Extracted From
History of the Town of Smithfield
From Its Organization, in 1730-1 To
Its Division in 1871
Compiled In Accordance With The Votes Of The Towns
Of Smithfield, North Smithfield, Lincoln
& Woonsocket, R. I.
By Thomas Steere
Providence, R.I., 1881

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

LIST OF CITIZENS OF SMITHFIELD, WHO HAVE HELD THE OFFICES HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED Members of the Continental Congress Peleg ARNOLD, 1787 to 1789 Daniel MOWRY, 1780 to 1782 Speakers of the House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island Thomas STEERE, May 1853 to Jan 1854 (Resigned, having been appointed U.S. Consul at Dundee, Scotland) Sullivan BALOU, 1857 to 1858 Presidental Electors Stephen STONE, 1844 William S. SLATER, 1864 to 1876 LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT & COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, IN & FOR THE COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE, FROM SMITHFIELD Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Peleg ARNOLD, May 1796 to Jun 1809 Peleg ARNOLD, May 1810 to May 1812 Assistant Justices Gideon COMSTOCK, May 1766 to May 1767 Gideon COMSTOCK, Jun 1769 to Jun 1770 Gideon COMSTOCK, May 1779 to May 1781 Thomas BUFFUM, May 1819 to May 1823 Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Major William JENCKES, C. J., 1734-1737 Major William JENCKES, C. J., 1743-1745 David COMSTOCK, 1747-1749 Thomas LAPHAM, 1750-1760 David COMSTOCK, C. J., 1761-1762 Thomas LAPHAM, 1763-1764 David COMSTOCK, 1765-1768 Caleb ALDRICH, 1781-1787 Daniel MOWRY, Jr., 1776-1780 Caleb ALDRICH, 1781-1787 Abraham MATHEWSON, 1788-1793 Arnold PAINE, 1794-1802 Thomas MANN, 1806-1809 Thomas MANN, C. J., 1810 Samuel HILL, Jr., 1811-1817 Thomas MANN, 1818-1820 Thomas MANN, C. J., 1821-1832 Lewis DEXTER, 1835 David DANIELS, 1838-1839 George L. BARNES, 1840 Lewis DEXTER, 1841 LIST OF ASSISTANTS & SENATORS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, 1731 TO 1798 INCLUSIVE Assistants 1731, Major William. SMITH 1741-1743, John DEXTER 1746, John COMSTOCK 1758, Gideon COMSTOCK 1765, Ezekiel COMSTOCK 1774-1778, Col. John SAYLES, Jr. 1779, Col. John SAYLES, Jr. 1780, Gideon COMSTOCK 1781-1789, Col. John SAYLES, Jr. 1790, Sylvanus SAYLES 1791-1795, Peleg ARNOLD Senators 1806-1808, James ALDRICH 1810, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. 1812-1816, Robert HARRIS 1817-1819, Thomas BUFFUM 1831-1832, Stephen STEERE 1833-1834, Isaac WILKINSON 1835, Stephen STEERE 1836-1837, Daniel ANGEL 1838-1841, Ezekiel FOWLER 1842, Sessions MOWRY 1843, Isaaac WILKINSON 1844, Sessions MOWRY 1845, Daniel PEARCE 1846-1847, Thomas MANN 1848-1849, Gideon BRADFORD 1850, Thomas BUFFUM 1850-1852, Godeon BRADFORD 1853-1854, Robert HARRIS 1855-1856, Stephen N. MASON 1857, Daniel N. PAINE 1858-1859, Stephen N. MASON 1860-1861, William S. SLATER 1862, Stephen N. MASON 1863-1864, Bradbury C. HILL 1865-1866, Charles MOIES 1867, George C. BALOU 1868-1869, Lysander FLAGG 1870, Edward L. FREEMAN LIST OF DEPUTIES & REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM SMITHFIELD Deputies May 1731, Jonathan SPRAGUE & William ARNOLD Oct 1731, Capt. Silvanus SCOTT & Daniel JENCKS May 1732, Jonathan SPRAGUE & James ALDRICH Oct 1732, James ALDRICH & Daniel JENCKS May & Oct 1733, Daniel JENCKS & James ALDRICH May 1734, Daniel JENCKS & Capt. Joseph MOWRY Oct 1734, Maj. William SMITH & Daniel JENCKS May 1735, Maj. William SMITH & James ALDRICH Oct 1735, Maj. William SMITH & Daniel JENCKS May 1736, Daniel JENCKS & Thomas SAYLES Oct 1736, Maj. William SMITH & Thomas SAYLES May & Oct 1737, Thomas SAYLES & Daniel JENCKS May 1738, Thomas SAYLES & William Arnold Oct 1738, Capt. Richard SAYLES & William ARNOLD May & Jul 1739, Resolved WATERMAN & William JENCKES Oct 1739, John BALLOU & Thomas LAPHAM May & Oct 1740, Resolved WATERMAN & Daniel COMSTOCK May & Oct 1741, Resolved WATERMAN & John SAYLES May 1742, James ALDRICH & John SAYLES Oct 1742, Daniel JENCKS & Thomas STEERE May 1743, Thomas STEERE & David COMSTOCK Oct 1743, Maj. William SMITH & Thomas STEERE May 1744, Maj. William SMITH & THomas STEERE Oct 1744, David COMSTOCK & David WILKINSON May & Oct 1745, John SAYLES & Thomas ARNOLD May & Oct 1746, Thomas STEERE & David COMSTOCK May & Oct 1747, Thomas LAMPHAM & Jonathan ARNOLD May & Oct 1748, Jonathan ARNOLD & Israel WILKINSON May 1749, Thomas LAPHAM & John ALDRICH Oct 1749, Lieut. Thomas ARNOLD & John ALDRICH May 1750, Thomas LAPHAM & Lieut. Thomas ARNOLD Oct 1750, Thomas LAPHAM & John ALDRICH May 1751, Thomas ARNOLD & John ALDRICH Oct 1751, Thoms (sic) ARNOLD & John ALDRICH May 1752, Thomas ARNOLD & John ALDRICH Oct 1752, Thomas ARNOLD & Thomas LAPHAM May 1753, John ALDRICH & Thomas OWEN Oct 1753, Thomas ARNOLD & Thomas OWEN May 1754, Thomas ARNOLD & Jonathan ARNOLD Oct 1754, David COMSTOCK & John ALDRICH May 1755, Joh ALDRICH & Jonahtan ARNOLD Oct 1755, Jonathan ARNOLD & Thomas OWEN May & Oct 1756, Thomas OWEN & John SAYLES, Jr. May & Oct 1757, Thomas ARNOLD & Jeremiah MOWRY 1758, Thomas ARNOLD & Jeremiah MOWRY Feb 1759, Thomas ARNOLD & Jeremiah MOWRY May 1759, John SAYLES, Jr., & Joseph MOWRY, Jr. Jun 1759, Joseph MOWRY, Jr. Aug & Oct 1759, John SAYLES, Jr. & Joseph MOWRY, Jr. Feb 1760, Thomas ARNOLD & Joseph MOWRY Jr. Day before general election May, Jun, & Aug 1760, Thomas ARNOLD & Joseph MOWRY, Jr. Oct & Dec 1760, Baulston BRAYTON & Capt. Joseph MOWRY Feb, Mar, May, Jun & Oct 1761, Baulston BRAYTON & Capt. Joseph MOWRY Feb 1762, Thomas ARNOLD & Baulston BRAYTON Mar 1762 special session, Thomas ARNOLD May, Jun, Aug, Sep & Oct 1762, Thomas ARNOLD & Jonathan ARNOLD Feb 1763, Thomas ARNOLD & Jonathan ARNOLD May 1763, Caleb ALDRICH & Stephen WHIPPLE Jun 1763, same Aug 1763, Stephen WHIPPLE Oct 1763, Joseph MOWRY & Samuel WINSOR Jan 1764, none Feb & May 1764, Capt. Joseph MOWRY & Samuel WINSOR Jun 1764, special session, Samuel WINSOR Jul & Sep 1764, Capt. Joseph MOWRY, Jr. & Samuel WINSOR Oct & Nov 1764, David COMSTOCK & Samuel WINSOR May, Jun & Sep 1765, Thomas STEERE & Samuel WINSOR Oct 1765, Thomas STEERE & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. Feb, May, Jun, Sep & Dec 1766, Thomas STEERE & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. May, 2 Jun sessions & Aug 1767, Samuel WINSOR & Stephen WHIPPLE Feb 1768, Samuel WINSOR & JOhn FARNUM May, Jun & Sep 1768, Thomas LAPHAM & Daniel SMITH Feb, May, Jun & Sep 1769, Caleb ALDRICH & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. Oct 1769, Caleb ALDRICH & Stephen WHIPPLE May, Jun, Sep & Oct, 1770, Caleb ALDRICH & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. May, Jun & Aug 1771, Caleb ALDRICH & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. Oct 1771, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. & Welcome ARNOLD May 1772, Welcome ARNOLD Aug 1772, Samuel WINSOR & Welcome ARNOLD Oct & Dec 1772, Samuel WINSOR & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. Jan 1773, Samuel WINSOR & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. May & Aug 1773, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. & Capt. Jonathan ARNOLD Oct 1773, Israel WILKINSON & William WINSOR May, Jun, Aug, Oct & Dec Special 1774, Israel WILKINSON & William WINSOR April special, 1775, Israel WILKINSON May, Jun & Aug 1775, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. & Stephen WHIPPLE Oct 1775, Arnold PAIN & Stephen WHIPPLE Jan, Feb, & Mar 1776, Arnold PAINE & Stephen WHIPPLE May, Jun, Jul, Aug & Sep 1776, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. & Capt. Andrew WATERMAN Oct Special, 1776, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. Nov 1776, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. & Capt. Andrew WATERMAN Dec 1776, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. Feb, Mar & Apr 1777, Daniel MOWRY, Jr. & Capt. Andrew WATERMAN May 1777, Samuel WINSOR 2nd Session May, Jun, Jul Special, Aug 1777, Samuel WINSOR & Ezekiel ANGELL Sep 1777, Samuel WINSOR Oct, Dec & Special Session Dec 1777, Caleb ALDRICH & Peleg ARNOLD Feb 1778, Peleg ARNOLD Mar, May, May Special & Jun 1778, Caleb ALDRICH & Peleg ARNOLD Sep 1778, Caleb ALDRICH Oct & Dec 1778, Daniel MOWRY & Caleb ALDRICH Special Jan & Feb 1779, Daniel MOWRY & Caleb ALDRICH May 1779, Andrew WATERMAN & Jonathan COMSTOCK Jun 1779, Andrew WATERMAN Aug & Sep 1779, Andrew WATERMAN & Jonathan COMSTOCK Oct & Dec 1779, Sylvanus SAYLES & Jonathan COMSTOCK Feb 1780, Sylvanus SAYLES Mar Special 1780, Sylvanus SAYLES & Jonathan COMSTOCK Jan, Feb & Mar 2nd Session 1781, Elisha MOWRY & Edward THOMPSON May Special Session, Jul & Aug 1781, Andrew WATERMAN & Henry JENCKES Oct & Dec 1781, Stephen ARNOLD Jan & Feb Special Session 1782, Luke ARNOLD & Stephen ARNOLD May, Jun & Aug 1782, William WATERMAN & Peleg ARNOLD Oct & Nov 1782, Elisha MOWRY & Peleg ARNOLD Feb 1783, Elisha MOWRY & Peleg ARNOLD May & Jun 1783, Elisha MOWRY & Stephen ARNOLD, Jr. Oct 1783, Stephen ARNOLD & William WATERMAN Dec 1783, Stephen ARNOLD, Jr. Feb 1784, Stephen ARNOLD, Jr. & William WATERMAN May & Jun 1784, Stephen ARNOLD & Elisha MOWRY Aug 1784, Stephen ARNOLD Oct 1784, Stephen ARNOLD, Jr. & William ALDRICH Feb, May & Jun 1785, Stephen ARNOLD, Jr., & William ALDRICH Aug 1785, Stephen ARNOLD Oct 1785, Stephen ARNOLD, Jr. & Daniel MOWRY, Jr. Feb 1786, Stephen ARNOLD, Jr. & Daniel MOWRY Mar 1786, Stephen ARNOLD & Daniel MOWRY May 1786, (no one listed) Jun, Aug, Oct & Dec 1786, John SAYLES & Andrew WATERMAN Mar, May, Jun Special Session, Sep & Oct, 1787, John SAYLES & Andrew WATERMAN Feb, Mar, & May 1787, John SAYLES & Andrew WATERMAN Jun 1787, Andrew WATERMAN Oct & Dec 1787, John SAYLES & Andrew WATERMAN Feb, Mar & May, 1788, John SAYLES & Andrew WATERMAN Jun 1788, Andrew WATERMAN Oct & Dec 1788, John SAYLES & Andrew WATERMAN Mar, May, Jun, Sep, Oct 1789, John SAYLES & Andrew WATERMAN Oct, 2nd session, 1789, John SAYLES & Stephen WHIPPLE Jan 1790, John SAYLES & Stephen WHIPPLE May, Jun, Sep, Oct 1790, John SAYLES & Mr. Job ALDRICH Feb, May & Jun, 1791, John SAYLES & Job ALDRICH Oct 1791, Daniel MOWRY & Job ALDRICH Feb 1792, Daniel MOWRY & Job ALDRICH May, Jun, Aug, Oct 1792, John SMITH & Arnold PAINE Jun 1793, John SMITH & Arnold PAINE May & Jun 1793, John SMITH, Jr., & Arnold PAINE Oct 1793, Arnold PAINE & Henry JENCKES Feb, Mar, & May 1794, Arnold PAINE & Henry JENCKES Jun & Oct 1794, John PAINE & Henry JENCKES Jan 1795, John PAINE May & Jun 1795, John PAINE & Henry JENCKES Oct 1795, Job ALDRICH & Joshua JENCKES Feb, May, Jun, Oct 1796, Job ALDRICH & Joshua JENCKES Representatives Feb, May, Jun, Oct & Dec 1797, Job ALDRICH & Joshua JENCKES Jan 1798, Job ALDRICH & Joshua JENCKES May 1798 through Feb 1799, Job ALDRICH & William MOWRY May 1799 through Jun 1800, William MOWRY & Ezekiel COMSTOCK Oct 1800, Feb, May, Jun & Oct 1801, & Feb 1802, William MOWRY & Thomas MANN May 1802 through May 1806, Robert HARRIS & Thomas MANN Jun 1806 through Feb 1807, Robert HARRIS & Enos MOWRY May 1807 through Oct 1807, Robert HARRIS & Daniel ANGELL Feb 1808 though Mar 1809, Robert HARRIS & Enos MOWRY May & Jun 1809, Robert HARRIS & John ANGELL, Jr. Oct 1809 & Feb 1810, Daniel MOWRY, Jr., & Isaac WILKINSON May 1810, Isaac WILKINSON & Daniel ANGELL Jun 1810, Daniel ANGELL Oct 1810 through Jun 1811, Isaac WILKINSON & Daniel ANGELL Oct 1811 through July, special session, 1812, Thomas MANN & Daniel ANGELL Oct 1812 through Jun 1814, Thomas MANN & Benjamin HALL Sep 1814 special, Thomas MANN Oct 1814 & Feb 1815, Thomas MANN & Elisha STEERE May & Jun 1815, Elisha STEERE Oct 1815 & Feb 1816, Elisha STEERE & Marcus ARNOLD May & Jun 1816, Elisha STEERE Oct 1816, Elisha STEERE & Isaac WILKINSON Feb 1817, Elisha STEERE May & Jun 1817, Isaac WILKINSON & Nathan B. SPRAGUE Oct 1817, Peleg ARNOLD & Nathan B. SPRAGUE Feb 1818, Nathan B. SPRAGUE May, Jun & Oct 1818, Peleg ARNOLD & Nathan B. SPRAGUE Feb 1819, Nathan B. SPRAGUE May 1819 through Jun 1820, Nathan B. SPRAGUE & Nathan ALDRICH Oct 1820 through Feb 1821 Special session, Nathan B. SPRAGUE & Daniel ANGELL May 1821 through Jan 1822, Daniel WINSOR & Daniel ANGELL May & Jun 1822, Daniel ANGELL & Nathan B. SPRAGUE Oct 1822 through May 1824, Nathan B. SPRAGUE & Nathan ALDRICH May 1824, 2d session, Nathan B. SPRAGUE Oct 1824, Nathan B. SPRAGUE & Nathan ALDRICH Jan 1825, Nathan B. SPRAGUE May 1825 through Oct 1826, Nathan B. SPRAGUE & Arnold SPEAR Representatives 1824, Nathan B. SPRAGUE 1825, 1826 & 1827, Nathan B. SPRAGUE & Arnold SPEAR 1828, Arnold SPEAR & Stephen STEERE 1829 & 1830, Stephen STEERE & Morton MOWRY 1831 & 1832, Elisha SMITH & Ezekiel FOWLER 1833, Ezekiel FOWLER & Daniel WILKINSON 1834, Arnold SPEAR & Daniel G. HARRIS 1835, Ezekiel FOWLER & Sessions MOWRY May 1836, Sessions MOWRY & John PAINE Jun & Oct 1836, Jan, May & Jun 1837, Isaac WILKINSON & Asa WINSOR Oct 1837, Sessions MOWRY & Nathan ANDREWS Jan 1838 (no names given) May 1838 through 1842, Sessions MOWRY & Samuel CLARKE 1843, Thomas BUFFUM, Richard MOWRY, Jonathan COLE, David WILBUR, James HARKNESS & Pardon ANGELL 1844, George C. BALLOU, Elisha STEERE, George ALDRICH, Bradbury C. HILL, Charles MOIES & Nathan SPALDING 1845, Thomas