y e Town to
ut or otherwise Improve that peice of land at
[25]
Thatchers Bank now in Cambridge that belongs to Water [town]
in Such a Manner as they think will be most for the Ad[van]tage
of the town w ^
Voted that the Reprefentative joine with the other towns in
Supporting the Great-Bridge in Petitioning the Great & [General]
Court for Some Relief in the Support of s d : Bridge
Voted and Chose m r Jsaac Sanderfon to Serve Constable in the
Roo[m of] m r : Edw d : Richardfon
Voted and Chose m r : James Hay Tythingman in y e Room of m r
Ebenezer Stetfon who was Excufed from Serving this year —
Voted that the town Treafurer be Directed to Collect all the
money due to the town before Eleventh day of December and git
Such of the Bonds Renewed as is Needful by first day of August
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next or otherwise Diliver them to Attorney to be put in Suit
Voted and Granted £ 4 pounds to finifh the fence on y e
Ministerial] Place
Voted & Granted y e Sum of £ 1 : 1 : to Sattisfie the Accounts
for Warning out perfons taken in by the wid°: Sufanna murch
James Vila Deceast. Benjamin Felton, Josiah Stowel, & Eb[ * ]
Goddard, Deceast « — ,
Voted and Granted : 10 : to pay Jonathan Brown for writings
don for the town
At this meeting Jsaac Sanderfon was Sworn to y e office of Con-
stable and John Tainter ju r to y 6 office of Tythingman
P r John Hunt Jus: peace
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Bez[aleel]
th
Learned on the 16. day of may AD 1770
They Signed an order on the town Treafurer to pay m r Joh[n]
Stratton £ 12:12:0 for keeping the writing School last [year]
and to pay the Sum of 2 : 17 : 3 :1 to Capt. Mirick [and] Jonas
Harrington for Plank they bro 1 : to the Bridge
[36]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Edward
Richardfon on Monday y e 11 th : Day of June. 1770 —
[In] order to Sell or lease the Landing place at Thatchers [Ba]nk
(So Called) lying within the Bounds of Cambridge the Selectmen
of Cambridge having Sent a Letter Desireing [a] Conference
with y e Selectmen of Watertown on y e affair Before they
Proceeded to do any thing Relating to y e Said Leafeing or Selling
S d : Landing place, which was greed to and they ordered the Clerk
to notifie the Selectmen of Cambridge that they would meet them
at m r : Edward Richardfons in Watertown Next Fryday at five of
the Clock P : M : to Confear on y« S d : affair
Which was don Accordingly Attest Jon a : Brown Town Cler
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at y e Houfe of m r Edwardfon on
Fryday June y e . 15 th : 1770 The Selectmen of Cambridge
being prefent made Some Claim ot the Landing at Thatchers Bank
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in Cambridge and use'd Sundry Arguments [to] make out their
Claim which the Selectmen did not think proper to acceed to —
therefore it was agreed that the Selectmen of each town meet
again on Monday y 6 Second day of July Next at Said Landing
place to See if they can agree upon any Method to put an end to
any Difpute about Said Landing place
At this meeting y e Selectmen being informed that m r William
Goding is in Very Needy Circumftances it was agreed that
m r : Nehemiah Mafon Should go to his Houfe and See what he
is in prefent want of and Releive for y* prefent
And it was Agreed at this meeting that the Town Clerk write
an order to the Selectmen of Weston to pay Cap": Mirick and m r
Jonas Harrington ju r for what Planck they Bro 1 : to the Great
Bridge in Watertown
The Com tee Appointed to Examin the Town Treafurers Acc ts
march y e 4- 1770 — Report as followeth (Viz) Upon Exam-
ination of y e town Treafurers acc tts find them well Vouch't and
Right Cast
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen of Watertown Weston & Waltham
on Monday y e 25 th Day of June AD 1770 at the Houfe of U :
Nathaniel Coollidge. it was Agreed that the Committe that were
Chofen on the Siteenth day of Feb 17 last to Repair the great
Bridge Should Proceed to Finish Said Repairs as Soon as Con-
veniantly may be and to do it Such way and Manner as they
