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i hál a F utcára eo oY. s b ől út Tr i 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 : OXFORD. 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. MARLBOROUGH. 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, Elizabeth Olmsted, Mary Olmsted, Charlotte Olmsted, Lucinda Olmsted, Clarissa Olmsted, Eunice Olmsted, 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 Olmsted, Eunice Olmsted, Hiram Olmsted, Noah Olmsted, Elizabeth Hicks, Sarah Hicks, Gertrude Hicks, Thomas Hicks, Joseph Hicks. b MONTAGUE. Henry Arnold, Hannah Arnold, Richard Arnold, William Mars, Jesse Mclntier, Solomon MclIntier, William McIntier, Martha McIntier, Lucy MclIntier, Gideon Haskins, Leonard Hodgskins, Sarah Hodgskins, 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 Nettleton, 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 Township 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 Olmsted, Collector; Gideon Olmsted, Caleb Harris, Samuel Stafford, Joseph Easton, Henry Arnold, Joel Smades, Joseph Haskins, Overseers of Highways ; Daniel Burritt, Daniel Nettleton, Joel Smades, William Davies, Joseph Haskins, Pound Keepers ; and Samuel Stafford and Cooley Weller, Town Wardens. POPULATION STATISTICS. 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, Jonathan Gay, Mary Gay, Asa Blanchard, Hannah Blanchard, Annis Haskins, Anson Haskins, Amos
