A History of the Town of Murrayfield: Earlier Known as Township No. 9, and Comprising the Present Towns of Chester and Huntington, the Northern Part of Montgomery, and the Southeast Corner of Middlefield : 1760-1763C.W. Bryan & Company, Printers, 1892 - 175 pages The name of the town of Murrayfield changed to Chester on February 21, 1783. |
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20 rods Abner Smith April Bascom Benjamin Eggleston Blair Bolton branches of Westfield called Campbell Capt Chester chosen church Clapp Continental corner county of Hampshire Court Daniel David Palmer David Shepard Deac December Dignity district East Branch Ebenezer Elder Enoch Shepard February Fobes Gideon Matthews highways Ingersoll grant inhabitants Isaac Mixer James Clark James Otis January Jesse Johnson John Bolton John Chandler John Kirtland John Laccore John McIntire John Smith Joseph July June Lieut Malcom Henry March meeting meeting house meeting-house Middle Branch Moore Nathan Northampton Norwich November October persons Pomeroy pounds province records road Samuel Matthews Samuel Webb Sarah selectmen Senate September settled settlers shillings thence Thomas Thomas Elder Thomas Ingersole Timothy Lyman Timothy Paine Timothy Smith town clerk town meeting town meeting held town of Murrayfield town voted township valuation list voted to raise warrant Westfield river wife William Woolworth
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Page 122 - That it shall be the duty of the governor to inform the legislature, at every session, of the condition of the State, so far as may respect his department; to recommend such matters to their consideration as shall appear to him to concern its good government, welfare, and prosperity...
Page 111 - ... to state the rights of the colonists, and of this province in particular, as men, as Christians, and as subjects ; to communicate and publish the same to the several towns in this province and to the world, as the sense of this town, with the infringements and violations thereof that have been, or from time to time may be, made ; also requesting of each town a free communication of their sentiments on this subject.
Page 123 - Their judgment, however, shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold or ,enjoy any place of honor, trust, or profit, under this Commonwealth: but the party, so convicted, shall be, nevertheless, liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to the laws of the land.
Page 124 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or repealed by the legislature; such parts only excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this constitution.
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