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"To bring together the records of the past and to
house them in the buildings where they will be preserved
for the use of men living in the future, a nation must
believe in three things. It must believe in the past.
It must believe in the future. It must, above all,
believe in the capacity of its people so to learn from
the past that they can gain in judgment for the creation

of the future." —————————— Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

 ILVETi RY OF TOWN AND CITY ARCHIVES

OF HASSAGHUSETTS

N0. 6. Franklin County

Vol. 24. Warwick

Prepared by
The Historical Records Survey
Service Division
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PREEACE

This inventory of the town records of Warwick is one volume in a series
bearing the title Inventorv g: the TOHn and Citv Archives 9;.Massm 11asetts.
It is anticipated that eventually in similar series Will be listed the
records of every governmental unit in the State. COpies of this volume and
of everv publication of the Massachuse etts Historical Records Survey are
distributed to prominent libraries of the Nation and to the la 3 er and more
centrally located libraries of Massachusetts.

The work of the project is to survey, preserve and rend-3r acc ssible
historical source materials of all kinds, the final objtmc ire be in3 tl1c
preparation and publication of inventories of tomrn city, county, and state
archives. Chlirch records, manuscript collection ns, checklists of early
American imprints are also important phases of the project s 1or}; During
the present period of crisis, the project has a new and important task
endorsed bv the Committee on the Conger vaticn of Cult‘Lnl Resources:
surver hou_sina and St01:€ facilities in restrict ed

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deposit of ”lichlv es, manuscripts, records, and mused:
assist c111~ators md custodians in prc :pri01iW
In the preparation of this volume standard roche
anplicd to the magorit" of the rec ords described. The desc 1 1 1
entries, hewever, are tased 021 field inventori:s made several menths prior to
publication and therefore 3&71 have undergone various cl1an3es since the date
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The original 1i;ld inventory, r with a draft of al. sketcnes, Were

mpil ed 0" millinn 8. Piper, The fi‘111l editorial proc1ss and the

 

oaration for puolication was the work of Gecr5e 7einer, and the volume
s collated ur1der the direction of h, Louis Haffei.

Appreciation is expressed to the officials ofTarW1ck for their
assistance. lhe survey also Wishes to express its inde at e , e
Honorable Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonrealth, thr015h Whose
c00peration and sponsorship the publication of this volume was made poss

Pail A. Ba :er
State Supervisor
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surveyor to divide the
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took place until December 16,1762 when the third and fourth divisions, of 75
mxiéé acres respectively were drawn sirultaneously.l The fifth and final
drdsiom 14-4 -acre lots, was made June 13, 1770 2 In every case, a committee
m three or four was elected to supervise t1.e divisions, and often similar com-
mmt;es vere elected simply to examine and renew the lines of lots alt ady

drwnn

But there were many other types of committees thrlugh which tre proprietors

fmmtioned. At the n.eeting held October 31, 1737 a committee of 9ive was elected
‘to aemfine the accounts of the committee to lay out lots; r.ith the pesse_ge of
time,it became a sta nding committee empowered to act for the aroarieto rs during
.the:hmervals between meetings. In 1738 a committee of three was elect to

"fhnithe nearest way to the township" and at various times thereafter committees
to lay out roads were elected whenever necessary.4 In 1753 and 1758 special
co zmfittees were elected to conduct the sale of lands for which tsxe had not been

pa id, and in 1760 and 1761 committees were ele ctec. to prosecute persons found
mxcroac: in: uJon com: ion land for the purpose of cutting down timoer for their
omuIse, It is doubtful, he ever, if any prosecutions ever took place.
er OIficers consisted of a moderator, a proprietors' clerk, a treasurer,
sctor who :as elected whenever an assessment was voted. Prior to 1753
rer acted as collector. Apparently the clerk and treasurer vere on
ten nure, for changes in these offices took place only VhEL resignation
vade it necessary. The moderator was ele cts d at each meetin:.7

 

For many years settlement oI the area proceeded verv s'd

Its first settler is unknown. It is on record only that the proprietors voted
u11738 to give a boun Ity of 6 pouncls to the Iirst 10 pi Ion rs wlo would settle

on m‘oefore Januar ry 1739, 8 and t11at an assessment of 12 sh Billings was levied
m1;ach )roprietor at that time to pay this bounty for ”the six houses built.”9
Bmxrties of this sort were voted time after time, but few availed themselves of

l sly, and the identity

»tmse off‘ers. The two French and Indian Wars which took place between 1744 and

IVoBwae the main stumbling blocks. From 1744 to 175 5 Nort1.field was in a

cons state of terror 0‘ fin: to Indian forays: Gardner -Canada, only 8 miles to
the , mni sht well prove unattractive to even the hard iest of settlers. As a
feast, on Larch 31, 1751 Joseph He eath, the proprietors' clerk, requested the

 
  
 

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8. lhig., pp. 49, 53, 54.

7: Ibid., pp. 23, 28, 41, 77-

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Historical Sketch

    
  
 
 
   
    
         
     
   
     
      
        

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By plevious agreement between the inh bi ants and t11eoroprietors, there
Was written into the act of incorporation a secti' on allOWiné; the former to

l evy a tax of l penny oer acre uion all private lanes in th etownship for a

term of 3 years 1n order to supiort t1 1e rinist r end to pay ot11er nic;.”*3 j i
Concerning the Selection of a name, one town istorIAn "sitten: ‘3
”how the name originate: is not 10? Pnovn= but creosol' fror r"ick in L a an} 3 an
or from tre famous Guy, Earl of War 11c k." Indeien nt inVes ti ation dis- ‘ .si
CloSes Otlf r‘gossibilities. At the *' e L“ We‘w’.’ 11s inn-011101 t d,t1ere I pf
\ss already in‘cxistence he town of “_ 1' nzflgd in fofior ' Th
of t115 Secondseerl of Harwick, Sir Rooer Bi 1 '(1587-1659) _‘ Eb
been actiVe in swcurin; tLe pztent for the M1 a n ‘-* 1jgny in 1638, 'th
and in 1051: grenLkd tLL ”Saybrook” patent in Connecticut. Finally, as 3
head of a comnission :or gov rnin: the coloniis, Le '- 1
having the Providence Pl nta tions _ncor1or1t LLLLL in l 17
to secure reli ;ious lioertJ for -&t
Li la Puritan symgat ’ J1ile th th
Lass chuLctta, groLablv felt, singly t1” name .fm
Lassa duseth tow- as well as e Rhow ‘1 one, 1' 3m
were also a are of Sir Robert's aSS' to the f WE

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The_brief peace t1 at intervened between the end of 1 gm
Wars and the be inning of the Rewolutionary Jnr l10“e1 f_ :g:
to Settle some of its uninhabited area-and to begin its ;rim 1 j a$
bet\.een 1765 a. 1d 1776 its pogulation rose from 18 l to 756.7 SL osicLe1ce farm- {I'ofi
ing was, of course, the main occupation 1 early settlrrs but the abuni: * ‘ lit
water cover and timber early led to th3 snnent oi Several sirgills, "SW
gristLfills and tenneries. i' She
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1. firgzggge nets 229 Resolves, l7 (1757-1768), ch. 17, p. 604. w
2. l21§., XIIII (l765-l77d), ch. 92, p. l58. __

a. 1g;g., 11 (1757-1768), ch. 17, p. 601 -

9. Jonathan Blake, Jr., Historl of the T

 

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7. hassachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Census the Congo;-

 

 

Of
wealth g; hassachusetts, 1905, I, 888, hereinafter cited as Les seghusetts
gensus, 19051

 

    

 

 

 

 

 
   
 

 
  

   

    

to be a rista1;e and this fine w as annulled
l 7E2, :

_51pmn\H1Cn cor1letely unsettled the residents.

'office,

"SW)ath3 :;rs; the citizens
Shays

istorical Sketch First entry pg 26

warmick participated in the Revolutionary War with zeal ar'
eytghjfr 1774 the town voted to secure “

  

a stock of po der and le
$115 strictly to our chartered rights and irivileges enc to re
lm‘11n st 01 our ca pacity. . .”1 Later in th v: ‘ R

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Myany c1Vminutenen which was formrd at North :ield, and n'th

 

  

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mm 10 on bridge after the Lexineton 1351112111 17753115113 e
oth Provincial Congress} lield at Cambridge, and tlie Rev.1r. he re
. 1 as ill be describ d 19 ter.3 From Nov mb er 1779 tlrou S {te
»;to'n rn s d 521, 000 (alb; it in depreciatL-d currency) for soldi rs' bounties.
Ilan exacu.tion levied u1on the town for a deiic>=m

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1C3 of one— recruit we found, in

In the very midst of the excitmerts and birden "
nc leer hix entered town, about 1778, and

 

1ie A eVOlutionary War,
started a wave 01 religious enthu-

he clai1 e1 to be a BaptistH
preacher but the essence of his doctrine iertained to ” :ir i tual wifehood.
TM 11haoiu nts abandoned their agricultural Qursuits a= ‘eldm meetings at all
Iours m the da y and: flit. The mania gollapsedw en sorie of the leaders of
'the cult sloped with women of the town.

