The treasure today is the Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax record for Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1820):
a) Volume 11, Page 10, Townsend, Massachusetts:
b) Volume 11, Page 49, Townsend, Massachusetts:
The extracted information from the two records for Zachariah Hildreth are:
a) Volume 11, Page 10, List of Dwelling Houses, including Outhouses, and the Lots they are erected, owned or possessed on October 1, 1798:
* Names of Occupants or Possessors: Zachar. Hildrith
* Names of reputed owners: Hildrith Zachariah
* Town: Townsend
* Number of Houses Exempted from Valuation: 0
* Number of Dwelling Houses &c included in the valuation: 1 dwelling house,
* Quantity of land: 80 perches
* Valuation determined by principal assessors: 200 Dollars
* Valuation as revised and equalized by the commissioners: 220 Dollars
b) Volume 11, Page 49, List of Land, Lots, Buildings and Wharves owned or possessed on October 1, 1798, excepting Dwelling Houses
* Names of Occupants or Possessors: Zachariah Hildreth
* Names of reputed owners: Hildrith Zachariah
* Town: Townsend
* Number of Houses Exempted from Valuation: 0
* Number of Dwelling Houses &c included in the valuation: 0
* Quantity of land: a) 100 acres; b) 44 acres; c) 2 acres, 80 perches
* Valuation determined by principal assessors: a) 1110; b) 110; c) 30 Dollars
* Valuation as revised and equalized by the commissioners: a) 1221; b) 121; c) 33 Dollars
* Whole Valuation of lands possessed by one person: 1375 Dollars
The source citations for these two documents are:
a) "Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax," indexed database and digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org), Volume 11, Townsend, Massachusetts, Page 10 of 720, Dwelling Houses, Zachariah Hildrith listing.
b) "Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax," indexed database and digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org), Volume 11, Townsend, Massachusetts, Page 49 of 720, Land, Lots, Buildings and Wharves, Zachariah Hildreth listing.
In October 1798, Zachariah Hildreth is age 4, has a second wife and six living children. He owns a dwelling house assessed at $220, and 146 acres of land assessed at $1,375 for this tax assessment.
In both records, the valuations determined by the principal assessors were "revised and equalized" by increasing the valuation by 10% by the Commissioners.
Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1820) is my 4th great-grandfather. My 3rd great-grandfather is Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857), son of Zachariah and his first wife, Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793).
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