Pews in Deerfield meeting hours, first |
Parish sold December 1824 |
Ten Pew
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s
i
d
e
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six-
teen
slips
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Broad
aisle
slips
28-
three
of
them
the
three
first
in
the next
col-
umn |
No |
To whom sold |
Appraisal |
Premium |
Total |
No |
To Whom sold |
Appraisal |
Premium |
Total |
1 |
Ebenr H. Williams |
82 |
30 |
112 |
51 |
Fift-
teen
slips
north
side
____
ten
pews
north
side
____
Gall-
ery
twen-
ty
two
pews
and
slips |
Cephas Hoyt |
88 |
7 |
95 |
2 |
Quartus Hawks |
82 |
20 |
102 |
52 |
Thomas W.. Dickinson Deed |
78 |
12 |
90 |
3 |
Quartus Hawks |
90 |
15 |
105 |
53 |
Reservd box the minister |
68 |
-- |
-- |
4 |
Erastus Clapp, Ebenr, Clapp Jona and Rufus Gunn |
100 |
5 |
105 |
54 |
Reserved |
52 |
|
" |
5 |
Wm Russell |
100 |
5 |
105 |
55 |
Reserved |
53 |
|
|
6 |
Amos Temple |
100 |
1 |
101 |
56 |
Aaron Fuller |
56 |
5 |
61 |
7 |
Samuel Childs 2d or Elict Allen |
100 |
5 |
105 |
57 |
Elijah Williams Deed |
65 |
11 |
76 |
8 |
Joel Wells- Deed |
85 |
5 |
90 |
58 |
Dennis Stebbins |
65 |
13 |
78 |
9 |
Elihu Hoyt or Eph. Hoyt |
77 |
3 |
80 |
59 |
Asa Stebbins |
72 |
13 |
85 |
10 |
Reserved |
66 |
x |
|
60 |
Saml Catlin |
75 |
11 |
86 |
11 |
Trustees of Deerfield Academy deed |
66 |
10 |
76 |
61 |
Thos. W. Ashley Deed |
70 |
10 |
80 |
12 |
The Same Deed |
50 |
5 |
55 |
62 |
Ralph Williams Deed |
63 |
11 |
74 |
13 |
Elihu Hoyt + Eph. Hoyt |
50 |
1 |
51 |
63 |
Wm. S. Williams Deed |
57 |
11 |
68 |
14 |
Alvan & Eratus Childs |
50 |
1 |
51 |
64 |
Charles Williams |
52 |
10 |
62 |
15 |
Eber H. Williams |
52 |
10 |
62 |
65 |
Nathan Robbins |
50 |
1 |
51 |
16 |
Eli Wright Deed |
57 |
8 |
65 |
66 |
Orlando Ware |
50 |
1 |
51 |
17 |
John Wilson |
63 |
10 |
73 |
67 |
Ephraim Williams Deed |
50 |
1 |
51 |
18 |
Elisha Wells + Augustus Wells |
70 |
5 |
75 |
68 |
Charles Hitchcock & Henry Deed |
66 |
2 |
68 |
19 |
Wm Russell |
75 |
11 |
86 |
69 |
Reserved |
66 |
|
" |
20 |
Asaph Allen |
72 |
9 |
81 |
70 |
Loring Thayer |
77 |
1 |
78 |
21 |
Christr T. Arms |
65 |
11 |
76 |
71 |
Horace Williams |
85 |
10 |
95 |
22 |
Edwin Nims Deed |
65 |
10 |
75 |
72 |
Solomon Williams Deed |
100 |
23 |
123 |
23 |
Ashabel Wright |
56 |
6 |
62 |
73 |
Asa Stebbins |
100 |
28 |
128 |
24 |
Reserved |
53 |
|
|
74 |
Ephraim Williams Deed |
100 |
30 |
130 |
25 |
Reserved |
52 |
|
|
75 |
David Sheldon & Seth Deed |
100 |
32 |
132 |
26 |
Eliphalet Dickinson |
68 |
31 |
99 |
76 |
Zur Hawks & Zenas Deed |
90 |
16 |
106 |
27 |
Saml Catlin |
78 |
6 |
84 |
77 |
Consider Dickinson Deed |
82 |
17 |
99 |
28 |
Eunice Williams Deed |
88 |
16 |
104 |
78 |
Ebenr H. Williams |
82 |
20 |
102 |
29 |
Orando Ware |
100 |
20 |
120 |
1 |
Reserved |
30 |
|
|
30 |
Seth Nims Deed |
100 |
21 |
121 |
2 |
Asa Stebbins |
40 |
5 |
45 |
31 |
Wm Russell |
100 |
21 |
121 |
3 |
Wm. Russell |
40 |
5 |
45 |
32 |
John Hawks |
100 |
21 |
121 |
4 |
Quartus Hawks |
30 |
2 |
32 |
33 |
John Wilson |