BUFFUM, Elisha SMITH, Gideon BRADFORD, Robert HARRIS, James HARKNESS & Nelson B. JENCKS 1846, Thomas BUFFUM, Emor H. SMITH, Gideon BRADFORD, James HARKNESS, Robert HARRIS, Nelson B. JENCKS 1847, Thomas BUFFUM, Emor H. SMITH, Gideon BRADFORD & James HARKNESS 1848, Daniel PEARCE, John FENNER, Amasa SMITH, Israel SAYLES, Alden COE, & Edwin W. MOWRY 1849, Thomas BUFFUM, Robert HARRIS, John FENNER, Israel SAYLES, Henry GOODING & George B. ALDRICH 1850, Robert HARRIS, Israel SAYLES, Samuel S. MALLORY, Emor H. SMITH, Earl A. WRIGHT & Emor COE 1851, Thomas BUFFUM, Daniel PEARCE, John FENNER, Earl A. WRIGHT, James PHETTEPLACE & Israel B. PURINTON 1852, Robert HARRIS, Daniel PEARCE, John FENNER, Thomas STEERE, Elisha MOWRY, 2d & Israel B. PURINTON 1853, Israel SAYLES, John FENNER, Emor COE, Thomas STEERE, Elisha MOWRY, 2d & Samuel D. SLOCUM 1854, Edwin HARRIS, Henry GOODING, Smith R. MOWRY, Edwin W. MOWRY, Elisha MOWRY, 2d & Henry S. PEARCE 1855, Nathaniel SPAULDING, Charles MOIES, Jeremiah J. YOUNG, Ansel HOLMAN, Daniel T. EDDY & Henry G. PEARCE 1856, Lysander FLAGG, Ansel HOLMAN, Henry G. PEARCE, Nathaniel SPAULDING, William P. STEERE & Jeremiah J. YOUNG 1857, Lysander FLAGG, Jonathan BARNES, James H. CHACE, Nathaniel SPAULDING, William P. STEERE & Sullivan BALLOU 1858, Lysander FLAGG, Jonathan BARNES, William NEWELL, Nathaniel SPAULDING, William P. STEERE & Sullivan BALLOU 1859, James A. BARNES, Harris M. IRONS, Daniel MOWRY, Jabez W. MOWRY, William NEWELL, & Albert VOSE 1860, James A. BARNES< Bradbury C. HILL, Simon S. STEERE, Jabez W. MOWRY, William NEWELL, Albert C. VOSE 1861, Bailise BOURNE, Bradbury C. HILL, Harris M. IRONS, Jabez W. MOWRY, William NEWELL, Carlisle VOSE 1862, Bradbury C. HILL, Carlisle VOSE, William NEWELL, Jabez W. MOWRY, Joseph Olney, Simon S. STEERE 1863, David BALLOU, Carlisle VOSE, Stafford W. RAZEE, Jabez W. MOWRY, Joseph OLNEY, Harris M. IRONS 1864, Jospeh OLNEY, Stafford W. RAZEE, George W. HOLT, Anthony STEERE, Lyman A. TAFT, Daniel SAYLES 1865, Daniel R. BALLOU, Horace DANIELS, George W. HOLT, Simon B. MOWRY, Spencer MOWRY, William T. SMITH 1866, Daniel R. BALLOU, Elisha W. BROWN, Benjamin COMSTOCK, Benjamin F. GREENE, E.mer N. MAYNARD, Spencer MOWRY 1867, Daniel R. BALLOU, Lysander FLAGG, Benjamin COMSTOCK, Jabez W. MOWRY, Spencer MOWRY, Obed PAINE 1868, Elmer N. MAYNARD, Arlon MOWRY, Obed PAINE, Benjamin COMSTOCK, Edward L. FREEMAN, Jabez W. MOWRY 1869, Jabez W. MOWRY, Arlon MOWRY, Baylies BOURNE, Edward L. FREEMAN, William H. SEAGRAVES, William D. ALDRICH 1870, Jabez W. MOWRY, Arlon MOWRY, William H. SEAGRAVES, William D. ALDRICH, Edward A. BROWN, Cyrus ARNOLD TOWN COUNCIL 1731, John ARNOLD, President; Joseph MOWRY, Thomas STEERE, Samuel ALDRICH, John MOWRY & Benjamin SMITH 1732, John ARNOLD, President; Joseph MOWRY, John MOWRY, Elisha SMITH, Thomas SHIPPY, & Thomas SAYLES 1733, Major William SMITH, President; Joseph MOWRY, Joseph ARNOLD, Thomas SHIPPY, James ALDRICH & John DEXTER 1734, Thomas STEERE, President; Joseph MOWRY, Joseph ARNOLD, Thomas SHIPPY, Thomas SMITH, Jr., & John DEXTER 1735, Major William SMITH, President; Joseph ARNOLD, James ALDRICH, Job WHIPPLE, David COMSTOCK, John BROWN 1736, Major William SMITH, President; John WHIPPLE, David COMSTOCK, John BROWN, Lieut. Joseph SMITH, Benjamin PAIN 1737 & 1738, Thomas SAYLES, President; William ARNOLD, John BROWN, Thomas STEERE, Benjamin PAIN, John DEXTER 1739 through 1743, Thomas STEERE, President; Thomas SHIPPY, John BROWN, John DEXTER, Jonathan ARNOLD, William JENCKES 1744, Thomas STEERE, President; Thomas SHIPPY, John BROWN, John DEXTER, Jonathan ARNOLD, Jr., William JENCKES 1745 & 1746, Thomas STEERE, President; Thomas SHIPPY, David COMSTOCK, Israel WILKINSON, Jonathan ARNOLD, William JENCKES 1747, Joseph SMITH, President; Jeremiah MOWRY, Robert STAPLES, Thomas OWEN, Capt. Daniel MOWRY & John ALDRICH 1748, Lieut. Thomas ARNOLD, President; Thomas OWEN, John ALDRICH, John JENCKES, Capt. Daniel MOWRY & Benjamin ARNOLD 1749, Thomas STEERE, President; Thomas OWEN, John ALDRICH, John JENCKES, Capt. Daniel MOWRY, Benjamin ARNOLD 1750 through 1753, Thomas STEERE, President; John ALDRICH, Dr. John JENCKES, Capt. Daniel MOWRY, Baulston BRAYTON, Preserved HARRIS 1754, Thomas STEERE, President; John ALDRICH, Dr. John JENCKES, Capt. Daniel MOWRY, David COMSTOCK, Preserved HARRIS 1755, Thomas STEERE, President; John ALDRICH, Dr. John JENCKES, John SAYLES, David COMSTOCK, Preserved HARRIS 1756 through 1760, Thomas STEERE, President; John ALDRICH, Dr. John JENCKES, Capt. Daniel MOWRY, David COMSTOCK, Preserved HARRIS 1761 through 1766, Thomas STEERE, President; Ezekiel ANGELL, William JENCKES, Capt. Daniel MOWRY, David COMSTOCK, Preserved HARRIS 1767, Thomas STEERE, President; Ezekiel ANGELL, Thomas LAPHAM, Capt. Daniel MOWRY, Stephen ARNOLD, Preserved HARRIS 1768 through 1771, Thomas STEERE, President; John SAYLES, Thomas LAPHAM, Caleb ALDRICH, Stephen ARNOLD & Preserved HARRIS 1772, Thomas STEERE, President; John SAYLES, Caleb ALDRICH, Stephen ARNOLD, Preserved HARRIS & Stephen WHIPPLE 1773, John SAYLES, President; Caleb ALDRICH, Preserved HARRIS & Job ALDRICH 1774, Ezekiel COMSTOCK, President; Caleb ALDRICH, Job ALDRICH, Abraham MATHEWSON, Henry JENCKES & Jonathan GULLLEY 1775, Ezekiel COMSTOCK, President; Job ALDRICH, Abraham MATHEWSON, Henry JENCKES, Jonathan GULLEY, Jeremiah HARRIS 1776, Ezekiel COMSTOCK, President; Job ALDRICH, Abraham MATHEWSON, Henry JENCKES, Jonathan GULLEY, & John MAN 1777, Henry JENCKES, President; Daniel SMITH, John MAN, Stephen BRAYTON, Jonathan COMSTOCK & Stephen ARNOLD 1778, Henry JENCKES, President; Daniel SMITH, John MAN, Stephen BRAYTON, Sylvanus SAYLES & Stephen ARNOLD 1779, Capt. Sylvanus SAYLES, President; John MANN, Stephen ARNOLD, Edward THOMPSON, William WATERMAN, Arnold PAIN 1780, Caleb ALDRICH, President; John MANN, Stephen WHIPPLE, Edward THOMPSON, Arnold PAIN, Job ALDRICH 1781, Caleb ALDRICH, President; John MANN, Stephen WHIPPLE, Edward THOMPSON, Arnold PAIN, Abraham MATHEWSON 1782, Caleb ALDRICH, President; Stephen WHIPPLE, Edward THOMPSON, Arnold PAIN, Abraham MATHEWSON, John ANGELL 1783 & 1784, Caleb ALDRICH, President; Jesse JENCKES, Edward THOMPSON, Arnold PAIN, John ANGELL, James SMITH 1785, Daniel MOWRY, Jr., President; Jesse JENCKES, Stephen WHIPPLE, John ANGEL, James SMITH, Philip MOWRY 1786 through 1788, Daniel MOWRY, Jr., President; Jesse JENCKES, James SMITH, Philip MOWRY, Jr., John MAN, Jr., Robert LATHAM 1789, William WATERMAN, President; Jesse JENCKES, James APPLEBY, Arnold PAIN, John MAN, Jr., Robert LATHAN (sic) 1790 & 1791, Joseph