CHELSEA'S FIRST TEACHERS
List of School Teachers from 1709 to 1798, their salaries and where they taught. Missing information does not exist in the records.
Year Name of Teacher School Location Salary
1709 - 1719 Thomas Cheever Rumney Marsh £20 per quarter
1729 - 1730 Unknown Rumney Marsh
1739 Belcher Hancock Pullen Point £20 per quarter
Rumney Marsh
1749 Mr. John rand Near Winnisimmet £40 per quarter
Near Meeting House and board
At Old School House
Mr. Joshua Bill Pullen Point
1750 Samuel Livermore Centre School House £6 per quarter
Near Winnisimmet
Capt. Samuel Watt's House
Near Mr. Kent's
1751 Samuel McClintock £6 per quarter
1752 Samuel McClintock £5-6-8 per quarter
and his board
1755 Mrs. Tuttle At School House £1 per week
1755 Mrs. Deborah Brintnall At Winnisimmet £1 per week
1756 Capt. Nathaniel Oliver £75 per quarter
1763 Mrs. Abijah Hastings
1764 Mrs. Rebecca Pratt For schooling of children £5-6-11
of the chief citizens
" Mrs. Anna Lewis
" Mrs. Elisha Donham Winnisimmet
" Mrs. John Sargent
1765 Mrs. Andrew Tewksbury £0-3-2 per week
1766 Silas Biglow
1768 John Payson
" Samuel Cheney £6 per quarter
1769 John Payson
" Samuel Cheney £6 per quarter
" Joseph Ward
1770 Peter Thatcher £6 per quarter
" Samuel Cheney
" Joseph Cummings Pullen Point £6 per quarter
1772 John Smith
" Nathan Ward £6 per quarter
" Joseph Cummings
1773 Nathan Ward £6 per quarter
1774 Nathan Ward £6 per quarter
" William Hoale Pullen Point
" Benjamin Brintnall £4-1-9-2 for 8 weeks
and boarding
1775 Nathan Ward £6 per quarter
1776 Moses Tafts £3 (in part)
" Mary Angues Pullen Point 22/ week
1777 Mary Angues Pullen Point
" Benjamin Brintnall Town's School 12/ week & board
1778 Elizabeth Sergeant Pullen Point
" Nathaniel Mountford Pullen Point
" Benjamin Brintnall Town's School £4 for 8 weeks
1779 John Downe Winnisimmet £3 (in part)
" Oliver Everett for 12 weeks at Chelsea £48
" Elizabeth Sergeant Pullen Point 14 weeks, £6/week
" Nathaniel Mountford Pullen Point 7 weeks, £57/week
1780 Andrew Blanchard Pullen Point £50 per month
1781 Mr. Sargeant, ye town's schoolmaster, his board to
December 1779, 21 days £300
" Aaron Hall
" Mrs. Ann Hough, for keeping school summer £150
1782 Aaron Hall Town's School Master 45 days at 1/4 day
1783 John Sale The Point
" Richard Shute, Jr. Winnisimmet
" Aaron Hall January 20 to March 10, 1783. Town's School
 Master. Boarded 6 days at 9/ week and for dining
him 80 days at 1/3
" William Reed
1784 Richard Shute, Jr. Winnisimmet £4.1.0 for 9 weeks
" Ebenezer Vezy
" John Sale The Point £6 per quarter
1785 John Downe The Ferry
" Elkanah Hawks £7 per quarter
" Daniel Sargeant
" Deacon John Sale The Point £7 per quarter
1786 Richard Shute, Jr. The Ferry £7 per quarter
" Abijah Hastings The Point £7 per quarter
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings £2 per week, boarding herself
" Elkanah Hawks £7 per quarter
" Mrs. Benjamin Capen
1787 Mrs. Abijah Hastings
" Abijah Hastings
1788 Mrs. Winifred Davis
" Abijah Hastings
" Mr. Downe
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings
1789 Mrs. Abigail Belcher
" Abijah Hastings
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings
" Mrs. Winifred Davis
1790 Mrs. Abigail Belcher Pullen Point
" Mrs. Winifred Davis Winnisimmet
" Samuel Pratt
1791 Mrs. Abigail Belcher Pullen Point
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings
" Abijah Hastings Pullen Point
" John Butman
" Deacon John Sale
" Daniel Sargeant
1792 Mr. Hunewell Winnisimmet
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings
" Abijah Hastings
" Daniel Sargeant
1793 Mrs. Abijah Hastings
" Abijah Hastings
1794 Abijah Hastings Pullen Point
" William Banton Winnisimmet
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings
" Joseph Stowers
1795 Abijah Hastings
" Reuben Hatch
" William Banton
" Joseph Stowers
1796 Abijah Hastings
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings
1797 Abijah Hastings Pullen Point
" Mrs. Abijah Hastings
" Joseph Stowers
" Elizabeth Belcher
1798 William Hall
" Joseph Stowers