Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor Indentures, 1734-1805 | Boston Public Library Archival and Manuscript Finding Aid Database

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Collection Overview

Title: Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor Indentures, 1734-1805

Collection Identifier: MS 7248

Primary Creator: Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor

Extent: 1226.0 Items

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Subjects: Almshouses — Records — Massachusetts — Historical, Boston (Mass.). — Overseers of the Poor, Boston (Mass.). — Selectmen, Child Labor — Massachusetts — Boston — History, Children — Massachusetts — Poverty, Indentured Servants, Massachusetts — Social Life and Customs, Poor — Massachusetts — Boston, Public Welfare — Records — Massachusetts — Historical

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains 1,212 indentures that document the Overseers of the Poor of the City of Boston efforts to manage the children of the poor by placing them in house-holds where these children would have food, clothing, and shelter and receive a basic education in exchange for their labor. While the majority of the children were bound out to do housework, including knitting and sewing and farmwork, the indentures also document the kinds of trades that were open to young males in the 18^th century such as weaver, shoemaker, and blacksmith. In addition, the towns and families into which the children were put into service as well as the attitudes of child rearing and literacy are also documented. Finally, the indentures serve as a record of the influence of Puritan values on social welfare in Boston.

Collection Historical Note

From 1630-1692, Boston’s poor were the responsibility of the Town Selectmen who believed that the welfare of the individual should come second to the religious and secular needs of the community and conversely, that the community had a responsibility to the welfare of the individual. Thus, poverty was viewed in both financial and moral terms, and the only way to remedy it was through a well-regulated family. Consequently, the children of parents who needed poor relief or who were not being raised according to religious and social standards were removed from the home and bound out to a master who would provide daily maintenance and basic education in exchange for labor. The Boston Overseers of the Poor was established in 1692 by an act that called for children who had no visible means of support to be placed in either a home or in some kind of employment that would benefit both them and the public. In addition, this act stipulated that the female child should be bound out until she was eighteen, or time of marriage, and the male until he was 21. In 1720, it became the responsibility of the master to teach their male apprentices how to read and write and later arithmetic, and their female apprentices how to read. Eventually females were taught arithmetic and how to write. By 1735, there were twelve Overseers in Boston, one for each ward whose responsibility it was to remove children from families that were poor or where parents were considered unsuited to raising children or from the Almshouse, and to bind them out to appropriate masters. There were about 1,100 children bound out by the Overseers between 1734 and 1805.

Subject/Index Terms

Almshouses — Records — Massachusetts — Historical
Boston (Mass.). — Overseers of the Poor
Boston (Mass.). — Selectmen
Child Labor — Massachusetts — Boston — History
Children — Massachusetts — Poverty
Indentured Servants
Massachusetts — Social Life and Customs
Poor — Massachusetts — Boston
Public Welfare — Records — Massachusetts — Historical

Administrative Information

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Attribution

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Related Materials: MS x Ch. A. 2.36 Memorandum to the General Court by Daniel Gookin concerning Indian children who were put into service to the English. The names and ages of the children, the names of their relations, the places where they belonged, and the names of the persons with whom they were placed are included. Dated 10 August 1675.

Processing Information: Finding aid written by Kimberly Reynolds, August 2014.

Other Note: Conservation generously underwritten by the Associates of the Boston Public Library and the Yale Class of 1955 in honor of David McCullough.

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Box 1

Folder 1: Servant: Cortly, Stephen. Master: Nichols, Israel. Town of Master: Freetown, 24 November 1734

Item a: List of persons and beds in the alms house, August 1756
Item b: [List of persons and beds in the alms house], [August 1756]

Folder 1a: Servant: Dean, John. Master: Williams, Joseph: Town of Master: Roxbury, 2 April 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 2: Servant: Dolbeare, Benjamin. Master: Blagget, Nathan. Town of Master: Woburn, 7 May 1740

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 2a: List of sundrys in the alms house taken, August 1756

