1704-06-02This indenture made this second day of June the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and four
betwixt the selectmen of the town of Beverly in the County of Essex, in the province of the Massachusetts
Bay in New England, and John King junr. of the town of Salem, the county and province aforesaid
witnesseth, that I, the said John King junr., do covenant and promise to and with the said Selectmen of
Beverly, to take, keep and maintain my mother -in -law Dorcas Hoare, widow, being one of the poor of the
town of Beverly, for the full term of three years from the twenty and fourth day of April last past and to
find her meat, drink, lodging and apparel, suitable for such a person during the term of three years and to
clear the town of her, if it should please God to continue her life so long, and we the Selectmen of Beverly
do promise in behalf of our town, that the said John King shall be paid five pounds a year in money, out
of the Town Treasury or some other way by said town of Beverly, yearly, during said term above -
mentioned if it shall please God to continue her life so long or proportionally if she, the said widow
Hoare, should die before the expiration of said term, abovesaid and said John King to be paid every half
year fifty shillings, during said term and in case she, the said Dorcas Hoare, should be taken away by
death within the above said term of three years, that, then said John King shall be paid forty shillings for
her burial. In witness whereof we the parties concerned have hereunto set our hands, the day and year
above written.
John King, junr. Witnesses: Robert Briscoe, Abigail Briscoe, Jonathan Wheeler. Selectmen: Thomas West,
Thomas Woodbury, John Lovett senr., Robert Woodbury