Archives Box #1003
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Rev. Samuel Sumner, 1791 - 1798
Sub-Series — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 035-037
Scope and Contents
Being dissatisfied with Rev. Sumner for his unbecoming conduct on the lord's day, repeated
refusal to meet when desired, and altering of the church covenant without consent, the town moved to remove him from office and seek a replacement. This series includes: 1) Ordination (1790). 2) Paystubs. 3) Receipts for payments made to Rev. Sumner. 4) Town meeting records and votes of the town relating to the removal of Rev. Sumner from his position as minister (1797-1798). 5) An address from Rev....
Dates:
1791 - 1798
Rev. Jeroboam Parker, 1798 - 1811
Sub-Series — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 038
Scope and Contents
This series includes: 1) Receipts and payments for Rev. Parker's salary. 2) Communication from Rev. Parker to the Town of Southborough requesting an increase in his salary.
Dates:
1798 - 1811
Membership and Church Functions, 1832-1833, 1840
Sub-Series — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 025
Scope and Contents
This series contains early documents relating to the Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough, which was formed on September 15th, 1831. Included are lists of persons joining the society from 1832-1833, and an agreement to use the Society's vestry to hold town meetings (1840).
Dates:
1832-1833, 1840
Rev. Samuel Sumner, 1797 - 1798
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 037
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Receipt for one-hundred dollars received by Rev. Samuel Sumner from the Town in part towards his salary for the year ending June 1797 (2/28/1797). Folder: 1003-037.2. Letter from Rev. Samuel Sumner to the Selectmen to be communicated to the “Freeholders, Voters, and other inhabitants of Southborough”. In his letter Rev. Sumner apologized for his actions and misconduct, and offered his resignation to the town stating that as a Pastor he neither...
Dates:
1797 - 1798
Rev. Jeroboam Parker, 1798 - 1811
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 038
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Receipt for two dollars paid by the Town of Southborough to Jeroboam Parker in port towards what he was owed for supplying the pulpit (11/13/1798). Folder: 1003-038.2. Receipt for six dollars paid by the Town of Southborough to Jeroboam Parker in port towards what he was owed for supplying the pulpit (12/21/1798). Folder: 1003-0383. Record of a Town Meeting where it was resolved to seek Jeroboam Parker’s settlement as the Town’s...
Dates:
1798 - 1811
Rev. Samuel Sumner, 1794 - 1796
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 036
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Receipt for twenty-one pounds received by Rev. Samuel Sumner from the Town in part towards his salary for the present year (5/28/1794). Folder: 1003-036.2. Receipt for seventeen pounds and ten shillings received by Rev. Samuel Sumner from the Town in part towards his salary for the present year (6/25/1794). Folder: 1003-036.3. Receipt for seventeen pounds and ten shillings received by Rev. Samuel Sumner from the Town in part towards...
Dates:
1794 - 1796
Rev. Samuel Sumner, 1791 - 1793
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 035
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1. Payment of fifteen pounds from the Town of Southborough to Rev. Samuel Sumner for supplying the pulpit (1/221791). Folder: 1003-035.2. Note from Nathan Newton to the Town Moderator: “I being unable to attend said meeting do desire you to inform the Town that I am in favor of having Mr. Sumner ordained” (3/21/1791). Folder: 1003-035.3. Copy of a church vote relating to the ordination of Rev. Samuel Sumner (3/29/1791). Folder:...
Dates:
1791 - 1793
Incorporation, Membership, and Functions, 1832-1833, 1840
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 025
Abstract
Documents in this folder1. “This may certify to whom it may concern that on the fifteenth day of September in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, a religious society was formed by the name of Pilgrim Evangelical Society in said Southborough”. Signed by Moses Newton, secretary (1/4/1832). Folder: 1003-025.2. “This may certify to whom it may concern that the persons whose names are hereunder written have become members of the Pilgrim Evangelical...
Dates:
1832-1833, 1840
Old Burying Ground: Burials, Receipts, and Plot Maintenance, 1773-1846
Series — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 004
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1) Payment of six shillings from the Town of Southborough to Jotham Bellows for digging Nathaniel Beel’s grave (1/1/1773)2) Payment of six shillings from the Town of Southborough to Nathan Bridges for making a coffin for Nathaniel Beals (2/10/1773)3) Payment of five shillings from the Town of Southborough to Joseph Newton for “trouble and attendance upon the corps of Nathaniel Beal, deceased” (5/17/1773)4) Payment of five...
Dates:
1773-1846
Southborough Rural Cemetery: Deeds and Upkeep, 1874 - 2022, bulk: 1874, 1895-1915, 1972-2022
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series contains deeds to cemetery plots in Southborough's Rural Cemetery, records related to the maintenance and upkeep of graves, and a plan of the cemetery that was drawn in 1874. Plot deeds are organized alphabetically by the plot owner's surname. Plot deeds provide the date of purchase, name of the lot purchaser and their home address, the lot and range numbers of the purchased plot, and amount paid for the plot in addition to perpetual care.
Dates:
1874 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1874, 1895-1915, 1972-2022