Manchester Historic Association collections . HARRISON D. LORD MEMOIRS 307 mans oath at Boston, March 3, 1636. He was representa-tive in 1639; one of Saltonstalls committee to grant houselots to settlers in 1645; one of Dennisons subscribers in1648; appointed searcher of the coin in 1654; had ashare in Plum Island, 1664; selectman in 1661, and manyyears after. He was town clerk for many years, and alsoclerk of the court till his decease. The latter officeincluded the duties now performed by the clerk of probateand register of deeds. He served more than twenty yearsin the Indian wars and became
Manchester Historic Association collections . HARRISON D. LORD MEMOIRS 307 mans oath at Boston, March 3, 1636. He was representa-tive in 1639; one of Saltonstalls committee to grant houselots to settlers in 1645; one of Dennisons subscribers in1648; appointed searcher of the coin in 1654; had ashare in Plum Island, 1664; selectman in 1661, and manyyears after. He was town clerk for many years, and alsoclerk of the court till his decease. The latter officeincluded the duties now performed by the clerk of probateand register of deeds. He served more than twenty yearsin the Indian wars and became so inured to camp life andexposure that he could never afterwards sleep upon afeather bed. He is said to have been below the mediumstature, but of powerful mould, and one of the mostathletic, strong, and fearless men in the Colonial is a tradition that the Indians themselves at onetime, when confronted by Lords Rangers, proposed todecide the battle that was anticipated by an encounterbetween the champions of the two parties; t
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