Folder 3: Servant: Dalley, Mary. Master: Frothingham, Thomas. Town of Master: Charlestown, 2 July 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 4: Servant: Dalley, Mary. Master: Frothingham, Thomas. Town of Master: Charlestown, 2 July 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 5: Servant: Gould, Sarah. Master: Tilston, Timothy. Town of Master: Dorchester, 2 July 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 6: Servant: LePierre, Mary Anne. Master: Walley, Abiel. Town of Master: Boston, 6 August 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 7: Servant: Flood, James. Master: Hayward, Jonathan. Town of Master: Woburn, 5 November 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 8: Servant: Stokes, Jonathan. Master: Kendall, Benjamin. Town of Master: Sherburn, 5 November 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 9: Servant: Waters, Samuel. Master: Clark, Jonathan. Town of Master: Braintree, [3 December] 1740

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 10: Servant: Rhodes, Barnabas. Master: Rice, Joseph. Town of Master: Marlborough, 13 January 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 11: Servant: Green, Eleanor. Master: Beaudri, John. Town of Master: Boston, [12 February] 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 12: Servant: Anger, Robert. Master: Cutler, Ebenezer. Town of Master: Weston, 1 February 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 13: Servant: Barnes, Moses. Master: Saunderson [Sanderson], Isaac. Town of Master: Watertown, 7 April 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 14: Servant: Sossen, Mary. Master: Sumner, Ebenezer. Town of Master: Milton, 6 May 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 15: Servant: Burke [Burk], Ellenor. Master: Hartley, Thomas. Town of Master: Boston, 6 May 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 16: Servant: Sturges, Olive. Master: Stetson, James. Town of Master: Hingham, 6 May 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 17: Servant: Star, Samuel. Master: Price, Henry. Town of Master: Boston, 3 June 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 18: Servant: Peck, Mary. Master: Briggs, Cornelius. Town of Master: Scituate, 2 September 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 19: Servant: Peck, Mary. Master: Briggs, Cornelius. Town of Master: Scituate, 2 September 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 20: Servant: Lawson, Rachel. Master: Edsar, Thomas. Town of Master: Hopkinton, [2 September] 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 21: Servant: Hayes, Elizabeth. Master: Reed, Sweethen. Town of Master: Woburn, 7 October 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 22: Servant: Negers, William. Master: Bass, Jonathan. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 7 October 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 23: Servant: Mathews, Elizabeth. Master: Bass, Jonathan. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 7 October 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 24: Servant: Culliver, Samuel. Master: Russell, Thomas. Town of Master: Boston, 15 December 1741

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 25: Servant: Phar, Henry. Master: Donbar, Samuel. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 3 November 1742

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 25a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Donbar, 2 November 1739

Folder 26: Servant: Scrivener, Benjamin. Master: Soren, John. Town of Master: Boston, 5 January 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 27: Servant: Grace, Peter. Master: Reed, Thomas. Town of Master: Woburn, 2 February 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 28: Servant: Perry, Savage. Master: Nichols, John. Town of Master: Reading, 2 February 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 28a: Selectmen of the town of Reading. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Nichols, 23 August 1742

Folder 29: Servant: Willis, Experience. Master: Hunt, John Jr. Town of Master: Boston, 2 March 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 30: Servant: Campbell, James. Master: Dodge, James. Town of Master: Boston, 7 April 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 31: Servant: Bass, Mary. Master: Woolson, Isaac. Town of Master: Weston, 7 April 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 32: Servant: Hewes, Richard. Master: Winn, Timothy. Town of Master: Reading, 14 May 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 33: Servant: Smith, Easter. Master: Harkness, John. Town of Master: Newton, 2 June 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 33a: Selectmen of the town of Newton. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Harkness, 11 May 1742: 1 s. (1 p.)

Folder 34: Servant: Whitcomb, Richard. Master: Lawrence, John. Town of Master: Woburn, 2 June 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 35: Servant: Barjere, Elisabeth. Master: Leeds, Hopestill. Town of Master: Dorchester, 14 July 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 36: Servant: Hamilton, Frances. Master: Smith, Benjamin Jr. Town of Master: Lexington, 14 March 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 36a: Selectmen of the town of Lexington. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Benjamin Smith, Jr., 13 Sepember 1742: 1 s. (1 p.)

