Second Precinct of Brookfield, Tax List
[Communicated by W. H. WHITMORE, Esq.]
New England Historical & Genealogical Register
Vol 20, April 1866, pgs 160-161

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

[The following list, copied from an original paper, gives us the names of the settlers in that town about 1750, though no date is given.]
William AYERS, Esq. Capt. Moses AYERS Lt. William AYERS Ens. Benjamin ADAMS Deacon Benjamin AYERS Charles ADAMS Onesiphorus AYERS Moses AYERS, Jr. Nathaniel BARTLETT Col. Jeduthan BALDWIN Obadiah BARTLETT Joseph BRUCE Ens. Noah BARNS Lt. Jonathan BARNS Moses BARNES Joseph BRUSH Lt. Joseph BRUSH, Jr. Wyman BARTLETT Nathan BARTLETT Eli BARTLETT John BOYD Daniell BALL James BREWER Thomas BALL John BELL Seth BABBIT Elkanah BABBIT Abner BARTLETT William BARNES Eliah BARNS Antipas BRUCE Nathan BARNES Daniel BARNS Solomon BARNS Jacob BATCHELDER Wid. Abigail BIGLOW Lt. Jonas BRIGHAM Amos BOALS Barnabas BRIGHAM Dea. John BACON Thomas BACON John BRUCE Charles BRUCE ENoch BOUTTEL Asa BACON Reuben BARTLETT Capt. John BANNISTER Solomon BARTLETT Jonas BIGLOW Jonas BRUCE Col. James CONVERSE Capt. Caleb CLARK James CONVERSE, Jr. Hugh CUNNINGHAM David CHAMBERLIN Isaac CUTTER Caleb CHASE Silas CROSBY Ephraim CUTTER Isaac CUTTER Samuel CHEEVER Nathan CARRUTH Silvanus CURTIS Abiah CHACE Jedidiah CUTTER Elisha DRAKE Solomon DEWEN Paul DELAND Philip DELAND Nathaniel DODGE William DANE William DANE, Jr. Joseph DANE John DUNN John DUNN, Jr. Thomas DODGE John DODGE Asa ESTE Samuel EDMUNDS Daniel FORBES Solomon FOSTER Bryant FOSTER Capt. Daniel GILBERT Oliver GROSVENOR Wid. Hannah GILBERT Hubbard GOULD Jonathan GOODALE Robert GRAYHAM Stephen GREEN Wid. Elizabeth GILBERT Reuben GILBERT Capt. Thomas HALE Lt. Thomas HALE Capt. Samuel HINCKLEY Dea. Reuben HAMILTON Lt. Abraham HOW Ephraim HOW Wid. Shara HOW Joseph HATFIELD Joseph HATFIELD, Jr. Timothy HALL Samuel HARE Maj. Peter HARWOOD Eli HOW John HINDS Oliver HINDS	Lt. James HATHAWAY Thomas HATHAWAY Thomas HARDY Peter HILL Widow Hannah HOWARD Samuel HASKETT Thomas HILL Peter HILL, Jr. Samuel HARRINGTON Silas HOW Nathan HILL Lt. Abraham HUNTER John HUNTER Lt. Ebenezer HARRINGTON Lt. Samuel HOAR Wid. Hannah JENNINGS John JENNINGS Jonathan JENKS Nicholas JENKS Gideon JENKS Charles KNOWLTON Dr. Jacob KITTREDGE Aaron KIMBALL Josiah KINDRECK Thomas KINDRECK Azel KETH Elisha LIVERMORE Wid. Mehitable LAMSON John LAMSON Capt. John LYSCOM Thomas MOOR Nathan MATHEWS Wid. Mary MATHEWS Capt. Ebenezer NEWEL Wid. Hannah PICKARD Jonathan PICKARD Daniel POTTER Lt. John POTTER William PARKS Ebenezer PARKMAN Col. Rufus PUTNAM Theophilus POTTER Silas POTTER Wid. Patience PUTNAM Robert RICHMOND John RAYMOND Obadiah RICE Ezra RICHMOND Joseph RAINGER Zebuolon RICE Enoch RICE Lt. John RAINGER Samuel SLAYTON Roger STEVENS Ezekiel STEVENS John STEVENS Jude STEVENS John SABENS Capt. Francis STONE Job SIMMONS Jeremiah SIMMONS Witt TAYLOR Ezra TORRY John TYLER Moses TYLER Thomas TUCKER Ezra TUCKER John WATSON William WATSON, 2d Wid. Elizabeth WATSON Ens. John WAITE Capt. John WOOLCOTT Ens. Emerson WOOLCOTT James WASHBURN Moses WOODS Peter WASHBURN Samuel WATSON David WATSON Abner WITT Roger WILBRINGTON John WOOD Nathaniel WAITE Nathaniel WAITE, Jr. Joseph WAITE Capt. Ebenezer WITT Charles WETHERBY Jonathan WYMAN Jonathan MARBLE Alexander OLIVER William SMITH George TOWNSEND Dea. James WOOD William WATSON Joseph WAITE, 2d Ebenezer LYSCOM Abigail RIGHT Thomas WOOD Ezra EXTEL Thomas POTTER Joshua BARNES Thomas WOODS, Jr. Joseph EVES Johnn EAGURE Hosea EDSON
The highest taxes were William AYRES, £126. 9; Capt Moses, £92. 19; Col. James CONVERSE, £92. 14; Capt. Daniel GILBERT, £109. 7; Oliver GROSVENOR, £91. 13; Widow Hannah GILBERT, £92. 7; Capt. Samuel HINCKLEY, £204. 18; Thomas HARDY, £97. 13; Aaron KIMBALL, £102. 18; Capt. John LYSCOM, £111. 1; Theophilus POTTER, £109. 18; John RAYMOND, £100; Obadiah RICE, £100; Lt. John RAINGER, £92. 5; John TYLER, £102. 2; Ens. John WAITE, £106. 11.