. The New England historical and genealogical register . , would now have amounted to 4800. But wefind from the enumeration of the inhabitants made the last year, theyscarcely amounted to 3000, from whence we may calculate, that more mayhave at various times emigrated from the town for the last 100 years, thanhave come into it from other places. The meeting-house which was standing at that time, and which remainedseveral years afterwards, was near or upon the spot where the late DavidBragdons dwelling-house now stands (about 100 rods south of the presentmeeting-house). In that house, the Rev.
. The New England historical and genealogical register . , would now have amounted to 4800. But wefind from the enumeration of the inhabitants made the last year, theyscarcely amounted to 3000, from whence we may calculate, that more mayhave at various times emigrated from the town for the last 100 years, thanhave come into it from other places. The meeting-house which was standing at that time, and which remainedseveral years afterwards, was near or upon the spot where the late DavidBragdons dwelling-house now stands (about 100 rods south of the presentmeeting-house). In that house, the Rev. Samuel Moody preached someyears; after which, the people increasing in this part of the town, andfinding the said house too straight for them, erected the present house ofworship in the year 1747. About the year 1735, the town was dividedinto two parishes, in which have been three settled ministers, (viz. Dummer& Moody, 1 [Parish] & Chandler, 2 [Parish.] •El*l HvhVV 1: ,r V><\ im \ 1875.] JS^otes and Queries, 109 NOTES AND Heraldic Query.—Doug-lass Merritt, of this city, aLuemLer of tlie Now-YorkGenealogical and Biogiapbi-cai Society, saw in a iieraidicwork, supposed to be thesketch-book of sou^e New-Englntid Herald Painter, evi-dently about 40 to 50 }carsold, a drawiui^ of the armp,of which the wood-cut is acopy and which were ascribedto a family of Merritt. Hewishes to know wliat family^^ claimed the arms, or at least(L3 y_^to know somewhat of its his-?-^-^tory. Ttie book was said to haveb.€en the property of a formerengraver of lioston. If laymemory serves me right, hianame was Wagner, and he issince dead. The book is inthe possession of John , of the New-YorkGeneaiogiciil and Biographi-cal Society. Jxvmes Usuek. Q Murray St., N. Y. Hale.—A family history ofthe descendants of ThomasHale, of Newbury, 31ass.(1635), in both male and fe-male lines, is in course of preparation. All information relative to the fl\mily is de-sired. Address, Rob
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