promise carting voluntary toward the East Bridge beside the rate a day work a piece." Of his life we know very little ; the following facts, gleaned from town and county records, indicate however that he was an active citizen. The danger from Indians... Foster Genealogy - Page 113by Frederick Clifton Pierce - 1899 - 1081 pagesFull view - About this book
| New England - 1876 - 626 pages
...others "promise carting voluntary toward the East Bridge beside the rate a day work a piece." Of his life we know very little ; the following facts, gleaned...requiring the "youth from ten to sixteen years to he exercised with small guns, half pikes, bows aud arrows," and also that "every town is to have a... | |
| Digital images - 1889 - 572 pages
...that date in any other town than Lynn, it might be considered that William enlisted from Lynn. '• The danger from Indians in these early times was such...exercised with small guns, half pikes, bows and arrows." — Aero England Historical Register, Vol. XXX. p. 83. Sixteen years of age also was fixed by the Court... | |
| Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Anne H. Cresson - Reference - 1896 - 58 pages
...carting voluntary toward the East Bridge beside the rate a day work a piece." Of Reginald Forster's life we know very little; the following facts, gleaned...indicate, however, that he was an active citizen. * In the earlier records we find this name spelled indifferently Foster or Foreter, the former spelling... | |
| National Americana Society - United States - 1925 - 848 pages
...Judith, with several sons and daughters. The danger from Indians in those early days was such that in 1645 a law was passed requiring the "youth from ten...-pikes, bows and arrows, and also that every town was to have a guard set a half -hour after sunset, to consist of pikemen, musketeers, and to prepare... | |
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