1735 Incorporation

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="175d6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="75382810.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="385" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Colonial Acton</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Colonial Acton"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Town of Acton"><U><B>Town of Acton</B></U></A></div> <div> 1735 Incorporation</div> <div> click on topic:</div> <div> <A HREF="#map_town_of_acton" TITLE="1735 Incorporation"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Map Town of Acton</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >(At the time of incorporation)</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_following_is_a_list_of_family_names_in_1735" TITLE="1735 Incorporation"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The following is a list of family names in 1735</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#town_officers__acton_ma___july_21_1735" TITLE="1735 Incorporation"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Town Officers  Acton MA.  July 21 1735</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="map_town_of_acton"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Map: Town of Acton</B></div> <div> At the time of incorporation</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="47dc7090.jpg" border=0 width="455" height="521" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Acton was originally known as “Concord Village” a part of Concord, MA.  At the time of it's incorporation on July 21, 1735, Acton was well settled with families established over the entire area of the township .</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="the_following_is_a_list_of_family_names_in_1735"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>The following is a list of family names in 1735</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="453" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Barker</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Farr</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Law (Laws)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Barnes</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Faulkner</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Parlin</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Barret (Barit)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Forbush (Furbush)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Piper</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Billing</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Fletcher</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Prescott</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Brabrook</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Harris</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Procter</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Brooks</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Hayward</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Robbins</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Cleaveland</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Heald</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Shepherd</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Cragon (Cragin)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Hosmer</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Wheeler</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Cutting</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Hunt</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> White</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Davis</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Jones</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Wood</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Dudley</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Knight</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Wooley</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="142"><div> Emery</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><div> Lamson</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="149"><div> Wright</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Additional names appear among town officers chosen in 1737</div> <bR> <div> Conant     Darby     Pierce</div> <bR> <div> From: History of Acton by Harold R. Phalen Copyright 1954, Middlesex Printing, Inc. Cambridge, Mass. Page 28</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="town_officers__acton_ma___july_21_1735"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Town Officers , Acton, MA.  July 21, 1735</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="341" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Moderator</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Lt. John Heald</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Town Clerk</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Thomas Wheeler</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Selectmen and Assessor</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Lt. John Heald</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Selectmen and Assessor</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Joseph Fletcher</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Selectmen and Assessor</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Thomas Wheeler</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Constable</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Jonathan Wheeler</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Constable</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Amos Prescott</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Town Treasurer</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> John Barker</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Surveyor of Highway</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Jonathan Parlin</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Surveyor of Hemp and Flax</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> John Cragon</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Surveyor of Hemp and Flax</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Samuel Hayward</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Tythingman</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Simon Hunt</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Fence Viewers</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> John Brooks</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Drover</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> David Procter</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Drover</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Jonathan Hosmer</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Hogreeve</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Jonathan Billings</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Hogreeve</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Daniel Shepherd</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="190"><div> Hogreeve</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="136"><div> Joseph Wheeler</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> From: History of Acton by Harold R. Phalen Copyright 1954, Middlesex Printing, Inc. Cambridge, Mass. Page 31</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>