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HISTORY OF AMESBURY. 21
Nov. 30th. Henrie Kimball first appears and receives a grant
of land on the river.
" Salsberry is enjoyned to amend their ways upon paine of
20 s."*
"Salsberry, for want of weights & measures, is fined 20 s. 6 d."
To end small causes, Mr. Batt, Mr. Dudley and Mr. Winslow
were appointed, " and one of them to see people joyne in mar-
riage & keepe records."*
" Mr. John Woodbridge, Mathewe Boyse, John Crosse & George
Gittings, they 4 or any 3 of them are appointed to set out the
bounds betweene Salsberry & Pantucket, ali. Haverell. They
are to determine the bounds w ch Mr. Ward & his company
are to inioy as a town or village if they have 6 houses up by
the next Gen r all Court in the 8 th m ."*
March 1st. John Clifford, planter, sold to Thomas Hauxworth
for 32 s. his house-lot of one acre on the west of the circular
road. His residence is given at Hampton at this time.
1642.
Jan. 3d. A general meeting held, and it was agreed " that
y e Constable for y e time being shall not yerely be ffreed from
anie Rate."
Henrie Munday was chosen constable.
John Hall, John Sanders and Richard North were chosen to
take account of pipe-staves to be transported "yat no man exceed
his p r portion."
Whenever the authorities could make a contract to sell pipe-
staves for shipment to the West Indies, each inhabitant was
allowed to fill his proportionate share ; and it is possible that
some were disposed to do more than that ; hence
tee.
this commit-
Jan. 10th. At a general meeting, the following order was
passed :
—
" Ordered, yat y e sole fishing in Pavvaw river shall be taken
out of the hands of John Bayly, seng r
., for yat he hath forfeited
his right given, in not performing y e conditions on which it was
granted him."
*Mass. Records.