1750 
April 6 
Obligation 	Between Timothy Woodbridge of Stockbridge with others to pay unto William Williams, Esq., of Deerfield and Cap't Ephraim Williams of Fort Massachusetts one hundred pounds to obtain of Governour Wentworth of New Hampshire a grant of a township. 
This document 	carries autograph signatures, with seals, of thirty-three early residents of Berkshire County, the large majority being settlers in the tract named, since 1761, 
Great Barrington. This document in the handwriting of Ephraim Williams, Jr. 
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Jonathan Hinsdale (1724-1811) of Lenox, one of the first settlers. A brave defender of women during Indian raids. 
Joseph Barnard 	( ) of Deerfield. At Northfield and Great Meadows fight, 1747. 
Elias Willard (1727-1794) of Lenox and Pittsfield. Pioneer at Pontoosuc as early as 1749. One of the Committee to manage the plantation meeting house. Quartermaster under Colonel Brown against the Mohawk Indians. 
John Wills ( ) 
Benjamin Willard (1730-1780) of Stockbridge. 
Phinched North 	( )
Joseph Woodbridge (1707-) of Stockbridge and Wethersfield, Connecticut. With Samuel Brown and Stephen Nash was an "apprizer", 1761, of the estate in Stockbridge and Pittsfield of Col. Ephraim Williams, deceased. Brother of Timothy Woodbridge of Stockbridge, above named. 
Joseph Allin ( )
Cooper Pixley ( )
Samuel G _____, Jr. 
Thomas ______
Stephen Gunn ( -1759) of Great Barrington. Captain. 
John McLean ( ) of Great Barrington. 

Aaron Sheldon ( ) of Great Barrington, from Northampton 1744. Kept the first tavern in all that region, headquarters for soldiers passing through to Lake George and Lake Champlain. This tavern stood on the present Main Street of Great Barrington, on a site occupied for many years of the 19th Century by "The Berkshire House". His manuscript "Account to the Province for Victualing Soldiers on their way to Lake George 1755-56" is in the Library
of Williams College. 
John Taylor (1722-1799) Sergeant at McDowell's Fort. 
William Pendell ( )
Moses Olds  (  ) of Great Barrington. Wounded at Fort William Henry, October 1756.  
Samuel Dewey ( ) of Great Barrington, one of the early settlers.  
Stephen King ( ) of Great Barrington, one of the early settlers. Son of David King of Westfield and Great Barrington.  
Asel Dewey ( ) of Westfield and Great Barrington.  
Samuel Lee ( ) of Great Barrington, removing from Westfield 1746. Tavern keeper.  

Ebenezar Baldwin (1713-1793) of Egremont. storekeeper. Came from Malden. 
Aaron Loomis ( ) of Egremont, one of the first settlers. 
Timothy Woodbridge (1709-1774) of Stockbridge. First deacon 
of the church. Town's first magistrate. Superintendent of Indian affairs. Judge of His Majesty's Inferior Court. 
Hendrick Burghardt ( ) of Great Barrington, one of the earliest settlers. With his sons and brother, Conrad, came from Kinderhook, New York. Rev. Samuel Hopkins in his manuscript diary, now in the possession of Williams College, mentions preaching 1747 in Conrad Burghardt's Fort. 
Hendrick Burghardt, Jr. ( ) of Great Barrington. 
Mathew Hoose ( ) Came with the Burghardts from Kinderhook, New York. 
Jonathan Pixley ( -1775) With his father, Joseph Pixley, moved to Great Barrington 1730. In the regiment for the reduction of Canada. One of five original members of the church in 
Great Barrington organized by Rev. Samuel Hopkins, great uncle of Mark Hopkins, President of Williams College 1836-1872. 
Moses Pixley ( -1771) With his father, Joseph Pixley, moved to Great Barrington 1730. 
John Pixley ( ) With his father, Joseph Pixley, moved to Great Barrington 1730. Sergeant under Joseph Dwight in the Crown Point Expedition of 1750. 
Joseph Pixley (1671-) Moved from Westfield to Great Barrington 1730. Son of William Pixley of Northampton. One of the five original members of the church in Great Barrington organized by Rev. Samuel Hopkins, great uncle of Mark Hopkins, President of Williams College 1836-1872. 
Joseph Noble ( ) Settled at Great Barrington 1734. 
Samuel Cooper ( ) Mentioned in the Diary of Rev. Samuel Hopkins as having been admitted into the church, Sunday, November 17, 1745, and his child baptized.