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of Monmouth’s rebellion, and of the cruelties subsequently 
committed by Jeffries and others. Population returns:— 
Houses....... .54,787 
Inhabitants..........................303,180 
Families employed in agriculture..27,472 
In trade and manufactures.............. 23,732 
Other families........................ 11,739 
SOMERSET, a county of the United States, in Maine, 
bounded east by Penobscot county, south by Kennebeck 
county, and west by Oxford. Population 12,910. Chief 
town, Norridgewock. 
SOMERSET, a county of the United States, in New 
Jersey, bounded north by Morris county, east by Essex and 
Middlesex counties, south-east by Middlesex county, and 
west by Hunterdon county. Population- 14,728. Chief 
towns, - Boundbrook and Somerset. 
SOMERSET, a county of the United States., on the south 
side of Pennsylvania, bounded north by Cambria county, 
east by Bedford county, south by Maryland and west by 
Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Population 11,284. 
SOMERSET, a county of the United States, m Maryland, 
•bounded north by Delaware, east by Worcester county, 
-south by Pocomoke-bay, west by the Chesapeake, and north¬ 
west by Dorchester county. Population 17,195, including 
6975 slaves. Chief town, Princess Anne. 
SOMERSET, a borough and post town of the United 
States, and capital of Somerset county, Pennsylvania. It is 
.remarkable as being the most eastern town of any conse¬ 
quence in West Pennsylvania, and, except Hamilton, in 
the Ohio -valley. It is the seat of justice for Somerset 
county, and stands near-the head streams of both the Youghi- 
ogheny and Conemaugh rivers, but upon those of the latter. 
This town stands upon the south road from Pittsburg to 
Bedford and contains about 100 dwelling-houses, many of 
tthem elegant, and about 500 inhabitants. The mountain 
valley in which this town is situated, is the abode of health, 
and pure, though often keen air. Population of the town¬ 
ship, 1548 ; 35 miles west of Bedford, and 61 east-south- 
? €ast of Pittsburg. 
SOMERSET, a township of the United States, in Wind- 
dram county, Vermont, Population 199.—2d. Of Bristol 
-county, Massachusetts 5 42 miles south of Boston. Popula¬ 
tion 1199.—3d. Of Somerset county, New Jersey, on the 
Millstone 5 72 miles north-east of Philadelphia.—4th. A 
•township of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Popula¬ 
tion 1500. 
SOMERSET, a post town of the United .States, and ca¬ 
pital of Perry county, Ohio. It has .an elevated .situation, 
and contained in 1817, about 70 houses. 
SOMERSET, a township of Lower -Canada, in the 
county of Buckingham. 
SOMERSET* a post town of the United States, and ca¬ 
pital of Pulaski county, Kentucky. It is situated in a fertile 
country, and contained in ,1817 about 70 houses. 
SOMERSET, a river of-the United States, in Maine, 
which joins the Kennebeck at Aina. 
SOMERSET .FORGE, .a-post town.of the United Stales, 
in-Somerset county, Pennsylvania. 
SOMERSHAM, a parish of England, in Southampton - 
■shire, where there is a.fine medicinal spring j 5| miles north¬ 
east of St. Ives. 
SOMERSHAM, a parish of England, in Suffolk ; 6 miles 
north-west of Ipswich. 
SOMERSWORTH, a township of the United States, in 
Stafford county, New Hampshire; 15 miles north-north¬ 
west of Portsmouth. Population 878. 
SOMERTON, a market town and borough of England, 
in the county of Somerset. It is situated in the centre of the 
.county, on a rising ground on a branch of the river Parret. 
fit is a place of great antiquity, and is said to have originally 
given name to the county. The town now consists princi¬ 
pally of five streets, containing nearly 300 houses. The 
.church is an ancient building, consisting of a nave, chancel 
-and side .aisles. At the south end of it is an octangular, em¬ 
battled tower 63 feet high. Near the church is an excellent 
free school, and a well endowed alms-house for eight poor 
women. In the centre of the town is a hall for holding the 
petty sessions; and here is also one of the county jails, the 
other being at Ilchester. Somerton is governed by a bailiff 
and constables, chosen annually by the inhabitants. It is 
supposed to have been a Roman citadel, but there is no au¬ 
thentic account of it previous to the heptarchy, when it ap¬ 
pears to have been a town of considerable extent, and 
strongly fortified. It was at one time a royal residence, Ina, 
and several other West Saxon kings, holding their courts 
here. In the year 877 it was plundered and laid waste by 
the Danes under Inguar and Ubba. John, king of France, 
was confined in the castle here, after his removal from that of 
Hertford ; and other prisoners of high rank and consideration 
were committed to it. In the time of Leland, this castle was 
converted into a prison. The town was walled round by the 
West Saxons, and part of the walls and a round tower still re¬ 
main. Population of the parish in 18.11, 1478, and 338 houses. 
Market on Tuesday; 13 miles south-by-west of Wells, and 
123 west-by-south of London. Lat. 51. 4. N. long. 2. 42. 
SOMERTON, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire; 3 J 
miles south-east of Deddington. 
SOMERTON, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 5 miles 
north-east of Clare. 
SOMERTON, West, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 
6 miles north-north west of Caistor. 
SOMERTON, East, a hamlet in the above county ; 6 
miles north-by-west of -Caistor. 
SOMERVILLE (William), son of Robert Somerville, 
was bom at his father’s house, at Edston, in Warwickshire. 
He was educated at Winchester school, from which he was 
elected to New College, Oxford. Here he made a good 
proficiency in classical literature, and cultivated a talent for 
poetry. His first piece, as far as is known to the public, 
was an ode to the duke of Marlborough, on his dismission 
from his posts in 1710. He was strongly attached to the 
Whig party; and when Addison purchased an estate in 
Warwickshire, Somerville addressed a poem to him. 
Mr. Somerville inherited a considerable paternal estate, on 
which he chiefly lived, acting as a magistrate, and pursuing 
with vigour the amusements of a sportsman, varied by the 
studies of a man of letters. He was courteous and hospitable, 
but too much addicted to conviviality, and careless of eco¬ 
nomy. His mode of living threw him into embarrassments, 
which so preyed on his mind, that for the sake of relief, he 
Tell into habits that -shortened his life. 
Somerville is chiefly known, as a poet, by his piece en¬ 
titled “ The Chace," which is written in blank verse, and 
which maintains a high rank in the didactic and descriptive 
class. It has the advantage of being composed by one who 
was perfectly acquainted with the sports which are its sub¬ 
ject, and who entered into them with all the enthusiasm 
which they are calculated to inspire; hence his pictures, in 
exactness and animation, greatly excel the draughts of the 
same kind, attempted by poets by profession. Its language 
is free and nervous, and its versification generally denotes a 
nice and practised ear. 
SOMERVILLE, a post township of the United States, in 
Fauquier-county, -Virginia. 
SOMETHING, s. [pumSinj, Saxon.] A thing existing, 
though it appears not what; a thing or matter indeterminate. 
When fierce Bavar 
Did from afar the British chief behold. 
Betwixt despair and rage, and hope and pain. 
Something within his warring bosom roil'd. Prior. 
More or less; not nothing. Something yet of doubt 
remains. Milton.- —A thing wanting a fixed denomination. 
Something between a cottage and a cell— 
Yet virtue here could sleep, and peace could dwell. Harie. 
Part.-r -Something of it arises from our infant state. Watts. 
■—Distance not great.—I will acquaint you with the perfect 
spy o’ the time: for’t must be done to-night, and something 
from the palace. Shakspeare. 
SOMETHING, 
