| CHELSEA’S FIRST TEACHERS |
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| List of School Teachers from 1709 to 1798, their salaries and where they taught. Missing information does not exist in the records. |
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| Year | Name of Teacher | School Location | Salary | ||
| 1709 – 1719 | Thomas Cheever | Rumney Marsh | �20 per quarter | ||
| 1729 – 1730 | Unknown | Rumney Marsh | |||
| 1739 | Belcher Hancock | Pullen Point | �20 per quarter | ||
| Rumney Marsh | |||||
| 1749 | Mr. John rand | Near Winnisimmet | �40 per quarter | ||
| Near Meeting House | and board | ||||
| At Old School House | |||||
| Mr. Joshua Bill | Pullen Point | ||||
| 1750 | Samuel Livermore | Centre School House | �6 per quarter | ||
| Near Winnisimmet | |||||
| Capt. Samuel Watt’s House | |||||
| Near Mr. Kent’s | |||||
| 1751 | Samuel McClintock | �6 per quarter | |||
| 1752 | Samuel McClintock | �5-6-8 per quarter | |||
| and his board | |||||
| 1755 | Mrs. Tuttle | At School House | �1 per week | ||
| 1755 | Mrs. Deborah Brintnall | At Winnisimmet | �1 per week | ||
| 1756 | Capt. Nathaniel Oliver | �75 per quarter | |||
| 1763 | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| 1764 | Mrs. Rebecca Pratt | For schooling of children | �5-6-11 | ||
| of the chief citizens | |||||
| “ | Mrs. Anna Lewis | ||||
| “ | Mrs. Elisha Donham | Winnisimmet | |||
| “ | Mrs. John Sargent | ||||
| 1765 | Mrs. Andrew Tewksbury | �0-3-2 per week | |||
| 1766 | Silas Biglow | ||||
| 1768 | John Payson | ||||
| “ | Samuel Cheney | �6 per quarter | |||
| 1769 | John Payson | ||||
| “ | Samuel Cheney | �6 per quarter | |||
| “ | Joseph Ward | ||||
| 1770 | Peter Thatcher | �6 per quarter | |||
| “ | Samuel Cheney | ||||
| “ | Joseph Cummings | Pullen Point | �6 per quarter | ||
| 1772 | John Smith | ||||
| “ | Nathan Ward | �6 per quarter | |||
| “ | Joseph Cummings | ||||
| 1773 | Nathan Ward | �6 per quarter | |||
| 1774 | Nathan Ward | �6 per quarter | |||
| “ | William Hoale | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | Benjamin Brintnall | �4-1-9-2 for 8 weeks | |||
| and boarding | |||||
| 1775 | Nathan Ward | �6 per quarter | |||
| 1776 | Moses Tafts | �3 (in part) | |||
| “ | Mary Angues | Pullen Point | 22/ week | ||
| 1777 | Mary Angues | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | Benjamin Brintnall | Town’s School | 12/ week & board | ||
| 1778 | Elizabeth Sergeant | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | Nathaniel Mountford | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | Benjamin Brintnall | Town’s School | �4 for 8 weeks | ||
| 1779 | John Downe | Winnisimmet | �3 (in part) | ||
| “ | Oliver Everett | for 12 weeks at Chelsea | �48 | ||
| “ | Elizabeth Sergeant | Pullen Point | 14 weeks, �6/week | ||
| “ | Nathaniel Mountford | Pullen Point | 7 weeks, �57/week | ||
| 1780 | Andrew Blanchard | Pullen Point | �50 per month | ||
| 1781 | Mr. Sargeant, ye town’s schoolmaster, his board to |
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| December 1779, 21 days | �300 | ||||
| “ | Aaron Hall | ||||
| “ | Mrs. Ann Hough, for keeping school summer |
�150 | |||
| 1782 | Aaron Hall | Town’s School Master | 45 days at 1/4 day | ||
| 1783 | John Sale | The Point | |||
| “ | Richard Shute, Jr. | Winnisimmet | |||
| “ | Aaron Hall | January 20 to March 10, 1783. Town’s School |
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| �Master. Boarded 6 days at 9/ week and for dining |
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| him 80 days at 1/3 | |||||
| “ | William Reed | ||||
| 1784 | Richard Shute, Jr. | Winnisimmet | �4.1.0 for 9 weeks | ||
| “ | Ebenezer Vezy | ||||
| “ | John Sale | The Point | �6 per quarter | ||
| 1785 | John Downe | The Ferry | |||
| “ | Elkanah Hawks | �7 per quarter | |||
| “ | Daniel Sargeant | ||||
| “ | Deacon John Sale | The Point | �7 per quarter | ||
| 1786 | Richard Shute, Jr. | The Ferry | �7 per quarter | ||
| “ | Abijah Hastings | The Point | �7 per quarter | ||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | �2 per week, boarding herself | |||
| “ | Elkanah Hawks | �7 per quarter | |||
| “ | Mrs. Benjamin Capen | ||||
| 1787 | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Abijah Hastings | ||||
| 1788 | Mrs. Winifred Davis | ||||
| “ | Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Mr. Downe | ||||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| 1789 | Mrs. Abigail Belcher | ||||
| “ | Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Mrs. Winifred Davis | ||||
| 1790 | Mrs. Abigail Belcher | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | Mrs. Winifred Davis | Winnisimmet | |||
| “ | Samuel Pratt | ||||
| 1791 | Mrs. Abigail Belcher | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Abijah Hastings | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | John Butman | ||||
| “ | Deacon John Sale | ||||
| “ | Daniel Sargeant | ||||
| 1792 | Mr. Hunewell | Winnisimmet | |||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Daniel Sargeant | ||||
| 1793 | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Abijah Hastings | ||||
| 1794 | Abijah Hastings | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | William Banton | Winnisimmet | |||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Joseph Stowers | ||||
| 1795 | Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Reuben Hatch | ||||
| “ | William Banton | ||||
| “ | Joseph Stowers | ||||
| 1796 | Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| 1797 | Abijah Hastings | Pullen Point | |||
| “ | Mrs. Abijah Hastings | ||||
| “ | Joseph Stowers | ||||
| “ | Elizabeth Belcher | ||||
| 1798 | William Hall | ||||
| “ | Joseph Stowers | ||||