Windham County CT Archives History .....Town Poor In Canterbury Selectmen's Journal 1775 ************************************************ 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, 4:45 pm Canterbury, Selectmen's Journal, 1768-1785: Jan. 5, 1775: pd Benjamin Bacon for keeping Philip Benjamin 24 weeks and Jonathan Raynsford for 5 weeks pd Benjamin Morse Jr. for keeping Justin Aug. 26, 1774-Jan. 6, 1775 Jan. 9, 1775: pd Jabez Green for keeping Eunice Green's child 13 1/2 weeks Feb. 13, 1775: bound out Bethuel Bond to William Carew Mar. 13, 1775: gave a certificate to Jonathan Hyde pd widow Ame Noulding for keeping Peter Miller's child to date pd John Dod for house room, provisions and nursing for Edward Dodge's wife pd Jabez Green for keeping Eunice Green's child gave an indenture of Orra Smith, daughter of Richard Smith, to Samuel Cleveland bound Jarib, son of said Smith, to Joseph Adams bound one of the widow Prentice's sons to Stephen Spalding Jan. 3, 1775: warned Daniel Brown to depart town Apr. 10, 1775: warned William Underwood to depart town pd Benjamin Morse for keeping Justin to date pd Barnabas Allen for keeping Eunice Green's child 13 weeks to date pd David Paine for keeping Philip Benjamin 1 year Apr. 17, 1775: pd Col. Fitch for taking care of Richard Smith's child while lame at his house Oct. 6, 1775: warned Nathaniel Patten & Willard Pierce to depart town Nov. 7, 1775: pd Isaac Hyde Jr. for keeping Jonathan Raynsford Nov. 28, 1774- Feb. 27, 1775 Nov. 20, 1775: pd Dr. Jabez Fitch for keeping Thomas Austin 47 1/2 weeks & for providing clothes for said boy; for doctoring Richard Smith's child, the widow Smith & William Justin pd Nathan Dean for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 5 weeks, Mar. 1- Apr. 5 pd Jesse Bennett & John Hough for keeping William Justin 14 weeks pd William Justin for keeping his father in his last sickness, 10 weeks; funeral charges pd John Herrick for keeping widow Prentice's child 30 weeks pd Sybil Cady for nursing widow Prentice 2 weeks Nov. 26, 1775: pd Thomas Adams for keeping Eunice Green's child 17 weeks; providing shirts and gowns pd Asa Witter for keeping Eunice Green's child 9 weeks Dec. 4, 1775: pd widow Ame Noulding & John Felch for keeping Peter Miller's child 38 weeks Dec. 18, 1775: Jonathan Raynsford went to live with David Hyde Jan. 8, 1776: pd Stephen Spalding for keeping Eunice Green's child 9 weeks to Jan. 3 instant warned Jonathan Church to depart town pd Ephraim Woodard for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 3 weeks pd Hannah Raynsford for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 9 weeks when sick pd James Pike for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 2 weeks Jan. 24, 1776: warned William Tracy to depart town warned Ezra Bennett to depart town Feb. 8, 1776: warned David Greenleaf to depart town Jan. 1, 1776: John Gibson produced certificate from Voluntown Feb. 19, 1776: gave a certificate to Benjamin Morse Feb. 26, 1776: warned John Grow to depart town Mar. 27, 1776: pd Dr. Fitch for keeping Thomas Austin 8 weeks to Jan. 26; doctoring William Justin & Jonathan Raynsford Apr. 8, 1776: pd David Hyde for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 16 weeks, Dec. 18, 1775-Apr. 8, 1776 gave a certificate to Benjamin Shaw & Olive McCartey appointed Capt. Sherebeah Butt overseer to John Dodge Feb. 1776: Sarah Green, an inhabitant of Norwich, while under warning in this town was put to bed with a bastard child May 13, 1776: pd Anthony Morse for keeping Philip Benjamin 1 year to date gave an indenture of _____ (left blank) Prentice to Capt. Sherbeah Butt May 16, 1776: Philip Benjamin went to David Paine's Aug. 12, 1776: pd Constable