PURCHASED BY THE TOWN. w v j RECEIVED Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries https://archive.org/details/townchartersinclOOnewh (lift of Class of 1014 * STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. TOWN CHARTERS Including Grants of Territory within the present LIMITS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Made by the Government of Massachusetts, and a Portion of the Grants and Charters issued by the Government of New Hampshire, with an appendix, Consisting of Papers Relating to the Granting of the Various Lines and Bodies of Towns, with Acts in Regard to Town Bounds in General, and Many Documents Produced by Disputes between Towns concerning Their Boundary Lines, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE MAPS AND PLANS AND COMPLETE INDEXES. VOLUME XXIV. Town Charters, Volume I. ALBERT STILLMAN BATCHELLOR, Editor of State Papers. * CONCORD: EDWARD N. PEARSON, PUBLIC PRINTER. 1894. Boston college library CHESTNUT HILL. MASS. JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: That His Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person — and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- ated — to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such por- tions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hamp- shire as the Governor may deem proper ; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows : namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in the state as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hamp- shire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state libra- rian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for simijar publications by other states. Approved August 4, 1881. PREFACE The disposition of the territory which is now included in the State of New Hamp- shire, and which was considered as vested in the crown by discovery and conquest, and the final assurance of undisputed titles among the people, was accomplished under peculiar conditions and after almost endless postponement. An early con- fusion and conflict of authority in the transmission of the patents affecting indefinite tracts, through the intervention of the Council of Plymouth in the first instance, and in the subsequent assumption and exercise of the right to hold and dispose of the same lands in the name of the King by the early governors of the province, was sufficient to keep the people of the province in long protracted difficulty over the titles to the soil which they occupied. Throughout the entire history of the province the title of Mason, the first patentee, was a potent element in affairs of the pioneer settlers and of the. province, rendering all other titles uncertain, and constantly dis- turbing business and government. Interwoven with all this were the most determined assertions of rights by long continued occupancy, and by conveyances which had apparently been made in compliance with all the forms of law by the aboriginal masters of the domain. What of progress the towns of Portsmouth, Dover, Hampton, and Exeter accomplished before the erection of the provincial government under President Cutt, in 1679, was the midst of the most embarrassing complications growing out of the confusion which prevailed in land titles accompanied by repeated changes in the conditions of colonial jurisdiction. The documentary history of these first towns is intimately involved in that of the state in its beginning. Papers illus- trating this epoch have been given in prior volumes. Those now to be presented relate more particularly to the individual towns in which settlements were effected at a later date than the formal establishment of the province in 1679. An excep- tional political history and character belonged to a group of towns of which Dunstable was the earliest settled. These were treated as Massachusetts territory without serious question for a considerable period, and for this reason much of their documentary history has been sought in the archives of that commonwealth. The papers which pertain to the towns of this group are here included under the general title of “Massachusetts Grants,” although the term may not be exactly descriptive. As regards the mode of passing titles to the domain of the King in the province, in the period which followed the date of a settled government, it will be remembered IV PREFACE. that the Governor and Council appointed by royal commission from time to time for purposes of administration in the province were empowered to dispose of lands in the King’s name. As early as 1686, in the commission of Edmund Andros as Governor of the territory and dominion of New England, a specific grant and defini- tion of the authority delegated for this purpose is made in the following terms : “AND WEE do likewise give and grant unto you full power and authority, by and * with the advice and consent of our said Council, to agree with the planters and inhab- itants of our said territory and dominion, concerning such lands, tenements and “hereditaments, as now are or shall hereafter be in our power to dispose of, and them “to grant unto any person or persons for such terms, and under such moderate quit- “ rents, services, and acknowledgements to be thereupon reserved unto us, as shall “be appointed by us, which said grants are to pass and to be sealed by our Seal of “ New-England, and (being entered upon record by such officer and officers as you “shall appoint thereunto) shall be good and effectual in law against us, our heirs “and successors.” — 2, Provincial Papers p. 9. The commission of Joseph Dudley as Governor of the Province of New Hamp- shire, issued in 1702, contains a similar declaration, viz., — “And wee doe hereby likewise give and Grant unto you full power and Authority “ by and with the advice of our said Councill, to agree with the Inhabitants of our “ Province and Territories aforesaid for such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments “as now are, or hereafter shall be, in our power to dispose of and them to Grant “to any person or persons for such Termes and under such moderate Quitt Rents, “ services and acknowledgements to be thereupon Reserved unto us, as you by and “with the Advice aforesaid shall think fitt; which said Grants are to pass and be “ Sealed by our Seale of New Hampshire, and being entered upon Record by such “ Officer or Officers as you shall appoint thereunto, shall be good and effectual in “ Law against us our Heires and Successors.” — 2, Provincial Papers , p. 373. The New Hampshire grants made under these and succeeding administrations conform substantially to the form thus expressed. The quit-rents reserved were indeed “moderate.” These clauses mention the payment for ten years of the rent of one ear of Indian corn only, and thereafter one shilling of proclamation money yearly for each hundred acres owned or possessed, and like nominal reservations. The grantees under a charter became a quasi corporation in each instance. They were generally known in common and legal parlance as “proprietors.” In that capacity they effected and maintained organizations which disposed of the land taken in a large body under the charter of the proprietors or others as individuals. Thus the township, that is, the land which was the subject of the grant, was surveyed and divided into lots suitable for farms, mill privileges, or public uses. The indi- vidual obtained his title from the corporation, that is to say, from the proprietors or the proprietary, as it was sometimes termed. The distribution among the proprie- PREFACE. V tors of the fractional parts into which the township was divided might have been by lot, or by vote of the corporation, or by deed. In either event the individual grantee was invested as to his holding, with all the right and title which passed from the King to the corporation. As the division and distribution of the township as a territorial property progressed, the functions of the corporation were proportion- ately limited, and eventually ceased for want of subject-matter on which the corporate powers might operate. The records which will be included in this and subsequent volumes are generally termed “town charters.” They may be considered as in three principal classes : first, those which conveyed title to townships and lesser tracts within the territorial limits of New Hampshire, but were issued under authority of the Massachusetts government ; second, those grants made by authority of the Governor and Council of the Province of New Hampshire, acting directly under royal commission ; third, the Masonian charters, or grants made by the proprietors of the Masonian title, which has been a familiar subject in New Hampshire history from its beginning. In the arrangement of the material which follows, the first in order are the so- called Massachusetts grants, which were a practical assertion of jurisdiction and the right of possession and disposal, comprehending, at onetime, all the territory south of an east and west line in which Endicott Rock at The Weirs is a monument, and afterwards a more limited area. These documents are principally from the Massa- chusetts archives, and were carefully selected and transcribed for this use by Mr. Otis G. Hammond, who personally made the copies, and subsequently compared the transcripts with the originals with the utmost care. Some of these papers are of a very early date, but the greater part belong chronologically in the few years immedi- ately preceding the settlement of the boundary line controversy in 1741 . The efforts of Massachusetts to plant settlements friendly to their interests in the disputed region were discontinued about this time, but petitions and other documents which were the aftermath of the principal contention are included, and placed in their proper town sections. The two towns of Rindge and Salisbury, in this class, were granted to the same body of petitioners, and by one vote of the Massachusetts legislature. This vote will be found with the Salisbury papers. Reference should be had to Vol. XIX for the material which is of more general interest in the history of the boundary line controversy. Its later aspects may be studied in the recent reports of the commissioners of the two states principally interested, to whom the subject has been committed. The next in order are the charters granted by the provincial Governor and Coun- cil of New Hampshire, to which reference has already been made. The original instruments were issued to the grantees named, but copies were kept in the office of the Secretary of the province. These are preserved in five volumes, which accompanied the last royal Governor, John Wentworth, into exile in 1775, but were considerately returned to the state after the Revolution. These grants will VI PREFACE. be presented in two sections, the first being those relating to lands within the present limits of this state, and the second comprising the so-called New Hampshire Grants, which are now within the jurisdiction of Vermont. The Massachusetts government, beset with numerous petitions for lands, finally came to the point of granting townships, not only singly, but in contiguous series, commonly termed “lines of towns,” all the towns in a certain line being disposed of by a single act. These lines were planned to most effectu- ally protect the frontiers, and the four lines laid out within the present limits of this state, had they been completely settled, would have formed an irregu- lar quadrilateral, the sides extending from Old Dunstable to Northfield, Mass., thence up the east side of the Connecticut River, thence across the country in a comparatively straight course to Penacook, now Concord, thence down the Merri- mack River to Dunstable again. The lines from Penacook to the Great Falls in Connecticut River and down the river on the east side are the only sides in which the idea was carried out to any important extent, according to the documents we have, the towns in the other two sides being afterwards disposed of singly. The towns in the north side of this figure were numbered from i to 9, and com- prised Warner, Bradford, Acworth, Alstead, Hopkinton, Henniker, Hillsborough, Washington, and Lempster, in the order named. The west side consisted of Chesterfield, Westmoreland, Walpole, and Charlestown, numbered from 1 to 4. The papers relating to these lines of towns in general and to no one town in particular, occupy the first place in the appendix. Besides these, there are three other instances of collective grants, though the townships under these grants were not laid out in lines, but rather in bodies or wherever suitable territory might be found. The Ashuelot townships, so named from their situation on the Ashuelot River, were our present towns of Keene and Swanzey. The Canada townships were granted to survivors and descendants of deceased participants in the Canada expedition of 1690. The towns of Dunbar- ton, Lyndeborough, New Boston, Richmond, Rindge, Salisbury, and Weare were originally granted to these men. The survivors of the Narragansett War and the heirs of those who lost their lives in the service, or of those who were otherwise deceased meantime, also received grants at the rate of one township of six mile s square for every one hundred and twenty persons. A list of these claimants showed that eight hundred and forty persons were entitled to considera- tion, and afterwards two hundred and thirty-two more were found, making one thousand and seventy-two, calling for nine townships. Only three of these, Amherst, Goffstown, and Bedford, were in this state, and they were numbered 3, 4, and 5. The others were located in Maine and Massachusetts. Papers relating to these three bodies of towns are also contained in the appendix. The remainder of the appendix is occupied by documents relating to the settlement of the boun- daries between various towns. PREFACE. Vll The third and last instalment will include the grants made under authority of the Masonian Proprietors. The Masonian title extended over a considerable portion of that part of the state which had been relieved of the claim of Massachusetts by the King’s decree in 1741, as well as to territory elsewhere within the bounds of the original Masonian patent. While the claim of Mason appears as an important factor in New Hampshire history for a hundred and fifty years or more from the publication of the Masonian patent, its existence had been more a subject of legal and political contention than a foundation for quiet and peaceable possession of lands by actual settlers, until it became the property of a syndicate of twelve persons in 1746. The history of the title is outlined in the early chapters of Belknap’s History of New Hampshire, but the account of the transactions by which it passed to this proprietary is given in his chapter XXI. It appears that these parties for prudential reasons immediately quit-claimed title to certain towns within the limits of their purchase which had at that date been substantially settled. The original deed is in the Masonian Papers, Vol. 1, page 57, dated July 31, 1746, and the towns named therein are Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter, Hampton, Gosport, Kings- ton, Derry (Londonderry), Chester, Nottingham, Barrington, Rochester, Canter- bury, Bow, Chichester, Epsom, and Barnstead. It will not be timely here to extend the account of the proceedings of these new owners of the Masonian lands farther than to state that they exercised their rights of property by disposing of townships in a manner quite similar to that which had been followed in the grants by the Governor and Council in the latter part of the provincial period. The terms, conditions, and reservations of their grants are briefly stated by Belknap, Farmer’s edition, p, 299, and the text of any of these instruments in its full extent may be examined with advantage to the student of the subsequent volumes, in which they will be reproduced. One of these charters is printed in full in the History of Rindge, chapter 11, which contains a clear and adequate exposition of the results which followed this revival and recognition of the Masonian title. It may be remarked that the grantees’ and surveyors’ plans which accompany the grants are in all cases copied and used as illustrations so far as avail- able. Whenever the record or text of the grant is unaccompanied by a plan, it is in the exceptional instance that none has been preserved. In the consideration of this work a marked distinction should be recognized be- tween the township charters and the acts of incorporation. A part of the charters emanating from the Governor and Council seem to combine some of the elements of the ordinary municipal act of incorporation with terms apt for the transmission of title to land, and various privileges respecting it. The charter of Kingston, 1694, not only conveys to the inhabitants the township with the streets, lanes, and highways, but it also makes provision for the political organization of the town. The charter of New Castle, 1696, is to the same effect. But in the Massachusetts grants and in those issued under the Masonian authority, Vlll PREFACE. there is no attempt to confer political privileges on the grantees. It was understood that these privileges were to be derived from the general or special acts of the assembly regulating the assumption of municipal organization by the people of the towns considered as a territorial unit. This was the theory on which town govern- ment was developed when settlements had been effected under the charters. It may not be possible in all cases to trace this development in its regular stages. The logical order was, first, the township charter, and, second, the act of incorporation. The authority for the assumption of the powers and privileges of municipal self- government is sometimes found in the terms of the charter, and sometimes in special legislative acts of incorporation. In a few instances the inhabitants of towns seem to have assumed the functions of organized towns without these usual legal pre-requisites. Bow v. Allenstown, 34 N. H. Reports, 351. As a rule, how- ever, the history of the origin of municipal government in the several New Hamp- shire towns is not obscure. The granting of bodies of land as townships to a number of grantees, whether by the intervention of province authority or through the Masonian proprietary, was quite another affair. The act was by a formal instrument of conveyance to a number of persons duly named as grantees. In a large number of our own province charters it will be noted that the elements of an act of incorporation for the exercise of political powers are not included. As the towns became stronger and more populous, it was not infrequent that par- ishes were erected by acts of the assembly. The towns often covered a large terri- tory, hence the extension of settlements and changes in the centres of population demanded additional places for religious worship and consequent division of the the towns as church supporting establishments. This was one stage in the breaking up of the old towns, which preceded the erection of new ones upon the framework of the parish. The functions of this class of municipal corporations were well defined, and the transition from parish to town was the usual result of the ^parish establish- ment. (IX, Bouton , Town Papers , 717 .) A comparison of those township charters which were drawn simply for the pur- pose of passing a township of land to designated grantees, with acts incorporating towns and parishes, will indicate more clearly the radical distinction between the latter as municipal corporations established for the administration of political affairs, and the former as quasi corporations established, as was said in the case of Wells v. Burbank , 17 N. H. Reports, 393, for the sale and partition of lands. The publication of these instruments with the accompanying papers will open new opportunities for the study of features of local and state history which have hitherto been obscure. The original titles to the subdivisions of large areas will be made accessible to all who are interested in examining them. The movement of population on the several lines over which the settlement of regions outside the four ancient towns of the province of New Hampshire, can be more accurately and sys- tematically traced by the names of grantees, and by the dates of grants which mark PREFACE. IX the extension of emigration in all directions over New Hampshire and Vermont. Carefully prepared and complete indexes to the names of all persons and places mentioned in the volume will render their contents immediately available for refer- ence. The township maps which are prepared for this volume are copies of those of Blanchard and Langdon, Jeffries, and Holland. The papers in the body of the volume are arranged alphabetically under the modern names of the towns to which they relate. The preliminary note under each caption contains citations to the principal publications on the local history of the towns. There are many works of the gazetteer class which give summaries of town history and statistics. As these have not been cited in the town notes, it will suffice to mention them by titles in this connection. In the order of publication are Merrill’s, 1817, pp. 231 ; Farmer and Moore’s, 1823, pp. 276; Heywood’s (New England, with treatment of N. H. towns), 1839; New Hampshire As It Is, by E. A. Charlton, 1856, pp. 592-4; Coolidge and Mansfield’s History of New England (with N. H. section), 1858; Fogg’s Gazetteer, 1874, pp. 647. The Walling series of county maps, i860, give town geography in minute detail, and are intended to name and locate each house- holder, most of the places of business, and the public and religious establishments. The Atlas of New Hampshire is a later effort in the same direction but the results are presented in a different form. See mention of N. H. maps, by William Little, X, Granite Monthly, p. 360, and Hitchcock’s Geology of New Hampshire, chapter on topography, vol. 1, p. 169. Other lines of New Hampshire historical literature are of necessity in part general and in part local in their subject-matter and method. Such are Potter’s “ Military History,” 1866-68 ; Moore’s “Printers and Printing,” 1886; Bell’s “Bench and Bar,” 1894; Chapin’s “New Hampshire Poets,” 1883; Watson’s “Physicians and Surgeons,” in press; Carter’s “Native Ministry,” in preparation. Picturesque New Hampshire has been treated in a class of litera- ture which embodies much of local history and description. Among the more important are N. J. Bachelder’s “Summer Resorts,” and Sweetser’s “White Mountains.” See also the editor’s note on historical literature of New Hampshire now in preparation, Vol. XIV of the Granite Monthly, p. 365. In the consideration of these towns as factors in government, and in the review or continuation of such studies as have been made by the authors of De Tocqueville’s “ Democracy in America,” Bryce’s “American Commonwealth,” Joel Parker’s “New England Towns,” and Dillon’s “Municipal Corporations,” recourse should also be had to the reported decisions of the Supreme Court. So far as they relate to town history, town government, and other subjects of local concern, they are readily acces- sible by the aid of the digests of decisions, in the municipal clerks’ offices, and in law libraries, and are replete with information and suggestions. The more general questions of boundary, as that of Canada, affecting especially the Indian Stream territory, and that of Maine, of Massachusetts, and of Vermont, enter very largely into the history of the border towns, but a general reference to the X PREFACE. literature of those controversies, hereafter cited, suffices for the present purpose. The compilation of material for this series of volumes of town charters and the accompanying illustrations has necessitated extensive research, and has taken many directions and brought us in contact with, and placed us under obligations to many persons, in private as well as in official relations. With regret we find it imprac- ticable to make full mention of all who have cordially rendered aid by responding with important information, and by other active cooperation. But principal among these are Secretary Olin, of Massachusetts, Secretary Stearns, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Hammond, our efficient office assistant. Governor Smith and members of his council have manifested an interest in the undertaking which has made them familiar with its progress, and rendered its presentation in these and the suc- ceeding volumes more complete in form, and more satisfactory in substance. The next vdlume to be issued will be on the same general plan as this, and will be a continuation of the New Hampshire provincial charters. THE EDITOR. TABLE OF CONTENTS MASSACHUSETTS GRANTS. Acworth 3 Alstead ........... 6 Amherst ........... 8 William Davis, Isaac Johnson, and others .... 9 Anna Lane .......... 10 John Wilson .......... 11 Bedford ........... 13 Boscawen ........... 21 Bradford ........... 28 Canterbury ........... 29 Joseph Gerrish ......... 29 Richard Kent ......... 30 Concord ........... 31 John Endicott ......... 62 William Hawthorne ........ 64 Samuel Sewall ......... 65 Deering ........... 67 Jonathan Butterfield ........ 68 Thaxter, Turner, and Dudley ...... 70 Dover ............ 73 Richard Beers ......... 76 Emanuel Downing ........ 77 Dunbarton ........... 78 Dunstable ........... 82 Durham ........... 101 Fitzwilliam . . . . . . . . . . 104 Goffstown ........... 105 William Lund . . . . . . . . . 113 Medford, Mass . . . . . . . . . 117 Uxbridge, Mass . . . . . . . . . 120 Peleg Wiswall . . . . . . . . . 123 Groton (old grant) . . . . . . . . . 126 Hampton ........... 134 Xll TABLE OF CONTENTS. Hancock ........... 136 Green, Walker, Lyde, and Green . . . . . . 137 Henniker ........... 139 Hillsborough . . . . . . . . . 140 Hinsdale ........... 142 John Russell . . . . . . . . . 143 Hopkinton ........... 145 Hudson ........... 146 Joseph Hills . . . . . . . . 146 Isles of Shoals .......... 149 Keene ........... 152 Lempster ........... 154 Litchfield . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Richard Davenport . . . . . . . . 167 Phineas Pratt ......... 169 Londonderry . . . . . . . . . . 170 Lyndeborough . . . . . . . . . . 172 Manchester ........... 178 John Blaisdell ......... 189 Isaac Bradley . . . . . . . . . 191 Samuel Butterfield . . . . . . . . 192 John Plaisted ......... 195 Robert Rand 195 Jeremiah Stevens . . . . . . . . . 199 Thomas Tilestone . . . . . . . . 201 Merrimack ........... 203 Benjamin Smith . . . . . . . . . 203 Milford . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Charlestown School Farm 204 Anna Cole .......... 205 Samuel Cole . . . . . . . . . 206 Duxbury School Farm 208 Nashua . . . . . ’ . . . . . . 210 Boston Artillery Co 210 Richard Dummer 212 Savage, Oliver, and others 214 John Whiting . . . . . . . . . 214 New Boston 215 Newington . . . . . . . . . . . 224 New Ipswich . . . . . . . . . . 225 Pelham ........... 232 John Endicott, Jr. 232 Pembroke ........... 233 Peterborough . . . . . . . . . . 249 Portsmouth ........... 258 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Xlll Raymond . . . . . . . . . . 271 Samuel Symonds . . . . . . 271 Richmond . . . . . . . . . 272 Josiah Willard . . . . . 279 Rindge ........... 282 Rochester ........... 292 Samuel and Mrs. Parnell Nowell ...... 293 Samuel Sewall ......... 295 Salisbury ........... 297 Sharon ........... 307 Jeremiah Allen ......... 307 John Read . . . . . . . . . 311 Robert Auchmuty . . . . . . . 313 Jeffry Bedgood . . . . . . . . 314 Sullivan . . . . . . . . . 316 Aaron Denio . . . . . . . . . 316 Swanzey . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Temple ........... 324 Tyng, Nelson, and Alden 324 Walpole ........... 330 Jonathan Belcher ......... 334 Warner ........... 335 Washington .......... 339 Weare 340 Winchester ........... 345 UNLOCATED GRANTS. Valentine Hill .......... 363 William Hubbard ......... 364 Ann Mason, court decision ........ 365 Passaconoway .......... 366 Bryan Pendleton .......... 367 Edward Rawson .......... 367 NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARTERS AND GRANTS. Acworth ........... 371 Samuel Fitch ......... 386 Albany ........... 389 Samuel Haven ......... 394 Daniel Rindge and Daniel Peirce ...... 397 Joseph Senter ......... 400 Alstead ........... 404 Amherst ........... 414 xiv TABLE OF CONTENTS. Ashland ........... 418 Atkinson 419 Auburn ........... 419 Barnstead ........... 419 Barrington ........... 423 Bartlett ■ 426 Philip Bailey . . . . . . . . . 427 Robert Furniss ......... 431 James Gray .......... 435 Andrew McMillan ........ 439 Vere Royse .......... 441 William Stark ......... 444 Bath ............. 447 Bedford ........... 457 Belmont ........... 460 Bennington ........... 460 Benton ........... 460 Ammi R. Cutter ......... 465 George King ......... 469 George Meserve ......... 473 Berlin ............ 477 Bethlehem . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Boscawen ........... 485 Bow ............ 489 Brentwood ........... 493 Bridgewater .......... 496 Bristol ........... 496 Brookfield ........... 496 Brookline . . . . . . . . . ' . . 497 Cambridge ........... 499 Campton ........... 504 Canaan ........... 513 Theophilus Dame . . . . . . . . 520 Candia ........... 523 Canterbury . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Webster’s Ferry 528 Carroll 529 Nash and Sawyer . . . . . . . . 534 Center Harbor 537 Charlestown . . . . . . . . . . 537 Olcott’s Ferry . . . . . . . . . 543 Chatham ........... 544 Henry Bellew . . . . . . . . . 550 Samuel Gilman . . . . . . . . . 553 Samuel Langdon . . . . . . . . . 557 TABLE OF CONTENTS. XV Chatham : Thomas McDonough ........ 560 Sherburne, Sherburne, and Knight ..... 562 Chester . 566 Chesterfield 569 Chichester ........... 576 Claremont ........... 579 Joseph Wait .......... 584 Clarksville ........... 587 Colebrook ........... 589 Columbia ........... 598 Seth Wales and others ........ 606 Concord . . . '. . . . . . . . 610 Conway ........... 650 Sterling and Stark ........ 658 Cornish ........... 662 Moses Chase ......... 667 Coulerain ........... 669 Croydon ........... 671 Dalton ........... 678 Danville ........... 678 Deerfield ........... 679 Deering ........... 679 Derry 681 Dorchester ........... 682 Dover ............ 695 Dublin ........... 701 Dummer ........... 703 Dunbarton ........... 708 Durham . . . . . . . . . . . 710 East Kingston . . . . . . . . . . 712 Easton . . . . . . . . . . . 712 Eaton . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 Ellsworth . . . . . . . . . . . 717 Enfield ........... 723 Epping 732 Epsom ........... 732 Errol . 734 Erving’s Location ......... 739 Exeter ............ 743 APPENDIX. Lines of Towns : Dunstable to Northfield . . . . . . . 748 XVI TABLE OF CONTENTS. Lines of Towns : Dunstable to Penacook ....... Rumford to the Great Falls and on East Side of Connecticut River .......... Ashuelot Townships ......... Canada Townships . . . . . . * Narragansett Townships ........ Town Bounds, General ........ Disputed Town Boundaries ........ Indexes ........... 754 761 771 787 793 821 829 927 GRANTS NEW HAMPSHIRE TERRITORY BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS. GRANTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TERRITORY [This town was probably Number 3 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Granted by New Hampshire as Burnet to Col. Sampson Stoddard and others, Dec. 28, 1752, and named in honor of Gov. William Burnet. Regranted as New Burnet , Nov. 17, 1761, to Stoddard and others. Incorporated as Acworth (sometimes spelled Ackworth ), Sept. 19, 1766, and named in honor of Lord Acworth. The charter was renewed May 30, 1772. See New Hampshire charters, following ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 1 ; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 398, 400, as to participation of this town in the movement by western New Hampshire towns in conjunction with towns in Vermont, for a new state composed of towns on both sides of the Connecticut River, or other rearrangement of state lines by a union of western New Hampshire towns with Vermont, or annexation of Vermont towns to New Hampshire; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 1 ; Index to New Hampshire Laws, 9 ; History, by J. L. Merrill, 1869, pp. 306.] A Petition of "Joseph Weld , Joseph Rtiggles , and Ebenezer Pierfont , a Committee of the Grantees or Proprietors of the Township Number Three in the Line of Towns, shewing that BY THE ACWORTH. [Mass. House Journal, June 24, 1737.] 4 CHARTER RECORDS. upon a careful view of the said Township, it appears to be so Mountainous and Rocky &c. that is not fit for making a Settle- ment, which was their full Purpose, praying they may be released from their Obligations, and obtain a new Grant in Lieu thereof near the Great MenadnucT s for the Reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the Petition be continued to Tuesday next the 28th currant. [Mass. House Journal, June 28, 1737.] A Petition of Joseph Weld and others, a Committee of the Grantees of the Township Number Three in the Line of Towns, praying for an Exchange &c. on Account of the roughness of the said Township, as entered the 25th. Read again, and after some debate, Ordered , That the Petition be referred to the next sitting of the Court for further Consideration. [Mass. House Journal, July 1, 1737.] A Memorial of Joseph Weld , and others, a Committee of the Grantees of the Township Number Three in the Line of Towns, praying that for as much as their former Petition in the present Session for an Exchange of said Township, which proves very mountainous Land is referred over for Consideration, that one or more of the Court’s Committee for laying out the Line of Towns, with some of the Petitioners to wait on them, may in the mean time be directed to take a careful View of the said Township, the Charge to be paid out of the Grantees Money remaining in the Hands of the Court’s Committee paid at the admission of the Grantees ; in order that a true Information may be had of the Quality of the said Township, when that Affair shall come under consideration again. Read and Ordered, That the Prayer of the Petition be granted ; the Charge of the Committee’s View to be paid out of the surplusage of the Grantees Money, as within men- tioned. Sent up for Concurrence. ACWORTH. 5 [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1737*] A Memorial of Josefh Weld and others, a Committee of the Grantees of the Township Number Three in the Line of Towns, praying they may obtain a Grant of a Township adjoyning to the Line of Towns, and lying upon the Township Number Six and Seven , in consideration of the extraordinary meanness and barren- ness of the said Township Number Three, formerly granted them, and as agreable to the Petition, as entred the 24 th of yune last. Read and Ordered , That this Petition be considered on Wednes- day the seventh currant. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 7, 1737.] A Memorial of yosefh Weld and others, a Committee of the Grantees of the Township No. 3, praying as entred the 3 d Cur- rant; read again, and Ordered , that the Consideration of this Memorial be referred to the next May Session. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 16, 1737.] A Memorial of yosefh Weld and others, a Committee of the Township Number Three in the Line of Towns, praying that their former Petition to the Court in their present sitting, may be now considered, for the Reasons mentioned. Read, and the Question was put, Whither the Petition shall he sustained. It pass’d in the Negative. [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1739.] A Petition of yosefh Weld, yosefh Ruggles, and Ebenezer Pier font, a Committee of the Proprietors of the Township Num- ber Three in the Line of Towns, shewing the Land in said Town- ship Number Three, on a View of it in the Years 1737 and 1738, is so rough and mountainous, as renders it unfit for Settlement, altho’ the said Proprietors have been at upwards of three hundred and fifty Pounds Charge in using Methods for Settlement, pray- 6 CHARTER RECORDS. ing they may be allowed a Grant of a new Township in lieu of said Number Three , for the reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered , That the Petition lie on the Table. ALSTEAD. [This town was probably Number 4 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Granted by New Hampshire as Newton , Dec. 28, 1752, to John Towle and others. Regranted Aug. 6, 1763, to Samuel Chase and others, and incorporated as Alstead. The charter was renewed Jan. 25, 1772. See New Hampshire charters, following; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 5; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, 398, 400, as to movement for union with Vermont towns ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 21; Index to Laws, 17; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 1 1 4.] [. Petition of Proprietors of JVo. 4., for Equivalent Grant, 77/0.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. n8,p. 410.] Province of the > To the Honorable Thomas Hutchinson Esq 1 ’ Massachusetts Bay $ Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s said Province, the Honorable Council, and House of Representatives, in General Court Assembled, March 15 th A D, 1770. The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth, That Some of Your Petitioners and the Predecessors of the others Obtain’d a Grant, from the Great & General Court of a Township of Land, Several Years Since, Which was then Laid out between the Rivers of Connecticut and Merrimack in the Line of Towns ; That the House Lots in said Township were Alloted to the Proprietors, and some further Orders of the General Court Relative to the Settlement of said Township were (by the said Proprietors) Performed to the Satisfaction of a Committee from said Honorable Court, as may Appear by the Proprietors Book of Record Sign'd by the Honorable William Dudley Esq r Chairman of said Committee. And that said Proprietors were Resolutely Pursuing all other Proper Measures in order for a ALSTEAD. 7 Speedy Settlement, but very soon after to their great Damage and Disappointment, and after the Payment of One Hundred and Eighty Pounds to the Committee aforesaid, and a further Expence of more than Double that Sum, besides Expence of Time, they were Deprived of said Township, by its being Set off to the Prov- ince of New-Hampshire by the Determination of His Majesty King George the Second, in the Settlement of the Boundaries of the Provinces aforesaid ; And your Petitioners must Remain Rem- ediless in the Premisses without the Interposition of this most Hon- orable Court, they therefore most humbly Pray that Your Honors would be pleased to take the Same into Your wise Consideration, and According to Your known Justice and Clemency, to Grant them another Township in Lieu of that which they were deprived of, as a Retaliation for their great Loss, and Your most humble Suppliants (as in duty bound) shall ever Pray. Joshua Fuller Samuel Jackson on the Right of Cap 4 Samuel Jackson Jonathan Williams Jun 1 ' on the Right of John Spring Thomas Greenwood Ebenezer Stearns Oakes Angier Isaac Jackson on the Right of Isaac Jackson Thaddeus Trowbridge on the Right of William Trowbridge Jonathan Williams on the Right of William Williams Thomas Quinier Stephen Harris on the Right of Thomas Harris David Sanger on the Right of David Sanger Ephraim Burridge on the Right of John Burridge Peter Durrell Samuel Shattuck Nathaniel Smith William Coollidge Amos Livermore on the Right of Oliver Livermore Josiah Brown on the Right of William Brown Josiah Goddard William Park on the Right of Richard Park William Park Ebenezer Brown Jonas Coollidge on the Right of Jonas Coollidge Nathaniel Spring Christopher Grant Jun r on the Right of Christopher Grant Samuel Fuller on the Right of Isaac Fuller Jonathan Learned on the Right of Ebenezer Goddard William Dana Jonathan Learned Seth Storer on the Right of Jonathan Bemis Nathaniel Stone on the Right of Moses Hastings Josiah Mixer Daniel Robbins 8 CHARTER RECORDS. James Hay on the Right of Richard Coolidge Joseph Coolidge Josiah Fuller Nehemiah Mason on the Right of Joseph Mason Esq r Daniel Bond on the Right of Daniel Bond Abraham Whitney on the Right of John Whitney Nathaniel Collidge on the Right of Thaddeus Coollidge Elisha Learned on the Right of David Learned Samuel Randall Ezekiel Whitney on the Right of David Whitney John Stowel Benjamin Bond James Dix George Harrington George Harrington Jun 1 ’ Josiah Bisco on the Right of Thomas Bisco Edmund Bernard on the Right of Samuel Stowel Samuel Hide on the Right of Richard King William Coollidge Jun 1 ’ on the Right of Joseph Allen William Coollidge on the Right of John Coollidge Thomas Frost Thad 3 Trowbridge on the Right of Caleb Trowbridge Samuel Jackson on the Right of Edward Jackson David Coollidge David Livermore Nathaniel Stone The Names of the Petitioners withinmentioned, were Entred Agreeable to a Vote of the Majority of said Petitioners at their Meeting on the 12 th Day of March, A D, 1770. Rv-l- Joshua Fuller 7 Com tee for said William Coollidg 5 Petitioners AMHERST. [Granted by Massachusetts as Narragansett No. 3, Dec. 18, 1728. It was afterwards called Salem Narragansett and Souhegan West. The grant was con- firmed by the Masonian Proprietors, Dec. r, 1759. Incorporated as Amherst, Jan. 18, 1760, and named in honor of Lord Jeffry Amherst. The charter was renewed in April, 1762. A large part of Monson was annexed in 1770. A por- tion of the town was combined with parts of Hollis and Mile Slip to make up the town of Milford, Jan. 11, 1794. Mont Vernon was set off and incorporated Dec. 15, 1803. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers, in this and following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 6; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 57; Index to Laws, 18; historical sketch by John Farmer, 5, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 79 ; petition of inhabitants, id., 253 ; history, by Daniel F. Secomb, 1883, pp. 978 ; sketch by same, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 219.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 6, p. 31.] The Plan hereto Annexed Shews the bounds of a Tract of Land laid out for one of the Towns Granted by the Gen" Court to the Narragansett Soldiers it Lyes on the North Side Sowheagan River and Adjoyning thereto on the South. The East part of it is about four or five Mile Westward of Merrimack River, and is at or Near the East end of the Late proposed Line of Towns between Dunstable and Northfield there is in it a Sufficient Quantyty of Improveable Land Capable of making a good Town. The whole plan Contains 24457 Acres which is 1417 Acres More than is Contained in Six miles Square which we are Humbly of Opinion ought to be Allowed for the Pond and for Part of three Farms that were formerly laid out, & now In the House of Representatives — December i8» 1728 Read and accepted and Voted That the Land protracted and described in the within plann be and hereby is confirmed to the officers and Soldiers belonging to this Province, who were in the Service of their Country in the late Naraganset War, and to their heirs and assigns or lawfull Representatives, — provided it exceeds not the Quantity of Land within mentioned, nor interferes with any other or former Grant of this Court, provided also they comply with the Conditions mentioned in the said vote of 7 th June for Setling the said Town — Sent up for Concurrence W m Dudley Speak' In Council Dec: 18. 1728 — Read & Concur’d J. Willard Sec’ry Consented to, W Burnet AMHERST. 9 [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 18, 1728.] A Plat of One of the Towns granted to the Narraganset Sol- diers, Surveyed and laid out by an Order of this Court of the Seventh of Jane last by Major Chandler , Mr. Shove , and Mr. Hobson , adjoining to Sowheagen- River, and lying on the North- side thereof, and of the Contents of Six Miles Square was pre- sented for Allowance. Read and Accepted and voted , That the Land protracted and described in the within Plan be and hereby is confirmed to the Officers and Soldiers belonging to this Prov- ince who were in the Service of their Country in the late Narra- ganset War, and to their Heirs and Assigns or lawful Representa- tives, provided it exceeds not the Quantity of Land within men- tioned, nor interferes with any other or former Grant of this Court, provided also they comply with the Conditions mentioned in the said Vote of June *jth , for setling the said Town. Sent up for Concurrence. [Grant to William Davis, Isaac Johnson, and others.] [Mass. Court Records, May 28, 1659.] The Court also Judgeth It meete to Graunt to Cap 1 w m Davis Cap 1 Eliazer Lusher Cap 1 ffrauncis Norton & Cap 4 Isaac Johnson two hundred and fiffty acres apeece on the same termes as was Graunted to Cap 1 Savage Oliver &c [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1660.] Laid out to Cap 1 w m Davis of Boston and to Cap 1 Isack Johnson of Roxbury to each of them two hundred & fifty acres of land more or lesse w ch lyeth together in one platt in the wildernesse on the west of merremak River and about six miles by estimation from merremake at a place Called by the Indians quohquinnapass- kessanahnoy upon and on both sides sowheaganock River lying two hundred & forty pole in length upon a streight line downe the River and extends about halfe a mile on each side the River IO CHARTER RECORDS. being butteld and bounded on the west w th land lately laid out for m rs Anna Lane and on the east w th a farme laid out for m r John Wilson sen 1 ' the wilderness elswhere surrounding according unto the bound marked trees, w ch are sufficiently marked w th P all which doth more fully appeare by a platt taken of this same by Jonathan Danforth surveior. The Court doth allow & Approve of this Returne. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. i, p. it.] [Grant to Anna Lane.] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1660.] Laide out to M rs Anna Lane five hundred acres of land more or lesse in the wildernesse on the west of merremacke River and about seven miles by estimation from merremake at a place Called by the Indians Quoquina-passkessanahnoy which is upon sowhea- ganocke River lying two hundred & eighty pole in length upon AMHERST. 1 1 the River about two hundred acres lyeth on the north side and three hundred acres on the south side being bounded w th land laid out for m r Davis and Capt Isacke Johnson on the east wilderness land elswhere surrounding the same as by a plott taken of the same is more fully demonstrated by Jonathan Danforth surveyor. The Court doth Approove allow & Confirme this Returne. [Grant to John Wilson.] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659.] whereas m r John wilson sen r hath mett w th severall Disapoint- ments about laying out his thousand acres of land Graunted him by this Court above twenty yeares since It is ordered that m r Dan- forth be desired & hereby Impowred by himself or his order to lay out the said thousand acres in one or two places where It shall be found. [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1660, and Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 12.] Laid out to m r John Wilson sen 1 ' of Boston one thousand acres of land more or lesse in the wilderness on the west of merremacke River ; one part or parcell of the same Conteining seven hundred acres more or lesse lieth upon Sowheaganock River at a place Called by the Indians quohquima-paskessa-nahnoy w ch is about five miles by estimation from merremacke River lying three hun- dred sixty fower pole in length upon sowheaganuck river fower hundred acres more or lesse on the North side of the River and three hundred acres more or lesse on the South side being Butteld and bounded on the west w th land lately laid out for Capt w m Davis & Capt Isack Johnson of Roxbury the wilderness elswhere sur- rounding according to Bounded trees marked w tb L Also one part or parcell more Conteining three hundred acres more or lesse lieth about one mile & halfe by estimation southward of the former farme upon the head of penichuck brooke being bounded by a great pond on the southwest called pennichuck pond, extending downe the brooke about two hundred & eighty pole in length lying 12 CHARTER RECORDS [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. i, p. 12.] I |c ’ll BEDFORD. 13 almost wholly on the northwest side of the said Brooke the wilder- ness, elswhere surrounding according unto bounded trees w° h are marked w th L all which is more fully demonstrated by a platt taken of the same by Jonathan Danforth Surveior. The Court Allowes & Approoves of the land so laid out in this Returne. The magis te have past this w th Refference to the Consent of theire brethren y e deput 8 hereto Alloing & Approoving of the Re- turne as above 21 October 1660 Edw. Rawson Secret Consented to by the deputyes William Torrey Cleric. BEDFORD. [Granted by Massachusetts as Narragansett No. 5, Feb. 12, 1733-4. After- wards called Souhegan East . The grant was confirmed by the Masonian Proprie- tors, Nov. 9, 1748. Incorporated as Bedford, May 19, 1750, and named in honor of the Duke of Bedford. A portion of the town was annexed to Manchester, July !» 1853. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers, in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 50; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 176; Index to Laws, 51 ; topographical description, 1, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 286; discourse by Thomas Savage, 1841, pp. 16; centennial address by Isaac 0 . Barnes, 1850, pp. 45 ; history, pub. by Alfred Mudge, 1851, pp. 364 ; historical dis- course, by Ira C. Tyson, 1876, pp. 31 ; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hills- borough County, 1885, pp. 265. [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 11, 1733-4.] Mr. Shove from the Committee appointed the ^oth of "June 1732, for laying out the Narragansett Townships, presented a Plat of the Township Number Five , so called by the original Grantees lying on Merrhnack River, of the contents of six Miles square and five hundred twenty one acres for poor Land, allowed and to satisfy a Grant made to Benjajnin Smith. Read and Ordered, That the Plat be accepted, and that the Lands set forth and de- scribed in the within Plat of the Narragansett Township Number Five (exclusive of Benjamin Smith's Grant) be and hereby are confirmed unto one hundred and twenty of the original Grantees their heirs and assigns, viz. that Society of them of which Col. Thomas Tilestone and others were appointed a Committee for CHARTER RECORDS. I 4 regulating the said Township Number Five, so called at a general Meeting of the Grantees in Boston the sixth of June last as by their Votes and Orders may appear, provided the Plat contains no more than the quantity of Land within mentioned, and that it does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 12, 1733-4.] A Plat of a Township for the Narraganset Soldiers being a Tract of Land lying on Merrimack & Sohegan Rivers, of the Quantity of six miles square with five hundred Acres allowed for poor Land & Benjamin Smiths Farm Being bounded as follows ; viz. Beginning at a Pitch Pine Tree on the North Side of Sohegan River five miles from Merrimack, as said Sohegan River runs ; & running North six miles to the Township form- erly laid out to the Narraganset Soldiers to a Heap of Stones ; then running West on said Township one mile & eighty two rods to a Beach Marked ; then running North one mile & two hundred & sixty rods on Province Lands to a White Pine Tree, which is the South West Corner of the second Township for the Narraganset Soldiers on Merrimack ; then running on said second Township East, six miles & one hundred & ten rods to Merrimack River, nine miles above the Mouth of Sohegan River as Merrimack runs, & so running up Merrimack Rjver to Sohegan River, & from thence along Sohegan River to y e Bounds first mentioned. In the House of Represent ves Read & Ordered that the Plat be accepted, & that the Lands set forth & described in the within Plat of the Narraganset Township Number Five (Exclusive of Benjamin Smiths Grant) be & hereby are confirmed unto one hundred & twenty of the Original Grantees, their Heirs & Assigns ; viz, that Society of them of which Coll. Thomas Tilestone & others were appointed a Committee for regulating said Township Number Five, so called, at a general Meeting of the Grantees in Boston the sixth of June last, as by their Votes & Orders may appear, Provided the Plat contains no more than the Quantity of Land within mentioned & that it does not interfere with any former Grant. In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to, J Belcher BEDFORD. 15 [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 4, 1736.] In Council whereas the proprietors or present possessors of the Narragansett Township, Called Number five, have voted & Agreed that the Several lotts, being One hundred and twenty in the whole, besides publick Lots, shall pay Sixty of them, each five pounds and the other Sixty Lots be Settled with a Family & built upon and brought to as Directed in the Grant from the General Court, the Lots being all Numbred and those which are to pay five pounds to be Distinguished from those which are to be Settled in the following manner, viz* Lot Number One to pay Five pounds Number two to Settle Number three to pay five pounds Number four to Settle And so Alternatly in the same order to pay five pounds or to Settle thro the whole Number of Lots being One hundred and twenty besides Publick Lots And whereas Sundry Charges have Already Arisen and must Necessarily further Arise, to procure which Sums, as well as to Oblige the Settlers to Comply and the five pound lots to pay their Several Sums the Authority of this Court is thought Necessary wherefore It is Resolved and Ordered That the proprietors of the said Lots whether Setlers or those who are ordered to pay five pounds each do Settle and pay Respectivly According to the said Vote ; the five pounds to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer Already Appointed by the Proprietors for that purpose, and by him to be paid to the Settlers each five pounds ; And in Case the Settlers fail in Settling Ac- cording to the Courts Grant and Votes of the proprietors then the proprietors at a meeting Regularly Assembled shall and may dispose of said Right or Rights to any other or others that will Settle, And whereas Sundry proprietors Neglect to draw their Lots and pay their proportion of Charges the Committee of said proprietors shall have power to sell their Lands for defreying the Charge Arisen or that may Arise Attending the Methods in the Disposition of the Lands to be Observed in Gathering Rates & Taxes Levied by Order of this Court on Unimproved Lands. — In the House of Represent Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher 1 6 CHARTER RECORDS. [' Grantees of Bedford, 7757.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 115, p. 844.] In Obedience to and Order inserted in Publick Print That the several Clerks of the respective Townships be and they are hereby directed to deposit attested Copies, under Oath, of all the Original Grants that have been Made Within these thirty years past, together With a List of the Names of the Grantees, & who have fulfilled the Conditions of their Grants into the secretarys Office by the Last day of March upon pain of the Displeasure of the Court &c. This May therefore Certifiethat the Lowest Narraganset Town- ship on Merrimack River No. 5 bounded East on Merrimack River, South on sowbeeg (or sowhegan) River, West partly on salem Narraganset, or otherwise Called sowhegan West, partly on that which some have Called New Boston, bounded North on that which some have Called shovestown. Granted by the General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to 120 men. Whereof 60 Were to settle in such time as was then set. the said town hath been all Laid Out in 3 divisions beside meadow Each division Except the first hath 123 Rights Laid Out, Viz. One for Each proprietor, One for the first Minister, One for the Ministry, & One for the school, the Meadow Lotts are all Laid Out & Numbred, Each meadow Lott Coupled With some One of the third division Except such Lotts in the third division, as have meadow in them, the Lotts througout the town are all drawn, & most of them on Record. There is twenty Acres Laid out to build a Meeting house on, there is 120 acres Granted by the proprietors to Deacon Jonathan Williams Our proprietors Treasurer And 120 Acres to Captain Joseph Blanchard, he to Erect a Good sawmill & a Good Corn-mill, there is also suitable provision Made for ways, I am informed there is about 60 families setled in the town : but no minister setled, nor Meeting house built, the Late War hath been some discouragement, since the Town hath been Reck- oned in New-hampshire Government, it is divided not far from the Middle, & some addition Made to the south end, & Erected into a township And some addition to the North end, & that also made a township. There are 17 Gentlemen belonging to New-hampshire Which some Call Lord proprietors, Which pretend the Land is theirs, yet have Confirmed the Rights of the original proprietors, as the BEDFORD. 17 Lots have been already Laid out & surveyed. Excepting and reserving only 17 Rights or shares as According to said Laying out, the particular Rights or shares to be determined & ascertained hereafter. here is a true Coppy of their Vote transcribed PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lands Purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq r in the Province of New Hampshire held at Portsmouth in said Province by Adjournment on the Ninth day of November anno Domini 1748 Voted That the Rights of the Original Proprietors of souhegan East, Otherwise Called Narraganset No. 5 on Merrimack River, be and are hereby Confirmed to them according as the said Lots have been already surveyed and Laid Out, excepting and reserv- ing only seventeen shares or Rights as according to said Laying Out ; the Particular Rights or shares so Excepted and Reserved to be determined and ascertained hereafter : but that the Particular Rights and shares of Major Edward White and the Reverend Doctor Ebenezer Miller be not among the excepted and Reserved rights as aforesaid, but that their said Rights & shares among said Proprietors surveyed as aforesaid, be hereby Granted and Confirmed to them their Heirs and Assigns. Copy of Record attest Geo : Jeffrey jun r Propr” Clerk At a Proprietors Meeting of the Narraganset Town No 5 at the house of M r Samuel Knealand in Boston, & met accordingly on y e 30 th Day of October 1734 at ten a Clock in the forenoon and Chose the Hono ble Samuel Thaxter Esq r Moderator of said meeting — Then they Proceeded to Draw the setlers Lotts as they were Marked, the Even numbers were setlers and the Odd were non settlers. on pescataquog No 1 Governour Belcher Esq. 2 James Davenport on Merrimack No 1 Jacob Griggs 2 John Plimton 3 Habijah savage 4 Thomas simpkins 5 Samuel Hollis 6 James yates 7 Israel Hubbard 8 Addington Davenport Esq r i8 CHARTER RECORDS. 9 Richard Bill 10 John Dorrill 11 John Richards 12 Thomas Daws 13 William Dinsdell 14 Richard Foster 15 Jabez Hunt 16 Thomas Bernard 17 Thomas Holbrook 18 Benjamin Dyer 19 William Clark Esq r 20 Joseph Thorn 21 Samuel Gill 22 Paul Dudley Esq r 23 Edmond Weld 24 David Evans 25 Thomas Beatle 26 George Talbott 27 John Baker 28 John Barns 29 Shadrach Thayer 30 Ebenezer Williams 31 John Wilson 32 Henry Timberlake 33 James Townsend 34 Sarah Perkins 35 Alford Butler 36 John Morey 37 Isaac Hatch 38 John Langley 39 Joseph Prince 40 Samuel Gile 41 Silence Allen 42 Benjamin Williams 43 William Davenport 44 Edward White 45 Robert Vose 46 Joseph Savel 47 Ebenezer Williams 48 Nathanael Goodwine 49 Samuel Miller 50 John Arnoll 51 John Pay son 52 Samuel Pollard 53 Samuel Wadsworth 54 Owen Harris 55 Henry Wilson 56 Thomas Viccos 57 Joseph Briggs 58 Samuel Lyon 59 Jonathan Gay 60 Moses Ayers 61 Thomas Jefferies 62 Gamaliel Roggers 63 Gideon Terril 64 Ebenezer Jones 65 samuel Gurnet 66 Cap 1 Ebenezer Dorr 67 Joseph Benson 68 Henry Leadbetter 69 Jonathan Proutt 70 Rebeccah Abbott 71 Thomas Tilestone 72 Benjamin smith 73 Madam Levingston 74 Benjamin Turner 75 samuel Fisk 76 John Lane for Ephraim 77 samuel Bass 78 William Oglebe 79 Caleb stedman 80 Zechariah smith 81 Benjamin swain 82 John Lane 83 John Mears 84 William Dean 85 John Tuckerman 86 Thomas Way mouth 87 John Rice 88 Andrew Oliver 89 Jonathan Williams 90 John Triscott 91 Edward Tyng 92 Israel Vicary BEDFORD. *9 93 Ephraim More 94 Joseph Gardner 95 Benjamin Bates 96 Zechariah Chandler 97 John Ruggles 98 Benjamin Langdon home lots on Babbosick 1 John Burrill 2 samuel Belcher No 3 David Jacobs 4 samuel Linkhorn 5 Ebenezer Hartshorn 6 John Leach 7 sarah Warren 8 samuel Williams 9 John Gridley 10 John Nelson 11 Benjamin Bicknall 12 John Chamberlin 13 samuel Thaxter 14 John Gridley 15 Rebeccah Hannors 16 William Hasey 17 John Cutler 18 Thomas Baker 19 James Pitts 20 Ephraim Colburn I am inclined to believe there Was One Lot Laid out for the Minister, & One for the school, in the first Division, between the fifty seventh, & fifty Lots on Merrimack River but they are not Numbred & Recorded, as i Can find, so that i fear they Will be Lost. The first Minister, the Ministry, & school Lots, in the sec- ond & Third Division are as followeth second Division Third Division Minister Lots No. Ministry Lots No. school Lots No. jp " \ 9 tl,Ran g e 11" | 9 Range 2T ^ 9 thRan g e no, upland 58 meadow 87 upland 59 meadow 90 upland 60 meadow 89 Ministry School First Minister I have No Account who are setled in the Town : but by Word of Mouth, according to that account, their names follow John Moor Robert Gilmore John Goff Esq r Paterson Thomas Chandler Macdugal m r Woods Bushnal samuel Vose now setling Eleazer Lyon Robert Gilmore widow Farmer Thomas Farmer Thomas Meglotherin David smith James Walker Lieu 1 Moses Barron Thomas Viccary John Robie Andrew Walker 20 CHARTER RECORDS. Widow smith, once William Henry John Tom James Mathas Thomas Barus William Awls Robert Read William Corwell Deacon Orr Richard Macalister Robert Walker John Little John Maglotherin Matthew Patten 'apt. lovels widow James Canady James Moor John Burns Thomas Viccary jun. William Arbuckle David Tompson Benjamin smith Widow Maquade Goyn Riddle Jonathan Lyon Forgos Canady Noah Thare samuel Patten Patrick Taggard Capt.John Chamberlin John Moreland Wallice James Moor the Miller samuel Miller Robert Mecormick Garret Rowen John Maquig William Moor Hugh Riddle James Little John Bell Lin James Macknite I am informed there are four sawmills in the Town and two Corn Mills. I Cannot inform Who have Performed the setling Conditions, any Otherwise than I have Done. Humbly offered Milton march 25 1751 samuel Wadsworth Proprietors Clerk Suffolk ss. Boston 26 th March 1751 M r Sam el Wadsworth appeared, & made solemn Oath that the foregoing Return is to the best of his knowledge just & true Before me Tho s Hubbard J. Pac 3 [. Petition of Josef h Joscelyn for Equivalent Grant , 777^.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 763.] Province of > To His Excellency Tho 8 Hutchinson Esq r Massachusetts Bay ) Cap 4 General & Governor in Chiefe over Said Province to the Hon ble his Majestys Council & House of Rep- resentatives in General Court assembled January the 26 th 1774 — The Petition of Joseph Josselyn of Hanover in the County of Plymouth Esq r Humbly Sheweth that there was a Grant of a Township made by the Great & General Court in June AD. 1732 To Benjamin Smith and Others for Services done in the Naragan- set Indian War. — which Township was laid out on Merimack River in the year BOSCAWEN. 21 1733. and Commonly called No 5. Your Petitioner having Pur- chased of the Heirs of Benjamin Bates one of the Soldiers in that War his Right which was afterwards laid out in said Township to your Petitioner who has been at Considerable trouble and Cost from Time to Time in Bringing on the Settlement agreable to the terms of said Grant. — But after Some Years, upon Runing the Line Between this Province and that of New Hampshire, the whole of said Town- ship was taken into that Province, and Your Petitioner was thereby deprived & Excluded from all Property and Benefit of his said Lands. — Wherefore He Prays your Excellency and Honours to take this his Case into your Wise and Compassionate Consideration And in your Wisdom and Goodness make him Such a Grant of Some unappropriated Lands of this Province as shall appear to you Just & Reasonable or otherwise Relieve him in this Case as to you Seems meet. — And as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray &c Joseph Josselyn [In answer to this petition, the General Court granted the peti- tioner four hundred acres of land to the eastward of Saco River, March 3, 1774.] BOSCAWEN. [Granted by Massachusetts as Contoocook , Dec. 8, 1732, to John Coffin and others, of Newbury, Mass. The grant was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors, Jan. 10, 1758. Incorporated as Boscawen, April 22, 1760, and named in honor of Admiral Edward Boscawen, of the British navy. The charter was renewed Oct. 7, 1763. Webster was set off and incorporated July 4, i860. This division was attempted in 1791, when the inhabitants of the west part of the town asked to be set off and incorporated by the name of Bristol. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 57 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 193 ; Index to Laws, 62; Descriptive and Historical Account of, by John Farmer, 1821, XX, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, 71-76; Chronological Register, by Ebenezer Price, 1823, pp. 1 1 6 ; Proceedings of Centennial Celebration, 1876, pp. 27 ; History of Boscawen and Webster, by Charles Carleton Coffin, 1878, pp. 656 ; One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Settlement, 1883, pp. 21 1, pub. 1884; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 169.] 22 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 20, 1731.] A Petition of John Coffin and others, Inhabitants of sundry Towns within this Province, praying, that they may have a Tract of Land above and adjoining to Pennicook , of the Contents of seven Miles square granted to them, under such Limitations as may compel them to settle the same, for which they are willing to pay, for the use of the Province, Five Hundred Pounds in Bills of Credit. Read, and Ordered , That Mr. Welles , Major Chandler , and Major Brattle , be a Committee to consider thereof, and Report what may be proper to be done thereon. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 22, 1731.] The Committee to whom was referred the Petition of John Coffin and others, entred the 20th Instant, Reported, Read, Accepted and Ordered , That the Prayer of the Petition be so far granted, as that the Petitioners be and hereby are impowered by a Surveyor and Chain — Men under Oath, to Survey and lay out a Township of the Contents of seven Miles square above and adjoining to the new Town at Pennicook , on both sides of Merrimack River, to extend three Miles on the East side, and four Miles on the West side of the said River, and return a plan thereof to this Court at their Session in May next for Confirmation ; at which time the Grantees shall pay into the Province Treasury, for the use of the Province, Five Hundred Pounds in Bills of Credit, and that there- upon the Petitioners be impowered to chuse and appoint a Com- mittee for laying out one Hundred Home-Lots, (which shall be drawn for by the Grantees) and such other Divisions as shall be agreed upon by the Major Part of them ; the whole of the Charge to be equally paid by the said Grantees. And that, for the effec- tual bringing forward the Settlement of the said Township, the Grantees shall within six Years from the first Day of July next, have actually upon the Spot, Ninety Seven Families, each of which to have a Dwelling-House of eighteen Feet square, and seven Feet Stud, at least, and three Acres of Land well stock’d with English Grass, fit for Mowing and four Acres of Tillage Land brought to fit for Improvement, upon pain of forfeiting his BOSCAWEN. 23 Interest to the Province, and the Sum of Ten Pounds, for which Security shall be given at the Payment of the said Five Hundred Pounds, to a Committee of the Court to be appointed for that Pur- pose ; and that there be Three Home-Lots, with all after Rights, part of the said One Hundred, sequestred, viz. One for the first settled Minister, One for the Ministry and one for the School. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 23, 1731.] A Petition of John Coffin & a great number of others praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land of Seven Miles square lying on each side of Merrimack River abover Penicook, for the Consideration of the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds to be paid into the province Treasury & the performance of such Conditions for y e Settlem* of s d Land as this Court shall Order. In the House of Represent ves Read & Ordered that the prayer of the Petition be so far granted as that the Petition 13 be & hereby are impowered by a Surveyour & Chain men under Oath to Survey & lay out a Township of the Contents of Seven Miles square above & adjoining To the new Town at Penicook on both sides of Merri- mack River to extend three miles on the East side & four Miles on the West Side of the s d River & Return a Plat thereof to this Court at their Session in May next for Confirmation, At which Time the Grantees shall pay into the province Treasury for the Use of the Province Five Hundred Pounds in Bills of Credit & that thereupon the Petition 1 * 3 be Impowered to Chuse & Appoint a Comm tee for laying out One Hundred home Lotts (which shall be drawn for by the Grantees) & such other Divisions as shall be Agreed on by y e Major Part of them y e whole of the Charge to be equally p d by the said Grantees, & that for the Effectual bringing forward the Settlem* of the s d Township the Grantees shall within six Years from the first day of July next have actually upon the Spot Ninety seven Families, Each of w ch to have a Dwelling House of eighteen foot square, & seven feet Stud at least & three Acres of Land well stock'd with English Grass fit for Mowing & four Acres of Tillage brought to fit for Improvement, upon pain of forfeiting his Interest to the Province & the Sum of Ten Pounds, for which Security shall be given at the Paym t of the s d £500, to a Comm tee of this Court to be appointed for that purpose & that 2 4 CHARTER RECORDS. there be three home Lotts with all other Rights, part of the s d One Hundred sequestred viz 4 One for the first Settled Minister, one for the Ministry, & one for the School. In Council Read & Nonconcur’d. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 6, 1732.] On the Petition of John Coffin, Joseph Dole , and sundry others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land of seven miles square above Penny-Cook on the West side of Merrimack-. River whereon to make a Township, for the reasons mentioned. Read and in answer to this Petition, Ordered , That there be and hereby is granted to the Petitioners a Tract of Land of seven miles square at the place Petitioned for, viz . on the West side of Merrimack River , to be laid out by a Surveyor and Chain-men under Oath, a Plan thereof to be presented to this Court at their next May Ses- sion for Confirmation, the said Land by them to be settled on the Conditions following, viz. that they within the space of four Year from the confirmation of the Plan, settle and have on the spot eighty-one Families, each setler to build a good convenient dwell- ing House one story high, eighteen feet square at the least, and fence clear and bring to four acres fit for improvement, and three acres more well stock’d with english Grass, and also lay out three shares throughout the Town, each share to be ope eighty fourth part of the said Tract of Land, one of said shares to be for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the school ; and also to build a convenient Meeting House, and settle a learned and orthodox Minister within the term aforesaid. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 8, 1732.] A Petition of John Coffin of Newbury & eighty others pray- ing the Grant of a Tract of Land of Seven miles square lying on the West Side of Merrimack River adjoining to Penicook, to Set- tle themselves or their Children upon on such Conditions as this Court shall judge fit. — In the House of Represent™ Read & in Answer to this Petition BOSCAWEN. 25 Ordered that there be & hereby is granted to the Petitio” a Tract of Land of Seven miles square at the place Petition’d for on the West side of Merrimack River to be laid out by a Survey 1 & Chainmen on Oath, A plan thereof to be presented to this Court at their next May Session for Confirmation the Lands to be by them settled on the Conditions following viz. That within the space of four Years from the Confirmation of the Plan, they settle & have on the Spot eighty one Families, Each Settler to build a good convenient Dwelling House one Story high, eighteen feet square at the least, & fence, clear & bring to four Acres fit for Improvem* & three Acres more well stock’d with English Grass, & also lay out three Shares thro’ out the Town Each Share to be one Eighty fourth part of the s d Tract of Land, One of s d Shares to be for the first Settled Minister, One for the Ministry & One for the School, & also to build a Convenient Meeting House & Settle a learn ’d orthodox Minister within the Term aforesaid — In Council Read & Concur’d [Mass. Court Records, April 25, 1733.] In the House of Represent' 69 Voted that M r John Coffin be & hereby is fully authorized & impowered to Assemble & Convence the Propriet* 8 or Grantees of a Plantation lately made by this Court of a Tract of Land of Seven Miles square above Penicook on the West side of Merrimack River at such Time & Place as he shall appoint to Choose a Moderator & Clerk & to make such Orders & Rules as may be proper & needful to bring forward the Settlem 1 of the s d Plantation according to the Conditions of the Grant. In Council Read & Concur’d : — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, April 25, 1733.] Voted, That Mr. John Coffin be and hereby is fully authorized and impowred to assemble and convene the Proprietors or Gran- tees of the Plantation lately made by this Court of a Tract of Land of seven Miles square above Penny-cook on the West side of Mer- rimack River, at such time and place as he shall appoint, to chuse 2 6 CHARTER RECORDS. a Moderator and Clerk, and to make such orders and rules as may be proper and needful to bring forward the Settlement of the said Plantation according to the Conditions of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 6, 1733.] A Plat containing the contents of seven Miles square of Land above Penny-cooke on the west side of Merrimack River laid out by order of this Court, pass’d last December surveyed by Mr. Richard Hazzen, jun. Surveyor and two Chain-men on Oath, in answer to a Petition of John Coffin , Joseph Dole , and others praying for a Township as entred the sixth of December last, was presented for allowance. Read and Voted , That this Plat be accepted, and that the Lands within delineated and described be and hereby are con- firmed unto the within named John Coffin, Joseph Dole , and the other Petitioners their Heirs and Assigns for ever ; they comply- ing with the orders and conditions in the Grant on their Petition, pass’d in December last provided it does not contain more than the Contents of seven Miles square, nor interfere with any other or former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 6, 1733.] A plat of a Township granted at the last Court to John Coffin & others lying on Merrimack River above Penicook, survey’d by Richard Hazzen jun r & two Chain Men on Oath, being Bounded as follows ; Viz. Beginning at the Middle of Contoocook River where it empties itself into Merrimack, where it Joins on Penicook Plantation, Thence running West, i5°.oo, South adjoining on Penicook Line four Miles to a white Pine Tree, mark’d for Peni- cook Corner Bounds, thence further on the same Line three miles & Eight Poles to a Norway Pine mark’d for the Corner Bounds, Thence turned at right Angles & runs North, i5°.oo, West Seven Miles & eight Poles to a crotched white Birch Let- tered, Standing on the South East Side of a Hill which is the Northwest Corner, Thence turned & right Angles, & runs East, [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 8, p. 8.] Essex ss: at the mouth of Contoocook river in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay May 14 th 1733 — Then and there Mr. Richard Hazzen Jun r as Surveyor, James Osgood & Ebenezer Virgin as Chainmen made oath faithfully to execute the office & duty of their trust in laying out the Plantation at Contoocook of the Contents of seven miles square agreeable to the grant of the Great & Generali Court — Before me Joseph Gerrish — Justice of the Peace — BOSCAWEN. 27 i5°-oo", North, near Seven Miles & an half to a white Oak & two White Pines mark’d by Merrimack River & by s d River as it runs, to Contoocook River to y e place, where it first began. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 8, p. 8.] Mr. John Coffin and others Proprietors of the Plantation of Con- toocook, Granted by the Great & Generali Court of their Session in the Month of April anno Domini 1733 — Requesting me the sub- scriber to Survey the same agreeable to the Courts order — I did in Obedience thereto attend the Service and on the 14th. of May last I repaired to the said Plantation, Run the lines thereof and bounded out the same as followeth : viz — Beginning at the mid- dle of the mouth of the Contoocook River where it empties itself into Merrimack where it Joyns on Pennycook plantation thence running west 15 0 South and joyning on Pennycook Line four miles to a white pine tree marked for Pennycook Corner bounds, thence farther on the same line three miles & Eight poles to a Norway pine marked for y e corner bounds — thence turned at Right angles & ran north 15 0 West seven miles & 8 poles to a crotched white birch lettered standing on the southeast side of an Hill which is in Northwest corner — thence turned at right angles & ran east 15 0 north near seven miles and an half to a white oak & two white pines marked by Merrimack river and by said river as it runs to the mouth of Contoocook river where we first begun : — the lines are well marked so as easily found. Laid out and finished May 28 th 1733 ^ Richard Hazzen, Jun r , Survey r . Memorandum : The Township is contained within the three prick 1 lines & the River Merrimack — the eight poles on two sides allowed for Sagg of chain & no more — N. B : The varia- tion Betwixt my compass & that by which Pennycook was laid is two degrees, though the lines agree well : & the quallity of the land described by the letters of the alphabet on the extreem Lines — thus from “a” at the mouth of Contoocook River to “ b ” is broken pitch pine Land — thence to “ c” is good oak land — thence to “ d” is oak & pine mixt — thence to “ e” — is oak, beech & hemlock, from “ e” to “ f” is a low mossey swamp of white pine thence to “ g” at the corner is oak pine and Beech Land — from “ g ” to “ h ” is Beech, Birch & white pine from “ h ” to “ i ” is a pine hill and plaine at the end of which plaine is a long meadow, 28 CHARTER RECORDS. from thence to “k” is oak maple, beech & hemlock, thence to the Corner is beech, Birch, maple & white pine land mixt, rocky & broken land, thence toward Merrimack to the letter “ m,” tis broken rocky land, thence to the east and of Kiasarja tis good Land — the timber & wood growing thereon being Oak, Hemlock, Beech maple, white ash & poplar — thence to River is oak, white pine & Hemlock Hilly-Land — By Merrimack river tis partly pitch pine broken land & partly Intervall — where the line inter- sects the rivers tis put down exactly, in other places by guess, The Hills are stored with Deer & Moose & the land in generall very good & suitable for a Township according to the best obser- vation of Richard Hazzen — Ju r Survey 1 N. B. The whole allowance more then y e exact measure is about 200 acres. In the House of Representatives, June 6 th , 1733 — Read & voted that the Plat be accepted and that the lands within delineated & described be and hereby are confined unto the within named John Coffin, Joseph Dole & others petitioners their heirs and assigns forever they complying with the orders and con- ditions in the Grant on their petition passed in Dec. last provided the Plat does not contain more than the contents of Seven miles square and does not interfere with any other or former grant — Sent up for Concurrence — J. Quincy — Sp^ In Council June 6, 1733 — Read & Concurd — J. Willard — Sec’ry. June 6, 1733 — Consented to J Belcher — BRADFORD. [This town was probably Number 2 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Afterwards granted by the Masonian Proprietors. It was named New Bradford by settlers from Bradford, Mass. Incorporated as Bradford, Sept. 27, 1787, and included New Bradford, Washington Gore, and apart of Washington. A tract of land was severed from Newbury and annexed to Bradford, Dec. 6, 1796, and another, June 22, 1859. See Masonian Papers in following volumes; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 219; Index to Laws, 65 ; history, by John M. Hawks, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 185; Proceedings of Centennial Celebration, 1887, pp. no.] CANTERBURY. 2 9 [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 8, 1738.] A petition of Mr. John Hutchins and Thomas Kimball, Esq ; a Committee in behalf of the Proprietors of the Township called Number Two in the Line of Towns from Rumford to the Great Falls on Connecticut River , shewing that the Lands in said Town- ship are so rocky and mountainous on a View thereof that renders the settlement impracticable ; praying they may be allowed to take up a Tract of Land in lieu of the aforesaid Township, lying West of a Canada Township and North of the Line of Towns, to be laid out in such Form and under such Regulations as to the Wisdom of the Court shall seem meet. Read and referred to the next sitting of the Court for further Consideration. CANTERBURY. [Granted May 20, 1727, to Richard Waldron and others, and then included the territory of Loudon and Northfield. Full town privileges were granted March 19, 1741. Named for an English town. An addition was made on the southwest side, June 13, 1765. Loudon was set off and incorporated Jan. 23, 1773. Northfield was set off and incorporated June 19, 1780. A small tract was severed from Canterbury and annexed to Concord, June 2, 1784, and another to Loudon, Jan. 7, 1852. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 86; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 261 ; Index to Laws, 81 ; Sketches of the History of, by William Patrick, 4, Collections of the N. H. Historical Society, 174-193; Historical Sermon delivered Oct. 27, 1833, by William Patrick, 1834, pp. 39; sketch of, by J. N. McClintock, 4, Granite Monthly, p. 387; Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Granite Monthly, 4, pp, 391, 43 1 , 507, and 5, pp. 163, 195; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 221 ; Concise History of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers, by Charles Edson Robinson, 1893, pp. 134.] [Grant to Joseph Gerrish.] [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1735-6.] A petition of Joseph Gerrish of Newbury , Esq ; praying for a Grant of Lands on the East side Merrimack River above Penny- cook ( now Rumford) adjoining to Col. Kent's Farm, whereon he would actually settle by himself personally by ploughing fitting for 30 CHARTER RECORDS. mowing and fencing &c. for the reasons mentioned. Read, and in answer to this Petition, Voted, That the Petitioner have leave by a Surveyor & Chainmen on Oath to survey and lay out two hundred & fifty acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province on the East side of Merrimack River , and adjoining to Col. Rich- ard Kent's Farm, and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to the Petitioner his heirs and assigns, provided the Petitioner by himself personally within three years from the confirmation of the Grant brings to and well subdues thirty acres of the granted premisses by ploughing or fit- ting the same for mowing, and well incloses it by fencing, and builds and compleatly finishes a good dwelling House of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at least on the premisses. Sent up for Concurrence. [Grant to Richard Kent.] [Mass. House Journal, June 6, 1735.] A Plat of three hundred acres of Land laid out by Mr. Richard Hazzen , Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath to satisfy the Grant of this Court of the sixth of December last to Richard Kent , Esq; adjoining to the Town o { Rumf or d, and lying on the East side of Merrimack River, was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the> Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Richard Kent , Esq ; his heirs and assigns for ever, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of three hundred acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 6, 1735.] A Plat of three hundred acres of Land Granted by the General Court to Richard Kent Esq r , Surveyed by Richard Hazzen Sur- veyor & Chainmen on Oath ; lying Adjacent to the Town of Rum- ford ; begining at a Stake & Stones by Rum ford line thence Runing West 17 deg. South on said line about two hundred and twenty five poles, to a white Ash Mark’d K, by Merrimack River thence Runing up said River about two hundred and Ninety two poles to a horn bean Marked R K thence East ten deg. North CONCORD. 31 about two hundred & twenty five poles to a Pitch pine Mark’d R K, thence about two hundred & Eight poles to the bounds first men- tioned — In the House of Represent 11 Read & ordered that the Plat be Accepted and the Lands herein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Richard Kent Esq r his heirs and Assignes forever ; Provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of three hundred Acres of land, and does not Interfere with any for- mer Grant — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher CONCORD. [This territory, known as Penacook , was granted by Massachusetts, May 18, 1659, to Richard Waldron and others. Again granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 17, 1725-6, to Ebenezer Eastman and others. Incorporated by Massachusetts as Rumford, Feb. 27, 1733-4, Incorporated by New Hampshire as Concord, June 7, 1765. The grant of Bow by New Hampshire, May 20, 1727, conflicted with this grant, and the dispute was decided by the king in favor of Rumford , Dec. 27, 1762. A gore of land was severed from Canterbury and Loudon and annexed to Concord, Jan 2, 1784. Portions of Bow were annexed Dec. 13, 1804, and July 10, 1856. The State House was built in 1816, and remodeled in 1865. It was first occupied by the legislature in June, 1819. A city charter was granted July 6, 1849, but was not adopted until March 10, 1853. See Masonian Papers in following volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 128; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 340; Index to Laws, 1 1 6 ; Historical Sketch, 1, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 153-218; History of, from first grant in 1725 to organization of city government in 1853, by Nathaniel Bouton, 1856, pp. 786; sketch of, by J. N. McClintock, 8, Granite Monthly, p. 263; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 57.] [. Petition for Grant of Land at Penacook , /< 5 yp.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 117.] To the Honred Generali Courte Now assembled at Boston &c : The humble petetyon of us whose names are under written beinge inhabytants in this Jurisdiction, & beinge senceable of y e need of multeplyinge of towneshippes for y e inlargement of y e contrey And accommodateinge of such as want opportunity to improve themselves, have taken into our consideration a place w* is called pennecooke, w c by reporte is a place fit for such an end, Now y e 32 CHARTER RECORDS. humble request of yo r petetioners to this honred Courte is y i * * 4 wee may have y e grant of a trackte of land their to y e quantyty of twelfe miles square, w ch beinge granted we shall give up our selves to be at y e cost and charge of vewinge of it, & consider fully aboute it wheather to proseed on ffor y e settlinge of a towne or noe and for y 4 end shall crave the liberty of three yeares to give in our resolution And in case y 4 wee doe proseed then our humble request is y 4 we may have y e grant of our freedome from publique charge for y e space of seaven yeares after y e time of our resolution given in to this Hon r ed Courte, for our incorragement to settle a plantation soe furre remote ; as Knowinge y 4 many will be our inconvenyences (for a longe time) w ch we must expeckt to meet w tt all, w ch desires of ours beinge ansered yo r petetioners shall ever pray for that happynes of this Hon r ed Courte rest yo r Humble petetioners Richard Walderne his John -j- Hird marke Edward woodman Benie Swett John Cheiney John Poore william Cotton Val : Hill: William ffurbur John Pike Jorge littell Nathaniell : weare Robertt Rogers John wolcot willim Titcomb Peter Coffin Roger Plaisteed Abraham Toppan John bayly Robard coker Edward Richison John Bond i 8:(3) 59: The Committee do Judge meet that' y e peticc’on 13 be granted a plantaccon of Eight mile Square, upon condiccon, that at the Sessions of the Gen r all Court to be held in octo. 1660, they make report to that Court of their resolution to ^secute y e same, with a competent n° of meet persons that Will ingage to carry on the work of the Said place, in all Civill & Eclesiasticall respects, and that within two yeares then next ensueing, there be 20 families there setled. — Also that they may have Immunity from all pub- lique charges (excepting in cases Extreordinary) for seven yeares next ensuing the date hereof. Tho : Danforth Edward Johnson Eleazer Lusher The Deputies approve of the returne of the Committee in answer to this pet. with reference to the Consent of o r hono rd magis* 3 hereto William Torrey Cleric. CONCORD. 33 [Land at Pcnacook Reserved for a Plantation , 1662.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 147.] 1 6 : 3 d M° 1662 : Upon Informac’on that Pennie Cooke is An Apt place for A Townshipp ; And in Considerac’on of the lords great blessing upon the Countrie in multiplying the inhabitants & plantac’ons here ; And that Allmost All such places are Allreadie taken up — It is Ordered by this Court that the lands at Pennie Cook be reserved for A plantac’on till So many of such as have petic’oned for lands there or of others shall present to setle A plantac’on there, the Deputyes have past this desireing the Consent of o r Hono rd magists hereto William Torrey Cleric. [. Petition of Malden , Mass., for La7id at Penacook, 1662. ] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 147.] To the honoured Court now Assembled at Boston the 7 th of the 4 th M° 1662 : the Petic’on of the inhabitants of Malden humbly Shew- ing. That the Bounds of our Town are Exceeding streight ; the most of our Improved Lands & Meadow being limited About two Miles in length and one in Breadth ; And that Allso the most part of it by purchase from Charlst 0 wherof wee were A small Branch; from whom Allso wee had all the Commons wee have ; which is verie small & Rockie. That hitherto, wee have had no Inlargement from the Countrie ; nor can wee have Any neere Adjoyning, being Surrounded by sundry Townshipps. That our Charges to the Countrie & Ministry ; much Exceedeth sundry others, who have many times our Accommodac’ons And as many here doe know. Our Teacher Allso hath been long visited with verie great weaknesses ; from which it is much feared he will not be recov- ered. For theis and other weightie Considerac’ons. Our most humble Petic’on to this much honoured Court is; That A Tract of lands 3 34 CHARTER RECORDS. of About fowre Miles Square at A place Called Pennycooke may be Granted As An Addic’on to us, for our better Support And Incouragement ; in the Service of Christ & the Countrie ; to be Layd out by m r Jonathan Danforth or some other Artist And Cap* Ed : Jonson or John Parker. So with our heartie prayers to God for your utmost peace & prosperitie, wee Crave leave to Subscribe ourselves y r verie hum- ble Servants. Joseph Hills : Will : Brackenbury John Wayte John Sprague Abra m Hill Tho : Call Job Lane Peter Tuffs Robert Bardin In the name of the rest The Deputyes thinke not meete to grant this pet William Torrey Cleric. [Mass. House Journal, June 6, 1721.] A Petition of sundry Inhabitants in the County of Essex , Pray- ing for a Tract of Land on Merrimack- River, Eight Miles square, extending from Suncook to Cuntacook River on both sides of Merrimack- Riv er , Read. [Mass. House Journal, June 9, 1721.] A Petition of 120 Inhabitants, in the County of Essex, praying for a parcel of Land lying on Merrimack River , between Cunta- cook and Suncook , to be Granted to them for a Township. Read and Ordered , That Capt. John Shelley, Col. Joseph Buckminster , and Mr. Joseph Winslow , be a Committee to take an exact Sur- vey of the Land on each side of Merrimack , between the rivers of Suncook and Cuntacook , and lay the same into two Townships, if the Land be capable thereof, taking with them a Surveyor and Chain-men ; & also that the said Committee view and report the quality and nature of the Land between Dunstable and that Land intended for the two Townships ; and make their Report to this House the next Sessions. CONCORD. 35 [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1722.] 'Josef h Buckminster Esq ; Messieurs John Shefle and Josef h Winslow a Committee appointed in March last, to Survey the Land on each side Merrimack- River between Suncook and Cunta- cook. Reported, That they had Surveyed the said Land, and find that there is a great Quantity of Waste Land, and some good Land in it. And are of Opinion that the same may be accommodable for Settling a Township, if laid out large enough. That they had also viewed the Lands on both sides the River between Amaskeeg-Falls and Dunstable , where there is a great deal of poor Pine Land, and a considerable Quantity of good, and sufficient for a Township, if the Irish do not Interrupt their Settlement, &c. Read, And Ordered , That Mr. Dudley, Mr. Wainwright , Mr. Ward, Mr. Fullum , and Mr. Stoddard be a Committee to consider their Report, and the Petition of the Ifswich People, for the Settlement of another Town on Merrimack River. To propose some Terms and Methods for the Settling them in a defensible manner, and lay the same before this House. [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1722.] Whereas this House is informed by a Committee imfloyed at a Sessions in March last to survey the Lands on each side 0/*Merri- mack-River between Suncook and Cuntacook. That in ferform- ing said Service they observed a New Line marked ufon several Trees, far ticularly on one corner Tree marked with the Letter N, and several other Trees with other Letters, which tree is not more than One mile and a half from Merrimack-River : And discoursmg with some Irish Peof le, they declared, that they had a Grant from the Government 0/~New-Hampshire, of the Land home to Merrimack-River froin Amaskeeg-Falls, and that they were Resolved to make a sfeedy Settlement thereon. Ordered, That Josef h Buckminster Esq : Capt. Ward, and Capt. John Shefle, be a Committee to wait on His Excellency the Governour, and desire him to acquaint the House, whether the Goverment of New-Hamf shire have Granted any such Tract 01 Land, That this Government may prevent any such Incroach- ments on the Lands and Properties of this Province. 36 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 38 A, p. 55.] Pennecook March 22, 1723 March 19 Capt James Frie and Lieu 4 Stephen Barker with thirty men moved from Andover to go to Pennecook y e i 4 Day was Stormy but we went to Nutfield and lodg’d there that Night. The 2 d Day we Came to Amiskege and Lodg”d there, The 3 d Day we Came to Suncook in Pennecook and built four Camps and Lodg’d there, the 4 th Day we came to Pennecook Plains att y e Intervale Lands about 11 of the Clock. There we found five of those men which came from N Ireland : Mr Houston was one of them they came to us and we chose Cap 4 Frie to discourse them with 4 men. They Say that they have a Grant of this Pennecook on both Sides of the River, they call us Rebbells and Commands to discharge the Place both in the Kings name and In the Provinces, and if we don’t in a fortnight they will gitt us off, we therefore desire you Justice Stevens with the Committe to Send us word whether we have any Encouragement to Stay or else draw off. Butt Cap 4 Frie’s Courage is So that he will Stay allone rather than Let them userpers drive us off. A True Coppy of y e Journall Sent from Pennecook and of Their Treatment when they got there. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 20, 17*23.] In the House of Represent 8 In Answer to the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of Andover Bradford & Haverhill, presented Yester- day to the Court, & also the petition therein Refer’d to, Sign’d by Stephen Barker & Others for the grant of a Tract of Land at Pen- nicook, presented to this Court at their May Session 1721, & the proposals made by the petitioners ; Resolved that the Tract of Land lying & being on both sides of Merrimack River at a Place Call’d Pennicook, Lately Survey’d & Laid out by W m Ward & John Jones in May 1722, Survey” upon oath by Order of the House of Represent 9 be & hereby is Granted to one hundred persons such as shall be Admitted by the Committee hereafter Named, And that the said Tract of Land, as particularly delineated & Described in the plan herewith Exhibited be & hereby is Erected Into a Township. And that John Wain- wright of Ipswich Esq 1 ' M r John Saunders of Haverhill & Cap 4 CONCORD. 37 James Fry of Andover be a Committee fully Authorized by this Court to Allot & Grant out to such persons as will Effectually Settle the same within three Years Next after the End of the pres- ent Indian War, giving the preference to Such of the Petitioners, as In their Judgem 1 may be Most Likely to Make a Settlement: The Lotts & Settlements to be Laid out by the said Committee in Equal Proportion According to the best Judgem* of the Committee, To be In as Regular & Defensible Manner as the Nature & Cir- cumstan 0 of the Land will admit & Allow of. Each person or family to Whome a Lott with y e other Rights & Dividends are granted shall be Obliged to build a Good Dwelling House thereon & Inhabit it, & also break up & Sufficiently fence in three Acres of Land each, within the said Term of three Years, as foresaid ; That there be Reserved and Laid out to the first settled Minister in the said Town a Convenient Lot, also a Lot for the School, & a Ministerial Lott in the said Town, And that the seders be Obliged to build a Convenient House for the Worship of God in the said Town, Within the Term of four Years ; the Charge of the Committee to be paid by the Grantees, And that the Committee give Publick Notice of the Time & Place of their Meeting to Grant Allotments ; Provided Nevertheless That In Consideration of the Extent of the Grant & goodness of the Soil & the Charge hitherto Arisen in Surveying the Same & taking the Aforesaid Plan, The Settlers & Grantees shall be Obliged & hereby are Enjoyned at their own Cost & Charge to Erect & Build & finish by the first Day of May Next a Sufficient House well strengthen’d & fortified in Some Convenient Place on the premisses, & shall Also pay & Subsist twenty Ablebodied effective Men Well Equip’d with Arm’s Amunition &c, In the said House to be posted by the Commander in Chief for the time being for the Defence & Security of the Set- tlers, to Cover and protect them from the Invasions of the Enemy, & Also a Guard & Defence to the Town, The Twenty Men as aforesaid to be subsisted & Paid during the present Indian War & no Longer. In Council Read & Non Concurd. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 17, 1725.] In Answer to the Petition of Benjamin Stevens, Andrew Mitchell, David Kimball , Ebenezer Eastman, John Osgood and Moses Day, a Committee appointed by and in behalf of the Peti- 38 CHARTER RECORDS. tioners formerly for a Tract of Land at a place called Penny- Cooke , praying, That this House would Revive their Vote pass’d the igth. of June, 1724, for the Granting of the said Tract of Land, on a Petition then preferred by the Petitioners afore-named. Resolved , That the Tract of Land lying and being on both sides of Merrimack River , at a place called Penny- Cooke , lately Surveyed and laid out by William Ward, and John Jones, in May, 1722, Surveyors upon Oath by Order, Be and hereby is granted unto One Hundred Persons, such as shall be admitted by the Committee hereafter Named, and that the said Tract of Land as particularly delineated and discribed in the Plan herewith Exhibited ; Be and hereby is Erected into a Township, and that John Wainwright of Ipswich Esq ; Mr. John Sanders of Haver- hill, and Capt. John Shelley of Groton, with such as the Honour- able Board shall Appoint, be a Committee fully Authorized and Impowred by this Court to Allot and Grant out to such Persons, and only such as will Effectually Settle the same within Three Years next after the Date of this present Grant, giving the prefer- ence to such of the Petitioners as in their Judgment may be most likely to make a Settlement, the Lotts and Settlements to be laid out by the said Committee, in equal Proportion according to the best Judgment of the Committee, to be in as Regular and Defens- ible a Manner as the Nature and Circumstance of the Lands will admit and allow of, each Person and Family to whom a Lott with the other Rights and Dividends are Granted, shall be obliged to Build a good Dwelling House thereon, and Inhabit it, and also to Break up, and Sufficiently Fence in Three Acres of Land, each within the said Term of Three Years as aforesaid, that there be Reserved and laid out for the first Settled Minister in said Town; a Convenient Lott, also a Lott for the School, and a Ministerial Lott in the said Town, and the Settlers be Obliged to Build a Con- venient House for the Publick Worship of GOD, in said Town, within the Term of Four Years, the Charge of the Committee to be paid by the Grantees, and that the Committee give Publick Notice of the Time and Place of their Meeting to Grant Allot- ments. Provided Nevertheless, That in Consideration of the Extent of the Grant and Goodness of the Soil, and the Charge hitherto arisen in Surveying the same, and taking the aforesaid Plan, that each Settler and Grantee shall be obliged, and hereby is enjoyned to pay the Sum of Five Pounds to the Committee aforesaid, to be by them paid into the Publick Treasury, for that there may be CONCORD. 39 occasion to advance Money out of the Publick Treasury for the Encouragement of Setling a Line of Towns from this Grant to Connecticut River. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 21, 1725.] A Vote came up from the House for Granting a Tract of Land upon Merrimack River at Penycook to sundry Persons to settle thereon ; W ch Vote being Read in Council, was refer’d to the next Ses- sion of this Court : [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 22, 1725.] Ordered , That Mr. Lindall go up with a Message to the Hon- ourable Board, to inquire whether they have pass’d on the Vote of the House for the Grant of a tract of Land at Penny-Cooke. Who returned, That the Board informed him, They had referred the Consideration thereof to the next May Session. Voted , That a Message be sent up to the Honourable Board, to desire they would Reconsider their Vote for referring the Con- sideration of the Vote of the House for Granting a Tract of Land at Penny-Cooke, to the next May Session ; and that they would now pass on the said Vote of the House by Concurring or Non- Concurring, for that the House apprehend there is a great Probabil- ity that the said Lands will be Setled by others than the Inhabi- tants of this Province, before the next May Session, as it hapned in the Case of Nutjield , Unless this Court do now take Effectual Order for preventing such Unjust Setlements. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 29, 1725.] In the House of Represent^ 3 Ordered that M r Cushing, M r White, M r Shove & M r Wilder be a Committee of the House to confer with a Committee of the Hon ble Board upon the Subject Matter of a Grant of Land for a Township on Merrimack River at a Place called Penycook ; The Committee to sit forthwith. 4 ° CHARTER RECORDS. In Council : Read & Concur’d, And Nathaniel Byfield, John Clark & Elisha Cook Esq 1 ' 3 are a Committee of the Board to con- fer on the Affair above. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 6, 1725-6.] Edmund £>iiincey Esq; brought down the Vote of the House of the iyth . of Decemb. past, for the Grant of a Tract of Land at Penny-Cooke. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, December 21 si, 1725. Read and Referred to the next May Session. Sent down for Concurrence, with A Message, That the Board desired the House to Concur with them in Referring the said Vote to the May Session. Read, and the Question was put, Whether the House would Concur with the Honourable Board in Referring their Vote to the next May Ses- sion. It pass’d in the Negative. And, Voted , That the House Adhere to their own Vote with the Amendment, Viz. Between the Words — by the Committee here- after Named — and that the said Tract of Land — add — with a sav- ing of the Right of all Persons by Virtue of any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 7, 1725-6.] Elisha Cooke Esq ; brought down the Vote of the House for the Grant of a Tract of Land at Penny-Cooke, sent up last Night with the following Vote of Council thereon, viz. In Council, January yth , 1725. Read and Non-Concur’d and Voted, That Nathaniel By field, John Clark, Samuel Brown and Elisha Cooke Esqrs ; with such as shall be appointed by the Honourable House of Rep- resentatives, be a Committee to consider what is proper for this Court to do on the Petition of Benjamin Stevens, &c. within Re- ferred to. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and Concur’d and Ordered, That Mr. Lindall, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Wilder, Mr. Hale and Mr. Phillips be joyned in the Affair. CONCORD. 41 [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 7, 1725-6.] A Vote was brought up from the House of Represent' 63 re- specting the Settlem 1 of a Town upon the Lands on Merrimack River that are near the Place called Penycook ; W ch Vote being Read at the Board, A Non Concurrence was Voted thereon. In Council ; Voted that Nathaniel Byfield, John Clark Samuel Brown & Elisha Cook Esq r3 with such as shall be appointed by the Hon ble House of Represent™ 9 be a Committee to consider what is proper for this Court to do on the Petition of Benjamin Stevens &c, within refer’d to. In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Concur’d & Ordered that M r Lindall M r Wainwright, M r Wilder M r Hale & M r Phillips be joined in the Affair. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 17, 1725-6.] Nathaniel By field Esq r from the Committee of both Houses on the Petition of Benjamin Stevens & others Praying for a Grant of Land at Penicook gave in the following Report ; Viz. The Committee appointed to consider what is proper for this Court to do on the Petition of Benjamin Stevens & others are hum- bly of Opinion That it will be for the Interest & Advantage of this Province that Part of the Lands petitioned for by the said Benjamin Stevens & Company be assign’d & set a part for a Town- ship, Provided the same be done in a good regular & defensible Manner to contain seven Miles square, & to begin where Conta- cook River falls into Merrimack River, & thence to extend upon a Course East seventeen Degrees North three Miles, & upon a Course West seventeen Degrees South four Miles, to be the North- erly Bounds of the said Township, & from the extream Parts of that Line to be set off', Southerly at Right Angles until Seven Miles shall be accomplished from the said North Bounds ; And that the Petitioners may be encouraged & fully impowered to pros- ecute their intended Settlements ; Ordered that the Hon bIe William Tailer Esq r Elisha Cook Esq 1 ' Spencer Phips Esq 1 ' William Dudley Esq 1 ’ John Wainwright Esq 1 ’ Capt. John Shipley, M 1 ' John Saun- ders, Eleazer Tyng Esq r & M r Joseph Wilder (any five of whom to be a Quorum) be a Committee to take special Care that the fol- lowing Rules & Conditions be punctually observed & kept by all 42 CHARTER RECORDS. such as shall be admitted to bring forward the proposed Settle- ments ; Namely, That the aforesaid Tract of Land be allotted & divided into One Hundred & three equal Parts & Shares as to Quantity & Quality & that One Hundred Persons & Familys, such only as in the Judgement of the Committee shall be able to pursue & bring to pass their several Settlements on the said Lands within the Space of three Years at furthest from the first Day of June next, That each & every intended Settler to whom a Lot with the Rights & Privileges thereto be assign’d shall Pay into the Hands of the Committee for the Use of the Province the Sum of Five Pounds, & be obliged to build a good Dwelling House fit comfort- ably to receive & entertain a Family who shall inhabit the same, & also break up & fence in six Acres of Land for their House Lot within the Term afore said, And that the first fifty Settlements shall be begun & perfected on the East Side of the said River Merrimack, & the several Houses shall be erected on their Home Lots not above twenty Rods the one from the other where the Land will possibly admit of it in the most regular Manner the Committee in their best Prudence can project & order ; The Houses & Home Lots on each Side the River to be alike subjected to the above mentioned Conditions : That a convenient House for the publick Worship of God be compleatly finished within the Term afore said for the Accomodation of all such as shall inhabit the afore said Tract of Land upon such Part thereof as shall be Agreed on by the aforesaid Committee for the Eas'e of the Commu- nity ; And that there shall be reserved allotted & laid out for the first Minister that shall be lawfully settled among them one full Right Share & Proportion of & in the afore said Tract of Land with all the Rights & Privileges belonging thereto, his Home Lot next adjoining to the Land whereon the Meeting House shall stand, one other full Right Share & Proportion of & in the afore said Tract of Land to be appropriated for the Use of the School for ever, & one other Ministerial Lot of equal Value with the Rest, the Home Lot appertaining thereto affixed near to the Meeting House ; And for the better enabling the intended Settlers to perfect what they are hereby enjoined & impowering them to remove all such Letts & Impediments as they may meet with in the Progress of their lawful Undertaking, That when & so soon as there shall be one Hundred Persons accepted & allowed by the Committee to go and improve those Lands for the Ends & Uses above specified upon Application made to the above said Com- K!' rf ur pnu.ztr.i : ' ryjs?a’ ’/J^bs 3vq / o b J‘ [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 6, p. 3.] 'U'ritzpfr Ctfatr CONCORD. 43 mittee, It shall & may be lawful for them to Notify ihe Undertak- ers to meet at some convenient Time & Place, they being season- ably Notified of such Meeting ; Who, when assembled shall make such necessary Rules & Orders as to them shall be thought most conducible for Carrying forward & Effecting the afore said Settle- ments, Provided that three fourth Parts of y e Persons present at such Meeting are consenting to what Rules or Orders shall be then proposed & agreed on, two or more of the Committee to be present at such Meeting ; Who shall enter into a fair Book to be kept for that Purpose all such Rules Orders & Directions Agreed on as afore said, & give out Copys thereof when required. The whole Charge of the Committee to be paid by the Settlers And that when they shall have performed the Conditions above expressed, Provided it be within the Space of three Years as before limited, That then the said Committee for & in Behalf of this Court execute good & sufficient Deeds & Conveyances in the Law to all such Settlers for the afore said Tract of Land with all the Rights, Members, Profits, Privileges & Immunties thereon stand- ing, growing or being for the sole Use of them their Heirs & Assigns for ever, with a Saving of all or any former Grant or Grants. (Sign’d) In the Name of y e Comm* 68 Nath 11 Byfield In Council ; Read & Ordered that this Report be Accepted. In the House of Represent™ 55 Read & Concur’d Consented to Wm Dummer [Mass. Council Records, March 3, 1725-6.] His Honour the Lieut 4 Gov* communicated to the Board a Letter he received from the Hon ble John Wentworth Esq r L 4 Governour of New Hampshire complain 8 of the order of the Gen 1 Court pass’d at their last Session for opening a new town at Pennicook on Mer- rimack River & suggesting that Pennicook is within y e Province of New Hampshire [Mass. Council Records, March 5, 1725-6.] His Honour the Lieut 4 Governour hav g communicated to the Board a Letter from the Hon ble John Wentworth Esq r Lt. Gov r of 44 CHARTER RECORDS. New Hampshire dated the 23 rd of February last touching a Vote of y e Gen 1 Court of this Province granting a Township at Penni- cook & suggesting that the same encroached on y e bounds of that Province The Board are of Opinion the said suggestion is alltogether groundless for that the Committee impowered to lay out the Town- ship cannot by that Vote extend above three miles Northerly from the River Merrimack or any part thereof for y e North Bounds of the said Township. [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1726.] A Memorial of the Settlers admitted to bring forward the Settle- ment of the Township lately granted at Penny-Cook, praying that they may be allowed to make their Settlements on the Western- side of the River Merrimack, that they may have an Equivalent for 500 Acres of Land which falls within the Grant of the said Township on the East-side of the River, and was formerly con- firmed by this Court, to satisfy a Grant made to the late Honour- able Governour Endicott , and also that the Five Pounds each Settler was Ordered to pay at the drawing of his Lott may be abated, for the Reasons mentioned. Read and referred to the next Fall Session for further Consideration. [Mass. Court Records, June 24, 1726.] William Tailer from the Committee on the Affair of Pennicook Gave in the following Report Viz 4 : The Committee appointed by the Great and General Court in their Sessions begun and held in November last to bring forward a Settlement and admit one Hundred persons therein on a Tract of Land lying on Merrimack River at a Place there known by y e Name of Pennicook and having given Sufficient Notice to any Persons that were ready and would engage in the Settlement, To meet the Committee at Haverhill the first week in February last The Committee at that Time and Place admitted one Hundred Persons or Grantees into the Said Tract or Grant Giving Prefer- ence to the Petitioners that appeared to us most Suitable therefore, ■<& in May last we proceeded to the Place in Order to lay out y e CONCORD. 45 whole Township, and the Lotts directed in the Order of the Gen- eral Court beginning at the Mouth of Contoocook River where that joyns Merrimack River, and thence ran a Line East 17 De- grees North three Miles and upon a Course West 17 Degrees South four Miles And So at Right Angles from the Extreams of Each of y e Aforesaid Lines Seven Miles Southerly Each, and thence from the Termination of the Seven Miles which compleats the Grant and is according thereto, And upon View and Strict Survey of the Lands on the East Side of Merrimack we find that there is little or no Water, — The Land near the River extream Mountainous and almost Impassible And very unfit for and uncap- able of Receiving Fifty Families as the Court has ordered, more especially considering That near y e Centre of the Town on y e East: Side of the River Merrimack, The Hon ble Sam 11 Sewall Esq r has a Farm of Five Hundred Acres of Good Land formerly granted by this Court and laid out to Governour Endicott, The Committee therefore with Submission to the Hon ble General Court thought it advisable and accordingly have laid out one Hundred & Three Lotts of Land for Settlements on the West Side contiguous to each other regularly and in a Defensible Manner, as by the Platt of them and of the whole Grant (which is hereby presented) will ap- pear And inasmuch as the Generality of the Land answers not the Grantees Expectations and five Hundred Acres laid out as afores* Humbly offer, That the like Number of unappropriated Lands ad- jacent to y e Township made be made to the Settlers as an Equiv- alent therefor. In the House of Representatives Read and Ordered that this- Report be so far Accepted as that the Settlers or Grantees be and hereby are Impowered and Allowed to make their Settlements on the West 11 Side of the River Merrimack according as is proposed in the Said Report, and projected in and by Said Plan the former Order of this Court Notwithstanding, and the Said Committee are directed to proceed Accordingly. In Council Read & Concur’d — Consented to W m Dummer [Mass. Court Records and House Journal, June 28, 1726.] In Council, Voted That a Letter be prepared to be Sent to M r Agent Dummer, Advising him that this Court apprehend the Neighbouring Government of New Hampshire are or may be 4<5 CHARTER RECORDS. sending Home a Complaint against a Grant of Land for a Town- ship at Pennycook on Merrimack River within this Province lately made and pass’d by this Government, And that he take effectual Care to Answer any such Complaint, And to enable him to justifie this Court in their proceedings on that Affair, That he be furnish- ed with Such Records Papers and other Matters as any Ways re- late thereto, And that he be Acquainted with the Measures taken h>y this Court to Adjust the Difference between the two Provinces as to the Line or Boundary, & that Nathaniel Byfield, Addington Davenport and Paul Dudley Esq rs with Such as the House of Rep- resentatives Shall appoint be a Committee for the Said Service. In the House of Representatives Read and Concur’d and Or- dered that M r Ezekiel Lewis, Joseph Wadsworth John Ballantine & Charles Chambers Esq rs be added to the Committee of the Hon ble Board in y e Affair. Consented to, W m Dummer [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 6, 1726.] A Memorial of the Settlers admitted to bring forward the Town- ship lately granted at Penny-Cook , praying That an Equivalent for 500 Acres of Land which falls within the Grant of the Town- ship formerly made & confirmed to satisfy a Grant made to the late Honourable Governour Endicott may be made them as to Quantity & Quality ; and that the 1 . 5 to be paid by each Setler at the drawing his Lot may be abated, as Entred the 15th of "June last, and referred to this Session. Read. And the House took under Consideration the subject Matter of the said Petition ; and Unanimously Resolved , That in Considera- tion of the 500 Acres of Land, formerly Confirmed by this Court to satisfy a Grant made to the late Honourable Governour Endicott , which falls within the Lines of the said Township, the Petitioners be and hereby are allowed and impowred by a Surveyor and Chain-Men on Oath, to extend the South Bounds of their Town- ship One Hundred Rods, the full Breadth of the said Town; and the said One Hundred Rods of Land is hereby accordingly Grant- ed & Confirmed unto them as an Equivalent, and in Satisfaction of the aforesaid Five Hundred Acres confirmed to satisfy the Grant to the said late Governour E 7 idicott. And in Consideration of the Distance of the Grant of the said Township from any Eng- lish Settlement and to Encourage the Setlers to make a speedy CONCORD. 47 and effectual Settlement of the Township, which may be of great Service and Security to some parts of the Western Frontiers ; That the Sum of Five Pounds Ordered to be paid by each Setler at the Time of drawing his Lot, shall be & hereby is Abated to the said Setlers ; and the Committee for Effecting and bringing for- ward the said Settlement, are hereby directed and impowred to admit the Setlers to draw their respective Lotts accordingly, the former Order of the Court notwithstanding. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 20, 172 6, and House Journal, June 7, 1727.] A Memorial of the Persons lately admitted to bring forward a Settlem* at Penicook, Shewing that whereas this Court have been pleased to make a Grant of a Tract of Land of seven Miles square at a Place called Penicook on each Side of Merrimack River, It was Ordered that the Settlers at their own Cost should have the Land divided into One Hundred & three equal Parts as to Quan- tity & Quality, & that the first fifty Allotments should be begun & perfected on the Eastern Side of the River, the Memorialists would have cheerfully complied with the said Order & therefore waited on the Commitee of this Court with Surveyors & Chain men upon Oath to Survey the said Land according to the Grant ; But so it happen’d that in Laying out the Allotments on the East Side of the River, they discovered a Tract of Five Hundred Acres of Land granted to the late Governor Endicot, Of which Two Hundred Acres are Interval, lying in the very Center of the said Eastern Part ; Which renders the Settlemf of the first fifty Lots impractic- able ; But the Lands on the Western Side of the River are very accomodable for making a handsom & regular Settlem* And therefore Praying that they may be allowed to settle (as they may in a regular compact & defensible manner) on the Western Side of the River (The Interval on the East lying convenient for Im- proverrfi in General Fields,) And also that this Court would please to allow an Equivalent for the said Five Hundred Acres formerly granted to the late Govern 1 Endicot, And in Consideration of the Distance of the Place from any English Settlem ts & that in all Probability it will be a Frontier for a long Time to come & will cover the Towns within, in Case of a Rupture with the Indians, 4 8 CHARTER RECORDS. That the Court would please to remit the Payment of the Five Pounds ordered to be paid by each Settler at the Time of draw- ing his Lot. In the House of Represent™ 3 Read, And the House having taken into Consideration the Subject Matter of this Petition ; Unanimously Resolved that in Consideration of the Five Hun- dred Acres of Land formerly confirmed by this Court to satisfy a Grant made to the late Hon ble Govern 1 ' Endicot ; Which falls within the Lines of the said Township, the Petitioners be & here- by are allowed & impowered by a Survey* & Chain men under Oath, to extend the South Bounds of their Township One Hundred Rods the full Breadth of the said Town, And that the said One Hundred Rods of Lands is hereby accordingly granted & con- firmed as an Equivalent, & in Satisfaction of the aforesaid Five Hundred Acres confirmed to satisfy the Grant of the late Govern r Endicott. And in Consideration of the Distance of the Grant of the said Township from any English Settlem* & to encourage the Settlers to make a speedy & effectual Settlement of the Township ; which may be of great Service & Security to some Part of the Western Frontiers, that the Sum of Five Pounds ordered to be paid each Settler at the Time of Drawing his Lot shall be & hereby is abated to the said Settlers, And the Committee for effecting & bringing forward the said Settlement are hereby directed & im- powered to admit the Settlers to draw their respective Lots accord- ingly ; The former Order of the Court Notwithstanding. In Council ; Read & Non Concur’d. [June io, 1727, the same resolve was again passed by the House, and again non-concurred in Council.] [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 18, 1727, and House Journals Dec. 1 6, 1727.] A Petition of John Osgood in behalf of the Settlers at Peni- cook, Praying that this Court would please to allow them an Equivalent of Lands for five Hundred Acres, lying within their Bounds, formerly granted to Govern 1 ’ Endicot, And that the Five Pounds ordered to be paid by each Grantee or Settler may be abated, and also that the Number of the Committee appointed by this Court to direct the said Settlement may be reduced, they CONCORD. 49 being put to great Charge by reason of the great Number of the said Committee, & that the Vote pass’d by the House on their Petition in June last may be revived. In the House of Represent^ 3 Read & Resolved that in Con- sideration of the Five Hundred Acres of Land Confirmed formerly by this Court to satisfy a Grant made to the late Govern 1 Endicot, which falls within the Lines of the said Township, the Petitioners be and hereby are allowed & impowered by a Surveyour and Chain men under Oath to extend the South Bounds of their Town- ship One Hundred Rods the full Breadth of their Town ; And the said One Hundred Rods of Land is hereby accordingly granted and confirmed to them as an Equivalent & in Satisfaction of the afore said Five Hundred Acres confirmed to satisfy the Grant to the said late Hon ble Govern 1 Endicott, & in Consideration of the Distance of the Grant of the said Township from any English Settlement ; And, to encourage the Settlers to make a speedy & effectual Settlement of the Township Which may be of great Ser- vice & Security to some of the Western Frontiers, That the Sum of Five Pounds ordered to be paid by each Settler at the Time of his drawing his Lot, & for which the Settlers have respectively given Security, shall not be insisted on at present, nor the Pay- ment of the Bonds they have given demanded till the further Order of this Court ; And for as much as the Settlers have been put to very great & extraordinary Expence for the Payment of the Committee of this Court, which consists of nine Persons, for their Time & Charges in bringing forward the said Settlement, that the whole Power & Authority invested in the said Committee shall from hence forward cease & determine, & the Settlers shall be & hereby are impowered to chuse a Committee to consist of three or more of such prudent & discreet Persons as they shall think fit, who shall have the same Power & Authority as was invested in the aforesaid Committee appointed by this Court for effecting & bringing forward the Settlement of the said Township only, The aforesaid Order of this Court Notwithstanding : In Council ; Read & Non Concur’d. [Mass. House Journal, Aug. 5, 1728.] Upon a Motion made and Seconded in behalf of the Penny- Cook Setlers, Resolved, That in Consideration of the Five Hun- 5o CHARTER RECORDS. dred Acres of Land formerly confirmed by this Court to satisfy a Grant made to the late Governour Endicot , which falls within their Boundaries, the Setlers be and hereby are allowed and impowred by a Surveyor and Chainmen on Oath to extend the South bounds of that Township One hundred Rods the full breadth of their Town, and the said One hundred Rods of Land is accordingly granted and confirmed unto them as an equivalent for the afore- said Five hundred Acres. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Aug. 6, 1728.] In the House of Represent^ 3 Upon a Motion made & seconded in behalf of the Pennicook Settlers ; Resolved that in considera- tion of the Five hundred Acres of Land formerly confirmed by this Court to satisfy a Grant made to the late Governor Endicot, which falls within their Boundaries, the Settlers be & hereby are allowed & impowered by a Survey 1 ' & Chain men on Oath to extend the South Bounds of that Township One hundred & thirty rods the full breadth of their Town ; And the One hundred Rods of Land is accordingly granted & confirmed unto them as an Equivalent for the afore said five Hundred Acres of Land. In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to, Wm Burnet [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 4, 1729.] A Petition of the Proprietors of Penicook Setting forth that they have made considerable Advances towards the Settlement of the said Place by clearing of the Land, building of Houses & erecting a Meetinghouse; And therefore Praying that they may be vested with the Powers of a Township in order to their assessing & levy- ing a Tax on the Proprietors for the necessary Charges on the said Place, & that this Court would please to remit to them the sum of Five hundred Pounds which they are obliged to pay into the Province Treasury for their respective Lots there. In the House of Represent^ 3 Read & In answer to this Petition, Voted that the Committee of this Court be so far superseded as that the Lands granted to the Settlers at the new Town of Peni- CONCORD. 51 cook be & hereby are incorporated into a Township, to have & enjoy all Privileges as other Towns within this Province do, And that M r William Burton, a principal Inhabitant there warn the Inhabitants to assemble as soon as may be, & chuse all Town Offi- cers, to stand until the Anniversary Meeting in March next; And that the Five hundred Pounds to be paid by the Settlers of the said Town be for given & remitted & the Courts Committee are to con- form hereto accordingly & proceed in their Power as directed by this Court in giving a Deed of the said Tract of Land upon the Conditions of their Grant being performed ; which the said Com- mittee are hereby further directed to take Care of & see accom- plished according to the Trust reposed in them by this Court. In Council ; Read & Non Concur’d, & Ordered that Richard Hazzen John Chandler, William Parker & Nathaniel Symonds or any three of them, be & hereby are impowered to assess, levy & collect such sum or sums of Money as are or shall be granted agreed to be raised by & on the Settlers & Grantees of Penicook for carrying on the necessary Charges of the said Place. In the House of Represent™ 55 Read & Concur’d. [Mass. Court Records, March 6, 1730.] A Petition of the Proprietors of Penicook, Setting forth that they have paid into the hands of the Committee of the General Court the Consideration Money for their Lots there, that they have been at very great Charge for building a Meeting house & settling a Minister, making High ways &c, and that they are like to meet with difficulty in gathering the Money they have thus laid out ; And therefore Praying that they may be made a Township & have the Privileges of other Towns within this Province, & that the Court would order that One hundred Pounds or more of the Money they have paid in as afore said may be reimbursed them for the extraordinary Charges they have been at. In Council ; Read & Ordered that this Petition be refer’d to the Session of this Court in May next, & that in the mean time Henry Rolfe Esq r give sufficient Warning by Notifications at Pen- icook & else where to the Inhabitants & Grantees of the said Tract of Land to assemble at their Meeting house on the last Monday (being the 29th) of this Instant March by ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, then & there to chuse a Clerk to enter all their Votes, 52 CHARTER RECORDS. Elections, Orders & Rules by the Inhabitants made, to chuse Assessors, & Collectors of all such Ministerial Rates & Taxes granted & agreed on by the Settlers & Grantees, & any other Rates & Taxes that may be thought necessary for the Well being of that Plantation, who are impowered hereby thereunto; All the Rates & Taxes to be levied equally on all the Lots, Except the Ministery & School Lots ; A to chuse a Constable, Fence Viewers & Hogreves ; All to be sworn to their respective Offices by the said Henry Rolfe, hereby appointed Moderator of the said Meet- ing ; that the said Henry Rolfe take an exact Account of what is done in each Lot, in fencing, building & improving, & lay the same before this Court at the next May Session, That the Com- mittee for the settlement of this Plantation be fully impowered to grant anew any Lots, the Grantees whereof have not complied nor shall comply by the first of June next with the Terms of their Grants & the Orders of this Court to such other Persons as shall speedily & effectually fulfill the Conditions of their respective Grants, & that the said Henry Rolfe do notify all the Settlers & Grantees of this Order for impowering the Committee ; And that the said Plantation be & hereby is declared to ly in the County of Essex. In the House of Represent ves Read & Concur’d with the Amend- ment (to be inserted at A) viz, And paid into the hands of the Assessors, by them to be disposed of for defraying the Ministerial & other Charges of the Plantation as the Settlers shall agree. In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, July 2, 1730.] A Petition of the Proprietors of Penicook with the Order of the House Represent ves thereon was read in Council & Refer’d to next Session. [Mass. House Journal, July 2, 1730.] A Memorial and Petition of Henry Rolfe Esq ; and John Pecker , in Behalf and by Order of the admitted Settlers of Penni- cook , praying, That the payment of Five Hundred Pounds to the Province may be abated, and that the Township may be endowed CONCORD. 53 with equal Powers, Privileges and Immunities with the other Towns in the Province, and be declared to lie within the County of Essex , for Reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the Prayer of the Petition be granted, and the Lands together with the Inhabitants thereon, be and here- by are incorporated into and made a Township by the Name of and declared to lie within the County of Essex . Provided nevertheless that the Lands of such of the Grantees as shall not effectually settle on the Land within Twelve months from this Date, shall and hereby are declared subject to the payment of the Five Hundred Pounds to the Province, the first Grant notwith- standing : And that Mr. Ebenezer Eastman , a principal Inhabi- tant in said Town, be fully authorized and impowered to notify and warn the Inhabitants of said Town to assemble and convene as soon as may be to chuse Town-Officers, to stand until the next Anniversary Meeting. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 21, 1731.] A Petition of Henry Rolfe Esq 1 ’ in behalf of the propri trs & Set- tlers of Penycook, Shewing that there are ab* Eighty Families settled there & y e Duty performed on their Lots, but that ab* Twenty of the propri trs have failed of performing the Conditions of their Grants, so that their Lots are forfeited, praying y e Order of this Court referring to the s d Lots, as also that the s d place may be erected into a Township & the Inhabitants vested with the privi- ledges of a Town without which they can’t carry on the Affairs of the s d plantation w th any regularity In Council, Read & Ordered that Benj a Lynde & Jos : Wads- worth Esq 1 * with such as the Hon ble House of Represent ves shall appoint be a Comm tee to Consider & report w* they Judge proper for this Court to Do on this Petition — In the House of Represent^ 3 Read & Concur’d & Ordered that M r Tyng Major Epes & M r Hobson be join’d in the Affair. — [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 1, 1731.] The Comm tee on the Affair of Penycook gave in y e following Report Viz*. 54 CHARTER RECORDS. The Comm tee having considered the Petition of Henry Rolfe Esq 1 ' in behalf of the Grantees or Settlers at Penicook together with the report of two of the General Courts Committees who last took a View of the Circumstanc s of the s d Grantees of their Sev- eral Improvem* 3 thereof & there appearing by the s d Report that Eighty of the s d Grantees or others in their room are actual Inhab- itants or Settled there, And in as much as the s d Inhabitants labour Under many Difficulties for Want of Power to regulate themselves for the good Order & Benefit of the said plantation, We are hum- bly of Opinion that the said Inhabitants be vested with the same powers & priviledges that other Towns in this Province by Law have do or ought to Enjoy, And there appearing by s d Committ s Report that there are Twenty Lots belonging to some of the s d Grantees who have made considerable Improvem ts on their s d Lots, but have not as yet fully complied with the Conditions of s d Grant, are of Opinion that the space of Twelve months be allowed to such deficient Grantees on Condition they pay y r full proportion to all Town & Ministerial Charges as to their Lands equal with such as have fully complied with their Grants ; But in Case such defich Grantees, or any of them fail of fulfilling the Condition of s d Grant by the Time above expressed, & of paying their proportion of s d Charges as they shall become due ; Then their said Grants be & hereby are declared to be absolutely void & forfeited, & be disposed of as this Court shall Order. — By Order & in behalf of the Committee Benj a Lynde In Council Read & Ordered that this Report be accepted In the House of Represent^ Read & Concur’ d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 21, 1731-2.] Jonathan Dowse Esq ; brought down from the Honourable Board, a Memorial of Henry Rolfe Esq ; in behalf and by Order of the admitted Settlers of Pennicook, praying the Court, by some Act or Resolve , to endow them with Powers, Privileges and Immunities equal to any Town in the Province, or such other Order taken for their Relief and Government, as may be thought best; as also that the Committee for bringing forward the Settle- ment, may have further Orders and Directions, forthwith to cause the deficient Grantees to comply with the Terms of the Grant, or CONCORD. 55 in Default thereof, to be disposed of to others who shall forthwith settle the same, and compleat the Number of One Hundred Set- tlers ; that so the Committee may perfect what they were directed to in the Court’s first Order for Settlement. Pass’d in Council, viz . In Council, January 21, 1731. Read, and Ordered That Benjamin Lynde and Josejh Wadsworth Esqrs. with such as the Honourable House of Representatives shall appoint, be a Commit- tee to consider and Report, what they judge proper for this Court to do on this Petition, Sent down for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1732.] Capt. Josefh Hale reported that agreable to the order of the House of the 10//2 Currant he had prepared a Bill for erecting the Plantation at Penny-cook into a Township, which he laid on the Table. [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1732.] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a new Town within the County of Essex at a Plantation called Penny-cook by the Name of . Read a first Time. [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1732.] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a new Town within the County of Essex at a Plantation called Penny-cook by the Name of . Read a second and a third Time, and pass’d to be Engross’d Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 24, 1732.] The Bill entitled An Act for Erecting the Lands at Penicook into a Township by the Name of In Council Read a second Time & pass’d a Concurrence to be Engross’d. 56 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 20, 1732.] Joseph Wadsworth Esq ; brought down a Petition of Henry Rolfe Esq ; in behalf of the Settlers of Penny-cooke , praying some suitable Person may be appointed and impowred to call the first meeting of the Inhabitants for the ends and purposes and agreable to the order of the Court in "January last, pass’d in Council, viz. In Council Decemh 20 th, 1732., Read and Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Rolfe one of the principal Inhabitants of the Plantation of Pennycooke be and hereby is fully impowred to assemble and Convene the Inhabitants of said Plantation to chuse Officers and to do all other matters in pursuance of an order of this Court at their Session begun and held at Boston the first day of December 1731. which Officers when chosen are to stand until the anniver- sary meeting in March next. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concur’d. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 21, 1732.] A Petition of Benj a Rolfe Esq r in behalf of the Inhabitants of Penicook Praying that some Person may be impowered by this Court to Summon a Meeting of the s d Inhabitants for the Choice of Officers of the s d Plantation in pursuance of the Order passd at the Session held in Dec r 1731 — , In Council Read Ordered that M r . Benjamin Rolf one of the principal Inhabitants of the Plantation of Penycook be & here- by is fully impowered to Assemble & Convene the Inhabitants of s d Plantation to Chuse officers and to do other Matters in pursuance of an Order of this Court begun & held at Boston the first day of Dec r i73i. Which Officers when chosen are to Stand until the Anniversary Meeting in March next. — In the House of Represent^ 3 Read and Concur’d. — Consented to J Belcher. — [Mass. Council Records, Aug. 21, 1733, and Archives Vol. 31, p. 183.] Wanalawet Chief of the Penicook Indians and divers others of that Tribe attending, were admitted into Council. CONCORD. 57 Wanalawet made demand of the Lands at Penicook from Sun- cook to Contocook as his Inheritance, saying that they were never purchased of him nor his Fathers ; and he likewise in behalf of the Indians resorting to Penicook, prayed that a Trading house might be set up there. The Gov r thereupon acquainted the Indians, that Wanalanset Chief Sachem on Merrimack River had sold all those Lands to the English almost forty years agoe, and the Secretary shew’d the In- dians the Record of his Deeds ; with which they express’d them- selves fully satisfied and acknowledged that the English had a good right to the said Lands by those Deeds And then the Indians were dismiss’d. Voted , that Thomas Cushing and Ezekiel Lewis Esq rs be de- sired to provide and distribute among the Penicook Indians now in Town such things as they Judge most proper, to a value not exceeding fifteen pounds, besides a good Blanket to Abraham’s Son, in consideration of his loosing his Cloaths in carrying a Mes- sage from this Government to the Indians at the end of the last War. [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 8, 1733.] An Accomft presented by Cpt. Joseph Kellog of the Claims of divers Indians to Lands at Pennicook, and to other Lands on Con- necticut River. In the House of Represent ves Ordered that Col 0 Stoddard & Cpt. Israel Williams be desired to make Inquiry into y e s d Claims, & if they find y e Indian Right has not been already conveyed, to report on what Conditions they will accomodate the province with y e s d Lands. — In Council, Read & Concur’d. — Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 8, 1733-4.] Samuel Came , Esq ; brought down a Petition of Henry Rolfe y Esq ; for himself and the other Grantees of the Plantation of Penny- Cooke , praying that they may be heard to make it appear to the Court that they have fulfilled the Conditions of their Grant, and that thereupon they may be allowed to bring in a Bill to erect the 58 CHARTER RECORDS. Plantation into a Township, for the reasons mentioned, Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council Febr. 8 tk. 1733. Read and Ordered, That Thomas Cushing, and Edward Goddard , Esqrs ; with such as shall be joined by the honourable House be a Committee to consider of this Petition, and report as soon as may be what may be proper for this Court to do thereon. Sent down for Concur- rence. Read and concur’d, and Capt. Hill , Mr. Hobson, and Mr. Hall are joined in the affair. [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 9, 1733-4.] William Pejyperrill, Esq ; brought down the Petition of Henry Rolfe , Esq ; in behalf of the Penny-Cooke Settlers and Grantees as entred yesterday, with the report of the Committee of both Houses thereon, viz. Febr. yth, 17 33. The Committee appointed to con- sider of the within Petition of Henry Rolfe, Esq ; report thereon as follows, viz. that it appearing to the said Committee that the several Grantees of the Lands at the Plantation called Penny-Cooke have fully complied with all the Articles and Conditions expressed in the Court’s Grant respecting the Settlement of their respective Lotts, are therefore of Opinion that they be allowed to bring in a Bill as prayed for in said Petition, all which is humbly submitted by order of the Committee, Thomas Cushing. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council Febr. gth. 1733. Read and accepted and Ordered , That the Petitioners have leave to bring in a Bill accord- ingty- Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concur’d. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 9, 1733-4.]. The Committee appointed to consider the Petition of the Grantees of Penicook gave in the following Report, viz, The Committee appointed to consider the within Petition .of Henry Rolfe, Esq r report thereon as follows ; viz. — That it appearing to the said Committee that the several Grantees of the Lands at the Plantation called Penicook have fully complied with all the Articles & Conditions as expressed in the Courts Grant respecting the settlement of their several Lots Are therefore CONCORD. 59 of Opinion that they be allowed to bring in a Bill as prayed for in the said Petition : All which is humbly submitted. By order of the Committee Tho. Cushing. In Council ; Read & Accepted, & Ordered that the Petitioners have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly — In the House of Represent™ 55 Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 25, 1733-4.] Mr. Secretary brought down a Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a new Town in the County of Essex at a Plantation called Penny- Cooke by the Name of ... Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council Febr. 'I'id. 1733. Read. 25 th. Read a second time and pass’d to be Engross’d. Sent down for Concurrence. Read a first time. [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 26, 1733-4.] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a new Town within the County of Essex at a -place called Penny Cooke by the Name of . . . . Read a second and a third time and pass’d a Concur- rence. [Mass. House Journal, March 1, 1733-4.] Ordered , That Mr. Benjamin Rolfe, a principal Inhabitant of the new Township at the Plantation of Penny-Cooke , be and here- by is impowred and directed to assemble the Freeholders and other Inhabitants there lawfully qualified to vote, with all con- venient speed, to chuse Town Officers and do such other things as may be thought proper for the interest of the Inhabitants of the said Township and Plantation. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, March 4, 1733-4.] An Engross’d Bill Entitled An Act for ejecting a new Town within the County of Essex, at a Plantation called Penny-Cooke, by the name of Rumford. 6o CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Court Records, March 23, 1735.] A Petition of Divers Inhabitants of the Town of Rumford for- merly Called Pennycook, Praying for an Addition to their Town- ship of a Tract of Province Land three Miles in bredth Adjoyning to their West bounds and of the same Extent in length — In the House of Represent 51 Read & in Answer to this petition, Ordered that the pet rs have leave by a Survey 1 and Chainmen on Oath to Extend the Westerly bounds of the Township of Rumford three Miles Westerly and that they Return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for Confirmation to them their heirs and Assignes Respectivly ; provided they do within four Years from the Confirmation of the Plat Settle Forty Good familys Upon the Granted premisses, each of which to have Six Acres of the Granted premisses fenced in and well Inclosed and plowed and fitted for Corn and English Grass and also to have a Dwelling house each thereon of Eighteen feet Square and Seven feet Stud at the least wherein the said Familys are Actually to Inhabit; And provided also that this Grant do not Incommode the Settlement of the proposed lines of Townships between the Rivers of Connecti- cut and Merrimack — In Council Read & Nonconcured [Mass. House Journal, March 20, 1735-6.] A Petition of Capt. Ebenezer Eastman and Benjamin Rolfe , Esq ; for themselves and upwards of forty others Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Town of Rumford , praying they may obtain a tract of three miles of Land Westward of the West Bounds of their Township, for the reasons mentioned. Read, and in answer to this Petition, Ordered, That the Petitioners have leave by a Sur- veyor and Chain men on Oath to extend the Westerly bounds of the Township of Rumford three miles Westerly, and that they re- turn a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confir- mation to them their heirs and assigns respectively, provided they do within four years from the confirmation of the Plat settle forty good families on the granted premisses, each of which to have six acres thereof fenced in and well inclosed and ploughed, and well fitted for Corn & English Grass, as also each to have a dwelling House thereon of eighteen feet square & seven feet stud at the least, CONCORD. 6 1 wherein the said families are actually to inhabit, and provided also that this Grant does not incommode the Settlement of the proposed Lines of Townships between the Rivers of Connecticut and Merri- mack, Sent up for Concurrence. £. Petition of Timothy Walker , Jr., and Others for Equivalent to Pe 7 iacook Grant, 1774.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 751.] To His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson Esq r Captain General & Governor of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay To the Honorable His Majesty’s Council and House of Repre- sentatives of said Province in General Court assembled Boston Jan y 26. 1774 The Petition of Timothy Walker Jun r on behalf of himself and Associates humbly sheweth That They and their Ancestors in the year 1725 for a valuable Consideration purchased a Township of a little more than Seven Miles Square of this Goverment at a Place then called Pennicook afterwards Rumford on Merrimack River, That not at all doubt- ing the Authority of this Government to make the said Grant, the Grantees, notwithstanding the extreme difficulty & Cost of effecting a settlement so far up in the Indian Country at that Time, yet so vigorously applied themselves thereto, that in the year 17 33, con- sequent upon y e Report of a Committee sent by them to view the same, The then General Court of this Province declared that the Grantees had to full satisfaction fulfilled the Terms of their Grant, & incorporated them by the Name of Rumford, That by the deter- mination of the Boundary Line between this Province and that of New Hampshire by his late Majesty in the year 1740 the said Township fell near For y Miles to the Northward of the dividing Line, That about the 1749 a Society under a Grant from the Province of New Hampshire began to molest us in our Possessions and sued us in several Actions of Ejectment and always recovered against us in the Courts of New Hampshire, In this distressed State of our Affairs we applied to this Goverment to enable us to lay our Case before his Majesty by Way of Appeal, That by virtue of several Grants from this Goverment amounting in the whole to about the original purchase Consideration together with simple In- 62 CHARTER RECORDS. terest for the same and also by much larger Sums raised amongst ourselves we have been enabled to prosecute two Appeals to his Majesty, and altho’ in each we obtained a reversal of the Judg- ment that stood against us here, yet the Royal Order extending in express Terms no farther than the Land sued for, the advantage fell far short of the Expence, and our Adversaries went on troub- ling us with new suits, Thus exhausted and seeing no end of our Troubles, we have been reduced to the necessity of repurchasing our Township of our Adversaries at a Rate far exceeding its Value in its rude State, That we have been at considerable expence in taking a View of a Tract of Land on Ammoroscoggin River on the Easterly side of Fullers Town (so called) which we apprehend would answer for a Township. We therefore Humbly Pray, That your Excellency & Honours would be pleased so far to pity our hard Case as to make us a grant of a Township at the said Place to lie on each side of Ammoroscoggin River of equal extent with that formerly granted us by this Province on such reasonable Terms as you shall think proper, And your Petitioners shall as in Duty bound ever pray Timothy Walker Jun r in behalf of himself & Associates [In answer to this petition, the General Court granted the peti- tioners the township of Rumford, Me., Feb. 3, 1774-] [Grant to John Endicott.] [Mass. Court Records, May 27, 1668.] Laid out to Jn° Endecot Esq r Gov r no r five hundred acres of land in the wilderniss at Pennicooke one part or parcell of the same conteyning thirty six acres more or lesse lieth upon an Island in the said River of merrimacke which Island lyeth at the very farthest end of that place Called Pennicooke alsoe one part or parcell of the same Conteyning fewer hundred sixty fower acres more or lesse lyeth upon the aforesaid River on the east side of it it begins at the North East End of that Intervaile, at a great pine standing by merrimack side marked w th J I and from this pine it runns doune the River by a crooked line five hundred thirty fower pole, where it is bounded by an elme a great one standing by the side of the bancke markt as before w th J I from thence it runns to the high upland almost upon an East & by north Point two hun- CONCORD 63 [Mass. Archives, Vol. 45, p. 228.] 6 4 CHARTER RECORDS. dred siventy six pole unto a stake standing in a swampish peece of Ground a tree standing behind it eastward marked w th J I : and from thence it runs to the first pine wch is fower hundred fifty fower pole also there is two very smale Islands laid to it one lieth betweene this land, & the great Island w ch Conteins by estima- tion about twelve pole and another Island wch lieth on the north west of the first Conteyning about sixteene or twenty pole by esti- mation all wch is more fully demonstrated by a plott taken of the same by Jonathan Danforth Surveyor the Court Approoves of this returne/ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 45, p. 228.] John Endicot Esq 1 ’ his farme at penicooke lying upon Merimack Riv r on y e North east ofs d river containing 464 acres, with y e Hand above it 36, acres y e wholl is 500 acres laid out by Jo : Danforth Survey 1, there was present at y e laying it out, Capt : Hull, Capt Hinchman and John Joanes of Concord [Grant to William Hawthorne.] [Mass. Court Records, May 22, 1661.] This Court Considering the Good service of major william Hauthorne for severall yeares past in magistericall transactions for the Towne of Salem & marblehead and otherwise to the great hin- derance of his personall occasions & the dimunition of his estate doe hereby Graunt unto him five hundred acres of land in the wil- dernes where it may not hinder a Towneship to be laid out before the next Court of Election, by m r Edmond Batler & Left Lathrop & some Approoved Artist./ [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 7, 1668.] Upon the motion of Capt Thomas clarke The Court Doeth order & Appoint Left Peter Coffyn of Dover & Ralph Hall of Exeter to CONCORD. 65 lay out the land granted formerly to major william Hathorne according to grant & to make returne thereof to the next Court of Election. [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 18, 1672.] In Ans r to the motion of major w m Hauthorne that whereas this Court in may 1661 granted him five hundred acres of land severall yeares since & not yet laid out that he may have liberty to lay it out a mile square at or About Penecooke. The Court Judgeth it meet to grant his request Provided it hinder not a Tounship as is exprest in that grant and that it Interfere not w th any former grants./ [Grant to Samuel Sewall.] \_Petition of Samuel Sewall and Wife , /< 5 py.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 45, p. 227.] To the Honorable William Stoughton Esq r Lieut Governour of his Majs Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England and to the honourable Council & Representatives assembled in General Court at Boston Novemb r 20 th 1695 The Petition of Samuel Sewall and Hannah his wife Daughter & Heir of John Hull Esqr late of Boston deceased, humbly shew- eth That wheras the late Governour & Comp a of the Masschusetts Bay in N. E. at a General Court held at Boston May 6, 1657, did Grant unto John Endicott Esq r then Governour, one Thousand Acres of Land in these words, “ In answer to the Motion of John Endi- “ cott Esq r our present Governour, this Court doth grant Him One “ Thousand Acres of Land to be laid out unto Him in any place “not prejudicing former Grants: and is in lieu of Seventy five “ pounds by him and his Wife in the general Adventure. And whereas the s d John Endicott Esqr & Elisabeth his Wife upon the ninth of March 1658. in Consideration of Fifty pounds, did sell and confirm unto the s d John Hull and his Heirs for ever, their abovementioned Grant of Land and all the Benefit to be received by it, as by Deed under their Hands & Seals appears. 66 CHARTER RECORDS. And whereas no Land has been laid out & allowed nor other Compensation made to the s d John Endicott Esqr, Elisabeth his Wife, or to the s d John Hull Esqr or any of their Heirs or Assigns. (That granted to your Petitioners Nov r 8, 1693, being included in a Grant of all Mericoneg Neck to Harvard Colledge as now appears) Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, That Five Hundred Acres of land at Pennicook on the North-East side of Merrimack River be Laid out by Capt Jonathan Danforth Surveyor, as by the Platt hereunto anexed apeareth, may be Granted & Confirmed unto your Petitioners and their Heirs for ever in part of the afore- mentioned Grant of One Thousand Acres : And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever Pray & c Read & Voted in Council Nov r 29, 1694 [1695] to be granted and sent down for concurrence Is a Addington Secry Decemb r 3 d 1695. sentatives Voted a Concurrence in the house of Repre- William Bond Speaker [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 29, 1695.] Upon reading the Petition of Samuel Sewall Esq r and Hannah his Wife, Daughter, and Heir of John Hull Esq r Praying that five hundred Acres of Land lying at Pennicook on the North east side of Merrimack River, as in the Platt thereof, therewith Presented, made by Capt Jonathan Danforth Surveyer, may be granted, and Confirmed to them in Part of a Grant of One thousand Acres Con- firmed to them upon an Ancient Grant made unto John Endicott Esq r then Governour, and Purchased by the said John Hull, And formerly sett forth unto the Petitioners at Merriconeg neck in Casco bay upon the said Grant, Appearing to be before granted unto Harvard Colledge The Aforesaid Five hundred Acres Petitioned for is ordered to be granted, and Confirmed unto the Petitioners, and their Heirs forever I consent W m Stoughton DEERING. 67 [Mass. House Journal, June 24, 1738.] Col. Alden from the Committee appointed the 14/^ currant, reported according to Order, on the Petition of Samuel Sewall , Esq ; and others, the Children &c. of Stephen Sewall , late of Salem , Esq ; deceased, which was read and accepted, and in Answer to this Petition, Voted, That five hundred Acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province be and hereby is given and granted to the Petitioner Samuel Sewall, Esq ; and the other Chil- dren and Heirs of their Father Stephen Sewall late of Salem, Esq ; deceased, and the legal Representatives and Descendants of such of them as are deceased, on account of the Services and Expence of their said Father, as within mentioned, and that the Grantees be allowed and impowred to survey the same by a Surveyor and Chain Men on Oath, and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation accordingly. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1738-9.] Samuel Sewall Esq; laid on the Table a Plat of five hundred Acres of Land laid out on the East side o i Merrimack River , oppo- site to the Plantation called Contoocooh, to satisfy a Grant of this Court in their Session in May last to the Heirs &c. of his late hon- oured Father Stephen Sewall, Esq ; deceased. Read and Ordered, That the Plat be referred to the next sitting for Consideration. DEERING. [This town was originally a part of Cumberland or Society Land. It was incor- porated Jan. 17, 1774, and named by Gov. John Wentworth in honor of his wife, whose maiden name was Frances Deering. See New Hampshire charters following; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 759; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 490; Index to Laws, 146; sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 366.] 68 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to Jonathan Butterfield.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. n, p. 21.] On the Petition of Jonathan Butterfield Chelmsfd In the House of Represent^ 9 Dec 1 ’ 4, 1736 Read and in Answer to this Petition Ordered That the Petitioner have Leave by a Sur- veyor and chain-men on Oath to Survey and lay out three Hun- dred Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province adjoin- ing to Some Township, and return a plat thereof to this Court within Twelve Months for Confirmation to him his Heirs and Assignes : provided he or they do within three Years from the Confirmation build an House of Eighteen feet Square, and Seven Feet Stud at the least, Settle a Family therein, and bring to English Grass fit for Mowing Six Acres of Land. — Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council January 15, 1736. Read & Concur’d Simon Frost Dep 4 Sec ry 18 Consented to, J Belcher A true Copy Exam d ^ Simon Frost Dep 4 Sec ry [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 13, 1737, and House Journal, Dec. 12, I 737 -] A Plat of Three Hundred Acres of Land laid out by Joseph Wilder Jun r Survey r and Chain Men upon Oath, to fulfill a grant of this Court made to Jonathan Butterfield, lying adjacent to the Township Number Seven in the Line of Towns; Beginning at a Hemlock Tree marked with the letter A standing in the South Line of the said Township three miles from the South East corner ; thence running South n° 30' Fast by a line of marked Trees three hundred and twenty rods to a Stake and Stones B ; thence East 5 0 30' north, one hundred and sixty rods by a Line of marked Trees to a Hemlock Tree to the letter C; thence North n° 30' East three hundred and twenty rods by a Line of marked Trees to a Stake and heap of Stones in the aforesaid Town Line to the letter D, and from thence in the said Line to the first mentioned Station. DEERING. 69 [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 20.] September 15 th 1737* Then Layed out a farm of three hundred Acres of Land, to Satisfie a Grant of the Great and Generali Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, Made to Jonathan Butterfield of Chelmsford December y e 4 th 1736 which lyeth Adjoyning to the Town Ship N° 7 in the line of Towns and began at a Hemlock tree marked with the Letter A Standing in the South line of the said Town Ship N° 7 three Miles from the South East corner, and from thence it ran South Eleven degrees and thirty Minutes west by a line of marked trees 320 rods to a Stake & Stones to the Letter B from thence East five degrees & thirty Minutes North One hundred and Sixty rods by a line of marked trees to a hemlock tree to the Letter C from thence North Eleven degrees and thirty Minutes East three hundred & Twenty rods by a line of marked trees to a Stake & heap of Stones in the aforesaid Town line to the Letter D and from thence with said line to where it began, in the lines above said Ten Acres is allowed for Swagg of Chain. ^ Joseph Wilder Jun r Surveyer [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 20, and Court Records, Dec. x 3> I737-] In the House of Representatives December 12 th 1737 Read and Ordered that the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Jonathan Butterfield his Heirs and Assigns for Ever he or they performing 7o CHARTER RECORDS. the Conditions of the Grant provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of three hundred Acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp^ In Council Dec r 13, 1737 Read and Concurr’d Simon Frost Dep* Sec 17 Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 21.] Middlesex ss Dunstable Nov r y e 23 d 1737 Then M r Joseph Wilder Jun r as Surveyor & M r Isaac Baldwin as Chainmen personally Appearing made Oath that in Surveying and measuring A tract of y e unappropriated Land of the province Containing Three Hundred Acres to Satisfie y e grant made by the great and Gen 11 Court to M r Jon a Butterfield That they Acted faith- fully & Impartially According to their Respective trusts Jurat Coram me Joseph Blanchard Jus e pac s Worcester ss s Shrewsbury dece r 1737 John Clark Jun r of Worcester of Lawfull age personally appeared before me the Subscriber One of his Majestys Justices of the Peace & made Oath that he Together with M r Isaac Baldwin of Sudbury Carried the Chain in Measuring Three hundred acres of Land Adjoyning on a Town Ship called Number Seven in y e Line of Townes being a Grant made by the Great & General Court to Jonathan Butterfield of Chelmsford whereof Joseph Wilder Jun r of Lancaster was the Survey er to Measure the s d Three hundred acres & that he the s d John Clark acted therein faithfully and truly according to his best Skill & Judgment Sworn before me John Keyes Just® peace [Grant to Thaxter, Turner, and Dudley.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 25, and Court Records, Dec. 3. 1736-] In Answer to the Petition of Samuel Thaxter, John Turner, and William Dudley Esq 1 ' 3 In the House of Representatives Dec r i st 1736. Read & Ordered that the Prayer of the Petition be Granted and the DEERING. 71 Petitioners are hereby allowed & Impowered to Lay out the Said Eight Hundred Acres of Land in full satisfaction of the afores d Grant of Twelve hundred Acres of Land in three Equal Parts or Shares Accordingly, And that the Sanction of any Right or Tittle to the Eight hundred Acres, Laid out & Confirmed before the 19 th of Dec r 1735 be Superseded & Declared Null & Void and that they return the Platts thereof to this Court adjoyning to some Township or former Grant within Twelve Months for Confirm- ation. Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council Dec r 3 d 1736 Read & Concurred Simon Frost Dep* Sec y Consented to J Belcher A True Copy Ex d ^ Simon Frost Dep k Sec ry [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 13, 1737.] A Plat of Eight Hundred Acres of land laid out by Joseph Wilder Jun r and Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant made by the General Court to Samuel Thaxter, John Turner, and William Dudley Esq rs lying South on the line of Towns and bounding North on the Township Number Six in said Line of Towns and every other way on Province Land ; Beginning at a Hemlock Tree marked for an Angle with the letter S standing in the South Line of the Line of Towns two hundred rods East from the Ten Mile Mark in said Line ; thence running South 5 0 30' by a Line of marked Trees three hundred and twenty rods to a Beach Tree marked with the Letter T ; thence West 5 0 30' South, by a Line of marked Trees four hundred and twenty rods to a Beach Tree marked with the letter W, and thence by a Line of marked Trees North 5 0 30' West three hundred & twenty rods to a Stake in the Line of the Township Number Six marked D, and Stones at the bottom ; thence with the Line of said Township to the first Station. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 25.] July the 11 th 1737 Layed out Eight Hundred acres of Land to Satisfie a Grant Made to y e Hon bl John Turner Samuel Thaxter and William Dudley Esq 1 ' 9 being in full Satisfaction of the 72 CHARTER RECORDS. Remainder of a Grant of Twelve Hundred acres part where of being formerly Laid out, Said Eight Hundred acres Lieth South of the line of Towns and Bounds north on the Township N° Six in the Said line of Towns and Every other way on Province Land It began at a Hemlock tree marked for an angle mark and with y e Letter S Standing in y e South line of y e Line of Towns two Hundred Rods East from the Ten mile mark in Said Line; and from thence it Ran South five degrees thirty minutes East by a line of Mark trees Three Hundred and Twenty Rods to a Beach tree marked with y e Leter T and from thence it Ran West (by a line of Mark Trees) five degrees thirty m South four Hundred and Fourty Rods to a Beach tree marked with y e Letter W and from thence by a line of mark trees North five degrees thirty m West Three Hundred and Twenty Rods to a Stake in y e line of y e Township N° Six marked with D and Stons at the botom, and from thence with y e line of Said Township to the Hemlock Tree marked with y e Letter S where it began — There is alowed in the above said lines Thirty acres for sagg of Chane and fifty acres for a pond lying in it By Joseph Wilder j n Surveyor [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. n, p. 25.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 25, and Court Records, Dec. 13. I737-] In the House of Representatives December 12 th 1737 Read and DOVER. 73 ordered that the plat be accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be and are hereby confirmed to the said John Turner Samuel Thaxter & William Dudley Esq r their Heirs and Assigns respectively for Ever in full satisfaction of the Grant of twelve hundred acres of Land formerly made them by this Court, provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of Eight Hundred Acres, exclusive of the Allowance of thirty Acres for swag of Chain and fifty acres for a pond lying in it as within mentioned and interferes with no former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council Dec r 13, 1737 Read and Concurr’d Simon Frost Dep* Sec ry Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 25.] Worcester ss July y e i8 lh 1737 Then Joseph Wilder jn appearing Made oath that in Surveying the Eight Hundred acres of Land above delineated He faithfully attended the Duity of a Surveyor accord- ing to the best of his Skill and Judgment — Before me Joseph Wilder Justice of y e Peace Amos Rugg appearing y e day aforesaid belore me y e Subscriber made oath that in the Surveying the above Said Eight Hundred acres of Land he faithfully performed y e service of a Chane man according to his best Judgment — Joseph Wilder Justice of y e Peace DOVER. [Formerly known as Cochecho and Wortham. The town was never formally incorporated, but early assumed a municipal organization. Submitted to the Massachusetts government in 1641. The name of Dover was taken from an English town. Newington was set off as a parish in 1713, and was given town privileges in 1764. Somersworth, including Rollinsford, was set off as a parish Dec. 19, 1729, and incorporated April 22, 1754. Durham, including Lee and a part of Madbury, was set off and incorporated May 15, 1732. Madbury, made up partly from Dover and partly from Durham, was set off as a parish, May 31, 1755, and was given town privileges May 26, 1768. Dover was incorporated as a city June 29, 1855, and the charter was amended the following year. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 153; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 506; Index 74 CHARTER RECORDS. to Laws, 152.; Farmer’s Belknap's History of New Hampshire, chapters 1 and 2, et seq . ; Historical Memoranda, comprising 450 articles in the Dover Enquirer , from 1850 to 1890, principally by Alonzo H. Quint, a few being contributed by John Wentworth, Ballard Smith, Charles Wesley Tuttle, and Mary P. Thompson ; sketch of Dover, by Alonzo H. Quint, Hurd's History of Strafford County, 1882, p. 758; The First Parish in Dover, 1633 to 1883, by Alonzo H. Quint, 1884, pp. 148; The Wentworth Genealogy, by John Wentworth, 1878, in three volumes ; Landmarks in Ancient Dover, and the Towns Which Have Sprung Therefrom, by Mary P. Thompson, 1888, pp. 85 ; special papers relating to the early history of the town in the appendix to this volume : consult authorities cited under titles, Exeter, Hampton, Isles of Shoals, Gosport, New Castle, and Ports- mouth.] [ Petition of Dover and Portsmouth for Grant of Land , a Mag- istrate , &c., i66y.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 172.] To y e Hon ed Gen 1 Court now assembled In Boston May 1667 The Humble petition of the Inhabitants of the two Townes of Dover & Portsm 0 on piscattaq River Humbly Sheweth : That whereas yo r petition 13 both from y e Necessitie of o r Naked condic’on & Injuntion by this Hon ed Court to erect some ffortifi- cac’ons for defence in piscattaq Rivers mouth, the charge whereof Lying only upon the two s d townes & y e burthen heavier upon us then upon any part of the Countrie Considering the Numb 1 ’ of o r Inhabitants As also considering the straitness 'of o r townshipps especially that of portsm 0 , being Crowded into a very Narrow, & o r Inhabitants growing Numerous & wanting accomodations Humbly desires this Hon** 1 Court to grant yo r petition 1 ^ a tract of Land in the Wilderness upon the head of Dover bounds Not yet granted unto any town-e or person w ch may be an enlargemen* to o r Inhabitants & an Inabling them to carry on & ^Acting of y e Sayd ffortificac’on begun, wherein the whole Collony is deeply concerned farther desireing this Hon ed Court that they will please that some declaration may be made in the s d townes (or otherwise as their wisdoms shall see meete) for the quietting and quallifiing o r Inhabitants concerning pattents & claimes made by Some per- sons disafected unto this Goverm* moreover Considering y 4 we for p r sent are & Still for a time may be without a Magestrate to Cohabit among us (w^ we most earnestly desire) Humbly pray this Court for the Confirmac’on of Magistratticall power as formerly, & Settleing of it upon some DOVER. 75 Meete persons whome yo r wisdoms make choise of especially in the towne of portsm 0 , that sin & wickedness may be Curbed w ch much abounds in these Licentious times, the Necessitie of w ch urgeth us to be begg, & we hope will Incline you to Grant, And y* all farmes already granted or to be granted greater or lesser may belong to Such of the two townes till this court take furth 1 ’ ord r ffinally this Hon rd Court the Last year were pleased to prom- ise that they would doe w* might be don for a supply of great Gunns w ch is o r great want, that if it be possible we may have som Lentt us untill we can buy or that they would be a meanes we might purchase som for such pay o r River doth afford the Grant of all w ch will obleidg us as formerly So still to pray for a happie Success to all y r most weightie affairs/ \_Grant of Land, and Magistrate Allowed , to Dover and Ports- mouth, i 66 y.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 173.] In Answ r to y e petition of Dover & portsm 0 The Deputies Judg meete to Grant them a tract of Land of Six myles Square for a towne in Some Convenient place above Dover Bounds Not former- ly Granted./ And y 4 all farmes that are or shall be layd out there shall belong to the Jurisdicc’on of Dover & portsm 0 & y t no person or dweller shalbe Left w th out Goverm* to y e westward of Dover bounds or west & by North as s d Dover bounds doth run tell this Court take furth r ord r And y l Cap 1 Rich : Waldren M r Ric : Cutt & M r Elias Stileman have Joyntly & Severally magestrattical pow r granted unto them to act w th in y e bounds of either the two s d townes as matters & cases may p r sent untill this Court take further ord r And whereas this Court hath been Informed y 4 there are some persons by theire meetings & consultacions who are disafected to this Goverm 1 apt to disturbe y e peace of y e place by endeavouring to introduce some other govern^ & This Court doth ord r y 4 due Notice shall be taken of all & every such ^son, & their Names returned to Authoritie there established, that soe due course may be taken by those y l have magestratticall pow r to suppress & pre- vent the same & according to y e Nature of y 4 offence they are required to send such persons to answer here at Boston according to Law : 7 6 CHARTER RECORDS. The Deputyes have past this with refference to the Consent of o r Hono ed Magists hereto 28 : 3 d : 1667 William Torrey Cleric. The magists Consent not hereto Edw : Rawson Secret’y 3^et the magists are willing & doe hereby Judge it meet to Im- power Capt Richard Walderne m r Rich : Cutt & m r Elias stileman jointly & severally w th magistrattical power enabling them to act w th in the bounds of either the said two Townes* as matters & cases may p r sent untill the next Court of Election : theire brethren the Deputies hereto Consenting : 28 may. 67 Edw : Rawson Secret’y The Deputyes Consent hereto, so as in the 4 th line next after the word Townes marked, be added (& all other places included within the Jurisdiction of the Court of Dover & Portsmouth o r Hono rd magists Consentinge hereto William Torrey Cleric. Consented to by y e magists Edw : Rawson Secrety [Grant to Richard Beers.] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 19, 1664.] In Ans r to the peticion of Left Richard Beeres : having binn one of the first planters of this Colony & served this Country in their warrs a g t the pecquotts twice &c as is exprest in his petition w ch is on file This Court Judgeth it meete to Graunt him three hundred acres of land where it is to be had free of former Graunts accord- ing to lawe [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 17, 1673.] three hundred acres of land belonging to Left Richard Beers Graunted by the Generali Court and Joynes to m r Georg Brough- tons land lying neere Dover according to this platt A. B. C. D. A. laid out by m r Richard walderne The Court Approoves of this Returne — y e plat is on file / DOVER. 77 [Grant to Emanuel Downing.] [Mass. Court Records, May 13, 1651.] In Answer to the peticion of m r Emanuell Downing fFor the lay- ing out his farme of sixe hundred ackers of land formerly graunted him by this Courte in sattisfaccion of fiffty pounds heertofore paid & laid out by him for the Country, Itt is Ordered that the said six hundred ackers of land be laid out to him by m r w m Howard of Topsfeild and Roger shawe of hampton betweene Hampton and the River mouth of Pascataque at the charge of the said m r Downing Provided the said land specified heerein be not formerly graunted and that it be not p r judicial to any plantation Toune or village that heereafter may be errected :/ [Mass. Court Records, May 22, 1651.] Whereas it appeares by the Records of this Court Numb : 436 that six hundred Acors of Land was graunted to m 1 ' Emanuel Downinge which he affirmes was in Consideration of fifty pounds by him disbursed in England, in Answer to his petition It is Ordred that the sd six hundred Acors of land shalbe layd out to him by m r william Howard of Topsfeild & Roger Shaw of Hampton be- tweene Hampton & the rivers mouth of Pascataque At the Charge of the sd m r Downinge “flvided the sd land Specified herein be not formerly graunted & that it be not p r judiciall to any plantation towne or village that may hereafter be erected [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 10, 1653.] In Ans r to the peticion of m r Emanuell Downing Itt is Ordered that m r Samuell winsly m r Thomas Bradbury and w m Eastow they or any two of them m r winsly being one shall and heereby are Ap- pointed and Authorized to lay out the farme of six hundred acres formerly graunted him (in sattisfaccion of fiffty pounds heereto- fore payd and layd out by him for the Countrie) on the further side of the River neere to Dover bounds being cleere of all gr aunts. 78 CHARTER RECORDS. DUNBARTON. [Granted by Massachusetts, June 19, 1735, to Capt. John Gorham’s men and called Gorham-town . Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Dec. 17, 1748, to Archibald Stark and others, and called Stark ' 1 s-town. Regranted March 2, 1752. Incorporated as Dunbarton, Aug. 10, 1765, and named for a town in Scotland. A portion of Dunbarton' was included in the limits of Hooksett, incorporated July 2, 1822. The line between Dunbarton and Goffstown was established Jan. 7, 1853, and the line between Dunbarton and Weare, July 2, 1853. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 189 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 558 ; Index to Laws, 157; Early History, addresses by Amos Hadley, 1845, PP- 2 7 ? History from the Grant by Mason’s Assigns in 1751, to i860, by Caleb Stark, i860, pp. 272; Centennial Celebration, 1865, pub. 1866, pp. 124; Dunbarton, Past and Present, by J. B. Connor, 4, Granite Monthly, p. 38; historical sketch Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 291.] [Mass. Court Records, April 18, 1735, and House Journal, April 17. I 73 S-] A Petition of James Kitteridge and a Number of others who were Employed in an Expedition Against Canada under S r Wil- liam Phips & the sons or Represent 3 of such of the said Souldiers as are deceased, Praying in Consideration of the Great hardships they Endured and that the Parents of divers of the pet rs were lost in the said Expedition, that this Court would Grant them a Tract of land of Six Miles Square bordering on Suncook Plantation & the Town of Rumford for a Plantation In the House of Represent 3 Read and in Answer to this petition — Voted That a Tract of land of the Contents of Six Miles Square be laid out for a Township on the West side of Rumford in part and part on the West Side of Suncook, the Whole to be laid out into Sixty three Equal Shares one of which one to be for the first Settled Minister, one to be for the use of the Ministry, and one for the School, that on the other Sixty Shares there be Sixty Settlers Admitted and that in the Admission thereof, prefer- ence be given to the Pet rs who are desendants of the officers and Soldiers who were lost in the Expedition to Canada in the year 1690 on the same Terms and Conditions as were made for Settling the two new towns on Ashuelet and that at Paquoig, Excepting the Settlers paying five pounds, And that Henry Rolfe Esq : & M r Samuel Chandler with such as the Hon ble Board shall Appoint DUNBARTON. 79 be a Committee fully Authorized and Impowred to see the Settle- ment of the Township brought forward, Admit Settlers, Return a plat of the Township to this Court within twelve Months for Con- firmation — In Council Read & Nonconcured [Mass. Court Records, June 19, 1735, and House Journal, June 18, 1735-] A Petition of Shubal Goreham Esq r for himself & others that Served in the Comp a of Cap 11 John Goreham in the Expedition Against Canada in the Year 1690, and the Descendants of such as are deceased praying for the Grant of Land for a Township in Consideration of the hardships they endured in said Expedition or their Ancestors In the House of Represent Read & Voted that the prayer of the petition be Granted and that Shubal Goreham Esq r and M r Samuel Sturgis jun r together with such as shall be Joined by the Hon ble Board, be a Com tee at the Charge of the Governm t to lay out a Township of Six Miles Square, North of & Adjoyning to the Township Reported on in favour of Sundry petitioners of Salem & Marblehead ; and that they Return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation, And for the more Effectual bringing forward the Settlement of the said New Town, Ordered that the said Town be laid out into Sixty three equal Shares, one of which to be for the first Settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for a School ; and that on each of the other Sixty Shares the petitioners do within three Years from the Confirmation of the plan have Settled One Good family, who shall have a house built on his home lott of Eighteen feet Square, and Seven feet Stud at the least, and finished, that each Right or Grant have Six Acres of Land brought to & plowed or brought to English Grass and fitted for Mowing, that they Settle a Learned Orthodox Minister and Build and finish a Convenient Meeting house for the publick worship of God ; Provided that in case any of the Rights or Lotts are not fully Settled in all Regards as aforesaid, then such Lott with the Rights thereof to Revert to and be at the disposition of the Province — In Council Read & Concurr’d and Jeremiah Moulton Esq r is Joined in the Affair — 8o CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Court Records, June 28, 1736.] In the House of Represent 51 Ordered that twelve Months time more be Allowed to the Canada Officers and Soldiers Mentioned in the petition of Subal Goreham Esq r as Entred the Eighteenth of June last, to take and Return a plat of their Township they Sur- vey 1, on whom they Depended having faild them ; — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 13, 1736-7.] A Plat of 26,910 Acres of Land, Surveyed by Jerahmeel Cum- mins Survey 1, and Chain men on Oath 2130 (part thereof) having been Granted to Zacheus Lovewell & 1680 Acres laid out to the proprietors of the Township Granted to Cap 1 William Tyngs Company, which leaves twenty three thousand & forty Acres ; beginning at Suncook South West Corner; Running from thence Northerly by Suncook Town line five Miles and one hundred perch to the North West Corner of Suncook Township, and the Corner of Rumford & so on by Rumford town line One hundred & Seventy Rods to the Corner of the Township Granted to Hop- kinton petitioners; thence South 34.30 West by said Township Eight hundred & fifty two perch to a Birch tree Mark’d ; thence by Province Land South 2 : 00 East four hundred & twenty Six perch to the North east Corner of Doct r Hales Township so Called, and by said Township Six Miles to a white Oak being the South east Corner of said Township ; & the North east Corner of Boston Piscataquoag Township, then on the same Course by said Township Six hundred & thirty Nine perch to a heap of Stones thence East by the Needle Six Miles to a pine tree Marked on the Bank of Merrimack River, & so by the River to Suncook Town- ship and by the said Township to the first Station ; which is to Satisfy a Grant of a Township made by this Court to Cap* John Goreham & others — In the House of Represent 51 Read & Ordered that the plat be Accepted & the lands therein Delineated & described (excepting the Grants within mentioned heretofore made by this Court) be Accordingly Confirmed to the officers and Soldiers in the Com- pany late under the Command of Cap* John Goreham dece’d, in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690; And to the heirs Legal Rep- r- [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, pp. 17 and 23.] j 0 | [Offs' f|» t ■ l, t •• ' '■ l* DUNBARTON. 8l resent a & Descendants of such of them as are Since deceased, their heirs and Assignes Respectively forever ; they performing the Conditions of the Grant to all Intents and purposes ; provided the plat Exceeds not the quantity of Twenty Six Thousand Nine hundred & ten Acres of Land & does not Interfere with any other or former Grant as well those within mentioned as any other In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 13, 1736-7.] A Plat containing twenty six thousand nine hundred and ten Acres of Land inclusive of two thousand one hundred and thirty Acres formerly granted to Zecheus Lovewell and others, as also one thousand six hundred and eighty Acres surveyed and laid out to the Proprietors of Old Harry Town so called, by Jerathmeel Cummings Surveyor and two Chain-men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court of June 1735, to the Officers and Soldiers &c of the Company under the Command of the late Capt. John Gor- ham deceased, in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, beginning at Suncook South West Corner, thence Northerly by said Town five Miles one hundred Perch to the North West Corner of that Town- ship granted to Hofkinton Petitioners, thence South eighty four gr. thirty m. West by said Township, eight hundred fifty two Perch to a Beach Tree marked, thence by Province Land South two gr West four hundred twenty six Perch, to the North East Corner of Dr. Hales Township so called, thence South two gr East by said Township six miles to a white Oak Tree the South East Corner of said Township and the North East Corner of Boston Piscataquiag Township and on the same Course, thence six hundred thirty nine Perch by said Boston Township to a heap of Stones, thence East by the Needle six miles to a Pine marked on Merrimack River Bank, and so by the River to Suncook Town- ship, and by that Township to the first bounds mentioned ; was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be and hereby is accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and de- scribed (excepting the Grants within mentioned heretofore made by this Court) be accordingly confirmed to the Officers & Soldiers in the Company late under the Command of Capt John Gorham deceased, in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, and to the Heirs legal Representatives & Descendants of such of them as are since 82 CHARTER RECORDS. deceased, their Heirs and Assigns respectively for ever they per- forming the Conditions of the Grant to all Intents and Purposes, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of twenty six thousand nine hundred and ten Acres of Land, and does not interfere with any other or former Grant, as well those within mentioned as any other. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 2, 1736-7.] In Council Voted that Shubal Goreham Esq r be Impowred and directed to Assemble the Grantees of the Township Granted to the Soldiers under the Command of Cap 11 John Goreham in the Canada Expedition in 1690, in such place and at such time as he shall think fit, then to Chuse a Moderator & proprietors Clerk to Agree Upon Rules Methods and Orders for the Division and Disposal of the Said Propriety in the Most proper Methods for the Speedy ful- fillment of the Conditions of their Grant and Agree Upon Methods for calling future Meetings. In the House of Represent 3, Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher DUNSTABLE [NASHUA]. [This was a part of the Old Dunstable grant made by Massachusetts Oct. 16, 1673. Incorporated April 1, 1746. “One Pine Hill,” belonging to Dunstable, was annexed to Hollis Dec. 13, 1763. The farms of Daniel Merrill and Ebenezer Jacquith were taken from Dunstable and annexed to Hollis, May 14, 1773. The name was changed to Nashua Dec. 8, 1836. See New Hampshire charters following: IX, Bouton Town Papers, 193, 39 7, 416; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 622; Index to Laws, 158; Scrap of History Relating to Hollis and Dunstable, 1, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, p. 57 ; History of the Old Township of Dunstable, by Charles J. Fox, 1846, pp. 278 ; Bi-Centennial Celebration, 1873, pub. 1878, pp. 189; Historical Sketch of West Dunstable, by Charles S. Spaulding, 10, Granite Monthly, p. 165; sketch of Nashua, by John H. Goodale, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1886, P- I 39 *] DUNSTABLE. 83 [' Charter of Old Dunstable, [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 232.] To the Honoured Govern 1 Dep* Gover* with the Magis ts and Dep tes now assembled in the Gen 11 Court at Boston Sep 1 15 th 1673 The Petition of the proprietors of the farmes that are laid out upon Merrimack River and places adjacent; with others who desire to joyne with them in the settlement of a plantation there Humbly Sheweth that whereas there is a Considerable tract of the Countrie land that is environed with the proprietyes of per- ticular persons and townes (viz) by the line of the towne of Chel- mesford, and by Grauton line and by M r Brentons farme ; by Sowhegen farmes : And beyond Merrimack River by the outer- most line of Henery Kemballs farme and so to Chelmesford line againe all which is in little Capacity of doeing the Countrye any service Except the farmes bordering upon it, be adjoyned to the said land to make a plantation there : And there being a consider- able number of persons who are of a Sober and orderly conversa- tion that doe stand in great need of accommodacions who are will- ing and reddy to make pu r sent improvement of the said vacant Land : And the proprietors of the said farmes are therefore willing to joyne with, and give incouragem* to those that shall improve the said Land The farmes of themselves that are with in the tract of Land before discribed containe about fourteene thousand acres at the Least Yo r PETiTiONO r s therefore humbly request the favour of this honoured Court that they will please to grant the said tract of Land to yo r Petitioners and to such as shall joyne with them in the settlement of the land afforementioned so that those who have already improved their farmes there and others also who speedyly intend to doe the like : may be in away for the enjoyment of the publiq ordinances of god : ffor with out which the greatest part of the yeare they will be deprived of: the farmes lyeing so far re- moat from any townes : And farther that this Honoured Court will please to grant the like immunities to this plantacion as they in their favours have formerly granted to other new plantacions : So shall yo r Petitiono r s be ever engaged to pray &c. Tho 8 Edwards Tho 8 Wheeler sen 1 ' Peter Bulkeley John Parker John morse jr Samuell koms 8 4 James Parrker jr Nath Blood CHARTER RECORDS. Josiah Parker Rob 1 Parris Tho : Brattle Joseph Parker John Jollife Jonathan Tyng Robert Gibbs Samuel Scarlett James knopp Zabenia Long : Joseph wheler John Turnor James Parkersen Sampson Sheafe Abraham Parker Simon willard William Lakin Robert Procter The magists Judge it meet to Grant the peticoners Request herein Provided that a farme of five hundred acres of upland & meadow be layd out of this tract for the publick use & that they so proceed in settling y e plantation as to finish it once w th in three years & procure & maintayne an able & orthodox minister amongst them : the magis ts have past this their brethren the Deputyes hereto Consenting 1 6 October 73 Edward Rawson Secret’y The Deputyes Consent hereto A Petition of Capt. Robert Fletcher and sundry others of the Town of Dunstable on the East side the River Merrimack praying that that part of the Town may be set off a distinct Township agre- able to the Town Vote of the first of March 1730, 1. and that they may not loose their proportionable parts of Land belonging to the Inhabitants, and that the Lands of the non-resident Proprietors on the East side the River may be subjected to the Ministerial Charge in the Town prayed for. Read and Ordered, That the prayer of the Petition be so far granted as that the Lands on the East side Merrimack in the Town of Dunstable be set off a distinct Township, and that the Petitioners have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly. Sent up for Concurrence. A Petition of Robert Fletcher & others Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable on the Easterly side of the River praying that they may be set off a distinct Township agreeable to the Vote of the William Torrey Cleric [Mass. House Journal, June 28, 1732.] [Mass. Court Records, June 29, 1732.] DUNSTABLE. 85 Town pass’d the first of March 1730 that they may have their pro- portion of Lands belonging to the Inhabitants and that they may be impowered to tax the Lands of the Non Residents on y t side of the River towards the Ministerial Charges — In the House of Represent^ 8 Read & Ordered that the prayer of the petition be so far granted as y t y e lands on the East Side of Merrimack River in the Town of Dunstable be sett off a distinct Township & that y e petition 1 ' 3 have Leave to bring in a Bill accord- ingly— In Council Read & Concur’d — Consented to J Belcher. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 9, 1732.] Francis Foxcroft Esq ; brought down a Bill Entitled An Act for erecting all the Lands on the Easterly side of the River Merrimack, belonging to the Town 0/ Dunstable into a Township by the Name of Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council Novemb. 8 th, 1732. Read. 9 th Read a second time, and pass’d to be Engross’d. Sent down for Concurrence Read a first time. [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 10, 1732.] The Bill entitled An Act for erecting all the Lands on the East- erly side of the River Merrimack belonging to the Towm of Dun- stable into a Township by y e Name of In Council read a second Time & pass’d to be Engross’d. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 10, 1732.] A Bill Entitled, An Act for Erecting all the Lands on the East- erly side of the River Merrimack, belonging to the Town 0/ Dun- stable, into a Township by the Name of Read a second and a third time, and pass’d a Concurrence. 86 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 14, 1732.] An Engross’d Bill Entitled An Act Jor erecting all the Lands on the Easterly side of the River Merrimack, belonging to the Town of Dun stable, into a Township by the Name of Read and Resolved, That the Bill pass to be Enacted. [Mass. House Journal, June 28, 1734.] A Petition of Capt. fosefh Blanchard in behalf of himself and the rest of the Committee for the Town and Proprietors of Dunstable , praying that a Committee of some suitable Persons may be appointed to run the Lines of the Township of Dunstable, including Nottingham, where the same joins to the unappropriated Lands of the Province, that the marks may be renewed, and that new ones may be raised, and marked where the old ones are down, or that such order may be taken in the Premises as to the Court shall seem meet. Read and Ordered, That John Wainwright, William White, and Charles Church, Esqrs ; with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee (any Three of whom to be a Quorum) in the name and behalf of this Province, to join with such Committee as shall be appointed and fully authorized by the Town and Proprietors of old Dunstable inclusive of Nottingham, to peram- bulate and renew the Line within mentioned* and make report to this Court with their doings herein as soon as may be. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 29, 1734.] A Petition of a Com tee for the Town and proprietors of Dunstable praying That this Court would Appoint some Suitable persons to Run the lines of the said Town including the Town of Nottingham where they Join to the Province Land and Renew the marks and make New Ones where the Old Marks are lost that so the bounds may be Clearly known. — In the House of Represent 3 Read & Ordered That John Wain- wright Will m White and Charles Church Esq rs with such as the Hon ble Board shall Join be a Com tee (any three of whom to be a Quorum) in the name and behalf of this Province to Join with such DUNSTABLE. 87 Com tee as shall be Appointed and fully Authorized by the Town and proprietors of Old Dunstable inclusive of Nottingham to peram- bulate and Renew the line within mentioned and make Report to this Court of their doings thereon as soon as may be In Council Read & Concurr’d and Samuel Thaxter and William Dudley Esq rs are Joined in the affair — Consented to J Belcher — [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 26, 1734.] The Committee of both Houses Appointed to Renew Dunstable line &c gave in the following Report Viz 1 — The Com tee Appointed the 28 th of June last to Renew the line of old Dunstable, where the same Joins to the Unappropriated Lands of the Province, have attended that Service & Report thereon as follows viz 1 . We began at the Stump of a pine tree the Reported bounds of Dunstable Dracutt & Methuen, which had been formerly marked with the letter F the Tree fallen down which stood in Sight of Bever Brook ; from thence we Ran a Course two Degrees West- ward of the Northwest to Merrimack River The Bounds from the Stump we Renewed by heaving Stones about it from thence we new marked a pine from thence to an Old Marked Pine so Renewed the Marks on the aforesaid Course Severall Trees being Antiently marked with the Letter F to Merrimack River which we Renewed and marked with D on the Westerly Side & M on the Easterly : On the West side of Merrimack River we begun at a place Called Dram cup hill on the North west Corner of Charlestown School Farm at Souheag River and Ran from thence a South point by the Needle finding many old Marks and Renewing the same & were the old marks were down made new ones and we lettered many of them with D M, coming by the Westerly end of Muscatanapus pond and so Continued the same Course till it intersected the Northerly line of Townshend which is submitted By Your Excellencys & Honours most obed 1 Servants Sam 1 Thaxter Jn° Wainwright Charles Church In Council Read & Accepted In the House of Represent 3 Read & Concurr’d Consented to J Belcher 88 CHARTER RECORDS. \_Petition of Inhabitants of Dunstable and Groton to Be Made a Separate Township, i 738 -~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 268.] To His Excellency Jon a Belcher Esq r Captain General and Governour in Chief &c The Hon ble the Council and House of Rep tives in General Court Assembled at Boston November the 29 th 1738— The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants and Proprietors of the Towns of Dunstable and Groton — Humbly Sheweth — That your Petitioners are Situated on the Westerly side Dun- stable Township and the Northerly side Groton Township those in the Township of Dunstable in General their houses are nine or ten miles from Dunstable Meeting house and those in the Town- ship of Groton none but what lives at least on or near Six miles from Groton Meeting house by which means your petitioners are deprived of the benefit of preaching, the greatest part of the year, nor is it possible at any Season of the year for their familys in General to get to Meeting under which Disadvantages your pet rs has this Several years Laboured excepting the Winter Seasons for this two winters past, which they have at their Own Cost and Charge hired preaching amongst themselves which Disadvantages has very much prevented peoples Settling land there — That there is a Tract of good land well Situated for a Town- ship of the Contents of about Six miles and an half square bounded thus, beginning at Dunstable Line by Nashaway River So running by the Westerly side said River Southerly One mile in Groton Land, then running Westerly a Paralel Line with Groton North Line, till it comes to Townsend Line and then turn- ing and running north to Grotton Northwest Corner, and from Grotton Northwest Corner by Townsend line and by the Line of Groton New Grant till it comes to be five miles and an half to the Northward of Groton North Line from thence due east, Seven miles, from thence South to Nashua River and So by Nashua River Southwesterly to Grotton line the first mentioned bounds, which described Lands can by no means be prejudicial either to the Town of Dunstable or Groton (if not Coming within Six miles or thereabouts of either of their Meetinghouses at the nearest place) to be taken off from them and Erected into a Seperate Township — That there is already Settled in the bounds of the aforedescribed DUNSTABLE. 89 Tract near forty familys and many more ready to come on were it not for the difficulties and hardships afores d of getting to Meet- ing — These with many other disadvantages we find very trouble- some to Us, Our living So remote from the Towns We respec- tively belong to — Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly pray Your Excellency and Honours would take the premisses into your Consideration and make an Act for the Erecting the aforesaid Lands into a Sep- erate and distinct Township with the powers priviledges and Immunities of a distinct and Seperate Township under Such restrictions and Limitations, as you in your Great Wisdom Shall See meet — And Whereas it will be a great benefit and Advantage to the Non resident proprietors owning Lands there by Increasing the Value of their Lands or rendering easy Settleing the Same, Your Pet rs also pray that they may be at their proportionable part according to their respective Interest in Lands there, for the building a Meeting house and Settling a Minister, and so much towards Constant preaching as in your wisdom Shall be thought proper — Settlers on the afores d Lands — Will m Colburn Peter Pawer Henry Barton David Vering William Adams Will m Shattuck Josiah Blood Stephen Harris Abr m Taylor Jun r Peter Wheeler Philip Woolerick Joseph Taylor Tho s Navins Jerahmal Cumings Tho 3 Dinsmoor Benj a Farley Robert Colburn Nath 1 Blood Moses Proctor Obadiah Parker Eben 1 ' Pearce Non-Resident Proprietors. Samuel Browne John Fowle Jun Joseph Lemmon Daniel Remant James Cumings W Browne Nath Saltonstall Jeremiah Baldwin John Malven Isaac Farwell Joseph Blanchard Joseph Eaton Sam 1 Baldwin Jon a Malven Eben r Procter In Council January 4 th 1738 — Read again and Ordered that the further Consideration of this Petition be referred to the first tuesday of the next May Session And that James Minot and John Hobson Esq r3 with Such as the Honourable Board shall joine be a Committee at the Charge of the petitioners to repair to the Lands petitioned for to be Erected into a Township first giving Seasonable notice as well to the peti- 9 ° CHARTER RECORDS. tioners as to the Inhabitants and Non Resident Proprietors of Lands within the s d Towns of Dunstable and Groton of the time of their going by Causing the Same to be publish’d in the Boston Gazette, that they Carefully View the s d Lands as well as the other part of the s d Towns, so farr as may be desired by the Partys or thought proper, that the Petitioners and all others Con- cerned be fully heard in their pleas and Allegations for, as well as against the prayer of the Petition ; and that upon Mature Consid- eration on the whole the Committee then report what in their Opinion may be proper for the Court to do in Answer thereto — Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 " 1 In Council Jan 17 9 th 1738 Read and Concurred and Thomas Berry Esq r is joined in the Affair— Simon Frost Dep ty Sec 17 Consented to J Belcher A true Copy Exam d ^ Simon Frost Dep 1 Sec 17 \_R export of Committee on Foregoing Petition, //jp.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 272.] The Committee Appointed on the Petition of the Inhabitants and Proprietors Situated on the Westerly side of Dunstable and Northerly side of Groton, Having after Notifying all parties, Repaired to the Lands, Petitioned to be Erected into a Township, Carefully Viewed the Same, Find a very Good Tract of Land in Dunstable Westward of Nashaway River and between s d River and Souhegan River, Extending from Groton New Grant and Townsend Line Six Miles East, Lying in a very Commodious Form for a Township, And on said Lands there now is about Twenty Families, and Many More Settling, that none of the Inhabitants live nearer to a Meeting House then Seven Miles and if they go to their own Town have to pass over a ferry the great- est part of the Year. We also Find in Groton a Sufficient Quan- tity of Land Accommodable for Settlement, and a Considerable Number of Inhabitants thereon, that in Some short Time when they are well Agreed may be Erected into a District Parish ; And that it will be very inconvenient to Erect a Township in the Form prayed for or to Break in upon Either Town. The Com- mittee are of Opinion that the Petitioners in Dunstable are under DUNSTABLE. 9 1 such Circumstances as necessitates them to Ask Releif which will be fully Obtained by their being made Township, Which if this Hon ble Courtt should Judge necessary to be done ; The Committee are Further of Opinion that it Will be greatly for the Good and Interest of the Township that the Non Resident Proprietors, have Liberty of Voting with the Inhabitants as to the Building and Placing a Meeting House, and that the Lands be Equally Taxed, towards said House And that for the Support of the Gosple Minis- try among them the Lands of the Non Resident Proprietors be Taxed at Two pence per Acre for the Space of Five Years. All which is Humbly Submitted in the Name & by Order of the Committee. Thomas Berry In Council July 7 1739 Read and ordered that the further Consideration of this Report be referred to the next Sitting, and that the Petitioners be in the meantime freed from paying any thing toward the support of the ministry in the Towns to which they respectively belong. Sent down for Concurrence J Willard Sec’ry In the House of Rep tives June 7 : 1739 Read and Concurred J Quincy Sp kr Consented to, J Belcher In Council Decem r 27, 1739. Read again and Ordered that this Report be So far Accepted as that the Land mentioned and described therein, with the Inhabi- tants there be erected into a Separate & distinct precinct, and the Said Inhabitants are hereby vested, with all Such Powers & Privi- leges that any other Precinct in this Province have or by Law ought to enjoy and they are also impowered to assess & levy a Tax of Two pence per Acre per Annum for the Space of Five Years, on all the unimproved Lands belonging to the Non resident Proprietors to be applied for the Support of the Ministry accord- ing to the Said Report. Sent down for Concurrence Simon Frost Dep* Sec ry In the House of Rep tves Dec r 28, 1739 Read and concur’d Janu a 1 : Consented to, J Quincy Sp kr J Belcher 9 2 CHARTER RECORDS. [. Petition of Richard Warner and Others , 77J9.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 274.] To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives of Said Province, in General Court Assembled, Dec-i2 th 1739 — The Petition of Richard Warner and Others, Inhabitants of the Towns of Groton and Dunstable. Most Humbly Sheweth. That Your Petitioners dwell very far from the place of Public Worship in either of the said Towns, Many of them Eight Miles distant, some more, and none less than four miles, Whereby Your Petitioners are put to great difficulties in Travelling on the Lords Days, with our Families — Your Petitioners therefore Humbly Pray Your Excellency and Honours to take their circumstances into Your wise and Compassionate Consideration And that a part of the Town of Groton, Beginning at the line between Groton and Dun- stable where it crosses Lancaster River, and so up the said River until it comes to a Place called and known by the name of Joseph Blood’s Ford Way on said River thence a West Point ’till it comes to Townshend line &c. With such a part and so much of the Town of Dunstable as this Honourable Court in their great Wis- dom shall think proper, with the Inhabitants Thereon, may be Erected into a separate and distinct Township* that so they may attend the Public Worship of God with more ease than at present they can, by reason of the great distance they live from the Places thereof as aforesaid. And Your Petitioners, as in Duty bound, shall ever Pray, &c — Richard Warner Benjamin Swallow William Allin Isaac Williams Ebenezer Gilson Ebenezer Peirce Samuel Fisk John Green Josiah Tucker Zachariah Lawrence Jun r William Blood Jeremiah Lawrence Stephen Eames (Inhabitants of Groton) 13 Enoch Hunt William Blanchard Samuel Parker Philip Wolrich Eleazer Flegg Samuel Cumings Gideon Houe Josiah Blood Samuel Farle William Adams (Inhabitants of Dunstable) 10 In the House of Rept ves Dec r 12 th 1739 Read and Sent up. J Quincy Sp kr DUNSTABLE. 93 In Council Decem r 14, 1739. Read & Ordered that the Petitioners Serve the Towns of Dun- stable & Groton with Copy’s of the Petition that they respectively Shew Cause if any they have on Wednesday the Twenty sixth Currant if y e Court be then Sitting if not on y e first Tuesday of y e next Session why the Prayer thereof Should not be granted. — Sent down for Concurrence Simon Frost Dep* Sec 17 In the House of Rep tves Dec r 14, 1739. Read and concur’ d J Quincy Sp kr 15 : Consented to, J Belcher [ Consent of Certain Inhabitants of Dunstable to New Townshif , * 739 '] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 277.] Wee the Sub rs Inhab ts of y e Town of Dunstable & Residence in that part of it Called Nissitisitt Do hereby Authorize and Fully Impower Abraham Taylor Jun r and Peter Power to Represent to Gen 11 Court our unwillingness that any Part of Dunstable Should sett off to Groton to make a Township or Parrish and to Shew forth our Earness Desire that a Township be made intirely out off Dunstable Lands Extending Six miles North from Groton Line which will Bring the on the Line on y e Brake of Land and Just Include the Present Setlers : or otherwise As y e Hon 11 Commitee Reported and Agreeable to the tenour thereoff as The Hon le Court Shall See meet and as in Duty bound &c Dunstable Dece r y e 21 st 1739 Tho s Dinsmore Will m Adams Jame Whiting Joseph Me. Daniels Robert Colborn Tho 3 Navins Joshua Walch Joseph whitemb William Nevins James McrDaniels William Colburn Peter wheeler Nath 11 Blood Henry Berten Jonathan malven Moses Prctor Rundall Mcidaniels Stephen Harris David Nevins Willum Shattack Jera th Cumings These may Sertifie to y e Hon 1 Court that there is Nomber of Eleven more y 4 has not Signed this Nor y e Petetion of Richard Worner & others) that is now Setled and About to Setle 94 CHARTER RECORDS. [. Answer to Richard Warner's Petition , //jp.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 278.] Province of the ) To His Excellency The Governour The Massachusetts Bay 5 Hon 11 Councill & House of Rep tives in Gener- ali Court Assembled Dec r 1739 The Answer of y e Subscribers agents for the Town of Groton to y e Petition of Richard Warner & others praying that part of Said Town with part of Dunstable may be Erected into a Distinct & Seperate Township — May it please your Excellency & Hon r The Town of Groton Duely Assembled and Taking into Con- sideration y e Reasonableness of Said Petition have Voted their Willingness That the prayer of y e Petition be Granted as ^ their vote herewith humbly presented appears, with this Alteration Namely That they Include the River (viz* Nashua River) over w ch is a Bridge, built Intirely to Accomodate Said Petitioners here- tofore, & your Respondents therefore Apprehend it is but Just & Reasonable the Same should for the future be by them Maintain’d if they are Set of from us Your Respondents Pursuant to y e Vote Aforesaid humbly move to your Excellency & Hon rs That no more of Dunstable be Laid to Groton Then Groton have voted of, for one Great Reason that In- duced Sundry of y e Inhabitants of Groton to come into Said Vote was This Namely They owning a very Considerable part of the Lands Voted to be Set of as afores d were willing to Condesend to y e Desires of their neighbours Apprehending that meeting House being Erected on or near y e Groton Lands & a minister Settled it w 7 ould Raise their Lands in Vallue but should a Considerable part of Dunstable be set of more then of Groton it must of Course draw the Meeting House farther from y e Groton Inhabitants w ch would be very hurtfull both to the people petitioners & those that will be Non Resident proprietors if the Township is made wherefore they pray That Said New Township may be Incor- porated Agreeble to Grotons Vote vizt made Equally out of both Towns & as in duty bound shall Ever pray Nat hn Sartell william Lawrance DUNSTABLE. 95 [ Vote of Dunstable Inhabitants, i/jp-] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 280.] Att a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable Reg- ularly Assembled at Dunstable on fryday the 21 st day of December J 739 Unanimously Voted that none ot the lands in Dunstable be sett off to Joyn with Groton to make a Seperate Township — Also Voted that Eleazer Tyng & Joseph Blanchard Esq rs Mess r3 John French John Kendall & Abra m Taylor Jun r be a Com tee De- sired & fully Impowered Joyntly & Severally, to Reply And make Answer to the Petition of Some of the Inhabitants of Dunstable And Groton Petitioning to be made a Seperate Township as enter- ed y e 12 th CurP And to Shew reason why the prayer therof Ought not to be granted a true Copy Extracted from y e Votes of s d meeting Att* Joseph Blanchard Town Cler [ Vote of Groton Inhabitants, iyjp.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 281.] At a Legall town meeting of the Inhabitants & freeholders of the town of Groton assembled December y e 24 th 1739 voted and Chose Cap* William Lawrance Modderator for Said meeting &c : — In Answer to the Petion of Richard warnor & others voted that the Land with the Inhabitance mentioned in Said Petion Including the River from Dunstable Line to y e ford way Called and Known by y e Name of Joseph Bloods ford way : be Set of from the town of Groton to Joyn with Sum of the westordly Part of the town of Dunstable to make a Distinct and Sepprate town Ship Provided that their be no : More taken from Dunstable then from Groton in macking of Said new town — Also voted that Nathaniel Sawtell Esq r and Cap fc William Law- rance be Agiants In the affair or Either of them to wait upon the Great and Generial Cort : to use their Best inDeaver to Set off the Land as afores d So that the one half of y e Said new town may be made out of Groton and no : more : 9 6 CHARTER RECORDS. Abstract Examined & Compaird of the town book of Record for Groton ^ Jona h Sheple Town Clark Groton Decem br 24 th A : D : 1739 [. Remonstrance against a New Township, [Mass. Archives, Vol 114, p. 282.] Province of y e > To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq r Gov- Mass tt5 Bay $ ernour &c To The Hon 1 His Majesty’s Councill & House of Representatives in Gen 11 Court Assembled Decem- ber 1739— Whereas Some few of the Inhabitants of Groton & Dunstable have Joyned in their Petition to this Hon 1 Court to be erected with Certain Lands into a Township As ^ their Petition entered the 12 th Curr 4 which prayer if granted will very much Effect y e Quiet & Interest of the Inhabitants on the northerly part of Groton Wherefore the Subscribers most Humbly begg leave To Remon- strate to y e Excellency & Hon 13 the great & Numerous Damages that wee and many Others Shall Sustain if their Petition Shou’d be granted and would Humbly Shew — That the Contents of Groton is ab 4 forty Thousand Acres Good Land Sufficient & happily Situated for two Townships, And have on or near Two Hundred & Sixty Family’s Setled there with Large Accommodations for many more — That the land pray’d for Out of Groton Could it be Spared is in a very Incommodious place, & will render a Division of the remaining part of the town Impracticable & no ways Shorten the travil of the remotest Inhabit nts — That it will leave the town from the northeast end to the South- west end at least fourteen miles and no possibillity for those ends to be Accommodated at any Other place w ch will render the Difficulties we havelong Laboured under without Remidy — That part of the lands Petitioned for (will when This Hon 1 Court Shall see meet to Divide us) be in & near the Middle of one of y e Townships — And Altho the number of thirteen persons is there Sett forth to Petition. — it is wrong and Delusive Severall of them gave no Consent to Any Such thing And to Compleat their Guile have DUNSTABLE. 