1686-11-02[Town Meeting November 2, 1686]
The 2: day of November 1686. At a General Town Meeting legally warned there were chosen
Selectmen for the year ensuing: viz.
Capt. ThorndikeLieut. John Dodge
Sergeant John HillSergeant Peter Woodbury
Left. Andrew Elliott
At the same meeting Edmund Gale senior was chosen Constable for the ensuing year from
Mackerel Cove ward and likewise Thomas Gage for Bass River ward for said year both of and for
Beverly.