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New England was a plantation of Religion, not a plantation of Trade, the church and its support were of course the first thought in laying out a new town-settlement, and some of the best town-lots were always set aside for the
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Sometimes these lots were a gift outright to the first settled preacher, in other townships they were set aside as glebes, or
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as it was called. It was a universal custom to build at once a house for the minister, and some very queer contracts and stipulations for the size, shape, and quality of the parson's home-edifice may be read in church-records. To the construction of this house all the town contributed, as also to the building of the meeting-house; some gave work; some, the use of a horse or ox-team; some, boards; some, stones or brick; some, logs; others, nails; and a few, a very few, money. At the house-raising a good dinner was provided, and of course, plenty of liquor. Some malcontents rebelled against being forced to work on the minister's house. Entries of fines are common enough for
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for neglecting to send
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for refusing to