100 |
10 |
110 |
5 |
Wm S. Williams |
30 |
3 |
33 |
34 |
Fred Boyden, Olivier Starr, Henry Bardwell |
95 |
5 |
100 |
6 |
Quartus Hawks |
40 |
5 |
45 |
35 |
Ephraim Williams |
90 |
|
55.94 |
7 |
Orlando Ware |
40 |
5 |
45 |
36 |
Ebenr H. Williams |
80 |
|
49.73 |
8 |
Orlando Ware |
30 |
3 |
33 |
37 |
Edwin Ware |
70 |
|
43.51 |
9 |
Ebenr H. Williams |
43 |
|
21 |
38 |
Orlando Ware |
60 |
|
37.40 |
10 |
Willm S. Williams |
45 |
|
23 |
39 |
Orlando Ware |
60 |
3 |
63 |
11 |
David and Eli Wright |
40 |
3 |
43 |
40 |
Solo Williams |
60 |
|
37.40 |
12 |
Charles Ephr. & Elijah Williams
David Wright |
40 |
3 |
43 |
41 |
Calvin Mack Asa Stebbins |
60 |
1 |
61 |
13 |
Solo Williams & Pliny Arms |
45 |
6 |
51 |
42 |
Asa Stebbins |
70 |
|
43.51 |
14 |
Zur & Zenas Hawks, D. Stebbins |
43 |
1 |
44 |
43 |
Do |
80 |
__ |
49.73 |
15 |
John Hawks |
30 |
4 |
34 |
44 |
Quartus Hawks |
90 |
4 |
94 |
16 |
John Hawks |
40 |
7 |
47 |
45 |
Wm S. Williams Deed |
95 |
11 |
106 |
17 |
Ebenr H. Williams |
40 |
6 |
46 |
46 |
Asa Stebbins |
100 |
20 |
120 |
18 |
Seth Nims, Jno Wilson, CT.Arms |
30 |
2 |
32 |
47 |
Pliny Arms |
100 |
22 |
122 |
19 |
Thos W. Dickinson, Thos W. Ashley |
30 |
2 |
32 |
48 |
Ebenr H. Williams |
100 |
21 |
121 |
20 |
Wm Russell |
40 |
5 |
45 |
49 |
Ebenr H. Williams |
100 |
21 |
121 |
21 |
Charles Williams, Elijah& Eph |
40 |
3 |
43 |
|
50 |
Dennis Stebbins & Banks Stebbins |
100 |
9 |
109 |
22 |
Reserved |
30 |
|
|
180 |
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The earliest Puritan meeting houses seated parishioners on benches often without regard to social standing or prominence. However, this quickly changed and by the mid-1600s most towns began building and assigning pews. Like many other towns, Deerfield seated people according to a formula according to age, estate, place, and qualifications that calculated an annual rent for the pew. The seating was often adjusted, sometimes as much as once a year. The custom changed again in the years following the American Revolution. When the First Church of Deerfield voted to replace the second meeting house in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1823, members decided that the pews would be sold. A committee was appointed to assess the value of each pew and their calculations appear in this document. The seats closest to the pulpit (numbers 4-7, 72-75, 29-33, and 46-50) were given the highest value at $100. The remainder were assessed accordingly. Several seats did not sell at auction and were assigned to the minister (number 53), or left open for the poor or visitors who did not choose to sit in the gallery upstairs.
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"Pews in Deerfield meeting house first Parish- sold December 1824"
creator First Church of Deerfield |
date 1824 |
location Deerfield, Massachusetts |
height 13.0" |
width 8.0" |
process/materials manuscript, paper, ink |
item type Plans/Architectural & Seating |
accession # #L02.126 |
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