...w the pulpit, and the deacons a little lower still, facing the congregation. The boys had a place by themselves in the gallery, with a tithing man with a long pole to keep them in order. In 1668 Thomas Fox was ordered to look to the youth in time of public worship. The meeting house which was built here in 1632 had a bell, but there is a town record in 1646 of fifty shillings paid unto Thomas Lang...