Heard family business records

Scope and Contents Contains papers related to John Heard's tenure as a coroner of Essex County, dated 1778-1796, including his appointment by the state, summons to the constable to convene jurors to conduct inquests, inquisition indentures, juror receipts and lists, and accounts of charges incurred by the inquisition, such as a gravedigger's bill. Several cases of unnamed women were found by the jurors to be a suicides by hanging. The March 29, 1781, summons to view the body of an African American man named...

Scope and Contents Contains papers related to civic and legal service in Ipswich by John Heard, dated 1774-1817, including an appointment by James Pitts and James Bowdoin, executors of James Bowdoin's estate, to take possession of property recovered through a lawsuit; Ipswich town committee records and meeting warrants to consider matters such as granting approval of Dr. John Manning to establish a woolens manufactory and Stephen Lord to open a tailor's shop; and summonses and depositions in cases where he...

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Includes John Heard's appointments as a justice of the peace in Essex County, a summons to attend the Massachusetts General Court after he was elected state senator, and his appointments to various Ipswich town committees, as well as bills for construction of a fire-proof probate office, dated 1779-1820.

Scope and Contents Contains estate records and guardianship papers for assorted minors, dated 1773-1825. Inlcuded are a copy of the will of Ipswich ship wright Francis Cogswell, and court documents and financial records related to John Heard's appointment as guardian of Cogswell's son Joseph, such as receipts for his college tuition; and estate papers of his brothers Charles and Nathan Heard; copies of the division of Colonel Samuel Rogers' estate; bonds and receipts from the estate of Royall Tyler of Boston;...

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Contains deeds of land from Daniel Heard to John Heard, and copies of bonds from Samuel Heard and Daniel Heard to John Heard, dated 1770-1772, as well as a promissory note from Samuel Heard and bill to Nathan Heard, Jr., dated 1810-1812.

Scope and Contents Contains papers related to John Heard's service on town committees and other Ipswich town affairs, dated 1783-1803. Includes bills to the town for labor and service of committee members, the town clerk, and others; memoranda of property rights granted; and a list of retailers including Daniel Noyes, Anna Dodge, Anna Marshall, Jonathan Cogswell, Margaret Wise, Nathaniel Heard, Daniel Rogers, and innkeepers, including Jacob Treadwell, Jeremiah Choate, and Richard Homans, in Ipswich in 1789....

Scope and Contents Contains original and copies of deeds to property in Ipswich, Hallowell, and Raymond Township, and rights to commonage, to John Heard and others, dated 1759-1819. Included are deeds to an Ipswich distillery business transferred among William Story, Ebenezer Pemberton, Heard, William Dodge, and Royall Tyler and Nathaniel Hatch, a writ of possession related to the estate of James Bowdoin, and deeds of Ipswich land to Heard from Hannah Rogers and Martha Staniford, as well as a deed to a...

Scope and Contents Contains legal records, dated 1737-1816, including agreements, deeds, and leases signed by John Heard for the land, dwelling house, and store he owned on Union Street in Boston. On the verso of an indenture is a copy of an agreement between John Heard and Paul Revere. There is also an agreement with Benjamin Harrod to create a two hundred and ten gallon still, powers of attorney to Heard, referee reports, documents related to lawsuits, and bonds from Heard to William Story, Jr., for half...

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Daybook of sales of rum, molasses, clove water, sugar, boards, snakeroot, pork, and other commodities by John Heard in 1770-1771, sometimes paid in barter of labor or service, and expenses associated with his still house, such as purchase of molasses from suppliers. Accounts included Heard's father and grandfather, Captain Abraham Dodge, Joseph Appleton, Isaac Appleton, Daniel Low, and Andrew Burley. A few personal expenses appear in the volume: Johanna Rast was paid cash for nursing.

Scope and Contents Daybook of sales and distribution of rum and cider from John Heard's distillery, trade of cotton, molasses, clovewater, sugar, boards, snakeroot, rice, and other commodities, and expenses of outiftting privateers, such as the brig Nabby, schooner Martha, ship Black Prince, and sloops Polly and Success, dated 1771-1778. Names in the volume include Isaac Averil, Moses Pinder, Nathaniel Lord, Francis Cogswell, Joseph Dennie, William Wise, and Anna Dodge. Entries in October 1778 contain a charge...

Scope and Contents Daybook of sales of rum, molasses, clove water, sugar, coffee, wood, indigo, flour, salt, cotton, rice, glass, and other goods, by John Heard in 1777-1780, sometimes paid in barter of labor or service, and accounts related to building, outfitting, and purchasing shares in privateers. Entries include Comeno Morris, who worked on a new schooner in 1779, John Lakeman, merchant and shipowner William Dodge, shopkeeper Dummer Jewett, Jacob Manning, Henry Spiller, Francis Hovey, sailor William...

