freemen
FREEMAN DOCUMENT ~

Request of Marlborough men to become "freemen"
Photo copy of original document - suppied by Richard Barns IV
Transcription below images - supplied by Richard Barns IV

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TRANSCRIPTION

Petition to the General Court for the Admission of Freemen
March 7, 1690

ffor the Honourable General Court assembled at Boston or elswhere in the Massachusetts Bay this is to signifie
that the persons whose names are here entered humbly desire the approbation of the honoured court in order
to receive admittance to the freedome of this body restrict and corporate.

1 colume                            2 colume                            3 colume                            4 colume

Thomas How                    John Barnes                        Thomas Rice                    Richard Barns
Increase Ward                  John Jonson                        Jonathan Jones                Jonathan Rice
John Newten                    Samuel Brigham               Issac Amsden                  Miles Newham
John Mainard                   Richard Barns                    John Barritte
Issac How                                                                          Samuel Goodnew
Thomas Brigham                                                            Nathaniel Josline
John Fay                                                                             Nathaniel Jonson
James Woods                                                                   Elizer How
John Brigham                                                                  Thomas Martine

Wee the selected men of the town of Marlborough in pusuance of the order of the General Court consentingto the enlargement of freemen during the year 1691 do certify under our hands that all persons named in the first and second columes here about written doe each for themselves pay four shillings to assigned county taxes and all those named in the third and fourth columes have houses and lands of the clear yearly value of six pounds and not to our knowledge vicious in life.

Dat'd 7 March 1690

Obadiah Ward
Richard Barns
Samuel Brigham
Thomas Bird
John Brigham

(NOTE: Their signatures above)

The above persons named are allowed
to have their freedom by the Court

April 18: 1690  Ebenezer Priest
Consent'd to by the Govenor and Magistrate
        Att's  Js' a Haddington Sec'y

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