Glover's reg.; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 27, 1775; also, priv.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. June 20, 1775; service, I mo., 8 dys.; also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 20, 1775

EDWARD ALLEN of Salem; descriptive list, dated July 1, 1780, of officers and crew of ship “Jack,” commanded by Capt. Nathan Brown; age, 24 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 4 in.; complexion, light.

EZEKIEL ALLEN of Manchester; priv., Capt. Andrew Marster's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Medford; service, 3 dys.

HOOPER ALLEN of Manchester; priv., Capt. Haffield White's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's (4th) reg.; muster return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778; mustered by Squire Cushing; also, Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 19, 1777, to Feb. 19, 1780; enl., 3 yrs.

ISAAC ALLEN of Manchester; priv., Capt. Hart's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 18, 1775; service, 74 dys.; also, Capt. John Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's reg.; order for bounty coat. dated Dec. 13, 1775.

ISAAC ALLEN of Gloucester; corp., corp., Capt. Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses Little's reg.; muster roll for April, 1776; enl. Feb. 9, 1776.

JACOB ALLEN of Manchester; priv., Capt. Andrew Marsters' Co., which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Medford; service, 3 dys.

JACOB ALLEN of Cape Ann; Capt. John Row's co., Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) reg.; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 28, 1775; also, priv.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. June 3, 1775; service, 2 mos., 3 dys.; also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775].

JACOB ALLEN of Danvers (also given Salem); Capt. Gideon Foster's co., Col. John Mansfield's reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, July 4, 1775; also, priv.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 8, 1775; service, 3 mos.; also,

Capt. Baker's co., Col. Mansfield's reg.; co. return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, Capt. John Baker's co., Col. Israel Hutchinson's (19th) reg.; order for bounty coat dated Winter Hill, Oct. 27, 1775

JACOB ALLEN of Danvers; return of men enl. into Continental Army from Capt. Caleb Low's (2d) co., dated Feb. 14, 1778; enl., 3 yrs.

JACOB ALLEN of Gloucester; list of men enl. into Continental Army [year not given].

JAMES ALLEN of Manchester; priv., Capt. Joseph Whipple's co. ; enl. July 13, 1775; dis. Dec. 31, 1775; service, 6 mos., 3 dys.; stationed at Manchester and Gloucester.

JEREMIAH ALLEN of Manchester; Capt. Hart's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's reg.; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, July, 1775; also, priv.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 15, 1775; service, 77 dys. ; also, Capt. John Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's reg. ; order for bounty coat dated Dec. 13, 1775.

JOHN ALLEN of Gloucester; priv., Capt. Joseph Roby's co., Col. Moses Little's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 29, 1775; service, 2 mos., 8 dys.; also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775]; age, 24 yrs.; also, order for bounty coat dated Dec. 11, 1775.

JOHN ALLEN of Manchester; priv., Capt. Andrew Marsters' Co., which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Medford; service, 3 dys.; also, Capt. Hart's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 17, 1775; service, 75 dys.; also, Capt. John Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's reg. ; order for bounty coat dated. Dec. 13, 1775.

JOHN ALLEN of Manchester; priv., Capt. Joseph Whipple's co. ; enl. July 13, 1775; dis. Dec. 31, 1775; service, 6 mos., 3 dys.; stationed at Manchester and Gloucester.

JOHN ALLEN of Marblehead ; Capt. Curtis' co., Col. John Glover's reg.; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June

27, 1775; also, serg., Capt. John Glover's co., Col. Glover's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 27, 1775; service, 2 mos., 9 dys.; also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, order for bounty coat dated Marblehead, Jan. 8, 1776.

JONATHAN ALLEN of Salem; Capt. Ebenezer Winship's co., Col. John Nixon's reg.; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 10, 1775; also, priv.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enl. May 3, 1775; service, 3 mos., 6 dys.; also, co. return dated Sept. 30, 1775; reported, went to Canada.

