Windham County CT Archives History .....Town Poor, Canterbury Selectmen's Journal 1783 ************************************************ 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 27, 2008, 1:25 pm Canterbury, Selectmen's Journal, 1768-1785: Feb. 15, 1783: Thomas Pellet agreed to keep Philip Benjamin until Dec. 2 next Jan. 1783: pd Capt. Joseph Raynesford for keeping Knaping 8 weeks from Nov. 20 last Dec. 31, 1782: moved Dr. Winter from William Ensworth's to Parker Adams' Jan. 29, 1783: pd William Shaw for keeping widow Ladd Feb. 10, 1783: pd Parker Adams for keeping Dr. Winter to date pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham pd William Shaw for keeping widow Ladd Feb. 14, 1783: pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife Feb. 17, 1783: pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin Mar. 25, 1783: pd Capt. Joseph Raynsford for keeping Knaping 4 weeks to Mar. 26 Apr. 22, 1783: pd supplies for Nathaniel Gates' family over what the pay table allowed pd Capt. Sherebiah Butts & Silas Glass for keeping old Mrs. Glass 10 weeks to date pd Jabez Green for keeping John McCartey's child 40 weeks to date and clothing him Apr. 28, 1783: pd James Raymond for keeping S. Rogers pd Zebulon Tyler for keeping Jonathan Raynsford pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping P. Stanton's wife May 1, 1783: pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham to date May 9, 1783: pd Jacob Geer for keeping Lydia Smith to date May 13, 1783: pd Capt. Sherebiah Butts for supplies to Jedediah Green's family pd Benjamin Morse for keeping P. Stanton's wife to date pd Benjamin Morse for a blanket taken from the estate of Joseph Morse, deceased, for the use of the army in 1775 pd Joseph Raynsford for keeping Knaping to May 14 pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping P. Stanton's wife until Feb. 13 last May 26, 1783: pd Jedediah Bemjamin for keeping Sarah Rogers June 2, 1783: pd Jabez Green for keeping John McCartey's child June 9, 1783: pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin pd Silas Glass for keeping his mother since Apr. 22 pd for digging Mrs. Ladd's grave June 20, 1783: pd Jabez Green for taking indenture of John McCartey's child June 23, 1783: pd costs of nurse for 1 week for Reuben Carter's wife pd for cost of pursuing Caleb Lewis July 7, 1783: pd Capt. Joseph Raynsford for keeping Knaping to July 9 pd John Bradford for boarding, schooling & clothing John Ormsby 3 months in 1778 pd Parker Adams for keeping Dr. Winter to July 8 Aug. 20, 1783: pd John Herrick 3rd for keeping Mary Winters' child to Aug. 28 pd David Hyde for keeping P. Stanton's wife 7 weeks & Sarah Rogers 14 weeks pd Benjamin Morse for keeping P. Stanton's wife pd Capt. Joseph Raynsford for last sickness & funeral charges of Knaping Sept. 1, 1783: pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham to date Sept. 25, 1783: pd Jacob Geer for keeping Lydia Smith to date pd for writ for Jeremiah Mott Jr. pd for doctoring Sarah Rogers & Mary Dixon Oct. 10, 1783: Mr. Litchfield took Peter Stanton's wife to board Nov. 10, 1783: pd Parker Adams for keeping Dr. Winter until Nov. 11 Nov. 24, 1783: pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham to Dec. 1 next pd Silas Glass for keeping his mother to Dec. 1, which is when the agreement with Esq. Dewey takes place pd David Hyde for keeping Sarah Rogers Nov. 27, 1783: pd Jacob Geer for keeping Lydia Smith to Dec. 1 pd Joseph Safford for keeping Abigail Fletcher, a transient person, 1 night and transporting her to Plainfield indemnifying bond given by Joseph Button & Rufus Glass to save the town from any further cost on account of the wife of Anthony Glass pd Capt. Sherebiah Butts for keeping old Mrs. Green 16 weeks Oct. 27, 1783: pd debts owed by Jeremiah Mott Jr. Jan. 12, 1784: pd widow Mary Smith in the name of Asa Noulding on account of her keeping Deborah Gorham Jan. 27, 1784: pd Silas Glass for keeping his mother Feb. 3, 1784: pd Nathaniel Clark for boarding old Mrs. Green, Eunice & 2 children 16 days Feb. 10, 1784: pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin to date Jan. 1784: pd Israel Litchfield for keeping Peter Stanton's wife Feb. 10, 1784: pd Israel Litchfield for keeping same to 17th Feb. settled with Mary Smith to Feb. 23 pd Samuel Danes for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 4 weeks to 8th instant pd John Herrick 3rd for keeping Mary Crimer's child pd for doctoring Dr. Winter & wife of Anthony Glass Feb. 24, 1784: pd Sgt. Andrew Hibbert for supplies for his family while in service Mar. 9, 1784: pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife pd Phinehas Tyler for same, 6 1/2 weeks in 1782 pd Jacob Geer for keeping Lydia Smith to Mar. 