Genealogical History With Short Sketches And Family Records Of The Early Settlers Of West Simsbury Now Canton Conn Classic Reprint

Author : Weston Massachusetts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265417096
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Town of Weston written by Weston Massachusetts and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Town of Weston: Records of the First Precinct, 1746 1754, and of the Town, 1754 1803 By vote of the General Court in 1746, the north part of Weston was united with parts of Lexington and Concord to form what was called the second precinct. The remaining part of Weston was then called the first precinct, and records of the same were kept from 1746 to 1754. At that time, the second precinct was incorporated as a town under the name of Lincoln, and the records of the first precinct were no longer kept separate from those of the town. Those of the latter, after 1754, were kept in what had been the precinct book. This book, containing precinct records from 1746 to 1754, and town records from 1754 through 1803, is what is now presented in printed form, agreeably to a vote of the town passed March 28, 1892. Great pains have been taken to have an accurate copy Some errors doubtless occur; for it has not always been easy to decide just what the Clerk intended. Although it has been the intention to re produce the original as closely as possible, a few changes have been intentionally made. Catch words, found at the foot of a few pages, have been omitted, as they could not serve the same purpose on the printed page. A short dash after an abbreviation has been printed as a period. Initial J in proper names has never been printed I, although sometimes written with that character. Small m with a circumflex over it, to indicate that the letter is doubled, has been printed mm. Obscure points in the text have been explained and errors pointed out by notes enclosed in brackets and enclosed in the body of the work'. A coot for Benjamin Stimson, page 273, has been explained in the errata. That coat was intended is evi dent, as the bill is still extant. On page 500, the title of Eliakim Morse crept in from the Dr. Of his bill for lead and gold leaf. Three interesting papers have been added in an appendix. Two of these have reference to the bounds of the Town Land near the Meeting-house, and show that a quit-claim deed of the land was given a hundred years ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.