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 May in

Ab^t y^e year 1710 | There having bin a riotous fray in & ab^t y^e

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               Tavern made by some of o^r young folks, which

made great disturbanc in y^e Town: I stayed y^e chh. to advise

what was to be done in y^e matter: when were chosen by y^e chh.

two brethren viz^t D. Ezek^ll Jewet & C.[5] Sam^ll Platts; & impowered

by y^e chh to Look into y^e case & make y^r returns to y^e chh

     After some time y^e brethren brot in 2 evidences about

William Bennet w^h were laid before y^e chh, as follows viz^t

        I y^e subscriber here unto, was going by Jn^o Lunts & did see

        and hear a quarrelling, and did see William Bennet w^th

        a knife in his hand, & did hear s^d Bennet Say, I swear I

        will stabb any Man y^t went to meddle with him;

        and One s^d you won’t stabb me & he answered & said

        I wish y^e Devil might have me ifⁿ I do not; & did hear

        him speak many other bad words, & did see him fight

           owned before y^e chh. 3^d 10^m 1710 | Moses Platts.

May 1710 )  I being at Jn^o Lunts y^e Tavern, I then

           saw William Bennet contending with

  Eben^r Heyden & in his Anger I heard him

  Swear that he woud kill him, & in y^e same

  day I saw him pull George Dickinson off his

   Horse in the high way as witness my hand

                                    Joseph Scott

       own’d before the church

             3^d 10^m 1710

April y^e 28 1714 ) Then William Bennet appear’d before

                 the chh made confession of his faults, & was

           restored to y^e liberty of having his children baptized

Augu^st 18. 1714 } were dismissed to y^e chh in Almsbury. Abrah^m Coleby

                 Sarah Silver. Dorothy Hadley. Rebecca Fowler.

April 10 1715 } John Bennet & his wife Mary, appeared

                 before y^e Chh owned y^ms. to have been

           Guilty of fornication, & were admonished for it.

May 1. 1715   John Bennet & his Wife Mary made their

           Confession before y^e chh in y^e congregation &

      were restored to liberty for owning the covenant