Item, it is ordered, that m'. Newbery is to have for his purchase, that he bought of m'. Pincheon, the house m'. Pincheon built, 40 acres of upland ground to the house, 40 of marsh, 20 acres in Quanty necke.f Item, it is ordered, that Rich: Callecott shall set up an house without the pale, and halfe an acre for a garden. Whereas, William Hosseford, desiring to have some medowe next Mr. Williams, which could not be graunted, nowe, therefore it was graunted that none should have a lott their vntill he be heard therein. October 28, 1634. m'. Stoughton. m'. Newbery. It is agreed, that their shall be Tenn men chosen to order all the affayres of the Plantation, to continue for one yeere, and to meete monethly according to the order Oct. 8, 1633, in the page 15 ; and no order to be established without seven of them, at the least, and concluded by the major p'e of these seven of them; and all the inhabitants to stand bound by the orders so made, as a fore sayd, according to the scope of a former order, in May 11th, 1631.§ At this meeteing, Tenn men were chosen, whose names are inserted in the margint. It is agreed, that whosoever is chosen into any office, for the good of the Plantation, he shall abide by it, or submit to a fine,|| as the company shall thinke meete to impose. Nicholas Vpsall is chosen vnto the office of Baylife,¶ in this Plantation, for the yeer ensuing, and is by vertue of this office to Levie fines amer[ced], and rates, by way of destrayneing goods or impounding cattle for the [satis]fieing of them. November 3, 1634. It is ordered, that no man within the Plantation shall sell his house or lott to any man without the Plantation, whome they shall dislike off. It is also ordered, by the p'sons above elected, that every of them, shall meete the first Monday in every moneth at 8 of the Clocke in the morneing, and in case of defect to pay 6d. (if he come not before 9 of the Clocke to forfeite 12d.), if they come not at all, to forfeite 2s. according to the former order, October 28: 1634.** It is also ordered, their shall be a sufficient cart-way, be made to the mill, at Naponset, at the common chardge, if the chardge exceed not above five pounds. It is also ordered, that the New buring place, t† last agreed on, shall William Pynchon, one of the settlers of Springfield. + Probably the peninsula of Squantum, which was annexed to Quincy in 1855. The act passed by the Legislature was signed by the Governor June 15th of that year. This order is to be found on the sixth page of the original. Entered, we presume, on the missing pages of the record. The people were not so desirous of " the honors," as at the present day. A fine for non-acceptance of office would look queer on our modern records. We quote the following of more than a century ago. "Dorchester, March 1st, 1757. Received of Mr. Henry Humphrey the sum of Two pounds thirteen shillings and four pence Lawful money, in full, for his fine for not serving as a Constable, to which Office he was chosen in March last past, at a regular Town Meeting. I say Rec. by me, Noah Clap, Town Treasurer." Nicholas Upsall was the first Bailiff chosen in town. This office was continued until 1663, when Blake says tersely-" Bayliffs no more." **How would similar fines for non-attendance and tardiness operate in the legislative and municipal bodies of 1867? + See a previous note, under date of Nov. 3, 1633. be forth with impalled with doble rayle and Clere bord, pale ffive rod square. Its also ordered, that there shall be a post stayres made to the meeteing house, in the outside. And the loft to be layd, and a window in the loft. Its also ordered, that the common gates shall be forth with made and set up sufficiently with the pales belonging to the same, one at m'. Woolcots, one at Walther filers, one at Goodman Poapes,* one at Goodman Grenwayes, and to be palled betwixt William Horsefords lott, and the Creeke. Also, a pound to be made with sawne barrs and Postes, to be set all the newe way next m'. Maverickes. Its ordered, that no man shall fall the trees y' stand at the Corner of M'. Newberyest Lott on the Rocke; also the trees neere William Horseford's house are to remayne to his use. November 22th, 1634. It is ordered that Thommas Thorneton, Thomas Sandford, Henry Wright, shall have four acres of ground, on the west side of the way, by m'. Hathornest by the brooke, on Roxbury boundes. Thommas Thorneton is to take [his] 4 acres first, and the other if it be their to be had. It is ordered, that John Poape and Thom: Swift shall have each of them 5 acres of ground adjoyning to the lotts of Witchfeild, John Newton, etc also adjoyning to them, Thom: Baskecomb, Aron Cooke, John Gapin,§ are to have each of them 4 acres. It is ordered, that Thom: Andrewes shall have 2 acres of ground betwixt m'. Hathornes house and the high way from Roxbury, also John Witchfeild to have one acre and the rest of the ground m'. Hathorne is to have appropriated vnto his lott. It is ordered, that John Nile; ffrancis Tuchine, John Levit, Thom [Rawlines], John Knite, John Alline, Thom Tilestone, Aron Cooke, Andrew [Pitcher], Richard ffry, George Strang. Joseph Holly, Joseph Clarke, shall have six acres of land graunted them [for] their small and great lotts at Naponset betwixt the Indian feild and the mill; also Giles Gibbes is to have 3 acres at the same place. Its also graunted to m'. Richards]] to have 6 acres of land adjoyning to those formerly named. December first 1634. It is ordered, that Rodger Clapp, John Hulls, Geo: Phillips, William Hulbard, Stephen ffrench, John Haydon, shall have 8 acres a peice on Roxbury boundes, betwixt the Two markt trees, to begin at either end which they shall agree off, to go in 40 rod from the boundes of the fresh marshes are to be excepted from these lotts. m'. Hathorne to have 12 