7 pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin to date Mar. 26, 1784: pd Benjamin Morse remainder of his account for keeping Peter Stanton & wife pd Benjamin Morse for helping remove Joseph Langworthy pd Parker Adams for keeping Dr. Winter to date gave certificate to Abrham Snow to Pomfret gave certificate to Joseph Clark to Ashford Apr. 2, 1784: pd widow Leach on account of Eunice Green Apr. 16, 1784: pd John Herrick 3rd for keeping Mary Crimmen's child to 14th instant pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Mrs. Stanton pd Reuben Huntington for rum & sugar for Peter Stanton's wife lying in Apr. 26, 1784: pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Mrs. Stanton May 6, 1784: pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham to 3rd instant pd Silas Glass for keeping old Mrs. Green 7 weeks pd Capt. Butt for keeping widow Shaw's girl 4 weeks & old Mrs. Green 2 weeks; also for removing Eunice Green's family 3 times June 21, 1784: pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife July 1, 1784: pd Jonathan Symonds' account due him for family supplies pd John E. Waldo for taking Mary Crimmens' child pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife & child to July 4, 1784 July 29, 1784: pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham to 26th instant Aug. 23, 1784: pd Silas Glass for keeping Peter Stanton's wife pd William Hibbert for keeping Sarah Rogers pd for doctoring Anna Lombard pd Joshua Bishop for keeping Anna Lombard while sick, 8 weeks pd Moses Warren for keeping Lydia Smith 15 weeks to date Sept. 3, 1784: pd David Hyde for keeping Sarah Rogers pd Richard Winchester for keeping Anna Lombard 4 weeks to date warned Abner alias Asa Geer & family pd Parker Adams for keeping Dr. Winter to Sept. 4 Sept. 10, 1784: pd Silas Glass for keeping Peter Stanton's wife pd John Herrick 3rd for keeping Mary Crimmens' child supplies for widow Shaw Sept. 21, 1784: pd for doctoring Peter Stanton and wife pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife 1 week & her child 10 weeks pd Shubael Cleveland for keeping Lydia Smith 9 weeks to May 28, 1781 Sept. 28, 1784: pd William Hubbard for keeping Sarah Rogers agreed with Tracy Cleveland to keep Mrs. Stanton until May 1 next pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham from July 26 last Oct. 5, 1784: pd Jacob Geer for keeping Lydia Smith 8 weeks 5 days to May 10 last pd widow Leach for house room, wood, etc. for Eunice Green & family part of last winter Oct. 19, 1784: pd Nathaniel Gates in full for his three last years service in the last war Oct. 26, 1784: pd Silas Glass for keeping Peter Stanton's wife 13 weeks to 9th instant pd Parker Adams for keeping Dr. Winter until 28th instant pd Jedediah Benjamin for keeping Jonathan Raynsford Mar. 8- Sept. 10 Nov. 2, 1784: pd Benjamin Brown Jr. in full for his service the last 3 years of the war pd Thomas Pellet for keeping Philip Benjamin to Jan. 1 next pd David Spencer in full for his service in the army the last 3 years of the war pd Samuel Danes for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 4 weeks from Feb. 8 last pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife & child pd Mary Davis for keeping Anna Lombard 3 weeks from Oct. 22 last pd Joshua Raymond for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 4 weeks from Sept. 10 last & moving him pd widow Mary Smith for keeping D. Gorham pd Silas Glass in full for his service in the war for the last 3 years pd Silas Glass for keeping Peter Stanton's wife Nov. 9, 1784: pd Silas Glass for keeping Jonathan Raynsford from Oct. 8 appointed Capt. William Hibbard overseer to Nathaniel Phillips Nov. 12, 1784: pd Jacob Smith all due for service of his son Joseph in the war, the last 3 years pd Jacob Smith for keeping Eunice Green & child when sick 2 weeks pd Zebulon Tyler for keeping Jonathan Raynsford 24 weeks when sick in 1782 and 1783 pd Ephraim Lyon for keeping Eunice Green & children Nov. 29, 1784: pd widow Mary Smith for keeping Deborah Gorham to date pd Moses Warren for keeping Lydia Smith to date pd Reuben Peck for keeping old Mrs. Green June 29-Aug. 9 last pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife & child pd for doctoring Anna Lombard pd Mary Davis for keeping Anna Lombard 3 weeks to Dec. 3 next pd Silas Glass for keeping Jonathan Raynsford pd Benjamin Durfee in full for his service the last 3 years of the war Dec. 4, 1784: pd for transporting the widow Ladd's goods from William Shaw's to Dr. Welles' Dec. 10, 1784: pd Tracy Cleveland for keeping Peter Stanton's wife & child to 7th instant Additional Comments: This record is located in the office of the Canterbury Town Clerk. 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