”Dec. 5, 1748, this paper was handed to Thomas Gilbert, Esq. Town Clerk of Brookfield: “These are to inform you, that we the subscribers within mentioned, have agreed to go off as a distinct Precinct, and have agreed to build a Meeting-House upon the road Northeast from Mr. Jabez Ayres’, between the brook and Mr. Daniel Potter’s, and we desire you to enter our names upon the Town Book, according to the vote of the Town:

…Samuel Ware”

Reference Data:

History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Vol. 3, by Josiah Howard Temple and Charles Adams, 1887, page 248