97 entered the names of four persons who has no Interest in that part of the town viz Swallow Tucker Ames & Green That there is near Double the number On y e Lands Petit d for and Setled amongst them who Declare Against their Proceedings. & here Signifie the Same That many of us now are at Least Seven miles from Our meeting And the Only Encouragement to Settle there was the undeniable Accommodations to make An Other town without w ch we Should by no means have undertaken — That if this their Pet n Shou’d Succed — Our hopes must Perrish — thay by no means benifitted — & we put to all the Hardships Immaginable. That the whole tract of Land thay pray may be Taken Out of groton Contain about Six or Seven Thousand Acres, (the Quantity And Situation may be Seen on y e plan here- with And but Ab* four Or five hundred Acres therof Owned by the Peti rs And but very Small Improvements On that — Under all w ch Circumstances wee Humbly Conceive it unreasonable for them to desire thus to Harass and perplex us. Nor is it by Any means for the Accommodation of Dunstable thus to Joyn who have land of their Own Sufficient and none to Spare without prejudicing their begun Settlement Wherefore we most Humbly pray Y e Excellency & Hon r3 to Compassionate — Our — Circumstances And that thay may not be Sett off And as in Duty bound &c Benj a Parker Samuel Shattuck jn Jonathan Shattuck John Chambrlen Thomas Fish David Shattuck John Scott John Swallow Enoch larwance wiliam Cumings John Woods Joseph Spoaldeng j Nath 11 Parker Jacob Lakin Henery gebes John Shattuck Samuel Wright Isaac Woods Jonathan woods James Green Joseph Blood Josiah Sartell er James Larwance James Shattuck John Cumings Isaac Lakin Seth Phillips Benj a Robines William Spoalding John Blood Nathaniel Lawrence jr 9 8 CHARTER RECORDS. [ Consent of Certain Dunstable Inhabitants to New Township, I 739-~] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 285.] Province of y e ^ To His Excellency Jon a Belcher Esq r Gov r Massachusetts Bay >&c the Hon 1 his Majes ty Council & House of New England 9 Representatives in Gen 11 Court Assembled December 26 : 1739 Wee the Subscribers Prop rs of Lands in the Township of Dun- stable at and near Nissitisset wou’d hereby Signifie to Y or Excel- lency & Hon rs Our Desire and Consent that the Lands there may be Erected into a Distinct and Seperate township According to the tenour and form of the Report made by the Gen 11 Courts Com tee Appointed to view the Circumstances of that Place & As in Duty bound &c Joseph Blanchard John kendall Oliver Farwell Ben:Farwell Joseph Phillips Jos : French John Rush by order Joseph Wise Dunstable Decem r y e 22 d 1739. These May Certify Whom it may Concern y t I Whose Name is hereunto Subscribd Notwithstanding our Names are in y e Petition of Richard Worner & others Inhab ts of Groton & Dunstable that we Never Signed nor were Concenting nor by any meens Gave order for y e Same his Will™ CO Adams mark Isaac Farwell John Fowle Jun r Jos Whitcomb [Remonstrance of Certain Dunstable Inhabitants , //jp.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 286.] Province of y e )To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Massachusetts Bay 5 Esc£ Governour &c To The Hon 1 his Majes tys Council & house of Representatives in Gen 1 Court Assem- bled December y e 26 1739 DUNSTABLE. 99 Whereas Some few of the Inhabitants of Dunstable And Groton at and near Nissitissett (so Called) have Joyned in their Petition to this Hon 1 Court, as entered the 12 th Curr 1 Praying that Certain Lands in Groton together with part of Dunstable may be erected into a township — Wherefore Wee the Subscribers being Authorized thereunto by The Town of Dunstable most Humbly beg Leave to remonstrate, the greate Difficulties And hardships (should their request be granted) it wou’d put us to first — Because the Lands in Dunstable (as reported by the Com tee of this Hon 1 Court, who went to view) are in a Sutable & Commodious form to be a Seperate Township And good Land Sufficient to make a Compact & good Town And so Situated that Should the Southerly part be taken off to groton it would render it Improbable for many of the Inhabitants now Settled there and those who will hereafter — which many is prepareing to do, ever to be Accommodated to Any Other meeting — And Altho the Original Grant of Our Township Included a Large Quantity of Land, Yet greatest part therof was in farms before — nor had the grantees or Settlers very Little Benfit by any Excepting what Lyes in the Said tract at Nissitissett ; in all Other parts the Lands was mean And Slips Left amongst the farms all the good Lands on Merrimack Nashua & Souhegan Rivers and almost All Other good Spots, was before granted (Excepting what Lay there) so that very Considerable part of Our first Divisions has been Lay’d Out at and near the s d Nissitissett. — The Remoteness of those lands And the Lamentable Experience of the Danger of Indians Compelled us (in Order to Comply with y e terms of Our grant, to buy the farms on Merrimack where we are now Settled, And Altho Our Town has been thus Settled this Sixty years Our Families & Estates we may say has usually Served for a yearly Sacrifice for the Heathen — That the Lands at and near Nissitissett which was all the bene- fit we Could promis Our Selves ; at so Dear a price, has now a fair prospect If we may not be hack’t by Other Towns, when we can Settle those Lands (which has for Some time made Consider- able Progress) in some very Small degree make up for our former Sufferings, but if half a township Should be Sett to Groton Our hopes would prove Abortive And Our gains Immaginary for very Considerable part of our Interest there, (which Our more then forty Years hardships in this wilderness has procured & those Lands never Accomodated to Any Other place And Altho the IOO CHARTER RECORDS. Contents in Dunstable is more then Six miles North And South. Yet ther’s not more than that Distance from Groton line that can Admitt of Settlement, And Come that way by Reason of Mountain- ous & Barren Lands As by a Com tee of Dunstable was Observed to the Hon 1 Com tee who went to view (when On the Spot) and a Further view Insisted on unless Groton, And the peti 13 would Alow & own, which they readily did — And that in Laying out our Lands we Suted our Division for the making a township wholly in Dun- stable And the present Inhabitants Are Settled there Accordingly under that Expectation Nor is there Any one Nonresident prop r whose Gen 11 Interest it wou’d be to have Any Off our Lands Joyned to Groton nor reason to Suspect it, unless Some wrong Sugges- tions has been made, and then twou’d only Touch the ears of those who never Saw the place When y e Com tee before ment nd was On y e Spot the nonresident Prop 1-3 had been Duly Notified, And many of them by them Selves or Agents Appeard And Signified their unwillingness And the Disadvantage it wou’d put them Under to be Joyned to Groton And Wee beg Leave farther Humbly to Shew That thay have pretended the Names of ten persons in Dunstable to that Peti n w ch is unfair And A Sham, for Some of them Never Consented to Any Such Request As ^ Certificates herewith, And two more of them has not One peneworth of Real Estate in Dunstable, viz 1 Gideon Houe & Phillip Olerick (or) Wolrick, the S d Gideon being a minor And only transiently there his Guardian nor Relations has no Interest in that part of the town nor knew of his Name being thus Used, by them in AnyPeti 11 And had thay thus Increased their numbers Still, it would have Served for but A mere Amusement The Whole Quantity of Lands Owned by them all in Dunstable Amounts to but About five Hundred Acres w** is not more then the fortieth part. And tho thay have been pleased to Sett forth Samuel Parker as One of the Inhabitants of Dunstable, tis making their work all of a peice for their is no Such Inhabitant in the Town nor ever was And upon the whole we Humbly Conceive their Request to be altogether unreasonable. And that if desining men are thus Emitted to force their Scheems & Perplex their neighbours without Any Umbrage or Shadow for what thay do ’twill give us Continual trouble — Wherefore we most humbly pray Your Excellency & Hon re to take the premises into Your wise Consideration And that No part DURHAM. IOI of the Lands in Dunstable may be Sett of to Groton And As in Duty Bound Shall ever pray — Eleazer Tyng Joseph Blanchard John french i>Com tee John kendell Abraham Taylor Jun r DURHAM. [Petitioned to be set off from Dover as a parish by the name of Oyster River , May 27, 1669. Incorporated as Durham, May 15, 1732. Lee was set off and incorporated Jan. 16, 1766. The south line of the town was established June 19, 1818. A portion of Durham was severed and annexed to Newmarket, July 2, 1870. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 234; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 566; Index to Laws, 159; Life of John Sullivan, by Thomas C. Amory, 1868, pp. 320; Memoir of Ebenezer Thompson, by Mary P. Thompson, 1886, pp. 86; sketches of history, 5, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, p. 129; sketch, Hurd’s History of Strafford County, 1882, p. 616.] [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1660.] In Ans r to the peticion of the Inhabitants of Oyster River It is Ordered that majo r Atherton Joyne w th Capt n Wiggens in keeping the next County Court at strawbery bancke & Yorke. And that he w th the rest of the Comissioners Joyned w th him for examining & setling the respective Interests & rights of M r ffoxwell Jourdan & Phillips, doe heare examine & determine the matter in difference betwene Dover & oyster River and that all parties Concerned therein doe Attend the same at Strawberry bancke at the afore- said Court, and that any three of the Comissioners Majo r Atherton being one be Impowred to act in all the premisses./ [Mass. Court Records, May 19, 1669.] In Ans r to the petition of the Inhabitants of Oyster River. The Court, by y eu Comittee having heard y e petitioners w th what Cap 1 Walderne Alleadged in behalfe of Dover, that that Toune is not 102 CHARTER RECORDS. Informed of this motion & by perusing many papers presented in the case together w th what is granted & yeilded on both hands It is hopefull there may be an agreement & Setlement of things be- twixt themselves w ch this Court Comends to them Judging it best that they should jointly agree upon termes w ch may be most advantagious to each other & for publick good and for that end Judge it meet to respit the case till next sessions of this Court when what they shall Agree upon may be confirmed by this Court or in case of non agreement the petitioners to give notice in due season to their neighbours & brethren of their Intendmts further to prosecute this motion of being a Touneship at the next sessions of this Court that so they may have an oppertunity to make answer thereto \_Petition of Oyster River to Be Made a Township, i66^.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. io, p. 104.] To the much honoured Generali Court of the Massachusets assembled at Boston May 19 : 1669 : the humble petition of the inhabitants of oyster River is as followeth : The consideration of your prudent and pious care for the carry- ing on, the main end of planting this colonie, in the setling reli- gion, and promoting the welfare of souls in everie part of it sub- ject to your goverment, doth imbolden us (Who are also in some measure sensible of the great end we came into the world for, the advancement of the glorie of god in our own salvation) to present this humble address unto your selves : It is not unknown to some of you that the inhabitants of Dover (of whom for the present we are a part) manie years since, taking into consideration the intolerable inconvenience of our travail, manie miles, part by land, part by water manie times by both, to the publick worship of god, and the necessarie stay of manie of us from publick worship, who cannot undergo the difficulties of travail to it, it was then publickly agreed and concluded, that there should be two ministers at Dover the one in oyster River, the other at Dover neck, as appears by a town act, bearing date the fourteenth of the fifth fiftie one, the means of calling and maintaining both which are one, yet while we continue with them there is noe power improved on our behalfe, to that end, nor have we anie of our selves, whereby we have a long time, and at present groan under intolerable inconveniences, DURHAM. 103 our ministrie being greatly weakened, yea and hazarded thereby having neither head, nor hand, to move in order to calling when without, or setling and mantaing when obtained, and it being so difficult for us to attend civill meetings there that often most of us cannot be there, whence we are in danger to be neglected, or not so taken care of, nor our affairs so well provided for as if we were a township of our selves, we being in all two hundred and twentie souls, near fiftie families, seventy and od souldiers, a convenient num- ber of free men, humbly request this honoured Court to grant us that so benificiall a priviledge of becoming a township with such bounds, as have been alreadie granted us, or shall be thought meet by this honoured Court, and for this end we have sent John woodman an inhabitant among us and give him power to join anie with him, as he shall see meet for y e managing of this our petition, and prose- cution of our further reasons; committed to him, should this hon- oured Court whose care we know extendeth to us among the rest of this colonie, vouchsafe us a favourable answer to this request where as as now our hearts and hands are weakened, in the work, provision for the ministrie standing at a stay, the old and young in families too much neglected others of good use who would join with us discouraged, untill wee become a township, some readie to leave us if things stand as they doe, we trust upon your grant you would soon finde our number increasing, our hearts and hands strengthened in the work of god, our care more vigorous for an able orthodox minister, our families instructed according to law, our selves growing in truth and peace to gods glorie, our content, and your good, and we shall not cease to pray to god almightie for a blessing upon you in all your weightie concerns and sub- scribe our selves yours in all humble observance John Bicford. William Beard. Charles Adams. Nicolas Doe. John : Medar Thomas : Edgerlie : Davie : Daniell Zacharias Field Edward : lethers Teag : Royall : Joseph : Stimson : James Huckins James : Thomas : Richard yorke. Robert : Burnam : Steven Jones, vid : Elizabeth : Drew Thomas : Willie William : Perkinson : Thomas : Drew : John : Goddard : William : Randall : Salathiel : Denbow : John Smith Robert : Watson : Walter : Jacson : John : Davis. Phillip : Chesly. Walter Matthews. : John Woodman John. Hill. Benjamin : Matthews Joseph : Field : Matthew : williams : William Pitman Bernard. Pope. James : Smith : Patricke : Jenison : Francis: Drew: 104 CHARTER RECORDS. Having heard the Petitioners, w th what aleadged by Cap 1 Wald- rene in y e behalfe of Dover, That, that Towne is not informed of this Motion. And by fusing many Pages Rented in y e case, together w th what is granted & yeilded on both Lands, we have grounds to hope, there may be an agreem 1 & settlem 1 of things betwixt y m selves, w ch we commend to y m , Conceiving it best that they should Jointly agree upon tearmes, y e w ch may be most advan- tagious to each other & for Publike good : & for y t end Judge it meete to respit y e case till next sessions of this Court, when what they shall agree upon may be Confirmed by this Court, or in case of Non agreem 1 , These Petitioners to give notice in due season to theire Neighbours & bretheren of their Intendm 1 further to ^secute this Motion of being a Township at the next sessions of this Court that so they may have opportunity to make answer thereto May 25, 1669 : John Pynchon :/ Edw : Johnson William. Parker The Deputyes approve of the returne of the Committee in answer to this pet n O r Hono rd magis ts consenting hereto William Torrey Cleric. 27 May 1669 Consented to by y e magists Edw : Rawson Secret’y FITZWILLIAM. [Granted by the Masonian Proprietors as Monadnock No. 4, Jan. 15, 1752, to Roland Cotton and others. Regranted May 2, 1765, to Col. Sampson Stoddard and others, and sometimes called Stoddard' s-town. Incorporated as Fitzwilliam, May 1 7, 1773, and named in honor of the Earl of Fitzwilliam. A portion of this town was included in the limits of Troy, incorporated June 23, 1815. The line between Fitzwilliam and Rindge was established June 17, 1847. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 670; Index to Laws, 190; historical sketch Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 200; History, from 1752 to 1887, by John F. Norton, 1888, pp. 829.] [Mass. House Journal, May 28, 1731.] Ezekiel Lewis Esq ; brought down from the Honourable Board, a Petition of Joseph Putney and sundry others, in behalf of them- selves and other Inhabitants and Proprietors of Land lying between GOFFSTOWN. 105 the Colony-Line & Oxford , praying, That the Inhabitants and Lands therein mentioned, may be erected into a seperate and dis- tinct Township, agreeable to the Boundaries set forth in the Peti- tion, for Reasons mentioned. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, May 28. 1731. Read, and Ordered , That the Petitioners serve the Town of Oxjord with a Copy of this Petition, that so they may shew Cause (if any they have) on the first Fry day of the next Session of this Court, why the Prayer thereof should not be granted. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and Concurred. GOFFSTOWN. [Granted by Massachusetts as Narragansett No. 4, Feb, 9, 1733-4. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Dec. 3, 1748, to Rev. Thomas Parker, of Dracut, Mass., and others. It was also called Shove' s-town. Incorporated as GofFstown, June 16, 1761, and named for Col. John Goffe. The charter was renewed April 5, 1 763 . A portion of the town was combined with parts of Dunbarton and Chester to make up the town of Hooksett, July 2, 1822. Some islands in Merrimack River were annexed June 20, 1825. Isaac Parker’s farm was severed from New Boston and annexed June 18, 1836. The line between Dunbarton and Goffstown was established Jan. 7, 1853. A portion of Goffstown was annexed to Manchester, July 1, 1853. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 306; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 25; Index to Laws, 209; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1886, P- 303 -] [Mass. House Journal, May 27, 1726.] A Petition of fohn Sargent , and others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land at Amaskeeg-Falls on Merrimack-River, as Entred the 14 th. of Afril last, and referred to this Session. Read and referred to the next Session for further Consideration. [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1732.] A Memorial oi Benjamin Woodbridge and Thomas Arnold for themselves and Associates, praying that their former Petition for a io 6 CHARTER RECORDS. Grant of a Tract of Land at a Place called Amaskeeg Falls on Merrimack River for a Township may be revived. Read and Ordered, That the Petition lie on the Table. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 24, 1732.] A Petition of Benjamin Woodbridge and Thomas Arnold for themselves and as Agents for sundry Inhabitants of Newbury , Haverhill , Almsbury , and Salisbury, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land on the Westerly side of Merrimack River at a Place called Amaskeeg-Falls of the Contents of about Seven Miles square, whereon to make a Township for the Reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and that John Chandler and Edward Goddard, Esqrs ; and Mr. Samuel Chandler be a Committee to prepare some proper Vote for regulating the Township, and report thereon. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 6, 1732.] Major Chandler from the Committee appointed the 24^. ult. on the Petition of Benjamin Woodbridge and others for a Township made report, which was read and accepted, and in Answer to the said Petition, Ordered, That there be and hereby is granted to the Petitioners a Tract of Land of seven Miles square at the place petitioned for, and to be laid out as follows, viz. to begin at the North East Corner of the Narraganset Town laid out at Souhegan , and to extend the North bounds of said Town to Merrimack River and from the North east corner of said Narraganset Town to extend Westward bounding North on said Town, so as to make seven miles in the whole from Merrimack River aforesaid, and then to extend Northwest seven miles, and to bound easterly on said River, and from the extent of seven miles northerly to extend Westerly a parallel line with said Narraganset Town till the com- plement be made up, said Tract of Land to be laid out by a Sur- veyor and Chainmen under Oath, a Plan thereof to be returned to this Court at their next May Session for confirmation, the said Land by them to be settled on the Conditions following, viz. that they within the space of four Year from the confirmation of the GOFFSTOWN. 107 Plan have on the spot eighty Families, each settler to build a good convenient dwelling House one story high, eighteen feet square at the least, and fence clear and bring to fit for improvement four acres, and three acres more well stock’d with english Grass, and also lay out three shares throughout the Town each share to be one eighty third part of the said Tract, one of said Shares to be for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry and one for the School ; and also build a convenient Meeting House, and settle a Learned and Orthodox Minister within the term aforesaid ; and that there be reserved for the use of the Province 40 Acres of Land adjoyning to Amaskeeg-Falls for the benefit of fishing, viz . fifty rods above and fifty rods below the Falls, and to extend Westward from the River sixty four perch. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 8, 1732.] A Petition of Benjamin Woodbridge & One Hundred & Nine- teen others praying for a Grant of Land of Seven miles square at a place called Ameskeog Falls on Merrimack River for Settling themselves or their Children thereon on such Conditions as this Court shall judge fit — In the House of Represent^ Read & in Answer to this Petition Ordered that there be & hereby is Granted unto the Petition rs a Tract of Land of Seven miles Square at the place petition’d for & to be laid out as follows — viz — To begin at the Northwest Corner of the Narragansett Town laid out at Sohegan & to Extend to the North Bounds of s d Town to Merrimack River, & from the North East Corner of s d Narraganset Town to extend Westward, Bounding North on s d Town, so as to make Seven Miles in the whole from Merrimack River afores d & then to Extend Northward Seven Miles, & to Bound Easterly on s d River, & from the Extent of Seven miles Northerly to Extend Westerly a Parallel Line with the said Narragansett Town till the Compliment be made up ; Said Tract of Land to be Laid out by a Survey r & chain Men on Oath a Plan thereof to be returned to this Court at their next May Session for Confirmation, The s d Land by them to be Settled on the following Conditions viz. that they within the Space of four Years from the Confirmation of the Plan have on the Spot Eighty Families, each Settler to build a good convenient Dwelling House one Story high, Eighteen feet Square at the least & fence, clear io8 CHARTER RECORDS. & bring to fit for Improver^ four Acres, & three Acres more well stock’d with English Grass, & also lay out three Shares, thro’out the Town, Each Share to be one Eighty third part of s d Tract, One of the s d Shares to be for the first Settled Minister, One for the Ministry & one for the School, & also build a Convenient Meeting House & Settle a learned Orthodox Minister within the Term aforesaid And that there be reserved for the use of the province, forty Acres of Land, adjoining to Ameskeog Falls for the Benefit of fishing, Viz. fifty rods above & fifty rods below the Falls, & to Extend Westward from the River Sixty four Perch — In Council Read & Non Concur’d. [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 9, 1733-4.] One other Plat laid out to the Narraganset Grantees called by them the Township Number four laid out on Merrimack River , of the contents of six Miles square, exclusive of fifty acres allowance for the use of the Fishery at Amaskeeg Falls , and three thousand and seventy acres for poor Land and Ponds, in the whole twenty- six thousand one hundred and sixty acres, beginning at a Pitch Pine Tree standing on the westerly side of Merrimack River at the foot of Annahooksett Falls on Suncook Line. Read and Ordered , That the Platt be accepted, and that the Lands set forth and described in the within Plat of the Township Number four be and hereby are confirmed unto one hundred and twenty of the original Grantees their heirs and assigns, viz. that Society of them of which Mr. Edward Shove and others were appointed a Com- mittee for regulating the said Township Number four, so called at a general Meeting of the Narraganset Grantees in Boston the sixth day of June last, as by the Grantees Votes and Orders may appear, provided the Plat contains no more than the quantity of Land within mentioned, and that there be reserved such a quantity of Land at the fishing place at and near Amaskeeg Falls so called, as may be thought by this Court convenient for the respective In- habitants of the Province for taking making and packing Fish there, for which these Grantees are to be allowed an Equivalent, pro- vided also that it does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. GOFFSTOWN. IO9 [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 13, 1733-4.] Ezekiel Lewis , Esq ; brought down the Petition of the Narragan- sett Township Number Four , with the Vote of the House of yes- terday thereon, Pass’d in Council, viz . In Council Febr. 12th. 1733. Read and unanimously non-concur’d, and the Board insist on their own Vote, in as much as there is so large an allowance already made in the Plat, and the Grantees will be greatly advan- taged by the Fishery. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concur’d with an Amendment, viz . in the room of the Amendment of the honourable Board, add, -provided , the Lands to be separated for the publick and common use of the Fishery on the West side the River exceeds not the quantity of one hundred acres, exclusive of the fifty acres within - mentioned, and the House insist on the Vote as now amended. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 26, 1733-4.] A Plat of a Township for the Narraganset Soldiers of the Con- tents of six miles square, & fifty acres allowed for the Fishery at Ameskeag Falls, & Three thousand & twenty acres for poor land & Ponds ; the whole being 26160 Acres ; Beginning at a Pitch Pine Tree standing on the Westerly side of Merrimack River at the foot of Hannakooksy Falls being on Suncook Line & running on Suncook Township four miles West i7°.oo South to a white Pine Tree being the Southwest Corner of Suncook ; then running West, four miles & forty rods on a Township on the West of Suncook & Penicook laid out for the Narraganset Soldiers to a Heap of Stones, & then running South, five miles & one hundred & forty rods on Province Lands to a white Pine Tree, being the North west Corner of the said Narraganset Township on Merrimack River, & then running on said Township six miles & one hundred & ten rods to Merrimack River, then on Merrimack as said River runs eight miles & one Hundred & forty five rods, to the Pitch Pine Tree where it first began. In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Ordered that the Plat be accepted, & that the Lands set forth & described in the within Plat of the Township Number Four be & hereby are confirmed unto One hundred & twenty of the original Grantees their Heirs & Assigns ; viz, that Society of them, of which M r Edward Shove no CHARTER RECORDS. & others were appointed a Committee for regulating the said Town- ship Number Four, so called, at a general Meeting of the Narra- ganset Grantees in Boston the sixth of June last, as by the Gran- tees Votes & Orders may appear, Provided the Plat contains no more than the quantity of Land within mentioned ; & that there be reserved a Quantity of Land at the Fishing Place at or near Ameskeag Falls, as may be thought by this Court convenient for the respective Inhabitants of the Province for taking, making & packing of Fish there, Provided the Land so to be separated for the publick & common Use of the Fishery on the West side of the River, exceeds not the Quantity of One Hundred Acres, exclusive of the Fifty Acres allowed as within mentioned, Provided also that it does not interfere with any former Grant In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1735.] On the Petition of William Bradbury Esq ; Elias Pike Jacob Stevens , and many others of Salisbury and Almsbury , praying for a Grant of Lands on the Westerly side of Merrimack River upon Piscataquoiag River so called, which was read and accepted, and the House came into a Vote for a Township of the contents afore- said, at or near the place petitioned for, on the same Conditions of Settlement with the former. • Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 16, 1735, and House Journal, Dec. 11, I735-] A Petition of John Foster & Edward Shove in behalf of the Grantees of the Tract of Land Granted to the Narragansett Sol- diers, which lies at Ameskeeg on the West side of Merrimack River Shewing, that upon their Viewing the Said Land, in Order to their laying it out into Lotts, they found it so poor & barren, as to be Altogether Uncapable of making Settlements ; and therefore praying that they may have Liberty to quit it & take up the said Grant in Some other province land — In the House of Represent 9, Read & Ordered that the prayer of the petition be Granted, & the pet rs are hereby allowed & impow- [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol 7, Page 26.] mack and Contains the Contents of Six miles Square and fifty acres Allow- ance for Fishery at amasceeg falls and Three Thousand and Twnty acres allowed for Poor Land and Pond. In the whole plan is 26160 acres bounded as folowes. Begining at a pitch pine Standing on the westerly Side of Maramack River at the foot of Hannah Hookses falls Being in Suncook Line and Runing on Said Suncook Town Ship four miles West Seventeen Degrees South to a white pine tree being the Southwest Corner of Suncook then Runing West Four miles and 40 Rods (on a Town Ship on the west of Suncook and penycook Laid out for the Naragansett Solders) to a heap of Stones) then Runing South Five miles and one hundred and fourty Rods on province Land to a white pine Tree being the North west Corner of ye 1st Naragansett Town on Maramack River then Runing on Said Town Ship Six miles and one hundred and Ten Rods (East) to Maramack River then on Maramack as Sd River Runs Eight miles and 145 Rods to the pitch pine Tree at the foot of Hannah Hookses falls before mentioned Surveyed and Pland by order of the Great and General Courts Comittee In October A D 1733 ^ Stephen Hosmer Jun Surveyor ' Hi to) ii;o binJ brujJ ‘io tastT dJixJmeiQ nt!4 «ir!T - irl/i no : •• 1 i IjiKr’. 10 I qiritf fiwoT - uyjDci odi 'jnijil. giobfod i i ! i 'j"i ■ -viiin /ir 1 . lo a'ifioji.*. < ) oili «nii;)noO b/n; ;•!.>; ui ..•vioj. vin-wT bnr> bnjjguoHT soiriT bn/; «Hj; 1 jpoogwin; t£ ibi sjui; bu-ifiuod r/>; . )idz .i nukj olorfw oriinl .bno c i bni; b«/;J ioo4 idl bowolb; lirboi : aifti . fii ; .•! A ■ .dr.onx;H lo tool oHi 1r, ioyi>l 'A:f oj_ ban - jiirn -ino'd tea W nodi •• ( • • -!>••* /I v- ■ > ono bar. r: >i-'ra rr.-n Hino8 nodi (>.../ioJJ /I un-nnuM no av/oT / };[ noT bnr. bsibriud onp bne -jliut xig gniqd'jii' : .Hi oi g.bo5l bn£ ^olirn iibjiH ;-.msA ipvi>l bfi *£ >bf;fn/ru>M no H rfcaiusH lo tool c*fft • ootT • - ■■ ■ i (I A ipdoioo nl lO’pviuci nu(_ isiVieoH nodqsJB {jjp GOFFSTOWN. Ill red to look out for one other Tract of land for a Township, & Exchange for the S d Township Number four, & Return a plat thereof at their own Cost to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 7, 1736.] A Petition of John Foster in behalf of a Committee of the Pro- prietors of the Narragansett Township, formerly laid out at Amaskeeg Falls , called Number Four , shewing that in Conse- quence of an Order of this Court, pass’d the nth. of December 1 735 ? to Mr. Edward Shove and himself a Committee as aforesaid, they have been at considerable Expence in searching for Lands whereon to make a second Pitch in lieu of the former, and have finally laid out a tract of Land on the Branches of Swift River at a place called ^uobbin in Part, and eleven thousand thirty eight Acres to compleat their Grant they have platted on the West of Hatfield Town, praying the Lands contained in the said two Plats may be confirmed to the said Narragansett Proprietors in satis- faction of their Grant, for the reasons mentioned. Read and the Question was put, Whither the prayer of the Petition shall be granted f It pass’d in the Negative. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 21, 1736.] The House entred into the Consideration of the private or par- ticular Petitions for Lands ; and on a motion made and seconded by divers Members thereon, Ordered , That the Lands set forth and described in the Plat of the Township called Number Four, at or near Amaskeeg Falls on Merrimack River , exclusive of for- mer Grants of Lands in the said Plat, be and are hereby separated to satisfy such Grants as shall be made to be taken up out of said Lands after which several of the said private Petitions were read and considered, and some whereof were by the House granted and allowed to have a share in the Lands set forth in said Plat Number Four , and others dismiss’d. 1 1 2 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 22, 1736.] Then the House entred further into the Consideration of the Petitions of particular Persons for Lands, some of whom were ad- mitted into the JVarragansett Township Number Four , according to the Plat at Amaskeeg Falls, and others dismissed. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 12, 1736-7.] The House having gone through the Consideration of the private Petitions for Lands, passed the following Vote on those admitted into the JVarragansett Township Number Four so called near Amaskeeg Falls viz . In answer to the Petitions of John Checkley , Asher Rice , John StackJJole, Joseph Bartlet , Benjamin JJjuinby, Isaac Parker , Ebenezer Haywood, John Munroe, John Smith, William German, Eleazer Davis, Richard Tozer, and Caleb Conant : Ordered, That the said Petitions be so far granted as that the Petitioners have leave by a Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath to survey and lay out four thousand seven hundred forty five Acres of the Province Land North of and adjoining to the JVarragansett Town Number Five the whole Length of said Town, and to bound Eastward on Merrimack River, the North bounds thereof to be parallel with the North bounds of said Narragansett Towm, and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation, each Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to be intitled to have and enjoy equal Shares, or One thirteenth part thereof; the first Division or Home Lotts to be laid out in a proper and defen- sible manner, and the future and after Divisions to be laid out as the Grantees or the major part of them at a regular Meeting assem- bled for that purpose shall agree upon ; provided the said Grantees do respectively within the space of three Years from the confirma- tion of the Plat build a dwelling House of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least on his Home Lot and clear and fence in five Acres thereof, and well stock the same with English Grass or subdue it by plowing planting or sowing the same, and have a Family settled in said House within the said term of three Years, and that each of said Grantees give Bond to the Province Treasu- rer, or his Successors in the Sum of Twenty Pounds for the per- formance of the Conditions of his Grant, and in case any of the GOFFSTOWN. 113 Grantees shall neglect to comply with the Conditions aforesaid, such Grantees Right or Share in said Land shall revert and belong to the Province as tho this Grant had not been made. Sent up for Concurrence. [Grants to William Lund.] [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 17, 1734, and House Journal, Dec. 5, I 734-] A Petition of William Lund shewing that in the Year 1724, being in the Service of the Province he was taken by the Indian Enemy and Carried into Captivity where he Suffered Great hard- ships and was obliged to pay a Great price for his Ransom and his Estate was much hurt & deminished in his Absence ; Therefore praying for some allowance from this Court, in Consideration of his Losses & Sufferings — In the House of Represent Read & in Answer to this petition, — Ordered, that the pet r have leave by a Surveyor & Chainmen on Oath to Survey and lay out four hundred Acres of the Unappro- priated Lands of the Province on the Westerly side of Merrimack River, Adjoining to one of the Narraganset Towns and Return a Plat thereof to this Court within Twelve months for Confirmation to the Pet r his heirs and Assignes forever, on Condition that the Pet r his heirs or Assignes bring forward the Settlement of two familys on the Granted premisses in all Respects as to Manner and time that the Narragansett Grantees or Familys are obliged to Settle their Grants — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 3, 1736-7.] A Plat of four hundred Acres of Land laid out by James Cum- mings Surveyor and Chainmen on Oath, to fulfill a Grant made by the General Court to William Lund ; the said land lying a Cross Piscataqwag River ; being bounded as follows vi z t begin- ing at the North East Corner of the Township laid out to John Simpson and others ; thence Runing East 2 deg. North one hun- dred & Sixty Rods to a Chesnutt tree marked, then South 3 deg. 8 CHARTER RECORDS. II 4 East four hundred Rods to a white pine tree Marked ; then West two Deg. South One hundred & Sixty Rods to said Township Line and a Stake and Stones ; thence on said line to the bounds first mentioned — [Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 3, House Journal Jan. 26, and Court Records, Feb. 3, 1736-7.] In the House of Representatives Jan ry 26. 1736. Read and Ordered That the plat be Accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are Confirmed to the said William Lund his Heirs and Assigns for Ever he or they performing the Conditions of the Grant provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of ffour hundred Acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council Feb ry 3 d 1736. Read & Nonconcur’d Simeon Frost Dep y Sec ry [Mass. Maps & Plans, Vol. 11, p. 3.] 77 3V7~ here -Lyc% y fc TlvvrLoAil/t, (¥r -an fed to t/a/itt £i>nsc/t o thers • * :tv 3 jk> I the Subscriber together with Jerahmuel Cumings & William Heath as Chainmen Have Measured Surveayed & Laid out unto William Lund of Dunstable by vertu of a Grant Made by the Grat & General Cort foure hundred Acres of Land Lying a Cros Pescataquag River so Called Bounded as follows begining at the GOFFSTOWN. “S Northeast Corner of a Township Laid out to John Simson & others Then runing East two degrees north one hundred & Sixty Rod to a Chesnut tree Marked then the Line turns & Runs South three degrees East foure hundred Rod to a white pine tree Marked then the Line turns & Runs West two degrees South one hundred & Sixty Rod to S d Township Line & a Stake and Stones & from thence on s d Township Line to the Bounds first Mentioned being y e Corner of S d Township as May be Seen prict on this plan this 23 day of October. 1736 Survayed ^ James Cumings Jerathmiel Comings personally apeared and made oath before me the subscriber that he together with William Heath as Chain- men and James Comings Survayer Measured And Surveyed foure hundred Acres of Land Adjoyning on the easterly side of a Town- ship Granted to John Simson & others begining at the Northeast Corner of said Township and so extending foure hundred Rod on the east side of Said Township runing a Cros Pescataquag River being half a Mild In Wedth & is don according to my Best Skill & Judgment Suffolk ss December 3 d Jurat Coram me Samuel Sewall J Pads [Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 4.] William Heath personally Appeared and Made oath before me the Subscriber that he together with Jerathmiel Comings as Chain- men and James Comings Survayer Measured And Survayed foure hundred Acres of Land Adjoyning on the easterly side of a Town- ship Granted to John Simson & others begining at the northeast Corner of Said Township and so Extending foure hundred Rod on the east Side of Said Township from s d Corner a Cros pescata- quag River being half a Mild wide and is don according to my best Skill & Judgement Essex, ss — Joshua Bayley Jus : Peace Decem r y e 9 th 1736 James Comings personally Apeared and Made Oath before me the subscriber as Survayer together with Jerathmiel Comings and William Heath as Chainmen measured & Survayed foure hundred Acres of Land Adjoyning on the easterly side of a Township Granted to John Simson & others begining at the Northeast Cor- ner of Said township and so extending foure hundred Rod on the ii 6 CHARTER RECORDS. east Side of Said Township runing a Cros Pescataqueg River being half a Mild in Wedth & is don According to my best Skill & Judgment Jurat Coram me Samuel Sewall J Pacis Suffolk ss December 3 d 1736 [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 13.] I the Subscriber together with Benjamin Smith and Tho 3 Lund as Chainmen have layd out to M r Will m Lund of Dunstable (Pur- suant to a grant Made him by the greate & Gen 11 Court xr 1734) four hundred Acres of the unapropriated lands of the province on the Westerly Side Merrimack River adjoyning to the Narragansit township N°. 5. so Call’d) Lying About one mile and three Quar- ters from Merrimack River Joyning South by the s d Narragansit township else where by Province Land the Bounds Course and length of line as ^ y e figure annexed Lay’d Down in a Scale of Sixty perch to an Inch ^ me James Cumings Survey r May y e 31 th 1737 [Reverse] Middlesex ss Dunstable June the first 1737. personally appearing before me the Subscriber one of his Maj- esties Justices of the peace Jame Cumings Surveyor & Benjamin Smith & Tho s Lund Chainmen and made Oath that in Surveying and measureing a Tract of four hundred Acres ofy e unapropriated Lands of y e Province for M r Will m Lund, Agreeable to the plan herewith they Acted faithfully and Impartially in each of their trust Jurat Coram me Joseph Blanchard [Mass. Court Records, June 22, 1737, and House Journal, June IO» I737-] A Plat of four hundred Acres of Land, laid out by James Cum- mings Survey 1, and Chainmen on Oath, to fulfill a Grant made by this Court to William Lund lying on the Westerly Side of Merri- mack River Adjoining to the Narragansett Town Number five, about One Mile and three quarters from the River Joining South by the said Narragansett Town elsewhere on Province land — GOFFSTOWN. 117 [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 13, House Journal, June 10, and Court Records, June 22, 1737.] In the House of Representatives June 10 th 1737 Read and Ordered that the plat be accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be & hereby are confirmed to the said William Lund his heirs and assigns for ever ; provided he or they perform the Conditions of the Grant and that the plat exceeds not the quantity of Four Hundred Acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council June 23 1737 Read & Concur d Simon Frost Dep fc Sec ry July 1 Consent d J Belcher [Mass. Arch., Vol. 46, p. 68.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. n, p. 13.] [Grant to Medford, Mass.] [Mass. Court Records, June 20, 1735.] A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Medford, Shewing that the said Town is of the Smallest Extent of any in the Prov- ince, and yet their Town Charges Extreemly high, so that the n8 CHARTER RECORDS. Maintenance of the Ministry & School is very Chargable to them ; and therefore praying for a Grant of some of the waste lands of the province, to be Appropriated for the Support of a Minister & Schoolmaster in the said Town — In the House of Represent 51 Read & Ordered that the Prayer of the petition be so far Granted, as that the Town of Medford is hereby Allowed & Impowred by a Survey 1, & Chainmen on Oath to Survey & lay out One Thousand Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province, and Return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation, for the uses within mentioned — In Council Read & Concurr’d Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 31, 1736.] A plat of one thousand Acres of land, laid out by Caleb Brook Survey 1, and Chainmen on oath, to fulfill a Grant made by this Court to the Town of Medford, Bounded Southerly by a Tract of land laid out to the Grantees of the Township called Old Harrys town, westerly by province land Northerly & Easterly by Piscata- quoag River ; begining at a pitch pine tree at the Bank of said River about two Miles West of Merrimack River Marked M F, then Runing West by the Needle with the line of Mark’d trees Six hundred & Ninety three perch then North 15 deg. East to a Maple tree on the Bank of said Piscataquoag River four hundred perch then Runing with said River to the pitch pine first men- tioned — [Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, p. 13.] By Virtue of A Grant made by the Great & General Court, to y e town of Medford, I the Subscriber have Surveyed and Laid out, (with the Assistance of L* John GofFe and m r Ephraim Bush- nail Chane-men), one thousand Acres of Land in the following manner (Viz) bounded Southerly by a tract of Land Laid out to the Grantees of y e town-Ship Called by the Name of Old Harry es town Westerly by Province Land, Notherly and Easterly by Pescataquogg River, the lines begining att a pitch pine tree on the bank of S d River (about two miles west of Merrimack River) Markt M F Then Running Due West by y e Nedle with a line of GOFFSTOWN. JI 9 Markt trees : 693 perch, then turning No 15 Degrees E to a Maple tree Standing on the bank of the Afores d Pescataquogg River Markt M F 400 perch, then turning and Running with s d Pescata- quogg River untill it Corns to y e pitch pine first Mentioned which plan is Protracted by a Scale of 80 poles or perch, to one Inch June the 16 th 1736 By Me Caleb Brooks J Survey r In Surveying this farm there was Given one Chain in fifty for Broken Land and Sagg of Chain In the House of Representatives June 22 d 1736 Read and Ordered That the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be & hereby are confirmed to the town of Medford in the County of Middlesex the better to enable them to support the ministry and keep a School in said town agreeable to the prayer of the petition of said town presented to the Court in June last, provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of One thousand Acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In the House of Representatives Dec r 22 d 1736. Read again and the Question was put whither the plat shall be Accepted? It passed in the Negative [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, p. 13.] 120 CHARTER RECORDS. [Maps and Plans, Vol. io, p. 13, and Court Records, Dec. 31, 1736-] In the House of Representatives December 29 th 1736 Read again and on a Motion made & seconded by divers Mem- bers the Question was put whither the House will reconsider their Vote above? Resolved in the affirmative, and Ordered that the plat be accepted and that the lands therein delineated and described be & are hereby Confirmed unto the town of Medford in the County of Mid x the Better to Enable them to Support the Ministry And keep a School in s d Town Agreable to the prayer of S d Town to the Court in June 1735 provided the plat exceeds not the Quan- tity of One Thousand Acres of Land and does not Interfere w th Any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council Decern 1 * 31, 1736 Read & Concur’d Simon Frost Dep 1 Sec ry Janu a 1 ; 1736/7 Consented to J Belcher [Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, p. 13.] Middlesex ss June : 18 th 1736 Personally appearing before me the Subscriber Calap Brooks Survayar John Goff and Ephra m Busnall Chanmen mad oath that in the survayin and measuring a thousen acrs bf Land Granted by the Gene r Cort to theTown of Medford thay did deal faithfoully and Imperially Eleazar Tyng jus 1 Peaces [Grant to Uxbridge, Mass.] [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 1, 1736, and House Journal, Nov. 30, i73 6 -] A petition of Robert Taft and others a Com tee for the Town of Uxbridge praying that the Grant of five hundred Acres of Land made by this Court to the said Town may be taken up Else where than in the County of Worcester and Some longer time Allowed them for Returning the plat of the said Land In the House of Represent 3, Read & Ordered that the pet rs be GOFFSTOWN. 1 21 Allowed and Impowred by a Survey 1, and Chainmen on Oath to Survey and lay out the Grant within mentioned in any of the Unappropriated Lands of the province Adjoining to some Town- ship, and that they return a plat thereof to this Court Sometime in the next May Session for Confirmation to the Town of Uxbridge & their Assignes In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, April 20, 1738.] A Plat of five hundred Acres of Land surveyed and laid out by fames Chandler Surveyor, and two Chain-Men on Oath, to sat- isfy a Grant of this Court, as entred the 30 th of November 1736, in Answer to a Petition of Robert Taft and others, a Committee in behalf of the Town of Uxbridge , beginning at William Lundi s Corner on the JVarragansett Town Number Five , one hundred and ninety Rods to Mr. WiswalVs Farm West, then on said Farm two hundred Rods North to a Maple on said Farm, West seventy five Rods to a Hemlock, then North on Province Land two hun- dred Rods to a black Oak, then on Province Land East two hun- dred and eight Rods to a Stake and Stones, then South eight Degrees twenty Minutes East, four hundred and four Rods to the first mentioned Bounds, was presented for Allowance. Read and Ordered, That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delin- eated and described, be and hereby are confirmed to the Town of Uxbridge and their Assigns, in full Satisfaction of the Grant within mentioned, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of five hun- dred Acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, April 21, 1738.] A Plat of Five Hundred Acres of Land laid out by James Chan- dler Survey 1, and Chain men upon Oath to fulfill a grant made by this Court to the Town of Uxbridge Beginning at Mr r Williams’s long Corner on the Narraganset Township Number Five ; thence running One Hundred and ninety rods West, then on said Farm two hundred Rods North to a Maple; then on said Farm West Seventy five rods to a Hemlock ; then North on Province Land 122 CHARTER RECORDS. two hundred rods to a Black Oak ; then on Province Lands East two hundred and eight rods to a Stake and Stones ; then South 8' 2° East four hundred and four rods to the Bounds first men- tioned. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. n.] [Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. n.] This Plat Contains five Hundred Acres of Land which was Layed out to satisfie a Grant made to y e town of Uxbridge in De- cember 1736 In considration of y e Grate Number of Bridges in said town — I have survayed y e same with y e Asistance m r william Lund and Doct John Barret and Drawn this Plat By a scale of sixty perch to one Inch and one Chane in thirty allowed for Lose of mesur and sage of Chane Survayed Joneuary y e [torn] 1737 by James Chandler Survear GOFFSTOWN. 123 [Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. 11, and Court Records, April 21, 1738.] In the House of Representatives April 20th 1738 Read and Or- dered That the plat be accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be & hereby are confirmed to the town of Uxbridge and their assigns in full satisfaction of the Grant within mentioned, provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of ffive hundred Acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kl ‘ In Council April 21 1738 Read and Concurrd J Willard Sec’ry Consented to J Belcher [Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. 11.] Middlesex ss January 13 th 1737 Personally appearing before me the subscriber James Chandler survayor and w 11 Lund and John Barrot Chanmen and made Oath in Survaying and measuring five hundred acres of Land Grantted by the Gen 11 Courtt to the Town Uxbredge they did deal faithfully and Imperially Eleazar Tyng jus 1 P [Grant to Peleg Wiswall.] [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 26, 1736-7.] A Petition of Mr. Peleg Wiswall of Boston, Gentleman, pray- ing the Consideration of the Court on account of the publick Ser- vices and Sufferings of his Father the Reverend Mr. Ickabod Wiswall , for many reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered , That the Petition be considered to morrow Morning. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 4, 1736-7, and House Journal, Jan. 2 7 . A petition of Peleg Wiswall of Boston Gent n Praying for a Grant of province Land in Consideration of the Services and Sufferings 124 CHARTER RECORDS. of his father the Rev d M r Ichabod Wiswall dec’ed in the Cause of this Province — In the House of Represent 3 Read And the matter being fully debated and Considered, In Answer to the petition, Voted That three hundred Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the province, Adjoining to some former Grant, be and hereby are given and granted to the heirs of the within named M r Ichabod Wiswall dec’ed, their heirs and assignes ; and that they be allowed and Impowred by a Survey 1 and Chainmen on Oath to Survey and lay out the same and Return a plat thereof to this Court within Twelve Months for Confirmation Accordingly — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, June 2, 1737.] A Plat of three hundred Acres of Land laid out by James Chandler , Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath to satisfy a Grant of this Court in their last Session, to Mr. Peleg Wiswall of Boston , and the other Heirs of their Father Mr. Ichabod Wiswall, deceased, in Consideration of the Services and Sufferings of their said Father, bounded on the North Line of the JVarragansett Township Number Five , marked W, being the S. W. Corner of the Premisses, then North-two hundred Rods to a black Birch marked W, which is the N. W. Corner, then-' on a right Angle East two hundred and forty Rods to a Maple mark’d W, the North East Corner, then running a right Angle South two hundred Rods to a Stake and Stones in the North Line of said JVarragansett Town the South East Corner, then on a right Angle West twenty four Rods ; was presented for Allowance, Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described, be and hereby are confirmed to the Heirs of the within named Mr. Ichabod Wiswall deceased, their Heirs and Assigns respectfully forever, in full satisfaction of the Grant within men- tioned, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of three hun- dred Acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. GOFFSTOWN. 125 [Mass. Court Records, June io, 1737.] A plat of Three hundred Acres of Land laid out by James Chandler Survey 1 and Chainmen on Oath to fulfill a Grant made by this Court to the heirs of M r Ichabod Wiswall dec’ed, begining at a Beach tree in the North line of the Narragansett Town N° five Marked with W which is the South West Corner of the prem- isses, thence Runing North by the Needle two hundred Rods to a black birch Tree Marked W, thence East two hundred & forty Rods to a Maple tree Mark’d W, thence South two hundred Rods to a Stake & Stones in the North line of said Narragansett Town ; thence West two hundred & forty Rods to the place first men- tioned — [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 10.] [Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 10.] This Plat Discribeth three hundred acres of Land Layed oute the Twenty third Day of may A D 1737 to satisfie a Grant of the Great and General Court the 4th of february Last to the heirs of the Reverand m r Ichabod wiswall it Begineth at a Beach Tree standing in the north Line of the narraganset Township number 5 marked with W which is the south west Corner of the Premises then the Line Runeth north by the nedle 200 Rods to a Black Birch Tree marked W which is the northwest Corner then Turn- ing a Right Angle Runing East 240 Rods to a maple Tree marked W which is the northeast Corner then Turning a Right Angle Runing south 200 Rods to a stake and stones in the north Line of said narraganset Township which is the south East Conner 126 CHARTER RECORDS. then Turning a Right Angle Runing west 240 Rods in said nar- raganset Township north Line to whare it first began it boundeth south by the narraganset township above named and all other ways on Province Land thare is one Chain in thirty allowed for Lose in measurer Potracted by a scale of fifty Rods to an Inch by James Chandler surveyor [Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 10, and Court Records, June 10, 1737-] In the House of Representatives June 2 d 1737 Read and Ordered that the plat be accepted and the Lands therein delineated & described be & hereby are Confirmed to the Heirs of the w th in named M r Ichabod Wiswell & to their heirs and assigns respec- tively for Ever in full satisfaction of the Grant within mentioned, provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of three hundred Acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council June 10, 1737. Read & Concur’d, Simon Frost Dep‘ Sec 17 July 1 Consented to, J Belcher [Maps and Plans, Vol. 11, p. 10.] Middlesex ss. Dunstable may y e 21 st 1737 Personally Appearing James Chandler Surveyor, Joseph Dud- ley & Benjamin Davis Chainmen And made Oath that in Survey- ing and measureing a Tract of Land of three Hundred Acres granted by y e Gen 11 Court of this Province to the Heirs of the Rev d M r Ichabod Wiswall, they would Act faithfully And Impartially According to their best Skill & Judgment Jurat coram me Joseph Blanchard Justis. Pacis GROTON [OLD GRANT]. [This territory is now occupied principally by the towns of Mason and Wilton. See papers cited under those towns ; Boundary Lines of Old Groton, Granite Monthly, Vol. 7, p. 278, and Vol. 9, p. 52.] GROTON. 127 [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 12, 1734.] Col. Chandler from the Committee appointed the 2 Stk. ult. to consider the Petition of Benjamin Prescot , Esq; in behalf of the Proprietors of Groton , made report, which was read and accepted, and in answer to this Petition, Voted , That a Grant of ten thou- sand eight hundred acres of the Lands lying in the Gore between Dunstable and Townshend , be and hereby is made to the Propri- etors of the Town of Groton , as an equivalent for what was taken from them by Littleton and Coyachus or Willard’s Farm (being about two acres and an half for one) and is in full satisfaction thereof, and that the said Proprietors be and hereby are allowed and impowred by a Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath to survey and lay out the said ten thousand eight hundred acres in the said Gore , and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to them their heirs and assigns respectively. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 1, 1735-6.] A Petition of Benjamin Prescot Represent* 1 of the Town of Gro- ton [Mass.] in behalf of the said Town, Shewing that the original Grant of the said Town was for the quantity of Six Miles Square that altho a plat was taken yet it never was Confirmed till the Year 1717 which was after the Town of Littleton [Mass.] was Granted which took 3000 Acres from Groton ; & Willards & Reads farm, lying within the bounds of Groton took of about 1300 Acres more so that the Proprietors of Groton have 4300 Acres of land less than they ought to have According to their Original Grant And therefore praying that this Court would Grant to the Proprietors of the Undivided Lands in Groton a Gore of Province Land lying between Dunstable & Townshend or some other Land as an Equivalent for what is taken from them as aforesaid — In the House of Represent* 1 Read & in Answer to this petition Voted That a Grant of Ten thousand Eight hundred Acres of land lying in the Gore between Dunstable and Townshend be and hereby is made to the Propriet 1 ' 3 of the Town of Groton as an Equivalent for what was taken from them by Littleton & Coyacus or Willards farm being about two Acres & an half for one, & is in full Satisfaction thereof & that the said Proprietors be & hereby are Allowed & Impowred by a Survey 1 & Chain men on Oath to 128 CHARTER RECORDS. Survey & lay out the said Ten Thousand Eight Hundred Acres in the Gore, and Return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for Confirmation to them their heirs and assignes forever. — In Council Read & Nonconcured [ Memorial of Groton.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 243, p. 39.] Province of y e ) To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq r Massachusetts Bay > Cap 13 General & Governor in Chief in & over his Majesties Province of y e Massachusetts Bay to the Hon ble Council And House of Representatives in General Court assembled March 24 th 1735. The Memorial of Benjamin Prescott Representative of the Town of Groton in behalf of y e Proprietors of s d Town Humbly Sheweth That the Great & General Court in April Last past were pleased to Grant to y e Said Proprietors of Groton Ten Thousand and Eight Hundred Acres of Land in the Gore between Dunstable & Townshend and order that the said Proprietors by a Surveyor and Chainmen on Oath Lay out y e Same and return a plat thereof within Twelve months for Confirmation Which has been Done Accordingly As by the Surveyors Return and Plat Discribed by the prickt Lines, herewith exhibited Appears Which Plat Inter- feres with the plat Exhibeted in behalf of y e Town of Ipswich, Accepted by your Exelency & Honours, and there not being Left a Sufficient Quantity of Land to Satisfye Said Grant The Commit- tee for the Town of Ipswich have Consented That the Course of their Easterly Line from Townshend north Corner Shall be North 21 Degrees East instead of North Thirty four Degrees East pro- vided they may be Allowed to Take up an equivalent in Land adjoyning to their West Line for what will be Taken oft' by Such an alteration Agreeable thereto Your memorialist caused the plat of y e Said Gore Taken by John Stevens Surveyor to be Altered and Reformed as Discribed by y e black Drawn Lines ; which Contains an equal Quaintity of Land to what is Contained within the Prickt Lines viz 1 Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Acres as appears by the Said plat Which Plat of the Gore So altered and Reformed Your Memorialist most Humbly prays Your Exelency & Honours would be pleased to accept ; and Confirm the Land therein Dis- GROTON. I29 cribed and Contained (Except one thousand Acres belonging To y e Town of Cambridge formerly Layed out) To y e Proprietors of y e Town of Groton their heirs & assigns Respectively, According to their Several Interests forever and That the Com tee for Ipswich be Im powered to Lay out an equivalent on their West Line for what will be Taken off by the alteration of their East Line as afores d And Your Memorialist as bound In Duty shall ever pray &c Benj a Prescott In the House of Representatives March 25 th 1736 — Read and Ordered that the prayer of the Memorial be Granted, and the Committee for the New township granted to some of the Inhabitants of Ipswich are hereby allowed to lay out an Equivalent on the West Line of the said new township Accordingly Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ Province of the ) To his Exelency Jonathan Belcher Esq r Massachusetts Bay $ Cap 1 General & Governor in Chief &c The Hon ble Council & Hon ble House of Representatives in General Court Assembled June 3 d 1736. — The Subscriber Agent for the proprietors of the Town of Groton &c Humbly prays the within memorial may be revived & Granted And as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c Benj a Prescott In the House of Representatives June 4 th 1736, Read and Ordered that the prayer of the memorial be granted, and in Answer thereto Ordered that the Committee for the new township granted to Some of the Inhabitants of Ipswich are hereby allowed to lay out an Equivalent on the West line of the said New town- ship Accordingly Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council June 18. 1736 Read and Concurrd Simon Frost Dep 1 Sec 17 22 : Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, March 25, 1736.] A Plat of eleven thousand eight hunred acres of Land (whereof one thousand was formerly laid out to the Town of Cambridge) laid out by John Stevens Surveyor and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of ten thousand eight hundred acres of Land made by this Court to the Proprietors of the Town of Groton in 130 CHARTER RECORDS. Afril last, as the same is reformed, was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered, That the said Plat as reformed and altered by Jonas Houghton Surveyor be and hereby is accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described (excepting the said one thousand acres belonging to Cambridge School Farm and therein included) be and hereby are confirmed to the Proprietors of the Town of Groto7i their heirs and assigns respectively for ever, ac- cording to their several Interests ; provided the same do not inter- fere with any former Grant of this Court, nor exceeds the quantity of eleven thousand eight hundred acres ; and the Committee for the Town of Ipswich are allowed and impowred to lay out such quantity of Land on their West Line as is equivalent to what is taken of their East Line as aforesaid, and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation, and all Oar and Mines except Iron within the Land taken out of the Plat of the Township granted to some of the Inhabitants of the Town of Ips- wich aforesaid be and hereby is reserved to the said Grantees of Ij>swich their assigns as well as heirs respectively for ever. Sent up for Concurrence. Which accompanied a Memorial of Benjamin Prescot , Esq ; Representative of the Town of Groton, in behalf of the Proprie- tors of said Town, shewing that the Court in A-pril last, were pleased to grant the said Proprietors ten thousand eight hun- dred acres of Land in the Gore between Dunstable & Townshend, and order that the said Proprietors by a Surveyor and Chain men on Oath lay out the same and return a Plat thereof within twelve months for confirmation, which they had done accordingly, as ap- pears by the Plat described by the prick’d Lines, which Plat inter- fered with the Plats some of the Inhabitants of the new Township of Ijyswich accepted, there not being left a sufficient quantity of Land to satisfy said Grant, the Committee, for the Town of Ips- wich have consented that the Course of their Easterly line from Townshend North Corner shall be North twenty one degrees East instead of North thirty four degrees East, provided they may be allowed to take up an equivalent in Land adjoining to their West Line to what shall be taken off by such alteration, that agreeable thereto the Memorialist had caused the said Plat taken by the said John Stevens to be altered and reformed by the black drawn Lines &c. praying the same might be accepted, and the Commit- tee for Ipswich be impowred to lay out an Equivalent on their West Line &c. Read and Ordered, That the prayer of the Me- morial be granted, and the Committee for the new Township GROTON. 131 granted to some of the Inhabitants of Ifswich , are hereby allowed to lay out an Equivalent on the West Line of the said new Town- ship accordingly. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 4, 1736.] A Petition of Benjamin Prescot, Esq : Representative of the Town of Groton, and in behalf of the Proprietors there, praying that the Votes of the House on his Memorial, and a Plat of ten thousand eight hundred acres of Land lately granted to the said Proprietors, as entred the 25 th. of March last, may be revived and granted, for the reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and further that the within Plat as reformed and altered by Jonas Houghton Surveyor, be and hereby is accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described (excepting the said one thousand acres belonging to Cambridge School Farm and therein included) be and hereby are confirmed to the Proprietors of the Town of Groton their heirs and assigns respectively for ever, according to their several Inter- ests ; provided the same do not interfere with any former Grant of this Court, nor exceeds the quantity of eleven thousand eight hun- dred Acres ; and the Committee for the Town of Ifswich are allow- ed and impowred to lay out such quantity of Land on their West Line as is equivalent to what is taken off their East Line as afore- said, and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation, and all Oar and Mines except Iron within the Land taken out of the Plat of the Township granted to some of the Inhabitants of the town of Ijswich aforesaid, be and hereby is re- served to the said Grantees of Ij>swich, their assigns as well as heirs respectively for ever. Sent up for Concurrence. And in answer to the said Memorial of the said Benjamin Pres- cot, Esq ; Ordered, That the prayer of the Memorial be granted, and the Committee of the new Township granted to some of the Inhabitants of Ifswich are hereby allowed to lay out an Equiva- lent on the Western Line of the said new Township accordingly. Sent up for Concurrence. 1 3 2 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Court Records, June 15, 1736.] A Memorial of Benj a Prescott Esq r Represent* 1 of the Town of Groton in behalf of the Proprietors there, praying that the Votes of the House on his Memorial & a plat of Ten Thousand Eight Hundred Acres of Land, lately Granted to the said Proprietors, as Entred in the House the 25 of March last, may be Revived and Granted, The bounds of which Tract of Land as Mentioned on the said Plat are as follows viz 1 ; begining at the North West Corner of Dunstable at Dram Cup hill by Sohegan River, and Runing South in Dunstable line last Perambulated and Run by a Com tee of the General Court, two Thousand One hundred & fifty two poles to Townshend line, there making an Angle, and Runing West 31^ Deg. North on Townshend line & province Land Two Thou- sand and Fifty Six poles to a Piller of Stones then turning and Running by Province Land 31^ deg North two Thousand & forty Eight poles to Dunstable Corner first Mentioned In the House of Represent* 1 Read & Ordered that the prayer of the Memorial be Granted, and further that the within Plat as Re- formed and Altered by Jonas Houghton Survey 1 be and hereby is Accepted and the Lands therein Delineated and Described (Ex- cepting the said One Thousand Acres belonging to Cambridge School Farm and therein included) be and hereby are Confirmed to the Proprietors of the Town of Groton their heirs and Assignes Respectivly forever, According to their Several Interests ; Provid- ed the same do not Interfere with any former' Grant of this Court nor Exceeds the Quantity of Eleven thousand Eight hundred Acres And the Committee for the Town of Ipswich are allowed and Impowred to lay out such quantity of Land on their West line as is Equivalent to what is taken off their East line as aforesaid, and Return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher And in Answer to the said Memorial of Benj a Prescott Esq r — In the House of Represent* 1 Ordered that the prayer of the Me- morial be Granted and the Com tee for the New Township Granted to some of the Inhabitants of Ipswich, are hereby Allowed to lay out an Equivalent on the West line of the said New Township Ac- cordingly — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher GROTON. 133 \_Petition of Proprietors of Groton for Equivalent Grant , 1771.'] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 532.] Province of the > To his Excellency Thomas Hutchinson Esq r Massachusetts-Bay 5 Capt General & Governour in Cheife in & Over the S d Province and to the Hon le His Majesties Councel and house of Representatives in General Court Assembled at Cam- bridge June 1771 Humbly Shews — That The Great & General Court of this Province Did in April 1 735 make a grant of Ten thousand and Eight Hundred Acres of Land Lying to the North of Townshend to the Proprietors of the Town of Groton as an Equivolent for What was Taken from Them by Littleton & Major Willards & Reeds Farms, Which were Prior Grants : and also as a Compensation for the great Loss & Damage Sustained by the Inhabitants of S d Groton in the former Indian Warrs, whereby the Inhabitants were (After Twenty years Settle- ment) wholly Drove off and their Buildings Destroyed by Fire, Besides many of the said Inhabitants Being Killed and Others Captivated &c, And After the Town was Resettled they Did Build Fortifications at their Own Cost and Charge and Did as much Service in their own & Defence of the Province as the Soldiers that were Imployed and Paid by the Province That the Said Proprietors have Since been Intirely Dispossessed of the Ten thousand Eight hundred Acres of Land afores d by the Running of the Province Line Notwithstanding they had been at Very great Expence of time and money in Gitting Said Order of Court Confirmed and bringing forward the Settlement of S d Land : So that they Have been Plunged into Greater Difficulties instead of Receiving an Equivolent for Prior Grants or a Compensation for their Sengular Sarvices and Extream Sufferings in the Prov- ince — Therefore Your Petitioners in behalf of y e Proprietors afores d most Earnestly pr&y your Excellency & Honours Would take their Sengular Case into your Wise Consideration & make them the Said Proprietors and Adequate Grant of Some of the Unappropri- ated Lands in the Western Part of this Province And the Only • Reasions we have Delayed Petitioning to this Hon bl Court for a Releife before was in Hopes of the Province Line Being Altered to its former Boundes again &c Or otherwise Grant us Such Releife as *34 CHARTER RECORDS. you may think Proper — And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray — ? Committee for the Parker \ Proprietors °f Groton In The House of Representitives June — 1771 On The Petition of Josiah Sartell and Others a Com tte for The Proprietors of Groton — Whereas it Appears to This Court That The Proprietors afores d Had a Grant Made to Them by The Gen- eral Court in April 1735 of Ten Thousand Eight Hundred Acers of Land In Consideration of Land Taken from S d Groton by Lit- tleton Maj r Willard and Reads farms being Prior Grants and for their Extraordinary Suffering in the former Indian Warrs and in June 1736 Said Grant was Confirmed to Said Proprietors Sence Which time the Said Prop rs Have been Intirely Dispossed of Said Land by the late Runing of y e Line Between this Province and New Hampshire and Whereas it Appears there has Been no Com- pensation made to the Said Prop ls of Groton for y e Lands Lost as afores d Excepting Three thousand Acers Granted in November Last to James Prescott William Prescott & Oliver Prescott for their Proportion Thereof — Therefore Resolved In Leiu thereof there be Granted to the Proprietors of Groton their Heirs and Assigns for Ever Seven Thousand and Eight Hundred Acers of the unappro- priated Lands Belonging to this Province in y e Western part of y e Province to be Layed out Adjoyning to Some former Grant and that they Return a Plan thereof Taken by a Survayor and Chainmen under Oath Into y e Secretarys office Within Twelve Months for Confirmation &c — Sent up for Concurrence T Cushing Spk r In Council June 13^-1771 — Read & Nonconcured Jn° Cotton D. Secr’y In Council June 20 th 1771 — Read again, reconsidered, and Concurred Tho s Flucker Sec 4 Consented to Hutchinson Josiah John Nath 11 HAMPTON. [Granted by Massachusetts as Winnicunnet , March 3, 1635. The name was changed to Hampton, Sept. 4, 1639. Hampton Falls was set off as a parish and incorporated Nov. 23, 1726. North Hill Parish was set off and incorporated as North Hampton, Nov. 26, 1742. HAMPTON. x 35 See Masonian Papers in following volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 331 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 99 ; Index to Laws, 226 ; Farmer’s Belknap’s His- tory of New Hampshire, chaps. 1 and 2, et seq.; An Historical Address, by Joseph Dow, 1838, pub. 1839, pp. 43; historical manuscripts, by E. W. Toppan, in possession of Christopher G. Toppan, of Hampton; History, now in press, 'by Joseph Dow; papers relating to the town, in appendix of this volume ; historical sketch, compiled from Toppan manuscripts, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 317. Consult authorities cited under titles, Dover, Exeter, Gosport, New Castle, and Portsmouth.] [Mass. Court Records, March 3, 1635.] Ordered, that there shalbe a plantac’on setled at wenicunnett & that m r Dummer & m r John Spencer shall have power to presse men to builde a howse forthw th in some convenient place, & what money they lay out aboute it shalbe repaide them againe out of the Tresury or by those that come to inhabite there./ [Mass. Court Records, Nov 2, 1637.] The inhabitants of Neweberry, haveing bene moved to leave their plantation, they have graunted them winnacunnet, or any other plantation upon Merrimack below the first falls, & to have sixe miles square, & those that are now inhabitants, & shall remove w th in one yeare, shall have three years immunity (as Concord hath) the three years begining the first of the first month next. [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 6, 1638.] The Court grants that the petitioners m r Steven Bachiler, Christo : Hussey, tytary Hussey, vidua, Thom : Crumwell, Samu- ell Skullard, John Osgood, John Crosse, Samu : Greenfeild, John Molton, Tho : Molton, Willi : Estow, Willi : Palmer, Willi : Ser- gant, Rich r d Swayne, Willi : Sanders, Rob r t Tucke w th diverse others, shall have libertie to begin a plantation at Winnacunnet ; & m r Bradstreete, m r Winthrope Junior, & m r Rawson, or some two of them are to assist in setting out the place of the towne, & apportioning the severall quantity of land to each man, so as 136 CHARTER RECORDS. nothing shalbee done therein w th out alowance from them, or 2 of them./ [Mass. Court Records, May 22, 1639.] Winnacunnet is alowed to bee a towne, & hath power to choose a Cunstable, & other officers, & make orders, for the well order- ing of their towne, & to send a Deputy to the Court, & Christo : Hussey, Willi : Palmer, & Rich r d Swaine to end all businesses under 20 sh s for this yeare. the laying out of land to bee by those expressed in the former order [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 4, 1639.] Winnacunnet shalbee called Hampton./ [Mass. Court Records, May 6, 1657.] whereas the lands & proprieties of the Honnored Cap t wiggins hath not hitherto binn brought w th in the limitts of any Toune nor binn liable to pay taxes & Assessments as other the Honored magistrates have donne It is therefore Ordered by this Court that henceforth the now dwelling howse of the said Capt n Wiggin together w th the lands and proprieties thereunto Appertayning shall belong to the towne of Hampton and by the selectmen of the said Toune to be Assessed in all rates according to lawe any Custome or usage to the Contrary notwithstanding & y* for the time past he allow only the somme of five pounds to the publicke Treasury : HANCOCK. [Originally a part of Society Land. Incorporated Nov. 5, 1779, and named in honor of John Hancock. Joseph Putnam’s farm was taken from Society Land and annexed to Hancock Jan. 16, 1794. John Flint’s farm was taken from Antrim and annexed Jan. 1, 1849. HANCOCK. 137 See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 759; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 152; Index to Laws, 227; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 350; History, 1764 to 1889, by William W. Hayward, 1889, pp. 1,070.] [Grant to Green, Walker, Lyde, and Green.] [Mass. Court Records, Vol. 17, Misc. p. 221, and Maps and Plans Vol. 35, p. 23.] June 1740. Then surveyed for Mess rs Joseph Green & Isaac Walker Merchants, Byfield Lyde Esq r and John Green Merchant, Eight thousand five hundred & seventy five Acres of Land lying on the South branch of Contookock River taking in said River, and Lyeth on the North side of a Township laid out to Samuel Harwood & Others, known by the name of Peterborough and buts South on it, which is laid out to satisfy a Grant of the Great and General Court made to the abovesaid Persons 10 January 1739 — to make to them an Equivalent for Lands by them respectively surrendered to the Government, lying in upper Housatannock, in Order to accommodate the Indian Town now Called Stockbridge. It began at Beech Tree the south West corner of said Tract of Land standing in the North line of said Peterborough Township about half a Mile West from the River, said Tree being marked with the Letter A, from thence it ran North by a line of Marked Trees 1920 Perch to the north west corner, being a Stake and heap of Stones, marked with the Letter B, from thence it ran East by a line of Marked Trees nine hundred and Sixty Perch crossing the River to a White Pine the North East corner marked with the Letter C, from thence it ran fourteen degrees West by a line of marked trees Eight hundred and eighty Perch to a Maple tree, from thence it ran East forty Perch to a poplar Tree Marked, from thence it ran South fourteen degrees West Eleven hundred and twenty by a line of marked trees to a Stake & Stones in said Peter- borough line being the South East corner marked with the Letter D, and from thence it runs West with said Township, by a line of marked trees 520 Perch to where it began. In the lines above described there is allowed four hundred and fifty Acres for sagg of chain and a Pond. The tract of Land described is bounded North, West, and East on unappropriated Lands. ^ Joseph Wilder Jun r Survey 1 138 CHARTER RECORDS. Worcester ss : June 14, 1740. — Then Jacob Wilder and Joseph Osgood appearing made Oath that in surveying the above described Tract of Land they faithfully performed the service of Chainmen according to the best of their skill and Judgment. — before me Sam 1 Willard Just. Pe 9 Massachusetts Bay ss. June 17 th 1740 — Then the aforenamed Joseph Wilder appearing made Oath that in surveying the above said tract of Land he faithfully performed the duty of a Surveyor without favor or Affection according to the best of his Skill and Judgment. Before me. Joseph Wilder Justice y e Peace In the House of Representatives June 18, 1740 — Read and Ordered, that the Plat be accepted and the lands herein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Joseph Green, Isaac Walker, Byfield Lyde and John Green, their Heirs and Assigns — Provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of the Grant and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence In Council July 18, 1740 Read & Concurred Consented to J. Belcher [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 35, p. 25.] HENNIKER. 139 HENNIKER. [This town was Number 6 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. As some of the grantees came from Marlborough, Mass., it was sometimes called New Marlborough , or Marl- borough Town. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, July 16, 1752, to Andrew Todd and others, and sometimes called TodcTs-town. Incorporated as Henniker, Nov. 10, 1768, and named in honor of John Henniker, M. P. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 189; Index to Laws, 235; History, from 1 73 5 to 1880, by Leander W. Cogswell, 1880, pp. 807; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 340.] [. Petition of Proprietors of Henniker for Equivalent Grant, [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 757.] Province of the > To His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson Esq 1 ' Massachusetts-Bay $ Captain General & Commander in chief In & over s d Province To the Honourable His majesties Council & To the Honourable House of Representatives in general Court assembled January 26 th *774 The Petition of the Subscriber in behalf of ourselves and others Grantees of the Township Number Six in the Line of Towns humbly Sheweth That the Great & General Court of the Province at their Session A D 1735 Granted a Township of the Contents of Six Miles square being Number Six In the Line of Towns between Connect- icut & Merrimack Rivers that the Grantees were at very consid- erable Expence in clearing Roads Building Mills &c in said Township, that by the late running of the Line Between this Gov- ernment & the Government of New Hampshire the said Township was taken into the said Goverement of New-Hampshire, & your Pet” and their associates have lost their whole Interest therein together with the money Expended in bringing forward the Settle- ment of said Township your Petitioners therefore most humbly request that your Excel- lency & Honours would in your known wisdom & Justice Grant to your Petitioner & the other Grantees and Proprietors of s d Town- ship Number Six in Lieu thereof a Township in some of the unap- propriated Land in the Eastward Part of this Province or otherwise 140 CHARTER RECORDS. Relive your Petitioner as your Excellency & Hon r In your Wis- dom shall think proper & your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray John Gardner Stephen Maynard Seth Rice [In answer to this petition, the General Court granted the peti- tioners the township of Waterford, Me., Feb. 24, 1774.] HILLSBOROUGH. [This town was Number 7 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Jan. 26, 1748-9, to John Hill and others, and named in honor of Col. John Hill. Incorporated Nov. 14, 1772. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 379 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 203 ; Index to Laws, 241 ; Annals, from first settle- ment to 1841, by Charles James Smith, 1841, pp. 72; sketch, by Frank H. Pierce, 1, Granite Monthly, p. 369; historical sketch, by Harry Brickett, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1886, p. 391.] [Petition of Samuel Brown for Equivalent, Grant , ij68J\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 323.] To His Exelency Francis Barnard Esq r Captain General & Com- mander in Cheif in & Over his Majesties Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay the Honourable the Council and House of Represen- tatives in General Court Assembled Jan y 1768 The petition of Samuel Brown of Stockbridge Humbly Sheweth That Whereas the General Assembly of this province Some Time before the Year A. D 1739 Granted to the people of Plymouth a Township of Land Called N° 7, in the Line of Towns. Since Called by the Name of Hillsburg which Township was Since Sold to Coll. John Hills & Gershom Keyes than of Boston by Said Granttees, & Hills & Keyes afore Sd became Obliged to Do the Duty of Settle- ment in Sd Township as Injoynd by the General Assembly as the Condition of Sd Grant in pursueance whereof Said Hills & Keyes Soon after built a meetting house & mill or mills in Sd Township HILLSBOROUGH. I 4 I & also Gave a Considerable part of Sd Township to a proper Num- ber of persons to go on & Setle the Same according the Courts act whereby the whole Duty of Settlement was Securd to be Done & Save the Remaing part of Sd Lands of Sd Township free of Charges after which (viz) in the year A. D 1739, your Petitioner in Consideration of the afore mentioned things Respeting the Set- tlement of Sd Township being Done & also Esteeming the Grant of General Court a Good Title, Your Petitioner Purchas d One Thousand Acres of land in Sd Township of Sd Keyes as being free of Duty at the Price of £500 Cash in hand of the than Currancy of the province and Soon after Sold the Same for £550. the same Cur- rancy and warranted the Same, but Since that time the line between the Province & Newhampshire being Setled. Sd Township by Sd Line is Taken from this province & InCluded in Newhampshire and although Some part of Sd Township has been Released to Sundry Persons, by the proprietors of Newhampshire. Yet they uterly Refuse to Release any to your petitioner, but hold that Indi- vidual Tract of land of one Thousand Acres afoementioned from your petitioner although full & proper Application has been made therefor, wherefore your petitioner is Damaged the Vallue of £550. as afoe sd & now Obliged to pay y e Same with Sink of money & Interest to this time & Till it be paid which to this time by the Computation of one of our prinsaple Gentleman in the Law amounts to the Sum of more than Two thousand pounds old Tennor, wherefore Your Petitioner Humbly Prays Your Exelency & Honnours would be pleased to take your petitioners Case into your wise & Juditious Consideration & Grant to him an Equivalent in lands in the Western part of the province or Some other way make up to your petitioner his Damages as in your Great wisdom & Goodness Your Exelency & honnours Shall think fitt and your Petitioner as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray &c Sam Brown In the House of Representatives Febr 3 1768 It Appearing by a Report of a Com tee of this Court made in the year 1765 Accepted by the House & Concurred by the Hon ble Board tho not Signed by his Excel y the Governor there was allowed to Col 0 Hill & others Seventeen Hundred Acres of Land for land Lost by running the line of New Hampshire A Thousand Acres part thereof of right belongs to the pet r Sam 1 Brown. Therefore Resolved that there be granted to the S d Sam 1 Brown his heirs & assigns One thousand Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the province lying in the County of Hampshire or Berkshire to be laid out in one 142 CHARTER RECORDS. peice adjoining to some former Grant and that he return a plan thereof In twelve months for Confirmation Sent up for Concurrence In Council Feb y 4 th 1768- Read & Concurred Consented to T Cushing Spk r Jn° Cotton D. Secr’y Fra. Bernard HINSDALE. [This town was included in the original grant of Northfield, Mass. Incorporated as Hindsdale, Sept. 3, 1753, an d named in honor of Col. Ebenezer Hindsdale. Sep- tember 26, 1753, the Governor decided that the east line should extend to Chester- field, thus taking off a portion of Winchester. On the establishment of the State of Vermont and the final determination of its jurisdiction, the town lost all of its territory west of the Connecticut. See New Hampshire charters following ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 382; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 398,400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 212; Index to Laws, 242 ; historical sketch, by J. M. Stebbins, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 357.] [Mass. House Journal, July 4, 1727.] On a Memorial of the Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Town of Northfield, praying, that as there has never yet been any Lines and Boundaries of their Town run and setled and returned to this Court for Confirmation, and as they have lately been at the Cost and Charge of a Surveyor and Chain-Men on Oath to Survey the same according to the Grants of this Court, that the Lands contained within the Lines of the Plat protracted as aforesaid and Exhibited with the Petition, may be Confirmed to them, for the Reasons men- tioned, which was Read and Accepted, and Ordered , That Col. Stoddard , Mr. Gunn , and Mr. Wright , be a Committee at the Charge of the Petitioners, to run the Lines of the Town of North- field by a skilful Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath agreable to the several Grants made by this Court to the said Town, and return a Plat thereof to the Court in their next Fall Session for Confirmation. Sent up for Concurrence. HINSDALE. Z 43 [Mass. House Journal, July 6, 1727.] Theofhilus Burrell Esq ; brought down the Memorial of the Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Town of Northjield, with the Vote of the House thereon, as entred the 4-th. Currant, Pass’d in Council, viz . In Council July 5th . 1727. Read and Concurr’d, The Survey of the first Grant of Eight Miles Square to begin at the East side of the River at the lower end of the Three little Meadows, and so to extend Eight Miles up the River. Sent down for Con- currence. Read and Concurr’d. [Mass. Court Records, June 22, 1733.] A Plat of the Township of Northfeild in the County of Hamp- shire taken by Tim 0 Dwight Esq r Survey 1 ' — In the House of Rep- resent^ Read & Voted that the within plat protracted by Tim° Dwight Survey 1 * be Accepted, & the Lands therein contained, con- firmed to the Town of Northfeild saving that on the East Side of Connecticut River they shall begin their Measure in laying out their first Grant at the lower End of the three little Meadows & from thence measure Eight Miles up Connecticut River, agreable to the Representation of M r William Clarke the Survey 1 of the first Comm^ who laid out that Township, And that so much be struck off from the Nothern Part of the Plat on the East Side of Connecticut River as the Land shall measure from the Mouth of the Brook called Natani’s or Bennet’s Brook to the lower End of the three little Meadows — In Council Read & Concur’d Consented to J Belcher. [Grant to John Russell.] [Mass. House Journal, Aug. 18, 1737.] A Petition of Joh?i Russell , Esq; of Barnstable, in the County of Barnstable , Chyrurgeon, praying for a Grant of Land on Ac- count of his Service and Expences as Chyrurgeon in the late Ex- pedition against Port-Royal , under Command of the late Col. March . Read and Ordered , That the Petition be considered at twelve o’Clock this Day. I 44 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Aug. 18, 1737.] The Petition of Dr. John Russell read again and considered, and in Answer thereto, Voted , That two hundred Acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province lying in the County of Hampshire, be and is hereby given and granted to the Petitioner John Russell , Esq ; in full Consideration of the Expence he was at, and his Service in the Expedition to Annapolis within men- tioned, and that he be allowed and impowred by a Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath to return a Plat thereof to this Court (adjoin- ing to some Township) within twelve Months for Confirmation. Sent up for Concurrence by Mr. Bird . [Mass. Court Records, Aug. 18, 1737.]. A Petition of John Russell Esq r praying for some consideration for his serving the Province in an Expedition to Port Royal in the year 1704 for which he has never yet received any thing by reason of his absence beyond Sea when the Roll was made up : — In the House of Represent^ Read and Ordered, that two hun- dred Acres of the unappropriated lands of the Province lying in the County of Hampshire be and is hereby given and granted to the Petitioner John Russel Esq r in full consideration of the ex- pence at, and his service in the Expedition to Annapolis within mentioned, and that he be allowed and impowered by a Surveyor and Chain men on oath, to return a Plat thereof (adjoining to some Township or former Grant) to the Court, within twelve months, for confirmation. In Council ; Read. [Mass. Court Records, June 23, and House Journal, June 22, 1738.] A Plat of Two Hundred Acres of Land laid out by Nathaniel Kellog Survey 1 ' and Chain men on oath, to fulfill a grant made by this Court to John Russell Esq 1 * lying Westward and adjoining to the Town commonly called Arlington, North, and adjoining to a Township lying Eastward of and adjoining to Northfield ; bounded North and West on unappropriated land ; Beginning at a Heap of HOPKINTON. I 45 Stones which is Arlington South West Corner ; thence running North i6°.oo. West two hundred and thirty two perch in Arlington West Line ; thence West one hundred fourteen perch twelve feet to a stake and Stones ; thence South two hundred and twenty two Perch ; thence East one hundred and seventy seven perch, to the place first mentioned. In the House of Represent^ Read and Ordered that the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said John Russel Esq r his Heirs and Assigns in full satisfaction of the Grant within mentioned ; Provid- ed it exceeds not the quantity of two hundred Acres of land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. In Council ; Read and Concur’ d Consented to J Belcher HOPKINTON. [This town was Number 5 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Some of the grantees being from Hopkinton, Mass., the town was also called New Hopkinton. Granted by the Masonian proprietors, Nov. 30, 1750, to Henry Mellen and others. Incorpor- ated as Hopkinton, Jan. 10, 1765, and named from Hopkinton, Mass. A portion of Bow was annexed Dec. 13, 1763, to settle a dispute between the two towns. The town was annexed to Merrimack from Hillsborough County on the incorpora- tion of the former in 1823. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 404 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 255 ; Index to Laws, 247 ; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack county, 1885, p. 391 ; Life and Times in Hopkinton, by C. C. Lord, 1890, pp. 583.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1735.] On the Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Hopkinton , praying for a Grant of Land for a Township on the Westerly side of Riimford and Suncook , on that tract taken up and dropt by the Narragan- sett Men, which was read and accepted, and the House came into the Grant at the place petitioned for on the same Conditions of Settlement as the last preceeding Grant was made. Sent up for Concurrence. 10 146 CHARTER RECORDS. HUDSON. [This was a part of the Old Dunstable grant, and was afterwards included in the limits of Nottingham. Incorporated as Nottingham West, July 5, 1746. The name was changed to Hudson, July 1, 1830. The southwest part of Londonderry was annexed March 6, 1778. The line with Londonderry was established June 27, 1857, and the line with Windham July 2, 1862. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 193, 416; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 273; Index to Laws, 251 ; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 457. Consult authorities cited under title of Dunstable.] [Grant to Joseph Hills.] [Mass. Court Records, May 14, 1656.] Granted to m r Joseph Hills five hundred acres of land neere Norwottocke where m r Bradstreet & others have graunts In Con- sideration of an Adventure of thirty three pounds and severall ser- vices to y e Countrye [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1660, and Maps and Plans, Vol. 1. P- i 5 -] In Ans r to the petic'on of m r Joseph Hills', The Court Judged meete to Graunt that m r Jonathan Danforth & Jn° or Jam 3 parker be Impowered to lay out unto m r Hill the five hundred acres for- merly in 1656 Graunted him in any place not formerly Graunted/ [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 15.] 10 th 3 m 1661 laid out to m r Joseph Hill of Maldon, five hundred ace. of land in the wildernesse on y e easterne side of merimack Riv r one part or parsell of y e same Lyeth adjoyning to the Said River ; begin’ing at wattannanuck right over against y e Island which Lyeth at y e mouth of Nashuway Riv r run’ing up merimack : (457) pole 5 by the River ; then Run’ing half a point Northward of y e east ; (112) pole ; (cutting crosse a smale brooke : which bounds it on the North: neer merimuck;) then runing south and by East; (354) HUDSON. 147 pole ; unto a pine tree marked with J : H : from thence y e closing line to merimuck runes south west : one hundred pole ; which par- sell of land containes (350) ace more or lesse ; all which is suffe- tiently bounded by marked trees and is more fully demonstrated by a plott taken of y e same ; also one part or parsed of y e same Containing (144) ace. more or lesse Lyeth south east of the former parsed, about two miles distant from it ; Lying under the North end of a great hid (called discovery Hid) and so also bounded by other great Hills, on y e North west and North east ; lying as it were in a vayley, a brook passing through y e same ; which Parsed of land is suffetiently bounded by marked trees ; also a smale patch of meadow of about Six acc. lying within sight of a pond ; which lyeth Northeast of the two former parsells and about one mile distant from each : Which is bounded by great pines, marked with J H : ad which was laid out by Jonathan Danforth Survey 1 * The Deputies approve of this returne & orders it to be recorded desireinge the Consent of o r Hon rd majists hereto William Torrey Cleric 7 June 1661 : The magists Consent heereto Edw. Rawson secret graunted also to m r Joseph Hills a Small Hand beinge in the mouth of Nashaway river as it fads in to merimack, Cont 0 about 6 Acc rs provided he Compound with the Indians for their right with reference the Consent of o r Hon rd magists hereto William Torrey Cleric. The magists Consent hereto so as that there be a Constantly a high way for y e Country & y* the Indians be not hindered from their Constant fishing the deputs Consenting hereto 22 May 1662 Edw : Rawson secrety Consented unto by the Dep ts as Attest Thomas Savage Speak r [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 15.] To the honoured Court. I understanding that the Surveyours returne of laying out the land formerly Granted mee on A double Considerac’on (i. e) for 33 11 : 06 9 : o8 d Layd down in Engl : & for Severall Services to the Countrie hath not been acceptable to our honoured Magistrates 148 CHARTER RECORDS. because it is in 3 places and So much in Length beside the River, doe for their better Satisfacc’on hereby Signifie my willingness to accept of the bigger parsel of meadow onely for So many Acres as is of it and to make up the rest backward into the Countrie from the river behind the 300 and odd Acres and So it will be all in one place onely the Meadow A litle remote which is usual with most farmes in the Countrie. 14 : 4 : 61 : Your verie humble Servant Joseph Hills : The magistrates grant this desire of m r Hill w th reference to the consent of our Bretheren the deputies. Jo : Endecott Gov r Consented to by the Deputies William Torrey Cleric [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 14.] [Mass. Court Records, Vol. 1, p. 15.] 3 m 1662 Acording to the order of the generall Court 14 th 4“ 1661. Ther is added unto the farme of m r Joseph Hill of Maldon, one hundr : ace. of land Joyning to the former parsell backward from y e River ; Hence the buttings and boundings of his farme are as followeth ; Laid out unto m r Joseph Hill of maldon (500) ace. of land in the wildernesse on the easterne side of merimack River, one Parsed of the same containing (450) ace. Joyneth to the said River ; begin’ing at wattan-na-nuck, right over against y e Island which lyeth at y e mouth of Nashuway river, run’ing up merrimack, ISLES OF SHOALS. ! 4 9 457, pole by y e river, then run’ing halfe a point Northward of y e east; 148, pole, cutting crooss a smale brook which bounds it on the North neer merimack then runing South and by east (406) pole unto a pine tree marked H : from thence ; the closing line to merimack is (no) pole, all which is suffetiently bounded by marked tree, the forme of which do better appear by a plott taken of the same ; also: one part or parsell of the same, containing fifty ace. of meadow Lyeth South east of the former Parsed about 2 miles dis- tant from it, lying under the North end of a great Hid (called dis- covery Hid) also bounded by other great hills on the North west & North east, a brook Passing through the same ; also ther is no other meadow neer unto this parsed. This was laid out : By Jonathan Danforth Survey 1 The deputyes approve of this returne desireing o r Hono rd m ag- ists Consent hereto William Torrey Cleric. Consented to by the magis t3 Edw Rawson secrety ISLES OF SHOALS. [These islands belong part to Maine and part to New Hampshire. The whole group was incorporated by Massachusetts, as a township by the name of Appiedore , May 22, 1661. Star Island was incorporated as Gosport Dec. 24, 1715, and was annexed to the town of Rye, July 20, 1876. On the settlement of the boundaries of New Hampshire, 1737-1741, the commissioners in 1737, adjudged part of the islands to lie in the province of Maine and the remainder in New Hampshire, which judgment was confirmed by the King in 1741. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 313; Index to Laws, 21 1 ; Farmer’s Belknap’s History of New Hampshire, chapters 1 and 2, et seq . ; The Isles of Shoals, An His- torical Sketch, by John Scribner Jenness, first ed., Cambridge, 1873, second ed., 1875. Consult authorities cited under titles, Dover, Exeter, Hampton, New Castle, and Portsmouth ; special papers relating to early settlement in appendix to this volume.] CHARTER RECORDS. 150 [. Petition of Isles of Shoals to he made a Township , / 63 j . ] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 215.] To the much honoured Court held at Boston y e 18 th of y e 3 d 53 The humble petition of the Inhabbitants in the Isles of Showles, Sheweth That whereas wee the said Inhabbitants, liveing so remote from the neighbour-townes upon the Maine, and having thereby all- ready sustained much wronge through want of a power deputed amongst our selves to helpe, whom it may concerne to their due Debts, and findinge alsoe by unsutable wind & weather, that wee cannot (upon occasion) visite the Town that wee might enjoy the benefitt of the Law, to recover our owne, in a way of righteous- nes. Wee therefore upon such like reasons, doe thinke it our dutie to make petition to this much honoured generall Court that you mought be pleased, to take our condition into your serious and sage consideration, & to grant us the priviledge of a Towneshipp, as farre as your wisdomes shall thinke us capable, as, that wee may have amongst us a Clarke of the writts, & some others authorizd to have the hearing & issueing of such causes as may fall out, under the summe of Ten pounds wee finding as wee sup- pose under your favour, more neede of such a priviledge then our neibour-townes, forasmuch as some of our transient ones, as it may fall out, they cannot tarrie untill their causes may be issued else- where. Alsoe, may it please this honourd Cburt to take notice, that our situation is such, as many times wee necessarilie shall not be able to Joyne with our neibours in militarie affaires through unseasonable weather, without great hazard or damage to our selves. Our request is therefore, that you would be pleased to make us a distinct company in that respect, we being upwards of a hundred men at this time, & that our loving friends John Arthur Lieut : & willia n Seely Ensigne so chosen amongst us, to beginne that service, they mought be instaled into such places, for the benefitt of the rest, according to your order Thus, wee nothing doubting, but yee will be pleased to pass by any of these our unsutable expressions, & grant us whatsoever your discretion shall see mostly conduceing to our best good. Wee (for your fatherlie ceare allready enjoyed, & yet expected) doe account ourselves in bounden dutie to be ready, to doe you any service to our abilitie, & to make supplications yet in your behalfe, for the further influ- ences of the holie ghost upon your hearts, in those approaching & ISLES OF SHOALS. 151 all after agitations, for his owne glory, with his churches wellfare. We now humblie take our leave, & subscribe in the name, & with generall consent. Hercules Hunkins Rice Joanes Peter Triforn John fabines Benjamin Bickford walther Mathews matthew Giles Rice Cadogan William Sealy John bickford John Arthur Phillip Babb Richard Sealy George Sealy. Samuell Jewell William wren John Bretnell Edward Smale Peeter Gee houmphry honewell The Deputyes thinke meete that the petition 13 be graunted liberty of determining Civill actions which shall concerne them, when either one or both partyes are inhabitants & taken there to the val- ue of ten pounds, & that m r Brion Pendleton m r Nicholas Shapley Herculus Hunkins Richard Seely & Phillip Babb be Commis- sion rs for such Cases, & y* they or any three of them m r Pendle- ton or m r Shapley beinge one may here & determine all such cases legally brought before them according to law till this court take further order therein, & for settleinge of the military Officers & Company The Court hath already ^vided in that case in their order for the settling of the militia made Anno, 1652 which gives the Chiefe officer of every Company power to appoynt as herein — & for Clark of the writts none being p r sented its left to the discretion of the Commission rs afforesd or the major pt of them to appoynt a meet man for y* service till the Court take further order therein voted by the depu ts who desire the Consent of o r hono rd magists heereto . William Torrey Cleric. The magists Consent hereto Edward Rawson Secret’y [Mass. Court Records, May 28, 1659.] In Ans r to the peticion of the Inhabitants of the Isle of Shoales the Court doe not Judge the persons petitioning to be in a Capacity at present to make a Touneshipp. [Mass. Court Records, May 22, 1661.] ffor the better setling of order In the Isle of shoales It is Ordered ! 5 2 CHARTER RECORDS. by this Court that henceforward the whole Islands apperteining there unto w ch doe lye partly in the County of York & the other parte in the Jurisdiction of Dover & Portsmouth shall be reputed & hereby Allowed to be a Touneship called apledoore & shall have aequall power to regulate theire Toune affaires as other Tounes of this Jurisdiction have./ KEENE. [Granted by Massachusetts as Upper Ashuelot, April 20, 1733. Incorporated as Keene, April 1 1, 1753, and named in honor of Sir Benjamin Keene. The north- east corner was comprised in the limits of Sullivan, incorporated Sept. 27, 1787. Another portion, with parts of Nelson and Marlborough, went to make up the town of Roxbury, Dec. 9, 1812. A part of Swanzey was annexed, Dec. 10, 1812. An act was passed July 1, 1868, by which the town of Roxbury was to be annexed to Keene, whenever the provisions of the act were adopted by a majority of voters in both towns, but this has not yet been done. A city charter was granted in 1865, but was not accepted till July 3, 1873. See New Hampshire charters following ; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XII, Ham- mond Town Papers, 306; Index to Laws, 268; Annals of the Town, from 1734 to 1790, 2, Collections of the N. H. Historical Society, p. 71 ; same, with cor- rections, additions, and a continuation from 1790 to 1815, pub. 1851, pp. 120; sketch, by J. N. McClintock, Granite Monthly, Vol. 3, p. 548, and Vol. 4, p. 499; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 24.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 8, 1736.] • A Petition of Elisha Root , Isaac Power, John Corbett , and sundry others, Proprietors, and some of them Inhabitants of the upper Township on Ashuelot River in the County of Hampshire, shewing that a Committee of this Court appointed in the Year 1733, to admit Settlers or Proprietors, on the 6 th. of June 1734, received and admitted the Petitioners as Proprietors to the Number of Sixty, who received their Lots or Drafts and paid the Sum ordered at their Admittance, that by force there of they have assembled at sundry times since, under sundry Adjournments from their first meeting the yth. of June 1734, and have made and passed several Votes for carrying on the Settlement of the said Township agre- able to the Intent of the Grant, an account of their Proceedings accompanying the Petition, praying the Order and Authority of KEENE. 153 the Court for Establishing the said Meetings and Orders, and Votes therein made, for the reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That Capt. Hobson, Col. Alden, and Col. Church, be a Committee to take this Petition under Consideration, and report their Opinion of what may be proper for the Court to do thereon. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 8, p. 15.] * 3«a *•*-.? *7 ^17 ,A u« *».* ,A 7^*wt uA«f| 4 any *11 mr% mil S i54 CHARTER RECORDS. LEMPSTER. [This was Number 9 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Granted by New Hampshire as Dupplin, Jan. 1, 1753, to Samuel Clark Pain and others. Regranted Oct. 5, 1761, to Benadam Gallop and others, and incorporated as Lempster. Regranted Jan. 5, 1767, to Dudley Woodbridge and others. The charter was renewed Jan. 21, 1772. A portion of this town was included in the incorporation of Goshen, Dec. 27, 1791. The line between Lempster and Washington was established Nov. 27, 1812. See New Hampshire charters following; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 466; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 396; Index to Laws, 285 ; historical sketch, by Helen Bingham, Hurd’s History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 185.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 8, 1737.] A Petition of Samuel Lysco?nb, Jonathan Dwight and Thomas Cutler , a Committee in behalf and by order of the Proprietors of the Township Number Nine in the Line of Towns between the Rivers of Connecticut and Merrimack, praying they may be allowed to make a Pitch of another Township, the said Township Number Nine upon a late View in order for laying out the Home- Lots being look’d on as impracticable for Settlement, according to the Conditions of the Grant. Read and referred to the May Ses- sion for Consideration. [Mass. House Journals, June 13, 1738.] Ordered , That the Petition of Samuel Lyscomb , Jonathan Dwight , & Thomas Cutler , a Committee of the Proprietors of the Township Number Nine , in the Line of Towns, as entred the eighth of December last, and referred, be further referred to the next sitting of the Court. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 6, 1738.] Ordered , That the Petition of Samuel Lyscomb , and others, a Committee of the Proprietors of the Township Number Nine in the Line of Towns, as entred the Sth of December and 14 th of Jzme last and referred, be further referred to the next sitting of the Court. LEMPSTER. 155 [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 12, 1738.] A Petition of Leonard Lockman , Esq ; shewing that he pur- chased, paid for, and gave Bond to settle divers Rights or Shares of Land in the Township Number Nine in the Line of Towns, since which it is manifest the said Lands are accounted not worth settling, so that he is without remedy if he cannot obtain Recom- pence, praying for an Equivalent in other Lands of the Province in such Quantity as to the Wisdom of the Court shall seem meet. Read and Ordered, That this Petition be referred to the next sit- ting of the Court, to be considered with the Petition of Samuel Lyscomb, and others, a Committee in behalf of the other Proprie- tors of said Township, as entred the 6th currant. [Mass. House Journal, July 3, 1739.] The Petition of Samuel Lyscomb, Jonathan Dwight, Thomas Cutler, and others, for themselves and the other Grantees or Pro- prietors of the Township Number Nine, in the Line of Towns, praying they may obtain another Grant of a Township by reason of the badness of Number Nine, as entred the 4 th of Dece7nber 1737, the 13M of June and 6th of December 1738. Read and Ordered, That the Petition be referred further to the next sitting of the Court for Consideration. [ Vote and List of Grantees of Lemfster, 7750.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 115, p. 839.] At a Great and General Court held in Boston, the Twenty Fourth Day of November, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Six, the following Vote passed the Two Houses, and was Consented to by the Governour — Viz 1 Voted, That m r Samuel Ly scorn be and hereby is fully Author- ized and Impowered to Assemble and Convene the Grantees or Proprietors of the Township Number Nine, lying in the Line of Towns between the Rivers of Connecticut and Merrimack, to assemble in such Place as they shall be Notified and warned to Convene and Assemble at, To Choose a Moderator and Clerk, and CHARTER RECORDS. *56 Committee to Allot and Divide their Lands & to dispose of the same, and to pass such Votes and Orders as by them may be thought Conducive for the speedy fulfilment of the Conditions of their Grants, And also to agree upon Methods for calling of Meetings for the future, Provided None of their Votes concerning the Dividing or Disposing of their Lands, that shall be passed, while they are under the Direction of the Committee of this Court, shall be of Force before they are allowed of by the said Committee A True Copy taken from the Book of Records belonging to the Grantees of the Township Number Nine Attest Josiah Peirce Clark for the Grantees of N° 9 — A List of the Names of the Grantees of the Township N° 9- Samuel Lyscom Edward Child Nathan Brigham Joseph Dwight John Goddard Thomas Cutler jun r Ascan Lockman William Lockman Daniel Dwight John Harris William Cutler Jonathan Pool John Overing Ephraim Cutler Samuel Whitney Josiah Shattock Josiah Perry Josiah Peirce David Stratton Thomas Wellington Daniel Hastings Asher Rice Aaron Brigham Jonathan Dwight John Woodward Leonard Lockman Lewis Lockman John Ellis Nathanael Dwight Samuel Cutler Abraham Nickols Zechariah Filegg Amos Bond Zebulun Hastings John Fisk Peter Wyman Thaddeus Bond Joseph Wellington Jonathan Hammond Benjamin Lee Elisha Maynard John Warren Israel Walker Nathanael Sever Josiah Browne George Lockman Augustus Lockman Samuel Dwight Timothy Harris Joseph Winchester Henry Bright Isaac Snowe Henry Spring Benjamin Hastings Joseph Bridge Thomas Warren Ephraim Perry Ebenezer Davis Joseph Dix Ebenezer Stone y I know not That any of the Grantees have fulfilled the Conditions of their Grants — The Reason of y e Neglect is, The Grantees em- ploy’d a Committee to view the Township, & to lay out House Lots : who after viewing the same, Reported to the Grantees, That in their Judgment it was Utterly Impossible to be Inhabited as a Town; and therefore they laid out no Lots. Upon which the Grantees made Choice of a Committee to Petition the Great and LITCHFIELD. 157 General Court for a New Township in the Room of Number Nine at a Meeting December 6, 1737. Which Committee, I have often heard, Obtained, That the Grantees should be saved harmless from their Bonds by a Vote of the Great and General Court. But have not been able to procure that Vote. Josiah Peirce Proprietors Clerk Hampshire ss > Josiah Peirce Subscriber to the above Copies and Mar. 23. 1750 5 Account relating to the Township Number Nine made Oath that they were True before me Rich d Crouch Jus 4 Peace LITCHFIELD. [This was originally a part of Old Dunstable, known as Naticook or Brentons Farm. Granted by Massacusetts July 9, 1729, to John Richardson and others. The present name was adopted July 3, 1734. Incorporated as Litchfield, June 5, 1 749- See New Hampshire charters following; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 467; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 414; Index to Laws, 292; historical sketch, by E. F. McQuesten, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 486. Consult authori- ties cited under title of Dunstable.] [Mass. Court Records, July 9, 1729.] A Petition of John Richardson, Joseph Blanchard & divers others, being some of the Proprietors of a Tract of Land in the Town of Dunstable called Naticook or Brenton’s Farm, Praying fora Grant of Province Lands adjacent to the said Farm, of the Contents of about twenty one square miles lying on both sides of Merrimack River. Beginning on the East Bank of said River, Northward of said Farm, & to extend as the Line of said Farm runs, three miles ; thence Northerly according to the general Course of the River, three miles ; thence Westerly to said River, & to continue on the same Point four miles Westerly of said River ; thence Southerly on a Line parallel to the general Course of the said River till it meets with Merrimack River, Which Tract of Land they will settle with Families as soon as they can have Encouragement for the same. In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Voted that the Prayer of the Petition be granted, & the Lands are hereby granted to the Petitioners & their associates accordingly ; Provided they shall CHARTER RECORDS. 158 within three years lay out Sixty House Lots compacted & in a defensible manner, & set a part one Lot for the first settled Min- ister, one for the Ministry & one for the School, & settle fifty Families on the Place, each to build a House on his Lot, & Fence & break up three Acres of Land, & the Society settle a learned orthodox Minister, & build a Meeting house for the Worship of God within the Term; And that Major John Chandler, & M r John Hobson be a Committee fully impowered to set off to the Grantees the Contents of Twenty one square miles ; & that then the Grantees have Power to chuse a Committee among themselves to manage the Affairs of the Plantation until they shall be erected into a Township by this Court ; The Charge of laying out the Land to be defrayed by the Grantees ; who are not allowed to make Sale of the Land w r ithin the said Term, & unless the Conditions be com- plied with within the Term, the Lands shall be forfeited to the Province. — In Council ; Read & Concur’d — [Mass. House Journal, June 9, 1731.] A Petition of Jonas Clark , Joseph Underwood and Caleb Blogget, in behalf of themselves and the other Subscribers, part of whom are Petitioners in a Petition called, The addition to Nati- cook Farm to make it a Township ; and part belonging to a Peti- tion called, Amaskeeg Petition ; praying, That they may have a Tract of Land granted them for a Township, agreeable to the Bounds set forth in the Petition, and that they may have a Com- mittee chosen among themselves, to lot out the same, and manage the Affairs thereof, for Reasons mentioned. Read. [Mass. House Journal, Aug. 13, 1731.] A Petition of Jonas Clark , Joseph Underwood and Caleb Blogget, in behalf of themselves and the other Subscribers, part of whom are Petitioners in a Petition called The Petition to Nati- cook Farm to make it a Township, and part belonging to a Peti- tion called Amaskeag Petition , praying, That a Tract of Land within the following Bounds, may be granted them for a Town- LITCHFIELD. I 59 ship, viz. Southerly by Dunstable Line, and Souhegan River, Westerly by the Narraganset Township, a parallel Line to Pis- cataquogy River, and by said River to Merimack River, and from Merimack River to run Eastward Three Miles, then turning about Southerly , according to the Course of said Merimack River, until it comes to Dunstable Line first mentioned, for Reasons mentioned in the Petition. Read, and Ordered , That Mr. Chandler , Mr. Lynde and Capt. Goddard be a Committee to consider thereof, and Report what may be proper to be done thereon. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. io, 1731.] A Memorial of Benjamin Woodbridge and Thomas Arnold , for themselves and as Agents on behalf of the several Petitioners Sub- scribers to a Petition exhibited in the Year 1726 praying, that the Court would revive the said Petition, and that (for the Reasons therein mentioned, and what further may be added) they would grant the Prayer thereof. Read, together with the Petition above referred to, as also the Report of the Committee appointed the last Session, to consider of the Petition of Joseph Underwood and others, praying, that a Tract of Land North of Dunstable on both sides Merrimack River, may be granted for a Township, as entred the 13th of August , and 6th of October last, and the House came into the following Order, viz . Ordered , That Mr. Shove and Mr. Samuel Chandler , be a Committee to take a Survey of all the Land lying between Dun- stable North and Suncook South Line, Three Miles East of Mer- rimack River, and Four Miles West thereof, so as not to interfere with the Narraganset Township, view and consider the Nature and Quality of the said Land, and whether the same will accom- modate three Townships, and make Report as soon as may be, Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 10, 1731.] A Memorial of Caleb Blogget , in behalf of himself and others, Petitioners for a Tract of Land for a Township on Merrimack River, joining to Dunstable, (as by a Petition in May 1731 will i6o CHARTER RECORDS. appear) praying, That their said Petition may be taken into Con- sideration, and that they may have the Land granted them, agree- able to the following Bounds, viz. Southerly on Dunstable Line, and Souheag River, and so to run up Merrimack River, taking in Three Miles on the East side and on the West side, unto the Bounds of the Narraganset Township, until it includes so much Land as will make up the Contents of Six Miles square, for Reasons mentioned. Read. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 26, 1731-2.] Ordered, That Mr. Shove , Mr. Welles and Mr. Samuel Chan- dler, be a Committee to take under Consideration, the Memorial of Caleb Blogget, and the Petition therein referred to, entred the 15th. as also the Memorial of George Brown and others, entred the 19th Instant, and Report what may be proper to be done thereon. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 28, 1731-2.] Mr. Shove from the Committee appointed the 26th Instant, to consider of the Memorial of Caleb Blogget, the Petition of Joseph Underwood, and the Memorial of George Brown and others, Reported, Read, Accepted, and Accordingly Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Memorials, and the several Petitions therein referred to, as also any other Petitions respecting the Land within mentioned, be and hereby are referred to the Session of this Court in May next ; and that in the mean Time Mr. Samuel Chandler and Mr. John Longley, with such as shall be joined by the Honourable Board be a Committee carefully to view the Land from Souhegan River and Brenton’s Farm so called, on both sides of Merrimack River to Suncook Township, viz. Three Miles on the East side of the said River, and Four Miles on the West side thereof, at all places where it may be without infringing upon the JYarraganset Town, and by a Surveyor and Chain-Men under Oath, survey the same, and present a Plan thereof to this Court at their said Session, as also Report the Quantity, Quality and Con- veniency thereof, and how many Towns it will conveniently make : And if they find any Person or Persons improving or preparing to settle the said Land, without Leave from this Court, that they do LITCHFIELD. 161 in their Name forbid their Proceeding or continuing in such Improvement. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1733.] A Petition of the Proprietors of Naticook Lands or Brenton's Farm for themselves and the other Proprietors of said Lands and their associates, willing and ready to settle said Lands, praying that the additional Grant to said Farm on both sides Merrimack River of the contents of twenty one square Miles, passed both Houses in their favour in July 1729. may be now revived and con- firmed to them, and they be obliged to settle the same in the man- ner directed to in the vote of "July aforesaid, and that they may have liberty to chuse a Committee among themselves for bringing forward and perfecting the Settlement accordingly. Read and referred to the next sitting of the Court. [Mass. House Journal, March 1, 1733-4*] A Petition of Caleb Lyman , Francis Borland, and sundry others Proprietors of Naticook Lands and Lands adjoining on each side Merrimack , partly in Dunstable, and partly in Notting- ham, praying that the said Lands as described in the Petition may be erected into a Township, for the reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the Petitioners serve the Towns of Dunstable and Nottingham with copies of this Petition, that they shew cause, if any they have, on the first Thursday of the next sitting of the Court, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 5, 1734.] A Petition of the Heirs of Cap 11 Samuel Gallop Cap* of a Com- pany in the Expedition to Canada in the Year 1690 & of his sur- viving officers & soldiers and heirs of such as are deceased shew- ing the Hardships & Miserys the said Company underwent and 11 162 CHARTER RECORDS. the little Consideration they have had therefor & Praying for a Tract of Land for a Township — In the House of Representatives Read & Ordered that the within Petition be Revived and in answer thereto Voted that there be allowed to the Cap 1 within mentioned or to his Legal Represent three hundred Acres and to the Lieut, or his Legal Represent** two hundred & fifty acres & to the Ensign or his Legal Represent** Two hundred acres & so to the Rest of the Officers & Soldiers (excepting Will m Hack) born on the Roll within mentioned or to their Legal Represent** One hundred & fifty Acres being in the whole seven Thousand & two hundred Acres of land not already Appropriated at a place Called Naticook (above the said place) On the Eastern side of Merrimack River not Extending above three Miles from the River & Return a Plat there of to this Court within twelve months for Confirmation Provided Nevertheless that in Case any one or more of the officers and Soldiers do not appear by himself or Legal Represent** within one Year that then his or their parts shall Remain & belong to the Province as if no such Grant had been made — In Council Read & Non Concurr’d [Mass. Court Records, June 6, and House Journal, June 5, 1734.] A Petition of the Proprietors of Naticook & Lands Adjoyning thereto on the East & west sides of Merrimack River partly in the Town of Dunstable & partly in the Town of Nottingham shewing that the said Lands are Commodiously Situated for a Township and the Proprietors have Supported a Minister there for some time past and therefore Praying that the said Lands may be Erected into a Township In the House of Represent** Read & ordered that the pet 13 Serve the Towns of Dunstable & Nottingham with Copys of this petition that they shew Cause if any they have on Wednesday the Nine- teenth day of June Currant if the Court be then Sitting if not on the first Tuesday of the next Sitting of the Court why the prayer thereof should not be Granted In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher LITCHFIELD. 163 [Mass. House Journal, June 20, 1734.] yacob Wendell , Esq ; brought down the Petition of Messieurs Caleb Lyman and others, Proprietors o {Naticook Lands so called, and other Lands adjacent ; praying they may be erected into a Township, as entred the fifth currant, Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council yune 19, 1734. Read again, together with the answer of the Towns of Dunstable , and Nottingham , and Ordered, That the prayer of this Petition be so far granted, as that the Petitioners be and hereby are erected into a separate and distinct Township, conformable to the bounds mentioned in an agreement between the Petitioners, and the Towns aforesaid, and that the Petitioners have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and Concur’d. [Mass. House Journal, June 24, 1734.] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting certain I^ands at a -place called Naticook, with other Lands adjoining lying on each side the River Merrimack, into a Township by the Name of Read a first time. [Mass. House Journal, June 25, 1734.] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting certain Lands at a place called Naticook, with other Lands adjoining , lying on each side the River Merrimack, into a Township by the Name of Read a second time and a third time, and pass’d to be Engross’d. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 27, 1734.] josiah Willard , Esq ; brought down the Bill Entitled An Act for erecting certain Lands at a place called Naticook, with other Lands adjoining, lying on each side the River Merrimack, into a Township by the Name of — Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council june 25 th. 1734. Read a first time. 'i^th. Read a second time and pass’d a Concurrence with the Amendments. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and Concur’d. 164 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Court Records, June 27, 1734.] A Bill Entituled an Act for Erecting Certain Lands at a place Called Naticook, with other lands Adjoyning, lying on each Side of the River Merrimack, into a Township by the name of In Council Read a first & Second time & Passed to be Engross’d [Mass. Court Records, July 3, 1734.] An Engross’d Bill Entituled an Act for Erecting Certain Lands at a place Called Naticook with other lands Adjoyning lying on each side of Merrimack River into a Township by the name of Litchfield — Having been Read three Several times in the House of Repre- sent and in Council — Passed to be Enacted by both Houses In the House of Represent Ordered that M r Aquila Underwood one of the principal Inhabitants of the New Township at Naticook and Lands Adjacent be and hereby is fully authorized & Impowred to Assemble the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of said Town- ship lawfully Qualified to Chuse Town officers to stand untill the Anniversary Meeting in March next In Council Read and Concurr’d — • Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, July 3, 1734.] An Engross’d Bill Entitled An Act for erecting certain Lands at a -place called Naticook, with other Lands adjoyning, lying on each side the River Merrimack, into a Township by the name of — Read and Resolved , That the Bill pass to be Enacted. Ordered , That Mr. Aquilla Underwood one of the principal Inhabitants of the new Township at Naticook and Lands adjacent be, and hereby is fully authorized and impowred to assemble the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of said Township lawfully qual- ified to choose Town Officers, to stand until the anniversary meet- ing in March next. Sent up for Concurrence. LITCHFIELD. i6 5 [Mass. House Journal, July 4, 1734.] An Engross’d Bill Entitled An Act for erecting certain Lands at a -place called Naticook, with other Lands adjoyning, lying on each side the River Merrimack, into a Township by the Name of Litchfield. [Grant to Billerica, Mass.] Billerica, their farme of five hundred acres, laid out on y e north of merimack [torn] Joyning to north & northwesterly part of y e farme of Richard Russell Esqui r . This is y e last parsell of that four thousand acres, formerly granted by this Honoured Court to y e Towne of Billerica. Laidout 3 m 67 : By Jonathan Danforth, Survey 1 [Mass. Map and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 34.] Laidout to the towne of Billerica, five hundred acres of land, in the wilderness, on y e north side of Merimack River and on the east side of beaver Brooke, a little below Patuckett, It is bounded on the South and on y e South East wholly by lands formerly granted to Richard Russell Esqui r : and on y e west by y e aforesaid beaver brooke, else where by y e wilderness, y e line on y e east side of it, is 196 pole in length, runing half a point westward of y e north, which is (exactly) y e continuance of y e long line on y e east side M r Russells, farme, also both the line on the north side of it, are exactly parralell to y e lines on the south side of it, the most northerly of which is one hundred & sixty pole longe, & runes i a point westward of y e west south west, the other line runes two de- 1 66 CHARTER RECORDS. grees westward, of y e south west & by south four hundred & eighty seaven pole, which closeth to y e brooke, all which are suffitiently bounded by mark’t trees and pillars of stone, y e farme there of is more fully declared on y e other side by a plott taken of y e same by Jonathan Danforth, Survey 1 Laidout 3“ 1667. The deputyes approuv of this returne of y e five hundred acors above mentioned with refference to y e consent of hono rd magisty hereto William Torrey, Cleric. The mag tr consent hereto I 5 ~ 8 th 1667 Tho Danforth [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 2.] LITCHFIELD. 167 [Grant to Richard Davenport.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 23, and Court Records, June 1, 1665.] Laidout to Captin Davenport (of the castle) one parcell of med- dow in the wildernesse on y e east of Merimack River, a little on the North west of Naacook brook-head, which is about two miles from Merimack River ; it containes fifty ace (more or lesse) being bounded by a swamp on the North ; the upland elsewhere Ser- rounding according to bound trees marked with <) : this patch of meadow is known by y e Name of half moone meadow, the forme of it is fully demonstrated by this plott which is above specified Laidout by Jonathan Danforth Surv r 20 th octo : 1664 : The Deputyes approve of this returne with refference to the con- sent of o r Hon ed Magists hereto William Torrey Cleric. Consented to by y e magists Edw Rawson Secrety [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 23.] To the much honered Generali Court now Assembled at Boston the humble Request of yo r devoted Servant Richard Davenport CHARTER RECORDS. 1 68 Sheweth That wheras yo r Servant about two or three years since was bold to move to this court for theire favo r to grant mee a smale persell of meddow nere merimack River and found such encor- agmt from yo r selvs that the said meddow was laid out in my name and a returne thereof made to this court In octob last but finding noe Record of Any granted there was an obstruction as to the ecceptance of the returne : Now may it please this court to grant yo r Servant the said meddow as it is laid out and more clearly demonstrated In a plot under M r Jonathan Danforths hand and also such a smale quantity of Upland convenient to the same (that soe I may improve the same for benifit to my wife and family) as you shal be pleased to give mee, and I shall with all thankfullnes eccept yo r love therin and Remaine yo r most Humble Servant R : Davenport 29 (3 d ) 1665 The Deputies Judge meete to grant this request with refference to the consent of o r Hono ed magists hereto William Torrey Cleric 29. 3. 1665 The Mag 9 do consent hereto, and do grant him the petittaner 100. acre upland adjoyneing to his meadow their breth- ren the Deputyes hereto consenting Edw Rawson Secrety Consented to by the Deputyes William Torrey Cleric [Mass. Court Records, May 23, 1666.] Laid out according to the grant of the Honoured Court to Capt Richard Davenport one hundred acres of land in the wildernesse on the eastern side of merremak river next Adjoyning to a meadow called halfe moone meadow on the west side of it it begins at the most southerly bound mark of that meadow at a great white oake marked w th D and from this tree the line runns due west ninety & six pole the line at the North end runns parrelell to the south end from another great white oake bounded w th D standing at the north west end of the meadow eighty & fower pole the west side is one streight line from Corner to Corner which line is one hundred seventy & nine pole long ; the manner & forme of it lying and Adjoyning to halfe moone meadow is clearely demonstrated by a plott taken of the same. By Jonathan Danforth Surveyor LITCHFIELD. 169 The Court allowes & Approoves of this returne to be recorded in the Courts book of Records. [Grant to Phineas Pratt.] [Mass. Court Records, May 7, 1662.] In Ans r to y e petition of phineas Prat of charls Toune who pre- sented this Court w th a narrative of the streights & hardships that the first planters of this Colony underwent in their endeavors to plant themselves at plimouth & since whereof he was one The Court Judgeth it meet to Graunt him three hundred acres of land where it is to be had not hindering a plantation. [Mass. Court Records, June 1, 1665.] Layd out to Phineas Pratt of Charls Toune three hundred acres of land (more or lesse) in the wilderness on the East of merremack River neere the upper end of Nacooke brooke on the South East of it it beging at a great sare Pine standing anent the midle of nacooke pond & Joyneth to the line of five hundred acres of land lately granted to the Towne of Billirrikey on the South of it ninety sixe pole & so continues a streight line two hundred & sixe pole further unto a white oake bounded w th P from thence it turnes under the side of a great hill one hundred fifty & two pole unto another white oake marked w th P. which stands on the North side of an other great hill & on the South Corner of a litle Swampe./ from thence it runns neere the west & by South two hundred pole to a great Red oake bounded as before from thence the closing line to the first Pine is two hundred & ninety pole the exact forme of it together w th the rule of finding the exact lines is fully demonstrated by this inclosed platt taken of the same 20 8 m° 1664. By Jona- than Danforth Surveior. The Court Allows & approoves of this Returne./ 170 CHARTER RECORDS. LONDONDERRY. [Formerly known as Nutfield. Granted June 21, 1722, to John Moor and others, and named Londonderry for Londonderry in Ireland. The town was di- vided into two parishes, Feb. 25, 1740-1. Windham was set off and incorporated, Feb. 12, 1742-3. The northwest portion of the town, with other territory, was incorporated as Derryfield (now Manchester), Sept. 3, 1751. A portion was annexed to Hudson, March 6, 1778. Another part of the town was annexed to Windham, Sept. 26, 1777, and Samuel Clark, with his estate, was also set off to Windham, Nov. 26, 1778. The line between these two towns was established, Nov. 22, 1782. A third section was annexed to Windham, Dec. 25, 1805. Derry was set off and incorporated, July 2, 1827. The line with Hudson was established June 27, 1857. See New Hampshire charters following: IX, Bouton Town Papers, 479; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 429 ; Index to Laws, 296 ; Farmer’s Belknap’s History of New Hampshire, p. 191 ; Petition of Inhabitants, 1719, 5, Collections of the N. H. Historical Society, 206 ; Century Sermon, containing historical sketch of town, by Edward L. Parker, 1819, pp. 44; History of, including Derry, by Edward L. Par- ker, 1851, pp. LV. and 358; Celebration of 150th Anniversary, 1869, compiled by Robert C. Mack, pub. 1870, pp. 124; Centennial Discourse, 1876, by Luther D. Pert, pp. 29 ; historical sketch, by Robert C. Mack, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 565; sketch, 4, Granite Monthly, p. 125.] [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 15, 1720.] A Petition of Joseph Pike, in behalf of himself and others, that Purchased a Tract of Land of "John an Indian , JHeir of Penicook , in the year 1701. which Tract is Ten Miles Square, Lying to the Westward of Haverhill. Presented to the House, And Read Shewing That sundry Irish People have Settled thereon and call it Nutfield. Praying , That the said Purchasers may have the said Tract Confirmed to them, or so much as falls within this Government. Ordered , That Mr. Cooke , Capt. Gardner, and Col. Dudley, be a Committee to consider of the said Petition, and of the affair of Nutfield, and make a Report to the House what they think proper to be done. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 17, 1720.] Mr. Cooke from the Committee appointed, made Report on the Petition of fiosejfh Pike, Committed the 15th Currant, which was accepted by the House, And accordingly LONDONDERRY. I 7 I Ordered , That whereas Janies MacGregor , James MacKeen , and James Gregg , on behalf of themselves, and sundry others, by their Petition to this Court, at their Sessions in May, 1719. set forth that the Court in October foregoing, Granted them a conven- ient Tract of Land, of six miles square, and appointed a Commit- tee to Lay it out for them in the Eastern Parts ; and upon further Inquiry the Petitioners found a more convenient Tract of Land, about fourteen Miles from Haverhill ; and that they had begun a Settlement there, and had increased to the Number of Fifty Fami- lies ; and therefore Pray'd , that in case the Land should Lye with- in this Government, they might be formed into a Township, and till then, quietly possess and improve the said Lands unappro- priated, free and clear from any Disburse. Which Petition was rejected. And that some time since they have applied to the Government of New- Hampshire , and are made by them a Township, and have Civil Officers among them, for Governing their Affairs ; which is a great and open breach upon the Jurisdiction of this Government, and may tend to deprive them of their just Rights, and Proprieties, if not speedily prevented. And whereas Joseph Pike, on behalf of himself, and others Inhabitants of this Province have made application, for a Grant of those Lands for a Township. Wherefore Resolved, That Capt. Gardner, Capt. Kimball, and Mr. Sanders, be Desired and Impowered (taking with them the Sheriff of the County of Essex ; and such a Number of Men from Haverhill, or those Parts as may be needful) to Repair to the aforesaid Land, and view the several Houses, and other Improve- ments that have been of late made by those people thereon ; and report the same to this House, & at the same time signifie to the said James MacGregor , James MacKeen, and James Gregg, That they without delay come to the Court, and render the Rea- sons that induced them to proceed so far in their Settlements, with- out the leave or consent first had of the General Court. That this Court may take such further steps in this Matter, as they shall then think fit. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 2, 1720.] A Message from the Board, by John Wheelwright , Esqr. and Mr. Secretary Willard. Viz. 172 CHARTER RECORDS. His Excellency observing a Mistake in the Votes of this Hon- ourable House, of November 17. relating to Nutfield, in these words, And that some time since they have allied to the Govern- ment ^/'New-Hampshire, and are made by them a Township, has directed us to acquaint you, that upon application made to him, and the Government of New -Hampshire, That they might be made a Town ; his Excellency absolutely refused ; giving them for reason, that it was doubtful, in which Province the Lands they were Settled on would fall. And Col. Wheelwright acquainted the House, That he was present when the Nutfield People, Addrest themselves to the Gov- ernour and Council at New-Hamfshire , to be made a Town, and that they were denied. LYNDEBOROUGH. [Granted by Massachusetts, June 19, 1735, to Capt. Samuel King and others, and called Salem-Canada. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Dec. 5, 1753, to Benjamin Lynde and others, and named Lyndeborough in honor of Benjamin Lynde. Incorporated April 23, 1764. A portion of the town, with other terri- tory, was incorporated as Greenfield, June 15, 1791. Another portion was an- nexed to Temple, June 11, 1796. The northeasterly part was annexed to Mont Vernon, Jan. 5, 1853. A tract from the southerly side was annexed to Milford, June 27, 1873. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 535 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 509 ; Index to Laws, 301 ; historical sketch, by David C. Grant, Hurd’s History of Hills- borough County, 1885, p. 498; Historical Address, 150th Anniversary of Settle- ment, 1889, by Frank G. Clarke, pub. 1891, pp. 68.] [Mass. House Journal, June 18, 1735*] Col. Chandler from the Committee for Lands, reported on the Petition of Samuel King, and others, who were in the Expedition to Canada in the Year 1690, or the descendants of such as were lost or are since dead; which was read and accepted, and Voted , That the praj T er of the Petition be granted, and that Mr. Samuel Chandler and Capt. John Hobson , together with such as shall be joined by the honourable Board, be a Committee at the Charge of the Government, to lay out a Township of the contents of six miles square, West of the Narragansett-T o^nshi^, Number Three ; and LYNDEBOROUGH. 173 that they return a Plat thereof to this Court, within twelve months for Confirmation ; and for the effectual bringing forward the Set- tlement of the said Town ; Ordered, That the said Town be laid out into sixty three equal shares, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School, and that on each of the other sixty shares the Petitioners do within three years from the Confirmation of the Plan, have settled one good Family, who shall have an House built on his Home-Lot of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, that each Right or Grant have six acres of Land brought to and plowed or brought to English Grass and fitted for mowing, that they settle a learned and orthodox Minister, and build and finish a convenient Meeting- House for the publick Worship of GOD, provided that in case any of the Lots or Rights are not duly settled in all regards as afore- said, then such Lot with the Rights thereof to revert to and be at the disposition of the Province. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 19, 1735.] A Petition of Samuel King & others, who were in the Expedi- tion to Canada in the Year 1690 and the Descendants of such of them as are dead, praying for a Grant of Land for a Township in Consideration of their or their Ancestors Sufferings in the said Expedition In the House of Represent* 1 Read & Voted that the prayer of the petition be Granted and that M r Samuel Chandler & M r John Hobson, together with such as shall be Joined by the Hon ble Board, be a Com tee at the Charge of the Government to lay out a Town- ship of the Contents of Six Miles Square and West of the Narra- gansett Town Called Number three and that they Return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation ; and for the more Effectual bringing forward the Settlement of the said New town, Ordered that the said Town be laid out into Sixty three Equal Shares, One of which to be for the first Settled Min- ister, One for the Ministry, and one for the School, and that on each of the other Sixty Shares the Petitioners do within three Years from the Confirmation of the Plan have Settled One Good family who shall have a house built on his Home lott of Eighteen feet Square and Seven feet Stud at the least, and finished, that each Right or Grant have Six Acres of Land brought to and *74 CHARTER RECORDS. plowed or brought to English Grass and fitted for mowing ; That they Settle a learned orthodox Minister and build & finish a Con- venient meeting house for the publick worship of God ; provided that in Case any of the Lotts or Rights are not duly Settled in all Regards as aforesaid, then such Lott with the Rights thereof to Revert to and be at the Disposition of the Province In Council Read & Concurr’d and Samuel Welles Esq r is Joined in the Affair [Mass. House Journal, June i, 1736.] A Plat of the contents of six miles square of Land with an allowance of one thousand and eighteen acres for Waste &c. sur- veyed and laid out by Stephen Hosmer , jun. Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court of the 18 th. of June last, in answer to the Petition of Samuel King and others, Officers and Soldiers in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, and their descendants &c. was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered, That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delin- eated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Officers and Soldiers mentioned in the Petition of the said Samuel King and others, and the heirs legal Representatives and Descendants of such of them as were lost, or deceased in or since the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, and to their heirs and assigns respectively for ever, they complying with the Conditions of the Grant ; pro- vided the Plat contain no more than the quantity of twenty four thousand and fifty eight acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant; the said Lands lying West of Salem Narra- gansett Town number Three , on the North of Souheeg River , be- ginning at a Spruce Tree and runs North by the Needle two thou- sand one hundred ninety one Perch on Province Land, and then East on Province Land to said Township of Sale 7 n, South on the Township of John Simpson and others, West on Duxhury School Farm. Sent up for Concurrence. LYNDEBOROUGH. 175 [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, p. 21.] 23040 acres and 1018 acres allowed for water, &c. Province of the Massachusetts Bay Sc 1 in the Township granted to Samuel King & others in the County of Middlesex May 4 th 1736 M r Stephen Hossmer Jun 1 ' was Sworn to the faithfull dis- charge of his duty as Surveyor & Mess rs Jonathan Mills, Joseph Dudley & James Chandler were Sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty as chainmen in surveying & laying out the Township delineated on this paper granted to Samuel King & others as aforesaid Coram Samuel Welles Just Pac 9 i7 6 CHARTER RECORDS. Layd out In May 1736 a Township of the Contents of Six Miles Square or 23040 acres and 1018 acres allowed for water &c which was Lay’d out To Sam 11 King and others Canada Soldiers In the year 1690 Lying on the west of Salem Naragansett Town No 3 on the North Side of the Souheeg River Bounded as folows Begin- ing at a Spruse Tree and Runs North By the Needle 2191 Perch on Province Land To a hemlock Tree marked then Runs East 1558 Pearch on Province Land To a Township adjoyning To and Lying North of Salem Naragansett Town No 3 then Runs South on Said Township 640 perch to Township, granted to John Simp- son & Others Then Runs East on s d Town ship 402 perch To a stake & Stones then Runs South 1467 Perch on Said Salem Naragansett Town then Runs west 480 Perch on Duxbury School Farm to a stake and heap of Stones then Runs South 13 Perch on Said Farm To a popler Tree Marked then Runs west 1460 perch To the Spruse Tree First Named on Provence Land all which May appear By the plan above Layd Down by a Scale of 216 Pearch To an Inch the Swagg of Chain In this Town ship is 3 perch In one Hundred : by order of the Honourable Sam 11 Welles Esq r and Mr Sam 11 Chandler ^ Stephen Hosmer Junr Surveyor In the House of Representatives June 1, 1736 Read and Or- dered that the plat be Accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the officers and sol- diers mentioned in the petition of the said Samuel King and oth- ers, and the Heirs, legal Representatives and Descendants of such of them as are lost or deceased in or since the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, and to their Heirs & Assigns respectively for ever they complying with the Conditions of the Grant provided the plat contains no more than the quantity of twenty four thousand & fifty Eight Acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. The said Land lying West of Salem Narraganset town Number three on the North of Souheeg River begining at a spruce Tree & runs North by the Needle 2191 perch on province Land, & then East on province Land to Salem Narraganset Township Number three South on the township of John Simpson and others, West on Duxbury School harm Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Spkr In Council June 2 1736 Read and Concurred J Willard Sec’ry J. Belcher 17 : Consented to, LYNDEBOROUGH. 177 [Mass. Court Records, June 2, 1736.] A plat of a Township of the Contents of Six Miles Square, with the Allowance of One Thousand & Eighteen Acres for Water &c. Surveyed & Laid out by Stephen Hosmer jun r and Chainmen on Oath, to Satisfy a Grant made by this Court in Answer to the peti- tion of Samuel King & others ; lying on the West of Salem Nar- raganset Town Number three, on the North side of Soheag River ; bounded as follows, beginning at a Spruce Tree & Runs North by the Needle Two Thousand One hundred & Ninety One perch on province Land to a hemlock Tree Marked ; then Runs East one Thousand five hundred & fifty Eight perch on province Land to a Township Adjoyning to & lying North of the said Narragansett Town Number three; then Runs South on said Township Six hundred and forty perch to the Township Granted to John Simp- son and others, then Runs East on said Township four hundred and two perch to a Stake & Stones then Runs South One Thou- sand four hundred and Sixty Seven perch on said Narragansett Town, then Runs West four hundred & Eighty perch on Duxbury School farm to a Stake and heap of Stones ; then Runs South thirteen perch on said Farm to a poplar Tree marked ; thence Runs West One Thousand four hundred and Sixty perch to the Spruce tree first named on province Land — [Mass. Court Records, and House Journal, Dec. 17, 1736.] In the House of Represent 11 Ordered that Daniel Epes Esq r : be and hereby is Authorized & Impowred to assemble & Convene as soon as may be in Some Convenient place in the Town of Salem the proprietors or Grantees of the Township granted by this Court in June 1735, in Answer to the petition of Samuel King & others, who were in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, to Chuse A Mod- erator & proprietors Clerk, & to pass such Votes & Orders &c as may be Agreeable to the bringing forward the Settlement of the Township, According to the Conditions of the Grant, as well as the Interest of the propriety ; and to Agree upon a method how to Call future proprietors Meetings, as well as to Admit the Grantees to a Draught of their Home lots In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher 12 i78 CHARTER RECORDS. MANCHESTER. [This territory was once known as Harrytown or Old Harry Town. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, April 17, 1735, to Capt. William Tyng’s “ snow-shoe men,” and hence called Tyng's-Town. Incorporated as Derryfield, Sept. 3, 1751. The first town meeting was held in John Hall’s house, Sept. 23, 1751. A gore of land was annexed to the north side, Dec. 4, 1795. The name of the town was changed to Manchester, June 13, 1810. A city charter was granted July 10, 1846. “Amoskeag ” was severed from Goffstown, and “ Piscataquog ” or “Squog”from Bedford, and annexed July 1, 1853. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following volumes : IX, Bouton Town Papers, 1 5 1 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 540; Index to Laws, 305 ; History, by Chandler E. Potter, 1856, pp. 764; History, by John B. Clarke, 1875, pp. 463; sketch, 4, Granite Monthly, p. 418; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 40; brief historical sketch, com- piled by Manchester Board of Trade, 1890, pp. 83.] [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 6, 1733-4.] A Petition of Ephraim Hildreth and John Shipley, for them- selves and other Voluntiers under the Command of Capt. William Tyng deceased, in his March to Winifosiocke Anno 1704, setting forth many difficulties and hardships they underwent in said March when they killed five Indians ; that the Government hath seen cause in their Wisdom to make a Grant to the heirs of the said Captain, praying that they may obtain a Grant of Lands for a Township on the West of Dunstable and North of Townshend or elsewhere of the unappropriated Lands, under such conditions and restrictions as shall be thought meet. Read and Ordered, That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and Mr. Welles , Major Brattle , Mr. Choate , Mr. Shove , and Mr. Hobson are desired to prepare a Vote for the Grant of Six Miles square of the unappro- priated Lands of the Province, in some convenient place for a Township to be made the Petitioners under proper conditions and regulations for settling a Town, and that they report thereon as soon as may be. [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 15, 1733-4.] Mr. Welles from the Committee appointed the 6 th . currant to consider of the Petition of Efhrahn Hildreth, John Shipley and MANCHESTER. 179 others under the command of Capt. William Tyng deceased, made report which was read and accepted, and Voted , That a tract of Land of the contents of six Miles square, West of Dunstable , and North of Townshend be granted to the Petitioners ; and for as much as there were but forty six of those Voluntiers, it is hereby Ordered , That six more be admitted with them who were in the Country’s Service under Capt. Lovewell, and omitted in the Grants made to him and Company, and are wanting to the number of sixty to be made up of those that were at the Fort Fight or Long March in the Narragansett War or others admitted into this Grant by this Court these Grantees actually to settle the abovesaid tract with sixty Families within four years from the Survey of this Land and acceptance thereof by this Court, each Family to have an House of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least and four acres brought to and plowed or stock’d with english Grass and fitted for mowing ; the said Grantees also to lay out three Lots to draw future divisions with other Lots, one for the first Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School, and within said term of four years to settle a learned orthodox Minister and build a con- venient House for the publick Worship of God; the above said tract of Land to be laid out under the direction of a Committee of this Court by a Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath, at the charge of the Petitioners. And whereas divers of the Persons for whose merit this Grant is made are deceased ; it is therefore further Ordered , That in such case, the Grant shall be and belong to some one of his Male descendants, wherein preference shall be given to the eldest ; and it is further Ordered, That those Persons shares in this Grant shall revert to the Province who shall not perform the Conditions of the Grant as above. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 14, and House Journal, Dec. 13, 1734O A Petition of Ephraim Hildreth & John Shipleigh for themselves & others Soldiers under the Command of Cap 1 Will m Tyng dec’ed Shewing that they Served the Province as Voluntiers in the Indian War & in the Year 1703 performed a hard& difficult March in the winter Season with Snow Shoes as far as Winnepesocket Lake & Killed Six of the Enemy that the said Company were the first that attempted to March against the Enemy with Snow Shoes i8o CHARTER RECORDS. Since which the same Method has been followed with Great Suc- cess Against the Indians And therefore praying for a Grant of Land of Six miles Square for a Township for the officers & Sol- diers of said Company now living & the Represent 3 of those that are Deceased — In the House of Represent* 1 Read & ordered That the peti rs have leave by a Surveyor and Chainmen on Oath to Survey & lay out between the Townships of Litchfield & Suncook or Lovels Town on the East side of Merrimack River the Quantity of Six Miles Square of Land Exclusive of Robert Rands Grant and the three Farms pitched Upon by the Hon ble Samuel Thaxter John Turner and William Dudley Esq r to Satisfy their Grants and also Exclu- sive of Two hundred Acres of Land at the Most Convenient place at Ameeskeeg Falls; which is hereby Reserved for Publick use and benefit of the Inhabitants of this Province for the taking & Curing of Fish there And that they Return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation to their Pet rs & their associates their heirs and assignes Respectively Provided the Gran- tees do Settle the abovesaid Tract with Sixty familys within four years from the Connfirmation of the Plat each family to have an house of Eighteen feet square and Seven feet Stud at least and four Acres brought too & Plowed or Stocked with English Grass and fitted for Mowing and also lay out three lotts with the others one for the first Minister one for the Ministry and one for the School and within the said Term Settle a Learned Orthodox Min- ister and Build a Convenient House for the 'Publick Worship of God And whereas Divers persons for whose Merit this Grant is made are deceased It is further ordered That the Grant shall be and belong to some one of his Male Descendants wherein the pref- erence shall be Given to the Eldest son And further it is ordered that these persons Shares in this Grant shall Revert to the Province who shall not perform the Conditions as above — In Council Read & Non’curr’d — [Mass. House Journal, April 17, 1735.] John Jeffries , Esq ; brought down the Petition of Ephraim Hil- dreth & John Shipley , and others, Soldiers under the late Capt. William Tyng, Anno 1703, praying for a Grant of Land for their publick Services, being on the first March that was performed on MANCHESTER. 181 Snow Shoes, with the Vote of the House of the 13/^ of Decemb. last thereon, Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council. December 14 th, 1734. Read and nonconcur’d. In Council April ifh. 1735. Read & re-considered, and concur’d with the Amendments, viz . after the words — Merrimack River — add — to extend three miles Eastward from the said River conformable to the Settlement of the divisional Line betwixt this Province and the Province of New Hampshire, made by order of King Charles the Second in Council in the twenty ninth Tear of His Reign , Anno Domini 3:677 — after the words — eldest Son — add — to be admitted by a Com - mittee of this Court, who shall take care that bonds be given for their respective performance of the Conditions of this Grant to the Treasurer of the Province to the value 0/" Twenty Pounds at least by each Grantee , as well by such as personally appear as by those who are the Descendants as abovesaid , who may appear by their Guardian or next Friend — and Ordered, That William Dudley, Esq ; with such as shall be joined by the honourable House of Representatives be a Committee for the purposes within mentioned. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concur’d, and Col. Prescott and Capt. Thompson are joined in the affair. [Mass. Court Records, April 17, 1735.] On the petition of Ephraim Hildreth and John Shipley and the order of the House thereon (which it was Nonconcurr’d by the Board) as Entred the 14 th of Decern 1 ' 1734. — In Council Read & Reconsidered and Concurr’d with the Amendments viz 11 That the Tract of Land therein Granted Ex- tend three miles Eastward from the River Merrimack conformable to the Settlement of the Divisional line betwixt this province and the province of New Hampshire Made by order of King Charles the Second in Council in the twenty Ninth Year of his Reign Anno Dom 1677, that the Grantees be Admitted by a Committee of this Court who shall take Care that Bonds be given for their Respective performance of the Conditions of this Grant to the Treasurer of the Province for the time being to the value of Twenty pounds for each Grantee, as well by such as personally Appear as by those who are Desendants as abovesaid who may Appear by their Guardian or next Friend, And that William Dud- ley Esq r with such as shall be Joined by the Hon ble House of Rep- resent 51 be a Committee for the purpose above mentioned — 182 CHARTER RECORDS. In the House of Represent® Read & Concurr’d and Col 0 Pres- cott & Cap 1 Tomson are Joined in the Affair — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, March 26, 1736.] A Plat containing twenty four thousand nine hundred and sixty acres of Land laid out by Capt. Joseph Blanchard Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court passed in April last to Capt. Willia 7 n Tyng and Company the, first Snow Shoe Men, against the Indian Enemy, there being two thousand one hundred and fifty acres in the Plat formerly granted and re- served for taking Fish, and one thousand acres of Ponds, so that there wants one thousand six hundred and eighty acres to make up the contents of six miles square, lying on the East side Merri- mack River Northerly on Suncook , West on Merrimack , South on Litchfield , and East on a parallel Line with the River three miles distant therefrom, was presented for allowance. Read and Or- dered, That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Grantees men- tioned in the Petition of Hildreth and Shipley in behalf of the Officers and Soldiers in the Company under the Command of the late Capt. William Tyng, deceas’d, their heirs and assigns respect- ively for ever, exclusive of the former Grants within mentioned, and the Land reserved for the common benefit of taking Fish at Amaskeeg Falls, and provided it does not exceed the quantity of twenty two thousand three hundred and sixty acres of Land besides, and interferes with no other Grant ; and the Grantees are allowed to make a new pitch of sixteen hundred and eighty acres in the Province Lands elsewhere, and return a Plat thereof to satisfy the remainder of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, March 27, 1736.] A Plat of a Township of Six Miles Square, Granted to the Company formerly under the Command of Cap 1 William Tyng deced, laid out by Joseph Blanchard Survey 1 and Chainmen on Oath ; lying on the East side of Merrimack River Bounded north- erly on Suncook Township, West on Merrimack River, South on .«& A bi)i M IfetoS '/ ‘j'jfij r//r.J o-M • ' i.j • 1 ' ll ' ' ■ ! ’ >'• • Uni, - - Vi .. lifi. ‘ !< > . • >V; - : ...i -W; •« ; ,1 rn. / • \ . ^>-> • m-. - S ' - '! -Hit no ■ ■: l :t Q,j. ! ! .; ; :t iri t> . ■'!••" r.)i!t olOrn /.I !>y, : . • ■ , If* i)fiU j *4 Im IwlWwH onO I . ^r;«r oi i> Jon *i sntodj Ann'i « , i,no{ lo *•/./. A : Y/wira <■ r/iiifoih: ii eiiU fnr/i oili Jnrlaib ■ : *P 'ioftnB r. v .i/! :< ».f(> *9(li laarl/jr: ■ /!: oo/ti - m! ,l ■ I lw ' fl l/.j/i fy/lhiUi ;•!••:-( 1< ifcuol fi ,wl MM ' :i ^ ’ ojj.l - ' r 1. • r >/JJ vrii.vjflitu VII.-': > r;J H ‘ ' . " ■ “iJ io'l bru.I U- ..jii v' : . ; . < -VO*'l -Jill Hi hk;.J I, ill. i'Oilwm/! fi'j . vir: In An* ) *fli l ’4 r % . personally appearing before mee the Subscriber one of his majestys Justices of the peace for the sd County Capt Joseph Blanchard and made Solemn Oath that in the survey of the township granted to the Late Capt Tyng & C ompany he acted truely & faithfully according to the best of his skill & understanding : • W ra Dudley In the House of Representatives March 26 1736, Read and O: be and hereby are confirmed to the Grantees mentioned in the petitid Company under the Command of the late Capt William Tyng dec d their mentioned, & the reserved Land for the Common benefit of taking ffish two thousand three hundred & sixty acres of Land besides, and interfer of Sixteen hundred and Eighty Acres in the province Lands else & ret Sent up for Concurrence In Council; Mar. 27, 173 Read & Concur ’d Consented to lat the plat jbe Accepted and the Lands therein delineated & described, of Hildretl 1 and Shipley in behalf of the officers and soldiers in the eirs & assigr is respectively forever, exclusive of the former Grants within Amaskeeg f 'alls, and provided it does not exceed the quantity of twenty frith no otl 2r Grant, and the Grantees are allowed to make a new pitch Lplat there of to satisfie the remainder of the Grant. J Quincy Spk' • ■ /, ,'h ' idj <*. i •' r F ■ ■'>>{<■-, f i , . ■ vft • : 7 - y f; , • u . ; ' •" if ' > ■ ; !• • : ■ ./ ' ' • //i>; ■ : ■ ii .f*. I „U ; '* I it- ;J : ■ ci i " ‘ :■ ■ : 'V; • ■ 'I U.l t}<{‘- ‘<-\ )■;. i-inrO !■ ' • ■ ■ ’ : ' '• «•'>.' • "• ! •; '■ fj . . ■ ; •; ‘ ' ■ ■ : ' ; . ! j :r ■ i [)••>[),, .. ■' ' : ' i ojJ) ; r‘r,r. •• : n-l/V'tf/r-: i 'Jhzmirti -‘'-’I ■' •: rj ■„{ 1 ■ ,‘u ■ I 10 ! !>y\ - i/rptf .v- i .. hi-. ■ :;iT - [i fi »/ fun • • Rj I ,y\ MANCHESTER. 183 Litchfield & East on a line parralel to the said River, and three Miles distant from it, but by Reason of the Land Reserved by the Province within said Grant the Land is 1680 Acres Short of Six Miles Square — [Mass. Court Records, and House Journal, June 18, 1736.] In the House of Represent* 1 Ordered that the New Township lately Granted to the officers and Soldiers in the Company under the Command of Major William Tyng dec’ed, lying on the East side of Merrimack River commonly Called Old Harry Town, be and hereby is declared & Determined to belong to and hence for- ward to be Accounted A part of the County of Middlesex — In Council Read and Concurrd — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 152.] : I The Subscriber Together with John Coleburn & Benjamin Par- ker as Chainmen have Lay’d out to the prop rs of Tyngs Township, so Called, or y e grantees of a Tract of Land Between Litchfield And Suncook on y e Easterly Side Merrimack River, A Tract of Land Adjoyning to Piscataquag River Containing one Thousand Six Hundred And Sixty Eight Acres Butted and Bounded as by 184 CHARTER RECORDS. the figure herewith w ch is plan’d by a Scale of one hundred And Sixty perch to an Inch, with a Small Island Containing Twelve Acres Lying in Merrimack River Between Crosby’s Brook and Short falls so Called w ch is in Pursuance of a grant of one thou- sand Six hundred and Eigty Acres made to the S d Prop rs October 10 th 1736 — Sam 1 Cumings Surv r Middlesex ss Dunstable December 3 th 1736 Personally appearing before me the Subscriber Sam 11 Cumings Survayor John Colburn, and Benj a Parker Chainmen, Made Oath that in survaying and measuring sixteen hundred and Eighty acres of Land Granted by the Generali Court to be new pitched for And Lay’d out by the Prop r3 of Tyngs Township so Called on merri- mack River they Acted faithfully Jurat Me Eleazar Tyng jus 1 P In the Plouse of Representatives January 14 th 1736 Read and Ordered That the plat be Accepted, and the Lands therein delin- eated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Grantees or proprietors of the township Commonly Called Tyng’s township, and their heirs & Assigns respectively for Ever, provided the plat with the Island contain no more than One thousand six hundred and Eighty Acres in the whole, and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council Feb. 3, 1736. Read & Concur’d J Willard Sec’ry Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 14, 1736-7.] A Plat containing one thousand six hundred and sixty eight Acres of Land laid out by J0J171 Colburne Surveyor, and two Chain Men on Oath, to the Proprietors of Tyng' s Township, so called, adjoining to Piscataquoiag River, together with a small Island containing twelve Acres, lying in Aferrimcick River, lying between Crosby's Brook and Short Falls, so called, to satisfy a Grant of this Court to the Proprietors of the said Township, was presented for Allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described, together with the MANCHESTER. 185 Island within mentioned, be and hereby are confirmed to the Gran- tees or Proprietors of the said Township commonly called Tyng's Township, and their assigns respectively forever, provided the Plat with the Island contain no more than one thousand six hun- dred and sixty eight Acres in the whole, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 3, 1736-7.] A plat of One Thousand Six hundred and Eighty Acres of Land laid out on Piscataquoag River by Samuel Cummins Survey r and Chainmen on Oath to fulfill a Grant made to the Grantees of the Township commonly called Tyngs Township — In the House of Represent 5 * Read and ordered that the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein Delineated & described be and hereby are Confirmed to the Grantees or Proprietors of the Town- ship commonly called Tyngs Township and their heirs and As- signs forever provided the plat with the Island Contain no more than One Thousand Six hundred and Eighty Acres in the whole and does not Interfere with any former Grant In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [ Vote of Prof riet or s of Tyngstown to Petition for Relief, 775/.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 116, p. 26.] Att a meeting of the Prop ts of Tyngs Town (so Called) by ajournement from y e 6 Day of August 1750 To the 21 Day of January Following, held at y e House of Co 11 Jonas Clark in Chelmsford Voted to prefer a Petition to the Great & General Court of the Massachusetts For Some Consideration or Releif in the Present Deficulties which S d prop* 3 Labour under with Respect To S d Town Ship in Such way & maner as S d Court in their Great wis- dom Shall See meet Allso Voted that W m Stickney be Desired to prefer The above mentioned petition as voted Above Billerica April y e 4 : 1751. A True Copy att 1 W m Stickney Prop ts Cler 1 86 CHARTER RECORDS. [. Petition of Proprietors for Equivalent Grant, 775/.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 116, p. 22.] Province of the MassaChusett 3 Bay — To the Hon 1 Spencer Phips Esq r Leu 1 Govenour & Comand r in Cheif in and over his Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay : The Hon 1 his Majestys Councill And House of Representitives in Gener 11 Court Assembled at Boston y e 8 lb Day of April 1751 : The Petition of Will m Stickney Agent for and in the Behalf of the Prop 13 of a Tract of Land the East Side of Merrymake River Known by the Name of Tyngs Town Granted by this Hon 1 Court (now falling in the Province of New Hampshi er ) Humbly Shew- eth That your Pet 13 about the year 1726 made Application for a Town Ship of Some of the unappropriated Lands of The Province to Settle themselves & Famelys on to be Granted Them in Case their Services & Sufferings were thought worthy in their Arduos under- taking in the year 1703 Pursuing the Indian Enemy into their then own Country on Snow Shoes the First attempt of that Kind and attended with Success with Killing of Five Terryfieng & Prevent- ing them of their Comon Winter Inroads on us as they had used before as ^ S d Petit n & Revivell of it in the year 1734 : will Ap- pear upon Which this Hon d Court in the year 1735 Saw meet to Grant a tract of Land for a Town Ship the East side merrymack River Between & Adjoyning to Litchfield & Suncook or Love- wells Town in Consequence of that Peti n under Condition of Set- lement Subjecting the Grantees to Give Bond of Twenty Pounds Each Forfeiture And to Return a Plan According to the Ten r of s d Grant all which was Complyed with by y 8 prop 13 in the year 1 736 — & in order to pursue the Intention of the Grant they Divided the whole Township into Convenient Lotts, Built a meeting house Cleared the Roads & there being Severale Large Streams Made Good Bridges at a Large Expence Through the Town which was very Longe being but three miles wide and a Great part of the prop 13 Soon Entered in Order For Comply ance with the Condi- tions of the Grant, But the Unhappy Controversy between this Province and the Province of New Hampshire being brought for- ward and a Court of Comissoners in the year 1738 Sitting in order to Conclude that Affaire Some Desisted till they had their Determination, and that being Suspended for a further hearing before the King in Counc 11 Left y r Petitioners in Great Difficulty MANCHESTER. 187 many having bestowed Large Sums of money in Building & Im- provements were Encouraged to pursue their Labour & others Entred in hopes of the Line being Setled in their Favour Till up- ward of Two Thousand pounds was Spent in Publick Charges of the Prop ty , besides all the Charges of Setlement That in the year 1740 the line was Determined against them And Deamed to be in the Province of New Hampshire — Where- upon they with Severall other towns Petit nd his Majesty to be Re- stored to the Massachussetts as they Expected at the time of their Grant, but with no Success — That Soon after the arivall of Goven r Wentworth and Hearing the Defeat of our Petition the Towns of Londonderry and Chester obtained orders From y e Gov r of N. Hamp r For Running out their Bounds according to their Charters which being Done it was found that the S d Tyngs Town fell all to a Trifle into the S d Towns, their meeting house Sawmill and the Setlers being Included in them, which Towns Immediately Demanded the Possession and Entered Themselves That your Petitioners thereupon Advised with many of the prin- cipal Gentlemen of this Government as well as the best Councell in the Law they Could Obtain and were Incouraged to Dispute their property in the Law which they have Done in the most Effectual method they Could and have been Harrased allmost every Court from the year 1742 to this day and the said Towns of Londonderry & Chester has Recovered the Possession & Turned out Every one who has had a final Trial Excepting one who for Some Special Reasons Peculiar to that Case did Obtain The Re- mainder of the Setlers Seeing their Distressed Circumstances and no way for Releif have Either deserted their Habitations or Com- pounded and purchassed at an unreasonable and Severe Price, have Little for their own Labour, Excepting one who is Yet in the Dispute, which Troubles in the Defence of their Rights has Cost them many thousands of pounds Exclusive of their Much greater Charges in Buildings and Improvements and now are Obliged to give over the Expectation of its Ever being any benifet to them That the S d Tract of Land the East Side the River did not Con- tain the Complement of six miles Square by 1680 Acres which they Laid out (and was Approved of by this Court) The west Side merrymack River About five miles Distance From Namas- keeg falls and as that Did not fall in Neither of the Towns Granted by New Hampshire, they Hoped to Enjoy that but Since about 1 88 CHARTER RECORDS. two years ago Some Gentlemen Claiming the Right to the Lands Granted by the Crown To Cap 1 John Mason Have Granted a Town- ship to a Number of People there, which Includes the S d 1680 Acres and they under S d Masons Right have Actually Setled with a Number of Familys the Lands there Granted to your Petitioners so that on the whole wee have as wee Apprehend Lost the Benefit of The Whole Grant as well as Such a Considerable part of our Own Estats as afore S d Butt being Sencible of the Design of this Hon d Court to Distin- guish them (not as Subjects of the Province but) for their Special merrit and Desert for their Suffering and Service in their Defence, to Grant that Land as a Reward, The Defeat therein Gives them Reason Humbly to Hope, that you will yet in this Respect take notice of us Wherefore your Petitioners most Humbly pray, that they may be favoured with your Attention to these their Uncomon Circum- stances and that they may be Compassionately Helped Under their Extraordinary Loss and Disepointment and the Originall Design Obtained, by Granting them so much of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province in Some Convenient Place for Setlement under Such Conditions as may be tho* fit, As will be Equall to their Nec- essary past Charges which They are Ready to Shew by their Accompts, and the first Design of a Town-Ship or otherwaies Relieve them in the premises as Shall in your Great Clemency and Wisdom be Thought Equitable for them, and your Humble pete rs as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray — W m Stickney Agent for Tyngs Town Prop ts In the House of Rep ve9 April 17, 1751 Read and Ordered that this Petition be refer’ d till the next May Session for Considera- tion Sent up for Concurrence T. Hubbard Spk r In Council April 17 1751 Read and Concurr’d Sam 1 Holbrook D ty Sec’y Consented to Phips [The proprietors were granted the town of Wilton, Me., as an equivalent.] MANCHESTER. [Grant to John Rlaisdell.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 4, 1734*] A Petition of Mr. John Blaisdell, Representative of the Town of Almsbury , shewing that he has formerly enlisted himself into the Service of the Country in many marches against the Indian Enemy, wherein the Company he belonged to were so successful as to kill and captivate thirty one of the Enemy, that he is now advanced in years, having a numerous family and not Lands to settle them on, and having formerly petitioned this Court for some ungranted Lands, but not yet been favoured with a Grant, the Petitioner renews his request for some of the unappropriated Lands of this Province on the east side of Merrimack River, whereon to settle some of his Children. Read, and in answer to this Pe- tition, Ordered , That the Petitioner have leave by a Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath, to survey and lay out three hundred acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province lying on the east side of Merrimack River and to the northward of the one thousand acres granted to Robert Rand and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to him his heirs and assigns for ever, on condition that the Petitioner his heirs or as- signs do within three years settle two Families on the granted Lands, and have each of them an House there of eighteen feet square, and five acres of Land brought to english Grass, or broke up by plowing, and well inclosed. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, April 16, and House Journal, April 10, I73S-] A Petition of M r John Blaisdel of Amesbury shewing that the three hundred Acres of land on merrimack River which was Granted him on Condition of his Settling two familys is so mean as it is not Capable of Supporting two familys And therefore pray- ing for addition of Land to the Eastward of said Tract. — In the House of Represent 3, Read & in Answer to this petition Ordered That One hundred Acres of The Province Land lying Eastward of the three hundred Acres within mentioned be and hereby is Granted to the Pet 1 ' his heirs and Assignes and that he 190 . CHARTER RECORDS. Return a Plat of the whole to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation — In Council Read & Concurr’d Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 10, 1735.] A Plat of four hundred Acres of Land Granted by the General Court to John Blaisdel laid out by Samuel Emerson and two Chainmen on Oath being Situated on Merrimack River — [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p. 16.] 'A'A./< q/Jtju. 7' Avndi etf «o>cs Aunclr kU *c /■< ih*. a.n c£ one tiundted net «s Awn L iAt /o i/% 0* [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p. 16, House Journal and Court Records, Sept. 10, 1735.] In the House of Reptives Sept 1 ’ 10 th 1735 Read & ordered that the plat be accepted & the Lands within delineated & described be MANCHESTER. I9 1 & hereby are accordingly confirmed to y e s d John Blaisdale his heirs & assigns for Ever provided he or they comply with the Con- ditions of the respective Grants provided also the plat exceed not y e quantity of four hundred Acres of Land & does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council, Read & Concurred. T. Mason Dep* Sec ry Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p. 16.] Essex ss Almsbury July : y e 18 th 1735 Appeared Samuel Emerson as Surveyer And Made oath that he surveyed y e within mentioned tracts of Land as Granted ; by scale and Compass and that y e within Mentioned plan is a true plan Missured According to Arte before me Orlando Bagly Justice apeac Essex ss Almsbury July y e 18 th 1735 Appeared Jacob Sargent And Samuel Colby and Made oath as Chaine men that they Carefully Carryed y e Chaine for Laying out s d tracts of Land and allowed only for swage of Chaine and for a pond in s d Land of aboute sixteen acres before Me Orlando Bagly Justice apeac [Grant to Isaac Bradley.] [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 8, 1736-7.] A Petition of Isaac Bradley of Haverhill in the County of Essex , praying the Consideration of the Court on Account of his publick Services & Sufferings, for the reasons mentioned. Read, and in Answer to this Petition Ordered, That three hundred Acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, adjoining to some Town- ship, be and hereby are given and granted to the Petitioner Isaac Bradley , his Heirs and Assigns, and that he return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation. Sent up for Concurrence. 192 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 2, and House Journal, Dec. 1, 1737*] A Plat of Two Hundred Acres of land laid out by James Cum- mins Survey 1 ' and two Chain men on Oath, to fulfill a grant made by the General Court to Isaac Bradley, scituate on the Westerly side of Merrimack River, joining to the Northerly side of the Narraganset Township Number Five, being bounded as follows, viz* Beginning at an Heap of Stones by Merrimack River at the Corner of said Narraganset Township, thence running West by said Township, one hundred and forty five rods, ending on Piscat- aquay River, thence North by a line of marked trees bounded Westerly on Province Land to a Pine marked, being one hundred and eighty five rods ; thence East bounding Northerly on Province Land, two hundred and ten rods to a White Oak tree at Merri- mack River ; thence Southerly by said River to the Heap of Stones first mentioned ; with an allowance of eight ^ Cent for Swagg of Chain. In the House of Represent^ Read and Ordered ; that the Plat be accepted and the lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Isaac Bradley his Heirs and As- signs for ever in satisfaction of the within grant : Provided he or they fulfill the conditions thereof and the Plat exceeds not the quantity of Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the said Allow- ance for swag of Chain, and does not interfere with any former grant. In Council ; Read and Concur’ d Consented to J. Belcher. [Grant to Samuel Butterfield.] [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 1, 1735-6.] Col. Chandler from the Committee for Lands, reported on the Petition of Samuel Butterfield of Chelmsford, praying as en- tred the 20 th ult, which was read and accepted, and the facts being well vouched, Ordered, That the Petitioner have leave by a Sur- veyor and Chain-men on Oath to survey and lay out three hundred acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province adjoining to same Town, and return a Plat thereof to the Court within twelve months for confirmation to him his heirs and assigns, provided he or they within three years from the confirmation of the Grant MANCHESTER. 193 settle a family thereon, and also build a dwelling House of eigh- teen feet square and seven feet stud at least, and clear, fence in, and bring to six acres thereof by ploughing, or stocking the same with English Grass. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 22, 1736.] A Plat containing three hundred acres of Land laid out by Sam- uel Cumings Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court of the first of January last to Samuel Butter- field of Chelmsford , lying on Merrimack River near Namaskeeg , was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered, That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Samuel Butterfield his heirs and assigns for ever, he or they performing the Conditions of the Grant provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of three hundred acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 23, 1736.] A Plat of three hundred Acres of Land laid out by Samuel Cummins Survey 1 and Chainmen on oath, to Satisfy a Grant of this Court of the first of January last to Samuel Butterfield of Chelmsford on Merrimack River, near Namaskeag ; bounded as follows, viz 4 begining at a pine tree by the River & Runing West 22 deg. South two hundred & Eighty Nine Rods to a Maple Marked with C B, thence North 22 deg. West One hundred & forty Rods to a pine Marked C B from thence East 22 degs North four hundred Rods to a pine Marked; from thence East 30 deg. South thirty Eight Rods to a pine Marked C B at Merrimack River and then by the River to the bounds first mentioned. — 13 i 9 4 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. io. p. 14.] May The Eleventh, 1736 I The Subscriber Sam 1 Cumings together with James Cumings & John Goffe as Chainmen have Layd out to Sam 1 Butterfield of Chelmsford of Mid x Three hundred Acres of The unappropriated Lands of y e Province on Merrimack River near Namaskeeg Bounded thus — Begining at a pine tree by y e river and we run west Twenty two degrees South two hundred And Eighty nine rods to a maple marked w th C B from thence we ran north twenty two deg 8 west one hundred and forty eight rods to a pine marked C B from thence east twenty two deg 8 north four hundred rods to a pine Marked C B from thence east 30 g 8 South 38 rods to a pine marked C B at merrimack river from thence by y e River to the first Bounds mentioned Sam 1 Cumings Surveyor [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, p. 14, and Court Records, June 23. 1736.] In the House of Representatives June 22 d 1736 Read and ordered that the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein delineated & described be & hereby are confirmed to the said Samuel Butter- field his heirs & assigns for Ever he or they complying with the Conditions of the Grant provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of three hundred acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council June 23, 1736 Read and Concurrd Simon Frost Dep 1 Sec 1- ? 30 : Consented to J Belcher MANCHESTER. T 95 [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. io, p. 14.] Middlesex ss June y e 10 th 1736 Personally Appearing before me y e Subscriber Samuel Cumings as Surveyor James Cumings and John GofFe as Chainmen made Oath that in Surveying and measureing three Hundred Acres of Land Granted by die Gen 11 Court to Sam 1 Butterfield of Chelms- ford thay Did Deal faithfully & Impartially Eleazar T}mg Jus tice pacis [Grant to John Plaisted.] [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 17, 1734-] A Petition of John Plaistead of Amesbury, Shewing that he Served the Province in the Indian War in five Several Expedi- tions and in four of them as a Voluntier that he with others pe- titioned the Court for a Township at Ameskeeg and from some Encouragement he had built upon the Land but the Court were pleased to Grant a Township near the place to the Narragansett Soldiers, Praying for a Grant of the Unappropriated Lands on the East Side of Merrimack River. — In the House of Represent* 1 Read & in Answer to this Petition Ordered that the pet 1 have leave to Survey and lay out by a Sur- veyor & Chainmen on Oath three hundred Acres of the Unappro- priated Lands of the Province lying on the East Side of Merri- mack River, and to the Northward of One Thousand Acres Granted to Robert Rand, and Return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation, to him and his heirs and Assignes forever, On Condition the Pet 1 ’ his heirs or assignes do within three Years Settle two familys on the Granted Lands and have each of them a house there of Eighteen feet Square and five Acres of Land brought to English Grass or broke up by Plowing and well inclosed — In Council Read & Concurrd — Consented to J Belcher [Grant to Robert Rand.] [Mass. House Journal, March 1, 1733.] A Petition of Robert Rand of Boston Sail-maker, shewing that his great Uncle Thomas Goffe , Esq ; Deputy Governour of the 196 CHARTER RECORDS. Company for settling the late Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay , was at great expence in bringing forward and planting the said Colony, and after large Adventures here, he took a Voyage for this Country, but died in the Passage, and never received any Gratuity from the Planters or Settlers, nor any Person for him ; that the Petitioners Grand-mother was Sister to the said Mr. Goffe ; and that he is eldest Son to her Daughter ; praying that forasmuch as the said Colony was greatly benefitted by the Expence or Es- state of the said Mr. Goffe , and never received any thing therefor, and the Petitioner being reduced to low and necessitous Circum- stances, that the Court of their compassionate consideration would make him a Grant of some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, for the reasons aforesaid. Read and referred to the next sitting of the Court for consideration. [Mass. House Journal, July 3, 1734.] A Plat of One thousand acres of Land laid out to satisfy a Grant of this Court made to Robert Rand in Affil last, lying on the East side Merrimack River to the Northward of little Cohass Brook , great Cohass River running through the same, was pre- sented for allowance. Read, and the Question was put, Whither the Plat shall be accented. It pass’d in the Negative. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 4, 1734.] On a motion made and seconded by divers Members that the House would re-consider their Vote of the third of July last for not accepting a Plat of one thousand acres of Land, Surveyed and laid out by Samuel Danforth Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath, lying on the east side of Merrimack River to the north- ward of little Cohass Brook, great Cohass River running thro’ tne same to satisfy a Grant of this Court made to Robert Rand in A-pril last, the Question was put, Whither the House would re- consider their said Vote ! Resolved in the Affirmative, and there- upon Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein described and delineated be and hereby are confirmed to the said Robert Rand his heirs and assigns forever, in satisfaction of the MANCHESTER. I 9 7 Grant within mentioned, provided it exceeds not the quantity of one thousand acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 5, 1734-] Jacob Wendell , Esq ; brought down the Plat of one thousand acres of Land granted to Robert Rand , with the vote of the House of the 4 th. currant thereon, Pass’d in Council, viz . In Coun- cil, Decemb. $th. 1734. Read and concur’d with an amendment, viz . add — -provided also that this Grant shall no ways affect the privilege of fishing in great Cohass River, but the same shall remain in common to all His Majesty's Subjects of this Province as heretofore , and no obstruction shall be given to the passage oj the Fish up and down the said River . Sent down for Concur- rence. Read and Concur’d. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 5, 1734.] A Plat of One Thousand Acres of Land laid out by Samuel Danforth Esq r and Chainmen on Oath to fulfill a Grant made by this Court to Robert Rand lying on each side of Merrimack River begining at a Great White Oak tree marked R Standing on the side of the said River and a little to the Northward of little Cohass Brook Thence Runing upon Merrimack River five hundred and Eighty Six poles to a great White Oak tree mark’d R being the North West Corner thence Runing Eastward two hundred and twenty three poles to a pine tree marked R which is the Northeast Corner thence Southward five hundred & Eighty poles to a pine tree mark’d R which is the South east Corner thence to the bounds first mentioned In the House of Represent 3, Read and Ordered that the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein Delineated & Described be and hereby are Confirmed to the said Robert Rand his heirs and assignes forever in Satisfaction of the Grant within mentioned Provided it Exceeds not the quantity of one Thousand Acres of Land and does not Interfere with any former Grant Provided also that this Grant shall no Ways affect the priviledge of Fishing in Great Cohass River but the same shall remain in Common to all 198 CHARTER RECORDS. his Majestys Subjects of this Province as heretofore and no Ob- struction shall be given to the passage of the Fish up and down the said River — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 8, p. 35.] S'"*! june 28 : 1734 Laid out to Robert Rand of Boston one thousand acres of land on y e east side of merimack River begining at A great white oak tree marked R : which stands by y e side of mer- imack River and A little north ward of little cohas Brook called and from sd white oak it bounds upon merimack River five hun- dred and eighty six pole to A great white oak tree marked R : which is y e north west corner, then it Runs east ward from sd white oak two hundred and twenty three poles to A pine tree marked R which is y e north east corner then it Runs south ward from sd pine tree five hundred and eighty poles to A pine tree marked R : which is y e South east corner, then it turns and Runs west ward to y e first bound white oak tree where it began — Samuel Danforth Survayor : MANCHESTER. I 99 In the House of Rep tive3 July 3 d 1734 Read & the Question was put Whether the Plat shall be accepted? It pass’d in the Negative Middelsex ss Dunstable June 28 th 1734 Sam 11 Danforth personally appeard before me and was sworn to the faithful Discharge of a Surveyer Eleazar Tyng jus t P Middelsex ss Dunstable June 29 th 1734 Cap* Henry Farwell and Zacheus Lovewell personally appeared before me and was sworn to the faithfull Discharge of Chanemen Eleazar Tyng jus* P [Grant to Jeremiah Stevens.] [Mass. House Journal, April 10, 1735.] A Petition of Cap 1 Jeremiah Stevens of Salisbury, praying that in consideration of his many Services to the Province against the Indian Enemy in the Eastern Country especially, as particularly therein set forth, he may obtain a Grant of some of the Province Lands, the better to enable him to settle some of his Sons who are grown up, he having but little Land of his own to settle them on. Read, and in answer to this Petition, Ordered , That four hundred and fifty acres of the Province Lands lying on the east side of Merrimack River next the Grant lately made to Mr. Jonathan Blaisdell, be and hereby is granted to the Petitioner his heirs and assigns, on condition that the Petitioner his heirs or assigns do within three years settle three families on the granted Lands, and have each of them an House there of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at least, and also five acres of Land brought to english Grass or broke up by plowing, and well inclosed ; the Petitioner to return a Plat of the Lands to the Court within twelve months for confirmation. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Sept. 11, 1735.] A Plat containing four hundred and fifty acres of Land laid out by Samuel Rmerson, Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath, to 200 CHARTER RECORDS. satisfy a Grant of this Court of the io th. of Afril last to Capt. Jeremiah Stevens , lying on the East side Merrimack River , next Mr. John Blaisdale's Grant, was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands within mentioned be and hereby are confirmed to the said Capt. Jere- miah Stevens his Heirs and Assigns for ever, provided he or they comply with the Conditions of the Grant, provided also the Plat exceeds not the quantity of four hundred and fifty acres of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p. 2."] Essex ss Almsbury July y e 18 th 1735 Appeared Samuel Emerson a Serveyer and Made oath that he serveyed y e within mentioned tract of land as Granted by Scale and Compass and that y e within Mentioned plan is a true plan Misured according to arte before me Orlando Bagly Justice of y e peace MANCHESTER. 201 Essex ss Almsbury July y e 18 th 1735 Appeared Jacob Sargent and Samuel Colby And Made oath as Chaine Men that they Carryed y e Chaine for laying out sd tract of Land Carefully and Allowed only for Swage of Chaine before me Orlando Bagly Justice o peace In the House of Rptives Sept r 11, 1735 Read & ordered y* y e plat be accepted & y e Ids within mentioned be & hereby are con- firmed to y e sd Capt Jerimiah Stevens his heirs & assigns for ever provided he or they comply with the Conditions of the Grant pro- vided also the plat exceeds not the quantity of four hundred & fifty acres of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Spkr In Council Nov r 22 1735 Read and Concurred J Willard Sectry Dec 29 Consented to J Belcher [Grant to Thomas Tilestone.] [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 9, 1735-6.] A Petition of Thomas Tilestone, of Dorchester, Esq ; praying the consideration of the Court for a Grant of Lands on account of his publick services and sufferings, for the reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the Petitioner have leave by a Surveyor and Chain men on Oath to survey and lay out two hundred acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province adjoining to some former Grant, and return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to the Petitioner his heirs and assigns, provided he or they do within the space of three years break up bring to and fit for mowing and ploughing and well inclose six acres of the granted premisses, and build an House thereon of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, and have a family actually dwelling therein within said term. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 7, 1736-7.] A Plat containing two hundred & twenty Acres of Land, sur- veyed & laid out by James Cummings Surveyor and two Chain- 202 CHARTER RECORDS. men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court to Thomas Tilestone , Esq : as entred the 9 th. of "January last, with an allowance for Ponds and swag of Chain, lying on the West side of Merrimack River at the Head of Amaske eg Falls, beginning at a Pine Tree marked, then the Line runs up the River three hundred rods to a Pine Tree marked, was presented for Allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delin- eated and described, be and hereby are confirmed to the said Thomas Tilestone , Esq ; his Heirs and Assigns for ever, he or they performing the Conditions of the Grant, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of two hundred and twenty Acres, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 46, p. 68.] I the Subscriber to gather with William lund and Cypron Pow- ers have survaid and laid out un to Coll Tho 9 Tilston a sarton farm or tract of land contaning 220 acars bounded thus as folios one the west side of Merimack river beginen att y e head of namoskeag falls att a pine tree marked then y e line runs up the river 300 rods to a pine tre marked then line runs west 7 degree to the South sixty rods then y e line South twenty degres west 268 rods then y e line Runs South 30 degres Est Sixty rods to pine then y e line runs Est 7 0 North 170 rds to ye bounds furst menchond all w ch with out allowance for Sagg of Chain and Ponds w ch is abt 20 acres. Survaid this 29 daye of December y e 1736 Per me James Cumings Middlesex ss Dunstable January 3 th 1736 Personally appearing be fore me the Subscriber James Comings Surveyor, Will Lund and Cypron Powers Chaine men made Oath that in the Surveying and Measuring Two Hundred acres of Land Granted by the General Court to Thos Tileston Esq r of Dorchester they doe deal faithfully and Impertially Jurat me Eleazar Tyng jus 1 Peace In the House of Representatives Jan the 17 th 1736 Read and Or- dered that the plat be accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be & are hereby confirmed to the said Thomas Tilestone Esq r his heirs & assigns for ever he or they performing MERRIMACK. 203 the Conditions of the Grant provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of two hundred and twenty acres and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council Jan r y 10. 1736 Read & Concurred Simon Frost Dep 1 Sec 17 Consented to J Belcher MERRIMACK. [This was a part of the Old Dunstable grant. Incorporated April 2, 1746. Col. Joseph Blanchard was authorized to call the first meeting. An addition of all that part of the town north of the Souhegan river was granted Jan. 1, 1750. See New Hampshire charters following; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 54$ ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 586; Index to Laws, 342 ; Centennial Address, 1846, by S. T. Allen, pub. 1846; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 527 ; consult authorities cited under title of Dunstable.] [Grant to Benjamin Smith.] [Mass. House Journal, June 17, 1731.] A Petition of Benjamin Smith, living on Land on Merrimack River near Naticook, praying the Court, to make him a Grant of One Hundred Acres of Land (including an Island whereon he has built a House, & made Improvements) on the West side of the said River, adjoyning thereto, (to be laid out in a regular Form) or that it may be Sold to him on reasonable Terms, for Reasons mentioned. Read, and referred to the next Session for Consideration. [Mass. Court Records, June 20, 1733.] A Petition of Benjamin Smith Setting forth his great Services for the province in divers Marches against the Indian Enemy & Shewing that he has presumed to take up ab 1 Sixteen Acres of Province Land on Merrimack River, partly on an Island about a Mile above Sohegan River, & partly on the Main adjacent there- to, & hath built an House thereon, & laid out ab* One Hundred & 204 CHARTER RECORDS. fifty pounds To which Land he acknowledges he has no right & Praying a Grant of the s d Land & thirty four Acres more upon such Terms as this Court shall judge proper — In the House of Represent™ 55 Read & in Answer to this Petition, Ordered that the Petition r be allowed by a Survey 1 ' & Chainmen on Oath to Survey & lay out fifty Acres of the Province Lands, including the Island within mentioned & the other Land improved by the Petition 1 * & that he return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation — In Council ; Read & Concur’ d Provided the Petition 1 ' pay into the Province Treasury The Sum of Ten pounds immediately upon y e Confirmation of the said Land by this Court — In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Concur’d Consented to J Belcher MILFORD. [Constituted from parts of Hollis, Amherst, and the Mile Slip, and included Charlestown and Duxbury School Farms. Incorporated Jan. n, 1794. Unsuc- cessful attempts at incorporation were made in 1779 and 1780. A portion of Am- herst was annexed Dec. 20, 1842, and a portion of Lyndeborough, June 27, 1873. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 397 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 603 ; Index to Laws, 345 ; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, P- 55 *] [Charlestown School Farm.] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659.] In Ans 1 ' to the peticon of Charles Toune & Cambridge The Court having Considered the Grounds of this peticion & of how great Concernment It is y* all due encouragement be given there- to, Judge meete to Graunt to each Toune a thousand acres of land upon Condicon y t they forever appropriate it to that use, & w th in three yeers at farthest lay out the same & put it on Improovement, & In Case that they faile of mainetaining a Grammar schoole dur- ing the said time they shall so doe the next Gramar schoole of w* Toune soever shall have the sole bennefitt thereof ;/ MILFORD. 205 [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1660.] By virtue of an order of the Gennerall Court laid out for the use of the schoole of Charles Toune one thousand acres of land, more or lesse, in the wildernesse on the westerne side of merremacke River at a place Comonly Called by the Indians Sowheaganucke begining at the ffoote of a great hill and so extending Eastward about two miles doune the said River and bounded w th the River North and by land laied out for m rs Anna Cole on the East the wildernes elswhere surrounding according to marked trees all w cb are sufficiently bounded w th C and is more fully demonstrated by a platt taken of the same by Jonathan Danforth surv r . The Court doth allow & approove of this Returne./ [Grant to Anna Cole.] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659.] In Consideration of the late Cap 4 Robert Keaynes libberall guifts to the Country in his will the whole Court mett together voted ; that m 1 * 3 Anna Cole the late Relict of the said Cap 4 Robert Keaine and Anna Keayne the Grandchild shall have five hundred acres of land apeece laid out to them & theire heires where It is to be found./ [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1660.] Laid out to m rs Anna Cole five hundred acres more or lesse of land in the wildernes on the westerne side of merremacke River at Souheaganuck being butted & bounded w 4h land lately laid out for charlstowne schoole on the west sowheaganucke River on the North lying three hundred and forty pole long by the side of the said River the wildernesse elswhere surrounding according to bound mark trees w ch are marked w 4h C. w ch is more fully demonstrated by a platt taken of the same by Jonathan Danforth surveyor The Court Judgeth it meete to Allow & Confirme the land returned to the said Anna Cole lately keayne hir heires & Assignes forever./ 20 6 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to Samuel Cole.] [Mass. Court Records, May 26, 1658.] In Ans r to the petition of Samuell Cole. The Court Judgeth it meete to Graunt the peticoner the necke of land desired lying w to in a mile & a half or two miles of nacooke beyond the Toune of Chelmsford & what is wanting there to make up the fower hun- dred acres formerly Graunted him he hath liberty to take up in any other place where he Cann finde it according to lawe [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 9, and Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659.] Laid out to M r Samuell Cole of Boston, four hundred acr of lands in y e wildernesse ; on y e westerne side of Merimack River ; begining at Nacook one part of y e same ; about fifty and five acc : lying upon y e said Brooke andjoyning to Merimack River runing up y e brook about two hundred & fifty two pole ; also one part or parsall of y® same adjoyning to y e said River beginning about three quarters of a mile above it ; and so runnes up v® River two miles and 34 pole, as by this plott is demonstrated ; also 3 patches of meadow lying distinck from y e aforesaid lands, about 2 miles : two of y m lying at forrest field hill : y* 3d som what distant from y m also a small parsall of meadow lying upon a brook (called little Nacook) which brook runnes through y® said farme ; y e content or Superfitia of all y e aforesaid parsells are (400) ace of land, all which land are well and suffetiendy bounded and marked with C : May 11 th 1659 By Jonathan Danforth Survey 1 The Deputyes approve of this return provided that this four hun- dred Acors be made up seven hundred Acors back from the river, out of which Capt Edward Johnson is to have his three hundred Acors indeffrently layd out respecting both meddow & upland & M r Cole to have his first choyce but Capt Johnson to beare halfe the Charge of laying of it out, relating to what hath bin already expended or what further remayned to be done & all with refer- ence to the Consent of o e Horn** 1 magists hereto 10 (9) 1659 William Torrey Cleric Consented to by y e Magists Edw Rawson Sectey MILFORD 207 [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1. p. 9.] 20 8 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. i, p. io.] [Mass. Court Records, March 4, 1733-4.] “A Petition of Col. John Alden — Represent™ of the Town of Duxbury Shewing that the said Town is obliged by Law to main- tain a Grammar School, but by reason of the fewness of the Inhab- itants & their Poverty the Charge of the School lies heavy upon them, and therefore Praying that this Court would make them a Grant of the Province Land the better to enable them to defray the said Charge — In the House of Represent™ 9 Read & Ordered that the Town of Duxbury be & hereby is allowed & impowered by a Survey 1 & Chainmen on Oath to survey & lay out Five hundred Acres of the MILFORD. 209 unappropriated Lands of the Province, & return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation, for the mainte- nance & support of a Grammar School there — In Council Read & Concurred — Consented to — J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 24, 1734.] A plat containing five hundred acres of Land surveyed and laid out by order of the Court the 4 th of March last by Capt. Jonas Houghton Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant made to the Town of Duxbury for the use of a Grammar School there, bounded southerly on Souhegan River East on the uppermost Narragansett Township on said River ; was presented for allowance. Read and accepted, and Ordered, That the Plat be allowed, and that the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Town of Duxbury for the use maintenance and support of a Grammar School there for ever, provided it exceeds not the quantity of five hundred acres, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Maps & Plans, Vol. 8, p. 27] 1 210 CHARTER RECORDS. July y e 4 & 5 : 1734 Laid out five Hundred acres of Land to fulfill a Grant made by the Great and General Court or Assembly to the Town of Duxbury March y e 4 th 1733 : which Bounds South- erly on Souhegan River : East on the upermost Narragonset Township upon Said River, North & West upon the unapropri- ated Lands It begins at a whitoak Marked (with a heep of stons nere to it) on the North side of said River : abought one Hundred and thirty Rods above the uper End of Chalstown Scool Farme and Runs North two Hundred Rods from thence East four Hun- dred Rods to Said Narraganset Township from thence South two Hundred & Seventeen Rods to Said Souhegen River and then it Runs up along by Said River to where it first began Survey d ^ Jonas Houghton In the House of Representatives December 24 th 1734. Read and accepted and ordered That the plat be allowed and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the town of Duxbury for the maintenance and support of a gram- mer School there, provided it exceeds not the quantity of Five hundred acres and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council Dec r : 26 : 1734 Read & Concurred T : Mason Dep* Sec 17 27 : Consented to J Belcher. NASHUA. [This was a part of the Old Dunstable grant. Incorporated as Dunstable , April 1, 1746. “ One Pine Hill,” belonging to Dunstable , was annexed to Hollis, Dec. 13, 1763. The farms of Daniel Merrill and Ebenezer Jacquith were taken from Dunstable and annexed to Hollis, May 14, 1 773. The name was changed to Nashua, Dec. 7, 1836. Nashville was set off and incorporated June 23, 1842, but was re-united and the two incorporated as a city, June 27, 1853. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 193 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 622 ; Index to Laws, 389 ; sketch, by O. C. Moore, 1, Granite Monthly, 57 ; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 139; consult authorities cited under title of Dunstable.] [Grant to Boston Artillery Company.] [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1670.] In Ans r to the motion of severall officers of the Artillery Com- pany in Boston Itt is Ordered that the thousand acres of land NASHUA. 21 1 form r ly granted to them, & not laid out be laid out in any place where it may be found not already granted & returne thereof made to this Court [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 34, p. 9.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 34, p. 9, and Court Records, Oct. i5> i6 73*] Artilery of Boston Ther ffarme Lad out Sep tr 22 th 1673 Viz ffrom a Red oake tre marked a by a gully Side on the banke of 212 CHARTER RECORDS. Marymak River, on a Straight Line W b S one mile & thre quart 9 by marked trees unto a pine at B : by a medow calld Speckticle Medow ffrom B to C. & about the Medow to D : taking in the sd two first patches of Medow w ch Medow is estimated at 30 Acors : ffrom D to E by the brooke Caled Specticle Brooke w ch Brooke Runs into Nashua River ffrom E to F by Nashua or Watananok River into Marymak River. 17 th October, 1673 : The magists approove of this Returne and doe further Grant them as an Addition thereto y e Grant being above thirty yeares since The quantity of five hundred acres next Adjoyning The magists have pass this their brethren the Deputy es hereto Con- senting Edw Rawson Secret? The Deputies Consent hereto provided that the Addition of five hundred Acre 9 be layd out in some Convenient place next Adjoyn- ing to the plantation now graunted there o r Hono rd magists Con- senting hereto Consented to by y e magists 17 th October 1673. Edw Rawson Secret [Grant to Richard Dummer.] [Mass. Court Records, May 14, 1656.] In Ans r to the peticion of m r Richard Dummer Craving an Allowance of land for seventy three pounds by him long since given to the Countries use by the Appointm* of the Court in the yeares 1637 & 1639. This Court In Consideration thereof doth graunt the Peticoner eight hundred acres of land in any place that is free from former graunts & not p r judiciall to a Plantacion Pro- vided it be laid out bounded & Retourne made by some surveyor w th in one yeare./ [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659, and Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 8.]. Laid out to m r Richard Dummer ; eight hundred acres of land in the wildernes on the Northerne side of merremack River begining at weekasoak brook being bounded therewith, & merre- NASHUA. 213 mak River on y e west ; Adjoyning to farmes lately laid out to Peter & James Oliver & some others on the South the wildernesse elswhere surrounding according to marked trees as by a plott taken of the same is more fully demonstrated w ch is on file. By Jonathan Danforth Surveior The Court Approoves of this Returne so as It exceed not fiffty acres above the some of eight hundred acres/ The deputyes approve of this returne w th reference to the Con- sent of o r hono r3 magis ts hereto William Torrey Cleric. The magis t3 Consent hereto so as it exceede not fifty acres above the some of eight hundred acres theire brethren the deput 3 Con- senting thereto : Edw : Rawson Consented to by the deputyes William Torrey Cleric. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1 , p. 8.] 