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... Thomas Knowlton was burnt he built another on the same ground , and is the same in which he now lives . A large two - story house , belonging to Dea- con Benjamin Goddard , was burnt in Feb. 1799 , in the day time , with most of its ...
... Thomas Knowlton was burnt he built another on the same ground , and is the same in which he now lives . A large two - story house , belonging to Dea- con Benjamin Goddard , was burnt in Feb. 1799 , in the day time , with most of its ...
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ry house , belonging to Thomas W. Ward , Esq . and in the occupa- tion of John Sherman , was burnt in the night time , Jan. 1816 , and stood where Mr. Daniel Stone now lives . In 1797 , a school house , standing in the fork of the roads ...
ry house , belonging to Thomas W. Ward , Esq . and in the occupa- tion of John Sherman , was burnt in the night time , Jan. 1816 , and stood where Mr. Daniel Stone now lives . In 1797 , a school house , standing in the fork of the roads ...
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... Thomas , 28 . Lancaster , families annexed to 3 ; Leg , annexed to Lancaster , 3 ; Long Pond , 8 , islands in , 9 ; Little Pine Island , 9 ; Longevity , 33 . Minerals , 6 ; Manure , increasing , 7 ; Mills , 12 ; Meeting House Hill , 12 ...
... Thomas , 28 . Lancaster , families annexed to 3 ; Leg , annexed to Lancaster , 3 ; Long Pond , 8 , islands in , 9 ; Little Pine Island , 9 ; Longevity , 33 . Minerals , 6 ; Manure , increasing , 7 ; Mills , 12 ; Meeting House Hill , 12 ...
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... Thomas Wilder came hither from Hingham in 1659 . After his death his estate was divided between his three sons , Thomas , John and Nathaniel , in 1668. This last was a Lieutenant and was killed by the Indians in the great battle in 1704 ...
... Thomas Wilder came hither from Hingham in 1659 . After his death his estate was divided between his three sons , Thomas , John and Nathaniel , in 1668. This last was a Lieutenant and was killed by the Indians in the great battle in 1704 ...
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... Thomas . * 1813 Isaac Goodwin , Removed to Worcester . 1813 James Wilder . * 1814 Thomas H. Blood . * 1814 1819 Samuel Sawyer . * Alexander Dustin . * COUNSELLORS AT LAW . Hon . Prentiss Mellen , from 1789 to 1791 . Isaac Story , from ...
... Thomas . * 1813 Isaac Goodwin , Removed to Worcester . 1813 James Wilder . * 1814 Thomas H. Blood . * 1814 1819 Samuel Sawyer . * Alexander Dustin . * COUNSELLORS AT LAW . Hon . Prentiss Mellen , from 1789 to 1791 . Isaac Story , from ...
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Page 278 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 249 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.
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