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90 NORWALK. [1695.
At a towne meeting, held July the 2d, 1695, atsayed
meeting it was voted and agreed upon by the towne,
that that land, pasture, and swamp lying in the generall
fiield, granted to the ministery, shall be cleared and
fenced, and made for improvement for pasture and
meadow.
Also at the same meeting it was voted and allso granted
by the town unto the minister, to him and his heirs, a
parcell of salt marsh meadow lying in the bounds of Norwalk,
and that over the river on the west side of the
towne, &c.—the sayed parcell of meadow the towne en
gages for to fence and make capable of improvement,
&c.
Also, at the same meeting, the towne by vote hath
given and
granted to the minister ten acres of land for
plowing, and that in the township of Norwalk on the
east side of the brook called the north brook, and on the
North East part of Mathew Marvin's Boggy Meadow,
to be to him and to his heires for ever.
The Minister's Firewood.
At a towne meeting, July 17,
1695, it was voted and
agreed by the towne for to allow and freely give Mr.
Buckingham his firewood annually, and at all times, soe
long as he shall continue to carry on the work of the
ministry in Norwalk.
Minister's Salary.
Also at the above meeting (July 17, 1695), it was
voted and agreed by the towne, for to allow and pay 80/.
per yeer, after the two first yeeres abiding with us,
unto Mr. Steven Buckingham, respecting his carrying
on the work of the ministry. The said 80/. to be annually
payed by the town by way of proportion ;
extraordinary
cases only excepted.