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Title: Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor Indentures, 1734-1805Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

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

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 18th 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

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Repository: Boston Public Library Archival and Manuscript Finding Aid Database

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

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Items in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. The Boston Public Library does not hold copyright on the material in this collection. Researchers are responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations that hold copyright.

When reproducing material from this collection please include the credit line "Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/ Rare Books."

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.

Preferred Citation: Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor Indentures, MS 7248. Rare Books and Manuscripts Department, Boston Public Library. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/Rare Books.

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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Folder 216: Servant: Bumstead, Elizabeth. Master: Williams, John. Town of Master: Sommers, 15 January 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 217: Servant: Broyd, Mary. Master: Dwight, Josiah. Town of Master: Springfield, 29 January 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 218: Servant: Brooks, Thomas. Master: Wilson [Willson], James Jr.  Town of Master: Leicester, 21 January 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 218a: Selectmen of the town of Leicester. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for James Willson, Jr., 21 December 1751Add to your cart.
Folder 219: Servant: Fosdike, Ann. Master: Ashley, Israel. Town of Master: Westfield, 23 January 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 219a: Selectmen of the town of Westfield. A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for Israel Ashley, 2 October 1751Add to your cart.
Folder 220: Servant: Smith, James. Master: Ashley, Israel. Town of Master: Westfield, 23 January 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 221: Servant: Bumstead, Joseph. Master: Williams, John. Town of Master: Sommers, 6 January 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 222: Servant: Snow, Hannah. Master: Winter, Joshuah [Joshua]. Town of Master: Boston, 2 January 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 223: Servant: Newton, Ann. Master: Wood, Benjamin. Town of Master: Hopkinton, 19 March 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 223a: Selectmen of the town of Hopkinton. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the Towno of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Benjamin Wook, 3 February 1751/52Add to your cart.
Folder 224: Servant: Sibbald, David. Master: Stanwood, David. Town of Master: Brunswick, 24 March 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 225: Servant: Wheeler, Josiah. Master: Brown, James. Town of Master: Boston, 25 March 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 226: Servant: Neeth, John. Master: Stover, John. Town of Master: Boston, 5 May 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 227: Servant: Peirce, William. Master: Blanchard, Hezekiah. Town of Master: Boston, 30 June 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 228: Servant: Frieyd, Thomas. Master: Sault, Benjamin. Town of Master: Boston, 4 August 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 229: Servant: Ivers, John. Master: Nichols, Alexander [Allexander]. Town of Master: Oxford, 28 August 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 229a: Selectmen of the town of Oxford. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Alexander Nichols, 14 July 1752Add to your cart.
Folder 230: Servant: Hiland, Elizabeth. Master: Boutineau, Stephen. Town of Master: Boston, 3 October 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 231: Servant: Chapin, William. Master: Roads, Henry. Town of Master: Boston, 30 October 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 232: Servant: Darby, William. Master: Barrett, Samuel. Town of Master: Boston, 31 October 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 233: Servant: Whitcomb, Richard. Master: Hail, Augustus. Town of Master: Boston, 1 November 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 234: Servant: Daniel, William. Master: Read [Reed], Samuel. Town of Master: Abington, 28 December 1752Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 234a: Selectmen of the town of Abington. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Read, 18 October 1752Add to your cart.
Folder 235: Servant: Kisseth, Ann. Master: Packard, Joseph. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 21 February 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 235a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Jospeh Packard, 12 Februray 1753Add to your cart.
Folder 236: Servant: Roads, Mary. Master: Buckingham, Jonas. Town of Master: Rutland, 27 February 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 236a: Selectmen of the town of Futland. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Jonas Buckingham, 3 November 1752Add to your cart.