FARNUM, President; Jessed JENCKES, James APPLEBY, Arnold PAIN, John MAN, Jr., Emor SMITH 1792 & 1793, George COMSTOCK, President; Jesse JENCKES, James APPLEBY, Arnold PAIN, John MAN Jr., Joseph MOWRY 1794 & 1795, Capt. Sylvanus SAYLES, President; Samuel CLARK, Job ALDRICH, Thomas ALDRICH, Elisha OLNEY, Philip MOWRY 1796, Capt. Sylvanus SAYLES, President; Samuel CLARK, Duty WINSOR, Daniel SMITH, Jr., John MAN, JR., Ezekiel COMSTOCK 1797 & 1798, Samuel CLARK, President; Duty WINSOR, John MAN, Ezekiel COMSTOCK, Israel TAFT, Seth MORWY 1799, Samuel CLARK, President; Edward MEDBURY, John MAN, John JENCKES, John PAIN, Seth MOWRY, Elisha OLNEY 1800, Duty WINSOR, President; Edward MEDBURY, John MAN, John JENCKES, John PAIN, Seth MOWRY, Ahab MOWRY 1801, John JENCKES, President; John MAN, Seth MOWRY, Ahab MOWRY, Richard BUFFUM, Daniel WINSOR, Elijah ARNOLD 1802, Thomas MANN, President; Seth MOWRY, Ahab MOWRY, Richard BUFFUM, Daniel WINSOR, (no sixth councilman) 1803, Thomas MANN, President; Seth MOWRY, Richard BUFFUM, Samuel HILL, Jr., Enos MOWRY, Elijah DERRY, Job ARNOLD 1804, Thomas MANN, President; Seth MOWRY, Stephen BUFFUM, Samuel HILL, Jr., Enos MOWRY, Thomas APPPLEBY, William ALDRICH 1805, Thomas MANN, President; Seth MOWRY, Samuel HILL, Jr., Enos MOWRY, Job ARNOLD, Thomas BUFFUM, Benjamin HALL 1806, Samuel HILL, President; Seth MOWRY, Enos MOWRY, Job ARNOLD, Thomas BUFFUM, Benjamin HALL, David HARRIS 1807 & 1808, Samuel HILL, President; Seth MOWRY, Elisha STEERE, Enos MOWRY, Job ARNOLD, Nathan ALDRICH, Benjamin HALL, David HARRIS 1809, Thomas MANN, President; Elisha STEERE, Nathan ALDRICH, Benjamin HALL, David HARRIS, Thomas APPLEBY, Daniel ANGELL 1810, Thomas MANN, President; Elisha STEERE, Nathan ALDRICH, Benjamin HALL, Daniel HARRIS, Thomas APPLEBY, Daniel ANGELL 1811 through 1813, Thomas MANN, President; Elisha STEERE, Benjamin HALL, David HARRIS, James APPLEBY, Daniel ANGELL & Stephen BUFFUM 1814, Thomas MANN, President; Elisha STEERE, James APPLEBY, Daniel ANGELL & Stephen BUFFUM, (no other names) 1815, Thomas BUFFUM, President; Daniel ANGELL, David TUCKER, Marcus ARNOLD, Thomas ANGELL, Arnold JENCKES, Jeremiah SMITH 1816, Daniel ANGELL, President; Thomas ANGELL, Arnold JENCKES, Jeremiah SMITH, Jr., Reuben MOWRY, David WILKINSON, Stephen STEERE 1817, Daniel ANGELL, President; Thomas ANGELL, Jeremiah SMITH, Jr., REuben MOWRY, David WILKINSON, Stephen STEERE, William ALDRICH 1818, Reuben MOWRY, President; Daniel WILKINSON, Stephen STEERE, Wlliam ALDRICH, Winsor ALDRICH 1819, Reuben MOWRY, President; Daniel WILKINSON, Stephen STEERE, Wlliam ALDRICH, Winsor ALDRICH, Morton MOWRY, Daniel WINSOR 1820, Reuben MOWRY, President; Daniel WILKINSON, Stephen STEERE, Wlliam ALDRICH, Winsor ALDRICH, Morton MOWRY, Arnold SPEAR 1821, Reuben MOWRY, President; Daniel WILKINSON, Stephen STEERE, George CHACE, Winsor ALDRICH, Morton MOWRY, Arnold SPEAR 1822, Daniel ANGELL, President; David WILKINSON, Morton MOWRY, Arnold SPEAR, George CHACE, Jeremiah WHIPPLE, Abraham WINSOR 1823, Thomas BUFFUM, President; David WILKINSON, Morton MOWRY, Arnold SPEAR, Cyrus ARNOLD, Jeremiah WHIPPLE, Abraham WINSOR 1824, David WILKINSON, President; Morton MOWRY, Charles APPLEBY, Jeremiah WHIPPLE, Abraham WINSOR, Barney DODGE, Samuel B. HARRIS 1825, Samuel B. HARRIS, President; Morton MOWRY, Charles APPPLEBY, Jeremiah WHIPPLE, Abraham WINSOR, Barney DODGE, Lewis DEXTER 1826, Samuel B. HARRIS, President; Morton MOWRY, Nathaniel MOWRY, Jeremiah WHIPPLE, Barney DODGE, Lewis DEXTER, Sessions MOWRY 1827 through 1829, Morton MOWRY, President; Nathaniel MOWRY, Jeremiah WHIPPLE, Barney DODGE, Lewis DEXTER, Sessions MOWRY, David LAPHAM 1830, Lewis DEXTER, President; Sessions MOWRY, David LAPHAM, Elisha SMITH, Richard S. SCOTT, Wilder HOLBROOK, Elisha OLNEY, Jr. 1831, Lewis DEXTER, President; Elisha SMITH, Richard S. SCOTT, Wilder HOLBROOK, Elisha OLNEY, Jr., Daniel G. HARRIS, George CHACE 1832, Lewis DEXTER, President; Elisha SMITH, Richard S. SCOTT, Wilder HOLBROOK, Elisha OLNEY, Jr. 1833, Lewis DEXTER, President; Simon ALDRICH, Richard S. SCOTT, Stephen SHELDON, Asa W. BALLOU, Job S. MAIN, Andrew WATERMAN 1834, No President listed, Stephen SHELDON, Job S. MAN, Andrew WEATHERHEAD, Waterman F. BROWN, John JENCKES, Edwin HARRIS 1835, Morton MOWRY, President; Stephen SHELDON, Job S. MAN, Dexter ALDRICH, Asahel PHETTEPLACE, Samuel CLARK, Asahel ANGELL 1836 & 1837, Morton MOWRY, President; Stephen SHELDON, Cyrus ARNOLD, Dexter ALDRICH, Asahel PHETTEPLACE, Smith B. MOWRY, Asahel ANGELL 1838, Morton MOWRY, President; Samuel CLARK, Asahel ANGELL, Stephen STEERE, Dexter ALDRICH, Barney DODGE, Uriah BENEDICT 1839, Morton MOWRY, President; Samuel CLARK, Asahel ANGELL, Stephen SHELDON, Dexter ALDRICH, Barney DODGE, Burrill ALDRICH 1840, Samuel CLARK, President; Dexter ALDRICH, BArney DODGE, Alvin JENKS, Stephen SMITH, 2d, Pelatiah METCALF, John FOSTER 1842, Arnold SPEAR, President; Dexter ALDRICH, Alvin JENKS, John FOSTER, James T. HARKNESS, Gideon MOWRY, Lyman COOK 1843, Arnold SPEAR, President; Ahaz MOWRY, Jr., Elisha SMITH, Daniel SAYLES, Jr., Edward EVANS, Avery GILMAN, Benjamin HARRIS, William M. FARNUM, Robert HARRIS, Bradford BULLOCK 1844, Lewis DEXTER, President; John FOSTER, Gideon MOWRY, Lyman COOK, Christopher W. KELLY, Lyman WILMARTH, Ansel HOLMAN 1845, Thomas BUFFUM, President; Daniel SAYLES, Daniel WILBUR, James PHETTEPLACE, Bradford BULLOCK, Johnson G. HORTON, William M. FARNUM 1846, Thomas BUFFUM, President; Bradford BULLOCK, David WILBUR, James PHETTEPLACE, Albert COOK, Horace TROWBRIDGE, William M. FARNAM 1847, Thomas BUFFUM, President; Daniel PIERCE, Benjamin HARRIS, John FENNER, Israel WILKINSON, Israel SAYLES, Albert COOK 1848, Thomas BUFFUM, President; Daniel PIERCE, Robert HARRIS, Richard MOWRY, Israel SAYLES, John KNIGHT, Asa WINSOR 1849, Thomas BUFFUM, President; Robert HARRIS, Richard MOWRY, Israel SAYLES, John KNIGHT, Thomas LATHAM, Israel B. PURINON 1850, Thomas BUFFUM, President, Robert HARRIS, Israel SAYLES, John KNIGTH, Thomas LATHAM, Alfred ALLEN, William SMITH 1851, Robert HARRIS, President; Israel SAYLES, John KNIGHT, Thomas LAPHAM, Samuel S. MALLORY, Alden COE, George B. ALDRICH 1852 & 1853, Robert HARRIS, President; Thomas LATHAM, Richard SMITH, Albert COOK, John J. CARPENTER, John KNIGHT 1854, Richard MOWRY, President; Henry STONE, James PHETTEPLACE, John B. TALLMAN, Daniel MOWRY, Louis ALDRICH, Henry GOODING 1855, Daniel N. PAINE, President; John J. CARPENTER, James PHETTEPLACE, Harris M. IRONS, Daniel MOWRY, William PATT, James H. CHACE 1856, Lewis DEXTER, President; John