Frost for Edward Dodge's sickness in Feb. 1775 Nov. 29, 1776: pd Dr. William Robinson for doctoring Edward Dodge's wife in May & June 1774 Dec. 2, 1776: pd Asa Witter for keeping Eunice Green's girl 2 weeks; clothing pd Jonas Bond for keeping Eunice Green's child 6 weeks pd Capt. Sherebiah Butt for keeping Eunice Green's child 20 weeks Feb. 7, 1777: bound Nathan Justin, son of Mary Justin, to Gideon Carver pd Thomas Adams for keeping the Green girl pd Jabez Green for looking after his mother & for clothing and keeping Eunice Green's girl Apr. 1777: pd David Hyde for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 3 weeks June 16, 1777: pd Samuel Ensworth for maintenance of John Dodge July 14, 1777: pd Esq. Paine for keeping Philip Benjamin 1 year from May 10, 1776 to May 10, 1777 pd Jacob Smith for house rent for old Mr. Dodge Dec. 2, 1777: pd Parker Adams for his wife's nursing in the small pox 23 days pd David Paine Esq. for keeping Philip Benjamin since last May pd Elizabeth Underwood for nursing in small pox pd John Carter for use of his house in the small pox, cleansing, etc. Apr. 4, 1778: pd Silas Glass for keeping Lydia Smith's child 27 weeks Apr. 13, 1778: provisions for Mrs. Martha Shaw pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin 4 months to Sept. 7, 1778 (sic) May 12, 1778: pd William Foster Jr. for boarding Jonathan Raynsford Apr. 1- Dec. 1, 1777 May 14, 1778: pd Ephraim Woodward for keeping Jonathan Raynsford Feb. 1-Mar. 8 pd Ephraim Woodward for keeping Nathan Raynsford, son of Jonathan Raynsford, qhile sick 7 weeks last winter June 5, 1778: bound the abovesaid Raynsford to Moses Goodale for 2 1/2 years; Goodale to pay the charges of his sickness at said Woodward's Nov. 28, 1778: pd Silas Glass for keeping Lydia Smith's child 34 weeks to date Nov. 30, 1778: pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin 3 months to Dec. 8 next Jan. 18, 1779: pd Daniel Cashman, it being what the committee found remaining due for necessaries for his family from Jan. 12, 1778-Jan. 12, 1779 Jan. 25, 1779: supplies for families of William & Benjamin Shaw Mar. 1, 1779: bound Demis Prentice to Deac. Jonas Bond Mar. 31, 1779: pd Isaac Hyde for keeping Philip Benjamin 11 weeks in the last year Apr. 5, 1779: warned the widow King to depart the town warned Rose, a black woman, to depart the town pd Silas Glass for keeping Lydia Smith's child 20 weeks Apr. 16, 1779: pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin from Dec. 1 last; agreed with said Pellet to keep Phili- for 1 year from said Dec. 1 Apr. 29, 1779: warned Sarah Green to depart town May 7, 1779: pd Capt. John Johnson for supplying the family of Samuel Adams, a light horseman May 17, 1779: pd Seth Paine for necessaries for family of Daniel Cushman June 7, 1779: pd William Ensworth for keeping Dr. Winter Jan. 21-Mar. 18 pd Ebenezer Baldwin for keeping Dr. Winter 8 weeks from Mar. 18 Sept. 6, 1779: pd Joseph Raynsford for keeping Knapin up to Jan. 1 next Nov. 1779: pd Thomas Grow of Abington for keeping Sarah Rogers 5 weeks when sick pd for taking Eunice Fox by a warrant & transporting her to Mansfield pd for taking Judith Card by warrant; court charges in case of Judith Card Nov. 22, 1779: pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin the year past pd for wood for Olive McCartey July 5, 1779: pd Silas Glass for keeping Lydia Smith's child 13 1/3 weeks from Apr. 5, 1779 pd Ens. Dewey for keeping Jonathan Shaw, deceased, 10 weeks Dec. 1779: pd David Hyde for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 15 1/2 weeks Additional Comments: This record is located at the office of the Canterbury Town Clerk. 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