Folder 237: Servant: Anderson, Hugh. Master: Morey, John. Town of Master: Roxbury, 21 February 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 238: Servant: Peters, Tabitha. Master: Algar, Israel. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 26 March 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 239: Servant: Peters, Tabitha. Master: Algar, Israel. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 26 March 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 239a: Selectmen of the down of Bridgwater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Israel Algar, 17 March 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Folder 240: Servant: Peters, Lidia. Master: Algar, James. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 26 March 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 241: Servant: Peters, Lidia. Master: Algar, James. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 26 March 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 241a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston. Endorsement Certificate for James Algar, 17 March 1753Add to your cart.
Folder 242: Servant: Curtis, William. Master: Winchester, Joseph. Town of Master: Brookline, 26 March 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 243: Servant: Gullion, Mary. Master: Thatcher, Oxenbridge. Town of Master: Boston, 2 May 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 244: Servant: Frie, John. Master: Cobbett, Nathaniel. Town of Master: Boston, 14 May 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 245: Servant: Newton, Rebecca. Master: Savit [Savet], Elisha. Town of Master: Braintree, 5 June 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 245a: Selectmen of the town of Braintree. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Elisha Sarit, 5 June 1753Add to your cart.
Folder 246: Servant: Lucas, Mary. Master: Popkin, John. Town of Master: Boston, 5 June 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 247: Servant: Smith, Martha. Master: Stedman, Joseph. Town of Master: Roxbury, 13 June 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 247a: Selectmen of the town of Roxbury. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Joseph Stedman, 18 June 1753Add to your cart.
Folder 248: Servant: Colsworthy, Hannah. Master: Emmis, Henry. Town of Master: Boston, 5 June 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 249: Servant: Coffin, William. Master: Packard, Josiah. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 3 July 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 249a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Josiah Packard, 18 June 1753Add to your cart.
Folder 250: Servant: Freland, Sarah. Master: Russell, Joseph. Town of Master: Boston, 13 July 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 251: Servant: Ingerson, Mary. Master: Haver, Elias. Town of Master: Wrentham, 5 September 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 252: Servant: Smallidge, George. Master: Galley, John. Town of Master: Boston, 12 September 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 253: Servant: Wayett, Mary. Masters: Wendell, Jacob and John Hill. Town of Masters: Boston, 19 November 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 254: Servant: Kanavagh, Morgan. Master: McMillian, James. Town of Master: Boston, 14 November 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 255: Servant: Hews, Nancy. Master: Warland, William. Town of Master: Boston, 28 December 1753Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 256: Servant: Lewis, Sarah. Master: Lovell, John. Town of Master: Boston, 21 January 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 256a: Baker, Hannah of the town of Boston. A.D.S. to [Whom It May Concern]: Endorsement Certificate for John Lovell, 5 October 1753Add to your cart.
Folder 257: Servant: Preston, John. Master: Denny, Thomas. Town of Master: Leicester, 6 February 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 257a: Selectmen of the town of Leicester. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Thoman Denny, 28 January 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 258: Servant: Fendley, John. Master: Brintnall, Phineas Jr. Town of Master: Sudbury, 21 March 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 258a: Selectmen of the town of Sudbury. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Phineas Brintnall, Jr., 18 February 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 259: Servant: McCoye, Sarah. Master: Gorman, Joseph. Town of Master: Salem, 21 March 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (1 p.)
Folder 260: Servant: McCoye, Sarah. Master: Gorman, Joseph. Town of Master: Salem, 21 March 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 261: Servant: Young, Mary. Master: Williams, Josiah. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 21 March 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 261a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Josiah Williams, 21 February 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 262: Servant: Young, Mary. Master: Williams, Josiah. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 21 March 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 263: Servant: McFay, Agnes [Agnus]. Master: Perie, James. Town of Master: Woburn, 3 April 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 264: Servant: McFay, Agnes. Master: Perie, James. Town of Master: Woburn, 3 April 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 265: Servant: Pylering, Katherine Maclainer. Master: Wells, Francis. Town of Master: Cambridge, 1 May 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Item 265a: Selectmen of the town of Haverhill. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Stephen Gallisham, 22 May 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 266: Servant: Green, Thomas. Master: Gallisham, Stephen. Town of Master: Haverhill, 3 May 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Folder 267: Servant: Clifton, Joseph. Master: Clinton, Aaron. Town of Master: Medford, 1 May 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 268: Servant: Butcher, Mary. Master: Stickney, Richard. Town of Master: Stoughton, 3 July 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 269: Servant: Gray, William. Master: Young, Joshua. Town of Master: Boston, 3 July 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 270: Servant: Gray, William. Master: Young, Joshua. Town of Master: Boston, 3 July 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Item 270a: Selectmen of the town of Westfield. A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for John Kellogg, 21 October 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 271: Servant: Harris, Benjamin. Master: Kellogg, John. Town of Master: Westfield, 28 July 1754Add to your cart.
2 s. (4 p.)
Folder 272: Servant: Glover, Rachel [Rachell]. Master: Read, Samuel. Town of Master: Uxbridge, 28 July 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 273: Servant: Ballard, Dorcas. Master: Snell, Josiah Jr. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 25 September 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 273a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Josiah Snell, 28 May 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 274: Servant: Glover, Abigail. Master: Taylor, Enoch. Town of Master: Barnstable, 18 September 1754Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 274a: Selectmen of the town of Barnstable. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Enoch Taylor, 39 September 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 275: Servant: Burton, James. Master: Putnam, Joseph. Town of Master: Boston, 26 February 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 276: Servant: Camell [Cambell], William. Master: Guild, Benjamin. Town of Master: Attleboro, 3 April 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 276a: Selectmen of the town of Attleboro. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate, 15 June 1755Add to your cart.
Folder 277: Servant: Hawes, James. Master: Dodge, Ezekiel. Town of Master: Abington, 7 May 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 278: Servant: Love, Elizabeth. Master: Sawyer, Henry. Town of Master: Methuen, 1755Add to your cart.
Folder 279: Servant: Hutchinson, Mary. Master: Young, John. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 1755Add to your cart.
Folder 280: Servant: Haden, Sarah. Master: Foster, Elisha. Town of Master: Boston, 4 June 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 281: Servant: McFay, Mary. Master: Reed, John. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 24 July 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 281a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Reed, 30 September 1754Add to your cart.
Folder 282: Servant: Thomas, William. Master: Parker, Ebenezer. Town of Master: Reading, 3 September 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 282a: Selectmen of the town of Reading. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Ebenezer Parker, 15 July 1755Add to your cart.
Folder 283: Servant: Hinchs, Mary. Master: Williams, Seth. Town of Master: Easton, 23 December 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 283a: Selectmen of the town of Easton. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Seth Williams, 26 August 1755Add to your cart.
Folder 284: Servant: Gilds, Anna. Master: Pratt, Ebenezer. Town of Master: Chelsea, 1 January 1755Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 285: Servant: Collis, John. Master: Bacon, Thomas. Town of Master: Bedford, 3 April 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 285a: Selectmen of the town of Bedford. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Thomas Bacon, 29 May 1749Add to your cart.
Folder 286: Servant: Frazier, Anthony. Master: Yeatten [Yeaton], Jacob. Town of Master: Boston, 21 April 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 287: Servant: Thomas, William. Master: Johnson, Joseph. Town of Master: Holliston, 11 May 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 287a: Selectmen of the town of Holliston. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Joseph Johnson, 6 October 1755Add to your cart.
Folder 288: Servant: Manning, Elizabeth. Master: Tilson, John. Town of Master: Halifax, 18 June 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 288a: Selectmen of the town of Halifax. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Tilson, 7 July 1756Add to your cart.
Folder 289: Servant: Thomas, Isaiah. Master: Fowle, Zachariah. Town of Master: Boston, 4 June 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 290: Servant: Gordon, James. Master: McClure, Robert. Town of Master: Londonderry, 18 June 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 291: Servant: Perraway, James. Master: Ashley, Israel. Town of Master: Westfield, 3 July 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 292: Servant: Bracket, William. Master: Lombard, William. Town of Master: Truro, 6 August 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 292a: Selectmen of the town of Truro. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Lombard, 6 August 1756Add to your cart.
Folder 293: Servant: Humphreys, Thomas. Master: Chamberlain, Alexander. Town of Master: Boston, 26 August 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 294: Servant: Humphreys, James. Master: Chamberlain, Alexander. Town of Master: Boston, 26 August 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 295: Servant: Miller, Mary. Master: Hitchcock, Gad. Town of Master: Pembroke, 5 August 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 296: Servant: Townson, Narius. Master: Boardman, Joseph. Town of Master: Boston, 28 August 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 297: Servant: Townsend, William. Master: Brintnall, John. Town of Master: Chelsea, 1 September 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 297a: Selectmen of the town of Chelsea. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Brintnall, 30 September 1756Add to your cart.
Folder 298: Servant: Humphreys [Humphrys], Robert. Master: Dyer, Joseph. Town of Master: Boston, 6 October 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 299: Servant: Lynch, Bartholomew. Master: Roundey, Joseph. Town of Master: Marblehead, 1 December 1756Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 299a: Selectmen of the town of Marblehead. A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for Joseph Roundey, 29 Novemver 1759Add to your cart.
