"But Rehoboth town meeting records make it clear that William2 Carpenter was a deputy to the General Court at Plymouth in 1645, and his listing in colony records as a General Court committeeman in both aforementioned years indicates that he was a deputy not only in 1645 but also in 1656." I noticed that membership on the court committee was in the index referred to as "deputy". Thus I assume deputy and committee are synonymous. Also the Grand Enquest and the committee seem to be synonymous i.e. in the function to present cases for prosecution, or evidence. Another question is the Rehoboth town records. I didn't know there were any outside of the Plymouth records.　If there are such records in what form have they been published? Unfortunately my Rehoboth books are now on the other side of the Pacific. BC

Bruce wrote: > I noticed that membership on the court committee was in the index referred > to as "deputy". Thus I assume > deputy and committee are synonymous. No, the committee is presumably a subset of the General Court, but every member of the General Court is the Deputy of his respective town. To put it another way, presumably every committee member was a deputy, but surely not every deputy was a committee member. > didn't know there were any outside of the Plymouth records. If there are > such records in what form have they been published? Unfortunately my > Rehoboth books are now on the other side of the Pacific. Fear not. All you have to do is find the nearest FHC. Rehoboth town meeting records from 1636 to 1824 are on one reel of microfilm: FHL US/CAN 562561. John Chandler