“AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A NUMBER OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWNS OF ASHFIELD AND BUCKLAND, IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE, INTO A RELIGIOUS SOCIETY, BY THE NAME OF THE ‘UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH & SOCIETY, IN ASHFIELD & BUCKLAND.’

SECT. 1St.  Be it enacted by the senate & House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the Authority of the same. That… Michael Ware… Reuben Ware…, members of the said religious Society, together with such others, as may hereafter associate with them, they and their Polls & Estates, be, & they are hereby incorporated, by the name of ‘The United Baptist Church & Society, in Ashfield and Buckland,’ with all the powers, privileges and immunities, which Parishes are entitled to by the Constitution & Laws of this Commonwealth.”

Reference Data:

Acts and Resolves of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vol. 5, by Massachusetts, 1897, page 447