J. CARPENTER, Harris M. IRONS, Daniel MOWRY, William PATT, Charles MOIES, Harden KNIGHT 1857, Lewis DEXTER, President; John J. CARPENTER, Harris M. IRONS, George JOHNSON, William PATT, Charles MOIES, Harden KNIGHT 1858, Lewis DEXTER, President; John J. CARPENTER, Harris M. IRONS, George JOHNSON, William PATT, Charles MOIES, Daniel MOWRY 1859 & 1960, Lewis DEXTER, President; Charles MOIES, John J. CARPENTER, George JOHNSON, Arlon MOWRY, William P. STEERE, William MOWRY 1861 & 1862, Charles MOIES, President; Arlon MOWRY, William MOWRY, George M. APPLEBY, George JOHNSON, Harvey S. BARTLETT, John N. SPAULDING 1863, Charles MOIES, President; Arlon MOWRY, William MOWRY, William Duane ALDRICH, George JOHNSON, William P. STEERE, John N. SPAULDING 1864 & 1865, Charles MOIES, President; Arlon MOWRY, William MOWRY, William Duane ALDRICH, George JOHNSON, William P. STEERE, Benjamin COMSTOCK 1866 & 1867, Charles MOIES, President; Arlon MOWRY, William MOWRY, William Duane ALDRICH, George JOHNSON, William P. STEERE, Baylies BOURNE 1868, George JOHNSON, President; Arlon MOWRY, Baylies BOURNE, William Duane ALDRICH, Edward A. BROWN, William P. STEERE, Oscar A. TOBEY 1869, 1870 & 1871, Arlon MOWRY, President; Edward A. BROWN, William P. STEERE, George JOHNSON, BAylies BOURNE, Oscar A. TOBY, William H. ALDRICH TOWN TREASURERS John SAYLES, 1731-50 Israel WILKINSON, 1750 Stephen WHIPPLE, 1755 Capt. John ANGELL, 1756-60 Stephen WHIPPLE, 1761-9 William BUFFUM, 1770-2 Arnold PAINE, 1773-6 Uriah ALVERSON, 1777-85 Stephen BRAYTON, 1786-91 Robert HARRIS, 1792-1811 Isaac WILKINSON, 1812-39 Lewis DEXTER, 1840-2 Stafford MANN, 1843 Samuel CLARK, 1844 Stafford MANN, 1845-9 Robert HARRIS, 1850-4 Henry GOODING, 1855-6 Thomas MOIES, 1857 Reuel P. SMITH, 1858-70 TOWN CLERKS Richard SAYLES, 1731 Joseph ARNOLD, Jr., 1732 Daniel JENCKES, 1733-42 Joseph ARNOLD, 1743-5 Thomas SAYLES, 1746-54 Joseph SAYLES, 1755-9 John SAYLES, Jr., 1756 Daniel MOWRY, Jr., 1760-1814 Samuel MANN, 1815-16 Thomas MANN, 1817-39 George L. BARNES, 1840-2 Orrin WRIGHT, 1843 George L. BARNES, 1844 Orrin WRIGHT, 1845-49 Stafford MANN, 1850-4 Samuel CLARK, 1855-70 MODERATORS CHOSEN AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS Jonathan SPRAGUE, Jr., 1731-2 Major William SMITH, 1733-5 Thomas SAYLES, 1736 Thomas STEERE, 1737 Thomas SAYLES, 1738 Thomas STEERE, 1739 Major William SMITH, 1740 Daniel JENCKES, 1741 Thomas SAYLES, 1742-5 Willliam ARNOLD, 1746-8 Thomas STEERE, 1749-50 William ARNOLD, 1751-2 William JENCKES, 1753 William ARNOLD, 1754 Thomas STEERE, 1755-7 Thomas LAPHAM, 1758 Thomas STEERE, 1759-60 Thomas LAPHAM, 1761 Thomas STEERE, 1762-4 Baulston BRAYTON, 1765 Ezekiel COMSTOCK, 1766 Thomas STEERE, 1767 Ezekiel COMSTOCK, 1768 Thomas STEERE, 1769 John SAYLES, 1770-3 Ezekiel COMSTOCK, 1774-5 John SAYLES, 1776 Samuel WINSOR, 1777 Sylvanus SAYLES, 1778-80 Daniel MOWRY, Jr., 1783-4 Gideon COMSTOCK, 1785 Henry JENCKES, 1786 Peleg ARNOLD, 1787 Abraham MATHEWSON, 1788 Sylvanus SAYLES, 1789 William WATERMAN, 1790 Daniel MOWRY, 1791 John SAYLES, 1792 Sylvanus SAYLES, 1793 Daniel S. MOWRY, 1794 Sylvanus SAYLES, 1795 Peleg ARNOLD, 1796 Sylvanus SAYLES, 1797 Peleg ARNOLD, 1798 Sylvanus SAYLES, 1799 Ezekiel COMSTOCK, 1800 Peleg ARNOLD, 1801-7 Duty WINSOR, 1808 Peleg ARNOLD, 1809-16 Thomas BUFFUM, 1817-19 George CHACE, 1820 Thomas BUFFUM, 1821 Daniel ANGELL, 1822 Thomas BUFFUM, 1823-4 John JENCKES, 1825 Arnold SPEAR, 1826-30 George L. BARNES, 1831-2 Arnold SPEAR, 1833-6 Thomas BUFFUM, 1837 Arnold SPEAR, 1838 Louis DEXTER, 1839 John JENCKES, 1840 David DANIELS, 1841 Daniel G. HARRIS, 1842 David DANIELS, 1843 Thomas MANN, 1844 David DANIELS, 1845 Gideon BRADFORD, 1846-52 Daniel N. PAINE, 1853 Samuel S. MALLORY, 1854 Daniel N. PAINE, 1855 Samuel S. MALLORY, 1856 Sullivan BALLOU, 1857 Edward H. SPRAGUE, 1858 Spencer MOWRY, 1859 Bradbury C. HILL, 1860 Spencer MOWRY, 1861 Daniel N. PAINE, 1862 Spencer MOWRY, 1863-4 Bradbury C. HILL, 1865 Spencer MOWRY, 1866 Bradbury C. HILL, 1867-8 Daniel N. PAINE, 1869 Joseph M. ROSS, 1870 SCHOOL COMMITTEES At a town meeting held 16 Apr 1828, it was voted that: Henry S. MANSFIELD, John JENCKES, Thomas BUFFUM, George SMITH, Mark ALDRICH, David WILKINSON, Uriah BENEDICT, Samuel Hill, Jr., Daniel JENCKES, Lewis DEXTER, Nicholas S. WINSOR, Seth MOWRY, Stephen STEERE, Sessions MOWRY, Luke PHILLIPS, Caleb FARNUM, Arnold ALDRICH 2d, Abraham WINSOR, Cyrus ARNOLD, Ezekiel ANGELL, Elisha SMITH 3d, Arnold BATES, David HARRIS, John DEXTER & William MOWRY 2d, be and they are hereby appointed a commmittee to district the town into school districts. Voted: That all moneys appropriated for public schools shall be divided and appropriated as follows: one-half of the money to be equally divided among the schools, and the other half according to the number of scholars from four Thomas twenty years old. The School Committee was authorized to superintend the public schools and make the appropriations of money therefor. 1828, Barny DODGE, Manuel SHOULES, Jonathan ANDREWS, Asa WINSOR, Silas SMITH, Daniel JENCKES, William BUFFUM, Luke PHILLIPS, Joseph MOWRY, Stephen STEERE, Lewis DEXTER, Samuel HILL, Jr., Daniel JENCKES 2d, David IDLE, Tyler MOWRY, Sessions MOWRY, Elisha SMITH, Ezekiel ANGELL, John JENCKES 1829, Joseph OSBORNE, Ephraim COE, Welcome SAYLES, Daniel ALDRICH, John S. APPLEBY, Robert HARRIS, David WILKINSON, William HELME, Asa ARNOLD, William MOWRY, Jr., William HARRIS, Elisha SMITH, Ezekiel ANGELL, George SMITH, Moses ALDRICH, Mark ALDRICH, Morton MOWRY, Asa WINSOR, Caleb FARNUM, Elisha OLNEY, Jr., Uriah BENNETT 1830, George L. BARNES, Samuel BUSHEE, William MOWRY, Jr., James BROWN, William HARRIS, Eleazer MOWRY, David WILKINSON, William HOLMES, Isaac WILKINSON, Morton MOWRY, Asa M. BARTLETT, Elisha SMITH, Anthony ANGELL, Israel ARNOLD, Jr., Rufus TRACY, Welcome SAYLES, Rufus ARNOLD, Reuben MOWRY, Caleb FARNUM, Joseph BRIGGS, Uriah BENNETT 1831, George S. BARNES, Samuel BUSHEE, William MOWRY, Jr., James BROWN, Gideon EVANS, William ENCHES, David WILKINSON, MArk ALDRICH, William HOLBROOK, Ezekiel ALDRICH, Morton MOWRY, Asa W. BALLOU, Elisha SMITH, Anthony ANGELL, Henry S. SCOTT, Samuel CLARK, Charles SMITH, William SAYLES, Lapham JEFFERS, Seth MOWRY, Winsor FARNUM, Joseph BRIGGS, Uriah BENNETT, Samuel E. GARDINER 1832, Daniel KENDALL, George ALDRICH, 3d, Ethan HARRIS, Richard S. SCOTT, Stephen MOWRY, Charles SMITH, Alden COE, Ransom J. GREENE, George W. MOWRY, Arnold MOWRY, Edward C. CRANSTON, Otis MOWRY, David WILBOR, William W. JAMES, Joseph MOWRY 3d. 1833 & 1834, Stephen F. BROWNELL, George CHACE, Ephraim