mass f A- V Book - -HLLX^, 1t?'i li 2 1^^^- -4^. 1 I C V " ' 5 ^1 1 ^ 1 J 5 f^i e^" ^r> (^ . 3'« .|^| 4H'^^^441-s«44l PROPRIETORS' Records of Tyng Township 1735- -- 1741 WITH NOTES AND SKETCHES BY GEORGE WALDO BROWNE MANCHESTER, N. H.: MANCHESTER HISTORIC ASSOCIATION 1901. ^^i ^ CONTENTS. Tyno Township, with Inthoduction and Editorial Notes. By George Waldo Browne, 1-84 Chapter I. The Debatable Ground, 1 Chapter IT. Acts and Grants of Tyng Township, 12 Coimnittees' Report, - - - ■ - - 12 The Grant, 13 The Grant amended, - - - - - - 15 The Survey, - - - - - - - - 16 Surveyor's report, - - - - - - - 16 Confirmation to the grantees, - - - - - 17 ■ Shortage of Land, - - - - - - 19 Tyng Township belonged to Middlesex County, - 19 The Piscataquog grant, ------ 20 Plan of addition to Tyng grant, - - - - 20 Grants and settlements of early Manchester, - - 22 Passaconnaway srant, ------ 23 Chapter HI. Propkietors' Records of Tyng Township, 26 Warning for the first meeting, - - - - 26 First meeting of the grantees, - - - - 26 Captain William Tyng's snow shoe men, - - - 26 The warrant for second meeting, - . . . - 29 Meeting at West ford, 30 Report of committee on accounts, - - - - 34 Assignment of lots, ------ 35 Committee to sustain certain claims, - - - 40 Report of Committee in regard to disputed 1680 acres, 40 Action for a saw-mill, -----. 42 Meeting to raise money, ..... 44 Action in regard to hiring a minister, - - - 47 Vote to build a meeting-house and inquire into the boundary dispute, ------ 53 Raise money for preaciiing, ----- 58 Vote not to have a clerk, ----- 59 Expense of raising a meeting-house. - - - 64 Chapter IV. Location and Description of Lots, 78 Action for indemnity, .----- 78 The old record book, - . - - - - 80 IV CONTENTS. Chapter V. Action to Recover Loss of Grant, 81 Grantees of Tyng Township seek relief, - - - 81 Petiiion of Proprietors for equivalent grant, - - 81 Town of Wilton, Maine, granted, - - - - 84 Colonel Joseph Blanchard. George Waldo Browne 85 Captain William Tvng. George Waldo Browne. 87 Early Settlement of Kelley's Falls. Wm. E. Moore. 89 PREFACE. It has been a little over two years since the Manchester His- toric Association published its first bound volume of Collections, which has been received with so much favor. I'his, the sec- ond volume, is believed to be as worthy of recognition as that which preceded it, and will, it is hoped, prove of even greater value to the future student of local history. The transcription of the Records of the grantees of Tyng Township proved an arduous undertaking, but it was carried through as rapidly and carefully as the circumstances would permit. While a few errors, unavoidable in a work of this kind, may have crept in, it is believed there are few, if any, of serious consideration. The proof of the Records of Tyng Township, which was essential that it should be correct in order to possess any value in a printed form, was read carefully by the original in the book, and the text strictly followed in the use of capitals and spelling, as well as in phraseology. The thanks of the undersigned are due the Association for its hearty support in their work, and to the individuals who have so willingly assisted in an enterprise which could not have been accomplished without such friends. GEORGE VV. BROWNE, SYLVESTER C. GOULD, FRANCIS R. EATON, EDGAR J. KNOWLTON, FRED W. LAMB. Piihlication C(Mninittee. HISTORY AND TRADITION OF EARLY MANCHESTER, N. H, CHAPTER I. THE DEBATABLE GROUND. ^Six miles of river, " a hideous svaterfall," long ribs of yellow sand thrown in disjointed array on the river's bank, a back- ground of ancient pines and oaks, less than a score of primi- tive dwellings, with log walls and bark or thatched roofs, fifty or sixty men, women and children imbued with the stubborn spirit of the trying times, a solitary Avigwam standing by the skirt of the forest, its dusty occupant droning in the doorway over the unhappy fate of his race, and with a bitterness creeping into his soul in spite of his professed Christianity ; these com- prised the warp and weft of the old township, which never found a place on the maps, but which still lives in tradition as Old Harry's Town. Throw over the landscape that dreary lone- liness belonging to a primeval wilderness, over the minds and hearts of men the deep cloud of feelings arising from religious differences and hostile settlements, and you have completed the 2 OLD HARRT S TOWN. picture, mentally and physically, of the birthplace of the Man- chester-on-the-Merrimack. If the sand dunes heaped upou the river-banks like the Tvaves of an ancient flood caught by some mysterious power and held forever in tension made a forbidding picture in their dark- green setting of everlasting pines, and gave small promise of a harvest to the husbandman, this particular region of the Merri- mack was bountiful in its riches of another nature. P'or un- numbered centuries the surrounding wildwoods had been a veri- table Happy Hunting-Ground for the dusky-hued race that held it under the natural law of primeval possession as their domain. These wild warriors were beardless men of tall, straight figure, coal-black hair, copper-hued skin, prominent nose, high cheek bones, and small, dark, piercing eyes, which could look at the midday sun without flinching. They advanced through the dim aisles of the forest with a swift, silent step, one foot being placed directly in front of the other, and not as a white man walks with toes turned out. Their primitive costume con- sisted simply of deer-skin leggings, skin robes, or hunting shirts in winter, and moccasins made also of deer-skin ; this simple garb being made more picturesque by fringes and ornaments painted in bright colors. Their principal weapon was a long stout bow of hornbeam, or some equally strong wood, with flint-headed arrows, while they made out of a small, flat stone, with wooden handle attached by deer thongs, a sort of clumsy hatchet called the " tomahawk." These, with a bone or flint hunting knife, comprised their weapons of defense. Their sole implement of tilling the soil was a hoe made from a clam shell, or a moose's shoulder blade attached to a wooden handle by means of strips of deer skin. Their rnde dwellings, called wig- wams, were built by sticking small saplings or branches of trees into the ground in a circle, having their tops bent over and fastened together so as to form a cone. This rough frame- work was then covered with mats of skins or bark, except a TTNG TOWNSHIP. O small aperture at the crest for the smoke to escape, and an opening on opposite sides for places of entrance and exit, be- ing thus arranged so that the one on the sunny or lee side could be always open, and the other closed. This race of strange people, styled savages because they knew nothing of the higher aspirations of civilization, pagans because they worshipped with superstitious simplicity the god of nature, and Indians because the discoverer of America be- lieved he had found a remote part of India and that they were the inhabitants, lived in the most primitive manner on the fish abounding in the ponds and streams aud the creatures roaming the wilderness. The only approach to agriculture of these bar- barians, who scorned work, was the tillage by their squaws, of maize or Indian corn, which tossed its gay tassels in the summer breeze on the sight of future cities long before the race which was to build them dreamed of the delicious sweetness of a johnny cake or corn pone. The squash, the bean and the pumpkin came in for a small share of attention. Having no mill with which to grind his grain the Indian was contented to crush it between two rocks, and boiling it soft, called the rare delicacy SouJcahtahhash, a name shortened to succotash which we apply to our dish of similar nature. So abundant was game in these regions it seemed a real " Happy Hunting-Ground " placed here for the mortal sons of the chase, and in as great pride and vain-glory as the mailed knight of old started on a crusade ngainst an enemy in some far-distant land did the dusky hunter stalk the giant moose (Alee Amerieamis) , that monarch of New P^ngland quadru- peds whose huge antlers, as it pursued some foe, crashed through the dense growth with resounding thwacks heard a mile away ; or it might be he sought with keener sight and lighter step the more timid, nimble -footed deer (Cariacns Americanns) , as it slaked its thirst in some limpid stream or leisurely browsed the tender birch or rank water grass. Right royal sport was that, not one whit lessened in real enjoyment by a hand-to-hand 4 OLD HARUY S TOWN. struggle with the aggressive bear ( Ursus Americanus) , or a swift measure of agility and strength with the treacherous wild cat or catamount {Felis lynx) . Did he care to seek smaller and less dangerous game there were the mischievous wolverine i^Gids luscus), the cunning fox (^Valpes falvus) , the sly raccoon {^Frocyon lotor), the nimble squirrel (^Sciurus leucotis), the skulking seecawJc (skunk — Mephitis Americanus) , the hiding woodchuck (Arctomys monax), with the ravenous wolf {Canis occidentalis) haunting him to give a spice of adventure to his sport. Did he wish different food, strutted across his path- way with a short-sightedness of danger surprising to him that American ostrich, the wild turkey (Meleagvis gallopavo), or in the denser woods lurked that arch denizen the quail ( Coturnix vulgaris), the restless ruffled grouse (^Bonasa umhellus), while the frightened partridge {Perdix cinerea) skurried at frequent intervals across his course. Did he seek for skins of fur to keep him warm during the long winters he ran down the short-legged otter (Lutra Cana- densis), as it coasted an embankment, leaving a track in the the snow which looked like the passage of a log; or seeking the amphibious, fur-bearing animals he trapped with his carefully laid snares that most sagacious quadruped of forest or stream the home-building beaver ( Castor rodentia) , which delighted in the still, deep waters, or he caught the cautious mink, as it burrowed in the river's bank, or he might content himself by capturing a musquash or muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), its oil sack affording a rare perfume for his dusky sweetheart, fully compensating for the poorer quality of its fur. There was still other game worthy of his arrows, and which he need not look for amid the shadows of the forest. These were the feath- ered denizens of the air, the wild birds on wing, foremo&t among which was the bald eagle {Haliaetus leucocepihalus) , soaring high overhead, as it swept grandly on toward its eyrie on some distant mountain, or the brown hawk (Bccipter Coojyeri) , swooping boldly down upon its unsuspecting prey, the busy TYNG TOWXSniP. O woodpecker (Picns minor), hammering at its chosen tree until the woods resounded with its steady blows, to say nothing of that night patrol, the white owl (Strix pratinoola) , breaking the silence of the gloom with its deep, bass cries, or its half- brother, the great horned owl (Bubo Virginiana) , barking like a dog, hallooing like a man, or mimicking with wonderful fidelity other cries land sounds of life. Of the aquatic tribe likely to tempt him was always first the magnificent snowy swan (Cygniis Americanus) , the condor of New England, standing so ^igh when on its feet as to reach its long bill seven feet into the air, presenting a grand sight when on wing. Next to this huge and beautiful bird was the wild or black goose (Anser Canadensis), a bird of passage, which led its feathered pha- lanx on its airy cruises in a huge, wedge-shaped body. Then there was the white goose (Anser GambelU) , more highly prized for being seldom seen, the black duck (Anas marila), possess- ing such marvelous wing powers, the noisy loon or diver (Cohjnibns (jladalis), and many other birds and beasts of lesser size but scarcely less prominent. If noted as the " Happy Hunting-Ground," the region of " Silver River "^ was famed still wider for its wonderful fisheries. If the woods were overrun with game, the sparkling waters fairly swarmed at their seasons with schools of alewives (Clupea serrafa), and shoals of eels (Anguilla tenurostris) , shad (Alosa prcestabilis) , salmon (Salmo salar), with a generous sprink- ling of sturgeons (Acipenser oxyrhynchiis), all waiting a pas- sage into the tributary streams or over the falls of the main river. Into this writhing mass the fisherman had only to urge his canoe and net or spear the fish as his fancy dictated, until he should tire of the wanton sport. Below the main fail Silver River is divided by rocky islands, the passages of water being easily rendered impassable for the fish by a weir that would not only hold those which might be caught at the time, but those which were driven back by an unsuccessful attempt to clear the steep cataract were carried into the toils, until they should 1 Indian term for the Merrimack. OLD HARRY S TOWN. be dragged forth at the convenience of their captors. If this kind of capture became too tame for the wild fisherman he had only to station himself on one of the rocky points over- hanging the channels and spear or net at will, never failing to secure a prize as long as he cared to keep up that sort of fishing. ^ Thus the very territory styled by the white man as Old Harry's town was an ideal resort to the red-browed brother- hood, many generations of whom hunted the foor-footed deni- zens of the ancient woods, snared its wild birds, netted or speared the innumerable fish swimming in its pools and basins, planted in its clearings their patches of maize, or paddled with remarkable skill their frail barks along its foaming rapids. Where their pale-face successors were to build their homes, within sight and sound of Namaske,^ stood the rude tepees of 1 SomethinsT of the great numbers of these fish may lie better unrlertsood by a statement of the fact that an numerously (lihnd ! — Potter. 2 Derivation — Araoskeag is d^rivpd from Names-(flsh) kee-(hii:h) et-(place), i. e " iiigli fi-h place," ain-eviated to Namas^ket which became in turn Naiiiaske, corrupted by the English into Namaoskeag, Amiisk"eag. Before the pr>-spnt order of sijellinic this word was fixed, itseems to have taxed to the ntmnst ihe in- genuity of the writer to jiive it ih ^ proper orthography, hence we find the name spelled over fifty ways, by as many writers, as follows : Ama«ceeg, Masonian Papers. AniaskeMg, Old Records. Amaskeeg, " '■ Amaskeeg flails, " " Amaskege, Charter, Dunbarton. amaskege, Ohl Recoriis. Am-auh-nour-skeag, frof. Th. R. Cros- by, Dartmouth. Old Records. Ambuskeeg, Ameeskeeg, ameskeeg, Anieskeig, Ameskeegl'fiills, Amiciskeg,* Ammaska^e, Ammau^skeeg, Atnmoskeeg, Ammoskeig, ' ammasceeg flails,' AmmusUeag, ' Aramuskeeg, ' Ammusklege, ' Amniskeag, ' Amos Ceeg, ' Aii.osi'eeg, Amosceig, Amoschees Amoskeag, Rev. Jos. Secombe. Old Records. Mass. His. Collections. Old Records. Now common. Amoskeag, Shipping list, Blodget canal. Amoskeej! Amnskeag, Anuiskeeg, Amuskeig, Amuskii'ge, Ainuskesf, Naiimkeake, Naimkeak, Naemkeek, Naimkeek, Nahuinkeag, Nainkeak, Namaschuck, Namaskeag, Namaoskeag, Namaske, Namaski, Namaskeeg, Namasket, Namask-'eke, Namaskiog, NaniniMskeag, Namoskeag, Nameskeeg, N.iumkeag, Naamueck, Skeag, Old Records. Lovell's .Journal, Old Records. Morris' Map. Old Records. N. T. True, M. D. Old Records, N- T. True. M. D. Old Reords. N. T. True, M. D. Old Records. John Mmith. Old Records, * A " pointe " of land in Eliot, Maine, had that name. TYNG TOWNSHIP. 7 these warriors, passing, it may be, the brigbest days of tbeir lives here. But what was so pleasant and desirable for them must iu the course of events excite the envy and covetedness of rival tribes, and the Pennacooks were often called upon to de- fend at frightful sacrifice their homes and primitive rights. From the west came the fierce Mohawks, with generations of hatred concentrated to be exploded upon them ; from the east came the terrible Tarratines, with revenge long nurtured in hearts that never forgot, each in turn waging their fearful bat- tles of extermination. The perils and privations the Massachusetts colonists were called upon to endure were so many and followed each other so closely that it was over a hundred years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth before the most adventurous of these pioneers had pushed their way north as far as the Paradise of the Red Men. They found the same evergreen monarchs of the forest, as had stood there for unknown ages, throwing their sombre shadows over the sunny waters ; they found the same sand dunes, which had lain there since the days of the ancient floods, heaped upon the river's banks like the waves of the ocean ; they found the stream, as of yore, abounding with fish and the woods with game ; they listened with awe to the thun- der of old Namaske, which had never been silent since the be- ginning; they found, flitting through the forest aisles like dusk}' spectres, or skimming in their phantom-like canoes the snowy cataracts of the river the few survivors of the doomed race, and again this valley was debatable ground. But the handful of Indians were poorly fitted to cope with their new enemies, and their resistance was not by open battle but through a predatory warfare lasting for years. It is ever so where barbarism and civilization meet. It is not certain when the first settler located within the bounds of the debatable ground. The Scotch-Irish began their settlement iu Nutfield in 1719. Having been refused a 8 OLD Harry's town. grant by the Provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, they accepted a deed from John Wheelwright, grandson of Rev. John Wheelwright, of an area of ten miles square known as Nutfield, and supposed to include the land to the east bank of the Merrimack from Cohas to Namaske. August 26, 1720, English colonists, who were opposed to them, obtained a grant from New Hampshire for almost the same territory, and with the same purpose of holding the fishing grounds of the Merri- mack. This grant was called " Cheshire," but afterwards was named Chester. In June 1722, the colonists were suc- cessful in getting from Governor Shute of New Hampshire a grant of ten miles square and supposed by them to cover the coveted tract along the river. In 1724 the first road was laid out with the Falls for the ob- jective point, and " keeping near to the old path to Amosceeg Falls." This road was returned in 1729, but the date of build- ing is unknown. It had probably become passable through use and was "never built. There is a tradition that the surveyor in determining the most direct course to follow caused a huge bonfire to be built at Amoskeag Falls, and was thus enabled to get his bearings! * Still it is not known any actual settler had fixed his abode in what has since become the territory of Man- chester, though it is possible the cabin of some solitary fisher- man stood under the gloaming of the primeval forest. This seems the more likely as the fishing at the Falls, which had drawn the Indian to its banks in the days gone by, was the natural magnet to entice the whites thither. Tradition, which is ever ready to nurture history, says that Rev. James McGregor of the Londonderry settlers was the first to visit the Falls. No doubt he was one of a party to reach the place soon after their coming to New Hampshire. At any rate he became the recipient of the first fish caught at the opening of each season by the members of his parish. Still, though the Londonderry people intended to hold the terri- tory about Namaske, they attempted no permanent settlement, TYXG TOWNSHIP. » as far as is known, until 1729. The Massachusetts people be- ginning to gather about the place, created an uneasiness among them, and April 22, 1731, it was voted to begin actual settle- ment there as soon as possible. Two years later, at the request of the town, John McNiel made the first permanent settlement, as far as can be ascertained, on .the strip of territory called Harrytown and within what is now the business portion of Manchester. Hie house stood near McNiel street between Elm and Canal streets. About that time, says Potter, William Gamble buili a log house on the east side of the brook which passed through the farm of his great grandson, Samuel Gam- ble. The path from Londonderry passed near his house and crossed the Cohas below the Haseltine mills. While the Scotch- Irish dallied in carrying out their inten- tions, a more potent factor was at work to circumvent them than they dreamed. The grants that had been made so far were what might be considered civil grants, with the intention of getting those who came with the purpose of actually settling and improving the country ; but Massachusetts, anxious to hold to the territory she claimed in the Merrimack valley, inaugurated quite a different system, which was to grant townships iu New Hampshire to certain individuals for what was thought proper to be denoted as meritorious service in fighting the Indians. The attacks of the Indians on the settlers was generally fol- lowed by an expedition of the whites against them. Some- times these retaliatory movements were made to rescue captives who had been carried off; sometimes they were undertaken out of a spirit of revenge for the injuries done them ; or they were done with the hope and intention of driving the enemy farther back toward Canada, or New France as it was then called, the French being on friendly terms with them. During the long and trying period of warfare over twenty of these expeditions were made into the territory of what now comprises the state of New Hampshire, always with the sanc- tion and encouragement of the Massachusetts province. Among 10 OLD Harry's town. others was the memorable expedition of Captain "William Tyng, which he led in the midst of the winter of 1703-4 up the valley of the Merrimack, past the Falls of Amoskeag to the rendez- vous of the Indians at Pequawkett, a party of thirty-six men on snow-shoes, surprised the enemy and bore back fivei bloody trophies as the prize, receiving a bounty of forty pounds^ for each scalp. This expedition went into history as the '' snow- shoe expedition," and was not only most successfully per- formed, but proved an example for others to imitate in the method adopted for travel.-^ Nearly twenty-five years after, seeing the grants being made to others no more deserving, the survivors of Capt. Tyng's ex- pedition petitioned to the General Assembly for their reward, and were favored by the grant of that tract of country on the Merrimack below Namaske, which had gained the disreputable name of Old Harry's Town, but which they changed to Tyng Township in honor of their leader, then dead. But claiming the territory by their grant from New Hampshire, the Scotch- Irish, several families of whom had now founded homes in the district, stoutly maintained their claims, so an intense rivalry sprang up between the two factious. The first of these were austere Orthodoxs in religious belief, made more inflexible in purpose by generations of opposition and oppression, while the latter were as rigid Presbyterians, also made intense in their convictions by long and bitter perse- cution. With these adverse ideas on that subject which was nearest their hearts, with mutual premonitions that each was seeking the other's ill fare, these two branches of the human family at a time and under conditions which should have made 1 Some say six. 2 It must be borne in mind 'that colonial money liad depreciated about one-third. 3 This statement is open to debate. As tlie winter apuroachod (1703) the fron- tier towns were orilered to provide a larsie number of snow-shoes (or tlie purpose of marcliing against the Indians. Major Winihror Hilton, Capt. .lohii <^lhn;in of Exeter, Capt. Chesli'y and ( apt. D.ivis of Oytter River, marched with tlieir com- panies on snow-shoi'S into the woods; but returned without success. (Belknap's History of New Hampshire, Vol. I, p. 33:i.) TYNG TOWNSHIP. 11 them faithful friends, became vindictive enemies. One faction looked upon the other as " intruders," and the second upon the first as " foreigners," forgetting in turn that they might come under the same denomination. No social or business inter- course was countenanced, while inter-marriage was looked upon as a curse. While no blood was shed at this time, a long and sanguinary struggle with all the stubborn opposition a bor- der hatred could arouse was begun on the banks of Silver River, and for the third time Namaske was Debatable Ground. In one respect the grantees of Tyng Township and their rivals were fortunate. They came during one of those transitory intervals of comparative peace, which came and went during the hundred years' war existing between the races like flashes of sunlight in a stormy season. In 1725 occurred the memo- rable Lovewell's fight, and a little later the overthrow of the French at Norridgewock, the evil genius of the red men, when the chief of the Abnaki Indians, then the most powerful tribe in Northern New England, signed a treaty of peace at Boston. This covenant of peace was not broken until 1744, and the whole history of Tyng Township is included within these dates. 12 OLD Harry's town. CHAPTER II. ACTS AND GRANTS OF TYNG TOWNSHIP. In 1727, when Massachusetts began to grant unappropriated lands in New Hampshire, Major Ephriam Hildreth, Captain John Shepley and others who had been soldiers under Captain Tyng in his snow-shoe expedition petitioned to the General Assembly for a grant of land as compensation for their ser- 'vices, but receiving no response the matter was dropped until the meeting of the legislative bodies in the winter of 1733, when a second request was made and the following action was taken : A Petition of Ephraim Hildreth and John Shipley, for them- selves and other Vokintiers under the Command of Capt, T17^- Uam Tijiuf deceased, in his march to Winnipisioche Anno 1704, setting forth many difflculties and hardships they underwent in said March when they killed five Indians ; that the government hath seen cause in their Wisdom to make a Grant to the heirs of the said Captain, praying that they may obtain a Grant of of Lands for a Township on the West of Dunstable and North of Townshend or elsewhere of the unappropriated Lands, under sucli conditions and restrictions as shall be thought meet. Read and Ordered, That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and Mr. Welles, Major Brattle, Mr. Choate, Mr. Shove, and Mr. Hohson was desired to prepare a Vote for the Grant of Six Miles square of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, in some convenient place for a Townships to be made the Peti- tioners under proper conditions and regulations for settling a Town, and that they report thereon as soon as may be. — 3fass. House Journal, Feb. 6, 1733-4. committee's report. Mr. Welles from the Committee appointed the 6th, currant TYNG TOWNSHIP. 13 to consider the Petition of Ephraim Ilihlrefh., John Shipley^ and others under the counnaud of Captain William Tiing de- ceased, made report which was read and accepted, and Voted, That a tract of Land of the contents of six Miles square. West of Dunstable, and North of Townshend i be granted the Peti- tioners ; and for as mucli as there were but forty -six 2 of these Voluntiers, it is hereby Ordered, That six more be admitted with them who were in the Country's Service under Captain Lovewell and omitted in the GrantsJ made to him and Company, and are wanting to the number of sixty to be made up of those that were at the Fort Fight or Long March in the Narragansett War or others admitted into this Grant by this Court these Grantees actually to settle the abovesaid tract with sixty Families within four years from the Survey of this Land and acceptance thereof by this Court, each Family to have an House eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the least and four acres brought to and plowed or stocked with euglish Grass and fitted for mowing ; the said Grantees also to lay out the three Lots to draw future divisions with other Lots, one for the first Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School, and within said term of four years to settle a learned orthordox Minister and build a con- venient House for the public Worship of God ; the above said tract of Land to be laid out under the direction of a Committee of the Court by a Surveyor and Chain-men on Oath, at the Charge of the Petitioners. And whereas divers of the persons for whose merits this Grant is made are deceased ; it is there- fore further Ordered, That iu such case, the Grant shall be and belong to some one of his male descendants, wherein preference shall be given to the eldest ; and it is further Ordered, That those persons shares in this Grant shall revert to the Province who shall not perform the Conditions of the Grant as above. Sent up for Concurrence. Mass. House Journal, Feb. 15, 1733-4. THE GRANT. A Petition of Ephraim Hildreth & John Shipleigii for them- selves and others Soldiers under the command of Cap"^ Will™ Tyng dec'ed Shewing that they Served the Province as Volun- 1 Fox's History of Dniistal)le. ^ 2 Lovewell's town now Pembroke, N. II,' 14 OLD HARIjy's TOAVN. tiers in the Indian War & in the Year 1703 performed a hard & difficult March in the winter season with Snow Shoes as far as Winuepesocket Lake & and Killed six of the Enemy that the said Company were the first that attempted to March against the Enemy with Snow Shoes Since which the same Method has been followed with Great Success Agniust the Indians And therefore praying for a Grant of Land Six Miles Square for a Township for the Officers and Soldiers of said Company now living & the Represent of those that are Deceased. In the House of Represenf^ Read & Ordered That the petii"* have leave by a Surveyor and Chaiumeu on Oath to Survey & lay out between the Townships of Litchfield and Suncook or LoveJs Town on the East Side of the Merrimack River the Quantity of Six Miles Square of Land Exclusive of Robert Rand's Grant and the three Farms pitched upon by the Hon^*® Samuel Thaxter,* John Turner and William Dudley Esq^" to satisfy their Grants and also Exclusive of Two Hundred Acres of Land at the Most Convenient place of Amoskeeg Falls; which is hereby reserved for the publick use and benefit of the Inhabitants of this Province for the taking and Curing of Fish there. And that they Return a Plat thereof to this Court with- in Twelve Months for Confirmation to their Pet^'^ & their asso- sociates their heirs and assignes Respeciively Provided the Grantees do settle the abovesaid Tract with Sixty families within four years from the Confirmation of the Plat each family to have an house of Eighteen feet square and Seven feet Stud at least and four acres brought too and Plowed or Stocked with English Grass and fitted for Mowing and also lay out three lots with the others one for the first Minister one for the Ministry and one for the School and within the said Term Settle a learned Orthodox Minister and Build a Convenient House for the Publick Worship of God And whereas Divers persons for whose merit this Grant is made as deceased It is farther ordered That the Grants shall be and belong to some one of his male Descendants wherein the preferrence shall be Given to the Eldest sou And further it is ordered that these persons Shares in this Grant shall Revert to the Province who shall not per- form the conditions above. In Council Read & Non'curr'd. Mass. Court Records, Dec. 14, 17b4. * Who sold in 1736 to Archibald Stark, — Potter. TYNG TOWNSHIP. 15 THE GRANT AMENDED. John Jeffries, Esq; brought dowu the Petition'of VE,phraim Hildrelh aiul John Shiplo}', and others. Soldiers under the late Capt. William Tyng, Anno 1703, praying for a Grant of Land for their publiciv Services, being on the first of March that was performed on Snow Shoes, with the Vote of the House of the ]3i'/i of Decemb. last thereon, Pass'd in Council, viz. In Council. December 14^/t, 1734. Kead noncur'd. In April 17, 1735. Read and re-considered, and concur'd with the Amend- ments, viz. after the words — Merrimack River — add — to extend three miles Eastvxtrd from the said River cortformable to the settlement of the divisional Line betidxt this Province and the Province of Xew Ilamjyshire, made by order of Kin (/ Charles the Second in Council in the twenty vinth Year of His Reign, Anno Domini 1677 — after the words — eldest son — add — to be admitted by a Committee of this Court, who shall take care that bonds be given for their respective performance of the Conditions of this Grant to the Treasurer of this Province to the valve of Twent}' Pounds at least by each Grantee, as ivell as by snch as personally appear as by those loho are the Descendants as above said,icho may appear by their Guardian or neo:t Friend. Ordered, That Williavi. Dudley, Esq ; with such as shall be joined by the honourable House of Representatives be a Committee for the purposes within mentioned. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concur'd, and Col. Prescott and Captain Thompson are joined in the affair. Mass. House Journal, April 17, 1735. On the petition of Ephraim Hildreth and John Shipley aud the order of the House thereon (which it was Nonconcurr'd by this Board) as Entered the 14^^ of Decemi" 1734. In Council Read & Reconsidered and Concurr'd with the Amendments viz' Thai the Tract of Land therein Granted Ex- tend three miles Eastward from the River Merrimack conform- able to the Settlement of the Divisional line betwixt this prov- ince and the province of New Hampshire Made by order of King Charles the Second in Council in the twenty-Ninth Year of his Ri^ign Anno Dom 1777, that the Grantees be Admitted by a Committee of this Court who shall take Care that Bonds be given for their respective performance of the Conditions of 16 OLD Harry's town. this Grant to the Treasurer of the Province for the time being to the vahie of Twenty pounds for each Grantee, as well as by such as personally Appear as by those who are Descendants as abovesaid who may Appear by their Guardian or next Friend. And that William Dudley Esq'' with such as shall be Joined by the Hou'^i<5 House of Ri presentative be a Committee for the purpose above mentioned. In the House of Represent Read & Concurr'd and Col° Prescott & Cap* Tomsou are Joined in the Affair. Consented to J. Belcher. Mass. Court Records, April 17, 1735. TH^ SURVEY. surveyor's report. Groton, May 8 / 9, 1735. Midd-^ Ss. 'Tis hereby certifyed that Hesse's William Lawrence & Ben- jamin Parker appearing were Sworn Justly & faitbfully to per- forme the busieuess & Duty of Chainmen in y« Survey and Measuring of a Tract of Land on the East Side of Merri- mack RiverLately Granted to the Soldiers under the Late Cap William Tyng Deceas'^ for a Township, &c. Before me Benj^ Prescott, Jus' of Peace. This Plat of Land on the East side of the Merrimack river contains Twenty four thousand nine hundred and Sixty Acres, which is one thousand and nine hundred and twenty Acres more than the Contents of Six miles Square granted to the late Cap' Will'^ Tyng and Company that were in the first Expediiion against the Indians on Snowshoes, the last April Sessions of this Hon^'e (jourt there being comprehended within the Plat two thousand One hundred and Fifty Acres granted to Several persons and Reserved for taking Fish &c and Upwards of One thousand Acres of ponds so that there is a snfilciency to make up the contents of Six miles square by 1630 Acres at the least and the Said grant is bounded Northerly on Suncook township west on Merrimack River South on Litchfield & East on a line TYNG TOWNSHIP. 17 parralell to the River & and three miles distant therefrom — being on this Side marked trees many and other Monuments, And is Laid Down by a Scale of 150 perch to an inch. March y^ 25"> 1736 P^ me Joseph Blauchard Surveyor Suffolk ss : personally appearing before mee the Subscriber one of his majesty's Justice of the peace for the sd County Capt Joseph Blanchard and made Solemn Oath that in the survey of the township granted to the Late Capt Tyng & Coinpauy he acted truely & faithfully according to the best of his skill aad under- standing. Wm Dudley In the House of Representatives March 26 1736, Read and Ordered tliat the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein delin- eated & described be and hereby are confirmed to the Grantees mentioned in the petition of Hildreth and Shipley in behalf of the oflficers and soldiers in the company under the Command of the late William Tyng dec'^ their heirs and assigns respectively forever, exclusive of the former Grants within mentioned, & the reserved Land for the Common benefit of taking fish at Amaskeeg ffalls, and provided it does not exceed the quantity of twenty two thousand three hundred & sixty acres of Land besides, and interferes with no other Grant and the Grantees are allowed to make a new pitch of Sixteen hundred and Eighty Acres in the Province Lands else & return a plat thereof to 8atit«fie the remainder of the Grant. Sent up for Concurrence J. Quiucy Spk*" In Council; Mar. 27, 1736 Read and Concur'd J Willard Sec'y Consented to J. Belcher CONFIRMATION TO THE GRANTEES. A Plat containing twenty four thousand nine hundred and sixty acres of Land laid out by Capt Joseph Blanchard Survey or, and two Chainmen on Oath, to satisfy a Grant of this Court passed in April last to Capt. William Tyng and Company, the first Snow Shoe Men, against the Indian Enemy, there being y^ o a: TYNG TOWNSHIP. 19 two thousand one hundred and fifty acres in the Plat for- merly jiranted and reserved for takiui^ F'lsh, and one tlious-ind acres of Ponds, so that there wants one thousand six hundred and eijihty acres to make up the cy are confirmed to the Grantees fiv proprietors of the township Commonly Called Tyng's to%vnship, and their heirs & Assigns for Evei', provided the plat with the Island contain no more than One thousand six hundred and Eighty Acres in the whole, and does not interfere with any form.er Grant Sent up for Concurrence J. Quinc}', Tp In Council Feb. 3, 1736. Read & Coucur'd J. Willard Sec'ry Consented to J Belcher Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, p, 152. A Plat containing one thonsnnd six hundred and sixty eight AQres of Land laid out by John Colburne Surveyor, and two Chainmen on Oath, to the Proprietors of Tyng's Township, so called, adjoining to Piscataquoiag River, together with a small Island, containing twelve Acres, lying in Merrimack River, lying between Crosby's Brook and Short Falls, so called, to sati.-fy a Grant of this Court to the Proprietors of the said Township, and the Lands theirin delineated and described, together with the Island within mentioned, be and hereby are confirmed to tlie Grantees or Proprietors of the said Town- ship couimonly called Tyng's Townshi[), and their assigus re- spectively forever, provided the Plat with the Island contain no more than one thousand six hundred and sixty eighty Acres in the whole, and does not interfere with any other Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. 3fass. House Journal, Jan. 14, 1736-7. A plat of One Thousand Six hundred and Ei<2hty Acres of Land laid out on Piscataqnoog River liy Samuel Cummins Sur- ver"" and Chainmen on Oath to fulfill a Grant m:jdc to the 22 OLD Harry's town. Grantees of the Township commonly called Tyngs Township In the House of Represent* Read and ordered that the plat be Accepted and the Lands therein Delineated and described be and hereby are Confirmed to the Grantees or Propiietors of the Township commonly called Tyngs Township and iheir heirs and Assigns forever provided the plat with the Island Contain no more than One Thousand Six hundred and Eighty Acres in the whole and dos^s not Interfere with any former Grant. In Council Read and Concurr'd J. Belcher. Consented to 3Iass. Court Records^ Feb. 3, 1736-7. GRANTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF EARLY MANCHESTER. The following is a chronological list of the grants of the ter- ritory up to this time : 1719, October 20th, the Scotch-Irish, having been refused a grant by the Massachusetts and New Hampshire governments, received a deed from John Wheelwright, grandson of the Rev. John Wheelwright, of an area ten miles square known as Nut- field. — Rockingham County Records. 1720, August 23d, settlers in the " chestnut country," who were opposed to the Scotch-Irish, claimed a grant from New Hampshire for a territory ten miles square named " Cheshire," afterwards changed to Chester., a tract supposed to cover the area sought by their rivals. 1722, in June, the Nuffield colony was successful in obtain- ing a grant from Gov. Shute of New Hampshire, for a tract ten miles square in the name of Loxdonderri/, and was supposed to hold the fishing grounds of Amoskeag, but did not. 1729, settlers from Massachusetts began to gather about Amoskeag Falls to the uneasiness of the Nuffield colony.^ 1 A'Toriling to Potter the earliest settlement on the INrerrimnok in whnt is now New Hiiiipshirt' territory wasm He near ilie mouth ofSilmon Brook in thai part of *>lil Dunstalile now Nii^liiia. Fanners' Monthly ViKit( r, Vol XII, p '274. • The jiiant for this si-ttlement must have he. n ihii maile to J .|in Wliiline aliout 16G0. Capt. I Imnias Whi'eler ^inl his son I>i ■ul. Josi ph Wliethr. wi h otiiers, owned farms here soon after. John Ulancliard, an ancestor of < ol. Joseph Blaiich- ard. Propiietor-.' Clei'k of 'I'yng Tow nsliip, ^euled a lillle below this place about that time. See Mass. Records, and Fox's History of Dunslable. TYNG TOWNSHIP. 23 1733, John McNiel made the first permanent settlement near the Amoskeag Falls, and the name of Harrytowu soon after appeared. 1734, April 17th, the Masschusetts le<2;islature granted the seven townships known as the Nnrraganselt Grants, No. IV, constituting the Goff-stowu grant and including Amoskeag, and No. V that of Bedford including Piscataquog. — 3fassachu- setts Colonial Journals. 1735, April 18th, tlie Massachusetts legislature granted to Major Ephraim Hildreth and others the territory known as Tyng Towntihi}), comprising " Harrjtown " and enough joining land to make a " respectable town." In 1662 Passaconnaway petitioned to the General Court of Massachusetts for a grant of land along the Merrimack for himself and people, the following being a copy of the document that is still sacredly preserved in the archives of that state : To the hon'"'^ Endicott John Esq*" Gov : together with the rest of the hou""'' Generall court now assembled in Boston, the peti- tion of Papisseconuewa in the behalfe of him selfe, as also of many other iudians who were for a longe time themselves and their progenitors seated upon a tract of land named Noticot,^ and is now in possession of Mr. William Breuton of Rode Hand marchante; and is now confirmed to the said Mr. Brenton to him his heirs & assigns according to the lawes of this Jurisdic- diction, by reason of which tract of land being taken as afore- saide, & tLi rowing your poor petitioner with many others in an unsettled condition, & must be forced in a short time to remove to some other i)lace. the humble request of y^ poor petitioner is that this hon'"'* Court would please to grant unto us a parcel of land for our comfortable situation, to be stated for our en- joyment, as also for the comfort of those after us : as also that this hou'"'* court would please to take into your serious and pious consideration the condition and also the request of youi* poor suppliantes, & to appoint two or three persons as a com- mittee to assist the same sum one or two iudians to view & 1 The intervale portions of LitrhfliM (Indian Naticook — first prrant, 1656, Brenton'.-- F.irni.) M<-iriinark, lliiils"n, N.isliiia were inliHUiieil .lUil cuUlvnietl by a br.iiK-li or family of tlie Penacooks called somullmes Niitlcooka. (Fox'a Uiatory of Dunbtable, p. 220. 24 OLD HARRY'S TOWN. determine on some place and to lay out y® same. Not further to trouble this hoii"' assembly, humbly craving an expected an- swer this present session, I shall still remain y^ Humble Ser- vant whom y^ shall commande. Papisseconewa. Boston: 9 3 mo. 1662. In ans^" to this petition the magistrates' judge meete to Graunt unto Papisseconneway and his men or Associates about Natti- cott above Mr.Brentous laud where it is free a mile & a halfe on either side in length provided he nor they doe not alienate any part of this Graunt without leave and license from this court first obtained if their brethren the deputys consent thereto. 9 may, 1662. Edward Rawson. consented to by the deputyes. William Torrey, clerc. According to the order of the Hon''*^ Generall Court, ther is laid -out unto the indians, papissecoueway & his Associates, the inhabitants of Naticott, three miles square, or so much (rather) as contains it in the figure of a romboide upon merrimack riv'^' beginning at the head of Mr. Biintons land at Naticott, on the east side of the riv^^" , & then it joyneth to his line, which lines runnes half against North-ward of the East, il lyeth one mile & a halfe wide on each side of y^ Riv'' and some what better, and runnes three miles up the Riv^" ; the Northern line on the east side of the Riv^ is bounded by a brook (called by y^ indians) Suskayquetuck, right against the falls in the riv^" Pokehuous. the end lines on both side of the riv'" are paralelle; the side line on the east side of the riv^ runnes halfe a pointe eastward of the No : No : east and the side line on the west side of the riv'" runnes Northeast and by North, all of which is sufficiently bounded and marked with, also ther is two smale islands in the Riv'' part of which, the lower end line cuts crosse, one of which Papissecoueway have lived upon & planted a long time & a smale patch of intervaile land, on the west side of the Riv"" anent and a little below y'' Islands, by estemation about forty acres, which joyneth to their land and to Sauhegon Riv"" which the indians have planted (much of it) a long time, & consider- ing there is very little good land in that which is Now laid out TYNG TOWNSHIP. 25 unto thcni, the indiaus do earnestly request this Hon''^' Court to grant these two smale islands & y*' patch of intervaile, as it is bounded by y^ Hills. This land was laid out 27. 3 mo. 1663. By John Parks & Jonathan Danforth Surveyors. This was done by us and at our ch^'s^ wholly, at the request of the Indians. Il was important, and as we are informed by the order of this Flon*'^ Generall court (if our services be ac- ceptable) that that they shoidd take order we made be com- pensted for the same. So shall we remain your humble ser- vants as Before- The bill for the expenses of surveying amounted to almost eleven pounds, which was allowed. That closed the record of the first grant of laud made in what now constitutes the terrtory of Manchester, and it was made to one whose people had pos- sessed it as their fishing, hunting and planting grounds for un- numbered years. Naticott was one of the forms of the In- dian name of the land now embraced in Litchfield, the south- ern boundary of this grant being near the northern line of that town even to the present dcy, and extended three miles up the river. There are no records to show ,that this grant was of any benefit to Papissecoueway and his associates. 26 OLD Harry's town. CHAPTER in. PROPRIETORS' RECORDS OF TYNG TOWNSHIP. WARNING FOR THE FIRST MEETING. ^ Notification is hereby given to the grantees of the tract of Land between Suucook township & Litchfield on the east side of the merrimack river that they Assemble at the house of Coll*' Jonas Clark of Chelmsford on the 20''^ of may Next by Ten o'clock forenoon In Order that tbey make out tbeir title thereto & that thay were in the march under Capt. Tyug and Come prepared to Enter into Bonds to fuUfill the terms of the Grant accordingly. W"! Dudley by Order of y^ Comt«- Fourteen days before the day of the meeting above men- tioned hereof fail not and have you this Warrant with y^ do- ing herein. At the meeting aboved Given under my hand & Seal in S** County the Twenty fifth day of April in the eighth year of his Majesiies Reign Anno Dom 1735 Benj* Prescott Justice of peace Midi Ss May the 20th 1735. Pursuant to the within written Warrant I the Subscribers have notified and warned the grantees and Proprs within men- tioned to meet at the time and place As was herein Directed. Atts John Shepley FIRST MEETING OF THE GRANTEES. At a meeting of the Grantees and propr^ of a tract of land Granted for a township to the soldiers under the command of the late Capt W™ Tyng Dec'd Joyning to the easterly side of of merrimnck River Between Litchfield and Suncook or Love- 1 The wuliji'ct titles, given here for the convenieuce of the reader, are not found In the original booJi of records. TTNG TOWNSHIP. 27 well's town (so called) at the house of CoU^ Jonas Clark in Chelmsford on the 2d of may 1735 The Hon'^io William Dudley Esq'^" was unanimously chosen moderator. Then Voted and Chose Joseph Blanchard Prop'^^ Clerk. Then the following List was delivd to the Clerk hy the Gen^^ Courts Coiii'ee viz. The Hon'^'o W^ Dudley Benja Pres- colt, Esq*" and Captain Beuj'*^ Thompson which is a Followeth CAPTAIN WILLIAM TYNG's SNOW SHOE MEN. A List of the Souldiers that went out under the Com'and of Captain W™ Tyug to Wiuepiscocheag the year 1703 Admitted John Shepley Joseph Parker Richard Warner Nathaniel Woods Joseph Blanchard J^)hn Cuiniiigs Thomas Lund William Whiiney John Longley Joseph Perham Joseph BiUterfield John Spalding John Spalding Jun (by) Sam' Spalding Henry Spalding William Lougley Eben"^ Spalding Sam^ Davis Joseph Lakin Nath^' Blood John Holdin Jonathan Page Nathaniel Butterfield Jonatlian Buttevfield John Hunt Jona^'i Hill Jonathan Parker : Peter Talbird (by) G. Talbird Thomasi Benony Perham : Sam' Eleazer Parker Stephen Keyes Josiah Richardson Tho^ Tarble Thomas Cumings James Blanchard Henry Farwell Jonathan Richardson John Richardson Sam' Woods Joseph Guilson Sanii Chamberlain Stephen Peirce J^phraim Hildreth Paul Fletcher Timothy Spalding. The Above Named persons were all Admitted And gave Bond (Except W"! Whitney) into the srant made to the Com- pany under Capt William Tyng the 201'^ & 21^' of May 1735 1 Preceding name signed by this persou, whose surname was Uie same as the other- 28 OLD Harry's town. To the Quality of each Prespective Lott That such persons having equal Right may have Lands equal in value in the Judgment of the Com'^® Also Voted and agreed that when the Lotts are so coupled that Lotts be made and drawn according to such Cou])ling w^h one Lott to each share or Right after the the three publick lolts is first Sett of if they shall at Such Drawing Think convenient to Sett off ye sd publick lots. Also Voted and agreed that the Committee for Laying out the s*^' Lands shall also lay out in the most Sutable place a meeting house place Buring place and training field of Such Quantity such as they shall judge convenient. Also Voted and agreed that the s'^ Com'^e ^e Desired and directed to Lay out a Convenient Road by hyway from Litch- field to Suncook or Lovel's Town (so called) As also to leave so much Lands as they may think necessary to make good the Damages persons shall sustain by haveing publick Roads here- after Lay^ out thro their Lotts. Also Voted and agreed that the s<^ Com^*'® Preserve a Sutable place for mills and so much Lands as may by them be Judged necesary for encouragement to build the same or more if they think it necessary for the Prop''* for Timber &c or any other Public use. Also Voted and agreed that whereas Joseph Blanchard Major Eph"' Kildreih Cap' John Shepley Cap*^ Saml Chamberlain & Capt^ JosiahRichardson were chosen and appointed a Com'^e" for the laying out eighty acres of Land to each prop'' or grantee in the afores^ Township. That they be and hereby are fully Ira- powered and Directed to Divide Lay out and Couple the Lotts Lay out byways, meeting house place Buiyiug place Training field and Mill place Agieeable to the aforewritten votes ordered and. directed to be done by the Com*^^ Then it was proposed to know the minds of y^ Prop" whether they would make any addition to the s'^ Com'^'^e , it passed in the Negative ; and thereupon Voted and Ordered that the Com'^e® afores^ Iniploy & Improve Such Surveyor or Sur- veyors and Chainmen as they shall think convenient for the do TYNG TOWNSHIP. 29 ing and Effecting the S^ work at the Cost and Charge of ye Prop's and that the work be done with all convenient Speed' Also Voted that iMess John Ciimings John Richardson Tho^ Tarhle Josiah Richardson and William Stickney be Desired to Enquire into the Accts of Major Hildrethaud Captain Shepley their expense of obtaining y^ Grant &c. Pursuant to the request of five of the props of the township grautetl to the Late Wm™ Tyug and their Associates on ye east side of merrinnick River made to me the Subscriber for the call- ing of a meeting of the Prop'"^ of said township at the house of Capt Tho^ Read at Westford lunholder on thursday the twenth day of June next at nine of the Clock forenoon. THE WARRANT. THESE ARE THEREFORE to give notice to the prop^s of Said township that they couvein and meet at the time and place afores'^^ l^t To here the Report of the Committea appointed to De- vide and Lott out the township &c And accept thereof 'jdiy 'Yo hear Consider and allow the Accompts of any Per- sons to whome the prop'"^ are justly Indebted & Order pay- ment thereof 3*^'y To Receive a Sntable Sum of money for that purpose or any other publick use that may be tho't convenient 4tiiiy Xo give Liberty for Jon^Perham to take his Right or' Share of S*^ township in Those Lands he has boxed the pine trees on ; or to Consider and Abate off of y® money He's oblidged to pay to the Com^^^ Appointed by the prop'"^ to take Care of the Same 5thiy To Agree upon some proper method for Drawing of the Lotts in said Townsiiip and report y^ Same and Order that proper record be made thereof gthiy Xo take Some proper measures for Returning a plan 30 OLD Harry's town. of the Sixteen Hundsed acres of Land Last granted to the S^ Propi's ythiy Xo Agree where meetings shall be held for the future 3thiy 'po Agree upon and Order that of y^ Original Prop''*^ or grantees be Equal in time and money Expended in Obtain- ing the Grant of y^ T. Township gthiy -po Agree npon Some proper Rules and Orders for Laying out the town Roads or highways in the said township And do any Thing else necessary for bringing forward the Set- tlement of the S'* Town Dunstable may the 18'^ 1736 Joseph Blanchard propJ^s Cler. The aforewritten Notification was posted in the Several Towns agreeable to the vote for calling a meeting. J. Blanchard Prop^'^ Cler A true Copy Exam'^ & entered Pi' J Blanchard Pr Cler MEETING AT WESTFORD. Att a meeting of the Trope's ^f tj^g New plantation or Town- ship Lately granted unto the Company or under the Command of the Late Capt William Tyng and their Associates, at the house of Cap' Thomas Reads Innholder in Westford on Thurs- day the 40th day of June 1736. Voted and Chose M"" Joseph Blanchard Moderator. The Comtee ^1,0 were appointed to Lay out the Township into Lotts Reported that tliey had attended that Service and had Layd out and Couphd the same to the Sixty three Equal Shares as Directed Laying four Lotts to Each Share besides y® Meadow Lotts on Great Cohas which were Added to those lotts which most Needed the same and had well Marked B(nnided and Numbered the Same and also a lott of the Contents of TTNG TOWNSHIP. 31 one hundred and Seventeen Acres on the Brook Called Little Cohas Brook in the Second Range of Lotts as P"" plan, for a Mill Lott which is not Coupled amongst the rest — a plan and table whereof was Exhibited to the Prop^ and also had run out and marked with Care the east Line of the township so as to keep Exact three miles & no more from each and every part of Merrimack River. Which was voted to be Accepted and that they should be paid for that service by the prop'"^ Also voted that the Com^^*' who Layd out the lotts be De- sired to fit and prepare them to draw & that W™ Hall be Joyned in the afair. Also Voted that there be a Com**^^ appointed to Examine the acc°^ of any person who was at Expence in either money or time in Obtaining the Grant of the township and report thereon to the Prop''^ as soon as may be, what Each Originall Grantee Ex- clusive of y^ Associates has so expended in order that all may be made Equals. Voted and Chose Capt William Lawrence Capt Thos Tarble & Mr. William Stickney for that service. Then voted that the meeting be adjourned till tomorrow morning eight of the Clock and adjoined accordingly. At y^ House of Mr, Tho^ Reads met again according to the S^ adjoiument. Then after Reading Severall Acc"^ Voted that Jonas Clark Esqr the Reveroud M^ Willard Hall Mess^^ W™ Tarble, Nathan Blodget & and John Richardson be chosen and appointed a Coin'*'^ to Examine the Casting & vouchers of those Acompts what in their Judgments ought to be paid. Then Jonas Clark Esq^ in y^ behalf of y^ S'^ Com*^-^ Reported on the Several acc''^ Tliat there onglit to be paid to the Several persons whose accompts were Committed to them by way of Discbarges the Same the Snms hereafter mentioned and set against each persons Name an no more 32 OLD Harry's town. £ s P To Ephr Hildretli Esq^ - - - 51 8 To Cap' Josiah Ricbardson - - 48 8 To Capt William Lawrence - - 8 1 6 To Capt Tbos Tarble - - 3 23 To Capt Sbeple - - 3 To Mr Benj" Parker - - 2 10 To Caleb Blodget - - - . 2 10 To Samuel Cummings Surveyor - 41 16 To J McNiel( ?) & James Cummiugs as Si Lirvey' ■36 17 ditto as Chainmen 10 11 To Eph*" Hildreth JunJ" as Chainman - 5 2 To Jona Butterfield ditto - 9 9 3 To Jon^ Cbamberlain ditto - 9 18 To Jobn Masb ditto - 16 9 To Natbie Butterfield Jun^ ditto - 6 To Wm Neebold ditto - 17 1 To Cymou Powers ditto - 7 14 To Mr Joseph Butterfield ditto - 11 6 To Joseph Battler ditto - 5 8 To Zacbh Hildreth ditto - 5 8 To Jou^ Perham - . 14 Which Report was accepted and the Several accompts afore- meutioued allowed & voted that the Same Should be paid out of y« Propi's Treasy The M^' John Cummings from the Com**'^ appointed the 8^^ of Sept last to enquire into the acct of Eph'" Hildreth & Cap* John Sheple of their time and expence in obtaining the Grant of the township Reported that they bad Examined the Acc'^ find Due to Eph"i Hildreth Esq^ the Sum of £63 6s 4p (sixty three pounds six shillings four pence) And due to Cap* John Sheple the Sum of £u3 6s 5p (Sixty three pounds six shillings five pence). TYNO TOWNSIIII'. 33 W^'' Ihey are of opinion Ought to be paid them by this Pro- priety, which was Accepted and Allowed and voted that the Same be paid out of the treas'y. Then an acc° of Joseph Blanchard was offered and read, for Service done Laying out the township and returning a plan thereof to the Gen^' Court in the Whole amounting to forty nine pounds fifteen Shillings, which was Accepted and Allowed and voted that the Same be paid out of the treas^T . Then Cap^ William Lawrence from the Com**^^ appointed this meeting to examine into the acc*^ of any person who was at ex- pence in either money or time in obtaining the Grant of y<^ Township reported that they had attended that Service, and are of Opinion that the Sums in the following List Ought to be Allowed to each persons as set against his Name Out of the treas^y or Discounted from their Rates — Which is as foUoweth. John Sheple £4 4 Jonathan Parker by 2 10 Joseph Parker 4 15 Thomas Thos Lund 2 13 Peter Talbirt by 3 4 Richard Warner 2 18 George W"^ Whitney 1 5 Stephen Keys 1 7 Nath^e Wood 1 18 Benony Perham 2 2 Joseph Blanchard 2 4 Eleazer Parker 2 3 John Cummings 4 9 Thomas Cummings 2 9 John Longley 4 5 Josiah Richardson 3 4 Joseph Perham 1 10 Thomas Tarble 4 15 Joseph Butteifield 19 Jonathan Richardson 1 7 John Spalding 1 5 James Blanchard 2 1 John Spalding Jun' • 1 19 Henry Farwell 1 11 Henry Spalding 1 18 Joseph Guilson 4 8 Will™ Longley 4 8 John Richardson 4 10 Joseph Laking 1 14 Samuel Woods 3 15 Xath'c Blood 1 11 Eph'" Hildreth 3 5 John Holding 1 14 Samuel Chamberlin 3 13 Jonathan Page 3 7 Stephen Peirce 3 1 Nathaniel Butterfield 4 15 Timothy Spalding 2 19 Jonathan Butterfield 5 Paul Fletcher 3 7 34 OLD haiiry's town. Which Report was accepted & voted that each person here Set down be Discounted for so much of y^ Charges arisen on the respective Rights. Then Voted that the meeting be Adjourned to the twenty Second day of this Instant June & to meet again at this Place at nine of the Clock in the forenoon And the meeting was accord- ingly Adjourned to the S'^ time and place Att a meeting of the Prop^"^ and grantees of y*' Township Latly granted unto the Company under the Comand of the late Cap^ William Tyng Dec'^ And their Associates Held by Adjournment from ye (ll)th day of June Curr* to this 22'^ day of June. 1736 Mett and Voted that the Charges in Petitioning and Expences in Order to Obtain the grant of y<^ township &c. until the meet- ing at Coll Clark's (after the money be paid by the Asso- ciates for their admittance be Deducted) be paid by the Peti- tioners or Originall Grantees in Equal Proportion, & that those men who have paid more than their Equal part therof be al- lowed so much in advance as they have paid Over, and those who have not paid their Equal Part of Such Charge Shall be Charged with the Sum they are behind of their Proportion upon drawing their Lotts and that Each Associate be on Equal Proportion of the Charge that has Arisen Since their Admit- tance with each of the other prop^'^. And that each proprietor pay down their part of Charge To the Clerk before that they be Admitted to draw Their respective Lotts. And in Order to know how much is necessary to be Raised on each Right, Voted that Benj-'^ Prescott Esq. M»" Hall Cap^ Chamberlin Capt Blodget and i\F William Tarble be a Conitee Desired to Enquire how much money has been granted, and how much is necessary to be raised, and report theron as Soon as possible. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Col 10 Prescott from the Com'^^c afores^^ Reported (in the words following,) That the Com^ee ^re of Opinion that each of the Original Propi'8 pay upon drawing their lotts the Sum of nine pounds TYNG TOWNSHIP. 35 fourteen Shillings and three pence luchiding the sum advanced and Allowed by the Prop^'^ to each of Such Original Prop''^ ad- mitted Associate pay the sum of five pounds Sixteen Shillings and nine pence, which being paid Together with Eighty eight pounds by those admitted associates and Sixty two poundH Due from T1k)8 Worthley and Jonathan Perham will Leave Sixty two pounds Six shillings and Sixpence in the Treas*" hands after all acct°^ allowed and voted by the prop^^ are Discharged and paid "Which Eeport was accepted and it was voted that the prop'^ pay the respective Sums to the Treas'^ according to the afore- written Report & and then that they be admitted to Draw their Lotts in Such a manner as shall be agreed on. Then Voted that the Lotts be put into One hatt and the names of the prop^'s into another. And that ]\P' Thomas Kidder IMr. Sampson Spalding be desired to Draw them. One to Draw The Name and the Other to draw the Lott and as they are Succes- sively Drawn the Clerk to enter the same to Such prop^^ as are so Drawn. Also Voted that the tract of Land Left and reserved by the Com*^^ for a Meeting house place a training field & Burrying place Containing thirty acres Lying the north side of great Cohass against the Lotts N^ 3 and Number 4 be appropriated to that use and that the Lot No 4 in the S'^ Third Range North of Cohass with the Lotts Coupled to the Same be appropriated for the first Settled Minister in y*^ s'^ Township And the Lott N« 3 in the S^^ Third Range for the Ministry and the Lotts that are coupled therewith. The remainder to be Drawn As afore^''. ASSIGNMENT OF LOTS. Which being done by the s^^ Mess''^ Kidder & Spalding agreable to vote afores'^ are as B'oUoweth The first CoUum on the left Hand Contains the Number in Course of Drawing the lotts, the Second Contains the Number of the lot, the third Contains the N*^ of the Range the lot is in the fourth Contains the N« of y*^ Lott, y« fifth Contains the N» of the Range, the Sixth Contains the N" of the lot, the Seventh the No of the Range, the eighth Contains the Number of y*' Lot, y^ ninth Contains the N" of range, the tenth Contains the N" of y*^ Meadow Lotts. which Lyeth on Great Cohass 36 OLD iiarky's town. I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 OS O e3 O 03 OJ « h3 W i^ W S Joseph Butterfield 1 6 12 4 63 2 60 4 2 Caj)*^ Henry Farwell 2 7 18 4 62 2 8n 3 3 John Richardson 3 9 52 2 10 4 29 3 4 Capt WiUiam Lawrence 4 10 53 2 7 4 30 3 5 Nathaniel Woods 5 12 llN 3 1 4 47 3 — Jona"' Sheple & ) Zachiy Hildrelh j 6 16 15n 3 6 4 59 4 6 The Houi W"» Dudley Esq^ 7 17 13n 3 19 4 68 4 7 Jonathan Hartwell 8 2n 37 2 5n 3 69 4 — Jonathan Richardson 9 In 36 2 14n 3 77 4 — Jonas Clark Esq'^' 10 3 11 4 23n 3 70 4 8 Ebeni' Spalding 11 2 1 1 25 3 71 4 9 Thomas Lund 12 7 2 50 2 41 3 55 4 — Andrew Belcher Esq"* 13 6 2 12 3 42 3 56 4 — Messrs Thos Parker & \ 14 5 2 13 3 40 3 57 4 10 W" Read j Jonathan Page 15 12 2 4 3 6n I 58 4 — Joseph Guilson 16 13 2 3 3 13n 1 76 4 — Richard Warner 17 15 2 16 3 50 4 25 2 — Stephen Kyes 18 16 2 17 3 51 4 23 2 — Joseph Blanchard 19 24 2 38 4 20n 3 75 4 — Thomas Cumings 20 30 2 89 4 21n 3 25 4 — William Whitney 21 34 2 19 2 22n 3 63 4 — Timothy Spalding 22 35 2 18 2 28 3 74 4 — Samuel Woods 23 4 2 3 2 66 4 31 3 — Eleazer Tyng Esq'^' 24 1 2 2 2 65 4 32 3 — Nathaniel Butterfield 25 21 2 49 2 67 4 36 3 — The School Lott 26 22 2 47 4 33 3 38 2 — Thos Tarble 27 10 3 48 4 llN 46 3 — Benj-'^ Prescott Esq»' 28 8 3 2 4 IOn 45 3 — Peter Tallnrt 29 6 3 3 4 14n 44 3 — Josiah Richardson 30 20 3 8 4 15n 43 3 16 John Colburn 31 21 3 5 4 14n 39 3 — Jonath" Butterfield 32 19 3 4 4 48 2 40 4 — Paul Fletcher 33 16 3 14 2 34 3 58 4 — XYNti TOWNSlIir. 37 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. G. 7. 8. 9. 10 a. 2 ^ <" o 01 o o fco So be bo ^ >5 ij c^ >A « ^ ti i hJ tf S StepLcn Poirce 34 2 3 26 2 27 2 41 4 — Samuel Chanibeilin 35 5 3 51 2 12n 1 31 4 — Tlio^ Colburn 36 7 3 19 1 52 4 64 2 — Jonathan Hill 37 8 3 18 1 53 4 61 2 — Joseph Parker 38 9n 3 23 1 24 3 30 4 — John Chanel ler 39 IOn 3 8 2 54 4 39 2 — Eleazer Parker 40 16n 3 17 2 35 3 20 4 12 Joseph Laken 41 17n 3 5 1 43 2 21 4 — Benj'^ Thomson 42 18n 3 16n 1 2n 3 73 4 — John Sheple 43 19n 3 17n 1 54 2 72 4 — John Spalding Jun>' 44 22 3 9n 1 26 3 29 4 — Eph'" Hildrelh Esqi' 45 11 3 3n 1 27 3 28 4 — Nath^e Blood 46 7n 3 49 4 31 2 40 2 — Joseph Perham 47 9 4 22 1 58 2 41 2 1 John Hunt 48 13 4 20 2 32 2 6 3 — John Cumiugs 49 14 4 2n 3 33 2 37 3 — John Holding 50 15 4 4n 1 43 4 23 3 — Tho^ Tarble Associate 51 16 4 7n 1 60 2 42 4 — Caleb Blodget 52 17 4 21 1 59 2 27 4 — John Longley 53 32 4 8n 1 64 3 24 4 17 Samuel Davis 54 33 4 5n 1 56 2 26 4 18 James Blanehard 55 34 4 4 1 57 2 55 4 19 Will™ Longley 56 35 4 8 1 28 2 56 4 14 Henry Spalding 57 36 4 11 1 29 2 57 4 20 John Tyng 58 37 4 13 1 44 2 58 4 21 Benony Perham 59 45 4 14 1 45 2 59 4 22 Jon^i by Thos Parker 60 46 4 15 1 46 2 60 4 — John Spalding 61 1 3 20 1 47 2 44 4 11 Lott for the Minister 62 3n 3 9 2 61 4 22 4 15 Lot for the Ministry 63 4n 3 20 2 62 4 23 4 — 38 OLD IIAJUiy'b TOWN. Then Oil a motion of William Laking Shewing that he had Advanced the Sum of one pound Sixteen Shillings to Carry on y*^ Petition at Court, praying it might be repaid him Voted that the Treas^' pay to the S*^ WilP" Laking the Said Sum of One pound Sixteen Shillings Out of the treas'y Also on a motion of M^' Jon**^ Hartwell Shewing that he had advanced £1 15 for the Same use Voted that the treas^ pay y*' S*^ Sum of one pound fifteen Shillings. To the S^i Hartwell out of the treas^'y Also on a motion of Cap' Caleb Blodget praying that they would further Con- sider his Acco^^P' wheriu he Charged The propy D^' for time and Expences at Boston Obtaining the grant of the township £4 10 Also for Laying Out the Grant of 1680 Acres made to this Propy three days him Self and a Surveyor («) 10s "ip day each & Two Chainmeu @ 6s '^ day each 4 16 Total 9 6 Voted that the Said Sum of nine pounds Six Shillings be paid the S'' Capt Blodget by the propy Treas^" Also an Ace*' of Cap'' Samuel Chamberlain for money and time Expended in Obtaining the Grant of the Town- ship £5 9 To 4 days Laying Out the Township , 2 8 Total 7 17 Voted that the Said Sum of Seven pounds Seventeen Shil- lings be paid To the S*^' Cap^ Chamberlain by The treas' • And Further allowed to Cap* John Sheple £0 7 6 for Draw- ing a Warr'^ & posting y^ first propy meeting TYNG TUWNSllll'. 39 Also an acco'"!''' of Cap' Read vvbeiiu he Cbaigetb the prop''* Debter to two days mcasiuciDg Cross the townsliip Of. 6s :^ clay £0 12 To Entertaining the Coni'^^''^ Sep' 10"' 17o5 when Adjusting the ace" with Major Hildreth & Cap' Sheple 2 G 1 Total 2 18 1 Also Charges for the Entertainment of the Society at the first meeting before this adjournment 27 18 10 Also Charges for the present Entertainment 2G 5 10 Which in the whole Amounts to 57 2 9 Voted that the Said Sum of fifty Seven pounds two Shil- lings and nine pence be paid To the Said Cap' Read Out of y*^ Prop>' treasi'^' Then on a motion made and Seconded by Several of the Prop'"® voted that Benj^' Prescot Esq'' and Cap Benj'^ Tomp- son Esq'' be Desired to return a Plan of the 1680 Acres as Lay'd Out by Major Hildreth & Cap' Richardson Provided y^ plot Exhibited to the Court by Cap' Blodget be not Ac- cepted. Also Voted that provided the S'' Cap' Blodgcts plan be Accepted that Cap' Joseph Blauchard Mess''® lienj'' Parker & John Colburn be Desired to View y*^ J 680 Acres Lay'd Out by Cap' Blodget to See if it will do to Accept And that they report at the next meeting Pursuant To The request of a Sufficient Number of the prop''*, of Tyng Township so Called These are to Give Notice to the prop''^ of the S^ Township that they Convene and meet at the House of M'' Thomas Har- wood in Dunstable Inholder On the Second Day of August next at ten of the Clock in the forenoon then and there first to hear the Accounts of any Person to whome the Prop'"« are Just- ly Indebted and Order payment therof. 2^^iy To Choose & Impower Proper Persons To Eject any Persons out of Possession who have unlawfully Entered on 40 OLD hakuy's town. auy Lauds in the S*^^ Township before or Since the Same was granted and give them Such lustructious as may be tho* proper 3'^"y To hear the report of y*^ Com**^^ appointed to view the 1G80 Acres in June last. 4.iy to Raise Such Sum or Sums of money as may be tho^ necessary, to pay the prop^'^ Just Debts and Carry on any necessary affair for the prop^'^ 5 To Choose a Collector and assessors to Assess and Col- lect the Same — Dated at Dunstable July y** 10'''' 1736. JOSEPH BLANCHARD Prop^s Cler The aforewritten Notification was posted Agreable to y*^ vote for Calling Meetings att® JOSEPH BLANCHARD Prop^^ Cler COMMITTEE TO SUSTAIN CLAIMS CHOSEN. REPORT OF COMMITTEE IN REGARD TO THE DISPUTED 1680 ACRES OF LAND. Att a meeting of the Prop^'^ of Tyng Township so called at the House of M'^ Thomas Harwood Inholder, at Dunstable, on the second day of August, 1736 : Voted and Chose Benj^ Prescott, Esq^' ., Moderator. Also Voted that Cap* Josiah Richardson Messi"^ Benj-*^ Parker & Will'" Tarble be Chosen and appointed a Com**^*^ and fully Impowered to Sue and Prosecute any or every person in Eject- ment that were Inhabitating on any of y^ Lands in the S*^^ Town- ship before the division thereof and Continue so to be On Condi- tion that the Owner of the Lotl will first make over and Oblidge himself to render all Damages (that shall be recovered) to the Prop^y and that the C6m''<^6 be further Directed to take Security of the Owner of the lotts as afores"^! to render So much to the prop^y as the lott or Lotts is benefitted by such Improvements and the Charges that shall arise theron to be born by the prop^y and that the Comittee afore^ be Joyntly & Severally Im- powered to act in all the affair of y® foregoing vote Against which vote Nicholass Sprague & Thomas Parker of Chelms- ford entered their Desents. TYNG TOWNSllU'. 41 The Comtee appointed the 22"' of June last to view y^ icsO acres viz. Benj-' I'arker from the Coin'*'*^ Rei)oiled That they had attended that Service and are of the opinion tiiat tlie Land hiy'd out by Cap^ Blodget for tliat use is mean and Better may be had Wliich Report was accepted and voted that an Other Phice be Look't out for that use. And the S"^ Com'*^*^ pray that they may be allowed for their Trouble as followeth. Beuj'-i Parker for 4 days @ 10s. ^ day - - - £2 John Colburn for 4 days @ 10s ^ day - - - 2 Samuel Cumings for 4 days @ 12s. '^ day - 2 Further Charges for one Journey to Chelmsford and Westford to post notifications @ 10s 10 Benj''^ Parker Further Charges for posting Notili- catiou at Grotou 30 8 Which in the whole amounts to ----710 Which account was allowed and accepted & Ordered that the propi's Clerk and treas^ pay the Same. Then Voted that Cap* William Lawrence be Joyned to the Com'^<* for Suing &c. Chosen at this Meeting. Also Voted that Cap*^ Joseph Blanchard Clerk of this Propri- ety be allowed for his Service as Followeth for — Notification to be posted for the meeting @ three shillings each, for Recording of Notifications at Is 6d "f^ page, for fraiming and Recording Prop^^ votes at three Shillings "^ page Reckning at the rate of LawfuU pages. And that He be allowed and paid by the Prop''^ his reasonable Demands for his trouble in serving as Treas'' and also that he be Directed to Record the whole of the lotts in a Book for the prop^"^ and that he be allowed for the same five Shillings for Each Right or Share to be paid him out y*^ prop'*^ Treas^y Also voted that he be allowed and paid the Sum of thirty [\ye Shillings for a Book he has procured for the Prop'"® And that the votes and the records be entered in the Same. Also Voted that the Sum of Ninety pounds be raised and paid to the treas^ within three mouths. 42 OLD iiakry's town. Also Voted and Chose Cap' Jose pli Blaucbaid Mess^'^ John Kicbardsou & Jouathau Sheple be Cbosen and appointed Asses- sors for this Prop^y Also Voted and Chose M"^ Joshua Converse Collector for the Ninety pounds Rated for Voted to be raised at this meeting. Also Voted that the Sum of live pounds be paid to M^" Thom- as Harwood for the Expences by the prop^'^ Clerk and treas^ Also Voted that Mess^'s Benj'"^ Parker and John Colburu be Directed and Desired with a Surveyor & Chainmen to Lay out the best piece of y^ Unappropriated Lands of the Province to Satisfie the Grant of 1680 acres made to this prop*^y they Can find with all Convenient Speed And make return therof at the next prop""^ meeting. ACTION FOR A SAWMILL. Pursuant to the request of a SulFicient Number of the Prop^** of Tyngs Township so Called These are to give notice to the prop^'^ of y*^ S'' Township that they Convene and meet at the house of INP' Tho^ Harwood In- holder in Dunstable On Monday the 15*^'' day of November next Ensuing Att Eleven of the Clock in the forenoon Then and there to come into some proper Method for the Erecting of Mills in the S^ Township and to Give Such Encouragement To Any Person or persons as shall Undertake the Same by Granting them Lands or Any Other Way that may be tho*^ Con- venient, and As they think Proper and See if they will Sell any Lands for Publick Uses that is not yet Allotted to y^ Prop^'^ in yc Division of y*^ Township Also to See where prop''^ Meetings Shall be held for the future Dated at Dunstable the 28"» day of October 1736 JOSEPH BLANCHARD prop^'s Cler The aforewritten Notification was posted in the Several towns Agreable to the vote of y*' Prop'^ for Callings of Meet- ings Atts JOSEPH BLANCHARD Prop's cier. TYNG TOWNSllir. 43 Alt a IMeetiiig of the Prop»"s of the Couion So Called Assciu- bletl aud met at the House of IM^' Tbo** llarvvood Inliolder in Dunstable On Monday the 15"' day of November 173G. Voted & Chose Benj'^ Piescott Escf Moderator. Also Voted that P^leazer Tyug Esq^' Cap' Joseph Blauchard & M^' William Tarble be a Com'*^'^ Directed & Fully Impowered to Agree with any proper Person or Persons that shall give bond to the Said Com'*^*^ in trust, to and for the use of the prop^'s of live hundred pounds with Sufficient Surety's within the Space of ten months next Comiqg To Erect a Sufficient Sawmill at and have the Same ready to Saw boards and tim- ber upon the Brook Called Little Cohass or upon the Other brook Called great Cohass in y® S^' Township and also within the Space of three Years Erect and finish a good Grist mill at one or Other of the S'* places and keep the Same mills in Good Repair fit for Service the term of twenty Years And that he Saw at all times for the Prop^"^ Such Loggs as they Carry to his mill for One half of the boards &c or at the rate of twenty Shillings 1^ Thousand for good Marchantable boards at the Election of the prop^'^ Carrying Loggs to the Mill and that he be Oblidged to Saw for each Prop^' an Equal proportion of Loggs if Such Propi" Shall Desire it and provide loggs as afores^^ And for Such person or persons Encouragement who shall undertake to Build JNIills and ^form the terms and Arti- cles as aforesaid ; the Com*^^^ are hereby Fully Impowered to give the Stream & Land Reserved upon it for the Use of a mill &c On the brook Called Little Cohass afores*^* or any part ther- of to Such Undertaker his heirs and Assigns forever and pass a good and Sufficient Deed therof Also Voted that Prop^'^ meetings be held at Groton for the future untill the prop'** shall see Cause to alter the Same Upon A motion made and Seconded the Question was put whether the Clerk pay out of the propy money, M"" Harwood for what has been Expended in his house this meeting ( which Amounts to Six pounds niuteen Shillings & eight pence. ) it was voted in the affirmative Nemiue Contra-diceute Also it was voted nemine Contradicentd that the prop'" Clerk and Treas^' Cap' Joseph Blauchard do not pay Cap' Caleb Blod- 44 OLD Harry's town. get auy money for any Service by him Pretended to have beeu done for the prop^'^ ( he haveing Deceived & Imposed upon them auy former Orders to the Contrary uotwithstaudiug The foregoing votes passed at the meeting afores^^ Att^ Beuja prescott Moderator The afore written votes is a true record Entered ^ me JOSEPH BLANCH ARD Prop^^ Cler MEETING TO RAISE MONEY AND HEAR REPORTS. PursuauL To The request of a Suflicieut Number of y*^ Prop*'^ of Tyngs Township so Called These are to give notice to the prop^"^ of the Said Township that they assemble and meet at the House of INF Benj''^ Ban- crofts Inholder In Groton on Tuesday the 28^^ day of March next at ten of the Clock in the forenoon Then & There first to hear the report of the Com'^<^e Cliosen to Agree with Some person or persons Relating to the Building of a mill or mills in S^' Township and give Such Further Incouragemeut to any that Shall undertake that Service, by Grants of Lands or money that shall be tho* Needful & Proper Also to hear and Consider the acc°^of any person to whome the prop*'^ are Justly Indebted & Order payment therof Also to Raise any Sum or Sums of money that Shall be tho' necessary for Carrying on auy of Prop^'^ necessary Buis- ness Also to See if the prop''^ will free M"" Andrew Belcher from paying any of the past Charges in Said Township Also To Choose a prop^^ Clerk. Dated at Dunstable the 28"» day of February 1737 JOSEPH BLANCH ARD Prop^^ Cler The aforewritten Notification was post in the Severall Towns agreable to the vote for Calling of Meetings ^ me JOSEPH BLANCHARD Prop'-s Cler TYNG TOWNSHIP. 45 Att a meeting of the Prop''^ of Tyiigs Township so Called on Tuesday the 28'''» of March 1738 (rS^V) Assembled at the house of M^ Benjamin Bancroft Inholdcr in Groton Benj"' Prescott Esq^' was Chosen Moderator Then Voted and Agreed that the mill Lott as Lay'd out in the Second range and the lot next Below Naniaskceg Falls Joyning to the two hundred acres reserved for the Province at S'' falls be and hereby is granted and Confirmed unto M*' Wil- liam Tarble his heirs and assigns forever on Condition that he give bond with Obligated in the Sum of five hundred Pounds with Suflicient Security, conditioned for the building a Sawmill on Little Cohass or great Cohass Brook within S^^ Township, in the Space of Seven months next Coming, and keeping the Same in Good repair fit for Use for the Space of ten years next Coming after the Same is built and that he Erect and build a good Grist mill On One of the S'^ Brooks within the Space of Six months next after the number of twenty familys be Settled in the said Township and keep the Same in good Re- pair for the Space of ten years next Coming after the said mill is Erected and fitted for use and that he Saw for and Sell to any of the propi's of the Said Township, During the Said term at the prizes which is usually paid to Persons Owning mills in the Same or in the Neighbouring Towns And That Benj^ Prescott Esqi" Cap* Tho^ Tarble and M*" Benj'T' Parker be a Comittee to take Such Obligation in the name and behalf of y^ Prop^'^ and to be forfeited to their Use on failure of any of y'' Conditions aforesaid Also Voted that M*" Andrew Belcher be Dissmisscd all the rates heretofore assessed on his Right Cap* Josiah Richardson from the Com**'*' appointed to Sue and Prosecute &c Reported Sliewing that tiiey had been to view the tresspasses done, and had Comenced Some Actions which Since were agreed under promise to desist and go off the Land, and that the Expences of the viewing getting evidences Catch- ing the tresspassers, are as Followeth. 46 OLD HARRYS TOWN. £1 10 1 10 6 10 10 To Josiah Richardson viewing to find what Tresspass was done three days @ - - - To Will"^ Tarble Ditto 3 days ----- by Willni Tarble paid To Benj-"! Blodget - - More to One day S'' Richardson - . - - More S^i Tarble for One day When the Acctions was Comenced to men Carryed for assistants to Namaskecg at 10s ■^ day each To Coll Prescot 3 days in that Service - - Capt Lawrence 3 days Ditto ].ieu' Tarble 3 days Ditt^ Benja Parker 3 days Ditto Jonathan Sheple 3 days Ditt^ Joseph Farwell .lun'' 3 days Ditt" - - - Samuel Woods : 3 days Ditt<* Cap"^ Jona. Richardson 2 days Ditt" - - - Cap*' Joseph Blanchard 2 daya Ditto . . - Major Ep'i» Hildreth 3 days Ditt" - - - - Sam' Colburn 3 days Ditto Jon-'' Perham 2 days Ditto - Josiah Richardson 3 days Ditto - - . - Cash p*^ To John Varnum for Service - - Total £22 18 The aforewritten Acco was Read allowed and Ordered that the Same Should be paid by the Treas^' to the respective per- sons therin Named £1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 1 1 10 1 10 1 1 10 12 Also an Ace" of Cap* William Lawrence wherin he Chargeth the propi'y Deb* for Serving two writts two Defend'^'' in each writ@ " £3 for three Blanks 030 which was read Allowed and Ordered that the Same be paid Out of ye prop>s Treas^y Also Epi" Hildreth Escf & Joseph Butterfield Charg's the prop^'^ D*" to three days each going to meet and Accomodate w"> M^Cleary's @ 10s ^ day each - - - - £3 Cap*- William Lawrence 3 days Ditto ... 1100 which was Read Allowed and Ordered to be paid out of y'^ prop^s TreasJ'y TYNO TOWNSHIP. 47 Beuj=^ Parker From the Com'^e appointed to Lay out y^ 1680 Acre grant reported that they had attended that Service & that a plan therof was Returned to the Gene Court and Accepted and Lay'd an Ace** of his Expences before the Society, as Fol- lowcth,' Novi' 22'' 1736 Pj-opis j)r for Service runing round and talking a plan of 1680 Acres of Land Joyning to Piskatoguage River To Benj--^ Parker 11 days (a) 10s f day - - £5 10 To John Colburn 1 1 days @ 10s f day - f) 10 Sam' Cumings as Surveyor 11 days - - - 6 12 To Isaac Patch assistant 10 days @ 10s f! day 5 Total 22 12 The aforewritten Ace" was Read Allowed and Accepted and Ordered that the Same be paid Out of the prop''^ Treas'y Also Voted that the Prop^s Clerk and Treas*" pay INP" Ban- croft the Expences of the present Meeting which Amounts to the Sum of Plight pounds Sixteen ShiUings ACTION IN REGARD TO HIRING A MINISTER. Pursuant To the request of a Sufficient number of the Prop^''^ of Tyngs Township so Called These are to give Notice to tlie prop^'^ of the S'' Tyngs Town- ship that they Convein and meet at the House of M'' John Buckley Inholder in Groton on Tuesday the 28'^'i day of No- vember Currt at ten of the Clock in the forenoon then and there to hear and Examin the Ace" of the prop*'>' To Sec what money has been Raised and how far the Same has been paid Away. Also to See if the prop'"^ will hire Preaching in S'' Township and how Long Also to Agree upon and Order the Building a meeting house in S'^ Township if they see Cause and Raise money to Defray any necessary Charges that may be tho'^ Needfull 48 OLD iiarry's town. Also to Agree upon what place prop^'^ meetings Shall beheld at for the future Dated at Dunstable y^ 2'^ day of November 1738' JOSEPH BLANCHARD prop'« Cler The aforewritten Notification was posted in the Several & Respective Towns agreable to the vote for Calling of meetings ■^ me JOSEPH BLANCHARD Prop^s Clei Att a meeting of the prop^^ of Tyngs Township so Called, at the house of M»' Benj^ Bancroft Inholder in Groton Assem- bled On the 28"' day of November 1738 Voted & Chose Ephraim Hildreth P2sq^' Moderator Also Voted and Chose Cap'^ William Lawrence Mess^^ Benj''^ Parker And Will™ Slickney a Comi^cc ^o Examin into the Acc°s of yc S'^ Propriety an Report theron at the next meeting Also Voted that Cap* Will"^ Lawrence be Added to the Com^^ee foY Letting Out the mills in the room of Co' Prescott Esqr Deceesed. Also Voted that there be assessed on y*' Prop'^'^ the Sum of thirty pounds, ( to be Lay'd out in Preaching the Gosspel in the (? )Said,Towuship where that the prop'"^ that are now Set- tled there shall see Cause to Agree upon ) and Pip"^ Hildreth Esqi' To take the care and Procure Such preaching there, Also Voted that the Meetings be held at the House of M*" Isaac Farwell Inholder in Dunstable for the future Also voted that the Expence Expended at this Meeting to (be) paid by the prop^y w^'^ is £3 Also Voted that Ep"^ Hildreth Esq'" pay the Reckning to M"" Buckley viz. thirty Shillings each and that they be admit- ted to Draw the Same Out of treas^'v Again EPH«i HILDRETH Moderator A true record Entered ^ JO^ BLANCHARD Propi'^ Cler 1 It does not aiipcar that any meeting was held for a year or more, during which time several of the grantees, dissatisfied with the expense and future pros- pect of the grant, abandoned their claims. " TYNO TOWNSIHI'. 49 Pursuant To the request of a SufHcient Number of the Prop'^s of Tyngs Township ( so Called ) These are to give Notice To the prop''« of the Said Town- ship that they Couveiii and meet at the House of M'" Isaac Far- well Inholder In Dunstable on thirsday the eighth day of March next at ten of the clock in the forenoon then and there to grant and Confirm Any Lands to Any Person who will undertake the Erecting of Mills in the S'^ Township ( as shall be Agreed on ) Also to hear the Report of the Com''^'<^ Chosen the last Prop''^ meeting to Examin the prop'*^ Acc"^ Also to Choose a prop^^ Clerk and treas^' Also to Se if they will Erect a Meetinghouse in the S'' Town- ship Also to Raise a Sutable Sum of money to Defray the neces- sary Charges Risen and Ariseing in the Said Township Also to Choose and Impower proper persons as Agents to Sue or Defend in Any Action Comenced or to be Comenced for or Against the S'' Prop^'^ or wherin they may be Concerned and to pursue the Same to final Judgement & Execution if they See cause aud give them Such Instructions as Shall be tho^ Prop»' Dated at Dunstable Feb*' yc G"» 1738 JOSEPH BLANCHARD Prop^s Cler The aforewritten Notification has been posted in the Several & respective Towns Agreable to The vote of y^ Prop'"^ for Calling Meetings '^ me J0« BLANCHARD Prop^s Cler 50 OLP iiakry's town. Att a meeting of the Prop^'^ of Tyngs Township so Called at the House of M^" Isaac P'arwell luholder in Dunsble as- sembled on the 8"' day of March 1738 Voted & Chose Eleazer Tyng Esq"" Moderator Also that Wheras Jonathan Perham has bound himself to this Prop'^y to Erect Certain mills and ^form Sundry Dutys in S^ Tyngs Township as "^ his Bond, Therefore in Considi'ration therof. Voted And Agreed that the mill Lott in the S'^ Tyngs Township in the Second range of Lotts as Lay'd Out and De- scribed by the plan therof, And Also a Lott Containing about Sixty Acres near and adjoyning to Namaskceg Falls in 8'^ Town- ship Bounded Westerly by Merrimack River Northerly by the two Hundred Acres Reserved by the Province for the fishery Easterly by the Second Range line Southerly by the lott N" 15 and as the Same is more expressly Set forth and Delineated by a plan therof on file be granted and Confirmed unto Jonathan Perham of Nottingham his heirs and Assigns forever Also the Comittee viz. Cap*^ William Lawrence Mess^'^ Benja- min Parker & William Stickney, Appointed to Enquire into the State of the treasy And know the Rccipts and Disbursements of the Treas'' & his vochers Reported as Followeth Assessed on the Prop''* Exclusive of the Last thirty Shilligs Tax Comitted to Joshua Converse to Collect together with Associates money five hundred and One pound five Shillings & eight pence paid the Treasurer by Jonathan Perham By Thomas Worthley By a Rong Casting - - - - - - 564 5 8 Wee Likewise find that Cap* Joseph Blanchard Treasurer of this Prop^y has paid Out to Several Persons Agreable to the grants of this Prop'y the Sum of Six Hundred twenty One pounds twelve Shillings, & A penny - - - £621 12 1 Which Leaves the Ballance Due to the Treas"" 57 6 5 £501 5 8 40 22 2 TYN(i TOWNSIlll'. 51 And \a Asinnch As the Collector of y^ 30s or £90, Rate viz. M*" Joshua Converse has not made Koturn and no Regard to. that Rate Which report was voted Allowed & Accepted, And Ordered that the Prop''* Treas'' l>e Discharged of the Re- spective Sums l)y him Rec^' Exclusive of y" afores*^ SOs or Ninety Pounds Rates & have the Aforeraeutioned Ballance al- lowed him. Also Voted and Agreed that the Sum of Six pounds nine Shillings be granted and Allowed To Maj"" Eph™ Hildreth Esq^ As An Addition to the grants and Allowances heretofore made him by This Propt^y on Condition And in consideration that he drop the Action Designed by him Against the Prop'^ and take the Same & the Sums Granted heretofore in full Satisfaction of All Demands on the Prop*'' & he at y* Same Declared his Action drop't Also Voted that the Prop" Expences at this meeting be Paid by the Prop^'s Treasr viz £9 4 The Prop^'s of Tynstown Being duly notified to assemble at the house of Isaac Farwell in Dunstable on y** 3'^day of April 1739 to Act On the following Articles — viz To hear the Acc**^ of any person to whome the Prepay are Justly Indebted And allow and Order payment therof if they think meet Also to hear the Adjusting of Any Acc°'* necessary for the Prop" to Enquire into in Order to know how much money is necessary to Raise for payment of the Prop" debts & Carrying On any affairs to y® Prop" Benifit Also to Choose Assessors a Collector Prop" Clark nnd treas*' Accordingly mett At time & Place Jonas Clak Esq'" was Chosen moderator Also Voted that Eleazer Tyng & Ep™ Hildreth Esq" & M"- Will™ Stickney be a Conitpe to cxaniiu into the Additional Acc°* of Joseph Blanchard Treas'" who Reported £3 10 9 5 8 1 10 2 8 1 10 2 4 52 OLD iiakry's town. They fouiKl to be Added to his Credit viz, paid To Jo8 Butterfield, Allowed JanyS^^ 1737 - - To Jo^ Buttler Allowed December 5"i 1737 To John Usher Allowed may 11 1737 - - To Sami Cumings Dit^ April 25"i 1737 - To Benj'i Parker may y^ 8: 1738 - - - To John Lovewell Juni" July 9"^ 1737 To Joshna Converse p'^ M^" Isaac Far- wells Expeuces 9 4 List Returned by Joshua Converse of De- linquents To Cash Paid at Isaac Farwells Expences more to Cash p^' Sam^ Cumings on Cap^ Lawrences Ace'' To Capt Caleb Blodget Cash - - - - More Cash paid Eph™ Hildrelh - - - more by AP' Andrew Belchers Rates Abated more Cash p'' for aprop^'^ Book - - - Total Which Sums viz. And 19 15 9 4 1 10 6 6 15 1 10 1 70 8 9 57 6 5 70 8 9 127 15 2 for Which the S'^ Treasurer give Credit the Prop'''% by One Ninety pounds Rate 90 Comitled unto Joshua Converse to Collect Ballance Due to S^Tieasr - - - - 37 15 2 Which Acco was Read Allowed Accepted And it was Voted that the S'- Ballance of 37 15 2 be paid to Joseph Blanchard . Treas^' Also Voted that the Sum of Two Hundred & forty pounds be assessed on the Prop*"® And Mess'*^ Joseph Blanchard Jon-"^ Bowers and Josiah Richardson were Chosen Assessors & Will"™ Stickney Collector for S^' Rate, And Sworne to their respective Trusts before Eleaz'' Tyng Esq»" Jus'^'' of peace TYNG TOWNSIIII'. Also Voted tt Chose Jouas Clark Esq'' Tieus'' for this Tropi^y who Accepted of that trust Voted And Allowed to Mess'" William Lawrence William Stickuey & Benj-i Parker ten Shillings Eack for their Respec- tive Services Looking into the treas'"'* acc*'^ VOTE TO BUILD A MEETING-IIOUSE AND INC^UmE INTO THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE. Att a meeting of the Prop»s of Tyngs township so Called Regularly Warned And Assembled al the House of RP' Isaac Farwell Inholder in Dunsdible the 21^1 of August 1740 Voted and Chose Cap' 8am' Chamberlain, Moderator Then Voted that those persons whose Lands ( in S*^ Town- ship And Part of the Original Propt>' Are teresspassed upon or Are passed by Any Person Claiming under New Hampshire shall within three months from from this meeting Prosecute Such ■^sons else be deprived for the future of Any Beuifit or As- sistance from the Prepay in the Defence or Recovery of Any Such Lands Also Voted that Mess^'s Eph'" Hildreth Willm Lawrence & Joseph Blanchard be a Com^ee fuHy Impowered & Directed at the Charge of this Prop'y ( by Taking a Legal Power ) to As- sist in Suing And defending in Any Action Comenced or to be Comenced, of tresspass or Ejectment, for or against any Per- son or Persons in tryal of the Title or Trespass as afores"^' on Any Lands in S^' Township belonging to the Prop'y or grantees therof S^' Com^ee or Any One of these Are directed also at the Cost and Charge of the Propi's that if any PropJ's as afores^^ be Arrested and Carryed into the Province of New Hampshire by any Writ or process for Improveing on their Lands there, to Redeem them from Such Arrests or Arrest, and to take a pow- er of Attorney to Appear in their names to Prosecute and De- fend in any Matter Joyntly or Severally According to the Whole tenour of this vote Also Voted that the S^* Com^^c ][,e Impowered to draw so much money out of the treasury as there n)ay An Imediate Oc- casion for, And be Accompt to the Prop's for the Same And tUe Treasurer is likewise Directed on their Request and G-iving re- cipt to pay it Accordingly :i 1 10 1 10 54 OLD uakry's town. Also Voted that the following Acco°^ Occasioned by the Prop^'^ of Londonderry arrestiug Jonathan Chamberlain be Al- lowed viz to Cap^ Josiah Richardson One Pound To Jonathan Chamberlain To Sam' Chamberlain Juu'^' ... - To Deacon Joseph Pcrhum ten Shillings Also Allowed To Joseph Blanchard for his Jouney to Tyngs Town & Trouble with the Action of Tarble against Bell two pounds '2 00 Allowed to Cap* Taiblo & Cap' Lawrence Forty Shillings each for ihelr Service in that affair 4 Also Voted that the Sum of Thirty Pounds be Allowed for preaching the trouble of hireing & Billiting inCluded, - - - £30 Also Voted that Mess'"^ Jonathan Chamberlain Archabald Stark and Micael M'^ Clinto be Directed to Take Care to Pro- vide the Same Also Voted that the Prop" Inhabiting in S^ Township Ap- point the place where Such meeting shall be held Also Allowed To Joseph Blanchard ten shillings for his Service in making the last Rate, £0 10 Also Allowed to Joshua Converse ten pounds for his Service as Collector - 10 To iAF William Stickney Collect four pounds for his Service 4 To Joseph Blanchard to his Service in Collecting the first Taxes & Service as treasr Down till the Choice of Coll' Clark fifteen Pounds 15 for his Services As Clark Entering votes Posting Meetings &c 15 00 for attendance on Comittee ExaminiugAc°s 00 10 TYNG TOWNSHIP. 55 Also Voted ami Allowed to M^" Isaac Faiwell, the Sum of teu pouuds fourteeu Shilliugs money for Expeaces at bis house, y*' meeting Alt a meeting of the Prop*'^ of Tyugs township so Called Regularly assembled at the House of M'' Isaac Farwell luhold- er in Dunstable On the first day of January 1739 Voted And chose W™ Lawrence Esq"" Moderator. Also Voted and Chose Benj'"* Thompson Esq*" Capt"^ Josiah Richardson & Thomas Taible a Com'-'^'^ to Manage the PrudeJi- tials of this Prop*y & That they be Directed to State And Or- der the Places of Building necessary Bridges in S'' Township, the Place of the Inhabitants meeting On the Sabbath that they determin the necessity of Calling Meetings, that they Order the Seasons in the year for Preaching in S^ Township, when money at anytime is raised for that Use, That they be also directed to Enquire into the Compliance of those Persons Obligated to Erect mills in S** Township & Report theron to this Prop''y the next meeting Also to Exaimin into the Prop*"* Accompts Since April Last past, And Other Acc®*^ not before Settled & see if their money has been paid in and Distributed According to the vote of this Prop^y, and Report theron at the next meeting. Also Voted that they be directed forthwith to Enquire Into the Proceedure of the Collector and Assessors of this Prop'-y where there are any delinquents, in Any of the past rates, if there has been Any deficiency in the Proceedings, in any Suoli rates, as to render the Sale of Such delinquents Lands, In- vallid that they be Directed ( Provid^'^^ they find Such deficien- cy ) forthwith to Cause to be "^formed all such(?) requisites necessary in Order for recovering such delinquents rates, & in the Name and Behalf of this Prop^^y to proceed According to Law to Sell Such delinquents Lands for the rates, As Soon as may bee Also Voted to Build a meetinghouse the Said Township of the Following dimentions viz. forty two feet Long and thirty feet wide twenty feet between Joynts and that the meeting- house fraim be Raised at or before the Last day of August next And that the Roof be boarded Shingled Weather boards put On the boarding Round well Chamfered the. necessary 56 OLD IIARUV'S TOWN. Doors made and Huug A Double floor lay'd below with all Convenient Speed After the s'^ Fraim is up so that it be thus finished by the first of december next And That Eleazer Tyng And Beuj'^ Tompsou Esq^'s and Cap* Jonathan Bowers, or any Two of them be a Coui'^e fully Impowered in behalf of this Propty to Lett, out the S'^ work, & in their S*^* Capacity to En- ter into Bonds or Articles of Agreement for the fullfillment & Compleating the work as afores^^ And the Said Comi^cc ^^^.g ^\_ rected to post up Notifications of the time and place of their meeting to Let out the S^^ work in the Several places that notifi- cations Are posted for Calling Prop^^^ meetings ten days before the S^ Work be let Out And the S'^ Comt*'^ are further Directed in case of an Indian Warr to prolong the time of Building S^ House Also Voted that the Sum of One Hundred & Eighty pounds be assessed on the Prop^s to be paid Forthwith And that the Same be Collected by M^' William Stickney who is Chosen Col- lector and Mess»« Joseph Blanchard Sampson Stoddard & Josiah Richardson Chosen assessors who were all Sworne to their respective trusts before Eleazi" Tyng Esq^' Jus'^*^ of peace. Also Voted And Allowed to Jonas Clark Esqi" four pounds for his past Service as Treas^ The Comittee Appointed to Lay out Roads Reported Report- ed their proceedings therin And voted not to Accept it Also Voted And Allowed to M^' John Richardson twelve Shillings for his Service in making the first assessment Att a meeting of the prop^s of Tyngtownship so Called held at the House of M'' Isaac Farwell in Dunstable on the twenty fourth day of July 1 740 Benj'"^ Tompson Esq'" was Chosen Moderator Also Voted that the Comitte for the Prudentials be directed to See that the Sawmil be fitted forthwith According to Con- tract & On failure, to Sue the Bond Given for that Purpose And to Examiu the Prop^'s Accompts As voted the last meeting And Report theron at the next meeting TVKG TOWNSIIU'. 57 Also V^oted That Joseph Blanchard Esq*" be Directed lo Ap- ply to Some Geutleman Learned in the Law for Advice what is best to be done in the Present Circumstances of this Prop'y And that he be Directed to measure off the Township of London- derry And Chester so far as to Obtain a Certain knowledge, what Part if Any ( the Lines of those towns ) According to their Charters Include of said township, And that he be Furth- er directed, to Apply to the Gen^^ Court at their next Session if he shall then think it Adviccable for their directions what meas- ures Further to totake, x\lso to make Such Further Searches into the titles of Any Persons who Lay Any Claim to the Said Township Or Any part thereof As may be tho't necessary and Report theron Also Voted that the Charges of Entertainment at ]\P" Far- wells the Present meeting be paid Out of the Produce of the Sales of the delinquents l^otts Already made by the Com''*® And that his receipt Discharge them for so much, the whole Ac- compt being the Sum of fourteen pounds Seventeen Shillings & three Pence, Eleven Shillings And nine pence whereof Spent by the Comtee for Sale of the Delinquents Lotts at their first meeting for that Service And Voted that this meeting be Ad- journed to the IS^'^ day of September next to meet Again At this place At ten of the Clock forenoon And the meeting was Accordingly Adjourned by Benj*^ Tompson moderator Att a meeting of the Prop'"^ of Tyngs Township so Called, At the house of M^' Isaac Farwell the 15''^ of September 1740 held by Adjournment from the 24^^^ of July Last past to this time & place Adjourned to I\F Joseph Frenches to meet forth- with & mett accordingly Wheras the prop""" of this Township being Informed That by the determination of his Maj^y in Council respecting the Contro- verted Bounds between the Province of the Massachusetts Bay And New Hampshire, This Township is Excluded from the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to which they always Sup- posed themselves to belong Therefore Voted that A Petition be Preferred to the Kings most Excelent Majesty Setting forth Our distressed Estate, And praying that we may be Annexed to the S'' Massachusetts Province And that Thomas Hutchinson Esq*' be And hereby is fully Impowered to Preferr Such Our Petition to his Maj'^ And to Appear And fully to Act for And 58 OLD Harry's town. in behalf of the Inhabitiints Aud Prop^'s of this township Re- specting the Subject Matter of S*' Petition According to his best Discretion Also Voted that Eleaz^" Tyng Joseph Blanchard and William Lawrence Esq^'s be Impowered in behalf of this township to Sign a Petition to his Majf^y As afores*^' Also Voted that the Com'^<^ for Building the Meetinghouse be directed to See that the Meetinghouse be raised and Inclosed According to the former Vote Respecting the Same At or be- fore the Last day of June next. Also Voted that this meeting be Adjourned to the twenty fifth of September Curr^ at ten of the Clock in the forenoon to this place Also Voted that, the Prop" ijg ^j^ ^^j Charge at the Adjourn- ment Except it be Out of ye Charges in the Sale of the Delin- quents Lotts, And the Moderator Adjourned the Meeting Ac- cordingly RAISE MONEY FOR PREACHING. At A meeting of the Prop'"^ of Tyngs town began & held at Dunstable the 24"! of July 1740 and Continued by Several Ad- journments to the 25"! of Sepi" 1740 mett Again at the House of M^' Joseph French in Dunstable And Adjourned to tomor- row nine of the Clock forenoon Mett Again Accordingly And Voted that notwithstanding Anything in the foregoing votes, that the Said Agent be not paid Any thing from this Prop'y And the S'^ Petition to be Pre- ferred On No Other Conditions Than by what the Province has or shall grant to forward the Same The Expences at this Meeting at M^" Jo^ Frenches Amount- ing to fourteen pounds fifteen Shillings & nine pence be Al- lowed & paid Then voted that this meeting be Adjourned to the 28"^ of October next to meet At the House of Jonas Clark Esq^" in Chelmsford at ten of the Clock forenoon And the Moderator Adjourned the Meeting Accordingly TYNO TOWNSUir. 50 Alt A ineeling of the Piop''® of Tyngs Township Begun and held at Dunstable on the 24"i of July 1740 And Continued by Several Adjournments untill the 28"* of October 1740, And Agreable thereunto, mett at the house of Jonas Clark Esq"" in Chelmsford And Voted that Wheras Cap^ Caleb Blodget at the Order of this Propriety had Attended the Service of Laying Out Hy ways in S'* Township that he be allowed for his Service therin the Sum of three pounds Also Voted that the treas*' be Directed to pay to M"^ Benj^'' Bowers for his Preaching in Tyngs Town Thirty two Pounds of the first money that Comes into the treasury Also Voted that the Treas*" pay to M'" Dunlap Thirten pounds Fifteen Shillings For his Service in Preaching ins'' Township Then Voted that this meeting be Adjourned to the 16"' of December next to this Place ten of the Clock forenoon. And the Moderator Adjourned it jAccordingly At w"^'' Adjoument the Prop^^ did not meet VOTE NOT TO HAVE A CLEUK. Att a meeting of the Prop'"^ of Tyngstownship held At Dun- stable At the House of M*' Joseph French in Dunstable On the 16"! day of April 1741 Capt Josiah Richardson was Chosen moderator And Voted that Joseph Blanchard Eleazer Tyng & Will" Lawrence Esq*" should be a Com'<^c to treat with the towns of Chester and Londonderry referring to the lines between Tyngs town & them towns Also Voted that the Com"-^*^ have a Dis- cretionary Power in making Agreement with their Com'*^*-'^ or Towns and make report at the next meeting of the Prop'* theron 60 OLD hakry's town. Also Voted that meetings sball be held for the future at The house of Jonas Clark Esqi" in Chelmsford uutill the Prop^^ Shall Alter the Same Also Voted that the Propi"^ shall ptiy the P^spence of this meeting, And that each Prop^' that pays his Cash now sball be Reimbursed the Same by the Prop''ity q^jj^ ^f [\^q Treas^T Also Voted that this meeting shall be Adjourned to the House of Jonas Clark Esqi' in Chelmsford the Second Thirsday of may next And Accordingly Adjourned there According to w<='i Ad- journment met again On the fourteenth day of may 1741 And Put to vote whether the Prop''^ of Tyngs Township would Choose a Com^^e fg^. tijeij. Prudentials & it Passed in the Nega- tive Also Whether they would Choose a prop''^ Clark and it passed in the Negative Also Voted that Eleazer Tyng W^^ Lawrence & Joseph Blanchard be Allowed forty Shillings Each for their Journeys to Chester and Londonderry to treat with their Comittees Also That Michael M^ Clinto be Allowed twenty five Shillings for assisting in Runing London Derry Line To Tyngs Town Also Voted to Reconsider the vole of Holdiugmeetings at Coh Clarks & Voted that the next meeting be held at Tyng Town the third tuesday of June Next at the meeting bouse place & that after that meetings Should be held at Coll^ Clarks for the future untill the Prop^^ Shall Alter the Same & then the meet- ing was Dismissed At a meeting of the Prop^'^ of Tyngs Township held in S^^ township at the House of William M<^ Clinlo's the 16"* day of June 1741 The Rev^i M*' Tho^ Parker was Chosen Moderator Also by Enquiry Respecting the Acc^^ Cap* Josiah Richard- son is behalf of y^ Com^^''^ Appointed for that purpose Report- ed, that About the Sum of One Hundred and twenty pounds TTNG TOWNSHIP. 61 When the taxes Already Voted was paid, Lay Ballauce in fav- our of the Prop'^y Excepting What Accompts has not yet been passed by this Prop'y Also Voted that Eleaz*" Tyng Will'" Lawrence & Joseph Bhmchard Esq" Or Any two of them be fully Impowered to meet with the Com^^'° of Cliester and Londonderry And Propose Such matters And Agree to the Same As they shall think most Conducive to the Interest & peace of Each Prop'^'*' And provid- ed nothing be Agreed on by the S'^ Severall Propriety'' for de- lay of the tryal of the title of S"^^ Lands Then that the S'' Com- ittee be Joyntly And Severally Impowered to Sue & De- fend in. all matters And Causes Whatsoever that may Concern or Effect Any Prop'' or the Prop'y in S** township at the Charge of this Propty, if the Cornice Should think best Also Voted that the Sum of twenty pounds be Allowed the Com^ee for the Bridges to Enable them to pay for the Bridge Over great Cohass, And twenty four Shillings for a Bridge Over Linkfield Brook And the Sum of ten Pounds Allowed to Mich- ael & William M^ Clinto's for the Bridge Over Greate Cohass And the Meeting Adjourned till to morrow morning Eight of the Clock at the meeting house place & the meeting Was Opened at the S'* meeting house place Accordingly, & Voted that the Expences at Will'" M« Clinto's be paid by the Prop''y & those Persons who now Advance the money to be Allowed the Same by the Prop'"^ which charges was as Follow's For horses One pound ten Shillings - - £1 10 for drink thee pounds Seven Shillings & ten^i 3 7 10 paid in the Following Manner by Cap^ Lawrence M"^ Tho** Parker ---.---- Cap' Josiah Richardson M"^ Peter Russell Capt Caleb Blodget By Joseph Blanchard :1 10 1 f) 10 1 12 10 62 OLD iiauhy's town. Then The meeting was Adjourned to meet Again At the House of M^' Sam^ Moor in Litchfield to morrow, morning, Seven of the Clock, And niett Accordingly And Voted that Wheras the Saw mill in S'' Township is not finished to Saw as was Expected & Covenanted for wherby the finishing the meet- inghouse is under great Disadvantage & must be much more Expensive to Robert Anderson who is Oblidgcd to finish the Same At or before the last day of June Cm rant, and that he might not be a Sufferer by the Neglect of the finishing the S^ mill nor Exposed to Imediate prosecution Therefore that the S"^ Anderson have Liberty further to delay to finish the S'^ House as Covenanted for if Compleated At Or before the last day of November next And Wheras it freequently Happens those prop^"^ of this town- ship that from time to time have Attended Prop''^ meetings by Reason of their living remote from the places of holding the Same Are put to Considerable Expence in time & travil And Usually Oblidged to Advance money for Carrying forward the Propi'^necessary Affairs, while Others many times to Save them- selves from Such Expensive ( tho necessary ) Journeys — do not Attend, And neglect to pay their Rates by means wherof the Bringing forward the Settlement of this Plantation is much Retarded And it Appearing Necessary that Such meetings should Still be held and more General Attendance Given And the Assessments more Punctually paid And that each Prop^ more P^qually do his part in Bringing forward the Settlement for Encouragement wherof Unanimously voted That each Prop^ who has Attended this present meeting by himself Or Attorney Also those who shall Attend meetings for the future, be Allowed And paid Out of the Publick treas*" of this Prop*^y the Sum of twenty Shillings '^ day for his travil and Attend- ance for P^ach Sixty third part of said Township or whole share and so in proportion for a greater or less Right he shall be duly Authorized to Act for, which Acc'^^ to be Approved of by the Prop^s tije Same meetings they shall Attend Always Provided Such Prop"* or Attorney do at the Same Meeting pay the proper taxes due on Such Right or Share he shall so Appear for, or give Such Security for the Seasonable payment therof As the Prop''^ at said meeting Shall Accept And On No Other Condi- TYNC, TOWNSIia'. 63 tionsWlialsocver This vote to remain And be inforce during the Pleasure of this Prop'^J' And No Longer Also Voted that there be assessed On this Prop'y the Sum of three Hundred Pounds and were Chosen Assessors And Cap^ Caleb Blodget Collect^ Also Voted that Joseph Blanchard be directed to lOxamin into the Acc°^ of the Prop^'^ And Lay a Particular Acco' of the treasury before the Prop'^y Also Voted that Cap* William Lawrence be directed & desir- ed to Receive Such money as is due to the treas''^ both for the former Rates And the three Pounds Rate Granted at this meet- ing And to Receive Security in trust for this Prop^>' of Such present as Cannot pay their money, And Such Security to be Accepted & Their Rates be discharged thereupon Also Voted that Cap' William Lawrence be the treas^ of this Prop^y And be directed to pay Out No part of the money by him Rec*^' but what he shall have Certificate for from the Prop^'^ Clerk that the Same has been Allowed by the Prop^'^ And Not discharged & proper receipt for money so Paid by him to be bis discharge for so much Also Voted Provided Any person ( who Shall at this time give Any note or Other Security for payment of his Taxes) shall neglect to make payment therof Longer than the last day of July next That he Imediately Sue for Such Debts And that And that he be Accomptable to this Prop'^y Therefor Also on A motion of Cap' Benj** Tompson Voted to Allow him the Sum of One pound twelve Shillings fo Service in letting Out the meeting house - - - 1 12 more for three days Service Examining Acc08 of the treas'- 110 Also Allowed to Cap*^ Thomas Tarblo for Service done in Letting out Ihe Bridge Over great CohassAnd Linkfield Brook 2 8 G G4 OLD Harry's town. EXPENSE OF RAISING A MEETING HOUSE. Also Allowed to Sundry Persons for Provisions & Drink at the Raiseing the meetinghouse the Sums Following, To Joseph Blanchard for Rum & Provi- sions -- To the Rev'i M'' Thomas Parker - - - To Sam^ Colburn To Cap' John Colburn To Jonathan Chamberlain for a Salmon - To Archebald Stark for a Salmon - - To William Tarble To Peter Russell To Henry Farwell & Joshua Converse To Benjamin Tompson Esq - - . . To Capt Thomas Tarble To Cap* William Lawrence - - . - To Capt Jon^ Bowers To Capt Josiah Richardson . - . . To the Rev^i Willard Hall Stephen Peirce Had of William M*' Clin to for Raiseing 6 g'i*of Rhum at 18s^G"@ - - - T) 8 2 15 3 2 1 11 6 1 16 4 6 9 €0 6 13 6 15 6 1 1 1 6 11 1 16 3 18 6 1 17 1 6 TYNG TOWN.silir. 05 CHAPTER IV. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF LOTS. The Lotls Diawii liy Joseph Buttcrliold iu Tyiii^s Towiisliip So Called. N*^ Six iu the lirst Rauj^e. N" 12 iu the fourth Rauge N" 03 iu the third Rauge N" 00 iu the fourth Rauge. N*^ 2 auieadow Lolt. ou great Cohass. Nuuiber Six iu the (irst Rauge Bouuded as follovveth Begiu- ing at the River at a Stake, theuce East to the Rauge liue to a Stake theuce uorth 25 d^ east 00 Rods to apiue theuce west to the River to a Stake thence South by the River to the lirst bouuds. w^'' lot Coutaius Niuety Acres aud is three Quarters of a mile in length N° Twelve in the fourth Range Coutaius one hundred aud five Acres Bouuded thus Beginiug at the Northwest Corner at A Stake froui thence ruuiug South twenty One degrees west Sixty Rods by the Rauge liue to apine tree marked from theuce east 4 deg** South to the township liue by Lott N" 11 to a Black Oake from thence North 24 d** east Sixty Rods by The Township liue to a Stake and Stones Sixty Rods from theuce west 4 d« N. by Lot N" 13 to the first Mentioned Bounds. The lott N'^ Sixty in the fourth Range Contains one huudred and five Acres. Bounded thus beginiug at apine marked from thence ruuiug South 25 deg* West Sixty Rods by the range line to apine thence P^ast by Lott N^ 5'J to the township line to apine from thence North by S^' liue Sixty Rods to apine Thence west by Lott N° 01 : to y*^ first bounds mentioned The Meadow lott. N*^ 2 on Great Cohass Contains Sixteen Acres and is the Second lot. from the lower end on the South Side the Northwest Corner is a wiiite Oake the North east Cor- ner is a Stake by the Brook then ruuiug up the brook to an 66 OLD iiakky's town. Other stuke from thence Southerly to a White Oake thence westerly to a Stake theuce northerly to the first uieutioued bounds. The lotts Drawn by CaV* Henry Farwell in Tyugs township so called, are as followeth Number Seven in the first Range Number eighteen in the fourth Range Number Sixty two in the Second Range. Num- ber eight in the third Range North of Cohass, Number three ameadow Lott. on Great Cohass. The Lott. N° 7 in the first Range Contains ninety Acres, and is bounded as followeth Begining at a Small Black Oake the Corner of Rands farm thence by the River Sixty Rods to a Stake from thence East by Lott. N° G to y'' range line from thence Northerly to the Fine tree the Corner of Rands farm thence west Six deg^ South by Rands line to the first bounds mentioned. The lott. N^ Eighteen in the fourth Range Contains ninety one Acres, and is Bounded thus. Begining at a Stake in the Range line from thence South twenty One deg^ west Sixty Rods to a white Oake from thence East four degrees South by lott. N° 17: to y<^ township line from thence North ten deg^ east Sixty Rods to a pine in S'' line from thence west four degrees North by lot. N^ 19. to y'' first mentioned bounds. Number eight in the third Range Contains one hundred & and twenty three Acres. Bounded thus begining at apine marked in the Range line from thence ruuiug South four and anhalf d^ west Sixty rods to a pine from thence east four degrees South by lott. No. 7 to y*^ fourth Range line thence North 4^ d^ East Sixty Rods to the Bounded by the range line thence west four degrees north by Lott. N° 9 to the first mentioned bounds. The meadow Lott. N^ 3 Contains ten Acres thirty eight perch The Lotts Drawn by John Richardson are as followeth N° nine in the first Range N" 52 in the Second Range N^ ten in the fourth Range N° 29 in the third Range N« 4 ameadow Lott. On Great Cohass. TYNO TOWNSIHP. G7 The lott Number nine in tbe (irst Range Co(n) tains One liun- dred and Sixteen Acres Honnded thus Westerly by merrimack River Beginiug at apine from thence east by lot N° 8 to the Raud line to a stak and Stones from thence North 4i^ deg^ east Sixty Rods to a Stake and Stones bounded by the range line : from thence west by Lott. N" 10. to a Red Oake at the River, thence by the river to the lirst mentiotied Bounds. N^ 52 in the Second Range contains eighty two Acres and one hundred and forty pole Bounded Thus Begiuing at apine tree marked from thence Runing East by lot. N" 51 to a Stake and Stones in the range line from thence north Sixty Rods by the Range line to a Black Oake thence west by lott Number 53. to a Stake and Stones thence South by the Range line to where It. began. N° ten in the fourth Range Contains ninety four Acres and is Bounded thus Begining at awhite Oake bush from thence east 4 d^ South by lott N" 1 1 to the Townshipline from thence by the township line South 24 d^ west Sixty Rods to a Stake and Stones from thence west 4 d« North by Lott. N" 9 to the Range line at a Black Oake from thence North 2^^^ east Sixty Rods by the Range line to y*^ first Bounds mentioned. N** 29 in the third Range Contains Ninety Acres Bounded thus Begining at an hea() of stones thence runing P^ast nine degrees South by lott N^ 28 to apine tree in the Range line thence North twenty five degrees east. Sixty Rods to an heap of Stones from thence West nine degrees North by lot N^ 30 to apine tree in y^ Range line thence South "25 degrees west Sixty Rods by the Range line thence to the first bounds men- tioned. The Lotts Drawn by Cap' William Lawrence in Tyngs Town- ship so called, are as FoUoweth N<> 10 in the first Range below Narjjaskeeg N** 53 in the Second Range No 7 in the fourth Range N*' 30 in tbe third Range The lot NO 20 in the first Range Contains One hundred and Two Acres and bounded as Followeth Begining at a Red Oake tree by Merrimack River from thence east by Lott. N®39 to a 68 OLD iiakky's town. Stake and Stones in y^ llauge line from thence north 4J/^ deg** east Sixty Rods to a Stake and Stones in y*^ said line from thence west by Lott. N<* 1 1 To a Black Oake at the River so by the River to y*^ first bounds The lott. fifty three in the Second Range Contains eighty two Acres 140 perch and is Bounded thus Begiuing at a Red Oake from thence east by Lott. N*^ 52 to a red oake marked in y^ range line from thence north by the S*^^ line Sixty Rods to an heap of Stones from thence West by Lot N" 54. to an ash tree in y*^ Range line from thence South Sixty Rods to y'' first bounds mentioned The lott N° 7 in the fourth Range Contains one hundred and Twenty Acres, and is bound thus Begining at a Stake and Stones from thence runing east 4 d** South by Lott. N" 8 to the Township line at an heap of Stones from thence South 30 d** west by S'^^ line Sixty Rods to a Black Oake from thence West 4 degrees north by Lott. No. 6. to a White Oake in the range line from thence north 40 "^^^ east By the Range line Sixty Rods to where we began The lot N° thirty in the third Range Contains one hundred and Sixteen acres Bounded thus Begining at apiue tree in the range line from thence east nine degrees South by Lott. 31 to an heap of Stones in the range line from thence South 25^^" west by the Range line Sixty Rods to apine marked from thence West nine degrees North by Lott. N° 29 to apine in the Range line from thence North 25^^ East by y*' Range line Sixty Rods to y*^ first bounds The Lotts Drawn by Nathaniel Woods in Tyngs Township are as Followeth No 12. in the first Range N° 1 1 in the third range north of Cohass No 1. in the fourth Range NO 47 in the third Range The lott. No 12 in the first Range Contains Seventy Six Acres Bounded thus begining at awhite Oake from thence east by Lott. No 11 to a Stake in the Range line from thence north 4^ East Sixty Rods by the range line to a stake from thence west by Lott No 13 to apine at Merrimack River thence by the River to y*^ first bounds mentioned Sixty Rods TYN(; TOWNSIlir. ^)'.' The loti. N'' 11 in the lliird Riingc north of great Coliass Contains One hundred ifc Eleven Acres Bounded thus Begining at a Stake and Stones in the range line from thence HuningEast 4 d*' South by Lott N"' 12 to an heap of Stones in the Range line from thence South 4^/^ d^ west Sixty Rods to a ])inc in the Range line from thence west 4 d^ north by lott. N" 10 to a pine in y*= Range line from thence north 4^ d« east Sixty Rods by tlie Range line to where we began The lot Number one in the fourth Range Contains acres and is Bounded thus Begining at a The Lotts in Tyngs Township (soCalled) Drawn by Jon- athan Shepley and Zachariah Hildreth are as FoUoweth N" 16. in the first Range N" 15 in the third Range north of Cohnss. N" 6. in the fourth Range N" 59 in the fourth Range N . 6 ameadow Lott. The lott. N° 16 in the first Range Contains Seventy Acres and is Bounded thus Southerly by the Land reserved for the Province at Namaskeeg falls Westerly' by the River Northerly by lot No 17 and Easterly by the Range line begining at ai)ine by y*' River thence East to y^ Range line thence North Sixty Rods by the Range line to y^ lott. N" 17 : then west by N" 17 to Merrimack River The lott. N° 15 in the third Range north of great Cohass Contains One hundred and Eleven Acres Bounded thus begin- ing at a Stake and Stones from thence east 4 d^ South by Lott. N" 16: to a Stake and Stones in the Range line from thence South 4^ de^ west Sixty Rods by the Range line to an heap of Stones from thence West 4 •'» North by the lot N" 14 to a Stake and Stones in the Range line from thence North 4i4 d^ East Sixty Rods by the Range line to y^ first mentioned bounds The Lott. N" 6 in the fourth Range Contains one hundred and four Acres Bounded thus l)egining at a White Onke in the Range line from thence runing East 4 ''■* South l)y Lott N" 7 to a Red Oake in the townshipline from thence South 87 ''•'' W. Sixty Rods by the township line to a Stake and Stones from 70 OLD iiahry's town. thence West 4 ''^ north by Lott. N'' 5 to a Stake and Stones in the Range Line from thence North 40 •'« East by the Range line to the first mentioned Bounds. the Lott. N° 59 in the fourth Range Contains one hundred and fifteen Acres Bounded thus Begining at apine marked from thence East by Lot 60. to apine in the township line thence South Sixty Rods by the township line to A Pine tree marked thence west by Lot. N^ 58 to an heap of Stones in the Range line from thence North 25 d^ east by the Range line to y^ first bounds mentioned The meadow Lott. N^ 6. on great Cohass. Contains Acres And Lyeth ony^ Southerly Side the Brook Bounded as FoUoweth The Lotts in Tyngs Township so Called Drawn by the Hon. Will™ Dudley Esq^ are as Followeth N<* 17 in the first Range N<' 13 in the third Range North of Cohass N^ 19. in the fourth Range No 68. in the fourth Range The lot. N° 17 in the first Range Contains Seventy Acres and is Bounded thus Begining at Merrimack River at a Pine thence East by y*^ lot N" 16. to y^^ Range lino thence North 4^ d^ east By the range line Sixty Rods to Co' Dudley's Farm soCalled from thence west by S*^ Farm to Merrimack River thence Southerly by Said River to where we began The Lott. N^ 13 in the third Range above greatCohas Contains One hundred and Eleven Acres Bound thus Begining at a Stake and Stones from thence east 4 '^^ South by Lott. N° 14 to an heap of Stones in the Range line thence South 4^ degs west Sixty Rods by the Range Line to a stake from thence West 4 d« north, by the lot. N" 12 : to a Stake And Stones in the Range line thence North 4^ ^^ East Sixty Rods by the Range line to the first bounds Mentioned. The lot N" 19 in the fourth Range Contains eighty four Acres Bound thus Begining at amaple tree in the range line from thence Runing East 4 f'^ South by Lott. N^ 20 to a Black Oake in y^ township line thence South 10 d' west by S'^ line TYNd TDWNSniP. 71 Sixty Rods to a Stake and Stones from thence west 4 ''>* noith by the lot N" 18. to a Stake and Stones i:i y^ Range line thence north 5 ^'^ east GO Rods to the first Bounds Mentioned The Lott. N" 68 in the fourth Range Contains Ninety Acres Bounded thus Begiuing at a Stake in the Range line thence ruuing cast by lot N" 67. to the township line thence North 9 ''8 west Sixt}' Rods by the Township line to apine thence West by Lott. N" 69 to y^ Range line to a Stake thence South by the range line Sixty Rods to y* first bounds mentioned The Meadow lott. N^ 7 on great Cohass Contains The Lotts in Tyngs Township (soCalled) drawn by Jonathan Hartwell Are as Followeth NO 2 in the first Range North of Co' Dudley's Farm N** 37 in the Second Range N" 5 in the third Range north of Cohass NO 69 in the fourth Range the Lott. N" 2 in the first Range north of Col. Dudley's Faim Contains Ninety three Acres Bounded thus Begiuing at apine tree marked on y*' Banck of y^ River thence east by Lott. No 2. to y^ Range line to a Stake and Stones, thence North twenty five degrees east Sixty Rods to a Black Oake thence west by the lot N^ three to a pine at the River theuce By the River to the first bounds. The Lot N" 37. in the Second Range Contains Sixty Acres Bounded thus Bcgining at a Stake in-y^ line of Col. Dudleys Farm thence P^ast by the Lott. N" 36. to a Stake and Stones in the range line thence North 25 '^^ east by S'^ line Sixtytwo Rods to a Black Oake thence west by ye Lott. N" 38. to a pine Bush in ye line of Coll. Dudley's Farm thence South South Sixty Rods to the first Bounds The Lott No 5 in the third Range north of Cohass Contains One hundred and Sixteen acres Bounded Thus Begiuing at a stake the corner of yo training field thence Runing East 4 '^ South by Lott No. 4. to the Range line to apine marked thence North 4}^ East Sixty Rods to apine in yo range line thunce west 4 d» North by the lot No 6 : to an ash in the Range line marked thence South 4^/^ d^ west Sixty Rods to the first Mentioned Bounds T2 OLD IIAltRV's TOWN. The Lott. N'' G9 in the fourth Range Contains Jonathan Richardson Drawed the following Lotts in Tyngs Township soCalled N" 1. north of Coll. Dudley's P'arra in y<^ 1st Range N" 36. in the second Range N" 14 in the third Range north '^ of Cohass N^ 77. in the fourth Range The lot N" 1 in the first Range above Coll Dudley's Farm Contains one hundred and ten acres and is bounded thus Begining at apine tree by Merrimack River from thence east by Col. Dudleys farm to his Northeast Corner AWhite Oake from thence North 25 d^ east Sixty tworods by the Range line to a White Oake from thence west by the Lot N*' 2 to apine by Merrimack River thence by the River to the first Bounds men- tioned The Lott N° 36 in the Second Range Contains Sixty Acres Bouned thus Begining at a Stake from thence Runing east by Lot N" 35. to apine tree in the Range Line thence North 25 '1^ east Seventy Rods to a Stake and Stones thence west by the Lot N*^ 37. to a Stake in the line of Coll Dudley's Farm tlience South by his Line to the first Bounds. The Lott. N° 14 in the third Range north of Cohass Contains one hundred and Eleven Acres Bounded thus Begining at a Stake And Stones from thence East 4 •''^ South by Lots N" 15 : to a Stake and Stones in the range Line from thence South 4^4 '•^^ "West Sixty Rods to a Stake thence west 4 '•'' north by the lot N*^ 13. to a Stake and Stones in the Range Line thence North 41^ 'Is east by the range line Sixty Rods to ye first Bounds The Lott. N" 77 in the fourth range Contains The Lotts in Tyngs Township Drawn by Jonas Clark Esq*^ are as Followeth N" 3 in the first Range NO 11 in the fourtli Range N*^ 23 in the third Range north of Cohass N** 70 in the fourth Range N" 8 ameadow Lott. on Great Cohass TYNC TOWNSIIir. 73 The Lott. N" 3 in the first Range Contains Ninety Acres and is Bounded thus Begining at apine tree l)y Merrimack River from thence Runing cast by tlie lot N" 2. to the range line to apine from thence North 30 '•'^ east Sixty three Rods to a Stake from thence west by the lot. N" 4 to apine by the River tlience South by the River Sixty three Rods to y^ first men- tioned Bounds The Lott. No 11 in the fourth Range Contains one hundred And One Acres Bounded Thus bcgining At an Oake Bush from thence running from thence Runing east 4 ''"^ South by Lott. No 10. to a Black Oake in the townsliipline from thence North 24 ''3 east Sixty Rods by the vS'* line to a Red Oake from thence west 4 '•'' North by the Lott. N" 12 to a pine 'from thence South 21 ''*' west Sixty rods to the first Bounds The Lott. N" 23 in the third Range North of Cohass Contains Ninety Acres and is Bounded Thus Begining at a Stake and Stones in y*' rangeline from thence runing east twelve degrees South by the Lott. N^ 24 to a Stake in y^' Range line from thence South 25 ''^ West Sixty Rods to a Stake and Stones from thence west 12 '^^ north by the lott. N" 22 to a Stake and Stones in the Range line thence North 25 d^ east Sixty Rods by the Range line to the first Bounds The Lott. N" 70 in the fourth range contains The Meadow lott. N" 8 on great Cohass The lotts Drawn by Eben'' Spalding in Tyngs Township (soCalled) are as Followelh N" 2. in the first Range No 1 in the first Range NO 25 in the third Range No 71 in the fourth Range NO 9 ameadow Lott. on Great Cohass The lotts. No 2. & No l in the first range Lye together and Contain two Hundred And Ninety Acres Bounded thus Begin- ing at Merrimack River at a pine from thence runing east, by the Lott. N" 3. to apine at the range line from thence by the range Line South westerly to a Small pine by Litchfield line "^4 OLD Harry's town. from tbence North twenty two and an half Degrees west by Litchfield line to a pine at y^ River thence North 60 Rods to y*^ first bounds mentioned The Lott. 25 in the third Range Contains Ninety Acres Bounded thus Begining at a Red Oake from thence east twelve degrees South by the lot N^ 26. to a Red Oake in the Range line from thence South 25 ''s^ West Sixty Rods by the Range line to a Stake and Stones from thence west 12 ''^ North by the lott. No 24 to apine in the range line from thence North 25 <'8 east. Sixty rods by the range line to y^ first mentioned Bounds The Lotts Drawn in Tyngs Township (soCalled) by Thos Lund'8 Right Are as followeth No 7 in the Second Range NO 50 in the Second Range NO 41 in the third Range No 55 in the fourth Range The lot No 7 in the Second Range Contains One hundred and Eleven Acres Bounded as Followeth Begining at a Stake at the range line from thence Runing East thirty Six degrees South by the Lot No 8 to apine tree Marked thence North forty d^ east one hundred And twenty Rods by the range line to awhite pine marked from thence West twenty two degrees North by the lot No 6 to a Stake in the range Line thence by the Range line South 35 ^^^ west to the first Mentioned bounds The lot No 50 in the Second Range Contains eighty two Acres and is Bounded thus Begining at a Stake in the Range Line and thence east by the Lott. N" 49 to a Stake and Stones in the Range line thence north Sixty Rods by the range line to apine thence west by the lot No 51 to apine in the Range line thence South by the Range line Sixty Rods to the first bounds mentioned The Lot No 41 in the third Range Contains one hundred and Sixteen Acres Bounded thus Begining at apine from thence east by the lot 40 to a Stake in the range Line Thence north by the range line Sixty Rods to an heap of Stones thence west by the lot No 42. to apine in the range line thence South by the Range line Sixty rods to the first Mentioned bounds TYNG TOWNSIIII". /O The Lott. N" 55 in the fourth Range Contains one hundred and fifty five Acres Hounded thus begining at uwhito pine thence runing east 7 ^'^ South by the lot N" 56. to apiue in the township line thence South 25 ''^ west Sixty Rods by the S** line to apine Thence West T''^ north by the lot N" 54. to a Black Oake in the Range line Thence North 25 ''« e'ast Sixty Rods to the first Mentioned Bounds The lotts Drawn by M'' Andrew Belcher in Tyngs Township are as Followeth No 8. in the Second Range NO 12 in the third Range N" 42 in the third Range No 56 in the fourth Range The Lot No 8 in the Second Range Contains eighty two Acres and is Bounded tlius Begining at a Stake from thence East tliirty Six degrees South by the lot No 7. to a pine tiiencc South 40 ^*^ west Sixty Rods to aStake thence West thirty six d» north by the lot No 9 to a Stake in the range line thence Northeasterly by the Range line to the first mentioned Bounds The lot NO 12 in the third Range Contains one hundred And One Acres Bounded thus Begining at a Slake from thence east nineteen degrees South by the lot No 1 1 . to a Stake in the range line thence South 40 '^^ west Sixty Rods by y^ range line to a Stake thence West 36 ^'^ north by the lot N" 13 to apine in the range line thence North 40 ''^ east Sixty Rods by the Range line to the first bounds The lot N" 42 in the third Range Contains one hundred and fifteen acres Bounded thus Begining at apine thence east by the lot No 41 to a Stake in the Range Line thence North Sixty Rods by the range line to a stake thence west by the Lot No 43 to the Range line at a stake thence South Sixty Rods by S'^ line to y*^ first Bounds mentioned The Lot. No 56 in the fourth Range Contains One hundred And thirty nine Acres Bounded thus Begining at awhite pine thence east seven degrees South by the lot No 55 to apine tree in the townshipline thence North 25 ''^ east Sixty Rods by S'' line to awhite Oake thence West Six degrees North by tlie Lot N57 to y^ Range line at a Black Oake thence south 25 "'*' west by S'' range line to the first Bounds / b OLD HARRY S TOWN. The Lotts in Tyngs Towusliip soCalled Drawn by the Rev'' M"^ Tbos Parker and Will'" Read are as Followetii N° 5 in the Second Range N" 1 3 in the third Range N» 40 in the third Range NO 57. in the fourth Range The Lot N** 5 in the Second Range Contains one hundred and two Acres Bounded thus Begining at a stake from thence Runing east twenty two degrees South by the lot N" 6. to a white pine in the Range line thence Runing North 2 1 ^''^ east by the Range line Sixty fi%'^e Rods to ainaple thence west 22 ds north by the lot N'' 4. to a pine in the range line thence South 35 ''8 west Sixty five rods by the range line to where we began The lot N" 13 in the S^' Range Contains one hundred And One Acres Bounded thus Bcginiug at apine in the Range Line thence Riming east 36 ''^ South by the Lot N" 12. to a stake in the range line thence South 40 •'» West by the Range line Sixty Rods to a Stake & Stones thence runing West thirty Six degrees north by the lot N^ 14 to apine thence North 40 <^'s east by the range line to y*^ first mentioned Bounds The lot N" 57 in the fourth Range Contains One hundred and nine Acres Bounded thus begining at a Black Oake from thence east Six ''*' South by the lot N*' 56. to awhite Oake in the township line Thence North 13 ''^ east by S'^ line Sixty rods to awhite Burch thence west 6 ''^ north by the Lott N'^ 58 to apine in the range line thence South 25 '^'^ west by the Range line Sixty Rods to where we began The Lott. N^ 40 in the third Range Contains one hundred and Sixteen Acres Bounded thus Begining at apine thence Runing east by y" lot N" 39 to a Stake in the range line thence Runing North Sixty Rods by the Range line to a stake thence Runing West by the lot 41 to apine in the Range line thence runing South by S'^ line Sixty Rods to where we began The Meadow Lott. N" 10 Contains TYNG TOWN.sUir. ' ' The lolls in Tyugs Towuship (soCallcd) chawu by Joualhau Tagc arc as Followetb N*^ 12 in the Second Range N" 4 in the third Range N" 6 in the llist Range above Dudley's Farm N" 58 in the fourth Range The Loll. NO 12 in the Second Range 'Contains Seventy three Acres Bounded thus begining at a Slake Ruuing east by the lot N" 11 to a pine thence Northerly by the range line Sixty live Rods to a pine thence west by the lot N" 13 to the Range line a pine marked thence South by the range line to y^ lirsl mentioned bounds The Lot N" 4 in the third Range Contains one Hundred and twenty one acres Bounded thus begin in at a Stake and Stones from thence Runiug East 13 ^^^ South by the lot N" 3. to a Stake thence South 21 ^'-^ west eighty Rods to amaple thence west 19 ^'« N. by the lot N^ 5. to a pine thence North 21 ^i** east by the range line to where we began The lot N*^ 0. in the lirst Range Above Dudley's Farm Con- tains Seventyfive Acres. Bounded thus Begining at the River at apine thence east by the lot N" 5 to a Stake thence North GO rods by the Range Line to a Stake thence west by the lot N" 7 to apine at the River soby the River to where we hegan The Lott 58 in the fourth Range Contains one hundred and twenty live Acres Bounded Thus Begining at a Stake and Stones thence runing east Six degrees Soulhby the lot N^ 57 to a White Oake Bush thence North 13 "^^ east sixty Rods to apine thence west 5 '^^ north by the lot N^ 59 to the Range Line at a pine marked thence South 25 '^•« west Sixty Rods to where we began The Lotts in Tyngs Township Drawn by Joseph Guilson Are as FoUoweth NO 13 yc Second Range N® 3 in the third Range NO 13 in the llrst Range above Dudley's Farm NO 76 in the fourth Range 78 OLD haruy's Town. The lot N** 13 iu the Second Range Contains Seventy three Acres Bounded thus beginiug at apine iu Kauds Line thence east by the lot N^ 12 to a Black Oake tree iu the Range line Thence north by the range line Sixty five Rods to a stake Thence west by the lot N" 14 to a Stake iu Rand Line thence Southerly by his farm to where we began The lot No 3 in the third Range Contains Ninety Six Acres Bounded thus Beginiug at apine tree marked theuce Runing east thirteen Deg*^ South by Lott N^ :? to a Stake and Stones iu the Range line thence South 21 "^^ west by the Range line Sixty Rods to a Stake and Stones thence VVest 13 '^^ north by the lot N*' to a Stake and Stones theuce thence North 21 "^^^ east by the Range line to where we began The Lot N" 13 in the first Range above Dudley's Farm Con- tains eighty Acres Bounded thus Beginiug at apine tree by the River from theuce Runing east by the lot N" 12. to a Stake and Stones theuce North by the Range line Sixty Rods to apine thence west by the lot N^ 14 to an Elm at y*^ River thence to where we began^ ACTION FOR INDEMNITY. Acquittance & Discharges for The Same Giving & By these Presents Granting unto his Said Attorney full Power & Authority In & Touching the Premises to Sue Arrest Seize At- tach Implead Distrain P^ject Imprison Condemn & to Prosecute & Again to Release & Discharge & also On all NeedfuU Occa- sions In & Touching any of the Premises to appear & the Person of the S'^ Constituent to Represent as Demandant or Defeud* In any Court or Courts With Power To Substitute one or more Attorney or Attorneys uuder him & the Same at Pleasure to Revoke And Generally In & Concerning all the Prems to Say Transact & Accomplish all that shall be Requi- site & Couveuient as fully & Effectually as the S"^' Constituent himself might or Could Do if Personally Present he hereby Promising to hold & Ratify for Good & Valid Whatsoever his Said Attorney their Substitutes Shall Lawfully Do or Cause To be Done In or about the Premises By Virtue of these Presents In Witness Whereof the S'^ Constituent hath here- 1 Several leaves of the recoril book which doubtless contained the description of the remaiuiug lots, have been torn out, so tliis part of the records is left incom- plete, and tiie following matters begins toward its close TYNG TOWNSHIP. 