Original Proprietors - Templeton, Worcester county, Mass. by Edwin G. Adams Boston, Crosby, Nichols & Company ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Source: Historical Discourse Formation of 1st Congregational Church Templeton, Massachusetts 111 Washington Street, Boston - 1857. p.89 The following is a list of the proprietors who originally drew the forty-acre lots - "house lots" in the first division of lands - made at the proprietors' meeting at Concord, Mass., January 24, 1735 (old style) Lot Number - Name 1. Hezekiah Hapgood. 2. Benjamin Hatterton 3. Jonathan Farnsworth 4. Thomas Baldwin 5. John Overing, Esq. 6. Nathaniel Trask 7. Samuel Hartwell 8. Ephraim Brown 9. Simon Davis 10. William Wheeler 11. Daniel Gates 12. Benjamin Thompson p.90 13. Thomas Baldwin 14. Samuel Miles 15. Simon Stone 16. Timothy Townsend 17. Jonathan Whitcomb 18. George Farrar 19. Benjamin Temple 20. John Priest 21. Ephraim Twitchell 22. Robert Robbins 23. Nathan Brooks 24. Samuel Shelden 25. John Wheeler 26. John Wood 27. Joseph Horsley 28. Joshua Richardson 29. William Shattuck 30. John Wyman 31. Edward Willson 32. Joseph Wood. 33. Colonel Benjamin Prescott 34. Zachariah Lawrence 35. Zachariah Flagg 36. For support of schools. 37. Colonel Benjamin Prescott 38. Samuel Stone 39. Jonathan Buttrick 40. Samuel Warner 41. Daniel Gates 42. Eleazar Bateman 43. John Adams 44. James Patterson 45. Jacob Houghton 46. For the first minister. 47. Jonathan Simonds 48. Moses Burdue 49. Samuel Chandler 50. John Eames 51. Thankful Reed 52. Samuel Chandler 53. Joseph Fassett 54. Jonathan Lawrence 55. John Whitcomb, Esq. 56. Timothy Spaulding 57. John Swan 58. Benjamin Gary 59. John Cummings 60. Jonathan Bowers 61. Benjamin Smith 62. Henry Baldwin 63. Thomas Tarball 64. Samuel Sargeant 65. Jacob Wright 66. Henry Eames 67. Colonel Benjamin Prescott 68. James Houghton 69. Ebenezer Wheeler 70. Daniel Woodward 71. blank 72. blank 73. John Longley 74. Benjamin Shedd 75. Thomas Amsden 76. Simon Davis 77. Nathaniel Kendall 78. Robert Cummings 79. Thomas Ball 80. John Bulkley 81. Jonathan Farr 82. David Whitney 83. David Stone 84. Moses Whitney 85. Jacob Wright 86. Samuel Hunt 87. Thomas Amsden 88. Zachariah Symmes 89. Jonathan Wyman 90. Caleb Sawyer 91. Josiah Hobbs 92. For support of ministry. 93. John Overing, Esq. 94. Joseph Wheat 95. John Muzzey 96. Samuel Willson 97. Edward Phelps 98. Benjamin Whitney 99. James Jones 100. David Roberts 101. Colonel Prescott 102. John Barrett 103. John Cutter 104. Elnathan Jones 105. Isaac Learned p.91 106. John Needham 107. blank 108. Thomas Hapgood 109. Thomas Hapgood 110. Henry Bartlett 111. Daniel Billings 112. Samuel Hincher 113. Edward Winn 114. Gershom Flagg 115. Ebenezer Fiske 116. James Simonds 117. Abraham Taylor 118. Daniel Adams 119. John Provender 120. David Wheeler 121. Benjamin Wyman 122. Daniel White 123. Elisha Tattingham p.91 cont'd Samuel Chandler, of Concord, the proprietor's clerk, with others of the Committee, proceeded to lay out the hundred and twenty-three - forty-acre lots, or "house lots" as they were called - one for each owner of the township, and the three public lots. They employed surveyors, and spent thirty days in the work. They bought "a kittle" at the proprietors' expense. They paid Nathaniel Wilder and John Wilder for "bringing p.92 horses into the woods;" that is, into the township. They moreover purchased four bushels of oats, and spent six shilings and ninepence besides, "on the Publick account, whne going into the woods." At a meeting at Concord, January 24, 1735 (old style) each proprietor's lot was "drawn out" that is, determined by the number which fell to him in a chance drawing. Proprietors who did not like their lots were allowed to drop them and take a similar