SMITH, Alden COE, William SMITH, Wilder HOLBROOK, Elisha SMITH, David INMAN, Richard SAYLES, Levi MOWRY, Seth MOWRY, Samuel CLARK, David WILBOR, Nicholas WINSOR, Edward C. CRANSTON, Uriah BENNETT, Moses ALDRICH, Otis MOWRY, Lyman ARNOLD, Brown W. SWEET 1835, Simeon ALDRICH, Ephraim SMITH, Junior S. LATHAM, Arnold NEWELL, Jonathan BUXTON, Augustus WRIGHT, John FENNER, Charles A. FARNUM, Stephen SHELDON, Amasa GRANT, Samuel CLARK, Jesse HUTCHINSON, Mowry LAPHAM Nicholas S. WINSOR, Stephen Hopkins SMITH, Charles MOIES, Arnold SPEAR, Ethan HARRIS, Oliver ANGEL, Lemuel ALEXANDER, Caleb FARNUM, Abraham SMITH 1836, Simeon ALDRICH, Ephraim SMITH, Junior S. LATHAM, Arnold NEWELL, Jonathan BUXTON, Augustus WRIGHT, John FENNER, Charles A. FARNUM, Stephen SHELDON, Amasa GRANT, Samuel CLARK, Jesse HUTCHINSON, Jr., Mowry LAPHAM Nicholas S. WINSOR, Stephen Hopkins SMITH, Charles MOIES, Arnold SPEAR, Ethan HARRIS, Oliver ANGEL, Samuel ALEXANDER, Caleb FARNUM, Abraham SMITH 1837, Edward HOTCHKISS, Dennis BALLOU, Sterry JENCKES, Jonathan ANDREWS, Gideon MOWRY, Henry S. MANSFIELD, Fenner MOWRY, Edward EVANS, Thomas BUFFUM, Daniel HENDRICK, Ephraim SMITH, Daniel ALDRICH, Ezekiel ANGELL, Smith JENCKES, Caleb FARNUM, Spencer MOWRY, Amos D. LOCKWOOD, Elisha MOWRY, Jr., John MOIES, Robert W. COE, Ephraim SAYLES, Simeon ALDRICH, Jr., Asa WINSOR, Elisha SMITH 1836, The Town Council [There is a gap between 1836 & 1844] 1844, Lewis DEXTER, Christopher W. KELLY, John FOSTER, Lyman COOKE, Ansel HOLMAN, Gideon MOWRY, Hiram WILMARTH 1845, Gideon BRADFORD, Thomas MANN, Metcalf MARSH, Stephen BENEDICT, Emor H. SMITH, Isaac WILKINSON, Richard SMITH 1846, Junior S. MOWRY, Charles HYDE, Thomas D. HOLMES 1847-8, Charles HYDE, JAmes BUSHEE, Ahaz MOWRY 1849, Isaac J. BURGESS, Samuel S. MALLORY, Thomas STEERE 1850, Samuel S. MALLORY, Thomas STEERE, John P. LEONARD 1851, Samuel S. MALLORY, John B. TALLMAN, Howard W. KING, William G. ARNOLD 1852, Samuel S. MALLORY, Lysander FLAGG, James O. WHITNEY, William G. ARNOLD, Howard W. KING 1853, Samuel S. MALLORY, Howard W. KING, George C. WILSON 1854, Howard W. KING, Harvey HOLMES, Gorge C. WILSON 1855, Howard W. KING, George C. WILSON, Samuel S. MALLORY 1856, Samuel S. MALLORY, Howard W. KING, Arlon MOWRY 1857, Samuel S. MALLORY, Howard W. KING, Rev. Francis J. WARNER 1858, John G. RICHARDSON, Howard W. KING, Rev. Francis J. WARNER 1859, John G. RICHARDSON, Howard W. KING, William H. SEAGRAVES 1860, John G. RICHARDSON, Howard W. KING, Samuel O. TABOR, Rev. Mowry PHILLIPS 1861, John G. RICHARDSON, Samuel O. TABOR, Howard W. KING, Rev. Mowry PHILLIPS 1862, John G. RICHARDSON, REv. Mowry PHILLIPS, Samuel O. TABOR, Thomas L. ANGELL 1863, Rev. Stewart SHELDON, REv. Theodore COOK, REv. Mowry PHILLIPS, Thoams L. ANGELL 1864, Lysander FLAGG, Augustus M. ALDRICH, Marshall I. MOWRY, Rev. Richard WOODWORTH 1865 & 1866, Rev. George H. MINER, Horace D. PAINE, George A. KENT, Rev. Richard WOODWORTH 1867, Edwin A. BUCK, Rev. R. WOODWORTH, George A. KENT, Rev. George W. GILL, Rev. Jas. E. DOCKRAY, Ansel D. NICKERSON 1868, Rev. Jas. E. DOCKRAY, George A. KENT< MArshall I. MOWRY, Ansel D. NICKERSON, Rev. Robert MURRAY, Jr. 1869, Rev. R. MURRAY, Jr., George A. KENT, Ansel D. NICKERSON, Webster HAZLEWOOD, Marshall I. MOWRY, Samuel O. TABOR, Rev. Charles E. HANDY 1870, George A. KENT, Rev. R. MURRAY, Jr., Rev. M. W. BURLINGAME, Lysander FLAGG, MArshall I. MOWRY, Samuel O. TABOR EXAMINING COMMITTEE At a town meeting, 25 Aug 1840, it was voted: That there shall be annually hereafter appointed a committe of three persons to examine those who may apply to be employed as teachers in this town, and if, in the opinion of one or more of said committee, such person is qualified as teacher, such member or members of said committee shall give such person a certificate to that effect; and that no person shall be entitled to receive any of the school money of this town who shall not have received such a certificate of qualification within six months previous to the time of such service as teacher; and, further, that the committee aforesaid be authorized and required to recommend such school books as they think most suitable to be used throughout the town; also to visit the schools and make such suggestions for improvement as they may think proper. 1840, Amos D. LOCKWOOD, Nicholas S. WINSOR, Samuel S. MALLORY. In November, however, the number os said committee was ordered to be five. James T. HARKNESS was chosen in place of Mr. LOCKWOOD, who declined, and Thomas D. HOLMES & David W. ALDRICH were added. 1841, Timothy A. TAYLOR, Nicholas S. WINSOR, Samuel S. MALLORY, Thomas D. HOLMES, David W. ALDRICH 1842, Timothy A. TAYLOR, Nicholas S. WINSOR, Thomas D. HOLMES, Jenckes MOWRY 1843, Samuel S. MALLORY, Metcalf MARSH, John B. TALLMAN, Orin WRIGHT, James T. HARKNESS, Jonathan INMAN, Bailey E. BORDEN, Asa W. BALLOU, Jenckes MOWRY, Boham P. BYROM 1844, Timothy A. TAYLOR, Nicholas S. WINSOR, Simon A. SAYLES, Thoams D. HOLMES, Charles E. TAYLOR 1845, Gideon BRADFORD, James T. HARKNESS, George L. BARNES, Samuel S. MALORY, William WINSOR LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE MILITIA BELONGING TO SMITHFIELD, 1775 TO 1789 1775 Elisha MOWRY, Lieut. Colonel, 2nd Regiment Andrew WATERMAN, Captain Luke ARNOLD, Captain Peleg ARNOLD, Captain Joseph JENCKES, Captain Sylvanus BUCKLIN, Lieutenant 1776 Andrew WATERMAN, Captain Elisha MOWRY, Jr., Lieut. Colonel, 2d Regiment Thomas JENCKES, Captain David EDDY, Captain Nehemiah SMITH, Captain Samuel DAY, Lieutenant Ebenezer TRASK, Lieutenant James SMITH, Lieutenant John SAYLES, Jr., col 1777 Elisha MOWRY, declined, Lieut. Colonel 2d Regiment 1778 John ANGELL, Lieut. Colonel 2d Regiment Samuel DAY, Captain Ebenezer TRASK, Captain Joseph SPRAGUE, Captain 1779 John ANGELL, Lieut. Colonel 2d Regiment Eber ANGELL, Captain Ebenezer TRASK, Captain Daniel MOWRY, 4th, Captain Robert BENNETT, Lieutenant Simeon BALLOU, Lieutenant Benjamin SHELDON, Lieutenant 1780 John ANGELL, Lieut. Colonel 2d Regiment William ALDRICH, Major, 2d Regiment Eber ANGELL, Captain Ebenezer TRASK, Captain Daniel MOWRY, 4th, Captain Robert BENNETT, Lieutenant Simeon BALLOU, Lieutenant Benjamin SHELDON, Lieutenant 1781 Peleg ARNOLD, Lieut. Colonel, Commandant, 2d Battalion Job MOWRY, Captain Benjamin BALLOU, Captain Ebenezer TRASK, Captain Daniel MOWRY 4th, Captain Daniel MOWRY 4th, Major, 2nd Regiment 1784 Job MOWRY, Captain Ebenezer TRASK, Captain George STREETER, Captain Joel ALDRICH, Lieutenant 1785 Joel ALDRICH, Major, 2d Regiment William ALDRICH, Major, Senior Chaplin Regiment 1786 Joel