Cynthia, Glad to see you back in action. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: NewEnglander1621 <NewEnglander1621@email.msn.com> To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, August 19, 2000 12:43 AM Subject: [CRV] Warning out of New England ...part 2 >Part 2: pages 20-21 >No spelling changed >------------------ > >"November 2,1638 , leave is granted to Richard Rawlings, a plasterer, to >buy Peter Johnson, the Dutchman's house, and to become an inhabitant >of this town" >------------------------ > the term townsman seems to have been used interchangeably with that >of inhabitant. >----------------------------------------------------------New >Date.......................... > November 19,1638, records show that: > >"George Barrill, cooper, hath for him and his heirs and assigns for 28 >pounds, >bought of the said Thomas Painter, his dewelling house, with the >appurtenances and the grounds under it, in this town, and whereto he had the >consent of the townsmen upon the condition of Infoffensive carryage." >----------------------------------------------------- >"In December, on William Teffe, a taylor, is this day allowed to bee an >inhabitant,and hath this day fully agreed with Jacob Wilson of his house >and the ground under it, in this town" >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >--------------- >" Also Esdras Reade, a taylor, is this day allowed to bee an inhabitant, and >to have a great lot at Muddy River for 4 heads" >[note: Muddy River is now Brookline] >[note: 4 heads.....4 cattle] >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >--New Date-------- >January 1638, appears the first record with regard to the liability of the >town >for support of a person admitted to it. The record of the selectmen is as >follows.- >----- >" Richard Tuttell, our brother, hath undertaken for one Dorothie Bill, a >widow, >a soiourner in his house to discharge the town of any charge that may befall >the towne for any thing about her" >--------- >"Richard Wright hath sold 130 acrs of land at Mount Woollystone to a Mr. >Pane of Concord, without the consent of the towne's allotters,contrary to a >former order, and he is therefore to pay for a fyne to the towne's stocke, >to be >paid at the next towne's meeting in the sum of 6 pounds" >[note: Woollystone....could be Mount Wallaston ?....if so, then it's in the >area of Quincy and Braintree, Mass] >----------------------------------------------------------NEW >Date......................... >On August 12,1639, the record shows that, > "John Seaborne, a tailor having served for the space of three years >within this towne, is granted to be an inhabitant" >------- > "Mr. Richard Parker, merchant, was allowed to be an inhabitant and Mr >Thomas Foule [Fowle], is also allowed to be an inhabitant" >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >------New date....... >The church relations of early settlers is shown by the form of the following >entries: > November 25,1639: > "John Seaberry, a seaman, hath with leave bought our brother, Walter >Merrye's house, and half an acre under it in the Myline feild, and is >allowed >to be an inhabitant" >[anyone know where miline/Myline field was?] >------- > "Also Richard Storere, the sonne of Elizabeth Hull, the wife of our >brother, >Roberte Hull, is allowed to be an inhabitant and to have a great lott at the >Mount for three heads" > > "Arthur Perry hath leave to sell his houese and garding to Silvester >Saunders who (hath) long beene a servant in this towne'" >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >----------------------------------- > The enteries of permission or allowance to become an inhabitant occur >with increasing frequency in 1639-1640 and there after for few years. One >of them shows that the town regarded it as important that everybody should >own his home. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >------------------------ >March 16,1640: > " John Palmer, carpenter, now dewelling here i s allowed to be an >inhabitant. if he can gett a house or land to sett a house." [author note- >it wasnt proper to allowe a man an inhabitant without habitation] >------------------------------------ > >Cynthia >Moderator of : > Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com > CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com > MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com > Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com > > Rootsweb sponsor > > > >==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== >This list covers genealogy and history of The Connecticut River Valley >Accuracy is important--double check your spelling and dates . >Got information to share-----share them.....list sources >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Ct-River-Valley area) >http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [research lib in Indiana] >listowner; NewEnglander1621@msn.com > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > >