ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES
The following lists show the custom of the times. The towns assumed the
payment of the wages of their own soldiers, to their families left at
home, the families thus receiving sure and immediate aid, and the towns
being credited to that amount upon their colonial "rates," or
taxes. It was doubtless a means of great help to the families, and of
saving to the towns, as it secured at once the support of the families
without public charge, and at the same time the prompt payment of taxes.
The value of these lists to the historical and genealogical student
will appear in the evidence they afford as to each man's residence at that
time. The proof might not be positive in every case, yet in general it may
be concluded that where a man assigns his wages to a town, it is because
he considers that his place of residence.
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August 24, 1676
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ś |
s. |
d. |
|
Braintree-Towne Cr. By Sundry accpts Viz. |
42 |
17 |
06 |
|
Edward Bishop pd him as per Assignment |
06 |
09 |
02 |
|
Richard Evens |
01 |
14 |
02 |
|
George Witty |
00 |
09 |
00 |
|
Joseph Adams |
00 |
09 |
00 |
|
John Bass |
00 |
09 |
00 |
|
Jonathan Pitcher |
00 |
09 |
00 |
|
John Belcher |
00 |
10 |
02 |
|
Samuel Irons |
01 |
09 |
01 |
|
Robert Parker |
03 |
09 |
10 |
|
James Franklin |
03 |
18 |
06 |
|
John Lamb |
10 |
18 |
10 |
|
Abraham Kingston |
09 |
03 |
09 |
|
James Atkins |
01 |
03 |
06 |
|
Caleb Raye |
00 |
16 |
04 |
|
Samuel Spencer |
01 |
01 |
04 |
|
Martin Sanders |
00 |
06 |
10 |
|
Dorchester-Towne Cr. By Sundry accpts Viz. |
37 |
00 |
05 |
|
James Haughton pd as per Assignment |
00 |
19 |
08 |
|
Samuel Maxfield |
00 |
09 |
00 |
|
Clement Maxfield |
01 |
07 |
00 |
|
Benjamin Allin |
01 |
16 |
10 |
|
Jeremiah Hall |
00 |
09 |
00 |
|
Henry Leadbetter |
02 |
11 |
00 |
|
Samuel Rigby |
03 |
06 |
08 |
|
John Spurr |
01 |
18 |
00 |
|
John Pason |
05 |
03 |
00 |
|
Samuel Triscot |
00 |
09 |
00 |
|
Timothy Tilston |
02 |
05 |
00 |
|
Jonathan Atherton |
02 |
15 |
00 |
|
Samuel Blake |
02 |
05 |
00 |
|
Thomas North |
09 |
00 |
04 |
|
John Smith |
00 |
12 |
09 |
|
John Minot |
00 |
13 |
00 |
|
Dedham-Towne Cr. By Sundry accpts Viz. |
70 |
07 |
02 |
|
Timothy Dwite pd him as per Assignment |
17 |
00 |
00 |
|
Samuel Guile |
06 |
08 |
04 |
|
Daniel Wight |
02 |
09 |
08 |
|
David Falkner |
03 |
17 |
06 |
|
David Falkner Jr. |
02 |
15 |
06 |
|
John Day |
01 |
13 |
06 |
|
John Day |
02 |
14 |
09 |
|
John Bacon |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
Ephraim Pond |
02 |
08 |
00 |
|
Daniel Hawes |
01 |
06 |
06 |
|
Jonathan Gay |
02 |
08 |
00 |
|
Samuel Colborn |
02 |
04 |
09 |
|
Thomas Bishop |
07 |
06 |
09 |
|
Nathaniel Weare |
00 |
19 |
04 |
|
John Batle |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
Jeremiah Fisher |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
Benjamin Wight |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
Ephraim Wilson |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
John Thurston |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
Nathaniel Farington |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
Edward Sewell |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
John Groce |
00 |
12 |
00 |
|
John Coockow |
00 |
04 |
02 |
|
James Hening |
00 |
05 |
00 |
|
Peter Woodward |
00 |
17 |
02 |
|
Richard Bennett |
03 |
11 |
00 |
|
John Ware |
01 |
14 |
03 |
|
John Aldis |
02 |
08 |
00 |
|
Benjamin Mills |
01 |
03 |
06 |
|
David Freeman |
01 |
03 |
06 |
|
Hingham-Towne Cr. By Sundry accpts Viz. |
56 |
18 |
02 |
|
Paul Gilford pd. him as per Assignment |
01 |
03 |
10 |
|
John Chamberlaine |
10 |
09 |
11 |
|
Samuel Gill |
02 |
09 |
06 |
|
John Cutler |
15 |
00 |
00 |
|
Thomas Thaxter |
02 |
16 |
00 |
|
Samuel Nicholson |
02 |
11 |
04 |
|
John Dunbarr |
02 |
03 |
11 |
|
Paul Gilford |
02 |
19 |
00 |
|
Richard Francis |
01 |
00 |
00 |
|
Benjamin Bates |
05 |
15 |
02 |
|
John Jacob |
07 |
17 |
00 |
|
John Bull |
02 |
12 |
06 |