214 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to Savage, Oliver, and Others.] [Mass. Court Records, May 28, 1659.] In Ans r to the peticion of Cap 1 Thomas Savage, Left Peter Oliver Capt James Oliver Capt James Johnson, Left w m Hudson m r Jeremiah Houchin and Ensigne John Evered Humbly Desiring the favor of this Court to Graunt unto them meete ffarmes The Court Judgeth it meete to Graunt the peticoners two hundred & fifty acres of land apeece on Condition that they observe the order propounded for the regulating in the laying out of all future Graunts that so places fitt for Touneships be not utterly spoyled : to the Great Damage of this Comon=wealth./ [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659.] Laid out to Capt Thomas Savage Cap 1 frauncis Norton Left w m Hudson & m r Jerremiah Houchin one thousand acres of land in the wildernesse on the westside of merremak River upon Samon Brooke begining at sagumskuffe and so Runing doune the River or brooke one part or parcell of the same Conteyning about nine hundred thirty fower acres more or lesse also one part or parcell Conteghning sixty six acres more or lesse nere adjoyning there- unto being bounded w lh the wildernesse according to marked trees as by a plott taken of y e Same is more fully Demonstrated & is on file By me Jonathan Danforth surveior The Court approves of this Returne/ [Grant to John Whiting.] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659.] In Ans r to the petic’on of m r Samuell whiting in behalfe of his brother m r John whiting & M r Richard westland Aldermen of Boston for this Courts Graunt of fower hundred acres of land apeece In Consideration of fifty pounds apeece long since laid out in the Comon Adventure the Court Graunts his request i. e fower NEW BOSTON. 215 hundred acres apeece to them the said John whiting & Richard westland & theire heires & Assignes & that It be laid out adjoyn- inge to such Lands as are taken up by order of this Court. [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1660.] Laid out to m r John whiting fower hundred acres of land on the western side of merrernacke river begining at the mouth of Sal- mon Brooke & so extending upwards one the same brooke about one mile & halfe being butteld & bounded by merremack River on the east, & by the upland side on the north of the said brooke els- where bounded by marked trees according to a platt taken of the same : The Court doth Approove & Confirme this Returne. NEW BOSTON. [Granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 14, 1735-6, to John Simpson and others. The grant was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors, Feb. 2, 1748-9. Some- times called Lane's-town and Boston Piscataquog Township. Regranted Dec. 24, 1751, to Job Lewis and others, Incorporated as New Boston, Feb. 18, 1763, and named from Boston, Mass. The farm of Isaac Parker was severed and annexed to Goffstown, June 18, 1836. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 553 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 642 ; Index to Laws, 395; History, by Elliott C. Cogswell, 1864, pp. 470; historical sketch, by Neil McLane, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 585.] [Mass. House Journal, June 5, 1734.] A Petition of Capt. Nathanael Bowman , and others in the pub- lick Service in the Canada Expedition under the command of the late Sir William Phiffs, Knt. praying for a Grant of Land, as entred the 20 th, of June 1732, and i 6 ih. of June last, and referred. Read and committed to the Committee appointed to consider of the Petition of Abraham Tilton of Ifswich , and others, and report what may be proper to be done thereon. 21 6 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1735.] On the Petition of John Simpson , and others, praying for some Province Lands, which was read and accepted, and Voted , That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and that together with such as shall be joined by the honourable Board, be a Com- mittee at the charge of the Petitioners, to lay out a Township of the contents of six miles square at the place petitioned for, or some other suitable place, and that they return a Plat thereof within twelve months for confirmation ; and for the more effectual bring- ing forward the Settlement of the said new Town, Ordered , That the said Town be laid out into sixty three equal shares, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School ; and that on each of the other sixty shares the Petitioners do within three years from the confirmation of the Plan, have settled one good family, who shall have a House built on his home lot of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least and finished, that each Right or Grant have six acres of Land brought to and plowed, or brought to english Grass and fitted for mowing, that they settle a learned orthodox Minister, and build and finish a convenient Meeting House for the publick Worship of GOD, and the said Committee are hereby directed to take bond of each Settler of Forty Pounds for his faithful comply- ing with and performing the Conditions of Settlement, and in case any of the said Settlers fail of performing the aforesaid Condi- tions, then his or their Right Share or Interest 'in said Town to re- vert to and be at the disposition of the Province. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1735.] On the Petition of Capt. Nathanael Bowman , and others, Can- ada Officers and Soldiers Anno 1690, as entred the 5 th. of June 1734, which was read and accepted, and thereupon the House came into a Vote for a Grant of a Township to the Petitioners of six miles square, lying North of the Narragansett Town called number Three , on the same Conditions of Settlement as the afore- said Grants were made. Sent up for Concurrence. NEW BOSTON. 217 [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 14, 1735-6.] Joseph Wilder , Esq : brought down the Petition of John Simp- son, and others, praying for a grant of a Township, as entred the 3d. ult, with the Vote of the House thereon, Pass’d in Council, viz . In Council January 14 th. 1735. Read and concur’d with the Amendment, viz. at the end the Vote — add — and that the said Committee be and hereby are impowred to sue out the bonds and recover the -possession of the forfeited Lots (if any be) at the expi- ration of the three years, and to grant them over to other Persons that will comply with the Conditions within one year next after the said Grant , and the bonds to be made and given to the said Com- mittee and their successors in said trust. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concur’d. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 14, 1735-6.] In the House of Represent 3 In answer to the petition of John Simpson & others Voted That the prayer of the petition be Granted & that together with such as shall be Joined by the Hon ble Board be a Com tee at the Charge of the pet 1 ’ 3 to lay out a Township of the Contents of Six Miles square at the place petitioned for 1 or some other Suitable place and that they Return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation ; And for the more Effectual bringing forward a Settlement of the said New town Ordered that the said Town be laid out into Sixty three Equal Shares One of which to be for the first Settled Minister, One for the Ministry and one for the School and that on each of the other Sixty Shares The pet rs do within three Years from the Confirmation of the Plan have Settled one Good Family who shall have a house built on his home lott of Eighteen feet Square and Seven feet Stud at the least, and finished, that each Right or Grant have Six Acres of Land brought to and plowed or brought to English Grass and fitted for Mowing that they Settle a Learned and Orthodox Minister and build and finish a Convenient Meeting house for the publick Worship of God, And the said Com tee are hereby directed to take Bond of each Settler of Forty pounds for his faithfull Complying with and performing the Conditions of Settlement, And in Case the said Settlers fail of performing any 1 Lands lying near Lambstown, Paquoig, &c. 2 18 CHARTER RECORDS. of the abovesaid Conditions of Settlement, then his or their Right Share or Interest in said Town to Revert to and be at the Dispo- sition of the province and that the said Com tee be and hereby are Impowred to sue out the Bonds and Recover possession of the for- feited Lotts if any be at the Expiration of the three Years and to Grant them over to other persons that will Comply with the Condi- tions within one Year next after the said Grant And the Bonds to be made and given to the said Com tee and their Successors in the said Trust — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 16, 1735-6.] On the petition of John Simpson and others Entred Jan’ry 14, I735> Ordered that Cap* William Collins and M r Ebenezer Parker with such as shall be Joined with the Hon ble Board, be a Com tee to take a plat of the within Township & Effectual Care that the same be brought forward to all Intents & purposes Agreeable to the Conditions of the Grant — In Council Read & Concurr'd and William Dudley Esq r is Joined in the Affair — Consented to , J Belcher [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p. 17.] Mid x ss Dunstable Jan r y e 28 th 1735. Jerathmeel Cumings as Surveyor and Zacheus Lovewell & James Cumings as Chainmen personally appearing before me y® Subscriber one of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the County of Mid x made Oath that in Surveying And measureing a Township granted by the Gen I 11 Court to M r John Simpson And Others, thay would deal truly and faithfully in their Respective trusts. Eleazer Tyng I The Subscriber together w th Zacheus Lovewell and James Cumings as Chainmen have Lay’d out Pursuant to the Grant of the Gen 11 Court, To M r John Simpson & Others Petitioners with him for a Township in the unappropriated Lands of the province of [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p- *7-] NEW BOSTON. 219 The Contents of Six miles Square with one thousand Acres Added for ponds that Lye within the S d township, and have bounded it thus Beginning at a Beach tree one of the Corners of the Narra- gansit town N° 5 and in the north Line of y e Narragansit N° 3 : from thence runing two degrees South of the West by y e S d Nar- ragansit Town N° 3 four miles & three Quarters to the northwest corner of the s d Township from thence the Same Course one mile and one hundred and Twenty Rods to a Burch tree marked from thence the line turn’s and run’s North two degrees to the west By Province Land Six miles and fourty two rods to a white pine tree marked from thence the line turns & Run’s East two Degrees north by Province Lands Six miles and fourty two Rods to a white Oake tree marked from thence we run South two degrees East Partly by Province Lands & partly by the Narragansit town afores d N° 5 to the beach tree the first mentioned bound with two rods in Each hundred, Added for uneveness of Land and Swagg of Chain w ch said Lands Lye on the west side Merrimack river on the Branches of Piscataquag river. Jerahmeel Cumings — Surveyor February The 12 th 1735 — In the House of Representatives March 19 th 1735. Read and Ordered That the plot be accepted and the Lands therein delin- eated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said John Simpson and the other Grantees mentioned in their petition passed the last Sitting of the Court their heirs & assigns respectively for ever provided the plot exceeds not the quantity of Six Miles Square and One thousand acres of Land an allowance for ponds within the Tract, and does not interfere with any other or former Grant, provided also the petitioners their heirs or assigns comply with the conditions of the Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council : March 20, 1735, Read & Concur’d, Simon Frost Dep* Sec’ry Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, March 19, 1735-6.] A Plat containing six miles square of Land laid out by Jerah- meel Cummings Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court of the 3^ day of December last, made to 220 CHARTER RECORDS. John Simpson and divers others, lying adjoining to the JVaragan- set Towns Numb. Three , and Numb. Five , and on Province Lands, with an allowance of a thousand acres of Land for Ponds lying within the Plat, was presented for allowance, Read and Ordered , That the Plat be allowed, and the Lands therein deline- ated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said John Simpson and the other Grantees mentioned in their Petition, passed the last sitting of the Court, their heirs and assigns respect- ively for ever, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of six miles square, and one thousand acres of Land an allowance for Ponds within the tract, and does not interfere with any other or former Grant, provided also the Petitioners their heirs or assigns comply with the Conditions of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, March 20, 1735-6.] A Plat of a Township of Six Miles Square, Granted by the General Court to John Simpson & others, Surveyed by Jarahmeel Cummins & Chainmen on oath; begining at a Beach tree, being one of the Corners of the Narraganset Town Number five, and in the North line of the Narraganset Town Number three, thence Runing West 2 deg. South by the said Town Number three four Miles and three Quarters to the North West Corner of the said Township, then on the same Course One Mile & one hundred & twenty Rods, to a Birch tree ; thence North two deg : West by Province lands Six Miles & forty two Rods, to a white pine tree Mark’d ; Thence South 2 deg. east partly by province Land & partly by the Narraganset Town Number five to the Beach first mentioned — [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1736.] Ehenezer Pomroy , Esq ; brought down a Petition of John Simpson and others, setting forth their grateful acknowledgments for the Grant of a Township made them by this Court in Decem- ber last, subjected to Conditions of Settlement, and praying they may be allowed by their Committee to give bond in a sufficient Sum for the fulfilment of the said Conditions of the whole sixty Grantees, so that if either of the Grantees shall fail of performing NEW BOSTON. 221 the Conditions of the Grant, or complying with the Votes and Orders they may pass among themselves, for the effectual Settle- ment of the Township agreable to the intent of the Court, the Right of such Grantee shall be forfeit to the other Grantees, for the reasons mentioned, they having agreed to build the Houses &c. by a joint Stock, which accompanied an unanimous Vote of the Grantees to the purposes aforesaid. Pass’d in Council, viz . In Council June 12th. 1736. Read and sent down. Read and the Question was put, Whither the -prayer of the Petition shall be granted f It pass’d in the Negative, and Or- dered , That the Petition be dismiss’d. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 14, 1736-7.] A Complaint of Mr. Joseph Marion of Boston , setting forth that he signed a Petition called the Petition of John Simpson and others, for a Township, which Petition has been granted by the Court ; that he imagined he was equally intitled with the other Petitioners to the benefit of the said Township, but that Mr. An- drew Lane of Boston, as the Complainant says he doubts not to prove, cut off his Name from the Petition ; whereby he conceives himself greatly injured ; that he did not within twenty Days after the present sitting of the Court discover that the said Lane had thus Mutilated the Record, praying his Name may be inserted among the said Petitioners, and have equal Benefit with them in the Grant, for the reasons mentioned. Read, and the Complainant was admitted into the House, but the said Lane not being present, the affair was referred to the afternoon for Consideration. Post Meridiem . The House entred into the Consideration of the Complaint of Joseph Marion , and the Complainant with Mr. Andrew Lane attending at the Door were admitted in and fully heard thereon, and then they withdrew ; and the matter being fully considered, the Question was put, Whither the Prayer of the Complainant shall be granted? It pass’d in the Negative, Nemine Contradi- cente . 222 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, June 17, 1737.] A Petition signed Andrew Lane, in behalf of the present Pro- prietors of the Township granted to John Simpson and others, lying on the Banks of Piscataquioag River in the County of Mid- dlesex, praying they may obtain a Grant of some of the unappro- priated Lands, being Part of the Southermost Part of Narragan- set Number Four so called, from the Line of Col. Gorham's Township to Narragansett Number Five, and from the Petition- ers Township East to Merrimack River , and that all the said Lands within the Lines above, which includes several private Grants maybe annexed to the Petitioners Township and accounted all one intire Township, and among other Duties, they are willing over and above to pay sixty Pounds towards building a Bridge over Nashua River in such Place as shall be ordered by the Court. Read and Ordered, That the Petition be considered on Thursday the 23d. Instant. [Mass. House Journal, June 23, 1737.] A Petition of the Proprietors of the Township granted to Joh?i Simpson and others, lying on the Banks of Piscatquoiag River in the County of Middlesex praying for an additional Grant to their Township, that they are willing to pay among other Duties sixty Pounds towards building a Bridge over Nashua River, as entred the 17 th. currant, Read again, and the Question was put, Whither the Prayer of the Petition shall be granted? It pass’d in the Negative. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 115, p. 841.] A List of the Names Subscribed to v e Aforementioned Petition Viz 1 Andrew Lane John Spooner John Boydell Joshua Henshaw J James Townsend Zac a Johonnot W m Speakman Byfield Lyde John Read John Homans L r Benj a Clark \V m Salter Dan 1 Loring Tho 9 Greene John Hill Sam 1 Tyler Jon a Williams Jun r Jacob Hurd Tho 9 Downe John Crocker Gilbert Warner NEW BOSTON. 223 John Larrabee Tho 3 Forster Joseph Green Benj a Bagnall Joshua Thomas John Carnes John Steel Eben r Bridge Henry Howell John Indicott A True Copy John Green John Arbuthnott Isaac Walker Rich d Checkley Tho 9 Hancock James Halsey Dan 1 GofFe Dan 1 Pecker Job Lewis John Erving Exam d Rufus Greene James Gould Robert Jenkins John Maverick John Simpson John Tyler Charles Coffin W m Lee Tho 3 Bulfinch James Day Thad Mason Dep 1 Seer? att a Meeting of y e Propriators Ap 1 21 st 1736 W m Dudley Esq 1 ’ Chosen Moderator W m Salter Clerk Tho 3 Greene Treasurer W m Dudley Esq r Josiah Willard Esq r of Lunenburgh John Chandler Jun r Esq r W m Bant Gideon Ball Capt Edward Durant Gershom Keys Rob 1 Auchmooty Esq r Admitted Associates to y e Originall Petitioners & y e other Lott to make up y e 60 was Re- servd in Common Voted y t y e Committee Imploy a Surveyor & Chainman to Lay out y e home lotts which was Accordingly done built a Saw Mill Raised a Meeting house & built Sixty Houses Clear’d Roads built bridges &c y e Committee upon y e Whole Expended as much as Amounted to Each Share between Seventy & Eighty pounds Old Tennor which each owner paid Readily (& Notwithstanding Said Grant on y e Divisionall Line being Run between the Provinces s d Grant fell within y e Line of New hamp- shire) they were determin’d to Settle y e Same Agreable to y e Grant of this Province & Some Settlers were on y e Premises & many More Agreed with to go on, Some Hunters or Evill minded persons by Setting Fire to y e Woods many of Said houses & p* of y e Meeting house were burnt, which together with y e Expectation of a French war & which did Soon After Happen putt a Stop to any further progress for y 4 time, the next lett or Discouragement was a Number of y e Gentlemen of y e Province of New hampshire purchasers of Masons Claim gave them to Understand they Should not allow them to go on under S d Grant from this Province unless they would Come under them & Acknowledge their Purchase Legall & Valid whereupon they did by a Committee wait on s d Claimers & finding their Demands as they thought Extravagant Nothing Since has been done as Proprietors some few have in 224 CHARTER RECORDS. their own Right disposd of their Shares to Inhabitants of y 4 Pro- vince at a Less Sum Than they had Expended Rather than have any further Contention with s d Masons Claimers ; The Above Township Lyes on the branches of Piscataquaog River nigh Merri- mack Above Dunstable. With y e Above Grant is the Substance of y e Case as it now stands — Attest W m Salter Proprietors Clerk Suffolk ss Boston 25 th March 1751 Cap 4 William Salter appeared & made solemn oath that the following Return is to the best of his knowledge just & true Before me Tho s Hubbard Just Peace NEWINGTON. [Formerly a part of Dover, known as Bloody Point. The date of incorporation is doubtful, but is given by some authorities as July, 1764. A small portion of the town was severed and annexed to Portsmouth, June 26, 1821. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 153; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 710; Index to Laws, 404; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 392 ; consult authorities cited under title of Dover.] [. Petition of Bloody Point to Belong to Dover Instead of Ports- mouth.^ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 442.] To the Right Wor 11 Governour and the Wor 11 Assistants of the Massachusetts The humble peticon of the inhabitants of Blody poynt in the River Pascataway. Humbly showing unto you 1 good Wor pps that you 1 peticon 18 the inhabitants of Bloody poynt being as they are informed ordered to be w th in the Township of Strawberry Banck w ch was done alto- geather against our consent wee ever having beene w^in the towne- ship of Dover & in Combinatio 11 w th them at ou r entrance under you r gov r ment and had promise from yo u to enjoy all our lawfull libertyes of felling Timber & the like w ch you r petition" are De- NEW IPSWICH. 225 barrd of w ch is upon record in you r Books and have beene formerly to their great losse & dammage, Alsoe you r petion r8 further shew unto you r good WorPP 3 that Strawberry Banck lyeth 4 Myles from them or therabouts wherby they shalbe Debarred from hearing the word by reason of the Tides falling out that wee cannot goe but once a fortnight & then can stay but ^te of the day w ch will rather be a day of toyle & labour then rest unto the Lord & yet must be forced to pay for the mainetenance of their Minister And sithence the Court they have layd out to themselves 50. 100 : or 200 Acres a pte round about us penning us up & deniing us falling of any Timber w th out their leave & making every one that will have of the said Land to pay yearely 50 s for a C Acres & soe after the rate for more or lest they being some 14 or 15 familyes living remote from one another scatering upon the River 2 miles & 4 : 5.06 myle from us yet have taken to themselves all ou r best land adjoyning to us Humbly Beseeching you r good WorP ps to be pleased to take ou r Case into you r cerious consideracons & to take some order for us that wee may enjoy ou r former libertyes & continue in the same Towneship we were of And that the order of Court may be con- firmed w Ch was that ou r Neck should be in Dover Towne other- wise wee shalbe forced to remove w ch wilbe to ou r undoing being poore familyes And you r poore peticon r8 shalbe bound to pray for yo r Worpps &c a The names of the Inhabitants that agree to this peticon The mke of James -j+f Johnson Seba Godard (?) The mke of H Thomas Canning the mke of |x] Henry LangstafFe the mke of Thomas F fiurson John Fayer[weather ?] the mke § of william [illegible] Oliver Frimington William Jones Whillie Lewis Thomas Trissel (?) the mark of [illegible] A H NEW IPSWICH. [Granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 15, 1735-6, to John Wainwright, John Choate, and others, inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, April 17, 1750, to Reuben Kidder and others. Incorporated as Ipswich , Sept. 9, 1762. Incorporated as New Ipswich, March 6, 1766. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 604; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 730; Index to Laws, 402; Sketches of History, by Charles Walker, 5, Collections of N. H. 15 226 CHARTER RECORDS. Historical Society, p. 155 ; History from First Grant, 1736, to 1852, by F. Kid- der and A. A. Gould, 1852, pp. 488 ; Historical Discourse, by Samuel Lee, i860, pub. 1861, pp. 88; historical sketch, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, P- 610.] [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1722.] A Petition Signed John Wainwright in behalf of himself and 80 others Inhabitants of the Town of Ifswich, praying that as the Lands which they Surveyed by Order of this House is not suitable to make a Settlement for a Township. They are informed that there is a Tract between Shew-brook which is the Southermost bounds of the Land lately Surveyed between Suncook and Cunta- cook and Amaskeeg-Falls, consisting of good Land suitable for a Township. Praying that it may be granted to them, &c. Read, and referred to the Committee appointed to consider the Report of Mr. Buckminster , Mr. Shefte, and Mr. Winslew , to make their Report thereon also. And that the Accompt of the Expences given in by Col. Buckminster , &c. be also referred to them. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 14, 1735-6.] A motion was made by John Wainwright, and John Choate , Esqrs; Representatives of the Town of Ipswich in the County of Essex in behalf of sundry Inhabitants of said Town, praying that a Grant of some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province for a Township may be made to some of the Inhabitants of the said Town ; which was seconded by divers Members ; and the House thereupon came into the following Vote, viz . In answer to the prayer of John Wainwright , and John Choate , Esqrs ; Repre- sentatives of the Town of Ifswich , in behalf of sundry Inhabitants of said Town, Voted , That the prayer be granted, and that John Wainwright , and John Choate , Esqrs ; together with such as shall be joined by the honourable Board, be a Committee at the charge of the Grantees, such of the said Inhabitants as they shall think most proper, to lay out a Township of the con- tents of six miles square, in some of the ungranted Lands of the Province, and that they return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation ; and for the more effectual bringing forward the Settlement of the said new Town, Ordered , NEW IPSWICH. 227 That the said Town be laid out into sixty three equal shares, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School ; and that on each of the other sixty shares the Grantees do within three years from the confirmation of the Plat settle one good family, who shall have an House built on his home lot of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least and finished, that each Right or Grant have six acres of Land brought to and ploughed, or brought to english Grass and fitted for mowing, that they settle a learned orthodox Minister, and build and finish a convenient Meeting House for the publick Wor- ship of GOD ; that the said Committee take bond of each Settler of Forty Pounds for his complying with the Conditions of Settle- ment ; and that each Settler that shall fail of performing the afore- said Conditions, shall forfeit his Share or Right in said new Town to the Government, and the same shall be disposed of as they shall see cause. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 15, 1735-6.] In the House of Represent In Answer to the prayer of John Wainwright and John Choat Esq 1 ’ 3 Represent 51 of the Town of Ips- wich in behalf of Sundry Inhabitants of said Town, Voted that the prayer be Granted and that John Wainw r right and John Choat Esq 1 ’ 3 with such as shall be Joined by the Hon ble Board be a Com tee at the Charge of the Grantees (such of the Inhabitants as they shall think most proper) to lay out a Township of the Contents of Six Miles Square in some of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province and that they Return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for confirmation And for the more Effectual bring- ing forward a Settlement of the said New town Ordered That the said Town be laid out into Sixty three Equal Shares one of which to be for the first Settled Minister One for the Ministry and one for the School and that on each of the other Sixty Shares the Grantees do within three Years after the Confirmation of the Plan Settle one Good family who shall have a house built on his Home lott of Eighteen feet Square and Seven feet Stud at the least and finished, that each Right or Grant have Six Acres of Land brought to and plowed or brought to English Grass and fitted for mowing, that they Settle a Learned Orthodox Minister and Build a Con- venient Meeting house for the Publick Worship of God, that the 228 CHARTER RECORDS. said Com tee take Bond of each Settler of forty pounds for his Com- plying with the Conditions of Settlement and that each Settler that shall fail of performing the aforesaid Conditions shall forfeit his Share or Right in the said New Town to the Government and the same to be Disposed of as they shall see Cause — In Council Read and Concurred & Thomas Berry Esq r is Joined with the Com tee of the House in the said Affair — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, March 20, 1735-6.] A Plat containing six miles square of Land laid out by Jonas Houghton Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath to satisfy a Grant of this Court, as entred the 14 th of January last to sundry Inhab- itants of Ifswich, bounded Southerly by the Canada Town lately granted on the petition of Thomas Tileston , Esq ; and others, Southerly partly on Townshend and partly on Province Land &c. was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered , That the within Plat be and hereby is accepted, as it is reformed by the prick’d lines within set forth so as the Township adjoins to Towns- hend ; and the Lands within mentioned and so described are con- firmed to the Grantees mentioned in the Grant of the Township made by this Court in their late sitting to sundry Inhabitants of the Township of Ipswich on the prayer of John Wainwright and John Choate , Esqrs ; and to their heirs and assigns respectively for ever, they performing the Conditions of the Grant, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of six miles square of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, March 20, 1735-6.] A Plat of a Tract of Land laid out by Jonas Houghton Survey 1 and Chainmen on Oath to fulfill a Grant of Six Miles Square of Land for a Township made by the General Court to the Inhab- itants of the town of Ipswich Bordering Southerly on a Township laid out to Tileston & others Canada Soldiers and adjoyning to the Town of Townshend — NEW IPSWICH. 229 [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p. 6.] In the House of Representatives, March 20 th 1735, Read and Ordered that the within plat be and hereby is Accepted as it is reformed by the prickt lines within set forth so as the township adjoins to Townshend and the Lands within mentioned and so described are confirmed to the Grantees mentioned in the Grant of the township made by this Court in their late Sitting to Sundry Inhabitants of the Township of Ipswich on the prayer of John Wainwright and John Choate Esq rs ; and to their heirs and assigns respectively for Ever they Performing the Conditions of the Grant provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of Six Miles square of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant — Sent up for Concurrence J. Quincy Sp kr In Council ; March 20, 1735 — Read & Concurr’d Simon Frost Dep* Sec’ry. Consented to — J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, March 26, and House Journal, March 2 5> i7 3 6 -] In the House of Represent 3 Ordered That Thomas Berry Esq r be and hereby is Authorized and Impowred to Assemble and Convene the Proprietors and Grantees of the New Township, 230 CHARTER RECORDS. lately Granted to some of the Inhabitants of the Town of Ipswich, in Some Convenient place and Suitable time, to Chuse a Proprie- tors Clerk and pass such votes and orders as they shall Judge Necessary for Carrying on the Settlement of the new Township in the most Speedy Manner, Agreeable to the Conditions of the Grant and how to Call their Meetings for the future — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 2, and House Journal, Jan. 12, 1736-7-] In the House of Represent 3, Voted That Seventeen hundred Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province be and hereby is given & Granted to the proprietors or Grantees of the Town- ship lately Granted to Sixty Inhabitants of the Town of Ipswich, as an Equivalent for about that Quantity, being taken out of their plat by the proprietors of the Common Lands of Groton. And that the Ipswich Grantees be Allowed to take out the same on the Northern or Western line of the said New Township or on both sides In Council Read & Nonconcured — [Petition of Proprietors of New Ipswich for Equivalent Grants i? 6 7 [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 267.] To His Excellency Francis Bernard Esq r to the Honourable His Majesty’s Council, and to the Honourable House of Representa- tives, in General Court assembled May 1767. The Petition of sundry Persons Grantees of the Town of New Ipswich, lately so called, & the legal Representatives of Grantees of said Town, Humbly Sheweth That the Great & General Court or Assembly of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay did in the Month of January Anno Domini 1735, grant unto Sixty of the Inhabitants of the Town of Ipswich a Township of the Contents of Six Miles square, which was called New Ipswich, that afterwards the said Township fell within the Province of New Hampshire, that your Petitioners,. NEW IPSWICH. 231 after having been at very great & long continued Expence, lost their several Rights in said Township, & because very great Suf- ferers, they having built a Meeting House, a Saw-Mill, Bridges, &c a , besides expending a great Deal on their several Rights ; wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray, that your Excellency & Honours would be pleased to take the Premisses into your Consid- eration, & grant unto them an Equivalent in some of the ungranted Lands of this Province, or make them such other Compensation as to your Wisdom shall seem meet ; and your Petitioners as in Duty bound, shall ever pray &c a Samuel Wigglesworth Nathaniel Rogers, for the Rev d M r John Rogers late of Ipswich Deceas’d Nathaniel Rogers, in his own Right. Elizabeth Appleton Adm rx on Daniel Appleton Esq r Dec d John Walley Elizabeth Walley V Mary Appleton j Heirs of said Daniel, who owned five original Rights, namely, the Right of Daniel Ap- pleton Esq r , John Appleton Esq r , John Wainwright Esq r , Thomas Cross, and Na- thaniel Wells. John Smith Richard Brown on original Right of Jer h Fitts Andrew Burley Ex 1 ’ on And w Burley Esq r Dec d William Brown Daniel Rogers for Rich d Rogers Esq r Late of Ipsw h de d Thomas Dennis Isaac Appleton W m Dodge Purchesed y e Wright Joseph Abbe Jeremiah Perkins John Treadwell Thomas Norton Francis Choat for my Farther Cap fc Thomas Choat Thomas Choat ju r Francis Choat for him Self Jonathan Cogswell for M r William Cogswell John Kinsman for L 1 James Burnam Nehemiah Choat for Cap 1 Robert Choate Abraham Knowlton for Cp l Knowlton Thomas Smith Daniel Eveleth John Berry for Tho 9 Berry Esq r Decsed 232 CHARTER RECORDS. PELHAM. [Constituted from parts of Old Dunstable and Dracut, Mass., and incorporated July 5, 1746. Named in honor of Thomas Pelham Holies, Duke of Newcastle. The charter was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors, April 27, 1774. The town was divided into two parishes, Jan. 4, 1787, but the act was repealed in 1792. The town was severed from Rockingham County and annexed to Hillsborough, Dec. 10, 1824. A gore of land between Pelham and Windham was annexed to Pelham, June 29, 1830. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following volmes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 652 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 142 ; Index to Laws, 424; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885; p. 631.] [Grant to John Endicott, Jr.] [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1660.] In Ans r to the petition of m r John Endecott Jun r humbly Craving the Confirmation of a deed of Certaine lands to him Given by Pompassenoway alias old william &c The Court doe not Judge meete to Confirme the Indians deed but Considering y e many kindnesses y* were shewn to the Indians by o r Honnored Gov r no r in the Infancy of these plantations for the pacifying the Indians tending to the Comon Good of the first planters In Consideration whereof the Indians were moved to such a Gratuity unto his Sonne doe Judge meete to Give y e petitioner fower hundred acres of land provided It be not formerly Graunted & be no prejudice to any plantacion to be sett out by such a Comittee as this Court shall appoint/ [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1660.] Laid out unto m r John Endecott Jun r fower hundred acres of land more or lesse in the wildernes on the east side of merremacke River about six miles Northward from Patuckitt falls and w th in one mile of Beavor brook at a great hill Called by the Indians masheshat- tuck lying on the west of the forementioned brooke and as it were betweene two great hills and neare Adjoyning to a pond on the southwest Called by the Indians pemmemitte-quonnitt and is sur- rounded by wildernes land being sufficiently bounded by trees PEMBROKE. 233 marked w th E : and is more fully demonstrated by a platt taken of the same B Jonathan Danforth Surveior The Court Allowes & Approoves of y e Returne./ PEMBROKE. [Granted by Massachusetts, Aug. 6, 1728, to Capt. John Lovewell and others, and known as Suncook and LovewelVs-town. Incorporated as Pembroke, Nov. 1, 1759, an d named probably in honor of the Earl of Pembroke. The town was •divided into two parishes, Dec. 17, 1763. The boundary line was extended to the bank of Suncook River, Dec. 24, 1798, to settle a dispute between Pembroke and Allenstown. All that part of Bow on the east side of Merrimack River was an- nexed to Pembroke and Concord Dec. 13, 1804. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 657 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 153 ; Index to Laws, 424 ; historical sketch, by John N. McClintock, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 560; History, now in preparation.] [Mass. House Journal, June 29, 1727.] Thomas Fitch Esq, brought down a Petition of David Melven and William Ayer , for themselves, and at the instance of Thirty others, Soldiers late in the Service of this Province, under the Command of Capt. John Lovewell deceased, praying that in Con- sideration of the many hard Services and Fatigues, Wounds &c. they received in the Service, as particularly are Enumerated in the Petitition, they may have a Grant of a Tract of Land on each side Merrimack — River next the Township lately Granted at Penny-Cook, of such Extent as may be thought Suitable for the Erecting the same into a Township for the reasons mentioned, Pass’d in Council viz . In Council June 27, 1727. Read and Sent down Recommended. Read. [JVames of LovewelV s Men , 1728.'] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 72, p. 367.] ADVERTISEMENT. These may Certify whom it may concern, That the General Assembly of this Province at their Session begun and held the 234 CHARTER RECORDS. 29th of May 1728, Pass’d a Resolve for granting two Tracts of unappropriated Land for Townships of the Contents of Six Miles square each, to the Persons whether Officers or Soldiers, belong- ing to this Province, who were in the Service of their Country in the Narraganset War : And all such Officers and Soldiers now surviving, and the legal Representatives of those that are De- ceased, are desired to give or send into the Secretaries Office Lists of their Names and Descents, to be laid before the General Court at their next Fall Session. J. Willard, Seer. Acc° of Persons w n y e 10 Indians were Killed — Jn° White Sam Tarbol Jer : Hunt Eben Wright Jos : Read Sam Moor Phin Foster Fr a Doyen S Hilton Jn° Pollard Ben Walker Jos Wright Jn° Varnum Rob 1 Ford Ben Parker Sam Shattock Jacob Ames Jn° Stephens Jos : Wheelock Sam Sawyer Ezr a Sawyer Jon a Houghton James Houghton Hen r y Willard Jacob Gates Joseph Whitcomb Sam 11 Learned Robt Phelps Moses Graves Moses Hazzen John Livingston Jeremi Pearly W m Hutchins Jacob Cory Oliver Pollard Sam 11 Trull Ben a Parker W m Spalden Sam 11 Fletcher Jn° Duncom Jethro Ames John Sawyer Moses Chandler Josep Wilson Jon a Parks Joshua Webster Sam 11 Johnson Steph Murrill Jacob Pearly John Hazzen Eb : Brown Jon a Ferren sam 11 Stickney Joshua Hutchins Benony Boynton Eph Farnsworth Ruben Farnsworth Tho 3 Farmer Rich Hall Neh. Robinson Jon a Parks Caleb Dolton 62 at Killing the ten Indians Lovell & White 88 : [Report of Committee on Grants to LovewelVs Men , ij28C\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 72, p. 369.] The Committee having seen the muster Roll of the within named Lovell and Company, finde that at the march to Pegwacket there were in all forty seven men, three of w cb Returnd home I PEMBROKE. 235 Sick & Lame, and ten of them Stayed at Ossapy to build a shelter for retreat We also finde that on the march under the said Lovell When the ten Indians were Kil’d there were Eighty Eight men, twenty six of which were in the Expedition to Pegwacket and that Sixty Two of them did not go on the said march to Pegwacket The Comittee are therefore of opinion that the Land mentioned In the within petition Running the same wedth on Each Side of Merrimack River as the Town of Penny cook does and so to Ex- tend on the River from the South bounds of s d Town of Penny Cook as to make up the contents of six miles Square be Granted to the said forty seven men and to the Legal Representatives of such of them as are since deceased and that thirteen of the sixty two which were In the first march and not on the Pegwacket march which shall first offer & In their own persons Settle upon the s d Land shall be admitted Eaqual Sharers with the other forty seven which with one Lott or share w ch shall be sett apart and given to the first minister that Settle there in y e worke of the min- istry and one Lott for the ministry and one for the Schooll will make the number of Sixty three Lotts the first sixty proprieters to pay their Eaquall proportion of the charge of petitioning and Sur- veying and that the petitioners Have Leave by a Surveyor & Chain- men under Oath to Lay out the said Land and Return a plan thereof to this Court at their Sessions In may next In Order to have the same settled as this Court shall then Direct In the House of Representatives June 29 th 1727 Read In the House of Representatives July 29 th 1728 Read again & Committed to the Committee for petitions The Committee are of opinion that in Answer to this Petition a Survey at y e Charge of the Province be Made on the Land within mentioned of the Contents of Six Miles Square, In order to make a Grant thereof to y e Petit 1 ' 3 and Such others as were in Capt : Lovel’s Company in the Late Action at Pigwackett & their Legal Representatives Under Such Restrictions & Limitations as this Court Shall order John Quincy order Not Accepted [Mass. House Journal, July 29, 1728.] A Petition of David Melven and William Ayer in behalf of themselves and sundry others Soldiers in the Service of the Prov- ince under the Command of the late Capt. Lovewell , praying for a 236 CHARTER RECORDS. Tract of Land next the Township of Penny- Cook , as entred the 29th of June 1727. Read again and Committed to the Commit- tee for Petitions. .[Mass. Court Records, Aug. 6, and House Journal, Aug. 5, 1728.] A Petition of David Melvin & William Ayer for themselves & a Number of other Persons who served as Voluntiers against the Indians in the late War under the Command of Cpt. John Love- well, Praying that a Tract of the Province Land for a Township may be granted them in consideration of their Services which they have done & the great Difficulties which they have undergone in the War : In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & In answer to this Petition, Resolved that the Contents of six miles square of Land lying •& being on each side of Merrimack River, of the same breadth from Mermack River as the Township of Pennicook, to begin where Pennicook new Grant determines which is one hundred Tods to the Southwards & thence to extend the Lines of the East & West Bounds on Right Angles until the six miles square of Land be compleated as afore said ; be hereby is granted unto the forty seven Soldiers & the legal Represent™ 3 of such of them as are deceased, who marched out with the said Cpt. Lovewell (himself included) when he engaged the Enemy at Pigwacket; & also the first thirteen of the sixty two Men who were in the first March with the said Lovewell & not in the Pigwacket March who shall offer ; & in their own Persons settle upon the Land shal also be admitted equal Sharers & Proprietors with the forty seven above mentioned, making sixty in the Whole ; And that there be also granted three other full Shares or Lots out of the said six miles square equal to any of the sixty ; viz, One to the first settled Minister, One for the Ministry, & One for the Use of the School ; That the Petitioners have leave by a Survey r & Chain men under Oath to survey & lay out the said Grant of Land, & return a Plat thereof to this Court in their next May Session, that so the same may be put under such Restrictions & Limitations for the effectual Settlement thereof as may be then thought proper, in Order to the Confirmation of the Grant ; The whole Charge to be born by the sixty Grantees first mentioned. In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to W m Burnet PEMBROKE. 237 [Mass. Court Records, July 9, 1729.] A Plat of a Tract of Land granted by the General Assembly in August 1728, to the Voluntiers that were under Cpt. John Love- well at Pigwacket Fight &c surveyed by Jonas Houghton, bounded Northerly on the Addition of Land made to Penicook, & every way else by undivided Land ; It begins at a white Maple, the South east Corner of said Penicook Addition & runs West 17 De- grees South by the Needle seven miles to a Hemlock ; then South 17 Deg. East five Miles & ninety six Perch to a white Pine ; then East 17 Deg. North seven miles to a Heap of Stones; then North 17 Deg. West, five miles & ninety six Perch to where it first began ; There is allowed one Chain in thirty for uneven Land and Swag of Chain, & seven hundred Acres allowed for Ponds & Rivers. In the House of Represent^ 3 Read & Orde 7 *ed that the Lands in this Plan delineated & described be & hereby is confirmed to- the Petitioners & their Associates their Heirs & Assigns for ever, Provided it exceed not the Contents of six miles square, nor inter- fere with any other or former Grant of this Court. And for the more regular & effectual Settlement of the said Grant, That the Petitioners & their Associates be & hereby are obliged within the space of five years to have actually settled on the Land granted fifty families ; each of which shall within that space build an House of the Bigness of eighteen feet square at the least, & stock with English Grass fit for mowing, or break up & fit for plowing five Acres of Land, Excepting only the Children & Heirs of those Men who were killed in the Fight with the Indian Enemy at Pig- wacket (who are Minors) who shall have the Privilege of hold- ing one Lot with proportionable Divisions for each Man who lost his Life as above, they only paying their Proportion of the Charge that has or may arise in settling the Premisses : And the Petitioners & their Associates within the space afore said settle a learned or- thodox Minister, & build a convenient House for the publick Wor- ship of God : And for the accomplishing of these Ends, That David Melvin be impowered to assemble the Petitioners & their Associates together at their first Meeting, who shall there also act as a Moderator ; At which Meeting they shall be sworn well & truly to enter all their Votes & Orders, when they shall also agree upon the future Method & Place for warning & assembling their Meetings ; & also at the same first Meeting shall chuse a Com- mittee for surveying, & Ordering the Affairs of the Plantation, & 238 CHARTER RECORDS. have Power to admit thirteen Men who will actually settle in their own Persons of those that were in Lovewells first March & not in the second ; which Committee shall be annually chosen. The Petitioners & their Associates to have Power to raise Money on the Lands granted for defraying the Charges that have or may arise in carrying forward the above said Settlement, & to chuse a suitable Person to collect it, who shall be sworn to the faithful dis- charge of his Trust, and make up his Accompts with the said Committee. In Council ; Read & Concur’d. [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 23, 1729.] On the Petition of David Melvin &c in behalf of Cpt. Love- wells Soldiers & the Order of the two Houses thereon as enter’d July 9, 1729. In the House of Represent ves Read & Ordered that this Petition & Vote above be revived with an Amendm 1 viz, after the words (and not in the second) add (giving the Preference to those who were actually with Cpt. Lovewell in the Engagem 1 where he killed the ten Indians) In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to t W m Dummer [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 19, 1729.] A Petition of Thomas Richardson & others, Shewing that whereas this Court were pleased to grant a Tract of Land for a Township at a Place called Suncook to David Melvil [Melvin] & others, & impowered the said Melvil to call a Meeting of the Grantees in order to their carrying on the Settlement of the said Place, & a Meeting was accordingly called & convened at Chelms- ford on the tenth Instant, & a Clerk & Committee were then chosen, the Proceedings were very irregular & unwarrantable, many Persons voting who were no ways qualified, being only such as had purchased of the Grantees, by w ch means the good Design of the Court in that Grant is like to be defeated ; And therefore Praying that the Proceedings of the Meeting of the tenth Instant may be declared to be null & void. PEMBROKE. 239 In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Ordered that Petition be refer’d to the next May Session for further Consideration, & that in the meantime the Petitioners serve the Moderator & Committee within mentioned with a Copy thereof, that they then shew cause why the Prayer thereof should not be granted, & that in the mean time no further Proceedings be had in Pursuance of the Votes of that Meeting. In Council ; Read & Council [Concurred] ; — Consented to W m Dummer [Mass. House Journal, Oct. 22, 1730.] A Petition of Stephen Richardson and Fifteen others, Inhabi- tants of this Province, praying for a Tract of Land agreeable to the following Mets and Bounds, viz . to extend the North and South Lines of the Township lately granted to Capt. LovewelVs Officers and Soldiers, on the West side of Merrimack River, two Miles, so that by the Enlargement of the Boundary of that Town- ship, their Lines will be six Miles on the Westerly side of the River, and five Miles up and down the same, which may be big enough for the Settlement of a comfortable Township, for Reasons mentioned. Read and referred (with the other Petitions for Land) to the next Session for further Consideration. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 14, 1731-2.] A Memorial and Address of 'Jeremiah Pearley and Twelve others, praying for a Grant of Land either adjoining to a Grant lately made to some Soldiers who were under the Command of Capt. Lovel , or in some other place the Court shall think fit, for their Service of the Country in the late Indian Wars, for Reasons mentioned Read, and referred for Consideration to the next Session of this Court. [Mass. House Journal, June 9, 1732.] A Memorial of Jeremiah Perley and others Soldiers in the Ser- vice of this Province under the late Capt. Lovewell praying for a 240 CHARTER RECORDS. Grant of Land at Suncook as entred the 14^ of January last and referred ; And also a Petition of John Bennet for himself and forty others Voluntiers in the Service of this Province late under the command of Capt. Lovewell and Capt. White , praying for a Grant of some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, for the Reasons mentioned, both read and committed to the Commit- tee for Lands. [Mass. House Journal, April 13, 1733.] A Memorial and Petition of William Lovejoy , and Josiah Chandler, in the name and behalf of the Proprietors and Grantees of the Plantation of Suncook on both sides Merrimack-River , shewing that notwithstanding they have obtained a fair and good Grant from this Court, as a reward for their Services under the late Capt. Lovewell, they are unreasonably trespassed upon and insulted by a number of People from New -Hampshire, who pre- tend to the right of Soil under colour of a Grant from that Govern- ment praying for such relief as to the wisdom of the Court shall seem meet. Read and committed to the Committee for Petitions- f [Mass. House Journal, April 14, 1733.] The Memorial of William Lovejoy, and Josiah Chandler, in behalf of the Grantees and Proprietors of the Plantation of Sun- cook, praying as entred the 1 3th. currant. Read again and in answer thereto Voted, That the Lands set forth and described in the Grant, be and hereby are declared to be within the County of Middlesex , and the Grantees or Proprie- tors are hereby fully authorized and impowred to bring their Action or Actions at Law in any Court proper to try the same within the said County of Middlesex in Trespass or Trespass and Ejectment, against any Person whomsoever that shall trespass upon them, or unlawfully hold them out of possession of the granted Premises, and to defend the same also as the case may require until final issue. Sent up for Concurrence. PEMBROKE. 24I [Mass. House Journal, June 20, 1733.] Mr. Welles from the Committee appointed the 9 th. currant to consider of the Lists, and Petitions of the Voluntiers under the late Capt. Lovewell, made report on the Petitions of Jeremiah Pearley and John Bennet and also that of Thomas Farmer and eight others of said Voluntiers, which was read and accepted, and Voted , That one of the Petitioners be admitted in the room of Ed- ward Hartwell who has been enter’d on the List of Capt. Love- welVs Voluntiers, but was not in the Service, and therefore not entitled to any part of the Reward, and that four more be admitted in the room of Josefh Wright , Josefh Wheelock , Robert Phetys, and Jo 7 iathan Houghton, jun. who have been admitted to a share in the Township at Suncook , and therefore ought not to have to have a right in this Grant. And whereas there are four more of the Petitioners not yet provided for, Ordered , That there be laid out twelve hundred and sixty acres of Land in a regular form, to be added to the Northwesterly part of said Township, and that these remaining four be added to the original number, making with them in the whole seventy two, all to be equal in their Right or Proportion of Lands in said Township : The Names of Volun- tiers now to be admitted are Thomas Farmer , Henry Colburn , and the Seven other Petitioners on the other side. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 20, 17 33.] A Petition of Tho 3 Farmer, Henry Colburn, Jonathan Farren, Samuel Shaddock Samuel Trull Jacob Corey, Joshua Webster, Abiel Forster, & Samuel Tarbal, Shewing that they served as Voluntiers in the late Indian War under Cp 1 John Lovewell & Cp l John White, & were omitted in the Grant made by this Court of a Township* to the Officers & Soldiers in those Companies & pray- ing that they may be admitted into that Township, & that the Grant may be Enlarged accordingly — In the House of Represent ve3 Read & in Answer to this Peti- tion, Voted that one of the Petition 18 be admitted in the room of Edward Hartwell who has been Enter’d in the List of Cp* Love- * Petersham, Mass., originally Voluntierstown. 16 242 CHARTER RECORDS. well’s Company, but was not in y e Service & therefore not entitled to any part of the reward & that four more be admitted in the room of Josept Wright Joseph Wheelock, Robert Phelps, & Jona- than Houghton Jun r who have been admitted to a Share in the Township of Suncook, & therefore ought not to have a right in said Grant, & whereas there are four more of the Petitio rs not yet provided for, Ordered that there be laid out twelve Hundred Acres of Land in a regular Form to be added to y e Northwesterly part of s d Township, & that these remaining four be added to y e Orig- inal Number, making with them in the whole Seventy two, All to be equal In their right or proportion of Lands in said Township the Names of the Voluntiers now to be Admitted are Thom 9 Farmer & the Eight other Petition 18 on y e other Side — In Council, Read & Concur’d — Consented to J Belcher. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 18, 1734.] A Petition of Thomas Cuningham and Eight other Inhabitants of the Plant a Called Suncook, Complaining of the Great Neglect of most of the Proprietors to Comply with the Terms and Condi- tions enjoyned by the General Court for Settling the same ; by which means the Pet rs who have Actually Settled themselves and their familys Upon the place are put to Gfeat difficultys more Especially in their not Enjoying the preaching of the Gospel among them praying that this Court would Grant them Relief in the premises — In the House of Represent Read & ordered that the Pet rs serve William Lovejoy and the Rest of the Com tee of the Proprietors of the Plant a of Suncook with a Copy of this petition ; And that the said Committee be and hereby are Required and directed to Assemble and Convene the said Proprietors as soon as may be, and that they take into consideration the Subject Matter of the petition and Shew Cause, if any they have, to this Court on the first Tuesday of the next May Session, why the prayer thereof should not be Granted, and that the petition be Referr’d in the mean time Accordingly — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher PEMBROKE. 243 [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1735-6.] A Petition of Zecheus Lovewell, and five others, Soldiers in the Service of this Province, and Voluntiers under the late Capt. John Lovewell , deceas’d, setting forth that they have not hitherto re- ceived anything of the bounty of this Court, which has been bestowed on the rest of their fellow Soldiers under the said Capt. Lovewell , praying they may now obtain a Grant of some of the Province Lands, for the reasons mentioned. Read and committed to the Committee for Lands. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 12, 1735-6.] On the Petition of Zecheus Lovewell, and others, as entred the 5 th currant, which was read and accepted, and Voted, That twenty one hundred and ninety acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province adjoining to the Township of Suncook, be and hereby is given and granted to the six Petitioners within mentioned, their heirs and assigns respectively, and that they be allowed and impowred by a Surveyor and Chain men on Oath to return a Plat thereof in a regular form to this Court within twelve months for confirmation accordingly, provided they settle six families thereon within four years from the confirmation of the Grant, each family to have a dwelling House of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at least and well finished, and each family or settler to clear fence and bring to english Grass or tillage six acres, and on fail- ure thereof such Right or Interest of such defective Grantee to revert to the Province ; and said Land to be annexed to said Township at Suncook, to do duty and receive privilege accord- ingly. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, March 25, 1736.] A Petition of Zacheus Lovewell, Thomas Colburn, Peter Pow- ers, Josiah Cummins Henry Farewell jun r and Nicholas Crosby, Shewing that they Served as Voluntiers Against the Indian Enemy under Cap 4 Lovewell either in his first or second March that all the Rest of Cap 4 Lovewell’s Soldiers have had Land CHARTER RECORDS. 2 44 Granted them by this Court but the pet rs have as yet had none And therefore Praying for a Grant of Province Land — In the House of Represent Read & Voted That Twenty one hundred and Thirty Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the province Adjoyning to the Township of Suncook be and hereby is Granted to the Six petitioners within mentioned, their heirs and Assignes Respectivly, and that they be Allowed and Impowred by a Survey 1 and Chain men on Oath to Return a plat thereof in a Regular form to this Court within twelve months for Confirma- tion Accordingly ; Provided they Settle Six familys thereon within four years from the Confirmation of the Grant; each Family to have a Dwelling house of Eighteen feet Square and Seven feet Stud at the least, and well finished, & each family or Settler to Clear fence and bring to English Grass or Tillage Six Acres ; And on failure thereof such Right or Interest of such Defective Grantees to Revert to the Province ; The Pet 18 to give Bond to the Province Treasurer and his Successors in the said office in the sum of Forty pounds each to fulfill the Conditions of this Grant and said Land to be Annexed to the Township of Suncook for the present and to do duty & Receive priviledge Accordingly. — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [ Vote of Proprietors of Pembroke to Petition for Equivalent Grant , [Mass. Archives, Vol. 115, p. 219.] Andov r April 8, 1747. At a Meeting this Day of Some of y e Proprietors of the Plan- tation of Suncook, Voted, That we the Proprietors of s d Township present, in our own Names, and in y e Name of Several other Proprietors, will, as soon as may be, Petition the great & general Court of the Massachu- setts bay, (by the Authority of which y e s d Tract was Granted to Capt : Lovewell and Company) viz for their Speedy advice what course to take under our very Difficult Circumstances, Namely 1. The Whole of s d Tract or Grant of Land falling within y e Prov- ince of New Hampshire. And moreover, 2. It, Or y e most of it, being Claimed by a Number of New Hampshire men by vertue PEMBROKE. 245 of a Prior Grant made to y m by the General Court of S d province, which Proprietors having tryed Title have already Recovered Judgment against one of our Brethren. And 3. Because we are under very great Difficulties with respect to y e payment of the Ministers Salary, who (according to y e Order of the General Court) has been Setled there for y e Space of nine years, and has Recovered Judgment ag* us at y e Quarter Sessions in Charlestown on Dec r Last, for his Said Salary. William Lovejoy Mod 1 Nicoles Holt Peter Ayer Jeremiah Swain Oliver Holt Joshua Andrew Samuel Phillips Josiah Chandler Jonathan Abboott James Kittredg Benj a Gale Oliver Barrron John Barnard Hanery Lovejoy Joseph Mulichen John Pollard Abisha Brown Braveter Gray \_Petition of Proprietors of Pembroke for Equivalent Grant , 1 773-1 [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 824.] Province of the > To His Excellency the Governor, To the Massachusetts-Bay $ Honourable His Majesty’s Council & House of Representatives in general Court Assembled The Petition of the Subscribers hereto, Humbly Shews — That in the Time of the War with the Indians called the three- year War, Cap 1 John Lovewell and a number of Men under his Command, Voluntarily Engaged in the Service of Their King and Country, and bravely Exerted Themselves therein, by Pur- suing the Indians in the Wilderness, where They repeatedly met with & Destroy’d some of Them ; And finally, viz on the 8®* Day of May AD 1725, He, with thirty four Men, met with a Large Body of Them at Pigwacket, and had a Long & very warm En- gagement with Them, in which He, and a Considerable part of His Men lost Their Lives. But the Indians were so Severely handled in this Engagement, It Struck Them with so much Ter- ror, That the Government looked upon Lovewell & His Men so Eminently Serviceable by This & Their former Bravery, as That They were worthy of some particular Regard from the Publick — In Consideration whereof, The Government granted a Township 246 CHARTER RECORDS. of Wilderness Land at Suncook, To the Heirs of the said Cap 1 John Lovewell, To the Heirs of those of His Men that fell with Him in the Engagement, To those of Them who Liv’d thro’ it, and to a number of such other Men as the Government then thought were the most Proper to be admitted with Those who had been in said Engagement, and to make a Suitable Society for the Settlement of a New Township — That in Consequence of said Grant, and in Compliance with the Conditions thereof, The Grantees Settled said Township, some by Their own Persons, and others by Their Assigns ; And as no Body at that Time, had any Suspicion of Danger in the Title of the Land, the People who Settled thereon, carried all the Interest They had in the World with Them, and Laid it out on Their Re- spective Rights, and therewith bestow’d a great deal of Labour with Their own hands to bring Their Lands to be Profitable to Them, Trusting that They, and Their Posterity Should Enjoy the Fruit of Their Labour without Interruption — But by the running the Line for a Divisional Line between this Province and the Province of New Hampshire, said Township was taken into the Latter — Soon after This, there came a number of Men and laid Claime to the same Land, Alledging it was a Township granted by the Province of New Hampshire to Them, by the Name of Bow , And from thence forward Sues for the Land, and so worried the Massachusetts Grantees and Their Assigns from Time to Time in Law, That They found Themselves obliged, either to leave Their Possessions or buy Them — And being in Such an unhappy Situation, They knew not well what to do. Some bought the Lands They had Subdu’d & lived upon, but others, who would not buy, were Intirely Ousted of Theirs, so that upon the whole, the Massachusetts Grant has been obliged (by the Laws in Hamp- shire) to give way to the Hampshire Grant, and the Township is (by that means) wholly Lost to Those of the original Grantees who never Sold Their Rights, and in a great Measure to Those who Settled therein by Purchase. Some of the Latter having had some Considerations from those of the original Grantees of whom They Purchas’d Their Lands, They did not wholly Loose Their’s but as the Considerations They Rec d were much Short of the Damages They Sustain’d They were greater Loosers than Those were that They Purchas’d of — But in Fact both are Loosers, so there is become more than one Sufferer on one & the same of many of the Rights in said lost Township — wherefore your Petitioners, who are Some of the immediate Sufferers by said PEMBROKE. 247 Loss, take leave to Pray, That in Lieu of said Township, your Excellency & Honours would be Pleas’d to grant a Tract of Wilderness Land belonging to the Province Sufficient for a Town- ship, to such of the original Grantees of said Lost Township as are Living, To the Heirs of such of Them as are Dead, and to Those who Settled therein by Purchase, So that the same may be Shar’d among all the Loosers, in Proportion to the Damages They have Respectively Sustain’d ; with Liberty to Lay it out to the Eastward of Saco River, adjoining to the Northwardly part of the Township, granted to Benjamin Mullikin Esq r and others. And as in Duty bound Prays — Noah Johnson Thomas Harwood Francis Doyne Joseph Baker John Whittemore Benjamin Hall Patrik Gault Andrew Galt Ephriam Blunt Moses Foster Benjamin Holt Abiel Austin Thomas Barnard ' Edward Barnard ; John Tucker John Chamberlin James Whitney John Knox David Abbot Andrew Bunten David Lovejoy James Cuningham Ephriam foster John Man Nathanael Holt Benj a Stevens Jun r Zebadiah Austin John Love well Richard Eastman Joseph Brown Samuel Abbot Moses Tyler Robert White Caleb Lovejoy Sam 11 mcConnell Robert Moore David Chandler William Ayer Heirs of Rev d M r Barnard late of Andover Stephen Holt of Lawful Age Testifieth & Saith That he was one of the first Settlers in a Township Granted to Capt n John Lovewell & others known by the Name of Suncook — That the Grantees with great Labour & Expence brought forward their Settlements Soon after the grant of s d Township was made Notwithstanding the opposition made by the Proprietors of Bow who Claimed a Tract of Land by Virtue of a grant made by the Goverment of New Hampshire of the Contents of Twelve miles Square which Included Suncook & was made near the Time of the Massachu- setts grant — That they were Encouraged by the People of the Massachusetts Government to Perfect their Settlements Notwith- standing the opposition made by Bow & Accordingly Persevered in their undertakeing & Endeavoured to Defend their Rights in 248 CHARTER RECORDS. the Common Law of New Hampshire when many of them were held to Answer there by Process or be Defaulted — That many Actions were Continued from Term to Term ’till the Defendants were Almost Ruin’d — That the Proprietors of Penni- cook being under like Circumstances (Saving only that Pennicook was purchas’d with money & Suncook was the Price of Blood) Apply’d to the great & General Court of the Massachusetts Prov- ince for Relief & obtained a grant of one hundred pounds Sterling to Defend their Cause in England and the Suncook Proprietors Embark’d in the Same Cause According to their Ability Contrib- uted to the Pennicook Agent for his Aid to them in the Common Cause. But So it is though the Actions at home were Determin’d in Some Sort in favour of the Massachusetts Grantees yet the point of Property most Essencial to be Determin’d was Carefully Avoided ; and after this New Actions were Commenced So that the Proprietors of Suncook as well as those of Pennicook have been Continually Harrassed & Worried in the Law from their Infant State ’till within these two or three years last past they have Almost all of them Purchased their Improvements & them only at an Extravagant La} r , and all the unimproved Lands Revert to the Proprietors of Bow The Deponant further Saith that he was an Inhabitant of Suncook for the Term of Ten Years & Since his Removal he has been Conversant with the Proprietors, been Con- cern’d in Defending Sundry Rights & that he has no Knowledge of any one of the Inhabitants haveing Received any Consideration from the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, nor from New Hampshire, on Account of their Loss in Suncook ; but on the Contrary is well Assured that there is not one Individual of s d Prop 155 of Suncook but what has Sustain’d more Loss than Double the Value of his Right when Granted, and that many Others have been Entirely Ruined And were Obliged to part with their Farms Valued at more than £100 Sterling to Defrey the Charges of their Vexatious Lawsuits Andover May 31 : 1773 — Stephen Holt Essex ss Andover May 31. 1773 Then M r Stephen Holt appear d personally & made Oath to the fore written Deposition by him Subscrib’d Before me Samuel Phillips Just e Pacis I the Deponant aged Sixty four Years, Testify & Say, That I was the Lawful owner of the Substance of three Rights in the PETERBOROUGH. 2 49 Township at Suncook which was granted to Cap 4 John Lovewell & others — That J Settled upon a Tract of my Said Land, and have lived in said Township about thirty nine years, and have been knowing to, and have been a large Sufferer in the Loss of said Township, which has been recovered & taken from the Inhab- itants who Settled therein under the Government of the Massachu- setts-Bay, by a number of Persons, who Claim’d the greatest Part of it by virtue of a grant (as They said) from the Government of New-Hampshire for a Township by the name of Bow — By the Proprietors of the Mason Patent, and by the Proprietors of the Township of Chester. That I know of no Compensation being ever made to the Sufferers for that Loss, by the Government of Massachusetts-Bay or New-Hampshire, Except Ross Wyman, who (as I have heard) has had a Grant of some land from the Government of the Massachusetts-Bay in lieu of his Loss — Also That the Bow Proprietors gave (as I have been told) the Late Rev d M 1 Whittemore fifty acres of Land He was Settled upon, and to one Francis Doyne twenty acres He was Settled on in s d lost Township — And as for my Self, besides the loss of my Lands, I have been put to greater Expence than I can readily tell having been Ejected out of two Tracts of Land, by two Actions which were continued in the Law for about fifteen years — Benjamin Holt York ss Fryeburg Octo r 23 d AD 1773 the above named Benj a Holt, Personally Appear’d and made Solemn Oath to the Truth of the foregoing Deposition by Him Subscribed Before me J Frye Jus 4 Peace PETERBOROUGH. [Formerly known as Souhegan. Granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1737-8, to Samuel Heywood and others. Incorporated as Peterborough, Jan. 17, 1760, and named probably in honor of the Earl of Peterborough. The charter was renewed, Jan. 8, 1762. A small portion of the southeast corner was annexed to Temple, Jan. 29, 1789. A part of this town was included in the limits of Greenfield, in- corporated June 15, 1791. An act was passed July 5, 1867, by which Sharon was to be annexed to Peterborough, whenever a majority of voters in both towns should adopt the provisions of the act, but this has never been done. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 665 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 174; Index to Laws, 427; Ecclesiastical History, 1, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collec- tions, p. 55 ; Topographical and Historical Account, by Elijah Dunbar, id. p. 250 CHARTER RECORDS. 129; Centennial Address, by John H. Morrison, 1839, PP- 99? History, by Albert Smith, 1876, pp. 375 ; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 650; Proceedings at Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, 1889, pub. 1890, pp. 13 1 ; numerous historical articles and documents in the files of the Peterborough Transcript.~\ [Mass. House Journal, May 27, 1726.] A Petition of Samuel Hey wood , Christopher Page , and sundry others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land on both sides Sowhegen-River , as entred the 14th of December past, and re- ferred to this Session. Read and referred to the next Session of this Court for further Consideration. [Mass. House Journal, June 23, 1732.] A Petition of Ephraim Hildreth for himself and Associates, praying that their former Petition for a Grant of Land for a Town- ship at Souhegan may be revived for the reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the Petition lye on the Table. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 8, 1732.] s A Petition of Samuel Haywood and Thomas Cutler for them- selves and sundry others, praying for a Grant of a Township at a place called Souhegan agreeable to their former Petitions. Read and referred to the next May Session for further Consideration. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1735.] On the Memorial of William Rand and others, Canada Soldiers Anno 1690, as entred the 25th ult., which was read and accepted, and Voted , That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and that . together with such as shall be joined by the honour- able Board, be a Committee at the charge of the Government to lay out a Township of the contents of six miles square West of the Narragansett Town called number Three , viz. leaving one PETERBOROUGH. 25 1 Town of six miles square and adjoining thereto, and that they return a Plat thereof to this Court, within twelve months for confir- mation ; and for the more effectual bringing forward the Settle- ment of the said Town, Ordered, That the said Town be laid out into sixty-three equal shares, one of which to be for the first set- tled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School, and that on each of the other sixty shares the Petitioners do within three years from the confirmation of the Plan have settled one good family, who shall have an House built on his home lot of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least and finished, that each Right or Grant have six acres of Land bro’t to and plowed or brought to english Grass and fitted for mowing, that they settle a learned orthodox Minister, and build and finish a convenient Meeting House for the publick Worship of GOD, and that each Settler give bond of Tzventy Pounds to the Province Treasurer for fulfilling the Conditions of the Grant ; provided that in Case any of the Lots or Rights be not duly settled in all regards as aforesaid, then such Lot or Right to revert to and be at the disposition of the Province. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 6, 1737.] A Petition of Samuel Haywood , Joseph Wheeler , Joseph Bar- rett, and sundry others, shewing that they have ever since the Year 1721, been sollicking the Favours of this Court for a Grant of Lands for a Township, and have met with Encouragement at sundry Times, and particularly were in great Hopes of obtain- ing a Grant of a Township in the Line of Towns, but that Town- ship they had in View, was finally assigned to the Petitioners from Hofkinston, so that they have hitherto failed in their Sollicitations, which for so long a Time have been attended with considerable Expence, praying they may be now favoured with a Grant of some of the unappropriated Lands for a Township to them and their As- signs, under such Conditions and Regulations as to the Court shall seem meet. Read and Ordered, That this Petition be considered this afternoon. Post Meridiem. The House according to order entred into the Consideration of the Petition of Samuel Heywood, and others, praying for a Grant of unappropriated Lands of the Province for a Township, as 252 CHARTER RECORDS. entred in the Morning, and after a full debate thereon, Voted , That the Prayer of the Petition be granted, and John Chaiidler, Josiah Willard , and Nahum Ward , Esqrs ; are a Committee to consider of some suitable Place of the Contents of six Miles square of the unappropriated Lands of the Province for the Petitioners and their Associates to bring forward the Settlement of said Town- ship upon, of the Contents of six Miles square, under such Con- ditions and Regulations as may be proper, the Committee to report hereon as soon as may be. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 8, 1737.] Col. Chandler from the Committee appointed the sixth Currant on the Petition of Samuel Haywood and others, made report thereon, which was read and accepted, and Voted , That the Petitioners and their Associates be and hereby are impowred by a Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath to survey and lay out a Town- ship of the Contents of six Miles square eastwardly of the great Menadnuck Hills, and betwixt the Line of Towns an Ipswich Canada Town, where a Town may be best accommodated, so as not to interfere with the Town granted to Capt. Nelson and other Canada Soldiers, and that they return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation : And for the more effectual bringing forward the Settlement of the said new 'Town : Ordered ; That there be sixty three Lots laid out in a suitable and defensible manner, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one for the second settled Minister, and one for the School, each of said three Lots to draw equal Divisions with the other Grantees of the said sixty Lots; that the Grantees do within three Years from the Confirmation of the Plan, have settled on each Home-Lot a good Family, and in order thereto that they build thereon a dwelling House of eighteen Feet square and seven Feet stud at least, and finish the same, and have well fenced and brought to english Grass and ploughed six Acres on each of the Home Lots, that they settle an orthodox Minister and build a convenient Meeting House for the publick Worship of GOD; and that Col. Josiah Willard and Capt. John Hobson, with such as shall be appointed by the honourable Board, be a Committee for admitting the Grantees or Settlers, and that they take effectual Care that no Persons are admitted as such, who have had any Grant for the space of three PETERBOROUGH. 253 Years, and that each Grantee give Bond to the Province Treas- urer or his Successor in the Sum of forty Pounds for his faithful fulfilling or complying with the Terms or Conditions of the Grant, and if any of the said Settlers fail of performing the said Con- ditions, then his or their Right or Share to revert to, and be at the disposition of the Province. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 15, 1737-8.] A Motion was made and seconded by divers Members, that an Alteration might be made in the Vote of the eighth of December last, for granting a Township to Samuel Haywood and others, as to the Situation of the Grant, viz. dele the Words from — East- wardly of the great Menadnuck — to the Words — Canada Soldiers — and instead thereof to insert these Words, — in some of the un- aj>frofriated Lands of the Province, suitable for a Township , — and thereupon Ordered , That Col. Cha 7 idler go up with a Mes- sage to the honourable Board, to propose the said Alteration may be made, which he did, and informed the House, that the honour- able Board agreed therein. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 16, 1737-8.] A Petition of Samuel Haywood and about fifty others Shewing that they often petitioned this Court for a Tract of Land to settle themselves and their Children upon, and altho’ they have divers times received encouragement yet they have not hitherto obtained the favour of a Grant ; Praying for a Tract of Land of six miles square to settle themselves and associates on. In the House of Represent^ 8 Read and Ordered that the Prayer of the Petition be granted and that the Petitioners and their Asso- ciates be and hereby are impowered by a Survey 1 and chain men on oath, to survey and lay out a Township of the contents of Six miles square in some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province suitable for a Township, and that they return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for Confirmation ; And for the more effectual bringing forward the Settlement of said new Town — 254 CHARTER RECORDS. Ordered ; that there be sixty three Home Lots laid out in a suitable and defensible manner, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one for the second settled Minister, and one for the School ; and each of said three Lots to draw equal divisions with the other Grantees of the said Sixty Lots, that the Grantees do within three years from the Confirmation of the Plan have settled on each Home Lot a good family, and in order thereto that they build thereon a Dwelling House of Eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, and finish the same and have well fenced and brought to English Grass or plowed six Acres on each of the Home Lots, that they settle an orthodox minister and build a decent convenient Meeting House for the Publick Worship of God ; and that Coll : Josiah Willard and Cpt. John Hobson with such as shall be appointed by the Hon ble Board be a Committee for admitting the Grantees or Settlers ; And that they take effect- ual care that no persons are admitted of such who have had any grant for the space of three years ; And that each Grantee give Bond to the Province Treasurer in the sum of Forty Pounds for his faithful fulfilling or complying with the terms or Conditions of the Grant ; And if any of the said Settlers fail of performing the said conditions, then his or their Right or Share to revert to or be at the disposition of the Province. In Council ; Read and Concur’d ; and William Dudley Esq r is joined in the affair Consented to , J. Belcher. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. 4.] May y e 21 st 1738. Then Finished the Surveying and Laying out of a Township of y e Contents of Six miles Square. To Satisfie a Grant of y e Great and General Court of y e Province of y e Massa- chusets Bay made y e 16 th Day of January 1737 on the Petition of Samuel Haywood and others and their Assotiates ; Lying on the Easterly Sid of a Great Hill Called Manadnock Hill between Said Hill and a Township Laidout to y e Inhabitants of Salam and others who Servid in y e Expedition to Canada anno 1690 and Lyeth on the Southerly branch of Contokock River near the hed there of said Branch Runing throughit. It began att a Black Burch tree y e South East Corner and from thence it Ran West Six Miles and Sixty Eight Rods by a line of marked trees to a Spruse tree marked for y e South west Corner, from thence it Ran PETERBOROUGH. 255 north by a line of markd trees six Miles and Sixty Rods to a Stake and Piller of Stons y e northwest Corner and from thence it Ran East by a line of Markd trees Six Miles and Sixty Eight Rods to a Stake and heep of Stons the Northeast Corner and from thence Straight to where it began Six Miles and Sixty Rods, the Lines above said Contains y e Contents of six miles Square with y e alowance of one Chane in thirty for Sagg of Chane and fifty acres for apond ^ Joseph Wilder Jun Surveyr Suffolk ss Boston 8 th June 1738 Joseph Wilder Ju r Survey our Joseph Richardson & Zacheus Lovewell Chain men all personally appearing before the Sub- scriber one of His Majestys Justices of the peace & Severally made Solemn oath that in Surveying and meassureing the town- ship above represented by this platt they respectively acted faith- fully and impartially according to their best Skill & understanding W m Dudley Just of Peace CHARTER RECORDS. 256 [Reverse.] In the House of Represent^ June 14 th 1738 Read and Ordered That the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein delineated & described be and hereby are confirmed to the Grantees the petitioners mentioned in the petition of Samuel Hay- wood and others, and their associates agreable to the Grant of this Court of the said township made them at the setting begun & held the thirtieth of November last past ; and to their heirs and assigns respectively for Ever : they effectually complying with & fullfilling the Conditions of the Grant, provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of six Miles Square of Land and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence T Quincy Sp kr Ex per E Burrill In Council June 16 th 1738 read & Concurr’d J Willard Sec’ry Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1738.] A Plat of the Contents of six Miles square of Land, surveyed and laid out by Joseph Wilde r, jun. Surveypr and two Chain Men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court of the sixteenth of January last, in answer to a Petition of Samuel Haywood and others, lying on the Easterly side of a Great Hill called Menad- nock Hill , between said Hill and Salem Canada new Township, and lieth on the Southerly Branch of Contoocook River near the Head thereof the Branch runneth through it ; it begins at a black Birch Tree the South East Corner, thence West six miles sixty eight Rods by a Line of mark’d Trees to a Spruce Tree mark’d for the South West Corner, thence North by a Line of mark’d Trees six Miles sixty Rods to a Stake and Pillar of Stones the North West Corner, thence East by a Line of mark’d Trees six Miles, sixty eight Rods to a Stake and heap of Stones the North East Corner, thence to the first mentioned Bounds ; an allowance being made of one Chain in thirty for swagg of Chain, and fifty Acres for a Pond ; was presented for Allowance Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delin- eated and described, be and hereby are confirmed to the Grantees PETERBOROUGH. 257 the Petitioners mentioned in the Petition of Samuel Haywood and others and their associates, agreable to the Grant of this Court of the said Township made them at the sitting began and held the thirtieth of November last past ; and to their Heirs and Assigns respectively for ever, they effectually complying with and fulfill- ing the Conditions of the Grant, provided the Plat exceeds not the Quantity of six Miles square of Land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrance. [Mass. Court Records, June 16, 1738.] A Plat of a Township of the Contents of Six Miles square granted to Samuel Haywood and others laid out by Joseph Wilder Esq r Survey 1 and Chain men on oath, lying on the Easterly side of Menadnuck Hill, between that and the Township laid out to Salem Inhabitants and others that served in the Canada Expedi- tion in the year 1690, and lying on the Southerly Branch of Con- tocook River, which Branch runs thro the Tract; Beginning at a Black Birch Tree, being the South East Corner; thence running West Six miles and sixty eight rods by a line of mark’d Trees to a Spruce Tree mark’d ; thence North by a line of mark’d Trees six miles and sixty rods to a Stake and Pillar of Stones ; Thence East by a line of mark’d Trees six miles and sixty eight rods to a Stake and heaps of stones ; thence to the Bounds first mentioned six miles and sixty Rods. [Mass. Court Records, June 20, 1738.] In the House of Represent^ 3 Ordered that M r Jonathan Prescot, on of the Grantees of the new Township granted to Samuel Hay- wood and others, be and hereby is fully authorized and impow- ered to notify and warn the said Proprietors or Grantees to assemble and convene as soon as may be in some convenient place to chuse a Proprietors Clerk and pass such Votes and Orders for the effectual bringing forward the Settlement of said Township agreable to the conditions of the Grant, and also to chuse such other officers as they may think proper, and to agree upon a 17 CHARTER RECORDS. 258 method for calling future Meetings, agreeable to the rules of the Law. In Council ; Read and Concur’d Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, June 28, 1738.] Ordered , That Mr. Jonathan Prescot one of the Grantees of the new Township granted to Samuel Hey wood and others, be and hereby is fully authorized and impowred to notify and warn the said Proprietors or Grantees to assemble and convene as soon as maybe in some convenient Place, to chuse a Proprietors Clerk, and pass such Votes and Orders for the effectual bringing forward the Settlement of said Township, agreable to the Conditions of the Grant, and also to chuse such other Officers as they may think proper to agree upon a Method for calling future Meetings, agre- able to the Rules of the Law. Sent up for Concurrance. PORTSMOUTH. [This territory was granted for a township by the Council of Plymouth in 1631, and was called Piscataqua and Strawberry Bank. Submitted to Massachusetts government in 1641. Incorporated by Massachusetts as Portsmouth, May 28, 1653. New Castle was set off and incorporated, May 30, 1693. Greenland was setoff partially in 1704, and completely in 1721. A city charter was adopted in i 8 49 - See Masonian Papers in following volumes : IX, Bouton Town Papers, 688 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 236 ; Index to Laws, 440 ; Farmer’s Belknap’s History of New Hampshire, chapters 1 and 2, et seq. ; Annals of Portsmouth, Comprising a Period of Two Hundred Years from the Settlement of the Town, by Nathaniel Adams, 1825 ; republished, with annotations by George E. Hodgdon, in files of Portsmouth Journal ; Rambles about Portsmouth, Sketches of Persons, Localities, and Incidents of Two Centuries, Principally from Traditions and Un- published Documents, by Charles W. Brewster, first series, 1859; second edition, 1873; second series, by same author, 1869; Portsmouth Records, 1645-1656. A Transcript of the First Thirty Five Pages of the Earliest Town Book, with Notes, by Frank W. Hackett, privately printed, 1886; Centennial History of the United States Navy Yard at Portsmouth, by Walter E. H. Fentress, 1876, pp. 84; His- tory of the U. S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, by George Henry Preble, 1892 ; p. 219 ; Life of John Mason, by Chas. W. Tuttle and J. W. Dean, 1887 ; historical sketch, by James De Normandie, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 41 ; PORTSMOUTH. 259 The Isles of Shoals, An Historical Sketch, by John Scribner Jenness, 1873, sec- ond edition, 1875; New Castle, Historic and Picturesque, by John Albee, 1885; Methodism in Portsmouth, by Thomas L. Tullock, Granite Monthly, Vol. 7, pp. 209, 229, 314, 347; petition of Dover and Portsmouth for grant of land, 1667, published with Dover papers, this volume ; special papers, relating to early grants, settlement, and boundaries in appendix to this volume ; consult authorities cited in this and previous volumes, under titles, Dover, Exeter, Hampton, Gosport, and New Castle, and especially documents printed in Vols. 1 and 2, this series; also Vol. 17, pp. 475-603, and Vol. 22, containing a calendar of documents relating to New Hampshire in the English archives ; numerous historical articles, and a series of “ Historical Notes,” by C. H. Cutts Howard, have been printed in the Ports- mouth Journal .] [ Transfers of Prof erty in Piscataqua Adventure , i6qo.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 440.] Received by me Obadiah Bruen of Thomas Larkham for my share in the plantation of Pascataquake Imp 3 in money & bevar three pound in Corne five bushells twenty shillings sixe yards of woollen cloth forty shillings and a heifer Cow fower pound in all the sume of tenn pounds wittnes my hand this 21 of June 1642. Obadiah Bruen This is A true Copie Compared w th the orignall that was on file & left in its steed as Attests Edw Rawson Secrety Nich : Scammon The Accompt of goods in the Custody of m r Larkham w ch doe belong unto the whole Adventure’s. Imp 3 one great Iron Pott. Itt one fouling peece the barrell five foote Itt 3 p r of musket moulds, one p r sheep sheres. It 2 brasse tobacco pipes one Great knife : 2 ^ sissors 5 dozen Awle blades 1 dozen Cod hookes 4 ls i lead one sickle one brasing bill — It one tem r sawe & two moose Coates It a key of the barn : dore I acknowledge it Vera Copia Thom, larkham The key nicolas hiltonn got of m r Larkam & is in his Custody This is a true Copie Compared w th the originall y 4 was on file & in its steed as Attests Edward Rawson Secrety Nich : Scammon 26 o CHARTER RECORDS. know all men by these presents that wee whose names are sub- scribed partners in the plantation of Pascataquake in New Eng- land are acquainted w th a writing drawne by Richard Percyvall of shrewsbery draper wherein he doeth upon Just & valluable Consideration devolve all that adventure which he the said Richard Percivall hath in the aforesaid Plantation according to the writing expressed Unto Obadiah Bruen of the same Toune of Shrewsbury draper & to his execcutors administrators and Assignes and to his & their propper use & behooffe forever w th out giving any account unto the said Richard Percivall or to any other in his behalfe wee doe also approove of this act passed by bill of sale betwixt the said Richard Percivall and Obadiah Bruen and doe willingly accept of the said Obadiah Bruen as partner with us in the roome of the said Richard Percivall according to the proportion expressed in the said bill of sale under the hand & Seale of the said Richard Percivall In Witness hereof we have put to our hands this 4 th day of may Ann 0 Dom 1640. 11 June 1666. That this is A true Copie Compared w th y e originall then on file & left in its steed as Attests Edw. Rawson secrety Richard Hunt Nich : Scammon Tho : Wingfeild Tho : Knight Thomas Hunt william Rouley [Deed from Thomas Larkham to William Waldron , i 6/}2.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 441*] To all xpian people to whome this p r nt writting shall come I Thomas Larkeham Pastor of the church of Northam in Piscata- quake in New England send Greeting Whereas I the said Thomas Larkham w th divers others have an adventure or stocke in the Patents & plantation at Pascataquak graunted sold Assigned & sett over by one Obadiah Brewen of Cape Anne Alias Glocester in New England aforesaid to the propper use of me my executors & administrators & Assignes which was granted sold assigned & sett over unto the said Obadiah Bruen by Richard Percivall now or heretofore of Shrewsbury in old england as by a writting of sale draune by Richard Percivall above named bearing date the 22 th day of October 1635 Annoq. Regni Caroli undecimo more at large PORTSMOUTH. 26 l it may & doeth Appeare approved by Richard Hunt Thomas Wingfeild Thomas Knight & other adventurers & partners in the above mentioned Patents & plantation as by a writting bearing date the 4 th of may Ann 0 Dom 1640. appeareth. Now know yee that I the said Thomas Larkham for & uppon a certaine valluable some of money by me received of William Walderne & for divers other good causes & Considerations me hereunto mooving Have Granted Bargained sould Assigned & sett over and by these presents doe fully grant bargain e Assigne & sett over Unto the afore named William Walderne to his owne propper use & to the use of his execcutors adminstrators & Assignes all my said Adven- ture or stock by me bought as afore said & all the procedue & in- crease by me also bought as aforesaid and all sithence Coming of the said Adventure & stock to have hold receave perceave take & enjoy the premisses to me granted & every parte to the said William Walderne his execcutors adminstrators & Assignes together w th all such writtings as concerne the same. In Witnes thereof I have put to my hand & seale the 13 th Day of September ann° Dom 1642 Thom : Larkham. & (a Seale) sealed & delivered in presence of William Ballew sig. Phillip x cheslin That this is A true Copie Compared w th its originall left on file & in its steed : left to Remaine on file Attests Edw : Rawson Secrety Nich. Scammon [ Gov. Win l /iron’s Authority to Thomas Wiggin to Suppress Sedition , i6yi.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 443.] S r We are given to understand That there is an intent of divers of the Inhabitants of Strawberie Banck seditiously to w th draw their subjection from this Govhn* to sett up a new Governr their over them w th out & contrarie to o r consent, & contrarie to their in- gagem t8 & oathes. And to that end, they have (as we are informed) called a Towne meetinge to Joyne together in their way to appoint such a Gov r : we have therefore sent unto yo u (knowing yo re fidelitie & care) to seech out the truth of theise actings & to finde 262 CHARTER RECORDS. out the ^ticular flsons that are interested in this designe & the ^tie whom they nominated to be their Governo*. That accordinglie we may put forth that power w ch God hath given us to prosecute legallie against them. And to that end we desire yo u to tak such helpe unto yo u both of such as are in comission w m yo u & such officers &c. as are neere yo u to assist yo u in what yo u shall require them, according to Law & Justice, And that the names of such as are interested in this sedition espetiallie the chiefe acto 13 therein may be sent unto us together w to the best testimonie yo u can pro- cure : And if yo u shall upon search & good testimonie observe any to be resolute in their way & high in their expressions That yo u forthw 411 send one or more of the chiefest we meane that are principall acto rs therein to the prison at Boston who shall answere their rebellion at the generall Court the next Month. Alsoe we must tell yo u that we are verie sensible of theise motions w cb tend to the subversion of this Common wealth & alteration of this goverm 4 established amongest us. & what is further aymed at in this designe we shall further acquaint yo u at yo r comming to the generall Court w ch we desire yo u will be present at. Not else but o r due respects to yo u wee rest. You r Love g ffreind Boston 6 7m°(5i.) Jo : Endicott Go r in y e name of y e whole Courte To his hono rd & very Lovinge ffriend Captn Thom 3 Wiggins at his howse at Swampscott in Pascataque, bee these./ [. Portsmouth Received under Massachusetts Government , [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 48, and Court Records, Oct. 9, 1641.] whereas it appeareth that by the extent of the line (according to our patent) that the River of Pascataquake is w th in the Jurisdiccion of the massatusetts. and conference being had (atseverall times w th the said people and some deputed by the generall courte ffor the setling and establishing of order in the administrac’on of Justice there, Itt is now ordered by the Generall Courte houlden at boston the nynth of the eight month 1641 and w th the consent of the In- habitants of the said river as followeth./ Imp 3 that from henceforth the said people inhabiting there are PORTSMOUTH. 263 and shall be accepted, and reputed under the Goverment of the massatusetts, as the rest of the Inhabitants w lh in the said Jurisdic- c’on are Also that they shall have the same order and way of Ad- ministration of Justice ; and way of keeping Courte as is established, at Ipswich and Salem Also they shall be exempted from all pub- licke chardges other then those that shall arise, for or from amongst themselves, or from any occac’on or courses that may be taken to procure their oune propper good or bennefitt : Also they shall en- joy all such lawfull liberties of fishing, planting, ffelling timber, as formerly they have enjoyed in the said river m r Simon Bradstreete, m r Israeli Stoughton ; m r Samuell Simonds, m r w m Ting m r ffrancis williams, and m 1 ' Edward Hilton; or any fower of them, whereof m r Bradstreet or m r Stoughton to be one, these shall have the same power that the quarter Courts at Salem and Ipswich have, also the Inhabitants there are allowed to send two Deputyes from the whole rivir to the Courte at Boston Also m r Bradstreet m r Stoughton and the rest of the Comission 13 shall have power at the Courte at Pas- cataquacke to appoint two or three to Joyne w th m r williams, and m r Hilton to governe the people as the magistrates doe heare till the next generall Courte, or till the Courte take further order :/ Itt is further ordered that untill ou r comissioners shall arive at Pascataquacke those men who already have Authority by the late combination to governe the people there, shall continew in the same Authority and power to be determined at the Comming of the said Comissioners, and not before This is a true Coppy of the court order Concerning the Receav- ing Pascataquak under the Jurisdicc’on of the massatusetts Gov r - ment taken out of the Court Records 8 month (41) ^ Edward Rawson Secrty [. Portsmouth Petition for Magistrates &c., /dy/.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 38.] Straberye Bancke 20 th of Occto r 1651 To the Honnered Courte Nowe holden at Boston ; — The Humble pettetion of the Inhabytants of Straberye Banke — In all dewe Respects Humblye praye ; That whereas wee ffynde by y e answere to a former made by some of y e pettetion re in the yere 1641. That you Accept of the orderinge and Gover’inge y e 264 CHARTER RECORDS. said pettetion 13 ; by waye of there pettion ; and by straitninge of y e Lyne ; that pascataquacke is w^in y e Juresdection w 01 it for wee are p 1 * by straitninge of y e Lyne ; That you oulde bee pleased to give order for the Lying out our township ; for want of w ch wee deeplye suffer ; and to Conferme the same unto us ; w th other the Condetions fformerly Agreed one And likewise that wee maye have here and at Dover ; two Courts every yere w to two Majis- trates ; and three Assestants ; whereof this Barer m r Bryant pen- dleton to bee one of the asestants Chossen for this place ; And where as by Reason of divers shipinge and others Comminge into this harbour ; as likewise some of our 'owne Inhabytants ; severall abuses are committed ; and noe Majestrate were at hand to Ad- mester Justice upon the ^tyes soe offendinge ; That before Justice Cann bee donne many departe hence w th out punneshment ; and others suffer Rather then to seeke soe ffarr for Justice ; Humblye praye that said m r Pendleton maye have more then ordynary power what other asestants have ; for the rectyfienge and puneshinge of such abuses to be Committed — And Lastlye our desire is that where as m* 5 Mason ; hath here an Agent whoe Lyith Clayme to some of those Lands wee Inhabitt in the behalfe of Cap : John Masons hearse ; That you will be pleased to mentayne the same unto us ; agaynst any shall hereafter oppose us — if by straitninge of y e Lyne the Lands are w th in y e Juresdection ; if not There to Leve both our ^sons Lands and all freelye to our selves as ffor- merlye wee were before you took us into y r Goverm 4 To mentayne our owne Rights ; or to submitt our selves to those to whome it maye appere Justlye don ; In Confermation of our desires herein ; wee whose names are hereunder subscribde p r sent this in the behalfe and by the ffree consent of all the said Inhabytants ; pray- ing this Barer m r pendleton to p r sent this to your honnored Courte ; Cravinge y r favorable answere herein — which wee Leave to y r more serious Judgments — for whose prosperytie shall day lie praye &c Amb Lane Renald Fernald William Hevenor ( ?) Henrie Sherburne John Webster PORTSMOUTH. 265 [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 14, 1651, and Archives Vol. 112, p- 38-] In Answer to a petition of the Inhabitant 8 of Strabery banke for the Layinge out of theire Townshippe & severall other thinges ex- prest therein This Court thinkes meete to graunt the petitiono" all the Land betweene Hampton and them that is not already graunted to Townes or persons, (Squamset pattent excepted) [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 23, 1651.] In Answer to the peticion of the Inhabitants of strawberry bancke the Courte Graunts the peticioners all the land betweene Hampton and them that is not already graunted to Tounes or persons Squamscott pattent excepted 2 dly That m r Ambrose Lane M r Brian Pendelton and Henry sherborne are heereby for one whole yeere Invested with Ample power and be enabled as associates w th Capt Thomas wiggin to keepe one Courte in a yeere at straweberry bancke viz., at such time as Cap t wiggins shall appointe to trye all civill & Criminall accions as other theire Courts within this Jurisdiccion doth As also the three aforesaid Comissioners, or each of them shall have power to Administer oathes keepe the peace amongst the Inhabitants and to graunt warrants to bring before them such as shall break the poenall lawes, the poenalties whereof exceede not fforty shillings and all offenders whose poenalty shall exceede the somme aforesaid to binde over to the County Courte or send them to some magis* 8 to be provided with according to lawe And they have further power to end smale Cawses as three men in Tounes have and for what else is mentioned in the petition The Courte referrs it to the next gennerall Courte of Eleccion to be con- sidered and determined, Provided they have or shall take the oath of fidellitie to this government before they act according to this Commission. [Mass. Court Records, May 26, 1652.] In Ans r to the peticion or letter of M r Brian Pendleton : in behalfe of the Inhabitants of strawbery bancke the Courte is willing to Consider of their enlargment when they propound any thing to 266 CHARTER RECORDS. Consideration And doe order, that Rich Bellingham Esq r and M r Pendleton w th the Judges of Dover Courte shall keepe Court at Straweberybancke till the inhabitants of strawberry bancke doe present such persons that have taken the oath of fidellitie to this Court to be Allowed and confirmed :/ [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1652.] In answer to a letter sent to the court from m r Brian Pendleton of Strabery banke Concerning theire Enlargment The court is willing to consider thereof when they ^pound any thing to theire consideration which may be suteable to such an End, And doe desire & order that m r Bellingham & m r Pendleton with the Judges of Dover court may keepe court at Strabery banke till the In- habitant 3 of Strabery banke doe p r sent some ^sons y 4 have taken the oath of fidelitie to this court to be allowed & Confirmed. [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 19, 1652. J The Inhabitant 3 of Strabery banke p r fering a petition for the enlargm 4 of theire Towne bounds are referd to the next Court of Election for further answer when Capt. Wiggan is to shew his Pattent This Court further graunts that m r Henry sherbourne & m r Reynold fernald be admitted as Associates according to theire petition [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 26, 1652.] In Ans r to the petition of the Inhabitants of strawberry bancke The Court seeth not how they cann Graunt further accomodation to the petitioners till Capt wiggins Pattent be seene which will be brought to the next Court of Election and then accordingly it may be supplied, but doe Graunt that M r Henry sherborne and m r Rei- nold ffernald be Admitted Associates according as in the peticion is desired. PORTSMOUTH. 267 \_P0rts7n0uth Petition Jor Grant of Land and Change of Name. 1653 [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 58.] To the Honnoured Generali Court assembled att Boston this present Month of May 1653 :/ The Humble petition of the inhabitants of the towne att present Called Strabery banke ;/ Sheweth ; that whereas your petitioners petitioned to the last Generali Court, to graunt unto y e said Inhabitants A Competent portion of Lands to make us a Towneshipp whereby wee may be inabled to subsist, & bee usefull to the Church & Comonwealth ; our deseire is that this Honnoured Court will bee pleased, to shew theire favour & good will towards us and willingnesse to accom- modate us to the uttermost, And for that purpose hath deseired the honno r d Capt Wiggines to bringe in his Pattent to this present Court : Now may it please this honnoured Court to take our case into Consideration And to consider of our exstreame necessities ; first in respect of y e number of ffamilyes wch are between 50, & 60, of wch some are Constrained to remoove for want of Land to accom- odate them with theire stockes, secondly the qualitie of the land wee live uppon is soe badd its incredible to beleeve except those wch have seene it which they being settled a plantation the first of any in these parts & our willingnesse in submittinge to your Gov- ernment ; fourthly y* all y e Neighbouringe plantations about us wch were settled since wee ; have theire Townshipps setled & bounded onely wee as yett have none, fiftly that wheras there is much benefitt by Sawmills in other townes in this River and ad- jacent Townes ; there is none in this Towne but only one wch was never perfected; nor like to bee. Wee humbly intreat this honnoured Court to take into theire View this necke of Land wch we live uppon ; wch nature it selfe hath bounded with y e maine Sea & River as may be seene by y e draught of y e River wch was presented to the Last Generali Court ; & now p r sented againe by our deputie ; wch necke of Land is farre Lesse than any Neighbouringe towne about us ; The deseire .of your Humble petitioners is that this Honnoured Court would graunt us the necke of Land begininge in the great bay at a place called Cotterills Deleight soe Runninge to y e sea 268 CHARTER RECORDS. Accordinge to y e former petition presented to y e Last Generali Court : And whereas y e name of this plantation att present beinge Stra- bery banke accidentally soe Called by reason of a banke where straberies was found in this place ; Now your petitioners Humble deseire is to have it Called Portsmouth beinge a name most suta- ble for this place it being the Rivers mouth & a good harbour as any in this Land ; And your petitioners shall Humbly pray Brian Pendleton Rich : Cutt Renald Fernald Samuell Gaines John Sherbourn In the behaulfe of the rest We Conceive the Answer to this Petition must be respited be- cause of m r Masons claime to the Lands only so far as relates to Capt : wiggins Patent the Committe of the Last Court or so many of them as being p r sent had thru the hearing of the Case are fittest to be employed now Daniel Denison Jos : Hills Edw. Johnson The magis te Approove of the Comittees Retourne for respitting of this petic’on, to y e next Court if theire bretheren the Depu te Con- sent heereto Edward Rqwson Secret’y The Deputyes Consent hereto & doe further graunt the petition 13 request viz 1 that theire Towne shalbe called Portsmouth if o r hon- n rd magistrates please to Consent hereto William Torrey Cleric. The magis 13 Consent heereto w th y e name of Portsmouth Edward Rawson Secret :/ The magists Considering further of y e petic’on desire a present Committee may be chosen to whom y e setling of y e Toune of Ports- mouth maybe Referred & theire thoughts thereabouts Retourned to this Court if theire bretheren the depu 13 Consent heereto Edward Rawson secret’y 28 May 1653. m r Symonds is Appointed to be of'y e Comittee for y e peticon PORTSMOUTH. 269 m r Samuell winsley m r Joseph Jewet & Shergent Sherman are appoynted to be of this Committee William Torrey Cleric The magis t3 Consent heereto Edward Rawson Secret’y The Committee (in answer to this peticion) doth conceive that the line of the Towneship of Porchmouth, should reach from the sea by Hampton lyne, to winnacout River. Leaving the proprietor to their just right & interest. Samuel Symonds Samuel Winsley Joseph Jewit John Sherman The Deputyes approve of the returne of the Committee in answer to this pet. w* reference to the Consent of o r hono rd magistrates hereto William Torrey Cleric. [Mass. Court Records, May 18, 1653.] In Answer to the petition of Strabery banke it is ord d that there Towne shalbe Called Portsmouth & that the Lyne oftheire Town- shipp should reach from the sea by Hampton Lyne to Winnacout river leaving the ^prietors to theire Just rights & intrests [. Portsmouth Petition for Certain Privileges , 1655 -~] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 56.] To the Honnoured Generali Court assembled at Boston in y e Mounth of May 1655 The Humble petition of y e Inhabitants of the Towne (att present) called strabery banke sheweth that whereas there are Certaine Townes about us wch enjoyes y e priviledg of freemen & have theire votes in chusinge Governo™ Magistrates and other officers for the Administration of justice ; our Humble request is that this Honnoured Court will be pleased to graunt unto us equall priviledge with Kittery and Yorke, And Likewise that you will give power to those Magistrates that 270 CHARTER RECORDS. are to keepe Court amoungst us to Nominate & appoint Com- issioners for the endinge of differences under tenn pounds haveing great need of such ffor maney times wee loose our right, by reason wee Cannot summon those that are delinquents to any other Courte except it be for greater summes And likewise that you will be pleased to Confirme our Millitarie officers that they may be Established by power from your selves for wee have betwixt 70 & 80 men able to beare Armes, within our presincts although wee Cannot as yett Call it a Townshipp, but wee hope you will be mindfull of us, in all y e p r mises, which if you bee it will bee a great encouragement for your poore petitioners to goe on in theire Imployments & to follow it with more Chearfullnesse whereby wee may be usefull in the Common wealth & ready att all times to sett our selves forward for y e good of y e Countrey & the benefitt of those amoungst whome wee live & your petitioners shall humbly pray &c John Sherburn Renald Fernald Rich : Cutt Samuell Gaines we Conceive the Inhabitants of strawbery Banke should be satis- fyed w lh the privilidges granted by the Court at their Comming under this goverment 2 dly That the Court of Dover or strawbery Bancke may nomi- nate & confirme Commissioners for the ending of smal Causes under 40 s as in other Towns 3 That the sd Court may Confirme such ,millitary officers as they shall p r sent Daniel Denison Edw : Johnson Jos : Hills The magists Approove of the Retourne of the Committee as An Ans r to y e petic’on w th Reference to y e Consent of their bretheren the Depu ta heereto Edw Rawson sec y The Deputyes Consent to o r hon rd magists in Answer to this petition William Torrey Cleric RAYMOND. 271 [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 11, 1672.] Whereas this Court granted to the Inhabitants of Portsmouth land for a village the last session & having now brought in a platt of a tract of land above Dover bounds the said land so laid out is hereby confirmed to the Inhabitants of Portsmouth Provided a farme of three hundred acres of upland & meadow be laid for the use of the Countey by Ensigne Davis of Dover & m r wincoll as also that the said plat entrench not on any former grants laid out and that the said land be improoved for a village in five yeares w th twenty families such as shall mainteyne an able & approoved min- istry and that this land & village be liable to Countey Rates as other Tounes in this Colony are Y e plat is on file. RAYMOND. [This territory was purchased of an Indian, in 1717, by Col. Stephen Dudley, and was called Freetown. It was included in the incorporation of Chester, Aug. 27, 1826, and so remained until set off and incorporated as a parish by the name of Raymond, May 9, 1764. The boundary line between Raymond and Candia was established June 23, 1848. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 717 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 307 ; Index to Laws, 465; History, by Joseph Fullonton, 1875, pp. 407; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 443,] [GRANT TO SAMUEL SYMONDS.] [Mass. Court Records, May 19, 1658.] June 3, 1657 : M r Symonds land Confirmd. Memorandum that upon the day & yeare abovewritten, Samuell Symonds of Ipswich in the shire of Essex in New England Gen 4 did take possession of sixe hundred & forty acres of Ground Graunted to him by the Honnored Generali Court in the presence & w th the Consent of mohermite Sagamore of those parts The place & farme is now Called The Island ffalls. there is a tree close by that falls marked w th two SS, and a litle Island in the River by the falls, there douneward conteyning in length one full mile, from the lower end of that litle Island aforesaid up the River and 272 CHARTER RECORDS. halfe a mile in breadth on each side of the said River w ch River is Called Lamper eele River. That place or part of Lamper Ele River is betweene the Tounes of Dover and exetur up into the Countrie beyond the bounds of either of those Tounes in that place and about sixe miles Douneward by land to the mouth of the said Lamper Ele : River which emptieth itself there into the Great Bay : And to this wee give our Testimony. The m r ke of John J Gage Daniell Epps Wee also were present when the land above mentioned was laid out & possession taken Edward Hilton sen r Edward Hilton Jun r This Retourne being presented to the Generali Court for their Allowance & Confirmation by m r Samuell Symonds : The Court Judgeth it meete to Allow & Continue this Retourne so as the River herein mencioned be & Remaine in Comon as in times past & y* the land be free from former Graunts :/ In Ans r to m r Samuell Symonds further Request y t this Court would explaine theire proviso in theire Graunt so as It may not extend to p r judice his right & liberty in the said River for the Conveniency of his mills although in all other Respects y e said River be at liberty : The Court declares in Answer thereto that It is not theire Intent to prohibitt the setting up of a mill so as the River be free in other Respects./ RICHMOND. [Granted by Massachusetts, June 20, 1735, to Capt. Joseph Sylvester’s men, and called Sylvester-Canada. Granted Feb. 28, 1752, to Joseph Blanchard and others, and incorporated as Richmond. The charter was renewed June 11, 1760. A triangular tract in the north part of the town was severed and annexed to Swan- zey, Dec. 11, 1762. Another portion was taken off June 23, 1815, and combined with portions of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, and Swanzey, to make the town of Troy. The northwest corner was severed and annexed to Winchester July 2, 1850. See New Hampshire charters following : X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 312; Index to Laws, 475; History, by William Barrett, 1884, pp. 578; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County* 1886, p. 322.] RICHMOND. 273 [Mass. Court Records, June 20, and House Journal, June 19, *735-] A Petition of Major James Warren, for himself and others, that Served in the Expedition against Canada in the Year 1690, Under Joseph Sylvester, or are the Representatives of such of the said Soldiers as are deceased ; Praying for a Tract of the Province Lands of the Contents of Six Miles Square for a Township to Set- tle on, in consideration of the great hardships they or their Ances- tors endured in the said Expedition — In the House of Represent Read & Voted That a Tract of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province of the Contents of Six Miles Square be and hereby is Granted to the Pet 18 their heirs and Assignes Respectivly forever for a Township, to lye in some Suit- able place ; That the Grantees be and hereby are obliged to bring forward the Settlement of the said Township, in as Regular a man- ner as the Situation and Circumstances of the said Town will Admit, in the following manner viz 1 That each Grantee his heirs or assignes build an house on his Respective Lott or share of Eighteen feet Square & Seven feet Stud at the least, and plow & bring to English Grass & fit for mowing Six Acres of land : and that they Settle a Learned Orthodox Minister, & build a Conven- ient Meeting house for the Publick Worship of God ; that one Sixty third part of the said Township be and hereby is Granted to the first Settled Minister, the like quantity for the use of the Min- istry, & the like quantity for the use of the School, in all the Divi- sions of the said Township; that the Grantees be and hereby are obliged to give a Bond of Twenty pounds for the Fulfilment of the Conditions aforesaid ; the Bonds to be made to the Treasurer of the Province, and in Case any of the Grantees shall fail of the per- formance of his Grant, such person shall forfeit all Right Title & pretence thereto in the Province, to be disposed of as this Court shall think proper In Council Read & Concurr’d — [Mass. Court Records, June 21, and House Journal, June 20, I73S-] In the House of Represent 51 Voted that John Cushing jun r & James Warren Esq r with such as the Hon ble Board shall Appoint be a Com tee to lay out the Township lately Granted to the officers 18 274 CHARTER RECORDS. & soldiers & the Represent 3 of such as are deceased, who were in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, Under the particular Com- mand of Cap 4 Joseph Silvester late deced, and that the Com tee Re- turn a plat of the Township to the Court within twelve months for confirmation, and take Effectual Care that the Grantees comply with the Several Conditions of the Grant — In Council Read & Concurr’d and Samuel Thaxter Esq r is Joined in the Affair — Consented to J Belcher \_Petition of Committee for Laying Out Richmond , i/j6.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 105, p. 147.] To His Excele y Jon a Belcher Esq r Gov r & Comand r in Chief &c To y e Hon le Council — The Memorial & Petition of Sam 11 Thaxter In the Name & by order of the Comitte for Laying out a Canada Township so Called Granted to the officers & Souldiars belonging to the Company under y e Comand of Cap 4 Joseph Silvester Humbly Sheweth That By order of the Gen 11 Court passed in their Sessions May 1 735 , Fifty pounds was allowed to be Drawn out of the Publick Treasury & paid to the Respective Comittes for y e Laying out &c the Canady Townships so Called — That y e Memorialists have Ex- pended a Considerable sum in y e Service for Laying the Town- ship Granted to s d Silvester & Company & Desire yo r Excele y & Hon rs will order a warr 4 to y e Treasurer for paym 4 of Fifty pounds allow’d as afores d to y® s d Comitte — & yo r Memorialist shall pray &c — June 30, 1736 Sam 1 Thaxter [Mass. House Journal, July 6, 1736.] A Plat of the contents of six miles square, with an allowance for swag of Chain and Ponds, and one hundred acres of Land granted to Col. Josiah Willard surveyed and laid out by Josiah Willard Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court to the Officers and Soldiers in the Company late under the Command of Capt. Joseph Sylvester , deceased, &c. lying East- erly of the Township of Earlington , so called, was presented for RICHMOND. 275 allowance. Read and Ordered, That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are con- firmed to the Officers and Soldiers in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, in the Company late under the Command of Capt. Joseph Sylvester, deceased, and to their Heirs and Assigns, and to the Heirs, legal Representatives ^nd Descendants of such of them as are since deceased, and to their Heirs and Assigns respectively for ever, they complying with the Conditions, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of six miles square of Land, exclusive of the Grant of one hundred acres to Col. Willard, and the allow- ance for swag of Chain and Ponds as within mentioned, and does not interfere with any other former Grant Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, p. 20.] June the 12, 1736 — Then Cap 4 Josiah Willard Survey r & George Macfarland & James Johnson Chainmen were sworn to Deal faithfully & Impartially In Surveying & measuring The Township Granted by the Gen 11 Court to Cap 1 Joseph Silvester & Company &c — Before me Sam 1 Thaxter Js peace June y e 19 th 1736. Then finished the Laying out a Tract of Land on the Easterly Side of Arlington Granted by the Great and General Court held at Boston In June 1735 — for a Plantation or Township of the Contents of Six Miles Square and is Granted to Capt Joseph Sil- vister and his Company and is bounded thus beginning at a piller of Stones Erected for the South Easterly corner of Arlington from thence runing East Six miles partly on a Town Ship Lately Laid out and partly on province Land — to a Hemlock tree marked with J. S. from thence Running North Six miles & fifty Six Perches to a maple tree marked with J. S — from thence West 44 degres North Seven hundred and thirteen Perch to an heap of Stones on the Lower ashewelot line and from thence South forty three deg. West on the ashewelot line one thousand one hundred and ninety three perch to a piller of Stones then West Eighteen deg. North Six hundred & fourty Perch to a piller of stones then Running South on Arlington line five miles and one hundred and fifty one Rods to a piller of Stones the first mentioned Bounds 276 CHARTER RECORDS. there’s allowed about one Rod in thirty for uneven land and Swag of Chain, also there is allowed one hundred acres for a farm all ready Granted to Coll. Josiah Willard with five hundred acres for ponds — ^ Josiah Willard Surveyor a scale of 310 perch to an inch c TA Wee the subscribers being the Maj r part of a Comitte of the Great & Gen 11 Court of the s d Province appointed to Lay out the Town- ship Lately Granted to Cap 4 Joseph Silvester & Company & the representatives of Such as are Deces d Have according to Orders RICHMOND. 277 Survey d & Lay’d out a Township of the Contents of Six miles Square as Described by this Platt & have also agreed to notifie the Prop rs to meet in order to become Bound to fulfill the Condition according to the Direction of the Gen 11 Court — All which is most Humbly Submitted By Sam 1 Thaxter Jn° Cushing Jun r In the House of Representatives July 6th 17 36- Read and Or- dered that the plat be accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the officers & Soldiers in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690 in the Company late under the Command of Capt Joseph Sylvester deceased and to their heirs and assigns and to the Heirs legal Representatives and descendants of such of them as are since deceased and to their heirs and assigns respectively for ever they complying with the Conditions of the Grant, provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of Six Miles square of Land exclusive of the Grant of one hundred acres to Col° Willard & the allowance, for swagg of Chain and ponds as within mentioned, and does not interfere with any other former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council July 6, 1736 — Read & Concur’d Simon Frost- D. Sec : Consented to J. Belcher [Mass. Court Records, July 6, 1736.] A plat of the Contents of Six Miles Square, with the Allowance of One Rod in thirty for Swag of Chain & Uneven lands as also for one hundred Acres of Land, Granted to Col 0 Josiah Wil- lard & five hundred Acres for ponds, Surveyed and laid out by Josiah Willard Survey 1, and Chainmen on Oath, to Satisfy a Grant of this Court made to the officers and Soldiers in the Company, late Under the Command of Cap* Joseph Sylvester dec’ed, and ly- ing Easterly of the Towpship of Arlington so Called, & bounded as follows viz* Begining at a piller of Stones erected for the South Easterly Corner of said Arlington ; thence Runing East, Six Miles to a hemlock tree Marked with J S from thence Runing North Six Miles & fifty Six perch to a Maple tree Marked J S ; thence West 44 deg. North Seven hundred & thirteen perch to a 278 CHARTER RECORDS. heap of Stones on the lower Ashuelet line from thence S° 13 Deg. West on the Ashuelet line One thousand one hundred & Ninety three perch to a piller of Stones ; then West 18 deg. North Six hundred forty perch to a piller of Stones ; and then Runing South on Arlington line, five Miles & One hundred and fifty Rods, to the pillar of Stones first mentioned ; which plat Accompanied the Report of the Com tee Appointed to lay out the said Town- ship — [Mass. Court Records and House Journal, Jan. 18, 1736-7.] In the House of Represent Whereas a Grant of a Township of the Contents of Six Miles Square was made by this Court at their Session in June 1735 to the officers & Soldiers in the Canada Expedition Under the Command of Cap 1 Joseph Sylvester and to the heirs legal Represent 51 & descendants of such of them as are deceased, But for as much as a Sufficient Number of said Gran- tees do not Appear to give Bonds for fulfilling the Conditions Agreeable to the directions of the said Grant Therefore ordered that the Com tee Appointed to Admit Settlers in said Township be Impowred to Admit any others that were Either officers & Soldiers in any other Company in the said Can- ada Expedition, or the heirs Legal Represent 51 or Descendants of any of them who are Since deceased, who have not been Admitted Grantees into other Towns ; So as to make the Number of Sixty Settlers in all ; and that upon their giving Bond as aforesaid, they each of them be entitled to a Sixty third part of said Township, provided they perform the Conditions of said Grant, Unless a Suf- ficient Number of the said Company so as to make up in the whole of the said officers and Soldiers or of the heirs legal Represent 51 or Descendants of such of them as are since dec’ed Appear to make their Claim to said Grant before the Com tee Appointed to admit Grantees at or before the Eighteenth day of March next and that the said Com tee give publick Notice Seasonably of this Order — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher RICHMOND. 279 [Mass. Court Records, June 18, and House Journal, June 16, 1 737 -] In the House of Represent Ordered That James Warren Esq r be and hereby is fully Authorized and Impowred to Assemble and for the first Meeting to Convene the Grantees of a Township lately Granted by this Court to the officers and Soldiers in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, Under the Command of Cap 1 Joseph Silvester dec’ed their heirs legal Represent &c in some Convenient place in the Town of Plymouth when and where the Grantees under the Direction of the said James Warren Esq r are to make Choice of a proper Clerk and to pass such votes and Rules & orders for bringing on the Settlement as may be Agree- able to the Conditions of the Grant and also to Agree Upon some Regular Methods for to call proprietors Meetings for the future — In Council Read & Concurr’d Consented to J Belcher [Grant to Josiah Willard.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 11, 1736.] A Plat containing one hundred Acres of Land laid out by Ben- jamin Prescot , Esq; Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court to Col. Josiah Willard on his Peti- tion as entred the 9 th. of January last, the Land lying East from Arlington so called, on both sides of Roaring Brook , (it being for raising a Head or Pond of Water for his Mill) was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Col. Josiah Willard his Heirs and Assigns for ever, he or they performing the Conditions of the Grant, pro- vided the said Plat exceeds not the quantity of one hundred Acres, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 13, 1736.] A plat of One hundred Acres of Land Granted by this Court to Col 0 Josiah Willard lying East of Arlington on both Sides of Roaring Brook so Called, laid out by Benjamin Prescott Esq r Sur- 28 o CHARTER RECORDS. vey r and Chainmen Upon Oath, begining at a Stake and Stones for the Northerly Corner, thence Runing South 45 Deg. East one hundred & thirty two poles ; to a Hemlock tree marked ; thence South 45 Deg West one hundred & twenty poles, to a Hemlock tree ; thence North 45 Deg. West one hundred & thirty two Rods to a black birch ; thence North 45 Deg. East one hundred and twenty poles to the bounds first mentioned [Maps and Plans, Vol. 10, p. 25.] Fort Dummer June 25 th 1736 Cap 1 Josiah Williard being Apointed Surveyor, and Enoch Hall, And Joseph Alaxander Jun r Chainmen For the Laying out of a Grant of one hundred acres of Land Granted by y e General Court or assembley to Col 1 Josiah Williard of Leuningburg Jan 17 9, 1735/6 On A Brook Called Roaring Brook Eastward of Arlington, The Aboves d Josiah Williard Surveyor & Joseph Alaxander & Enoch Hall Chainmen, Appear’d And made Solemen Oath that they would Trudy And faithfully According to their best Skill & Judgment Survey > >*) Propr™ of Moody Bridges ) Rowly Cannada 19 290 CHARTER RECORDS. Sworne to by Benj n Mulliken Esq r Moody Bridges Esq r about 2700 Acres Lying on this Side the Line Sold by this Province to Royalshier [. Amounts Expended by Rindge Proprietors .] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 1 1 7 , p. 615.] Att a Meeting of the Grantees of a Township Granted to John Tyler Joseph Pike & others officers & Soldiers in the Expedi- tion to Canada anno 1690 — at Rowley the fourteenth Day of Feb r 1738— Voted £3 = 18=6 to be Paid on Each Right to Defray the Charg of Runing the Line Round the Township & marking the Same and Viewing for the first Division Lots &c at a meeting of s d Prop 18 January 26: 1742/3 Voted £1=00 old Tenor to be Paid on Each Right to him that Shall Build a Sawmill in s d Township — att a meeting of s d Proprietors on the 22 Day of June 1743 Voted that £3=00 old Tenor Be Paid on Each Right to Defray the Charge of Building a meeting House In Said Township — at a meeting of s d Prop rs Nov r 7 : 1749 Voted £4/ old Tenor to be Paid on Each Right to Defray Charges — At a meeting of s d Prop rs March 28 : 1750 Voted one Pound old Tenor to be Paid on Each Right to Defray Charges — At a meeting of s d Prop™ Dec r 25 : 1750 Voted £1=4 s / Lawful money to be Paid on Each Right to Defray Charges — At a meeting of s d Prop™ October y e 22 : 1751 Voted £4=0=8 to be Paid on Each Right to Defray Charges — At a meeting of s d Prop™ on y e 11 Day of June 1754 Voted that £4/ be Paid on Each Right to Defray Charges — At a meeting of s d Prop™ on y e 16 Day of Dec 1- 1758 Voted that Six Shillings be Paid on Each Right to Defray Charges Attest Tho 8 Perley Prop : Clerk The Several Sums Voted as abovs d amounts to £11=5 = 2 on Each Right There being 61 Rights in s d Township the Sum total is 686=15 = 2 Lawful mony RINDGE. 29I [, Statement of Abel LavjrenceJ\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 117, p. 619.] In Compliance with your Desire that I would Committ to wrighting the Princaple Facts I recollect relating to Abel Platts Joseph Platts, and Josiah Ingalls, SufFurings and losses on account of their lands in Rowley Cannada being Taken from them by the Propriators Claiming under Jn° Tufton Mason Esq r in the Province of New Hampshire — I have to Inform you that I am Knowing that Abel Platts, Joseph Platts & Josiah Ingalls, with their famileys were Some of, if not y e very first Settlers in that Township under the Grant of this Province that Each of them have made Considerable Improvements and have Considerable Build- ings on y e Same — That Since the Claimers from y e Side of New Hampshire Entered on the Township and Possessed themselves of the Greatest Part of it Abel & Joseph Platts kept the Possession of their Farms for Sundry Years, after and Even untill the Titles of those lands were Settled by a Judgment of the Superiour Court of the Said Province of New Hampshire, against the Said Joseph Platts, and he was Ejected out of the Possession of Said lands and not being able to pay the Charges was Imprisoned in Portsmouth Goal, if I mistake not more than Six months when he was releived by the help of his friends — That aboute this time I Purchased a Right in Said Township, from those who held under M r Mason which happned to be a part of the Same lands which M r Ingalls, had Improved by virtue of the Grant of this Goverment — which lands I have Since Sold s d Ingalls — now being a Propriator under Mason was Chosen Clerk for y e Propriators of Said Township & Served for them Several Years — and am Certain that nither Abel Platts, Joseph Platts, nor Josiah Ingalls, nor Either of them were Ever favoured or Ever had in that township : (I never heard they had in any other) any allowance or Consideration for their losses Either from New Hampshire or this Province, I also am knowing to the Platt’s Living on those Lands when Fitchs Gar- rison fifteen miles on this side was Taken Two Soldiers kill cl & Fitch & family Captavatied I have heard the Petitions red think the facts are true & that they are no ways Exaggerated & that the Petitioners are amoung the greatest Sufferres occation by the Tun- ing of the line &c &c &c — I am Gentlemen your most obedient Humble Servant — Abel Lawrence 292 charter records. ROCHESTER. [This town, as incorporated May 10, 1722, included the present towns of Farm- ington and Milton. The westerly part was set off and incorporated as Farming- ton, Dec. 1, 1798. Milton was set off and incorporated, June n, 1802. Apart of Rufus C. Varney’s farm was severed and annexed to Barrington, July 10, 1846. A city charter was granted March 31, 1891. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 721 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 332 ; Index to Laws, 479 ; Historical Notices, by Joseph Haven, 2, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, p. 169; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Strafford County, 1882, p. 719; History, by Franklin McDuffee, in two volumes, 1892, pp. 688.] [Grant to Thomas Lake.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 2, p. 15, and Court Records, Oct. 11, 1672.] Laid out unto Capt Richard Walderne for the use of Capt Thomas Lake and partners (by vertue of an order of the generall Court held at Boston the 31 th day of may 1671) one thousand two hundred and eightie acres of land on the southwest side of the river of Newichawanock about a mile above the head line of the towne ship of Dover as followeth viz : Beginning at a certain elboe of the said river Knowne by the name of the Create Eddie neare to a point of land Called Goliahs Neck and from the said Great Eddie six hundred and fortie rods west and by south in the length of the said lands and from the said Great Eddie three hundred and twentie rods and by the west for the breadth of it. ^ me John Wincoll April 26, 1672 May 24 th The Deputyes allow of this returne 1672 as a pt of the 400 acr rs graunted them by this Court o r Hono rd magists consent- ing hereto William Torrey Cleric 16.8.72 The magists Consent hereto Provided y e Grant In- trench not in y e least [on] y e land confirmed by this Court to D r Whitchcotte or his sucessors & that this land be liable to pay Country rates as other Townes The magists hand past this their brethren the Deputs hereto Edw Rawson Secrety Consented to by the Deputyes William Torrey Cleric 16 th (8) 72 ROCHESTER. 293 Att A General Court held at Boston 31 th may 1671 In Ans r to the motion & request of Capt Thomas Lake & partners It is ordered that Capt John Wincoll &John Hall shall & hereby are Impowerd to Lay out the fouer thousand acres one hundred twenty & ffive acres of land form r ly Granted them : making there returne to this Court — This is A true Copie of the Courts Grant taken out of the Courts booke of Reccords as Attest Edw Rawson Secret’y [Grant to Samuel and Mrs. Parnell Nowell.] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 14, 1656.] The Court being sencible of the lowe Condicion of the late Honnored m r Nowells family & Remembring his long service to this Commonwealth in the place not only of a magistrate but Secre- tary also, for w ch he had but litle and slender Recompenc, & the Countries debts being such as out of the Country Rate they Can- not Comfortably make such an honnorable recompenc to his family as otherwise they would Judge meete therefore do Give & Graunt to m rs Nowell and hir sonne Samuell two thousand acres of land to be laid out by m r Thomas Danforth and Robert Hale in any part of the Countrie not yet Graunted to others in two or three farmes that may not hinder any plantacion to be erected — [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 18, 1656.] Wee, whose names are subscribed according to An order and Graunt made by the Generali Court held at Boston octob. 14, 1656. Have laid out to M rs Parnell Nowell one thousand acres of Land lying beyond Dover bounds on the Northwest & lyeth upon the quochecho River on both sides thereof begining on the North east side of a brooke that runneth into the said River on the north west side of Scohomogomocks Hill lately planted by Indians and lying two miles in length up the same upon the said River and half a mile in breadth Also on the southwest side of the said River begining at a Pine tree, marked standing Anent the Aforesaid scohomogomocke Hill and from thence Runing Southwest three CHARTER RECORDS. 2 94 quarters of a mile and in length up the same one mile and a halfe and at the upper end of the said line lying in breadth from the River halfe a mile being parralell to the lower lyne./ Also laid out unto m r Samuell Nowell one thousand acres lying on y e south and east side of the aforesaid schohomogomocke Hill and is bounded with the wildernes land Annent the great Pine Swamp on the North east side thereof and continewed betweene that and chochecho River towards Dover bounds, the which south east line wee could not cleerely Determine becawse Dover bounds is as yett unlaid out : Given under our hands. Thomas Danforth Ap r 28 : 1657. Robert Hale The Court Accepts of this Returne of the Commissioners : in Reference to the lands therein mencioned [Mass. Archives, Vol. 45, p. 172.] In observance of an order of y e Hon rd Councill march 4 th 167! The farmes of M” Parnell Nowell & of m r Samuel Nowell lying on y e North of Dover bounds were surveyed & well bounded as fol- low eth m r8 Parnell Nowell her farme is bounded by Dover line on y e South 456 pole by cocheco River west 376 pole perpendicular, by the wilderness north 456 pole, which line runes North 54 degre : eastward being a paralell line to dover line, bounded on y e east by her son m r Samuel Nowell, 376 pole which dividing line from Dover bounds runes North, 24 degres westward, the most norther- ly corner is a great pine marked with N : y e most southerly bounds is a pine near cocheco River, marked N : D. y e west corner is a pine by y e River Side marked N. y e east corner is a great claboord tree marked N : D : this containes one thousand acres all well bounded by markt trees. Also m r Samuel Nowell his farme containing one thousand acres is bounded by Dover line Southward two miles long, the line runing South 54 degres westward and by Negewonnick River on y e east half a mile, by his mother m rs Parnell Nowell her farme on y e west side 376 pole, the dividing line between them runes, N : twenty four degrees west, bounded by wilderness land northward 186 pole, and by m r Rawson his farme 62 pole on y e north east. ROCHESTER. 295 w ch came to y e most Southerly Corner of m r Rawsons farme, to a black oake marked with B and from this black oake, it runes in a direct line to Negewonnick river as aforesaid. The most South- erly Corner is a great claboard tree marked : D : N : the west Cor- ner is a great pine marked N : which pine stands about 20 pole westward of Schohomogocks Hill y e most northerly bounds is a red oak marked N : which joyneth it to m r Rawsons line on y e west side of his farme, all which was surveyed and well bounded : 3. 2m. 1679: By us Jonathan Danforth Survey 1 John Evens A true platforme of y e same is affixed to this Scadell The magists Doe allow & Approove of this Returne their breth- ren the Deputyes hereto Consenting Edw Rawson Secret 30 d may 1679; Consented to by the Deputyes William Torrey Cleric [Grant to Samuel Sewall.] [Mass. House Journal, June 24, 1738.] A Petition of Samuel Sewall , Esq; and others, Administrators on the Estate of their late honourable Father Samuel Sewall of Boston , Esq ; deceased, and of Jacob Sheafe of Boston, aforesaid, Gent, shewing they are the legal Representatives of the Assigns of Benjamin Whichcot and Rebecca his Wife, deceased, to whom this Court on the nth of October , A. D. 1670, at their second 296 CHARTER RECORDS. Session, were pleased to Grant one thousand Acres of Land in any free Place, on Condition they gave the late Massachusetts Colony a Release and full Acquittance from all after Claims and Demands referring to the Grounds of a Petition delivered the said Court, which the Petitioners say was fulfilled in the Year 1671 ; and the said Grantees afterwards, viz. in 1672, laid out in the Province of New Hampshire, and is part of a Town there known by the Name of Rochester , that they are without any benefit of the Grant by reason of its being so laid out, without the Aid of this Court, pray- ing for Relief by a new Tract of the unappropriated Lands in this Province being made them, to hold in equal Halves, to satisfy the first Grant, for the Reasons mentioned Read and Ordered, That this Petition be considered on Tuesday the twenty seventh cur- rant. [Mass. House Journal, June 2, 1739.] A Petition o {Samuel Sewall, Esq; and others, Administrators on the Estate of the late honourable Sainuel Sewall , Esq ; de- ceased, and of Jacob Sheaf e of Boston , shewing they are the Representatives of the Assigns of Benjamin Whitchcot and Re- becca his Wife, deceased, who in the Year 1670, obtained a Grant of one thousand Acres of Lands in any free Place, on Condition of releasing to the late Massachusetts Colony all after Claims and Demands referring to the Grounds of a Petition delivered the said Court, which the Petitioners say was fulfilled Anno 1671, and the said Grant afterwards, viz.. Anno 1672, laid out in New Hamp- shire Province, and lays in a Town now called Rochester , that they shall intirely loose the Benefit of said Grant, without the Aid of this Court, praying for Relief, and that they may hold the Grant in equal Halves, as entred the 24/^ of June, and sixth of December last. Read and comitted to Thomas Greaves , John Alden , and Ebenezer Pomroy, Esqrs ; to inquire into the Difficul- ties the Petitioners suggest, and report what may be proper for the Court to do on the Petition. SALISBURY. 2 9 7 . SALISBURY. [Granted by Massachusetts, Feb. 3, 1736-7, and called Baker* s-town. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Oct. 25, 1749, to Ebenezer Stevens and others, and called Steven* s-town. Also called at times, Gerrish-town and New Salisbury. Incorporated as Salisbury, March 1, 1768. A tract of land from the east part of the town, with portions of Andover, Northfield, and Sanbornton, was erected into the town of Franklin Dec. 24, 1828. A part of Franklin was severed and an- nexed to Salisbury, July 7, 1869. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 753; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 381 ; In- dex to Laws, 486; Topographical and Historical Sketch, 3, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, p. 296; History, collated by John J. Dearborn, edited by James O. Adams and Henry P. Rolfe, 1890, pp. 888; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 602.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1734-] A Petition of John Tyler and Joseph Pike , for themselves and sundry others ; who enlisted themselves into the publick Service Anno 1690, in the Expedition against Canada , under the command of the late Sir William Phipps, Knt. deceased, praying that in consideration of their services and difficulties they then underwent, they may obtain a Grant of Land of the contents of six miles square of the ungranted Lands of the Province on the east side of Merrimack River , southerly on Rumford Township, and to extend three miles east from the River, or some other suitable place for a Township for the reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered , That Col. Chandler, Col. Kent, Mr Hale Capt. Hobson Col. Wain- wright, Col. Church, and Capt. Wells be a, Committee to take this Petition, and the other Petitions for Lands now before the Court under consideration, and report their opinion what may be proper to be done in aswer thereto. [Mass. House Journal, April 17, 1735.] Col. Chandler from the Committee for Lands, reported on the Petition of John Tyler and Joseph Pike for themselves and other Canada Soldiers Anno 1690, which was read and accepted, and in answer to this Petition, Voted, That a tract of Land of the con- 298 CHARTER RECORDS. tents of six miles square be laid out for a Township on the further side of Merrimack River adjoining to the north side of Rumford , extending three miles from the River, the whole to be laid out into sixty three equal shares, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one to be for the use of the Ministry, and one for the School, that on the other sixty shares there be sixty Settlers ad- mitted, and that in the admission thereof preference be given to such Officers and Soldiers as were in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, or to the Descendants of those that are deceased since ; the Settlers to be admitted on the same terms and conditions as were made for settling the two new Towns on Ashuelot , and that at Paquoiag, excepting each Settler’s paying five -pounds , and that Col. Richard Kent and Capt. John Hobson , with such as the hon- ourable Board shall appoint, be a Committee fully authorized and impowred to bring forward the Settlement of the Plantation, admit the Settlers, and return a Plat of the Township to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to the Grantees their heirs and assigns respectively. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 27, 1735.] A Petition of John Tyler & Joseph Pike, for themselves and other Canada Soldiers Anno 1690, praying as entred the 17^/2. of A^rii last & referred. Read again, and the House resumed the consideration of this Petition, and in answer thereto, Voted , That a Tract of Land of the contents of six miles square be laid out for a Township on the further side Merrimack River, adjoyning to the north side of Rumford, extending three miles from the River, the whole to be laid out into sixty three equal shares, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one to be for the use of the Min- istry, and one for the School, that on the other sixty shares there be sixty Settlers admitted, and that in the admission thereof prefer- ence to be given to such Officers & Soldiers as were in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, or to the Descendants of those that are since deceased, the Settlers to be admitted on the same terms and conditions as were made for the two new Towns on Ashuelot and that at Paquoiag, excepting each Settlers paying' Five Pounds, and that Joseph Gerrish, Esq ; and Capt. John Hobson, with such as the honourable Board shall appoint be a Committee fully author- ized and impowred to bring forward the Settlement of the Planta- SALISBURY. 299 tion, admit the Settlers, and return a Plat of the Township to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to the Grantees their heirs and assigns respectively. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 3, 1736-7.] A petition of John Tyler Joseph Pike and many others that were Either officers and Soldiers in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, or the Descendants of such of them as are deceased, praying for a Grant of some of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province for a Township, in consideration of their Services aforesaid as well as for their Service in the late Indian Wars — In the House of Represent Read & Ordered that the petition be Revived, and Voted That two Tracts of the Unappropriated Lands of this Province, of the Contents of Six Miles Square, Each be and hereby are Granted to the pet rs of the Companys under the late Cap* John March Cap 1 Steph 11 Greenleaf and Cap 4 Philip Nelson dec’ed Anno 1690, their heirs & assignes Respectivly and the heirs Legal Represent and Descendants of such of them as are deceased and their heirs and Assignes forever, for two townships to lay in Some Suitable place ; That the Grantees be and hereby are Obliged to bring forward the Settlement of the said Townships, in as Reg- ular a Manner, as the Situation and Circumstances of said Town- ship will Admit of in the following Manner, viz 4 That each Gran- tee, his heirs and Assignes, build an house on his Respective Lot or Share of the Contents of Eighteen feet Square and Seven feet Stud at the least, and plow and bring to Grass fit for Mowing Six Acres of Land, and that they Settle in each Town a Learned Orthodox Minister, and build a Convenient Meeting house for the publick Worship of God , and that one Sixty third part of each of the said Townships be and hereby is Granted to the first settled Minister, the like Quantity for the use of the Ministry, and the like quantity for the use of the School, in all the Divisions of the said Townships ; That the Grantees be and hereby are obliged to give a Bond of Twenty pounds for the Fulfillment of the Conditions aforesaid, within five Years after the Return and Confirmation of the plan of said Townships ; And that Cap 4 John Hobson and Maj r Charles Pierce be a Com tee with such as the Hon ble Board shall join to lay out said Townships and to Return plats thereof within one Year for Confirmation and the said Committee to Observe 300 CHARTER RECORDS. such Rules and directions for the taking of Bond and Admission of the Grantees, Agreeable to the Order of the Court in March last, and said Committee to Receive Thirty three pounds Sixteen shillings and Eight pence of the New projected Bills viz* Sixteen pounds thirteen shillings and four pence for Each of the said Townships out of the publick Treasury to enable them to lay out said Townships In Council Read & Concurr’d and Thomas Berry Esq r is Joined in the Affair — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 3, 1736-7.] The Petition of John Tyler Joseph Pike , and others, Canada Officers and Soldiers Anno 1690, with the Vote of the House of the 9 th. of December last thereon, Pass’d in Council, viz. In Coun- cil February 3d 17 36. Read and concur’d with Amendments, viz . at C-dele-# Tract-and add -two Tracts, at D- after the Word- square-add-each-for-is-before the W or d-gr anted add at O-are- at E.-for- 1 ,?IU. l f J [ill : i ]/ , j \ / 4 "* /) j M- I K (\ \ f w . [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 34, P- I 3 -] iw»‘S?V' SALISBURY. 303 Cap 1 Thomas Hale John March Joseph Davis Sam 1 Silver Eleazer Hudson Jonathan Blaisdall David Bartlet Lazarus Goodwin Edward Emerson Percival Clark Jeremiah Gutteridge Cap 1 Tho s Wallingford Rev d William Johnson W m Huse Henry Dow Robert Savory D r Joseph Hills James Toppon Peter Ayers James Anderton Zechariah Beal Ebenezer Stuort Sam 1 Scargeant Tristram Greenleaf Thomas Challis Dan 11 Bradley Eleazer Johnson John Littlehale Cap 1 John Sergeant Joseph Holland [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 34, p. 13.] By the Direction of the Hon rble Thomas Berry Esq r Charles Pierce and John Hobson Esq rs a Committee &c I have Laid out a Township on the Northerly Side of Contookook Township & ad- joyning on the Same which is butted & bounded as followeth viz 1 at the Southeast corner with a great white Oak and Two white pines marked which is the Northeast Corner bounds of Contookook Township by Merrimack River, thence runing up Said River till it comes against y e River coming out of Winnipisseog pond, & further up by the Side of the Westerly branch Commonly called Pemitchewasit in the whole about six miles & an half to a Large Pitch pine marked thence turning west about 15 0 South & runing Nine Miles to a Large Hemlock marked, thence turning at Right Angles & runing about four Miles and three quarters to a stake and stones by Contoocook Township, exactly One Hundred and fifty Two poles from the Northwest Corner bounds of it & thence to the first bounds which Line measures about Seven Miles all which is more perfectly described in the plan Above. — Laid out October 29 th 1739. — Richard Hazzen Surveyor N B. within the boundaries described in this Plann is the Con- tents of Six Miles Square, with the allowance of about five Hun- dred & Seventy one Acres for ponds &c. R Hazzen Survey 1 ' — In the House of Rep tve3 Dec r 18th 1739 Read and Ordered that the Plat be accepted and the lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Said Officers and Soldiers 304 CHARTER RECORDS. under the Command of Cap 1 John March Cap 1 Stephen Greenleaf and Cap 1 Philip Nelson to their Heirs and Assigns forever. Pro- vided the Plat exceeds not the Quantity of the Grant and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council Jan i. 1739 Read & Concur’ d J Willard Sec’ry 2 : Consented to J Belcher Exam d & Approv d Eben r Burrill Essex ss. Rumford Oct r 27, 1739 Then Richard Hazzen Surveyor Ebenezer Virgin Thomas Prince, as chainmen Were Severally Sworn That in Surveying the Township, Granted To Tyler, Pike and others officers & Soldiers in the Expedition To Canada Anno 1690 under the Command of Cap 1 John March Cap 1 Stephen Greenleaf and Cap 1 Philip Nelson, they would Severally proceed, according to their Best Skill and Judgement therein. Before Tho 3 Berry J 3 Peace [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 18, 1739.] A Plat of a Township laid out by Richard Hazzen Surveyor, and two Chain-Men on Oath to satisfy a Grant of this Court to Tyler Pike and others, Officers and Soldiers in the Expedition to Canada , Anno 1690, under the Command of Capt. John March , Capt. Stephen Greenleaf, and Capt. Philip Nelson, on the northerly Side of Contoocook Township, and adjoining on the same, begin- ning at the South East Corner with a great white Oak, and two white Pines marked, which is the North East Corner Bounds of Contoocook Township by Merimack River, thence running up said River, till it comes against the River coming out of Winnipesiog Pond and further up by the side of the westerly Branch commonly called Pemitchiw asset , in the whole about six Miles and an half to a large Pitch Pine marked, thence running West about fifteen Degrees South and running nine Miles to a large Hemlock marked, thence running at right Angles, and running about four Miles and three Quarters, to a Stake and Stones by Contoocook Town- ship exactly one hundred and fifty two Poles from the Northwest Corner Bounds of it, and thence to the first Bounds, which Line measures about seven Miles ; all which is more perfectly described SALISBURY. 305 in the said Plan. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Officers and Soldiers under the Command of Capt. John March , Capt. Stephen Greenleaf, and Capt. Philip Nelson , and to their Heirs & Assigns for ever, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of the Grant, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 1, 1739/40.] A Plat of a Township laid out by Richard Hazzen Survey r and Chain men upon Oath, to satisfy a grant made by this Court to the Officers and Soldiers in the Canada Expedition, under the com- mand of Cptjohn March, Cpt Stephen Greenleaf, & Cpt. Philip Nelson; lying on the Northerly side of Contookook Township and adjoining to the same, being bounded as follows viz 1 At the South East Corner with a great White Oak and two white Pines marked, which is the North East Corner of said Contookook Township by Merrimack River ; thence running up said River till it comes against the River that comes out of Winnepesaket Pond, and fur- ther up by the side of the Westerly branch commonly called Pem- itchawasset, in the whole about six miles and an half to a large Pitch Pine marked; thence turning West, about 15 Deg. South, and running nine miles to a large Hemlock marked ; thence turn- ing at right Angles and running about four miles and three quar- ters to a Stake and Stones by Contookook Township, exactly one hundred and fifty poles from the North West Corner bounds of it, and thence to the first bounds ; which Line measures about seven miles. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 10, 1739/40.] Ordered , That Thomas Berry , Esq ; be and hereby is impowred to assemble the Grantees of the Township lying on Merrhnack River granted to the Officers and Soldiers in the Expedition to Canada , Anno 1690, under the Command of Capt. John March , Capt. Stephen Greenleafe, and Capt. Philip Nelson, in such Place and at such Time as he shall think fit, then to chuse a Moderator and Proprietors Clerk, to agree upon Rules Methods and Orders 20 30 6 CHARTER RECORDS. for the division and disposal of the said Propriety in the most proper Methods for the speedy fulfilment of the Conditions of their Grant, and to agree upon Methods for the calling future Meetings. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 179.] ord r for Col 0 Tho 9 Berry to Call a meeting of Grantees of the Township Laid out Westerly of Merrimack River and Northerly of and adjoyning to Contoocook January 10, 1739 — In the House of Representatives January 9 th 1739 — Ordered that Thomas Berry Esq r be and hereby is impoweredto assemble the Grantees of the Township Lying on Merrimack River Granted to the Officers & Soldiers in the Expedition to Canada Anno : 1690 — under the Command of Cap 4 John March Cap 4 Stephen Greenleaf and Cap 4 Philip Nelson in Such Place and at Such time as he Shall think fit then to Chuse a Mod- erator and Proprietors Clark to agree uppon Rules Methods & orders for the Division and Disposal! of Said Propriety in the most proper methods for the Speedy fullfillments of the Conditions of there Grant and to agree uppon methods for the Calling future meetings — Sent up for Concurrence Ebenezer Pumroy Spk r Pro tempore In Councill January 10 th 1739 Read and Concurred Simon Frost Dep 4 Sec y Consented to Jonathan Belcher — A true Copy Examined by Simon Frost Dep 4 Sec y Essex ss Ipswich January 26 th 1739 In obedience to the foregoing ord r I have Caused notifications to be Posted in the towns of Newbury Almsbury and Haverhill appointing the meeting to be February 12 th 1739 at the House of m r Tristram Greenleaf in Newbury at ten of the Clock before noon. Thomas Berry February 14 th 1765 The aforegoing Copys when Compared the with Original Book of the Proprietors Records & Agreed there with by John Winslow one of the Committee Samuel Gerrish Sworne SHARON. 307 SHARON. [Constituted from a part of Peterborough Slip, and incorporated June 24, 1791. Incorporation was petitioned for, May 27, 1777, but not granted. By an act passed July 5, 1867, the entire town was to be annexed to Peterborough, when the provisions of the act were adopted by a majority of voters in both towns. This has not yet been done. See Masonian Papers in following volumes : XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 547; Index to Laws, 500; sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 670.] [ Grant to Jeremiah Allen.'] [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 3, 1736-7.] Ordered , That five hundred Acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, adjoining to some former Grant or Township, be and hereby is given and granted to Jeremiah Allen , Esq ; late Treasurer and Receiver General of this Province, his Heirs and Assigns, in full Consideration of his long, good, and faithful Services in the Treasury, and that he be allowed and impowred by a Surveyor and Chain Men on Oath, to survey the same, and re- turn a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confir- mation accordingly. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 19, 1738.] A Petition of Jeremiah Allen, Esq ; late Treasurer of this Province, praying the Justice of this Court in Consideration of his Services, and that a Grant of some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province may be made him, for the Reasons therein men- tioned. Read and referred to the next May Session for further Consideration. [. Petition of Jeremiah Allen for Grant of Land, iyjy.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 101, p. 622.] To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq r Governour and Com- mander in Chief The Honourable His Majesties Council and The 3°8 CHARTER RECORDS. Honourable House of Representatives The Memorial of Jeremiah Allen Esq r Sheweth That Your Memorialist had y e Honour of being Twenty Three Years successively, Elected Treasurer of this Province. And that He served his Country in that Hon ble Office Twenty Two Years, as he humbly hopes, to Their general Satisfaction, in which Time, he chearfully performed many Publick Services, not belonging to y e Duty of a Treasurer ; Too numerous to trouble Your Excell Cy & Your Honours with a Repetition of And for which, he has as yet received no Gratuity. Your Memorialist would beg leave to men- tion one perticular Service, among y e many, he did his Country, which was ; The advancing several Thousand Pounds without any y e least View of Profitt (althoo Your Mem osts Estate was sub- ject for y e Repayment of said Money) to support y e Government, during y e Dispute about supplying y e Treasury whereby, not only, His Maj tys Garrisons were maintained to y e great Security of y e Pub- lick in all Regards ; But also many Oppressions were prevented, which, otherwise, y e poor Creditors of y e Province must have suf- ered, had Your Mem 0 denied his Assistance, when Asked. The Hon ble House of Representatives Anno 1736 at Their Ses- sions in Nov r were pleased, not only to Grant Your Mem° his Salary for Six Months after he was Negatived by Your Excell cy , all which Time, he was Employed in y e Publick Service, but also as a Mark of their Approbation of his past Services, to make him a Grant of some of y e Unappropriated Lands of y e Province, altho by y e Same not passing through y e Whole Court, Your Mem 0 lost y e Benefitt of that Hon ble Houses Justice & Generosity. Wherefore Your Memorialist hopes from Your Excell cy3 & Your Honours known Justice, That You will be pleased, to allow him his Salary for y e Six Months, he was Employed in y e Publick Ser- vice, as also to make him a Grant of some of y e Unappropriated Lands of y e Province. And Your Memorialists shall Ever pray — Boston Jan 17 18 th 1738/9 Jer. Allen In the House of Rep tives Jan 1 ? 19-1738 Read & Referred to y e Next May sessions for further Consider- ation Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council January 19, 1738. Read & Concur’d Simon Frost Dep 1 Sec ry 22 : Consented to, J Belcher In the House of Representatives July 5 th 1739. Read & in SHARON. 309 Answer to this Memorial Ordered That the sum of seventy pounds in Bills of the New tenor be granted & allowed to be paid out of the publick treasury to Jeremiah Allen Esq r late Treasurer of this province in full satisfaction for his Services therein And as a mark of the approbation of this Court, and as a Gratuity to him for his faithfulness therein Voted that Five Hundred Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the province be and hereby is given & granted to the said Jeremiah Allen Esq r his Heirs & As- signs, and that Accordingly he be allowed and impowred by a sur- veyor & Chain men on Oath to survey and lay out the same Ad- joining to some former Grant, and that he return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confirmation Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council July 5 th 1739 Read & Concur’d Simon Frost Dept Sec 17 6 : Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. Archives, Vol. 46, p. 95.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 46, p. 95, and Court Records, Vol. 17, Misc. p. 121. September 1739 Then Surveyd And Laid out Five Hundred Acres in the unappropriated Lands of this Province to satisfie A Grant of the Greait And General Court Made to Jeremiah Allen Esq r July 1739 And is Laid Adjoining to A New township Called Peters Burrer And Bounds North upon it and it begins att two small Beaches on the Road that Leads to sd Peters Burrer Att the Corner of A Lot No: 1, the North West Corner of the 3 IG CHARTER RECORDS. Farm And From thence itt Runs East on the Town line Four Hun- dred And Thirty six Rods to A Line Wood tree Marked And Cornerd the North East Corner And from thence itt Runs South By a Line of Marked trees on unappropriated Land Two hun- dred and Fourteen Rods to A White Maple stake and stones marked and Cornerd the South East Corner And From thence itt Runs North seventy two Degrees West by a line of Marked trees on a pich Maid for M r Reed two hundred and Forty Rods And two hundred and Forty Rods on A Pich Maid for Robert Auch- muty Esq r and Ninety seven Rods on Cp fc Bedgoods Farm to A beach Marked And Cornered And From thence itt Runs West one Hundred And sixty Eaight Rods to the South West Corner And From thence i.tt Runs North By A line of Marked Trees One hundred And thirty two Rods to the First Mentioned Corner in the Lines Above Discribed thare is Twenty Nine Acres A Lowed for sag of Chain ^ Joseph Wilder Jun r surveyor In the House of Repr ves Oct r 4, 1739 Read and Ordered that the within Platt be accepted and the lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Said Jeremiah Allen His Heirs and Assigns Provided the Platt exceeds not the Quantity of the Grant and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for concurrence J. Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council; October 5, 1739 Read & Concur’ d Simon Frost Dept Sec ry 9 : Consented to J Belcher Exam d & Aprov d Eben* Burrill Worcester ss Lunenburg September the 28 th 1739 Then Joseph Wilder Ju r Survayer and David Johnson and Wil- liam Sevens Chainman personally appeared and made oath that in the Survaying and measuring of the five hundred acres of Land Exhibited by the above plan they had truly and faithfully per- formed their Respective trust Reposed in them Sworn Before me Edward Hartwell Justice of the peace [Mass. House Journal, Oct. 4, 1739.] A Plat of two hundred Acres of Land surveyed and laid out by Joseph Wilder , jun. and two Chain Men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court, as entred the 5 th of July last to Jeremiah SHARON. 311 Allen , Esq; adjoining to a new Township called Peterborough , and bounds North upon it, beginning at two small Beaches on the Road that leads to Peterborough at the Corner of a Lot Numb. one , the North West Corner of the Farm, and from thence it runs East on the Town Line four hundred and thirty six Rods to a Tree marked and corner’d the North East Corner, and from thence it runs South by a Line of marked Trees on unappropriated Land two hundred and fourteen Rods to a White Maple Stake and Stones marked and corner’d the South East Corner, and from thence it runs North seventy two Degrees West by a Line of Marked Trees on a Pitch made for Mr. Read two hundred and forty Rods, and two hundred and forty Rods on a Pitch made for Mr. Auchmuty , and ninety seven Rods on Capt. Bedgood’s Farm to a Beach marked and cornered, and from thence it runs West one hundred and sixty eight Rods to the South West Corner, and from thence it runs North by a Line of marked Trees one hundred and thirty two Rods to the first mentioned Corner in the Lines above described, there are twenty nine Acres allowed for swag of Chain, was presented for Allowance, Read and Ordered, That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and de- scribed be and hereby are confirmed to the said Jeremiah Allen , his Heirs and Assigns, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of the Grant, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Grant to John Read.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 46, p. 102.] September 1739 Then Surveid And Laid out. Two hundred Acres in y e unappropriated Lands of this Province to Satisfi A 312 CHARTER RECORDS. Grant of the Grait And General Court Maid to John Read Esq r of Boston on December 9 th 1738 And is Laid Adjoining to A Grant of Land Made & Laid out to Robert Actmute Esqr of Boston Contain- ing Two hundred Acres And Bounds West on itt itt began att a stake And stones the South West Corner And from thence itt Runs North by a line of Marked trees Two hundred And fourty Rods to A stake and stones the North West Corner And from thence Itt Runs South Seventy two Degrees East One hundred and Fourty Rods By A line of Marked trees to A stake And stones the North East corner and from thence it Runs South two hun- dred And fourty rods By A line of Marked trees to the South East Corner and from thence it Runs strait to the fust mentioned Corner One hundred And forty six Rods in the Lines A Bove Discribed thare is ten ACres Allowed for Sag of Chaine. ^ Joseph Wilder Jun r Surveyor In the House of Rep tves Dec r 8 th 1739. Read and Ordered that the within Plat be accepted and the lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said John Read Esq r His Heirs and Assigns. Provided the Plat exceeds not the Quan- tity of the Grant and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council Decern 1 12. 1739 Read & Concurr d Simon Frost Dep t Sec*? Exam d & Approv d Eben* Burrill 26 Consented to J Belcher Mr Welders Survey of 200 acres of land granted to John Read in 1738. A Platt of 200 Acres of land to John Read Esq r Read and or- dered to lie on the Table Decem b 26 1739 Worcester ss Lunonburg September the 28 th 1739 Then Joseph Wilder Ju r Survayer David Johnson and William Stvens Chain men personally appeared and made oath that in their survaying and measuring two hundred acres of the unappropriated Lands in this province to Satisfy a Grant Lately made to John Reed Esq r of Boston Esq r that they had faithfully and Impartially per- formed their Respective trust according to the Best of their Skill and Judgement Before me Edward Hartwell Justice of Peace SHARON. 313 [Grant to Robert Auchmuty.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 32, p. 3.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 46, p. 97, Maps and Plans, Vol. 32, p. 3, and Court Records, Vol. 17, Misc. p. 122.] August 1739 Then Laid outt Two Hundred Acres In the Unap- propriated Land of this Provence to Satisfie a Grant of the Great and General Court Made to Robert Auchmudy Esq r On the Twenty ninth Day of November 1738 : It is Laid Adjoyning to New Ipswich North Line It begins att a Red ash Tree. The North West Corner And from thence It Runs North Seventy Eaght De- grees East By a line of marked trees One Hundred and forty Rods on unappropriated Land to a Stake and Heap of Stones the North East Corner and from thence It Runs South By a line of Marked trees on unappropriated Land Two Hundred And Forty six Rods to a White Maple Standing in New ipswich North Line Marked for the South East Corner of the Farm And from Thence it Runs South Seventy Eaght Degrees West one Hundred and Forty Rods By a line of Marked trees With New Ipswich line to a White Maple the South West Corner and from thence itt Runs North By a line of Marked trees on G Bedgoods Farm Two Hun- dred And forty Six Rods to the ash Where itt Began in the lines A Bove Describ d , there is ten Acres Alowed for sag of Chane Joseph Wilder Ju r Surveyor 3H CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 46, p. 97.] Worcester ss Sept y e 3 d 1739 Then y e afore named Joseph Wil- der appearing made oath that in y e Sirveying of the above Track of Land Hee faithfully and Impartially performed the Service of Surveyer according to y e Best of His Skil and Judgment David John- son and William Scott also and made oath that they faith fuly performed y e Service of Chane men and that with out Either favor or affection Before me Joseph Wilder Justice of y e Peace In the House of Repr ves September 27 th 1739 Read and ordered that the within Platt be accepted and the lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed unto the Said Robert Auchmuty his Heirs and Assigns. Provided the Platt exceeds not the Quantity of the Grant and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 * 1 In Council October 3 d 1739 Read & Concurd Simon Frost Dep r Sec 1 ? Consented to J Belcher [Grant to Jeffry Bedgood.] / [Mass. Archives, Vol. 46, p. 93.] Order on the petition of Jeffry Bedgood of Boston Marriner — In the House of Representatives December 5 th 1738 Read and ordered That the prayer of the above petition be Granted, and the first petition within written is revived- & in Answer thereto Voted That Three hundred Acres of the unappropriated lands of the province be and are Given and Granted to the petr Capt Jeffry Bedgood his heirs & assigns in full Satisfaction of his Services Expence & trouble within mentioned, and that he return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for Confirmation — Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council Deer 5 th 1738 Read & Concurrd J Willard Sec’ry Consented to J Belcher A true Copy Examd^ Simon Frost Dep 1 Sec 17 SHARON. 3 I 5 May the 24 th 1739 Then Survayed and Laid out a peice of Land Containing three Hundred Acres in the Unapropriated Lands of this Province to Sattisfie a Grant of the Great and General Court made to Capt Jeffery Bedgood of Boston Marrinor December y e 5 th 1738 which lyeth ajoyning to a Township Called New Ipswich. It begins at y e north Corner of Said Township ; and is the South- west Corner of this Farme, at a Great Hemlock tree Marked and Cornered and from thence it Runs North by a line of mark’d trees one Hundred and Seventy Rods to a beach tree Marked and Cor- nered and from thence it Runs South Seventy Eight Degrees East by a line of mark trees one Hundred and Seventy Rods to a beach tree Marked and Cornered, and from thence it Runs north by a line of Marked trees ninty Rods to a beach tree Marked and Cor- nered, and from thence it Runs South Seventy Eight degrees East by a line of Marked trees Ninty Seven Rods to a Red Ash y e north East Corner marked and Cornered and from thence it Runs South by a line of marked trees two Hundred and fifty Eight Rods to su White Maple Marked and Cornered being the South East Corner and from thence It Runs North Seventy Eight degrees west by a line of Mark trees on said Ipswich line to the Great Hemlock where it began, there is alowed in the above said Plan fifteen acres, for Sagg of Chane ^Joseph Wilder Juner Surveyer May y e 30 th 1739 Then the aforenamed Joseph Wilder appear- ing before me the Subscriber made oath that in Surveying the farme above Described he faithfully performed the Service of a Surveyer and that with out favor or affection according to the best of His Scil & Judgment Joseph Wilder Justice of y e Peace Worcester ss Lunenburg may the 25 th 1739 Then personeelly appeared William Scott and William Carlyl and made oath that in the measuring the several Lines of the above Discribed plat of Land they had truly and faithfully per- formed the duty of Chainmen according to the best of their skill and understanding sworn before me Edward Hartwell Justice of the peace In the House of Representatives June 20 th 1739, Read and Ordered That the plat be Accepted, and the Lands therein deline- ated and described be & hereby are confirmed to the said Jeffry Bedgood his heirs & assigns forever, provided that the plat exceeds 316 CHARTER RECORDS. kr not the quantity of Three hundred Acres of Land & does not inter- fere with any former Grant the swag of Chain within mentioned allowed sent up for Concurrence In Council June 2 6 1739 Read and Concurred 27 : Consented to Exam d & Appro v d J Quincy Sp J Willard Sec’ry J Belcher Eben r Burrill SULLIVAN. [Constituted from portions of Keene, Gilsum, Stoddard, and Nelson, and incor- porated Sept. 27, 1787. Named in honor of Gen. John Sullivan. A portion of Keene was annexed to Sullivan, Jan. 10, 1794. A few acres of land were severed and annexed to Gilsum July 7, 1874. See XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 490; Index to Laws, 528; sketch, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 340.] [Grant to Aaron Denio.] [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 28, 1735.] / On the Petition of Aaron Denio of Deerfield, who was Capti- vated when that Town was taken by the Indian Enemy Anno 1702, and carried to Canada, which was read and accepted, and in answer to the Petition, Voted, That two hundred acres of the Un- appropriated Lands of the Province in the County of Hampshire, be and hereby is granted to the Petitioner his heirs and assigns, in consideration of the misfortunes and sufferings within mentioned, certified by Joseph Kellogg and Thomas Wells, Esqrs ; that the Petitioner or his Assigns be obliged to bring forward a Settlement on the Lands within three years by building an House thereon of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, and plowing and bringing too and fit for mowing or planting six acres at least of the granted Premisses, and have a family dwelling on said Land in said House ; and that he return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation accordingly. Sent up for Concurrence. SULLIVAN. 317 [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1736.] The Petition of Aaron Dcnio of Deerfield , Captivated by the Indian Enemy Anno 1702, as entred the 2 8//z. of Novertiber last. Read, and in answer to the Petition, Voted , That two hundred acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province in the County of Hampshire, be and hereby is given and granted to the Petitioner his Heirs and Assigns, in consideration of the Misfortunes & Suf- ferings within mentioned, Certified by Joseph Kellogg & Thomas Wells , Esqrs ; that the Petitioner or his Assigns be obliged to bring forward a Settlement on the Lands within three Years, by building an House thereon of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, and plowing and bringing to and fit for mowing or plant- ing six acres at least of the granted Premisses, and have a Family dwelling on said Land in said House, and that he return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for Confirmation accord- ingly- Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 23, and House Journal, June 21, 1738.] A Plat of Two Hundred Acres of Land laid out by Seth Field Survey 1 and Chain men on Oath, to fulfill a grant of this Court to Aaron Denio ; Beginning at a Hemlock Tree five rods to the West- ward of the North East corner of the Upper Ashuelet Township, marked S.F. EF. J N. \ ; thence running North 20°. 00' East two hundred and forty rods to a Beach Tree mark’d ^ S F. J N. then running East 20°.oo / South one hundred and thirty four rods to a Beach Tree mark’d as the last; then South 20°.oo' West, two hundred and forty rods to a Poplar Tree mark’d a J N. then West 20 0 . oo' North, to the first Station. In the House of Represent™ 3 Read and Ordered that the Plat be accepted, and the lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the said Aaron Denio his Heirs and Assigns he or they complying with and fulfilling the conditions of the Grant effectually : Provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of Two Hundred Acres of land, and does not interfere with any former Grant. In Council ; Read and Concur’d Consented to J Belcher 3i8 CHARTER RECORDS. SWANZEY. [Granted by Massachusetts, April 20, 1 733, to Nathaniel Hammond and others, and known as Lower Ashuelot. Incorporated as Swanzey, July 2, 1753. Named from Swanzey, Mass. A triangular tract of land was severed from Richmond and annexed to Swanzey, Dec. 11, 1762. A portion of the northeast section was sev- ered and annexed to Marlborough, Jan. 8, 1794. Thomas Thompson and Thomas Thompson, Jr., with their estates, were set off and annexed to Keene, Dec. 10, 1812. A tract was taken off and combined with portions of other towns to make up the town of Troy, June 23, 1815. A small tract was severed and annexed to Marlborough, Dec. 15, 1842. See New Hampshire charters following: IX, Bouton Town Papers, 785; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 520 ; Index to Laws, 533 ; historical sketch, by Benjamin Read, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 375; History, by Benjamin Read, 1892, pp. 586; as to relations of the town to the Vermont controversy, see Read’s history, pp. 67, 68, and 72.] [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 8, p. 19.] A Plat of a Sartain tract of Land Called the loer township on ashowelet in the countey of hampshire in the province of the Massachusets Bay in new england laid out by order of the Gen- eral Cort to gether with the house lots in number 63 y* 6 acres a piece in Each lot Protrackted by a Scale of one hundred perch to ane inch. Surveyed by the neadle of the instrument hoase lots laid out May the 16 1734 ^ Nathanael Dwight Survey er In the House of Representatives June 15 1734 Read and ordered that this plat with the House lots therein protracted & described be accepted Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp to In Council June 18 1734 Read & concurred Thad Mason Dept Sec 22 Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1734*] The Plat of the lower Township at Ashuelot with the House Lotf therein, delineated, described and protracted by Nathanael Dwight, Surveyor. Read and accepted. Sent up for Concurrence. SWANZEY. 319 [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 259.] Feb 1 ^ 27 : 1737/8 Seth Field Surveyor, Hezekiah Stratton & Gains Field Chain- men under y e Afores d Surveyor Personally Appearing made oath faithfully & truly according to their best Skill & understanding to run and measure y e Line from y e Lower end of merries Medow to Arlington North West Corner & from thence East twelve Degrees South on Arlington North Line befor me Joseph Kellogg Ju st Peace [Mass. House Journal, June 16, 1738.] A Plat of the Town of Hatfield , and a Plat of the Town of Deerfield , both in the County of Hampshire , were presented for Confirmation. And also Another Plat of the Lower Ashuelot Township, so called, accom- panying a Memorial of Capt. Nathanael Hammond & Efhraim Jones, in behalf of the Proprietors of said Township, shewing that the Township of Arlington, so called, greatly interferes with the Lands set forth in the Memorialists Plat, praying the Consideration of the Court, that Equity and Justice may be done thereon All read, and Ordered, That Col. Prescot, Col. Chandler , and Capt. Hobson, be a Committee to inquire into and consider of the Said Plats and Memorial, and Report what may be proper for the Court to do thereon respectively. \_Refort of Committee on Swanzey Petition, iyj 8 .~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 259.] The Com tee On The Petition of Nathaniel Hammond & Ephraim Jones In behalf of y e proprietors of y e Township Called the Lower Ashuelot, having considered the Same And heard the Petitioners thereon find that part of y e Land included in the Plat of S d Town- ship Taken by order of y e Com tee Appointed for that purpose and accepted by this Court is within the Bounds and Plat of Arlington Township Confirmed Some Time before but it not being Duly 320 CHARTER RECORDS. Certifyed that y e Surveyor & Chain men Imployed in y e measure and Survey thereof were under Oath Are of Opinion That a Com tee of this Court be appointed at y e Charge of y e Petitioners (by a Surveyor and Chain men on oath) to take a True Survey of y e Land included within y e bounds of Arlington as afores d and Lay out in A Reguler form an equivalent thereto Adjoyning to said Township if y e Land will allow thereof or otherwise in Some of y e unappropriated Land of y e Province Adjoyning to some Township and Return a plat thereof to this Court within Twelve months for Confirmation to y e Said Proprietors, which is humbly Submitted In the name And by order of y e Com tee June 20 th 1738 Benj a Prescott 20 th Acceptd & Col° prescot & Cap 1 Hobson with such be a Com tee for the purpose &c sent up &c [Mass. House Journal, June 20, 1738.] Col. Prescot from the Committee appointed on the Petition of Capt. Nathanael Hammond and Ephraim Jones , in behalf of the Proprietors of the Lower Ashuelot Township, praying for Relief on Account of the enterfering of Arlington Township so called, with the said Proprietors Town, which was read and accepted ; and for as much as Part of the Land included in the Plat of the said Ashuelot Township taken by Order of this Court is within the Bounds and Plat of Arlington Township, confirmed some time before, but it not being duly certified that the Surveyor and Chain Men employed in the Measure and survey thereof were under Oath, Ordered , That Benjamin Prescot , and John Hobson Esqrs ; with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Com- mittee at the Petitioners Charge, by a Surveyor and Chain Men on Oath, to take a true Survey of the Land included within Arling- ton Bounds as aforesaid, and lay out into a regular Farm an equivalent thereto adjoining to said Township, if the Land will allow thereof, or otherwise in some of the unappropriated Land of the Province adjoining to some Township, and return a Plat there- of to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to the said Proprietors. Sent up for Concurrance. SWANZEY. 321 [Mass. House Journal, June 21, 1738.] Jacob Wendell , Esq; brought down the Petition of Capt. Nathanael Hammond and Ephraim Jones , in behalf of the Lower Ashuelot Township, with the Vote of the House of the twentieth currant thereon. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council June 21 st 1738. Read and concur’d, and John Stoddard , Esq; is joined in the Affair, and that any two of the Committee be a Quorum. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concur’d. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 254, and Court Records, June 21, i 738 -] In the House of Rep ves June 20 th 1738 Read and forasmuch as part of the Land included in the plat of the said Ashuelot township taken by order of the Court is within the bounds and plat of the township, confirmed some time before to Josiah Willard Esq r & others, but it not being duly certified that the surveyor & Chain Men employed in the Measure & survey thereof were under Oath Ordered that Benjamin Prescot and John Hobson with such as the honorable board shall joine be a Com- mittee at the petitioners Charge by a surveyor & Chain Men on Oath to take a true survey of the Land included within the bounds of said Township last mentioned as aforesaid ; and lay out into a regular fform an Equivalent thereto Adjoining to said township, if the Land will allow thereof, or otherwise in some of the unappro- priated land of the province adjoining to some township, and re- turn a plat thereof to this Court within twelve Months for Confir- mation to the said proprietors. Sent up for Concurrence. J Quincy Sp kr In Council ; June 21, 1738 ; Read & Concur’d, And John Stod- dard Esq r is joined in the Affair, And that any two of the Com- mittee be a Quorum. Sent down for Concurrence J Willard Sec’ry. In the House of Rep ves June 21* 1738 Read and Concurd J. Quincy Sp kr 28 : Consented to, J Belcher 21 322 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. i, 1738-9.] On a Motion made and seconded by divers Members, Ordered, That Charles Peirce , Esq ; be added to the Committee on the Petition of Messieurs Hammond and "Jones , in behalf of the Pro- prietors of the Lower- Ashuelot Township, praying for relief on Account of the interfering of Arlington Township so called, with the Petitioners, appointed the last Session of the Court ; Benjamin Prescot , Esq ; one of the said Committee being since deceased. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 260, and Court Records Jan. 5, 1738-9.] In the House of Rep ves J an ry I st 1738 On a Motion made and seconded by divers Members Ordered that Charles peirce Esq r be Added to the Committee on the petition of Mess rs Hammond and Jones in behalf of the proprietors of the lower Ashuelot township praying for relief on Account of the in- terfering of Arlington township so called with the petitioners town- ship, appointed the last Session of the Court, Benjamin prescot Esq r one of the said Committee being Since deceased. Sent up for Concurrence J. Quincy Sp kr In Council January 5, 1738. Read & Concur’d. And Thomas Berry Esq r is added to the Said Committee in the Room of John Stoddard Esq r who has ex- cused himself from that Service. Sent down for Concurrence Simon Frost D. Sec ry In the House of Rep ve Jan? 5 1738 Read & Concurd. J. Quincy Sp kr 8 : Consented to J Belcher [ ' Re fort of Committee on Disputed Territory , [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 440.] The Committee Appointed to take a Survey of the Lands in- cluded in the Bounds of the Lower Ashuelot, that Lyes within the Township of Earlington so Called now Winchester and Lay out an Equivalent thereto, Have attended the said Service Carefully SWANZEY. 323 Viewed the Lands and Caused the same to be Measured and find it Contains 3141 Acres and as an Equivalent therefor have caused to be Laid out 9423 Acres adjoyning to said Ashuelot Township a plan whereof is herewith Exhibited, all which is humbly Submitted in the Name and by order of the Committee Boston July 6 th 1738 Thomas Berry — In Council July 6, 1739 Read & Send down Simon Frost Dep 4 Sec ry In the House of Rep ves July 6 th 1739 Read & the Question was put whither the plat shall be Accept d It passed in the Negative Mass : ss. April 20 1739 Then John Stevens as Surveyor, Jeremiah Hall and Seth Heaton, as Chainmen made Solemn Oath that in Surveying the Lands in- cluded in the Plat of the Lower Ashuelot that Lyes within the Township of Earlington so Called, and in Surveying and Laying Out an Equivalent therefor they would Severally Act according to their Best Skill and Judgement therein Before Thomas Berry J Pacis [. Description of Equivalent Land, [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 441.] ^Y 0 * V'Y' 0 0 3 -ft V > % b it XS\ 2 * * n K Co (£ -V , >• O - se '1 £ 0 Run Run TJuat 3* eo bcuf/i ? cn 7V CHARTER RECORDS. 3H This Plot Contains Nine thousand four hundred and Twenty- three acres of Land and was Laid out by the order of Thomas Berry Esq r and others In Considerration of Three thousand and one hundred and forty' one acres of Land Taken out of the Lower Ashuelet by Earlington line and Bounded as folows — (viz) — Be- gining at A Beach Tree marked In the line of Said Lower Ashuelet about Three miles and forty Pole from the North East Corner and Run East : 38 Degrees South : 5 miles To a Large white Burch and from thence Run North 38 East Two Miles Three hundred and Two pole To a White Oake Corner from thence Run West 38, Degrees North five miles To the line of ashuelet afore Said To a Beach Tree a bout Sixty Pole from the Corner of Said Town Then on Said Town line To the Corner whear it first Be- gun with the Common Allowance of aboute Twelve Chains To a mile for Sagg of Chain — Surveyed Aprile 1739 ^ John Stevens Surveyer TEMPLE. [Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, June 30, 1750, as Peterborough Slip , also known as Sliptown, which included the town of Sharon. Incorporated as Temple, Aug. 26, 1768. Named in honor of John Temple. A dispute about a strip of land between this town and New Ipswich, terminated in favor of Temple. “Borland’s Farm” was annexed Jan. 12, 1781. A portion of Peterborough was annexed to Temple, Jan. 29, 1789. A large tract was^severed from Lyndeborough and annexed to Temple June 11, 1796. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following volumes ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 547 ; Index to Laws, 540 ; historical sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 672.] [Grant to Tyng, Nelson, and Alden.] [Mass. House Journal, June 9, 1736.] The Petition of Edward Tyng of Boston , Merchant, Temple Nelson , and Nathanael Alden of Boston , for themselves and others, the heirs of Col. Edward Tyng deceased, John Nelson, Esq; deceased, and Capt. John Alden , deceased, praying the con- sideration of the Court for the deceased’s extraordinary services and sufferings, they having suffered a long and tedious Captivity in France , the said Col. Tyng dying in a Dungeon there, as entred TEMPLE. 325 the 2 6 th of March last, and the 4 th, currant. Read again, and the subject matter there of being duly considered, Voted , that twelve hundred acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province be and hereby is granted to the Petitioners their heirs and assigns respec- tively, that is to say, to the heirs of the said Col. Tyng, deceased, and their assigns four hundred acres part thereof ; to the heirs of the said John Nelson , Esq; deceased, and their assigns, four hundred acres part thereof ; and to the heirs of the said John Alden deceased, and their assigns, the residue and remainder thereof; and that the Petitioners be allowed and impowred to return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation accord- ingly. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 22, 1736.] The Petition oi Edward Tyng of Boston , Merchant, and others, praying the Consideration of the Court on account of the Services and Sufferings of Edward Tyng , Esq ; John Nelson Esq ; and Capt. John Alden , all of Boston , with the Vote of the House of the ninth of June last thereon. Read again, and in answer to the Petition, Voted , That two thousand one hundred Acres of the un- appropriated Lands of the Province lying West of Salem Canada Town, and Northerly of Ifswich new Township, be and hereby is granted to the Petitioners the Heirs and legal Representatives of the within named Edward Tyng Esq; John Nelson , Esq; and Capt. John Alden , deceased, and that they be allowed and im- powred by a Surveyor and two Chain-men under Oath to take a Plat thereof, and return the same to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to the said Petitioners, to be held in three equal Parts by them, viz. seven hundred Acres to the Heirs and legal Representatives of the said Edward Tyng , Esq ; and the like quantity to the Heirs and legal Representatives of the said John Nelson , Esq; and the residue of the Grant to the Heirs and legal Representatives of the said John Alden , deceased. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 12, 1736-7.] The Petition of Edward Tyng of Boston , and others, the Heirs of Col. Edward Tyng , John Nelson, Esq ; and Capt. John Alden , 326 CHARTER RECORDS. all of Boston , deceased, with the Vote of the House of the 22 d ult. thereon, Pass’d in Council viz. In Council "January 12 th 1736. Read and concur’d with the Amendments, viz . dele at K—two thousand one hundred— and add-one thousand two htmdred- dele at B -seven hundred- and add -four hundred. Sent down for Con- currence. Read and concur’d with the further Amendments, viz. dele the Words at Y -and northerly of Ipswich new Township. Sent up for Concurrence. fMass. Court Records, Jan. 12, 1736-7.] A petition of Edward Tyng Temple Nelson & Nathanael Alden, praying for a Grant of a Tract of province Land for themselves and the other heirs of their Respective fathers, in consideration of the Great Charge & Sufferings of their said Fathers in a long Captivity in France being in the Service of the province when taken — In the House of Represent 3, Read and In Answer to this petition Ordered that twelve hundred Acres of the Unappropriated Lands of the province, lying West of Salem Canada Town, be & hereby are granted to the pet r3 the heirs & legal Represent 3 of the within named Edward Tyng Esq r John Nelson Esq r & Cap 1 John Alden dec'ed and that they be Allowed by a Survey 1 and two Chainmen on Oath to take a plat thereof apd Return the same to this Court within twelve months for confirmation to the said pet 1,3 to be held in three Equal parts viz 1 four hundred Acres to the heirs & Legal Represent 3 of the said Edward Tyng Esq r the like quantity to the heirs & legal Represent 3 of the said John Nelson Esq r and the Residue of the Grant to the heirs and Legal Represent 3 of the said Cap 1 John Alden dec’ed — In Council Read & Concurr’d Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 29, 1737*] A Plat of twelve hundred Acres of Land Surveyed and laid out by James Chandler Surveyor, and two Chain-Men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court, as entred the 12th. of January last, made to the Heirs and legal Representatives of Edward Tyng r TEMPLE. 327 Esq ; John Nelson , Esq ; and Capt. John Alden , deceased, adjoin- ing to Salem Canada Town, &c. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are accordingly confirmed, viz. Four hundred Acres thereof at the southerly End called Number One , to the Heirs and legal Representatives of the said John Alden , deceased, and to their Heirs and Assigns respectively for ever; Four hun- dred Acres thereof adjoining to Number One , called Number Two , to the Heirs and legal Representatives of John Nelson, Esq; de- ceased, and to their Heirs and Assigns respectively for ever ; and the other four hundred Acres called Number Three , to the legal Heirs and Representatives of Edward Tyng , Esq ; deceased, and to their Heirs and Assigns respectively for ever ; provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of twelve hundred Acres of Land, ex- clusive of swag of Chain, and does not interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 12, 1737-8.] A Plat of Twelve Hundred Acres of Land laid out by James Chandler Survey 1 and Chainmen on Oath, to fulfill a Grant made by this Court to the Heirs of Edward Tyng Esq r John Nelson Esq r and Cpt. John Alden ; Beginning at a Hemlock Tree twenty three rods South of Salem Canada Township South West corner ; thence running North by the needle Six Hundred rods (577 rods on the West Line of said Town) to a Beach Tree mark’d ; then West Three hundred and twenty Rods to a Maple Tree marked ; then South six hundred rods to a Beach Tree mark’d ; then East Three hundred and twenty rods to the Hemlock Tree where it first began. [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. 1.] The within Plats Describeth Twelve hundred Acres of Land Layed out the seventh Day of September 1737 to satisfie a Grant of the Great and General Courte the twelth Day of January 1736/7 to the heirs of Cor 11 Edward Ting John Nelson Esq r and Capt John Aldin all of Boston Deceased It begneth at a hemlock Tree 328 CHARTER RECORDS [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. 1.] TEMPLE. 329 23 Rods south of salam Canada Township south west corner then Runing north by the nedle 600 Rods 577 Rods on salam Canada Town west Line to a Beach Tree marked then west 320 to a maple Tree marked then Runing south 600 Rods to Beach Tree marked then East 320 Rods to a hemlock Tree whare it first began it is bound d East on salam Canada Town 577 Rods Every other way Bounded on Province Land thare is one Chain allowed in thirty for swag of Chain Protracked by a scale of forty Rods to an Inch by James Chandler survayr [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. 1, and Court Records, Jan. 12, 1737-8.] In the House of Rep ves Dec 1 ’ 29 th 1737 Read and Ordered that the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein delineated and de- scribed be and hereby are accordingly Confirmed viz* flour hundred Acres thereof at the southerly End called Number One to the Heirs and legal Representatives of the said John Alden dec d and to their heirs and assigns respectively for Ever ; Four hundred Acres thereof Adjoining to Number One called Number Two, to the heirs and legal Representatives of the said John Nelson Esq r dec d and to their heirs and Assigns Respectively for Ever; and the other Four hundred Acres called Number Three to the legal Heirs and Representatives of said Edward Tyng deceased and to their heirs and Assigns respectively for Ever ; provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of twelve hundred Acres of Land exclusive of Swagg of Chain and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr In Council Jan ry 12. 1737 Read and Concurr’d J Willard Sec’ry 13 : Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 12, p. 1.] middlesex ss : Concord Sep* io* h 1737 The above named James Chandler personaly appeared & maid oath that the within Survay of the within mentioned Twelve hundred acers is don Justly & truly according to the best of his Scill and Judgment 330 CHARTER RECORDS. and that James Barrett & daniell Toms personally appeared & maid oath that in Carying the Chain in the within Survay that they had don it Justly & truly accord to the Best of their Scill and Judgment Before me John Flint Justice of peace WALPOLE. [This town was Number 3 in the line of towns on the east side of Connecticut River. Granted by Massachusetts, Nov., 1736, to John Flint and others. Granted by New Hampshire, Feb. 13, 1752, to Benjamin Bellows and others, and incorporated as Walpole. Named from an English town. It was also sometimes called Great Falls and Bellows-town. The charter was renewed March 12, 1761. The privilege of a ferry across the Connecticut at this place was granted to Ben- jamin Bellows, Aug. 18, 1773. Col. Enoch Hale, of Rindge, was authorized to build a toll-bridge over the Connecticut at Bellows Falls, Dec. 31, 1783. A tract of land from the north part of the town was combined with a part of Charlestown to make up the town of Langdon, Jan. 11, 1787. See New Hampshire charters following ; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 592 ; Index to Laws, 566; sketch, by M. A. Bellows, 4, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, p. 124; Walpole As It Was And As It Is, 1749 to 1879, by George Aldrich, 1880, pp. 404, particularly p. 20, as to grant of Walpole territory by authority of New York; historical sketch, by same author, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 405 ; History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn, by Payne Kenyon Kilbourne, 1856, pp. 444 and 44, particularly p. 81, as to settlement of Walpole by-John Kilbourn ; Narratives and Traditions of the Bellows Family, by Emily R. Barnes, 1888, pp. 384.] [Mass. House Journal, Oct. 14, 1730.] A Petition of John Flint Esq; and others, Inhabitants of the Towns of Concord , Groton , Littleton , Lexington and West/or d , praying for a Tract of Land of six Miles square on the West of Monadnock , on the Easterly Branch of Ashawelet River, or in any other Place as shall be thought fit, for the Ends and Reasons there- in mentioned. Read, and referred to the next Session for further Consideration. WALPOLE. 331 [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 3, 1735.] On the Petition of John Flint , Esq ; and others of Concord , Groton , Littleton , &c. praying for Lands, as entred the 14/^. of October 1730, and referred, which was read and accepted, and the House came into the Grant of a Township of the contents aforesaid, on the East side of Connecticut River below the great Falls, on the same Conditions of Settlement with the former Grant* Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Sept. 27, 1739.] A Petition of Benjamin Reed , Samuel Whittemore , and Nathan- ael Ball , a Committee of the Proprietors of the Township Number Three, lying on the Eastward side of Connecticut River, for and in behalf of said Proprietors, praying the Favour of this Court that they may be allowed three Years longer to fulfil the Conditions of the Grant of said Township, for the Reasons mentioned. Read and referred to the next sitting of this Court. \_Petition of Proprietors of Walpole for Equivalent Grant , 2772.} [Mass. Archives, Vol. 118, p. 610.] Province of the Massachusetts-Bay To His Excellency Tho s Hutchinson Esq r Cap 1 General & Gov r in Cheife in and over his Majesties Province afores d & to the Hon le his majesties Council & house of Representatives in Gen 1 Court assembled at Cambridge May 1772 — Humbly shews — That the great & general Court for s d Province at their sessions in Nov r 1736, did grant To Jn° Flynt Esq r & others a Township of Six miles Square on the East side of & adjoining to Connecticut River, Called by the name of N° 3. — That S d Court did fully Im- power the s d Jn° Flynt Esq r to assemble the Grantees of s d Town- ship N° 3. — in order to Choose a Com tee to allot out and Divid the S d Lands & to pass such Votes & ordors as they sh d think most Conducive for the Speedy fullfillment of the Conditions of s d Grant — That s d Prop 18 did accordingly proceed & Choose a Com tee for 332 CHARTER RECORDS. the purposes afores d & with great Expence of Time & mony lay out s d Township, & allot out the same agreeable to the ordor of the s d Cort — That s d Prop™ did after Wards with great Expence of Time and money as afores d proceed & lay out Convenient Roads Clear Land & Endeavour the bringing forward the Settle- ment of s d Township untill the Indian War prevented their farther proceedings & afterwards your Petitioners were intirely Dispos- sessed of the same by the Running of the province Line to their great Detriment & Loss — Wherefore your Petitioners in behalf of themselves & s d prop rs of s d Township humbly pray y r Excellency & hon r8 would take their Case into v r wise Consideration & make them a grant of some of the unappropriated Lands of this province adequate to their Loss and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray Sam 1 Whittemore Amos Lawrance Will m Munroe William Cutler Joseph Adams Tho 3 Adams The Names of the Grantees of Walpole viz* Benjamin Bellows Joshua Moor John Stearns Benj a Gary Amos Kimball William Stearns Robert Clerk Joseph Goodridge Moses Gould Jun r Benj a Taylor Benj a Bellows Jun r John Averill Jerath 1 Powers John Taylor Jon a Bradstreet Jun 1 ' John Darling Jun r Thomas Brown Joseph Win William Nutting Society Share Theodore Atkinson John Downing Eben r Harris Levi Willard Thom s Stearns Tim° Bancroft Ephraim Kimball John Litch John Spafford Nehem h Gould Jon a Weatherby Samuel Johnson Jun r Tim° Harrington Stanton Prentice Sam 11 Moor Joseph Bellows Moses Gould Paul Crocker William Spear Joseph Blodgit Jun r John Darling Ministerial Share Rich d Wibird Sampson Sheaffe Copy Abijah Willard Abel Willard Sam 11 Gibbs Samuel Hunt Paul Weatherby Jon a .Willard Barzilli Willard Caleb Willard Peter Bellows William Down Abijah Stearns John Bellows Jonah Moor Joseph Stearns Benj a Stearns John Russell Sampson French Josh a Willard Benns Wentworth 500 ac 9 Glebe Share Samuel Smith Jn° Wentworth Jun r Theod r Atkinson Sec^ WALPOLE. 33 3 In the House of Representatives June 29, 1773 on the Petition of Sam 1 Whittemore & others In behalf of them- selves & others Propriators of a Township of the Contents of Six Miles Square, Granted to John Flint Esqr & others on the East Side of Connecticut river known by the name of N° 3 It appearing" that the Propriators of S d Township Expended Much Labour & Money in Clearing Roads & bringing forward the Settlement of S d Township, & that the whole of S d Township fell within the lim- mits of Newhampshier on Runing the line between this Province & Newhampshier for which the Grantees have Receiv’d no Con- sideration from this Province or the Province of Newhampshier Therefore Resolved in lieu thereof, there be Granted to the Petitioners & the legal Representatives or assigns of the origanal Grantees, a Township of Seven Miles Square in the unapropri- ated lands belonging to this Province Provided that the Grantees within Six years Settle thirty families in S d Town And lay out one Sixty fourth part of S d Township for the first Setled Minister, and one Sixtyfourth part for the Ministry & one Sixtyfourth part for the Grammer School and one other Sixty- fourth part for the use of Harvard College Provided also that the S d Township be lay’d out on Such a part of the unapropriated lands belonging to this Province (excepting the Tract petition d for by the proprietors of Suncook) adjoyning to Some former grant to the Eastward of Saco River, & that they return a plan thereof into the Secretary’s office, by a Surveyor and Chainmen under oath within twelve monts for Confirmation Sent up for Concurrence T Cushing Spk r In Council June 29 th 1773 read & ordered that the Consideration of this Grant be referred to the Next Sitting of the General Court Sent down for Concurrence Tho 3 Flucker Sec r In the House of Representatives June 29, 1773 Read & Nonconcurred & the House Adhere to their own Vote Sent up for Concurrence T Cushing Spk r In Council June 29 th 1773- Read & Nonconcurred Jn° Cotton D. Secr’y [In February 1774, Samuel Whittemore and Amos Lawrence again petitioned the General Court, and were granted the town- ship of Baldwin Me., under the same conditions as above ex- pressed.] 334 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to Jonathan Belcher.] [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1735-6.] Two Plats containing one thousand acres of Land lying on each side of Connecticut River , viz. six hundred acres thereof lying on the East side of the River, and begins at two Butter nut Trees marked J. B. standing on the Bank of said Connecticut River at the lower end of the third Interval Meadow from Cold River , from whence it runs an East Line one hundred thirty- four perches, then North four hundred and seventy perches to a Corner, thence West ninety five perches to a Butter nut Tree marked J. B. on the bank of the River; the Plat containing four hundred acres being opposite to the former tract on the West side the River of Connecticut , beginning at two white Pines marked J. B. about one hundred and thirty perch above the Brook in the lower part of the second Interval Meadow below the Great Falls, from thence West two hundred and twenty perch, thence South three hundred and five perch, thence East thirteen degrees and thirty minutes North, two hundred and seventy perch to a Pitch Pine on the bank of the River, formerly surveyed and laid out by Ebenezer Hinsdale , Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of the Court to His Excellency the Governour, as equivalent for what was laid out at a place called by the name of Merry Meadow, but not confirmed, was now presented for allowance to satisfy a Grant of one thousand acres of Land made to His Excellency in the present sitting of the Court, for the reasons therein mentioned. Read and Ordered , That these Plats be and hereby are accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described, and lying on each side of Connecticut River, be and are hereby confirmed to His Excellency JONATHAN BELCHER, Esq ; Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts Bay and to his heirs and assigns for ever, in satis- faction of a Grant of this Court in their present sitting of one thousand acres of Land made to His Excellency, for the Services of His Brother Mr. Andrew Belcher, deceas’d, in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, provided the Plats exceed not the quantity of one thousand acres of Land, as it lays on each side of Connecti- cut River, and does not interfere with any former Grant, anything contained in the form of the return notwithstanding. Sent up for Concurrence. WARNER. 335 WARNER. [This town was Number i in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, and was granted Jan. 16, 1735-6, to Thomas Stevens and others, many of whom were from Amesbury, Mass. The town was called New Amesbury . Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, March 14, 1749-50, to Richard Jenness and others, inhabitants of Rye, and called Jenness-town and Rye-iown. Regranted Dec. 24, 1767, to Jonathan Barnard and others. Incorporated as Warner, Sept. 3, 1774, and named in honor of Col. Jonathan Warner, of Portsmouth. Kear- sarge Gore was annexed June 13, 1818. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 789; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 612; Index to Laws, 568; historical sketch, by Moses Long, 3, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 179; History, by Walter Harriman, 1879, PP- 581; historical sketch, by Fred Myron Colby, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1886, p. 653.] {List of Proprietors of No, /, [Mass. Archives, Vol. 115, p. 571.] At a meeting of y e propriators of y e Township No 1 oct br y e 7 : 1736 at y e same meeting mr Edmund March was Chosen mod- rator for s d meeting — at y e same meeting voted to Chuse five men to Lay out 63 Lots in s d Township at y e Same meeting David Ring & others was Chosen a Com- mittee to Lay s d Lots — at y e same meeting voted to Leave it to y e Commitee to Lay out s d Lots in Quantity & Quality as y e Land will best allow of — at a meeting of y e propriators of y e Township N° 1 Novem br y e 25 : 1736 mr pain Winget was Chosen modrator for s d meeting — at y e Same meeting y e Com tee Brought in a Returne that they had Laid out 63 Lots of 40 acres to Each Lot in four Ranges which was Rec d in & voted & y e Lots Drawn as followeth 336 CHARTER RECORDS. the first Range Cap 1 Richard Currier Tho 3 Stevens Elezar Wells Jacob Currier Daniel Ring Moses Sargent Jerem ah Flanders Ichabod Colby mr pain Winget Jona th Barnard James ordway Philip Quimby John Sargent Nemiah ordway y e scholl Lot Joseph Quimby the third Range Joseph Jewell John Hoyt John Jewell Elihu Gould Caleb Clough y e first minestr Stephen Merrel Nath 11 Chandler John Challis Aaron Rowell M r Edumond March Jona th Currier Tho 3 Meekins Orlando Colby y e second minestry John Stevens Francis Davis acrs the second Range acrs y e jet 40 John Pressey y e 1 40 y e 2 40 Jona th Pressey y e 2 40 y e 3 40 Sam 11 Colby y e 3 d y e 3 40 y e 4 40 David Rines y e 6 4 ° y e 5 40 Joseph Currier y e 7 40 y e 6 40 Sam 11 Barnard J y e 8 40 y e 7 40 Jona th Blasdel y e 9 40 y e 8 40 Sam 11 Parsons y e 10 40 y e 9 40 John Hoyt J y« 11 4 ° y e 10 40 Willi m Nickalls y e 12 1 40 y e 11 40 Jarves Ring y e 434° y e 12 40 Sephen Patten y e T 4 4 ° y e 13 40 Willi m Straw y e i 5 Ho y e H 40 John Jewell J y e I 6 4 ° y e i 5 40 Daniel Currier y e J 7 4 ° y e 16 40 Joseph Peaslea y e 18 40 Sam 11 Straw y e x 94° John Allen y e 2040 the fourth Range y e 1 40 John Nickalls y e 1 40 y e 2 40 Isaac Chandler y e 2 40 y e 3 40 Benj a Tucker y e 3 40 y e 4 40 Jacob Fowller y® 4 40 y e 5 40 Timo 111 Cojby y e 5 40 y e 6 40 Timo th Sargent y e 6 40 y e 7 40 Gideon Rowell y e 7 40 y e 8 4 ° Tho 3 Rowell y e 8 40 y e 914 ° Stephen Sargent y e 9 40 y e 10 40 Jacob Sargent y e 10 40 y e 11 40 Joseph Jones y e 11 40 y e 12 40 Sam 11 Flanders y e 1 2 40 y e 16 4 ° y e 17:40 y e 18 40 y e 19 40 y e 20 4° At a meeting of y e propriators of y e Township N° i March y e 15 •' I 737 — at y e Same meeting John Hoyt was chosen Modrator for s d meeting — at y e Same meeting it was proposed whither Joseph Jewell WARNER. 337 Timo th Colby & Isaac Chandler shall be a Com tee to go & view s d Township & acording to their best descression Lay out Sixty three Lots in order for setlment & make their Return within three months to y e propriators of s d Township — Voted on y e affermative — at a meeting of y e propriators of ye Township N° i June y e 23 : 1 738 John Hoyt was Chsen Modrator for s d meeting : at y e same meeting y e Com tee Brought in their Return that they had Laid out 63 Lot in s d Township of about five acres to Each & was Rec d in & voted & y e Lots Drawn which are as followeth viz Cap* Richard Currier John Allen John Hoyt J Jacob Currier first Minister Willim Nickalls Joseph Quimby Sam 11 Barnard J John Challis J Joseph Parsons Edmund March y e school Lot Elezer Wells Stephen Patten Neam ah ordway Jona th Currier John Jewell J Daniel Currier Daniel Ring for the second ministry francis Davis m r Sam 11 Persons Jacob fouller Tho 3 Stevens Joseph jewel Joseph Currier j Cap 1 John Sargant Moses Sargant Jonathan Barnerd John jewell Timothy Sargant — James ordway 22 y e 1 Joseph Jones y e 20 y e 2 Jona th Blasdel y e 21 y e 3 Sam 11 Flanders y e 22 y e 4 John Nickalls y e 23 y e 5 David Ring y e 24 y e 6 Orlando Colby y e 25 y e 7 Elihu Gould y e 26 y e 8 Stephen Merriel y e 27 y e 9 John Pressey y e e 28 y e 10 John Stevens y 29 y e 11 Caleb Clough y e 30 y e 12 Stephen Sargent y e 3i y e 13 Willi m Straw y e 32 y e Benj a Tucker y e 33 y e 15 Aaron Rowell y e 34 y c 16 Jona th Pressey y e 35 y e *7 Gideon Rowell y e 36 y e 18 John Hoyt y e 37 y e T 9 Jarves Ring y e 38 39 Sam 11 Colby the 52 the 40 M r Pain Wingeate the 53 the 4 1 Sam 11 Straw the 54 the 42 Philip Quenby the 55 the 43 Ichabod Colby the 56 the 44 Nath a 11 Chandler the 57 the 45 Isaac Chandler the 58 the 46 Jacob Sargant the 59 the 47 Jeremiah flanders the 60 the 48 Timothy Colby the 61 the 49 Tho 3 Meekings the 62 5o Tho 3 Rowell Esq r the 63 the 5i 1 338 CHARTER RECORDS. [ Votes of Proprietors of No. /, //j#.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 115, p. 568.] at a meeting of y e propriators of y e Township N° 1 March 21, 1738 at y e same meeting Tho 3 Rowell was Chosen Modrator for sd meeting : at y e same meeting voted to pay orlando Colby Joseph Jewell & John Challis one Hundred pounds in province Bills of y e old tener to Build a good & serviseble Saw mill on y e Township No 1 on y e falls Called Blackwater River by y e Last day of august next at a meeting of y e propriators of y e Township No 1 March y e 21, 1738 at y e same meeting Capt Tho 8 Rowell was Chosen mod- rator for 1 meeting — at y e same Jona th Blasdel & Jona th Barnard was Chosen to goo to y e Township No 1 & view y e saw mill now in Building & y e high way now Cleard to sd township & y e place for y e Dam at a meeting of y e propriators of y e Township No 1 May y e 12, 1740 Joseph Jewell Chosen Modrator for sd meeting at y e same meeting voted & Resolved to give Ezekel Morrel Sixty pounds Bills of Credit for Building a Dam & doom at y e saw mill in y e Township N° 1 according to Bond. at a meeting of y e propriators of y e Township N° 1 December y e 18 1749 Cap 1 John Hoyt Chosen modrator for sd meeting — at y e same meeting voted to Build five houses on sd Township at y e Corst of y e propriators of y e Dimentions according to y e Cort act — at y e same meeting voted that y e five houses voted to be Built on y e s d Township shall be compleated on or Before y e Last day of January next — January 26 : 1749 we y e subscribers persuant to y e above s d vote have Built four houses on s d Township agreable to y e order of Court & according to y e above s d vote Tho 3 Colby Jarves Ring Moses Morriel Gidon Straw the afore going is a True Copy taken out of y e propriators Book in y e Township N° 1 attest Jona th Barnard propriators Clark — Essex ss March y e 20 : 1750 the above named Jonathan Barnard was Sworn Before me Tho 3 Rowell Justice a peace WE ARE. 339 WASHINGTON. [This town was Ntimber 8 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Granted by the Masonian Pro- prietors, Dec. 11, 1752, to Capt. Peter Prescott and others. Regranted March 1 7, 1768, to Reuben Kidder and others. The charter was renewed Feb. 5, 1772. The town was variously known as Monadnock No. 8, New Concord, and Camden, until it was incorporated as Washington, Dec. 13, 1776, and named in honor of George Washington. A portion was combined with New Bradford and Washing- ton Gore to make up the town of Bradford, Sept. 27, 1787. The line between Washington and Lempster was established Nov. 27, 1812. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 626 ; Index to Laws, 569 ; The Late Centenarian of, with a Brief History of the Town, by George Bancroft Griffith, 3, Granite Monthly, p. 536; History, 1768-1886, compiled by a committee chosen by the town, 1886, pp. 696; historical sketch, by George M. Gage, Hurd’s History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 391.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 27, 1738.] The Petition of Caleb Bloggett , in Behalf of the Proprietors of the Township called Number Eight , in the Line of Towns from Rumford to the Great Falls on Connecticut River, shewing that the Lands in said Township are so rocky and mountainous on a View thereof, that renders the Settlement impracticable, praying they may be allowed to take up a Tract of Land in lieu of the aforesaid Township, lying southward thereof, &c . Read and Referred to the next sitting of the Court for consider- ation. [Mass. House Journal, June 26, 1739.] A Petition of Caleb Bloggett for himself and the other Propri- etors of the Township Number Eight, in the Line of Towns, shewing that the Land there is so rough and mountanous that upon a careful View thereof it has been found impracticable to make a Settlement agreeable to the Conditions of the Grant, as entred the 27 th of December last and referred. WEARE. [This town was granted by Massachusetts, June 19, 1735, to Robert Hale, peti- tioning for Capt. William Raymond’s men, and was called Beverly- Canada , and Hale's-town. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Sept. 20, 1749, to Ichabod Robie and others, and called at times Robid s-iown and Wearers -town. Incorpor- 34 ° CHARTER RECORDS. ated as Weare, Sept. 21, 1764, and named in honor of Meshech Weare. The line between Weare and Dunbarton was established July 2, 1853. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 791 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 637; Index to Laws, 571 ; historical sketch by William Little, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 678 ; History, 1735 t0 1888, by town committee, 1888, pp. 1064.] [Mass. House Journal, April 11, 1735.] A Petition of Robert Hale of Beverly , Esq ; in behalf of the Canada Soldiers under the more immediate command of Capt. William Rayment of Beverly, and also of such other Soldiers, In- habitants of said Town, who were in the Canada Expedition at the same time, viz . Anno 1690, praying that in consideration of the great hardships and fatigues they then underwent in and for the Service of their Country, they may obtain a Grant of six miles square of Land under such restrictions and limitations as to the Court may seem meet. Read and Ordered , That John Chandler , Samuel Welles , and Daniel Ejpes, Esqrs ; and Mr. Webb, are de- sired to prepare a proper Vote for bringing forward the Settle- ment of the premisses, and make report thereon. [Mass. House Journal, April 16, 1735.] Col. Chandler from the Committee appointed the nth. currant, on the Petition of Robert Hale, Esq ; in behalf of some Canada Soldiers, under the Command of the late Capt. William Rayment of Beverly, deceased, and others, made report, which was read and accepted, and Voted, That a tract of the unappropriated Lands of the Province of the contents of six miles square be and hereby is granted to the Petitioners their heirs and assigns respec- tively, for a Township, to lay in r>ome suitable place so as not to spoil or incommode the Settlement of another Town, and that the Grantees be and hereby are obliged to bring forward the Settle- ment of the said Township in as regular and defensible manner as the situation and circumstances of the place will admit of in the following manner, viz . That each Grantee his heirs or assigns build an House on his respective Lot or Share, of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, and plow and bring to english Grass and fit for mowing six acres of Land, and that they settle a learned and orthodox Minister, and build a convenient Meeting House for the publick Worship of GOD and lay out one WEARE. 34 1 sixty third part of the Township for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School, and that they comply with all these Conditions within five years. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 19, and House Journal, June 10, I 735-] A Petition of Robert Hale Esq r in behalf of the officers & Sol- diers that were in the Expedition Against Canada in the Year 1690 Under the Command of Cap 1 William Raymond, most of whom belonged to the Town of Beverly, which Town has had no Grant of land from the Province excepting, some few Narragansett Soldiers, and the heirs of the Pet rs Grandfather, that the said Soldiers in the Canada Expedition endured Great hardship ; And therefore praying for a Grant of land of Six miles Square for a Township for the said Soldiers & their Represent In the House of Represent 3, Read & in Answer to this petition Voted That a tract of the Unappropriated Lands of the Prov- ince of the Contents of Six Miles Square be & hereby is Granted to the pet r8 their heirs and assigns Respectivly for a Township, to lye in some Suitable place so as not to Spoil or incommode the Settlement of another Town, and that the Grantees be & hereby are obliged to bring forward the Settlement of the said Township in as Regular and Defensible a manner as the Situation & Cir- cumstances of the place will Admit of, in the following manner, viz 4 that each Grantee or his heirs or assignes build an house on his Respective Lot or share of Eighteen feet Square and Seven feet Stud at the Least, and plow and bring to English Grass & fit for mowing, Six Acres of Land ; and that they Settle a Learned Orthodox Minister and Build a Convenient Meeting house for the Publick Worship of God, That one Sixty third part of the Town- ship be and hereby is Granted to the first Settled Minister, the like quantity for the use of the Ministry, and the like quantity also for the use of the School ; in all the divisions of the said Township ; That the said Grantees be and hereby are obliged to Comply with all the Conditions within five Years; and that Robert Hale and John Wainwright Esq rs with such as shall be Appointed by the Hon ble Board, be a Com tee to lay out the said Township, at the Charge of the Province ; and the committee is directed to take Bond of each Grantee of Twenty pounds for the fulfillment of the 34 2 CHARTER RECORDS. Conditions aforesaid, the bonds to be made to the Province Treas- urer and in Case any of the Grantees fail of the performance of his Grant, such person shall forfeit all Right Title or pretence thereto to the Province to be disposed of as this Court shall think proper; The Com tee to Return a Plat of the said Township to this Court within twelve months for Confirmation In Council Read & Concurr’d and Ebenezer Burrill Esq r is Joined w th the Com tee of the House for the above Affair. — [Mass. House Journal, June 19, 1735.] John Jeffries , Esqr ; brought down the Petition of Robert Hale, Esq ; in behalf of sundry Canada Soldiers and Officers of Beverly , Anno 1690, with the Vote of the House of the \oth. currant thereon, Pass’d in Council viz. In Council June 19^/z 1735. Read and concur’d with the Amendment, viz. dele the words — with the -first Divis on or Home-Lots — and insert — at the Charge of the Province, and the Committee is directed to take Bond of each Grantee of Twenty Pounds for the fulfilment of the Conditions aforesaid , the Bonds to be made to the Treasurer of the Province and in case any of the Grantees shall fail of the -performance of his Grant, such Person shall forfeit all his Right Title and Pretence thereto to the Province, to be disposed of as this Court shall think proper; and that Ebenezer Burrell, Esq: be joined with the Committee of the House on the affair. Sent down for Concurrence Read and concur’d [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 9, p. 14.] This plan is the Draught of a track of Land laid out Laiying on the Wast sid of Mereymak River adjoning the South sid to a Township Latly Surveyd by Jerahmeel Cummings and laid out to setesfy a grant made by the General Courtt to Cap 4 William Ray- ment and others at there sessions in May 1735, and Contains 24682 acres being of Contants of six miles square with the adition of 1642 acars allowed for Swag of Chaine and Bad Land. Sorveyed by me William Gregg — Sorveyer Londondery febrwary 17 th 1735 WEARE. 343 Essex ss : ffebruary 17 th 1735. Then William Gregg as Sur- vey 1 and Isaac Gray and Jeremiah Butman as Chainmen who laid out the Land above described made Oath that in performing said Service they acted faithfully and truly according to the Several Trusts respectively reposed in them. before Rich d Saltonstall Jus Pac 3 In the House of Representatives March 19 th 1735. Read and Ordered that the plat be accepted and the Lands therein delin- eated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the officers and soldiers or to the Heirs, descendants, or lawfull Representa- tives of Such as are deceased in the Comp a of the said Cap* William Rayment late of Beverly deceased and the other Grantees mentioned in the petition of Robert Hale Esq r in their behalf passed this Court in their late Sitting, and to their Heirs and assigns respectively for Ever, provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of Six Miles square, and sixteen hundred and forty two Acres allowed for swag of Chain and bad land within the Tract, 344 CHARTER RECORDS. and does not interfere with any former Grant, provided also the petitioners, Grantees their heirs or assigns comply with the Condi- tions of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr Mar: 20, 1735 — In Council Read & Concurd Simon Frost Dep* Sec ry 24 : Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, March 19, 1735-6.] A Plat containing six miles square of Land and one thousand six hundred forty two acres allowance for swag of Chain and bad Land, laid out by William Gregg , Surveyor, and two Chain men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court of the 19 th. of June last to Capt. William Rayment and others of Beverly , Canada Officers and Soldiers, lying on the West side of Merrimack River , adjoin- ing to the South side of the Township lately granted to John Simpson and others, and surveyed by Jerathmeel Cummings and others Chain men on Oath, was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be accepted, and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Heirs, Descendants or lawful Representatives of the said Capt. William Rayment late of Beverly deceased, and the other Grantees mentioned in the Petition of Robert Hale , Esq ; in their behalf, passed this Court at their late sitting, provided the Plat exceeds not the quantity of six miles square of Land, and sixteen hundred and forty-two acres allowed for swag of Chain and bad Land within that tract, and does not interfere with any former Grant, provided also the Petitioners and Grantees their heirs or assigns comply with the Conditions of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence Ordered, That Robert Hale , Esq ; be and hereby is fully au- thorized and impowred to call the first meeting and assemble the Grantees of the Town lately given to the Heirs and lawful Repre- sentatives of Capt. William Rayment deceased, and other Canada Soldiers &c, in some convenient time and place, to chuse a Mod- erator and Clerk, and pass such Votes and Orders as they may judge necessary for compliance with the Conditions of the Grant, and how future meetings shall be called. Sent up for Concurrence. WINCHESTER. 345 [Mass. Court Records, March 20, 1735-6.] A Plat of a Tract of Land laid out by William Gregg Survey 1 and Chainmen Under Oath, of Six Miles Square, to fulfill a Grant of a Township made by this Court to the Officers and Soldiers in the Canada Expedition under Cap* William Rayment &c lying on the West Side of Merrimack River Adjoyning to the South side of the Township Surveyed by Jer. Cummins — WINCHESTER. [Granted by Massachusetts, April 6, 1733, to Josiah Willard and others, and called Earlington, afterwards Arlington. Incorporated as Winchester, July 2, 1 753 . Named from an English town. The line between Winchester and Hinsdale was established Sept. 26, 1753. The north-west corner of Richmond was annexed to Winchester, July 2, 1850. See New Hampshire charters following; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 798; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 68 7; Index to Laws, 585; historical sketch, by George W. Pierce, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 541.] [Mass. House Journal, June 9, 1732.] A Petition sign’d Josiah Willard for himself and sundry others, Inhabitants of this Province, praying for a Grant of a Tract of the unappropriated Lands for a Township on the Eastern side of Connecticut River, and adjoining to the Northerly or Northeasterly part of Northjield, for the Reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That the Petition lye on the Table. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 3, 1732.] A Petition of Col. Josiah Willard , for himself and sundry others, Inhabitants of this Province, praying they may obtain a Grant of a Tract of Land on the Easterly side of Connecticut River above Northjield , and below the Truck-House, of the Con- tents of Six Miles square for a Township for the Reasons mentioned. Read and Ordered, That Mr. Welles, Mr. Choate, Mr. Chand- ler, and Capt. Goddard, be a Committee to take the said Petition into Consideration, and report what they may think proper for the Court to do thereon. 34 6 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 4, 1732.] The Committee to whom was referr’d the Petition of JosiaJi Willard Esq : of Lunenburg , in behalf of himself and sundry others, as entered yesterday, Praying for a tract of Land, whereon to settle a Town, Reported, Which was read and accepted, and thereupon Ordered, That the prayer of the Petition be so far granted, as that the Petitioners be allowed by a Surveyor and Chain-men under Oath, to lay out a tract of Land of the contents of six Miles square, on the East side of Connecticut River, adjoyning to the Northern Bounds of JVorthjield, under the limitations following, viz. That the Tract be laid out and a Plan thereof presented to this Court for Confirmation, within eight Months next after the date of the Grant, and that within six Months after Confirmation of the Grant, there be sixty seven House lots laid out, to draw equal future divisions ; and that there be within two Years from the Confirmation aforesaid, forty Families settled on forty of the aforesaid Lots, each Family having an House of eighteen feet Square, and seven feet Stud at the least, and four Acres of Land fitted for Plowing or Mowing; and that within three Years from the Confirmation aforesaid, they build a Convenient House for the Publick Worship of God, and settle a Learned and Orthodox Min- ister, and that twenty four Lots more be settled with a suitable Family on each Lot within ten Years from 7 the Grant, and that within two Years from the Grant, the Petitioners clear and make a convenient travelling Road of eight feet wide, from Lunenburg to Northjield, and build a convenient House for Receiving and Entertaining Travellers on said Road, about midway between Northjield and Lunenburg aforesaid, and for the encouragement of a suitable Family to settle in said House ; It is Resolved , That there be granted to him that shall dwell in said House for the space of seven Years from the Grant, one hundred and fifty Acres of Land, about midway on the road aforesaid. And that the aforesaid Petitioner be allowed within six Months from the date of this Grant, by a Surveyor and Chain-men under Oath, to lay out the aforesaid one hundred and fifty Acres, and a Plan thereof to be presented to this Court for Confirmation within two Months after the Survey. And it is further Order'd That three of the aforesaid sixty seven Lots be for public Uses with all future Divisions belonging to each, one Lot to the first settled Minister, WINCHESTER. 347 another to the Ministry, and the other to the uses of the School, or otherwise to the three first settled Ministers successively each a Lot, to be disposed of either the one way or the other as the Petitioners or Inhabitants shall think most for the public good of the Town. And it is further Order’d, That the Petitioners be impowered to make such Orders and Rules as may be needful and conducive to bring forward the settlement, according to the true intent and meaning of this Order. And it is further Resolved , That in case the Petitioners do not well and truly comply with the Terms and Conditions aforementioned, the Lands hereby granted, shall revert to the Province, and be and belong to it as if this Grant had never been. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 9, 1732.] A Petition of Coll : Josiah Willard & Sixty two others, Praying for a Grant of Land of six miles square lying on the East side of Connecticut River, between Northfeild & the Truckhouse to be by them settled into a Township under such Regulations as the Court shall Order. — In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Ordered that the prayer of the petition be so far granted as y l the petitioners be allowed by a Survey 1 and Chainmen under Oath to lay out a Tract of Land of the Contents of six miles square on y e East side of Connecticut River, adjoining to the Northern Bounds of Northfeild under the Limitations following, Viz. that the Tract be laid out & a Plan thereof presented to this Court for Confirmation within eighteen Months next after the date of the Grant, & that within six months after the Confirmation of the Grant there be sixty seven house Lots laid out to draw equal future Divisions, & that there be within two Years from the Confirmation afores d forty Families settled on y e afores d Lots, Each Family having an house of Eighteen feet square, & seven feet Stud at y e least & four Acres of Land fitted for plowing & mowing, & that within three Years from y e Con- firmation afores d they build a Convenient House for y e publick Worship of God, & settle a learned & orthodox Minister And that twenty four Lots more be settled with a Sutable Family on each Lot Within ten Years from the Grant & that within two Years from the Grant the petition 1 " 8 clear and make a convenient travelling Road of Eight feet wide from Lunenburg to Northfeild 34 8 CHARTER RECORDS. & build a Convenient House for receiving & entertaining Trav- ellers on s d Road ab* Midway between Northfeild & Lunenburg afores d & for the Encouragem 1 of a sutable Family to settle in s d House, It is Resolved that there be granted to him that shall dwell in s d House for the Space of seven Years from the Grant, One Hundred & fifty Acres of Land ab l midway on the Road afores d And that the afores d Petition 1,8 be allowed within Six months from the Date of this Grant by a Survey 1 & chainmen under Oath to lay out the afores d One Hundred & Fifty Acres & a plan thereof to be presented to this Court for Confirmation within two Months after the Survey, And it is further Ordered that three of the afores d Sixty seven Lots be for publick Uses with all future Divisions belonging to Each One Lot for the first Settled Minister, another to the Ministry & the other to the Use of the School, or otherwise to the three first Settled Ministers succes- sively Each a Lot, to be disposed of, either the one Way or the other as the petition 18 or Inhabitants shall think most for y e pub- lick good of the Town, And it is further Ordered y 1 the peti- tion 1-8 be impowered to make such Orders & Rules as may be needful and conducive to bring forward the Settlem* according to the true Intent & Meaning of this Order & it is further Resolved y* in Case the petition 1,8 do not well & truly comply with y e Terms and Conditions before mentioned the Lands hereby granted shall revert to y e province & be & belong to it as if this Grant had never been made — In Council Read & Nonconcured [Mass. House Journal, April 6, 1733.] A Petition of Col. Josiah Willard , for himself & sundry others, Inhabitants of this Province, praying they may obtain a Grant of a Tract of Land on the Easterly side of Connecticut River above Northfield, for the reasons mentioned. Read, and in Answer to this Petition Ordered , That the prayer of the Petition be so far granted, as that the Petitioners be allowed by a Surveyor and Chain-men under Oath, to lay out a Tract of Land of the contents of six Miles square, on the East side of Connecti- cut River, adjoyning to the Northern Bounds of Northfield , under the Limitations following, viz . That the Tract be laid out and a Plan thereof presented to this Court for confirmation within WINCHESTER. 349 eighteen Months next after the date of the Grant, and that within six Months next after the confirmation of the Grant there be sixty- seven House Lots laid out to draw equal future divisions ; and that there be within two Years from the confirmation aforesaid, forty Families settled on forty of the aforesaid Lots, each Family having an House of eighteen feet Square and seven Feet stud at the least, and four Acres of Land fitted for Plowing or Mowing ; and that within three years from the confirmation aforesaid, they build a convenient House for the publick Worship of God, and settle a learned and orthodox Minister, and that twenty four Lots more be settled with a suitable Family on each Lot within ten years from the Grant, and that within two years from the Grant the Petitioners clear and make a convenient travelling Road of twelve Feet wide, from Lunenburg to Northfield , and build an House for receiving and entertaining Travellers on said Road, about midway between Northfield and Lunenburg , aforesaid ; and for the encouragement of a suitable Family to settle in said House, it is Resolved , That there be granted to him that shall dwell in said House for the space of seven years from the Grant, one hundred and fifty Acres of Land, about midway on the road aforesaid. And that the aforesaid Petitioners be allowed within six Months from the date of this Grant, by a Surveyor and Chain- men under Oath, to lay out the aforesaid one hundred and fifty acres, and a Plan thereof to be presented to this Court for con- firmation within two Months after the Survey. And it is further Ordered , That three of the aforesaid sixty-seven Lots be for pub- lick Uses with all future Divisions belonging to each, one Lot for the first settled Minister, another to the Ministry, and the other to the use of the School, or otherwise to the three first settled Ministers successively, each Lot to be disposed of either the one way or the other as the Petitioners or Inhabitants shall think most for the publick good of the Town. And it is further Ordered , That the Petitioners be impowred to make such orders and rules as may be needful and conducive to bring forward the Settlement according to the true intent and meaning of this Order. And it is further Resolved, That in case the Petitioners do not well and truly comply with the terms and conditions aforementioned, the Lands hereby granted shall revert to the Province, and be and belong to it as if this Grant had never been. Sent up for Concurrence. 350 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Court Records, April 6, 1733.] A Petition of Josiah Willard Esq r & Sixty three others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land of six miles square lying on the East Side of Connecticut River, between Northfeild & the Truck- house to be by them settled into a Township under such Regula- tions & upon such Conditions as this Court in y r wisdom shall judge most fit. [In answer to this petition, the House again passed the fore- going vote, which was this time concurred by the Council, and consented to by the Governor.] [Mass. House Journal, April 25, 1733.] Voted That Col. Josiah Willard be and is fully authorized and impowred to assemble and convene the Proprietors or Grantees of the Plantation lately made by this Court of a Tract of Land on the Easterly side of Cunnecticut River above Northfield, at such time and place as he shall appoint, to chuse a Moderator and Clerk, and to make such orders and rules as may be proper and needful to bring forward the Settlement of the said Plantation ac- cording to the Conditions of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, April 25, 1733.] In the House of Represent™ 8 voted that Coll : Josiah Willard be & hereby is fully authorized & impowered to Assemble & Con- vence the Propriety or Grantees of the Plantation lately made by this Court of a Tract of Land on the Easterly side of Connecticut River above Northfeild at such Time & Place as he shall appoint to choose a Moderator & Clerk & to make such Orders & Rules as may be proper & needful to bring forward the settlenfi of the Plantation according to the Conditions of y e Grant. — In Council Read & Concur’ d — Consented to J Belcher. [Mass. House Journal, June 21, 1733.] A Plat containing the contents of six Miles square laid out by order of this Court for a Township in Afril last, in answer to a Petition of Col. Josiah Willard for himself and others, lying on WINCHESTER. 351 the East side of Connecticut River adjoining on the Northern bounds of Northfield Surveyed and laid out by Joseph Blanchard Surveyor and two Chain-men on Oath, was presented for allow- ance. Read and accepted, and Voted , That the Lands within de- lineated and described be and are hereby confirmed unto the said Josiah Willard, Esq ; and the other Petitioners their Heirs and Assigns respectively for ever, provided it exceeds not the quantity of six Miles square, and does not interfere with any former Grant, and that the Petitioners comply with the Conditions of the Grant Sent up for Concurrence [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 8, p. 5.] f 352 CHARTER RECORDS. May y e 10 th 1733 Then finished the Laying out a tract of Land at Connecticut River Above Northfield Granted By the Great & General Court held at Boston April y e 4th — 1733 — of the contents of six miles squair for a Plantation or Township in answer to the Petition of Col° Josiah Willard & others and is Bounded thus — Be- ginning at y e River att a Maple tree the Southwesterly corner of His Excellency’s Governour Belchers Farm — Said to be the Northern Bounds of Northfield from thence runing up the said Connecticut River fours miles and an half and twenty perches — taking in two Small Hands at the uper end from thence East twelve degrees to the south eight miles and a half and twenty perches to an heap of stones then south six miles one Quarter and fifty-two rods to an heap of stones — Then west two miles and an half to a white pine tree marked — from thence North eighteen and an half degrees west three miles one quarter and sixty perches, to a black oake tree marked — then north one mile and an half and forty perches to an heap of stones then west three miles and three Quarters to the maple tree the first mentioned bound — there’s al- lowed about one rod in twenty for uneven land and swag of chain, also ther’s allowed 739 acres for Farmes aready layd out with two hundred acres allowed for ponds & rivers — ^ Joseph Blanchard Surveyor — Scale 213I in an Inch — [Mass. Court Records, June 21, 1733.] A Plat of a Tract of Land granted by this Court at their last Session to Col° Josiah Willard & others for a Township Surveyed by Joseph Blanchard Survey 1 & two Chain men on Oath lying on the East Side of Connecticut River above Northfeild being bound- ed as follows viz. Beginning at the River at a Maple Tree, the Southwesterly Corner of Govern 1- Belcher’s Farm, said to be the Northern bounds of Northfeild, from thence running up Connecti- cut River four Miles & an half & Twenty Perches taking in two small Islands at the upper End from thence East twelve Degrees to the South eight Miles & an half & twenty Perches, to an heap of Stones, the South Six miles, one quarter & fifty two rods to an heap of Stones, the West two Miles & an half to a White Pine Tree marked, from thence North Eighteen & an half Degrees West, three miles one quarter & Sixty Perches to a black Oak Tree mark’d, Then North one Mile & an half & forty Perches to WINCHESTER. 353 a Heap of Stones, then West three Miles & three Quarters to the Maple Tree first mentioned [ Vote of Proprietors of Winchester , [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 432.] August y e 26 : 1735 At a Legal meeting of y e Proprietors of y e New : Township called Arlington Held at y e meeting House in Arlington being Duely warned met & formed & then voted & Chose Colonel Josiah Willard Esqr to preferr a petition to y e General assembly of this Province for an Equivalent in Lands for w* y e bounds of Northfield takes off fromy® S d Township of Arlington ; on y r behalf & to pitch upon y e place where in case such grant be made Voted also That Colonel Josiah Willard be y e person to make a Return of y e doing of y e Proprietors of S d Township to y e General Court for Acceptance ; with a Petition to be incorporated with y e previledges of other Towns : as also to preferr a Petition to y e s d Court to have y e Unimproved Lands subjected to bear publick Charges. A true Copy from y e files of y e votes of y e Proprietors Compar d & Exam d as attest Benjamin Doolittle Propr trs Clerk [ Vote of Prop rietors of Winchester , [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 390.] At a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e New Town above North- field Granted To Colonel Josiah Willard & others Now Called Arlington August 26, AD : 1735. Then voted To Desire Colonel Josiah Willard Esq r To preferr a petition to y e General assembly of this Province in behalf of y e proprietors ; Requesting An Equivalent in lands in Some suitable & Conven- ient place near or adjoyning to this New Township as Shall be tho’t most Convenient & proper in Consideration of y e lands w c the bounds of Northfield has taken off from y e S d New : Township as y e bounds of y® S d New : Township was first thro mistake Laid out A true Copy of y® propr tora vote Examin’d ^ Benj n Doolittle Propr tr9 Clerk 23 354 CHARTER RECORDS. [. Petition of Jo si ah Willard , //jp*] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 390.] To His Excellency Jon a Belcher Esq r Cap* Gen 1 & Gov r in Chief in & over His Maj ty3 prov. of the Mass a Bay the Hon ble His Maj tys Council, & y e Hon ble H° of Rep ves Assembled in Gen 1 Court May 30 1739 Josiah Willard Agent for & in behalf of the Grantees & Inhabi- tants of the New plantation or Township sometimes called Arling- ton in the County of Hampshire Humbly shews that Notwithstanding they are a very young and infant Settlement of but few years standing, yet by the Blessing of God on their very hard Labour & honest Industry they have tho’ with great fatigue effected the Conditions of settlement, hav- ing a good & Convenient Meeting house, as well as an Orthodox Minister among them ; and this at great charge considering the shortness of the time wherein it was done ; & forasmuch as by the Labour & Industry of the Inhabitants there, the Nonresident pro- prietors unimproved Lands as well as the residents much increases in value but not subject to tax, y r Mem 0 in behalf of said Inhabi- tants & for their Ease & relief in support of the Gospell Ministry as well as town Charges among them prays they may be enabled to Assess a tax of one penny ^ Acre on all the unimproved Lands in said plantat n or township for the space of three years next & that said Lands may be subjected to said tax ' & forasmuch as by a mistake & for want of a true knowledge of Northfield Bounds in taking a plat of s d plantation the surveyor interfered with Northfield Grant so as to Include in s d plat the quantity of two or three thousand Acres of Land, for which Y r Mem 0 prays an Equivalent in other land as to the Justice of the Court shall seem meet, & shall Ever pray &c Josiah Willard In the House of Repret ves June 20 th 1739. Voted that in Consid- eration of the Infant state of the said plantation there be & hereby is granted a tax of one c half penny in Bills of the d New Tenour or three half fence in Bills of the old tenour on each acre of the un- improved Lands within the said plantation or township to be paid by each proprietor yearly for the space of three years next comieng for, and towards the support of the Gospel Ministry there and the said Lands are subjected to the payment of said tax and forasmuch WINCHESTER. 355 as it is probable that the plat of said plantation or township re- turned to & confirmed by this Court infringes upon the township of Northfield Ordered that Eleazer porter Esq r and Mr Eleazer partridge be & hereby are Appointed a Committee & impowred at the Charge of the Grantees to repair to the spot & survey the Lands belonging to the said township of Northfield and taken into the plat of the said plantation, & make return to this Court at their next Session of the Contents of the Land so platted & of their Opinion what may be proper for the Court to do thereon Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp kr C. dele D. dele In Council June 20 1739 Read and Concurr’d with the Amendment Sent down for Concurrence Simon Frost Dep* Sec 17 In the House of Rep ves June 22 d 1739 Read and Nonconcurd, & the House insist on their own vote sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council June 22, 1739 Read and Nonconcured and the Board adhere to their own vote Sent down for Concurrence J Willard Sec 17 In the House of Rep ves June 22 d 1739 Read & Concurd J Quincy Sp kr 26 : Consented to J Belcher [. Petition of fosiah Willard , //jp.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 431.] To His Ex°y Jon a Belcher Esq r Cap* Gen 1 & Gov r in Chief of y e prov of the Mass a Bay, the Hon ble the Council & hon ble H° of Rep ves in General Court assembled May 30, 1739 The Mem 0 of the subscriber in behalf & by order of the pro- prietors or Grantees of a New township or plantation above Northf d in the C° of Hampshire sometimes Called Arlington Humbly Shews CHARTER RECORDS. 356 That forasmuch as they have complied with the Conditions of settling the said plantation Which they are ready to make Appear to yo r Ex cy & this hon ble Court, they pray they may be allowed to prepare & bring in a Bill for incorporating the plantation into a seperate & distinct township, that so the Inhabitants thereof may hold & enjoy equal powers & privileges with the Inhabitants of the other towns of the province & as in duty bound shall pray &c Josiah Willard In the H° of Rep ve3 June 8, 1739. Read & ordered that the prayer of y e pet n be granted & y e pet r is allowed & impowred to prepare & bring in a Bill Accord ly Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 13, In Council June 9 1739 Read and Concurr’d, Simon Frost Dept Sec 7 15 : Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, June 8, 1739.] A Memorial of Col. Josiah Willard, in behalf and by order of the Proprietors or Grantees of a new Township or Plantation above North-field , in the County of Hampshire, sometimes called Arlington , shewing they have complied with the Conditions of Settlement, and praying Leave to prepare and bring in a Bill for incorporating the said Plantation into a distinct Township. Read and Ordered , That the Prayer of the Petition be granted, and the Petitioner is allowed and impowred to bring a Bill accordingly. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 9, 1739.] A Petition of Coll. Josiah Willard in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Plantation commonly called Arlington, Setting forth that they have performed the conditions of their Grant, and therefore Praying that they may be constituted a Township, and have the Powers and Privileges of other Towns within this Province. In the House of Represent^ Read and Ordered that the Prayer of the petition be granted, And the Petitioner is allowed and impowered to bring in a Bill accordingly. In Council ; Read and Concurd Consented to J : Belcher WINCHESTER. 357 [ Winchester Incorporated as a Town, //jp.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 429.] Anno Regni Regis Georgii Secundi Decimo Tertio An Act for Erecting a Plantation In y e County of Hampshire called Arlington into a Township by y e Name of Whereas the New Plantation of Arlington So Called in the County of Hampshire is Competently filled with Inhabitants have built a Convenient Meeting house & settled an Orthodox Minis- ter & yett Labour Under Divers Inconveniencys and Difficultys for want of pow r er to Exercise Town Privileges among them and have Adres’d this Court Seting forth the Same and praying for Relief therein. Be it Enacted by His Ex c] y the Gov r Councill and Representa- tives in Generali Court Assembled And by the Authority of the Same That the Said Plantation of Arlington as the Same is hereafter bounded and Discribed be and hereby is Constituted and Erected into a distinct and Seperate Township by y e name of viz 4 begining at a Certain heap of Stones on the East bank of Connecticutt River at the Uper end of Two Small Islands being the North West Corner and is now the South West Corner of the Township N° 1 on y e East Side of said River & from thence the line to Extend E 12 0 00' S Eight Miles & an half & Twenty perch to a heap of Stones then South Six miles one Quarter and fifty Two Rods to an heap of Stones Then West Two miles and an half To a white Pine Tree Marked from thence North Eighteen and an half Degrees West Three miles one Quarter and Sixty perches to a black oak Tree Marked then North one Mile and an half & fourty perch To a heap of Stones Then West Three miles & Three Quarters to the Connecticutt River & from thence To the Corner first mentioned bounding Westerly on Said River & to Include Said Two Islands, and that the Inhabitants thereof be and hereby are Vested and endowed with Equall Powers previledges and Imunitys as Generally Other Towns in this province have and do enjoy— In the House of Rep tives June- 12-1739 Read a first time 13th R eac | a second time, 14 th Read a third time and passed to be Engrossed Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp* 1 358 CHARTER RECORDS. In Council June 14 A. M. 1739 R ea d a first time P. M. a second time and passed a Concurrence J Willard [Mass. House Journal, June 12, 1739.] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a Plantation in the County of Hampshire called Arlington into a Township by the Name of — Read a first time. [Mass. House Journal, June 13, 1739*] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a Plantation in the County of Hampshire, called Arlington, into a Township by the Name of — Read a second time. [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1739*] A Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a Plantation in the County 0/ Hampshire, called Arlington, into a Townshif by the Name of — Read a third time, and pass’d a Concurrence. An Engross’d Bill Entitled An Act for erecting a Plantation in the County of Hampshire, called Arlington, into a Tozvnshif by the Name of • Read and Resolved That the Bill pass to be Enacted. [Mass. Court Records, June 14, 1739.] A Bill entitled an Act for erecting a Plantation in the County of Hampshire called Arlington into a Township by the name of Having been read Three several times in the House of Representatives & there Pass’d to be Engross’d : In Council : Read a First and Second time, and pass’d a Con- currence. [Mass. Court Records, June 16, 1739.] An Engross’d Bill entitled An Act for erecting a Plantation in the County of Hampshire, called Arlington, into a Township by WINCHESTER. 359 the name of - - — - - ; Having been read Three several times in the House of Represent™ 3 and in Council Pass’d to be Enacted by both Houses. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p. 433. J In the House of Rep ves June 18 th 1739 Ordered That Col 0 Josiah Willard one of the principal Inhab- itants of the New plantation or township called Arlington be, and hereby is allowed & impowred to Notifie & warn the Inhabitants of Said plantation to assemble & convene in some convenient pub- lick place in said plantation to make choice of a town Clerk & other town officers to stand until the Anniversary Meeting in March next Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Sp 1 ^ In Council June 18 1739 Read and Concurr’d J Willard Sec’ry Consented to : [no signature] Exam d & Approv d ^ Eben r Burrill [June 22, this order was repeated and signed by Gov. Belcher.] UNLOCATED GRANTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TERRITORY BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, OR Grants Which Cannot be Located within the Limits of Any Particular Town. . . , UNLOCATED GRANTS. [Grant to Valentine Hill.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 49.] To y e Honred Gov r Deputy Gov r w th y e generall Courte now Assembled The humble petetion of Valentine Hill sheweth, y 4 whereas yo r petetioner hath bought a parsill of land granted to Major generall gibons (iny e time of his Captanshippe) by y e generall Courte as by his sayle y r ofwill appeare, w 4 land I have made Choyse of as ffoll : By y e upper & lower falls of lampreele River containeinge three hundred acres off land in y e pine swampe above y e upper ffall of y e sayd River uppon y e south side from y e begininge off y e east- ermost end of the swampe alonge y e River side in breadth one hundred & sixty rodd, & three hundred rodd in length by v e sayd River side w 4 makes three hundred Acres : Now my request is to this Hon rd Courte y 4 accordinge to my Choyse y r s d [torn] will be pleased to favour me soe ffar as by y e power to confirme ye same to me & mine for ever, for w 4 I shall bee ingaged & shall be ready to my power to serve you resting Yo r humble petetioner to comm 17.8.49: Val: Hill The Magistrates grant this petition w 4h reference to the consent of o r brethren the Deputies provided it be not w 4h in any former grant. And that the Deputies will appoint some sufficient & indif- ferent men for the Laying of it out according to the petitio 11 Jo : Endecott Gov r The depu 43 Consent heereto : so as the land menc’oned be not Controv r sall w th Respect to dover : & desier y 4 Hate Evill Nutter John Damme be Appointed to lay it out acordingly w 4h Referenc to the Consent of our honoured magis 43 hereto. Edward Rawson cler 364 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to William Hubbard.] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 14, 1656.] In Ans r to the peticion of m r william Hubbard of Ipswich sen r . The Court Judgeth it meete to Graunt him a thowsand acres of land in any place or places that he Cann finde lying out of any former Graunts or Touneships beyond Exitur River toward the East or North East to be laid out to him by m r w m Bartholmew m r Thomas Bradbury & m r Samuell Hall or any two of them this being in Satisfaction of fivety pounds disbursed by him in Eng- land and also the land Graunted to him by this Court in the yeare 1652, w ch he hath Resigned up to the Courts hands Againe / [Mass. Court Records, May 6, 1657.] wee whose names are heere under written being Appointed by the Generali Court held at Boston the 15 th of October 1656, to lay out to m r w m Hubbard of Ipswich, senior one thousand acres of land in any place or places beyond exiter River East or North East, have Accordingly laid out the said land as ffolloweth viz upon the North side of Quochecha : River about eight or nine miles from the mills as wee Judg the noumber of eight hundred & ninety acres in a Pine swampe, begining at the westermost end of the said swampe at a great Red oake, marked on fower sides & from thence eighty Rods East & by South to a great white pine tree upon the westermost end of a great old Indian feild and from thence along the same line through the said feild three hundred and twenty Rod to a great Pine tree marked on fower Sides and from thence upon a North East line, two hundred and forty Rods to a great Pine tree upon the top of a hill marked on fowler sides and from thence west and by North three hundred and twenty Rod to a Red oake marked on fower sides and from thence three hundred and twenty Rod to the first marked Red oake and upon the Eastmost end of the Aforesaid divicion two hundred Rod square upon each Corner bounded w th a great Pine tree marked on fower sides And the Remainder of the thousand acres laid out in two smale parcells of land on both sides the River that on the north side Conteyning about seventy Acres bounded w th the River & a great Hemlocke tree markt upon fower sides w th a T & a W & UNLOCATED GRANTS. 365 three pine trees and a litle white oake all the trees markt on fower sides that parcell of land on the south side about forty acres bounded w th the River and two Pine trees a hemlock & a beech all the trees markt on fower sides these two latter parcells lying about three or fower miles from the mills, upon Quochecho River as wee suppose all the said parcells Conteyning as Ap- pears a thousand acres, Dated y e 28 th of Aprill 16^7 Samuell Hall Thomas Bradbury The whole Court mett together 15 may 1657. By theire vote they Allowed & Approoved of the eight hundred & ninety acres in a Pine Swampe as above is exprest laid out to m r w m Hubbard and to his heires forever and for the hundred & tenn Acres, exprest in the Retourne It was Voted to belong to y r Secretary Edward Rawson & therefore he is at his liberty to lay so much as Corn- pleats that Graunt according to the said Graunt / [Decision of Court on Claim of Ann Mason.] [Mass. Court Records, Aug. 30, 1653.] The Courte Uppon examination of the case Respecting m r3 Ann Mason and m r Richard Leader on A hearing of m r Joseph Mason and m r Thaddeus Riddan Agents and Attorneys for either partie Considering also the late Retourne of the committee touch- ing the extent of the northerly line of theire Pattent Doe fynd that the lands Claimed in the right of Cap 4 Jn° mason and now pos- sessed by m r Richard Leader or others for or under him together with other the lands pretended unto, by m rs Ann Mason are w th in this Patent, And that m r Joseph Mason as Attourney for and on the behalfe of m r3 Ann Mason as also most of the people there inhabitting have voluntarily submitted to the Jurisdiction of Gov- ernment to this Colony of the Massachusetts. And that some lands at newitchawonnickewith the Rivers there was by agree- ment of s r fferdinando Gorges and others Apportioned unto Cap 4 Jn° Mason and that he also hath right by purchase of the Indians to some lands there as also by possession and Improovement by building and otherwise. And that Capt John Mason did bequeath unto his wife m rs Ann Mason During her life all lands & heredit- 3 66 CHARTER RECORDS. taments not otherwise ^ticculerly disposed of by his will And that the lands in Question betwixt m 13 Ann Mason and m r Leader are not peticularly disposed of by Capt Jn° Mason or otherwise then they are in the gennerall bequeath : in the will given to hir during hir life and that the sd lands possessed by m r Leader as aforesaid are pte of the lands disposed to the said m rs Ann Mason for terme of hir life. And doe therefore Judge, that m r Leader hath unjustly entred uppon and dispossessed m rs Anne Mason of that 'fit of the River and of some lands where he hath erected A sawemill in his oune wrong And orders that a quantitie of land with priviledge of the River at newitchawannicke flportionable to Capt Jn° Masons disbursments be laid out by order of this Court to the use of m rs Ann Mason and other the heires of Capt Jn° Mason. And the Court Graunts the bill of Costs presented by m r Joseph Mason of sixe pounds tenn shillings and fower pence a g 1 m r Richard Leader. [Grant to Passaconoway.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 30, p. no.] To the hon r ed John Endecot esq r Go v nr together with the rest of the hon r ed Generali Court Now Assembled in Boston the petition of papisseconewa in the behalfe of him Selfe as also of many other Indians whoe were for a longe time o r Selves and o r progen- ators Seated Upon a tract of Land Called Naticot and is Now in the possetion of m r William Brenton of Rhode Island marshaule ; and is confirmed to the saide m r Brenton to him’ his heires and assignes ac’ordinge to the Lawes of this Jurisdiction (by reason of which tracte of Land beinge taken up as aforesaide) and thereby y r pore petition 1 with many others in an Unsetled Condi- tion and must be forced in a short time to remove to sum’ other place : The Humble request of y r pore petition 1, is that this honrd Courte wolde please to grante Unto Us a parsell of Land for o r com’fort- able cituation ; to be stated for o r Injoyment : as also for the com- fort of o r s after Us ; as also that this honrd Court wolde please to take into y r Serious and pious considration the condition and also the requeste of y r pore Supliante and to apoynte two or three UNLOCATED GRANTS. 367 persons as a comitte to Assiste sum’e one or two indians to Vew and determ’in of sum’ place and to Lay out the sam’e. Not furder to trouble this hon r d Assem’bly hm'bly Craveinge an expected Answer this present Setions I shall Still remain y r Humble Servante Wherein y u Shall comande. Boston : 9 : 3 mo 1662 : Papisseconewa : In Ans r to this peticon the magists Judge meete to Graunt Unto papisseconeway & his men or Associates about Natticott above m r Brentons lands where it is free a mile & a halfe on either side merremack River in breadth a 3 miles on either side in length provided he nor they doe not Alienate any part of this Graunt w th out leave & licence from this Court first obtained if theire brethren the depu ts Consent heereto 9 may 1662 Edward Rawson secre* Consented to by the deputyes William Torrey Cleric [Grant to Bryan Pendleton.] [Mass. Court Records, May 26, 1658.] In Ans r to the Peticion of Capt Byran Pendleton. The Court In Refferenc to his service ^formed w th other Gent n in taking in the Easterne parts &c The Court doth Graunt him two hundred acres of land on chochecha River above Dover bounds as neere to the land layd out to m r Edward Rawson as may be to be laid out by m r Edw Starbuck & Peter Coffyn. [Grant to Edward Rawson.] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 1, 1654.] In Ans r to the peticion of Edward Rawson. The Court in Refer- ence to his service w th other Gentm 11 Imploied by this Court to wells &c. doth Graunt him the sd Edward Rawson two hundred ackers of upland and meadow out of all Toune bounds on Quo- checho River above Dover Bounds and orders Capt Brian Pendle- ton & Peter Coffyn to lay it out. 3 68 CHARTER RECORDS. [Mass. Court Records, May 15, 1657.] wee whose names are under written being Appointed by the Generali Court to lay out two hundred acres of land for m r Edward Rawson Secretary, have Donne accordingly as followeth. on the East side of Quochecho River wee have Ordered one hundred acres, begining at a beech tree neere the River marked as in the margent and from thence to Runne North ward fower score Rod and from the marked tree eastward two hundred Rods, and one hundred acres on the west side the River a litle below the Indian Path begining at a white Pyne marked as aforesaid and from thence to Runne Southward but Could not further Determine untill Dover hath layd out theire bounds, the afore path lyeth about three miles above Peter Coffyns house Dated this 4 th of may. ^ us Bryan Pendleton Peter Coffyn : The whole Court mett together 15 th of may 1657 : by theire Generali vote Allowed and Approoved of the two hundred acres so laid out as abovesaid to y e said Edward Rawson and his heires forever/ GRANTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TERRITORY BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. ACWORTH. 371 ACWORTH. [This town was probably Number 3 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecti- cut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 1 6, 1 735-6. Granted by New Hampshire as Burnet to Col. Sampson Stoddard and others, Dec. 28, 1752, and named in honor of Gov. William Burnet. Regranted as New Burnet, Nov. 17, 1761, to Stoddard and others. Incorporated as Acworth (sometimes spelled Ackworth ) Sept. 19, 1 766, and named in honor of Lord Acworth. The charter was renewed May 30, 1772. See Massachusetts charters preceding; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 1 ; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 1 ; Index to Laws, 9; History, by J. L. Merrill, 1869, pp. 306; sketch, Hurd’s History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 19; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 419; History of the First Baptist Church, by Charles H. Eveleth, pp. 5 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cum- mings, 1836, p. 15.] [Burnet Charter, 1752.] ^Province of New Hamp r *1-123 Burnet George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brit- tain France & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c a — To all Persons to whome these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know Ye that we of our Especial Grace Certain knowledge & Mere Motion for the Due Encouragement of Set- tling a New Plantation within our said Province by & with the Advice of our Trusty & wellbeloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Com’ander in Chieff of our Said Province of New Hampshire in America and of our Council of the Said Province have upon the Conditions & Reservations hereafter made Given & Granted and by these Presents for us our heirs & Successors do give & Grant in Equal Shares unto our Loveing Subjects Inhabi- tants of our Said Province of New Hampshire & his Maj tys other Governments and to their heirs & Assignes for ever whose names Are Entered on this Grant to be Divided to and Amongst them into Seventy Seven Equal Shares All That Tract or Parcel of Land Scituate Lying & being within our Province of New Hamp- shire Containing by admeasurement Twenty Three thousend & forty Acres which Tract is to Contain Six Miles Square & no more out of which an allowance is to be made for highways and Unimproveable Lands by Rocks, Mountains Ponds & Rivers One 372 CHARTER RECORDS. thousand & forty Acres free According to A Plan thereof made & Presented by our Said Governours orders and hereunto Annexed Butted and Bounded as follows (Viz) begining at A Stake & Stones & runs North two degrees West Six Miles & an half to A Stake & Stones the South West Corner of Buckingham from thence run’ing East by the Needle five miles & Three quarters to a Stake & Stones from thence South by the Needle Six Miles & an half to A Stake & Stones, from thence West by the Needle five Miles & three quarters to the bounds first mentioned And that the Same be & is incorporated into a Township by the Name of Bur- net and that the Inhabitants that do or Shall hereafter Inhabit Said Township Are hereby Declared to be Enfranchized with and En- tituled to all & Every the Previledges & Immunities that other Towns within our Said Province by Law Exercise & Enjoy and further that the Said Town as Soon as there Shall be fifty families Settled & resident thereon Shall have the Liberty of Holding two fairs one of which Shall be held on the *1-124 And the other On the Annually *which fairs are not to Continue & be held Longer than the Respective following the Said Respective Days and as Soon as the Said Town Shall Consist of fifty families A Market Shall be opened & kept one or more Days in Each Week as may be tho* most Advantagious to the Inhabitants also that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers Agreable to the Laws of our Said Province Shall be held on the first Tuesdays in march next which meeting Shall be Notifyed by Sampson Stod- dard Esq who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the Said first Meeting which he is to Notify And Govern Agreable to the Laws & Customs of our Said Province and that the Annual Meet- ing for ever hereafter for the Choice of Such Officers of said Town Shall be on the first Tuesday in March Annually To have & to hold the Said Tract of Land as above Expressed Togeather with all the Previledges & appurtenances to them & thier Respective Heirs and assignes for ever upon the following Conditions (Viz) that every Grantee his heirs or Assigns Shall Plant or Cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for ever}^ fifty Acres Contained in his or thier Share or Proportion of Land in the Said Township And Continue to Improve & Settle the Same by Additional Cultivations on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant or Share in the Said Township And its Reverting to his Majesty his heirs And Successors to be by him or them Regranted to Such of his Subjects as Shall effectually Settle & Cultivate the AC WORTH. 373 Same That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship fit for masting Our Royal Navy be Carefully Preserved for that Use & none to be Cutt or felld without his Majestys especial Lycence for So Doing first had & obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of Such Grantee his heirs Or assignes to us our hiers & Successors as well as being Subject to the Pen- alty of Any Act or Acts of Parliament that now Are or hereafter Shall be Enacted That before Any Division of the Said Land be made to And Amoungst the Grantees A Tract of Land as near the Center of the Township as the Land will Admit of Shall be re- served & marked out for Town Lotts one of which Shall be allot- ted to Each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre Yield 8 and Pay- ing there for to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of Ten years to be Computed from the Date hereof the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only on the first Day *of January *1—125 Annually if Lawfully Demanded the first payment to be made on the first Day of January 1754 And every Proprietor Set- tler or Inhabitant shall Yield & Pay unto us our heirs & Success- ors Yearly & every Year for ever from & after the Expiration of the Ten Years from the Date hereof Namely on the first Day of January which will be in the Year of Our Lord Christ one thou- sand Seven hundred & Sixty four One Shilling Proclamation Mone} r for every hundred Acres he So owns Settles or Possesses and so in Proportion for A Greater or A Lesser Tract of the Said Lands which money Shall be paid by the Respective Persons above Said their heirs or Assigns in Our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as Shall be Appointed to Recieve the Same And this to be in Lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever In Testimony hereof We have Caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto Affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Com’ander in Chieff of our Said Province the Twenty Eighth of December in the Year of our Lord Christ 1752 and the 26 th Year of our Reign Province of New Hampshire Entered & Recorded According to the Original Charter under the Province Seal the 30 th Day of December 1752 IP Theodore Atkinson Sec ry The Names of the Grantees of Burnet (Viz) Sampson Stoddard, Daniel Emerson, James Stewart, Francis Worster, David Nevins, Jonathan Taylor, Amos Phillips, Peter Wheeler, Jonah Brown, 374 CHARTER RECORDS. David Willson Robert Colburn, John Boyenton jun r , Thomas Nevins Steven Harris, Joseph French, Samuel Brown, Stephen Powers, James McDoniel, Will m Adams William Cummings, Joshua Boyonton, James Whiting John Martin, Zedekiah Drury, Will m Spaulding, Randal McDoniel, Peter Powers, Benj a Parker, Amasa Parker, Isaac Farwell, William Nevins, John Martin jun r , William Tipney, Jonathan Lovejoy, Moses Thurston, Nathaniel Townshend jun r Benjamin Farley, Samuel Farley, Thomas Patch, Jeremiah Lawrence, Peter Powers jun r David Hubbard, Elnathan Blood, John Lovewell jun r , Jonathan Cumings, *1-126 Thomas Read, *John Usher, Robert Usher, Jon a French James Whitney, William Lawrence, Jonathan Cumingsjun 1 , Ephraim Adams, Benjamin French, Zepheniah Harte, Samuel French, Theodore Atkinson, Samuel Smith, Samuel Greele, John Combs, Samuel Searls, John Troth, Samuel Cumings Henry Sherburne, Ellis Huske, Samuel Solley, Allexander Black, Roland Cotton, Richard Wibird, John Downing, Sampson Sheaffe, His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq A Tract of Land to Contain five hundred Acres which is to be Accounted two of the within Mentioned Shares, one whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in forreign Parts One whole Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in Said Town, One whole Share for A Glebe for the Ministry of the Church of England as by Law Established Entered & Recorded According to the Original Under the Prov- ince Seal the 30 th Day of December 1752 19 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry ACWORTH. 375 Taken from the Back of the Originall Charter the 30 th Day of December 1752 ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry [New Burnet Charter, 1761.] ^Province of New Hampshire. *2-337 New Burnet GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting Know Ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of set- tling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the 376 CHARTER RECORDS. Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince of New-Hampshire, in New-En gland, and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reserva- tions herein after made, given and granted, and by these Pres- ents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province o i New-Ham^shire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Sixty Eight equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Hampshire , containing by Ad- measurement Twenty Three Thousand & Forty Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secre- tary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as fol- lows, Viz. Begining at a Stake & Stones, & Runs North two Deg 3 West, Six Miles & a half to a Stake & Stones the south West Corner of Buckingham a Town formerly Granted, from thence Runing East by the Needle, Five Miles & Three Quarters to a Stake & Stones, From thence south by the Needle Six Miles & a half to a Stake & stones, From thence West by the Needle five Miles & Three Quarters to the Bounds first Mention’d And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Town- ship by the Name of New Burnett And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty *2-338 Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most ad- vantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said ACWORTH. 377 Province, shall be held on the Second Tuesday in Decem r next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Sampson Stoddard Esq r who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meet- ing, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respect- ive Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of Two Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or Them Re-granted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefore to Us, our Heirs and Suc- cessors for the Space of four Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth Day of December , 1762. V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of four Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December, which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1766 One 378 CHARTER RECORDS. shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Coun- cil Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; apd this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the 17 th Day of Novem r In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty One And in the Second Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command With Advice of Council. Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of New Hamps r Nov r 17, 1761 Recorded According to the Origional Charter under the Prov- ince seal — ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry *2-339 *The Names of the Grantees of New Burnett (Viz) Sampson Stoddard David Nevins Benj a Abbot Robert Fletcher John Boynton Jun r Zedekiah Drury Jon a Fowler Nath 1 Townshend Sam 1 Farley Nath 1 Parker David Hubbard Jon a Cumings Sam 1 Greele Will m Lawrence Esq John Searls Sam 1 Cumings Dan 1 Emerson Jon a Butterfield Josiah Brown William Nutting James Blood Will m Wright Sam 1 Brown Steph 11 Powers Nath 1 Merriel Jon a Blanchard Tho 3 Cowan Robert Usher John Combs Benj a French John Harvell Sam 1 Caldwell Theodore Atkinson EsqRichard Wibird Esq Sampson Sheafe Esq Will m Sims Francis Worster Amos Phillips Joshua Boynton Thomas Nevin Samuel Bowers Will m Spaulding Matt w Thornton Esq Oliver Fletcher Jun r Benj a Parker Amasa Parker John Lovewell Jun r John Usher Jon a Cumings Jun r Eph m Adams Abel Lawrence Roland Cotton John Downing Esq George Jaffery Esq ACWORTH. 379 Lieu 4 John Parker Joseph Blanchard Esq Benning Wentworth Maj r John Wentworth Esq Sam 1 Wentworth Maj r Jon a Greeley Tho 3 Smith Sam 1 Wentworth Esq, Boston His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq a Tract of Land to Contain Five Hundred Acres as Marked B- W- in the Plan which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares, One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospell in Foreign Parts, One Share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established, One Share for the First Settled Minister of the Gospel & One Share for the Benefit of a School in said Town — Province of New Hampshire Novem r 17. 1761 Recorded from the Back of the Origional Charter of New Bur- nett under the Province Seal — Attested ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 380 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hamps r Novem' 17. 1761 Recorded from the back of the Origional Charter of New Burnett under the Province Seal — ^ Theodore i\tkinson Sec' 7 [Acworth Charter, 1766.] ^Province of New Hampshire. GEORGE, THE THIRD, By the Grace of GOD, of Great Britain France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting Know Ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of set- tling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Went- worth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New -Hampshire , in New-England , and of Our Coun- cil of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reserva- tions herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Prov- ince of New- Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy One equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New- Ham -pshire, containing by Ad- measurement 23040 Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Moun- tains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Or- der, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto an- nexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. beginning at a stake & Stones & runs North two Degrees West Six miles and an half to a Stake & stones the South West Corner of Unity, from thence running East by the Needle five miles & three Quarters to a stake & stones from thence S° by the Needle six miles & an half to a Stake & Stones from thence West by the Needle five miles & f to the bounds first mention’d. *3-i4 2 Acworth ACWORTH. 381 And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Town- ship by the Name of Ackworth And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchised with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the second Tuesday in October And the other on the second Tuesday in May annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective Days following the said Tuesday and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in *3-143 each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the second Tuesday in October next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Col° Sampson Stoddard who is hereby also ap- pointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns for- ever, upon the following conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Succesors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special License for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Pen- alty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. 382 CHARTER RECORDS. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Success- ors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 17 66. V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December , namely on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 177 6 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province, the 19 th Day of Sept r In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six And in the Sixth Year of Our Reign. 1766. — B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command With Advice of Council, T. Atkinson Jun r Sec’ry. — Province of New Hampshire Sept r 19 th 17 66 Recorded according to the Original Pattent under the province seal T Atkinson Jun Sec 17 *3-144 *The Names of the Grantees of Acworth. — Col 0 Sampson Stoddard William Stacey John Byam Reuben Goold Oliver Peirce Samuel King Jacob Farmer Ebenezer Goold David Brown ACWORTH. 383 Moses EasterbrooksSamp n Stoddard Jun r Jonathan Blanchard William Thompson Oliver Farwell John Hardy Tho 3 Davis James Rodgers Tho 3 Craige Ja 3 Miltimber Daniel M c Fee Stephen Powers Tho 8 Blancherd J Benj n Byam Benj a Butterfield Rob fc Fletcher Nath 1 Butterfield Oliver Farwell Jun r James Blancherd Reuben Killecutt David M c Gregore Robert Adams Alexander Clark Edw d Gold : Lutwyche Will m Robey David Burge Will m Peirce Benj 11 French Vryling Stoddard Timothy Dustin Nath 1 Gearfield Ephraim Adams Augustus Blanchard Ja 3 M c Gregore Ja 3 M c Gregore Jun r John Gilmore Samuel French Jon a Hardy Sam 1 Barron Jos’h Peirce Matthew Thornton Moses Parker Sam 1 Cumings Wyseman Claggett Esq r Major Jn° Wentworth Sam 1 Wentworth Esq r Hon ble Ja 3 Nevin ^ Will m Parker Esq r Rev d Ebenezer Bridge Theod r Atkinson > Esq rs Benning Wentworth Col 0 Jon a Greely Peter Livius } Lieu fc Jn° Parker George Jaffrey Esq r Col° Will m Simms Esq r His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq r a Tract of Land to Contain five hundred Acres as marked B Win the Plan which is to be accounted two of the within shares One whole share for the Incorporated Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts One share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by law established. One share for the first settled Minister of the Gospel. & one share for the benefit of a school in s d Town for Ever. Province of New Hampshire Sept r 19 th 1766. Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Acworth. under the province Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry 384 CHARTER RECORDS. Sept r 19 th 1766 Province of New Hamp r Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter under the Prov- ince Seal — ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry [Acworth Charter Renewed, 1772.] ^Province of New Hampshire. George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom these presents shall come Greet- ing. Whereas we of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling a new plan- tation within our said Province of New Hampshire by our Letters Patent or Charter under the Seal of our said province, Dated the *i-435 Acworth AC WORTH. 385 Nineteenth day of Sept r 1766, in the sixth year of our Reign, did grant a Tract of Land of Six Miles Square, bounded as therein expressed to a Number of our Loyal Subjects, whose Names are enter’d on the same, to hold to them their Heirs and Assigns on the Conditions therein declared to be a Town Corporate by the Name of Acworth as by referrence to the said Charter may more fully appear And whereas the said Grantees have pre- ferred a Petition to our Governor of our said Province in Council specifying sundry difficulties which prevented their full compliance with the Terms of the Grant aforesaid; and it having been made to appear to our said Governor & Council (by an actual Inspection made and Returned, of the Settlements in said Acworth) that the said Township is in considerable forwardness towards a com- plete fulfillment of the Terms aforesaid ; the said Grantees therefore Pray’d some further Time to accomplish the same : all which being duly Considered. Know Ye, that we being willing to encourage and promote the Cultivation & Settlement of the said Township, Have of our further Grace and favour suspended our claim of the forfeiture which the said Grantees may have Incurred, & by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well-beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor & Commander in chief of our said Province, & of our Coun- cil of the same) do grant *unto the said Grantees, their *1-436 Heirs and Assigns the further Term of Two Years from the date of this Grant for performing and fulfilling the Conditions Matters and things by them to be done as aforesaid ; Except the Quit Rents which are to remain due and payable as expressed and reserved in the Original Grant or Charter of said Acworth. In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness our Governor & Com- mander in Chief aforesaid, the Thirtieth day of May — in the Twelfth year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1772. J’ Wentworth. By his Excellency’s Command With advice of Council — Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal the 30 th day of May 1772. Attest 1 25 CHARTER RECORDS. 386 [Grant to Samuel Fitch, 1772.] *4-108 ^Province of New Hampshire. C Sam 1 Fitch George the Third by the Grace of God of < Esq r his > Great Britian France & Ireland King Defender ( Grant. ) of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall Come Greet- ing. Know Ye, that we of our special Grace, cer- tain Knowledge and mere Motion for the due en- couragement of settling and cultivating our Lands within our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid by & with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r Our Governor & Commander in Chief of our said Province, and of our Council of the same Have (upon the Conditions & Reser- vations herein particularly recited & express’d) given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give and grant unto our leige & loving Subject Sam 1 Fitch Esq r our Advo- cate General for our Province of Massachusetts Bay, and to his Heirs & Assigns for Ever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land contain- ing by Admeasurement Five hundred Acres, Situate, lying and being within the Township of Acworth in our said Province of New Hampshire, as by a plan or Survey thereof, (exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province, by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto Annexed) may more fully and at large appear, butted & bounded as follows, Viz 1 Beginning at a hemlock Tree standing in the Easterly Line of Charlestown, from thence running East Two hundred & Eighty one Rods to a Beech Tree, thence South Two hundred & Ninety four Rods to a Stake & Stones, thence West Two hund d & Sixty Seven Rods to a Spruce Tree standing on the Easterly Line of Charlestown, from thence North Two Degrees west on said Line Two hundred & Ninety five Rods to the Bound first mentioned. To Have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to him the said Samuel Fitch & to his Heirs & Assigns for Ever, upon the following Terms, Conditions & Reservations Viz 1 First That the said Grantee shall cut clear & make Passable for Carriages, &c. a Road of three Rods wide thro’ the said *4-109 Tract, *as shall be at any Time hereafter directed or Order’d by the Governor & Council aforesaid, which Road shall be completed in One Year from the date of such Order or ACWORTH. 387 Direction, on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors. Second That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be Settled Two Familes in Four Years from the date of this Grant; in fail- ure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regrdnted to any of our loving Subjects who shall effectually Settle & Cultivate the same. Third That all white and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use, & none to be cut or fell’d without our special License for so doing first had & obtained, on Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee in the Premises, his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors as well as being Subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourth That any part of the said Tract appearing to be well adapted to the growth of Hemp or Flax, the said Grantee shall sow & continue annually to cultivate a due proportion of the said Land not less than Five Acres, in every hundred Acres with that beneficial Article of Produce. Fifth That the said Grantee his Heirs & Assigns shall Yield & Pay unto us our Heirs and Successors Yearly and every Year for Ever from & After the expiration of One Year from the Twenty fifth day of December 1775, One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hund d Acres he so own Settles or Possesses and so in pro- portion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid ; which money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Cham r in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto Affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor & Comm r in Chief the Twentieth day of August in the Twelfth Year of our Reign Annoq : Domini 1772. J’ Wentworth. By his Excell cys Command ^ with advice of Council. $ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry ^Province of New ) August 25 th 1772. Hampshire 5 Recorded according to the Original *4-110 Grant under the Province Seal. Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 388 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hampshire. Portsm 0 10 th August 1772. These Certify that this Plan Beginning at a hemlock Tree stand- ing on the Westerly line of Charlestown, from thence running E. 281 Rods to a beech Tree, thence South 294 Rods to a Stake and Stones, thence W. 267 Rods to a Spruce Tree standing on the East y Line of Charlestown, from thence North 2° W. on said Line 295 Rods to the bound first mentioned, Contains 500 Acres of Land & is a True Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & returned to me ^ M r Elijah King D? Sur- vey* Attest' Is Rindge Surv r Gen 1 ALBANY. 389 ALBANY. [Granted as Burton , Nov. 6, 1766, to Clement March and others. The line between Burton and Tamworth was established Dec. 30, 1796. Burton was taken from Grafton County and annexed to Carroll, Nov. 27, 1800. The name of the town was changed to Albany, July 2, 1833, probably for Albany, N. Y. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 7 ; In- dex to Laws, 15, 76; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 782 ; Land of the Lingering Snow, by Frank Bolles, 1891, Chocorua chapter; At the North of Bear Camp Water, by Frank Bolles, 1893 ; Willey’s History of the White Mountains, 1870, p. 269; Was Chocorua the Original Pigwacket Hill? by C. E. Fay, 4, Appalachia, 322 ; The Mountains between Saco and Swift Rivers, by J. R. Edmands, 3, id ., 5 7; The Moat Path, by J. Worcester, 1, id., 267; Mt. Passa- conaway, by C. E. Fay, 6, id., 302 ; The Waterville Valley, by A. L. Goodrich, 6, id., 318 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 600; The White Mountains, A Guide to Their Interpretation, by J. H. Ward, 1890, p. 13 1 ; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 18.] [Burton Charter, 17 66.] ^Province of New-Hampshire. *3-158 Burton GEORGE, the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know Ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain Knowl- edge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Pro- vince of New -Hampshire, in New-England , and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have, Upon the Conditions and Reserva- tions herein after made, given and granted, and by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Pro- vince of New-Hamf shire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Sixty Six equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being 39 ° CHARTER RECORDS. within our said Province of New -Hampshire, containing by Ad- measurement Twenty three thousand Acres , which Tract is to contain about Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begin’ing at the middle of the West Side Line of Conway & from thence to run W® untill the Line so Run W* shall Intersect a Line run N° from the N° Easterly Corner of an Additional Grant to the Township of Sandwich thence by s d Last mention’d Line S° to the Addition of Sandwich afores d & thence on to Tamworth, thence Easterly by Tamworth to the North East Corner thereof thence a Strait Line by the Township of Eaton to the North Westerly Corner of a Tract of Land granted to Officers Late in his Majesty’s Service, thence by s d Officers Lands to the South West- erly Corner of Conway then North 8^ East by Conway to the bounds first mention’d And that the same be, and hereby is In- corporated into a Township by the name of Burton And the In- habitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty *3-159 Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most ad- vantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Prov- ince, shall be held on the Second Tuesday in December next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Walter Bryent Esq r who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Cus- toms of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all ALBANY. 391 Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying thereof to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the tw'enty-fifth day of December. 1767 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December, which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1777 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Cha 7 nber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Prov- ince to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; 39 2 CHARTER RECORDS. Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province, the Sixth Day of November In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six And in the Seventh Year of Our Reign. B. Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command With Advice of Council, T : Atkinson j r Secr’y Prov : of New Hampshire 10 th Nov r 1766 — Recorded from the Original Pattent under the Province Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry *3-160 *Names of the Grantees of Burton — Clem 1 March Esq r Joseph Senter Sam 1 Gilman Sam 1 Senter Moses Senter Reuben Senter Benj n Senter Aaron Senter W m Butterfield Medad Combs Winkel Wright Rob* Flatcher David Senter Philip Fowler Jun r Jacob Fowler Hubartis Mattoon Jacob Gilman Sam 1 Peas Capt : Israel Gilman Rob 1 Barber Rob 1 Pike Walter Bryent Esq r Capt : Israel Gilman J' Nath 1 Tilton Bradstreet Gilman Jerem h Gilman Simon Gilman Peter Folsom Jeremy Bryent John Bryent John Judkins John Pike Nath 1 Roberson David Gilman Stephen Mason Geo : Place John M c Duflfee L‘ John Burleigh Walter Bryent J r Esq r John Pickering S 1 Livermore Esq r Edw’d Smith Theodore Atkinson j r E’d Hall Bergin John Folsom Capt : Jerem h Folsom Jerem h Folsom j r Jon a Moulton Esq r Josiah Moulton Charles Rogers Ja s Rogers Ephraim Berry Will m Rogers S 1 Tibbitts Oliver Pevey Josiah York Zach h Foss Joshua Furber John Mason John Smart J r Giles Seaward Jon a Warner Esq r Paul March Esq r Dan 1 Pierce Esq r FT om r Five Hundred Acres for his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq r as mark’d B. W. in the Plan which is to be accounted two of the within Shares, one Share for the first settled Minister of the Gospel in s d Town. & One Share for the benefit of a school in s d Town for Ever — ALBANY. 393 i Prov : New Hampshire Novem r 10 th 17 66 Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Burton under the Prov e Seal — ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry 394 CHARTER RECORDS. Prov : of New Hampshire Novem 10 th 1 766 Copy of the Plan taken from the back of the Original Char- ter of Burton under the Province seal ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec 17 £ Grant to Samuel Haven, 1772.] *4-84 ^Province of New Hampshire. George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come (D r Haven’s Greeting. Grant.) Know Ye that we of our special Grace certain knowl- edge & mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling and cul- tivating our Lands within our Province aforesaid by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire & of our Council of the same, Have (upon the Con- ditions & Reservations herein particularly recited and expressed) given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs and Suc- cessors do give and grant unto our leige and loving Subject Sam- uel Haven of Portsm 0 in our County of Rockingham and Province aforesaid D. D. and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, situate, lying and being in our Province aforesaid, containing by Admeasurement Sixteen Hun- dred & Seventy Two Acres, being about Fifty Acres each to the number in the Family of the said Grantee, exclusive of, and out of which, an Allowance is to be made for Highways and unimprove- able Lands by Rocks, Mountains, and Waters Six hundred and Seventy Two Acres free, according to a plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Prov- ince Dy our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted & bounded as follows Viz 1 . Beginning at a Poplar Tree standing in the West Line of Conway, from thence running West Two Miles & Ninety five Rods to a Hemlock Tree, from thence North Two hundred and Twenty Six Rods to a Beech Tree standing on the bank of Saco Swift River, thence Northwest- ALBANY. 395 erly by said River Two hundred and Sixty five Rods to a Spruce Tree, then South Forty degrees West Three hundred and Sixty Rods to a Stake, thence South Thirty seven Degrees East Three hundred and Forty Two Rods to a Beech Tree standing in the Patent line, so called, from thence on said Patent Line as that runs about North Eighty four Degrees East, Three Miles and Thirty Two Rods to a Beech Tree, thence North Ninety five Rods to the bound began at. *To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above *4-85 expressed to him the said Samuel Haven and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever upon the following Terms & Conditions, Viz 1 First That the said Grantee shall cut clear and make passable for Carriages a Road of Four Rods wide through the said Tract as shall be at any Time hereafter directed or Order’d by the Gov- ernor & Council afores d which Road shall be completed in one Year from the date of such Order or Direction of the Governor & Council aforesaid, on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. Secondly That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be settled Two Families in Six Years from the Date of this Grant, in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors to be by us or them enter’d upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle and cultivate the same. Thirdly That all white and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourthly That any part of the said Tract appearing to be well adapted to the growth of Hemp or Flax, the said Grantee shall sow & continue annually to cultivate a due proportion of the said Land, not less than Ten Acres in every hundred Acres with that beneficial Article of Produce. Fifthly That the said Grantee his heirs and Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for ever from and after the expiration of Ten Years from the date of this Grant, One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so Owns Settles or Possesses, and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or 3 9 6 CHARTER RECORDS. Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same : And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto Affixed Witness our Governor & Com- mander in Chief aforesaid, the Twelfth day of June, in the Twelfth year of our Reign, Annoque Domini 1772. J’ Wentworth. *4-86 *By his Excellency’s Command, with advice of Council. Theodore Atkinson Secretary. Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal this 18 th June 1772. Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry s Province of New Hampshire. Portsm 0 6 th June 1772. These Certify that this Plan Beginning at a Poplar tree, stand- ing in the West line of Conway, from thence running West 2 Miles & 95 Rods to a hemlock Tree, from thence N° 226 Rods to a Beech Tree standing on the bank of Saco Swift River, thence ALBANY. 397 N. W ly by said River 265 Rods to a Spruce Tree, thence S. 40° W. 360 Rods to a Stake, thence S. 37 0 E. 342 Rods to a Beech Tree standing in the Patent Line (so call’d), from thence on said Patent line as that runs about N° 84. E. 3 Miles & 32 Rods to a Beech Tree, thence North 95 Rods to the Bound began at. Con- tains 1672 Acres of Land, and is known by a Plan or Survey of said Tract taken & returned to me by Ebenezer Smith Esq r Dep y Surv r Attest. Is. Rindge S. G 1 [Grant to Daniel Rindge and Daniel Peirce, 1772.] *4-185 ^Province of > George the third by the grace of New Hampshire ) God of Great Britain France & Ireland King defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that we of our special grace certain D. Ringe & knowledge and meer motion for the due encour- D Peirce Esq” agement of settling and cultivating our Lands within Our Province of New Hampshire by and with the advice of our trusty and wellbeloved John Wentworth Esquire *4-186 our Governor and Commander in chief *of our said Pro- vince and of our Council of the same Have upon the conditions and reservations herein particularly recited and ex- pressed given and granted by these Presents for Us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto our liege & loving Subjects Daniel Rindge and Daniel Pierce both of Portsmouth in our County of Rockingham & Province aforesaid Esq rs and to their respective Heirs and Assigns forever equally divided a certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing by admeasurement Five thou- sand one hundred and fourteen Acres of Land situate lying and being in our Province aforesaid as by a Plan or Survey thereof (exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Pro- vince by Our said Governor’s order & returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed) may more fully and at large appear butted & bounded as follows viz 1 Begining at a Beech Tree standing southerly about forty Rods from the head of Saco Swift River so called from thence running South twenty degrees East two Miles and an half to a Hemloc Tree from thence North seventy degrees East One Mile CHARTER RECORDS. 39 8 and eighty Rods to a Hemloc Tree from thence North sixty four degrees East Two Miles & one hundred and thirty two Rods to a Maple Tree from thence North thirty five degrees West two hun- dred and thirty six Rods to an Hemloc Tree from thence South seventy degrees West One mile & eighteen Rods to a Spruce Tree from thence North twenty degrees West one mile & three hundred and ten Rods to a Beech Tree from thence South seventy degrees West two Miles & two hundred & two Rods to a Spruce Tree, from thence South twenty degrees East one hundred & sixty Rods to a Birch Tree, from thence North seventy degrees East eighty Rods to the Bound first mentioned To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to them the said Daniel Rindge & Daniel Peirce Esquires and to their Heirs and Assigns forever upon the following Terms conditions and Reservations viz 4 First That the said Grantees shall cut clear bridge & make passable for Carriages &c a Road of three Rods wide through the said Tract as shall be at any time hereafter directed or ordered by the Governor & Council aforesaid which Road shall be com- pleted in one Year from the date of such order or direction of the Governor & Council aforesaid on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to Us our Heirs and Succes- sors *4-187 *Secondly That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be settled Six Families in five Years from the date of this Grant in failure whereof the Premises to revert to Us Our Heirs and Successors to be by Us or them entered upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same Thirdly That all white and other Pine Trees fit for masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that Use & none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of such Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to Us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament Fourthly Yielding and paying therefor to Us our Heirs and Successors on or before the first day of March 1779 the Rent of One Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded Fifthly That the said Grantees their Heirs & Assigns shall yield & pay unto Us our Heirs & Successors yearly & every Year forever from & after the expiration of ten Years from the date of this Grant One Shilling proclamation Money for every hundred ALBANY. 399 Acres he so owns settles or possesses & so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor and Commander in chief the twentieth day of April in the twelfth Year of our reign Annoque Domini 1772 J Wentworth By his Excellency’s command with advice of Council The words “equally divided” being interlind previous to signing & sealing Theodore Atkinson Sec y 400 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hampshire Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal this eleventh day of February 1774 Attest 1 Geo : King D Secy Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth 20 th April 1772 — These certify that this Plan begining at a Beech Tree standing southerly about forty Rods from the head of Saco swift River so called from thence runing South 20 degrees East Two miles and an half to an Hemloc Tree from thence North seventy *4-189 degrees East one Mile & eighty Rods to *a Hemloc Tree from thence North sixty four degrees East Two Miles and one hundred and thirty two Rods to a Maple Tree from thence North Thirty five degrees West Two hundred and thirty six Rods to an Hemloc Tree from thence South seventy degrees West One Mile and eighteen Rods to a Spruce Tree from thence North twenty degrees West One Mile and three hundred and ten Rods to a Beech Tree from thence South seventy degrees West two Miles & two hundred and two Rods to a Spruce Tree, from thence South twenty degrees East One hundred and sixty Rods to a Birch Tree from thence North seventy degrees East eighty Rods to the Bound first mentioned contains five thousand one hundred & fourteen Acres of Land and is a true Copy of an original Plan or Survey of said Tract as taken and returned to me by Ebenezer Smith Esq r Dep y Surveyor Attest Is : Rindge S G 1 Copy examined by Geo : King Dep y Sec y [Grant to Joseph Senter, 1771.] *1-387 *Province of 7 George the Third by the Grace of New Hamp r 5 God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a . — To all whom these Presents shall come Greet- ing — Whereas we have tho* fit by our Proclamation at S* Senter’s Grant. James’s the 7 th Day of October in the third Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1763 among other Things to testify our royal Sence & Approbation of the Conduct & Bravery of the offi- cers & Soldiers of our Armies & Signified Our Desire to reward ALBANY. 4OI the Same & have therein Com’anded & Impowered our Several Governors of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to grant without Fee or reward to such reduced officers as have Served in North America during the late War & to such Private Soldiers as have been or Shall be disbanded there & shall person- ally apply for the same Such quantities of Land respectively as in & by our afores d Proclamation are Perticularly mentioned, Subject nevertheless to the Same Quit Rents and Conditions of Cultiva- tion & Improvement as other our Lands are Subject to in the Province in which they are granted And Whereas Joseph Senter of Meridith in our Said Province Gen 11 had our appointment as Leiutenant & served during the late War & is now reduced & he having Personally apply d & Solicited for Such Grant agreable to our aforesaid in Part recited Proclamation — Know ye that we of our special Grace certain Knowledge & mere motion do Signify our approbation as aforesaid & for encouraging the Settlem 4 & Cultivation of our Lands within our Said Province of New Hamp- shire in New England have by & with the Advice of our Trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Esq our Govern 1 & Com’ander in ChiefF of our s d Province & of our Council of the Same agrea- ble to our afores d Proclamation & upon the Conditions & reserva- tions hereafter mentioned given & granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give & grant unto the Said Joseph Sen- ter & unto his Heirs & assigns forever a Certain Tractor parcel of Land Scituate Lying & being within Our Said Province contain- ing by Admeasurement Two Thousand five Hundred & fifty Acres as by A Plan & Survey of the s d Tract exhibited by our Surveyer General of Lands for our s d Province by our Said Governours or- der & returnd into the Secretarys office of our s d Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed) may more fully appear Butted & bounded as follows (viz) — begining at a Beach Tree standing in the West line of Conway which Tree is the South Easterly Corner Bounds of a Tract of Land lately laid out for Major Samuel Hale, from thence Running West one Mile & sixty rods to a red Oake Tree, from thence running South Thirty Eight degrees West one Mile & Two hundred & forty four rods to a Hemlock Tree standing on the northerly Side of Saco swift River so called, from thence South Two Hundred rods to a Hem- lock Tree, from thence East Two Miles & Ninety four rods to a Poplar Standing in Conway West Line, from thence North two miles to the Bounds began at To have & to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to him the Said Joseph & to his Heirs 25 402 CHARTER RECORDS. & assigns forever upon the following Terms Conditions & Reser- vations (Viz) first That the Said Grantee shall cut clear & make Passable for Carriages &c a a Road of Three rods wide thro’ the Said Tract as shall be at any Time hereafter directed or ordered by the Gover- nour & Council aforesaid which road is to be compleated in one Year from the Date of such Order or Direction of the Govern 1- & Council aforesaid on the Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant & of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors. 2 dly That the Said Grantee shall settle or cause to be Settled five families in Three Years from the Date of this Grant in failure whereof the Premisses to revert to us our heirs & successors to be by us or them entered upon & regranted to such of our Sub- *1-388 jects as Shall ^Effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same — 3 dl y That all white and Other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that Use & none to be Cutt or felld without our Special Licence for so doing first had & obtaind on Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of the Grantee in the Said Tract of Land his hirs & Assignes to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalies prescribed by any Present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament — 4* Yielding & paying therefor to us our Heirs & Successors on or before the first Day of January 1773 the rent of one ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded — 5 ly That the S d Grantee his Heirs & Assigns shall Yield & Pay unto us our Heirs & Successors Yearly & 'every Year for ever from & after the Expiration of Ten Years from the Date of this Grant which will be in the Year of our Lord Christ 1781 one Shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses & So in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid which Money Shall be paid by the respect- ive Proprietors or Settlers in Our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to Such officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to receive the Same and these to be in Lieu of all other rents & Services what- soever In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our s d Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness John Wentworth Esq our afores d Governor & Commander in Chief! the 20 th Day of November in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign Annoque Domini 1771 J Wentworth By his Excellencys Com’and > with advice of Council 5 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry ALBANY. 4°3 Recorded according to the Original Patent under the Province Seal the 21 st Day of December 1771 — Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec T ? £ Province of New Hampshire Portsm 0 20 th November 1771 These may Certify that This Plan begining at a Beach* *1-389 Tree standing in the West Line of Conway which Tree is the South Easterly Corner Bounds of a Tract of Land lately laid out for Maj r Samuel Hale from thence runing West one Mile & Sixty Rods to a red oak Tree, from thence runing South Thirty Eight degrees West one Mile & two Hundred & forty four rods to a Hemlock Tree Standing on the Notherly Side of Saco swift River so called from thence runing South two Hundred rods to an Hemlock Tree, from thence runing East Two Mile & Ninety four rods to a Poplar Standing in Said Conway West Line from thence North two Miles to the Bound first began at contains two Thousand five Hundred & fifty Acres of Land & is a True Copy of an original Plan or Survey of Said Tract of Land as taken & returned to me by Ebenez r Smith Esq Deputy Survey r Attest" Is — Rindge 4°4 CHARTER RECORDS. ALSTEAD. [This was probably Number 4 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecti- cut River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1735-6. Granted by New Hamp- shire as Newton , Dec. 28, 1752, to John Towle and others. Regranted Aug. 6, 1763, to Samuel Chase and others, and incorporated as Alstead. The charter was renewed Jan. 24, 1772. See Massachusetts charters preceding; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 5 ; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 21 ; Index to Laws, 17 ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 114; sketch, Child’s Gazet- teer of Cheshire County, 1885, p. 73 ; historical sermon, by Seth S. Arnold, 1826, pp. 48; id . with additions, .1836; Paper Mill Village, A Historical Sketch; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 11 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 247, 250, 253.] [Newton Charter, 1752.] ^Province of New Hamp e George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know Ye that We of our Especial Grace Certain Knowledge & mere motion for the Due Encouragement of Settling a New Plan- tation within our Said Province by & with the advice of our Trusty & Wellbeloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour And Com- mander in ChiefF of our Said Province of New Hampshire in America and of our Council of the Said Province Have upon the Conditions & Reservations hereafter made Given & Granted and by these Presents for us our heirs & Successors do give & Grant in Equal Shares unto our Loveing Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire and his Majesties other Governments and to thier heirs and assigns for Ever whose names are Entered on this Grant to be Divided to & Amongst them into Sixty Eight Equal Shares All that Tract or Parcel of Land Scituate Lying & being within our Province of New Hampshire Containing by Admeasurement Twenty three thousand & forty Acres which Tract is to Contain Six Miles Square & no more out of which an allowance is to be made for highways & unimprovable Lands by *1-119 Newton ALSTEAD. 4°5 Rocks mountains Ponds & Rivers One thousend & forty Acres free According to A Plan thereof made & Presented by our said Governours Orders & hereunto Annexed Butted & bounded as fol- lows (Viz) Begining at the North Easterly Corner ofWalepole from thence South by the Needle Six Miles & Thirty two Rods to A Stake & Stones the North West Corner of Boyle from thence East by the Needle five Miles Two hundred & fifty six Rods to A Stake & Stones from thence North by the Needle Six Miles & one hundred and ninety Two rods to A Stake & Sones from thence West by the Needle three Miles & two hundred & Eighty Eight Rods to a Stake & Stones from thence South One hundred & Sixty Rods to a Stake & Stones from thence West by the Needle one mile & two hundred & Eighty Eight Rods to the bounds first mentioned And that the Same be & is incorporated into a Township by the Name of Newton and that the Inhabitants that do or shall ^hereafter Inhabit said Township Are hereby *1-120 Declared to be Enfranchized with and Entituled to all & every the Priviledges and Immunitys that Other Towns within our said Province by Law Exercize & Enjoy And further that the Said Town as soon as there Shall be fifty families Resident & Settled thereon shall have the Liberty of holding two fairs one of which Shall be held on the And the Other on the Annually which fairs are not to Con- tinue & be held Longer than the Respective days fol- lowing the Said Respective days and as soon as the said Town Shall Consist of fifty families A Market Shall be Opened & kept one or more Days in Each Week as may be tho* most Advantagious to the Inhabitants Also that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers Agreable to the Laws of our said Province Shall be held on the first Wednesday in March Next which Meeting Shall be Notifyed by John Fowle who is hereby Also Appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting which he is to Notify & Govern Agreable to the Laws & Customs of our said Province And that the Annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers of said Town Shall be held on the first Wednesday in March Annually To have & to hold the Said Tract of Land as Above Expressed Togeather with All the Previ- ledges and Appurtenances to them & thier Respective heirs and Assignes forever upon the following Conditions (Viz) That every Grantee his heirs or Assignes shall Plant or Cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres Con- tained in his or their Share or Propotion of Land in the Said 40 6 CHARTER RECORDS. Township and Continue to Improve and Settle the Same by Addi- tional Cultivations on Penalty of the forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the Said Township & its Reverting to his Majesty his heirs and Successors to be by him or them regranted to Such of his Subjects as Shall Effectually Settle and Cultivate the Same That All white & Other Pine Trees within the Said Township fit for masting our Royal Navy be Carefully Preserved for that Use And none to be Cutt or felld without his Majestys Especial Lycence for so Doing first had & obtaind upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of Such Grantee his heirs or Assigns to us our heirs & Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now Are or hereafter *i—i 21 Shall be Enacted *That before Any Devission of the Said Lands be made to & Amongst the Grantees A Tract of Land as Near the Center of the Township as the Land will Admit of Shall be Reserved & Marked out for Town Lotts one of which Shall be Allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of One Acre Yielding and Paying there fore to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of Ten Years to be Computed from the Date hereof the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only on the first Day of January Annually if Lawfully Demanded the first payment to be made on the first Day of Jan ry one thousand Seven hundred & fifty four — And every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant Shall Yield & Pay unto us Our heirs & Successors Yearly And every Year for ever from & After the Expiration of the Ten Years from the Date hereof — Namely on the first Day of January which will be in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundred & Sixty four One Shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses & So in Proportion for a Greater or Lesser Tract of the said Land which Money shall be paid by the Respective Persons above said their heirs or assigns in our Council Chamber Portsm 0 or to such officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to recieve the same and this to be in Lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever In Testimony hereof We have Caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Wit- ness Benning Wentworth Esq our Govern 1 * and Commander in Chieff of our Said Province the 28 th Day of Decemb r in the Year of our Lord Christ 1752 & in the 26 th year of Our Reign B Wentworth By his Excellencys Comand with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec TJ ALSTEAD. 4°7 Entered & Recorded According to the Original under the Prov Seal this 30 th Day of December 1752 — ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry The Names of the Grantees of Newton — (Viz) John Fowle, Jon a Bradish, John Hill, Caleb Brooks, Nathan New Hall, Josiah Convers, Benjamin Belknap Isaac Kidder, John Martin, Francis Whitmore, William Whitmore, Abiel Richardson, John Skinner, Roland Cotton, William Dunlop, Noah Richardson, Ebenezer Frances, Seth Blodget, Samuel Servis, Nathaniel Wales, Archibald McNeal, Francis Shaw, John Fulton, William Field, *1-122 John Bathrick, Jason Winchip, Thomas Bennet, Ebenezer Shattuck, Thomas Parker, Nathaniel Russell John Marshall, Joshua Hamblet, William Symes, His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq A Tract of Land to Contain five hund d Acres which is to be Accounted Two of the within mentioned Shares, One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Forreign Parts, One whole Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in Said Town, One whole Share for A Glebe for the Ministry of the Church of England as by Law Established Entered & Recorded from the back of the Charters of Newton the 30 th Day of December 1752 — Unite Moseley, Benjamin Furnice, Joseph Scott, Robert Hill, William Fisher, *David Whiteing, Samuel Winchip, David Comey, Joseph Newhall, John Bishop, James Pigze, Ebenezer Bridge, Caleb Trowbridge, John Sterns William Marwell, William Crombie, Ebenezer Field, John Douglass, Timothy Winchip, Thomas Draper, Samuel Smith, Jonathan Bryant, Jacob March, Tho 3 Lambert, Isaac Phillebrows, John Varnum, James Hills, Timothy Taylor Joseph Blanchard jun r Eleazer Blanchard, Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 408 CHARTER RECORDS. -Ajr / JJZ’ASJlliJ »Uo o 5> JVziAftoTL E&*i2>z/-y t /7trcilL Smiles Ub^.od. s Taken from the Back of the Original Charter this 30 th Decem- ber 1752 ^8 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry [Alstead Charter, 1763.] ^Province of New Hampshire. George, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, for the due Encourage- ment of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and '2-500 Alstead < p s — heretofore Newton ALSTEAD. 4°9 with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Went- worth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire, in New England, and of Our Coun- cil of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reserva- tions herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy Six equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New- Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement Twenty Three Thousand & forty Acres , which Tract is to con- tain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz . Begining at the North East Corner of Walpole at A Stake & Stones stand- ing in the Southerly Side Line of Charlestown from thence Tun- ing South by Walepole to the North West Corner of Gilsum Six Miles & about Thirty Two Rods thence East by Gilsum afore S d five Miles Two Hundred & fifty Six Rods to A Stake & Stones the South West Corner of Marlow from thence North by the Needle Six Miles & One Hundred & Ninety Two Rods to the North West Corner of Marlow from thence West by the Needle Three Miles & Two Hundred and Eighty Eight Rods to a Stake & Stones in Charlestown Side Line from thence South One Hundred & Sixty Rods to the South East Corner of Said Charlestown thence Westerly by Said Charlestown to the Bounds began at And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Town- ship by the Name of Alstead And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective # following the said 410 CHARTER RECORDS. and that as soon as the said Town shall *2-501 consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be *opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the last Tuesday in Novem- ber next which said Meeting shall be Notified by M r Samuel Chace who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meet- ing, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out For Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December . 1763 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay ALSTEAD. 4 11 unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of Dece?nber, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1773 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth , or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the Sixth Day of August In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty three And in the Third Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command With Advice of Council, Theodore Atkinson jun r Se ry Pro v of New Hamp r August 6th 1763 Recorded according to the original Charter under the Pro v Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry *The Names of the Grantees of Alstead — Viz *2-502 Samuel Chase Offin Burnam Stephen Chase Daniel Putnam Joshua Swinington Thomas Hall James Richardson Silas Hazleton Samuel Chase Jun r Nathaniel Gowen Daniel Chase Jun r Ebenz r Bridge Beny Leeland Benj a Garfield Bradford Chase Jonathan Dudley Jun 1 Ephraim Sherman John Holland Jonas Brown Moses Chase Moses Chase jun r David Dudley Jonathan Chase Moody Chase Dudley Chase David Lilly Paul Chase Moses Leeland Joseph Mosly John Hollbrock James M c Clelaton Jacob Gibbs Abraham Batcheldor Benoni Chase Daniel Chase Josiah Brown Caleb Chase Ebenez r Rawson March Chase Simon Brooks Solomon Chase David Lilly Jun r Thomas Parker Jun r Samuel Richardson Eliakim Garfield Nath 11 Whitmore Joseph Whipple Asa Walker 412 CHARTER RECORDS. John Varnum Coll W m Symes Ephram Sherman Jun r Luke Drevvrey Nathaniel Sherman Hezekiah Taylor Moses Hollbrook Samuel Sherman Jun r Antipas Holland Abraham Temple James Whipple Stephen Hall Hon ble Theodore Atkinson ^ Nath 11 Barrell & >Esq T8 Theodore Atkinson jun r ) His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq a Tract of Land of Five Hundred Acres as marked on the Plan B — W — which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares one Share for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts one Share for A Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established — one Share for the first Settled Minister in said Town And one for A School there for ever Pro v New Hamp r August 6 th 1763 Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter of Alstead un- der the Pro v Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Daniel Burbank Ebenez r Burnet Ebenez r Sadler Moses Whipple David Temple John Whipple John Marshall A e ALSTEAD. 4*3 Prov e of New Hamp r August 6 — 1763 Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter of alstead un- der the Pro y Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry [Alstead Charter Renewed, 1772.] ^Province of ) George the Third by the Grace of *1-401 New Hampshire ) God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. To all whom these presents shall come Greet- ing. Whereas we of our special grace certain knowl- edge & mere Motion for the due encouragement of ( Alstead > settling a New Plantation w th in our said Province l extended 5 of New Hampshire by our Letters Patent or Char- ter under the Seal of our said Province Dated the 6 th day of August 1763, in the Third year of our Reign, did grant a Tract of Land equal to Six Miles square, bounded as therein express’d, to a Number of our Loyal Subjects whose Names are enter’d on the same, to Hold to them their Heirs and Assigns on the Condi- tions therein declared to be a Town Corporate by the Name of Alstead as by referrence to the said Charter may more ful- ly appear. And whereas the said Grantees have *prefer’d *1-402 a Petition to our Governor of our said Province in Council, specifying sundry Difficulties which prevented their full compliance with the Terms of the Grant aforesaid, And that the said Town is in great forwardness of being completely settled And therefore Praying that no advantage may be taken of the breach of the Con- ditions aforesaid, but that some further Time may be allowed them to fulfill the same : all which being duly Consider’d. Know Ye that We being willing to encourage & promote the Cultivation & Settlement of the said Tract Have of our further grace and favour suspended our Claim of the forfeiture which the said Grantees may have Incurred and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors, (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq: our Governor & Commander in chief of our said Province & of our Council of the same) do grant unto the said Grantees their Heirs and Assigns the further Term of Three Years for performing and fulfilling the Conditions Matters and things by them to be done as aforesaid ; Except the Quit Rents 4 X 4 CHARTER RECORDS. which are to remain due & payable as express’d and reservd in the Original Grant or Charter. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness our Governor & Com- mander in Chief aforesaid, the 24 th day of January in the 12 th year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1772. J’ Wentworth By his Excellence's Command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Secretary. Province of New Hampshire 25 th January 1772. Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal. AMHERST. [Granted by Massachusetts as Narragansett No. 3, Dec. 18, 1728. Afterwards called Sale?n Narragansett and Souhegan West. The grant was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors, Dec. i, 1759. Incorporated as Amherst, Jan. 18, 1760, and named in honor of Lord Jeffry Amherst. The incorporation was renewed Jan. 7, 1762. A large part of Monson was annexed in 1770. A portion of the town was combined with parts of Hollis and Mile Slip to make up the town of Milford, Jan. 11, 1794. Mont Vernon was set off and incorporated Dec. 15, 1803. A part of Milford was annexed Dec. 20, 1842. t See Massachusetts charters preceding, and Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 6 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 57 ; Index to Laws, 18 ; Historical Discourse, 100 th Anniversary of Dedication of Congregational Meet- ing House, by J. E. Davis, 1874; Proceedings of Revolutionary Committees of Safety for Hillsborough County, by E. D. Boylston, 1884; History, by Daniel F. Secomb, 1883, pp. 978; sketch by same, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 219; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 21; Recollections of Busy Life, by Horace Greeley, 1873 ; Life of Horace Greeley, by James Parton, 1885; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 150; Rambles about Amherst, by W. B. Rotch, 1890, pp. 67; Bills of Mortality, 1805-14, by John Farmer, 14, Mass. Historical Society Collections, 73; id., 1805-1819, 1, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, 80; id., 1815-1826, 22, Mass. Historical Society Collections, 298; sketch, by John Farmer, 12, id., 247; revised as Historical Sketch of Amherst, 1820, pp. 35; 2d edition, continued, 1837, pp. 52; id., 5, Collections N. H. Historical Society, 79 ; petition of inhabitants, id., 253 ; History' of Purgatory, by C. J. Smith, 1889, pp. 8.] AMHERST. 4 T 5 Amherst [Amherst Incorporated, 1760.J ^Province of New Hampshire T-212 p seal this Charter Renewed See Page 244 George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To All to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Whereas our Loyal Subjects Inhabitants of A Tract of Land within Our Province of New Hampshire known by the Name of Sowhegon West on the Westerly Side of the River Merri- mack have Humbly Petitioned & Requested us that they may be erected & Incorporated into A Township & Infranchized with the Same Powers & Previledges which Other Towns within Our Said Province by Law have & Enjoy and it Appearing to us to be Con- ducive to the General Good of Our Said Province as well as of the Said Inhabitants in Perticular by Maintaining good Order and Encouraging the Culture of the Land that the Same Should be done Know Ye therefor that We of Our Special Grace Certain Knowledg and for the Encoragement & Promoting the Good Purposes *And Ends afores d by & With the *1-213 Advice of Our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq Our Governor & Commander in ChiefF and of our Council for Said Province of New Hampshire Have errceted & ordain d & by these Presents for us our heirs & Successors Do Will & ordain that the Inhabitants of the Tract of Land aforesaid & who Shall Inhabit & Improve thereon hereafter the Same being Butted & Bounded as Follows Viz Beginning at Sowhegon River thence Runing North one degree West on the Town Ship of Merrimack & Bedford Six Miles thence running West on Bedford and a Tract of Land called New Boston Six Miles then South about five miles & an half to Sowhegon River aforesaid than by Said river to the Place where it began be and hereby are Declared & ordaind to be a Town Corporate and are hereby Erected & Incorporated into a Body Politick & Corporate to have Continuence until the first of January 1762 by the Name of Amherst with all the Powers and Authoritys Previledges Immunity & Franchises which any Other Towns in Said Province by Law hold & Injoy to the Said Inhabitants or who Shall hereafter Inhabit there & their Succes- sors for Said Term Allways reserving to us Our heirs & Succes- sors All white Pine Trees that are or Shall be found growing & 4i 6 CHARTER RECORDS. being on the Said Tract of Land fit for the Use of Our Royal Navy Reserving also to us Our heirs & Successors the Power & right of Dividing the Said Town when it Shall Appear Necessary & Convenient for the Inhabitants thereof Provided Nevertheless and it is hereby declared that this Charter & Grant is not Intended and Shall not in any Manner be Construed to Extend to or affect the Private Property of the Soil within the Limits aforesaid And as the Several Towns within Our Said Province Are by the Laws thereof Enabled & Authorized to Assemble and by the Majority of Voters Present to Chuse all such Officers Trans Act Such Affairs as in the Said Laws Are Declared We do by these Presents Nominate & Appoint Leiu* Coll 11 John Goffe to call the first Meeting of said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at Any Time within Forty Days from the Date hereof giving Legal Notice of the Time & Design of holding such Meeting after which the Annual Meeting in Said Town Shall be held for the Choice of Said officers & the Purposes aforesaid on the Second Monday in March Annually In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Com’ander in Chieff of Our Said Province the Eighteenth Day of January in the thirty third Year of Our Reign & in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty B Wentworth By his Excellencys Command with Advice of y e Council / Theodore Atkinson Se r * Recorded According to the Original Charter under the Province Seal the 19 th of January 1760 ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec* 7 This Plan describes a Tract of Land called Sowhegon West or N° (3) and is Bounded (Viz) begining at Sowhegon River & thence Runing North one Degree West on Merrimack & Bed- ford Six Miles then Runing West on Bedford & New Boston Six Miles then South about five Miles and & half to Sowhegon River afore Said then by Said River to the Place where we began AMHERST. 4*7 ■UOJSOQsny/ — S?7*27/ *?S -7S7/M 7 , ' J0 /p*£f Taken from the Back of the Original Charter of Amherst & Recorded here this 19 th Day of Jan 1 ? 1760 — ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry p s Amherst Chat 1 Prolonged See the original Charter Record- ed in Page (212) [Amherst Incorporation Renewed, 1762.] ^Province of New Hamp r *1-244 ^ George the Third by the Grace of God of Great / Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith \ &c Whereas our Late Royal Grand Father King George the Second of Glorious Memory of his Special Grace & upon the Petition of the Inhab- itants of A Tract of Land in our S d Province of New Hamp r heretofore known by the Name of Sowhegon West and for the Maintaining 26 418 CHARTER RECORDS. good order & Encouraging the Culture of the Land there by his Letters Patent or Charter under the Seal of our Said Province Dated the 18 th Day of Jan ry in the 33 d Year of his Reign did Erect & Incorporate into A Body Politick & Corporate by the Name of Amherst the Inhabitants of the Said Tract of Land or those that Should thereon Inhabit thereafter which Tract is butted & bounded as in the said Patent or Charter is Expressed and was to have Continuence til the first Day of Jan^ 1762 which Time being elapsed and the Inhabitants having again Petitioned to have the Said Charter Previledges renewd and it Appearing Necessary to answer the good End Proposed as well as to Enable the Inhab- itants aforesaid to Assess and Collect their Rates & Taxes Know Ye that We being Willing to Promote the good End pro- posed have of our Father Grace & Favour By & with the advice of our Trusty & wellbeloved Benning Wentworth our Governor & Com’ander in Chieffe & of our Council for said Province Revived & Regranted unto the said Inhabitants and their Successors on the s d Tract of Land all the Powers & Authority s Previledges Immuni- ties & Franchises in the Said Charter Mentioned as they Enjoyd the Same while that Charter was in force And to have Continu- ence until We Shall Please to Approve or Disalow the Same & Signify Such our Approbation or Disalowence In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Seal of the Province aforesaid to be hereunto affixed Witness Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Commander in Chieff this 7 th day of Jan 1 ^ in the 2 d Year of Our Reign Annoq Domini 1762^- B Wentworth By his Excellencys Command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec* 7 Province of New Hamp r January 8 th 1762 Recorded from the original under the Province Seal ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry ASHLAND. [Set off from Holderness and incorporated, July 1, 1868. Named from Henry Clay's home. See papers under title Holderness ; Index to Laws, 25 ; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 123 ; Central New Hampshire, by G. F. Bacon, 1890, p. 50; Asquam Lake and its Environs, 10, Granite Monthly, 68.] BARNSTEAD. 4 T 9 ATKINSON. [This town was a part of a tract of land purchased from the Indians by inhabi- tants of Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 15, 1642. Set off from Plaistow and incorporated by its present name, Sept. 3, 1767. Named in honor of Theodore Atkinson. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 26; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 120; Index to Laws, 27; sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 1 1 7 ; History, by William Cogswell, 6, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 56; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 16; note on Plaistow post ; discourse, centennial of Congregational Church, by C. F. Morse, 1875 ; Atkinson Academy, by W. C. Todd, 26, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 122, 332; Biographical Notices of Physi- cians, 1, N. H. Repository, 134.] AUBURN. [This town was a part of Chester known as Long Meadow. Set off from Ches- ter and incorporated, June 23, 1845. See papers under title Chester ; Index to Laws, 29 ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 126; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 18; History of Chester by Benjamin Chase, 1869, p. 186; Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles, by Parker Pillsbury, 1883, p. 182.] BARNSTEAD. [Granted by Lt. Gov. John Wentworth, to Rev. Joseph Adams, of Newington, and others, May 20, 1727. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 136; Index to Laws, 45; sketch, Hurd’s History of Belknap County, 1885, p. 71 1; Reunion, 1, Granite Monthly, 303; id ., ed. by H. N. Colbath, 1884, pp. 132; History, by J. P. Jewett, 1872, pp. 264; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, pp. 252, 375 ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 481.] [Barnstead Charter, 1727.] *George by the Grace of God of great Britain France *1-230 Barnstead & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all People to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Know Ye that we of our Special Knowledge &Mere Motion for the due Encouragment of Settling A New Plantation by & with the advice & Consent of our Council Have given & granted & by these Presents as far as in us 420 CHARTER RECORDS. Lyes do give & grant in Equal Shares unto Sundry of our beloved Subjects whose names Are entred in A Schedule here unto An- nexed that inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the Said grant within our Province of New Hampshire all that Tract of Land within the following Bounds (Viz) to begin on the Head of the Town of Bar- rington on the South West Side of the Town ofCoulraine and run- ing by the Said Town of Coulraine Eight Miles & from the Said Town of Coulraine to Run on the Head of Barrington Line South West forty’ Two Degrees Six Miles & then North West Eight Miles then on A Straight Line to the head of the first Eight Miles and that the Same be a Town Corporate by the Name of Barn- stead to the Persons aforesaid for ever To Have & to hold the Said Land to the Grantees & their heirs and assignes for ever & to Such associates as they Shall admit upon the following Conditions That every Proprietor build a Dwelling House within three Years & Settle a Family therein and brake up three acres of Ground & Plant & Sow the Same within three Years & Pay his Proportion of the Town Charges when & so often as occasion shall require the same — 2 dly That A Meeting House be built for the Publick Worship of God within the Term of four Years — 3 dl j That upon default of any Perticular Proprietor in Complying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his Part Such dilinquent Proprietor Shall forfeit his Share to the Other Proprietors which Shall be disposed of according to the Major Vote of the s d Com- oners at a legal meeting 4 ,y That a Proprietors Share be reserved for a Parsonage & an Other for the first Minister of the Gospel that is there Settled & ordaind & another Proprietors Share for the Benefit of A School in the Town Provid Nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians continues for the Space of Three Years But if it Should happen that a War with the Indians should Comence before the Expiration of the aforesaid Term of three Years then the Said Term of three Years shall be Allowed to the Proprietors after the Expiration of *1—231 the War for the Performance of the *afores d Conditions Rendring & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors or Such officers or officer as Shall be appointed to recieve the Same the Annual Quit Rent or Acknowledge- ment of one Pound of Hemp in the Said Town on the 20 th Day ot December Yearly for ever (if Demanded) resenting also unto us our heirs & Successors all Mast Trees growing on the Said Tract BARNSTEAD. 421 of Land according to the Acts of Parliament in that Case made & Provided & for the better order rule & Government of the Said Town We do by these Presents for ourselves Our heirs & Succes- sors grant unto the Said men & Inhabitants or those that Shall In- habit the Said Town that Yearly & every year upon the last Tuesday in the Month of March forever Shall Meet to Elect & Choose by the Major Part of them Present Constables Select Men & other Town officers according to the Laws & usages of our afores d Province and for the Calling & Notifying the first Town Meeting we do here by Appoint John Downing Jun r John Fabins & John Knight to be the first Select Men & they to Continue in Said Respective office as Select Men until the last Tuesday in the Month of March which Shall be in the year of Our Lord 1728 & until other Select men Shall be Chosen & Appointed in their Stead in Such Manner as in these Presents expressed In Wittness whereof We have caused the Seal of our Said Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed Wittness John Wentworth Esq Our Lieutenant Governour & Comander in Chieff in & over our Said Province at our Town of Portsmouth in our s d Province of New Hamp r the Twenty eth Day of May in the Thirteenth Year of our reign annoq Domini 1727 — J Wentworth By order of his Hon r the Lieu 1 Govern 1- with Advice of Council Rich d Waldron Cl k Con Recorded According to the original under the Province Seal this 28 th Day of March 1761 — Theodore Atkinson Sec ry A Schedule of the Proprietors of the Town of Barnstead The Rev d Jos Addams John Walker Tho 8 Pickring James Nutter Joshu a Pickring Hatevil Nutter Eleaz r Coleman George Walton Joshua Downing Joseph Fabins Moses Furbur John Knight jun r John Downing jun r Rich d Downing Sam 11 Nutter John Fabins jun r John Knight Henry Nutter Joseph Downing Samuel Walton George Walton jun r William Furbur Benj a Downing Tho 8 Trickey James Pickring John Nutter John Fabins Mathias Nutter Hateevil Nutter jun r John Trickey Lemuel Bickford Jon a Downing John Hodgdon Sam 11 Fabins John Decker Cyprean Jeffry 422 CHARTER RECORDS. John Walton Tho *1-232 *John Thompson Harrison Downing Seth Ring Josiah Downing Hunking Wentworth Benjamin Wentworth Rich d Wibird jun r Jeremiah Miller Matt Plant John Dam jun r Elnathan Dam Hatevil Nutter Andrew Peters Jethr' Bickford Sam 11 Thompson Benj a Walton John Walingsford Thomas Leighton Shadrach Walton Jn° Wentworth jun r James Jeffry jun r Rich d Waldron jun r Frances Jennes Robert Auchmuty Zebulon Dam Jethro Bickford John Rindge Furbur N D ton Clem* Meserve Moses Dam Henry Allard Tho s Ayers son of Tom John Brock Sam 11 Hunt Sam 11 Shackford John Plaisted Andrew Wiggin Cap* John Gillman M r Eph ra Dennet Ebenez r Stevens Nath 11 Showers John Hunt John Shackford James Davis Cap* John Downing Paul Gerrish Theodore Atkinson Rich d Jennes Gill : Macpheadris Joseph Rollings Benning Wentworth David Wentworth George Jaffrey jun r Ebenez r Weare Sampson Sheaffe John Dam Rich d Dam Mark Ayers Nath u Morrel John Downing jun r Tim 0 Gerrish jun r Peter Weare Esq Jn° Gillman Esq W m Fellows Sam 11 Tibbets John Sanburn James Jeffry Benj a Clark Hpnour Samuel Shute 500 Acres & A Home Ebenez 1 Wentworth Admitted Associates his Excellency & Esq John Wentworth Esq Each of them Lott. Coll Mark Hunking Tho s Westbrook Shadrach Walton Archibald Macpheadris George Jaffrey Jn° Frost Rich d Wibird Jotham Odiorne Each A Proprietors Share Entred & Recorded from the original Schedule of the Proprie- tors of the Township of Barnstead as the Same was Certified by Rich d Waldron Cer — Con — this 28 th March 1761 — Attest" Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 BARRINGTON. 4 2 3 BARRINGTON. [Granted by Gov. Samuel Shute, May io, 1722, to the proprietors of the Iron Works on Lamprey River, John Wentworth, George Jaffrey, Archibald McPheadris, and Robert Wilson. Strafford was set off, and incorporated June 17, 1820. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 41 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 136; Index to Laws, 46; sketch, by C. F. Buzzell, Hurd’s History of Strafford County, 1882, p. 607; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375; Lawrence's N. H. ■Churches, 1856, p. 315.] [Barrington Charter, 1722.] *George by the Grace of God of Great Britain *1-205 Barrington France & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c a Charter To All People to Whom these Presents Shall Come greeting Know Ye that We of Our Especial Knowledge & Mere Motion for the Due Encouragement of Settling a New Plantation by & with the Advice & Consent of our Council have given & Granted and by these Presents (as far as in us lyes) do give & Grant unto all Such of our Loving Subjects as are at Present Inhabitants of our Town of Portsm 0 within our Province of New Hamp r and have paid Rates in the Said Town for four Years Last Past to be Divided amoung them in Proportion to their Respective town Rates which they paid the Year last Past and the record of which is to be found, in their Town book and is agreeable to their Petition preferrd for that Purpose — All That Tract of Land containd within the following Bounds (Viz) to begin at the End of Two miles upon Aline Run upon A Northwest point half a Point more Northerly from Dover head line at the End of four Miles and an half westward from Dover North East Corner Bounds & run upon the aforesaid Point of Norwest half A Point more Northerly Eleven miles into the Country and from thence Six miles upon a Streight Line to Nottingham Northerly corner bounds then to begin Again at the End of the Two miles afore- said & to run upon a Parallel line with Dover head line Six miles to Nottingham Side line and from thence Eleven Miles along Not- tingham Side Line to Nottingham Northerly Corner bounds And also we give & Grant in Manner as aforesaid all that Tract of Land lying between Dover head line & the afore granted Tract of Land it being in Breadth six miles upon Dover head Line afore- said and two miles in Depth from Said Dover head line to the afore CHARTER RECORDS. 424 granted Tract of Land To our Loving Subjects the Present Pro- prietors of the Iron works lately set up at Lamprey River (Viz) The Hon ble John Wentworth Esq George Jaffrey Esq & Archibald Macpheadrize Esqs & Mr Robert Willson for their Encourage- ment & Accommodation to Carry on & maintain the aforesaid Iron works the aforesaid Two Tracts of Land to be A Town Corporate by the Name of Barrington to the Persons aforesaid for ever — To have & to hold the said Two Tracts of Land to the Grantees & their heirs & assigns for ever upon the following Conditions — I st That they build fifty Dwelling Houses & Settle A *1-206 family* In each within Seven years and break up three Acres of Ground for each Settlement and Plant or Sow the Same within Seven years — 2 dl y That A Meeting House be built for the Publick Worship of God within the Term of Seven Years 3 dly That two hundred Acres of Land be reserved for a Parson- age two hundred Acres for the first Minister of the Gospel & one hundred Acres for the Benefit of a School — Provided Nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians Continue duering the aforesaid Term of Seven years But if it Should so happen that A War with the Indians Should Com’ence before the Expiration of the Term of Seven Years aforesaid there Shall be Allowed to the aforesaid Proprietors the Term of Seven years after the Expiration of the War for the Performance of the afore- said Conditions , Rendring & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors or Such Other officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to Recieve the Same the Annual Quit Rent or Acknowledgment of one Pound of Good Merchantable hemp in the said Town on the first Day of December Yearly forever if Demanded Reserving also unto us our heirs & Successors all Mast trees growing on the Said Land According to the Acts of Parliament in that case Provided And for the better order rule & Government of the Said Town we do by these Presents Grant for us our heirs & Successors unto the Said men & Inhabitants or those that Shall Inhabit the Said Town that yearly & Every year upon the Last Wednesday in March they Shall meet to Ellect & Chuse by the Major Part of them Constables Selectmen and All Other Town Officers According to the Laws & usage of our aforesaid Province for the year Ensueing with Such Powers Previledges & Authority s as other Town Offi- cers within our aforesaid Province have & Enjoy In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of our said Province to be here- BARRINGTON. 4 2 5 unto Annexed Wittness Samuel Shute Esq our Governour & Commander in Chieff of our Said Province at our Town of Portsm 0 the Tenth Day of May in the Eighth year of our reign Annoq Domini 1722 — Samuel Shute By his Excellencys Command with Advice of the Council Richard Waldron Clerk — Con — \ PROV e / / Seal v *A True Copy of Barrington Charter Compared with *1-207 the Original Rich d Waldron Cler Con Entred & Recorded According to An Attested Copy which haveing been Exhibited by Capt W m Cate of Barrington & Laid before the Governour & Council & it Appearing to them to be A genuine Copy & On a suggestion that the original was burn in the Sec 178 office twas ordred that the Same be here recorded in obedience to which tis here recorded the 10 Jan r y 1756 Attesta r Theodore Atkinson Sec ry [Bounds of Barrington, 1725.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 67.] Prov : of ) At a Publick Meeting of the Propriators of the New Hamp r $ Town of Barrington held the 6 th Day of Decem- ber 1725. — We whose names are under written being appointed a Com- mitte to Run Out the Bounds of the Town of Barrington According to the Charter make Return of our Doings herein as followeth — We began at a Red Oak Tree Next Exeter Bounds at the head of Dover Township and Run North 42. Degrees East on Dover head Line Four miles & a Quarter to a Pitch Pine Tree Marked on the South Side with the Letter N. for Nottingham and on the North Side with the Letter B. for Barrington with the Date of the Year 1725, upon the Same Course upon Dover head Line Six 426 CHARTER RECORDS. Miles & a Quarter more until we came to Rochester Side Bounds where we marked a Pitch Pine Tree B. for Barrington on the South Side and R for Rochester on the North Side which Six Miles & a Quarter is the Breadth of Barrington and from the Said Pitch Pine Tree N° W. half a Point more Northerly Thirteen Miles to a Hemlock Marked B. for Barrington on the South Side and R. for Rochester on the North Side and from Said Hemlock S. 42. Degrees West Six Miles & a Quarter to a Red Oak marked B. for Barrington on the North Side and N. for Nottingham on the South Side and from Said Red oak S E. half a Point South- erly Thirteen Miles to the Bound Tree between Barrington and Nottingham on Dover head Line — Tobias Langdon John Cutt A True Copy Taken Out of Barrington Town Book att r H Wentworth Prop 18 Cle r BARTLETT. [Made up of grants to Lieut. Andrew McMillan, Capt. William Stark, Lieut. Vere Royce, Adjt. Philip Bailey, and Maj. James Gray. Incorporated June 16, 1790, and named in honor of Josiah Bartlett, then President of the state. A tract of land belonging to the state, situated in Jackson, was annexed June 19, 1806. Another small tract was annexed from Jackson, June 22, 1819. Land owned by Nathaniel Carlton was severed from Bartlett and annexed-'to Jackson, July 3, 1822. A large tract of land on the west and south was annexed July 1, 1823. Land belonging to Jonathan Mclntire was annexed June 18, 1836. The farms of Nathaniel Tufts and Stephen Carlton, 2d, were severed from Bartlett and annexed to Jackson, July 3, 1839. A tract of land was taken from Chatham and annexed to Bartlett, June 30, 1869, and another from Hart’s Location, July 2, 1878. Bart- lett was annexed to Carroll County, from Cods, Jan. 5, 1853. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 159 ; Index to Laws, 47 ; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 909; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by Samuel Adams Drake, 1882, p. 55; Willey’s History of the White Mountains, 1870, p. 147; Account of First Settlement, Crawford’s History of the White Mountains, 1883, p. 184; Early Pioneers, by E. A. Philbrick, 5, Granite Monthly, 124; The White Hills, by T. Starr King, 1859, P* 1 37 ; The Moat Path, by J. Worcester, 1, Appalachia, 267; Mt. Silver Spring and Tremont, by J. R. Edmands, 2, id ., 282; The Mountains between Saco and Swift Rivers, by J. R. Edmands, 3, id ., 57; An Ascent of Mts. Langdon and Parker, by A. Mat- thews, 3, id., 282; Bear Mountain, by J. R. Edmands, 3, id., 69; Humphrey’s Ledge and Its View, by J. Worcester, 4, id., 130, and 5, id., 30, 215 ; Mountains near New Zealand Notch, by E. B. Cook, 5, id., 194; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 302; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 600; The White Mountains, A Guide to Their Interpretation, by J. H. Ward, 1890, p. 26.] BARTLETT. 4 2 7 [Grant to Philip Bailey, 1770.] ^Province of ) George the Third by the grace of New Hampshire $ God of Great Britain France and Ire- — 375 land King defender of the Faith &c a . ( Adj fc Philip Bailey’s > To all to whom these Presents shall l Grant. ) come Greeting — Whereas we have tho’t fit by our Proclamation at Starnes’s the seventh day of October in the 3 d Year of our Reign, Annoque Domini 1763, (among other Things to testify our Royal sense & approbation of the conduct and bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of our Armies, and signified our desire to reward the same, and have therein commanded & Impowered our several Gov- ernors of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to Grant without Fee or Reward to such reduced officers as have served in North America during the late War, and to such Private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there, and shall personally apply for the same such quantities of Land respectively as in and by our afores d Proclamation are particularly mentioned ; subject nevertheless to the same Quit Rents & Condi- tions of cultivation & Improvement as other our Lands are subject to* in the Province in which they are granted. *1-376 And Whereas Philip Bailey of Portsmouth in our said Province Gentleman, had our appointment as Adjutant of our 72 d Regiment, employed in our Service at the Reduction of Louis- bourg and Seige of Quebec ; & served in that Capacity during the late War in North America, and is now reduced, & he having Personally applied and sollicited for such Grant agreeable to our aforesaid Proclamation — Know Ye That we of our special grace certain knowledge and mere motion, do signify our approbation as aforesaid, and for encouraging the settlement and cultivation of our Lands within our said Province of New Hampshire in New England, Have (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well-beloved John Went- worth Esquire our Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hamps r and of our Council of the same, agreable to our aforesaid in part recited proclamation, and upon the Conditions & reservations hereafter mentioned) Given and granted, and by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors do give and grant unto the said Philip Bailey and to his heirs and Assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of Land, situate lying and being within our said Province, containing by admeasurement 428 CHARTER RECORDS. Two thousand Acres, as by a Plan or Survey of said Tract exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province of New Hampshire & returned into the Secretary’s Office, (a Copy whereof is hereunto annex’d) may more fully appear : but- ted & bounded as follows Viz 1 Beginning at the crotch between the main branch of Saco River & middle branch commonly called Ellis’s River & running North Seventy Eight degrees West Four hundred & sixteen Rods to a hemlock Tree spotted & marked V. R. & P. B. from thence North Ten deg 3 East Five hundred & thirty Two Rods to a Beech tree from thence South Seventy Eight deg 3 East Four hundred & Sixteen rods to a Beech Tree, from thence South ten deg 3 West five hundred & thirty Two Rods to the bounds first began at, which Premises above described contain Thir- teen hundred & Eighty Acres, and also another Tract, Begin- ning at a beech Tree South Ten deg 8 West Twenty four Rods from the South west corner of the abovesaid Tract, & running said course of South ten deg 3 West two hundred & seventy six Rods to a hemlock Tree, thence West Four hundred & thirty four Rods to a Beech Tree, thence North ten deg 3 East One hundred & Eighty eight Rods to a Beech Tree, thence North seventy five deg 3 East Four hund d & seventy two Rods to the beech Tree first mentioned: & Contains Six hundred & twenty Acres. To have and to hold the said Land as above express’d to him the said Philip & to his Heirs and Assigns forever upon the following Terms, Conditions & Reservations Viz 1 First That the said Grantee shall cut, clear & make * I- 377 Passable for carriages &c. *a Road of Three Rods wide through the said Tract as shall be at any Time hereafter directed or Order’d by the Governor & Council afores d which Road is to be completed in Two Years from the date of such Order or direction of the Gov r & Council aforesaid on Penalty of the for- feiture of this Grant & of it’s reverting to us our heirs & Successors. Second That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be setled Ten Families in Four Years from the Date of this Grant; in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our heirs & succes- sors to be by us or them enter’d upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same. — Third That all white and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained on penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee in the said Tract of Land his heirs & Assigns to us our Heirs and BARTLETT. 429 Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourth Yielding & paying therefor to us our heirs & Succes- sors on or before the Ninth day of August 1779, the rent of one ear of Indian corn only, if lawfully demanded. Fifth That the said Grantee his heirs and Assigns shall yield & pay unto us our heirs & successors yearly & every Year for ever from & after the expiration of one year from the abovesaid Ninth day of August, namely on the Ninth day of August which will be in the year of our Lord 1780, One Shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns, Settles or Possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid ; which money shall be paid by the respective Propri- etor or Setler as aforesaid in our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, and these to be in lieu of all other rents & Services. — In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness John Wentworth Esquire our aforesaid Governor & Commander in chief the 9 th day of August in the 10 th year of our Reign, Annoque Domini 1770. — J’ Wentworth By his Excellency’s Command ) with advice of Council $ [No signature] Recorded according to the Original under the Province seal this 9 th Aug st A. D. 1770. Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 430 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New ) Hampshire £ Portsmouth 6. of Aug 3 * 1770 — These Certify that the Plan beginning at the crotch between the main Branch of Saco River & Middle Branch commonly called Ellis’s River & running N. 78 deg 3 W. 416 rods to a hemloc Tree spotted & marked V. R. & P. B. from thence N. io° E. 532 Rods to a Beech Tree, from thence S. 78° E. 416 Rods to a beech Tree, from thence S. io° W. 532 Rods to the bounds first began at — contains 1380 Acres of Land and that the Plan beginning at a beech Tree S. 10 deg 3 W. 24 Rods from the S. W. corner of the abovesaid Tract, & running said course of &. io° W. 276 rods to a. BARTLETT. 431 hemloc Tree, thence West 434 Rods to a Beech thence N. io° E. 188 Rods to a Beech Tree, thence N. 75 0 E. 472 Rods to the beech Tree first mention’d — contains 620 Acres of Land, & are true Copies of the Original Plans or Surveys of said Tracts as taken & returned to me by M r Vere Royse D y Surv r attest d ^ Is : Rindge S r Gen 1 [Grant to Robert Furniss, 1775.] ^Province of ) George the third by the grace of *4-244 New Hampshire $ God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Whereas We have thought fit by Our Proclama- tion at Starnes’s the seventh day of October in the third Year of Our reign Annoque Domini 1763 among other things to testify Our royal Sence & ap- probation of the conduct & bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of Our Armies & signified Our desire to re- ward the same and have therein commanded and impowered Our several Governors of Our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to grant without Fee or reward to such reduced Officers as have served in North America during the late War and to such private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there & shall personally apply for the same such Quantities of Land respectively as in & *by our aforesaid Proclamation are *4-245 particularly mention’d subjects nevertheless to the same Quitrents & Conditions of cultivation & improvement as other Our Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are granted And whereas Robert Furniss of Portsmouth in Our County of Rockingham & Province of New' Hampshire had Our Appoint- ment and served as a Mate in Our Navy in America during the late War and is now reduced & he having made personal Applica- tion & sollicited for such Grant agreable to Our said Proclama- tion Know ye that We of Our special Grace certain knowledge and meer Motion do signify Our Approbation as aforesaid and for the encouragement settlement & cultivation of Our Lands within Our said Province of New Hampshire have and by & with the advice of Our trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Esquire Our Gov- Robert Furniss’s Grant 432 CHARTER RECORDS. ernor and Commander in chief of Our said Province of New Hamp- shire & of Our Council of the same agreable to Our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation & upon the conditions & reservations hereafter mentioned given and granted & by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto the said Robert Furniss and to his Heirs and Assigns forever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land situate lying & being in Our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, containing by admeasurement Five hundred & eighty Acres of Land as by a Plan or Survey of said Tract ex- hibited by Our Surveyor general of Lands for Our said Province of New Hampshire & returned into the Secretary’s Office of Our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed may more fully appear butted and bounded as follows viz* Begining at the Northwesterly bound of Conway Township and runing by Major Gray’s Location N 6 ii degrees West two hundred *4-246 ^twenty eight Rods to a Beech Tree marked V R R F then runing S fifty degrees W one hundred forty rods to a Beech tree marked as above then runing S fourteen degrees W two hundred ninety seven Rods to a birch Tree marked as above then runing N seventy six & one half degrees E three hundred eighty three rods to a Hemloc Tree standing in the western boundary Line of Conway Township and lastly runing by Conway Township N two and one quarter degrees E one hundred & seventy-nine Rods to the Bounds first began at to have and to hold the said granted Premises as above expressed to him the said Robert Furniss his Heirs and Assigns forever upon the fol- lowing Terms Conditions & reservations viz 4 First That the said Grantee shall cut clear and make pass- able a Road through the said Tract of Land four rods wide for Carriages &c as shall be at any time hereafter directed or ordered by the Governor and Council aforesaid which Road is to be com- pleted in one Year from the date of the order or direction aforesaid on penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to Us Our Heirs & Successors Secondly that the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be settled One Family in six Years from the date of this Grant in fail- ure whereof the Premises to revert to Us Our Heirs and Successors to be entered upon and regranted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same Thirdly That all white and other pine Trees fit for masting our royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had BARTLETT. 433 & obtained on Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of the Grantee to Us Our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament Fourthly That the Grantee yield and pay therefor to Us Our Heirs and Successors on or before the first day of Jan- uary *1777 the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if *4-247 lawfully demanded Fifthly That the Grantee his Heirs & Assigns shall yield & pay unto Us Our Heirs & Successors yearly & every Year for- ever from and after the expiration of eight Years from the aforesaid first day of January 1777 one Shilling proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so owns settles or possesses and so in pro- portion for a greater or less quantity of the Land aforesaid which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor or Settler as aforesaid in Our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same Sixthly That any part of the Premises appearing well adapted to the growth of Hemp and Flax or either of them shall be cul- tivated with those useful Articles of produce in the proportion of ten Acres in each & every hundred of these granted Premises with- in ten Years of this date Seventhly That this Grant shall not interfere with any of Our Grants formerly made and now in force nor interrupt the Grantees in their improvements making thereon agreable to the Conditions thereof — These to be in Lieu of all other rents and Services what- soever In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of Our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r Our aforesaid Governor and Commander in chief the twenty fifth day of May in the fifteenth Year of Our reign Annoque Domini 1775 J’ Wentworth By his Excellency’s command with advice of Council Geo : King D : Sec y Recorded according to original Charter under the Province Seal this seventh day of June 1775 Attest 1 Geo : King D Sec y Protracted by a Scale of 80 Rods to one Inch 27 434 CHARTER RECORDS. P Province of New Hamp re Portsmouth 23 d May 1775. These certify that this Plan of a Tract of Land begining at the north-westerly Corner Bound of Conway Township & runing by Major Gray’s Location Northwest sixty one & One Quarter degrees two hundred twenty eight Rods to a Beech Tree marked V R R F next runing South West fifty degrees One hund d forty Rods to a Beech Tree marked as above next runing South west fourteen degrees two hundred ninety seven Rods to a Birch Tree marked as above next runing North East seventy six one half degrees three hundred eighty three rods to a Hemloc Tree standing in the western boundary Line of Conway Township and lastly runing by BARTLETT. 435 Conway Township North East two and one quarter degrees One hundred seventy nine rods to the Bounds first began at contains five hundred and eighty Acres of Land as appears by the original Survey and Plan taken and returned into the ^Surveyor Generals Office by M r Vere Royse Deputy *4-249 Surveyor Attest Joseph Peirce pro Surveyor General Copy examin’d by Geo : King D : Sec y [Grant to James Gray, 1772.] ^Province of New Hampshire. *4-80 George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King De- fender of the Faith &c. — ( Major Gray’s > To all to whom these Presents shall come, l Grant > Greeting. Whereas We have tho’t fit by our Proclamation at S* James’s the Seventh day of October in the Third Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1763, among other Things to testify our Royal Sense & approbation of the Conduct and Bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of our Armies, and signified our desire to reward the same, and have therein Commanded and Impowered our Several Governor’s of our respective Provinces on the Continent of Amer- ica to grant without fee or reward to such reduced Officers as have served in North America during the last War, and to such private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there, and shall personally apply for the same, such quantities of Land respectively as in and by our aforesaid proclamation are particularly mentioned, subject nevertheless to the same Quit Rents and Conditions of Cultivation & Improvement as other our Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are granted And whereas James Gray of Stockbridge in our County of Berkshire and Province of the Massachusetts Bay, had our Appointment as Major Brigade under his Excellency General Amherst during the last War in North America and is now reduced, and he having made Personal Application and Sollicited for such Grant agreeable to our said Proclamation. Know Ye, that We of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere Motion, do signify our Approbation as aforesaid, and for the 436 CHARTER RECORDS. Encouragement, Settlement and Cultivation of our Lands within our said Province of New Hampshire, in New England, Have, & by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor & Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire, and of our Council of the same, agreeable to our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation, and upon the Conditions and Reservations hereafter mentioned given & granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto the said James Gray and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, situate lying and being in our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, *4-87 Containing by admeasurement Three Thousand Eight* Hundred and Fifty Six Acres of Land as by a Plan or Survey of said Tract exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province of New Hampshire, and returned into the Secretary’s Office of said Province of New Hampshire, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed may more fully appear, butted and bounded as follows, Viz 4 Beginning at the North Westerly Cor- ner of Conway, from thence running North Eight Degrees East Four Hundred and Eighty Rods into a Beaver Pond, thence North Twenty three Degrees West Fifty Nine Rods in said Beaver Pond, thence South Ten Degrees West Eighty Six Rods to the crotch of Ellis’s and Saco Rivers, thence North Seventy Eight Degrees West Four Hundred and Sixteen Rods to an Hem- lock Tree, thence North Ten Degrees East Five hundred & Thirty two Rods to a Beech Tree, thence S'outh Seventy Eight degrees East Four Hundred & Sixteen Rods to a Beech Tree, thence North Forty Six and an half degrees East Two hundred & four Rods to a hemlock Tree, thence North Seventy Degrees West Five hundred and Eight Rods to a Beech Tree, thence South Thirty Degrees West Two Hundred & Forty Rods to a Hornbean Tree, thence North Sixty Degrees West Five Hundred Rods to a yellow Birch Tree, thence South Two and a quarter Degrees West Nine Hundred and Sixty Rods to a Beech Tree being a corner bound of a Tract of Land granted to Philip Bailey, thence by said Bailey’s Land North Seventy Five Degrees East Four Hundred and Seventy two Rods to a Beech Tree, thence South Ten Degrees West Two hundred & Seventy Six Rods to a hem- lock Tree, thence South Sixty one Degrees and a quarter East four hundred & Ninety Rods to the first mentioned bound began at. To Have and to Hold, the said granted Premises, as above expressed, to him the said James Gray, his Heirs and Assigns for Ever upon the following Terms Conditions and Reservations Viz 4 BARTLETT. 437 First That the said Grantee shall clear and make passable a Road thro’ the said Tract of Land, four Rods wide, fit for Car- riages &c. as shall be at any time hereafter directed or order’d by the Governor & Council aforesaid, which Road is to be com- pleted in one Year from the date of the order or Direction afore- said, on penalty of forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. — Second That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be Set- tled Six Families in Four Years from the date of this Grant, in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be enter’d upon *and regranted to such of *4-82 our Subjects as shall effectually Settle and cultivate the same. — Third That all White and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use and none to be cut or fell’d without our special leave & Licence for so doing first had & obtained, on penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being sub- ject to the penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. — Fourth That the Grantee yield and pay therefor to us our Heirs and Sue [cessors] on or before the First day of January 1773, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if Lawfully de- manded. Fifth That the Grantee his Heirs and Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for Ever, from and after the expiration of Nine Years from the afore- said First day of January 1773 One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so owns Settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or less Quantity of the Land aforesaid, which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor or Settler as aforesaid in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same : And these to be in full of all other Rents and Services. In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Chief the 12 th day of June A. D. 1772, and in the 12th Year of our Reign. J’ Wentworth. By his Excellency’s Command > with advice of Council. 5 Theodore Atkinson Secretary. 43 § CHARTER RECORDS. Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal this 18 th day of June 1772. P r Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of New Hampshire. Portsm 0 : 5 th May 1772. These Certify that this Plan Beginning at the N. W ly Corner of Conway, from thence running North 8° E. 480 Rods into a Beaver Pond, thence N. 23 0 W. 59 Rods in said Beaver Pond, thence S. io° W. 86 Rods to the crotch of Ellis’s and Saco Rivers, thence N. 78° W. 416 Rods to a hemlock Tree, *4-83 thence N. io° E. 532 Rods to *a Beech Tree, thence S. 78° E. 416 Rods to a Beech Tree, thence N° 46^° E. 204 Rods to a hemlock Tree, thence N. 70° W. 508 Rods to a Beech Tree, thence S. 30° W. 240 Rods to a horn Beam Tree, thence N. 6o° W. 500 Rods to a Yellow Birch Tree, thence thence S. 2 \° W. 960 Rods to a Beech Tree being the corner bound of a Tract of Land granted to Philip Bailey, thence by said Bailey’s Land N. 75 0 E. 472 Rods to a Beech Tree, thence S. io° W. 276 Rods to a Hemlock Tree, thence S. 61 £° E. 490 Rods to the bound began BARTLETT. 439 at. Contains 3856 Acres of Land and is a True Copy of an Original plan or Survey of said Tract as taken and returned to me by Vere Royse Surv r Attest 1 Is. Rindge Surv r General. [Grant to Andrew McMillan, 1765.] '"Province of New Hampshire *1-284 Lem 4 M c Millan George the Third by the Grace of God of great Britain France and Ireland King Defenderofthe Faith &c a To all to whom these Presents shall come — Greeting Whereas We have tho* fit by our Proclamation given at S fc Jamess the Seventh Day of October in the Third Year of Our Reign Annoq Domini 1763 (amoung Other Things to Testify our Royal Sence and approbation of the Conduct & Bravery of the officers & Soldiers of Our Armies and Signify our Desire to reward the Same and have therein Com’anded & Impowered our Several Governours of Our Respective Provinces on the Continent of America to Grant without fee or Reward to Such reduced officers as have Served in North America during the late War and to such private Soldiers as have been or Shall be disbanded there & Shall personally Apply for the Same Such Quantities of Land respectiv- ly as in & by our afore-Said Proclamation are Perticularly Men- tioned Subject nevertheless to the Same Quit Rents and Conditions of Cultivation & Improvement as other our Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are Granted And Whereas Andrew McMillan of Bow in our Province afore Said Esq had our appoint- ment as Lieutenant of one of our Independent Companys of Rang- ers & Served during the late War in North America And is now Reduced & he having Personaly Appeard agreable to our afore Said Proclamation and Solicited Such Grant Know Ye that We of our Especial Grace Certain Knowledge & mere motion do Signify our Approbation as afore Said and for the Encouraging the Settle- ment & Cultivation of our Land within Our Province of New Hamp r in New England Have & with the Advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Cap 1 General Govern- our & Com’ander in Chieff in & over our Said Province of New Hampshire and of our Council for Said Province (agreable to our 440 CHARTER RECORDS. afore Said in Part Recited Proclamation & upon the Conditions & Reservations herein after mentioned Given and Granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give & Grant un- to the Said Andrew McMillan & to his Heirs & Assigns forever a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Containing Tow Thousand Acres Lying & being within the Province of New Hampshire aforesaid & butted & bounded as follows (Viz) Begining at a Stake & Stones on the North Side Line of Conway and is the South Easterly Corner Bounds of Land this Day granted to Cap 4 William Stark & from thence South Eighty Two Degrees East Three Hun- dred & Thirty four Rods to an other Stake & Stones Standing in Conway Line aforesaid then Turning off at right angles & Run- ing North Eight Degrees East Three miles to a Stake & Stones from thence turning off & Runing North Eighty Two Degrees West Three Hundred & Thirty four Rods to a Stake & *1-285 Stones which is *the North Easterly Corner Bounds of the afore Said Tract of Land granted to Cap* Stark then turning of at right Angles & runs by Said Starks Land South Eight Degrees West three Miles to the Stake & Stones in Conway Line aforesaid which it began at To Have & to Hold the Said Tract of Land as above expressed to him the Said Andrew & to his Heirs & Assigns forever upon the following Conditions & Re- servations (Viz) First That the Said Andrew his Heirs or as- signs shall Plant & Cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every Fifty acres Contain d in this Grant & con- tinue to Improve & Settle the Same by adifional Cultivating on Penalty of the forfieture of this his Grant & of its reverting to us our heirs & Successors to be by us or them regranted to such of our Subjects as shall Effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same 2 ly That all white & other Pine Trees within said Tract fit for masting Our Royal Navy be carefully Preserved for that use & none to be Cutt or Felld without our Especial Licence for so doing first had & obtaind upon the Penalty of Forfeitting the right of the Grantee his Heirs or assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or shall be Enacted hereafter (3 dly ) Yielding & Paying there- for unto us our Heirs & Successors for the Space of Ten Years to be Computed from the Date hereof the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only on the 25 th day of December annually if Lawfully de- manded (4 ly ) The Said Grantee his Heirs or Assigns shall Yield & Pay unto us our Heirs & Successors Yearly & every Year for- ever from and after the Expiration of Ten Years from the above BARTLETT. 44 1 Said 25 th Day of December Namely on thej25 th Day of December which will be in the Year of our Lord 1775 One Shilling Procla- mation Money for every Hundred acres he so owns Settles or Pos- sesses and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Said Land which Money shall be paid by the respective owner Settler or Possessor as aforesaid in our Council Chamber in Ports- m° in the Province aforesaid or to such officer or officers as Shall be appointed to receive the Same, and this to be in Lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Wit- ness Benning Wentworth Esq our aforesaid Governour the 25 th Day of October in the fifth Year of our Reign and in the Year of our Lord Christ 1765 B Wentworth By his Excellencys Comand with advice of Council Theod r Atkinson Jun r Se 17 Prov e of New Hamp r ss Portsm 0 Octobe 25 th 1765 Then Lieu 4 Andrew McMillan the above mentioned Grantee Personally Appeared & made Solemn Oath that the above Grant for Two Thousand Acres of Land is bona Fide all the Land he has Receivd any Grant of by Virtue of his majestys Proclamation in the Above Grant mentioned and that he doth not Expect any further Grant for Services therein mentioned Sworn coram Wyseman Clagitt Justice of Peace [Grant to Vere Royse, 1769.] ^Province of New Hampshire. *1-344 Vere Royse’s George the Third by the Grace of Grant God of Great Britain France and Ireland King r ^ defender of the Faith and so forth. To all to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting. ^ ^ Whereas we have tho’t fit by our Proclamation at S 4 James’s the 7 th day of October in the Third year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1763 (among other Things to Testify our Royal sense and approbation of the Conduct and Bravery of the Officers & L. S. 44 2 CHARTER RECORDS. Soldiers of our Armies, & signified our desire to reward the same ; and have therein Commanded and Impowered our several Govern- or’s of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America, to Grant without fee or reward to such reduced Officers as have served in N° America during the late War and to such Private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there & shall person- ally apply for the same, such Quantities of Land respectively as in and by our aforesaid Proclam a , are Particularly mentioned, sub- ject nevertheless to the same Quit Rents and Conditions of Culti- vation and Improvement as other our Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are granted. And whereas Vere Royse of Portsmo in our said Province Gentleman had our Ap- pointment as Lieutenant in our Service ; and served during the late War in N° America, and is now reduced & he having person- ally applied & Sollicited for such Grant agreable to our afores d Proclamation. Know ye that we of our special Grace, certain Knowledge & mere Motion, do signify our approbation as afore- said, and for encouraging the Settlement & Cultivation of our Lands within our said Province of New Hampshire in New England, Have (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well- beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in Cheif of our said Province of New Hampshire, and of our Council of the same, agreable to our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation, and upon the Conditions and Reservations hereafter mentioned,) Given and Granted, and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors, Do Give and Grant 'unto the said Vere Royse and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, a certain *1-345 Tract or Parcel of Land, situate, lying *and being with- in our said Province, containing by admeasurement Two thousand Acres, as by a Plan or Survey of said Tract exhibited by our Survey 1 General of Lands for our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, and returned into the Secretary’s Office (a Copy whereof is hereunto annex’d,) may more fully appear: butted and bounded as follows Viz 1 — Begining at a Bass wood Tree spotted and marked V. R. standing at the distance of 892 rods S. 8i° W. from y e crotch where the N° branch com’only call d Ellis’s River empties itself into Saco river thence runing N° 8o° West Two Miles and an half mile to a beech Tree, spotted and marked V. R. from thence runing S° io° W. one mile and a quarter of a Mile to a Red birch Tree spotted & mark’d V. R. then turning off at right Angles and runing S° 8o° E. Two miles and an half mile to a spruce Tree spotted and mark’d V. R. then turning off at Right Angles and BARTLETT. 443 runing N° io° E. one mile & a Quarter of a Mile to the Bass Tree began at. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above express’d to him the said Vere and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, upon the following Terms, Conditions and Reser- vations, Viz 4 First — That the said Grantee shall cut, clear and make passable for Carriages &c a a Road of three Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall at any Time hereafter be Directed or Order’d by the Gov- ernor & Council aforesaid, which Road is to be completed in Two Years from the date of such Order or direction of the Governor and Council aforesaid, on penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant, and of its reverting to us our Heirs and successors. — Second — That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be set- led Ten Families in Four Years from the date of this Grant in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & Cultivate the same. — Third — That all white and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use, and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained on penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee in the said Tract of Land his heirs & Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliam 4 — 4 th Fourth — Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors on or before the 29 th day of Sept r — 1778, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. 5 th . That the said Grantee his heirs or Assigns shall yield & pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for Ever from and after the expiration of one year from the above- said 29 th day of September namely on the 29 th day of Sept r Which will be in the year of our Lord 1779, *One *1-346 Shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns, Settles or Possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land afores d — which money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor or Setler as aforesaid in our Council Cham- ber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and these to be in lieu of all other Rents and services whatsoever. — In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Cheif the 6 th day 444 CHARTER RECORDS. of September in the Ninth year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1 ^^ 9 U J’ Wentworth. By his Excellency’s Command ) with advice of Council ) Theodore Atkinson Sec 1 ? Prov. of New Hampshire Sept r 6 th 1769 Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal Atf Theodore Atkinson Sec* [Grant to William Stark, 1765*] *1-282 ^Province of New Hamp r Cap 1 W m Starks Cram^ SO 00 A “ e e o s rge the Th;rd by the Grace of God of Great C ) Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith < P S. > &c a ( J To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas we have tho* fit by our Proclamation at St. Jamess the BARTLETT. 445 7 Day of October in the Third Year of our Reign Annoq Domini 1763 (amoungst Other Things to Testify our Royal & approbation of the Conduct & Bravery of the officers & Soldiers of our Armies and to Signify Our Desires to reward the same & have therein Comanded & Impowered our Several Governours of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to Grant without Fee or Reward to such reduced officers as have Served in North America during the late Warr & to Such Private Soldiers as have been or Shall be disbanded there and Shall Personally apply for such Quantys of Land Respectivly as in & by our aforesaid Procla- mation are Perticularly mentioned Subject nevertheless to the Same Quit Rents & Conditions of Culture & improvment as other our Lands are Subject in the Province within which they are Granted — and Whereas William Starke of Dunbarton in our Province aforesaid Esq had Our Appointment as Captain of one of our Independent Companys of Rangers and Served during the late War in North America and is now reduced & he having Per- sonally Applyed & Sollicited such Grant agreable to our aforesaid Proclamation Know Ye that we of Our Special Grace certain Knowledge & mere motion do Signify our approbation as afore- said and for Encourageing the Settlement & Cultivation our Land within our Said Province of New Hampshire in New Eng- land have by & with the Advice of our Trusty & Well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq Governour & Comander in ChiefF of our Said Province of New Hampshire & of our Council for the Said Province (agreable to our aforesaid in Part Recited Proclamation and upon the Conditions & Reservations hereafter mentioned) given & granted & by these Presents for us our hiers & succes- sors do give & grant unto the Said William Stark and to his Heirs & Assignes forever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing Three Thousand Acres lying & being within our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, & butted & bounded as follows Viz begin- ing at the North Westerly Corner of Conway being a Beach Tree marked from thence South Eighty two Degrees East Five Hun- dred Rodds to a Stake & Stones in Conway Line aforesaid thence Turning of at right Angles & runing North Eight Degrees East Three miles to a Stake & Stones then turning off again & Runing North Eighty two degrees West five Hundred rodds to a Stake & Stones then turning off again & runing South Eight degrees West Three miles to a Beach Tree at the Corner of Conway aforesaid the Bounds began at to have & to Hold the Said Tract of Land as above Expressed to him the Said William & to his Heirs and 44 6 CHARTER RECORDS. assigns for ever upon the following Conditions & reservations (Viz) (First) That the Said William his Heirs or assigns shall Plant & Cultivate five acres of Land within the Term of Five Years for ever) T fifty acres containd in this his Grant & Continue to improve & Settle the Same by Aditional Cultivations on Penalty of the forfieture of this his Grant & of its reverting to us our *1—283 Heirs & *Sucessors to be by us or them regranted to such of our subjects as shall Effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same — (2^) That all White & other Pine Trees within Said Tract fit for masting our royal Navy be carefully Preserved for that Use & none to be Cutt or felld without Our Special Licence for so ding first had & obtaind upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of the Grantee in the Said Land his Heirs & Assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or here- after Shall be Enacted — (3 d17 ) Yielding & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of Ten years from the Date hereof the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only on the 25 th Day of December Annually (if Lawfully Demanded (4) the Said Grantee his Heirs or Assigns shall Yield & Pav unto us our Heirs & Successors Yearly & every Year for ever from & after the Expiration of Ten Years from the above Said 25 th of December Namely on the 25 th Day of December which will be in the Year of our Lord 1775 One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hun- dred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses and so in Proportion for a greater or Lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid which money Shall be paid by the respective owner Settler or Possessor as afore Said in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth in the Province afore Said or to such Officer or officers as Shall be appointed to recieve the Same & this to be in Lieu of all other Rents & Serv- ices whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Seal of our Said Prov* 5 to be hereunto Affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq Our aforesaid Governour the 25 th Day of October in the Fifth Year of our Reign & in the Year of our Lord Christ 1765 B Wentworth By his Excellencys Comand with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson jun r S* 7 Province of New Hampshire ss Portsm 0 Octob r 25 1765 Recorded according to the Original Charter under the Province Seal ^ T Atkinson jun Sec 17 BARTLETT. 447 BATH. [Granted Sept, io, 1761, to Rev. Andrew Gardner and others. Regranted March 29, 1769, to John Sawyer and others. See X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 277, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 164; In- dex to Laws, 49; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 132; His- torical Sketch, by David Sutherland, 13, Mass. Historical Society Collections, 105 ; Historical Address, by David Sutherland, 1854, with supplementary notes by Thomas Boutelle, 1855, pp. 135; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 509.] [Bath Charter, 1761.] ^Province of New-Hampshire. *2-181 Bath GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plan- tation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Gov- ernor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire, in New- England, and of our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New- Hamf shire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be di- vided to and amongst them into Sixty Eight equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Hamf shire, containing by Admeasurement Acres, which Tract is to contain Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, ac- cording to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Govern- or’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Beginning at a 448 CHARTER RECORDS. Norway Pine Tree Standing on the Banks of Connecticut River on the North Side of the Mouth of Ammonoosock River which Tree is Marked with the Figure io From thence Running South fifty Five degrees East Six Miles & One Quarter of a Mile — Then Be- gining at the aforesaid Tree & Running up Connecticut River as that Runs so far as to Make it Six Miles on a Strait Line, thence Six Miles on such a Point as will be Six Miles from the End of the Six Miles & a Quarter first above Mention’d And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Bath And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Inti- tled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town *2-182 shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the last Tuesday of this Instant September which said Meeting shall be Notified by M r Andrew Gardner who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday oi March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all the Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. BATH. 449 II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 1762 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December , namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1772 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Prov- ince to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq : Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the Tenth Day of September In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty One And in the First Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council. Theodore Atkinson Se Ty 28 450 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hampshire Sep r 10 th 1761 Recorded According to the Origonal Charter under the Province Seal Theodore Atkinson Sec ry *2-183 *The Names of the Grantees of Bath (Viz) Andrew Gardner John Gardner Robert Lord Nathan Lynde Benjamin Lord Willoughby Lynde William Grimes Joseph Peirce Julian Frye Zephania Temple Job Spooner Ezra Fox Simon Fox John Fitch John Coult Peter Coult John Gardner James Raymond Noah Harris Simon Harris Dudley Boilston Zebdiel Boylston Moses Coope John Coope William Kenady Simon Tucker Oliver Tucker Noah Boman Hezekiah Rider Oliver Rider Jehiel Faster Jareb Faster Ezra Frost Peleg Frost Reuben Frost William Simons William Willard Peter Freeman Ezra Woodcock Amos Brent Simon Rust John Harkman Nathaniel Powers Robert Parker Obediah Southmel Silvanus Maccumber Joel Mathews Nathaniel Fellows Simon Stevens John Bacon Ruben Bacon Ruben Darling Judah Adams Roger Ayres Job Ayres John Hawley Theodore Atkinson Esq r Joseph Newmarch Esq r Benning Wentworth [ton Samuel Wentworth Esq Bos- John N,elson & Theodore Atkinson Jun r Esq His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq r a Tract to Contain Five Hundred Acres as Marked in the Plan B-W — which is to be Accounted Two of the within Shares, One whole Share for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, One Share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Estab- lished, One Share for the first Setled Minister of the Gospel, & One Share for the Benefit of a School in said Town Province of New Hampshire Sep r 10, 1761 Recorded from the back of the Origional Charter for Bath under the Province Seal Attested ^ Theodore Atkinson Se r ? BATH. 451 Province of New Hamp r Sept r 10-1761 Recorded from the Back of the original Charter of Bath under the Pro v Seal HP Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 [Bath Charter, 1769.] ^Province of New > George the Third by the Grace of *4-9 Hampshire > God of Great Britain France and Ire- (Bath.) land King Defender of thefFaith & so forth — Whereas by the Petition of Nehemiah Lovewell and others his Associates Proprietors in the Township of Bath, acknowledged to 452 CHARTER RECORDS. be forfeited by not complying with the Terms of Settlement in the Charter, and praying for a renewal of the same — that they may be quieted in their several Settlements & the delinquent Shares be granted to them, which being Consider’d, — Therefore, Know Ye that we of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere motion, for the due encouragment of setling a new Plantation within our said Province, by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in chief of our said Province of New Hampshire in New England, and of our Council of the said Province — Have upon the Conditions and reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors Do give and grant in equal Shares unto our Loyal Subjects inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire and our other Governments who hath Petitioned us for the same, setting forth their readiness to make immediate settlement, and to their heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are enter’d on this Grant to be divided to and amongst them into One hundred equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land known by the name of Bath, situate, lying and being within our Province of New Hampshire containing by admeasurement Twenty thousand & ninety Acres which is to con- tain something less than Six miles Square ; out of which an allow- ance is to be made for Highways andunimproveable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, mountains and Rivers, One thousand & forty Acres free according to a Plan and Survey thereof, exhibited by our Surveyor General, by our said Governor’s Order, and Returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annex’d, butted and bounded as follows, Viz 1 — Begining at the mouth of Ammonoosuck River at a Pine Tree marked with the figures 9 & 10, and with the Letters B W, thence up Connecticut River as that tends to a Pine Tree marked with the figures 10 & 11, which is also the South *4-10 west corner bounds of Lyman, then turning *ofif, and runing South fifty five degrees East Six miles to a Beech tree marked B L, C. L D, £ Surveyor’s mark, from thence South Two degrees East six miles and 14 Chains to a spruce Tree marked B B, £ then turning off again and runing North Fifty five degrees West, six miles and one Quarter of a mile to the bounds first mention’d. — To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Priviledges and Ap- purtenances to them & their respective heirs and Assigns for ever, by the Name of Bath aforesaid, upon the following Conditions, Viz 1 . First — That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be BATH. 453 setled Twelve families who shall be actually cultivating some part of the land, & resident thereon, on or before the first day of May 1770, and so to continue making further & additional improvement, cultivation and settlement of the Premises, so that there shall be actually setled and resident thereon Sixty families by the first day of May 1774, on penalty of the forfeiture of such delinquent’s Share, & of such Shares reverting to us our heirs & Successors, to be by us or them enter’d upon, & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle & Cultivate the same — Second That all white and other Pine trees within the said Township fit for masting our Royal navy, be carefully preserved for that use, and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so do- ing, first had & obtained, upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the right of such Grantee his heirs and Assigns to us our heirs and successors as well as being subject to the penalty of any Act or Acts of Parham* that now are or hereafter shall be Enacted. Third That before any division of the land be made to and among the Grantees, a tract of land as near the centre of the said Township as the land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the contents of One Acre Fourth. * Yielding *4-11 and paying therefor to us our heirs and Successors on or before the first day of May 1770, the rent of one ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Fifth — That every Proprietor Settler or inhabitant shall yield & pay unto us our heirs & Succes- sors yearly and every year for ever, from and after the expiration of one Year from the abovesaid first day of May, namely on the first day of May which will be in the year of our Lord 1771, one shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns, Settles or Possesses, and so in proportion for a greater or lesser tract of the said Land, which money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be ap- pointed to receive the same, Sixth — and that a good Waggon road not less than Two rods wide be laid out and cut thro’ the said Town by or before the first day of May 1770, on penalty of the forfeiture of the Premises ; and this to be in lieu of all other rents & services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereto affix’d, Witness John Wentworth Esquire our Governor and Commander in Cheif of our said Province of New Hampshire the 29th day of March in the 454 CHARTER RECORDS. year of our Lord Christ 1769, and in the 9th. year of our Reign. J Wentworth By his Excellency’s Com- mand with advice of Council. T : Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Ent d & Recorded according to the Grant of Bath under the Province Seal this 29 th March 1769. ^ Geo : King D. Sec y Names of the Grantees of the township of Bath. John Sawyer James Dogge Deliverance Sawyer William Hayward Ebenezer Richardson Joseph King John Hazzen Joshua Bayley Nehemiah Lovewell Moses Pike Edward Blair John Hazzen Jun r Andrew Savage Crocker Timothy Barron John Taplin John Hugh Benj a Sawyer Jacob Hall Robert Bedel John Hastings Luther Richardson *4-12 *Samuel Sanborn James Haslett John Peters Benjamin Sanborn Thomas Akencross Shubael Cross Benjamin Sanborn Jun r Daniel Lunt Bradbury Richardson Samuel Sanborn Jun r Nehemiah Wheeler Peter Garland Daniel Been Theod r Moses Charles Hinkley Timothy Bedel Mark Sevey Clement March Esq : Nathaniel Merrill W m Appleton Samuel Phelps Alexander Morrison David Barber Eliphalet Daniels John Mason [son Esq : Rich d Cutts Shannon The H ble Theod r Atkin- Perkins Ayres Theod r Atkinson Jun r . Esq : Benjamin Miller Henry Prescott [Boston George Waldron Benning Wentworth of Cornelius Sullivan Robert Harold Joseph Wright Esqjohn Hurd Esq : Nehemiah Lovewell Jun r Jotham Rindge John Mascarene Esq : Jaasiel Herriman David Copp Jon a Clarke Jun r of Bos- Joseph Herriman Jun r Jn° Sherburne Jun r James Bigbie [ton Benj a Slade Alexander Phelps Esq r . Benj a Yetton Joseph Simes Jacob Bayley Esqjohn Bacon Robert Gilman Israel Morey Esq : Thomas Abby Philip Gilman Ichabod Palmer Samuel Rogers Cyrus Bedel Moody Beedel Joseph White Jacob Kent James Bayley Abner Bayley Samuel Hale Jon a Fowler BATH. 455 Paul March Joseph March William Welch Isaac Rindge Esq r Ebenezer Somes John Pierce Nathan Caswell Samuel Dyer [Esq : Jon a Bagley Esq : Nath 1 Peaslee Sargent Elijah King W m Belknap of Bath. Glebe for the Church of England, Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Bath under the Province Seal the 29th March 1769. Att r Geo : King D Sec y Province of New Hampshire. These may Certify that this Plan of Bath Beginning at the Mouth of Ammonoosuck River at a Pine Tree marked with the figures 9 & 10 & with the letters B W. thence up Connecticut River as that tends to a Pine Tree marked with the Figures 10 & 11, which is also the South west corner Bounds of Lyman, then turn- ing off & running South Fifty five Degrees East Six Miles to a Beech Tree marked B L, C, L D, £ Surveyor’s Mark, from thence South Two Degrees East Six Miles and 14 Ch 3 to a Spruce Tree marked B B o then turning off again & running North 55 Deg* West 6 Miles & one quarter of a Mile to the Bounds first mentioned Contains Twenty thousand & Ninety Acres and is a true Copy of an Original plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & returned to me by Elijah King D y Survey r Attest. Is. Rindge S. G 1 45 6 CHARTER RECORDS BEDFORD. 457 BEDFORD. [Granted by Massachusetts as Narragansett No. 5, Feb 12, 1733-4. Afterwards called Souhegan East. The grant was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors, Nov. 9, 1748. Incorporated as Bedford, May 19, 1750, and named in honor of the Duke of Bedford. A portion of the town was annexed to Manchester, July 1, 1853- See Massachusetts charters preceding, and Masonian Papers in following volumes : IX, Bouton Town Papers, 50; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 176; Index to Laws, 51; Topographical and Historical Sketch, 1, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 288; discourse, by Thomas Savage, 1841, pp. 16; centennial address, by Isaac O. Barnes, 1850, pp. 45; History, pub. by Alfred Mudge, 1851, pp. 364; historical discourse, by Ira C. Tyson, 1876, pp. 31 ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 265 ; History of the Catholic Church in the United States, by John G. Shea, 1890, Vol. 3, p. 108; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 22 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 156 ; Memorial Addresses on Life and Character of Zachariah Chandler, 1880; Life of Zachariah Chandler, 1880; sketch, 12, Farmer’s Monthly Visitor, 47.] [Bedford Incorporated, 1750.] ^Province of New Hamp r *1-67 Bedford George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all to whom the Presents Shall come Greeting — Whereas our Loyal Subjects Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within our Province of New Hampshire afores d Lying at or near A Place called Sowhegon on the West Side of the River Merrimack have Humbly Petitioned and requested to us that they may be Erected & Incorporated into A Township & Infranchised with the Same Powers & Previledges which other Towns within our S d Province by Law have & Injoy and it Appearing to us to be Con- ducive to the General Good of our Said Province as well as of the Inhabitants in Perticular by maintaining good order & Encourage- ing the Culture of the Land that the Same Should be Don Know ye therefore that we of our Especial Grace Certain Knowledge and for the Encouragem* & Promoteing the good Purposes & Ends afores d By & with the Advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Comander in Chieff & of our Council for Said Province of New Hampshire Have 458 CHARTER RECORDS. Erected & ordained and by these Presents for us our hiers & Successors Do will & ordain that the Inhabitants of A Tract of Land Aforesaid or that Shall Inhabit & Improve thereon hereafter Butted & Bounded as follows (Viz) begining at A Place Three miles North from the bridge over Souhegon River at John Cham- berlains house & thence to run East by the needle to Merimack River to A Stake & Stones and to Extend that Line West until it Intersects A Line known by the name of the West Line of Souhegon East and from thence to run North Two Degrees West about Three miles & an half to A Beach Tree marked Called Souhegon West’s North East Corner, thence South Eighty Eight Degrees West by an old Line of marked Trees to A Chesnut Tree marked, from thence North Two Degrees West Two miles to an Hemlock Tree marked called the North West Corner of Said Souhegan East, thence East by the Needle to Merrimack River to a Stake & Stones thence Southerly as Merrimack River Runs to the Stake & Stones first mentioned And by these Presents Are Declared & ordained to be A Town Corporate & Are hereby Erected & Incorporated into a body Pollitick & A Corporation to have Continueance for Ever by the name of Bedford with all the Powers And Authorities Previ- ledges Immunities & Infranchizes to them the Said Inhabitants & thier Successors forever always Reserveing to us our hiers & Suc- cessors all white Pine Trees growing & being or that hereafter Shall grow & be on the Said Tract of Land fit for the use of our Royal Navy Reserving also the Power of Divideing the Said *1-68 Town to us our hiers & ""Successors when it Shall Appear necessary & Convenient for the benefit of the Inhabitants thereof — It is to be understood & is Accordingly hereby Declared that the Private Property of the Soil is in no manner of Way to be Affected by this Charter and as the Several Towns within Our Said Province of New Hampshire Are by the Laws thereof Enabled & Authorized to Assemble & by the Majority of Votes to Chuse all Such Officers as Are mentioned in the Said Laws We Do by these Presents Nominate & Appoint John Goffe Esq to call the first meet- ing of Said Inhabitants to be held within the Said Town at Any time within Thirty Days from the Date hereof Giveing Legal Notice of the Time & Design of Holding Such Meeting after which the Annual Meeting in Said Town Shall be held for the Choice of Town officers &c a for Ever on the Last Wednesday in March Annually — In Testimony Whereof We have Caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness Benning Wentworth Esq BEDFORD. 459 Our Governour & Comander in Chieff of Our Said Province the nineteenth Day of May in the year of Our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred & fifty & in the Twenty third Year of Our Reign B Wentworth By his Excelencys Command with Advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 Entred & recorded According to the Original under the Province Seal this 21 Day of May 1750 — Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Se ry of the Charter the 21 st May 1750 ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 460 CHARTER RECORDS. BELMONT. [Set off from Gilmanton and incorporated as Upper Gilmanton, June 29, 1859. The name was changed to Belmont June 24, 1869, in honor of August Belmont. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 302 ; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 1 ; Index to Laws, 53; sketch, by A. J. Hackett, Hurd’s History of Belknap County, 1885, p. 717 ; History of Gilmanton, by Daniel Lancaster, 1845, PP- 3°4*] BENNINGTON. [This town was constituted from parts of Greenfield, Francestown, Deering, and Hancock, and was incorporated Dec. 15, 1842. A part of Society Land was annexed Dec. 20, 1842. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 299 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 490, 680 ; XII, id., 152; Index to Laws, 57; sketch, by James Holmes, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 284; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 160.] BENTON. [Granted as Coventry , Jan. 31, 1764, to Theophilus Fitch and others. The name was changed to Benton, Dec. 4, 1840, in honor of Thomas H. Benton. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 192; Index to Laws, 57; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 148 ; History, in .manuscript, by William F. Whitcher; The Benton Range and Mt. Moosilauke, by H. E. Spalding, 2, Ap- palachia, 28 ; Mt. Waternomee and the Blue Ridge, by M. I. Stone, 4, id ., 75 ; A Day and a Night on the Benton Range, by F. O. Carpenter, 5, id., 128, 15 1 ; Law- rence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 580.] [Coventry Charter, 1764.] ^Province of New-Hampshire *3-82 Coventry GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know Ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of BENTON. 461 our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New- Hamj>shire, in New- England, and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our s^id Province of New- Hamf shire , and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy one equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New- Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement, 24000 Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz, Begining at the South Easterly Corner Bounds of the Town of Haverhill thence running South fifty Eight Degrees East Six Miles & one half Mile thence North Twenty four degrees East about Seven Miles & three Quarters of a Mile thence North fifty five Degrees West about Six Miles to the North Easterly Corner of Haver Hill afore Said then South Twenty five Degrees West by Haver Hill afore Said to the Bounds began at And that the same be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Coventry And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or *3-83 more Days in each Week, as may be thought most ad- vantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Prov- ince, shall be held on the Second Tuesday of March next which 462 CHARTER RECORDS. said Meeting shall be Notified by Theophilus Fitch Esq who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respect- ive Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December . 1764 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration often Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day of December, namely on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1774 O ne shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or BENTON. 463 lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the 31 — Day of January In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty four And in the Fourth Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command With Advice of Council, Theodore Atkinson Jun r Se*? Pro v N Hamp r Jan r y 31-1764 Recorded According to the original Charter under the Pro v Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun r *Names of the Grantees of Coventry — Sec*? Theophilus Fitch John Fransher Elipalet Sealey James Banks Daniel Stevens Joshua Ambler Amos Weed Samuel Weed Benj a Weed Isaac Weed Peter Weed Ebenez r Hoit Hezekia Weed Joshua Waterbury Joseph Davenport Gideon Leads Samuel Crissey Esq Ephraim Smith James Smith John Battes Jessee Smith Peter Husted Samuel Bowton Jahial Bowton Zebulon Husted David S* Johns Joseph Ambler Charles Smith John Bates Abraham Weed Ruben Weed *3-84 Sylvanus Sealey Silas Hoit Will m Fansher Daniel Benedict Nathaniel Hoit Enos Weed Theophilus Hanford Hezekiah Davenport Nath 11 Waterbury James Scofield James Bates Thomas Saymore Jun r John Fansher Jun r Silvanus Weed Nathaniel Loundsbury Mathew Fountain Admer Stephens Obediah Stephens Obedia Sealey Obediah Stephens jun r Deodat Davenport Nathaniel Weed Ebenez r Schofield Isaac Amsdale Samuel Belding Eleaz r Bowton Eliphalet Sealey juri Wix Sealey Joseph Lockwood Adonijah Brown The Hon ble John Temple J Theod r Atkinson I M k Hus Wentworth [ Theod r Atkinson Tun r J Esq" 4 6 4 CHARTER RECORDS. His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq a Tract of Land to Contain Five Hundred Acres as Marked B W — in the Plan which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts One whole Share for A Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established One Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel and One Share for the Benefit of A School in Said Town forever Pro v ofNew Hamp r Jan ry 31 1764 Recorded from the Original on the Back of the Original Charter under the Pr° Seal — ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Recorded from the Plan on the Back of the Original Charter under the Pro v Seal ¥ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry BENTON. 4 6 5 [Grant to Ammi R. Cutter, 1770.] ^Province of New Hampshire. * 1-357 George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the ffaith &c a — To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Whereas we have tho’t fit by our Proclamation at S fc James’s the 7 th day of October in the 3 d year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1763 (among other Things to testify our Royal sense and approbation of the conduct and bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of our Armies, & signifying our desire to reward the same, and have therein commanded and impower’d our several Governors of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to grant without fee or reward to such reduced Officers as have served in North America during the late War and to such Private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there, and shall personally apply for the same, such quantities of Land respectively as in and by our aforesaid Proclamation are particularly mentioned, subject never- theless to the same Quit Rents & conditions of cultivation & im- provement as other our Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are granted And whereas Ammi Ruhamah Cutter of Portsm 0 in our said Province Physician had our appointment as Surgeon of one of our Regiments and serv’d during the late War, and is now reduced ; and he having personally applied & solicited for such Grant agreable to our aforesaid Proclamation, Know Ye therefore that we of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion do signify our approbation as aforesaid and for ^encouraging the Settlement and cultivation of our Lands *1-358 within our said province of New Hampshire Have by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same (agreable to our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation and upon the Conditions & reservations herein after mentioned) Given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give & grant unto the said Ammi Ruhamah Cutter and to his heirs and Assigns for Ever, a certain tract of Land containing by admeasurement three thousand seven hundred and ninety six Acres one Rood & sixteen Perches out of which an allowance is to be made for Highways and unimproveable Lands, Seven hundred and ninety six Acres one Rood & sixteen 29 Dr. Cutter’s Grant. 4 66 CHARTER RECORDS. Perches which said Tract is situate, lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire as by a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order and returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows Viz 4 Beginning at a stake and stones on the East line of Haverhill & runing North Twenty five degrees East three miles and One Hundred and forty one Rods to a beech Tree, thence turning off & runing South Fifty five degrees East (by LandafF) one mile and three quarters of a mile to a hemlock tree marked C. C. DC. thence turning oft' and running South Twenty five degrees West three miles and One hundred and forty one Rods to a spruce Tree, thence turning off and running North Fifty five degrees West one mile and three quarters of a mile to the bounds began at. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to him the said AmmiRuhamah and to his heirs and Assigns for Ever upon the following Terms Conditions and Reservations Viz 4 First — That the said Grantee shall cut, clear and make passable for Carriages &c a Road of four Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall at any time hereafter be directed or order’d by the Governor and Council aforesaid which Road is to be completed in Two years from the date of such Order or direction of the Governor and *1-359 Council aforesaid on penalty of the ^forfeiture of this Grant and of it’s reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. Second. That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be settled Five Families in Five years from the date of this Grant in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them enter’d upon and regranted to such of our Subjects asshall effectually settle and cultivate the same. Third. That all white and other Pine Trees being and growing within and upon the said Tract of Land fit for masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserv’d for that use and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained on penalty of the forfeiture of the right of the Grantee in the said Tract his heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs & Suc- cessors as well as being subject to the penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourth Yielding paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors on or before the first day of March 1779, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if Lawfully demanded. Fifth That the said Grantee his Heirs and Assigns shall yield BENTON. 467 and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every year for Ever from and after the expiration of one year from the abovesaid first day of March, namely on the first day of March which will be in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & Eighty, One Shilling Proclamation money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses and so in pro- portion for a greater or Lesser tract of the said Land, which money shall be paid by the respective Owner, Settler or Proprietor as aforesaid in our Council chamber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and these to be in lieu of all other rents and services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor and Commander in chief of our said Province of New Hampshire the fifth day of February in the 10 th year of our Reign and in the year of our Lord Christ 1770. By his Excellency’s Command with advice of Council. Theo : Atkinson Sec ry r L.S. Wentworth. Province of New Hampshire Feb y 5 th 1770 Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal. P r Geo : King D See 7 4 6S CHARTER RECORDS. [This plan is taken from Vol. 5, p. 34.] A Scale of.TVi^te 777, ? C9 EE EEEEEEE3E l = = z Province of New Hampshire. Portsmouth 4 th Jan 1 ^ 1770 These Certify that this Plan beginning at Stake and Stones on the East line of Haverhil & running N 25 0 East 3 Miles and 141 Rods to a Beach Tree thence turning off & Running So 55 0 East by Landaff one Mile & f to a hemlock Tree Marked C C DC thence turning off & running So 25 0 West 3 Miles & 141 rods to a Spruce Tree thence turning off again & Running N 55 0 W one Mile and three Quarters to the Bounds began at. contains Three Thousand Acres of land besides an Allowance of Seven hundred Ninety Six Acres one Rood & Sixteen perch for unimprovable land & is a True Copy of an Original plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & returned to me by M r Dudley Colman Dep^ Sur r Attest ^ Is Rindge S. G 1 — Recorded According to the Original Attest E Thompson Sec r ^ BENTON. 