Folder 37: Servant: Rogers, Bathsheba. Master: Mason, James. Town of Master: Swansea, 3 November 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 37a: Selectmen of the town of Swansea. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for James Mason, 16 November 1742

Folder 38: Servant: Basom, Abiah. Master: Wheeler, Benjamin. Town of Master: Charlestown, 3 November 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 38a: Selectmen of the town of Charlestown. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Benjamin Wheeler, 13 September 1742

Folder 39: Servant: Astin, John. Master: Loring, Solomon. Town of Master: North Yarmouth, 3 November 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 39a: Selectmen of the town of Yarmouth. A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston]: Endorsement certificate for Solomon Loring, 10 April 1743

Folder 40: Servant: Capron, Thomas. Master: Foster, Seth. Town of Master: Boston, 2 November 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 41: Servant: Cobbit, Sarah. Master: Hudson, William. Town of Master: Oxford, 3 November 1742

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 41a: Selectmen of the town of Oxford. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Hudson, 19 May 1742: 1 s. (1 p.)

Folder 42: Servant: Dixon, Mary. Master: Belknap, Abraham. Town of Master: Boston, 1 December 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 43: Servant: Scribner, Elisabeth. Master: Hancock, John. Town of Master: Braintree, 1 December 1742

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 44: Servant: Hales, Timothy. Master: Newell, Josiah. Town of Master: Needham, 1 December 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 44a: Selectmen of the town of Needham. Endorsement Certificate for Josiah Newell, 4 November 1742

Folder 45: Servant: Oliver, Edward. Master: Oliver, John. Town of Master: Malden, 1 December 1742

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 45a: Joseph Emerson [selectman?] of the town of Malden. Endorsement Certificate for John Oliver, 3 November 1742

Folder 46: Servant: Warwick, Joseph. Master: Child, Joshua. Town of Master: Roxbury, 4 January 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 47: Servant: Norton, William. Master: Hunt, Alexander. Town of Master: Boston, 4 January 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 48: Servant: Slowly, John. Master: Barrington, Richard. Town of Master: Boston, 29 February 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 49: Servant: Wood, Samuel. Master: Salisbury, Benjamin. Town of Master: Boston, 8 March 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 50: Servant: Grace, William. Master: Coles, John. Town of Mater: Boston, 8 March 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 51: Servant: Mills, George. Master: Bassett, Gideon. Town of Master: Norton, 23 March 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 52: Servant: Gillings, John. Master: Edmunds, Ebenezer. Town of Master: Dudley, 6 April 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 53: Servant: LeBlond, Alexander. Master: Holmes, Ephraim [Ephraiem]. Town of Master: Middleboro, 6 April 1743

2s (3 p.)

Item 53a: Selectmen of the town of Middleboro. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Ehpraiem Holmes, 12 May 1743

Folder 54: Servant: Hunt, Edward. Master: Crosley, John. Town of Master: Boston, 6 April 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 55: Servant: Pratt, Ebenezer. Master: Dean, Stephen. Town of Master: Raynham, 29 June 1743

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 55a: Selectmen of the town of Raynham. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorseemnt Certificate for Stephen Dean, January 1743

Folder 56: Servant: Peck, Elizabeth. Master: Keith, Robert. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 29 June 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 57: Servant: Kneeland, Robert. Master: Blower, John. Town of Master: Boston, 19 July 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 58: Servant: Robinson, Lydia. Master: Wight, Seth. Town of Master: Medfield, 3 August 1743

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 58a: Baxter, Joseph [selectman?] of the town of Medfield. Endorsement Certificate for Seth Wright, 28 June 1743

Folder 59: Servant: Ransted, John. Master: Bent, John. Town of Master: Milton, 3 August 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 60: Servant: Ballard, Bartholomew. Master: Ballard, Joseph. Town of Master: Boston, 7 September 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 61: Servant: Hurst, Samuel. Master: Ranken, Benjamin. Town of Master: Boston, 7 September 1743

