History of Amesbury - Merrill.org

3i» HISTORY OF AMESBURY.
years ago were wont to tell of, when no roads were broken
out and people went to mill with their hand-sleds across the
fields, through the woods and over the fences, which were
nowhere seen.
Rev. Stephen Hull was ordained pastor of the First church in
Amesbury.
At the East parish meeting, Thomas Goodwin, Enoch Hoyt
and William Currier were chosen "to take care of the boys on
the Sabbath," and David Webster "to drive the boys into the
meeting house on the Sabbath." *
The repairs on the Sandy Hill meeting-house were not yet
fully completed, although the appropriation was exhausted.
More money being needed, a meeting was held and the sum
of $400 raised to finish the work. Mr. Joseph Bartlett was the
contractor for the work and was but poorly paid. The total
sum raised was $800. The following cut, although not a per-
fect picture of the venerable church, has a general resemblance
of the house and adjacent grounds.
SANDY HILL MEETING-HOUSE.
Oct. 8th. Isaac Merrill, son of Jacob Merrill, who owned
the farm where Lewis B. Davis lives, was instantly killed by
lightning about nine o'clock, P. M. He was unloading his
father's freight of salt hay, which occupied the day and even-
* Parish records.