469 [Grant to George King, 1770.] *1-360 George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the ffaith &c : — To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas we have tho’t fit by our Proclamation at Starnes’s the seventh day of October in the Third year of our Reign Anno domini 1763 among other things to Testify our Royal sense and approbation of the conduct and bravery of the Officers and Sol- diers of our Armies and signified our desire to reward the same and have therein commanded & impower’d our several Governors of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to grant without fee or reward to such reduced Officers as have served in North America during the late War and to such private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there and shall personally apply for the same, such quantities of Land respectively as in and by our ^aforesaid Proclamation are particularly *1-361 mentioned, subject nevertheless to the same Quit rents and Conditions of cultivation and improvement as our other Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are granted. And whereas George King of Portsm 0 in the Province aforesaid, Esq r had our appointment as an Overseer of Artificers at the Siege of Louisbourgh and served in that and other Capacities dur- ing the late War, and is now reduced : & he having personally applied & solicited for such Grant agreable to our aforesaid Proc- lamation Know Ye that we of our special grace, certain knowl- edge and mere motion do signify our approbation as aforesaid and for encouraging the settlement and cultivation of our Lands within our said Province of New Hampshire in New England by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved Jn° Went- worth Esq r our Governor and Commander in chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same, agreeable to our afore- said in part recited Proclamation and upon the Conditions and reservations herein after mentioned given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give and grant unto the said George King his Heirs and Assigns for ever a cer- tain tract of Land containing by admeasurement Three thousand Four hundred and seventy Eight Acres out of which an allowance is to be made of Four hundred & seventy Eight Acres free of Quit *Province of New Hampshire Geo : King Esq r his Grant 470 CHARTER RECORDS. Rent for Unimproveable Land situate, lying and being within our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid as by a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Survey 1, of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secretary’s Office a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows Viz 4 Begining at a Hemlock Tree marked C C. G K Surveyor’s mark DC, standing in the line on the Southwesterly side of the Township of Landaff thence runing South Fifty five degrees East two miles to a maple tree marked G K Surveyor’s mark DC,, thence turning off and running South Twenty five degrees West two Miles and three quarters of a Mile to a Spruce Tree marked G K. Surveyor’s mark DC, thence turning off and runing North fifty five degrees West Two miles to a birch Tree mark’d G K, Surveyor’s mark DC, thence turning off and runing North Twenty five degrees East Two miles & three Quarters of a mile by Land lately Survey’d & now about to be granted to Ammi Ruhamah Cutter to the Hemlock Tree began at. To Have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to him the said George King and his heirs and Assigns for Ever upon the fol- lowing Terms, Conditions & reservations Viz 1 — *1-362 *First That the said Grantee shall cut, clear & make passable for Carriages &c. a Road of Four Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall at any time hereafter be directed or Order’d by the Governor & Council aforesaid which Road is to be completed in Two Years from the date of such Order or direction of the Governor and Council aforesaid on penalty of the forfeit- ure of this Grant and of it’s reverting to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors. Secondly That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be setled Five Families in five years from the date of this Grant, in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors to be by us or them enter’d upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same. Thirdly That all white and other Pine Trees being and growing within & upon the said Tract of Land fit for masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserv’d for that use and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained on penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee in the said Tract his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Succes- sors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourthly Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs and BENTON. 471 Successors on or before the first day of March 1779, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Fifthly That the said Grantee his Heirs and Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for Ever from and after the expiration of one Year from the abovesaid first day of March namely on the first day of March which will be in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand seven hundred and Eighty ; One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so Owns, Settles or Possesses and so in proportion for a greater or less Tract of the Land aforesaid ; which money shall be paid by the respective Owner, Settler or Proprietor as aforesaid in our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Prov- ince to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor and Commander in Chief the Fifth day of Feb- ruary in the Tenth year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1770. J Wentworth. < l. s. > *By his Excellency’s Command > *1-363 with advice of Council > Theo : Atkinson Sec 1 * Province of New Hampshire 5 th Feb y 1770 Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal. Atfi Theodore Atkinson Se ry D T Cutters Land 47 2 CHARTER RECORDS 7>' } y' tr, ' ux mtu'jfc' 0 °? BENTON. 473 [Grant to George Meserve, 1769.] ^Province ^ George the Third by the Grace of God of New > of Great Britain France and Ireland King *1-341 Hampshire ) defender of the faith & so forth. To all to whom these Presents shall come ; Greeting. Whereas we have tho’t fit by our order in Council at Sh James’s the 17 th day of February in the 6 th (Geo : Me- year of our Reign Annoque Domini 17 66, upon Ap- serve’s Grant) plication made to us by George Meserve Esq r Praying for a Grant of Lands in our Province of New Hamps r afores d in order to make a settlement thereupon. Therefore Know Ye that we of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere Motion, & for encouraging the Settlem 4 and Culture of our Lands within our said Province of New Hamp- shire, have (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Command 1, in Chief of our said Province, and of our Council of the same, agreeable to our aforesaid order in Council & upon the Conditions and Reservations herein particularly recited & express’d ;) Given & granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors, do give and Grant unto the said George Meserve and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, a certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing by admeasurement Five thousand Acres, with an Allowance of Thirteen hundred & Twenty seven Acres and one quarter of an Acre, for Unimproveable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, which said Tract is situate, lying and being within our Province aforesaid as by a plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province, by our said Gov rs Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office (a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed,) may more fully appear, butted and bounded as follows, Videlicet — Begining at the South East corner of Haverhill, and runing on the East Line of said Haverhill N° 25 0 E. Five Miles, 47 chains & 50 Links, from thence S° 55 0 E. by Land laid out to Doct r Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, one Mile and three quarters of a Mile, from thence S° 25 0 W. 5 miles, 39 chains & 50 Links to a birch Tree, then turning off at Right Angles & runing N° 58° W. one mile & three Quarters of a mile to the S : E. corner of Haverhill the bounds began at. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as *above *1-342 express’d to him the said George Meserve & to his 474 CHARTER RECORDS. Heirs and Assigns for ever upon the following Terms, Conditions and Reservations, Viz 1 — First — That there be cut, cleared and made passable for Car- riages &c a thro’ the said Tract a Road of three Rods wide to be completed within six years from the date of this Grant on penalty of the forfeiture of the Premises hereby Granted, & of their revert- ing to us our heirs and Successors. — Second — That the said Grantee do settle the said Tract with Protestant Inhabitants within Ten years from the date of this Grant, in the Proportion of one Person for every Two hundred Acres, in failure whereof the said Tract to revert to us our Heirs •& Successors. — Third — That all white & other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy within the said Tract be carefully preserv’d for that Use, and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to any Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future act or Acts of Parliament. Fourth — That there be reserv’d to us our Heirs and Successors such Parts of the Woodland as may be proper and Sufficient for the Supply of the Garrisons, Forts and Fortifications (in case any shall be erected within the said District) with Fuel, and for such other Purposes as we shall think proper to direct. Fifth — That there be reserved to us our heirs and Successors all Mines of Gold, Silver and Coals, within the said Tract. Sixth — That any part of the said Tract appearing to be well adapted to the growth of Hemp or Flax, the said Grantee shall sow and continue annually to cultivate a due proportion of the said Land, not less than one Rood in every Thousand Acres with that beneficial article of Produce. Seventh — That there be reserved to us our Heirs and Successors an Annual Quit rent of one farthing p r Acre Sterling payable on the feast of S* Michael in every year; one half of which *1-343 to commence & become Payable on the said Feast *of S* Michael which shall first happen after the Expiration of Five years from the date of this Grant, and which will be in the year of our Lord 1774, and to be payable on every ensuing Feast of S 4 Michael or within Fourteen days after, and the whole to be- come Payable at the expiration of Ten years, namely on the Feast of S* Michael in the year of our Lord 1779 ; which money shall be paid by the respective owner, Proprietor or Setler in our BENTON. 475 Council Chamber in Portsm 0 , or to such officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our afores d Governor and Commander in Cheif in and over our said Province of New Hamp r the 5 th day of Sept r in the 9 th year of our Reign, Annoque Domini 1769. J’ Wentworth. By his Excellency’s Command ) with advice of Council $ T : Atkinson Jun r Sec ry — Prov e of N. Hamps r Enter’d and Recorded according to the Original Patent under the Province Seal — the 5 th Sept r 1769. Att r Theodore Atkinson Sec r y 476 CHARTER RECORDS. s.z ln c? - .V 71 *' Province of New Hampshire Aug st 27. 1769. These Certify that this Plan, beginns at the S. E. corner of Haverhill & running on the East line of said Haverhill 5 miles 47 chs & 5o pks N. 25 E. from thence S. 55 E. by Land laid out for Doct r Cutter if miles, from thence S. 25. W. 5 miles 39 chs & 5o 1,ks BERLIN. 477 to a Birch Tree, then turning off at right angles & running N. 58. W. if miles to the bounds began at. contains 5000 Ac 3 with an allowance of 1327^ Acres of Land, for Mountains & Waste Lands — & is a true Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & ret d to me by M r Dudley Colman D y Surv r Attest d ^ Is : Rindge S r Gen 1 — BERLIN. [Granted, Dec. 31, 1771, to Sir William Mayne and others, and named Maynes- borough in honor of Sir YVilliam. Incorporated as Berlin, July 1, 1829. See Index to Laws, 57 ; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Cods County, 1888, p. 783 ; The White Hills, by T. Starr King, 1859, p. 263 ; Round Mountain, by E. B. Cook, 4, Appalachia, 257; An Exploration of the Pilot Range, by W. H. Peek, id ., 219; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 610; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 172; Northern New Hampshire, by G. F. Bacon, 1890, p. 73.] [Maynesborough Charter, 1771.] ^Province of New > George the Third by the Grace of *4-66 Hampshire 5 God of Great Britain France & Ireland (Maynesboro’) King Defender of the Faith &c a To all People to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye, that we of our special grace certain knowledge and mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling a new plantation within our said Province of New Hampshire in New England by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Went- worth Esq r our Governor & Commander in Chief in and over our said Province of New Hampshire & of our Council of the same, Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto our elige and loving Subjects Sir William Mayne Baronet, Robert Mayne Esq r , George Gray Esq : John Graham Esq : Walter Kennedy Esq : William Botts Esq : Paul Wentworth Esq : John Nelson Esq: John Ward Esq: Robert Graham Esq : David Scrymgeour Esq : Colin Mackenzie Esq : Thomas Mayne Esq : Edward Mayne Esq : William 478 CHARTER RECORDS. Scrwens Esq: The Hon ble Robert Needham, Samuel Smith Esq: and Thomas Evans Esq : & William Wentworth of Barbadoes Esq : who have made Application to us for the same, setting forth their readiness to enter upon & improve the Premises immediately, & to the respective heirs and assigns of the said Grantees for Ever to be equally divided to & amongst them a certain Tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire, containing something more than Six Miles Square, and is by admeasurement Thirty one Thousand one hundred and Fifty four Acres, being about Fifty Acres to each in their Families (exclusive of &) out of which an allowance is to be made for High- ways & unimproveable Lands by Rocks Ponds Mountains and Waters One thousand and Forty Acres free according to a Plan thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secret ry ’ 3 Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, Butted and Bounded as follows Videlicet Begin- ning at a Spruce Tree being the South East corner of the addition of Shelburne, & runs North 30 Deg 3 East 5 Miles & 80 Rods to a Beech Tree spotted & marked with the Letters M. B. P. B. thence running North 82 Deg 3 West Ten Miles to a Rock Maple Tree spotted & marked as aforesaid, then South 30 Deg 3 West 5 Miles and 80 Rods to a Red Birch Tree, spotted and marked as aforesaid, thence South 82 Deg 3 West bounding on a Tract of Land known by the Name of Durand & on the said Ad- *4-67 dition of Shelburne to the Bounds began it. *To Have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed together with all Priviledges and Appurtenances to them the said William Mayne, Robert Mayne, George Gray, John Graham, Walter Kennedy, William Botts, Paul Wentworth, John Nelson, John Ward, Robert Graham, David Scrymgeour, Colin Mackenzie, Thomas Mayne, Edward Mayne, William Scrwens, Robert Need- ham Samuel Smith, & Thomas Evans & William Wentworth and to their respective Heirs and Assigns for ever by the Name of Maynesborough upon the following Terms Videlicet First That the said Grantees at their own Cost shall cut clear & make passable for Carriages of all kinds a Road of Five Rods wide thro’ the said Tract hereby granted, which said Road shall be completed in Two Years from the date of this Grant, in failure of which the Premises and every part thereof shall be forfeited and revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them reenter’d upon & regranted to any of our loving Subjects. BERLIN. 479 Second That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be settled Fifteen Families by the I st day of January 1774, who shall be actually cultivating some part of the said Land and resident on the same, & to continue making further and additional Improve- ment, Cultivation & Settlement of the Premises so that there shall be actually settled thereon Sixty Families by the I st day of Jan- uary 1782, on penalty of the forfeiture of any and every Delin- quent’s Share and of such Share or Shares reverting to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them enter’d upon and re- granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & culti- vate the same. Third That all white & other Pine Trees being and growing within & upon the said Tract of Land fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being sub- ject to the penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or hereafter shall be enacted. Fourth That before any Division of the Land be made to & among the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the centre of said Township as the Land will admit of shall be reserved & marked out for Town Lots one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of Four Acres. — Fifth. Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs and suc- cessors on or before the I st day of January 1781, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Sixth That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield & pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every year forever from & after the expiration of one year from the abovesaid I st day of January, namely on the I st day *of *4-68 January which will be in the year of our Lord Christ 1782, One Shilling Proclamation money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land, which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to such officer or officers as shall be ap- pointed to receive the same ; And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed Witness our Governor & Commander in chief aforesaid the 31 st day of De- 480 CHARTER RECORDS. cemb r in the year of our Lord 1771 and in the 12 th year of our Reign. — J’ (l:s.) Wentworth By his Excellency’s Command ) with advice of Council. 5 Theodore Atkinson Secretary — Province of New Hampshire Dec r 31, 1771. , Recorded according to the Original Charter of Maynesborough under the Province Seal Attest Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of New Hampshire Portsm 0 29 th Dec r 1771. These may Certify that this Plan of Maynesborough (so called) Beginning at a Spruce Tree being the N. Easterly corner Bounds of a Tract of Land granted in addition to the Township of Shel- burne, from thence running North 30° E. 5 Miles & 80 Rods, from thence running N. 82° W. 10 Miles to a Rock Maple Tree, from thence running S. 30° W. 5 Miles & 80 Rods to a Red Birch Tree, BETHLEHEM. 481 from thence running S. 82° E. 10 Miles to the Bounds first men- tioned, Contains 31,154 Acres of Land & is a True Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Tract or Township as taken & returned to me by Cap 4 Hubartis Neal Dep y Surveyor. Attest : Is. Rindge S r Gen 1 — BETHLEHEM. [Granted as Lloyd Hills in 1774. Incorporated by the name of Bethlehem, Dec. 27, 1799. Additions of territory were made in 1848 and 1873. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 190; Index to Laws, 57; History, by Rev. Simeon Bolles, 1883, pp. 108; 10, Granite Monthly , 299; sketch, Child’s Gazet- teer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 154; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 512; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 302 ; historical notes and sketches in White Mountain Echo , 1878-93, passim ; Mt. Willey, by J. B. Henck, Jr., 1, Appalachia, 120; Mt. Hale, by E. B. Cook, 3, id., 257; The Twin Mountain Range, by A. E. Scott, id., 107 ; A Trip over Osceola, the Twin Mountain Range, and Mt. Garfield, by W. L. Hooper, id., 285 ; Incidents in White Mountain His- tory, by B. G. Willey, 1857, p. 279; The White Mountains, A Guide to their In- terpretation, by Julius H. Ward, 1890, p. 205 ; In the Heart of the White Moun- tains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 276; Historical Note, 7, Granite Monthly, 29.] [Lloyd Hills.] Holland’s map of New Hampshire gives a place for a township designated as Lloyd Hills, which occupied a considerable portion of the territory now in Bethlehem. The charter records, in the office of the Secretary of State, contain nothing relative to the town- ship of Lloyd Hills, except a reference to it as a boundary of the town of Whitefield, which was granted in 1774. Two documents are now accessible to the public, which throw some light upon the matter. First is the lecture on the early history of Littleton and vicinity, by the late Dr. Adams Moore, in which are the following passages relating to the subject: “ It appears by the charter of Whitefield that that town was bounded on the Southwest by a town named Lloyd Hills. Some person interested in land matters and finding no record of it in the office of Secretary of State, wrote to Governor Wentworth, who, it appears, lived at a place in England called Hammersmith. 30 482 CHARTER RECORDS. I have seen his answer, which, from sinister motives, was kept rather private, as it was the key to some land disputes, and if seen would operate against the parties holding it. It contained a cor- rect plan of the town of Lloyd Hills, now Bethlehem. The Ammonnosuc river was laid down with great accuracy, the line between that town and this [Littleton] distinctly placed as a crossing a certain bend in the river, near the Alder Brook Mills, where the proprietors of this town have supposed it to be, but from which they have been crowded back this way about fifty rods. The survey purported to have been made in 1774, by Dudley Cole- man, who had surveyed this town [then Apthorp] four years be- fore. The Governor must have taken from this country a book of plans of all these townships, furnished him by the deputy survey- ors of his time, which would unravel the snarls of many a lawsuit past, and perhaps to come.” Second, the following matter relative to Lloyd Hills was copied by Philip C. Wilkins, of Littleton, at Portsmouth, Aug. 8, 1850, from a paper purporting to be the original in the handwriting of Gov. John Wentworth. It was in the possession of counsel in a case when pending at Portsmouth relating to lands in Bethlehem. One of the counsel in this case was the late Ira Goodall, Esq., of Bath, whose professional papers were sold to paper-makers during the late war, and it is not improbable that the original of Gov. Wentworth’s communication concerning Lloyd Hills was among them, as no one appears to have known of its .existence in recent years. Mr. Wilkins’s record of survey contains his memoranda and copy, which is substantially as follows : “ Province of New Hampshire “ Portsmouth 3 d January, 1774 “ This certifies that this plan, beginning at a Beech Tree, stand- ing in the northeasterly line of Gunthwaite, which is the south- westerly corner of Apthorp [thence running south fifty-seven and one half degrees east, two miles and fifty-six rods, to a spruce Tree, which is the northeasterly corner of Gunthwaite :] thence south fifty-eight degrees east, three miles and two hundred sixty- four rods, to a Birch Tree ; thence north fifty-six degrees east, five miles and one hundred sixty-two rods, to Bretton Woods, so called ; thence by said Bretton Woods, north one mile and twenty- five rods, to a stake ; thence north fifty-eight degrees west, five miles and ten rods, to a Fir Tree ; thence south fifty-six degrees west, six miles and one half, to the bound began at, containing twenty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty acres, is known by BETHLEHEM. 483 an original plan or survey of said tract or township as returned to me by Dudley Coleman Dep* Surveyor. “ Attest Is : Rindge S. G.” “It is hereby certified that the within discribed land in the Province of New Hampshire was surveyed to Joseph Loring and others by authority of Government, parte by His Majesty’s man- damus and parte on conditions of settlement and cultivation ; and that the grant of said lands was called in council according to the usual forms ; also that an order was issued to the secretary of the said Province, for engrossing the patent, but I cannot recollect whether the patent was perfected, although the said tract of land was actually granted, and I do remember that about twenty thou- sand acres was property of Mr. Loring and that the township was called or named Lloyd Hills. “ Hammersmith 15 June 1783. “J. Wentworth.” [Note : The bound given in brackets, in the suryeyors general’s certificate, is inserted as it appears on the plan. The omission probably first occurred in one of the unofficial transcriptions of the return as made by Mr. Coleman. The original plans of surveys, made by the deputy surveyors, are possibly still in existence ; and if so probably in England ; they would make a valuable addition to our ancient state records, and some means ought to be employed to obtain them if possible.] irTrc< 484 CHARTER RECORDS BOSCAWEN. 4 8 S BOSCAWEN. [Granted by Massachusetts as Contoocook, Dec. 8, 1732, to John Coffin and others, of Newbury, Mass. The grant was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors Jan. 10, 1758. Incorporated as Boscawen April 22, 1760, and named in honor of Admiral Edward Boscawen of the British navy. The charter was renewed Oct. 7, 1763. Webster was set off and incorporated July 4, i860. This division was attempted in 1791, when the inhabitants of the west part of the town asked to be set off and incorporated by the name of Bristol. See Massachusetts charters preceding and Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 57 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 193 ; Index to Laws, 62; sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 169; Descriptive and Historical Account, by John Farmer, 20 ; Mass. Historical Society Collections, 71 ; Indian Troubles, 2, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, 375 ; Chronological Register, by Ebenezer Price, 1823, pp. 1 1 6 ; Centennial Celebration, 1876, pp. 27; History of Boscawen and Webster, by Charles Carleton Coffin, 1878, pp. 656; One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Settlement, 1883, pub. 1884, pp. 21 1 ; Memorial Addresses on Life and Character of William Pitt Fessenden, 1870; Memoirs of John Adams Dix, by Morgan Dix, 1883 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 348, 355.] [Boscawen Incorporated, 1760.] ^Province of ) George the Second by the Grace of *1-220 New Hamp r $ God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Whereas Our loyall Subjects Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within Our Province of New Hamp r known by the Name of Contoocook have Humbly Petitioned Boscawen & requested that they may be errected & incorporated into a Township & Infranchized with the Same Powers & Pre- viledges which other Towns within Our Said Province by Law have and Injoy and it appearing to us to be conducive to the Gen 11 good of our Said Province as well as to the said Inhabitants in Perticular by maintaining good Order and Encouraging the Cul- ture of the Lands that the Same Should be don Know Ye therefore that We of Our Special Grace Certain Knowledge & for the Encouraging and Promoting the good Ends & Purposes afores d by & with the Advice of Our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq Our Governour & Com’ander in Chieff & of Our Council for Said Province of New Hamp r Have 4 86 CHARTER RECORDS. erected & ordain’d and by these Presents for us our heirs & Successors do will & ordain that the Inhabitants of the Tract of Land afores d or that Shall Inhabit or Improve thereon the Same being Limited & Bounded as follows Beginning at the Southerly Side of Contoocook Rivers Mouth where the Same falls into Merrimack River & running thence on A Course West Seventeen Degrees South Seven Miles & One Hundred Rodds Measured from A Forked white Pine near the Mouth of Contoocook River to a Pitch Pine & Heap of Stones & from s d Pitch Pine & heap of Stones Running North Seventeen degrees West Seven Miles to A forked Beach Marked & thence on a Course East Seventeen degrees North to Merrimack River to a heap of Stones & thence by the River (as the Same runs) to the Mouth of Contoocook River again where it began Shall be and by these Presents Are Declared and Ordain’d to be a Town Corporate and Are hereby Errected & Incorporated into A Body Politick & Corporate to have a Continuence two Years Only by the Name of Boscawen with all the Powers and Authoritys Previledges Immunities & *1-221 Franchises which *Any Other Towns in Said Province by Law hold & Enjoy always Reserving to us Our Heirs & Successors all white Pine Trees that are or shall be found growing & being on s d Tract of Land fit for the Use of our Royal Navy Reserving to us Our heirs & Successors the Power & Right of Dividing Said Town when it Shall Appear Necessary & Convenient for the Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof Provided Neverthe Less and it is hereby Declared that this our Charter and Grant is not Intended or Shall in any manner be Construed to Extend to or effect the Private Property of the Soil within the Limits afore- said And as the Several Towns within our Said Province of New Hampshire are by the Laws thereof Enabled & Authorized to assemble & by the Majority of the Voters Present to Choose all Such Officers & Transact such affairs as by the Said Laws Are declared We do by these Presents Nominate & Appoint Colonel Joseph Coffin Esq to Call the first Meeting of said Inhabitants to be held within the s d Town at any Time within 60 days from the date hereof giving Legal Notice of the Time & Design of holding such meeting after which the Annual Meeting of said Town for the Choice of Such officers & management of the Affairs aforesaid Shall be held within the Same on the first Tuesday of March Annually In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of Our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness Benning Went- worth Esq Our Governor & Com’ander in Chieff of Our Said BOSCAWEN. 487 Province of New Hampshire the Twenty Second Day of April in the Thirty third Year of Our Reign and in the Year of Our Lord Christ 1760 B Wentworth By his Excellencys Com’and with Advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Entred & Recorded the 23 d Day of April 1760 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Ip Theod r Atkinson Se r * 4 88 CHARTER RECORDS. [Boscawen Incorporation Renewed, 1763.] *1-260 ^Province of New Hampshire George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Whereas our Late Royal Grandfather King George the Second of Glorious Memory did of his Special Grace & upon the Petition of the Inhabitants of a Tract of Land in our said Province known by the Name of Boscawen & for the Maintaining good order & Encouraging the Culture of the Land there by his Letters Patent or Charter under the Seal of of our said Province dated the 22 d day of Aprill in the Thirty Third Year of his Reign, & in the Year of our Lord 1760, did Erect & Incorporate into a Body Politick & Corporate by the Name of Boscawen the Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land, or those that should thereon Inhabit there- after which Tract is Butted & Bounded as in the said Patent or Charter is Express’d & was to have Continuance untill the Expiration of Two Years & no longer, which time being now Elapsed & the Inhabitants having again Petition’d to have the said Charter Priviledges Renew’d & it appearing Necessary to Answer the good End Proposed as well as to Enable the Inhabitants afores d to Assess & Collect their Rates & Taxes — Know Yee that we being Willing to Promote the good end Proposed, have of our farther grace & Favour by,& with the Advice of our trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq. our Governor & Commander in Cheif & of# our Council for said Province Revived & Regranted & by these Presents do Revive & Regrant unto the said Inhabitants & their Successors on the said Tract of Land, all the Powers & Authoritys Priviledges & Immunity’s & Franchises in the said Charter mention’d, as they Enjoy’d the same while that Charter was in force, & to have Continuance untill we shall approve or Disallow the same & signify such our Approbation or Dissallowance, & to Obviate any dispute that may arise about the Authority in calling a Meeting of the Inhabitants &c, the Select Men or those that were appointed to that Office & served therein the last time or the Town Clerk are hereby Authorized in the usual form & Method to Notify & call a Meeting of the s d Inhabitants for the Choise of Town officers & other Affairs of said Town In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of the Province afores d to be hereunto Affixed — Witness Benning Wentworth Esq. BOW. 489 our Governor & Com a in Chief this 7 th Day of Octo r in the 3 d Year of our Reign Anno : Domini 1763 — B Wentworth By his Excellencys Com’and with Advice of Council Theo : Atkinson Jun Sec 17 Province of New Hamps r Octo r 8. 1763 Recorded According to the Origional under the Prov. Seal ^ T : Atkinson Jun Sec 17 BOW. [Granted by Lieut. Gov. John Wentworth, May 10, 1727, to Jonathan Wig- gin and others, and was so named on account of a bend in the river within the town limits. A portion of Bow was combined with Suncook and Buckstreet to make the parish of Pembroke, Nov. 1, 1759. Two tracts of land were severed from Bow, and annexed, one to Concord, and the other to Pembroke, Dec. 13, 1804. A portion was severed and annexed to Allenstown, June 22, 1815. See Masonian Papers in following volumes : IX, Bouton Town Papers, 62 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 209 ; Index to Laws, 64 ; sketch, by Harrison Colby, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 263; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 12, 16; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 357.] [Bow Charter, 1727.] *George By the Grace of God of Great Brittain *1-7 ffrance & Ireland King Defender of the ffaith &c a — To all People to whom these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know ye that we of our Special Knowledge & mere motion, for the Due Encourage- ■g > m 1 of Setling a New Plantation, By & with the $ Advise & Concent of Our Council have given & Granted And by these Presents as far as in us lyes do give & Grant in Equal Shares unto Sundry of our beloved Subjects whose names Are Entred in a Schedule here unto Annexed that Inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the s d Grant, within our Province of New Hamp- shire all that Tract of Land within the following Bounds Viz — Beginning on the South East Side of the Town of Chichester & runing nine miles by Chichester, And Canterbury And Carrying 490 CHARTER RECORDS. that Breadth of Nine Miles from Each of the afores d Towns South- west untill the ful Complyment of Eighty one Square Miles Are fully made up & that the Same be A Town Corporate by the Name of Bow to the Persons afores d and their Associates for- ever — To have & to hold the s d Land to the S d Grantees and to Such Associates as they shall admitt for ever — upon the Conditions following — 1) That the Proprietors build or Cause to be built Seventy five Dwelling houses on S d Land & Settle a family in Each House & Clear Three Acres of Land fitt for Mowing or Plowing within Three years And that Each Proprietor pay his Proportion of the • Town Charge When & So often as Occasion Shall Require the Same 2) That A meeting House bee built for the Publick Worship of God within the Term of four years — 3 That upon Default of any Perticular Proprietor in Complying with the Conditions of the Charter upon his part Such Dilinquent Proprietor Shall forfeit his Shear to the other Proprietors *1-8 which Shall be ^Disposed of According to the Maj r Vote of the S d Proprietors at a Legal Town meeting — 4) That a Proprietors Shear be reserved for a Parsonage another for the first minister of the Gospell : which Shall be Settled and ordained in S d Town Another Such Share for the benefit of the School in S d Town Provided nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians — Continue Duering the Space of Three Years but if it Should So happen that A War with the Indians Shall Com’ence before the Expiration of the S d Three years then the Term of three years Shall be Allowed the Proprietors after the Expiration of the War for the Performance of the afores d Con- ditions — rendring & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors or Such officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to recieve the Same The Annual Quit Rent or Acknowledgment of One Ear of Indian Corn in the S d Town on the first fryday In December Yearly for Ever (if Demanded) reserveing alsoe unto us our heirs & Succes- sors all mast Trees Growing on y e S d Land According to Acts of Parliament in that case made & Provided & for the better order rule & Governm* of the S d Town We do by these Presents for our Selves our heirs & Successors Grant unto the S d men & Inhabitants or Those that Shall Inhabit the S d Town That yearly & Every year upon the first Thursday in April forever Shall meet to Effect & Choose by the maj r part of the Proprietors then Present Constables Select men and other Town Officers According to the Laws & BOW. 49 1 ussages of Our S d Province & we do Appoint Andrew Wiggin Esq George Veazey & W m Moor to be Select men of Our S d Town untill the first Thursday in April which will be in the year of Our Lord 1728 with full power & Authority as other Town Select men have to Call a Town meeting or meetings as there may be Occasion And to Continue untill other Select Men Shall be Chosen in their Steed in Such Manner as is in *These *1-9 Presents Expressed In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of our S d Province to be hereunto affixed Witt- ness John Wentworth Esq our Leiu 4 Governour & Com’ander in Cheiff in & over our S d Province at our Town of Portsm 0 in our S d Province to the 20 th Day of may in the 13 th year of Our Reigne Anno Domini 1727 J Wentworth By the L* Gov r Command with advice of the Council Rich d Waldron Cler Co’n A Schedule of the Proprietors of the Town of Bow — Jon a Weggins Thomas Veyse Edward ffifield Jon a Chase Thomas Rollings Thomas Piiper Joseph Mason Zachel Rundlet Nathaniel Stephens Joseph Merril Jun r John Piper John Sinkler Benj a Hoeg Benj a Palmer Thomas ffrench John Hill Rich d Colley Jun r Edward ffifield Benj a Veasey Jon a Clark Symon Weggins John Speed Thomas Wiggin 3 d Walter Weggin Thomas Weggins George Veysey William ffrench Moses Leavit Rich d Crochet Rich d Colley John Hanniford John Mead David Robinson Jude Allen Sam 11 Veasey Sam 11 Green Sam 11 Hillton Owen Renals Nath 11 Piper Thomas Odell Thomas Bryer W m ffrench Jun r Thomas Veasey Jun r George Veasey Jun r Sam 11 Stevens Sam 11 Piper Jun r Benj a Mason Caleb Rowlings cD Sam 11 Piper William Moore James Palmer Joshua Hill Isaac ffoss Sam 11 Goodhue Joseph Rollings Joseph Merrill John a Derburn James Merril James Kenniston W m Burley Mathew Thompson Joshua Neal Joseph Jewet Abraham Stockbridge Joseph Mason Jun r Eph m Leavit Nathan Taylor John Levet John Sachell Chace Weggin Joshua Kenniston Joseph Palmer 49 2 CHARTER RECORDS. Edward Taylor Benj a Norris John Green Joshua Stephens Tho 3 Piper Jun r Nath 11 ffolsham ~i-io Henry Weggin Joseph Pevey John Palmer James Norris Broadstreet Weggin Thoph 1 Smith Rob 1 Willson Benj a Taylor Jun r Benning Wentworth Mark Wentworth Henry Rust Rob 1 Auchmuty George Long Jeremiah ffolsham Jun r Abra m Morgan Stephen Thurstin Joseph Hoeg Nathan White W m Wentworth George Jaffrey Jun r Ebenez r Wear Sampson Sheaff John Avery Benj a ffollet Hunking Wentworth Rich d Wibird Jun r Cyprean Jaffry John Read Att r Rich d Waldron Jun r Admitted Associates His Excelency & Hoff — Sam 11 Shute Esq John Wentworth Esq Each of them 500 Acres of Land And a home Lot Coll Mark Hunking Coll Walton George Jaffrey Rich d Wibird Coll Tho 3 Westbrook Archibald M c pheadris John ffrost Jotham Odiorne Esquirs Each A Proprietors Shear — Peter Wear John Gillman Cap 1 John Gillman M r Eph m Dennet Ebeff Stevens James Jeffry Zah Hanahford Bow Schedule Certifyed John Plaisted Andrew Wiggin Sam 11 Tibbets John Sanburn Rich d Jennes Jos Loverin Jos Wiggin James Davis Cap 1 John Downing Paul Gerrish Theod r Atkinson Cap 1 W m ffellows Dapi u Loverin Peirce Long Richard Waldron Cler Con Joseph Low George Clark John a Rowlings W m Moor Juff Mary Jones James Robinson Daniel Moody Holdrge Cilley Abigail Powel Kathorin Wiggans Benj a Taylor The Sixteen ^sons above named Are Added ^ order of the L 1 Gov r & Council Noah Barker Tho 3 Wiggin Juff Daniel Davis Mary Smith Nich 0 Wiggins A Part of the Schedule R Waldron Cler Con Prov e of New Hamp r November 25 th 1742 Entred & Recorded According to the Originall ^ Theodore Atkinson See" 7 BRENTWOOD. 493 BRENTWOOD. [Set off from Exeter as the parish of Brintwood, June 26, 1742. Incorporation was asked for May 26, 1744, and Oct. 1, it was voted to advise the Governor to grant it. Poplin [Fremont] was set off and incorporated as a parish, June 22, 1764. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 76 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 223 ; Index to Laws, 66 ; Bell’s History of Exeter, passim ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Rocking- ham County, 1882, p. 129; Baptist Churches in N. H., byE.E. Cummings, 1836, p. 7; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 20; Annals of the Congregational Church and Parish, by Benjamin A. Dean, 1889, pp. 43.] [Keeneborough Charter, 1744.] ^Province of New Hampshire *1-19 George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain ffrance & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c a — To all to whom these Presents Shall come Greet- Keeneborough ing Forasmuch as it hath been Represented to us by Cap 4 Andrew Gillman & others Inhabitants of the Parish of Brintwood that great disorders have Arisen in S d Parish respecting their Parish affairs in General and that All Proposals heitherto Attempted have Proved Ineffectual to restore peace & good order amoungst them Where- fore the S d Cap 4 Andrew Gillman in behalf of him Self & others humbly Prays that a New Parish may be Errected in S d Parish of Brintwood And to the End that Peace & good order may be Established Know ye Therefore that we of our Especial Grace Certain knowledge & mere motion by & with the Advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Captain General Govern 1, & Com’ander in Chieff of our Province of New Hampshire in New England & of our Council of S d Province Have Incorporated Ordained Declared And Appointed And by these Pres- ents for us our heirs & Successors do Incorporate ordain Declare & Appoint out of the Parish of Brintwood All that Tract or Parcell of Land Lying & being in the Parish of Brintwood in our Prov- ince of New Hampshire afores d Containing by Admeasure- ment Twelve thousand five hundred & Ninty five * Acres *1-20 And One Quarter of An Acre According to A Plan & Survey made by order of our S d Governour by George Mitchell Esq 494 CHARTER RECORDS. & Cap 1 Dudley Odlin hereunto Annexed Abutting & bounding as by the S d Plan or Survey may Appear And we Do hereby ordain & Appoint that the S d respective Inhabitants that now Are or that Shall hereafter be In Possession of the Lands within the Plan or Survey afores d Shall be one Society Corporation & Body Pollitick to have Continueance for Ever by the name of Keeneborough & that they & there Successors Shall by that Name be Able & Capable in Law to Call Parish Meetings, The first of which is to be Called within Thirty days from the Date hereof by Cap 1 Andrew Gillman & Humphry Willson & Benj a Gillman & the Meetings hereafter Shall be on the first monday of April Annually And we do here- by give & Grant unto the S d Society or Corporation full Power And Authority to make Choice of Proper Officers to Levy Taxes on the Inhabitants for the Support of the Society Agreable to the Laws of Our Province of New Hampshire made for Regulateing Town & Parish affairs And we Do further give & Grant to the S d Society full Power to Call & Settle A regular And Orthodox Minister of the Gospell & to Levy Taxes on the Inhabitants Con- formable to the Laws afores d of our Province Afores d for his Sup- port Reserveing only the recomending the first Minister to the Presi- dent & Senior fellows of Harvard Colledge in New England or the Reverend Jabez flitch & the Reverend John Odlin And we Do alsoe reserve to his Most Sacred Majesty his heirs & Successors All White Pine Trees growing Standing or being within the Plan or Survey above mentioned the Preservation whereof for *1-21 his Majestys Royal Navy is the Tennu're by which *you hold & Enjoy your Incorporation And Lastly we do De- clare & ordain That these Our Letters Pattent and Every clause Sentence And Article herein Contained Shall be in all things firm Valid & Effectual in the Law unto the S d Society & their Succes- sors According to the Purport &Tennour thereof Provided Always that these our Letters Patent be recorded within one month from the Date hereof in Our Recorders office Appointed for that Pur- pose in our S d Province of New Hampshire In Wittness whereof We have Caused these our Letters to be made Patent — Wittness our S d Governour & Comander in Chieff of our S d Province at Portsmouth the 27 th Day of October in the Eighteenth Year of Our Reigne Annoq Domini 1744 — B Wentworth By his Excelencys Comand with Advice of Council Theod r Atkinson Se ry BRENTWOOD. 495 Province of New Hamp r November the 10 th 1744 Entred & Recorded According to the Original Attes tr Theodore Atkinson Sec ry *A Plan of the Parish of Taken by order of his *1-22 Excelency Benning Wentworth Esq &c a &c a By his Excelencys most Obedient Humble Serv ts George Mitchell Dudley Odlin References, Viz — Begining at the South West Corner of Newmarket runing Due South till That line Strikes Exeter River near Pickpocket upper Mills From thence to follow the Course of s d River to the bottom of the little falls — 49 6 CHARTER RECORDS. From thence North one Degree East to the South Side of Deer hill Mill pond From thence West & by North or Parralel with Kingstown line till that Course Strike the Spruce Swamp So called — From thence North till it Strikes Epping Line *1-23 *From thence to Continue in Epping Line to New market Corner afores d — Entred & Recorded According to the Original this 10 th day of November 1744 — IP Theodore Atkinson Sec^ BRIDGEWATER. [Set off from Hill and incorporated, Feb. 12, 1788. The southerly portion of the town was combined with the northerly part of Hill to make up the town of Bristol, June 24, 1819. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 238 ; Index to Laws, 69 ; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 170 ; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 514; Stevens’s Memorials of Methodism, 2d series, 1852, p. 234.] BRISTOL. [Constituted from parts of Bridgewater and Hill, and , incorporated June 24, 1819. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 238; XII, id., 195; Index to Laws, 70; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 176; History, by R. W. Mus- grove, in preparation ; sketch, 5, Granite Monthly, 262; Guide to Bristol and Pas- quaney Lake, by R. W. Musgrove, 1892; Pasquaney, A Study, by F. L. Pattee, 1 893, pp. 83; History of the M. E. Church by R. W. Musgrove and Otis Cole, 1890; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 515; Central New Hampshire, by G. F. Bacon, 1890, p. 43.] BROOKFIELD. [Set off from Middleton and incorporated Dec. 30, 1794. These towns are a part of the territory included in the proposed grant of the township of Coulerain, 1726. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 127; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 594; Index to Laws, 70 ; sketch, by Dudley C. Colman, Fergusson’s History of Carroll County, 1889, p.450; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 600; papers under title Coulerain.] BROOKLINE. 497 BROOKLINE. [This was a part of the Old Dunstable grant. Incorporated by the name of Raby, March 30, 1769, and included parts of Hollis and Mile Slip. The present name was adopted Dec. 1, 1798. A portion of Hollis was annexed Feb. 17, 1786. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 193 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 240; Indexto Law r s, 70; sketch, by I. B. Sawtelle, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 289; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 160.] [Raby Incorporated, 1769.] ^Province of New ) George the Third by the grace of *1-335 Hampshire ) Hod of Great Britain France and Ire- land King defender of the Faith and so forth. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas our Loyal Subjects inhabitants of the westerly part of the Town of Holies and the mile Slip Raby — ^ so called in our Province aforesaid Have humbly now > Petition’d and requested us that the}' may be erected Brookline. ) and incorporated into a Township and enfranchised with the same Powers and Privileges which other Towns within our said Province by Law have and Enjoy and it appearing unto us to be conducive to the general good of our said Province as well as of the said Inhabitants in particular by maintaining good order and encouraging the culture of the Land that the same should be done-KNOw Ye that we of our special grace certain knowledge and for the encouragm 1 and promotion of the good Purposes and Ends aforesaid (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well-beloved John Wentworth Esq : our Governor and Com- mander in cheif, and of our Council for the said Province of New Hampshire) have Erected and ordain’d and by these Presents for us our heirs & Successors do will and ordain that the Inhabitants of the aforesaid Tract of Land, and others who shall improve and inhabit thereon hereafter, the same being butted and bounded as follows viz 1 Begining at a Stake and Stones in the South side line of the Town of Holies, (which is also the Province Line) which stake stands about two miles due East from the South West corner of said Holies, thence runing North by the Needle ’cross the said Town to one other stake and Stones standing on the North side line of said Holies, leaving the meeting house in the middle 31 CHARTER RECORDS. 49 S between this Line, and the East side line of Holies then runing from the last mention'd stake Westerly by Holies to the North west corner thereof then continuing that line 'cross a tract of land call’d the mile slip to the Easterly side line of *1-336 *Mason, then turning off and runing South by the needle on the Easterly side line of Mason aforesaid to the Province line then due east partly on the Province Line and partly on the South side line of Holies aforesaid to the stake began at. be and the}' are hereby declared to be a Town Corporate and are hereby erected and Incorporated into a Body Politic and corporate to have continuance for ever by the name of Raby with all the Powers and Authorities, Priviledges, Immunities and Franchises which any other Towns in said Province by Law hold & enjoy — to the said Inhabitants or who shall hereafter inhabit there & their Successors for ever — always reserving to us our heirs and Successors all white pine Trees that are or shall be found growing and being on the said Tract of land, fit for the use of our Royal Navy, resenting also to us our heirs and Successors, the Power and right of dividing said Town, when it shall appear necessary & convenient for the Inhabitants thereof. Provided Nevertheless & tis hereby declar'd that this Charter and Grant, is not intended and shall not in any manner be construed to affect the Private property of the Soil within the limits aforesaid and as the several Towns within our said Province, are by the Laws thereof, enabled and Authoriz'd to assemble and by,the Majority of the Voters present to chuse all such Officers & transact such affairs as in the said Laws are declar'd — We do by these Presents nominate and appoint Samuel Farley to call the first meeting of said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at any time within Thirty davs from the date hereof, giving legal notice of the Time and design of holding such meeting, after which the annual meet- ing in said Town shall be held for the choice of said Officers and the Purposes aforesaid on the first Wednesday of March annually. Ix Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our * I_ 337 said Province to be hereunto affix’d ^Witness John Wentworth Esq. our aforesaid Governor and Com- mander in cheif the 30 th day of March in the 9 th year of our Reign Anno : domini 1769. J’ Wentworth By his Excellency’s Command with advice of Council. T : Atkinson Jun r Sec’ 7 CAMBRIDGE. 499 Enter’d and Recorded according to the Original Incorporation this I st day of April 1769 — Attest : Theodore Atkinson Sec ry CAMBRIDGE. [Granted to Nathaniel Rogers and others, May 19, 1773. Never incorporated. See Index to Laws, 78.] [Cambridge Charter, 1773.] ^Province of ) George the third by the Grace of God of *4-149 New Hamp re > Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Cambridge. To all to whom these Presents shall come greeting Know ye that we of our special Grace certain Knowledge and meer motion for the due encouragement of settling a new Plantation within our said Province by and with the advice of our trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Com- mander in chief of our said Province of New Hampshire in New England and of our Council of the said Province Have upon the conditions & reservations herein after made given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give & grant in equal Shares unto our loving Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire & our other Dominions who have petitioned us for the same setting forth their readiness to make immediate Settlement and to their Heirs and Assigns forever whose names are entered on this Grant to be divided to and amongst them into Sixty seven equal shares all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire containing by admeasurement twenty three thousand one hundred and sixty Acres out of which an allowance is to be made for High- ways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks Mountains and Waters one thousand one hundred and sixty Acres free according to a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s order and returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed butted and bounded as follows viz 4 Begining 5 °° CHARTER RECORDS. at a red Birch Tree standing in the East Boundary Line of said Province and is the North East Corner bound of Success (so called) the same Tree being marked HN 1772 from thence running on said Line North eight degrees East six *4-150 Miles* to a Stake in a Meadow sixteen Rods distant from the northerly Bank of a little river that runs into Umbagog Lake then running North eighty two degrees west six Miles and twenty Rods to a Red Birch Tree then South eight degrees West six Miles to a Spruce Tree from thence South eighty two degrees East six Miles and twenty Rods by the Towns of Paulsbourg & Success to the Bound first mentioned. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed together with all Privileges and appurtenances to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever by the Name of Cambridge upon the following Conditions viz* First That the Grantees at their own Cost shall cut clear bridge and make passable for Carriages of all Kinds a Road of Four rods wide through the said Tract hereby granted as shall be at any time hereafter directed by our said Governor & Council which Road shall be compleated in one Year from the date of such directions in failure of which the Premises & every part thereof shall be forfeited and revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them re- entered upon and regranted to any of our loving Subjects Second That all white Pine and other Pine Trees within the said Township fit for masting our royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use and none to be cut or felled without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to Us our Heirs and Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalties of any Act or Acts of Parliament that are or hereafter shall be enacted Thirdly that before any division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the Center of the said Township as the Land will admit of shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre Fourthly Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs & Successors on or before the nineteenth day of May 1783 *4-151 the *Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded Fifthly That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors Yearly and every Year forever from and after the expiration of ten Years from the date of CAMBRIDGE. 501 this Grant one Shilling proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so owns settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons aforesaid their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same Sixthly That this Grant shall not interfere with any of our Grants made as aforesaid and now in force nor interrupt the Grantees in their improvements making thereon agreable to the Conditions thereof Seventhly That the Grantees shall cultivate and improve Ten Acres in every hundred in Flax and Hemp if the Land in said Town shall prove fit and useful for such employment Eighthly. That six Families be settled and actually resident on the Town within two Years of this date Ninthly That additional Settlements be made so as to corn- pleat Sixty Families in Seven Years from the date these to be in lieu of all other rents and Services whatsoever In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esquire our Governor and Commander in Chief aforesaid the nineteenth day of May in the thirteenth Year of our reign and in the Year of our Lord Christ 1773 — Names of the Grantees of Cambridge Nathaniel Rogers Ichabod Palmer Jonathan White Esq r Samuel Phelps Nathaniel Rogers jun r Jonathan Child Ebenezer Green Simon Butler William Divoll jun r Benjamin White Daniel Tillotson John Morey Solomon Morey David Thompson William Thompson James Horner Rev d Obadiah Noble Benj a Baldwin jun r Joel Phelps Nathan Dewey Abraham Palmer Jacob Marston Aaron Stiles Peters Grant William Marston jun 1 James Reed Esq r Thomas Carter jun r James Reed jun r Frederic Reed Giles Tiffany Frederic Phelps James Haslet William Marston Rev d Samuel Locke Ebenezer Baldwin John Wood Maj r James Richardson John Hurd Esq r Simeon Olcot Esq r John Tufts Jotham White Edward Sclate ^Benjamin Stiles Josiah Richardson Otis Baker Esq r *4-152 Samuel Paine Aaron Storrs Ebenezer Thompson Esq r Elisha Marsh Esq r Ebenezer Swan Israel Gilman Esq r 5° 2 CHARTER RECORDS. Jonathan Sawyer Joel Woodworth Jonathan Darby Amos Palmer Israel Morey Esq r John Woodward Samuel Moses Theodore Moses John Sprague Rich d Cutts Shannon Benj a Grant jun r Timothy Ruggles Esq r Daniel Jones Esq r One equal right to the first settled Minister of the Gospel in this Township. One equal right for the use of a School in this Town- ship forever. One equal right for a Glebe for the Church of England in this Township forever j By his Excellency’s Command ) with advice of Council 5 Theod re Atkinson Sec y Wentworth Province of New Hampshire Recorded according to the original Charter under the Province Seal this 20 th day of May 1773 Attest Geo : King Dep y Sec y CAMBRIDGE. 503 Province of ) New Hamp re £ Portsmouth 18 th May 1773 This Certify s that this Plan of Cambridge begining at a red Birch Tree Standing in the East boundary Line of said Province and is the North east Cor- ner Bound of Success (so called) the same Tree being marked HN 1772 from thence runing on said Line North eight degrees East six Miles to a Stake in a Meadow sixteen Rods distant from the Northerly Bank of a little River that runs into Umbagog Lake then runing North eighty two degrees west six Miles and twenty Rods to a red birch Tree then South eight degrees west six Miles 5°4 CHARTER RECORDS. to a Spruce Tree from thence South eighty two degrees East six Miles and twenty Rods by the Towns of Paulsbourg and Success to the bound first mentioned contains Twenty three thousand one hundred and sixty Acres of Land and is a true Copy of an original Plan or Survey of said Tract or Township as taken and returned to me by Cap 1 Hubartus Neal D y Surveyor Attest Is : Rindge S r G 1 Copy Attest 1 Geo : King D Sec y CAMPTON. [Granted to Christopher Holmes and others, Oct. 9, 1761. Regranted to Ebenezer Little and others, Jan. 5, 1767. A portion of the town was annexed to Plymouth, June 27, i860. Campton was annexed to Grafton County, Sept. 14, 1782. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 248 ; Index to Laws, 78 ; sketch, Child’s Ga- zetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 197; sketch, 10, Granite Monthly, 108; His- tory, prepared for centennial celebration, 1867, by Isaac Willey, 1868, pp. 56; Centennial Celebration, 1867, pp. 118 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cum- mings, 1836, pp. 14, 19; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 517; discourse, centennial celebration of Congregational Church, by Quincy Blakely, 1876; see also grant to Samuel Holland, with Plymouth papers ; The White Hills, by T. Starr King, 1859, P* 89; the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 216.] [Campton Charter, 1761.] *2-229 ^Province of New-Hampshire. Camptown GEORGE, The third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c To all Persons to whom these Presents shall co 7 ne, Greeting. Know ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New- Hampshire, in New-England, and of our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our CAMPTON. 505 Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New- Hamf shire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be di- vided to and amongst them into Seventy equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New -Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement, Twenty Five Thousand Acres , which Tract is to contain Some- thing more than Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and For- ty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Of- fice, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begining at the North Westerly Corner of Holderness at a Red Oak Tree on the bank of the river from thence runing East Six Miles to the North East Corner of Holderness from thence North Five Miles from thence West about Four Miles & One half Mile to Pemigewasset River, from thence on a Strait Line Westerly to the North East Corner of Rumney, from thence on a Runing Line South thirty Degrees West to the South Easterly Corner thereof which is also the North Easterly Corner of Cockermouth from thence Easterly on a Streight Line to the North Westerly Corner of Holderness the first Bounds Mentioned — And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Campton And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs, one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened *2-230 and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the Second Tuesday in Novem- ber next which said Meeting shall be Notified by M r Christopher Holmes who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said CHARTER RECORDS. 506 first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday oi March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 1762 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year for- ever, from and after the Expiration often Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December , namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1772 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- CAMPTON. 507 tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the Ninth Day of October In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty One And in the First Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, Theodore Atkinson Se ry Province of New Hamps r Octos r 9 th 1761 Recorded According to the Origional Charter under the Province Seal ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 'The Names of the Grantees of Campton (Viz) *2-231 Christo 1 Holmes Knight Sexton Simeon Crocker Jason Millard Timothy North am Will m Kennedy Jere ah Brainard Bezaliel Gates Timothy Passival Sam 1 Selldon Dan 1 Brainard Jun r Jona 11 Olmstead Thomas Fuller 2 d Cap 1 Caleb Clark Dan 1 Annabee Eli Warner Grendal Rawson Eben r Spencer Eben r Smith James Olmstead Sam 1 Gates Abner Dean Josiah Arnold Nath 1 Fellows Matthew Thornton Esq Isaac Ackley John Topham Jun r Jona a Gates Sam 1 Peck David Wickham Will m Olmstead Jun r Will m Bebee Jun r Matthew Sears Jared Spencer John Harvey Jun r Joseph Emmons Silas Bebee Benj a Ackly Jun r James Steward T Tho 8 Hall Jun r Job Beckwith Nath 1 Beckwith Tim° Chapman Silvanus Tinker Elijah White Sterling Graves John Gilbird Jun r Oliver Spencer Abel Willey John Sanderson Thomas Rogers Stephen Cone Thomas Fuller George Griffin Dan 1 Peirce Esq r Nehe a Dickinson Dan 1 Warner Jun r Isaac Isham Theod r Atkinson Esq Joseph Newmarch Esq Major Jos h Blanchard ’heodore Atkinson Jun r Esq Coll 0 Clem 1 March & Benning Wentworth CHARTER RECORDS. 508 His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq r a Tract of Land to Contain Five Hundred Acres as marked B-W in the Plan which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, One Share for a Glebe for the Church of Eng- land as by Law Established, One Share for the First Settled Minister of the Gospell & One Share for the Benefit of a School in said Town — Province of New Hampshire Octo : 9 th 1761 Recorded from the back of the Origional Charter of Campton under the Province Seal Attested ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 — 'i Province of New Hamps r October 9 th 1761 — Recorded from the back of the Origional Charter of Campton under the Province Seal ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec' 7 CAMPTON. 509 [Campton Regrant, 1767.] ^Province of New-Hampshire. *3-174 GEORGE, The Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know Ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New- Hampshire , in New-England , and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New- Hampshire , and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Hampshire , containing by Admeasurement, Twenty five thousand Acres , which Tract is to contain something more than Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allow- ance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, and bounded as follows, Viz. Beginning at the N : Westerly Corner of Holderness at a red Oak tree on the bank of the River from thence runing East six miles to the N : E. Corner of Holderness from thence runing North Five miles from thence West about \\ miles to Pemigiwasset River, from thence a strait Line Westerly to the N: E. Corner of Rumney from thence on a runing Line S° 30 D 3 West to the south Easterly Corner thereof, which is also the N : Easterly Corner of Cockermouth from thence Easterly on a Streight Line to the N : Westerly Corner of Holderness the bounds first mention’d And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Campton And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfran- CHARTER RECORDS. 510 chized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs, one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty *3 -I 75 Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as maybe thought most advan- tagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Prov- ince, shall be held on the which said Meeting shall be Notified by who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurten- ances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term pf five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and 'cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the CAMPTON. 511 said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space often Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twent}^- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made the twenty-fifth day of December. V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of Deceitiber, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of Decejnber , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1772 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- ive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the 5 th Day of January In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Seven And in the Seventh Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By his Excellency’s Command, with Advice of Council, T. Atkinson j r Secretary — Province of New Hampshire January 5 th 1767 — Recorded according to the Original Charter under the prov- ince Seal Attested : T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry *Names of the Grantees of Campton. *3-176 Ebenezer Little Moses Little Ebenezer Little j r Nathan Little Jacob Merrill Esq r Benj 11 Hoyt Increase Crosbey Thomas Fuller James Passival Chileab Brainerd Josiah Brainerd Nathan Brainerd Clement March Esq r Abel Webster Jonathan Cone Lemuel Griffin Lemuel Griffin j r George Griffin 512 CHARTER RECORDS. Abner Greenleaf Alexander Morrison William Morrison Daniel Lunt Nehemiah Wheeler Onesipharus Page Christopher Holmes Job Beckwith Nath 1 Beckwith John Holmes Uriel Holmes Eliphalet Holmes Sam 1 Selldon Levi Crosbey Ben§ Wentworth Joseph Selden Grindal Rawson Ebenezer Taylor Ephraim Wesson William Hobart Lattho Sippio Abel Willey Joseph Spencer Esq: Joseph Spencer jun r Hobart Spencer John Southmaid Daniel Pierce Esq r Theod re Atkinson Esq r T : Atkinson jun r Esq r Will : Kannedy Nath 1 Fellows Jonah Cone William Cone Peter Spencer Asa Spencer Aaron Cleveland Stephen Sparrow Nath 1 Sparrow Rich d Sparrow James Sparrow James Dickson Green Hungerford Lemuel Hungerford Jon : Moulton Esq r Gibbins Jewett Moses Nowell Five Hundred Acres for his Excellency Benn§ Wentworth Esq r as mark'd B. W. in the Plan, which is to be accounted two of the within Shares. One whole share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts. One Share for the first settled Minister. One share for a glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established, & one share for a school for the benefit of said Town for Ever. Province of New hampshire Jan 7 5 th 1767 — Recorded from the back of the Original 'Charter under the Province Seal : T Atkinson Jun Sec 7 CANAAN. 5 T 3 George the third by the Grace of God New Hampi 5 of Great Britain France & Ireland King defender of he Faith &c Whereas We of our especial Grace & mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling a new Plantation within Our Province of New Hampshire by our Letters patent or Charter under the Seal of our ( Canaan > said Province dated the 9 th day of July 1761 in first ( extended 5 Year of our Reign a Tract of Land equal to six Miles square bounded as therein expressed and since surveyed admeasured CANAAN. 519 marked & ascertained by our order to Isaac Rindge Esq r our Surveyor general of Lands for said Province Granted to a number of our loyal Subjects whose Names are entered on the same to hold to them their Heirs and Assigns on the Conditions therein declared and to be a Town corporate by the Name of Canaan as by reference to the said Charter may more fully appear. And whereas the said Grantees have represented unto us that by reason of the great Inconveniencies which occur in the Settlement of the new Townships so remotely situated from any other Town- ships or Settlements that can afford any assistance hath rendered it impracticable for the whole number of Grantees to perform that Part of the Conditions that relates to the Cultivation of such a Proportion of the said Grant That there are Families now settled on the Premises which affords them hopes of a final Settlement without delay and humbly supplicating us not to take advantage of the breach of said Condition but to lengthen out and grant them some further Time for the performance thereof. Now know ye that we being willing to promote the end pro- posed have of our further Grace & Favor suspended our claim of the forfeiture which the *said Grantees may *1-334 have incurred and by these Presents do grant unto the said Grantees their Heirs and Assigns the further Term of Four Years from this date for performing & fulfilling the conditions matters and things by them to be done as aforesaid except the Quit- rents which are to remain due & payable as expressed & reserved in the original Grant or Charter In Testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our Governor & Commander in Chief this day of February in the ninth Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1769 — J’ Wentworth By his Excellency’s Command with advice of Council Ent d & Recorded according to the Original Patent this 23 d day of Feb y 1769 Attest" Theodore Atkinson Sec y 520 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to Theophilus Dame, 1773.] *4-145 ^Province of New Hampshire. Cap 1 Dame’s George the third by the Grace of God of Great Grant — Britain France and Ireland King Defend of the Faith &c a — To all to whom these Presents shall come — Greeting — Whereas We have tho’t fit by our Proclamation at Starnes’s the Seventh Day of October in the third Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1763 — amoung other things to testify our Royal Sence And Approbation of the Conduct & Bravery of the officers & Soldiers of our armies and Signified our Desire to reward the Same & have therein com’anded & Impowered Our Several Governors of Our Respective Provinces on the Continent of America to grant without Fee or reward to Such Reduced officers as have Served in North America during the late War and to such Private Soldiers as have been or Shall be disbanded there and Shall Personally Apply for the Same Such Quantities of Land respectivly as in & by our aforesaid Proclamation are perticularly Mentioned Subject Nevertheless to the Same Quit Rents & Conditions of Cultivation and Improvements as other our Lands are Subject to in the Province in which they are Granted ; and Whereas Theophilus Dame of Portsmouth in our County of Rockingham & Province Aforesaid Esq had, our appointment as Captain & Served during the late War and having personally applyd & Solicited for such Grant agreable to our aforesaid Proclamation Know Ye that We of our Special Grace certain Knowledge and mere motion do Signify our Approbation as afore- said & for Encourageing the Settlement & Cultivation of Our Lands within our Said Province of New Hampshire in New England Have by & with the advice of our Trusty & well- beloved John Wentworth Esq Our Governor & Com’ander in ChiefF of Our Said Province and of Our Council of the Same agreable to our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation, and upon the Conditions & Reservations hereafter mentioned given & granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give & Grant unto the Said Theophilus Dame and to his Heirs & Assignes forever a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Situate lying & being within our Said Province of New Hampshire and containing by Admeasurement Four thousand Two *4-146 Hundred & Seventy *Two Acres including Ponds CANAAN. 52i Roads & unimprovable Mountains according to a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Survyer General of Land for our Said Province by our Said Governor’s order and return’d into the Secretarys office of our Said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed butted & Bounded as follows (Viz) begining at the North West Corner of Canaan from thence runing South Sixty one degrees East Six miles to A Spruce Tree which is the North East Corner of the Said Canaan thence running North fifty three Deg s East one Mile & Sixty Eight rods to the South East Corner of Dorchester thence North Sixty one degrees West Six Miles to the South West Corner of Said Dorchester thence South fifty three degrees West one mile & Sixty Eight rods to the Bounds first mentioned To have & to Hold the Said Tract of Land as above expressed with the Appurtenances to Him the Said Theophilus Dame & to His Heirs and assigns forever upon the following Terms (Viz) First — That the Said Grantee shall cut Clear & make Passable for Carriages &c a a road of three rods Wide thro’ the Said Tract as Shall at Any Time hereafter be directed or ordered by the Governor & Council aforesaid which road shall be compleated in one Year from the Date of Such Order or Direction aforesaid on Penalty of forfieture of this Grant & of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors — Second — That the Said Grantee shall Settle or cause to be Set- Hied Five Families in five Years from the Date of this Grant in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or Them entered upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as Shall effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same — Third — That all White & other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that Use & none to be Cutt or fell’d without our Special Licence for so doing first had & obtained on Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of the Grantee in the Premisses his Heirs & Assignes to us our heirs & Successors as well as being Subject to the Penaltys prescribed by any Present or future Act or Acts of Parliament Fourthly — Yielding & Paying therefor to us our Heirs & Suc- cessors on or before the Tenth Day of May 1778 the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded Fifthly — That the Said Grantee his Heirs & assigns shall Yield & Pay unto us our Hiers & Successors Yearly & every Year for- ever from & after the Expiration of Ten Years from the Date of this Grant which will be in the Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen 5 22 CHARTER RECORDS. Hundred Eighty Three, One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses and So in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land afore Said — which Money shall be paid by the Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such officer or officers as shall be appointed to recieve the Same and these to be in Lieu of all Other Rents & Services whatsoever — Sixthly — That this Grant Shall not interfere with Any of our Grants made as aforesaid & now in force nor Interrupt the Grantees in their Improvements making thereon agreable to the Conditions thereof — In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of Our Said Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed — Wittness John Wentworth Esq Our Afore Said Governor & Com- *4-147 mander *in ChiefF the Seventh Day of May in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1773 J’ Wentworth By his Excellencys Command Theodore Atkinson Sec^ Recorded according to the original Grant under the Province Seal the 7 th Day of May 1773 Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 . Me-rt\ i.o Bi 4 .ll. 7V,« Province of New Hampshire Portsm 0 23 of April 1773 — This certifies that this Plan begining at the North West Corner of Canaan from thence runing South Sixty one Degrees East Six Miles to A Spruce Tree which is the North East Corner of Said Canaan thence runing North 53 d East One Mile & Sixty Eight Rods to the South East Corner of Dorchester thence North 6i d West Six Miles to the South West Corner of Said Dorchester, thence South fifty three degrees West One Mile & Sixty Eight Rods to the Bounds began at, Contains Four Thousand Two hundred & Seventy Two Acres of Land & is a True Copy of an CANTERBURY. 523 Original Plan or Survey of Said Tract as taken & returned to me by John Howard Dep ty Surve r Attest r Is : Rindge S — G 1 Copy Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry CANDIA. [This town was a part of Chester known as Charmingfare. It was set off and incorporated as Candia, Dec. 17, 1763. Named by Gov. Wentworth from the island of Candia, in Crete, where he was once held a prisoner. The line between Candia and Raymond was established, June 23, 1848. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 101 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 260, 304; Index to Laws, 80; sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 137 ; History, by F. B. Eaton, 1852, pp. 151 ; History, by J. Bailey Moore, 1893, pp. 528; Something about the Early History, by F. B. Eaton, 4, Granite Monthly, 404; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 302; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 23; Life and Public Services of Frederick Smyth, by Ben: Perley Poore and F. B. Eaton, 1885 ; History of Chester, by Benjamin Chase, 1869, p. 632.] CANTERBURY. [Granted May 20, 1727, to Richard Waldron and others, and then included the territory of Loudon and Northfield. Full town privileges were granted March 19, 1741. Named from an English town. An addition was made on the south-west side, June 13, 1765. Loudon was set off and incorporated Jan. 23, 1773. North- field was set off and incorporated June 19, 1780. A small tract was severed from Canterbury and annexed to Concord, June 2, 1784, and another to Loudon, Jan. 7, 1852. See Massachusetts charters preceding, and Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 86; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 261 ; Index to Laws, 81; Sketches of History, by William Patrick, 4, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 174; Petitions of Inhabitants, 4, id . 253; Instances of Longevity, 1793- 1823, 3, id., 1 5 1 ; Historical Sermon, 1833, by William Patrick, 1834, pp. 39; Account of the Shakers, 1, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, 50 ; sketch, by J. N. McClintock, 4, Granite Monthly, 387 ; Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 4, id., 391, 431, 507, and 5, id., 163, 195 ; Letter to 4th Church in Hampton, 1756, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. 27, p. 64 ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 221 ; Shakerism Exposed, by Mary M. Dyer, pp. 32 ; 2d ed. 1855 ; Concise History of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers, by C. E. Rob- inson, 1893, pp. 134 ; The Followers of Ann Lee, by Lloyd H. Chandler, 16, Granite Monthly, pp. 255, 321 ; A Compendious Narrative Elucidating the Character, Dispo- sition, and Conduct of Mary Dyer, etc., 1819, pp. 88 ; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 162; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 7, 9; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 360.] CHARTER RECORDS. 5M [Canterbury Charter, 1727.J P— S 1-207 *George By the Grace of God of Great Britain „ ^ France & Ireland King Defender of faith &c a To All People to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting know Ye that we of our Special knowledge v y and meer Motion for the Due Encouragement of Set- Canterbury tling A New Plantation by & with the Advise & Con- sent of our Council have given & Granted and by these Presents as far as in us Lies do give & Grant in Equal Shares unto Sundry of our beloved Subjects whose names are Enterd in A Sched- ule hereunto Annexed that Inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the Said Grant within our Province of New Hampshire All that Tract of Land within the following bounds Viz to begin at the head of the Town of Chichester & to Run North West by the Town of Gillman- town to Winassosawque Pond or River that Runs Westerly of said Pond & from the first Place where it began then to run South West Seven miles on the head of the aforesaid Town of Chichester and then to run North West to the aforesaid river that comes out of the Pond aforesaid & then the river to be the Bounds on the north West End Provided it Do not Intrench oh any former Legal Grant and that the Same be A Town Corporate by the Name of Canter- bury to the Persons aforesaid and to Such associates as they Shall admit for ever To Have and to Hold the Said Land to the Said Grantees & there associats & their heirs apd assigns forever upon the Conditions following — i 3t that the Proprietors within three Years Build Seventy Dwelling houses & Settle a family in Each House or Cause the Same to be done & Clear three Acres of Ground fit for Planting or mowing & that Each Proprietor Pay his Proportion of the Town Charges when & So often as Occa- *1-208 sion Shall Require the Same 2 dl ^ That a meeting *House be built for the Publick Worship of God within the Term of four Years — 3 dly that upon the Default of Any Perticular Proprietor in Complying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his Part Such Delenquent Proprietor Shall forfeit his Share of the s d Land to the Other Proprietors which Shall be Disposed of According to the Major Vote of the Said Proprietors at A Legal Meeting 4^ That A Proprietors Share be reserved for the first Minister of the Gospel that Shall be there Settled & Ordained & Another for A Parsonage & Another Proprietors Share for the Benefit of A School in the said Town Provided Nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians Continues for the Space of three years CANTERBURY. 525 but if it Shall happen that A War with the Indians do brake out before the Expiration of the aforesaid Three years that then the said Term of three years Shall be Allowed to the Proprietors after the Expiration of the War for the Performance of the aforesaid Conditions Rendring & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Suc- cessors or Such officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to Receive the Same the Annual Quit Rent or Acknowledgment of one Pinte of Indian Corn in the Said Town on the first fryday in March Yearly for ever (if Demanded) Reserving also unto us our heirs & Successors all mast Trees (Growing on Said Land) According to Acts of Parliament in that Case made & Provided And for the better order Rule & Government of the Said Town we do by these Presents for our Selves our heirs & Successors Grant unto the Said men & Inhabitants or those that Shall Inhabit Said Town that yearly & every year upon the third thursday in March for ever Shall meet to Elect & Choose by the major Part of the Proprietors then Present Constables Selectmen & other Town Officers According to the Laws & Usages of our Said Province with all the Power Previledges & Authoritys as Other Towns & Town Officers within our aforesaid Province here & Enjoy and for the Notifying & Calling of the first Town Meeting we do here- by appoint Paul Gerrish Paul Wentworth & John Smith to be Selectmen for the Said Town of Canterbury & they to Continue in Said office as Selectmen until the third Thursday in the month of March which Shall be in the year of our Lord 1728 & until other Selectmen Shall be Chosen & * Appointed in *1-209 their Stead in Such manner as in these Presents is Ex- pressed In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of Our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq Our Leiutenant Goveronur & Com’ander in Chieff in & over our Said Province of New Hamp r The Twentieth Day of May in the fourteenth Year of Our Reign Annoq Domini 1727 John Wentworth By order of his Hon r the Lieu 1 Govern 1- with Advice of the Council Richard Waldron Cler — Con A Schedule of the Proprietors of the Town of Canterbury — Richard Waldron Esq Sam 11 Emerson John Smith Nathan Hill Valentine Hill Sam 11 Hill Jon a Chesley James Basford Icabod Chesley 526 CHARTER RECORDS. Sam 11 Doe John Smith jun r Joseph Mason Joseph Chesley John Doe Joseph Smith Samuel Sias John Rand Abra m Bennet John Rollins Sam 11 Shepard John McMath James Kenniston George Chesley Robert Burnam John York Gersham Wentworth Joseph Davis Robert Kent Peter Mason Joseph Jenkins Hugh Conner Hubbard Stevens Robert Thompson John Runnells Robert Huggins Jon a Woodman John Pitman John Jenkins *1-210 Joseph Bickford John Carter John Sias Thomas Willee Thomas Stimson James Goodwin David Davis Sam 11 Williams Ezekiel Leathers Joseph Eastis Rich d Mattoon James Gibson Rob 1 Bam ford Benj a York Tho 9 Young Icabod Follet Eleaz r Bickford John Waldron Benj a Wentworth Francis Mathews Micah Emerson James Huggins Abraham Mathews John Thompson Joseph Jones jun r Tim 0 Tebbets Stephen Jones jun r John Roe Jon a Woodman jun r Benj a Jones Sam 11 Tilly *John Gray Job Bennets James Davis 3 d James Davis jun r Daniel Davis Joseph Tibbetts Samuel Carle Joseph Hussey Tho 9 Tibbets Tristram Coffin Will m Rynes Nath 11 Randal William Brown Sam 11 Davis Jon a Bowers Edward Evans Joseph Evans Benj a Mason John Pearle Job Clements Tho 9 Rynes Israel Hodgdon jun 1 Henry Tibbets Son of Nath 11 Joseph Perkei Sam 11 Addams James Conner William Leathers Elias Chritchet Isaac Watson John Smith"3 d John Huggins Cyprean Jaffrey John Moor John Shepard Joseph Ellis Francis Durgen Jabez Davis John Burnam John Bickford John Hays Stephen Jones Joseph Jones Philip Chesley Will m Brock Joseph Davis jun r Joseph Jenkins jun r John Thompson jun r William Jenkins Sa^m 11 Chesley John Woodman Jon a Thompson Eli : Clark Francis Mathews jun r John Allen Joseph Daniells Ebenez 1 Weare Joseph Hicks Eph m Davis Jo 9 Tibbets Son ofjo 9 John Wingate Benj a Evans James Hanson James Burnham Israel Hodgdon Sam 11 Randal is John Giles CANTERBURY. 527 Eli Demerrit John Bussey Benj a Tibbets Tho 9 Davis John Blagdon John Willee jun r John Ambler Rich d Blanchard Rich d Wibird jun r Paul Wentworth Benj a Smith James Davis Cap 1 John Downing Sam 11 Tibbets Eph m Dennet James Jaffrey Cap 1 Joth m Odiorne Joseph Derburn John Demerrit W m Bussey Edward Tibbets Sam 11 Smith Tho 9 Drew W ra Glines jun r Rich d Waldron Jun r Eleaz r Russell Nath 11 Lummecks James Marston Peter Weare Esq John Gillman Esq Will 111 Fellows M r Jn° Sanburne Ebenez 1 ' Stevens Coll Tho 9 Westbrook Mr John Reed A ttr Charles Frost William Demerrit Henry Tibbets John Knight John Footman jun r John Willee John Glines Sam 11 Smith jun r George Jaffrey jun r Cap 1 John Gillman James Durgan John Plaisted Andrew Wiggin Paul Gerrish Theod e Atkinson Rich d Jennes Cap 1 John Frost John Odiorn Ter 9 Nath 11 Morrill Admitted Associates His Excellency & Hon 1- Sam 11 Shute Esq & John Wentworth Esq Each of them 500 Acres & a home lott Coll Mark Hunking Coll Walton George Jaffrey Rich d Wibird Archibald McPheadris Esq 9 Canterbury Charter Certifyed ^ Rich d Waldron Cler : Con — Entered & recorded According to An Attested Copy which hav- ing been Exhibited by Josiah Miles & Thomas Clough A Committee Appointed by the Town of Canterbury to Petition the Gov r & Council to have the foregoing Copy Entred upon Record in the Se^ 9 office which Petition & Copy was Laid before the board & it appearing to be a True Copy the original being as the Council Supposed burnt in the Se ry9 office — twas ordred to be recorded here in obedience to which order twas recorded this 17 th Day of Feb ry 1756 — ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 528 CHARTER RECORDS. [Webster’s Ferry, 1767.] *1-298 *Province of New Hampshire Websters George the third by the Grace, of God of Great Ferry Brittain, France & Ireland King, defender of the faith &c : — To all to whom these Presents shall come Greet- • ING Know Ye that We of Our Especial Grace Cer- tain Knowledge & mere Motion ( & by with the advice of Our Trusty & Well beloved John Wentworth Esq r Our Captain Gen- eral Governor & Com’ander in Cheif of Our Province of New Hampshire in North America Have Given & Granted & for us Our Heirs & Successors Do Give & Grant unto our Loyal & most faithful Subject John Webster of Canterbury in Our said Prov- ince of New Hampshire Esq r the Sole Right of Keeping a ferry & of Keeping, Using & Employing a Ferry boat & Boats for the transporting of Men, Horses, Goods, Cattle, Carriages &c : from the Shore of Canterbury where the said Webster lives across Merrimack River to the Shore of Concord & from the shore of said Concord to the Shore of said Canterbury & from the Shore of Canterbury to the Shore of Boscawen & from the Shore of Bos- cawen to the Shore of Canterbury & from the, Shore of Boscawen to the Shore of Concord & from the Shore of Concord to the Shore of Boscawen. To hold the said Ferry & Priviledge of a Ferry, with all Ferryage, Advantages, Emoluments Perquisites & Profits thereunto belonging unto him the said Jn° Webster Esq r his Heirs, Executors, Administrators & Assignes from the day of the date hereof for Ever to his & their only proper use & behoof for Ever, Upon the following Conditions Viz 1 that he & they do & shall at all times keep such Boats & give such attendance, & behave as the now (or any hereafter) Laws do or may Require, And as a further En- couragement to the said John Webster in & about the Premises We Will that none of Our Loving Subjects Do presume to molest or Interrupt the said Jn° Webster in his said Ferry or set up any other Ferry upon or across the said River Merrimack within the space of Three Miles above or below the Ferry of the said Jn° Webster — In Testimony Whereof We have caused the Public Seal of Our said Prov ce to be hereunto affixed Witness Our aforesaid Gov r CARROLL. 529 John Wentworth Esq r this 19 th day of Septem r in the 7 th Year of Our Reign Anno : Domini 1767 J : Wentworth By his Excellencys Com’and T : Atkinson jun r Sec r y Province of New Hampshire 19 th Sept r 1767 Recorded according to the Original under y e Prov ce seal Attest : T : Atkinson Jun Sec ry CARROLL. [Granted as Bretton-Woods, Feb. 8, 1772, to Sir Thomas Wentworth and oth- ers. Incorporated as Carroll June 22, 1832. Portions of Nash & Sawyer’s Loca- tion were annexed, June 22, 1848, and July 2, 1878, and the remainder, together with Crawford’s Grant, Sept. 8, 1887. A tract of land on the south of the town was annexed June 27, 1857. See Index to Laws, 83; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Cods County, 1888, p. 427; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 610; A Walk over Mts. Deception, Dartmouth, and Mitten, by G. A. Sargent, 3, Appalachia, 278 ; History of the White Mountains, by Lucy Crawford, 1845 ; 2d. ed. by H. W. Ripley, 1883; 3d. ed. by same; The White Hills, by T. Starr King, 1859, PP- 4°4 \ 2 d. ed. by Isaac N. Andrews, particularly pp. 137, 373, and 380; Incidents in White Moun- tain History, by B. G. Willey, 1855, pp. 322; Historical Relics of the White Mountains, by John H. Spaulding, 1855, pp. 96; Along the John Stark River, from Agiocochook to the Connecticut, by Levi W. Dodge, 5, Granite Monthly, 357 ; The White Mountains, A Guide to their Interpretation, by Julius H. Ward, 1890, p. 38; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, pp. 87 and 300 ; History of Explorations among the White Mountains, by Warren Upham, 1874, in Hitchcock’s Geology of N. H., chap. 4, p. 59.] [Bretton-Woods Charter, 1772.] ^Province of ) George the Third by the Grace of *4-69 New Hampshire 5 God of Great Britain France and Ire- land King Defender of the Faith and so forth. (Bretton-Woods) To all to whom these presents shall come. Greeting — Know Ye, that we of our special Grace, certain knowledge & mere Motion, for the due encouragement of settling a new plan- tation within our said Province of New Hampshire by and with the advice of our Trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Es- 33 530 CHARTER RECORDS. quire our Governor & Commander in chief in & over our said Province of New Hampshire in New England & of our Council of the said Province, Have upon the Conditions & Reservations herein after made given & granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give & grant unto our loving Subjects In- hab t8 of our said Province of New Hampshire & our other Domini- ons, who have Petitioned us for the same, setting forth their im- mediate rediness to make a Settlement, & to their Heirs & assigns for ever, whose Names are entered on this Grant to be divided to & amongst them into Eighty three equal Shares, a certain Tract or parcel of Land, situate lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire, being about Six Miles Square & containing by admeasurement Twenty four thousand Six hundred & forty Acres, out of which an allowance is to be made for Highways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks Mountains & Waters One thousand & Forty Acres free, according to a plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s order & returned into the Secretary’s office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted & bounded as follows Viz 1 Beginning at a Rock Maple Tree being the South easterly corner of Dartmouth so called, from thence running East three Miles & an half to a Spruce Tree, thence South Five Miles to a Rock Maple Tree, thence West seven Miles to a Spruce Tree, thence North Six Miles to a Stake, thence East three Miles & an half to a Fir Tree, from thence South One Mile to a Rock Maple Tree, the Bounds began at. To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to- gether with all privileges & Appurtenances to them the said Gran- tees & to their respective Heirs & assigns for ever by the Name of Bretton-woods upon the following Conditions, Namely — First That the said Grantees at their own Cost shall cut clear bridge & make passable for Carriages of all kinds a Road *4-70 of three Rods wide ^through the said Tract hereby granted & this to be completed in Two Years from the Date of this Grant, in failure whereof the Premises & every part thereof shall be forfeited & revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them reenter’d upon & regranted to any of our Loving Subjects. Second That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be set- tled Eight Families by the first day of January 1774 who shall be actually cultivating some part of the Land & resident thereon, & to continue making further & additional Improvement Cultivation & Settlement of the Premises so that there shall be actually settled CARROLL. 531 & resident thereon Sixty Families by the first day of January 1778, on penalty of the forfeiture of any and every Delinquents Share, & of such Share or Shares reverting to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Sub- jects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same. Third That all white & other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or felled without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or hereafter shall be Enacted. Fourth That before any Division of the Land be made to & among the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved & marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. Fifth Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors on or before the first day of January 1777, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Sixth That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield & pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for ever from & after the expiration of one year from the abovesaid first day of January 1777 Namely on the first day of January which will be in the year of our Lord Christ 1778 one Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or possesses & so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid, w ch Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid their Heirs or assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such officer or officers *as shall be ap- *4-71 pointed to receive the same. And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed — Witness John Wentworth Esquire our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Chief the Eighth day of February in the twelfth year of our Reign & in the year of our Lord Christ 1772. The Names of the Grantees of Bretton-woods. • Sir Thomas Wentworth Bar 4 John Frost John Gee Pickering Hon ble Thomas Flucker Isaac Rand Jun r Samuel Hall of Salem Rev d D r Samuel Langdon Isaac Rand y e 3 d Vere Royse 532 CHARTER RECORDS. Daniel Fovvle Isaac Rand William Whipple John Moffatt Joseph Whipple Robert Luist Fowle John Newmarch Isaac Rindge Joshua Brackett Thomas Chadbourn George Libbey John Fernald William Langdon Samuel Hill Elisha Hill Jacob Lavers Henry Sherburne George Hull Joseph Walker Joseph Lowe John Beck Joseph Simms Henry Carter Nahum Ward Charles Banheld John Rand Edward Rand Nathaniel Austin Thomas Lynde Peter Curtis Thomas Furber William Yeaton Mark Langdon Samuel Jenness Francis Jenness Eliphalet Neal John Fleming Cotton Mather Stevens John Sprague John Wendell George Wentworth Joshua Wentworth James Grouard Rich d Jenness Charles Blunt Bozenger Salter Jacob Sheafe Jun r John Marsh Walter Bryant Esq r Jedediah hibbard Mark Nelson George Savel HomansEzekiel Gummer Samuel Foster Joseph Moulton Joseph Moulton Jun r Jacob Tilton Thomas Achincloss Joseph Bass John Noble Peter Man Robert Hart Joseph Ward Nicholas Pickering James Haslett David Boynton William Pickering Samuel Clark Isaac Williams James Nelson Mark Rogers John Plummer Esq r John Crosby Thomas MacDonogh Esq r By his Excellency’s Command ) with advice of Council $ Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 j’ L. S Wentworth. Province of New Hampshire March 23 d 1772. Recorded according to the Original Charter under the Province Seal. Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Se 17 CARROLL. 533 Province of New Hampshire. Portsmouth 12 th February 1772 These may Certify that this Plan of Bretton woods Beginning at a Rock Maple tree (being the South Easterly Corner of Dart- mouth so call’d) from thence running East three Miles and an half to a Spruce tree, thence South Five Miles to a Rock Maple Tree, thence West seven Miles to a Spruce Tree, thence North Six Miles to a Stake, thence East Three Miles & an half to a Fir tree, from thence South one Mile to a Rock Maple Tree, the bounds began at, Contains Twenty four Thousand & Six Hundred & forty Acres of Land & is a true Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Tract or Township as taken & returned to me by M r Vere Royse Dep y Surv r Attest: Is. Rindge S. G 1 534 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to Nash and Sawyer, 1773.] *4-154 ^Province of ) George the Third by the Grace of New Hampsh re 5 God of great Britain France and Mess ra Nash & Sawyer ) Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Their Grant. 5 To all to whom these Presents shall come greeting Know Ye that we of our special grace certain Knowledge and mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling & cultivating our Lands within our Province of New Hampshire by and with the advice of our trusty and wellbelovecj John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same, Have upon the Conditions & Reserva- tions herein particularly recited and expressed given and granted and by these presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give and grant unto our leige and loving Subjects Timothy Nash and Ben- jamin Sawyer both of our Province of New York And to their Heirs and Assigns forever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land con- taining by admeasurement Two thousand one hundred and eighty four Acres of Land situate lying and being in our Prov- ince aforesaid as by a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s order and returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto -'annexed may more fully and at large appear — butted and bounded as follows, viz begining at a Birch Tree and runing south seventeen degrees east two Miles & one half Mile to a hemlock Tree, then south fifty seven degrees west two hundred Rods to a Hackmatack Tree, then north nineteen Degrees and a quarter west two miles and a half to a hemlock Tree, from thence North fifty seven degrees east two hundred and twenty eight rods to the bound begun at — then begining again at the Birch Tree aforesaid from thence runing south fifty seven degrees west two hundred & twenty Eight rods to a Hemlock Tree, being the south west Corner of the Land *4-155 first described from thence runing north *Fifty two de- grees and a quarter west two miles & a quarter to a Spruce Tree, then north fifty seven Degrees west ten Rods to the South boundary line of Bretton Woods, from thence West on said line two Miles and two rods, from thence south seventeen degrees east, one mile and seven rods to the Birch Tree first mentioned — To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed CARROLL. 535 to them the said Timothy Nash and Benjamin Sawyer and to their Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Terms Conditions and Reservations viz. First that the said Grantees shall cut clear bridge and make passable for Carriages &c a Road of Four Rods wide through the said Tract as shall be at any time hereafter directed or ordered by the Governor and Council aforesaid which Road shall be corn- pleated in Years from the date of such order or direction of the Governor and Council aforesaid, on the Penalty of the For- feiture of this Grant and its reverting to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors. Secondly That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be settled Five Families in Five Years from the date of this Grant in Failure whereof the premises to revert to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors to be by us or them entered upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same — Thirdly That all white and other Pine trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use and none to be cut or felled without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of such Grantees their Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourthly that any part of the said Tract appearing to be well adapted to the Growth of Hemp or Flax the said Grantees shall sow and continue annually to cultivate a due Proportion of the said Tract not less that Ten Acres in every hundred Acres with that beneficial Article of Produce Fifthly That the said Grantees their Heirs and Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly *4-156 and *every Year forever from and after the expiration of Years from the date of this Grant One Shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns settles or possesses and so in proportion to a greater or lesser Tractof Land aforesaid, which money shall be paid by the respective proprietor Owner or settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers [as] shall be appointed to receive the same In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor and Commander in chief the 20 th Day 536 CHARTER RECORDS. of May in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1773 — J Wentworth By his Excellencys Com’and with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec 7 Recorded According to the original Charter under the Pro v Seal this 22 d Day of May 1773 — Attest 1- Theodore Atkinson Sec r y Province of New Hampshire — Portsm 0 19 May 1773 — This Certifies that the Plan beginning at a Birch Tree from thence runing South Seventeen Degrees East Two Miles *4-157 & a half to a Hemlock Tree, thence South fifty *Seven Degrees West two Hundred rods to A Hemlock Tree then North Nineteen degrees & a Quarter West Two Miles & a Half to a Hemlock Tree from thence North fifty Seven degrees East Two hundred & Twenty Eight rods to the Bounds began at Contains One thousand & Seventy Acres and is a True Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of Said Tract as taken & returnd by Edward Bucknam Deputy Surveyer. And the Land represented by the Plan begining at the Birch Tree afore Said from thence runing South fifty Seven degrees West two Hundred & Twenty Eight [rods] to a Hemlock Tree being the South West Corner of the Land first discribed from thence runing North fifty two degrees and A Quarter West Two Miles & A Quarter to A Spruce Tree then North fifty Seven Degrees West ten Rods to the South Boundary Line of Britton Woods from thence West on Said Line two miles & Two Rods from thence South Seventeen degrees East one Mile & Seven rods CHARLESTOWN. 537 to the Birch Tree first mentioned Contains one thousand one Hundred & fourteen Acres & is Protracted by order of his Excellency Governor Wentworth Copy Theodore Atkinson Sec ry CENTER HARBOR. [Set off from New Hampton and incorporated, Dec. 7, 1797. So called because it contained the middle one of three harbors, Moultonborough Harbor or Bay being on the east, and Meredith Harbor or Bay on the west. A part of Meredith was annexed to Center Harbor, July 3, 1873. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 276 ; Index to Laws, 86 ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Belknap County, 1885, p. 725 ; article on name, by Isaac W. Hammond, 4, Granite Monthly, 189; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 486; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 8.] CHARLESTOWN. [This town was Number 4 in the line of towns on the east side of Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1735. Incorporated as Charlestown, July 2, 1753, and named in honor of Commodore Sir Charles Knowles, of the British navy. A portion of the town was combined with a part of Walpole to make up the town of Langdon, Jan. 11, 1 787. Three families, with their estates, were severed from Unity and annexed to Charlestown, June 20, 1810. The same day, the town was divided into two parishes for parochial purposes. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 96 ; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, 398, 400, as to participation in the movement for union with Vermont towns ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 279 ; Index to Laws, 88 ; Annals, by Jaazaniah Crosby, 4, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 101 ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 23; History, by Jaazaniah Crosby, 1833, pp. 41; History, by H. H. Saunderson, 1876, pp. 7 26; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 425; Biographical Notices of Physicians, 2, N. H. Repository, 77 ; Offering of Lunen- burg, Mass., to Cheshire County, by E. S. Stearns, 2, Proceedings of N. H. His- torical Society, 92. [Charlestown Charter, 1753.] ^Province of New Hamp r *1-161 George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland Kino; Defender of the faith &c a To all Persons to whom these Presents Shall Charlestown come Greeting Whereas Sundry of our Loving Subjects before the Settlement 538 CHARTER RECORDS. of the Dividing Line of our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid and of our Other Government of the Massachusetts Bay, began A Settlem* of a Tract of Land called N° (4) Lying on Connecticut River above the Great falls & made Sundry Divisions of & Im- provements upon the Said Tract of Land and there remaind till the Indian Warr forced them off, and our Said Subjects being Desireous to make an Imediate Settlement on the Premisses and haveing Petitioned our Governour & Council of his Maj eys Grant of the Premisses to be so made as might not Subvert & Distroy their former Surveys & Laying out in Severalty made thereon as afore- said Now Know Ye that We of our Especial Grace Certain Knowledge & mere Motion for answering the Ends aforesaid and for the Due Encouragement of Settling the said Plantation By & with the Advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Commander in Chieff in & over our Said Province of New Hampshire in America and of our Council of our said Province Have upon the Conditions & Reservations herein after made Given & Granted and by these Presents for us our heirs & successors Do Give & Grant unto our Loveing Subjects In- habitants of our Said Province of N Hamp r and our other Govern- ments in New England and to their heirs & assignes for ever whose names Are Entered on this Grant to be Divided to & amoungst them into So many & Such Shares & Proportions as they now hold or Claim the Same by Purchase Contract Vote or Agre- ment mad amoungst themselves All that Tract or Parcel of Land Scituate Lying & being within our said Province of New Hamp- shire Containing by admeasurement Twenty three thousand & forty Acres which Tract is to Contain Six miles Square & no m^re out of which an allowance is to be made for highways & unim- proveable Lands by Rocks Mountains Ponds & Rivers one thousand & forty Acres free, According to A Plan thereof made & Presented by our said Governours orders and hereunto annexed *1-162 Butted & Bounded as follows — Viz — Begining *At A Tree on the Bank of Connecticut River Marked for the North West Corner of Walepole then runs south 78* degrees East three Miles & one hundred Rods to the North East Corner of s d Walpole from thence one Mile & Two hundred & Eighty Eight Rods East by the needle to an Angle in Newton then North 2 d West Eight miles & an half by Newton & Burnet & to an Angle in Buckingham then North Seventeen degrees East One thousand & sixty Rods by Buckingham aforesaid then North 78 d West up home to Connecticut River thence Running Down Said river to CHARLESTOWN. 539 the Bounds first mentioned And that the Same Be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Charlestown And that the Inhabitants that do or Shall hereafter Inhabit the Said Township Are hereby Declared to be Enfranchized with & Intituled to All & every the Previledges & Immunities that other Towns within our Said Province by Law Exercise & Enjoy And further that the Said Town as Soon as there Shall be fifty families resident thereon — Shall have the Liberty to open & keep A Market one or more Days in Each Week as may be tho* most Advantagious to the Inhabitants Also that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers & Other Affairs Agreble to the Laws of our said Province Shall be held on the Second Tuesday in August next which Meeting Shall be notifyed by Phineas Stevens Esq who is hereby also appointed the moderator of the Said first meeting which he is to Notify & Govern Agreable to the Law & Custom of our Said Province And thatthe Annual meeting forever hereafter for the Choice of Such officers for the Said Town Shall be on the Second Tuesday in March Annually To have & to hold the Said Tract of Land as above Expressed togeather with all the Previledges & Appurtenances to them & their respective heirs And Assignes for ever upon the following Conditions Viz — That every Grantee his heirs or Assigns Shall Plant or Cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five years for every fifty Acres Contained in his or their Shares or Proportion of Land in the Township And Continue to Improve & Settle the Same by Additional Cultivations on Penalty of the forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the Said Town- ship And its reverting to his Majesty his heirs & Successors to be by him or them Regranted to Such of his Subjects as Shall Effect- ually Settle & Cultivate the Same That all white and other *Pine Trees Within the Said Township fit for masting our *1-163 Royal Navy be Carefully Preserved for that use & none to be Cut or felled without his Majestys Especial Lycence for So Doing first had & obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of such Grantee his heirs or assignes to us our heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penaltys of Any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or hereafter Shall be Enacted Also Reserving the Power of Adding to or Divideing the Said Town so far as it relates to Incorporations only to us our heirs & successors when it Shall Appear necessary & Convenient for the Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof That before any further Division of the said Lands be made to and amoungst the Grantees A Tract of Land in the most Comodious Place the Land will admit of Shall 54 ° CHARTER RECORDS. be reserved & marked out for Town Lotts one of which Shall be allotted to Each Grantee of the Contents of One Acre Yielding & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of ten years to be Computed from the Date hereof the annual rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only Com’encing on the first Day of January Ensueing the Date hereof & Every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant Shall Yield & Pay to us our heirs & Successors Yearly and every Year forever from & after the Expiration of the Ten years from the Date hereof Namely on the first Day of January which will be in the year of our Lord Christ one thousend seven hundred & Sixty four One Shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Posseses and So in Proportion for A Greater or Lesser Tract of the Said Land which money Shall be paid by the Respective Persons abovesaid their heirs or assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to Recieve the same and this to be in Lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever — In Wittness whereof we have Caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Com’ander in ChiefF of our Said Province the Second Day of July in the year of Our Lord Christ 1753 & in the 27 th Year of our reign. — B Wentworth By his Excellencys Command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Se ry / Entered & recorded According to the Original Charter under the Province Seal this 2 d July 1753 — ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec rr Names of the Grantees of Charles Town Joseph Wells, Phineas Stevens, Jonathan Sage, Stephen Farnsworth, James Farnsworth, John Sawyer, John Sawyer jun r , Nathaniel Parker, the widow & the *1-164 Heirs of Obediah Sartwell, deceasd *Isaac Amsden, Seth Putnam, Andrew Gardner, Silvanus Hastings, John Hastings jun r , James Porter, Isaac Parker, Joseph Willard, James Johnson, John Hastings, Josiah Willard, Obediah Dickinson, Jonathan Hubbard, Moses Willard, David Farnsworth, Ebenez r Hindsdale W m Haywood, James Kellog, Ebenezer Putnam, Joseph Billings, Thomas Adams, Seth Walker, CHARLESTOWN. 54 1 Simon Sartwell, Lemuel Hastings, Peter Laboree, Jonathan Wetherbe, Joseph Woods, John Spoffard Isaac Holden, Benj a Allen, Abijah Wetherbe, Thomas Putnam, Moses Wheeler, Dana, Samuel Wetherbe, his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq one Tract of Land of the Contents of five hundred Acres One sixty forth part of the said Tract for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in forreign Parts one Sixty fourth Parte for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in said Town one Sixty fourth Part of the Said Tract for A Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established — Recorded from the Back of the Charter for Charlestown the 2 d Day of July 1753— ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 54 2 CHARTER RECORDS. CHARLESTOWN. 543 Taken from the Plan on town July 2 d 1753 the back of the Charter for diaries- 'll Theodore Atkinson Se 17 [Olcott’s Ferry, 1772.] ^Province of New Hampshire *1-438 George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. To all People to whom these Presents shall come. Olcott’s ) Greeting. Ferry. $ Know Ye that we of our special Grace certain knowledge & mere Motion (by and with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esquire our Governor & Commander in Chief in and over our said Province of New Hampshire in New England) have given and granted *and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors *1-439 do give and grant unto our loyal and faithful Subject Simeon Olcott of Charlestown in our said Province Esq r the Sole Right of keeping a Ferry and of keeping using and Employing a Ferry boat and Boats for the transporting of Men, Horses, Goods, Cattle Carriages &c. from the Shore of Charlestown nearly opposite the Mouth of Black River, so called, in Springfield, where it enters into Connecticut River, across the said River Connecticut, to the opposite Shore of said Springfield, and from thence back again to the Shore of Charlestown aforesaid, To Hold the said Ferry and privilege of a Ferry, with all ferry age, Advantages, Emoluments, Perquisites and Profits thereunto belonging to him, the said Simeon Olcott his Heirs, Executors Administrators and Assigns from the day of the date hereof, to his and their only proper use, benefit and behoof for Ever, upon the following Conditions. Viz 1 . That he and they shall at all Times keep such Boat or Boats and give such Attendance, and behave as the now (or any hereafter) Laws do or may require ; On Penalty of forfeiting this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. And as a further Encouragement to the said Simeon Olcott in and about the Promises, We Will that none of our loving Subjects do presume to molest or interrupt the said Simeon Olcott in his said Ferry, or set up any other Ferry upon or across the 544 CHARTER RECORDS. said River Counecticut within One Mile above & three Miles below the Ferry of the said Simeon Olcott. — In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed Witness our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Chief the Thirteenth day of Tune in the Twelfth year of our Reign, Annoque Domini 1772. J’ Wentworth By his Excell c y’ s Command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec 1 *' Recorded according to the Original Charter under the Province Seal, this 22 d June 1772. Attest 1 CHATHAM. [Granted Feb. 7, 1767, to Peter Livius and others, and named in honor of Lord Chatham. A tract of land near the center of the town was granted by Gov. John Wentworth to his private secretary, Thomas McDonough, July 2, 1772. Samuel Gilman’s grant, on the north, was annexed June 23, 1817. The farms of Jonathan Hardy and Edward Shirley were severed from Conway and annexed to Chatham, June 26, 1823. The farm of Judah Dana was annexed, July 2, 1838. A portion of Chatham was annexed to Bartlett, June 30, 1869. Chatham was taken from Cobs County and annexed to Strafford, and so remained until the formation of Car- roll County, in which it was then included. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 301 ; Index to Laws, 90; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 977; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 600 ; Concerning the True Name of Northern Kearsarge, 1, Appalachia, 152 ; The Baldface — Eastman Range, by J. R. Edmands, 2 id ., 163; Evans Notch, Royce, Baldface, by M. M. Pychowska, 3, id., 264; Speckled Mountain, by E. B. Cook, 4, id., ji ; Report of the Majority of the Committee on the Name Kearsarge by John M. Shirley, 1, Proceedings of the N. H. Historical Society 1879, 1 73 ; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 39.] [Chatham Charter, 1767.] *3-178 ^Province of New-Hampshire. Chatham GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know Ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, CHATHAM. 545 and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, in New-England, and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy seven equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New -Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement Twenty five thousand Six hundred Acres , which Tract is to con- tain more than Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begin- ning at the N : E : Corner of the Township of Conway on the di- viding line between the province of Newhamps r & the Massachu- setts Bay, & from thence runing N° 8 dgs East bound s on s d Divid- ing Line Ten miles, thence turning of at Right Angles & runing N° 82 dgs West four miles thence turning of at Right Angles & run- ing S° 8 d * West to the afores d Township of Conway thence S° 8 dg8 East bound 8 on said Conway to the bounds first mention’d And that the same be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Chatham And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs, one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or *3-179 more Days in each Week, as may be thought most ad- 54 6 CHARTER RECORDS. vantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Prov- ince, shall be held on the last Monday in February next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Walter Bryent jun r Esq r who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the first Monday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respect- ive Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 1767 — V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration often Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day CHATHAM. 547 of December, which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1777 — One shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. I11 Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the Seventh Day of February In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty seven And in the Seventh Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, T : Atkinson j r Secr’y, — Province of New Hampshire February 9 th 1767 — Recorded according to the Original Patent under the Province Seal Attest d ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry *Names of the Grantees of Chatham. — *3-180 Peter Livius Esq r Jon a Moulton Esq r Jonathan Trickey Jon a Leavet Daniel Pierce Esq r Jacob Tredwell j r Tho 3 Young Esq r Tho 3 Young jun r Jerem h Folsom j r Tho 3 Tash Esq r Jeremy Bryent Esq r John Doe Capt : Nathaniel Adams U John Burley Nath 1 Frost John Burley j r Capt: Hubartis Neal Jerem h Folsom George Meserve James Gooding Jon a Leavet jun r John Bennet James Cram David Folsom j r Bradstreet Doe L* Joseph Young Zachariah Foss Walter Bryent Esq r Col : Clem 4 March Walter Bryent j r Esq* Joseph Mason L* Joseph Senter Nicholas Doe Josiah Hilton John Bennet j r William Parker Esq r John Sullivan Sam 1 Cutts Jon a Warner Esq r John Tash Joshua Brackett Jn° Johnson David Hicks Barth w Smart Dan 1 Foster Tho 3 Merill Jn° Folsom — Greenland James Folsom Ammi Ruhamah Cutter Capt: Timothy Walker Maj. W m Weeks 54 § CHARTER RECORDS. Edw d Smith Rich d Shatswell John Bryent Stephen Willey Silas Urine Ede Hall Bergin John Dole Philip Fowler j r Timothy Walker j r Benj n Smith Esq r Ichabod Whiddon Sam 1 Livermore Esq r L 4 Sam 1 Gilman Noah Emory Esq r David Gilman Capt : Jn° Clark Col : Winthrop HiltonGeorge Livius & L 4 Winthrop Hilton T : Atkinson j r Esq r Ichabod Hilton L 4 John McDuffee Five hundred Acres for his Excellency Benn§ Wentworth Esq r as mark’d B : W : in the plan which is to be accounted two of the within Shares. One share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel & one share for a Public School in said Town for Ever — Province of New Hampshire 9 th Feb’ 1 ? 1767 — Recorded from the back of the Original Charter under the Prov- ince Seal T Atkinson Jun Sec ry 3U.r CHATHAM. 549 oN CA o <*) ft/ t a * s x; h ■tf & s r ? ? 3 a r2*T t Av£ori»/a.y & onway x ci ft r It V u* * r< BW 55 ° CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New hamps r 9 th Feb’ry 1767 Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Chatham under the Prov Seal — Att d ^ T. Atkinson Jun Sec ry [Grant to Henry Bellew, 1772.] *4-121 ^Province of New Hampshire. Cap 4 Bellews’ George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Grant. Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting. Whereas we have thought fit by our Proclamation at S 4 James’s the Seventh day of October in the Third Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1763, among other things to testify our Royal sense and Approbation of the Conduct and Bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of our Armies, and signified our desire to reward the same, and have therein commanded & Impowered our sev- *4-122 eral Governors of our Respective Provinces on the Conti- nent of America to grant without fee or reward to such re- duced Officers as have served in North America during the late War, and to such Private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there, and shall Personally apply for the same, such quantities of Land respectively as in and bv our aforesaid Proclamation are particu- larly mentioned ; subject nevertheless, to the same Quit Rents and Conditions of Cultivation and Improvement as other our Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are granted. And where- as Henry Bellew Esquire had our Appointment to the Com- mand of one of our Ships of War ; (call’d the dispatch) at the Re- duction of Louisbourg, and served in the late War, in North Ameri- ca, and is now reduced, and he having personally applied & sollicited for such Grant agreeable to our aforesaid Proclamation. Know Ye that we of our special grace certain knowledge & mere Motion do signify our Approbation as aforesaid, and for encourag- ing the Settlement & Cultivation of our Lands within our said Province of New Hampshire in New England, Have, (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor & Commander in Chief of our said Province & of our Council, agreeable to our aforesaid in part recited Procla- CHATHAM. 551 mation, and upon the Conditions and Reservations hereafter men- tioned) given and granted, and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto the said Henry Bellew and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever, a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, situate, lying, and being within our said Province, and con- taining by admeasurement Five thousand three Hundred and Twenty six Acres, out of which an Allowance is to be made for unimproveable Lands by Rocks, Mountains and Waters, three hun- dred and Twenty six Acres free, according to a plan or Survey thereof, exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province, by our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereun- to annexed, butted and bounded as follows Viz 1 Beginning at a Poplar Tree on the Province Line, Two hundred & Eighty three Rods from the North East corner of Conway, said Tree being also the North East corner of a Tract of Land laid out for ^Gregory Purcell, thence North eight degrees East, One *4-123 thousand and Forty Nine Rods to a Hemlock Tree marked HB, thence North Eighty two degrees West Seven Hun- dred and Twenty one Rods to a Spruce Tree marked HB, stand- ing on the side of a Mountain, about Forty rods from the Foot, thence South eight degrees West to Conway Line, thence by Con- way Line three Hundred and Thirty Rods to the South west cor- ner of said Purcell’s Grant, then North eight degrees East to a Beech Tree, which is the North w r est corner of Purcell’s Grant aforesaid & from thence South eighty two degrees East Three Hundred & Eighty two Rods to the Poplar Tree began at. To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, with the appurtenances to him the said Henry Bellew, and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever upon the following Terms, Viz 4 First. That the said Grantee shall cut clear & make passable for Carriages &c, a Road of three Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall at any Time hereafter be directed or order’d by the Gover- nor and Council aforesaid, which Road shall be completed in one Year, from the date of such Order or Direction of the Governor & Council aforesaid, on penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant & and of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors. Second. That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be Set- tled Five Families in five Years from the date of this Grant; in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Succes- sors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same. 552 CHARTER RECORDS. Third. That all white and other Pine Trees, fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use, and none to be cut or fell’d without our special License for so doing first had & obtained on Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee, in the Premises, his Heirs & Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourth. That any part of the said Tract appearing to be well adapted to the growth of Hemp or Flax, the said Grantee shall sow & continue annually to cultivate a due proportion of the said Land, not less than Fifty Acres in every thousand Acres, with that beneficial Article of Produce. *4-124 *Fifth. Yielding and Paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors on or before the day of 17 , the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Sixth. That the said Grantee his Heirs and Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for ever from and after the expiration of Ten Years from the date of this Grant, which will be in the Year of our Lord Christ 1782 One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid ; which Money shall be Paid by the Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same : And these to be in lieu oPall other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Chief the Twenty first day of November in the 13 th Year of our Reign, & in the Year of our Lord Christ 1772. J’ Wentworth. By his Excellency’s Command > with advice of Council. > Theodore Atkinson Sec ly Province of New Hampshire. 21 st November 1772. Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal. Attest 1 Province of New Hampshire, Portsmouth 12 th October 1772. This Certifies that this Plan, Beginning at a Poplar Tree, stand- ing in the East Boundary Line of said Province 283 rods, from the CHATHAM. 553 N. E. corner of Conway, from thence running N. 8° E. on said Province Line, 3 Miles & 89 rods to a Hemlock Tree marked HB. thence N. 82° W. 2 Miles & 81 rods to a Spruce Tree mark’d HB. thence S 8° W. 4 Miles & 52 Rods, to the Northerly line of said Conway, thence on said Line, S. 82° E. one Mile & 19 rods, thence N. 8° E. 283 rods, thence S. 82° E. 1 mile & 62 Rods to the Bound first mentioned, Contains 5326 Acres of Land, & is a true Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & returned to me by Cap 1 Henry Young Brown D ty Surv 1 Attest 1 Is : Rindge S. General. [Grant to Samuel Gilman, 1770.] ^Province of New ) George the Third by the grace *1-370 Hampshire $ °f God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of Faith &c. To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. Greeting. — Whereas we have tho’t fit by our Proclamation at I } Sam 1 Gilman’s > S fc James’s the seventh day of October in the Grant $ Third year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1763, (among other Things to testify our Royal sense and appro- bation of the Conduct and bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of our Armies & signified our desire to reward the same, & have therein commanded & impower’d our several Governors of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to Grant without fee or reward to such reduced officers as have served in North America during the late War, and to such private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there, and shall personally apply for the same, such quantities of Land respectively as in and by our afors d Proclamation are particularly mentioned, subject nevertheless to the same Quit Rents & conditions of Cultivation and Improve- ment as other our Lands are subject to in the Province in which they are Granted. And whereas Samuel Gilman of New- market in our said Province Gentleman had our Appointment as Lieutenant, and served during the late War and is now reduced & he having personally applied and solicited for such Grant, agreable to our aforesaid Proclamation Know Ye that we of our special grace certain knowledge and mere motion do signify our approbation as aforesaid and for encouraging the settlement & cultivation of our Lands within our said Province of New Hamp- 554 CHARTER RECORDS. shire in New England Have by & with the advice of our Trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Com- mander in Chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same (agreable to our afores d in part recited Proclamation and upon the Conditions and reservations herein after mentioned,) given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs & Suc- cessors do give and grant unto the said Samuel Gilman & to his heirs & Assigns for Ever, a certain Tract of Land containing by admeasurement Two thousand Acres lying and being within our Province of New Hampshire afores d Butted & bounded as follows, Viz*. Beginning at the North East corner bounds of Chatham & running North Eight degrees East Two miles Twenty six Rods and Two Thirds on the Province Line to a beech Tree, from thence North Eighty two Degrees West One mile and one half *1-371 to a Beech Tree,* then turning off at right Angles and runing South Eight degrees West Two miles Twenty six Rods and two thirds to a hemlock Tree, then turning off again at Right Angles and running South Eighty two Degrees East One mile and an half to the bounds first began at. To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above Express’d to him the said Samuel and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever upon the following Terms Conditions and Reservations Viz* First That the said Grantee shall cut, clear and make passable for Carriages &c a Road of Four Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall at any time hereafter be directed or^order’d by the Gov- ernor and Council aforesaid which Road is to be completed in Two years from the date of such Order or direction of the Governor and Council afores d on penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of it’s reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. — Second That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be setled Six Families in Five Years from the date of this Grant in failure whereof the Promises to revert to us our heirs and Successors to be by us or them enter’d upon and regranted to such of our Sub- jects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. — Third That all white and other Pine Trees being and growing within and upon the said Tract of Land fit for masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserv’d for that use and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained on penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee in the said Tract his heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Succes- sors as well as being subject to the penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. — CHATHAM. 555 Fourth Yielding and paying therefor to us our heirs and Suc- cessors on or before the First day of January 1778 the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. — Fifth That the said Grantee his Heirs and Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for Ever, from and after the expiration of one year from the aboves d First day of January namely on the First day of January which will be in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy Nine, One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so Owns, Settles or Possesses and so in proportion for a greater or less Tract of the land afores d ; which money shall be paid by the respective Owner, Setler or Proprietor as aforesaid in our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, and these to be in lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever. — In Testi- mony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our afores d Governor and Command 1 in chief the First day of March in the Tenth year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1770. J’ Wentworth. By his Excelpy’ 3 Comm d with advice of Council Theo : Atkinson Sec^ ""Recorded according to the Original Patent under the *1-372 Province Seal, this 9 th day of March 1770. — Att* Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 556 CHARTER RECORDS. A 1 3ca Ic of 0 . X • n /oo 2? otis 1 / h a.7-1. Trxch. 3 a / 4 .... 1 1 1 \ — 1 1 rnr , = Province of New Hampshire, 7 th Dec r 1769. — These Certify that this plan beginning at the N. E. corner bounds of Chatham & running N. 8° E. 2 miles 26 Rods & § d3 on the Province Line to a Beech Tree from thence N. 82° W. One mile and one half to a Beech Tree, then turning off at right Angles and runing S. 8° W. 2 Miles & 26 rods and § d3 to a hem- lock Tree, then turning off again at Right angles & running S. 82° E. one mile and an half to the bounds first began at. contains 2000 Acres of Land, & is a true Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & returned to me f) Cap 4 Hubartis Neal D y Surv r Attest d ^ Is : Rindge S r Gen 1 tZ • tY /m*U V- /ioTPorf, CHATHAM. 557 [Grant to Samuel Langdon, 1772.] ^Province of New Hampshire. *4-87 D r Langdon’s George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Grant. Brit n France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Know ye, that we of our special Grace certain knowledge & mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling and cultivating our Lands within our Province aforesaid, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire and of our Council of the same, Have (upon the Conditions and Reservations herein particularly recited and expressed) given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto our liege and loving Subject Samuel Langdon of Portsmouth in our County of Rock- ingham and Province aforesaid D. D. and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land situate lying and being in our Province aforesaid, containing by Admeasure- ment Three thousand Four Hundred & Thirty Acres, being about Fifty Acres each to the number in the Family of the said Grantee, exclusive of, and out of which an Allowance is to be made for Highways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks Mountains & Waters Nine Hundred and Thirty Acres free, according to a plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted bounded as follows. Viz 4 Beginning at an hemlock Tree, being the North Easterly corner Bounds of a Tract of Land laid out for Henry Bellew Esq r & running North Eight Degrees East Two Miles and Forty Six Rods to a White Pine Tree, from thence North Eighty two Degrees West Two Miles and one half Mile to Two Rock Maple Trees, from thence South Eight Degrees West Two Miles & Forty Six Rods to a Beech Tree, from thence South Eighty Two Degrees East Two Miles and one half Mile to the Bound began at. To have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to him the said Samuel Langdon and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever upon the following Terms and Conditions Viz 4 First. That the said Grantee shall cut clear and make passable 55§ CHARTER RECORDS. for Carriages &c. a Road of Four Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall be at any Time hereafter directed or Order’d by *4-88 the Governor & Council* aforesaid, which Road shall be completed in One Year from the date of such Order or Direction of the Governor & Council aforesaid on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of it reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. Secondly That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be settled Five Families in Six Years from the date of this Grant, in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Suc- cessors to be b} r us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. Thirdly That all [white] and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourthly That any part of the said Tract appearing to be well adapted to the growth of Hemp or Flax, the said Grantee shall sow & continue annually to cultivate a due proportion of the said Land, not less than One Hundred Acres in every thousand Acres with that beneficial Article of Produce. Fifthly That the said Grantee his Heirs and Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for Ever from and after the expiration of Ten Years from the date of this Grant, One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so Owns Settles or Possesses and so in pro- portion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid, which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth to such Officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same : And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness Our Governor & Com- mander in Chief aforesaid the Twelfth day of June in the 12 th Year of our Reign Anno : Dom 1 1772. J’ Wentworth. By his Excell cy3 Command ) with advice of Council $ Theodore Atkinson Secretary. CHATHAM. 559 Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal this 18 th June 1772. Attest 1- Theodore Atkinson Sec ry ^Province of New Hampshire. Portsmouth 20 th May 1772. *4-89 These Certify that this Plan Beginning at an Hemlock Tree being the North Easterly Corner bound of a Tract of Land laid out for Cap 1 Henry Bellew, & running North Eight degrees East Two Miles & 46 Rods to a White Pine Tree, from thence N. 82° W. 2 Miles & 160 Rods to Two Rock Maple Trees, from thence S. 8° W. 2 Miles & 46 Rods to a Beech Tree, from thence S. 82° E. 2 & % Miles to the bound began at. Contains 3430 Acres of Land, & is a True Copy of an Original plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & returned to me by Vere Royse D ty Surv r attest. Is: Rindge S. G 1 CHARTER RECORDS. 560 [Grant to Thomas McDonough, 1772.] *4-111 ^Province of New > George the Third by the Grace Hampshire $ of God of Great Britain France ( Tho 3 McDonogh ) & Ireland King Defender of the Faith, ( Esq r his Grant $ &c. To all to whom these Presents shall Come. Greeting. Know Ye, that we of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere Motion for the due Encouragement of Settling & Cultivating our Lands within our Province of New Hampshire by and with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r Our Governor & Commander in Chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same Have (upon the Conditions & Reservations herein particularly recited & expressed) given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto our leige & loving Subject Thomas M c - Donogh of Portsmouth in our County of Rockingham and Province aforesaid Esquire, and to his Heirs & Assigns for Ever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing by Admeasurem* One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Nine Acres of Land situate lying and being in our Province aforesaid as by a plan or Survey thereof (exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto Annexed) may more fully and at large Appear, butted & bounded as follows, Vizh Beginning at a White Pine Tree being the North Easterly corner bound of a Tract of Land laid out for D r Samuel Langdon, from thence running North Eight degrees East Three hundred & Sixty Six Rods to a Beech Tree, from thence North Eighty two degrees West Eight hundred Rods to a Stake, from thence South Eight Degrees West Three hundred and Sixty Six Rods to two Rock Maple Trees, being the North Westerly Corner bound of said D r Langdon’s Tract, from thence by said Langdon’s Land South Eighty two degrees East Eight hundred Rods to the bound began at. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed to him the said Thomas M c Donogh and to his heirs & Assigns for ever, upon the following Terms, Conditions & Reservations. Viz 4 — First That the said Grantee shall cut, clear, bridge, & make passable for Carriages &c. a Road of Four Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall be at any Time hereafter directed CHATHAM. 561 or Order’d by the Governor *& Council aforesaid ; which *4-112 Road shall be completed in Two Years from the date of such Order or Direction of the Governor & Council aforesaid, on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant & of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors. Secondly. That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be Settled Three Families in Five Years from the date of this Grant ; in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs & Suc- cessors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle & Cultivate the same. Thirdly That all white and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use, & none to be cut or fell’d without our Special Licence for so doing first had & obtained, upon Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee his Heirs & Assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. [Fourth.] That any part of the said Tract appearing to be well adapted to the growth of Hemp or Flax, the said Grantee shall sow & continue Annually to cultivate a due proportion of the said Tract, not less than Five acres in every Hundred Acres with that beneficial Article of Produce. Fifth That the said Grantee his Heirs and Assigns shall Yield & pay unto us our Heirs and Successors Yearly and every year for Ever from & after the Expiration of Ten Years from the date of this Grant One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so Owns, Settles or Possesses, and so in pro- portion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same And these to be in lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto Affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq 1 ' our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Chief the Second day of July in the Twelfth Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1772. J’ Wentworth. By his Excell cy ’ 8 Command ) with Advice of Council. y Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 35 562 CHARTER RECORDS. *4-113 ^Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal, this 26 th day of August 1772. Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec 1 ? [Grant to Sherburne, Sherburne, and Knight, 1772.] *4-117 *Province of New Hampshire. George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Know Ye that we of our special Grace certain knowledge & mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling & cultivating our Lands within our said Province of New Hampshire, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esquire our Gov r & Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire & of our Council of the same Have upon the Conditions & Reservations herein par- ticularly recited & expressed) given and granted and by these Pres- ents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant in Equal Shares unto our leige and loving Subjects Daniel Sherburne, Samuel Sherburne and Temple Knight 'all of Portsm 0 in the County of Rockingham & Province aforesaid, Merchants, & to their respective Heirs & Assigns for Ever, a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, situate, lying & being in our said Province, containing by Admeasurement Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven Acres, being about Fifty Acres each to the number in the Familes of the said Grantees, exclusive of, and out of which an Allowance is to be made for Highways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks Mountains and Waters, Seven Hundred & Eighty Seven Acres free, according to a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surv r General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted & bounded as fol- lows, Viz 1 . Beginning at a Beech Tree, being the North Easterly corner bound of a Tract of Land granted to Thomas McDonogh Esq r & running North Eight Degrees East on the East Boundary Line of our said Province, Two Miles and Two hundred & Fifty Mess 3 Sherburnes ) & Knight’s Grant. S CHATHAM. 563 Two Rods to a Beech Tree being the South Easterly corner bounds of a Tract of Land granted to Samuel Gilman, from thence running North Eighty Two degrees West One Mile & One Hun- dred & Eighty Rods to a Beech Tree, from thence South Eight degrees West Two Miles & Two hundred & fifty two Rods to a Rock Maple Tree, from thence South Eighty Two degrees East One Mile & One hundred & Eighty Rods to the bound began at. — To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above ^expressed to them the said grantees & to their *4-118 Heirs & Assigns for Ever, upon the following Terms Conditions & Reservations Viz 1 . First That the said Grantee shall cut clear bridge and make passable for Carriages, &c. a Road of three Rods wide through the said Tract as shall be at any time hereafter directed or Order’d by the Governor & Council aforesaid, which Road shall be completed in Two Years; from the date of such Order or Direction of the Gov r & Council aforesaid, on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant & of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors. Second. That the said Grantees shall Settle or cause to be Settled Three Families in Seven Years from the date of this Grant; in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle & cultivate the same. Third That all white and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use, & none to be cut or fell’d without our Special Licence for so doing first had & obtained, upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. — Fourthly Yielding and Paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors on or before the First day of January 1780, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demended. Fifthly That the said Grantees their Heirs and Assigns shall Yield & pay unto us our Heirs and Successors Yearly and every Year for Ever from & after the expiration of Ten Years from the date of this Grant One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so owns, Settles or Possesses and so in propor- tion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor, Owner or Settler in our Council Chamb r in Portsmouth or to such Officer or 5 6 4 CHARTER RECORDS. Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same And these to be in lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto Affixed Witness John Went- *4-119 worth *Esq r our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Chief the Sixteenth day ofjulyinthe 12 th Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1772. J’ Wentworth. By his Excell cy3 Command > with Advice of Council. } Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province Seal this 27 th day of August 1772. Attest' Theodore Atkinson Sec Ty . [Taken from Vol. 5, p. 305-6.] Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth 20 th May 1772 These certify that this plan beginning at a Beech Tree being the Northeasterly corner bound of a tract of land laid out for Thomas McDonough Esq r And running North Eight degrees East on the east boundary line of said Province as that runs Two Miles and two hundred & fifty two Rods to a Beech Tree being the Southeasterly corner bound of a tract of land granted to Samuel Gilman from thence running North Eighty two degres West one Mile and one hundred & eight}' Rods to a Beech Tree from thence South Eight degrees west two Miles & two hundred & Fifty two rods to a Rock Maple tree, from thence South Eighty Two degrees East one mile & one hundred & Eighty rods to the Bound began at contains Two Thousand Seven hundred & Eighty Seven Acres & an half of Land. And is a true Copy of an Original plan or Survey of said Tract as taken and returned to me by Vere Rovse D* S r Attest Is Rindge S r G 1 N. B. The Surveyor that laid out this land certifies that said tract contains no more than Two Thousand Acres of improvable land the remaining Seven hundred & Eighty Seven Acres & an half Acre are un-improveable Mountains & Swamps. Attest. Is Rindge S r G 1 Recorded according to the original Attest E Thompson S cy A 'Ridqe of 777 o ix.rxia. SP 0 <*L -M. oS CHATHAM 565 S 66 CHARTER RECORDS. CHESTER. [Granted as Cheshire , Aug. 26, 1720. Regranted May 8, 1722, to Capt. Henry Sherburne and others, and incorporated as Chester. Candia was set off and in- corporated Dec. 15, 1763. Raymond was set off and incorporated May 9, 1764. A considerable portion was included in what is now Manchester. A portion of the town was combined with parts of Goffstown and Dunbarton, to make up the town of Hooksett, July 2, 1822. Auburn was set off and incorporated June 23, 1845. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 101 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 304; Index to Laws, 92; sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 142; Facts Relating to, by Charles Bell, 7, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 341 ; sketch, by Benjamin Chase, 4, Granite Monthly, 139; History, by Benjamin Chase, 1869, pp. 702 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 27.] [Chester Charter, 1722.] *George by the grace of God of Great Brittain ffrance & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c a To All People to Whom these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know ye that we of our Special knowledge & Chester Charter mere motion for the Due Encouragem 1 of Settling A New Plantation by & with the .Advice & Consent of Our Council have given & granted and by these Presents as far as in us Lyes do give & Grant in Equal Shears unto Sund ry of ouij beloved Subjects whose names Are Entred in A Schedule hereunto annexed that Inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the s d Grant within our Province of New Hampshire All that Tract of Land within the following Bounds (Viz) to begin at Exeter South 1 ? Corner bounds & from thence run upon A West & by North Point Two Miles Along Kingstown Northerly Line to Kingstown North Corner bounds then upon A South Point three miles along Kingstown head line to Kingstown South Corner Bounds and from thence upon A West North West Point Ten Miles into the Country then to begin Again at the Afore S d Exter South 1 ? Corner bounds & run Seven Miles upon Exeter head line upon A North East Point half a Point more Northerly Then fourteen Miles into the Country upon a West North West Point to the River Merrimack & from thence upon a Straight Line to the End of the afores d Ten Mile Line And that the Same be A Town i-37 In loc Prov e Sig CHESTER. 567 Corporate by the name of Chester to the Persons afores d forever To have & to hold the s d Land to the grantees their heirs And Assignes forever and to Such Associates as they Shall Admit upon the following Conditions I st That every Proprietor build a Dwelling House within Three years and Settle a family therein and brake up three Acres of Ground and Plant or Sow the Same within four years and Pay his proportion of the Town Charges when & So often as occasion Shall require the Same — 2 dly That a Meeting House be built for the Publick Worship of *God within the Said Term of four years — *1-38 3 dl y That upon the Default of any Perticular Proprietor in complying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his Part Such Delinquent Proprietor Shall forfeit his Share to the other Proprietors which Shall be Disposed of According to the Major Vote of the S d Com’oners at a Legall Meeting — 4 ly That A Proprietors Share be reserved for a Parsonage another for the first minister of the Gospel Another for the benefit of the School Provided nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians Continue Duering the Afores d Term of three years but if it Should So happen that A War with the Indians Should Comence before the Expiration of the Afores d Term of Three years The afores d Term of three years Shall be Allowed to the Proprietors after the Expiration of the War for the Performance of the afores d Conditions rendring & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors or Such other officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to receive the Same the Annual Quit Rent or Acknowledgrffi of one Pound of good Mer- chantable Hemp in the s d Town on the Twentyeth Day of December yearly for ever reserving alsoe unto us Our heirs & Successors all mast Trees Growing on S d Land According to Act of Parliament in that behalf made & Provided and for the better order rule & Governm* of the S d Town we do by these Presents Grant for us our heirs & Successors unto the s d men & Inhabitants or those that Shall Inhabit the Said Town That yearly & every year upon the Last Thursday in March for ever they Shall meet to Ellect & Chuse by the Major Part of them Constables Select men and all other Town Officers According to the Laws & usage of Our afores d Province for the year insueing with Such Power Previledges & authority s as other Town Officers within our afores d Province have & Enjoy In Wittness whereof we have Caused the Seal of our S d Province to be hereunto Annexed Wittness Sam 11 Shute Esq Our Governour & Comander in Chieffe of Our S d Province at our Town S 68 CHARTER RECORDS. of Portsmouth the Eighth day of May in the Eighth year of Our Reigne Annoq Domini 1722 Sam 11 Shute *1-39 *By his Excelencys Comand with Advice of the Council Rich d Waldron Cler Con A True Copy Rich d Waldron Sec 1 ? The above Copy was Entred & recorded the 10 th Day of March 1746/7— ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec^ A Schedule of the Proprietors names of the Town of Chester Cap 1 Henry Sherburne Benj a Gambling Esq Cap 1 Josh a Peirce Coll Peter Wear Clem 1 Hughes Cap 1 Tho 8 Peirce Cap 1 Archibald M c pheadris Eph m Dennet Cap 1 Ebenez r Wentworth Cap 1 Richard Kent Eleaz r Russell Sam 11 Shackford Sam 11 Ingalls Jethro Tilton Susanah Small Enoch Sanburne Jeh a Robie John Shackford Michail Whidden Amos Cass W m Halley Josiah Batcheldor Nath 11 Batcheldor jun r Benony ffogg James ffogg Robert Row Ebenez r Dearbon Henry Works Jon a Plumer 1 -40 7 Ebenez 1 Eastman Philip Tole Benj a Tole Jere : Sanburn John Cram Abraham Brown John Prescut Sen r John Pecker John Silly Sam 11 Page Nath 11 Sherburn Nath u Batcheldor Sen r David Tilton Elisha Smith Abner Drake Jos : Sherburne Benj a Sanburn Jacob Garland Sen r Stephen Sweat Nath 11 Drake W m Crosswent Clem 1 Messerve Sam 11 Smith Cap 1 Josh a Winget Ruben Sanburn Benj a Smith Moses Blake Jon a Brown John Sanburn Henry Sloper James Boid Tho 3 Phipps Esq Rev d Nath u Rogers Cap 1 Joseph Sherburne Ben§ Wentworth George Peirce Rev d Tho 8 Syms W m White W m Rymes James Perkins Zach r Clifford Sam 11 Prescot Rich d Clifford Eben r Loverill W m Godfry Edward Sanburn Caleb Tole John Prescut jun r Joseph Batcheldor *Thomas Levit James Prescut Jon a Emerson Jon a Dearbon Sam 11 Blake George Brownell Cap 1 Jon a Sanburn Jacob Bassford Philem 11 Blake Sam 11 Maston jun r Thomas Smith Jos : Young CHESTERFIELD. 569 Jacob Gilman Tho 8 Dean Maj r John Gilman Steph 11 Webster Tho 8 Whiteing Jon a Clough W m Daniel Rich d Jaquish Luther Morgan Sam 11 Sherburne Sam 11 Shaw Sam 11 Thompson Edward Emerson John Littlehall Robert fFord Steph 11 Johnson James Fales John Benj ! Rich d Hasleton Edward Gillman John Calf Jon a Kimball Tho 8 Silver Eph m Guile John Jaquish Nath 11 Webster Cutt > one Propri 18 Acreman $ share Province of N Hamp r May 10 th 1722 His Excelency the Governour And the Hon ble L 1 Governour And Council Entred Associates with the within Persons (Viz) his Excelency a farm of 500 Acres & A home Lott The Leiu 1 Govern r the Same — Sam 11 Penhallow Esq A Prop r Share Rich d Wibird Esq Ditto Mark Hunking Esq ditto Tho 8 Packer Esq Ditto George Jaffrey Esq — ditto Tho 8 Westbrook Esq Ditto Sha Walton Esq — ditto True Copy ^ Rich d Waldron Sec ry Entred & recorded from the Copy this 10 th March 1746/7 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry CHESTERFIELD. [This town was Number 1 in the line of towns on the east side of Connecticut River, granted by Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1735. Granted by New Hampshire, Feb. 11, 1752, to Josiah Willard and others. The charter was renewed June 11, 1760. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 120 ; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XI, Ham- mond Town Papers, 325 ; Index to Laws, 93 ; sketch, by O. E. Randall, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 123; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Cheshire County, 1885, p. 91; History, by O. E. Randall, 1882, pp. 525; Description, by L. G. Mead, 1, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, 277; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 8, 15 ; Stevens’s Memorials of Methodism, 1848, p. 359; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 254.] 57o CHARTER RECORDS. [Chesterfield Charter, 1752.] ^Province of New Hampshire George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a — To all Persons to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting — SeePage (226) Know Ye that We of our Especial Grace certain an Alteration Knowledge and mere motion for the due Encour- agement of Settling A New Plantation within our Province By & with the Advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Went- worth Esq our Governour & Commander in Chieff of our Said Province of New Hampshire in America & of our Council of the Said Province Have upon the Conditions & reservations hereafter made Given & Granted & by these Presents, for us our heirs & Successors do give & Grant in Equal Shares .unto our Loveing Subjects Inhabitants of our Said Province of New Hampshire, & his Majesties other Governments & their heirs and assigns forever whose names Are Entred on this Grant to be Divided to & amoung them into Seventy Equal Shares all that Tract or Parcel of Land Scituate Lying & being within our Province of New Hampshire Containing by Admeasurement Twenty three thousand *1-88 & forty Acres which Tract *is to Contain Six miles Square & no more out of which an - ' Allowence is to be made for High ways & unimprovable Lands by Rocks Mountains Ponds & Rivers One thousend & forty Acres free According to a Plan thereof made & Presented by our S d Governors orders & hereunto Annexed Butted & Bounded as follows (Viz) Begining & adjoyning to A Stake & Stones near the Bank of Connecticut River which is the North Westerly Corner Bounds of A Place Called Wenchester thence running South Seventy Eight degrees East upon Wenchester Line afore Said till it meets with the Western Line of the Lower Ashuelot So called then carrying all the breadth of Land between the River of Con- necticut afores d and the Said Ashuelot So far up Notherly as will make the Contents of Six miles Square bounding at this Extent by a Stake and Stones near the bank of the River & thence running South Seventy Eight degrees East till it meets with the Ashuelot aforesaid and that the Same be & is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Chesterfield and that the In- *1-87 i L:P:S Chesterfield CHESTERFIELD. 571 habitants that do or Shall hereafter Inhabit S d Township Are hereby Declared to be Enfranchized with, & Entitled to, all & every the Previledges & Immunities that other Towns within our Said Province by Law Exercize & Enjoy And further that the Said Town as Soon as there Shall be fifty families resident & Settled thereon Shall have the Liberty of holding two fairs one of which Shall be held on the And the Other on the Annually which fairs Are not to Continue & be held Longer than the respective Days following the s d respective Days, and as Soon as the Said Town Shall Consist of fifty families A market Shall be opened & kept one or more days in each week as may be tho 1 most Advantagious to the Inhabitants also that the first meeting for the Choice of Town officers Agreable to the Laws of our Said Province Shall be held on the first Wednesday in march next which meeting Shall be Notifyed by Josiah Willard Esq who is hereby also Appointed Moderator of the said first meeting which he is to Notify & Govern Agreable to the Laws & Customs of our Said Province And that the Annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of Such officers of Said Town Shall be on the first Wednesday in March Annually To have & to hold the s d Tract of Land as above Expressed togeather with all the Previledges & Appur- tenances to them & thier respective *Heirs And Assignes *1-89 for ever upon the following Conditions (Viz) that every Grantee his heirs or Assigns Shall Plant or Cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres Containd in his or thier Share or Proportion of Land in Said Township And Continue to Improve & Settle the Same by Additional Cultivations on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant or Share in the Said Township and its reverting to his Majesty his heirs & Successors to be by him or them regranted to Such of his Subjects as Shall Effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same That All white & other Pine Trees within the Said Township lit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully Preserved for that use & none to be cut or felld without his Majesties especial Lycence for So doing first had & obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of Such Grantee his heirs or Assigns to us our heirs & Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalty of Any Act or Acts of Parlia- ment that now Are or hereafter Shall be Enacted That before Any Divission of the Said Lands be made to & amoung the Grantees A Tract of Land as near the Center of the Township as thee Land will admit of Shall be reserved & Marked out for Town Lotts one 572 CHARTER RECORDS. of which Shall be Allotted to Each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre Yeilding & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of Ten years to be Computed from the Date hereof the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only on the first day of January Annually if Lawfully Demanded the first Payment to be made on the first Day of Jan ry after the Date hereof Every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant Shall Yield and Pay unto us our heirs & Successors Yearly & every year forever from & After the Expiration of the Ten years from the Date hereof namly on the first day of January which will be in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Two One Shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses And so in Propor- tion for A Greater of Lesser Tract of the S d Land which money Shall be paid by the respective Persons above S d thier heirs or Assigns In our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to Such Officer or officers as Shall be Appointed to recieve the Same & this to be in Lieu ot all other rents & Services whatsoever In Testimony hereof We have Caused the Seal of Our S d Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Com’- ander in Chieflf of our S d Province the Eleventh of February in year of our Lord Christ 1752 & in the 25 th year of our reign — By his Excelencys Com’and with Advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Se ry B Wentworth — Entred & recorded According to the Original charter under the Prov e Seal this 13 th day Feb ry 1752 ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry CHESTERFIELD. 573 *The Names of the Grantees of Chesterfield Viz — Josiah Willard John Armes Oliver Willard Nathan Willard jun r Will 1 " Willard John Hunt Samuel Kennada Nathan Willard John Armes jun r Oliver Willard jun r Wilder Willard Caleb Trobridge Simon Hunt Solmon Willard *1-90 Valentine Buttler Oliver Buttler Josiah Willard jun r John Moore William Lawrence Jonathan Hubbard Billy Willard 574 CHARTER RECORDS. Simon Cooley Joseph Willard Will m Deen Simon Stone Peter Oliver David Hubbard Thomas Pain John Wheelwright Nathaniel Wheelwright Joseph Wheelwright Jeremiah WheelwrightSimon Willard Benj a Lynd Sam 11 Davis Elias Alexander Abraham Kendel Ebenez r Day Will m Spalding Robert Fletcher David Sterns Silas SpafFord Joanna Wetherby James Whitney Josiah Brown Sam 11 Greeley Will m Down Sam 11 Field Daniel Kendell John SpafFord Phineas Wait John Brooks Benj a French John French jun 1 Moses Gould David Field John Kendel James Stootley His Excelency Benning Wentworth Esq one Tract of Land to Contain five hundred Acres, One whole Share for the Incorpor- ated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in forreign Partes, one whole Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in Said Town, one whole Share for A Glebe for the Ministry of the Church of England as by Law Established, Samuel Wentworth of Boston Theodore Atkinson Richard Wibird Samuel Smith, John Downing Sampson SheafFe Jn° Wentworth Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Entred & recorded from the Back of the Charter for Chesterfield this 13 th Day of Feb ry 1752 — *59 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry [Chesterfield Charter Renewed, 1760.] *1-226 ^Province of New Hampshire Chesterfield Chart r George the Second by the Grace of God Lengthned Out of great Britain France & Ireland King De- fender of the faith & c To All People to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Whereas We of our Special Grace & Mere Motion SeePage (87) for the due encouragment & Settling of a New Plantation within our Province of New Hampshire by our Letters Patent or Charter under the Seal of our Said Province dated the Eleventh Day of Feb ry in the Twenty fifth Year of our reign CHESTERFIELD. 575 Granted a Tract of Land equal to Six Miles Square bounded as therein Expressed to A Number of our Loyal Subjects whose Names are Entered thereon to hold to them their Heirs and assigns on the Conditions therein declared to be A Town Corporate by the Name of Chesterfield as by referrence to said Charter may more fully Appear — And Whereas the Said Grantees Have represented That by the intervention of an Indian Warr since the making the Said Grant it has been Impracticable to Comply with & fullfill the Con- ditions aforesaid & Humbly Supplycated as not to take advantage of the Breach of Said Conditions but to Lengthen out & Grant them some reasonable Term for the Performance thereof after the Said Impediment Shall Cease Now Know Ye that We being Willing to Promote the End Pro- posed have of Our Farther Grace & favour Suspended our Claim of the forfeiture which the Said Grantees may have incurrd and by these Presents do grant unto the said Grantees their Heirs and Assigns the Term of one Year for Performing & fullfilling the Conditions Matters & things by them to be done — which term is to be renewd annually until his Maj ty3 Plenary Instructions Shall be receivd relative to the Incident that has Prevented a Complyance with the Charter According to the True Intent & meaning thereof In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Seal of Our Said Province to be hereunto Affixed Witness Benning Wentworth Esq Our Governour and Commander in Chieff the Eleventh Day of June in the 33 d Year of Our Reign Annoq Domini 1760 — B Wentworth By his Excellenc}^ Com’and with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of New Hamp r Recorded According to the Original under the Province Seal the 12 th Day of June 1760 Theodore Atkinson Se 17 576 CHARTER RECORDS. CHICHESTER. [Granted, May 20, 1727, to Nathaniel Gookin and others, and named from an English town. Pittsfield was set off and incorporated March 27, 1782. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 123 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 352 ; Index to Laws, 93 ; sketch, by D. T. Brown, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 235 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 7, 9; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 362; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375 -] [Chichester Charter, 1727.] *George by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France, and Ireland, King Defender of the faith &c a To all People to whom these Presents Shall Come Greeting — Know Yee that we of our Special Knowledge and mere motion for the Due Encouragement of Settling a New Plantation By & with the advice & Consent of Our Council Have given granted And by these presents as far as in us Lyes, do give & Grant in Equal Shears unto Sundry of our beloved Subjects whose names are Entred in A Schedule hereunto Annexed that Inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the S d Grant within our Province of New Hampshire, all That Tract of Land within the following Bounds Viz — to begin on the South West Side of the Town of Barnstead and from thence running South Westerly on the head of the town of Nottingham untill Eight miles be *1-4 Accomplished And *Then North West Eight miles, Then North East Eight Miles Then South East by the S d Town of Barnstead to the place where it first began & that the Same be A Town Corporate by the name of Chichester to the Persons afores d forever To have & to Hold the s d Land to the S d Grantees & their heirs And Assignes forever and to Such associates as they shall admit, upon the ffollowing Conditions (1) That the Pro- prietors within three years build or Cause to be built Sixty Dwell- ing Houses & Settle families in the Same & Clear Three Acres of Ground fit for Planting or mowing & that Each Proprietor pay his Proportion of the Town Charges when & So often as Occasion Shall require the Same — t-3 PROV e Seal Chichester CHICHESTER. 577 2 dJ y That A meeting house be built for the Publick Worship of God within the term of four years — 3) That upon Default of any Perticular Proprietor in Complying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his part, Such Delin- quent Proprietor Shall forfiet his Shear of the S d Land to the Other Proprietors which Shall be Disposed off According to the Maj r Vote of the S d Proprietors At A Legal Meeting — 4) That A Proprietors Shear be reserved for a Parsonage and another for the first Minister of the Gospell that Shall be there Settled & ordained And Another Proprietors Shear for the Bennifit of A School in s d Town — Provided nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians Continue for the Space ofThree years but if it Should Happen that A War with the Indians Should Com’ence before the Expiration of the afore S d Tearm ofThree Years That then the S d Tearm of three years Shall be Allowed the Proprietors after the Expiration of the War for the Performance of the afore S d Conditions, rendring & paying therefor to us our heirs and Successors, or Such officer or officers as Shall be appointed to recieve the Same *The *1-5 Annual Quit rent or Acknowledgement of One pound of Hemp in the S d Town on the Last Wednesday in March Yearly forever (if Demanded) reserving alsoe unto us our heirs & Succes- sors all mast Trees growing on on S d Tract of Land, According to Acts of Parliament in that Case made & Provided And for the better order rule & Governm* of the S d Town : We do by these Presents for our Selves our heirs and Successors Grant unto the S d men & Inhabitants, or those that Shall Inhabit S d Town That yearly & Every year upon the Second Wednesday in March for- ever Shall meet to Ellect & Chuse by the Major part of the Pro- prietors then Present Constables, Selectmen, & other Town officers According to the Laws & usages of our afores d Province with Power Previleges & Authority as other Town officers with our affores d Province have & Enjoy : & for the Notifying & Calling the first Town meeting we do hereby appoint Peter Wear Esq John San- burn & Jacob ffrees to be the first Selectmen & they to Continue in S d respective office as Selectmen untill the Second Wednesday in the month of March which will be in the year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Twenty Eight & untill other Select men Shall be Chosen & Appointed in their Steed in Such manner as is in these Presents Expressed In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of our S d Province to be hereunto affixed Witt- ness John Wentworth Esq our Leiutenant Governor & Comander 36 S7§ CHARTER RECORDS. in ChiefFin & over our s d Province at our Town of Portsmouth in our s d Province of New Hampshire the Twenteth day of may in the Thirteenth year of Our reigne Anno Domini 1727 J Wentworth By order of his Hon r the L 1 Gov r with advice of the Council R Waldron Cler Con A Schedule of the Proprietors of the Town of Chichester Natha u Googins John Odlin Christ 0 Page Peter Wear Jun r Eadward West Nath u Heally Jabez Smith Josiah Batchelor Jon a ffifield Pain Wingat Nich 0 Gillman Natha 11 Lock *1-6 *William Stanford Shuball Sanburn John Webster Benj a Thomas Mathias Plant Benj a Sanburne Minister Whipple John Sherburn Charles Steward John Sweat Abra m Drake Samuel Thing Sam 11 Gillman Joseph Dearborn Josiah Moulton Bezaleel Tappan Cypryan Jaffry John Wentworth Jethro Tillton Stephen Sanburn George Jaffrey Jun r Ebenez r Wear Joseph Readman Thomas Cram Jon a Cushing John Jenness John Plaisted Andrew Wiggins W m ffellows Theodore Atkinson Richard Jennes Joseph Taylor Jonathan Garland Daniel Wear . Joshua Wingate John flilbrook Charles Tredwell Moses Blake John Readman Jun T Thomas Webster Peter Gillman John Robinson John Batchelor Jarvis Ring Benning Wentworth W m Wentworth John Cram Samuel Marston Jacob fFrees Jun r John Prescot Nath 11 Wear Benj a Perkins Nath 11 Longfellow Jacob fFrees Natha 11 Drake Bar 1 Thing James Levit Benj a Lampreve Sam 11 Palmer Jun r Cap 1 Currier Hunking Wentworth J erem : S anburn 71 T. : Broadstreet Wiggin Rich d Wibird Jun r Benj a Cram Richard Waldron Jun r Benj a Gamblin Thomas Peirce Wintrop Hillton James JefFry Jun r John Derburn Jun r John Broadstreet John Gerrish :B :son James Davis Cap 1 John Gillman Sam 11 Tibits Ebenez r Stevens James JefFry John Readman Henry Rust Hezekiah Jennes Peter Wear Esq John Gillman Esq John Downing M r Eph Dennet Cap 1 Paul Gerrish John Sandburn CLAREMONT. 579 George fFrost Wilem Odiorne Wm Pepperrell Jun r Joseph fFrost John Took Jun r Addmitted Associates his Excelency & Hon r — Samuel Shute Esq John Wentworth Esq Each of them 500 Acres & a home Lot — Coll Mark Hunking Coll Shad h Walton George JafFrey Rich d Wibird Coll Tho 8 Westbrook Arch d M c pheadris John fFrost Jonathan Odiorne Esq rs Each a Proprietors Shear Chichester Schedule Certifyed — ^ R Waldron cler Con Entred & Recorded According to the Original this 25 th Day of November 1742 Theodore Atkinson Sec 1- ? CLAREMONT. [Granted Oct. 26, 1764, to Josiah Willard and others, and named from the country seat of Sir Robert Clive. The Governor’s reservation in the southwest corner was granted by him to Col. Joseph Wait Feb. 12, 1772. See X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 394, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 363 ; Index to Laws, 105; sketch, Hurd’s History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 40; History, by O. F. R. Waite, in preparation; sketch, by J. N. McClintock, 3, Granite Monthly, 173; Early History, by O. F. R. Waite, 14, Granite Monthly, 1 12 ; same, in pamphlet, 1893 ; The Tories of 1766 and 1776, by F. A. Briggs, 4, Granite Monthly, 173; By the Beautiful Mountain, sketch, by G. H. Moses, 16, id, 103; War History, by O. F. R. Waite, 1868, pp. 300; Dedication of Soldiers’ Monument, 1869, pp. 48; Industries, by Simeon Ide, 1879, PP- 36 ; Batchelder’s History of the Eastern Diocese, P. E. Church, 1876, p. 172; Centenary P. E. Church, 1871, pp. 19 ; Historical Sketch of the M. E. Church, by M. V. B. Knox, 1882, pp. 49; Rededication, sketch, by O. F. R. Waite, 1892; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 11, 18; History of the Catholic Church in America, by John G. Shea, 1890, vol. 3, pp. 119, 144, 465 ; Memoirs to Serve for the Future Ecclesiastical History of the Diocese of Boston, by Bishop Fenwick ; Catholic Memoirs of N. H. and Vt., by Bishop DeGoesbriand, 1886, p. 24; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 428 ; Manuals of Congregationalists, Baptists, and Universalis ts ; Centennial of Union Church, 1871 ; Historical Sketches by C. B. Spofford, pp. 16; Revolutionary Soldiers of Claremont, by same, in press; Grantees of Claremont, pp. 23, (also 15, Granite Monthly, 206, 241, 282, 318,) and Chronological List of Town Officers, etc., 1767-1893, pp. 15, comp, by same, 1893; Monograph of Union Mark Lodge, by same, 1891, pp. 26; History of Sullivan Lodge, by same, 1891 ; Col. Samuel Ashley, by same, 1892.] CHARTER RECORDS. 580 [Claremont Charter, 1764. J *3-130 ^Province of New-Hampshire. Claremont GEORGE, The Third, Ity the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Know Ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New- Hampshire, in New-England , and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy five equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Ham-p shire, containing by Admeasurement Twenty four Thousand Acres , which Tract is to contain about Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begining at a Marked Tree standing on the Easterly Bank of Connecticut River which is the North Westerly Corner Bounds of Charlestown from thence runing South Seventy Eight Degrees Easterly about Six Miles & one half Mile to the South Westerly Angle of New- port from thence turning off & runing North Eight Degrees Easterly about five Miles & Seven Eights of a Mile by Newport aforesaid to the South Easterly Angle of Cornish then turning off again & runing North Seventy Seven Degrees Westerly about Six Miles by Cornish afore Said to Connecticut River afores d thence down the s d river as that runs to the Bounds began at togeather with the Islands Lying in the Said River opposite to the Premisses — CLAREMONT. 581 And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Town- ship by the Name of Claremont And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened and *3-131 kept one or more Days in each Week, as may bethought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the Second Tuesday in March Next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Samuel Ashley who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant or cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the Forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or here- after shall be Enacted. 582 CHARTER RECORDS. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Suc- cessors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December, 1764 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December , namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1774 One shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief Of Our said Province, the Twenty Sixth Day of October In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Four And in the Fifth Year of Our Reign. — B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command With Advice of Council, Theod r Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Province of New Hamp r this 10 th Jan ry 1765 Recorded according to the original Patent under the Province Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry *3-132 *The Names of the Grantees of Claremont (Viz — ) Josiah Willard Esq Samuel Ashley Jeremiah Hall Josiah Willard Jun r Tho s Frink John Ellis Sampson Willard Abraham Scott Henry Foster CLAREMONT. 583 Solomon Willard Printice Willard Jonathan Willard Sam 11 Scott Micha Lawrence Clement Sumner Ephraim Dorman Jerahmael Powers John Hawkes Jonathan Hammond Joseph Hammond Samuel Ashley Jun r Oliver Ashley Abell Lawrence Abel Willard Joseph Lord John Armes Samuel Field Simeon Chamberlain Elijah Alexander John Cass Gideon Ellis Joseph Cass John Peirce Timothy Taylor John Searle Phineas Wait William Smeed Joshua Hide Joseph Ellis John Scott Tho 8 Lee Benjamin Freeman Oliver Farwell Jun r Samuel Wells William Heaton Will m Grimes James Scott Abijah Willard Lemuel Hodge Michael Medcalf William Willard David Field Henry Bond Ebenezer Dodge Nathaniel Heaton John Grimes William Richardson Stephen Putnam Oliver Farwell Ephraim Addams John Hunt Dan 11 Jones Esq Coll John Gofie Esq The Hon ble John Temple Esq Theodore Atkinson Esq M k Hunks Wentworth Esq Theod r Atkinson Jun r Esq Coll W m Symes Simon Davis — His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq a Tract of Land to contain Five Hundred Acres as Marked B- W- in the Plan and also a Small Island Lying in the river opposite to the Said five Hundred Acres which are to be accounted two of the within Shares — One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts — one whole Share for A Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established — one Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel — and one Share for the Benefit of A School in Said Town forever Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter under the Province Seal this 10 th Jan ry 1765 ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry 584 CHARTER RECORDS. Copy’d of the Plan taken from the Back of the Original Charter of Claremont under the Pro v Seal Jan ry 10 th 1765 ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry [Grant to Joseph Wait, 1772.] *1-414 ^Province of > George the Third by the Grace of New Hampshire $ God of Great Britain France and Ire- land King Defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Know Ye that we of our special Grace certain Knowledge & mere Motion for the due encouragement of CLAREMONT. 585 settling & cultivating our Lands within our Province aforesaid by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Gov r & Commander in Chief in and over our said Province of New Hampshire & of our Council of the same Have (upon the Conditions & Reservations herein particularly recited & express’d) given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give & grant unto our leige and loving subject Joseph Wait of Windsor in the County of Cumber- land and Province of New York Esquire and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing by Admeasurement Five Hundred Acres situate lying & being in our said Province, as by a Plan or Survey thereof (exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Gov- ernor’s Order & returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is here unto annexed) may more fully & at large appear, Butted & bounded as follows Viz 4 Beginning at a Stake & Stones on the bank of Connecticut River, being the Southwesterly Corner Bounds of Claremont, from thence running South 78 Degrees East 458 Rods to a Stake, from thence North 12 Degrees East 200 Rods to a Stake, from thence North 78 Degrees West 342 Rods to a Butternut Tree standing on the bank of Connecticut River aforesaid, from thence down the River as that tends to the Bounds first mentioned. Also, Three Islands in Con- necticut River aforesaid, near the Premises, containing in the whole Twenty Acres two Roods & Thirty four Perches, which will more fully appear by the Plan annexed, referrence thereto being had. *To Have and to Hold the above *1-415 Described Premises as above expressed to him the said Joseph Wait and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, upon the following Terms Conditions & Reservations Viz 4 First That the said Grantee shall cut clear & make passable for Carriages &c. a Road of Three Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall be at any Time hereafter directed or Order’d by the Governor & Council aforesaid ; which Road shall be completed in One Year from the Date of such order or Direction of the Gover- nor & Council aforesaid ; on penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant & of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors. — Second That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be Settled Two Families in Two Years from the date of this Grant ; in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or them ent d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same. — 586 CHARTER RECORDS. Third That all white & other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that Use & none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained, upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee in the Premises his Heirs & assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourth Yielding & paying therefor to us our Heirs & Succes- sors on or before the 25 th day of December 1773, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Fifth That the said Grantee his Heirs and assigns shall yield & pay unto our Heirs and Successors yearly & every year for Ever from & after the expir a of Two Years from the date of this Grant One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so Owns Settles or Possesses & so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land afores d which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamb r in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be ap- pointed to receive the same : And these to be in lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever. In Testimony wherof we have Caused the Seal of our said Prov ce to be hereunto affixd Witness John Wentworth Esq r our afores d Gov r & Command' in Chief the 13 th day of Feb? in the 12 th year of Our Reign Annoque Dom- ini 1772. J’ Wentworth. By his Excellency’s Command with advice of Council. Thedore Atkinson Sec 17 Recorded according to the Orig 1 Grant under the Prov ce Seal this 13. Feb y 1772 Attest' Province of New Hampshire 12 th February 1772. These may Certify that this Plan Beginning at a stake & Stones on the bank of Connecticut River being the South westerly Corner Bounds of Claremont, from thence running South 78° E. 458 Rods from thence North 12 0 E. 200 Rods to a Stake, from thence N. 78° W. 342 Rods to a Butternut Tree, standing on the bank of Connec 1 River aforesaid, from thence down the River as that tends to the Bound first mentioned, Contains 500 Acres of Land And the 3 Islands represented by said Plan lying in Con 1 River aforesaid contain 20 Acres & an Half & 34 Rods of Land & is a True Copy CLARKSVILLE. 587 of said Tract & Islands as taken & returned to me by M r Benja- min Sumner D y Survey 1 attest: Is. Rindge Surv. Gen 1 CLARKSVILLE. [Formerly known as Dartmouth College Grant. Incorporated as Clarksville, June 30, 1853, and named in honor of Benjamin Clark. See Index to Laws, 108; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Cods County, 1888, p. 689; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 604.] [Grant to Dartmouth College, 1792.] *State of New Hampshire. *4-255 v To all People to whom these presents shall come r — Greeting — C Whereas the Legislature on the Fifth day of Feb- * ruary A. D. 1789, passed an Act for the motives & considerations mentioned in the preamble of the same, granting a tract of land equal in quantity to eight miles square to the Trustees 588 CHARTER RECORDS. of Dartmouth College, their Successors & Assigns for the use & benefit of said College forever, and making it the duty of the Surveyor General who shall be appointed to locate the same in one parcel or body bounding on Connecticutt River & Stuart Town in the Northerly part of the State as nearly in a square of eight miles as may be to the approbation of the said Trustees pro- vided said Location shall not interfere with any tract of land here- tofore granted by the Government of New Hampshire, and directing and empowering the President of the State for the time being with advice of Council to give a charter of the same under the seal of the State when so located to said Trustees, their heirs and assigns forever, and a survey of the aforesaid tract having been made, and by a vote of the Legislature passed the sixteenth day of January A D 1790 approved and accepted; Therefore Know Ye that pursuant to the above recited Act, We do give and grant unto the said Trustees, their Successors and Assigns for the use and benefit of said College, all that tract of land lying in the northerly part of the said State, beginning at the northwesterly bound of Stuart Town at a maple tree on the South East bank of Connecticut River marked S N W corner 1770 thence on said Stuart line eight miles & two hundred rods to the back line thereof thence the same course five miles & two hundred & eight rods to a stake & stones, thence turning North twenty *4-256 degrees East four miles & one half to a Fir tree marked *M. 4. 1789, thence North seventy degrees West five miles and two hundred & forty rods to a Fir tree marked N. W. corner J. W. J E standing on the bank of Connecticut River, thence down said River to the first mentioned Bounds ; containing forty thousand, nine hundred and sixty Acres : To Have and to Hold the said described and granted premises to them the said Trus- tees, their Successors & Assigns for the use and benefit of said College forever, and the same shall be exempt from all public Taxes so long as it shall remain the property of said College. — In Testimony whereof, We have caused the Seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed : Witness Josiah Bartlett Esquire President of our said State the twenty eighth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & ninety two and in the sixteenth Year of American Independence Josiah Barttlett By His Excellency’s Command with advice of Council Joseph Pearson Sec y COLEBROOK. 589 Recorded according to the original Charter under the State Seal Feb y 29 th 1792. ^ Joseph Pearson Sec 7 COLEBROOK. [Granted as Dryden, June 26, 1762, to Samuel Averill and others. Regranted Dec. 1, 1770, to Sir George Colebrooke, Sir James Cockburne, and John Stewart, Esq., of London, Eng., and John Nelson, Esq., of Grenada, West Indies. Called Colebrook Tow 7 i in honor of Sir George Colebrooke, and occasionally Colburn. In- corporated as Colebrook June 11, 1796. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 385; Index to Laws, 1 1 3 ; sketch, by J. H. Dudley, Fergusson’s History of Cobs County, 1888, p. 583; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 601 ; History of the White Mountains, by Lucy Crawford, 1845, chap. 1 ; Town of Colburne, 17, N. E. Hist. Register, 105, 372.] [Dryden Charter, 1762.] ^Province of New-Hampshire. *2-369 Dryden GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire, in New-England , and of our Council of the said Province ; Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New- Hampshire , and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province oi New-Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement Twen- 59 ° CHARTER RECORDS. ty Three Thousand & Forty Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, ac- cording to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Gover- nor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereun- to annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Beginning at a Tree Marked standing on the Easterly side of Connecticut River at a Place called the upper Coos & is the North Westerly corner Bound of Preston, thence runing up North Easterly as the said River trends, untill the Contents of six Miles upon a Streight Line be Accomplished thence carrying That bredth of six Miles back South Easterly so far as that a Parralell Line with the streight Line aforesaid will make the contents of Six Miles Square And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Dryden And the Inhabitants that do or shall here- after inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be En- franchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exer- cise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town ghall consist of Fifty *2-370 Families, a Market may be *opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the first Thursday in August next which said Meeting shall be Notified by M r Edward Burling who is hereby also ap- pointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting forever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for COLEBROOK. 59 1 every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or Them Re-granted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Suc- cessors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty-fifth day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December . 1762 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December , namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1772 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever — In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province, the 26 th Day of June In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thou- 59 2 CHARTER RECORDS. sand Seven Hundred and Sixty two And in the Second Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By his Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, T Atkinson Jun r Sec 17 Province of New Hamp r June 26, 1762 Recorded According to the Original Charter under the Prov- ince Seal. ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec 17 2-371 'The Names of the Grantees Sam 1 Averill Sam 1 Hungerford Edw d Burling Elias Onjevine Jacobus Bleecker David Lespinard Dan 1 Hawxhurst Will m Ames James Besley Henry Coutant James Fowler Peter Huggeford Timo y M’Carthy Will™ Procktor Carden Procktor Tho 3 Miller Christo r Miller Vinant Mathews Jun r Tho 3 Matthews Peter Farmer John Gibbs Benj a Ferriss Aaron Quimby Josiah Quinby Tho 3 Seymore Sen r Jos h Cornnell Tho 3 Seymore Jun r Joseph Cornnell J r David Mathews Drake Palmer John Beckman Aaron Palmer Henry Van Vleck Nathan Palmer Cornelius Cuyper Benj a Cornell James Beckman Jun r Jacob Deyckman John Beckman John Abeel Gerandus Beckman James Abeel Tho 3 Beckman Gerril Abeel Theo 113 Beckman Edw d Burling Jun r of Dryden (Viz) Jon a Quinby Jacob Underhill Joseph Farrington Jun r Uriah Field John Cornnell Josiah Quinby Isaac Underhill John Hallock And w Abrames Anthony Fispenard Rich d Burling Tho 3 Marston Leonard Lispenard Anth y Abrames Hon : John Temple Esq U G. Theo re Atkinson Esq Mark H§ Wentworth Esq & John Nelson Esq — His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq a Tract of Land to Contain Five Hundred Acres as Marked B-W- in the Plan which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares, one whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in For- eign Parts, one Share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established, one Share for the first settled Minister of the Gospel & one Share for the benefit of a School in s d Town COLEBROOK. 593 Province of New Hamp r June 26 1762 Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter under the Province Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter under the Province Seal ^ T Atkinson ]un r Sec ry [Colebrooke-Town Charter, 1770.] •Province of New ) George the Third by the grace of *4-42 Hampshire $ God of Great Britain France and Ire- (Colebrooke Town) land King defender of the Faith &c a To all People to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting Know ye that we of our special grace certain knowledge & 37 594 CHARTER RECORDS. meer motion for the due encouragement of settling a new Planta- tion within our said Province of New Hampshire in New England by and with the advice of our trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq : our Governor and Commander in Chief in & over our said Province of New Hampshire, and of our Council of the same, Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made given and granted and by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors do give and grant unto our leige and loving Subjects Sir George Colebrooke Baronet, Sir James Cockburne Baronet both of London in our Kingdom of Great Britain, John Stuart Esq : of London aforesaid Merchant and John Nelson Esq : of our Island of Granada in the West Indies Merchant who have made application to us for the same setting forth their readiness to enter upon and improve the Premises immediately and to the respective heirs and Assigns of the said Grantees for Ever to be equally divided to and amongst them A certain tract or parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire containing Six miles square and is by admeasurement Twenty three Thousand and Forty Acres being about Fifty Acres Each to the number in the respective Families of the said Grantees (exclusive of, and) out of which an allowance is to be made for Highways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks Mountains and Waters One thousand and Forty Acres free according to a Plan thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Land for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secre- tary’s Office of our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto an- nexed, Butted and Bounded as follows Videlicet Beginning at the South Westerly Corner of Stuart Town on the Easterly bank of Connecticut River and running South seventy degrees East on the Southerly line of said Town to the South Easterly corner thereof, from thence South Twenty degrees West Two Miles & Two Hun- dred and Twenty seven Rods, from thence South Seventy degrees West One mile and ninety Eight Rods, from thence *4-43 *South Twenty degrees West One hundred and Fifty Rods from thence North Seventy degrees West to Con- necticut River aforesaid, from thence up said River as that tends to the South Westerly corner of Stuart Town first mentioned. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above Expressed to- gether with all Priviledges and Appurtenances to them the said Sir James Cockburne, Sir George Colebrooke, John Stuart and John Nelson and to their respective heirs and Assigns for Ever by the Name of Colebrooke Town, upon the following Terms Videlicet — COLEBROOK. 595 First That the said Grantees at their own cost shall cut, clear, bridge and make passable for Carriages of all kinds a Road of Five rods wide through the said Tract hereby granted, which said Road shall be completed in Two Years from the date of this Grant, on failure of which the Premises and every part thereof shall be forfeited and revert to us our heirs and Successors to be by us or them reenter’d upon and regranted to any of our loving Subjects. Second That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be set- tled Fifteen Families by the First day of January 1772, who shall be actually cultivating some part of the said Land and resident on the same, and to continue making further and additional Improve- ment Cultivation and Settlement of the Premises so that there shall be actually settled thereon Sixty Families by the First day of Jan- uary 1780 on penalty of the forfeiture of any and every delinquent’s Share and of such Share or’ Shares reverting to us our heirs and Successors to be by us or them Enter’d upon and regranted to such of our subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. Third That all white and other Pine Trees being and grow- ing within and upon the said Tract of Land fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use and that none be cut or felled without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained, upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee his heirs and Assigns to us our heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parlia- ment that now are or hereafter shall be Enacted. Fourth That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the centre of the said Township as the land will admit of shall be reserved and mark’d out for Town Lots one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of Four Acres. Fifth Yielding and paying therefor to us our heirs and Successors *on or before the first day of January 1780, *4-44 the Rent of One Ear of Indian Corn only if Lawfully de- manded. Sixth. That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto us our heirs and Successors yearly and every year for Ever from and after the expiration of one Year from the above- said First day of January, namely on the first day of January which will be in the year of our Lord Christ 1781. One Shilling Proclamation money for every hundred Acres he so owns settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the 59 6 CHARTER RECORDS. said Land, which money shall be paid by the respective Persons aforesaid their Heirs or Assigns in our Council chamber in Portsm 0 or to such officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and these to be in lieu of all other Rents and services what- soever. — In Testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal of our said Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed Witness our Governor and Commander in Chief aforesaid the I st day of de- cember in the year of our Lord Christ 1770 and in the Eleventh year of our Reign. By his Excell cy ’ 3 Command ) J’ with Advice of Council 5 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Enter’d and Recorded according to the Original under the Prov. Seal the 10 th Dec r 1770 l. s. Wentworth. Attest" Theodore Atkinson Sec ry lh 7a c COLEBROOK 597 59 8 CHARTER RECORDS. COLUMBIA. [Granted as Preston June 26, 1762, to William Cock and others. Regranted Dec. 1, 1770, to the same grantees as was Colebrook, and named Cockburne Town , for Sir James Cockburne. Incorporated as Cockburne Dec. 16, 1797. The name was changed to Columbia June 19, 1811. Wales’s Location was annexed Nov. 30, 1804. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 386; Index to Laws, 114; sketch, by W. B. Cone, Fergusson’s History of Cobs County, 1888, p. 721 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 602.] [Preston Charter, 1762.] *2-365 ^Province of New-Hampshire. Preston GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire, in New-England , and of our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire , and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New- Phamf shire, containing by Admeasurement Twen- ty Three Thousand & Forty Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, ac- cording to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto an- nexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begining at a Tree Marked Standing on the Easterly side of Connecticut River at a COLUMBIA. 599 Place called the upper Co’os & is the North Westerly Corner bound of Woodbury, thence runing up North Easterly as the said River tends till the Contents of Six Miles upon a Streight Line is Accomplish’d, thence carrying that bredth of Six Miles back South Easterly so far as that a Parralell Line with the Streight Line afores d will make the Contents of Six Miles Square And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Preston And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in *2-366 each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the first Fryday in August next which said Meeting shall be Notified by M r Sam : Willis who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenanc- es, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or Them Re-granted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for 6oo CHARTER RECORDS. that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land 'as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth Day of December . 176 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year for- ever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day of December , namely on the twenty-fifth Day of December, which will be in the Year of Our Lord 177 One shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth , or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Comander in Chief of Our said Province, the 26 th Day of June In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty two And in the Second Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, T : Atkinson jun r Sec*? Province of New Hamp r June 26 1762 Recorded according to the Original Charter under the Province Seal f T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry COLUMBIA. 601 The Names of the Grantees of Preston (Viz) *2-367 Will” Cock Sam 1 Willis James Townsend Zeb n Seaman Tho 8 Willits Benj a Townsend Willits Kirbee Tho s Jackson Jacob Kirbe Will m Kirbe David Seaman Rich d Willitts James Tripp Rob 1 Seaman Will m Seaman Jacob Seaman Will m Mott Adam Mott Steph n Mott John Willis Rich d Doty Jeremiah Robbins Will™ Hopkins Moses Doty John Carpenter Tim 0 Townsend Tho 8 Seaman Jun r Tho 8 Pearsall Israel Pearsall Obediah Seaman Benj a Robbins Anemias Downing Jacob Seearing George Downing Daniel Coles Joseph Wood Jun r Benj a Wolsey Rem Hagerman Isaac Seaman Rich d Valentine Jun r John Anderson Rich d Kirk & Jos h Thornicraft Jonas Wood — Derrick Thornicraft Mich 1 Mudge Silas Smith Peter Demitt Daniel Hopkins Sam 1 Titus Peter Vandewater Harmon Lifford Giles Seaman Austen Seaman Jon a Pratt Sam 1 Hungeford Sam 1 Averill Adrian Hegeman D r John Hale Maj r Jos h Blanchard Hon ble John Downing Rich d Wibird Esq [Esq Dan 1 Warner Esq Jos h Newmarch Esq His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. a Tract of Land to Contain Five Hundred Acres as Marked B-W- in the Plan which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares, one whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, One Share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Establish’d, one Share for the First Settled Minister of the Gospel & one Share for the benefit of a School in said Town Province of New Hamp r June 26 1762 Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter under the Province Seal T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry 602 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hampshire June 26 th 1762 / Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter under the Pro- vince Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry [Cockburne-Town Charter, 1770.] *4-45 ^Province of New Hampshire. (Cockburne Town) George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c : — To all People to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting. Know ye that we of our special grace certain knowledge & mere motion for the due encouragement of settling a new planta- tion within our said Province of New Hampshire in New England by and with the advice of our trusty and well beloved John Went- worth Esq : our Governor and Commander in Chief in and over COLUMBIA. 603 our said province of New Hampshire and of our Council of the same, Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made given and granted and by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors do give and grant unto our leige and loving Sub- jects Sir James Cockburne Baronet, Sir George Colebrooke Baro- net both of London in our Kingdom of Great Britain John Stuart Esq : of London aforesaid Merchant and John Nelson Esq : of our Island of Granada in the West Indies Merchant who have made ap- plication to us for the same setting forth their readiness to enter upon and improve the Premises immediately and to the respective heirs and Assigns of the said Grantees for Ever, to be equally divided to and amongst them A certain Tract or parcel of Land situate, lying & being within our said Province of New Hampshire con- taining Six miles square and is by admeasurement Twenty three Thousand & Forty Acres being about Fifty Acres Each to the number in the respective Families of the said Grantees (exclusive of, and) out of which an allowance is to be made for highways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks, Mountains and Waters One thousand and forty Acres Free, according to a plan thereof ex- hibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order and returned into the Secretary’s Office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed Butted and Bounded as follows Videlicet Beginning at an Elm Tree standing on the Easterly Bank of Connecticut River at the mouth of a stony Brook thence running East three miles and One hun- dred and thirty six Rods to a Maple Tree, from thence South seventy degrees East Six miles to a Fur Tree, from thence turning off at right angles and running North Twenty degrees East Three miles and Two hundred and Fifty two Rods, from thence turning off at right angles and running North seventy degrees West to the said Easterly bank of said River, from thence down said River as that runs till it comes to the Elm Tree first mentioned, being the Bounds began at. To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above express’d together with all *Priviledges and Ap- *4-46 purtenances to them the said Sir James Cockburne, Sir George Colebrooke, John Stuart and John Nelson & to their Re- spective Heirs and Assigns for Ever by the Name of Cockburne Town upon the following Terms Videlicet — First That the said Grantees at their own Cost shall cut, clear, bridge and make passable for Carriages of all kinds a Road of Five Rods wide through the said Tract hereby Granted, which said Road shall be completed in Two Years from the Date of this Grant, CHARTER RECORDS. 604 on failure of which the Premises and every part thereof shall be forfeited and revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be by [us] or them reenter’d upon and regranted to any of our loving Subjects. Second. That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be set- led Fifteen Families by the first day of January 1772, who shall be actually cultivating some part of the said Land and resident on the same and to continue making further and additional Improvement, Cultivation and settlement of the Premises so that there shall be actually settled thereon Sixty Families by the first day of Jan ry 1780, on penalty of the forfeiture of any and every Delinquents share and of such share or Shares reverting to us our heirs and Successors to be by us or them Enter’d upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. — Third That all white and other Pine Trees being and growing within and upon the said Tract of Land fit for masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use, and that none be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of such Grantee his heirs and x\ssigns to us our heirs and successors as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parlia- ment that now are or hereafter shall be Enacted. — Fourth That before any division of the Land be made to & among the Grantees a tract of Land as near the centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved & marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of y e Contents of Four Acres. — Fifth Yielding and paying therefor to us our heirs and Suc- cessors on or before the first day of January 1780, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if Lawfully demanded. — Sixth That every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant shall yield & pay unto us our heirs and Successors yearly and every year for Ever from and after the expiration of one year from the above- said First day of January namely on the first day of Jan- *4-47 uary which *will be in the year of our Lord Christ 1781, One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons aforesaid, their heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and these to be in lieu of all other Rents and services whatsoever. — In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said COLUMBIA. 605 Province of New Hampshire to be hereunto affixed Witness Governor and Commander in chief aforesaid the i sfc day of De- cember in the year of our Lord Christ 1770 and in the Eleventh year of our Reign. — By His Excellency’s command ) J’ < l. s. > Wentworth. — with advice of Council $ ^ ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 Enter’d and Recorded according to the Original under the Prov- ince Seal the 10 th Dec r 1770 ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry ii I 6o6 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New > Hampshire ) Portsmouth i 9t December 1770 These Certify that this Plan of Cockburne Town Beginning at an Elm Tree standing on the Easterly banks of Connecticut River at the Mouth of a Stony Brook, thence running East 3 Miles & 136 Rods to a Maple Tree, from thence South 70 degrees East Six Miles to a Fir Tree, from thence turning off at Right Angles & run g North 20 degrees East 3 Miles & 252 Rods, from thence turning off at Right Angles & running North Seventy Degrees West, to the said Easterly bank of said River, from thence down said River as that runs ’till it comes to y e Elm Tree first mention’d, being the bounds began at, Contains 23040 Acres of Land & is a true Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Township as taken and returned to me by M r Benj a Whiting D? Survey 1 Attest" Is. Rindge S G 1 [Grant to Seth Wales and Others, 1773.] *4-168 ^Province of > New Hampshire $ George the third by the grace of Seth Wales God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defen- ce al Grant der of the Faith &c a To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that we of our special Grace certain knowledge & meer motion for the due encouragement of settling a new Plantation within our said Province by and with the advice of our trusty & well beloved John Went- worth Esquire our Governor & Commander in chief of our said Province of New Hampshire in New England and of our Council of the said Province have upon the Conditions and reservations herein after made given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant in equal shares unto our loving Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire and our other Dominions who have petitioned us for the same setting forth their readiness to make immediate Settle- ment and to their Heirs & Assigns forever whose Names are entered on this Grant to be divided to and amongst them into eighteen equal Shares all that Tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire containing by admeasurement Five thousand eight hundred COLUMBIA. 607 & twenty *two Acres out of which an allowance is to be *4-169 made for Highways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks Mountains and Waters of four hundred Acres free according to a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s order and returned into the Secretary’s office of our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed butted and bounded as follows viz* — Begining at the Northeast Corner of Woodbury so called at the Mouth of Brook runing into Connecticut River from thence Tun- ing North eight eight degrees East by said Woodbury six Miles from thence North fifteen degrees East Four hundred Rods to Cockburnetown from thence by said Cockburnetown North seventy degrees West three hundred and sixty Rods to a Maple Tree thence West by said Cockburnetown three miles one hun- dred and thirty six Rods to Connecticut River aforesaid from thence down said River as that tends to the bounds began at To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed together with all Preveleges and Appurtenances to them and to their respective Heirs and Assigns forever upon the following Conditions viz* First That the Grantees at their own Cost shall cut clear and make passable for Carriages of all kinds a Road of four rods wide through the said Tract hereby granted as shall be at any time hereafter directed by our said Governor and Council which Road shall be compleated in one Year from the date of such directions in failure of which the Premises and every part thereof shall be forfeited and revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them reentered upon and regranted to any of our loving Subjects Secondly That all white pine and other pine Trees within the said Tract of Land fit for masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that Use & none to be cut or felled without our special Licence for so doing *first had and obtained *4-170 upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to Us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalties of any Act or Acts of Parliament that are or hereafter shall be enacted Thirdly Yielding and paying therefor to Us our Heirs and Successors on or before the first day of January 1783 the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Fourthly That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly & every Year forever from & after the expiration of ten Years from the 6o8 CHARTER RECORDS. date of this Grant one Shilling proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so owns settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons above said their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same Fifthly That this Grant shall not interfere with any of our Grants made as aforesaid and now in force nor interrupt the Gran- tees in their Improvements making thereon agreable to the Con- ditions thereof — Sixthly That the Grantees shall cultivate & improve Ten Acres in every hundred in Flax and Hemp if the Land shall prove fit & useful for such employment Seventhly That the Grantees shall further cultivate clear and improve three Acres in every fifty Acres in said Grant within five Years of this date — Eighthly That there shall be settled and resident on this Grant Two Families within two Years of this date and six addi- tional Families making eight Families upon this Grant at or before the first day of May which will be in the Year 1778. And these to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatso- ever — In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness our aforesaid *4-171 Governor and Commander in chief the * fourth day of May in the thirteenth Year of our reign Anfioque Domini 1773 J Wentworth Names of the Grantees Joseph Trumbull Esq r Nathaniel Wales jun r Abijah Larned Nathan Wales Simon Larned Ebenezer Larned John Squier jun r Nath 1 Wales 4 th Eleazer Wales By his Excellencys command with advice of Council. Theodore Atkinson Sec y David Larned Abel Larned Nathaniel Wales 3 d Benjamin Larned Eleezer Rosbrook Jeremiah Jackson Solomon Wales Eleazer Wales jun r Seth Wales COLUMBIA. 