Ashfield — Town Clerks & Representatives

Extracted from "History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, Volume II," by Louis H. Everts, 1879.


Town Clerks.

      1762, Samuel Belding;* 1766, Benjamin Phillips; 1775, Samuel Belding; 1776, Dr. Phineas Bartlet; 1778, Jacob Sherwin; 1782, Dr. Phineas Bartlet; 1794, Dr. Francis Mantor; 1795, Dr. Phineas Bartlet; 1799, Levi Cook; 1802, Elijah Paine; 1806, Seth Norton; 1807, Henry Bassett; 1813, Lewis Williams; 1814, Dr. Enos Smith; 1816, Henry Bassett; 1823, Dimmick Ellis; 1826, James McFarland; 1830, Russell Bement; 1832, Wait Bement; 1836, Samuel Barber; 1839, Henry S. Ranney 1817, Nelson Gardner; 1852, Sidney Brooks; 1853, Henry S. Ranney; 1870, Moses G. Cook; 1873, Henry S. Ranney.

Representatives.

      1775, Capt. Elisha Cranston; 1779, Jonathan Taylor; 1780, Jacob Sherwin 1782, Benj. Rogers; 1783-86, Capt. Elisha Cranston; 1787, Chileab Smith, Jr.; 1789, Capt. Philip Phillips; 1790-97, '99, 1801-2, '4, Elijah Paine; 1806-7, Ephraim Williams; 1808, Ephraim Williams, Elijah Paine; 1809, Ephraim Williams, Thomas White; 1810, Ephraim Williams, Henry Bassett; 1811-12, Thos. White, Henry Bassett; 1814, Enos Smith; 1816, Enos Smith, Henry Bassett; 1817, Enos Smith; 1820, Henry Bassett; 1823, Dimmick Ellis; 1827, Henry Bassett; 1829 (May 4th), Dr. Enos Smith, Capt. Roswell Ranney; 1829-30, Enos Smith, Samuel Bement 1831, Roswell Ranney, Henry Bassett; 1831 (November), Henry Bassett, Chester Sanderson; 1832. Chester Sanderson, Jonathan Sears; 1833, Seth Church, Alison Bement; 1834, Justus Smith, Judah Taylor; 1835, Jonathan Sears, Wait Bement; 1836, Anson Bement, Wait Bement; 1837, Roswell Ranney 1838, Wm. Bassett, Friend Knowlton; 1839, Friend Knowlton; 1840, Sanford Boice; 1844, Jasper Bement; 1847, Samuel W. Hall, 1848, Samuel Barber 1849-50, Hosea Blake; 1851, Henry S. Ranney; 1852, Anson Bement; 1853, Nelsen Gardner; 1833, Manley Guilford; 1856, Philip Bassett; 1858, Nathan Knowlton; 1860, Joseph Vincent, Jr.; 1863, Chauncey Boice; 1865, David S. Howes; 1867, Henry S. Ranney; 1870, Levi Gardner; 1874, Frederick G. Howes 1877, Nelsen Gardner.

* Served until the incorporation of the town.



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