Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (1906)

Includes the catalogue of First Church members, with cross-referenced numbers: “Lucia Ellis, wid. of Matthias, m. 1743, o. Bennet, mo. 273, d. Oc. 3, 1804, ae. 79”; no. 273, “Thankful Bennet, m. 1724, 2d. m. Seth Samson 1758, o. Sproat”; and “Phebe Thomas, w. Azel, m. 1796, o. Ellis, dau. of Geo., gr. mo. 623, d. in the St. of Me. Feb. 3, 1851” (623 being Lucy). The numbering was worked out from the cross-references and should be checked on the printed page.

Also the 1717 Soule deed of the burying ground (p. 312), the 1729/30 loan list, and the “Eddy Note-Book” story of Thomas Ellis and the Lexington alarm.

For the Bennett and Howland families: Peter Bennett’s farm, mill and water privilege at Fall Brook, and the Fall Brook Furnace, “one of the first blast furnaces” (pp. 305-306); the town order of 29 Mar 1706 to “bring or send in unto Peter Bennet six blackbirds heads” (p. 567); his service as selectman (1715), on the 1716 school committee and as captain; “Jenny, (Afr.), … m. 1747, serv’t. of Peter Bennet” in the church list; the story of Isaac Howland’s long shot of June 1675 (tradition); the town meetings at his house, the fish weir of 1683 and his choice “to keep ye ordinary,” 30 Aug 1686 (pp. 554-558); and his service as representative in 1692.