A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845S.G. Drake, 1845 - 416 pages |
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... JOSEPH COFFIN , Town Clerk . ' From the preceding statement , any person , without examination , would be induced to believe that our fathers , ' the first settlers of Newbury , all came here in the year 1633 , in the ship Hector . That ...
... JOSEPH COFFIN , Town Clerk . ' From the preceding statement , any person , without examination , would be induced to believe that our fathers , ' the first settlers of Newbury , all came here in the year 1633 , in the ship Hector . That ...
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... Joseph Welde , the one in March , the other in April , of eleven pounds in money , and thirty shillings worth of gunpowder . April 10th . There was laid out unto John Emery junior , four- score akers of upland , bee it more or lesse ...
... Joseph Welde , the one in March , the other in April , of eleven pounds in money , and thirty shillings worth of gunpowder . April 10th . There was laid out unto John Emery junior , four- score akers of upland , bee it more or lesse ...
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... [ Joseph ] Hills to compose the amendments of the book of laws passed and make them as one ; one copy to remain in the hands of the commit- tee for the speedy committing them to the press , and the other to remain in the hands of the ...
... [ Joseph ] Hills to compose the amendments of the book of laws passed and make them as one ; one copy to remain in the hands of the commit- tee for the speedy committing them to the press , and the other to remain in the hands of the ...
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... Joseph Swett's wife for the same offence was fined ten shillings . Agnes , the wife of deacon Richard Knight , was ... Joseph Peasley and Thomas Macy , formerly of Newbury , then of Salisbury , new town , from exhorting the people on the ...
... Joseph Swett's wife for the same offence was fined ten shillings . Agnes , the wife of deacon Richard Knight , was ... Joseph Peasley and Thomas Macy , formerly of Newbury , then of Salisbury , new town , from exhorting the people on the ...
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... Joseph Swett petitions the honorable court to confirm to him the grant of Deer island , which the selectmen of Newbury have granted him , which is not above six acres of land , and is not above six or eight rods from Newbury shore ...
... Joseph Swett petitions the honorable court to confirm to him the grant of Deer island , which the selectmen of Newbury have granted him , which is not above six acres of land , and is not above six or eight rods from Newbury shore ...
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14 March 29 March Abigail acres Agawam aged April Artichoke river Bartlet Benjamin Boston brethren Caleb called captain Ch.-John Christ church Coffin court Daniel December died Dummer Edward Edward Rawson Elizabeth England erected February granted Greenleaf Hannah Harv hath Haverhill Henry honored hundred Indians inhabitants Ipswich James Jaques John Emery John Woodbridge Jonathan Joseph Joshua Judith July June land liberty Lord March Mary meeting house meeting-house Merrimack Merrimack river minister Moody Morse Moses Nathaniel Newburyport Nicholas Nicholas Noyes night November Noyes parish Parker pastor persons petition Plum island pounds preached publick Rebecca Richard Richard Kent river Rowley Salem Salisbury Samuel Sara Sarah says selectmen Sept September settled Sewall shillings Somerby Stephen street thence Thomas Titcomb Toppan town of Newbury Town records town voted Tristram Tristram Coffin unto West Newbury wife William Woodbridge Woodman
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Page 386 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 330 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page 346 - Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 336 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Page 337 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 209 - Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the Church which was in Jerusalem, and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch ; who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord...
Page 343 - Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Page 16 - But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 339 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 208 - Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.