Folder 300: Servant: Noall, Mary. Master: Belcher, Andrew. Town of Master: Milton, 5 January 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 301: Servant: Marchie, [Merchies] Robert. Master: Howard, Barnabas. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 17 February 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 301a: Sectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Barnabas Howard, 13 December 1756Add to your cart.
Folder 302: Servant: Craig, Abigail. Master: Fisher, Ebenezer. Town of Master: Wrentham, 2 March 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 302a: Selectmen of the town of Wrentham. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Ebenezer Fisher, 8 March 1756Add to your cart.
Folder 303: Servant: Pilsberry, Thomas. Master: Phillips, Isaac. Town of Master: Boston, 12 March 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 304: Servant: Smith, Thomas and Mary. Master: Smith, John Shew. Town of Master: Boston, 4 May 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 305: Servant: Cummont, Francis. Master: Kast, Philip Godfrid. Town of Master: Boston, 2 February 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 306: Servant: Humphreys, Ruth. Master: Chamberlain, Alexander. Town of Master: Boston, 1757Add to your cart.
Folder 307: Servant: Bantom, Thomas. Master: Mower, Samuel Jr. Town of Master: Worcester, 1757Add to your cart.
Folder 308: Servant: Moody, Elizabeth. Master: Phillips, John. Town of Master: Charlestown, 7 July 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 308a: Selectmen of the town of Charlestown. A.D.S. to the [Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston]: Endorsement Certificate for John Phillips, 6 July 1757Add to your cart.
Folder 309: Servant: Noel, Elizabeth. Master: Hudson, William. Town of Master: Oxford, 6 July 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 309a: Selectmen of the town of Oxford. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Alms House in Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Hudson, 7 June 1756Add to your cart.
Folder 310: Servant: Curtain, Penelope. Master: Bartlett, Samuel. Town of Master: Plymouth, 4 August 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. ( 2 p.)
Folder 311: Servant: Clark, Robert. Master: Kingman, Matthew. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 13 September 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (3 p.)
Item 311a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Matthew Kingman, 2 September 1757Add to your cart.
Folder 312: Servant: Fisk, John. Master: Bently, Thomas. Town of Master: Boston, 15 September 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 313: Servant: Boyd, John. Master: Billings, Joseph. Town of Master: Boston, 27 October 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 314: Servant: Grover, Stephen. Master: Blair, William. Town of Master: Weston, 10 November 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
2 s. (4 p.)
Item 314a: Selectmen for the town of Weston. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor in the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Blair, 15 January 1757Add to your cart.
Folder 315: Servant: Hill, Green. Master: Phillips, John. Town of Master: Boston, 8 December 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 316: Servant: Miller, Joseph. Master: Fletcher, Eleazer [Ebenezer]. Town of Master: Littleton, 31 December 1757Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Item 316a: Selectmen of the town of Littelton. A.D.S. to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Eleazer Fletcher, 31 October 1757Add to your cart.
Folder 317: Servant: Peak, Phillip. Master: Stone, Jonas. Town of Master: Lexington, 23 January 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 318: Servant: Allen, Samuel. Master: Ridgway [Ridgaway], Samuel Jr. Town of Master: Boston, 1 February 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 319: Servant: Kilby, Robert. Master: Ford, Cadwallader [Cadwallador]. Town of Master: Wilmington, 1 March 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 320: Servant: Perraway, John. Master: Crowell, William. Town of Master: Marblehead, 2 October 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Item 320a: Selectmen of the town of Marblehead. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorssement Certificate for William Crowell, 25 September 1758Add to your cart.
Folder 321: Servant: Layman, Robert. Master: Packard, James. Town of Master: Bridgewater, 24 March 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Item 321a: Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for James Packard, 20 March 1758Add to your cart.
Folder 322: Servant: Devereux, Mary. Master: Warner, Nathaniel [Nathanael]. Town of Master: Boston, 1 May 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
1 s. (2 p.)
Folder 323: Servant: Miller, Katherine [Katharine]. Master: Sellon, Samuel. Town of Master: Boston, 22 July 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 324: Servant: Peck, Mary. Master: Smith, James. Town of Master: Boston, 2 August 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 325: Servant: Ervin, Joseph. Master: Lyman, Gideon. Town of Master: Northampton, 2 August 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Item 325a: Selectmen of the town of Northampton. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Gideon Lyman, 24 May 1758Add to your cart.
Folder 326: Servant: Cox, Abigail. Master: Warland, William. Town of Master: Boston, 6 September 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Folder 327: Servant: Fessenden, Parker. Master: Wormstead [Wormsted], Michael. Town of Master: Marblehead, 6 September 1758Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
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Item 327a: Selectmen of the town of Marblehead. A.D.S. to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Michael Wormstead, 1 September 1758Add to your cart.

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