Archives Box #1003
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Correspondence and Payments, 1782 - 1783
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 031
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Payment of eight shillings from the Town of Southborough to Jonas Woods for “keeping the preacher’s horse for two weeks” (3/6/1782). Folder: 1003-031.2. Payment of nine pounds, six shillings, and six pence from the Town of Southborough to Peter Stone for boarding the preachers for eighteen weeks (3/11/1782). Folder: 1003-031.3. Payment of twenty-seven shillings from the Town of Southborough to Nathan Bridges for 9 weeks tending to...
Dates:
1782 - 1783
Correspondence and Payments, 1787 - 1788
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 033
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Payment of nine shillings from the Town of Southborough to Peter Fay for tending to Mr. Aiken’s horse (4/23/1787). Folder: 1003-033.2. Payment of two pounds and eight shillings from the Town of Southborough to Benjamin Graves (1/8/1787). Folder: 1003-033.3. Receipt for five dollars paid by the Town of Southborough to Thaddeus Fiske for supplying the pulpit (3/26/1787). Folder: 1003-033.4. Promissory Note from the Town of...
Dates:
1787 - 1788
Correspondence and Payments, 1789 - 1791
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 034
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Communication from Jonathan Ward, clerk of the church, to the Selectmen requesting that a voter be called to see if the town would join with the church in calling Rev. Nathaniel How to settle as their minister. A church meeting had been held and the parishioners were “satisfied with the public and private performances of Mr. Nathaniel Howe of Ipswich” who had been preaching as a candidate on probation (4/20/1789). Folder: 1003-034.2. Payment...
Dates:
1789 - 1791
Rev. Samuel Sumner, 1797 - 1798
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 037
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Receipt for one-hundred dollars received by Rev. Samuel Sumner from the Town in part towards his salary for the year ending June 1797 (2/28/1797). Folder: 1003-037.2. Letter from Rev. Samuel Sumner to the Selectmen to be communicated to the “Freeholders, Voters, and other inhabitants of Southborough”. In his letter Rev. Sumner apologized for his actions and misconduct, and offered his resignation to the town stating that as a Pastor he neither...
Dates:
1797 - 1798
Rev. Jeroboam Parker, 1798 - 1811
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 038
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Receipt for two dollars paid by the Town of Southborough to Jeroboam Parker in port towards what he was owed for supplying the pulpit (11/13/1798). Folder: 1003-038.2. Receipt for six dollars paid by the Town of Southborough to Jeroboam Parker in port towards what he was owed for supplying the pulpit (12/21/1798). Folder: 1003-0383. Record of a Town Meeting where it was resolved to seek Jeroboam Parker’s settlement as the Town’s...
Dates:
1798 - 1811
Town Church Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC023
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records maintained by the Town Clerk’s Office which relate to the First Church of Southborough (Congregational), and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough. Since there was no separation of church and state in Massachusetts until 1806, the majority of records pertain to the First Congregational Church where the pastor was an employee of the town. The congregation was supported through public taxation in the form of a mandatory “Minister Tax''. Surviving...
Dates:
1733 - 1873
Town Cemetery Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC022
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documentation relating to two cemeteries in Southborough: the Old Burying Ground on Saint Marks Street, and Southborough Rural Cemetery on Cordaville Road. The Old Burying Ground is the town’s oldest cemetery and was utilized from the town’s inception in 1727 through 1843 when it became too crowded to accommodate further burials. Southborough Rural Cemetery was opened in 1842 and remains active. The majority of cemetery records held by the town are...
Dates:
1773 - 2022
Civil War Records, 1861 - 1866
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is composed of records which relate to Southborough’s militia, and document the town's role in military conflicts from the French Indian War forward. There is considerable documentation relating to the Revolutionary War, including enlistment records and payment stubs for local men who served in the continental army. The town’s records relating to the Civil War are even more expansive and provide extraordinarily thorough accounts of local soldiers and their...
Dates:
1861 - 1866
Highway Maintenance, Road Work, Boundaries, 1732 - 1799
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Records of maintenance work completed on town highways, bridge repairs, alteration of highway districts, deeds and leases to land for the installation or widening of roads, records relating to redefining highway boundaries, and a list of surveyors of highways (1803-1815).
Dates:
1732 - 1799
Highway Maintenance, Road Work, Boundaries, 1800 - 1815
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Records of maintenance work completed on town highways, bridge repairs, alteration of highway districts, deeds and leases to land for the installation or widening of roads, records relating to redefining highway boundaries, and a list of surveyors of highways (1803-1815).
Dates:
1800 - 1815