ALDRICH, Major, 2nd Regiment 1789 William ALDRICH, Major, 2d Regiment LIST OF OFFICERS & MEN WHO ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM SMITHFIELD, DURING THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION First Regiment Detached Militia Thomas STEERE, 1st Lieut. Henry C. CLARK Daniel SAYLES J. N. WOODWARD James WATSON Job ARNOLD Nicholas B. YOUNG George L. KEACH Nelson BALLOU Alexander F. TAYLOR William H. H. COWDEN Albert E. SHOLES William L. EASON G. M. SALISBURY Edward W. GREENE Thomas YOUNG Benjamin O. ARNOLD Samuel CASH John E. COWDEN Thomas EARLE George MACOMBER Roderick WHIPPLE Henry L. COOK Olney MARSH John H. STEERE Ferdinand L. WATSON Albert H. ABBOTT Arlon J. FOLLETT George A. EARLE James A. GARDINER Horace F. ALLEN Henry C. MOWRY Barney J. DODGE Joseph N. MASON John S. SANBORN George D. MORRIS Zavier D. FISHER Hiram E. TAFT Second Regiment R. I. Volunteers Sullivan BALLOU, Major Charles E. PERKINS, Captain Elisha ARNOLD, 1st Lieut. Stephen WEST, Jr., 2d Lieut Abraham TAYLOR Alney E. NUTTING George T. REMINGTON Henry TAFT Leonard A. CLARK Daniel G. CARPENTER Stephen WEST, Jr. George E. POTTER James CROMLEY David CASH Simeon DEAN William H. FRAZIER George W. FULLER William FARRELL Charles A. GODFREY John C. HALL Nathaniel G. HORTON Robert L. JOHNSTONE John KELLY Thomas McALPIN John NEWELL James NEWELL Patrick ISLAND Israel SMITH Marvin SMITH James FAGAN Lamon HARRIS Albert E. MAKER Giles C. AVERY William ARNOLD James E. BOYCE Hiram BUCKLIN Joseph C. BARNES Silas T. WATSON Jenckes PATT J. P. CRANDALL Christopher A. COREY Edward O'NEAL James F. LOOMIS James MARTIN Albert A. MOWRY John J. MALONE William W. MOWRY Bernard McGARHEN Joseph A. PHILLIPS William H. REED James F. STEERE Charles W. WEEKS William H. ANGELL Jencks BARTLETT Charles E. PERKINS Thomas O'NIELL John F. O'NIELL Edwin F. STEERE, Serg't Lewis L. SAYLES Silas G. BALLOU William HOPKINS George A. PEARCE Michael RILEY Albert W. WHITE Preserved ANGELL Alfred I. CURTIS Elisha ARNOLD Thomas LEWIS Stephen PHETTEPLACE John CHATMAN James K. KING William C. PARKER Charles E. dUNHAM Robert A. McCARTNEY Simeon I. STAPLES George W. KIDDER James W. POTTER John H. PHILLIPS George W. HARVEY John PASNETT William LOMAS George W. OLNEY Stephen WEST, Jr. William G. REYNOLDS Robert ROBERTSON, Jr. Albert F. SMITH James R. PIERCE William THOMAS Bradford CHAMBERLAIN Charles H. HAWKINS George B. HUTCHINSON Lewis E. ANGEL James H. BROPHY Patrick CARROLL Joseph L. HASWELL Wilson ALDRICH Third Regiment R. I. Heavy Artillery Isaac BISHOP Samuel HYNDAM Irwin F. MANN Edwin SOULE Matthew H. BATEMAN John BAIRD Charles A. BAKER Horatio N. MOON Edward P. MAGUIE Charles W. NICHOLS Thomas PHELAN Hiram PHETTEPLACE John SHUCE Barton W. SAUNDERS Erastus D. WHITCOMB Olney MARSH John O'CONNOR Henry S. JENNISON Daniel L. ARNOLD Samuel KIRK Arthur J. McALLEN George F. PAINE Moses A. PAINE Hiram R. PARKER John PITTS Charles R. RICHARDSON Albert L. RUBY Edward RYAN Uriah SALLEY Lewis C. SANBORN Charles H. SMITH Stephen H. SANBORN Levi SIMMONS Henry E. WILLIAMS Jashub WING William H. H. MOWRY Alonzo M. FULLER Stephen RIDER Silas H. APPLEBY Alfred B. BROWN Nelson M. BUFFUM William DAVIS Edward BLACK John H. HODGES Alonzo N. FULLER Sidney A. FULLER James B. FULLER Oscar F. GIFFORD Roger HALE Daniel B. HILL Albert LANGLEY John McNALLY William McALLEN George H. SMITH James T. WARNER Benjamin L. sAYLES John O'BRIAN Edwin MOWRY Arnold O. MESSLER Thomas FINLEY James CAMPBELL John C. OAKLEY Elisha MOWRY Tristram S. DOW Edward BLACK Samuel CARSON George L. BURLINGAME John H. BAILEY Daniel J. STONE Edward EDDY Benjamin CHACE Edwin SALLEY Michael GLANCY John HIGGINS James B. HOBRON James D. HAVENS Abijah B. HAVENS William W. HODGES Edwin JOSLIN Henry C. REYNOLDS David SANDERSON Christopher K. WILBOR Cornelius O'SULLIVAN James B. HOBSON James O'DONNELL Michael CAVANAUGH Martin G. THORNTON Andrew J. ALEXANDER Henry J. MORRIS Daniel S. OLNEY Irwin F. MANN John BIERD Fourth Regiment R. I. Volunteers Charles H. GREEN, Captain Geo. F. CROWINGSHIELD, 1st Lieut. Charles H. JOHNSON, 1st Lieut William SAYER James GAMLEY James McCANN Albert BURLINGAME Stephen BOOTH Moses CLEMENCE Warren J. CUTTING Isaac CHARLES, Jr. James DAVIS Erastus E. LAPHAM, Captain John E. MOIES, 1st Lieut. Edwin M. SMITH Jacob BUTTERFIELD Henry W. BULLMAN Decatur M. BOYDEN Silas W. CUMMINGS Cornelius COSTIGAN Peter CURRAN George L. CARTER James CRAIG William H. CARTER Albert G. HOPKINS Jeremiah LAN Martin QUIGLEY William H. STAPLES Albert H. STAPLES Ephraim M. STAPLES John SHAY Albert L. STEERE Herbert N. SWEET John M. PARKER Peter STEVENS Joseph KELLEY Robert KENNEDY Patrick KENNEDY Henry M. POTTER John REYNOLDS Edwin STREET John B. H. EAGLESTONE Charles H. FULLER William FARRELL Samuel W. FARNUM Samuel H. GROTON George B. HILL Joseph B. MOORE Nelson T. NEWMAN Charles A. NEWELL David PHETTEPLACE John R. CASE Edwin M. SMITH Charles H. BRIGGS, Sr. John BARRINGTON John E. MOIES, Serg't Thomas CLANCY Michael O. DAY John FLOOD John N. GRAVES James GRINROD Sylvester GRIFFIN Timothy GRACY James HENNAVER John HUNT Andrew KENNEDY George CLARENCE Walter B. PECK Solomon BUTTERFIELD Jabez BUTTERFIELD Henry BUTTERFIELD Edwin M. SMITH Martin SULLIVAN Edwin TYLER George WILD goe SMITH Henry WARDELL James WELCH Fenner LATHAM John BEAUMONT Emor H. BARTLETT William H. NICHOLS George BASSETT Albert E. SHOLES John A. CROWNINGSHIELD Charles H. BRIGGS, Jr. Nathan COLLINS Fifth Regiment R. I. Heavy Artillery John AIGAN, Captain Dennis G. BALLOU Jerry SULLIVAN Timothy PRIOR Ebenezer BALCOLM Wilson D. BARNES Richard A. BROWN, Corporal Richard ARNOLD James FLYNN Charles FARRINGTON Frank FOX Thomas COONEY Thomas FORBES Seventh Regiment R. I. Volunteers John SULLIVAN, 2d Lieut. Joseph COYL Peter LAMBY Alonzo L. JENCKES Benjamin W. KEECH Adams MURRAY Albert M. SMITH George BUXTON Joseph BATTIE Michael RICE Nelson NILES James S. SLATER John A. AUSTIN James J. TAYLOR Joseph J. D. GRAYTON Albert G. DURFEE Dexter L. BROWNELL, 2d Lieut. [At this point the names from Albert M. SMITH Thomas James S. SLATER are repeated.] John SULLIVAN Mathew S. BELCHER John SIMPSON John S. BELCHER, 2d Lieut. Stephen C. JILLSON John F. STEERE Henry W. BEEBE John BRENNAN Charles F. SLOCUM Samuel CURTIS George FISHER John BURKE Francis W. GARDINER Edward A. RADIKIN Cyril P. THORNTON John SIMPSON Hasson O. WHITING Horatio STEERE William H. SMITH Decatur M. BOYDEN [At this point the names from Samuel CURTISto Cyril P. THORNTON are repeated] Cyril P. THORNTON John SULLIVAN, 2d Lieut. John A. AUSTIN James J. TAYLOR Ninth