609 6 io CHARTER RECORDS. Recorded according to the original Charter under the Province Seal this nineteenth day of August 1773 — Attest 1- Geo : King Dep y Sec ry Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth twenty ninth April 1773 This certifys that this Plan beginning at the North east Corner of Woodbury so called at the Mouth of Brook runing into Con- *4-173 necticut River from thence runing North eighty two *de- grees East by said Woodbury six Miles from thence North fifteen degrees East four hundred Rods to Cockburne town from thence by said Cockburne town North Seventy degrees West three hundred & sixty Rods to a Maple Tree thence west by said Cockburnetown three Miles one hundred and sixty Rods to Con- necticut River aforesaid from thence down said River as that tends to the Bounds began at contains Five thousand eight hundred and twenty two Acres and is known by the Surveys of said Wood- bury Cockburnetown & Connecticut River — Attest Is Ringe S G 1 Copy examin’d by Geo : King Dep y Sec y CONCORD. [This territory, known as Penacook , was granted by Massachusetts, May 18, 1659, t0 Richard Waldron and others. Regranted by Massachusetts, Jan. 17, 1725-6, to Ebenezer Eastman and others. Incorporated by Massachusetts as Rumford, Feb. 27, 1733-4. Incorporated by New Hampshire as Concord, June 7, 1765. The grant of Bow by New Hampshire, May 20, 1727, conflicted with this grant, and the dispute was decided by the King in favor of Rumford Dec. 27, 1762. A gore of land was severed from Canterbury and Loudon and annexed to Concord, Jan. 2, 1784. Portions of Bow were annexed Dec. 13, 1804, and July 10, 1856. The State House was built in 1816 and remodeled in 1865. It was first occupied by the legislature in June, 1819. A city charter was granted July 6, 1849, but was not adopted until March 10, 1853. See Massachusetts charters preceding; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 128; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 340; Index to Laws, 116; Historical Sketch, by J. B. Moore, 1, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 153; Meteorological Tables, 1828-36, by J. Farmer, 5, id ., 261 ; Note on Penacook Indians, by same, 1, id., 219; Penacook Papers, 3, id., 212; History, by Nathaniel Bouton, 1856, pp. 786; sketch, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 57; The State House, by I. W. Hammond, id., p. 406; Annals, by J. B. Moore, 1824, pp. 112 ; Diaries of Rev. Timothy Walker, ed. by J. B. Walker, 1889, pp. 80; History of Four Meet- ing Houses, by J. B. Walker, 1881, pp. 80 ; Historical Sketch of St. Paul’s Church, by H. A. Brown, 1885, pp. 27; Concord and Its Points of Interest, by G. F. CONCORD. 6ll Bacon, 1890, pp. 32; Dedication of Blossom Htll Cemetery, address by W. L. Foster, i860, pp. 40; Dedication of Fowler Library Building, 1888, pp. 84; Bill of Mortality, 1798-1821, by Thomas Chadbourne, 1, Farmer and Moore’s Histori- cal Collections, 81 ; Biography of Isaac Hill, 1835 ; Pastors, Deacons, and Members of the First Congregational Church, by J. Farmer, 1830, pp. 21 ; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 363 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 6, 17; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 365, 372, 374, 375; Historical Manual of South Congregational Church, 1869; Year Books of same, 1889, 1891 ; discourse, semi-centennial of Salisbury Baptist Association, by E. E. Cummings, 1878, pp. 24; Manuals of First Congregational Church, 1871, 1888; historical sermons by Nathaniel Bouton as follows : — in Commemoration of the Organizing of the First Church in 1730, 1830, pp. 102; at Twenty Fifth Anniver- sary of His Settlement over First Congregational Church, 1850, pp. 54; at Fiftieth Anniversary of Concord Female Charitable Society, 1862, pp. 40; Forty Years Ministry, 1865, pp. 40; Third Semi-Centennial of Concord, 1875, PP* : histori- cal address, by H. M. Cook, 1876, pp. 15 ; historical addresses at 150th anniver- sary of First Congregational Church, 1880, pp. 71 ; same, 4, Granite Monthly, 193 ; sermon, 40th anniversary of South Congregational Church, by S. L. Blake, 1877 ; First Baptist Church, by H. M. Cook, 5, Granite Monthly, 27 ; Semi-Centennial of Organization of Second Congregational (Unitarian) Church and Society, 1879, PP* 60; History of First Congregational Church, by F. D. Ayer, 2, Granite Monthly, 261 ; History of First Congregational Sunday School, by J. C. Thorne, 4, id, 313 ; History of Music in First Congregational Church, by W. G. Carter, 4, id, 320; address in Congregational Church, Fisherville, by John Kimball, 1876, pp. 16; St. Paul’s Church, 1818-44, Dawson’s Historical Magazine, 2d. series, vol. 7, p. 364; St. Paul’s School, 10, Granite Monthly, 233; St. Paul’s School, by H. Harrison, Perry’s History of the American Episcopal Church, 1885, vol. 2, p. 547 ; Memorials of St. Paul’s School, by G. C. Shattuck, 1891 ; sketch, by J. N. McClintock, 8, Granite Monthly, 263 ; Early History of Concord Press, by A. McFarland, 2, id., 164; Old Red Mill, by W. Harriman, 5, id., 120; The Rolfe-Rumford House, by F. M. Colby, 5, id, 346; The Walker House, by same, 3, id, 345; Banks and Bankers, 9, id., 339; May Flowers, chapter from history of, 7, id., 76; Penacook in 1741, 26, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 438; Historical Sketch of N. H. Asylum for Insane, 1886, pp. 39; Biographical Notices of Physicians, 2, N. H. Repository, 80, 135 ; Biography of Karicamagus, 13, Farmer’s Monthly Visitor, 129; Biography of Passaconnaway, 12, id., 33; Bio- graphy of Wonnalancet, 12., id., 257; The Last of the Penacooks, 13, id., 257; for further Indian history see Potter’s History of Manchester; History of N. H. Convention for Investigation, Discussion, and Decision of the Federal Constitution, by J. B. Walker, 1888, pp. 128; Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles, by Parker Pillsbury, 1883, p. 156; An Exploit in King Philip’s War, Hannah Duston, by C. R. Corning, 2, Proceedings of N. H. Historical Society, 122; The Bradley Massacre, by H. G. Sargent, id., 152 ; Journal of March to Protect the Inhabitants Against the Indians, 1746, 4, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 201 ; Petition of Inhabitants for Restoration of the Garrison, 1748, id., 253.] 6 12 CHARTER RECORDS. [Proprietors of Penacook, 1725-6.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] At a meeting of the Committee of the General Court for bringing forward the Settlement of a Tract of Land at Penny Cook, began and held at the House of Ebenezer Eastman in Haverhill the Second Day of February 1725. Present John Wainwright Esq r Cap 1 John Shipley, M r John Sanders, Eleazar Tyng Esq 1 ' and M r Joseph Wilder. — There being but just a Quorum of the Committee present, and M r Chairman with the Remainder of the Committee being detained on the Road b} r Reason of the Extremity of the Weather, Ordered That the Meeting be Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten a Clock— Thursday Feb ry 3 rd 1725. — At a Meeting of the Committee Present The Honourable William Tailer Esq r Elisha Cooke Esq r Spencer Phipps Esq r John Wainwright Esq r Cap 1 John Shipley, M r John Sanders, Eleazar Tyng Esq r and M r Joseph Wilder — Agreed and Voted That some of the Principal Inhabitants of the Towns to which the Generality of the Petitioners belong be desired to attend the Committee and inform them of the Circumstances of the Petitioners and others in Order to the Committees admitting such of them as shall be thought most suitable for bringing for- ward the Settlement of Penny Cook, Cap 1 John White, M r Obadiah Ayer, and Cap 1 Joshua Bayley of Haverhill, Cap 1 Benjamin Stevens, Mess 18 John Osgood and John Chandler of Andover, Mess r9 Moses Day and David Kimball of Bradford did accordingly attend the Committee — Then the Committee Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten a Clock Fry day Feb^ 4 th 1725. — At a Meeting of the Committee Present the same as Yesterday. — The Committee proceeded to inquire further into the Circum- stances of the Petitioners and others who appeared and were desirous to be admitted to bring forward the intended Settlement and Admitted several of them — CONCORD. 613 Then the Committee Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten a Clock Saturday Feb r y 5 th 1725. — At a Meeting of the Committee Present as before. — The Committee further proceeded to admitt Settlers and Corn- pleated the Number According to the Order of Court, A List whereof follows, Each of whom paid Twenty Shillings to M r Chairman upon their Admittance to pay and defrey the Charge of the Committee — viz* Zebediah Barker John Osgood Benjamin Parker Moses Day John Sanders Robert Kimball Nath 11 Abbott Stephen Osgood John Wright Ebenezer Stevens Thomas Page Robert Peaslee Samuel Kimball Nath 11 Clement Samuel Ayer Joseph Davis Nehemiah Heath Nath 11 Sanders Abraham Foster Nath 11 Barker Samuel' Davis Samue[l] Toppan John Grainger Timothy Johnson William White Samuel Reynolds Nath 11 Lovejoy John Sanders jun r John Chandler Thomas Blanchard Joseph Parker Nathan Parker John Foster Ephraim Farnum Benjamin Carlton Nath 11 Page Edward Clark Ephraim Davis Stephen Emerson Andrew Mitchell Benjamin Gage Nath 11 Peaslee William Gutterson Enoch Coffin AmmiRuhamah Wise Richard Uran Jonathan Pulcepher Ephraim Hildreth John Ayer Thomas Colman Tho 3 Perley for Nath 11 Cogswell John Peapody David Dodge Jon a Hubbard for Dan 11 Davis Moses Hazzen Moses Boardman Nathan Fisk Zerobbabel Snow Richard Hazzen jun r Isaac Learned Jonathan Shipley Edward Winn M r Samuel Phillips Ebenezer Eastman David Kimball Nicholas White John Merrill Samuel Grainger Benjamin Stevens Esq r Ebenezer Lovejoy William Barker James Parker Christopher Carlton John Clark Nehemiah Carlton John Mattis William Whittier Joseph Page John Bayley Joseph Hall Benjamin Niccolls John Jaques Henry Rolfe Bezaliel Toppan Nath u Jones Ebenezer Virgin Thomas Wicomb David Wood Joseph Hale Jacob Eames Joshua Bayley Richard Coolidge Isaac Walker James Simonds 614 charter records. Nathan Bloggett Nathan Simonds John Coggin John Pecker Obadiah Ayer Jacob Abbott. — A true Copy taken from the Proprietors Book of Rumford Attest Benj a Rolfe Prop 13 Clerk. — [Draft of Authority to Benjamin Rolfe and Timothy Walker, 1753.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] We The subscribers Inhabitants of a Town called Rumford in y e Province of New Hampshire in New England — desire & Im- power Benj n Rolfe Esqr & Tim^ Walker our minister, in our Name & on our behalf to represent to the Kings most excellent majesty in council the manifold grievances we Labour under by reason of y e multiplied lawsuits Lately commenced against us by y e Proprie- tors of Bow & also our being for several years last past deprived of all corporation priveledges & to ask such Releif as his majesty in his great wisdom & Goodness shall see meet to grant & to sign such complaint & petition on our behalf & also to nominate & appoint any person or persons whom they shall Think fit to pre- sent y e same to his majesty & to Appear & fully to act for & in our behalf respecting y e subject matter thereof as wittness our Hands — Dated at Rumford aforesd Feb 12 1753 [Draft of Appointment of William Bollan as Agent, x 753-] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] Pursuant to a desire signed by the Inhabitants of Rumford in New Hampshire in New England Dated Feb 12 1753 That we the subscribers would represent to the Kings most excellent majesty in council the manifold grievances they labour under by reason of the multiplied Lawsuits lately commenced against y m by y e proprietors of Bow & also their being for several years last past deprived of all corporation priveledges & to ask such relief as his majesty in his great wisdom & Goodness shall see meet to grant Impowering t CONCORD. 615 us to sign such complaint & petition in y r behalf & to nominate and appoint any person whom we should think fit to prefer the same to his majesty & to prosecute it — we do by these Presents Impower William Bollan Esqr to prefer the Petition respecting the premises signed by us & bearing equal Date with these Presents & to appear & fully to act in the behalf of us & y e other Inhabitants of sd Rum- ford respecting the subject matter thereof as witness our Hands & seals this 16 Day of Feb 1753 [Draft of Letter to William Bollan.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] William Bollan Esq r Sir We are Inhabitants of the Town of Rumford which was granted by the Province of the Massachusetts bay but by the new running of the line falls within the Province of New Hampshire We are in a most unhappy situation, some of our people have been sued and verdicts have been obtained against them in the in- ferior & superior Courts & others of us are threatened & we know not whose turn is next, our enemies are our judges & we have no hopes of redress within our own Government though we have as just a cause as ever men had. Under our distress we advised with M r Hutchinson who formerly went home in our behalf, he first proposed our waiting the issue of the Action now depending in England, which he does not doubt will be favourable & will in- fluence any future tryals, but we very much doubt whether the determination of this Action will prevent their bringing forward others. The several Grants from the Massachusets are very differently circumstanced so that the Event of one Action will be no bar to another and they take an effectual method to prevent any other being carried home for they sue for small parcels of land the value of which is not so great as that by the Province Law an Appeal may be granted (or if it might the Owner of it would sooner give up his claim than be at the charge of an Appeal,) and if we must go home by complaint the hearing in order to obtain a tryal and if we obtained, the tryal itself would together be attended with such a charge that though a great number of us were to join we could not without selling our Estates w ch , by the way under their present circumstances nobody will buy, raise money to defray 6i 6 CHARTER RECORDS. it. Upon these considerations M r Hutchinson advised us to apply to you and to forward to you a Petition to his Mjesty representing our grievances & praying for relief, though at the same time he gave us no great encouragement that you would prefer & sollicite it w th out seeing a prospect of being paid the charge that will attend it, but as there is a possibility either that the Massachusets General Court may be prevailed on to give some directions about it or that it may be of some service in the cause now depending or that by communicating of it to some of the JLords of trade although it should never be prosecuted (since the only reason i§ our not being able to do it) it may be of service to us & perhaps produce some general directions for our Relief with this View we thought it best we should send it to you. We are loth to trespass too much by a particular relation of our distresses : many of them will appear from the Petition. One of us has been the settled minister of the place for more than 20 Years but for four years past has had no salary & has been supported in such sort as he has by the particu- lar donations of some of the Inhabitants & he certainly would have left the place before now if it had not been for discouraging the rest. This is what New hamshire hopes for ; to harrass us till they they force us to throw up the effect of near thirty years toil & labour that they may Possess themselves of it. We intreat you to make use of this Petition in some sort or other for our relief. Could we be secure in our propertys we would endeavour to be easy with the change of Government though the most effectual relief would be our return to the Massachusets, and this would most effectually serve his Majestys interest in the settlement of this part of the Country between the two Rivers Merrimack & Connecticut where nature has done much towards a Barrier & had not the line been altered we are wSil satisfyed great progress would have been made in settling & improving that whole Country whereas since its falling under New Hampshire the new settle- ments have been declining instead of advancing & in case of a War will in all probability be entirely forsaken & the frontiers of New England in the state they were 70 years ago for New Ham- shire can not & we are told the Massachusets will not defend us again. CONCORD. 617 [Deposition of Thomas and Joseph Eastman. [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] Thomas & Joseph Eastman, both of lawful Age testify & say, That in the beginning of June 1730, they removed to the Plantation then called Penicook, now Rumford in the Province of New Hampshire — And that John Merrill who is now Apellant in an Action of Ejectment to be tried at the next Superior Court of Judi- cature to be 4 holden at Portsmouth in said Province of New Hampshire, wherein the Proprietors of the common & undivided Lands in the Township of Bow are Apellees, moved up to the said Plantation with his Family at the same time, & has resided there ever since ; That they are well knowing to the House Lot N° thirty four, in the second Range of House Lots in the said Plantation, the origi- nal Lot of Nathaniel Page & to the twenty-Acre-Lot which was laid out to the Right of the said John Merrill in said Planta- tion — And that the Land said to be in Controversy between said John Merrill & said Proprietors of Bow is part of said Lots — That about three Acres of Land on the Interval Lot belonging to said Pages Right was broke up sometime before the Date first men- tioned, & was in the year 1730 planted & improved by the Assignee of the said Page — That the said Merrill, soon after his arrival there settled upon the said controverted Land, & has lived there ever since. — That he has made yearly Improvements in the Plantation, or Town- ship. — And the said Thomas declares, That according to the best of his Remembrance, the House-Lot abovementioned was cleared before the first mentioned Date. And both these Deponents say, That they have been well acquainted with the Circumstances of the said Plantation ever since their going there, & always understood that it has been constantly possessed, & inhabited by the Grantees of the Massachusetts-Bay their Heirs & Assigns : And that they never knew any of the Proprietors of Bow, their Heirs, or Delegates, as such, settle upon, manure, or occupy any Part of the same. 6i8 CHARTER RECORDS. [Deposition of Edward Abbott.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] Edward Abbott Testifieth&saiththat on y e Eight Day of May 1727 he in company with many others sat out from Andover on their Journey to a New Township granted by y e general court of y e massachusetts Bay to a Number of setlers at a place called Pen- nicook in order to Erect a House which had been some Time before begun which was designed by y e s d setlers for a meeting House which they Immediately upon their arrival there applyed themselves to & accomplished some time in y e s d month that about y e same Date a considerable Number of y® s d setlers went up to y e s d place to y e Number of upwards of forty persons according to y e best of his Judgment that about v e same Date a Loaded Team was driven up by some of y e s d setlers which Team Haled y e Timber for y e s d meeting House Broke up some Land &c that some corn was planted y e same spring w c was Tended & Harvested y‘ a considerable Quantity of Hay was cut there y e same summer that in y e fall of y e sd year as he was returning from y e sd place he met a Family upon y e Road who sd they were moving up there, which he accordingly found there upon his return y e next spring together with another family w c moved up at or about y e same Time that from this time y e plantation Increased so fast that in y e year 1730 there was a chh gathered & a minister ordained that in y e spring of y e last mentioned yea John merrill one df y e sd setlers who is appellee in y e action of Ejectment to be tryed at y e superior court of Judicature to be holden at Portsmouth in y e province of New Hampshire by adjournment on y e 2d Tuesday of sepr Instant wherein y e Proprietors of y e common & undivided Land in y e Township of Bow are appellants moved his Family up to y e sd plantation, having made considerable Improvements upon his lands there the three preceeding years, which has constantly resided there ever since, & y* he y e sd deponent has been well acquainted with y e circumstances of y e plantation of Pennicook from its first settlement to this Day & well known y 1 y e sd Township has been constantly Inhabited Possessed & Improved by y e sd setlers their heirs & assigns & y 4 he never Knew any of y e pro- proprietors of Bow as such their Agents or delegates setle upon manure or occupy any part of y e sd Township The Deponent further saith that David Chase & Jacob Shute now are & for many years past have been in y e possession of & CONCORD. 619 actually dwelt upon part of y e Land described in y e writ brought by y e sd proprietors of Bow against y e sd John merrill Province of > New-Hampshire > Rumford (so called) Septem r 3 d 1750. Ebenezer Virgin, living more than five miles from y e Place of trial of the Case above-named referred to in the above Deposition personally appeared before me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the Province aforesaid, & made Oath to the Truth of the above Deposition to which he had subscribed his name : Clement March Esqr. a Proprietor of the Common & un- divided Lands in the Town Bow was duly notified of the time & place of the Caption of the above Deposition, but not present at the Caption thereof : Lieut. Nathan 1 Smith another Proprietor of the Common & undivided Lands in the Township of Bow afore- said was duly notified, & present, & made no Objection against the Caption of the above Deposition, or against anything therein contained. The above Deposition was taken at the Request of Benjamin Rolfe Esqr. Attorney for John Merrill. — James Scales. [Richard Hazzen to Col. Benjamin Rolfe, 1753.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] My Dear and Honored Col 0 Last week I made My 127 th Trip to Portsmouth the Metropolis of New Hampshire and Grand mart of News both fforeign and domestick but as the Climate is at this Time of y e year no foreign News Could be Expected, nor was there any as I Could hear off tho I Carefully exam d the post and all the News mongers, and as to our own affairs I can only Tell you that y e prejudice of y e Bow prop r3 against all that Claim in Opposition to them themselves seems rather to Increase then be diminished, I ventured however to Ask my Pateroon Peirce what he would do if upon y e Review you should bring in Masons Title, he replyed he would stand by that let the Event of y e Cause be what it would, but said he hop d if you brought that in to Serve you in one Case you would not reject & disallow it in Others, Then I ventur d to tell him I apprehend- ed the New Towns would now take my advice I had been pressing 620 CHARTER RECORDS. upon them to Complain to his Majesty and perhaps Rumford would do it he replyed he did not value it that would be put off this 20 years. I did not dare Say much more least there might be some suspicion But was the Most Chagrin d to See three verry worthy Newbury Gentlemen principall proprietors in Cuntoocook, M r J Coffin & Gerrish Two of them come to M r Peirce to make up with him as one of the principall of the Mason Lords, and Bow & scrape and Cringe to the Ground to him and beg off him to be their friend, it made My old English blood boyl in me, but that was all I could not come to Speak with them I found without Peirce’s Suspecting me to be his Enemy however I Shook hands with them as friends and am sorry for it since their design was evil and injurious to so many good men Especially of Rumford you have Traitors to your Cause even in Newbury itself S r I have sent you Gov r Dudleys Speech to y e Assembly of N : Hampshire 1703, & their Answer, & have only further to Say that Hampton is now going to turn Kingston upside down that is to Say to get their due of them and y e whole Current of discourse now in all Company is that y e Old Massachusetts grants must hold, Maugre all any Governour or Councill could do The Court is Adjournd to y e 12 th of March next where I Shall attend if Life and health permitt. My Service to your Rev d Pastor to whom you may Always Com- municate. I am sr your Hearty ffriend & humble Serv* Hampstead ffeb : 16 th 1753. , R Hazzen [Petition from Inhabitants of Rumford, 1756.] [Farmer’s Mss. Town Papers, Vol. 2, p. 23.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq r Captain General and Governour of His Majesties Province of New Hampshire the Honourable His Majesties Council and House of Representatives in General Assembly Convened Portsmouth February 18 th 1756 The Petition of Ezra Carter & John Chandler on behalf them- selves & the Inhabitants of the late District of Rumford Humbly Sheweth, That we the Subscribers together with Moses Foster Esq r by an Act past by the General Assembly in July last were appointed to be Assessors to Assess the Inhabitants within the Limits therein referred to at a certain Sum and to have the Assess- CONCORD. 621 ment compleated & returned to the Treasurer of the Province with- in two months after the date of Said Act That one half of the time was Lapsed before we had sight of the Act and it was then the most busie Season in the whole Year & the Cattle on which part of the Tax was to be laid were out in the Woods & not known whether living or killed by the enemy which rendered it almost impracticable for us to comply with the Letter of the Act — For the remedying of these Inconveniences & also in hopes of Obtaining Some Alterations beneficial to us and the People we ware to Tax we should have Addressed the General Assembly long before now but our Distance is such that we seldom hear of the Adjournment & Prorogations thereof before it is too late Several times were pitched upon for said purpose but before they Arrived the As- sembly was Adjourned & now having an Oppertunity to lay the Affair before Your Excellency & Honors we humbly hope that you will take our Case into Your consideration and in your wisdom & Goodness compassionate our Circumstances — as to our Paying our Part of Publick Charges of the Government we can uprightly answer for our selves & have reason to believe that we speak the United Sense of the people of Rumford that we ought to do it but humbly Pray we may have the Priveledges of a Town or District viz 1 to raise money for the Maintainance of Our Minister School & Poor the Repair of High Ways &c for the want of which for sev- eral Years past the Inhabitants there have been great Sufferers That we apprehend we are doomed much beyond our Just Propor- tion of the Publick Charge which has happened as we conceive for want of a true List of our Poles & Estates which we believe was never laid before the assembly That we have been unavoidably Subjected to great loss of time almost every Year for several years past by Disturbances from the Indians and particularly for the last two Years past about a Quarter of our Inhabitants have been drove from their Settlement during the busie Season of the Year and the whole of them Obliged to divert from their Husbandry in Order to repair their Garrisons & provide for the safety of their families, Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly Pray that their Circum- stances may be Considered that they and the Inhabitants aforesaid may be Relieved against the Penalties & Rigour of said Act — That a proper method may be prescribed to have a true List of of the Polls & Estates afores d laid before the General Assembly so that they may Pay no more than their Proportion Considering their Situation That they may be Incorporated to all the Purposes of a Town and that the Assessors afores d may have a farther time al- 622 charter Records. lowed to Perform the Business Assign’d in Assessing & the Collec- tors in Levying the Sum that shall be finally determin’d must be paid by Said Inhabitants. And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever Pray. Ezra Carter John Chandler Province of New Hamp r In Council Feb 17 18 th 1765 Read & ordered to be Sent Down to the Hon ble Assembly — Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 [Part of Argument for Appellant.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] observations on President Cutts his commission &c If further Satisfaction be demanded with respect to the Lands disclaimed by the mass tts Bay before y e two chief Justices in 1677 — it may be answered upon the Authority of King Charles his Dec- laration who expresly says towards the Latter End of Cutts his commission That the massachusetts Agents had disowned any Right either in the soil or government from the Three mile Line afores d which can mean no Other than the 3 mile Line which ye same King Charles had a little before assigned to the massachu- setts Bay as their Northern Boundary which w r as to follow ye course of the River (merrimack) as far as it went — consequently the Lands disclaimed must lye in New Hampshire or the Province of main or both for the Plan will show that those two Tracts viz New r Hampshire & y e Province of main lye next to the Northward of that 3 mile Line But the Principal use we would make of this (Cutts) commission is to show both from the com’ission itself & a number of coincident cirrumstances refered to & mentioned therein how plainly it appears that the exact Limits of New Hampshire (so far as merrimack River was concerned) at its then Infancy or rather origin were fully understood both by King & People on all sides & how next to Impossible it was that any mistake or dispute relative thereto should arise So Long as merrimack River remained a Known visible thing and all other circumstances remained in statu quo — And in fact so low down as 1740 New Hampshire ✓ never once denied — that the massachusetts Bay under their old charter Strengthened by ye Royal adjudication in 1677 took in ye [From original in possession of William P. Fiske.] THE At UNT1C K OCB&N <%'? w ^L^r, Oy^ ^ far, £r steeds y-AWtfA 6 t jVrtsi k v. » *^\2 **&*■ •' .' ... r V. -Ifcfc Wi. ^»- : i ’• *• • iire- '. :-' ... • ••..•> • 4 *si ^ iW- . tcA i* \a& .^Aj* * W y»f(i.~w'i IA ^PO* • • ; ' *k*S - v *-* •* •*• aw. •** 'Tsvs^a 4 •/. • ** ■ ■ ■ - • — . . . . • W- : v, - ■' x ■-";■■ v ■ ;■ - CONCORD. 623 whole of merrimack River with 3 miles advantage, but founded the whole of their reasoning in support of their claim upon the di- minished extent of the massachusetts Government under their New charter — for which see the New Hampshire Printed case which we shall lay before you — as to the real difference between massachusetts former & Latter charters it is already stated Fol — to which you are referd — and here shall only add — what have been ye different apprehensions not meerly of Private persons but of whole communities relative thereto — For according to persons apprehension of the meaning & extent of a given Rule will be their consequent practice if they would be thought consistent — Now massachusetts Bay always thought their two charters co- extensive as to merrimack River until they were adjudged other- wise by his late majesty in council and conformable to this their belief was their Practice in granting Pennicook & several other Towns on the contrary New Hampshire laid great stress upon ye difhrence between the two sd charters their principal arguments in support of their claim were founded upon the difference & finaly they pray d the Lords of the council to report them to be different The Point was looked upon as doubtful by the commissioners ap- pointed to Judge thereupon & accordingly the report specialy for which see their Report Fol But what is of Principal moment they have been finaly adjudged to be essentialy different by the Highest Authority of the Nation — That is late majesty in 1740 adjudged a less extended Territory on merrimack River to the present massa- chusetts Government under their New charter (founded as is sup- posed on ye difference between the two charters), than was as- signed to the Former mass tt3 company under their former charter — though not in ye precise words which New Hampshire had prayed yet in others Equaly expressive & conclusive with them or any others that can be Imagined — whether this be so or not may best appear by placing the two Royal adjudications — that on the old charter in 1677 — & also that on the New in 1740 in one view be- fore you 1677 The words of the Former are That the North & south Bounds of the Lands granted so far as the Rivers (merrimack on ye North & Charles River on ye south) extend are to follow the course of the Rivers which make the breadth of the Grant — 1740 The words of the latter are That the Northern Boundary of the Province (mass tts Bay) shall be a similar curve Line 'pur- suing the course of merrimack River at j miles distance on the 624 CHARTER RECORDS. North side begining at the Atlantic ocean & ending at a Point due North of Pautucket Palls & a streight Line drawn from thence due west across the sd River Now unless a part be Equal to the whole the latter adjudication is not so extensive as the Former — what the difference is will best appear by the Plan — It moreover appears by the former adjudication in 1677 That the two Lord chief Justices who framed the Report were well apprized of the Increased width the mass tt3 Bay would gain by ye Northerly course of the Inland or upper part of the merrimack River — which Advantage their Lordships thought them Justly Entitled to after they had followed the course of the sd River merrimack to its Head — though not to a streight East & west line laid there thro’out the whole continent of America as the mass tt8 Bay had claimed — which it is conceived was the occasion of their adding to the words above cited from their sd Report — as follows — viz — That by those words in The mass tts charter of and in all the Breadth aforesd was not Intended an Imaginary Line of breadth laid upon the broadest ■part but the breath respected the continuance of ye boundaries by the Rivers as far as they goe but when the Known boundary of breadth determines it must be carried on by Imaginary Lines to to the south sea — Now to apply what is above set forth to the sev- eral purposes of which it is capable in the present case — In the first place it is obvious from this (Cutts) commission, That to pro- vide for the Regular government of the People in the several Towns of Portsmouth Dover &c (which had been claimed by the massachusetts Bay in virtue of their Imaginary Line but which had been lately severed from them by the Line his majesty had as- signed sd mass tts Bay) was the profest design of Issuing this sd com’ission — It is Equaly obvious that the 3 mile Line which the King refers to as a thing well Known to himself & every body else that were at all concerned or conversant about the same, could mean no other than the Line which he himself had a little before assigned the massachusetts Bay as their Northern Boundary and which was to follow ye course of the River (merrimack) as far as it extended — For it was a Line which the mass tts Agents had finaly assented to & acquiesced in — now can it be once Imagined that those Agents at that Time in 1677 when so far as appears not a word had been said nor any motion made either by y e Parties or Judges tending to deprive mass tt8 Bay of an Inch of merrimack River should then without any notice or necessity at all formally assent to a Line which (so far as appears had never been men- tioned) would cutt off more than half the sd River with a vast [Froii iginal in possession! of Joseph B. Walker.] ■•■ it_ — -— r~~r^ * ■ ; :,. ; , CONCORD. 625 width of Territory from their Province — It is moreover obvious that this well Known Line was then assigned as the Ne Plus of New Hampshire on that side — and the expressions descriptive of its Limitts are peculiarly adapted thereto — It appears likewise by ye com’ission to Governor Shute next to be stated that the Limits of New Hampshire were not varied a hairs breadth by that — It appears likewise by the proceedings under seal Fol That Bow was granted under that com’ission to Shute & other matters relied upon by the respondents in this case were transacted under ye same — & now what we would Infer from these Facts relative to the present case is as Follows — whereever Bow overreaches that 3 mile Line the grant Falls of course — & all the warnings which were given by New Hampshire com ttees under that comission but beyond that Line dwindle into the actions of meer Private men, who whatever Au- thority they might have within their Limits yet the moment they transgress them, it ceased — see further the :N B : Annexed to Wiggins his Deposition Fol — It is moreover humbly hoped that the grants of Land passed by the mass tts Bay before ye late adjudication of their present North- ern Boundary in ye year 1740 within ye Territory formerly as- signed to the old mass tts company in 1677 & which they had thro all that Intermediate space of Time been in possession of & exer- cised Jurisdiction over & defended at an Immense expense of blood & Treasure untill they were countermanded by ye crown in sd 1740, will be looked upon with a favourable Eye whilst they (mass tts Bay) had so many plausible reasons to think they did not Exceed their Authorized Limits, especialy with respect to the pow- er of granting Land, by reason of a clause towards ye latter End of their present charter peculiarly favourable thereto which see Fol — particularly that the grant of Pennicook so beneficial to the Public both in design & Event, for which see further Fol will be confirmed & consequently the present Appellants quieted &c — [More Argument.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] Waldron & Atkinson say that in 1726 they as a com ttee from y e Government of New Hampshire went to Pennicook and forwarned col 0 Tayler &c &c from laying out the same into a Township &c 39 626 CHARTER RECORDS. Wiggins &c say that in 1729 they went to Pennicook as a com ttee from the Proprietors of Bow & forwarned Persons &c — Reasons why no more Notice was taken of these warnings were That Pennicook is within the Limits of the Territory formerly assigned to the mass tts Bay under their old charter by King Charles the 2 d in 1677 & which they had ever since been in possession of and at great expence of blood & treasure defended against the Enemy French & Indians — tis true that charter had been vacated & another given which they thought as extensive on that part as the Former And altho they could not certainly Know what his majesty would hereafter determine with regard thereto, yet they Knew that by setling a Body of People so far up in ye wilderness, in such a compact & Defensible manner who in Time of peace might maintain themselves & in Time of war make a stand with proper assistance they did a real & substantial service to his majesty & the Public, not only as they thereby gained that width of Territory from his Enemies but what was of more Importance Interrupted their passage on a River which from y e begining of ye country had been of such use to them (the Enemy) in their Ravages & depredations committed on the Frontiers of New Hampshire as well as their own — That this is what they (the mass 4 * 8 Bay) had principally in view appears by y e cautions attend- ing the Grant of Pennicook which see Fol And that they have not in Event been wholy disappointed appears by sundry Depositions in the case particularly 2 Easmans — Gerrish — & Curry which see Fol — moreover their belief that their present pharter extended so far had such reasons to support it that y e com’issioners who were afterwards appointed to Judge thereof by ye crown after all ye Enquiry they could make in ye affair did not care to report other- wise than specialy upon the Point as set forth Fol Now whilst this was their (the mass tts Bay) beleif their Practice was consonant thereto & therefore it is not strange they paid no more regard to these notices from New Hampshire especialy as the pretence of New Hampshire to Interpose at that Time was absolutely Incon- sistent & contradictory to what they themselves allowed & never contradicted — For New Hampshire did not deny but mass tts Bay under their old charter extended to the Land in question, that is that it Took in ye whole of merrimack River with 3 miles Advantage but they founded ye whole of their reasoning as to that matter on the difference between the two charters as appears by their Printed case before the Lords of the council throughout & finaly as the sum & conclusion prayed their Lordships to report in the following CONCORD. 627 words viz 44 That all the Lands lying to the Northward of 4 4 merrimack River which were granted by ye charter of King 4 4 charles the I st to the late colony of massachusetts Bay are not 44 granted to the -present Province of mass t1s Bay by the charter of 4 4 King william & queen mary — But it is Evident to Demonstration that ye Bounds of the old colony of mass tt3 Bay were the Bounds of New Hampshire not only at their first Erection into a Province under President Cutts but continued unvaried under governor shute as appears by comparing ye two com’issions both expresly Limited New Hampshire from j miles to the Northward of merrimack River or to ye Northward of any part thereof — on that side — to the Province of mam on the other side — so that these men having gone over the express Limits of their then governors commission their Authority ceased & their actions were no more to be regarded than ye actions of meer private men — and here it may not be amiss to observe how ye scene is changed — the Argument shifted — In ye whole of the dispute previous to the determination in 1740 — The Plea on behalf of New Hampshire was founded upon ye difference between ye two mass tt8 charters — they never once denyed that the old charter took in ye whole of merrimack with three miles advantage nor Indeed could they with- our denying ye express words of that charter as well as the very spirit & design of ye two chief Justices report in 1677 — now they (New Hampshire People) have succeeeed in that point obtained what they aimed at — but have a further purpose to serve — they directly face about & contrary to their former declared Principles would pretend massachusetts Bay even under their old charter did not extend to the Northward of their present Boundary assigned them in 1740 — [Argument for the Appellant, by Judge Pickering.] [Moore’s Annals of Concord, 1824 p. 86.] The State of the Case Lately decided at the Superior Court of New-Hampshire, between The Proprietors of Bow, Plfs. and John Morrill, Def. [1750.] The action was ejectment brought by said proprietors against him for the recovery of about eight acres of land, situate in Bow, and particularly described in their writ, with the buildings and 628 CHARTER RECORDS. appurtenances thereof, to the inferior court of common pleas, holden at Portsmouth, December, 1750, and at the defendant’s request continued to the next term of said court, he being a pur- chaser of part of the land he holds, to vouch in his warrantor. But as he did not appear, the said John was obliged to defend himself, or give up the land demanded, on which some of his buildings stand. He therefore gave an issuable plea, and there- upon obtained judgment, from which the plaintiffs appealed to the then next superior court, entered their appeal, and after several continuances, parties had an hearing, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs to recover the premises demanded. This judgment the defendant reviewed. But judgment was again rendered for the plaintiffs. From which judgment he would have appealed to the king in council, or to the governor and council here in a court of appeals ; but both were denied, as the premises demanded were not of sufficient value to allow either, according to the province law in such cases. But as there is much more than what is of value sufficient to allow either of those appeals, depending upon the same title, the defendant is aggrieved at the denial as well as at the judgment he would have appealed from. It is proposed here to take notice of the most remarkable things offered by each party. But as it is a known rule in these cases, that the plaintiff must recover (if at all) by the strength of his own title, and not by the weakness or defect of the defendant’s, it may not be amiss more particularly to consider the title of these plaintiffs and the objections made against it on the part of the defendant ; and then briefly to mention the defendant’s title, and the objections the plaintiffs offer to that, with what is said in behalf of the defendant in reply to those objections. The plaintiffs urge, that the right to all the lands in the province was originally in the crown. That by a special clause in the governor’s commissions for this province, from time to time, they were authorised to grant these lands to the inhabitants, with the advice of the council, in order to the regular settlement thereof. That in the absence of the chief governor, this power, with others contained in the commission, devolved upon the lieutenant- governor. That under the commission to governor Shute, this happened to be the case. And in his absence the late lieutenant- governor Wentworth, being commander in chief, on the 20th of May, 1727, at Portsmouth, with the advice of the council, by a charter of that date, granted to sundry of his Majesty’s subjects then inhabitants of the province, whose names were contained in a CONCORD. 629 schedule annexed, a tract of land in said province, bounded as follows, Viz. : “Beginning on the southeast side of the town of Chichester and running nine miles by Chichester and Canterbury, and carrying that breadth of nine miles from each of the aforesaid towns south-west, until the full complement of eighty-one square miles are fully made up,” with sundry privileges and limitations therein. That about twenty months after the date of this charter, a committee of the grantees entered, surveyed the land granted, and marked out the bounds, as appears by a return under their hands, in what manner they proceeded. And . this transaction, they say, gave the grantees the actual seizin and possession of the whole. Though they also say, that this as to the purpose of giving them the seizin, ex abundanti , for the grantees by operation of law, were seized immediately upon the executing their charter. But this entry and survey were especially designed that they might know and distinguish their township from others. That as they were thus seized of the whole by consequence of the premises de- manded, as these are confessed to be within the aforesaid bounds. That about five years after this, they enclosed a parcel of this land on the easterly side of the Merrimack river, by conjecture about three miles square. All which facts, they prove by sundry testi- monies in the case. Four of which amount to nothing more of any consequence than is declared in the return of the said survey. But take them altogether, the plaintiffs allege, they prove an actual entry on and possession of part, which they say is constructively a possession of the whole, and that continued so for the term of five or six years ; and from that time to this, (about a year) they have been improving of part of said land, which gives them a right to oust any person, who has entered and possesses any part within the bounds of their charter, in any other right or claim. What they further offer, is either by way of reply to the de- fendant’s objections, or as objections to the defendant’s title. Now to this title the defendent objects, and urges sundry con- siderations. In the first place he submitted, and would again, up- on a new trial, be glad to submit the point to be adjudged, whether the plaintiffs have proved their declaration. They declare, “ that on the 12th day of June, 1727, they were seized of the premises, with others their common lands in said town of Bow, in fee, taking the profits theirof to the value, &c. and continued to be so seized thereof for one year next ensuing, and ought now to have quiet and peaceable possession thereof; yet the said John, within 23 years last past hath, without judgment of law, entered into the 630 CHARTER RECORDS. premises demanded, disseized the plaintiffs thereof,” &c. To say nothing of the peculiarity of this declaration, the seizin which the plaintiffs allege they had, must mean (if it has any meaning) a seizin in fact, for no person ever took the profits by virtue of a seizen in law only. Now they never sat a foot on the lands con- tained within the bounds of their charter, till the aforesaid survey, and how their seizin on the 12th of June is proved by an entry above twenty months after, is difficult to conceive. Besides this, the settlers of the plantation, called Pennicoke, which comprehends the lands in question, had been in possession of it above a year be- fore the date of this charter, (as will appear beyond dispute, when we consider the defendant’s title,) at present, only observe what is proved by sundry testimonies produced by the defendant, viz. That the April and May before the date of Bow charter, there were fifty men at work on the said plantation, clearing land, hew- ing timber for a meeting-house, and pursuing other measures, in order to settle a town there. That they prosecuted the affair with such vigor, as to have a minister ordained and a church gathered in the year 1730. But they were clearing the land there almost two years before any of the proprietors of Bow had seen their land ; and all they did, when they entered, was only to run a chain, and mark some trees, at a great distance, round these laborers. They never so much as saw the land now demanded, where the settlers of Pennicoke were at work. And it appears, that they began to clear the land in question, when they first en'tered, because it is one of their house-lots, or home-lots, as they are commonly called, and in the nature of the thing, that should be first done. This possession has been continued without interruption to this day ; and indeed may well be computed (by the plaintiffs’ rule of possessing land by walking round it) from two years before April above men- tioned. Now upon these facts, concerning the manner of entry and pos- session of these parties, it is easy to see with what propriety the plaintiffs could declare upon their own seizin ; and with what re- gard to truth it can be said to be proved. But to proceed. Upon supposition the lands which the plaintiffs claim were the King’s, at the time their charter was made, (which was not the case in fact) yet the plaintiffs have not derived that right to themselves, for this obvious reason — The Governor’s au- thority to grant the King’s lands was limited by the right of juris- diction, and that , by the commission to that part of the province of New Hampshire, lying and extending itself from three miles CONCORD. 631 northward of Merrimack river, or any part thereof, to the province of Maine, (now the county of York) which is the easterly bound- ary of the commission. The westerly boundary of which, is the line running three miles northward of Merrimack as aforesaid. Now the land demanded by the plaintiffs in this suit lies on the westerly side of Merrimack river, more than three miles without the Governor’s jurisdiction, by this commission, and consequently, he had no power to grant it ; for if it should be supposed he might grant the King’s lands out of his jurisdiction, where should he stop? by what limits could he be restrained? From the reason and necessity of the thing, therefore, it must be allowed, that the right of government, and the granting of lands was limited to the same territory. And the words of the commission necessarily im- ply, it did not extend over all that was called New-Hampshire. If it is conceded, then, that these lands are in the province of New-Hampshire, and were so at the date of the plaintiffs’ charter, yet that concession will avail the plaintiffs nothing in this case. Another objection to the plaintiffs’ demand arises from the man- ner of their running out the bounds of their township. By their charter they were to begin on the south-east side of the township of Chichester. Instead of that, they began on the south -west side , as their return sets forth. Now what could justify their proceed- ing in this manner? If the land where they were to begin was ap- propriated before, that could not authorize them to be their own carvers, to take what they are pleased to estimate an equivalent, without a new grant, which they never had, nor did they ever make a return to the authority from whence they derived their title, for confirmation of what they had thus unwarrantably as- sumed ; for by their running, they take in a considerable tract of land, really without their charter, and which belongs to others. And if there was a mistake to their prejudice in the bounds given them, that is no new thing — the King himself is sometimes de- ceived in his grants. In such a case they should have applied to the grantor for redress. They allege they could not begin on the south-east side of Chichester, because it joined to Nottingham on that side ; but if it was so, what necessity of going four miles on Chichester before they began their measure? Their return, in- deed, says, they were directed to leave four miles, &c. ; this is no more than their own tale, for nothing appears to discover by whom, when, or where, this direction was given. But a verbal direction was not sufficient in this case ; they should have taken their land according to their grant ; and ’tis as probable as any thing they say 632 CHARTER RECORDS. as to this matter, the true motive for making this leap, (not in the dark) was to get better land. Now the defendant avers it to be a fact, that if they had run as they ought, from the southerly corner of Chichester, they would not have reached the land demanded. But now to come closer to this title, as derived from the Crown, the defendant says that the right to all the lands the plaintiffs claim as contained in their charter, was long before granted by the council of Plymouth, in whom the right of the Crown to them was vested, to Capt. John Mason, (if there had been no preceding grant from said council) which was confirmed by King Charles I., and has been recognized by every crowned head to King George I., from whose time till lately nothing was said of it, by reason of the absence or minority of the heir. By all which it appears that this right of Mason was always adjudged good. Now as the said lands were all waste or unimproved, except what the settlers at Pennicoke had done upon that which they claimed of them, they, beyond all question, belonged (agreeable to Queen Anne’s orders and the concession of the Assembly here) to those who had Mason’s right. And if this was the case, the Governor’s grant could be of none effect as to these lands ; for the power of the Governor extends only to the right of the Crown, of which the Crown was long before divested. Hence it follows, the plaintiffs’ title under the government cannot serve them, of which the de- fendant may take advantage ; for it is a well known rule that a defendant may plead any man’s title against the plaintiff. And here the plaintiffs agree with the defendant, and allow the right was Mason’s, and that they cannot avail themselves of the charter aforesaid, only as a description of what they claimed, and were in possession of ; but say, they have that right, for that Mr. Mason’s heir sold to Theodore Atkinson, Esq. and others, by deed, dated the 30th of July, 1746, and that the purchasers, by their deed of release, dated 31st of July aforesaid, conveyed their right to the plaintiffs, among others. And here the defendant, not willing to be in arrears, will in his turn at present agree with the plaintiffs, that they have Mason’s right to their lands, and make no question whether the right of Capt. John Mason is now in his heirs or Allen’s. But then must quere how a right, acquired in 1746, could give an actual seisin of the lands, the right to which was then purchased, so long before the purchase as 1727 ; that is, whether a man, by virtue of a deed made to-day, could be in actual possession of the land conveyed by it nineteen years ago? Moreover, the defendant must deny a right was conveyed by this CONCORD. 633 release to the lands demanded, and whatever else is within the bounds of Rumford, that is the plantation of Pennicoke, for this reason. It is common learning on this subject, that a release operates only to those in possession, and the plaintiffs’ own declara- tion shows they have been out of possession above twenty years. What benefit then have the plaintiffs by this release as to the lands aforesaid? But now if we look into the release, we shall find it is made as much to the defendant as any person whomsoever. For he is an inhabitant of Bow, as the plaintiffs themselves style him, and this release is made to the inhabitants as well as to the proprietors, of what they possess ; and as the defendant had possessed so long in his own right, he must of necessity be quieted by this release, if it has any effect at all, and it would be doing the greatest violence to the words of it, to give them any other construction as to this point ; and if so, it is submitted whether the plaintiffs or defendant has Mason’s right. But what may further be objected to the plaintiffs on this head, and indeed is what first occurs, it is a well known point of law, a chose in action or a mere right cannot be transferred, and Mason’s title was no more, as to all the lands in the possession of those who were not parties at the time of making the said deed to Atkinson and others. The lands demanded, as well as all the plantation of Pennicoke, had been near twenty years in the possession of entire strangers to that transaction. And then what title can the plaintiffs derive to themselves under this con- veyance to the lands in question ? This, and much more, the defendant conceives may well be offered in his defence, sufficient to defeat the plaintiff’s action, upon supposition he had no title. But this is not the case. — We shall now consider the defendant’s title. In the year 1725, upon the petition of Benjamin Stevens and others, a tract of land of seven miles square, at a place called Pen- nicoke, by the government of the Massachusetts Bay, was appro- priated for a township, the bounds of which were as follows, viz. “To begin where Contoocoke river falls into Merrimack river, thence extending east seventeen degrees north three miles, and west seventeen degrees south four miles, which is the northerly bound of said township ; and from the extreme parts of that line southerly at right angles till seven miles are accomplished from the north bounds.” Now it is agreed on all hands, that within these bounds the lands demanded are contained. And as the proprietors of Bow have run the bounds of the lands they claim, they take in 634 CHARTER RECORDS. something more than two-thirds of what is contained within the bounds above described. And, therefore, as they have recovered part, they expect to recover the whole that lies within what they are pleased to call their limits ; for other parcels of which there are several other actions now pending. And here it may not be amiss to take notice of the vexatious method they take to recover what they claim, by prosecuting a great number of actions, each for a small parcel of land, that they may prevent an appeal home, and that they may have the advantage of the ignorance and preju- dice of common juries. And with a view to weary out and dis- hearten the defendants, who live at a great distance from Portsmouth, where all the courts are held, with the expense of charges occasioned to them by such a number of suits. Whereas they might as well have taken an action for all that lies in com- mon, in the name of the proprietors of Bow, against the proprie- tors of Rumford, as well as the action against the present defen- dant, and others of the like kind. But to return. Among those who were to settle this town, is the name of the defendant and one Nathaniel Page, under whom he purchased a part of what is sued for. In the year 1726, a division of lots of upland and interval was laid out to the settlers, to hold in severalty, among which was the land demanded, part of which is that the defendant purchased of one Joseph Davis. These settlers prosecuted the settlement with such vigor, that in the year 1730 they had a minister settled, and a church gathered in said township. And' in the year 1733, they were incorporated into a town, by the name of Rumford, (it not being the custom in this government to incorporate a tract of waste land without an inhabitant, but first to settle the land, and then make the settlers a corporation.) The act, by which this corporation was made, was confirmed by the King afterwards, in the year 1737. And notwithstanding their distance from other settlements, within, and none without them, the difficulties and hardships which necessarily attend those who have first set down upon land in a perfect wilderness, where there is not the least sign that ever English foot had trod the ground before them ; and especially the danger, expense, and fatigue of an Indian war, which they encountered.* Notwithstanding all these and other discouragements, these settlers have stood their ground ever since their first entry ; have persevered in their resolution, have planted * Besides an actual war, they have been frequently driven into garrisons, and kept in continual fears for years together, or at least the whole summer season, which was occa- sioned again the next, by the threats and surly temper of the Indians. CONCORD. 635 a fine town, supply themselves and many others within them with provisions, afford other places both defence and sustenance, and are likely to be a great advantage to the province of New-Hamp- shire in general. Yet these are the people the proprietors of Bow would eject ; would oust, not only of their all, but of that all they have thus dearly purchased. For what the said proprietors claim takes in all (within a very trifle) of the said improvements, which they would now cruelly, (I may say) ravish from them, after they themselves, with folded arms and indolence, have stood by a long time, and seen the others, with the greatest toil and expense, make these improvements. And the only reason that can be given for it is, they want something of this kind , and having none, they have made of their own ; they take this as the shortest way of obtaining it. For to this day these proprietors of Bow have not settled five families within their whole township ; and there is a great part of it clear of any dispute, and that part too which is nearest to the settlements within, yet nothing is done there, but they must needs overlook that, to come at this, the mark at which their whole view was directed. In short, they have not in the run of twenty years done as much towards settling a plantation, as they might, and as the others did, in two years ; yet they are so partial to themselves, so blinded by interest, as to think, that because they once run a line round this land, &c. above twenty years ago, they have an indefeasible right to it, which yet they are unwilling to have brought to the test, and decided fairly in the cheapest way, but endeavor, by piece meal, to destroy the posses- sions. In fine, it seems that they have set their eyes and hearts upon this vineyard, and 'perfas aut nefas they must have it; for the actions they have recovered (which are several) have been against common right, the common known principles of law, and plain common sense. So much do they find their account in, and means to obtain juries, entire strangers to these things, or under the influence of a principle worse than ignorance. But the plaintiffs object to the defendant’s title several matters. That which they pretend to be very material is first — The land called Rumford lies not within the bounds of what is now the province of the Massachusetts Bay, according to the last settlement of the line, the defendant himself will own ; and that settlement was not a new boundary now first made, but is to be considered in this view, viz. A declaration of his Majesty, of what was always the true boundaries of these provinces, that the province of New-Hampshire was always supposed to join to the Massachusetts, wherever the divid- 63 6 CHARTER RECORDS. in g lines should be fixed, and the lands now under consideration, lying in New-Hampshire, the government of the Massachusetts had no jurisdiction, or, which amounts to the same, if these lands were out of their jurisdiction, (“ and the right of granting of lands was limited to the right of jurisdiction”) their grant was void ab initio ; and therefore the settlers under them could derive no title to themselves, but must be looked upon as, or actually were, dis- seisors. But as their entry was recent when Bow was granted, the proprietors might lawfully enter upon them ; especially con- sidering the government of New-Hampshire had forewarned and forbid the committee, who were on the business of beginning the settlement of Pennicoke, to proceed in the name of the government of New-Hampshire. So there was really nothing in the way of the proprietors of Bow, any more than if there had been nobody there. Before notice is taken of the principal objection, it cannot escape the most superficial observer, how weak it is for the plaintiffs to lay stress on this forewarning, by order of the government of New- Hampshire, and in the next breath, as it were, to confess, that the government had nothing to do with it ; that the land was private property to which this related, an hundred years before. But as to the grand objection the defendant replies — When the land was appropriated as aforesaid for a township, the government of the Massachusetts had the jurisdiction in fact. Suppose it not to be de jure , to whom were they answerable for mal-administration? not to the proprietors of Bow, nor even the government of New-Hamp- shire, for that government, by the commission then in force, did not reach to the place now under consideration, by several miles, as was hinted before ; then they could have nothing to do or say in the case. Who then was to correct this usurpation? The King was so far from charging them with any imputation of that kind, that he approved and confirmed the act by which the inhabitants of this plantation were incorporated ; and as to the proprietors of Mason’s right, they were glad they had such good neighbors, for every acre these inhabitants cultivated, doubled the value of as many acres of those proprietors. Moreover, the government of the Massachusetts exercised all the powers and authorities of gov- ernment, both legislative and executive, over all places, to the line three miles northward of Merrimack aforesaid, till the said last settlement which were never annulled, or declared to be void, as must have been the case, had this notion been entertained, which these plaintiffs advance, that the said settlement of the line was CONCORD. 6 37 only a declaration of what was always the true boundaries of these provinces ; or that all which Massachusetts had done in this re- gard, was a mere nullity. And if the King has not seen it proper to nullify all those acts of government, what have the plaintiffs to do in the case? It seems necessary that all should be deemed valid, or all void ; or by what rule can a distinction be fixed? Be- sides, the settlement of this line, was only to settle the jurisdiction, and not to affect private property ; nor was it ever designed to fur- nish a rule whereby that should be determined. And the acts done by either government within their respective limits, as exercised and used before the settlement, must be held valid to all intents, to avoid that confusion which the contrary notion would necessarily introduce, and which arises from connecting ideas which have no necessary connexion. That is, that the rights of government and the rights of property are always united, or that the latter has a necessary dependence on the former; which, with respect to this very line, has in fact stirred a multitude of suits. If this opinion was true, the jurisdiction of a government ought never to be altered, without first having all parties whose properties would be thereby affected, which must be all those who have any real estates between the old and new line. And in what case of this na- ture was this ever done? And yet if settled without it, that is with- out hearing such parties and determining their respective rights, this position would, in case of such alteration, (which frequently happens) be productive of the greatest mischief to private persons, not only by exposing them to suits, but by the ruin of those who held under the government whose jurisdiction should be contract- ed. Suppose the alteration in this case (as it might) had been, by fixing the line ten or twenty miles further eastwards, would the notion that such a settlement was only a declaration of what was always, &c. then have prevailed? and that all the real estates lying westward of the line must belong to the inhabitants of the Massa- chusetts, and the old possessors be sent a grazing, or to look out and subdue new lands, and perhaps by that time they should be well settled, the like event might happen. Besides, where shall we stop? Many or most of the ancient inhabitants within the towns of the same government, have derived their estates from town grants, which are laid out on any of the commons not before laid out in severalty, or appropriated. And by this rule, upon an alteration of the bounds of any two towns contiguous there must arise the like transmutation of property and endless controversies ; for these towns are to many purposes distinct governments, and 6 3 8 CHARTER RECORDS. the governments are only larger corporations. Now the cases here put are the same in kind, and differ only in degree. From all which considerations, and many more that might be added, it follows, that the grants made by the government of the Massachusetts, be- fore the settlement of the said line, within the jurisdiction they then had in fact, as well as other acts of government, must be held good, and the grant under which the defendant holds among the rest. Besides all this, with respect to the property of the soil, there is another matter to be considered. It appears by the present charter of the Massachusetts, that the property of the soil from forty to forty-eight degrees of north latitude, was granted to the council of Plymouth, and is a fact so well known, it is needless to offer evi- dence of it. It also appears by the recital in said charter, that the said council by their deed, dated the 19th of March, the third of Charles I. granted to Sir Henry Roswell, and others there named, their heirs and assigns, and their associates forever, all that part of New-England, &c. comprehending the whole tract of land, which was called the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, under the old charter. That about a year after, King Charles confirmed this grant by a double recital, first by referring to the deed made by the council, and then by the particular bounds in that deed, and made the grantees and others their associates, a corporation on the place. That many years after this, in the latter part of the reign of King Charles II. this corporation was dissolved, by vacating the letters patent of King Charles I. Now from these facts it may be observed, that the council of Plymouth, having the fee, conveyed the same, of all the land within the bounds of their deed of the 19th of March aforesaid, to Sir Henry Roswell, &c. as private persons, it being made a year be- fore the corporation had existence, and had no relation to any corporate capacity. That the confirmation of the Crown aforesaid admits that the grantees of the council had the fee of the soil, which is the thing they designed to convey, and if it had not been done, there was nothing for the confirmation to work upon, for a con- firmation of a void conveyance is also void. That the judgment, by which the corporation was dissolved, relates wholly to the King’s letters patent, by which the corporation was erected, and has no manner of reference to the deed made by the conncil of Plymouth. The quere here is then upon annulling the charter of incorporation, what became of the fee of the land purchased by some of the members of that corporation as private persons, before the corporation was in esse ; or how could the vacating or destroy- CONCORD. 639 ing a particular political relation, an ens rationis any ways affect the right of property? If it is said, that the judgment nullified those letters patent as a deed of confirmation : Suppose it — but what follows? Nothing as to this point. For the rule is, a confirmation is to bind the right of him who makes it, but not to alter the nature of the estate of him to whom made. Now if the grantees in the first deed had the fee by that, the confirmation, when in force, did not alter the nature of their estate, nor when annihilated, (if it could be so in this respect) did that affect it. Upon the whole, as to this point, it is submitted whether the dissolution of the corpora- tion affected the right of property any more than it did the moral state of those who were the particular members. The consequence of all is, the right and property of all the lands within the bounds of that deed, was in those grantees, and still is in those who hold under them. How far those bounds extended, the judgment of the King in council, according to the opinion of the Lords Chief Justices upon the complaint of Mason and Gorges, in the year 1677, is an irrefragable determination. That as to that part of the bounds which relates to the lands of Rumford, it was to run parallel to the river at the distance of three miles northwardly of it to the head, or as it is in the report, to the utmost extejit of the river, &c. ; whereby it run a long ways beyond the said township of Rumford, so that there can be no doubt whether it took in those lands. Now, supposing this right to remain still in private hands, what have the government of New-Hampshire, or Mason either, to do with it? And here again the application of the rule above re- ferred to offers itself. The land is neither the plaintiffs’ nor de- fendant’s. How then shall the plaintiffs recover? Not by the known established rules of law ; but by a new method ; the land the plaintiffs demand is not the defendant’s, therefore they will have it. But here a question arises. Supposing all to be true with respect to this right that has been alleged, which way did it ever come to be the government’s again? And if the property still remains in private persons, what have the government to do to parcel it out, and put whom they please in possession ? There is no doubt but the reincorporation restored the government to all they had before, not expressly excepted in the new charter ; and as they had the King’s confirmation as a corporation, while that capacity continued, they must be supposed to hold by that ; but when that was annulled, they were remitted to their ancient right, which they had before the corporation was created. And it is submitted, whether by necessary operation of law, a corporation 640 CHARTER RECORDS. dissolved, and afterwards incorporated by a new charter, either by the same or a new name, is not of course restored to all its old rights and privileges, without express words in the new charter for that purpose ; and if it is, the question is answered. However the government has been in possession of, and has exercised the right of granting the lands to the inhabitants more than sixty years, and if any particular person or persons might once have claimed it, such right seems to be extinguished by non-claiming the possession or exercise aforesaid. The deed made by the council of Plymouth is not in the case, nor is it to be found, nor any record of it, only by way of recital, it being probably consumed, and the record of it, with many other papers of a public nature, by the violence of a fire that destroyed the state-house, with a great part of the town of Boston, in the year 1711. But by the recital in the charter it may be depended upon as an undoubted fact, that there was such a deed. There is another objection made by the plaintiffs to the de- fendant’s title, which is, that the committee appointed by the General Court to have the care of settling these lands atPennicoke, were to execute deeds to the settlers, which does not appear to have been done, therefore they have no title. The answer to which is, there was no need for it, for the land was designed for those who would settle there ; the committee de- termined who they should be, took a list of their names, then the lots severed were drawn in their names, and set oft' to them ; and by the terms proposed, if they perfected the settlement, the land was to be theirs. And by the act or law of the province, by which they were incorporated, past the seventh of his Majesty’s reign, it appears that they had fully complied with the terms the General Court had fixed. So that the executing such deeds, as it would have been a considerable trouble and charge, so it would have been ex abundanti , and was therefore omitted. The government conceded, the settlers had their right, and the committee could have given no more ; and as to the method of conveyance, it is im- material. Nor was it ever customary to pass deeds in these cases ; and was mentioned rather to stimulate the settlers to comply with the terms, that they might be entitled to the land, than a thing neces- sary to be done. — And now to sum up all in a few words. The defendant has entered, subdued, and cultivated the lands demanded ; reduced them from the rough condition in which na- ture left them, to the state of a garden, in which labor he has spent more than twenty years, while the plaintiffs have been looking on, neither asserting their claim, nor attempted to settle any other part CONCORD. 641 of their lands. And whether the defendant has any title or not, the plaintiffs ought not to recover, if they do not make out the title they set up. For melior est conditio -possidentis , the government of New-Hampshire did not extend to the place where these lands lay on the westerly side of Merrimack river, and therefore no right could be derived from them ; and if the government had reached so far, the Crown had long before divested itself of all right to the soil, which was afterwards vested in Sir Henry Ros- well, &c. That if that was not the case, it was Mr. Mason’s, or those who have his right ; from whom the plaintiffs have derived no title, because the defendant was in possession at the time of making the deed and release aforesaid. That if the release operates as to these lands, it is in favor of the defendant. That the defen- dant has a good right under the government of the Massachusetts Bay, as they had the jurisdiction in fact, and moreover had the right of the soil by the deed and other matters aforesaid. Add to all that, whoever settles land in the wilderness, and of that which before served only as a shelter and nursery for wild beasts, and a lurking place for the more savage animals, the Indians, not only purchases it at a dear rate, and has a hard bargain, though the land is given to him, but does public service. In which regard the whole town of Rumford merits the thanks of the government, instead of being turned out of doors. And what may be said in behalf of the defendant in this case, may, with the same propriety, be urged in behalf of those other inhabitants of Rumford, with whom these proprietors, or those who derived their right from them, are now contending and have actions in the courts under continu- ance. At the Court of St. James, the 29th day of December, 1762. [Moore’s Annals of Concord, 1824, p. 99] Present, The King’s Most Excellent Majesty, Earl of Huntington, Earl of Halifax, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Egremont, Earl Deleware, Viscount Falmouth, Mr. Vice Chamberlain, George Grenville, Esq. Henry Fox, Esq. Welbore Ellis, Esq. 40 642 CHARTER RECORDS. Upon reading at the Board a Report from the Right Honorable the Lords of the Committee of Council, for hearing appeals from the plantations, dated the 17th of this instant, in the words follow- ing, viz. : — Your Majesty having been pleased, by your order in council of the 15th of February, 17 — , to refer unto this committee the humble petition and appeal of Benjamin Rolfe, Esq. Daniel Carter, Timothy Simonds, John Evans, John Chandler, Abraham Colby, and Abraham Kimball, setting forth, among other things, that in 1721, Benjamin Stevens and others petitioned the General Court or Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay, for a grant of land at Pen- nicook, upon the river Merrimack, which petition, having been re- ferred to a committee of both Houses, and they reported in favor of the application, that it would be for the advantage of the prov- ince that part of the land petitioned for should be assigned and set apart for a township, to contain seven miles square, and to begin where Contoocook river falls into Merrimack river. And they ap- pointed a committee to bring forward the said settlement, and laid down several special directions with regard thereto. And amongst others, that the land should be divided into one hundred and three lots or shares ; and that one hundred persons or families, able to make their settlement, should be admitted, and each settler to pay for his lot five pounds for the use of the province, and be obliged to build a good house for the family within three years, and break up and fence in a certain quantity of land, and the houses and lots to be on each side of the river ; and that a meeting- house should be erected and finished, which was to be assigned for the use of the minister and for the school, and the charge of the committee was to be borne by the settlers ; which Report was agreed to by both Houses of the Council and x\ssembly of that province, and concurred in by the Governor. That in 172 6, the town of Pennicook was laid out, and divided into lots amongst the proprietors, w T ho began and carried on a settlement there with great difficulty and cost, it being above twenty miles up into the In- dian country, beyond any English settlement then made, and be- ing a perfect wilderness, having not the least sign that human foot had ever trod the ground there, and notwithstanding the diffi- culties they were under in establishing a new town in so remote a desert, they pursued their undertaking with such industry and pains, clearing the land, building houses, sowing corn, &c. that within a few years a town was erected, and the place capable of receiving their families, who were removed up there. CONCORD. 643 That on the 6th of August, 1728, in consideration that five hun- dred acres of land, which had prior to the aforesaid Pennicook grant, been granted to Governor Endicott, fell within the Penni- cook boundaries, the Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay came to a resolution, which was concurred in by the Governor and Council, that the Pennicook settlers should be allowed and empowered, by a surveyor and chain-men upon oath, to extend the south bounds of their township one hundred and thirty rods the breadth of their town, and the same was accordingly granted and confirmed to them as an equivalent for the said five hundred acres of land. And in a few years they had so far erected and settled a town, that in 1733, the Governor, Council, and Assembly of the Massachu- setts Bay passed an act for erecting the said plantation of Penni- cook into a township, by the name of Rumford ; which act was confirmed by his late Majesty in council ; and the said settlers hav- ing ever since, at great costs and labor, gone on improving the lands within the said township of Rumford, by building, cultiva- tion, and otherwise ; and having been in continual possession thereof for above thirty years past, and the same is now become a frontier town on that part of New-Hampshire. That on 6th of August, 1728, David Melvin and William Ayer petitioned the General Court or Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay, for themselves and others, who had served as volunteers under Capt. John Lovewell, praying a part of the province land might be granted to them for a township, in consideration of the service they had done, and the great difficulties they had under- gone in the war; which petition being read in the House of Rep- resentatives, it was resolved, that six miles square of land, lying on each side of Merrimack river, of the same breadth from Mer- rimack river as the township of Pennicook, and to begin where Pennicook new grant determines, and from thence to extend the lines of the east and west bounds on right angles, until the six miles square should be completed, be, and it is thereby granted to the forty-seven soldiers, and the legal representatives of such of them as were deceased, who marched with Capt. Lovewell, (him- self included) when he engaged the enemy at Pigwacket. That on the 9th of July, 1729, the said David Melvin and others, peti- tioned the Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay, setting forth, that they had caused the said tract of land to be surveyed and platted, and praying a confirmation thereof, and that the grantees might be empowered to assemble and choose a clerk, pass votes, and be em- powered to admit the persons in Capt. Lovewell’s first march, to 6 44 CHARTER RECORDS. be associated with him ; and the survey or plan of the said tract, which is annexed to the petition, and mentions it to begin at the south-east corner of the said town of Pennicook, and from thence to run out according to the grant. It was ordered, that the land described in the plan should be confirmed to the petitioners and their associates, and their heirs and assigns forever, provided it exceeded not six miles square, nor interfered with any former grant. And the Assembly, on the 23d of September following, ordered a preference to be given to those soldiers who were actually with the Captain in the engagement when he killed several of the Indians, and the said resolutions of the Assembly were concurred in by the Governor and Council. That the Suncook proprietors carried on their said settlement which adjoined to Pennicook, otherwise Rumford, in like manner as the Pennicook or Rumford settlers had done ; and in 1737, had a minister settled there, and by their industry, labor, and charges, it became a good parish, filled with inhabitants. That some years since, upon a dispute about the boundary line between the provinces of the Massachusetts Bay and New-Hamp- shire, his Majesty was pleased to issue a commission to mark out the dividing line between the said province of New-Hampshire and Massachusetts Bay, but with an express declaration, that private property should not be affected thereby. And upon hearing the Report of the commissioners appointed to settle the said boundary, his Majesty was pleased, by his order in council, made in 1740, to adjudge and order that the northern boundary of the said province of Massachusetts Bay are and be a similar curve line, pursuing the course of Merrimack river at three miles distance on the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic ocean, and ending at a point due north of a place called Pautucket falls, and a strait line drawn from thence due west cross the said river, till it meets with his Majesty’s other governments ; by which determination two-third parts at least of the said river Merrimack, with the lands and settle- ments thereon, and among the rest, the said towns of Pennicook or Rumford, and Suncook, would lay upon the said river consider- ably above the said Pautucket falls, were excluded out of the said province of Massachusetts Bay, in which they had before been thought and reputed to be, and thrown into the said other province of New-Hampshire. That notwithstanding his Majesty had been pleased, at the time of issuing the said commission to fix the said boundary, to declare the same was not to affect private property. Yet, certain persons in New-Hampshire, desirous to 0 CONCORD. 645 make the labors of others an advantage to themselves, and to possess themselves of the towns of Pennicook, otherwise Rumford, and Suncook, as now improved by the industry of the appellants and the said first settlers thereof, whom they seek to despoil of the benefit of all their labors, did, on the first of November, 1759, by the name of the proprietors of the common and undivided lands, lying and being within the township of Bow, brought an ejectment in the inferior court of common pleas, holden in Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire, against the appellants, by which ejectment the respondents, under the general denomination aforesaid of the pro- prietors of Bow, demand against the appellants the possession of about one thousand acres of land, alleging the same to lie in Bow aforesaid, and to be described and bounded as therein mentioned and set forth in the ejectment, their grant of the town of Bow, dated the 20th of May, 1727, from John Wentworth Esq. lieutenant- governor of New-Hampshire ; and that by force thereof they were seized in fee of the lands thereby granted, to the extent of eighty- one square miles, and they had afterwards entered thereon, pur- suant to their grant, and were seized thereof, and alleged they were entitled to the one thousand acres of land sued for, as part of the said eighty-one miles square of land, and that the same lay within the said town of Bow ; but that the appellants had entered therein and ejected the respondents, and withheld the same from them. To which action the appellants severally pleaded not guilty, as to so much of the lands sued for as were in their respective possessions. That on the 2d of September, 1760, the cause was brought on to trial in the said inferior court, when the jury gave a verdict for the respondents, and judgment was entered up accordingly with costs, from which the appellants prayed, and were allowed an appeal to the next superior court. And on the 2d Tuesday in November, 1760, the cause was brought on again to trial in the superior court, when the jury gave their verdict for the respondents, and the judgment was thereupon entered up, affirming the said judgment of the inferior court with costs. That the appellants conceiving themselves to be thereby greatly aggrieved, prayed, and were allowed an appeal therefrom to your Majesty in council, and humbly pray, that both the said verdicts and judgments may be reversed, and that they may be otherwise relieved in the premises. The Lords of the committee, in obedience to your Majesty’s said order of reference, this day took the said petition and appeal into their consideration, and heard all parties therein concerned, by 6 4 6 CHARTER RECORDS. their council, learned in the law, and do agree humbly to report as their opinion to your Majesty, that the said judgment of the inferior court of common pleas of the province of New-Hampshire, of the 2d of September, 1760, and also the judgment of the superior court of judicature of the 2d Tuesday in November, 1760, affirming the same, should be both of them reversed, and that the appellants should be restored to what they have lost by means of said judgments. His Majesty this day took the said Report into consideration, and was pleased, with the advice of his privy council, to approve thereof, and to order, as it is hereby ordered, that the said judgment of the inferior court of common pleas of the province of New- Hampshire, of the 2d of September, 1760, and also the judgment of the superior court of judicature, of the 2d Tuesday in November, affirming the same, to be both of them reversed, and that the appellants be restored to what they may have lost by means of the said judgments, whereof the Governor or commander in chief of his Majesty’s province of New-Hampshire, for the time being, and all others whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. [Letter from Timothy Walker, 1762.] [From original in possession of Joseph 'B. Walker.] London Decemb r 23 1762 Dear Sr Last Friday y e 17 th Ins 1 we had our Tryal have Obtain’d Judgment in our Favour viz that the Judgment against us shall be reversed &c the perticulars whereof I now Send you so far as my memory Serves mr De Grey my Council had proceeded but little wa}^ in Opening the Cause when L d Mansfield Interrupted him by Saying we had in our printed Cases prepared a large Field for argumentation — that it would take two Days to goe thro’ ye whole — but he had a mind to narrow the Case — that there were but two points worth Insisting on viz ye False laying out of Bow which he Called a non Suit — and the order of the King respecting Private property — he began with the former on which he Said our former Case Turned when (by the way) he Observed it was not as the Resp t9 had alleedged in their Printed Case that we were drove from every other point &c for in truth there was no other point Considered — that the L d3 not being Clear as to the other point CONCORD. 647 urged — merely out of tenderness to possession & Cultivation which they said in America was almost every thing they laid hold of that & determined as they did but Came to no determination upon the Other viz the order of the King in Council &c which he Called the great point — the first he determined roundly against us — I Sus- pected by the manner of his Treating it that he determined it should have no weight in the present decision and therefore would hardly allow it the force it deserved I was therefore not much Con- cerned at my Council’s Submiting the point L d Mansfield then said he was now Come to the main point viz the order respecting Private property which he Said must mean in Cases like ours where both sides Claimed and made grants — whoever Settled under a grant from either Side if he hapned to be on the rong Side of the line when it Came to be Settled — as he was precluded from defending himself by his grant his posscession should be his Title — and in this Case he said that posscession with a grant from the Mass tts Bay was as good as posscession with a grant from New Hampshire — mr Yorke ye Resp t9 Council allowed y* but alledged ours was not a Bona Fide posscession that we had been warned &c L d Mansfield Said he had read those Deposicions as they was printed when it appeared Bow had Chosen Committees to warn people from Trespassing &c (which he Seemed to Speak with a Sneer) but he said the Sum was this Mass tt3 People were Strong went on & Setled & Bow Claimed — as to what is posscession L d Mansfield distinguished between posscession & property with respect to the Royal order he said the words were not private posscession but private property his design most Certainly was to Carry ye Idea of property further than actual Improvement — the Sum of what he Said was to this Effect viz what a man Claimed under a Certain Title part whereof he actualy Improved was his property what is done and what was Said in the Case if truly represented by any body whom Bow will believe will I am perswaded Effectualy discourage them from any further attempts even against Suncook much more against Rumford yet I Suspect their Lawyers will urge them on to further Tryals with what Success Time must discover Yours &c — T W 648 CHARTER RECORDS. [Non-Intercourse Agreement.] [From original in possession of Joseph B. Walker.] We the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Concord having taken into our serious Consideration, the precarious State of the LIBERTIES of NORTH-AMERICA, and more especially the present distressed Condition of our Sister Colony of the Massachu- setts-Bay, embarrassed as it is by several Acts of the British Parliament, tending to the entire Subversion of their natural and Charter Rights; among which is the Act for blocking uj> the Harbour of BOSTON : And being fully sensible of our indispensi- ble Duty to lay hold on every Means in our Power to preserve and recover the much injured Constitution of our Country ; and conscious at the same Time of no Alternative between the Horrors of Slavery, or the Carnage and Desolation of a civil War, but a Suspension of all commercial Intercourse with the Island of Great-Britain, DO, in the Presence of GOD, solemnly and in good Faith, covenant and engage with each other. 1. That from henceforth we will suspend all commercial Inter- course with the said Island of Great-Britain, until the Parliament shall cease to enact Laws imposing Taxes upon the Colonies, without their Consent, or until the pretended Right of Taxing is dropped. And 2. That there may be less Temptation to others to continue in the said now dangerous Commerce ; and in order to promote Industry, Oeconomy, Arts and Manufactures among ourselves, which are of the last Importance to the Welfare and Well-being of a Community ; we do, in like Manner, solemnly covenant, that we will not buy, purchase or consume, or suffer any Person by, for, or under us, to purchase, nor will we use in our Families in any Manner whatever, any Goods, Wares or Merchandize which shall arrive in America from Great-Britain aforesaid, from and after the last Day of August next ensuing (except only such Articles as shall be judged absolutely necessary by the Majority of the Signers hereof) — and as much as in us lies, to prevent our being inter- rupted and defeated in this only peaceable Measure entered into for the Recovery and Preservation of our Rights, and the Rights of our Brethren in our Sister Colonies, We agree to break off all Trade and Commerce, with all Persons, who prefering their private Interest to the Salvation of their now almost perishing Country, who shall still continue to import Goods from Great-Britain, or CONCORD. 649 shall purchase of those who import after the said last day of August, until the aforesaid pretended Right of Taxing the Colonies shall be given up or dropped. 3. As a Refusal to come into any Agreement which promises Deliverance of our Countries from the Calamities it now feels, and which, like a Torrent, are rushing upon it with increasing Violence, must, in our Opinion, evidence a Disposition enimical to, or criminally negligent of the common Safety : — It is agreed, that all such ought to be considered, and shall by us be esteemed, as En- couragers of contumacious Importers. Lastly, We hereby further engage, that we will use every Method in our Power to Encourage and promote the Production of Manufactures among ourselves, that this Covenant and Engage- ment may be as little detrimental to ourselves and Fellow Country- men as possible. Philip Eastman Peter Green J r Reuben Abbott Jabez Abbott John Chase Benjamin Sweat Daniel Carter Ephraim farnum Jun Henry Lovejoy George Abbott Joshua Abbot Ezra Carter Caleb Buswell Jonathan Bradley David Hall Nath 11 Clement Jonathan Eliot Hezekiah Fellows Solomon Gage Levi Ross Moses Abbott Nathan Abbot Jon a Walker Stephen Kimball Hannah Osgood Timothy Bradley Cornelius Johnson Daniel Gale Tho 3 Stickney Daniel Abbot Nath 1 West Amos Abbot Benjamin fifield Jacob Shute Jesse Abbot Ezekiel Dimond Abiel Chandler Peter Chandler Nath a Rolfe Stephen Abbot James Walker Jacob Carter Abner danders Jacob Dimond Heny Beck Reuben Rimball Chandler Lovejoy John Farnum Eben r West Tim 0 Walker Richard Hasstine Tim° Walker J r John Kimball Benj a Emery Aaron Stevens Joseph Hall Ju u Philip Carigain Edward Abbott Jeremiah Wheeler Asa kimball John Blanchard Abiel Blancard Jonathan Stickney Benjamin farnum Joseph Farnum Enoch Coffin Ebenezer Virgin Daniel Hall Nath el Abbott Lemuel Tucker William Coffin David young Moses Eastman jun 650 CHARTER RECORDS. CONWAY. [Originally known as Pigwacket or Pequawket. Granted as Conway, Oct. 1, 1765, to Daniel Foster and others. Grants to Lieuts. Hugh Sterling, Samuel Stark, and Archibald Stark were annexed June 14, 1800. The farms of Jonathan Hardy and Edward Shirley were severed from Conway and annexed to Chatham, June 26, 1823. See Masonian Papers in following volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 141 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 409; Index to Laws, 125; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 815 ; History of the White Mountains, by Lucy Craw- ford, 1845, ch. X; History of North Conway, by B. D. Eastman, 1880, in files of The Idler ; Willey’s History of the White Mountains, 1870, chap. XIII; The White Hills, by T. Starr King, 1859, p. 149; The Intervale, by Winfield S. Nev- ins, 1887, PP- 60 ; The March of Capt. Samuel Willard, by C. E. Fay, 2, Appa- lachia, 336; Stevens’s Memorials of Methodism, 2d series, 1852, p.334; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 12 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 582 ; grants to Hugh Sterling, Archibald Stark, and Samuel Stark, with Madison papers ; The White Mountains, A Guide to their Interpretation, by Julius H. Ward, 1890, p. 26; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 39.] [Conway Charter, 1765.] *3-134 *Province of New Hampshire. Conway GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Know Ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, in New-England , and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be di- vided to and amongst them into Sixty Nine equal Shares, all that CONWAY. ^5 1 Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Hamf shire, containing by Admeasurement Twenty Three Thousand & forty Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz, Begining at a Beach Tree Standing in the Dividing Line between the Prov- ince of New Hampshire and the Province of the Massachusetts Bay at about Twenty Six Miles Distant from the Head of Salmon falls River & about Two Miles & one Quarter of A Mile Southerly of the Place where the afore Said Dividing Line first crosseth Saco River Said Beach Tree is Marked with the Letters B-g-t-n as also S. E : C- for South East Corner and from Said Tree runs on the afore Said Dividing Line North 8 d East Six Miles to a Beach Tree Marked with the aforesaid Letters B-g-t-n & also N-E-C- for the North East Corner thence turning Square oft' at Right An- gles & runing North 82 d West Six Miles to a Beach Tree marked as afore Said Three Quarters of one Mile Westerly of Saco River Thence Turning at Right Angles & runs South Eight Degrees West Six Miles to a Maple Tree marked with the afore Said Let- ters & with S : W : C : for South West Corner & from thence turn- ing off at Right Angles & runing South Eighty Two degrees East to the Bounds first above mentioned Standing in the afore Said Dividing Line of the afore Said Provinces And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Conway And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, *3-135 as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agre- 652 CHARTER RECORDS. able to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the Second Tuesday in December next which said Meeting shall be Notified by M r Daniel Foster who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agre- able to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March an- nually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth Day of December. 17 66 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year for- ever, from and after the Expiration often Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day of December , namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December, which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1776 One CONWAY. 653 shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth , or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province, the First Day of October In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Five And in the Fifth Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, Theodore Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Province of New Hamp r October i ?t 1765 Recorded according to the Original Patent under the Province [Seal] ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry 'The Names of the Grantees of Conway — Viz — *3-136 James Burley Jonathan Stevens David Davis Thomas Bragg Peter Parker Daniel Foster William Ladd Joseph Eastman Samuel Ayers Jun r Asa Kimball Joshua Heath Andrew M c Millen & James osgood Capt. W m Stark one Share Asa Foster for the Use of the Mills Moses Foster Jun r Josiah Johnson George Abbot [there. Francis Carr John Beverly Watts Joseph Eastman Jun r John Carr The Hon ble John Temple Esq. Thos Merrill Ephraim Foster The Hon ble Theod r Atkinson Moses Eastman David Carr Dan 1 Warner Henry Lovejoy Elias Heath Mark H’g Wentworth Obediah Eastman Caleb Foster Theodore Atkinson jun r Daniel Ingalls Nath 1 Barrell Benjamin Ingalls Peter Levius John Marston Jon a Warner John Marston Jun r Clem 1 March W m Ingalls John Lang John Ingalls John Tufton Mason Esq. & Nathaniel Eastman Andrew Button Eph m Carter Reuben Kimball Richard Ayres Jacob Ayres > Esq r3 Esq r 6 S4 CHARTER RECORDS. Perly Ayres Nathaniel Perly Ebenezer Burbank Peter Ayres Samuel Morrill Moses Foster Samuel Ingalls John Johnson David Hicks Arthur Bennet Henry Sherburne Esq. Speaker of the Assembly — A Tract of Land to Contain Five Hundred Acres for his Excel- lency Benning Wentworth Esq as marked B : W : in the Plan which is to be Accounted Two of the within Shares. — One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gos- pel in foreign Parts — one Share for A Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established one Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in Said Town, & one Share for the Benefit of A School in Said Town for ever — Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter under the Province Seal the first Day of October, 1765 ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry CONWAY. 6 55 of Conway under the Province Seal the i 8t Day of October 1765 -j ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry [Conway Regrant, 1772.] ^Province of New > George the Third, by the Grace *1-433 Hampshire $ of God of Great Britian France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. To all to whom these presents shall come. Greeting. CHARTER RECORDS. 656 Know Ye, that whereas We by our Letters Patent, under the Seal of our Province of New Hampshire bearing Date the first day of October 1765 in the fifth year of our Reign, of our special grace, certain knowledge & mere Motion for the due encouragment of set- tling a new plantation, did give and grant unto Jacob Ayers, Nathaniel Pearly, Peter Ayers, William Ladd, Samuel Ayers, John Carr, Samuel Ingalls, Asa Kimball, Andrew Bunting and the first settled Minister of the Gospel, among other of our loving Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hamp- shire & our other Governments to each of them one Sixty ninth part or Share of a certain tract or parcel of Land containing about Six Miles Square in our said Province lying on the Dividing line between our said Province & the Province of Maine so called, by the Name of Conway upon certain Conditions in our said Letters Patent mentioned & expressed to be performed by the several Grantees therein Named, within the Term of Five Years from the date thereof, on penalty of the forfeiture of their respective Rights or Shares in the said Township & of their reverting to us our Heirs and Successors to be by by us or them regranted to such of our Subjects as should effectually settle & cultivate the same And it having been made sufficiently to appear to our Governor & Coun- cil of our said Province, that the Grantees above recited have totally neglected the Conditions stipulated in our said Letters Pat- ent whereby their Rights or Shares are forfeited as aforesaid, We therefore of our further grace and favour for promoting and en- courageing the Settlement of the said Township by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors by and with the advice of our Trusty and wellbeloved John Wentworth Esq r our Gover- nor & Commander in Chief of our said province of New Hampshire & of our Council of the same, do give and grant unto Others of our loving Subjects the Rights or Shares of the said delinquent Grantees in the following manner, that is to say, unto William Welch the Right of Jacob Ayers abovenam d the first Division or allotment whereof, being (N°. 34) included ; unto Thomas Martin the Right of Nathaniel Pearly (N° 23) as *1-434 aforesaid; *unto Nathaniel Folsom Jun r the Right of Peter Ayers (N° 37) as aforesaid; unto the first settled Minister of the Gospel in said Town the Right of William Ladd (N° 36) as aforesaid ; unto Samuel Colby the Right of Samuel Ayers (N° 20) as aforesaid ; unto Roger Hayes the Right of John Carr (N° 5) as aforesaid; unto Thomas Hodgson the Right of Samuel Ingalls (N° 8) as aforesaid; unto George Wentworth the CONWAY. 657 Right of Asa Kimball, (N° 6) as aforesaid ; unto Joshua Wentworth the Right of Andrew Bunting (N° 7) as aforesaid & unto Henry Young Brown the. Right of the first settled Minister (N° 68) as aforesaid. To Have and to Hold the said granted Premises with the Appurtenances thereof unto them the said last mentioned Grantees, & to their Heirs & Assigns forever upon the follow- ing Terms Conditions & Reservations. Viz 1 — First That they pay all legal Rates & Taxes heretofore set on said Shares. — Second. That the said Grantees their Heirs or Assigns shall plant & cultivate five Acres for every Fifty contained in his or their Share within three Years from the Date of this Grant, on penalty of the forfeiture of any and every of the Shares hereby granted. Thirdly That all white and other Pine Trees being and grow- ing within & upon either and every of the said Shares fit for mast- ing our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained on pain of forfeiting their respective Right in the Pre- mises as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. — Fourthly. That the said Grantees their Heirs or Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors on the Twenty fifth day of December annually, their just proportion of all such Quit Rents as are expressed & reserved in the original Grant or Charter of said Conway. And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. — In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esquire our aforesaid Governor & Commander in *Chief the Sixth Day of April in the twelfth year of our *1-435 Reign & in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred & Seventy-two. J’ Wentworth. By his Excellcy’s Command ) with Advice of Council $ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Prov e Seal, this 25 th day of May 1772. Attest' Theodore Atkinson Sec' 7 658 CHARTER RECORDS. [Grant to Sterling and Stark, 1765.] ^Province of New Hampshire. George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all to whom these Presents Shall come Greet- Sterling & Stark ing — Whereas we have tho* fit by our Proclamation given at Starnes’s the Seventh Day of October in the the third Year of Our Reign Annoq Domini 17 63 (amoungst other Things to Testify our Royal Sence & Approbation of the Conduct & Bravery of the officers & Soldiers of our Armies and to Signify our desire to reward the Same & have therein Com’anded and Impowered our Several Governours of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to Grant without fee or reward to such reduced officers as have served in North America during the late War and to such Private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there and Shall Per- sonally Apply such Quantitys of Land respectivly as in & by our afores d Proclamation are Perticularly mentioned Subject nevertheless to the same Quit Rents & Conditions of Cultivations & Improvements as other our Lands are subject in the Province within which they are granted and whereas Hugh Sterling of Londonderry in our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid Gen- tleman had our appointment as Lieutenant And Archibald Stark of Dunbarton in the same Province Gentleman had also our ap- pointment as Lieutenant in our Independent Company of Rangers and Served During the late War in North America & both of them are now reduced and they having (agreable to our aforesaid Proclamation personaly solicited such Grants Know Ye that We of our Especial Grace Certain Knowledge & mere Motion do Signify our approbation as aforesaid & for Encouraging the Settlement & Cultivation of our Lands within our Province of New Hampshire in New England have by & with the advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth our Governour & Com’ander in Chieff in & over our Said Province of New Hamp- shire and of our Council of Said Province of New Hampshire (agreable to our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation) and upon the Conditions & Reservations herein after mentioned) given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give & Grant unto the Said Hugh & to the Said Archibald & to thier Heirs & Assigns forever the following Tracts or Parcells of CONWAY. 659 Land (Viz) unto the Said Hugh a Certain Parcel of Land con- taining Two Thousand Acres lying & being within the Said Prov- ince of New Hampshire butted & bounded as follows Viz Begin- ning at the South East Corner of Conway at a Beach Tree standing in the Province Line thence North 82 degrees West 400 rods to a Stake & Stones Standing in the Southerly Side Line of Said Conway then South 8 Degrees West Eight Hundred Rods to a Stake & Stones then South 82 de s East four Hundred rods to a Stake & Stones Standing in the Said Province Line thence on Said Line Eight Hundred Rods to the Beach Tree the South East Corner Bounds of Conway where it began at And to the Said Archibald Other Two Thousand Acres of Land being within the Said Province of New Hampshire butted & bounded as follows (Viz) Begining at the North West Corner of the Said Hugh Sterlings Land at a Stake & Stones thence runing on the Souther* Side of the Town of Conway aforesaid North *1-290 82 de § 3 West 400 rods to a Stake & Stones thence South Eight degrees West Eight Hundred Rods to a Stake & Stones thence South 82 degrees East four Hundred Rods to a Stake & Stones thence North Eight Degrees East Eight Hundred Rods to where it began To have & to hold the Said Tracts of Land in Severalty in Man’er as aforesaid unto the Said Hugh Sterling & Archibald Stark & to thier Several & Respective Heirs & Assigns forever upon the following Conditions & Reservations (Viz) (i st ) That the Said Hugh & the Said Archibald their Several & respective Heirs & Assigns shall Plant & Cultivate five Acres of Land in Each Tract above granted within five Years Term for every Fifty acres containd in Each Tract & shall continue to im- prove & Settle the Same by aditional cultivating on Penalty for- feiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us & them regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same 2 dly that all white Pine Trees & other Pine Trees within the Said Tracts fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully Preserved for that Use & none to be cutt or felled without our especial Licence for so doing first had & obtain’d upon Penalty of the Forfeiture of the Several & respective Rights of the Said Grantee or Grantees his or their Heirs or assigns to us our Heirs or Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or here- after shall be Enacted — 3 dly Yielding & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of Ten Years to be Com- puted from the Date hereof the rent of One Ear of Indian Corn 66o CHARTER RECORDS. only on the 25 th Day of December annually if Lawfully Deman- ded — 4^ the Said Grantees & each of them their Heirs or Assigns shall Yield & Pay unto us our heirs & Successors Yearly & every Year forever from and after the Expiration of Ten Years from the aboves d 25 th Day of December Annually namely on the 25 th Day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1775 One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred acres they so owns Settles or Possess and so in Proportion for a Greater or lessor Tract or Tracts of Said Lands which Money Shall be paid by the respective owners, Settlers or Possessors as aforesaid in our Coun- cil Chamber in Portsmouth in the Province aforesaid or to such officer or officers as Shall be appointed to receive the Same and this to be in Lieu of all Other Rents & Services whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Wittxess Benning Wentworth Esq our aforesaid Governour & Com’ander in ChiefF the Thirty first Day of October in the Year of our Lord Christ 1765 & in the Sixth Year of Our Reign B Wentworth By his Excellency’s Comand with advice of Council Theodore x\tkinson Jun r Sec 17 Entered & Recorded According to the the Original Charter under the Province Seal the 31 st day of October 1765 ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec 17 *1-291 *Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth 31 October 1765 Then the above mentioned Grantees Viz Hugh Sterling & Archibald Stark Personally appeared & made Solemn Oath that the above Grants of Land to them respectivly made as above are bona Fide all the Land which they or Either of them have reievd by Virtue of his Majestys Proclamation in the above Grant men- tioned & they nor Either of them do Expect any further Grant for Services therein mentioned — Both Sworne befor Me — Wyseman Clagget Jus-Peace Recorded from the Bottom of the original Charter this 31 st of Octob r 1765 ^ T : Atkinson Jun Sec 17 This Diagram Contains A Discription of the Grants of the Town- ship of Conway & the Several Grants to officers bounding thereon or &c a Attest 1 T Atkinson Jun Sec 17 CONWAY 66 1 r< C. -v d E £ 4 * H ■% S^UiX J % 3s 5 3 *> ;• K N ' H Sn L X V fe ~E r~d O rd f? d xn *. t8 K n rO <* lo f~ r%* & £ s i< A "a Pd George the Third by the Grace *1-405 Hampshire ) of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c To all to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting. Know ye that we of our special grace ( Moses Chase’s > certain knowledge and mere Motion for the I Grant 5 due encouragment of settling & cultivat- ing our Lands within our Province aforesaid, by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire & of our Council of the same, Have (upon the Conditions and Reservations herein particularly recited and ex- pressed) given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give & grant unto our leige and loving Subject Moses Chase of Cornish in the County of Cheshire and Prov- ince aforesaid Esq r and to his Heirs & Assigns for ever a certain Tract or parcel of Land containing by Admeasurement Five hun- dred Acres, situate lying and being in our said Province as by a plan or Survey thereof (exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s Order & re- turned into the Secretary’s office of our said Province, a Copy whereof is hereunto *annexed) may more fully and *1-406 at large appear, Butted & Bounded as follows Viz 1 Begin- ning at a Stake and Stones standing on the bank of Connecticut River on the North side of Blow-me-down Brook (so called) from thence running South 76 degrees East 288 Rods to a Stake and Stones, from thence running South 15 Degrees West 283 Rods to a Stake & Stones, from thence running North 76 Deg 3 West 286 Rods to a Stake & Stones standing on the bank of Connecticut River aforesaid, from thence up said River to the Bounds first mentioned. To have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above express’d to him the said Moses Chase and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever upon the following Terms Conditions and Reser- vations Viz* First That the said Grantee shall cut clear and make pass- able for Carriages &c. a Road of three Rods wide thro’ the said Tract as shall at any Time hereafter be directed or Order’d by the Governor & Council aforesaid, which Road shall be completed in Two years from the date of such order or direction of the Gov r & 668 CHARTER RECORDS. Council aforesaid on penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant & of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. Second That the said Grantee shall settle or Cause to be set- tled Two Families in Three Years from the date of this Grant, in failure whereof the Premises to revert to us our Heirs and Succes- sors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same. Third That all white and other Pine Trees fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained on penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee in the Premises his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament Fourth Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors on or before the 24 th day of January 1774, the Rent of One Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Fifth That the said Grantee his Heirs & Assigns shall yield & pay unto us our Heirs and Successors yearly and *1-407 every Year for *Ever from and after the expiration of Two Years from the date of this Grant: One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid, which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same : And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r our aforesaid Governor & Commander in Chief the 24 th day of January in the 12 th year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1772. J Wentworth By his Excellency’s Command ) with advice of Council 5 The words “ Money for every Hundred acres” being interlined previous to signing & sealing. Theodore Atkinson Secretary Province of New Hampshire 25 th Jan 17 1772. Recorded according to the Original Patent under the Province Seal. CORNISH. 669 Province of New Hampshire — Portsmouth 22 d January 1772. These may Certify that this Plan Beginning at a Stake & Stones standing on the bank of Connecticut River on the North side of Blowmedown Brook so called, from thence running S. 76° E. 2 88 Rods to a Stake & Stones, from thence running South 15 0 W. 283 Rods to a Stake and Stones, from thence running N. 76° W. 286 Rods to a Stake & Stones standing on the bank of Connecti- cut River aforesaid, from thence up said River to the Bounds first mentioned — Contains 500 Acres of Land, & is a True Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Tract as taken & returned to me by Capt n Jona Chase Dep y Surveyor attest Is : Ringe Surv r Gen 1 — [Draft of Charter of Coulerain, 1726.] [Farmer’s Town Papers, Vol. I, p. 369.] George by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France and Ire- land King Defend' of the faith &c a — To all People to whom These Presents Shall Come Greet- ing— 670 CHARTER RECORDS. Know Yee that We of Our especial knowledge and mere Motion for y e due encouragement of Settling a new Plantation and for the Increase of Naval Stores by and with the advice and con- sent of Our council have given and granted and by These Pres- ents as far as in Us lies Do give and grant unto Sundry of Our beloved Subjects whose names are Entered in a Schedule hereunto annexed, and in the manner hereafter Express’d a Certain Tract of land lying and being within Our Province of New Hamp r bounded as followeth (viz 4 ) Begining at Rochester northerly Corner bounds at or near Salmon-fall river runing along Roches- ter head line keeping the Course of that line till twelve miles be accomplish’d, and from Each end of the Said twelve mile line to run northwest half a Point notherly ten miles and then to run a Streight line from the end of one ten mile line to the end of the other which will be parralel to Rochester head line first mentioned, And That the Same be a Town Corporate by y e name of Coulerain To the Persons aforesaid lorever to be divided into Moietys or two Equal Parts by a Divisional line to run through the Middle of the Town upon a Northwest half notherly point of the Compass the Southwestward moiety to be to one part of the Pro- prietors and the northeasterly moiety to another part of the Proprietors as Shall be fully Set forth Express’d and Explain’d in The Annexed Schedule to Have and to Hold The S d Tract of land In Moietys The one half part to one part of the Proprietors and the other half part to the other part of the Proprietors as will hereafter In the Said annexed Schedule be fully Express’d — Upon The following Conditions i 8t That Every Proprietor of the northeasterly Moiety of the Said Town build a Dwelling house and Settle a family Therein within two years, and pay his and their respective Proportions to all Town and Province Taxes and Charges as the Same Shall be lawfully demanded — 2 d That a Meeting house be built in Some Convenient Place in the northeasterly district or Moiety of the S d Town at the charge of the Proprietors of the S d Northeasterly Moiety or District for the Publick worship of God within Three Years — 3 d That upon Default of any Particular Proprietor in Comply- ing with the Terms of this Charter Such Delinquent Proprietor shall forfeit his respective right or Share to Us our heirs and Suc- cessors, any Thing in This Charter Contain’d To the Contrary Thereof notwithstanding. Provided nevertheless That three Proprietors shares be reserved in Each of the S d Moietys or Dis- CROYDON. 671 tricts, One for the first Minister forever, One for a Parsonage forever, And the Other for a School forever in Each of the Said Moietys or Districts Rendering and paying therefor To us our heirs and successors or Such Officer as Shall be appointed to receive the Same the annual Quit-Rent or Acknowledgerff of ten pounds of Hemp and one barrel of Tar upon the last day of Octo- ber yearly and Every, year forever (if lawfully demanded) That is to Say The Proprietors of the Southwest Moiety to pay the hemp and the Proprietors of the Northeast Moiety to pay the Tar Reserving also unto us our heirs and Successors all Mast Trees growing on the Said tract of land And for the better order rule and Govern^ of the Said Two Districts or Moietys of the Said Town We do by these Presents for us our heirs and Suc- cessors Grant unto The Proprietors of the S d Two Districts or Moietys respectively yearly and every year to hold Town meet- ings Seperately and independantly one of another as if they were Two Towns and to Transact all Their Town affairs Seperatly as fully as any Town in This Province of New Hamp r doth or Ought to Do according To law. As also We Give & Grant unto the Proprietors of the Said Northeasterly District or Moiety To have hold and Enjoy Two Fairs yearly to be held and kept on the last Wednesday in May and the Second Wednesday in Septem- ber and So de anno in annum forever In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Publick Seal of Our Said Province to be here- unto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq r Lieutenant Gover- nour and Command 1 in Chief of Our Said Province of New Hampshire the first day of Decemb r in the thirteenth year of Our Reign Annoq Domini 1726 — By order of His Hoff the L* Gov r by and w th the advice of y e Coun 1 CROYDON. [Granted May 31, 1763, to Samuel Chase and others. The charter was renewed Dec. 21, 1768. The line between this town and Grantham was estab- lished Dec. 3, 1808, by which Croydon lost some territory to Grantham. A tract was severed and annexed to Cornish, June 24, 1809. See X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 463 ; Index to Laws, 136; sketch, by Edmund Wheeler, Hurd’s History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 150; Historical Sketch, by L. Cooper, 6, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 212; Centennial Celebration, 1867, pp. 173; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cum- mings, 1836, p. 9; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 443.] 672 CHARTER RECORDS. [Croydon Charter, 1763.] *2-401 ^Province of New-Hampshire. Croydon GEORGE The Third, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know Ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire, in New-England , and of our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New -Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy one equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Hamf shire , containing by Admeasure- ment, Twenty three thousand & forty Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allow- ance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz . Begining at the Northerly Corner Bounds of Newport thence Runing South Sixty Six Degrees East Six Miles & one Quarter of a Mile by Newport aforesaid to the Easterly Corner thereof then turning off& runs North Sixteen Degrees East five Miles & one Quarter of a Mile to the Southerly Corner of Grantham thence turning off & runing North Sixty one Degrees West Six Miles & one half by Grantham aforesaid to the Westerly Corner thereof then Turning off again & runing South fifteen degrees West Six Miles to the Corner of Newport began at. And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Croydon And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the CROYDON. 673 said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market maybe ^opened and kept one or more *2-402 Days in each Week, as may be thought most advan- tagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Prov- ince, shall be held on the Last Monday of June next which said Meeting shall be Notified by M r Samuel Chase who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Ap- purtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns for- ever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or Them Re-granted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the Forfeit- ure of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the 42 674 CHARTER RECORDS. said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 17 63 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December , namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1773 One shil- ling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs and Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Dorts?noutk, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Pro- vince to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the 31 Day of May In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Three And in the Third Year of Our Reign. Province of New Hamp r May 31, 1763 Recorded according to the Original charter under the Province *2-403 *Names of the Grantees of the Township of Croydon B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, Theodore Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry Samuel Chase John Hollan Jon a Chase Moses Chase Ephraim Sherman James Wellmon Antipas Hollon Enoch Marble Thomas Dana John Stow Seth Chase Stephen Hall CROYDON. 675 Daniel Chase Samuel Chase Jun r David Temple William Wait Luke Drury Daniel Chase Jun r James Taylor Moses Whipple Solomon Chase Daniel March Joseph Vinson David Sherman James Richardson William Dudley James Whipple John Whipple Silas Hazeltine Ephraim Sherman Jun r John Temple Ebenezer Waters Dudley Chase Gershom Wait Hon ble Richard Wibird Esq Phineas Lealand Solomon Aldridge Jonathan Aldridge. Caleb Chase Silas Warring Moody Chase Samuel Ayers Hon ble John Downing Esq Timothy Darling Jonas Brown Samuel Sherman Samuel Dudley Benjamin Morse Benjamin Morse Jun r Benjamin Wallis March Chase James M c Clening Solomon Lealand Benjamin Wood Joseph Whipple Benjamin Lealand Ebenezer Rawson Daniel Putnam Abraham Temple Joseph Merram Willis Hall Jonathan Hale Hon ble Daniel Warner Esq Rev d M r Stephen Chase & Rev d M r Parsons of Rye His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq a Tract of Land to Contain Five Hundred Acres, as Marked B W in the Plan which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares, One whole Share for the Incorporated [Society] for the Propagation of the Gosple in Foreign Parts, One whole Share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established, One whole Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel & One Whole Share for the Benefit of a School in said Town — Province of New Hampshire May 31 st 1763 Recorded according to the Original Charter under the Province ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec ry 676 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hampshire May 31 st 1763 Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter of Croydon under the Province Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun r Sec r ^ CROYDON. 677 [Croydon Charter Renewed, 1768.] ^Province of New > George the Third by the Grace *1-321 Hampshire ) of God of Great Britain France Croydon Charter & Ireland King Defender of the Faith lengthen’d out. &c a Whereas we of our special Grace & mere motion for the due encouragement of Setling a new Planta- tion within our Province of New Hampshire by our Letters Patent or Charter under the Seal of our said Province Dated the 31 st day of May 1763 in the Third year our Reign a tract of land equal to Six miles square bounded as there- in expressed to a number of our Loyal Subjects whose names are entered on the same to hold to them their Heirs and Assignes on the Conditions therein declared to be a Town Corporate by the name of Croydon as by referrence to the said Charter may more fully appear. — and whereas the said Grantees have Represented un- to us that by reason of the Great inconveniencies which occur in the settlement of New Townships so remotely Situated from any other Settlements that can afford any Assistance, hath rendered it im- practicable for the whole number of Grantees to perform that part of the Conditions that relates to the Cultivation of such a propor- tion of the said Grant; That there are Fifteen Families now Setled on the Premises and a good passable Road* cut to about the middle of the said Township, which affords them hopes of a final Settle- ment without delay — and humbly Supplicating us not to take ad- vantage of the breach of said Conditions but to lengthen out & grant them some further time for the performance thereof — Now know Ye that we being willing to promote the end proposed — have of our further Grace and favor suspended our claim of the forfeiture which the said Grantees may have incurred, & by these Presents do grant unto the said Grantees their heirs and * Assignes, the term of Four Years for performing and *1-352 fulfilling the Conditions, matters and things by them to be done as aforesaid, except the Quit rents which are to remain due, and payable, as expressed and Reserved in the Original Grant or Charter. In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness Jn° Wentworth Esq : our Governor & Commander in Cheif the 21 st day of Decem r in the Ninth year of our Reign Annoque Dom : 1768 J’ Wentworth ’’ P- I7«0 DEERING. 679 Hamstead North East Corner So binding on Hamstead to San- down than Northerly on Sandown to Exeter than Easterly on Exeter to the Bounds first mention d The s d Partees agree that all those that Petitioned a Pole may have the oppertunity And the Heirs & assigns of those Persons that Pole out of the above Bounded may have the Liberty of three months to make their Chose in which Parish they & Estates Shall Stand And Whereas the Dividing line as above Agreed to between the parties may Run through & Divide Land belonging to Sundry persons, it is ment that all such Lands shall belong to the parish & be so Accounted Where the Owner or Owners of said Land Live provided they live In the Old or New parish DEERFIELD. [Set off from Nottingham and incorporated Jan. 8, 1766. Said to be named from the large number of deer then seen in that vicinity. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 147 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 483 ; Index to Laws, 145 ; History of Nottingham, Deerfield and North wood, by Elliott C. Cogswell, 1878, pp. 790; Account of Fall Fight, 1676, 1, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, 287; 41, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 201 ; Bill of Mortality, 1802-21, by N. Weare, 2, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, 199; Action of, 1776, on Question of Armed Resistance to the Crown, 24, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 5 ; sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 164; Stew- art’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 7, 16; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 35; Butler’s Book, by Benjamin F. Butler, 1892.] DEERING. [This town was originally a part of Cumberland, or Society Land. It was in- corporated Jan. 1 7, 1774, and named by Gov. John Wentworth in honor of his wife, whose maiden name was Frances Deering. See Massachusetts charters . preceding ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 759; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 490; Index to Laws, 146; sketch, by George C. Patten, Hurd’s History of Hillsborough County, 1885. p. 366; Life of James W. Grimes, by William Salter, 1876; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 162.] 68 o CHARTER RECORDS. [Deering Incorporated, 1774.] *4-183 ^Province of New > George the third by the grace Hampshire 5 of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all People to whom these presents shall come greeting Whereas our loyal Subjects Inhabitants of Dering a tract of Land within our Province of New formerly Society Hampshire aforesaid commonly called and known Land by the name of the Society Land containing by estimation about six Miles square have humbly petitioned and requested us that they may be erected and incorporated into a Township and enfranchised with the same Powers & Priveleges which other Towns within our said Province by Law have and enjoy and it appearing to us to be *4-184 *conducive to the general Good of our said Province as well as of the said Inhabitants in particular by maintain- ing good order and encouraging the culture of the Land that the same should be done. Know Ye that we of our special Grace cer- tain knowledge & for the encouragement & promotion of the good purposes and ends aforesaid by and with the advice of our trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esquire our Governor and Com- mander in chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same have erected and ordained and by thes'e Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do will and ordain that the Inhabitants of said Tract of Land and others who shall improve and inhabit thereon hereafter, the same being butted and bounded as follows viz 1 Begining at the Northwest Corner of Francestown from thence East to the easterly side Line of the Society Land so called from thence North to the Corner of the said Society Land from thence by the said Society Land westerly to Contocook River bounding partly on the Towns of Henniker and Hillsborough from thence as said Contocook River runs so far as that an East Line shall strike the said North west Corner of Francestown from thence by said East Line to the Bounds first mentioned be and they are hereby declared to be a town corporate by the name of Dering to have continuance forever with all the Powers and authorities priv- eleges immunities and Franchises which any other Towns in our said Province by Law hold and enjoy to the said Inhabitants or those who shall hereafter inhabit these and to their Successors for- DERRY. 68 1 ever always reserving to us our Heirs and Successors all white pine Trees that are or shall be found being & growing within & upon the said Tract of Land fit for the Use of our royal Navy Reserving also unto us our Heirs and Successors the Power of dividing said Town when it shall appear necessary and convenient for the Inhabitants thereof. Provided nevertheless and it is here- to declared that this Charter and Grant is not intended and shall not in any manner be construed to affect the private Property of the Soil within the Limits aforesaid And as the several Towns within our said Province* are *4-185 by the Laws thereof enabled and authorized to assemble and by the majority of the Voters present to chuse all Officers and transact such Affairs as in the said Laws are declared, We do by these Presents nominate and appoint William Clark Esq r to call the first Meeting of the said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at any time within ninety days from the date hereof giving legal notice of the time and design of holding such Meeting after which the annual Meeting for said Town shall be held for the choice of said Officers and the Purposes aforesaid on the first Tuesday in the Month of March annually In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness our aforesaid Governor and Commander in chief this seventeenth day of January in the Fourteenth Year of our reign Annoque Domini 1774 J : Wentworth By his Excellencys command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec y Recorded according to the original Charter under the Province Seal this 17 th day of January 1774 Attes tr Geo : King Dep y Sec y DERRY. [Set off from Londonderry and incorporated July 2, 1827. Named from Derry, Ireland. See IX, Bouton Town papers, 479; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 429; Index to Laws, 147 ; sketch, by R. C. Mack, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 168 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 38, 43 ; Rededication of First Congregational Church, 1885, pp. 33; Dedication of Soldiers’ Monument; History of Londonderry, comprising the towns of Derry and Londonderry, by Edward C. Parker, 1851, pp. 358 ; note on Londonderry, post.~\ 682 CHARTER RECORDS. DORCHESTER. [Granted July 8, 1761, to Henry Thompson and others. Regranted Nov. 21, 1766, to Samuel Hobart and others, and again, May 1, 1772, to John House and others. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 187 ; X, Bouton Province and State papers, 398, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 498 ; Index to Laws, 151 ; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 236; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 18; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 529.] [Dorchester Charter, 1761.] *2-41 ^Province of New-Hampshire. Dorchester GEORGE the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to vjhom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantatio 7 i within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New- Hampshire, in New-England, and of our Council of the said Province ; Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New- PLamf shire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Sixty nine equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province o { New-Hamj>shire, containing by Admeasurement, twen- ty Three Thousand and Forty Acres, which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Gover- nor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto DORCHESTER. 683 annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begining at the South East Corner of Lime from Thence Runing North twenty degrees East Six miles by Lime from thence South Sixty one degrees East Six miles, from Thence South twenty degrees West Six miles from Thence North Sixty one degrees West Six miles to the first Mentioned Bounds — And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Dorchester And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchised with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to con- tinue longer than the respective * following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a market may be ^opened *2—42 and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the Second Tuesday of Aug Next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Cap 1 John Thom- son who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Condi- tions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or Them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for 6S 4 CHARTER RECORDS. that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or .hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date here- of, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty-fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Pay- ment to be made on the twenty-fifth Day of December. 1762 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year for- ever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1772 One shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony wheref we have caused the Seal of our said Prov- ince to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the Eighth Day of July In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty one And in the first Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province N Hamp r July 8 th 1761 Recorded According to the original under the Province Seal in the Book of Charters ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry DORCHESTER. 685 'The Names of the Grantees in Dorchester 2-43 Henry Thomson Mathew Thomson David Shaw Jun r William Sloan John Nelson Sen 1 James Lamont Sen r James Smith James Smith Jun r Timo y Mackelwin Jun r Robert Hunter Jun r James Nelson Mathew Brown George Shaw Sith Shaw Jun r James McClaland William Fleming John Lamberton James Dickeson James Thomson Joshua Shaw Palm r John Capen Samuel M c Clenethen James Lamberton Jun r John Quenton William Mitchel Hugh Smith Eleazer M c Nitt Andrew M c Nitt James Thomson Brantry Zach r Fosse John Payton Jun r Thomas Wentworth Samuel Blackmore Charles Kavannah George Furnald William Kennedy Theodore Atkinson Jun r Nath 1 Fellows Charles Blunt John Ley John Clark John Wentworth Jun r Thomas Warren Nath 1 Dowse John Langdon John Cutt John Libby M H Wentworth Esq John Green Theodore Atkinson Esq Benning Wentworth John Nelson Mercht John Ray Robert Farrell Patrick Smith James Lamberton William Scott Timothy Sabin Esq Solomon Blackmore Thomas Peverly Edward Eayres William Blunt John Nelson His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq A Tract of Land to Contain five hundred Acres as marked in the Plan B W which is to be Accounted Two of the within Shares One whole Share for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in forreign Parts one Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel one Share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established one Share for the Benefit of the School in Said Town — July 8 th 1761 Recorded from the Back of the Original Charter ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 686 CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hamp r July 8 — 1761 Recorded from the Back of the original Charter 'p Theodore Atkinson Sec ry [Dorchester Regrant, 1766.] *3-166 ^Province of New-Hampshire. Dorchester GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Prese?its shall come , Greeting. Know Ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New- Hampshire, in New-England , and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein DORCHESTER. 687 after made, given and granted, and by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire , and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Sixty Nine equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New -Hampshire , containing by Admeasurement, 23040 Acres , which Tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Beginning at the S E Corner of Lime, from thence running North 20 d gs East Six miles by Lime, from thence South 61 d s East 6 Miles from thence South 20 D gs West Six miles from thence North 6i d9 West Six miles to the first mention’d bounds. — And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Dorchester And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchised with and Intitled to all and every the Privil- edges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened *3-167 and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the which said Meeting shall be Notified by who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meet- ing, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, 688 CHARTER RECORDS. together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Condi- tions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 1767 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year for- ever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1777 One shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Coun- cil Chamber in Portsmouth , or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said DORCHESTER. 68 9 Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the 21 st Day of November In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six And in the Seventh Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, T : Atkinson j r Secretary Province of New Hampshire 22 d Novem r 1766 Recorded according to the Original Charter under the Province Seal ^ : T Atkinson Jun Sec ry *Names of the Grantees of Dorchester. *3-168 Sam 1 Hobart Benj. Abbott Jn° Thompson Jon a Johnson Noah Thompson Amos Fisk Rufus Thompson John Atwell Matthew Thompson Stephen Powers Ja 3 . McLellan Noah Worcester Henry Thompson Ja 3 . Shannon Seth Shaw Dan 1 Emerson Rob 1 Hunter Benj. Stephens Sam : Cumin gs j r Zach h Foss Sam 1 Cutt Ja 3 Lamberton S 1 M c Clanathen Bern d M c Nitt Abr m Hunter Isaac Hunter Abr m Hunter j r Jac b Smith Jn° Qiienton Tim y Mackelwain Ja 3 Smith j r Will™ Mitchell Will : Scott Rob 1 Terrill Ew d Cutt James Hight Sol n Blackmore Thom 3 Wentworth Esq r Benj. Thompson John Green Lemuel Blackmore Isaac Williams Thom 3 Peverly John Marsh John Briard Hall Jackson Jn° Wentworth Esq r Joseph Welch Amos Beck Mich 1 Martin Theod r Atkinson j r Esq Sam 1 Hart j r George Ferneld Benn g Wentworth Ja 3 Hobart Tho 3 Patch Joshua Smith Hugh Smith Henry Thompson Jn° Hobart M k H g Wentworth ^ Theod re Atkinson > Esq 13 Jn° Nelson ) Five Hundred Acres for his Excellency Benn g Wentworth Esq r as mark’d B. W- in the Plan, which is to be accounted two of the within Shares. One share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Forreign Parts. One Share for a Glebe 43 690 CHARTER RECORDS. for the Church of England as by Law Establishd. One Share for the first settled Minister of the Gospel. One share for the benefit of a School in s d Town for Ever. Province of New Hampshire 22 d Nov r 1766 Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Dorchester under the Province Seal. ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec 17 Prov e of New Hampshire 22 d Novem r 17 66 Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Dorchester under the Prov e Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry [Dorchester Regrant, 1772.] *4-73 ""Province of New ) George the Third by the Grace Hampshire > of God of Great Britain France and (Dorchester.) Ireland King Defender of the ffaith & so forth. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. — DORCHESTER. 69I Know Ye, that we of our special grace certain knowledge & mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling a new Plan- tation within our said Province by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esquire our Gover- nor & Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hamp- shire in New England & of our Council of the said Province ; Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant in Equal Shares unto our loving Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire & our other Governments and to their Heirs and Assigns for Ever, whose Names are enter’d on this Grant to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy Two Equal Shares all that Tract or Parcel of Land called & known by the Name of Dorchester, situate, lying and being within our said Province of New Hamp- shire & containing by admeasurement Twenty three Thousand and Forty Acres, which Tract is to contain Six Miles Square, & no more ; out of which an allowance is to be made for Highways and unimproveable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers One thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof made by our said Governor’s Order & return’d into the Secretary’s office, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted & bounded as follows, Viz*. Beginning at the South East Corner of Lime, from thence running North Twenty Degrees East Six Miles by Lime, from thence South Sixty one degrees East Six Miles, from thence South Twenty Degrees West Six Miles, from thence North Sixty one Degrees West Six Miles to the first mentioned Bounds. To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Priviledges and Appurtenances to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns for Ever, upon the follow- ing Conditions by the Name of Dorchester, Viz* First That every Grantee his Heirs or Assigns shall plant & cultivate Five Acres of land within the term of five Years for every Fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or proportion of Land in said Township & continue to improve and Settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, & of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & cultivate the same. Second That the Grantees at their own cost shall cut clear bridge and make passable for Carriages of all kinds a Road of three Rods wide ^through the said Township, *4-74 692 CHARTER RECORDS. which Road shall be completed in Two Years from the date of this Grant, in failure of which the Premises and every part thereof shall be forfeited and Revert to us our Heirs and Succes- sors and regranted to any of our Loving Subjects. Third That the Grantees shall settle or cause to be settled Twenty Families by the First day of May 1773, & continue to add yearly, Settlers thereunto, so that there shall be actually resi- dent on the said Land Sixty Families by the first day of May * 777 - — Fourth That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Township, fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use, and none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing, first had & obtained, upon the Penalty of the for- feiture of the Right of such Grantee his Heirs and Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or hereafter shall be enacted. Fifth That before any Division of the Land be made to & among the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. Sixth Yielding and Paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors for the space of five Years to be computed from the Date hereof, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only on the Twenty fifth day of December annually if lawfully demanded, the first payment to be made on the Twenty fifth day of December I 77 2 - Seventh Every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors Yearly and every year for ever from and after the expiration of Five Years from the above- said Twenty fifth day of December, namely on the Twenty fifth day of December which will be in the year of our Lord 1777, One Shileing Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or possesses & so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land : which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns in our Coun- cil chamber in Portsmouth or to such officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. — In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth DORCHESTER. 693 Esquire our Governor & Commander in Chief aforesaid the First day of May in the Twelfth year of our Reign, and in the Year of our Lord Christ 1772. By His Excellencys Command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 'The Names of the Grantees of Dorchester. ' 4 -75 John House Esq r John Wright Seth Wright Samuel Wing Nathan West Thomas Bingham Asahel Clark Otis Little Eleazar House D r Hall Jackson John Marsh Isaac Williams Joseph Day William Welch Henry Sherburne Thomas Floyd Samuel Parker Richard Cutt Shannon Joseph Pattinson John Nelson Esq r John Pingrey Williams Robert Luist Fowle William Gardner David Woodward Ambrose Cushman Thomas Porter Asa Parker Gideon Rudd Jonathan Freeman John Burnap Isaac Burnap Bezaleel Woodward Timothy Bush Jonathan House Benning Wentworth John Smith Abijah Smith Thomas Daverson John Wentworth Esq r Judge Joseph Sherburne of Probate for this Province Jacob Marston Thomas MacDonogh Esq r Giles Tiffany Nathaniel Ray Thomas Esq r William Yeaton WysemanClagett Esq r James Melcher Woodbury Langdon Samuel Hobart Esq r John Sparhawk Theodore Atkinson Esq r Joshua Brackett Mark H g Wentworth Esq r Ebenezer Lewis Daniel Peirce Esq r Bozenger Salter John Parker Esq r Joseph Ward John Sullivan Esq r Paul Langdon John Hurd Esq r Joshua Wentworth William Simpson Esq r John Marshall John Wendell Esq r Ephraim Ham Isaac Rindge Esq r George Marshall Jun r One Right, for the Incorporated society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. One Right, for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law established. One Right, for the first settled Minister of y e Gospel in s d town. One Right, for the benefit of a School in said Town for Ever. 694 CHARTER RECORDS. H- \ 6 TTL\l* lcs\. pq W o ~i 4 ft =f ? ^ ** * s 5-0 ftu rfj 4» fft c> » E £ r*» i ■>» H ^ i isi * n ft 1 m ' £ rvj ft ft o> \ \ \ \ \ VUl New hampshr 5 May y e 8 th 1744 y u Walter Bryent personally appeared before me y e Subscriber & made oath that the above plan is a true figure or Draught of the town of Dover Lying be- tween (& Bounded upon) Durham on y e South west & Summors- worth on the North East acording to the Best of his Scill & Judg- ment Excepting the Cape Land which may be a few acres more or Less then the figure Shews it being taken from Some old plans of he S d Bryents formerly making which by Coppying off may Suffer Some Small Errow in the olteration of Some pionts or Coves Coram Sam 11 Smith Jus 4 Peace DUBLIN. [Granted by the Masonian Proprietors as Monadnock No. 3, or North Motiad- nock, Nov. 3, 1794, to Matthew Thornton and others. Incorporated as Dublin, March 29, 1771, and named from Dublin, Ireland. A part of the town was annexed to Marlborough June 13, 1818. See Masonian Papers in following volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 188 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 555; Index to Laws, 157; sketch, Hurd’s History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 180; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer ofCheshire County, 1885, p. 142; discourse, 25th anniversary of ordination, by Levi W. Leonard, 1846, pp. 28; History, by same, 1855, pp. 433; Map of Monadnock Mountain, 6, Appala- chia, opp. 262; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 255.] [Dublin Incorporated, 1771.] ^Province of New > George the Third by the grace of *1-379 Hampshire $ God of Great Britain France and Ire- land King Defender of the Faith & so forth. \ T o / To all People to whom these Presents shall come i ‘ * v Greeting. ^ ^ Whereas our Loyal Subjects Inhabitants of a (Dublin) Tract of Land within our Province of New Hamp- shire aforesaid commonly called and known by the Name of Dublin or Monadnock N° 3 containing by estimation about Six Miles square Have humbly Petitioned & requested us 702 CHARTER RECORDS. that they may be erected and Incorporated into a Township and enfranchised with the same Powers and Priviledges which other Towns within our said Province by Law have and enjoy And it appearing unto us to be conducive to the general good of our said Province as well as of the said Inhabitants in particular by main- taining good order and encouraging the culture of the Land That the same should be done Know ye that we of our special grace certain knowledge and for the encouragement and promotion of the good Purposes and ends aforesaid By & with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Gover- nor and Commander in chief and of our Council of the same have erected and ordained and by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors do will and ordain that the Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land and ethers who shall Improve and Inhabit thereon here- after the same being butted and Bounded as follows Viz 1 Beginning at a Beech Tree being the North East corner of Middle Monad- nock Township and runs North Eighty degrees West seven Miles to a hemlock Tree marked from thence running North by the needle Five miles to a Tree marked, from thence running South Eighty degrees East seven miles to a hemlock Tree marked, from thence running South by the needle Five Miles to the Bounds first mentioned Be and they are hereby declared to be a Town Corpor- ate and are hereby erected and Incorporated into a Body politick and corporate to have continuance for Ever by the Name of Dublin with all the Powers and Authorities Priviledges, Immunities and Franchises which any other Towns in said Province by Law hold and enjoy to the said Inhabitants or those who shall hereafter Inhabit there and to their Successors for Ever. Always reserving to us our heirs and Successors All White Pine Trees that are or shall be found being and growing within and upon the said Tract of Land fit for the use of our Royal Navy Reserv- ing also to us our Heirs and successors the Power and *1-380 *Right of dividing said Town when it shall appear neces- sary and convenient for the Inhabitants thereof Provided Nevertheless and ’Tis hereby declared that this Charter and Grant is not intended and shall not in any manner be construed to affect the private Property of the Soil within the limits aforesaid And as the several Towns within our said Province are by the Laws thereof enabled and Authorized to assemble and by the majority of the Voters present to chuse all Officers and to transact such Affairs as in the said Laws are declared We do by these Presents nominate and appoint Thomas Morse of said Town to call the DUMMER. 703 first Meeting of said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at any Time within Seventy days from the date hereof giving legal Notice of the Time and design of holding such Meeting after which the annual meeting of said Town shall be held for the choice of said Officers and the Purposes aforesaid on the First Tuesday of March annually. In Testimony Whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness our Gov 1 ' and Com- mander in Chief aforesaid the Twenty Ninth day of March in the Eleventh year of our Reign Annoq. dom : 1771. y Wentworth. By his Excellency’s Command > with advice of Council 5 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of New Hampshire 30 th March 1771 Recorded according to the original Charter of Incorporation under the Province Seal Att r Theodore Atkinson Sec ry DUMMER. [Qranted March 8, 1773, to Mark Hunking Wentworth and others. Incorpo- rated Dec. 19, 1848. A part of Stark was annexed July 1, 1868. See Masonian Papers in following volumes; Index to Laws, 157; sketch, by John B. Lovejoy, Fergusson’s History of Cods County, 1888, p. 854; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 610.] [Dummer Charter, 1773.] ^Province of New Hampshire *4-157 George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Dummer. Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting — Know Ye that We of our Special Grace Certain Knowledge & Mere Motion for the Due encouragement of Settling a New Plan- tation within Our Said Province by & with the advice of our Trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Esq our Governour & Commander in Chieff of our Said Province of New Hampshire in CHARTER RECORDS. 704 New England & of our Council of the Said Province have upon the Conditions & Reservations hereinafter made Given & Granted & by these Presents for us Our Heirs & Successors do give & Grant in Equal Shares unto our Loving Subjects Inhabitants of Our Said Province of New Hampshire & our other Dominions who have Petitioned us for the Same setting forth their Readyness to make immediate Settlement and to their Heirs & Assigns for ever whose names are Entered on this Grant to be divided to and Amoungst them into Seventy one equal Shares all That Tract or Parcel of Land Scituate Lying & being within our Said Prov- ince of New Hampshire containing by admeasurement *4-158 Twenty*three Thousand & forty Acres out of which and Allowance is to be made for high Ways & unimprovable Lands by Rocks Mountains & Waters One thousand forty acres free according to a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Sur- veyor General of Land of our Said Province by our Said Gover- nour’s order & returned into the Secretary’s office of our Said Province a Copy of which is hereunto annexed Butted & Bounded as follows (Viz) Begining at a Beech Tree Standing one Hun- dred & Twenty Rods Southerly of Am’onusock River and Thirty Rods Westerly of the Corner of Paulsbourg so called from thence runing North Eight Deg 9 East Six Miles to a red Birch Tree, thence South Eighty two Deg 9 East Six Miles to a Red birch thence South Eight Deg 8 West Six miles to Paulsbourg Line from thence North Eighty two deg 9 We^t Six Miles (Partly On Said Paulsbourg Line) to the Bound began it To have & to hold the Said Tract of Land as above Expressed togeather with all Previledges and appurtenances to them & their Respective Heirs & Assignes for ever By the Name of Dummer Upon the fol- lowing Conditions Viz — First That the Grantees at their own Cost shall cut Clear Bridge & make Passable for Carriages of all Kinds a road of three Rods Wide thro’ the Said Tract hereby Granted as Shall be at any Time hereafter directed by our Said Governour & Council which road shall be compleated in one Year from the date of such Direc- tions in failure of which the Premisses & every Part thereof shall be forfeited to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or Them Re- entered upon and regranted to any of our Loving Subjects who shall effectually Settle & cultivate the Same. Second That the Said Grantees shall enclose or Cause to be inclosed Two thousand three Hundred and fifty acres of the Said Land within five Years from the Date of this Grant and under Im- DUBLIN. 705 provement & Cultivation in Grass Hemp Corn Flax or English Grain &c a as the Soil may prove Suitable for either or all of those Articles on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant & of its reverting to us Our Heirs & Successors to be by us or them reentered upon & regranted to Such of our loving Subjects as shall effectually set- tle & cultivate the Same. Thirdly That all white & other Pine Trees within the Said Township fit for Masting our Royall navy be carefully preserved for that Use and none to be Cutt or felled without our Special Licence for so doing first had & obtaind upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee his Heirs & Assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or hereafter Shall be Enacted — Fourthly That before any Division of the Land be made to & amoung the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the Center of the Said Township as the land will admit of Shall be reserved & marked out for Town Lotts one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of One Acre — Fifthly Yield 8 & paying therefor to us our Heirs & Succes- sors Yearly & every Year on or before the first Day of January one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded — Sixthly — That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall Yield & Pay unto us our Heirs & Successors Yearly & every Year forever from & after the Expiration of Ten Years from the Date of this Grant One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns Settles or Possesses and so in Proportion of a greater or lesser Tract of the Said Land which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons above Said their Heirs & assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to Such Officer or officers as Shall be appointed to receive the Same & this to be in Lieu of all other Rents & Services whatsoever *In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of *4-159 our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness John Wentworth Esq our Governour & Com’ander in Chieff aforesaid the Eighth day of March in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign and the Year of our Lord Christ 1773. John Wentworth — By his Excellent Comand With Advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 44 70 6 CHARTER RECORDS. The Hon ble Mark Hunk g Wentworth Esq David Call Stephen Sumner John Wall Rich d Shearman Francis Little John Paige Hon ble George Jaffrey Esq John Fisher Esq Honb le Daniel Peirce Esq Isaac Smith Hon bl Peter Gillman Esq John Giddings Esq Nath u Folsom Esq Nich 0 Gillman Esq Daniel Tilton Esq Hon bl Jeremiah Powel Esq Hon ble John Phillips Esq Sam 11 Folsom Esq Major John Gillman Sam 11 Langdon D-D- Paul Langdon Richard Langdon Samuel Haven D-D- Joseph Haven Nath 11 Appleton Haven John Sherburne Eq Ammi Ruhamah Cutter Jacob Treadwell Nathaniel Dowse Walter Brient Jun r Esq John Wheelock Samuel Gray Levi Frisby W m Cutter N-Yarmouth Samuel Cutter Rev d Moses Parsons Rev d Isaac Lyman Cap 1 Charles Rundlet Eliphalet Hale Thomas Johnson Nath u Rogers Joshua Bayley David Weeks Henry Eaton Jacob Tilton (Coos) Andrew Savage Crocker Mark Sevey Rev d Sam 11 Lankton Jesse Johnson' Mathew Stanley Parker George King Esq Will m Waldron James Grant William Knight Esq John Wintrop Esq F- Silvanus Ripley Samuel Moodey Esq Joseph Gillman Asa Porter Esq Rev d Nath 1 Trask Abraham Palmer John Beard Andrew Smith Joseph Peirce James Lloyd Esq George Brinley R-S Peletiah Bliss One Right or equal Share for the Use & Support of a School in S d Township forever — One Right or Eqal Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in Said Township — One Right or Equal Share for a Glebe for the Church of England in Said Town- ship for ever — Recorded According to the original under the Province Seal the 29 th Day of May-1773- Attesfi Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 DUBININ. 707 ^Province of New Hampshire Portsm 0 15 February 1773 *4-160 This Certifys that this Plan Begining at A Beech Tree Standing one hundred & Twenty rods Southerly of Ammonoosuck River & Thirty Rods Westerly of the Corner of Paulsbourg so called from thence runing North Eight deg s East Six Miles to A red Birch Tree thence South Eighty Two deg 3 East Six Miles to a red Birch Tree thence South 8 Deg 3 West Six Miles to Paulsbourg line from thence North Eighty Two degrees West Six Miles (Partly on Said Paulsbourg line) to the Bound began at Contains Twenty Three Thousand & forty Acres of Land and is a True Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of Said Tract or Township as taken & returnd to me by Cap 4 Hubartus Neal Deputy Surveyer Attest 1- Is Rindge S r G 1 Copy Attest" Theodore Atkinson Sec ry 708 CHARTER RECORDS. DUNBARTON. [Granted by Massachusetts, June 19, 1735, to Capt. John Gorham’s men and called Gorham-town. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Dec. 17, 1748, to Archibald Stark and others, and called Stark'' s-town. Regranted March 2, 1752. Incorporated as Dunbarton Aug. 10, 1765, and named from a town in Scotland. A portion of Dunbarton was included in the limits of Hooksett, incorporated July 2, 1822. The line between Dunbarton and Goffstown was established Jan. 7, 1853, and the line between Dunbarton and Weare, July 2, 1853. See Massachusetts charters preceding, and Masonian Papers in following vol- umes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 189; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 558; Index to Laws, 157; Early History, addresses by Amos Hadley, 1845, PP- 2 7 > History, by Caleb Stark, i860, pp. 272; Centennial Celebration, 1865, pub. 1866, pp. 124; Dunbarton, Past and Present, by J. B. Connor, 4, Granite Monthly, 38 ; sketch, by W. H. StinsQn, Hurd’s History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 291 ; sketch, 12, Farmer’s Monthly Visitor, 101 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cum- mings, 1836, p. 20; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 3 76; Memoir of John Stark, by Caleb Stark, i860; Historical Sketch of Congregational Church, by J. M. Putnam, 1845, PP- The Stark Place, by F. M. Colby, 5, Granite [Dunbarton Incorporated, 1765.] ^Province of New Hampshire George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Whereas our Loving Subjects Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid known by the Name of Starks town have humbly Petitioned and Requested that they may be errected And Incorporated into a Township & Infranchized with the Same Powers & Previledges which other Towns have & Enjoy within our Said Province by Law & it appearing unto us to be Conducive to the General good of our Said Province as well as the Said Inhabitants in Particular by maintaining good order And Encouraging the Culture *1-281 of the Said Lands that the Same ^Should be done Know ye therefore that We of our Special Grace certain Knowl- edge & for the Encouragement & Promotion of those good Ends and Purposes by & with the advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour & Com’ander in ChiefF & Monthly, 80.] *1-280 Dunbarton I. OS-: .r, -.pi. I>„ ,, : m i' V V ' [Mss Town Boundaries,” p. 220.] ? a y» 3 So'tJaZ oj l At. In A ai ata. nts vvtTia rtialtn. *A t Intotci C f iittJtcm fc -3ry .n/j lint ftUmPk* *» ZayJD.^nly a Scute. oj on*. 27n« A A> «»iV2 Ui%crilt*% tu I.-. '*« TUnc/Zt*, )* ft«vn jDi'O.*/ rt 3y., Jil-crri t A A Paye «/ -£• “ DUNBARTON. 709 of our Council for Said Province of New Hampshire have erected & ordaind and by these presents for us our Heirs & Successors do will & ordain that our Loving Subjects Residing on the Tract of Land aforesaid or that Shall hereafter Reside & Improve there- on the Same being Limited & bounded as follows (Viz) Begining at a stake & Stones standing on the Bank of the Westerly Side of Merrimack River which is also the Northerly Corner Bound of Goffs Town so called thence runing Westerly by said Goffs Town till it comes to the Town of Weare so called then turning off & runing Northerly by Said Weare till it comes to the Line of New Hopkinton so called then turning off & runing North Easterly by the Line of New Hopkinton aforesaid till it comes to the Township of Bow then runing by Bow Line till it comes to Merrimack River then down Said River Southerly as that runs to the Stake & Stones began at Shall be and by thes Presents are declared & ordaind to be a Town corporate and are hereby erect- ed & Incorporated into A Body Politick & Corporate to have Con- tinuence until his Maj ty3 Pleasure shall be signifyed to the Con- trary by the Name of Dunbarton with the Powers & Authority s Previledges Immunitys & Franchizes which all Other Towns in Said Province by Law hold & Enjoy always Reserving to us our Heirs & Successors all white Pine Trees that are or Shall be found growing or being on the Said Tract of Land fit for the Use of our Royal Navy Reserving also the Power & Right of Dividing the Said Town when it Shall appear necessary & Convenient for the Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof Provided nevertheless & it is hereby declared that this our Charter & Grant is not intended or shall in any man’er be construed to extend to affect the private Property of the Soil within the Limits afores d and as the Several Towns within our said Province of New Hampshire are by Laws thereof enabled & authorized to Assemble & by the Majority of Voters Present to Chuse all Such Officers & Transact all Such Affairs as by the Said Laws are declared We do by these Presents Nominate & Appoint Caleb Page to call the first Meeting any Time within forty Days from the date hereof giving legall Notice of the Time Place and Design of holding such Meeting after which the Annual Meeting for said Town for the Choice of officers & management of y e affairs afore said Shall be held within Said Township on the Second Tuesday of March Annually — In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour and Com’ander in Chieff in & over our said 7io CHARTER RECORDS. Province of New Hampshire the Tenth Day of August in the Fifth Year of our Reign Annoq Domini 1765 B Wentworth By his Excellencys Com’and with Advice of Council Theod r Atkinson Jun Sec ry Recorded according to the original Charter under the Province Seal the 10 th Day of August A D 1765 ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry DURHAM. [Petitioned to be set off from Dover as a parish by the name of Oyster River, May 27, 1669. Incorporated as Durham May 15, 1732. Lee was set off and incor- porated Jan. 16, 1766. The south line of the town was established June 19, 1818. A portion of Durham was annexed to Newmarket, July 2, 1870. See Massachusetts charters preceding; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 234; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 566; Index to Laws, 159; Life of John Sullivan, by Thomas C. Amory, 1868; Memoir of Ebenezer Thompson, by Mary P. Thompson, 1886; Sketches of Civil and Ecclesiastical History, by Federal Burt, 5, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 129; sketch, Hurd’s History of Strafford County, 1882, p. 616; Valedictory Discourse, by Curtis Coe, 1806, pp. 32; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 326; Establishment of the N. H. College of Agriculture in this town, Reports of Trustees, 1893, pp. 5, 107; The Benjamin Thompson Trust Fund, Report of State Treasurer, 1892, pp. 175 to 220 ; Documentary His- tory, by W. F. Goodwin, Dawson’s Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. 8, p. 292 ; Marriages, 1713-68, by S. C. Adams, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, vol. 23, p. 178, to vol. 33, p. 345 ; Sullivan House and Its Associations, by F. M. Colby, 5, Gran- ite Monthly, 80.] [Petition from Joseph Jones of Oyster River, 1731.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 87.] To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq r Governour and Com- mander in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of New Hamp r , to the Honourable his Majesties Council and the Representatives of the S d Province in General Assembly The Petition of Joseph Jones in behalfe of Sundry Inhabitants of the Parish of oysterriver humbly Sheweth That about Twenty months Since Sundry persons Inhabitants of the Parish of oysterriver by Your Petitioner did prefer to his DURHAM. 711 Honour Jn° Wentworth Esq r then Lieu u Govern r of this his Majes- ties province of New Hamp r to the Honourable the Council! & Representatives of the S d province an humble Petition respecting the line between Dover and the Parish of Oysterriver, praying that an equal line might be Setled between them, which Petition hith- erto has not been past upon nor considered — Your Petitioner therefore in behalfe of the afors d Inhabitants humbly prays that your Excellency and General Assembly will please to assign a day for that end and that you will hear and answer the Same, and Your Petitioner Shall ever pray as in duty &c Joseph Jones 5 th May. 1731. May the 6 th 1731. In the house of Representatives The above Petition was Read : & the Petitioner Joseph Jones : was told & shew’d that In Councill x r 10 th 1729 there past a vote : which was concur’d with in the house of Represen 8 viz 11 That those of oyster River that made Exceptions to the bounds of oyster River : should have o^tunity to Shew the Justice of their objections by a plat : — and the said Jones being askt for y e Plat answer’d he had none, & the said Jones & Coll James Davis prayes Leave till the fall sessions to Bring in a plat voted/ That the said Jones & Davis have Leave untill the fall sessions the third day of the sessions and that they Notifie the old Town of Dover to be present at the hearing — (if they See Cause) James Jeffry Cle r Ass m In Coun 1 Eod m die Read & Concurr’d R Waldron Secretary — May 6 : 1731 I assent To The above Vote J Belcher [Committee on Durham Lines, 1757.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 159.] At a town meeting holden at the falls meeting house in Durham february y e 14 th 1757) Then Samuel Smith Esq Ebenezer Smith esq r & Ephraim Davis yemen Was chosen a ccomittee or as agents for the Town of Durham to Joyn with any other Committee or committees Person or persons in any Capassaty Whatsoever that 712 CHARTER RECORDS. is or may be Chosen & authorized To settle and Confirme the Line or lines between the town of Durham afore said & the Parish of new market & Ipping To Settle & Confirme The afore said Line or lines & in Case Said parishes or Either of them neglect or Refuse to act in the Said affair that Committee Chosen for Durham afores d Have full power & authoraty to Prosecute the affair as a ccommittee or agents for said town to all entents to the Settling of said line or lines) and that said Comitte also Joyn & settle any other line or lines with any Cowrte or Commites person or Persons in any Capassaty whatso Ever that may be Chosen by any town or Par- ish adjoyning to s d town of Durham — to Settle & Confirme Said Lines that said Committee also have Power to apply to the General assembly or prosecute any other measures thay advisedly Con- sult) — A trew Copy from Durham town Records — Attest Sam 11 Smith Town Cler EAST KINGSTON. [Set off from Kingston Nov. 17, 1738, and incorporated as Kingston East Par- ish. The line between this town and Kingston was established Aug. 7, 1740, and reestablished June 16, 1798. Small portions of the town were annexed to South Hampton, Dec. 6, 1824, and to Newton, July 2, 1845. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 431 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 596; Index to Laws, 160; sketch, by A. R. Brown, Hurd’s History ‘of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 184; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 88.] EASTON. [Set off from Landaff and incorporated July 20, 1876. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 464; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 361 ; Index to Laws, 161 ; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 240; An Ascent of Mt. Kinsman, by Gaetano Lanza, 2, Appalachia, 168; note on Landaff, post.~\ EATON. [Granted Nov. 7, 1766, to Clement March and others. The line between Eaton and Tamworth was settled Feb. 8, 1797. Five grants of land to retired officers who served in the French War were annexed, December 24, 1795. Madison was set off and incorporated Dec. 17, 1852. EATON. 7*3 See Masonian Papeis in following volumes ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 600; Index to Laws, 161 ; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 788 ; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 14; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 600; grants to Archibald Stark and Nathaniel Martin with Conway and Madison papers.] [Eaton Charter, 1766.] ^Province of New Hampshire. *3-154 Eaton GEORGE, the Third, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Know Ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New - Hampshire in New-Pngland, and of Our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Seventy equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of N 'ew - H am p shire, containing by Admeasurement, Twenty three thousand Acres , which Tract is to contain about Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Gov- ernor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and here- unto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Beginning at the S Easterly Corner of the Township of Tamworth on the Curve Line & thence runing on the Curve Line Easterly to the Prov- ince Line thence Northerly on s d Prov : Line to Land granted to a Number of Officers thence by said Officers several Grants to the N. W. Corner of a Grant made to Alexander Blair, thence a 7 J 4 CHARTER RECORDS. Strait Line to the North East Corner of the aforesaid Town- ship of Tamworth thence Southerly bounding on s d Tamworth to the bounds first mention’d — And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Eaton And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall *3 _I 55 consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be ^opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the Second Tuesday in December next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Walter Bryent Esq r who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Cus- toms of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, EATON. 715 our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be alloted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 1767 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year for- ever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December , which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1777 O ne shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Coun- cil Chamber in Portsmouth , or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Prov- ince, the Seventh Day of November In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six And in the Seventh Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, T : Atkinson j r Secr’y Prov : of New Hampshire 10 th Novem r 17 66 Recorded from the Original Pattent under the Province Seal — ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry 7i 6 CHARTER RECORDS. *3-156 *Names of the Grantees of Eaton. Clem 1 March Esq r Jon a Moulton Esq r Walter Bryent Esq r Capt : Jerem h Folsom Jerem h Gilman John Gilman Capt : Israel Gilman ji Thomas Tash Esq r John Tash Benj n Chapman Sam 1 Chapman Jon a Robinson John Watson Jerem h Folsom j r John Folsom j r Jeremy Brj^ent John Bryent E’d Hall Bergin Edward Smith % John Johnson Barth w Smart Josiah Johnson David Davis Nath 1 Steavens Jon a Steavens Ja 3 Burley Nath u Folsom Edw d Stilton j r ■ Nich 3 Duda Tho 3 York S 1 Gilman D d Gilman Joseph Senter John M c Duffee Joseph Young John Smith John Folsom John Pickering S 1 Livermore Esq r Joshua Bracket John Harford Nich 3 Harford Dan 1 Mason Josiah York David Hicks John Mead Benj n Mead Jn° Mead J r Geo. Dutch Winthrop Smart Arthur Bennett Tho 3 . Bennett Nath 1 Ewer Joshua Frost Walter Bryent J r Esq r John Burley Joseph Smith Joseph Smart Caleb Bennett W m Parker Esq r Giles Seaward Jon a Warner Esq r Benj n Smith Esq r Paul March Esq r Col : Atkinson & Col : Warner. Five Hundred Acres for his Excellency , Benning Wentworth Esq r as mark’d B. W. in the Plan which is to be accounted two of the within Shares. One Lot for the first Ordain’d Minister, & One Lot for a School for the Benefit of s d Town for Ever — Prov e of New Hampshire Novem r 10 th 17 66 Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Eaton, under the Province Seal ^ T Atkinson Jun Sec ry ELLSWORTH. 717 Prov : of New Hampshire Novem r 10 th 17 66 Copy of the Plan taken from the back of the Original Charter of Eaton under the Province Seal T Atkinson Jun Sec ry ELLSWORTH. [Granted as Trecothick, May 1, 1769, to Barlow Trecothick and others, and named in his honor. Incorporated as Ellsworth, June 16, 1802. See Index to Laws, 165 ; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 241; Explorations near West Campton, by M. Pychowska, 2, Appalachia, 166; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 580.] 7 i8 CHARTER RECORDS. [Ellsworth Charter, 1769.] *4-103 ^Province of New Hampshire. (Trecothick.) George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith, and so forth. Know Ye, that we of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere Motion for the due encouragement of settling a New Planta- tion within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esquire our Gover- nor & Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hamp- shire in New England & of our Council of the said Province Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give and grant in equal Shares unto our loving Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire & our other Governments, who have Petitioned us for the same, Setting forth their readiness to make immediate Settlement, and to their heirs and Assigns for Ever, whose Names are entered on this Grant to be divided to and amongst them into Ninety Two Equal Shares all that Tract or Parcel of Land Situate, lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire, Containing by Admeasurement Twenty four Thousand Nine hundred & Fifty seven Acres & is to contain some- thing more than Six Miles Square, out of which an Allowance is to be made for Highways and umimproveable Lands by Rocks Ponds, Mountains & Rivers One Thousand & Forty Acres free, according to a Plan & Survey thereof, exhibited by our Surveyor General by our said Governor’s Order & returned into the Secre- tary's Office, a Copy whereof is hereunto Annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz 4 — Beginning at a Beech Tree standing at the North west Corner of the Township of Campton, thence run- ning North Five degrees East by the Township of Thornton Five Miles & three Quarters of a Mile to a Red birch Tree standing at the South East corner of the Township of Peeling, thence North Fifty Nine Degrees West Six Miles by said Township of Peeling to a Red birch Tree standing at the North East corner of the Township of Warren, thence running South Twenty four de- grees West Six Miles to a Maple Tree standing at the North West Corner of the Township of Rumney, then turning off and running South Sixty four degrees East Seven Miles & Two hundred & ten Rods by said Township of Rumney to the Beech Tree ELLSWORTH. 719 standing at the Northwest Corner of the * Township of *4-104 Campton aforesaid the bounds first began at. To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above ex- pressed together with all Priviledges and Appurtenances to them & their respective Heirs & Assigns for Ever by the Name of Tre- cothick upon the following Conditions, Viz 1 — First. That the Grantees at their own Cost shall cut, clear, bridge & make passable for Carriages of all Kinds a Road of three Rods wide thro’ the said Tract hereby granted, and this to be com- pleted within Eighteen Months from the date of this Grant ; in failure of which the Premises and every part thereof shall be for- feited & revert to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or them reenter’d upon & regranted to any of our loving Subjects. Second. That the said Grantees shall settle or cause to be set- tled Twelve Families by the first day of March 1771, who shall be actually cultivating some part of the Land & resident thereon, & to continue making further & Additional Improvement Cultivation & Settlement of the Premises so that there shall be Actually Settled & resident thereon Sixty Families by the first day of March 177 6, on Penalty of the forfeiture of such delinquent’s Share and of such Share’s reverting to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us or them enter’d upon & regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle & cultivate the same. Third. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Township fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or fell’d without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee his Heirs & Assigns to us our Heirs & Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalty prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. Fourth. That before any division of the Land be made to & among the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved & marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. Fifth Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs & Successors *or before the first day of March 1773, the Rent *4-105 of One Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Sixth That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall Yield & Pay unto us our Heirs and Successors Yearly and every Year for Ever from & after the expiration of one Year from the above- said first day of March Namely on the first day of March, which 720 CHARTER RECORDS. will be in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand and Seven hundred & Seventy four One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so Owns Settles or Possesses, and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same : And this to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto Affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq : our Governor & Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire the first day of May in the Ninth Year of our Reign & in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hun- dred & Sixty Nine. By His Excell cy ’ s Command ) with advice of Council. $ Geo : King Depy Sec^ Names of the Grantees of the Township of Trecothick. Barlow Trecothick Esq :Joshua Wentworth Samuel Warner Jonathan Warner Esq r Pearse Long John Wheelwright Daniel Rindge Esq r Monsieur Bunbury John Barter Leverett Hubbard Esq r George Wentworth John Gregory Edmund Quincy Esq : Thomas Dalling John Harris Samuel Cutt Esq r John Hurd Esq r John Wendell Esq r Daniel Fowle Esq r John Parker Esq r Isaac Rindge Esq r Giles Seawards George Turner Samuel Noldred Edmund Coffin *4-106 *Peter Curtis Daniel Jackson Joseph Bass James Miller Ichabod Clark Ichabod Clark Jun r Daniel Wentworth Wendell Foster Treferen Timothy Mountford Zachariah Foss William Whipple John Brown Thomas Simpson Bray Dearing Underwood William Simpson John Wendell Jun r Edmund Wendell Edmund Wendell Jun r William Pearne Robert Robertson Vere Royse Daniel Sherburne Roger Hayes George Libbey Jotham Blanchard Matthew Haslett Samuel Foster Thomas Wendell Thomas Rickard William Doacks Tobias Lear Alex r Welch William Marshall George Trehern John Jackson Rich d Skinner John Gerry Henry Gardner John White, Jacob Wells Benjamin Mackay Richard Jenkins ELLSWORTH. 721 James Guppy William Welch John Langdon John Cochran Solomon Davis James Holland George Pearse Robert Lewis Fowle John Frost Thomas Martin Robert Traill Esq r Daniel Cate John Winthrop Esq r Joseph Harrison Esq r of Boston Peter Harrison Esq r of New London Hon ble James Bowdoin Esq r of Boston David Call Nathan 1 Hurd of Boston Supply Clapp Glebe for the Church Daniel Brewster of England by Law Michael Fowler established. William Blunt J’ < L. S. > Wentworth. Recorded according to the Original Charter of Trecothick under the Province Seal this 25 th day of August 1772. Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of New Hampshire 27 th May 1769. These Certify that this Plan of the Township of Trecothick Con- taining Twenty four Thousand Nine hundred & Fifty Seven Acres of Land is a True Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Township as taken & returned to me by Captain Hubartis Neal Dep y Surv r Attest, Is : Rindge S. G 1 45 722 CHARTER RECORDS [This plan is taken from Vol. 5, p. 327.] *v The foregoing Charter & Plan of Trecothick Recorded Accord- ing to the original under the Province Seal Attest E Thompson Sec 17 ENFIELD. 723 ENFIELD. [Granted as Endfield, July 4, 1761, to Jedediah Dana and others. Regranted as Relhan, Aug. 8, 1768, to Simon Stevens and others. Incorporated Aug. 18, 1778. The act incorporating the town as Relhan , was repealed Jan. 3, 1784. The town boundaries were settled June 18, 1802. A portion of Grantham was an- nexed Jan. 13, 1837. See X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 277, 400, as to participation in move- ment for union with Vermont towns ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 610 ; Index to Laws, 166; sketch, Child’s Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 243; Topo- graphical Description, 1, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 237; Stewart’s History of the Free Baptists, 1862, pp. 302, 375 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 531 ; Eleven Years among the Shakers at Enfield, by William Elking, 1853.] [Enfield Charter, 1761.] ^Province of New Hampshire. *2-5 Endfield GEORGE, the Third, By the Gra-ce of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come , Greeting. Know ye, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth,. Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire, in New- England , and of our Council of the said Province ; Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New - Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names areentred on this Grant, to be di- vided to and amongst them into Sixty Six Equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Hamf shire , containing by Admeasurement, Twenty Two thousand five hundred Acres , which Tract is to con- tain near Six Miles square, and no more ; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, CHARTER RECORDS. 7 2 4 Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor’s Order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begining at the South East Corner of Labanon from thence South Sixty Eight Degrees East Six Miles & Three Quarters of A Mile thence North forty three degrees East five Miles & one half from thence North fifty Eight degrees West Seven Miles & an half to the North East Corner of Labanon from thence by the East Side or Labanon to the first Bounds Mentioned And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Endfield And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy : And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding Two Fairs , one of which shall be held on the And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may * 2-6 be ^opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of, Town Officers, agre- able to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the Last Tuesday of August next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Jedediah Dana who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agre- able to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province ; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March an- nually, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, vi-z. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cul- tivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our ENFIELD. 725 Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or Them Re-granted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Succes- sors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty- fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth Day of December . 1762 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year for- ever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the above- said twenty-fifth Day o {December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day oi December, which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1772 One shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land ; which money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth , or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same ; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness Benning Wentworth, Esq ; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province, the fourth Day of July In the Year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty one And in the First Year of Our Reign. B Wentworth By His Excellency’s Command, With Advice of Council, Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 CHARTER RECORDS. 726 Province of New Hamp r July 5 th 1761 Recorded According to the Original Charter of Endfield under the Province Seal Attest 1 Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 *2—7 *The Names of the Grantees of Endfield Jedediah Dana Nathaniel Turner Elisha Clark Zephaniah Nicholls Uriah Hanks William Henfield Joshua Hinda Samuel Foster Samuel Butters Uriah Rogers Andrew Storrs Lemuel Burrows Constant Southwork John Usher Joseph Turner Judah Moore Jeremiah LeflBngwell Ebenez r Baldwin James Head Samuel Murdock Philip Turner jun r Jabez Baldwin Jedidiah Dana jun r John Tracey Nathan Dennison Samuel Easterbrook Joseph Easterbrook Robert Usher Huckins Storrs Oliver Clark Isaac Dana Asa Leffingwell Daniel Aldin James Dana Silas Hide Andrew Abel John Beckerd y e 3 d Elias Beckard Skif Freeman Richard Salter Samuel Butters Benjamin Hanks Jon* Sleekland Andrew Campbell Jonathan Lassells Jonathan Dana Jabez Barrows Silas Waterman Rufus Baldwin jun r Ebenez r Lathrop James Lathrop John Gilbert John Salter Samuel Butters Jun r The Hon 1 * 6 Theod r > Atkinson Esq $ Richard Wibird Esq John Nellson Rev 4 Arthur Brown Rev 4 Marmaduke Brown] & James Gillmore His Excellence' Benning Wentworth Esq A Tract of Land as Marked in the Plan to Contain five hundred Acres which is to be Accounted Two Shares One share for the Society for the Propa- pation of the Gospel in foreign Parts One Share for the first Set- tled Minister of the Gospel One Share for A Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established One Share for the Benefit of the School in Said Town Province of New Hamp r July 5 th 1761 Recorded from the Back of the original Charter of Endfield under the Province Seal. — Attest 1, Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 ENFIELD. 727 e o' A 2 i * Province of New Hamp r July 5 th 1761 Recorded from the Back of the original Charter of Endfield under the Province Seal ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 [Relhan Charter, 1761.] ""Province of New > George the Third by the Grace *1-307 Hampshire ) of God of Great Britain France Relhan Charter > and Ireland King Defender of the faith and Now Enfield $ so forth. Know Ye, that we of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere Motion for the due encouragement of Setling a new Planta- tion, within our said Province, by and with the advice of our Trusty and well-beloved John Wentworth Esq : Our Governor & Com- mander in Cheif of Our said Province of New Hampshire in New 728 CHARTER RECORDS. England and of our Council of the said Province, Have upon the Conditions and Reservations herein after made, given and granted & by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto our Loving Subjects, Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire, and our other Governments, who have Petitioned us for the same Setting forth their readiness to make immediate Settlement, and to their heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are enter’d on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Ninety equal Shares, all that Tract or parcel of Land, known by the name of Endfield, situate, lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire, containing by Ad- measurement Twenty Six Thousand, Seven hundred & forty four Acres, which is to contain near Six miles Square and no more, out of which an Allowance is to be made for Highways and unimprove- able Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers One Thou- sand & Forty Acres free, according to a plan and Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General, by our said Gov ra order, and returned into the Secretary’s Office, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, viz : “ Begining at the South east corner of Lebanon, from thence South Sixty eight de- grees east Six miles & three Quarters of a mile, thence North 43^ degrees East five miles and one half mile from thence North Fifty eight degrees West Seven miles and one half mile to the North East Corner of Lebanon from thence by the East side of Lebanon to the bounds first mentioned.” To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective heirs & Assigns for Ever by the name of Relhan, upon the following Conditions, Viz.— I st That the said Grantees shall Settle or Cause to be Settled Twelve Families who shall be actually Cultivating some *1-308 part of the land, and resident thereon *on or before the 29 th day of September 1769, and to continue making fur- ther & additional Improvement, Cultivation and Settlement of the Premises, so that there shall be actually Settled & Resident there- on Sixty Families by the 29 th Septem 1 1774 on the penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our heirs and Suc- cessors to be by us, or them enter’d upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle and Cultivate the same. 2 nd That all white and other pine Trees within the said Town- ship, fit for Masting our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that use, & none to be cut or felled without our special Licence for ENFIELD. 729 so doing first had & Obtained, upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the right of such Grantee, his heirs & Assigns to us our heirs and Successors, as well as being Subject to any Act or Acts of Parlia- ment, that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. 3 rd That before any division of the land be made to and among the Grantees, a tract of Land as near the Center of the said Town- ship as the land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. 4 th Yielding and paying therefor to us our heirs and Successors on or before the 29th day of September 1769, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, if lawfully demanded. 5 th Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto us, our heirs and Successors, yearly and every Year forever, from and after the expiration of one year from the abovesaid 29th day of Septem 1 ' Namely on the 29th day of Septem r which will be in the year of our Lord 1770, One Shilling Proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he So owns, Settles or Possesses, and so in proportion for a greater or lesser tract of the said Land ; which money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsm 0 or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, and this to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed, Witness John Wentworth Esquire, our Governor and Commander in Cheif of our said ^Province, the Eighth day of August in the year of *1-309 our Lord Christ 1768, and in the Eighth year of our Reign. By his Excellency’s Command with advice of Council. T : Atkinson Jun r Sec y J’ Wentworth Recorded according to the Original under the Province Seal this 9 th of August 1768. ^ : T Atkinson Jun Sec y Names of the Grantees of Relhan. Simon Stevens Willard Stevens Levi Willard Edw d Goldstone Lutwyche Job Stevens William Appleton John Briard Simon Stevens 2 nd John Hurd Esq : 730 CHARTER RECORDS. William Barron Simeon Alvord John Chandler Jun r John Wells Joshua Willard Stephen Alvord Abel Willard David Newhall Jonathan Willard jun r Simeon Powers David Stone John Armes Abijah Willard Abel Stevens Joseph Stevens Canelin Winslow Nathan Baldwin Paul Moores Ephraim Doolittle Edmund Munrow Nath 1 Frances Jun r James Wyman Thomas Dean John Symmes Samuel Jenkes Samuel Mansfield Jacob Parker Hugh Floyd Nathan Sargent Ezra Jenkins Ezra Wait James Putnam Esq : Epphraim Wilder Jun r Thomas Wait Richard Jenness 3 rd John Newhall Joseph Jenness Enos Stevens Jonathan Jenness Solomon Stevens Isaac Jenness Jacob Tilton Levi Jenness Meshech Weare Joseph Welch Simeon Jenness Joshua Bracket Thomas Brooks Daniel Fowle Hall Jackson Nathaniel Frances Rob* Lewis Fowle , John Adams William Ferriman Mark Sevey Cotton Mather Stevens *1-310 *One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts, one whole Share for a Glebe for the Church of England by Law establish’d One Share for the first Setled Minister, and one Share for the benefit of a School in said Town. Recorded from the back of the Original Charter of Relhan, un- der the Province Seal this 9th August 17 68. ^ T : Atkinson Jun Sec ry Edward Sclate Samuel Hall Ammi Ruhamah Cutter Thomas Walley Samuel Penhallow William Knight Daniel Rogers Geo : King Esq : Isaac Rindge Esq : Anthony Relhan Henry Rust George Meserve William Torrey Rev d Arthur Browne Rev d Samuel McClintock Geo : Walton of Newington Seth Walker Obadiah Wells James Gilmore John Nelson William Welch 500 acres to Satisfy these 2 shares, to be laid out in the S. W. Corner. ENFIELD. 731 A Plan of the Township of Endfield contain 8 2674^ 2 R I ^ P Protracted by a Scale of 100 ch 3 to an Inch. — Province of New Hampshire Aug 8t 1768. These Certify that this Plan ofRelhan contain 8 26744 Acres 2 Roods & 16 Rods is a True Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said Township as taken and returned by M r Benj a Sumner D y Surv r — Attest d ^ Is : Rindge S r Gen 1 — - [Report of Committee on Bounds of Enfield, 1781.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries ” p. 209.] Whereas By an act of the General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire Passed the 28 th Day of March 1781 Jeremiah Page Esq r with us the Subcribers was appointed a Committee to Settle the Lines and Boundaries of the Township of Enfield Alias Relham CHARTER RECORDS. and those Lines and Boundaries of the Townships of Canaan and Grafton which are or may be Contiguous thereto or Depending thereupon, persuant to Said appointment the Subscribers have per- formed Said Service in the Following manner (Viz) Beginning at the Southeasterly Corner Bound of the Township of Lebanon which is the Southwesterly Comer of the Township of Enfield Alies Relham Commonly Call d Sumners Bound and thence Run- ning South fifty Eight Degrees East Six miles and three fourths of a mile to a Henlock tree Marked H G. W C Thence Running Xorth fort}' Degrees & forty five Minits East about five miles and one half mile to a Spruce tree Mark d as afore Said which is the Dividing Line Between Enfield and Grafton and is the Xorth Easterly Comer of Enfield Alies Relham and the South Eastward- ly Comer of Canaan thence Running Xorth Fifty Eight Degrees West Seven Miles and Sixty Rods to a Birch Stump which is the Corner of Lebonan, Enfield and Canaan thence By Lebonon to the Bounds first mentioned Boscawen Julv 9 th 1781 Henrv Gerrish ) r ^ Wm Chamberlin 5 ^ om To Ebenezer Thompson Esq r Secretary' for the Sate of Xew Hampshire EPPIXG. / [Set off from Exeter and incorporated, Feb. 3, 1741-2. The north line of the town was established June 19, 1818. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 245 ; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 616; Index to Laws, 168; sketch, Hurds History of Rockingham Count)’, 1882. p. 204; Bap- tist Churches in X. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 7: Lawrence's X. H. Churches, 1856. p. 45: Life of William Plumer, by his son, 1856: History of Exeter, by Charles H. Bell, 1888, p. 184; Mortality, 1811-21, 2, Farmer and Moore's Historical Collections, 256.] EPSOM. [Granted May 18, 1727, to the freeholders of Xew Castle and Greenland. The first meeting was held in 1743. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 246 : XI, Hammond Town Papers, 628 ; Index to Laws, 168; sketch, by J. H. Dolbeer, Hurd's History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 443 : Historical Sketch, by Jonathan Curtis, 2, Farmer and Moore's His- torical Collections. 321: Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375; Lawrence’s X. H. Churches, 1856, p. 382.] EPSOM. 733 [Epsom Charter, 1727.] *George By the Grace of God of Great *1-240 Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c a To all to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of our special Knowledge & mere motion for the due encouragement of Settling A New Plantation by & with the advice & Consent of our Council have given and Granted and by these Presents (as far as in us Lyes) do Give & grant unto all Such of our Loving Subjects as were Inhabitants & free holders in the Year one thousand Seven hundred & Twenty three in Our Town of New Castle & in our Par- ish of Greenland both within our Province of New Hamp r in New England to be Divided amoung them in Proportion to their Respect- ive rates which they paid in the Year 1723 aforesaid One Tract of Land to be laid out at the head of Nottingham and Northward of the Land formerly Granted to the Children of Coll Sam 11 Allen deceased & the Same to be Six Miles in Breadth & four Miles in Depth Or in Such Other form as the Land ungranted in that Place will admit so as it contains the same Quantity of Land and the Same to be A Town Corporate by the Name of Epsom to the Per- sons aforesaid forever To Have and to hold the Said Tract of Land to the Grantees & their Heirs & Assigns for ever upon the following Conditions i 8t That they build Twenty Dwelling Houses and Settle A Fam- ily in Each within the Term of four Years and brake up three Acres of Ground for Each Settlement and Plant or Sow the Same within five years — 2 diy That A House be built for the Publick Worship of God within the Term of Six Years — 3 d That one hundred Acres of Land be Reserved for a Parson- age One hundred Acres for the first minister of the Gospel and One hundred Acres for the Benefit of a School Provided Nevertheless the Peace with the Indians Continue dur- ing the aforesaid Term of four Years but if it should so happen that a War with the Indians should Com’ence before the afores d Term of Four Years be Expired there Shall be allowed to the aforesaid Proprietors the Term of Four Years after the Expiration of the War to Perform the aforesaid Conditions Rendring & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors or Such other officer or officers as Shall be appointed to Receive the Same the Annual quit rent or Acknowledg- Epsom 734 CHARTER RECORDS. ment of one Pound of Good Merchantable Hem[p] in Said Town on the first Day of December Yearly for ever if Demanded Reserving also unto us our heirs & Successors All Mast Trees growing on the Said Land according to Act of Parliament made & *1-241 Provided in that Case and for the better order rule & *Gov- ernment of the Said Town We by these Presents Grant for Us our heirs & Successors unto the aforesaid Proprietors and those that Shall Inhabit the Said Town that Yearly & every Year upon the first Wednesday in May they may meet (at any Place within our Province of New Hamp r aforesaid until the Settlement of the aforesaid Town is Perfected and afterwards in the Said Town) to elect & Chuse by the Major Part of them Constables Select men and all other Town officers according to the Laws & usage of our aforesaid Province with such Powers Previledges & Authority as other Towns & Town officers within our s d Prov e have & Enjoy and we appoint our Loving Subjects Theodore Atkinson Joshua Foss & Cap 1 Samuel Weeks to be the Selectmen to manage the affairs of Said Town for this Present Year and until others Are Chosen In their Room by the aforesaid Proprietors In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Seal of our Said Province to be here- unto Annexed Wittness John Wentworth Esq our Leiutenant Gov- ernour & Commander in Chieff in & over our Said Province at our Town of Portsm 0 the Eighteenth Day of May in the Thirtieth Year of our reign Annoq Domini 1727 f J Wentworth By order of his Hon e L* Govern 1 with Advice of Council Rich d Waldron Cler Con Recorded the 8 th Day of September 1761 According to the Orig- inal Charter under the Province Seal Theodore Atkinson Sec ry ERROL. [Granted Feb. 28, 1774, to Timothy Ruggles and others. A large part of the grant was purchased by men from Salem and Danvers, Mass. Incorporated Dec. 28, 1836. See XI, Hammond Town Papers, 633 ; Index to Laws, 169; sketch, Fergusson’s History of Cods County, 1888, p. 948 ; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 610 ; Androscoggin Lakes, by Charles A. J. Farrar, 1887, P- 221.] ERROL. 735 [Errol Charter, 1774.] ^Province of New > George the third by the grace *4-191 Hampshire 5 °f God of Great Britain France and Errol Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that we of our special grace certain knowledge and meer motion for the due encouragement of settling a new Plan- tation within our said Province by and with the advice of our trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Esq r our Governor and Commander in chief of our said Province of New Hampshire in New England and of our Council of the said Province have upon the conditions and reservations herein after made given and grant- ed & by these Presents for Us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant in equal Shares unto our loving Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire and our other Dominions who have petitioned Us for the same setting forth their readiness to make immediate Settlement and to their Heirs and Assigns for- ever whose Names are entered on this Grant to be divided to & amongst them into eighty six equal Shares all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate lying and being within our said ^Province of New Hampshire containing by admeasure- *4-192 ment Thirty two thousand four hundred & eighty Acres out of which an allowance is to be made for Highways & unim- proveable Lands by Rocks Mountains and Waters Two thousand Acres free according to a Plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Surveyor General of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor’s order and returned into the Secretarys Office of our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows viz* Begining at a Stake standing in a Meadow on the East boundary Line of ‘our said Province and is the Northeasterly Corner bound of Cambridge (so called) from thence runing North eight degrees East on the Province Line Seven Miles and eighty Rods to a Spruce Tree standing on the North side of a Pond mark H N and E G thence North eighty two degrees West Seven Miles to a red Birch Tree Marked as aforesaid thence South eight degrees West Seven Miles & eighty Rods to a Spruce Tree marked as aforesaid standing in the North boundary Line of Dummer (so called) from thence South eighty two degrees East by Dummer and Cambridge to the Stake first mentioned To have and to hold the said Tract of Land as 7 36 CHARTER RECORDS. above expressed together with all Privileges and Appurtenances to them and to their respective Heirs and Assigns forever by the Name of Errol upon the following conditions Viz* First That the grantees at their own Cost shall cut clear, bridge and make passable for Carriages of all kinds a Road of four rods wide through the said Tract hereby granted as shall be at any time hereafter directed by our said Governor and Council which Road shall be completed in one Year from the date of such directions in failure of which the Premises and every part thereof shall be forfeited and revert to Us our Heirs and Successors to be by Us or them reentered upon and regranted to any of our loving Subjects Secondly That all white pine and other Pine Trees within the said Township fit for masting our royal Navy be carefully pre- served for that use and none to be cut or felled without special Licence for so doing first had and obtained upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of the Grantee his Heirs and *4-193 Assigns to us our Heirs and Successors as well *as being subject to the Penalties of any Act or Acts of Parliament that are or hereafter shall be enacted Thirdly That before any division of the Land be made to & among the Grantees a Tract of Land as near the Center of the said Township as the Land will admit of shall be reserved & marked out for Town Lots One of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of One Acre Fourthly Yielding and paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors on or before the first day of March 1780 the rent of One Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded — Fifthly That every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto Us our Heirs and Successors yearly and every Year forever from and after the expiration of ten Years from the date of this Grant One Shilling proclamation Money for every hundred Acres he so owns settles or possesses and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same Sixthly That any part of the Premises appearing well adapt- ed to the growth of Hemp and Flax or either of them shall be cultivated with those useful Articles of produce in the proportion of ten Acres in each and every hundred of these granted Prem- ises within Ten Years of this date ERROL. 