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Kamis, 2023-03-16 17:51:25manor or civil parish. The tithing's leader or spokesman was known as a tithingman. The noun tithing breaks down as ten + thing, which is to say, a thing...
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Senin, 2026-07-20 07:04:45a member of the Congregational Old South Church where he served as a tithingman. Josiah Franklin married his first wife, Anne Child (1655–1689), in 1677...
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Selasa, 2025-06-17 20:38:10In English law, the term headborough, head-borough, borough-head, borrowhead, or chief pledge, referred historically to the head of the legal, administrative...
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Sabtu, 2026-07-25 01:11:28thousands. In like manner there were the decurio among the Romans and the tithingman among the early English." The most common activity requiring a minyan...
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Senin, 2026-08-24 13:16:24of ten families called tithings, each of which was overseen by a chief tithingman. Every household head was responsible for the good behavior of his own...
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Kamis, 2026-07-30 10:25:44Mīr-dah or Mīr-daha: Commander or superintendent of ten: decurion; a tithingman Mīr-sāmān: Head steward Mīr-shikār: Master of the hunt, chief huntsman;...
Click to read more »Abraham Davenport
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 00:31:51424 in 2025) to the church. In 1737, Davenport was the Stamford town tithingman, and in 1738, he was the town surveyor. He also served on the Stamford...
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Selasa, 2026-06-09 13:09:48highways and cartways in town. Additionally, he was a constable and a tithingman. As such, he was responsible for maintaining moral family order. In 1639...
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Senin, 2026-07-20 04:43:24Viewer, hayward, hogreeve, measurer of boards, pounder, sealer of leather, tithingman, viewer of bricks, water bailiff, and woodcorder. Boston's Puritans looked...
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Senin, 2026-08-24 13:13:37systems—January, month, Tuesday, year; and self-government—jureeman ('juryman'), tithingman ('tithe collector'), selectmons ('selectman'), consteppe ('constable')...
Click to read more »Brian Barker
Minggu, 2026-06-28 01:57:46Coopers an Honorary Liveryman of the Curriers' Company and an Honorary Tithingman of the Guildable Manor of Southwark. Barker was appointed Commander of...
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Rabu, 2026-06-10 22:53:48house, and children sat in their own section under the oversight of a tithingman, who corrected unruly children (or sleeping adults) with a long staff...
Click to read more »William Mullins (Mayflower passenger)
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 07:35:09Dorking on 5 October 1604, when he was elected tithingman for the Eastborough neighbourhood. The tithingman was the head of a "frankpledge" – a group of...
Click to read more »Nathaniel Colburn
Kamis, 2026-03-05 14:27:23of roles and positions of responsibility within the new town including tithingman. He had 11 children, the youngest of whom was Joseph. Colburn was admitted...
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Rabu, 2026-05-06 20:43:28Unitarian Controversy". 1881 – via Internet Archive (Harvard). "The Puritan Tithingman – The Most Powerful Man in New England". New England Historical Society...
Click to read more »Amos Singletary
Sabtu, 2026-08-22 15:46:35youngest son of Mary Grelee (or Greele) and John Singletary, a farmer and tithingman. John had moved to Sutton around 1720 and soon bought a lot on which he...
Click to read more »Teffont Evias
Minggu, 2026-05-17 17:34:07misconduct, the village formed part of Dunworth hundred; in 1502 its tithingman was presented to the hundred court for not carrying a staff as precedent...
Click to read more »Robert Calef
Jumat, 2026-05-29 03:23:54overseer of the poor. In 1707 he was chosen an assessor, and in 1710 a tithingman, which he declined. He retired to Roxbury, where he was a selectman. He...
Click to read more »History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1700–1799
Kamis, 2026-08-06 10:46:37highways and cartways in town. Additionally, he was a constable and a tithingman. As such, he was responsible for maintaining moral family order. In 1639...
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