At a meeting of the freeholders & Inhabitants of the town of Derryfield holden March the first 1755 agreable to the fore Going warant meet at the house of John Goffe Esq' in S Derryfield 1ly Voted John Goffe Esq' Moderator for Sa meeting 2ly Voted to Reconsider y° Vote Relating a meeting house place as is Sett forth in y° first artickle of the warant 3ly Voted upon ye Second artickle of Sa warant to reconsider the money voted to the Bulding of the meeting House Sd Derryfield Derryfield March ye 1st 1755 Wee y under Subcribers freeholders & Inhabitants of y town of Derryfield for divers & weighty Resons do Enter our Desent aganst the prociedings of this meeting which wee will make apeear at time and pleace Convenent Robert Dickey Robt Anderson Alex Mc Clintock Nethenell Boyd Will Elott Will mcClintock John Cochran Walter macffarland Sam' Macffarland Willm Gamble James Mac Neall Province of New Hampshir To Benjamen Hadley Constable for the town of Derryfield Greeting: (Seal) You are hereby Requred in his Majestyes name to Warn all the free holders & Inhabitants in the town of Derryfield that they meet at the barn of John Hall in said town upon the first monday in March Next at ten of the Clock in the forenoon then and there to act on the following perticulars (viz) 1st To Chuse a modrator to reg'late Said meeting 2nd To Chuse Town officers for the presant year 3ly To See how much mony the town will vote for Preaching for this presant year Likewise to See if the town will Couse Some meet parson to obtain Preaching for this presant year 4ly To See how much mony the town will vote for the Nessesary Charges that may arise this presant year 5ly To See what meathod the Town will take to prevent the Bringing in of Cattle that dose not belong to the Inhabitants of this town 6' to have the Town accompts Read for the year by past and to approve or disapprove and this Shall be your Sufficant Warrant Given under our hands and Seal this Thirteenth Day of January 1755 William Mc Clentok Alexander Mac Murphy Select Men True record of the town warant for Chusing Town offecers and other articles as Set forth in it Entred & Recorded april 10th 1755 Derryfield March the 3rd 1755 P John Goffe Town Clark agreeable to the foregoing warrant the Inhabitants and freeholdars of Said Town being legaly met at Time & place Expesst in Sd warrant 1st voted John Goffe Esq' be modarator for Said meeting 21 voted that there be but three Selectmen for this year voted John Goffe Esq' be town Clark voted that Daniel Mc Neal Robert Anderson & John Harvy be Select men voted William McClintok be Cunstable voted that the Surveyers of Hyways shall be as followeth Hugh Starlin William Elot & Walter Mcfarlin Surveyers of Hiways voted that James Humphry & obediah Haze be Tything men voted that the Commisinors of assessments for this present present year Shall take it this month for this year and between the months of December and march next following for the next year (viz) y year 1756 Invoice Men voted that Archabald Stark and Abraham Mc Neal be the men to take said Invoices voted that Ebenezer Stevens & Adam Dickey be fence vewers voted that Charls Emerson & abraham McNeal be Deer keepers voted that Capt William perham be Clark of Market voted that Hugh Starling be Sealer of leather voted that Robert Dickey Charles Emerson & James Riddel Haywards voted that Caleb Dolton be Culler of Staves voted that Abraham Merril be Surveyer of Lumber Voted that Hugh Starling and John Cochran be a Commit to Count with the Select men for the year Voted that this meeting be ajorned till the first Monday of April at twelve of the Clock at noon at the house of John Halls Inholder in Derryfield accordingly monday the 7th day of April met according to adjornment and the modrator & Clark being presant and the Meeting being opned Voted that there be three feildrivers for the presant year Voted that Robert Anderson John Harvey & Hugh Sterling Be feild Drivers Voted upon the 3 article of the warrant that Six pounds new Ten' be Rased to defray the Charge of Preach for this present year for the town of Derryfield John Goffe Esq Refusing to provid preaching any further for the mony voted to be Expended in the year 1754 for preaching to this town by him it is therefore Voted that the mony that said Goffe has not Expended his accompts being first paid and also for the Six pounds new ten voted this presant year William McClentok and John Harvey be a Commitee to precure preaecing for this town till the whole (John Goffe Esq Charge being first paid) of the mony afores be Expended True Record John Goffe Town Clark A Higway Layed out by the select men of Derryfield leading toward Suncook (begining at a white oke tree at Colburns Brook so called and then Extending northerly by marked Trees to the north Line of Sd Derryfield as near said marked Trees as Good Ground will alow) Laid out by us the subscribers N B this Road is three Rod wide Daniel Macneal Recorded this 16th day of Janu" 1756 Select Men Derryfeild feb ye 28th 1756 John Goffe Town Clark Then Laid out a Highway or Town Road begining at a pitch pine Tree (marked on the Road Runing from Capt William Perhams Bridg to the dwelling-hous which of late wich was William Ellots a bout fifty Rods northerly from Said Brige marked H) and thence westerly Runing by marked trees to the coutry Rhod Leading from Litchfield to nameskege falls Said Road is Layed out three Roads wide Laid out by us the Subscribers the Day & year a bove named Daniel McNeal Robert Anderson Recorded this twenty Eight day of Feb" 1756 Select men John Goff Town Clark Provence of New Hampshir To William Mc Clintok Constable for the the town of Derryfield Greeting You are hereby Required In his Majestyes Name to warn all the freeholders & inhabitants of the town of Derryfeild qualifyed by Law that They meet at the Barn of John Halls of Sa Derryfeild on monday the first day of march next at Ten of the clock in the forenoon then & their to act on the following articles (viz) 1st To Chuse a modrator to Regulate Said meeting 2ly To Chuse all Town officers 3ly To See how much mony the Town will Raise for preaching for the presant year 4ly To see if the Town will Raise any mony for schooling for the presant year & how much 5ly To see how much mony the Town Raise for defraying Charges for the prsant year 6ly To See what the town will alow to be don with the Rhode Leading from Danel me neals to Abraham merrils Dugway yly To See if the town will chuse a Commitee & Invest them with power to Call in all Accompts and Geather in all the Towns debts and this Shall be your Sufficant warrant Given under our hands & Seals this thirtenth day of febuary 1756 Daniel Mc Neal Robert anderson Select-men Provence of New Hampshir By vertue of this prceipt I have warned all the free Holders & Inhabitants of this Town according to the vote Dated at Derryfeild march ye first 1756 William Mc Clentok Constable Recorded the 10th day of march 1756 pr John Goffe Town Clark At a meeting of the free-holders & Inhabitants of the town of Derryfeild Legaly warned and assembled up The first day of march 1756 at the Barn of John Halls in said Derryfeild Voted that John Goffe Esq' be Moderator Voted that John Goffe Esq' be Town Clark Voted that Daniel Mc Neal & Robert Anderson & John Harvey be Select men Voted that William Quinbee be Constable |