1682-03-15[Selectmen March 15, 1682]
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At a meeting of the Selectmen ye 15 of March 1682 John Balch, Mark Haskell and John Coy
were then chosen to be surveyors of the highways for the year ensuing belonging to our town both
town and country ways the said Coy’s part to be from Manchester to the west side of the great bridge
near cedar stand and Mark Haskell’s part from that to the ferry and to the out let way: and up to the
great gate by Goodman Elliott’s and from thence John Balch’s part is so far as the town is concerned
in repairing the town & country ways.
At the same meeting of the Selectmen Samuel Balch & Roger Haskell were chosen to be
surveyors of the general fences for the year ensuing to see that they be sufficiently made up by ye
tenth of April & so to keep up till the sixteenth of October next ensuing to see that both general and
particular fences be sufficient as the law directs.
At the same meeting of the Selectmen then reckoned with Deputy John Dodge for four weeks
service for the town at the General Court at Boston & due to him 4 £, and 4 £: 15s.: 5d. due to the
said deputy Dodge when reckoned with him before for which the said Dodge had an order to
Constable Henry Herrick of 4 £: 15s. 5d. But paid by said Herrick 3 £: 1s.: 0d. and 1 £ paid to said
Dodge by Constable Sam Corning and there is yet due to the said deputy Dodge four pounds
seventeen shillings & 5d.. from the town.
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At a meeting of the Selectmen 15 March 1682.
We who’s names are underwritten chosen by the town as a committee to take a survey of all
bounds yet due to join upon the commons have settled ye bounds of ye land which was formerly
Captain Lathrop’s at Snake Hill being twenty acres by grant from Salem as follows: ...
Imprimis bounded southerly with a birch tree and so runs easterly to a white oak tree blown
up by the roots & so to a crooked black oak: from thence northerly to a white oak stump which is
Goodman Brackenbury his bounds & thence westerly to a red oak stump by the side of the hill
commonly called Snake Hill thence to ye first bounds above mentioned.
John Dodge
John Hill
Nehemiah Grover
At ye same meeting of the Selectmen a rate made for building ye meeting house was
completed amounting to three hundred ninety pounds fourteen shillings in silver without abatement.
Joseph Dodge’s part being 203 £: 10s.: 0d. thereof & Jonathan Boyles’s part thereof 187 £: 4s.: 0d.
only there is 15£ over plus on the whole rate.
At ye same meeting it was ordered yet all swine in our town three months old & upward shall
be sufficiently yoked by ye sixteenth of April & so to the sixteenth of October next ensuing &
whoever shall neglect anything contained in this order shall pay one shilling per week for every sine
unyoked that shall be found so going upon ye town common by Joseph Hibbert the person deputed
to execute ye same this year & shall for his pains have half of every such fine.
Lieut. Thorndike, William Raymond, John Dodge sen., Thomas Woodbury, Thomas West:
& Nehemiah Grover are deputed to meet Wenham men & layout, measure & bound unto them ye six
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hundred acres of land: according to agreement: bearing date the 22 8 mo. 1680: upon ye 10 of
April next: or as they then shall so then appoint: