& F 104 .C6 C6 Copy 2 EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF COLCHESTER, WITH SOME TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE RECORDING OF MICHAELL TAINTOR, OF "BRAIKFOEB," COM. Traiascxdbed. t>y CHARLES M. TAINTOR HARTFORD: PRESS OF CASE, LOCKWOOD AND COMPANY 18G4. I I \ t^> PREFACE. The beginning of the settlement of a Township is an important and interesting epoch in the history of a country : and its gradual progress is marked by events, a record ^f which is well worthy of being preserved in an available form, for all those who would pause for a moment, in this life's hurried journey, and reflect upon thoso who have gone before them, and occupied their places, and assumed the responsibilities that are now incumbent on themselves, in the highly favored place of their earthly abode : what their characters were, the influence they acquired and exercised over the minds of their contemporaries ; the amount of knowledge they possessed ; and the degree of intelligence that guided and characterized them in all their pursuits and relations in life ; what the motives were by which they were actuated in forming a new settlement and the objects in the far distant future that determined their courses and inspired their hopes : the many trials they experienced, the dangers they cheer- fully braved, the obstacles that presented themselves in various' forms, the opposition they had to encounter, the hardships and pri- vations they nobly endured ; the energy, perseverance and courage with which they at length overcame all untoward circumstances ; and the full measure of success that ultimately crowned their un- wearied efforts. The voluntary association together of a body of men of the highest respectability, and of the first families from dif- ferent parts of the country, in the planting of a Township, is a guaranty that something of great public benefit, something durable and far-reaching, something of high National importance and perma- nent utility is contemplated and viewed through the medium of long intervening time by the self-sacrificing and energetic men who thus forego the comforts and refinements of life, which have hitherto glad- dened their pathway, for the noble and exalted purposes which inspired them. There is something extremely narrow-minded, un- natural and ungrateful in us of the present generation, who feel no interest in the shining lives and noble acts of our ancestors, through whose agency all of our high and invaluable rights and privileges were compassed and established ; who were instrumental in laying broad and deep and firm the foundations of our long-cherished insti- tutions, and the whole enviable fabric, religious, social and educa- tional which pervades and distinguishes New-England from other countries ; and under her benign influence many others of the United States, through her sons and daughters who have settled in them. New-England is to the rest of America what Greece was to the surrounding nations of antiquity, the seat of science and the arts, learning, refinement, general intelligence and piety; and shall the names, lives and memories of her illustrious and noble founders, whose descendants many of us are, be lost, unrecorded and forgotten, and ignominiously suffered to mingle in the waters of oblivion ? They were truly deserving of much at the hands of their descend- ants, for their lives were of as much importance as the lives of kings and the titled ones of the earth ; their history would be as absorb- ing, and marked with events of as much consequence ; and the his- tory of the townships with which their history is identified is as interesting as the history of kingdoms. How little do we consider how largely we are indebted to our worthy progenitors for the inheritance of these beautiful towns and cities, and the whole surrounding country, adorned and beautified as it is, and rendered so attractive by the marks of cultivation, with our school-houses, meeting-houses and high seminaries of learning, wise, humane and equal laws, and the order, industry, general intelligence and virtue which characterizes the whole population, compared with that of many other parts of the world. All of these inestimable privi- leges, rich blessings, that so highly exalt us as a people, are the results of the wisdom, courage, perseverance and virtue of our fathers, who, in the dawn of learning and civilization in the New World, were the chosen agents for the establishment and dissem- ination of those elements. To come nearer to the Township to which the following pages chiefly relate, one hundred and sixty-six years ago, Colchester was a primeval wilderness, with nothing to disturb its profound solitude but the Red man in quest of his game and fish, of which, there is no doubt, the forests, streams and ponds afforded a liberal supply for his simple necessities ; and the whole adjacent country, from Mas- sachusetts on the north to New London and Lyme on the south ; and from Middletown, Glastenbury, Hartford, Windsor and Enfield on the west, to Norwich and Windham, was then one vast hunting- ground, over which roamed the savages in procuring their means of subsistence, and in traversing from one remote point of their lands to another, with an occasional village of wigwams, as the traces of them long subsequently afforded evidence. Here, at that period, the Indian held undisputed sway; but an era in their history and that of the white man was about to dawn. When our ancestors erected their habitations and commenced their permanent abode here, then was Colchester, in its unrivaled attractions, in its peerless beauty, and surpassing loveliness ; with her far-famed and richly endowed seminary, her elegant meeting-houses and private resi- dences, her extensive manufactories and elevated society and refine- ment, in embryo — then was planted the germ that has since grown up and expanded into what we behold of Colchester at this day. All will feel constrained to acquiesce in the opinion that our forefathers possessed no small degree of good sense, penetration and foresight m selecting so naturally charming a site for their future abode : so highly susceptible of being beautified and adorned. The Connecticut State Records at the Office of the Secretary of State furnish us with the date of the Grant and settlement of Col- chester, and contain much in relation to the troubles that the planters of Colchester experienced, and the difficulties they met with in establishing the boundaries of the Township, and the opposition and perplexity they encountered from Owaneco and Joshua, the Mohe- gan Chiefs, who were the sons of the great warrior, Uncas, and from the Masons, Major Palmes and many others, who claimed large tracts of land within the Grant, by virtue of titles and grants ob- tained from the heirs of the great Mohegan Sachem, Uncas. " Att a Generall Court Holden at Hartford Octobr the r3th : 1698 : This Court upon the petition of Divers of the inhabitants in the Countie of Hartford Grant Libertye for a plantation at or near the place Called Jeremiahs farme upon the Rode to Newlondon. and Captn Danll Wetherell Captn John Hamlin Mr Will Pitkin Captn John Chester Mr Richard Christophers and Captn Samll ffosdick they or the Majr part of them are by this Court appointed to be a Comittee to lay out a town Ship there beginning at the North bound of twentie mile River and So to Extend Southward to a River Called deep River And to Extend Eastward from the bounds of Haddum Seven miles" — " Att a Generll assembly Holden att Hartford May 11th 1699— Ordered and Enacted &c that the north bounds of the new Planta- tion Lately granted at or neer Jeremies farme upon the Roade to Newlondon Shall be (as formerly at twentye mile River, and the South bounds ioyne to the North bounds of Lyme, and the west bounds to Joyn to the East bounds of Middltown and the East bounds of Haddum and the East and North East bounds to Rune to the bounds of Lebanon and Norwich" — "A Generall Assembly Holden at Hartford Octor 13,, 1699 — Michael Taintor Saml Northam and Nath,l Foot appearing in this Assembly in the behalfe of the New plantation called Colchester and complaining that they are obstructed in the improvement and settle- ment of said plantation by reason of severall persons that claim con- siderable tracts of land within the grant of said Township, and par- ticularly severall of the inhabitants of Saybrook, This Court do therefore order that all persons claiming any lands there shall ap- pear at the Generall Court in May next and make their claims ap- pear, that so the Grantees may not be further obstructed in their settlement of said plantation and that the name of that plantation 1* 6 shall be called Colchester and belong to the County of New London, and further that this act be transmitted to the severall towns where any persons claiming land, there doe reside that so they may have reasonable notice thereof." " Att a Generall Assembly Holden att Hartford Octobr the 10th: 1700 Whereas the Inhabitants of Colchester and those designed to goe and Settle there, meet, with much discouragement in their Planting and Settling By Owaneco and the Moheags, that Claim Land within that township. This assembly being Sensible of the difficulties they meet with and being desirous to promote the Quiet and Comfortable Settlement of the Plantation Doe desire the Hon- ble Governr with his Councill to treat with the Moheags and to agree with them to Quitt their Claim to the Lands within that town- ship, upon as Reasonable termes as may be obtained and also to ad- vise the people and to direct them in going forward in their Planta- tion worke, and the Worshipfull Captn Samuel Mason is desired to improve his Interest in the Moheags to Promote their Compliance with the Interest of the people of Colchester — The Charge to be defrayed by the Inhabitants of Colchester — " Thus the whole Township of ancient Colchester, embracing the present Township, and portions of Salem (in .olden time called Paugwonk) and Marlborough, was granted to the original planters, and by them subsequently shared with their associate planters. Then followed divisions of the Township at intervals of time amongst the proprietors, a certain portion of the territory being included in a division. A division was then subdivided into allotments or Rights, consisting of fifty, one hundred and two hundred pound rights for which the proprietors cast lots, the number in the Draught determining for each proprietor his claim to a corresponding number in the allotments. In this way half a century, or more, elapsed before the whole Township had been divided amongst the original planters and proprietors, and the heirs of those of them who had deceased. The lands, of little value comparatively, at the beginning of the settlement, gradually increased in value as the population and de- mand for land increased : and those of the proprietors and their descendants and heirs, who retained their rights in the divisions of lands, became substantially wealthy and prosperous. Colchester was a highly popular settlement, and the early planters were a supe- rior set of men, belonging, as they did, to many of the first families in New England : and it early attracted a brilliant array of names and genius from various parts of the country. Its location was desirable, being near Hartford, Middletown, Norwich and New London. Micaiell Taintor, Esq., whose recording comprises the chief por- tion of these pages, was born in Brainford, Oct., — A. D. 1652, being the second son of Capt. Michaell Taintor and his wife Elizabeth. We have no knowledge of his youthful history. We find him in Windsor in A. D. 1 679, where he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Looinis, and after her decease Mabel (Olmstead) Butler, widow of Mr. Daniel Butler of Hartford, in A. D. 1697. tie was one of the leading men in Windsor, as appears by the records of that Town, holding some of the highest oflices in that Township. He was, doubtless, one of the most active in procuring the Grant of Col- chester, being in the prime of life when he removed to that place to settle. He was the first, and for a long series of years the only Justice of the Peace in Colchester ; Town Clerk for the space of thirty years, member of Conn. General Assembly twenty-six ses- sions ; Commissioner, Selectman, &c. It should be borne in mind that in those days honors and offices were conferred with reference to worth of character, only the best and most fit men being found in high stations. Then men honored an office, unlike the present day, when we find mankind seeking offices and honors through mercenary channels, to patch up characters obnoxious to scrutiny under the eternal standard of rectitude, the immutable law of Justice, and our Saviour's Golden Rule. He died Feb.,— A, D. 1731, in his 79th year. His father, Michaell, was also a man of sterling Avorth and integ- rity of character, having acquired and exerted a high-toned influ- ence over his contemporaries. He was the son of Charles Taintor who was in Wetherslield in A. D. 1643, afterward Deputy to Gen. Assembly, two years, from Fairfield, and who was lost at sea with Mr. Jeremiah Jagger in Oct., A. D. 1654. Michaell was Master of a Ketch, trading out of Brainford to Virginia previous to A. D. 1650, and for several years subsequent. He was Commissioner, Judge, Deputy to Gen. Assembly, Recorder, Select-man, &c. He died in — A. D. 1672-3. Rev. John Bulkley was from Glastenbury, son of Rev. Gurshom and his wife, (who was a daughter of President Chauncey) and grandson of Rev. Peter Bulkley, from England. " Isaac Bigloo" was from Watertown Mass. " John Bigloo a son of Joshua Bigloo of Watertown, which John Bigloo now dwells in Hartford on the east." Thomas Carrier and his sons, Richard and Andrew, were from Andover, -where Martha, wife of Thomas, was executed for a witch, in A. D. 1692. Thomas Carrier had belonged to the body guard of King Charles 1st of Great Britain, and was notorious for fleetness of foot, even after he was more than one hundred years old. It is said that he killed the king of England. If so, he must have been the executioner of King Charles the 1st, in A. D. 1648. He was a Welshman. It is said by his dependents that he was one hundred and thirteen years of age at the time of his decease in A. 1). 1735. Daniel Clark, "Locksmith," was from Hartford — Samuel Dickinson from Hadley — Jonathan Dunham from Haddam — Foots were from AVethersfield — Samuel Gilbert from Hartford — Benja- min Graves from New London, doubtless, originally from Hatfield — Josiah Gillet and Josiah Gillet Jun., from Windsor. The wife of 8 Josiah Sen., was Joanna, daughter of Miehaell Tain tor of Brain- ford. She died in Colchester, in Jan., A. D. 1785, aged 83 years. John Hitchcock from Springfield — Evan Jones from Windsor ? — Kelloggs from Hatfield — Loomises from Windsor — James and Israel Newton from " Kingstown in Naraganset" — " Samuel Niels" of Kingstown (1709) — Northams from Hatfield — Nathaniel Otis from Scituate — Josiah Phelps from Windsor — " Joseph Pumery H from Northampton ? — William Shipman from Saybrook, went to Hebron about 1705, where he soon after died in conse- quence of a fall. — Skinners from Hartford? — Deac. " Micaell" Taintor from Windsor — James Treadway, " Malster," from Water- town — Welleses from Hatfield — Joseph Wright from Glastenbury — Israel Wyatt from Hatfield. In conclusion, the compiler would say that Colchester and its his- tory present more than ordinary attractions to him, inasmuch as it was the home and the birth-place of many of his ancestors besides of those whose surname he bears. He traces his descent from " Quar- ter-Master Nathaniel Foot," who took an active part in promoting the settlement of Colchester; from Nathaniel Loomis, Sen., and from Nathaniel Loomis, Jr., (the schoolmaster) — from Samnel and Ebenezer North am — from Skinner — from Lieut. Noah Welles who died in A. D. 1713, and Lieut. Noah Wells who died in A. D. 1753, and- Col. David Wells; and from Lieut. Israel Wyatt the son of John Wyatt of Haddam, and grandson of Edward Wyatt of Dor- chester. CHARLES MICAIELL TAINTOR. Colchester, Conn., Feb. 13th, A. D. 1864. THE RECORDING OF MICAIELL TAINTOR ESQ. " Jenewart the 28th 1715 = 16= then Jonathan kilburn of Colchester presented a mare and coult to Record as straise — the mare is of a Dark Brown Coulour Branded with Leba- non town Brand a half penne Cut on the vnder side of the of or Right eare — the Coult is a hors Coult of a Bay Couler a star in the forehead near foot white — taken Dammage fezant : & now aprised both at fowr pounds — By James Mun & Josiah Phelps — the mare & Coult Aboue mentioned is owned By Joshua Tilleson of hebron & Delivered to him by sd kilburn this 1 Day of March 1715-16 June 12th 1716 then taken vp By Ebenezer Spencer of Colchester A yong hors of about two or thre years old of a blackish Brown Couler Branded with : 4 : marked with a half pennee Cut on the under sid of the Right eare: of foot behind white — Taken vp in a sufering Condistion : & ap- prised this eighteenth Day of June abouesd : at twenty five shillings by William Worthington & Daniell Clark Junr May 1716 Josiah Gate killed 18 Rattell snakes at the meeting mentioned on the other side viz. Decembr 28 : 1713 Samull Northam thomas Day & ebenezer Colman ware chosen a Cornittie of the school for the year insueing. Decemb : 31: 1712: at a legall town meeting held in Col- chester — Capt Gilbert Left Wiat & Mr Darnell Clark ware Chosen Selectmen : Decembr 28 : 1713 : Micaiell Taintor was 2 10 Chosen towne Clerk for the year insueing : at a legall town meeting held in Colchester the date aforesaid : at the same meeting selectmen ware chosen Namely mr Daniell Clark senr: mr Joseph Wright & Micaiell Taintor — Constables Chosen ware Nathaniell Kellogg & ebenezer Skiner — sworn — Colecterors to Colect the minestors Rate & town rate John Bigloo Noah wells & Jonathan kellogg — fence vewers Chosen ware John hitchcock & william Chamberlin — Surueyers Chosen ware : John Johnson sworn — Andrew Carrier sworn — Ephream foot sworn — Ephream Wells sworn — John homes & Samll Spencer — Listers chosen ware thomas Day Richard Skiner & John hubberd — all sworn — enspectors Chosen ware ebenezer Colman & Daniell Clark Juner — both sworn — Grand Jury men Chosen ware John addams sener Nathanll Lomis — both sworn — " further at the meeting aforesaid the town granted a Rate of 3d pence on the pownd of the ratebl estate of the towne — at the meeting aforesaid the towne granted to the Reuerant Mr Bulkly for his salery the year past, sixty and five pownds — at the same meeting a Comitie was Chosen to setell the Line with hebron men betwixt hebron and Colchester — namely ebenezer Skiner Left Wiat ensine Skiner ebenezer Colman Nathanll foot — „ February the 24th : 1713—14 : taken vp as strays by Josiah Gillet of Colchester a mare & Coult: the mare is Counted about seauen or eight years old of a sorrell Couler a white face & a streak of white downe the houf on the left foot — Branded on the left shoulder with MM : the Could is one year and vantage old of a sorrell Couler a White face 2 hind feet white no mark nor brand — apprised at four pownds ten shillings By Daniell & Nathaniell Clark July 13th 171 G — Sold a black stone hors of thre years old brought in by thomas perrin of Lebanon : as forfit by law : & €ondemned By us the subscribers selectmen : as not being so 11 high as the law Requiers : sold to ensign Nathanll lomis for thre pownds six shillings : Micaiell Taintor — Samull Lomies Micaiell Taintor Junr Creded for seruing thre writs : (viz.) on bakon gates & homes — 00-06 00 one on sergt Rowle : 6d : for half my Jorney & exspences to Wethersfield to fetch nailes — 00 04 00 by two shillings Guien to bye Boards- 00 02 00 1713 Mr Thomas Alleson Credet to the town for nailes for the meeting hows Doars — 00 03 06 December ye 8th 1729 Micaiell Taintor was chosen Town clerk Ensign Foot Ensign Wells & Israel Newton ware Cho- sen Selectmen — Constables Chosen Ware Joseph Chamberlin & he to gather the Con try Rate & Isaac Jones — Way War- dens Chosen Ware John hitchcock Samuell Lomis John big- low Joseph pratt Junr pelatiah bliss andrew Carier — grand jurymen Chosen ware Jonathan Gillett & noah pumery — Listers Chosen ware mr Nathanll Otis John holms noah Clark timothy Carrier and John skiner Junr — fence viewers Chosen ware thomas adams & nathaniell kellogg Junr — tithing men Chosen Samuell fuller Josiah strong — a town Rate granted of a half penne Rate — yt is to say a half pene on ye pownd to be Raised # as the law directs — Colecters to gather sd rate ware Ebenezer kellogg & Daniell Worthington, at a town meeting held in Colchester Aprell 28th: 1730 en- sign Nathaniell foot was Chosen moderator of sd meeting — at tho meeting it was voated that swine shold be Confined from going at larg in the Comons as the law directs and prouids in yt behalf for this present yeare — further voated yt shepe may go in tho Comons without a keeper for this present year — the meeting is adjorned untill the monday before the election (viz ye eleauenth Day of May next at twelue of the Clock— the town met acord- ing to adjornmt — & voated & granted to ye Reuerend mr John Bulkley that thre acers of land lying at the' rear of his home lot (formerly granted for a term of years : but now the town 12 grant it to him for euer on Condistion that he giue up so much as that is of his other land) to be & Remain to be Comons for euer — further at ye same meeting the town voated to Remit the towns part of the fine of ebenezer harthaway Samuell Day John Dale John Adams ye 3d & Daniell Adams — at the same meeting it was voated yt wharas at ye meeting abuesd (above- said-c. m. t.) viz Aprell 28th 1730 Ensin Nathanll foot John Bulkley Junr & William Roberds ware Chosen a Comitie with power to treat with a Comitie from labanon Respecting such Controuersis as are now Depending in ye law or other wise betwen the proprieters of this town & the proprieters of laba- non & finally to determine the same & to agre upon a line be- twen us & them & wharas ye sd Comitie haue on the eighth Day of this Instant may treated & Com to an agrement with a Comitie from labanon & now make Report thareof to this meeting — it was voated yt ye sd agrement be exsepted & yfc in all ye parts thareof it be Complyed with & yt it be entered on ye town Records — A list of the freemen of ye town of Colchester — Micaiell Taintor Micaiell Taintor Junr James Newton Samll Northam Thorn Day Richd Carrier Ebenezr Skiner Danll Clark Danll Clark Junr Lef Isreall Wyat Decon Lomis Wm Roberds Nathll Lomis Jos Wright Josiah Gellet Josiah Gillet Junr Ebenezer Dibell Capt Gilbert Jno Adams Jno adams Junr Decon Skiner Richd Skiner Nathanll Skiner Benjamin Skiner Jos Prat Nathll Kellogg Ephrem Foot Jos pumery Thorn Brown Noah Wells Jos Chamberlin Josiah Foot James mun ensign Jno Skiner Ebenezer kellogg James Brown Andrew Carrier Richard Church Mr Bulkley Jno Day Jonathan Gil- let Jonathan Kellogg Nathll Foot Ebenr Coleman Charles Williams Clement Cithophell John Chapman Senr Ephream Wells Josiah Phelps John holms William Roberds Josiah Gates Joseph foot John Johnson — At a Legall town meeting held in Colchester Nouembr the 13 9th : 1714 : the towne voated that whearas we formerly granted our lands to perticqler persons by a towne voat we now Do voat that for the future The granting of the undeuided lands in Colchester shall be wholy and solely in the power of the proprioters of Colchester — at the same meeting the town made Choice of Mr James Newton Samuel Northam Samll Lomis Joseph Wright & Ebenezer Coleman to be a Committie to prosecute in the law & eject any & euery person that doe or shall trespass or make enterance uppon any of the Deuidecl or undeuided Lands within the township of said Colchester Decembr ye 27 1714 was a towne meeting & Micaiell Tain- tor Sen was Chosen town Clerk for the year Insueing — Select- men Chosen ware Mr Daniell Clark Senr Mr James Newton & ensign Jno Skiner — Constables chosen and sworn ware Thomas Day & nathaniell Kellogg — Colectorors Chosen to gather the minesters Rate & town rate ware Jonathan Nor- tham James Newton Junr and Richard Church — granted to the Reuerant Mr Bulkley for his salery the year now almost past the sum of seauenty & thre pownds Curant Mony — ondly eight pownds of it is to find himself firewood for the year In- sueing — Listers chosen ware Benjamin adams Nathaniel Gil- bert Samuell Lomis Junr — Inspecters Chosen & sworn ware John Bigloo & Noah Weles — Surueyers Chosen & sworn ware Capt Gilbert John biglo Isreall Newton William Rob- erds Junr Jonathan Kellog & Daniell Clark Junr — Grand Juremen Chosen and sworn ware Left Isreall Wyat Nathanill foot — fenc vewers Chosen & sworn ware Josiah Gillet Junr & Isaac Dauice Ephream foot & Josiah phelps — further the towne voated & Chose a Comitie to settell the Bounds Betwixt east haddam & Colchester the Comitie Chosen ware ensign John Skiner Mr James Newton & Mr Daniell Clark senr — and also the same Comitie to settell & run the Bounds Be- twixt Midell Towne & Colchester — at the sam meeting afore- said the towne voated & Granted to Nathaniell Lomis six 2* 14 pownds more then that forty & one pownds which the Comitie Couenanted with him for the makeing the seats of the meet- ing howse & other work mentioned in the sd Couenant — at the same meeting the towne granted a rate of two penc on the pownd to defray the town charges to be raised & Leuied by the list giuen unto the generall Court in October last past — at the same meeting Joseph Chamberlin John Skiner and Na- thaniell Kellogg ware Chosen a Comitie for the schole for the year Insueing — at the same meeting leften.t Wiatt Capt Gil- bert Mr James Newton Joseph Pumery & Joseph Chamber- lin ware chosen seators to seate persons in the meeting hows — Jenewary the 4th 1714-15 was a legall town meeting & whearas theare was a towne meeting dec 27-1714 & there was seators Chosen to seats the Meeting howse : : but no ruels (rules c. m. t.) giuen them as to do the work.neigehther haue the towne Dignefied the seats of the sd howse — therefore the towne haue now Dignefied the first pue next the pulpit to be the first in dignety the next behind it to be the 2d in dignety & the foremost of the long seats to be the third in Dignety : the 4th In dignetie is the second long seat & the third pue these two to be equall in estemation : the third seat to be the next In Dignety — the fourth seat to be next In dignety : the next seat in Dignety is the fourth pue : the next in dignety is the fifth long seate — the next thing is the Rules in seating & the Rules are now agreed & voated as foloweth — first the 12d : & 3d Rate for buelding the meeting hows to be Considered in Conjuntion with the present List of estates — further in the next place age with other quallefiecations to be considered — at the same meeting abouesd Ephre&m wels & John Bigloo : further it was voated that the seators shall also Consider the last years List with ye other abouementioned — at the same meeting abouesaid the persons : Chosen for the seating persons in the meeting howse are the same persons chosen formerly (viz) in Decembr 27th : 1714 are Also now againe Chosen to 15 yt work : who are to do it acording to the Dignifieing the Seats & the Ruels of seating abouementioned — at the meeting aforesaid, the town'e voated to guie for the Incoragement of per- sons to kill wolus to guie twenty shillings a head for wolues killed in the Bounds of the towne : the heads Bought as the law directs — whearas the towne at the meeting mentioned on the opposite side did Dignefi the seats in the meeting hows : & the Comitie haue presented to the town a draught with alteration in the sd Dignefieing the seats the town now being met together: Jenewary ye 10th: 1714-15 Did exseptofthe alteration mad By said Comittie which is as followeth : the pue next ye pulpitt to be the first — 2d in dignety is the 2d pue & the fore seat to be equall In Dignetie. 3d in Dignety is the second seat — 4th : : is the third seat equall with ye third Pue — 5. is the fowrth seat equall with the fowrth Pue — next the fifth seat : next : 6th-7th-8th— Colchester June 28 1715 at A meeting of the towne & pro- priotors of Colchester the sd towne & proprioters chose mr Jams Newton Ensign John Skiner & ebenezr Colman A Comittie to Joyne with a Commitie of east haddam to make exshang of Land — for the beter Conuenienc of both places— to make Alteration of the bounds Lately Run By the County Surueyer as thay shall se Cause & the sd town & proprioters do agree to abide by such alterations as shall be agreed upon By the sd Comities of Both parties — at the meeting aforesaid the town voated to giue the select men the Power to appoynt the place whare all persons shall Cut bushes that the Law Re- quiers to work in that seruice at A Legall town me<^jpg held in Colchester the 26th Day of Decembr 1715 the town granted a Rate of two penc on the povnd to be raised on all the poles & Ratable estate acording to the present List of this present year : to be paid in or as mony: to Defray the town charges — at the said meeting Micaiell Taintor was chosen Town Clerk — the select men 16 Chosen ware Left John Skiner Micaiell Taintor senr & Decon Lomis — Constables Chosen were Daniell Clark Junr & Josiah Gillett Jun — Colecterers Chosen to gather the Minesters & town Rate were Jonathan Gillett and thomas Lomis : & that Each of them shall gather & be Responcable for the Rats in that part of the town where they Dwell : the Deuision Be- twene them to Be acording to the Deuiding Line betwixt the two train Bands of the towne — Surueyers or way wardens Chosen ware Jonathan Kilbun Josia foot Thorn Jones John Day Jno hitchcock Ebenezer Coleman — Listers Chosen & sworn ware Nathaniell Lomis Junr Thomas Day Junr & Jo- seph Pepoon — fenc vewers chosen were Ephraim foot & Clem- ent kithophell — grand- Jurymen Chosen & sworn ware Sergt Joseph Prat sergt Nathaniell kellogg — at the Same Meeting the town granted to sergt Nathaniell kellogg thirty shillings pr year for sweeping & looking after the meeting howse as it ought to Bee — at the aforesd meeting the town Granted the Reuer-t Mr Bulkley for his salery the year Past eighty pownds mony or prouision as mony — at the same Meeting the town Chose the Select men Now Chosen to Be a Comitie for the School for The year Ensueing — at a town meeting June 12th 1716 it was voated to finish the schole hows whare the foundation of the said hows now stands — We the select men Comittie for the schooll as abouesaid haue agreed with Nathaniell Lomis Juner to keepe school twelue month & to giue him twenty and fiue pownds ten shillings — 25-10-0 & he began to keep schooll ye 17th Day of Jenewary : 1716 — the minesters Rate : & town Rate Deliuered to the forementioned Colecterors to gather & pay acording to order. Jenewary the 8th : 1716 : 17 = was a towne meeting & Micaiell Taintor senr was Chosen town Clerk for the year ensuing=at the same meeting : Benjamin Lewes John Clother Isaac Biglow John hitchcock Thomas Jones Benjamin Graues John Jonson ware exsepted and admitted Inhabetanc on Con- 17 elision that thay now declaiming that thay do not nether will not hearafter Claime any Right to the vndeuided Lands in Colchester neighther to the stated Commons : by this admition — which they haue now declared & Consented to — Select men Chosen ware capt Newton Jos: Chamberlin & Left Skiner: Constabels Chosen and sworn ware Daniell Clark Junr & Jo- siah Gillet Junr — Colecterors to Gather the minesters & town Rate ware Andrew Carrier & Benjamin Graues — .Lister3 chosen and sworn ware : John hitchcock Isaac Rowlee — Sam- ell kellogg not sworn — Grand Jury chosen & sworn ware en- sign: Weles & Ebenezer skiner — fenc vewers chosen ware Jonathan kilburn & John Adams Jur — Way warden's Chosen & sworn all but : ware James Roberds Jno Clother william Chamberlin not sworn — William harris Thomas Jones Ebene- zer Dibell John Chapman senr & Ensin Lomis — At the meet- ing aforesaid : Daniell Clark Juner was chosen & sworn sealer of w^aits & Measurs — At the meeting Aforesaid the town Granted to the Reuerand Mr bulkley for his sallery for the year past the sum of eighty pownds in mony or in prouision pay as mony — at the meeting Aforesaid the town voated to Raise a Rate of one penne on the pownd to pay the town Debts — further at the same meeting it was voated to maintain a school the whole year : and that It be kept at thre seuerall places (viz) in the tow r n plat & at the hill as it is Called (& amongst the southerly farmers) each Inhabetant in euery part to Joyne to which part or place as he shall chouse : and each seuerall place whare the school is kept shall haue the school' kept there so long as their proportion of estates is in the Comon List — & each place To prouid a sutabell place or hows to keep school in — & If eigh|her place Neglect to Comply with these Artecles then the Comittie hearafter named shall haue full power to order the afair of the school as thay in thair prudence shall se Cause & the present select men are now Chosen a Comitie for the school this year. 2* 18 At a Legall town meeting held in Colchester Decembr 30th: 1717 Micaiell Taintor was Chosen town Clerk — at the same meeting Mr Joseph Chamberlin Sergt Ebenezer Skiner & 6ergt Nathaniell foot ware chosen select men — Constables Cho- 6en & sworn ware Sergt Joseph Pratt & ephraim foot Joseph Pratt to gather the Country Rate — Thomas Addams & eben- ezer Northam Ware Chosen Colecterours to Gather the Town & Minesters Rate — Listers Chosen ware Isreall Newton James Roberds & Samuell Brown — sworn — Grand jure men Chosen ware John Addams Junr & James Newton Junr — sworn — fence vewers Chosen ware Jonathan Northam & John hitchcock — sworn Way wardens Chosen ware ensign Nathaniel Lomis Richard Church sworn Thomas Jones John waters William Chamberlin Josiah Gates Richard Carier & Josiah foot — sworn — Clement kithophell Chosen to Digg Graues — further at the 6ame meting the town Granted To the Reu.rt Mr Bulkley tor his salery for The year Past eighty Pounds in mony or prouis- ion Pay as mony — further voated to Giue Benjamin Chamber- lin ten shillings for beating the Drum ye year Past — further voated that sergt Prat shall haue twenty shillings for sweeping and taking Care of the meeting hows the year ensueing — At the meeting Aforesaid it was voated And agreed that thare should Be Galeries Buelt : in the meeting hows with all Con- uenient Speed — & Mr Charels Williams mr Samuell Northam & Sergt Nathaniell kellogg ware Chosen a Comitie to Carie on the work of buelding & finishing the said Galleries — further the town Granted a Rate of three half Pennys on the Pound to Defray town Charges — and finally it was voated that the surueyors of high waies shall haue Power to Call forth labour- ers to make a Bridg ouer the North meadow. Decembr ye 22: 1718 was a Legall town meeting held in Colchester : Micaiell Taintor Senr was chosen Town Clerk for the year ensueing — Selectmen * * * William Worthington Joseph Chamberlin & John Skiner — Constables * * * Sergt 19 Joseph pratt & Ephreaim foot — Sergt Joseph prat to gather the Country Rate — Colecterers * * John Day & thorn Jones — Listers Isaac Jones & John Northam — Grand Jurimen Decon Lomis & ebenezer kellogg — Way wardens John Johnson John bio-low Noah Weles Eobart Ransom Samuell Lomis Jvnr Sam- uel brown & lef holmes — farther at ye same meeting James Newton Jvnr was chosen brander for the town of Colchester — fenc vewers Chosen ware Benjamin adams & samuel kellogg — at the same meeting Left-nt holms Leftent harris Daniell Jones thomas Carier Samuell Knight Joseph Dalee : Daniell galiitiah ware voated Inhabetance : on that Condistion that Benjamin Lewes & others ware exsepted : at a town meeting held in Colchester Jenewary ye 8th: 1716=17: further voted that the select men be the school Comittie for ye year Insueing — At the meeting mentioned on the other side the town voated and granted to the Reuerend mr John Bulkley for his salleiy for the yeare now almost past eighty pownds in mony or prouision pay as mony — further voated to giue and grant to the Reuerand Mr bulkley for his sallery for the yeare ensueing eighty pownds in mony or pro- uision pay as mony prouided he Continue in the work of the minestry Amongst us the yeare ensuing abouesaid — further at the same meeting the town voated that euery person to whome the towne is Indebted that if thay do not bring in thair acoumlt to ye select men at the hows of Joseph Chamberlins this Day fortnight : thay shall not be paid the yeare now ensueing — fur- ther the town granted to Sergnt pratt twenty shillings : to take ye care of the meeting hows & sweep it sutabley : for .the year ensuing — further at the same meeting the town voated to oblige euery person in the town of sixteen years of age and upwards to kill one Duson of blackbirds or wood peckers or gay burds : & bring thair heads to the select men : & what are killed in the months of march aprell or may: six shall be Counted as a duson : : & if any person kills more then his Duson he shall be alowed one penne pr head — & he that doth not kill his dusen 20 as abouesd shall pay to the town Rate one shilling — this order to Continue for the year next ensuing — further voated that no ratell snaks shall be paid for exsept thay Can satisfie the select men that thay were killed in the months of aprell or may. Colchester Janewary the 26th: 1718=19 was a Legall town meeting.: & it was voated that Mr Liyn (?) : chool master shall be paid for keeping school for the time past : that which is Due : which is about six pounds — the one half out of the town tresury & the other half to be payd by the Scollers that went to the Said School — further at the same meeting the town voated to keep a school this whoole } f ea\* — & that it shall be keptremoued unto thre seuerall parts of the town at the Discrestion of the select men — further at the meeting aforesaid it was further voated : that All the children from five years oald to the age of ten years that Hue within one mile and half from the place whare the school is kept, shall pay to the sd. school as the law Directs : whether thay go to said School or nott — & those that are aboue ten years of age shall pay ondly for the time as thay do go — further it was voated that the Coiecterours shall be acountable to the town : their proportion in gathering the min. esters & town Rate : in perticqler that is to say John Day to gat her or Colect the Rates all that are within the limits of the bounds of Capt wrights train band : & thomas Jones : to gather all within the bounds of Captain Newtons train band : which the sd Coiecterours define — further the town abated benjamin graues Jonathan Cutlers & benjamin foxes minesters & town Rats : which he was to gather. at a legall town meeting held in Colchester Nouember ye 3d 17l9=we being Informed that at a town meeting held at hebron the sd town voated to Choose a Comittie of thre men of thair town as a Comitie to settell a deuiding line betwixt ye sd town of hebron & the town of Colchester prouided said Col- chester will also choose a Comitie of thre men of our town to Joyne with the Comitie of said hebron to settell ye line and 21 to End that Controuersi — it was now voated by the town to Complie with the motion of ye town of hebron — & now to proseed to Clioos a Comittie to Joyne with a Comitie that the town of hebron shall Choos to Consider & Isue yt matter of the line as abouesaid & Leftent John Skiner : Sert Nathaniell foot & Sergt Ebenezer Skiner ware chosen a Comitie to Joyn with a Comitie of the town of hebron in setling the line aboue- said — & further it was voated to stant to and abide by the line that may be agreed upon by the Said Comitie. December 16th: 1719 : a Legall town meeting held in Col- chester for the choice of town offecers (as followeth) Micaiell Taintor was chosen town clerk — Select men, Capt Newton Lef Skiner & Cap wright — Constables Sergt Joseph pratt & Noah Wells — sergt prat to gather the Con try Rate & make up acounts with the tresurer — grandjurimen Joseph pumery & william worthington — Colecterers ebenezer dible & Isreall Newton — ebenezer dible to Colect the Rats of the Persons be- longing to Cap Wrights Company acording to the bounds in the diuision of the train bands : betwixt Capt Newtons Com- pany & said Capt Wrights Company : & Isreall Newton to gather the Rats of ye Persons belonging to Capt Newtons Company acording to the bounds abouesd=Way Wardens — Nathaniell foot Ensin Lomis Samuel knight Daniell Jones John Day John Wells ebenezer spencer — Listers — James Tredway & Joseph prat Junr — fenc vewers John Jonson & Cornelia Roberds — sealer of measurs Micaiell Taintor was chosen — gealer of waits Daniell Clark Juner was chosen — at the meet- ing mentioned on the other side Decon Lomis was Chosen Leather Sealer — further the town voated & chose a Comitie to treat with the reuerant Mr bulkley Relating to his standing sal- ery for his work in the minestry amongst us & make Return to the town — the Comitie Chosen ware the present select men & Samuell Northani : Decon Lomis & Micaiell Taintor further it was voated that whereas at a town meeting held in Colchester 22 November ye 3d 1719 the town Chose a Comitie to Joyn with a Comitie of the town of hebron in setling a Line to be the bounds betwixt the town of Colchester & the town of hebron and to stand to the bounds that may be fixed by the said Comit- tis it is now further voated that in Case the said Comities Canot agre : in fixing the bounds : then it shall be in the power of our Comitie : to Joyn with the Comittie of hebron in chousing thre men such as thay agree uppon to determin that Controuersie : & to stand to & abide by the line & bounds which said thre men shall fix for the Deriding line betwixt the towns abouesaid — further it was voated to Raise a Rate of one penne on the pound on the Ratabell estate in the town to defray the town Charges. Decembr 27th: 1720 was a legall town meeting in Colches- ter wherein Micaiell Taintor was chosen town Clerk for the year ensueing — select men — Capt Newton Ensign Wells & left Wyat — Constables scrgt pratt & Noah wells — Surueyors — John Jonson Nathanill Cohoon John Northam Nathanieli Gil- bert Ebenezcr kellogg Sergt Isaac Jones John Chapman Junr Left John holms — fenc vewers thomas addams & Samuell kel- logg — Listers, Capt Wright & sergt Nathanill Foot — Colecter- ors Samuell Knight & William Williams & to Deuide in gath- ering the Rates acording to the voat last year : Grand Jurymen Micaiell Taintor Junr & Clement kithophell — howards — Eph- ream foott & John Jonson — at the meeting aforesaid voated to grant Mr Bulkley Eighty pounds — at the meeting aforesaid the town voated that swine should go at larg in the Comons acord- ing to the former law — at the meeting mentioned on the other side Sergt pratt was chosen & appoynted to take the Care of the meeting hows to keep the glass windows in repaire & to do what elce is of nesesety : & to make sutabell steps at the dores — & to be payd out of the town tresury. . furder at the meet- ing aforesd it was voated that the town meeting to chous town offecers for the futuer shall be on the second munday of decembr 23 anually & the select men are to set up a nc-tefication thereof ten days before yt time on the end of the scool house — at the meet- ing aforesaid sergt ebenr Dible Sargt Natlianiell foot & John biglow ware chosen to Inspect into the encrochments made by persons : by fencing & takeing into their Improuement the town high-ways : & also takeing into thayr Improuement further & more then was layd out to them : in their other Deuisions of land : & said Comittie shall giue such persons Reasonable notice to thro up or Remoue thayr fence — that so the town in generall may be benefited there by — & if any person or persons shall neglect to lay to the Comons : such land : so Incroached : eigh- ther in the town street or in : deuisions of land thay are hearby Impowered to prosecute : any such person in the law for thayr bo doing. March ye 20th: 1721: was a Legall town meting held in Colchester — the town voated to Raise a Rate of one penne on the pound, acording to the present List : to be disposed of to pay the nesesary charges arising this present year : (viz : the school and to the finishing the galleries & other charges — at the same meeting the town voated that the Comitie Aboue mentioned shall haue further power : then what is aboue mentioned [Viz] thair power shall extend to the town Comons stated By the proprioters at thair meeting Sept ye 30th 1715 : acording to the bounds then prescribed & to extend no further — further the town Chose sergt kellogg sergt pratt & Daniell Clark a Comi- tie to Carie on the finishing of the galleries of the meeting hows. Decembr ye 11th: 1721 at a Legall town meeting held in Colchester for the Choice of town officers — Micaiell Taintor was chosen towm Clerk — Select men Capt Newton ensign wells & Left wyat — Constables Noah Weels & ensign foot Grand- jurie men Samull Lomis Junr & William Roberds Junr — Sur- ueyers of higwaise Natlianiell Cohoon Robert Ransom thomas Day Junr William harris John Jonson Clement kithophell Ar- 24 thcr Scofell Benjamin Lewis & Left holms — fence vewers sergt Ephream foot & samuell brown — Listers James tredway & Joseph pratt Junr Colecterors Samll kellogg & Daniell Jones —at the meeting aforesaid the town voated & granted to the Reuerent Mr Bulkley for his sallery for the year now almost past : the sum of eighty pownds In prouision pay as it paseth Currant (as money) from man to man: or In bills of publick Credett : further it was voted that the present select men with Decon Lomis and ensign Nathaniell foot be a Comittie to order the afairs of the Scoole for the year Insueing : further granted a rate of thre half penc on the pound on the ratable estate in our present list to defray the town charges. Decembr the 10th : 1722 was a town meeting held in Col- chester: whearin Micaiell Taintor was chosen town Clerk — Townsmen, Capt Newton Capt Wright Lef Wyat — Constables Ensign foot & Noah Wells Ensigne Nathaniell foot Chosen to gather the Contry Rate and make up the acounbts with the tresurer acording to Law — Grand Jurymen sergt prat & Ben- jemin Lewis — Colecterors John Jonson & Samll Lomis Junr — waywardens John Jonson thomas day Junr Jonathen kellogg left John holms Left James harris Daniell Jones Benjamin Lewis Nathanill Cohoon Noah Wells Samll knight James kinion & Daniell Clark all sworn but Cohoon — Listers James tredway Joseph pratt Junr — pownd keeper Sergt prat fence vewers Ephream foot & Samuill Brown — further at the meet- ing aforesaid mentioned on the opposite side the town voated Mr Bulkleys sallery for the year now Allmost past the sum of one hundred pounds in bills of Credett or in prouision pay at the price that the Contry hath stated — further voated to giue Na- thanll kellogg Junr twelve shillings for the year Insuing to beat the Drum on Sabath Days for meetings — he finding him- self a Drum — further at the same meeting the town voated: to grant a Rate of one penne half penne on the pownd to de- fray the town Charges— titheing men Sergt Dible Richard 25 Church — School Comittie Chosen ware the present Select men & ensign Wells & Micaiell Tantor — further voated that wheras we formerly voated to give twenty shillings for a woolf we now Continue jt act for all that are killed in this town bounds by our own Inhabetents — In addistion to the voat abouesd it is now voated that if killed by our Inhabetents thay shall be paid for notwithstanding thair being killed without the town bounds — this adistion made at the meeting: Decembr 9th 1723 March ye 12th: 1722-3 : Was a town meeting held in Col- chester — it was voated to seat the meeting hows — Also voated & agreet yt a Comittie of thre men Shold Do yt seruice & the Commitie Chosen were Ensign foot Left Skiner & Ensign Wells — & further voated that the fore or front galery & the west pues to be equall with the second seat in the body of the hows — further the upermost seat in the side galery to be equall with the third seat in the body of the hows — & the other seat in side galery to be equall with the fowrth seat — the two pues : next or behind the Dore on the east side : to be the second in dignety — & the two next pues Joyning to the aforesaid pues to be equall with the second seat in the body of the hows — further voated that the Rules in seating shall be acording to the same Ruels as the former seaters had = to gether with a refTerenc to the thre last rates — further voated that yong men of the age of twenty one years & maids at eighteen years of age to be seated — further voated that the Comitie for buelding of the galleries ; shall haue power to Call in thre Workmen to Judg the work that mr Worthing hath don in buelding the galleries : in Conjuntion with mr Worthington — further the town voted & Chose Ensign foot a Comitie to Joyn with mr Bulkley & Left harris to settell the line or to attend the Comitie which the Generall Court appoynted to setel] the line betwixt nor- wich & Colchester at a Legall Town meeting held in Colchester Decembr — 1723 — Micaiell Taintor was chosen town Clerk for the year 26 ensuing — Select men Capt. Wright Left skiner & Left holmes — Constables Ensigne foot & sergt Isaac Jones — Colecterors John hitchcock & Isaac Biglow — Listers Isreall Newton & Daniell Clark Grand Jurymen ebenezer kellogg & Richard Church — Tithingmen Sergt kellogg William Williams & thomas Day Senr--Way Wardins James tredway James welch Isack fox Jacob Lomis Jonathan kellogg Nathaniell Cohoon John Rowlee Thomas Day senr Samull fuller Jabesh Grippen Noah Wells Joseph pepoon Jonathan Northam sergt Ephream foot — fenc vewers John Jonson & wm Roberds — Voated to grant mr bulkley for his sallery one hundred pounds * * * At the meeting aforesaid the town voated & granted a rate of one penne on the pound to Defray ye Nesesary Charges of ye town — further ensign foot & James Tredway were Chosen to Audet the former acoumlts with the select- men : so that thare may be an acoumlt layd before the town : yt is to say — the acoumlts of ye last thre years — further granted to Decon Lomis seauen shillings pr week for the keep- ing mr Alison : for ye time past to be paid out of ye town Rate — further voated that the present Selectmen shall be the School Comitie — further Voated yt wharas thare is a Certaine parcell of Comon Land adjoyning to the meeting hows which hath bin formerly Cleared & staddels left thareon for ye Con- ueniency of horses : it is now enacted yt notwithstanding any former act of ye town to ye Contrary : yt all those staddels or trees now Remaining : near the bueriing yard & so fifteen Rods distance rownd from the meeting howse Be Reserued for that end : & that any perseuering to Cutt Down any tree or staddell within fifteen Rods of the meeting hows shall forfitt & pay to ye town tresury the sum of fine pounds — further Voated to fence & clear so much of the buriing yard as may be Con- venient At a town meeting held in Colchester Aprell the 30th 1723 the town voated to Chose fowr men to be added to the former 27 Comite in seating the meeting hows & the men Chosen ware Left harris Sergt prat Decon Lomis & Capt Newton & fur- ther it was voated to submit to that which thay shall Do in that matter & the Rules formerly giuen to be attended ondly one head to one famely to be considered in all the Rates Re- lating to the seating — further voated & exsepted of John an- derson to be an Inhabitant in this town — John nox was also exsepted an Irfhabetant Decembr ye 14th=1724 was a town meeting held in Col- chester : Micaiell Taintor was Chosen town Clerk — Selectmen Capt Wright Left holms & Left Skiner — Constables ensign Nathll foot & sergt Isaac Jones thay are to gather the Contry rate equaly to be Conserned in it ensign foot to be returned to the treasurer to make up ye coumlts (accounts, C. M. T.) Grand Jurymen Decon Lomis & noah Wels — tithing men Benjamin Lewis & Daniell Jones — Colecterors ware Jacob Lomis & John Day — Listers James Newton John wels John biglow & Noah Clark — fenc vewers ephriam foot & Samuell brown — way wardens wm Worthington wm Williams Samll kellogg Isaac biglow Wm Chamberlin Nathll skiner Sergt thomas Jones & Samll knight William Roberd & Jonathan Well (s?) Danil Clark — further voated to giue to the Reu- erend Mr bulkley for the year now almost past one hundred pounds in money or prouision as money — Schole Comittie Chosen ware Insign foot Benjamin Lewis and James newton — further voated to grant Decon Lomis seauen shillings pr week for keeping mr Allison for ye time past — further at the meet- ing aforesd granted to Ebenezer Skiner the liberty of giting wood to make Cole in the sequestred Comons to maintain Iron works so long as he shall maintain & keep up the Iron works — further it was voted & granted a rate of one penne on the pound to all ye Rateable estate in ye town aprell ye 27th : 1725 Was a legall Town meeting held in Colchester — Vpon the petistion of the Inhabetants of the south east part of said Colchester Desireing the Consent & liberty 28 to make a parrish ; Joyning with ye north part of lyme voated & granted to set of for the Incoragement of the petistioners to make a parrish for their more Conuenient attending on ye worship of god, to set of from the south east part of the town — as followeth (viz) the line to begin at Sergt thomas Jonses norwest Corner bounds : & so to Run to sd Jonses noreast Corner bounds : & thenc to run a Streight line to Labanon Corner whare Colchester norwich & labanon meet Including mr thatchers Improuements Into sd parrish, the sd parish & each Inhabetent Included in yt part of it yt is in Colchester bounds to Pay thair taxes to ye town sosiety untill thay Call a minester & pay minesters Rats among them selues : but if ye sd parrish shall neglect to Continue a minester in the public seruice of Religion that then thay shall pay thair taxes to the towns sosiety as formerly — at the meeting aforesd granted to Capt Joseph Wright Ebenezer Skiner Joseph Dewey & Josiah Gillett Junr ye liberty of ye stream on Jeremiahs Reuer to set up Iron works & also the preueleg of fine or six acers of land if it be thare to be for a pastuer whare a Conuenient place is, thay to haue ye priueleg of it so long as thay shall maintain Ironworks or other mills thare & no longer, the place lying about 40 : or : fifty Rods Down the reuer from James Roberdses souwest Corner of his home lot — Recorded Apprell ye 28th 1725 — at the meeting aforesd the Return of the fol- lowing high wais — exscepted and voated & ordered to be re- corded, which is as follows ******** Decembr ye 13: 1725 was a town meeting held in Colches- ter Micaieli taintor was Chosen town Clerk — Selectmen Capt Newton Left Wyate & left Skiner Constables Josiah • Gillett Junr &: sargt Isaac Jones : Josiah Gillett to gather ye Contry rate & to make up acoumbt wth ye tresurer — Grand Jury men Daniell Clark : & Cornelus Roberds — Surueyers Sainull brown Senr asariah Lomis Joseph prat Junr Danill Chamberlin James kinion Joseph Dalee pelatiah bliss Jonathan Dunham Daniell 29 Jones and Noah Wells & tliomas addams & John Jonson & John holms & Robert Ransom — fenc Vewers thomas addams and Samuel knight — Listers John holms John Day Junr & Joseph Wright Junr — Colectorers Cor-11 Samul Ifuller & pela- tiah bliss — Tithingmen sergt biglow & Jonathan Northam — Voated Mr bulkley for his salery one hundred pounds — Choole Comittie ensign Wells serg Ephream foot Sergt John biglow — howards Sergt John biglow Sergt ephream foot Isaac biglow Joseph Dalee Robert Ransom John Jonson Jabesh Rowllee — granted to Decon Lomis Seauen Shillings per Weeke for his keeping Mr alleson for the time past — further Voated & granted: to andrew Carier and Nathaniell Skiner the liberty of the stream of Jeremiah's reuer : about eight or ten Rods below the mouth of pine swamp brook : whare it emtieth it self into Jeremis Reuer, for the setting up a grist mill. at a Legall town meeting held in Colchester Decembr 13lh 1725 the town being Informed yt ye Generall Court held at Newhauen in October last past : haue granted yt thare shall be a new County on the east & noreast part of this goverment in, which County Colchester is propounded to be encluded and the Inhabetants of sd town Conseueing sundry Inconveniences that may attend thair being anexted thereunto haue unanemusly agreed : & voated : that aplication shall be made to the honor- able Generall Court in May next by our Representatives : in behalf of ye town : that the said town of Colchester may Con- tinue in the County of hartford as formerly — Wharas thare was a town Voat Decembr 27th : 1720 that swine should go at larg on the Commons it is now at ye meeting aforesaid : voated yt ye said voat shall be Repealed & is hearby Repealed and made void & yt ye law of this Colony: made : at Newhauen : 1720 for Restreigning swine from going on the Comons shall take place : after the first Day of aprell next ensuing — the meeting aforesd is adjorned untill the next munday. The town met together acording to adjornment — then a Co- 3* 30 mittie was Chosen : namely Sergt John Chapman Sergt Joseph prat & nathaniel Cohoon : to repair the meeti«g hows : that is to say : to prouid Clabords & Clabord the meeting hows anew : & mend the top of the hows : & also to mend the underpining of the hows — and sergt John biglow & sergt Isaac Jones ware added to the sd Comitie — at the meeting aforsaid voated to ex- chang: with Micaiell Taintor a Corner of his Lot which Jie bought of Richard Carrier : & to giue him so much at another place as left Skiner: & sergt prat : & left Wyat to mesuer : so much as is Conuienient for the high way to pass & to giue Sat- isfaction in land at another place — acording to thair discrestion : further voated yt thare should be a high way of four Rods wide Down on the north side of ben smith lot out of the town lot upon Condistion : that ye persons liueing nigh the sd lane will make & maintaine ye Cosway ouer the swomp on thair own Charg & also yt if thare be not 20 acers remaining in ye town lot : Left Wyat will alow what it wants out of his home lot — the persons to make & maintain this Cosway are the subscrib- ers namely left Wyat Ensign foot Ebenezer Colman Jonthn Northam — it is to be understood that thare shall be liberty to pond the swomp at any time notwithstanding the high way | at the meeting aforesd granted to James Roberds to take vp ten acers of land of the town Comons at ye Rear of his & his father Dayles Deuision he giueing up as much next to the Iron works, & left Skiner & John Jonson be a Comitie — it was voated to leaue it with the Comitie. March ye 18th 1726 : was a Legall town meeting held in Colchester : Leftent Wyat chosen moderator — Leftent Skiner & ensign foot Chosen a Comittie to Joyn with a Comittie of ye new parish to Run & settell the line betwixt that parish & the town parish which is to be don acording to the voat & grant of ye town at thair Meeting Aprell 27th 1725. March 31st: 1726: was a Legall town meeting held in Col- chester & it was voated to Allow to the new sosiatie the one half of Mr bulkleys Rate which is already Made that is to say 31 the half of thare Rate (viz) all that is to be paid or is entered to be paid to mr bulkley for the year past of all & euery per- son belonging to the sd new parrish the whole being about fif- teen pounds=9s=& 4d=& the other half to be paid by the Colecteror to Mr bulkley — the town meeting is adjorned untill the freemens meeting in aprell next : which is the last tuesday of Aprell: 1726. at the town meeting acording to ye Adjornment aboue men- tiont it was voated & granted to Raise a Rate of one half penne on ye pound of all the Rateable estat in the town acording to the present list of estates — thar was a town sosiatie meeting at the same time abouesd & it was voated to repair the meeting hows that is to say to mend ye underpininge : & mend ye roof & board ye sets with boards & clabords what is need full for ye present : & sergt ephream foot was apointed to do the work or Cause it to be Don & when it is Don acording to the true mean- inge of ye voat : that then the present select men to haue power to make a Rate to Defray ye Charg, & said ephream foot was Chosen Colecteror to gather ye sd Rate. at a Legall town meeting held in Colchester September ye loth, 1726 it was voated that whereas in december last past thare ware sundry persons Chosen to pound swine going at lar8 — amos son to Richard Carier b. July ye 3d : 1722. Lydia Daughter of Samuell Gilbert b. Septeinbr 4th : 1707 —Mercy b. Octobr 4th: 1709 — William Roberds & elisebeth Northam ware m. ye 20th : of July 1705 — samll : b. febrewary ye 8th: 1705-6 — An b. March ye 8th: 1707-8 Sarah b. Septra: 13th: 1710— Jeru- sha b. Janewary 31 : 1713— William b. March ye 4th: 1715 lemewell b. march 24th: 1717 — Mary b. aprell 1st: 1721 — elizabeth ye wife of William Roberds Dyed August ye 22d : 1728— Caleb Jefferis & hannah parsons the reputed daughter to Jonathan parsons late of Northampton deceased ware m. De- cembr ye 17th: 1710 — Nathaniell foot & ann Clark m. July ye 4th : 1711. Daniell son to Josiah phelps b. Decembr the 17th : 1704 — Ann b. febreary 8th : 1708-9 — Isaac b. febrewary It : 1710-11 — Zefeniah b. Nouembr 7th : 1712 — elizabeth b. may 16th : 1715— Nathaniell son of Nathaniell kellogg b. May ye 8th : 1703 -—Sarah b. Decembr 27th : 1707— Lydya b. May 29th : 1710 — ezra b. Septembr ye 6th : 1724 — Marcy Daughter to Isaac bigloo b. July 23d : 1711 & dyed about 3 months after — Isack son to Isaac biglo b. may 4th : 1713 — marcy b. february 4th : 1715 — Mary b. July 31 1 : 1719 — Samuell b. the 2 It Day of December 1724— Sarah b. the the 27th : day of June 1727— lidia b. aprell the 22d : 1729— (In another place) hannah b. ye 2d : Day of octobr : 1721 — abigaiell b. Aprell 13th : 1723— thankful Daughter to Richard Carier b. aprell 29th, 1711 — (Here ends the recording of births, marriages and deaths by Micaiell Taintor Esq. — What follows is chiefly in the hand of Esq. Bulkley — A small portion of it is in the hand of Capt. Aaron Skinner—)" Mary daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Worth- 106 ington was b. Augt. 2d: 1737— Telitha b. Nov. 25: 1738— Abigail b. March 10 : 1740— Almy b. april 12 : 1741— Mehi- tabel b. June 27 : 1742 & dyed July 1 : 1742— William b. oct. 20: 1743 & d. March 4th 1744— William b. Jan. 29; 1744-5— Amasai b. April 16: 174fi— Susannah daughter to Joseph Isham b. 14 : Feb. 1737-8. Samuel Kellogg & Abigail Sterling, m. Jan. 8th, 1 735-6— Abigail b. Oct. 29 : 1736— Samuel b. Dec. 20: 1738— Han- nah b. Sept. 30: 1740— Ann b. Novr 30: 1742— Mary b. April 27 : 1745, New Stile— Eunice b. Feb. 26 : 1747— Daniel b. June 1 : 1749— Ann d. July 9: 1758, in the 16th year of her age — Martha daughter to Isaac Crocker & Elisabeth his wife b. March 3: 1731— Abigail b. March 10: 1733— a daughter (still born Sept. 26: 1736— Elisha Pratt & Ann Porter m. Feb. 27 : 1735-6— Elisha b. Jan. 25 : 1735-6— David b. April 30 : 1738— Gershom Bulkley & Abigail Robins m. Nov. 27 : 1733— Sarah b. Nov. 10: 1735— Noah Weils & Sarah Wyatt were m. Aprilll5: 1714 — Israeli Wyatt b. Dec. 17; 1714— Jerusha b. Jan. 6: 1716-17 & d. Dec. 17 : 1717— Noah b. Sept. 25 : 1718— Sarah b. Jan. 12 : 1721-2— David b. Sept. 10 : 1723— Moses b. Oct. 3 : 1725 —Gideon b. Jan. 22 : 1728-9— Silas b. July 8 : 1730— Jerusha b. Jan. 28 : 1733-4— Amos b. Feb. 28 : 1735— Mary wife of Ebenezer Dibble d. March 5 : 1736— Elisa- beth daughter of Benjamin Carrier & Elisabeth his wife b. Nov. 25 : 1735 — Hannah daughter to Joseph Pumery & Elisabeth his wife b. April 28 : 1734 — John Daley son to Joseph Daley & Patience his wife b. Dec. 11: 1708 — The Revd Mr Joseph Lovett & Ann Holms m. Aprill 3 : 1734 — Samuel b. Jan. 12: 1734-5 — Benjamin Carrier & Elisabeth Kneeland m. Feb. 6th 1734-5 — Thomas Carrier Dyed May 16 : A. D. 1735 aged about 108 or 109 years. 107 ^ Isaac Bigloe & Abigail Skinner were m. March 14 : 1734 — Abigail b. Jan. 1 : 1734-5 — Ann b. March 7 : 1736 — Isaac b. Nov. 17: 1737— Timothy b. Nov. 18: 1739— Amasai b. Dec. 28: 1741— & d. Jan. 18: following— Mary b. Feb. 2: 1743— Lydia b. May 2: 1745— Margarett b. Aug. 2: 1747— Jerusha b. March 8: 1748-9— Rubey b. Dec. 14: 1750— Samuel b. Nov. 1 : 1752— Amasai b. Feb. 11 : 1755— Addi (a son) b. Oct. 18 : 1757— Ruby d. June 5 : 1759— Nathaniel son to Joshua Cole & Mary his wife b. Jan. 31 : 1734_5_ David Bigloe & Editha Day m. Dec. 11 : 1729— Hannah b. Nov. 11 : 1730— David b. May 7 : 1732— Amasa b. Sept. 3: 1733— Ezra b. April 10: 1736— Daniel b. May 25 : 1738. Eli b. August 25 : 1739— Azariah b. Dec. 26: 1741— Editha b. March 16: 1744— Editha wife of David Bigelow d. Jan. 19 : 1746 — David Bigelow & Marcy Lewis m. Jan. 21 : 1747 —Stephen b. Oct. 27: 1747— Stephen d. Sept. 13: 1748— Stephen b. June 5: 1749 — Moses b. Oct. 4: 1750, & d. Dec. 23 : 1750 — Stephen d. Aug. 5 : 1751 — Eli d. Aug. 10: 1751 —Marcy b. Nov. 23 : 1753— Benjamin Chamberlin & Hannah Wyatt m. Dec. 14 : 1731 — Wyat, son to Ben. Chamberlin b. Oct. 12 : 1728 — a daughter b. Oct. 10: 1730 & d. the 19th of the same month — Benjamin b. Dec. 27 : 1731 & d. on the 28: of the same month — [Thus the Chamberlin record reads, being in the hand of Mr. Bulkley. — C. m. t.] Israel son to Ebenezer Skinner Junr. & Sarah his wife b. Jan. 18: 1730 — 1 — Samuell son to Nathaniel Skinner Jr b. Sept. 11: 1735— John b. Sept. 7: 1738— Rebecca daugh- ter to Nath. & Mary Skinner b. Dec. 3 : 1730 — Nathaniel b. June 23: 1732— Elnathan Rowley & Abigail Cone were m. Dec. 26 : 1723 —Abigail b. May 7 : 1725— Abigail d. Oct. 17 : 1726— Jesse 108 b. May 8 : 1728— Abigail b. Oct. 2 : 1730— Israel b. Feb. 20 : 1732-3— Thankful b. Dec. 3 : 1735 & d. the 9 : of Dec. 1735 Abigail wife of Elnathan Rowley d. Dec. 8 : 1735 — Elnathan Rowley & Lidia Wells m. Oct. 3 : 1736— Ephraim b. Oct. 17 : 1737— Thankful b.— Lydia b. Sarah wife of Serg't Joseph Pratt died Nov. 20 : 1730 Micaiell Taintor Esq. Dyed February 19th 1730-1 — Jonah son to Jonathan & Sarah Gillet d. April 10 : 1731 — Aaron b. May 23: 1732— Mary b. May 23: 1734— The Revd Mr. John Bulkley first Minister in ye Town of Colchester departed this life in ye night following ye 9th day of June in ye year 1731, — about half an hour after one of ye clock — Elisabeth daughter to Samuel Lewis & Mary his wife b. June 22 : 1731— Benjamin b. March 29 : 1733— Jno. b. June 16: 1834— Samuell b. Jan. 9: 1735-6 — Abraham b. April 29: 1738— Isaac b. Feb. 14: 1738-9— Young Fuller & Jerusha Bebee m. April 23 : 1730 — Joshua b. Sept.?: 1730— 1/ Daniel Lomis & Hannah Witherell m. Oct. 7 : 1731 — Han- nah b. July 15 : 1732— Mercy b. Aug. 18 : 1733— Daniel b. June 16: 1735. Joseph Pumery Junr & Elisabeth Randall were m. Dec. 25 : 1728— Joseph b. August 17: 1731— Hannah b. April 28: 1734__Abigail b. June 2 : 1736 — Prudence daughter of John & Mary Carrier b. & d. on ye 22: March 1731 — Elisha son to Serj't Isaac Bigloe b. April 14: 1731 — Abigail wife of Ensign Ephraim Wells d. Nov. 16 : 1731— Edward Fuller d. Jan 7 : 1731— David son to Ed- ward Fuller & Elisa his wife b. Jan. 26 : 1727^-Edward b. May 11 : 1730. Eunice daughter to Benja : Aquitfield & Eunice his wife b. Feb. 26 : 1730—1. Delight daughter to Nathl & Hannah Otis b. March 23 : 1731— Marcy b. July 3 : 1734— Delight d. July 20: 1740— 109 Nathll their son d. Jan. 24 : 1740-1— Hannah d. June 12 : 1752 — The abovesd Nathall Otis deceased April 15: 1771 in the 81st year of his age. Jona. son to Deac. Nathll Skinner & Mary his wife b. Aug. 15 : 1721— Josiah b. April 30 : 1724— Joanna b. March 19 : 1727— Zerviah b. June 25 : 1730— John son to Phillip Caverly & Hannah b. Nov. 24 : 3 731 — Phillip (son) d. June 19 : 1739 — John son to John & Elisa- beth Douglass b. Oct. 12 : 1731— Elizabeth b. Dec. 5: 1733— Daniel b. Oct. 15 : 1735— John Adams the first dyed in Colchester Nov. 22 : 1732 — Joseph son to Joseph Pratt Junr b. Aug. 2 : 1732 — Ebenezer son to John & Ann Beach b. Feb. 17 : 1732-3 — d. on the 5 : April 1734 — John son to Ebenr Skinner Jr & Sarah his wife b. Feb. 23 : 1732-3— Hannah daughter to Evan & Mary Har- ris b. Aug. 22 : 1732 — James son to James Crocker b. April 20 : 1732— Thankful b. Jan. 27 : 1733-4. Sarah daughter to Josiah & Grace Gates, b. Nov. 12 : 1732 — Leodemiah daughter to James Newton Junr. & Susannah his wife b. May 7 : 1732— Susannah b. March 15 : 1735. Elisabeth daughter to Robert & Alice Ransom b. May 1 : 1729 — Amy b. Aug. 2 : 1732 — Aaron Gillitt dyed in Boston Nov. 30 : 1730— John Chapman & Bethiah Chapman m. April 10: 1740 — Bethiah b. Feb. 27 : 1743— Sarah b. May 13 : 1745— John b. April 6: 1747— Thomas & Jason b. Feb. 20: 1749— Ros- selb. May 17: 1751— Rhoda b. Sept. 20: 1754— Rhoda d. April 20: 1756— Thomas d. Jan. 21 : 1759— Thomas son to Jabez & Ann Jones b. May 21 : 1732 — Jabez b. Jan. 14 : 1733-4— Amos b. Jan. 2 : 1734-5— Anna b. Oct. 5 : 1736— Israeli b. Jan. 7 : 1737-8— Asa b. June 9 : 1739— Hazael b. Jan. 6: 1742-3— Jehiel b. Sept. 20: 1743 —Ariel b. Sept. 28 : 1745— Sarah b. Jan. 7 : 1746-7— Ahijah b. July 5 : 1750= 10 110 Asa son to William & Abigail Marriner b. Oct. 9 : 1732 — Jonathan son to Edward & Zerviah Bill b. May 5 : 1733 — John Quitifield & Elisabeth Kilborn m. Dec. 7 : 1733 — Amasai b. Dec. 11 : 1734— Elisabeth the wife of Charles Williams Dyed Sept. 13 : 1725 — Ruben son to John Strong & Abijah his wife b. May 8 : 1733— Benjamin Day & Margaret Foot m. March 6 : 1729 — Ann b. Feb. 27 : 1730— Benjamin b. Sept. 13: 1731— Adonijah b. July 16: 1733— Asa b. May 16: 1735 & d. 23 : Asa b. June 1 : 1736 & dyed 13 : Margaret b. Oct. 27 : 1737— Aaron b. Sept. 14: 1740— Amasai b. April 21: 1742— Lydia b. April 21 : 1744— Daniel b. July 21 : 1747— David b. Aug. 4 : 1749— Editha b. Jan. 5 : 1752. William son of Jabez & Tabitha Rowley b. Oct. 15 : 1727 — Phinehas b. Oct. 7 : 1729— Lois b. Nov. 14: 1731— Simeon b. June 17 : 1733— Eunice b. April 3 : 1735— Nathan b. Feb. 12 : 1737— Lydia b. June 27 : 1739— Dorothy b. April 28 : 1741. Joseph Day & Esther Hungerford m. April 1 : 1729 — Ezra b. Jan. 18 : 1730 & d. July 23 : Joseph b. May 6 : 1731— Esther b. March 12 : 1733— Grace b. March 12 : 1736— Mary b. July 2 : 1738— Ezra b. July 20 : 1740 & d. March 17 : 1742— Asa b. March 13 : 1743— Rachel b. Nov. 22 : 1745— Jesse b. Jan. 16 : 1748— Richard Quitifield & Lydia Cripen m. March 1 : 1732— Abner b. Aug 27 : 1732— a son still-born Dec. 22 : 1733— Jno. Carrier Junr & Rebecca Banister m. Jan. 13 : 1730-31 —Andrew b. Jan 13: 1731-2— Mary b. Dec. 7 : 1733— An- drew d. Jan. 24 : 1736-7— Mary d. Jan. 18 : 1736-7— Samuell Brown & Mary Dunham m. Aug. 6 : 1729— Sam- uell b. Aug. 17 : 1729— Abner b. March 25 : 1730— Mary b. Feb. 13: 1732 — Elisabeth daughter to Daniel Chamberlin b. March 18 : 1720— Esther b. Oct. 18 : 1722— Mehitabell b. Aprill 9 : 1725 Ill — Daniel b. Nov. 2: 1727— Richard b. July 5: 1730— Wil- liam b. March 10 : 1733— Jabez Crippen & Thankfull Fuller m. July 9 : 1707— Su- sanna b. May 21 : 1708 — Frances (daughter) b. June 26 : 1710— Lydia b. March 17 : 1713— Thomas b. May 15 : 1715 —Jabez b. July 14 : 1717— John b. March 20 : 1720— Mahi- tabell b. July 6 : 1722— Samuel b. July 7 : 1724— Joseph b. June 7 : 1726— Thankfull b. April 2 : 1728— Cornelius Hamlin & Mary Mudge m. Dec. 5 : 1732 — Cor- nelius b. Sept. 25: 1733 — Stephen Brainerd & Susannah Gates m. Dec. 24: 1730— Susannah b. Sept. 24: 1731— Elisabeth b. Dec. 17: 1733— Andrew Carrier Junr & Ruth Addama m. Dec. 27 : 1733 — Andrew b. Nov. 9 : 1734— Ruth his wife d. Nov. 16 : 1734— Andrew Carrier & Rebecca Rockwell m. Oct. 27 : 1735— Ruth b. Aug. 14 : 1736— Joseph b. March 3 : 1738— Samuel b. Jan. 6 : 1739-40— Israeli b. March 12 : 1741-2— Isaac b. April 21: 1744— John Ransom & Bethia Lewis m. April 6 : 1732 — Robert b. April 8 : 1733— John Gates & Sarah Fuller m. April 19 : 1722— Sarah b. Aug. 10 : 1725— John b. Aug. 19 : 1728— Nehemiah b. April 17: 1730— Mathias b. Feb. 13: 1733-4— Ezra b. July 20 : 1736. John Lord & Experience Crippen were m. Dec. 26 : 1724 — Jonathan b. Oct. 3 : 1726 — Timothy Carrier & Frances Crippen m. Feb, 26 : 1729-30— Elisabeth b. Jan. 18 : 1730-1— Elisabeth d. Aug. 26: 1731— Thankfull b. Aug. 5: 1732— Elisabeth b. Dec. 22: 1733-4— Hannah the wife of Mr. Benjamin Lewis died June 9 : 1732. David Day & Hannah Lewis m. Dec. 12: 1734 — Mary, daughter to Stephen & Deborah Pain b. Dec. 29 : 1734 — Deborah daughter to Ebenr. & Sarah Skinner b. Feb. 23 : 1735 — Abigail daughter to Joseph & Susanna Isham b. 112 May 21 : 1732— Jane b. Feb. 2 : 1734— Joseph b. Oct. 15 : 1735— Elnathan Palmiter & Elisabeth Scovele m. April 16 : 1734— Sarah b. March 18 : 1734-5— Elisabeth b. Jan. 26: 1736-7 —Eunice b. April 11 : 1739— Elisabeth b. Dec. 11 : 1741— Irene b. May 28 : 1745— John b. Jan. 7 : 1747-8— Nathan b. March 9 : 1749-50— Charles b. Feb. 15 : 1751-2 — Daniel Chapman & Katharine Wentworth m. March 22 : 1713— Paul b. April 12 : 1714— Katharine b. Dec. 23 : 1715— Martha b. July 2 : 1717 — a daughter still-born April, 1719 — Sarah b. June 1 : 1720— Daniel b. April 10 : 1722— Silas b. April 8 : 1724— Elias b. Jan. 14 : 1725-6— Barabas b. March 18: 1728— Jeremiah b. April 12 : 1733— Mercy b. April 14: 1735— Eunice b. April 28: 1737— Paul d. Sept. 28: 1738— Sarah d. Dec. 22 : 1738— John son to John Dethick b. March 10: 1719 — Elisabeth b. Dec. 17 : 1721— Susanna b. Dec. 17 : 1723— Mary b. March 10: 1725— Sarah b. March 5: 1727— Naomi b. May 11: 1729— Annanias b. Dec. 24 : 1730— Hannah b. June 29 : 1733 — Ruth b. July 16 : 1734— Aaron Skinner & Eunice Taintor m. Aug 4: 1737. Mary daughter to Ebenezer Skiner b. March 17: 1736-7— John Hopson & Mary Kellogg m. May 28 : 1730 — John b. Nov. 5 : 1731, & d July 14 : 1732— John b. Jan. 29 : 1734— Betty b. Feb. 16: 1735— Sarah b. Jan. 29: 1737— Lydia b. Aug. 20 : 1739 & d. July 6 : 1740— Lydia b. Oct. 24 : 1741. Mary b. April 16 : 1745— Hannah b. Sept. 29 : 1747— Pru- dence b. Dec. 16 : 1750 — Capt. John Hopson d. Aug. 9 : 1751 — In the 44th year of his age. March 31 : 1761 died the wife of Capt. John Hopson late deceased who after his death was joined in m. to Henry Bliss of Lebanon — Lydia their daughter d. Oct. 6: 1761— "Colchester Nouember 16 : 1730 — then John bulkley Junr personally appeared & entered his Caution acording to ye Di- 113 rection of ye law of this Gouernt in pag 103 : against any Deed or euedenc of any Conueyance eighther by Josiah phelps formerly of Colchester or by left. James haris of a Certain tract of land Containing in quantety about Seauenty acers and formerly Mortgaged by said phelps to John h arris esqr of hart- ford : or any other person besids ye sd John bulkley who hath purchased ye sd land of Roswell Saltonstall untill a legall tnall hath passed on a Deed of Releas giuen by sd phelps to sd Sal- tonstall hath passed to a final Issue & hath Giuen bond to me Micaiell Taintor town Clerk — "To All Christian people to whome these presents shall Com greeting : Whearas the Gouerner and Company of this Colo- ny of Conettecot in Newengland in america (By vertue of the powers vested in them By our Late Soureign Lord king Charles the second of Blesed memory in and by his Letters patins under the great seal of england bareing Date the thre & twentieth Day of Aprell in the fowrtenth year of his sd Majests Reign did By an Instrument bareing Date the twenty- fowrth Day of Septembr in the fowrth year of the Reign of our soverain Lady ann : of england &c) Conuey & make ouer unto Samull Gilbert Micaiell Taintor Samuell Northam, John addams Joseph pumery Samuell Lomis James brown Joseph prat & John Bulkley proprietors & freholders in the town of Colchester & to our heigrs & assines for euer all the Land lying in the bounds of the said town that is to say all the Land Lying within & bounded by the folloinge boundaries : viz : east & Northeast by a Line runing by Norwich Southwest Bounds one mile Notherly on Norwich Line & from thenc By a direct Line runing & falling half a mile below the midell of the Hand in a pond Called the North pond : westerly by the east bounds of haddam & Mideltown notherly by the north Bownds of twenty mile Reuer Southerly by the North bownds of the town of Lime & all the woods vnder woods vplands areable Lands meadows pastuers ponds waters reuers fishings 10* 114 fowlings huntings mines Mierals quarries & prestious Stones upon & within the sd tract of Land so butted & bownded as aforesaid to haue & to hold the sd tract of Land with all & singuler the heriditaments preueliges and apurtenances thareof vnto vs the aboue mentioned Samuell Gilbert Micaiell Taintor Samuel Northam &c & our heigrs & assines for euer to be holden of her Majestie her heigrs & sucksesors as of her Majesties manor of east grinwich in the County of Kent in the Kingdom of england in fre & Comon sociage & whearas the desire of the said gouerner & Company in the aboue mentioned conueyanc was the settelment of a towne on said Land & the persons hearafter mentioned (viz) William Roberds senr. Thomas Skiner Thomas Day Joseph Chamberlin Joseph Dewey Noah Coleman Josiah gillett ser. Isreall Wiat Charles Williams senr. James mun John Day Joseph wright James Taylor Richard Carier Andrew Carier Nat ha nil Kellog ebe- nezer Dibbel John Skiner Shubaiell Rowlee John brown wil- liam Shipman John Chapman ser. John waters samuel fuller John hopson william Roberds Junr Richard Skiner Benjamin Skiner ebenezer Skiner Josiah Strong Josiah gillet Junr Jona- than Northam Nathll foot Josiah foot Ebenezer Colman Micai- ell Taintor Junr. Danill Clark Junr Samll pellet Jonathan kilburn henry tomeson John addams Junr Clement kithophell thonias Brown John Baker Moses Rowle=haue Com & sat Downe with vs on sd Land & made Considerable Improue- ments on Diuers parcels tharof=now know ye that we the aboue mentioned Samuell Gilbert Micaiell Taintor Samuell Northam John addams Joseph Pumery Samll Loomis James Brown Joseph pratt & John Bulkley proprioters of the said Land do on the Considerations aforesd Receaue the sd William Roberds senr Thomas Skiner thomas Day with the rest of the persons aboue named with them) as Joynt proprioters with vs & for our selues our heigrs executors adminestrators & assigns do frely Giue Grant Confirm Conuey and pass ouer unto the 115 said william Roberds Senr thomas Skiner thomas Day with the rest mentioned with them) them & thair heigrs for euer Such Rights in the abouesd tracts of Land as ware at thair Coming hear put in for by them (exsepting Such parcels and Rights tharof as any of them) by vertue of the pretended grants of the town) haue Disposed of (which Dispositions or Conueyances so made we do by these presents Confirm unto the persons to whom thay are Respectiuely made thair heigrs & assignes for euer) together with such priueliges emunities as are hearafter mentioned & to the ondly vse bennefit & behouf of the sd persons thair & euery of thair heigrs Assigns foreuermore to haue & to hold sd parsels of Land, rights preaeliges from the day of the Date hearof foreuer) that is to Say we grant unto the aboue men- tioned persons thair heigrs & assines for euer full power of acting with us in all things wharin as proprioters we may be Conserned as we ourselus haue we hauing mutuly agreed & do hearby ordaine & Determin that in all future Meetings of vs & them our & thair heigrs & assignes for euer hearafter the manegment of all afares shall be under the following Regula- tions (viz) that the voate of two-thirds at least of the proprio- ters that is to say two thirds of those who now by this Instru- ment are made proprioters or such as hearafter shall be) thair heigrs & assines) together with ourselus our heigrs or assigns shall be nessesary to the determination of any afaire in sd meetings a less Nomber shall not make a voate — 2 : that none of vs our heigrs or assines or of the sd persons proprioters with vs thair heigrs that shall not haue a fiuety pownd Right (as it is Commonly Called) in the aboue mentioned tract of Land shall haue power of voating in any afaire managed in sd meet- ings — 3 that any of vs our heigrs or assigns them or thair heigrs or assigns that Already haue or hearafter shall aduance our or thair estats and Increase our or thair Rights in Sd Land shall haue power of voating in proportion to the number of said Rights that is to say he that now has or hearafter shall haue one hundred pownd right shall haue 116 power of offoring two voats) lie that has or shall haue a two hundred pownd Right of fowr voats in any afaire of sd meet- ings & So proportionabley in witnes whearof we the aboue mentioned proprioters haue afixed our hands & seals this twenty eighth Day of Aprell Anoqe Dom : 1713 — Micaiell Taintor Jno Bulkley Samll gilbert Jno addams Joseph prat Samll North- am Samll Lomis Joseph pumery — In presents of these Witneses obadiah hosford Danll Clark senr Samuell palmer — We the aboue mentioned persons made proprioters by the aboue Writ- ten Instrument Do hearby Signefie our aprobation of the aboue- mentioned Rimetations for the regulation of all futuer meetings of proprioters & Do hearby Bind our selues our heigrs & assines to a submition to. them in all futuer meetings wharin we or thay acording to the Imuneties or preueliges in the aboue mentioned Instrument granted may be Conserned in testemony Wharof we haue hear to fixed our names on ye Day & year abouementioned= William Roberds Senr thorn Skiner Thom Day Joseph chamberlin John Skiner Isreall Wiatt charles Wil- liams Jos : Dewey Jno Day Nathnll Kellogg ebenezer Dibell Richard Carrier Shubaiell Rowlee Andrew Carier John Chap- man John hopson Riclid Skiner william Roberds Josiah gillet senr Micaiell Taintor Junr Josiah gillet Junr ebenezer Skiner thom Lomis Jonathan Kellogg Josiah foot ebenezer Colman Jonathan Kilburn thomas Brown Samull Pellet James Newton Josiah Strong ebenezer Kellogg Nathll foot Josiah phelps Jona- than Northam James Brown Decon Skiner Noah wels sins as wm shipmam henry tomesons X mark Jos Wright Moses Rowlee — at a meeting of the proprioters of Colchester Aprell 28th 1713 the persons following haueing Com & set down with vs & made Improuements we Do receaue them to be proprioters of following tracts which now we grant to them (viz) to mr James Newton yt hundred pownd Right Which he obtained of John Chapman — To thomas Lomis that hundred pownd Right 117 which he bought of Daniell Cooley — To Ebenezer kellogg yt hundred pownd Right which he purchased of Sarall Waller of N: london — To Jonathan kellog that hundred pownd Right which he purchased of the saw-mill men — To the heigrs of Left Noah weles Deseased yt hundred pownd Right which he took up by vertue of a purchas made of John & Joshua more of N. london — It was voated that mr John bulkley Joseph wright & Micaiell Taintor shall at any time Call a meeting of the proprioters. at a meeting of the proprioters of Colchester July 28th : 1713 — Whearas Diuers persons Do Claim Lands Within the propriaty Granted to vs By the Gouerner & Company & from time to time are Entering & trespasing vpon vs — it was voated 1 : that Mr James Newton Samll Northam Samll Lomis Jo- seph Wright & Ebenezer Coleman be a Commitie for the prosecuting & Ejecting the sd trespasers — 2 that the prosecu- tion of the sd trespasers shall be mannaged at the Comon Charg of the proprioters & that euery one shall be Assesed acording to his Right in the propriaty — at ye meeting afore- said was Granted unto Ebenezer Colman fiuety acres of land to be taken up without & Clear from the sequestrations of land which hath bin formerly made by the towne — the Condistion of the grant is that he the said ebenezer Coleman pay to sd proprioters the sum of nine pounds Currant mony) at the meet- ing aforesd Micaiell Taintor was chosen proprioters Clerk — at a meeting of the proprioters of Colchester October ye 23d 1717 it was voated to Grant to ye Reurt mr thatcher of milton a quit Claim of all that part of his farm of land which lyeth within the township of said Colchester he guieing to the said propriaters the sum of twenty & fiue pownds : & mr bulkley left John skiner & Micaiell Taintor are appoynted to giue sd quit Claim in thair Name : & further it was voated that those persons that haue taken vp land within the said farm : to take it up elcwhare But not within any of the sequestrations of land 118 for town comons the persons that haue taken vp Land thare are namely Decon Samuell Lomis Benjamin addams thomas ad- dams : Samuel brown & ebenezer Coleman & John addams which is alianated to ms elizabeth wilson of hartford — Samuell Lomis thomas addams & Samuell Brown agreed & Consented to Relinquish thar perticqler Rights of Land Layd out to them within the said Claim of mr thatchers : on the Condistions aboue mentioned & Did so Declare at the Meeting : aboue- mentioned John addams also sent by his father to the said meeting that he agreed to the termes aboue said : benjamin addams also did the like — further it was voated that the said 25 pownds shall 'be exspended towards the procuering a Bell for the town of Colchester. Janewary 26th 1718-19 — at a proprietors meeting legaly warned the proprioters voated that the present Comittie should go on in the prosecution of the action now Depending in the law against Samuell Waters of hebron : alies Colchester : and further the said Comittie namely ebenezer Colman ebenezer Skiner & nathaniell foot shall haue a further suply of mony of what is needfull in that action or any other that may hap- pen to be of the same natuer : before another proprioters meet- ing (at the charg of the proprioters — at the same meeting the proprioters granted to Richard tozer seauenty acres of land : & to leftnt skiner ten acers to be taken up on the South Side of euan Joneses land : which is in Consideration that thay haue taken up Sixty acers of land in haddam bounds the which thay are exchanging with the heirs of Joseph gates — further the proprioters granted to Samuell lomis Junr liberty to mow the meadow at the deep Reuer : lying aboue the old Road to newlondon he paying to the order of the proprioters : one shilling pr load for what he doth gitt thare — at a proprioters meeting held in Colchester Septemb 13th : 1720 — they nomenated voated & apoynted Leftenant James harris ebenezer Colman & Sergt Nathanell foot a comitie to 119 reat & Confer with a Comittie which may be chosen by the own or proprioters of ye town of Norwich Conserning a finall ■Jetlement of the bownds betwixt Norwich & Colchester : & o to make Return to the proprioters & town of thair doings harein — At the meeting aforesaid the proprioters Granted to ns foot widow fifty acers of Land to be taken up : without the Sequestration that is to say not to be taken on any of the Land that hath bin formerly sequestered for town Comons : tfhich grant is in Consideration that her Late husband Mr foot lid procuer a deed of oaneco for the township of Colchester : fc in Said deed the said Indian gaue him fifty acers for his >wn perticqler use : this meeting is Adjorned till next friday 3om Seauen night — Know All men by these presents that I Ebenezer Colemen )f Colchester In the County of hartford in his Majestis Colony )f Conettecut in Newengland Am holden & firmly do stand Dound : unto Joseph wright & Micaiell Taintor of the town County & Colony aforesaid : who ware deputed by the pro- prioters of the said town of Colchester to take this bond : in thair behalf & for the use of the said proprioters : : I say I do biearby acknoleg my self bound unto the said Joseph Wright & Micaiell Taintor to them or any one of them or their At- bourney : or to any other person or persons who may hearafter be deputed by the aforesaid proprioters to Receaue or Recouer the same) in the sum of one hundred pounds Curant money : to be paid unto the said Joseph wright & Micaiell Taintor or thair Attourney or to him or them, who may be deputed by said proprioters of Colchester to Receaue the same as afore- said — to the which payment well & truly to be made : I bind myself my heirs execoters And adminestrators firmly by these presents : Sealed with my seal Dated the thirtenth Day of March In the fifth year of the Reign of our Soueran — Lord Georg : & in the year of our Lord — 1719 — 120 The Condistion of this oblygation is such that wheras at a town meeting held in Colchester Nouembe ye 4th 1706 : the town granted to Martin Kellogg on hundred pound Right of Land in the town of Colchester on Condistion [that he pay to the town fiue pounds & Com & Settell in the town) he said Kellogg : haueing paid the fiue pounds but not Com to settell as abouesd.) the proprioters of Colchester at thair meeting Aprell ye 24th : 1716 granted to him Said Ebenezer Colman that hundred pound Right : aboue mentioned, he repaying to Said Kellogg the fiue pound & Also to bring a quit Claim from sd kellogg of all the Right that might acrue to sd kellogg by vertue of the Said grant : or to any of his heirs or assigns : it is also to be understood that I the Said Colman am obliged (hearby) to take up Said Right of Land: Within the bounds of that which is Claimed to be the bounds of hebron : or on the north Side or norwest sid of that Line which hebron In- habetants pretend to be the Deuiding line betwixt hebron & Colchester : & not to take up any part of the Said Land acrue- ing to him by vertue of the Said Right : In any other place : within the bounds of Colchester : : & if in Case I the said ebenezer Colman my heirs executors or adminestrators or as- signs shall well & truly perform all the aboue written prem- eses acording to the true meaning of them :. then the aboue written obligation to be null & void & of none efect : but in Case of failour In any part of the aboue mentioned premeses then this obligation or within written bond to Stand in full force Strength and vertue : to all intents & purposes of Law whatsoeuer : & further it is to be understood that if there should be any difeculty in the Law about the land that may be taken up by vertue of the grant aforesaid that he said ebenezer Colman shall defend it at his own Charg against the proprio- ters of hebron or the legatees of Joshua : the town nor pro- prioters not to be at any Charg in defending the same & if the said ebenezer Colman Canot hold the land that he so takes up 121 the proprioters nor town are not obliged to make it up in any other place — In witnes wharof I haue Set to my hand & seal — Ebenezer Coleman — Signed Sealed & Deliuered in the pres- ents of Joseph pratt Mabel Taintor her M mark — At a meeting of the proprioters held in Colchester Sep- tembr23d: 1720— the proprioters granted to William brown twenty acers of land not to prejeice (prejudice, c. m. t.) any former grants to any pertcqler (particular, c. m. t.) person or to that land sequestered for town Comons — at the same meet- ing the proprioters granted unto ensign Nathaniell Loomis one quarter of an acer of land to bueld on : which is to be taken up Joyning to his own Land that he bought of John brown on the west side of Stebnses meadow-brook : : So as not to preju- dice the high way : but if in Case he do not buld a mantion hows & settell on it : which if he doth not do then the grant to be void & the Land return to the town — at the same meet- ing was granted to Sargt prat Sergt nathaniell Kellogg nathan- iel Cohoon & Joseph pratt Junr. the liberty of the Stream that runs throgh Jonathan Kellogs meadow) with about ten acers of Land : so long as thay maintain a good Saw mill on the Said brook : (or a grist mill) which if thay faile of with all Conuenient Speed to do : & and faile of maintaing a Saw-mill or Grist mill thare then the grant to be void : & the Stream & land to return to the proprioters againe — further it was granted to Mr Woodbridg liberty to take up So many acers of Land : in the undeuided Land as hadam line taks of from the land which Ms Woodbridg bought of Daniell Clark— further at the Same meeting the proprioters Chose a Comittie namely Capt wright rar Wm Worthington & Sargt Nathaniell foot to treat with the heirs of Jeremiah adams Conserning his Right of Land & make return to the proprioters — October ye 4 : 1720 — At a meeting of the town & proprioters of Colchester it was voated to prefer a petistion to the generall Court to be held at Newhaven the second thirds— thirds Day 11 of this Instant October Relating to a Setelraent of the bounds betwixt the town of Norwich & ye town of Colchester & ebe- nezer Colman & Micaiell Taintor ware Apointed & Chosen to Manage thatt matter— at a prop rioters meeting held in Colchester March ye 20th : 1721 — the proprioters granted to Samell Waters of hebron about twelue acers of land that the line betwixt hebron & Col- chester takes into Colchester bounds — which he now hath under Improuemt — futhr granted to Noah Pumery twenty acers of land to be taken up clear from the Sequesttrations of Land Sequestered for town Comons : on Condistion that he pay to the proprioters thre pounds Curant money within one week from this meeting — March 22d : 1721 noah pumery paid the thre pounds aboue mentioned which was deliuered to Nathaniell foot to pay to Major merit — Aprell ye 5th : 1721 was a meeting of the proprioters of Colchester — then Capt Jos : Wright Sergt Joseph Dewey & Sergt Nathaniell foot ware Chosen a comittie to defend the sd iproprioters : in an action Cominced against them by the heirs of Jeremiah addams— at the same meeting Granted to Joseph Dewey forty acers of land for the sum of sixteen pounds of Curant money forthwith to be paid to the proprioters or to thair Comittie : & sd land is not to be taken up within fiue miles distant from the meeting hows — the : proprioters meeting is adjorned until the meeting to Chous athorety — Aprell ye 25th : 1721 was a proprioters meeting held in Col- chester noah Clark petitioned for that part of the thirty acers which he bought of Cornelious Roberds: which the line be- rtwixt Colchester & hebron Cuts of into the Colchester bounds : which was not granted) but voated that no person may take it up nor enter it on Record : until the next proprioters meeting — further voated that Nathaniell Gaboon shall haue liberty to throw up a Corner of bis lott to the Comons & to take up so 123 much as he throws up on the side of his lot next to the high way : & Capt Wright & Sergt pratt are appoynted to se it honestly don at the charg of the said Cohoon — at ye meeting aforesd voated yt John skiner & Samuell fouller [fuller. — c. M. t.] should take a vew of ye land within our bounds in order to ye laying out another deuision & make Return to the pro- prioters — Aprell ye 28th : 1721 was a meeting of the proprioters ye inhabetants of Colchester it was voted to prefer a petistion to the Generall Court in may next Relating to a Setelment of the bounds betwixt the town of norwich & ye town of Colchester — further voted yt the proprioters to pay the Charg thareof— and Cap Newton Left James harris & Micaiell Taintor ware Chosen & appoynted to manage thatt matter — at the same meeting Capt newton & micaiell Taintor & Joseph Deuey ware chosen to answer unto the heirs of Jeremiah adams in thair petistion unto the generall Court in may next against the pro- prietors & Inhabetants of the town of Colchester — August the 2d: 1721 was a proprioters meeting in Colches- ter And thay voated to sell one hundred acers of land to the highest bidder to Raise a stock of money : for the use of the proprioters : to pay out acording to order) it is to be under- stood to be without ye sequestration — further voted that leften- ent Skiner shold and is hearby Impowered to sell said land & to Giue a deed of it to the byer or biers — August ye 24th : 1721 : was a meeting of the proprioters of Colchester- --it was voated to exchang about ten acers of land with mr worthington at the discrestion of Leftent skiner : decon Lomis & sergt foot & to make return to ye proprioters — further voated yt ye abouesd comitie at ye charg of noah Clark shall take a vew of the Land yt sd noah bought of cornelus Rob- erds yt falls into Colchester bounds & to sell it to sd Clark further voated to sell ephream foot about fiue or six acers of land which is at ye Rear of his land which he bougt of Joseph 124 dewey : & Joyning to John addames land he paying to the pro- prioters fifty shillings pr acer for so many acers as he takes — then further voated & Chose a Comitie namely mr bulkley left Wyat Sergt nathll foot Joseph chamberlin and william Roberds : to prefer a petistion to ye Generall Court in behalf of ye pro- prioters : against ye heirs of Jeremi adams or to procede in any other Legall way as thay shall see cause or to agree with ye sd heirs so yt ye Controuersie may be ended — further voated fy appointed Lef skiner Decon Lomis & segt Nathanel foot to take a vew of ye Land which ye Contry Road taks in going thro Capt Gilberts Land & make return to ye proprioters — at the same meeting was voated to Confirm ye voat made August 2d: 1721 Relating to ye selling one hundred acers of Land & Im- powering Left Skiner to sell it to ye highest bider & to pay ye money into ye tresury for ye use of ye proprioters — at the same meeting (viz) August 24: 1721 Micaiell Taintor was Chosen ye proprioters tresurer—further voated to Alter ye Rhoad yt was Laid out to lyme line : six rods wide by Left harrises Land to giue it to left harris : on Condistion yt he leaus as much In the lew of it : which is to be don at the discrestion of Left Skiner & return made of his doings tharein — - Jane wary ye 17 th : 172J was a meeting of ye proprioters of Colchester then voated to quit to benjamin Gorton thair claim to fiue hundred acers of land which he bought of peter mason : within the boundaris of his Deed from sd mason which bares date Sept: ye 20 : 1717 : prouided that no part of it doth In- fring on any former Grant or Grants of ye town or proprioters of sd Colchester: also prouided that thare be not within sd boundaries more then fiue hundred acers -further the proprioters voated to grant unto Samuell Knight so much land as the high way taks up or taks of from the front of his lot to be taken up at the west end of said lot — further voated to grant to Left harris a piece of land joyning to that farm which he bought of John 125 hoberd : & Joyning on the pond & brook east : on the highway southwardly : on Consideration yt the high way goeth thro his land : he also paying to the proprioters so much money as Left Skiner shall Judg the sd land to be worth — further voated to quitt Claim to Daniell palmeter the land or lotment he now Hues on :— further voated and granted to Capt. Joseph wright the use and Improuement of the buering yard for twenty years next Coming on Condistion that he with all Conuenient Speed make a sufficent fence Rownd it and Clear it from bushes,—^ further voated and granted to Capt wright Left Skiner Sergt kellogg & his son sergt Andrew Carrier sergt Ephream foot Sergt John day Sergt Jos Dewey Abraham Williams William Worthington William Robei'ds & Samell kellogg fiue shillings pr Day for thair time & expences at ye Courts in June & No- uembr last : which is forty shillings each — March ye 27th : 1 722 was a meeting of the proprioters in Col- chester to Comince an action against the worshipfull mr william pitken raajr talcot & Capt Aron Cook) at ye next County Court: for thair legall proseeding against Sundry proprioters of Colchester in thair taking elegall fees : & the proprioters to, be at ye Charg of ye Suite — at the Same meeting : ye Reuerent mr bulkley Left harris & Micaiel Taintor ware Chosen a Com- itie to Attend the Comitie appointed by ye Generll Court : to settell the bounds betwixt norwich & Colchester further Granted to mr. bulkley thirty acers of Land : to be taken up without the Sequestration— further at the same meeting Ephream foot was exsepted a proprioter : for a fifty pound Right in the pro- priotie of Colchester in all after deuisions of land he paying to ye proprioters the Sum of fowr pounds money — At a proprioters meeting Aprell 24th : 1722 it was voated and Granted to Left John holmes that thirty acers of land which was formerly designed to be Confirmed unto thomas Grstin— for the Consideration of twenty pounds money — at the game meeting it was Granted to Left holms aforesd that ho 11* 126 shall haue ye Rear of his lot that he now lius on : to be ex- tended to the hill or Ledg of Rocks in Consideration of the high way that is Laid out thro his land — at ye same meeting ensign foot & sergt kellogg ware appointed in behalf of the proprioters to Recon with eben%zer Colman — June ye 4th: 1722 was a meeting of the proprioters: thay then Chose a Comittie namely Left Wyat Ensign foot & Micaell Taintor to Recon & pay to the persons that haue bin Conserned at the Court by a voat of the proprioters : in the Controuersie with ye heirs of Jeremi addams & other Cases in Court Arising tharefrom : & to pay out to each one his due — at the meeting aforesd it was voated to Sell Josiah Gates fifty acers of Land for twenty fiue pounds and that on the payment tharof the abouesd Comittie to Giue him a Deed of it in the name & behalf of the proprioters — at a proprioters meeting in Colchester Nouembr 5th : 1723 — voated that the reuerend mr bulkley & ensign foot shold de- fend the proprioters of Colchester in the action Cominced against them by ebenezer Coalman to be tried at hartford — Janewary the 14th : 172 J was a Legall meeting of the pro- prioters of Colchester & it was voated to Confirm the voat wherin it was granted unto Josiah gates & Confirm unto Josiah gates the sd Land : which was granted at a meeting Nouember 5th: 1723 that not being a full meeting: further voated that nothing shall be voated after the Sun is set in any meeting of the proprioters — the meeting is adjorned untill wednsday Com Seauen-night at nine of the clock in the morning — Janewary the 22 : thare being but a few appearing acording to the aboue ajornment : the meeting is furder ajorned untill the second munday of februwary next ensueing this Date — at a Legall meeting of the proprioters of Colchester begun febry ye 10th : 1724 & Continued till ye end of ye 11th Day of ye same — wharas at ye meeting abouesd (viz) Janey 14th : 127 172 1 Micaiell Taintor was Chosen proprioters Clerk, he is now Sworn to yt office acording to Law — Voated that Whareas thare has arisen a Controuersie betwen the proprioters & Claimers of Land in ye town of Colchester on ye one part and thoraas kimberly of glosenbery on the other part Respecting a grant made by ye sd proprioters to ye sd thomas kimberly at their meeting March 12th: An; Dom: 1715-16 of thre hundred acers of Land near ye Great Pond in Colchester : on the Rhoad to Glasenbery & was surueyed & layd out to him thare by ye town measurer : the sd proprioters being now mett Willing to adjust & Isue ye Controversie in ye most peacable and Louing manner yt may be) haue Giuen & do now Giue unto the sd thomas Kimberly one hundred and fifty acers of Land to be taken vp within sd tract so surueyed and measured & upon one side tharof to be to him the sd thomas kimberly his heirs & assigns foreuer to be laid out by ye town surueyer, prouided ye sd Thomas Kimberly shall by an Instrument Duly Executed Relinquish & quitt his Claim to ye Remainder of ye sd thre hundred acers to ye sd proprioters thair heirs & assigns foreuer^ Which Instrument the said Thomas kimberly hath now Executed — further at the meting mentioned on the other side it was voated that All the Lands not Already Laid out on ye nor west End of the town Lying betwene ye Sequestration made by the proprioters at their meeting — on ye east & west sides of ye town quiite vp to Joseph Deweys mill Brook & Jeremis Reuer be Sequestred to the town their heirs & sucksesors for euer Town Comons for euer — it was Also voated yt Leftt Wyat Left Skiner & Sergt prat shall Be a Comittie to set out ye bounds of the seques- trations made by the proprioters on the east west north & south sids of the town — At their meeting Sept 30th ; 1715: & yt they make Return of thair doings tharein to ye proprioters — further it was voated to Choose a Comit- tie to measure ye Land yt ye Stubnese Claimed in ye 128 bounds of Colchester : & make return to the next meet- ing of the proprioters — and also yt ye persons Claiming under sd Stubinses be notefied to be present at ye Suruey of sd Lands — and Left Skiner ensn foot & Ebenezer Colman ware Chosen a Comittie to Do y t matter : & also to notefie ye persons Conserned as aboue sd— further at the same meeting Granted to John Taylor twenty acers of Land which he bought of Capt peter mason as it Lyeth Joyning on the west side of land which he bought of Daniell Rogers — the proprioters meeting is adjorned untill the last munday of march next at ten of the clock — Whearas thare haueing arisen a Controversie betwene the . proprioters & Claimers of Land in ye town of Colchester in ye County of hartford in ye Colony of Conettecut in New england on ye one part, & thomas kimberly of glos- enbery within ye sd County on the other part Respecting a grant made by ye said proprioters to the said tho: Kim- berly at their meeting March 12th: 1715-16 of thre hun- dred acers of Land near ye Great Pond in said Colchester on ye Rhoad to Glasenbery & surueyed and laid out to him thare by the town mesurer & whearas the said proprioters at thair meeting in Colchester aforsd febrewary 11th: 1723-24, to ye intent yt thay may Com to a Loueing & peacable adjustment & Isue of the Said Controuersie : did then giue & grant to ye Said thomas kimberly one hundred & fifty acers of Land to be taken vp within the sd tract, prouided ye said thomas kimberly shall by an Instrument Duly excuted Relinquish & quitt his •Claim to the Remander of the Said thre hundred acers to ye ed proprioters as Referanc to ye grant aforesd of februwary 11th : aforesd being had may more fully apeare : know all men therefore by these presents that I ye sd thomas kimberly Do for myself my heirs executors & adminestrators fuly frely Clearly & absolutely Relinquish & quitt all my Right & Claim to & in 129 ye aforesd Remainder or Resedue of ye said thre hundred acers of Land unto ye said proprioters to haue & to hold, the aboue premeses unto them ye said Proprioters & to their heirs & assigns for euer, & I ye said thomas kimberly Do hearby for myself my heirs executors & adminestrators : Couenant promice & grant to & with the said proprioters & their heirs & assigns in ye folowing maner yt is to say thair heirs & assigns shall or lawfully may from and after ye Day of ye Date hearof : & at all times hearafter peacably & quietly haue hold use ocupie possess & Injoy ye afore promised & Released premeses with ye apurte- nances profits & aduantages thearof : to thair onely & sole Bene- fitt & behouff without ye Lawfull lett suits molestation Contre- diction euiction ejection or disturbanc from me ye said thomas kimberly my heirs executors or adminestrators or any other person or persons whatsoeuer Lawfully Claiming or to Claim from by or under me : In witnes whearof I haue set to my hand & seal thes 11th: Day of febrewary Anaqe Dom : 1723-24 — Thomas Kimberly — Signed Sealed & Deliuered In presence of vs Daniell Chamberlin John Taylor — Colchester februwary ye 11th: 1723-4, then thomas kimberly the aboue subscriber & within Granter personally appeared be- fore me the underwrighter & acknoleged the aboue & within written Instrument to be his free act & Deed — Micaiell Taintok Justice of ye Peace — Aprell 16th : 1724 then bounded out the first sequestration by vs (" Isreall Wyat ") Joseph prat & John Skiner a Comittie Chosen for that work : begining at the Rear of maddam will- sons home lot then Runing easterly by browns Path to a black oak tre standing on the south side of the path a heap of stones about it : then Runeth southerly by the front of Daniell Clarks 130 Josiah foots Nathll foots & ye Rest of them Deuisions to ye Rhoad to N. london : then westerly by long-meadow & the swomp that belongs to ye welses & then by Josiah phelpsea meadow & then by phelpses Land to the Road to Lyime : from thenc by the north end of Richard Churches Land & then Rim- ing by the north end of sergt Chapmans farm he now Hues vpon & then Runing by the north line of that tract of land which was sergt Rowlees first deuision then a streight line to the south end of kilburns foil swamp : then by that Land west to Decon Lomise first deuision : then Notherly by the front of that Deuision & John skiners first Deuision to the Rhoad to modus : all the land within these bounds exsepting such land as is legally laid out is to be sequestered town Comons for euer : Voated & exsepted by the proprioters at their meeting June ye 9th=-1724— At ye meeting aforsd (Sept : ye 14 : 1730) it was voated yt Capt. wright & Decon skiner be a Comitie with power to In- quier into ye quantety of land sold by Robert Stapels to Cololl Brown & make sale of ye same to Raise money for ye pro- prioters present nesesety — March 19th : 1724 : Then bounded out the sequestration of land on the east side of ye town by us Isreall Wyat Joseph pratt & John Skiner a Comittie appoynted for yt work) which is don as followeth,) begining first at a black oak tre marked stons about it by the norwest part of the north meadow : from thenc Runeth North & be west half a mile on the westely side of the hill : to a peperag tree marked stones about it in the southerly part of a bogee & bushee pice of meadow : from thenc east across the hill first to a white oak tre markt stons about it on the brow of the hill : from thenc to a Chesnut tree markt stons about it on the top of the hill thenc to a black oak stad- dell markt stons about it by a ledg of Rocks ; from thenc to a popel stadel markt stons about it by a pople swomp which is ye 131 noreast Corner from thenc south & be east or near thare about ; to a white oak tree stones about it which is ye norwest Corner bounds of Joseph prats farm which was formerly Joseph Deweys then by that farm to ye sou west Corner bounds : from thenc by a litell swamp of Joseph prats & then by the brook that Runs out of sd swomp to Capt Wrights pond then by Capt wrights to ye brook that empties itself out of sd pond which is Called stony brook from thenc by the brook to Jonathan kellogs meadow : so by ye brook to labanon old path whare it Croseth the sd brook : from thenc westerly by the Rhoad to a black oak tre marked stons about it by ye path : from thenc by ye Rhoad which Rhoad Corns by Jonathan Kelloggs hows : & so Corns into the town Street by Decon Lomises hows : — March 22: 1724 then bounded out the sequestred land on the West side of the town and other land which is not yet se- questered begining at ebenezer kellogs southwest Corner bounds of his land that his hows stands on from thenc westerly by Moodus Rhoad to sd kellogs south west Corner bounds a heap of stons : from thenc westerly to Richard Carriers hows from thenc by the Rhoad to a walnut tree stons about it which is George Sexstons Corner : then by Sexstons land & Richard Cariers land to pine swomp : then notherly to north end of sd swomp : then Runing by the brook till in Corns to a place whare it emptieth itself into Jeremiahs Reuer : then Runing by the reuer till it Corns to a place whare Joseph Deweys mill brook emptieth itself into Jeremis Reuer then Runing by sd brook till it Corns whare it Runs out of the north meadow then on the westerly side of sd north meadow to the black oak tre which is ye first bounds mentioned in the sequestered Land on the east side of the town which boundaries take In all the land within these bounds to be sequestered Comons for euer exsept- ing such as is legally Layd out : — 132 This Return of the Comittie was exsepted of by the proprio- ters and voated at their meeting aforesd : viz : March 30th : 1724"— At the Meeting aforesaid (date gone) the proprioters granted mr thomas kimberly his heigrs & asigns for euer thre hundred acres of land which land was taken up By his father eliezer kimberly by vertue of a Court Grant & other Purchas & Now falls within Colchester township & that Colchester town sur- ueyer of land shall on the charg of said kimberly make a new suruey of sd thre hundred acres of Land — further at the same meeting it was Granted to thomas Dickerson that part of his farm that he hath taken up By vertue of Court grants : we say we Do grant that part to him of said farm that falls in Colches- ter township — further at the same meeting wharas seuerall of the Comitie Chosen at a proprioters meeting July 28th: 1713 to prosecute trespasers on our land Desired a relese from yt work it was voated To Releas all of them Exsepting Ebenezer Coleman & further Ebenezer Skiner & Nathaniell foot with sd Coleman are now voated and apointed to be a Comitie to man- age that afaire acording as is exprest in that act made at said meeting — December ye 3d: 1730 — Receaued of Leftenant Skiner for ye use of ye proprioters the sum of nine pounds thirteen shil- lings which was for land sold to Joseph pepoon — Janewary ye 2d — 1730: 31 — more Receaued of left Skiner fowr pounds seauen shillings — paid out of the abouesd sum to left Skiner by order of ye Comitie the sum of thre pounds thre shillings — paid out the remainder of the nine pounds 13s to mr John bulkley Junr which is 61b 10s — (The following is Mr. Taintor's last entry in the public Re- cords, it being one week before his decease. — c. m. t.) "february ye 12: 1730-31 — Receaued of left Skiner the sum of six pounds which he had of Decon Stephen brainerd for 4 acers & 48 Rods of land — 133 at a meeting of ye fremen the last tuesday of aprell : 1724 than a proprioters meeting was apoynted to be held on the second tuesday of June next June the 9th 1724 was a proprieters meeting held in Col- chester — it was voated that such Gentlemen at N : london or elsewhare thair heirs or asigns as claim under the Stubinses that haue not as yet had thair home lots wth thair first & second Deusion shall haue liberty forthwith to lay out said Deuisions out of the sequestration : & yt as for their third Deuision thay with such as haue had thair first & second De- uision already shall draw for it with ye rest of ye proprioters of the town when thay shall draw for the next Deuision — Voated at the meeting aforsd yt whearas the proprioters of the town are already Indebted & further charg is likely sudenly to arise on them) that money for defraying such charges shall be Raised by thair sale of lands & yt Capt wright & left skiner shall be a Comitie to dispose & giue Conueyences of such par- sels of Land as by them shall be thought meet to be sold : & to receaue the money for such Lands & make disburstments of it to perticqler persons to whome it shall appear to them acting with micaill taynter Left wyat & ensign foot : who with them are to adjust the acounts of the propriatey whare the pro- prioters are Indebted — , Aprell 16th : 1724 then bounded out the first sequestration : by us Isreall Wyat Joseph prat & John Skiner a Comittie Chosen for that work : begining at the rear of maddam Will- sons home lot then Runing easterly by browns path to a black oak tree ***** Septembr 30th : 1724 : was a proprioters meeting held in Colchester — it was voated (unanemusly: that for the futuer at the meetings of the proprioters : the Major part of the sd proprioters then present : shall make a voat in any matter or thing : & that is acording to ye Regulation of ye Law in yt behalf — further voated to Desire the reuerend Mr Bulkley 12 134 (yt if thare should be ocasion : that he would go to the gen- erall Court in October next to act & Do for us in the matter of the bounds betwixt hebron & Colchester — the meeting is Ad- jorned untill the second munday of October next — at a Legall meeting of the proprioters of the undeuided Lands in ye town of Colchester October ye 12th : 1724: the Reuerend mr bulkley moderator : Joseph wright Chosen pro temporary Clerk : at ye meeting aforesd it was voated that thare should be as soon as may be Conueniant a Deuision of Lands Laid out in the undeuided Lands : (viz) one hundred acers to a two hundred pound Right & fifty acers to a one hundred pound Right & so proportionably to a greater & leser Right : & it was further voated & agreed that lots shall now be drawn for ye Deuisions aforesd which ye proprioters pro- seed & an acount tharof taken with the number to each per- sons name anexted & it was agreed yt persons should take ithair turns to haue thair Deuisions Laid out acording to the number thay Draw begining at ye first & so on & it was fur- ther voated & agreed that an estemation shall be made in Lay- ing out ye Deuisions : of each mans Deuision & ye quantety of it encreased or Demineshed acording to ye qualety of it & yt Left Wyat & Samuli fuller shall be a Comittie to attend Left Skiner in the suruey & to make sd estemation & yt In Case whare thay Cant agree Left Skiner to he umpier) But it is to be understood that wheneuer any person is willing to refer ye estemation of his Land to Left Skiner alone he shall haue liberty so to doe & it was further voated that the first four in number shall haue liberty to haue thair Deuisions laid out in the last week of this Instant October sucksesiuely as thay fall & so ye next fowr in ye next week following & so in that maner untill all be fineshed & in Case any neglect to lay his land out in his appoynted time ye next in number may lay out before him — At the meeting aforsd it was voated & Granted 135 that ye Reuerend Mr : Bulkley shall haue an equivolent for what he has thrown of from the Rear of his home lott — Aprell ye 11th: 1726 was a legall proprioters meeting held in Colchester : the Reuerant mr bulkley ensigne foot Corporall Roberds : Capt wright Left skiner & Micaiell Taintor ware Chosen a Comittie to mannag all our Conserns in the Law : whatsoeuer : as thare may be ocasion — further voated & granted to Left holmes one acer of Land & fifteen Rods Joyning to his own Land on Condistion that he discharg the proprioters from any demands of money that is now due to him from the proprioters — Aprell ye 25th : 1727: was a proprioters meeting in Col- chester : then granted to nathaniel foot : all the Right of land which the town of Colchester had of William Shipraan Late of hebron deceased) in ye township of hebron which was his Legate Right in sd township : which sd Shipman gaue to ye proprioters of Colchester) in Consideration of a two hundred pound Right yt ye proprioters of Colchester granted to said Shipman — further voated & sequestered to be town Comons for euer about two acers of Land : which Land lyeth Joyning to thomas Lomises land on ye Easterly side of the Rhoad be- fore sd lomises hows : for ye Conueniency of water : to begin at ye southerly Corner of Samuel Lomises land & So to run a South line till it Comprehends two acers — further at the meet- ing aforesd granted to Jonathan kilburn that hundred acers of Land which he formerly purchased of Samuel pellet at a place called paugwonk : & is now granted to him sd kilburn for a further Confirmation of his former purchas of sd pellet — at a legall proprioters meeting holden in Colchester Janey 16th : .1727 : at ye meeting &c whearas Joshua wheler of New- london was a proprioter of land in Colchester and Complains he hath not had his 3d : deuision laid out (yet) it is voated yt a Comitie shall be Chosen to lay out to sd wheler or his order his 3d deuision or any part of it & yt ensn foot & decon Tain- 136 tor be ye Comittie to lay out sd land — wharas at a meeting of ye proprioters octob 23: 1717 it was voated yt such persons as had taken up lands within ye Claim of ye Reuert mr thacher of milton should haue libertie on thair quiting sd lands to take up elswhere in ye undiuided land of ye town & wharas ms eli : willson of hartford in Right of ebenzr Colman of this town had lands within sd Claim which lands she has not to this day seen Cause to throw up & take up elswhare in Consideration yt ye proprioters (had released ?) to him more land then thay ware knowing to : it is now voated ye sd land shall not be taken up elswhare in ye undeuided lands of ye town — it was further voated yt ye proprioters shall bare ye nesesary Charg yt ebenezer Colman & John strong shall be at in defending : against a Lawfull Comittie against them by the proprioters of ye fiue miles in labanon — the prayer of Noah Coleman to ye proprioters of Colches- ter humbly showeth that I haueing 93 acers of land on ye east bounds of ye town of sd Colchester : on which I would settell if I Could obtain an open way thareto : which now it hath not therefore I would humbly pray the gentlemen pro- prioters of Colchester yt thay would appoint & Impower Mr John Skiner & mr Josiah strong to be a Comittie to agre & exchang land with Left Wyat : acer for acer or sumthing more if thay sd Comittie think meet : takeing from Mr Wyats Deuision which lyeth on ye soueast of sd Colmans Deuision & off from ye west end of sd Deuision for a high way : & to make up to mr Wyat so much land in quantetie & qualety on or Joyning to sd Wyats Deuision : on ye east Joyn- ing to labanon bounds or elswhare whare it may be found Joyn- ing unto his sd Wyats land : all the Charg of men & action to be defrayd by me Noah Coleman Jeney 16th : 172| Voated — by ye proprioters at ye meeting aforesd — this return exsepted by sd Noah Colman & Clerk noah wells heirs to left Isreall Wyat do agree & in euedence thareto do set to thair hands Noah Wells Noah Coleman — 137 february ye 10th : 1728-9 was a proprioters meeting held in Colchester at which meeting the proprioters being Informed yt sundry persons of hebron & other places) haue or do pre- sume to make enteranc upon our lands Joyning to midletown or adjacent) both Deuided or undeuided) therfore at the meet- ing aforesd ye Reuerent Mr. John bulkley Capt Joseph wright & lef : Jno skiner ware Chosen a Committee to prosecute any person or persons yt shall or may at any time ventuer to tres- pas on any of our Lands aforesaid — at a meeting of ye proprioters held in Colchester March ye 5th : 1729 it was voated yt mr bulkley Capt wright Decon Jno Skiner or such of them as thay shall agre shall with all Con- venient Speed go to Midletown & Inquier into ye tru State of ye origenal Grant perticqlerly as to ye eastward abutments of it : as Also what Lands ye line lately run & agreed upon by Comittis apointed by them & vs (may Includ in ye township of Mideltown ouer & aboue thair sd origenal & yt thay finally agre with mideltown : & to preuent any futuer Controversy yt may arise Respecting sd line) shall in our behalf Giue to mid- eltown a Deed of sale of what part of our Lands thay may find Included by sd line, thay shall se Caues prouided thay will Com in & be a part with vs in ye Charg yt shall arise in ye suit at Law now to be Cominced, by said Comittie against som of hebron with others who haue Inuaded that quarter) it was voated also at ye same meeting yt mr benjamin Lewes & ensign Nathaniel foot be added to ye Comitie abousd to act in Concert with them in ye afairs Comitted to them — June ye 17th: 1729 was a proprioters meeting held in Col- chester : it was voated yt whareas Capt wright & left Skiner ware formerly Impowered to sell som of ye proprioters Land in Colchester : & thay haueing lately sold to Aaron Gillet one hundred acers as may apear by a Deed giuen by them to sd Gillet bareing Date ye 26th : Day of May 1729 (we do now Ratefie & Confirm the land so sold unto the sd Gillet & to his 12* 138 heirs & assigns foreuer — at ye same meeting ye Rered mr bulkley ensn Nathaniell foot Decon John skiner mr benjamin Lewes & sergt william Roberds ware Chosen a Comitie with power to Do whatsoeuer shall be further nesesary for the de- fenc of the northwestern quarter of the propriaty now Inuaded by som of hebron & others — further Micaiell Taintor was Chosen tresurer to receaue and pay out the mony of the pro- prioters as he shall receaue order from a Comittie to be ap- pointed to audit & adjust ye acounts of ye propriaty — further at ye meeting aforesd Joseph Chamberlin sergt John Day & Daniell Clark ware Chosen a Comitte to audit & adjust ye acoumbts of the propriaty & signe orders to ye tresurer to make payment of its Just Debts, & further are Impowered to make & sue out ye Demands of ye propriety on any persons whatsoeuer & the meeting is adjorned untill tomorowe at one of ye Clock in ye afternoone — the proprioters mett acording to adjornment & adjorned the meeting untill the 3d Day of July at one of ye Clock — the proprioters met acording to adjornment ye 3d Day of July 1729 — it being Reported by sundry persons present at this meeting yt seuerall persons in fencing in thayr Deuisions haue incroacht upon the Commons & Inclosed Considerably beyond thair grants & abutments & yt others haue disposed of ye proprioters Lands) it was voated yt Decon skiner ensign foot & sergt Roberds be a Comitie with power at ye Charg of ye proprioters to Inquier into ye abouementioned wrongs & to take such measures for rectefying of them as ye law directs to— September ye It 1729 was a proprioters meeting held in Colchester — the matter of John tomson refered untill the next proprioters meeting also the matter signefied by lefent harrises Lotmt also Refered till the next meeting. At a meeting of ye proprioters in Colchester by adjornment Septembr 9th : 1.729 it was voated to acquit Leftenant harris 139 of any demand of yt fifty acers of Land which he sd harris hath Laid out at paugwonk in Right of James brown late of Colchester on Consideration yt he pay to ye proprioters the sum of fifty pounds for which he hath giuen bond to pay to Micaiell for ye use of ye proprioters. May 11th : 1730 was a proprioters meeting held in Colches- ter — a Comitie was Chosen to lay out highways namely Decon skiner sergt kellogg & ebenezer Dible who are as soone as may be to Do that which is needefull in yt matter & make return to ye proprioters — further at ye same meeting it was voted yt wharas ensign foot John bulkley Junr and William Roberd ware Chosen a Comitie with power to treat with a Comitie from Labanon respecting such Controuersis as are now depend- ing in ye Law or otherwise betwene ye proprioters of this town & the proprioters of labanon & finally to determin ye same as also to agre upon a line betwene us & them & whearas ye sd Comittis haue on ye eighth Day of this Instant may treated & Com to an agrement with a Comitie from labanon on the premeses & now make Report tharof to this meeting it is now voated yt ye sd agrement be now exsepted & in all ye parts tharof be Comply ed with & yt it be entered on ye proprioters records — further at ye same meeting ye proprioters voated jt a person such as the Commitie shall Determin shall at ye Charg of ye proprioters as soon as may be, go to one mr latrop in ye prouince of ye Masachusets & treat with him about an ex- chang of such lands of his as by a late agrement with labanon may- September ye 14: 1730 was a proprioters meeting held at Colchester — it was voated to sell Land to Raise money) to the value of fifty pounds for the use of the proprioters & lefent skiner is hearby Impowered to sell so much land as to Raise the sd money as aforesd — Sergt Nathaniell kellogg enters his pro- test against ye aboue written voat — further at ye same meeting Left. Skiner ensign foot & william Roberts ware Chosen a 140 Comitie to search the bounds of fitches farm at Deep brook — the meeting is adjorned till to morow after ye freemens meeting. the proprioters met acording to adjornment — at ye meeting aforesd it was voated yt Capt. wright and sergt kellogg be a Comitie with power to Do wt may bfc thought most proper for ye atainment of a certain tract of land belonging to Colli Isaac latrop of plimoth &c — but with yt limetation yt before they Conclude anything with relation to yt matter thay make Report of their proseedings to ye proprioters of ye town & take thair opinion & aduice tharein — further at ye same meet- ing it was voated yt ye Reuerend mr bulkley Capt wright Decon skiner ensign foot & John bulkley Junr : be a Comitie to aduise upon Draw up & offer what they may think proper : to ye Asembly in October next for ye attainment of (satisfac- tion ? — C. m. t.) Respecting the Dificultis we haue bin at & are like to be under on our northern bounds — March ye 20th : 1728: was a proprioters meeting in Col- chester — whareas left harris hath taken up fifty acers of land which he hath no right to therefore the proprioters chose Capt wright left Skiner & Ensign foot Comittie to treat with sd left harris & agree with Left haris Relating to yt matter, at the meet- ing aforesd Left Skiner & ensign foot ware Chosen a Comitie to mesuer the land yt James brown liued on & sold : & also on ye desire of John brown to sarch ye Record Conserning his Right of land in Colchester — at ye meeting aforesd it was voated yt Daiell burge shall haue yt 60 acers of land he now lius upon that is to say ye proprioters quit thair Clain to the sd sixty acers of Land — further voated that If the Comittie Chosen by the town to Clear of Incomberances on highways or Comons Shall se ocasion to Remoue sergnt Joseph deweys fence he has set up on ye Comons or highways or undeuided lands : & enter into ye Law & prosecute yt matter threw) the proprioters will be at ye Charg of said prosecution — whareas Joshua wheler of Newlondon was a propriotor to Wd in Colchester & hath not (yet his third deuision Laid out 141 to him whare upon at a proprioters meeting in Colchester Jane- wary 16th : 1728 the proprioters Chose decon taintor & Nathll foot to lay out for aron Gillet (on sd Whelers Right) one hun- dred acers of Land which was sd whelers 3d deuision) which sd aaron Gillet hath bought as Appears by Deed — In pursue- ance we the subscribers did on ye loth day of march A. Dom 1728) lay out to ye sd Aaron Gillet on sd whelers Right) as followeth first fifty acers of land Lying on ye west side of pine Swomp brook ***** Laid out ye day & year abouementioned. Micaiell Taintor Nathll foot Comitie Chosen for that work — Recorded March 24th : 1728. at a meeting held Janewary the 15th: 1710-11 Daniell Clark payed the proprioters forty shillings : to be Disposed of for the ejecting of any person or persons that shall or may make enteranc upon our Right without the Consent of the pro- prioters : & also to pay further to that purpose a share with the Rest of the proprioters as ocasion shall be) equall with those that pay for a two hundred pound right — At a proprioters meeting held in Colchester June 28th: 1715 — it was unanamously voated to lay out a fowrth Deuision of Land : of fifty acres to a hundred pound Right as it is Caled : & to be Drawn for and Laid out in the same manner as hath bin formerly practised : also he that Draws the flgur 1 : to haue the first choice that is to say to take up his proportion the first : and so sucksessiuely & that he that doth not take up or Lay out his deuision within six month from & after the Date abouesd : shall haue no preuelig by the number of his Draught: but then euery one shall haue liberty Alike — at the meeting aforesaid the proprioters appoynted John skiner to make som addistion unto that hundred acres of Land laid out to Joshua hemsted at a place Called paugwonk : for the con- uenienc of bringing his Land to the Rhoad & sd hemsted is to Leaue out so much as is added there : out of his Deuision of Land on the east side of the town plot which lyeth at or near 142 labanon old Rhoad : further the proprioters voated & apoynted John skiner to Joyne with Jonathan hill Joshua hemsted Chris- topher Stebins or any other Conserned in that tract of Land which is Called Stebenses & resign sd Land to the town of Colchester — At A meeting of the proprioters of Colchester held Septembr ye 30th : 1715. the proprioters granted to wil- liam Robords Juner ten acres of Land joyning to his home lott : & his other Deuision Land : on condistion that Joseph Dewey relinquish & giue up to the Comons that seuen acres of Land at the rear of John Jonsons home lot : which If said Dewey Doth : then sd Dewey shall also haue Liberty to take up seauen acres in lew of it : & to take it not within two miles of the town platt & Micaiell Taintor senr is hearby Impowered to take a Deed of the sd Land of the sd Dewey in behalf of the proprioters to be town Comons for euer : at ye meeting aforesaid the proprioters Reserue that Land from mr eliots third Deuision Land to midelltowne Bounds whare it Crosses Samon Reuer : & so from mr eliots Land to Richard Cariers Deuision : that no person shall take up any Land thare untill our Comitie have Don with easthaddam Comitie as to exchang of Land : at the meeting aforesaid the proprioters Declared by a voate that thay did Relinquish stubinses titell of Land, that is to say all yt part of it that lyeth in east haddam Bounds : — at the same meeting the proprioters voated to Confirm that se- questration of Land made By the towne Jenewary the 24th : 1705 : we say we do now giue it vp to be town Comons for euer as it is thare prescribed : exsepting what is Granted, & layd out to ephream foot & others that haue Already Layd out land Regulerly within sd Bounds : or exchanges of Land already made & not yet Layd out : further the proprioters voated to sequester for towne Comons for euer : all the Land on the east side of the town : that is not Already Layd out that is to say to Begin at the upper or north end of the north 143 meadow & from that to run on the west side of the hill half a (mile ?) thenc it runs acros the hill easterly to a poppell swomp. At a meeting of the proprioters of Colchester Aprell the 30th : — the proprioters voated that whare it hath hapened that in the Riming of the bounds betwene our Neighbouring towns & us any part of any perticqler Deuision be Cut of or Left out from our town bounds : the surueyer is hearby Impowered to Lay out so much Land to the persons so sufering as is taken of by said lines : & to be taken Joyning to the said Deuision if thare be Room : the like may be Don by any perticqler per- sons that Interfear : by thair Deuision in laping one Deuision on another in former layings out : At a meeting of the proprioters of Colchester June ye 12th : 1716 — the proprioters voated to make void the Return of the suruey of land for Major John Leuinston Dated Janewary the 10th: 1709-10 it being laid out By John Skiner & Samll pel- lett — thay haueing layd out one hundred acers more then the Grant v/as : at a proprioters meeting held in Colchester Nouember the 3d : 17 — the proprioters voated to Confirm the grant formerly granted to Major John Leueston of two hundred acers of land by the town : to be taken up acording to the said grant : & not to Infring upon any other former grants or former layings out : granted by the town or proprioters — at the meeting afore- said the proprioters voated yt the land Lately Recouered in the law of Samuell waters alies Coleman of hebron shall not be taken up by any person : but be disposed of by the proprioters & no other way — June 12th: 1716 was a meeting of the proprioters of Col- chester: Samuell Northam & Capt Gilbert ware Chosen a Commitie to Inquier & git the best Information thay Can by taking a vew of the Land which mr thatcher Claims within the township of Colchester & make Returne to the next proprio- ters meeting — further the proprioters passed a voat that the 144 seting up in wrighting on ye meeting hous dore the time when thare is a proprioters meeting apoynted at least ten days before the time apoynted : shall be a sufficient warning for such meeting — Wharas sundry persons haue thro a misunderstanding of the sequestration of town Comons made Septembr 30th: 1715: laid out & Caused to be Recorded sundry tracts of land as fourth Deuision within sd sequestration : we sd proprioters Do now Declare By a voate that all such layings out & records to Be Elegall : & that the persons that haue so taken up land shall haue libertie to take up thair Deuisions elce whare — At the same meeting the proprioters did further sequester on the west side of the town begining at Richard Carriers hows & to Run by moudus road till it Corns to saxtons Land : thenc to run west till it Corns to ye pine swomp: then to run on the east side of sd pine swomp till it Com to Jeremis Reuer : exsepting what is Already Layd out : all the Remander to Be & Remaine to Be town Comons for euer — The following is taken from the Watrous Copy of the 1st Book of Colchester Town Records — viz : " Att a Town meeting held at Colchester Jan. 11: 1703, granted unto Samuel Loomis & John Skiner their first Devision of land on the Hill where they have broken up — Nextly granted to Ebenezer Dibble his first Division of upland on the West hill where he hath broke up — Further granted Charles Williamses Division shall ly on the south side of Samuel Loomis : s Division — Next granted John Adams : s Division * # * * Next granted to William Shipman a home lott on the south side of John Hopsons home lott on condition that he come off the Hill and live on it — Further it was voted that every man shall be obloyged and absolutely bound to cut down all the under Brush half the way 145 across the Street against his home-lott — and every one that shall fall eney tree in the Street shall clear it out of the Street within one month after he hath fallen it & if he doth not he shall pay five shillings to him that shall clear it out from the Street— At a Town meeting February 3rd 1703 Granted to Andrew Carrier the swamp * * * Nextly granted to John Skin- ner the swamp lying at the northwest end of Long-meadow — Nextly granted to Josiah Gillet & his sone Josiah fifty-six acres — Further granted to Joseph Pratt & Ebenezer Coleman their first Division * * * — Nextly granted to Benjamin Skinner a home lott. At the meeting Jan. 21 : 1703 Granted to Joseph Wright his first division of upland — Further granted to John Bacor his first Division of upland — Nextly granted to James brown his first Division. Nextly granted to James Taylor his Division for one hundred pound Right on the east side of that granted to his father Stebbins — Nextly granted to Richard Carrier his Division of upland * * * Nextly granted to Joshua Wheeler a home lott — Nextly granted to Moses Rowley his Division of meadow in the meadow called Emenses meadow — Nextly granted to Nathll Kellogg six acres — At a Town meeting April first 1703 Granted to Thomas Day the lott that was formerly granted to Joseph Chamberlin — At a Town meeting Dec. 30th 1702 — The Town voted that there should be a highway on the south side of Ebenezer Dib- bles home lott to go to the meadow — Nextly granted to John Adams & Joseph Pumery * * * Nextly granted An- drew Carrier a home lott on the south side of the highway against Goodman Kilborns Lott — Provided he cometh of the Hill — further the Town grant that he shall have a two hundred pound lotment — Nextly it was voted that the first devision of upland next the home Lotts shall be 30 acres to the hundred pound Lotment — 13 146 At a meeting held in Colchester May 28th 1 702 it was voted that Mr. John Stebbins should have one hundred acres of land lying at the south end of the meadow called Stebbin : s meadow only there shall be a conveniant highway betwixt that and the meadow and he is to have no more land untill the rest of the Inhabitants are made equal with him — At a Legal Town meeting held in Colchester Feb. the 3d. 1702 In consideration that Mr Nathaniel Foot is taken away by Death and thereby incapable to perform the articles of Set- tlement the Town have voted to take his lott into their own hands — further it was voted to grant the lott aforesaid unto Nat hi Foot son of Nathl. Foot deceased — At the meeting aforesaid granted unto Shubel Rowley a parsellof land — At the meeting aforesd. granted John Hopson a home lott where he has built — At a meeting held in Colchester August 20th 1702 Granted unto Eben. Coleman that lott which was John Gillets provided he doth forthwith make improvements & set up a Tan Yard in the Town and settle in the Town with all convenient speed — At a Legal town meeting held in Colchester Oct 29 : 1705. It was voted that whereas there was a Thanksgiving appointed to be held on the first thursday of riovember and our present circumstances being such that it cannot with conveniency be attended on that day it is therefore voted and agreed by the inhabitants as aforesaid considering the thing will not be other- wise than well resented that the second thursday of Nov. afore- said shall be set apart for that service — At the Town meeting aforesaid it was voted and agreed