History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . 53, the settlers put up a small frame of a meet-ing-house, a few rods south of the old burying ground, this spot hav-ing been originally selected as the centre. That frame was neveroccupied for public worship, nor even enclosed; but was soon sold, onconviction that the present centre common—on the hill—was abetter site for a meeting-house and training field. But let it berecorded to their honor, that the first ten families, the year after theyhad built log cabins for t
History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . 53, the settlers put up a small frame of a meet-ing-house, a few rods south of the old burying ground, this spot hav-ing been originally selected as the centre. That frame was neveroccupied for public worship, nor even enclosed; but was soon sold, onconviction that the present centre common—on the hill—was abetter site for a meeting-house and training field. But let it berecorded to their honor, that the first ten families, the year after theyhad built log cabins for themselves, undertook to erect a house of God. The name? of the first settlers will be read with increasing interestas the years of their pioneer labors recede into the past. The follow-ing list, says Dr. Whiton, is nearly correct, and in relation to most ofthem, certainly so. By far the most prominent man among them, wasthe Hon. Thomas Berry, one of the leading citizens of Ipswich, whosettled on the place formerly belonging to Stephen Tolman, and now->wned by Samuel Woodbury, resided there a portion of each of the. Day H@us©, 1751 HISTORY OF YflftCmUTDOX. 45 two or three subsequent years, and then returned to Ipswich, wherehe died, August 12, 1756. He was thus a resident, though notlegally an inhabitant of the town. Lieut. Tilton was also here, attimes, and did much in effecting the settlement. Another prominentman, of considerable wealth and influence, who though he never becamea resident, was a large landholder, was active in promoting the settle-ment, and occasionally visited his lands here, was Dr. Joseph Man-ning of Ipswich. His name is introduced for the sake of an amusinganecdote which occurred on one of his visits, and which will be relatedin connection with a name soon to be mentioned. Richard Day wasa permanent settler, and built the house now owned by Mr. JosiahDunn, more than a hundred and sixteen years*since [1752]. He wasthe first deacon of the church, and
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