Jurors at Wells, 1798

Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 87 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1933).

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Jurors at Wells, Me., 1798.—The following extract from the town records of Wells, Me., gives the names of men selected in November 1798 to serve as jurors in the Supreme Judicial Court and also the names of those selected to serve as jurors for the Courts of Common Pleas and Courts of General Sessions of the Peace. The names of jurors for the Supreme Judicial Court were arranged in three parallel columns, while those of jurors in the other courts were arranged in four parallel columns.

"At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Wells qualified according to the law to vote in Town affairs held at the meeting house in the first parish in said Town on monday the 5th day of November 1798

"John Storer Esq^r was chosen Moderator The Select Men of said Town

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presented a list of persons by them judged suitable to serve as petit Jurors out of which the Town voted to select the persons heafter [sic] named viz.

"Benjamin Titcomb Alexander Maxell Aaron Clerk Amos Littlefield Jeremiah Hubbard Jedediah Jepson Nathan Clark Joshua Eaton junr Richard Gilpatrick Jeremiah Paul Joshua Littlefield Nathaniel Gilpatrick Isaac Kimball Eliphalet Walker Samuel Gilpatrick Nathaniel Cousens Pelatiah Littlefield Abraham Littlefield John Maxwell junr Samuel Mitchell Samuel Curtis William Perkins George Perkins Jonathan Hill

"Jacob Fisher Dimon Hubbard Oliver Keating James Kimball Isaac Emery John Witham Daniel Heard Nahum Morrill Samuel Howard Isaac Bourn Hans Patten John Taylor John Staples Thomas Hobbs Joseph Barnard Samuel Gooch Joseph Littlefield Robert Wells John Tibbets Tobias Lord Daniel Wise George Gatchell Eleazer Clark junr John Low

"John Taylor junr Daniel Wheelwright Benaiah Clark Nathaniel Stover Dependance Wells Joseph Moody Nathaniel Wells junr Joseph Bourn William Jefferds James Snow Ezekiel Wakefield James Treadwell Moses Chick William Hobbs Benjamin Bourn Samuel Burnham Thatcher Goddard Daniel Winn John Butland Samuel Meldrum [?] Nathaniel Frost Abraham Annis Stephen Larrabee

"to serve as petit Jurors in the Supreme Judicial Court of the commonwealth and as grand Jurors and ordered the same to be put into a separate Box they may be drawn accordingly — Voted that the remainder named in the list of Petit Jurors be put into another Box to be drawn as the Law directs to serve as petit Jurors in the Courts of Common pleas and Courts of General Sessions of the peace viz.—

"Abiel Kelly John Fish Enoch Peasley Samuel Wells Eliab Stevens Naman Perkins Jotham Allen John Gowen Daniel Littlefield Jotham Clark Thomas Hobbs David Wells Capt. John Walker Abraham Burnham Joseph Gooch Thomas Chick William Eaton William Cole William Moody Benjamin Morison Isaac Storer Solomon Stevens James Donnell James Maxwell Daniel Penney Ezekiel Varney James Boston Jesse Hatch Samuel McJefferds Joseph Hill

"Moses Furbish John Brown Moses Hemmenway junr John Kennard James Rankin Samuel Hill Thomas Varney Moses Hubbard Pomiret Howard Jacob Perkins John Shapley Maxell Obediah Hatch junr Jedediah Jepson Benjamin Hatch junr Joseph Littlefield James Osburn Ebenezer Day Joshua Wells Josias Littlefield Nathaniel Hill Dependence Littlefield Phinehas Cole Jacob Storer William Hatch Benjamin Littlefield junr John Hatch Benjamin Littlefield 4th Joshua Chick junr Jotham Mitchell Job Emery

"Joseph Ross Abraham Courier Thomas Boothby Daniel Robinson William Robinson John Storer junr Barak Kimball Joseph Day Capt John Hovey Reuben Littlefield Daniel Shackley Jonathan Hill junr William Storer Samuel Black Littlefield William Sayer Richard Thompson junr William Taylor John U. Parsons Roger Littlefield Jonathan Hatch junr Samuel Curtis junr Stephen Ricker William Boston Jacob Littlefield William Lord John Ross junr Jonathan Clark Joseph Wheelwright junr Matthew Lindsay William Wormwood

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"John Elwell Daniel Hatch Parker Webster John Jones Elisha Hatch Ebenezer Coboarn Daniel Littlefield John Goodwin Joseph Hobs junr Samuel Treadwell Gershom Maxell Joseph Bourn junr John Gilpatrick Stephen Tucker Tobias Stone Joseph Taylor Samuel Taylor Nehemiah Annis Jacob Town James Gilpatrick Ebenezer Taylor Samuel Gooch junr Jorn Morison Solomon Clark Samuel Lord James Kimball junr

"John Low junr Benjamin Penney Noah Littlefield Elias Stevens Jedediah Gooch Benjamin Larrabee Jonathan Maxwell John Shackley junr Joseph Maxell Nicholas Littlefield Stephen Littlefield Samuel Waterhouse Samuel Jefferds Joseph Gatchell junr Samuel Gilpatrick junr Elias Jacobs Jeremiah Storer junr Benjamin Dighton Capt. Thomas Bragdon Ebenezer Littlefield John Rankin Joel Stevens Capt. William Hubbard Daniel Ross Thomas Jones Johnson Littlefield

"Jacob Furbish Pelatiah Littlefield David Little Levi Littlefield Nathl Kimball junr William Goodale Isaac Pope junr Caleb Thompson Samuel Witham Daniel Littlefield junr Josiah Littlefield Michael Wise Joseph Hatch William Boston junr Amos Stevens Seth Littlefield Samuel Wheelwright Thomas Wormwood Moses Littlefield Samuel Cousins Nathaniel Sayer Joseph Littlefield junr Daniel Goodwin junr Jonathan Perkins Samuel Kimball Daniel C. Little

"Voted that this meeting be dissolved and was dissolved accordingly.

"Attest Nath^l Wells jun^r

"Town Clerk"

Lawrence, Mass. Edith Webster Mank.