Deerfield — Civil List
Extracted from "History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, Volume II," by Louis H. Everts, 1879.
Deerfield State Senators.
David Saxton, 1786-91, 1794-1800, thirteen years; Ephraim Williams, 1816; Elihu Hoyt, 1817-19, 1821-23, 1827-32, twelve years; Robert Crawford, 1863; Christopher A. Stebbins, 1867; George Sheldon, 1872.
County Commissioners.
Rufus Saxton, Richard C. Arms.
Representatives To General Court.
1688-89, Lieut. Thomas Wells; 1692-98, Capt. Jonathan Wells; 1716, John Wells; 1717-19, Thomas Wells; 1720-21, Samuel Barnard; 1724-26, 1734, Capt Thomas Wells; 1737-38, Thomas Wells; 1740, Ebenezer Hinsdale; 174145, Elijah Williams; 1746, Thomas Wells; 1747, David Field; 1749-50, Ebenezer Hinsdale; 1752-55, Elijah Williams; 1756, Joseph Barnard; 1757-58, Elijah Williams; 1759, Thomas Williams; 1760-61, Elijah Williams; 1762-63, Jonathan Ashley, Jr.; 1764, Elijah Williams; 1765, Jonathan Ashley, Jr.; 1766-67, Elijah Williams; 1768, Jonathan Ashley, Jr.; 1769, Elijah Williams; 1770, David Field; 1771-72, Samuel Hinsdale (Greenfield); 1773-74, Samuel Field; 1775, Samuel Hinsdale; 1776-78, David Saxton.
Down to this period the territory covered by the original Deerfield was a single district, with but one representative.
Representatives After The Revolution.
1781, David Saxton; 1783-86, John Williams; 1787, Jonathan Hoyt; 1788-89, John Bardwell; 1790, Seth Catlin; 1791, Samuel Field; 1792-93, Jena. Hoyt; 1794, David Saxton; 1795-96, Seth Catlin; 1797, David Saxton; 1798, John Williams; 1799-1800, David Saxton; 1801, Jona. Hoyt; 1802-3, John Williams; 1804-5, Elihu Hoyt; 1806-7, Ephraim Williams; 1808, Ebenezer H. Williams; 1809-14, Elihu Hoyt; 1810-19, Asa Stebbins; 1815, Augustus Lyman; 1816, Elihu Hoyt; 1817, Ebenezer Newcomb; 1819, Orlando Ware; 1820, Elihu Hoyt; 1821, Rufus Saxton; 1822-27, Elihu Hoyt; 1830, Rufus Saxton, Elihu Hoyt; 1831, Rufus Saxton, Stephen Whitney; 1832-36, Rufus Saxton, Elihu Hoyt; 1837, Rufus Saxton, Amos Russell; 1838, Rufus Saxton; 1839, Amos Russell, Asa Stebbins; 1840, George Dickinson; 1841, Orlando Ware; 1842, Howland Cowing; 1843, Ira Abercrombie; 1844, Zebediah Graves; 1845-46, Rufus Saxton; 1847, Sumner Dunlap; 1848, Rufus Saxton; 1850, Ira Abercrombie; 1851, Cephas Clapp; 1852-53, Asa Stebbins; 1855, Luther B. Lincoln; 1856, Edward W. Stebbins; 1857, Moses Stebbins; 1858, Horatio Hawks; 1861, Ira Abercrombie; 1863, Cyrus A. Stowell; 1864, C. A. Stebbins; 1866, David A. Strong; 1867, George Sheldon; 1870, H. A. Warriner; 1871, Martin Severance; 1873, G. W. Bardwell; 1875, G, W. Jones; 1877, P. D. Bridges; 1878-79, C. P. Aldrich.
Town Officers.
In addition to those usually chosen, we have, as occasion demanded, deer-reeves, wardens, cullers of brick, sealers of leather, packers, cullers of timber, surveyors of wheat and flour, surveyors of clapboards and shingles, measurer, clerk of the market, deer-inspectors, surveyor of hemp and flax, tithingmen, men-seaters.
Town Clerks.
Joseph Barnard, appointed by the committee, Dec. 20, 1687, with the consent of the town; he held the office until he was killed by Indians, 1695; Thomas French, 1696-1703, when he was captured by Indians and carried to Canada; Edward Allen, 1704-12; Samuel Williams, 1713; John Catlin, 1715-16; Thomas French, 1717-19; Thomas French, Jr., 1720-32; Elijah Williams, 1733-47; Thos. Williams, 1748-51; Elijah Williams, 1752-61; Thomas Williams 1762-74; David Dickinson, 1775-78; Justin Hitchcock, 1779-81, 1804, 1813-21; John Williams, 1782; Samuel Barnard, Jr., 1783-87; John Williams, 1788-90; Samuel Field 1791; John Williams, 1792; Wm. S. Williams, 1793-1803, 1805-12; Augustus Lyman, 1822-27; Charles Williams, 1828-31; Edwin Nims, 1832-34; Charles Williams, 1835-70; Elisha Wells, 1871-79.
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