[466] Ibid., 196; ibid. (1672-86), 148; Mass. Col. Rec., I, 186.
[467] MSS. Records of the County Court for Middlesex, III, 21.
[468] Whitmore, op. cit. (1660-72), 260; also ibid. (1672-86), 149. There is a copy of one of the orders sent to the constables, differing slightly in capitalization and punctuation from the above, in the MSS. Files of the County Court for Middlesex, Dec., 1668.
[469] Here is the list from Marlboro:
"Samuell Goodenow, from under family Gouernment, Liuing upon his oune ground.
"Isaius Tailer and Will Tayler, Renters....
"John Howard ... out of his time ... and Entending as fast as he can to settell himselfe: so to liue under family gouernment.
"Rober Williams...."—MSS. Files of the County Court for Middlesex, Dec. 1668.
[470] The selectmen of "Billerica" thus "strove to free themselves of all blame":
"To the Honrd Court....