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OF SUFFIELD. Town Clerk-John Austin.Constables-Willm King, & Samll Remington. Surveyors of Highwais-Samll Kent ye 3d, *Thomas Sheldon, Victory Sikes, Benjamin Remington, Jacob Adams, and Samll Granger ye 2d. Town Treasurer-John Burbank. Land Measurer-Jos: Winchel. Sealer of Leather-Samll Sikes. Sizer and Sealer of Weights and Measures-Joshua Leavitt. Tithing men-Mr John Devotion senr, George Norton senr. & Josiah Hale. Fence Viewers-Jonathan Remington (not sworn) & James King Senr. Hog Reevs-Timothy Hale and Nathaniel Warner. Att the above sd General Town meeting March ye 13th 1726/7-Voted to Leave it with the Select men to manage the affair with Westfield Respecting the Line between the Towns, Either in the Law or Arbitration as they shall think best for the Town. Att a meeting of ye freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Suffield, on Munday the 27th Day of March 1727:-John Kent being chosen Moderatour,--the following votes were passed 1st, Voted, to Referring the acting about Repairing ye meeting House unto ye meeting for ye Choice of a Representative, and that Capt Austin, & Asaph Leavitt as workmen, and Deacon John Hanchet, Samll Kent senr, and William King with them, to take a view of ye Meeting House to se what may be Necessary to be Don about the Repairing thereof, and to make Return thereof at sd meeting. 2d, Voted, that Swine may go at Large the year Insuing, being Regulated according to Law. 3rd, Voted, to Leave it with ye Selectmen to procure a Grammer Schooll Master for ye year Insuing, that may be approved of as the Law Directs. 4th, Voted, that when a Town meeting is warned, Fifteen men that are voters Including ye Selectmen (that may be then present) may begin and proceed to vote in ye concerns of sd meeting at ye Time prefixed in ye warrant for sd meeting, and in case there appear but Ten men untill one Hour after the time for ye sd meeting be expired, then sd Ten men having the warrant for sd meeting shall go on to vote as aforesd. Att a meeting, of ye freeholder and other Inhabitants of Suffield Qualified for voter, on Fryday ye 12th of May 1727: Mr John Kent was chosen to Represent sd Town at ye Great and General Court ye year Insuing, On the aforesd 12th Day of May being a Town meeting for Town affairs, Joseph Remington was chosen Moderatour to order said meeting. It having been found by Experience that coming in the winter Season is very prejudiciall to ye Increase of Sheep, for ye Remedy whereof-- _____________ * Thomas Sheldon, son of Thomas, and grandson of Isaac all of Northampton, was born in 1688, was a nephew of "Capt. Jonathan," of Sheldon St., settled here in 1725, and d. 1770. His descendants have been widely scattered some eminent. His only lineal descendant here, bearing the surname, is Lewis C. Sheldon.
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