110 History of Hingham. 



COHASSET. 

 SECOND OK EAST PRECINCT. 



It is probable that a schoolhouse was first erected in Cohasset 

 soon after 1730. In that year the town refused to build a school- 

 house there, but it 



" Voted, That the Inhabitants of the East Precinct be hereby allowed to 

 draw out of the Town Treasury y e whole of what was by them paid 

 towards the building of a schoolhouse in the year 1721-22, and now 

 stands near Theophilus Cushing's, provided the same is by them improved 

 towards the building a schoolhouse in s d Precinct." 



In 1734 =£10 were granted to Cohasset, over and above what 

 had already been granted it towards the erecting a schoolhouse in 

 " s d Precinct." 



Money was paid from the town treasury in 1743 and in 1753 

 for repairs on the schoolhouse in this district. 



Cohasset was incorporated as a separate town in 1770. 



The following Second Precinct records confirm the above 

 records of the town: — 



"Dec. 30, 1731 : It was voted to build a schoolhouse in the second 

 precinct." 



That a schoolhouse was begun but not finished would seem 

 probable, as we find — 



"Oct. 7. 1734: Voted, To proceed in building a schoolhouse, and that 

 the frame now raised should be continued and finished." 



It is probable, therefore, that 1734 is the year which must be 

 accepted as that in which the first schoolhouse in this precinct 

 was built. It stood on the Plain, according to the Report of the 

 School Committee of Cohasset for 1876-77, " between where the 

 houses of Captain Samuel Hall and Mr. Zenas Lincoln are now 

 located." There was only one schoolhouse there until 1792. 



Teachers. 



The following list of teachers in the public schools of Hingham 

 contains the names of all those found upon our records. Dates 

 are given to indicate the beginning and end of service, but they 

 must not, in many cases, be understood to be years of continuous 

 service. The earlier records fail to give the names of all the 

 teachers, but from the beginning of the records of the School Com- 

 mittee, in 1794, the list is believed to be very nearly complete. 



