1778-03-03d
At a Meeting of the Selectmen Mar. 3 1778.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay William Green five pound six shillings 100/ of said sum is for
credit which ought to have been given him in the military tax in 1777 but by mistake it was omitted
in said tax & 6/ for his highway tax being worked out.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Daniel Wallis 16/10 for gun worms and sundries found and
made by him for cannon etc.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Henry Phelps 10/ for helping move Wm. Lovett with the small
pox.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Lieut. Theophilus Herrick 18/ for his team and man to move
Asa Woodberry’s family from Doctor Woodberry’s house to put the small pox.
Joseph Wood presented his account of the pork and beef that was stored in his hand in the
year 1777 to be disposed of to the poor of the Town. It appeared to the Selectmen that he had
delivered out all of the same to sundry poor persons of the Town and is hereby discharged for the
same.
At the above said meeting of the Selectmen, they ordered the Treasurer to pay Capt. William Langdell
two pound seven shillings and six pence which together with eight pound of money which he received
for goods sold of Miss Elizabeth Rogers is in full of his account of 10-7-6 as followeth.
To putting out the poor and appraising their clothing0-8-0
To six days apportioning Surveyors list and making of the Highway Tax.1-14-0
To time spend about the small pox.1-0-0
To cash paid for a pair of breeches for John Martin, moosehide ones.2-8-0
To John’s nursing of Bradshaw and Samuel Dane 12 days at 6/ per day.3-12-0
To sundry necessaries found for them.0-3-6
To keeping of Daniel Woodberry’s cow when the Town had his house to put12-0
small pox in.
To 3 days time settling of Town affairs.1-0-0
£ 10-7-6
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Joshua Ellinwood fifteen shillings in full for house rent for Mrs.
Todd to the date hereof.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Benjamin Obear eight pounds and 9 pence £ 7 – 10 – 0 of said
sum for taking and keeping of Joseph Peirce, a poor boy until he shall be twenty-one years old and
10/9 for sundries found by him for the support of Joseph Peirce’s wife by order of the Selectmen, she
being extreme poor.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Dea.Wallis eleven shillings for mending of shoes for John Martin
in full to this day.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Benjamin Balch Lovett 80/ in part for keeping of Mary
Woodberry as per agreement.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Joseph Foster seventeen pound one shilling and five pence in
full for 506 lb. of beef for the poor of the Town 98 lb. of which was delivered to John Clark’s family
very poor.
408 lb. was stored with Joseph Wood to deliver out to sundry poor persons as they shall stand in need
therefor.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Amos Cheever six pound thirteen shillings and four pence for
keeping of district school in the Farm Ward this winter season.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Peter Ober Jr. 39/2 abatement of his son’s poll tax, he being in
the hands of the enemy.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Mr. Henry Herrick Jr. by one order eight pounds and in one the
other fourteen pounds which is in full for keeping of the grammar school two months which
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commenced on the 25 of December last.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay the several persons, soldiers in the Continental Army, the sum
annexed to each of their names and as followeth. Viz.
To William Woodberry 3d£ 1 – 0 – 0
To William Woodberry 3d1 – 0 – 0
To Robert Edwards1 – 0 – 0
To Mathias Claxton2 – 0 – 0
To Thomas Obear1 – 0 – 0
Day being extreme poor and unable to provide things of the committee to supply soldiers families.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Doctor Israel Woodberry fifteen pounds in full for the rent of
his house which the Selectmen of this Town procured to put such persons in that should have the
small pox in the natural way or such as have been greatly exposed, as also for all damages he
sustained thereby to the tenth of March instant. The Town to be at all the charge of cleaning & white
washing said house and make good all damages to Asa Woodberry which he has sustained by moving
out of said house.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Doctor Israel Woodberry five pound ten shillings and four pence
as per his account for doctor’s bills for several poor persons under the care of the Overseers. Viz.
To Susanna Patch£ 2-0-8
To wid. Louis1-3-4
To Elizth. Matthews0-15-8
To William Holes1-5-0
To wid. Hannah Clark0-2-8
To John May’s child0-3-0
£ 5-10- 4
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Daniel Woodberry six pound in part towards keeping of
Susanna Ellinwood as per agreement.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay widow Priscilla Woodberry 12/ for damages sustained by having
the small pox moved into Daniel Woodberry’s house.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Benjamin Pickett 12/ for shaving John Martin the year past.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Andrew Dennis 7/3 it being for credit which ought to be given
in the military tax in 1777.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Moses Brown £ 10-0-0 being over taxed that sum by mistake
in 1777.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Nathan Leech twelve pound he being over taxed that sum in
1777.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Capt. Thomas Davis £ 18-0-0 being over taxed that sum in
1777.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Israel Thorndike £ 9-15-0 he being over taxed that sum in 1777.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay the wid. Sarah Clark seventeen shillings of the Town’s money
it being abatement of her soldier’s tax by reason of her husband dying in the army.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay widow Judith Francis £ 2-19-7 abatement of her military tax in
1777 by reason of the loss of her husband in the army in the years 1777.
