- a
member of the
Congregational Old
South Church where he
served as a
tithingman.
Josiah Franklin married his
first wife, Anne
Child (1655–1689), in 1677...
- In
English law, the term headborough, head-borough, borough-head, borrowhead, or
chief pledge,
referred historically to the head of the legal, administrative...
-
manor or
civil parish. The tithing's
leader or
spokesman was
known as a
tithingman. The noun
tithing breaks down as ten + thing,
which is to say, a thing...
- of ten
families called tithings, each of
which was
overseen by a
chief tithingman.
Every household head was
responsible for the good
behavior of his own...
-
highways and
cartways in town. Additionally, he was a
constable and a
tithingman. As such, he was
responsible for
maintaining moral family order. In 1639...
- Mīr-dah or Mīr-daha:
Commander or
superintendent of ten: decurion; a
Tithingman Mīr-sāmān: Head
steward Mīr-shikār:
Master of the hunt,
chief huntsman;...
- thousands. In like
manner there were the
decurio among the
Romans and the
tithingman among the
early English." The most
common activity requiring a minyan...
- house, and
children sat in
their own
section under the
oversight of a
tithingman, who
corrected unruly children (or
sleeping adults) with a long staff...
- systems—January, month, Tuesday, year; and self-government—jureeman ('juryman'),
tithingman ('tithe collector'),
selectmons ('selectman'),
consteppe ('constable')...
- Viewer, hayward, hogreeve,
measurer of boards, pounder,
sealer of leather,
tithingman,
viewer of bricks,
water bailiff, and woodcorder. Boston's
Puritans looked...