79 uuto Set his luiud & Seal the Day & Year (irsl above Written W" Thompson (Seal) Sealed & Delivered (Being first Duly Slauipt) In Presence of W'» Hopkins James Monk In Testinioniam Novitatis (Seal) Antho"y Wright Not ^^^'I'e Pub" 1746 Copy Ex'^ ^ Jou^ Blanchard By this Publick We Andrew Oliver & William Phillips within Written Do hereby Substitute Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable In the Province of New Hampshire Esq Attorney to the Within Named William Thompson of Elsham In the County of Lin- coln Esqi' In the Name it for thethe of the s'l Constituent to Demand Sue for Recover & Receive of & from all any or Every Person or Persons Whom it may Concern all Such Sums of money Goods & Things Whatsoever Due or Belonging to the Said Constituent from any Person Whatsoever In the Prov- ince of New Hampshire on What Acco*^ or By What Reason or means So ever Together With all Costs Damages & Interests & to that End to Settle & Adjust all Acco^^ With Whomsoever it may Concern In the Province aforesaid & the Ballance thereof to Receive & Give Discharges Accordingly Witness our hands & Seals this 26"^ Day of August anno Domini 1756 & In the 29"! yr of his Majesty Reign Signed Sealed &Delivered Aud^^ Oliver (Seal) In Presence of us W^^ Phillips (Seal) Benjamin Lincoln Daniel Hubbard Boston 26"' August 1756 Suffolk Ss. Hon'^'c And'- Oliver Esq'' & M»- William Phillips appeared & Severally Acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free Act & Deed Before me T. Hubbard J^ P. Copy Exam'' 80 OLD IlAKliV's TOWN. THE OLD BOOK OF RECORDS. With the closing of the foregoing instrument, the opening of which is missing along with the leaves that have been torn out of the book, the records referring to Tyng Township end some- what abruptly. Such other actions as was taken by the gran- tees, when they found that their grant was slipping away from them, are to be found in the Massachusetts' court records, and in the following chapter such of these as can be obtained now will be given, as a closing act in an anxious and expensive undertaking. The old book containing these records of the proprietors, and which was bought by Colonel Blauchard, the proprietors' clerk, according to the vote of the grantees, is a valuable his- torical document, as well as a curious relic and memento of the men of the pioneer times. It is a quarto volume, bound in hogskin, showing by its dilapidated appearance that it has had a varied experience. As it is now, it has 164 pages, marked in red ink, but at some period it contained possibly 200 pages, as at sections several leaves are gone. There are fragments of records of other grants, among these being those of Rindge, Jaffrey, Mason, Dublin, and Wilton, N. H., and there are lists of the grantees of several other grants in this state and Ver- mont. But the larger portion of the book as it stands now, is filled with the records of the Tyng's men, written out in a very legible hand, and in an ink which has stood the test of the years with satisfactory result. Evidently the book for a long time was in the possession of private individuals, and looks as if it may have been at times the plaything of children. Finally, though it is not clearly shown now, it came into the possession of the town of Jaffrey, where it remained until Colonel George C. Gilmore of Man- chester learned of its existence, and realizing its value as a part of the history of this city, he began negotiations for its re- moval to where it rightfully belongs. Naturally the otllcials of Jaffrey objected to losing the ancient heirloom ; but finally it was voted almost unanimously at a town meeting held on March 10, 1896, to present the book to the city of Manchester. In return for the courteous act the latter printed the records relat- ing to Jaffrey in a pamphlet of 14 pages for the town. TYNG TOWNSHIP. CHAPTER V. 81 ACTION TO RECOVER LOSS OF GRANT. GRANTEES OF TYNG TOWNSHIP SEEK RELIEF. At a meeting of the Propi's of Tyngs Town (so Called) by adjournement from y^ 6 Day of Auiiust 1750 To the 21 D ly of January Following, held at y*^ House of Co" Jonas Clark in Chelmsford — Voted to prefer a Petition to the Great & General Court of the Massachusetts For Some Consideration or Relief in the Present Diffieukies which S** prop^'* Laboiir under wiih Respect to S<^ Town Ship in Such way and manner as S*^^ Court in their Great Wisdom Shall See meet Also Voted that W^ Stickuey be Desired to prefer The above mentioned petition as voted Above Billerica April ye 4: 1751. A True Copy att' W^^ Stickuey Proprs Cler Mass. Archives, Vol. 116, page 26. PETITION OF PROPRIETORS FOR EQUIVALENT GRANT, 1751. Province of the MassaChusett^ Bay — To the Hon^ Spencer Phips E«q'^ Governour & Command*" in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay : The Hon' his Majestys Councill And House of Representa- tives in General Court Assembled at Boston y® 8lh Day of April 1751 : The Petition of Will™ Stickney Agent for and in Behalf of the Prop''s of a Tract of Land the East Side the Merrimack River Known by tbe Name of Tyngs Town Granted by tbis Hon' Court (now falling in the Province of New Hampshi^"^ ) humbly Sheweth — 82 OLD Harry's town. That you Pet^'^ about the year 1726 made Application for a Town Sliip of Some of the unappropriated Lands of the Prov- ince to Settle themselves and Faiiielys on to be Granted Them in Case their services & Sufferings Were thought Worthy in their Ardous undertaking in the year 1703 Pursuing the Indian enemy into their then own Couiiiry on Snow Shoes the First altemp of the Kind and attended with Success with Killing of Five Terryfieng & Preventing them of their Winter In- roads on us as they had used before as '^ S^ Petil*^ & Revivell of it in the year 1734 : will Appear upon which this Hon^ Court in the year 1735 Saw meet to Grant a tract of Land for a Town Ship the East side merrymaek River Between & Adjoyn- ing to Litchfield and Suucook or Lovewells Town in Conse- quence of that said Peti" under Condiiiou of Settlement Subject- ing the Granites to Give Bond of Twenty Pounds Each For- feiture And to Return a Plan According to the Ten^' of S^' Grant all which was Complyed with by y^ prop^"^ in the year 1736 — & in order to pursue the Intention of the Grant they Divided the whole Township into Convenient lotts, Built a meeting house Cleared the Roads &'there being Severale Large Streams Made Good Bridges at a Laige Expeuce Through the Town a which was vei}'' Longe being but three miles wide and Great part of prop^'^ Soon Entered in Order For Complyance with the Conditions of the Giant. But the Unhappy Contro- versy between this Province and the Province of New Hamp- shire being brought forward and a Court of Comissoners in the year 1136 Sitting in order to Conclude that Affaire Some Desis- ted they had their Determination, and that being Suspended for a further hearing before the King in Counc^^ Left y^ Peti- tioners in Great Difficulty many having bestowed Large Sums of money in Building & Improvements were encouraged to pur- sue their Labours & oihers entered in the hopes of the Line being Setled in their Favor Till upward of Two Thousand pounds was Sent in Public Charges of the Prop''^, besides all the Charges of Settlement — That in the year 1740 the line was Determined against them And Deamed to be in the Province of New Hamjishire — Whereupon they with Severall other towns Pet"^' his Majesty to be Restore to the Massachusetts as they Expected at the time of their Grant, but with no Success. That soon after the arrivall of Govern^' Weutworth and Hear- TYNG TOWNSHIP- 83 ing the Defeat of our Petition the Towns of Londonderry and Chester obhiiued orders From y^ Gov'' of N. Hampi" Yov Riin- nino- out their Bounds according to their Charters which being Done it was found that tl)e S^^ Tyngs Town fell to a trifle into the S'' Towns, their meeting house Sawmill and the settlers be- ing included in them, which Towns Immediately demanded the Possession and Entered Themselves. — That your Petitioners thereupon Advised with many of the principal Gentlemen of this Government as well as the best Councell in the Law they Could Obtain and were Licouraged to Dispute their property im the Law which they have done in the most P^ffectual method they Could and have been Harrassed allmost every Court from the year 1742 to this day and the said Towns of Londonderry and Chester has Recovered the Pos- session and Turned out E\^ery who one has had a final Tiial Ex- cepting one who for Some Special Reasons Peculiar to that Case did 01)tain The Remainder of the Settlers Seeing their Distressed Circumstances and no way for Relief have Either deserted their habitations or Compounded and purchased at an unreasonable and Severe Price, have Little for their own La- bour. Excepting one who is yet in the Dispute, which Troubles in the Defence of their Rights has Cost them many thousands of pounds P^xclusive of their Much greater Charges in Buildings and Improvements and now are Obliged to give over the Ex- pectation of its Ever being any benefit to them That the S^^ Tract of Land liie East Side of the River did not Contain the Complement of six miles Square by 1680 Acres which they Laid out (and was Approved by this Court) The west Side merrymack River about five miles Distance From Namaskeag falls and as that Did not fall in Neither of the Towns Granted by New Hampshire, they Hoped to Enjoy that but since about two years ago Some Gentlemen Claiming the Right to the Lands Granted by the Crown to Cap"^ John Mason Have Granted a Township to a Number of People there, which includes the S'^ 1680 Acres and they under S^^ Mason's Right have Actually Sfttled with a Number of P'amilys the Lauds there Granted to your Petitioneis so that on the whole wee have as wee apprehend Lost the Benefit of Our Own Estate as aforeS^ Butt being Sensible of the Design of this Hon^ Court to Dis- tinguish them (not as Subjects of the Province but) for their in 84 OLD Harry's town. Special merritt and Desert for their Suffering and Service .^ their Defence to Grant that Land as a Rewaid, The Defeat therein Gives them Reason Humbly to Hope, that you will yet in this respect take notice of us — Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly pray, that they may be favoured with your Attention to these their Uncommon Cir- cumstances and that they may be Compassionately Helped Under their Extraordinary Loss and Disappointment and the Originall Design Obtained, by Granting tlJem so much of the Unappropriated Lands of the Province in Some Convenient Place for the Settlement under Such Conditions as may be tho*^ fit, As will be equall to their Necessary past Charges which Tliey are Ready to Shew by their Accompts, and the first Design of a Township or otherwaies Relieve them in the premises as Shall in your Great Clemency and Wisdom be Thought Eqiiiatahle for them, and your humble pete^^ as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray — W Slickney Agent for Tyngs Town Prop^^ In the House of Rep^^B April 17, 1751. Read and Ordered that this Petition be refer'd till the next May Session for Con- sideration Sent up for Concurrence T. Hubbard Spk In Council April 17 1751 Read and Concurr'd Sami Holbrook D'y Sec Consented to Phips Mass. Archives, Vol. 116, page 22 After a long and tedious fight in the courts the heirs of Cap- tain William Tyng and their associates were given a grant in the province of Maine, in 1785, which became known and set- tled as Tyngstown, though there is little evidence to show that many of the disappointed legatees of the snow shoe expedition availed themselves of this opportunity. In 1803, upon its incor- poration by the state, the name of this township was changed to Wilton, which it bears at the present time. COLONEL JOSEPH BLANCHARD. Foremost among the early settlers of the territory now com- prised in the area of the city of Manchester, Col. Blanchard, not because he was one of the actual homemak'ers, but for tlie rea- son not he was one of the grantees and clerk and treasurer of the colony throughout its trying career, deserves a breif sketch at this time and place. This is more necessary on account of the confusion existing among some writers in regard to the positions of the members of his family. There were three Joseph Blauchards in succession, and three Proprietors' Clerks successively by the name of Blanchard, all of whom were men of consequence in their day. The subject of this sketch was born in that part of Dunstable now included in Nashua, the old homestead being situated about three hundred rods this side of the state line, now Little's, on what was then known as " the great road to Tyugsborough." His grandfather was Deacon John Blanchard, one of the first settlers of the town, and founder of the church. His father. Captain Joseph Blanchard, who married Abiah, daughter of Joseph Hassell, senior. May 25, 1696, and died in 1727, was a prominent man in the affairs of the day. He was town clerk, selectman and proprietors' clerk for many years. He led the unsuccessful company of fifty men to look for the bodies of Lovewell's dead and succor the living, if any should be found, as soon as the news of that disastrous expedition reached home. He was at the head of a scouting party ranging the Merrimack valley all of the following summer. They found no trace of the enemy, and contented themselves with killing a bear and a moose in this vicinity. Joseph Blanchard, Jr, the fourth of nine children, was born February 11, 1704, and tliough but twenty-three at his father's death succeeded him as proprietors' cleik, holding ihatcflice, except for a short period, till his own decease, April 7, 1758. He became a proficient surveyor when little more than a boy 85 86 OLD Harry's town. and was almost constantly engaged in that capacity as long as he lived. New settlements were constantly springing into ex- istence and it became necessary to make surveys and get more reliable information than existed at that time in every direction. There were no accurate maps, and in connection with Rev. Mr. Langdon of Portsmouth, he undertook to prepare a map of the state, doing nearly all of the surveying and collecting of neces- sary facts. With the scanty means of communication and the scattered settlements then existing, to say nothing of the dan- ger from wihl beasts and the more dreaded Indians, this was a herculean task. But he had succeded so nearly at the time of his death that the map was completed in 1761. The map was considered of great value, and Hon. Charles Townsend, his Majesty's Secretary of War, to whom it was inscribed, pro- cured the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Uni- versity of Glasgow for Mr. Langdon, a distinction which would have fallen on Col. Blanchard had he been living. Upon the settlement of the line of division between the provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 1741, he was appointed Councillor of Slate by mandamus from the Crown. This responsible office, next to that of governor, he held for a number of years. In 1749, he succeeded Chief Jus- tice Jaffrey as a Judge of the Superior Court, holding this posi- tion until his death. Upon the renewal of the French and Indian war in 1755 he was placed in command of a regiment of 500 men raised in New Hampshire to join in an expeidlion against Crown Point. Robert Rogers was captain and John Stark was lieutenant of a company going from this section and which became famous as the Rangers of the Merrimack. The regiment was at Fort Ed- ward during the summer and returned home in the autumn. Col. Blanchard married Rebecca Hubbard of Dunstable, by whom he had twelve children, among which was one Joseph and another Jonathan, who with the advantage of a collegiate education became a general in the War of Independence, be- sides holding many offices of prominence and trust. Though but twenty at the time of his father's death he was chosen as CAPTAIN WILLIAM TYNG. 87 proprietors' clerk and surveyor. He died July IG, 1788, aged fifty years. Col. Rlanchard was surveyor of the Tyng Township grant and its clerk and treasurer. He was buried in the old South Burying Ground of Nashua near Little's Station, his tombstone bearing the following inscripiion : " Here lyes ye Body of the Hon. Joseph Blanchard Esq., who departed this life April 7lh, 1758, aged 55 years." Near by is the grave of his son, General Jonathan Blanchard, who died July 16, 1788, in his 51st year. The Blanchard was a gifted, enterprising and honorable family. CAPTAIN WILLIAM TYNG. The Tyng family was an old, honorably one in the early his- tory of the Merrimack valle}'. The ancestor of the family, the Hon Edward Tyng. was born in Dunstable, England, in 1600. He married Mary before emigrating to this country, and settled in Boston as a tea merchant in 1669. He became prominent both in business and political circles, being elected Representative to the General Assembly in 1661-2; Assistant (Secretary), 1668 to 1681 , and Colonel of Suffolk regiment. He moved to the vicinity of Wicasuck Falls, just below the village, in what is now known as Tyngsboro in 1679. The new township was named Dunstable in compliment to his wife's suggestion of the name of her native town. Edward and Mary Tyng had six children, the oldest of whom was Jonathan, born in Boston, December 15, 1642. He married Sarah, daughter of Hezekiah Ufeher. He became one of the original proprietors of Dunstable, and the earliest perma- nent settler, remaining there alone with his family during Philip's war when other persons deserted the settlement for fear of the Indians. He was guardian over the Wamesit Indians in 1676 ; in 1687 he was one of Edmund Andros' 88 OLD Harry's town. Council ; iu 1692 be was Representalive to the General Assem- bly; and during Queen Anue's war, giving the renewed hostil- ities of 1702-3 be was Colonel of the upper Middlesex regi- ment, and entrusted with all its garrisons within its bounds. His first wife dying in 1714, he married Judith Fox of Wo- burn, who lived to be 99 years of age. Jonathan and Sarah (Usher) Tyng had six or more children. John the oldest of these was born about 1670; he graduated from Harvard College in 1690; he was killed by the Indians in August, 1710, William, the second child, was born April 22, 1679, being the first child born in Dunstable on record, though it is possible there had been previous births, as there had been inhabitants for several years previous. It was this William Tyng who was the leading spirit of the famous " snow- shoe expediticm " in the winter of 1703-4, and for whom Tyng Township was named. Some of the older writers ascribed the leadership to his brother John, and the assault upon him be- tween Concord and Grotou which cost him his life was said to have been give in retaliation on the part of the Indians for the victims slain of their number iu that expedition. This has been disproved by later writers. William Tyng and Joseph Blanchard, Sen., were selectmen of Dunstable at the time of the march into the wilderness. Renewed hostilities on the part of the Indians had immediately followed the declaration of war between France and Great Britain in 1703 which was generally the case in New England. In the mouth of August a series of attacks were made covering all the frontier settlements. Over 200 men, women, and children were killed or carried as captives to Canada. The pioneers were terrorized and the General Assembly of Massachusetts to encourage the colonists to act in retaliation offered a bounty for Indian scalps. Dunsta- ble was one of the first towns to act in this emergency, and William Tyng was chosen as the most suitable man to lead the hazardous expedition. That it was done with skill, prudence and success has been shown. But Captain Tyng did not live to share in the reward of the grant honored by his name. LofC. FEB 16 iy"5