Ordered the Treasurer to pay Joseph Wood forty-seven pounds four shillings, it being in full
for the following account. Viz.
£ s d
To cash paid for sundries found Richard Harris when sick with small pox.0-17-6
To going to Ipswich & expenses on the Committees of Convention.0-16-4
To cash paid William Taylor for hauling and storing of 40 bushels of corn of
the Town’s in the year 1775.0-9-0
To 5 days appointing the Surveyors their districts and making of the Highway
tax.1-0-0
To recording of the Highway tax.0-8-0
To putting out the poor and appraising of their clothing.0-9-4
To wood, bread etc. delivered to Miss Hales, very poor.0-9-8
To fetching and carrying things to William Lovett according to agreement of
the Selectmen when sick with small pox 2-10-8
Paid Nathaniel Wallis towards house rent for Groves family and Richard Harris
when had small pox.2-10-
To cash paid Joshua Ellinwood for helping move Groves family and Bradshaw
and nursing Bradshaw one day and a pint of rum to clean him with.0-14-0
To his account for sundries found for Tamzon John Brown’s Negro when sick
with the small pox.2-5-7
To sundries found for Lydia Patch when sick with the small pox.0-10-0
To writing of two pairs of indentures one to for Anna Haley, the other for
Elizabeth May.0-8-0
Paid Nicolas Carroll for helping dig Bradshaw and Danes graves, persons died
of the small pox.0-6-0
To horse and team to Andover after guns, powder, flints etc..1-10-0
To going to Danvers about team to carry soldiers baggage.0-6-0
To cash and sundries pay Daniel Woodberry towards house rent and damages
he sustained when Bradshaw and Dane had the small pox in his house.4-2-4
To hauling load of boards to the Hospital which was allowed for in Miss
Ellinwood’s account there.5-0
To conveying of 4 sick soldiers through the Town.12-0
To going to Danvers twice after two loads of corn for the poor of the Town.1-10-0
To my time and trouble in storing and delivering out said corn to sundry poor
persons.0-12-0
To my time and trouble in storing and delivering out about 600 lb. of beef and
140 lb. of pork to sundry poor persons of the Town.0-18-0
To 1300 nails some timber and hauling boards for the use of the fort and
barracks etc.2-11-4
To drawing warrants [illegible] the militia tax.0-15-0
To recording of State, Town & militia tax.4-10-0
To cash paid Daniel Woodberry’s wife in part for keeping of Susanna3-6-0
Ellinwood.1-9-0
To cash paid for corn for sundry poor of the Town.2-14-0
To 3 pecks of salt to salt 408 lbs. of beef of the Town’s.0-6-0
To my time in procuring and salting the same.1-10-0
To paper for the use of the Town year past.
Paid Jonathan Leech for watching with prisoners that were brought through7-6
this Town.
Paid Mark Morse for keeping of Martha Thissell in part in the year in 1775.18-9
To 9 days time spent about the small pox and for moving of people etc..2-14-0
To writing of indentures for Joseph Peirce.0-6-0
To two days time spent in settling Town affairs.0-18-0
To sundry services done for the Town year past.1-8-0
Ordered the Treasurer to pay John Baker 33/ of the Town money for fetching, carrying and
waiting on people who had the small pox at Doctor Woodberry’s house in 1777.
Joseph Wood presented the following account which was allowed. Viz..
To cash paid Doctor Israel Woodberry on account of Richard Searles, it being3-12-0
for said Searles nursing of Joseph Bradshaw and William Lovett four weeks
when they were sick with the small pox in 1777.
[illegible] Credit
by cash received for meat sold of the Town’s.1-7-0
by cash received of Joshua Balch surveyor.0-8-0
by cash received of William Hazeltine.1-0
by cash received of William Lovett for two weeks of the above nursing1-16-0
£ 3-12-
At the above said meeting of the Selectmen they ordered the Treasurer to pay Lieut. Isaac
Chapman £ 16-6-10 it being in full for his account as followeth. viz.
To two day’s making Highway tax.
To going to Andover after guns, lead and sundry other things delivered out
same.
To carrying of barrel powder to Boxford that was borrowed.
To 8 ½ days time spent in moving sundry persons that have got small pox and
providing houses etc.
To my account for sundries found and paid for four Lydia Patch when sick
with the small pox etc.
To my account for sundries found for Dane and Bradshaw when sick with the
small pox.
To my account for sundries found for Tamzon when sick with small pox.
To my account of sundries for the wid. Anna Ellinwood and child when at the
hospital with the small pox.
To 7 days making State, Town and Militia tax.
To my account for Overseer of the Poor etc. doing of sundry services for the
Town.
£ s d
0-8-0
1-16-0
0-1-8
2-19-6
3-2-5
1-11-10
0-6-5
0-16-6
3-3-0
1-4-6
16-6-10