History of the Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, from the Date of the Masonian Charter to the Present Time, 1749-1880: With a Genealogical Register of the Jaffrey Families, and an Appendix Containing the Proceedings of the Centennial Celebration in 1873 |
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History of the Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, from the Date of the Masonian ... Daniel Bateman Cutter No preview available - 2013 |
History of the Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, from the Date of the Masonian ... Daniel Bateman Cutter,Nh Jaffrey No preview available - 2018 |
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14th Reg Abigail Adams Adonijah afterwards April April 15 April 20 Bailey Benj Benjamin Betsey Boston Briant Capt Charles church committee Daniel Emery Dartmouth college David Dublin East Jaffrey Ebenezer Edward Eleazer Spofford Eliza Elizabeth FAMILY farm George graduated Hannah Henry Ipswich Isaac Jacob James Jaquith Jewett John Cutter John Gilmore Jona Jonathan Joseph Blanchard Joseph Cutter Josiah Joslin July July 16 June June 18 June 25 Laban Ainsworth Lucy Lydia March March 12 March 23 Martha Mary Mass meeting-house Monadnock Moses Mower N. H. Lot Nancy Nathan Oliver Perkins Peter Peterborough Pierce Polly Prescott Rebecca Rindge road Roger Gilmore Sally Samuel Sarah selectmen Sept settled in Jaffrey settled on lot Smiley Spaulding Thomas town of Jaffrey town voted town-meeting Turner Upton VIII widow wife William William Smiley ΙΟ
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Page 574 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 600 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 530 - You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow; Tall oaks from little acorns grow...
Page 528 - THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. HOW dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view ! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew...
Page 600 - Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! — it answers — Yes.
Page 568 - When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe I still survive...
Page 572 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.
Page 111 - Lesley sought only to do to others as he would have them do to him.
Page 528 - The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it, The bridge and the rock where the cataract fell, The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well—- The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well.
Page 103 - voted to hear Mr. Ainsworth longer." At a town meeting convened April 22, 1782, "voted to hear Mr. Ainsworth on probation, in order to give him a call ;" and on July 8, 1782, the town "voted unanimously to concur with the church, and give Mr. Laban Ainsworth a call to the work of the gospel ministry in this town." They pledged him "as a salary, annually, £70 as long as he shall be the minister of this town.