737 Seventhly. That Ten Families shall be settled and actually resident in the Town within Two Years of this date Eighthly That additional Settlements be made so as to com- plete Sixty Families in Six Years from this date Ninthly That this Grant shall not interfere with any of our Grants formerly made and now in force nor interrupt the Grantees in their improvements making thereon agreable to the conditions thereof — These to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services what- soever In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed witness John Went- worth *Esq our Governor and Commander in chief *4-194 aforesaid the twenty eighth day of February in the four- teenth Year of our reign and in the Year of our Lord Christ 1774 By his Excellencys command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec y The Names of the Grantees of Errol The Hon ble Timothy Ruggles Esq r James Brewer Noah Dewey George Boyd Esq r Jonathan Hartwell William Bell James Reed Esq r Henry Morse John Chamberlin James Richardson Esq r Jonathan Hamond Amos Peasley Phinehas Hutchins James Reed jun r Theodrick Reed Andrew Colburn Joseph Hemenway Joseph Potter Benedic Webber Thomas Tolman Ebenezer Tolman William Tolman Samuel Bishop Elijah Clays John Whiting John Anger John Fassett Samuel Gravs Moses Whiteney Jonah Harrington 46 Greenwood Carpenter Robert Peasley Jonathan Woodcock jun r Samuel Ham Samuel Hunt Ebenezer Green Benjamin Grant Benjamin Grant jun r Peter Grant Samuel Smith Israel Morey Esq r Jonathan Childs John White Manasseh Divell John Solendine Phinehas Butler James Butler Robert Kennedy jun r Elijah Daly Azariah Webb Samuel Cutts Amasa Woodworth Joel Woodworth Rev d Benj a Stephens of Kittery William Thomson Hon ble George Jaffrey Esq r David Thomson William Marston Jacob Marston Matthew Miller James Miller Edward Sclate Andrey M c GafFy Thomas Macdonogh Sam 1 Wentworth Fisher Daniel Sherburne 73 § CHARTER RECORDS. Edward Kendal Timothey Batholomew Samuel Sherburne Gershom Brigham Benjamin Chamberlin Edward Sherburne James Tiffeny Noah Grant John Lyford jun r Nathan Hall Silvanus Owen William Torry Edward Platts John Roberts William Barker Andrew Bell One whole Share for the Church of England by law establish’d One whole Share for the benefit of a School in said Town & One whole Share for the incorporated Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts — Wentworth Recorded according to the original Charter under the Province Seal this fourteenth day of March 1774 Attest 1 Geo : King D Sec 7 erving’s location. 739 Province of > New Hampshire > Portsmouth 20 th Jan y 1774 This certify ’s that this Plan of Errol begining at a Stake standing in a Meadow on the East boundary Line of said Province and is the northeasterly Corner bounds of Cambridge (so called) from thence runing North eight degrees East on the Province Line Seven Miles and eighty Rods to a Spruce Tree standing on the north side of a Pond marked H N and E G thence North eighty two degrees West Seven miles to a red Birch Tree marked as aforesaid thence South eight degrees West Seven Miles and eighty rods to a Spruce Tree marked as aforesaid standing on the North boundary Line of Dum- mer (so called) from thence South eighty two degrees East by Dummer and Cambridge to the Stake first mentioned contains thirty two thousand four hundred and eighty Acres and is a true copy of an original Plan or Survey of said Tract or Township as taken and returned to me by Cap 1 Hubartus Neal Dep? Surv r Attest Is : Rindge S. G 1 Copy examined by Geo : King D Sec ry [Grant to William Erving, 1775.] ^Province of ) George the third by the grace *4-239 New Hampshire > of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c a To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Whereas We have thought fit by our Proclama- tion at Starnes’s the seventh day of October in the William Erving’s ) third Year of Our reign Annoque Dorn- Location’s > i n i 17 63 among other things to testify Our royal Sence and approbation of the conduct and bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of Our Armies and signified Our desire to reward the same & have therein commanded and impow- ered Our several Governors of Our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to grant without Fee or reward to such re- duced Officers as have served in America during the late War and to such private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there & shall personally apply for the same such Quantities of Land res- pectively as in and by Our aforesaid Proclamation are particularly mentioned subject nevertheless to the same Quitrents & Conditions of cultivation & improvement as other Our Lands are Subject to in the Province in which they are granted And whereas William 740 CHARTER RECORDS. Erving of Boston had Our x\ppointment as a Captain and served in America during the late War & is now reduced & he having made personal Application & sollicited for such Grant agreable to Our said Proclamation. Know ye: that We of Our special grace certain Knowledge and meer motion do signify Our approbation as aforesaid and for the encouragement settlement & cultivation of Our Lands within Our said Province of New Hampshire have & by & with the advice of Our trusty & well beloved John Wentworth Esquire Our Gov- ernor and Commander in chief of Our said Province of *4-240 New Hampshire & of Our Council *of the same agre- able to Our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation & upon the conditions & reservations hereafter mentioned given & ^ o granted & by these Presents for L"s Our Heirs & Successors do give and grant unto the said William Erving & to his Heirs and Assigns forever a certain Tract or Parcel of Land situate lying & being in Our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid containing by admeasurement Three thousand four hundred sixty eight Acres & three Rods of Land including Ponds Rivers and unimproveable Mountains as by a Plan or Survey of said Tract exhibited by Our Surveyor General of Lands for Our said Province of New Hamp- shire & returned into the Secretary’s Office of Our said Province a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed may more fully appear butted & bounded as follows viz 1 Begining at a Spruce Tree Marked J W being the Southeasterly Corner Bounds of the Town- ship of Cockburn & runing south twenty' degrees West One Mile to a Fir Tree spotted & marked J F W E 1774 for the Southwest- ly Corner from thence South seventy degrees East two Miles & One hundred & ten Rods to a Fir Tree spotted & marked J F W E 1774 for the Southeasterly Corner from thence runing North twenty degrees East two Miles & one hundred Rods to a Maple Tree for the Northeasterly Corner from thence runing North Seventv degrees West two Miles & One hundred & ten Rods to the easterly side line of the said Town of Cockburne for the north- westerly Corner from thence runing South twenty degrees West on the Line of said Town One Mile & one hundred Rods to the place first began at to have and to hold the said granted Premises as above expressed to him the said William Erving his Heirs and Assigns forever upon the following Terms Conditions & Reservations viz 1 *4-241 *First That the said Grantee shall cut clear & make passable a Road through the said Tract of Land four Rods erving’s location. 741 wide for Carriages &c as shall be at any time hereafter directed or ordered by the Governor & Council aforesaid which Road is to be completed in one Year from the date of the Order or direction aforesaid on Penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its re- verting to Us Our Heirs & Successors Secondly That the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be settled three Families in seven Years from the date of this Grant in failure whereof the Premises to revert to Us Our Heirs and Suc- cessors to be entered upon & regranted to such of Our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same Thirdly That all white & other pine Trees fit for masting Our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that Use & none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained on Penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of the Grantee to Us Our Heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penal- ties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Par- liament Fourthly That the Grantee yield & pay therefor to Us Our Heirs and Successors on or before the first day of January 1777 the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if lawfully demanded. Fifthly That the Grantee his Heirs & Assigns shall yield & pay unto Us Our Heirs & Successors, yearly and every Year for- ever from & after the expiration of eight Years from the aforesaid first day of January 1777 One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns settles or Possesses & so in pro- portion for a greater or less quantity of the Land aforesaid which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor or Set- tler as aforesaid *in Our Council Chamber in Ports- *4-242 mouth or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appoint- ed to receive the same Sixthly That any part of the Premises appearing well ad- apted to the growth of Hemp and Flax or either of them be culti- vated with these useful Articles of produce in the proportion of ten Acres in each & every hundred Acres of these granted Premises within Ten Years of this date Seventhly That this Grant shall not interfere with any of Our Grants formerly made & now in force nor interrupt the Gran- tees in their Improvements making thereon agreable to the Condi- tions thereof — These to be in lieu of all other Rents and Ser- vices whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of Our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth 74 2 CHARTER RECORDS. Esq r Our aforesaid Governor & Commander in chief the second day of June in the fifteenth Year of Our reign & in the Year of our Lord Christ 1775 J Wentworth By his Excellency’s command with advice of Councel Geo : King Dep y Sec y Recorded according to the original Charter under the Province Seal this 3 d day of June 1775 Attest r Geo : King D’ Sec y js Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth May 31 st 1 775 — These certify that this Plan of a Tract of Land laid out for Cap- tain William Erving Begining at a Spruce Tree marked J W being the southeasterly Corner Bounds of the Township of Cock- burne & runing South twenty degrees West one Mile to a Fir Tree spotted & marked J F, W E 1774 for the Southwesterly Cor- ner from thence South seventy degrees East Two Miles *4-244 & *One hundred & ten Rods to a Fir Tree spotted and Marked J F W E 1774 for the Southeasterly Corner from thence runing North twenty degrees East two Miles & one hundred Rods to a Maple Tree for the Northeasterly Corner from thence EXETER. 743 runing North seventy degrees West two Miles & One hundred & ten Rods to the easterly side Line of the said Town of Cockburne for the northwesterly Corner from thence runing South twenty de- grees West on the Line of said Town one Mile & one hundred Rods to the Place first began at contains three thousand four hundred Sixty eight Acres & three quarters as appears by the original Survey and Plan taken and returned into the Surveyor General’s Office by M r James Hersey Deputy Surveyor. Attest Joseph Peirce pro Surveyor General Copy examined by Geo : King Dep y Sec 7 EXETER. [This was a part of the Squamscot or Swampscot Patent. It was never formally incorporated but corporate functions were assumed from the time of settlement. John Wheelwright and his company made an agreement of self-government July 4, 1639, under which they lived until 1641 when they submitted to the government of Massachusetts. Newmarket was setoff and incorporated Dec. 15, 1727 ; Epping, Feb. 23, 1 741 — 2 ; Brentwood, June 26, 1742. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 250; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 639 ; Index to Laws, 172 ; Farmer’s Belknap’s History of N. H., chapters 1 and 2, et seq.; Topo- graphical Description, by Samuel Tenney, 4, Collections of Mass. Historical So- ciety, 87 ; address, at close of second century from settlement, by Jeremiah Smith, 6, N. H. Historical Society Collections, 167; Exeter in 1776, by Charles H. Bell, 1876, pp. 39; Men and Things of Exeter, by Charles H. Bell, 1871, pp. 73; Phillips Exeter Academy, A Historical Sketch, by Chas. H. Bell, 1883, pp. 104; History, by Charles H. Bell, 1888, pp. 469, 88; Quarter-Millennial Address, by Chas. H. Bell, 1888; sketch, Hurd’s History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 243; Handbook of Exeter, by John A. Brown, 1888; Memoir of John Wheel- wright, by Charles H. Bell, 1876, pp. 254; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 13; discourse 75th anniversary 2d Cong. Ch., 1888, by G. E. Street; Manual of First Congregational Church, 1888, pp. 36; Lawrence’s N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 47, 50; Sermon, at dedication of Universalist meeting house, 1845, by Henry Jewell, 1846, pp. 15; Life and Public Services of Lewis Cass, by William T. Young, 1852 ; special papers relating to the town in appendix to this volume ; see also authorities cited under titles, Dover, Hampton, Gos- port, New Castle, and Portsmouth ; Palfrey, History of New England, passim , and authorities there cited; Agreement of Settlers for Government, 1639, G Collec- tions of N. H. Historical Society, 321 ; Account of the Mob, 1786, Dawson’s His- torical Magazine, 2d series, vol. 5, p. 3 7 ; Bill of Mortality, 1810-23, by J. Tilton, 3, Farmer and Moore’s Historical Collections, 232 ; Deposition of J. Foullsam, Con- stable, 1684, G Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 264; Documentary History, Dawson’s Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. 7, p. 367, and vol. 8, p. 6; Early Settlers, by J. Wentworth, 25, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 59; Familiar Sketches of Phillips Academy, by C. R. Corning, 6, Granite Monthly, 332 ; The Home of the Gilmans, by F. M. Colby, id , 27, 39 ; Indian Deed, 1627, 9, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg- ister, 208; Indian Deeds to Wheelwright, 1638, 1, Collections of N. H. Historical 744 CHARTER RECORDS. Society, 147 ; John Wheelwright, His Writings, etc., and a Memoir, by Charles H. Bell, 1876, pp. 253; Journal of Congress Assembled at Exeter, 1775, Dawson’s Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. 4, p. 145 ; The Names of Some Who Took the Oath of Freeman, 1644, 1657, by A. W. Brown, 8, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 77; Old Burial Places, by E. Nason, 16, id ., 258; Papers Concerning the Riot, 1734, Dawson’s Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. 8, p. 14; Phillips Exeter Academy, 1, Granite Monthly, 12; Relationship of the Combination Settlers, 1639, by J- Wentworth, 21, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 315; Remarks on the Authenticity of the Wheelwright Deed of 1629, by W. Plumer, 1, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 299; Riot, 1734, Dawson’s Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. 4, p. 190; Exeter and Its Academy, by S. Alice Ranlett, 10, New England Magazine, 69; Centennial Celebration Phillips Exeter Academy, 1883; Town and Gown, sketch, by G. H. Moses, 16, Granite Monthly, 16; Phillips Exeter Academy, by H. W. Stevens, 10, id., 104; Origin of Signers of Early Exe- ter Combination, 23, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 185; Deed from Capt. Thomas Wiggin to Capt. Richard Waldron and Thomas Lake, 24, id., 234; An Ancient Inquest, 25, id., 295; Leading Business Men, by G. F. Bacon, 1891; address, Centennial Celebration, 1838, by Jeremiah Smith; Familiar Sketches of Phillips Exeter Academy, by F. H. Cunningham, 1883, pp. 360.] APPENDIX. LINES OE TOWNS. Dunstable to Northfield. Dunstable to Penacook. Rumford to the Great Falls. East Side of Connecticut River. 748 APPENDIX. [Dunstable to Northfield.] [Mass. House Journal, June 2, 1726.] A Petition of Jonas Bond , Francis Fullam, and others, Com- mittees or Agents in behalf of the Towns of Watertown & Weston , praying that they may have an Equivalent of Lands now made to them in consideration of two Grants made to the Towns of Water- town, Annis 1637, & 1651, which as the Petitioners aver has not yet been satisfied or taken up. Read and referred to the next Ses- sion for further Consideration. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 9, 1726.] On the Petition of Jonas Bond , Francis Fulham and others, in behalf of the Towns of Watertown & Weston, praying, as Entred the 2d of June last, and referred to this Session : Resolved, That in Consideration of the ancient Grants made to the Town of Watertown by this Court, which (they say) have not been satisfied, That the Contents of Six Miles square, viz. The Centre or Middle- Town to be laid out betwen the Rivers of Merri- mack and Connecticut, be granted to the said Towns of Watertown and Weston, in Answer to their Petition ; and that they perform the Conditions that this Court shall direct them, in Setling the same at the next May Session of the Court, in full Satisfaction of the Two Grants above. Sent up for concurrence. [Mass. House Journal Dec. 9, and Court Records, Dec. 21, 1726.] Mr. Speaker from the Committee appointed to take under Con- sideration the Petitions of sundry of the Inhabitants of this Prov- ince, for several Tracts of Land within the Province, in Order for Settling the same, and Erecting them into Townships, as Entered the 25th of November , made Report thereon, according to Order, Which being severally Read & Considered, were Accepted, viz. The House having taken into their serious & deliberate Con- sideration the several Petitions for Lands between the Rivers of Merrimack and Connecticut; and considering also the Forward - APPENDIX. 749 ness of the great Number of the Peitioners to Settle themselves and their Children thereon ; and the shortning the Western Fron- tiers more than Sixty Miles , if a Line of Towns were setled be- tween Dunstable and Northfield ; and thereby the Charge of the Government in time of War would be sunk : Voted , That there be a careful View and Survey of the Lands between the Towns of Dunstable and Northfield of ten Miles in Width, by a Committee of able & suitable Persons, who shall after a due Knowledge of the Circumstances thereof, lay the same into as many Townships of the Contents of Six Miles square, as the Lands will contain ; and allow neither of the said Towns to be more than Six Miles East & West; and make Report of their Doings to this Court, at their next May Session, that so a Number of the Petitioners who may be allowed Preference, or others, may be admitted into each of the Towns, and be obliged to perform such Conditions, and be under such Regulations & Directions as may be tho’t proper by the Court in their next May Session. The Committee to give Publick Notice of the Time of their Proceeding in this Service, that so any of the Petitioners may attend them and assist herein ; and that the said Petitions for these Lands between the Two said Rivers, be further continued to the Session of the Court in May next: And that Maj. Chandler , Mr. Wilder and Capt. Wells , with such as the Honourable Board shall appoint be a Committee for the Affair above ; and that they be impowered to employ Two Surveyors, and four Chain-Men on Oath in the said Service. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 21, 1726.] In Council ; Read & Concur’d with the Amendm ts And Samuel Thaxter Esq r is joined in the Affair ; — According to which Amend- ments the said Vote would run as follows ; viz. Voted that there be a careful View & Survey of the Lands be- tween the Towns of Dunstable & Northfield of ten Miles in Wedth by a Committee of able & suitable Persons, who shall after a due Knowledge of the Circumstances thereof, lay the same into as many Townships of the Contents of six Miles square as the Lands will contain & allow ; Neither of the said Towns to be more than six Miles East & West, & make Report of their Doings to this Court at their next May Session, And that Major Chandler, M r 750 APPENDIX. Wilder & M r Wells with such as the Honour ble Board shall appoint be a Committee for the Affair above, and that they be impowered to employ two Survey' 3 & four Chain men on Oath in the said Ser- vice. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 22, 1726.] Jonathan Belcher , Esq ; bro’t down the Vote of the House of the 9th Currant for a Survey of the Lands between Dunstable & Northfield , &c. Passed in Council, viz , In Council, Decemb. 21st 1726. Read & Concur’d with the Amendments, viz. Dele A. From the beginning of the Vote to the words the shortn- ing &c and add Whereas Dele B. the words would be sunk and add will in a great meas- ure be lessened. Dele the words C. That so a Num- ber &c to the End of that Paragraph and add whereby this Court will be the better directed what further Prog- ress to take touching those Lands for the Benefit of the Province. Dele D. from the words, The Committee to give Notice, &c to in May next. And Samuel Thaxter , Esq; is joyned in the Affair. Sent down for Concurrence. Read. And the Amendments A. B. & D. Concur’d, the Amendment C. Non-concur’d ; and the House insist on their Vote as an Amend- ment. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 28, 1726.] The Vote of the House for a Line of Towns between the Towns of Dunstable & Northfield, with the Amendm ts of the Board made thereon (As entered Dec. 21, 1726) was brought up from the House with their Disagreement to some of the Amendm ts & Agreem 1 to the other, noted thereon. In Council ; Read & Non Concur’d And the Board adhere to their Amendments. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 30, 1726.] The Vote of the House on the several Petitions for Land be- tween the Towns of Dunstable and North-field , as Entred the 22d. i APPENDIX. 751 Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, Decemb . 28th, 1726. Read and Non-Concur’d, and the Board adhere to their Amendment. Read and the House insist on their own Vote so far as that the further Consideration of the said Petitions, and the Votes thereon be Referred to the next May Session of this Court. [Mass. House Journal, June 2, 1727.] The several Petitions for sundry percels of Land within this Province in Order to have the same Erected into Townships, as entred the 30th of December past, and referred to this Session, were Read, and the House having fully debated on and considered the same Ordered , That Mr. Speaker, Mr. Prescott, Capt. God- dard, Mr. Cotton, Capt. Rolfe , Maj. Chandler , Thomas Church Esq; Mr. Dickenson , and Col. Harman, be a Committee to whom the aforesaid Petitions are referred, that they take the same under Consideration, and Report their Opinion of what may be proper for this Court to do in Answer to them, and in order to have the said Tracts of Land granted into Townships and effectually settled. [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1727.] Mr. Speaker from the Committee to whom was referred (on the Second Currant,) the several Petitions for sundry parcels of Land within this Province, in order to have the same Erected into Town- ships, Reported, That the said Committee had taken part of the said Petitions into Consideration, and Agreed on a Report so far, which was Read and Accepted, and thereupon the House came into the following Vote, Viz. In Answer to sundry Petitio7is for several Parcels of Land between Connecticut and Merrimack Rivers, Resolved, That it will be greatly to the Advantage of this Prov- ince, tend much to the Defence and Security thereof, and many Miles shorten the Western Frontiers, if a Line of Towns might be laid out and Setled between the said Rivers, and thereby the Charge and Expence of a War if it should happen be abundantly lessened, and room made for great Numbers of His Majesties Subjects to Settle who are by their Increase streightened for want thereof, That therefore a Careful View and Survey of the Land 752 APPENDIX. of Fifteen Miles in Weadth, viz. Twelve Miles Northward, and Three Miles Southward of a streight Line from Dunstable North- west Corner to Northfield Northeast Corner, to be made by a Committee for this purpose, and after a due knowledge of the Nature and Conveniences thereof, the same be laid out into as many Townships of the Contents of Six Miles Square, and none of them to be more than Five Miles Wide East and West, as the Land will allow of, and that be a Committee fully Authorized and Impowred to bring forward the Settlements in the said Town, viz for Three of the Towns next Connecticut for Three of the Towns next Merrimack River, and for the Remainder, who shall admit such and only such of the Petitioners into the said Towns to whom preference may be given, and as near as may be unto the Place or Places they Petition for, and others that shall offer to the Number of Sixty Families in each Township who shall be obliged by the said Committee, to Build a Dwelling-House, Fence in and break up at least Five Acres of Land within the Space of Five Years next after their being admit- ted Inhabitants by the said Committee ; and in Case any Person shall not comply with the Direction of the Committee in Setling and Improving, and thereby forfeit his Lott &c. The Committee shall take the Direction of the General Court therein before they proceed to New Grant the same, and the said Inhabitants admit- ted into each and every of the said Towns, shall pay into the Hands of the Committee, the Sum of Five Pounds each, to be laid out to pay the Expences and Charges of the Committee and Surveys in Allotting the House or Home Lotts, and a Lott for the Ministry, Minister and School in each Township, together with equal Rights and Dividends &c. and after the said Expence is Discharged, the Overplus if any be shall be returned to the Town for their Use and Benefit, as they see Cause, The Committees to have Power to determine the Place for the Erecting an House for the publick Worship of God in the said Towns respectively. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 16, 1727.] Mr. Speaker from the Committee for Lands further Reported, on the Petition of the Agents of the Towns of Watertown and Weston , Praying for an Equivalent for two Grants of Land made APPENDIX. 753 the Town of Watertown , Annis 1637 & 1651, as entred the Sec- ond of June and Ninth of December last, which was Read and Accepted, and Ordered, That the Contents of Six Miles square, viz . The Centre Town in the Line of Towns between Merrymack and Connecticut Rivers be granted to the said Towns in such Pro- portion as they are respectively set in the Province Tax, or other- wise as they shall agree, Provided , That within the space of Eight Years from the Grant hereof, they settle Sixty Families, and an Able, Learned, Orthodox Minister, and lay out a Lot for him, and another for the Ministry, also a Lot for the School, together with equal Rights and Dividends, which the other Inhabitants to be Admitted therein may be Entitled to, in full Consideration of the within mentioned Grants. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 24, 1727.] A Vote came up from the House of Represent™ 3 for granting a Line of Towns from Connecticut River to Merrimack River, (much in the same Form of that pass’d in the last Fall Session,) — Upon which Vote, the Board Concurr’d with the Amendm 13 noted thereon ; Agreeing so far with the House as that the Land be sur- veyed & laid out ; But Disagreing with them as to its being granted & allotted out to Settlers at this Time. Which Amendm 13 being sent down to the House for their Con- currence thereon, were sent up again to the Board with their Vote of Non Concurrence, & that they adhere to their own Vote. [Mass. Court Records, July 4, 1727.] Upon a Motion made at the Board to reconsider the Vote of the Board referring to a Line of Towns between Connecticut River & Merrimack River. It was Voted that the same be reconsidered : And after Re-Consideration, the Board Voted a Non Concur- rence to the Vote of the House, and that they insist on their Am- endments. In the House of Represent™ 3 Voted that a Conference be had between the Houses on the Subject Matter of the Vote of the Hon ble Board for Amending the Vote of the House on the several Petitions for sundry Parcels of Land between Merrimack & Connecticut Rivers The Conference to be attended to Morrow, If the Hon ble Board please. 47 754 APPENDIX. In Council; Read & Concur’d, The Conference to be held To Morrow at eleven a Clock in the Fore Noon. In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Concur’d. And the Board appointed Nathaniel Byfield, John Cushing Benjamin Lynde, Edmund Quincy, Thomas Fitch & Jonathan Belcher Esq rs to be Managers of the said Conference on their Part. [Mass. Court Records, July 5, 1727.] M r Speaker & the House came up to the Council Chamber ac- cordingly ; And the Two Houses proceeded to the said Conference, And when it was finished, the Represent^ return’d back to their Chamber And after the Conference, the Question was put Whether the Board would reconsider their vote pass’d on the Vote of the House for granting a Line of Towns &c? And it pass’d in the Negative! [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 20, 1727.] The Vote of the House for several Lines of new Towns, Amended by the Board the 13 th of December Instant, was brought up with the Agreenff of the House to some of the Amendments and their Disagreem* to the most material ones with their Vote of Ad- herence : — In Council, Read & Non Concur’d, And the Board in- sist on their Amendm ta / In Council, Voted that Nathaniel Byfield, Thomas Fitch, Ed- mund Quincy, Jonathan Belcher & Samuel Thaxter Esq r be a Committee to confer with a Committee of the Hon ble House of Rep- resentatives upon the Matter in Difference between the two Houses on the Vote for making three Lines of Towns on the Fron- tiers of this Province : — In the House of Represent^ Read & Con- cur’d ; And Voted that M r Speaker, M r Wells, Cpt. Eastwick, Major Tilestone, M r Miller, Major Chandler, & M r Prescot be a Com- mittee on the Part of the House to confer with a Committee of the Hon ble Board on the Subject Matter above. [Dunstable to Penacook.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 9, 1726.] The House having taken into Consideration the Petitio 7 is of sun- dry of the Inhabitants of the antient Towns of Ipswich, Newbury APPENDIX. 755 and Almsbury, for several Tracts of Land on both sides of Mer- rimack River, extending from the Northerly Bounds 0/ Dunstable, to the New Town lately granted at Penny-Cook ; and that there are Inhabitants end in those Towns to make good & regular Settle- ments of the said Lands, and would speedily Do it if they might have a Grant & Authority therefor from this Court, if the Irish People do not prevent them ; the House being informed they have already begun to lay out and allot -part thereof: Voted, That all the Lands lying between the Bounds aforesaid, on each side of Merrimack River, That is to say. Three Miles to the Eastward of the said River, and Five Miles to the Westward thereof, be carefully Viewed & Surveyed by a Committee of this Court, who may be able after being acquainted with the Nature & Scituation thereof, to Lay the same out into as many Townships of the Contents of Six Miles square, as the same will contain for the Accommodation of the Petitioners, or such other Persons as in the Judgment of the Committee for that Service to be appointed, may be tho’t most capable of bringing forward the Settlements under such Regulations as the Court shall Order. The Committee to give Publick Notice of the Time of their Proceeding in this Ser- vice, that so any of the Petitioners may attend if they see Cause ; and they are to Report their Doings to this Court at the next May Session, and that the said Petitions be referred to the said Ses- sion, for further Consideration accordingly. And Capt. John Shipley, Mr. Isaac Cushman, and Mr. Edward White, with such as the Honourable Board shall appoint be a Committee for the Affair above ; And that they be allowed and impowered to Employ a Surveyor and Two Chain-men upon Oath, in the said Service. Sent up for Concurrence. [The above entered in Court Records, Dec. 21, 1726. Non- concurred in Council.] [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 30. 1726.] The Vote of the House of the 9th Currant, on the several Peti- tions for Land on Merrimack River between Dunstable and the New Town lately granted at Penny-Cook, Pass’d in Council, viz . In Council, Decemb. 21, 1726. Read & Non-concur’d. Read. And the House insist on their own Vote, so far as that the further Consideration of the said Petitions be referred to the next May Session of this Court. 75<5 APPENDIX. [Mass. House Journal, June 19, 1727.] Mr. Speaker from the Committee for Lands further reported, On the several Petitions for lands up and on each side of Mer- rimack-Rivev, which was Read and Accepted, and thereupon Ordered , That a careful Survey be made of the Lands on each side of that River, viz. Three Miles on the East-side and Five Miles on the West-side thereof, by a Committee from this Court, after which Survey, the same be laid out into as many Townships of the Contents of Six Miles square as the Land will allow of, and that be a Committee, viz . for three of the Towns Southward of that already laid out at Penny-Cook, and for the remainder of the Towns to Dunstable , And the first Township next that already Granted at Penny-Cook be allowed and Granted unto the Soldiers under the Command of the late Capt. "John Lovewell , if they offer to settle there with others, by the said Com- mittee, who shall be fully Authorized and Impowred hereunto, as well as to Admit into each of the other Townships Sixty Families of the Petitioners or others, who shall be obliged to bring forward Settlements by Building each a Dwelling-House, breaking up and Improving at least five Acres each Person, within the space of five Years, next after they are Admitted, and to Pay into the Hands of the Committee, Five Pounds each Man, to defrey the Charges of the necessary Surveys and other Charges in laying out the House or Home Lotts, as near to each other as may be, and the Over plus if there be any such, to be returned to the Tow[n]s respectively, to employed as they shall see cause, in any Publick Buildings, &c. The Committee to determine the place for Building a Meeting House on in each Town, and lay out a Lot for the Ministry Minister and School ; and if any Person shall not comply with the Terms, on w r hich they shall be Admitted by the said Committee, and thereby forfeit their Lotts, &c. that the Committee shall apply for, and take the further Direction of this Court, before they grant out the same again. Sent up for Concurrence. [June 5, 1727, a conference of both Houses was held “ on the Subject matter of the Vote of the Honourable Board, for amending the Vote of the House on the several Petitions for sundry percels of Land between Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers.” Nothing was accomplished, and the matter was referred to the next session.] APPENDIX. 757 [Mass. House Journal, June 24, 1727.] Samuel Browne Esq ; brought down the Vote of the House of the 14th. currant, in Answer to sundry Petitions for several percels of Land between Connecticut and Merrimack Rivers. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, June 23^, 1727. Read and Concur’d, with the Amendments, viz. Dele — the Preamble of the Vote, viz. In Answer to &c . Dele the Words — Who are by their Increase Streightened for want thereof — Dele from the Words — as the Land will aUow off, and that — to the End of the Vote, & add — And make a plann thereof, describing therein the Scituation of the several Townships, and how they are respectively Accomodated with Upland and Meadow, the charge thereof to be born by the Province, and make return thereof to this Court as soon as may be. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and Non-concurr’d, and the House Adhere to their own Vote. [Mass. Court Records, June 27, 1727.] A Vote was brought up from the House of Represent™ 3 (which was pass’d by that House) for surveying, laying out & granting a Line of Towns on Merrimack River from Penicook to Dunstable ; — Which Vote being read & debated in Council, was Non Con- cur’d. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 27, 1727. J Voted , That. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Cooke, Mr. Wainwright , Major Chandler , Mr. Miller, Mr. Shove, Capt. Eastwicke, Capt. Wil- lard, and Mr. Wright be a Committee to project a proper Method for the Setling the Lines of Towns between the Rivers of Mer- rimack and Connecticut ; and from Dunstable to Penny-Cook ; and also from Newichawannick River to Casco ; and for the Emitting a suitable Sum of Money for the Encouragement, and Effectual bringing forward the Settlement of the said Lines of Towns, the Effecting of which will be for the Defence and Support of the Gov- ernment, and the Protection and Preservation of the Inhabitants thereof. 758 APPENDIX. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 5, 1727.] Mr. Speaker, from the Committee Appointed, the 27th ult. to consider of and Report a proper Method for the Setling a Line of Towns, from Merrimack to Connecticut River, from Dunstable on each side of Merrimack to Penny-Cook, and from Newichawanick River to Falmouth in Casco-Bay , made Report thereon according to Order ; which being Read twice was accepted, and thereupon the House came into the following Vote : In the House of Representatives, December 5th. 1727. Resolved , That it will be greatly to the Honour of His Majesties Government, and tend to the Security and Protection of the In- habitants of this Province ; very much Shorten our Inland Fron- tiers, both Westward and Eastward , and vastly lessen the Charge of the Defence of this Government in time of War, if there was a Line of Towns Setled, as near each other as possible, and in as streight or direct a Course as the Nature of the Land will allow of between the said Rivers, and up the said Merrwnack , and be- tween Newichawannick and Falmouth aforesaid. Therefore that be a Committee carefully to View and Survey all the Lands in a streight Course from Northfield North-east Corner, to Dunstable North-west Corner, Ten Miles to the North-ward of the said Line, and Five Miles South-ward there- of, and after a due Consideration of the Quality thereof, the said Committee lay the same out into as many Townships as the dis- tance will allow of, the Contents of Six Miles Square each, and none to be more than Five Miles Eastward and Westward, or in Width, and make Report thereof to this Court as soon as may be. And, That be the Committee to make the like care- ful View and Survey on each side of Merrimack River ; That is to say, Three Miles Eastward thereof to Six Miles Westward, and after a due Consideration of the Nature and Scituation thereof, to lay out the whole Tract from Dunstable North Line to Penny- Cook Township’s South Line, into as many Townships of the Con- tents of Six Miles Square, as the same will allow of, and none of the Towns to be more than Five Miles North and South, or on the River, And, That be a Committee to take a care- ful View, and make an exact Survey of the Lands Ten Miles Northward, of a streight Line, from the Northwest Corner of Ber- wick on Newichawannick River to Falmouth West Corner; and after a full Consideration of the Quality thereof, they lay out the APPENDIX. 759 same into as many Townships of the like Contents of Six Miles Square as it will allow of, none to be more than Five Miles North- east and Southwest, and make Report to this Court as soon as may be : and that each, and every of the Townships to be Viewed and Surveyed, and laid out as aforesaid, be Given, Granted and Confirmed to His Majesties Subjects the Inhabitants of this Prov- ince upon their Settling thereon, improving thereof, and perform- ing the Conditions hereafter prescribed : And therefore for the bet- ter Ordering, Settling and Perfecting this great and beneficial Affair, That be a Committee for Three of the said Townships nearest Connect cut River. That be a Committee for Three of the said Townships next Marri- mack River. That be a Committee for the re- maining Townships between the said Two Rivers. That be a Committee for the Townships on each side of Mar- rimack , River. And, That be a Committee for the Towns in the Eastward Frontier, or between Newichawannick and North Yarmouth , who shall be full Authorized and Im- powred to admit into Grant, and lay out to the Inhabitants of this Province House or Home Lotts, not to exceed Forty Perch Wide. That is to say , Not more that One Lot to One Person, for the Erecting a dwelling House on, and to admit into each Township Sixty Families or Persons, their House Lotts to be Forty Acres at the least, and not to exceed Sixty Acres, according to the Quality thereof, and to be Contiguous and in as defensible a Manner as may be : To lay out in each Township a Lot for the Minister, One for the School, and another for the Ministry ; and each Lot, viz. Sixty three Lots in each Township to draw or be Entitled to equal Parts, Proportions or Dividends in the Townships in which the said House Lots are ; The Committee to determine the Place for Erecting a House for the Publick Worship of God ; and also lay out One high Way or Road through each Town of at least Four Rods wide ; and that the Committee of each Number of Towns as aforesaid be directed to admit such and only such as in their Judg- ment will Settle and effectually bring forward Settlements on their Lots, and make Improvement ; and that the said Committees take effectual care to enjoyn and oblige the Setlers respectively to build a Dwelling House each, and break up, fence, & improve Three Acres each within the space of Two Years, and Two Acres more each year after, until every Grantee or Setler have the Quantity of Ten Acres under Improvement : The whole Charge of the 760 APPENDIX. Committees to be born by and paid out of the Publick Treasury; and they are to make Report of their proceedings herein to the General Court Annually, at their May Session. Sent up for Concurrence. [The above is entered in Court Records, Dec. 13, 1727 : ‘‘In Council ; Read & Concu^r’d with the Amendments.”] [Mass. House Journal Dec. 15, 1727.] John Wheelwright Esq : brought down the Vote of the House of the 5th Currant for setling a Line of Towns on the Eastern and Western Frontiers. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, December 13th 1727 . Read and Concurr’d with the Amendments, viz. dele the words and make Report thereof to this Court as soon as may be and add The said Townships so Surveyed to be described & delineated in a Plan or Plans, setting forth the Nature and Quality, together with the Scituation and Circumstances of the Land of all which the said Committee shall make return to this Court as soon as may be : and between the words North and South, or on the River, and and that be a Committee, add The said Townships so Surveyed to be de- scribed and delineated in a Plan or Plans setting forth the Nature and Quality together with the Scituation and Circumstances of the Land, of all which the said Committee shall make return to this Court as soon as may be : Dele the words following, North East and South - West \_and make re-port to this Court as soon as may be ] and add -• — The said Townships so Surveyed to be described & delineated in a Plan or Plans, setting forth the Nature and Quality together with the Scituation and Circumstances of the Land, of all which the said Committee shall make return to this Court as soon as may be Dele Irom the words the Conditions hereafter prescribed, and therefore &c. to the End of the Vote and add Such conditions as this Court shall hereafter judge reasonable for the Ordering, Setling and Perfect- ing so great and beneficial an Affair ; Provided, upon the return of the said Committees, it shall appear practicable, The charge of Surveying & laying out the said Lands into Townships, as aforesaid to be born by the Province, and paid out of the Publick Treasury. APPENDIX. 761 Sent down for Concurrence. Read, and the House Concur with the Three first Amendments. The two last Amendments Non-concurr’d ; and the House adhere to their own Vote as now Amended, viz, after the words Perfecting this great and bene- ficial Affair add If the same by the respective Committees Returns be reported practicable Dele, from the words the said Inhabitants of this Province, House or Home Lotts to the End of the Vote, and add, — The said Inhabitants of this Prov- ince, House or Home Lots for their Accommodation, and Erecting Houses thereon, viz . Sixty Families in each of the Towns, or so many of the Towns as the Committees for Laying, Surveying and Platting of them shall Report to this Court fit for Inhabitants, and practicable to be setled ; and the several & respective Grantees or Persons admitted as abovesaid, shall be under such other and further Directions and Conditions as this Court shall order ; Always -provided, they shall have their Grants without any Purchase Con- sideration, or paying any Sum or Sums of Money therefor, and the charge of the Committees as aforesaid, to be born by the Prov- ince, and paid out of the Publick Treasury, & the Committees for admitting the Inhabitants Annually to lay before this Court in their May Session, an account of their proceeding for further Direction. Sent up for Concurrence. [June 5, 1728, this bill, as amended, was passed by the House and sent up for concurrence. Entered in Court Records June 14, 1728, with action of Council, as follows:] In Council ; Read & Concur’d so far as that Committees be appointed & directed to survey the Lands before mentioned & make a Plan thereof, expressing the Nature, Circumstances & Quality of the Land in the several Lines, & return the same to this Court as soon as may be in Order to their further Proceedure thereon. [Rumford to The Great Falls, And On East Side of Con- necticut River.] [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 14, 1735-6.] In the House of Represent 3 Ordered That Col 0 Chandler M r Pierson Col 0 Prescott, M r Danforth and Maj r Brattle with such as the Hon ble Board shall Appoint be a Com tee to take into considera- 762 APPENDIX. tion the Several petitions for Townships now before the Court and Report what may be proper for the Court to do thereon the Com- mittee to sit forthwith and Report as soon as may be. — In Council Read & Concurr’d and Edm d Quincey William Dud- ley Ezekiel Lewis and Anthony Stoddard Esq rs are Joined in the Affair — [Mass House Journal, Jan. 15, 1735-6.] William Dudley , Esq ; brought down the report of the Com- mittee on the Petitions for Townships &c. which is as follows, viz . The Committee appointed the 14th, currant, to take into consid- eration the several Petitions for Townships now before the Court, and report what may be proper for the Court to do thereon, having met and maturely considered the same, are humbly of opinion, that there be a careful view and survey of the Lands between Merrimack and Connecticut River , from the North West Corner of Rumford on Merrimack, to the Great Falls on Connecticut , of twelve miles at the least in breadth, or North and South, by a Committee of eleven able and suitable Persons, to be appointed by this Court, who shall after a due knowledge of the nature and cir- cumstances thereof, lay out the same into as many Townships of the contents of six miles square, as the Land in wedth as aforesaid will allow of, no Township to be more than six miles East and West; and also lay out the Land on the East side of Connecticut River from said Falls, to the Township laid out for fosiah Will - ard and others, into as many Townships of the contents of six miles square as the same will allow of; and also the Land on the West side of the River of Connecticut from said Falls to the Equiv- alent Land, into one or two Townships of the contents of six miles square, if the Land will allow thereof; five of which Committee to be a Quorum for surveying and laying out the Townships from Rumford to Connecticut River as aforesaid, and three of the Com- mittee aforenamed shall be a Quorum for surveying and laying out the Townships on each side of Connecticut River as aforesaid; and that the said Committee make report of their doings to this Court at their Session in May next, or as soon as conveniently they can, that so the Persons whose names are contained in the several Petitions hereafter mentioned, viz . In the Petition of Hof- kington, in the Petition of Salisbury and Almsbury , in the Petition of Cambridge , in the Petition of Bradford and Wen ham, in the APPENDIX. 763 Petition of Haverhill, in the Petition of Milton and Brookline , in the Petition of Samuel Chamberlain and Jonathan Jewet, and in the Petition of Nathanael Harris &c. in the Petition of Stevens and Golding &c. in the Petition of Morgan Cobb &c. "Jonathan Wells &c. Liscomb and Johnson &c. in the Petition of Isaac Little &c. in the Petition of Jonathan Powers &c. that have not been heretofore admitted Grantees or Settlers within the space of Seven years last past of or in any former or other Grant of a Township, or particular Grant on condition of settling and that shall appear and give security to the value of Forty Pounds to perform the Conditions that shall be enjoyned by this Court, may by the major part of the Committee be admitted Grantees into one of the said Townships, the Committee to give publick notice of the time and place of their meeting to admit the Grantees, which Com- mittee shall be impowred to employ Surveyors and Chain men to assist them in surveying and laying out said Townships ; the Prov- ince to bear the Charge and be repaid by the Grantees (who may be admitted) the whole Charge they shall advance ; which Com- mittee we apprehend, ought to be directed and impowred to admit sixty Settlers in each Township, and take their bonds payable to the Committee and their Successors in the said trust, to the use of the Province, for the performance of the Conditions of their Grant, viz. That each Grantee build a dwelling House of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least on their respective Home Lots, and fence in and break up for ploughing, or clear and stock with english Grass five acres of Land within three years next after their admittance, and cause their respective Lots to be inhabited, and that the Grantees do within the space of three years from the time of their being admitted, build and finish a convenient Meeting House for the publick Worship of GOD, and settle a learned orthodox Minister : And in case any of the Grantees shall fail or neglect to perform what is enjoined as above, the Committee shall be obliged to put the bonds in suit and take possession of the Lots and Rights that shall become forfeit, and proceed to grant them to other Persons that will appear to fulfil the Conditions within one year next after the said last mention’d Grant. And if a sufficient number of Petitioners that have had no Grant within Seven years as aforesaid, viz. Sixty to each Township do not appear, others may be admitted, provided they have fulfilled the Conditions of their former Grant, the Committee to take care that there be sixty three House Lots laid out in as regular compact and defensible manner as the Land will allow of, one of which Lots 764 APPENDIX. shall be for the first settled Minister, one for the second Minister and one for the School, to each of which an equal proportion of Land shall accrue in all future divisions. The Committee are further of opinion, that there be four Town- ships opened on the road betwixt Westfield and Shejfield, and that they be contiguous to one another ; and either join to Shejfield or to the Township lately granted to the Proprietors of Sujfield, each of the contents of six miles square, and that they be situated on or • as near to the said road as the Land will allow, and that there be sixty three Home Lots laid out in each Township, one of which to be for the first settled Minister, one for the second settled Minister, and one for the School, and one for each Grantee, which shall draw equal shares in all future divisions, said Lots to be laid in as regular compact and defensible manner as may be, that so the sev- eral Persons, whose names are contained in sundry Petitions for Townships (to be laid out on or near said road) which have not been heretofore admitted Grantees or Settlers within the space of Seven years last past of or in any former or other Grant of a Town- ship, or particular Grant on condition of Settlement, and that shall appear to give Security to the value of Forty Pounds to perform all things on their Lots, and within their respective Townships wherein they are admitted Settlers, in the same manner as the Grantees in any of the Towns between the Rivers of Connecticut and Merrhnack as aforesaid ; and that there be a Committee of five suitable Persons appointed by this Court for the service afore- said, and impowred and obliged as is before provided for with respect to the bringing forward the Line of Towns between the Rivers aforesaid. per order of the Committee, Edmund £>iuncy Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council January i$th, 1735. Read and sent down. Read and accepted with the Amendment, viz. after the words — The Petition of Jonathan Powers &c. — add — John Whitman Esq; and others, Samuel Heywood and others , Josiah Fassett and others , John Flint and others, Jonathan Howard and others, of Bridgewater. Sent up for Concurrence Ordered, That Josejh Gerrish, Benjamin Prescot, Josiah Willard , Job Almy, Esqrs; Mr. Moses Pierson, and Capt. Josejh Gold, with such as the honourable Board shall join be a committee to all Intents and Purposes, to effect the business pro- jected by the report of the Committee of both Houses, to consider the Petitions for Townships, which passed this day, viz. on the proposed Line between Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, and APPENDIX. 765 on both sides of Connecticut River ; and that John Alden, Esq; Capt Stephen Skiffe , and John Fisher , Esq ; with such as the honourable Board shall join, be a Committee to effect the business as above projected for the Townships on the road between West- field and Sheffield ; and that there be granted and allowed to be paid out of the publick Treasury at the rate of fifteen shillings per diem to each one of the Committee for every day he is in the Ser- vice in the Woods, and subsistence ; and ten shillings per diem for every day to each one of the said Committee while in the Service in admitting Settlers into the said Towns, and subsistence, to be paid as aforesaid. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 16, 1735-6.] In the House of Represent 3 Ordered that Joseph Gerrish Ben- jamin Prescott Josiah Willard Job Almy Esq 13 M r Moses Pierson and Cap 4 Joseph Gold with such as the Hon ble Board shall Join be a Committee to all Intents and purposes to Effect the business projected by the Report of the Com tee of both Houses, to Consider the petitions for Townships which passed this day viz 4 on the pro- posed line between Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers and on both sides of Connecticutt River ; and that John Alden Esq r Cap 4 Stephen Skiffe and John Fisher Esq r with Such as the Hon ble Board shall Join be a Com tee to Effect the business above projected for the Townships on the Road between Westfield and Sheffield ; and that there be Granted and allowed to be paid out of the pub- lick Treasury after the Rate of fifteen shillings ^ diem to each one of the Comm tee for every day he is in the Service in the Woods and Subsistance, and ten shillings ^ diem for every day to each one of the said Com tee while in the Service in Admitting Settlers into the said Townships and Subsistance to be paid as aforesaid. In Council Read & Concurr’d & William Dudley, Samuel Welles, Thomas Berry, Joseph Wilder and John Chandler jun r Esq r are Joined with the Com tee of the House for the line between Merrimack and Connecticutt Rivers &c and Edmund Quincey & Ebenezer Burrill Esq r9 with the Com tee on the other line Consented to J Belcher 7 66 APPENDIX. [Mass. House Journal, March 26, 1736.] John Jeffries, Esq ; brought down a Plat of the Towns lately ordered by this Court to be laid out on each side Connecticut River from Fort Dummer to the Great Falls, in which Plat is set forth the true bearings and distances between the said Falls and the Townships of Rumford & Contoocook on the West side of the River, as the same was run with a Chain by Col. Josia/i Willard and others. Read. [Mass. House Journal, Nov. 30, 1736.] Anthony Stoddard , Esq ; brought down the report of the Com- mittee on the Line of Towns &c. between the Rivers of Merri- mack and Connecticut &c. with the Plat thereof, the Report is as follows, Viz. The Committee of this Court for the Line of Towns &c. make further Report of their Proceedings thereabout, as follows : Hav- ing been informed that the North Bounds of the Equivalent Lands on the West side of Connecticut River, did not run West as we platted it, but was twenty' two degrees thirty minutes North, which obliged us to run the two Townships on that side of the River accordingly, which is altered in the grand Plat. And having sent some of the Committee to view and run the Lines of the Ashuelot Townships, that we might be certain of not interfering with them, and also the North Bounds of Arlington so called on the East side of Connecticut River , we found that one of our Towns laid out on that side did actually interfere with one of the Ashuelots , we were therefore obliged to alter the Lines of all the four Townships on the East side of the said River ; and have reformed them in the said grand Plat accordingly, which we now humbly present for acceptance. The Committee further report, that having notified the many Petitioners for Townships tq meet at Concord in September last when and where we admitted sixty Persons or Grantees into the Townships following, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, on the East side of Connec- ticut River, No. 1, 2, on the West side ; in the Line of Towns No. 1, 2, 5, 6, and have taken Bonds, according to Order, of each Grantee for the fulfilments of their respective Grants. We have further notified’ the rest of the Petitioners and others to meet us at APPENDIX. 767 Woburn the 7 th of December next in order to admit into and fill up the other Towns, viz . No 3, 4, 7, 8, & 9. Wm. Dudley , by order of the Committee. Pass’d in Council, viz . In Council Nove?nber 30th, 17 36. Read and sent down. Read and Ordered , That this Report be accepted. Sent up for Concurrence. The Plat of the Line of Towns &c. mentioned in the aforego- ing Report, pass’d in Council, viz . In Council Novemb . 30 th, 1736. Read and sent down. Read and Ordered , That this Plat be accepted. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 30, 1736.] A plat of the Townships laid out by the Com tee for the Line of Towns &c by them corrected as Mentioned in their Report entred this day — In the House of Represent 3 Read & Ordered that the plat be Accepted In Council Read & Concurrd — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 17, and House Journal, Dec. 4, 1736-] In the House of Represent 3 Voted that M r Samuel Chamber- lain of Westford be & hereby is fully Authorized and Impowered to Assemble & Convene the Grantees or proprietors of the Town- ship Number One ; Nathanael Harris Esq r in like manner to Assemble the Grantees or Proprietors of the Township Number two ; John Flynt of Concord Esq r in like manner to Assemble the Grantees or proprietors of the Township Number three ; Thomas Welles of Deerfield Esq r in like manner to Assemble the Grantees or Proprietors of the Township Number four; on the East Side, & next Adjoining to Connecticut River ; And that Thomas Stevens of Amesbury in like Manner to Assemble the Grantees or Proprietors of the Township Number One ; M r John Hutchins of Bradford in like manner to Assemble the Grantees or proprietors of the Township Number two ; John Jones, of Hopkinton Esq r in like manner to Assemble the Grantees or proprietors of the Town- 768 APPENDIX. ship Number five ; and John Whitman of Stow in like manner to Assemble & Convene the Grantees or proprietors of the Township Number Six, lying in the line of Towns between the Rivers of Connecticutt & Merrimack, All the Grantees or proprietors afore- mentioned of the Towns aforesaid to Assemble in such places as they shall be Respectivly Notified and Warned to Assemble & Convene at, by the persons Respectively thereto Impowred, as aforesaid ; The proprietors of each Township so iVssembled to Chuse a Moderator & Clerk & Com tee to Alot & Divide their Lands, & to dispose of the same, and to pass Such Votes & Orders as by them may be thought Conducive for the Speedy Fulfillment of their Grants And also to Agree Upon Methods for Calling Meetings for the future, provided none of their Votes concerning the Dividing or disposing of their Lands that shall be pass’d while they are Under the direction of the Com tee of this Court shall be of force before they are Allowed of by said Committee In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 4, and House Journal, Jan. 3, 1736-7] In the House of Represent* 1 Voted that Cap 1 Samuel Jackson be & hereby is fully Authorized and Impowred to Assemble and Convene the Grantees and propriet ra of the Township Number four, Cap 1 Caleb Blodget in like manner to Assemble the Grant- ees or proprietors of the Township Number Eight, M r Samuel Liscomb in like manner to Assemble the Grantees or proprietors of the Township Number Nine, M r Isaac Gardner in like manner to Assemble the Grantees or proprietors of the Township Number three, and M r John Hill in the like manner to Assemble the Grant- ees or proprietors of the Township Number Seven, lying in the line of Towns between the Rivers of Connecticutt & Merrimack all the said Grantees or Proprietors aforenamed of the Towns aforesaid to Assemble in such places as they shall be Respectivly Warned to Convene & Assemble at by the persons thereto Respec- tivly impowred as aforesaid : The proprietors of each Township so assembled to Chuse a Moderator & Clerk & Com tee to Alot & divide their lands & dispose of the same and to pass such Votes and Orders as by them may be thought conducive for the Speedy fulfillment of the Conditions of their Grant, and also to Agree APPENDIX. 769 upon Methods for Calling of Meetings for the future ; provided none of their Votes concerning their Dividing or disposing of their Lands that shall be pass’d while they are under the direction of the Com tee of this Court shall be of force before they are allowed by said Com tee — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher 48 ASHUELOT TOWNSHIPS. GENERAL. 772 APPENDIX. [Mass. House Journal, May 28, 1726.] A Petition of Ebenezer Dickinson , Edward Greaves , and others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land at a Place called Ashawelot , in order to the Setling and making a Township there. Read and referred to the next Session for further Consideration. [Mass. House Journal, May 28, 1726.] A Petition of Francis Miller , Francis Stebbins, and others, praying for a Grant of a Tract of Land at a Place called Ashawelot, in order for the Settlement thereof, and erecting a Township there. Read and referred to the next Session for further Consid- eration. [Mass. House Journal, May 30, 1730.] A Petition of Joseph Miller, for himself and sundry others former Petitioners for a Tract of Land of six miles square, for a Township at Ashawelot, setting forth, that when their Petition for the said Tract of Land which they desired to be sixteen Miles from Northjield, came under the Consideration of this House the last Fall Session, there was another Petition from Ebenezer Dick- inson, and sundry others for a Tract of Land for a Township, ten or fourteen Miles from Northjield, both which had the Counte- nance of the House, and sent up to the Honourable Board for Concurrence, but a Proviso was made in the Grant to the said Dickinso 7 i and his Associates to be first accommodated under a Pretence of their being the first Petitioners, therein, also informing, that there is a sufficiency of Lands at Ashawelot above Northjield, for the Accommodation of Two Townships of the Contents of six Miles square each : Praying, That the said Dickinson and those that Petition with him, might be obliged to account for their Town- ship from Northjield Meeting-House, and the Petitioners lie next to them, and be put under a Committee for their Inspection and Regulation, &c. for Reasons mentioned. Read. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 1, 1730-1.] A Petition of Samuel Hunt, of Billerica, in behalf of himself and sundry others, Inhabitants of this Province, praying for a APPENDIX. 773 convenient Tract of Land for a Township at a place called Ashazve- lot , between JWorthfield and the Block-house above Northjield, and that they may bring in a Plan thereof. Read and committed to Mr. Lynde, Maj. Chandler and Mr. Wright , to take the same under Consideration, and Report what may be proper to be done thereon. [Mass. House Journal, June 12, 1731.] Mr. Welles from the Committee appointed the 28th. of May last, to consider of the Six new Townships proposed to be settled, Reported, Read, Accepted, and accordingly, Ordered , That before the Terms on which those Townships may be granted, are concluded on, Six Tracts of Land of the Con- tents of Six Miles square each, be Surveyed and Platted ; and that it be as soon as may be, by such Committees as this Court shall appoint, whose Proceedings shall be laid before this Court at their next Fall Session, in order to their more particular Determination on the Method of settling them ; and that those Six Townships be laid out at or about the following places, viz. two Townships both lying part on each side Merrimack River, between Naticook and LoveV s Town ; one at or near Ware or Swift-River ; two upon or about Ashawelot River ; one at the Head of Berwick , Butting on Newichawonnuck on one side, and on Bannabeague on the other side. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 17, 1731.] Ordered , That Mr. Hall go up with a Message to the Honour- able Board, to inquire what they have done on the Vote of the 1 2th. Instant, referring to the Six new Townships proposed to be settled. Who accordingly delivered the Message, and brought down said Vote not pass’d on by the Honourable Board. [Mass. House Journal, June 17, 1731.] Voted, That it is very necessary for the Accommodation of diverse Inhabitants of this Province, that Six new Townships should be opened for Settlement, but that before the Terms of 774 APPENDIX. granting them are concluded on, Six Tracts of Land of the Con- tents of Six Miles square each, be Survey’d and Platted as soon as may be, by such Committees as this Court shall appoint, whose Proceedings shall be laid before this Court at their next Fall Ses- sion, in order to their more particular Determination on the method of settling them, and that those Six Townships be laid out at or about the following places, viz. Two Townships, both lying on each side Merrimack River between Naticook & LoveVs Town, one at or near Ware or Swift River, two upon or about Ashawelot River, one at the Head of Berwick , Butting on New- ichawonnuck , on one side, and Bonnebeague on the other side Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 24, 1731.] In the House of Represent^ Voted that it is very necessary for the accommodation of divers Inhabitants of this Province that six new Townships sh d be opened for settlement : But before the Terms of granting them are concluded on, six Tracts of Land of the Contents of six miles square each be surveyed & platted as soon as may be by such Committees as this Court shall appoint, whose Proceedings shall be laid before this Court at their next Fall Session, in order to their particular determination on the method of settling them, & that those six Townships be laid out at or about the following Places : viz, two Townships, both lying part on each side of Merrimack River between Naticook & Lovels Town ; one at or near Ware or Swift River, two upon or about Ashawelet River ; One at or near the Head of Berwick, butting on Newitchawannock River on one side & on Bonebeague on the other side. In Council : Read & Refer’d to the next Session of this Court. [Mass. House Journal, June 14, 1732.] Col. Stoddard from the Committee appointed the 7 th Currant to consider of that Part of His Excellency’s SPEECH which relates to the ungranted Lands made Report, which he read in his place, and then laid it on the Table. The said Report was read again and accepted, and thereupon the House came into the following Vote, viz. APPENDIX. 775 / Upon Consideration that Power is given to the General Assem- bly to grant Lands , especially for the Pla7iting or Setting of the Province, and that by the great Increase of His Majesty's good Subjects many that are inclined to Industry have not been able to obtain Lands for the Employment of themselves and Families, and great Numbers have removed to neighbouring Colonies for their Accommodation , Voted, That there be Seven Towns opened of the Contents of Six Miles square each, viz . One West of the Narraganset Town that is near Wachuset-Hill , One between the Equivalent Land and Rutland, on or near the Road lately laid out from SwiftRiver to Rutland: One at Pequoiog or Miller s- Riv er ; One West of the Town called North Town ; Two on Ashuelot River above North- field ; The other in the Eastward Country at the Head of Berwick . All to be Surveyed in October or November next at farthest, by the direction of Committees to be appointed by the General Court, and their several Surveys to be reported at the Fall Session, and the charge of the Committee and of the Survey to be paid out of the publick Treasury. That Committees be appointed to admit Setlers to lay out the House-Lots, so that the Settlements may be made in a defensible manner, and to direct in the drawing thereof, but not to lay out any other Divisions without further directions from this Court, each home-lot to consist of so many Acres as the Court shall order, after report is made of the quality and other circumstances of the Land, the Committees to be paid as the Court shall order. That there be sixty-three House Lots laid out in each Township, One for the first setled Minister, One for the Ministry, One for the School, and one for each of the sixty Setlers, who shall settle thereon in his own person, or by one of his Children, the rest of the Land to be allotted or divided equally in sixty three parts. That One year be allowed from the Survey for the admission of Setlers, and that the Committee be directed to demand and re- ceive from each Setldr at his admission Five Pounds, part of which shall be employed for reimbursing the Province the Money to be advanced for paying the Committee and the charge of the Survey, the remaining part to be employed for building Houses of publick Worship, or otherwise as the General Court shall order. That each Setler actually live on his Land within three years from his admission and continue there for the space of two years after in person, and with his Family, if such he have. That he do within five years from his admission build an House 776 APPENDIX. on his Land of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least, and within the same time do sufficiently fence in and till or fit for mowing eight Acres of Land, each Setler to have his Land on condition that he perform the foregoing Injunctions. And in case any Setler fail of performance in the whole or in part, his right to be forfeited and such Land shall revert to the Province. And the Committee to be appointed to admit Setlers are directed at the time of admission to take a Bond of Twenty Pounds of each Setler, to be paid to them or their Successors for the use and ben- efit of the Setlers, in case he fail of performing the several Con- ditions or Injunctions before-mentioned. And that the Setlers in each Town be obliged to build a suitable Meeting-House and to settle a learned orthodox Minister in such Town within the space of five years from the admission of the Setlers. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 20, 1732.] In the House of Represent™ 3 — In Answer to that Part of His Excellency’s Speech w ch relates to the ungranted Lands of the province — Upon Consideration that power is given to the General Assembly to Grant Lands especially for the planting & Settling of the province & that by the great increase of His Majesty’s good Sub- jects many that are inclined to Industry have not been able to obtain Lands for the Imployment of themselves & Families & great numbers have removed to Neighbouring Colonies for their Accommodation. Voted that there be seven Towns opened of the Contents of six miles sqnare, One West of the Narraganset Town that is near Wachuset Hill, One between the Equivalent Land & Rutland, on or near the Road lately laid out from Swift river to Rutland, One at Saquoiag on Miller’s River, One West of the Town called North Town, Two on Ashawelot River above North- field, The other in the Eastern Country at the Head of Berwick, All to be surveyed in October or November next at furthest by the Direction of Comm tees to be appointed by the General Court, & their several Surveys to be reported at the Fall Session, And the Charge of the Comm tees & of the Survey to be paid out of the publick Treasury ; That Comm tees be appointed to admit Settlers to lay out House Lotts, so that the Settlem ts may be made in a defensible manner, & to direct in the drawing thereof, but not to APPENDIX. 777 lay out any other Divisions, without further Direction from this Court, Each Home Lot to consist of so many Acres as the Court shall order after report is made of the Quality & other Circum- stances of the Land, The Comm tees to be paid as the Court shall Order, that there be sixty three House Lots laid out in Each Township, One for the first settled Minister, One for the Ministry, One for the school & one to Each of the sixty Settlers who shall settle thereon, in his own person or by any of his Children, the rest of the Land to be allotted or Divided equally into Sixty three parts, That one Year be allowed from the Survey for the Admis- sion of the Settlers, & that the Comm tee be directed to Demand & receive from each Settler at his Admission, Five pounds, part of w ch shall be employed for reimbursing the Province the Money to be advanced for paying the Comm tee & the Charge of the Survey, The remaining part to be employed for building Houses of pub- lick Worship or otherwise as the General Court shall Order, that each Settler actually live on his Land within three Years of his Admission, & continue there for the Space of two Years after in person & with his Family if such he have, That he do within five Years from his Admission build an House on his land of Eighteen feet square & seven feet stud at the least, & within the same Time do sufficiently fence in, & till, or fit for Mowing eight Acres of Land, Each Settler to have his Land on Condition that he per- form the foregoing Injunctions & in Case any Settler fail of per- formance In the whole or in part, his Right to be forfeited, & such Land shall revert to the province. And the Comm tee to be appointed to admit Settlers, are directed at the Time of Admission to take Bond of Twenty pounds of Each Settler to be paid to them or their Successors for the Use & Benefit of the Settlers in Case he fail of performing the Several Conditions or Injunctions before mentioned And that the Settlers in Each Town be obliged to build a sutable Meeting House, & to settle a learned & Orthodox Min- ister in such Town within the space of five Years from the Admission of the Settlers — In Council read & non Concur’d [Mass. Court Records, June 29, 1732.] In the House of Represent™ 3 Voted that Coll : Stoddard M r Wells, Major Chandler, M r Choate, Major Brattle M r Tyng & M r Samuel Chandler be a Comm tee on the part of the House to Confer 778 APPENDIX. with such Comm tee as shall be appointed by the Hon ble Board on their part, on the Subject Matter of the Vote for opening some New Towns ; The Comm tees to sit forthwith & report as soon as may be — In Council Read & Concur’d, & Benjamin Lynde Thomas Hutchinson Samuel Thaxter, Spencer Phips Simonds Epes & Jonathan Remington Esq r9 are appointed a Comm tee of the Board of s d Conference. [Mass. Court Records, July i, 1732.] Upon y e Report of the Comm tee appointed to confer on the Vote ab* new Towns The Board reconsidered y r Vote of Non Concurrence & then pass’d a Concurrence On the s d Vote with Amendm ts W ch were agreed to by the House — [Mass. House Journal, July 3, 1732.] Thomas Cushing Esq ; brought down the Vote of the 4 th past for opening some new Towns, pass’d in Council, viz. In Council June 20 th. 1732. Read and non concur’d. July 1. 1732. Read again and reconsidered, and voted a Concurrence with the Amend- ments, viz dele A. seven and add — five — dele, these words - one west of the Town called North-Town , two on Ashue- lot- River above Northjield, dele. B - sixty three House Lots & add eighty three House Lots, dele the word - twenty between the words - a Bond of — and - Pounds - and add thirty - Sent down for Concurrence. Read and the House concur with the Amend- ment A - the second Amendment concur’d so far as relates to the proposed Town to the West of North-Town — the other part of that Amendment non-concur’d. The Amendments B & C non- concur’d, and the House agree to the Vote as now amended with their own Amendment, viz. the two proposed Towns in the Vote marked o dele. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 7, 1732.] A Petition of Samuel Sadey , Oliver Hayward, and sundry others, praying for a Grant of Land at Ashuelot at a place called APPENDIX. 779 the Bow, to extend on Northjield East Line. Read and referred to the next May Session for further Consideration. ' [Mass. Court Records, April 20, 1733.] The following Vote pass’d both Houses in July last, viz : In Answer to that part of His Excellency’s Speech which relates to the ungranted Lands of the Province Upon Consideration y 1 Power Is given the General Assembly to grant Lands especially for the Planting or Settling of the province, & that by the Great Increase of His Majesty’s good Subjects, many that are inclined to Industry have not been able to obtain Lands for the Employ m* of themselves & Families, & great Numbers have removed to Neighbouring Colonies for their Accommodation. Voted that there be four Towns opened of the Contents of six Miles square Each viz — One at Pequoiag on Miller’s River, Two on Ashuwelet River above Northfeild, the other in the Eastern Country at the Head of Berwick, all to be surveyed in October or November next at furthest by the Direction of Comm tees to be appointed by the General Court & their several Surveys to be Reported at the Fall Session & the Charge of the Comm tees & Survey to be paid out of the publick Treasury y t Comm tees be appointed to admit Settlers & to lay out the House Lots so that y e Settlem ts may be made in a Defensible manner, & to direct in the drawing thereof, but not to lay out any other Divisions without further Directions from this Court, Each Home Lot to consist of so many Acres as the Court shall Order after Report is made of the Quality & other Circumstances of the Land, the Comm teeS to be paid as the Court shall Order, that there be sixty three House Lots laid out in each Township, One for the first Settled Minister, One for the Ministry, one for the School & one for Each of the Sixty Settlers who shall Settle thereon in his own person or by one of his Children The rest of the Land to be allotted or Divided equally into Sixty three Parts; That one Year be allowed from the Survey for the Admission of Settlers, and that the Comm tee be directed to Demand & receive from Each Settler at his Admission Five pounds part of which shall be employed for reimbursing the Province the Money to be advanced for paying the Committee & the Charge of the Survey, the remaining part to be employed for building Houses for publick Worship or otherwise as the Gen- 780 APPENDIX. eral Court shall Order, That Each Settler actually live on his Land within three Years from his Admission, build an House on his Land of eighteen feet square & Seven feet Stud at the least, & within the same Time do sufficiently fence in & till or fit for mowing Eight Acres of Land, Each Settler to have his Land on Condition that he perform the foregoing injunctions, & in Case any Settler fail of performance in the whole or in part, his Right to be forfeited & such Land shall revert to the province & the Comm ee to be appointed to Admit Settlers are directed at the Time of Admission to take a Bond of Twenty pounds of each Settler to be paid to them or their Successors for the Use & Benefit of the Settlers in Case he fail of performing the several Conditions & Injunctions before mentioned, & that the Settlers in each Town to be obliged to build a sutable meeting house & to settle a learned orthodox Minister in such Town within the space of five Years from the Admission of the Settlers. — Consented to J. Belcher. [Mass. Court Records, and House Journal, April 20, 1733.] In the House of Represent™ 3 Voted that Major Chandler, M r Choate & M r Samuel Chandler with such as the Hon ble Board shall appoint be a Comm tee to Survey & lay out by a Survey 1 & Chain men on Oath the three New Towns in the Western Frontiers agreable to the Vote of the third of July last. viz. One at Paquoiag & two at Ashawelet River & return Plans thereof to this Court in the next May Session. In Council ; Read & Concur’d & the Hon ble Spencer Phips Esq r & William Dudley Esq r are joined in the Affair. — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, and House Journal, Oct. 19, 1733-] In the House of Represent™ 8 Whereas this Court at their Sit- ting in April last past did appoint a Committee to survey and lay out three Townships in the Western Frontiers, agreable to the Vote of the third of July preceeding, one at Paquoiag, & two at Ashuelot River, & return plats to this Court at the then next May Session, which Service has not yet been perform’d & the greater Part of the Committee being Members of the General Assembly — APPENDIX. 78 l wherein their Attendance is necessary, And the House being cer- tified that there are great Numbers of Persons desirous to settle themselves in said Townships in the next Spring of the Year, which cannot be unless there be a speedy Survey thereof. Therefore Voted that Joseph Kellog & Timothy Dwight Esq rs & Cpt. William Chandler (or any two of them) be a Committee for that Purpose, & that they be directed forthwith to repair to those Lands, & with Chain men on Oath to lay out a Township at Paquoiag & two Townships at Ashuelot agreable to the said Vote of the third of July 1732, unless they find that by reason of the laying out of the Township granted to Coll 0 Willard & others the Land remaining at Ashuelot River will not well serve for two Townships, that then they lay out only one Township on Ashue- lot, & that they return Plats thereof to this Court at the present Sitting. In Council, Read & Concur’d. — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 6, 1733.] In the House of Represent^ 8 Ordered that M r Israel Williams & M r Samuel Chandler with such as the Hono’ble Board shall appoint be a Comm ee to admit such persons as they shall think proper to bring forward the Settlement of the new Towns lately granted at Ashuelot & Paquoiag, who shall be subjected to the Conditions made in the said Grant pass’d this Court in the May Session 1732, That the Committee make Report of their doings as soon as may be. — In Council Read & Concur’d & Eben r Burrill Esq r is Joined in y e Affair. — Consented to, J. Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 21, 1733-4.] A Plat of two Townships, each of the Contents of six miles square laid out by William Chandler & Nath 1 Dwight by Order of this Court situate on each side of Ashuelet River above the Tract of Land lately granted to Coll Josiah Willard & others; beginning at a Spruce or White Pine Tree standing about Midway between the South & East Branches of said Ashuelet River, about five 782 APPENDIX. perch East of the Bank of the Main River marked West thus q & East with three Chops with an Ax, & from thence running each way as described in the Plat. In the House of Represent™ 8 Read & Ordered that the Plat be and hereby is accepted ; And the Lands contained in the said two Townships are declared to ly in & be accounted as Part of the County of Hampshire hence forward. In Council ; Read & Concur’d : — Consented to, J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Feb. 21, 1733-4.] A Plat of two Townships, each of the contents of six Miles square, situate on each side of Ashuelot River in the County of Hampshire above the tract lately granted to Col. yosiah Willard and others, surveyed, one by Capt William Chandler Surveyor and two Chain-men on Oath ; the other by Nathanael Dzvight Surveyor and two Chain-men on Oath, platted by order of this Court of the third of yuly 1732, and one other order at the sitting begun the third of October last was presented for allowance. Read and Ordered , That the Plat be and is hereby accepted, and the Lands contained in the said two Townships are declared to lay in and be accounted as part of the County of Hampshire hence forward. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, April 16, 1734.] In Council ; Whereas this Court in their Sessions held in July 1732, ordered three Towns to be laid out, two on Ashuelet River, & one at Paquoig & directed the Committee to lay out Home or House Lots to consist of so many Acres as the Court shall order, Voted that the Home Lots to be laid out in the said three new Towns do consist of so many Acres (between twenty & forty) as the Committee shall think fit considering the Quality of the said Land ; & that Edward Goddard Esq r be of the said Committee in the room of William Clark Esq r who desires to be excused from the said Service : — In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Concur’d Consented to, J Belcher APPENDIX. 783 [Mass. House Journal, June, 15, 1734.] Jacob Wendell, Esq ; brought down the Report of the Commit- tee of both Houses appointed the sixth of November & first of March last, for laying out House Lots in the two new Towns on Ashuelot River , in consequence of the Conditions of the Grant of the Court at their May Session 1732, signed Ebenezer Burrell, Edward Goddard, Charles Church, Samuel Chandler, John Hobso 7 i. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council June i$th, 1734. Read and sent down. Read and Ordered, That the Report be ac- cepted. Sent up for Concurrence. Two Plats of the two Townships at Ashuelot laid out by Order of this Court, with House Lots therein protracted & described, viz. The House Lots in the upper Township as described and protract- ed were presented for allowance. Read and accepted. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 17, 1734-] The Report of the Com tee for laying out the house Lotts in the two Towns on Ashuelet River June 1734 — Pursuant to the order of the Great & General Court we Re- paired to Ashuelet where we found in each of the said Towns Re- spectivly That a very large Body of the Land lyes in one intire parcell being Interval Land and other low lands Altogether Un- suitable for House Lotts and from the best View and observation that we Respectivly were able to make of the value and quality of the Land there, we apprehend it Impracticable to lay it out in a Defenceable manner and to lay out between twenty & forty Acres to each house Lot according to the order of the Court and there being (in our humble Opinion) no other way in which the House lotts could be laid out but would Render (at least) many of them for less Accommodable to the Intervals and also very Scat- tering and Remote We Concluded that to lay out Small House lotts lying Contiguous & also Convenient for the Interval lands would be more agreeable to the Intentions of this Hon ble Court then either for us to Desist & Re- turn without doing anything or to lay out large Lotts which must have been Extreemly Scattering & indefencible and therefore pro- ceeded as follows viz 1 . To lay out in the uppermost of the said Ashuelet Townships fifty four Lotts, in the most Convenient place 7 8 4 APPENDIX. \ for Building on & adjoyning to each other each Lott Containing eight Acres and that place not Accomodating more lotts there, we were obliged to lay out the other Nine Lotts about three Quarters of a Mile Distant from the Fifty four Lotts aforesaid We also laid out a Street thro each Division of Land aforesaid four Rods wide — In the other Township of Ashuelet we Could find but one parcell of Land Sutable for House lotts (in a like Compact and Defence- able manner) which is a Plan consisting of no more than about four hundred Acres and therefore were obliged to lay out the whole number of lots being Sixty three in that place which yet would not afford above Six Acres (exclusive of ways) to each house without Runing upon Intervals or mountainous land which would be very Difficult to Equalize and a great part thereof fit for Neither Tillage nor mowing we therefore laid out the whole Sixty three Lotts there and also a Street of Eight Rods wide and where- as each Settler is obliged within the Term aforesaid to till or fitt for mowing Eight Acres within five Years We humbly propose that no damage or forfeiture Accrue to any Settler, who shall within the term aforesaid till or fit for mowing his house Lott there and shall also as soon as shall be next after another Lott or division of Land shall be laid out till or fit for mowing the Remainder of said Eight Acres on such other Lott or Division w r hich with the whole of this Representation or Report is humbly Submitted to the Wisdom & Candour of this Hon b,e Court — Sam 1 Chandler Ebenezer Burrill John Hobson Edw d Goddard Charles Church In the House of Represent Read & Ordered that this Report be Accepted In Council Read & Concurred — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 14, and House Journal June 19, 1 734 -] The following vote was omitted Entring in the proper place viz 1 — In the House of Represent June 19, 1743 — Whereas the Com*** that have laid out the Home Lotts in the Township Westward of Ashuelott River & Paquoig have noti- fied all persons that are desirous to take up Lotts upon the Terms APPENDIX. 7§S and Conditions that this Court has directed to meet at Concord on Wednesday the Twenty Sixth Instant And it being Necessary after such Lotts are drawn that the Grantees be assembled & come into proper Methods for the Settlement of their said Lotts &c Voted that after the Sixty persons for each Township shall have Drawn Lotts and given Bond and paid their five pounds Ac- cording to the order of this Court July 1732 that they forthwith as- semble at Concord and then and there Choose a Moderator a Pro- prietors Clerk and Agree upon Rules & methods for the fulfillment of their Respective Grants and for making any further Divisions and for Calling other Meetings for the future and any other Mat- ters or things for the Speedy Settlement of the said Township In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher Exam d from the original ^ Simon Frost Dep. Secry 49 CANADA TOWNSHIPS. GENERAL. 7 88 APPENDIX. [Mass. House Journal, June 26, 1735.] Robert Hale , Esq ; from the Committe appointed last night on the Grants to the Canada Officers and Soldiers, &c. Anno 1690, made report, which was read and accepted, and thereupon the following Vote passed, viz. Whereas it has been ordered by this Court that the several Committees anointed to lay out the Towns granted in answer to the Petitions of the Canada Soldiers in their Expedition Anno 1690, shall take Bonds of the Grantees for the performance of the Conditions of their respective Grants ; and whereas by reason of the Death of most of the said soldiers , and minority or inability of many of their Heirs and Descendants, the intention of the Court in rewarding their Service , and for settling the Lands may be defeated without the special direction of this Court: Ordered , That the said Committees and all others that may hereafter be appointed by this Court for that Service on Petitions for Canada Soldiers in that Expedition, shall take Bond of One, personally the Heir Descendant or Representative of one Soldier (preference to be given to the eldest Male if such there be, other- wise the eldest Female, who shall appear at such time and place as the Committee shall appoint and give publick notice of) and the Grant shall belong to such Obligor his heirs and assigns for ever (provided the Conditions of the Bond be performed) such Obligor paying to the other Descendants or Heirs such proportion- able part of Ten Pounds as such Descendants or Heirs would be intitled to in the Land, if said Land descended according to the Law of this Province for the Settlement of Intestate Estates, and also what Charge any of said Descendants may have been at to prove or bring forward said Claims Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 27, 1735.] In the House of Represent 8 Whereas it has been Ordered by this Court that the Several Committees Appointed to lay out the Towns Granted in Answer to the petitions of the Canada Soldiers in their Expedition Anno 1690 shall take Bonds of the Grantees for the performance of the Conditions of their Respective Grants, And Whereas by Reason of the death of Most of the said Soldiers & Minority or Inability of many of their heirs or Descendants, the Intention of the Court in Rewarding their Service & for Set- APPENDIX. 789 tling the Lands may be defeated, without Special direction of this Court ; Ordered that the said Committee and all others that may hereafter be Appointed by this Court for that Service on petitions for Canada Soldiers in that Expedition shall take Bond of one person only the heir descendant or Repesent a of one Soldier (Preference to be Given to the Eldest Male if such there be other- wise to the Eldest Female who shall Appear at such time & place as the Com tee shall Appoint and give publick Notice thereof) and the Grant shall belong to such Obligor his heirs and assignes for- ever provided the Conditions of the Bond be performed such obligors paying to the other Descendants or heirs such proportion- able part of Ten pounds as such Descendants or heirs would be entitled to in the Lands, if said Land descended According to the Law of this Province for Settlement of Intestate Estates & also what Charge any of said Descendants may have been at to prove or bring forward said Claim — In Council Read & Concurr’d [Mass. Court Records, Jan. 16, 1735-6.] The Deputy Secretary was Sent down to the House with the following Message from the Board viz 1 — The Board take g into Consideration, as well the Several Grants made by the House Upon petitions for Townships of the Canada Officers and Soldiers that have pass’d the whole Court, as those Depending at the Board, & finding the form & the direction of the Descent of the Estate to be Essentially differing ; which the Board Apprehend is not only inconsistant, but also Unequal and Unjust As to the Different form of the Grants, pass’d thro’ the whole Court ; the Board observe that on the four first petitions viz 4 Gal- lop, Newell, Tileston, & Tiltons, there Seems to be an Inconsis- tancy, the Grantees therein being obliged to give Bond to the Com tee3 Appointed to lay out the same and Yet the said Com tees are to Transmit into the Secretarys office, Lists of the Grantees names and places of Abode to be Regulated by an after Com tee which Necessarily Implys giving Bonds before Admission In the order ; on two Several petitions of Shubal Goreham & Samuel King the Board observe no Bonds Ordered to be Given or lists to be Trans- mitted as above ; In the Order on the three Several petitions of Ebenezer Hunt of William Raymond & Joseph Silvester, no list is Ordered to be taken or transmitted for future Regulation ; The 79 ° APPENDIX. Board therefore propose to the Hon ble House that a Com tee of this Court be Appointed to take a List of the names and places of Abode of the said Officers and Soldiers and of the Descendants of such as are deceased, in Order to a Regulation by a Com tee of this Court, and so Sixty of them may be Admitted Grantees and Set- tlers in each Township of Six Miles Square, to be laid out pursu- ant to such forementioned Regulation ; And as to the Descent of the Estate Granted to the said Officers and Soldiers, the Board observe that in all those made by the whole Court, they all Agree Except that made to Cap 4 Silvester & his men ; which last men- tioned is not to the Descendants of those that are dec’ed as the others are ; Which General Method of Descent the Board are of Opinion is not only most practicable, but also most Reasonable and just, and will be Attended with much less Expence to the province and Greatly conduce to the Speedy fulfillment of the Conditions of the Grant ; Therefore move that the said Silvester Grant may be Reduced to the said General Rule as well as the Rest of the Canada Grants. — In the House of Represent Read & Referred to the next Sitting of the Court for Consideration — [Mass. Court Records, March 23, 1735-6.] On the Message from the Board to the House Referring to the late Grants of Townships as Entred the 16 Jaffry 1735 — In the House of Represent Ordered That John Chandler Rob- ert Hale and Daniel Epes Esq r8 with such as the Hon ble Board shall appoint be a Committee to take this Message under Consid- eration and Report what may be proper in their Opinion for the Court to do for the More Effectual bringing forward the Settle- ment of the Canada Towns so Called lately granted by this Court In Council Read and Concurr’d & Edmund Quincey William Dudley and Samuel Welles Esq" are Joined in the Affair — [The s.ame vote is entered again, March 26, 1736.] [Mass. Court Records, March 27, 1736.] The following Report of the Com tee on the Affair of the Canada Towns was Read and Accepted by both Houses viz 1 APPENDIX. 79 1 The Committee appointed to Consider and Report their Opinion what may be proper to be done on the Message from the Board of Jan’ry 16 last Relating to the more Effectual bringing forward the Settlement of the Canada Towns so Called, are of Opinion, That the Grants Respectivly of the four Townships viz 1 Gallop, New- ell, Tileston, & Tiltons, so Called, which were made to the officers Soldiers in the Canada Expedition Anno 1690, and the Descend- ants of such as are Since Deceased, are well Explained by the Order of this Court of the 26 of June last; and the Several Com tees Appointed to lay out and bring forward the Settlement of the Said Four Townships and all other Com tees thereafter to be Appointed for the like Service, are by the same Order fully Impowred and Directed, as to the Admission of the Grantees &c, and shall be obliged to proceed Accordingly ; And instead of their Transmitting into the Secretarys office Lists of the Respective Grantees &c they shall be and hereby are Obliged to take the best Care they can in Examining & Regulating the Claims of all persons that shall Appear as heirs descendants or Represent* 1 , and shall make and keep fair lists of the names and places of Resi- dence of the Respective Grantees or Settlers of the said Towns, in order to prevent Mistakes in Settling and Regulating the Claims and admission of the Grantees ; And further the Com tee are of Opinion, that the Grantees Admitted or that may be Admitted into the two Townships, Granted to Shubal Goreham & Samuel King & others In which Grants, thro’ Some omission, no Bonds are Ordered to be Given, there be the Same Bonds Given to the Treasurer of the Province and in the Same manner as has been ordered in and by the other Grants, that have been made to the Canada Soldiers That in as much as the Grants made to the Can- ada officers & Soldiers are to be laid out & the Settlers to be Admitted at the Expence of the province which Expence is not to be Reimbursed by the Grantees as is provided in the Grants of the line of Towns so Called the said Expence and Charge shall be Allowed & Advanced out of the publick Treasury to the Amount of Fifty pounds for each Township and no more and if it exceeds that sum it shall be paid by the Grantees before they draw their Lotts — Consented to J Belcher , NARRAGANSETT TOWNSHIPS. GENERAL. 794 APPENDIX. [Mass. House Journal, June, 17, 1727.] Mr. Speaker from the Committee for Lands further Reported, On a Petition of sundry Soldiers that served their Country in the late Narraganset-N ar , and their Descendants, several whereof Subscribed the said Petition, shewing that the General Court in the Year, 1685, made a grant to them of Eight Miles square of certain Lands lying in the Ni^mugg Country, for their said Ser- vice, which has not as yet been laid out, Praying that an Equiva- lent for the said Grant may be now made them for the Reasons mentioned, which was Read and Accepted, and in Answer to this Petition, Resolved, That Major Thomas Tilestone , Capt. "John Alden, Mr. Edward Shove, Mr. Nathaniel Healy of Newton, and Mr. Samuel Chandler of Concord, be a Committee fully Author- ized and Impowred to Survey and lay out the contents of Eight Miles square in some of the Unappropriated Lands of this Prov- ince, and that the said Lands be granted and disposed of, to the Persons whether Officers or Soldiers belonging to this Province, who were in the Service of their Country in the Narragansett War, or to their Lawful Representatives as a Reward for their Pub- lick Services, and is in full Satisfaction of the Grant formerly made them by the Great and General Court, And for as much as it is the full Intent and Purpose of this Court, that every Officer and Soldier who served in the said War, should have a compensation made them, over and above what Wages or Gratuities any of them have already received, That the said Committee give Publick Notice in the News Letters or otherways, Six Months at least before the Time of their Meeting, when and where they intend to meet, that so every Officer and Soldier that Served in the said War, or their Lawful Representative of such as served and are since Deceased, may have an Opportunity of inlisting their Names with the said Committee, who are hereby directed to take a List accordingly, and when and so soon as the said Committee has received a Compleat List of the Names of such Persons as have served as aforesaid, or their legal Representatives, which they are Enjoynedtodo with all convenient speed ; the Grantees shall be Obliged to Assemble with- in as short time as they can conveniently, and proceed to the Choice of a Committee to regulate the Propriety, who shall pass such Orders and Rules as will effectually oblige them to settle Sixty Families at least thereon, with a Learned Orthodox Minis- ter, within the space of Seven Years from the date of the Grant. APPENDIX. 795 Provided nevertheless , That if the said Grantees shall not effec- tually Settle the said number of Families, and also lay out a Lot, for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School, they shall have no Advantage, but forfeit this Grant : Any thing contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal Dec. 12, 1727.] "John Wheelwright Esq ; brought down the Vote of the House of the 17th of June last, for Making a Grant of some Lands to the Soldiers that Served in the late Narraganset War, or their Des- cendants. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, July 1st. 1727. Read and Referred for further Consideration to the next Fall Ses- sion ; with a Message that the Board were of Opinion, That it was most proper for the House to Originate the Grant of the Lands to the said Soldiers, or their Descendants, it being referred by the Board only. Read, and in Answer to this Petition, Resolved, That Major Thomas Tilestone , Capt. John Alden , Mr. Edward Shove , Mr. Nathaniel Healey of Newton , Mr. Samuel Chandler of Con- cord, John Wainwright, & Ezra Bourne Esqrs ; be a Committee, any Four of whom to be a Quorum, fully Authorized and Im- powred to Survey and lay out two Tracts of Land for Town- ships of the Contents of Six Miles Square each, in some of the Unappropriated Lands of this Province, and that the said Lands be granted and disposed of to the Persons whether Officers or Soldiers belonging to this Province, who were in the Service of their Country in the said Narraganset War, or their lawful Repre- sentatives, as a Reward of their Publick Services, and is in full Satisfaction of the Grant formerly made them by the Great and General Court. And forasmuch as it is the full Intent and -pur - pose of this Court, that any Officer and Soldier who served in the said War should have a Compensation made them over and above what Wages or Gratuities any of them have already received; That the said Committee give Publick Notice in the News Letters, or otherways Six Months at least before the time of their Meeting, when and where they intend to Meet, that so the Officers and Sol- diers that Served in the said War, or their lawful Representative of such as Served, and are since Deceased, may have an Oppor- tunity of inlisting their Names with the said Committee, who are hereby directed to take a List accordingly, and when and so soon 79 6 APPENDIX. as the said Committee, has received a Compleat List, of the Names of such Persons as have served as aforesaid, or their legal Representatives, which they are Enjoyned to do with all Convenient speed ; the Grantees shall be obliged to Assemble within as short a time as they can conveniently, and proceed to the Choice of a Com- mittee, to regulate each Propriety, who shall pass such Orders and Rules as will Effectually oblige them to settle Sixty Families at least in each Township, with a learned Orthodox Minister, within the space of Seven Years from the date of the Grant; Provided nevertheless. That if the Grantees, shall not Effectually settle the said Number of Families in each Township, and also lay out a Lott for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School in each of the said Townships, they shall have no Ad- vantage of but forfeit the Grant ; anything to the contrary con- tained notwithstanding. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 15, 1727. J John Wheelwright & John Chandler Esqrs ; brought down the Vote of the House of the 12th Currant, on the Petition of the JVar- raga 7 iset Soldiers. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, Decemb . 15th. 1727. Read and Concurr’d with the Amendments hereto annexed, viz. Dele — any Four of whom to beia Riorum — and add, to be joyned with Nathctniel Byfield , John Cushing , Benjamin Lynde and Edmund £juincy Esqrs ; five of which Committee to be a Quorum ; Provided , Two be of those Nominated by the Board. Between the words General Court and and Foras- much as add Provided, That no Officer or Soldier, or their lawful Representatives shall receive benefit from this Grant, unless they make their Claims by giving in and enlisting their Names with the Committee within the space of Twelve Months from the Date of this Grant, and one of the lawful Representatives only of each Officer or Soldier deceased be admitted to a share, the preference always to be given to the right Heirs of such Officer or Soldier respectively. Dele, from — a List accordingly — to — the Grantees shall be obliged — between the words can Con- veniently and and proceed, add, — not exceeding Six Months, — between the words — each of the said Townships — and — they shall have — add — within the Term of Seven Years, as aforesaid — and before the words — anything to the contrary APPENDIX. 797 — add — That the Committee be further Impowred to call the first Meeting of the Grantees in order to the Choice of a Commit- tee to regulate each Propriety, as aforesaid. Sent down for Con- currence. Read, and the House Concur only with the Amend- ment, [ not exceeding Six Months ] the other Amendments Non- Concurr’d ; and the House adhere to their own Vote as amended with an Amendment. — Dele the words — The Grant — between — forfeit — and — anything — and add — their respective Grants. Sent up for Concurrence. [This bill, as amended, was passed by the House June 7, 1728, and sent up for concurrence,] [Mass. Court Records, June 15, 1728.] In the House of Represent ves In Answer to the Petition of the Soldiers that served in the Narraganset War; Resolved that Major Chandler, M r Edward Shove, Major Tilestone & M r John Hobson (or any three of them) be a Committee fully impowered & authorized, to survey & lay out two Townships of the Contents of six miles square each in some of the unappropriated Lands of this Province ; And that the said Lands be granted & disposed of to the Persons, whether Officers or Soldiers belonging to this Province who were in the Service of their Country in the said Narraganset War, or to their lawful Represent^ 9 as a Reward for their publick Services, & as a full Satisfaction of the Grant formerly made them by the Great & General Court : And inasmuch as it is the full Intent & Purpose that every Officer & Soldier who served in the said War should have a compensation made him over & above what Wages & Gratuities any of them have already receiv- ed ; — That publick Notice be given in the News Letters & Adver- tisements posted up in every Town in the Province, notifying all Persons that now survive, & were in that Fight & the legal Repre- sent 9 of those deceased, that they give or send a List of their Names & Descents to the Court in their next Fall Session; And when such List is Compleated by a Committee then to be appointed by this Court, the Grantees shall be obliged to assemble in as short a time as they can conveniently, not exceeding six months, & proceed to the Choice of a Committee, to regulate each Propriety, who shall pass such Orders & Rules as will effectually oblige them to settle sixty Families at least in each Township with a learned orthodox Minister within the Space of seven years from the Date of 79 8 APPENDIX. the Grant ; Provided nevertheless if the said Grantees shall not effectually settle the said Number of Families in each Township, & also lay out a Lot for the said settled Minister, one for the Ministry & one for the School in each of the said Townships, they shall have no Advantage but forfeit their said Grants; Any thing to the contrary herein contained notwithstanding. In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to, W m Dummer [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 20, 1729.] A List taken by a Committe of the House of Represent ve9 of the Claimers of the Land granted by this Court to the Officers & Sol- diers that were in the Narraganset War & their legal Representa- tives. In the House of Represent^ Read & Accepted, & Voted that the said Tracts of Lands be granted to the Persons contained in within written List, & that the said Claimers or Grantees meet at Boston if the small Pox be not there ; If they be, then at Cam- bridge on the first Wednesday of June next ensuing ; Then & there to chuse a Committee for ordering their Affairs, & do other things needful in settling said Tracts of Land, pursuant to the Resolve of this Court at their Session in June 1728, & that publick Notifications be given by Order of this Court that they rpeet by themselves or Agents accordingly. In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to W m Dummer [Mass. Court Records, May 30, 1730.] In the House of Represent^ 8 Whereas an Order pass’d this Court in December last to notify the Grantees of the two Narraganset Towns to assemble in the Town of Cambridge upon the first Wed- nesday in June next to chuse a Committee for ordering the Affairs relating to the said Townships, And Notice of that Order being published in the News Papers only, whereby many of the Gran- tees may not be acquainted therewith, And for the preventing any unnecessary Charge to them; Voted that the said Order be superseded & the Grantees assemble in this Town on the second Wednesday of the next Fall Session to do the Matters & Things in APPENDIX. 799 the said Vote contained, & that the Represent™ 3 of the several Towns be desired to give publick Notice of this Vote in their Towns with all convenient speed. In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to by the Lieut. Governor [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 28, 1730.] In the House of Represent™ 3 Whereas an Order pass’d this Court the thirtieth of May last for assembling the Grantees of the two Narraganset Towns at the Town of Cambridge on the second Wednesday of the next Fall Session by reason of the Small Pox being in the Town of Boston, which is now removed from thence ; Voted that the said Grantees assemble in the Town of Boston on the second Wednesday of the next Sitting of this Court after a Recess ; to transact the Affairs mentioned in an Order pass’d by this Court in December last, & that the Represent™ 3 of the several Towns be desired to give publick Notice in their Town of this Vote with all convenient speed : — In Council ; Read & Concur’d ; — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. Court Records, Dec. 29, 1730.] A Petition of Thomas Tilestone & others a Committee for the Officers & Soldiers that were in the Narraganset War, Shewing that the Number of the said Soldiers, & the legal Represent™ 3 of those that are deceased is so great that the Grant of Land already made to them will make so small a Portion to each Family, as will be or little or no Benefit to them & Praying that the said Grant may be enlarged as also that a further Time may be allowed to Persons to put in their Claims, there being many that are not yet enter’d In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Ordered that there be liberty be given to Persons to bring in their Claims to the Narra- ganset Lands to a Committee to be appointed by this Court until the first Wednesday in April next, and that such further Grant of Land be made to the Petitioners as that each hundred & twenty Persons whose Claims shall be allowed by this Court may be al- lowed a Township of the Contents of six miles square under the 8oo APPENDIX. same Restrictions & Limitations with those already granted ; And that the Province be at the Charge of laying out the Land to be granted as above into Tracts of six miles square, but not of any Sub-divisions to particular Grantees ; And that the Committees formerly appointed to lay out the Towns for the Narraganset Sol- diers & for examining the Claims of said Soldiers be the respec- tive Committees for performing the like service above directed. In Council : Read & Concur’d. [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 30, 1730.] The Petition of the Narrganset Soldiers, entred the 18th of December Instant, and the 30th. of June last, brought down Yes- terday by Melatiah Bourn Esq ; Pass’d in Council, viz. In Coun- cil, December 29, 1730. Read and concurred with the Amend- ment at A (viz. Afril instead of January ) and that the Commit- tees formerly appointed to lay out the Towns for the Narraganset Soldiers, and for examining the Claims of the said Soldiers, be the respective Committees for performing the like Services as above directed to. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concurred, and sent up. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 13, and House Journal, Feb. 16, 1730-1-] A Petition of Thomas Hunt & others a Committee for the Nar- raganset Soldiers, Setting forth that their number is so great that the Grant of Land already made will not be sufficient, when it comes to be divided among them all, to make any tollerable Lots for settlem* And therefore Praying an Enlargem 1 of the s d Grant, as also that further time may be allowed for Persons to put in their Claims to said Lands In the House of Represent^ Read & Ordered that there be Liberty given to the Persons to bring in their Claims to the Nar- raganset Lands to a Committee to be appointed by this Court until the first Wednesday in June next; & that such further Grant of Land be made to the Petitioner, as that each One hundred & twenty Persons, whose Claims are or shall be allowed of by this Court, may have a Township of the Contents of Six Miles square, APPENDIX. 801 under the same restrictions & limitations, with those already granted, And that the Committees formerly appointed to lay out the Towns for the Narraganset Soldiers, & for examining the Claims of said Soldiers be the respective Committees for perform- ing the like services as above directed to ; And that the Province be at the Charge of laying out the Land to be granted as above into Tracts of six miles square, but not of any subdivisions to par- ticular Grantees. In Council ; Read & Non Concur’d, & Ordered that there be Liberty given to all Persons Concerned to bring in their Claims to the Lands granted to the Officers & Soldiers in the Narraganset War, unto the Committee formerly appointed by this Court for that service, until the First Wednesday in June next, & that the Lands already granted by this Court to the said Officers & Soldiers & their legal Represent™ 3 under certain Conditions & Restrictions be & hereby are absolutely given & granted to such Persons whose Claims arer or shall be allowed by this Court & to their Heirs & Assigns forever ; Any former Order of this Court refer- ring to the said Grant notwithstanding. [Mass. Court Records, March 5, 1730-1.] On the Order of the Board pass’d on the Narraganset Soldiers Petition, as enter’d the 17 th of Feb’ry: last: — In the House of Represent™ 8 Read & Non Concur’d, And the House adhere to their own Vote. In Council Read & Non Concur’d. [Mass. House Journal, March 5, 1730-1.] The Petition of Thomas Hunt and others, in behalf of them- selves and their Associates, the Soldiers that served in the Narra- ganset War, entred the 16th. of February last. Pass’d in Council, viz. In Council, Feb. 17, 1730. Read, and Non-concurred, and Ordered, That there be Liberty given to all Persons concerned, to bring in their Claims to the Lands granted to the Officers and Soldiers in the Narraganset War, unto the Committee formerly appointed by this Court for that Service, until the first Wednesday in June next, and that the Lands already granted by this Court to the said Officers and Soldiers, and their legal Representatives, 50 802 APPENDIX. under certain Conditions and Restrictions, be, and hereby are absolutely given and granted to such Persons whose Claims are or shall be allowed by this Court, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever ; any former Order of this Court referring to the said Grant notwithstanding. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and Non-concurred, And the House adhere to their own Vote. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, June 3, 1731.] A Memorial of Thomas Hzmt and others in behalf of themselves and Partners, Proprietors of the Towns granted to the Narragan- set Soldiers, &c. praying, That they may have such other and further additional Grants of Land made them suitable to their great Number, and that effectual Provision may be made for a speedy and regular Settlement thereof, for Reasons mentioned. Read, and Ordered , That there be liberty given to the Persons to bring in their Claims to the Narraganset Lands, to a Committee to be appointed by this Court until the first Wednesday in September next, and that such further Grant of Land be made to the Peti- tioners, as That every Hundred and Twenty Persons, whose Claims are or shall be allowed by this Court, may have a Town- ship of the Contents of Six Miles square, under the same Restric- tions and Limitations with those already granted, and that the Committees formerly appointed to lay out the Towns for the Nar - raganset Soldiers, and for examining the Claims of the said Soldiers, be the respective Committees for performing the like Services as above directed to, and that the Province be at the Charge of laying out the Land to be granted as above, into Tracts of Six Miles square, but not of any Subdivisions to particular Grantees. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, June 4, 1731.] A Petition of Thomas Hunt & others a Committee in behalf of the Officers & Soldiers that were in the Narraganset War & the Repre- sent™ 3 of those that are deceased, Shewing that upon one of their former Petitions the two Houses were pleased to vote a Town of APPENDIX. 803 six miles square to each hundred & twenty Claimers & to lengthen out the Time for receiving Claims ; Which Vote was revived by the House of Represent™ 8 but not agreed to by the Council, who instead thereof voted an absolute Grant of the two Towns formerly granted to the Petition" & that they should not be obliged to per- form the Conditions of the Grant ; Which Vote was Non Concur’d by the House & so nothing finally done to answer the Petition ; so that the Petition" are under great Discouragem* 8 as to the settling the Lands formerly granted ; And therefore Praying for an addi- tional Grant of Lands, & that the Claimers may have further Time to bring in & prove their several Claims. In the House of Represent™ 3 Read & Ordered that there be Liberty given to Persons to bring in their Claims to the Narragan- set Lands to a Committee to be appointed by this Court until the first Wednesday in September next, And that such further Grant of Land be made to the Petitioners as that every hundred & twenty Persons whose Claims are or shall be allowed by this Court may have a Township of the Contents of six Miles square, under the same restrictions & Limitations with those already granted ; & that the Committees formerly appointed to lay out the Towns for the Narraganset Soldiers & for examining the Claims of the said soldiers be the respective Committees for performing the like services afore directed to, & that the Province be at the Charge to lay out the Land to be granted as above into Tracts of six Miles square but not of any Sub-divisions to particular Grantees : — In Concil ; Read & Non Concur’d. / [Mass. Court Records, Jan 19, 1731-2.] In the House of Represent™ 8 Ordered that y e following mes- sage be sent up to the Hon blc Board. Viz — Whereas there have been several Endeavours to accomodate the Narraganset Soldiers & their Descendants with a Suitable quantity of Land for th r Settlem 1 as an Acknowledgem* & Reward of their great Service to this Country which have failed hitherto of the desired Success ; This House have thought it might tend to promote a good Under- standing & Harmony in this Court to lay before the Hon ble Board, Wherefore it is that the Represent™ 3 have come into the Grant of a Tract of six miles square to Each Number of One hundred & APPENDIX. 804 Twenty persons which they have made this Session in Answer to the Petition of Thom 9 Tilestone & others a Comm te in behalf of themselves & the rest of the Soldiers & their Descendants, who were in the Narraganset War. And one great Reason is that there was a Proclamation made to the Army in the Name of the Gov- ernm 4 (as living Evidences very fully testify) when they were muster’d on Dedham Plain where they began their march, that if they played the man, took the Fort & Drove the Enemy out of the Narraganset Country, which was their great seat, that they should have a gratuity in Land besides their Wages ; And it is well known, & our Sitting to hear this Petition is an Evidence that this was done ; And as the Conditions has been performed, certainly the promise in all Equity & Justice ought to be fulfilled ; And if We Consider the Difficulties these brave Men went thro’ in Storm- ing the Fort in the Depth of Winter, & the pinching wants they afterwards underwent in pursuing the Indians that escaped thro’ a hideous Wilderness famously known throughout New England to this Name by the Name of the hungry March, and if we further Consider that until this brave tho’ small Army thus played the Man, the whole Country was filled with Distress & fear, & We trembled in this Capital Boston it self, & that to the Goodness of God to this Army We owe our Fathers & our own Safety & Estates, We cannot but think y 4 those Instrum ts of Our Deliverance & Safety ought to be not only justly but also gratefully & generously rewarded & even with much more than they prayed for, If we measure w 4 they receive from Us, by w 4 we enjoy & have receiv’d from them, We need not mention to y e Hon ble Board the Wisdom Justice & Generosity of Our Mother Country & of the Ancient Romans on such Occasions, Triumphs, Orations Hereditary Honours & Priviledges all the Riches, Lands & Spoils of War & conquer’d Countrys have not been thought too great for those to whom they have not owed more if so much as We do to those our Deliverers : & We ought further to observe what greatly adds to their merit that they were not Vagabonds & Beggars & Outcasts, of w ch Armies sometimes are considerably made up who run the Hasards of War to Avoid the Danger of Starving; so far from this that these were some of y e best of Our Men, the Fathers & Sons of some of y e greatest & best of Our famil 3 & could have no other View but to Serve y r Country & whom God was pleased ac- cordingly in a very remarkable mann r to Honour & Succeed. Of these things the Hon ble the General Court of the Late Colony of the Massachusetts in those days was not insensible & accordingly gave APPENDIX. 805 to y r Soldiers being upward of Five Hundred, ab* Two thirds of the Army that went from y e Massachusetts, & the late Colony of Plimouth a Tract of ab* forty thousand Acres in the Nipmug Country, this or the Value of it these Soldiers would be contented with & take in their Brethren of Plimouth too, tho that sh d take away two thirds of w* was granted them, & would after that have more in Value than w 4 they now ask for them all, for Every one must own that 40000 Acres in the Heart of the Country as the Nip- mug Country is, is of more Value than five times that quantity re- mote in the Borders & in Danger, if there should be a french War, as is & would be the Case with all the unappropriated Lands of the province, wh ch they now ask for. — It is hoped that the Neglect of these petition rs so long or the provinces having disposed of the Nipmug Country to others & so defeated their ancient Grant, will not be thought to wear out any more than it rewards their Merit. The Grant seems to be made in Acknowledger^ both of y r promise & of y r fulfilling y e Condi- tion & being well entitled to it, & there is great Reason to fear that publick Guilt w d ly upon the Country if we should neglect & con- tinue in the Breach of this promise after it has been made & omitted for above fifty Years. As to the late Grant of two Town- ships to Seven or eight hundred of these Soldiers, It is so far below the Value of the Land they Conquer’d, & the Price the province had for it when it was sold, & the money divided to the Colonies that carried on the War, It is such a Pittance of w* they obtained for us, so exceedingly beneath w* the province has defeated them of, which was granted to ab* Two thirds of them in the Nip- mug Country, that it is rather mocking & deriding them to offer it, Beyond w* has been offered it sh d be Considered that to Grant the present Petition, & give such a quantity of Land as may be worth Settling, & upon Conditions of bringing forward Townships is much more agreeable to Charter & for the publick Good than to Give away Tracts of Land & suffer & even tempt men to let them ly waste & unimprov’d, for in the way that has been proposed, & in which some Progress has been made, the Land will be divided into such Scraps that they will not be worth receiving. In Council read — A Petition of Tho 8 Tilestone & others a Comm tee for the Officers & Soldiers that were in the Narraganset War & the Descendants of them that are dec d shewing y fc whereas this Court have granted two Townships of Six Miles square to the Petitio 19 for their good Service in s d War, there appears so great a Number of Claimers 8o6 APPENDIX. y* y e Land granted when it comes to be divided among them will be of Inconsiderable Value to the particular Propriet rs praying a further Grant of Land — In the House of Represent^ Read & in answer to this Petition — Ordered y* such further Grant of Land be made to y® Petition 1 * that Every one Hundred & Twenty persons whose Claims have been allowed of by this Court, may have a Township of y e Contents of six miles square under y e same re- strictions & Limitations with those Towns Already granted & that the Comm tee formerly appointed to lay out y e Towns for the Narra- ganset Soldiers be a Comm tee to lay out the Land above granted & that the province be at the Charge of laying out the same, but not of any subdivisions to particular persons — In Council Read & Con- cur’d [Mass. Court Records, June 9, 1732.] A Petition of Thomas Tilestone & others a Committee in behalf of the Officers & Soldiers in the Narrhaganset War, Praying the Revival of a Vote pass’d by both Houses on their former Petition given in at the last Winter Session for Enlarging the Grant of Land formerly made to them in Consideration of their great Ser- vices to this Province in the s d War. — In the House of Repre- sent^ Read & in Answer to this Petition. — Ordered that such further Grant be made the petition 1-8 as y 4 Every one Hundred & Twenty Persons whose Claims have been or shall be allowed of by this Court within four Months of this Time may have a Town- ship of the Contents of Six Miles square under the y e same Re- strictions & Limitations with these Towns already granted, & that the Comm tee formerly appointed to layout the Towns of the Narra- ganset Soldiers be a Committee to lay out the Land above granted, & the province be at the Charge of laying out the same, but not of any Subdivisions to any particular persons. — In Council Read & Concur’d. Consented to. [Mass. House Journal, June 30, 1732.] A Petition of Thomas Tilestone , Jonas Houghton , and sundry others, a Committee of the Society of the Narraganset Soldiers, in behalf of themselves and the said Society, praying that foras- much as the List of the Grantees is compleated, and consists of APPENDIX. 807 eight hundred and forty in number, there may be such an addition made to their former Grant, as that each one hundred and twenty Persons already allowed of, may have a Township of the Contents of six Miles square under such restrictions and regulations as shall be thought best. Read and Ordered, That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and that Maj. Chandler , Mr. Edward Shove , Col. Thomas Tilestone , Mr. John Hobson , and Mr. Samuel Chandler , or any three of them be a Committee fully authorized and impowred to survey and lay out five more Tracts of Land for Townships of the Contents of six Miles square each, in some of the unappropriated Lands of this Province, and that the said Lands with the two townships before granted, be granted and dis- posed of to the Officers and Soldiers who were in the Narragan- set War, or to their lawful Representatives, as they are and have been allowed by this Court, being eight hundred and forty in number in the whole, and is in full satisfaction of the Grant for- merly made them by the General Court as a Reward for their publick Services, and the Grantees shall be obliged to assemble within as short a time as they can conveniently, not exceeding the space of two Months, and proceed to the Choice of Committees respectively, to regulate each propriety or township which is to be held and enjoyed by one hundred and twent}^ of the Grantees each, and in equal proportion ; who shall pass such orders and rules as will effectually oblige them to settle sixty Families at least in each township, with a learned orthodox Minister, within the space of Seven Years from the date of this Grant, provided always that if the said Grantees shall not effectually settle the said num- ber of Families in each Township, and also lay out a Lot for the first settled Misister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School in each of the said Townships, they shall have no advantage of, but forfeit their respective Grants, Anything to the contrary con- tained notwithstanding the Charge of the Survey to be paid by the Province. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, Feb. 19, 1733.] In the House of Represent™ 3 Ordered that Samuel Welles and John Chandler Esq ra M r Shove, M r Samuel Chandler, & Major Epes with such as the Hon ble Board shall appoint, be a Committee to rectify any Mistakes in the List of the Narraganset Grantees, 8o8 APPENDIX. that there may be no Contention who shall succeed where the original Claimer is dead & also to consider of the Claims of sun- dry Persons who suppose themselves entitled by their Merit or the Merit of their Predecessors, but have been omitted in the List, & also to prepare the Draught of a Vote to lengthen the Time of settling the two Towns that were first granted. In Council ; Read & Concur’d, & Thomas Palmer, William Dudley, John Alford & Thomas Cushing Esq” are joined in the Affair. [Mass. Court Records, April 26, 1733.] A Petition of a Comm tee for the Narraganset Soldiers, Shewing that there are the Number of Eight Hundred & forty persons Enter’d as Officers & Soldiers in the late Narragansett War, Pray- ing that there may be such an Addition of Land granted to them as may allow a Tract of six miles Square to Each One Hundred & Twenty men so admitted In the House of Represent™ Read & Ordered that the Prayer of the Petition be granted And that Major Chandler M r Edward Shove Coll : Tho 8 Tilestone M r John Hobson & M r Samuel Chandler (or any three of them) be a Comm tee fully authorized & impowered to Survey & lay out five more Tracts of Land for Townships, of the Contents of six Miles Square each, in some of the unappropriated Lands of this province & y e s d Lands (together with the two Towns before granted) be granted & disposed of to the Officers & Soldiers who were in the Narraganset War, or to their lawful Represent™ as they are or have been allowed by this Court being Eight Hundred & forty in number in the whole, & is in full Satisfaction of the Grant formerly made them by the Gen- eral Court as a reward for their publick Services ; And the Grantees shall be obliged to Assemble within as short Time as they can conveniently, not exceeding the Space of two months & proceed to the Choice of Comm tee * respectively to regulate Each Propriety or Township wh ch is to be held & enjoyed by One Hun- dred & twenty of the Grantees each & in equal proportion who shall pass such Orders & Rules as shall effectually oblige them to Settle Sixty Families at least within each Township with a learned orthodox Minister within the space of Seven Years from the Date of this Grant, Provided always that if the said Grantees shall not Effectually settle the s d Number of Families in Each Township & APPENDIX. 809 also lay out a Lot for y e first Settled Minister, One for the Minis- try & one for the School in Each of the said Townships, they shall have no Advantage of, but forfeit their respective Grants, Any thing to the Contrary contained Notwithstanding ; the Charge of the Survey to be paid by the province In Council ; Read & Concur’d. — Consented to J Belcher. [Mass. Court Records, June 13, 1733.] In the House of Represent™ 8 Ordered that Samuel Welles Esq r M r Shove, M r Fairfeild, M r Chandler, M r Choat, Ezra Bowen Esq" M r Terry & Cp* Shapleigh with such as the Hon ble Board shall appoint be a Comm te# to Examine the List of the Claims of the Narraganset Soldiers in Order to rectify the Mistakes in such Claimers as have been Entered more than once to one Right & also to receive the Claims of such persons as have been hitherto omitted & ought to have the Benefit of the Grant, & to consider of some proper Method for the more easy Settlem 4 of the Grantees, & make report thereon as soon as may be — In Council Read & Non Concurrd. [Mass. Court Records, Aug. 16, 1733.] In the House of Represent™ 8 Voted that M r Welles M r Choate, M r Hobson & M r Cushing be a Comm tee on the part of the House to confer With such Comm tee as the Board shall Join on their part on the Subject Matter of the Vote of the House of the 13 th of June last, relating to the reforming the List of the Claims of the Nar- raganset Soldiers & to receive the Claims of such as sh d be brought forward W ch Vote was non concur’d by the Board, the Comm tees to report respectively what may be proper for y e Court to do on s d Vote — In Council Read & Concur’d And Simonds Epes, Joseph Wads- worth Francis Foxcroft & Edward Goddard Esq" are appointed a Comm tee of the Board for the said Conference — [Mass. House Journal, Aug. 23, 1733.] A Memorial of several of the Committees of the Societies of the Narraganset Grantees, praying that for the speedy and safe 8io APPENDIX. Settlement of the Townships granted to the Narraganset Officers and Soldiers a reasonable value or sum may now be ascertained to a Right or Grant there, for the reason mentioned. Read and committed to the Committee for Narraganset Claims. [Mass. Court Records, April 12, 1734.] In the House of Represent™ Voted that M r Fellows, M r Fair- field & M r Hobson be added to the Committee appointed the fif- teenth of Feb’ry last respecting y e Narraganset Grantees : — In Council ; Read & Concur’d. [Mass. Court Records, April 18, 1734.] Thomas Palmer Esq r from the Committee of both Houses on the Affair of settling the Towns granted to the Narraganset soldiers gave in the following Report; viz. The Committee to whom was refer’d the Affair of the Narragan- set Claimers are of Opinion that the Consideration of Admitting such Claimers as heretofore omitted presenting or proving their Claims should be refer’d to the Session of the General Court in May next ; That the true Intent & Meaning of the Grant made of Lands to those that were in that War was that the Persons who were in that War, only should be entitled, if alive, whosoever put in his Claim, & if deceased, then his legal Represent™ were enti- tled to benefit thereby, in such way as was consistent with the Con- ditions & Limitations of Settlement &c, upon which said Lands were granted ; which it was never supposed a Deceased Claimers Heir (in ordinary Cases) could or would receive where there were more than one on the Conditions of the Grant, but that where there were divers Descendants of a Person that had a Right, they would agree & consent it should belong to one only ; but whereas in some Cases by reason of an evil Mind & turbulent Disposition, & in others by reason of Minority there is a great difficulty ; We propose that it be resolved & ordered That where the Person is deceased who was in the service, the Grant shall be and belong to his legal Represent™ in the following manner, viz. That the eldest Heir Male, if such there be, otherwise the oldest Female, if they please shall hold the Land, paying to the other Decendants APPENDIX. 8ll or Heirs such proportionable parts of Ten Pounds (at which we judge a Right ought to be valued) as such Decendants or Heirs would be entitled to in the Lands if such Lands descended accord- ing to the Law of the Province for the Settlem* of Intestate Estates ; & also pay what Charge any of said Descendants may have been at to prove or bring forward such Claim ; And if any Dispute shall happen about the Person or Charge, the Settlers or Grantees in each of the Towns shall fix & settle it by a Major Vote. The Committee is farther of Opinion that the seven years for set- tling the Towns granted to the Narraganset Claimers as well the two first as the five last be computed from the first Day of June next : — In the Name & by Order of the Comm tee Tho. Palmer In Council ; Read & Ordered that this Report be accepted : — In the House of Represent™ 8 Read & Concur’d : — Consented to. J Belcher \_List of Narragcinsett Grantees , /7J5.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, pp. 103-110.] Boston. His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq r for his Father Andrew Bel- cher Esq r William Clark Esq r for y e Heirs of Doct. John Clark The Heirs of Richard Way William Dinsdell for his Father William Sarah Warren for her Husband Benjamin Swain for his father Henry Isaac Prince’s Heirs The Heirs of Doct r John Cuttler The Heirs of Benj a Williams Daniel Allin for his father Nicholas The heirs of Henry Timberlake The Heirs of Jeremiah Fay The Heirs of Thomas Weymouth The Heirs of John Arrnold Sam 11 Kneeland for his Grandfather Sam 11 Polard Benj a Bicknerd for his Father Sam 11 The Heirs of Jacob Grigs John Gridley for his Father Joseph John Nelson Alive Peres Savage’s Heirs James Lendals Heirs Thomas Plimblys heirs 8 12 APPENDIX. John Gridley for his grand Father John Mors John Ruggles for his Father Ruggles Sam 11 Kneeland for John Triscot Rebekah Harman for hur Father Daniel Mathewes Benj a Dyer for his Father Benj a Dyer Edward Ting for his Father Edward Ting John Leach for his Father John Leach John Chamberlan for his Father Henry Benj a Landon for his Father David John Lain for his Father Joshua Rebeckah Foster for hur Father Edward Weden Sarah Perkins for Joshua Hewes Thomas Daws for his Father Ambros Zachariah Gurney Alive Addington Davenport Esq r for his Uncle Cap 4 Davenport Thomas Hunt Alive Joseph Wadsworth Esq r for his Father Cap 1 Wadsworth Owen Harris for his Wifes Father Petter Bennet Simon Rogers for his Father Gamaliel John Tuckerman Alive Richard Bill for his Father Richard William Hacy for his Grandfather William John Richards for his Father John Jonathan Williams for his Wifes Father Cap t Mandsley William Manley Alive John Mears Alive Ephraim Moor for his Father Caleb Daniel Oliver Esq r for his Uncle Cap 4 James Oliver Hugh Calder for his Wifes Fath a John Hands John Simkins for his Father Pilgrim Nath a Goodwin for his Father John Thomas Beedle for his Father Thomas Moses Ayers for his Father George Ripley John Moors for his Father Thomas Samuel Kneeland for Dommini McDouell Thomas Barnard for his Father Thomas Billerica John Stern’s Heirs Nath a Rogers Alive James Pattison for his Father James John Needham for his Father John Sam 11 Hunt Alive Sam 11 Shelden for his Father John Shed Alive Benj a Thompson for his Father Joseph APPENDIX. 813 Brantree Samuel Bass Alive Samuel Whitt for his Wifes Father Sam 11 Bingley Thomas Caplin for his Father Thomas Thomas Holbrook Alive The Heirs of Thomas Bingley Boxford Stephen Peabody for his Father William James Curtise for Francies Jefferys John Andrews for his Father Robart John Bixbe for his Father Joseph Brookfield Edward Walker Alive Beverly Thomas Rayment Alive Ralph Elinwood Alive Henry Bayley Alive Christopher Read Alive Lott Connant Alive Thomas Biackfield for his Father Thomas Andrew Dodge for John Elinwood Joseph Morgan for his Father Joseph William Dodges Heirs Jonathan Byels Alive William Rayments Heirs Joseph Picket for his Father Elias Sam 11 Harris’s Heirs John Doges Heirs Bridgewater Abigail Hubard for hur Father Richard Burnham Sam 11 Pecker for his Father Sam 11 Daniel Hudson Alive Isaac Leonard for his Father Isaac Richard Jennings Alive Benj a Richards for Joseph Richards Edward Howard for his Father John James Cary for his Father James Thomas Hayward the 3 th for his Uncle Elisha Benj a Washborn for his Father Jonathan Ebenezer Hill for his Uncle Joseph Baley Josiah Edson Esq r for Solomon Cheeker Ebenezer Hill for his Father Ebenezer John Handmore for his Father John APPENDIX. 814 Bellingham Thomas Brick for his Father Thomas Brooklyn Benj a Whites Heirs Joseph Gardnor for his Brother Samuel Barrington Joseph Allen for his Father Benj a Joseph Allen for his Uncle Richard John Reed for his Father John Berwick Nicholas Tarbotts Heirs Bristoll John Borworth for his Father John Bedford Elezer Davis Assine to John Wight Biddaford Moses Dures Alive Bradford Ichabod Boynton for his Father John Cambridge William Russel Alive Gershom Cutter Alive Joseph Beammus for his Father Joseph Jonathan Remington Esq r for his Fath a Cp* Remington Downing Champney for his Father Samuel Jonathan Barthrick for his Father Thomas Petter Hay for bis Brother in law John Barrett William Gleson for his Father William The Heirs of John Smith Samuel Smith for his Uncle Samuel The Heirs of Joseph Smith The Heirs of Nath 11 Smith The Heirs of Thomas Brown Jonathan Gates for his Father Simon Thomas Willington for his Uncle John Daniel Cheaver for his Uncle James Will Brattle Esq r for his Grandfather Cap* Tho 8 Brattle APPENDIX. 815 Concord Abraham Temple Alive John Woods Heirs Samuel Chandler for his Father Joseph Joseph Buckley for his Father Petter Buckley Samuel Chandler Assine to John Faley John Wheeler for his Brother Joseph Wheeler Joseph Wheat for Moses Wheat William Clark Heir to John Taylor Jane Cane for hur Father John Cane George Farrow Heir to Sam 11 How Eleazer Flag for his Father Eleazer Ebenezer Wheeler for his Father John Joseph Dudley for his Grandfather Tho 9 Goble George Haywards Heirs Ephrim Brown for his Father Thomas Samuel Chandler Assigne to John Guigs Daniel Adams for his father in law Daniel Dean Daniel Billing for his Father Nath a Sam 11 Hartwell for his Father Sam 11 Hartwell Elnathan Jones Assigne to Jonat a Locker Samuel Buttricks Heirs James Russel for his Grandfather Benj a Samuel Chandler Jun r Ssine to John Kene Jonathan Whittne Alive David Wheeler Asine to Sam 11 Greeland Charlstown James Lowden Alive Samuel Read Alive Henry Summers Alive Robert Fosket for his Father John Thomas Skinner for his Uncle Isaac Lewis Samuel Fosket for his Father Samuel Samuel Long for his Uncle Sam 11 Newhell Margery Dowse for hur Father Joseph Nath 11 Goodwin for his Uncle Benj a Lathrop James Smiths Heir namely Jon a Call Joseph Pratts Heirs Sam 11 Lemmons Heirs William Burts Heirs Jacob Coles Heirs John Mousleys Heirs Humphry Millers Heirs John Hawkins Heirs John Trumballs Heirs Alexander Philliphs Heirs George Mudges Heirs John Shepherds Heirs Thomas Welche’s Heirs 8i6 APPENDIX. George Grinds Heirs Joseph Lynds Heirs Timothy Cutlers Heirs James Kittle for his Father Thomas Jorners Heirs John Griffen Heir to Mathew GrifFen Ebenezer Breed for his Father John Zac a Davis for his Uncle Hopestill Davis John Sprague for his Father Jonathan Elezer Johnson for his Father Edward John Senter for his Father John Yarmouth Sam 11 Barker for his Father Samuel Rich d Taylour Alive William Gray for his Father William William Chase Alive Thomas Baxters John Halletts Thomas Thorntons Sam 11 Halls James Claghorns Lammy Hedges Joseph Weldens Jonathan Smiths Richard Taylours John Gages William Gages John Crowells Henry Golds Jabez Gorhams Yelverton Crowells Daniel Bakers Samuel Bakers Heirs Cap 1 John Gorehams Heirs John Thatchers John Mathews William Grays James Makers Joseph Halls Nath a Halls Samuel Thomas’s Samuel Jones’s Thomas Feltons > Heirs William-Follens Anamias Wings John Chases Richard Lakes Henry Gages John Pugsleys Jonathan Whights William Bakers York Denison Sergent for his Father Andrew The Committee order’d to prepare a Correct & Exact list of the Grantees of the Seven Narraganset Townships lately laid out by order of the Great & General Court, humbly offer the aforewritten list of Eight hundred & forty persons, for confirmation, which they have prepar’d with great pains & the utmost faithfulness By order of the Committee Samuel Welles APPENDIX. 817 In the House of Representatives April 17 th 1735 Read and Ordered that this Report be Accepted and the several persons within named are hereby declared to be the Grantees of the seven Naraganset Towns above mentioned to have and to hold the same to them their heirs & assigns respectively according to the Conditions of the Grant Sent up for Concurrence John Quincy Speak 1 In Council April 18 : 1735 Read & Concurred T : Mason Dept Sec ry Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, April 17, 1735.] Samuel Welles , Esq ; from the Committee for taking a correct and exact List of the Grantees of the Seven Narragansett Townships lately laid out by order of the Great and General Court made report of a written List of Eight hundred and forty Persons, the Committee humbly offered for confirmation, which they had prepared with great pains and faithfulness. Read and Ordered , That this report be accepted, and the several Persons within named are hereby declared to be the Grantees of the Seven Narragansett Towns above mentioned, to have and to hold the same to them their heirs and assigns respectively, according to the Conditions of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. Court Records, April 18, 1735.] The Report of the Committee Appointed to take an Exact list of the Narragansett Soldiers (on the said List) is as follows viz 1 — The Committee directed to prepare a Correct and Exact list of the Grantees of the Seven Narragansett Townships lately laid out by order of the Great and General Court humbly offer the afore- written list of Eight hundred & forty persons for Confirmation which they have prepared with Great pains and the Utmost faith- fulness By order of the Committee 51 Samuel Welles 8i8 APPENDIX. In the House of Represent 4 Read & ordered that this Report be Accepted and the Several persons within named are hereby Declared to be Grantees of the Several Narrgansett Towns above- mentioned, to have and to hold the Same to them their Heirs and Assigns Respectivly According to the Conditions of the Grant — In Council Read & Concurr’d — Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, April 19, 1735.] Samuel Welles , Esq ; from the Committee for that Service ap- pointed, reported, that the Committee had prepared a List of the JVarragansett Grantees omitted in the Grant of the Seven Town- ships, and by the Evidences the Persons mentioned in said List were in the Fort Fight or Long March, or both. Read and referred to the next May Session. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1736-7.] Mr. Samuel Chandler from the Committee appointed the 9 th. ult. to consider of the Claims of the JVarraganset Officers and Soldiers before the Court, who have not received any Grant, reported, That they had taken a List consisting of Two hundred and thirty two Persons, who the Committee are of Opinion were in the Fort Fight or Long March, or both, in the JVarragansett War, which they had prepared with great pains and faithfulness. Read and accepted, and Ordered , That the Several Persons claim- ing, as appears in and by the within List, be and hereby are Entitled to a full Right or Share of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, equal to any Share or Right heretofore granted to the JVarragansett Officers and Soldiers, and on the same Condi- tions of Settlement. Sent up for Concurrence. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1736-7.] The Committee appointed to consider of the Claims of the Nar- ragansett Officers and Soldiers before the Court, and take a cor- APPENDIX. 819 rect List of such as have not yet recived any Grant, having presented a List containing Two hundred and thirty two Persons. Read and Ordered , That Mr. Samuel Chandler and Thomas Tilestone, Esq ; with such as shall be joined by the honourable Board, be a Committee fully authorized and impowred to Survey and lay out two Tracts of Land for Townships, of the contents of six Miles square in some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, and return a Plat or Plats thereof within twelve Months for Confirmation to this Court, and that the said two Tracts of Land be granted & disposed of to & among the Officers & Sol- diers born upon said List, or their Heirs Descendants or their legal Representatives who were in the Narragansett War, as a Reward for their Services & Sufferings in said War, and to eight others as this Court shall hereafter grant & order ; and the Gran- tees shall be obliged to assemble in as short a time as they can conveniently, not exceeding the space of six Months, and proceed to the Choice of Committees respectively to regulate each Propri- ety or Township which is to be held & enjoyed by one hundred and twenty of the Grantees each in equal proportion, who shall pass such Orders and Rules as will effectually oblige them to settle sixty Families at least within the space of five Years from the date of this Grant ; provided always that if the said Grantees shall not effectually settle the said Number of Families in each Township, and also lay out a Lot for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School in each of the said Town- ships, they shall have no advantage of but forfeit their respective Grants, anything to the contrary in this Grant contained notwith- standing, the Charge of the Survey to be born by the Province, or otherwise as this Court shall order. Sent up for Concurrence. TOWN BOUNDS. GENERAL. 822 APPENDIX. [Act to Establish Town Grants , iyoi,~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 31.] Province of New An act ffor the Confermation of Town Grants Hampsheire Be it Enacted by the Leiutenant Governour Councill and Representatives Conveand in Generali Assembly and by the authoritie of the same That all grants of lands that have bin heretofore Made unto any person or persons By the Inhabitants of the Respective Towns Within this Province or by the Select men or a Com’ittee in Each Respective Towne shall be accounted and heild to be good and Valued unto the Several Granttes there heiers Executours and Assignes ffor Ever Any law usage or Custome to the Contrary Notwithstanding 12 th Sep tr 1701 : this Bill was read three times and Pass d by the Councill to be Enacted, and Sent Downe to the House of Repre- sentatives for concurrence Cha : Story Secretary Eodm Die Pass d by the Assembly who desires this Bill may be Enacted the L* Gov 1 consenting thereto ; Sam 11 Penhallow, Speaker By the L* Gov r I Assent to the Enacting this Bill./ W m Partridge U Govr or [Act to Establish Town Bounds , iyoi.~\ [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 23. J An act to Establish Town bounds. To prevent Contention and Controversies [which] may arise between Town and Town, partie and partie about their bounds of Lands Bee itt enacted by the Lf * Gov r Councill and Representatives convend in general assembly, and by y e authority of y e Same, That all Townships, Town bounds, other rights and properties, thereunto belonging, shall stand good and are hereby confirmed unto them respectively in the same State and condition, that they have been formerly Stated, settled, or agreed upon, and possesd; APPENDIX. 823 And if any difference shall happen to arise between any Towns about their bound ; Application shalbe made to the Lf * Gov r Councill, and Rep r sentatives for a committee to bee appointed of Indiffarent men to hear what such Towns have to say for them- selves, and to make there report unto the S^me for a Determination thereof. Past by the Assembly And pray that it may be Ingrossed June i8 tb 1701. Henry Dow Clerk protempore \_Act to Provide for Maintaining Bounds .] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 137.] whereas diferences is apt to arise between towne and towne within this province for want of maintayninge & keepinge up thayer bounds betwene them, as also betwene naighbour & naigh- bour in theire neglectinge to keepe up theire land marks for pre- vention whereof bee It Enacted &c That each towne within this province shall and are hereby Im- powered once in every yeare in the month of april to make Choise of two or more of theire prinsapall freeholders, to run the lyne & renew the marks of the Bounds of theire towne, which beinge Chosen Shall forthwith in one of the s d months send to the select men of theire neighboring towne that by them or thaire towne, two or more may be sent at time and place where the first movers thereof Shall apoint, to Setell the bounds and renew the marks betwene theire s d townes acordinge to former Custom : and if any towne within this province shall neglect theire duty herein they Shall forfitt the Sume of five pounds to theire majestys for the use of the province for theire neglect from time to time, it is further ordered that all landmarks betwene naighbour & Naighbour shall bee renewed once in three years or oftner if need requier and if any Shall refuse so to doe upon his ajacent Naighbours request he Shall forfitt the Sume of ten Shillings for every . months neglect the one halfe for y e use of the pore : & the other to his Naighbour that shall sue for the Same Nath 11 Weare henry Green Daniil Tilton John Redman 824 APPENDIX. With this Addition at y e End of y e word Landmarks y* y e words (ACording to former record) be Entred past — Hunking Clark — Past in behalfe of the Councill W m Redford : Dep 1 Secry y 1 y e above bill be in Grost — Hunking Clark \_Draft of Act to Establish Town Botmds.~\ [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 203.] An act to Establish Town Bounds and lands To prevent Con- tention and Controversie that may arise between Towne and Towne pertie and pertie About the bounds of there lands Be it Enacted by the Left nt Govenour Councill and Represen- tatives Convend in Generali Assembly and by the authoritie of the Same that all Townships Towne Bounds and Towne grants lieng Within the limitts of this Province shall stand good and are hereby Confermed to the Towns and persons Concernd, In the Same State and Condition thay Were granted or formerly agred upon And that the bounds betweene Towne and Towne shall be Run and Renued once Every three yeare by men appointed by the Select men in Each Towne And the selept men of the most ancient Towne to give notice to the Selectmen of the next adjacent Towne att some Conveniant time of the time and place of meeting for such perambelation Sixe days before hand on penaltie the Towne neglecting there duty herein to pay a ffine of five pounds two thirds to the use of the pore of the Towne the other third part to the use of the select men of the next adjacent Towne that shall informe and sue for the same in the inferior Court of Common Pleas to be recovered by action or information And that Each pro- prietore of land lieng unfenced or in any Com’on feild shall once in three years on six days notice given him by the next proprietor or proprietors next adjoyning Run the lines Make and keep up the bounds between them by Suffishent bound stones on penaltie that Every pertie so neglecting or Refusing shall pay a fine of ten shillings one half to the pertie Moving and the other Half to the use of the pore of the Towne being Convented and Convicted of such neglect or Refusall before any Justice of the peace Who is hereby impowred to heare and determin the Same APPENDIX. 825 [' Commissioners Anointed to Run Town Lines , iy George the Second by the grace of God New Hampshire > of great Brittain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith &c — To the Hon ble Ebenezer Stevens, John Macmurphy, Richard Jennis, Thomas Packer Esq r8 and Major Zacceus Lovell Greeting — Whereas We have thought fit to order and appoint That the Northern boundaries of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, shall be a Simular Curve line, pursuing the Course of Merrimack River, at three miles distance from the north side thereof, Begin- ning at the Atlantick ocean, and ending at a point due North of a place called Pantucket falls, and a strait line drawn from Thence, due West cross the said river, till it meets with His Ma- jesties other Governments — And whereas divers Inhabitants To the Northward of said boundary in our Province of New Hampshire, from the western and Nothern boundary of South Hampton, To the western and nothern boundary of a place called Dunstable first And Second Parrish, Including that part of Litchfield which Lies On the Western part of Merrimack are not Incorporated into any of Our Townships of New Hampshire, and the said Inhabitants having Petition’d our Governor in Council, representing that the acts already passed for their accomodation, divideing them into Certain Districts, have proved ineffectual for Conducting their Publick affairs And therefore pray they may be incorporated into Town- ships, By such meets, and bounds, as the nature and Circum- stances of Their Situation will best admitt of — Know Ye that We reposeing especial Trust and Confidence in your ability, discretion, and integrity have Constituted and by these presents do Constitute and appoint you the Said - Ebenezer Stevens, John Macmurphy, Richard Jennis, Thomas Packer Esqrs & Major Zacceus Lovell our Commissioners, any three Of whom to make a Quorum, to mark out the Southern boundaries Of as many towns as the boundary line between our Province of The Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, as the Land of its Inhabitants will allow of, untill you Cross the river Merrimack, On the Western side whereof lies Dunstable first and Second Par- rish, Which with a small part of a place called Litchfield lying on the Western side of said Merrimack, you are to divide into four 826 APPENDIX. parts, In doing of which you are not to extend beyond their antient bounds, Distinguishing each Town in your Plan by N° i, 2 & a in order To their Incorporation without any further Survey — And you are hereby required to repair to the Places Aforesaid with all Convenient dispatch, taking the best Information You can obtain from the Principal Inhabitants, for their general Ac- comodation, and to return a plan of your doings hereon into our Secretaries office. And we do hereby ordain that the Charges That have, or may arise in the Execution of our Commission Shall be equally born by the respective Incorporations Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq r , our Captain general, Governor and Commander In Chief, at Portsmouth February 27 th 1745 — B Wentworth By his Exceleneys Com’and Theodore Atkinson Se ry [. Refort of Committee to Run Town Lines, iy^i.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 139.] Prov e of New > Haverhil District March 21 st 1745/6 Hamp r ) Pursuant to His Excel y8 Commission to us the Subscribers impowering us to marke out the Southern Boundaries of as many Towns on the Boundary line between the Prov e of New Hamp r and the Prov e of the massachusets Bay, until the Said Line Croses the river merrimack we agree first that the People to the Northward of the Prov e line from the South west Corner of South Hampton to Haverhil North west line that comes from Holts Rocks to the Prov e Line be one Town, from that Line to methewin line be one Town Except Timothy Johnson, W m Johnson with their Poles and Estates and a Small peice of Land Joyning to Methuin line belonging to m r Abial Kielle, which we think resionable should be set of to methewin, from Said Kielles land to Dracut Line be one Town, from Dracut line to the river merrimack be one Town, the Western side Merrimack we agree shall be divided into four parts agreable to the plan return’d all which bounds we find to be agreable, not only to the Principal inhabitants but to the people in general Eben r Stevens John Macmurphy Richard Jannes Tho 8 Packer Zacheus Lovewell APPENDIX. 827 To the westward of South hampton ) to Haverhil Dist 1 > 1 Haverhil District to Methuin 4 Methewin Distri 4 to Dracut 1 Dracut District to the river Merrimack 3 Dunstable 4 towns 4 Ebe r Stevens Jn° m c murphy . Rich d Jennes f Tho 3 Packer J Maj r Zach 3 Lovel Esq. 13 — 11 Days 11 Days 11 Do 11 Do 11 Do 55 Days at 40/ Peirce & Packer on Haverhill District ) 3 Days Eatch — $ & Peirce & Warner — £8 .10 . o 34 : ° : 0 8:0:0 25 :io : o 34 : o : o £110 : o : o £110 — £12 — £28 DISPUTED TOWN BOUNDARIES. 830 APPENDIX. [. Remonstrance from Proprietors of Canterbury. ~\ [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 177.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq r Captain General & Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Province of New Hamp- shire : The Honourable His Majesties Council : and House of Rep- resentatives in General Court Assembled. A Committee of the Proprietors of the Township of Canterbury being notified of a Petition of a Committee of the Townships of Barnstead & Chichester to the Honourable Court : Setting forth, that the Boundaries of said Towns, were, for want of due care ; become uncertain, or rather unknown where they Joyn as the orig- inal Marks are Lost : and apprehending they are encroached upon by the Towns below ; and praying that a Committee may be appointed, & duly Authorized, to fix the Bounds of s d Towns on every side. The said Committee of Canterbury, beg leave, to remonstrate against the Prayer of said Petition, so far as it relates to their con- stituents : for the following reasons (Viz) That the Town of Can- terbury has been settled near thirty Years and the first Bound which is a Beach Tree, well known : said Tree is a corner Bound to Bearnstead, Chichester & Gillmantown : the said Tree is now standing, and fairly Markt, with the initial Letters of a number of Names; and the Dates of the Years 1728, &1729: and there are Mark’d Lines runing from s d Tree between the four Towns, the Marks (above), appear as ancient as the laying out of said Towns, and because Canterbury has always perambulated with Gillmantown from s d Tree : and are now, and always have been, ready to do the same (upon due Notice) with Chichester, neither do the said Committeee of Barnstead & Chichester make any com- plaint of encroachments on the part of Canterbury tho’ they re- quest a Committee to Settle the Bounds of their Towns on every side These reasons your humble Petitioners beg leave to lay before your Excellency & Honours desiring you will act as in your great Wisdom and goodness you see fit and your Petitioners shall (as in Duty bound) ever pray Henry Y : Brown > Committee for Archelaus Moor $ Canterbury APPENDIX. 831 [' Canterbury and Gilmanton.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 181.] June y'begining 1750 the boundary Line between Gilmonton and Canterbury was prambulated by John page Esq r & Jon a Connor Committee for Gilmonton and Cap 1 Jeramiah Clough and Sarg 4 Josiah Miles Select men of Canterbury and the Line was Run by Nathan Sanborn Survayer the bounds next to Chichester a beach the Line between Gilmonton & Canterbury Runs N W the bounds next to y e River a black ash Thomas Clough Clerk \James Gibson’s Deposition, [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 185.] James Gibson of lawfull Age Testifieth and Saith that about the first of June Seventeen hundred & fifty he was with John Page Esq : Jon a Conner Jeremiah Clough & Josiah Miles Perambulating the line between Gillmantown & Canterbury and took the Line at a Beach Tree fairly marked for a Bound between Barnstead Chi- chester Gillmantown & Canterbury and that there was Lines run- ning' North East, South East, South West, & North West from Said Beach Tree said Lines appear to be made about twenty Years before the s d time of our runing or perambulating the line between Gillmantown & Canterbury and being now on the Spot he finds s d Beach Tree standing and the above marks fair as before His Attest Archelaus Moor James X Gibson Mark Canterbury July 30/1764 I being with the above s d James Gib- son at the Bound Tree above mention’d He then made Oath to the Truth of the above s d Deposition by him subscribed before me Jeremiah Clough Jus 1 Pacis \JJosiah Miles’s Deposition , iy6/f.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 187.] Josiah Miles of Lawfull Age Testifieth and Saith that about the beginning of June Seventeen hundred and fifty he was with John 832 APPENDIX. Page Esq Jon a Conner & Cap* Jeremiah Clough Perambulating the Line between Canterbury & Gillmantown And they took s d Line at a Beach Tree which was fairly Marked for the Bound between Bearnstead Chichester Gillmantown and Canterbury and the Marks appeard to be as Ancient as the first laying out of s d Towns — The Date of the Year Seventeen hundred & twenty eight was on s d Tree and likewise the Letters of the Names of a great number of Men who are said to have been of the Committees who laid out s d Towns and Mark’d said Tree for the Bounds of the Same or perambulated from it & to it : In particular among others R : Downing 1749 N : O : 1728 D : C : 1729 I : C I : R N : T S : C : and being on the Spot at the making this Deposition he finds said Beach Tree Standing and fairly marked as before : and Ancient Lines running from it South East, North West, South West and North East, which Marks appear to be of more than thirty Years Standing Josiah Miles Canterbury July 30/1764 I being with the aboves d Josiah Miles at the Bound Tree above mentioned He then made Oath To the Truth of the above s d Deposition by him Subscribed before me Jeremiah Clough }>Jus* Pacis [' Canterbury Committee Appointed, [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 183.] At a Legal meeting of the propriators of the Town of Canter- bury (held by ajournment) on the forth wensday of may 1764 Voted that L* Joseph Sias Cap* Archelaus Moor and Cap* Henry Young Brown be a Committee To give in Reasons to the Gen 1 Court why it is not nessacary to have a Committee from the Gen- eral Court to Settle the boundaries of Canterbury between them and Chichester and Gilmonton and one or more of S d Committee to present the Same to the Court and Transact any affair Relative there too and that the Said Committee be fully Impower d to Joyn with any other Committees that may be appointed to Settle any Bounds where by the Town of Canterbury may be any ways Con- cerned in order to the final Settlement of the boundaries of S d Town of Canterbury Canterbury Dec r 25 th 1764 A True Coppy Taken from the Rec- ords of the Town of Canterbury Test Thomas Clough proprietors Clerk APPENDIX. 833 [ Chester Bounds, ij22.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 5, p. 1.] The Bounds of Chester are as follow To begin at Exeter Southerly Corner bounds and from thence run upon a west by north point two miles along Kingston north- erly line to Kingston north Corner bounds, then upon a South point three miles along Kingston head line to Kingston South Corner bounds, and from thence upon a West-nor-west point ten miles into the Country ; Then to begin again at the aforesaid Exeter Southerly Corner bounds, and run Seven Miles upon Exe- ter head line upon a north East point half a point more northerly, then fourteen miles into the Country upon a West-nor-west point to the river Merrimack and from thence upon a Streight line to the end of y e aforesaid ten mile line Certify’d ^ Rich d Waldron Cler : Con. Chester Charter bears date y e Eighth day of May 1722 Certified ^ R Waldron Secret’y [' Chester and Exeter .] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 69.] In Council Dec r 15 th 1726 The Selectmen of Chester appearing to Prosecute their Petition for a Comittee to run the headline of Exeter which is the Dividing line between the s d Towns and the Select men of Exeter also Appearing, and both parties being fully heard. It is Ord d That the Prayer of the Petition be granted And That Nathan 11 Wear Esq r Deacon John Cate & Dan 1 Lunt be a Com’it- tee or the Maj r of them to run and Settle y e s d Dividing line And That they begin at the Read Oake Tree marked for Dover West Northerly bounds and run from thence upon a West & by North point of the Compass two miles for Exeter bounds on that Side and from thence upon a Streight line to the beach Tree marked for Exeter West northerly bounds — According to y e Grand Com- ’ittees return in y e year 1718 And That they measure from the said Beach Tree along Exeter Side line being E & b S : to a 52 834 APPENDIX. Tree Com’only Called Exeter South Tree which is the bounds of s d Exeter Next to Hampton, And That they make report to this board of their doings therein Sometime between this time and the Tenth of Jan 1 ? Next and that the Charge be paid by the two Towns Jointly — R Waldron Cler : Con \_Petition from Clement Hughes of Chester, ij26.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries, ” p. 71.] To the Hon ble Jn° Wentworth Esq r L l Gov r and Com’and r in Cheif in & over His maj tie8 Prov e of New Hamp r and to the Hon ble the Council for Said Prov e The Humble Petition of Clem 4 Hughes for himself & in behalf of y e rest of the Selectmen of the Town of Chester Humbly Sheweth That the y e Prop” of y e Town of Chester in y e Year 1722 — Obtained a Charter for s d Town, which Charter bounded the Said Town on Exeter head bounds which bounds were made Certain in y e Year 1718 — by a Grand Com’ittee Chosen for y* Purpose by y e Gen 11 Assembly in y e year 1715 — as Appears by y e return of Said Comittee in the Secretaries office, but the Clerk that drew up the return of Said Com’ittee made a mistake therein Saying that Exeter Should run ten miles upon a w & b n Line from the North Tree, wheras the Comittees Intent & former' Settlement was from the South Tree, as can be made to Appear by Living Evidences & Sundry of y e Gentlemen that were of y 4 Committee being now alive — and the Select men of Exeter taking advantage of the S d Mistake would move their bounds further up, which would tend to the ruine of the Town of Chester, yo r Petition 1- therefore Humbly prays that the Said Mistake may be Rectified that no Room may be left for Future Contention between the afores d Towns and Your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray Dec r 16 th 1726 Clement Hughes [Anszoer of Proprietors of Chester to those of Kingston, [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 175. J Province of > To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq r New Hamp r > Governor & Commander in chief in and over his APPENDIX. 835 majestys Province of New Hamp r The Honorable his majestys Council & House of Representatives in Generali Assembly Con- vene! April 23 d — 1761 The answer of the Proprietors of Chester in the Province of New Hampshire unto the Petition of Mss rs Benjamin Stevens and Elisha Swett agents for the Proprietors of Kingston in s d Province preferred to the General Assembly of this Province April 2 d 1761 — And the Respondents beg leave to say that the Petitioners Sug- gest that the Respondents have lately raised a Dispute concerning the Bounds between Kingston and Chester and would remove the Westerly Boundarys of Kingston farthar Eastward Now the Respondents say that the said Dispute has been of a long stand- ing and that they the Respondents now are and always have been ready to run the lines between Kingston and Chester, agreeable to the Bounds of Chester Charter and that they do not desire one foot of land More than what is contained within the Bounds of Chester Charter and they would farther observe that was it not for Chester Charter the Respondents apprehend that the Westerly Bounds of Kingston would be near one mile and three quarters More to the Eastward than where the Respondents claim and that they have often desird the Proprietors of Kingston to run the lines between them agreeable to Chester Charter and have no objection to the Bounds between the Said Two Propretys being run and settled agreeable to the Charter of Chester b}^ Persons unprejudiced that understand a Compass and the Running of lines John Tolford Agent for the Proprietors of Chester [' Chester and Kingston .] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 179.] To His Exeneely Bening wintworth Esq r Governor and Comander in Chiff in and over his maj ts Province of newhampshire and to the Hon bl his maj ts Councel of said Province The Humble Petition of the Propitors of Chester in said Prov- ince most Humbly sheweth That your Petitionrs on the tenth of may one thousand seven hundred twenty and two obtanied a Charter of this Hon bl Bord with a grait many velable priveliges too tedous hear to Enumaret 836 APPENDIX. with a grant of a tract of Land set forth in said Charter by sartain metts and bounds but part of said Linds or bounds hath never ben run by order of this Hon bl Bord Especaly betwin your Petitionrs and Kingstown whereby your Petitionrs hath ben laid under Con- siderable deficquality which yet subsists may it therfor Pleas your Excelencey and this Hon bl Bord to appoint a surver and Chainmen to run and mark out said line acording to the metts and bounds in said Charter and your peti- tioners as in Duty bound shal ever Pray Sam 11 Emerson ) ^ ., ee Robert Boyes \ Comlt At A Meeting of the Proprietors of the town of Chester held at the old meeting house In Chester the fourth Day of march 1745 : by adjournment from the fourth Day of December Last past Robert Boyes Esq r being moderator for s d meeting amongst other things Voted That Robert Boyes : Sam 11 Emerson Esq rs and Cap 1 John Tolford shall be a Committee to Petition the Governer and Coun- cil for a Committee to be by them appoynted to Run and Settle the Line between Kingstown and Chester agreeable to our Char- ter — A true Copy taken out of Chester Proprietors book of Records as attests Sam 11 Emerson Prop 18 Clerk [ Dover Petition.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 447.] To The Right Worshipfull The Governour and Magistrates and Deputies of the generall Courte now assembled in Boston The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Towne of Dover. Sheweth, That whereas your poor petitioners were taken under the govern- ment of the Massachusets, by the extent of the line of the patent of the Massachusets : and likewise the people there are accepted, and reputed under the government, as the rest of the Inhabitants within the said Jurisdiction ; as also a Committee chosen to bounde our Towne, w ch accordingly was done, and afterwards confirmed at the generall Courte : as the Acts do more fully declare. There- fore, Wee, your poore petitioners do humbly crave protection in our habitations, & rightes accordinge to the Laws, and liberties APPENDIX. 837 of this Jurisdiction ; and likewise, that some order might be taken to restraine such as doe disturbe, and molest us in our habitations, by challinginge us by patent, and threatninge of us, and sayinge, that wee plant upon their Ground, and that wee must give them such rent, (as they please) for cuttinge grass, and Timber, or else, they will take all from us, so by this meanes, the people are many of them disquietted, not onely by the Patent, but also by the threats of Edwarde Colcorde, who, with others, of his pretended owners do reporte, that they have fourteen shares, and that they are the greatest Owners in the Country : w ch Patent, wee conceive (under favour) will be made voyd, if it be well looked into, so hopeinge ever to enjoy protection w th in your Jurisdiction, Wee shall ever pray William Wentworth James Roberts John Godard William Pomfrett John Damme John [illegible] The mark of Tho layton The mark T of Tho Carey Y e mark O of Tho welles Y e mark A Tho Stevenson Y e mark 00 of wm Beard Richard Walderne Hatevill Nutter Ambrose Gibbons Edward Starbuck William ffurbur John ault James Hewitt Jonas Byrns Henry Cut Val : Hill Richard yorke his mark Q Thomas footman John Bickford The mark S of olever kent The W mark of matthew Crilles Thomas Beard The mark X of Henrey lankster john hall The mark O of James Monker Peter Coffyn Ralph hall John [_ Heards marke Thomas T N Nocke henry Terbuck (?) Constabell \_Dover Argument in Relation to Disputed Bounds, not dated . ] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 50.] ffor y e settlinge of y e rights & bounds of Dover consider these thinges : ffirst a purchase from y e Indyans of Lampreele River 1635 too witnesses : 2 ly posessesson & use of it by plantinge fishinge, & fellinge of timber too wisneses : 1635. one witnes 1636 : & 4 th witnes 1637 : 3 ly when taken into y e goverment of y e bay this was one of y e peculyer agrements y* y e should Injoy all such lawfull libertyes of 8 3 8 APPENDIX. fishinge plantinge & fellinge of timber as forformerly 2 booke of lawes title piscattua this was 1641 : 4 ly Anno : 1642 in y e old booke no r : 538. by order of generall courte to dover is granted y e liberty w c other townes have & foure comissioners apoynted to settle y e limits y r of 5 ly Their is 3 of y e foure comisioners met & agreed & did settle y e boundes of Dover as appr under y r handes uppon w* Dover granted severall propryetys : 6 th The boundes of lampreele River was by consent of Dover & exeter men as Captayne wiggins Remembers, & as it appr by y e boundayres for a neck of land is reserved to Exeter on y e Northside of y e River w* is on Dover side : 7 ly lampreele River is about 6 miles from Dover about noreast & is alsoe about 6 miles from Exeter southeast as Capt : wigins affrims : 8 ly Dover cannot be inlarged as Exeter may, for y e River betwine Kittrey & Dover boundes y m northward & lampreele River & Exeter boundes y m southward, & y e comissioners have bound y m eastward & southward : 9 thly Exeter besides y r boundes towardes lampreele River may be inlarged westward & southward, besides y r other limits : io tWy Betwene lampreele River & oyster River Dover hath settled a ministry w c er long is like to bee a towne of it selfe in respeckt of y e accomodation of lampreele River it beinge but about 3 miles between y e too Rivers 1 1 tmy ff or Exeter y r purchase of y e Indyans was anno : 1638 : y n y a began to be a towne after y a submited to y e bay Anno 1644 w th out any agrement at all so y* y a are nearely in y e condetion of other townes, but Dover former Rights are confirmed to y m uppon agre- ment besides v e grants of courte w‘ were before Exeter submited to this Goverment : 12 the utmost bounds of Dover was the utmost of the bounds of this patent where any towne or person did, then, submitt unto this Jurisdiction [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 52.] The antiquity of the towne of Dover : & ther agreement with this Generall Court & the grant of this court : concerninge the limmits of ther bounds : & the courte appnttment of fouer commitioners to laye out these bounds : thereof which fouer did attend the work : APPENDIX. 839 & discharged it acordinge to order & subscribed ther names : further they havinge [illegible] one lamperele Rivver : doth cause us to see meet to grant this petition acording to the limits of the three commitioners : which if the Court so construe & se meet we think this will conduce : to the endinge of divers controversyes as namly Capt wiggins layinge claime to It thereof by patten : as allso a difference of m r Broadstreett & captt wiggins : out ^ttie & m r Broughton the other ^ttie 29 r 8 r anno 1642 Simou willard with name and with the consent of the rest In Ans r to A peticon from y e Inhabitants of exetur for a final determination of the Case betweene Dover & Exeter concerninge their bounds about Lamprey River the Court have ordered that m r willm Payne m r Samuel winslye and mathewe Boyce or the Major p* of them shall upon the place appoynt and Lay out the bounds betweene them and Certify this court & the two Townes under their hands what they shall determine Daniel Denison speaker . The magis ts Consent hereto Edw. Rawson Secre’ty The late lawe about Jurie is Repealed by the whole Court E R. S. \_Dover.~\ [Mass. Court Records Sept. 27, 1642.] The inhabitants of Northam, upon their petition are granted the liberty w ch other townes have ; & m r Samu : Dudley, m r W 1 : Paine, M r Winslow, & Mathew Boyse are to settle their limitts. \_Dovcr Argument in Relation to Disputed Bounds , May 10, 1643-] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 6.] ffor the setlinge of the Rightes & Bounds of Dover these things are presented to consideration. 1. Swanscoate Patent hath but one of y e Lords of y e Counsell his hande set to it whereas y e other Patent hath y e Handes of all y e Lords. 840 APPENDIX. 2 The Patent of y e Messachusets is of Elder date than these Patents, as was confessed by Capt. Wiggin in y e Courte. 3. In case y e Patents were eqall, yet y e ends of them being to plant y e English nation, there is noe reason that by occasion of them, any of them should be displanted or put to pay Rent. 4. Dover is taken under y e Government of y e Massachusetts, as fallinge within y e Extent of their patent, w ch is (as abovesaid) more ancient then y e other patents. 5. Dover in their cominge under y e Governm* of y e Messa- chusetts had y e Grant of y e same liberties, w ch other Townes in y e Jurisdiction have & therefore have y e Liberty of havinge a Towne shippe as other Townes have. 6. The Court in their aggreement w th y e Patentees allowed them noe Grant but whereas they reserved to themselves such & such portions of Land y e Court onely promised to maintaine their just Rightes. 7 In another Act of y e Courte, it was concluded, that in case y e Patentees would not accomodate y e inhabitants with Land, y e Courte would hold themselves freed from ingagement of any Cov- enant made w th them. [Dover and Portsmouth .] [Mass. Court Records, May iq, 1643.] The gentlemen that keepe Co r t at Pascataque are desired to view the ground in question, & see if they can compose, & settle things betwen Dover, & Strawberry banck, & if they can not, to certify the Co r t how they find things [Dover and Portsmouth .] [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 7, 1643.] Whereas it appears to this Co r t that the Commission's appointed to lay out the bounds between Dover, & Strawberry banck did not consider the said Strawberry banck as a towne, nor so exactly veiwed the land on that side the ryver, as was needfull, & there- upon lavd out certeine lands to Dover, w ch is most convenient for Strawberry banck, & c r teine lands to Strawberry bank w ch is most convenient for Dover, so acknowledged to bee by one of the said Commission r s in this p r sent Co r t APPENDIX. 84I It is therefore finally ordered, that all the marsh and medowe ground lying against the great bay, on Strawberry banck side shall belong to the towne of Dover togeth r w th 400 ac 3 of upland ground adjoyning, & lying neer to the said meadow, to bee layd out in such a forme, as may be most convenient for the im^ving & fencin of the said medowe, the remainder of the said ground to belong to Strawberry banck, reserving the due right to ev r y one that hath ^prietyes in the same. [Dover. ] [Mass. Court Records, March 7, 1643-4.] Dover petition &c, the gentlemen who are desired to keepe the court at Pascataq are desired to view, & examine the complaint, & to certify the next co r t. [Dover and Portsmouth .] [Mass. Court Records, May 29, 1644.] By order of the last gen r all Co r t wee und r written were appointed to heare, & examine the case concerning a certeine quantity of land in question, between the towne of Dover, one the on side, & the inhabitants of Strawberry Banke. In w ch case haveing spent much time, & given a free & full hear- ing to the parties aforesaid wee find, as followeth. ffirst that the inhabitants of Strawberry Banke do affirme they cannot make a towne w th out the land in question : also on the other side, it is affirmed by the Church & towne of Dover, that they cannot continue, & subsist, as a Church or towne, w th out the land in question ; so that this argum*, taken from the necessity of have- ing, & enjoying the land in question, lieth equally & in common to them both, under this head many things were pleaded, w ch wee cannot ground on, unlesse we had veiwed the bounds belonging both to Strawberry banke, & Dover. Secondly we find it is the earnest desire of the inhabitants setled upon the land in question, that they may belong to Dover, in w ch desire of the inhabitants aforesaid there are two things considerable : 1st that their accesse to the ordinances at Dover is much more easy, & convenient than at the other place; 2^ that many of the inhabitants aforesaid, are now members of the Church at Dover. 842 APPENDIX. Thirdly we find, that the land in question hath bene a long time planted, & possessed by Dover w th out any interruption, or opposi- tion made against them, excepting onely what was done by Capt Neale, whose ^ceedings therein were illegall, & injurious, as is affirmed by Capt Wiggens. ffourthly the inhabitantants of Dover do pleade, that the land in question ought not to be taken fro m them by the generall Co r t, being theirs by purchase of the Indians, & possession as aforesaid, & because, in the articles of their submission to this governm t (they say) their right in this, & other cases is exp r sly reserved : 1 2 th 4 th m° 1644 Rich : Bellingham Rich : Saltonstall It was ordered, that this returne of the Commission's be entered, & that the land in question between Dover, & Strawberry banke be layd to Dover. [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 26, 1652.] Itt is ordered that the northerne bounds of Dover shall extend from y e first fall of Newitchewannicke River uppon a north and by west line fower miles. [Dover Petition to Have Boundaries Confirmed , 1652 .] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 44.] To ye Hon red Courte Now Assembled in boston The humble petetion of Dover sheweth y* whereas sume y* we have formerly betrusted, & have imployed at the generall courtes have negleckt- ed w* we betrusted y m w th & amonge other thinges in a spetiall manner y e recordinge of our towneship accordinge to y e grant of y e sayd courte : we theirfore in y e behalfe of y e aforesayd towne of Dover doe crave this favour y 4 y e sayd limits accordinge to our grant may be confirmed to us by this Honred courte now Assem- bled & yo r petetioners shall rest ever ingaged in all humble service to be comm’ed : 20 th of 8 th (52) Val : Hill Richard waldern in y e behalfe of y e towne of Dover APPENDIX. 843 [, Secretary Raw son's Certificate .] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 48.] Att John Bakers Request I signify that he did his endeavor faithfully to procure the bounds of Dover recorded but the many urgent occac’ons of the Countey were such as that Came not to Issue ^ Edward Rawson [Refiort of Committee on Line between Dover and Oyster River , 1729.] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries ” p. 77.] Wheras there Was an act of genarall Assembly Dated May y e 14 : 1729 Apointing a Comitee to Settle y e Lines between y e Parishes of Oyster River & the Old Parish of Dover ; & Likewise to Settle a Line between the sd Old Parish & the New District Petitioned for And to Make Return to y e genarall Assembly At their Next Ses- ions as May More fully appear by said Act — Wee the Subscribers having bin upon the Place & Viewed y e Same and heard What the Partyes Consarned had to offer Con- sarning the Settlement of Said Lines ; and we are of Opinion that the Lines for the Devision between Dover Old Parish & the Dis- trict of Oyster River should begin at the first Rocky Poynt at the Mouth of y e River Caled the back River at a grate Pine tree standing on y e Notherly Side of Said Point : & to Run on a strait Line to the head of Thomas Johnsons Crick Comonly So Caled at y e way that goes over Said Crick and from thence on a west & by North line to y e head of Dover township and that to be y e Settled bounds between the District of Oyster River and the old Parish of Dover — Wee have Likewise Viewed y e old Parish & the Place Where the Petitioners belonging to the Northeast Part of y e town of Dover Desire to be set of from ; & agree in Our Judgments that they begin at the Mouth of y e Crick Caled fresh Crick & to Run as the Crick Runs to the way which goes Over Said Crick or at the head of the Crick Where the Way goes Over & from thence on a strait line to the Northeast Part of the hill Caled Varnies hill to a White Oke Marked a bout two or three Rod from aSpring & from thence on a Norwest & by North Point of y c Compas to the head of Dover Bounds & all on the Northeastrly Side of Said Line to be set of 844 APPENDIX. for a District according to the Petition and that to be a finall Settlement of their bounds between the old Parish of Dover & the District Petitioned for — and What is above Written is the Return of What we have Don According to y e aforesaid Order of Genarall assembly September y e io : 1729 Nath 11 Weare Nich 8 Gilman Eph m Dennet of the Comitee [. Fragment of Deposition Relative to Dover Bounds , /75J.] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries ” p. 153.] Tree they then marked with many Letters & was then by Them Established & made the Southwest Corner bound tree for said Town of Dover & was accordingly so accepted & allowed by the s d Gov- ernment for the perpetual Bounds of said Town which was about thirty years Past from this date & the said Deponents being now in the woods by Such a tree & do Declare & say that that tree is the Certain & bound mark’d tree for said Town of Dover that was then made by y e afores d Committe for the Southwest Corner bounds of s d Town & stands between y e s d Town of Dover & Exeter & was there marked for Dover & Exeter by s d Comitty & is known & Called by y e name of the Six Miles Tree & further saith not this 20 th Day of Sep r 1753 — Daniel Davis [seal] Philip Chesley [seal] men Present at the takin this Deposition were Capt. Jon a Tomp- son Capt. Benj a Mathes Capt Daniel Rogers John Tasker Capt John th Chesley Jon a Woodman Arc 18 Woodman John Follet & Deacon Eb r Smith Prov e of New > Sep r y e 20 th 1753 Then y e above named Dan- Hamp r 5 iel Davis & Philip Chesley Personally appear- ed in woods were where the Tree mentioned above Stands before us y e Subscribers two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for s d Prov e Quorum unus & made oath to the Truth of the above De- position by them Signed taken in Perpetuam rei Memoriam Joseph Simpson Joseph New March Rec’d & Recorded 18 Ap 1 D Peirce Prov e of New Hamp r a true Copy from Lib 44-Fol. 59. Examd this 4 th March 1758 D Peirce Red r APPENDIX. 84s [Exeter and Hamj>ton.\ [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 7, 1643.] Whereas Excetter is found to bee w th in o r patent upon their peti- tion they were received under o r govern* 1 : and m r Willi: Paine, Mathewe Boyes, & John Saund r s are appointed to settle the bounds between Hampton & Excetter w th in two months [ Exeter Petition to Have Bounds Settled .] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 9.] To the Right Hon bl the Governer the Deputie Governer And the Magistrats, w th the Asistance and deputyes of this honored Court at p r sent Asembled In Boston. The humble petition of the In-habitants of Exeter Who do hum- bly Request, That this honored Court would be pleased to Appoint the boundes of o r Towne to be Layd out to us, both towards Hamp- ton, and allso downethe Rivore on that side w ch Captaine Wiggons his ffarme Is on. forhee doth Clame all the Land from the Towne downewards, on the one side And Hampton on the other side doth Clame to be so neere us, that we shall not be Able to subsist to be A Towne except this honored Court be pleased to Releeve us. And we suppose that Captaine Wiggons his ffarme and A good way below It may well be Layd within o r Towneship, If this hono r Court so please Allso we do humbly Crave that the Court would be pleased to grant that w r e may still peaciably Injoye Thouse smalle quantitie of Meddows w ch are att Lamperell River That Dover Men now seeme to Laye Clame too : Notwithstanding they knowe we Longe since purchased them, and allso quietly posestthem with theire consent Likewise we do humbly request that this honr d Court would be plesd to Establish Three Men Amongst us, to put An Ishew to small diferances Amongst Us, And one to be A Clarke of the writes, that so we might Not be to troblesom to the Courts for every small Matter. The Three men w ch we desire for the ending of Controvercies are, Anthony Staniean Samuell Grenefild and James Wall, and we do desire That John Legat may be the Clearke of the writes : Thus Leaveing o r petition to your Judicieous Consid- 8 4 6 APPENDIX. eration, and yo r selves to the Lord we Rest, and Remaine ever Ready to do you o r best service. Samuell X Grinfield nathanal boilten ( ?) John Legat william mouer Abraham Drake Thomas T King John Davis humphery willson Anthony Stanyan John C Tedd henry Roby Ralph Hall Thomas Joames ffrances g Smaine Ballthazer willis John Smart Thomas wright Robert hethersay ( ?) Richard Carver X John Bursley Nicholas n Swaine James wall In Ans r to y e peticon we conceave it meete y 4 y e 3 men menconed therein shall be Authorized acording to their request & a Com- itte appointed to lay out their bounds next to Hampton & so Round about them ^vided there be no Intrenching on y e bounds of y e pat- tent of y e Lords & gen 1 mencioned in the pattent of Swampscoate or on any graunts formerly made to : Dover by this Courte & that John Legat be Clarke of the writts there. The Depu ts desire ou r honnored magis ts concurrance herein Edward Rawson. The magistrats doe comply herein & doe nominate m r Dan 11 Dudley m r Rawson & m r Carlton a Committee for the laying out the bounds of: y 4 the Deptyes shall approve y 4 then. Jo : winthrop Gov r Consented to by y e Depu t3 ' Edward Rawson [Exeter Petition in Regard to Disputed Bounds , /d 4 y.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 14.] To the honored Court now Asembled att Boston The humble petition of the Inhabitants of Exet r humbley Requesting that this honored Court would be pleased Not to give Aney grante of the Lands and Meddows w ch lye Neere unto o r Towne of Exet r , And w ch we have peasably Injoyed untill of Late ever since we ware A plantation, unto the Towne of Dover or on the other side unto the Towne of Hampton, untill such time as our tytle unto them be either Adgetated w th the s d Townes or that we have A Legall tryall w th them for the sayd Lands, and that we may then have the boundes of our towne Layd out unto us According as o r Right and tytle shall be found. APPENDIX. 847 2 ly yo r petitioners do humbly Request that this honored Court would be pleased to Depute for us Three of theis fower men w ch we do here Nomenate for the eanding of small deferances under Twenty shillings, the men w ch we desire are theis. viz Anthoney Staniean Samuell Grenefild Robert Smith and John Legat or aney three of them as the Court shall think meet we do Lykewise humbly Request that John Legat May be estableshed Clarke of the writes. And theis things we desire and humbly Request for this eand that we may not for every small matter be troblesom to the Courts or to o r selves more than Nesesetie Doth Require : Thus Leaveing our selves w th the Lord and with you : we Rest, this 29 th of y e third m° 1645 william moore Anthony Stanyan John Legat nath boulten Abraham Drake Nicholas n swaine henry Roby henry elkings Tho : Tebbit Richard Carver Robert Booth humphery will-son Godpherey D Deerebarn his mark Robart Smith John X Durffy his marke Thomas Jones his marke John J Crane his mark In Ans r to this peticion none Appearing to chalendge any pro- priety in the medowes w th in mencioned The house of Deputyes think it not meet to medle w th it : but graunt y* John Legatt be the Clarke of the writts there, & that Anthony Staniean, Robert Smith, & John Legat, are appointed for the ending of smale Cawses un- der twenty shillings for y e next yeere at Exetur & desire o r honnored magis ts to concurre w th them herein Edward Rawson The magistrates concurr herein Tho : Dudley Gov r \_Exeter and Hampton.'] [Mass. Court Records, May 6, 1646.] M r Samu : Dudly, m r Rawson, & m r Carleton ar appointed a Committee to lay out Excetter bounds next to Hampton, & so round about them ^vided there be no intrenching on y e bounds of y e lords pattents, & gentlemen mentioned in y e patent of Swampscoate, or in any grant form r lv made to Dov r by this Courte. 8 4 8 APPENDIX. [. Exeter Petition for Grant of Meadow Land , 1652. ] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 39.] To the horiora bl Generali Court att Boston The humble petition of the Inhabitants of Exeter, giveing this hon r Court to understand that wee are excedingly straitned for want of Meddow : And the Indians have Informed us that there are three of fower spots of meddow somthing neere on another About seven or eight miles from o r Towne westward or norwest from aney other plantation and not yet posest by Aney our humble Request therefore Is that this hono r court would be pleased to grant It to o r Towne In regard of our great need of It. And the quantetey of them all is confermed not to exceed one hundred Akers If It be so much And so shall wee Rest thankefull to the hon r court and as serviceable as we are Able// The (24) of (3) m° 1652. Edward Gilman Sen : Edward Gilman Jun : Edward Hilton Jn° Legat Tho Pettie Nicolas Listen Thom. Cornish In y e behalf of the Rest The Committy thinke meete the Inhabytants of exeter have ther desire granted to have the abovesd Meddow Confirmed to them ^vyded it be not w th in the Lifnmits or bounds of any other toun- ship : or any other ^sons grant The Deputyes Consent hereto ^vided the meddow herein de- sired exceed not one hundred Acres ^vided also it be there to be 19 (8) 1652 The Depute Thinke not meete to alter their former in the name of the Rest 4 th Mon. 1 day 1652 Tho Wiggin Dan Gookin had William Torrey Cleric Vote William Torrey Cleric APPENDIX. 849 [. Exeter Petition for Settlement of Line between Exeter and Dover , 1652-1 [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 40.] To the honorable Generali Court now Assembled att Boston. The humble petition of the Inhabetants of Exeter who Do earnestly request that this honored court would be pleased to take into yo r consideration, the poore and meane estate and condition of ourp r sant Plantation, by reson of the straightnes of o r boundes which at our first Coming to settle there, was A large Trackte of Land, from Oyster River to the falles between Salsberey and Hampton with good store of Meddow and meete Inlargements, fit to make A Towne for subsistance. And all the said Trackte of Land then Lyeing vacant, and no Pattent or persons then Laying Clame to It, as wee could here of but the Indians only : wee the said Inhabetants of Exeter and o r p r desessors, did with A valuable price purchase of the Natives, all that whole trackt of Land, and setled o r selves att Exeter falls for the conveniancie of the Rivor, And gave out A farme to m r Whel write Nere oyster River : And entended Hampton to be for other farmes. After which purchase of ours, This honored Court, saw It meete to grante out A Towne- shipe to m r Bacheler and the Inhabetants of Hampton : which Towneship of thers Cutt of Almost all our Meddows, That ever sine wee have bine In An unsettled condition, not being able to subsist as A Towne to keepe aney quantetey of cattle And Dover on the other side Comming so neere us, by Reson of A mistake or ronge Information made unto the commissioners that ware to Lay out there bounds, as m r Paine and m r Winslo have said unto us that ware two of the commiso 18 Wee yo r pore petitioners do there- fore, humbly crave the Asistance of this honored Court, under whose protection wee did freely and desirosly tender o r selves and our Request Is that wee may not bee so straitned either on the on side or other as to disinable us for the maintaineance of the ordi- nances of god Amongst us and that what mistake there was In the Laying out the line be-twene Dover and us may be Rectifyed, either by A Comittye or determined by this p r sant honord Court. And altho Lampell River Is Two mile nerer us than the mid way betwene us and dover, and may be as A Naturall bounds betweene us, wee shall be content If the hon r Court see it meet to determen It to be o r bounds Althoug we have formerly peasably posest A great way forth But If Lamperell Rivore be taken from us we know 53 850 APPENDIX. not how to subsist, for we have almost no meddow : but our hoopes of subsistence Is by o r timber and Rivers for saw mills, which dover Is alredey well Accomodated with all, and have setup maney alredey w ch helps forward there publique Charges and we heere that they goo About to take Away Lampell river from us which wee have posest as well as they and built the bridg over the said River with them, and yet now they seeme to Lay Clame to both sides of the said Rivere unles this hon 1 ' Court be pleased to Assist us, As we doute not but you will In y l which Is equall and Rite. And so shall wee be inabled, with the blessing of god on o r Labours, to Rayse by our mills such maintenance as may be A meanes to maintaine the ordenance of god Amongst us, and helpe us to defray publiqu charge And so shall wee with o r ^sones and estates ever be Redey to helpe forward the well being of this Comon welth : and Remaine yours to be Command to our utmost Abilityes // Exet r the (24) of (3) m° 1652 Edward Gilman senier. Edward Hilton Th° Pettit Thom. Cornish Edward Gilman jun. Jn° Legat Nicolas Listen In the behalfe of the Rest The commissioners refeer the answer of this petition : to the answer of Dover petitio 11 Simon Willard in the name of the rest N° 15 Exetur peticon entred w th the magis st & o r Comsd In answer to this Petition of Exeter in Regard it Respects the Bounds of the towne of Dover, and the Deputy of Dover, who ap- perd in behalfe of the towne desired further tyme to answer in the cause The Commitee consents the Answer to the petition be Referd the next session of this Court & if dover shall then fade to make their Limmetts clerly appeare ; then the petitioners to bee heard & Relived & the court to do herein as shall see cause 4 mo 1 1652 Tho wiggin Daniell Gookin in the name & w th Consent of the Rest The magis ts approove of the Comitees Retourne if the dep tys Con- sent heereto Edw Rawson secy The depu t8 Conset hereto william Torrey Cleric APPENDIX. 851 [ William Paine's Certificate , i 6$2.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 47.] These are to certifie, that being one of them deputed by the generall court about 7 or eight yeeres since to Lay out the bounds betweene Exeter and Dover, It was always intended by us that Lamprey river as it naturally runs up in the countrey should be the bounds betweene the said townes : and what Line is recorded, if it prove to give any [illegible] to Dover on the west Syde of Lam- prey river it was upon a mistake & utterly beside our intention. and for the confermation hereof I have put to my hand this 27th of Mey. 1652. Will Paine [ Dover and Exeter , 1652.'] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 3.] Att A Generall Court held att Boston y e 8 th off The 7 th month 1652 The Inhabitants of northam Upon their petition are granted the Liberty which other Townes have and M r Samuell Dudley M r william pain M r winslow Mathew boyse Are to settle their Lemytes this is A trew Coppy of y e Court order Edward Reson secretary wee whose names are under written being appoynted by the generall Court to Lay out The bounds of Dover have thus agreed/ That the Utmost Bounds on the west Is a Creek on the East side of Lamperele River the next Creek to the River and ffrom the End of that Creek to Lamperill River ffirst fall and soe from the first fall on A west and be north Line six miles/ and from nech- ewanick first fall on A north and be East Line fower miles/ ffrom A Creek next belowe Thomas Canny his house to a Certain Cove near the mouth of the great bay Called the hogstye Cove and all the marsh and meadowe ground Leying and butting on the great bay with Convenient Upland to sett their hay william Payn Samuell winslow Mathew Boys Att A generall Court held att boston the 19 th of October 1652 It is ordered that the northern bounds of dover shall Extend from the first fall of nechewanick River upon a north and be west Line fower milles 85 2 APPENDIX. Att A generall Court held at boston the 19 th of October 1652 in Answer to A Petission from the Inhabitants of Exeter for A finall determination of the Case between Dover and Exeter Con- cearning their bounds About Lamprill River it is ordered that M r william Paine M r Samuell winslow and M r Mathew Boyse or the Major part of them shall Upon the place appoynt and Lay out the bounds betwen them and sertify this Court and the two townes under their hands what they shall determine this is A true Coppy of y e Court order Edward Rawson Secretary wee whose names are under written being ordered by the gen- erall Court to settle The bounds betwen the towne of dover and Exetor wee have thus determined and Agreed the Line formerly Laid out shall stand they taking the Poynt from the middle of the bridge one first fall one Lamperill River and so to Rune six miles west and be north butt the Land betwen the Line and The River shall belonge to Exeter they not haveing Liberty to sett up any Mills Exsepting their Right specified one the first fall butt the timber Betwixt the Line and the River shall belong to Dover in such time as they shall see meet to make use of the same to their best Advantiage Provided that Both the townes shall have free Liberty to make use of the River upon all ocations allso Exeter hath Liberty to make use of all the timber half A mile betwen the Line and Lamperill River towards the bridg and one mile betwen the Line and the said River towards'the second fall and further M r Edward Hilton is to have belonging to his mill all the timber within Compass of one mile and a half square if it be to be had betwixt the Line and the River Lamperell This being our full determination the ninth of the first month (53) william Pain Samuell winslow mathew boyse [. De-position of Hatevil Nutter, 1652.'] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 46.] The Deposicon of hatevell nutter taken the 18. of the 8. month 1652. the Deponant sayth that in the yere 1636 the land about lamp- rill River was in the possession of the inhabitants of Dover, on APPENDIX. 853 both sides the River.) both for planting and fishing and feling of timber hatevill nutte sworne who affirmed upon his oath that the [illegible] was trew sworne before me George Smyth in the yere 1637 will furbur doth testifie the same about the pos- sising of lamprell River william ffurburre sworne the 18. of the 8. month (52) whoe affirmed upon his oath that what he doth testifie next above written was trew sworne before me George Smyth \_D exposition of John Ault , 1652 . ] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 45.] The deposicon of John Awlt taken the 18. of the 8. month (52) the deponant sayth that in the yere 1635, that the land about lamprill River was bought of the Indanes and made use of by the men of Dover and my selfe both for planting and fishing and feling of timber John Awlt sworne before me George Smyth Richard yorke doth testifie the same above specified Richard yorke sworne who affirmed upon his oath that what he doth testifie next above written was trew Sworne before me George Smyth \_John Ne god's Deposition .] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 43.] The Deposition of John Negod This deponiant Testefieth that he have ofen times craus’d betwin Lamperl River ffales an quonechewanick dales and it is accountid about teen miels over land : and to goe by Warter about sixten miels or twenty miels : and in this Track of land they have ffouer Rivers that runne doun to met with the Tid wher they have set up ther miels That is to say oyster River which is about ffouer miels from lamperl River : and Belemans bank River about towe miel from oyster River : and about one miel from Belemans bank River to quechoo : and about thre miels from quechoo to quonechewanick which is in al about tenn miels : which if the sayd Lamperel 854 APPENDIX. River as it naturly Runes be the boundes betwein exeter and Dover, the toun of Dover will have ther bredeth about tenn miels, and in lenght they may goe as far as the cort pleas and not to Intrud upon any : and ffurther this deponiant Testefith that whereas Dover hav the privleg of fouer Rivers that Cum doun to the Tid exeter have but towe though they Enjoy lamperl River, that is exetr fales and Lamperel River : and ffurther this deponian Testefith that the ground in dover bounds doe ffare exsed the ground in exeter bounds for ffeeding : for the gretis part of exetr is incumpased with such swamps as is very uncapabel for Ceping of Cattel on the on sied and the cartins fatten on the other sied, exter a skirt of land that lie touerds the half contry that ly Remote from the toune : and a track of land Tourds Lamperl River about a miel in sum places and les in other places and ffurther This deponiant Testefith that m r hilton on of the anchents planters in the River and other Inhabetins doe Live within tow or thre miels of Lamperl River and that ther Cattel have ther feed from lamperl River and ther abouts, And ffurther This deponiant Teste- fieth thou exetr shold Injoy the one half of the way betwin exetr and hampton yet in his aprihenshon Dover would be the gretr bounds This above writing is the truth to my best aprihenshon [Exeter and Dover .] f [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 26, 1652. J In Ans r to the peticion of the Inhabitants of exeter ffor a finall determination of the case betweene Dover and exeter concerning theire bounds about lamprey River, Itt is Ordered, that m r w m Payne m r Samuell winsly : and mathew Boyce or the major p te of them shall uppon the place appointe and lay oute the bounds betweene them and Certify this Court and the two Tounes under theire hands what they shall determine [Exeter and Dover.~\ [Mass. Court Records, May 18, 1653.] In Ans r to the peticion of Capt Thomas wiggin for a writt of divicion of the two Pattents of Swampscott The Court Referrs the APPENDIX. 855 divicion thereof untill the yeare 1654. in October, and Orders in the mean time there be a forbearance of falling of wood and timber uppon the lands exprest in y e peticion [. Petition of Owners of Swampscott and Dover Patents , [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 448.] To the honnored Generali Court Now assembled at Boston The homble pettition of Jn° Allen Nicholas Shapleigh Jn° Sev- erins Thomas Lake & Edward Colcott In behalfe of them selves & other the owners of the two pattents of Swamscott & Dover Humbly Sheweth Wheare as this honnered Generali Court of y e Massachusetts in y e 14 th of y e 4 th m° 1641 : Covenanted w th George Willye Gen 1 & others In Behalf of them selves & ^tners of y e s d pattents. thatt the south pattent of swamscott & one third of y e pattent of Dover should Remane to y e s d owners of the pattents & ther heires for ever & y e sd Court ^misseth to mayntayn the sd pattenttees In ther Right therin as by y e sd Covenant appeareth Now yo r homble petitioners Crave thatt this honn r ed Court will be pleased to Grant thatt the divission may be made of y e sd Lands according to Covenant made w th y e Pattenttees And yo r petti rs shall pray &c The Deputyes doe Conceive that the petition 1,8 have another way to atayne theire desires herein Exprest viz 4 to ^secute any that shall intrench uppon thir Just righte in a Courte of law in o r Courte of Justice, in reference to the Consent of o r hon rd magis 48 hereto William Torrey Cleric. 6. 1654 The magis 48 Cannot Consent to this Retourne but Referr y e peticion to be Considered by y e Committee & both pties Concerned therein to be heard by them. Edward Rawson Secret’y Consented to by the Deputyes Wm Torrey Cleric In Answer to the Petitions of Capt John Allen, &c And the Town of Dover. Wee find by the Records of Court An 0 (41) that the Pattent on the Southside of the River of Pascataque and one third part of the Pattent of Dover is reserved by the Pattentie 8 And 8 5 6 APPENDIX. allso that m r William Payne and others in An 0 (52) were Appointed to set out the limitts of the Town of Dover. Wee therefore con- ceive it necessarie for this Court to appoint and Impower some uninterressed persons A Comitte at the charge of the parties uppon the place to Examine all Interrests and Actings relating therunto, and to consider some way for the Accomodating all parties according to their Just Interrests And to make returne under their hands to the next Sessions of this Court and that in the meane time the order of Court prohibiting the felling of Timber be duly observed on penaltie of five pounds A tree except for firing and fencing for so many as shall be failed upon the Land which shall be Apporcioned to the sayd Cap* Allen and Companie of Pattentee 3 Humphray Atharton Thomas Clarke Eleazer Lusher Joseph Hills : The Deput}^es approve of the returne of this Committee in answer hereunto 'fJvided the pennallty of five pounds for fallinge of any Tree be left out, and have Chosen m r Joseph Hills, m r Edward Collins, & Capt Eliazur Lusher together with such others as o r hono rd magistrates shall please to nominate to be a Committee impowred to act herein accordinge to this returne William Torrey Cleric. The magis* 8 Cannot Consent heereto but Refer it to the next Court or sessions of this Court for A finall Ans r when both parties may be present Desiring theire bretheren the Depu 13 Consent heereto 15 May 1654 Edward Rawson Secret’y The Deputyes consent to this last returne of o r hono rd magistrates herein ^vided that due notice be given to all ^sons Concerned herein by warrent from the Secritary, that a finall Issue may be put hereunto at the time appoynted William Torrey Cleric The Deputies Desire this Case may be heard & Issued the next fourth day by Eyght of the Clock & desire o r hon rd magis t8 Consent hereto Wm Torrey Cleric APPENDIX. «S7 [. Petitions Referred .] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 450.] To Cap 4 Jn° Allen Cap 4 Niccolas shapleigh : m r Jn° Severenes m r Thomas Lake & Edward Colcott. Yo u are by Virtue heereof Required to take notice that the Gennerall Court hath Referred the Consideration of you r petic’on & the petic’on of the Inhabitants of Dover to the next Gennerall Court or Session of this Court that all parties therein Concerned may Appear there and give in what light they Cann that so the Court have cleare evidenc to proceed to A Just determination By the Court Edward Rawson Secret’y Boston 15 th may 1654 [Exeter and Dover.~\ [Mass. Court Records, May 23, 1655.] In Answer to the pet. of M r Tho : Lake in the behalfe of himselfe & p’no rs for a Devision of the land at squamscot and Dover, It is ordered that m T W m Bartholomew, m r samuel Winslow & m r samuel Hall are hereby appoynted & empowred as a Committee to goe to Squamscott & according to the pattents thereof & this order, to make a Just devision of that of Squamscott only : & that which hath reference to Dover be respited untill another time makinge a returne of what they doe to the Court of Election for Confirmation [Exeter and Dover. ] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 13, 1655.] In Ans r to the peticion of Thomas Lake & fltners m r w m Bartholomew m r Sam : Winsly & m r Sam : Hall are heereby Ap- pointed & Impowred by this Court as a Comittee to go to Swamp- scott only at present & According to the Pattent thereof & the order of this Court made 18 th May 1653 make a Just divicion thereof and make Retourne of what they doe to the Court of Election for Confirmation, And that w ch hath reference to Dover is Respitted untill Another time : 8s 8 APPENDIX. \_Divisjon of Swampscott Patent .] [Mass. Court Records, May 14, 1656.] we, whose names are here subscribed, according to An order of the Honnored Gennerall Court in November 1655, Appointing us to make a just divicion of the Pattent of Quampscot doe thus make our Retourne. when wee came to peruse the Pattent wee found it to extend for the length of it from the lower part of the River of Pascataquake on the south side of the said River, unto the falls of the said River at Exiter and for breadth Along the said River three miles from the falls of the head line for the breadth of it, w ch head line wee Runne uppon a southeast point of the Compass w ch ended three quarters of a mile beyond Aspe brooke toward Hamp- ton about forty Poles below the Highway where wee marked a great Red oake on fower sides. 2\y. from the said Head line wee measured for the length uppon the North east Point of the Compass sixe miles and a half the w ch extended to that part of the bay neere winiconot River. 