Folder 62: Servant: Whitcomb, Richard. Master: Kettell, James. Town of Master: Medford, 7 September 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 63: Servant: McGuire, John. Master: Lawrence, John. Town of Master: Woburn, 7 September 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 64: Servant: Herbert, Mary. Master: Wayt, Jonathan Jr. Town of Master: Lynn, 7 September 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 65: Servant: Boulton, Thomas W. Master: Ranken, Benjamin. Town of Master: Boston, 7 September 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 66: Servant: White, William. Master: Smith, Jeremiah. Town of Master: Milton, 7 December 1743

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 67: Servant: Bowen, Timothy. Master: Wheeler, Josiah [Wheler, Josia]. Town of Master: Western, 6 February 1744

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 67a: Selectmen of the town of Western. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Josia Wheler, 11 February 1744

Folder 68: Servant: Sharpe, Lewis. Master: Breading, Andrew. Town of Master: Boston, 6 February 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 69: Servant: Ellis, Lettice. Master: Dickson, William. Town of Master: Boston, 6 March 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 70: Servant: Cocks, John. Master: Bell, Daniel Jr. Town of Master: Boston, 6 March 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 71: Servant: Sumner, Samuel. Master: Chamberlain, Alexander. Town of Master: Boston, 13 July 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 72: Servant: Baker, Josiah. Master: Shaw, Nicholas. Town of Master: Abington, 1 August 1744

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 72a: Selectmen of the town of Arlington. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Nicholas Shaw, 30 July 1744

Folder 73: Servant: Ellis, Dorcas. Master: Blanchard, Hezekiah. Town of Master: Boston, 1 August 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 74: Servant: Nesbatt, Francis. Master: Parkman, Alexander. Town of Master: Boston, 1 August 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 75: Servant: Gilpin, John. Master: Crosley, John. Town of Master: Boston, 5 September 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 76: Servant: Russell, Richard. Master: Procter, Joseph. Town of Master: Westford, 5 September 1744

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 76a: Selectmen of the town of Westford. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Joseph Proctor, 19 November 1744

Folder 77: Servant: Saunders, George. Master: Gulliver, John. Town of Master: Milton, 3 October 1744

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 77a: Selectmen of the town of Milton: A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston:, 1 October 1744

Folder 78: Servant: Hiland, Hannah. Master: Barrows, Sylvanus. Town of Master: Middleboro, 7 November 1744

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 78a: Selectmen of the town of Middleboro. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Sylvanus Barrows, 10 October 1744

Folder 79: Servant: Squire, John. Master: Lealand, Isaac. Town of Master: Sherburn, 7 November 1744

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 79a: Selectmen of the town of Sherburn. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Issac Lealand, 31 October 1744

Folder 80: Servant: Packer, Charles Eburne. Master: Lutwycke, Edward. Town of Master: Hopkinton, 5 December 1744

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 81: Servant: Clay, Mercy. Master: Ranger, Samuel. Town of Master: Wrentham, 5 December 1744

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 81a: Selectmen of the town of Wrentham. A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Ranger, 20 November 1744

Folder 82: Servant: Holyman, Susanna. Master: Mallet, Ephraim. Town of Master: Charlestown, 14 January 1745

3 s. (4 p.)

Item 82a: Selectmen of the town of Watertown. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Ephraim Mallet, 12 January 1745
Item 82b: Selectmen of the town of Charlestown. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Ephraim Mallet, 4 December 1745

Folder 83: Servant: Godwin [Goodwin], Benjamin. Master: Parkman, John. Town of Master: Boston, 14 January 1745

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 84: Servant: Holms, Edward. Master: Anderson, Robert. Town of Master: Chester, 6 February 1745

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 85: Servant: Russell, Samuel. Master: Adams, Josiah. Town of Master: Boston, 10 February 1745

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 86: Servant: Bromington, Richard. Master: Asten, John. Town of Master: Bristol, 5 June 1745

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 86a: Selectmen of the town of Bristol. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Asten, 12 December 1744

Folder 87: Servant: Edmunds, Jonathan. Master: Young, John. Town of Master: Watertown, 5 June 1745

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 87a: Selectmen of the town of Watertown. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Young, 25 May 1745

Folder 88: Servant: Kirkland, Mary. Master: Morey, John. Town of Master: Roxbury, 29 July 1745

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 89: Servant: Carr, Mary. Master: Morse, Ezra. Town of Master: Dedham, 25 July 1745

