History of Amesbury - Merrill.org

30 HISTORY OF AMESBURY.
Messrs. Winsley, Severance, Buswell, Sanders and Ralfe Blais-
dell were ordered to make a rate of ,£27 for Mr. Worcester's
half-yearly salary.
Feb. 1 9th. " Ordered, that those p rsons of y e towne of Salis-
bury w ch goe up to live upon the west side of the Powwaus
river, shall have the libertie of the sole feeding of the common
for there chattell upon the west & South side of Powwaus river,
p r vided they let none come upon the towne 's side, nor the
Towne let any goe of there chattells ( excepting calves ) to goe
upon the above sayd side of the Powwaus river for the ensuing
year." They were, also, to have power to make orders about
fences.
Feb.' 20th. Richard North was granted ten acres east of Powow,
in lieu of twenty acres granted previously west of Powow river.
This grant was, no doubt, a fair illustration of the value of land
each side of the Powow, and explains the reluctance of the peo-
ple to leaving Salisbury for this wilderness.
March 25th. Philip Challis ordered to run his fence straight.
Richard Goodale was engaged to hunt this year, and for hunt-
ing six weeks before Michaelmas he was to have "one peck of
Indian come from each townsman & ^3 to be paid him in
wheat ; and, also, to have for each fox killed 2 s. 6 d., and for
everie wolf ^2."
April 1 8th. Josiah Cobham appointed grand juror.
May 13th. Richard Dummer, of Newbury, chosen deputy.
June 4th. Richard North and John Stevens chosen survey-
ors of roads, and all are to work on lawful notice, under 5 s.
fine.
Dec. 10th. Forty acres granted to George Carr, next his sixty
acres near Pentucket.
John Sanders, John Stevens and Thomas Barnett were chosen
to "search out what trees have been cut for pipe-staves contra
to order of 1642, and inform the constable who shall demand
the fine." The committee were successful in their search, as
we shall see in 1645.
Robert Pyke was appointed to end cases below 20 s.
Philip Challis was appointed by the General Court one of a