3^ wee also measured a second Crosse line for breadth, beginning at Quampscot howse, extending it three miles upon the southeast point where wee did marke Severall Pine trees./ The Rest of the land belonging to the Pattent above and below the great bay wee understood to be Impassable (as to measuring) by Reason of the exceeding thicke Swamps but wee took the best Informacion we might of divers and severall Inhabitants of the great bay and of strawbery bancke, and theire reports agreed, viz. that from the lower part of the bottom of the bay nere to Cap 1 Cham^noones howse to the River neere the boyling Rocke, or thereabouts all the necke of land w th in that line unto the little bay, conteyning as neere as men of best experienc can Informe us about fower miles square, being all w th in the Patent: And whereas from the easterly part of the great bay being a part of the River, wee should have measured three miles into the land wee finde in that place by Credible Informacion the land so narrow to the seaward, that wee cann Allowe no more according to the Intent of the Pattent as wee understand it, then one mile & halfe to be Runn from each point of the bottome of the bay uppon an Easterly line into the land To the matter of Service Appointed unto us by the Gennerall Court concerning devission of the Pattent wee find- ing the present Ownors to be of three sorts or Rancks, wee have therefore Agreed to make three Severall devissions. The first divicion being eight shares ond one quarter, belonging to m r APPENDIX. 859 Nathaniell Gardiner, m r Thomas Lake and partners wee Assigne and lay out unto them all the land from bloody Point unto the Boyling Rocke for breadth or thereabouts and for length ex- tending to the lower lyne of the middle divicion which is about forty Pole from Sandy Point And so the lyne Runing south east three miles into the land, as also the land lying uppon the bottom of the great Bay being or extending one mile & a halfe from every part of the bottom of the bay uppon an easterly lyne into the woods In which divission all the land and marish graunted unto Dover by the Gennerall Court shallbe and remaine to them forever the land from Kennys Creeke to a Certaine Cove nere the mouth of the great bay Called Hogsty Cove, w th all the marish from that place round about the bay up to Cotterills Delight, with fower hundred acres of upland, as it is graunted by the Court bounded laid out and Possessed by the Inhabitants of Dover with fivety Acres of upland more about or nere the great Bay w th fivety acres to be laid out and disposed of by Capt n Richard Walderne to some of the In- habitants of Dover whom he sees fitt. The Second devission being eight shares and one quarter belonging to Capt. Thomas wiggin and partners who have purchased & obtained the same wee Assigne and lay out three miles square begining at a Plumpe of trees standing on a peece of old Planting land about forty Pole belowe Sandy Point and up the River uppon a streight linetowerds Exitur the River being the bounds of it on the Northside and at each end to runne a line uppon the south east point of the Compass three miles into the land there to bound it on that side : Provided that Capt Thomas Wiggins pay unto the other two thirds the somme of sixty six pounds thirteene shillings and fower penc according to theire shares and proporcions in Boards w th in six month if Demaund- ed which he is to pay at either of his sawemills in Pascataquack River. 3^ To the third divicion being eight shares and one quarter belonging to the Shrewsbery men to w ch wee Assigne & lay out all that land from the uppermost line of the midle divicion to the mouth of the Creeke called m r Wheelwrights Creeke the same to Runne three miles towards Hampton uppon a South East line all the land betweene this line & exitur falls to the full extent of the line to lye to exeter being graunted to them by deed of guift from Capt wiggin sole Agent for the Company. The Court doth Allow and Approove of this Retourne of the Comittee as is above written : [The above is again entered, May 15, 1656.] Propposicions to the Gennerall Court at Boston the 22 th 3 m° 1656 for setling and fully ending the long continued differences 86o APPENDIX. betweene the Patentees of Quampscott and Dover and the Neigh- boring Tounes &c as followeth. i for the furtherance of the same Capt n Thomas Wiggins & Thomas Lake do freely surrrender & give up all theire Interest title & claime in the lands of the Pattent called winnicahanat or Hiltons pointe unto the Inhabitants of the Toune of Dover forever excepting all the lands & Howses which the ownors Improoved at Dover In their planting feilds which is about sixteene acres more or lesse which Remaines to the said Ownors theire heires and Assignes for ever. 2 ly That the Court Graunts and Gives unto the third devission of Quampscott laid out to m r Nathaniell Gardiner, Thomas Lake & partneres of that divicion eight thousand two hundred and fivety* Acres of land to be laid out to them or theire Assignes either to them together or to each part or Share one thousand acres there being eight shares and a quarter in y t Divicion. 3. That a memorandum be kept that the charge expended about this divicion hath binn twenty pounds 4 ly . Whereas In the first divicion laid out to m r Gardiner & Thomas Lake there is much lands in the Possession of strawbery bancke which is Still in differenc That the Court will Impowre some Comissioners w th full power to end all differences whatsoever betweene the said Toune of strawberry bancke and owners as also Betweene Hampton & them the said Owners of the first Divicion : Signed Thomas wiggin t Thomas Lake The Courte judgeth it meete to Accept the surrender here ex- prest and doe Graunt the Peticioners fower thousand one hundred twenty & five Acres w th what els is desired in their surrender And Orders that majo r william Hawthorne m r william Bartholomew and m r Sammell Hall shall and heereby are Impowred and Author- ized by the Gennerall Court as Comissioners to treate w th the In- habitants of Hampton & strawbery bancke & on a full hearing to determine and Conclude what they Judge meete to be given by the Tounes and Accepted of by the persons and make theire retourne to the next Court who are to be Allowed for theire paines at the charg of the parties : * This section is again entered May 22, 1656, and the amount is given as 4125 acres. APPENDIX. 861 \_Exeter.~\ [Mass. Court Records, May 15, 1667.] In Ans r to the petition of the Inhabitants of Exiter humbly crav- ing the favour of this Court to grant them an Enlargement on the backside of their Toune west & by north tenn miles and that m r wiggin dwelling in Swampscot may Contribute to the publicke maintenance of the ministry here Itt is ordered that Cap 1 Richard Walderne Cap 1 Robert Pike & m r samuell Dalton as a Comittee shall & hereby are appointed to veiw the land desired by the peticioners & make their report to the next Court & as for that part of their peticion referring to Swampscot the Court referrs them to a former order of this Court [. Petition of John Gilman of Exeter, i668.~\ [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 186.] John Gillman of Exetter on y e behalfe of the sayd toune is bould Humbly to Motion to this Much Honourd Court that thay woold please to take into Consideratio 11 the Cause of Exetter in Reference to y e Confirmation of o r touneship with y e bounds of it yo r honnord Court May please to Rememb r y e petition which was assented to by y e house of deputys but past Not with ye honourd Majestrats : therfore My suplicatio 11 is that this Honoured Court will please to Carry on y e Matter that wee May by them bee Confirmed in that which wee Humbly Conceive to bee o r Just Right as a touneship : o r Resons are (1) our purchase of y e Natives (2) o r paying Rates & all charges heer as also our Willing [illegible] & submission to the Massathusets government all which (wee Question Not) will Move this honourd Court soe to take Care of us as a touneship that wee may be incorraged to o r duty in Matters publike, by that which Confirms us to be poseest of as above (viz) the Establish- ment of o r toune bounds by the authoritie of the Honoured Generali Courte : I submit Myself to yo r wise & Considerat Resolution I subscribe My selfe yo rB in all duty : this 30 th Aprill 1668 — John Gillman as imployed by the said Towne I John Wheelwright pasto r of y e church att Salisbury doe testifie y 1 when I w th others first came to sitt downe at Exiter, we pur- 862 APPENDIX. chased of y e Indians to whom (so farr as wee could learne) y e right did belonge a certaine tract of land about thirty miles square to runne fro m Merimack river eastward & so up into y e Contry of w cb [tract] wee had a grant in writing signed by them John Wheelwright April 15 1668 M r Edward Colcord testifieth to all above written & farther saith y 4 on [torn] therly bound mentioned in o r agreem 4 w th wehohnonowett y e cheife Sagamore [torn] y e westerly point of Oyster River called by y e Indians shankhassick which [torn] — ut fower mile northerly beyond Lampereele River : Wee y e abovesd wittnesses doe farther testifie y 4 they of y e towne of Exiter di — [torn] of & possess divers parcells of lands about Lamperell river by y e virtu of o r [torn] before such time as it was actually taken in by y e Jurisdicc’on of y e Massechusetts [torn] in- teruption of Dover or any other Mr. Sam : Dudley doth testifie y 4 hee did see y e agreem 4 in writ- ing between [y e ] towne of Exiter & the Sagamores for that land w ch is above Mentioned [torn] Sagamores hands to y e same : Sworne before y e Court held at Salisbury y e 14 th 2 d m° 1668 Tho : Bradbury [torn] This is a true Copie of o r originall now on file w th ye Courts Records as attests Tho : Bradbury rec d \Exeter.~\ [Mass. Court Records, May 27, 1668.] Wee, whose names are here unto subscribed being Appointed by the Honoured Generali Court to view & Consider of the bounds of the Touneship of Exetur & to makereturne to the next sessions of the Court two of us having taken a survey of the lands about their Toune & the bounds of other Tounes adjacent wee whose names are under written doe judge that the bounds of the toune of Exetur shall extend northward to Lamperele River & from the first fall in Lamper Eele River sixe miles upon a west & by North line ad- joyning to Dover bounds as they are laid out & Confirmed & then two miles further upon the same point of the Compas, that to be their North bounds & from the ffoote of exetur falls by the present Greist milne a mile & a halfe due South to Hampton bounds & from that South point to runne upon a west & by north line tenn miles APPENDIX. 863 into the woods adjoyning to Hampton bounds that to be their south bounds & so from the end of that line upon a streight line over the land to meete w th the other line on the north y* extendeth from Dover bounds that to be their head line westward ; & Quampscot patent to be their east bounds. by us — Samuell Dalton Dated y e 8 th of the 8 m° 1667. Richard Walderne Though I Could not by reason of streightnes of time make a full veiw of all the lands above mentioned yet from what I doe know of it together w th that Information that I have had of those that doe well know of the quality of the rest of the land doe Judge that the bounds above mencioned may be Just & Reasonable & doe Concurr in Subscription Rob* Pike In Answer to the desier of John Gilman in behalfe of the Toune of Exetur for setling the bounds of their Toune it is Ordered that Exetur bounds be stated & setled according to the above Returne of m r Richard Walderne m r Samuell Dalton & Cap* Robert Pike who were appointed a Comittee by y e Generali Court the 8 th of the 8 m° 1667, Provided that all pine trees fitt for masts w ch are twenty fower Inches diameter & upwards w th in three foote of the Ground that grow above three miles from their meeting house where it now stands in any place wi th in the bounds of the said Toune are hereby reserved for the publick and ifany person or persons shall presume to fall doune any such pine tree fitt for masts he or they shall for- feit tenn pounds for every tree the one halfe to the Informer & the other halfe to the publicke treasury of the Countey Provided also that this grant unto the Toune of Exiter shall not Infringe m r Samuell Symonds in his grant of two hundred & fifty acres of land formerly granted — \_Petition in Regard to Exeter Bounds iyoi .] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 33.] To the honourable The Leiutenant Governour and commander in cheife and the council. We whose names are hereunto subscribed, select men of the town of Exeter, do in the behalfe of the inhabitants of s d town humbly petition, that your honours would grant that the bounds of our township may begin at brandy rock and run from thence on , APPENDIX. 86 S [Report of Committee on Exeter Lines , iyy.2C\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 127.] province of > We the Subscribers being appointed a Com- Newhampsher $ ity by y e Generali Assembly at their Last Session Sep 1 y e 17 th 1742 to Run and mark out y e Boundary Lines Betwen Exeter old parish and Newmarket and Betwen Exeter old parish and Brintwood Accordingly we have Run and marked out Said Boundary Lines as follows Begining at Exeter Solt River on y e South Side of Mag r Nic- olas Gillmans farme agreable to a vote of y e Town of Exeter for a Dividing Line betwen S d Exeter and Newmarket And from Said Solt River Runing W N W four miles Betwen Exeter old parish and Newmarket to a Elme tree marked on four Sides And from s d Elme tree Runing South betwen Exeter old parish and Brintwood Crossing patucawoy Road Between m r Nathaniel Websters Hous and m r Judkenses Hows Leaving s d Websters Hows on y Q west and s d Judkenses on y e Est Continueing s d South Corce to Exeter fresh River to a Stone fixte in the Ground 34 Rods South 77 Deg" Este from a Rock at y e tail of pick pocket mill so Colld And from the afore Said Stone Runing up s d fresh River half a mile to a alme tree marked on four sides and from s d alme tree Runing South to a Large Rock on Exeter Grate hill so col d in y e Highway y 1 Leads from Exeter to Kingstown neere y e Boun- dary Line betwen Exeter and Kingstown whare s d Highway parts one Highway Leading to Kingstown the other to whitepine plain so col d And this Return we make this 30 th Day of September 1742 with a plan of y e above written Lines Ichabod Robie ^ John Sanburn > Comity Nath 11 Henley ) In the House of Representatives 9 r 25 th 1742 the above Return was Read : and Voted Accepted James Jeffry Cle r Ass m Province of New Hamp r November 25 th 1742 — The within Vote of the House Read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sec 17 Eodem Die Assented to B Wentworth 54 866 APPENDIX. [. Bound-Mark between Dover and Exeter , /750.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 153.] 1750 May 29 th the Committees Which was Chosen by Dover Durham nottingham Barrington and Rochester for to Settle Dover head line Met at the Red Oak which was formerly Stated and fixd By the Committee Chosen By the General Court — Which Lieu 4 Robert Burnum and M r Daniel Davis made Oath Before Sam 1 Smith Esq 1 ' Joshua Pierce Esq r Peter Gilman Esq r Three of his Majesties Justices of Peace That they seen said Committee State & Fix Said tree for the Bound mark Between Dover & Exeter By Cutting the Letter D for Dover & the Letter E for Exeter all Which the Said Lieu 4 Robert Burnum & M r Daniel Davis appear- ed Personally & made Oath that the Seen the Committee Mark Said Tree — Samuel Smith Esq r Edward Hall Esq r Joshua Pierce Esq r Cap* Jonathan Thomson Captain Jonathan Chesle m r Tasker Cap 4 Kate M r John Mackmath M r Ebenezer Smith Committee [Hampton and Colchester .] [Mass. Court Records, May 13, 1640.] m r Edward Woodman, m r Willi : Paine, & m r Thom : Nelson are appointed to viewe, & settle the bounds between Hampton and Cole- chester, & to make return to the courte. \Hamj)ton and Colchester .] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 7, 1640.] Wee, whose names are under written according to the order of the generall court, have taken viewe of the bounds of Hampton, & Colechester, according to o r best light by o r discovery, & fro m in- formation of both the townes, wee judge it most equall that the line begining at Hampton ryver mouth, runing from thence, so as to leave m r Bachilers farme layde out in Hampton bounds, & from /i] P. 228.] APPENDIX. 867 the southerlist line of m r Bachilers farme the line to extend wester- ly between Colechester, & Hampton, the same point of the compas that merrimack ryver runes, from the mouth to the end of Colechest- er bounds Septemb r 24, 1640 Thom : Nelson Willi : Paine Edward Woodman :/ [Hampton.~\ [Mass. Court Records, May 13, 1651.] Itt is Ordered by this Court that M r Samuell winslow M r W m Paine M r Samuell Hall and M r Thomas Bradbury or any three of them shall be comissioners to lay out the northermost line of Hampton toward Pascataqe River. [Hampton. [Mass. Court Records, May 22, 1651.] Its Ordered by this Court that M r Samuel winslow m r w m Payne m r Samuel Hall & M r Thomas Bradbury shalbe Commissiono 18 or any three of them to lay out the Northermost line of Hampton towards Pascataq : River [. Hampton and Exeter. [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 14, 1651.] Uppon the request of the Inhabitants of Hampton M r Samuel Winslow m r Tho : Bradbury & Leiu 1 Pike or any Two of them are appoynted Commissiono” to Lay out the west End of their Toune Line towards Exeter ^vided, that Exeter have timely notice of the time when it is to be done to the end they may have Lib r tie to make theire objections which s’d Commissiono" shall make returne thereof to the next courte of Election 868 APPENDIX. [. Bounds of Hamfton, i 6^2.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. i.J Att a Generali Courtt Held att Boston 26 th may 1652 The Courtt Approved of the Com’itties Returne Here Under written Respecting the north line of Hampton bounds so as itt In- trench nott on any fformer Grantts Wee whose names are Here Under written being appointed by y e Generali Courtt to lay outt y e northermost line of Hampton Bounds towards pascataway have Determined thatt the north line shall Extend five mile from Hamp- ton Meeting House & from thence Upon an East line to the sea, and with the westerly line Untill they Come within two miles of Exeturs presentt meeting House, and the Rest of the line which is to Extend as fare as Salisburie Bounds wee leave to further Con- sideration Syned Samuel Winslow Samuel Hall Tho Bradbury Thatt this is a true Copie taken outt of y e Courtts Records Attests Edward Rawson Secret 17 This is a true Coppie Compared by me Samuell Dalton Com’issn r [Hampton . ] [Mass. Court Records, May 27* 1652.] M r Thomas Bradbury m r Samuell Winslow & Samuel Hull, be- inge appoynted as Commissiono" to lay out the Northermost Line of Hampton Boundes towards Pascataq have determined that the North Line shall extend five miles from Hampton meeting house & from thence uppon an East Line to the sea, & with the westerly Line untill they come within Two miles of Exeter p r sent meetinge howse, & the rest of the Line which was to extend as farr as Salsbury boundes they left to further consideration, Subscribed, w th there hands. 6:8:51. The Court haveing ^used this returne of the commissiono" ap- prove of what they have done respecting the laying out of the bounds of Hampton aforesd ^vided it intrench not on any former graunt m r Samuel Winslow m r Thomas Bradbury & Leiu* Robert Pike being appoynted to Lay out the west end of Hampton Bounds uppon theire request have liberty graunted them till the next session of this court to accomplish the court order therein APPENDIX. 869 \^Hamj)ton and Exeter, j [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 30, 1651.] Uppon the request of y e Inhabitants of Hampton M r Samuel winslow M r Thomas Bradbury, and Left Rob 1 Pike or any two of them are Appointed Comissioners to lay out the west end of their Toune Lyne towards Exetur and to make Retourne thereof to the next Court of Eleccion Provided Exetur have timely notice of the time when it is to be donne to y e end they may have liberty to make their objeccions [. Hampton . ] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 112, p. 42.] Att a Generali Court of Election the 26 th May 1652 It is ordered that Samuell Winsley Thomas Bradbury and Robert Pike shall have further Libertie to lay out the West end of Hampton bounds till the next Sessions of this Court This is a true Coppie taken out of the Court Record Edward Rawson Secre’ty This not being done the Deputyes think meet to give the com- mission” time to lay the out s d bounds till the court of Election & desir o r hono r magis ts Consent hereunto William Torrey Cleric Consented to by the magis ts Edw Rawson Secre’ty [ ' Hampton. [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1652.] Itt is ordered, that Samuell winsly, Thomas Bradbury and Robert Pike shall have further libertie to lay out y e west end of Hampton bounds, till y e next sessions of this Courte. 870 APPENDIX. [Hamfiton . ] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 26, 1652.] Itt is Ordered, that Samuell winsly Thomas Bradbury and Rob 4 Pike shall have further liberty as a Committee to lay out the west end of Hampton Bounds till the next Court of Election [Ham fit on. ~\ [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1652.] The Court Approoves of the Comittees Retuorne heereunder writ- ten Respecting the north lyne of Hampton bounds so as it Intrench not on any former Graunt Wee, whose names are heereunder written being Appointed by the Gennerall Courte to lay out the northermost line of Hampton bounds towards Pascataquake have determined that the north line shall extend five miles from Hampton meeting howse and from thence uppon an East line to the sea and w th the westerlie lyne untill they come w th in two miles of Exciters present meeting house and the rest of the line which is to extend as farr as Salisbury bounds wee leave to farther consideration. Samuell winslow Samuell Hall Tho : Bradbury [. Bounds of Hamfiton, [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 7.] Att a Generali Court held att Boston the 18 th of may 1653 It is ordred that M r Samuel Winslow M r Thomas Bradbury and left Robert Pike Shall Have ffother libertie to lay out y e west End of Hampton Bounds till y s next session of this Court This is a tru Copie of y e Court order Edward Rawson Secretary Vera Copia as it stand Recorded in Hampton Towne Booke Attest Henry Dow Clerke [Entered in Mass. Court Records, May 18, 1653.] Att a Generali Court Held att Boston y e 30 th August 1653 : In Answer to the request of the deputie of Hampton It is Ordered APPENDIX. 871 that the return of the Comissioners appointed to lay the west End of Hampton bounds Shall be recorded which this Court ap- proves of and is as ffolowith Wee Whose names are here under Written being Chosen by y e Generali Court to lay out the West End of Hampton Bounds upon our best informatione Have Concluded that y e West Line shall runne ffrom the Extent of the line fformerly agreed upon to Come within two miles of Exeter Meeting House upon a direct line to that part of Ass Brooke Where the Highway goes Over And ffrom thence upon a direct line So as to leave Exeter ffalls a mile and a half due north of the same and ffrom thence upon a west and be North line as ffarr as the utmost Extent of Salisbury That was we intend the ffall att the Towne Bridg : Samuell Winslow Thomas Bradbury Robert Pike This is a tru Copie taken out of the Courts Booke of Records as Attest Edward Rawson Secretary Vera Copia as it stand Recorded in Hampton Towne Booke As attest Henry Dow Clerke \_Hampton.~] [Mass. Court Records, Aug. 30, 1653.] M r Samuell Winsley m r Tho : Bradbury & m r Robt Pyke being Chosen by the gen : Court to lay out the west ends of hampton bounds uppon their best information have Concluded That their west Lyne shall run from the extent of the Lyne formerly agreed on to Come within two miles of Exeter meetinge howse uppon a Direct Lyne to that pt of Alse brooke where the high way goes over & from thence uppon a direct Lyne so as to leave Exeter ffalls at y e towne bridge a mile & a halfe due north of the same, & from thence uppon a west & by north Lyne as far at the uttmost extent of Salsbury bounds that way Their names were subscribed. \_Hampton.~\ [Mass. Court Records, Sept. 10, 1653.] In Ans r to y e Request of the deputy of Hampton Itt is ordered 872 APPENDIX. that the Retourne of the Comissioners Appointed to lay out the west end of Hampton bounds shall be Recorded which this Court Approoves of & is as followeth Wee whose names are heereunder written being chosen by the Gennerall Court to lay out the west end of Hampton bounds uppon o r best Informacion have Conclud- ed that the west line shall runne from the extent of the line for- merly Agreed uppon to come w th in two miles of Exitur meeting howse uppon a direct line to that parte of Asse Brooke where the high way goes over and from thence uppon a direct line so as to leave Exitur Falls a mile & halfe due north of the same and from thence uppon a west & by north line as farr as the utmost extent of Salisbury bounds that way, wee intend the falls at the Towne bridge. Sam : Winsley Tho 8 Bradbury Robert Pyke [Hampton and Salisbury .] [Mass. Court Records, May 23, 1655.] Whereas there hath bin a diffrence between Hampton & Sals- bury about Running of the Line betwixt them according to the Returne It is therefore Ordered that m r Edward Woodman & Mathew Boyce are appoynted a Committee & Impowred to goe on the place & determine the way of explanation where the direct Line shall Run betwixt them & what shalbe done by them or any two of them to be returned under their hands to this Court in May next w ch shalbe a final issue betweene them [. Hampton and Salisbury .] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 13, 1655.] Whereas there hath binn a difference betweene Hampton and Salisbury about runing the line betwixt them according to the Re- tourne Itt is therefore Ordered that m r w m Paine m r Edward Wood- man and m r Mathew Boies are Appointed a Comittee & Impowered to goe on y e place and determine by way of explanation where the direct line shall runne betweene them and what shall be donne by them or any two of them : retourned under theire hands to this Court in may next shall be a finall Issue betweene them :/ APPENDIX. 873 [. Hampton and Salisbury .] [Mass. Court Records, May 14, 1656.] In Answer to the petition of the Toune of Hampton ffor more full satisfaction and for prevention of further discord betweene the Tounes of Salisbury & Hampton It is ordered that m r Samuell Dudley w th the former Comittee or any two of them shall Againe Consider of the Case and heere the Allegations of both parties and present a retourne with a Plat drawne & signed by Some Artist at the next session of this Court with theire full determination & ex- planation of the line betweene the said Tounes y e Chardg thereof to be borne by Hampton : \^Hampton and Salisbury .] [Mass. Court Records, May, 1656.] In answer to the petition of the Towne of Hampton for Settleinge of the boundes betwixt them and Salsbury This Court orders for a more full satisfaction & p r venting of further discord between the Townes That the former Committee or any Two of them Together w th m r Dudley doe agayne Consider of the Case & here the Alega- tions of both ^tyes & p r sent a returne with a plat drawne & signed by som Artist at the next session of this Court with their full deter- minate 11 & explanation of the line between the sd Townes & the Charges to be borne by Hampto 11 only \_Hamj>ton and Salisbury .] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 14, 1656.] There having bin heretofore an order of this Court appoyntinge severall commission 13 to settle the bounds betweene Hampton & Salsbury which is not yet effected the sd Commissiono 13 not ap- pearinge that a finall Issue may be put thereunto this Court doth appoynt Cap 1 Brian Pendleton m r George Gittens Robt Lord & ensign Howlett or any three of them, to settle all differences be- tween the two townes in reference to their bounds according to the last order of this Gen 11 Court makeing their returne to the next Courte of election 874 APPENDIX. [Hampton and Salisbury .] [Mass. Court Records, May 6, 1657.] In answer to the pet. of the Inhabitants of Salsbury, in reffer- ence to the settling of the bounds between Hampton & them the Court hath Nominated Lieu 4 John Applton m r Joseph Metcalfe & m r W m Bartholomew of Ipswich Nic° Noyce & Daniel Pearce of Newbery who are hereby empowred as Commissio r8 to act in this case according to former orders of Court & whatsoever they or y e majo r pt of them shall conclude in refference to the sd bounds mentioned in this pet. to stand firme & good divided that Cap 4 Nic° Shapleigh of Charles Towne be ^ cured by the ^tyes to assist the Commissiono' 3 in drawing out a plott & runing the line according to their direction the Charg of the Commission to be borne equally by both Townes & the artist to be payd by Salsbury only & that a True returne be made of what is done herein to the next session of this Court to be ratifyed & Confirmed [Report of Committee on Line between Hampton and Salisbury , [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 9.] Att a Second session of y e Generali Couttt began in October i6 57 wee whose names are hereunto subscribed being appointed by the Gen 11 Courtt to Consider & to Determin the Bounds betwixt y® two townes of Hampton & Salisburie wee Haveing bin upon y® lands in Difference between the sd Townes, and haveing heard y e Alligations on both sides Doe acording to o r best understanding Determine after Due observations of all former orders as followeth Viz that y e bounds between the two townes towards the sea is to bee upon a Straight line begining att y e middle of Hampton Rivers mouth, and Runing Upwards Unto a marked tree being & stand- ing att y® upermost Corner of y® farme Conronly Called m r Bacheldors farme the sd line to Runn : Upon a west north west point of the Compas nearest & the sd line being so Runn by both Townes & marked outt According as Capt Shapligh hath drawn the plott, wee Agree upon Consideration of all pleas, thatt the Towne of Salisburie shall have & Enjoy Thirty Acres of marsh on APPENDIX. 875 the north side of y e sayd line towards Hampton att y e lower End of y e sd line to bee layd outt by both Townes and Adjoyning to the line, also for y e Uper line into the woods, wee Determin y‘ thatt y e line shall Runn from y e marked tree before mentioned upon a west & by north line Nearest Acording as Capt Shaply both Given in the line of the Trending of merimack River the which we Con- clude to bee the Bounds between the two townes Unto theire Utmost Exteentt towards Haverell ; wee Doe further Declare thatt whatt marsh the Towne of Salisburie Hath layd outt to Anie of their Inhabitants y* shall fall within the line above mentioned towarde Hampton they shall Injoy and so much more as shall make Up the whole thirty Acres to bee Layd outt below y® pro- prietors is there to bee found or else Above Joyning to y e line, and this wee Give as o r Determination to the busines to us Com’itted Concerning the p r mises Witnes o Hands : 3 th Day of y e fift month — 1657 John Appleton : Joseph Methcalfe [Metcalf] w :m Bartholomew : Daniell Peirce The Court Approves of the Returne of these Com’issin r3 in RefFerenc to the bounds before mentioned & orders itt to stand as a finall Determination of y* Case which hath bin so long in Con- troversy — This is A true Coppie as itt stands Recorded in y r Gen- erali Courtt Records Compard ^ Samuell Dalton [Entered in Mass. Court Records, Oct. 23., 1657.] \_Hampton Committe on JVew Castle Petition , i6g^C\ [Mss. “Prov. Boundaries,” p. 14.] Att a Legall meetting of the ffreholders of Hampton May the 20 th 1695 Called by Authoritie 2 J y Capt n Henry Dow and Leiut nt Christepher Palmer were Chosen by the Major Voat to goe to New Castle in Obeadience to and order Received fFrom the Honourable The leiut nt Governour and Councill to shew our reasons why we are not Willing The Petition of New Castell should be granted And we doe give unto them the Sayd Capt n Dow & Leiut nt Palmer ffull power to act in our behalf Concerning the above mentioned according to their descretion voted vera Copia taken out of Hampton Towne Booke As Attest Henry Dow Clerk 876 APPENDIX. [. Draft of Commission to Run Line , iyoiS\ [Mss. “Prov. Boundaries,” p. io.] Whereas y e U Gov r & Councill were pleased to appoint a Com- ittee to run several lines Between Portsm 0 Hampton & Exeter in order to y e Settlem 1 of the Towns bounds, & Whereas y e ffive mile north line from Hampton Meeting house was never yet Setled to y e Satisfaction of all ^ties concernd These are therefore to Auth- orize & Appoint you Maj r W m Vaughan Cap 1 Jn° Pickerin & Cap 1 Tobias Langdon or in either of yo r Absence m>- Jn° Dennet, of Portsm 0 & of Hampton to run y® Line afores d & in order thereto to meet on Monday next being y e 28 th Curr 11 by Eight a clock in y e Morning at y e meeting house in Hampton & thence take yo r Departure Due north untill 5 mile be ended & fforthw 01 make return & yo r Doeing herein to my selfe at Portsm 0 Dated this 24 th of July 1701/ ^Petition in Regard to Bounds of Hampton, ijoi [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 19.] 5 th of August 1701 To the Honourable the left nt Govenour and Councill of this his Majesties Province of New Hampshere The Humble Petetion of Uss Whose Names are hereunto sub- scribed being the Select men of the Toune of Hampton Humbly shewith That although it have bin for a long time the Earnist desire of our inhabitants and our Representatives that the bounds of our Towne might be settelled yitt it was that it might be don as nere as it might be thought Conveniant to our former Settelment by the Generali Court att Boston And We are Humbly of the opinion that no perticuler person or Towne can have any ffaire Colour to so much as Crave att this Juncture of time to Come Within our antient pos- sesions that have bin Setteled by that Court and We have possesed quietly for about fiftie years as the orders of Court make appeare And now understanding that a Com’ittie have bin appointed to Run a line ffrom Winicut River saw mile or near it to our ould bound tree by Ass Brooke Which being done doe greatly desterb APPENDIX. 877 a great many of our inhabitants and Will disquiet all of them if it should be so Confermed by your Honours by Reason severall men had land granted to them by Hampton the 22 th of the 12 th month 1669 and layd out to them from the Extent of our Bounds begin- ing Within two mils of Exeter ould Meeting House so all the way to the sea side but by Reason some of those that layd it out died suddenly before they had made ther Return So that Severall of the bounds were lost and the Endien Warr Hindred the laying of it out againe for Severall years att last Aplication Was made to the Towne to have the same layd out againe Which was done by men appointed as appeare by there Return upon Record in our Towne Booke dated y e first of Jenuary 1699 and Severall of thes lotts have bin bought and Sould and deeds made of the same And this line lately Run as above sayd take off from Hampton as it is sayd all the Whole lotts of some and part of other some to y e Number of about 40 of those mens lotts besids 4 or 5 mens lotts of Meadow ground Which disquite the peopell thay fare the losing of there lands now thay have bin att such great Exspence to defend there Right Now for the quieting of our inhabitants We are Moved by Severall of them Humbly to Pray your Honours that the Bounds of our Towne May be Confermed according to our antient Bounds viz to Extend five mile North from our ould Meeting House and from that North tree upon a direct line Within two Mile of Exeter ould Meeting House from thence upon a direct line to our ould bounds by ass Brook from thence upon a direct line to our bound tree a mile and a Half south from Exeter fals and then upon a West & by North line as fiformerly And from our five mile tree due North from the meeting House to our ould bound on Joslings Neck and that the Same May be Confermed by a law Which Will be to the great Satisfaction of our inhabitants in Generali and to us Who subscrib our Selvs and are your Hon- ours Most Humble and dutifull Servants Nath 11 Weare Morrice Hobs John Galt Christopher Page Jonathan Philbrick Jn° Tucke Samuel Dow Select men of Hampton 878 APPENDIX. [ Bounds of North Parish of Hampton , iyip.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 79.] In Council May 29 th 1729 — The Com’ittee appointed to ascertain the bounds of the New Parish at the north end of Hampton, made their return as fol- lows — Pro N. Hamp r We the Subscribers being a Com’ittee appointed by the Gov- ernour and Council for to Settle and ascertain the bounds & lim’its of a Parish Granted by the Governour & Council on May 2 d 1719 within the township of Hampton at the north end of Said Town (viz 1 ) It shall take its begining at the north tree betwixt Hampton and Portsm 0 and to Measure three Miles South from Said North tree, and there to Make a bound Mark, and from thence east South east two degrees east down to the Sea, and from Said bound Mark, three miles to the South of Said North tree aforesaid, West norwest two degrees west as far til they meet Hampton line which runs betwixt Said north tree and Streatham line and the above boundaries when so run out as above Specifyed is the bounds of Said Parish by us the 26 th day of May 1719 — Nich 0 Gilman Mark Hunking Jn° Gilman Shad a Walton True Copy Rich d Waldron Sec ry In Council May 2 d 1719-7- Ordered That there be a Parish in the north part of Hampton, and that Mark Hunking Shad a Walton Nich 0 Gilman and John Gil- Esq rs be a Com’ittee to ascertain the bounds and lim’its of Said Parish, that is to say, between the old Parish and the New ; To be Compleated and finish’d before the first tuesday in June next — True Copy Rich d Waldron Sec ry \_Bounds of Ham ft on and Parishes , iyjo.~] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 83.] 9 r the 26 th 1730. In the house of Representatives upon the heareing of the ^sons Concernd in the Ry Petition for a line toward Hampton & upon heareing the Parties of Ry & Hampton and their arguments both agreeing on the within Draught Voted That there Shall be added to the parrish of Rye by a line, APPENDIX. 879 Begining at David Smiths Lot at Portsmouth line and to run West- ward as Said Smiths Lot Runns the Length of the first North Divission in Hampton takeing in the Said Smiths Lot and to Runn Westward one Quarter of a Mile towards hampton as the Lots Called the Quarter of a Mile Lotts runn and then to Runn Down to the Sea at the Westerly End of the Said Quarter of a Mile Lotts Takeing the Jennes’s & Philbrooks Land to the Sea: and the ^ sons and Estates within these lines to belong to Rye to all Intents & purposes James Jeffry Cle r Ass m In Hampton old Parish is nine square mile & one quarter In that Part set to north hill is thirteen square mile In the Parish of wri is five square mile lacking 84 acres In the gore is 500 acres & In the Piece near brekfast hill is 300 acres which being added to wri makes the Paris of wri to be Six square mile & 76 acres 88o APPENDIX. Pro : of New > Hampshire > Hampton March y e 1 6 th 1729-30 we the Subscribers being appoynted by the Goverment of Said province a Commity to Draw a plan of the old parrish of Hamton and the North hill parrish and also of the wholl parrish of ry with those parsons Told off from Portsmouth and greenland — we Con- sidering the Exceeding Dificolty of mesuaring all the afor said parrishes by reson of the wett traveling and shortness of the time alowd us — we have returned this within plan Drawn by the best information we could posably procure Andrew Wiggin William Moore Nicho 1 Gilman Barth 0 Thing In the house of Representatives upon Reconsidering the above vote voted That this addition be made to the above Vote viz* That the Estates of Joseph Brown James Fuller : Joseph Marston & Francis Lock : which Ly in the first North Divission in Hampton Do pay to the parrish of Rye all Taxes thereon — 9 r the 21 th 1730 James Jeffry Cle r Ass m In Coun 1 Nov r 28 1730 Read and Concurr’d w th y e foregoing Votes Rich d Waldron Cler Con I assent to the preceding Votes / T Belcher Nov r 28 : [Plan of Hamfton. ] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 240.] The Plan of Hampton old Town and in it the old Claim of North hill and also the Parish of Rye — southly of the town meeting house Examined and tryed and nearly agreeing with the original Plann measured from the meeting House Southly to the Main River at the clam banks below the falls Rivers mouth and it is Just one mile and Sixty rod agreeing Exactly with the former Plann — and from the meeting house to the town bridg being one mile & 20 rod agreeing within 20 rod of the former Plann — and from the meeting house to the outer point of the Grate Bores head the Distance is APPENDIX. 881 almost two mile — and from the meeting house to the Ceaders So Called which is three Trees standing on sand hills near the Rivers mouth is two mile and sixty rods from the meeting House to frees house is one half of one mile and twenty Eight rod — the bredth of the Marsh from the upland southly of freeys to the Main River at the Clam banks is one half of one mile and twelve rod £ 882 APPENDIX. [. Petition Relative to Bounds between Hampton and Rye , //j/.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 93.] To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq Governour and Com- mander In Chief in and over His Majesties Province of New Hampshire in New England to the Honourable the Councel and House of representitives in General Assembly Convened The Pitition of the select men of Hampton in said Provence in behalf of said Town most Humbly sheweth that where as the General Court of this Provence in November 1730 Passed the fol- “ lowing Vote namely That There shall be added to the Parish of “ Rye by a line begining att David Smiths Lott att Portsmouth “ line and to run west ward as said smiths Lott runs the Length “ of the first north Division in Hampton takeing in the said smiths “ Lott: and run west ward one Quarter of a mile as the Lotts “ Called the Quarter of a mile Lotts run towards Hampton and “then to run Down to the sea att the westly End of the said “ Quarter of a mile Lotts takeing in the Jeneses and Philbricks “ L^nd to the sea and the Parsons and Estate within these Lines “ to belong to Rye to all Intents and purposes and that the Estats “ of Joseph Brown : James fuller Joseph marston and francis Lock “ Do Pay to the Parish of Rye all Taxes — your Pititioners are Humbly of the opinion that the Parish of Rye have Extended their Juresdiction beyond what was the treu an Geniwine Intent and meaning of the above recited vote — they Presumeing to run one Quarter of a mile westly from the South westly End of said smiths Lott with out any regard to the fore recited Lotts called the Quarter of a mile Lotts & then run Down to the sea on such a Corse as would take in all the Jannesses and Philbricks Land Lett it Lay where itt will your Pititioners Are Humbly of opinion that there may some Doubts Arise on what should be the meaning of those words in the fore recited vote — takeing in the Jennesses and Philbricks Land to the sea and that there is some Ambiguity in them which want An Explanation — with out which much Ilcon- venecy will follow the Town of Hampton haveing already as well as Rye rated the same Parsons and boath Demanding their rates of them by means where of such Parsons Labour under grate Dif- ficultys and grater are Like to Ensue some time in the month of March Last Benjamin Lamprey junr of said Hampton was actually Imprisoned by Rye Constable because he would not Pay to Rye the said Lamprey Liveing a Considerable Distance in upon Hamp- APPENDIX. 883 ton second north Division south west ward of the Quarter of a mile So Called your Petitioners are Humbly of the opinion that he ought to be rated to Hampton in all rates — and all other Parsons and Lands also being to the south west ward of the randg of the westly Ends of the fore said Quarter of a mile Lotts from said Smith Lott Down to the sea Excepting onely that bodey of Land owned by John Jennes and Joseph Philbrick on which and adjoin- ing to where they Live — which bodey of Land your Petitioners Humbly Conseve is what was Intended by the Jennesses and Philbricks Land mentioned in the fore recited vote — some of Rye carrie the matter So far as to say that If the fore recited Joseph Brown James fuller Joseph Marston and Francis Lock should Pur- chesse Estates or any other ways Come by them in Part of Hamp- ton that itt ought to be rated to Rye and that by the Jenesses and Philbricks is Intend all of that name and that the Lands belong- ing to any of that name belong to Rye — the Case being thus your Petitioners Earnestly Pray your Excellency and the Honourable Councel and House of representitives to take this Pitition under Consideration and Explain the fore recited vote and what the Line is between Hampton and Rye and order that the Parson who heth had rates unjustly taken from him may have the same restored by them that Did the same and your Pititioners as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray Henery Derbon J Josiah Moulton I Select men of Jeremiah Marston | Sd Hampton Abraham Drake J August 18 th — 1737 In the House of Representatives the within Petition Read — and Voted that the Pet 1 ' 8 Serve the Selectmen of Rye with a Coppy of the Petition to appeare before the Gen 11 Ass m on the 3 d day of the sitting of the General Ass m at their next Sessions — to shew Cause (if they Can) why the Prayer of the Petition may not be granted — and that Daniell ffogg & Benj a Lampre Jun r be not rated by Either partys till the affaire be Ended James Jeffry Cle r Ass m In Coun 1 Eod m Die Read and Concurrd Rich d Waldron Sec 17 Same day Assented to J Belcher 8 r the 20 th -i737~By agreem* of the Parties this affaire is Con- tinued to the third day of the Next Sitting of the Gen 11 Ass m James Jeffry Cle r Ass m 88 4 APPENDIX. November the 15 th 1738 In the House of Representatives The within Petitioners and the Delegates for the Parrish of Rye were heard by their Council, and the House having Considered thereof : voted — that this is an Explanation of the vote of the Gen 11 Assembly made the 26 th of 9^1730: Describing a line between hampton and Rye viz* to begin at David Smiths Lott at Ports- mouth line and then running westward as Said Smiths lot runs the length of the first North Division in Hampton, takeing in the Said Smiths Lott, and then running Westward as the Quarter of a Mile Lotts runs towards Hampton to the Westerly End of Said Lotts as they are now laid, and thence bounding on the Westerly End of Said Quarter of a mile Lotts towards the Sea, to the uttermost bounds of Said Quarter of a Mile Lotts, and to the Easterly Corner of the Second North Divission Lotts, and then to run A Streight line to the Westerly Corner of that body of Laid Claimed by John Jennes & Richard Jennes & Joseph Philbrook, where they now live and so bounding on the Westerly Side of Said Jennesses and Philbrooks Land to the Sea James Jeffry Cle r Ass m In Coun 1 Eod m die Read and Concurrd Rich d Waldron Sec' 7 Same day Assented to J Belcher [. Petition from Joseph Dearborn to Belong to Hampton, 174.0"] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 115.] To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq r Governour and Com- mander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hamp- shire The Honorable his Majestys Council and House of Repre- sentatives for said Province in General Assembly Convened — The Petition of Joseph Derbon humbly sheweth That your Petitioners Dwelling house is so situated that Sometimes he has been accounted to belong to Stretham, sometimes to Hampton, but at the last running of the dividing Line between Portsmouth and Hampton his dwelling house fell about twelve foot within the Parish of Greenland (which Parish is in the Town of Portsmouth) That your Petitioners Farm lyes partly in Greenland, Partly in Hamp- ton and partly in Stretham, That your Petitioners dwelling house (as the Road goeth) is four mile from Greenland Meeting house APPENDIX. 885 and but about Two mile from North Hill Meeting House (so called) That your Petitioner and his family labour under great difficultys & disadvantages with respect to their attending the publick worship of God at Greenland, That your Petitioner is rated to Greenland Hampton and Stretham — Wherefore your Petitioner humbly prays that his Estate in Greenland Hampton and Stretham aforesaid together with all the Polls that now are or hereafter shall be setled or Live on said land or any part thereof, may be polled off to North : Hill parish (so called) and that as to his Province Tax he may pay the same in the Town of Hampton when there shall be a new Proportion and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever Pray &c Joseph Dearborn Province of New Hampshire In the House of Representatives ffe b 12 th 1739-40 the within Petition Read & voted the Petitioner Serve the Select men of Greenland with a Copy of the Petition and the Order of Court hereon to appeare fryday the 15 th Curr* at ten of the Clock before noon to be heard & Shew Cause &c a why the Prayer of the Petition may not be granted : all at the Charge of the Petitioner James Jeffry Cle r Ass m In Coun 1 Eod m die Read and Concurrd with the following amendment (Namely) that the time for hearing be on tuesday next (if the Court be then Sitting) instead of fryday next, and if the Court be not then Sitting on the third day of the next Session Rich d Waldron Sec ry Eod m Die In the House of Representatives Read & Concurr’d with the Councils amendm‘ James Jeffry Cle r Ass m feb : 13 : 1739-40 Assented to J Belcher In the House of Representatives ffeb ry the 19 — 1738-40 the Within Petition Read and the Parties heard by their Council the House having Considered thereon : Voted that the Prayer of the Petition be granted, and that the Petitioner have liberty to Bring his Bill accordingly James Jeffry Cle r Ass ra In Coun 1 feb' 7 21. 1739-40 Read and Non-Concurr’d Rich d Waldron Sec ry 886 APPENDIX. \_Request for Division Line in Hampton, ijq.2.~\ [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 125.] Jun the 7 th 1742 We the subscribrs of the north part of Hampton desire to put into the Hon 1 * 1 general Court to se if thay will grant us a line btwene the parish in Hampton or order to mantn the two ministrs togathar or any other way bi thar Considrachon Moses Leavitt lisha thomas Benjamin Thomas uiakrtah Bacheldr APPENDIX. 887 Att a Legall Meeting of y e ffreeholders of y e Town of Hampton the 3 d day of September 1742 2 — that m r Sam 11 palmer Ju r & Jonathan Garland be a Com- ’ittee to appear at y e Generali Court at there Next setting in y e behalfe of y e Town to answere in the affaire of y e pititioners of North hill — Voted 3 — that we are willing that those parsons the pititioners which are desires to belong to the parish at north hill should with their Estates belong there — Voted Vera Copia Attest Sam 11 Dow Town Clr k \_Hamfton Falls Line , iyj6.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 105.] Mun d September 2 d 1736 Hampton ffalls beginning at Stone Bridge & then West & by North one half Mile from thence on A Streight Line till it Crosses Horse Hill road forty rods below or to the Estward of Jon a Browns Dwelling House & So on A Streight Continued Line till it Intersects the Divideing Line between Salisbury & Hampton from the End of the first s d Half Mile above Stone bridge the above s d Line Extended to Exeter Line- — Joseph Sherburn Theod r Atkinson Edward Hall Sam 11 Palmer \_Hamfton Falls and Kensington . ] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 107.] To His Excelency Jonathan Belchar Esq r Gove nr and Comander in Cheef in & Over the Province of Newhampshire & the Hono- rable the Membars of the Councel & house of Represantatives Now Sitting The humble address & Petition of the Selectmen of the parish of hampton falls Most humbly Sheweth — That as there was an act past for the setting of a parish at the westerly part of this Parish by the name of kinsington and the 888 APPENDIX. bounds Set in the Said act for the Devideing Line between the Said parishes We Conseve was Ment a Strait Line half a Mile westerly of the Stone bridge to Run Strait from Salisbery bounds to Exeter bounds but the Select men of kinsington agree with us in Runing Southerly but Say that thay will Come to the Stone bridg to run from thence to Exeter bounds So that there is half a mile in bredth from said stone bridge to Exeter line in Dispute and severall Inhab- itence liable to be Rated both waies and a grate Deal of trouble & Dificulty arise therefore to prevent those troubls & that we May have no farther Dispute We humbly pray that the true meaning of what was Intended to be the bounds Whether it wear a strait line or Not May be so Explaind that we may have no farther Disputs in that matter & your Petition- ars as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray Select men for Hampton falls James Prescutt Jona a ffifield Joseph Worth In Coun 1 Augs* 12, 1737 — Read & Voted that the petitioners have leave to Bring in a Bill agreeable to the Original Return of the Com’itte hereto annexed R Waldron Sec 17 Eod m Die In the House of Representatives the above Vote of Councill Read & Concurrd Aug st 19. 1737 Consented to James Jeffry Cle r Ass ia ' J Belcher -v» * M i to b/»/l orfj rr<> v/ibl orb mo -ft \i>n/,t>iG obJ u/or^m ffr i» rtr Vvr\. . 1: ■ ' o ! : . r. \ ■ • • rr i;0 * . // I- it Jii o m ;o on" I* * DffBJaib'teaifisn orb bnc bo-i £i bn/5 ofim f ad o) t onrdGb ft frioTt bn/; bo'i 0? db ' bn/. • j lirn £ *r onrJ notqnmH srrbsn pvrtsi 9/irJ tiigi/m^ r. no ?AUii notqm/iH tt/? dai/ori ^riimrrt I bo*j 001 A tdifri :: .q ->o 5>V- . ; . rijiw bib I xtoiegniX *4o v/o' w :ol< o H no v»t u.i- ^uoli ^uiJoorn //■■ : ' ' orfl briuoi o// bne oaixori ginioorn bio rmteg^pf rfllv/ •xijorf vnii'om n ioi t>rru: i orb & • - :>• ' - r : . ■ . •• ; bio 9 fb ot. gbfi&te amfiil : bit: >. .‘id// rioJ8£ui/ & qfni.n r \y.j .> - r orb of bjso-H or ' or: • *>''•’• s PJ Ujndt r ar;l lornix/I buxnfiB Xaafs h APPENDIX. 889 [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 102.] 890 APPENDIX [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 216.] /c oj APPENDIX. [. Kingston and Chester. \ [Mss. ‘‘Town Boundaries,” p. 73.] according to an order of Council to us bareing Date may the 25. 1728 we did repair to Kingston north Corner bounds on thursday the 30th of may fore s d to try the trew Corse of the Divideing Line between the towne of Chester and the sd Kingston and we find the Centre of the trew Corse between the Sd towns to be eight degrees to the westward of South & better or South & between 8 & 9 deg west: ly as the Line has been run & marked out between the two Said towns formerly and understanding the said order that the trew Corse of said Line when found should be Contineued on to the southward on the uper & westly part of Kingston till itt came to the Extent of Said Kingstwon to the southward we Did accordingly the next Day Contineu on the same Corse of South and between 8 & 9 deg w: ly to a white oke now marked standing on the south Easterly Edg of high Land Laying nere and on the North westrly Part of a Pond Called Island Pond and time failing us wee could Proceed no further and this is the Servay that wee have taken upon the above Said order that wee Recevied Samuell Palmer [. Kingston Committee Ap pointed 1739-40.'] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 114-] Kingston East Parish Jan y y e 29 th 1739-40 Att A Legal Meeting of y e Inhabitants & freeholders of y e s d East Parish in Kingston i 8t John Darling was Chosen Moderator for s d meeting 4 ly voted that Joseph Grele, William Boynton, Jeremy Webster, Nathan Batchelder, Ralph Blasdel, Ben] 11 Morril, & John Webster ; Shall be A Com tee to Represent the s d Parish at the Gen 11 Court about A Line between our s d Parish & the Town ; Vera Copia attest Jeremy Webster Cler : for y e East Parish in Kingstown 892 APPENDIX. [. Boundary between Two Kingston Parishes, 7740.] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 119.] Province of > Pursuant to an order of the General Court dated New Hamp r 5 the fifteenth day of February last past. We have been at Kingston and viewed both parts of the Said Town and having duely considered the quantity and quality of the lands the Situation of the two meeting houses and the Settlements of the Inhabitants together with the Course and Distances of the Roads, we are humbly of opinion that the dividing boundary between the first Parish and the other called Kingston East Parish be as fol- lows namely, That a Strait line be run from meeting house to meeting house and that from the middle of the Said line, a line be run by the Compass North to Exeter Bounds and South to Salis- bury Bounds and that the Said line extending from Exeter to Salisbury Intersecting the first line in the middle be the established boundary between the two Parishes Saving to such persons as desire it who happen to fall within the east Parish the liberty of belonging still to the old Parish there to receive Privilege and do Duty, the aforesaid line notwithstanding, Provided Such Persons shall make their Request known in writing under' their hands to the Select men of the Town within a Month after the Said Bound- ary shall be setled by a Law ; and that the Persons who shall so enter their Request with the Selectmen aforesaid together with the estates they live upon shall be entirely exonerated and free from any duty as Parishoners within the Said East Parish Notwithstand- ing their Residence within The Same, and moreover it is our opinion that whatsoever Farms shall happen to be divided by the aforesaid Boundary, That the whole of the said Farm being one piece of Land, shall be taxed in that Parish in which the owner of the said Farm is a Parishoner — All which is submitted by Dated August 4 th 1740 Rich d Waldron Eph m Dennet Edward Hall Tho 9 Packer In the House of Representatives August 5^1740: The within Return Read and accepted with the following amendm 4 viz* that these words (Excepting those that were Polled off to the East ^ish by a former vote or act & by the Town) be added in the 24 th Line where the hand is markt — and in the last Clause of the if ) o.t bibb; ) bul • n- bit •• I ' 3 ', '*/ : <' 1 ; ' ^ ' '/■'>[ . j APPENDIX. 893 Return : viz* when any Farm is split by the Dividing Line; It be Entred that the owner shall have liberty to declare which ^ish he will pay too : (Still Excepting those that were formerly Polled off to the East ^ish : and that the Petitioners have liberty to bring in their Bill accordingly James Jeffry Cl r Ass m In Coun 1 Eod m die Read and Concurrd with the above Vote Rich d Waldron Sec ry Same day I assent to the above Votes J Belcher [. Plaistow and Kingston . ] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 243.] To the Hon. House of Representatives of the State of New- Hampshire, to be convened at Concord on the first Wednesday of June 1810, We, the undersigned Committee, appointed by the Hon. House of Representatives of said State at their June session 1809, to settle the line between the towns of Plastow & Kings- town, did, on the 15 th day of Aug 1 1809 meet, and after reading the Charter of said Plastow, and comparing it with a coppy of the plan of said Plastow annexed to said charter as recorded in the book of Charters, runing several lines, examining many witnesses and papers, and hearing the pleas & allegations of the agents from each town ; agree to report, and do report, that the lines between the said Kingstown & Plastow shall hereafter run & be known by the following courses metes & bounds, that is to say — A line shall begin at a large rock called Hunts back, From thence run- ning North seventy six degrees & eighteen minutes east, one hundred & forty one rods & nine links to a small red oak tree by an old pine stump near the southerly side of a stone wall which divides the land of Moses Williams on the northerly side of said wall from the land of Daniel Ayers on the Southerly side — This small red oak tree we marked with the letters T C. S A and P M and it had been heretofore marked with the letters IEK. From thence, south thirty seven degrees & twenty minutes east, seven hundred & forty five rods to a small ash tree near a small elm tree in a meadow. This last mentioned boundary is well known by the name of Carltons bounds — Kingstown August 18 th 1809 Thomas Chase ^ Phinehas Merrill > Committee Samuel Armor ) 894 APPENDIX. State of New Hampshire In the House of Representatives June 8 th 1810 The foregoing report was read and considered, received and accepted Sent up for Concurrence Charles Cutts — Speaker In Senate June 13, 1810 Read & Concurred H. B. Chase Clerk. \_JYorth Hamfton and Rye, //pj.] [Charter Records, VoL 4, p. 257.] State of New Hampshire ) North Hampton Jan? 17 th 1793 Rockingham ss 5 Pursuant to an Act of the General Court of this State appointing us a Committee to run the lines between the Townships of North Hampton and Rye, we have per- ambulated said lines, and have ascertained the Courses and dis- tance in manner following — I st Beginning at the North corner of North Hampton, Green- land and Rye, then running South, sixty nine degrees East two hundred and fifty six rods to David Smiths corner — thence South forty seven degrees West, three hundred and eighty two rods to the Eastward of Lieut Simon Wards orchard, thence South seven- ty seven degrees East eighty six rods to a birch stump, thence South sixty three degrees, East three hundred and sixty eight rods, thence due north ten rods and one halfof'a rod, to the north- east corner of Simon Lampreys house, thence South forty one degrees East, one hundred and seventy rods to John Jenness’s Jun r corner so called, thence south fifty four degrees West thirty one and half rods, thence South forty four degrees East, two hun- dred and eleven rods to the Sea. The land of Nehemiah Moulton’s home place is to pay in all taxes to North Hampton that he now possesses — He lying upon the line between said Towns — Also Simon Lampreys home-place is to pay in all taxes to the Town of Rye — And the Selectmen of said Towns, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly — And all polled lands between the Towns of Rye and North Hampton is considered to pay all taxes to the Towns on each side of said line where they lye, excepting Nehemiah Moulton and Simon Lamprey as before mentioned — James Hill [l s] ) Jere : Bachelder [l s] > Committee — Joshua Weeks [l s] ) Recorded according to the report of the Committee, in pur- suance of an Act of the General Court — ^ Joseph Pearson Sec y APPENDIX. 89s Plan of North Hampton & Rye line established by order of Court by a Committee Jan? 17 th 1793. 896 APPENDIX. Minutes begun at A. i 8t S. 69. D. E. 256 rods to David Smiths N. E. corner 2 d S. 47. D. W. 382 rods East of wards Orchard 3 d S. 77. D. E. 86 rods to a birch stump, one old bound 4 th S. 63. D. E. 368 rods to a road io£ rods S. of Simon Lamprey's house 5 th Due North ioi rods to the N. E. corner of s d Lampreys 6 th S 41 D. E. 170 rods to John Jenness j r corner so called 7 th S. 54 D: W. 31^ rods to John Jenness corner so called 8 th S 44 D. E. 21 1 rods to the Sea Pricked Lines on s d plan is roads Distance run from A, to the Sea is 4 miles & 235 rods Scale 15. Jere Bachelder Surv r The above is a true copy of a plan & survey of the lines between North Hampton & Rye as returned to be by Jere : Batchelder Surv r Attest r Joseph Pearson Sec y [Extract from Nottingham Char ter. ] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 161.] The Boundery Lines of Nottingham as Catain d in the Charter for Said Town are as fol° Viz — To Begin at Dover Westerly Corner bounds, Running along Exeter Northerly Line west and be north Two miles Then along Exeter head Line South west half a point More Southerly one mile and three Quarters, and from thence upon a west north west poynt of the Compass Ten Miles Into the Country: Then To begin again at The afors d Dover westerly Corner bounds, and Run North East half a poynt more Easterly, four miles and one Quarter along Dover head Line ; Then upon a north west point, half a point more Northerly Thirteen Miles into the Country, and from that bounds upon a Strait Line, To the End of the aforesaid Ten mile Line — The above is an Extract from Nott m Charter as on Record atest Peter Gilman p r Clk The Line from Dover Corner as it is now Laid out & Divided Bounds North East 3 Degrees North ; 4 miles & i : So that the Line as by Charter will Come Lower Down on Durham ; 8 De- grees 45 minuits : then it now Stands P G— memorand™ I believe there is no mistake in the Two Lotts men- tiond in y e warrant APPENDIX. 897 [Nottingham and Durham.'] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 155.] Durham April 26 th 175 6 Whereas we the Subscribers ware Appointed Committes by the Proprietors of Notingham & the Town of Derham, to Preambulate the Line between s d towns, being met at the house of M r Benj 11 Witcher in Derham have agreed to run s d Line as follows Viz — To run from N° 1 Summerstreet the same Course it now runs till it comes out to make a Square with the Red Oak between Der- ham & Exeter then to measure the Distance from Said place to S d Red Oak then to come to the Easterly End of s d Summer Street & measure the same Distance on a true Square, & there fix a Bounds, & from thence to Run to the Red Oak Tree afore Men- tioned — N B it is to be understood that Where Barington Line Joynes to Notingham the Bounds to be fixt there — Mem dm to meet y e 24 th may Next at Cap 1 Joseph Cillys at 10 To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Govern r and Com- ander in ChiefF in & over his maj 1 ? 3 Province of New Hampshire the Hon ble His Maj ty3 Council & House of Representatives for Said Province in General Assembly Convened the 14 th Day of December The Hum ble Petition of Samuel Smith & Ebenezer Smith Esq rs and Eph m Davis Yeoman all of Durham in Said Province as Agents for & in behalf of the Said Town of Durham — Shews — That there is a Dispute between the Inhabitants of Said Town Clock A-M— Sam 11 Smith Jonathan Thomson Ebenezer Smith Nath 11 Peirce Thom 3 Simpson [. Nottingham and Durham , ] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 163.] 1757 ' 56 8 9 8 APPENDIX. and the Inhabitants & Proprietors of the Town of Nottingham Parte of which Joyns on Said Durham Concerning the Dividing Line between them for the Settlement of which Several Attempts have made by Comittees which have hitherto been Ineffectual for that Purpose and there is Reason to think that All Essays of that kind will hereafter be so (if any were to be made) as Such Com- ittees are Parties in the Dispute & Interrested in the Event — That your Petitioners Apprehend the Line of Durham at the Head ought to be the same that was the Line of Dover before Dur- ham was Incorporated which began at a Certain Red Oak Tree which was formerly fixed as the Westerly Corner Bounds & from thence runs on A Streight Line to A Pitch Pine Stump which is A Corner Bounds of Barrington the Course of which Line will be now found North about forty degrees & half East in which Line many old Trees Are Still to be found to which Durham ought to come & to hold but the Agents for the Said Nottingham deny it and alledge the Course of the Said Line from Said Red Oak ought to be North forty Two degrees East by which many of the Lotts of Land laid Out by Durham will be Curtaild & the Pos- sessors under Durham Ousted — Wherefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray that as there is no Probability the Said Line will ever be otherways Settled A Com- mittee of A Suitable Number of Disinterrested Persons may be Appointed & Authorized to hear the Partys Concernd & finally to Settle & Determine how the Said Line Shall be run and to run & mark Out the Same and that your Petitioners may have Leave to bring in a Bill Accordingly And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Pray Sam 11 Smith Eph m Davis & in behalf of Ebenez r Smith Province of New > Hamp r 5 In Council December 5 th 1757 Read & ordered to be Sent down to the Hon ble the Assembly — Theodore Atkinson Sec Ty Province of New > In the House of Representatives Decemb r Hamp' 5 15 1751 This Petition being Read Ordred that the Petitioners be heard thereon the Second Day of the Sitting of the General Assembly next after the 15 th of Feb ry APPENDIX. 899 next & that the Petitioners at their own Cost & Charge cause the Select men of the Town of Nottingham & the Clerk of the Pro- prietors of Said Town of Nottingham to be Served with a Copy of this Petition & order of Court that they may Notify the Town & Proprietors to Appear & Shew Cause if any they have why the Prayer thereof Should not be granted Andrew Clarkson Clerk In Council December the 16 th 1757 Read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of New > In the House of Representatives March 1: Hamp r 5 1758 Voted that this Petition be revived and that the Petitioners be heard thereon the Second Day of the Sitting of the General Assembly next after the first Day of April next and all Concerned are ordered to Govern themselves Accordingly — Andrew Clarkson Clerk In Council March 2 d 1758-Read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of ) New Hamp r $ In the House of Representatives April 20 th 1758 This Petition being Read the Parties Appear & being fully heard thereon Voted That Jeremiah Webster of Kingstown & Samuel Emer- son of Chester Esq™ be a Comittee to Joyn with Such as may be Appointed by the Hon ble Council to hear the Parties & Examine into the Matters in Dispute and make Report to the General Assembly as Soon may be Andrew Clarkson Clerk In Council Eod m Die Read & Concurrd and the Hon ble Joseph Newmarch Esq to be of the Comittee on the Part of the Board Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Copy Ex d ^ Theodore Atkinson Sec Iy Prov : of New Hamps r Sep r y e 24 th 1759 We the Subscribers being a Com tte appointed by the Generali Court to hear the Parties & Examine into the Matters in Dispute, relative to the within Petition ; have accordingly so done ; & from what appears from the Evidences laid before us, do report, That the westerly Corner bounds of Dover, before Durham was encor- pored ; begins at a certain Red Oak Tree & from thence to run 900 APPENDIX. Northerly on a Straight line to a Pitch Pine Stump which is the Corner Bounds of Barrington which line so far, we adjudge to be the true head line of Durham Jos. Newmarch ^ Jeremy Webster > Com tte Sam 11 Emerson ) In Council Octob r 11-1759 read & Ordered to be Sent Down to the Hon ble assembly Theodore Atkinson Sec ry Province of ) New Hamps r $ In the house of Representatives Jan ry 18 th 1760 Voted That this Report be Accepted, & Sent up for Concurrence A Clarkson Clerk In Council Jan ry 18-1760 The Parties being fully heard on the Premisses the Council took under Consideration the above Vote & Concurd the Same Theod r Atkinson Sec ry Consented to B Wentworth [Committee A^pfointed from Nottingham, [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 159*] At A Meeting of the Proprietors of Nottingham held on Tues- day the 14 th day of February-1758 It was Then : Voted that Nath 11 Peirce & Peter Gilman Esq rs Be a Com’ittee to appear at the Generali Court To make answer To a Petition of Samel Smith Esq r & others agents for the Town of Durham ; and shew Reasons To S d Court why the Prayer of Said Petition ought not to be gran- ted, and Further Voted That Said Commette have full power To Setle the Boundary Line Betwen Durham & Nottingham with the Agents of durham Provided it be Setled So as not to Brake in upon Summer Street Lotts, and to apply To the Generali Court to Confirm any Such agreement made with the Said agents of Durham A Coppy from Notting m Prop 19 Book of Records attest Peter Gilman Prop rs Clk Then To Begin again at the aforsd Dover westerly Corner and Run : North East half a point more Esterly four miles and a quar- ter along Dover head Line A Copy of a Paragraft in nottingham Charter of the Line that bounds on Dover Taken from Notting m Proprieter Records attest Peter Gilman prop rs Clk the Line as the Lotts ar Laid in Sum 1 Sti 4 is North East 3 Deg rs north — on Barrington North west £ North 13 miles. APPENDIX. 901 [. Portsmouth and Hampton . ] [Mass. Court Records, Oct. 16, 1654.] The Towne of Portsmouth prefering a petition for settling the bounds betweene hampton & themselves the Court think 3 meete to referre the Issue of the case to Commissiono ra & to that end have Chosen m T Joseph Jewett m r Thomas Bradbury & m r John Saunders who are hereby Impowred to examine the matters in diffrence betweene the Townes of Portsmouth & Hampton as Touching the Lyne betweene them & to settle the same in such a way as may by them be Judged most meete uppon a full hearing of what shalbe alleadged in the Case & that they make returne thereof to the next court of Election & m r Joseph Jewett to appoynt the time & place of meeting [. Portsmouth and Hampton.] [Mass. Court Records, Nov. 1, 1654.] In Ans r to the peticion of the Inhabitants of Portsmouth ; The Court Judgeth it meete to Referr the Issue of the Case to a Com- ittee and to that end have chosen m r Joseph Jewett m r Thomas Brad- bury and m r Jn° Saunders who are heereby Impowered to examine the matters in differenc betweene the Townes of Portsmouth and Hampton as touching the line betweene them and to setle the same in such a way as may by them be Judged most meete uppon a full hearing of what shallbe alleadged in the case and that they make retourne thereof to the next Court of Election m r Joseph Jewett to Appointe the time & place of meeting [. Portsmouth and Hampton.'] [Mass. Court Records, May 15, 1672.] In Ans r to the motion of the Deputies of Portsmouth The Court Judgeth it meete to order, that the bounds betweene Portsmouth & Hampton as to their Touneships be determined & setled & that m r Elias Stileman John Gilman of Exiter & m r Samuel Dalton attend this service and make returne of what they shall determine to this Court And this Court declares they shallbe willing to grant to Portsmouth land for a village when they shall Declare to this Court the place where they desire it — 902 APPENDIX. [. Portsmouth , Hampton, and Exeter .] [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 25.] For y e better Settlem 4 ofy e bounds between Portsm 0 Hampton & Exeter, ordered y 4 Maj r W m Vaughan & m r W m Cotten ffor Portsm 0 & Cap 4 Henry Dow & m r Jn° Tuck ffor Hampton m r Moses Levit & M r Nich 0 Gilman for Exeter Bee & hereby are appointed a Com- ittee to run y e bound line between the Towns afores d & as here- after mention’d Viz 4 to begin 5 mile North of Hampton meeting hous'e from a tree that stands ab 4 6 pole to y e North w d of Winicot river where a saw mill at p r9t Stands by y e Comon road that goes from Portsm 0 to Hampton & from thence to run a Direct line to y e old bound tree near y e bridge at asse brook & thence to y e South bound tree being a mile & a halfe from Exet r Fals you are alsoe to run a line from y e river on y e west side of y e mouth of Walls Cove lying between m r Andrew Wiggins & Sandy point Due South till you come to Hampton bounds, & that y e S d Comitee meet on Teusday next being y e 22 d Ins 4 by ten a clock in y e forenoon at y e Mill on Winicot river to Attend this service & fforthw 4h to make return of their doeings herein to y e Hon rable y e L 4 Gov r . [. Bounds of Portsmouth , /dp An Act to prevent Contention and Contro- New Hampshr $ versie that may Arise concerneing the Bounds of the Respective Towns within this Province./ Be it Enacted by the U Gov 1 Councill & Rep r - sentatives Conven d in Gen r11 Assembly and by the Authority of the same that the Line between the province and the Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire from the Sea westwardly shall be the Southerly Bounds of the Town of Hampton and the Northerly Bounds as foil : viz ffive Miles due North from Hampton Meeting House to a Mark d Tree at or neare Winnicott River, and thence westwardly on a direct Line to a marked Tree within two Miles of Exeter Meeting House, and thence on a direct Line to a marked Tree neare Ass Brook by the highway; and thence on a direct Line to an old Bound Tree marked a Mile and a halfe South from Exeter ffalls, and thence upon a west and by North Line as farr as the Utmost Extent of Salisbury Town Bounds westwardly. And thence to Runn a Head Line Southwardly till it meet with the aforesaid Bound Line between the province of the Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The Bounds by the Sea Eastward from Hampton Meeting House to beginn from the Causeway and thence to Runn ffive Miles APPENDIX. 9 °7 along Shoare by the high way which is Supposed to end about Joslings Neck; and thence on a direct Line Westwardly to the Bound Tree, flive Miles North of Hampton Meeting House./ Exeter Bounds Easterwardly to beginn at the Mouth of Lamp- erill River and thence on a Direct Line over The Great Bay to a Marked Tree at walls Cove and thence to Runn South and by East to Hampton Bounds And thence by Hampton Bounds to the South Bound Tree a Mile and a halfe South of Exeter ffalls. And thence to runn on a west and by North Line tenn Miles into the woods. And from the Mouth of Lamperill River aforesaid up said River to the ffalls whereon was formerly a Saw Mill Comonly called Wadleighs upper Mill and thence west and by North into the Woods flour Miles. And thence to Runn a Headline South- erly to meet with the head of the Southward Bound Line, Reserveing to the Town of Dover the whole priviledge of the Said Lamperill River Streame And ffalls, for the Erecting Mills, Damms &c : on either Side the River, without Annoyance from the Town of Exeter. And that noe Interrupcon be given by any to prevent the transportation of Timber Downe the River to the Lower ffalls by makeing Booms or otherwayes./ Dover Bounds Northerly to beginn at the Middle of Quamhegon ffalls, And soe upp the River ffour Miles or thereabout to a Marked Tree by the River Side within a Mile of Whitehall ; And from the Said Quamphegon ffalls Downe the River to Hiltons point And from thence to Kennyes Creek And thence on a direct Line to Hogstie Cove, with the Mashes on the Great Bay. And ffour hundred Acres of Upland adjoyneing thereto as formerly laid out. And from Hogstie Cove Over to Lamperill River Mouth and soe up the River to the Upper ffalls, whereon was formerly a Saw Mill Comonly called wadleighs upper Mill ; and thence west and by North into the Woods two Miles and thence to Runn a head Line Northerly to meet with the head of the Northward Bound Line on Newichowanock River alwayes Reserveing Unto the Town of Dover the whole priviledge of the Said Lamperill River Streame and ffalls for the Erecting Mills Damms &c : on either Side the River without Annoyance from the Town of Exe- ter. And that noe Interrupcon be given by any to prevent the transportation of Timber downe the River to the Lower ffalls by makeing Booms or otherwayes/ Portsmouth is Bounded by the Sea and the River And Butts on all the other three Towns before mentioned. 908 APPENDIX. Newcastle and Kingstowne to be Bounded according to their Charters, provided Kingstowne doe not Entrench upon Exeter Bounds./ And whereas Sundry Lands such as the Lands of Swampscott and those Lands between Hampton and the Massachusetts Bounds are now Settled within the Bounds of our Towns aforesaid which were not fformerly. Soe all persons haveing Right title or inter- est in and to the Said Lands are hereby p r served in their Said Rights and Properties as fully and Amply as before this Settle- ment./ [p. 169.] consented to by the Council w th this Addition that y e Towns of New Castle & Kings Town be bounded According to their Charters, provided Kingston doe not entrench upon Exeter bounds & in Exeter bounds instead of saying (& thence by Hamp- ton bounds to a Mark’t tree near Asse brook & thence nine miles into the woods on the Same point of y e Compasse y* Hampton line runneth) to Say (& thence by Hampton bounds to y e South bound tree, a mile & a halfe south of Exeter Falls & thence to run on a West by North Line 10 miles into y e Woods) past by the Assembly Henry Dow Clerke protempory [Port mouth , Hampton, Exeter, Dover , New Castle , and Kings- ton, /70/.] [Mss. ‘‘Town Boundaries,” p. 27.] 20 June 1701 We Whose Names are hereunto Subscribed being appointed A Commitee to Consider of all papers put in or can be produced by the Towns or their Representatives Concerning the Bounds of Sayd Towns and to a Report of our oppinions in order to a Settellment there of We Have accordingly perused and Considered of all the sayd papers And is Humbly of the Opinion That Hampton Bounds on the North side is to Run begining att a stake or Marked tree on the northerly side Joslings neck by the sea Side as by agrement doe appeare And from thence on a streigh line to Meet With the End of the ffive Miles due north ffrom Hampton Meet- ing House not ffar ffrom Winicut River And ffrom thence West- erly as fformerly Bounded out by the Commities Appointed ffor that End the date of the Commities Return being 1652 & 1653 And that Exeter bounds be Exactly according to the Returnes APPENDIX. 9O9 under the Hands of y e Committies appointed ffor that End bareing date the 8 th of the 8 th Month 1667 and the 19 th of October 1652 And that Dover bounds Alias Northam to begin att the Creek next lamprill River and thence to the lower ffalls And from thence on A West and by North line into the Woods Sixe Miles as appeare by the Returne of the Committie baring date the 19 th of October 1652 And as ffor Portsmouth We ffind no Certaine bounds sett but according to What We ffind & Judg all the lands between the bounds of Hampton Exeter & Dover doth belong unto Portsmouth ther having bin Commities Appointed for Considering What lands did belong unto sayd Portsmouth one of Which bare date the 7 th Month 1643 — Also the Bounds of a trackt of land granted to the Towne of Portsmouth about thirtie years past bounded and layd out & Return made therof lieng and being on the Westerly side of Dover bounds to be allowed as bounded out As ffor New Castell & Kingstowne We leave them as thay are All which is Humbly Submitted to W m Vaughan Peter Coffin only Exsepting against the Land that Lyeth above Cha wiggings toward Exeter not belonging to postmouth Henry Dow John pickerin [. Portsmouth , Hampton, Exeter and Dover , iyoi.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 17.] A Bill To prevent contention & Controversies that may arise concern- ing the bounds of the respective Towns w th in this Province Be it enacted &c a y l The line Between the Provinces of y e Massachusets bay & New Hampshire from the Sea Westwardly shall be the Southerly bounds of y e Town of Hampton & y e Northerly bounds as ffolo 3 viz 4 ffive mile due North from Hampton meeting house to a Markt tree at or near Winicot River & thence westwardly on a direct line to a markt tree w tb in 2 miles of Exeter meeting house & thence on a direct line to a markt tree near asse brook by the high way & thence on a direct line to an old bound mark’d tree a mile & a halfe South from Exeter Falls & thence upon a West & by North line as 910 APPENDIX. ffar as the utmost extent of Salisbury town bounds westwardly & thence to run a head line southwardly till it meet w th the afores d bound line between- the provinces of Massachusets & N Hampsh r the bounds by the sea Eastward from Hampton Meeting house to beginn from y e Causey & thence to run five miles along shore by y e high way w ch is supposed to end ab l Joselins Neck & thence on a Direct line westwardly to y e bound tree 5 mile north of Hamp- ton meeting house Exeter bounds Eastw d ly to begin at y e mouth of Lampril river & thence on a direct line Over y e Great bay to a markt tree at Walls cove & thence to run South & by East to Hampton bounds & thence by Hampton bounds to a mark’t tree near asse brook & thence 9 mile into y e Woods on the Same point of y e Compasse y t Hampton line runneth & From y e mouth of Lampril river afores d up's d river to the Falls whereon was form rly a Saw Mill comonly call’d Wadleigh’s upper mill & thence west & by North into y e woods 4 mile & thence to run a head line Southwardly to meet w th y e head of y e Soutw d bound line reserveing to y e town of Dover y e whole priviledge of y e S d Lamprill river Stream & Falls ffor y* erecting mills Dams &c a on either side the river w th out annoyance from the Town of Exeter & that noe Interuption be given by any to prevent y e transportation of timber down y e River to y e Lower Falls, by makeing booms or otherwais Dover bounds Norths to begin at y e Middle of Quamphegon Falls & Soe up y c river fifour miles or thereab t3 to a Markt tree by the river side w th in a mile of Whitehall & From y e S d Quamphe- gon Falls down the River to Hiltons Point & From thence to Kennys creek & thence on a Direct line to Hogsty cove w th y e Marishes on y e great bay & 400 acres upland Joyning thereto as form rly laid out, & from Hogsty Cove over to Lampril river mouth & Soe up y e river to y e upper ffalls whereon was fform r, y a Saw Mill comonly called Wadleighs upper mill & thence west & by North into the woods two Mile & thence to run a head line North- erly to meet w th the head of the northw d bound line on Nechowo- nuck river alwaies reserving unto y e town of Dover the whole priviledge of y e s d Lampril river, Stream & Falls ffor the erecting Mills Dams &c a on either side the river w th out annoyance from the Town of Exeter & that noe Interuption be given by any to prevent the transportation of timber Down y e river to y e Lower Falls by makeing booms or otherwaies Portsm 0 is bounded by y e Sea y e river & butts on all the other three Towns before mention’d — APPENDIX. 9 11 And Whereas Sundry Lands such as the Lands of Quamscott and those Lands between Hampton and the Massachusetts Bounds are now Settled within the Bounds of our Towns aforesaid which were not formerly Soe. All persons haveing Right title or interest in and to the said Lands are hereby preserved in their Said Rights and properties as fully and Amply as before this Settlement./ 30 August 1701 past by the Assembly Henry Dow Clerk protempore 12 th Sep br 1701 this Bill haveing been 3 times read past the Councill and Ordered to be Engrossed Cha : Story Secretary [' Committee to Run Town Lines, iyoi.~\ [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 35.] Province of ) Att a Council held at Portsm 0 the 3 rd of De- New Hampshr 5 cember 1701 Whereas the Bounds of the Severall Towns in this province, are Settled by Law, and noe persons are yett appointed to Runn the Lines between the Said Towns./ Ordered by the L‘ Gov r and Councill, that the men hereafter mentioned, are appointed for to Runn the Lines, between Town and Town in Said province with Such others as the Select men of the Severall Towns, shall send with them. And to make Good and Suffitient Bound Trees or Bound Marks ; and to beginn to proceed in soe doeing ; the next Monday being the Eighth day instant ; if the Season will permitt and soe to continue Untill the Same be finished if the Season prevent not if it doe to take the first opper- tunitye to beginn and finish the same as the weather will Allow. The Men appointed is three in every Town them or any two of them./ C Major W m Vaughan ffor the Town of portsm 0 < Cap* Mark Hunkin ( Cap 1 Jn° Pickerin C Nath 11 Weare Esq r ffor the Town of Hampton < Cap 1 Henry Dow ( Ephraim Marston C Cap* John Tuttle ffor the Town of Dover < L James Davis / V W m ffurber 912 APPENDIX. C m r Jonathan Wadleigh ffor the Town of Exeter < Ensigne Nicholas Gilman ( John ffoulsham ( m r James Randle ffor the Town of Newcastle < James Leach ( W m Berry By the Order of the U Govern 1 and Councill/ Cha : Story Secretary Rune y e Line from Sampsones poynt to Hampton Bounds, and is 4^ Miles, South weste, & from thence to y e sea, to the Estward of Ragged Necke to a Stake Droven in the Pond on an Este poynt and is Two mile — New Cassell bownds is from Sampsones Point on y e South Side of Sagamors Crike & from thens South weste to Hampton Bownds and Then Este to the sea [Refort of Committee to Run Town Lines, iyoi.'] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 37.] 1701 8 December In Obedience to an Order of Councill held at Portsm 0 the 3 rd . x ** 1701 Ther Mett at Hampton Beach of the Com’ittie Apointed to Run the lines Between Towne and Towne Majer William Vaughan Capt n John Pickering Henry Dow M r Nathanil Weare Ephraim Maston Ens Nicolis Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh left Will : ffur- ber There We differd and agreed to meet the 9 th December att Hampton tree 5 Mile North of there Meeting House Where Mett on the 9 th & 10 day Majer Vaughan Nathanil Weare Esq r Henry Dow Ephraim Maston M r Gilman M r Wadleigh left nt William ffurber We Run the line ffrom Hampton North tree five mile ffrom there Meeting House Which is a Beach Marked H : P : 1701 with severall other letters a maple marked Southerly the Bound tree Stand a littell more than a Rod Southerly of a litell Run and 136 Rod upon a East point to the Road Way from Hampton to Portsmouth to a great Hemlock Marked H : on the Easterly Side Marked for the finding the North tree againe) ffrom Hampton North tree as above mentioned We Run the line upon a West South West point untill We Came within two Mile of Exeter pres- sent meeting House and marked the tres Then We Run the line ffrom Exeter pressent Meeting House East North East two mile by APPENDIX. 9 J 3 Measure to a Small thriveing White oak 6 or 8 Inchis through standing in low ground Marked HW:HD:WF:NG:EM:S K : N W and severall tres marked Round it : With other letters on the bound tree : We likewise Run the line ffrom Walls Cove (Com- ? only So called) by Exeter River : upon a South and by East point and marked the trees to the affore Sayd line that Run from Hamp- ton north tree to Exeter Meeting House : And the Bound tree Between Portsmouth Hampton and Exeter there standing is a prittie great Beach marked H D : 1701 : H : P : W W : W F : De- cember Some other letters : And Severall other trees marked Round it) And on the 12 & 13 day of December Majer Vaughan M r Weare Henry Dow : Ens Gilman Ephraim Marston M r Jona- than Wadleigh Left nt ffurber and John ffoulshem mett att the South tree A mile and a half South of Exeter ffals Which South bound tree is a decaieng great Beach marked H D : N G : 1701 : an ould Mark 1670 : Severall trees Marked Round But to the west ward about a Rod is a small Beach marked by a Way With 1701 : WF:EM:HD: December 14 : ffrom that South tree We Measured and Marked the trees ten mile upon A West and by North point to a Croched pine tree Standing in a Swamp Marked J W : 1701 : H D : N G : with other letters and a tree of poyson Wood growing by Sayd pine and Severall other trees Marked Round it And on the: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: days of December 1701: Mett Majer William Vaughan M r William Cotten left: William ffurber Capt 11 Henry Dow Ephraim Marston Ens Nicolus Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh and jeams leach and the 17 : 18 : 19 : day William Berry Was With us And We Run the Line ffrom Rennys Creeke Com’only so called ffrom an ould Stub there marked West and by South and marked the trees to Hogstie Cove so called to a White oak standing in left nt ffurbers pasture thus Marked WC:HD:WF:JW: E M : N G : with other Letters And we measured ffrom Hampton Casway according to order five mile along shore And piched a stake by the Edg of the Meadow ground and Layd stons about sayd stake And We Run the line ffrom Hampton Bound tree five mile north of there meeting House upon an East South East point one quarter southerly and marked the trees to sayd stake by the Beach five mile ffrom Hampton Casway And We Run the line ffrom Sampsons Point according to New Castell Charter and marked the trees to the line between Portsmouth and Hampton to a Bound tree a Beach thus marked E:M:NG:WF: HD: JW: 1701 Severall other letters : With trees marked Round it : Which Sayd Beach is the Bounds Between 57 9*4 APPENDIX. Portsmouth Hampton and New Castell Then We Run an East line to the sea or Beach to a stake by the side of a Pond Between Raggid Neck and Sandy Beach And on the 22 : & 23 of Decem- ber 1701 there mett at Lampry River ffals Where M r Wadleighs uper mill stood; Majer William Vaughan M r William Cotten Jeams Leach left nt William ffurber left nt James Davis & William Berry And We tooke our departure ffrom the Midell of sd ffals So near as We Could Judg And Measured upon A West an by North point of the Compas two mile to a great maple tree Standing on the West side of the North River Com’only so Called Not above fower Rod from thence And a great Butten Wood tree stand near sayd Maple and is att the fFoot of a Hill Which sayd Maple is thus Marked With a D and an E : And ffrom sayd Maple We measured two mile ffother on the same point of the Compas West an by North to the top of A great Hill to a Pich Pine tree they marked With an E And small White Oak Standing By it With sundry letters marked on it There is also an other great Hill att some di- stance baring West from this Hill where the Pich Pine bound tree stand and We Marked the trees the Whole ffower miles Lenth And ffother upon the 20 th of May 1702 att the Bound tree two mile ffrom Exeter Pressent Meeting House upon an East North East Point att that bound tree Mett Nath u Weare Esq r Henry Dow Ens : Nicolus Gilman Ephraim Marston and John ffoulshem and We Run the line Between Hampton and Exeter to the Bound tree by ass Brook and marked trees Which line ffrom the two mile tree above sayd to the Bounds att ass Brook Was a south point of the Compas one quarter of A point Easterly and the trees are Marked ffore and Aft And as ffor the line from the South tree one mile and a Half South ffrom Exeter ffals to the Bound tree by ass Brook that being Run the twentie third day of July last by Severall of us of Hampton and Exeter appointed to Run it now and some others of Hampton and Exeter and it agreeing then with the ould and antient Bound trees fformerly made and being then consented too by all present We now agree this day to stand to that ould line Which is ffrom the South tree a mile and a Half ffrom Exeter ffalls upon A streight line to the bound tree att ase Brooke ould bounds And att Dover the 22 th January 170^ ther met Majer William Vaughan Capt n Mark Hunkins trased the land Betwen New- chewanuck ffals and Trysterum Heards and judg it to lye one from the other East and West neare five mile distance and from thence to Dover bound tree nere White Hall ould Wigwam some few APPENDIX. 9 J 5 Rods short therof on the Rissing ground Just by the Ways side A small valley being Between sayd tree and Wigwam it being a pich pine Which we found marked and was the ould bound marked tre as we are informed by M r Ezekell Wintsworth Who sayd it was nere one mile and a quarter to Newchewanuck River & two mile and a half to Cochecho : River and five mile to the affore sd Heards House & lyes ffrom Sayd House to sayd tree nerest North and by West & South and by East so that from quamphegon falls to sayd bound tree is North west half a point westerly distance nearest seaven miles Which tree We found marked on the West- erly side with a p : and had bin Burnt over with the fire and Judg it to be part of Portsmouth New Towne Bounds and the three other sids of the tree we marked with a D : this Before Written We give in as a tru Return : under our Hands : W m Vaughan Nath 8 * * 11 We are Henry Dow John foullsam W m flfurber Nicolas Gillman Eph m marston Jonathan wadleih James Leach James Davis y e mark of X william Berry 29 th of May 1702 Returned/ Past & approved by the Lem* Gov r & Councill ; & ordered that the persons who Runn the Said Lines be paid for their care & Deligence out of y e Publick Treasury each person 3 s ^ diem. Cha : Story Secretary [. Account of Co7nmittee to Run Town Lines , iyoi .] [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 43.] A tru account of those Men that attented to Run the lines Be- tween Towne and Towne in this province By order 8 th December 1701 Majer William Vaughan Capt n John pickering Nath 11 Weare Esq r Capt n Henry Dow Ephraim Maston Left Will fturber Ens Nick : Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh 9 : 10 : December 1701 Majer Will : Vaughan M r Nath 11 Weare Capt n Henry Dow Ephraim Marston Ens Nick : Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh Left Will : flfurber two days apece 9i 6 APPENDIX. 12 & 13 December 1701 Majer Vaughan M r Weare Henry Dow Ephraim Marston left Will ffurber John ffoulshem Ens Gilman M r Wadleigh two days apece 16 December 1701 present Mager Will : Vaughan M r William Cotten Capt n Henry Dow Ephraim Marston left Will : ffurber Ens Nick : Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh M r James Leach 18 th & 19 th December 1701 the above 9 men were present both Days (Viz) Majer Will Vaughan M r Will Cotten Henr}' Dow Ephrain Marston Left nt Will : ffurber Ens Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh M r James leach Will : Berry : 15 December 1701 Majer Vaughan left ffurber Capt Dow Ephraim Marston Ens Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh James Leach M r William Cotten 17 th December 1701 present Majer Will : Vaughan M r William Cotten Capt : Henry Dow Ephraim Marston Ens Gilman M r Jonathan Wadleigh left Will : ffurber James leach Will Bern" 22 January 170^ att Dover Majer Vaughan Cap 1 Mark Hunckin 20 May 1702 att Exeter Nath u Weare Esq r Henry Dow Ephraim Marston Ens Nicolis Gilman & John ffoulshem \_Names of Persons Present at Running of Certain Lines , iyo2.~\ [Mss. “Town Boundaries,” p. 41.] May y e 28 th 1702 The Names of y* persons y* appeared at Portsmouth to make y e return of whatt was Don in runinge the bounds of y e severell towns in y e provence by order of y e honre ble L l governer/ Nath u weare John ffoullsham william Berry Henry Dow Nicolas gillman James Leach william ffurber Jonathan wadlah Ephrim marston APPENDIX. 9*7 wee pray y e honor able L 4 governer & Counsell y* gave order for y e doinge of this worke of runinge y e bounds of y r respective towns that you would bee pleased to give order for our pay for so doinge At y e running of Lamperell Line — was p r sent viz 4 W m Vaughan W m Berry W m Coatton james Leitch W m ffurbur James Davis and all ware 3 Dayes a pese (Exepte James Davis &hee was but Two Dayes) before wee Returned hoome, and it was a very Severe time of Could wether. \_Refort of Committee on Town Lines , iyi8.~\ [Mss. “ Town Boundaries,” p. 45.] We whose names are hereunto Subscribed being a Committe appointed by the General Assembly of this Province of New Hampshire in the year 1715 to Run out & Setle the Bounds of the Towns in this Province & also by an Additional Act of Said Gen- eral Assembly in the Year 1718 Directing & Impowring us to Proceed and Finish Said Lines in Pursuance thereto We having at Sundry times Met & Debated on all & Every Towns Arguments & having Deliberatly Considered all the arguments Papers & Records that were Produced do thus make Our Return — The Bounds between Hampton & Portsmouth Are a Small Beach Tre near Winecut River Marked on the South Side with H and on the North Side R: W — 1718 — J. F — Having Severrel Trees by it that are marked with Sundry Letters and on 1718 — this Tree being Called: the North Tree and is Five Miles Due North from Hampton old Meeting House We of the Committee did Run it and Measure it on the 16 th Day of September 1718 and from Said Tree to Run towards the Sea Side South Sixty Seven Degrees & Thirty Minutes East or East Twenty Two Degrees & Thirty Minutes South to a Stake that is Drove Down South Fifty Degrees West Distance Seventeen Rod from Joseph Locks Corner of his Celler Door & on the Same Course to the Sea Side at Locks Point of the Neck and from Said North Tree on a West Point towards Streatham to the House of Abraham Morgan these to be the Setled Bounds between Portsmouth & Hampton — And for the Bounds between Streatham & Hampton it Shall begin at Streathem South East Corner from Wheelwrights Creek 9i 8 APPENDIX. at the End of Three miles Run out by the Committe on the 24 th of 7 br 1718 at a Maple Tre marked J. W. M H. E. S. 1718: and from the Said Tree to Run North East Forty four Degrees untill it meet with the West Line from the before Said North Tree which is about 16 Rod to the Eastward of Joseph Dearbourns New House & between Streathem & Exeter from the mouth of Wheelwrights Creek at Lowwater mark to the Maple Tree above Said on a South East Point Three miles. The Bounds between Streathem & Ports- mouth to begin at Sandy Point and Run Three miles South East and whereas the Committe was Deceived at the First Runing Said South East Line haveing begun Short of Said Sandy Point it is now Concluded that it Shall be measured from the Stake that was Drove down by the Committe 7 br the i8 m 1718 to Sandy Point and what that Distance is it Shall be Set Back from the Beach on the South Side of Winecutt River & from thence a Streight Line to the upper South East Corner from Wheelwrights Creek — For the Line between Exeter & Hampton from the Stump of the old South Tree where We Erected a heap of Stones on Wednesday the 25 th of 7 br 1718 and Run from Said Heap of Stones on a West & by North Line to the Bounds between Exeter Hampton & Kingstown West & by North Line to the Bounds between Exeter & Hampton. The Line between Kingstown & Hampton to be a North & South Line from Exeter & Hampton West & by North Line to a White Oak Stump — Another Line between Exeter & Hampton to begin at the South East Corner of Streathem at the End of Three Mile from Wheel- wrights Creek at the White Maple Tree marked J W. M H. E. S. 1718 as it was Run and marked the 24 th 7 br 1718 and from Said Tree South West to the South Side of the Road from Exeter to Hampton where it is marked and then West five Degrees South to Exeter South Tree or Stump where the heap of Stones are Erected — The Bounds between Exeter & Kingstown Shall be the West & by North Line from the North Corner Tree of Kingstown to Hampton as We Run it up Ten Miles to a Beach Tree marked E on the North Side for Exeter & K. for Kingstown on the South Side & 1718, as We marked them on the Tenth Day of x br this West & by North Line as We Run it up and marked to the Stated Bounds between Exeter & Kingstown to Run Two miles further on the Same West & by North Point above the abovesaid Beach Tree — APPENDIX. 9 X 9 The Bounds between Dover & Exeter to begin at the First Lower Falls of Lampre River on the Land Just adjoyning to a Great Picked Rock & a flat Rock Standing Close on the Lower Side thereof in the River on Said Falls about Ten Rod above the Saw mill that now Stands Close on the South Side of Said River and from Said Picked Rock on a West & by North Line Crossing Piscasack River about Two Rod to the Southward of the Grist mill and So unto the Woods West & by North Six Miles to a Red oak Tree marked on the North Side D for Dover and E. for Exeter on the South Side with Severell other Letters and 6. Notches Cutt Signifying Six Miles which is the Extent of the Bounds between Dover & Exeter Exeter to Run Two Miles higher from Said Oak Tree on the Same West & by North Line & Exeter to begin at the head of Goddards Creek and Runing on a Streight Line to the above Said Falls at Lampre River at the Picked Rock. — The Bounds of New Castle Shall begin at Sampsons Point and Run South West untill it come in Sight of the House that was Anthony Libbys where it meets Hampton Line from the North Tree to the Sea as it Setled by this Committe and from the Place where it meets Hampton Line abovesaid to Run East to the Sea to the Great Pond to a Maple at the Side of the Pond that marked and then over the Pond to the Beach to a Great Round Stone to the Eastward of Ragged Neck these Lines being According to their Charter this East Line from Hampton Line by Anthony Libbys House abovesaid to the Bounds between New Castle and Portsmouth and the abovesaid SouthWest Line also as it was Run by the Committe 7 br the 17 th 1718 — Portsmouth December the 24 th 1718. In Testimony of our Agrement to all and Every the Bounds before made and Entered We have hereunto Set our hands — Mark Hunking James Davis Thomas Webb R. Wibird Nicholis Gilman Peter Wear Jonathan Sanborn James Jeffry Surveyor Tobias Langdon at the Runing of the Two upper Lines — Major Peter Wear do Sign with this Exception (Viz 1 ) That the Line from Streathem South East Corner from Wheelwrights Creek Should Run Streight to Exeter South Tree or Stump. True Copy R. Waldron Sec try A True Copy att* H Wentworth Cle r 920 APPENDIX. [ Tamworth , Eaton , [Charter Records, Vol. 4, p. 261.] State of New Hampshire In the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- dred & ninety-six An Act to empower a Committee to settle and fix the boundary lines between Tamworth and Eaton and Tamworth and Burton — Whereas Thomas Cogswell Thomas Leavitt and Bradbury Cilley, agents in behalf of the Proprietors of the Township of Tamworth ; Winthrop Smart Jacob Blasdell and John Banfill, agents in behalf of the Proprietors of the Township of Eaton; Moses Senter, Henry Weed, and Orlando Weed, agents in behalf of the Proprietors of the Township of Burton, all in the State of New Hampshire, have in their Petition to this Court, represented that on the fourteenth Day of October seventeen hundred and sixty six the township of Tamworth was granted, that soon afterwards Eaton and Burton were granted, Eaton adjoining on the east side and Burton on the North of Tamworth — That various disputes had arisen on the part of Eaton relative to the East line of Tamworth; on the part of Burton relative to the North line of Tamworth — That it appears that there is land sufficient to com- plete the above mentioned grants according to their true intent and meaning — and that from a desire to put an end to altercation & law- suits the Petitioners agents in behalf of the said several Proprietors had agreed to lay their papers and evidence before the Honourable Simeon Olcott of Charlestown, John Peirce of Portsmouth both in the State of New Hampshire Esquires and Josiah Little of New- bury in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire, and in case of the refusal or death of either of them Russell Freeman of Han- over Esquire to be joined — and that they shall be a Committee to fix the line on the East between Tamworth and Eaton, and on the North between Tamworth and Burton : the report of whom or any two of them aforesaid to be final and conclusive between the par- ties if made and lodged in the Office of the Secretary of this State within twelve months from the passing of the Act for the purpose — And that it was further agreed that fourteen days notice given by said Committee to the Proprietors Clerk of the townships of Tamworth, Eaton & Burton, or to one of the Agents before named APPENDIX. 921 of each of those towns, of the time and place of the sitting of said Committee on the business, shall be sufficient notice, and if either of them neglect to appear to proceed exparte — And that they had further agreed to Petition this Court to pass an Act empowering said Committee to settle and fix the Lines aforesaid — Whereupon they prayed that they might have leave to bring in a Bill and that an Act might be passed empowering the said Committee to ascer- tain and fix the said lines under the restrictions aforesaid — which being reasonable — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened That Simeon Olcott of Charlestown John Peirce of Portsmouth both in the State of New Hampshire and Josiah Little of Newbury in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in case of the refusal or death of one of them Russell Free- man of Hanover in the State of New Hampshire be and are hereby appointed a Committee with full Power and Authority to hear said parties their Witnesses and evidences and to settle fix and establish the Easterly boundary line of Tamworth between Tam worth and Eaton, and the Northerly boundary line of Tam- worth between Tamworth and Burton — Provided that the said Committee shall give fourteen days notice to the Clerk of the Proprietors of Tamworth Eaton and Burton or to one of the Agents of the Proprietors of each of those towns petitioning for this act, of the time and place of the sitting of said Committee for the afore- said purpose ; and in case either party after such notice shall neglect to appear, the said Committee may proceed exparte — And the report of the said Committee or any two of them there- upon made in writing under their hands ascertaining and fixing said boundary lines, and lodged in the Office of the Secretary of this State within twelve months from the time of the passing this Act shall be final and conclusive between the said parties ; and shall forever hereafter establish the said Lines as the true line be- tween the said towns, and they shall accordingly be so deemed and taken. And be it further enacted, That the said Committee be and they hereby are fully authorized and empowered to appoint (if they think necessary) a Surveyor and Chainmen to run such lines and to report to said Committee such plans relative to said Premises as either of said parties shall request — And the Surveyor so ap- pointed shall give fourteen days notice to the Clerk of each of the Proprietors of each of said Towns of Tamworth, Eaton and Bur- ton or to one of the Agents of the Proprietors of each of said towns 922 APPENDIX. of the times and places when and where said lines are to be run and plans taken And the said Committee be and hereby are fully authorized to adjudge and determine who shall pay the necessary Costs and Charges that may arise in the hearing and settling of said Lines, and to ascertain those costs in such manner as to said Committee shall appear Just & equitable — State of New) In the House of Representatives January 9 th Hampshire 5 1796 — The within Bill having had three several readings passed to be enacted — Sent up for Concurrence Russell Freeman Speaker In Senate June 10 th 1796 This Bill having been read a third time, Voted that the same be enacted — Approved June 11 th 17 96 Eben r Smith President of the Senate True Copy Examined ^ J T Gilman Governor Nath 1 Parker Dep y Sec y Whereas in and by an Act of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire passed the eleventh Day of June Anno Domini 1796 by agreement of parties authorizing and empowering us the undersigned a Committee to hear adjudge fix and determine the boundary lines betwixt Tam worth on the one part, and Eaton and Burton on the other part, as by said act, a Copy whereof is here- unto annexed may more fully appear — In Pursuance of said Power and Authority, and having duly notified all the parties of time and place of hearing and their appearance in conformity thereunto, we proceeded to hear the parties, their allegations and proofs, and viewed their several papers documents and Claims have agreed to report, and do hereby report, that the lines in said Act mentioned be and hereby are settled affixed and established as follows, that is to say that the East line of Tamworth which is the West line of Eaton begin at a Pitch pine tree standing on the Patent line, so called, about one mile East of Bear Camp-River- Bridge, marked with six notches, and is the South east corner of Tamworth, and the South west corner of Eaton, from thence run- ning North six miles to a Beach Tree marked H. G. N. H & T C & dated Dec 22 d 1796, which shall be the East line of Tamworth & west line of Eaton, and from said Beach Tree to run on a line APPENDIX. 9 2 3 due west until it intersects the East line of Sandwich Addition so called to a Stake marked T C about Eight feet South Easterly from said Stake is a Red Birch Tree marked H G — T C & I G which shall be the North line of Tamworth and South line of Burton so far as said Burton is adjoining on said Tamworth — And in pursuance of said Power and Authority granted by said Act We do further adjudge and determine that the Agents of the Proprietors of Eaton pay to the Agents of the Proprietors of Tam- worth the sum of Seventy Dollars and fifty Cents, as necessary costs and charges arising in hearing and settling the lines afore- said — And also that the Agents of the Proprietors of Burton pay to the said Agents of the Proprietors of Tamworth a further Sum of Seventy Dollars and fifty Cents arising for like purposes — Feb y 8 th 1797 — Simeon Olcott Josiah Little Russell Freeman I John Peirce named and appointed as one of the Committee to adjust and Settle the boundary lines between Tamworth, Eaton & Burton, according to the Act of the General Court hereto annexed, did refuse to undertake or perform said Trust or Business — John Peirce To Col° Henry Gerrish Esq — Sir — By agreement and consent of Parties You are appointed Surveyor to take a Survey of the boundary line between the Townships of Tamworth and Eaton, being the East line of Tam- worth and West line of Eaton — You are to begin at a Pitch Pine tree marked with six notches, which stands on the Patent line so called about one mile e'ast of Bear-camp River, so called, being the Southerly corner between Tamworth & Eaton and from thence to extend a North line between Tamworth and Eaton until six miles are compleated, where you are to erect a good and sufficient Monument or land mark — And from thence are to extend a line due west between Tamworth & Burton until it shall intersect the East line of Sandwich addition (so called) where you are to affix a Monument or land mark as above — You will appoint two good & qualified Chainmen who shall be sworn to a faithful discharge of their duty & trust — You will Notify the Agents of the Townships Tamworth Eaton & Burton when you shall make said Survey — You will compleat said Survey and make a return thereof on oath to me the Subscriber Chairman of the Committee for Settling the boundary lines between said Tamworth Eaton & Burton on or APPENDIX. 9 2 4 before the first day of March next — You are to expect your pay & reward for said Services from the Agents of the Township of Tam- worth — Concord 15 th Dec 1796 — ^ Order — Simeon Olcott Chairman Pursuant to the within appointment I Notified the Agents of Tam worth Eaton and Burton to meet me on the twenty first Day of December Instant at the within mentioned Pitch Pine Tree with six notches at the above time and place, there met me Hon bl * Thomas Cogswell Esq Agent for Tam worth, Jacob Blasdell Esq and Major Winthrop Smart Agents for Eaton and M r Henry Weed Agents for Burton. By mutual agreement of Parties Colonel Nathan Hoit was appointed to carry the fore end of the Chain & myself the hind end of the Chain — After being sworn to the faith- ful discharge of our trust we began at the aforesaid Pitch Pine tree marked with six notches, and thence measured upon an old line which was then agreed to by the parties which runs North one Degree and about twenty five minutes West by the Needle Six miles to a Beach Tree about seven inches diameter which we Spotted on four sides for the North East Corner of Tam worth which tree I also marked with the letters H G N H & T C and dated it Dec r 22 d 1796 and drove a Cent into the Westerly side of said Tree — From thence I run and spotted a line West one degree and about twenty five Minutes South, which makes it a right angle with the old line until I came- to the line of Sandwich Addition where I set up a Stake for the Northwest Corner of Tamworth, said Stake is spotted and marked with the letters T C about eight feet Southeasterly from said Stake I also Spotted a Red Burch Tree which is about Eleven Inches diameter which I marked with the letters H G — T C & I G and drove a cop- per into the side of said tree facing the Bounds — Tamworth Dec r 24, 179 6 Henry Gerrish Surveyor I hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true copy of papers lodged in the Secretarys Office Feb y 13 th 1797 by a Committee empowered to settle and fix the boundary lines between Tamworth & Eaton & Tamworth & Burton — Attest Joseph Pearson Sec y INDEX. INDEX OF NAMES OF PLACES Acworth 3 , 37 L 380-386 (Burnet) 3, 371, 372, 538 (New Burnet). ..3, 371, 375, 376, 378-380 (Number 3) 3-6, 371, 767, 768 Albany 389, 920 (Burton) 389, 390, 392-394, 920-924 Albany, N. Y 389 Alder Brook 482 Allenstown 233, 489 Almsbury or Amesbury, Mass... 106, no, 189 I 9 S> 3°6» 335 » 755 » 76 2, 767 Alstead 6, 404, 408, 409, 41 1 -413 (Newton) 6, 404, 405, 407, 408, 538 (Number 4) 6, 404, 767, 768 Amherst 8, 204, 414, 415, 417, 418 (Narragansett No. 3). . . .8, 172-174, 176 177, 216, 219, 220; 250, 414, 416 (Salem Narragansett) 8, 16, 174, 176 177 , 4 i 4 (Souhegan West) 8, 16, 414-417, 458 Ammonoosuck River.. 448, 452, 455, 704, 707 Amoskeag 36, no, 158, 178, 193-195 Amoskeag Falls. ..35, 105-112, 180, 182, 187 202, 226 Andover 297 Andover, Mass 36, 37, 247, 612, 618 Androscoggin River 62 Annahooksett Falls (see Hannakooksy Falls) 108 Annapolis, N. S 144 Antrim 136 Appledore (Isles of Shoals) 149, 152 Apthorp (Littleton and Dalton) 482, 678 Arlington (Winchester). ..144, 145, 275, 277- 281, 319, 320, 322, 345, 353-359, 766 Arrostook 905 Ashburnham, Mass. (Dorchester Can- ada) 283, 285 Ashland 418 Ashuelot 772, 773, 778, 781, 783, 784 Ashuelot River. ..78, 152, 298, 318, 330, 773— ' 776 , 77 8 - 7 8 4 Ass Brook. ..858, 864, 871, 872, 876, 877, 902 904-906, 908-910, 914 Athol, Mass. (Paquoiag).. ..78, 298, 775, 776 779-782, 784 Atkinson 419 Auburn 419, 566 (Long Meadow) 419 Babboosick Brook 19 Back River.. 843 Bakerstown (Salisbury) 297 Baldwin, Me 333 Bafbadoes 478 Barnstable, Mass 143 Barnstead 419-422, 576, 830-832 Barrington.. . 292, 420, 423-426, 866, 897, 898 900 Barrington, Mass 814 Bartlett 426, 544 Bath 447, 448, 4 SO- 45 2 , 454 , 455 , 482 Bear Camp River 922, 923 Beaver Brook 87, 165, 232 Bedford 13, 16, 178, 415, 416, 457, 458 (Narragansett No. 5). 13-17, 21, 106, 107 112, 116, 121, 124, 125, 192, 219, 220 222, 457 (Souhegan East) 13, 17, 457, 458 Bedford, Mass 814 Belemans Bank River 853 Bellingham, Mass 814 Bellows Falls 330 Bellowstown (Walpole) 330 Belmont 460 (Upper Gilmanton) 460 Bennett’s Brook 143 Bennington ; 460 Benton 460 (Coventry) 460, 461, 463 Berlin 477 (Maynesborough) 477, 478, 480 Berwick, Me 758, 773-776, 779, 814 Bethlehem 481, 482 (Lloyd Hills) 481-483 Beverly, Mass 340-344, 813 Beverly Canada (Weare) 339 Biddeford, Me 814 Billerica, Mass 165, 169, 772, 812 Black River 543 Blackwater River 338 Bloody Point (Newington) 224, 859 928 INDEX. Blow-me-down Brook 667, 669 Boiling Rock 858, 859 Bonnabeague 773, 774 Boscawen 21, 485, 486, 488, 528 (Contoocook). . .21, 27, 57, 67, 226, 301- 306, 485, 620, 766 Boston, Mass.9, ii, 14, 17, 31, 33, 56, 61, 65 74, 75. 8 3> S 8 , I02 , Io8 * ”0, 123, 124, 140 1 5°, 155, 167, 186, 195, 198, 206, 210, 21 1 214, 215, 221, 262, 263, 267, 269, 275, 285 292, 293, 295, 296, 312, 314, 315, 324-327 35 2 » 3 6 4 , 3 66 , 379 , 450 , 454 , 574 , 640, 648 665, 721, 740, 798, 799, 804,811,836,842 845, 846, 848, 849, 851, 852, 835, 859, 868 870, 876 Boston Piscataquog Township (New Boston) 80, 81, 215 Bow. 31, 145, 233, 246-249, 439, 489-492, 610 614, 617-619, 625-627, 629, 630, 633-636 645-647, 709 Boxford, Mass 813 Boyle (Gilsum) 405 Bradford 28, 339 (New Bradford) 28, 339 (Number 2) 28, 29, 766, 767 Bradford, Mass 28, 36, 612, 762, 767, 814 Braintree, Mass 685, 813 Brandy Rock 863 Breakfast Hill 879 Brenton’s Farm (Litchfield). 83, 157, 160, 161 Brentwood 493, 743 (Brintwood) 493, 865 Bretton Woods (Carroll).. .482, 529-531, 533 534 , 536 Bridgewater 496 Bridgewater, Mass 764, 813 Brintwood (Brentwood) 493, 865 Bristol 21, 485, 496 Bristol, Mass 814 Brookfield 496 Brookfield, Mass 813 Brookline 497 (Raby) 497, 49S j Brookline, Mass 763, 814 Buckingham (Unity) 372, 376, 538 Buckstreet 489 Burnet (Acworth) 3 , 37 1 , 37 2 » 53 8 j Burton (Albany). .389, 390, 392-394, 920-924 | Cambridge 499 - 50 L 5 ° 3 » 735 * 739 Cambridge, Mass 129, 133, 204, 331, 762 798, 799, 814 I Cambridge School Farm 130-132 j Camden (Washington) 339 Campton 504, 505, 507-509, 51 1, 513, 718 ! Canaan. 513, 514, 516, 518, 519, 521, 522, 732 j Candia 271, 523, 566 j (Charmingfare) 523 | Canterbury 29, 31, 489, 523-525, 527, 528 610, 629, 830-832 Cape Ann 260 Carroll 529 (Bretton Woods) 4 82 , 5 2 9 " 53 I . 533 , 534,536 Casco, Me 757 Casco Bay 66, 758 Center Harbor 537 Charles River 623 Charlestown. 330, 386, 388, 409, 537, 539-541 543, 580, 920, 921 (Number 4) 537, 538, 766, 767 Charlestown, Mass. 33, 169, 204, 205, 815, 874 Charlestown School Farm 87, 204, 210 Charmingfare (Candia) 523 Chatham. . . .426, 544, 545, 547, 554, 556, 650 Chelmsford, Mass.. ..68-70, 83, 185, 192-195 206, 238 Chester. 105, 187, 249, 271, 419, 523, 566-568 8 33~ 8 36, 864, 891, 899 (Cheshire) 566 Chesterfield 142, 569, 570, 573-^75 (Number 1) 357, 569, 766, 767 Chichester. ..489, 524, 576, 578, 579, 629, 631 632, 830-832 Chiswick (Littleton and Dalton) 678 Claremont 579 ~ 5 82 , 584-586 Clarksville 587 (Dartmouth College Grant) 587 Cochecho (Dover) 73, 695, 698 Cochecho River. . 293, 294, 364, 365, 367, 368 8 53 , 9 i 5 Cockburne (Columbia) 598, 740, 742, 743 Cockbumetown (Columbia).. . 598, 602, 603 606, 607, 610 Cockermouth (Groton and Hebron). 505, 509 Colburn (Colebrook) 589 Colchester, Mass. (Salisbury) 866, 867 Cold River 334 Colebrook 589, 598 (Colburn) 589 (Colebrooktown) 589, 593, 594 (Dryden) 589, 590, 592 Columbia 598 (Cockburne) 598, 740, 742, 743 (Cockbumetown). 598, 602, 603, 606, 607 610 (Preston) 590, 598, 599, 601 Concord... 29, 31, 233, 489, 523, 528, 610, 648 8 93 (Penacook) . 22-27, 2 9 » 3 1 * 33 » 34 , 3 6 , 3 s ” 41, 43, 44, 46-62, 64-66, 109, 170, 233 2 35 _2 37’ 2 4 8 » 610, 612, 617, 618, 623 625, 626, 630, 632, 633, 636, 640, 642- 645 , 747 , 7 54-7 5 8 (Rumford). 29-31, 59-61, 78, 80, 145, 297 298, 339, 610, 614, 615, 617, 620, 621 633 - 635 , 639, 641, 643-645, 647, 747 761, 762, 766 \ INDEX. 929 Concord, Mass.. . .64, 135, 330, 331, 766, 767 785, 794 , 795 , 815 Connecticut River. 3, 6, 28, 29, 39, 57, 61, 139 140, 143, 145, 154, 155, 330, 33 1 , 333-335 339 , 345 - 348 , 35 °“ 35 2 » 357 , 37 L 404, 448 45 2 , 455 , 537 , 538 , 543 , 544 , 569, 570 , 580 585, s86, 588, 590, 594, 598, 603, 606, 607 610, 616, 663, 667, 669, 747, 748, 751-753 756-759, 761, 762, 764-768 Contoocook (Boscawen).. .21, 27, 57, 67, 226 301-306, 485, 620, 766 Contoocook River.. 26, 27, 34, 35, 41, 45, 137 254, 256, 257, 486, 633, 642, 680 Conway. 390, 394, 396, 401, 403, 43 2 , 434~436 438, 440, 445, 544, 545, 551, 553, 650 65 653, 655 - 657 , 659, 660 Coos 706 Cornish 580, 662, 663, 665-667, 671 (Mast Camp) 662 Cotterill’s Delight 267, 859 Couleraine 420, 496, 669, 670 Coventry (Benton) 460, 461, 463 Coyachus 127 Crawford’s Grant 529 Crosby’s Brook 184 Croydon 662, 663, 671, 672, 674, 676, 677 Cumberland (Society Land) 67, 679 Dalton 678 (Apthorp) 482, 678 (Chiswick) 678 Dame’s Gore 513 Danvers, Mass 734 Danville 678 (Hawke) 678 Dartmouth (Jefferson) 530, 533 Dartmouth College 587, 588 Dartmouth College Grant (Clarksville). . 587 Dedham, Mass 804 Deerfield 316, 317, 319, 679 Deerfield, Mass .767 Deer Hill 496 Deering 67, 460, 679, 680 Derry 170, 681 Derry, Ire 681 Derryfield (Manchester) 170, 178 Discovery Hill 147, 149 Dorchester 521, 522, 682, 683, 685-687, 689-691, 693 Dorchester Canada (Ashburnham, Mass.) 283, 285 Dorchester, Mass 201, 202 Dover.64, 73-77, 101, 102, 104, 152, 224, 225 264, 266, 270-272, 292-294, 363, 367, 368 423, 425, 426, 624, 695,697, 701, 710, 711 833, 836-847, 849-857, 859, 860, 862, 863 866, 896, 898-900, 903-91 1, 914, 916, 919 (Cochecho) 73, 695, 698 (Northam) 73, 260, 695, 839, 851, 909 58 Dover Neck 102 Dracut, Mass 87, 105, 232, 826, 827 Dram Cup Hill 87, 132 Dryden (Colebrook) 589, 590, 592 Dublin 701, 702 (Monadnock No. 3) 701 (North Monadnock) 701 Dublin, Ire 701 Dummer 703, 704, 735, 739 Dunbarton 78, 105, 340, 445, 566, 658, 708 709 (Gorhamtown) 78, 708 (Starkstown) 78, 708 Dunstable (old grant).. 34, 35, 82-88, 90, 93- 101, 1 14, 1 16, 127, 128, 130, 132, 146, 157 159-163, 178, 179, 203, 210, 224, 232, 288 497 , 747 - 75 °, 75 2 » 754 ~ 75 8 , §2 5 , 82 7 Dunstable (Nashua) 82, 210 Dupplin (Lempster) 154 Durand (Randolph) 478 Durham 73, 101, 695, 701, 710-712, 866 896-900 (Oyster River).. 101, 102, 710,711,843 Duxbury, Mass 208-210 Duxbury School Farm. 174, 176, 177, 204, 208 Earlington (Winchester).. .274, 322-324, 345 East Kingston 712 (Kingston East Parish).. . .712, 891, 892 Easton 712 Eaton 390, 7 1 2-7 14, 716, 717, 920-924 Ellis’s River 428, 430, 436, 438, 442 Ellsworth 717, 718 (Trecothick) 717, 718, 720-722 Enfield 723, 724, 726-728, 731, 732 (Relhan) 723, 72 7-732 Epping 496, 712, 732, 743 Epsom 732, 733 Errol 734, 735, 737, 739 Exeter.. ..64, 272, 425, 493, 566, 678, 679, 732 743 , 8 33 , 8 34 , 8 3 8 , 8 39 , 8 44 ~ 8 5 2 , 8 54 , 8 57 ~ 859, 861-872, 876, 877, 887, 888, 892, 896 8 97 » 9 ° I_ 9 ° 3 , 9 ° 5 " 9 I °, 9 I2 ~ 9 I 4 , 9 X 6, 9 r 7 919 Exeter Falls. 849, 854, 859, 862, 871, 872, 877 902, 904-909, 913, 914 Exeter River 364, 495, 913 Falmouth 758 Farmington 292 Fitzwilliam J04, 272, 282 (Monadnock No. 4) 104 (Stoddardstown) 104 Fort Dummer 766 Francestown 460, 680 Franklin 297 Freetown (Raymond) 271 Fremont 493, 678 (Poplin) 493 930 INDEX. Fresh Creek. . . . Fullerstown, Me. •843 ..62 Gates’s Gore 513 Gerrishtown (Salisbury) 297 Gilmanton 460, 524, 830-832 Gilsum 316, 409 (Boyle) 405 Gloucester, Mass 260 Goddard’s Creek 919 Goffstown.. . .78, 105, 178, 215, 566, 708, 709 (Narraganset No. 4)... 105, 108-112, 222 (Shovestown) 16,105 Goliah’s Neck 292 Gorhamtown (Dunbarton) 78, 708 Goshen 154 Gosport (Star Island) 149 Grafton 732 Grantham 662, 663, 671, 672, 723 Great Bay 907, 910 Great Boar’s Head 880 Great Cohass River 196, 197 Great Eddy 292 Great Falls'. 29, 334, 339, 538, 747, 761, 762, 766 Great Falls (Walpole) 330 Great Hill 865 Great Monadnock 4 Greenfield 172, 249, 460 Greenland. . . 258, 547, 732, 733, 884, 885, 894 904 Grenada, W. 1 589, 594, 603 Groton (old grant) 126, 127 Groton (Cockermouth) 505, 509 Groton, Mass. 38, 83, 88, 90, 92-101, 1 27-134 230, 330, 331 Gunthwaite (Lisbon) 482 Halestown (Weare) 339 Half Moon Meadow 167, 168 Hammersmith, Eng 481 Hampstead 678, 679 Hampton 77, 134, 136, 265, 269, 620, 834 845-847, 849* 854, 858—860, 862—864} 866— 880, 882-887, 901-91 4, 9 1 7-9 1 9 (Winnicunnet) 134-136, 860 Hampton Falls 134, 887, 888 Hampton River 866, 874 Hancock 136, 460 Hannakooksy Falls (see Annahooksett Falls) 109 Hanover 514, 920, 921 Hanover, Mass 20 Harrytown (Manchester) 178 Hart’s Location 426 Harvard College 66, 333, 494 Hatfield, Mass 111, 319 Haverhill 461, 466, 468, 473, 476 Haverhill, Mass.36, 38, 44, 106, 170, 171, 191 306, 419, 612, 763, 826, 827, 875 Hawke (Danville) 678 Hebron (Cockermouth) 505, 509 Henniker 139, 680 (Marlborough Town) 139 (New Marlborough) 139 (Number 6) 5, 71, 72, 139, 766, 768 (Toddstown) 139 I Hill 496 j Hillsborough 140, 680 (Number 7) 5, 68-70, 140, 767, 768 Hilton’s Point 860, 907, 910 Hinsdale 142, 345 Hogstye Cove.. ..851, 859, 906, 907, 910, 913 Holderness 418, 505, 509 Holt’s Rocks 826 1 Hollis 8, 82, 204, 210, 414, 497 (Holies) 497, 498 Hooksett 78, 105, 566, 708 Hopkinton 145 (New Hopkinton) 145, 709 (Number 5) 145, 766, 768 Hopkinton, Mass.. .80, 81, 145, 251, 762, 767 Horse Hill 887 Hudson 146, 170 (Nottingham West) 146 Ipswich (New Ipswich) 225, 252, 315, 325 326 I Ipswich, Mass. 35, 36, 38, 128-132, 215, 225- 231, 263, 271, 364, 754, 874 Island Pond 891 j Isles of Shoals 149-151 (Appledore) 149, 152 I Jackson. 426 , Jaffrey (Middle Monadnock) 702 ! Jefferson (Dartmouth) 530, 533 Jennesstown (Warner) 335 j Joslin’s Neck 877, 903, 905, 907, 908, 910 Kearsarge Gore 335 i Kearsarge Mt 28 Keene 152, 316, 318 (Upper Ashuelot) 152, 317 f Keeneborough 493, 494 Kenny’s Creek 859, 907, 910, 913 ! Kensington 887, 888 Kingston 620, 678, 712, 833-835, 891-893 906, 908 (Kingstown). 496, 566, 836, 865, 891, 893 899, 908, 909, 918 Kingston East Parish (East Kingston) 712, 891, 892 Kittery, Me 269, 838 Lamprey or Lampereel River... 272, 363, 423 424, 837-839, 845, 849-854, 862, 905 9 ° 7 , 909 » 9io, 914, 9 U> 9 : 9 Lancaster (Upper Coos) 590, 599 INDEX 931 Lancaster, Mass 70 Lancaster River 92 Landaff 466, 468, 470, 712 Lanestown (New Boston) 215 Langdon 330, 537 Lebanon 724, 728, 732 Lee 73, 101, 695 Lempster 154, 155, 339 (Dupplin) 154 (Number 9) 154-157, 767, 768 Lexington, Mass 330 Lisbon (Gunthwaite) 482 Litchfield.. 1 57, 164, 165,180, 182, 183,186,825 (Brenton’s Farm) 83, 157, 160, 161 (Naticook).. .157, 158, 161-165, 203, 206 366, 367, 773, 774 Little Cohass Brook 196-198 Little Naticook Brook 206 Littleton 481, 482, 678 (Apthorp) 482, 678 (Chiswick) 678 Littleton, Mass 127, 133, 134, 330, 331 Lloyd Hills (Bethlehem) 481-483 Lock’s Point .917 London, Eng 589, 594, 603 Londonderry 146, 170, 187, 658, 681 (Nutfield) 36, 39, 170, 172 Londonderry, Ire 170 Long Meadow (Auburn) 419 Loudon 29, 31, 523, 610 Louisbourg, Can 427, 469 Lovewellstown (Pembroke) 180, 186, 233 773. 774 Lower Ashuelot (Swanzey).275, 318-324, 570 Lunenburg, Mass 223, 280, 345-349 Lyman 452, 455 Lyme 683, 687, 691 Lyndeborough 172, 204, 324 (Salem Canada) 172, 256, 325-327 Madbury 73, 695 Madison 712 Malden, Mass 33, 146, 148 Manchester 13, 105, 170, 178, 457, 566 (Derryfield) 170, 178 (Harrytown) 178 (Old Harry Town) 81, 118, 178, 183 (Tyngstown) 178, 183-188 Marblehead, Mass 64, 79 Marlborough 152, 272, 318, 701 (Oxford) 105 Marlborough, Mass 139 Marlborough Town (Henniker) 139 Marlow 409 Masheshattuck Hill 232 Mason 126,498 Mast Camp (Cornish) 662 Maynesborough (Berlin) 477, 478, 480 Medford, Mass 1 17-120 Meredith 401, 537 Meredith Harbor 537 Mericoneg Neck 66 Merrimack 203, 415, 416 Merrimack River.. ..3, 6, 9-1 1, 13, 14, 16, 17 19, 20, 22-30, 34-36, 38, 39, 41-47, 57, 61 62, 64, 66, 67, 80, 81, 83-87, 99, 105-113 1 16, 1 18, 135, 139, 140, * 45 -H 9 > 154, 155 1 57, 159-165, 167-169, 180-184, 186, 187 189, 190, 192-200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 212 214, 215, 219, 222, 224, 232, 233, 235, 236 239, 240, 297, 298, 301-306, 335, 339, 342 344* 345» 367. 37 1 > 4 457 , 486, 528 566, 616, 622-624, 626, 627, 629, 631, 633 636, 641-644, 708, 748, 75 i_ 753> 755-759 762, 764-766, 768, 773, 774, 825-827, 833 862, 867, 875 Merry Meadow 319, 334 Methuen, Mass 87, 826, 827 Middle Monadnock (Jaffrey) 702 Middleton 496 Milan (Paulsbourg) 500, 504, 704, 7 07 Mile Slip 8, 204, 414, 497 Milford 8, 172, 204, 414 Miller’s River 775, 776, 779 Milton 292 Milton, Mass 763 Monadnock Mt. . .252-254, 256, 257, 283, 285 33° Monadnock No. 1 (Rindge) ... .282 Monadnock No. 3 (Dublin) 701 Monadnock No. 4 (Fitzwilliam) 104 Monadnock No. 8 (Washington) 339 Monson 8, 414 Mont Vernon 8, 172, 414 Moultonborough Harbor 537 Muscatanapus Pond 87 Narragansett No. 3 (Amherst).. ..8, 172-174 176, 177, 216, 219, 220, 250, 414, 416 Narragansett No. 4 (Goffstown). . . 105, 108- 112, 222 Narragansett No. 5 (Bedford) 13-17, 21 106, 107, 112, 116, 121, 124, 125, 192, 219 • 220, 222, 457 Nash and Sawyer’s Location 529 Nashua 82, 210 (Dunstable) 82, 210 Nashua River.88, 90, 94, 99, 146-148, 212, 222 Nashville 210 Natanis Brook 143 Naticook (Litchfield) 157, 158 161-165, 203, 206, 366, 367, 773, 774 Naticook Brook 167, 169, 206 Nelson 152, 316 New Almsbury (Warner) 335 New Boston 16, 105, 215, 415, 416 (Boston PiscataquogTownship)8o, 81,215 (Lanestown) 215 932 INDEX. New Bradford (Bradford) 28, 339 New Burnet (Acworth) 3, 371, 375, 376 378-380 Newbury 28 Newbury, Mass 21, 24, 29, 106, 135, 306 485, 620, 754, 874, 920, 921 New Castle 258, 732, 733, 875, 906 908, 909, 91 2-914, 919 New Concord (Washington) 339 New Hampton 537 New Hopkinton (Hopkinton) 145, 709 Newichwannock River 292, 294, 295, 365 366, 757 - 759 . 773 . 774 , 842, 851, 853 905 - 907 , 9 IQ , 9 X 4 » 9*5 Newington.. .73, 224, 419, 695, 730, 904, 905 (Bloody Point) 224, 859 New Ipswich 225, 230, 313, 315, 324 (Ipswich) 225, 232, 315, 325, 326 New London, Conn 721 Newmarket ioi, 495, 496, 553, 710, 712 743, 865 New Marlborough (Henniker) 139 Newport 580, 663, 672 New Salisbury (Salisbury) 297 Newton (Alstead) 6, 404, 405, 407, 408 538 Newton, Mass 794, 795 Nissitissit 93, 98, 99 Northam (Dover) 73, 260, 695, 839, 851 909 Northfield 29, 297, 523 Northfield, Mass 142-144, 345-356 747 - 75 °, 752 , 758 , 772 , 773 , 775 , 77 6 778,779 North Hampton 134, 894-896 (North Hill Parish). . . 134, 880, 885, 887 North Monadnock (Dublin) 701 Northtown 775, 776, 778 North Yarmouth, Me 706, 759 N orwottocke 146 Nottingham. . .86, 87, 146, 161-163, 423, 425 426, 576, 631, 679, 733, 864, 866, 896-900 Number 1 (Chesterfield). .357, 569, 766, 767 Number 1 (Warner) 335 - 338 , 766, 767 Number 1 (in Vermont) 766 Number 2 (Bradford) 28, 29, 766, 767 Number 2 ( Westmoreland) 766, 767 Number 2 (in Vermont) 766 Number 3 (Acworth) 3-6, 371, 767, 768 Number 3 (Walpole) 330, 331, 333, 766 767 Number 4 (Alstead) 6, 404, 767, 768 Number 4 (Charlestown). . 537, 538, 766, 767 Number 5 (Hopkinton) 145, 766, 768 Number 6 (Henniker) 5, 71, 72, 139, 766 768 Number 7 (Hillsborough) 5, 68-70, 140 767, 768 Number 8 (Washington) 339, 767, 768 Number 9 (Lempster) 1 54-1 57, 767, 768 Nutfield (Londonderry) 36, 39, 170, 172 Old Harry Town (Manchester). .81, 118, 178 i8 3 One Pine Hill 82, 210 Ossipee 235 Oxford (Marlborough and Troy). ....... 105 Oyster River 838, 849, 853, 862 Oyster River (Durham) 101, 102, 710 7 ib 843 Palmer, Mass 685 Paquoiag (Athol, Mass.) 78, 298, 775, 776 779-782, 784 Paulsbourg (Milan) 500, 504, 704, 707 Pawtuckett Falls 165, 232, 624, 644, 825 Peeling (Woodstock) 718 Pelham 232 Pembroke 233, 244, 245, 489 (Lovewellstown) 180, 186, 233, 773 774 (Suncook) 36, 57, 78, 80, 81 108, 109, 145, 159, 160, 180, 182 183, 186, 226, 233, 238, 240-244, 246-249, 333, 489, 644, 645, 647 Pemigewasset River. .301, 303-305, 505, 509 Pemmemittequonnitt Pond 232 Penacook (Concord) 22-27, 29, 31, 33, 34 36, 38-41, 43, 44, 46-62, 64-66, 109, 170 233, 235-237, 248, 610, 612, 617, 618, 623 625, 626, 630, 632, 633, 636, 640, 642-645 747 , 754-758 Penechuck Brook. . 1 1 Penechuck Pond 1 1 Peterborough 137, 249, 307, 309, 31 1, 324 (Souhegan) 249 Peterborough Slip (Temple and Sharon) 307 , 3 2 4 Pigwacket (Conway). . 234-237, 245, 643, 650 Piscasack River 919 Piscataqua (Portsmouth).. 258-260, 262-264 838, 840, 841, 868, 870 Piscataqua River. . .74, 77, 224, 262, 855, 858 859, 867, 903, 904 Piscataquog 178 Piscataquog River. 17, no, 113-116, 118, 119 I 59» 183-185, 192, 219, 222, 224 Pittsfield 576 Plainfield 663 Plaistow 419, 893 Plymouth 504 Plymouth, Mass 140, 169, 279 Poplin (Fremont) 493 Port Royal, N. S 143, 144 Portsmouth 74-76, 152, 224, 258, 262, 263 267-269, 271, 291, 335, 373, 378, 382, 387 39 1 , 394 , 396, 397 , 399 , 402, 406, 41 1, 421 INDEX. 933 Portsmouth, cont. : 423, 427, 429, 431, 433, 437, 441-443, 446 449, 453, 463, 465, 467, 469, 47i, 475, 479 482, 494, 501, 507, 51 1, 516, 520, 522, 531 535, 540, 547, 552, 555, 557, 55$, 560-563 568, 572, 578, 582, 586, 591, 596, 600, 604 608, 617-620, 624, 628, 634, 645, 653, 660 664, 668, 674, 684, 688, 692, 705, 715, 720 725, 729, 734, 736, 74i, 826, 840, 876, 878- 880, 882, 884, 901-921 (Piscataqua).. 258-260, 262-264, 838, 840 841, 868, 870 (Strawberry Bank).. . .101, 224, 225, 258 261, 263, 264, 266-270, 840-842, 858 860, 903 Preston (Columbia) 590, 598, 599, 601 Quamphegon Falls 907, 910, 915 Quebec, Can 427 Quobbin hi Quohquinnapasskessanahnoy 9-1 1 Raby (Brookline) 497, 498 Ragged Neck 912, 914, 919 Randolph (Durand) 478 Ranny’s Cove 905, 906 Raymond 271, 523, 566 (Freetown) . 271 Relhan (Enfield) 723, 727-732 Richmond 272, 274, 318, 345 (Sylvester Canada) 272 Rindge 104, 282, 286, 290, 330 (Monadnock No. 1) 282 (Rowley Canada) 282, 287-289, 291 (South Monadnock) 282 Roaring Brook 279-281 Robiestown (Weare) 339 Rochester 292, 296, 426, 670, 866 Rollinsford 73, 695 Rowley Canada (Rindge). . 282, 287-289, 291 Rowley, Mass 282 Roxbury 152 Roxbury, Mass 9, 11 Royalshire 290 Rumford (Concord) 29-31, 59-61, 78, 80 145, 297, 298, 339, 610, 614, 615, 617, 620 621, 633-635, 639, 641, 643-645, 647, 747 761, 762, 766 Rumford, Me 62 Rumney 505, 509, 718 Rutland, Mass 775, 776 Rye. . ..149, 335, 675, 878-880, 882-884, 894- 896 (Sandy Beach) 914 Ryetown (Warner) 335 Saco River. . .21, 247, 333, 428, 430, 436, 438 442, 651 Saco Swift River 394, 396, 397, 400, 401 403 Sagamore’s Creek 912 Sagumskuffe 214 Salem. 531 Salem, Mass. 64, 67, 79, 177, 254, 257, 263, 734 Salem Canada (Lyndeborough) 172, 256 , 3 2 5-3 2 7, 3 2 9 Salem Narragansett (Amherst).. . 8, 16, 174 176, 177, 414 Salisbury 297 (Bakerstown) 297 (Gerrishtown) 297 (New Salisbury) 297 (Stevenstown) 297 Salisbury, Mass. . 106, no, 199, 762, 849, 861 862, 868, 870-875, 887, 888, 892, 905, 906 910 (Colchester) 866, 867 Salmon Brook 214, 215 Salmon Falls River 651, 670 Sampson’s Point 912, 913, 919 Sanbornton 297 Sandown 679 Sandwich 390 Sandwich Addition 923, 924 Sandy Beach (Rye) 914 Sandy Point 859, 902, 918 Scohomogomocke Hill 293-295 Shankhassick 862 Sharon 249, 307, 324 (Peterborough Slip) 307, 324 (Sliptown) 324 Sheffield, Mass 764, 765 Shelburne 478, 480 Shewbrook 226 Short Falls 184 Shovestown (Goffstown) 16, 105 Shrewsbury, Eng 260 Shrewsbury, Mass 859 Sliptown (Temple and Sharon) 324 Society Land 67, 136, 460, 679, 680 (Cumberland) 67, 679 Somersworth 73, 517, 695, 701 Souhegan 83, 106, 107, 457 Souhegan (Peterborough) 249. 250 Souhegan East (Bedford).. . . 13, 17, 457, 458 Souhegan River 9, 14, 16, 87, 90, 99, 132 159, 160, 174, 176, 177, 203, 209, 210, 250 415,416,458 Souhegan West (Amherst) 8, 16, 414-417 45 8 Souheganock 205 Souheganock River 9-1 1, 205 South Hampton 712, 826, 827 South Monadnock (Rindge) 282 Spectacle Brook 212 Spectacle Meadow 212 Springfield 543 934 INDEX. Star Island 149 (Gosport) 149 Stark 703 Starkstown (Dunbarton) 78, 708 State’s Gore 513 Stevenstown (Salisbury) 297 Stewartstown 588, 594 (Stuart) 588 Stockbridge, Mass 137, 140, 435 Stoddard 316 Stoddardstown (Fitz william) 104 Stow, Me 76S Strafford 423 Stratford (Woodbury) 599, 607, 610 Stratham 878, S84, 885, 917-919 Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth) 101, 224 225, 258, 261, 263, 265-270, 840-842, 85S 860, 903 Stuart (Stewartstown) 588 Success 500, 503, 504 Sudbury, Mass. . , 70 Suffield, Mass 764 Sullivan 152, 316 Suncook (Pembroke). .36, 57, 78, 80, 81, 108 109, 145, 159, 160, 180, 182, 183, 186, 226 233, 238, 240-244, 246-249, 333, 489, 644 645, 647 Suncook River 34 . 35 . 233 Swampscott.262, 265, 846, 847, 854, 855, 857 858, 860, 861, 908, 91 1 Swanzey 152,272,318,319 (Lower Ashuelot) 275, 318-324, 570 Swanzey, Mass 318 Swift River hi, 773-776 Sylvester Canada (Richmond) 272 Tamworth 389, 390, 7 12-7 14, 920-924 Temple 172, 249, 324 (Peterborough Slip) 324 (Sliptown) 324 Thornton 718 Toddstown (Henniker) 139 Topsfield, Mass 77 Townsend, Mass. 87, 88, 90, 92, 127, 128, 130 132. I 33 > j 78 , 179 . 22 8. 229 Trecothick (Ellsworth) 717, 718, 720-722 Troy 104, 272, 318 (Oxford) 105 Tyngstown (Manchester) 178, 183-188 Umbagog Lake 500, 503 Unity 380, 537 (Buckingham) 372, 376, 53S Upper Ashuelot (Keene) 152, 317 Upper Coos (Lancaster) 590, 599 Upper Gilmanton (Belmont) 460 Upper Housatonic 137 Uxbridge, Mass 120-123 Varney’s Hill 843 , Wachuset Hill 775, 776 Wales’s Location 598 Wall’s Cove 864, 902, 904, 907, 910, 913 Wall’s Creek 904 Walpole 330 - 33 2 » 405 , 409. 537 . 53 8 (Bellowstown) 330 (Great Falls) 330 (Number 3) 330, 331, 333, 766, 767 Ware, Mass 773, 774 Warner 335 ( J ennesstown) 335 (New Almsbury) 335 (Number 1). . 335 ~ 33 8 . 766, 767 (Ryetown) 335 Warren 718 Washington 28, 154, 339 (Camden) .339 (Monadnock No. 8) 339 (New Concord) 339 (Number 8) 339, 767, 768 Washington Gore 28, 339 Waterford, Me 140 Watertown, Mass 748, 752, 753 Wattannanuck River 146, 148, 212 Weare 78, 339, 340, 708, 709 (Beverly Canada) 339 (Halestown) 339 (Robiestown) 339 (Wearestown) 339 Webster 21, 485 Weekasoak Brook 212 Wenham, Mass 762 Westfield, Mass 764, 765 Westford, Mass 330, 767 Westmoreland (Number 2) 766, 767 Weston, Mass 748, 752 Wheelwright’s Creek. .864, 905, 906, 917-919 White Pine Plain 865 Whitefield 481 Whitehall 907, 910, 914 Wilton 126 Wilton, Me 1 88 Winchester. . 142, 272, 322, 345, 353, 357, 570 (Arlington). .144, 145, 275, 277-281, 319 320, 322, 345, 353-359. 766 (Earlington) 274, 322-324, 345 Windham 146, 170, 232 Windsor, N. Y 5S5 Winnicunnet (Hampton) 134-136, 860 Winnicut River. .269, 858, 876, 902, 903, 905 906, 908, 909, 917, 918 Winnipiseogee Lake. . . 178, 179, 303-305, 524 Woburn, Mass 767 Woodbury (Stratford) 599, 607, 610 Woodstock (Peeling) 718 Worcester, Mass 70 Yarmouth, Mass 816 York, Me 101, 269, 816 INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS Abbe, Joseph 231 Thomas 454 Abbott, Amos 649 Benjamin 378, 689 Daniel 649 David 247 Edward 618, 649 George 649, 653 Jabez 649 Jacob 614 Jesse 649 Jonathan 245 Joseph 698 Joshua 649 Moses 649 Nathan 649 Nathaniel 613, 649 Rebecca 18 Reuben 649 Samuel 247 Stephen 649 Abel, Andrew 726 Gerrill 592 James 592 John 592 Abrames, Andrew 592 Anthony 592 Achincloss, Thomas 454, 532 Ackley, Benjamin, Jr 507 Isaac 507 Acworth, Lord 3 > 37 1 Adams, Charles 103 Daniel 815 E P hraim 374 , 378 , 383, 583 J ohn 73 ° Joseph 332, 419, 421 Judah 450 Nathaniel 547 Robert . .383 Samuel 526 Thomas 332, 540 W illiam 89, 92, 93, 98, 374 Addington, Isaac 66 Akerman, Benjamin 569 Alden, Daniel 726 John 67, 153, 208, 296, 324-327, 329 765, 794 , 795 Alden, Nathaniel 324, 326 Aldrich, Jonathan 675 Solomon 675 Alexander, Elias 574 Elijah 583 Joseph, Jr 280, 281 Alford, John 808 Allard, Henry 422 Allen, Benjamin 541,814 Daniel Tacob 698 Jeremiah 307 - 3 ” John •••• 336 , 337 , 5 2 6 , 855, 857 Joseph Jude 49 i Nicholas 811 Richard Samuel 632, 733 Silence 18 Spencer 698 William 92 Ally, John 698 Samuel 698 Almy, Job 764, 765 Alvord, Simeon 730 Stephen 730 Ambler, John 527 Joseph 463 Joshua . . .463 Ames, Jacob 234 Jethro 234 William 592 Amherst, Lord Jeffry 8, 414 Amsdale, Isaac 463 Amsden, Isaac 540 Anderson, John 601 Anderton, James 303 Andrew, Joshua 245 Andrews, John 813 Robert 813 Angier, John 737 Oakes 7 Annabee, Daniel 507 Applebee, William 697 Appleton, Daniel 231 Elizabeth 231 Isaac 231 INDEX. 936 Appleton, John 231,874,875 Mary 231 William 454, 729 Arbuckle, William 20 Arbuthnot, John 223 Armes, John 573, 583, 730 John, Jr 573 Armor, Samuel 893 Arnold, John 18, 811 Josiah 507 Thomas 105, 106, 159 Arthur, John 150, 1 51 Ash, Thomas 697 Ashley, Oliver 583 Samuel 581, 582 Samuel, Jr 583 Atherton, Humphrey 856 Major 101 Atkinson, Theodore.. . 3^2, 373-375, 378-380 383. 385* 387, 396, 399> 402, 403, 406- 408, 412, 414, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422 425, 429, 437, 438, 444, 449 _ 4S i > 454 459> 463,467, 47i, 475, 48o, 487, 492 494-496, 499, 502, 5°7, 5°8, 5 I2 > 5*6- 519, 522, 523, 527, 532, 536, 537, 540 541, 543, 544, 552, 555, 558, 559, 561 562, 564, 568, 569, 572, 574, 575, 578 579, 583, 586, 592, 596, 605, 608, 622 625, 632, 633, 653, 657, 665, 668, 678 681, 684-686, 689, 693, 695, 703, 705- 707, 716, 721, 725-727, 734, 737, 826 865, 887, 898-900 Theodore, Jr 382-384, 392-394, 41 1- 413, 441, 446, 450, 454, 463, 464, 475 489, 498, 507, 51 1, 512, 529, 547, 548 550, 582-584, 592, 593, 600-602, 653- 655, 660, 665, 666, 674-676, 678, 685 689, 690, 710, 715-717, 729, 730 Atwell, John 689 Auchmuty, Robert. . . .223, 310-314, 422, 492 Ault, John 837, 853 Austin, Abiel 247 Nathaniel 532 Zebediah 247 Averill, John 332 Samuel 589, 592, 601 Avery, James 678 John 492 Awls, William 20 Ayer, John 613 Obediah 612, 614 Peter 245 Samuel 613 William 233, 235, 236, 247, 643 Ayers, Daniel 893 Edward 685 Jacob 653, 656 Job 450 Mark 422 Ayers, Moses Perkins 454 Perley 654 Peter 3°3» 654» 656 Richard 653 Roger 45° Samuel Samuel, Jr 653 Thomas 422 Babb, Philip 151 Philip, Jr 665 Babcock, Joseph 5 j 6 Bacon, John 45°> 454 Reuben 45° Badger, John 302 Bagley, Jonathan 455 Orlando Bagnall, Benjamin 223 Bailey, Joseph 813 Philip ..426, 427, 436, 438 Baker, Daniel 816 John 18, 843 Joseph 247 Otis 5° r Samuel 816 Thomas William 816 Baldwin, Benjamin, Jr. . 50! Ebenezer 5 0I > 726 Isaac 70 Jabez Jeremiah 89 Nathan 730 Rufus, Jr v . . . 726 Samuel 89 Ball, Gideon 223 Nathaniel 33 1 Ballantine, John 46 Ballou, William Bamford, Robert Bancroft, Timothy 33 2 Banfield, Charles 522 Banfill, John Banks, James 463 Bant, William 223 Bantom, Ambrose Barber, David 454 Robert Bardin, Robert Barker, Jonathan 665 Nathaniel Noah Samuel 816 Stephen 36 William 613, 738 Zebediah 613 Barnard, Edward John INDEX. 937 Barnard, Jonathan 335—338 Rev. 247 Samuel, Jr 336, 337 Thomas 247, 812 Barnes, John 18 Thomas 20 Barrell, Nathaniel 412, 653 Barrett, James 330 John 122, 123, 814 Joseph 251 Barron, Moses 19 Oliver 245 Samuel 383 Timothy 454 William 730 Barrows, Jabez 726 Barter, John 720 Bartholomew, Timothy 738 William 364, 857, 860, 874, 875 Barthrick, Jonathan 814 Thomas 814 Bartlett, David 303 Joseph 121 Josiah 426, 588 Samuel, 3d 302 Barton, Henry 89 Basford, Jacob 568 James 525 Bass, Joseph . 532, 720 Samuel 18, 813 Batchelder, Abraham 41 1 Jeremiah 894, 896 Joseph 568 Josiah 568 Nathan 891 Nathaniel 568 Nathaniel, Jr 568 Stephen 135 Uiakrtah (?) 886 Batchellor, 849, 866, 867, 874 John 578 Josiah 578 Bates, Benjamin 19,21 James 463 J? h n 463 Bathrick, John 407 Baxter, Thomas 816 Bayley, Abner 454 Henry 813 Jacob 454 James 454 John 32, 613 Joshua 1 1 5, 454, 612, 613, 706 Beal, Zachariah 303 Bean, Daniel. ... 454 Beard, John 706 Thomas 837 William 103, 837 Beatle, Thomas 18 Beck, Amos 689 Henry 649 John 532 Beckhard, Elias 726 John, 3d 726 Beckman, Gerandus 592 James, Jr 592 John 592 Theophilus 592 Thomas 592 Beckwith, Job 507, 512 Nathaniel 507, 512 Bedel, Cyrus 454 Moody 454 Robert 454 Timothy 454 Bedford, Duke of 13, 457 Bedgood, Jeffry 310, 31 1, 313-315 Beebe, Jonathan, 3d 516 Silas 507 William, Jr 507 Beedle, Thomas 812 Beers, Richard 76 Belcher, Andrew 334, 81 1 Jonathan 14, 15, 17, 25, 28, 31, 52, 54 56, 57, 59, 68, 70, 71, 73, 80-82, '85, 87 88, 90-93, 96, 98, no, in, 1 13, 117 1 18, 120, 121, 123, 124, 126, 128, 129 132, 138, 143, 145, 162, 164, 176, 177 182-185, 190-192, 194, 195, 198, 201 203, 204, 209, 210, 218, 219, 228-230 242, 244, 254, 256, 258, 274, 277-279 281, 286, 300-302, 304, 306-310, 312 314, 316-318, 321, 322, 326, 329, 334 344 , 350 , 352 , 354-356, 359 , 7 10, 7" 750 , 754 , 765, 767-769, 780-782, 784 785, 791, 799, 809, 81 1, 817, 818, 880 882-885, 887, 888, 893 Samuel 19 Belding, Samuel 463 Belknap, Benjamin 407 William 455 Bell, Andrew 738 J ohn 20 William 737 Bellew, Henry 550, 557, 559 Bellingham, Richard 266,842 Bellows, Benjamin 330, 332 Benjamin, Jr 332 John 332 Joseph 332 Peter 332 Belmont, August 460 Bemis, Jonathan 7 Joseph 814 Benedict, Daniel 463 Bennett, 143 Abraham 526 Arthur 654, 716 938 INDEX. Bennett, Caleb 716 Job 526 John . . .240, 241, 547 John, Jr 547 Peter 812 Thomas 407, 716 Benson, Joseph 18 Benton, Thomas H 460 Bergin, Edward Hall 392, 348, 716 Bernard, Edmund 8 Francis 140, 142, 230, 286 Nathaniel 302 Thomas 18 Berry, Ephraim 392 John 231 Thomas. . .90, 91, 228, 229, 231, 285, 286 300-306, 322-324, 665, 765 William 665, 91 2-91 7 Besley, James 592 Biber, James 698 Bickford, Benjamin 151 Eleazer 526 Henry 698 Jethro 422 John 103, 151, 526, 697, 837 John, Jr 697 Joseph 526, 697 Lemuel 421 Thomas 422, 698 Bicknall, Benjamin 19 Bicknard, Benjamin 81 1 Samuel 81 1 Bigbee, James 454 Bill, Richard 18, 812 Billings, Daniel.. 813 Joseph 340 Nathaniel 815 Bingham, Thomas 693 Bingley, Samuel 813 Thomas 813 Bird, 144 Bisco, Josiah 8 Thomas 8 Bishop, John 407 Samuel 737 Bixby, John 813 Joseph 813 Black, Alexander 374 Blackfield, Thomas 813 Blackmore, Lemuel 689 Samuel 685 Solomon 685, 689 Blagdon, John 527 Blair, Alexander 713 Edward 454 Blaisdell, Jacob 920, 924 John 189-191, 200 Jonathan 199, 303, 336-338 Ralph 891 Blake, Moses 568, 578 Philemon 568 Samuel .... 568 Blanchard, Abiel 649 Augustus 383 Eleazer 407 James 383 John 649 Jonathan 378, 383 Joseph 16, 70, 86, 89,95, 9$, 101, no 126, 157, 182, 203, 272, 288, 351, 352 379 » 507 , 601 Joseph, Jr 407 Jotham 720 Richard 527 Thomas 613 Thomas, Jr 383 William 92 Blazo, William 665 Bleecker, Jacobus 592 Bliss, Peletiah 706 Blodgett, Caleb 158-160, 339, 768 Joseph, Jr 332 Nathan 614 Seth 407 Blood, Elnathan 374 James 378 John 97 Joseph 92, 93, 97 Josiah 89, 92 Nathaniel 84, 89, 93 William 92 Blunt, Charles 532, 685 Ephraim 247 William 685, 721 Boardman, Moses.. 613 Bodge, Benjamin 697 Benjamin, Jr 697 Ichabod 698 Bollan, William 614, 615 Bolton, Hannah 302 Nathaniel 846, 847 Bond, Amos 156 Benjamin 8 Daniel 8 Henry 583 John 32 Jonas 748 Thaddeus 156 William 66 Boody, Azariah 698 Booth, Robert 847 Borland, Francis 161 Borworth, John 814 Boscawen, Edward 21, 485 Botts, William 477, 478 Bourne, Ezra 795 Meletiah 800 Bouton, Eleazer 463 INDEX. 939 Jehiel 463 Samuel 463 Bowdoin, James 721 Bowen, Ezra 809 Bowers, Jonathan 526 Samuel'. 378 Bowman, Nathaniel 215, 216 Noah 450 Boyd, George 737 James 568 Boydell, John 222 Boyes, Matthew. .839, 845, 851, 852, 854, 872 Robert 836 Boylston, Dudley 450 Zebdiel 450 Boynton, Benoni 234 David 532 Ichabod 814 John 814 John, Jr 374, 378 Joshua 374, 378 William 891 Brackenbury, William 34 Brackett, George 665 Joshua 532, 547, 693, 716, 730 Nathaniel 665 Bradbury, Thomas.. . .77, 364, 365, 862, 867- 871, 901 William no Bradish, Jonathan 407 Bradley, Daniel 303 Isaac 191, 192 Jonathan 649 Timothy 649 Bradstreet, 135, 146, 839 John 578 Jonathan, Jr 332 Simon 263 Bragg, Thomas 653 Brainard, Chileab 51 1 Daniel, Jr 507 Jeremiah 507 Josiah 51 1 Nathan 51 1 Brattle, Major 22, 178, 761, 777 Thomas 84, 814 William 814 Breed, Ebenezer 816 John 816 Brent, Amos 450 Brenton, 83 William 366, 367 Bretnall, John 151 Brewer, James 737 Brewster, Daniel 721 Briard, John 689, 729 Brick, Thomas 814 Bridge, Ebenezer 223, 383, 407, 41 1 Joseph 156 Bridges, Moody 287, 289, 290 Briggs, Joseph 18 Brigham, Aaron 156 Gershom 738 Nathan 156 Bright, Henry 156 Brinley, George 706 Brock, John 422 Nicholas 698 William 526 Brooks, Caleb 118-120,407 John 574 Simon 41 1 Thomas 730 Broughton, 839 George. . . 76 Brown, Abisha 245 Abraham 568 Adonijah 463 Arthur 726, 730 Daniel 678 David 382 Ebenezer 7, 234 Ephraim 815 George 160 Henry Young 553, 657, 830, 832 James 302 John 720 Jonah 373 Jonas 411, 675 Jonathan 568, 887 Joseph 247, 880, 882, 883 Josiah 7, 156, 378, 41 1, 574 Matthew 685 Marmaduke 726 Richard 231 Samuel.. 40, 41, 89, 140, 141, 37 4 , 378, 757 Thomas 332, 814, 815 W 89 William 7, 231, 526 Brownell, George 568 Bruen, Obediah 259, 260 Bryant, Jonathan 407 Bryent, Jeremy 392, 547, 716 John 392, 548, 716 Walter.. 390, 392, 532, 547, 665, 701, 714 716 Walter, Jr 392, 546, 547, 706, 716 Bryer, Thomas 491 Buckley, Joseph 815 Peter 815 Buckminster, 226 Colonel 226 Joseph 34 , 35 Bucknam, Edward 536 Bulfinch, Thomas 223 Bulkeley, John 134 Peter 83 Bunbury, Mons 720 940 INDEX. Bunker, Daniel Elijah Zachary Bunton, Andrew 247, 653, 656, Burbank, Daniel Ebenezer Burge, David Burleigh, Andrew James 653, John 392, 547, John, Jr William Burling, Edward . 590, Edward, Jr Richard Burnap, Isaac John Burnet, Ebenezer William 3, 50, 236, Burnham, James 231, John Ofiin Richard Robert 103, 526, Burns, John Jonas Burridge, Ephraim John Burrill, Ebenezer 256, 304, 310, 312, 342, 359, 765, 781, 783, John Theophilus Burroughs, Lemuel Bursley, John Burt, William Burton, Henry William Bush, Timothy Bushnall, Ephraim 118, Bussey, John William Buswell, Caleb Butler, Alford Edmund James Oliver Phineas Simon Valentine Butman, Jeremiah Butterfield, Benjamin Jonathan 68-70, Nathaniel Samuel 192- William Butters, Samuel Samuel, Jr Buttrick, Samuel 697 1 698 ; 697 657 ! 412 3^3 $ 716 1 547 j 49 i 1 592 i 592 592 : 693 693 : 412 526 ; 526 i 411 1 813 1 866 .20 837 ••7 ••7 3 o 6 784 i • j 9 : 143 726 1 846 1 815 ! •93 • 51 693 ! . 19 , 120 j 527 I 527 649 ! .18 .64 737 573 737 ! 501 573 ; 343 : 383 378 383 : ■195! 392 I 726 ! 726 815 I Buzzell, Henry. . . John William Byam, Benjamin.. John Byels, Jonathan. . Byfield, Nathaniel, 697 698 698 383 §82 813 ,40, 41, 43, 46, 754, 796 Cadogan, Rice Cady, Aaron Aaron, Jr Nathaniel Calder, Hugh Caldwell, Samuel Calfe, John Call, David Jonathan Thomas Came, Samuel Campbell, Andrew Cannev, Jane John Joshua Love Paul Thomas Canning, Thomas Capen, John Caplin, Thomas Carlisle, William Carlton, Benjamin Christopher Nathaniel Nehemiah ,. . Stephen, 2d Carly, Samuel Carnes, John Carpenter, Greenwood, John Carr, David Francis John Carrigain, Philip Carter, Daniel Ephraim Ezra Henry Jacob John Thomas, Jr Carver, Richard Cary, James Thomas Cass, Amos John Joseph Caswell, Nathan Cate, Captain 'S' 5i6 5»6 378 ;'5®9 706, 721 815 34 57 726 815 697 698 697 851 225 685 813 3 X 5 846, 847, 893 613 613 426 613 426 526 223 737 601 653 653 653, 656 649 642, 649 653 620, 622, 649 532 649 526, 698 501 846, 847 813 837 568 583 583 455 866 INDEX. 94I Cate, Daniel 665, 721 Ebenezer 665 Eleazer 665 John 833 William 425 William, Jr 665 Cavanaugh, Charles 685 Chadbourne, Thomas 532 Challis, John 336, 338 John, Jr 337 Thomas 303 Chamberlain, Abner 517 Benjamin 517 David 517 Henry 812 John 517, 812 Samuel 763, 767 Simeon 583 William 517 William, Jr 517 Chamberlin, Benjamin 738 John 19, 20, 97, 247, 458, 737 William 732 Chambers, Charles 46 C hamper no wne, Captain 858 Champney, Downing 814 Samuel 814 Chandler, 159, 345, 809 Abiel 649 Colonel. 127, 172, 192, 253, 297, 319, 761 David 247 Isaac 336, 337 James 121-126, 175, 326, 327, 329 John 9, 22, 51, 106, 158, 252, 340, 612 613, 620, 622, 642, 749, 751, 754, 757 773, 777, 780, 790, 79 6 , 797, 807, 808 John, Jr 223, 730, 765 Joseph 815 Josiah 240, 245 Moses 234 Nathaniel 336, 337 Peter 649 Samuel.. .78, 106, 159, 160, 172, 173, 176 777, 780, 781, 783, 784, 794, 795, 807 808, 815, 818, 819 Samuel, Jr 815 Thomas 19 William 781, 782 Zachariah. 19 Chapman, Benjamin 716 Samuel 716 Timothy 507 Chase, Benoni 41 1 Bradford 41 1 Caleb 41 1, 675 Daniel 41 1, 675 Daniel, Jr 41 1, 675 David 618 Dudley 41 1, 675 Chase, H. B 894 John 649, 816 Jonathan 41 1, 491, 669, 674 March 41 1, 675 Moody 41 1, 675 Moses 41 1, 667, 674 Moses, Jr 41 1 Paul 41 1 Samuel.. . .6, 404, 410, 411, 671, 673, 674 Samuel, Jr 41 1, 675 Seth 674 Solomon 411, 675 Stephen 302, 41 1, 675 Thomas 893 William 816 Chatham, Lord 544 Checkley, John 112 Richard 223 Cheeker, Solomon 813 Cheever, Daniel 814 James 814 Cheney, John 32 Chesley, George 526 Ichabod 525 James 697, 698 Jonathan C2 c, 844, 866 Joseph 526 Philip 103, 526, 844 Reuben 698 Samuel 526, 697 Cheslin, Philip 261 Child, Edward 156 Jonathan 501 Childs, Jonathan 737 Choate, 178, 345, 777, 780, 809 Francis 231 John 225-229 Nehemiah 231 Robert 231 Thomas 231 Thomas, Jr 231 Church, Charles 86, 87, 783, 784 Colonel 153, 297 John 698 Thomas 751 Cilley, Bradbury 920 Holdridge 492 John 568 Joseph 897 Claggett, Wyseman. . .383, 441, 660, 665, 693 Claghorn, James 816 Clapp, Supply 721 Clark, Alexander 383 Asahel 693 Benjamin 222, 422, 587 Caleb 507 Ebenezer 065 Edward 613 Elias 526 INDEX 94 2 Clark, Elisha. 726 Enoch 665 George 492 Greenleaf 665 Ichabod 720 Ichabod, Jr 720 John 40, 41, 548, 613, 685, 81 1 John, Jr 70, 454 Jonas 158, 185 Jonathan 491 Josiah 665 Nathaniel 302 Oliver 726 Percival 303 Richard 698 Robert 332 Samuel 170, 532 Thomas 64, 856 William 18, 143, 68 1, 782, 81 1, 815 Clarkson, Andrew 899, goo Clay, Henry 418 Clays, Elijah 737 Clement, Nathaniel 613, 649 Clements, Daniel 698 James 698 Job 526, 698 Colburn, Thomas 243 William 89, 93 Colby, Abraham 642 Ichabod 336, 337 Orlando 336-338 Samuel 191, 201, 337, 656 Samuel, 3d 336 Thomas 338 Timothy 336, 337 Colcord, Edward 837, 855, 857, 862 Cole, Anna. 205, 206 Jacob 815 Colebrooke, Sir George 5S9, 594, 603 Coleman, Dudley 468, 477, 482, 483 Eleazer 421 Thomas 613 Coles, Daniel 601 Colley, Richard 491 Richard, Jr 491 Collins, Edward 856 William 218 Colt, John 450 Peter 450 Comey, David 407 Conant, Caleb 1 12 Lot 813 John 69 7 , Cone, Jonah 5 12 Cleveland, Aaron 5 12 Jonathan 5 11 Clifford, Richard 568 Stephen 5°7 Zachariah 568 William 5 12 Clive, Sir Robert 579 : Connor, Hugh. . . Clough, Caleb 336, 337 James Jeremiah 831,832 Jeremv 864 J onathan 569 Jonathan 831, 832 Thomas 5 2 7> 831,832 Joseph ..698 Cloutman, John 698 Converse, Josiah. . . . / 407 Cobb, 763 Cook, 170, 757 Cochran, John 721 Elisha Cock, William 598, 601 Hezeriah 698 Cockbume, Sir James. . . ••589, 594, 598, 603 Cooley, Simon 574 Coffin, Charles 22 3 Coolidge, David 8 Edmund 720 Enoch 613, 649 John 21-28, 485, 620 Joseph 486 Peter 3 2 , 6 4* 367* 3 &> 837, 9°9 Tristram 526, 69S William.- 649 Coggin, John 614 Cogswell, Jonathan 231 Nathaniel 613 Thomas 920, 924 William 231 Coker, Robert 32 Colburn, Andrew 737 Ephraim 19 Henry 241 John 183, 184 Robert 89, 93, 374 John 8 Jonas 7 Joseph 8 Nathaniel 8 Richard 8, 613 Thaddeus 8 William 7, 8 William, Jr 8 Coombs, John 374, 378 Medad 39 2 Samuel 83 Coope, John 45° Moses 45° Copp, David 454 Corbett, John I5 2 Corey, Jacob 234, 241 Cornell, Benjamin 59 2 John 592 INDEX. 943 Cornell, Joseph 592 Joseph, Jr 592 Cornish, Thomas 848, 850 Corwell, William 20 Cotton, 751 John 134, 142, 333 Roland 104, 374, 378, 407 William. .32,902, 903, 913, 914, 916, 917 Coutant, Henry 592 Cowan, Thomas 378 Craige, Thomas 383 Cram, Benjamin 578 James 547 John 568, 578 Thomas 578 Crane, John 847 Cressy, Samuel 463 Crillis, Matthew 837 Critchett, Elias 526 Crocker, Andrew Savage 454, 706 John 222 Paul 332 Simeon 507 Crockett, Richard 491 Crombie, William 407 Cromwell, Joseph 698 Thomas 135 Crosby, 184 Increase 51 1 John 532 Levi 512 Nicholas 243 Cross, John 135 Shubael 454 Thomas 231 Crosswent, William 568 Crouch, Richard 157 Crowell, John 816 Yelverton 816 Cummings, James 89, 113, nq, 116, 102 194, 195, 201, 202, 218 Jerathmeel 80, 81, 89, 93, 114, 115 218-220, 342, 345 John 97 Jonathan 374, 378 Jonathan, Jr 374, 378 Josiah 243 Samuel... 92, 184, 185, 193-195* 374 * 378 383 Samuel, Jr 689 William 97, 374 Cunningham, James 247 Thomas ' 242 Currier, Captain 578 Daniel 336, 337 Jacob 336, 337 Jonathan 336, 337 Joseph 336 Joseph, Jr 337 Currier, Richard 336, 337 Curry, 626 Curtis, James 813 Peter 532, 720 Cushing, . . . . 39, 809 John 754 , 796 John, Jr 273, 277 J onathan 578 Thomas. . . 57-59, 134, 142, 333, 778, 808 Cushman, Ambrose 693 Isaac 755 Cutler, Ephraim 156 John 19, 811 Samuel 156 Thomas 154, 155, 250 Thomas, Jr 156 Timothy 816 William 156, 332 Cutt, Edward 689 Henry 837 John 426, 569, 622, 624, 685 Richard 75, 76, 268, 270 Samuel 689, 720 Cutter, Ammi Ruhamah. . .465, 470, 472, 473 547, 706, 730 Gershom 814 Samuel 706 William 706 Cutts, Charles 894 Samuel 547, 737 Cuyper, Cornelius 592 Bailing, Thomas 720 Dalton, Caleb 234 Samuel 861, 863, 868, 875, 901 Tristram 678 Daly, Elijah 737 Dam, Elnathan 422 John 363, 422, 837 John, Jr 422 Joseph 698 Moses 422, 904, 905 Richard 422 Zebulon 422 Dame, Theophilus 520, 521 Dana, 541 Isaac 726 James 726 Jedediah 723, 724, 726 Jedediah, Jr 726 Jonathan 726 Judah 544 Thomas 674 William 7 Danforth, 761 Jonathan. . 10, n, 13, 34, 64, 66, 146, 147 149, 165-169, 205, 206, 213, 214, 233 295 Samuel 196-199 944 INDEX Danforth, Thomas 32, 166, 293, 294 Daniell, David. 103, 69S Jacob 697 John 697 Joseph, Jr 699 William 569 Daniels, Asa. 516 Clement 517 Eliphalet 454 Joseph 526 Danielson, Arthur 697 Darling, John 332, 891 John, Jr 332 Reuben 450 Timothy 675 Davenport, Addington 17, 46, 812 Captain S12 Deodat 463 Hezekiah 46"? James 17 Joseph 463 Richard 167, 16S William iS Daverson, Thomas 693 Davis, Benjamin 126 Darnel 492, 526, 613, 844, 866 David 526, 653, 716 Ebenezer ~ . 156 Eleazer 112, 814 Ensign 271 Ephraim 526, 613, 71 1, 897, S9S Francis 33^ 337 Hopestill 816 Jabez 526 James. . .422, 492, S 2 /* 578, 699, 71 1, 91 1 914,915,917,919 James, Jr 526 James, 3d 526 John 103, 846 Joseph 303, 526, 613, 634, 699 Joseph, Jr 526 Nathaniel 699 Samuel 526, 574, 613, 69S Samuel, Jr 698 Simon 583 Solomon 721 Thomas 383, 527, 697 VI illiam 9, 11 Zachariah 816 Dawes, Ambrose 812 Thomas 18, 812 Day, Ebenezer 574 James 223 Joseph 693 Moses 37, 612, 613 Dean, Abner 507 Daniel 815 Thomas 569, 730 William. 18, 574 Dearborn, Ebenezer. 56S Godfrey S47 Henrv 883 John, Jr 578 Tonathan 49 E 568 Joseph ■ 5 2 7 > 578, 8S4, SS5, 91S Samuel 665 Simeon 665 Decker, John 421 Deering, Frances 67, 679 De Grev, 646 Delaware, Earl 641 Demerit, Eli 527 EH, Jr 697 Job 697 Tohn 527,699 William. 527, 698 Demitt, Peter Denbow, Salathiel. . . 103 Denio, Aaron 3 l6 , 3 X 7 Dennett, Ephraim. . . .422, 492, 527, 568, 578 S44, 892 John 876, 903 Dennis, Thomas . . . . 231 Dennison, Daniel . . . 268, 270, 839 Nathan 726 Derby, Jonathan.. . . 502 Devoll. Manassah. . . 737 William, Jr Dewev, Nathan 5 QI Noah. • Devckman, Jacob. . . 592 Dickinson, 7C1 Ebenezer James 685 Nehemiah 5°7 Obediah 540 Dimond, Ezekiel Jacob -*649 Dinsdell, William. . . Dinsmore, Thomas. . 89, 93 Dix, James 8 Joseph. 156 Doacks, William. . . . 720 Dodge, Andrew . . . . . 813 David 613 Ebenezer James 454 John 813 Samuel 5*7 Samuel, 3d 516 William 231,813 Doe, Bradstreet 547 Tohn Nicholas 103, 547 Samuel 526 Dole, John Joseph INDEX. 945 Doolittle, Benjamin 353 Ephraim 730 Dorman, Ephraim 583 Dorr, Ebenezer 18 Dorrill, John 18 Doty, Moses 601 Richard 601 Douglass, John 407 Dow, Henry 303, 823, 870, 871, 875, 902, 904 906, 908, 909, 911-916 Samuel 877, 887 Downe, Thomas 222 William.. 332, 574 Downing, Ananias 601 Benjamin 421 Emanuel 77 George 601 Harrison 422 John.. . .332, 374, 378, 422, 492, 527, 574 578, 601, 675 John, Jr 421, 422 Jonathan 421 Joseph 421 Joshua 421 Josiah 422 R 832 Richard 421, 904, 905 Downs, Gershom 699 Dowse, Jonathan 54 Joseph 815 Margery 815 Nathaniel 665, 685, 706 Doyen, Francis 234, 247, 249 Drake, Abner .... 568 Abraham 578, 846, 847, 883 Nathaniel 568, 578 Draper, Thomas 407 Drew, Elizabeth 103 Francis 103, 699 John 697 Joseph 697 Thomas 103, 527 Drury, Luke 412, 675 Zedekiah 374, 378 Duda, Nicholas 716 Dudley, Colonel 170 Daniel 846 David 41 1 John 665 Jonathan, Jr 41 1 Joseph 126, 175, 620, 815 Paul 18, 46 Samuel 675, 839, 847, 851, 862, 873 Stephen 271 Theophilus 864 Thomas 847 William 6, 35, 41, 70, 71, 73, 87, 180 181, 218, 223, 254, 255, 675, 762, 76? 767, 780, 790, 808 Duffy, John 847 Dummer, 135 Jeremy 45 Richard 212 William 43, 45, 46, 238, 239, 798 Duncan, John 234 Dunlap, William 407 Durant, Edward 223 Dures, Moses 814 Durgin, Francis 526 James 527 Durrell, Peter 7 Dustin, Timothy 383 Dutch, George 716 Dwight, Daniel 156 Jonathan 154-156 Joseph 156 Nathaniel 156, 318, 781, 782 Samuel 156 Timothy 143, 781 Dyer, Benjamin 18, 812 Samuel 455 Eames, Ebenezer 516 Jacob 613 Joseph 516 Stephen 92, 97 Eastman, 626 Ebenezer 31, 37, 53, 60, 568, 610, 612 613 Joseph 617, 653 Joseph, Jr 653 Moses 653 Moses, Jr 649 Nathaniel 653 Obediah 653 Philip 649 Richard 247 Thomas 617 Eastwick, Captain 754» 757 Eaton, Henry 706 Joseph 89 Edgerly, Thomas 103 Zachariah 698 Edson, Josiah 813 Edwards, Thomas 83 Egremont, Earl of 641 Elkins, Henry 847 Ellinwood, John 813 Ralph 813 Elliot, Jonathan 649 Ellis, Gideon 583 John 156, 582 Joseph 526, 583 Welbore 641 Emerson, Daniel 373, 378, 689 Edward 303, 569 Jonathan 568 Micah 526 94 6 INDEX. Emerson, Samuel.. 190, 191, 199, 200, 525, 836 899, 900 Solomon 698 Stephen * 613 Emery, Benjamin 649 Noah 548, 665 Emmons, Joseph 507 John 44-50, 62, 64-66, 148, 223, 262 363, 366, 643 John, Jr 232 Epes, Daniel 1 77, 272, 340, 790 Major 53, 807 Simonds 778, 809 Erving, John 223 William 739, 740, 742 Esterbrook, Joseph 726 Moses 383 Samuel 726 Estow, William 77, 135 Eustis, Joseph 526 Evans, Benjamin 526, 698 Daniel 698 David .,18 Edward 526 John 295, 642, 698 Joseph 526, 698 Joseph, Jr 698 ; Joseph, 3d 698 Robert 698 Robert, Jr 698 Thomas 478 Eveleth, Daniel 231 Everett, John 214 Ewer, Nathaniel 716 Fabyan, John ici, 421 John, Jr 421 Joseph 421 j Samuel 421, 665 Fairfield, 809, 810 Fairweather, John 225 j Fales, Tames 569 J Faley, John 815 Falmouth, Viscount 641 Fansher, John 463 John, Jr 463 William 463 Farley, Benjamin 89, 374 Samuel 92, 374, 378, 498 Farmer, Jacob 382 Peter 592 Thomas 19, 234, 241 Widow 19 Farnsworth, David 540 Ephraim 234 Tames 540 Reuben 234 Stephen 540 Famum, Benjamin 649 Ephram 613 Ephraim, Jr 649 John Joseph Farrell, Robert 685 Farrington, Joseph, Jr.. . 592 Farrow, George Si 5 Farwell, Benjamin 98 Henry 199 Henry, Jr 243 Isaac 89,98, 374 Oliver 98 . 383, 583 Oliver, Jr 383 , 583 Fassett, John 737 Josiah 764 Fay, Jeremiah Fellows, Hezekiah Nathaniel ■ - 45 °» 5 ° 7 > 5 I2 » 685 William ..422, 492, 527, 578 Felton, Thomas 816 Fernald, George John 532 Revnald . . 264, 2 66, 268, 270 Ferriman, William 73 ° Ferrin, Jonathan 234, 241 Ferris, Benjamin 592 Ferson, Thomas 225 Field, David Ebenezer 407 Gains 3 J 9 John 697 John, Jr 697 Joseph , 103 Samuel 574 , 583 Seth Uriah 592 William 407 Zacharias 103 Fifield, Benjamin 649 Edward 49 i Jonathan 578, 888 Samuel 678 Fileg, Zachariah 156 Fish, Thomas 97 Fisher, John Samuel Wentworth.. 737 William 407 Fisk, Amos 6S9 John 156 Nathan 613 Samuel Fitch, 291 Jabez 494 John 450 Samuel Theophilus Thomas 233,754 INDEX 947 Fitts, Jeremiah 231 Fitzwilliam, Earl of 104 Flagg, Eleazer 92, 815 Flanders, Abner 649 Jeremiah 336, 337 Samuel 336, 337 Fleming, John 532 William 685 Fletcher, Oliver, Jr 378 Robert 84, 378, 383, 392, 574 Samuel 234 Flint, John 136, 330, 331, 333, 764, 767 Floyd, Hugh 730 Thomas 693 Flucker, Thomas 134, 333, 531 Fogg, Benoni 568 Daniel 883 James 568 Follen, William 816 Follett, Benjamin 492 Ichabod 526 John 844 Folsom, David, Jr 547 James 547 Jeremiah 392, 547, 716 Jeremiah, Jr .392, 492, 547, 716 John 392, 547, 716, 912-916 John, Jr 716 Nathan 716 Nathaniel 492, 706 Nathaniel, Jr 656 Peter 392 Samuel 706 Footman, John Jr 527 Thomas 837 Ford, Robert 234, 569 Foskett, John 815 Robert 815 Samuel 815 Foss, Isaac 491 Joshua 734 Josiah, 665 Zachariah 392, 547, 685, 689, 720 Foster, Abiel 241 Abraham 613 Asa 653 Caleb 653 Daniel 547, 650, 652, 653 Ephraim 247, 653 Henry 582 Jareb 450 Jehiel 450 John no, hi, 613 Moses 247, 620, 654 Moses, Jr 653 Phineas 234 Rebecca 812 Richard 18 Samuel 532, 720, 726 Foster, Thomas 223 Fountain, Matthew 463 Fowle, Daniel 517, 532, 720, 730 John 404, 405, 407 John, Jr 89, 98 Morris 698 Robert Lewis 532, 693, 721, 730 Fowler, Jacob 336, 337, 392 James 592 Jonathan 378, 454 Michael 721 Philip, Jr 392, 548 Fox, Ezra 450 Henry 641 Simon 450 William, Jr 516 Foxcroft, Francis 85, 809 Foxwell, 101 Foye, John 698 Francis, Ebenezer 407 Nathaniel 730 Nathaniel, Jr 730 Freeman, Benjamin 583 J onathan 693 Peter 450 Russell 920-923 Skif 726 Frees, Jacob 577, 578 Jacob, Jr 578 French, Benjamin 374, 378, 383, 574 John 95, 101 John, Jr 574 Jonathan 374 Joseph 98, 374 Sampson 332 Samuel 374, 383 Thomas 491 William 491 William, Jr 491 Frimington, Oliver 225 Frink, Thomas 582 Frisbee, Levi 706 Frost, Charles 527 Ezra 450 George 579, 665 John. . . .422, 492, 527, 531, 579, 698, 721 Joseph 579 Joshua 716 Nathaniel 547 Peleg 450 Reuben 450 Simon 68, 70, 71, 73, 90, 91, 93, 114 1 17, 120, 126, 129, 194, 203, 219, 229 277, 281, 306, 308-310, 312, 314, 322 323 . 344 , 355 , 356 , 785 Thomas 8 William 698 Frye, J 249 James 36, 37 948 INDEX. Frye, Julian 450 Fullam, 35 Francis 748 Fuller, Isaac 7 James 880, 882, 883 Joshua.. 7, 8 Josiah 8 Samuel 7 Thomas 507, 51 1 Thomas, 2d 507 Fulton, John 407 Furber, Jethro 422 Joshua 392 Moses 421 Thomas 532 William 32, 421, 837, 853. 911-917 Furbush, Benjamin 698 Furniss, Benjamin 407 Robert 43i, 43 2 Gage, Benjamin Henry John 272, 698, 700, Solomon William Gains, Samuel 268, Gale, Benjamin Daniel Gallop, 789, Benadam Samuel Gambling, Benjamin 568, Gardner or Gardiner, Andrew... 447, 448, Captain 170, Henry Isaac John .140, Joseph 19, Nathaniel 859, Samuel William Garfield, Benjamin Eliakim Nathaniel Garland, Jabez Jacob Jonathan 578, Nathaniel Peter Gary, Benjamin Gates, Bezaleel Jacob Jonathan 507, Josiah, Jr Samuel Simon Thomas Gault, Andrew 613 816 816 649 816 270 649 79 1 l l A 161 57S 45° 540 171 720 768 450 814 860 814 693 411 41 1 383 698 568 887 698 454 | 332 I 507 1 234 814 | 5*6 507 814 I 5*7 1 247 I Gault, John 877 Patrick 247 Gay, Jonathan 18 Gee, Peter 151 George, Samuel 302 German, William 112 Gerrish, 620, 626 Henry 732, 923, 924 John 578, 698 Joseph 29, 298, 764, 765 Paul 422, 492, 525, 527, 578, 698 Samuel 306 Timothy, Jr 422 Gerry, John 720 Gibbons, Ambrose. 837 Major-General 363 Gibbs, Henry 97 Jacob 41 1 John 592 Robert 84 Samuel 332 Gibson, James 526, 831 Giddings, John 706 Gilbert, John 726 John, Jr 507 Gile, Ephraim 569 Samuel 18 Giles, John 526, 698 Matthew 151 Gill, Samuel 18 Gilman, Andrew 493, 494 Benjamin 494 Bradstreet 392 David 392, 548, 716 Edward 569, 848, 850 Edward, Jr 848, 850 Israel 392, 501 Israel, Jr 392, 716 Jacob 392, 569 Jeremiah 392, 716 John.. . .422, 492, 527, 569, 578, 706, 716 861, 863, 864, 878, 901 John Taylor 922 Joseph 706 Nicholas 578, 706, 844, 864, 865, 878 880, 902, 904, 912-916, 919 Peter 578, 706, 866, 896, 900 Philip 454 Robert 454 Samuel.. 392, 544, 548, 553, 554, 563, 564 578, 716 Samuel, Jr 897 Simon 392 Gilmore, James 726, 730 John 383 Robert 19 Gilson, Ebenezer 92 Gittens, George 873 Gleason, William 814 INDEX 949 Glines, John William, Jr Goble, Thomas Goddard, Captain 159 . 345.751 Ebenezer 7 Edward , .58, 106, 782-784, 809 John 103, 156, 837 [osiah .... Seba Godfrey, William 568 Goffe, Daniel 223 John 19, 105, 1 18, 120, 194, 195, 416 458 , 583 Thomas x 95 » 196 816 Gold, Henry Joseph 764. 765 Golding, 763 Goodall, Ira Goodhue, Samuel 49 i Gooding, James 547 Goodridge, Joseph.. . . 332 Goodwin, James John 812 Lazarus Nathaniel Gookin, Daniel Nathaniel 576 , 578 Gordon, Nicholas. ....864 Gorges, Sir Ferdinando 365, 639 Gorham, Jabez 816 John. Shubael ... 79 , 80, 82, 7 8 9 > 79 i Goss, Nathaniel 665 Gould, Ebenezer 382 Elihu 336 , 337 James 223 Joseph 3 ° 2 Moses 332 , 574 Moses, Jr 332 Nehemiah Reuben 3 82 Gowen, Nathaniel. . . . Graham, John 477 , 47 8 Robert 477 , 478 Granger, John 613 Samuel 613 Grant, Benjamin 737 Benjamin, Jr 502, 737 Christopher Christopher, Jr. . 7 James Noah 738 Peter SOL 737 Graves, Moses 234 Samuel 737 Sterling 507 Gray, Braveter 245 George 61 4 77 , 478 Gray, Isaac 343 James 426, 432, 434 - 436 , 9°5 John 526 Reuben 698 Samuel 706 William 816 Greaves, Edward 772 Thomas 296 Greeland, Samuel 815 Greeley, Jonathan 379, 383, 665 Joseph 891 Samuel 374, 378, 574 Green, Ebenezer 501, 737 Henry 823 James 97 John.. 92, 97, 137, 138, 223, 492, 685, 689 Joseph 137, 138, 223 Peter, Jr 649 Rufus 223 Samuel 491 Thomas 222, 223 Greenfield, Samuel 135, 845-847 Greenleaf, Abner 512 Stephen 299, 301, 302, 304-306 Tristram 303, 306 Greenwood, Thomas 7 Gregg, James 171 William 342, 343, 345 Gregory, John 720 Grenville, George 641 Gridley, John 19, 811,812 Joseph 81 1 Griffin, George 507, 51 1 John 815 Lemuel 511 Lemuel, Jr 51 1 Matthew 816 Griggs, Jacob 17,811 John 815 Grimes, John 583 William 450, 583 Grind, George 816 Grouard, James 532 Grow, John 665 Gummer, Ezekiel 532 Gunn, 142 Guppy, James 721 Gurnet, Samuel 18 Gurney, Zachariah 812 Gustin, Thomas 513, 515, 516 Thomas, Jr 517 Gutteridge, Jeremiah 303 Gutterson, William 613 Hack, William 162 Hacy, William 19, 812 Hagerman, Adrian 601 Rem 601 Haines, Joshua 665 950 INDEX Haines, Samuel 665 Hale, 40, 41, 297 Doctor 80, 81 Eliphalet 706 Enoch 330 John 665 Jonathan 675 Joseph 55> 6i 3 Robert 293, 294, 339-341, 343, 344 788, 790 Samuel 401, 403, 454 Thomas 30 3 Halifax, Earl of 641 Hall, 5 8 , 773 Benjamin 247, 699 Daniel 649 David 649 Edward 864, 866, 887, 892 Enoch 280, 281 Jacob 454 Jeremiah 323, 582 John 178, 293, 601, 837 Joseph 613, 697, 816 Joseph, Jr 649, 698, 699 Nathan 738 Nathaniel 816 Ralph 64, 699, 837, 846 Richard 234 Samuel 364, 365, 531, 730, 816, 857 860, 867, 868, 870 Stephen 412, 674 Thomas 41 1 Thomas, Jr 507 Willis 675 Hallett, John 816 Halley, William 568 Hallock, John 592 Halsey, James 223 Ham, Benjamin 698 Daniel 699 Dodefer 698 Ephraim 693, 698 John 698 John, Jr 698 Jonathan 698 Joseph 699 Lyda 699 Nathaniel 699 Samuel 737 Hamblett, Joshua 407 Hammond, Jonathan 156, 583, 737 Joseph 583 Nathaniel 318-322 Hancock, John 136 Thomas 223 Handmore, John 813 Hands, John 812 Hanford, Theophilus 463 Hanks, Benjamin 726 Hanks, Uriah 726 Hannaford, John 491 Zah 492 Hannors, Rebecca 19 Hanson, Benjamin 699 Benjamin, Jr 699 George 699 James 526 John, Jr 699 Jonathan 699 Joseph, Jr 699 Joseph, 3d 699 Ruth 699 Samuel 699 William 699 Hardy, John 383 Jonathan 383, 544, 650 Harford, Elisabeth 697 John 716 Nicholas 716 Harkman, John 450 Harmon, Colonel 751 Rebecca 812 Harold, Robert 454 Harriman, Jaasiel 454 Joseph, Jr 454 Harrington, George 8 George, Jr 8 Jonah 737 Timothy 332 Harris, Daniel 516 Ebenezer 332, 516 George 516 Gibson 516 John 156, 720 Nathaniel 763, 767 Noah 450 Owen 18, 812 Samuel 813 Simon 450 Stephen 7, 89, 93, 374 Thomas 7 Timothy 156 Harrison, Joseph 721 Peter 721 Hart, Robert 532 Samuel, Jr 689 Zephaniah 374 Hartshorn, Ebenezer 19 Hartwell, Edward 241,310,312,315 Jonathan 737 Samuel 815 Harvell, John 378 Harvey, Clement 697 Daniel 697 John 697 John, Jr 507 Harwood, Samuel 137 Thomas 247 INDEX. 951 Haslett, James 454, 501, 532 Matthew 720 Hastings, Benjamin 156 Daniel 156 John 454, 540 John, Jr 340 Lemuel 541 Moses 7 Richard 649 Silvanus 540 Zebulon 156 Hatch, Isaac 18 Haven, Joseph 706 Nathaniel Appleton 706 Samuel 394, 395, 706 Hawke, Admiral 678 Hawkes, John 583 Hawkins, John. . .. 815 Hawley, John 450 Hawthorne, William 64, 65, 860 Hawxhurst, Daniel 592 Hay, James 8 Peter 814- Hayes, Elihu 699 Hezekiah 699 Ichabod 699 John 526, 699 John, Jr 699 Peter 699 Roger 656, 720 Thomas 699 Hayward, Elisha 813 George 815 Oliver 778 Thomas, 3d 813 William 434 Haywood, Ebenezer 112 Nathaniel 283 William 540 Hazelton or Hazeltine, Richard 569 Silas 411, 675 Hazzen, John 234, 454 John, Jr 454 Moses 234, 613 Richard 30, 51, 302-305, 619, 620 Richard, Jr 26-28, 613 Head, James 726 Healey, Nathaniel 578, 794, 795 Hearn, George 699 Heath, Elias 653 Joshua 653 Nehemiah 613 William 114, 115 Heaton, Nathaniel 583 Seth 323 William 583 Hedges, Lammy 816 Hemenway, Joseph 737 Henderson, Howard 697 Henderson, Howard, Jr 697 Richmond 697 Henfield, William .726 Henley, Nathaniel 865 Henniker, John 139 Henry, William 20 Henshaw, Joshua, Jr 222 Hersey, James 743 Hethersay, Robert 846 Hevenor, William 264 Hewitt, James 837 Heywood, Nathan 285, 286 Samuel. .249-254, 256-258, 283, 285, 764 Hibbard, Jedediah 532 Hicks, David 547, 654, 716 Joseph 526, 699 Hide, Joshua 583 Samuel 8 Silas 726 Hight, James 689 Hildreth, Ephraim 178-182, 250, 613 Hill, Abraham 34 Captain 58 Ebenezer 813 Elisha 532 James 894 John 103, 140, 141, 222, 407, 491, 665 768 Joshua 491 Nathan 525 Robert 407 Samuel 525, 532 Valentine 32, 363, 525, 837, 842 William 699 Hills, James 407 Joseph. . .34, 146-148, 268, 270, 303, 856 Hilton, 860, 907, 910 Edward 263, 272, 848, 850, 852, 854 Edward, Jr 272 Ichabod 548 Josiah 547 Nicholas 259 S 234 Samuel 491 Winthrop 548, 578 Hinchman, Captain 64 Hinda, Joshua 726 Hinkley, Charles 454 Hinsdale, Ebenezer 142, 334, 540 Hobart, James 689 John 689 Samuel 682, 689, 693 William 512 Hobbs, Morrice 877 Hobson, 9, 53, 58, 153, 178, 8ro John 89, 158, 172, 173, 252, 254, 282 283, 286, 297-299, 301-303, 3 1 9-32 1 783, 784, 797, 807-809 Hodgdon, Israel 526, 697 INDEX. 952 Hodgdon, Israel, Jr. . . . John ! Shadrach Hodge, Lemuel Samuel Hodgson, Thomas Hoeg, Benjamin Joseph Hoit, Ebenezer Nathan Nathaniel Silas Holbrook, John Moses Samuel Thomas Holden, Isaac Holland, Antipas James John Joseph Samuel Holies, Thomas Pelham. Hollis, Samuel Holmes, Christopher.. . , Eliphalet John Uriel Holt, Benjamin Nathaniel Nicholas Oliver Stephen Homans, George Savel.. John Hopkins, Daniel William S 2 6, 421 1 697 ; 583 699I 656 ! ........302, 49I I 492 | 463 924 463 ; 463 411 ! 412 ! iss ; 18, S13 ! 54t ! 412, 674 721 ; 4u» 674 3 ° 3 : 481 ; 232 1 17 504, 505, 507, 512 512 512 826 ,247, 249 247 245 245 247, 248 S 3 2 ... .222 601 601 Horn, Daniel 699 George 699 Isaac 699 John 699 John, Jr 699 Nathaniel 699 Thomas 699 William 699 Horner, James 501 Horsom, Jacob.. 699 1 Hosmer, Stephen, Jr 1 74-1 77 Houghton, James 234 Jonas. . .130-132, 209, 210, 228, 237, 806 Jonathan 234 Jonathan, Jr 241, 242 J House, Eleazer 693 I John 682, 693 ! Jonathan 693 Houston, Howard, Edward John 523, 81; • - 3 6 ■813 Howard, Jonathan William Howe, Gideon Samuel Howell, Henry Howlett, Ensign Hoyt, Benjamin 764 77 92, 100 815 223 873 Tohn 336-338 John, Jr 336 , 337 813 Hubbard, Abigail David 374 , 378 , 574 Israel 17 John 699 Jonathan 540 , 573, 613 Leveret Philip ’-699 Thomas William Huckins, James 103, 699 John 69 7 Hudson, Daniel 813 Eleazer 303 William 214 Huggeford, Peter 592 Huggins, James 526 John 526, 665 Nathaniel, Jr 665 Robert 526 Hugh, John 450 Hughes, Clement 568,834 Joshua 812 Hull, Captain 64 George 532 John 65,66 Hungerford, Green. . .a . . . 512 Lemuel 5 12 Samuel Hunking, ’-824 Hercules 151 Mark. . .422, 492, 527, 569, 579, 878, 91 1 Hunnewell, Humphrey 914 , 919 I 5 1 Hunt, Ebenezer 789 Enoch 92 Jabez Jeremiah 422, 573, 583 John Richard Samuel 332, 422, 737, 772, 812 Simon Thomas .260, 800-802, 812 Hunter, Abraham 689 Abraham, Jr 689 Isaac 6S9 Robert 689 Robert, Jr 6S5 Huntington, Earl of 641 Hurd, Benjamin 699 Jacob INDEX. 953 Hurd, James 699 John. . . .32, 454, 501, 693, 699, 720, 729, 837 Nathaniel Samuel Samuel, Jr Tristram Huse, Thomas William Huske, Ellis Hussey, Christopher Joseph Mary Richard Husted, Peter Zebulon Hutchins, Jeremiah.. John Joseph Joshua Phineas William Hutchinson, Thomas. 721 699 699 914,915 302 303 374 135, 136 526 335 697 463 463 214 291, 767 698 234 737 234 6, 20, 61, 133, 134 139, 33i, 615, 616, 778 Ilsley, Joseph Indians : — John Mohermite Old William.. .. Passaconoway. . . Penacooks Pequots Pompassenoway. W ehohnonowett, Wonolancet Wonalawet Ingalls, Benjamin.. . . Daniel John Josiah Samuel William Isham, Isaac 3 02 170 271 232 366, 367 56 , 57 76 232 862 '57 56 , 57 653 653 653 291 568, 654, 656 653 507 Jackson, Daniel Edward.. . . Hall Isaac James Jeremiah.. . John Joseph Samuel Thomas. . . Walter Jacobs, David.. Daniel Jacques, John.. 720 8 665, 689, 693 7 697 608 720 .665, 699 7. 8, 768 601 103 19 .698 ,613 Jacquith, Ebenezer 82, 210 Jaffrey, George. .. 383, 422-424, 49 2 , 5 2 7 , 5 6 9 579, 706, 737 George, Jr 17, 422, 492, 527, 578 James, John 099 Jaquish, John 569 Richard 569 Jeffries, Francis 813 John 180, 342, 766 Thomas 18 Jeffry, Cyprian 421, 492, 526, 578 James.. .422, 492, 527, 578, 71 1, 865, 879 880, 88 3^ 885, 888, 893, 919 James, Jr 422, 578 Jenkins, Ezra 730 John 526 Joseph 526 Joseph, Jr 526 Richard 720 Robert 223 William 526 William, Jr 665 Jenks, Samuel 730 Jenness, 879, 882 Francis 422, 532 Hezekiah 578 Isaac 730 John 578, 883, 884, 896 John, Jr. 894, 896 Jonathan 730 Joseph 730 Levi 730 Richard 335, 422, 492, 527, 532, 578 825-827, 884 Richard, 3d 730 Samuel 532 Simeon 730 Jennings, Richard 813 Jennison, Patrick 103 Jewell, John 336, 337 John, Jr 336, 337 Joseph 336 " 33 8 Samuel 151 Jewett, Gibbons 512 Jonathan 763 Joseph 269, 491, 901 Johnson, 763 Brackett 665 Cornelius 649 David 310, 312, 314 Edward. . .32, 34, 104, 206, 268, 270, 816 Eleazer 303, 816 Isaac 9, 11 James 214, 225, 275, 540 Jesse .. 706 John 547, 654, 716 Jonathan 689 Josiah 653, 716 Nathan 665 INDEX 954 Johnson, Noah 247 Philip 665 Samuel 234, 288 Samuel, Jr 332 Stephen 569 Thomas 665, 699, 706, 843 Timothy 613, 826 William 303, 826 Johonnot, Zachariah 222 Jolliffe, John 84 Jones, Benjamin 526 Daniel 502, 583 Ebenezer 18 Elnathan 815 Ephraim 319-322 Jabez 516 James 516 John 36, 38, 64, 767 Joseph 33 6, 337 > 5 2 ^, 7 10, 711 Joseph, Jr 526 Mary 492 Nathaniel 613 Rice 151 Samuel 816 Stephen 103, 526 Stephen, Jr 526 Thomas 846, 847 William 225 Jordan, 101 Jorner, Thomas 816 Joscelyn, Joseph 20, 21 Joslin, 877, 903, 905, 907, 908, 910 Judkins, 865 John 392 Keane, Anna 205 John 815 Robert 205 Keene, Sir Benjamin 152 Kellogg, Israel 516 James 540 Joseph. . .57, 280, 281, 316, 317, 319, 781 Nathaniel 144 Stephen 516 Kelly, Abiel 826 Stephen 699 Kendall, Abraham 574 Daniel 574 Edward 738 John 95, 98, 101, 574 Kennedy, James 20 Fergus 20 Robert, Jr 737 Samuel 573 Walter 477, 478 William 450, 507, 512, 685 Kenniston, James 491, 526 Joshua 491 Kenny, 859, 907, 910, 913 Kent, Jacob 454 John 302 Oliver 837 Richard 29-31, 29 7, 298, 568 Robert 526 Keyes, Gershom 140, 141, 223 John 70 Kidder, Isaac 407 Reuben 225, 339 Killecutt, Reuben 383 Kimball, Abraham 642 Amos 332 Asa 649, 653, 656, 657 Captain 171 David 37, 612, 613 Ephraim 332 Ezra 699 Henry 83 John 649 Jonathan 569 Nehemiah 699 Reuben 649, 653 Robert 613 Samuel 613 Stephen 649 Thomas 29 King, Elijah 388, 455 George.. 400, 433, 435, 454, 455, 467, 469 470, 502, 504, 517, 610, 681, 706, 720 73 °> 73 8 > 739 > 7 4 2 , 743 Joseph 454 Richard 8 Samuel 172-177, 382, 789, 791 Thomas 846 William , 517 Kinsman, John 231 Kirby, Jacob 601 William 601 Willits 601 Kirk, Richard 601 Kittle, James 816 Kittredge, James 78, 245 Knapp, James 84 Kneeland, Samuel 17, 811, 812 Knight, John 421, 527, 904, 905 John, Jr 421 Temple 562 Thomas 260, 261 William 706, 730 Knowles, Sir Charles 537 Knowlton, Abraham 231 Captain 231 Knox, John 247 Ladd, William 653, 656 Lake, Richard 816 Thomas 292, 293, 855, 857, 859, 860 Lakin, Isaac 97 Jacob 97 INDEX. 955 Lakin, William Lambert, Thomas. . Lamberton, James.. James, Jr John Lamont, James Lamphear, George. . Lamprey, Benjamin Benjamin, Jr.. . Simon Landon, Benjamin. . David Lane, Ambrose Andrew Anna Ephraim Job John Joshua Lang, John Langdon, Benjamin. John Mark Paul Richard Samuel Tobias William Woodbury Langley, John Langstaffe, Henry.. Lankton, Samuel. . . Larkham, Thomas.. Lamed, Abel Abijah Benjamin David Ebenezer Simon Larrabee, John Peter Lassells, Jonathan.. Lathrop, Benjamin.. Ebenezer James Jedediah Lieutenant Lavers, Jacob Lawrence, Abel. . . . Amos Enoch James Jeremiah Michael Nathaniel, Jr. . William Zachariah, Jr. . Leach, James John 84 407 685, 689 685 685 685 5 T 7 578 882, 883 894, 896 812 812 264, 265 221, 222 10 18 34 18, 812 812 653 19 685, 721 693, 706 706 • • • 53L 557, 560, 706 426, 876, 919 532 693 18 225, 837 706 259-261 608 608 608 608 608 608 223 815 726 726 517 64 53 2 291, 378, 583 332, 333 97 97 J... 92, 374 583 • • -97 94, 95. 374, 378, 573 92 9 1 2-917 19, 812 Leadbetter, Henry.. Leader, Richard. . . . Lear, Tobias Learned, David Elisha Isaac Jonathan Samuel Leathers, Edward. . . Ezekiel William Leavitt, Ephraim. . . James John Jonathan Jonathan, Jr. . . . Moses Thomas Lee, Benjamin Thomas William Leeds, Gideon Leffingwell, Asa. . . . Jeremiah Legat, John Leigh, John Leighton, Hatevil. . John Thomas Leland, Benjamin. . Moses Phineas Solomon Lemon, Joseph Samuel Lendall, James Leonard, Isaac Lewis, Ebenezer Ezekiel Isaac Job Willie Libby, Anthony. . . . Benjamin George Isaac John Lifford, Harmon. . . . Lilly, David David, Jr Lincoln, Samuel. . . . Lindall, Linn, Liscomb, Samuel Lispenard, Anthony. David Leonard Listen, Nicholas 18 365, 366 720 8 8 613 7 234 526 49 1 578, 864 49 1 547 547 . .491, 886, 902, 904 568, 920 156 583 223 463 726 726 845-848, 850 685 697 697 422, 837 411, 675 4ii 675 675 89 815 .811 813 693 46, 57, 104, 109, 762 815 215, 223 225 9 l 9 699 532, 720 699 685 601 411 411 19 39-41 20 763 I54-I5 6 , 768 592 592 592 848, 850 956 INDEX. Litch, John Little, Ebenezer Ebenezer, Jr Francis George Isaac James John J osiah Moses Nathan Otis Littlehale, John Livermore, Amos David Oliver Samuel Livingstone, John Madam Livius, George Peter Lloyd, James Lock, Francis Joseph Nathaniel Samuel Locker, Jonathan Lockman, Ascan Augustus George Leonard Lewis William Lockwood, Joseph Long, George Pierse Samuel Zabenia Longfellow, Nathaniel Jonathan Stephen Longley, John Lord, Benjamin Joseph Robert Loring, Daniel Joseph Lounsbury, Nathaniel. Lovejoy, Caleb Chandler David Ebenezer Henry Jonathan Nathaniel William Loverill, Ebenezer Loveridge, Lewis 3321 504, 51 1 ! 5 11 ! 706 1 3 2 763 20 20 ,920, 921, 923 5 11 5 ii 693 3°3> 569 7 8 ,392, 548, 716 234 18 | 548 383 , 544 , 547 , 653 ; 706 1 9i7 j 880, 882, 883 j 9 i 7 578 8 i 5 156 155 * r 56 156 463 492 I ,492, 720; 578 | 897 302 160 ! 45°> ■450 583 873 222 , 483 463 247 649 247 613 245, 649, 653 374 613 .240, 242, 245 568 516 Lovering, Daniel 492 Joseph 492 Lovewell, John 20, 179, 233-241, 243-247 249, 643, 756 John, Jr 374, 378 Nehemiah 450, 454 Nehemiah, Jr 454 Zaccheus 80,. 81, 199, 218, 243, 255 825-827 Low, Joseph 492, 532 Lowden, James 815 Lowell, Gideon 302 Lummecks, Nathaniel 527 Lund, Thomas 116 William 113, 114, 116, 117, 121-123 202 Lunt, Daniel 454, 512, 833 John 302 Lusher, Eleazer 9, 32, 856 Lutwyche, Edward Goldstone 383, 729 Lyde, Byfield 137, 138, 222 Lyford, John, Jr 738 Lyman, Caleb 161, 163 Isaac 706 Lynde, 1 59, 773 Benjamin. .53-55, 172, 574, 754, 778, 796 Joseph 816 Nathan 450 Thomas 532 Willoughby 450 Lyon, Eleazer 19 Jonathan 20 Samuel 18 Mackay, Benjamin 720 Mackelloy, John 7 699 Mackelwin, Timothy 689 Timothy, Jr 685 Mackenzie, Colin 477, 478 Macomber, Silvanus 450 Makers, James 816 Mandsley, Captain 812 Manley, William 812 Mann, John 247 Peter 532 Manning, Patrick 699 Mansfield, Lord 646, 647 Samuel 730 Marble, Enoch 674 March, Clement. .389, 392, 454, 507, 51 1, 547 619, 653, 663, 665, 712, 716 Daniel 675 Edmund 335" 337 George 665 Jacob 407 John 299, 301-306 Joseph 455 Nathaniel 665 Paul 392, 455, 665, 716 INDEX 957 March, Stephen 665 Thomas 665 Marden, John 699 Marion, Joseph 221 Marsh, Elisha 501 John 532, 689, 693 Jonathan 302 Marshall, Andrew 699 George, Jr 693 John 407, 412, 693 William. 720 Marston, Ephraim 911-916 Jacob 501, 693, 737 James 527 Jeremiah 883 John 653 John, Jr 653 Joseph 880, 882, 883 Nathan 665 Samuel 578 Samuel, Jr 568 Thomas 592 William 501, 737 William, Jr 501 Martin, John 374, 407 John, Jr 374 Michael 689 Thomas 656, 721 Marwell, William 407 Mascarene, John 454 Mason, Ann 365, 366 Benjamin 491, 526 Daniel 716 John.. . .188, 264, 268, 288, 365, 366, 392 454, 632, 639 John Tufton. .17, 223, 224, 291, 619, 633 636, 641, 653 Joseph 8, 365, 366, 491, 526, 547 Joseph, Jr 491 Mrs 264 Nehemiah 8 Peter 526 Stephen 392 Thaddeus 191, 210, 223, 318, 817 Mathes, Benjamin 844 James 20 Matthews, Abraham 526 Benjamin 103 Daniel 812 David 592 Francis 526 Francis, Jr 526 Joel 450 John. 816 Samuel 697 Thomas 592 Vinant, Jr 592 Walter 103, 151 Mattis, John 613 62 Mattoon, Hubartus 392 Richard 526 Maverick, John 223 Maynard, Elisha 156 Stephen 140 Mayne, Edward 477, 478 Robert 477, 478 Sir William 477, 478 Thomas 477, 478 McAllister, Richard 20 McCarthy, Timothy 592 McClellan, James 685, 689 McClelaton, James 41 1 McClenethen, Samuel 685, 689 McClenning, James 675 McClintock, Samuel 662, 665, 730 McClune, William 665 McConnell, Samuel 247 McCormick, Robert 20 McDaniel or McDaniels, James 93, 374 Joseph 93 Randall 93, 374 McDonough, Thomas 532, 544, 560, 562 564, 693, 737 McDougall, 19 McDowell, Domini 812 McDuffee, John 392, 548, 716 McFarland, George 275 Me Fee, Daniel 383 McGaffey, Andrew 737 McGregore, David 383 James 171, 383 James, Jr 383 Mclntire, Jonathan 426 McKean, James 17 1 McKnight, James 20 McMath, John 526, 866 McMillan, Andrew 426, 439-441, 653 McMurphy, John 825-827 McNeal, Archibald 407 McNitt, Andrew 685 Bernard 689 Eleazer 685 McPheadris, Archibald 422-424, 492, 527 568, 579 Gilbert 422 McQuade, Widow 20 McQuig, John 20 Meacham, Samuel 517 Mead, Benjamin 716 John 491, 716 John, Jr 716 Mears, John 18, 812 Medar, John 103 Meekin, Thomas 336, 337 Meglotherin, John 20 Thomas 19 Melcher, James 693 Mellen, Henry 145 95§ INDEX. Melvin, David John Jonathan Merriam, Joseph. . . . Merrill, Daniel J acob James John Joseph Joseph, Jr Nathaniel Phineas Stephen Thomas Meserve, Clement. . . George Metcalf, Joseph Michael Miles, Josiah Millard, Jason Miller, Benjamin Christopher Ebenezer Francis Humphrey James Jeremiah Joseph Matthew. . . Samuel Thomas Millet, Thomas Mills, John Jonathan Miltimer, James Miner, Thomas Minot, James Mishaney, Daniel, Jr. Mitchell, Andrew... . George William Mixer, Josiah Moffatt, John Monker, James Monroe, Edmund.. . . John William Moody, Caleb Daniel Joshua Samuel Thomas Mooney, Hercules. . . Moor, Archelaus John Jonah Joshua Samuel .82, 2 33* 235-238, 643 | Moor, William. 491 William, Jr 492 Moore, Adams 481 Caleb 812 Ephraim 19, 812 James 20 John 19, 573 Judah 726 Robert 247 William 20, 491, 846, 847, 880 Moores, John 812 Paul 730 Thomas 812 Moreland, John 20 o ,8 9 •89. 93 , •675 210 j 5 11 i 49 1 613, 617-619, 627 | 49 1 j 49 1 : 378, 454 I 893 ••••234, 336, 337| 547. 65 ■473. .422, 568 Morey, Israel 454, 502, 737 547. 730 874, 875 583 527, 831, 832 507 754, 757 ! 454 ! 592 1 J 7 772 815, 720, 737 422 772 ; -737 18, 20 592 ! ... .697 John .18, 501 Solomon 501 Morgan, 763 Abraham 492, 917 Joseph 813 Luther 569 Morrill, Benjamin 891 Ezekiel 338 Moses. 138 Nathaniel 422, 527 Samuel 654 Morrison, Alexander 454, 512 William 512 Morse, Benjamin 675 Benjamin, Jr 675 Henry 737 John 812 John, Jr 83 Thomas 702 Moseley, John 815 Joseph ' 411 Unite 407 Moses, Samuel 502 Theodore 454, 502 Timothy 697 Mott, Adam 601 Stephen 601 William 601 Moulton, Jeremiah 79 John 135 Jonathan 392, 512, 547, 665, 716 Joseph 532 Joseph, Jr 532 Josiah 392, 578, 883 Nehemiah 894 Thomas 135 Mountford, Timothy 720 Mudge, George 815 Michael 601 Mulliken, Benjamin 247, 287, 289, 290 Joseph 245 332 Murdock, Samuel 726 33 2 •234, 332 I Nash, Timothy 534, 535 698 .699 175 383 5J7 •37. 613 ■493. 495 .685, 689 7 532 837 730 112 332 302 492 \02 706 697 699 •83O-832 170, 526 INDEX. 959 Neal, Captain 842 Eliphalet 532 Hubartus 481, 504, 547, 556, 707, 721, 739 James 665 Joshua 491 Needham, John 812 Robert 478 Negod, John 853 Nelson, James 532, 685 John 19, 324-327, 329, 450, 477, 478 5 8 9> 59 2 > 594, 603, 685, 689, 693, 726 730, 81 1 Mark 532 Philip 299, 301, 302, 304-306 Temple 252, 324, 326 Thomas 866, 867 Nevin, James 383, 517 Nevins, David 93, 373, 378 Thomas 89, 93, 374, 378 William 93, 374 Newcastle, Duke of 232 Newell, 789, 791 Samuel 815 Newhall, David 730 John 730 Joseph 407 Nathan 407 Newmarch, John 517, 532 Joseph 450, 507, 601, 844, 899, 900 Nichols, Abraham 156 Benjamin 613 J° hn 336 , 337 William 336, 337 Zephaniah 726 Noble, John 532 Obediah 501 Nocke, Thomas 837 Noldred, Samuel 720 Norris, Benjamin 492 James 492 Northam, Timothy 507 Northumberland, Earl of 641 Norton, Francis 9, 214 Thomas 231 Nowell, 293 Moses 512 Mrs. Parnell 293, 294 Samuel 293, 294 Noyes, Nicholas 874 Nute, James, Jr 697 Paul 697 Nutter, Hatevil. .36 3, 421, 422, 837, 852, 853 Hatevil, Jr 421 Henry 421 James 421 John 421 Mathias 421 Samuel 421 Nutting, William 332, 378 Odell, Thomas 491 Odiorne, John, 3d 527 Jonathan 579 Jotham 422, 492, 527 William 579 Odlin, Dudley 494, 495 John 494, 578 Ogleby, William 18 Olcott, Simeon.. .501, 543, 544, 920, 921, 923 924 Oliver, Andrew 18 Daniel 812 James 213, 214, 812 Peter 9, 213, 214, 574 Olmstead, James 507 Jonathan 507 William, Jr 507 Onjevine, Elias 592 Ordway, James 336, 337 Nehemiah 337 Orr, Deacon 20 Osborne, John -283 Osgood, Hannah 649 James 653 John 37, 135, 612, 613 Joseph 138, 302 Stephen 613 Overing, John 156 Owen, Silvanus 738 Packer, Thomas 569, 825-827, 892 Page, Caleb 709 Christopher 250, 578, 877 Jeremiah 731 John 831, 832 Joseph 613 Nathaniel 613, 617, 634 Onesipharus 512 Samuel 568 Thomas 613 Paige, John 706 Paine, Samuel 501 Samuel Clark 154 Thomas 574 William 839, 845, 849, 851, 852, 854 856, 866, 867, 872 Palmer, Aaron 592 Abraham 501, 706 Amos 502 Benjamin 491 Christopher 875 Drake 592 Ichabod 454, 501 James 491 John 492 Joseph 491 Nathan 592 Samuel 887, 891 Samuel, Jr 378, 887 960 INDEX Palmer, Thomas 808, 810, 81 1 William 135, 136 Paris, Robert 84 | Park, Richard 7 William. 7 Parker, Abraham 84 Amasa. 374, 378 j Asa 693 Benjamin 97, 183, 184, 234, 374, 378 , 6131 Ebenezer 218 Isaac 105, 1 1 2, 215, 540 j Jacob 730 James 146, 613 1 James, Jr 84 1 John. . . . . .34, S3, 146, 379, 383, 693, 720 | Joseph 84, 613 Josiah 841 Matthew Stanley 706 ; Moses 383 Nathan 613 j Nathaniel 97 ^ 34 , 378, 540, 922 ! Obediah 89 Pet e r 653 Robert 450 j Samuel 92, 100, 693 ; Thomas 105, 407, 517 Thomas, Jr 41 1 William 51, 104, 383, 547, 716 Parkerson, James 84 ; Parks, Jonathan 234 ! Parsons, 675 Joseph 337 Moses 706 Samuel 336, 337 Partridge, Colonel 904 | Eleazer 355 : William 822 j Patch, Thomas 374, 689 Patten, Matthew 20 Samuel 20 1 Stephen 336, 337 Patterson, 19 Pattinson, Joseph 693 Pattison, James 812 Payson, John 18 ; Peabody, John 613 Stephen 813, William 813 Pearce, Daniel 874 Ebenezer 89 ; George 721 Pearl, John 526 Pearne, William 720 . Pearsall, Israel 601 Thomas 601 Pearson, 761 Joseph 588, 589, 894, 896, 924 Moses 764, 765 ; Pease, Samuel 392 Peaslee, Amos 737 Joseph 336 Nathaniel 613 Robert 613, 737 Peavey, Joseph 492 Oliver 392 Peck, Ebenezer 516 Samuel 507 Pecker, Daniel 223 John 52, 568, 614 Samuel 813 Peirce, 619, 620, 827 Charles 286, 322 Daniel. .392, 397, 398, 507, 512, 547, 665 693, 706, 844, 875 Ebenezer 92 George 568 John 583, 920, 92 r, 923 Joseph 435, 450, 706, 743 Joshua 383, 568, 866 josiah ..:.F 5 6, 157 Nathaniel 897, 900 Oliver 382 Thomas 568, 578, 699 William 383 Pembroke, Earl of 233 Pendleton, Brian 151, 264-266, 268, 367 368, 873 Penhallow, Samuel 569* 730, 822 Pepperell, William ...58 William, Jr 579 Percival, James 5 11 Richard Timothy ... 507 Perkins, Benjamin 578 James 568 jeremiah 23 1 John Joseph 526 Joshua 697 Sarah 18, 812 Perkinson, William 103 Perley, Jacob 234 Jeremiah 234, 239, 241 Nathaniel 654, 656 Thomas 287, 289, 290, 613 Perry, Ephraim 156 josiah 156 Peterborough, Earl of 249 Peters, Andrew - 422 John 454 Pettit, Thomas 848, 850 Peverly, Thomas 685. 689 Peyton, John, Jr 685 Phelps, Alexander 454 Frederick 501 Joel 501 Robert 234, 241, 242 INDEX. 961 Phelps, Samuel 454, 501 Philbrick, 882 Jonathan 877 Joseph 883 Philbrook, 879 Benjamin 665 John 578 Joseph 884 Phillebrows, Isaac 407 Phillips, 40, 41, 101 Alexander 815 Amos 373, 378 John 706 Joseph 98 Samuel 245, 248, 613 Seth 97 Phipps, Sir William 78, 215, 297 Spencer 41, 186, 188, 612, 778, 780 Thomas 568 Pickering, James 421 John.. . .392, 627, 716, 876, 903, 909, 91 1 912,915 John Gee 531 Joshua 421 Nicholas 532 Thomas 421, 905 William 532 Pickett, Elias 813 Joseph 813 Pierce, Charles 283, 299, 301-303 . J ohn 455 Pierpont, Ebenezer .3, 5 Pigze, James 407 Pike, Elias no John 32, 392 Joseph. .170, 171, 282-287, 290, 297-302 Moses £4 Robert 392, 861, 863, 867-872 Pinkham, James 697 James, Jr 697 Stephen 697 Tristram 698 Piper, Nathaniel 491 John 491 Samuel 491 Samuel, Jr 491 Thomas 491 Thomas, Jr 492 Pitman, Derry 699 John 526 William 103 Zachariah 699 Pitts, James 19 Place, George 392 Plaisted, John 195, 422, 492, 527, 578 Roger 32 Plant, Mathias 422, 578 Platts, Abel 285, 291 Platts, Edward 738 John 300 Joseph 282, 288, 291 Plimley, Thomas 81 1 Plimpton, John .17 Plumer, Daniel 699 John 697 Jonathan 568 Richard 697 Plummer, John 532 Pollard, John 234, 245 Oliver 234 Samuel 18, 81 1 Pomfret, William 837 Pomroy, Ebenezer 220, 296, 306 Poole, Jonathan 156 Poor, John 32 Pope, Bernard 103 Porter, Asa 706 Eleazer 355 James 540 Thomas 693 Potter, Joseph 737 Pottle, William, Jr 665 Powell, Abigail 492 Jeremiah 706 Power, Isaac 152 Peter 89, 93 Powers, Cyprian 202 Jerathmeel 332, 583 Jonathan 763, 764 Nathaniel 450 Nicholas 698 Peter 243, 374 Peter, Jr 374 Simeon 730 Stephen 374, 378, 383, 689 Pratt, Jonathan 601 Joseph 815 Phineas 169 Prentice, Stanton 332 Prescott, 751, 754 Benjamin 127-132, 279, 281, 319-322 764, 765 Colonel 181, 182, 761 Henry 454 James 134, 568,888 John 568, 578 John, Jr 568 Jonathan 257, 258 Oliver 134 Peter 339 Samuel 568 William 134 Pressey, John 336, 337 Jonathan 336, 337 Prince, Isaac oil Joseph 18 Thomas 304 962 INDEX. Proctor, Carden 592 { Ebenezer 89 | Moses . 89, 93 • Robert 84 j William , 592 j Prout, Jonathan 18 ! Pugsley, John 816 ; Pulsifer, Jonathan 613 1 Purcell, Gregory 551 j Putnam, Daniel 41 1, 675 j Ebenezer 540 ; James 730 Joseph 136 Seth 540 Stephen 583 Thomas 541 Putney, Joseph 104 Pynchon, John 104 Quenton, John 685, 689 Quimby, Aaron 592 Joseph : 336»337 Philip 336, 337 I Quinby, Benjamin 112 Jonathan 592 Josiah 592 j Quincy, Edmund 720, 754, 762, 764, 765 790, 796 Edward 40 John. .28, 68, 70, 71, 73, 90-93, 114, 117 ; 1 19, 120, 123, 126, 129, 176, 184, 191 | 194, 201, 203, 210, 219, 229, 235, 256 ! 277, 281, 286, 304, 308-310, 312, 314 | 316, 318, 321, 322, 329, 344, 355-357 ; ^ • 359 , 817 i Quinier, Thomas 7 j Rand, Edward 532 I Isaac 532 | Isaac, Jr 531 | Isaac, 3d 531 I John 526, 532 | Robert 180, 189, 195-198 I William 250 Randall, James 912 | Nathaniel 526 Rufus 516 Samuel 8, 526 Sylvester 516 William 103 Rankin, Joseph 697 Ranny, 905, 906 Rathbum, Isaiah 517 Joshua 516 Rawson, Ebenezer 41 1, 675 Edward. . . . 13, 76, 84, 104, 135, 147, 149 1 51, 167, l68, 206, 212, 213, 259-261 263, 268-270, 292-295, 363, 365, 367 368, 839, 843, 846-848, 85O-852, 855- 857, 868-87I Rawson, Grendal 507, 512 Ray, John 685 Raymond, Daniel 89 James 450 Thomas 813 William 339 ~ 343 , 345 , 789, 813 Read, 127, 133, 134 Christopher 813 John 222, 310-312, 492, 527 Joseph 234 Robert 20 Samuel 815 Thomas 374 Readman, John 578 John, Jr 578 Joseph 578 Redford, William 824 Redman, John 823 Reed, Benjamin 331 Frederick 501 James 501, 737 James, Jr 5 OI » 737 John 814 Theodrick 737 Relhan, Anthony 730 Remant, see Raymond. Remington, Captain 814 Jonathan 778, 814 Rendal, Tobias 698 Reynolds, Owen 491 Samuel 613 Rice, Asher 112, 156 John 18 Seth 140 Richards, Benjamin. . . 1 813 James 699 John 18, 812 Joseph 813 Richardson, Abiel 407 Bradbury 454 Ebenezer 454 Edward 32 James 41 1, 501, 675, 737 John 157 Joseph 255 Josiah 501 Luther 454 Noah 407 Samuel 411 Stephen 239 Thomas 238 William 583 Rickard, Thomas 720 Riddan, Thaddeus 365 Riddle, Goyn 20 Hugh 20 Rindge, Daniel .282, 397, 398, 720 Isaac. . .388, 397, 400, 403, 431, 439 , 455 468, 477, 481, 483, 504, 519, 523, 532 INDEX 9 6 3 Rindge, Daniel, cont. : 533 » SS 5 » 556 . 559 > 5 ^ 4 . 5 8 7 > 606, 610 669, 693, 695, 707, 720, 721, 730, 731 739 John 422 Jotham 454 Rines, David 336 Joseph 699 Thomas 526, 697 William 526 Ring, Daniel 336, 337 David 335, 337 Jarvis 33 6 “ 33 8 > 57 8 Seth 422 Ripley, George 812 Silvanus 706 Robbins, Benjamin 601 Jeremiah 601 Roberson, Nathaniel 392 Roberts, Aaron 697 Benjamin 698 Benjamin, Jr 698 James 837 John 699, 738 Joseph 699 Moses 697 Nathaniel 697 Nathaniel, Jr 697 Samuel 698 Stephen 697 Thomas 697 Thomas, Jr 697 Robertson, Robert 720 Robie, Ichabod 339, 865 Robbins, Benjamin 97 Daniel 7 Robinson, David 491 James 492 John 578 Jonathan 716 Nehemiah 234 Roby, Henry 846, 847 Jeh a 568 John ' 19 William * 383 Rogers, Charles 392 Daniel 231, 517, 730, 844 Gamaliel 18, 812 James 383, 392 John 231 Mark 532 Nathaniel . . .231, 499, 501, 568, 706, 812 Nathaniel, Jr 501 Richard 231 Robert 32 Samuel 454 Simon 812 Thomas 507 Uriah 726 Rogers, William 392 Rolfe, Benjamin 56, 59, 60, 614, 619, 642 Captain 282, 751 Henry 51-54, 56-58, 78, 613 Nathaniel 649 Rollins, Caleb 491 John 526 Jonathan 492 Joseph 422, 491 Thomas 491 Root, Elisha 152 Rosebrook, Eleazer 601 Ross, Levi 649 Roswell, Sir Henry 638, 641 Rowe, John 526, 697 Robert 568 Rowell, Aaron 336, 337 Gideon 336, 337 Thomas 33 ^~ 33 8 Rowen, Garrett. 20 Rowley, William 260 Royal, Teag. 103 Royce, Vere.426, 431, 435, 439, 441, 442, 531 533 » 559 > 564, 720 Rudd, Gideon 693 Rugg, Amos 73 Ruggles, 812 John 812 Joseph 3, 5, 19 Timothy 502, 734, 737 Rundlett, Charles 706 Zachiel 491 Runnels, John 526 John, Jr 699 Rush, John 98 Russell, Benjamin 815 Eleazer 527, 568 James 815 John I 43 ~ I 45 » 33 2 Nathaniel 407 Richard 165 William 814 Rust, Henry 492, 578, 730 Simon 450 Ryder, Hezekiah 450 Oliver 450 Rymes, William 568 Sabin, Phineas 517 Timothy 685 Sachell, John 491 Sadey, Samuel 778 Sadler, Ebenezer 412 Sage, Jonathan 540 Joseph, Jr 302 Salter, Bozenger 532, 693 John .726 Richard 726 William 222-224 9 6 4 INDEX. Saltonstall, Nathaniel 89 Richard .... 343, 842 Sampson, 912, 913, 919 Sanborn, Benjamin 454, 568, 578 Benjamin, Jr 454 Edward 568 Enoch 568 Jeremiah 568, 578 John.. . .422, 492, 527, 568, 5 77, 578, 865 Jonathan 568, 919 Nathan 831 Reuben 568 Samuel 454 Samuel, Jr 454 Shubael 578 Stephen 578 Sanders, 171 John 612, 613 John, Jr 613 Nathaniel 613 William 135 Sanderson, John 507 Sanger, David 7 Sargent, Andrew 816 Dennison 816 Jacob 191, 201, 336, 337 John 105, 302, 303, 336, 337 Moses 336, 337 Nathan 730 Nathaniel Peaslee 455 Samuel 303 Stephen 336, 337 Timothy 336, 337 William 135 Sartell, Josiah 97, 134 Nathaniel 94, 95 Sartwell, Obediah 540 Simon 541 Saunders, John 36, 38, 41, 843, 901 Savage, Habijah 17 Peres 811 Thomas 9, 147, 214 Savel, Joseph 14 Savory, Robert 308 Sawyer, Benjamin 454, 534, 533 Deliverance 455 Ezra 230 John 234, 447, 454, 544 John, Jr 540 Jonathan 500 Samuel 232 Scales, James 619 Scammon, Nicholas 259-261 Scarlett, Samuel 84 Schofield, Ebenezer 463 James 463 Scipio, Lattho 512 Sclate, Edward 501, 730, 737 Scott, Abraham 582 Scott, James 583 John 97 > 583 Joseph 407 Samuel 583 William 314, 315, 685, 689 Scrwens, William 478 Scrymgeour, David 477, 478 Seaman, Austin 601 David 601 Giles 601 Isaac 601 Jacob 601 Obediah 601 Robert 601 Thomas, Jr 601 William 601 Zebulon 601 Searing, Jacob 601 Searle, John 583 Searles, John 378 Samuel 374 Sears, Matthew 507 Seaver, Nathaniel 156 Seavey, Mark 454, 706, 730 Seaward, Giles 392, 716, 720 Seeley, Eliphalet 463 Eliphalet, Jr 463 George 151 Obediah 463 Richard 151 Silvanus 463 William 150, 151 Wix 463 Seldon, Joseph 512 Samuel 507, 512 Senter, Aaron >. 392 Benjamin 392 David 392 John 816 Joseph 392, 400, 401, 547, 716 Moses 392, 920 Reuben 392 Samuel 392 Servis, Samuel 407 Severance, John 855, 857 Sewall, Hannah 65, 66 Samuel 45, 65-67, 115, 116, 295, 296 Stephen 67 Sexton, Knight 507 Seymour, Thomas 592 Thomas, Jr 463, 592 Shackford, John 422, 568 Samuel 422, 568 Shannon, James 689 Richard Cutts. 454, 502, 693 Shapleigh, Nicholas. . 151, 809, 855, 857, 874 875 Shatswell, Richard 548 Shattuck, David 97 INDEX. 9 6 5 Shattuck, Ebenezer 407 James 97 John 97 Jonathan 97 Josiah 156 Samuel 7, 234, 241 Samuel, Jr 97 William 89, 93 Shaw, David, Jr 685 Francis 407 George 685 Joshua 685 Roger 77 Samuel 569 Seth 689 Seth, Jr 685 Sheafe, Jacob 295, 296 Jacob, Jr 532 Sampson 84, 332, 374, 378, 422, 492 574 Shedd, John 812 Sheldon, Samuel 812 Shepard, John 526 Samuel 526 Shepherd, John 815 Sherburne, Daniel 562, 720, 737 Edward 738 Henry 264-266, 374, 532, 566, 568 654, 693 John 268, 270, 578, 706 John, Jr 450 Joseph 568, 693, 887 Nathaniel 568 Samuel 562, 569, 738 Thomas 665 Sherman, David 675 Ephraim 41 1, 674 Ephraim, Jr 412, 675 John 269 Nathaniel 412 Richard 706 Samuel 675 Samuel, Jr 412 Sergeant 269 Shipley, 226 John... .34, 35, 38, 41, 178-182, 612, 755 Jonathan 96, 613 Shirley, Edward 544, 650 Short, Joseph 302 Shove, 9, 13, 39, 159, 160, 178, 757 809 Edward 108-m, 794, 795, 797, 807 808 Showers, Nathaniel 422 Shute, Jacob 618, 649 Samuel 422, 423, 425, 492, 527, 567 568, 579, 625, 627, 628, 904 Sias, John 526 Joseph 832 Sias, Samuel 526 Silver, Samuel 303 Thomas 569 Simonds, James 613 Nathan 614 Nathaniel 51 Samuel 263, 268, 269, 271, 272 Timothy 642 William 450 Simpkins, John 812 Pilgrim 812 Thomas 17 Simpson, John 113, 115, 174, 176, 177 215-218, 220-223, 344 Joseph 844 Thomas 720, 897 William 693, 720 Sims or Symes, John 730 Joseph 454, 532 Thomas 568 William 378, 383, 407, 412, 583 Sinclair, John 491 Skiffe, Stephen 765 Skinner, John 407 Richard 720 Thomas 815 Skullard, Samuel 135 Slade, Benjamin 454 Sleekland, Jonathan 726 Sloan, William 685 Sloper, Henry 568 Small, Edward 151 Susanna 568 Smart, Bartholomew 547, 716 John 846 John, Jr 392 Joseph 716 Winthrop 716, 920, 924 Smeed, William 583 Smith, Abijah 693 Andrew 706 Benjamin . . .13, 14, 18, 20, 116, 203, 527 548, 568, 716 Charles 463 Cheney 699 David 19, 879, 882-884, 894, 896 Ebenezer. . . .397, 400, 403, 507, 71 1, 844 866, 897, 898, 922 Edward 392, 1548, 716 Elisha 568 Ephraim 463 George 853 Hugh 685, 689 Isaac 706 Jabez 578 Jacob 689 James 103, 463, 68;, 81 ; James, Jr 685, 689 Jesse 463 966 INDEX. Smith, John. .103, 112, 231, 525, 693, 716, John, Jr. John, 3d. J onathan Joseph 526, 716, Joshua Mary Nathaniel 7, 619, Patrick Robert Samuel 332, 374, 407, 478, 527, 574, 701, 71 1, 712, 737, 814, 897, 898, Samuel, Jr 302, Silas Theophilus Thomas 231, 379, Widow Zachariah Snow, Isaac Zerubbabel Solendine, John Solly, Samuel Somes, Ebenezer Southmaid, John Southmel, Obediah Southwork, Constant Spafford, John 332, Silas Sparhawk, John Sparrow, James Nathaniel Richard 512, Stephen Spaulding, Joseph, Jr William 97, 234, 374, 378, Speakman, William Spear, William Speed, John ... Spencer, Asa Ebenezer Hobart Jared 507, John Joseph Joseph, Jr Oliver Peter Spofford, John Spooner, Job John Sprague, John 34, 502, 532, Jonathan Spring, Henry John Nathaniel Squire, John, Jr Stacey, William Stackpole, John 814 | 526 526 816 j 814 689 492 814 685 847 568 866 900 601 492 568 .20 .18 613 737 374 455 512 450 726 574 574 693 5 12 512 5*7 512 •97 574 222 332 49 1 512 507 51 1 516 x 35 512 5 12 507 512 54 i 450 222 816 816 156 ••7 ••7 608 382 112 Stanford, William 578 Stanyan, Anthony 845-847 Starbird, John 697 Samuel 697 Starbuck, Edward 367, 837 Stark, Archibald 78, 650, 658-660, 70 8 Sartiuel 650 William 426, 440, 444, 445, 653 Stearns, Abijah 332 Beniamin 332 David 574 Ebenezer 7 John 332, 407, 812 Joseph 332 Thomas 332 William 332 Stebbins, Francis 772 Stedman, Caleb 18 Steele, John 223 Sterling, Hugh 650, 658-660 Stevens, 763 Aaron 649 Abel 730 Admer 463 Benjamin. . .37, 40, 41, 612, 613, 633, 642 689> 737 . 835 Benjamin, Jr 247 Cotton Mather 532, 730 Daniel 463 Ebenezer 297, 422, 492, 527, 578, 613 825-827 Enos 730 Hubbard 526 Jacob no Jeremiah 1 99-201 Job 729 John .... 1 28-130, 234, 323, 324, 336, 337 Jonathan 633, 716 Joseph 730 Joshua 492 Justice 36 Nathaniel 491, 716 Obediah 463 Obediah, Jr 463 Phineas 539, 540 Samuel 491 Simon 450, 723, 729 Simon, 2d 729 Solomon 730 Thomas 335 “ 337 , 7^7 Willard 729 William 310, 312 Stevenson, Thomas 837 Steward, Charles 578 James, 2d 507 John 300 Stewart, James 373 John 282, 589 Solomon 282 INDEX. 967 Stickney, Jonathan 649 Samuel 234 Thomas .649 William 185, 186, 188 Stileman, Elias 75, 7 6, 901 Stiles, Aaron 501 Benjamin 501 Stilton, Edward, Jr 716 Stimson, Joseph 103 Thomas 526 St. John, David 463 Stockbridge, Abraham 491 Stoddard, 35 Anthony 762, 766 Colonel 57, 142, 774, 777 John 321, 322 Sampson ..3, 104, 371-373, 377 > 37$, 381 382 Sampson, Jr 383 Vryling 383 Stone, David 730 Ebenezer 156 Nathaniel 7, 8 Simon 574 Stoodley, James 574 Storer, Joseph 665 Seth 7 Story, Charles . . 822, 864, 91 1, 912, 915 Storrs, Aaron 501 Andrew 501 Huckins 726 Stoughton, Israel 263 William 65, 66 Stowe, John 674 Stowell, John 8 Samuel 8 Stratton, David 156 Hezekiah, 319 Straw, Gideon 338 Samuel 336, 337 W T illiam 336, 337 Stuart, Ebenezer 303 John 594, 603 Sturgis, Samuel, Jr 79 Sullivan, Cornelius 454 John 316, 547, 693 Summers, Henry 815 Sumner, Benjamin 587, 731, 732 Clement 583 Stephen 706 Swain, Benjamin 18,811 Francis 846 Henry 81 1 Jeremiah 245 Nicholas 846, 847 Richard 135, 136 Swallow, Benjamin 92, 9 7 John 97 Swan, Ebenezer 501 Sweat, Benjamin 649 Elisha 302 John 578 Stephen 568 Swett, Benie 32 Elisha 835 Swinington, Joshua 411 Sylvester, Joseph 272-279, 789, 790 Taft, Robert 120, 121 Taggard, Patrick 20 Talbot, George 18 Taplin, John 454 Tappan, Bezaleel 578 Tar, Vincent . 697 Tarbell, Samuel 234, 241 Tarbott, Nicholas 814 Tarbuck, Henry 837 Tash, John 547, 716 Thomas 547, 716 Tasker, 866 John 699, 844 Taylor, Abraham, Jr 89, 93, 95, 101 Benjamin 332, 492 Benjamin, Jr 492 Ebenezer 512 Edward 492 Hezekiah . 412 James 675 John 332, 815 Jonathan 373 Joseph .89, 578 Nathan 491 Richard 816 Timothy 407, 583 William 41, 44, 612, 625 Tebbetts, Ephraim, Jr 697 Henry 698 Ichabod 697 Jeremiah 699 J ohn 699 John, 4th 699 Thomas 697, 847 Tedd, John 846 Temple, Abraham 412, 675, 815 David 412, 675 John... .324, 463, 583, 592, 653, 665, 675 William 665 Zephaniah 450 Tenney, William 374 Terrill, Robert 689 Terry, 809 Thatcher, John 816 Thaxter, Samuel. . .17, 19, 70, 71, 73, 87, 180 274, 275, 277, 749, 750, 754, 778 Thayer, Noah 20 Shadrach 18 Thing, Bartholomew 578, 880 Samuel 578, 864 INDEX. 968 Thomas, Benjamin 57S, 8S6 Elisha SS6 James 103 Joshua 223 Nathaniel Ray 693 Samuel 816 Thompson, Benjamin 6S9, S12 Captain 181, 182 David 20, 501, 737 Ebenezer 46S, 501, 564, 722, 732 Henry 6S2, 6S5, 6S9 James 6S5, 69S John 422, 526, 6S3, 6S9, 699 John, Jr 526 Jonathan 526, 844, S66, 897 Joseph 8, 12 Matthew 491, 6S5, 689 Noah 6S9 Robert 526 Rufus 6S9 Samuel 422, 569 Thomas 318 Thomas, Jr 318 William 383, 501, 737 Thom, Joseph lS Thomicraft, Derrick 601 Joseph 601 Thornton, Matthew 378, 383, 507, 701 Thomas S16 Thurlow, John 302 Thurston, Moses 374 Stephen 492 Tibbetts, Benjamin 527 Edward 527 Henry 526, 527 Joseph 526 Nathaniel 526 Samuel 392, 422, 492, 527, 578 Thomas 526 Timothy 526 Tiffany, Giles 501, 693 James 73S Tilestone, 789, 791 Thomas.. . . 13, 14, iS, 201, 202, 22S, 754 794, 795’ 797, 799, S05-S0S, 819 Tillotson, Darnel 501 Tilly, Samuel 526 Tilton, 789, 791 Abraham 215 Daniel 706, S23 David 56S Jacob 532, 706, 730 Jethro 56S, 578 Nathaniel 392 Timberlake, Henry iS, Sn Tinker, Silvan us 507 Tirrell, Gideon 18 Titcomb, Abraham 302 Daniel 697 Titcomb, William 32 Titus, Samuel 601 Todd, Andrew 139 Tolford, John 835,836 Tolman, Ebenezer 737 Thomas .737 William 737 Tom, John 20 Toms, Daniel 330 Took, John, Jr 579 Topham, John, Jr 507 Toppan, Abraham 32 Bezaleel 613 James 303 Samuel 613 Torrey. William 13, 32-34, 76, 84, 104 1 47-1 49, 151, 166-16S, 206, 213, 26S- 270, 292, 295, 367, 730, Towle, Benjamin Caleb 568 John 6 Philip 568 Townsend, Benjamin 601 James 18, 222, 601 Nathaniel 378 Nathaniel, Jr 374 Timothy 601 Tozer, Richard 112 Tracey, John 726 Trail, Robert 721 Trask, Nathaniel 706 Treadwell, Charles 578 Jacob 706 Jacob, Jr - 547 John 231 Trecothick, Barlow 717, 720 Treferen, Foster 720 Trefem, Peter 151 Trehem, George 720 Trescott, John 18, 812 Trible, John 516 T ricke\', T ohn 421 Jonathan 547 Thomas 421 Tripp, James 601 Trissell, Thomas 225 Troth, John 374 Trowbridge, Caleb 8, 407, 573 Thaddeus 7, 8 William 7 Trull, Samuel 234, 241 Trumbull, John 815 Joseph 608 Tuck, John 877, 902, 904 Robert 135 Tucker, Benjamin 336, 337 John 247 josiah 92,97, 69S INDEX. 969 Tucker, Lemuel 649 Oliver 450 Simon 450 Tuckerman, John 18, 812 Tufts, John 501 Nathaniel 426 Peter 34 Turner, Benjamin 18 George .720 John 70, 71, 73, 84, 180 Joseph 726 Nathaniel 726 Philip, Jr 726 Tuttle, Ebenezer 697 Elijah 697 John 911 Twombly, Isaac 699 Joseph, Jr 699 Ralph 699 William 699 William, Jr 699 William, 3d 699 Tyler, John 223, 282, 283, 285-287, 290 297-302, 304 Moses 247 Samuel 222 Tyng, 53, 777 Edward 18, 324-326, 329, 812 Eleazer. . .41, 95, 101, 120, 123, 184, 195 199, 202, 218, 612 Jonathan 84 William 80, 178-180, 182, 183, 263 Underhill, Isaac 592 Jacob 592 Underwood, Aquilla 164 Bray Dearing 720 Joseph 158-160 Uran, Richard 613 Silas 548 Usher, John 374, 378, 726 Robert ..374, 378, 726 Valentine, Richard, Jr 601 Vandewater, Peter 601 Van Vleck, Henry 592 Varney, 843 Rufus C 292 Varnum, John 234, 407, 412 Vaughan, William 876, 902, 904, 909 911-917 Veasey, Benjamin 491 George 491 George, Jr 491 Samuel 491 Thomas ... .491 Thomas, Jr 491 Vering, David 89 Viccos, Thomas 18 Vickery, Israel 18 Thomas 19 Thomas, Jr 20 Vinson, Joseph 675 Virgin, Ebenezer 304, 613, 619, 649 Vose, Robert 18 Samuel 19 Wadleigh, 907, 910, 914 Jonathan 912, 913, 915, 916 Wadsworth, Captain 812 Joseph 46, 53, 55, 56, 809, 812 Samuel 18, 20 W ainwright, 7 57 Colonel 297 John... 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 86, 87, 225-229 231, 341, 612, 795 Wait, Ezra 730 Gershom 675 John 34 Joseph 579, 584, 585 Phineas 574, 583 Thomas 730 William 675 Walch, Joshua 93 Waldron, Captain 101, 104 George 454 John 526, 700 Richard.. 29, 31, 32, 75, 76, 292, 421, 422 425, 491, 492, 523, 525, 527, 568, 569 578, 579. 610, 625, 700, 711, 734,833 834, 837, 842, 859, 861, 863, 878, 880 883-885, 888, 892, 893, 905, 919 Richard, Jr 422, 492, 527, 578 Thomas Westbrook 517 William 260, 261, 706 Wales, Eleazer 608 Eleazer, Jr 608 Nathan 608 Nathaniel 407 Nathaniel, Jr 608 Nathaniel, 3d 608 Nathaniel, 4th 608 Seth 606, 608 Solomon 608 Walker, Andrew 19 Asa 41 1 Benjamin 234 Edward 813 Isaac 137, 138, 223, 613 Israel 156 James 19, 649 John 421 Jonathan 649 Joseph 532 Robert 20 Seth 540, 730 Timothy 547, 614, 646, 649 Timothy, Jr 61, 62, 548, 649 970 INDEX Wall, 864, 902, 904, 907, 910, 913 James 845, 846 John 706 Wallace, 20 Benjamin 675 William, Jr 665 Walley, Elizabeth 231 John 231 Thomas 730 Wallingford, John 422 Thomas 303 W alsworth, Amos 516 Walton, Benjamin 422 George 421, 730 George, Jr 421 John 422 Samuel 421 Shadrach 422, 492, 527, 569, 579, 878 Ward, 35 John 477, 478 Joseph 532, 693 Nahum 252, .532 Simon ' 894, 896 William 36, 38 Warner, 827 Daniel 601, 633, 673, 716 Daniel, Jr 507 Eli 507 Gilbert 222 Jonathan ... .335, 392, 547, 653, 716, 720 Richard 92-95, 98 Samuel 720 Warren, James 273, 279 John 156 Sarah 19,811 Thomas 156, 685 Warring, Silas 675 Washburne, Benjamin 813 Jonathan 813 Washington, George 339 Waterbury, Joshua 463 Nathaniel 463 Waterman, Silas 726 Waters, Ebenezer 675 Watson, David 700 Dudley 700 Isaac 526, 700 John. 716 Jonathan 700 Robert 103 Watts, John Beverly 653 Way, Richard 81 1 Weare, Daniel 578 Ebenezer 422, 492, 526, 578 Meshech 340, 730 Nathaniel ... .32, 578, 823, 833, 844, 877 911-916 Peter. . ..422, 492, 527, 568, 577, 578, 919 Peter, Jr 578 Webb, 340 Azariah 737 Thomas 919 Webber, Benedict 737 Webster, Abel 511 Jeremiah 899 Jeremy 891, 900 John 264, 528, 578, 891 Joshua 234, 241 Nathaniel 569, 865 Stephen 569 Thomas 578 Weed, Abraham 463 Amos 463 Benjamin 463 Enos 463 Henry 920, 924 Hezekiah 463 Isaac 463 Nathaniel 463 Orlando 920 Peter 463 Reuben 463 Samuel 463 Silvanus ". . .463 Weeden, Edward 812 Weeks, David 706 John. 665 Joshua 894 Samuel 734 William 547, 665 Welch, Alexander 720 Joseph 689, 730 Thomas 815 William 455, 656, 693, 721, 730 Weld, Edmund / 18 Joseph 3-5 Wei den, Joseph 816 Welland, William 700 Wellington, John 814 Joshua 156 Thomas 156, 814 Wellman, James 674 Wells, . ..22, 160, 178, 241, 345, 750, 754 773* 777 Captain 297, 749 Eleazer 336, 337 Ephraim 516 Ephraim, Jr 516 Jacob 720 John 730 Jonathan 763 Joseph 540 Nathaniel 231 Obediah 730 Samuel . 174-176, 340, 583, 765, 790, 807 809, 8 1 6-8 18 Thomas 316, 317, 517, 767, 837 Wendell, Daniel Wentworth 720 INDEX 971 Wendell, Edmund 720 Edmund, Jr 720 Jacob 163, 197. 321, 783 John 532, 693, 720 John, Jr 720 Thomas 720 Wentworth, Benjamin 422, 526 Penning 187, 332, 371, 373, 374, 376 378-380, 382, 383, 389, 391, 392, 404 406, 407, 409, 41 1, 412, 415, 416, 418 422, 439, 441, 445-447, 449, 450, 454 457-459 , 46i, 463, 464, 485-489, 492- 495, 504, 5o7-5 0 9, 5 11 , 5 12 , 5 T 4, 5^ 5 I 7, 523, 538, 540, 54i, 545, 547, 548 568, 570, 572, 574, 575, 578, 580, 582 583, 589, 591, 592, 598, 600, 601, 620 650, 653, 654, 658, 660, 662, 664, 665 672, 674, 675, 682, 684-686, 689, 693 708-710, 713, 715, 716, 723, 725, 726 826, 830, 834, 835, 865, 897, 900 David 422 Ebenezer 422, 568 Ephraim, Jr 700 Ezekiel 700, 915 George 532, 656, 720 Gershom 526 H 426, 919 Hunking 422, 492, 578, 665 John. .43, 67, 332, 379, 383, 385-387, 394 396, 397, 399, 401, 402, 413, 4M, 4 T 9 421-424, 427, 429, 431, 433, 436, 437 442-444, 45 2 -454, 465, 467, 469, 47i 473, 475, 480-483, 489, 491, 492, 497- 499, 5 01 , 502, 517, 5 J 9, 5 2 °, 522, 525 527-529, 531, 532, 534-537, 543, 544 550, 552, 554, 555, 557, 558, 560-562 564, 574, 577-579, 585, 586, 594, 596 602, 605, 606, 608, 628, 645, 656, 657 667, 668, 671, 677, 679-681, 689, 691- 693, 695, 702, 703, 705, 7 1 1, 718, 720 721, 727, 729, 734, 735, 737, 738, 740- 742, 834, 864 John, Jr 422, 685 Joshua 532, 657, 693, 720 Mark 492 Mark Hunking. . .463, 583, 592, 653, 665 685, 689, 693, 703, 706 Paul 477, 478, 525, 527 Samuel 379, 383, 450, 574 Sir Thomas 529, 531 Spencer 700 Thomas 685, 689 William 478, 492, 517, 578, 837 Wesson, Ephraim 512 West, Ebenezer 649 Edward 578 Nathan 693 Nathaniel 649 Westbrook, Thomas. .422, 492, 527, 569, 579 Westland, Richard 214, 215 Wetherbee, Abijah 541 Ephraim 285 Joanna 574 Jonathan 332, 541 Paul 332 Samuel 541 Wetherell, James 700 Weymouth, Thomas 18, 81 1 Wheat, Joseph 815 Moses 815 Wheeler, David 815 Ebenezer 815 Jeremiah 649 John 815 Joseph 84, 251, 815 Moses 54 l Nehemiah 454, 512 Peter 89, 93, 373 Thomas 83 Wheelock, John 706 Joseph 234, 241, 242 Wheelwright, . . . .864, 905, 906, 9 i 7 ~ 9 l 9 Jeremiah 574 John. . . . 171, 172, 574, 720, 743, 760, 795 796, 849, 859, 861, 862, 864 Joseph 574 Nathaniel 574 Whidden, Ichabod 548 John 665 Michael , 568 Samuel 665 Whipple, James 412, 675 John 412, 675 Joseph 411, 532, 675 Minister 578 Moses 412, 675 William 532, 720 Whitchcot, Benjamin 295, 296 Doctor 292 Rebecca 295, 296 Whitcher, Benjamin 897 Whitcomb, Joseph 93, 98, 234 White, 39 Benjamin 501, 814 Edward 17, 18, 755 Elijah 507 John 234, 240, 241, 612, 720, 737 Jonathan 501, 816 Joseph 454 Jotham 501 Nathan 492 Nicholas 613 Robert 247 William 86, 568, 613 Whitehouse, John 700 William 700 Whiting, Benjamin 606 Caleb 516 972 INDEX. Whiting, David 407 James 93, 374 John 214, 215, 737 Samuel 214 Thomas 569 Whitman, John 764, 768 Whitmore, Francis 407 N athaniel 411 William 407 Whitney, Abraham 8 David 8 Ezekiel 8 James 247, 374, 574 John 8 Jonathan 815 Moses 737 Samuel 156 Whitt, Samuel. . , 813 Whittemore, John 247 Rev. 249 Samuel 33 I- 333 Whittier, William 613 Wibird, Richard. .. .332, 374, 378, 422, 492 5 * 7 , 5 2 7 , 5 6 9 , 574 , 579 , 601, 675, 726 919 Richard, Jr 422, 492, 527, 578 Wickham, David 507 Wicomb, Thomas 613 Wiggin, 625, 626 Andrew.,422, 491, 492, 527, 578, 880,902 Broadstreet 492, 578 Chase 491, 909 Henry 492 Jonathan 489, 491 Joseph 492 Katharine 492 Nicholas 492 Simon 491, 864 Thomas. ... 101, 136, 261, 262,265-268 491, 838-840, 842, 845, 848, 850, 854 859-861 Thomas, Jr 492 Thomas, 3d 491 Walter 491 Wigglesworth, Samuel 231 Wight, John 814 Wightman, Allyn 516 Wilder, 749, 750 Ephraim, Jr 730 Jacob 138 Joseph 39-41, 73, 138, 217, 257, 281 314, 315, 612, 765 Joseph, Jr 68-73, 1 3 7 , 138, 2 55 , 2 5 6 310, 312, 313, 315 Wilkins, Philip C 482 Willard, 127, 133, 134 Abel 332, 583, 730 Abijah 332, 583, 730 Barzilli 332 Willard, Billy 573 Caleb 332 Captain 757 Henry 234 Jonathan . 332, 583 Jonathan, Jr 730 Joseph 540, 574 Joshua 332, 730 Josiah 28, 91, 123, 163, 171, 176, 184 201, 223, 234, 252, 254, 256, 274-277 279-281, 286, 304, 314, 316, 321, 329 346-348, 350-356, 358, 359, 540, 569 57 B 573 , 579 , 5 82 , 762, 764-766, 781 782 Josiah, Jr 573, 582 Levi 332, 729 Moses 540 Nathan 573 Nathan, Jr 573 Oliver 57.3 Oliver, Jr 573 Prentice 583 Sampson 582 Samuel 138 Simon 84, 574, 839, 850 Solomon 573, 583 Wilder 573 William 450, 573, 583 Willey, Abel 507, 512 Benjamin 697 George 855 John 527 John, Jr 527 Robert 697 Stephen 548 Thomas 103, 526, 697 Williams, 121 Benjamin 18,811 Ebenezer 18 Francis 263 Isaac 92, 532, 689, 693 Israel 57, 781 John Pingree 693 Jonathan 7, 16, 18, 812 Jonathan, Jr 7, 222 Matthew 103 Moses 893 Samuel 19, 526, 700 William 7 Willis, Balthazar 846 John 601 Samuel 599, 601 Willits, Richard 601 Thomas 601 Willmets, James 700 Wilson, David 374 Henry 18 Humphrey 494, 846, 847 John 10, 11, 18 INDEX 973 Wilson, Joseph 234 Robert 423, 424, 492 Winchester, Joseph 156 Wincoll, 271 John 292, 293 Wing, Ananias 816 Samuel 693 Wingate, John 526, 700 John, Jr .700 Joshua 568, 578 Moses 700 Paine 335 " 337 , 57 $ Wingfield, Thomas 260, 261 Winn, Edward 613 , Joseph 332 Winship, Jason 407 Samuel 407 Timothy 407 Winslow, 226 Canelin 730 John 306 Joseph 34, 35 Samuel 77, 269, 839, 849, 851, 852 854, 857, 867-872 Winthrop, John 706, 721, 846 . J° hn > J r 135 Wise, Ammi Ruhamah 613 Joseph 98 Wiswall, Ichabod 123-126 Peleg 121, 123, 124 Wolcott, John 32 Wolsey, Benjamin 601 Wood, Benjamin 675 David 613 John 501, 700, 815 Jonas 601 Joseph, Jr 601 Woodbridge, Benjamin 105-107, 159 Dudley 154 Woodcock, Ezra 450 Jonathan, Jr 737 Woodman, Archelaus 844 Edward 32, 866, 867, 872 John 103, 526 Jonathan 526, 844 Jonathan, Jr 526 Woods, 19 Isaac 97 Woods, John 97 Jonathan 97 Joseph 54 i Woodward, Bezaleel . . . David 693 John i 5 6 > 5 ° 2 Woodworth, Amasa. . .. Joel 5 02 , 737 Woolrich, Philip Worcester, Francis 373 » 378 Noah 689 Works, Henry 568 Worth, Joseph 888 W renn, W illiam I 5 1 Wright, 142, 7 57 » 773 Eben 234 John 613, 693 Joseph ...234, 241, 242, 454 Samuel Seth Thomas 846 William 378 Winkell Wyman, James Peter Ross 249 Yates, James Yeaton, Benjamin 454 William 53 2 » 693 York, Benjamin John J osiah 392 , 716 Richard i° 3 > 837, 853 Thomas Young, Abner 698 Benjamin Daniel David Eleazer Eleazer, Jr Elisabeth 697 Isaac Jonathan J oseph 547 > 5^8, 716 Nathaniel Thomas 526, 547 > 700 Thomas, Jr 547 Date Due 1 ■ THIS BOOK MAY NOT BE TAKEN FROM THIS ROOM 3 9031 BOSTON COLLEGE 011186 J 7221 $P7c *<£ ^ ^ ! 1 Boston College Library Chestnut Hill 67, Mass. Boots may be kept for ^ weets unles$ shorter period is specified. defX^ C esk7o?a«isTa h nce 70U ^ ** 0-51 tates of New Hampshire and Main I I I fiddlebuiy" Lincoln Weathersfje •■•Vewpor