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CHAPTER XXXIV.
WOLFORD, OxFrorD, MARLBOROUGH AND MONTAGUE.
ORIGINALLY, the Townships of Wolford, Oxford,
Marlborough and Montague were considered as one
township for municipal purposes and possessed but
one Council.
The following list contains the names of a// the
settlers in the respective townships in the year 1802 :
Jeremiah Harris, Precilla Harris, Silas Harris,
Levi Harris, William Harris, Sr., William Harris,
Jr.,. Hulda Harris, Hebron Harris, Daniel Harris,
David Harris, Caleb Harris, Lucy Harris, Hiram
Harris, Nancy Harris.
Stephen Burritt, Martha Burritt, Henry Burritt,
Edmund Burritt, Sally Burritt, Sally Lakins, Daniel
Burritt, Electa Burritt, George Burritt, Urania
Burritt, Marcus P. Phillips, Richard Olmsted, Eliza¬
beth Olmsted, Mary Olmsted, Charlotte Olmsted,
Lucinda Olmsted, Clarissa Olmsted, Eunice Olm¬
sted, Roger Moore, Gideon Olmsted, Esther Olmsted,
Sally Olmsted, Zenus Olmsted, Gideon Olmsted,
Abraham Olmsted, Jabez Olmsted, Daniel Olmsted,
Daniel Bullis, Elizabeth Bullis, John Bullis, Polly
Bullis, Jeremiah Bullis, Jabez Bullis, Julia Bullis
Richard H. Bullis, Hannah Bullis, William Bullis,
Daniel Bullis, Gideon Bulls, Elizabeth Bullis,
Miriam Bullis, Asahel Hurd, Sally Hurd, Nancy
Hurd, Truman Hurd, Esther Hurd, Jehiel Hurd, Eli
Hurd, Stephen Hurd, Truman Waller, Patty Waller,
Eder Waller, Eliad Waller, Roxy Waller, Eunice
Waller, Maudana Waller, Matilda Waller, Oronda
Waller, William Soles, Gertrude Soles, Charles Soles,
Anna Soles, Duncan Grant, Sr., Onner Grant,
Rachael Grant, John Grant, Allan Grant, Abraham
Lehi, Rebecca Lehi, Cornelius Losee, Jabez Olm¬
sted, Eunice Olmsted, Hiram Olmsted, Noah Olm¬
sted, Elizabeth Hicks, Sarah Hicks, Gertrude Hicks,
Thomas Hicks, Joseph Hicks.
Henry Arnold, Hannah Arnold, Richard Arnold,
William Mars, Jesse Mclntier, Solomon MclIntier,
William McIntier, Martha McIntier, Lucy MclIntier,
Gideon Haskins, Leonard Hodgskins, Sarah Hodgs¬
kins, William Hodgskins, Rebecca Hodgskins, Paula
Hodgskins, Samuel McCrea, Jennett McCrea, John
McCrea, Edward McCrea, Thomas McCrea, Polly
McCrea, Susannah McCrea, Alexander McCrea,
James McCrea, Isaac McCrea, Rebecca McCrea,
Thomas Jarvis, Susannah Jarvis, Ira Jarvis, Thomas
Haskins, Archibald Hill, Eve Hill, John Hill, Moses
Merrick, Mabel Merrick, Robert Nicholson, Benjamin
VanKurer, Abigial VanKurer, Charity VanKurer,
Leah VanKurer, Lydia VanKurer, Patty VanKurer,
John Chester, Phoebe Chester, Hannah Chester,
Thomas Chester, Polly Chester, Elizabeth Chester,
Michael Chester, Daniel Nettleton, Phoebe Nettleton,
David Nettleton, Boswell Nettleton, Barney Nettle¬
ton, Sarah Nettleton, Daniel Nettleton, Samuel
Nettleton, Mary Nettleton, David Nettleton, Patty
Lakins, Moses Derrick, Nancy Nettleton, Priscella
Nettleton, Samuel Stafford, Elizabeth Stafford,
Elizabeth Stafford, Martha Stafford, Phcebe Stafford,
Mary Stafford, Elizabeth Stafford, Rosannah Stafford,
Benjamin Mosher, James Covill, Cynthia Covill,
Rufus Covill, Francis J. Covill, William Merrick,
Sr., Sylvia Merrick, William Merrick, Jr., Charlotte
Merrick, Charles Merrick, Paula Merrick, Aaron
Merrick.
The Book of Record, as was the case in the Town¬
ship of Bastard, was used as a register for births,
marriages and deaths, as well as for other public
purposes.
We present a few extracts :—
James Francis Covill, son of James and Cynthia
Covill, was born July 27th, 1800.
George Landon Burritt, son of Daniel and Electa
Burritt, was born March 18th, 1798.
Erastus Brown, son of William and Chloe Brown,
of Wolford, was born March 14th, 1791.
Hiram McCrea, son of Edward and Mary McCrea,
of Montague, was born July 2nd, 1809.
The minutes of the first Town Meeting are not
extant. The second meeting was held at the house
of Nathan Brown, Wolford, on the 7th of March,
1803. Daniel Burritt was elected Clerk; Asahel
Hurd and William Brown, Assessors ; Richard Olm¬
sted, Collector; Gideon Olmsted, Caleb Harris,
Samuel Stafford, Joseph Easton, Henry Arnold, Joel
Smades, Joseph Haskins, Overseers of Highways ;
Daniel Burritt, Daniel Nettleton, Joel Smades, Wil¬
liam Davies, Joseph Haskins, Pound Keepers ; and
Samuel Stafford and Cooley Weller, Town Wardens.
Population of Wolford in 1802, 165 ; Oxford, in
1802, 14; Marlborough, in 1802, 85 ; Montague, in
1802, 90. Wolford, in 1806, 275 ; Oxford, in 1806,
33. Total in the four townships (1807), 504.
In the winter of 1808-9, the following parties
moved into the Towships specified :—
Wolford: James Kirkham, Sally F irkham, Jona¬
than Gay, Mary Gay, Asa Blanchard, Hannah
Blanchard, Annis Haskins, Anson Haskins, Amos