TOWN MODERATOR The first moderator, in 1726, was Jotham Odiorne. Moderators generally alternated every other year, although the same people sometimes repeated over several years. The Town kept the position within a close-knit group of familiar Rye names: Odiorne, Philbrick, Jenness, Locke, Parsons, Goss and Brown. Up to 1903, only a handful of other families … Continue reading Town Moderator