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Thus with the assistance of the Pelegs and Hezekiahs, the Zadocks, Ichabods, and Zenases  names which for some absurd and irreverent reason suggest a picture puzzle  we manage to piece together scraps of the Kingston of long ago. THUS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PELEGS AND HEZEKIAS THE ZIDOCS ICHABODS AND ZANOES NAMES FOR WHICH SOME ABSURD AND IRREVERENT REASON SUGGEST A PICTURE PUZZLE WE MANAGED TO PIECE TOGETHER SCRAPS OF THE KINGSTON OF LONG AGO
 up a procession was formed of those who were employed in the raising, consisting of carpenters, sailors, blacksmiths, etc., each taking some implement of his trade such as axes, rules, squares, tackles and ropes. They walked to the Great Bridge and back to the temporary building that had been used for worship (the Quail Trap) while the new one was being planned. Here they all had punch and an "hour or so of jollity." If the women's lives were conspicuously short, it was not so with the men. Ebenezer Cobb, who died in 1801 in the one hundred and eighth year of his age, had lived in no less than three centuries, having seen six years in the seventeenth, the whole of the eighteenth, and a year of the nineteenth. The minister's tax is separated from the other town taxes in 1812--thus even in this little village is reflected the great movement of separation of Church and State. In 1851 when we read of a Unitarian church being built we realize that the Puritan régime is over in New England. AS FORMED OF THOSE WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN THE RAISING CONSISTING OF CARPENTERS SAILORS BLACKSMITHS ET CETERA EACH TAKING SOME IMPLEMENT OF HIS TRADE SUCH AS AXES RULERS SQUARES TACKLES AND ROPES THEY WALKED TO THE GREAT BRIDGE AND BACK TO THE TEMPORARY BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR WORSHIP THE QUAIL TRAP WHILE THE NEW ONE WAS BEING PLANNED HERE THEY ALL HAD PUNCH IN AN HOUR OR SO OF JOLLITY IF THE WOMEN'S LIVES WERE CONSPICUOUSLY SHORT IT WAS NOT SO WITH THE MEN EBENEZER COBB WHO DIED IN EIGHTEEN O ONE IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH YEAR OF HIS AGE HAD LIVED IN NO LESS THAN THREE CENTURIES HAVING SEEN SIX YEARS IN THE SEVENTEENTH THE WHOLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND A YEAR OF THE NINETEENTH THE MINISTER'S TAX IS SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER TOWN TAXES IN EIGHTEEN TWELVE THUS EVEN IN THIS LITTLE VILLAGE IS REFLECTED THE GREAT MOVEMENT OF THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY ONE WHEN WE READ OF A UNITARIAN CHURCH BEING BUILT WE REALIZE THAT THE PURITAN REGIME IS OVER IN NEW ENGLAND
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