think best of the Towns Concerned
At a Meeting of y* Selectmen of Watertown & Cambridge on the
Second day of July AD 1770 at the Landing Place near m r
Thatchers after Viewing the Same they agreed to meet again on
Monday Next and Lay open the way to the River and Divide y e
landing between the towns to prevent any further Dispute about
y e Same
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on the Ninth day of July the
Selectmen of Cambridge being present after Viewing the landing
place above Mentioned it was tho 1 : best to make Some alterations
with m r Seth Hastings in the way to s d : Landing place and
Collonel Thomas Oliver being Present, at the Desire of the Se-
th
Watertown may 10. 1770
Sam 11 Fisk
Mofes Stone \
Nath 11 Harrington J
[27]
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lectmen of each town he undertook to Stake out the way according
to Some Purpofals that had been made for the Confirmation of y*
Selectmen if they tho 1 : proper, it was alfo agreed that the S d :
way Should be opened by y e first day of November next —
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Bez 11 Learned
on Thursday the sixth Day of Sep r : 1770 — They Approved of the
following perfons Renewing their Licences (Viz)
mifs rcs . Edward Richardfon, Bezaleel Learned, Nathaniel
Cooll[idge,] and Thomas Wellington to be Inn-holders, and
mifu s Io * White, Ezekiel Hall, Josiah Capen, and John
H * to be Retailors
[28]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Mofes Stone on
Thursday y e 20 th day of Sep r . AD 1770
They Signed an order on the town Treafurer to pay the Sum
of Six pounds to mifs rs Daniel Whitney & Nathan Coollidge Each
to have three pounds it being what was Granted them for Collect-
ing the Tax's the year past
and Whereas Ruth Maddox is turned upon the Selectmen to take
care of & at prefent they cannot finde any perfon that Jnclines
to take her. They have Agreed to meet at the Houfe of m r
Edward Richardfon on the first monday of October next at five
of the Clock afternoon to put her out for y e prefent to the perfon
that will take her on the most eafie Terms for the Town.
At a Meeting of y** Selectmen of Watertown Weston and
Waltham of y° 17 th . Day of Sep r : AD 1770 at the Houfe of m r
Isaac Gleafon Inn-holder in Waltham They Adjusted & Pro-
portioned the Charge of Repairing & maintaining the Great
Bridge in Watertown the year past ammounting to the Sum of
£ 47 : 6 : 1 : 3 and Signed the Same which is Entered at Large in
y e Second Book in y e Treafury Page (69) —
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r : Edward
Richardfon on Monday y e first Day of Oct r AD: 1770 —
In order to put out Ruth Maddox, but as there was not any perfon
that Appeared that was Willing to take her y e Selectmen Agreed
with m r : Ebenezer Stone ju r to keep her a few days Longer till
they can finde Some other Place for her & he is to have Such
Allowance therefor as it may be worth
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at this meeting the Selectmen agreed that m r Jonas White or m r
Jonathan Bemis take Care to git the High-way under the Rocks
repaired as Soon as may be & that m r Mofes Stone & Jonathan
Brown git the High-way from Jenifons Hill (So Called) to m r
David Coollidges Repaired as Soon as may be and Such perfons
as will work, it Shall be allow'd *
of their Next years High-way Rate
[29]
At a Meeting of the Selectmen of Watertown & Cambridge on
the 19 th : Day of November 1770 ^
In order to Settle the Dispute with Regard to the Landing and
way thereto on Charls-River on the South Side of Samuels Hill
(So Called) The Selectmen of Watertown voted unanimously
First that the Road or way Leading down to the Landing place
on Charls River by the Side of Samuels Hill Is the Kings High-
way ^ «s
Secondly that any Gates Barrs or Fence acrofs said way is not
to be Considered as continued by the Consent of us the Selectmen
of Watertown (Viz) Because it is the Kings High-way
Jon a : Brown
Mofes Stone
Jonas White
Jonathan Bemis
Nehemiah Mafon
At a Meeting of y Selectmen of Cambridge on y e 19 th day of
