Seth Dorman settled in the east part of what is now Mansfield.
At an adjourned meeting it was voted to comply with Mr. White's request as to increase in salary, not, however, unanimously, for a protest to the same was entered by Josiah Pratt, Nathaniel Brinton, Samuel Skinner, and Benjamin Skinner.
At a meeting held Jan. 3, 1736, it was voted the sum of fifteen" pounds to defray the expenses of Mr. White's ordination. This was to be expended for the entertainment of the ministers at said ordination.
Mr. White was ordained probably soon after; and the fifteen pounds were no doubt all spent. The names of his church members it is impossible to ascertain with any certainty, but the following-named persons withdrew from Mr. Avery's church, at Norton, and as everybody went to meeting in those days, it is fair to presume that they constituted the main membership of Mr. White's church: *Seth Dorman,and many others were listed.
A tax was levied upon the town to assist the minister in providing a habitation.Seth Dorman was listed amongest those taxed.
Excerpts from: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches ..., Part 2., edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd
They were probably called wardens, from the fact that Boston was required to choose one from each ward in the town. The penalty for not choosing them in each town was fifty pounds. Their badge of office was a "white wand, not less than seven Feet in length." It will be seen that their duties were similar to those of the tithing-men. For a year or two after the Act requiring wardens to be chosen was passed, no tithing-men were chosen in Norton. Subsequently, a portion of the time, both tithing-men and wardens were chosen. We here transcribe the names of the " prudent & discreet" persons, and those "of sober Life and Conversation," who have been chosen tithing-men and wardens: those of the latter we put in Italics.The town voted not to choose tithing-men in 1839. Subsequently, none have been chosen, we believe, with the exception of the year 1850, when Eli. C. Wood was elected.
1717. Seth Dorman, Isaac Shepard, (Thomas Randall).
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At an adjourned meeting it was voted to comply with Mr. White's request as to increase in salary, not, however, unanimously, for a protest to the same was entered by Josiah Pratt, Nathaniel Brinton, Samuel Skinner, and Benjamin Skinner.
At a meeting held Jan. 3, 1736, it was voted the sum of fifteen" pounds to defray the expenses of Mr. White's ordination. This was to be expended for the entertainment of the ministers at said ordination.
Mr. White was ordained probably soon after; and the fifteen pounds were no doubt all spent. The names of his church members it is impossible to ascertain with any certainty, but the following-named persons withdrew from Mr. Avery's church, at Norton, and as everybody went to meeting in those days, it is fair to presume that they constituted the main membership of Mr. White's church: *Seth Dorman,and many others were listed.
A tax was levied upon the town to assist the minister in providing a habitation.Seth Dorman was listed amongest those taxed.
Excerpts from: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches ..., Part 2., edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd
They were probably called wardens, from the fact that Boston was required to choose one from each ward in the town. The penalty for not choosing them in each town was fifty pounds. Their badge of office was a "white wand, not less than seven Feet in length." It will be seen that their duties were similar to those of the tithing-men. For a year or two after the Act requiring wardens to be chosen was passed, no tithing-men were chosen in Norton. Subsequently, a portion of the time, both tithing-men and wardens were chosen. We here transcribe the names of the " prudent & discreet" persons, and those "of sober Life and Conversation," who have been chosen tithing-men and wardens: those of the latter we put in Italics.The town voted not to choose tithing-men in 1839. Subsequently, none have been chosen, we believe, with the exception of the year 1850, when Eli. C. Wood was elected.
1717. Seth Dorman, Isaac Shepard, (Thomas Randall).
Research by JMB
Seth Dorman settled in the east part of what is now Mansfield.
At an adjourned meeting it was voted to comply with Mr. White's request as to increase in salary, not, however, unanimously, for a protest to the same was entered by Josiah Pratt, Nathaniel Brinton, Samuel Skinner, and Benjamin Skinner.
At a meeting held Jan. 3, 1736, it was voted the sum of fifteen" pounds to defray the expenses of Mr. White's ordination. This was to be expended for the entertainment of the ministers at said ordination.
Mr. White was ordained probably soon after; and the fifteen pounds were no doubt all spent. The names of his church members it is impossible to ascertain with any certainty, but the following-named persons withdrew from Mr. Avery's church, at Norton, and as everybody went to meeting in those days, it is fair to presume that they constituted the main membership of Mr. White's church: *Seth Dorman,and many others were listed.
A tax was levied upon the town to assist the minister in providing a habitation.Seth Dorman was listed amongest those taxed.
Excerpts from: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches ..., Part 2., edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd
They were probably called wardens, from the fact that Boston was required to choose one from each ward in the town. The penalty for not choosing them in each town was fifty pounds. Their badge of office was a "white wand, not less than seven Feet in length." It will be seen that their duties were similar to those of the tithing-men. For a year or two after the Act requiring wardens to be chosen was passed, no tithing-men were chosen in Norton. Subsequently, a portion of the time, both tithing-men and wardens were chosen. We here transcribe the names of the " prudent & discreet" persons, and those "of sober Life and Conversation," who have been chosen tithing-men and wardens: those of the latter we put in Italics.The town voted not to choose tithing-men in 1839. Subsequently, none have been chosen, we believe, with the exception of the year 1850, when Eli. C. Wood was elected.
1717. Seth Dorman, Isaac Shepard, (Thomas Randall).
Research by JMB
At an adjourned meeting it was voted to comply with Mr. White's request as to increase in salary, not, however, unanimously, for a protest to the same was entered by Josiah Pratt, Nathaniel Brinton, Samuel Skinner, and Benjamin Skinner.
At a meeting held Jan. 3, 1736, it was voted the sum of fifteen" pounds to defray the expenses of Mr. White's ordination. This was to be expended for the entertainment of the ministers at said ordination.
Mr. White was ordained probably soon after; and the fifteen pounds were no doubt all spent. The names of his church members it is impossible to ascertain with any certainty, but the following-named persons withdrew from Mr. Avery's church, at Norton, and as everybody went to meeting in those days, it is fair to presume that they constituted the main membership of Mr. White's church: *Seth Dorman,and many others were listed.
A tax was levied upon the town to assist the minister in providing a habitation.Seth Dorman was listed amongest those taxed.
Excerpts from: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches ..., Part 2., edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd
They were probably called wardens, from the fact that Boston was required to choose one from each ward in the town. The penalty for not choosing them in each town was fifty pounds. Their badge of office was a "white wand, not less than seven Feet in length." It will be seen that their duties were similar to those of the tithing-men. For a year or two after the Act requiring wardens to be chosen was passed, no tithing-men were chosen in Norton. Subsequently, a portion of the time, both tithing-men and wardens were chosen. We here transcribe the names of the " prudent & discreet" persons, and those "of sober Life and Conversation," who have been chosen tithing-men and wardens: those of the latter we put in Italics.The town voted not to choose tithing-men in 1839. Subsequently, none have been chosen, we believe, with the exception of the year 1850, when Eli. C. Wood was elected.
1717. Seth Dorman, Isaac Shepard, (Thomas Randall).
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