. [a icL: /as hit financially by the deliression following the war, and in
17861t sent delegates to a convention held in Hatfield to 1‘ind wars of allevi~
‘ During Shays' Rebellion the riajority of townspeopL

  

  

sympa-
tllized .1th Shays and his cause and they sent a petition to t - General Court
for aredztss 01 the grievances enumerated by the county convention In 1787
Shays'ermy we.s dispersed in Petersham. Shays and many 0: his scaped to
Whm.dck, a1d eventually med : their way to New Iam s3;ire.

because 0: the aid
givaatc in and lie men at this time, the selectmen 01 Warwick were imprisoned
and used in Northampton. They were found not guilty, and later placed an
arucle in the toxnn warrant :sltin1 for the toxn' s assiSCance in prosecuting
thme who had caused their arrest. On October 15, 1757, the torn declined "to
amfist the Selectmen in their being ta}:e en anl iriprisoned for actin: in their
and the excitement iinally blew over.8 A:1other incident oi the rebel-
liOntifis the abduction 0: two of Narxick' s leading citizens b3 sozae of Shays'
were held as hostgges ior the liva of seVeral of
1 W‘"Ao had seen condemned to deat‘ for the murder 01 government soldiers.
1 inclined to be 15 -nient follO\ing t1e svift crue1in 01 the rebel-
nnd the 1en were pardoned, oliereupon the hostages \ere rel eased.g

 

 

l. Everts, 92. gi_., II9 778.

2- 110.11.

a. Ibid.

n ACt S, 1780‘1781,Ch. 638.

5- Everts,o g3. cit., II, 779.
6. Town Records, I, unfolioed, Egg entry 31-
7- £1111.
8. 111
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- Josiah G. holland, History g£ sttern Lassachusetts, I, 287.

  
 
   
   
   
    
   
       
    
      
 
    
 
   
   
   
  
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
  
 
 
   
  
   
 
  
  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
  
    
   
   
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
     
    
    
  

       
  
   

  
   
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
      
  
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
    
  
 
    

First entry 9.

 

Industry and Agriculture
By 1

790 Heruick hid a goguiation of 1,246 In 18(0 it ‘lad 1, W33 in
1610 it had 1,227: and in 1820 it had 1,256. In 18 30 there was a $11
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decline,

had just pass

within the town: 13 sewmills, 2 additional sawmills engaged solely in tbe
of 5 r1 les, 4 grist1:i11s 2 tenneries9 and 2 cabinet shops.“

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short period in ”arwick, but local supplies of sand vsre
1e azid tnc enterprise collapsed bringinr i'inarcicl disaster
a1 peoale M1“.O had invested in it.

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made glassi or

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upon nany 10

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Thi is was but one of several unsuccessful attenits to steer Warwick
along t e road of permanent industrial growth. Both the Fifth Lassie ‘ u3ett
Turnsike Corporation and the Warwick and Irvin's Gore Turnpike Cor MO‘Ption

contempl ted roads tflrOL¥ h Her r/ic}:. rand oossibly meV heVe assis ted in
harwicn 's rlcvel osm331t , but no lasting benefits resulted. The Verront enr

     

Kai iroad Company, incorporated in lSeé, was origi
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‘ -rwick:- but tne failur; of this or any otrcr r jlrocd to

underinb and woodflorking.
In 1870 7: » uei‘ in ogeration, uhick. >roduc;d over

é,300, OUC fee loo 9 Sfihlll mill; chic
me_nu acturzt d and broom handles. One

  

Fifte n 3 a
tori s arciuc in; n oden ooxes hat
Tne entire value war ick‘s lumber pro1ucts

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same year, 18c5, the SAGE factory‘s products were *alued

 
    

 

CIOSed a few yearr later.J Considerable lumber is still . but
gower has b=en regleced by portable star m or gasoline operated engines.

Historical Sketch

'h= population than being 1,150.l At tnis time, 1830, when Warwick
fl its gopulation peak, the following industries were contained

in G as; LenniaCTurin» ’Com.Jany had been establisheda and actual
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