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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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At the annual meeting of freeholders and inhabitants in Portsmouth last Monday (reported March 29), officials were elected to various town positions including moderator, clerk, select-men, overseers of the poor, auditors, assessors, and others.
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At the Annual Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of this Town last Monday. The following Persons were chosen to their respective Offices, viz.
Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Moderator.
Mr. John Penhallow, Town Clerk,
Select-Men; Messrs John Langdon, John Dennet, Andrew Clarkson, Samuel Penhallow,
Capt. William Knight.
Overseers of the Poor; Messrs Jacob Sheafe,
John Penhallow, James Stoodly, Esq:
Auditors: William Parker Esq; and Mr. John Sherburne.
Assessors; Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Doctor Daniel Rogers and Mr. Thomas Hart.
Clerk of the Market: Mr. John Griffith.
Firewards; Theodore Atkinson, Esq: Mark Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Daniel Peirce, Esq;
John Shackford, Esq: Maj. Samuel Hale, Messrs
Andrew Clarkson, Thomas Hart and John Griffith.
Constables: Messrs Clement March, Simeon Akerman and Richard Fitzgerald.
Searchers and Sealers of Leather; Messrs Joseph Brewster, George Ayers, John Peirce, John Jones and Jonathan Ayers.
Cullers, Searchers and Packers; Messrs John and George How, Richard Savan, Thomas Lancelot, and John Cutt.
To enquire who kills Deer out of Season; Daniel Peirce, Esq; and Thomas Peirce Esq;
Tything-Men; Messrs William Hart, John Beck, Captain Samuel Darling, John Nelson and Joseph Simes.
Hog Reeves; Thomas Quint, Pitman Coolbroth, Benjamin Moses, James Holmes, Thomas Clark.
Fence-Viewers: Samuel Sherburne, Nathaniel Peverly. junr. Moses Miller, Perkins Ayers and Leader Nelson.
Lot Layers; Thomas Peirce, Esq; Cyprian Jeffery and John Ham.
Measurers of Wood; John Shackford, Esquire Messrs Joshua Pike, George Seawards, Joseph Allcock, Ebenezer Odiorne, Joseph Cotton, and Ephraim Ham.
Surveyors of Highways; Messrs John Rindge, Joseph Moulton, Thomas Beck, junr. Hugh Hall Wentworth, Thomas Seavy, Ephraim Dennet, Jeremiah Holmes, and Joseph Hart.
Attorneys for the Town; William Parker, Esq;
Mathew Livermore, Esq;
Agents; Messrs Andrew Clarkson, John Griffith and John Sherburne.
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Portsmouth
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Last Monday
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various persons elected to town offices including moderator, clerk, select-men, overseers, auditors, assessors, firewards, constables, and others.
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At the Annual Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of this Town last Monday, the following Persons were chosen to their respective Offices: Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Moderator; Mr. John Penhallow, Town Clerk; Select-Men: Messrs John Langdon, John Dennet, Andrew Clarkson, Samuel Penhallow, Capt. William Knight; Overseers of the Poor: Messrs Jacob Sheafe, John Penhallow, James Stoodly, Esq; Auditors: William Parker Esq; and Mr. John Sherburne; Assessors: Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Doctor Daniel Rogers and Mr. Thomas Hart; Clerk of the Market: Mr. John Griffith; Firewards: Theodore Atkinson, Esq; Mark Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Daniel Peirce, Esq; John Shackford, Esq; Maj. Samuel Hale, Messrs Andrew Clarkson, Thomas Hart and John Griffith; Constables: Messrs Clement March, Simeon Akerman and Richard Fitzgerald; Searchers and Sealers of Leather: Messrs Joseph Brewster, George Ayers, John Peirce, John Jones and Jonathan Ayers; Cullers, Searchers and Packers: Messrs John and George How, Richard Savan, Thomas Lancelot, and John Cutt; To enquire who kills Deer out of Season: Daniel Peirce, Esq; and Thomas Peirce Esq; Tything-Men: Messrs William Hart, John Beck, Captain Samuel Darling, John Nelson and Joseph Simes; Hog Reeves: Thomas Quint, Pitman Coolbroth, Benjamin Moses, James Holmes, Thomas Clark; Fence-Viewers: Samuel Sherburne, Nathaniel Peverly. junr. Moses Miller, Perkins Ayers and Leader Nelson; Lot Layers: Thomas Peirce, Esq; Cyprian Jeffery and John Ham; Measurers of Wood: John Shackford, Esquire Messrs Joshua Pike, George Seawards, Joseph Allcock, Ebenezer Odiorne, Joseph Cotton, and Ephraim Ham; Surveyors of Highways: Messrs John Rindge, Joseph Moulton, Thomas Beck, junr. Hugh Hall Wentworth, Thomas Seavy, Ephraim Dennet, Jeremiah Holmes, and Joseph Hart; Attorneys for the Town: William Parker, Esq; Mathew Livermore, Esq; Agents: Messrs Andrew Clarkson, John Griffith and John Sherburne.