JOSEPH ALLEN of Newbury; priv., Capt. Gideon Woodwell's co., which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 6 dys.; returned home. April 23, 1775.

JOSEPH ALLEN of Bradford (also given Falmouth and Methuen); return of men enl. into Continental Army from Capt. Jones' (2d) co., Essex co. reg., dated Methuen, Feb. 13, 1778; residence, Falmouth; enl. for Methuen; joined Capt. Ballard's co., Col. Alden's reg.; enl., 3 yrs., to expire Jan. 1, 1780; also, priv., Capt. William H. Ballard's co., Col. Brooks' (late Alden's) 6th reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 4, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; residence, Bradford; credited to Methuen; also, muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Cherry Valley; also, Capt. White's co., Col. Brooks' reg.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to March 4, 1780. To be continued.

WILL OF JOHN SANDERS. The will of John Sanders of Salem was proved in the Salem quarterly court 28: 10: 1643. The following copy is taken from the original instrument on file in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, book 1, leaf 18.

The Laft wil & teftament of John Sanders inhabytant of the Towne of Salem

I be queath unto my fonn John Sandars my Tenn Aker lot with my houf

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A horizontal line written above a letter denoted that one or more letters which should have followed had been omitted. This was the ordinary rule when "mm' or nn were written together, and one "m" or "n" only, with the line above it, would be written. It is rarely or never found written above the full-height letters, such as b, d, t, etc. For example, the word "manner' was written "mañer." "And" was sometimes written " and the ordinary sign (&) was often used. The letter b was frequently written instead of "6 ber"; d for "ded;" n for ner "; o for "on"; p for " par ", "per", por", "pur", "pra", "pre,"

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que " and "qui".

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for

Superior letters, that is, small letters. written above the line, was also a kind of abbreviation. In such cases, the word

*Under the will is written by the clerk of the court: "Teftifyed upon oaths in Court & alfo yt the fd Jno Sandrs Left all the Reft of his estate to his wyfe."

This will has no signature of the testator. It seems to have been a nuncupative will.

"which" was written "wch", as well as "wch", "wh”, and “whh"; "m" stood for "em"; " "for "en ";"" for "er", "ber", and "eir"; "s" for "is" and "as"; "t" for "at"; and "y" for "ey". Syllables in the middle or at the end of words were sometimes written as superiors, though often without abbreviation.

The words" shall be" and "will be " were frequently written "shalbe" and "wilbe ".

The article "ye" needs explanation. It is really "the", and should be so pronounced. The y in this word represents the Anglo-Saxon character which was equivalent to the English "th". When the Old English black-letter type replaced the Anglo-Saxon letters in the printing of English words, from its close resemblance to the Anglo-Saxon character for "th" the Old English was substituted for it, and continued to be so used so long that people became accustomed to using the y for "th" in writing the article "the" and some other words.

24. Sarah Hart, who married George Norton Oct. 7, 1669, was a daughter of Thomas and Alice Hart, and was born in Ipswich in 1647. Thomas Hart was a tanner by trade, and one of the earlier settlers of Ipswich, being one of the commoners in 1641. He was born in 1606, and died in Ipswich March 8, 1673-4. His wife, Alice, born in 1612, died June 8, 1682.-Ed.

36. Rev. Hugh Peters, minister of Salem about 1636, afterwards executed by Charles II., had a brother William2 of Boston, and was a son of William Peters1 of Torrey, Cornwall, England. The young men came over in 1634. William's2 son Andrew3, of Ipswich and Andover, came here some time after the arrival of Mary Beamsley, and an amusing account of Andrew's arrival and first experience of Boston mud is given in a private manuscript belonging to Rev. Anson Titus. He is called a young Holland by the lady tracted, leading to a marriage. Boston who was watching, and his notice was atrecords would probably give other facts and dates.-C. H. Abbott, Andover.

38. See answer to 36 above.