quantity in the undivided land, provided they did so within certain times. The settlement of the town was delayed, as elsewhere stated, on account of Indian hostilities, no further division of land among the proprietors was attempted until May 9, 1750. Subject: Original Proprietors - Templeton, Mass. Source: Historical Discourse Formation of 1st Congregational Church Templeton, Massachusetts by Edwin G. Adams Boston - Crosby, Nichols & Company 111 Washington Street, Boston - 1857. p.112 The first meeting-house at Templeton, was long left unpainted; they could not afford the expense: but the building committee were instructed "to see that the doors and windows are handsomely colored." Soon after the incorporation of the town, an appropriation was made of "fifty pounds - towards finishing the meeting-house." Extensive repairs were made between 1785 and 1792. It was then, for the first time, they voted to paint it. A horizontal slab is placed over Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Sparhawk's grave, which is near the meeting house. The following is a copy of the inscription: THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED To the memory of the Reverend, Learned and Pious EBENEZER SPARHAWK Pastor of the Congregation Church, Templeton, Who expired Nov. 25, A.D. 1805 in the sixty-eighth year of his aged and forty-fifth of his ministry. "Early in life, he devoted himself to the service of his God and Saviour. Enbued with good powers of mind, improved by education, and sanctified by grace, he proved a burning and shining light. In the pulpit he was clear and pungent, rightly dividing the Word. In the circle of his acquaintance he was ever a welcome guest, his conversation being ever pleasant and improving. From a child he knew the Holy Scriptures and was mighty in them. In faith he was sound and evangelical; in rectitude, pure and exemplary. A strict adherence to the order and discipline of the churches was a distinguishing trait of his character. As a Husband he was affectionate; as a Father, tender. He ruled his own house well; and his children arise up and call him blessed. With assiduity and fidelity he persevered in his work, until called to receive his reward. The sun shall cease to shine, and stars shall fade away and earth and time grow old and die, but his virtues shall live - and the eye of faith and charity now beholds him walking high in salvation and the climes of bliss. Names of persons taxed at Templeton, Mass. - 1763 p.116 John Atwood Charles Baker Zaccheus Barrett Timothy Butterfield Jacob Byam Samuel Byam Joshua Church John Cobleigh James Carruth John Chamberlain John Corssett Reuben Cummings Eleazer Davis John Death Thomas Drury Caleb Fletcher Joel Fletcher Timothy Haild Israel Hale Stephen Haskell p.117 Nathaniel Holman Nathaniel Holman, Jun'r. Jonathan Holman Joseph Horton Joseph Kendrick Capt. Thomas How John How Abel Hunt Enoch Jewett Silas Jones Ezekiel Knowlton Joshua Lamb Dennis Locklin Noah Merritt John Macklewaine George Nicholas William Oak Samuel Osgood James Peirce Jason Parmenter Samuel Rice Samuel Ross John Richardson Israel Richardson Abraham Sawyer Thomas Sawyer Samuel Sawyer Hezekiah Sprague Henry Sawtell Enoch Sawtell Ephraim Shattuck Silas Shattuck Levi Sylvester Jacob Spaulding John Wheeler John Wheeler, Jun'r. Jason Whitney Moses Whitney Thomas Witt Jonas Wilder John Wilder Ebenezer Wright Joshua Wright Job Whitcomb Joseph White Thomas White Benjamin Wesson. The following persons were also taxed, in 1763, for real estate only; and were therefore probably non-residents: David Goddard Daniel Goddard James Kendall James Simonds. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Full book online with Google Books _http://books.google.com/_ (http://books.google.com/)