An overseer of the poor was an official who administered poor relief such as money, food, and clothing in England and various other countries which derived...

others Plantation overseer, often in the context of forced labor or slavery Overseer of the poor, an official who administered relief for poor people Provveditore...

appointed two "overseers" from each parish to collect money to be distributed to the poor who were considered to belong to the parish. These overseers were to...

established overseers of the poor. The "Old Poor Law" was not one law but a collection of laws passed between the 16th and 18th centuries. The system's administrative...

militia. The Reverend George Riddick: his middle son, rector of Badford and Overseer of the poor. Roger Riddick: his third and youngest son, born 1773, a...

but the parish's "overseer of the poor", Mr Rybot, was able to testify that he had paid his rates in September 1749, thereby qualifying for the by-election...

incomprehensible language. The cobbler's wife took this stranger to the Overseer of the Poor, who placed her in the hands of the local county magistrate...

levied for the relief of the poor, such justices may appoint overseers of the poor therein, notwithstanding anything contained in the 7 & 8 Vict c 101. — Extra-Parochial...

ensure standards of hygiene within the lanes and privies and to try and prevent the spread of infectious disease Overseer of the poor, to collect and distribute...

the National Trust. George Nicholls, the overseer at Southwell, was to become a Poor Law Commissioner in the reformed system. The 1817 Report of the Select...

elected the offices of Constable, Overseer of the Poor, Town Assessor, Town Treasurer, Town Auditors, Superintendent of Highways, Overseer of the Public...

family of John Calvin Magoun (1797–1882). Magoun was an assessor for the town of Somerville, served on the school committee as an overseer of the poor, and...

prominence. By the early-17th century, he was a vestryman, churchwarden and overseer of the poor in St Saviour's ward in Southwark. During the reign of Elizabeth...

British Poor Law Commissioner after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. He had been an Overseer of the Poor under the old system of poor relief...

town's Board of Selectmen for twenty years. Endicott also served as an assessor, auditor, overseer of the poor, and was on the Board of Health for twenty-one...

shows because of her dedication to the family. Snow's parents legally separated when he was eight, and the local Overseer of the Poor decided he and...

amended by the Poor Relief Act 1601, which formed the basis of poor relief for the next two centuries. The Act established overseers of the poor. Key dates...

was an American lawyer and overseer of the poor from the state of Massachusetts who volunteered to join Union Army during the American Civil War. David...

that levied a separate rate or had their own overseer of the poor to be parishes. This included the Church of England parishes (until then simply known as...

required the authorities, known as a vestry, in each parish to meet once a year to set the poor rate and to appoint an overseer of the poor to collect the rate...

manuscript records of the Boston Overseers of the Poor which the Massachusetts Historical Society obtained from the City of Boston in 1957.   The Colonial Society...

for their keep. Overseers of the poor would periodically conduct "views and searches" of the poor. Those refusing to contribute to poor relief would be...

such as the Overseers of the Poor, came into prominence in the 1760s in Philadelphia. Overseers of the Poor functioned as the colonial version of England's...

number of minor civic roles, such as constable, member of the petit jury, and overseer of the poor, and also held the position of Deputy to the General...

locally and he became waywarden of the parish in 1659, overseer of the poor in 1660 and churchwarden of the Church of England parish church in 1667–68...

transferred to the overseer of the poor for their use. Fees include the fee for the poundmaster plus daily feeding costs of the animals, fees of any fence viewers...

Act 1834, replacing the parish overseers of the poor established under the old poor law, following the recommendations of the Poor Law Commission. Boards...

the first minister to be ordained in their German Evangelical Association, and served as the Village Collector, Township Assessor and Overseer of the...

entitled The Flower Garden Displayed, a general-purpose book written for a wider audience. He also had a position as an overseer of the poor in Kensington...

opened the mont-de-piété, the first pawnshop in Paris, in 1637. Appointed "General Overseer of the Poor" by Richelieu, he initiated a system of free medical...