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 89a: Selectmen of the town of Dedham. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Ezra Morse, 23 July 1745

Folder 90: Servant: Sanson, Edward. Master: Smith, Thomas. Town of Master: Boston, 5 September 1745

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 91: Servant: Lorten, John. Master: Wheeler, Ephraim. Town of Master: Boston, 2 September 1745

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 92: Servant: Bryant, Samuel. Master: Wesson, William. Town of Master: Hopkinton, 3 September 1745

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 92a: Selectmen of the town of Hopkinton. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Wesson, 5 September 1745

Folder 93: Servant: Anderson, Jane. Master: Royce, Robert. Town of Master: Londonderry, 12 September 1745

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 94: Servant: Holaman, John. Master: Hutchinson, Samuel. Town of Master: Charlestown, 6 December 1745

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 94a: Selectmen of the town of Charlestown. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Hutchinson, 8 December 1745

Folder 95: Servant: Sloaper, Hannah. Master: Watson, John. Town of Master: Leicester, 27 January 1746

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 95a: Selectmen of the town of Leicester. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Watson, 16 January 1746

Folder 96: Servant: Fairfield, Samuel. Master: Lyman, Gad. Town of Master: Northampton, 26 January 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 97: Servant: Mathews, Margaret [Margret]. Master: Rutherford, Andrew. Town of Master: Kingsfield, 13 January 1746

2 s. (4 p.)

Item 97a: Selectman of the town of Kingsfield. A.D.S. To Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Andrew Rutherford, 10 December 1746

Folder 98: Servant: Bell, John. Master: Cunnabell [Cunnable], John. Town of Master: Boston, 10 February 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 99: Servant: Scrivener [Scrivner], Benjamin. Master: Brewer, John. Town of Master: Boston, 25 February 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 100: Servant: Smith, Martha. Master: Melendy, John. Town of Master: Boston, 25 February 1746

1 s. (1 p.)

Folder 101: Servant: Smith, Martha. Master: Melendy, John. Town of Master: Boston, 25 February 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 102: Servant: Moore, Mordecai [Mordicai]. Master: Nichols, Alexander [Allesand]. Town of Master: Oxford, 23 February 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 103: Servant: Mills, Elisabeth [Elizabeth]. Master: Webb, Samuel. Town of Master: Braintree, 4 March 1746

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 103a: Selectmen of the town of Braintree. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Webb, [1746]

Folder 104: Servant: Smallig, Jonathan. Master: Mayo, Joseph. Town of Master: Roxbury, 3 March 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 105: Servant: Pearce, Elisabeth [Elizabeth]. Master: Mayo, Joseph. Town of Master: Roxbury, 30 April 1746

2 s. (4 p.)

Folder 105a: Selectmen of the town of Roxbury. A.D.S. [to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for Joseph Mayo, 12 April 1746

Folder 106: Servant: Capron, Thomas. Master: Marshall, Thomas. Town of Master: Boston, 9 April 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 107: Servant: Green, John. Master: Barber, John. Town of Master: Boston, 6 May 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 108: Servant: Oliver, Mary. Master: Dean, Joseph. Town of Master: Dedham, 5 June 1746

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 108a: Selectmen of the town of Dedham. A.D.S to A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for Joseph Dean, 2 June 1746

Folder 109: Servant: Layton, Mary. Master: Elliot, Andrew Jr. Town of Master: Boston, 28 July 1746

1 s. (2 p.)

Folder 110: Servant: Barnett, Thomas. Master: Perry, Ephraim. Town of Master: Sherburn, 25 July 1746

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 110a: Selectmen of the town of Sherburn. A.D.S. to A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for Ephraim Perry

Folder 111: Servant: Sturges, Mary. Master: Dean, Jeremiah. Town of Master: Dedham, 3 July 1746

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 111a: Selectmen of Bedham. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Jeremiah Dean, 11 July 1746

Folder 112: Servant: Mills, John. Master: Hill, Jonathan. Town of Master: Medway, 1 July 1746

2 s. (3 p.)

Item 112a: Selectmen of the town of Medway. A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for Jonathan Hill, 2 August 1746

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