Scope and Contents Daybook of sales of rum, molasses, coffee, wood, tea, indigo, dry goods, salt, fish, and farm produce, by John Heard in 1780-1784, sometimes paid in barter of labor or service, as well as entries related to investing in and outfitting privateers. Names in the volume include William Story, Stephen Dutch, William Wise, Lucy Hodgkins, Jacob Treadwell, Henry Spiller, John Kinsman, Philip Homan, Andrew Burley, Caty Walley, John Safford, Asa Peabody, Anna Dodge, and Comeno Morris. Also contains...

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Daybook of sales of rum, molasses, coffee, wood, dry goods, salt, fish, aniseed, and farm produce by John Heard in 1784-1788, sometimes paid in barter of labor or service, and expenses related to shipping. Names in the volume include Comeno Morris, Francis Hovey, Daniel Lumos, John Wait, Nathaniel Dodge, Ebenezer Standwood, Anna Dodge, Edmund Stacy, General Michael Farley, Aaron Day, Revered Joseph Dana (1742-1827), Jonathan Ingersoll, Jeremiah Staniford, and Jabish Farley.

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Daybook of sales of rum, lumber, turpentine, salt, snakeroot, fish, and farm produce by John Heard in 1788-1793, sometimes paid in barter of labor or service, and expenses related to shipping. Names in the volume include distiller Samuel Whipple, Comeno Morris, Thomas Appleton, Aarons Perkins, Daniel Noyes, Moses Conant, Simeon Safford, Francis Hovey, and Benjamin Warner. The end of the volume contains memoranda of fish due and received from sundry people in 1787.

Scope and Contents Daybook of John Heard, dated 1796-1809, containing of sales of rum, corn, sugar, snakeroot, aniseed, and other merchandise; lumber purchases; labor costs; loans by Heard; charges to the distillery for molasses imported on the sloop Fox and bought of other merchants; and entries related to shipping and supplying vessels such as the schooners Hope, Polley, Sally, and Susannah. Names in the volume include Comeno Morris, Francis Caldwell, Thomas Appleton, Joseph Killburn, Nathaniel Heard, Edward...

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Journal of John Heard, mostly related to the distillery business, dated to 1781-1788. Included are accounts of labor, and work on ships and voyages of the schooner Martha and sloop Success; charges against the town of Ipswich; and stock received and delivered out of the distillery. Comeno Morris's account includes records of his labor and rent of a house, and payment by Heard in rum, beef, clove water, and cash.

Scope and Contents Journal of John Heard, dated 1783-1793, containing accounts of rum and fish trade, shipping, labor, and sales of general merchandise. The first page contains memoranda of fish received from various merchants or mariners like Jacob Treadwell, and an account of fish shipped on the brig Sally and schooner Antice. There are multiple accounts related to building the brig Sally and the sloop Susanna. Names in the volume include Colonel Joseph Morril, master of the brig Sally; shipwrights Lemuel...

Scope and Contents Ledger of John Heard, dated 1770-1782, recording distillery and general store transactions, and a receipt from John Dennis in 1789. There is an index to names at the end of the volume, including Michael Farley, Captain Daniel Goodhue, William Appleton, Captain Abraham Dodge, Francis Cogswell, Captain John Holmes, Captain Jeremiah Staniford, Abraham Choate, Ezekiel Dodge, Joseph Appleton, William Story, Jr., Susannah Smith, Nathaniel Appleton, Manuel Asknes, Dummer Jewitt, and Daniel Rindge,...

Scope and Contents Ledger of John Heard, dated 1787-1836, concerning his distillery business and coastwise and West Indies shipping ventures. Included are accounts of vessels he owned or hired, sometimes in partnership with Captain Ephraim Kendall and Captain Jonathan Ingersoll, and expenses for day labor, caulkers and gravers, painters, iron work, rigging and outfitting, insurance, wharfage, and customs. Among the ships referenced are the schooners Anstice and Susannah, sloop Fox, and brig Sarah &...

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Includes memorandum of notes signed by John Heard and Stephen Dutch and a settlement related to lands and warehouse involving Heard, Dutch, and William Story, and promissory notes and orders to pay related to shipping and trade of rum, molasses, and lumber.

Scope and Contents Accounts of John Heard related to his distillery and shipping. Includes Heard’s accounts against John Winthrop & Stephen Bruce for coopering, lumber, storage of goods like coffee, indigo, cocoa, and cotton, and for rum supplied the sloop Adam in 1775; and the sloop Betsey for supplies, cable and rigging, lumber, bar iron, and work of Comeno Morris in 1779. There is also an account current with John Tracy for trade of salt and mink skins; and Joseph Marquand’s account current with Heard,...

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Contains bills to the Ipswich Committee for Building a Schoolhouse, dated 1784-1788, from tradesmen, day laborers, and lumber, brick, and stone suppliers, as well as accounts with Isaac Dodge, Daniel Noyes, and John Heard for hardware, lumber, rum, and workers hired by Heard, including by Comeno Morris, mason Philip Lord, and joiners. The accounts further list the subscribers supporting the project.

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Contains bills, accounts, and receipts of the town of Ipswich and the Committee for Building the Court House, dated 1793-1796, for wages paid to painters, carpenters, masons, and other workers, and purchase hardware, lumber, window glass, and construction materials, as well as bills for surveying and freighting boards.