acres on this side of the markt tree, Thom. Holcomb to have 8 acres, Nicholas Vpsall to, Thomas Duee¶ to have 8 acres wth them, Richard Callecott to have 10 acres. m'. Richards, Richard Collecott, Thom Holcomb, Thom Duee are to cast their lotts together next to those above named. John Pope. William Hathorne. Thomas Richards. + Thomas Newbury. Thomas Duce was the ancestor of the late Judge Charles A. Dewey. We were under a mistake in writing this name Duce, in the present volume of the Register, page 195, as was also Rev. Dr. Harris in his transcript from the original volume. Its ordered, that all these shall fence in the lotts agaynst the next spring or to leave them to such as will so doe. It is graunted, that m'. Newbery shall have the hedgey ground that lies in the bottom, betwixt his house and the water, next to m'. Cottington's farme, in p'te of the medow that he is to have. THE FIRST SETTLERS OF LYNDEBORO', N. H., FROM THE DOCUMENT WHICH BEGINS THE MS. RECORDS OF THAT TOWN. [Communicated by Mr. JOHN CLARK.] A LIST of the persons admitted into ye Township Granted by the General Court to Capt. Samuel King and others on ye first and Second Days of Septemb': Anno 1736. The above is an Exact List of all ye pro names who are admitted Grantees into ye Township Lying West of the Narragansett Township No. 3. Samuel. Wells in behalf of ye Comt: chosen by ye Generall Court for y1 purpose. Richard Petors Robert Tapley WALLINGFORD.-The children of John Wallingford, of Bradford, Mass., who mar. Mary, dau. of Hon. John Tuttle, of Dover, N. H. (referred to on page 137), were-1, John, born Dec. 14, 1688; 2, Nicholas, born Oct. 28, 1691; 3, Sarah, born Dec. 29, 1693; 4, Ebenezer, born Sept. 30, 1695; 5, Thomas (Judge of S. J. Court, Province of New Hampshire), born July 28, 1697; 6, Judith, born March 16, 1699; 7, Abigail, born Sept. 27, 1702. T. THE MADISON FLUTE.-A correspondent of the Lynchburg Virginian, writing from Manassas Gap, notices a great curiosity in the musical instrument line. It is a flute in three joints, made of pure rock crystal, beautifully carved out and polished, and is supposed to have been made by a convict in the mines of Siberia. It was presented to James Madison, then Minister to France, in 1813, and has the following inscription on the silver bands around the joints-first, "A. S. E., James Madison, des Etats Unis," and "Lauvent à Paris, 1813." It was bequeathed by the ex-President to a nephew of his, and by him left to one of the commanding officers in Virginia, to whom it now belongs. It has been valued at $5,000, and is the only one of its kind known to be in the world. CURRENT EVENTS. By Rev. ELIAS NASON, of North Billerica, Mass. Continued from page 177. FEBRUARY, 1867. 4. The shoe business in Massachusetts is very much depressed. 6. George Peabody has made a donation of $1,000,000 for the promotion of the moral, industrial and educational interests of the more destitute portions of the south-western States. 9. Gold, 1.37. Rev. Samuel Gilman Brown, D.D., Prof. of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres in Dartmouth College, has accepted a call to the Presidency of Hamilton College, New York. The Nebraska Bill passes the House over the President's veto. A heavy rain storm, by which much damage is done to bridges, &c. 10. The Steamer City of Bath, from Boston to Savannah, lost off Cape Hatteras. About 20 persons perish. 11. Remarkable elevation of the mercury in the barometer, it being 30° 82, at 2 p. m. Therm. attached, 59°. In open air, 274°. 15. Gold, 1.36 5-8. 18. A reunion is held in Danvers, Mass., in honor of the birth of George Peabody, whose public benefactions now amount to about $8,000,000. 22. Dea. Alfred White, of West Brookfield, Mass., celebrates the 60th anniversary of his marriage. About 400 persons present. 25. Gold, 1.38. Among the manuscript treasures acquired by the British Museum during the past year were an autograph note-book of Sir Francis Bacon, containing memoranda relating to public and private affairs, schemes of literary work, &c. from July, 1608, to October, 1609. MARCH, 1867. 1. Nebraska is declared a State by a proclamation from President Johnson. 3. Greenwood Cemetery, near New York, has been open twenty-seven years, and 124,000 persons have been buried there. It occupies the site of the battle of Long Island on the 26th of August, 1776. 12. Within forty years, 51,000 miles of railways have been built in the United States, costing $1,502,594,000. New England has 3851 miles in use, costing $199, 071,483; New York State 3023 miles, costing $152,579,769; Pennsylvania, which built the first railroad in the country in 1809, 4037 miles, costing $219,680,000. 17. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in Boston. Address in Faneuil Hall by Gen. P. R. Guiney. 18. Gold, 1.34. 23. The famous Winter Garden Theatre in New York is destroyed by fire, together with the adjoining Southern Hotel, formerly the Lafarge House; loss about $200,000. 24. The first chime of bells in America was presented to Christ Church, Salem Street, Boston, one hundred and twenty-three years ago. The bells exist in a good state of preservation. The inscription upon the third tenor reads: "We are the first ring of bells cast for the British Empire in North America, A. R. 1744.” 19. The soldiers' monument at Concord, Mass. is dedicated. Address by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 21. The total amount of State tax to be raised by the cities and towns in Massachusetts this year is $5,000,000, of which nearly one-half is assessed upon eight cities and towns within five miles of Boston, as follows: Boston, $1,691,150; Cambridge, $126,050; Charlestown, $92,400; Roxbury, $113,700; Chelsea, $40,250 Brookline, $54,250; Dorchester, $59,700; West Roxbury, $48,950. Total, $2,229,450. |