Nov r . 1770 —
In consideration of the above Vote of the Selectmen of Watertown
and for Divers other Considerations Unanimously Voted
1 That the Road or way leading down to the Landing Place on
Charls-River by y e Side of Samuels Hill Js is Kings High-
way v — -\
2 ly That any Gate Barrs or Fence acrofs Said way is not to be
Considered as continued by the Consent of us the Selectmen of
Cambridge (Viz) Because it is the King's High-Way » — >
W m : Brattle
Eben r : Stedman
Edw d , Marrett
Joseph Wellington
Joseph Adams ju r
Tho s : Gardiner
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[30]
At the Meeting of y e Selectmen of Cambridge & Watertown
Mentioned on the other Side the following Agreement was
Entered into to be Laid before each town for Confirmation (Viz)
Cambridge November the 19 th Day 1770
Be it remembered that on the 19 th Day of Nov 1 " 1770
The Selectmen of Cambridge and the Selectmen of Watertown
being meet together to determin the Respective Rights of the two
towns aforesaid to the Landing place on Charls-River by the Side
of Samuels Hill in Cambridge aforesaid, It was mutually agreed
upon by & Between The Selectmen of said Towns that the Choice
of the two parts of Said Landing place Should be Determined
by Lott, and Thereupon two Lotts being Cast, On the One the
word North being Wrote & on the other the word South being
wrote, They being put into a Hat and being Drawn out, The Lott
North was Drawn by The Selectmen of the Town of Cambridge,
and the Lott South by The Selectmen of the town of Watertown,
Whereupon it was Agreed by and between the Selectmen of the
Said Towns of Cambridge & Watertown That the Moiety or
one half part of Said Landing Place from the North Be and
Remain to the Said Town of Cambridge For Ever — And that
the other Moiety or half part of Said Landing place from the
South Be and Remain unto the Said Town of Watertown For
Ever In Witnefs whereof the Selectmen of Said Towns of
Cambridge and Watertown have Hereunto Interchangably Set
their Hands the day and year afore written
Jon a : Brown
Mofes Stone
Jonas White
Jonathan Bemis
Nehemiah Mafon
Selectmen
of
Watertown
W m Brattle
Eben r Stedman
Edwa d Marrett
Joseph Wellington
Joseph Adams ju r
Tho s Gardner
Selectmen
of
Cambridge
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of Jonathan Brown
on Monday the 3 d Day December Anno: Domini 1770
It was Agreed that Mifs rs , Mofes Stone Jonas White & Nehemiah
Mafon being the Major part of y e Selectmen attend the Quarter
Sefsions the Next Day at Charlstown and Endavour that the
Town be Secured from the Charge of Maintaining Mary Warrins
Child
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[31]
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen on Thursday y e : 20 th Day of
December Anno: Domini 1770 at the Houfe of L l : Nathaniel
Coollidge
Ruth Maddox being Destitute of a place and m r Ebenezer Stone
ju r Jnforming the Selectmen that he cant keep her any Longer —
Jt was Agreed that m r Mofes Stone take her the Next Day and
keep her half the time till the next march Meeting for the
Choice of Town officers &c, and that m r Jonathan Bemis keep
her the other half part of Said time till Said Meeting, and if She
Dont earn her Board they are to have any Sum they think it is
Worth not Exceeding one pistereen p r week
At a Meeting of y e Selectmen at the Houfe of m r Nehemiah on
Fryday the 28 th Day of December Anno: Domini 1770 < — s
To Consider what is proper to be don Relating to Sarah Learneds
Child it being Dilivered to the Selectmen to take Care of
It was Agreed to take the advice of m r Sewall whether he tho 1 :
it was the poor of Watertown or Boston and Proceed according
to his advice Relating thereto, and it was Agreed that mifs rs
Mofes Stone and Jonas White wait on m r Sewall Next monday
morning and proceed in the affair According to his Advice &
Direction
At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of L l : Nathaniel
Coollidge on the 11 th Day of Jan ry : Anno: Domini 1771
Mifs rs Jsaac Sanderfon & Jedidiah gave Bond to the town
Treafurer for their faithfull Collecting & p