Windham County CT Archives History .....Town Poor, Canterbury Selectmen's Journal 1769 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara W. Brown buwbrown@comcast.net October 25, 2008, 10:35 am Canterbury, Selectmen's Journal, 1768-1785. Mar. 6, 1769: warned Ezekiel Cady out of town Mar. 17, 1769: appointed Lieut. Henry Hewitt overseer over Peter Stanton Apr. 10, 1769: bound Patience, daughter of Lydia Parrish, to Joel Dodge May 1, 1769: paid widow Mehitable Tracy for keeping Lydia Parrish about 13 weeks last winter paid for clothing for Thomas Knappin bound Asa, son of Priscilla Bettis, to William Bacon; bound John Green to Ebenezer B____ (torn) May 15, 1769: appointed Joseph Woodward overseer to Abijah Brown May 30, 1769: warned Elizabeth Warren, Esther Brooks & Nathaniel Bassett out of town Dec. 1, 1769: pd constable for bringing Peter Stanton & Robert Burroughs before the authority Dec. 4, 1769: pd Joseph Allen, Jr., for keeping Sybil Heth about 2 weeks Feb. 7, 1770: pd Olive Nichols for nursing Joseph Austin's wife about 4 weeks in December last Feb. 14, 1770: received of Mr. Nathaniel Walton of Norwich payment in full for providing for his granddaughter, Zer. Nichols, the wife of Joseph Nichols Feb. 20, 1770: pd Dr. Adams for doctoring Peter Stanton's wife in 1768 warned Zachariah Maynard & Ebenezer Kingsley out of town pd William Copeland for provisions for Joseph Austin's wife in her late sickness May 10, 1770: gave the Norwich selectmen a certificate of residency for Zerviah, the wife of Joseph Nichols bound John Green to Ens. Ebenezer Baldwin for another year June 7, 1770: bound Phebe, daughter of Caleb & Dorcas Ormsby, to Moses Hagget, Jr. June 30, 1770: pd Thomas Adams for doctoring & nursing Sybil Heth in her sickness; funeral expenses July 21, 1770: bound John, son of Caleb & Dorcas Ormsby, to Lieut. Joseph Farnam warned Joseph Dewey & widow Lydia Bond out of town Aug. 24, 1770: pd Jonas Bond for keeping Caleb Ormsby's boy and girl 9 weeks doctoring Joseph Austin's wife last winter Aug. 30, 1770: warned widow Sarah Payne? (faded) out of town Sept. 11, 1770: pd Joseph Leach for keeping Caleb Ormsby's wife 7 weeks & nursing her; keeping her boy 9 weeks June 22, 1771: pd for doctoring William Shaw & Silas Harris' wife Sept. 1771: pd for doctoring William Shaw's wife Nov. 1771: pd for having warrants served in 1770 against William Shaw, Paul Harris, one Kingman; against Joseph Austin in 1771; also warrant against Negro Will, apparently in 1769 Dec. 1771: pd Joseph Leach for providing for Joseph Austin in his last sickness Jan. 1772: pd for shoes for Philip Benjamin; other clothing Nov. 24, 1772: pd David Paine for keeping Philip Benjamin pd Mrs. Shapard for looking after Priscilla Anson in her lying in pd Comfort Hyde for looking after Lydia Smith when she broke her leg pd Richard Raynsford for keeping a poor boy of Caleb Ormsby pd Jacob Geer for keeping Tiscke girl Dec. 7, 1772: pd Reuben Harris for what he did for old Ladd Dec. 26, 1772: pd for doctoring Eleazer Darby's son, Lydia Smith and one Larrabee pd Shubael Cleveland for keeping Philip Benjamin Jan. 4, 1773: pd Edward Austin for taking care of his son Joseph Austin Mar. 6, 1773: pd Thomas Pellet for clothing & keeping Philip Benjamin Mar. 22, 1773: pd widow Nowling for keeping Peter Miller's child pd Joseph Leach for keeping widow Austin 2 weeks & nursing when sick pd John Adams for keeping Philip Benjamin 6 weeks Mar. 29, 1773: pd for doctoring of Lydia Smith, Priscilla Anson & Miller's child Apr. 12, 1773: pd John Adams Jr. for taking Peter Miller's girl pd Isaac Hyde Jr. for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 6 weeks May 11, 1773: pd Shubael Cleveland for keeping Philip Benjamin 13 weeks Sept. 14, 1773: pd Joseph Leach for keeping Sarah Green's boy 13 weeks, clothing Oct. 4, 1773: pd Isaac Hyde Jr. for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 16 weeks pd John Hough to help John Hyde's family away Nov. 30, 1773: pd Jacob Staples Jr. for taking Sarah Green's child pd William Bradford for looking after Philip Benjamin 2 days and a half Jan. 10, 1774: pd Reuben Harris for looking after old Ladd, victualing, etc. bound out Eunice Green's girl to Jording? Dodge Mar. 7, 1774: pd widow Anna Nowling for keeping Peter Miller's child to date pd widow Mary Smith for nursing Abigail Winter 8 weeks pd James Cobb for taking care of the widow Austin's girl in her sickness at his house pd Abraham Hyde for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 2 weeks pd Thomas Pellet for taking care of Philip Benjamin while he was sick the year last Apr. 4, 1774: pd Lieut. Ephraim Woodard for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 8 weeks pd Benjamin Morse for the use of his house for John Cleveland & wife 5 months to live in pd Benjamin Morse Jr. for keeping William Justin 47 weeks June 6, 1774: pd Lieut. Ephraim Woodard for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 7 1/2 weeks pd for coffin for Abigail Austin Aug. 26, 1774: pd Benjamin Morse Jr. for keeping William Justin 20 weeks from Apr. 4 last Dec. 2, 1774: pd Nathan Waldo for his horse to move John Cleveland (and?) wife to Cordoyon pd Thomas Adams for providing for Edward Dodge family pd for doctoring William Shaw's wife, cutting her breast off Dec. 5, 1774: pd Richard Raynsford for keeping Eunice Green and her child pd Asa Cleveland for keeping the widow Smith from June 30 last, 23 weeks pd for doctoring Edward Dodge's wife and William Justin Additional Comments: This record is located at the office of the Canterbury Town Clerk. File at -- http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct/windham/history/other/townpoor189gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ctfiles/ File size: 6.8 Kb