The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28
How q Schoolmaster was Paid on Long
Island over 200 Years Ago.


The following 1. ? COPY Of the agree
ington, L. L, and Jonas Houldsworth,
its first schoolmaster. This copy has
been made for the Journal of Education
by VIM. s. Peletrau, editor of the
Southampton Town Records, recently
printed by order of the town: ~-a
ga covenant and Agreement made
the eleventh day Of February 1857 at
corte or Towne meeting, Betwixt ye
Inhabitants of ye Towne Of Huntington
of the one partie, and Ionas Houldswortb
of the other partie, whereby the said
Ionas Houldsworth doth engage himself
to the said Inhabitants during the term
of four years, to be expired from the
thirteenth day of April next ensuing
the day of the date hereof. For 70
school such persons or children A.
shall be put to him for that end by the
said inhabitants. And likewise the said
Inhabitants doth also engage themselves
to the said Ionas Ho1ldsworth for to
build him q sufficient house, and 10 give
him with We said house q PARCEL Of
grounde adjoining to It for accommoda-
don thereunto. And furthermore the
said inhabitants doth likewise engage
themselves to pay unto ye said Ionas
said schooling Twenty-Five, pounds op
accomps and Els dat Tor the first year.
And also to allow him what more may
come in by ye schooling of any that may
come from other parts. The said Twen-
ty-five pounds Is TO be paid ye said To-
mas foloweth. Three pounds twelve
shillings in butter, at six pence per
pound, and seven pounds two shillings
in good wel1-sized merchantable wam-
pun that Is well strung, or strand, or in
such comodityes as may suit him
for clothing, these to be paid him
by We first Of October. and three pounds
12 shiIlings in corne, one-halfe
in wheat and We other In Indian, at three
& five shillings per bushel (provided 1t
be good and merchantable), to be paid
by ye first Of march, and x-teen pounds
IA pounds shillings, in well thriving
young cattle, which shall then be be-
twixt two & four years old, the one-haf
being in the steare kind these to be de-
livered him ye yeare is expired. And
also the two next ensuing yeares. To
pay the said Ionas Houldsworth fS5 per
yeare with ye aforesaid allowance of
what may come In by such as come from
other parts. The said f35 Is TO be paid
rs followeth (Yiz-): f5 In butter at 6
pence per pOunQ, anu LlO IN aucn HhIn-
pum as is above mentioned, or in such
commodityes as will suit him, these TO
be paid ye first of October. And five
pounds in oorne by ye. first March,
the halle in wheat, and the other in
Indian, at five and three shilfngs per
bushel, so that it be good and merchant
able. And fifteen pounds in, well thriy-
ing young cattle betwixt two and, four
years old. the half being in the steare
kind. These, are to be delivered when
the yeare is expired, (being valued by
Indifferent men.0 And the fourth or
last yeareto pay to the said Ienas Houlds-
worth 40 pounds In such pay as Is aboye
mentioned, according TO the nature and
time proportionably, and at the afore-
said times of payment Also, Il is- agreed
of that firewood TO be gotten and brought
for the schoole when ye season shall re-
/ quire it by such as send their children
/ to schoole. And that the said Ionas
Houldsworth shall have liberty yearly
for to chuse foure men that shall be
bound to him for the true performance
of the foresaid engagement.