by the inhabitants aforesaid that the matter of our difference with the" Indians about our lands should at this present be left with the Rev. Mr John Bulkley to bring the sd difference to a composition — At a Legal town meeting held in Colchester Aprill2 : 1705 granted unto Thomas Brown his first Division of upland — " 147 The following are specimens of the Recording of Michaell Taintor of " Brainford," Conn., (father of Micaiell Taintor, Esq., of Colchester) who was Recorder of Brainford for several years previous to A. D. 1672, in which year he deceased. "ffeb: 6th: 1667 Sargent John Ward hath Sould: and Alenated vnto John Potter all his deuision of meddow Laying att Scotes Cape meddow : Commonly so called : wch peece of meddow is fower Ackeres : more or Lese : & itt is bounded by Mathew Moulthrop on the north & by a ffence and bounded by Danill Dod on the South : and the Saide John Potter is for to pay Rates for this meeddow to the Towne of Brainford. June the 10th: 1669 Mich: Taintor sould Aliened & sett ©uer vnto John Potter : his haiers : Exectors Adminestrators & Assings his Deuison of medow Laying att Scotts Cape medow : & by some called mosceto Coue : being one Acker & halfe more or Lese: being bounded by Samuiell Wards medow westerly : & by : ye medow wch was Samuill Rose Easterly : & by : vpland northerly & by : a Cricke : Easterly : also : ye saied Mich : Taintor : hath sould vnto ye said John Potter: ye ffence yt did belong vnto ye medow aboue.menshond — June the 10th : 1669 : John Rogers Exchanged his medow yt he bought of Daniell Dod wch peece of medow Layes att Scotts Cape medow : being bound by yt medow wch was Rich- ard Hrison easterly & by vpland northerly : & by ye farm Riuer southerly & by John Potters medow westerly : all wch parsells of medow the sayed John Rogers hath Alienated & sett ouer vnto John Potter his haires execetors Adminestrators & Assings for euer quiatly to Injoy for & in Consideration of a peace of medow yt The saied John Potter bought of Samuill Rose & Mich : Tayintor : ye wch medow layes att Scotts Cape medow : & by some Called moscetto Coue being bound by vp- land northerly: & by Sam Ward westerly & by a Cricke easterly : & by a Cricke Southerly — Know All men by these prsents yt I Daniell Rose of Weath- ersfeild in ye County of Hartford haue sould Allinated & sett 148 ouer vnto Eliazar stinte of Brainford in ye County of New Hauen : my house & Barne : Oorcheat & home Lotts wth my Lott of medow Laying att Harrisons medow : being ffower Ackers more or Less : & my Lott of medow Laying att ye Indian Necke being 3 Ackers more or Lesse : wth three Rod of generall ffence : And ffor & in Consideration hearof ye saied Eliazar Stinte is for to pay or Cause for to be payed vnto the saied Daniell Rose : his haiers Exectors Administrator or As- sings I'he full & Just som of fforty & two Pounds ye wch is for to be paied in manor as ffolloweth : yt is to say one fowereth part in good wintor wheat att ffower shillinges & sixe penc pr bushell : & one fowerth part in good peass att three shillings & six penc pr bushell : & one fowerth part in good And Mar- chantabell poork : att three Pounds & ten shillings pr barrell : and one fowerth part in neat Cattell : att Corne prise : the Cattell are ffor to be vnder ten yeare old : & in case yt thay can not Agree betwene themselues : the Cattell are for to be prised by two men) : Twenty and one pounds of the Afore saied fibre ty and two pounds is for to be payed here in Brain- ford : vnto the saied Daniell Rose : or his assinges : in some house where the saied Daniell Rose shall Appoynte : the wch is ffor to be paied : one the fiue & Tacenteth day of March next Insueing the date hereof: wch will be in ye yeare 1671 : And the other Twenty & one pounds is for to be paied vnto ye saied Daniell Rose or his Assinges here in Brainford on the twenty & fifth day of March in ye yeare 1672 : att some house where the saied Daniell Rose Shall Appoynt, All wch housing & barne : & Oorcheat & home Lotts And medowes aboue men- shoned : I do acknowledge ffor to haue sould & Allinated & set ouer vnto the saied Eliazar Stinte : his haires Exectors Adminestrators & Assings : for his owne proper Right — fireely & quiatly & peaceabely for to Injoy the same for euer, And wthout molistation to haue & to hould itt: for his owne for euer, : in Wittnesse hereof the saied Daniell Rose hath here- vnto sett his hand & seeall this 25 : day of March : one Thou- 149 sand sixe hundred & seuenty — Daniell Rose. Signed Seealled : and deliuered in ye prsents of vs : Mich : Taintor Thomas Harrison " "Brainford ye 9th day of ffebr 167Qp-This Towne hath tfreely Giuen & Granted vnto William Rosewell of New-Ha- uen Marcht (merchant. — c. M. t.) & to his heires for euer Oone Parcell or neck of vpland : bounded one ye Northeast by a deepe fall in ye Rockey hummocke : on ye northwest sid of ye Beuer swompe : fFrom thence alongst a swampe or Gully yt Leads into a deepe Coue of ye ffurnace Pond on ye Westerne sid : bounded by the sd ffurnace Pond : and one ye southerne side by yt wch was formerly called ye Beauer brooke & one ye Easterne side by Beauer Swamp, also one Necke or poynte of vpland on ye southerly side of ye Beauer brooke wch is bounded by two great trees one of yem a wallnute tree : the other A stooping white oak wch are to be marked out : & by a straight Line runing frrom ye Beauer brooke through these two trees vntell itt falls in with the beauer swampe : ffurther ye Towne doth grant vnto ye saied Roswell & his heires for euer One full fowerth Pte (part. — c. m. t.) of the beauer swampe wch shall be drowned to ye killing of ye (trees ?) — And vnderwood that growes thereon by meanes of a damen : made at ye charge of ye saied Roswell or his order : And the Towne is further to maintayne & vphold ye Labours and Servants of ye sd Roswell: with all ye Power they haue in ye quiet & peacable Carrying on of the damme and otherwise Relateing to ye sd swampe and vpland, The saied Rosewell is to haue his Oone fowerth Pte of ye saied beauer swamp Joyning to his neck of vpland from the beauer damme to his Northeaster moste bounds of ye sd neck of vpland or otherwise as hee & they Towne shall Agree : And the towne doth further engage to bare theyr three fowerth Pte of ye Charge of ye Divideing the swamp & to Lay out the saied Roswells one fowerth Pte vnto him when hee or his heires shall desier itt to be done : & yt hee shall haue Liberty of high 13* 150 waves & Commonage for his Cattell & stooke (stock. — c. m. t.) & A drift waye to ye Northeast wards : doeing no damage to Ptiucler men : ffor And in Consideration whereof ye s lied William Roswell his^tLabouers seruants or Assings is to m ke a sufficent Damme & sluce for ye Drowning & drayning of as much of the saied swampe as hee can so as ye waste watter may Run out of The nicke in ye Lowest place digging a small Channell if need Requier : And to maientayne ye sd damme for ye terme of seven years from ye tim of ye finishing thereof: And to begin ye worke this ensueing Summer & to finish ye damme wthin three yeares from the day of ye date hereof Ac- counted : or elce the Land to Returne to ye use of ye Town againe. Recorded by order " — The conditions of the foregoing Grant (viz. the making "of a sufficient Damme & sluce ") were fulfilled by Wm. Rosewell as appears by a subsequent writing, in the hand of Eleazar Stent, to wit, — " At a generall " meeting of the Inhabetants of the Towne of Branford 29 April one thousand six hundred seventy and Three at the Request of Mr William Rosewell of Newhaven Mar- chant : The Inhabitants of the said Towne did then & there appoint the Select men ot the Towne to take Cogniscence of the Daram & sluce made by the said Roswell (or at his Cost & Charges) for the drowning & draining of the Beaver swomp as may more at large appeare by a Record of agreement made between the said Towne and the said william Rosewell bearing date the Ninth day of february In the year of our lord 1670 in persuance whereof we the select men of the said Towne of Branford appearing at the said Damm and sluce of the Beaver swomp made at the charge of the said Roswell this fifth day of may In the year of our lord one thousand six hundred seventy and three do find the said Damm and sluce finished according to his agreement made with the Towne witness our hands Wil- liam lloadlie The marke S of Samuell Ward" 151 Our ancestors spelt the same name variously as the following writing shews — "July 12 — 1667 Laurance Ward sould his house and land both vpland and medowes fences wayes waters and water Coureses even his whole accomedations that hee hath in brand- foord to Mr. John Collins of riuers mouth witnes my hand Laurance Ward — augu.st the 10. 67 hee was voted in a towne meeting to be accepted to be a planter in the towne " The celebrated " New Plantation & Church Covenant " of Brainford, was written by Michaell Taintor, and a portion of the signatures are in his hand. A transcript of it is as follows, viz : "Jana.y 20th 1667 Forasmuch as yt it Appeares yt the vn- dertaking & the settlement of this place of Brainford was Se- cured by & for men of Congregationall principles as to Church order according to ye platforme of disceplaine agreed on by the Senate in 48 : or thare aboutes drane from ye word of god in ye which wee yt yett Remaine hear can say wee have found much peace And quiatnes to or (our) great Comfort for ye wch wee desier for to bless god & yt itt may so Remaine vnto such as do Continue thaire abode in this place & to Such as Shall Come in to fill vp ye Roumes of those yt are Remoued & yt do intend for to Remoue from this place of Brainford. We all do see Cause now ffor to agree yt an orthodexe mines- ter of yt Judgment shall be called in and settled Amongste vs — The gathering of Such A Church shall be Incouraged — The vpholdment of Such Church Officeors shall not want pporshan- all supplye & maintainence According to Rull — We will not in Any wise Incroch vpon or disturbe their Liberties in so walk- ing from time to time & att all times — Nor will wee bee any 152 wayes Iniurious vnto them in ciuill or Ecclesticall Respectes & this wee ffreely and volentarily Ingage our selues vnto Jointly & seurally so Long as wee Remayne Inhabitantes in this place & thus wee bind our Selues vnto by our Subscription vnto this Agreement — It is also Agreed yt whosoever shall Come for purchise or Admitted a ffree planter hear shall so Subscribe befor his Admittance or his Bargine Vallid in Law Amongst vs — Jasper Crane John Wilford Tho. Blachly Samuill Plum Mich : Taintor John Collens Mich : Pamer John Ward John Linsley John Robins Jonathan Rose George Adames John Whithead Samuill Ward Edward ffrisbee Henry Gratwick Mathew Bickatt Thomas Harison Thomas Whedon Georg Seward (So far " Mich : Taintor " wrote the signatures to the foregoing instrument, drawn up by himself, and of which he was doubtless the author. — c. m. t.) Robart Foot George Page Thomas Gutsell Daniell Swaine Samuell Pond Isaac Broadley Edward Ball William Hoadle Eleazar Stent John Rogers Samuell Bradfeld John Charles Sigismond Richals William Rosewell Edward Barker Peter Tyler Anthony Howd John Adames Thomas Sargent Moses Blachly Jan Worters John ffrisbe John Linsley Junr William Maltbie John Rose Bar- tholomew Goodrich John Taintor Francis Tyler." — APPENDIX. "A List of the Polls &c for the 1st Society" (Colchester) "for 1787. Jonathan Bigelow Nehemiah Gillet Ebnr Kellogg Junr Nathan Williams James Bigelow Richard Skinner Jr David Burnham Russel Gillet Joseph Gillet Junr Daniel Bulk- ley Stephen Brown Nathl Clark Gideon Lomis Gersham Bulk ley David Bulkley Hannah Fuller Asa Swan Roger Bulkley Joseph Gillet Chauncey Wells John Bulkley Ebenr Kellogg Isham Chapman Elipht Davenport Charles Taintor Elijah Fuller Joshua Bulkley Ela Gillet Gersham Bulkley Junr Abner Chapman Asa 'Baker Darius Clark Jonathan Sabins Jonathan Deming Saml Hassard Amasa Kellogg John Watrous Thomas Skinner Joseph Foot Amos Kellogg John Pratt Daniel Pratt Joseph Taylor Elisha Kellogg Allen Wight- man John *& Wm Bulkley Zebulon Strong Rozel Chamberlin John Kellogg Theodore Waters Joseph Isham Jr Elihu Clark Thomas Vibber Lemuel F. Vibber Noah Colman Charles Bulkley 2d. Daniel Watrous Charles Taintor Jr. Dudley Wright Wm Townsend John Breed Sam. Bridges Abigail Worthington John R. Watrous Nehemiah Daniels Ezek.l Daniels Mary Kellogg Dan.l & Steph.n Foot Noah Pomroy Darius Hills Joseph Hills Hosea Foot Reuben West Mary Marriner Thos. F. Crouch John Taintor Thankful Thompson Wm Hall Daniel Kellogg Eleazer Edes John T. Otis Nath.l Otis John Button Ezra Clark Obed Alvord Elijah Northam Elisabeth Kilborn Edmond Bridges David Kilborn B. & J. N. Beadle Abner Kellogg Jeremiah Mason James F. Mason Abner Hills Deliverance Waters John Otis Joseph Bulkley Asa Archer Elizabeth Foot Justin Little John Wells Jr Uzziel Foot Jeremiah Foot Daniel Isham Benj.n Hatch Jonathan Keeny Solomon Wolcott- John Chamberlin John Cavarly Joshua Hall Amos Randall Daniel Judd David Wyles Benj.n Quiterfield Charles Bulkley Israel Newton Junr. Eliph.t 154 Bulkley Ezra Clark Junr Israel Newton 3d. Ephraim Clark Habakuk Foot Dudley Wright Jr. John Clark Timo. Judd Pier- pont Bacon Elihu Warner 8am. Church 2d Oliver Warner Asa Treadway Ephraim Wells Daniel Bulkley Junr Job Taber W.d Sarah Wells George Palmer Jcab Beebe Elias Palmer Jr. Phlilip Cavarly Josh.a Morgan Jona. Morgan 2d. John Newton Jr John Palmer Israel Newton Amos Wells Asa New- ton Elijah Worthington Jr. Joel Bigelow Elijah Worthington Dan Worthington Samuel Lomis Benj.n, Wm & Christo. Eliery Gilbert Denison Christo. Dean Joseph Webb Israel Lomis W.m Bulkley Peleg Ransom Wid. Ann Wells Martin Wells Solomon Scovil Elisha Scovil David Scovil Elias Palmer John Treadway Ama Ransom Wid. Daniel Welch Jr. Elijah Kilborn Elisha Bigelow Asahel Newton John Cavarly Jr. Wm Worthington Samuel Church Nathan Warner Stephen Rossetter Asa Bigelow Elisha Dodge Oliver Brown Peter Graves Jr. Wm Thompson George Dodge Jesse Craw Samuel Church Jr. Anna Church Israel W. Wells John Wright Robert Bramble Eliph t Gillet Daniel Colman Russell Kellogg Nath.l Chamberlin Jr. Joseph Wright Jonathan Watrous Asa Graves Daniel Clark Daniel Pratt Jr. Nath Chamberlin Isaiah Munn Samuel Kellogg Joseph Johnson Charles Foot Daniel Bennet Benj.n Munn Miles Wright Azariah Wright Ephraim Little Ambrose Strong John Elliot Esq.r Shubael Clark Daniel Whitney Richard H. Huntley." " List of the Polls &c for the Parish of Westchester for the year 1787. Noah Skinner Ezra Bigelow Caleb Gifford Joseph Day Jr. Judah Scovil Sam.l Carrier Joseph Crocker Dan.l William &im.l Isham Daniel Pratt 3d. Joseph Day Weeks Williams John Carrier Samuel Brown Adonijah Foot Elijah Williams Timothy Waters Benj.n Adams Jr. Israel Kellogg John Isham Asa Day Amasa Mitchel Samuel Skinner Aaron Barbur Elea- zer & Eleazer Dunham Jr. Adriel Sabins, Eldad Sabins Jon.a Bass Abraham Day Henry Waters Elijah Day Benj.n Hun- tington Noah Isham Stephen Skinner Noah Skinner Jr. Knight Sexton John Ackley George Sexton Robert Young Eph.m Scovel Reuben Scovel Darcas Niles Nath.l Warner Jr. Joseph Carrier Jona. Northam Jr. Robert Shattuck Susannah Gates Sarah Yeamans Elijah Smith Joseph Whitmore Joseph Fuller Simon Brainerd Jr. Ezra Ramsdale Stephen & William Brain- ard Isaac Isham Isaac Isham Jr. Green Bigsby Sally Yeamans Thomas Shaw Simeon & Timo. Crocker David Yeamans 155 Amasa Day Ezekiel Lord Charles Williams John Williams Phineas Sabins Judah Lewis James Sexton Reuben Foot Uriah Carrier Henry Champion Esq. Henry Champion Jr. Jehiel Isham Nath.l Foot Jr. David Sfeattuck Stephen Brainard Jr. Nath'l & Aaron Foot Erastus Worthington Samuel Loomis Jonathan Dunham Joseph Isham John Bigelow John Big< low Jr. Joseph Loomis John Mitchel Solomon Loomis John Elliot Esq.r John Blish Tho.s Williams John Isham Jr. Joseph Ran- som John Olmsted Gad Worthington Amasa Brown Cephas Cone John Day Josiah Cridenton Ambrose Niles Israel Skin- ner James Me. Craeken Jacob Babbit John Staples Benjamin Staples Isaac Jones John Skinner Josiah Foot Elijah Staples Jr. David Adams — " " List of the Polls &c for the Parish of New Salem for the year 1787. Elias Worthington Asa Worthington Israel Bulk- ley Nath.l Otis (Mont) Joshua Rathbun Nath.l Harris David Ferman Freedom Chamberlin John Ferman Daniel Gates Ebenezer Lathrop^ Oliver Wells John Way Peter Bulkley Langford Cartey Samuel Gates W.d Catharine Holms Samuel Way John Cartey Jr. Ebenezer Rogers Abraham Randall Levi Way James Williams Jeremiah Marshall Daniel Gardner William Wells Joshua Way John Marshall Benja.n Randall Clark Cartey Joseph Harris Rufus Randall Jr. Asahel Newton Jr. Abner Chapman Jr. Abel Rathbun Silvester Randall Rufus Randall Peter Bulkley Jr. Silas Stark Uriah Lathrop (Boz.) Asa Randall Joseph Black Robert Douglass Robert Henry John Holms Sam.l Rathbun John Douglass Thomas Gates John Tennant John Deathick Abraham Avery Marvin Gates Joshua Rathbun Jr. W.d Abigail Treadway Jonathan Rathbun John Henry George Holms Nathan Stark Daniel Fitch Elias Randall Moses Rathbun Samuel Holms Thomas Fitch Elijah Kilborn Bond Bigelow Jacob Buell Ezra Brown Wm Chapman Jonathan Dodge Jr — Gustin Walter Gustin James Hamilton Guidon Hamilton Amos Jones Jabez Jones Jabez Jones Jr. John Loomis John Newton Elias Peck David Purple Bliss Ransom Asahel Rainsom James Ransom Zebulon Water- man Daniel Dodge John Cartey Elisha Chapman John Fox Benj.n Morgan Ichabod Chapman Jona. Chapman Ichabod Chapman Jr. Caleb Clark Asa Daniels Elihu Dodge Wm Gardner James Hambleton Abiel Hambleton Eli Harris Amos Jones Jr. Hez.k Kilborn Amasa Kilborn Daniel Lothrop Joseph Lathrop Edward Loveridge David Loveridge Abner Lov- Ill 637 P LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 156 eridge Wm Loveridge John Lovi Sam.l Morgan Wm Morgan W.d . Miller Thos. Miller Jr. Wm Miller Andrew Oliver Wd Sarah Peck Amasa Ransom Wm Ransom Israel Ransom Irenius Ransom Job ' Rathbun Thos. Shaw David Tread way Elijah Treadway Isaiah Treadway James Treadway Alpheas Treadway John Williams Jr. Joel Worthington Samuel Rogers Elias Harris Wm Welch Gideon Chapman Thomas Brown Daniel Shaw Freeman Gates John Scott — " " List for Marlborough Society for 1787. Samuel Adams David Bigelow Elijah Buell Jr. Elisha Buell Joseph Berry Daniel Bigelow Azariah Bigelow Zelotis Bigelow Wd. Esther Blish Ezra Blish Asa Blish Joshua Bolles Thos. Carrier Senr. Ttos. Carrier Junr. Benj.n Curtice Benj.n Curtice Jr. Isaac Carrier Ezra Carter Eleazar Carter Joseph Carrier Jr. James Caton Hinry Dayton Amos Dean Jr. Timothy Dutton Marvin Dayton Abner Dean Jesse. Eames Wd. Patience Eells John Eells Saml. Finley Comfort GofF 2d. Charles GofF Comfort Goff Saml. D. GofF Squire GofF Enos Horstbrd Lebbeus Hills Jr. Daniel Horstbrd Thomas Hills Jacob Ingraham Levi Dunham Daniel Judcl Jr. David Kneeland Moses Kellogg Epaphras Lord Epaphras Lord Jr. Theodore Lord John B. Lord Ichabod Lord Elisha Lord, David Miller Ebenr. Macall Daniel Macall Jacob Macall Solomon Phelps Jr. Ashbel Phelps Benjn. Root Eben Strong David Strong David Skinner Wm Stoddard John Tennant Jr. John Taintor Jr. Wd. Lois Tracy Lazarus Waters Weeks Williams Asa Foot Esqr. Jona. Ingraham Samuel Cone Hepzibah Foot Joel Phelps Amos Burrows Timothy Phelps Wm Buell Elijah Buell." We have ascertained" where some more of the early settlers were from, viz. : Thomas Beebe, of New London ; Na- thaniel "Cahone," (Calhoun,) from Warwick, R. I ; Philip Caverlee, of Lebanon : John Chapman, from New Lon- don : James Crocker, from Barnstable ; Joseph " Dalee,"«from " Prouedenc" ; Thomas Day, from Hartford ; Benjamin Fox, from New London ; Daniel Galusiah, from Weston ; Joseph Harrington, of Watertown ; James Harris, from New Loudon (1717) ; John Hopson, from Rhode Island; Isaac Jones, from Weston ; Samuel Knight, from Plainfield ; Benjamin Lewes (Lewis), from Falmouth; Robert M enter, from Lyme; Mor- gans, from New London ; James Mun, from Springfield ; Rob- ert Stapels, from Lyme ; William Worthington, from Hartford. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 111 637 A #