Entries for Henry (& others) in the
SALEM VILLAGE RECORD BOOK [For Years 1672 1713]
Extracted by Diane Murach
Rev. 1 May 2006
SOURCE
Example of a typical entry

Henry Kenney voted to committee to select carpenter for building the meeting house and setting [men] to work.

Henry Kenny was voted to collect minister's rate from each inhabitant of Salem Village.

Ratte [Rate] for "houses and lands or any other consarnes" for ministry.

Vote to impower Henry Kenny and other to "goe fence Ministry Land"

"Thomas Fuller and Henry Kenny are chosen to goe to Boston to Desier Mr. Lawson to come to preach with us and that we may treate with Him"

"Corporall Kenny is chosen to fill the Meeting House lath it and plaster it and he shall be paid for it by the Inhabitants"

Thomas Kenny chosen to take an account of mens estates in ordor to making of Rates.

Constable Henry Kenny is Discharged from the Bill from 7 Jan 1686/7. Monies to Tho: Kenny. The Remainder of this Rate committed to constable Henry Kenny

Constable Henry Kenney given a warrant to collect outstanding rates for minister.

Monies committed to Constable Henry Kenney. Monies and provisions committed to Constable Henry Keny.

corporall Henry Keny to transact business for Salem Village

Constable Henry Kenny is Discharged from the Bill above

Minister's Rate Henery Keney sen 6 shillings, Henery Keney Jun 8 shillings

Minister's Rates

Minister's Rates

Minister's Rate ending 5 Jan 1700

Reserved seats in meeting house for those in good standing

Second rate of abatements for meeting house

Minister's Rate for 1703

Minister Rate ending 5 Jan 1705/6

Preferred seating for those in good standing

Rate for Minister for 1707

Rate for Minister ending 5 Jan 1709

Consider petition of Daniel Keney, et all, to have seats built in meeting house

Minister Rate for 1709 Henery Keney senr 5 shillings, Henery Keney Junr 4 shillings, Thomas Keney 8 shillings, John Keney 5 shillings 6 pence

Rate for Minister for year 1711

 1713

Henery Kneye 10 shillings, Thomas Keney, 8 shillings, john kneye 6 shillings

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Contributor Diane Murach states:

I'm still unsure what some of the terms mean.

Regarding dates: It appears that when the inhabitants vote to do some thing, such as fix the meeting house, the final payments are written under the original date in a different year.

Made-up Example - On Jan 5 1704/5 voted to collect monies to pay the minister for 1705. In 1707, you may find the date Jan 5 1704/5 when the minister's signed that he received monies for the year of 1705. I kept everything in the same year that the transcriber did.

Look at 1710 -- I inserted a comment in both files regarding Henry's possible death date. Jeff Green probably knows better than I how to interpret this.

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Example of typical entry and first time Henry appears in record:

December

[7] 26 of the 10 m:1672.

1. At another meeting it was voted that we will build a meeting [house] of 34 foot in length 28 foot broad and 16 foot between jointes

2. It was voted that we have Chosen to joine with the Selectmen for [to] agree with a Carpenter to build the meeting house and setting [men] to work Nathl Putnam, Henry Kenney, Joseph Hutchinson and Jo[hn] Putnam.

3. Voted that the Selectmen shall make a rate according to the C[ourt] order equally for the paying for the building the meeting house.

4. Voted that it shall be accounted a lawful warning to warne a publick meeting with a paper written under the Committee's hands and sett upon the meeting house post.

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SALEM VILLAGE RECORD BOOK Transcription published in installments in The Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society, 1924-1931
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A BOOK OF RECORD OF THE SEVERALL PUBLIQUE TRANSACTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS
OF SALEM VILLAGE VULGARLY CALLED THE FARMES
1672-1713

BEGINNING AT THE TIME WHEN THEY FIRST SAT UP THE MINISTRY AMONGST THEM BY
ORDER FROM THE GENERA A BOOK OF RECORD OF THE SEVERALL PUBLIQUE
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS OF SALEM VILLAGE VULGARLY CALLED THE
FARMES
L COURT OCTOBER THE 8TH ANNO DOMINI (1671/2)

About the print version

SALEM VILLAGE RECORD BOOK [For Years 1672-1713]
Transcription published in installments in The Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society Vol. 13, 1924, pp. 91-122;
Vol. 14, 1926, p. 65-99;
Vol. 16, 1928, pp. 60-80;
Vol. 17, 1929, pp. 74-103;
Vol 18, 1930, pp. 64-96;
Vol. 19, 1931, pp. 65-96.
A BOOK OF RECORD OF THE SEVERALL PUBLIC
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS OF
SALEM VILLAGE VULGARLY CALLED
THE FARMES