| 60 | HISTORY OF THE |
[Thanks to Betty White for transcribing the History section]
| 1660.— | It is ordered and agreed upon freely and willingly to give to Mr. Bunker, if he shall come hither to supply the place of a minister, the sum of £30, or £20 and his diet. |
| 1661.— | It is agreed upon to build a house for a minister who shall be called to settle with them, and give him a purchase right. |
| " | It is agreed upon that those things that are agitated by the town for the good of the whole, shall be carried on by a major vote, and the vote be called for by the town clerk. |
| 1663.— | Constant Southworth and William Paybody laid out to Miles Standish three hundred acres at Satucket Pond, on the north side of Winnetuxet River, and butting upon Satucket River, one hundred and sixty rods in length from Satucket River. |
| 1664.— | The town make their agreement with Mr. Keith, student in divinity, for settling him in the ministry, and give him a purchase right and other lands, with a house built thereon, on condition that he continues with them. |
| 1665.— | Land granted to John Ames on both sides of a brook, called Hullet's Brook, down at the end of Hullet's Plain. |
| 1666.— | Samuel Edson, Nicholas Byram, and John Willis, appointed by the court Counsellors of War with the military officers of the town. |
| 1667.— | A jury was named by the court to be empanelled to lay out all ways requisite in the town of Bridgewater, viz.:.—Nicholas Byram, Samuel Edson, Thomas Hayward, Samuel Packard, Nathaniel Willis, Lieutenant Thomas Hayward, Jr., Arthur Harris, John Cary, Ensign John Haward, Mark Lathrop, Robert Latham, Joseph Alden, and if by Providence any of these be hindered, that then Samuel Allen and John Ames do supply. |
| 1669.— | Arthur Harris and John Ames chosen troopers this year. |
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