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this Court, within twelve months, for confirmation for the uses within mentioned.
In Council, read and concurred.--Dec. 29th: Consented to,
A true copy, examined,
This grant was accepted; and
Mr. Wm. Willis and
Capt. John Hall were chosen to carry the whole matter through.
The consequence was a selection of one thousand acres on the
Piscataqua River, near the
Merrimac.
This tract was called the “Town's farm;” but it was not of great value.
Dec. 3, 1737: Here we find the first record of the drawing of jurymen in the town.
John Albree and
Benjamin Tufts are drawn for the Supreme Court.
Few jurymen were needed; but
Medford undoubtedly furnished its share from the beginning.
It may be interesting to many to see another record of a town-meeting.
Familiar names will be found to recur; but offices have increased:--
At a town-meeting, legally convened at Medford, March 7, 1748, Mr. Andrew Hall was chosen Moderator.
| Dea.
Benj. Willis, | Selectmen. |
| Capt. Samuel Brooks, |
| Lieut. Stephen Hall, |
| Thomas Seccomb, Town-clerk. |
| Benj. Parker, Town-treasurer. |
| Joseph Tufts, | Assessors. |
| Thos. Brooks, |
| Edward Hall, |
| Stephen Willis, chosen Constable, refused to serve, and paid £ 10, old tenor. |
| Francis Whitmore, 2d Constable, but refused to serve, and paid £ 10, old tenor. |
| Samuel Reeves, 3d Constable.
He refused to serve, and paid £ 10, old tenor. |
| Samuel Page, hired to serve as Constable, for £ 25, old tenor. |
| Jonathan Hall, | Tything-men. |
| Henry Fowle, |
| Stephen Bradshaw, | Surveyors of Highways. |
| Lieut. John Francis, |
| Stephen Greenleaf, |
| Samuel Brooks, jun, | Fence-viewers. |
| William Tufts, |
| John Hall, |
| Stephen Greenleaf, | Hog-reeves. |
| John Bishop, |
| Ebenezer Francis, |
| John Tufts, | Wood-corders. |
| Jacob Polly, |
| Thomas Brooks, |
| Jonathan Watson, | Surveyors of Boards and Timber. |
| Capt. Saml. Brooks, |
| Samuel Reeves, Pound-keeper. |
| Samuel Francis, | Haywards or Field-drivers. |
| Benjamin Tufts, |
| Simon Bradshaw, | Deer-reeves. |
| Joseph Tufts, |
| Dea.
Thomas Hall, Sealer of Leather. |
| Benjamin Parker, Sealer of Weights and Measures. |
| Stephen Bradshaw, Grand-juror. |
| Andrew Hall, Esq., | A Committee to manage the affair of obtaining some part of the lands now belonging to Charlestown, with the inhabitants thereon. |
| Capt. Samuel Brooks, |
| Lieut. Stephen Hall, jun., |
| Zechariah Poole, |
| Ebenezer Brooks, |
| Joseph Tufts, | A Committee to audit the Town-treasurer's accounts for the year past, 1747, and the town's accounts likewise. |
| Lieut. Stephen Hall, jun., |
| Thomas Brooks, |