Regiment R. I. Volunteers John McKINLEY, Captain Nathan BENTON, 2nd Lieut Horatio GILES Andrew CRAMLEY James H. JOLLY Walter S. SUTCLIFF Fenner COLWELL Trowbridge SMITH Joseph SMITH, Jr. William T. BROOKS Isaac PLACE, Captain Israel ARNOLD, Jr. William CORY Thomas CRUMLEY James O'BRIEN Richard J. WHITTLE George W. HARADON George H. JOHNSON Bryon S. THOMPSON David DINES James JACQUES Henry E. BAKER Gilbert A. THOMPSON Cyrus BENNETT Jacob BUTTERFIELD Willard D. COLWELL William F. FULLER John GALLAGER Alexander HENDERSON Walter MATTHEW Thomas PRYOR Joseph SEDGWICK James SULLIVAN Thomas B. SPOONER Enoch SPENCER Alexander TONGUE Joseph WILMARTH George WILSON Moses BROWN Stephen P. STEERE Thomas BRITTON Charles BOWERS Sylvanus HOLBROOK, Jr. Arnold JENNERSON John NILES Otis W. SMITH Jarvis SMITH John WESTGATE A. Sayles CLARK Jenckes BARTLETT Edwin CARTER John H. DURGIN Albert HUDSON Thomas LEWIS George S. POTTER Henry C. SAYLER John SWINDLER Joseph WHEELOCK George P. GRANT William C. BENEDICT David E. CASH Henry CROCKER Martin G. CUSHMAN Samuel PRESTON Moses A. ALDRICH Henry BENNETT George W. BAXTON George B. EVANS Frederick C. GOVE Thomas HUGHES MArtin G. LYONS William F. MILLER John REGAN Robert SANFORD John SULLIVAN Justin STEVENS Winfield S. THOMPSON Charles F. TAFT Thomas D. WILSON Edward F. STEERE John E. WHIPPLE Daniel W. BRAYTON George BRITTON John BSARNS Thomas L. HOPKINS Jesse D. KEACH George SMITH Thomas SMITH William T. SMITH James SWEET Charles W. BRADFORD Asa BENNETT Foster W. CLARK Caleb H. FREEMAN George J. HENDRICK Charles A. PIERCE Thomas RILEY Marcus L. SWEET Isaac S. TANNER Edmund CROCKER Alanson P. WOOD Robert E. CURRAN Warren F. COOK Bryon E. DAGGETT Benjamin A. DENNIS James H. FAIRBANKS Edward A. PRATT Stephen A. PECK Anthony G. WOOD Charles D. WOOD David L. FALES Joseph B. GOODING William G. THURBER John E. WHITING Henry H. WELDEN Tenth Regiment R. I. Volunteers Samuel H. HOPKINS Arnold J. PAINE Albert W. SPRAGUE Alden PAINE Stephen PHETTEPLACE George H. TYLER Eleventh Regiment R. I. VOLUNTEERS Thomas MOIES, 1st Lieut Edmund F. CROCKER George CUSHMAN George W. GOODING Nathan L. BAGGS Ansel BAXTER Henry T. BRAMAN Jasper CALER Patrick CAVANAUGH Nicholas P. CLARK James COYLE Thomas DOLAN William F. ELSBREE Henry A. FOLLETT Theodore C. FULLER Charles C. HOLLAND William HORTON Peter KNOTH Barney MAHAN Gilbert MANN Charles P. MOIES John McCORMICK John McCREIGHTON Ansel D. NICKERSON Levi C. PHILLIPS David N. ROGERS Daniel E. VERRY Joseph W. GROSVENOR, Ass't Surg. James N. WOODWARD David L. FALES Orman L. PATT George G. BENNETT Daniel BRYCE Edward A. BROWNE James D. CARPENTER Michael CASSIDAY Warren F. COOK James CURRAN Andrew J. DEXTER J. Henry FALES William B. FOLLET Charles E. GRIFFIN Joseph E. HOOD Michael KILLERAN Thomas S. LINDSAY Nathan P. MAKER Barney McNALLY Edward McCORMICK James MULHAVEN John J. NIELL William O'DONNELL Thomas RICE Michael TRAINOR Philip VICKERY Thomas S. WHITE Joseph W. GUILD John A. RUPERT Joseph S. BUNKER Henry S. SHARPE George LOVELY William C. WHITE Charles H. WILMARTH Elisha PLACE Adin PATT Andrew CAMPBELL John S. GRAHAM David S. LINCH Daniel R. BALLOU Twelfth Regiment R. I. Volunteers Richard A. BRIGGS, 1st Lieut William ACKINSON James ACKINSON Joseph W. PRESTON William REDDY Joseph WILMARTH Oren MOWRY George E. MACOMBER Edwin P. WILLIAMS Benajah S. ALLEN James PHETTEPLACE Mowry C. COLWELL Collins V. KEITH Shadrack O. MOWRY John H. WHITE Henry BRITTON William A. ANDREWS George E. BROWN Otis P. CLEVELAND William H. GREENE James L. BURLINGAME John E. THORNTON Charles J. SWEET Lewis G. ARNOLD, Jr. Amasa PHETTEPLACE Horace W. COOK Thomas M. GREEN William H. LATHAM Daniel PELKY George A. BRITTON Fourteenth Regiment Heavy Artillery George A. PEARCE, 1st Lieut. Daniel CARVER First Regiment R. I. Light Artillery William H. WALCOTT Henry F. CLARK Edward MORRISEY Thomas P. STEERE Joseph A. COLE Albert E. HENDRICK George W. NICHOLS Charles W. HUDSON George A. PERRY Patrick SULLIVAN Lewis L. SAYLES William ARNOLD Patrick LARKIN Joseph S. NICHOLS John Appleby THORNTON John EATOCK John B. MOWRY Charles O. DYER Charles E. MATHEWSON James QUIGLEY Benjamin SNELL Elisha D. THAYER Olney ARNOLD Daniel W. ELLIOTT William H. CARTWRIGHT William H. STEERE Esek S. OWEN Michael BARY Benjamin CARTER Michael MURRAY Otis P. SNELL Barney CASSIDY Wm. H. PHINNEY Henry J. WHITE Jacob WALDBERGER John GRAY Daniel CAESAR Royal W. CEASER Jesse D. KEACH Thomas PHINNEY Albert V. WALKER Joy G. BELLLLOWS Gilbert CARMAN Thomas J. LOFTUS William H. STONE Aaron SCHANCK Wm. H. C. SMITH Philip A. DEXTER Charles W. WARREN Robert SHERIDAN Patrick CORNELL Thomas DONNELLY Tenth R. I. Light Battery William LANDIGAN John STEWART Joseph McCLELLAN Patrick GLEASON First Regiment R. I. Cavalry John WINSOR Jesse W. ANGELL Ethan S. BROWN William B. FORD James WINTERBOTTOM Marcus W. SWEET Daniel A. SMITH William H. LATHAM Allen T. BROWN John H. STEERE George W. HARRIS William A. TUCKER Thomas PINKERTON Second Regiment R. I. Cavalry Henry J. WHITTAKER, 1st Lieut. Martin C. CASHMAN Frederick CAMPBELL Thomas PRIOR Francis REYNOLDS Aris BOURGEN Horace D. ALLEN Alexander BRENNO Alexander CAMPBELL William J. PERRY Roswell SALTONSTALL Thomas CRUMLEY George CRUMLEY Third Regiment R. I. Cavalry Lyman L. SWAN, Asst. Surg. Nathan L. BOGGS Peter GILROY Robert M. POLLARD Wilson D. MUNDY Alexander SIMPSON George H. HOWARD Henry MOWRY Thomas SMITH William RANKIN John B. BATCHELLER Nicholas B. GARDNER Augustus BINFORD Amos PERRY Anslem SANSANY Jonathan M. BOSS Thomas R. HAWKINS James McCABE George SPAULDING Edward S. TYLER Seventh Squadron R. I. Cavalry Christopher VAUGHAN, Captain George A. SMITH Daniel H. GOFF Antoine ALLEN Timothy COLLINS John HIGGINS James McWILLIAMS James SULLIVAN John TAYLOR Caleb WATSON Henry B. JENNISON John McGOVERN Daniel PIERCE John ANGELL, 1st Lieut. Thomas DWYER Jeremiah AMIDON James COFTER Alexander HENDERSON Thomas HARPER James RYDER Ralph STREET James P. WHITE Wilson S. MOWRY Martin WINSOR Benjamin T. REYNOLDS Edward MORRISEY Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers James SHAY Martin WINSOR United States Chasseurs George HARRIS Olney CLARK Fourteenth Regiment U. S. Infantry George WATSON Twenty-Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers John PAYSON George W. WALLACE In Other Massachusetts Regiments Lully B. MOWRY Elisha STEERE POPULATION OF SMITHFIELD 1731 - 450 1755 - 1,921 1774 - 2,888 1776 - 2,781 1782 - 2,217 1790 - 3,171 1800 - 3,120 1810 - 3,828 1820 - 4,678 1830 - 6,857 1840 - 9,534 1850 - 11,500 1860 - 13,283 1865 - 12,315