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Fish laws, rewards for killing wild cats, bickerings with the minister, and brief mention of the death of many women at an early age  after having given birth to an incredible number of children  fill up pages and pages. FISH LAWS REWARDS FOR KILLING WILD CATS BICKERINGS WITH THE MINISTER AND BRIEF MENTION OF THE DEATH OF MANY WOMEN AT AN EARLY AGE AFTER HAVING GIVEN BIRTH TO AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF CHILDREN FILL UP PAGES AND PAGES
after the settlement at Plymouth that Kingston made its first request for a separation. It was not granted for almost a decade, but from then on the ecclesiastical records furnish us with a great deal of intimate and chatty material. For instance, we learn in 1719 that Isaac Holmes was to have "20 shillings for sweeping, opening and shutting of the doors and casements of the meeting house for 1 year," which throws some light upon sextons' salaries! The minute directions as to the placing of the pews in the meeting-house (1720) contain a pungent element of personality. Major John Bradford is "next to the pulpit stairs"; Elisha Bradford on the left "as you go in"; Benjamin Eaton's place is "between minister's stairs and west door"; while Peter West is ingloriously, and for what reason we know not, relegated to the gallery "in the front, next to the stairs, behind the women." It is significant to note (1728) that seats are built at each end above the galleries for the Indians and negroes. TTLEMENT AT PLYMOUTH THAT KINGSTON MADE ITS FIRST REQUEST FOR A SEPARATION IT WAS NOT GRANTED FOR ALMOST A DECADE BUT FROM THEN ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS FURNISH US WITH A GREAT DEAL OF INNITE AND CHATTY MATERIAL FOR INSTANCE WE LEARN IN SEVENTEEN NINETEEN THAT ISAAC HOLMES WAS TO HAVE TWENTY SHILLINGS FOR SWEEPING OPENING AND SHUTTING OF DOORS AND CASEMENTS OF THE MEETING HOUSE FOR ONE YEAR WHICH THROWS SOME LIGHT UPON SEXTON'S SALARIES THE MINUTE DIRECTIONS AS TO THE PLACING OF THE PEWS IN THE MEETING HOUSE SEVENTEEN TWENTY CONTAIN A PUNGENT ELEMENT OF PERSONALITY MAJOR JOHN BRADFORD IS NEXT TO THE PULPIT STAIRS ELISHA BRADFORD ON THE LEFT AS YOU GO IN BENJAMIN EATON'S PLACE IS BETWEEN MINISTERS STAIRS AND WEST DOOR WHILE PETER WEST IS INGLORIOUSLY AND FOR WHAT REASON WE KNOW NOT RELEGATED TO THE GALLERY IN THE FRONT NEXT TO THE STAIRS BEHIND THE WOMEN IT IS SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE SEVENTEEN TWENTY EIGHT THAT SEATS ARE BUILT AT EACH END ABOVE THE GALLERIES FOR THE INDIANS AND NEGROES
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